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practicus grade initiation part i temple officers hierophant: red robe, r&w nemyss, gold shoes, white collar, lamen, scepter. hiereus: black robe, b&w nemyss, red shoes, red collar, lamen, sword. hegemon: white robe, white nemyss, black collar, red shoes, lamen, scepter. candidate: black robe, red shoes, sash, red rope, hoodwink. required materials for the altar 2 blue tapers red tetrahedron 20th key of the tarot required materials for the temple part i banners of the east and west temple pillars hebrew letters: shin diagram of 7 heavens in assiah 10 adverse sephiroth enochian water tablet 3 red lamps censer 4 chairs 2 sephirotic tablets tablet of 10 sephiroth in 7 palaces 4 worlds of the tree of life 4 worlds of the tree of life showing 4 holy names macroprosopus diagram cup of water part

ateth the motions of the sun and moon in their proper order, each in an orbit convenient for it. it is therefore the reflection of the sphere of fire, and the path connecting the material universe as depicted in malkuth, with the pillar of severity on the side of geburah, through the sephira hod. hierophant, hegemon and theoricus come to west of altar. hiero: before you upon the altar is the 20th key of the tarot, which symbolically resumes the ideas. to the uninitiated eye it apparently represents the last judgement, with an angel blowing a trumpet and the dead rising from the tombs. but its meaning is far more occult and recondite than this, for it is a glyph of the powers of fire. the angel encircled by a rainbow whence leap coruscation s of fire, and crowned with the sun, represents mi

ge of the 30th path will take place. temple officers part ii hierophant: red robe, r&w nemyss, gold shoes, white collar, lamen, scepter. hiereus: black robe, b&w nemyss, red shoes, red collar, lamen, sword. hegemon: white robe, white nemyss, black collar, red shoes, lamen, scepter. candidate: black robe, red shoes, sash. required materials for the altar: 2 blue tapers greek cross of 13 cubes 19th key of the tarot (sun) required materials for the temple: banners of the east and west temple pillars hebrew letters: resh astrological symbols of planets diagram of tarot cards to hebrew letters enochian water tablet 3 red lamps censer 4 chairs table of geomantic figures and ruling intelligences telesmatic symbols to each geomantic figure kamea of saturn, jupiter, mars, sun, venus, mercury and mo

because from it astrologers deduce the judgement of the stars, and of the celestial signs, and the perfections of their science according to the rules of their revolutions. it is therefore, the reflection of the sphere of the sun, and the path connecting yesod with hod, foundation with splendor. hierophant, theoricus and hegemon come to west of altar. hiero: before you upon the altar is the 19th key of the tarot which symbolically resumes these ideas. the sun has 12 principal rays which represent the 12 signs of the zodiac, they are alternatively waved and salient, as symbolizing the alternation of the masculine and feminine natures. these are again subdivided into 36 rays representing the 36 decanates or sets of 10 degrees in the zodiac, and these again into 72 typifying the 72 quinaries

4 7 INITIATION CEREMONY

hus grade initiation part i temple officers hierophant: red robe, r&w nemyss, gold shoes, white collar, lamen, scepter. hiereus: black robe, b&w nemyss, red shoes, red collar, lamen, sword. hegemon: white robe, white nemyss, black collar, red shoes, lamen, scepter. candidate: black robe, red shoes, sash, red rope, hoodwink required materials for the altar 2 red tapers 12 square calvary cross 18th key of the tarot required materials for the temple part i banners of the east and west temple pillars hebrew letters: shin, tau, qoph tablet of the serpent of brass diagram of qabalah of nine chambers diagram of hexagram of tiphareth diagrams of geomantic figures of 8 radii enochian fire tablet 3 red lamps censer 4 chairs 3 cups of water 3 small altars part i the opening (the throne of the hieroph

e order of worlds, and the increment of them. it is there, the reflection of the sphere of the watery sign pisces, and the path connecting the material universe as depicted in malkuth, with the pillar of mercy, and the side of chesed through the sephira netzach. and through it do the waters of chesed flow down. hiero: heg: pract: move to west of altar. hiero: before you upon the altar is the 18th key of the tarot, which symbolically resumes these ideas. it represents the moon with four hebrew yods, like drops of dew falling, two dogs, two towers, a winding pathway leading to the horizon, and in the foreground, water, with a crayfish crawling through it towards land. the moon is in the increase on the side of gedulah, and from it proceed sixteen principal and sixteen secondary rays, which t

your passage of the 28th path will take place. part ii temple officers hierophant: red robe, r&w nemyss, gold shoes, white collar, lamen, scepter. hiereus: black robe, b&w nemyss, red shoes, red collar, lamen, sword. hegemon: white robe, white nemyss, black collar, red shoes, lamen, scepter. candidate: black robe, red shoes, sash. required materials for the altar 2 red tapers 4 sided pyramid 17th key of the tarot required materials for the temple banners of the east and west temple pillars hebrew letters: resh, samech, tzaddi diagram of dekagram, endekagram, dodekagram& all endekangles etc. diagram of caput and cauda draconis enochian fire tablet 3 red lamps censer 4 chairs 3 cups of water 3 small altars part ii advancement path 28 hiero: honoured hegemon, you have my command to present th

ural intelligence, and it is so called because through it is consummated and perfected the nature of every existing being under the orb of the sun. it is therefore the reflection of the airy sign of aquarius, the water bearer unto which is attributed the countenance of the man, the adam, the restored world. hiero: heg: pract: move to the west of altar. hiero: before you upon the altar is the 17th key of the tarot, which symbolically resumes these ideas. the large star in the center of the heavens has seven principal and 14 secondary rays, and thus represents the heptad multiplied by the triad which yields 21 the number of the divine name, eheieh which as you already know is attached to kether. in the egyptian sense it is sirius, the dog star of isis sothis; around it are the stars of the s

of the 27th path will take place. part iii temple officers hierophant: red robe, r&w nemyss, gold shoes, white collar, lamen, scepter. hiereus: black robe, b&w nemyss, red shoes, red collar, lamen, sword. hegemon: white robe, white nemyss, black collar, red shoes, lamen, scepter. candidate: black robe, red shoes, sash. required materials for the altar 2 red tapers calvary cross of 6 squares 16th key of the tarot required materials for the temple banners of the east and west temple pillars hebrew letters: mem, ayin, peh, resh, shin alchemical symbol of sulphur on the tree of life tablet of trinity operating through the sephiroth tablet of 7 yetziratic palaces in 10 sephiroth tablet of qlippoth with 12 princes enochian fire tablet 3 red lamps censer 4 chairs 3 cups of water 3 small altars p

because by it is created the intellect of all created beings under the highest heaven and the excitement of the motion of them. it is, therefore, the reflection of the sphere of mars, and the reciprocal path connecting netzach with hod, victory with splendor; it is the lowermost of the three reciprocal paths. hiero: heg: pract: move to the west of altar. heg: before you upon the altar is the 16th key of the tarot which symbolically resumes these ideas. it represents a tower struck by a lightening flash, proceeding from a rayed circle and terminating in a triangle. it is the tower of babel struck by the fire from heaven. it is to be noted that the triangle at the end of the flash issuing from the circle forms exactly the astrological symbol of mars. it is the power of the triad rushing down

ABRAMELIN1

credible number of errors in the sigils, pentacles, and hebrew or chaldee names, which have arisen from ignorant transcription and reproduction; this being carried to such an extent that in some cases the use of the distorted formulas given would actually have the effect of producing the very opposite result to that expected from them (i have commented at length on this subject in my notes to the key of solomon, published by me a few years ago) wherefore abraham the jew it appears to me, in his anxiety to save his son from dangerous errors in magical working, has preferred to endeavour to fill him with contempt for any other systems and methods of operation than the one here laid down. for also besides the unintentional perversions of magical symbols i have above mentioned, there was furth

versions of divine names and seals, so as to attract the evil spirits and repel the good. for the third book of this work is crowded with qabalistic squares of letters, which are simply so many pentacles, and in which the names employed are the very factors which make them of value. among them we find a form of the celebrated sator, arepo, tenet, opera, rotas, which is one of the pentacles in the key of solomon. abraham's formula is slightly different: and is to be used for obtaining the love of a maiden. the pentacle in my key of solomon the king is classed under saturn, while the above is applied to the nature of venus. i give the hebrew form (see appendix a, table of hebrew and chaldee letters) of equivalents: introduction xii or in latin letters: in the key of solomon it is (as being a

world s end. in the hebrew, this versicle consists of exactly twenty five letters, the number of the letters of the square. it will be at once noticed that both this form and that given by abraham the jew are perfect examples of double acrostics, that is, that they read in every direction, whether horizontal or perpendicular, whether backwards or forwards. but the form given as a pentacle in the key of solomon the king is there said to be of value in adversity, and for repressing the pride of the spirits. this example therefore shows clearly that it is not so much the use of symbolic pentacles that abraham is opposed to, as their ignorant perversions and inappropriate use. it is also to be observed, that while many of the symbolic squares of letters of the third book present the nature of

rdinary magical effects which faust is said to have produced; who, by the way, as i have before remarked, was in all probability contemporary with abraham the jew. introduction xvi but the mode of their production as given in this work is not the black magic of pact and devil-worship, against which our author so constantly inveighs, but instead a system of qabalistic magic, similar to that of the key of solomon the king and the clavicles of rabbi solomon, though differing in the circumstance of the prior invocation of the guardian angel once for all, while in the works i have just mentioned the angels are invoked in each evocation by means of the magical circle. such works as these, then, and their like, it could not be the intention of abraham to decry, seeing that like his system they ar

of oriental divination called the mendal, to which i have previously referred. introduction xxi (appendix c) examples of other methods of angelic evocation. for the benefit of the occult student i here give two other systems of angelic evocation. the first is taken from that part of the book called barrett s magus (1801, which is entitled the key to ceremonial magic. the second is copied from my key of solomon the king. from the perfection and key of. ceremonial magic; being the second part of the second book of the magus or celestial intelligencer 6 by francis barrett, f.r.c. the good spirits may be invocated of us, or by us, divers ways, and they in sundry shapes and manners offer themselves to us, for they openly speak to those that watch, and do offer themselves to our sight, or do in

er; neither is there any food or wine to be taken till the going down of the sun. let the perfume and the holy anointing oil be made as is set forth in exodus, and other holy books of the bible. it is also to be observed, that as often as he enters the circle he has upon his forehead a golden lamen, upon which must be written the name tetragrammaton, in the manner we have before mentioned. in the key of solomon the king 10 (book ii. chapter xxi) will be found other directions for invoking spirits as follows: make a small book containing the prayers for all the operations, the names of the angels in the form of litanies, their seals and characters; the which being done thou shalt consecrate the same unto god and unto the pure spirits in the manner following: thou shalt set in the destined p

he first day, and thou shalt be able to send away the child. and he who shall perform the operation shall prepare himself during the rest of the day for the morrow following, to enjoy the admirable presence of the holy guardian angel, in order to obtain the end so earnestly desired, and which shall not fail thee if thou followest the path which he shall show unto thee. and these two signs are the key of the whole operation. unto the glory of the most holy name of god and of his holy angels! the sacred magic 32 end of the first book. of abramelin the mage 33 footnotes to book one 1 des exemples et des circonstances. 2 d acheminement. 3 i consider this a truer orthography of the word than the usual rendering of cabala. 4 r el 5 this is identical with the oriental doctrine that ignorance is i

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will find them react terribly against them; and that, if the preliminary period of six months preparation advocated by abra-melin be not observed, the symbols will be practically worthless in their hands; for, as will be observed, the names in the squares for the most part are simply the statement of the ends desired to be accomplished thereby. finally, i will quote the following passage from the key of solomon the king v accursed be he who taketh the name of god in vain! accursed be he who useth this knowledge unto an evil end. be he accursed in this world and in the world to come. amen. be he accursed in the name which he hath blasphemed! of abramelin the mage 208 essential remarks upon the foregoing symbols. it is certain that among all the symbols which i have hereinbefore written down

se from thine operation, so as to finish it on another more favourable occasion, and meanwhile thou shalt devote thyself unto the cure of thy body. and such a case ought in no way to afflict thee, for the secrets of god are impenetrable, and he performeth, permitteth, and operateth all things for the best and for our good, although it may be not understanded of us. hereinafter will i set down the key of this operation, which is the only thing which facilitateth this operation to enjoy the vision of the holy angels, by placing the symbols15 given hereafter upon the brow of the child and of him who performeth the operation, as i have said in the first book, to which one can easily refer. i will say even as much as this, that out of an hundred scarcely five or six persons can attain unto the

ADDTLS

ah is the distributor of the power from kether, even as b is the messenger of k of classical mythology. to binah is referred the y and the tarot key, priestess of the silver star, even as binah is the completer of the triad of the supernals, and as it were high priestess to the inferior sephiroth.(compare also, says s.r.m.d. the position of the path of g in the tree of life. to chesed, c, and the key of the empress, the daughter of the mighty ones. chesed is, as it were, the first of the inferiors below binah, and the path of c is thus reciprocal betweeen chokmah and binah, forming, as it were, the base of the triangle of the supernals. to geburah, f, and the tarot key, the blasted tower, the lord of the hosts of the mighty, even as geburah represents strength and fiery power. to tiphareth

eption of the tetragrammaton letter, upon which everything else depends, all the other attributions appear and are included in the definition of the nature of the pyramid. each side of the pyramid is colored according to its own appropriate element, or left white for m. it by no means follows, for example, that a square from the airy angle of a will build up a completely yellow pyramid. but every key of attributions diagram m attribution of the 21 great name to the four lesser angles diagram n airy angle of all four tablets has at least one airy side. on a flat surface, the pyramid is represented by dividing the square into four triangles, leaving a small square in the center to mark the flat top. on this, if desired, the appropriate enochian letter may be placed. the following will be the

ADEPTUS MINOR INITIATION

t represents the force of the ten sephiroth in nature divided into a hexad and a tetrad. the oval embraces the first six sephiroth and the tau cross, the lower four, that answer unto the four elements" chief "associate adeptus minor, what is the emblem which i bear upon my breast" third "the complete symbol of the rose and cross" chief "mighty adeptus major, what is its meaning" second "it is the key of sigils and rituals, and represents the force of the 22 letters in nature, as divided into a three, a seven and a twelve. many and great are its mysteries" 6 chief "associate adeptus minor, what is the wand which thou bearest" third "a simple wand having the colors of the 12 signs of the zodiac between light and darkness and surmounted by the lotus flower of isis. it symbolizes the developme

crux ansata to the chief adept who then gives in exchange the crook and scourge) 21 crook and scourge chief "quit then this tomb, o aspirant, with thine arms crossed upon thy breast, bearing in thy right hand the crook of mercy and thy left the scourge of severity, the emblems of those eternal forces betwixt which the equilibrium of the universe dependeth; those forces whose reconciliation is the key of life, whose separation is evil and death. therefore thou art inexcusable, whosoever thou art, that judgeth another, for in that thou condemnest another, thou condemnest but thyself. be thou therefore merciful, even as thy father who is in heaven is merciful. remember that tremendous obligation of rectitude and self-sacrifice which thou has voluntarily taken upon thyself, and tremble thereat

the name 27 tetragrammaton. also, it has been interpreted as: igne natura revovatur integra; igne natura renovando integrat; igne nitrum roris invenitur; intra nobis regnum dei" chief (indicating diagram of the minutum mundum) behold the diagram minutum mundum sive fundamental coloris- the small universe or foundation of color. treasure it in thy heart, and mark it well, seeing that herein is the key of nature. it is, as thou seest, the diagram of the sephiroth and the paths, with the colors appropriately attributed thereto. see that thou reveal it not to the profane, for many and great are its mysteries "rtk is the highest of all, and herein scintillates the divine white brilliance, concerning which it is not fitting that i should speak more fully. hmkj is gray, the mixture of colors. hny

ALEISTER CROWLEY AD MEIORUM CTHULHI GLORIAM

what previous magicians had done, the spirits they had contacted, and the successes they had. the magicians who now read these works are expected to be able to select the wheat from the chaff, in much the same fashion as an alchemist discerning the deliberate errors in a treatise on his subject. therefore it was (and is) insanity for the tyro to pick up a work on ceremonial magick like the lesser key of solomon to practise conjurations. it would also be folly to pick up crowley's magick in theory and practise with the same intention. both books are definitely not for beginners, a point which cannot be made too often. unfortunately, perhaps, the dread necronomicon falls into this category. crowley's magick was a testimony of what he has found in his researches into the forbidden, and forgot

n zonei, we come to the "book of entrance" which is really a system of self-initiation into the planetary spheres and may have something to do with the planetary arrangement of the steps of the ziggurats of mesopotamia, which were seven storeyed mountains. not much is revealed to the potential candidate for initiation as to how these "gates" work, or what he might find there, save to say that the key of one gate lies in mastering the gate before it. the mad arab was either keeping a sacred secret, or found human language inadequate to the task of describing what other initiates in similar systems have expressed in the vague abstractions of the truly illuminated, likening the experience to an lsd trip. the "incantations of the gates" follow, and are probably meant to accompany the preceding

ALEISTER CROWLEY BOOK OF LIES

hat men call silence is its speech. this abyss is also called "hell, and "the many. its name is "consciousness, and "the universe, among men. but that which neither is silent, nor speaks, rejoices therein. book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.com 29 [30] commentary( iota) there is no apparent connection between the number of this chapter and its subject. it does, however, refer to the key of the tarot called the hermit, which represents him as cloaked. jod is the concealed phallus as opposed to tau, the extended phallus. this chapter should be studied in the light of what is said in "aha" and in the temple of solomon the king about the reason. the universe is insane, the law of cause and effect is an illusion, or so it appears in the abyss, which is thus identified with conscio

love? love death therefore, and long eagerly for it. die daily [42] commentary( iota-sigma) this seems a comment on the previous chapter; the stag-beetle is a reference the kheph-ra, the egyptian god of midnight, who bears the sun through the underworld; but it is called the stag-beetle to emphasise his horns. horns are the universal hieroglyph of energy, particularly of phallic energy. the 16th key of the tarot is "the blasted tower. in this chapter death is regarded as a form of marriage. modern greek peasants, in many cases, cling to pagan belief, and suppose that in death they are united to the deity which they have cultivated during life. this is "a consummation devoutly to be wished (shakespeare. book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.com 41 in the last paragraph the maste

ndency of his soul, and of his mind, and of his body; it is the quintessence and the elixir of his being. therein are the forces that made him and his father and his father's father before him. this is the dew of immortality. let this go free, even as it will; thou art not its book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.com 44 master, but the vehicle of it [46] commentary( iota-eta) the 18th key of the tarot refers to the moon, which was supposed to shed dew. the appropriateness of the chapter title is obvious. the chapter must be read in connection with chapters 1 and 16. i the penultimate paragraph, vindu is identified with amrita, and in the last paragraph the disciple is charged to let it have its own way. it has a will of its own, which is more in accordance with the cosmic will

clay: adore him; he becomes god. we ignore what created us; we adore what we create. let us create nothing but god! that which causes us to create is our true father and mother; we create in our own image, which is theirs. let us create therefore without fear; for we can create nothing that is not god. book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.com 50 [52] commentary( kappa-alpha) the 21st key of the tarot is called "the universe, and refers to the letter tau, the phallus in manifestation; hence the title "the blind webster. the universe is conceived as buddhists, on the one hand, and rationalists, on the other, would have us do; fatal, and without intelligence. even so, it may be delightful to the creator. the moral of this chapter is, therefore, and exposition of the last paragrap

ALEISTER CROWLEY BOOK OF THE LAW

scarlet woman is all power given. they shall gather my children into their fold: they shall bring the glory of the stars into the hearts of men. i,16: for he is ever a sun, and she a moon. but to him is the winged secret flame, and to her the stooping starlight. i,17: but ye are not so chosen. i,18: burn upon their brows, o splendrous serpent! i,19: o azure-lidded woman, bend upon them! i,20: the key of the rituals is in the secret word which i have given unto him. i,21: with the god& the adorer i am nothing: they do not see me. they are as upon the earth; i am heaven, and there is no other god than me, and my lord hadit. i,22: now, therefore, i am known to ye by my name nuit, and to him by a secret name which i will give him when at last he knoweth me. since i am infinite space, and the i

! accursed be it to the aeons! hell. i,42: let it be that state of manyhood bound and loathing. so with thy all; thou hast no right but to do thy will. i,43: do that, and no other shall say nay. i,44: for pure will, unassuaged of purpose, delivered from the lust of result, is every way perfect. i,45: the perfect and the perfect are one perfect and not two; nay, are none! i,46: nothing is a secret key of this law. sixty-one the jews call it; i call it eight, eighty, four hundred& eighteen. i,47: but they have the half: unite by thine art so that all disappear. i,48: my prophet is a fool with his one, one, one; are not they the ox, and none by the book? i,49: abrogate are all rituals, all ordeals, all words and signs. ra-hoor-khuit hath taken his seat in the east at the equinox of the gods;

rmour; go on, go on, in my strength& ye shall turn not back for any! iii,47: this book shall be translated into all tongues: but always with the original in the writing of the beast; for in the chance shape of the letters and their position to one another: in these are mysteries that no beast shall divine. let him not seek to try: but one cometh after him, whence i say not, who shall discover the key of it all. then this line drawn is a key: then this circle squared in its failure is a key also. and abrahadabra. it shall be his child and that strangely. let him not seek after this; for thereby alone can he fall from it. iii,48: now this mystery of the letters is done, and i want to go on to the holier place. iii,49: i am in a secret fourfold word, the blasphemy against all gods of men. iii

ALEISTER CROWLEY LIBER 777

sued a knowledge lecture which consisted of the names and symbols of the elements, planets and signs along with the hebrew alphabet and the names of the sephiroth in hebrew. 4 the lemegeton is a 17th-century compilation, probably english, of magical texts attributed to solomon. the first book, goetia, describes 72 evil spirits and gives instructions for evoking them (it derives variously from the key of solomon, the heptameron, the fourth book of pseudo-agrippa and the pseudomonarchia d monum of wier. in 777 cols. clv clxvi the spirits are referred to the decans by day and night. the second book, theurgia goetia, describes 27 principal spirits and a very large number of subordinates of whom relatively few are named; of the 27, 16 are referred to the points of the compass and the other 11 a

ALEISTER CROWLEY LIBER CHANOKH

f b in the tablet of b. the princess of the shining flame, the rose of the palace of fire. the forty-eight keys or calls 32 mark well! these first 18 calls are in reality 19; that is, 19 in the celestial orders; but with us the first table hath no call, and can have no call, seeing that it is of the godhead.15 thus, then, with us hath it the number 0, though with them that of 1 (even as the first key of the rota hath the number 0) after this follow the calls or keys of the thirty aires of thyrs: which are in substance similar, though, in the name of the thyrs, diversified. the titles of the thirty thyrs whose dominion extendeth in ever-widening circles without and beyond the watch towers of the universe [the first is outermost] 1 lil 16 lea 2 arn 17 tan 3 zom 18 zen 4 paz 19 pop 5 lit 20 k

e of the thyrs, diversified. the titles of the thirty thyrs whose dominion extendeth in ever-widening circles without and beyond the watch towers of the universe [the first is outermost] 1 lil 16 lea 2 arn 17 tan 3 zom 18 zen 4 paz 19 pop 5 lit 20 khr 6 maz 21 asp 7 deo 22 lin 8 zid 23 tor 9 zip 24 nia 10 zax 25 vti 11 ich 26 des 12 loe 27 zaa 13 zim 28 bag 14 uta 29 rii 15 oxo 30 tex the call or key of the thirty thyrs madariatza das perifa lil* cahisa micaolazoda saanire caosago od fifisa balzodizodarasa iaida. nonu a gohulime: micama adoianu mada iaoda beliorebe, soba ooaona cahisa luciftias peripesol, das aberaasasa nonu afe netaaibe caosaji od tilabe adapehaheta damepelozoda, tooata nonu afe jimicalazodoma larasada tofejilo marebe yareryo idoigo; 16 od torezodulape yaodafe gohola, cao

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

erbolt of zeus or indra, the god of air "lamed" is the oxgoad, the driving force; and it is also the balance, representing the truth and love of the magician. it is the loving care which he bestows upon perfecting his instruments, and the equilibration of that fierce force which initiates the ceremony<aeon of horus; they are indeed the key of the book of the law. no more can be said in this place than that aleph is harpocrates, bacchus diphues, the holy ghost, the "pure fool" or innocent babe who is also the wandering singer who impregnates the king's daughter with himself as her child; lamed is the king's daughter, satisfied by him, holding his "sword and balances" in her lap. these weapons are the judge, armed with power to ex

nit from which all springs and to which all returns. the great work is to make the initial digamma digamma of assiah (the world of material illusion) into the final digamma iota digamma of atziluth< the world of pure reality. spelling the name in full, digamma digamma+ iota digamma delta+ alpha lambda pi+ omicron iota nu+ digamma iota= 309= sh t= xx+ xi= 31 the secret key of the law. digamma is the manifested star. iota is the secret life. serpent- light. lamp- love. wand- liberty. wings- silence. cloak these symbols are all shewn in the atu "the hermit. they are the powers of the yod, whose extension is the vau. yod is the hand wherewith man does his will. it is also the virgin; his essence is inviolate. alpha is the babe "who has formulated his father, and ma

s of this formula, which cannot be too carefully studied and practised. it is unfortunately, the most complex of all of them. but this is the fault of the first matter of the work, which is so muddled that many operations are required to unify it- 40 chapter vii the formula of the holy graal: of abrahadabra "and of certain other words" also: the magical memory. the hieroglyph shewn in the seventh key of the tarot (described in the 12th aethyr, liber 418, equinox i, v) is the charioteer of our lady babalon, whose cup or graal he hears. now this is an important formula. it is the first of the formulae, in a sense, for it is the formula of renunciation<abyss> it is also the last! this

ation, with an elaborate rubric, translation, scholia, and instruction. weh addendum: this is the "preliminary invocation" placed in the "goetia" in the mathers transcription (not "translation) by crowley. this invocation is not a part of the original text, but comes to us from the greco-egyptian period of perhaps the 6th century. the goetia is itself a small portion of the "lemegeton" or "lesser key of solomon" this "preliminary evocation" is altered in liber samekh over that published in the "goetia> the conjurations given by dr. dee (vide equinox i, viii) are in a language called angelic, or enochian. its source has hitherto baffled research, but it is a language and not a jargon, for it possesses a structure of its own, and there are traces of grammar and syntax. however this may be, i

idea that it is something vague and unreal, instead of being, as it is, a direct means of coming into contact with reality. it is these people who pay themselves with phrases, who are always using long words with no definite connotation, who plaster themselves with pompous titles and decorations which mean nothing whatever. with such people we have nothing to do. but to those who seek reality the key of magick is offered, and they are hereby warned that the key to the treasure-house is no good without the combination; and the combination is the magical record. from one point of view, magical progress actually consists in deciphering one's own record<star in the body of nuith, every successive incarnation is a veil, and the acquisition of the magical memory a gradual unveiling

rank, of which it is here unlawful to speak. according to the nature of the sacrament, so will its results be. in some one may receive a mystic grace, culminating in samadhi; in others a simpler and more material benefit may be obtained. the highest sacrament, that of one element, is universal in its operation; according to the declared purpose of the work so will the result be. it is a universal key of all magick. these secrets are of supreme practical importance, and are guarded in the sanctuary with a two-edged sword flaming every way<cancer of the tongue; for this sacrament is the tree of life itself, and whoso partaketh of the fruit thereof shall never die<
invitation is readily accepted, unless a clean man be present with an aura good enough to frighten these foul denizens of the pit. no spiritualistic manifestation has ever taken place in the 198 presence even of frater perdurabo; how much less in that of the master therion<initiations confer protection. compare the fear felt by d. d. home for eliphas levi. see equinox i, x "the key of the mysteries> of all the creatures he ever met, the most prominent of english spiritists (a journalist and pacifist of more than european fame) had the filthiest mind and the foulest mouth. he would break off any conversation to tell a stupid smutty story, and could hardly conceive of any society assembling for any other purpose than "phallic orgies, whatever they may be. utterly incapable

inox i, p. 4 "liber xxxvi. the star sapphire" an improved ritual of the hexagram. liber cccxxxiii (the book of lies, p.p. 46& 7, and appendix vi of this book "liber xli. thien tao" an essay on attainment by the way of equilibrium. knox om pax, p. 52 "liber xliv "the mass of the phoenix" a ritual of the law. liber cccxxxiii (the book of lies, pp. 57-7, and appendix vi in this book "liber xlvi "the key of the mysteries" a translation of "la clef des grands mysteres, by eliphas levi. specially adapted to the task of the attainment of bhakta- yoga. equinox x, supplement "liber xlix. shi yi chien" an account of the divine perfection illustrated by the sevenfold permutation of the dyad. unpublished "liber li. the lost continent" an account of the continent of atlantis: the manners and customs, m

could not understand all of the book. in later life, he came to grudgingly accept this limitation. also, achad did not work out as his successor. several of these mis-quotes relate to that belief. this particular mis-quote could come from as many as six points in the text, but here is no part of the text in which this quote appears exactly, meaning "thou shalt know la; and "he shall discover the key of it all<[weh note: this misquote could be from al iii,47. let him not seek to try: but one cometh after him, whence i say not, who shall discover the key of it all "id est" the key al (c) his power to combine subsequent events beyond the control of the scribe or his associates, so that they confirmed statements in the book. or, per contra, to predict such events. e.g. the first scarlet woman

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made clear, and available to the use of man. is not this a gift beyond price, the fruit of a tree not only of knowledge but of life? for there is that in man which is god, and there is that also which is dust; and by our magick we shall make these twain one flesh, to the obtaining of the empery of the universe. i suppose i might have put it more concisely: classics is itself initiation, being the key of the unconscious; mathematics is the art of manipulating the ruach, and of raising it to neschamah; and science is co-terminous with magick. these are the three branches of study which i regard as fundamental. no others are in the same class. for instance, geography is almost meaningless until one makes it real by dint of honest travel, which does not mean either "commuting" or "luxury cruis

hobia is the unreasoning aversion, the shuddering of panic, above all, the passionate refusal to learn anything about "drugs" to analyse the conditions, still less to face them; and the spasmodic invention of imaginary terrors, as if the real dangers were not enough to serve as a warning. now why? surely because in the sub-conscious lies an instinct that in these obscure medicines indeed lies the key of some forbidden sanctuary. there is a fascination as irrational and therefore as strong, as the fear. here is the point at which they link up with sex and magic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 302 religion. oh, how well nigh almighty is the urgency to him who reads those few great writers who understood the subject from experience: de quincey, ludlow, poe and baudelaire

f sublimest poesy. dairy of a drug fiend, the- a true story of drug addicts who were cured of their affliction by a strict r gime and the constant guidance of a master. equinox, the vol. i, no. 1- 10 vol. iii, no. 1- contains an immense number and variety of official publications, rituals, treatises, etc. also special supplements such as the vision and the voice; translation of eliphas l vi's the key of the mysteries; sepher sephiroth; h. p. blavatsky's the voice of the silence, with a commentary by fr. o.m, etc, etc. vol. iii, 3- the equinox of the gods vol. iii, 4- eight lectures on yoga- the deepest book written on the subject of yoga. vol. iii, 5- the book of thoth- a masterpiece on the egyptian tarot, with appendices, and designs with an entirely new pack of tarot cards, executed by f

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hhlb loss, destruction ylb to cease ldx my glory ydwbk the earth (our world) dlx the greater ldgh 43 great lwdg to rejoice lyg to make faint hlx lion (cf. 340 )ybl hazel, almond zwl together, also mg magus gm one beloved by god hydydy 44 aries: a ram, lamb hl+ aquarius: a bucket yld drops ylg) a pool, pond; sorrow mg) captive, captivity hlwg blood md sand; horror (see the scorpion pentacle in the key of solomon; see also liber 418 10th ayre) lwx flame +hl garment dm 45 the mystic number of yesod adam: man; red md) the fool dm) redemption, liberation hlw)g to grow warm; they (masc) mh hesitated (see 405) lxz she who ruins hlbx hwhy in yetzirah )h w)w )h dwy greatly, strongly, very d)m what, which, why, how; anything, something; yetzitah fs gsecret nature h (see s.d. 1:38-39) hm 46 a name of

rwhrh a pledge nwk#m 417 olive tyz an ark, box, chest hbyt shakanom: a title of tiphareth mwn)k# the red gleam (liber al 2:50) rwrhw 418 cheth: a fence; beast tyx boleskine: the house of the beast nyk#lwb abrahadabra: the word of the aeon given in liber al) r b) d) h) r b) 418= tyx )h tyb, the house of heh, because of i.z.q. 694; for h formeth k, but x formeth dwy: each= 20. thus is abrahadabra a key of the pentagram. also, by aiq bkr, it= 22; and 418= 19 22. 19= manifestation; it therefore manifests the 22 keys of r.o.t.a. the first meaning is rbd h)rb, the voice of the chief seer. it resolves into pentagram and hexagram as follows: 1st method. 5a a a dh a r b a b r forms 12 and 406 )wh and ht (406= wt, where ht= microprosopus, and )wh= macroprosopus. the arcanum is therefore that of the

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h three words "the zero hour" they call me back to myself: i know now that i am one of a great army- an army baffled and broken, but yet in being. sharp comes a whisper of swift absolute authority "zero is two" somehow i am aware- like a man stricken of lightning, in the same moment slain and initiated- that the strange phrase declares a final mystery of truth, the word of the plan of battle, the key of the campaign. but in my mind its meaning is most utter darkness. again the solemn stillness. few were they who had heard the voice of the young captain: for the sleep of all but the youngest and strongest was the sleep of death. even of these the fate was ill indeed; for their minds had been distraught by the bitterness of their hearts. so, when they noted the voice, they mocked. i heard "a

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y graphic formulae, like our own organic compounds. to take an example, the number 156 was regarded as a sort of efflorescence of the number 7; it was never written but as 77 plus[(7+7)/7] plus 77. again 11 was usually written 3 plus 5 plus 3. it was always the aim to find symmetry in these expressions, and also 'to find an easy way to 1. this last is difficult to explain. eleven was their great 'key of magic. it is a twofold number in 'the act of becoming 1. thirty-seven was the essence of 1 inasmuch as multiplying it by 3 gives 111, three ones, which divided again by 3 in another manner, yield 1 "one would rather think of 48 as 37 plus 11 than as 4 times 12" is the statement of an elementary text-book dating from the earliest days of atlas. it was a sort of moral duty to teach the mind t

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these "fools" are "silent selves, impotent babes unborn; then verse 12 continues "come forth, that is, bring your holy guardian angel from the womb of your subconsciousness. then "take your fill of love; that is, do your true will, whose mode of fulfilment is love, as explained later in this chapter. al i,12 "come forth, o children, under the stars& take your fill of love" the old comment 12. the key of the worship of nu. the uniting of consciousness with infinite space by the exercise of love, pastoral or pagan love. but vide infra. the new comment the whole doctrine of 'love' is discussed in the book "aleph (wisdom or folly" and should be studied therein. but note further how this verse agrees with the comment above, how every star is to come forth from its veils, that it may revel with

correspondences are yun sic, s.b "yang ?weh and yin, yod and he, etc. but most such dualities have been conceived in very gross and unphilosophical forms. of course, it is impossible to grasp this subject properly by reason; only the understanding developed by meditation and spiritual experience avails. initiation is pantomorphously progressive. note that the secret divine letter sht which is the key of this book is by shape the sun united with the moon c= sh, o= t co= sht. weh note: elsewhere crowley calls this sign "the secret sigil of the beast" and it is depicted by a crescent attached to the left side of a circle. sometimes the circle is dotted. sometimes the greek lower case letters sigma-theta are written connectively for this (vide. liber mcclxiv, value 209, first edition, otonl-6

, immortal; winged and hooded, that he may go as a god swiftly and silently. it refers in this place especially to hadit. al i,19 "o azure-lidded woman, bend upon them" the old comment 19. nuit herself will overshadow them. the new comment these two verses 18, 19, seem to be interpolated by aiwaz, invoking the gods to the beast and the scarlet woman, perhaps as a formal consecration. al i,20: the key of the rituals is in the secret word which i have given unto him. the old comment 20. this word is perhaps abrahadabra, the sacred word of 11 letters. the new comment for this word see appendix weh note: the appendix has not yet been recovered. kenneth grant, in his "magical and philosophical commentaries" pp. 105-108 has a lengthy extension here. the providence of the extension is not definit

is word is perhaps abrahadabra, the sacred word of 11 letters. the new comment for this word see appendix weh note: the appendix has not yet been recovered. kenneth grant, in his "magical and philosophical commentaries" pp. 105-108 has a lengthy extension here. the providence of the extension is not definitely known to be crowley at this writing, hence cannot be included here. abrahadabra is "the key of the rituals" because it expresses the magical formulae of uniting various complementary ideas; especially the five of the microcosm with the six of the macrocosm. al i,21 "with the god& the adorer i am nothing: they do not see me. they are as upon the earth; i am heaven, and there is no other god than me, and my lord hadit" the old comment 21. refers to the actual picture on the stele. nuit

oman attend to these? the book does not say so; the passives are ignored. i feel the omission as a lack of balance, the only case of the kind in the book. this makes me certain that there is a special meaning. this wand and sword may not be the wand and sword, or rather dagger, of the elemental weapons. the wand may be that of the fool, the sword that of justice, whose letters are a& l; al is the key of the whole book. we may also take them as simple symbols, the one as that of love, the other as that of war. but, looking back over sixteen years, what have i learnt and taught? surely the work of the wand, the free use of the will to create, and the way to give power to the will. i have set it up and caused men to worship it, for its name is god-in-action. as to the work of the sword, i hav

ult passages of this book. the author, aiwaz, is careful to identify himself at intervals by such speech. the interpretation, when thoroughly grasped, is invariably quite overwhelming by its simplicity. it is for this reason that this book should be studied with all assiduity; at any moment the answer to your own deepest problem may be signalled to you from the stars. al i,46 "nothing is a secret key of this law. sixty-one the jews call it; i call it eight, eighty, four hundred& eighteen" the old comment 46. 61= aleph-vau-nun. but the true nothing of nuit is 8, 80, 418. now 8 is cheth, which spelt fully is 418- cheth-yod-taw. and 418 is abrahadabra, the word of ra-hoor-khuit. now 80 is pe, the letter of ra-hoor-khuit (qy. this (could 80= infinity 0. infinity x zero) the new comment see app

d very fully indeed in his record, some of the essential part of which will be found in the appendix weh note: the appendix has not been recovered. see frater achad's liber xxxi, not the same as crowley's liber xxxi, for more information. as it turned out, this child justified his identification as such, not only in the cipher (there cometh one- i.e. achad- to follow thee) but by discovering "the key of it all" al i,56 "expect him not from the east, nor from the west; for from no expected house cometh that child. aum! all words are sacred and all prophets true; save only that they understand a little; solve the first half of the equation, leave the second unattacked. but thou hast all in the clear light, and some, though not all, in the dark" the old comment 56. from the word "aum. all rel

e easy to elaborate this theme at great length, but i prefer to leave it to be worked out by each reader in the light of his own intelligence, but i wish to call the very particular attention of capitalists and labour leaders to the principles here set forth. i conclude by quoting four chapters from liber aleph which bear on the subject 'j'de lege motus "consider, my son, that word in the call or key of the thirty aethyrs: behold the face of your god, the beginning of comfort, whose eyes are the brightness of the heavens, which provided you for the government of the earth, and the unspeakable variety! and again: let there be no creature upon her or within her the same. all her members let them differ in their qualities, and let there be no creature equal with another. here also is the voic

, the beginning of comfort, whose eyes are the brightness of the heavens, which provided you for the government of the earth, and the unspeakable variety! and again: let there be no creature upon her or within her the same. all her members let them differ in their qualities, and let there be no creature equal with another. here also is the voice of true science, crying aloud that variation is the key of evolution. thereunto art cometh the third, perceiving beauty in the harmony of the diverse. know then, o my son, that all laws, all systems, all customs, all ideals and standards which tend to produce uniformity, are in direct opposition to nature's will to change and to develop through variety, and are accursed. do thou with all thy might of manhood strive against these forces, for they re

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t will be noticed that every number and letter has its correspondence in ideas of every sort; so that any given object can be analysed in terms of the 32. if i see a blue star, i should regard it as a manifestation of chesed, water, the moon, salt the alchemical principle, sagittarius or what not, in respect of its blueness one would have to decide which from other data and refer it to the xviith key of the taro in respect of its starriness. the use of these attributions is lengthy and various: i cannot dwell upon it: but i will give one example. if i wish to visit the sphere of geburah, i use the colours and forces appropriate: i go there: if the objects which then appear to my spiritual vision are harmonious therewith, it is a test of their truth. so also, to construct a talisman, or to

ds of discovering dogma from sacred words are also numerous and important: i may mention (a) the doctrine of sympathies: drawn from the total numeration of a word, when identical with, or a multiple or submultiple of, or a metathesis of, that of another word (b) the method of finding the least number of a word, by adding (and re-adding) the digits of its total number, and taking the corresponding key of the taro as a key to the meaning of the word (c) the method of analogies drawn from the shape of the letters (d) the method of deductions drawn from the meanings and correspondence of the letters (e) the method of acrostics drawn from the letters. this mode is only valid for adepts of the highest grades, and then under quite exceptional and rare conditions. 29 i.e, crowley s essay berashith

stick: those who have understood (favoured of god) have found therein aaron s rod that budded, the staff of life itself, yea, the venerable lingam of mahasiva! it is for us to trace the researches of frater p. in the qabalah, to show how from this storehouse of child s puzzles, of contradictions and incongruities, of paradoxes and trivialities, he discovered the very canon of truth, the authentic key of the temple, the word of that mighty combination which unlocks the treasure-chamber of the king. and this following is the manuscript which he has left for our instruction. an essay upon number (may the holy one mitigate his severities toward his servant in respect of the haste wherewith this essay hath been composed! when i travelled with the venerable iehi aour in search of truth, we encou

. note the 77= 7 11, magical power in perfection. 78. most venerable because alzm is shown as the influence descending from on high, whose key is the tarot: and we possess the tarot. the proper number of the name of the messenger of the most exalted one.66 [the account of aivas follows in its proper place. ed.]67 85. good, since 85= 5 17. 86. elohim, the original mischief. but good, since it is a key of the pentagram, 5= 1+ 4= 14= 8+ 6= 86. 91. merely venerable. 111. priceless, because of its 37 3 symbolism, its explanation of aleph, which we seek, and its comment that the unity may be found in thick darkness and in sudden death. this is the most clear and definite help we have yet had, showing samadhi and the destruction of the ego as gates of our final victory. 65 particularly the wake w

reasons given in the apocalypse. i took the beast to be the lion (leo my rising sign76) and sol, 6, 666, the lord of leo on which babalon should ride. and there were other more intimate considerations, unnecessary to enter upon in this place. note however that the tarot card of leo, strength, bears the number xi, the great number of the magnum opus, and its interchange with justice, viii; and the key of 8 is 418.77 74 364= inter alia, alpwm rua, the hidden light, a title of kether, and fch, the adversary t.s. 75 vide al i. 22 t.s. 76 this may have been wishful thinking on crowley s part. the time and place of birth accompanying ac s birthchart as printed in equinox i (7) and equinox of the gods actually give cancer, not leo, rising, suggesting the figure had been fudged. the editor of the

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ence from his castle of ug means from his initiation. we cannot in future do more than indicate the allusions. 4 the kerubim. 5 see table of correspondences [a table of correspondences was intended to appear as an appendix to the first volume of crowley s collected works. it is not in the 1970s reprint from which i am working, and may not have been in the original. see 777 instead t.s] 6 the 22nd key of the tarot. the other tarot symbols can be traced by any one who possesses, and to some degree understands, a pack of the cards. the occult views of the nature of these symbols are in some cases crowley s own. ambrosii magi hortus rosarum 111 intellectus. deus. h. et s. v. a. luna. quid umbratur in mari. deo duce comite ferro. vestigia nulla retrorsum. pearls, big and round like the breasts

as comforted. now came the sudden twittering of heart lest the firmament beneath him were not stable, and lo! he danceth up and down as a very cork on waters of wailing. woman, he bade sternly, be still. cleave that with thy sword: or that must i well work? but she cleft the cords, bitter-faced, smiling goddess as she was; 1 the sacrifices are the ten sephiroth. 2 see table. 3 ancient form of the key of s. 4 considered as the agent of resurrection. 5 in the true key of m the tree is shaped like the letter d= venus or love. the figure of the man forms a cross above a triangle, with apex upwards, the sign of redemption. ambrosii magi hortus rosarum 113 sapientiae lux viris baculum. femina rapta inspirit gaudium. pleiades. dignitates. amicitia. amor. sophia. and he went on. leave thine ox-goa

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, the way, the truth, and the life. the interior order was formed immediately after the first perception of man's wider heritage had dawned upon the first of the adepts; it received from the masters at first-hand the revelation of the means by which humanity could be raised to its rights and delivered from its misery. it received the primitive charge of all revelation and mystery; it received the key of true science, both divine and natural. but as men multiplied, the frailty of man necessitated an exterior society which veiled the interior one, and concealed the spirit and the truth in the letter, because many people were not capable of comprehending great interior truth. therefore, interior truths were wrapped in external and perceptible ceremonies, so that men, by the perception of the

d. smote the blasting hazel rod on the scarlet lips of god; trampled cross and rosy core; brake the thunder-tool of thor; meek and holy acolyte of the priestly hells of spite, sleek and shameless catamite of the beasts that prowl by night! like a star that streams from heaven through the virgin airs light-riven, from the lift there shot and fell an admirable miracle. 41 carved minute and clean, a key of purest lapis-lazuli more blue than the blind sky that aches (wreathed with the stars, her torturing snakes, for the dead god's kiss that never wakes; shot with golden specks of fire like a virgin with desire. look, the levers! fern-frail fronds of fantastic diamonds, glimmering with ethereal azure in each exquisite embrasure. on the shaft the letters laced, as if dryads lunar-chaste with th

or the sceptic. the slave, or he who stands before the veil of the outer court. the warrior, or he who stands before the veil of the inner court. the king, or he who stands before the veil of the abyss. the white watch-tower, or the awakened one. 161 the third method is found almost entirely in the second book. the third and fourth books of this essay consist of purely symbolic pictures. for the key of the portal the neophyte must discover for himself; and until he finds the key the temple of solomon the king must remain closed to him "vale" 162 19 nine pictures between darkness and light, or eleven in all. the union of the pentagram and the hexagram is to be noted; also the eleven-lettered name abrahadabra; 418; achad osher, or one and ten; the eleven averse sephiroth; and adonai. book i

ones. should he be poor he must aim at riches without forfeiting his poverty; should he be rich he must aim at possessing poverty as well, without taking one farthing from the coffers of his treasury. the man of much estate must aim at possessing all the land, until there is no kingdom left for him to conquer. the unobtainable must be obtained, and in the obtaining of it is to be found the golden key of the kingdom of light. the virgin must become as the wanton, yet though filled with all the itchings of lust, she must in no wise forfeit the purity of her virginity; for the foundations of the temple are indeed set between day and night, and the scaffolding thereof is as an arch flung between heaven and hell. for if she who is a virgin become but as a common strumpet, then she indeed falls

re are set the pavilions of dreams and the tented encampments of sleep, in which are spread the tables of demons, and where 218 feast the wantons and the prudes, the youths and the old men, and all the opposites of virtue and of vice. but he who would wear the crown must find the key, else the door of the palace remains closed, for none other than he can open it for him. and he who would find the key of gold must seek it here in the outer court of the world, where the flatterers, and the parasites, and the hypocrites, buzz like flies over the fleshpots of life. now he who enters the outer court sees set before him many tables and couches, at which with swollen veins revel the sons of the gluttony of life. here men, in their furious love of greed, stuff their jaws with the luxuries of decay

d which openeth the door which leadeth unto the palace of the king, wherein is the temple. for when thou hast discovered beauty and wisdom and truth in the swollen veins, in the distended bellies, in the bubbling lips, in the lewd gambollings, in the furious greed, the wanton 220 whisperings, the sly winkings, and all the shameless nonsense of the outer court, then indeed shalt thou find that the key of gold is only to be found in the marriage of wantonness and chastity. and taking it thou shalt place it in the lock of cherubic fire which is fashioned in the centre of the door of the king's house, which is built of ivory and ebony and studded with jet and silver; and the door shall open for a time as if a flame had been blown aside, and thou shalt see before thee a table of pearl on which

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ke to call attention to the immense amount of important material that awaits publication. there is the sepher sephiroth, referred to in this section of the temple of solomon the king; the complete writings of dr dee and sir edward kelly; a tremendous volume on the tarot; du potet's "magic unveiled" translated by john yarker, the venerable grand master general of the a. and p. rite of masonry; the key of the greater mysteries, by eliphas 1 levi, and many other important mss. all this has cost untold labour to me and my colleagues; but the difficulties of editing and publishing still confront us. i am therefore appealing for helpers among those who are interested in the clear and scholarly statement of what the famous adepts of the past have thought and handed down, either by word or pen* 77

r means prosper converted another jew, who had previously been bitterly opposed 1 weh note: plagiarized entire from ginsburg's "the kabbalah. 2 weh note: better: his purported translation of three of the more obscure books of the zohar. 3 weh note: this observation led mathers to miss-identify a picture of moses as metatron in his edition (not translation, the mss were in english) of "the greater key of solomon" to christianity. the first is, bn rvch ab shlvshthm ichd thmim, ben, ruach, ab, shaloshethem yechad thaubodo "the son, the spirit, the father, ye shall equally worship their trinity" the third is bkvri rashvni ashr shmv ishvo thobvdv, bekori rashuni asher shamo yeshuah thaubodo "ye shall worship my first-born, my first, whose name is jesus" the fourth is, bbva rbn ashr shmv ishvo t

ll be noticed that every number and letter has its "correspondence" in ideas of every sort; so that any given object can be analysed in terms of the 32. if i see a blue star, i should regard it as a manifestation of chesed, water, the moon, salt the alchemical principle, sagittarius or what not, in respect of its blueness- one would have to decide which from other data- and refer it to the xviith key of the taro in respect of its starriness. the use of these attributions is lengthy and various: i cannot dwell upon it: but i will give one example. if i wish to visit the sphere of geburah, i use the colours and forces appropriate: i go there: if the objects which then appear to my spiritual vision are harmonious therewith, it is one test of their truth. so also, to construct a talisman, or t

s of discovering dogma from sacred words are also numerous and important: i may mention("a" the doctrine of sympathies: drawn from the total numeration of a word, when identical with, or a multiple of submultiple of, or a metathesis of, that of another word("b" the method of finding the least number of a word, by adding (and re- adding) the digits of its total number, and taking the corresponding key of the taro as a key to the meaning of the word("c) the method of analogies drawn from the shape of the letters("d) the method of deductions drawn from the meanings and correspondences of the letters("e) the method of acrostics drawn from the letters. this mode is only valid for adepts of the highest grades, and then under quite exceptional and rare conditions. 84("f) the method of transpositi

stick: those who have understood (favoured of god) have found therein aaron's rod that budded, the staff of life itself, yea, the venerable lingam of mahasiva! it is for us to trace the researches of frater p. in the qabalah, to show how from this storehouse of child's puzzles, of contradictions and incongruities, of paradoxes and trivialities, he discovered the very canon of truth, the authentic key of the temple, the word of that mighty combination which unlocks the treasure-chamber of the king. and this following is the manuscript which he has let for our instruction. 96 an essay upon number (may the holy one mitigate his severities toward his servant in respect of the haste wherewith this essay hath been composed! when i travelled with the venerable iehi aour in search of truth, we enc

note the 77= 7 x 11, magical power in perfection. 114 78. most venerable because mzla is shown as the influence descending from on high, whose key is the tarot: and we possess the tarot. the proper number of the name of the messenger of the most exalted one [the account of aivas follows in its proper place- ed] 85. good, since 85= 5 x 17. 86. elohim, the original mischief. but good, since it is a key of the pentagram, 5= 1+ 4- 14- 8+ 6= 86. 91. merely venerable. 111. priceless, because of its 37 x 3 sumbolism, its explanation of aleph, which we seek, and its comment that the unity may be found in "thick darkness" and in "sudden death" this is the most clear and definite help we have yet had, showing samadhi and the destruction of the ego as gates of our final victory. 120. see part i. and

easons given in the apocalypse. i took the beast to be the lion (leo my rising sign) and sol, 6,666, the lord of leo on which babalon should ride. and there were other more intimate considerations, unnecessary 118 to enter upon in this place. note however that the tarot card of leo, strength, bears the number xi, the great number of the magnum opus, and its interchange with justice, viii; and the key of 8 is 418. this all seemed to me so important that no qabalistic truths were so firmly implanted in my mind at the time when i was ordered to abandon the study of magic and the qabalah as these: 8, 11, 418, 666; combined with the profoundest veneration for 1, 3, 5, 7, 13, 37, 78, 91, 111. i must insist on this at the risk of tautology and over-emphasis; for it is the key to my standard of tr

