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ce. 51 its origin express recens natus, new-l)orn^ but it now lives only in the sense of porcellus (frischling. how are we to explain then, that this ohg. friscing in several writers translates precisely the lat. liostia, victima, holocaustum (istotker cap. 8, ps. 15, 4, 26, 6. 33, 1. 39, 8. 41, 10. 43, 12. 22. 50, 21. 115, 17. osterfriscing, ps. 20, 3. lamp unkawemmit kakepan erdu friscing, i.e. lamb unblemished given to earth a sacrifice, hymn 7, 10, except as a reminiscence of heathenism? the jewish paschal lamb would not suggest it, for in friscing the idea of porcellus was predominant. in the north, the expiatory boar, sdnargoltr, offered to freyr, was a periodical sacrifice; and sweden has continued down to modern times the practice of baking loaves and cakes on yule-eve in the shape

denotes principally sheep, also more generally the small beasts of the flock as opposed to oxen and horses, and as' alls. konar (omnis generis' is here added, it seems to include goats. the sacrifice of he-goats (hircos) is spoken of in the above-quoted epist. bonif. 82. in the swedish superstition, the water-sprite, before it wiu teach any one to play the harp, requires the sacrifice of a llach lamb; svenska folkv. 2, 128. gregory the great speaks once of she-goats being sacrificed; he says the langobards offer to the devil, i.e.,io one of their gods, caput caprae, hoc ei, per circuitum currentes, carmine nefando dedicantes; dial. 3, 28. this head of a she-goat (or he-goat) was reared aloft, and the people bowed before it. the halloiclng of a he-goat among the ancient prussians is well k

a spotless white; and in later lawrecords snoiv-whitc pigs are pronounced inviolable* the votiaks sacrificed a red stallion, the tcheremisses a tohite. when under the old german law dun or pied cattle were often required in payment of fines and tithes, this might have some connexion with sacrifices; for witchcraft also, animals of a particular hue were requisite. the water-sprite demanded a hlack lamb, and the huldres have a hack lamb and hlack cat offered up to them (asb. 1. 159. saxo gram. p. 16 says; rem divinam facere fnrvis hostiis; does that mean hlack beasts? we may suppose that cattle were 1 or will any one trace this incident in the reynard to the words of the vnlgate in matt. 22, 4: tauri mei et altilia occisa sunt, venite ad nuptias; which merely describe the preparations for th

n hlack beasts? we may suppose that cattle were 1 or will any one trace this incident in the reynard to the words of the vnlgate in matt. 22, 4: tauri mei et altilia occisa sunt, venite ad nuptias; which merely describe the preparations for the wedding-feast? any liint about males is just what the passage lacks^ the greeks ofiered male animals to god, female to goddesses, ii. 3, 103: a white male lamb to helios (sun, a hlack eive lamb to ge (earth. tiie lithuanians sacrificed to their earthgod zemiennik utriusque sexus domestica animalia; haupt's zeitschr. 1, 141^ reyscher and wilda zeitschr. fiir deutsches recht 5, 17, 18* ra. 261. 594. weisth. 3, 41. 46. 69. conf. virg. aen. 8, 82: candida cum foetu concolor albo sus; and the umbrian: trif apruf rufru ute fciu (tres apros rubros aut pice

herds believe that the goat has 1 the myth of the slaughtered goats brought to life again by hammer-coiisethunat. 185 something of the devil in her, she was made by him, and her feet especially smack of their origin, and are not eaten, tobler 214^ did the german tlmndergod in particular have hc-goats arid shef/ oats sacrificed to him (supra, p. 52? the old roman or etruscan hidental (from bidens, lamb) signifies the place where lightning had struck and killed a man: there a lamb had to be sacrificed to jupiter, and the man's body was not burned, but buried (plin. 2, 54. if the ossetes and circassians in exactly the same way offer a goat over the body killed by lightning, and elevate the hide on a pole (supra, p. 174, it becomes the more likely by a great deal that the goat-offering of the

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e second head is gihon the river of waters, flowing into chesed. the third is hiddekel the river of air flowing into tiphareth. and the fourth river which receiveth the virtue of the other three is euphrates which floweth down upon malkuth, the earth. this river going forth out of eden is the river of the apocalypse, of waters of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of god and the lamb on either side of which was the tree of life bearing 12 manner of fruit. and thus do the rivers of eden form the cross, and on that cross the great adam the son who was to rule the nations with a rod of iron is extended from tiphareth and his arms stretch out to gedulah and geburah, and in malkuth is eve, the completion of all, the mother of all, and above the universe she supporteth with her

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ce result some curious hieroglyphic symbolism. thus, tetragrammaton will be written by virgo, aries, taurus, aries. eheieh by air, aries, virgo, aries; from yeheshuah, the qabalistic mode of spelling jesus. which is simply the tetragrammaton, with the letter shin placed therein, we obtain a very peculiar combination; virgo, aries, fire, taurus, aries; virgo born of a virgin, aries the sacrificial lamb; fire the fire of the holy spirit; taurus the ox of earth, in whose manger he was laid; and lastly aries, the flocks of sheep whose herdsmen came to worship him. elohim yields air, libra, aries; virgo, water; the firmament, the balanced force, the fire of the spirit (for aries is a fiery sign operating in the zodiac) the virgin goddess and the waters of creation. returning to the spelling of

; taurus the ox of earth, in whose manger he was laid; and lastly aries, the flocks of sheep whose herdsmen came to worship him. elohim yields air, libra, aries; virgo, water; the firmament, the balanced force, the fire of the spirit (for aries is a fiery sign operating in the zodiac) the virgin goddess and the waters of creation. returning to the spelling of yeheshuah, it is easy to see that the lamb is an appropriate symbol of jesus, from the prevalence of the aries symbol, whose fire is subdued and modified by its other associations. hiero: returns to his seat. heg: leads practicus to west. hiereus: in the theoricus grade you were shown the lineal figures attributed to the planets. the figures as shown consist of the dekagram, endekagram and dodekagram, together with the two forms of th

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of i b squares. qedeselan may signify things of value set apart. no. g (the succession of numbers here is irregular) consists of b e squares from a square of c f squares. moreh means to rebel against, to disobey. no. f consists of a square of c f squares. carac means to involve or wrap up, also garments, etc. no. e is a gnomon of b d squares taken from a square of c f squares. talah means a young lamb, or kid, according to whether its root terminates with aleph or he (5) c a r a c a r i o a r i r i r a o i r a c a r a c (6) m o r e h o r e h o s o r i of abramelin the mage 190 the twenty-fifth chapter. o walk upon, and operate under, water( b) to swim for c e hours without becoming wearied( c) to remain under water for c hours( d) to rest upon the water for c e hours. notes to chapter xxv

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ation, seven is the height above and seven is the depth below" chief "associate adeptus minor, where is the vault symbolically situated" third "in the center of the earth, in the mountain of the caverns, the mystic mountain of abiegnus" chief "associate adeptus minor, what is the meaning of this title, abiegnus" 5 c b a f k l e c q n w (temple set up at beginning of ritual) third "it is abiegnus, lamb of the father. it is by metathesis abi-genos, born of the father; bia-genos, strength of our race, and the four words make the sentence,'mountain of the lamb of the father, and the strength of our race" chief "mighty adeptus major, what is the key to this tomb" second "the rose and the cross, which resume the life of nature and the powers hidden in the word i. n. r. i" chief "associate adeptu

le german family, but poor, and in the fifth year of his age was placed in a cloister where he learned both greek and latin. while yet a youth, he accompanied a certain brother p.a.l. on a pilgrimage to the holy land, but the latter, dying at cyprus, he himself went to damascus. there was then in arabia a temple of the order which was called in the hebrew tongue 'damkar' that is, the blood of the lamb. there he was duly initiated, and took the mystic title christian rosenkreutz, or christian of the rosy cross. he then so far improved his knowledge of the arabian tongue that in the following year he translated the book 'm' into latin, which he afterwards brought back with him to europe. after three years, he went on into egypt, where there was another temple of the order. there he remained

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he veil was a dull web of gold, no more. then i crept fearfully to the feet of the goddess, and with my tears and kisses sought to wake her into life once more. but the veil flamed not again; only a mist gathered about it and filled the temple, and hid all things from my eyes. now then came istarah my favourite back with the ring and the message; and thinking that she brought bad news, i slit her lamb s-throat with the magic sickle, and her asp s-tongue i tore out with my hands, and threw it to the dogs and jackals. herein i erred sorely, for her news was good. having reflected thereon, i perceived its import. for since the veil flamed always at my assumption, it was sure that i was in sympathy with that holy veiled one. if i were troubled, and knew not why; if my long peace were stirred

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inal; not the ordinary (initial and medial) mem whose hieroglyph is a wave hb:mem<symbolism above outlined, yod is the mercurial "virgin word, the spermatozoon concealing its light under a cloke; and mem is the amniotic fluid, the flood wherein is the life-bearing ark. see a. crowley "the ship, equinox i, x> and then, in the centre of all, broods spirit, which combines the mildness of the lamb with the horns of the ram, and is the letter of bacchus or "christ<nuith, which makes possible the process described in the previous notes. but it is not permissible here to explain fully the exact matter or manner of this adjustment. i have preferred the exoteric attributions, which are sufficiently informative for the beginner> after the magician has created

jection to dualism or black magic when they are properly understood. see the account of the master therion's great magical retirement by lake pasquaney, where he "crucified a toad in the basilisk abode> within the circle, or the triangle, as the case may be, so that its energy cannot escape. an animal should be selected whose nature accords with that of the ceremony- thus, by sacrificing a female lamb one would not obtain any appreciate quantity of the fierce energy useful to a magician who was invoking mars. in such a case a ram<wolf would be still better in the case of mars. see 777 for the correspondences between various animals and the "32 paths" of nature> would be more suitable. and this ram should be virgin- the whole potential of its original total energy should not have been di

it had been isis; for in both cases he attains identity with the quintessence of the woman-idea, untrammelled by the qualities with which the dwellers by the nile and the ganges respectively disguised it. thus, in low grades of initiation, dogmatic quarrels are inflamed by astral experience; as when saint john distinguishes between the whore babalon and the woman clothed with the sun, between the lamb that was slain and the beast 666 whose deadly wound was healed; nor understands that satan, the old serpent, in the abyss, the lake of fire and sulphur, is the sun-father, the vibration of life, lord of infinite space that flames with his consuming energy, and is also that throned light whose spirit is suffused throughout the city of jewels. each "plane" is a veil of the one above it; the ori

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y quietly, with a determined nod "i'm watched, i'm helped: i'll do my bit; the rest will come about without my worrying or meddling" and so it is. good-night. 666. chapter xlvi selfishness cara soror, do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law. selfishness? i am glad to find you worrying that bone, for it has plenty of meat on it; fine juicy meat, none of your chilled argentine or canterbury lamb. it is a pelvis, what's more; for in a way the magic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 232 whole structure of the ethics of thelema is founded upon it. there is some danger here; for the question is a booby trap for the noble, the generous, the high-minded "selfishness" the great characteristic of the master of the temple, the very quintessence of his attainment, is not it

