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ot properly speaking, a sephira. on this tablet (indicating it) is shown the arrangement of the sephiroth in the four worlds, each sephira with its own 10 sephiroth inscribed inside, so that the total number is 400, the number of tau the last letter of the alphabet. hiereus: resumes his place. heg: leads practicus to tablet in south. heg: this is the symbolism of the altar of burnt offering which king solomon built. it was formed of a four-fold cube, 20 cubits square and 10 feet high, 10 are the principal parts which you here see classified above, as under the sephiroth, and forming thus the triangle of fire above it. heg: leads practicus to tablet in north. heg: this is the symbolism of the brazen sea, which king solomon made. it was 10 cubits diameter answering to the sephiroth; the heig

ABRAMELIN3

th wished herein to leave us our free will, but woe unto him who shall abuse his divine grace. yet i say not but that if an enemy should attempt thy life, that it is permissible unto thee if necessary to destroy him; but in any other case lay not thine hand unto the sword, but use gentler methods. be kind and affable unto every one. one may also serve a friend without harm unto oneself. david and king solomon could have destroyed their enemies in an instant, but they did not so; in imitation of god himself who chastiseth not unless he is outraged. if thou shalt perfectly observe these rules, all the following symbols and an infinitude of others will be granted unto thee by thy holy guardian angel; thou thus living for the honour and glory of the true and only god, for thine own good, and t

ALEISTER CROWLEY ABSINTHE THE GREEN GODDESS

n elixir, the masterpiece of an old alchemist, no common wine. and so, as i talk with the patron concerning the vanity of things, i perceive the secret of the heart of god himself; this, that everything, even the vilest thing, is so unutterably lovely that it is worthy of the devotion of a god for all eternity. what other excuse could he give man for making him? in substance, that is my answer to king solomon. ii. the barrier between divine and human things is frail but inviolable; the artist and the bourgeois are only divided by a point of view-"a hair divided the false and true" i am watching the opalescence of my absinthe, and it leads me to ponder upon a certain very curious mystery, persistent in legend. we may call it the mystery of the rainbow. originally in the fantastic but signif

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

erations by a right understanding of the inward and occult virtue of things; so that true agents being applied to proper patients, strange and admirable effects will thereby be produced. whence magicians are profound and diligent searchers into nature; they, because of their skill, know how to anticipate an effect, the which to the vulgar shall seem to be a miracle "the goetia of the lemegeton of king solomon "wherever sympathetic magic occurs in its pure unadulterated form, it is assumed that in nature one event follows another necessarily and invariably without the intervention of any spiritual or personal agency. thus its fundamental conception is identical with that of modern science; underlying the whole system is a faith, implicit but real and firm, in the order and uniformity of nat

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS

rtain rituals of what frazer conveniently calls the asiatic god, as in the remnants of the ancient egyptian cult. the docmagic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 94 trine became abominably corrupted in committee, so to speak and the result was christianity, which may be regarded as a white ritual overlaid by a mountainous mass of black doctrine, like the baby of the mother that king solomon non-suited. we may define the doctrine of the white school in its purity in very simple terms. existence is pure joy. sorrow is caused by failure to perceive this fact; but this is not a misfortune. we have invented sorrow, which does not matter so much after all, in order to have the exuberant satisfaction of getting rid of it. existence is thus a sacrament. adepts of the white schoo

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE SWORD OF SONG

laylah, and only adolescence can cure us, we are only too liable, in the rush and energy of dawning manhood, to overturn roughly and rashly both these classics, to regard them both on the same level, as interesting documents from the standpoint of folk-lore and anthropology, and as nothing more. even when we learn that the bible, by a* this essay forms the introduction an edition of the goetia of king solomon a thousand and one nights, commonly called arabian nights. profound and minute study of the text, may be forced to yield up qabalistic arcana of cosmic scope and importance, we are too often slow to apply a similar restorative to the companion volume, even if we are the lucky holders of burton s veritable edition. to me, then, it remains to raise the alf laylah wa laylah into its prop

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQUINOX EQ I 1 2

t i am rather difficult to wake again. however, let me be vigilant now. 8.45. i have dressed and from 8.35-8.45 performed the ritual of the bornless one. though i performed it none too well (failing,"e.g. to make use of the geometric progression on the mahalingam formula in the ieou section [we cannot understand this passage. it presumably refers to the "preliminary invocation" in the "goetia" of king solomon, published s.p.r.t. boleskine foyers, n.b. 1904. ed] and not troubling even to formulate carefully the elemental hosts, or to marshal them about the circle) i yet, by the favour of iao, obtained a really good effect, losing all sense of personality and being exalted in the pillar. peace and ecstasy enfolded me. it is well. 8.50 but as i was ill last night, and as the morning has broke

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

for which its polar opposite, capricorn, stands and which finds full expression in aquarius which completes the experience of leo and fuses it with that of cancer and capricorn. these six signs: cancer. leo. virgo capricorn..a. quarius..pisces form another six-pointed star of profound significance which is the subjective counterpart of the six-pointed star (the interlaced triangles) which we call king solomon's seal. this interlacing of the two above triangles constitutes what is called a triangle of humanity and under the theories of the science of triangles it concerns the relation of the individual to the mass of humanity and of the disciple to the group. these triangles warrant most careful study. it is the planet neptune which is predominantly active in bringing about such an activity

tly referred; there is also the science of relationship, which concerns the relations between the many quaternaries which can be discovered in the planetary interrelation, the relation between four constellations, plus many human and divine quaternaries. there is again the science of stars of energy, such as i have here noted when referring to the six-pointed star of humanity, and of this science king solomon's seal is the well known symbol. these stars, triangles and squares are found in all horoscopes human, planetary, systemic and cosmic and constitute the life pattern of the particular being under investigation; they determine the time of manifestation and the nature of the emanations and influences. the squares or quaternaries relate to material appearance or form expression; the star

s- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust are sensed so that they materialise upon the physical plane. the seventh ray produces fixation upon the exoteric level of experience and "anchors (if i may use such a term) the ray forces into form, producing concrete expression of the subjective realities or powers. six forces meet in gemini and, for this reason, the double triangle or king solomon's seal is one of the subjective symbols of this sign, linking it again with the masonic tradition and indicating also again the essential dualism of this sign. all the inner potencies are, therefore, present and only the stabilising seventh ray energy is omitted from the dowry of the man born in gemini. thus we can easily account for the versatility of the gemini subject. the effectiv

subject and be consciously directed and controlled in cancer, thus leading to the great liberation which takes place in the polar opposite to cancer, capricorn and also in aquarius and pisces. this of course refers to effects upon man upon the reversed wheel. in a certain sense these six signs constitute two major triangles of force. i have here indicated to you the higher or spiritual aspect of king solomon's seal. when these six types of energy are fused and blended and so form one unity, you will then find emerging the "star of christ" this is one of the symbols of the sixth initiation and is the inner correspondence of the star with which you are familiar. in order to understand this more clearly i would point out to you that: 1. that which is begun or "entered into" at the first init

AN INTRO TO STUDY OF THE KABALAH

, as i believe is correct, as the esotericism of the religion of the hebrews, the foundation dogmas are doubtless almost as old as the first promulgation of the main principles of the worship of jehovah. i cannot now attempt any glance at the contentions of some doubting scholars, who question whether the story of the twelve tribes is a historic fact, or whether there ever were a moses, or even a king solomon. it is sufficient for the present purpose that the jewish nation had the jehovistic theology and a system of priestly caste, and a coherent doctrine, at the time of the second temple when cyrus, sovereign of all asia, 536 b.c, holding the jews in captivity, permitted certain of them to return to jerusalem for the express purpose of reestablishing the hebrew mode of worship which had b

der, then those of verse 21 in direct order: this gave 72 names read from above down, each of 3 letters: to each was added either al or ih, and so were formed the names of the 72 angels of the ladder of jacob which led from earth to heaven: these names were often placed on the obverse and reverse of medals or rolls of parchment to form 36 talismans. according to some kabalists both king david and king solomon were able to work wonders with kabalistic magical arts: the pentagram was called the seal of solomon, and the hexagram was called the shield of david; to the points of the former were assigned the spirit and four elements, while to those of the latter were ascribed the planets. the treatise called "the clavicules of king solomon" is of course a mediaeval fraud. the hebrew letters are

BLAVATSKY H P ANTHROPOGENESIS

fire-worship, as some orientalists think. then came huschenk, the prudent and the wise. it was his dynasty which re-discovered metals and precious stones, which had been concealed by the devs or giants in the bowels of the earth; how to make brass-work, to cut canals, and improve agriculture. as usual, it is huschenk, again, who is credited with having written the work called[[footnote(s* thence king solomon, whose traces are nowhere to be found outside of the bible, and the description of whose magnificent palace and city dovetail with those of the persian tales; though they were unknown to all pagan travellers, even to herodotus[[vol. 2, page] 397 the persian phoenix "eternal wisdom" and even with having built the cities of luz, babylon and ispahan, though they were built ages later. bu

BLAVATSKY H P COSMOGENESIS

ious mysteries of the new nation which he created, upon the same abstract formula derived from this sidereal cycle, which he symbolised under the form and measurements of the tabernacle, that he is supposed to have constructed in the wilderness. on these data, the later jewish high priests constructed the allegory of solomon's temple- a building which never had a real existence, any more than had king solomon himself, who is simply, and as much a solar myth as is the still later hiram abif, of the masons, as ragon has well demonstrated. thus, if the measurements of this allegorical temple, the symbol of the cycle of[[vol. 1, page] 315 piazza smyth and petrie disagree. initiation, coincide with those of the great pyramid, it is due to the fact that the former were derived from the latter th

BOOK OF JASHAR

ay find peace" and abram asked "how can we be fathers of separate nations? will not my sons marry their daughters, and my daughters marry their sons" then god put a blessing on abram, and so to this day he has been called ibrahim, the father of many nations. commentary on the jashar apocryphon at the dedication of the first temple, a supreme watershed moment in the history of the jewish religion, king solomon is said to have justified the proceedings by a scriptural quote from the "book of jashar (1 kings 8.13, from the greek septuagint sources. other citations of jashar in the hebrew bible include joshua 10.13, where joshua stops the moon and the sun, and 2 samuel 1.18, where david mourns jonathan and saul. we cannot help wondering what could have been in this "straight book (in hebrew, j

DAVID ICKE AND THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE

the freemasonry invention, hiram abif was the architect of solomon's biblical temple. the gothic constitutions of the stonemasons make no reference to such a man, but he became the freemasons' martyr figure. invention has it that hiram refused to betray the secrets to three fellow craft masons armed with masonic tools. they murdered him when he would not reveal his secrets, so the myth goes, and king solomon ordered a search when hiram appeared to be missing. hiram's body was discovered 'indecently interred' and was reburied with 'all respect and reverence. solomon ordered those responsible for the murder to be executed and in some versions of the story, the killers, jubela, jubelo, and jubelum, were so full of remorse that they asked to be put to death. jubela asked for his throat to be

s to be burned to ashes and scattered before the four winds of heaven. you can see where the freemasons' rituals and oaths come from. their rituals play out the story and death of hiram abif, baring their breast with their trouser legs rolled up to bare their knees.5 the story of hiram abif is a fantasy. the freemasonic thought police have made great play of the ancient links with the building of king solomon's temple in jerusalem. they have turned it into something akin to the vatican- and then some. but the bible from which the figure of hiram was taken, describes a very different man. first of all his name was simply hiram. the addition of abif came from the pyramid power 185 founders of masonic myth. abif 's a miff, you might say. and what does the bible say about this man? does it say

DAVID ICKE CHILDREN OF THE MATRIX

evidence of the 40 years the "israelites" were supposed to have lived there. what did they find? nothing. the loss of the egyptian army in the red sea is not recorded in any historical document and this is utterly ludicrous if it had actually happened. the greek historian herodotus (c.485-425bc) travelled and researched the lands and history of egypt and the near east and yet he heard nothing of king solomon, the mass exodus of "israelites" from egypt, or the egyptian army drowned in the red sea. neither did the greek philosopher, plato. l.a. waddell, a fluent reader of sanskrit, sumerian, and egyptian, researched that whole region in great detail. he concluded "there is absolutely no inscriptional evidence whatsoever, nor any ancient greek or roman reference, for the existence of abraham

god save us from religion 201 the real bible code another fact that is vital to understand if we are to see the forest for the trees is that these levite texts were written symbolically in codes and parables. when we take them all literally we lose the plot. before the prison religions, the ancients were worshippers of the sun and all three syllables in sol-om-on are different names for the sun. king solomon's temple was not a real location, it is symbolic. the freemasonic historian, manly p. hall, wrote that king solomon's 1,000 "wives" and concubines were symbolic of the sun, moons, asteroids, and other "receptive bodies, within his "house" or "temple- the solar system.12 the stories attributed to solomon and david can be found long before in india. and if there was no david or solomon

DAVID ICKE THE BIGGEST SECRET

the egyptian historian, manetho, reported that a strange and barbaricrace invaded and took control of egypt. when they were eventually driven out, he said,they journeyed through syria and built a city called jerusalem.14 the hyksos could wellbe a group of similar description called the habiru who came out of the former lands ofsumer, as did, according to the old testament, the one called abraham.king solomon and his temple are more symbolism. there is, again, no independentevidence for a person called king solomon. not once has his name appeared in anyinscriptions. before the levites wrote their texts, the greek historian herodotus (c. 485-425 bc, travelled and researched the lands and history of egypt and the near east. heheard nothing of the empire of solomon, the mass exodus of israeli

l over europe. most notably, he transformed his church with hisnew-found wealth. it was fully restored and refurbished with strange statues and esotericsymbols. on the entrance to the church he had written in french: this place is terrible.as you walk through the door you are faced with a demonic statue depicting a particularversion of the devil. it is asmodeus who, the legend says, was forced by king solomon tohelp with the building of his temple in jerusalem. a cutting with a picture of asmodeus inchains was found among saunieres possessions. a plate glass window features marymagdalene anointing the feet of jesus and a statue of mary magdalene includes a skull ather feet- that symbol of the templar rituals. the floor is laid out with the black and151white squares of a masonic temple. a f

DEMONIC BIBLE

he waters, and to guide ships laden with arms, armour, and ammunition, etc, thereon. and at the request of the exorcist he can cause the seas to be right stormy and to appear full of ships. also he maketh men to die in three days by putrefying wounds or sores, and causing worms to breed in them. he governeth 29 legions of spirits, and his seal is this, etc (43) sabnock- the forty-third spirit, as king solomon commanded them into the vessel of brass, is called sabnock, or savnok. he is a marquis, mighty, great and strong, appearing in the form of an armed soldier with a lion s head, riding on a palecoloured horse. his office is to build high towers, castles and cities, and-to furnish them with armour, etc. also he can afflict men for many days with wounds and with sores rotten and full of w

of an angel. he is a duke great and strong, speaking something mystically of hidden things. he teacheth the art of geometry and the liberal sciences. he, at the command of the exorcist, will produce great noises like the rushings of many waters, although there be none. he warmeth waters, and discovereth baths. he was of the order of potestates, or powers, before his fall, as he declared unto the king solomon. he governeth 48 legions of spirits. his seal is this, the which wear thou as aforesaid (50) furcas- the fiftieth spirit is furcas. he is a knight, and appeareth in the form of a cruel old man with a long beard and a hoary head, riding upon a pale-coloured horse, with a sharp weapon in his hand. his office is to teach the arts of philosophy, astrology, rhetoric, logic, cheiromancy, an

DIABOLUS

demons in the time of christ, when the pharisees took against christ. they associated christ having been possessed by beelzebub and referred to his power as being able to drive the demons from one by the power of demons. it is suggested that the name of beelzebub, being the god of ekron which was a philistine city. the canaanite name baal which is an early 39 pagan god is the root of this demon. king solomon had dealings with this demon and learned much about his nature. he is considered the lord of flies and a powerful force. an interesting text concerning him is the following "then hell, receiving satan the prince, with sore reproach said unto him: o prince of perdition and chief of destruction, beelzebub, the scorn of the angels and spitting of the righteous why wouldest thou do this?

