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A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGICK SPELLS

ellow. michael archangel of the sun and light, michael is the warrior angel. he appeared to moses as the fire in the burning bush and saved daniel from the lions' den. as commander of the heavenly hosts, michael, with his flaming sword, drove satan and his fallen angels out of the celestial realms; as angel of judgement, he also carries a scale for weighing the souls of the dead. according to the koran, the cherubim were created from michael's tears. he offers power to overcome any obstacles and challenges, and brings wisdom and illumination as to the right path. michael stands in the south and his colour is gold. gabriel archangel of the moon, the messenger archangel and the heavenly awakener, gabriel appears many times in the bible. he visited the virgin mary and her cousin elizabeth, mo

visited the virgin mary and her cousin elizabeth, mother of john the baptist, to tell them that they were to bear sons who would lead mankind to salvation. it was gabriel who parted the waters of the red sea so that the hebrews could escape from the pharaoh's soldiers. gabriel is usually pictured holding a sceptre or lily. to the followers of islam, gabriel is the spirit of truth who dictated the koran to mohammed. gabriel brings wise words of truth and the clear voice that speaks of hope and a new purpose in life, but also compassion and the acceptance of the weaknesses of oneself as well as others. gabriel's protection can be felt with each new moon, especially on the day before the crescent is visible in the sky. gabriel stands in the west and his colour is silver. pentagrams the pentag

ABRAMELIN1

onies of pact with and submission to the evil spirits. the system, however, taught in the present work is based on the following conception (a) that the good spirits and angelic powers of light are superior in power to the fallen spirits of darkness (b) that these latter as a punishment have been condemned to the service of the initiates of the magic of light (this idea is to be found also in the koran or, as it is frequently and perhaps more correctly written, qur-an (g) as a consequence of this doctrine, all ordinary material effects and phenomena are produced by the labour of the evil spirits under the command introduction ix usually of the good (d) that consequently whenever the evil demons can escape from the control of the good, there is no evil that they will not work by way of veng

ALEISTER CROWLEY LIBER 777

ition has no name. col. v. these god-names are the grand words of the corresponding grades (see col. cxxi) except for 5 =6, whose g.w. is hwchy. the zodiacal gods are as for the sephira, which corresponds to the planet ruling. apparently, in the numeration of azbogah, line 12, only the az count. table of correspondences 35 that these following are only titles of the one ineffable name is shown by koran xvii. 110. but monotheism is not true for the normal consciousness, but only for that of the adept [99 names of god in arabic] col. vi, line 31bis. essence, cf. a and w. col. viii. lines 1-10. beth elohim gives a quite different ten qliphoth. line 15. in the midst of the zodiacal qliphoth are lams [samael] and yadmsa [asmodai. at se corner, man, serpent, and the elder lilith the wife of sama

BLAVATSKY H P ANTHROPOGENESIS

ve (from navis, the ship* the navis- the sidereal vessel- is fructified by the spirit of life- the male god; or, as the learned kenealy (in his apocalypsis) calls it very appropriately- the holy spirit. in western religious symbology the crescent was the male, the full moon, the female aspect of that universal spirit "the mystic word alm, which the prophet mahomet prefixed to many chapters of the koran, alludes to her as the alm, the immaculate virgin of the heavens. and- the sublime ever falling into the ridiculous- it is from this root alm that we have to derive the word almeh- the egyptian dancing-girls. the latter are "virgins" of the same type as the nautchnis in india, and the (female) kadeshim, the holy ones of the jewish temples (those consecrated to jehovah, who represented both s

will go on with the most virulent attacks on the religions of india, and christians read with the same benighted smile of satisfaction as ever these preposterously unjust words of coleridge "it is highly worthy of observation that the inspired writings received by christians are distinguishable from all other books pretending to inspiration, from the scriptures of the brahmins, and even from the koran, in their strong and frequent recommendation of truth[[vol. 2, page] 475 nature, a stone-cold mother. xviii. on the myth of the "fallen angel" in its various aspects- a. the evil spirit: who, and what? our present quarrel is exclusively with theology. the church enforces belief in a personal god and a personal devil, while occultism shows the fallacy of such a belief. and though for the pant

CASSANDRA EASON A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGIC

ellow. michael archangel of the sun and light, michael is the warrior angel. he appeared to moses as the fire in the burning bush and saved daniel from the lions' den. as commander of the heavenly hosts, michael, with his flaming sword, drove satan and his fallen angels out of the celestial realms; as angel of judgement, he also carries a scale for weighing the souls of the dead. according to the koran, the cherubim were created from michael's tears. he offers power to overcome any obstacles and challenges, and brings wisdom and illumination as to the right path. michael stands in the south and his colour is gold. gabriel archangel of the moon, the messenger archangel and the heavenly awakener, gabriel appears many times in the bible. he visited the virgin mary and her cousin elizabeth, mo

visited the virgin mary and her cousin elizabeth, mother of john the baptist, to tell them that they were to bear sons who would lead mankind to salvation. it was gabriel who parted the waters of the red sea so that the hebrews could escape from the pharaoh's soldiers. gabriel is usually pictured holding a sceptre or lily. to the followers of islam, gabriel is the spirit of truth who dictated the koran to mohammed. gabriel brings wise words of truth and the clear voice that speaks of hope and a new purpose in life, but also compassion and the acceptance of the weaknesses of oneself as well as others. gabriel's protection can be felt with each new moon, especially on the day before the crescent is visible in the sky. gabriel stands in the west and his colour is silver. pentagrams the pentag

CHRONOLOGIA RORISPERGIUS

pope of the idolators" tibet? 1331 commentary on "sefer yezirah" by meir b. solomon ibn sahula (rome, angelica library, ms. or. 45. 1332-78 ibn khaldun the muqaddimah "we saw with our eyes one of these magicians fashion the image of the person he desired to bewitch" 1335 petrus bonus of ferrara pretiosa margarita novella c. 1336 alaoddawleh semnani, persian sufi linking the seven prophets of the koran with the mystical physiology of seven latifa and referred to seven grades of being which constitute the ascent of the soul to the godhead. 1338-1400 geoffery chaucer 1329-1419 nicolas flamel (supposed) 1339 pope benedict xii orders an investigation into the alchemical activities of some clerics and monks c. 1350-1370: outbreaks of the "black death (mostly bubonic plague, yersinia pestis) rav

DAVID ICKE AND THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE

similar to those we hear today from people claiming to have met, or been abducted by, extraterrestrials. mohammed, the founder of islam in the seventh century, said that he had been visited by the angel gabriel, who was "in the likeness of a man, standing in the sky above the horizon".2 this figure told him he had to be a prophet, and he was given messages which formed the islamic holy book, the koran. these messages would be dictated while mohammed was in a trance on many other occasions in the years that followed. he also wrote of going on a 'celestial journey. 6. and the truth shall set you free many people in the modern world who claim to have experienced extraterrestrial contact have said the same as mohammed. saul of tarsus, better known as st paul, was the man who changed the image

DAVID ICKE CHILDREN OF THE MATRIX

e sect banned the cutting of hair, except in certain solar rituals, because the hair represented the rays of the sun. this could be the real origin of this custom that still continues today in the sikh religion. the nazarenes or nazarites wore black, as did the babylonian brotherhood, and this was inherited by the christian church. today the arabic word for christians is nasrani and in the muslim koran they are the nasara or nazara. this comes from the hebrew word, nozrim, which derived from the term, nozrei ha-brit or keepers of the covenant. the anunnaki covenant, it seems to me. christianity was created by rehashing the ancient symbolic story of the sun, together with mystery school allegory and serpent cult symbolism presented as a literal story in an historical context. the elite prie

metic order of the golden dawn, wrote in his work, the magical mason, that the black stone was first used for pagan rituals. a stone is ancient symbolism for the penis and for this reason many religions were founded on a stone or a "rock, as with peter the rock and christianity. in the old testament tale of jacob, he anointed his stone with oil, which sounds like great fun. must try that one. the koran, the islamic holy book, which is supposed to have been inspired by god, mentions jesus in 93 verses and treats him as a living person when clearly he was not. allah, the islamic god, is the same god, the muslims say, as the judeo-christian jehovah. they give credence to the pentateuch, the first five books of "moses" in the old testament, but in truth the books of the levites. muslims say th