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will wish that they had the opportunity of putting themselves under a holy guru. let them take heart- for any being capable of giving commands is an efficient guru for the purpose of this vow, provided that he is not too amiable and lazy. the only reason for choosing a guru who has himself attained is that he will aid the vigilance of the sleepy chela, and, while tempering the wind to that shorn lamb, will carefully harden him, and at the same time gladden his ears with holy discourse. but if such a person is inaccessible, let him choose any one with whom he has constant intercourse, explain the circumstances, and ask him to act. the person should if possible be trustworthy; and let the chela remember that if he should be ordered to jump over a cliff it is very much better to do it than t

st her sheep, and couldn't tell where to find them. leave them alone! and they'll come home, dragging their tails behind them "bo" is the root meaning light, from which spring such words as bo-tree, bodhisattva, and buddha. and "peep" is apep, the serpent apophis. this poem therefore contains the same symbol as that in the egyptian and hebrew bibles. the snake is the serpent of initiation, as the lamb is the saviour. this ancient one, the wisdom of eternity, sits in its old anguish awaiting the redeemer. and this holy verse triumphantly assures us that there is no need for anxiety. the saviours will come one after the other, at their own good pleasure, and as they may be needed, and drag their tails, that is to say those who follow out their holy commandment, to the ultimate goal. again we

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god terrible and strong, and of the assessors of the dead eloah, a name of god hwl) the supernal mother, unfertilized (cf. 52 )m) terror, calamity hhlb loss, destruction ylb to cease ldx my glory ydwbk the earth (our world) dlx the greater ldgh 43 great lwdg to rejoice lyg to make faint hlx lion (cf. 340 )ybl hazel, almond zwl together, also mg magus gm one beloved by god hydydy 44 aries: a ram, lamb hl+ aquarius: a bucket yld drops ylg) a pool, pond; sorrow mg) captive, captivity hlwg blood md sand; horror (see the scorpion pentacle in the key of solomon; see also liber 418 10th ayre) lwx flame +hl garment dm 45 the mystic number of yesod adam: man; red md) the fool dm) redemption, liberation hlw)g to grow warm; they (masc) mh hesitated (see 405) lxz she who ruins hlbx hwhy in yetzirah )

struction# 302 to cut open, inquire into; dawn rqb hath protected rbq to putrefy bqr 303 did evil; putrefaction#)b and god saw myhl )ryw 304 a species of gold cwrx green #d white rdq teat; demon; idol; violence; ruin d# 305 dazzling white light xc rw) grass; tender herb (gn. 1:11)#d yetzirah: the formative world hrcy a curving, bending h(yrk the end of days, appointed time (dan. 12:14) nymyh cq a lamb; sheep; goat h# foreskin hlr( 306 father of mercy mymxrh b) merciful father nmxrh b) a woman, wife; virago h) honey #bd a matron )nwr+m coldness; pertaining to winter rwq a pomegranate nwmyr to lay waste; calamity, devastation, ruin h# 308 daybreak rqwb an asperger )qrz investigation rqx a harsh, grating sound qrx approaching, near bwrq ice xrq thought, meditation; depressed x# 309 a leper rg

p) perfumed )r+wq to worship, bow down xx# 317 is sown, is scattered (ps. 97:11) m(rz dry, parched; withered h#by iron (ch) lzrp hoariness hby# coronzom (as spelt in dee fs ms; cf. 333) mznrk 318 a wash-basin and stand wnkw rwyk a copse, bush xy# square; the gsquare h hebrew alphabet (bwrm 319 cancer: a crab n+rs 320 boy: name of enoch, and of metatron r(n the friends my(r thorn; enclosure k# 322 lamb; to subdue #bk middle line y(cm)h wq hebrews (as 282) myrb( 323 long-absent brother qwxr x) uranus (referred to chokmah) swnrw) 324 (metatron (q.v) spelt with yod after mem; it denotes shekinah) nwr++ym 325 need, indigence hkyrc 326 jesus (note the letters of hwhy completed by shin= 300 q.v: the spirit of god; a variant is: h#why) hw#hy vision hyy# 328 to steam; darkness k#x 330 boundary, ter

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w quite clear even of the smallest taint of earth. supplanting god, the man has birth( new birth you ll call the same, i fear) 725 transcends the ordinary sphere and flies in the direction x (there lies the fourth dimension) vex my soul no more with mistranslations from genesis to revelations, 730 but leave me with the flaming star,75 jeheshua (see thou zohar!)76 and thus our formidable pigeon-77 lamb-and-old-gentleman religion fizzles in smoke, and i am found 735 attacking nothing. here s the ground, pistols, and coffee three in one (alas, o rabbi schimeon) but never a duellist no son, no father, and (to please us most) 740 decency pleads no holy ghost! all vanish at the touch of truth, a cobweb trio like, in sooth, the sword of song 24 the reader may hope. summary. reader dismissed to ch

ask. 709. a cannibal.74 this word is inept, as it predicates humanity of christian-hate- christian. j accuse the english language: anthropophagous must always remain a comic word. 731. the flaming star.75 or pentagram, mystically referred to jeheshua. 732. zohar.76 splendour, the three central books of the dogmatic qabalah. 733. pigeon.77 says an old writer, whom i translate roughly: thou to thy lamb and dove devoutly bow, but leave me, prithee, yet my hawk and cow: and i approve thy greybeard dotard s smile, if thou wilt that of egypt s crocodile. 746. lost! lost! lost !78 see the lay of the last minstrel. 759. ain elohim.79 there is no god! so our bible. but this is really the most sublime affirmation of the qabalist. ain is god for the meaning of ain, and of this idea, see berashith, i

e only ain, not, or nothing. 3 to (1+ 10+ 50) 3 2 he adds 300, shin, the flame of the spirit= 666. 4 666= 6 111. 111= aleph, the ox. 5 his journeys as initiator. ambrosii magi hortus rosarum 117 abiegnus. mysterium i. n. r. i. mysterium lvx. pastos. trinitas. unitas. serpentes. and fifty and eight years,1 set forth upon a journey into the mystic mountain of the caves. he took with him his son,2 a lamb, life, and strength, for these four were the keys of that mountain. so by ten days and fifty days and two hundred days and yet ten days he went forth. after ten days fell a thunderbolt, whirling through black clouds of rain: after sixty the road split in two, but he travelled on both at once: after two hundred and sixty, the sun drove away the rain, and the star shone in the day-time, making

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e and clean from the duller paler green. surely in the circle millions of immaculate pavilions flash upon the trembling turf like the sea-stars in the surf- millions of bejewelled tents for the warrior sacraments. vaster, vaster, vaster, vaster, grows the stature of the master; all the ringed encampment vies with the infinite galaxies. in the midst a cubic stone with the devil set thereon; hath a lamb's virginal throat; hath the body of a stoat; hath the buttocks of a goat; hath the sanguine face and rod of a goddess and a god! spell by spell and pace by pace! mystic flashes swing and trace velvet soft the sigils stepped by the silver-starred adept. back and front, and to and fro, soul and body sway and flow in vertiginous caresses to imponderable recesses, 40 till at last the spell is wov

said "i smell the dark brothers of iniquity. have you duly performed the ritual of the flaming star "thrice daily, according to your word "then evil has entered in a body of flesh. who has been here" the young poet told him. his eyes flashed "aha" he said "now let us work" the neophyte brought writing materials to his master: the quill of a young gander, snow-white; virgin vellum of a young male lamb; ink of the gall of a certain rare fish; and a mysterious book. the master drew a number of incomprehensible signs and letters upon the vellum "sleep with this beneath the pillow" he said "you will awake if you are attacked; and whatever it is that attacks you, kill it! kill it! kill it! then instantly go into your temple and assume the shape and dignity of the god 103 horus, send back the th

rrion kites, who have usurped the white thrones of their understanding, and the golden palaces of their wisdom. let us hie back to the cradle of art and the swaddling bands of knowledge, and watch the shepherds, among the lonely hills where the myrtle grows and the blue-bells ring out the innocence of spring, learning from their flocks the mysteries of life. a wolf springs from the thicket, and a lamb lies sweltering in its blood; then an oaken cudgel is 185 raised, and hermas has dashed out the brains from betwixt those green, glittering eyes. there now at his feet lie the dead and the dying; and man wonders at the writhing of the entrails and the bubbling of the blood. see! now he gathers in his flock, and drives them to a dark cavern in the sloping side of the mountain; and when the moo

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scarlet heart; and, impossible to explain as it is, the scarlet of the heart and the green of the snake are yet more vivid than the blinding white brilliance of the wheel. the figures on the wheel are darker than the wheel itself; in fact, they are stains upon the purity of the wheel, and for that reason, and because of the whirling of the wheel, i cannot see them. but at the top seems to be the lamb and flag, such as one sees on some christian medals, and one of the lower things is a wolf, and the other a raven. the lamb and flag symbol is much brighter than the other two. it keeps on growing brighter, until now it is brighter than the wheel itself, and occupies more space than it did. it speaks: i am the greatest of the deceivers, for my purity and innocence shall seduce the pure and in

d myself on the blood of the saints, but i am not suspected of men to be their enemy, for my fleece is white and warm, and my teeth are not the teeth of one that teareth flesh; and mine eyes are mild, and they know me not the chief of the lying spirits that the father of all sent forth from before his face in the beginning (his attribution is salt; the wolf mercury, and the raven sulphur) now the lamb grows small again, there is again nothing but the wheel, and the hand that whirleth it. and i said "by the word of power, double in the voice of the master; by the word that is seven, and one in seven; and by the great and terrible word 210, i beseech thee, o my lord, to grant me the vision of thy glory" and all the rays of the wheel stream out at me, and i am blasted and blinded with the lig

the mystery of dionysus zagreus, that is celebrated upon the holy mountain of kithairon. and this is the secret of the brothers of the rosy cross; and this is the heart of the ritual that is accomplished in the vault of the adepts that is hidden in the mountain of the caverns, even the holy mountain abiegnus. and this is the meaning of the supper of the passover, the spilling of the blood of the lamb being a ritual of the dark brothers, for they have sealed up the pylon with blood, lest the angel of death should enter therein. thus do they shut themselves off from the company of the saints. thus do they keep themselves from compassion and from understanding. accursed are they, for they shut up their blood in their heart. they keep themselves from the kisses of my mother babylon, and in th