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, thou must accomplish the sevenfold task of the earth, even as thou sawest the angels from the greatest unto the least. and of all this shalt thou take back with thee but a little part, for the sense shall be darkened, and the shrine re-veiled. yet know this for thy reproof, and for the stirring up of discontent in them whose swords are of lath, that in every word of this vision is concealed the key of many mysteries, even of being, and of knowledge, and of bliss; of will, of courage, of wisdom, and of silence, and of that which, being all these, is greater than all these. begone! for the night of life is fallen upon thee. and the veil of light hideth that which is. with that, i suddenly see the world as it is, and i am very sorrowful. bou-saada "november" 28, 1909. 4-6 p.m. 36("note- you

re fallen- the ground is covered with them. there is a laugh in my right ear "this is the tree of life" and now there is a mighty god, sebek, with the head of a crocodile. his head is gray, like river mud, and his jaws fill the whole aire. and he crunches up the whole tree and the ground and everything. now then at last cometh forth the angel of the aethyr, who is like the angel of the fourteenth key of rota, with beautiful blue wings, blue robes, the sun in her girdle like a brooch, and the two crescents of the moon shapen into sandals for her feet. her hair is of flowing gold, each sparkle as a star. in her hands are the torch of penelope and the cup of circe. 48 she comes and kisses me on the mouth, and says: blessed art thou who hast beheld sebek my lord in his glory. many are the cham

at is the sign of the scorpion. the pillars about the neophyte are crowned with flame, and the vault of the adepts is lighted by the rose. and in the abyss is the eye of the hawk. but upon the great sea shall the master of the temple find neither star nor moon. and i was about to answer him "the light is within me" but before i could frame the words, he answered me with the great word that is the key of the abyss. and he said: thou hast entered the night; dost thou yet lust for day? sorrow is my name, and affliction. i am girt about with tribulation. here still hangs the crucified one, and here the mother weeps over the children that she hath not borne. sterility is 73 my name, and desolation. intolerable is thine ache, and incurable thy wound. i said, let the darkness cover me; and behold

or bread shalt thou eat salt, o thou on the corn of ceres that didst wax fat! for as pure being is pure nothing, so is pure wisdom pure-,11 and so is pure understanding silence, and stillness, and darkness. the eye is called 11 i suppose that only a magus could have heard this word. seventy, and the triple aleph whereby thou perceivest it, divideth into the number of the terrible word that is the key of the abyss. i am hermes, that am sent from the father to expound all things discreetly in these the last words that thou shalt hear before thou take thy seat among these, whose eyes are sealed up, and whose ears are stopped, and whose mouths are clenched, who are folded in upon themselves, the liquor of whose bodies is dried up, so that nothing remains but a little pyramid of dust. and that

sign of isis rejoicing. and then he remaineth to ward the aethyr, while i return unto the bank of sand that is the bed of the river near the desert. the river-bed near bou-saada "december" 4, 1909. 2.10-3.45 p.m. the cry of the 12th aethyr, which is called loe. there appear in the stone two pillars of flame, and in the midst is a chariot of white fire. this seems to be the chariot of the seventh key of 81 tarot. but it is drawn by four sphinxes, diverse, like the four sphinxes upon the door of the vault of the adepts, counterchanged in their component parts. the chariot itself is the lunar crescent, waning. the canopy is supported by eight pillars of amber. these pillars are upright, and yet the canopy which they support is the whole vault of the night. the charioteer is a man in golden a

me is the second death, for the blood that they have sprinkled on their pylon, that is a bar against the angel death, is the key by which he entereth in.12 the angel sayeth: and this is the word of double power in the voice of the master, wherein the five interpenetrateth the six. this is its secret interpretation that may not be understood, save only of "them that understand" and for this is the key of the pylon of power, because there is no power that may endure, save only the power that descendeth in this my chariot from babylon, the city of the fifty gates, the gate of the god on [hb:nun-final hb:ayin hb:lamed hb:aleph hb:bet hb:aleph hb:bet. moreover is on the key of the vault that is 120. so also do the majesty and the beauty derive from the supernal wisdom. but this is a mystery utt

alanced in the word abrahadabra, and therein is the mystery disclosed. but the key unto this gate is the balance of the seven and the four; and of this thou hast not even the first letter. now there is a word of four letters that containeth in itself all the mystery of the tetragrammaton, and there is a word of seven letters which it concealeth, and that again concealeth the holy word that is the key of the abyss.19 and this thou shalt find, revolving it in thy mind. 19 these words are probably babalon, c"h"aos, taro. hide therefore thine eyes. and i will set my key in the lock, and open it. yet still let thine eyes be hidden, for thou canst not bear the glory that is within. so, therefore, i covered mine eyes with my hands. yet through my hands could i perceive a little of those bowers of

e in his heart, for the root of evil is the root of breath, and the speech in the silence was a lie. thus is it seen from below by them that understand not. but from above he rejoiceth, for the joy of dissolution is ten thousand, and the pang of birth but a little. and now thou shalt go forth from the aethyr, for the voice of the aethyr is hidden and concealed from thee because thou hadst not the key of the door thereof, and thine eyes were not able to bear the splendour of the vision. but thou shalt meditate upon the mysteries thereof, and upon the lady of the aethyr; and it may be by the wisdom of the most high that the true voice of the aethyr, that is continual song, may be heard of thee. return therefore instantly unto the earth, and sleep not for a while; but withdraw thyself from th

ther away i seem to get from success. but a voice comes now: must not understanding lie open unto wisdom as the pyramids lie open to the stars? accordingly, i wait in a certain magical posture which it is not fitting to disclose, and above me appears the starry heaven of night, and one star greater than all the other stars. it is a star of eight rays. i recognize it as the star in the seventeenth key of the tarot, as the star of mercury. and the light of it cometh from the path of aleph. and the letter cheth is also involved in the interpretation of this star, and the paths of h and vau are the separations which this star unites. and in the heart of the star is an exceeding splendour- a god standing upon the moon, brilliant beyond imagining. 123 it is like unto the vision of the universal

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ining blackness deeper than the night. i then consecrated myself to the operation; cutting the tonsure upon my head, a circle, as it were to admit the light of infinity: and cutting the cross of blood upon my breast, thus symbolising the equilibration of and the slaying of the body, while loosing the blood, the first projection in matter of the universal fluid. the whole formulating the ankh the key of life! i gave moreover the signs of the grades from 0 0 to 7 4 then did i take upon myself the great obligation as follows: i. i, o.m.&c. a member of the body of god, hereby bind myself on behalf of the whole universe, even as we are now physically bound unto the cross of suffering: ii. that i will lead a pure life, as a devoted servant of the order: iii. that i will understand all things:

w only excited by spiritual crises, catastrophes of the reason, triumphs of the intelligence. in these fields captain fuller is a master dramatist. mr. w. northam "robe maker and tailor" 9 henrietta st. covent garden, w.c. begs to inform those concerned that he has been entrusted by the a. a. with the manufacture of the necessary robes and other appurtenances of members of the society. the lesser key of solomon (goetia)"with full instructions and illustrations" price 1 1s. through the "equinox" only a few copies remain for st the equinox vol. i. no. ii 2nd part of three october 18, 1989 e.v. key entry and march 1, 1990 e.v. first proof reading against the 1st edition. done by bill heidrick, t.g. of o.t.o (further proof reading desirable) copyright (c) o.t.o. disk 2 of 3 this is the xywrit

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e sinking sun into the western sea" and we find him now in the goetic kingdoms of sorcery, witchcraft, and infernal necromancy. the bats flit by us as we listen to his frenzied cries for light and knowledge "the spiritual guide" and "the cherubic wanderer" are set aside for "the arbatel" and "the seven mysterious orisons" a hurried turning of many pages, the burning of many candles, and then- the key of solomon for a time is put away, with the grimoires and the rituals, the talismans, and the virgin parchments; the ancient books of the qabalah lie open before him; a flash of brilliant fire, like a silver fish leaping from out the black waters of the sea into 236 the starlight, bewilders him and is gone; for he has opened "the book of concealed mystery" and has read "before there was equili

the zodiac" he then explains that to the thirty-second path of the sepher yetzirah is attributed the seven abodes of assiah; to the four elements, the kerubim, and the qliphoth.5 267 it represents the connecting-link between assiah and yetzirah. it is the rending of the veil of the tabernacle; and it is the passing of the gate of eden. after which he enters upon the symbolisms of the twenty-first key of the tarot, the naked female form of which represents the bride of the apocalypse, the qabalistic queen of the canticles, the egyptian isis of nature. her two wands are the directing forces of the positive and negative currents. she is the synthesis of the thirty-second path uniting malkuth and yesod. illustration on page 268 approximated_ diagram 21. the cubical cross of twenty- two squares

salt_ spirit 7 heavens of assiah tablet_ of earth lamp_ 20# key_ of_ tarot_ 10 averse_ seats for altar sephiroth_ practicus/ lamp/ lamp_ hiereus hegemon_ chalice (o/ lamp_ sephiroth water sephiroth_ in banner seven tablet hb:heh hb:vau hb:heh hb:yod of west palaces of water_ diagram 26. arrangement of the temple for the 31st path in the 3= 8 ritual. he then explains to the theoricus the twentieth key of the tarot. it is a glyph of the powers of fire. the angel crowned with the sun is michael, the ruler of solar fire. the serpents which leap in the rainbow are symbols of the fiery seraphim. the trumpet represents the influence of the spirit descending upon binah; and the banner with the cross refers to the four rivers of paradise. michael is also axieros; the left-hand 271 figure samael, th

salt salt spirit tablet_ of earth lamp altar_ 19thkey of_ tarot_ geomant(ic_ names& figures/ sigels of and_ olympic talismans planetary spirits_ cup lamp_ hiereus hegemon_ water_ banner of west tablet of water_ planetary. tarot& symbols_ attributions compounded_ hb:taw_ diagram 30. arrangement of the temple for the 30th path in the 3= 8 ritual. and then enters upon the symbolism of the nineteenth key of the tarot, which resumes these ideas: the sun has twelve principal rays which represent the zodiac; these are divided into thirty-six rays to represent the thirty-six decantes; and then again into seventy-two quinaries. thus the sun itself embraces the whole creation in its rays. the seven hebrew yodhs falling through the air refer to the solar influence descending "the two children, standi

black/ white) incense_ incense_ spirit 18th key dee tablet/ lamp of tarot lamp/ tablet of earth of fire/ geomant_ ic tal- a ismans_ hexagram_ hiereus_ lamp cup_ from dee& water on) banner of west 3 pillars_ qabalah water tree of of nine tablet life in chambers of water tarot_ diagram 37. arrangement of the temple for the 29th path in the 4= 7 ritual. after which he explains to him the eighteenth key of the tarot. it represents the moon in its increase in the side of gedulah; it has sixteen principal, and sixteen secondary rays. four hebrew yodhs fall from it. there are also two watch-towers, two dogs, and a cray-fish "she is the moon at the feet of the woman of the revelations, ruling equally over the cold and moist natures, and the passive elements of water 277 and earth" the four yodhs

med hb:vau hb:ayin_ diagram 43. the pyramid of the four elements. shortly after this, the "hierophant" explains to the practicus the truncated pyramid: this pyramid is attributed to the four elements; on its apex is the word hb:taw hb:aleph (ath) composed of the first and last letters of the alphabet, it signifies essence. the square base represents the material universe. and then the seventeenth key of the tarot: this key represents a star with seven principal and fourteen secondary rays, altogether twenty-one, the number of the divine name eheieh. in the egyptian sense it is sirius, the dog-star, the star of isis-sothis. around it are the seven planets. the nude figure 279 is the synthesis of isis, nephthys, and hathoor. she is aima, binah, and tebunah, the great supernal mother aima elo

ue\ hb:shin\ earth_ diagram 44. arrangement of the temple the 27th path in the 4= 7 ritual. after which the "hierophant" explains the calvary cross of ten squares "the calvary cross of ten squares refers to the ten sephiroth in balanced disposition; before which the formless and the void rolled back. it is also the opened-out form of the double cube, and of the altar of incense" and the sixteenth key of the tarot: it represents a tower struck by a lightning-flash proceeding from a rayed circle and terminating in a triangle. it is the tower of babel. the flash exactly forms the astronomical symbol of mars. it is the power of the triad rushing down and destroying the column of darkness. the men falling from the tower represent the fall of the kings of edom "on the right-hand side of the towe

thou shalt unite all these symbols into the form of the lion.'27 for thus wilt thou cleave upwards by the path of hb:samekh, through the sixth sephira unto the path of hb:tet answering unto leo, the lion, the reconciling path between mercy and severity, chesed and geburah; beneath whose centre hangs the glorious sun of tiphereth "v.h. associate adept, will you explain to the philosophus the 13th key of the tarot" 27 "see" preface "associate adept" the 13th key of the tarot represents the figure of a skeleton. the five extremities of the body, delineated by head, hands and feet, allude to the powers of the number five, the letter hb:heh, the pentagram comprehending the concealed spirit of life and the four elements, the originators of all living forms. the sign scorpio especially alludes t

snake is the mixed and deceptive nature, serving alike for good and evil, and the eagle is the higher and divine nature yet to be found herein, the alchemical eagle of distillation, the renewer of life. as it is said "thy youth shall be renewed like the eagle's" great indeed and many are the mysteries of this terrible key! after explaining a symbol of typhon the associate adept turns to the 15th key of the tarot. the 15th key of the tarot represents a goat-headed satyr-like demon standing upon 286 a cubical altar. in his left hand, which points downwards, he holds a lighted torch, and in his right hand, which is elevated, a horn of water. the cubical altar represents the universe. the whole figure shows the gross generating powers of nature on the material plane, and is analogous to the p

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ially taken up and a book of careful instruction compiled "see" liber o- ed> better still, have a skilled teacher. the experiment is an easy one; with two pupils only (of some dozens) i have failed, and that completely; with the others the first experiment was a success. we must include, too, in this section the forms appearing in answer to the rites of ceremonial magic. 61 (consult "goetia" the "key of solomon" eliphaz levi, cornelius agrippa, pietro di abano, barrett and others for instructions) these forms are more solid and real, much more dangerous, and are excessively difficult to obtain. i have known very few successful practitioners. all these forms and names are almost infinitely varied. the grosser visual and auditory phenomena of hashish belong to the group. it is not just to su

g, thumb against thumb (an important but, as i hold, heterodox school of adepts employ the forefinger) keep very still; and ask your question "adam, adam, tell me true! shall i &c. if the bible turns in a dextro-rotary manner the answer is "yes; if in the opposite direction "no" this sublime method of tearing out the heart of destiny is evidently derived from a slightly more elaborate one in the "key of solomon (book i, chap. ix) for detecting theft, which is done with a sieve, and which i supposed (until "adam" advised me to the contrary) to represent the lowest debauchery in which the human intellect could wallow. the game is, however, much esteemed by charlatan clairvoyants; and i can well understand their indignation at finding that i do not recognise their proficiency in this game and

gy: and the formulation of the sphere 178 of the universe (or magical mirror in man. as it were the egg of the black swan of time, the kala hamsa, the triune m a u, or word of power or of seb, the bird of life, whose will was heard in the night of time. the total numeric value of the verse is dalet-taw-nun-tet= 4459, of which the key is 22, the number of the paths from hb:aleph to hb:taw; and the key of 22 is 4, the tetractys and the threshold of the universe. now to proceed to what i have termed the time process, the first word of the law then is bet-resh-aleph-shin-yod-taw. now in the hebrew scriptures the first word of a book is also its title. thus genesis is called by the rabbins "b'rasheth" or "in the beginning" wherefore we may regard this word as not the first word- albeit that is

universe. now to proceed to what i have termed the time process, the first word of the law then is bet-resh-aleph-shin-yod-taw. now in the hebrew scriptures the first word of a book is also its title. thus genesis is called by the rabbins "b'rasheth" or "in the beginning" wherefore we may regard this word as not the first word- albeit that is shadowed forth therein- but as the seal and title and key of the whole book. holding this in mind, let us proceed to analyse it. the number of its letters is six, the seal of creation, and their total numeric value is 2911. 2911= 13= death, the transformer<youth shall be renewed as the eagle's" now the eagle is hb:nun. for further consideration of this 13 "vide" in the portal ritual the explanation of that terrible key "see" ac

y the word heh-aleph-resh-tzaddifinal, ha aretz, the earth, hath four letters showing its elemental constitution, and its key is 17- also hope- hope in the earth as there is hope in heaven. and the last letter of the verse is hb:tzaddifinal (the letter of hope, by qabalah of nine chambers that number which contains in itself all the properties of protean matters: howsoever you may multiply it the key of its numbers is ever 9. fitting symbol of ever-changing matter which ever in its essence is one- one and alone! thus with the first appearance of the number of matter does the first verse of b'rasheth close: formulating in itself the beginning and the end of the great creation "the characters of heaven with thy finger hast thou traced: but none can read them save he hath been taught in thy s

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he word i. n. r. i. another form of the rose and cross, the crux ansata, is shown to represent the force of the ten sephiroth in nature, divided into a hexad and tetrad. the oval embraces the first six sephiroth, and the tau cross the lower four, answering to the four elements. the complete symbol of the rose and cross, which the chief adept carries upon his breast, is then explained to mean "the key of sigils and of rituals; and that it 209 represents the force of the twenty-two letters in nature as divided into a three, a seven and a twelve "many and great are its mysteries" the explanation of the rose and cross being ended, the third adept first explains his wand as having marked on it the colours of the twelve signs of the zodiac between light and darkness, and that it is surmounted by

e attributed to the planets. it symbolises rebirth and resurrection from death. lastly, the chief adept explains his as follows "my wand is surmounted by the winged globe, around which the twin serpents of egypt twine. it symbolises the equilibrated force of the spirit and the four elements beneath the everlasting wings of the holy one. illustration on page 210 described "diagram 61. the egyptian key of life. the crux ansata" this is a standard shape ankh, but the figure is divided and marked as follows: the loop is divided into six sections, with the bottom extending in a wedge to the enter of the cross intersection. in the sections of the loop are placed hebrew letters in circles, corresponding to the sephiroth thusly: clockwise from top: hb:koph, hb:chet, hb:chet, hb:taw, hb:gemel, hb:b

ic of thine heart, through the athanor of affliction, seek thou the true stone of the wise* quit thou this vault, then, o aspirant, with thine arms crossed upon thy breast, bearing in thy right hand the crook of mercy and in thy left hand the scourge of severity,7 the emblems of those eternal forces, betwixt which in equilibrium the 217 universe dependeth: these forces whose reconciliation is the key of life, whose separation is evil and death [the "third adept" then continues frater n.n.'s narrative, in which are mentioned the names of the early brothers. he ends by saying] ex deo nascimur; in jesu morimur; per spiritum sanctum reviviscimus [the pastos is then closed and the aspirant quits the vault, which is made ready for the third part of the ceremony] illustration on page 218 describe

o give place to the four colors. in addition, each sephiroth is also marked with the astrological correspondences from liber "777, column vi; done as symbols for the planets and english words for the remaining three. behold the diagram of "minutum mundum sive fundamentum coloris "the small universe or the foundation of color" treasure it in thine heart and mark it well, seeing that therein is the key of nature. it is as thou seest the diagram of the sephiroth and paths, with the appropriate colours attributed thereto. see that thou reveal it not to the profane, for many and great are its mysteries. kether is the highest of all; and therein scintillates the divine white brilliance, concerning which it is not fitting that i should speak more fully. chokmah is grey (opalescent, the mixture of

one."70 and this being accomplished, let him lift up his heart unto that light, and dwell therein, and aspire even unto that which is beyond. and seeing that the gate is called strait, let him invoke her who abideth therein, in the path called daleth, even our lady isis""the invocation""of" 68 see "liber o" the equinox, vol. i. no. 2. 69 see "liber o" the equinox, vol. 1, no. 2. 70 see the lesser key of solomon: the goetia "isis" and i beheld a great wonder in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun: and the moon was at her feet: and on her head was the diadem of the twelve stars. hear me, our lady isis, hear and save. o thou, queen of love and mercy! thou, crowned with the throne! thou, horn d as the moon! thou, whose countenance is mild and glowing, even as grass refreshed by rain! hear me

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hrough thee, through thee, my strength is but as a dove's down floating forth on the purple nipples of the storm. 5. o thou crown d giant among great giants, thou crimson-sworded soldier of war! yea, as i battle with thee, thou masterest me as a lion that slayeth a babe that is cradled in lilies. 10 6. o thou shadowy vista of darkness, thou cryptic book of the fir-clad hills! yea, as i search the key of thy house i find my hope but as a rushlight sheltered in the hands of a little child. 7. o thou great labour of the firmament, thou tempest-tossed roaring of the aires! yea, as i sink in the depths of thine affliction, mine anguish is but as the smile on the lips of a sleeping babe. 8. o thou depths of the inconceivable, thou cryptic, unutterable god! yea, as i attempt to understand thee, m

realisation, initiation, the kabbalah, the magic chain, necromancy, transmutations, black magic, bewitchments, astrology, charms and philtres, the stone of the philosophers, the universal medicine, divination, the triangle of pantacles, the conjuration of the four, the blazing pentagram, medium and mediator, the septenary of talismans, a warning to the imprudent, the ceremonial of initiates, the key of occultism, the sabbath of the sorcerers, witchcraft and spells, the writing of the stars, philtres and magnetism, the mastery of the sun, the thaumaturge, the science of the prophets, the book of hermes, etc "occult philosophy seems to have been the nurse, or godmother of all intellectual forces, the key of all divine obscurities, and the absolute queen of society in those ages when it was

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my left hand; and naught remains! ho! for the splendour in my name hidden and glorious, a flame 50 secretly shooting from the sun. aum! ha_ my destiny is done. the word is spoken and concealed. olympas. i am stunned. what wonder was revealed? marsyas. the rite is secret. olympas. profits it? marsyas. only to wisdom and to wit. olympas. the other did no less. marsyas. then prove both by the master-key of love. the lock turns stiffly? shalt thou shirk to use the sacred oil of work? not from the valley shalt thou test the eggs that line the eagle's nest! climb, with thy life at stake, the ice, the sheer wall of the precipice! master the cornice, gain the breach, and learn what next the ridge can teach! yet_ not the ridge itself may speak the secret of the final peak. olympas. all ridges join

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nor counted the cost- for the secret of things. science is baffled, for knowledge hath no wings! religion is baffled, for faith hath no feet! life itself- of what value is all this coil and tumult? who shall give me the secret? what is the secret [todd "whispers in his ear" why, thanks, thanks! what a fool i have been! i have always known who you were, of course, but how could i guess you had the key of things? simple as a b c- or, rather, as a! and nothing to pay after all "for of all gods you only love not gifts["ushers" todd "to the door] i follow you [todd "smiles kindly on him. they go out["the child turns; and, finding himself alone, begins to cry" charley. my nice man has gone away. old todd has taken him away. i think i hate that old todd["enter" todd. 234 i hate you! i hate you! w

et received her favours, and his head, bowed and weighted with its spongy amorphous magic, rested on me like a honeycomb, all giddy and vibrant with perfume and emotion "and once an old mother's head, gray and weary with its long rolling down the years, found on me the unexpected peace and happiness of the old. for the old are so lonely, and no one is their friend. so, my brothers, i give you the key of all her secrets except that secret which she shares with time and herself "i can make all plain except my own mystery, which is the tragedy of everyone, worm, or man, or god "blaspheme no more in such childish, imitative fashion! 323 you are nearer the world than i, and its weak vanity has stained you. the eye looks at the world, and the world looks at the eye, and though each learns from t

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and signed by the author. the binding will be half-parchment with crimson sides; the ordinary copies will be bound in crimson cloth. occultism to the readers of "the equinox- all who are interested in occult and masonic lore should write to frank hollings for his catalogue of over 1,000 volumes. sent post free on receipt of name and address, and all future issues. a few selected items below. the key of solomon the king (clavicula salomonis, translated and edited from ancient mss. in the british museum, by s. liddell macgregor mathers, author of "the kabbalah unveiled" the tarot" etc "with plates" crown 4to "cloth" 21"s "net" the key of solomon gives full, clear, and concise instructions for talismanic and ceremonial magic, as well as for the practical part of occultism. besides seals, sig

f "the kabbalah unveiled" the tarot" etc "with plates" crown 4to "cloth" 21"s "net" the key of solomon gives full, clear, and concise instructions for talismanic and ceremonial magic, as well as for the practical part of occultism. besides seals, sigils, and magical diagrams, nearly 50 pantacles or talismans are given in the plates. among other authors both eliphas l vi and christian mention the "key of solomon" as a work of high authority, and the former especially refers to it repeatedly. jennings (hargrave. the rosicrucians, their rites and mysteries, fourth edition, revised, demy 8vo "with hundreds of illustrations. half morocco" 7"s" 6"d" some of the contents: critics of the rosicrucians criticized- the hermetic philosophers- fire- theosophy of the persians- drudical stones- the round

, realisation, imitation, the kabbalah, the magic chain, necromancy, transmutations, black magic, bewitchments, astrology, charms and philtres, the stone of the philosophers, the universal medicine, divination, the triangle of pantacles, the conjuration of the four, the blazing pentagram. medium and mediator, the septenary of talismans, a warning to the imprudent, the ceremonial of initiates, the key of occultism, the sabbath of the sorcerers, witchcraft and spells, the writing of the stars, philtres and magnetism, the mastery of the sun, the thaumaturge, the science of the prophets, the book of hermes, etc "occult philosophy seems to have been the nurse, or godmother of all intellectual forces, the key of all divine obscurities, and the absolute queen of society in those ages when it was

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ustration on center top third by horizontal of the back cover: this is an equilateral triangle circumscribed in a white ring. the triangle is of wide and white bars. the field within ring and triangle is solid red. text to the left "price one guinea net" text to the right "to be had of the equinox, 124 victoria st, s. w. and through all booksellers goetia vel clavicula salomonis regis (the lesser key of solomon the king) the best, simplest, most intelligible and most effective treatise extant on ceremonial magic careful and complete instruction; ample illustration; beautiful production. this books id very much easier both to understand and to operate than the so- called "greater" key of solomon_ only a few copies remain for sale. the equinox "the editor will be glad to consider "contributi

a sanhita" chap. 1. 36 besides these, there are several lesser known yogas, for the most part variant of the above such as: asht nga, laya, and t raka. see "hatha-yoga pradipika" p. iii. 37 the "bhagavad-g ta" fifth discourse, 2-5. 38 "ibid" second discourse, 53. 39 "ibid" ninth discourse, 27, 34. that p. as yet had never fully experienced; and he, realizing this, it came about that when once the key of yoga was proffered him, he preferred to open the door of renunciation and close that of action, and to abandon the western methods by the means of which he had already advanced so far rather than to continue in them. this in itself was the first great sacrifice which he made upon the path of renunciation- to abandon all that he had as yet attained to, to cut himself off from the world, and

fore it is that all the great masters have set the task of courage before that of endeavour.57 he who "dares" to "will" will "will" to know, and knowing will keep silence;58 for even to such as have entered the supreme order, there is not way found whereby they may break the stillness and communicate to those who have not ceased to hear.59 the guardian of the temple is adonai, he alone holds the key of the portal, seek it of him, for there is none other that can open for thee the door. now to dare much is to will a little, so it comes about that though hatha yoga is the physical yoga which teaches the aspirant how to control his body, yet is it also raja yoga 77 which teach him how to control his mind. little by little, as the body comes under control, does the mind assert its sway over t

a black egg of spirit in the silver crescent of water. see "777, col. lxxv, p. 16. see diagram 84. 146 the golden dawn symbol of the flaming sword. see diagram 12. 147 by this is meant watching the swing of an imaginary pendulum. the difficulty is to keep it in one plane, as it tries to swing round; also to change its rate. 148 in these records "m" means morning and "e" evening. 149 the egyptian key of life. see diagram 61. 150 lamp of the invisible light. 151 in the mind. 152 the visualized form of the goddess isis. 153 that is to say she kept on moving out of the line of mental sight. 154 see diagram 80. a scarlet rose on a gold cross. 155 at this point p. made the following resolve "i resolve to increase my powers very greatly by the aid of the most high, until i can meditate for twent

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rts. i. an analytical and critical account of the chief magical rituals extant. ii. a complete grimoire of black magic. by arthur edward waite. the two chief sections are subdivided as follows("a) studies on the antiquity of magical rituals["b) the ritual of transcendental magic, so- called("c) composite rituals("d) the rituals of black magic("e) the descending hierarchy of spirits("f) the lesser key of solomon the king("g) the mystery of the "sanctum regnum("h) the rite of "lucifuge("i) the method of honorius, etc, etc, etc. the main objects of the work are (1) to determine the connection, if any, between the literature of ceremonial magic and the secret tradition in christian times (2) to show the fantastic nature of the distinction between white and black magic, so far, at least, as the

, realsation, initiation, the kabbalah, the magic chain, necromancy, transmutations, black magic, bewitchments, astrology, charms and philtres, the stone of the philosophers, the universal medicine, divination, the triangle of pantacles, the conjuration of the four, the blazing pentagram, medium and mediator, the septenary of talismans, a warning to the imprudent, the ceremonial of initiates, the key of occultism, the sabbath of the sorcerers, witchcraft and spells, the writing of the stars, philtres and magnetism, the mastery of the sun, the thaumaturge, the science of the prophets, the book of hermes, etc. book of the sacred magic (the) of abra-melin the mage, as delivered by abraham the jew unto his son lamech, a.d. 1458. translated from the original hebrew into french, and now rendered

nostrodamus- the true prophecies and prognostications of michael nostrodamus, physician to henry ii, francis ii, and charles ix, kings of france, and one of the best astronomers that ever were; a work full of curiosity and learning, translated and commented by theophilus garienceres, m.d. folio "fine portrait frontispiece by dolle, orig. calf, fine sound copy, rare in this state" 1672. 45"s" the key of solomon the king (clavicula salomonis, translated and edited from ancient mss. in the british museum, by s. liddell macgregor-mathers, author of "the kabbalah unveiled "the tarot" etc "with plates" crown 4to "cloth" 21"s. net" the key of solomon gives full, clear, and concise instructions for talismanic and ceremonial magic, as well as for performing various evocations; and it is therefore

, and concise instructions for talismanic and ceremonial magic, as well as for performing various evocations; and it is therefore invaluable to any student who wishes to make himself acquainted with the practical part of occultism. besides seals, sigils, and magical diagrams, nearly 50 pantacles or talismans are given in the plates. among other authors both eliphas levi and christian mention the "key of solomon" as a work of high authority, and the former especially refers to it repeatedly- wants supplied. new publications supplied to order "out of print books sought for and reported" visitors to london who are interested should make a point of calling- frank hollings, 7 great turnstile, holborn, w.c. near to chancery lane, the inns of court, and first avenue hotels. a green garland by v

, and eminently serviceable in substance "the health record" new volume. just published he can who thinks he can. by orison swett marden, author of "every man a king" price 3"s" 6"d" net- london: william rider& son, ltd, 164 aldersgate street, e.c to be had of the equinox, 3 great james street, w.c. and through all booksellers= price one guinea net goetia vel clavicula salomonis regis (the lesser key of solomon the king) the best, simplest, most intelligible and most effective treatise extant on ceremonial magic careful and complete instruction; ample illustration; beautiful production. this books is very much easier both to understand and to operate than the so- called "greater" key of solomon- only a few copies remain for sale "to be obtained of" the equinox, 3 great james st. w.c "crown

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the conventional theologian, yet easily comprehended by the esoteric initiate "i.e" by him who possesses the gnosis, and that the drama is perfect in all its parts. i may add that most of this class of initiative books had a double interpretation, and hence that the same may be equally found in the apocalypse, but into this mr pryse does not enter. john yarker. mr pryse has undoubtedly found the key of the apocalypse, and many of his interpretations are profound and accurate. but he is afflicted by sexual mania to an extent positively shocking, and does not understand the harmony of the principles. adeptship is balanced growth, not lopping. a rose dies if you remove the root and stalk, mr pryse! he is unfortunately a poor scholar, and has developed the american literary sense to an incred

ALEX SANDERS THE KING OF THE WITCHES

es' circle. maxine beside the altar alex honours the goddess maxine inside the circle breathing life into the fith-fath the witches' dance walking to covenstead calling down the power the symbolic sex act the witches' altar passing the pentacle around the circle the witches fall to the ground fertility rites the black mass athamll book of shadows coven covens'read esbat esp familiar fith-fath the key of solomon measure pentacle sabbat tarot card voodoo warlock wicca witch wizard the witch's black-hilted knife. with book of rules, written in witch's own handwriting and copied by successive generations, group ofwitches. meeting place of a coven small meeting, not necessarily of a full coven. extra-sensory perception a massofenergy or power raised by the witches and sent to work their will. s

ad, anyone claiming to be able to work magic by witchcraft could be sent to prison for a year, during which he had to spend a whole day per quarter in the pillory of the nearest market square. the persecutorsand witch-prickers had done their work well. the books of magic, or 'grimoires' as they were called, were seized upon by collectors-many of the witches' closest secrets were discovered in the key of solomon, a copy of which is preserved in the british museum. clutching the remnants of their faith, the survivors of the witch-hunts went underground. but not for long. eliphas levi was born in france in 1810. roman catholic priest and magician, levi was not ashamed to announce that he was a witch and could conjure up spirits. later he revealed his methods to an english occult group led by

nds' house after work to teach and train them, but he wished that he could find means of furthering his witch knowledge. beyond his grandmother's teachingsso that he nlightincorporate witchcraft with magic, making them both.more potent. he voiced his tho.ughts to bill, who advised him to go to the rylands library in manchester 'i've heard they have priceless old manuscripts and even a copy of the key of salomon. isn't that a sort of witches' manual .he asked. alex confirmed that the key of solomon was one of the few storehouses of witchcraft to have come down through the ages very much in its original form, and admitted that he had had no idea there were any copies in existence outside the british museum. the next day alex was called to his manager's office and told that his services were

r, then he must make his way to the sub-basement where, in a maze of tunnels, each brightly lit and subdivided into smaller tunnels, he could begin his secret work of harvesting the knowledge he sought. it took him a few days to find the egyptian section. from then on few books were dusted, as alex filled notebook after notebook with details of rituals, invocations and plans. the day he found the key of solomon he forgot to go for his lunch, so engrossed was he in the chants, many of which had been used by his grandmother in her esbats and sabbaths. the other books were discarded; this was die real key, for it married the knowledge he had to that which he had hoped for. but he wondered how he would ever manage to copy it all- 62 it would take years to draw the many pentacles and elaborate

copy it all- 62 it would take years to draw the many pentacles and elaborate hebrew symbols. it was bill who suggested a daring solution; if the book could be borrowed he would arrange to have photostat copies made of each page. but when alex tried to hide it under his jacket, he cut such a ludicrous figure that he knew he would be caught before he got out of the door. he decided to dismantle the key of soloman and borrow a. few pages at a time, hiding the remains behind other books in the knowledge that no one else would be aware of its disappearance. the first time he left the library with a small roll of the precious pages wedged wider his jacket, he expected the custodian's restraining hand on his shoulder at every step. bill took them to work and had them copied and alex returned them

end, and so had the egyptian symbolson his clothes. how, they asked, could a humble book-duster know so much about oriental mysticism unless he had access to priceless books such as those in the john rylands library? an immediate search wasordeted. the egyptian section was found to be the best dusted, but not all the books were in their correct places. a further search revealed the absence of the key of solomon 'at first alex denied taking the book and tried to bluff it out. then he admitted that he had borrowed it, but only a few pages at a time. where then. were the covers and the remains he had supposedly brought back? alex was not allowed to join in the search himself, but he explained as best he could where he thought he had hidden them, behind some other books on another shelf he was

return any pages he still had at home,offered to try to keep the job open for him 'i am sure you have been very misguided, practising witchcraft' he bargained' if you, promise to go. straight, perhaps you will be able to stay on. indignantly alex told him he was a real witch, trained. by 66 his grandmother, and that the only. teasonhe had sought work in the library had been to gain access to the key of solomon. that afternoon, while awaiting the return ofthe pages being photographed, alex was visited by two detectives. library officials had reported the loss to the police but had not preferred charges. the detectives took one. look .at the circle he- had painted on the floor and said 'you surely don't believe in that bloody rubbish, do you 'don't you .dare set foot inside that circle' war

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ess, we invite you to our meeting (pause) o thou loving cerridwen. o thou mighty cernunnos, we gather (i stand) before you to (state intent) the circle is now perfect. notes adapted from farrars' eight sabbats for witches, but published all over the place in several versions. l l 'lighting of candle' added by khaled, sekhet& random 'exorcism of water 'blessing of salt' closely follow those of the key of solomon, book 2, chapt. v. l closing the circle when the circle's work is done, r goes to the east, athame in hand, salutes, and draws a banishing earth pentagram, saying: r: ye lords of the watchtowers of the east, ye lords of air, we thank you for attending our rites; and ere ye depart to your beauteous realms, we bid thee hail and farewell. all: hail and farewell (r extinguishes quarter

t allow anyone to touch or handle any of your tools until thoroughly impregnated with your aura; say six months or as near as possible. but a pair working together may own the same tools, which will be impregnated with the aura of both. notes l published in janet and stewart farrar's the witches way l they say it comes from gbg's bos (text b/c version) they say that he derived it from the greater key of solomon, but had dropped the hebrew and other magical names by text b (they were in text a. l see key of solomon book 2, chapt. viii. 1st conjuration follows the text closely, but 2nd and instructions differ. l the farrars say that gbg's text a version can be found in the key of solomon and high magic's aid l consecrating other working tools (except a sword or athame) place tool on pentacle

be purified, clean and properly prepared. when not in use, all tools and weapons should be put away in a secret place; and it is good that this should be near your sleeping place, and that you handle them each night before retiring. notes l published in janet and stewart farrar's the witches' way l they say it comes from gbg's bos (text b/c) l they say gbg's original (text a) may be found in the key of solomon and in high magic's aid. the charge to new initiates o thou who hast declared intent to become one of us, hear then that which thou must know to do: single is the race, single of men and of gods, from a single source we both draw breath, but a difference of power in everything keeps us apart, for we are as nothing but the gods stay forever. yet we can, in greatness of minds, be like

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mself, will the voice of the disciple be heard, demanding the opening of the door. when the lower life upon the physical plane is fertilised, the emotional stabilised, and the mental transmuted, then naught can prevent the latch upon that door being lifted, and the disciple passing through. only synchronous vibration to that which lies the other side of the door produces its opening, and when the key of the disciple's life is attuning itself to that of the hierarchical life, then, one by one, the doors will open, and nothing can keep them closed. rule 4. let the disciple tend the evolution of the fire; nourish the lesser lives, and thus keep the wheel revolving. here comes an injunction to the disciple to remember his responsibility to those many lesser lives which, in their sumtotal, comp

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lity make up the objective form of the man on the planes of his manifestation. all are animated by his life, by his persistent will-to-be; all vibrate according to the point reached by the man in evolution. as seen from the higher planes man demonstrates as a sphere (or spheres) of differentiated matter, vibrating to a certain measure, tinctured by a certain color, and rotating to a fixed key the key of his life cycle. c. a man is distinguished by activity on one or more planes in the three worlds, and shows forth the qualities of: 1. rotary motion, or his particular cycling on the wheel of life, around his egoic pole. 2. discriminative capacity, or the power to choose and gain experience. 3. ability to evolve, to increase vibration and to make contact. d. a man contains within himself thr

wondrous life, which includes within its radius of influence the vibratory capacity of an entire planetary scheme. he vibrates to a certain measure, which can be estimated by the activity of the life pulsating at the centre of the sphere; the entire planetary- 144- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust scheme is tinctured by a certain color, is rotating to a fixed key which is the key of his life cycle within the still greater mahamanvantara or logoic cycle. c. a heavenly man is distinguished by his activity on one or other of the planes which we call the triadal, or atma-buddhi-manas, in the same way as a man is distinguished by his activity on one of the planes in the three worlds, mental-astral-physical. eventually a man is self-conscious on all three. eventually a heave

an be visualised as a vibrating ball of fire of supernal glory, containing within its circle of influence, the planetary spheres likewise vibrating balls of fire. the grand man of the heavens vibrates to a steadily increasing measure; the entire system is tinctured by a certain color, the color of the life of the logos, the one divine ray; and the system rotates to a certain measure, which is the key of the great kalpa or solar cycle, and revolves around its central solar pole. c. the solar logos is distinguished by his activity on all the planes of the solar system; he is the sumtotal of all manifestation, from the lowest and densest physical atom up to the most radiant and cosmic ethereal dhyan chohan. this sevenfold vibratory measure is the key of the lowest cosmic plane, and its rate o

nce holds good; yet ever must it be remembered that the analogy is of a psychic nature, and demonstrates in work, activity, and quality, and not in literal identity of form. as time elapses the work of the heavenly men in the cosmic etheric spheres will be better comprehended, and assisted intelligently by those lesser intelligences who by the study of the physical ethers will eventually hold the key of the greater manifestation. science is the handmaiden of wisdom, and opens the door to those infinite reaches and to those cosmic expanses, where stand those vaster intelligences, who manipulate the matter of the higher planes, and bend it to the desired form, causing the vibrations thus set up to be felt at the furthest bounds of the solar ring-pass-not. automatically then all lesser lives

e can function consciously in the buddhic vehicle, or when the astral permanent atom is superseded by the buddhic permanent atom. third. the next reason is that the second aspect of the logos (that of love or the manifestation of the love nature of the logos through the medium of the son) is the one demonstrated in this system. this system is: a. a son of necessity, or of desire b. vibrant to the key of the cosmic ray of love c. the form through which this ray of cosmic love (shown in the inter-relation between the self and the not-self, or through duality) is expressing itself d. governed by the cosmic law of attraction. the monads of love are the dominating quality (i choose this word 'quality' specifically) fourth. the centre in the cosmic body of the one about whom nought may be said o

urth-dimensional sight is ours, it will scarcely be possible for us to do more than hint at, and get a passing vision of, the complexity and the interweaving in the system. it is not easy for us to do more than grip as a mental concept the fact that the rays, schemes, planets, chains, rounds, races and laws form a unit; seen from the angle of human vision the confusion seems unimaginable, and the key of its solution to be so hidden as to be useless; yet, seen from the angle of logoic sight, the whole moves in unison, and is geometrically accurate. in order to give some idea of the complexity of the arrangement, i would like here to point out that the rays themselves circulate, the law of karma controlling the interweaving. for instance, ray i may pass around a scheme (if it is the paramoun

d through the development of the lower centre, which is its reflection or correspondence) must be added the dominant note of the higher centre, and, in the dual harmony the centre vibrates as desired. the note is the result of correct activity. that is why the lower centres of man are (in the early stages of his career) the controlling factor. he has to learn their note, and from it to attain the key of the higher. then the higher takes the prominent place, and the lower only serves the purpose of providing that which is understood as occult "depth" why is this? because in these notes those groups of devas who are the force and energy of the centres (which are centres in substance) are contacted and controlled. through their activity, directed through the centres, the material sheaths phys

e and the greater whole upon whose vibration that unit is swept into periodic display. c. read the akashic records of a planetary system. d. judge of karmic effects in time and space. e. differentiate between the four streams of karmic effects as they concern the four kingdoms of nature. f. distinguish between the three main streams of energy the units of inertia, mobility and rhythm and note the key of each unit, and its place in the great group of transitional points. these latter units are those who are on the crest of one of the three waves, and ready, therefore, to be transferred into a wave of a higher vibratory capacity. g. enter the hall of records and there read a peculiar group of documents dealing with planetary manifestation in a fourfold manner. it concerns the planetary logos

esent stage of evolution. some brief statements might, nevertheless, be given which (if pondered on and correlated with each other) may throw some light on planetary evolution and on the relation of the planetary logoi to the solar logos. a solar logos uses for his energy centres the planetary schemes, each of which embodies a peculiar type of energy, and each of which, therefore, vibrates to the key of the logoic solar angel, of which the human solar angel is a dim reflection. it is interesting here to note that as the human solar angel is a unity, manifesting through three tiers of petals, the logoic correspondence is even more interesting, for that great cosmic entity demonstrates on the cosmic mental plane as a triple flame working through seven tiers of petals, and it is the energy fr

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sion takes place. as the pulsating life progresses its rate of vibration changes, and in this changing of vibration lies hid the secret of form-shattering and form-building. forms are of four kinds in this era of the fourth round: 1. the form of the personality, that vehicle of physical, astral and mental matter that provides the means of contact in the three worlds. it is built in each life, the key of the vibration being set up in the life preceding the present. that form proves adequate for the average man and serves him till death. the man who is entering on the occult path starts with the vehicle provided, but during incarnation builds for himself ever a newer and better vehicle, and the more progressed he- 151- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust is the more consciou

ALICE A BAILEY11 A TREATISE ON THE SEVEN RAYS VOLUME II ESOTERIC PSYCHOLOGY II

ousness, which is mental in nature. sensitivity or the psychic sense of touch is etheric in nature, is general in expression and must eventually give place to that spiritual impressibility which enables a man, like the christ, simply to "know" what is in his fellow man and to be aware of his condition and of the condition of life in all forms. it is the first step towards that universal spiritual key of which psychometry is the lowest expression. in the above paragraph and differentiations i have given you much food for thought and indicated a sequence of unfoldment which is individual, racial and universal. if we extend these ideas into their planetary connotations (which is interesting but probably quite useless to you) i would add that: 1. touch..is the keynote of the evolution proceedi

ALICE A BAILEY12 DISCIPLESHIP IN THE NEW AGE VOLUME I

capacity. you need, however, to employ the line of force which you have succeeded in establishing between the soul and the personality with greater frequency and more facility. the result of this would be that the significance of two other words would become apparent and you would radiate light and love and become increasingly an inspiration to others. this second word, radiation, should form the key of your life until next i instruct you. the peculiar type of radiation which i want you to endeavour to express is that light which reaches others upon the wings of joy. i would remind you here that happiness is the result of achieved personality desire; joy is the expression of the soul's surety, whilst bliss is the consummation which the monad bestows upon the initiate- 135- discipleship in

ALICE BAILEY THE LABOURS OF HERCULES

ns of its writings it brings forth a perverted image of itself. but in eighteen we have the vision of the straight and narrow path: the dot has unfolded into the one and become the axis around which our life turns. at this step the initiate has faced this one divine truth and felt the mighty urge of the one life. henceforth he strives to make the twisted line subservient to the straight line (the key of destiny, h. a. and f. h. curtiss. pp. 246- 247. it is interesting to note also that we are told in the kabalah "the eighteenth path is called the house of influence. and from the midst of the investigation the arcana and hidden sense are drawn forth which dwell in its shade and which cling to it from the cause of all causes (sepher yetzira, no. 30. this is what hercules, at the age of eight

BASIL VALENTINE TWELVE KEYS

comes once more a heavenly thing that has its habitation in the highest region of the firmament. then you will find that the heavenly has assumed an earthly body, and that the earthly body has been reduced to a heavenly substance. twelve keys of basil valentine 59 of 95 ninth key saturn, who is called the greatest of the planets, is the least useful in our magistery. nevertheless, it is the chief key of the whole art, howbeit set in the lowest and meanest place. although by its swift flight it has risen to the loftiest height, far above all other luminaries, its feathers must be clipped, and itself twelve keys of basil valentine 60 of 95 brought down to the lowest place, from whence it may once more be raised by putrefaction, and the quickening caused by putrefaction, by which the black is

BLAVATSKY H P ANTHROPOGENESIS

that, when generalised, the conclusions of both science and theology present two most ridiculous extremes. for, when the former tells us that it is sufficient to trace the legends of the serpents to their primal source, the astrological legend, and to meditate seriously on the sun, conqueror of python, and the celestial virgin in the zodiac forcing back the devouring dragon, if we would have the key of all the subsequent religious dogmas; it is easy to perceive that, instead of[[vol. 2, page] 209 cobras as symbols. generalising, the author simply has his eye on christian religion and revelation. we call this one extreme. the other we see in this: when, repeating the famous decision of the council of trent, theology seeks to convince the masses that "from the fall of man until the hour of

t; being descended into generation* 4 "among the gods is none like unto him, into whose hands are committed the kingdoms, the power and the glory of the worlds" 5 "thrones and empires, the dynasties of kings* the fall of nations, the birth of churches, the triumph of time" for, as is said in hermes "satan is the door-keeper of the temple of the king; he standeth in solomon's porch; he holdeth the key of the sanctuary, that no man enter therein, save the anointed having the arcanum of hermes (v. 20 and 21. these suggestive and majestic verses had reference with the ancient egyptians and other civilized peoples of antiquity to the creative and generative light of the logos (horus, brahma, ahura-mazda, etc, etc, as primeval manifestations of the ever-unmanifested principle, e.g, ain-soph, par

pole of the heaven" as perceived by mackey* but they represented also the poles inverted, in consequence of the great inclination of the axis, bringing each time as a result the displacement of the oceans, the submersion of the polar lands, and the consequent upheaval of new continents in the equatorial regions, and vice versa. these kabirim were the "deluge" gods. this may help us to get at the key of the seemingly hopeless confusion among the numbers of names and titles given to one and the same gods, and classes of gods. faber showed already, at the beginning of this century, the identity of the corybantes, curetes, dioscuri, anactes, dii magni, idei dactyli, lares, penates, manes* titans, and aletae with the kabiri. and we have shown that the latter were the same as the manus, the ris

he shape and form of the wings of the two cherubim standing on the right and left sides of the ark, these wings meeting over the "holy of holies" are an emblem quite eloquent in itself, besides the "holy" jod within the ark! the mystery of agathadaemon, whose legend states "i am chnumis, sun of the universe, 700" can alone solve the mystery of jesus, the number of whose name is 888" it is not the key of st. peter, or the church dogma, but the narthex- the wand of the candidate for initiation- that has to be wrenched from the grasp of the long-silent sphinx of the ages. meanwhile- the augurs, who, upon meeting each other, have to thrust their tongues into their cheeks to suppress a fit of laughter, may be more numerous in our own age than they ever were in the day of sylla[[vol. 2, page] 51

to do with the ideal conception of the eternal universe. he is, at best, one of the creative subordinate powers, the totality of which is called the "sephiroth" the "heavenly man" and adam kadmon, the second logos of the platonists. this very same idea is clearly found at the bottom of the ablest definitions of the kabala and its mysteries, e.g, by john a. parker, as quoted in the same work "the key of the kabala is thought to be the geometrical relation of the area of the circle inscribed in the square, or, of the cube to the sphere, giving rise to the relation of diameter to circumference of a circle with the numerical value of this relation expressed in integrals. the relation of diameter to circumference, being a supreme one connected with the godnames of elohim and jehovah (which ter

es, from whom they borrowed most of their kabalistic mysticism, adapted, most ingeniously, the cosmic and anthropological symbols of the "heathen" nations to their peculiar secret records. if christian[[footnote(s* see moor's hindu pantheon, where wittoba's left foot bears the mark of the nail- on the figure of his idol[[vol. 2, page] 561 the meaning of the crucifixion. sacerdotalism has lost the key of it to-day, the early compilers of the christian mysteries were well versed in esoteric philosophy and the hebrew occult metrology, and used it dexterously. thus they took the word aish (one of the hebrew word forms for man) and used it in conjunction with that of shanah "lunar year" so mystically connected with the name of jehovah, the supposed "father" of jesus, and embosomed the mystic id

opogenesis of mankind, it was necessary to show that no religion, since the very earliest, has ever been entirely based on fiction, as none was the object of special revelation; and that it is dogma alone which has ever been killing primeval truth. finally, that no human-born doctrine, no creed, however sanctified by custom and antiquity, can compare in sacredness with the religion of nature. the key of wisdom that unlocks the massive gates leading to the arcana of the innermost sanctuaries can be found hidden in her bosom only: and that bosom is in the countries pointed to by the great seer of the past century emanuel swedenborg. there lies the heart of nature, that shrine whence issued the early races of primeval humanity, and which is the cradle of physical man. thus far have proceeded

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ld since its incrustation, is only eleven and two thirds millions of years old since that stage" etc. and if our moon is but a splash from our earth, why can no similar inference be established for the moons of other planets? the astronomers "do not know" why should venus and mercury have no satellites, and by what, when they exist, were they formed? because, we say, science has only one key- the key of matter- to open the mysteries of nature withal, while occult philosophy has seven keys and explains that which science fails to see. mercury and venus have no satellites but they had "parents" just as the earth had. both are far older than the earth and, before the latter reaches her seventh round, her mother moon will have dissolved[[footnote continued on next page[[vol. 1, page] 156 the s

e septenary division of man, as the diagram he gives in his "clef des grands mysteres" is septenary. this[[vol. 1, page] 242 the secret doctrine. may be seen at a glance on page 389 "une prophetic et diverses pensees de paracelse" however cleverly the correct thought is veiled. one needs also only to look at the diagram (plate vii. in mr. mathers' kabala "the formation of the soul* from the same "key of the great mysteries" by levi to find the same, though with a different interpretation. thus it stands with both the kabalistic and the occult names attached- 7 neschanah] pure spirit] atma 6 ruach] spiritual soul] buddhi 5 nephesch] plastic mediator] manas n. b- please remark that this triad is disconnected with the lower quaternary, as it disconnects itself always after death. the upper tr

e, like brahma the male, a substitute and an aspect of that which is immutable, and which therefore can take no part in the "days" or in the "nights" nor have any concern whatever with reaction or dissolution. while the eastern occultists have seven modes of interpretation, the jews have only four- namely, the real-mystical; the allegorical; the moral; and the literal or pashut. the latter is the key of the exoteric churches and not worth discussion. read in the first, or mystical key, here are several sentences which show the identity of the foundations of construction in every scripture. it is given in mr. t. myer's excellent book on the kabalistic works he seems to have well studied. i quote verbatim "b'raisheeth barah elohim ath hash ama yem v'ath haa'retz- i.e 'in the beginning the go

er "but when a man of learning crucifies the names and numbers of the ancients, and wrings and twists them into a form which means something quite foreign to the intention of the ancient authors; but which, so mutilated, fits in with the birth of some maggot pre-existing in his own brain with so much exactness that he pretends to be amazed at the discovery, i cannot think him quite so pardonable (key of urania. this is intended to apply to captain (later colonel) wilford, but the[[footnote(s* whether many nations have seen that identical star, or not, we all know that the sepulchres of "the three magi" who rejoice in the quite teutonic names of kaspar and melchior, balthazar being the only exception, and the two having little of the chaldean ring in them- are shown by the priests in the fa

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the struggle of the human and divine elements in the consciousness of man, giving their harmony following upon the victory of the latter. liber xvi. liber turris vel domus dei. an instruction for attainment by the direct destruction of thoughts as they arise in the mind. liber clxxv. astarte vel liber berylli. an instruction in attainment by the method of devotion, of bhakta-yoga. liber xlvi. the key of the mysteries. a translation by frater o.m. of the masterpiece of eliphas levi. this course is specially adapted to the task of this grade, the attainment of bhakta-yoga. curriculum of a.a. 37 course vii the dominus liminis will be examined in the following books: liber ccxx. liber l vel legis sub figur ccxx as delivered by xciii unto dclxvi. this book is the foundation of the new on, and t

ut his heel upon public opinion, or to tear from his heart the objects which he loves, in a sense: but there will always remain in himself many discordant affections, as also the bond of habit, and these also must he conquer. in our holiest book it is written .thou hast no right but to do thy will. do that, and no other shall say nay. write it also in your heart and in your brain: for this is the key of the whole matter. here nature herself be your preacher: for in every phenomenon of force and motion doth she proclaim aloud this truth. even in so small a matter as driving a nail into a plank, hear this same sermon. your nail must be hard, smooth, fine-pointed, or it will not move swiftly in the direction willed. imagine then a nail of tinder-wood with twenty points.it is verily no longer

ation. nirvana is frequently spoken of as an island in buddhist writings, but i am not familiar with any passage in which the metaphor is that of a place at the other end of a journey. the metaphor moreover is mixed. in the hast verse he was climbing a ladder; now he is going across the waters, and neither on ladders nor in journeys by water does one usually pass through portals. 12. 1. dana, the key of charity and hove immortal. 2. shila, the key of harmony in word and act, the key that counterbalances the cause and the effect, and leaves no further room for karmic action. 3. kshanti, patience sweet, that nought can ruffle. 4. vairagya, indifference to pleasure and to pain, illusion conquered, truth alone perceived. 5. virya, the dauntless energy that fights its way to the supernal truth

great oath. he had suddenly presented to him the perception of the three characteristics. this is fully narrated in book 4, part iv. it is also evident that aspiration implies dissatisfaction of some sort. but at the same time i do not think that in all cases it is necessary that this dissatisfaction should be so conscious and so universal as appears to be implied in the text. 26. armed with the key of charity, of love and tender mercy, thou art secure before the gate of dana, the gate that standeth at the entrance of the path. 27. behold, o happy pilgrim! the portal that faceth thee is high and wide, seems easy of access. the road that heads therethrough is straight and smooth and green .tis hike a sunny glade in the dark forest depths, a spot on earth mirrored from amitabha.s paradise

n the highest ecstasy is still illusion. the result, in many cases, of obtaining dhyana is that the workers cease to work. vairaga is an indifference approaching disgust for everything. it reminds one a good deal of the oxford manner. cambridge men have this feeling, but do not think other people worth the trouble of flattering. the equinox 92 34. beware of trembling .neath the breath of fear the key of kshanti rusty grows: the rusty key refuseth to unlock. the word .trembling. seems to imply that it is giddy ecstasy which is referred to, and the .fear. here spoken of may perhaps be the panic fear, possibly some feeling analogous to that which produces what is called psychical impotence. 35. the more thou dost advance, the more thy feet pitfalls will meet. the path that leadeth on, is ligh