DAVID ICKE THE BIGGEST SECRET

s. w. wynn westcott was a founder of the satanicorder of the golden dawn in england which would later play a significant role in theemergence of adolf hitler and the nazis. he knew the inside story and he said in his98work, the magical mason, that todays freemasons go back to the essenes amongother ancient groups of similar background. today the arabic word for christians isnasrani and the muslim koran uses the term nasara or nazara. these originate with thehebrew word, nozrim, which derived from the term, nozrei ha-brit- the keepers ofthe covenant. the term, nozrei ha-brit, can be traced as far back as the alleged time ofsamuel and samson in the old testament. samuel was portrayed as the top man of thelevites and it was they who orchestrated this whole bible-talmud scam under thedirection

in this new religion. the symbols of the crescent and the curved sword, thescimitar, are identified with the moon and venus, the morning star, the term used forlucifer. v enus was also a title for queen semiramis. muslims have bought the idea thatmoses, king david and jesus were divine prophets sent by the one all mighty god,when in fact all three are brotherhood inventions. their holy book, the koran, whichwas supposed to be inspired by god, mentions jesus in 93 verses and treats him as aliving person. islam was created by the same brotherhood networks as the christianreligions, to further imprison, divide and rule. mohammed was the last prophet andtherefore, the muslims reckon, the most valid. as such, all christians and jews shouldconvert to islam, the orthodox muslims demand. the term

who submits.some of the bloodiest conflict in history has resulted from the desire of islam,christianity and judaism to impose their creed on each other, when they all come fromthe same source and the same manipulation! excuse me, did i come in late and misssomething? beam me up scotty, get me out of here..the islamic god allah is the same god, the muslims say, as the judeo-christian,jehovah. the koran is the islamic holy book, but muslims also give credence to thepentateuch, the first five books of the old testament attributed to moses. in truth theywere written by the levites after babylon and not by moses, which was a title in theegyptian mystery schools. is it really a coincidence that these three massive prisons ofthe mind, suppressors of the female, and creators of bloody conflict, s

DEMONIC BIBLE

f its ceremonies and the complete ignorance of its followers. there is much wisdom to be found in christian scripture, however, if the reader has time to study the many books which have been published in the bible. it must be born in his mind that many other "holy books" have been written which have not been included in the bible and that, in addition to "inspired" writings like the bible and the koran, there is much wisdom to be found in the writings of the many philosophers throughout history. only by accepting the bible for what it is, a book written by men and not the "living" word of god, can one approach a true understanding of these scriptures. read from a "satanic" perspective, the bible reveals itself as a history of hebrew magicians and sorcerers. in a careful reading of the bibl

EMPERORS NEW RELIGION CHURCH OF SATAN

n a crook is common among followers of new religious movements. even if a follower is presented with undeniable evidence somehow the follower does not comprehend the evidence. the thought is beyond their operational paradigm, beyond obscenity and blasphemy; it is unthinkable. the emperor s new religion copyright 2002 ole wolf page 9 of 30 their ancient scripture (for example, moslems refer to the koran and christians refer to the bible, but most new religious groups refer to science, albeit mostly in the form of pseudoscience such as creation science or faith healing. the church of satan cannot refer to science, because most of its original claims of scientific foundation have been rejected by either the church of satan itself or modern science, or simply does not apply anymore in the post

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF OCCULTISM AND PARAPSYCHOLOGY VOL 1

angelist. the alister hardy research centre see religious experience research centre alford, alan f. encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 28 allat (or ellat) goddess of the ancient arabs of pre-islamic times, associated with the god dhu-shara, known as allah (supreme god, worshiped in the form of a rectangular stone, reminiscent of the later kaaba of mecca. allat is mentioned in the koran as a pagan goddess. she is said to have been joint ruler with allah and judge of the afterlife. allegro, john (marco (1923.1988) british scholar who assisted in the deciphering of the dead sea scrolls, and created a sensation with his book the sacred mushroom and the cross (1970, which suggested that the new testament was written in a secret code for the use of a sect built around the halluc

cture. women of position in tibet wore a chatelaine containing a charm or charms, and the universal amulet of the tibetan buddhist priests is the thunderbolt, supposed to have fallen direct from indra s heaven. this is usually imitated in bronze or other metal and is used for exorcising evil spirits. many muslims wear amulets, and it is said that the prophet mohammed believed in the evil eye. the koran is sometimes carried as an amulet, or extracts from it are copied out for that purpose. suras 113 and 114 are directed against witchcraft. other powerful charms for amulets include the names and attributes of gods, the names of the suras in the koran, names of prophets, planets, angels, and magic squares. amulets were also widespread among jewish people, particularly from the seventeenth to

haris) is supposed to have belonged; also azreal, the angel of death, and asrafil (probably the same as israfil, the angel of the resurrection. the examiners, moukir and nakir, are subordinate angels who are armed with whips of iron and fire, and interrogate recently deceased souls as to their lives. the parallel belief in the talmud is an account of seven angels who beset the paths of death. the koran also assigns two angels to every man.one to record his good and the other his evil actions. they are so merciful that if an evil action has been done, it is not recorded until the man has slept, and if at that time he repents, they place on the record that god has par- encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. angels 53 doned him. the siamese, besides holding the difference of sex

ief, that the devil is portrayed with his well-known attributes. the male divs, according to the legends of persia, were entrusted with the government of the world for 7,000 years anterior to the creation of adam, and they were succeeded by the female divs or peris, who under their chief, gian ben gian, ruled another 2,000 years. the dominion of the peris was terminated by eblis (the devil of the koran) who had been created from the elements of fire, and whose abode was previously with the angels. eblis or haris, as he was also called, became the leader of the rebellious angels when they were commanded to pay homage to the first created man. joined by the whole race of genii, the male and female divs, that he had formerly subjugated, he was, like them, deprived of grace. eblis and his imme

e efforts of g. heymans of groningen university that such a society was founded in 1920. encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. emants, marcellus 499 emerald one of the most highly esteemed precious stones, known to ancient egyptians, hindus, greeks, and romans. in india emeralds were used to adorn images in temples, and moslems used emeralds as amulets, inscribed with verses from the koran. emeralds were believed to change color when surrounded by deception and treachery. they were also believed to be preservatives against decay, dysentery, and the bites of venomous creatures and to promote easy childbirth. in ancient rome the emperor nero was said to have had an unusually large emerald that he used for viewing gladiatorial contests. presumably he was shortsighted and used it

und collected in john brand s popular antiquities (1849. such belief was prevalent among the inhabitants of the western islands of scotland, who used nuts called molluca beans as amulets against fascination. james dallaway, in his constantinople ancient and modern (1797, remarks that nothing can exceed the superstition of the turks respecting the evil eye of an enemy or infidel. passages from the koran are painted on the outside of the houses, globes of glass are suspended from the ceiling, and a part of the superfluous comparison of their horses is designed to attract attention and divert a sinister influence. martin antoine del rio wrote a short notice of fascination, which he divided into poetica seu vulgaris, that resulting from obscure physical causes, which he treated as fabulous; ph

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF OCCULTISM AND PARAPSYCHOLOGY VOL 2

eater, charles w. the master and the path. adyar, madras, india: theosophical publishing house, 1925. saphy (or grigris) perhaps deriving from the arabic safi( pure, select, excellent, saphy were charms or amulets worn by africans as protection against thunderbolts and diseases, to procure wives, and to avert disasters of all kinds. they are composed of strips of paper on which sentences from the koran are inscribed, sometimes intermixed with kabbalistic signs. these strips are enclosed in silver tubes or silk bags, which are worn near the skin, often fastened in the dress. this is by no means a practice limited to muslims; africans of both sexes and many faiths have been believers in the occult properties of such talismans. the scottish explorer mungo park (1771.ca. 1806) is said to have

of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 1594 ered color when placed upon the finger of a new and healthy owner. it was believed to be a good amulet for preventing accidents to horsemen or becoming tired. another belief was that turquoise moved itself when any danger threatened its possessor. turquoise originally came from persia, where it would sometimes be engraved with a motto or a verse from the koran. the stone was also prized by native american healers. turvey, vincent newton (1873.1912) a british seer who refused to be classified as a medium since he was never entranced or controlled, did not develop his gifts (which he was born with, functioned not by mental passivity but mental activity, and instead of being controlled was able to control others, as a spirit might. supposedly turvey