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breath. she sitteth veiled for ever brooding over the waste. she hath stirred or spoken never. she is fiercely, manly chaste! what madness made me awake from the silence of utmost eld the grey cold slime of the snake that her poisonous body held? 210 by night i ravished a maid from her father's camp to the cave. i bared the beautiful blade; i dipped her thrice i' the wave; i slit her throat as a lamb's, that the fount of blood leapt high with my clamorous dithyrambs like a stain on the shield of the sky. with blood and censer and song i rent the mysterious veil: my eyes gaze long and long on the deep of that blissful bale. my cold grey kisses awake from the silence of utmost eld the grey cold slime of the snake that her beautiful body held. but- god! i was not content with the blasphemous

rey cold slime of the snake that her beautiful body held. but- god! i was not content with the blasphemous secret of years; the veil is hardly rent while the eyes rain stones for tears. so i clung to the lips and laughed as the storms of death abated, the storms of the grevious graft by the swing of her soul unsated. wherefore reborn as i am by a stream profane and foul in the reign of a tortured lamb, in the realm of a sexless owl, 211 i am set apart from the rest by meed of the mystic rune that reads in peril and pest the ambrosial moon- the moon! for under the tawny star that shines in the bull above i can rein the riotous car of galloping, galloping love; and straight to the steady ray of the lion-heart lord i career, pointing my flaming way with the spasm of night for a spear! o moon!

risen. i have bought a lily-white goat for the price of a crown of thorns, a collar of gold for its throat, a scarlet bow for its horns. i have bought a lark in the lift for the price of a butt of sherry: with these, and god for a gift, it needs no wine to be merry! i have bought for a wafer of bread a garden of poppies and clover; for a water bitter and dead a foam of fire flowing over. from the lamb and his prison fare and the owl's blind stupor, arise! be ye wise, and strong, and fair, and the nectar afloat in your eyes! arise, o ambrosial moon by the strong immemorial spell, by the subtle veridical rune that is mighty in heaven and hell! 213 drip thy mystical dews on the tongues of the tender fauns in the shade of initiate yews remote from the desert dawns! satyrs and fauns, i call. br

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bitter guest- have i not gilded my nails and painted my lips with vermilion? am i not wholly stript of the deeds and thoughts that obscure thee? i wait for thee, my soul distraught with aching for some nameless naught in its most arcane crypt- am i not fit to endure thee? girded about the paps with a golden girdle of glory, dost thou wait me, thy slave who am, as a wolf lurks for a strayed white lamb? the chain of the stars snaps, and the deep of night is hoary! thou whose mouth is a flame with its seven-edged sword proceeding, 351 come! i am writhing with despair like a snake taken in a snare, moaning thy mystical name till my tongue is torn and bleeding! have i not gilded my nails and painted my lips with vermilion? yea! thou art i; the deed awakes: thy lightning strikes, thy thunder br

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le fruit, then, as i may have culled from her autumnal breast (mere unripe berries, i confess) i hasten to offer to my friends. and lest the austerity of such a goddess be profaned by the least vestige of adornment i make haste to divest myself of whatever gold or jewellery of speech i may possess, to advance, my left breast bare, without timidity or rashness, into her temple, my hoped reward the lamb's skin of a clean heart, the badge of simple truthfulness and the apron of innocence. in order to keep this paper within limits, i may premise that the preparation and properties of "cannabis indica" can be studied in the proper pharmaceutical treatises, though, as this drug is more potent psychologically than physically, all strictly medical account of it, so far as i am aware, have been hit

oint of jet; silence, the lightning path! xxvi also his nostrils are shut up; for he hath not the need of any breath; nor can the curtain of eternity cover that head with life or death. so all his body, a slim almond-tree, knoweth no bough nor branch nor twig nor bud, from never until now. xxvii this thought i bred within my bowels, i am. i am in him, as he in me; 101 and like a satyr ravishing a lamb so either seems, or as the sea swallows the whale that swallows it, the ram beats its own head upon the city walls, that fall as it falls dead. xxviii come, let me back unto the lilied lawn! pile me the roses and the thorns, upon this bed from which he hath withdrawn! he may return. a million morns may follow that first dire daemonic dawn when he did split my spirit with his lightnings and en

ed ray: the ruach elohim<yod-memfinal is 300= hb:shin> symbol of the red fire of god, which brooded (v.2) upon the face of the waters: or like the red glory that lights up the heavens at dawn, when the golden sun illumines the waters above the firmament. now this red glory is the 174 ignis dei: which is also the agnus dei, or lamb of god that destroyeth (literally "burns out) the sins of the world. as it is written in the ordinary of the mass: the priest goeth unto the south of the altar and prays "o agnus dei! qui tollis- qui tollis peccata mundi- dona nobis pacem" and this fire, this lamb of god, is "aries" symbol of the dawning year: whose colour also is as the red fire, and which is the head of the fiery triplicity

ames of the persons thereof, viz: bet-nunfinal ben, the son. resh-vau-chet ruach, the spirit (here the mother. aleph-bet ab, the father. note how here again the son is first for humanity and the father last. these three letters, then, symbolise the three in one unmanifest. yet is there in them the all-potency of life. for 2+ 2+ 1= 5, the symbol of power, mother supernal, and hb:heh also is aries, lamb of god and dawn of the life of the year. wherefore in them lieth concealed and hidden, not alone the divine white brilliance of the three supernals (heh-vau-aleph, vau-qof-dalet-vau-shin, bet-resh-vau-kophfinal, but even also that gleaming glory which partaketh of the redness, and which cometh from the bornless age, which is beyond kether. as it is written in ancient hindu scripture "in the b

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de him a little lower than the elohim_ thou hast crowned him with glory and honour! amoun! hear me! come unto me! in myself i am nothing_ in thee i am all self! dwell thou in me, and bring me to that self which is in thee! amoun! o my father! my father! the chariots of ishrael, and the horsemen thereof [all bow in adoration. standing in the sign of osiris slain, say] i am the abi-agnus, the slain lamb in thy mountain, o lord most high! i am the strength of the race of men, and from me is the shower of the life of earth! i am amoun, the conceal d one: the opener of the day am i! i am osiris onnophris, the justified one. i am the lord of life triumphant over death! there is no part of me that is not of the gods. i am the preparer of the pathway: the rescuer unto the light! out of the darknes

eth even unto the west: even so shall be the coming of the son of man! 203 [and now shalt thou see a light slow formulating into the shape of a mighty angel, and thou shalt withdraw thyself from this sight and again say] i saw water coming from the left side of the temple: and all unto whom that water came were made whole, and cried: blessed is he that cometh in the name of the lord, allelulia! o lamb of god: who takest away the sins of the world! grant us thy peace! i am come forth from the gates of darkness: i have passed by the gate of amennti: and the gate of the taot! behold! i am come to the gate of the shining ones in heaven. i stand between the mighty pillars of that gate: at my right hand the pillar of fire, and at my left the pillar of cloud: open unto me o gate of the god with t

with the word "chief. somewhat above the bottom of the room are two rectangles in line with the pillars: the left is marked "third" and the right is marked "second. in the center of the lower end of the room is a longer rectangle, below all the others and marked "other members. finally, at the bottom of the left side is a thin rectangle to indicate a closed door marked "entrance. it is abi-agnus, lamb of the father; it is, by metathesis, abi-genos, born of the father; bia-genos, strength of our race; and the four words make the sentence "abiegnus, abi-agnus, abigenos, bia-genos" abiegnus, the mountain of the lamb of the father, born of the father, and the strength of our race [the key to the vault, the rose and cross,2 is then explained as resuming within itself the life of nature, and the

th year of his age, was he placed in a cloister, where he learned both greek and latin. 1393. while yet a youth he accompanied a certain brother p.a.l. in a pilgrimage to the holy land, but the latter dying at cyprus, he himself went on to damascus. there was then in arabia a temple of our order, which was called by the hebrew name of damcar (hb:resh hb:koph hb:mem hb:dalet, that is, blood of the lamb. here he was duly initiated, and took the mystic title of c.r.c, christian rosenkreutz or christian rosy cross. he there so far improved his knowledge of the arabian tongue, that in the following year he translated the book "m" into latin, which he afterwards brought back with him to europe. 1396. after three years he went into egypt, where was another temple of our order; there he remained f

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

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pped arrow of devouring fire that quiverest as a tongue in the dark mouth of night; i swear to thee by the thurible of thy glory, to breathe the incense of mine understanding, and to cast the ashes of my wisdom into the valley of thy breast. 8. o thou ruin of the mountains, glistening as an old white wolf above the fleecy mists of earth: i swear to thee by the galaxies of thy domain, to press thy lamb's breasts with the teeth of my soul, and drink of the milk and blood of thy subtlety and innocence. 9. o thou eternal river of chaotic law, in whose depths lie locked the secrets of creation; i swear to thee by the primal waters of the deep, to suck up the firmament of thy chaos, and as a volcano to belch forth a cosmos of coruscating suns. 10. o thou dragon-regent of the blue seas of air, as

eyelid of day, that art closed by the finger of evening! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou wild anarch of the hills, pale glooming above the mists of the earth! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou moonlit peak of pleasure, that art crowned by viper tongues of forked flame! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou wolfish head of the winds, that frighteth the snow-white lamb of winter! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou dew-lit nymph of the dawn, that swoonest in the satyr arms of the sun! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou mad abode of kisses, that art lit by the fat of murdered fiends! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! 65 o thou sleeping lust of the storm, that art flame-gorg'd as a flint full of fire! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee

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which we have evidence, and we must reject the belief for which we have no evidence. and, sometimes, this is not easy" this unworthy right hand! we should not think of calling this martyr to his convictions, this revolutionary thinker, an ass in a lion's skin. for asses can kick. shall we say a sheep in wolf's clothing? for the heretics are too clearly sheep- probably descended from mary's little lamb. if the dean were to frown, they would all take to their heels, and break the record for attending chapel. in fact, this is what happened, when he did frown! just like the rationalists themselves when they disowned and deserted harry boulter. i am coming round to the belief that the best test of a religion is the manhood of its adherents rather than its truth. better believe a lie than act li

e and co, 139, west regent street, glasgow. if we are in any way to shadow forth the ineffable, it must be by a degradation. every symbol is a blasphemy against the truth that it indicates. a painter to remind us of the sunlight has no better material than dull ochre. so we need not be surprised if the unity of subject and object in consciousness which is samadhi, the uniting of the bride and the lamb which is heaven, the uniting of the magus and the god which is evocation, the uniting of the man and his holy guardian angel which is the seal upon the work of the adeptus minor, is symbolized by the geometrical unity of the circle and the square, the arithmetical unity of the 5 and the 6, and (for more universality of comprehension) the uniting of the lingam and the yoni, the cross and the r