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n tesoro a treatise on the philosophers' stone. 1257 franciscan friar bonadventura d'iseo's 'liber compostella' provides some alchemical recipes 1257-67, writes the soul's journey into god while meditating on francis's vision of the six-winged seraph; he also writes an authoritative life of saint francis to replace earlier versions. bonaventure believed that st. francis's order would inherit the 'key of david' given to the angel of philadelphia. 1258- hulagu khan destroys baghdad; mongols destroy mesopotamia, the mother of civilization. fl 1259-1285 guilhem de cervera troubadour. 1259 peter de abano [pietro d'abano, italian physician and philosopher born. professor of medicine in padua. heptameron. knew marco polo. translates abraham ibn ezra on decanates. 1260- 1294 kublai khan c.1260 "th

the ladder of being through the elemental to the triune structure of the divine. c. 1285 hugh de digne dies. franciscan joachite hermit of hyeres. c.1285 ya aqob ben elia of venice translated into hebrew the major introduction to the beliefs of astrological science written by abu ma shar. 1286 abulafia, abraham hayei ha olam ha-ba (italy. guiard of cressonart in paris expounding to beguins on the key of david 1285 "or haskel" abulafia's principal work an influence upon villanova. 1288 the mongols invade india. alexander von roes notitia seculi derived from pseudo-joachim of fiore's de semine scripturarum anticipates the antichrist as a 3rd frederich and looks for charlemagne's return. 1288-1339 john dastin 1289 abulafia, abraham commentary on the sepher yetzirah (camino, italy) franciscan

the shi'ur qoma identifies jacob's ladder with the height of the body or totality of created beings. 1300 fra dolcino anticipates the angel of philadelphia's appearance as "holy pope. arnald of villanova writes a number of important treatises on alchemy quaestiones tam esseentiales quam accidentales, epistola supe alchemia ad regem neapolitanum, de secretis naturae, exempla de arte philosophorum; key of solomon. d.1300 'aziz al-din nasafi. kitab al-insan al-kamil. 1300 sister manfreda, a member of the visconti family and follower of a religious sect, founded by guglielma of bohemia and inspired by the profecies of a 13th century italian monk, gioacchino da fiore had been elected "pope" by her sect was sentenced and burned. 1300-1325 w.v. white book of rhydderch (mabinogion. ma'arekhet ha-e

lidis christiani lib.ii. 1543-1606 simon studion worked as a lutheran pastor at marbach outside stuttgart. he attained a reputation as an academic poet, once having written a poem for the funeral of jacob brenz, the lutheran theologian, in 1570. studion collected precious stones and monuments, displayed in stuttgart library. wrote the 2000 p. naometria(measure of the temple) joachite chiliasm and key of david. 1543-1620 chaim vital 1544-1616 helisaeus roeslin 1544-1607 john pistorius, qabalist 1544 postel in rome- he published his work de orbis terrae concordia (concerning the harmony of the earth) advocated universal religious peace, to be achieved by convincing jews, moslems, and pagans of the truth of christianity. 1545-1608 joseph duchesne (quercetanus) 1546 "absconditorum a constituti

-1616 helisaeus roeslin 1544-1607 john pistorius, qabalist 1544 postel in rome- he published his work de orbis terrae concordia (concerning the harmony of the earth) advocated universal religious peace, to be achieved by convincing jews, moslems, and pagans of the truth of christianity. 1545-1608 joseph duchesne (quercetanus) 1546 "absconditorum a constitutione mundi clavis" gillaume postel. the "key of hidden things" is david's key. 1548 postel translates the zohar. 1548-1600 giordano bruno 1549-1550 postel journeys to the orient(he claimed to have walked all the way to china) 1550 rosarium philosophorum published. de subtilitate- girolamo cardano, an encyclopedic work of natural philosophy. joannes pantheus-voarchadumia('gold twice refined' derived from a chaldean word for "gold" and a h

o et humano. john dee's hieroglyphic monad 1565-1622 michael maier 1565-1648 michael sendivogius 1565-1628 robert fludd 1568-1631 johann hartmann proto-rosicrucian friend of michael maier, circle of sendivogius. 1568-1639 tommaso campanella 1568-1614 tobias hess proto-rosicrucian lawyer and a practicing paracelsian doctor who identified mystical numbers and particular times of chronology with the key of david. conduit for the promotion of simon studion's ideas. 1569 mercator's 1569 polar map. 1571-1640 sadr al-din shirazi(mulla sadra) iranian sufi transcendent philosophy (al-hikmat al-muta`aliyah)continues suhrawardi's theosophy of light 1572 isaak luria dies 1572 tycho brahe de nova stella. 1573 john dee de stella admiranda, in cassiopeae asterismo. 1574-1637 robert fludd "therefore this

accession of james i 1603-1678 john junior winthrop 1604-1657 manasseh ben israel. 1604 basil valentine's triumphal chariot of alchemy by rosicrucian johann tholde july 26 john dee meets simon forman. michael sendivogius's novum lumen chemicum. simon studion s unpublished latin manuscript naometria("measurement of the temple, a naked and prime opening of the book written within and without by the key of david and the reed like unto a rod (cf. revelation xi. divided into 2 parts and 4 sections, consisting of a dialogue between "nathaniel" and "cleophas, having a crudely shaped rose design with a cross in the centre, containing 1790 pages with the dedication to the duke of wurttemberg adding yet another 205 pages. its author was particularly interested in the dates in the life of henry of na

hebrew into english, and collated with latin versions of pistorius, postellus and rittangelius, following the latter, rather than former commentaries. 1887-1961 ren schwaller 1888 anna kingsford (annie bonus) dies papus' trait el mentaire de science occulte published; hermetic order of the golden dawn established in london 1889 mathers' edition of kabbalah unveiled published. mathers' edition of key of solomon published. eleazar b. judah of worms, one of the several hasidei ashkenaz who wrote on the "sefer yetzirah" in its entirety in przemysl. papus (gerard encausse) publishes "le tarot des bohemiens. oswald wirth, a swiss occultist writing in french, publishes a majors only deck. 1890 dion fortune (i.e. violet mary firth) born; w.b. yeats joins the golden dawn 1890-1922 the golden bough

DARK GODS

ibration of word. works of terror and sinister destruction. shugara: one of the most hideous intrusions possible on the causal level and very dangerous. g major key for invoking chant. manifestations often are accompanied by a smell similar to rotting flesh. aosoth: dark female force. works of passion and death. the name should be vibrated. azanigin: mother of all demons who lie waiting in earth. key of b minor. very useful to invoke in works of personal destruction. shaitan: long held to be an earth bound representative for the dark gods. perfume/incense sulphur. name to be vibrated. stone opal. nekalah: collective name for race of dark gods. name to be vibrated in manner similar to atazoth. ga wath am: vibration of this releases powerful energies. a key (when used with a crystal tetrahed

ys within which lead to the dark gods. binan ath: as above. said to mean `behold the fire' lidagon: symbolic representation of the union of the two sexual opposites (darkat and dagon) in their darker aspects. abatu: an earth bound form of destructive/negative energy. associated with rites of sacrifice. f sharp major key for chant. karu samsu: word of power along the 12th path to be chanted in the key of a flat major. according to tradition it means `i invoke the sun' nemicu: bringer of wisdom. to be vibrated. mactoron: word of power of 14th. path chanted in key of a minor. legend recalls it as representing the name for one of the planetary homes of the dark gods, later famed as an early star gate. atazoth: the most powerful of the dark gods. the name itself (which correctly describes the e

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ive rituals do, like those performed by most modern druids. other dates forwidespread satanic ritual include every full moon because the reflected energy of thesun is at its most powerful on those occasions. note also the significance to satanists ofmay 1st, the day the bavarian illuminati was formed in 1776 and the day of celebrationin the brotherhood-created communist and socialist calendar.the key of solomon is a book of occult magic which legend claims was written byking solomon himself. it includes the pentagram in its instructions of how to invokedemons and make sacrifices to demons. such ancient works provide the foundations for296the same rituals in each generation. the inner core of the knights templar was involved inblack magic ritual and the templars were accused of what today w

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the fact that magic based on the worship of pagan gods has the same efficiency as magic based on the hebrew cabala and christian gnosticism, shows that it is the techniques used (and their effect upon the practitioner's mind) which accounts for magical powers and not the particular deities or spirits called upon. many spirits are accredited with giving knowledge of "arts and sciences. the "lesser key of solomon, a book of goetic sorcery, lists 72 demons which solomon allegedly bound inside a brazen vessel. this cabalistic tale has its origin in the babylonian legend of the 72 lords of the djinn. the word demon comes from the greek "daemon, an influencing spirit of intelligence. djinn (or genie) is also the root of the word "genius" although the word "genius" is often used by the mundane, h

he magician power over all the demons which dwell upon the earth but not the demons which dwell in the firmament, in the tartaran abode, or in the abyss of chaos. power over these spirits is gained by entering the underworld, crossing the planetary spheres, and finally descending to the depths of chaos. the descriptions which follow are taken from a very old grimoire known as the goetia or lesser key of solomon. these descriptions are provided so that the magician may note the fear with which medieval sorcerers approached the invocation of demonic spirits. surely, a being with the powers described would be able to destroy the magician (despite the greatest precautions on the part of the magician) for having the audacity to invoke him to physical appearance. and surely the magician s god wo

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r planes, and can tell you things about your past and future, giving the appearance of being the ghost of a loved one. these entities feed off of the energy given to them by persons who believe that they are communicating with the spirits of deceased family members and friends. goetia: howling. a popular grimoire (q.v) with instructions for evoking (q.v) nonphysical entities. a part of the lesser key of solomon. often mistakenly thought of as that entire book. high magick (q.v) that is involved with so-called demons (q.v. gnomes: the elemtaries (q.v/ elementals (q.v) of earth (q.v. the good spirits (q.v) that live in the depths of the earth. traditionally, they are said to guard buried treasure. gnosis: greek for "knowledge" a total gestalt comprehension of the universe and the relationshi

f the group until schisms developed circa 1900 and the group divided into numerous factions. most noted for writing the initiatory rituals of the hermetic order of the golden dawn (q.v) from a cipher manuscript. he was responsible for the interpretation and eventual publication of many classic grimoires (q.v) of ceremonial magick (q.v) including the sacred magic of abramelin the mage, the greater key of solomon the king, the goetia of the lesser keys of solomon the king, and the armadel of magic. additionally, s.l. mathers translated portions of the zohar and commentaries upon the kabbalah entitled, the kabbalah unveiled. maya: illusion. a sanskrit word which does not mean, as many people believe, that the world is an illusion. actually, it means that our interpretation of the world around

DONALDTYSON DEMON

at a desire to be free from the demon is necessary on the part of the person possessed, and if this desire is absent, mere words and names are of little use. the jewish priests were not offering the possessed man salvation for his soul, but were merely attempting to intimidate the demon into leaving. lists of demons occur in some of the darker grimoires, notable among them the lemegeton or lesser key of solomon. this is a collection of tracts about ritual evocation and spirit magic. the first tract is named the goetia and consists of a descriptive list of the seventy-two demons which were bound by king solomon with his magic seal ring in a vessel of brass or copper, and cast into a lake (or the sea- accounts differ. to modern eyes, medieval images of demons may appear comical and quaint. y

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em. over time the signatures become corrupted by careless copying. often it is not possible to actually read the signatures of spirits, although they are usually a series of separate or connected forms written out in a line in a way that resembles writing. by contrast, the sigils of spirits are usually more compact and resemble little drawings (secret seal of solomon, from the lemegeton or lesser key of solomon) a spirit seal is a more polished graphic representation of the spirit. it is often circular or oval in shape, and usually contains the sigil of the spirit inscribed in its center. it may also bear the name of the spirit in latin, greek or hebrew letters around it edge, and other occult symbols such as glyphs of the planets, zodiac signs or elements. by connotative usage, a physical

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lector of saxony, the earl of surrey, erasmus, and other eminent people. cicero duly appeared, delivered his famous oration, and left his audience deeply moved. agrippa was supposed to have a magic glass in which it was possible to see objects distant in time or place. one other story concerning the magician is worthy of record. about to leave home for a short time, he entrusted his wife with the key of his museum, warning her to permit no one to enter. but a curious boarder in their house begged for the key, till at length the harassed hostess gave it to him. the first thing that caught the student s attention was a book of spells, which he began to read. a knock sounded on the door. the student took no notice, but went on reading, and the knock was repeated. a moment later a demon entere

aris: editions denoel, 1954. pleasants, helene, ed. biographical dictionary of parapsychology. new york: helix press, 1964. amaimon (or amaymon) one of the four spirits who preside over the four parts of the universe. amaimon is the governor of the eastern part, according to the grimoire, or magic manual, of the lemegeton of solomon, also known as the lesser key or little key. sources: the lesser key of solomon. chicago: de laurence, scott, 1916. amalgamated flying saucer clubs of america founded in 1959 by gabriel green (b. 1924, amalgamated flying saucer clubs of america (afsca) grew out of the los angeles interplanetary study groups, which green had started in 1956. that same year green also began issuing a magazine, thy kingdom come. a photographer, green became interested in flying sa

ology. sebastopol, calif: crcs, 1985. practicing the cosmic science: key insights in modern astrology. sebastopol, calif: crcs, 1999. relationships and life cycles. sebastopol, calif: crcs, 1980. stephen arroyo s chart interpretation handbook. sebastopol, calif: crcs, 1989. ars notoria title of a work of magical invocations and prayers attributed to solomon and therefore related to the celebrated key of solomon the king, one of the most famous grimoires, or book of ceremonial magic. ars notoria is known in the english translation of robert turner (sloane manuscript 3648, british library, london, published by him in 1657. artemisian order the artemisian order is a feminist neo-pagan group founded in the 1990s by oriethyia, a feminist poet. it is a clan of sisterhood and society of women who

s instruments were seized under the pretext that they were bewitched, and he was imprisoned in the bastille, where he died in 1643. in 1617 he published a work entitled diorisinus, id est defintis verae philisophice de materia prima lapidis philosophalis. beausoleil was the greatest of french metallurgists of his time (see also radiesthesia) bechard a demon alluded to in the ancient grimoire, the key of solomon, as having power over the winds and the tempests. he makes hail, thunder, and rain. sources: mathers, s. l. macgregor. the greater key of solomon. chicago: de laurence, 1914. becker, robert o(tto (1923) orthopedic surgeon and authority on the biological effects of electromagnetism, with special interest in the relationship between bioelectromagnetics and parapsychology. he was forme

ry of alchemy and his ability to manufacture the philosophers stone. he afterward fled to copenhagen and hoped to sail to turkey, but he was tracked to a small village nearby and arrested, along with a conspirator. booth, gotthard encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 206 borri was sent back to rome, where he died in prison august 10, 1695. it is claimed that he was the author of the key of the cabinet of the chevalier borri, which bore the imprint of geneva in 1681, a volume chiefly concerned with elementary spirits. in the nineteenth century, abbe de villars seems to have drawn upon this book for his work le comte de gabalis. however, some commentators suggested that the borri book is merely a faulty translation and expansion of de villars s volume, complete with a false pub

le. the concluding days of the fast should be additionally strict. sustenance being reduced to bread (then a substantive food) and water. daily ablutions in water, which had been previously exorcised according to the ritual, were necessary; these cleansings needed to be observed immediately before the ceremony. certain periods of the day and night, as found, for instance, in the book known as the key of solomon the king, were ruled by certain planets. the grimoires agreed that the hours of saturn, mars, and venus were good for communion with spirits. the hour of saturn for invoking souls in hell, and the hour of mars for invoking those who have been slain in battle. in fact these hours and seasons were ruled by the laws of astrology. in the preparation of the instruments employed, the cere

more esoteric group, to work alongside the order of christian mystics. the church was later incorporated as the universal religious foundation. through the fruitful years of leading these two organizations, curtiss wrote more than 20 books and booklets covering a variety of occult topics. she died september 22, 1932, in washington, d.c. sources: curtiss, harriette augusta, and homer curtiss. the key of destiny. new york: e. p. dutton, 1991. letters from the teacher. 2 vols. hollywood, calif: curtiss philosophic, 1918. the message of aquaria. san francisco: curtiss philosophic, 1921. the voice of isis. washington, d.c: curtiss philosophic, 1935. cutten, john h(ector) british author of textbooks on radar and psychical researcher. cutten served for a number of years as secretary of the socie

ls of its bedroom, and sprinkling them on its linen; three lavements of three spoonfuls of milk; giving in a drink the ashes of a rope with which a man has been hanged; drawing water silently, and throwing a lighted candle into it in the name of the holy trinity, then washing the patient s legs in this water, and throwing the remainder behind his or her back in the form of a cross; hanging up the key of the house over the child s cradle; laying on the child crumbs of bread, a lock with the bolt shut, a looking-glass, or some coral washed in the font in which it was baptized; and hanging round the child s neck fennel seeds, or bread and cheese. vairus states that huntsmen, as a protection against fascination, used to split an oak plant and pass themselves and their dogs between it. as amule

honorius (1629. levi s books did much to create a revival of magic which then took embodiment in the hermetic order of the golden dawn, the first modern group to create a whole system of ritual magic. as a result of the order s activities, several of its members took important steps in publishing grimoires. the work of macgregor mathers among the most important works attributed to solomon was the key of solomon. a manuscript of the work in greek found in the british museum may date from as early as the thirteen century, and other copies in various languages can be found around europe. in 1559 the inquisition pronounced the key a dangerous book and prohibited its being published or read. many of the later grimoires, however, show its influence. in 1889 golden dawn leader s. l. macgregor mat

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f key magical texts, which he rescued from the obscurity into which they had fallen. sources: colquhoun, ithell. the sword of wisdom: macgregor mathers and the golden dawn. new york: g. p. putnam s sons, 1975. mathers, s. l. macgregor. astral projection, ritual magic, and alchemy. rochester, vt: destiny books, 1987. the kabbalah unveiled. 1907. reprint, london: routledge and kegan paul, 1926. the key of solomon the king. 1889. reprinted as: the greater key of solomon. chicago: de laurence, 1914. mathers, s. l. macgregor, trans. the book of the sacred magic of abra-melin the mage. 1898. reprint, chicago: de laurence, 1932. reprint, new york: causeway books, 1974. mathur, raghuvansh b(ahadur (1918) indian educator who has investigated parapsychological subjects. he was born september 17, 191

gain. in a seance with the italian medium francesco carancini, a dinner plate, covered with soot and out of the medium s reach, was placed in a padlocked wooden box held by one of the sitters. in experiments with mary baker thayer, robert cooper found a japanese silk handkerchief belonging to one of the sitters and flowers that came from nowhere in the locked box he brought to the seance, and the key of which he retained (light, march 15, 1902. gambier bolton (author psychic force, 1904) noted: during my sixteen years of experiments, investigation into the question of the existence of this psychic force the apparent penetration of matter by matter had been such a common occurrence at our experimental meetings, that unless this happens to take place in connection with some unusually large a

representing a vital and creative number. just as a language is formed from the letters of its alphabet, so from the secret powers that resided in the hebrew alphabet were magical variations evolved [comparable concepts existed in esoteric hinduism (see aum] there are many species of angels and powers. more exalted intelligences were conjured by rites to be found in the ancient book known as the key of solomon the king, and perhaps the most satisfactory collection of formulae for the invocation of the higher angels is that included in the anonymous theosophia pneumatica, published at frankfurt in 1686, which bears a strong family resemblance to the treatise on magic by arbatel. the names in this work do not tally with those that have been already given, but as it is admitted by occult stu

his spiritual nature, and the questions put by him to the spirits he evoked were all directed to that end. however, the dividing line between white and black magic is extremely ambiguous, and it seems likely that the entities evoked might be deceptive as to their nature. sources: de villars, l abbe de montfaucon. comte de gabalis. paris, 1670. reprint, london: old bourne press, 1913. the greater key of solomon. translated by s. l. macgregor mathers. london: george redway, 1888. levi, eliphas. the history of magic. london: william rider, 1913. reprint, new york: samuel weiser, 1971. transcendental magic. london: george redway, 1896. reprint, new york: samuel weiser, 1970. shah, sayed idries. oriental magic. london: rider, 1956. the secret lore of magic. london: frederick muller, 1956. wait

e chief, adopted and completed the explanation of braid. charcot contended that the hypnotic conditions could only be provoked with neuropaths or with hysterical subjects. the school of nancy accepted hypnotic sleep but considered suggestion its potent cause. in 1886 in professor bernheim s famous work suggestion and its application to therapeutics, he went so far as to declare: suggestion is the key of all hypnotic phenomena. there is no such thing as hypnotism, there is only suggestion. the views of liebeault and bernheim prevailed almost everywhere over those of charcot. but animal magnetism was difficult to kill. boirac was right in saying that animal magnetism is a new america which has been alternately lost and found every twenty or thirty years. in 1887 dr. barety published le magne

umber of groups had emerged in both france and germany claiming to carry on the templar tradition. however, this order seems to have originated out of a masonic group founded by karl keller and theodor reuss and chartered in 1902 by english mason john yarker. they began publishing a magazine, oriflamme, in which the first mention of the oto occurred. there was mention that the order possessed the key of all hermetic and masonic secrets (i.e, sex magic. keller claimed to have learned his secrets from three adepts, two hindu and one arab. his adepts seem to have been the sex manuals from india, the kama sutra and ananda ranga, and the arab manual the perfumed garden. keller died in 1905 and reuss succeeded him as outer head of the order. meanwhile, in england, magician aleister crowley had e

mple of baalbec were erected by the jinn under solomon s direction. the object of the erection of baalbec was variously stated, one tradition affirming that it was intended to be a residence for the egyptian princess whom solomon married, and another that it was built for the queen of sheba. the magical solomon from the sixteenth century on, occultists have studied the great grimoire known as the key of solomon (clavicula salomonis) to which tradition ascribes an ancient history before it was committed to writing. this book of ceremonial magic has two sections: the great key and the lemegeton or lesser key. the first is concerned with magic spells, rituals, and talismans, the second with the evocation of spirits. there is also another work known as the testament of solomon that was transla

nd the magical means of controlling them. the ring of solomon is also the subject of stories in the arabian nights. in the seventeenth century, freemasons began to trace their work backward to hiram, the architect of solomon s kingdom. this indirect reference to solomon has possibly been the single reference that has kept solomon associated with the occult world. sources: conybeare, f. c, ed. the key of truth. london, 1898. mathers, f. l. macgregor, ed. the key of solomon the king. london: george redway, 1908. reprint, london: routledge and kegan paul, 1972. shah, sayed idires. the secret lore of magic: books of the sorcerers. london: frederick muller, 1957. waite, arthur e. the book of ceremonial magic. london: william rider, 1911. reprint, new hyde park, n.y: university books, 1961. repr

ancient times. some believe that a complex of interconnected caves exist in the area. sources: pausanius. guide to greece. translated by peter levi. harmondsworth, uk: penguin, 1971. temple, robert k. g. conversations with eternity: ancient man s attempt to know the future. london: rider, 1984. true black magic, book of the a grimoire (manual of ceremonial magic) that is an adapted version of the key of solomon the king. true world order (two) movement started by swami vishnudevananda, disciple of the late swami sivananda of rishikesh, india, and believer in hatha yoga. two is dedicated to promoting world peace and understanding, good health, and happiness through yoga harmony and a vegetarian diet. for information: international sivananda yoga vedanta center, 673 8th ave, val morin, quebe

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door is open, you ve a passage free. but what is this i now must see! can that happen naturally? is it phantom? is it reality? how long and broad the poodle grows! he rises up in mighty pose, tis not a dog s form that he shows! what spectre have i sheltered thus? he s like a hippopotamus with fiery eyes, jaws terrible to see. oh, mine you are most certainly. for such as your half-hellish crew the key of solomon will do. spirits[in the corridor] captured is someone within! stay without, none follow in! like a fox in a snare quakes an ancient hell-lynx there. but now give heed! hover hence, hither hover, under, over, and he soon himself has freed. can ye avail him, oh, do not fail him! for he has already done much to profit us, each one. faust first, to deal with this beast s core, i will us

FRANCIS A YATES GIORDANO BRUNO AND THE HERMETIC TRADITION

now, standing before you, the man who has pierced the air and penetrated the sky, wended his way amongst the stars and overpassed the margins of the world, who has broken down those imaginary divisions between spheres the first, the eighth, the ninth, the tenth or what you will which are described in the false mathematics of blind and popular philosophy. by the fight of sense and reason, with the key of most diligent enquiry, he has thrown wide those doors of truth which it is within our power to open and stripped the veils and coverings from the face of nature. he has given eyes to blind moles, and illuminated those who could not see their own image in the innumerable mirrors of reality which surround them on every side; he has loosened the mute tongues which cared little for intricate di

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alistic writings of aleister crowley. 1973 samuel weiser, inc. oto. the enochian world of aleister crowley. enochian sex magick- aleister crowley, lon milo duquette, christopher s. hyatt, ph.d. new falcon publications, 1991. the hermetic tradition symbols and teachings of the royal art- julius evola translated from italian by e.e.rehmus. inner traditions international, 1971. the goetia the lesser key of solomon the king- translated by samuel l. macgregor mathers, edited with an introduction by aleister crowley. samuel weiser, inc. 1995. the holy books of thelema the equinox volume 3 number 9- aleister crowley. samuel weiser, inc. 1983. oto. the sacred magic of abramelin the mage- translated by s.l. macgregor mathers. dover publications, inc+ the magickal logs of frater elijah/ frater haluc

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teachings are just coming to light. hermetic b 0. its importance is in its unique combining of numerous magical systems into a coherent whole. its membership included william butler yeats, arthur machen, sax rohmer, macgregor mathers, dion fortune, aleister crowley, israel regardie, a.e. wait n iot (the magical pact of the illuminates of thana glossary/ 127 tually became its sole ader the greater key of olom .the philosophical belief that abstractions, generalities or universals have no objective reality order of eastern templars. founded in the late 1800s, it claimed to koans.a buddhist method for meditation, it involves giving the meditator an idea with no simple answer on which to contemplate. the most famous is gwhat is the sound of one hand clapping? h lao-tse.founder of taoism. maste

FREEMASONRY AND CATHOLICISM BY MAX HEINDEL

to present the catholic side in a perfectly unbiased manner, but we ask our students for whom this is written, to believe that we shall try to be just. of the cosmic facts we are certain, but bias may creep into our conclusions, therefore each must use his reason to test what we have to say, viz "prove all things and hold fast that which is good" the great law of analogy is everywhere the master key of all spiritual mysteries, and, although masonry and catholicism do not begin till we arrive at the earth period, they have their prototype in the earlier periods; we shall therefore briefly touch upon the essential facts. in the saturn period, the earth-in-the-making was dark; heat, which is the manifestation of the ever invisible fire, was the only element then manifest; embryonic mankind w

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differentiates him from and also unites him to all things which surround him. whilst this vision lasts he is the messiah, but once it has faded away he is again man, yet charged with a terrific power which according to his will is a power for good or for evil. the existence and possible employment of this force constitute the great secret of practical magic; it is the wand of thaumaturgy and the key of black magic. it is the edenic serpent who transmitted to eve the seductions of a fallen angel. the astral light warms, illuminates, magnetizes, attracts, repels, vivifies, destroys, coagulates, separates, breaks and conjoins everything under the impetus of powerful wills. god created it on the first day, when he said: glet there be light. h this force of itself is blind but is directed by e

y eye, or without it? in every the wisest soul lies a whole world of internal madness, an authentic demon-empire; out of which, indeed, his world of wisdom has been creatively built together, and now rests there, as on its dark foundations does a habitable flowery earth-rind. 17 both are right, carlyle in that madness is a mystery, and the doctors in that mystery is often madness to the sane. the key of passivity has three flanges, namely equilibrium of body, of soul, and of mind. as the qabalist isaac myer says to arrive at a true knowledge of the simple substances, man must throw off the bond of matter, and by meditation transport himself into the intelligible world, and so seek to identify his essence with that of the higher substances; when in that condition, man does not recognize any

GILBERT THE MAGICAL MASON

you, my hearers, the duty of forming your own opinion on matters of religion: be not blindly led of any man: search the scriptures, whether of the jew, christian, or of madame blavatsky, and hold fast that which seemstoyou good. the unpardonable sin is knowingly to reject spiritual truth: whether from bigotry, self255 interest, or from a policy oflaisseralleris not important: the rejection is the key of the position. i congratulate you who are present, as those who have come out from among the masses of unthinking beings, and are seeking fortruth,earnest of purpose, and not to be dismayed by the disapprobation of those who prefer the easy,buthumiliating path of the many who allow others to do their thinking for them, and of those who are content with the ideal of a happy home to be obtaine

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llude. the deuce of swords forms a species ofvesicapiscisenclosing a mystic rose of the. primary colours. the deuce of pentacles is bound together by a continuous band in such a manner as to form a figure 8, and represents the one as being the reflection of theother,asthe universe is thatofthe divine idea. the four aces stand out by themselves from the restofthepack, each forming, as it were, the key of its respective suit. the ace of sceptres recalls the club of -hercules;itis surrounded by eight detached leaves,whose shape recalls that of the hebrew letter yod, ori,and is crowned with the symbol of the triad represented by the three lopped branches; itisthesymbol of almighty strength within the cube of the universe, which latter is shown by the eightle bateleur..thejuggler or magician. a

ltered form. the tarot which we have is of jewish origin, and the types of the figures cannot be traced back further than the reign of charles vi' thesepheryetzirah.referred to in the above quotation has been recently translated by my friend dr wynn westcott, who is a skilful and erudite qabalistical student, so that it can now be read in english.itcertainly gives, in my opinion, the qabalistical key of the tarot; and shows at once, by evident analogy, the ancient and religious origin of its bizarre symbolism.itconsists of thirty-three short sections (the thirty-third being merely recapitulatory) divided into five chapters, and elucidated by thirty-two occult paragraphs called the 'paths. in fact, it may be called a treatise on the ten and the twenty-two. the numbers from one to ten are sa

nged man no. 12 which he considered was simply the mistake of some illiterate card255 manufacturer instead of being a hieroglyph fraught with deep meaning, or in other words, that its inverted position was not intentional. eliphaz levi, not only a clever man, but a deep occult student, and an initiate of the hidden knowledge, rated these singular cards at an inestimable value; and saw in them the key of alltheqabalistic and egyptian knowledge. furthermore, be it remembered that he had in his possession those cypher80thesorcerer and his apprenticemss of the order of the ar.0, as a cypher note of recent date signed with the initials a.l.c. testifies; further stating that he had made use of some of the knowledge contained therein in his occult works. but he probably felt he was not at liberty

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e blackened visage of the assyrian or egyptian sphinx, in the monstrous or marvellous paintings which interpret to the faithful of india the inspired pages of the vedas, in the cryptic emblems of our old books on alchemy, in the ceremonies practised at receptions of all secret societies, there are found indications of a doctrine which is everywhere the same and everywhere carefully concealed. the key of all divine obscurities and the absolute queen of society in those ages when it was reserved exclusively for the education of priests and kings. transcendental magic, eliphas levi. gnosticism and other ways of knowing in these days of science, technology and the rule of rationalism it is hard to grasp the ancient view of wisdom. knowledge was not simply to know about something, but to know s

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ght 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 a v i c u l a s a l o m o n i s r e g i s reworked, written and inspired from the original manuscript by michael w. ford illustrated by elda isela ford the luciferian edition, houston, tx 2003 2 t h e g o e t i a written and presented anew by michael w. ford akhtya seker arimanius to restore the sorcerous path and the art of luciferian ascension illust

ination of the angelic guide, the solar and luciferian blade of the divine will. the white hilted knife is used in such works such as workings of the divine will, or angelick holy guardian angel. the athame is also used in circulating and visualizing light around the self encircling the being. you will want to decorate the handle in the runes of summoning and protection, as first described in the key of solomon the king (clavicula salomonis, translated by s.l. macgregor mathers. the blade should be made in the hour of mercury when in the sign of the ram or scorpion. you may alternatively conduct such when the moon is waning in a more probable time frame. when you obtain a white handled knife, roughly six inches long wait until the moon is waning. fill a bucket or basin with distilled and p

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id sphere [p] 7 24. tarot: the astronomical correspondences [o] 25. tarot: method of divination (opening of the key [q] 26. tarot: tabulated rules [r] the adept must now pass an examination on. concourse of forces [t [x [s [h [y] 27. forty-eight enochian calls [t] 28. attributions of the enochian tablets- n.o.m- official attributions [s] 29. document- not given out- history of r.r. et a.c [l] 30. key of governance of combinations of the square of tablets (egyptian god forms, pyramids, and gods as applied to the enochian squares [x] 31. enochi clauis or tablets of enoch or clauicula tabularum [h] 32. ancient instruction on chess men and tarot. note by d.d.c.f [y] 33. enochian dictionary the adept must now pass an examination on [f. 34. z2 consecration and invocation the adept must now pass

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of the ten sephiroth in nature, divided into a hexad and a tetrad. the oval embraces the first six sephiroth and the tav cross, the lower four, answering to the four elements" 8 chief adept "associate adeptus minor, what is the emblem which i bear upon my breast" third adept "the complete symbol of the rose and cross" chief adept "mighty adeptus major, what is its meaning" second adept "it is the key of sigils and of rituals, and represents the force of the twenty-two letters in nature, as divided into a three, a seven, and a twelve; many and great are its mysteries" chief adept "associate adeptus minor, what is the wand which thou bearest" third adept "a simple wand having the colors of the twelve signs of the zodiac between the light and the darkness, and surmounted by the lotus flower o

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grammaton as they are attributed to the four watchtowers in specific detail. make certain to examine the arrows closely to better understand the order of reading the hebrew letters. thou shall not confuse the hebrew letters with the order of the angelic names on the tablets. like english, these names are always read from left to right, for to do otherwise is to invoke evil forces and caco demons. key of attributions w h attribution of the great name to the four lesser angles 23 let the following diagrams aid thee in comprehension of the tetragrammaton on the tablets as well as their pyramidal nature. thou will remember that in the 4= 7 grade the pyramid was the admission badge of the 28th path. the pyramid, having a square base and four sides, is composed of equilateral triangles cut off

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ant. example of workings: example 1: to invoke hcoma: step one- key 1 (activates entire tablet of union) step two- key 2 (activates the spirit forces of e.n.h.b) step three- key 4 (activates hcoma on the tablet of union) example 2: to invoke the m angle of the m tablet: step one- key 3 (only) example 3: 5 to invoke the lesser angle of l on the o tablet: step one- key 6 (thou shall always read the key of the tablet first, not the sub-angle (this activates the entire tablet) step two- key 18 (activates the sub-angle of l of o) use of calls (g.h. frater d.d.c.f) now, though these calls are thus to be employed to aid thee in the skrying of the tablets in the spirit vision, and in magical workings therewith, yet, shalt thou know that they be allotted unto as much higher planes than the operatio

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ant. example of workings: example 1: to invoke hcoma: step one- key 1 (activates entire tablet of union) step two- key 2 (activates the spirit forces of e.n.h.b) step three- key 4 (activates hcoma on the tablet of union) example 2: to invoke the m angle of the m tablet: step one- key 3 (only) 5 example 3: to invoke the lesser angle of l on the o tablet: step one- key 6 (thou shall always read the key of the tablet first, not the sub-angle (this activates the entire tablet) step two- key 18 (activates the sub-angle of l of o) use of calls (g.h. frater d.d.c.f) now, though these calls are thus to be employed to aid thee in the skrying of the tablets in the spirit vision, and in magical workings therewith, yet, shalt thou know that they be allotted unto as much higher planes than the operatio

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.for only he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. magical knowledge is not given unto thee to tickle thy vanity and conceit, but that by its means, thou mayest purify and equilibriate thy spiritual nature and honor the vast and concealed one. this is the explanation of the first diagram of the paths, the sephiroth being in the queen scale and the paths in the masculine or king scale. it is the key of the forces which lie in tcq, the bow. treasure it in thy heart and mark it well, seeing that therein is the key of nature. meditate on it and reveal it not unto the profane, for many and great are its mysteries. the colors differ according to the world or aspect of the great names they represent. there are four scales of color which correspond to the four kabbalistic worlds. they are: scale

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dept "mighty adeptus exemptus what is the meaning of this title 'abi- agnus" third adept "it is abi-agnus, lamb of the father. it is by metathesis, abigenos, born of the father. bia-genos, strength of our race, and the four words make the sentence "mountain of the lamb of our father and the strength of our race. iao. yehashuah. such are the words" chief adept "mighty adeptus exemptus, what is the key of this vault" 4 second adept "the rose and cross which are hidden in the power of the word i.n.r.i" chief adept "associate adeptus minor, what is the emblem which i bear on my breast" third adept "the complete symbol of the rose and cross" chief adept "i also carry the wand of the winged globe around which the twin serpents of egypt twine. it symbolizes the balanced force of the spirit in the

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hwhy, but is written as if it is bound together as yahdnhy if we take the octagram and reflect it from every fourth point, we have the star of b, and this certainly is akin to the nature of b. it is a further potent symbol representing the binding together of concentrated positive and negative forces of nature and of the elements, under the name of yahdnhy we must always remember that ynda is the key of hwhy. 11 the enneangle is referred to the ninth sephira of dwsy. it is representative of the power of the ennead and the enneagon. it also shows the operating power of nature by the dispersal of the rays of the seven planets, and of the head and tail of the dragon of the moon, otherwise known as cauda and caput draconis. when we reflect on the enneagram from every third point, we find that

GREENFIELD ALLEN SECRET CIPHER OF THE UFONAUTS

estimated that to find the 20,000-plus successful cipher solutions thus far discovered would, without computer technology, have involved every human being who has ever lived discovering eight successful solutions in their lifetime. little wonder, then, that the name aleister crowley, adopted at a time when no computer technology existed, yields a value of 194, equal to computer key. also, achad s key of the rituals, in manifestation= 237= personal computer. virtually none of the cipher work that has been done since 1974 could have been accomplished before the advent of computer technology and the widespread dispersal of the personal computer. crowley died in 1947, achad in 1950. they could not have known, but the masters of the great white brotherhood embedded a key to the cipher of the uf

in a magical operation. so, precisely nine months afterwards, that is, at the summer solstice of 1916, frater o.i.v (the name of c. stansfeld jones as a probationer) entirely without my knowledge became a babe of the abyss. crowley goes on to cite a number of proofs, relying upon the expected child in the book of the law. it is further predicted, crowley goes on, that his child shall discover the key of the interpretation of the book itself, and this i was unable to do. in actual fact he did so discover that key. of the key in question there can be no doubt that it is the building block of all new aeon cabalistic interpretation. the present oto grand master, hymenaeus beta, for example, acknowledges that. his liber xxxi held the key to the book of the law. while his qabalistic teachings ar

osen name. it is significant, therefore, that the chosen name aleister= 117= frater secret cipher of the ufonauts 81 achad. aleister crowley= 194= hangs ufon the cross and black to the blind and lust& power of lust. also bring the glory and sing her love chant. but also one to follow thee and, not from liber al, but interestingly, computer key. on the subject of the key, key= 49= solve and crown. key of it all= 126= rose croix and shall turn not as well as not talk not. all of these are references specific to the key interpretation of the text on the grid page of liber al. also nothing is a, an obvious reference to the fool and a seeming reference to the lack of a number in the upper left square of that page, itself a key to the discovery of cipher 6. see achad s liber 31 on the words not

ne need not accept and i do not achad s proclamation of an aeon of maat to consider his qabalistic work of great importance, and his other claims to be either valid or not amenable to the critique of others. thought of the month: new aeon english qabala was a term i introduced to distinguish our work from english numerology and earlier attempts at developing an english qabala without the complete key of liber al. from this point, i will encourage abbreviating this work naeq6 or classical cipher (six in lexicon) of the new aeon english qabala for convenience. in any case, the work that follows resulted from a lengthy conversation between a classical student of talmudic studies and his son tau samson, a gnostic bishop. the work centers on the hebrew kiddish, or blessing over wine which, in f

GRIFFIN DAVID MAGICAL EVOCATION OF THE AVERSE FORCES

innocence and safety of the light, lest they fall unwary into the pit and be lost forever to the dogfaced denizens of darkness. evocation to visible appearance is an extremely powerful form of ritual, designed primarily for working with the averse forces in a safe and sane fashion. s. l. macgregor mathers spent a great deal of time studying and translating magical grimoires including the greater key of solomon,2 the lesser key of solomon3 (also known as the lemegeton, the grimoire of armadel,4 and the book of the sacred magic of abra-melin the mage.5 israel regardie contended that the magical grimoires contain the remnants of an ancient form of psychology, although in a greatly corrupted form. this corruption is likely due to the official condemnation of magic in all its forms by the chri

radigm prevalent in europe during the middle ages degraded the ancient and sacred science of theurgy into the vulgar sorcery of the grimoires and corrupted its sublime aims into the puerile desires of its guilt-instilled and greedy practitioners.6 1 herewith is revealed a profound magical secret, although "neither torches nor glasses shall aid those without eyes to see" 2 clavicula solomonis, the key of solomon the king [1456, trans. and ed. s.l. macgregor mathers, 1st paper ed (york beach: weiser, 1989. 3 goetia, the lesser key of solomon, trans. s. l. macgregor mathers and ed. aleister crowley (chicago: the occult publishing house, 1903. 4 the grimoire of armadel [17th century, trans. s.l. macgregor mathers, new ed (york beach: weiser, 1995. 5 the book of the sacred magic of abra melin t

H SPENCER LEWIS ROSICRUCIAN MANUAL AMORC 1990

development was the addition of a loop to the [72] top of the tau cross. this formed what is often called the egyptian cross, because it became a very important symbol of their rituals. by them it was called the crux ansata, or cross of life, and was their symbol of immortality or the continuity of life. it is often found in the hands of statues and in pictures of their gods and goddesses as the "key of life" by some, who are entirely ignorant of the facts, it is claimed that the crux ansata was a sex symbol. that is because, to the early egyptians, the reproductive process throughout all nature, in all plant and animal life, was a great mystery. that the seed in the ground, or any cell of living matter, could reproduce its kind and assist in maintaining a continuous line of its own specie

ts of the first american rosicrucians, who established their headquarters near philadelphia in 1694. a member of the english branch which sponsored the first movement in america, mrs. may banks-stacey, descendant of oliver cromwell and the d'arcys of france, placed in his hands such papers as had been officially transmitted to her by the last of the first american rosicrucians, with the jewel and key of authority received by her from the grand master of the order in india, while an officer of the work in that country. for several years correspondence was maintained with different representatives of the foreign jurisdictions until proper investigation see portrait on page 10.[133] could he made establishing the worthiness of dr. lewis to carry out the warrants then in his possession. final

in the rituals of the organization, both in the temple lodges and in the grand lodge rituals. peculiar to note, if you reverse the letters of the word, cromaat, they constitute the abbreviation of the words: the ancient and mystical order rosae crucis. crux ansata.the looped cross. a tau or t cross with a loop at the top. it is of ancient egyptian origin and was referred to by them as the ankh or key of life. an ancient symbol of immortality and of life. it was often included as part of a pharaoh's name as in tutankhamen. cycle.a period of time, evolution, process, method, or manifestation. mystically every progressive action is in cycles, definite and important. the cycle of human life is divided into periods of seven years, each of which is a cycle in the growth and development of the mi

HAMIL THE ROSICRUCIAN SEER

be here about 3 weeks&intend taking a day or two going home to see lincoln and ely cathedrals and cam255bridge-mypartner is going on to bury&will not be back in town till early october&thenithink of coming down to bristol for a day or twoofwhichiwill give you due notice.iam writing this ati io'clock by gas light and must conclude withhockley'slettersto theirwins63i don't remember if you have the key of rabbi solomon'sf-;ifnot when you come to town i can lend you mine. you do not mention whether i am to send the ms by book post or rail, i think the post isbest-letme know. i am rather better than i have beenbutstill very unwell. i am going to a friend's on saturday&i am back on tuesday&on the10august i hope to be in northumberland&with kindest regards remain, most fraternally yours.ithe'alm

wn i can lend you mine. you do not mention whether i am to send the ms by book post or rail, i think the post isbest-letme know. i am rather better than i have beenbutstill very unwell. i am going to a friend's on saturday&i am back on tuesday&on the10august i hope to be in northumberland&with kindest regards remain, most fraternally yours.ithe'almadel' is the fourth part of thelegemetonor lesser key of solomon. a. e. waite characterized thelegemetonas a mixture of black and white magical rituals for invoking what he termed 'four choirs of spirits, some of a very dubious nature. despite claims of a hebrew origin, the earliest knownmssof the aimadel are french.2theirwins bound and decorated their own books.thecollection contains a number of printed and ms volumes, the bindings of which are

invoked the spirit of joseph balsamo, count cagliostro, the notorious charlatan and purveyor of pseudo-masonic degrees, who apparently passed commentaries and 'additions' to the published works of departed rosicrucians. 5 unidentified. 6 unidentified. 7 see note 5 of letter 15.white swan, alnwick, northumberland12august 1874dearbro. irwin, on saturday last i sent in a box your twomssand also the key of rabbi solomon1&a little ms copy of some of mymssmade by an old friend ofmine-nowguess on! i am sorry that herbert hurried himself over the king solomon as the seals in that ms are done with the utmost precisionfromtwo differentmss.it would have been quite enough to let me know the ms was in his hands.therath solomon sent may be depended upon for the accuracyofthe talismans etc.theother ms c

er missing]1hockley's two business partners have proved elusive.2itwould appear he was preparing a history of the grand stewards lodge.itwas never published and the lodge records contain no mention of a ms. 3 see note2of letter12.4 w.j.hughan, who had been appointed past junior grand warden of the grand lodge of mark master masons of england in 18 72 .5claviculasalomonis:variouslyreferredtoas the key of solomon, key of rabbi solomon and the rath solomon. a magical andhockley'slettersto theirtoins59i will not further bother you with my reiterated grievancesbuttrust you will attribute any future shortcomings of mine to its real cause. with kindest regards allow me to remain, most fraternally yours.ieveningswithindwellers.2hockleywasapparentlyassistinga friend with a potterybusinessinpooleto

ated by redway although no date appears in the manuscript, which appears to be a corrected copy of part ofm312] 18 55 cartomancy.(hi14) 1857 metaphysical and spiritual philosophy, a series of discourses delivered through the medium of a magic mirror by the spiriteltesmo,(hi19) 1858 e.l.l. ms (relating to the invoking of eltesmo in regard to the seeress e. l. leigh.(hii7)undatedmanuscriptsalmadel 'key of solomon the king, the fourth book, transcribed from the original ms bymrhockley (hi04)drbacstrom f.r.c [letter [and]thehidden sense of hadamah. cabalistic numerals in squares (hi03) cabala [hebrew title [from the publisher james burns, with a printed label advertising hockley's crystals and mirrors forsale.]book of the cabalistic art, that is to say, of hidden theology and philosophy, bydrj

HELENA BLAVATSKY NIGHTMARE TALES

om mere physical exhaustion.gradually he passed into a death-like and dreamless slumber. at the gloomy winter dawn he awoke, butfinding it too early to rise he fell asleep again. and then he had a vivid dream- so vivid indeed, so life-like,that from its terrible realism he felt sure that it was a vision rather than a dream. he had left his violin on a table by his bedside, locked in its case, the key of which never left him. since hehad strung it with those terrible chords he never let it out of his sight for a moment. in accordance with hisresolution he had not touched it since his first trial, and his bow had never but once touched the humanstrings, for he had since always practised on another instrument. but now in his sleep he saw himself lookingat the locked case. something in it was

HINE PHIL ASPECTS OF EVOCATION

d by robert turner. adobe acrobat edition created by benjamin rowe, july 1, 2000. note: this document is optimized for printing on a laser or inkjet printer. the illustrations may appear jagged when viewed onscreen with certain displays. they will print at the full resolution of your printer the aim being to experiment with various approaches to the evocation of spirits, beginning with the lesser key of solomon the king. some observations on our results with the entities of the lesser key of solomon are enclosed. during this project, i found my interests returning to a recurrent obsession- the entities of the cthulhu mythos. the final essay, evoking yog-sothoth (originally written for the journal of the esoteric order of dagon) is an attempt to pull together a 6 theoretical model relating

th vampiric themes published in chaos international, entitled .droplets. as it was written in the first person, apparently some people have chosen to believe it was me baring my soul. oh dear! 22 functional spirits one approach to evocation is working with spirits which have a provenance over a particular situation or experience. entities such as these are detailed in grimoires such as the lesser key of solomon the king which are handbooks of spirits, giving details of spirits. typical forms, names, sigils, and how to conjure them. the spirits in books such as the lesser key have bizarre names, even more bizarre appearances, yet their powers are directly functional and useful. for example, raum appears as a blackbird, and can create love, reconcile enemies, or destroy cities and reputation

ct was the title of as long-term project undertaken by myself and a colleague in 1989. our original aim was to work through a series of .traditional. grimoires and, following assessments and analysis of our findings, create a general approach to goetia suitable for our post-modern era. needless to say, things did not go exactly as we planned. our first series of workings was drawn from the lesser key of solomon. our first evocation, of the spirit vassago, was performed without using the traditional arrangement of circle, triangle, etc .just to see what happened, as it were. the result was that the working lacked clear definition; visions of the spirit called forth were hazy at best, and we both experienced a lowering of vitality (a feeling of being .drained, headaches and pre-flulike sympt

HINE P OVEN READY CHAOS

irtual magick) to gate through, and i ve had them turning up spontaenously in dreams as astral doorways. to seal them, i reverse the spinning of the petals, and have them become flat again, sometimes doing a normal pentagram over them just for good measure. they seem to work well when used in a 29 oven-ready chaos free-form style of working, but not when used with trad systems, such as the lesser key of solomon (the entities in there are strictly conservative in how they like being evoked, i find. if you try out the spiral pentagrams by the way, i d love some feedback/correspondence on the subject. with all magical techniques& rituals, it is important to distinguish between process and content. one of the first messages of the chaos current is that whilst content is to some extent arbitary

HP LOVECRAFT A DARK LORE

of the prejudice. this bizarre collection, besides a host of standard works which mr. merritt was not too alarmed to envy, embraced nearly all the cabbalists, daemonologists, and magicians known to man; and was a treasure-house of lore in the doubtful realms of alchemy and astrology. hermes trismegistus in mesnard's edition, the turba philosophorum, geber's liber investigationis, and artephius's key of wisdom all were there; with the cabbalistic zohar, peter jammy's set of albertus magnus, raymond lully's ars magna et ultima in zetsner's edition, roger bacon's thesaurus chemicus, fludd's clavis alchimiae, and trithemius's de lapide philosophico crowding them close. mediaeval jews and arabs were represented in profusion, and mr. merritt turned pale when, upon taking down a fine volume cons

HP LOVECRAFT THROUGH THE GATES OF THE SILVER KEY

ething tangible which can be shown" at last the impassive-faced swami replied, slowly and hoarsely, and drawing an object from the pocket of his loose coat as he spoke "while none of you here has ever seen the silver key itself, messrs. de marigny and phillips have seen photographs of it. does this look familiar to you" he fumblingly laid on the table, with his large, white-mittened hand, a heavy key of tarnished silver- nearly five inches long, of unknown and utterly exotic workmanship, and covered from end to end with hieroglyphs of the most bizarre description. de marigny and phillips gasped "that's it" cried de marigny "the camera doesn't lie i couldn't be mistaken" but aspinwall had already launched a reply "fools! what does it prove? if that's really the key that belonged to my cousi

INITIATION INTO HERMETICS

side electrical, the inside neutral. the male genitals: forepart electrical, back part neutral, right and left side also, the inside magnetical. the female genitals: forepart magnetical, back part, right and left side neutral, the inside electrical. the last vertebra& anus: fore and back part neutral, right and left side as well, the inside magnetical. with the help of this occult anatomy and the key of the tetrapolar magnet, the adept may compile further analogies if wanted. the alchemist will recognize that the human body represents a genuine athanor in which the most perfect alchemistic process, the great work or the preparation of the philosophers stone is visibly performed. herewith the chapter dealing with the body is finished. i do not assert that all has been regarded, but in any c

man has been created in the image of god and consists of body, soul and spirit. the preceding chapters have made it evident that body and soul serve only as a veil or garment for the spirit. the spirit is the immortal part and the image of god. it is not easy to define something divine, immortal, imperishable, and to put it into the correct terms. but here, as well as with any other problems, the key of the four-pole magnet will be a great help for us. from the supreme prototype (akasa, the original source of all beings, has proceeded the spirit, the spiritual ego with the four specific elemental qualities, proper to the immortal spirit, which was created in god s image. the fiery principle, the impulsive part, means the will (volition. the airy principle shows up in the intellect (mind, t

lected in our subconsciousness in a contrary way. practically speaking, we can regard our subconsciousness as our opponent. the incentive or the impulse to all that is undesirable, such as our passions, our failures, our weaknesses, originates just in this very sphere of consciousness. to the pupil now falls the task of introspection to disclose the work of this subconsciousness, according to the key of the elements or the tetrapolar magnet. this is a satisfactory task in as much as the pupil will acquire self-reliance by his own reflection or meditation. hence, subconsciousness is the incentive of all we do not wish for. let us learn how to transmute this, so to speak, antagonistic aspect of our ego, so that it not only does no harm, but on the contrary will help to realize our desires. s