DION FORTUNE MYSTICAL QABALA

the two side columns formed by the vertical alignment of the sephiroth in their spacing on the tree of life. of these two columns, the left-hand one under binah is called severity; the right-hand one under chokmah is called mercy; the middle one under kether is called mildness, and it is said to be the column of equilibrium. these two side columns are the two pillars that stand at the entrance to king solomon's temple and are represented in all lodges of the mysteries, the candidate himself, when he stands between them, is the middle pillar of equilibrium. 11. here we meet with the idea put forth by mme blavatsky, that there can be no manifestation without differentiation into the pairs of opposites. kether differentiates its two aspects as chokmah and binab, and manifestation is in being

DONALDTYSON DEMON

sed 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. you should realize that these images, and the understanding that christian demonologists had about them, were merely unsophisticated attempts to come to terms with real, perceived phenomena of daily life. p

DONALDTYSON POSSESS

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

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(august 1905. burton, maurice. the sixth sense of animals. new york: taplinger, 1973; london: dent, 1973. gaddis, vincent, and margaret gaddis. the strange world of animals and pets. 1970. reprint, new york: pocket books, 1971. kindermann, henny. lola; or, the thought and speech of animals. new york: e. p. dutton, 1923. lilly, j. man and dolphin. garden city, n.y: doubleday, 1961. lorenz, konrad. king solomon s ring. new york: time, 1962. lubow, robert. the war animals. garden city, n.y: doubleday, 1977. maeterlinck, maurice. the unknown guest. new hyde park, n.y: university books, 1975. schul, bill. the psychic power of animals. greenwich, conn: fawcett, 1977. selous, edmund. thought-transference (or what) in birds. london: constable& co. ltd, 1931. anima mundi the soul of the world, a pu

rea near the brazilian/bolivian border encountered bendit, phoebe daphne (payne) encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 168 ayahuasca (or hoasca. the formation of the unioa is dated from that experience though the reconstruction of the religion would take the next 20 years. maestre gabriel died on september 24, 1971. according to the uniao de vegetel, its religion dates to the time of king solomon in israel. over the years it has disappeared on several occasions, but as god sees fit, spiritual personages are called forth to reestablish it. in the past, such an effort was reinitiated by the incas. maestre gabriel traced his own introduction to the substance to a people who continued its use from incan times though the incan ritual and doctrine had been lost. rituals of the uniao

the properties of substances, and all other secrets of creation. in his encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. crollius, oswaldus 353 the history of magic (1860, occultist eliphas levi, summarizes the doctrine of signatures: the characters of different writings were borrowed primitively from these natural signatures existing in stars and flowers, in mountains and the smallest pebble. king solomon alone is credited with having accomplished the dual labor; but the books of solomon are lost. the enterprise of crollius was not a reconstitution of these, but an attempt to discover the fundamental principles obtaining in the universal language of the creative world. it was recognized in these principles that the original hieroglyphics, based on the prime elements of geometry, corres

roots, 1907.1945. 2 vols, eastern european monographs, distributed by new york: columbia university press, 1988. eliezar (ca. 70.79 c.e) legendary jewish exorcist. according to the historian josephus (ca. 37.ca. 100 c.e, who claimed to have witnessed an exorcism in the presence of emperor vespasian, eliezar applied to the possessed person a ring to which was attached a magical root prescribed by king solomon. this drew out the devils, which eliezar caused to pass into a basin of water, which was immediately poured away. elixir of life medieval alchemists and mystics believed they were justified in their search for the mythical elixir of life, a universal medicine supposedly containing a recipe for the renewal of youth. the search for this elixir and a quest for gold became the grand goals

blished some excellent stories of the supernatural, including the renowned the strange case of dr. jekyll and mr. hyde (1888. less well known but equally brilliant are his short stories thrawn janet, will o the mill, and markheim. in the latter story, stevenson touches a deeper metaphysical note. the popular novelist h. rider haggard (1856.1925) was celebrated for his great adventure stories like king solomon s mines, but there are themes of fantasy and reincarnation in his stories she (1886) and ayesha (1905. another great nineteenth-century writer was the playwright oscar wilde (1854.1900, who also wrote a whimsical ghost story, the canterville ghost (1887, and the terrifying gothic story the picture of dorian gray (1890. the ghost short story flourished during the nineteenth century, en

both eastern religions (especially hinduism) and western mystical systems such as kabalism assist the process of describing it. the ancient wisdom myth of freemasonry found an origin in the bible, a significantly more acceptable source to a christian establishment than arabia and the muslim countries of rosicrucianism. in 1 kings 7:13.45, the masons found the story of hiram. hiram was employed by king solomon to work on the temple in jerusalem. after his work, he disappeared from both the pages of the bible and from history. freemasons, however, developed his biography that included a murder by his artisan colleagues. hiram, in working on the temple, became aware of the word of god inscribed in the secret parts of the temple. he would not reveal what he had learned and his noncollegial ret

ed. 636 sources: gibier, paul. physiologie transcendentale: analyse des choses. 1890. translated as psychism: analysis of things existing. n.p, 1890. le spiritisme (fakirisme occidental. paris: c. doin, 1887. gibran, kahlil (1883.1931) metaphysical poet and philosopher. he was born in the town of bsharye, lebanon, traditionally the area of the forest of the holy cedars, which furnished timber for king solomon s temple in ancient jerusalem. gibran was baptized in the maronite (eastern rite) branch of the roman catholic church and named after his paternal grandfather as gibran kahlil gibran, a name he retained in arabic, although he used the simpler kahlil gibran in his english writings. he was educated in lebanon and emigrated to the united states with his family when he was 12, settling in

in medieval legend, a magic sword thrust into a tree by odin and pulled out by sigmund. it bestowed upon its possessor exceptional powers and performed many miracles. the story is told in the lay of the volsungs. the grand grimoire a grimoire, or text of instruction for use in ceremonial magic. it was supposedly edited by one antonia del rabina from a copy transcribed from the genuine writings of king solomon. the grand grimoire is divided into two parts, the first containing the evocation of lucifuge rocofale and the second concerned with the rite of making pacts with demons. the first portion of the grand grimoire describes a process for evoking evil spirits to assist the operator in discovering hidden treasure. the second part suggests the surrender of the magician s body and soul to th

samuel weiser, 1971. mcintosh, christopher. the devil s bookshelf. wellingborough, england: aquarian press, 1985. grimoires detailed books of magic rituals and spells, often invoking spirit entities. the term derives from grammarye or grammar, as magic was in times past intimately connected to the correct usage of language. several of the more important grimoires were attributed the wise biblical king solomon, while others were said to be the work of other ancient notables. grimoires began to appear during medieval times, when western society was controlled by the roman catholic church, and the early grimoires reflect the conflict with catholicism s supernaturalism. the grimoires called upon spirits generally thought to be evil by the church and were thus often branded as instruments of bl

site: http//www.cufos.org. sources: clark, jerome. ufos in the 1980s. vol. 1 of the ufo encyclopedia. detroit: apogee books, 1990. hendry, allan. the ufo handbook: a guide to investigating, evaluating, and reporting ufo sightings. garden city, n.y: doubleday, 1979. the j. allen hynek center for ufo studies. http/ www.cufos.org. march 8, 2000. jachin and boaz the names of two symbolical pillars of king solomon s kabalistic temple. they were believed to explain the mystery of the meaning of life. one was black and the other white, representing the powers of good and evil. it was said that they symbolized the need of two in the world. human progression requires two feet, the worlds gravitate by means of two forces, generation needs two sexes. the symbolism of the two pillars has been discusse

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

books, chiefly in english. she founded the white cross union and was president of the universal gnostic alliance, founded in january 1912 to propagate gnosis (knowledge) of the great spiritual laws which rule the universe, and thus promote the spiritual evolution of the human race. sources: karadja, mary. esoteric meaning of the seven sacraments. n.p, 1910. etincelles (french epigrams. n.p, 1890. king solomon: a mystic drama. n.p, 1912. towards the light. new york: dodd, mead, 1909. karagulla, shafica (1914.ca. 1986) medical doctor and psychiatrist who took a special interest in psychic perception. karagulla was born on june 28, 1914, in turkey to a christian family. she was educated at the american school for girls in beirut, lebanon; the american junior college for women, beirut; and the

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meyer, jean francois. our terrestrial journey is coming to an end: the late voyage of the solar temple. nova religio 2, 2 (april 1999: 172-196. palmer, susan. purity and danger in the solar temple. journal of contemporary religion 11, 3 (october 1996: 303-318. wessinger, catherine how the millennium comes violently. new york: seven bridges press, 2000. solomon legends have connected the biblical king solomon, son of david, with magical practices. although it does not possess any biblical authority, there is a considerable body of middle eastern folklore concerning solomon that grows out of his reputation as one of the wisest of men, coupled with the possible identification of solomon with a still older mythical figure named suleiman. arabic and persian legends speak of a prehistoric race

ndon: wildwood house, 1976; new york: dutton, 1976. experiments in mental suggestion. church crookham, hampshire, u.k: study of mental images publications, 1963. mysterious manifestations of the human psyche. 1959. reprinted as: mysterious phenomena of the human psyche. new hyde park, n.y: university books, 1965. vassago according to the lemegeton (book of the spirits, a famous work attributed to king solomon, vassago was one of the sev- varma, devendra p. encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 1628 enty-two spirits to be conjured up by magical evocation. vassago is described as a prince in the hierarchy of genii, favored by those who would know the unknown; he could tell of the future and find anything lost or stolen. as with other princes among the spirits, vassago could be c

FELDMAN DANIEL QABALAH THE MYSTICAL HERITAGE OF THE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM

estruction of the great library of alexandria. this literature was virtually unknown from the fourth (when banned by hilary, jerome, and augustus) until the late nineteenth century ce, when three manuscripts deemed as authentic enochian material were discovered. two of the manuscripts, i enoch and iii enoch, were in ethiopian translation: these were found in what was once abyssinia, the domain of king solomon s infamous lover, the queen of sheba. the third manuscript, called ii enoch and the book of the secrets of enoch, was preserved in two slavonic versions: these were found in russia and serbia. i enoch and ii enoch were translated by r.h. charles. h. odeburg translated iii enoch( hebrew book of enoch).17 the books of enoch that are mentioned here should not be confused with the canons

he early nineteenth century. these latter books, which influenced romantic artists and poets such as thomas moore, william blake, and lord byron, are from a different tradition. the authorship and dates of origin of the remaining enochian books are obscure. the three manuscripts cited, replete with errors of addition, corruption, and omission, may well be the remnants of volumes given to sheba by king solomon and subsequently handed down through generations. at the very least, biblical scholars agree that the books of enoch are the most important apocrypha and pseudoepigrapha pre-dating the christian era. it has been well established that all new testament authors were more or less influenced by them.18 the translations of the three books of enoch had been long out of print by the time the

i neti, that 3' 8: h" 2: 2 2:e 8% awareness which alone remains xthat i am. the nature of that awareness is existence- consciousness-bliss. and, like silver is in mother of pearl, the world, the individual soul, and god are appearances in the true self. these three appear at the same time and disappear at the same time. 83 in the zohar (book of splendor, shir hashirim (song of songs attributed to king solomon, and elsewhere, the hebrew small face is described as raven-haired and black-bearded. vast face conversely is frequently referred to as the whitehaired, white-bearded, hoary ancient of days. for example: white are his garments, and his appearance is the likeness of a face vast and terrible.18..the head of days, his head white and pure as wool. and his raiment indescribable. 19 in the

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s the inestimable gift of god to man* the square to the master, because it is the proper masonic emblem of his office; and the compasses to the craft, because by its use, we are taught to circumscribe our desires, and keep our passions within due bounds. the ornaments of a lodge. the mosaic pavement, indented tessel, and blazing star. the mosaic pavement is a representation of the ground floor of king solomon's temple; the indented tessel, of that beautiful tesselated border, or skirting, which surrounded it,with the blazing star in the centre. the mosaic pavement is emblematical of human life, checkered with good and evil; the beautiful border which surrounds it, of those manifold blessings and comforts which surround us, and which we hope to obtain by a faithful reliance on divine provid

trestleboard, so should we, both operative and speculative, endeavor to erect our spiritual building agreeably to the rules and designs laid down by the supreme architect of the universe, in the great books of nature and revelation, which are our spiritual, moral and masonic trestleboard. situation. lodges should be situated due east and west dedication. lodges in ancient times were dedicated to king solomon in modern times to st. john the baptist and saint john the evangelist, two eminent christian patrons of freemasonry; and since their time there has been represented in every regular and wellfurnished lodge, a certain point within a circle embordered by two perpendicular parallel lines, representing saint john the baptist and saint john the evangelist. upon the top of the circle rests

s private, or with the public grand honors if other than masons are presenl the brethren are then seated, and the installation ode may be sung. if the installation is in a lodge, instead offollowing the foregoing form, after the bylaws and records are presented to the master, the installing officer may adopt the following: ins. officer. you will now be solemnly inducted into the oriental chair of king solomon: during the performance of this ceremony, it is requested that all but regularly installed masters of lodges and past masters, will retire. all but masters and past masters having retired, the new master is invested with the mysteries of the past master's degree and solemnly inducted into the chair. when the doors are opened, the brethren return and form an avenue from the west to the

FREEMASONRY AND CATHOLICISM BY MAX HEINDEL

the wilderness of matter. this symbolic ark contained also a magic wand, an emblem of the spiritual powers, called aaron's rod, which are now latent in everyone on his way to the haven of rest--the mystic temple of solomon. the old testament also tells how humanity was miraculously led and provided for, how after the warfare with the world it was given peace and prosperity by the before mentioned king solomon; in short, stripped of all embellishments the story relates the salient facts of man's descent from heaven, his principal metamorphoses, his transgression of the laws of the god jehovah would wish to guide him in the future till he reaches the kingdom of heaven -the land of peace--and again docilely follows the lead of the divine ruler. the masonic legend has points of variance from a

FREEMASONS SATANISM AND SYMBOLISM

thor, ralph epperson proves in his book, masonry: conspiracy against christianity, the #1 top secret of masonry is not that they worship satan/lucifer; rather, the #1 secret of freemasonry is that they plan to eradicate christianity in complete fulfillment of end time prophecies! this symbol captures this goal perfectly. sex in masonic temple- and the pomegranate "the lodge is a representation of king solomon's temple and the temple was calculated to symbolize the maternal human body, wherein the c e temple, the andidate must enter to be born again. the uterus and vagina represent the porch of th pillars of the porch r lood vessels. epresent the fallopian tubes, the network, the broad ligament with its accompanying b and the pomegranate, the ovary and its exuberant seeds, the ova cells [ro

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excels gno= ong= pleasure) in good, and nothing excels ogn= ngo= plague) in evil. 8 in man good and evil represent the pillars of mercy and severity (or justice, whilst free will represents the central pillar of mildness. this mystery of good, will, and evil is the foundation of the symbolical temple of solomon. myer writes: the widow's son, hiram abiff of tyre, cast for the qabalistic temple of king solomon two high pillars or pylons of bronze; their capitals were pomegranates and lily work. the lily, most likely the lotus, an emblem of life, white or male, on the right side, the pomegranate, the emblem of fecundity and plasticity, red or female, on the left side. the first was called yakheen, the latter boaz. these columns represented, understanding, binah, h, and wisdom 'hokhmah, v, an

GILBERT THE GOLDEN DAWN TWILIGHT OF THE MAGICIANS

ndants of the ancient egyptians, chal255 deans, magi and gymnosophists; and this is probably true" this yearning for along-anddistinguished-ancestry was present, too, in the latter-day rosicrucians of the hermetic orderofthe golden dawn, as it was in all the occult movements and secret brotherhoods of the last century, whether respectable freemasons claiming spiritual descent from the builders of king solomon's temple or madame blavatsky with her dubious claims for a theosophical wisdom born in lost ages.itwas possibly partofthe more general desire for respectability that characterized english occultists and distinguished them from the illuminati of the continent, who worked as much for political subversion as for spiritual enlightenment. such a path of revolution was abhorrent to students

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ould add that it has a relation to ghimel, the hebrew g, the third letter of the alphabet, the three, meaning trinity of deity; the third sephira is binah, the mother of microprosopus, the son, a feminine potency, mother of god, with uncial greek capital g. the present masonic interpretation is folly, the idea of a modern ornamental lecturer. again the two parallel lines, the one moses, the other king solomon, enclosing a circle, bearing a central point, is purely kabbalistic. the point is tiphereth, beauty of conduct within a circle of virtues and bounded by the pillars mercy and justice. regard for a moment the varying titles; great architect, the122themagical masonfoundation, jesodthecentre of the lowest triad. grand geometrician, the beauty of design, tiphereth, centre of the median tr