EXTRAORDINARY ENCOUNTERS AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EXTRATERRESTRIALS AND OTHERWORLDY BEINGS

l william a ufo supposedly photographed by daniel fry at merlin, oregon, may 1964 (fortean picture library) gabriel in christian and islamic tradition, gabriel is one of the two mightiest angels. he is the only angel mentioned in the old testament, as the destroyer of sodom and gomorrah. he is said to sit on god s left hand and to preside over paradise. mohammed credits gabriel with dictating the koran to him. in more recent times, an entity named gabriel, identifying himself as an archangel, channels through a new york city man named robert baker. gabriel has spoken through baker since 1990. his principal platform is the weekly meeting of the communion of souls meditation group. baker has a cable-access show, gabriel speaks, on a new york television station every monday afternoon. gabriel

FULLER J F C SECRET WISDOM OF THE QABALAH

yetzirah, knut stenring, 1923. the zohar in moslem and christian spain, ariel bension, 1932. a garden of pomegranates, israel regardie, 1932. q.b.l. or the bride's reception, frater achad, 1922. the anatomy of the body of god, frater achad, 1925. secret wisdom of the qabalah page 11 chapter i the wisdom of the qabalah the qabalah the qabalah is not a holy book as are the vedas, the bible, and the koran. it is not a book at all: instead it is a secret traditional knowledge, the hidden thought of israel, which, like gold embedded in rock, is to be found only after much labour in many hebrew works, such as the torah, the talmud, the mishna, midrashim, zohar, and scores of other books, the bewildering nature of which may be recognized in a few minutes by glancing through a talmudic miscellany

GILBERT THE MAGICAL MASON

m of life; from a mother's blood is formed the perfect body ofherchild. a hindoo sage said 'blood contains all the mysterious secrets of existence, so it would be profaning the work of the creator to feed uponit, hence so many hindoos are vegetarians. moses, the jewish lawgiver, also forbade the use of blood as food 'for the blood is the life: see levit.iii,17 and vii, 26, anddeut,xii,16,23.inthe koran we read at xciv, 2, that god formed the first man from clotted blood- query from whose blood?thesubjects of the blood sacrifices of the ancient world religions and of uncivilized man, as well as the topic of blood feuds, are too extensive to be referred to on this occasion. paracelsus appears to have taught that by the fumes of fresh blood the souls of the dead, and nature spirits, might gai

GRIMM TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY VOL 2 1883 COMPLETE

in the legend of tundalus (hahn s ed. pp. 49. 50: the soul must drive a stolen cow over it. 3 the same meaning as in the voyage of souls over the gulf or 1 owen s diet. 2, 214. villemarque 1, 135. 2 the narrow bridge is between purgatory and paradise, even owain the hero had to cross it (scott s minstr. 2, 360-1. in striking harmony with it (as supra p. 574) is a mahom. tradition given in sale s koran (ed. 1801, introd. 120: in the middle of hell all souls must walk over a bridge thinner than a hair, sharper than the edge of a sword, and bordered on both sides by thorns and prickly shrubs. the jews also speak of the hell-bridge narrow as a thread, but only unbelievers have to cross it (eisenmenger 2, 258; conf. thorns p. 91. ace. to herbelot, the mahometans believe that before the judgmen

HANDBOOK OF EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY

t a liberalism of interpretation, amounting at times to a chaotic indifference to consistency and meaning, is characteristic of egyptian thought. 8 much of this confusion can be resolved if the myths are examined in the contexts in which they occur, rather than in isolation. history and the sources of egyptian myth ancient egyptian religion had no official holy book equivalent to the bible or the koran (quran. the relationships between deities did not become fixed at one 4 handbook of egyptian mythology moment in time but went on changing and developing for thousands of years. egyptian mythology was never gathered by priests into one authorized version or harmonized in any long literary work comparable to hesiod s theogony, an important source for the study of greek mythology. comparativel

HELENA BLAVATSKY NIGHTMARE TALES

woman or child it was impossible to decide. she was a hideous-lookingdwarf, with an enormous head, the shoulders of a grenadier, with a waist in proportion; the whole supportedby two short, lean, spider-like legs that seemed unequal to the task of bearing the weight of the monstrousbody. she had a grinning countenance like the face of a satyr, and it was ornamented with letters and signsfrom the koran painted in bright yellow. on her forehead was a blood-red crescent; her head was crownedwith a dusty tarbouche, or fez; her legs were arrayed in large turkish trousers, and some dirty white muslinwrapped round her body barely sufficed to conceal its hideous deformities. this creature rather let herself nightmare talesthe luminous shield51 drop than sat down in the middle of the floor, and as

INFERNAL SABBAT LIVE

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

ISIS UNVEILED

says the french correspon- dent of a new york paper "so pronounced was this, that m. lemoinne, the well-known editor of the great liberal catholic journal, the dibatt, was moved to say that the roman church felt more sympathy for the moslem than the schis- matic, just as they preferred an infidel to the protestant 'there is at twttom' says this writer 'a great affinity between the syuainu and the koran, and between the two heads of the faithful. the two systems are^ the same nature, and are united on the common ground of a one and untjiangeable theory' in italy, in like manner, the king and liberal catholics are in warm sympathy with the unfortunate christians, while the pope and ultramontane faction are believed to be inclining to the mohammedans" the civilized world may yet expect the ap

and a girdle for his loins; he is led into the center of a square room, presented as a slave, and seated upon a large stone with twelve escallops; his arms are crossed upon his breast, his body in- dined forwards, his right toes extended over his left foot; after various prayers he is placed in a particular manner, with his hand in a peculiar way in that at the sheik, who repeats a verse from the koran "those who on giving thee their hand swear to thee an oath, swear it to god, the hand of god is placed in their hand; whoever violates this oath, will do so to his hurt, and to whoever remains faithful god will give a magnificent reward' placing the hand below the chin is their sign, perhaps in memory of their vow. all use the double triangles. the brahmins inscribe the angles with their tri

JENNINGS HARGRAVE ROSICRUCIANS RITES MYSTERIES

e ihr m is a sacred habit, which consists only of two woollen wrappers; one closed about the middle of devotees, to cover &c, and the other thrown over their shoulders. refer to observations about noah, later in our book; sale s discourse, p. 121; pococke s india in greece, vol. ii. part i. p. 218. the temple of venus at cyprus was the temple of venus- urania. no woman entered this temple (sale s koran, chap. vii. p. 119; note, p. 149. accordingly, anna commena and glycas (in renald. de mah) say that the mahometans do worship venus. several of the arabian idols were no more than large, rude stones (sale s discourse, p. 20; koran, chap. v. p. 82. the stone at mecca is black. the crypts, the subterranean churches and chambers, the choirs, and the labyrinths, were all intended to enshrine (as

JESSUP MK THE CASE FOR THE UFO

is a and b) read "your sins& mine" for clues "ethereal types" don't change shape, only change instensity or amount of protective force-shield to ward off extra fast tiny meteors or to change course. also wards-off cosmic ray particles as to what is to come if l-m's get disgusted with mans misanthropic, non-philosophism& materialism. man has many books on "truethought" yet they ignore them, bible, koran, etc. angers l-m's feircely (sic) ethereal types similair to results of navy expieriments, in force-field invisibility, 1943 solids go throo them, no harm to occupants at all. the following notes appear at the beginning of part three. a force able to propel every molecule of itself, plus its passengers, at 7500 mph if used as a force shield to withstand the impact of meteoric rock groups can

KETAB E SIYAH

r books, wrongly written; but they come to know me, a peacock of bronze and of gold, wings spread over kaaba and temple and church, not to be overshadowed. and in the secret cave of my wisdom it is known that there is no god but myself, archangel over all the host, melek ta'us. knowing this, who dares deny? 406 knowing this, who dares fail to worship? knowing this, who dares worship false gods of koran and bible? knowing this, who shall make that? know that who knows me will i cast into paradisical gardens of my pleasure! but the yezid who knows me not will i cast into affliction. say then, i am the only and exalted archangel; and i make prosperous whom i will, and i enliven whom i will. say then, i alone am to be praised from the towers of lalish, and from the mountain of ararat to the we

LAITMAN M KABBALAH SCIENCE AND THE MEANING OF LIFE

nni pico della mirandola (1463-1494) an italian scholar and platonist philosopher whose de hominis dignitate oratio (oration on the dignity of man, composed in 1486, was a characteristic renaissance work. it reflected his syncretistic method of taking the best elements from other philosophies and combining them in his own work. additionally, della mirandola researched kabbalah, the bible, and the koran after reading them in their original languages. this true interpretation of the law (vera illius legis interpretatio, which was revealed to moses in godly tradition, is called p r o m i n e n t s c h o l a r s w r i t e a b o u t k a b b a l a h 211 kabbalah (dicta cabala est, which to hebrews is the same as for us receiving (receptio. in whole[ there are] two sciences- also with a name they