INTERVIEW WITH ANDREW CHUMBLEY

ch prefigure the complex form seen in the present-day mythos. in previous generations traditional craft has shared certain features with the societies of horsemanry; reverence for cain is one such element. in turn, comparable ideas about the role of tubal-cain and naamah can be seen in the allied rites of freemasonry. traditional craft has also made good use of many ritual magic texts such as the key of solomon and agrippa s books of occult philosophy. these works also provide avenues for allied figures, such as lucifer, asmodeus, lilith, and the arch-daemonic guardians of the magical circle led by mahazael. although the emphasis of sacrality is reversed, another strand of genealogy is obviously to biblical texts where various elements of the mythos are present. biblical sources likewise c

ISIS UNVEILED

y. we 'eagerly applaud such commentators as godfrey higgins, inman, payne knight, king, dunlap, and dr. newton, however much they dis- agree with our own mystical views, for their diligence is constantly bdng rewarded by fresh discoveries of the pagan paternity of christian sym" hols. but otherwise all these learned works are useless. thmr re- searches only cover half the ground. lacking the true key of interpreta- tion, they see the symbols only in a physical aspect. they have no pass- word to cause the gates of mystery to swing open; and uicient spiritual philosophy is to tjiem a closed book. diametrically opposed though they be to the clergy in their ideas respecting it, in the way of interpreta* tion they do little more than their opponents for a questioning public. their labors tend t

had profaned them by exposing them to the vulgar, who misunderstood and disfigured them. these grievances are stated in the toledoui yesku as follows "there exists, in the sanctuary of the living god, a cubical stone, on which are sculptured the holy characters, the combination of which gives the explanation of the attributes and powers of the incommunicable name. tliia explanation is the secret key of all the occult sciences and forces in nature. it is what the hebrews call the shem kam-mephorash. this stone is watched by two lions of gold, who roar as soon as it is approached" the gates of the temple were never lost sight of, and the 473. bmbylooian talmvd, miaaak sankedritt, fol. 107. had jfifanoa sola, fol. 47i see bibo eliphai uvi; la tdmoe de* mprht. 474. thia fngmeot u truulated fr

JENNINGS HARGRAVE ROSICRUCIANS RITES MYSTERIES

t conversed with the signior, and therefore was the freer in his acquaintance, undertook to go to his lodgings and inquire after him, which he did; but he was answered by the owner of the house, who came to the street-door to respond to the questioner, that the signior had gone, having quitted venice that morning early, and that he had locked up his pictures with certain orders, and had taken the key of his rooms with him. this affair made a great noise at the time in venice; and an account of it found its way into most of the newspapers of the year in which it occurred. in these newspapers and elsewhere, an outline of the foregoing particulars may be seen. the account of the signor gualdi will also be met with in les memoires historiques for the year 1687, tome i. p. 365. the chief partic

h presents the engraved figure of a cynocephalus, crowned, with b ton erect, adoring the first appearance of the new moon. the phallic worship prevailed, at one time, all over india. it constitutes, as mr. sellon asserts, to this day one of the chief, if not the leading, dogma of the hindoo religion. incontestable evidence could be adduced to prove this however strange and impossible it seems the key of all worship the world over; and highest in esteem in the most highly civilised nations. though it has degenerated into gross and sensual superstition, it was originally intended as the worship of the creative principle in nature. innumerable curious particulars lie scattered up and down, in all countries of the world, relating to this worship, mad as it seems bad as, in its grossness, it is

to the macrocosm, or great world, is to be found man, as produced in it from the operations from above, and to be saved in the great sacrifice (crucifixion-act, the phenomena of the being (man, taking place in the mythic return of the world. all this is incomprehensible, except in the strange mysticism of the gnostics and the cabalists; 62 the rosicrucians. fig. 14 and the whole theory requires a key of explanation to render it intelligible; which key is only darkly referred to as possible, but refused absolutely, by these extraordinary men, as not permissible to be disclosed. as they, however, were very fond of diagrams and mystic figures, of which they left many in those rarities (mostly ill-executed, but each wonderfully suggestive) called gnostic gems, we will supply a seeming elucidat

ces of all these divinities indeed, of all gods were of the semblance of fire; and we recognise, as it were, the mark of the foot of them, or of the impersonated fire, in the countless uprights, left, as memorials, in the great ebb of the ages (as waves) to nations in the latter divisions of that great roll of periods called time; yet so totally unguessing of the preternatural mystery seeming the key of all belief, and the reading of all wonders which they speak. it is to be noted that all the above religions all the creeds of fire were exceedingly similar in their nature; that they were all fortified by rites, and fenced around with ceremonies; and that, associated as they were with, mysteries and initiations, the disciple was led through the knowledge of them in stages, as his powers aug

e digamma; which was called olic, becaus'e the olians, of all the tribes, retained the greatest traces of the original language. thus, the olians wrote or pronounced #o noj #el a, velia. the latin language was derived from the olic dialect, and naturally adopted the digamma, which it generally expressed by v. these significant, mysterious sounds and characters v, w, b, and f are reputed to be the key of the lunar, or feminine, apotheosis. the symbol (or that meant in the symbol) is the key-note, as it were, of all grecian architecture and art; which is all beauty, refinement, and elegance, with power at the highest. nails of the passion (three in the greek rite) single-cloven templar ensign. chapter the twenty-ninth. connection between the templars and gnosticism. he branch sect of the gno

sprung, is secret, or at all events evading, where the knowledge is not wholly suppressed. as an instance of the impossibility of accepting flood s 312 the rosicrucians. ideas, if these were such, gassendus charges him with a stupendous puzzle* that of passing the entire interpretation of scripture over, not to the mystics only, but to alchemy. gassendus asserts, as the opinion of flood, that the key of the bible mysteries is really to be found in the processes of alchemy and of the hermetic science; that the mystical sense of scripture is not otherwise explainable than by the philosopher's stone; and that the attainment of the great art or of the secrets which lie locked, is heaven, in the rosicrucian profundities. old and new testament, and their historical accounts, are alike hermetic i

the devil, who lures in this mysterious respect, with his most exquisite inducement. hence the reason of our king edward the confessor being marked as the saint; for he forbore his wife edith. this is the raison d tre of all triumph of the kind. virginity in itself (strangely as it may sound for mankind, though without its infraction heaven could not be for it is our senses that make heaven is a key of heaven. hence the inherent sacredness of the human act all the world over; and highest so in the religions of the most civilised peoples, those which have risen to the highest refinement. 332 the rosicrucians. lord showed himself. it was through a woman that our race was rendered possible. this must never be forgotten. it is not difficult to discover how inveterate the belief of their syste

n. matter, which the rosicrucians frequently refer to as darkness, is that only which is properly to be called nothing. thus when god is said to create, or make something out of nothing (to do which is impossible, it is to be understood that he worked with material, or with darkness, which is the blank side, or the other side of light; turned away. these profound metaphysical distinctions are the key of all the theologies. moses, when he describes the creation of the world, is the alchemist, relating in parable the generation of the solids, and the flowing-over into the border-country (out of the flesh) of the invisible-where everything ultimately is. the history of david, solomon (of the temple, jacob (of the ladder; or staircase from earth to heaven, and from heaven to earth &c, job; the

the english palladium, made a target of it. the marks of many balls are still conspicuous. the five-leaved roses (red and white roses; rhodion, rhodes knights of rhodes or of malta, the successors of the templars) typify the ten original signs of the zodiac red-rose, five signs (aspiration or ascension; white-rose, five. signs (or leaves, descension (or con -descension, or s.s, or holy ghost (the key of the whole apotheosis, according to the mystical jacob boehmen. the whole is radiant (notwithstanding that the rays are green; otherwise expressive of the linea viridis seu benedicta viriditas: rosicrucian (see pages 162-164) from the seed-spot, or golden sun (grand astronomical central flame, in the centre. this double-rose, barbed or thorned, sol, is (in this form) the tudor rose (the rose

KETAB E SIYAH

alled the scarlet woman is all power given. they shall gather my children into their fold: they shall bring the glory of the stars into the hearts of men. 16. for he is ever a sun, and she a moon. but to him is the winged secret flame, and to her the stooping starlight. 17. but ye are not so chosen. 18. burn upon their brows, o splendrous serpent! 19. o azure-lidded woman, bend upon them! 20. the key of the rituals is in the secret word which i have given unto him. 415 21. with the god& the adorer i am nothing: they do not see me. they are as upon the earth; i am heaven, and there is no other god than me, and my lord hadit. 22. now, therefore, i am known to ye by my name nuit, and to him by a secret name which i will give him when at last he knoweth me. since i am infinite space, and the i

cursed! accursed be it to the aeons! hell. 42. let it be that state of manyhood bound and loathing. so with thy all; thou hast no right but to do thy will. 43. do that, and no other shall say nay. 417 44. for pure will, unassuaged of purpose, delivered from the lust of result, is every way perfect. 45. the perfect and the perfect are one perfect and not two; nay, are none! 46. nothing is a secret key of this law. sixty-one the jews call it; i call it eight, eighty, four hundred& eighteen. 47. but they have the half: unite by thine art so that all disappear. 48. my prophet is a fool with his one, one, one; are not they the ox, and none by the book? 49. abrogate are all rituals, all ordeals, all words and signs. ra-hoor- khuit hath taken his seat in the east at the equinox of the gods; and l

ur armour; go on, go on, in my strength& ye shall turn not back for any! 47. this book shall be translated into all tongues: but always with the original in the writing of the beast; for in the chance shape of the letters and their position to one another: in these are mysteries that no beast shall divine. let him not seek to try: but one cometh after him, whence i say not, who shall discover the key of it all. then this line drawn is a key: then this circle squared in its failure is a key also. and abrahadabra. it shall be his child& that strangely. let him not seek after this; for thereby alone can he fall from it. 48. now this mystery of the letters is done, and i want to go on to the holier place. 49. i am in a secret fourfold word, the blasphemy against all gods of men. 50. curse them

h concludes the synthesis with asmodeus. the era of our companionship with man draws to a close, and to earth is now come the third great daemon of the bond between hell and man, and with his presence is the dawn of the satanic age proclaimed. the statement of belial hail, man, who shall bring to the end of the universe the glory of thy satanic will! i am belial, who bring to thee the third great key of hell, by whose power ye shall confound 461 all the laws of heaven and earth. before thee shall chaos fall, and thou shalt wield for thyself the great mysteries of the macrocosmos. i speak to thee of that which is called the black magic, for it is true spawn of that great black flame which first brought thy will to life long ages ago. to council with satan i also was called, and the lord of

LEADBEATER CW GLIMPSES OF MASONIC HISTORY

ght of the east and of the west 18 knight rose-croix 19 grand pontiff or master ad vitam 20 grand patriarch royal arch of enoch grand scottish knight of the sacred vault (of james vi* or sublime mason the same" sovereign prince of rose-croix grand pontiff or sublime scotch mason 21 noachite or prussian chevalier 20 venerable grand master of symbolic lodges the same noachite 21 grand master of the key of masonry 22 prince of libanus, knight royal arch alternatively royal axe* 23 knight of the sun, prince adept, chief of the grand consistory. 24 illustrious chief grand commander of the white and black eagle, grand elect kadosh 25 most illustrious sovereign prince of masonry, grand knight, sublime knight commander of the 28 30 32 royal secret* this is clearly a later title, and in the master

LEMEGETON

ned to be of much use in formal study and too loaded with pejorative connatations to be useful in ordinary discourse between people holding different religious views. defenders of the dichotomy reply that the terms may still be useful when it comes to examining the effect that different religions have upon their adheredhtwilit grotto- esoteric archives contents prev intro next timeline the lesser key of solomon this digital edition by joseph h. peterson, copyright 1999. all rights reserved. note: a considerably enlarged edition of the lesser key of solomon is now available from red wheel/weiser publishers. see listing at amazon.com (isbn: 157863220x) for more details. lemegeton clavicula salomonis or the lesser key of solomon detailing the ceremonial art of commanding spirits both good and

ald scot, in his lists of magical texts [3, mentions ars paulina, ars almadel, and ars notoria in the same breath. he also includes a text closely related to the goetia [4. so the bulk of the materials were possibly collected together by 1584. the name lemegeton is probably naively invented because of the compiler's ignorance of latin. he or she was no doubt familiar with the clavicula salomonis (key of solomon) and wanted to title this work the "little key of solomon" this became "lemegeton clavicula salomonis" the major texts used for this edition have been all from the british library manuscript collection. they include harl. 6483, and sloane mss. 2731, 3825, and 3648. harl. 6483 is probably the latest, and contains much additional material. it is dated 1712-3. sloane 2731 is important

escriptions of the seals for each sign of the zodiac are evidently abstracted from paracelsus, the second treatise of celestial medicines, cf. archidoxes of magic translated by robert turner, 1656, pp. 136 ff. ars almadel in 1608, trithemius mentioned a long list of books on magic, including the book "almadel attributed to king solomon [7] ars almadel is also found in the hebrew manuscript of the key of solomon, ed. gollancz, sepher maphteah shelomoh, 1914, fol 20b. turner mentions a fifteenth-century manuscript in florence [8] ars notoria the ars notoria is a medieval grimoire of the 'solomonic cycle. many latin manuscripts are extant, the oldest are dated thirteenth century, and possibly earlier. like liber juratus (also thirteenth century, the text centers around an even older collectio

of the black art. hence it is that magic lies under disgrace and they who seek after it are vulgarly esteemed sorcerers. and the fraternity of the rosicrucians thought it not fit to style themselves magicians, but philosophers. thay are not ignorant empirics1 but learned and experienced physicians whose remedies are not only lawful but divine [100r] lemegeton clavicula salomonis: rex: the little key of salomon the king which containeth all the names, orders and offices of all the spirits that ever he hadd any converse with, with the seales or characters belongeing to each spirit, and the manner of calling them forth to [visible] appearance, in 5 parts, called books viz* the first part, is a book of evill spirits, called goetia, shewing how he bound up those spirits and used them in severa

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

as a place the pit in milton s paradise regained (iv, 624. alternately, abaddon is identified with a demon, or the devil himself, in the third-century acts of thomas, as well as in john bunyan s puritan classic, pilgrim s progress.within modern ceremonial magic, it constitutes the name for god invoked by moses to bring down the rain over egypt, as reported by samuel liddell mathers in the greater key of solomon. there is also a reference to abaddon as the sixth of the seven lodges of hell in the work of the cabalist joseph ben abraham gikatilla. in various sources,abaddon is identified as the angel of death and destruction, demon of the abyss, and chief of the demons of the underworld. see also demons;magic and magical groups for further reading: davidson, gustav. a dictionary of angels in

e black, toronto star, april 27, 1999, pp. c1, c3. introvigne,massimo. the gothic milieu: black metal, satanism, and vampires. http//www.cesnur.org/testi/gothic.htm. grimoire through the centuries, a large number of handbooks have been published that offer instructions on how to perform different kinds of magic. among these books, usually referred to as grimoires, the oldest and best known is the key of solomon, which is believed to have been written by the legendary king solomon. a copy of the book was circulating as early as the first century c.e. countless versions, often with additions, have followed the first century edition, rendering it impossible to identify the original text. besides the key of solomon and its derivations, many other grimoires circulated in the middle ages. some o

concurrently with the rise of a dilettante interest in occultism in western europe. in 1801 francis barrett published the magus. in the early 1800s, alphonse-louis constant studied the 112 hermetic order of the golden dawn whole magical tradition and became familiar with barrett s the magus. under the pen name eliphas levi, constant published dogma and ritual of high magic, history of magic, and key of the great mysteries in the 1850s. levi over the next decades became the teacher of members of such diverse groups as rosicrucians, ritual magicians, and witches. in mid-nineteenth century england, spiritualism and what was to become theosophy were having a major cultural impact.members of these groups said they received messages from the world of the spirits. by 1855, the yorkshire spiritua

ere he married moira, the daughter of the philosopher henri bergson, and from where he proceeded to direct the affairs of the hogd. the four had claimed to have a charter and a set of rituals from the secret chiefs of the rosicrucian order in germany, but in fact it was all written by mathers.mathers was one of the most brilliant amateur scholars of his generation, who also translated the greater key of solomon and several major cabalistic treatises, and who wrote a major book on the tarot. the hogd attracted a stellar cast from among britain s middle-class intellectuals. its members (as revealed by ithel colquhon s appendixes) included arthur machen, arthur edward waite, james m. barrie, sir e. a. wallis budge, hugh schonfield, florence farr (at one time a lover of george bernard shaw, an

ace& co, 1993. zimmer, heinrich. philosophies of india. new york: bollingen, 1951. twilight zone the movie 261 trick or treat this 1986 film, which stars ozzy osbourne and gene simmons, explores the christian fantasy of heavy metal music s supposed satanic connections. a lonely, miserable teen metal musician dies in a hotel fire. his spirit expresses itself in a music album, entitled songs in the key of death. hell is not a place, but is, rather, about being cruel, perverse, and abusive. twilight zone the movie this 1983 movie does not capture the suspense of rod serling s television series, but it does have the intensity of the twist of fate so poignantly depicted in all of the tv episodes. vic morrow plays an angry bigot who blames minorities for the personal defeats he has experienced i

ld, the light and the dark, and everything that defines itself by its opposite, using the sacred law of tetragrammaton, that is 0(+1(-1. after satan and his beautiful wife lilith sired countless galaxies with infinite varieties of life, he placed stars in the heavens and created signs, symbols and numbers to represent the cycles throughout the material world. then the secrets were locked with the key of knowledge, that his ways would not be revealed to the ignorant or worthless. satan fashioned a gift for his perfect universe life to enjoy his world and be eternal like he is. through satan s will and magical arts were made simple creatures on this earth, and extensive pleasures to delight them a paradise for his sons and daughters whom he loved. the earth was satan s gift to creation, and

a fascistic political agenda, satanic education would emphasize what was once considered well-rounded literacy. a broad knowledge and application of art, architecture, geography, literature, music, world history, cinema, languages, mathematics, theatre, sciences, etc, is vastly more important to a satanic priest than lessons in multicultural sensitivity. or, for that matter, memorizing the lesser key of solomon and tracing the sigils from avon books necronomicon. a classical curriculum might revive in us some of the magical powers of discernment and discrimination most of us have lost. don t tolerate pretentiousness. when a woman brags that she s getting a degree in women s studies, you can smile sweetly and say (as one of our priestesses did recently, oh great you mean like cooking and cl

LIBER 777

sued a knowledge lecture which consisted of the names and symbols of the elements, planets and signs along with the hebrew alphabet and the names of the sephiroth in hebrew. 4 the lemegeton is a 17th-century compilation, probably english, of magical texts attributed to solomon. the first book, goetia, describes 72 evil spirits and gives instructions for evoking them (it derives variously from the key of solomon, the heptameron, the fourth book of pseudo-agrippa and the pseudomonarchia d monum published by wier. crowley published an edition of it in 1904. in 777 cols. clv clxvi the spirits are referred to the decans by day and night. the second book, theurgia goetia, lists 31 principal spirits, with an astronomical number of subordinates of whom few are named; of the 31, 20 are referred to

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f the gnostic catholic church, or that of the phoenix. neglect not the performance of the mass of the holy ghost, as nature herself prompteth thee. travel also much in the empyrean in the body of light, seeking ever abodes more fiery and lucid. finally, exercise constantly the eight limbs of yoga. and so shalt thou come to the end. n the book of wisdom or folly 17 p de clavicula somniorum (of the key of dreams) nd now concerning meditation let me disclose unto thee more fully the mystery of the key of dreams and phantasies. learn first that as the thought of the mind standeth before the soul and hindereth its manifestation in consciousness, so also the gross physical will is the creator of the dreams of common men, and as in meditation thou doest destroy every thought by mating it with its

r of environment or of evil training. and of all these things the subtlest and most terrible, enemies without pity, destructive to thy will, and a menance and tyranny even to thy self, are the ideals and standards of the slave-gods, false religion, false ethics, even false science. d the book of wisdom or folly 31 ae de lege motus (of the law of motion) onsider, o my son, that word in the call or key of the thirty aethyrs: behold the face of your god, the beginning of comfort, whose eyes are the brightness of the heavens, which provided you for the government of the earth, and her unspeakable variety! and again: let there be no creature upon her or within her the same. all here members let them differ in their qualities, and let there be no creature equal with another. here also is the voi

god, the beginning of comfort, whose eyes are the brightness of the heavens, which provided you for the government of the earth, and her unspeakable variety! and again: let there be no creature upon her or within her the same. all here members let them differ in their qualities, and let there be no creature equal with another. here also is the voice of true science, crying aloud: variation is the key of evolution. thereunto art cometh the third, perceiving beauty in the harmony of the diverse. know then, o my son, that all laws, all systems, all customs, all ideals and standards which tend to produce uniformity, being in direct opposition to nature s will to change and to develop through variety, are accursed. do thou with all thy might of manhood strive against these forces, for they resi

so the qualities are well defined in the cards of the tarot, so that thou hast a clear-cut means of developing thy powers according to the needs of the time. but learn also this, to work constantly under the guidance of thine holy guardian angel, so that thy workings be alway in harmony and accord with thy true will. h liber aleph vel cxi 84 g# de clave kabbalistica huius artis (of the qabalistic key of this art) ow then to thee who art long since master of high magick, it will be easy to shew how the mass of the holy ghost, sung even in ignorance, may work many a wonder by virtue of the force generated being compelled to manifest on other than its own plane. here then is a theory of the mystery of the on, that i, being the logos appointed thereunto, did create an image of my little univer

f that their utterance is holy and beautiful, glorious with banners. this would indeed be the case, an we could discern their thought from their words; but because they have no technical skill to express hemselves, the do not enable others to reproduce or recreate he original passion which inspired them, or even any memory hereof. understand then what is the agony of the great soul who hath every key of paradise at his girdle, when he would open the gate of holiness, or of beauty, or any virtue soever, o the men of his age! s liber aleph vel cxi 116 dl de stultitia humana (of human folly) now that a mind can only apprehend those things with which it is already familiar, at least in part. moreover, it will ever interpret according to the distortion of its own lenses. thus, in a great war, a

will) my son, in this case is there darkness, yet this comfort as a lamp therein, that there is no error in the will, but only doubt as to the means of success, else were we as children afeared of night. thus we have need of naught but to consider the matter by wit of reason, and of prudence, and on common sense, and of experience, and of science, adjusting ourselves so far as we may. here is the key of success, and its name is the skill to make right use of circumstance. this, then is the virtue of the mind, to be the wazir of the will, a true counsellor, through intelligence of the universe. but o, my son, do thou lay this word beneath thine heart, that the mind hath no will, nor right thereto, so the usurpation bringeth forth a fatal conflict in thyself. for the mind is sensitive, unsta

n of light and of courage within him, seemeth to himself encircled by fire, and, driving his sting into himself, he dieth. such are the black brothers, that cry: i am i, they that deny love, restricting it to their own nature. but the serpent is the secret nature of man, that is life and death, and maketh his way through the generations in silence. and the eagle is that might of live which is the key of magick, uplifting the body and its appurtenance unto high ekstacy upon his wings. it is by virtue thereof that the sphinx beholdeth he sun unwinking, and confronteth the pyramid without shame. our dragon, therefore, combining the natures of the eagle and he serpent, is our love, the organ of our will, by whose virtue we perform the work and miracle of the one substance, as saith thine ances

LIBER CCXLII AHA

and naught remains! ho! for the splendour in my name hidden and glorious, a flame secretly shooting from the sun. aum! ha!.my destiny is done. the word is spoken and concealed. olympas. i am stunned. what wonder was revealed? liber ccxlii 34 marsyas. the rite is secret. olympas. profits it? marsyas. only to wisdom and to wit. olympas. the other did no less. marsyas. then prove both by the master-key of love. the lock turns stiffly? shalt thou shirk to use the sacred oil of work? not from the valley shalt thou test the eggs that line the eagle fs nest! climb, with thy life at stake, the ice, the sheer wall of the precipice! master the cornice, gain the breach, and learn what next the ridge can teach! yet.not the ridge itself may speak the secret of the final peak. olympas. all ridges join

LIBER CHANOKH

of the highest. the angle of e of b in the tablet of b. the princess of the shining flame, the rose of the palace of fire. mark well! these first 18 calls are in reality 19; that is, 19 in the celestial orders; but with us the first table hath no call, and can have no call, seeing that it is of the godhead.16 thus, then, with us hath it the number 0, though with them that of 1 (even as the first key of the rota hath the number 0) after this follow the calls or keys of the thirty aires of thyrs: which are in substance similar, though, in the name of the thyrs, diversified. the titles of the thirty thyrs whose dominion extendeth in everwidening circles without and beyond the watch towers of the universe [the first is outermost] 1 lil 16 lea 2 arn 17 tan 3 zom 18 zen 4 paz 19 pop 5 lit 20 kh

titles of the thirty thyrs whose dominion extendeth in everwidening circles without and beyond the watch towers of the universe [the first is outermost] 1 lil 16 lea 2 arn 17 tan 3 zom 18 zen 4 paz 19 pop 5 lit 20 khr 6 maz 21 asp 7 deo 22 lin 8 zid 23 tor 9 zip 24 nia 10 zax 25 vti 11 ich 26 des 12 loe 27 zaa 13 zim 28 bag 14 uta 29 rii 15 oxo 30 tex the forty-eight keys or calls 36 the call or key of the thirty thyrs madariatza das perifa lil* cahisa micaolazoda saanire caosago od fifisa balzodizodarasa iaida. nonu a gohulime: micama adoianu mada iaoda beliorebe, soba ooaona cahisa luciftias peripesol, das aberaasasa nonu afe netaaibe caosaji od tilabe adapehaheta damepelozoda, tooata nonu afe jimicalazodoma larasada tofejilo marebe yareryo idoigo;.17 od torezodulape yaodafe gohola, cao

LIBER DCCCLX JOHN ST

hining blackness deeper than the night. i then consecrated myself to the operation; cutting the tonsure upon my head, a circle, as it were to admit the light of infinity: and cutting the cross of blood upon my breast, thus symbolising the equilibration of and the slaying of the body, while loosing the blood, the first projection in matter of the universal fluid. the whole formulating the ankh.the key of life! i gave moreover the signs of the grades from 0 =0 to 7 =4. then did i take upon myself the great obligation1 as follows: i. i, o.m &c, a member of the body of god, hereby bind myself on behalf of the whole universe, even as we are now physically bound unto the cross of suffering: 1 [this is the .oath of the abyss. or the oath of 8 =3. t.s] john st. john 9 ii. that i will lead a pure l

LIBER LVII

will be noticed that every number and letter has its .correspondence. in ideas of every sort; so that any given object can be analysed in terms of the 32. if i see a blue star, i should regard it as a manifestation of chesed, water, the moon, salt the alchemical principle, sagittarius or what not, in respect of its blueness.one would have to decide which from other data.and refer it to the xviith key of the taro in respect of its starriness. the use of these attributions is lengthy and various: i cannot dwell upon it: but i will give one example. if i wish to visit the sphere of geburah, i use the colours and forces appropriate: i go there: if the objects which then appear to my spiritual vision are harmonious therewith, it is a test of their truth. so also, to construct a talisman, or to

ods of discovering dogma from sacred words are also numerous and important: i may mention (a) the doctrine of sympathies: drawn from the total numeration of a word, when identical with, or a multiple or submultiple of, or a metathesis of, that of another word (b) the method of finding the least number of a word, by adding (and readding) the digits of its total number, and taking the corresponding key of the taro as a key to the meaning of the word (c) the method of analogies drawn from the shape of the letters (d) the method of deductions drawn from the meanings and correspondence of the letters (e) the method of acrostics drawn from the letters. this mode is only valid for adepts of the highest grades, and then under quite exceptional and rare conditions (f) the method of transpositions a

stick: those who have understood (favoured of god) have found therein aaron.s rod that budded, the staff of life itself, yea, the venerable lingam of mahasiva! it is for us to trace the researches of frater p. in the qabalah, to show how from this storehouse of child.s puzzles, of contradictions and incongruities, of paradoxes and trivialities, he discovered the very canon of truth, the authentic key of the temple, the word of that mighty combination which unlocks the treasure-chamber of the king. and this following is the manuscript which he has left for our instruction. 30 liber lviii an essay upon number (may the holy one mitigate his severities toward his servant in respect of the haste wherewith this essay hath been composed! when i travelled with the venerable iehi aour in search of

ble because alzm is shown as the influence descending from 68 [specifically .the wake world (liber xcv. t.s] 48 liber lviii on high, whose key is the tarot: and we possess the tarot. the proper number of the name of the messenger of the most exalted one.69 [the account of aivas follows in its proper place..ed.]70 85. good, since 85= 5 17. 86. elohim, the original mischief. but good, since it is a key of the pentagram, 5= 1+ 4= 14= 8+ 6= 86. 91. merely venerable. 111. priceless, because of its 37 3 symbolism, its explanation of aleph, which we seek, and its comment that the unity may be found in .thick darkness. and in .sudden death. this is the most clear and definite help we have yet had, showing samadhi and the destruction of the ego as gates of our final victory. 120. see part i. and re

the adversary. t.s] 80 [vide al i. 22. t.s] 52 liber lviii lion (leo my rising sign81) and sol, 6, 666, the lord of leo on which babalon should ride. and there were other more intimate considerations, unnecessary to enter upon in this place. note however that the tarot card of leo, strength, bears the number xi, the great number of the magnum opus, and its interchange with justice, viii; and the key of 8 is 418.82 this all seemed to me so important that no qabalistic truths were so firmly implanted in my mind at the time when i was ordered to abandon the study of magic and the qabalah as these: 8, 11, 418, 666; combined with the profoundest veneration for 1, 3, 5, 7, 13, 37, 78, 91, 111. i must insist on this at the risk of tautology and over-emphasis; for it is the key to my standard of

LIBER LXVII THE SWORD OF SONG

.from his castle of ug. means .from his initiation. we cannot in future do more than indicate the allusions. 4 the kerubim. 5 see table of correspondences [a table of correspondences was intended to appear as an appendix to the first volume of crowley.s collected works. it is not in the 1970s reprint from which i am working, and may not have been in the original. see 777 instead. t.s] 6 the 22nd key of the tarot. the other tarot symbols can be traced by any one who possesses, and to some degree understands, a pack of the cards. the occult views of the nature of these symbols are in some cases crowley.s own. opus prima materia. a. o. custodes.4 sapiens dominatibur astris. s. s. d. d. ambrosii magi hortis rosarum 79 pearls, big and round like the breasts of a sea-nymph; and they gleamed rou

as comforted. now came the sudden twittering of heart lest the firmament beneath him were not stable, and lo! he danceth up and down as a very cork on waters of wailing .woman. he bade sternly .be still. cleave that with thy sword: or that must i well work. but she cleft the cords, bitter-faced, smiling goddess as she was; 1 the sacrifices are the ten sephiroth. 2 see table. 3 ancient form of the key of s. 4 considered as the agent of resurrection. 5 in the true key of m the tree is shaped like the letter d= venus or love. the figure of the man forms a cross above a triangle, with apex upwards, the sign of redemption. adest rosa secreta eros. hermaphroditus. mors janua vitae. adeptus. terrae ultor anima terrae. ambrosii magi hortis rosarum 81 and he went on .leave thine ox-goad,.1 quoth he

LIBER MMCMXI NOTE ON GENESIS

of hindu and egyptian mythology: and the formulation of the sphere of the universe (or magical mirror in man. as it were the egg of the black swan of time, the kala hamsa, the triune a m u, or word of power or of seb, the bird of life, whose will was heard in the night of time. the total numeric value of the verse is fntd= 4459, of which the key is 22, the number of the paths from a to t; and the key of 22 is 4, the tetractys and the threshold of the universe. now to proceed to what i have termed the time process, the first word of the law then is tycarb. now in the hebrew scriptures the first word of a book is also its title. thus genesis a note on genesis 13 is called by the rabbins .b.rasheth. or .in the beginning. wherefore we may regard this word as not the first word.albeit that is s

he universe. now to proceed to what i have termed the time process, the first word of the law then is tycarb. now in the hebrew scriptures the first word of a book is also its title. thus genesis a note on genesis 13 is called by the rabbins .b.rasheth. or .in the beginning. wherefore we may regard this word as not the first word.albeit that is shadowed forth therein.but as the seal and title and key of the whole book. holding this in mind, let us proceed to analyse it. the number of its letters is six, the seal of creation, and their total numeric value is 2911. 2911= 13= death, the transformer .the distinct formulation of the three in one, uniting once more to produce the 4. now beth primarily signifieth a house or abode, and in taro it is, the magus.the vox dei.and thoth, the recorder

; for daath is the priceless gift of knowledge and intellect whereby cometh salvation. wherefore also is 11 the key number of the great saviour fs name (hwchy= 29= 11, and this is also in the taro the wheel of the great law, k, the lord of the forces of life. liber mmcmxi 18 nine chambers that number which contains in itself all the properties of protean matters: howsoever you may multiply it the key of its numbers is ever 9. fitting symbol of ever-changing matter which ever in its essence is one.one and alone! thus with the first appearance of the number of matter does the first verse of b.rasheth close: formulating in itself the beginning and the end of the great creation .the characters of heaven with thy finger hast thou traced: but none can read them save he hath been taught in thy sc

y.s collecteana hermetica series, subsequently reprinted in various editions. westcott.s arrangement of the fragments follows that in i.p. cory.s ancient fragments (second edition, which was probably also his source for the greek texts. the purported quotation from the clavicula salamonis on p. 4 is from a short qabalistic writing which was published by eliphas levi as an .ancient fragment of the key of solomon. and was probably written by levi himself. mathers, eternally credulous, appended it to an edition of the clavicle he translated and edited, although it has no real connection with the rest of the key, an elaborate grimoire of ceremonial magic. i would call it .spurious. but that would imply that the rest of the clavice was in some way .genuine. the .lecture on microcosmos in mss. o

LIBER NU

cret ardours of hadit. h this is the first practice of intelligence (ccxx. i. 14. 3. avoid any act of choice or discrimination. this is the first practice of ethics (ccxx. i. 22. 4. consider of six and fifty that 50 6= 0.12. 0 the circumference, nuit. the centre, hadit. 1 the unity proceeding, ra-hoor-khuit. 2 the world of illusion. nuit thus comprehends all in none. also 50+ 6= 56= 5+ 6= 11, the key of all rituals. and 50 6= 300, the spirit of the child within (note n#i= 72, the shemhamphorash and the quinaries of the zodiac, etc) this is the second practice of intelligence (ccxx. i. 25, 26. 2 liber n v 5. the result of this practice is the consciousness of the continuity of existence, the omnipresence of the body of nuit. in other words, the aspirant is conscious only of the infinite uni

LIBER XCV THE WAKE WORLD

en weet niet wat hy is: hy kan oock licht ontvallen. daniel heinz. dianae sumus in fide puellae et pueri integri dianam pueri integri puellaeque canamus. catullus. tao teh king (hwainan.s v.l) fasterej men fmfi calan selannan y pocruptoisi faennon e.doj nppota plhqoisa malista lampv gan .pi pasan sappho. hathayoga pradipika stele of ankh-f-n-khonsu. the wake world y name is lola, because i am the key of delights, and the other children in my dream call me lola daydream. when i am awake, you see, i know that i am dreaming, so they must be very silly children, don.t you think? there are people in the dream too, who are quite grown up and horrid; but the really important thing is the wake-up person. there is only one, for there never could be any one like him. i call him my fairy prince. he r

d little children playing among them. so i said .shall we be married in this domus x. v. regnum v. porta 4 loci secundum elementa. qliphoth. via t vel crux. cherubim domus ix v. fundamentum yod v. membrum sancti f.deris the wake world 7 house. and he said .no, this is only the house where the business is carried on. all the palace rests upon this house; but you are called lola because you are the key of delights. many people stay here all their lives though. i made him kiss me, and we went on to another passage which opened out of the servants. hall. this passage was all fire and flames and full of coffins. there was an angel blowing ever so hard on a trumpet, and people getting up out of the coffins. my fairy prince said .most people never wake up for anything less. so we went (at the sam

irst three houses are very useful; all the dream-world and the half-dream world, and the wake-world are governed from these passages. i began to see now how very unreal even the wake-world is, because there is just a little dream in it, and the right world is the wide-wide-wide-wake-world. my lover calls me little lola wideawake, not lola daydream any more. but it is always lola, because i am the key of delights. i never told you about the first two houses, and really you wouldn.t understand. but the second house is gray, because the light and dark flash by so quick it.s all blended into one; and in it lives my lover, and that.s all i care about. the first house is so brilliant that you can.t think; and there, too, is my lover and i when we are one. you wouldn.t understand that either. and

LIBER XXXIII AN ACCOUNT OF AA

, the way, the truth, and the life. the interior order was formed immediately after the first perception of man's wider heritage had dawned upon the first of the adepts; it received from the masters at first-hand the revelation of the means by which humanity could be raised to its rights and delivered from its misery. it received the primitive charge of all revelation and mystery; it received the key of true science, both divine and natural. but as men multiplied, the frailty of man necessitated an exterior society which veiled the interior one, and concealed the spirit and the truth in the letter, because many people were not capable of comprehending great interior truth. therefore, interior truths were wrapped in external and perceptible ceremonies, so that men, by the perception of the

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

f the gods, gave rise to the stories of olympus, meru, and asgard. the city of the golden gates--the capital of atlantis--is the one now preserved among numerous religions as the city of the gods or the holy city. here is the archetype of the new jerusalem, with its streets paved with gold and its twelve gates shining with precious stones "the history of atlantis" writes ignatius donnelly "is the key of the greek mythology. there can be no question that these gods of greece were human beings. the tendency to attach divine attributes to great earthly rulers is one deeply implanted in human nature (see atlantis) the same author sustains his views by noting that the deities of the greek pantheon were nor looked upon as creators of the universe but rather as regents set over it by its more anc

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

e the base lump of human ignorance, perversion, and discord into an ingot of spiritual and philosophic gold. sufficient similarity exists between the masonic chiram and the kundalini of hindu mysticism to warrant the assumption that chiram may be considered a symbol also of the spirit fire moving through the sixth ventricle of the spinal column. the exact science of human regeneration is the lost key of masonry, for when the spirit fire is lifted up through the thirty-three degrees, or segments of the spinal column, and enters into the domed chamber of the human skull, it finally passes into the pituitary body (isis, where it invokes ra (the pineal gland) and demands the sacred name. operative masonry, in the fullest meaning of that term, signifies the process by which the eye of horus is

, its arms and hands in the world of briah, its generative system in the world of yetzirah, and its legs and feet in the world of assiah. this is the grand man of the zohar, of whom eliphas levi writes "it is not less astonishing to observe at the beginning of the zohar the profundity of its notions and the sublime simplicity of its images. it is said as follows 'the science of equilibrium is the key of occult science. unbalanced forces perish in the void. so passed the kings of the elder world, the princes of the giants. they have fallen like trees without roots, and their place is found no more. through the conflict of unbalanced forces, the devastated earth was void and formless, until the spirit of god made for itself a place in heaven and reduced the mass of waters. all the aspiration

ymbolizes spiritual strength and the lion either the animal world which the girl is mastering or the secret wisdom over which she is mistress. the lion also signifies the summer solstice and the girl, virgo, for when the sun enters this constellation, the virgin robs the lion of his strength. king solomon's throne was ornamented with lions and he himself was likened to the king of beasts with the key of wisdom between its teeth. in this sense, the girl may be opening the lion's mouth to find the key contained therein for courage is a prerequisite to the attainment of knowledge. in the pseudo-egyptian tarot the symbolism is the same except that the maiden is represented as a priestess wearing an elaborate crown in the form of a bird surmounted by serpents and an ibis. the twelfth numbered m

and its builders, realizing that beneath its literal interpretation lies hidden a royal secret. according to the talmudic legends, solomon understood the mysteries of the qabbalah. he was also an alchemist and a necromancer, being able to control the d mons, and from them and other inhabitants of the invisible worlds he secured much of his wisdom. in his translation of clavicula salomonis, or the key of solomon the king, a work presumably setting forth the magical secrets gathered by solomon and used by him in the conjuration of spirits and which, according to frank c. higgins, contains many sidelights on masonic initiatory rituals, s. l. macgregor-mathers recognizes the probability that king solomon was a magician in the fullest sense of that word "i see no reason to doubt" he affirms "th

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cisms. now that we are equipped with our main tools of consecration, we shall deal with one of the most important of all the other witch tools: the athame the athame, or witches' black-hiked knife, is the instrument we use to draw magical circles and other diagrams, in the midst of which many of our spells are cast. some witches, following the cabalistic tradition of the old magical grimoire, the key of solomon, also employ a white-hilted knife, in addition, using the former to cast the circle, and the latter for anything that needs to be ritually dug, engraved, cut, or pierced. most present-day witches, however, refer the white-hilted knife to the ranks of the lesser instruments, and rely entirely upon the athame in their operations. buy a steel knife with a black handle; the blade should

ather a triangle of manifestation, so i shall leave that process till last, and deal with the conjuration of nonhuman entities first. the entity summoned for questioning par excellence is one that has been a favourite among witches from time immemorial, and is known by the name "vassago" he is numbered among the seventy-two demonic intelligences in that medieval grimoire, the lemegeton, or lesser key of solomon; and wierus, cornelius agrippa's pupil, also mentions him in his pseudomonarchia demonorum- 1. the wand 2. seeing stone within the triangle 3. and 4. lamps of art. vassago, a mighty prince, of the nature of agares, who declareth things past, present and to come and discovereth that which hath been lost or hidden. he is good by nature, and governeth twenty-six legions of spirits. but

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ot cards, the major arcana being the "trumps" numbered from 0 to 21, the minor being the 56 "pip" and "court" cards athame witches' black-hilted knife averse black, or evil, usually applied to magical processes b baculum witches' rod, staff, wand, or "broomstick" used in divination and certain fertility spells balefire ritual coven fire ban to curse bane poisonous or destructive thinorthe greater key of solomon including a clear and precise exposition of king solomon s secret procedure, its mysteries and magic rites, original plates, seals, charms and talismans. translated from ancient manuscripts in the british museum, london. by s. liddell macgregor mathers 1999 emperor norton books cincinnati, ohio f a f a editor s note. the text of this electronic edition of the greater key of solomon

rm to modern conventions. the scanned illustrations have been optimized for printing at 300 dpi; with some combinations of computer monitor and driver software, the onscreen images may appear blocky or crude. for the best reading experience, i recommend printing this document on nonglossy paper tinted a light ecru or tan color. benjamin rowe march 23, 1999 book one page 1 preface to book one. the key of solomon, save for a curtailed and incomplete copy published in france in the seventeenth century, has never yet been printed, but has for centuries remained in manuscript form inaccessible to all but the few fortunate scholars to whom the inmost recesses of the great libraries were open. the fountain-head and storehouse of qabalistical magic, and the origin of much of the ceremonial magic o

fountain-head and storehouse of qabalistical magic, and the origin of much of the ceremonial magic of mediaeval times, the key has been ever valued by occult writers as a work of the highest authority; and notably in our own day eliphaz levi has taken it for the model on which his celebrated dogme et rituel de la haute magie was based. it must be evident to the initiated reader of levi, that the key of solomon was his text book of study, and at the end of this volume, i give a fragment of an ancient hebrew manuscript of the key of solomon, translated and published in the philosophie occulte, as well as an invocation called the qabalistical invocation of solomon, which bears close analogy to one in the first book, being constructed in the same manner on the scheme of the sephiroth. the his

study, and at the end of this volume, i give a fragment of an ancient hebrew manuscript of the key of solomon, translated and published in the philosophie occulte, as well as an invocation called the qabalistical invocation of solomon, which bears close analogy to one in the first book, being constructed in the same manner on the scheme of the sephiroth. the history of the hebrew original of the key of solomon is given in the introductions, but there is every reason to suppose that this has been entirely lost, and christian, the pupil of levi, says as much in his histoire de la magie. i see no reason to doubt the tradition which assigns the authorship of the key to king solomon, for among others josephus, the jewish historian, especially mentions the magical works attributed to that monar

ks on black magic, the grimorium verum, and the clavicola di salomone ridolta, which have been attributed to solomon, and which have been in some cases especially mixed up with the present work; but which have nothing really to do therewith; they are full of evil magic, and i cannot caution the practical student too strongly against them. there is also another work called legemeton, or the lesser key of solomon the king, which is full of seals of various spirits, and is not the same as the present book, though extremely valuable in its own department. in editing this volume, i have omitted one or two experiments partaking largely of black magic, and which had evidently been derived from the two goetic works mentioned above; i must further caution the practical worker against the use of blo

everal ancient mss. in the british museum which all differ from each other in various points, some giving what is omitted by the others, but all unfortunately agreeing in one thing, which is the execrable mangling of the hebrew words through the ignorance of the transcribers. but it is in the pentacles that the hebrew is worse, the letters being so vilely scribbled as to be actually undecipherthe key of solomon page 2 able in some instances, and it has been part of my work for several years to correct and reinstate the proper hebrew and magical characters in the pentacles. the student may therefore safely rely on their being now as nearly correct in their present reproduction as it is possible for them to be. i have therefore, wherever i could, corrected the hebrew of the magical names in

dest, its date being about the end of the sixteenth century; 3981 harleian is probably about the middle of the seventeenth century; the others of rather later date. add. mss. 10,862 is written in contracted latin, and is hard to read, but it contains chapters which are omitted in the others and also an important introduction. it is more concise in its wording. its title is short, being simply the key of solomon, translated from the hebrew language into the latin. an exact copy of the signature of the writer of this ms. is given in the figure below. 3981 harleian mss; 288 king s mss; and 3091 sloane mss, are similar, and contain the same matter and nearly the same wording; but the latter ms. has many errors of transcription. they are all in french. the conjurations and wording of these are

opy of the signature of the writer of this ms. is given in the figure below. 3981 harleian mss; 288 king s mss; and 3091 sloane mss, are similar, and contain the same matter and nearly the same wording; but the latter ms. has many errors of transcription. they are all in french. the conjurations and wording of these are much fuller than in 10,862 add. mss. and 1202 lansdowne mss. the title is the key of solomon, king of the hebrews, translated from the hebrew language into italian by abraham colorno, by the order of his most serene highness of mantua; and recently put into french. the pentacles are much better drawn, are in colored inks, and in the case of 3091 sloane mss, gold and silver are employed. 1307 sloane mss. is in italian; its title is la clavicola di salomone redotta et epiloga

e order of his most serene highness of mantua; and recently put into french. the pentacles are much better drawn, are in colored inks, and in the case of 3091 sloane mss, gold and silver are employed. 1307 sloane mss. is in italian; its title is la clavicola di salomone redotta et epilogata nella nostra materna lingua del dottissimo gio peccatrix. it is full of black magic, and is a jumble of the key of solomon proper, and the two black magic books before mentioned. the pentacles are badly drawn. it, however, gives part of the introduction to 10,682 add. mss, and is the only other ms. which does, save the beginning of another italian version which is bound up with the former ms, and bears the title zecorbenei. 1202 lansdowne mss. is the true keys of king solomon, by armadel. it is beautifu

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ongst the impure spirits. for god is great and immutable, he hath been for ever, and he shall remain even unto the end of the ages. accursed be he who taketh the name of god in vain! accursed be he who useth this knowledge unto an evil end, be he accursed in this world and in the world to come. amen. be he accursed in the name which he hath blasphemed! the end of the first bosepage 81 the greater key of solomon book two f a f a the key of solomon page 82 prefatory note to book two. this work of solomon is divided into two books. in the first thou mayest see and know how to avoid errors in experiments, operations, and in the spirits theirselves. in the second thou art taught in what manner magical arts may be reduced to the proposed object and end. it is for this reason that thou shouldst t

e key of solomon page 82 prefatory note to book two. this work of solomon is divided into two books. in the first thou mayest see and know how to avoid errors in experiments, operations, and in the spirits theirselves. in the second thou art taught in what manner magical arts may be reduced to the proposed object and end. it is for this reason that thou shouldst take great heed and care that this key of secrets fall not into the hands of the foolish, the stupid, and the ignorant. for he who is the possessor hereof, and who availeth himself hereof according to the ordinances herein contained, will not only be able to reduce the magical arts herein unto their proposed end, but will, even if he findeth certain errors herein, be able to correct them. any art or operation of this kind will not

ain errors herein, be able to correct them. any art or operation of this kind will not be able to attain its end, unless the master of the art, or exorcist, shall have this work completely in his power, that is to say, unless he thoroughly understand it, for without this he will never attain the effect of any operation. for this reason i earnestly pray and conjure the person into whose hands this key of secrets may fall, neither to communicate it, nor to make any one a partaker in this knowledge, if he be not faithful, nor capable of keeping a secret, nor expert in the arts. and i most humbly entreat the possessor of this, by the ineffable name of god in four letters, yod, he, vau, he, and by the name adonai, and by all the other most high and holy names of god, that he values this work as

st until the eighth hour of the night. experiments of games, raillery, deceit, illusion, and invisibility, ought to be done at the first hour of venus, and at the eighth hour of the day; but by night at the third and at the seventh. at all times of practicing and putting into execution magical arts, the moon should be increasing in light, and in an equal number of degrees with the sun; and it the key of solomon page 84 is much better from the first quarter to the opposition, and the moon should be in a fiery sign, and notably in that of the ram or of the lion. therefore, to execute these experiments in any manner whatsoever, it should be done when the moon is clear, and when she is increasing in light. in order to put in execution those of invisibility after everything is properly prepared

should happen that having performed an experiment with due observance of days, hours, and requisite solemnities, thou shalt find it unsuccessful, it must be in some manner false, ill-arranged and defective, and thou must assuredly have failed in some matter; for if thou doest ill in one single point, these experiments or these arts will not be verified. thus upon this chapter dependeth this whole key of arts, experiments, and operations, and although every solemnity be rightly observed, no experiment will be verified, unless thou canst penetrate the meaning of this chapter. the key of solomon page 86 chapter ii. in what manner the master of the art should keep, rule, and govern himself. he who wisheth to apply himself unto so great and so difficult a science should have his mind free from

o wait for the hour in which thou shouldst commence the operation; but when once it shall be commenced at this hour, thou shalt be able to continue it unto the end, seeing that it deriveth its force and virtue from its beginning, which extendeth to and spreadeth over the succeeding hours, so that the master of the art will be enabled to complete his work so as to arrive at the desired result. the key of solomon page 88 chapter iii. how the companions or disciples of the master of the art ought to regulate and govern themselves. when the master of the art wisheth to put in practice any operation or experiment, especially one of importance, he should first consider of what companions he should avail himself. this is the reason why in every operation whose experience should be carried out in

nged, the master should take heed that his disciples are perfectly instructed in those things which they have to perform. these companions or disciples should be three in number, without including the master. they may also be of the number of five, of seven, or of nine; but so that they ever implicitly obey the orders of their master; for thus only shall all things come to a successful issue. the key of solomon page 90 chapter iv. concerning the fasting, care, and things to be observed. when the master of the art shall wish to perform his operations, having previously arranged all things which it is necessary to observe and practise; from the first day of the experiment, it is absolutely necessary to ordain and to prescribe care and observation, to abstain from all things unlawful, and fro

egoing confession as hath been already said in the first book. after which, in sign of amendment and of repentance, each shall mutually kiss the other. mark well, that up to this point, the disciples should do the same things as the master. let the master now give his commands unto his disciples, and pursue the course of the experiment, and work with all diligence to bring it unto perfection. the key of solomon page 92 chapter v. concerning the baths, and how they are to be arranged. the bath is necessary for all magical and necromantic arts; wherefore, if thou wishest to perform any experiment or operation, having arranged all things necessary thereunto according to the proper days and hours, thou shalt go unto a river or running stream, or thou shalt have warm water ready in some large v

s thou shalt enter a second time into the bath and recite psalms civ. and lxxxi. then thou shalt quit the bath and clothe thyself as before in linen garments clean and white, and over them thou shalt put the garments, of which we shall speak in the proper chapter, and thus clothed thou shalt go to finish thy work. the disciples should wash themselves in like manner, and with like solemnities. the key of solomon page 94 chapter vi. of the garments and shoes of the art. the exterior habiliments which the master of the art should wear ought to be of linen, as well as those which he weareth beneath them; and if he hath the means they should be of silk. if they be of linen the thread of which they are made should have been spun by a young maiden. the characters shown in figure 55 should be embr