GILBERT R A CHAOS OUT OF ORDER THE RISE AND FALL OF THE SWEDENBORGIAN RITE

icious slander he retired from the church with pain and disgust 14[14. by 1868 beswick had moved to paterson in new jersey where presumably no longer in demand as a civil engineer or scientist he made a living as a bookkeeper. he did not, however, give up his calling and in 1875 moved to canada to take charge of the church at strathroy, in ontario. while there he published a survey of the site of king solomon s temple (scribner s monthly, dec, 1875, pp. 257 272) which he claimed to have visited and a pamphlet, the sacred cubit of the great pyramid and solomon s temple (strathroy, 1877. as a consequence he was invited, in 1878, to deliver a lecture to the american palestine exploration society on the ground plans of solomon s and herod s temples with the discovery of the exact sites. for th

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holding a large and hissing serpent in his hand. andromalius may reveal those who have stolen from you, and those who seek to be as a predator against you. this spirit may reveal trickery and those who are wicked against you. he is able to punish and harm those who have harmed you or seek to. andromalis governs 36 legions of spirits. presented here are the 72 mighty kings, princes and djinn which king solomon commanded into the vessel of brass and skull, together with their legions. which belial, bileth, asmoday and gaap were chief djinn. it is suggested that solomon bound them because of their pride. he bound them and sealed the vessel, and chased them into a deep lake or hole in babylon. those of babylon who wished to see such an act, went forth into the lake and broke the vessel. they w

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, prophets, patriarchs, and by al! thy saints, and by alt the sacraments which are made in thine honour, i do worship and beseech thee, i bless and desire thee, to accept these prayers and conjurations. i implore thee, o holy adonay, amay, horta, vegadoro, ysion, ysesy, and by al! thy holy names, and by al! thine angels, archangels, and powers, dominations, and virtues, and by thy name w th which king solomon did bind up the devils and shut them np, ethrack, evanher, agla, goth, joth, othie, venock, nabrat, and by al! thy holy names which are written in this book, and by the virtue of them all, that thou enable me to congregate all thy spirits, that they may give me true answers to all my demands. the secret grimoire o great and eternal virtue of the highest, which thou disposest their bei

HAMIL THE ROSICRUCIAN SEER

mentaries 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 contains the admission of bacstrom into the society offrctranslated fromtherosicrucianseer167 liverpool road n. 24]une 1874 mr dear bro. irwin, i w

HELENA BLAVATSKY NIGHTMARE TALES

d tiger defending its prey, and with one frantic effortbreaking the spell "leave the violin alone, you old fiend from hell" he cried, in hoarse and trembling tones. he violently shut down the self-raising lid, and while firmly pressing his left hand on it, he seized with theright a piece of rosin from the table and drew on the leather-covered top the sign of the six pointed star--the seal used by king solomon to bottle up the rebellious djins inside their prisons. a wail, like the howl of a she-wolf moaning over her dead little ones, came out of the violin-case "thou art ungrateful. very ungrateful, my franz" sobbed the blubbering "spirit-voice "but i forgive. for i still love thee well. yet thou canst not shut me in. boy. behold" and instantly a greyish mist spread over and covered case a

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

ore, consider the authenticity of the bibu itself. we must study its pages, and see if they indeed contain the commands of the deity, or but a compendium of ancient traditions and hoary myths. we must try to interpret them for ourselves if possible. as to its pretended interpreters, the only possible similitude we can find for them in the biue is to compare them with the man described by the wise king solomon in his proverbs as the possessor of these "six things. yea seven. which the lord doth hate" and which are an abomination unto him, to wit "a proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood; b heart that detnaeth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief; a. false tiritness that speaketh hes, and ke that souxth discord among brethren" proeerbs, vi, 1

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of great men, then a peace was there between earth and heaven and the elohim withdrew from the earth, seeking not a conflict lost to them. rather did they bide their time within the walls of heaven and looked not from their towers to that which was lost to them. those days were the last of the great men and the nephilim were as a forgotten dream, 306 men being now but men. these were the days of king solomon, he that was born of isaac's line yet learning wisdom, thus perceiving who was the teacher of the true path and he led his people from the dominion of god and poured out libations at my altar. yet the elohim cared not for men's affairs. so did time pass and its passing was not marked by momentous happening as had once before crowded pages of the histories. not that these days were une

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along that line that we find our true philosophical ancestry; for there is much in our ceremonies and teachings which could have had no significance for the mere operative mason, though when examined by the light of the knowledge received in the mysteries it is seen to be pregnant with meaning. many masonic writers claim various degrees of antiquity for the craft, some assigning its foundation to king solomon, and one at least boldly stating that its wisdom is all that now remains of the divine knowledge which adam possessed before his fall. there is, however, plenty of evidence less mythical than that, and to that evidence i happen to be able to contribute a fragment of personal experience of a rather unusual kind. 2. by devoting some years to the effort and many more years to practice, i

h. ii, on the pillars) he did not succeed, because much of the tradition had been lost; or it would perhaps be truer to say that while external ceremonial and even the traditional ornamentation had been very fairly preserved, the clue to the meaning of it all was no longer known. until that time initiates of the jewish mysteries had had their attention directed to the house of light in egypt; but king solomon resolved to keep their thoughts and feelings strictly focused upon the building which he had himself erected, and therefore instead of speaking to them of the symbolical death and resurrection of osiris in egypt he invented the original form of our present traditional history to take its place. in fact, he judaized the entire ritual, substituting hebrew words for the original egyptian

ently regarded as the seat of the affections. 98. orientation 99. three reasons are given in the ritual to explain why our lodges are set east and west. in the first place, the sun rises in the east, and the sun is regarded in masonry as a symbol of divinity. secondly, all the western nations look to the east as the source of their wisdom. thirdly, the masons follow the precedent of the temple of king solomon, which was set east and west in imitation of the arrangement of the tabernacle which was carried by the israelites in their wanderings through the desert, and was always placed east and west when put down. it is certainly not sufficient to say that the early masons oriented their lodges merely because all churches and chapels ought to be so; rather the ecclesiastical rule spectare ad

yptian wisdom to the jews they quickly gave their own colouring to it. they are a very remarkable race, in that they assimilate readily, but stamp their own decided characteristics upon whatever they take up. in this case, the egyptians spoke of the great pyramid of gizeh as the ghouse of light h, or more commonly gthe light h but the jews were taught to interpret it as referring to the temple of king solomon. 101. the real reason, however, for the careful orienta-tion of the lodge is magnetic. there is a constant flow of force in both directions between the equator and each of the poles of the earth, and there is also a current flowing at right angles to that, moving round the earth in the direction of its motion. both of these currents are utilized in the working of the lodge, as will be

sized columns are rarely erected in any lodges, but the w.s.w. and w.j.w. have miniature columns on their pedestals, and all three of the principal officers have usually larger columns beside them, upon which are supported their respective candles. in craft literature various reasons are given for the presence of the three pedestals and for their arrangement. some say that there are three because king solomon had two other important people associated with him in the building of the temple; but the deeper fact is that the pillars on the t c b c and the columns near the pedestals of the three principal officers are intended to symbolize the three aspects of the divine life in manifestation, which have been spoken of by various religions as the holy trinity. in the earliest times in egypt, as

ok, the sevenrays) 143. according to this interpretation the columns represent the three aspects of the outer world (the world of human tuition, but the three principal officers, who preside at their pedestals, stand for the three aspects of divine consciousness (the inner world of human intuition, as in the following diagram: 144. diagram 1 145. 146. the pillars of the porchway 147. referring to king solomon fs temple, the english craft ritual says: gthere was nothing in connection with this magnificent structure more remarkable, or which more particularly struck the attention, than the two great pillars which were placed at the porch or entrance. h the ritual goes on to explain that these two pillars were set up at the entrance of the temple to remind the children of israel, on their way

of the temple, to show the position of the 161. figure 7 162. 163. pillars in relation to the porch. it will be seen that they were not within the porch, but just outside it. this ground-plan has been drawn to scale according to the biblical measurements, but it should be noted that in it no account is taken of any other doors than that of the porchway, or of the curious little side-chapels which king solomon added; nor is any attempt made to indicate the courts which surrounded the temple. 164. these pillars are described in the bible as of brass, but their appearance is much more that of what we today call bronze. the height of the pillar itself is given in all the accounts but one as eighteen cubits, and the chapiter which swells out above it is said to have been five cubits in height

f the points of a crown. the lilies of the third row hang gracefully downwards from the middle row upon curved stems, and face in various directions. 173. all this, we are told, was the work of h. a, a widow fs son of naphtali- a man described in the biblical account as a cunning worker in brass, who was sent down to jerusalem by h, k. of t, especially in order to do this and other metal work for king solomon. undoubtedly this man was a true artist, for he took an almost inconceivable amount of trouble to carry out his design exactly as he wanted it. so far as the investigators were able to see, his work was based entirely upon a traditional account of the stone egyptian pillars, which had been handed down from the time of moses. it did not appear that he had any clear idea of the meaning

l and to repeat the ceremony. some writers have supposed that this feeling that m c s are to a certain extent impure probably dates from the close of the stone age. the same idea of conservatism dictated that only a stone knife might be used in the offering of sacrifices or in the rite of circumcision. 469. this part of the preparation is also supposed to refer to the fact that at the building of king solomon fs temple there was not heard within its precincts the sound of any axe, hammer or tool of iron, as the stones were fully prepared in the quarries and were laid in their places by means of wooden mauls. 470. that the candidate should enter without any v c s on his person is symbolic of the fact that he is going into a brotherhood in which money, titles, and other distinctions of the o

nappropriate, for a little consideration soon shows us that it cannot seriously be considered as historical in the ordinary sense of the word; but if we accept it as a legend, and invest it with a moral significance, we shall find that it has much to teach us. we need not doubt that its central figure hiram abiff really lived, nor that he was sent by his namesake, hiram, king of tyre, to work for king solomon in connection with the decoration of the temple. he is described in jewish scripture as a clever worker in metals, and those of us who investigated the making of the pillars fully confirm that statement, though they do not find him suffering the sanguinary death which the legend asserts. as i mentioned in an earlier chapter, king solomon himself appears to be responsible for introduci

e has joined the mighty brotherhood which exists from eternity to eternity. so we endeavour to carry out the precept of our ritual: 713. let that star be ever before your eyes, and let its light illumine your heart; follow it, as did the wise men of old, until it leads you to the gateway of initiation, where it shines above the portal of that glorious temple, eternal in the heavens, of which even king solomon fs was but a symbol(*the masters and the path, p. 157) 714. the raising of humanity 715. humanity is but one stage of the mighty ladder of evolution. the divine life which is now manifesting through us has in long past ages animated in succession the elemental, mineral, vegetable, and animal kingdoms. now that particular life-wave has reached the human kingdom. it entered that kingdom

tiation, the star of god fs presence in our hearts. 759. the degree of the h.r.a. leads the neophyte a step further in his quest, and is thus a fitting sequel to the sublime degree of m.m, being indeed an integral part of the same hebrew tradition. the symbolical time of the r.a. is that of the commencement of the building of the second temple, the temple of the man fs soul, even as the temple of king solomon represents that of his transitory personality. but before the inquirer can find the lost w c, that hidden light which dwells in all created things, which is buried deep in the temple of solomon the king, his vision must be so purified that he can behold his presence with eyes unveiled. this attainment of true spiritual vision is symbolized by the passing of the four veils on the road

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n ancient egypt khut, the light. it was built on the most exact astronomical and mathematical calculations, and provided a veritable key in stone to the enigmas of the universe(*see the hidden life in freemasonry, pp. 228-30) 106. the initiates of the egyptian mysteries were symbolically engaged in the building of the pyramid, just as in our modern masonry we are engaged in erecting the temple of king solomon, both structures being intended to be emblematical of the building processes of nature. in the halls below the pyramid- those underground chambers which were mentioned by herodotus as being contained in an island, fed by a channel from the nile(*her. book ii, 124- certain of the ceremonies of the mysteries were held. these and other halls in and near the great pyramid are still unknow

y only with the sight of the spiritual or nirvanic plane; it does not appear that ezekiel had touched that exalted level directly, but he became aware of it in his ecstasy as though looking up to it from below. 273. the builders of k. s. t. 274. something both of the inner powers and of the egyptian rituals had been faithfully handed down from generation to generation from the days of moses until king solomon came to the throne of his father david. there is some truth in the tradition preserved in the bible, although there are exaggerations and mistakes in the accounts which have come down to us, and much of the inner meaning of the symbols had been forgotten. king solomon seems to have been a man of considerable force of character and some occult knowledge, and the great ambition of his l

f work, but his chief skill lay in working in gold and silver and brass, and he did all the curious work about the temple as the king wished(*josephus, ant, viii) he was the son of a widow of naphtali, and his father was a man of tyre, a worker in brass before him. since so much responsibility rested in his hands, and he was so skilful an artist, he appears to have been in the close confidence of king solomon, and a member of his council. he was evidently treated as an equal by the two kings, and that is one of the reasons which influenced bro. ward to translate hiram abiff as hiram his father, and to represent the king of tyre as sending his abdicated father to superintend the decoration of the temple. 277. the recasting of the rituals 278. but king solomon s plans for the consolidation o

ligion and the centre of their spiritual consciousness, should also be purely jewish in their form. the ceremonial handed down from the days of moses was still egyptian, and the initiates of the mysteries were yet symbolically engaged in building the great pyramid, the house of light, and in celebrating the death and resurrection of osiris. even though it had no corresponding halls of initiation, king solomon desired that for the future his temple should take the place of the house of light, and become the spiritual centre of the jewish mysteries. king hiram of tyre warmly supported this idea; he himself had inherited initiatory rites which had been derived from the mysteries of chaldaea, a very ancient line of tradition running parallel with the mysteries of egypt from atlantean days, and

ner could possibly understand the mysteries of egypt. the egyptians of the period seem to have regarded their jewish brethren with something of the same feeling that the grand lodge of england might have towards the grand orient of hayti if it should propose alterations in the ritual, and their interest in the new venture was decidedly cold. we find no confirmation of the story of the marriage of king solomon to pharaoh s daughter, as is related in the bible; indeed, this union is now generally rejected by the critics as impossible, for according to the tell el-amarna tablets, an egyptian princess might not marry a foreigner(*peake s commentary on the bible, p. 296) 280. the mingling of traditions 281. on the return of their embassy from egypt king solomon and king hiram called together th

om egypt king solomon and king hiram called together the council at jerusalem, and it was decided that they should proceed immediately with the work of recasting the rituals into the jewish form. it is an interesting fact that three distinct lines of tradition were represented in the persons of the three chief members of the council, and of each of these we can find traces in our modern workings. king solomon himself had inherited the egyptian line of succession derived from moses; king hiram of tyre preserved the chaldaean descent; while hiram abiff brought with him another line of tradition, not derived from either of these sources. 282. this last line was strange and terrible- a line probably perpetuated through savage and primitive tribes who had bloodthirsty customs of mutilation and