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capitateth him. xii. an ancient hag prateth of it as evangelical. her he hewed in pieces. v xiii. at naples he thinketh of the beast as author of evil, because free of will. the beast, starting up, is slain by him with a poisoned arrow; but at the moment of its death it is reborn from the knight's own belly. xiv. at rome he meeteth a red robber in a hat, who speaketh nobly of it as of a king-dove-lamb. he chaseth and slayeth it; it proves but a child's toy. xv. in a tuscan grove he findeth, from the antics of a satyr, that the gods sill dwell with men. mistaking orgasm for ecstasty, he is found ridiculous. xvi. baiting for it with gilded corn in a moonlit vale of spain, he findeth the bait stolen by bermin. xvii. in crete a metaphysician weaveth a labyrinth. sir palamede compelleth him to

at "whither away, sir knight, so fey "priest, for the dove on ararat i could not, nor i will not, stay "i know thy quest. seek on in vain a golden hart with silver horns! life springeth out of divers pains. what crown the king of kings adorns? a crown of gems? a crown of thorns! the questing beast is like a king in face, and hath a pigeon's wing and claw; its body is one fleece of bloody white, a lamb's in spring. enough. sir knight, i give thee peace" 38 the knight spurs on, and soon espies a monster coursing on the plain. he hears the horrid questing rise and thunder in his weary brain. this time, to slay it or be slain! too easy task! the charger gains stride after stride with little pains upon the lumbering, flapping thing. he stabs the lamb, and splits the brains of that majestic-seem

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aby breath. she sitteth veiled for ever, brooding over the waste. she hath stirred or spoken never. she is fiercely, manly chaste! what madness make me awake from the silence of utmost eld the grey cold slime of the snake that her poisonous body held? by night i ravished a maid from her father's camp to the cave. i bared the beautiful blade: i dipped her thrice i' the wave; i slit her throat as a lamb's that the fount of blood leapt high with my clamorous dithyrambs, like a stain on the shield of the sky. with blood and censer and song i rent the mysterious veil: my eyes gaze long and long on the deep of that blissful bale. my cold grey kisses awake from the silence of utmost eld the grey cold slime of the snake that her beautiful body held. 116 but- god! i was not content with the blasphe

ld slime of the snake that her beautiful body held. 116 but- god! i was not content with the blasphemous secret of years; the veil is hardly rent while the eyes rain stones for tears. so i clung to the lips and laughed as the storms of death abated, the storms of the grievious graft by the swing of her soul unsated. wherefore reborn as i am by a stream profane and foul, in the reign of a tortured lamb, in the realm of a sexless owl, i am set apart from the rest by meed of the mystic rune that reads in peril and pest the ambrosial moon- the moon! for under the tawny star that shines in the bull above i can rein the riotous car of galloping, galloping love; and straight to the steady ray of the lion-heart lord i career, pointing my flaming way with the spasm of night for a spear! o moon! o s

isen. i have bought a lily-white goat for the price of a crown of thorns, a collar of gold for its throat, a scarlet bow for its horns; i have bought a lark in the lift for the price of a butt of sherry: with these, and god for a gift, it needs no wine to be merry! i have bought for a wafer of bread a garden of poppies and clover; for a water bitter and dead, a foam of fire flowing over. from the lamb and his prison fare and the owl's blind stupor, arise! be ye wise, and strong, and fair, and the nectar afloat in your eyes! arise, o ambrosial moon, by the strong immemorial spell, by the subtle veridical rune that is mighty in heaven and hell! drip thy mystical dews on the tongues of the tender fauns, in the shade of initiate yews, remote from the desert dawns! 118 satyrs and fauns, i call

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or a real study of "st john" by a person of greater ability. it is a very remarkable fact, however, that akrasia (333) and akolasia (333) should so accurately describe choronzon (333. no higher test of the truth of "the vision and the voice" could be desired. again, 666 is gr:'eta phi-rho-eta-nu, not the lower mind, as mr pryse unhellenically says, but tiphereth, the lion that lieth down with the lamb. nor, by the way, is iacchos a phallic god except as 'omicron nu-iota-kappa-omega-nu himself is phallic, and has his mystic 167 name written upon that organ, according to mr pryse! iacchus= iao= jehovah, and concentrates i.n.r.i. we recommend the book for its suggestion and insight; it is one of the best of the kind. nick lamb. salaman et absal, poeme allegorique persian de djami. traduit par

ALEX SANDERS THE KING OF THE WITCHES

ly the child went towards her, shrinking from contact with the sallow wrinkled flesh and the flowing black hair which, released from its pins, did indeed hang to below her waist 'take off your clothes' she commanded, and when he hesitated after removing his coat and shoes, added 'all of them-s-every last stitch' teeth chattering with fright, he peeled off his vest and pants and stood there like a lamb about to be slaughtered. the old lady bent down and picked up a small sickle-shaped knife from the edge of the circle surrounding her 'i'm going to make sure that you never tell another living soul what you have seen this day' she whispered 'if you so much as breathe one word of it, i'll kill you 'i won't, gran, honest i won't' cried the boy, cowering before her 'bend over' she said, and forc

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ry logos. the subjects on which this secret throws a flood of light are: a. sex on the physical plane. it gives us a key to the mystery of the separation of the sexes in lemurian days. b. the balancing of forces in all departments of nature. c. the clue as to which scheme forms with ours a duality. d. the true name of our planetary logos and his relation to the solar logos. e "the marriage of the lamb" and the problem of the heavenly bride. a clue to this lies in the solar system of s. which must be read astrologically. f. the mystery of the gemini, and the connection of our particular planetary logos with that constellation. on a lesser scale, and in relation to the microcosm, the following subjects are illuminated when the initiate receives the second great secret, or the fourth which in

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tructs. this is effected, in relation to man, at the judgment separation, but it will produce results in the other kingdoms of nature also. a portion of the animal kingdom will enter into a temporary obscuration, thus releasing energy for the use of the remaining percentage, and producing results such as are hinted at by the prophet of israel62(142) when he speaks of "the wolf lying down with the lamb; his comment "a little child shall lead them" is largely the esoteric enunciation of the fact that three fifths of the human family will stand upon the path 'a little child' being the name applied to probationers and disciples. in the vegetable and mineral kingdoms a corresponding demonstration will ensue, but of such a nature as to be too obscure for our comprehension. the central factor of

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er sungods. there are the church festivals of (7) candlemas (2nd february, with processions of candles to symbolise the growing light; of (8) lent, or the arrival of spring; of (9) easter day (normally on 25th march) to celebrate the crossing of the equator by the sun; and (10) simultaneously the outburst of lights at the holy sepulchre at jerusalem. there is (11) the crucifixion and death of the lamb-god, on good friday, three days before easter; there are (12) the nailing to a tree (13) the empty grave (14) the glad resurrection (as in the cases of osiris, attis and others; there are (15) the twelve disciples (the zodiacal signs; and (16) the betrayal by one of the twelve. then later there is (17) mid-summer day, the 24th june, dedicated to the birth of the beloved disciple john, and cor

worship which should have been passing off the earth at the time christ came. there were still many to be found who worshipped the bull, which was the worship prevalent in the age when our sun was passing through the age of taurus, the bull, and which was preserved at that time in the mysteries of mithras and of egypt. the sign immediately preceding the christian era was that of aries, the ram or lamb, and this is symbolised for us in the sheepfolds which surrounded bethlehem- 45- from bethlehem to calvary copyright 1998 lucis trust it is interesting also to bear in mind that asses are definitely associated with the story of mary and her child. two asses are found mentioned in the gospel story, one coming from the north and bearing mary to bethlehem, and the other taking her down into egyp

gospel that the new birth is dependent upon belief in christ, when power is given to us to "become the sons of god, even to them that believe on his name, which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of god."20 is it not reasonable for us to gather from these words that when a man reaches the point of recognising and believing in the cosmic christ "the lamb slain from the foundation of the world,"21 then the new birth becomes possible, for the life of that universal christ, animating every form of divine expression, can then consciously and definitely carry the man forward into a new manifestation of divinity? the "blood is the life,"22 and it is the living christ that makes it possible for all to become citizens of that kingdom. it is the life

es of mithra. these mysteries, in their turn, inherited the teaching, and thus formulated their doctrine, which christianity absorbed. when the sun was in the zodiacal sign of taurus the bull, the sacrifice of the bull was offered as a forecast of that which christ came later to reveal. when the sun passed (in the precession of the equinoxes) into the next sign, that of aries the ram, we find the lamb was sacrificed and the scapegoat sent into the wilderness. christ was born into the next sign, pisces the fishes, and it is for this reason that we eat fish on good friday, in commemoration of his coming. tertullian, one of the early church fathers, speaks of jesus christ as the "great fish" and of us, his followers, as the "little fishes" these facts are well known, as the following extract

great fish" and of us, his followers, as the "little fishes" these facts are well known, as the following extract will indicate "the ceremonies of purification by the sprinkling or drenching of the novice with the blood of bulls or rams were widespread, and were to be found in the rites of mithra. by this purification a man was `born again' and the christian expression `washed in the blood of the lamb' is undoubtedly a reflection of this idea, the reference thus being clear in the words of the epistle to the hebrews `it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins' in this passage the writer goes on to say `having boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of jesus, by a new and living way which he hath consecrated for us through the veil, that is to say

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re is much to work out, is there not, in these ideas which i offer to you as suggestive considerations and as hints related to the science of triangles, which is the esoteric basis of astrology, just as the doctrine of the trinity (microcosmic and macrocosmic) is the esoteric basis of occultism. death is, therefore, of three kinds. this science of divine dying underlies the well-known phrase "the lamb slain from the foundation of the world" and when the relationship between aries, scorpio and pisces is properly understood (as the linking and merging of the three crosses) a new light will be thrown upon all subsidiary sciences exoteric and esoteric. the teaching in the secret doctrine about the reincarnating monads who are called the divine sacrifices, lords of knowledge, will and sacrifice

mbolism will reveal a great deal of inner teaching. this is one of the later ways of portraying this constellation. earlier, in atlantean days (from which period we have inherited what we know about astrology, the sign was frequently depicted by the centaur the fabulous animal which was half a man and half a horse. the horse symbolism dominated atlantean myths and symbols, just as the ram and the lamb are prominently to be found in our modern presentations. this earlier sign of the centaur stood for the evolution and the development of the human soul, with its human objectives, its selfishness, its identification with form, its desire and its aspirations- 105- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust the archer on the white horse, which is the

pirant or the disciple. his focus of interest and his aim is soul life, yet he finds within himself that which seeks ever to draw him back to the old ways, the old habits and the old desires. this sign is sometimes called "the place of judgment" for it is here that the decision is made and the die is cast which separate the "sheep from the goats" or those constellations ruled by aries (the ram or lamb) and those ruled by capricorn, the goat. it really marks the distinction between the ordinary wheel of life and the reversed wheel. in the days before leo-virgo were divided into two signs, libra was literally the midway point. the situation was then as follows: aries. taurus. gemini. cancer. leo-virgo. libra scorpio. s agittarius. capricorn. aquarius. p isces. and in this round of the zodiac