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pentacles (1) seven pentacles consecrated to saturn black (2) seven pentacles consecrated to jupiter blue (3) seven pentacles consecrated to mars red (4) seven pentacles consecrated to the sun yellow (5) five pentacles consecrated to venus green (6) five pentacles consecrated to mercury mixed colors (7) six pentacles consecrated to the moon silver. kl figure 1. the mystical figure of solomon the key of solomon page 60 saturn. figure 11. the first pentacle of saturn. this pentacle is of great value and utility for striking terror into the spirits. wherefore, upon its being shown to them they submit, and kneeling upon the earth before it, they obey. editor s note. the hebrew letters within the square are the four great names of god which are written with four letters: yhvh, yod, he, vau, he

ht; and chaseth away the spirits which guard treasures. editor s note. the hebrew letters in the angles of the cross are those of the name ihvh. those in the angles of the square form alvh, eloah. round the four sides of the square are the names of the angels: arehanah, rakhaniel, roelhaiphar, and noaphiel. the versicle is "a great god, a mighty, and a terrible" deut x. 17. figures 13 and 14. the key of solomon page 62 figure 16. the sixth pentacle of saturn. around this pentacle is each name symbolized as it should be. the person against whom thou shalt pronounce it shall be obsessed by demons. editor s note. it is formed from mystical characters of saturn. around it is written in hebrew "set thou a wicked one to be ruler over him, and let satan stand at his right hand" figure 17. the sev

ers are: 1, chaiath ha-qadesch, holy living creatures; 2, auphanim, wheels; 3, aralim, thrones; 4, chaschmalim, brilliant ones; 5, seraphim, fiery ones; 6, melakim, kings; 7, elohim, gods; 8, beni elohim, sons of the elohim; 9, kerubim, kerubim. the versicle is from psalm xviii 7 "then the earth shook and trembled, the foundations of the hills also moved and were shaken, because he was wroth" the key of solomon page 64 jupiter. figure 18. the first pentacle of jupiter. this serveth to invoke the spirits of jupiter, and especially those whose names are written around the pentacle, among whom parasiel is the lord and master of treasures, and teacheth how to become possessor of places wherein they are. editor s note. this pentacle is composed of mystical characters of jupiter. around it are t

the versicle should only consist of the five last words thereof, when the anachronism of jacob using a pentacle with a sentence from ezekiel will not longer exist. figure 23. the sixth pentacle of jupiter. it serveth for protection against all earthly dangers, by regarding it each day devoutedly and repeating the versicle which surroundeth it "thus shalt thou never perish" figures 20 and 21. the key of solomon page 66 editor s note. the four names in the arms of the cross are- seraph, kerub, ariel, and tharsis; the four rulers of the elements. the versicle is from psalm xxii 16, 17 "they pierced my hands and my feet, i may tell all my bones" figure 24. the seventh and last pentacle of jupiter. it hath great power against poverty, if thou considerest it with devotion, repeating the versicl

expressly marked. editor s note. the letters of the names eloah and shaddai. in the center is the great letter vau, the signature of the qabalistic microprosopus. around is the versicle from psalm lxxvii 13 "who is so great a god as our elohim" figure 28. the fourth pentacle of mars. it is of great virtue and power in war, wherefore without doubt it will give thee victory. figures 25 and 26. the key of solomon page 68 editor s note. in the center is the great name agla; right and left, the letters of the name ihvh; above and below, el. round it is the versicle from psalm cx. 5 "the lord at thy right hand shall wound even kings in the day of his wrath" figure 29. the fifth pentacle of mars. write thou this pentacle upon virgin parchment, because it is terrible unto the demons, and at its s

nter of the pentacle are the divine names, el and yiai, which have the same numerical value when written in hebrew. the letters in hebrew, and in the secret alphabet called the celestial, compose the names of spirits. round the pentacle is "he gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land. he smote their vines also, and their fig-trees" psalm cv. 32,33. figures 29 and 30. figure 31. the key of solomon page 70 the sun. figure 32. the first pentacle of the sun. the countenance of shaddai the almighty, at whose aspect all creatures obey, and the angelic spirits do reverence on bended knees. editor s note. this singular pentacle contains the head of the great angel methraton or metatron, the vice-regent and representative of shaddai, who is called the prince of countenances, and the

e great name shaddai. the words in the same characters round its three sides are, in my opinion, from genesis i. 1 "in the beginning the elohim created, etc; but the characters are sadly mangled in the mss. the versicle is from psalms lxix. 23, and cxxxv. 16 "let their eyes be darkened that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake. they have eyes and see not" figures 34 and 35. the key of solomon page 72 figure 38. the seventh and last pentacle of the sun. if any be by chance imprisoned or detained in fetters of iron, at the presence of this pentacle, which should be engraved in gold on the day and hour of the sun, he will be immediately delivered and set at liberty. editor s note. on the arms of the cross are written the names of chasan, angel of air; arel, angel of fire; p

enish the earth, and subdue it" figure 42. the fourth pentacle of venus. it is of great power, since it compels the spirits of venus to obey, and to force on the instant any person thou wishest to come unto thee. editor s note. at the four angles of the figure are the four letters of the name ihvh. the other letters form the names of spirits of venus, e.g: schii, eli, ayib, figures 39 and 40. the key of solomon page 74 etc. the versicle is from genesis ii. 23, 24 "this is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. and they two were one flesh" figure 43. the fifth and last pentacle of venus. when it is only showed unto any person soever, it inciteth and exciteth wonderfully unto love. editor s note. around the central square are the names elohim, el gebil, and two other names which i cannot d

ch are called allatori to perform embassies. they obey very readily. editor s note. in the center is the name of god, el the hebrew letters inscribed about the dodecagram make the sentence "ihvh, fix thou the volatile, and let there be unto the void restriction" the versicle is "wisdom and virtue are in his house, and the knowledge of all things remaineth with him for ever" figures 44 and 45. the key of solomon page 76 figure 48. the fifth and last pentacle of mercury. this commandeth the spirits of mercury, and serveth to open doors in whatever way they may be closed, and nothing it may encounter can resist it. editor s note. within the pentacle are the names el ab, and ihvh. the versicle is from psalm xxiv. 7 "lift up your heads, o ye gates, and be ye lift up ye everlasting doors, and th

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god called michael; and he also received many brief notes written with the finger of god, which were declared to him by the said angel with claps of thunder; without which notes king solomon had never obtained his great wisdom, for by them in short time he gained knowledge of all arts and sciences both good and bad; from these notes it is called the notary art, etc. the book of evil spirits. the key of solomon, which contains all the names, orders, and offices of all the spirits that ever solomon conversed with, together with the seals and characters belonging to each spirit, and the manner of calling them forth to visible appearance: in 4 parts (1) the first part is a book of evil spirits, called goetia, showing how he bound up those spirits and used them in several things, whereby he ob

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stication, and it appears in the first paragraph of the book. there the author describes how the power governed by the angels ruling the dawn hour varies according to the day; lunar on monday, martial on tuesday, etc. presumably the angels of the remaining hours either govern the same power, or follow something akin to the traditional cabalistic system of planetary hours, described in the greater key of solomon and many other places. the problem with this is that the procedures described in the remainder of the book suggest that an entirely different system is being used to determine the invoked powers. to create the seal for the angels of a particular hour, the magician first casts the astrological chart for that hour in the day the work is to be done. the planetary glyph to be drawn in t

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hat we commonly call magickal paths today. what was lost or well forgotten, by some incantation or spell of remembrance, such surged forth as a bestial atavism that which was dead now emerged as a 12 angels are considered by abu-hamid mohammed al-ghazali to be the higher faculties of man. 13 empyrean= highest heavens, heights, the astral plane which leads to the psyche or genius revealed. see the key of solomon the king by s.l. mathers, the symbolism of angels (higher octave) and demons (lower octave or infernal spirits. this term is inextricably the same as celestial, the sabbat of luciferian light. 14 baphomet is a magickal transformation of being. baphomet, being the head of wisdom, is related to cain in some sabbatic and luciferian circles. 15 the people of the lie, or practitioners of

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pheaval rudolf steiner the archangel michael/ atlantis helena petrova blavatsky isis unveiled/ the secret doctrine ignatius donnelly atlantis- the ante-deluvian continent/ ragnarok charles berlitz atlantis the eighth continent barry fell america bc augustus le plongeon queen moo& the egyptian sphinx john milton paradise lost eliphas levi- enochian magic, transcendental magic david allen hulse the key of it all (2 volumes also called the western mysteries) cornelius agrippa- three books of occult philosophy (translated by donald tyson) atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation153 epilogue: time to change the road youre on mark pinkham return of the serpents of wisdom charles faulkner the book of the dead nigel pennick sacred geometry, games of the gods dr. e. c. krupp in search o

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path of the crooked serpent- leviathan and beelzebub and tiamat, pazuzu, and moloch are only some of the topics and figures covered. the second part of the book,the grimoires of luciferian witchcraft, includes several of his most infamous graveyard workings, together with the complete version of the luciferian goetia- a completely revised and updated version of the goetia grimoire from the lesser key of solomon the king. part three covers yatukan and ahrimanic persian sorcery. as i have mentioned before, it is the willingness and creativity of ford to look beyond worn-out christian- and hebrew-based demonology in search of black magick inspiration that marks his work as unique. here, forbidden heresies of millenia-old zoroastrian thought reveal their diabolic secrets to the sorceror. 91 li

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the illumined of antiquity. they entered its portals as men; they came forth as gods. it was the place of the "second birth" the "womb of the mysteries" and wisdom dwelt in it as god dwells in the hearts of men. somewhere in the depths of its recesses there resided an unknown being who was called "the initiator" or "the illustrious one" robed in blue and gold and bearing in his hand the sevenfold key of eternity. who was the master dwelling in the mighty pyramid, the many rooms of which signified the worlds in space; the master whom none might behold save those who had been "born again? he alone fully knew the secret of the pyramid, but he has departed the way of the wise and the house is empty. the hymns of praise no longer echo in muffled tones through the chambers; the neophyte no longe

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ation or reprobation begins here below and the terrestrial world too has its heaven and its hell. always, even here below, virtue is rewarded; always, even here below vice is punished; and that which makes us sometimes believe in the impunity of evil-doers is that riches, those instruments of good and of evil, seem sometimes to be given them at hazard. but woe to unjust men, when they possess the key of gold! it opens, for _them, only the gate of the tomb and of hell. all the true initiates have recognized the usefulness of toil and sorrow "sorrow" says a german poet "is the dog of that unknown shepherd who guides the flock of men" to learn to suffer, to learn to die, is the discipline of eternity, the immortal novitiate. the allegorical picture of cebes, in which the divine comedy of dant

oncealed in and symbolized by the legend and the myth. there are profounder meanings concealed in the symbols of this degree, connected with the philosophical system of the hebrew kabalists, which you will learn hereafter, if you should be so fortunate as to advance. they are unfolded in the higher degrees. the _lion[[hebrew _arai _araiah, which also means the _altar] still holds in his mouth the key of the enigma of the sphynx. but there is one application of this degree, that you are now entitled to know; and which, remembering that khurum, the master, is the symbol of human freedom, you would probably discover for yourself. it is not enough for a people to _gain_ its liberty. it must _secure_ it. it must not intrust it to the keeping, or hold it at the pleasure, of any one man. the keys

world, and received their inspiration, pierces the gross envelope of the letter, discovers a wholly different order of things, and is initiated into mysteries, of which the elementary or literal instruction offers but an imperfect image. a historical fact, a figure, a word, a letter, a number, a rite, a custom, the parable or vision of a prophet, veils the most profound truths; and he who has the key of science will interpret all according to the light he possesses. again we see the symbolism of masonry, and the search of the candidate for light "let men of narrow minds withdraw" he says "with closed ears. we transmit the divine mysteries to those who have received the sacred initiation, to those who practise true piety, and who are not enslaved by the empty trappings of words or the preco

egyptian priests carried it in all the sacred processions. tertullian, who had been initiated, informs us that the tau was inscribed on the forehead of every person who had been admitted into the mysteries of mithras. as the simple tau represented life, so, when the circle, symbol of eternity, was added, it represented eternal life. at the initiation of a king, the tau, as the emblem of life and key of the mysteries, was impressed upon his lips. in the indian mysteries, the tau cross, under the name of _tiluk, was marked upon the body of the candidate, as a sign that he was set apart for the sacred mysteries. on the upright tablet of the king, discovered at nimroud, are the names of thirteen great gods (among which are yav and bel; and the left-hand character of every one is a cross compo

ht the doctrine of the unity of god, the art of knowing and explaining the essence and operations of the supreme being, of spiritual powers and natural forces, and of determining their action by symbolic figures; by the arrangement of the alphabet, the combinations of numbers, the inversion of letters in writing and the concealed meanings which they claimed to discover therein. the kabalah is the key of the occult sciences; and the gnostics, were born of the kabalists. the science of numbers represented not only arithmetical qualities, but also all grandeur, all proportion. by it we necessarily arrive at the discovery of the principle or first cause of things, called at the present day the absolute. or unity--that loftiest term to which all philosophy directs itself; that imperious necessi

vedas translate for the believers of india, in the strange emblems of our old books of alchemy, in the ceremonies of reception practised by all the mysterious societies, we find the traces of a doctrine, everywhere the same, and everywhere carefully concealed. the occult philosophy seems to have been the nurse or the godmother of all religions, the secret lever of all the intellectual forces, the key of all divine obscurities, and the absolute queen of society, in the ages when it was exclusively reserved for the education of the priests and kings. it had reigned in persia with the magi, who perished one day, as the masters of the world had perished, for having abused their power. it had endowed india with the most marvellous traditions, and an incredible luxury of poetry, grace, and terro

atter for a time, its vitality is gone. the dunces who led primitive christianity astray, by substituting faith for science, reverie for experience, the fantastic for the reality; and the inquisitors who for so many ages waged against magism a war of extermination, have succeeded in shrouding in darkness the ancient discoveries of the human mind; so that we now grope in the dark to find again the key of the phenomena of nature. but all natural phenomena depend on a single and immutable law, represented by the philosophal stone and its symbolic form, which is that of a cube. this law, expressed in the kabala by the number 4, furnished the hebrews with all the mysteries of their divine tetragram. everything is contained in that word of four letters. it is the _asot_ of the alchemists, the _t

phal stone and its symbolic form, which is that of a cube. this law, expressed in the kabala by the number 4, furnished the hebrews with all the mysteries of their divine tetragram. everything is contained in that word of four letters. it is the _asot_ of the alchemists, the _thot_ of the bohemians, the _taro_ of the kabalists. it supplies to the adept the last word of the human sciences, and the key of the divine power: but he alone understands how to avail himself of it who comprehends the necessity of never revealing it. if dipus, in place of _slaying_ the sphynx, had _conquered_ it, and driven it into thebes harnessed to his chariot, he would have been king, without incest, calamities, or exile. if psyche, by submission and caresses, had persuaded love to reveal himself, she would neve

dom and reason, and the _revelations_ of the divine nature. in this alone consists the _right_ of deity to enact them; and thus only do we attain the certainty in faith that the universe is one harmony. to believe in the reason of god, and in the god of reason, is to make atheism impossible. it is the idolaters who have made the atheists. analogy gives the sage all the forces of nature. it is the key of the grand arcanum, the root of the tree of life, the science of good and evil. the absolute, is reason. reason is, by means of itself. it is because it is, and not because we suppose it. it is, where nothing _exists; but nothing could possibly exist without it. reason is necessity, law, the rule of all liberty, and the direction of every initiative. if god is, he is by reason. the conceptio

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through the annihilation; they crossed the abyss. nor could they perform, unless they crossed. see liber 156; also, verses 11 and 45 of this chapter. 18. burn upon their brows, o splendrous serpent! in them, kundalini must have reached the ajna. 19. 0 azure-lidded woman, bend upon them! the eternal sakhti (nuit) must activate the sahashara in them, attracted by the awakening of the ajna. 20. the key of the rituals is in the secret word which i have given unto him. this word is communicated directly to any serious aspirant when needed. 21. with the god& the adorer i am nothing: they do not see me. they are as upon the earth; i am heaven, and there is no other god than me, and my lord hadit. samadhi with any god is not the ultimate trance. the ultimate trance is the union of nuit and hadit

genuine communion of the saints, and the grail, the cup in the hand of our lady babalon, is its symbol. readers are referred to liber lxv, chapter i, vv. 3, 18, 63; chapter ii, vv. 4-6, 26, 28-29, 43; chapter iii, vv. 17-20, 4 7-48, 61, 65; chapter iv, vv. 47,51, 60; chapter v, vv. 1, 15-18, 22-24, 59-64. see also liber vii, chapter vii, vv. 41-52; liber i, and liber 156. 46. nothing is a secret key of this law. sixty-one the jews call it; i call it eight, eighty, four hundred& eighteen. the jews call it ain, 61, not. they are aware of the key, but their awareness is unbalanced. they arrive to it only through mysticism or qabalistic metaphysics, and their spiritual experience is insufficient. it leads them to consider themselves the "chosen people, with the result that hebrew initiates of

is enough until you know what is too much" so wrote william o'neill (blake. progress, as its very etymology declares, means a step ahead. it is the genius, the eccentric, the man who goes one better than his fellows, that is the saviour of the race. and while it is unwise possibly (in some senses) to exceed in certain respects, we may be sure that he who exceeds in no respect is a mediocrity. the key of evolution is right variation. excess is evidence at least of capacity in the quality at issue. the golf teacher growls tirelessly "put for the back of the hole! never up, never in" the application is universal. far from me be it to deny that excess is too often disastrous. the athlete who dies in his early prime is the skeleton at every boat supper. but in such cases the excess is almost al

re persecuted, put to death, or if they were lucky ignored as crackpots. 47. this book shall be translated into all tongues: but always with the original in the writing of the beast; for in the chance shape of the letters and their position to one another: in these are mysteries that no beast shall divine. let him not seek to try: but one cometh after him, whence i say not, who shall discover the key of it all. then this line drawn is a key: then this circle squared in its failure is a key also. and abrahadabra. it shall be his child& that strangely. let him not seek after this; for thereby alone can he fall from it. i am now (an xiv) a magus 9= 2; and i disagree with the former comment (published in equinox i, 7. he need only be a magister templi 8 =3 whose word is understanding. see mmss

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integrated into a proven system that works. this spell can yield regular financial gains if performed correctly< enter your witching circle, and face east. awaken your magic power. light a gold candle and hold a one-dollar bill in your right hand. offer a short prayer to the spirit astaroth. astaroth is one of 72 spirits listed in the lemegeton a four-part handbook of magic also called the lesser key of solomon, written before 1500. the four parts are goetia, derived from a greek word meaning witchcraft, theurgia goetia, the pauline art, and the amadel. i shall be referring to the lemegeton again in chapter 6 where you will learn how to pray to the other spirits of goetia for every possible need and desire. thank astaroth for all his help to others in days gone by. thank him for being with

riday and saturday night, and when i did your spell next morning i strove to be in the presence of the woman concerned so that she could see me. she even begged me to let her come with me to my place. and we had sex for five months. i took every opportunity to touch and fondle her! signed: d. b, seychelles. a magical threesome the grimorum verum, an eighteenth-century french grimoire based on the key of solomon, tells how to cause the appearance of three spirits (three women for a man, three men for a woman) in your room after supper. after three days of celibacy, you must clean and tidy your room before breakfast. you leave the room undisturbed all day. there must be nothing left hanging, nor must there be anything left crosswise. then, after supper, go there secretly, light a good fire

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t of the old ones when they once more walk the earth* and when his hour be past the curse of the elder lords shall be upon him and draw him forth beyond the gate where he shall abide until he be summoned. editor's note: included on this page are a number of sigils and a magic circle. these illustrations are not in the manuscript but were referenced from other texts, including, but not limited to; key of solomon (see additional ms. 36,674, british museum library) and three books of occult philosophy- cornelius agrippa. they are therefor not included in this version. to conjure of ye globes know ye that the globes of yog-sothoth be thirteen in number, and they be the powers of the parasite-hoard which are his servitors and doeth his bidding in ye world. call them forth whenever thou shall ha

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nvolved in the writing, for example, of the consecration ceremony for the four elemental weapons. its virtuosity renders it altogether unique. these matters make one ponder anew the origins of the golden dawn and its teachings. what mcgregor mather has written and published is of course good; of this there is little question. but not one of three published works-the kabbalah unveiled, the greater key of king solomon, and the sacred magic of abramelinbears the intrinsic stamp of genius or uniqueness. nothing that dr. william wynn westcott wrote is exempt from the same criticism. his book on the kaballah is simple, clear and informative-but it bears no resemblance to the peculiar quality or character of the golden dawn documents which i suggest contain the hallmarks of genius. whoever was th

erised every previous effort to detail the history of the order. m.e.v. was the motto chosen by dr. william robert woodman, an eminent freemason of the last century. sapere aude and non omnis moriar were the two mottos used by dr. westcott, an antiquarian, scholar, and coroner by profession. s. r m. d. or s'rhiogail ma dhream was the motto of s. l. macgregor mathers, the translator of the greater key of king solomon, the book of the sacred magic of abramelin t h e m e, and thekabbalah unveiled, which latter consisted of certain <19> portions of the zohar prefixed by an introduction of high erudition. he also introduction 17 employed the latin motto deo duce comite ferro. s. d. a. was the abbreviation of the motto sapiens dominabitur astris chosen by a fraulein anna sprengel of nuremburg, g

work itself- the harmonious reconciliation in one symbol of diverse and apparently contradictory concepts, the reconciliation of divinity and manhood. it is a highly important symbol to be wom over the heart during every important operation it is a glyph, in one sense, of the higher genius to whose knowledge and conversation the student is eternally aspiring. in the rituals it is described as the key of sigils and rituals. the sword is a weapon symbolising the critical dispersive faculty of the mind. it is used where force and strength are required, more particularly for banishing than for invoking- as though conscious intellection were allied to the vower of will. when emplyed in certain magical ceremonies with the point upwarhs, its nature is transformed into an instrument similar to the

only he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. magical knowledge is not given unto thee to tickle thy vanity and conceit, but that by its means, thou mayest purify and equilibriate thy spiritual nature and honour the vast and concealed one. this is the explanation of the first diagram of the paths-the sephiroth being in the feminine scale and the paths in the masculine or king's scale. it is the key of the forces which lie in qesheth the bow. treasure it in thy heart and mark it well, seeing that therein is the key of nature. meditate on it and reveal it not unto the profane, for many and great are its mysteries. note: there are four scales of colour which correspond to the four worlds. they are: the king scale atziluth wands yod fire the queen scale briah cups heh water the prince scale

there peace between us and you, and be ye ready to come when ye are called. all return to their places and face as usual. hiero in the name of adonai melekh, i declare this temple closed in the grade of zelator. hiero 1111 1 11 111 hiereus tlll 1 11 1111 heg 1111 1 11 111 candidate is let out by hegemon. ceremony of the o= el grade of theoricus- v31+ fi 32 nd p29 eas [h ierophantl i 1st par+ 61, key of tarot iq"p- ngt b e -x, c 0 5 s% i flaming swovd i incense i e r e u s l w theoricus ritual 155 <70> requirements: in the east- pentacle, banner of east and west. on the altar- fan, lamp, cup, salt, surrounding the altar diagram of the universe. for the zelator- hoodwink, cubical cross (1st point; caduceus (2nd point. opening temple arranged as in diagram for the 32nd path. members assemble

ing link between the material and formative worlds, assiah and yetsirah, and necessarily passes through the astral plane, the abode of the elementals and the shells of the dead. it is the rending of the veil of the tabernacle, whereon the kerubim and the palm trees are depicted. it is the passing of the gate of eden. hierophant rises and leads zelator to the west ofaltar. hedraws attention to the key of the universe. these ideas are symbolically resumed in the representation of the twenty first key of the tarot, in front of you. within the oval formed of the 72 circles, is a female form, nude save for a scarf that floats round her. she is crowned with the lunar crescent of isis, and holds in her hands, two wands. her legs form a cross. she is the bride of apocalypse, the kabbalistic queen

g between them. hierophant comes to the east of altar. hegemon directs zelator to face him from the west of the altar, and then returns to his place. hiero the symbols before you represent alike the garden of eden and the holy of holies. before you stands the tree of life formed of the sephiroth and their connecting paths. into its complete symbolism, it is impossible to enter here, for it is the key of all things when rightly understood. upon each sephira are written in hebrew letters, its name, the divine names and those of angels and archangels attributed thereto. the connecting paths are twenty-two in number and are distinguished by the twenty-two letters of the hebrew alphabet, making with the ten sephiroth themselves the thirty-two paths of wisdom of the sepher yetsirah. the course o

universe as depicted in malkuth with the pillar of severity and the side of geburah, through the sephirah hod. hierophant rises. hegemon steps back and when he has descended from the dais, indicates to theoricus to follow him. he leads theoricus to the west of <104> the altar, hegemon follows and stands on the south side- hierophant being on the north. before you upon the altar, is the twentieth key of the tarot, which symbolically represents these ideas. to the uninitiated eye it apparently represents the last judgment with an angel blowing a trumpet and the dead rising from their tombs- but its meaning is far more occult and recondite than this, for it is a glyph of the powers of fire. the angel encircled by the rainbow, whence leap corruscations of fire, and crowned with the sun, repre

and the perfections of their science according to the rules of their resolutions. it is therefore the reflection of the sphere of the sun and the path connecting yesod with hod- foundation with splendour. hierophant rises. hegemon and theoricus step back and follow him to the altar where he places theoricus in the west, hierophant north, hegemon south. before you upon the altar is the nineteenth key of tarot which symbolically resumes these ideas. the sun has twelve principal rays which represent the twelve signs of the zodiac. they are alternately waved and salient as symbolising the alternation of the masculine and feminine natures. these again are subdivided into the 36 decanates or sets of ten degrees in the zodiac, and these again into 72, typlfylng the 72 quinances or sets of five

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r worlds, most subjects in which one could be interested were classified under one or other of these two sets of symbols. in the last resort, however, since the planets were said to rule the twelve zodiacal signs, the planets became the more prominent categories into which talismanic purposes could be divided. classical examples of this seven-fold division of talismans may be found in the greater key of solomon, from which i quote as follows: in the days and hours of saturn, thou canst perform experiments to cause good or ill success to business, possessions, goods, seeds, fruits and similar things, in order to acquire learning; to bring destruction and give death, and to sow hatred and discord. the days and hours of jupiter are proper for obtaining honours, acquiring riches; contracting f

onally manufactured talismans, while perhaps not as beautiful or as traditionally accurate as those given in some of the aforementioned texts, will nonetheless be more meaningful and effective for him. his very attempt to gather symbols and to draw them will, of itself, invest the talisman with energy and force that will tend to bring about the results desired. one major injunction in the greater key of king solomon is worthy of note here: i command thee, my son, to carefully engrave in thy memory all that i say unto thee, in order that it may never leave thee. if thou dost not intend to use for a good purpose the secrets which i here teach thee, i command thee rather to cast this testament into the fire, than to abuse the power though wilt have of constraining the spirits, for i warn thee

ing null and void the intrinsic meaning of the biblical verses, some innovators came to use latin. there was somewhat less chance of miscopying in latin: though this was found, even so, not to be altogether true. but there it was hebrew, latin, and sometimes greek were the classical languages used in writing inscriptions around the margin of the talismans, as may be seen by consulting the greater key of king solomon. the principles involved are still valid. for many years, when experimenting with talismans, i followed the ancient rules. and i must admit that when a little ingenuity and artistic inventiveness were employed, the results turned out to be very beautiful and striking, and certainly most effective. the student can be honestly counseled to follow the classical rule if he finds hi

rayer as in the rituals, and close with the signs of the circle and the cross (that is the rose-cross) after performing the necessary banishing. be careful, however, not to banish over the newly consecrated talisman, as that would simply decharge it again and render it useless. before banishing, you should wrap the charged talisman in clean white silk or linen. appendixes bibliography the greater key of solomon (trans) s.l. mcgregor mathers book of talismans raphael the magus francis barrett university books of new york. lesser key of solomon (the goetia) trans. s.l.mcgregor mathers, ed by aleister crowl.m during our stay at mosul in 1842-44, we made several excursions among the yezeedees, visiting all their principal villages in the neighbourhood, and holding frequent intercourse with the

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intings which interpret to the faithful of india the inspired pages of the vedas, in the cryptic emblems of our old books on alchemy, in the ceremonies practised at reception by all secret societies, there are found indications of a doctrine which is everywhere the same and everywhere carefully concealed. occult philosophy seems to have been the nurse or god-mother of all intellectual forces, the key of all divine obscurities and the absolute queen of society in those ages when it was reserved exclusively for the education of priests and of kings. it reigned in persia with the magi, who perished in the end, as perish all masters of the world, because they abused their power; it endowed india with the most wonderful traditions and with an incredible wealth of poesy, grace and terror in its

cy of ezekiel and the apocalypse, two kabalistic keys reserved assuredly in heaven for the commentaries of magian kings, books sealed as with seven seals for faithful believers, yet perfectly plain to an initiated infidel of the occult sciences. there is also another work, but, although it is popular in a sense and may be found everywhere, this is of all most occult and unknown, because it is the key of the rest. it is in public evidence without being known to the public; no one suspects its existence and no one dreams of seeking it where it actually is. this book, which may be older than that of enoch, actually has never been translated, but is still preserved unmutilated in primeval characters, on detached leaves, like the tablets of the ancients. the fact has eluded notice, though a dis

eigns with all heaven and is served by all hell. o daleth. he rules his own health and life and can influence equally those of others. x he. he can neither be surprised by misfortune nor overwhelmed by disasters, nor introduction 7 can he be conquered by his enemies. n vau. he knows the reason of the past, present and future. z zain. he possesses the secret of the resurrection of the dead and the key of immortality. such are the seven chief privileges, and those which rank next are these: k cheth. to find the philosophical stone. t teth. to possess the universal medicine. v iod. to know the laws of perpetual motion and to prove the quadrature of the circle[ caph. to change into gold not only all metals but also the earth itself, and even the refuse of the earth. s lamed. to subdue the most

it as the fiery body of the holy spirit; it was the object of adoration in the secret rites of the sabbath and the temple, under the hieroglyphic figure of baphomet or the androgyne of mendes. all this will be proved. here then are the secrets of occult philosophy, and such is magic in history. let us glance at it now as it appears in its books and its acts, in its initiations and its rites. the key of all magical allegories is found in the tablets which we have mentioned, and these tablets we regard as the work of hermes. about this book, which may be called the keystone of the whole edifice of occult science, are grouped innumerable legends that are either its partial translation or its commentary reproduced perpetually, under a thousand varied forms. sometimes the ingenious fables comb

it, is to be master of the absolute. a single word comprehends all things, and this word consists of four letters: it is the tetragram of the hebrews, the azot of the alchemists, the thot of the bohemians, or the taro of the kabalists. this word, expressed after so many manners, means god for the profane, man for the philosophers, and imparts to the adepts the final term of human sciences and the key of divine power; but he only can use it who understands the necessity of never revealing it. had oedipus, instead of killing the sphinx, overcome it, harnessed it to his chariot and thus entered thebes, he would have been king without incest, without misfortunes and without exile. had psyche, by meekness and affection, persuaded love to reveal himself, she would never have lost love. now, love

resent day, but would govern the world notwithstanding, had they a truly wise and intelligent chief. after passing our life in the search for the absolute in religion, science and justice; after revolving in the circle of faust, we have reached the primal doctrine and the first book of humanity. at this point we pause, having discovered the secret of human omnipotence and indefinite progress, the key of all symbolisms, the first and final doctrine: we have come to understand what was meant by that expression so often made use of in the gospel the kingdom of god. to provide a fixed point as a fulcrum for human activity is to solve the problem of archimedes, by realizing the use of his famous lever. this it is which was accomplished by the great initiators who have electrified the world, and

uman tetragram, summed up in the mysterious jod, type of the kabalistic phallus. by adding to this jod the triadic name of eve, the name of jehova is formed, the divine tetragram, which is eminently the kabalistic and magical word, xnxv, being that which the high-priest in the temple pronounced jodcheva. so unity, complete in the fruitfulness of the triad, forms therewith the tetrad, which is the key of all numbers, of all movements and of all forms. by a revolution about its own centre, the square produces a circle equal to itself, and this is the quadrature of the circle, the circular movement of four equal angles around the same point. that which is above equals that which is below, says hermes. here then is the duad serving as the measure of unity, and the relation of equality between

fundamental dogma of christianity, the apparent dualism of which it explains by the intervention of a harmonious and all-powerful unity. christ did not put his teaching into writing, and only revealed it in secret to his favoured disciple, the one kabalist, and he a great kabalist, among the apostles. so is the apocalypse the book of the gnosis or secret doctrine of the first christians, and the key of this doctrine is indicated by an occult versicle of the lord's prayer, which the vulgate leaves untranslated, while in the greek rite, which preserves the traditions of st. john, the priests only are permitted to pronounce it. this versicle, completely kabalistic, is found in the greek text of the gospel according to st. matthew, and in several hebrew copies, as follows. the sacred word mal

m in the kabalah, and was in dread of its source transpiring if he expressed himself more clearly. we have seen one of his disciples and admirers most indignant, perhaps in good faith, at the suggestion that his master was a kabalist; but we can state notwithstanding, to the glory of the same learned man, that his researches have shortened appreciably our work on the occult sciences, and that the key of the transcendent kabalah above all, indicated in the arcane versicle cited above, has been applied skillfully to an absolute reform of all sciences in the books of hoene wronski. the secret virtue of the gospels is therefore contained in three words, and these three words have established three dogmas and three hierarchies. all science reposes upon three principles, as the syllogism upon th

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ir evocations, made use of those mystical combinations of divine names which we have reproduced in our gdoctrine h from the hebrew kabalists. the magic triangle of pagan theosophists was the celebrated abracadabra, to which they attributed extraordinary virtues and represented as follows: abracadabra abracadabr abracadab abracada abracad abraca abrac abra abr ab a this combination of letters is a key of the pentagram. the initial a is repeated five and reproduced thirty times, thus giving the elements and numbers of the two following figures: the isolated a represents the unity of the first principle, otherwise, the intellectual or active agent. a united to b represents the fertilization of the duad by the monad. r is the sign of the triad, because it represents hieroglyphically the emissi

the union of the two principles. the number 11, which is that of the letters of the word, combines the unity of the initiate with the denary of pythagoras, and the number 66, the added total of all the letters, form kabalistically the number 12, which is the square of the triad and consequently the mystic quadrature of the circle. we may remark, in passing, that the author of the apocalypse, that key of the christian kabalah, composed the number of the beast, that is to say, of idolatry, by adding a 6 to the double senary of abracadabra, which gives 18 kabalistically, the number attributed in the tarot to the hieroglyphic sign of night and of the profane. the moon, together with the towers, dog, wolf and crab. a mysterious and obscure number, the kabalistic key of which is 9, the the trian

dabra, which gives 18 kabalistically, the number attributed in the tarot to the hieroglyphic sign of night and of the profane. the moon, together with the towers, dog, wolf and crab. a mysterious and obscure number, the kabalistic key of which is 9, the the triangle of pantacles 25 number of initiation. on this subject the sacred kabalist says expressly: ghe that hath understanding h that is, the key of kabalistic numbers. glet him count the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and his number is six hundred three score and six. h it is, in fact, the decade of pythagoras multiplied by itself and added to the sum of the triangular pantacle of abracadabra: it is thus the sum of all magic in the ancient world, the entire programme of human genius, which the divine genius of the

ly the true law of the three worlds, this absolute sign, this sign ancient as history and more ancient, should and does exercise an incalculable influence upon spirits set free from their material envelope. the sign of the pentagram is called the sign of the microcosm, and it represents what the kabalists of the book zohar term the microprosopus. the complete comprehension of the pentagram is the key of the two worlds. it is absolute philosophy and natural science. the sign of the pentagram should be composed of the seven metals, or at least traced in pure gold upon white marble. it may be also drawn with vermilion on an unblemished lambskin the symbol of integrity and light. the marble should be virgin, that is, should never have been used for another purpose; the lambskin should be prepa

f unworthy or incapable of science. sancta sanctis. contemplate the twelfth figure of the tarot-keys, remember the grand symbol of prometheus, and be silent. all those magi who divulged their works died violently, and many were driven to suicide, like cardan, schroepffer, cagliostro, and others. the magus should live in retirement and be approached with difficulty. here is the import of the ninth key of the tarot, where the initiate appears as a hermit enveloped completely in his cloak. this notwithstanding, such retirement must not be one of isolation; attachments and friendships are necessary; but they must be chosen with care and preserved at all price. the magus must have also another avocation than that of magician. magic is not a trade. in order to devote ourselves to ceremonial magi

tions; we must be in position to procure all instruments of the science and be able to make them when needed; we must possess, moreover, an inaccessible laboratory, in which there will be no danger of being ever surprised or disturbed. then, and this is an indispensable condition, we must know how to equilibrate forces and restrain the zeal of our own initiative. this is the meaning of the eighth key of hermes, wherein a woman is seated between two pillars, with an upright sword in one hand and a balance in the other. to equilibrate forces they must be maintained simultaneously and caused to act alternately: the use of the balance represents this double action. the same arcanum is typified by the warning to the imprudent 53 dual cross in the pantacles of pythagoras and ezekiel: see the pla

ficult, but the whole intelligent world feels that it is necessary to undertake it. must we pass through another deluge before succeeding? we trust earnestly not, and this book, perhaps the greatest but not the last of our the ceremonial of initiates 57 audacities, is an appeal unto all that is yet alive for the reconstitution of life in the very midst of decomposition and death. 58 chapter x the key of occultism let us now examine the question of pantacles, for all magical virtue is there, since the secret of force is in the intelligence which directs. we have given the symbol and interpretation of the pantacles of pythagoras and ezekiel, so that we have no need to recur to these; we shall prove in a later chapter that all the instruments of hebrew worship were pantacles, and the first an

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

; the ark borne upon the waters of the deluge like the coffer of osiris; the black raven which does not return and the white dove which does, a new setting forth of the dogma of antagonism and balance. all these magnificent kabalistic allegories of genesis, which, taken literally and accepted as actual histories, merit even more derision and contempt than voltaire heaped upon them, become lumithe key of occultism 59 nous for the initiate, who still hails with enthusiasm and love the perpetuity of true doctrine and the universality of initiation, identical in all sanctuaries of the world. the five books of moses, the prophecy of ezekiel and the apocalypse of st. john are the three kabalistic keys of the whole biblical edifice. the sphinxes of ezekiel are identical with those of the sanctuar

ROBERT KIRK WALKER BETWEEN WORLDS

have made [clear evidence] appear [that is, prove, it were too great an honour for scotland to have such seldom-seen watchers and predominant powers over it alone, acting in it so expressly, and [leaving] all other nations wholly destitute of the like. though [it might be said, without all peradventure [that is without being too risky [that] all other people[s] wanted [that is, lacked] the right key of their cabinet, and [lacked] the exact method of correspondence with them [that is, the fairies, except [for] the sagacious active scots, a [great] many of whom have retained it [that is, the second sight] for a long time, and by surprises and raptures do often foretell what, in kindness, is really [that is, truly] represented to them at several occasions. to which purpose the learned lynx-e

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dark mirror. h gwe invoke and greet the presence of the great old ones who walk serene and primal in the undimensioned spaces between. appear in our midst, reveal yourselves unto us, and aid us in this work whereby we manifest that which is within us. h ghail nyarlathotep! neter of eldritch lore and forbidden knowledge, patron of this pylon here gathered, help us to know ourselves and to find the key of the mysteries in the secret center of our being wherein all power dwells. h ghail anpu-upuat! guide through the night and into the dark places, guardian of the gate and opener of the way, show forth the lonely path through the desert and between the dark towers, past the hidden plateau of leng and the cold waste of unknown kadath, unto the final farthest mountain's peak of undefiled wisdom

#683, pyramid texts. 19. o azure-lidded woman, bend upon them! nuit is the "azure-lidded woman" considered together with verse #i-18, this implies that the priest-king powers and perceptions of the beast and scarlet woman will be more fully realized during the hours of darkness. horus, however, is a deity of daylight; consider the three 12-1 pm transmissions of the book of the law itself. 20. the key of the rituals is in the secret word which i have given unto him. crowley believed this word to be "abrahadabra, symbolizing the union of complementary concepts through ritual. he explored its construction via cabalistic numerological techniques, arriving at various numbers which he believed significant to the aon of horus. while the hebrew cabala possesses no objective validity, crowley insis

ess except as identified with the cosmic inertia as a whole. this would in fact be "perfection" from the standpoint of nuit. 45. the perfect and the perfect are one perfect and not two; nay, are none! perfection as defined by nuit consists of unity. once it has been achieved, it becomes a meaningless concept, since there will be none apart from it to appreciate that unity. 46. nothing is a secret key of this law. sixty-one the jews call it; i call it eight, eighty, four hundred& eighteen. in that fulfillment of the law would reduce all intellectual existence to unity and thus to a meaningless concept "nothing" is indeed a secret key to the book of the law! what the jews call it is unimportant, since the hebraic/cabalistic numerological system is insubstantial. the sum of 8, 80, 400, and 18

estion of how extensive a war must be for ra-harakte to take note of it. 47. this book shall be translated into all tongues: but always with the original in the writing of the beast; for in the chance shape of the letters and their position to one another: in these are mysteries that no beast shall divine. let him not seek to try: but one cometh after him, whence i say not, who shall discover the key of it all. then this line drawn is a key; then this circle squared in its failure is a key also. and abrahadabra. it shall be his child& that strangely. let him not seek after this; for thereby alone can he fall from it. see #i-54 #ii-75/76 #iii-22, and the book of coming forth by of night. although #i-56 #ii-76, and #iii-47 explicitly state that crowley himself would never know the mysteries

h concludes the synthesis with asmodeus. the era of our companionship with man draws to a close, and to earth is now come the third great daimon of the bond between hell and man, and with his presence is the dawn of the satanic age proclaimed. the statement of belial hail, man, who shall bring to the end of the universe the glory of thy satanic will! i am belial, who bring to thee the third great key of hell, by whose power ye shall confound all the laws of heaven and earth. before thee shall chaos fall, and thou shalt wield for thyself the great mysteries of the macrocosmos. i speak to thee of that which is called the black magic, for it is true spawn of that great black flame which first brought thy will to life long ages ago. to council with satan i also was called, and the lord of ligh

is original manuscript of the document. verse #47 of the third chapter states "this book shall be translated into all tongues: but always with the original in the writing of the beast; for in the chance shape of the letters and in their position to one another: in these are mysteries no beast shall divine. let him not seek to try: but one cometh after him, whence i say not, who shall discover the key of it all" significantly, all printed texts of the book of the law show "24" and "89" without the top and bottom lines that suggest their sum as integers. only the crowley handwriting indicates this. verse #47 continues "then this line drawn is a key: then this circle squared in its failure is a key also."43 again the figures are shown only on the handwritten manuscript. the line in question p

y he aspire to the end of his satanic evolution.(4) for this key, the important things to remember from the above statement are a) man being the child of imbalance, b) man shall resolve the issue between heaven and hell or the two lands, c) man must create his own order..yet am ordered in and of my self) and man must master his own power. what power? i am belial, who bring to thee the third great key of hell, by whose power ye shall confound all the laws of heaven and earth. before thee shall chaos fall, and thou shalt wield for thyself the great mysteries of the macrocosmos. i speak to thee of that which is called the black magic, for it is true spawn of that great black flame which first brought thy will to life long ages ago.(5) only man can hope to perfect being, for man is the only be

crystal core. with this image came the understanding that infinity is a term which has been misunderstood: it stands for all the depths, all the being we can imagine, rather than time and space. the heart of xem revealed: the heart is the symbolic term for the sensitivity, the depth of feeling, the seat of all- that which set needs to have expressed by us. xonsu later saw a great sorcerer with a key of fire standing inside the pylon gates- then came the realization that she/he as xonsu was the sorcerer, as she said, i have not rushed classification: v4- a17.22- 4 author: linda reynolds iii, alexandra sarris iii date: january 13, xiv html revision: september 27, 1998 ce subject: xem reading list: across the night sky in vain; i hold their (humanity's) universe in my hands and the fate of a

ent in the experiences i have had, and i have the conviction that what i am doing is for not only a personal purpose, but a collective one as well. xeper and remanifest astaroth footnotes 1. see c. g. jung's the relations between the ego and the unconscious for an excellent discussion of this topic. a less academic treatment by the same author can be found in man and his symbols. 2. see the third key of the book of opening the way for a discussion of principle and function. 3. statement of beelzebub 4. as will be seen, the book of the law appears to have particular significance to the book of astaroth. i will cite those passages which i consider to be particularly relevant, but a complete rereading of the book of the law and ipsissimus michael aquino's commentary on it is strongly recommen

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rh; which shone like a sunbeam. and i looked at myself, and i was like one of the others; there was no difference and all my fear and trembling left me. dr. john dee was obsessed by the idea of the book of enoch, and yet was unable to obtain a copy. his system of enochian magick was created when he and edward kelly were attempting to divine its contents. clavicula salomonis otherwise known as the key of solomon the king. the first english translation of this theurgic text was made in 1889, although the british museum possess a greek version dated 1100-1200 e.v. it is known to have existed since the first century, and is an important text in the study of kaballa. in 1310 the pope innocent vi ordered all copies destroyed, and a similar commandment was given in 1559. in the 17th century, than

eum possess a greek version dated 1100-1200 e.v. it is known to have existed since the first century, and is an important text in the study of kaballa. in 1310 the pope innocent vi ordered all copies destroyed, and a similar commandment was given in 1559. in the 17th century, thanks to the new technology of the printing press, this work and its companion the lesser key became best sellers. lesser key of solomon (the goetia) this work is also attributed to the legendary king solomon, and gives details of the seventy two devils that were bound to his command, as well as the details as to how the reader may summon and command them. it forms the blueprint upon which most other grimoire are copied from. it is mentioned by the venetian inquisition, who found a witch to be in possession of it. gr

the blueprint upon which most other grimoire are copied from. it is mentioned by the venetian inquisition, who found a witch to be in possession of it. grimoire of honorius widely circulated in the 17th century, first published some time between 1629 and 1670. attributed to pope honorius, the text is highly christianised and contains aspects of kabalist lore. it was described by eliphas levi, in key of the great mysteries, as 'a veritable monument of human perversity. this is usually of the classical catholic variety, requiring that the sorcerer is either also an ordained priest, or has the aid of one. levi further claims that the instruction to 'sacrifice a live kid' is an instruction to sacrifice a human child, as opposed to a male goat as most have presumed. it is just possible that le

sion being in french and preserved in the arsenal library in paris. the art described within is called the attainment of the knowledge and conversation of the holy guardian angel, which later became the principal goal of the thelemic current, as inspired by the magician, psychonaut, and publicity freak aliester crowley. true black magick this 18th century grimoire follows the basic formula of the key of solomon. it deals primarily with acts of malice and spite. the fourth book of agrippa this text has for centuries remained a favourite amongst country wizards. however, the claim that its author is none other than cornelius agrippa is generally accepted as spurious. agrippa did write and publish, however, and his works include on the vanity of the sciences, 1530. in this he attacked the wis

where the spirits might be more actively evoked to manifestation. having considered first the hierarchy of heaven, here follows a brief roll call of those who have fallen, their descendants, and also in some sense their ancestors. the primary sources of these names are the classical grimoire. these as a whole imitate the work of one book; this being the goetia itself, otherwise called the lesser key of solomon. yet the traditions of black witchcraft are none of them frozen in time, and there may be found below various other names that have been added to the infernal census in days previous to and since those in which the classical grimoire were composed. many pagan sources have contributed to the pantheon of goetic magick and black witchcraft generally; the assyrian, babylonian, greek and

receive our offerings, presents, and sacrifices, and ye shall have hereafter yet more agreeable oblations. perfume the viands with sweet incense and sprinkle them with exorcised water; then commence to conjure the spirits until they shall come. this is the manner of making sacrifices in all arts and operations wherein it is necessary, and acting thus, the spirits will be prompt to serve thee (the key of solomon. the method of honorius after the consecration of the emblems, the magician shall recite the following prayers, kneeling. prayer my sovereign saviour jesus christ, son of the living god, thou who for the salvation of man didst suffer the death of the cross; thou who before being abandoned to thine enemies, by an impulse of ineffable love, didst institute the sacrament of thy body; t

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own life. remember, you are building strength and character within your self. you are not doing this for anyone else but you, because you are the one who will gain in the end. there are those who practice morality which is adhering to a code of ethics for somebody else's benefit. morality never works because mostly the edicts of morality are at cross purposes with the needs of the self. here is a key of wisdom: the self will always win out, because in the game of morality, somebody else is always the winner. therefore, it is doomed to failure. every key we teach is designed for the strengthening of and the prosperity of the self- the individual. we teach impecability instead of morality. there is a big difference there. we push personal best to the max. we practice our daily manipulations

on dung shoudest thou fail" all right, lets get with the program. here is where heavy use of the three ps will really pay some dividends, as a great deal of prudence, patience, and perseverance will be needed to succeed. the above principles will build the character of any brother or sister to great stature. they also allow an adept to gain the trust of all who associate with him or her. so, this key of wisdom is about building substance and strength into all adepts who, regardless of physical size will stand taller and cast a longer shadow than any of the unlearned and undisciplined slime of the opposition. remember that like all cbr learning, we first start slow and get comfortable with new ideas, try them out, then practice them, perfecting them until they are ours. however, none of the

nd the spirit into readiness to finish the long trip. think of the cbr as an endless chain of hands, some pulling, some pushing, all a part of the whole. learn, do, teach. it is our responsibility to leave our legacy for our children, so we take the time and teach our children well. traditionally, the head of a cbr family will see to it that an hour each evening is set aside for the teaching of a key of wisdom. they begin at the beginning and proceed through to the end, then begin again, repeating the process until the book is completed. no one is going to remember the story of the all after only one hearing, so repetition plus doing is the only answer. the mentor should also live the lessons, showing their students their effects upon reality. after all, seeing is believing. it must be sho

SIR EDWARD BULWER LYTTON ZANONI A ROSICRUCIAN TALE

heir experiments had been chiefly made, and in which glyndon, on the night he had sought the solitude of the mystic, had nearly fallen a victim to his intrusion "enter not this chamber till my return; or, above all, if by any search for materials necessary to thy toils thou shouldst venture hither, forbear to light the naphtha in those vessels, and to open the vases on yonder shelves. i leave the key of the room in thy keeping, in order to try thy abstinence and self-control. young man, this very temptation is a part of thy trial" with that, mejnour placed the key in his hands; and at sunset he left the castle. for several days glyndon continued immersed in employments which strained to the utmost all the faculties of his intellect. even the most partial success depended so entirely on the

of his absence, all that the mystic had appointed to his toils was completed by the pupil; and then his mind, thus relieved from the drudgery and mechanism of employment, once more sought occupation in dim conjecture and restless fancies. his inquisitive and rash nature grew excited by the prohibition of mejnour, and he found himself gazing too often, with perturbed and daring curiosity, upon the key of the forbidden chamber. he began to feel indignant at a trial of constancy which he deemed frivolous and puerile. what nursery tales of bluebeard and his closet were revived to daunt and terrify him! how could the mere walls of a chamber, in which he had so often securely pursued his labours, start into living danger? if haunted, it could be but by those delusions which mejnour had taught hi

STEINER RUDOLF CHRISTIANITY AS MYSTICAL FACT

t that his thoughts were an impassable road. anyone who was not an initiate would find in them nothing but obscurity and darkness, but they were brighter than the sun to those who approached them in the company of the mystai. it is said that he deposited his book in the temple of artemis indicating that he could be understood only by the initiated.22 heraclitus was called the obscure, because the key of the mysteries alone cast light on his views. in heraclitus we witness a figure of the utmost earnestness in his approach to life. it is evident, when we reconstruct his thought in its essentials, that for him knowledge bore an inner meaning that words could gesture toward rather than directly express. it was out of some such realization that there arose his celebrated utterance everything i

TECHNICIANS GUIDE TO THE LEFT HAND PATH

tood, the formula provides the fuel for achieving the velocity necessary to overcoming resistance. the formula is the distillation of the specific functional principle, or grouping of principles, into a short statement for the purpose of guiding an individual towards a cognitive platform that enables transformative process. the formula is an essential inscription into time that extends a specific key of transformative knowledge. finally, a word about the psychology of initiation let it be understood that initiation entails a great deal of psychological process, the intent of which is to manufacture synthetically constructed perspectives of choice (will. these outlooks of both the subjective (internal processes of consciousness) and the objective (external result of consciousness) are the i

d its secured private website- available only to tos oit affiliates. additionally we publish a large electronic magazine quarterly entitled the oit journal. you can find back issues of the oit journal by subscribing to the journal at: the aphorisms 1. the task of remembering is fundamental to the procedures of this text. 2. the formula is an essential inscription into time that extends a specific key of transformative knowledge. 3. the left hand path has nothing to offer to those who are satisfied. 4. noumenal existence is recognized through its revelation of principle into the matter of human perception. 5. just as god is reflected within nature and the universe, god s adversary- the devil- is reflected within that which is not nature and not of the universal order 6. in physical evolutio

iverse, god s adversary- the devil- is reflected within that which is not nature and not of the universal order 6. in physical evolution, mutation is the great vehicle of change over time. in the left hand path the evolution of consciousness occurs through transmutation. 7. within the synchronicity to resonate we..become 8. the formula is an essential inscription into time that extends a specific key of transformative knowledge. 9. these principles can only be understood, and appreciated, through the work of the path to them, and only(eventually) within the context of a higher state of being 10. the path will not come to you, you must go to it, awake and prepared, this is why there are schools. 11. to come into phase with the proper period, is an act of recognition and will to do so. 12 "w

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e x p l a i n e d 214 religious phenomena in an introduction to zen buddhism (1934, d. t. suzuki (1870 1966) describes satori, the state of illumination attained by reaching a higher level of consciousness, as the state that the masters of zen call the mind of buddha, the knowledge whereby humans experience enlightenment or prajna, the highest wisdom. it is the godly light, the inner heaven, the key of all the treasures of the mind, the focal point of thought and consciousness, the source of power and might, the seat of goodness, of justice, of sympathy, of the measure of all things, suzuki states. when this inmost knowledge is fully awakened, we are able to understand that each of us is identical in spirit, in being, and in nature with universal life. the hindu scripture bhagavad gita s

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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 68 magic and sorcery marie laveau was the recognized voodoo priestess of new orleans. such a force, eliphas levi believed, was to discover the great arcanum of practical magick. his doctrine of transcendental magic was published in 1855, followed by rituals of transcendental magic in 1856. other works of eliphas levi include the key of the grand mysteries (1861) and the science of the spirits (1865. eliphas levi died in 1875, esteemed by many and hailed as the last of the alchemists. others have criticized certain of his writings by suggesting that his imagination may have in some instances surpassed his actual knowledge of the arcane. m delving deeper de givry, emile grillot. illustrated anthology of sorcery, magic and a

u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d magic and sorcery 107 grimoires are books of ceremonies, rituals, and spells that are to be used in ceremonial magic composed in europe from the fifteenth to the sixteenth centuries. the texts provide rules regarding symbols, chants, and spells, and describe how to utilize them to perform effective magical effects. the most famous of all grimoires is the key of solomon, allegedly prepared by the king himself. in the first century c.e. the historian josephus (c. 37.c. 100) refers to a book of incantations for summoning spirits written by solomon. black magicians circulated the text throughout europe in the twelfth century; the inquisition condemned it as a dangerous text in 1559. sources: cavendish, richard. the black arts. new york: capricorn book