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

ames, or the attributes of god, such as the compassionate and the forgiver. a popular amulet of islamic peoples beginning in the sixth century was the hand of fatima. the hand of fatima is frequently made of silver and jeweled with semiprecious stones. it is named after the daughter of the prophet muhammad.hands were also used as amulets on gates of islamic buildings. holy books of every culture (koran, torah, bible) are considered to have protective powers. pieces of parchment with scripture quotes, carried in boxes or pouches, are amulets in various religions. amulets with inscriptions are sometimes called charms, a term that also applies to spoken incantations. yhwh, the hebrew name for god, appeared on many amulets and talismans in different spellings to help magicians conjure demons a

ledges evil as necessary for the fulfillment of free will. from very early, christianity developed the practice of exorcism to expel evil spirits who had taken control of human individuals. in medieval europe, the belief in the existence of demons came to be associated with witchcraft and contributed to the development of the practice of exorcism and witch-hunting. since the early drafting of the koran, muslims have also believed in the existence of demonic forces, known as shaytan, who are in constant revolt against god ifrit, marid, and jann (a.k.a. jinn, pre-islamic hostile spirits in general associated with the desert. sometimes these evil forces are identified with animals (such as the snake and the scorpion) or with natural elements. one ambiguous figure, divine and evil (jinn) at th

on on such ideas grew out of two short, obscure verses in genesis (6:2 and 6:4) about the sons of god taking to wife the daughters of men. in these rather strange verses, the expression sons of god was taken to indicate angels. the traditional interpretation of these passages is that these sons of god are fallen angels. islam s version of this theme is a tale involving two angels mentioned in the koran, harut and marut, although the koranic reference contains no allusion to these angels sexual misconduct. heavy metal music 105 according to the story, humanity s seeming inability to avoid temptation and sin prompted the angels to make some less-than-complimentary remarks about humankind. god, it is said, responded that angels would fail as miserably as human beings if placed under the same

punishment for his disobedience, iblis was transformed from an angel into a jinn. then iblis and other angels who shared his viewpoint were removed from their stations, and exiled from heaven. they subsequently became demons, with iblis playing the role of the islamic satan. ejected from the presence of god, these former angels turned to trickery and causing trouble for mortals. according to the koran, iblis s first misdeed was to lead adam and eve astray in the garden of eden. the koran also notes that at the end of time iblis and his hosts will be tossed into hell. in an interesting variation on tradition, sufis (islamic mystics) reinterpreted iblis s disobedience as an act of love for god, and as an act of obedience to the law that only god should be worshiped. to bow down to adam, in

e of recovered memory and the shattering of an american family. new york: knopf, 1994. invitation to hell in this 1994 film, yet another family moves into a new town and stumbles onto a diabolical conspiracy, this one headed up by a demon who runs the steaming springs country club. islam notions of hell, demons, and satan (arabic iblis) have been part of islam since the time of muhammad. both the koran (the islamic scriptures) and the hadith (the sayings of the prophet muhammad, refer to these concepts. the story of the origin of satan is told somewhat differently in the muslim tradition than in christianity. in the muslim account, when god created adam,he commanded the angels to worship him. iblis refused on the grounds that adam, who, after all, was a mere creature of dust and dirt, was

re accured. upon thee shall rest my cures, till the day of doom (arberry 1969, 163) then iblis and other angels who shared his viewpoint were removed from their stations, and exiled from heaven. they subsequently became demons, with iblis playing the role of the islamic satan. ejected from the presence of god, these former angels turned to trickery and causing trouble for mortals.according to the koran, iblis s first misdeed was to lead adam and eve astray in the garden of eden. the koran also notes that at the end of time iblis and his hosts will be tossed into hell. muslim tradition also mentions specific dark angels, such as malik, who guards hell. the koran asserts that malik is aided by nineteen other angel guards (sbires or zabayniya).when the sinful residents of hell beg malik for h

an god, and thus an act of idolatry a severe sin in the muslim tradition. iblis, to continue this line of interpretation, was a true lover of god, and thus a sufi. iblis knew that the consequences of his actions would be punishment, but he preferred remaining true to his love of god (and the consequences of being condemned to hell) over being untrue to his love of god and remaining in heaven. the koran is especially focused on the day of judgement, when humankind will be bodily resurrected. when human beings die, they remain in a islam 129 sort of interworld (barzakh, a realm located closer to the luminous cosmic center, until the day of resurrection. in this interworld, which somewhat resembles dreaming, the soul of the deceased, liberated from its bodily layers, can awaken and become awa

ht levels (or, according to some authorities, as many as the number of souls. this is viewed as a garden where all kinds of delights are prepared for the saved. on the far outer part of the macrocosm lies hell (an-nar, arranged in seven layers, where the soul s punishment consists of being far from god, which is considered to be the worst chastisement. more so than judeo-christian scriptures, the koran contains a number of vivid descriptions of both paradise and hell. for instance, in the chapter entitled the terror, the koran says, they are brought nigh the throne, in the gardens of delight upon close-wrought couches reclining upon them, set face to face, immortal youths going round about them with goblets, and ewers, and a cup from a spring and such fruits as they shall choose, and such

n close-wrought couches reclining upon them, set face to face, immortal youths going round about them with goblets, and ewers, and a cup from a spring and such fruits as they shall choose, and such flesh of fowl as they desire, and wide-eyed houris as the likeness of hidden pearls, a recompense for that they labored (arberry1969, 254. equally vivid descriptions of hell can be found throughout the koran, as in the chapter the pilgrimage: garments of fire shall be cut, and there shall be poured over their heads boiling water whereby whatsoever is in their bellies and their skins shall be melted; for them await hooked iron rods; as often as they desire in their anguish to come forth from it, they shall be arabic amulet with an koranic inscription (fortean picture library) 130 islam restored i

s or nonconformities and remove him, either immediately or after a certain period during which imperfections had been burned away. the basis for this doctrine is the hadith, he shall make men come out of hell after they have been burned and reduced to cinders. in addition to this purgatory of suffering, there is another muslim limbo al-a raf, the heights or ramparts, described in a chapter of the koran by that name in which those souls reside who do not merit damnation, yet who are unable to enter paradise. see also harut and marut; iblis; jinn for further reading: arberry, a. j. the koran interpreted. 1955. reprint, new york:macmillan, 1969. the encyclopaedia of islam. leiden: e. j. brill, 1978. glass, cyril. the concise encyclopedia of islam. san francisco: harper san francisco, 1989. ob

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

assigned either eternal condemnation or reward (hell or heaven) or, in some christian churches, purgatory. some texts also mention a final judgment day, held at the end of time by god or by the son, jesus christ, which will culminate in the resurrection of the righteous and eternal damnation for sinners. in islam a notion of an imminent judgment day draws primarily from jewish literature; in the koran a description of a trial of the soul refers to a scale weighing good and evil deeds, and consequently to eternal reward (paradise) or penalty (hell. see also judaism; zoroastrianism for further reading: eliade,mircea, ed. encyclopedia of religion. new york:macmillan, 1987. macgregor, geddes. images of afterlife: beliefs from antiquity to modern times. new york: paragon house, 1992. van der l

reading: flowers, stephen e, lords of the left hand path. smithville, tx: runa-raven press, 1997. green,marian. the elements of ritual magic. longmead, shaftesbury, dorset, uk: element, 1990. knight, gareth.magic and the western mind. st. paul: llewellyn, 1991. lavey, anton szandor. the satanic bible. new york: avon, 1969. malik malik is the wicked angel who guards hell. this is according to the koran, which states that malik is aided by nineteen other angel guards (sbires or zabayniya. when the sinful residents of hell beg malik for help, he tells them that they must stay in hell forever because they denied the truth when it was once showed to them. malik makes life even worse for them by stoking the fires and making jokes. the only relief comes for the muslim sinners in hell who can esc

of the opposing forces of good and evil was reinforced by the hellenistic opposition of flesh and spirit. the term devil, from the greek word diabolos (slanderer) developed in the hellenistic world in which the acts of the apostles were written. but this also was to be reduced to the underlying monotheistic view. islam shares with christianity a number of concepts about satan. he is found in the koran as al-shaytan (the demon, and was conceived of as a tempter. he is also associated with the lower human principle, the flesh, or the nafs, and has the power to lead humans astray by disguising his identity and inducing humans to do evil deeds. in the biblical literature, satan and the serpent are often interchangeable, particularly in the apocalyptic literature. but in the third century, the

e in this 1943 film that is said to be the inspiration for the shower scene in psycho. shaitans shaitans are evil spirits with cock s feet in hebrew and arabic mythology. in the islamic faith, angels guard the walls of heaven to prevent shaitans and other evil spirits from eavesdropping. when one shaitan appeared before the prophet muhammad, however, the prophet began to teach the spirit from the koran so that he might begin to get right with god. see also islam; jinn shakespeare born in stratford-upon-avon, the english poet and dramatist william shakespeare (1564 1616) wrote his plays exclusively for the theater company with which he worked. some of his plays were printed from texts reconstructed from memory by the actors, while others were supplied to the printer by the company.among his