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st let the rider from the secret place come forth and coming save. come forth, o mighty one. here we come up against one of the oldest traditions in the world and of the ancient east; one, too, which finds its counterpart in the new testament, where the coming one is seen coming forth to the rescue of the people "riding upon a white horse" in the occident we have for long thought in terms of the "lamb, slain from the foundations of the world" and in this statement lies a profound astrological truth. it refers to that great round of the zodiac (a period of approximately 25,000 years) in which the sun passes through all the twelve signs of the zodiac. the period to which reference is made started in the sign aries, the ram. the orient, however, harks still further back, to a much earlier per

e three great energies: the will-to-spiritual power. the will-to-love in its spiritual connotation. the will-to-manifest spiritually. b. the antiquity of the achievement of this coming one is to be found in the name applied to him, which is found in so many of the world scriptures: the rider on the white horse. this refers to the time prior to the phrase so well-known in the christian fields "the lamb slain from the foundation of the world" in the earlier cycle, the then initiates spoke of the "sacrificial horse, slain to all eternity" it conveys the same basic idea. c. this avatar can descend to the physical plane and there appear, to lead his people as the prince who leads through war to peace. d. the whole problem before the hierarchy and humanity today, in connection with the coming av

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f, dramatic and encouraging. what of the sign in which it was undertaken? the sign the sign aries, which was the field of this first activity, is always spoken of as the first sign of the zodiac. at this sign the great wheel begins its cyclic turning. it is, therefore, the sign of commencement. cosmically speaking, it is the sign of creation, and this thought underlies the words in the bible "the lamb slain from the foundation of the world (rev. xiii, 8) for this sign is called the sign of the ram or of the lamb. in the life of the human being it marks the beginning of the first subjective, latent consciousness of existence, and the start of the human being upon the circle of experience. in the life of the aspirant to discipleship it connotes the period of reorientation and of a renewed se

ol of the animal nature and deified it, which is what the average human being who investigates the mysteries says. it is because there were subjective forces playing upon our planet as our sun passed through the sign taurus. the lesson for man is that under the symbol of the bull he had to wrestle with the animal in himself. then our sun passed into aries, the ram, and we had the sacrifice of the lamb, showing that the sacrifice of the animal nature was beginning to succeed the concept of wrestling with the animal nature. then the sun passed into pisces, the fishes. the forces that played upon our planet at that time brought into the consciousness of man his essential duality and the link between the two parts of himself, two fishes linked by a band. this consciousness, on a large scale, b

sting facts emerge. we can say, for instance, that between four and five thousand years ago the sun was somewhere in the sign taurus, the bull. then we had the worship of the bull in egypt and in india, and the sacrifice of the sacred ox, as in the mysteries of mithras. approximately two thousand years before the birth of christ, astronomers tell us, the sun passed into the sign aries, the ram or lamb, and the jewish dispensation came into being. at that time, therefore, we have the inauguration of the jewish passover and the lamb sacrifice. it is interesting to note in this connection the true significance of the sin of the children of israel in the wilderness. we read that they made a golden calf and fell down and worshipped it, thus reverting in this act to ancient forms and sacrifices

the sun passed in to the sign pisces, the fishes. we have, therefore, the emphasis laid in the gospel story upon the fish symbology. christ chose fishermen to be among his disciples; he performed miracles with fishes; he sent his disciples out into the world to be fishers of men; for nearly two thousand years it [220] has been customary to eat fish on good friday and on fast days. so we find the lamb sacrifice following upon the bull sacrifice, and the fish symbol upon that of the lamb, and this as the sun passed apparently from taurus into aries and from aries into pisces. now we are passing into the sign aquarius, the water carrier, though we have not yet entered fully into that sign, a process that will take approximately a further two hundred years. we are informed by the astronomers

s of daily crucifixion and of difficulty and symbolizes the incarnation period of growth and development through the medium of form and its use. in these three crosses is summed up the story of the cosmic christ, god crucified in matter, of hercules and of all disciples, and of the average human being. they constitute the totality of the twelve signs. the sign son of jacob remarks aries, the ram, lamb naphtali naphtali is a play upon the he brew word "talceh, the ram. it means the twisting and struggling ram. note the story of abraham and the ram caught in the thicket. taurus, the bull. issachar "he bowed his shoulders to bear" this refers to the yoke and the work of the ox in producing crops- 129- the labours of hercules gemini, the twins. simeon and levi "simeon and levi are brothers. ca

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without the former the latter is impossible* repeating iamblichus, champollion shows him to be "the deity called[[eichton (or the fire of the celestial gods- the great* thot[[footnote(s* this is about as just as though- a few millenniums hence- a fanatic of some future new creed, who was bent on glorifying his religion at the expense of ancient christianity, were to say "everywhere the quadruped lamb was adored. the nun placed it, calling it the agnus, on her bosom; the priest laid it on the altar. it figured in every paschal meal, and was glorified loudly in every temple. and yet the christians dreaded it and hated it, for they slew and devoured it" heathens, at any rate, do not eat their sacred symbols. we know of no serpent, or reptile-eaters except in christian civilized countries, wh

on the altar. it figured in every paschal meal, and was glorified loudly in every temple. and yet the christians dreaded it and hated it, for they slew and devoured it" heathens, at any rate, do not eat their sacred symbols. we know of no serpent, or reptile-eaters except in christian civilized countries, where they begin with frogs and eels, and must end with real snakes, as they have begun with lamb and ended with horse-flesh "pantheon" 3* the solar chnouphis, or agathodaemon, is the christos of the gnostics, as every scholar knows. he is intimately connected with the seven sons of sophia (wisdom, the seven sons of aditi (universal wisdom, her eighth being martanda, the sun, which seven are the seven planetary regents or genii. therefore chnouphis was the spiritual sun of enlightenment

florescence of manas, the[[vol. 2, page] 231 satanic myths. fifth principle "the logos is passive wisdom in heaven and conscious, self-active wisdom on earth" we are taught. it is the marriage of "heavenly man" with the "virgin of the world--nature, as described in pymander; the result of which is their progeny- immortal man. it is this which is called in st. john's revelation the marriage of the lamb with his bride (xix. 7) that "wife" is now identified with the church of rome owing to the arbitrary interpretations of her votaries. but they seem to forget that her linen may be fine and white outwardly (like the "whitened sepulchre, but that the rottenness she is inwardly filled with, is not "the righteousness of saints (v. 8. ibid, but rather the blood of the saints she has "slain upon th

it is only after his defection from the neo-platonists, that clement[[footnote(s* and that, notwithstanding the formal prohibition at the great church council of elyrus in a.d. 303, when it was declared that "the form of god, which is immaterial and invisible, shall not be limited by figure or shape" in 692, the council of constantinople had similarly prohibited "to paint or represent jesus as a lamb" as also "to bow the knee in praying, as it is the act of idolatry" but the council of nicaea (787) brought this idolatry back, while that of rome (883) excommunicated john, the patriarch of constantinople, for his showing himself a declared enemy of image worship[[vol. 2, page] 280 the secret doctrine. of alexandria began to translate gigantes by serpentes, explaining that "serpents and gian

olithic haches, to the relatively graceful stone celts of that part of the neolithic period immediately preceding the use of metals. but this is in europe, a few portions only of which were barely rising from the waters in the days[[footnote(s* in such a case palaeolithic man must have been endowed in his day with thrice herculean force and magic invulnerability, or else the lion was as weak as a lamb at that period, for both to share the same dwelling. we may as well be asked to believe next that it is that lion or hyaena which has engraved the deer on the antler, as be told that this bit of workmanship was done by a savage of such a kind[[vol. 2, page] 723 entrapped by the reindeer. of the highest atlantean civilizations. there were rude savages and highly civilized people then, as there

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conceptions and beliefs- in their outward and inward meaning- and which are not to be found in the jewish canon. one of such is the water-lily in the hands of the archangel in the early representations of his appearance to the virgin mary; and these symbolical images are preserved to this day in the iconography of the greek and roman churches. thus water, fire, the cross, as well as the dove, the lamb, and other sacred animals, with all their combinations, yield esoterically an identical meaning, and must have been accepted as an improvement upon judaism pure and simple. for the lotus and water are among the oldest symbols, and in their origin are purely aryan, though they became common property during the branching-off of the fifth race. let us give an example. letters, as much as numbers

even in his age- i.e, 600 b.c, confucius and his school taught the sphericity of the earth and even the heliocentric system; while, at about thrice 600 years after the chinese philosopher, the popes of rome threatened and even burnt "heretics" for asserting the same. he is laughed at for speaking of the "sacred tortoise" no unprejudiced person can see any great difference between a tortoise and a lamb as candidates for sacredness, as both are symbols and no more. the ox, the eagle* the lion, and occasionally[[footnote(s* he may be laughed at by the protestants; but the roman catholics have no right to mock him, without becoming guilty of blasphemy and sacrilege. for it is over 200 years since confucius was canonized as a saint in china by the roman catholics, who have thereby obtained many

ties become deadened; but the enormous pressure of the gravitation of the mass of atomic matter, outside what i may for brevity call the birth-shell, would counteract the action of heat "beyond the birth-shell would be a space in which no chemical action could take place, owing to the temperature there being above what is called the dissociation-point for compounds. in this space the lion and the lamb would lie down together; phosphorus and oxygen would mix without union; hydrogen and chlorine would show no tendency to closer bonds; and even fluorine, that[[footnote(s* says mr. crookes in the same address "the first riddle which we encounter in chemistry is 'what are the elements' of the attempts hitherto made to define or explain an element, none satisfy the demands of the human intellect

divine wisdom, with the tau, or cross- which is esoterically "the foundation and framework of all construction- would have an entirely phallic, physiological meaning, had it not still another significance unknown to our biblical scholars and symbologists. at any rate, it shows no special reference to the verbum of st. john, except, perhaps, in a general sense. the taurus (which, by the way, is no lamb, but a bull) was sacred in every cosmogony, with the hindus as with the zoroastrians, with the chaldees as with the egyptians. so much, every schoolboy knows. it may perhaps help to refresh the memory of our theosophists by referring them to what was said of the virgin and the dragon, and the universality of periodical births and re-births of world-saviours- solar gods- in isis, ii, 490, with

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the pilgrim glideth up the stream that to nirvana leads. he knoweth that the more his feet will bleed, the whiter will himself be washed. he knoweth well that after seven short and fleeting births nirvana will be his. here is again a totally un-buddhistic description. it appears to me rather a paraphrase of the well-known sweeping through the gates of the new jerusalem, washed in the blood of the lamb. 91. such is the dhyana path, the haven of the yogi, the blessed goal that srotapattis crave. again the confusion of the attainment of the student with regard to spiritual experience, and his attainment with regard to his grade. there is connection between these, but it is not a close and invariable one. a man might get quite a hot of samadhi, and still be many lives away from srotapatti. the