286. all that is found in our modern rituals about lamech and his sons, about jubal, the founder of the art of music, and tubal cain, the first artificer in metals, appears to belong to the line of tradition which hiram abiff introduced. 287. this council was the originator of the greater part of our modern masonic working; the main outline of the egyptian ritual was carefully preserved (although king solomon on more than one occasion referred to his brother of tyre on points of detail) together with the s s, and although the w s were given in hebrew, for the most part their meaning remained the same. king solomon himself seems to have been largely responsible for our ceremony of raising; he it was who, at the instance of hiram abiff, changed the legend of osiris into that of the master bu

remda (mackey s encyclopaedia, art. mizraim) the rite of mizraim, as we shall see later, is extremely old, and may well have incorporated another tradition than that handed down in europe; for it appears to have been introduced from the east towards the end of the eighteenth century. it may be that we have here another echo of that line of tradition which hiram abiff represented on the council of king solomon. 289. such was the important work undertaken by the second or sacred lodge. the succession of i.m.s was handed down into the new dispensation, and thenceforward masters of lodges deriving their succession from the mysteries of the hebrews have always sat in the chair of king solomon, while the two wardens occupy those of hiram king of tyre and hiram abiff. thus there is a very real tr

e. the succession of i.m.s was handed down into the new dispensation, and thenceforward masters of lodges deriving their succession from the mysteries of the hebrews have always sat in the chair of king solomon, while the two wardens occupy those of hiram king of tyre and hiram abiff. thus there is a very real truth behind our masonic tradition. 290. the original traditional history as adapted by king solomon contained much more of the legend of osiris, and was altogether more coherent and reasonable than it is to-day; for there was a resurrection of the master-builder as well as a death, and the search of isis for the body of osiris was reflected in the search of certain craftsmen for the body of the master. but this was rather in the nature of a verbal charge than apiece of ritual workin

ciated with the 2 as the arch was with the 3. although in english working the period of the arch is represented to be that of zerubbabel and the second temple, the irish chapters refer the whole legend to the days of king josiah, while the royal arch of enoch, which differs considerably in detail, though the symbology has the same significance and purpose, is described as belonging to the time of king solomon himself. the absence of a fixed period is noteworthy as indicating that the historical setting is only of secondary importance, and that the main purpose of the degree is to convey symbolical instruction. 295. the essenes and the christ 296. the tradition of the mysteries was transmitted from century to century, until we find it among the essenes, who also appear to have inherited cha

et tradition in freemasonry, i, 64) 302. the skeleton of this body of doctrine has reached us in the symbolism of masonry, although along so different a line; and in the kabbala we may find a clue to much that is obscure in our modern rituals. 303. the spiritualization of the temple 304. two mystical concepts found in the zohar relate directly to our subject- the spiritualization of the temple of king solomon, and the doctrine of the lost word, both of which have their roots in the egyptian mysteries, as we have already seen. king solomon s temple formed the physical basis for a vast structure of mystical speculation and inquiry; for its measurements and proportions were held to have a relation to those of the universe, and all the sacred objects which it contained had their macrocosmic an

s universe and indwelling in the heart of man. 305. furthermore, the idea of the jews that some day the temple should be rebuilt is itself spiritualized and transformed, and it was taken as an allegory of the attainment of divine perfection both in man and the universe. the jews, whose rich oriental minds delighted in exuberant and complex allegory, conceived a veritable city of temples, of which king solomon s was but the symbol- temples and palaces each relating to a different aspect or plane of nature and forming an intricate system of reflections and correspondences. the prototype of all this wealth of symbolism is found in the mysteries of egypt, wherein the measurements of the great pyramid were studied as emblematical of the proportions of the universe, and contained vast stores of

nature and forming an intricate system of reflections and correspondences. the prototype of all this wealth of symbolism is found in the mysteries of egypt, wherein the measurements of the great pyramid were studied as emblematical of the proportions of the universe, and contained vast stores of occult and astronomical lore. the jews applied what they knew of the egyptian system to the temple of king solomon, reflecting the wisdom of egypt through the lens of their own fiery and poetical tempera-ment, whence some portion of it gradually passed on the one hand into written and exoteric literature, and on the other was handed down in the secret lodges of masonry. 306. the loss of the divine name 307. the second great doctrine of kabbalism which concerns us here is the loss of the divine nam

nic system. they were organized into masters and disciples under the rule of a gastaldo or grand master. their working-places were called lodges. they had masters and wardens, signs, tokens, grips, pass-words and oaths of secrecy and fidelity. the four crowned martyrs were their patron saints; they wore white aprons and gloves, and among the symbols associated with them we find the lion of judah, king solomon s knot, the square and compasses, the level and plumb-rule, and the rose and compasses. 516. on a pulpit at ravello, in one of their buildings of the thirteenth century, jonah is seen coming out of the whale s mouth, making the f.c.h.s(*freemasonry and the ancient gods, j. s. m. ward, ch. xviii, passim) at coire cathedral in switzerland, which is romanesque in style and contains abund

e choir and sanctuary are depicted making masonic s s, notably the f.c.h.s, the g. and r. s, and several s s now associated with the rose-croix, knights templars, and other high degrees in freemasonry(*an outline history of freemasonry, j. s. m. ward, p. 34) in the town-hall at basle there is a fresco by hans dyg, painted in 1519, in which we may see the same s s, and also one of the mark degree. king solomon s knot is the traditional name among the italians of to-day for the elaborate interlaced stonework executed by the comacine masters up to the eleventh century. it consists always of a single strand woven and interwoven in the most complex and beautiful designs. leader scott calls it that intricate and endless variety of the single unbroken line of unity- emblem of the manifold ways of

s that the masons (to be carefully distinguished from the stonemasons) were never admitted at all. houses of call belonging to these three associations existed in the more important towns of france; and travelling journeymen had the right to lodging and assistance in finding work in the houses belonging to their fraternity. 525. the three sections of the compagnonnage preserved legends concerning king solomon and his temple. little is known of the form of the legend current among the sons of solomon, but there are curious indications that the story of the death of hiram (which is not contained in the bible) was known to them. perdiguier tells us little, but he gives certain hints: 526. an ancient fable has obtained currency amongst them (the sons of solomon) relating, according to some, to

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nnections with trithemius) saturn jupiter mars sun venus mercury moon the descriptions 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 juratu

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arded as an angel. he is, rather, compared with ahriman, chief devil in persian mythology. see also demons; satan for further reading: davidson, gustav. a dictionary of angels including the fallen angels. new york: free press, 1967. glasson, t. francis. greek influence in jewish eschatoloy. london: society for promoting christian knowledge, 1961. beliel beliel was a demon who presented himself to king solomon and danced before him in das buch beliel, by jacobus de teramo. in 2 corinthians, beliel is portrayed as satan when paul of tarsus asks how christ and beliel can agree.victor hugo, deriving his description of beliel from occult mythology, refers to beliel as hell s ambassador to turkey. a fuller account of beliel occurs in john milton s paradise lost. when beliel first appears, milton

he 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 of these are still used as references in modern witchcraft. the intent of

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t i am rather difficult to wake again. however, let me be vigilant now. 8.45. i have dressed and from 8.35-8.45 performed the ritual of the bornless one. though i performed it none too well (failing, e.g, to make use of the geometric progression on the maha-lingam formula in the ieou section [we cannot understand this passage.1 it presumably refers to the .preliminary invocation. in the goetia of king solomon, published s.p.r.t, boleskine foyers, n.b, 1904..ed, and not troubling even to formulate carefully the elemental hosts, or to 1 [since .ed. is presumably crowley acting as his own editor, this may just be a piece of deliberate obtuseness. see .the temple of solomon the king. in equinox i (8) and .liber samekh. for the technique alluded to. t.s] liber dccclx 46 marshal them about the c

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ylah. and only adolescence can cure us, we are only too liable, in the rush and energy of dawning manhood, to overturn roughly and rashly both these classics, to regard them both on the same level, as interesting documents from the standpoint of folk-lore and anthropology, and as nothing more. even when we learn that the bible, by a* this essay forms the introduction an edition of the .goetia. of king solomon .a thousand and one nights. commonly called .arabian nights. profound and minute study of the text, may be forced to yield up qabalistic arcana of cosmic scope and importance, we are too often slow to apply a similar restorative to the companion volume, even if we are the lucky holders of burton.s veritable edition. to me, then, it remains to raise the alf laylah wa laylah into its pr

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features, and of geometrical symbolism, as the framework within which it presents a moral teaching and a mystical outlook towards the divine architect of the universe."3 at the present time there is no real agreement, even among masons, about the origins of the order. some masons, those who are romantically inclined, like to think that they have participated in the very rituals which were used by king solomon to instruct the workmen at the building of his temple. this is certainly an unrealistic view.4 without doubt, there are plenty of operative masons (stonecutters) to be found in european history, but there is no evidence of a group of philosophically inclined men who transmit a masonic tradition from biblical times to england in the late renaissance. others masons, at the opposite pole

career; during which he continued to develop his lectures; the last versions were published in the period 1806-12. his early lectures seem simply to teach moral principles. the later lectures exhibit a quality which is directly relevant to our subject. a series of discussions upon factual matters which become more and more technical, abstract, and mystical. it is based on a metaphysical notion of king solomon's temple, which is looked upon as a sort of masonic university, with excursions into platonic theory and cabalism."24 in william preston and his work colin dyer offers this description of preston's personality "he was by nature impetuous. he was proud and stubborn, especially in matters involving what he considered as principle; these characteristics made him a controversial figure in

hough the name of jesus is now the most powerful of all names."53 viewed with these writings in the background, masonic symbolism certainly seems to reflect these ideas. the first degree on the tree of life the first degree tracing board gives an overview of western metaphysics and of the objectives of masonry. the idiom in which masonry's teaching is communicated in the ritual is the building of king solomon's temple; and our the key to interpreting masonic symbolism will be to remember that in one of the volumes of the sacred law we are told that. ye are the temple" masonic labor is interior work, work on one's self. when a candidate is first admitted into the order he is said to be an apprentice, and as a beginner his labors take place on the ground floor of the temple. in kabbalistic t

gher world. for an example, consider the situation one world lower. the daat of the physical body is the person's face; and if you look at a person's face, you have access to his persona, an aspect of his psyche, at the yesod of yezirah. that is the nature of daat; and with that in mind, let us turn to the consideration of the royal arch. the three degrees of masonry take place at the building of king solomon's temple. that temple was the wonder of its age, but it had a difficult history. in the process of various invasions of the holy land the temple was finally destroyed. it was to be rebuilt several hundred years later, and the ritual drama of the royal arch takes place at that rebuilding.75 the top half of figure 18 shows the ruined temple. remember that our approach to understanding m

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emplated have been made possible by mr. c. e. benson, of the los angeles engraving company, who entered heart and soul into the production of this volume. the pre-publication sale of this book has been without known precedent in book history. the subscription list for the first edition of 550 copies was entirely closed a year before the manuscript was placed in the printer's hands. the second, or king solomon, edition, consisting of 550 copies, and the third, or theosophical, edition, consisting of 200 copies, were sold before the finished volume was received from the printer. for so ambitious a production, this constitutes a unique achievement. the credit for this extraordinary sales program belongs to mrs. maud f. galigher, who had as her ideal not to sell the book in the commercial sens

city of form and designations. dionysos apparently was his solar aspect. the dionysiac architects constituted an ancient secret society, in principles and doctrines much like the modern freemasonic order. they were an organization of builders bound together by their secret knowledge of the relationship between the earthly and the divine sciences of architectonics. they were supposedly employed by king solomon in the building of his temple, although they were not jews, nor did they worship the god of the jews, being followers of bacchus and dionysos. the dionysiac architects erected many of the great monuments of antiquity. they possessed a secret language and a system of marking their stones. they had annual convocations and sacred feasts. the exact nature of their doctrines is unknown. it

d with 1,453 columns of parian marble, magnificently sculptured, and 2,906 pilasters decorated with capitals. there was a broad porch facing the east, and the sanctum sanctorum was upon the west. according to tradition, the various buildings and courtyards could hold in all 300,000 persons. both the sanctuary and the holy of holies were entirely lined with solid gold plates encrusted with jewels. king solomon began the building of the temple in the fourth year of his reign on what would be, according to modern calculation, the 21st day of april, and finished it in the eleventh year of his reign on the 23rd day of october. the temple was begun in the 480th year after the children of israel had passed the red sea. part of the labor of construction included the building of an artificial found

with the mallet and chiram fell dead. the body of chiram was buried by the murderers over the brow of mount moriah and a sprig of acacia placed upon the grave. the murderers then sought to escape punishment for their crime by embarking for ethiopia, but the port was closed. all three were finally captured, and after admitting their guilt were duly executed. parties of three were then sent out by king solomon, and one of these groups discovered the newly made grave marked by the evergreen sprig. after the entered apprentices and the fellow- craftsmen had failed to resurrect their master from the dead he was finally raised by the master mason with the "strong grip of a lion's paw" to the initiated builder the name chiram abiff signifies "my father, the universal spirit, one in essence, thre

to the effect that the lion opens the secret book) signify that the solar power opens the seed pods, releasing the spiritual life within. there was also a curious belief among the ancients that the lion sleeps with his eyes open, and for this reason the animal was chosen as a symbol of vigilance. the figure of a lion placed on either side of doors and gateways is an emblem of divine guardianship. king solomon was often symbolized as a lion. for ages the feline family has been regarded with peculiar veneration. in several of the mysteries--most notably the egyptian--the priests wore the skins of lions, tigers, panthers, pumas, or leopards. hercules and samson (both solar symbols) slew the lion of the constellation of leo and robed themselves in his skin, thus signifying that they represente

superhuman degree. highly illumined philosophers and priests were therefore often referred to as trees or tree men- for example, the druids, whose name, according to one interpretation, signifies the men of the oak trees, or the initiates of certain syrian mysteries who were called cedars; in fact it is far more credible and probable that the famous cedars of lebanon, cut down for the building of king solomon's temple, were really illumined, initiated sages. the mystic knows that the true supports of god's glorious house were not the logs subject to decay but the immortal and imperishable intellects of the tree hierophants. trees are repeatedly mentioned in the old and new testaments, and in the scriptures of various pagan nations. the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and

vine symbol of such peculiar significance that its true explanation could not be divulged. it was termed by the cabiri "the forbidden secret" many greek gods and goddesses are depicted holding the fruit or flower of the pomegranate in their hands, evidently to signify that they are givers of life and plenty. pomegranate capitals were placed upon the pillars of jachin and boaz standing in front of king solomon's temple; and by the order of jehovah, pomegranate blossoms were embroidered upon the bottom of the high priest's ephod. strong wine made from the juice of the grape was looked upon as symbolic of the false life and false light of the universe, for it was produced by a false process--artificial fermentation. the rational faculties are clouded by strong drink, and the animal nature, li

greeks, who employed it to deaden pain during surgical operations, and it has been identified also with baaras, the mystic herb used by the jews for casting out demons. in the jewish wars, josephus describes the method of securing the baaras, which he declares emits flashes of lightning and destroys all who seek to touch it, unless they proceed according to certain rules supposedly formulated by king solomon himself. the occult properties of the mandrake, while little understood, have been responsible for the adoption of the plant as a talisman capable of increasing the value or quantity of anything with which it was associated. as a phallic charm, the mandrake was considered to be an infallible cure for sterility. it was one of the priapic symbols which the knights templars were accused

ng ages between primitive man and modem civilization. ample proof of the survival of litholatry in the christian faith is furnished by allusions to the rock of refuge, the rock upon which the church of christ was to be founded, the corner stone which the builders rejected, jacob's stony pillow which he set up and anointed with oil, the sling stone of david, the rock moriah upon which the altar of king solomon's temple was erected, the white stone of revelation, and the rock of ages. stones were highly venerated by prehistoric peoples primarily because of their usefulness. jagged bits of stone were probably man's first weapons; rocky cliffs and crags constituted his first fortifications, and from these vantage points he hurled loose boulders down upon marauders. in caverns or rude huts fash

d three holy objects, each having an important phallic interpretation: the pot of manna, the rod that budded, and the tablets of the law--the first, second, and third principles of the creative triad. the manna, the blossoming staff, and the stone tables are also appropriate images respectively of the qabbalah, the mishna, and the written law--the spirit, soul, and body of judaism. when placed in king solomon's everlasting house, the ark of the covenant contained only the tablets of the law. does this indicate that even at that early date the secret tradition had been lost and the letter of the revelation alone remained? as representing the power that fabricated the lower, or demiurgic, sphere, the tablets of stone were sacred to jehovah in contradistinction to the tablets of sapphire that