, ambition, insolence. according to the talmud, satan s sin lay not in his rivalry with god but in his envy of man. the rabbis say that when adam was created all the angels had to bow to the new king of the earth, but satan refused. thus god flung satan and his host out of heaven, down to the earth. the enmity between satan and jehovah dates from that moment. a similar account is contained in the koran, which says that when allah created man, he called all the angels to worship this crowning work of his hands. however, eblis refused to worship adam and was banished from heaven for failing to obey the command of allah. some medieval philosophers asserted that the conflict lasted three seconds, and that lucifer and certain devils fell to hell while others stayed in the earth s air to tempt m

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that which by definition has no name. col. v. these god-names are the grand words of the corresponding grades (see col. cxxi) except for 5 =6, whose g.w. is hwchy. the zodiacal gods are as for the sephira, which corresponds to the planet ruling. apparently, in the numeration of azbogah, line 12, only the az count. notes 35 that these following are only titles of the one ineffable name is shown by koran xvii. 110. but monotheism is not true for the normal consciousness, but only for that of the adept [99 names of god in arabic; omitted owing to transcriber s ignorance of that language] col. vi, line 31bis. essence, cf. a and w. col. viii. lines 1-10. beth elohim gives a quite different ten qliphoth. line 15. in the midst of the zodiacal qliphoth are lams [samael] and yadmsa [asmodai. at se

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e lost libraries of alexandria--the cross in pagan symbolism- the crucifixion, a cosmic allegory--the crucifixion of quetzalcoatl--the nails of the passion. 181 the mystery of the apocalypse the sacred city of ephesus--the authorship of the apocalypse--the alpha and omega- the lamb of god-the four horsemen-the number of the beast. 185 the faith of islam the life of mohammed--the revelation of the koran--the valedictory pilgrimage--the tomb of the prophet--the caaba at mecca--the secret doctrine of islam. 189 american indian symbolism the ceremony of the peace pipe--the historical hiawatha--the popol vuh--american indian sorcery--the mysteries of xibalba--the midewiwin. 193 the mysteries and their emissaries the golden chain of homer--hypatia, the alexandrian neo-platonist--the "divine" cag

a bridge--as the actual site of the garden of eden from which the human race migrated. according to the arabian nights (sir richard burton's translation, adam's footprint may still be seen on the top of a ceylonese mountain. in the islamic legends, adam was later reunited with his wife and after his death his body was brought to jerusalem subsequent to the flood for burial by melchizedek (see the koran) the word adm signifies a species or race and only for lack of proper understanding has adam been considered as an individual. as the macrocosm, adam is the gigantic androgyne, even the demiurgus; as the microcosm, he is the chief production of the demiurgus and within the nature of the microcosm the demiurgus established all the qualities and powers which he himself possessed. the demiurgus

epresent the solar energy riding upon the four elements which serve as media for its expression. next: the faith of islam sacred texts esoteric index previous next p. 189 the faith of islam representative of the attitude of christendom toward islam, till recent years at least, is alexander ross's postscript to the anglicized version, published in 1649, of sieur du ryer's french translation of the koran. the author of the postscript directs the following invective against mohammed and the koran "good reader, the great arabian impostor now at last after a thousand years, is by the way of france arrived in england, and his alcoran, or gallimaufry of errors (a brat as deformed as the parent, and as full of heresies as his scald head was of scurvy) hath learned to speak english* if you will tak

it a hodgepodge made up of these four ingredients: 1. of contradictions. 2. of blasphemy. 3. of ridiculous fables. 4. of lies" the accusation of blasphemy is emphasized against mohammed because he affirmed that god, being unmarried, was incapable of having a son! the fallacious argument, however, is apparent from the prophet's own views of the nature of god as contained in the second sura of the koran "to allah [god] belongeth the east and the west; therefore, whithersoever ye turn yourselves to pray, there is the face of allah; for allah is omnipresent and omniscient. they say, allah hath begotten children: allah forbid! to him belongeth whatever is in heaven, and on earth; all is possessed by him, the creator of heaven and earth; and when he decreeth a thing, he only saith unto it, be

ern, enveloped in his cloak, a great light burst upon him. overcome with a sense of perfect peace and understanding in the blessedness of the celestial presence, he lost consciousness. when he came to himself again the angel gabriel stood before him, exhibiting a silken shawl with mysterious characters traced upon it. from these characters mohammed gained the basic doctrines later embodied in the koran. then gabriel spoke in a clear and wonderful voice, declaring mohammed to be the prophet of the living god. in awe and trembling, mohammed hastened to khadijah, fearing the vision to have been inspired by the same evil spirits who served the pagan magicians so greatly despised by him, khadijah click to enlarge mohammed's night journey to heaven. from d'ohsson's tableau g n ral de l'empire ot

nd wonderful voice, declaring mohammed to be the prophet of the living god. in awe and trembling, mohammed hastened to khadijah, fearing the vision to have been inspired by the same evil spirits who served the pagan magicians so greatly despised by him, khadijah click to enlarge mohammed's night journey to heaven. from d'ohsson's tableau g n ral de l'empire othoman. in the seventeenth sura of the koran it is written that upon a certain night mohammed was transported from the temple at mecca to that of jerusalem, but no details are given of the strange journey. in the mishk teu l- masabih, mohammed is made to describe his ascent through the seven heavens into the icy presence of the mayveiled god and his subsequent return to his own bed, all in a single night. mohammed was awakened in the n

mpted self-destruction, only to be stopped in the very act of casting himself over a cliff by the sudden reappearance of gabriel, who again assured the prophet that the revelations needed by his people would be given to him as necessity arose. possibly as a result of his lonely periods of meditation, mohammed seemingly was subject to ecstatic swoons. on the occasions when the various suras of the koran were dictated he is said to have fallen unconscious, and, regardless of the chill of the surrounding air, to have been covered with beads of perspiration. often these attacks came without warning; at other times he would sit wrapped in a blanket to prevent a chill from the copious perspiration, and while apparently unconscious would dictate the various passages which a small circle of truste

that mohammed taught that woman had no soul and could attain heaven only through marriage is not substantiated by the words and attitude of the prophet during his lifetime. in a paper entitled the influence of islam on social conditions, read at the world's parliament of religions held in chicago, in 1893, mohammed webb states the charge and answers it thus "it has been said that mohammed and the koran denied a soul to woman and ranked her with the animals. the koran places her click to enlarge the caaba, the holy place of islam. section from panorama of mecca in d'ohsson's tableau g n ral de l'empire othman. the caaba, or cube-shaped building in the midst of the great court of the mosque at mecca, is the most holy spot in the islamic world. toward it the followers of the prophet must face

ection with the building includes seven circumambulations about the central caaba in an apparent effort to portray the motion of the celestial bodies. p. 192 on a perfect and complete equality with man, and the prophet's teachings often place her in a position superior to the male in some respects" mr. webb justifies his stand by quoting from the thirty-fifth verse of the thirty-third sura of the koran "verily the moslems of either sex, and the true believers of either sex, and the devout men, and the devout women, and the men of veracity, and the women of veracity, and the patient men, and the patient women, and the humble men, and the humble women, and the alms-givers of either sex, and the men who fast, and the women who fast, and the chaste men, and the chaste women, and those of eithe

eptance for you with the lord: for i verily have no power with him to save you in any wise" the prophet did not advise either woman to rely upon the virtues of her husband nor in any manner did he indicate woman's salvation to be dependent upon the human frailty of her spouse. everything to the contrary notwithstanding, mohammed is not responsible for the contradictions and inconsistencies in the koran, for the volume was not compiled and did not assume its present form until over twenty years after his death. in its present state the koran is, for the major part, a jumble of hearsay through which occasionally shines forth an example of true inspiration. from what is known of the man mohammed, it is reasonable to suppose that these nobler and finer portions represent the actual doctrines o

is known of the man mohammed, it is reasonable to suppose that these nobler and finer portions represent the actual doctrines of the prophet; the remainder are obvious interpolations, some arising from misunderstanding and others direct forgeries calculated to satisfy the temporal ambitions of conquering islam. on this subject, godfrey higgins speaks with his usual perspicacity "here we have the koran of mohammed and the first four sincere and zealous patriarchs, and the koran of the conquering and magnificent saracens--puffed up with pride and vanity. the koran of the eclectic philosopher was not likely to suit the conquerors of asia. a new one must be grafted on the old, to find a justification for their enormities (see anacalypsis) to the discerning few it is evident that mohammed had

ery great philosophical, religious, or ethical institution. through one of four possible avenues mohammed may have contacted the ancient mystery teachings (1) through direct contact with the great school in the invisible world (2) through the nestorian christian monks (3) through the mysterious holy man who appeared and disappeared at frequent intervals during the period in which the suras of the koran were revealed (4) through a decadent school already existing in arabia, which school in spite of its lapse into idolatry still retained the secrets of the ancient wisdom cult. the arcana of islam may yet be demonstrated to have been directly founded upon the ancient pagan mysteries performed at the caaba centuries before the birth of the prophet; in fact it is generally admitted that many of