THE KEY TO THE MYSTERIES

t of prayers. let the adept ascertain how the prayers relate to the tree of life. the ave maria exposes the greatest qabalistic truth in that through the feminine principle, we are taught about the justified one, and through the justified one, we learn of the infinite. as it is written: whomsoever sees me, sees the father. i and my father are oneit(la clef des grands mysteres) by eliphas levi the key of the mysteries according to enoch, abraham, hermes trismegistes and solomon by eliphas levi translated, with an introduction by aleister crowley "religion says 'believe and you will understand' science comes to say to you 'understand and you will believe "at that moment the whole of science will change front; the spirit, so long dethroned and forgotten, will take its ancient place; it will b

bsolute truth seemed to sleep- always young, and always beautiful, like that princess of the childish legend, who, during a century of slumber, awaits the bridegroom whose mission it is to awaken her. after our book, there will still be mysteries, but higher and farther in the infinite depths. this publication is a light or a folly, a mystification or a monument. read, reflect, and judge. xiv the key of the mysteries (la clef des grands mysteres) by eliphas levi xv part i religious mysteries problems for solution i- to demonstrate in a certain and absolute manner the existence of god, and to give an idea of him which will satisfy all minds. ii- to establish the existence of a true religion in such a way as to render it incontestable. iii- to indicate the bearing and the "raison d'etre" of

sis is repugnant to reason; it is pessimistic and immoral. science and reason ought then to accept the second. yes, proudhon, god is an hypothesis, but an hypothesis so necessary, that without it, all theorems become absurd or doubtful. for initiates of the qabalah, god is the absolute unity which creates and animates numbers. the unity of the human intelligence demonstrates the unity of god. the key of numbers is that of creeds, because signs are 12 analogical figures of the harmony which proceeds from numbers. mathematics could never demonstrate blind fatality, because they are the expression of the exactitude which is the character of the highest reason. unity demonstrates the analogy of contraries; it is the foundation, the equilibrium, and the end of numbers. the act of faith starts f

ith the butchers, it is excusable that you should stone them who humiliate you and disturb you, in speaking to you of your rights. o christ! the authorities condemn thee, thy disciples deny thee, the people curses thee, and demands thy murder; only thy mother weeps for thee, even god abandons thee "eli! eli! lama sabachthani" vii the septenary the septenary is the great biblical number. it is the key of the creation in the books of moses and the symbol of all religion. moses left five books, and the law is complete in two testaments. the bible is not a history, it is a collection of poems, a book of allegories and images. adam and eve are only the primitive types of humanity; the tempter serpent is time which tests; the tree of knowledge is 'right; the expiation by toil is duty. cain and a

a, 42 "verily i say unto thee, that the time cometh when men shall no longer worship god, either in jerusalem, or on this mountain; for god is a spirit<greek is gr:pi-nu-epsilon-upsilonmu- alpha omicron theta-epsilon-omicron-sigma "spirit is god- trans> and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth" x the absolute number of the qabalah the key of the sephiroth (vide "dogme et rituel de la haute magie) xi the number eleven eleven is the number of force; it is that of strife and martyrdom. every man who dies for an idea is a martyr, for in him the aspirations of the spirit have triumphed over the fears of the animal. every man who falls in war is a martyr, for he dies for others. every man who dies of starvation is a martyr, for he is

onies, and the rediscovery of certain secrets of nature. q. explain that to us in a more complete manner. a. we shall do so in the third part of this work, which will treat specially of the mysteries of nature. 107 part iii the mysteries of nature the great magical agent we have spoken of a substance extended in the infinite. illustration on page 108 described: this is sub-titled below "the tenth key of the tarot. it is a type of the wheel of fortune. the wheel itself is erected on a wooden post, and has a crank affixed to the hub. there is no image of fortuna to turn it. the base of the post is held by a blunt double crescent on the ground, rounded horns slightly up and in parallel like a hot-dog bun. two nosed serpents issue from the base, cross once and arch toward the post just below t

e modifications of intelligence. this light is the common mirror of all thoughts and all forms; it preserves the images of everything that has been, the reflections of past worlds, and, by analogy, the sketches of worlds to come. it is the instrument of thaumaturgy and divination, as remains for us to explain in the third and last part of this work. 109 first book magnetic mysteries chapter i the key of mesmerism mesmer rediscovered the secret science of nature; he did not invent it. the first unique and elementary substance whose existence he proclaims in his aphorisms, was known by hermes and pythagoras. synesius, who sings it in his hymns, had found it revealed in the platonistic records of the school of alexandria: gr:mu-iota-alpha pi-alpha-gamma-alpha mu-iotaalpha rho-iota-zeta-alpha

rophecies, and the fulcrum of all intelligent political thought. to abandon a force to its own excesses is to condemn it to suicide. dupuis failed to understand the universal religious dogma of the qabalah, because he had not the science of the beautiful hypothesis, partly demonstrated and realized more from day to day by the discoveries of science: i refer to "universal analogy" deprived of this key of transcendental dogma, he could see no more of the gods than the sun, the seven planets, and the twelve signs of the zodiac; but he did not see in the sun the image of the logos of plato, in the seven planets the seven notes of the celestial gamut, and in the zodiac the quadrature of the ternary circle of all initiations. 187 the emperor julian, that "adept of the spirit" who was never under

e more or less apocryphal oracles of the emerald table of hermes. everywhere one finds the traces of that decade of pythagoras, which is so magnificently applied in the sepher yetzirah to the complete and absolute notion of divine things, that decade composed of unity and a triple ternary which the rabbis have 192 called the berashith, and the mercavah, the luminous tree of the sephiroth, and the key of the shemhamphorash. we have spoken at some length in our book entitled "dogme et rituel de la haute magie" of a hieroglyphic monument (preserved up to our own time under a futile pretext) which alone explains all the mysterious writings of high initiation. this monument is that tarot of the bohemians which gave rise to our games of cards. it is composed of twenty-two allegorical letters, an

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ractices of the witchcraft (not wicca. illustrated by elda isela ford, the book of cain offers both initiatory challenge and a luciferian concept of positive self-focus. those who may approach the blackened fires of cain should be cautious, for it destroys and creates. the goetia luciferian edition by michael w. ford illustrated by elda isela ford based on the manuscript of lemegethon, the lesser key of solomon the king modern magick is at a time of opportunity. what is clear is that systems may be adapted based on the predilection of the individual, that certain aspects may be altered for better results. the luciferian edition of the goetia, by michael w. ford is based on his own individual practice of goetic magick without the christian dogma of earlier versions. the luciferian edition o

y the wealth of symbolism there is indeed much to develop from be ready to grasp that which was always slightly out of reach by dream, that fleeting moment of truth not so lightly fallen before you. 4 angels are considered by abu-hamid mohammed al-ghazali to be the higher faculties of man. 5 empyrean= highest heavens, heights, the astral plane which leads to the psyche or genius revealed. see the key of solomon the king by s.l. mathers, the symbolism of angels (higher octave) and demons (lower octave or infernal spirits. this term is inextricably the same as celestial, the sabbat of luciferian light. 6 baphomet is a magickal transformation of being. baphomet, being the head of wisdom, is related to cain in some sabbatic and luciferian circles. 7 the people of the lie, or practitioners of w

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e recognition of the crowned and the two pillars of the temple 11 horus-he who, while partaking necessarily of the nature of both the father and the mother, is simultaneously an entirely different and unique being. through the result of the union of opposing forces, his nature tends to a new viewpoint in the conquest of life. for the father and mother are "those forces whose reconciliation is the key of life."l6 to illustrate in another way the import of ths concept, let us describe it from a practical and physical point of view. one of the major inconveniences which afflicts a large portion of mankind is constipation. in many instances of this disorder, no organic disturbance exists at .all; the trouble being principally a functional one (though it must be here interpolated that even if i

ey are part and parcel of human nature, and so cannot be avoided. but what can be eliminated is the ignorant attitude so often adopted towards them. for these opposites, the two pillars of the temple, their magical images or prototypes, represent "those eternal forces betwixt which the equilibrium of the universe dependeth. those forces whose reconciliation is the the two pillars of the temple 13 key of life, whose separation is evil and death"'gthis, then, is the solution to conflict. they must be reconciled. let me recapitulate. there must be the clear recognition of the conflict. its exact nature must be analyzed and faced, and its presence accepted in all its implications. one must endeavor to bring up into consciousness, so far as the capabilities of the mind permit, all the memories

or they will be scandalized. the pentagram, which in the gnostic schools is called the blazing star, is the sign of intellectual omnipotence and autocracy. it is the star ofthe magi; it is the word madejlesh..the sign of the pentagram is also the sign of the microcosm, and it represents what the kabalists of the book zohar term the microprosopus. the complete comprehension of the pentagram is the key of the two worlds. it is absolute philosophy and natural science.l6 as will be seen, all mysteries of magic, all symbols of the gnosis, allfigures of occultism, all kabalistic keys of prophesy are summed up in the sign of the pentagram, which paracelsus proclaims to be the greatest and most potent of all signsn17 gematria of the pentagram one way to study the pentagram is through the use of ge

o the head (symbolized by the uppermost point of spirit in the pentagram. aries is ruled by mars and its exaltation is the sun, the symbolic source of all light. tlus again leads us to ideas of strength and protection through the warrior energy of mars-aries, as well as solar light and health. another word associated through gematria with the number five is bahbah( x i i, meaning "gate" the fifth key of the tarot is the card of "the hierophant" who is the teacher, the expounder of the mysteries, and the channel for spiritual instruction. there are other numbers associated with this figure as well. refer to the diagram of the pentagram and its enclosing pentagon (see figure 12, p. 189. the pentagon is a figure that is implied, if not actually traced, when drawing a pentagram. in length ever

moses and the twelve tribes of israel; jesus and the twelve apostles; the sun and the twelve signs of the zodiac. in addition, many important qabalistic words have the numerical value of thrteen, including achad (yilk "unity" and ahavah( 7 1 7 k "love" other words tied to this number include gahah (ti "healing" or "health; ziv (lt "glory; and hegeh (717 "to separate" or "to imagine" the thrteenth key of the tarot is titled "death" and it is attributed to scorpio, transformation, and change. the thrteenth path of the sepher yetzirah, an important qabalistic text, corresponds to the tarot card of "the high priestess" and is attributed to the moon. ths path is the primary conduit by which the higher, divine consciousness flows down to lower levels. it is also a path of change. interestingly

t" dumiah (n9i317 "silence; and gam yechad('in ?x "together in unity" the long segment of each line of the pentagram is eight units in length. the number eight corresponds to the sephirah of hod, the sphere of intellect, communication, words of power, and magic. it also corresponds to the hebrew letter cheth (n) which means "fence or enclosure" pointing to further protective qualities. the eighth key of the tarot is titled "strength"-it is a fiery path which leads to the sphere of geburah. through gematria, the number eight is associated with the word agad (tm "to bind" the shorter segment of each line of the pentagram is five units in length, affirming once again the same ideas stated above. the actual pentagram is composed of five lines which are each twenty-one units in length. the twen

e tarot is titled "strength"-it is a fiery path which leads to the sphere of geburah. through gematria, the number eight is associated with the word agad (tm "to bind" the shorter segment of each line of the pentagram is five units in length, affirming once again the same ideas stated above. the actual pentagram is composed of five lines which are each twenty-one units in length. the twenty-first key of the tarot is called "the universe" and it is the completion of cosmic manifestation. twenty-one is the value of eheieh (vnn, the divine name of kether. eheieh is one of the highest names that is associated with the act of creation. figure 12: the pentagram and pentagon. 190 the balanceb etweenm ind and magic other words that correspond to the number twenty-one are hagig (212n "meditationff

re hagig (212n "meditationff and khezev (lth "vision" the twentyfirst path of the sepher yetzirah is called "the wheel of fortune" and it is attributed to the planet jupiter. in addition, the mystic number of tiphareth is twenty-one. the total length of all lines on the pentagram (twenty-one multiplied by five) is 105, which is formed by adding all the numbers from one to fourteen. the fourteenth key of the tarot is "temperance" the card of the hga or higher self. the fourteenth path of the sepher yetzirah is attributed to daleth (1)th, e "door" of initiation. fourteen is also a number associated with the hebrew words atad (tun "thorn, the piercer; debach (hll "sacrifice; gaye (ryi "rising earth; dai?'i "abundance; david( l l l "beloved; habhab (lnln "sacrificial offering; hadah (tl "to di

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what previous magicians had done, the spirits they had contacted, and the successes they had. the magicians who now read these works are expected to be able to select the wheat from the chaff, in much the same fashion as an alchemist discerning the deliberate errors in a treatise on his subject. therefore it was (and is) insanity for the tyro to pick up a work on ceremonial magick like the lesser key of solomon to practise conjurations. it would also be folly to pick up crowley's magick in theory and practise with the same intention. both books are definitely not for beginners, a point which cannot be made too often. unfortunately, perhaps, the dread necronomicon falls into this category. crowley's magick was a testimony of what he has found in his researches into the forbidden, and forgot

n zonei, we come to the "book of entrance" which is really a system of self-initiation into the planetary spheres and may have something to do with the planetary arrangement of the steps of the ziggurats of mesopotamia, which were seven storeyed mountains. not much is revealed to the potential candidate for initiation as to how these "gates" work, or what he might find there, save to say that the key of one gate lies in mastering the gate before it. the mad arab was either keeping a sacred secret, or found human language inadequate to the task of describing what other initiates in similar systems have expressed in the vague abstractions of the truly illuminated, likening the experience to an lsd trip. the "incantations of the gates" follow, and are probably meant to accompany the preceding

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

tragedy. the soul of osiris. carmen saeculare. tannhauser. berashith. ahab. the god-eater. alice. the sword of song. the star and the garter. the argonauts. goetia. why jesus wept. oracles. orpheus. rosa mundi. gargoyles. collected works, vols. i, ii, and iii. by which, if they have eyes to perceive, they will become sacramental and holy, through the fire-baptism of a new birth, and will hold the key of all mysteries locked in the esoteric sign of the sabbatic goat, the baphomet of mendes, the signatures of solve and coagula. gthe everlasting yea and nay. h a.m.e.n. my faults are more numerous than i care to think of; yet it is without fear or trepidation that i offer this essay to the public. it has been a difficult task. in simple words and complex symbols crowley has written with st. le

mony, and, above all, their intense human love. as the editor says, those who fail to find religion in such poems must indeed be idiots, idiots who would bowdlerize shakespeare, shelley, and browning. neither was their love a mere selfish gratification of the senses. anxiously they waited to see gwhether the mother stood behind the bride, h falteringly he would not part with her till she held the key of the hereafter h; and ultimately they resigned all for the sake of others: even while i begged her, i well knew she must. we could not, loving to see children laugh, let cowards twit them with their mother fs lust. even our own purity confirmed the trust. how long, o lord, how long? too long by half till men read, wondering, wedlock fs epitaph *alice, an adultery, vol. ii, p. 82. aleister cr

of words appears only absurd to these who fail to understand their meaning. a word may be charged with meaning just as a battery may be charged with electricity. unconditionally there is little difference, beyond the literation, between ghocus-pocus h and ggee-up. h if i say the latter to my towel-horse, i do not expect it to break into a canter; if, however, i say it to my pony, and it holds the key of this mystery, i do; so with any other word. i say ghocus-pocus, h and the gullible are wrapped in mystery; or better i say ghoc est corpus h over some bread and wine, and the devout suppliant becomes filled with religious fervour. as in physics there is a kinetic force, so in metaphysics there is a kinetic ideation. to the qabalist, the qabalah unlocks as a key the corridor of the soul, and

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ath of the crooked serpent- leviathan and beelzebub and tiamat, pazuzu, and moloch are only some of the topics and figures covered. the second part of the book, the grimoires of luciferian witchcraft, includes several of his most infamous graveyard workings, together with the complete version of the luciferian goetia- a completely revised and updated version of the goetia grimoire from the lesser key of solomon the king. part three covers yatukan and ahrimanic persian sorcery. as i have mentioned before, it is the willingness and creativity of ford to look beyond worn-out christian- and hebrew-based demonology in search of black magick inspiration that marks his work as unique. here, forbidden heresies of millenia-old zoroastrian thought reveal their diabolic secrets to the sorceror. final

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d that de pasqually was of jewish origin, but there is no hard evidence of this and it is clear that, nominally at least, he was a catholic, for there is a surviving record of his son s baptism. nevertheless, he had undoubtedly been deeply influenced by a somewhat debased variety of jewish mysticism, for he was a devotee of the degenerate version of qabalistic magic presented in such works as the key of solomon and the sepher ratziel. the order of elect cohens was founded at bordeaux in 1760 six years earlier de pasqually had unsuccessfully attempted to found an organization called the scottish judges which may well have been a first attempt to establish a magical/masonic link-up and quickly acquired a surprisingly large number of initiates. the membership (confined to those who had alread

nction, is as male as his brother. of these monstrous lovers some even became famous on earth; as that one who tempted san antonio, and the angel that wrestled with jacob at the place called paniel. also merlin was the child of an incubus, and thus also were many heroes of old time begot. consider of this. ix of the work of adepts not only as a probation, and as a preparation, for the far greater key of magick art that is given to initiates of the sanctuary of the gnosis in the ix, but for its own sake, and the practical and permanent value of its effects is a lesser work to be undertaken by epopts and how much more by pontiffs! of the illuminati. and this work is threefold. i. devotion to the highest intensified on all planes until it culminates in conjugal union ratified by every god so

host, one god, eternal, indivisible, omnipotent, omniscient, file//c /documents%20and%20settings/michael..0secret%20rituals%20of%20the%20o.t.o/p3c3.html (2 of 18 [12/28/2001 2:05:41 pm] the secret rituals of the o.t.o. omnipresent. the favour of god and the grace of our lord jesus christ, and the abiding of the holy spirit be with you now and forever more amen. here now the secret of secrets, the key of all magick, revealed unto me for your instruction and behoof by the loving kindness of the o.h.o. lege judica tace of the nature of the arcanum i am alpha and omega, the first and the last, i will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. he that overcometh shall inherit all things; and i will be his god and he shall be my son (apocalypse) come unto me, that

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drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee down. 22:20 and it shall come to pass in that day, that i will call my servant eliakim the son of hilkiah: 22:21 and i will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and i will commit thy government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of jerusalem, and to the house of judah. 22:22 and the key of the house of david will i lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open. 22:23 and i will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father s house. 22:24 and they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father s house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels

[some] of them they shall slay and persecute: 11:50 that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation; 11:51 from the blood of abel unto the blood of zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple: verily i say unto you, it shall be required of this generation. 11:52 woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered. 11:53 and as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the pharisees began to urge [him] vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things: 11:54 laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him. 12:1 in the mean time, when there were gathered toget

5 he that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and i will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but i will confess his name before my father, and before his angels. 3:6 he that hath an ear, let him hear what the spirit saith unto the churches. 3:7 and to the angel of the church in philadelphia write; these things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of david, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth; 3:8 i know thy works: behold, i have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name. 3:9 behold, i will make them of the synagogue of satan, which say they are jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, i will make them to come

one not for a third part of it, and the night likewise. 8:13 and i beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound! 9:1 and the fifth angel sounded, and i saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. 9:2 and he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. 9:3 and there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. 9:4 and it was commanded them that they should not hurt

which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. these both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. 19:21 and the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which [sword] proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh. 20:1 and i saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. 20:2 and he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the devil, and satan, and bound him a thousand years, 20:3 and cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season. 2

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nd excitement. in resonant tones the prepared formula of evocation is chanted while the magus focuses his or her will on the manifesting medium in the triangle. the sword should be held in the right hand. the words of the evocation should be original and composed by the magus. they must be memorized and recited from memory-it is not enough to read them from the page. here is an evocation from the key of solomon, which is generally known as the greater key to distinguish it from the lemegeton or lesser key of solomon. it is intended to serve only as a general guide: 0 ye spirit, ye i conjure by the power, wisdom, and virtue of the spirit of god, by the uncreate divine knowledge, by the vast mercy of god, by the strength of god, by the greatness of god, by the unity of god; and by the holy n

n arbitrarily derived from a mechanical system of sigil making and have no aesthetic relationship to the spirits they represent. all spirits contain both aspects of the light and the shadow, and should reflect this composite nature in a combi- nation of curves and angles. notice the insectival quality of the seal of bifions, below on the left. it is an intuitive sigil from the lemegeton or lesser key of solomon that suggests the nature of this evil demon. by comparison the more modern sigil of the angel michael, on the right, seems almost antiseptic. it was created using the golden dawn technique of generating spirit sigils mechanically upon the central rose of the rose cross lamen.43 for this reason, its shape does not really reflect any of the personal qual- ities of michael. michael bif

274. 33. regardie; golden dawn, 53. 34. mathers, book of the sacred magic, 37. 35. howard, the runes (northamptonshire, england: aquarian press, 1978, 25-6("havamal" w. 1 38-39. 36. mathers, book of the sacred magic, 35. 37. regardie, golden dawn, 3. 38. regardie, golden dawn, 89-90. 39. regardie, the one year manual (york beach, maine: samuel weiser, 1981, 48-54. 40. mathers, trans, the greater key of solomon (mokelumne hill, ca: health research, 1978, 23-4. 41. david-neel, magic and mystery in tibet (new york: dover publications, 1971, chap. viii. 42. patai, gates to the old city (new york: avon books, 1980, 636-42. 43. regardie, golden dawn, 313 and 482-5. 44. casaubon, a true and faithful relation of what passed for many yeers between dr. john dee. and some spirits (g1asgow:antonine p

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most widely available of the grimoires of suggested reading 323 demonic spirit evocation, it is worth studying for the practical insights into spirit evocation as a whole that it provides the serious practitioner. the k q of solomon the king (clavicula salomonis. york beach, maine: samuel weiser, 1989. first published in 1888. it is a tribute to mathers' skill as an editor that his version of the key of solomon has survived for more than a century to become the standard grimoire of western magic. it is invaluable as a practical guide to traditional spirit evocation. regardie, israel. ceremonial magic. northamptonshire, england: the aquarian press, 1980. several rituals derived from the teachings of aleister crowley. this is a good introduction to crowley's rituals. it will be a bit bewilde

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s between the vision of st. john, dee's hieroglyphic monad, and the enochian diaries, and unlock many of the secrets in these works. because the throne and clock are so important in understanding tetragrammaton, i have examined the system of enochian magic in considerable detail in chapter xvi. xvi tetragrammaton appendix a contains the corrected english text of all eighteen enochian keys and the key of the thirty aethers, with an accompanying analysis of the symbolism in the keys. this study shows the angels of the keys to possess the same apocalyptic nature as those described by st. john the divine in his biblical book of revelation. i have put forward the theory, which will undoubtedly arouse controversy, that the watchtowers and enochian keys are parts of a great ritual of ceremonial m

etween the banners and the tribes. these connections are not arbitrary but are clearly indicated by the numerical structure of the permutations of ihvh. the illustration of the breastplate on the opposite page sets forth the occult correspondences between the banners and the stones, the sons of jacob who stand for the tribes of israel, and the zodiac signs, as this relationship is revealed by the key of tetragrammaton. this set of occult relationships will not be found in books on the kabbalah, which give conflicting assignments of the tribes to the signs of the zodiac, the stones of the breastplate, and the months of the year (see appendix f for the occult correspondences of the banners given by the great renaissance magician, henry cornelius agrippa, in his three books of occult philosop

uthentic symbol. by other accounts (zohar 3:233a-b, the ring is inscribed with the four letters of tetragrammaton. the seal of solomon-the symbol inscribed upon his seal ring-figures prominently in the many magical books attributed to him. among the many versions of the seal, the most common is that appearing in the accompanying illustration (see page 91, which occurs in manuscripts of the lesser key of solomon. it is said that solomon used it to bind and seal seventy-two wicked spirits within a large brazen vessel, then cast the vessel of brass into a deep lake. there seems to be no magical link between the seal upon solomon's ring, and the herb known as solomon's seal (polygonaturn multifzorum, which was employed to heal green (fresh) wounds or stop menstrual blood, but it is interesting

ather second: son third: east fourth: south fifth: west sixth: north seventh: east eighth: south ninth: west tenth: north eleventh: east twelfth: south thirteenth: west fourteenth: north fifteenth: east sixteenth: south seventeenth: west eighteenth:north nineteenth to forty-eighth: thirty spheres, or degrees the symbolism of the keys contains strong echoes of the gnostic gospels, particularly the key of the thirty aethers, which might almost have been dictated by yaldabaoth himself geoffrey james considers these gnostic connections at some length (the enochian magick of dr. john dee, pp. xix-xxi) and speculates that kelley may have plagiarized portions of a secret gnostic text in his possession unknown to dee. i should state here explicitly that i do not believe kelley concocted the keys

beasts and gives them living existence. similarly, christ "shineth as a flamen in the midst of the palaces, which are the watchtowers, of the kings, and is the central point of the cross formed by the watchtowers, balancing them in relation to one another. the command "move, therefore, and show yourselves" occurs in one variation or another in fifteen of the nineteen distinct keys, including the key of the thirty aethers. the two enochian words zacare (move) and zamran (show yourselves) are the actual commands to the spirits to appear visibly, or at least tangibly, before the magician. magically speaking, they are the most potent words in the keys. the second key can the wings of the winds understand your voices of wonder, 0 you, the second of the first? whom the burning flames have frame

arth is personified as a female spirit; more than this, she is a mother goddess who generates living things in her womb. the creatures of the earth are her children. the soul of the world (anima mundi) figures prominently in greek philosophy, and from this source found its way into the hermetic mysticism of the renaissance. this image of the earth as a fertile mother becomes very important in the key of the thirty aethers. the "continually burning lamps" may be a reference to the seven lamps of fire burning before the throne of god (rev. 4:5. this ties in nicely with the olives of zechariah, which ceaselessly pour their oil into a bowl through golden pipes. the perpetual oil feeds the perpetual lamps. the word "continual" or "continually" occurs a number of times in the keys and perhaps is

olden sickles, to serve a ritual function. oak wood was used wherever great mass and strength were needed, such as the axles upon which millstones turned, the frames of houses, and the keels and ribs of ships. thus the oak is an excellent tree from which to construct the axle of the universe. when we consider that mistletoe is a symbol of life, we can appreciate how perverse is the imagery in the key of "nests" upon the tree of life which lament the sorrow "laid up" or reserved, for the goddess of the earth, she who is called the soul of the world. these nests "vomit out the heads of scorpions and live burning] sulphur mingled with poison" the seven woes that afflict the soul of the world as a punishment for her "iniquities" proceed out of the twenty-two nests of lamentation upon the branc

the soul of the world as a punishment for her "iniquities" proceed out of the twenty-two nests of lamentation upon the branches of the northern oak. there is clearly a correlation here between the seven woes of the key and the seven woes that accompany the sounding of the seven trumpets in revelation 8 and 9. at the sounding of the fifth trumpet, a star fell from heaven "and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit (rev. 9:l. this "star" obviously an angel, opens the pit and releases fumes of flaming brimstone that were "as the smoke of a great furnace (rev. 9:2. from the open pit issue demons in the shape of locusts who torment those unrighteous humans who do not bear the seal of god in their foreheads "and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power (rev. 9

ened "and the windows of heaven were opened (gen. 7:ll. in biblical times, drought brought famine and plague. that is why the ministers of the first flame are said to "weave the earth with dryness" as a punishment for her multiplicity of forms. with the coming of new jerusalem the earth is unified once again, and the windows of heaven can open to allow her parched surface to bloom in renewal. the key of the thirty aethers 0 you heavens which dwell in (the first air) are mighty in the parts of the earth, and execute the judgment of the highest. to you it is said: behold the face of your god, the beginning of comfort; whose eyes are the brightness of the heavens; which provided you for the government of the earth, and her unspeakable variety, furnishing you with a power of understanding to d

VOX SABBATUM

ess which is the gathering of shades and ghosts; many have evoked her there in the crossroads. it is also the place of where faust summoned mephistopheles, who came forth from the forest before him. the crossroads is the place where you visualize and focus your mind towards before sleep you may also visualize and x or a+ as the meeting place of the dreaming sabbat. the imagination is the ultimate key of the black magician or sorcerer who seeks to go forth to the sabbat it is the vehicle of self-assumption of deific forms or masks of lycanthropy. when preparing for the dream sabbat, decorate your temple or sleeping area in accordance with that which reminds you of a sabbat images from old grimoires, sigils, demonic images, masks or other elements which aid the working. the most important ho

WEOR SAMAEL AUN ESOTERIC COURSE OF KABBLAH

to transmute the lead of the personality into the pure gold of the spirit: this is alchemy. the moon must be transformed into the sun. the moon is the soul; the sun is the inner christ. we need to be christified. no human being can return to the father without having been devoured by the serpent. no one can be devoured by the serpent without having worked in the flaming forge of vulcan (sex. the key of christification is the arcanum a.z.f. the mantra for the arcanum a.z.f. is i.a.o. i (ignis, fire; a (aqua) water; o (origo, principle, spirit. la madre lleva a su hijo (el verbo) en sus brazos. y est sentada entre las dos columnas que simbolizan al hombre y la mujer. adorad a la virgen del mar, hermanos m os. en el arcano ii del tarot aparece la divina madre asiendo con su mano el signo del

. adorando. cuando el estudiante despierte de su sue o, no se mueva. practique un ejercicio retrospectivo para recordar sus experiencias internas, d nde estuvo, por d nde pas en cuerpo astral, que hizo, qu vio, etc, etc. este ejercicio debe ser diariamente, sin cansarse jam s. tendr is que llegar a ver y a o r las grandes realidades internas. 54 arcanum 8 let us study, in this lecture, the eighth key of basil valentine (illustration of viridarium chymicum) the eight key is a clear and perfect alchemical allegory of the processes of death and resurrection that inevitably occur in the esoteric preparation of the philosophical stone. the entire inner preparation of the stone and the metallic transmutation are represented in this allegory. the entire human material employed in this work dies

filosofal, sale el maestro. en la ilustraci n del viridarium chymicum, la muerte est representada por un cad ver, la putrefacci n por unos cuervos, la siembra por un humilde agricultor, el crecimiento por una espiga de trigo, la resurrecci n por un muerto que se levanta del sepulcro y por un ngel que toca la trompeta del juicio final. 55 we, the gnostics know that the corpse, the death in the 8th key of basil valentine represents the two witnesses of the apocalypse [revelations, 11:3-6] that are now dead. by means of alchemical putrefaction represented by the crows, by means of alchemy, the two witnesses resurrect. our motto is thelema. the entire power is found enveloped within the seed that is symbolized in the wheat stalk. the sacred angel that we carry within, plays his trumpet and the

por mercurio de la filosof a secreta (el ens seminis. ning n yogui o yoguina se pueden realizar jam s sin el arcano a.z.f, aquellos que quieran excluir el arcano a.z.f. de toda su yoga est n violando la ley del arcano ocho. esos son los fracasados. el viejo saturno balancea al padre de los dioses, j piter tonante. esa es la ley del equilibrio. 61 arcanum 9 in this lesson, we will study the ninth key of basil valentine in the illustration of viridarium chymicum. the ninth key represents old saturn falling and the goddess moon victoriously rising. saturn is the lead and the moon is the silver (the terrestrial adam, the psychological i. it must fall and die so that the adam christ can be born within us. we need to transmute the lead into gold. the lead of our personality must be transmuted i

realiza despu s de un intercambio de caricias entre el hombre y la mujer. la pareja permanece quieta y con la mente en blanco para que el yo no intervenga, as llegan al xtasis durante la sadhana t ntrica. todo el trabajo lo realizan los yoguis t ntricos bajo la direcci n de un gur. lo nico serio que existe en la india es el tantrismo blanco. este proh be la eyaculaci n del ens seminis. 85 twelfth key of basil valentine the twelfth arcanum, the apostleship, is profoundly studied in the twelfth key of basil valentine. it is most important to understand it. as the lion transforms the serpent into his own flesh when he devours it, likewise the philosophical stone or powder of projection (red lion or living fire) has the power to transmute or transform all imperfect metals into his own igneous

WESTERN MANDALAS OF TRANSFORMATION SR AL

the perfect coordination of desires (the rose) with the basic pattern of creation (the cross. the rose in the center represents equilibrium and balance of all the forces of nature. an ancient rosicrucain motto was "my victory is in the rosy-cross" the figure of brother c. r, because he represented true adeptship, or one who had conquered death (which is represented by the letter nun in the death key of the tarot [see figure 9-l, was often referred to as the lamb. in the book of revelations, the lamb with seven horns had the power to open the book of seven seals. there have been many interpretations of this passage, but the most obvious one points to the seven seals that are connected to the seven planetary deities, over which the figure 9-k lamb had authority. the value in latin for lamb

d into hebrew.if one has a tarot deck with the hebrew letters written at the bottom (for example, case's tarot, or see the book, archetypes on the tree of life, listed in the bibliography. it can also reveal the many intricacies of the symbolism in the qabalah and tarot. the word in hebrew which means bow or rainbow is qesheth (qshth. this is an important word that is attributed to the temperance key of the tarot (see figure 13-i, because it signifies the arrow which goes directly up the middle pillar of the tree of life, and also the rainbow of promise pictured in most tarot decks behind the image of michael the archangel. this angel signifies the higher self, which is preparing the personality for the great transformation that the soul undergoes in becoming so totally absorbed in god tha

egg shape represents akasha and is most often painted indigo or black. it is the color of saturn and its shape includes mysteries on the tree of life relating to daath and yesod, as well as its original mother, binah (the yesod seal, it will be recalled, mimics binah's magical seal) it symbolizes the most hidden aspects of occultism, and death and the blackness of the unknown night. it holds the key of recapitulation of a new consciousness dawning in our age. we find it in the tattwa of capricorn (ruled by saturn, libra (where saturn is exalted, and especially in aquarius, whose keynote is universality. figures a and b incorporate these colors along with the particular vibration of the zodiacal signs and planetary colors and tones. with the exception of daath, these relate to the letter-p

WICCA WITCHCRAFT TODAY

d, the sorcerers were not, and that they secretly used witches as mediums to attain success in their arts. with the help of these clairvoyants they became successful as prophets, and probably the witches took several of their ideas and certainly some of their tools. i have seen seven witches' swords; of these, four had apparently been made for sorcerers, according to the pattern prescribed in the key of solomon, with hebrew inscriptions on hilt and blade. there are two in the museum in castletown. other implements bear hebrew inscriptions and so seem to be connected with hebrew or kabbalistic magic. but stores do not cater for witches, and a poor witch has to get her tools as and how she can. there is also a great resemblance to what are now unimportant parts of freemasonry; but while the

ver there for anyone to kiss. i cannot make it any clearer than that, can i? as i have said, there is no pact with the devil or with anyone else. this, i think, arose from the faust type of legend which may have been coined by clerics to frighten people from thinking of engaging in magical practices, or possibly to explain why people who performed magical experiments of the more or less permitted key of solomon type, without using a medium, usually did not succeed. these stories were usually fabricated in order to boost the power of some saint and were to the effect that a sorcerer, after years of failure, had made a pact with the devil, selling his soul for so many years of wealth and power. when his time came he prayed to the particular saint, who called up the devil and by force or tric

tioned earlier, and from this black book comes the important post of black rod. one would think that there must have been important reasons to conceal something before such a book could be taken away or lost. the late hargrave jennings seemed convinced that there was some deep mystery here, but he apparently did not know, or if he did he did not mention this witch mark, which is also shown in the key of solomon. all this may be purely coincidence, and coincidence killed the professor. but if no one mentions coincidences, there is little chance of finding further facts; and there is the undoubted fact that the garter is a badge of rank among witches, and further there is a prehistoric rock drawing in france supposed to represent a magical witch ceremony, twelve women dancing round a man who

WILLIAM WESCOTT NUMBERS THEIR OCCULT POWER AND MYSTIC VIRTUES

y affliction. orthodox jews were very particular about the cuttings from the nails; a pious man buries them, an orderly man burns them, but he who throws them away is wicked; for if a woman step over them, mischance may follow. moed katon, 18. i. the nails should be trimmed on a friday and never on a thursday. there are three keys, which god keeps to himself and which no man can gain nor use; the key of life, the key of rain, and the key of the resuscitation of the dead. taanith, 2; 1 and 2. the jewish butcher of kosher meat must use three knives; one to slaughter the animal, another to cut it up, and a third to remove the suet which was unlawful food; as pork is. numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott three acolytes must attend the high priest when he w

WILLIAM WESCOTT THE CHALDEAN ORACLES OF ZOROASTER TRANSLATION

egyptian theology. had a similar course been adopted by commentators in the past, the chald an system expounded in these oracles would not have been distorted in the way it has been. the foundation upon which the whole structure of the hebrew kabalah rests is an exposition of ten deific powers successively emanated by the illimitable light which in their varying dispositions are considered as the key of all things. this divine procession in the form of three triads of powers, synthesized in a tenth, is said to be extended through four worlds, denominated respectively atziluth, briah, yetzirah and assiah, a fourfold gradation from the subtil to the gross. this proposition in its metaphysical roots is pantheistic, though, if it may be so stated, mediately theistic; while the ultimate noumeno

ZALEWSKI SECRET INNER ORDER RITUALS OF THE GOLDEN DAWN OCR

ch was broken and that which it sends forth again is peace. but to send forth peace, first we must overcome, and herein lieth the mystery of the double letters, as thou were told that one letter and one planet denote opposites. for in the path of mars indeed is found war and destruction, but in the palace of mars, which is geburah, thou mayest find peace" 3rd ad. replaces bowl and indicates tarot key of hanged man. 2nd ad 'herein my frater, you may perceive somewhat of the same symbolism under another and deeper signification than this, since the hanged man (under which title you may remember that our lord was 'hanged upon a tree) is also entitled the drowned giant, and in this likeness may be said to refer to the adam kadmon of the kabbalists the ideal man who reflects the image of god, e

nity in his incarnation. therefore, must we also offer ourselves as a living sacrifice; holy, acceptable unto god, which is our reasonable service. the 22nd path of mem is called the faithful intelligence, and it is so called because by it, spiritual virtues are increased and all dwellers upon earth are nearly under its shadow" 2nd ad. returns to his set and ch.ad. comes forward and points to the key of justice. ch.ad "the path of lamed you have already learned is attributed to the tarot key of justice.,it leads from the beauty of tiphareth to the severity of geburah, and it may thus be said to denote the equilibrium between emotion and will. it represents as you see, a queen seated upon her throne, her foot resting upon a fox, her hand grasping a sword and a pair of scales. thus shall the

a pair of scales. thus shall the soul, upheld by the firm will, tread under foot the desires of the flesh, and rule her kingdom by the light of the spirit. mercy and truth have met together. righteousness and peace have kissed each other, and in that embrace shall spring the perfected man, ready to face with tranquil mien, whatsoever the day may bring forth: life or death, joy or sorrow. the 21st key of the sepher yetzirah is known as the intelligence of conciliation, and it is so called because it receiveth the divine influences which flow into it from its benediction upon each and all existence" the ch.ad. moves to e. of altar: 2nd ad. hands him the censer. 3rd ad. slips cowl over postulant's eyes and lights the 33 candles. 2nd and 3rd ads. then take their places south and north of the a

he gematria of the second vibration "elohim gibor" and also stands for the 20 princes of the enochian tablet of union, a complete synthesis of spirit on the enochian level. these are linked to the 64 kerubic emblems (the 16 subdivisions of each elemental tablet) 64=dyn justice--a title of geburah. both 20 and 64 equate to 84=enoch, the first human recipient of the enochian tablets. also, the 20th key of the tarot is resh, the sun: the symbol of balanced polarity outside the boundary of human limitation; the beginning of the divine realm. the third important vibration is in the chief adept's proclamation "in the strength of elohim gibor" which opens the link specifically to the mars wall of the vault. when the adepts place the ends of their wands in the pastos, they formulate through the hi

things there is the world of atziluth. the kerux leads the philosophus to the east. celebrant the portals which are before you represent all possible modes of egress to the several paths which connect the grades and sephiroth in the order of the with the sephiroth and the grades which are beyond. in the north is the gate of mem, leading from hod to geburah, and to this path is attributed the 12th key of the tarot, that hanged man which suggests in strange symbolism the presence of some great mystery. it is one of the vertical paths, and it is closed for ever to the practicus. in the south is the gate of kaph, leading from netzach to chesed by another vertical path, to which is attributed the 13th key of the tarot, or that of the wheel of fortune. there is no ascent to the heights through t

ch to that of 7=4 in chesed, as it is also from the 3=8 of hod to the 6=5 of geburah; but these modes of progress are forbidden by the laws of the hierarchy. for this reason the tarot keys attributed to the paths of kaph and mein have no place in the temple. there remain, however, the 24th, 25th and 26th paths. but the philosophus cannot enter the sephira tiphareth by the path of nun, because the key of death intervenes. the celebrant shows the 13th tarot key. celebrant the first meaning lies with utter plainness on the surface of the card, and it does not concern us here. it reminds us, however, of the great truth which is commemorated and symbolised in the mysteries of all ages and countries that we must pass ultimately through death to life in the mystical sense. but the time is not yet

ing it. there is much more that might be said to you concerning the forbidden paths to the portal, but it is part of the knowledge that you will receive in the more inward places of the second order. the celebrant restores the card to its place and then hands to the philosophus the 14th tarot key. celebrant and now as to the via media, that path of samech which you have traversed, and wherein the key of temperance, the 14th tarot key, is discovered for your encouragement and support. it is the way of combination and equilibrium, of providence in desirable change, as for example, in the transit from the material that is without to the spiritual that is within. it is also the principle of sacramental life, the ascent of human nature that the divine may come down therein. as here depicted, th

y of temperance, the 14th tarot key, is discovered for your encouragement and support. it is the way of combination and equilibrium, of providence in desirable change, as for example, in the transit from the material that is without to the spiritual that is within. it is also the principle of sacramental life, the ascent of human nature that the divine may come down therein. as here depicted, the key of temperance is really a synthesis of tiphereth and of the path which leads thereto. that path in the sepher yetzirah is called the intelligence of temptation or of trial, because it is the test of merit which god applies to those whom he calls to his service. the sacred name of tiphereth is bound upon the breast of the figure before you; the star of the hexagram is beneath it. the splendour

3 8 INITIATION CEREMONY

y honoured hierophant, the temple is properly guarded. hiero: let us adore the lord and king of water (knocks) all face east. hiero: let elohim tzabaoth be praised unto the countless ages of time. amen. hiero: quits his place and goes to tablet of water in west. all face west. hiero: let us rehearse the prayer of the undines or water spirits (knocks) terrible king of the sea, thou who holdest the keys of the cataracts of heaven and who enclosest the subterranean waters in the cavernous hollows of earth; king of the deluge and of the rains of spring; thou who openest the sources of the rivers and of the fountains, thou who commandest moisture which is as it were the blood of the earth, to become the sap of the plants, we adore thee and we invoke thee. speak thou unto us thy mobile and chang

ABRAMELIN2

should not misunderstand this passage. what are meant are those black magic works containing garbled and perverted words and characters; and which teach nothing but hurtful and selfish practices; the great point in which is generally the forming of a pact with an evil spirit. because true characters represent the formulas of the currents of the hidden forces of nature and true ceremonies are the keys of bringing the same into action. 13 it seems again to me here that abraham the jew stretches the matter too far. it is perfectly and utterly true without doubt that angelic magic is higher than that form of talismanic magic which has its basis in the astrological positions of the heavenly bodies; and can therefore do more, and be also independent of astrological considerations, because the m

ADEPTUS MINOR INITIATION

ine brass, as if they burned in a furnace. and his voice as the sound of many waters. and he had in his right hand seven stars, and out of his mouth went the sword of flame, and his countenance was as the sun in his strength. 23 diagram 9 24 (pastos lid- top (pastos lid- bottom) chief "i am the first and the last. i am he that liveth and was dead, and behold! i am alive for evermore, and hold the keys of death and of hell. second "he that hath an ear, let him hear what the spirit saith unto the assemblies (second and third adepts open door of tomb, and lead aspirant in. they kneel down west of altar with heads bent. chief stands at east of the altar with arms extended) 25 chief "for i know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth. i am the way, the

ALEISTER CROWLEY AD MEIORUM CTHULHI GLORIAM

ntains the formulae for evoking incredible things into visible appearance, beings and monsters which dwell in the abyss, and outer space, of the human psyche. such books have existed in fact, and do exist. idries shah tells us of a search he conducted for a copy of the book of power by the arab magician abdul-kadir (see: the secret lore of magic by shah, of which only one copy was ever found. the keys of solomon had a similar reputation, as did the magus by barret, until all of these works were eventually reprinted in the last fifteen years or so. the golden dawn, a famous british and american occult lodge of the turn of the century, was said to have possessed a manuscript called "the veils of negative existence" by another arab. these were the sorcerer's handbooks, and generally not meant

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

miliar with the names and numbers pertinent to the work in hand. he must be alert, sensitive, and ready to exert his authority; yet courteous, gracious, patient, and sympathetic. 16) there are two opposite methods of exploring the astral plane (a. one may take some actual object in nature, and analyse it by evoking its astral form, thus bringing it into knowledge and under control by applying the keys of the qabalah and of magick (b. one may proceed by invoking the required idea, and giving body to the same by attracting to it the corresponding elements in nature. 17) every magician possesses an astral universe peculiar to himself, just as no man's experience of the world is coterminous with that of another. there will be a general agreement on the main points, of course; and so the master

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS

the arrows in the quiver of his lamen. as, then, you would expect, it is very little trouble to design. all that you need is to "make considerations' about your proposed operation, decide which planet, sign, element or sub-element or what not you need to accomplish your miracle. as you know, a very great many desirable objects can be attained by the use of the talismans in the greater and lesser keys of solomon the king; also in pietro di abano and the dubious fourth book of cornelius agrippa. you must on no account attempt to use the squares given in the book of the sacred magic of abramelin the mage until you have succeeded in the operation. more, unless you mean to perform it, and are prepared to go to any length to do so, you are a fool to have the book in your possession at all. thos

to set up a figure of the heavens. this need not take an average intelligent person more than an hour at the most. you can learn it from a book. lastly, get barley's 1001 notable nativities and more nativites. also any other collections available. practice setting up the horoscopes. use the chaldean square system; it shows at the first glance what is happening in the angular houses, which are the keys of the whole figure. compare and contrast what you know of the natives, from history, with what is said of the aspects (and the rest) in the books you have read. put together similar horoscopes; e.g. a dozen which have sagittarius 17 rising, another lot with jupiter in the hid-heaven, and so on; see if you can find a similarity in their lives with what the books will have magic without tears

books are not the only medium even of learning; more, what they teach is partial, prejudiced, meagre, sterile, uncertain, and alien to reality. it follows that all the best books are those which make no pretence to accuracy: poetry, theatre, fiction. all others date. another point is that truth abides above and aloof from intellectual expression, and consequently those books which bear the magic keys of the portal of the intelligible by dint of inspiration and suggestion come more nearly to grips with reality than those whose appeal is only to the intellect "didactic" poetry "realistic" plays and novels, are contradictions in terms. p.p.s. one more effort: the above reminds me that i have said no word about the other side of the medal. there are many children who cannot be educated at all

www.abika.com 329 52 elaborate and extensive that i shall never sufficiently regret that i never had an opportunity of completing it, but i should like to emphasize that the obtaining of a book like liber 418 is in itself so outstanding an achievement that it should serve as an encouragement to all magicians. in the case of many worlds, in particular that of abra melin, of the greater and lesser keys of solomon, of pietro di abano, of cornelius agrippa, while we have perfectly adequate information as to the methods we have very meagre examples of the results, especially so far as refers to the technical side of the work. i must conclude with a warning. so many of these branches of magick are so fascinating that any one of them is liable to take hold of the magician by the short hair and u

ALEISTER CROWLEY MEDITATION

sign<lamen with the pantacle, usually through a misunderstanding of the nature of the latter. dr. dee's "sigillum dei amath" makes a fine pantacle, but it would be useless as a lamen, eliphas levi made several attempts to draw one or the other, he never seemed sure which. fortunately he knows better now. the lamens given in the lesser and greater keys of "solomon" are rather better, but we know of no perfect example. the design on the cover of "the star in the west" represents an early effort of fra. p> in this lamen the magician must place the secret keys of his power. the pentacle is merely the material to be worked upon, gathered together and harmonized but not yet in operation, the parts of the engine arranged for use, or even put toge

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE OLD AND NEW COMMENTARIES TO LIBER AL

isely right. the yokel is no more 'petty' than the king, nor the earth than the sun. each simple elemental self is supreme, very god of very god. ay, in this book is truth almost insufferably splendid, for man has veiled himself too long from his own glory: he fears the abyss, the ageless absolute. but truth shall make him free! it must be understood from the beginning that this book contains the keys of all the knowledge necessary for the operation of the magical formulae of the world during the aeon which it initiates. in this very early verse is already given a master key to mathematics and metaphysics. on applying this to current problems of thought, it will be discovered that the long-fast doors fly open at a touch. let use briefly examine the implications of this statement. it should

word abrahadabra. the book of the law is written and concealed. aum. ha" the old comment 75. the ending of the words is the ending of the work- abrahadabra. the books is written, as we see; and concealed- from our weak understanding. aum-ha, aum= 111, ha= 6, 111 x 6= 666, the seal of the beast. note well that aum with a mem final adds to 671, throa, the gate, adonai spelt in full, etc. using the keys of aum ha, we get xii+ xv+ 0, and iv+ 0, their sum, 31= la, not. the new comment aum is of course the sanskrit "word" familiar to most students (see book 4 part iii. ha is a way of spelling the letter whose value is 5 so that it shall add to 6. this uniting the 5 and the 6 is a symbol of the great work. send complaints to memoria@memoria.ex baphomet xir liber xv book 15 o. t. o. ecclesiae gno

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE QABALAH

identical, and 6 diverse. thus it interlocks pentagram and hexagram. ah tyb, the house of h the pentagram; see idra zuta qadisha, 694. for h formeth k, but j formeth dwy. 73 both equal 20. note 4+ 1+ 8= 13, the 4 reduced to 1 through 8, the redeeming force; and 418= j= 8. by aiq bkr, abrahadabra= 1+ 2+ 2+ 1+ 5+ 1+ 4+ 1+ 2+ 2+ 1= 22. also 418= 22 19, manifestation. hence the word manifests the 22 keys of rota. it means by translation abraha deber, the voice of the chief seer. it resolves into pentagram and hexagram as follows (1) a r b b r a a a h a d [this is by taking the 5 middle letters] the pentagram is 12, awh, macroprosopus. the hexagram is 406, hta, microprosopus. thus it connotes the great work. note rba, initials of the supernals, ab, ben, ruach [this is by separating the one (al

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE SWORD OF SONG

ry rude.14 the following is a sample: o devatas! behold this yogi! o chela! accurs d abode of tamas art thou! eater of beef, guzzling as an herd of swine! sleeper of a thousand sleeps, as an harlot heavy with wine! void of will! sensualist! enraged sheep! blasphemer of the names of shiva and of devi! christian in disguise! thou shalt be reborn in the lowest avitch! fast! walk! wake! these are the keys of the kingdom! peace be with thy beard! aum! this sort of talk did me much good: i hope it may do as much for you. 63. with eyes well fixed on my proboscis.15 see bhagavad-gita, atmasamyamyog. 67. brahma-charya.16 right conduct, and in particular, chastity in the highest sense. 72. baccy.17 a poisonous plant used by nicotomanics in their orgies and debauches. the filthy tobacco habit, says e

he adds 300, shin, the flame of the spirit= 666. 4 666= 6 111. 111= aleph, the ox. 5 his journeys as initiator. ambrosii magi hortus rosarum 117 abiegnus. mysterium i. n. r. i. mysterium lvx. pastos. trinitas. unitas. serpentes. and fifty and eight years,1 set forth upon a journey into the mystic mountain of the caves. he took with him his son,2 a lamb, life, and strength, for these four were the keys of that mountain. so by ten days and fifty days and two hundred days and yet ten days he went forth. after ten days fell a thunderbolt, whirling through black clouds of rain: after sixty the road split in two, but he travelled on both at once: after two hundred and sixty, the sun drove away the rain, and the star shone in the day-time, making it night. after the last day came his mother, his

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uccess, they raised up one luther to teach freedom of thought. yet this freedom soon turned into a heavier bondage than before. then the brethren delivered unto man the knowledge of nature, and the keys thereof; yet this also was prevented by the great sorcery. now then finally in nameless ways, as one of our brethren hath it now in mind to declare, have they raised up one to deliver unto men the keys of spiritual knowledge, and by his work shall he be judged. this interior community of light is the reunion of all those capable of receiving light, and it is known as the communion of saints, the primitive receptacle for all strength and truth, confided to it from all time. by it the agents of l.v.x. were formed in every age, passing from the interior to the exterior, and communicating spiri

s his (partial and incorrect) idea of how things look from kether. 126 this man performs great magic; very strong medicine. he does really find gold on the midden and skeletons in pretty girls. in abiegnus the sacred mountain of the rosicrucians the postulant finds but a coffin in the central shrine; yet that coffin contains christian rosencreutz who is dead and is alive for evermore and hath the keys of hell and of death. ay! your tiphereth man, child of mercy and justice, looks deeper than the skin! but he seems a ridiculous object enough both to the malkuth man and to the kether man. still, he's the most interesting man there is; and we all must pass through that stage before we get our heads really clear, the kether-vision above the clouds that encircle the mountain abiegnus. ix runnin

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identical, and 6 diverse. thus it interlocks pentagram and hexagram. bith ha, the house of h the pentagram; see idra zuta gadisha, 694 "for h formeth k, but ch formeth ivd" both equal 20. note 4+ 1+ 8= 13, the 4 reduced to 1 through 8, the redeeming force; and 418= ch= 8. by aiq bkr abrahadabra= 1+ 2+ 2+ 1+ 5+ 1+ 4+ 1+ 2+ 2+ 1= 22. also 418= 22 x 19 manifestation. hence the word manifests the 22 keys of rota. it means by translation abraha deber, the voice of the chief seer. it resolves into pentagram and hexagram as follows- 116 a [this is by taking the 5 middle letters] r--b a the pentagram is 12, hva, macroprosopus\ h d the hexagram is 406, athh, microprosopus/ a-a b--r thus it connotes the great work/ a note abr, initials of the supernals, ab, ben, ruach (2) a [this is by separating t

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to rule the earth. therefore with sweetness ineffable he parted from me; yet leaving a comfort not to be told, a peace the peace. and the light and the perfume do certainly yet remain with me in the little chamber, and i know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth. for i am he that liveth, and was dead; and behold! i am alive for evermore, and have the keys of hell and of death. i am amoun the sun in his rising; i have passed from darkness into light. i am asar un-nefer the perfected one. i am the lord of life, triumphant over death. there is no part of me that is not of the gods. the dead man ankh-af-na-khonsu saith with his voice of truth and calm: oh thou that has a single arm! o thou that glitterest in the moon! i weave thee in the spinning

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first five books of the holy law: it is written- b'rashith ba ra alohim ath hashamaim vaath haaretz, or in aramaic script bet-resh-aleph-shin-yod-taw bet-resh-aleph aleph-lamed-heh-yod-memfinal aleph-taw heh-shin-mem-yod-memfinal vau-aleph-taw heh-aleph-resh-tzaddifinal such are the seven words which constitute the beginnings or heads of one law; and i propose to show, by applying to the text the keys of the qabalah, that not merely the surface meaning is contained therein. in the beginning, created, god, the essence of the heavens, and the essence, of the earth. in the beginning .god. in wisdom :created:the elohim :the essence<<1>:of the heavens in the head<<2 .the holy gods. and the essence:of the earth<<1: aleph-taw= the first and last- alpha and omega- aleph and tau<<2 "i.e" the white

ve because of its diffusiveness and dispersion. in the second figure we behold their concentration: focalisation: producing by their joint action the number of manifestation- 4. in the worlds- assiah: in the taro, the princess- the throne of the spirit: in the tetragram, the he final, and in symbolic language- the daughter: in the cycle of life (birth, life, death, resurrection, the forth; in the keys of the book universal, the empress, kappa-omicron-rho-eta kappa-omicron-sigma-mu-omicron-upsilon, the virgin of the world, venus, aphrodite: centrum in trigonis centri- by whatsoever of a myriad names we call her, still the same in spirit, the same in number and in form! and this number is herein formulated by the concentration of the three in one. 3+ 1= 4. now in this figure ii. we behold si