) the same author states that the law is masculine because it was delivered direct from the deity, while the prophets, or gospels, were feminine because born through the nature of man. the right tablet of the law further signifies jachin--the white pillar of light; the left tablet, boaz--the shadowy pillar of darkness. these were the names of the two pillars cast from brass set up on the porch of king solomon's temple. they were eighteen cubits in height and beautifully ornamented with wreaths of chainwork, nets, and pomegranates. on the top of each pillar was a large bowl--now erroneously called a ball or globe--one of the bowls probably containing fire and the other water. the celestial globe (originally the bowl of fire, surmounting the right-hand column (jachin, symbolized the divine m

icorn, which were formerly placed in the chamber of initiation to represent birth and death--the extremes of physical life. they accordingly signify the summer and the winter solstices, now known to freemasons under the comparatively modern appellation of the "two st. johns" in the mysterious sephirothic tree of the jews, these two pillars symbolize mercy and severity. standing before the gate of king solomon's temple, these columns had the same symbolic import as the obelisks before the sanctuaries of egypt. when interpreted qabbalistically, the names of the two pillars mean "in strength shall click to enlarge moses receiving the tables of the law. from an old bible. moses maimonides, the great jewish philosopher of the twelfth century, in describing the tables of the law written by the f

uld wear it must lead a pure and holy life (see isis unveiled) mythology abounds with accounts of magical rings and talismanic jewels. in the second book of his republic, plato describes a ring which, when the collet was turned in ward, rendered its wearer invisible. with this gyges, the shepherd, secured for himself the throne of lydia. josephus also describes magical rings designed by moses and king solomon, and aristotle mentions one which brought love and honor to its possessor. in his chapter dealing with the subject, henry cornelius agrippa not only mentions the same rings, but states, upon the authority of philostratus jarchus, that apollonius of tyana extended his life to over 20 years with the aid of seven magical rings presented to him by an east indian prince. each of these seve

nd the black magicians completely dominated national affairs, with the result that humanity still suffers from the sophistries of the priestcrafts of atlantis and egypt. fully convinced that their scriptures sanctioned it, numerous medi val qabbalists devoted their lives to the practice of ceremonial magic. the transcendentalism of the qabbalists is founded upon the ancient and magical formula of king solomon, who has long been considered by the jews as the prince of ceremonial magicians. among the qabbalists of the middle ages were a great number of black magicians who strayed from the noble concepts of the sepher yetzirah and became enmeshed in demonism and witchcraft. they sought to substitute magic mirrors, consecrated daggers, and circles spread around posts of coffin nails, for the l

losing the jaws of the beast, but a critical inspection conveys the opposite impression. the young woman symbolizes 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 w

icate with his high priest. the furnishings of the tabernacle were made conveniently portable. each altar and implement of any size was supplied with staves which could be put: through rings; by this means it could be picked up and carried by four or more bearers. the staves were never removed from the ark of the covenant until it was finally placed in the holy of holies of the everlasting house, king solomon's temple. there is no doubt that the jews in early times realized, at least in part, that their tabernacle was a symbolic edifice. josephus realized this and while he has been severely criticized because he interpreted the tabernacle symbolism according to egyptian and grecian paganism, his description of the secret meanings of its drapes and furnishings is well worthy of consideratio

arnmel, john frederick helvetius, raymond lully, alexander sethon, michael sendivogius, count bernard of treviso, sir george ripley, picus de mirandola, john dee, henry khunrath, michael maier, thomas vaughan, j. b. von helmont, john heydon, lascaris, thomas charnock, synesius (bishop of ptolemais, morieu, the comte di cagliostro, and the comte de st.-germain. there are legends to the effect that king solomon and pythagoras were alchemists and that the former manufactured by alchemical means the gold used in his temple. albert pike takes sides with the alchemical philosophers by declaring that the gold of the hermetists was a reality. he says "the hermetic science, like all the real sciences, is mathematically demonstrable. its results, even material, are as rigorous as that of a correct e

alchemists to conceal their true doctrines "their chiefest study was to wrap up their secrets in fables, and spin out their fancies in vailes and shadows, whose radii seems to extend every way, yet so, that they meet in a common center, and point onely at one thing" the fact that the scriptures reveal a hidden knowledge, if considered allegorically, is clearly demonstrated by a parable describing king solomon, his wives, concubines, and virgins, which parable occurs in geheime figuren der rosenkreuzer, published in ultona in 1785. dr. hartmann, who translated part of this work into english, declared that the wives of solomon represented the arts, the concubines the sciences, and the virgins the still unrevealed secrets of nature. by order of the king the virgins were forced to remove their

twenty-two parts, each of which is represented by an appropriate drawing. there is an important connection between the twenty-two emblems of trismosin, the twenty-two major cards of the tarot, and the twenty-two letters of the hebrew alphabet. these mysterious tarot cards are themselves an alchemical formula, if properly interpreted. as if to substantiate the claims of medi val philosophers that king solomon was a master of alchemy, dr. franz hartmann has noted that the muchabused and misunderstood song of solomon is in reality an alchemical formula. the student of natural philosophy will immediately recognize the "dark maid of jerusalem" not as a person but as a material sacred to the sages. dr. hartmann writes "the 'song of solomon' in the old testament, is a description of the processe

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 "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 monarch; this is confirmed by many eastern traditions, and his magical skill is frequently mentioned in the arabian nigh

g* god also enabled him to learn that skill which expelled demons, which is a science useful and sanative to him. he composed such incantations also by which distempers are alleviated. and he left behind him the manner of using exorcisms, by which they drive away demons, so that they never return; and this method of cure is of great force unto this day" the medi val alchemists were convinced that king solomon understood the secret processes of hermes by means of which it was possible to multiply metals. dr. bacstrom writes that the universal spirit (chiram) assisted king solomon to build his temple, because solomon being wise in the wisdom of alchemy knew how to control this incorporeal essence and, setting it to work for him, caused the invisible universe to supply him with vast amounts o

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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 was taken from the american edition of 1916 published by l

e 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 monarch; this is confirmed by many eastern traditions, and his magical skill is frequently mentioned by the old adepts. there are, however, two works on black magic, the grimorium verum, and the clavicola di salomone ridolta, which have been attributed to solomon, and which have

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 beautifully written, with painted initial letters, and the pentacles are carefully drawn in book one page 3 colored inks. it is more concise in style, but omits several chapters. at the end are some short extracts from the grimorium verum with the seals of evil spirits, which, as they do not belong to the key of solomon proper, i have not given. for the evident clas

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lls itself with monsters and absurd visions. we can also arrive at hallucination by mingling together wakefulness and sleep by the graduated use of narcotics; but such actions are crimes against nature. the key of solomon page 126 wisdom chaseth away phantoms, and enables us to communicate with the superior spirits by the contemplation of the laws of nature and the study of the holy numbers (here king solomon addresseth himself to his son, roboam: do thou, o my son roboam, remember, that the fear of adonai is only the beginning of wisdom. keep and preserve those who have not understanding in the fear of adonai, which will give and will preserve unto thee my crown. but learn to triumph thyself over fear by wisdom, and the spirits will descend from heaven to serve thee. i, solomon, thy fathe

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g, etc, and are called theurgia (5) the fifth part is a book of orations and prayers that wise solomon used upon the altar in the temple. the which is called ars nova, which was revealed unto solomon by that holy angel of 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 knowledge, for by them in a short time he knew all arts and sciences both good and bad; from these notes it is called the notary art, etc. the whole lemegeton or clavicula. now this book containeth all the names, orders, and offices of all the spirits with which solomon ever conversed, the seals and characters belonging to each spirit, and the manner of ca

or by divine seeking, etc (5) the fifth part is a book of orations and prayers which wise solomon did use upon the altar in the temple. the which is called ars nova, the which was revealed to solomon by that holy angel of 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 spi

he pauline art (4) the fourth part is a book called the almadel of solomon, which contains twenty chief spirits who govern the four altitudes, or the 360 degrees of the zodiac. these two last orders of spirits are good, and called theurgia, and are to be sought after by divine seeking. these most sacred mysteries were revealed unto solomon. now in this book lemegeton is contained the whole art of king solomon. and although there be many other books that are said to be his, yet none is to be compared hereunto, for this containeth them all. though there be titles with several other names of the book, as the book helisol, which is the very same with this last book of lemegeton called ars nova or ars notaria, etc. these books were first found in the chaldee and hebrew tongues at jerusalem by a

he waters, and to guide ships laden with arms, armour, and ammunition, etc, thereon. and at the request of the exorcist he can cause the seas to be right stormy and to appear full of ships. also he maketh men to die in three days by putrefying wounds or sores, and causing worms to breed in them. he governeth 29 legions of spirits, and his seal is this, etc (43) sabnock- the forty-third spirit, as king solomon commanded them into the vessel of brass, is called sabnock, or savnok. he is a marquis, mighty, great and strong, appearing in the form of an armed soldier with a lion s head, riding on a pale-coloured horse. his office is to build high towers, castles and cities, and-to furnish them with armour, etc. also he can afflict men for many days with wounds and with sores rotten and full of

of an angel. he is a duke great and strong, speaking something mystically of hidden things. he teacheth the art of geometry and the liberal sciences. he, at the command of the exorcist, will produce great noises like the rushings of many waters, although there be none. he warmeth waters, and discovereth baths. he was of the order of potestates, or powers, before his fall, as he declared unto the king solomon. he governeth 48 legions of spirits. his seal is this, the which wear thou as aforesaid (50) furcas- the fiftieth spirit is furcas. he is a knight, and appeareth in the form of a cruel old man with a long beard and a hoary head, riding upon a pale-coloured horse, with a sharp weapon in his hand. his office is to teach the arts of philosophy, astrology, rhetoric, logic, cheiromancy, an

olding a great serpent in his hand. his office is to bring back both a thief, and the goods which be stolen; and to discover all wickedness, and underhand dealing; and to punish all thieves and other wicked people and also to discover treasures that be hid. he ruleth over 36 legions of spirits. his seal is this, the which wear thou as aforesaid, etc. these be the 72 mighty kings and princes which king solomon commanded into a vessel of brass, together with their legions. of whom belial, bileth, asmoday, and gaap, were chief. and it is to be noted that solomon did this because of their pride, for he never declared other reason why he thus bound them. and when he had thus bound them up and sealed the vessel, he by divine power did chase them all into a deep lake or hole in babylon. and they

eum, hebrew names of these 72 spirits are given; but it appears to me that many are manifestly incorrect in orthography. the codex in question, though beautifully written, also contains many other errors, particularly in the sigils. such as they are, these names in the hebrew of dr. rudd are here shown (see figures 81 to 152 inclusive) the magical circle. this is the form of the magical circle of king solomon, the which he made that he might preserve himself therein from the malice of these evil spirits (see frontispiece, figure 153) this magical circle is to be made 9 feet across, and the divine names are to be written around it, beginning at ehyeh, and ending at levanah, luna (colours- the space between the outer and inner circles, where the serpent28 is coiled, with the hebrew names wri

) the magic ring or disc of solomon this is the form of the magic ring, or rather disc, of solomon, the figure whereof is to be made in gold or silver. it is to be held before the face of the exorcist to preserve him from the stinking sulphurous fumes and flaming breath of the evil spirits (colour- bright yellow. letters, black) the vessel of brass. this is the form of the vessel of brass wherein king solomon did shut up the evil spirits, etc (see figures 158 and 159 (somewhat different forms are given in the various codices. the seal in figure 160 was made in brass to cover this vessel with at the top. this history of the genii shut up in the brazen vessel by king solomon recalls the story of the fisherman and the jinni in the arabian nights. in this tale, however, there was only one jinn

rn (tuesday or saturday) at night at 12 o clock, and written upon virgin parchment with the blood of a black cock that never trode hen. note that on this night the moon must be increasing in light (i.e, going from new to full) and in the zodiacal sign of virgo. and when the seal is so made thou shalt perfume it with alum, raisins dried in the sun, dates, cedar and lignum aloes. also, by this seal king solomon did command all the aforesaid spirits in the vessel of brass, and did seal it up with this same seal. he by it gained the love of all manner of persons, and overcame in battle, for neither weapons, nor fire, nor water could hurt him. and this privy seal was made to cover the vessel at the top withal, etc. the other magical requisites. the other magical requisites are: a sceptre, a swo

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cause they were in use among certain trade-guilds then in existence; and lastly, because they are extremely effective and significant from the symbolic point of view. all that i wish to emphasize at this stage is that our present system is not one coming from remote antiquity: that there is no direct continuity between us and the egyptians, or even those ancient hebrews who built, in the reign of king solomon, a certain temple at jerusalem. what is extremely ancient in freemasonry is the spiritual doctrine concealed within the architectural phraseology; for this doctrine is an elementary form of the doctrine that has been taught in all ages, no matter in what garb it has been expressed. our own teaching, for instance, recognizes pythagoras as having undergone numerous initiations in differ

s of consciousness. the legend of the third degree, then, in which the essence of masonic doctrine lies, was brought into our system by some advanced minds who derived their knowledge from other and concealed sources. the legend is an adaptation of a very old one and existed in various forms long before its association with modern masonry. in the guise of a story about the building of a temple by king solomon at jerusalem, they were promulgating the truth which i have alluded to before and which is generally known as the fall of man. as our legend runs, upon the literal side of it, it was the purpose of a great king to erect a superb structure. he was assisted in that work by another king who supplied the building materials, by a skilful artificer whose business was to put these together a

providence there still remains to us a glimmering light in the east. in a dark world, from which as it were the sun has disappeared, we have still our five senses and our rational faculties to work with, and these provide us with the substituted secrets that must distinguish us before we regain the genuine ones. where is hiram buried? we are taught that the wisdom of the most high- personified as king solomon ordered him to be interred in a fitting masonry sepulchre outside the holy city" in a grave from the centre 3 feet between n. and s, 3 feet between e. and w, and 5 feet or more perpendicular" where, brethren, do you imagine that grave to be? can you locate it by following these minute details of its situation? probably you have never thought of the matter as other than an ordinary bur

at the secret centre of individual human life exists a vital, immortal principle, the spirit and the spiritual will of man. this is the faculty, by using which (when we have found it) we can never err. it is a point within the circle of our own nature and, living as we do in this physical world, the circle of our existence is bounded by two grand parallel lines" one representing moses; the other king solomon" that is to say, law and wisdom; the divine ordinances regulating the universe on the one hand; the divine "wisdom and mercy that follow us all the days of our life" on the other. very truly then the mason who keeps himself thus circumscribed cannot err. masonry, then, is a system of religious philosophy in that it provides us with a doctrine of the universe and of our place in it. it

mysteries of antiquity the mathesis (or mental discipline) was an outstanding feature and produced the intellectual giants of greek philosophy. hence it is that to-day the degree is found dull, unpicturesque and unattractive, since psychic experience and intellectual principles cannot be made spectacular and dramatic. the ritual runs that our ancient brethren of this degree met in the porchway of king solomon's temple. this is a way of saying that natural philosophy is the porchway to the attainment of divine wisdom; that the study of man leads to knowledge of god, by revealing to man the ultimate divinity at the base of human nature. this study or self-analysis of human nature plato called geometry; earth-measuring; the probing, sounding and determining the limits, proportions and potenti

o discarnate conditions, until it becomes finally purged and perfected. by this great myth, therefore, instruction was imparted as to the history of the soul, its destiny and prospects, and the doctrine of reincarnation* was emphasized. how masonry follows this traditional method of instruction by myths. its canon of teaching in the craft degrees contains two myths. one is that of the building of king solomon's temple. the other is that of the death and burial of hiram abiff narrated in the traditional history. the royal arch contains a third myth in the story of the return from captivity after the destruction of the first temple, the commencement to build the second, and the discovery then made. this third myth has already been expounded in our paper on the royal arch degree, so that we n

to retrace his steps and rebuild his temple; to continue no longer a bondslave to his self-made illusions and the attractions of" worldly possessions" but become a free man and mason, engaged in shaping himself into a living and precious stone for the cosmic temple of a regenerate humanity unto which, when completed and dedicated, deity will again enter and abide. to be" installed in the chair of king solomon" therefore, means in its true sense the reattainment of a wisdom we have lost and the revival in ourselves of the divine life-essence which is the basis of our being. with the reattainment of that wisdom all that is comprised in the terms strength and beauty will be reattained also, for the three pillars stand in eternal association and balance. not to reattain it, not to revive the d