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lodge; and, as you have seen, it is held that there is no lodge without them. this has sometimes been made a pretext for excluding jews from our lodges, because they cannot regard the new testament as a holy book. the bible is an indispensable part of the furniture of a christian lodge, only because it is the sacred book of the christian religion. the hebrew pentateuch in a hebrew lodge, and the koran in a mohammedan one, belong on the altar; and one of these, and the square and compass, properly understood, are the great lights by which a mason must walk and work. the obligation of the candidate is always to be taken on the sacred book or books of his religion, that he may deem it more solemn and binding; and therefore it was that you were asked of what religion you were. we have no othe

. a man's faith is as much his own as his reason is. his freedom consists as much in his faith being free as in his will being uncontrolled by power. all the priests and augurs of rome or greece had not the right to require cicero or socrates to believe in the absurd mythology of the vulgar. all the imaums of mohammedanism have not the right to require a pagan to believe that gabriel dictated the koran to the prophet. all the brahmins that ever lived, if assembled in one conclave like the cardinals, could not gain a right to compel a single human being to believe in the hindu cosmogony. no man or body of men _can_ be infallible, and authorized to decide what other men shall believe, as to any tenet of faith. except to those who first receive it, every religion and the truth of all inspired

he, and not the generals of france and england, led their united forces against the grim northern despotism. mahomet announced to the arabian idolaters the new creed"_there is but one god, and mahomet, like moses and christ, is his apostle" for many years unaided, then with the help of his family and a few friends, then with many disciples, and last of all with an army, he taught and preached the koran. the religion of the wild arabian enthusiast converting the fiery tribes of the great desert, spread over asia, built up the saracenic dynasties, conquered persia and india, the greek empire, northern africa, and spain, and dashed the surges of its fierce soldiery against the battlements of northern christendom. the law of mahomet still governs a fourth of the human race; and turk and arab

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lear, as beautiful as he can possibly make it, and relevant to the subject held in mind. futhermore, i see no reason why the student should be confined to the bible or any other single book for his authority in the projects involved. the day has long since passed when the average intelligent person knew no other sacred scriptures than those of his own family, country and religion. if he knows the koran, the bhagavad gita, the book of mormon, or even kahlil gibran s exquisite masterpiece the prophet, or keenly appreciates some lines from shakespeare, dante gabriel rossetti, or perhaps charles swinburne, there is no conceivable reason why these should not be used instead of some other. the sole requirement is that the student should be emotionally moved by or involved in the quotation employ

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hem to yezeed ibn moawiyah, but this is only a stratagem to secure their toleration by the mohammedans. for a like purpose one of the tombs in the temple of sheikh adi is ascribed to hasanool- basri whereas i have been assured that the sheikh who is said to be buried there was a different individual, and one of their own sect whose descendants are still living at ba-sheaka. the quotation from the koran near the tomb was also admitted by several kaww ls to have been introduced as a blind, and in order to prevent the moslems from desecrating; their sacred shrine. we have already noticed a similar subterfuge as practised by the christians of this district, and hence the convent of mar behn m is commonly called "khudhr elias" and that of mar mattai "sheikh matta" i think it cannot be doubted t

as a criminal rejection of the best gifts of providence. sufficient has already been said by way of accounting for the different traces of mohammedanism which are to be met with in the creed and practices of the modern yezeedees. my conviction is that they have no real respect for any of the distinctive doctrines of isl m, and if a few of their fak rs have learned to read a chapter or two of the koran, the unwelcome task has been undertaken with the same object, viz. in order that their sect may be the more readily tolerated, or for the sake of learning the language of their rulers. circumcision cannot be regarded as a distinctive mohammedan rite, nor is it deemed indispensable by the yezeedees. the large tribe of the khaletiyeh on the tigris about radhw n do not practise circumcision, ne

powers, and permitted to exercise the functions of the pontiff, and frequently act as his deputies. the sheikhs may be regarded as the scribes of the sect, though few of them can write. sheikh n sir, who has already been mentioned as having furnished me with the eulogy of sheikh adi, belongs to this order, and is perhaps one of the most learned among them. he can spell over a few chapters of the koran, and write a tolerable hand; but he could not explain to me the meaning of several words in the yezeedee poem. the kaww ls fr. 2 have been so frequently brought before the reader in the exercise of their peculiar office, that little further fn. 1. the reader will here remember a practice common among the brahmins of india, who pour water from the ganges into the mouth of the dying. fn. 2. ka

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condemned all kabalistic and magical books to the flames. to destroy originals gives a kind of originality to copies, as was doubtless in the mind of st. paul when, prompted beyond question by the most laudable intention, he accomplished his scientific auto-da-fe at ephesus. in the same way, six centuries later, the true believer omar sacrificed the library of alexandria to the originality of the koran, and who knows whether in the time to come a future apostle will not set fire to our literary museums and confiscate the printing-press in the interest of some fresh religious infatuation, some newly accredited legend? the study of talismans and pantacles is one of the most curious branches of magic and connects with historical numismatics. there are indian, egyptian and greek talismans, kab

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ding list: 1c, 3l, 16a, 16l, 16m [in 389 ce the christian roman emperor theodosius ordered the library burned to the ground as a "heathen" institution. even so, millions of book rolls were rescued or gathered from other repositories, and the library was reestablished. until 636, when egypt was conquered by omar, the third caliph of islam. considering the library a threat to the preeminence of the koran, he ordered all of its contents burned as fuel for the city's public baths. a process that took six months. thus perished countless records of mankind's most ancient civilizations] egyptian hellenization extended only to the delta and did not significantly affect the native population or culture. the ptolemaic dynasty considered itself greek, spoke and wrote greek, and made no effort to lear

n mob, acting on the orders of the christian roman emperor theodosius, burned the great library of alexandria to the ground.7 even so, millions of book-rolls were rescued or gathered together from other repositories and the library was reestablished. until 636. in that year alexandria was taken by omar, the third caliph of islam, who decreed "the contents of these books are in conformity with the koran or they are not. if they are, the koran is sufficient without them; if not, they are pernicious. therefore let them be destroyed" they were burned as fuel to heat the city's baths; it took six months for all of them to be consumed.8 so it is not too surprising that modern researchers have only a pitiful few scraps of information from previously undiscovered tombs or overlooked monuments. the

o unheard of in its impact that dclxvi was to remark circa 1946 ce to john symonds that "as a matter of fact, the world was destroyed by fire in march 20, 1904" symonds, apparently missing the crux of crowley's pronouncement, could only reply "but we are still here" crowley was approaching the end of his current life and the curse of his grade retained all its force even at that late date. as the koran has it regarding what we now recognize as the curse of the magus "he looked around him, frowning and leering; then he turned away in scornful pride and said 'this is no more than borrowed magic, the words of a mere mortal" each (9=[2]/v faces the same attitude the koran refers to, and which there seems no way around. it is one of the penalties of the grade. the new implications of will were