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facing it, and exalt thy mind unto its glory, imagine it as encompassing thee and entering into thy inmost being, and say] i am the resurrection and the life. he that believeth on me, though he were dead, yet shall he live again: and whosoever liveth and believeth on me shall never die! i am the first and the last, i am he that liveth but was dead, and behold i am alive for evermore, and hold the keys of hell and of death! for i know that my redeemer liveth; and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth. i am the way: the truth and the life: no man cometh unto the father but by me. i am purified: i have passed through the gates of darkness unto light! i have fought upon earth for good: i have finished my work: i have entered into the invisible! i am the sun in his rising: i have

s eyes as flaming fire. his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters. and he had in his right hand seven stars, and out of his mouth went the sword of flame, and his countenance was as the sun in its strength "chief adept" i am the first and i am the last, i am he that liveth but was dead, and behold i am alive for evermore, and hold the keys of hell and of death. 218 [the "second" and third adepts lead the aspirant into the vault; all kneel save the "chief adept" who, extending his arms, says] for i know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth. i am the way, the truth and the life, no man cometh unto the father but by me. i am the purified, i have passed through the gates of darkness unto

dalet as summing the supernals.15 horus hath the wand of osiris his father. osiris hath the wand of isis his mother. note especially mercury in virgo: the thoth-wand for isis. sun in leo: the osiris-wand for horus.16 venus in taurus: the isis-wand for osiris. all are thus linked with the higher. also we add mercury virgo sun leo venus taurus and obtain 231= 0+ 1+ 21= the sum of the numbers of the keys of the tarot. further, amoun_ the winged globe_ is again shown when isis and osiris are united. further, 5+ 9+ 14 (the bands on the wands= 28 power hb:chet hb:koph, for these are the total of the bands thereon. also the globe is light, the phoenix life, the lotus love (symbol of binary, the "prong" see dante. this prong points downwards. arms of typhon in 16th key) they also show the developm

ote: actually mathers probably did not translate the work. he makes reference to an old french copy in the library of the arsenal in paris and claims to have translated that into english, adding copious notes on hebrew and greek names. in fact, there is an english and a hebrew version in the british museum, a place mathers frequented. mathers also claimed to have translated the greater and lesser keys of solomon, and the manuscripts he cites are in the british museum, in elizabethan english! power to operate and pursue the operation; and a sick man can neither be clean and pure, nor enjoy solitude; and in such a case it is better to cease."33 the true and best time of commencing this operation is the first day after the celebration of the feasts of easter at about the time of the vernal eq

yet through them "waved" a thrill of an intenser invisible light in a direction perpendicular to the tangents. i asked to go yet further back and behold! i am floating on my back__cast down! in a wind of light flashing down upon me from the immeasurable above (this light is of a blueish silver tinge) and i saw that face, lost above me in the height inscrutable: a face of absolute 47 the enochian keys of dr. dee. beauty. and i saw as it were a lamb slain in the glamour of those eyes. thus was i made pure: for there, what impunity could live? i was told that not many had been so far back: none further: those who "could" go farther would not, since that would have reabsorbed them into the beginning, and that must not be to him who hath sworn to uplift the standard of sacrifice and sorrow, wh

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to seal thy will? to cast thy lot into the lap of god? then, well! olympas. ay, there is no more potent spell. through life, through death, by land and sea most surely will i follow thee. marsyas. follow thyself, not me. thou hast an holy guardian angel, bound to lead thee from thy bitter waste 38 to the inscrutable profound that is his covenanted ground. olympas. thou who hast known these master-keys of all creation's mysteries, tell me, what followed the great gust of god that blew his world to dust? marsyas. i, even i the man, became as a great sword of flashing flame. my life, informed with holiness, conscious of its own loveliness, like a well that overflows at the limit of the snows, sent its crystal stream to gladden the hearts of me, their lives to madden with the intoxicating blis

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ble" formula for physical astral projection. first project with enterer sign; simulacrum answers with harpocrates sign.188 then as soon as enterer sign weakens change consciousness as for astral visions. after which attack body from simulacrum 181 p. at various times used the "invocation of the bornless one" as given in "the goetia; also the pentagram rituals in liber o. 182 the first six angelic keys of dr. dee. 183 the explanation of the 5= 6 ritual. see chapter "the adept" 184 the colour of chokmah. 185 see plate vi "the kabbalah unveiled" s. l. mathers. 186 it is to be noted that this vision is of a fiery nature, and that it was experienced shortly after meditating upon tejas-apas. 187 very similar to the older form of "temperance" in taro. 188 see liber o, the equinox, vol. i, no. 2;

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l other souls. he has to find god in his own heart and in every form of life. then, as an initiate, he arrives at omniscience or all-knowledge, and the halls of learning and of wisdom render up to him their secrets. he becomes a christ, a knower of all things, knowing what is in the heart of the father and in the hearts of men. finally, he can eventually achieve omnipotence or all-power, when the keys of heaven will be handed to the son of man and all power will be his. 50. by a passionless attitude towards this attainment and towards all soul-powers, the one who is free from the seeds of bondage, attains the condition of isolated unity. the isolated unity referred to here is that of complete separation from all form aspects and the achievement of spiritual oneness. it is aloofness from th

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human creatures, conceive of the state of consciousness of those who have freed themselves from the illusions of the astral plane or realise the state of awareness of those forms- 351- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust of life which have not yet developed astral consciousness? it is the dual nature of the mind which causes this illusion, for the mind of man presents to him the keys of the kingdom of heaven or locks upon him the door of entrance into the world of spiritual realities. it is the concretising unprincipled mind which brings about all the troubles of humanity. it is the sense of i-ness and the spirit of separative individuality which has brought humanity to its present condition, and yet even that is a part of the great developing process. it is the conscious

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

tise on the seven rays- volume i: esoteric psychology i copyright 1998 lucis trust counsel of his thought. nought is revealed. his power is felt. the sons of men, reacting to his power, send to the utmost bounds of light a question: why this blind power? why death? why this decay of forms? why the negation of the power to hold? why death, oh mighty son of god? faintly the answer comes: i hold the keys of life and death. i bind and loose again. i, the destroyer, am. this ray lord is not yet in full expression, except as he causes destruction and brings cycles to an end. the monads of power are much fewer in number than any others. egos upon the power ray are relatively not so few. they are characterised by a dynamic will, and their power within the human family works out as the force of des

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cis trust june 1933 i would say to you, my brother, that the instructions which i last gave to you still carry for you the needed teaching a teaching which, if followed, will lead to realisation. i have today but little to add. will you again and with a lighted heart read what i there have said? your progress on the way and your power to take the kingdom of heaven by violence is very real and the keys of the entrance lie within your grasp. but this power itself carries with it its own problem and its own solution. only one vital thing stands in the way of a life of utter usefulness and that is the sixth ray quality of your personality. it is, as you know, the ray of devotion, of a fanatical idealism, of undue emphasis and this ray, when conditioning the personality, is apt to cause much tr

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ponse from the hierarchy. it is also my hope that students will do something of major importance to aid in bringing forth the light upon the processes of death which humanity is today demanding. on death excerpts from other writings "why this blind power? why death? why this decay of forms? why the negation of the power to hold? why death, o mighty son of god" faintly the answer comes "i hold the keys of life. i bind and loose again. i the destroyer am. a treatise on the seven rays, vol. i, page 63. the intent of the lord of the first ray is to stand behind the other divine aspects, and when they have achieved their purpose, to shatter the forms they have built. he is the controller of the death drama in all kingdoms a destruction of forms which brings about release of power and permits "e

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, and there i work. 3rd month. in spiritual being i stand upon the way. it is the way of men. i am. i neither think nor dream, but work. 4th month. with my brothers i dwell within the ashram. i issue forth and carry out the plan as best i can. 5th month. let love stream out today from out my eyes, my hands, my feet, because my heart beats with the love of god. 6th month. within my hand i hold the keys of life. i unlock the door for others and they pass through yet see me not. 7th month. as i am strength and power and love and understanding, i bring these gifts into the haven of my work. thus strength goes forth to others and love to all i meet, and to these gifts i add an understanding heart. 8th month. the cry goes out for workers. i answer, master of my life, and stand within the ranks o

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onstrate the qualities of his ray and to prove of gradually increasing importance to his group, he will be prepared through tests, through trials, and through temptations for those final stages in development which will put into his power: the knowledge of certain laws governing matter and form- 4- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust the keys of the mysteries connected with energy, with polarity, and with group relation. certain words of power which will give him control over the elemental forces of nature. insight into the planetary plans. upon these i need not enlarge, nor need i take up with you here the subject of initiation (discipleship in the new age, volumes i and ii. the first work to be done is the stimulating of aspiran

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into form life, and the other into spiritual life; one opening the door into the mass form of the human family, and the other into the universal state of consciousness, which is the kingdom of spirit. one marks the beginning of human experience on the physical plane, the other marks its climax. one signifies potentiality, and the other consummation. we are told that christ gave to saint peter the keys of heaven and earth; he gave to him, therefore, the keys of these two gates. we read "jesus gives to peter. the keys to the two principal gates of the zodiac, which are the two solsticial points, the zodiacal signs cancer and capricorn, called the gates of the sun. through cancer, or the 'gate of man, the soul descends upon earth (to unite with the body, which is its spiritual death. through

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testament may indeed be, to some extent, the link which binds together thousands of christians, for jesus the christ founded his doctrine upon a jewish people, but the interminable list of christian sects of to-day have almost all taken their rise from the assertion of a right of personal interpretation of the bible, which might have remained debarred to the generality by the confession that the keys of interpretation were lost, or at least missing, and that without their assistance error of a vital character was inevitable. the vast accumulation of varying interpretations of the bible, although a folly, yet sinks into insignificance as an incident of importance, before the collateral truth that the followers of each of the hundreds of sects have arrogated to themselves, not only the righ

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nd proud in our freedom. be with us as we depart. all say: hail lucifer! hail satan (if you have offering offer it now however you chose, give thanks and pay homage to lucifer. a homage of lust may now begin at this time and the energies of the ritual may be directed toward a specific intention if so desiricbasil valentine twelve keys copyright c seo-ebooks http//stores.ebay.com/seo-ebooks twelve keys of basil valentine 2 of 95 twelve keys of basil valentine this edition copyright 2006 seo vebooks editing, corrections, translations copyright 2006 seo vebooks all rights to the original material, textual typesetting, format and visual layout and arrangement are expressly restricted and reserved. no part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or

or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. for information address: seo vebooks http//stores.ebay.com/seo vebooks all rights reserved. this product is for personal use only and not for resale. copyright violations will be prosecuted by law. toutes les droites sont reserves. tutti i diritti riservati. todos les derechos reservados. twelve keys of basil valentine 3 of 95 the preface of basilius valentinus, the benedictine concerning the great stone of the ancient sages. when i had emptied to the dregs the cup of human suffering, i was led to consider the wretchedness of this world, and the fearful consequences of our first parents disobedience. then i saw that there was no hope of repentance for mankind, that they were getting worse

evote myself to the service of god. when i had spent some years at the monastery, i found that after i had performed my work and my daily devotions i still had some time on my hands. this i did not wish to pass in idleness, lest my evil thoughts should lead me into new sins; and so i determined to use it for the study and investigation of those natural secrets by which god has shadowed out twelve keys of basil valentine 4 of 95 eternal things. so i read a great many books in our monastery written in olden times by philosophers who had pursued the same study, and was thereby stimulated to a more ardent desire of knowing that which they also knew. though i did not make much progress at first, yet at last god granted my earnest prayer, and opened my eyes that i might see what others had seen

to do him the slightest good, and after six years i found that i had tried every possible vegetable substance, without any beneficial effect. at last i determined to devote myself to the study of the powers and virtues which god has laid into metals and minerals and the more i searched the more i found. one discovery led to another, and, after god had permitted unto me many experiments, i twelve keys of basil valentine 5 of 95 understood clearly the nature and properties, and the secret potency, imparted by god to minerals and metals. among the mineral substances i found one which exhibited many colours, and proved to be of the greatest efficacy in art. the spiritual essence of this substance i extracted, and therewith restored our sick brother, in a few days, to perfect health. for the s

the stone of the ancients, that you, too, might possess the knowledge of this highest of earthly treasures for your health and comfort in this valley of sorrow. i write about it, not for my own good, but for that of posterity, and though my words be few and simple, that which they import is of immeasurable magnitude. ponder them well, that you also may find the rock which is the foundation twelve keys of basil valentine 6 of 95 stone of truth, the temporal blessing, and the eternal reward. twelve keys of basil valentine 7 of 95 the tract of basilius valentinus, the benedictine, concerning the great stone of the ancient sages. in the preface, gentle reader, and zealous student of this art, i promised to communicate to you a knowledge of our corner stone, or rock, of the process by which it

up to you the spring of all blessings even unto the fountain head. i propose to set forth what i have to say in a few simple, straightforward words, for i am no adept in the art of multiplying words; nor do i think that exuberance of language tends to clearness; on the contrary, i am convinced that it is many words that darken council. let me tell you, then, that although many are engaged twelve keys of basil valentine 8 of 95 in the search after this stone, it is nevertheless found but by very few. for god never intended that it should become generally known. it is rather to be regarded as a gift which he reserves for those favoured few, who love the truth, and hate falsehood, who study our art earnestly by day and by night, and whose hearts are set upon god with an unfeigned affection

he needy. then god will bless your labour, and reward your search with success, and yourself with a seat in heaven as the fruit of your faith. do not despise the truthful writings of those who possessed the stone before us. for, after the enlightening grace of god, it is from them that i received my knowledge. let your study of them be increased and repeated often, lest you lose the thread twelve keys of basil valentine 9 of 95 of insight, and the lamp of understanding be extinguished. give yourself wholly to study, and be not flighty or doubleminded. let your mind be like a firm rock, in which all the various sayings of the sages are reduced to the unity of their common meaning. for a man who is easily influenced in different directions is not likely to find the right path. as our most an

ur stone as the vegetable stone. but that name was suggested to them by the fact that it grows and increases in size, like a plant. know also that animals only multiply after their kind, and within their own species. hence our stone can only be prepared out of its own seed, from which it was taken in the beginning; and hence also you will perceive that the soul of an animal must not be the twelve keys of basil valentine 10 of 95 subject of this investigation. animals are a class by themselves; nor can anything ever be obtained from them that is not animal in its nature. but our stone, as it has been bequeathed to me by the ancients, is derived from two things, and one thing, in which is concealed a third thing. this is the purest truth, and a most faithful saying. for male and female have

the dangerous pit prepared by the common enemy of man. but whence are you to obtain this seed? this question you may most easily answer by asking yourself another question. what do you want to develop from this seed, and what use do you wish to make of it? there can be no doubt, then that it must be the root, or first substance, of metals, from which all metals derive their origin. it is, twelve keys of basil valentine 11 of 95 therefore, necessary that we should now proceed to speak of the generation of the metals. in the beginning, when the spirit of god moved upon the face of the waters, and as yet all was involved in darkness, almighty and eternal god, whose beginning and wisdom are from everlasting, by his inscrutable counsel created heaven and earth, and all that in them is, both vi

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dpoint; but in the meaning attached to them in trans- himalayan esotericism they are correct. in every case the writer takes any blame upon herself. having never claimed personal infallibility, that which is given on her own authority may leave much to be desired, in the very abstruse cases where too deep metaphysics is involved. the teaching is offered as it is understood; and as there are seven keys of interpretation to every symbol and allegory, that which may not fit a meaning, say from the psychological or astronomical aspect, will be found quite correct from the physical or metaphysical[[vol. 2, page] 23 the action of the great breath. reckoned according to the enumeration devised later by people who had forgotten, or who had an inadequate notion of, the real mysteries, and included

the heroes of various conflicting and contradictory legends about them, gathered from pagan sources. the coluber tortuosus "the tortuous snake" a qualification said to have originated with the jews, had quite another meaning before the roman church distorted it- among others, a purely astronomical meaning. the "serpent" fallen from on high "deorsum fluens" was credited with the possession of the keys of the empire of the dead[[tou thanatus arche] to that day, when jesus saw it "falling like lightning from heaven (luke x. 17, 18, the roman catholic interpretation of cadebat ut fulgur to the contrary, notwithstanding; and it means indeed that even "the devils are subject" to the logos- who is wisdom, but who, as the opponent of ignorance, is satan or lucifer at the same time. this remark re

of the growth, development, social, and even political life of the lemurians, have been preserved in the[[footnote(s "history of english literature" p. 23* quoted in "atlantis" etc, p. 132[[vol. 2, page] 335 how to read symbols. secret annals. unfortunately, few are those who can read them; and those who could would still be unable to understand the language, unless acquainted with all the seven keys of its symbolism. for the comprehension of the occult doctrine is based on that of the seven sciences; which sciences find their expression in the seven different applications of the secret records to the exoteric texts. thus we have to deal with modes of thought on seven entirely different planes of ideality. every text relates to, and has to be rendered from, one of the following standpoint

gels. as the matter stands now, however, one has to trace revelation, event by event, to other and far older visions. for the better comprehension of the apocalyptic allegories and of the esoteric epos we ask the reader to turn to revelation, and to read chapter xii, from verse 1 to verse 7. this has several meanings, most of which have been found out with regard to the astronomical and numerical keys of this universal myth. that which may be given now, is a fragment, a few hints as to its secret meaning, as embodying the record of a real war, the struggle between the initiates of the two schools. many and various are the still existing allegories built on that same foundation stone. the true narrative, that which gives the full esoteric meaning, is in the secret books, but the writer has

jective, he had[[footnote(s* so does every yogi and even christian: one must take the kingdom of heaven by violence- we are taught. why should such a desire make of any one a devil[[vol. 2, page] 517 baresma, the divine twig. dishonoured the great truth for ever. therefore, we can give it only from its philosophical and intellectual planes, unlocked with three keys respectively- for the last four keys of the seven that throw wide open the portals to the mysteries of nature are in the hands of the highest initiates, and cannot be divulged to the masses at large- not in this, our century, at any rate. the dead letter is everywhere the same. the dualism in the mazdean religion, was born from exoteric interpretation. the holy "airyaman "the bestower of weal" invoked in the prayer called airyam

souls (our "principles) are often mentioned in the egyptian texts. the moon god, taht- esmun, or the later sun god, expressed the seven nature-powers that were prior to himself, and were summed up in him as his seven souls (we say "principles. the seven stars in the hand of christ in the revelation, have the same significance" etc. and a still greater one, as these stars represent also the seven keys of the seven churches or the sodalian mysteries, cabalistically. however, we will not stop to discuss, but add that other egyptologists have also found out that the septenary constitution of man was a cardinal doctrine with the old egyptians. in a series of remarkable articles in the "sphinx (munich) herr franz lambert gives incontrovertible proof of his conclusions from the "book of the dead

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entacles material trouble mercury taurus 49 6 of pentacles material success moon taurus 50 7 of pentacles success unfulfilled saturn taurus 51 8 of swords shortened force jupiter gemini 52 9 of swords despair and cruelty mars gemini 53 10 of swords ruin sun gemini 54 2 of cups love venus cancer 55 3 of cups abundance mercury cancer 56 4 of cups blended pleasure moon cancer no. card the twenty-two keys of the book letter attribution 57 the foolish man the spirit of gr:alpha-iota-theta-eta-rho aleph air 58 the magician the magus of power bet mercury book t page 2 of 26 http//www.private.org.il/gd/book-t.html 13/10/2002 such are the titles of the abodes or atouts of thooth; of the mansions of the house of my father. the descriptions of the seventy-eight symbols of this book "t" in a circle, c

BUCKLAND RAYMOND COMPLETE BOOK OF WITCHCRAFT

ve also seen some very creative talismans. for instance: engraved on a silver dollar or half-dollar, when silver was called for; on a copper penny or even on a flattened copper kitchen measuring-spoon, when copper was called for. having chosen your metal, what should you inscribe on it? there are many talismanic designs shown in occult books, taken from such old grimoires asthe greater and lesser keys of solomon, the black pullet, le dragon rouge and similar. but just copying these designs, without knowing their meanings or significance, and without personalizing them, is completely useless. you need to work specifically for yourself and specifically for your problem. the most common form a talisman takes is a metal disc worn on a chain as a pendant. on one side of the disc you place the p

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77 guido bonatti: decem continens tractatus astronomiae(astrological compilation. 1279-1340 jedidah ben abraham bedersi ha penini.behinat olam. 1279-1348 abner de burgos(alfonso de valladolid) spanish christian cabalist; divine names. 1280 abulafia's preaching to christians in italy. joachimist-influenced kabbalah absorbed to some degree by beguin/franciscan church of philadelphia that holds "the keys of david: a joachimist/qblhist exegesis of scripture. 1280 ramon martin: pugio fidei discusses the tetragrammaton christologically, discusses how name science and sefirotic science support the notion of the trinity, and calls the messiah by the hebrew letter yod. uses the word cabala by name and mentions his predecessor petras alphonsi. 1280? sefer ha-zohar written by moses de le n but attrib

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our endless journey of experience, that spark, that pure love, has to surround itself with an outer shell that resonates with the frequency range it wishes to experience. without that, it could not interact with that "world" because it would be too far away on the dial. if my consciousness did not surround itself with a physical body on the same frequency range as this "world" i could not tap the keys of this computer. my consciousness would pass straight through them. for this reason, our inner spark of pure love has taken on a vast number of outer "bodies" to interact with and experience all densities down the scale. we are, therefore, like a series of russian dolls, one inside the other, all vibrating at different speeds. and all, except that spark of love that interpenetrates all exist

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hool symbolism, as is the corner stone associated with jesus and stillused in freemasonic symbolism today. peter is supposed to be the custodian of the keysto heaven, but this is just a rerun of the mystery school symbol of the two-faced janus,custodian of the key to the temple of wisdom and the keys to heaven held by mithra.and janus was eannus, a title for nimrod in babylon. the gold and silver keys of stpeters alleged successor, the pope, are more symbols of the secret doctrine. the popesand those who control them know what all this stuff really means. gold and silver are theprecious metals used to symbolise the sun and the moon. peter and paul are both said to109have been killed in rome during the purge of christians by the emperor nero, but thereis no evidence to confirm this because

uniform because they arecontrolled by the freemasons and the templars. the skull and bones is symbolic, inpart, of the black magic rituals the brotherhood have employed since their very earliestdays and these same sickening rituals, often involving human sacrifice, are still goingon today. if you look at the v atican or papal crest, you will see that the dome of stpeters basilica and the crossed keys of peter also form the same skull and crossbones.theyre all in it together. this theme could well be the reason that the piso family in thegospel stories said the location of the crucifixion of jesus, was a place calledgolgotha, meaning: the place of the skull. another babylonian brotherhoodorganisation is the appropriately named skull and bones society based across the roadfrom the campus of

whole of the physical world, is a hologram- beams of lightcolliding to create the appearance of three-dimensional form. it is like throwingstones into a pond and watching the waves collide and create patterns. two scientistsin the united states, terrance and dennis mckenna, suggest that the universe is ahologram of 64 waves or time scales and this is why we have the 64 hexagrams ofthe 1-ching, 64 keys of the tree of life, and the 64 codons of the dna. theircomputer analysis suggests that all 64 of these waves are going to peak together in2012. this is going to make the next few years a period of staggering change. themckennas say that the speed of change has gone on doubling in a smaller and477smaller time frame, manifesting as the leaps in technological development in thiscentury. project

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s, that each year i will bring unto him a human soul to do with as as it may please him, and in return lucifuge promises to bestow upon me the treasures of the earth and fulfil my every desire for the length of my natural life. if i fail to bring him each year the offering specified above, then my own soul shall be forfeit to him. signed. invocant signs pact with his own blood" page civ 'the lost keys of freemasonry' by manly palmer hall 33 "when the mason learns that the key to the warrior on the block is the proper application of the dynamo of living power, he has learned the mystery of his craft. the seething energies of lucifer are in his hands and before he may step onward and upward, he must prove his ability to properly apply this energy" page 48 'the secret doctrine' by helena petr

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tt, author of the magus, a classic on the subject of ceremonial magic, and eliphas levi, author of numerous books on the cabala. this was followed a century later by another occult order, known as the golden dawn, of which the magician aleister crowley was a member. the golden dawn, like the earlier rosicrucian brotherhood, explored the study of the jewish cabala, egyptian magic, and the enochian keys of dr. john dee. the cabala is a system of hebrew mysticism which identifies ten sephiroth, or emanations of god in graduated order from pure spirit to the course material world. even the shells or husks (evil spirits) are manifestations of god s power. in jewish belief, god is infinite and therefore beyond description. yahweh, according to the cabalist, is not the name of god but the phoneti

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ever could be joyful do threaten us. o prince satan, father of all the wicked and ungodly and renegades wherefore wouldest thou do this? they that from the beginning until now have despaired of life and salvation-now is none of their wonted roarings heard, neither doth any groan from them sound in our ears, nor is there any sign of tears upon the face of any of them. o prince satan, holder of the keys of hell, those thy riches which thou hadst gained by the tree of transgression and the losing of paradise, thou hast lost by the tree of the cross, and all thy gladness hath perished- gospel of nicodemus vii (xxiii) here beelzebub is the tester and accuser of christ, he by having him in myth crucified acted as his initiator and teacher, he tested christ by word and prose and christ proved a p

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however, in order to render some of the concepts intelligible, but those who are rightfully in possession of its keys need have no fear that these keys will be revealed to the uninitiated in these pages, for i am quite alive to the consequences of so doing. 13. if, from the information here given, and as a result of pursuing the methods described herein, anyone is able to work out for himself the keys of the practical qabalah, as he well may, can any dispute that he is entitled to them? 14. the tree is enormously valuable as a meditation glyph, quite apart from its use in magic. by meditation such as i have described in my account of my own experiences on the thirty-second path, it is possible to equilibrate the warring elements in one's own nature and bring them into harmonious balance. i

means. it most emphatically does not mean the orgies in the temples of aphrodite that disgraced the decadence of the pagan faiths of the ancients and brought about their downfall; it means that everything rests upon the principle of the stimulation of the inert yet all-potential by the dynamic principle which derives its energy direct from the source of all energy. in this concept lie tremendous keys of knowledge; it is one of the most important points in the mysteries. it is obvious that sex represents one aspect of this factor; it is equally obvious that there are many othet applications of it which are not mystical qabala page 101 sexual. we must not allow any preconceived concept of what constitutes sex, or a conventional attitude towards this great and vital subject, to frighten us a

hich these magical images are but the shadows and symbolic representations. he then becomes a master in mystical qabala page 112 the treasure-house of images instead of being hallucinated by them. he can use the images as a mathematician uses algebraic symbols. he works magic as an initiated adept and not as a magician. 12. the mystic functioning in the christ-centre of tiphareth, if he lacks the keys of chesed, will also be hallucinated, but in a different and more subtle way. upon this level he will read the magical images truly enough, referring them to that which they represent and giving them no values save as tokens, as st theresa has so clearly shown in her interior castle. he will fall into the error, however, of thinking that the images he perceives and the experiences he undergoe

rong; the result, in inexperienced hands, is chaos. 20. all psychics and sensitives are conscious of the set of these cosmic tides, and even those who are not avowedly sensitive are affected by them far more than is generally realised, especially in illness when the physical energies are low. mystical qabala page 178 21. not a great deal can be said concerning yesod, because in her are hidden the keys of the magical workings. we must therefore content ourselves with elucidating the symbolism in a somewhat cryptic form, though he that hath ears to hear is at liberty to use them. 22. we have already noted the curious two-sided nature of netzach and hod, the magical image of hod being a hermaphrodite, and venus-aphrodite sometimes being represented among the ancients as bearded. in yesod agai

practicable in our modern civilisation. 48 the best magical weapon is the magus himself, and all other contrivances are but a means to an end, the end being that exaltation and concentration of consciousness which makes a magus of an ordinary man "know ye not that ye are the temple of the living god" said a great one. if we know how to use the symbolic furniture of this living temple, we have the keys of heaven in our hands. 49. the key to this use is given in the microcosmic attributions of the tree. interpreting these in terms of function, and function in terms of spiritual principles, we can unlock the door of the storehouse of force. the best and most complete manifestation of the power of god is through the energised enthusiasm of the trained and dedicated man. we would be wiser if we

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, quae superius sitcut quaee superius, ad perpetranda miracula rei unius. sol ejus pater est, luna mater et ventus hanc gestavit in utero suo, ascendit a terra ad coelum et rursus a coelo in terram descendit. exorciso te, creatura aquae, ut sis mihi speculum dei vivi in operibus ejus, et fons vitae, et ablutio pecatorum. amen. 7 prayer of the undines terrible king of the sea! thou who boldest the keys of the cataracts of heaven, and who enclosest the subterranean waters in the hollow places of the earth! king of the deluge and of rains, of springtime! thou who openest the sources of streams and fountains! thou who commandest the moisture (which is like the blood of the earth) to become the sap of plants! we adore and invoke thee! speak to us, ye moving and changeable creatures! speak to us

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us actions, and the ritual format partook largely of the nature of religious observances. it was not, as generally supposed, a reversed christianity or judaism, though it departed radically from orthodox christianity; nor did it partake of the profanation of religious ritual. it was in effect an attempt to derive power from god for the successful control of evil spirits. even in the grimoires and keys of black magic, the operator was constantly reminded that he or she must meditate continually on the undertaking at hand and center every hope in the infinite goodness of the great adonai. the god invoked in black magic was not satan but the jehovah of the jews and the trinity of the christians. the foundation of practical magic was the belief in the power of divine words to compel the obedie

end of the nineteenth century. masonry supplied the organizational model not only for rosicrucianism, but for ceremonial magic groups such as the hermetic order of the golden dawn and the ordo templi orientis. sources: coil, henry. coil s masonic encyclopedia. richmond, va: macoy publishing, 1961. freemasonry through six centuries. 2 vols. richmond, va: macoy publishing, 1961. hall, manly p. lost keys of freemasonry. richmond, va: macoy publishing, 1923. haywood, h. i. the newly made mason. richmond, va: macoy publishing, 1948. knight, g. norman, and f. smyth. the pocket history of freemasonry. london: fred k. muller, 1977. knight, stephen. the brotherhood: the secret world of the freemasons. new york: stein& day, 1984. mackey, albert g. mackey s revised encyclopedia of freemasonry. richmo

awaken. to assist the process of awakening, the order provides the wisdom of the qabala (also spelled kabbalah or qabalah, ceremonial magic, and esoteric psychology. it also draws on eastern teachings, especially tantra. to follow the path and become an awakened self requires an act of will on the part of the individual. once the individual begins the path, members of the order begin to share the keys of wisdom which were given to the three founders of the order in the early 1960s. individual members work alone in developing their magical skills and report back to the other members. the order confers no grades and extracts no dues. in the 1970s, two order members, frater damon and soror ishtaria, were among the first to receive the information developed in england by jim lees, jake stratto

ritions of the virgin mary are a related phenomenon in which a holy figure does not require the material support of an image for manifestation but appears with independent life. even in modern times, there are claims of moving statues of the virgin mary, notably at the village of ballinspittle, in ireland. ideoplasm encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 778 sources: abbott, john. the keys of power: a study of indian ritual and belief. london: methuen, 1932. reprint, new hyde park, n.y: university books, 1974. bevan, edwyn robert. holy images; an inquiry into idolatry and image.worship in ancient paganism and in christianity. london: george allen, 1940. breasted, j. h. religion and thought in ancient egypt. london: hodder& stoughton, 1912. graves, kersey. the world s sixteen cr

na and embodying more the mystical realm than parapsychological. in this connection, a central institute for kundalini research was established at srinagar, kashmir, although it became inactive following the gopi krishna s death in 1984. the influence of the mysticism and gurus from india have been a strong influence in america for decades, particularly since the 1950s. sources: abbott, john. the keys of power: a study of indian ritual and belief. london, 1932. reprint, new hyde park, n.y: university books, 1974. atreya, b. l. an introduction to parapsychology. banaras, india: international standard publications, 1957. berger, arthur s, and joyce berger. the encyclopedia of parapsychology and psychical research. new york: paragon house, 1991. encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th

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off into a luminous cloud. to the touch the hand was sometimes icy cold and dead, at other times warm and lifelike. crookes said he saw a luminous cloud hover over a heliotrope, break a sprig off and carry it to a lady; he also claimed to have seen a finger and thumb pick petals from a flower in home s buttonhole and lay them in front of several persons sitting near him. phantom hands playing the keys of an accordion floating in the air were frequently seen. once in the full light of day in hall s drawing room, with d. d. home s feet and hands in full view the entire time, william howitt, s. carter hall, and emma hardinge britten claimed they saw 20 pairs of hands form and remain visible and active for about an hour. one evening, wrote john ashburner of his experiences with the medium char

the third vision would end the many speculations concerning its content. sources: alonso, joaquin maria. the secret of fatima: fact and legend. cambridge, mass: ravengate press, 1979. culligan, emmet. the 1960 fatima secret. rockford, ill: tan books and publishers, 1967. francois de marie de anges, frere. tragedy and triumph. buffalo, n.y: immaculate heart publications, 1994. martin, malachi. the keys of this blood. new york: simon and schuster, 1990. the message of fatima. http//www.cesnur.org. june 28, 2000. simpson, victor l. vatican reveals third secret told at fatima. detroit news (may 14, 2000: 11a. stanford, ray. fatima prophecy: days of darkness/promise of light. austin, tex: association for the understanding of man, 1974. secret tradition since the medieval period, students of occ

s divinatory use of letters is still known in eastern countries. the muslims had a divining table that they said was invented by the prophet edris or enoch. it was divided into a hundred little squares, each of which contained a letter of the arabic alphabet. the person who consulted it repeated three times the opening chapter of the qur an, and the 57th verse of the 6th chapter: with him are the keys of the secret things; none knoweth them but him; he knoweth whatever is on the dry ground, or in the sea: there falleth no leaf but he knoweth it; neither is there a single grain in the dark parts of the earth, nor a green thing, nor a dry thing, but it is written in a perspicuous book. having concluded this recitation, he averted his head from the table and placed his finger upon it; he then

evelopment of new social skills. in modern wicca, the emphasis is placed upon positive spells, but there is a place for curses and negative spells. admonitions surround the use of such spells. some pagan priestesses speak of a threefold law of return. if one seeks out a spell, and if that spell does not take, it will rebound upon the one who sent it with a triple force. sources: abbott, john. the keys of power: a study of indian ritual and belief. london: methuen, 1932. reprint, new hyde park, n.y: university books, 1974. aima. ritual book of herbal spell. los angeles: hermetic science center, 1970. budge, e. a. wallis. egyptian magic. london: kegan paul, 1899. spells encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 1454 campbell, j. g. witchcraft and second sight in scottish highlands a

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l creation the hardened shell around the cosmic egg of light (arvey, 1994. metatronic energy is transmitted once a week to the earth, and seekers can gain access to it if they are attuned to the proper frequency. much of the information metatron sends is of a densely technical nature. a good part of the channeled material comes through james j. hurtak, who records it in the book of knowledge: the keys of enoch (1982. hurtak, however, is far from the only metatron channeler. the most famous communicant with metatron is the rock guitarist carlos santana. santana claims that metatron was responsible for the restoration of his career in 1999 and 2000. during a meditation session metatron told him, we want to hook you back to the radio-airwave frequency and to reconnect the molecules to the lig

, 1994. metatron. http//www.spiritweb. org/spirit/metatron-arvey.html. davidson, gustav, 1967. a dictionary of angels.new york: free press. gates, david, and devin gordon, 2000. smooth as santana. newsweek (february 14: 66 67. gilmore, robert and laurie, eds, n.d. the ascension is life lived from joy. http//www.nitehawk. com/daydove/25metatr.html. hurtak, james j, 1982. the book of knowledge: the keys of enoch. los gatos, ca: academy for future science. stone, joshua david, 1994. the complete ascension manual. sedona, az: light technology publishing. michael in two books, chelsea quinn yarbro chronicled the channeling experiences of a young san francisco area woman given the name jessica lansing. yarbro wrote that in 1970, as jessica and her husband, walter (also a pseudonym, played with a

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the disciplines of the mystical qabalah are distinct from those practiced by magicians, wizards, and sorcerers who seek to acquire creative and/or destructive power, depending on what paths they traverse on the tree of life. the occult disciplines of wizards and magicians are often called the practical, hermetic, or magical qabalah. practical qabalah has its ancient roots in the thirteen enochian keys of enoch son of qain, along with a highly eclectic admixture of material taken from egyptian, mesopotamian, and other non-hebrew sources. it is important 3' 8: h" 2: 2 2:e 8% not to confuse enoch son of qain with enoch son of yared. the former enoch was the grandson of adam and the son after whom qain was said to name a city.11 enoch son of yared was the great, great, great, great grandson of

an, and other non-hebrew sources. it is important 3' 8: h" 2: 2 2:e 8% not to confuse enoch son of qain with enoch son of yared. the former enoch was the grandson of adam and the son after whom qain was said to name a city.11 enoch son of yared was the great, great, great, great grandson of adam, and the one who walked with elohim and was transformed into metatron(]vruum).12 the thirteen enochian keys of enoch son of qain are reflected in such works as the book of the sacred magic of abramelin the mage, the greater and lesser keys of solomon, and medieval grimoires such as the armadel, goetia/lemegeton, etc.13 the primary text of the mystical qabalah that appears to occupy a central place of importance in the hermetic qabalah is the sefer yetzirah (book of formation. however, from what is

uely alluded to in torah b reshith 5:24, and related in detail in i enoch, the first of the two remaining books of enochian literature traced to the reign of sheba in ethiopia. i enoch was translated by r.h. charles in the late nineteenth century. in the qur an, metatron is referred to as al khidr. 13 s.l. macgregor mathers translated the sacred magic of abramelin the mage, the greater and lesser keys of solomon, and the grimoire of armadel. these books were drawn upon by both the golden dawn and ordo templis orientis for some of their rituals and experiments. aleister crowley incorporated material from them in his writings as well. mathers also brought attention to the sifra detzniyutha and the idra rabba with his english translation of knorr von rosenroth s latin translation of those tex

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he early centuries a.d, so did the old conjuring go back to the same period and the same type of sources. names of angels, names of god in hebrew, hebrew letters and signs, are a feature of gnostic magic in which pagan and jewish sources are inextricably mingled. this mingling continues in the later tradition. there are, for example, names of jewish angels in picatrix, and the authorship of some "keys of solomon" is ascribed to "picatrix".1 thus both the renaissance magia and its cabala could be regarded as reformed revivals of magics ultimately derivable from pagan and jewish gnosticism. moreover, the two theoretical contexts in which the two kinds of magic revive in the renaissance namely the hermetica and cabala are both gnostic in origin. the hermetica are collections of documents of p

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ame source? in his realisation of the cthulhu mythos, lovecraft also drew upon a wide range of sources from the historical occult tradition, and from the literary material pertaining to it. in his essay, supernatural horror in literature, he mentions academic works such as frazer s the golden bough, and margaret murray s the witch cult in western europe, as well as authentic grimoires such as the keys of solomon and dr. john dee s book of enoch, or liber logaeth. he had also read waite s collection of medieval texts, the book of black magic and pacts, macgregor mathers translation of the sacred magic of abra-melin the sage, and cotton mathers, wonders of the invisible world, which documents the witchcraft phenomena centred around salem in 1692. the titles of these volumes are echoed in tho

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the dynamo of living power, he has learned the mystery of his craft. the seething energies of lucifer are in his hands, and before he may step onward and upward, he must prove his ability to properly apply energy. he must follow in the footsteps of his forefather, tubal-cain, who with the mighty strength of the war god hammered his sword into a plowshare [manly p. hall, 33rd degree, k.t, the lost keys of freemasonry or the secret of hiram abiff, forward by reynold e. blight, 33rd degree, k.t, illustrations by j. augustus knapp, 32nd degree, macoy publishing and masonic supply company, inc, richmond, virginia, p. 48; emphasis added] once the mason learns to control his emotion and to apply the "dynamo of living power" the mason can be assured of being able to control the "seething energies

flames and who. will one day rise triumphant. this [belief] also relates to the raising of hiram abiff, the masonic 'christ" to prevent most people from associating the masonic eagle with the ancient phoenix, freemasons changed the phoenix to an eagle, and began to refer to it as an eagle. however, two masonic authors blow the lid off that change in symbolism. manly p. hall, in his book, the lost keys of freemasonry, states "these were the immortals to whom the term 'phoenix' was applied, and their symbol was the mysterious two-headed bird, now called an eagle, a familiar and little understood masonic emblem [p. 108; emphasis added] albert pike, in magnum opus, writes. the eagle was the living symbol of egyptian god mendes. and the representative of the sun [p. xviii] in one sentence, we s

e" or "perfect" in another book, george returns to this theme once again, this time blaspheming an important and familiar scripture, god's own words, to be exact. listen "be still- and know- that i am god. that i am god- the final recognition of the all in all, the unity of the self with the cosmos- the cognition of the divinity of the self [emphasis in the original; george h. steinmetz, the lost keys of freemasonry, richmond, virginia, macoy publishing and masonic supply company, 1923, p. 92] you have just witnessed a masonic author twist the words of god in exodus 3:14. how? he applied them to mankind. this blasphemy is an excellent example to show us why freemasonry has been so sensitive about any of its secrets ever becoming public knowledge. masons in every age knew that if the genera

t in jail. now you know why freemasonry insists that its initiates pledge that, if they divulge any of masonry's secrets, he would agree to having his throat slit and be disemboweled. if you think this blasphemy of saying that man can become god is unique to george steinmetz, listen to two more masonic authors. manly p. hall, another 33rd degree mason, writes "man is a god in the making [the lost keys of freemasonry, p. 92] masonic author, joseph fort newton, clearly and boldly states. to the profoundest insight of the human soul- that god becomes man that man may become god [the religion of freemasonry: an interpretation, macoy publishing and masonic supply company, 1969, p. 37] masonry acknowledges that freemasonry originated in the place where satan dwells! albert churchward, another ma

ation of good and evil [manly p. hall, 33 degree mason, the secret teachings of all ages, the philosophical research society press, p. lxxxviii] let us repeat this insight for you "the serpent is the symbol and prototype of the universal savior, who redeems the worlds" thank you very much for this insight, mr. hall; of course, we should not be surprised, for mr. hall told us in his book, the lost keys of freemasonry, that the properly prepared mason had the "seething energies of lucifer in his hands [p. 48] can you imagine such blasphemy? freemasons depict the universal savior of the world as the serpent. this boldly damning statement was never meant for public eyes, because this book was published as a secret book. now do you see why freemasonry insists that their initiates take a solemn

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or "to increase" the kalends of january at rome were sacred to janus and juno to whom sacrifices were offered. the etruscans also worshipped janus who was the god (or goddess) of the year. although this deity does not appear among the twelve gods it is said to be the parent of them all. it was represented as having two faces. upon one were the letters representing 365, and upon the other were the keys of life and death. according to bryant this deity was called junonius, from the goddess juno, whose name resolves itself into juneh, a dove. in the hebrew this name is identical with yoni or yuni--the female principle. on the coins of this god (which was subsequently regarded as male) is usually figured a boat, although a dove with an olive branch is sometimes observed.[133 [133] see faber, p

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light, the bull heat, the lion's grip is the attraction of the magnet, and the eagle's wings are types of the far-reaching flashes of the electric fluid. ezekiel's additional imagery of the wheel has supplied the enigma of the wheel of past ellus, intimately connected with the156themagical masontetrad of god; hisrota, the latin word for which is also torah, the hebrew 'law, and taro the mystical keys of the paths of yetzirah, and 22 trumps of the tarot cards, the lost book of the secrets of hermes trismegistus, as levi names it. but one book of hermes is with us still, the words of the 'emerald tablet' are still in our possession; it speaks of the great magical agent, or wonder-working creative god power 'its father is the sun, its mother is the moon, and the wind carried it in its belly

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he spread of the templar tradition throughout europe, the kabbalah began to attract a number of philosophers. so, in the fifteenth century, a current of humanism began that left an indelible mark on the european world of ideas. this connection between humanism and the kabbalah has been emphasized in several sources. one of these sources is the book of the famous author malachi martin entitled the keys of this blood. martin is professor of history at the vatican's pontifical bible institute. he says that the influence of the kabbalah can be clearly observed among the humanists: in this unaccustomed climate of uncertainty and challenge that came to mark early-renaissance italy, there arose a network of humanist associations with aspirations to escape the overall control of that established o

cause there is no other being to be glorified except god. humanity is merely his creation. today, masons proclaim mirandola's heretical idea of the worship of humanity much more openly. for example, in a local masonic booklet, it says: primitive societies were weak and, because of this weakness, they divinized the power and phenomena around them. but masonry divinizes only humanity.45 in the lost keys of freemasonry, manly p. hall explains that this masonic humanist doctrine goes back to ancient egypt: man is a god in the making, and as in the mystic myths of egypt, on the potter's wheel, he is being molded. when his light shines out to lift and preserve all things, he receives the triple crown of godhood, and joins that throng of master masons, who in their robe of blue and gold, are seek

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spiritual path. but remember, the world is a trap, a dialectic prison and hence indulgence(+1) or attachment and mortification(-1) or detachment are both actions and reactions and hence part of the prison we are caught in. faith and education one of the most important steps on the path is that of education or more correctly, re-education. when the gnostic begins to really study the bible with the keys of the mysteries a whole new understanding arises and this new understanding (gnosis) will change forever the way he looks at the world. study is hence a major part of the path of transfiguration and it leads to a whole new way of examining the world. this viewpoint is sometimes called faith but is better described as conviction. it is a worldview that grows out of the experience of the gnosi

GNOSTIC STUDIES THE GNOSTIC HANDBOOK II GNOSTIC THEURGY

the spiritual path. remember, the world is a trap, a dialectic prison, and accordingly, indulgence(+1) or asceticism and mortification(-1, are both actions and reactions and accordingly are aspects of the prison we are caught in. faith and education one of the most important steps on the path is that of education or more correctly, re-education. when the gnostic begins to study the bible with the keys of the mysteries, a whole new understanding will arise and will change the way he looks at the world forever. study is one of the major facets of the path of transfiguration, and it leads to a radically different way of examining the world. this viewpoint is sometimes called faith, but is better described as conviction. it is a worldview that grows out of the experience of the gnosis. an expe

GOLDEN DAWN INVOKING PENTAGRAM RITUAL OF WATER

the earth in robes of citrine, olive, russet, and black, holding stems of ripened wheat. say "on my left hand uriel (ur-ee-el (say "for about me flames the pentagram, and in the column shines the six-rayed star" give the adoration to the lord of the universe go to the west facing west give the practicus sign facing west recite the prayer of the undines: terrible king of the sea, thou who hast the keys of the cataracts of heaven, and who enclosest the subterranean waters in the cavernous hollows of earth. king of the deluge and of the rains of spring; thou who openest the sources of rivers and of fountains; thou who commandest moisture which is, as it were, the blood of the earth, to become the sap of plants. we adore thee and we invoke thee! speak thou unto us, thy mobile and changeful cre

GOLDEN DAWN PRAYERS OF THE ELEMENTALS

f the evening breeze to fly before thee! o spirit of spirits! o eternal soul of souls! o imperishable breath of life! o creative sigh! o mouth which breathest forth and withdrawest the life of all beings, in the flux and reflux of thine eternal word, which is the divine ocean of movement and of truth! amen. the prayer of the undines or water spirits. terrible king of the sea, thou who holdest the keys of the cataracts of heaven, and who enclosest the subterraean waters in the cavernous hollows of earth. king of the deluge and of the rains of spring. thou who openest the sources of the rivers and of the fountains; thou who commandest moisture which is, as it were, the blood of the earth, to become the sap of the plants. we adore thee and we invoke thee. speak thou unto us, thy mobile and ch

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS ZAM11

rise in the planes to the highest point of pure white brilliance. atune yourself with your higher genius. feel any inspiration "i am the resurrection and the life. whosoever believeth in me though he were dead yet shall he live, and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. i am the first and the last. i am he that liveth and was dead, and behold i am alive forever more and i hold the keys of hell and of death. for i know that my reedmer liveth and that he shall stand in the latter of days upon the earth. i am the way, the truth, and the life, no man cometh unto the father but by me. i am purified. i have passed through the gates of darkness into the light. i have fought upon the earth for good and have chosen in thy holy name to continue the work of thy will" step 12 now bring

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS ZAM14

it the darkness and seek the light" step 21 return to the pillars, and visualize the descent of the brilliance above. step 22 "i am the resurrection and the life. whosoever believeth in me though he were dead, yet shall he live, and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. i am the first, and the last. i am he that liveth and was dead, and behold, i am alive for evermore and hold the keys of hell and of death. for i know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth. i am the way, the truth and the life. no man cometh unto the father but by me. i am the purified. i have passed through the gates of darkness unto the light. i have fought upon earth for good, and have finished my work. i have entered into the invisible" step 23 vibrate hwchy by

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS ZAM18

before the forty-two assessors and the judgment of thoth in the hall of maat, stand again in the sign of osiris risen and say "i am the resurrection and the life. whosoever believeth in me though he were dead, yet shall he live, and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. i am the first, and the last. i am he that liveth and was dead, and behold, i am alive for evermore and hold the keys of hell and of death. for i know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth. i am the way, the truth and the life. no man cometh unto the father but by me. i am the purified. i have passed through the gates of darkness unto the light. i have fought upon earth for good, and have finished my work. i have entered into the invisible" step 20 begin circumambu

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS ZAM20

e 11 human will to exalt yourself into the genius. then, circumambulate three times. return to the pillars, and face east. say "i am the resurrection and the life. he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live; and whomsoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. i am the first and the last. i am he that liveth and was dead, and behold, i am alive for evermore and hold the keys of hell and of death. for i know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter days upon the earth. i am the way, the truth, and the life. no man cometh unto the father but by me. i am purified. i have passed through the gates of darkness unto the light i have fought upon earth for good, and have finished my work. i have entered into the invisible" step 29 circumambulate slow

GRERALD SCHUELER AN ADVANCED GUIDE TO ENOCHIAN MAGICK

aken my body and my mind, but my spirit remains; a light in the darkness. abai-malpirg abai-malpirg abaimalpirg (ah-bah-ee-mahleh-pee-rah-geh) 365 i am the stooping life-spark in a well of darkness. i am the light of wisdom and the light of mercy. behold, there is healing in my wings. life from my spirit springs. i am he that has life and am dead. he who from life to life is led. i hold the ivory keys of hell. i hold the keys of death as well. bliorb-olprt (beh lee-oh-ra-beh-oh-leh-par-teh) the comfort of light is upon me. i rest in the great place of comfort; the palace of our lady, babalon (bah-bah-loh-en) i am the lord of life, the opener of the day. triumphant over death, i prepare a pathway through the darkness. i am the bennu. i am the bornless one. life and death abide in me. i am t

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ndis seu clavicula solomonis regis et theurgia goetia. with drawingsofcharacters, seals, penta255 cles etc (hi02* 1829 occult spells (talismanic magic.(hii2)1829 journal of a rosicrucian philosopher from apriljothto june 15th 1797, containing the processofthe philosopher's stone. by an alchemist. 1832 bookofthe offices and ordersofspirits; transcribed from a folioms.written byt.porter, 1583 [and] keys of rabbi solomon, transcribed from a ms translation into french, and thence into english bydrsibley, byt.palmer (hioi) 1833 collection of horoscopesofalchemists, astrologers and occult philosophers.(hi2i)*1833 journal of a rosicrucian philosopher.[as 1829 [and] copy of the admissionofdr. bacstrom into the society of the rosy cross by the count du chazal at the island of mauritius 1794 (hrob)s

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ny day' we will not even stop to consider the alleged millions of spiritualists; for the majority lack the courage to break away from their respective religious denominations. these are the back-door nicodemuses. and now with hlate let us inquire. what is truth? where is it to be searched for amid thb multitude of warring sects? each claims to be based upon divine revelation, and each to have the keys of the celestial gates. is any one of them in possession of this rare truth? or, must we exclaim with the buddhist philosopher "there is but one truth on earth, and it is unchangeable: and this is that there is no truth on it" though we have no disposition whatever to trench upon the ground that has been so exhaustively gleaned by those learned scholars who have shown that every christian dog

mk appoidiz, p. 397. 45. hie tiais of the pope ii aiao a perfect copy of that of the dalai-lama of totet 46. see hu ituia ntr qtttkidiu dtr maumuit. bk. x, eh. ot in autnouuu werht, p. 828: 1844. digitizecoy google origin of the papal tuba and ke^ 31 of being allowed by the brthmanaa of the pagodas to see. in one of his translations we fouad passages which reveal to us the undotjtud origin of the keys of st. peter, and account for the subsequent adoption of the afmbol by their hounesaes, the popes of rome. he shows us on the testimony of the agruahada pariiukai, which he freely translates as "the book of spirits (pitris, that centuries before our era the inhiaiei of the temple chose a superior councc, pie- sided over by the brakmdtma or supreme chief of all these inuiaiea; that this pontif

were the true gospels. in his synodicon to that council pappus says that, having "promiscuously put all the books that were referred to the council for determination under a communion-table in a church, they [the bishops] besought the lord that the inspired writings might get upon the table, while the spurious ones remained underneath, and ii happened accordingly* but we are not told who kept the keys of the council-chamber over night! on the authority of ecclesiastical eye-witnesses, therefore, we are at liberty to say that the christian world owes its 'word of god' to a 649. ejiilu qf banuaat, viii, 11-13 (hone edit: londod, 1820. 650. mobheiin: ecd. hitf, cent. iv. part ii, ch. t. 12. 651. socrates: eat. hit, i, ix. 652. ibid, i, viii. 652a. fkbric: bibl. graeea, lib. vi, iii, vii 'syno