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seeds, etc) or are eventually crowded out by neighboring plants. plant vitamins are far easier to digest than vitamins and minerals of fish or animal origin. vitamin a: needed for night vision and functioning of cells of skin and mucous membranes. vitamin a is stored in the body, but under stress and strain, a surplus is rapidly dissipated. botanical sources-alfalfa, herb; annato seed; dandelion; lamb's quarters; okra pods; paprika; parsley herb; watercress. vitamin b1 (thiamine: needed for growth and maintaining normal appetite. sources-bladderwrack; dulse; fenugreek; kelp; okra; wheat germ. vitamin b2 (riboflavin: needed for normal growth of children. good nutrition of adults. sowrces-bladderwrack; dulse; fenugreek; kelp; saffroa vitaminb12: essential for normal development of red blood

g's foot bulbous buttercup ranunculus bulbosus goat's beard vegetable oyster tragopogon porrofolius goat's foot ash weed aegopodium podograria hare's foot clover trifolium arvense hedgehogs medicago intertexta horse tail scouring rush equisetum hyemale horse tongue hart's tongue scolopendrium vulgare hound's tongue vanilla leaf liatris odoratissima jew's ear fungus on elder or elm peziza auricula lamb's tongue ribwort plantain plantago lancetolata lizard's tail breastweed saururus cernuus lizard's tongue sauroglossum mother's heart shepherd's purse capsella bursa pastoris mouse ear mouse blood wort hieracium pilosella mouse tail common stonecrop sedum acre negro head vegetable ivory phytelephas macrocarpa old man's beard fringe tree chionanthus virginica ox tongue bugloss anchusa officinal

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on prepared by benjamin rowe, october, 2000. typeset in bembo. page 1 the first day n an evening before easter day, i sat at a table, and having (as my custom was) in my humble prayer sufficiently conversed with my creator, and considered many great mysteries (whereof the father of lights his majesty had shown me not a few) and being now ready to prepare in my heart, together with my dear paschal lamb, a small, unleavened, undefiled cake; all of a sudden arose so horrible a tempest, that i imagined no other but that through its mighty force, the hill on which my little house was founded would fly into pieces. but inasmuch as this, and the like from the devil (who had done me many a spite) was no new thing to me, i took courage, and persisted in my meditation, till somebody in an unusual ma

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, very large foreheads, blue eyes, a small gap in the face rather than what we would call a mouth, and very big feet. make of all that what you will, but this could- could- be another expression of fourth dimensional beings operating on our frequency. it is certainly true that sumer was the origin of so much that was to shape human culture and existence. the christian belief in a son of god and a lamb of god dying so our sins could be forgiven can be found in sumer, babylon, and egypt. the idea of a lamb dying to forgive the sins of humanity originates from the sumerian belief that if you literally sacrificed a lamb on the altar, it would remove the sins of the people involved. while i was writing this book, i saw a picture in a newspaper of an orthodox jew today, still waving a chicken ar

ists- knowledge will always be misused. knowledge without love is the state of being which still controls the higher levels of the brotherhood network, via its global elite. it is the intellect without the heart, you could say, and without the balanced feminine. the symbols of the brotherhood in ancient times remain those of the brotherhood today- the pyramid and all-seeing eye, the swastika, the lamb, the apron, the obelisk and many others. the obelisk is symbolic of the penis of osiris, the egyptian god. the legend is that he was torn into pieces by the 'evil' set (lucifer, satan, the devil, et al) and when isis, the wife of osiris, tried to put him back together again, she found all his missing parts, except you know what. such legends are, i feel, symbolic of much more straightforward

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e bloodline of tammuz, just as sir laurence gardner claims that the merovingian "true" royal line is the bloodline of jesus. it was said that the land was given life by the blood of tammuz and he was a healer, saviour, and a shepherd who looked after his flock of stars. he died wearing a "crown of thorns" made from myrrh. tammuz was symbolically sacrificed on the day of atonement in the form of a lamb. he was worshipped in jerusalem where his exact story would later be re-told using the name "jesus. and, take a deep breath here vicar, the cave in bethlehem where jesus is said to have been born, is the same one where the ancients claimed that tammuz (adonis) was born. the bible "translator, jerome, admitted that bethlehem had been a sacred grove dedicated to tammuz, the fertility god or "sp

this "birthday, three days after the winter solstice, for this reason. these deities didn't exist, as everyone now accepts. they were symbolic of the sun and so was jesus, along with much other symbolism. the christian "christmas" is an ancient pagan festival under another name and so is easter. on march 25th, the old date for easter, the sun enters the astrological sign of aries, the ram or the lamb, and they sacrificed lambs in their rituals at this time to appease the gods and ensure a bumper harvest. put another way, they believed the blood of the lamb would encourage the gods to forgive their sins. the story of samson (sam-sun) in the old testament is the same sun symbolism. the ancients symbolised the sun's annual cycle as the life of a man. they would portray the sun as a newborn b

at he will return on a white horse to judge the dead and fight the "prince of evil. dionysus or bacchus, the son of god of greece he was born to a virgin mother on december 25th and put in a manger and swaddling clothes. he was a teacher who travelled, performing miracles. he turned water into wine (like the sun) and rode in triumph on an ass (so did the egyptian deity, set. he was the ram or the lamb, god of the vine, god of gods and king of kings, only begotten son, bearer of sins, redeemer, anointed one (christos, alpha and omega. he was hung and crucified on a tree, but rose from the dead on march 25th. during the 1st century bc, the hebrews in jerusalem also worshipped this deity. j.m. roberts writes in antiquity unveiled (health research, 1970) that "ies, the phoenician name for bacc

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iven the title baal (thelord) and semiramis was baalti (my lady. the latinterm for my lady is mea domina which in its corrupteditalian form became madonna.8 nimrod was represented ina dual role of god the father and ninus, the son ofsemiramis, and her olive branch was symbolic of thisoffspring produced through a virgin birth. ninus was alsoknown as tammuz who was said to have been crucifiedwith a lamb at his feet and placed in a cave. when a rockwas rolled away from the caves entrance three days later,his body had disappeared. heard that somewhere before?this husband-wife-son theme of nimrod-semiramis-andninus/tammuz became the osiris-isis-horus mythologyof the egyptians with its equivalent in india, asia, china and elsewhere. much later itwould be joseph, mary and jesus. when the babyloni

ati and britannia infigure 12. 80begun its symbolic journey back to the summer and the peak of its power. the ancients,therefore, said that the sun was born on december 25th. the christian christmas ismerely a renamed pagan festival, as indeed are all christian festivals. easter is another.about march 25th, the old fixed date for easter, the sun enters the astrological sign ofaries the ram or the lamb. at this time the ancients used to sacrifice lambs because theybelieved this would appease the gods, most notably the sun god, and ensure abundantharvests. in other words they believed that the blood of the lamb would mean that theirsins would be forgiven.in ancient babylon, tammuz, the son of queen semiramis, was said to have beencrucified with a lamb at his feet and placed in a cave. when a

osed to have happened. all the animals of egypt were killed three times accordingto the story! what did they do, die and immediately remanifest? there was no murderof the first born of egypt and so the feast of the passover has no historical basis, it wascreated as a result of a story invented by the levites. their references to the lambsblood on the doors is code for the ancient symbolism of the lamb. there is no officialbook in hebrew which makes any mention of the pentateuch (the laws of moses) beforethe levites went to babylon. as for the israelites being captive in egypt, evendeuteronomy describes them as strangers, not slaves, in this period.6 so where did thename moses come from? every initiated person who attained the highest rank in theegyptian mystery schools was called a muse, m

rch: jesus wasthe light of the world. horus was the light of the world. jesus said he was theway, the truth and the life. horus said he was the truth, the life. jesus was born inbethlehem, the house of bread. horus was born in annu, the place of bread.jesus was the good shepherd. horus was the good shepherd. seven fishers board aboat with jesus. seven people board a boat with horus. jesus was the lamb. horuswas the lamb. jesus is identified with a cross. horus is identified with a cross. jesuswas baptised at 30. horus was baptised at 30. jesus was the child of a virgin, mary.horus was the child of a virgin, isis. the birth of jesus was marked by a star. the91birth of horus was marked by a star. jesus was the child teacher in the temple. horuswas the child teacher in the temple. jesus had 1

ded intohell, just like the earlier khrishna, zoroaster, osiris, horus, adonis/tammuz, bacchus,hercules, mercury and so on. he then rose from the dead like the earlier khrishna,buddha, zoroaster, adonis/tammuz, osiris, mithra, hercules and baldur. jesus wassymbolically crucified at easter because this is the spring equinox when the sun (jesus)enters the astrological sign of aries, the ram or. the lamb. the lamb in the book ofrevelation is the same symbol. in around 2,200 bc the group known as the priesthoodof melchizedek began making their aprons with lambs wool, a symbol continued todayby a modern expression of the brotherhood, the freemasons. it is at easter, the equinox,that jesus (the sun) triumphs over darkness- the time of year when there is more lightthan darkness every day. the wor

nd sets at the winter and summersolstice. there is also a hexagram or starof david- figure 31. 358that the nazis reversed theswastika. one pentagrampoints down into capitol hill(see figure 33, another intothe white house (see figure34, and a third extends outfrom the giant obelisk calledthe washington monumentand covers a large area of theinner city. at its centre is thesign for aries, the ram or lamb.similar satanic pentagramscan be identified in the streetplan of rome, the old city ofjerusalem, the land aroundrennes-le-chateau, thepyramid site at giza, and nodoubt over london and othercities and sites. across thepotomac river fromwashington is the home of theunited states military- thepentagon building which wasaligned to the constellation oftaurus.9 a pentagon, of course,is the centre o

ace is on the tea towels and youre too late to chicken out. before the wedding,diana stayed at clarence house, the london residence of the queen mother. when shehad arrived no-one was there to welcome her, she said, it was like going to a hotel.diana and charles were married in st pauls cathedral on july 29th 1981. that morningat clarence house she said she felt calm, deathly calm: i felt i was a lamb to the415slaughter. i knew it, and i couldnt do anything about it.27 what prophetic words thosewould prove to be. they spent the first night of their honeymoon at the mountbattenfamily estate at broadlands in hampshire before sailing around the greek islands in theroyal yacht britannia (barati. the bulimia got worse and she considered suicide, suchwas the scale of her unhappiness. my husband

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d wound in a clockwise (cw) flat spiral establishing the ground antenna. the center of the wire spiral was put through the plywood and grounded. the outer end of the flat spiral stuck up in the air so it could be attached to the wool thread coming from above. two inch staples went through the ground coil, and through the plywood further grounding the coil. from the apex antenna, he affixed a pure lamb's wool thread and dropped it down the center of the large pyramid. when he went to connect the thread to the spiral at the bottom of the pyramid, a high voltage charge (or whatever type of energy he had connected with) knocked him twenty feet across the floor inside of the pyramid into the wall. this scared him so badly he took the whole thing apart and did nothing else with it. figure 4.7.1

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than christianity in backward latin countries, where jesus christ is represented in topper and tails and the virgin mary in lace-edged pantaloons. the inner form of the ancient faiths can compare very favourably with the best of our modern metaphysicians. after all, they produced plato and plotinus. the human mind does not change, and what is true of ourselves is probably true of the pagans. the lamb of god which taketh away the sins of the world is only another version of the bull of mithra which does the same thing, the only difference being that the ancient initiate was literally "washed in blood" and the modern one takes it metaphorically. autres temps autres mours. 9. if we approach those whom we elect to call pagans, both ancient and modern, in a reverent and sympathetic spirit, kno