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y an assyrian deity and is also identified as a prince of hell. 8th choir: archangels according to dionysos these are the messengers which carry the divine decrees. they are considered the most important intercessionaries between god and humankind and lead the forces of heaven in their constant struggle with the infernal legions. they are the seven angels that stand before god in revelations. the koran of islam recognises four but names only two- jibril (gabri-el, and micha-el. these two also appear in masonic and psuedo-masonic occult lore, accompanied by rapha-el and uri-el, as are summoned in the lesser rite of the pentagram. these are the four guardian angels. the other three are traditionally chosen from remi-el, sari-el, ana-el, ragu-el, razi-el and metatron. metatron according to ra

y of the attributes of the god mercury, and thus also of the greek hermes. chapels dedicated to micha-el thus sprang up throughout europe and britain over earlier temples which had been built on hills and mounds, michael s mounts. these were previously the focal points in earlier times of the dragon power running through the earth. gabri-el jibril, an alternative version of the name, dictated the koran to mohammed and is considered the angel of truth. gabri-el is described as possessing 140 pairs of wings and in judeo-christian lore is the angel of annunciation, resurrection, mercy, revelation and death. the root of the name gabri-el lies in the sumerian word gbr, meaning gubernator or governer. the name may also be translated as divine husband, and in luke 1:26 it is gabriel who places th

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his life. the qur an the holy book of islam is the qur an. muslims believe that the qur an, from an arabic word that means the recitation, is the literal word of allah. it was revealed to the prophet muhammad by the 306 world religions: almanac islam archangel jabra il (gabriel) over a period of twenty-three years, beginning in 610 and lasting until his death in 632. the qur an (often written as koran in english) consists of 114 suras, or chapters, and totals just over 6,200 ayat, or verses. while western translations of the qur an number the suras, muslims refer to them by name, such as the adoration. the suras (often written as surrah) are arranged roughly according to size rather than chronological order (the time order in which they were written. the longest ones tend to appear early

gender, or ethnic discrimination (unfair treatment. consistent with this belief is the conviction that there are many paths to god, so sikhs are famously tolerant of other religious beliefs. the granth sahib is likely the only major sacred scripture in the world that actually tries to teach members of other religions, including christians and muslims. it states, some read the vedas, and some the koran. some wear blue robes, and some wear white. some call themselves muslim, and some call themselves hindu. some yearn for paradise, and others long for heaven. says nanak, one who knows. god s will, knows the secrets of his lord and master. another passage states, 428 world religions: almanac sikhism by his power the vedas and the puraanas exist, and the holy scriptures of the jewish, christia

brians et al. san diego, ca: harcourt brace custom publishing, 1999. this excerpt can also be found online at http//www.wsu.edu:8080/ wldciv/world_civ_reader/world_civ_reader_ 1/kojiki.html. 22 world religions: primary sources tales from the kojiki qur an the adoration, from the holy qur an, available online from the online book initiative, university of michigan, at http//www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/k/koran/koran-idx?type=div0&byte=645764 written in the seventh century translated by m. h. shakir published in 1983 by tahrike tarsile qur an, inc allah is he who created the heavens and the earth and what is between them in six periods. the qur an (often written as koran in english) is the holy book of islam. qur an is an arabic word that means the recitation. muslims, the followers of islam, belie

, as contained in the adoration, and the beliefs of other religious traditions with which you may be familiar. explain what, according to islamic belief, will happen on the day of judgment. for more information books the adoration. in the holy qur an. translated by m. h. shakir. elmhurst, ny: tahrike tarsile qur an, inc, 1983. this excerpt can also be found online at http//www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/k/koran/koran-idx?type=div0&byte= 645764. mcauliffe, jane dammen, ed. encyclopaedia of the qur an. leiden, netherlands: brill, 2002 2004. pickthall, marmaduke (muhammad. surah as-sajdah (prostration. in the meaning of the glorious qur an. beltsville, md: amana publications, 2005. this source can also be found online at http//www.al-sunnah.com/call_to_ islam/quran/pickthall/surah32.html. robinson, ne

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h reverence from time immemorial, and a copy of a sacred writing or text is worn or carried about to this day with much the same ideas and beliefs about its power to protect as in the earliest times. in ancient egypt the whole book of the dead, as well as the various sections of it which are usually copied on papyri, consisted of a series of "words of power" and the modern egyptian looks upon the koran in the same light as his ancestor looked upon the older work. a curious passage in the text inscribed on the inside of the pyramid of unas reads (1. 583 "the bone and flesh which possess no writing are wretched, but, behold, the writing of unas is under the great seal, and behold, it is not under the little seal" it is p. 125 difficult to explain the passage fully, but there is no doubt that

seemly for him and his companions to "trouble" them. i pressed him to come, but he answered "it is not the custom of our country to go there" so i walked on by myself. when i had been in the pyramid field for about two hours taking photographs and measurements, the shekh arrived with the boy, but nothing would persuade him to walk about there, and having seated himself be recited prayers from the koran in an undertone, and at intervals urged me to return to his straw house on the river bank as soon as possible. he was firmly convinced that the prismatic compass which i used was a talisman, and when he reached home he thanked god fervently that he had not been molested by the spirits of the dead. 221:1 see the illustrated paper the sketch, no. 332, june 7, 1899, p. 277. the following from t

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afterlife, and the soul. new york, macmillan, 1989. wilson, andrew, ed. world scripture: a comparative anthology of sacred texts. new york: paragon house, 1995. zaehner, r. c, ed. encyclopedia of the world s religions. new york: barnes& noble, 1997. islam in regard to the concept of a soul, islam envisions a human as a being of spirit and body. the creation of adam as described in the qur an (or koran) is reminiscent of genesis in the judeo-christian bible as the lord announces to the angels that he is going to create a human of clay and that he will breathe his spirit into him after he has given him form. and he originated the creation of man out of clay, then he fashioned his progeny of an extraction of mean water, then he shaped him, and breathed his spirit in him (qur an 32:8 9) t h e

t india. new york: samuel weiser, 1972. crim, keith, ed. the perennial dictionary of world religions. san francisco: harper collins, 1989. head, joseph, and s. l. cranston. reincarnation: an east-west anthology. wheaton, ill: quest books, 1968. hinduism today. http//www.hinduism-today.com. 28 september 2001. understanding hinduism. http//www.hinduism.co.za. 28 september 2001. islam the qur an (or koran, the holy book of islam, has no direct reference to reincarnation, and there are only a few passages that may suggest a concept of rebirth, such as the following: god generates beings and sends them back over and over again, til they return to him. orthodox islamic scholars generally frown upon the concept of transmigration. however, the islamic mystical sect of persia, the sufis, carries on

of the world s earliest and greatest ancient civilizations such as ur, sumer, assyria, and babylonia were developed in that region. old testament the first of the two main divisions of the christian bible that corresponds to the hebrew scriptures. omen a prophetic sign, phenomenon, or happening supposed to portend good or evil or indicate how someone or something will fare in the future. qur an (koran) the sacred text, or holy book, of islam. for muslims, it is the very word of allah, the absolute god of the islamic faith, as revealed to the prophet muhammad (c. 570c.e. 632 c.e) by the archangel gabriel. shamanic exorcism when a shaman, or tribal medicine-holy person, performs a ceremonial ritual to expel the disincarnate spirits from a person. tanakh (also known as tanach) from the hebre

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ossess supernatural powers. the sapphire has also been a symbol of good luck since the most ancient of times. the greeks believed that to wear the sapphire was to invite the favor of the gods. the diamond was also considered lucky, particularly among the romans. in many arabian countries the favorite good-luck amulet is turquoise, which is often engraved with the name of allah or a verse from the koran. while certain people believe that pearls bring bad luck, the romans and greeks wore pearls to win the favor of the goddess venus. asians generally esteem pearls to have medicinal properties and believe that to wear them greatly improves the clearness and beauty of the skin. the custom of wearing one s birthstone as a lucky gem still exists. following are the birthstones that are traditional

eated, father abraham admonished (talmud, sota 10b. born into the jewish tradition before his conversion to christianity, paul writes to the church in ephesus that god created foods to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, for then it is consecrated by the word of god and prayer (i timothy 4:3 5. in the koran, the holy book of islam, it is written, eat of the good things that we have provided for you, and be grateful to god (koran 2:172. the toast. most authorities agree that the custom of drinking to the health of a person originated with the practice of the host or hostess drinking first to show that the drink was not harmful. as the tradition progressed, it came to indicate a gesture of friend

to do so, the dead are buried on the day following their death. the deceased is washed, perfumed, and wrapped in three cotton burial cloths. those who follow the religion of islam believe that the soul of the deceased is guarded by the angel of death in a place called barzakh until the day of judgment. if at all possible, friends and relatives gather around a dying person and read verses from the koran. with his or her last breath, the dying person always tries to say the shahadah: there is no god but allah, and muhammad is his messenger. large graves and headstones are not permitted to mark a muslim burial site, but the grave itself is to be raised above ground level. as the body is being taken to the burial ground, the salatul janazah, a prayer for the deceased, is read. the body is buri