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ters whom they believed sur-vived the cataclysm of atlantis and who lived in shambhala, secretly influencing world affairs (p. 2)alien stone of powerat that time roerich made the bold claim that he was in possession of a piece of a mysterious stonefrom another worldroerich claimed, had sent the stone to earth from the star sirius. it had previouslybeen given to the emperor of atlantis and then to king solomon in jerusalemthe stone had been hid-den in a tower in shambhala broadcasting rays that influenced the destiny of the world (c. 1000 b.c.)the sphinxthe code name for fdr used by his agents.camp davidpreviously named shangrila by fdr.ritual murderalthough it is painful to consider, have we become complacent when it comes to systematic mass mur-der and organized killing? are we just plain

research important junction and battlefield throughout history. it is mentioned in an egyptian document over3,500 years old, was one of the chariot cities of kings solomon and ahab, and was the site wherejosiah, king of judah, fell in battle.excavations have uncovered the ruins of 25 cities dating from 4,000 to 400 b.c. ruined structures,now visible, belong to the fortified chariot city built by king solomon in the 10th century b.c. anancient water system, dating from the 9th century b.c, is well preserved. it is a phenomenal piece ofengineering which has a big shaft, sunk 120 feet through rock, meeting a tunnel cut more than 200feet to a spring outside the city. the spring was hidden by a wall and camouflaged by a covering ofearth. 5.1025- 945 b.c. tyre, lebanon: home of king hiram and t

hundred wives (1kings 11:1, 3. a century later ethbaal, who was hiram's great grandson, was called king of sidon in 1 kings16:31. ethbaal's daughter, jezebel, became ahab's notorious queen (1 kings 16:31. renewed trou-bles after ethbaal's death led to the emigration of elissa, the dido of virgil's aeneid iv, and to thefoundation of carthage. the holy bible does record a hiram, a worker in brass. king solomon brought this hiram from tyreto help build the temple (1 kings 7:13, 14, 40-45; 2 chronicles 2:13, 14; 4:11-16. this hiram'smother was a woman of the tribe of dan who had married first into the tribe of naphtali, then later aman of tyre. however, the name hiram abiff is nowhere in the holy bible. his name, and themyth surrounding his death and resurrection, are the product of occultist

, williammorgan disappeared. he was apparently abducted and drowned in lake ontario, allegedly by hisfellow mason richard howard.14.1861 on april 12, confederate forces fired on the union's fort sumter in charleston harbor, southcarolina, igniting the civil war. charleston, at the 33rd parallel, is known officially as the motherlodge of the world. this lodge had been founded by moses lindo as the king solomon lodge.15.1933 late in the pre-inaugural banking crisis, on march 3, 1933 (3/03/33, the federal reserveboard and the new york reserve bank's governor harrison had agreed that the board would issuean order closing all the federal reserve banks. new york governor herbert lehman, at the urgingof governor harrison, also agreed to proclaim an emergency bank holiday in new y ork, and a simi

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demon and servant of lucifer. by some accounts asmodeus is lucifer, and he took satan (or hades) into his own essence. asmodeus is further associated with samael, who is also associated with lucifer. asmodeus is a powerful, high-ranking demon, and one of the lords of the qliphoth. he is a demon of lust whose duty it is to estrange newly weds--michael wynn's "the soul travelers" 84 it is said that king solomon once had power over asmodeus, and forced him to help build solomon s temple. asmodeus is said to be frustrated and under the dominion of arch-angel raphael. this fallen angel is called the demon of the wounding spear, and is often depicted having 3 heads and riding a dragon. one of his heads is that of a ram, one of a human, and the last of a bull. he is often called the god of the wi

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to decipher the writing of god, and penetrate into his thoughts. this is what is asked and answered in our catechism, in regard to the lodge* a "lodge" is defined to be "an assemblage of freemasons, duly congregated, having the sacred writings, square, and compass, and a charter, or warrant of constitution, authorizing them to work" the room or place in which they meet, representing some part of king solomon's temple, is also called the lodge; and it is that we are now considering. it is said to be supported by three great columns, wisdom, force or strength, and beauty, represented by the master, the senior warden, and the junior warden; and these are said to be the columns that support the lodge "because wisdom, strength, and beauty, are the perfections of everything, and nothing can end

ffspring, the blazing star, or horus, and the three form the great equilateral triangle, in the centre of which is the omnific letter of the kabalah, by which creation is said to have been effected" the ornaments of a lodge are said to be "the mosaic pavement, the indented tessel, and the blazing star" the mosaic pavement, chequered in squares or lozenges, is said to represent the ground-floor of king solomon's temple; and the indented tessel "that beautiful tesselated border which surrounded it" the blazing star in the centre is said to be "an emblem of divine providence, and commemorative of the star which appeared to guide the wise men of the east to the place of our saviour's nativity" but "there was no stone seen" within the temple. the walls were covered with planks of cedar, and the

strong grip, never to be broken, with which christ, of the royal line of that house, has clasped to himself the whole human race, and embraces them in his wide arms as closely and affectionately as brethren embrace each other on the five points of fellowship. as entered apprentices and fellow-crafts, masons are taught to imitate the laudable example of those masons who labored at the building of king solomon's temple; and to plant firmly and deep in their hearts those foundation-stones of principle, truth, justice, temperance, fortitude, prudence, and charity, on which to erect that christian character which all the storms of misfortune and all the powers and temptations of hell shall not prevail against; those feelings and noble affections which are the most proper homage that can be pai

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etitive endeavor at the expense of the association and for any sovereign to support his subjects in such a rebellion against the church" finally, all were expressly enjoined "to respect these credentials and to obey these commands, under pain of excommunication" the pontiffs signaled their approval of these absolute methods by citing "the example of hiram, king of tyre, when he sent architects to king solomon to build the temple of jerusalem" on reading these privileges, it is difficult to believe, like clavel (who accepts them, that the members of these corporations were opposed to the pope. while we may accept the authenticity of these briefs, the originals of which are missing, it is necessary to measure their scope. they were applicable only within the framework of canon law. they addr

legend of hiram is particularly significant with regard to the sacred scope of the masonic ritual. for the masons, who made him both their master and model, hiram was a mythical figure who was the brilliant builder of the temple. haloed by glory and talent, he is a synthesis of two biblical figures: huram or hiram abi, and adoram, adonhiram, or adoniram. according to the kings iii (5:13, 14, 15, king solomon fetched hiram out of tyre. he was a widow's son of the tribe of naphtali, and his father was a man of tyre, a worker in brass; and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. and he came to king solomon and wrought all his work. for he cast two brass pillars. that of the right was jachin, and that on the left, boaz. according to the chronicles

y king hiram of tyre to solomon. he was the son of a woman of the daughters of dan, and his father was a man of tyre, skillful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving. and huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basons. and huram finished the work he was to make for king solomon for* this explanation conforms to the etymology of these two names. jachin means "he will establish" and boaz means "in strength" speculative freemasonry 231 the house of god. to wit, the two pillars, and the pommels, and the capitals which were on the top of the two pillars. adoram, adonhiram, or adoniram, son of abda, was one of solomon's high officials, the head of the conscripted

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k. for example, the expansion of the letter "yod" to "yod-vav-dalet" is an explanation of the letter "yod. the letters "vav" and "dalet" can also be explained. in other words, the expansion of "vav" is "vav-alef-vav. the entire expansion is nothing more then the revelation and explanation of the details and the details of the details, until the finest detail. this is similar to the statement that king solomon said three thousand allegories. this means that he said an allegory, which is an explanation of the analogue. in order for the allegory to be understood, he said another allegory on the first allegory, i.e. an explanation on an explanation. then he said a third allegory on the second allegory, i.e. an explanation on an explanation on an explanation, until be brought the subject down

alment of a concealment of a concealment etc. in other words, when one hasn t got a clue as to what is being explained, each detail that is given to him, will confuse his understanding all the more, and the analogue becomes more and more concealed and removed from him, until to he is totally lost and separate from it. this is similar to an allegory that is misunderstood, such as the allegories of king solomon. when the allegories are misunderstood, the last allegory, which is the three thousandth one, becomes the most concealed and appears to be a completely separate entity from the analogue. in the same way, this world is an allegory of an allegory or an expansion of an expansion etc, of the name of g-d. if it is understood correctly it reveals g-d all the more. however, if it is misread

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

d to rachel, which is the expression of speech and action. leah (thought) is more suited to express ideas and intellect, while rachel (speech and action) is more suited to express emotion. thus, leah fs position is opposite the upper half of z feir anpin, the aspect of the emotions that are still connected to the intellect. this is the mystical meaning of our sages f statement that in the days of king solomon, the moon was full.5 king solomon built the first temple. the midrash, counting abraham as the first jewish gking, h counts 14 kings between him and king solomon, and another 14 kings from king solomon to the destruction of the first temple. thus, king solomon is the 15th of 30 kings. these 30 kings correspond to the 30 days of a lunar month, and thus the institution of jewish monarch

the first jewish gking, h counts 14 kings between him and king solomon, and another 14 kings from king solomon to the destruction of the first temple. thus, king solomon is the 15th of 30 kings. these 30 kings correspond to the 30 days of a lunar month, and thus the institution of jewish monarchy is seen as starting (as a gnew moon h) with abraham, waxing until its greatest point in the person of king solomon, and then waning as jewish civilization became more decadent after him, until the destruction [nukva] grew to equal the full stature of z feir anpin. the moon is a correlate of nukva, as can be seen (among other ways) in the correlation between the lunar month and the menstrual cycle. the full moon thus indicates the full maturation of the partzuf of nukva, that occurred when king sol

decadent after him, until the destruction [nukva] grew to equal the full stature of z feir anpin. the moon is a correlate of nukva, as can be seen (among other ways) in the correlation between the lunar month and the menstrual cycle. the full moon thus indicates the full maturation of the partzuf of nukva, that occurred when king solomon built the temple. therefore [when he dedicated the temple, king solomon made a fourteenday feast, divided into two groups of seven, corresponding to rachel and leah. gand solomon celebrated the festival at that time, and all israel with him, a great congregation, from levo chamat until the wadi of egypt, before g-d, our g-d, seven days and seven days, fourteen days. h6 malchut is the seventh sefirah of the midot, thus, the seven-day periods each correspon

de h which accompanied them out of egypt.1 these were the first converts to the jewish people. when a non-jew seeks to convert and be accepted as part of the jewish people, the rabbi or rabbinical court overseeing this process has to make sure his motives are pure and that he is not seeking to convert out of any ulterior motives. it is for this reason no converts were accepted during the reign of king solomon and none will be accepted once mashiach has come: when the jewish people are as materially prosperous as they were in king solomon fs reign and as they will be in the messianic era, it is impossible to ascertain if a would-be convert fs motives are pure. similarly, the gmixed multitude h of non-jews who joined up with the jewish people when they left egypt are the classic example of i

it to receive divine blessing. it thus figuratively transforms g-d fs attribute of judgment and limitation to that of benevolence and happiness. adam sinned additionally in wanting to draw all the nations under the wings of the divine presence. this caused all the suffering that befell him and has befallen us throughout our exile. moses also erred this way, and therefore had to die in the desert. king solomon also erred by encouraging conversion. as we have explained previously, the psychology and innate orientation of the non-jew is that of sustaining perfecting the functioning of the world. this is their role in the big picture of making the world into a home for g-d. the problem is that they, too, suffered a fall in the wake of the primordial sin, and this altruistic drive is manifest i

nd innate orientation of the non-jew is that of sustaining perfecting the functioning of the world. this is their role in the big picture of making the world into a home for g-d. the problem is that they, too, suffered a fall in the wake of the primordial sin, and this altruistic drive is manifest in most people as the drive for a more material and comfortable standard of living. adam, moses, and king solomon all erred in thinking that if the non-jews were converted to judaism, the jewish drive for spirituality would combine with the non-jewish drive for physical perfection. this would, they thought, have the double effect of objectifying the jewish spiritual drive, keeping it from degenerating into egocentric ecstasy, and spiritualizing the non-jewish physical drive, keeping it from degen

ghter it before him. elazar the priest will take some of its blood on his finger and sprinkle it toward the opening of the tent of meeting seven times. someone will burn the heifer in front of him; he will burn its hide, its flesh, its blood, and its innards c. h1 this excerpt from the teachings of the arizal follows the previous installment. regarding the essence of the [rite of the] red heifer, king solomon, of blessed memory, said, gi said, ei will become wise, f but it was far from me, h2 as our sages explained.3 king solomon was the wisest of all men, but even he could not understand how, as happens in the rite of the red heifer, the individual administering the purification rite himself becomes defiled by doing so. know that [this is because] the basis of the [rite of the] red heifer

this is because] the basis of the [rite of the] red heifer is [that it expresses] how malchut receives from the back of the holy names, and not from their front. since the rite of the red heifer exemplifies a state of reality in which the divine name is not showing its gface, h but rather its gback, h we sense ourselves in this context as being removed, or gfar h from g-d fs presence. this is why king solomon described his inability to fathom the workings of the red heifer rite as feeling gfar h from wisdom. therefore the heifer must be red, to signify the state of severe judgment [to which malchut is subject. red is the color of gevurah, severity. someone who has been defiled by means of contact with death is in a state of extreme, severely limited divine consciousness. the stark confront

to the messiah [this is not a contradiction, since] the numerical value of shilo is the same as that as moses f name [mosheh. shilo: shin-yud-lamed-hei= 300+ 10+ 30+ 5= 345. mosheh: mem-shin-hei= 40+ 300+ 5= 345. shilo was the town where joshua put the tabernacle, i.e, its first location in the promised land (later, in the days of samuel, it moved to nov and later givon, and remained there until king solomon built the first temple) being the first resting place of the house of g-d when the jews entered the promised land, it represents the idea of the return of the people to their land with the messianic redemption. furthermore, our sages stated that whatever pertains to the first redeemer [i.e, moses] pertains to the final redeemer [i.e, the messiah]11 and that the generation that passes

guided you [sing] c h and the rest of the passage is in the singular. the plural clause is addressed to the people as a whole who are collectively responsible for remembering amongst all of them the whole torah. similarly [we can better understand this passage with the help of] something written by the pious rabbi yonah [of gerondi]13 regarding the sequence of verses [in another biblical passage. king solomon said, ghonor g-d with your wealth cand he will fill your storehouses [with satiation] c. do not despise, my 11 numbers 31:2. 12 job 11:9. 13 sha farei teshuvah 3:30. the arizal on parashat eikev (2) 716 child, g-d fs discipline c[for g-d chastises whom he loves. h14 he wrote that [this implies that] even if g-d does not gfill your storehouses, h do not say that it is pointless to serv

ese [two yud fs may also be conceived of as] the two ghandles h [to the doors, the 28 gtimes h of ecclesiastes. the word for ghandle h is yad, which is also the word for ghand h and the basic meaning of the name of the letter yud. this word is spelled yud-dalet, and its numerical value (10+ 4) is 14. the two yud-handles have thus a combined numerical value of 28. in the beginning of ecclesiastes, king solomon lists 28 gtimes, h in the form of ga time to cand a time to c. h3 the door swings on its hinge, whose [influence] extends in either direction only by virtue of the power of the yud, for the yud represents the soul while the dalet represents the body. the soul animates the body. in general, the letter yud signifies chochmah, the first conscious sefirah, the first manifestation of the s

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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 the origi

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, germany

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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 that t

l 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 himself d

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ed 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. grimoire of honorius widely circulated in the 17th century, first published