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e upper hand and keeping it, and that the best thing i could do was to fight it out now, because the longer the thing remained in existence, the stronger it would get, and the more difficult to disintegrate. so i drove my elbow into its hairy ectoplasmic ribs and said to it out loud "if you can't behave yourself, you will have to go on the floor" and pushed it off the bed. down it went, meek as a lamb, and changed from wolf to dog, to my great relief. then the northern corner of the room appeared to fade away, and the creature went out through the gap. i was far from happy, however, for i had a feeling that this was not the end of it, and my feeling was confirmed when next morning another member of my household reported that her sleep had been disturbed by dreams of wolves, and she had awa

ter the usual greetings and exchange of news, he said "i should very much like you to meet a friend of mine who i think would be interested in your work. may i take you to see him? his name is mr. z" needless 98 of 103 to say i agreed. when i came to the appointed meeting, i said to mr. z, after i had been introduced" i have got a message for you" thinking i might as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb. he listened attentively, and when i mentioned the name of the indian, my friend who was present, exclaimed "it is a curious thing that you should be moving in this matter at the present moment. x. landed in england a couple of days ago" it will be noted that as soon as x. left england, i was instructed to hold my hand, and as soon as he returned after an absence of five months, i was instruc

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where his father e. w. benson was headmaster, before becoming archbishop of canterbury, he was educated at marlborough, and at king s college, cambridge university. he worked at athens for the british archaeological school, 1892.95, and in egypt for the hellenic society, 1896; he also traveled in algiers, egypt, greece, and italy. he was elected mayor of rye, sussex, 1934.37, living at the famous lamb house that had been the residence of american novelist henry james for 18 years. he was an honorary fellow of magdalene college, cambridge, and was also made a member of the order of the british empire for his services to literature. his best-known fiction works were the series about social climber lucia pillson, later dramatized on british radio and television. his short stories on horror an

soon became a confirmed dreamer, finding in his mind a haven of refuge from the scorn leveled at him. by the time he was nine years old, coleridge showed a predilection for mysticism. consequently, his father decided to make him a clergyman, and in 1782 the boy left home to go to christ s hospital, london. there he found among his fellow pupils at least one who shared his literary tastes.charles lamb.and a warm friendship quickly sprang up between the two, while a little later coleridge developed affection for a young girl called mary evans. the progress of the love affair was soon arrested, the poet leaving london in 1790 to go to cambridge. beginning his university career as a sizar (undergraduate receiving an allowance from the college) at jesus college, he soon became known as a brill

day of their departure what croesus was doing at home in sardis at a particular moment. four oracles entirely failed. delphi was perfectly right. herodotus quoted the reply: i can count the sands, and i can measure the ocean; i have ears for the silent, and know what the dumb man meaneth; lo! on my sense there striketh the smell of shell-covered tortoise, boiling now on fire, with the flesh of a lamb, in a cauldron, brass in the vessel below, and brass to cover above it. croesus wished to think out an action that could not be guessed at. he took a tortoise and a lamb, cut them to pieces, and boiled them in a covered brazen cauldron. the decline of the oracles began two or three centuries before christ. that of delphi was closed in the fourth century by a decree of theodosius. after a long

ing nominally of seven degrees, only four of which, however, were essential. these aimed to establish an affinity between the aspirant and the sheik, the latter leading the aspirant, through the agency of the spirit of bektash, and that of mohammed, to allah. the initiation ceremony provided a severe test. the aspirant was tried for a year with false secrets. when his time of probation expired, a lamb was slain, from the carcass of which a cord was made for his neck and a girdle for his loins. two armed attendants then led him into a square chamber, where he was presented to the sheik as a slave who desires to know truth. he was then placed before a stone altar, on which were 12 scallops. the sheik, attended by 11 others, gripped the hand of the aspirant in a particular way and administere

od to be a favorite form assumed by the kelpie in order to lure souls to his master, the devil. in the disguise of a fine steed, beautifully accoutered, the kelpie grazed innocently by the wayside. the weary traveler, passing by and believing this splendid animal to have strayed from his master, would be tempted to make use of him to help him on his way. the deceitful kelpie, remaining quiet as a lamb until the traveler was mounted, would then, with a fiendish yell of triumph, plunge headlong into an adjacent pool. it was believed that the soul of the unfortunate man, who had no time to prepare for death, would thus be safely secured to the evil one, while the kelpie received the body in payment for his trouble. eck a term used by members of the religious organization eckankar, founded by

gs. during the witchcraft trials at chelmsford, england, in march 1582, ursula kemp confessed that she had four spirits, whereof two of them were hes, and the other two shes were to punish with lameness and other diseases of bodily harm. one he, like a gray cat, is called tittey; the second, like a black cat, is called jack; one she, like a black toad, is called pigin; and the other, like a black lamb, is called tyffin. elizabeth bennet said she had a familiar called suckin, being black like a dog. alice manfield had four imps, robin, jack, william, and puppet, two hes and two shes, all like unto black cats. agnes heard had six familiars that were blackbirds, white-speckled and all black. sources: gleadow, rupert. magic and divination. wakefield, england: ep publishing, 1976. maple, eric

flies descended from the ceiling. on another occasion a shower of feathers fell to the depth of several inches. in a mischievous spirit guppy asked for tar, whereupon berry, looking like a magpie in her black dress, rushed out. she became estranged for years from guppy. the most incredible incident in guppy-volckman s career was her claimed transportation from her house at highbury, london, to 61 lamb s conduit st, a distance of three miles. the most humorous occurred when frank herne and charles williams, with eight sitters, were holding a seance. on the halfhumorous request of a mr. harrison to transport guppy to the room, she was precipitated to the room. unfortunately, she was half dressed, with her shoes off, and in a state of deep trance. samuel guppy was a very rich man. the complet

yant descriptions of spirits and of the sitter s aura, but physical manifestations soon developed. in 1870 at the house of a dr. dixon he was said to have manifested elongation of the human body. florence cook held her first sittings with herne, from whom she may have learned some of the techniques of physical mediumship. in 1871 herne joined partnership with charles williams. their seances at 61 lamb s conduit street, london, were very impressive. voices, psychic lights, independent music, apports, and levitations were often allegedly witnessed. agnes guppy- volckman s famous transportation occurred in one of these joint sittings. in 1875 st. george stock made an attempt to expose herne as a fraud but did not succeed, and two years later in the spiritualist apologized for the attempt. muc

foundation. address: p.o. box 240, san cristobal, nm 87564. website: http//www.newmex.com/lama. sources: dass, baba ram. be here now! san cristobal, n.mex: lama foundation, 1971. gardner, hugh. the children of prosperity. new york: st. martin s press, 1978. hedgepath, william, and dennis stock. the alternative. new york: macmillan, 1970. lama foundation. http//www.newmex.com/lama. march 8, 2000. lamb, john (d. 1628) lamb was a noted astrologer and reputed sorcerer in the time of charles i. in certainty of the world of spirits (1691, richard baxter recorded an apocryphal account in which lamb met two acquaintances who wished to witness some examples of his skill. he invited them home with him, conducted them into an inner room, then, to their great surprise, they saw a tree spring up in th

d. 1628) lamb was a noted astrologer and reputed sorcerer in the time of charles i. in certainty of the world of spirits (1691, richard baxter recorded an apocryphal account in which lamb met two acquaintances who wished to witness some examples of his skill. he invited them home with him, conducted them into an inner room, then, to their great surprise, they saw a tree spring up in the middle of lamb s apartment. a moment later three diminutive men appeared with axes in their hands to cut down this tree. after the tree was felled, the doctor dismissed his guests. that night a tremendous hurricane arose, causing the house of one of the guests to rock from side to side, with every appearance that the building would come down and bury him and his wife in the ruins. the wife in great terror a

later three diminutive men appeared with axes in their hands to cut down this tree. after the tree was felled, the doctor dismissed his guests. that night a tremendous hurricane arose, causing the house of one of the guests to rock from side to side, with every appearance that the building would come down and bury him and his wife in the ruins. the wife in great terror asked, were you not at dr. lamb s to-day? the husband confessed the truth. and did you not bring something away from his house? the husband admitted that, when the little men felled the tree, he had picked up some of the chips and put them in his pocket. as soon as he obtained the chips, and got rid of them, the whirlwind immediately ceased, and the remainder of the night passed quietly. originally a physician, lamb became

as he obtained the chips, and got rid of them, the whirlwind immediately ceased, and the remainder of the night passed quietly. originally a physician, lamb became known for practicing other mysteries, as telling fortunes, helping of divers to lost goods, showing to young people the faces of their husbands or wives that should be in a crystal glass. it is possible that popular resentment against lamb was due less to the success of his magical practices than his position as a favorite of the duke of buckingham. it was generally believed that lamb used magic charms to corrupt women to serve the pleasure of the duke. lamb eventually was so hated for his infernal practices that a mob tore him to pieces in the street. then, 13 years later, a woman who had worked as a maid in lamb s house was c

as charged with witchcraft, tried, and executed at tyburn. a broadside ballad by martin parker titled the tragedy of doctor lambe, the great supposed conjurer, who was wounded to death by saylers and other lads, on friday the 14 of june, 1628. and dyed in the poultry counter, neere cheap-side, on the saturday morning following was sold and sung in the streets. the ballad contains two mistakes, as lamb was mobbed on june 13 and died the following day. lambert, g(uy) w(illiam (1889.1983) a british government official who took an active interest in psychic research. he was born in london, england, on december 1, 1889, studied at st. john s college, oxford university (b.a. with honors, 1912, and was a member of the british civil service (1913.51. from 1938 to 1951 lambert was assistant underse

ond century b.c.e. is found in philostratus life of apollonius of tyana and has even less evidential value. damis, a disciple of apollonius, stated that he had seen brahmins suspended in the air at the height of two cubits, and that they could walk there without visible support. the evidential value of records improves as time progresses. st. joseph of copertino was seen to rise in the air with a lamb on his shoulder. once he grasped the confessor of the convent by the hand, snatched him off the floor, and began whirling round with him in midair. another time he seized by the hair an insane nobleman who was brought to him to be healed, uttered his usual shout, and soared up with the patient who finally came down cured. st. teresa of avila and st. john of the cross, while engaged in a conve