, the family does not go out to any type of entertainment. for the next 11 months (shanah, they say the prayer of kaddish every day. each year on the anniversary of their loved one s death, they pray the kaddish and burn a candle for 24 hours in memory of the deceased. muslim people mourn for their dead for three months after the burial service. it is customary for families to read aloud from the koran and to pray for the deceased loved one. each year the taoist chinese hold the festival of ching-ming to honor the memory of the dead. many christian hispanic nations celebrate an annual day of the dead, and in the united states, all hallow s eve, halloween, rather than a night of trick-or-treat, is traditionally a time to pray for those loved ones who are deceased. m delving deeper arnold, c

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and jewels; those who believe in the mystical powers of crystals wear them as amulets. many amulets have religious significance. ancient jews wore amulets around their necks that contained slips of parchment on which the laws of god were written. the torah, comprising five books of the old testament of the bible, is among the copies of holy books including the bible (christians, vedas (hindu, the koran (muslims, and the avestar (zoroastrians) believed by the faithful to t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d objects of mystery and power 169 ancient amulets of the middle east ancient assyrians, egyptians, babylonians, arabs, and hebrews placed great importance in amulets. frog.protected fertility. ankh.everlasting life. udjat.health. scarab

e. udjat.health. scarab.resurrection after death some of the egyptian amulets are massive.a stone beetle at karnak measures five feet long by three feet wide and weighs more than two tons. source: gamulets history h [online] http//www.paralumun.com/amulet. htm. november 11, 2002. bring good luck and to ward off evil. a favorite contemporary muslim amulet consists of a square-inch miniature of the koran enclosed in metal and worn around the neck. muslims also believe they gain power by wearing amulets inscribed with a form of the name of allah. amulets are frequently mentioned in talmudic literature where they are called kemiya and often consist of a written parchment or root of herbs worn on a small chain, a ring, or a tube. many such amulets had healing purposes: they were considered legi

shrine returned to muslim possession in 1187 when the great muslim military genius salah al-din, known to the crusaders as saladin, captured jerusalem. in 1537, the ottoman turks replaced the gold mosaics on the outside of the dome with 45,000 persian tiles. today fs visitor to the shrine will see the sunlight reflecting from sheets of gold-plated aluminum, imprinted with selected verses from the koran, which were placed there during a complete restoration of the dome of the rock in 1956-1962. in 1967, the old city of jerusalem, including the temple mount, was seized by israeli soldiers, but the dome of the rock remains available for worship by muslims and visitation by others at scheduled times. interestingly, the dome of the rock plays a significant role in the end-time beliefs of christ

ld and was meditating in a cave on mount hira that he had the first of a series of visions of the angel gabriel who instructed him concerning the oneness of god. later, muhammad fs many revelations and visions 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 256 places of mystery and power would be collected into the sacred book of muslims, the qur fan (or koran, but when he first began sharing the essence of his revelations with his fellow meccans, they rejected the teachings and reacted with great hostility when he began to lecture them concerning their vices and pagan practices. in 622, muhammad left mecca for yathrib, which was later renamed medina, city of the prophet, where he began to amass many followers. after eight years of strife between

ccommodate the vast numbers of the faithful. m delving deeper crim, keith, general ed. the perennial dictionary of world religions. san francisco: harpersanfrancisco, 1989. eerdmans f handbook to the world fs religions. grand rapids, mich: william b. eerdmans f publishing company, 1994. harpur, james. the atlas of sacred places. old saybrook, conn: konecky& konecky, 1994. hixon, lex. heart of the koran. wheaton, ill: theosophical publishing co, 1988. westwood, jennifer. mysterious places. new york: galahad books, 1996. the nazca lines on the western side of the andes mountain range are a modern town and a river named nazca, as well as the mysterious remains of an ancient civilization also identified as the nazca (sometimes spelled nasca. remnants of the nazca civilization include a strip o

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divinity. when the king or high-priest appeared as the god asshur withthe queen or high-priestess as his consort ishtar, the appropriate number of horns was worn on the royalheaddresses, the royal pair being then regarded as the incarnate deities. when alexander the great raisedhimself above the kings of the earth and made himself a god, he wore horns in sign of his divinity, hence hisname in the koran, dhu'l karnain the two-horned. in egypt his horns were those of amon, the supremegod.a godling, who is found in all parts of babylonia and at all periods of her history, is a two-horned malefigure, known as enkidu. he is represented as fighting with animals, or holding a staff, but his special duty isto guard the door. he has a man's head with two horns, his body is human, and from the waist

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ragram, when one recalls the words from the gospel "i am the bread and i am the life. i came to put the fire into the bosom of things" lastly, it is undeniable that this divine name unites all martinists dispersed all over the world, regardless of their religious or philosophical beliefs, and as such, it is thus a factor of unity* islam reveres the 'lord jesus' as the prophet 'sidna issa' and the koran tells us that. there are only two beings, jesus and his mother, whom the wings of satan have not touched at all" and comments further. an angel said to mary: god announces to you his word. his name shall be jesus, the messiah, son of mary, great in this world as well as in the other, and a confidant of god (koran iv.40) 6. and god said to jesus: i shall send death unto thee and shall raise t

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and is giving birth to numerous world-wide systems and philosophies. the taboos of the south seas, the restrictions laid on widow-remarriage in india, the purdah of the mussulman, the veil of the vestal, the numerous accounts of virgin-mothers, all find their origin in this idea. the laws of the vedas, of manu, of buddha, the codes of confucius and lao-tze, the talmudic books of the jews, and the koran of the mohamedans, all maintain its direct influence and restrictions; and in the west in the old mythologies of teuton and celt, in the old norse sagas, more so in the roman and grecian law, and still more so on the christian edicts of constantine, theodoric, athalaric, and justinian, and the innumerable codes of the middle ages: all of which growing one into the other have produced that tr

her right breast (query why *the sword of song, pentecost, p. 60; vol. ii, p. 182. according to al beidawi, gabriel blew into the bosom of mary fs shift, which he opened with his fingers, and his breath reaching her womb, caused the conception. it may also be remembered that the spanish mare, of silius italicus was similarly impregnated by a certain gas or spirit in the atmosphere. etc, etc, vide koran. but as regards that most irate and truculent old gentleman, j.h.v.h, he has a considerable amount to relate. how gall power can be all wickedness, h is a question that not only strikes crowley fs brain as exceptionally incongruous, but must so strike all who ever think at all. how god being almighty as well as beneficent can tolerate such a world of suffering as ours for one minute passes a

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nting was a popular form of rhythmic induction. the same phrase or phrases wcluld be repeated in a low voice, sometimes for hours, accompanied by rocking motions of the body. we see the same technique employed in modern society by religious groups during prayer. catholics chant on their rosaries. jews chant in their synagogues an da t the wailing wall in jerusalem. muslims chant the verses of the koran. the result is not always the separation of the astral body, but often this type of prolonged chanting induces an elevated mental condition or even an ecstatic state. a less well-recognized induction technique employed by shamans is the use of extended pure tones in the form of whistling. when formed by the lips, the notes are sounded as long as there is air in the lungs, then at once renewe

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ich comes in many bright colors, is ideal. the threads should be sewn into an appropriate symbolic design. one possible pattern is the single eye of god set within the hexagram of two interlocking triangles ,he greatest magician after moses was solomon, yet none of his magic actually appears in the bible. it has come down to us through such diverse sources as the talmud and jewish folk tales, the koran and the book of a thousand nights and a night of the arabs, and the magical manuscripts of the ethiopians. this widespread fame of solomon as a magician may result from a confusion of names. arabian and persian legends speak of a prehistoric race ruled by seventy-two kings named suleiman. these kings were great masters of magic and commanded all the spirits and demons of the world. the last

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heaven, how it is raised? and the hills, how they are set up? and the earth, how it is spread? remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer, thou art not at all a warder over them. but whoso is averse and disbelieveth, allah will punish him with direst punishment. lo! unto us is their return and our their reckoning. selections from: mohammed marmaduke pickthall, trans. the meaning of the glorious koran. new york, mentor (mt223, 1953. p. 437, 438. 243 sayings of the unitarian universalists (out of the stars) out of the stars in their flight, out of the dust of eternity, here have we come, stardust and sunlight, mingling through time and through space. out of the stars have we come, up from time out of the stars have we come. time out of time before time in the vastness of space, earth spun

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