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2. and behold, when the temple of the city of jerusalem was being builded, and the artificers were working thereat, ornias the demon came among them toward sunset; and he took away half of the pay of the chief-deviser's) little boy, as well as half his food. he also continued to suck the thumb of his right hand every day. and the child grew thin, although he was very much loved by the king. 3. so king solomon called the boy one day, and questioned him, saying "do i not love thee more than all the artisans who are working in the temple of god? do i not give thee double wages and a double supply of food? how is it that day by day and hour by hour thow growest thinner" 4. but the child said to the king "i pray thee, o king. listen to what has befallen all that thy child hath. after we are all

ar this seal of god. and this engraving of the seal of the ring sent thee is a pentalpha" 6. and i solomon was overjoyed, and praised and glorified the god of heaven and earth. and on the morrow i called the boy, and gave him the ring, and said to him "take this, and at the hour in which the demon shall come unto thee, throw this ring at the chest of the demon, and say to him 'in the name of god, king solomon calls thee hither' and then do thou come running to me, without having any misgivings or fear in respect of aught thou mayest hear on the part of the demon" 7. so the child took the ring, and went off; and behold, at the customary hour ornias, the fierce demon, came like a burning fire to take the pay from the child. but the child according to the instructions received from the king

e running to me, without having any misgivings or fear in respect of aught thou mayest hear on the part of the demon" 7. so the child took the ring, and went off; and behold, at the customary hour ornias, the fierce demon, came like a burning fire to take the pay from the child. but the child according to the instructions received from the king, threw the ring at the chest of the demon, and said "king solomon calls thee hither" and then he went off at a run to the king. but the demon cried out aloud, saying "child, why hast thou done this to me? take the ring off me, and i will render to thee the gold of the earth. only take this off me, and forbear to lead me away to solomon" 8. but the child said to the demon "as the lord god of israel liveth, i will not brook thee. so come hither" and t

g of the archangel uriel, the power of god" 11. i solomon, having heard the name of the archangel, prayed and glorified god, the lord of heaven and earth. and i sealed the demon and set him to work at stone-cutting, so that he might cut the stones in the temple, which, lying along the shore, had been brought by the sea of arabia. but he, fearful of the iron, continued and said to me "i pray thee, king solomon, let me go free; and i will bring you all the demons" and as he was not willing to be subject to me, i prayed the archangel uriel to come and succour me; and i forthwith beheld the archangel uriel coming down to me from the heavens. 12. and the angel bade the whales of the sea come out of the abyss. and he cast his destiny upon the ground, and that [destiny] made subject [to him] the

of the fish which thou reverest" and he answered "it is the glanos by name, and is found in the rivers of assyria; wherefore it is that i roam about in those parts" 25. and i said to him "hast thou nothing else about thee, asmodeus" and he answered "the power of god knoweth, which hath bound me with the indissoluble bonds of yonder one's seal, that whatever i have told thee is true. i pray thee, king solomon, condemn me not to [go into] water" but i smiled, and said to him "as the lord god of my fathers liveth, i will lay iron on thee to wear. but thou shalt also make the clay for the entire construction of the temple, treading it down with thy feet" and i ordered them to give him ten water-jars to carry water in. and the demon groaned terribly, and did the work i ordered him to do. and t

a terrible dust on the ground, and carried it upwards; and then again hurled it back to frighten us, and asked what questions i could ask as a rule. and i stood up, and spat [2] on the ground in that spot, and sealed with the ring of god. and forthwith the dust-wind stopped. then i asked him, saying "who art thou, o wind" then he once more shook up a dust, and answered me "what wouldst thou have, king solomon" i answered him "tell me what thou art called, and i would fain ask thee a question. but so far i give thanks to god who has made me wise to answer their evil plots [1. so luke xxii. 51. 2. for the use of spittle to produce a cure or other effect in a magical way, cp. mark vii. 33 and viii. 23. in john ix. 6, jesus, we read "spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and anoint

d from the sharer of his bed, and children from parents, and brothers from sisters. but why tell so much to my despite? i have an angel that frustrates me, the great balthial" 39. likewise also the fifth said "i am power. by power i raise up tyrants and tear down kings. to all rebels i furnish power. i have an angel that frustrates me, astera th" 40. likewise also the sixth said "i am error [1, o king solomon. and i will make thee to err, as i have before made thee to err, when i caused thee to slay thy own brother [2. i will lead you into error, so as to pry into graves [3; and 1 teach them that dig, and i lead errant souls away from all piety, and many other evil traits are mine. but i have an angel that frustrates me, uriel [1. cp. testam. of symeon, ch. 3. 2. see i kings ii. 25. 3. a r

hand against his chest. whereon the demon leapt up, and threw himself down, and gave a groan, saying "woe is me! where am i come to? o traitor ornias, i cannot see" so i said to him "i am solomon. tell me then how thou dost manage to see" and he answered me "by means of my feelings" i then, solomon, having heard his voice come up to me, asked him how he managed to speak. and he answered me "i, o king solomon, am wholly voice, for i have inherited the voices of many men. for in the case of all men who are called dumb, i it is who smashed their heads, when they were children and had reached their eighth day. then when a child is crying in the night, i become a spirit, and glide by means of his voice. in the crossways [1] also i have many services to render, and my encounter is fraught with

lightning" and i bowed myself before the lord god of israel, and bade him remain in the keeping of beelzeboul until iax [1] should come [1. bornemann conjectures "a guardian or watcher" but the angel iax recurs below in# 86] 47. then i ordered another demon to come before me, and there came into my presence a hound, having a very large shape, and it spoke with a loud voice, and said "hail, lord, king solomon" and i solomon was astounded. i said to it: who art thou, o hound" and it answered "i do indeed seem to thee to be a hound, but before thou wast, o king solomon, i was a man that wrought many unholy deeds on earth. i was surpassingly learned in letters, and was so mighty that i could hold the stars of heaven back. and many divine works did i prepare. for i do harm to men who follow af

he will openly dwell on the cross. he doth frustrate me, and to him am i subject [1. tribolaios. the tribolos was a three-spiked instrument, thrown on the ground to wound horses' feet. 2. bub, an unknown word. 3. a word of doubtful sense. 4. i.e. golgotha. the old legend was that adam's skull reposed in this spot, and that the cross was planted upon it] 55 "but in the place where thou sittest, o king solomon, standeth a column in the air, of purple [1] the demon called ephippas hath brought [it] up from the red sea, from inner arabia. he it is that shall be shut up in a skin-bottle and brought before thee. but at the entrance of the temple, which thou hast begun to build, o king solomon, lies stored much gold, which dig thou up and carry off" and i solomon sent my servant, and found it to

itself along, one in appearance like to a dragon, but having the face and hands of a man. and all its limbs, except the feet, were those of a dragon; and it had wings on its back. and when i beheld it, i was astonied, and said "who art thou, demon, and what art thou called? and whence hast thou come? tell me" 61. and the spirit answered and said "this is the first time i have stood before the, o king solomon. i am a spirit made into a god among men, but now brought to naught by the ring and wisdom vouchsafed to thee by god. now i am the so-called winged dragon [1, and i chamber not with many women, but only with a few that are of fair shape, which possess the name of xuli, of this star. and i pair with them in the guise of a spirit winged in form, coitum habens per nates. and she on whom

to thee. yonder temple cannot contain me [1. mageyom ne. 2. perhaps "the place or size of the heavenly body] 65. i therefore solomon prayed to my god, and i invoked the angel of whom en psigos spoke to me, and used my seal. and i sealed her with a triple chain, and (placed) beneath her the fastening of the chain. i used the seal of god, and the spirit prophesied to me, saying "this is what thou, king solomon, doest to us. but after a time thy kingdom shall be broken, and again in season this temple shall be riven asunder [1; and all jerusalem shall be undone by the king of the persians and medes and chaldaeans. and the vessels of this temple, which thou makest, shall be put to servile uses of the gods; and along with them all the jars, in which thou dost shut us up, shall be broken by the

inhabited world for a long season, until the son of god is stretched upon the cross. for never before doth arise a king like unto him, one frustrating us all, whose mother shall not have contact with man. who else can receive such authority over spirits, except he, whom the first devil will seek to tempt, but will not prevail over? the number of his name is 644 [2, which is emmanuel. wherefore, o king solomon, thy time is evil, and thy years short and evil, and to thy servant shall thy kingdom be given [3 [1. i conjecture the sense which the word must bear in this context. 2. xmd. 3. this prophecy corresponds roughly to the one which lactantius, instit. div. lib. iv. c. 18, quotes from an apocryphal book of solomon] 66. and i solomon, having heard this, glorified god. and though i marvelle

es, and the names of their angels, by which these angels are frustrated. and i glorified the lord god of israel, and commanded the spirits to be bound with bonds indissoluble. 67. and having praised god, i commanded another spirit to come before me; and there came before my face another demon, having in front the shape of a horse, but behind of a fish. and he had a mighty voice, and said to me "o king solomon, i am a fierce spirit of the sea, and i am greedy of gold and silver. i am such a spirit as rounds itself and comes over the expanses of the water of the sea, and i trip up the men who sail thereon. for i round myself into a wave [1, and transform myself, and then throw myself on ships and come right in on them. and that is my business, and my way of getting hold of money and men. for

d there came before my face thirty-six spirits, their heads shapeless like dogs, but in themselves they were human in form; with faces of asses, faces of oxen, and faces of birds. and i solomon, on hearing and seeing them, wondered, and i asked them and said "who are you" but they, of one accord with one voice, said [1 "we are the thirty-six elements, the world-rulers [2] of this darkness. but, o king solomon, thou wilt not wrong us nor imprison us, nor lay command on us; but since the lord god has given thee authority over every spirit, in the air, and on the earth, and under the earth, therefore do we also present ourselves before thee like the other spirits, from ram and bull, from [35] both twin and crab, lion and virgin, scales and scorpion, archer, goat-horned, waterpourer, and fish

itch, came in great concern and bowed low before me to the earth. and having heard my wisdom, she glorified the god of israel, and she made formal trial of all my wisdom, of all love in which i instructed her, according to the wisdom imparted to me. and all the sons of israel glorified god. 110. and behold, in those days one of the workmen, of ripe old age, threw himself down before me, and said "king solomon, pity me, because i am old" so i bade him stand up, and said "tell me, old man, all you will" and he answered "i beseech you king, i have an only-born son, and he insults and beats me openly, and plucks out the hair of my head, and threatens me with a painful death. therefore i beseech you avenge me. 111. and i solomon, on hearing this, felt compunction as i looked at his old age; and

ns whom i condemned to labour. and there was peace in the circle of my kingdom and over all the earth [1. a shekel. philo has the form s klos, i. 468. s glos is the usual spelling in the lxx. 2. there seems to be here a lacuna in the ms] 117. and it came to pass, which i was in my kingdom, the king of the arabians, adares, sent me a letter, and the writing of the letter was written as follows "to king solomon, all hail! lo, we have heard, and it hath been heard unto all the ends of the earth, concerning the wisdom vouchsafed in thee, and that thou art a man merciful from the lord. and understanding hath been granted thee over all the spirits of the air, and on earth, and under the earth. now, forasmuch as there is present in the land of arabia a spirit of the following kind: at early dawn

f the following kind: at early dawn there begins to blow a certain wind until the third hour. and its blast is harsh and terrible, and it slays man and beast. and no spirit can live upon earth against this demon. i pray thee then, forasmuch as the spirit is a wind, contrive something according to the wisdom given in thee by the lord thy god, and deign to send a man able to capture it. and behold, king solomon, i and my people and all my land will serve thee unto death. and all arabia shall be at peace with thee, if thou wilt perform this act of righteousness for us. wherefore we pray thee, contemn not our humble prayer, and suffer not to be utterly brought to naught the eparchy subordinated to thy authority. because we are suppliants, both i and my people and all my land. farewell to my lo

ays to make trial. and the spirit no longer blew against that city. and all the arabs knew that he had safely shut in the spirit. 121. then the youth fastened the flask on the camel, and the arabs sent him forth on his way with much honour and precious gifts, praising and magnifying the god of israel. but the youth brought in the bag and laid it in the middle of the temple. and on the next day, i king solomon, went into the temple of god and sat in deep distress about the stone of the end of the corner. and when i entered the temple, the flask stood up and walked around some seven steps and then fell on its mouth and did homage to me. and i marvelled that even along with the bottle the demon still had power and could walk about; and i commanded it to stand up. and the flask stood up, and s

underneath, like air, supporting it. and if one looks fixedly, the pillar is a little oblique, being supported by the spirits; and it is so to day. 125. and i solomon questioned the other spirit which came up with the pillar from the depth of the red sea. and i said to him "who art thou, and what calls thee? and what is thy business? for i hear many things about thee' and the demon answered "i, o king solomon, am called abezithibod. i am a descendant of the archangel. once as i sat in the first heaven, of which the name is ameleouth- i then am a fierce spirit and winged, and with a single wing, plotting against every spirit under heaven. i was present when moses went in before pharaoh, king of egypt, and i hardened his heart. i am he whom iannes and iambres invoked homing [1] with moses in

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milar to that gesture expressed by the illustrious queen of sheba on her first viewing the fabulous edifice of solomon's temple.1 in duncan's masonic monitor and guide the group present for that same degree ceremony is further told that this sign alludes to "the wonder and admiration of our ancient brethren who were present to view the interior of that magnificent edifice (solomon's temple) which king solomon had erected, and was about to dedicate to the service of the supreme being."2 the arms raised with the palms of the hands facing forward is a supplicatory gesture, meaning passive acceptance, surrender, or an appeal for mercy. caesar, in 178 codex magica his gaelic wars, noted the use of this sign by gaelic women, who apparently were signaling subjection to, or acceptance of, their ro

grip. in coil's masonic encyclopedia we are told of the triangular chain, the legend taught by freemasonry that jewish freemasons were carried as captives from jerusalem to babylon by nebuchadnezzar, being bound by triangular chains. the babylonian king is said to have been gravely insulting the jews by doing this because, to the jews, the triangle, or delta symbol, was a symbol of their deity.2 king solomon and the triple triangle in the 6 of freemasonry, the degree of intimate secretary, the concept of a triple triangle is introduced, said to be emblematic of the three masons who were present at the opening of the first lodge of intimate secretaries. it is further claimed that king solomon was one of those three present. it is significant that in the first book of kings in the holy bibl

g solomon and the triple triangle in the 6 of freemasonry, the degree of intimate secretary, the concept of a triple triangle is introduced, said to be emblematic of the three masons who were present at the opening of the first lodge of intimate secretaries. it is further claimed that king solomon was one of those three present. it is significant that in the first book of kings in the holy bible, king solomon rebelled against god and his commandments and began to worship the god and goddess of the heathen in his temple. he also required of the high priests of black magic, masonic witchcraft, and triangle powers 363 solomon's temple that they annually render to him, as tribute, the sum of 666 talents of gold. undoubtedly the number 666 is symbolically the triple triangle, because the holy n

, a ring given by a woman to a man represented her sexual availability; putting the finger through the ring was a sign of sexual intercourse.4 the ring, then is a symbol of authority, of bonding, and is a sign of the covenant made between the inferior and superior members of the illuminati group. in ancient religions and cultures, rings were also magical in nature. according to cabalistic rabbis, king solomon used a magic ring with a hexagram symbol on it to enslave the demon asmodeus into helping him build his famous temple. some members of the illuminati in france in the late 18th century, about 1780, founded a new secret order, the academy of sublime masters of the luminous ring. the tenets of the group were pythagorean, and the fields of geometry and science were emphasized.5 in today'

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might be auditory and present a direct message (as in job 33:15 17, genesis 20:3,6) or at other times be symbolic, requiring skilled interpretation. jacob had a dream of a ladder set up on earth, the top of it reaching to heaven. he beheld in this dream angels of god ascending and descending on the ladder with the lord standing above it, confirming the covenant of abraham to jacob (genesis 28:12. king solomon received both wisdom and warning in dreams (i kings 3:5, 9:2. the new testament accounts surrounding the birth of jesus (c. 6 b.c.e. c. 30 c.e) record a number of revelatory dreams. joseph was instructed to wed mary and was assured of her purity (matthew 1:20, in spite of the apparent fact that she was already pregnant. later, joseph was warned to flee to egypt (matthew 2:13, return t

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eries of atlantis and restore all humankind to the earthly paradise that existed in that golden age of old. t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d secret societies 9 masonic temple in alexandria, virginia (corbis corporation) georgewashington was an avowed mason. the central mythos of freemasonry centers around the building of the great temple of king solomon (tenth century b.c.e) and solomon fs securing the services of the most accomplished architect in the world, hiram abiff, who was said to have designed the magnificent temple according to the precepts of the great architect of the universe. although hiram is mentioned in biblical accounts as a master of the arts of construction, the rites of freemasonry extend beyond the bible and fash

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of the field, and the fowls under heaven, he gave to every one of them their proper names, according to their nature. although now through the sorrowful fall into sin this excellent jewel wisdom hath been lost, and meer darkness and ignorance is come into the world, yet notwithstanding hath the lord god sometimes hitherto bestowed, and made manifest the same, to some of his friends: for the wise king solomon doth testifie of himself, that he upon earnest prayer and desire did get and obtain such wisdom of god, that thereby he knew how the world was created, thereby he understood the nature of the elements, also the time, beginning, middle and end, the increase and decrease, the change of times through the whole year, the revolution of the year, and ordinance of the stars; he understood al