JENNINGS HARGRAVE ROSICRUCIANS RITES MYSTERIES

ross of crucifixion. the red cross which is the cross of the rosicrucians thence their name. even the badge and star and symbol of this most christian order, if ever there were a christian order, which presents this red or sanguine cross of the redeemer, imaged in the cognisance of his champion, or captain, or chief soldier, st. george or st. michael, the trampler of the dragon, and custos of the keys of the bottomless pit, where the devils are confined, protests against the mingling of this mussulman banner with the red cross, which opposed it in the hands of the crusaders, and in those of all christian knights. now, all the christian garter badges only seem to appeal and to protest quietly and under allowance, with bated breath, as it were (as if afraid, deficient in firmness and life, l

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together in the word of any poem, but in the quintessential flavour of the poet, that thou mayst seek this prophecy. and this is an art most necessary to every statesman. who but shelley foretold the fall of christianity, and the organisation of labour, and the freedom of woman; who but nietzsche declared the principle at the root of the world-war? see thou clearly then that in these men were the keys of the dark gates of the future; should not the kings and their ministers have taken heed thereto, fulfilling their word without conflict? f liber aleph vel cxi 68 bo de magis ordinis a. a. quibus caro fit verbum (of the magi of the order a.a, by whom the word is made flesh) ow, o my son, the incarnation of a poet is particular and not universal; he sayeth indeed true things but not the thing

man, or soul, as men ill translate it, meaning a substance incapable of change. thus, he, like lao-tze, based all upon a movement, instead of a fixed point. and his way of truth was analysis, made possible by great intention of the mind toward itself, and that well fortified by certain tempered rigour of life. and he most thoroughly explored and mapped out the fastnesses of the mind, and gave the keys of its fortresses into the hand of man. but of all this the quintessence is in this one word anatta, because this is not only the foundation and the result of his whole doctrine, but the way of its work. w the book of wisdom or folly 71 br de sri krishna et de dionyso (of sri krishna, and of dionysus) rishna has names and forms innumerable, and i know not his true human birth, for his formula

LIBER CXLVIII SOLDIER AND THE HUNCHBACK

ch is his (partial and incorrect) idea of how things look from kether. this man performs great magic; very strong medicine. he really does find gold on the midden and skeletons in pretty girls. in abiegnus the sacred mountain of the rosicrucians the postulant finds but a coffin in the central shrine; yet that coffin contains christian rosencreutz who is dead and is alive for evermore and hath the keys of hell and of death. ay! your tiphereth man, child of mercy and justice, looks deeper than the skin! but he seems a ridiculous object enough both to the malkuth man and to the kether man. still, he fs the most interesting man there is; and we all must pass through that stage before we get our heads really clear, the kether-vision above the clouds that encircle the mountain abiegnus. ix runni

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to rule the earth. therefore with sweetness ineffable he parted from me; yet leaving a comfort not to be told, a peace. the peace. and the light and the perfume do certainly yet remain with me in the little chamber, and i know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth. for i am he that liveth, and was dead; and behold! i am alive for evermore, and have the keys of hell and of death. i am amoun the sun in his rising; i have passed from darkness into light. i am asar un-nefer the perfected one. i am the lord of life, triumphant over death. there is no part of me that is not of the gods .1 1 [from .i know that my redeemer liveth. to here quoted or paraphrased from the adeptus minor ritual of the r.r. et a.c] john st. john 113 the dead man ankh-af-na-kh

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.sanas (along with the .hanged man. posture mentioned in cap. i v. 10) were depicted in a supplement to .liber e. which was printed at the start of equinox i (7, and also in the 1994 and 1997 weiser .blue brick. edition of magick. 9 this possibly refers to something communicated in the zelator initiation (see note below. 10 iaida or .the highest. is a name or title of god appearing in the angelic keys of dee and kelly. see casaubon (ed, a true and faithful relation. 11 this section is the .meditation practice corresponding to ritual cxx. referred to in liber xiii. unfortunately the published (after a fashion) version of liber 120, the ritual of passing through the tuat, appears to be an early draft differing in a number of respects from the one on which this practice is based. in any case

LIBER LVII

this with the mathers translation, this appears to be a loose paraphrase of von rosenroth.s glosses rather than a direct quote; the relevant paragraphs are 696 and 697. t.s] 50 liber lviii note 4+ 1+ 8= 13, the 4 reduced to 1 through 8, the redeeming force; and 418= j= 8. by aiq bkr, abrahadabra= 1+ 2+ 2+ 1+ 5+ 1+ 4+ 1+ 2+ 2+ 1= 22. also 418= 22 19, manifestation. hence the word manifests the 22 keys of rota. it means by translation abraha deber, the voice of the chief seer. it resolves into pentagram and hexagram as follows (1) a r b b r a a a h a d [this is by taking the 5 middle letters] the pentagram is 12, awh, macroprosopus. the hexagram is 406, hta, microprosopus. thus it connotes the great work. note rba, initials of the supernals, ab, ben, ruach [this is by separating the one (al

LIBER LXVII THE SWORD OF SONG

ry rude.14.the following is a sample .o devatas! behold this yogi! o chela! accurs d abode of tamas art thou! eater of beef, guzzling as an herd of swine! sleeper of a thousand sleeps, as an harlot heavy with wine! void of will! sensualist! enraged sheep! blasphemer of the names of shiva and of devi! christian in disguise! thou shalt be reborn in the lowest avitch! fast! walk! wake! these are the keys of the kingdom! peace be with thy beard! aum. this sort of talk did me much good: i hope it may do as much for you. 63. with eyes well fixed on my proboscis.15. see bhagavad-gita, atmasamyamyog. 67. brahma-charya.16.right conduct, and in particular, chastity in the highest sense. 72. baccy.17.a poisonous plant used by nicotomanics in their orgies and debauches .the filthy tobacco habit. says

1+ 10+ 50) 3 2 he adds 300, shin, the flame of the spirit= 666. 4 666= 6 111. 111= aleph, the ox. 5 his journeys as initiator. griphus viii. griphus ix. griphus x. culpa urbium nota terr. nechesh. ambrosii magi hortis rosarum 85 and fifty and eight years,1 set forth upon a journey into the mystic mountain of the caves. he took with him his son,2 a lamb, life, and strength, for these four were the keys of that mountain. so by ten days and fifty days and two hundred days and yet ten days he went forth. after ten days fell a thunderbolt, whirling through black clouds of rain: after sixty the road split in two, but he travelled on both at once: after two hundred and sixty, the sun drove away the rain, and the star shone in the day-time, making it night. after the last day came his mother, his

LIBER MMCMXI NOTE ON GENESIS

he consciousness from ruach to neschamah. aleister crowley. 3 part i in the first verse of the first chapter of the first five books of the holy law: it is written:.b.rashith bara alohim ath hashamaim vaath haaretz, or in aramaic script rah taw \ymch ta \yhla arb tycarb such are the seven words which constitute the beginnings or heads of one law; and i propose to show, by applying to the text the keys of the qabalah, that not merely the surface meaning is contained therein. in the beginning, created, god, the essence of the heavens, and the essence, of the earth. in the beginning in wisdom in the head* created god the elohim the holy gods the essence. of the heavens and the essence of the earth contained therein also are the divine, magical and terrestrial formula of the passage of the inc

ative because of its diffusiveness and dispersion. in the second figure we behold their concentration: focalisation: producing by their joint action the number of manifestation.4. in the worlds.assiah: in the taro, the princess.the throne of the spirit: in the tetragram, the he final, and in symbolic language.the daughter: in the cycle of life (birth, life, death, resurrection, the fourth; in the keys of the book universal, the empress, korh kosmou, the virgin of the world, venus, aphrodite: centrum in trigonis centri.by whatsoever of a myriad names we call her, still the same in spirit, the same in number and in form! and this number is herein formulated by the concentration of the three in one. 3+ 1= 4. now in this figure ii. we behold six certain paths; and in six days did god create th

LIBER XXXIII AN ACCOUNT OF AA

uccess, they raised up one luther to teach freedom of thought. yet this freedom soon turned into a heavier bondage than before. then the brethren delivered unto man the knowledge of nature, and the keys thereof; yet this also was prevented by the great sorcery. now then finally in nameless ways, as one of our brethren hath it now in mind to declare, have they raised up one to deliver unto men the keys of spiritual knowledge, and by his work shall he be judged. this interior community of light is the reunion of all those capable of receiving light, and it is known as the communion of 4 liber xxxiii saints, the primitive receptacle for all strength and truth, confided to it from all time. by it the agents of l.v.x. were formed in every age, passing from the interior to the exterior, and comm

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

s state religion, but another into which the philosophic elect alone have gained entrance. many of these ancient cults vanished from the earth without revealing their secrets, but a few have survived the test of ages and their mysterious symbols are still preserved. much of the ritualism of freemasonry is based on the trials to which candidates were subjected by the ancient hierophants before the keys of wisdom were entrusted to them. few realize the extent to which the ancient secret schools influenced contemporary intellects and, through those minds, posterity. robert macoy, 33, in his general history of freemasonry, pays a magnificent tribute to the part played by the ancient mysteries in the rearing of the edifice of human culture. he says, in part "it appears that all the perfection o

"feathered" snake (see the popol vuh) the title of "winged" or "plumed" snake was applied to quetzalcoatl, or kukulcan, the central american initiate. the center of the atlantean wisdom-religion was presumably a great pyramidal temple standing on the brow of a plateau rising in the midst of the city of the golden gates. from here the initiate-priests of the sacred feather went forth, carrying the keys of universal wisdom to the uttermost parts of the earth. the mythologies of many nations contain accounts of gods who "came out of the sea" certain shamans among the american indians tell of holy men dressed in birds' feathers and wampum who rose out of the blue waters and instructed them in the arts and crafts. among the legends of the chaldeans is that of oannes, a partly amphibious creatur

er, unable to understand the abstract philosophical tenets, worshiped the concrete sculptured idols which were emblematic of these secret truths. the wisdom and secrecy of egypt are epitomized in the sphinx, which has preserved its secret from the seekers of a hundred generations. the mysteries of hermeticism, the great spiritual truths hidden from the world by the ignorance of the world, and the keys of the secret doctrines of the ancient philosophers, are all symbolized by the virgin isis. veiled from head to foot, she reveals her wisdom only to the tried and initiated few who have earned the right to enter her sacred presence, tear from the veiled figure of nature its shroud of obscurity, and stand face to face with the divine reality. the explanations in these pages of the symbols pecu

ave forgotten the existence of those unwritten teachings which explained satisfactorily the apparent contradictions of the written scriptures, nor does it remember that the pagans appointed their two-faced janus as custodian of the key to the temple of wisdom. janus has been metamorphosed into st. peter, so often symbolized as holding in his hand the key to the gate of heaven. the gold and silver keys of "god's vicar on earth" the pope, symbolizes this "secret doctrine" which, when properly understood, unlocks the treasure chest of the christian and jewish qabbalah. the temples of egyptian mysticism (from which the tabernacle was copied) were--according to their own priests--miniature representations of the universe. the solar system was always regarded as a great temple of initiation, whi

es, his various insignia emblematic of his divine attributes. seven priests bearing lamps are his attendants and the stars carried in his hand are the seven schools of the mysteries whose power he administers. as one born again out of spiritual darkness, into perfect wisdom, this archimagus is made to say "i am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, i am alive forever more, amen; and have the keys of hell and of death" in the second and third chapters st. john delivers to the "seven churches which are in asia" the injunctions received by him from the alpha and omega. the churches are here analogous to the rungs of a mithraic ladder, and john, being "in the spirit" ascended through the orbits of the seven sacred planets until he reached the inner surface of the empyrean "after the soul

MASTERING WITCHCRAFT

e many such methods of magical diagnosis extant, ranging from elaborate ceremonial tarot divinations to numerological analysis or simple teacup reading. but the true methods of divination as practised by the traditional witch still remain relatively unknown, and it is with these that i shall be concerning myself in these pages. to the aware witch, time is not a continuous ribbon passing under the keys of some celestial typewriter, but rather a complex field extending into many different directions and dimensions. given that view of time, that a man should possess a definite future as concrete as his past and present, albeit unseen for the most part, will not strike a witch in any way as odd or unrealistic. the whole process of divination of the future rests on this approach to an understan

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e so skilled; or upon the waking level: as when strength or stealth are obtained or invoked during moments of dire need. austin osman spare's image of "nu moon rite (illustrated in kenneth grant's "aleister crowley and the hidden god, published by skoob) holds significant keys to atavistic resurgence. it is often the case with the paintings of aos, as his true hidden genius was his art, that many keys of magickal study can be obtained through meditating upon them. the drawing presents several faces, some animal, some human and others a combination of both. the many keys which exist in the art and writings of aos are paramount. those who sip from the cup of hecate shall taste the essence of their own personal holy 104 104 guardian angel, the true will discovered. this provides the essential

ce witchcraft derives- it is a mastery of both flesh and spirit. the adept of such magick and sorcery is bound to the earth, and with numerous skills and practice can later leave the physical body at will in order to go between worlds. or even to take on the flesh of another. a wise sorcerer would seek to master both the methods of shaman and magickian, both the solitary and the ceremonial, great keys of knowledge exist through both. black eagle appears often as a pale indian spirit, either black, blue or red robed. sometimes this elemental appears in brown leather hides, with leathery skin which is abnormally pale and with burning black eyes. there have been occasions however when black eagle had no precise form at all, manifesting merely as a gray or different coloured shapeless mass. co

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in, and others, is borrowed from the kabalah; all the masonic associations owe to it their secrets and their symbols. the kabalah alone consecrates the alliance of the universal reason and the divine word; it establishes, by the counterpoises of two forces apparently opposite, the eternal balance of being; it alone reconciles reason with faith, power with liberty, science with mystery; it has the keys of the present, the past, and the future. the bible, with all the allegories it contains, expresses, in an incomplete and veiled manner only, the religious science of the hebrews. the doctrine of moses and the prophets, identical at bottom with that of the ancient egyptians, also had its outward meaning and its veils. the hebrew books were written only to recall to memory the traditions; and

MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS E

nexorable expression of the face contrasts forcibly with that peculiar benignity which so characterizes the countenance of the mighty ruler of heaven. he is seated on a throne of ebony, with his queen, the grave and sad persephone [136]beside him, and wears a full beard, and long flowing black hair, which hangs straight down over his forehead; in his hand he either bears a two-pronged fork or the keys of the lower world, and at his feet sits cerberus. he is sometimes seen in a chariot of gold, drawn by four black horses, and wearing on his head a helmet made for him by the cyclops, which rendered the wearer invisible. this helmet he frequently lent to mortals and immortals. aides, who was universally worshipped throughout greece, had temples erected to his honour in elis, olympia, and also

NEW WORLD ORDER OR OCCULT SECRET DESTINY

ng of the spiritual evolution, to transform their nature into a god-like superman. the serpent caused the fall in the garden of eden by giving eve this very same message. man is a god in the making. and as the mystic myths of egypt, on the potter s wheel, he is being molded. when his light shines out to lift and preserve all things, he receives the triple crown of godhood (manly p. hall, the lost keys of freemasonry, p. 92) european mysticism was not dead at the time the united states of america was founded. the hand of the mysteries controlled in the establishment of the new government for the signature of the mysteries may still be seen on the great seal of the united states of america. careful analysis of the seal discloses a mass of occult and masonic symbols chief among them, the so-c

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time, amen! hegemon removes the seat of practicus to the north, and leads practicus to the east of altar, where he stands facing west. hierophant goes to the west before the tablet of water. all face west- members arranging themselves in balanced disposition, facing west <119> hiero (knocks) let us rehearse the prayer of the undines or water spirits! terrible king of the sea, thou who holdest the keys of the cataracts of heaven, and who enclosest the subterranean waters in the cavernous hollows of earth. king of the deluge and of the rains of spring. thou who openest the sources of the rivers and of the fountains; thou who commandest moisture which is, as it were, the blood of the earth, to become the sap of the plants. we adore thee and we invoke thee. speak thou unto us, thy mobile and c

s eyes as flaming fire; his feet <231> like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace. and his voice as the sound of many waters. and he had in his right hand seven stars, and out of his mouth went the sword of flame, and his countenance was as the sun in his strength. chief i am the first and i am the last. i am he that liveth and was dead, and behold! i am alive for evermore, and hold the keys of death and of hell. second he that hath an ear, let him hear what the spirit saith unto the assemblies. second and third adepts open door of tomb, and lead aspirant in. they kneel down west of altar with heads bent. chief stands at east of altar with arms extended. chief for i know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth. i am the way, the truth and

a circle round, join wands over head of chief, then separate wands from head and give signs of 8= grade (slowly and loudly) i am the resurrection and the life. he that believeth on me, though he were dead, yet shall he live. and whosoever liveth and believeth on me shall never die. i am the first and i am the last. i am he that liveth but was dead, and behold i am alive for evermore, and hold the keys of hell and of death. chief quits circle, second follows, then the other members, with third last. all enter the vault and proceed round the altar with the sun. chief reads the sentences following and all halt in former positions, chief in centre, others round. for i know that my redeemer liveth and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth. i am the way, the truth and the life. no

gins the violet, and these have a great chemical or yetsiratic force. these forces, ever present and unseen, are represented by the chief adept standing erect at the eastern angle, the most powerful person in the group, and delegate of the chiefs of the second order, and through them of the mystic third order. he it is who has, symbolically, at any rate, passed from death unto life, and holds the keys of all the creeds. and he it is who may place in our hands the keys of the locked palace of the king if we are able to make our knocking heard. rep resenting the east, coming from the east, he faces the western world, bringing intuition with him; before him lies the symbolic body of our master c.r.c, our grand exemplar and founder- or at other times, the empty the golden dawn: volume 11 book

he human will to exalt yourself unto thegenius. then circumambulate three times. then return to pillars, face east, and invoke: i am the resurrection and the life. he that believeth on me, though he were dead, yet shall he live; and whomsoever liveth and believeth on me shall never die. i am the first and the last. i am he that liveth and was dead, and behold i am alive for evermore, and hold the keys of hell and of death. for i know that my redeemer liveth and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth. i am the way, the truth, and the life. no man cometh unto the father but by me. i am the purified. i have passed through the gates of darkness unto light. i have fought upon earth for good, and have finished my work. i have entered into the invisible. circumambulate slowly once w

r at the top of the wand grows and opens wider that the genius may enter, make lvx signs in silence, and say very slowly: i am the resurrection and the life. he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live. and whosoever liveth and believeth in me, shall never die. i am the first and i am the last. i am he that liveth and was dead, and behold, i am alive for evermore, and hold the keys of hell and of death. for i know that my redeemer liveth and that he shall stand at the latter day the bornless ritual 445 upon the earth. i am the way, the truth, and the life. no man com <264> eth unto the father but by me. i am the purified. i have passed through the gates of darkness unto light. i have fought upon earth for good, and have now finished my work. i have entered into the invi

kness. quit the darkness and seek the light. return to between the pillars, and visualise the descent of the brilliance above. i am the resurrection and the life. whosoever believeth on me though he were dead, yet shall he live, and whosoever liveth and believeth on me shall never die. i am the first, and the last. i am he that liveth and was dead, and behold i am alive for evermore, and hold the keys of hell and of death. for i know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth. i am the way, the truth and the life. no man cometh unto the father but by me. i am the purified. i have passed through the gates of darkness unto light. i have fought upon earth for good, and have finished my work. i have entered into the invisible. vibrate yeheshuah by the vib

ish halo. yod, virgo. the body of a maiden clothed in grass green robe. aleph, air. golden wings of a large size, partly covering the power part of the figure. lamed, libra. feet and limbs well-proportioned and, either in the hand of the figure or lying at its feet, the sword and scales of justice in bright green. playing round the figure will be a greenish light, the colour of its synthesis. the keys of the tarot may help thee in the form <62> see well also that thou makest the image as pure and beautiful as possible, for the more impure or common the figure, the more dangerous is it unto thee. write upon the breast its sigil, upon the girdle its name, and place clouds below the feet. and when thou hast done this with due solemnity and rigid correctness of symbolism, shunning as thou woul

swiftness great strength oppression harmonious change material works earthy power defeat earned success unstable effort abandoned success material happiness perpetual success dominion established strength perfected work material trouble material success success unfulfilled shortened force despair and cruelty ruin love abundance blended pleasure 542 the golden dawn: volume n book eight no. card 22 keys of the book letter amibution 57 fool the spirit of ether. n a 58 magician the magus of power. 3 'j 59 high priestess the priestess of the silver star. 2 d 60 empress daughter of the mighty ones '1 q 61 emperor son of the morning, chief among the mighty. il t 62 hierophant magus of the eternal gods. 1 8 63 lovers children of the voice divine, the orades of the 1 lt <141> mighty gods. 64 chario

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t-martin and the rest, is borrowed from the kabalah; all masonic associations owe to it their secrets and their symbols. the kabalah alone consecrates the alliance of universal reason and the divine word; it establishes by the counterpoise of two forces in apparent opposition, the eternal balance of being; it alone reconciles reason with faith, power with liberty, science with mystery: it has the keys of the present, past and future! to become initiated into the kabalah it is insufficient to read and to meditate upon the writings of reuchlin, galatinus, kircher, or picus de mirandola; it is necessary to study and understand the hebrew writers in the collection of pistorius, the sepher yetzirah above all; it is essential in particular to master the great book zohar, to investigate the colle

sults truly extraordinary, but positive and unmixed with hallucination. we invite sceptics to make a conscientious and intelligent trial on their own part before shrugging their shoulders and smiling. the figure of the pentagram, completed in accordance with science and used by the author in his experiment, is that which is found at the head of this chapter, and it is more perfect than any in the keys of solomon or in the magical calendars of tycho brahe and duchentau. we must remark, however, that the use of the pentagram is most dangerous for operators who are not in possession of its complete and perfect understanding. the direction of the points of the star is in no sense arbitrary, and may change the entire character of an operation, as we shall explain in the ritual. paracelsus, that

ccess; we lean upon that which resists. 35 vii z g the fiery sword netsah gladius the septenary is the sacred number in all theogonies and in all symbols, because it is composed of the triad and the tetrad. the number seven represents magical power in all its fullness; it is the mind reinforced by all elementary potencies; it is the soul served by nature; it is the sanctum regnum mentioned in the keys of solomon and represented in the tarot by a crowned warrior, who bears a triangle on his cuirass and is posed upon a cube, to which two sphinxes are harnessed, straining in opposite directions, while their heads are turned the same way. this warrior is armed with a fiery sword and holds in his left hand a sceptre surmounted by a triangle and a sphere. the cube is the philosophical stone; the

ce in the kabalistic book of the apocalypse, which he represents sealed with seven seals. we meet also the seven genii of ancient mythologies, and the cups and swords of the tarot. the doctrine concealed under these emblems is pure kabalah, already lost by the pharisees at the time of christ's advent. the scenes which succeed one another in this wonderful prophetic epic are so many pantacles, the keys of which are the ternary, the quaternary, the septenary and the duodenary. its hieroglyphic figures are analogous to those of the book of hermes or the genesis of enoch, to make use of a tentative title which expresses merely the personal opinion of the erudite william postel. the cherub, or symbolic bull, which moses placed at the gate of the edenic world, bearing a fiery sword, is a sphinx

er (petrus, and upon this rock (petram) i will build my church. this stone, say the masters in alchemy, is the true salt of the philosophers, which is the third ingredient in the composition of azoth. now, we know already that azoth is the name of the great hermetic and true philosophical agent; furthermore, their salt is represented under the figure of a cubic stone, as may be seen in the twelve keys of basil valentine, or in the allegories of trevisan. once more, what is this stone actually? it is the foundation of absolute philosophy, it is supreme and immovable reason. before even dreaming of the metallic work, we must be fixed for ever upon the absolute principles of wisdom; we must possess that reason which is the touchstone of truth. never will a man of prejudices become the king of

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carriage of his word. human beings who die without having understood or formulated the word of reason, die devoid of eternal hope. to withstand successfully the phantom of death, we must be identified with the realities of life. does it signify to god if an abortion wither, seeing that life is eternal? does it signify to nature if unreason perish, since reason which never perishes still holds the keys of life? the just and terrible force which destroys abortions eternally was called by the hebrews samael; by other easterns, satan; and by the latins, lucifer. the lucifer of the kabalah is not an accursed and ruined angel; he is the angel who enlightens, who regenerates by fire; he is to the angels of peace what the comet is to the mild stars of the spring-time constellations. the fixed star

of the field which the lord god had made. h but this is what moses says: this signifies, according to the version of fabre d'olivet: gnow, original attraction (cupidity) was the entraining passion of all elementary life (the interior activity of nature, the work of jhoah, the being of beings. h but herein fabre d'olivet is beside the true interpretation, because he was unacquainted with the grand keys of the kabalah. the word nahash, explained by the symbolical letters of the tarot signifies rigorously 14 i nun.-the power which produces combinations. 5 x he.-the recipient and passive producer of forms. 21 e shin.-the natural and central fire equilibrated by double polarization. thus, the word employed by moses, read kabalistically, gives the description and definition of that magical unive

hed entirely, and nothing except mysterious initials remained. but when science and philosophy, reconciled with faith, shall unite all the various symbols, then shall the magnificences of the antique worships be restored to the memory of men, proclaiming the progress of the human mind in the intuition of the light of god. but of all forms of progress the greatest will be that which, restoring the keys of nature to the hands of science, shall enchain for ever the hideous spectre of satan, and, explaining all abnormal phenomena, shall destroy the empire of superstition and imbecile credulity. to the accomplishment of this work we have consecrated our life, and do still devote it in the most toilsome and difficult researches. we would emancipate altars by overthrowing idols; we desire the man

and themura. such calculations, which now seem to us arbitrary or devoid of interest, belonged then to the philosophical symbolism of the east, and were of the highest importance in the teaching of holy things emanating from the occult sciences. the absolute kabalistic alphabet, which connected primitive ideas with allegories, allegories with letters, and letters with numbers, was then called the keys of solomon. we have stated already that these keys, preserved to our own day, but wholly misconstrued, are nothing else than the game of tarot, the antique allegories of which were remarked and appreciated for the first time in the modern world by the learned archaeologist, court de gebelin. the double triangle of solomon is explained by st. john in a remarkable manner. he says, gthere are th

wonders of one thing; the sun is its father, the moon its mother, the wind hath carried it in the belly thereof. it ascendeth from earth to heaven, and again it descendeth from heaven to earth. i exorcise thee, creature of water, that thou mayest become unto men a mirror of the living god in his works, a fount of life and ablution of sins. prayer of the undines dread king of the sea, who hast the keys of the floodgates of heaven and dost confine the waters of the underworld in the caverns of earth; king of the deluge and the floods of the springtime; thou who dost unseal the sources of rivers and fountains; thou who dost ordain moisture, which is like the blood of earth, to become the sap of plants: thee we adore and thee the invoke! speak unto us, thine inconstant and unstable creatures

ch wast so splendid in thy prime! h but the pentagram, profaned by men, burns ever unclouded in the right hand of the word of truth, and the inspired voice guarantees to him that overcometh the possession of the morning star. a solemn promise of restitution held out to the star of lucifer. as will be seen, all mysteries of magic, all symbols of the gnosis, all figures of occultism, all kabalistic keys of prophecy are summed up in the sign of the pentagram, which paracelsus proclaims to be the greatest and most potent of all signs. need anyone be surprised therefore that every magus believes in the real influence exercised by this sign over spirits of all hierarchies? those who set at naught the sign of the cross tremble before the star of the microcosm. on the contrary, when conscious of f

efore the christ of khunrath. that is, the sovereign intelligence of light and life. it is the secret of the pentagram; it is the highest dogmatic and practical mystery of traditional magic. thence unto the grand and ever-incommunicable maxim there is only one step. the kabalistic figures of abraham the jew, which imparted to flamel the first desire for knowledge, are no other than the twenty-two keys of the tarot, imitated and resumed elsewhere in the twelve keys of basil valentine, there the sun and moon reappear under the figures of emperor and empress; mercury is the juggler; the great hierophant is the adept or abstractor of the quintessence; death, judgement, love, the dragon or devil, the hermit or lame elder and finally all the remaining symbols are to be found with their chief att

slation and application of the tetragram: hence this simple utterance operates the most complete, most invisible, most incredible and most clearly affirmed of all transformations. a still stronger word than that of transformation has been judged necessary by councils to express the marvel. that of transubstantiation. the hebrew terms xnxv 'sg, xvx, ia, have been considered by all kabalists as the keys of magical transformation. the latin words, est, sit, esto, fiat, have the same force when pronounced with full understanding. montalembert relates seriously, in his legend of st. elizabeth of hungary, how one day this saintly lady, surprised by her noble husband, from whom she sought to conceal her good works, in the act of carrying bread to the poor in her apron, told him that she was carry

wherever there is salt, which is the equivalent to saying that no substance is foreign to the great work and that even the most apparently contemptible and vile matters can be changed into gold, which is true in this sense, as we have said, that all contain the fundamental salt, represented in our emblems by the cubic stone itself, as may be seen in the symbolic and universal frontispiece to the keys of basil valentine. to know how to extract from all matter the pure salt which is concealed in it is to possess the secret of the stone. it is therefore a saline stone, which the od, or universal astral light, decomposes or recomposes. it is one and many, for it can be dissolved and incorporated with other substances, like ordinary salt. obtained by analysis, it may be termed the universal su

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ject: book of coming forth by night north solstice the equinox has succumbed to my solstice, and i, set, am revealed in my majesty. the time of the purification is past. the fate of my gifted race rests in balance, and i shall not recant my word, spoken to my high priest mehenpettha in old khem and now again to you. proclaim the nineteen parts of the word, and vanquish thus the feeble and corrupt keys of enoch, which were but a shadow of my true word and now are an affront to me. i am the ageless intelligence of this universe. i created harwer that i might define my self. all other gods of all other times and nations have been created by men. this you know from the first part of my word, and from my manifest semblance, which alone is not of earth. known as the hebrew satan, i chose to brin

rd" refers to the word of set, discussed below. there are no records of the ancient priesthood of set through which "high priest mehenpettha" might be identified, but the name can be rendered in hieroglyphics "khem" is a phonetic version of the hieroglyphic xem, one of the many titles of the ancient egyptian nation. proclaim the nineteen parts of the word, and vanquish thus the feeble and corrupt keys of enoch, which were but a shadow of my true word and now are an affront to me. on april 13, 1584 ce john dee, mathematician and magician to the court of queen elizabeth i, undertook a series of workings in cracow, poland. with the assistance of edward kelley, he wrote into his diaries a series of nineteen magical incantations in what he called the "enochian or angelic language" with each inc

rd" refers to the word of set, discussed below. there are no records of the ancient priesthood of set through which "high priest mehenpettha" might be identified, but the name can be rendered in hieroglyphics "khem" is a phonetic version of the hieroglyphic xem, one of the many titles of the ancient egyptian nation. proclaim the nineteen parts of the word, and vanquish thus the feeble and corrupt keys of enoch, which were but a shadow of my true word and now are an affront to me. on april 13, 1584 ce john dee, mathematician and magician to the court of queen elizabeth i, undertook a series of workings in cracow, poland. with the assistance of edward kelley, he wrote into his diaries a series of nineteen magical incantations in what he called the "enochian or angelic language" with each inc

t. when xem was uttered, many setians applauded, saying that xeper had commanded us to grow, and now xem gave us direction. it answered the question "where" i didn't care where at the time: onward and upward was good enough for me. but one question raised another, and i began asking "why" i never doubted the course, but i began to wonder about the purpose. once recognized as priest, i studied the keys of xem, a popular and approved path of xeper. i wrote a commentary on key# 1 in july, xvi, and on key# 2 in october. i was working on a commentary of key# 3 just before the xvii crisis, after which i shelved all work on xem, since the subject was too painful for me. key# 3 discusses harwer, among other topics. harwer has interested me since my first reading of the book of coming forth by nigh

roll of set xii.5, october xxi. magistra margaret wendall, the book of knowing the way (ruby tablet, april 12, xiv. priest roger whitaker, commentary on key# 1. priest roger whitaker, unmentionable (the scroll of set xi.6, december xx. priest roger whitaker, why is xem necessary (the scroll of set xii.4, august xxi, and also the trail of the serpent iii.7, july xxi. analysis and commentary of the keys of xem [the following comments on the keys of xem were originally done as letters to the iii pyramid of magister james lewis. they comprise pyramid-xix, pyramid-xx, pyramid-xxi, pyramid-xxii, and pyramid-xxiii] classification: v4- a17.26- 2 author: james a. lewis iv date (unknown) html revision: jun 07, 1999 ce subject: xem reading list: key #1 key #1 lays ground rules for the initiation into

so many others) have left the temple, the crush of dayto- day living has increased immensely. the interesting thing about blueprints is that, unlike the finished structures, they are two-dimensional and lack the 'continuum' aspect that the element of time adds to creation. gg. we've seen that this was not to be. nor after he left the temple, as far as we can tell, did barrett provide any further keys of xem. instead of lamenting this facet of truth, we should be asking ourselves if it matters. hh. i've long since lost the frustration over what at the time seemed much like a novel, even unusual concept. as we strive towards maintaining a consciousness of all that we do, is there any reason why we can't include an awareness of what is going on around us? being aware of change allows us the

, charting the unmapped possibilities of existence in the undiscovered country beyond remanifestation [merlin places a stone upon the altar] john dee [magistra patty hardy] i am dr. john dee, scholar and magician. mine is the path of the diligent researcher, leaving no stone unturned in my passion for truth. i unveiled the cycles of the universe and perceived its innermost workings, receiving the keys of enoch as a witness to my achievements. i worked without lust of result, and i gave my all to that task which was mine. learn from john dee that your effects shall be in proportion to your causes. the veils of time lifted for me, and i beheld the past, present and future. observe now how my work has been refined and continued, such was its might and merit. from the corrupt keys of enoch, im

k of astaroth, set is always referred to indirectly. in the book of coming forth by night, that passage introduces the word of set: the time of the purification is past. the fate of my gifted race rests in balance, and i shall not recant my word, spoken to my high priest mehenpettha in old khem and now again to you. proclaim the nineteen parts of the word, and vanquish thus the feeble and corrupt keys of enoch, which were but a shadow of my true word and now are an affront to me. i am the ageless intelligence of this universe. i created harwer that i might define my self. all other gods of all other times and nations have been created by men. this you know from the first part of my word, and from my manifest semblance, which alone is not of earth. note the extreme importance placed on the

sses, which signified a decisive step in his evolution. astaroth did not know to what use his gift would be put- this recalls..memory of the future cannot exist" the lowercase "gift" would then seem to indicate an aspect or external manifestation of the gift of set, specifically, man's control over his environment (the context in which he exists. the last sentence suggests "the feeble and corrupt keys of enoch" gthis day, you must take back by force that which was once freely given. in what a curious fashion you have made my gift the power of your enemies. but that is done- now it must be undone. h there is here an imperative, but it is difficult to interpret because it is not clear who our enemies are, and whether this statement is meant in a literal or allegorical sense. gthere was a tim

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ome after them. knowing that man must eventually seek the force whom we know as lucifer, they have left us the answers to the basis of the combined forces, known but as yet unexplained by the great academic minds. this book is about that force, the all, man, and those who have been sent to help him find his way by achieving the knowing. their directive is to bridge the veil of mists and carry the keys of spiritual freedom to mankind. their purpose is to aid and assist all men and women who freely ask to travel the left hand path to spiritual fulfillment. however, one who wishes to learn must ask, for one brother or sister shall never be the master of another. as the pages turn, the voices of many past adepts will speak their parts, revealing the right way to look at personal interaction wi

tual fulfillment. however, one who wishes to learn must ask, for one brother or sister shall never be the master of another. as the pages turn, the voices of many past adepts will speak their parts, revealing the right way to look at personal interaction with the forces that be and to form a suitable defense against the opposition who would limit and ensnare the unwary. they will also present the keys of wisdom and knowledge that will unlock the mysteries of the ages and open the doors to the future aeons. but, this is only half the story, and as man is incomplete, so is this little book. you see, the true scope of this book is only to light the way to the bridge; the seeker must then cross it. your personal gnosis will bring all into focus when the time is right for you to know or have th

. if you have a positive attitude, and come looking for just one grain of useful knowledge, you will likely find it. on the other hand, should your attitude be sour, your attention focused upon some other problem, you will come away with nothing and will have wasted your time. notice that the advisor's time wasn't mentioned. you can bet the advisor gained something for his or her trouble. the cbr keys of wisdom are filled with little gems of knowledge. no one can pick up on all of them at one sitting. that is why in a luciferian home, the cbr keys to wisdom are read cover to cover over and over again, a key at a time. the children hear it from the cradle on until they begin reading it to their children. human beings, like other small animals, are not born with inherent wisdom and knowledge

ssing, you might be surprised. soon, you will find that you can adequately assess other people. oh yes, when you find your answers, be sure and write them down in your journal as memory tends to fail in later years. is all this becoming a little heavy? remember to pace yourself as these qualities take time to understand and even longer to accomplish. is it worth it? yes! some adepts work on these keys of wisdom for years. for most, they become a lifetime project. this does not mean that you can't travel further until you achieve success, but do keep on chipping away at them. the whole point of all this is learning self discipline and self control. now, why would anyone want to do that? the answer is: anyone who has ever amounted to anything at all has learned these lessons. more than that

bled by spurious, extraneous or intrusive thought may be used for spiritual and communicative purposes. generally, the subconscious mind will block us to some extent, so we practice "little deceits" to achieve our goals. in other words, we run a freight train by as a decoy so we can slip in a mouse. often daily events happen so fast they make our heads swim, or we end up talking to ourselves. the keys of wisdom allude to the practice of stilling one's mind. believe it or not, this is just as important as fast thinking. an experienced adept can step out of the race, sit down, and still his or her mind in a few seconds. this has the effect of taking a nap, resting both mind and body at once. what is the advantage? your adversaries will be tuckered out while you are rested. think strategy! ma

ed reward? a knowledgeable adept is never at the mercy of anyone or anything. ever. however, with the knowledge, comes the responsib ility. what responsibility? the responsibility to pass along your knowledge to those who need it, and to aid and assist when and where possible so they too can grow in stature. i know that there are those among you who don't give a fig whether anyone else learns the keys of wisdom or not. however, the force, or lucifer, if you will, does reward those adepts who further his work by helping to build his spiritual army against the day when all hell will surely break loose. he rewards with an increased allotment of power. that is what we mean by growing in stature. those of great stature have great power. the small- minded individuals have no power at all. surely

now and the there and then. simply stated, it offers a way of life based upon the best of the old fashioned, timeproven and acceptable principles that have always served mankind well. wisdom and knowledge is the one light that can break through the darkest night, and that is the stock and trade of our adepts. that is why, the worse things get, the better the cbr looks. the reason people seek the keys of wisdom is to receive their gifts. looking within spiritually speaking, one cbr objective is to unite all men who will voluntarily draw near the force for the express purpose of returning them to their true and rightful position in the family. politically speaking, the family is about one section right of the old center isle. in other words, they are solidly conservative in their thoughts

of human existence as a great infinite loop with twists and turns to make the ride more interesting. all soon realize that when we enter the earth plane we do it as a child, as there aren't many other options. hear it again: the next time you come back here, it will be as a child, just as you were this time and the last time and the one before that. therefore, all adapts teach their children the keys of wisdom with all of their implications from as early an age as possible. why? what if you returned next time around and were denied the wisdom and knowledge? where would you find it, and would you even know enough to look for it? how empty life would be without the spark to ignite the mind into growth and the spirit into readiness to finish the long trip. think of the cbr as an endless chai

our weaknesses. we must now list our weaknesses in our journals and confront them toe to toe. we must see them for what they really are and assess their qualities, listing their difficult points one by one. we will then use the old divide and conquer strategy to overcome them, as conquering the fragments will bring us victory sooner than taking on the whole at once. that is why we have broken the keys of wisdom into many small lessons. however, there is no reason why the concepts of each lesson can't be broken down further into their component parts for ease of handling. remember, we want all adepts to succeed and overcome their limitations. we also desire that they should become strong and focused in both their lives and their endeavors. well being so far, we have concentrated upon the ba

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nd on me and said, do not be afraid. 132 the experiences that must be undergone by the initiand are ones otherwise undergone only when someone dies. the one who guides john through them has to take him into realms where birth and death no longer have any meaning. the initiated one therefore enters on a new life: and i was dead, but see! i am alive throughout all the cycles of time. and i hold the keys of death and the underworld. 133 thus john is brought to the stage of beholding the mysteries of existence. the apocalypse of john 129 and after this i looked, and saw the door of heaven open. and the first voice that was heard was like a trumpet sounding and it said to me, ascend to this place and i will reveal what must take place hereafter. 134 the messages that were proclaimed to the seve

TECHNICIANS GUIDE TO THE LEFT HAND PATH

ophies, arguments, politics, socialization, culture and art of spiritual man and his ideas. the significance of the lhp in the postmodern era lies within its emergence into philosophical methodologies that recognize it for what it is- spiritual transformation that celebrates the uniqueness of self consciousness. the lhp is neither the sole idea or property of any individual or religious sect. the keys of the lhp consist of a variety of tools for exploiting the potential of human consciousness. this statement points out a major aspect of the lhp school- the principles that guide it have been recognized in various guises throughout the history of humankind. they are not a recent innovation in religious or philosophical thought. rather, they are a remanifestation and convergence into synchron

these elements- separate- into proportional relationships which then act as facillitators of altered consciousness states. synchronicity is a gateway from which that on one end of a spectrum can extend to the other. as a mechanism, it is an exploration of polarities. the first step into resonance does not require vision, it begins with a question and a mystery. in the unpublished masterpiece the keys of xem, author magus ronald k. barrett states "before the learning process begins, there must be a starting point. there can be no answer to anything unless first there is a question. the question, to give a valuable answer, must come from the heart and not from the intellect. it should also be known that the knowledge gained and the benefit thereof will be limited to the intensity with which

spirant will lose all that has been gained and worse yet, that which was gained will become as a malignancy against which there is no cure" from- the book of opening the way the stage of initiation spoken above by magus ronald k. barrett requires a very deep reflection by every individual who considers seriously undertaking the rigors of the lhp. what is being referred to in this extract from the keys of xem is the fact that there exists a point of no return in the lhp initiatory process. now, this "point of no return" isn't a physical one where you can never leave the school, contacts, or environments. the above quote reflects an understanding that on the left hand path there is an eventual change within the psyche. once one "sees" through the lhp psychological construction, the memory of

THE KEY TO THE MYSTERIES

are they who do not see that physical light is nothing but the instrument of thought! 67 thought alone, then, reveals light, and creates it in using it for its own purposes. the affirmation of atheism is the dogma of eternal night: the affirmation of god is the dogma of light! we stop here at the number nineteen, although the sacred alphabet has twenty-two letters; but the first nineteen are the keys of occult theology. the others are the keys of nature; we shall return to them in the third part of this work- let us resume what we have said concerning god, by quoting a fine invocation borrowed from the jewish liturgy. it is a page from the qabalistic poem kether-malkuth, by rabbi solomon, son of gabirol "thou art one, the beginning of all numbers, and the foundation of all buildings; thou

thought, vice more than virtue, the mob more than its chiefs, the children more than their fathers, folly more than reason" there is what was written in characters of blood upon the pretended miraculous hosts of vintras! we affirm upon our honour that the facts cited above are such as we have stated, and that we ourselves saw and explained the characters according to magical science and the true keys of the qabalah. the disciple of vintras also communicated to us the description and design of the pontifical vestments given, said he, by jesus christ himself to the pretended prophet, during one of his ecstatic trances. vintras had these vestments made, and clothes himself with them in order to perform his miracles. they are red in colour. he wears upon his forehead a cross in the form of a

n of beings, form the principle analogous to the great dogmas of trinity, of incarnation, and of redemption. such is also the mystery of the cross. it will be easy for us to prove this by an appeal to religious monuments, by the signs of the primitive word, by 182 those books which contain the secrets of the qabalah, and finally by the reasoned explanation of all the mysteries by the means of the keys of qabalistic magic. in all symbolisms, in fact, we find ideas of antagonism and of harmony producing a trinitarian notion in the conception of divinity, following which the mythological personification of the four cardinal points of heaven completes the sacred septenary, the base of all dogmas and of all rites. in order to convince oneself of it, it is sufficient to read again and meditate u

hoever frees himself from the common errors of mankind is obliged to pay a ransom proportional to the sum of these errors: socrates pays for aneitus, and jesus was obliged to suffer a torment whose terror was equal to the whole treason of judas. thus, by paying the debts of fatality, hard-won liberty purchases the empire of the world; it is hers to bind and to unbind. god has put in her hands the keys of heaven and of hell. you men who abandon brutes to themselves wish them to devour you. the rabble, slaves of fatality, can only enjoy liberty by absolute obedience to the will of free men; they ought to work for those who are responsible for them. but when the brute governs brutes, when the blind leads the blind, when the leader is as subject to fatality as the masses, what must one expect?

THE MIDDLE PILLAR

(ah-ga-lah. 5. continue to concentrate on the whte brilliance, and when you feel it is aroused say: i am the resurrection and the life. he that believeth on me, though he were dead, yet shall he live. and whatsoever liveth and believeth on me, the same shall have everlasting life. i am the first and i am the last. i am he that liveth and was dead, and behold i am alive for evermore, and hold the keys of hell and of death. for i know that my redeemer liveth and he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth. i am the way, the truth, and the life. the middle pillar exercise 213 no man cometh unto the father but by me. i am the purified. i have passed through the gates of darkness unto light. i have fought upon the earth for good. i have finished my work, i have entered into the invisible

THE NECRONOMICON SIMON VERSION

ntains the formulae for evoking incredible things into visible appearance, beings and monsters which dwell in the abyss, and outer space, of the human psyche. such books have existed in fact, and do exist. idries shah tells us of a search he conducted for a copy of the book of power by the arab magician abdul-kadir (see: the secret lore of magic by shah, of which only one copy was ever found. the keys of solomon had a similar reputation, as did the magus by barret, until all of these works were eventually reprinted in the last fifteen years or so. the golden dawn, a famous british and american occult lodge of the turn of the century, was said to have possessed a manuscript called "the veils of negative existence" by another arab. these were the sorcerer's handbooks, and generally not meant

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

hrough the blackness sounds the sickening noise of cannibals that gloat on monstrous joys *mysteries: lyrical and dramatic, vol. i, p. 126. feeding perhaps first on man fs body, the priest soon found, after investing his victim with an immortal soul, that the soul would form an excellent basis for blackmail, enabling man to buy off the terrors of hell through the medium of the priest who held the keys of heaven: cstill death reigns, and god and priests are fed, man fs blood for wine, man fs flesh for meat and bread *mysteries: lyrical and dramatic, vol. i, p. 106. and these priests are not dead yet. as the human race throve so did their gods, the old savage of man fs early thoughts grew, and growing became more evil, as their gods so were men, and as men so were their gods, the one continu

THE SECRET RITUALS OF THE OTO

forth from their homes. and the spirits of the elemental tablets given by dr. dee and sir edward kelly are the best, being very perfect in their nature and faithful, affectioning (sic) the human race. and if not so powerful as, they are less dangerous than, the planetary spirits; for these are more boisterous, and by distraction stars are easily perturbed and afflicted. call them therefore by the keys of enoch as is written in the book ye know of; and let there be after the calls an evocation by the wand; and let the marrow of the wand be preserved within the pyramids of the letters that make up the name of the spirit. now unless ye be well skilled in art magick, ye will not dare call forth the three great gods of the whole tablet, or the king serpent thereof, or the six seigneurs majestic

3c3.html (8 of 18 [12/28/2001 2:05:41 pm] the secret rituals of the o.t.o. the crucifixion or copulation, and nine months later is the birth of the child, which liveth 33 years, being a generation of mankind, and is crucified. yet is this coming led with the descent of the sun below the equator and his resurrection, and again with the daily agony of the sun. now then our brethren, having the true keys of all religion; namely that all cults typify either the mysteries of lingam and yoni or of sol, luna, and terra, can for themselves interpret all rites, create new faiths and new feasts, ruling the world in justice and righteousness under the supreme and most holy king x that is to them father and god. for this is the arcanum of the hierophants of old, that in this cult of the sun in heaven

THE HOLY BIBLE KING JAMES VERSION

d, thou art the christ, the son of the living god. 16:17 and jesus answered and said unto him, blessed art thou, simon barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed [it] unto thee, but my father which is in heaven. 16:18 and i say also unto thee, that thou art peter, and upon this rock i will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. 16:19 and i will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. 16:20 then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was jesus the christ. 16:21 from that time forth began jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders

16 and he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance [was] as the sun shineth in his strength. 1:17 and when i saw him, i fell at his feet as dead. and he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, fear not; i am the first and the last: 1:18 i [am] he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, i am alive for evermore, amen; and have the keys of hell and of death. 1:19 write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter; 1:20 the mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches. 2:1 unto the angel of the church

TYSON DONALD NEW MILLENNIUM MAGIC

t then seek the inner enlightenment that will supply specific tokens keyed to the depths of his or her unique subconscious. before the light will dwell within the magus long enough to teach him or her the secrets of the art, the magus must suffer the considerable pain and doubt that comes from completely renouncing the com- mon western material mode of thinking and living. these hard-won personal keys of magic will belong to the magus alone and will have great power, but they will be wasted if the magus tries to share them with the larger world. in legend the norse god of magic, odin (the teutonic god woden) is said to have undergone this kind of personal sacrifice to achieve his spiritual illumination. in a beautiful and powerful excerpt from the havamal, an unknown bard takes on the voic

given his knowledge of runes to his people, but of course he could not have done so. even had he been an historical personage, he could only have given a translation of the runes he snatched from his subconscious, which would have been a pale shadow of their reality-a name for a name. he could never give the runes themselves because they were a part of his unique personal universe, his own secret keys of the art revealed to him through divine inspiration. the attainment of personal magic is a secret that few professed adepts know and fewer teach. it is well worth acquiring because all magical paths open to the magus with divine inspiration, and no mere human teacher or spirit guide can bar them: for the gift of knowing comes from the highest authority, the light of kether. no magical secre

TYSON DONALD THE POWER OF THE WORD

as the first 456" it is also said of them "which also, successively, are the number of time" it is evident from this that "the true ages of time" mentioned in the third key are not the spirits 456, but the spirits of the enochian banners. the words "second beginning of things" seem to mean that this key falls on the first subquarter of the second watchtower, the watchtower of the south. all four keys of this initial cycle, keys three, four, five, and six, begin their respective watchtowers (see illustration on page 185. concerning the puzzling use of 33 and 9639, i can offer no solution. so far as i am aware, no student of enochian magic has been able to completely explain the use of numbers in the keys. i can only observe that it is obvious that the numbers are not to be taken whole, but

nderstand that these rulers are always the same. the rulers of the south remain the six seniors who preside over that quarter. however, the specific function of these rulers may change from key to key, depending upon the context of the key by which they are evoked. since these rulers act through their wings, or ministers, the result is that we seem to be calling upon different angels in different keys of the same quarter. the recurrence of the number twenty-eight is interesting. this number first occurred in the seventh key, which is a summons of the "servants of mercy" of the east. whereas in that key, the twenty-eight were described as "living dwellings" here they have become "lanterns of sorrow" again, there is a suggestion of the mansions of the moon. the light of the moon can be both

rs to "appear before the covenant of his mouth, which he hath sworn unto us in his justice" indicates clearly that the magician is to vibrate, or voice, the keys in the adopted guise of "him that sits on the holy throne" in the original enochian, this long description is a single name of god, idoigo. the final words "make us partakers of undefiled knowledge" indicate the purpose for vibrating the keys of the aethers, and indeed the entire cycle of forty-eight expressed keys-the attainment of knowledge. gnosis is the greek word for "knowledge" but was understood by the gnostics as spiritual knowledge, a direct and transcendent personal insight. this was also the highest goal of the kabbalists, the magicians of the renaissance, and the alchemists-knowledge of god through self-awareness. on n

WEOR SAMAEL AUN ESOTERIC COURSE OF KABBLAH

antram i.a.o. resume el poder m gico del tri ngulo de "elementos principios: i (ignis) fuego; a (aqua; o origo (principio esp ritu) i. a. o. es el mantram supremo del arcano a.z.f. quien quiera hacer subir por el canal medular al alma del mundo, debe trabajar con el azufre (fuego, con el mercurio (agua, y con la sal (tierra filos fica. s lo as se nace en esp ritu y en verdad. 22 the twelve secret keys of basil valentine (basilius valentinus, the benedictine of erfurt are found within the arcanum a.z.f. the entire secret of the great work is enclosed within the azoth series of basil valentine. azoth is the sexual creative principle of nature. the magnum work has been realized when the rose of the spirit blooms upon the cross of our body. the three principle-elements are the three mother let

WORKBOOK FOR GRADE 0 VOID AND THE ABYSS

the lilitu, within and without. one mystery of the two is that they are called the eternal couple and are symbolized in the zohar as the evil couple (evil is therefore described as the left hand path approach, isolating the self which was contrary to many of the founders of religious christianity. samael is then revealed as asmodeus and lilith the mother of fornication. samael and lilith are the keys of infernal, or daemonic union. it is by the combination of these forces which are the sun and moon respectively that we may emerge from which 23 the familiar and exterior daemon may seek further sexual congress via dreams. the sigil of infernal union is the gateway towards qlippothic awakening, which we may unite the shadow with the light, therefore reaching towards the depths and heights of

ZALEWSKI GOLDEN DAWN ENOCHIAN MAGIC OCR

n 20. lbsfamb 31. pcrrbnr 42. bergdba 10. inzvbnl 21. bsfamll 32. crrbnrp 11. nzvbnli 22. oogosrs 33. rrbnrpc special power of the igng "to whom the earth with her bowels and secret whatsoever are delivered: and hast said to me: heretofore what thou art, there i may know. thou art great but (as truly did confess) he in whom thou art is greater than thou" special power of the prince "unto whom the keys of the mysteries of the earth are delivered. whose 42 ministers are angels, that govern under thee. all which thy mighty king bnaspol bade use of me and affirmed that they are and shall be at thy command" genesis vs. 14-19 "and god said 'let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day and the night, and let them serve as signs to mark seasons and days and years, and let them

ZALEWSKI SECRET INNER ORDER RITUALS OF THE GOLDEN DAWN OCR

ath" and the third adept shows deific antithesis: the exaltation into the divine. then the chief adept says again "i am the first and the last (the adept and the tau and the yod and the heh(f) of the sacred name "i am he that liveth but was dead, and behold i am alive for evermore, amen; that is using the name of the egyptian deity amon (or amen, who represents the ideal god force "and i hold the keys of death and of hell (because if you stand on malkuth and keep your touch with the gods, you hold the keys of that which is below) but the lower self all this time has an existence, for it certainly is not quite eliminated: it is cast forth from the nephesch, yet preserving a link with it, it goes down into the qlippoth, and in this connection, it is well to observe what may really be evil on

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