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n i t y crowleyan i ty in the centre is mysticism which links together idealism and realism, or the ego to the non-ego, and at the same time holds them apart. without it idealism becomes absolute subjectivity, and realism absolute objectivity (n. b. the circle of idealism is the only entirely white circle in the symbol, and that of realism the only entirely black one. the gjakin h and gbohaz h of king solomon fs temple) idealism and realism are further connected by the hylo-ideallstic circle, which expresses them in terms of science; and the whole is encircled by the ring of agnosticism, beyond which philosophy as philosophy cannot penetrate. the three circles of mysticism, hylo- idealism (idealism and realism, and agnosticism; or magic, science, and philosophy, are all bisected by the pyr

ol in my house by whom the sandal always steams. alone, i make a black carouse with her to dominate my dreams. with skulls and knives she keeps control (o mother kali) of my soul *gargoyles, vol. iii, p. 97. crowley fs interpretation of ceremonial magic, the getting back to the old gods, so to say, is lucidly described, under the terms of a rational system, in his introduction to the ggoetia h of king solomon. it is as follows: i am not concerned to deny the objective reality of all gmagical h phenomena; if they are illusions, they are at least as real as many unquestioned facts of daily life; and, if we follow herbert spencer, they are at least evidence of some cause. now, this fact is our base. what is the cause of my illusion of seeing a spirit in the triangle of art? every smatterer, e

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plars began to attract attention. perhaps, thought some masons, the fact that the symbolism of the craft degrees of masonry was concerned with both the building of a temple and the murder of its architect, hiram, suggested the existence of a connection between the knights templar and freemasonry? perhaps the masonic fraternity did not, as was assumed by most of its members, go back to the time of king solomon but was simply an underground continuation of the order of the temple? perhaps the murdered hiram was really jacques de molay, the martyred grand master of the templars? the idea of an historical connection between masonry and the crusading orders received the enthusiastic support of the chevalier ramsay, a jacobite exile he was file//c /documents%20and%20settings/michael..0secret%20r

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

rly beloved, perfectly illuminated adepts of this secret areopagus, that from the beginning of all, the vows of your initiation have invoked upon you the most fearful penalties of disobedience. for as soon as ye erect any natural and common thing into a formula of magick, so soon do ye excite also the contrary current. thus while every child reads and speaks freely of the pillars of the temple of king solomon by name, the mason dare not so much as letter them without precaution. and while the private man may speak evil of the king, and blaspheme god without risk, yet the servant of the king, and the minister of god, must cloke (sic) themselves with reverence, even though it be not in their hearts, for this reason, that they have invoked the king, and god, as sword and shield of their own a

THE HOLY BIBLE KING JAMES VERSION

zadok the priest, and nathan the prophet, and benaiah the son of jehoiada. and they came before the king. 1:33 the king also said unto them, take with you the servants of your lord, and cause solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to gihon: 1:34 and let zadok the priest and nathan the prophet anoint him there king over israel: and blow ye with the trumpet, and say, god save king solomon. 1:35 then ye shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my stead: and i have appointed him to be ruler over israel and over judah. 1:36 and benaiah the son of jehoiada answered the king, and said, amen: the lord god of my lord the king say so [too] 1:37 as the lord hath been with my lord the king, even so be he with solomon, and make his

n the throne of my lord king david. 1:38 so zadok the priest, and nathan the prophet, and benaiah the son of jehoiada, and the cherethites, and the pelethites, went down, and caused solomon to ride upon king david s mule, and brought him to gihon. 1:39 and zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed solomon. and they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, god save king solomon. 1:40 and all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them. 1:41 and adonijah and all the guests that [were] with him heard [it] as they had made an end of eating. and when joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, wherefore [is this] noise of the city being in an uproar? 1:42 and while he

king, blessed [be] the lord god of israel, which hath given [one] to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes even seeing [it] 1:49 and all the guests that [were] with adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and went every man his way. 1:50 and adonijah feared because of solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar. 1:51 and it was told solomon, saying, behold, adonijah feareth king solomon: for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar, saying, let king solomon swear unto me to day that he will not slay his servant with the sword. 1:52 and solomon said, if he will shew himself a worthy man, there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die. 1:53 so king solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar

ght hold on the horns of the altar, saying, let king solomon swear unto me to day that he will not slay his servant with the sword. 1:52 and solomon said, if he will shew himself a worthy man, there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die. 1:53 so king solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. and he came and bowed himself to king solomon: and solomon said unto him, go to thine house. 2:1 now the days of david drew nigh that he should die; and he charged solomon his son, saying, 2:2 i go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man; 2:3 and keep the charge of the lord thy god, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is

urned about, and is become my brother s: for it was his from the lord. 2:16 and now i ask one petition of thee, deny me not. and she said unto him, say on. 2:17 and he said, speak, i pray thee, unto solomon the king (for he will not say thee nay) that he give me abishag the shunammite to wife. 2:18 and bath-sheba said, well; i will speak for thee unto the king. 2:19 bath-sheba therefore went unto king solomon, to speak unto him for adonijah. and the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king s mother; and she sat on his right hand. 2:20 then she said, i desire one small petition of thee [i pray thee] say me not nay. and the king said unto her, ask on, my mother: for i will not say thee nay. 2:21 and she said, l

r, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king s mother; and she sat on his right hand. 2:20 then she said, i desire one small petition of thee [i pray thee] say me not nay. and the king said unto her, ask on, my mother: for i will not say thee nay. 2:21 and she said, let abishag the shunammite be given to adonijah thy brother to wife. 2:22 and king solomon answered and said unto his mother, and why dost thou ask abishag the shunammite for adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he [is] mine elder brother; even for him, and for abiathar the priest, and for joab the son of zeruiah. 2:23 then king solomon sware by the lord, saying, god do so to me, and more also, if adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life. 2:24 now ther

ar the priest, and for joab the son of zeruiah. 2:23 then king solomon sware by the lord, saying, god do so to me, and more also, if adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life. 2:24 now therefore [as] the lord liveth, which hath established me, and set me on the throne of david my father, and who hath made me an house, as he promised, adonijah shall be put to death this day. 2:25 and king solomon sent by the hand of benaiah the son of jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died. 2:26 and unto abiathar the priest said the king, get thee to anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou [art] worthy of death: but i will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the lord god before david my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father

her was afflicted. 2:27 so solomon thrust out abiathar from being priest unto the lord; that he might fulfil the word of the lord, which he spake concerning the house of eli in shiloh. 2:28 then tidings came to joab: for joab had turned after adonijah, though he turned not after absalom. and joab fled unto the tabernacle of the lord, and caught hold on the horns of the altar. 2:29 and it was told king solomon that joab was fled unto the tabernacle of the lord; and, behold [he is] by the altar. then solomon sent benaiah the son of jehoiada, saying, go, fall upon him. 2:30 and benaiah came to the tabernacle of the lord, and said unto him, thus saith the king, come forth. and he said, nay; but i will die here. and benaiah brought the king word again, saying, thus said joab, and thus he answer

t surely die? and thou saidst unto me, the word [that] i have heard [is] good. 2:43 why then hast thou not kept the oath of the lord, and the commandment that i have charged thee with? 2:44 the king said moreover to shimei, thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to david my father: therefore the lord shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head; 2:45 and king solomon [shall be] blessed, and the throne of david shall be established before the lord for ever. 2:46 so the king commanded benaiah the son of jehoiada; which went out, and fell upon him, that he died. and the kingdom was established in the hand of solomon. 3:1 and solomon made affinity with pharaoh king of egypt, and took pharaoh s daughter, and brought her into the city of david, until he

the living child, and in no wise slay it. but the other said, let it be neither mine nor thine [but] divide [it] 3:27 then the king answered and said, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she [is] the mother thereof. 3:28 and all israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of god [was] in him, to do judgment. 4:1 so king solomon was king over all israel. 4:2 and these [were] the princes which he had; azariah the son of zadok the priest, 4:3 elihoreph and ahiah, the sons of shisha, scribes; jehoshaphat the son of ahilud, the recorder. 4:4 and benaiah the son of jehoiada [was] over the host: and zadok and abiathar [were] the priests: 4:5 and azariah the son of nathan [was] over the officers: and zabud the son o

phsah even to azzah, over all the kings on this side the river: and he had peace on all sides round about him. 4:25 and judah and israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from dan even to beer-sheba, all the days of solomon. 4:26 and solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. 4:27 and those officers provided victual for king solomon, and for all that came unto king solomon s table, every man in his month: they lacked nothing. 4:28 barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the place where [the officers] were, every man according to his charge. 4:29 and god gave solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that [is] on the sea shore. 4:30 and

:10 so hiram gave solomon cedar trees and fir trees [according to] all his desire. 5:11 and solomon gave hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat [for] food to his household, and twenty measures of pure oil: thus gave solomon to hiram year by year. 5:12 and the lord gave solomon wisdom, as he promised him: and there was peace between hiram and solomon; and they two made a league together. 5:13 and king solomon raised a levy out of all israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men. 5:14 and he sent them to lebanon ten thousand a month by courses: a month they were in lebanon [and] two months at home: and adoniram [was] over the levy. 5:15 and solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains; 5:16 beside the chief of solomon s officers w

s builders did hew [them] and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house. 6:1 and it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of israel were come out of the land of egypt, in the fourth year of solomon s reign over israel, in the month zif, which [is] the second month, that he began to build the house of the lord. 6:2 and the house which king solomon built for the lord, the length thereof [was] threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty [cubits] and the height thereof thirty cubits. 6:3 and the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits [was] the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house [and] ten cubits [was] the breadth thereof before the house. 6:4 and for the house he made windows of narrow lights

rt. 7:10 and the foundation [was of] costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits. 7:11 and above [were] costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and cedars. 7:12 and the great court round about [was] with three rows of hewed stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of the lord, and for the porch of the house. 7:13 and king solomon sent and fetched hiram out of tyre. 7:14 he [was] a widow s son of the tribe of naphtali, and his father [was] a man of tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. and he came to king solomon, and wrought all his work. 7:15 for he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a 1 kings page 200 lin

d forty baths [and] every laver was four cubits [and] upon every one of the ten bases one laver. 7:39 and he put five bases on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward over against the south. 7:40 and hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basons. so hiram made an end of doing all the work that he made king solomon for the house of the lord: 7:41 the two pillars, and the [two] bowls of the chapiters that [were] on the top of the two pillars; and the two networks, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters which [were] upon the top of the pillars; 7:42 and four hundred pomegranates for the two networks [even] two rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that [wer

pon the top of the pillars; 7:42 and four hundred pomegranates for the two networks [even] two rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that [were] upon the pillars; 7:43 and the ten bases, and ten lavers on the bases; 7:44 and one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea; 7:45 and the pots, and the shovels, and the basons: and all these vessels, which hiram made to king solomon for the house of the lord [were of] bright brass. 7:46 in the plain of jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between succoth and zarthan. 7:47 and solomon left all the vessels [unweighed] because they were exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out. 7:48 and solomon made all the vessels that [pertained] unto the house of the lord: the altar of gold, and

n the right [side] and five on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs [of] gold, 7:50 and the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers [of] pure gold; and the hinges [of] gold [both] for the doors of the inner house, the most holy [place, and] for the doors of the house [to wit] of the temple. 7:51 so was ended all the work that king solomon made for the house of the lord. and solomon brought in the things which david his father had dedicated [even] the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he put among the treasures of the house of the lord. 8:1 then solomon assembled the elders of israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of israel, unto king solomon in jerusalem, that they m

and the vessels, did he put among the treasures of the house of the lord. 8:1 then solomon assembled the elders of israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of israel, unto king solomon in jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the lord out of the city of david, which [is] zion. 8:2 and all the men of israel assembled themselves unto king solomon at the feast in the month ethanim, which [is] the seventh month. 8:3 and all the elders of israel came, and the priests took up the ark. 8:4 and they brought up the ark of the lord, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that [were] in the tabernacle, even those did the priests and the levites bring up. 8:5 and king solomon, and all the congregation of israel

old upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath the lord brought upon them all this evil. 9:10 and it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when solomon had built the two houses, the house of the lord, and the king s house, 9:11([now] hiram the king of tyre had furnished solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire) that then king solomon gave hiram twenty cities in the land of galilee. 9:12 and hiram came out from tyre to see the cities which solomon had given him; and they pleased him not. 9:13 and he said, what cities [are] these which thou hast given me, my brother? and he called them the land of cabul unto this day. 9:14 and hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold. 9:15 and this [is] the reason of the levy

lomon gave hiram twenty cities in the land of galilee. 9:12 and hiram came out from tyre to see the cities which solomon had given him; and they pleased him not. 9:13 and he said, what cities [are] these which thou hast given me, my brother? and he called them the land of cabul unto this day. 9:14 and hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold. 9:15 and this [is] the reason of the levy which king solomon raised; for to build the house of the lord, and his own house, and millo, and the wall of jerusalem, and hazor, and megiddo, and gezer. 9:16 [for] pharaoh king of egypt had gone up, and taken gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it [for] a present unto his daughter, solomon s wife. 9:17 and solomon built gezer, and beth-horon the ne

e people that wrought in the work. 9:24 but pharaoh s daughter came up out of the city of david unto her house which [solomon] had built for her: then did he build millo. 9:25 and three times in a year did solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the lord, and he burnt incense upon the altar that [was] before the lord. so he finished the house. 9:26 and king solomon made a navy of ships in eziongeber, which is beside eloth, on the shore of the red sea, in the land of edom. 9:27 and hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of solomon. 9:28 and they came to ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought [it] to king solomon. page 203 1 kings 10:1 and when the qu

TYSON DONALD THE POWER OF THE WORD

y that makes it highly useful in practical magic. the quaternary is visually embodied in two dimensions by the square, which is a flat representation of the three-dimensional cube, mathematically the square squared, the most material of all symbols. square and cube often occur coupled with tetragrammaton in jewish and occult practice. the holiest of holy places in the temple of jerusalem built by king solomon, where god communicated his purposes to the high priest, was twenty cubits 14 tetragrammaton in all dimensions (1 kings 6:20; the altar itself was square (2 chron. 4:1, as was the breastplate of aaron (exod. 28:16; holy jerusalem described in the vision of st. john the divine is in the shape of a cube (rev. 21:16. all these are places where the power of ihvh is manifested. there is a

WAITE ASPECTS OF MASONIC SYMBOLISM

recognized in masonry that the temple, unfinished at the moment of the untoward event, remained with its operations suspended and was completed later on by those who obviously did not possess the word or key. the tradition has descended to us and, as i have said, we are still on the quest. now what does all this mean? we have no concern at the present day, except in archaeology and history, with king solomon's temple. what is meant by this temple and what is the lost word? these things have a meaning, or our system is stultified. well, here are burning questions, and the only direction in which we can look for an answer is that which is their source. as to this, we must remember that the legend of the master degree is a legend of israel, under the aegis of the old covenant, and though it

WICCA WITCHCRAFT TODAY

g folk of the towns disliked the men of the heaths and were shocked at their doings, the lesser nobles were not ashamed of their contact with the magic of witches or sorcerers, as they did not consider it a serious offence, and several popes have been said to have practised it. the gospel of st. john begins 'in the beginning was the word' and it was thought that by knowledge of that word of power king solomon had made the spirits work for him. manuscripts were sold at high prices, giving the rites and words of power used by him and professing to teach others to do the same. the lesser gentry who made no secret of their practices were easy prey and yielded much loot to the church, until the persecution turned to higher game such as lady alice kyteler in ireland. lady glamis, who i believe w

t date. now a witch has eight working tools. of these, five are used only for special purposes; but there are three that she must have in every operation, and cords are among these three. she could at times have worn the cord as a girdle, to disguise it. j.s.m. ward in who was hirim abif? quotes the legends of the jews, which give the twenty-two questions with which balkis, queen of sheba, tested king solomon's knowledge. these questions are thought to refer to the secret initiation ceremonies of astarte-tammuz. question 9 is peculiar, and clearly refers to things used for ritual or magic. sheba 'which are the three that neither die, nor do they have bread put into them, yet they save lives from death' solomon 'the staff, the cord, and the ring' the staff is the 'wand' of the conductor of

WILLIAM WESCOTT NUMBERS THEIR OCCULT POWER AND MYSTIC VIRTUES

at endures separation from the monad. 7. phanes, or intelligible intellect. 8. it is the fountain of all female divinities, and hence nature, rhea and isis. 9. cupid, just as erato, from desiring its opposite for a partner. in astronomy, we speak of 2 nodes, caput and cauda draconis; and in astrology of 2 aspects of the planets, benefic and malefic. the two pillars ikin and boz at the entrance of king solomon s temple are notable symbols of strength and stability. they are comparable to the two beings, kratos and bia, who appear in the play by eschylus, as a male and a female potency, who bind prometheus. numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott the chinese speak of blue as the color of heaven, because made up of red, male and black, female; of the active

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