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the simple love-charm strung around the neck of the country maiden. witches were prevalent. the poets often chose these sinister figures for their subjects, as when horace described the ghastly rites of two witches in the cemetery of the esquiline. under the light of the new moon they crawled about looking for poisonous herbs and bones. they called the specters to a banquet consisting of a black lamb torn to pieces with their teeth, and afterward these phantoms had to answer the questions of the sorceresses. witches made images of their victims and prayed to the infernal powers for help; hounds and snakes glided over the ground, the moon turned to blood, and as the images were melted so the lives of the victims ebbed away. virgil gives a picture of a sorceress performing love-magic by mea

is time her messages continued. joanna introduced an early feminist view into her messages, claiming that when the time was right, god would use a woman to fulfill divine purpose. she stated, is it a new thing for a woman to deliver her people? did not esther do it? and judith? was it not a woman that nailed sisera to the ground? she became convinced that she herself was the destined bride of the lamb, woman clothed with the sun in revelation (12:1. in 1794, her voice had stated, now i ll tell thee who thou art, the true and faithful bride. southcott alarmed pomeroy with what seemed to him a blasphemous claim, as well as with more prophecies. she demanded that her messages be considered by a panel of clergymen. she wrote to the bishop, the archdeacon, and the chancellor, urging them to vis

d by angels. shiloh southcott was 64 years old when her voice commanded, order twelve gowns for thy wedding. she was greatly disconcerted by this, as she had no desire for matrimony, but in early 1814 the voice added, this year in the sixty-fifth year of thy age thou shalt bear a son by the power of the most high. back in 1794, she had already declared her conviction that she was the bride of the lamb, but now the full significance of this dawned on her. the virgin mary had born a divine son. southcott s child would have a divine destiny. in genesis (49:10) jacob says that the scepter will not depart from judah until shiloh come. this passage has confused and comforted many religious prophets, including richard brothers, who had declared at one point, i am shiloh. southcott believed brothe

5th ed. talisman 1527 sources: beard, charles r. lucks and talismans: a chapter of popular superstition. london: sampson, low, 1934. reprint, new york: blom, 1972. budge, e. a. w. amulets and superstitions. oxford: oxford university press, 1930. reprinted as amulets and talismans. new hyde park, n.y: university books, 1961. fosbrook, thomas d. encyclopedia of antiquities. 2 vols. n.p, 1825, 1840. lamb, geoffrey. discovering magic charms and talismans. uk: shire publications, 1974. lippman, deborah, and paul colin. amulets, charms and talismans: what they mean and how to use them. new york: m. evans, 1974. lockhart, j. g. curses, lucks and talismans. london: geoffrey bles, 1938. reprint, detroit: singing tree press, 1971. pavitt, w. t, and kate pavitt. the book of talismans, amulets, and zo

urred on june 3, 1871. there were ten witnesses, including the two fraudulent mediums, williams and herne, and eight sitters. it was a sequel to herne s previous questionable transportation to guppy-volckman s house. in answer to a witty expressed wish of a sitter, in a moment of time guppy-volckman was apparently carried bodily from her home in highbury (north london) to the house of williams on lamb s conduit street (west central london, a distance of over three miles. the case was the occasion of much facetious comment in the daily press. the echo printed the only serious report. the story was summed up on the basis of the sitters written testimony by abraham wallace in light (1918, p. 259) as follows: neither door nor window could have been opened without the admission of light. after

eed, 1894. there is no death. new york: lovell, coryell, 1891. encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. williams, bessie 1671, ed. the clairvoyance of bessie williams. related by herself. n.p, 1893. williams, charles british materialization medium, claiming the spirit control john king, who worked from 1871 on in partnership with fellow medium frank herne. they gave public seances at 61 lamb s conduit st, in west central london. the first was held under the patronage of the medium agnes guppy-volckman. the famous transportation of guppy-volckman occurred at one of these seances. williams often sat with w. stainton moses, but the results were always very meager. moses was in doubt about the authenticity of williams mediumship and asked his controls for information. they were reluc

efore sleeping. an illustration of it appears in hortus sanitatis by johannis de cuba, strasbourg (ca. 1483. zizis the name that modern jews give to their phylacteries. zlokobinca among the slavs, name for a witch, meaning evil dealer. zoaphite according to the seventeenth-century traveler jan struys, a zoaphite was a species of cucumber that fed on neighboring plants. its fruit had the form of a lamb, with the head, feet, and tail of that animal distinctly apparent, and it is thus called, in the language of the country, canaret, or conarer, signifying a lamb. struys described this plant in his book drie aanmerkelijke en seer rampspoedige (1676, translated as the voyages and travels of jan struys (1684. its skin was covered with a white down. the ancient tartars thought a great deal of it

carefully in their houses, where jan struys says he saw it several times. it grew on a stalk about three feet in height, to which it was attached by a sort of tendril. on this tendril it could move about and turn and bend toward the herbs on which it fed, and without which it soon dried up and withered. wolves loved it, devouring it with avidity, because, reportedly, it tasted like the flesh of a lamb. the author added that he had been assured that it had bones, flesh, and blood, thus being known in its native country as zoaphite, or animal plant. zodiac the zodiac, literally the circle of animals, is constituted by the 12 stellar constellations through which the sun appears to pass in its annual movement through the heavens. the 12 constellations form a belt across the night sky some 8 to

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heir way back to the p r i e s t s house, her friend re m a rked on the figu res. she ran off to notify re l a t i ves. me a nwhile, beirne watched the scene care f u l l y, later p roviding this description to inve s t i g a t o r s: i beheld. not only the three figures, but an altar further on the left of the figure of the blessed virgin mary, and to the left of the bishop and above the altar a lamb about the size of that which is five weeks old. behind the lamb appeared the cross; it was a bit away from the lamb, while the latter stood in front from it, and not resting on the wood of the cross. around the lamb a number of gold-like stars appeared in the form of a halo. this altar was placed right under the window of the gable and more to the east of the figures, all, of course, outside

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on of john s vision of the ancient of days with fiery eyes and a two-edged sword coming from his mouth, etc. the text then goes on to delineate a series of seven sets of seven images. these images have long been regarded as allegorically depicting a linear series of events all occurring in the physical plane, leading to the reemergence of christ, his vanquishing of satan, and his ascension as the lamb of god to the throne on high in the new jerusalem. however, from the perspective of the mystical qabalah, the series of images listed in the revelation provide an allusion for the process of mystical awakening through the four worlds in the ascension of a specialized version of the single-column tree of life of the treasuries of the house of elohim. the series of images from revelation are pr

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es, the better to fit them for the builder's use, but we as free and accepted masons are taught to make use of it for the more noble and glorious purpose of divesting our minds and consciences of all the vices and superfluities of life, thereby fitting us as living stones for that spiritual building, that house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. second section. the badge of a mason. the lamb has in all ages been deemed an emblem of innocence. he, therefore, who wears the.lambskin as a badge of masonry, is thereby continually reminded of that purity of life and conduct which is essentially necessary to his gaining admission into the celestial lodge above, where the supreme architect of the universe presides. maine masonic text book file//c /grand lodge/bluebook/bluebook1.htm (8 of

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ngle or view point we note again that solomon's temple is the solar universe and hiram abiff, the grand master, is the sun which travels around the twelve signs of the zodiac, enacting there the mystic drama of the masonic legend. at the vernal equinox the sun leaves the watery sign of pisces, which is also feminine and docile, for the belligerent, martial, energetic, fiery sign aries, the ram or lamb, where it is exalted in power. it fills the universe with a creative fire which is immediately seized upon by the innumerable billions of nature spirits who therewith build the temple of the coming year in forest and fen. the forces of fecundation applied to the countless seeds slumbering in the ground causes them to germinate and fill the earth with luxuriant vegetation while the group spiri

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by followers of shiva, who wear it in their foreheads. shiva is another infernal name listed in the satanic bible as another name for satan! meyer wrote this in, the order of the eastern star, p. 20; ward wrote this information in, freemasonry and the ancient gods, london: simpkin, marshall, hamilton, kent and co, ltd, 1921, p. 10-11. occult writer, r.p. lawrie krishna said the same thing in the lamb slain- supreme sacrifice. the hexagram uniting the water triangle with the fire triangle, the hexagram is formed. it forms a six pointed star also known as the seal of solomon. this symbol is a counterfeit star of david, the national symbol of israel(god's chosen nation. the difference between the star of david and the occult seal is the triangles which make up the occult seal interlock and t

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imilar to what is described in st. luke's gospel (ch. 1 and 2) of jesus christ, the son of the virgin mary, and which is found also in the gospel of st. matthew (ch. 1) as an addition not met with in the earliest manuscripts"[130] which fact has caused sharpe, from whom the above is quoted, to suggest that both accounts may have been of egyptian origin [130] barlow, symbolism, p. 127. the titles "lamb "anointed" etc, which were applied to christ, all appear attached to former in- carnations of the sun, the first named standing for the sun in aries. the effigies of a crucified savior found in ireland and scotland in connection with the figure of a lamb, a bull, or an elephant, the latter of which is not a native of those countries, shows that they do not represent christ, but a crucified su

he other side was a sumptuous cross, beneath which were two figures, the one evidently female, the other male. in cordiner's antiquities of scotland is a description of an elaborately carved obelisk. on one side of this column appears a mammoth cross, and underneath it are figures of uncouth animals. among these carvings are to be seen the bulbul of iran, the boar of vishnu, the elk, the fox, the lamb, and a number of dancing human figures. in fact all the configurations are not only in their nature and import essentially eastern, but are actually the symbols of the various animal forms under which "the people of the east contemplated the properties of the godhead" carnac, in upper egypt, is a monolith of the same symbolic character. it is hewn from a solid block of black granite and is ei

at the practice of sacrificing human beings and animals took its rise in the western parts of the world after the sun entered aries, and that it subsequently extended even to the followers of the tauric worship, among whom it was carried to a frightful extent. it is also thought that the history of cain and abel is an allegory of the followers of crishna to justify their sacrifice of the yajna or lamb "in opposition to the buddhist offering of bread and wine, or water, made by cain and practiced by melchizedek"[163 [163] anacalypsis, vol. i, p. 101. it is now positively known that all over the world, during a certain stage of religious belief, either human beings or animals were, at stated seasons, sacrificed to the deity. of the universality of this practice faber says "throughout the who

t from some common source"[164 [164] the origin of pagan idolatry, vol. i, book 2, p. 465. dr. shuckford is constrained to admit that the sacrifices and ceremonies of purification practiced by abraham and his descendants and those of surrounding peoples, were identical, with only "such trifling changes as distance of countries and length of time might be expected to produce" the substitution of a lamb in the place of isaac would seem to indicate a change from child-slaughter to that of animals. sacrifices were offerings to the god of pro- creation. certain representatives of the life which he had bestowed must be returned to him as a free-will gift. in many countries, the victims offered to the deity were captives taken in war; but, as prisoners of war and slaves were not permitted to join

es of christianity" it is plain, however, that the christians had the better of the argument for "the cross being uneasy under the weight of the temple overthrew it" on the coins of decius, the great persecutor of the christians, is to be observed the monogram of christ which is also the monogram of osiris and jupiter ammon. on a medal proved to be phoenician appear the cross, the rosary, and the lamb. there is another form of the same monogram which signifies dcviii. these devices although in use hundreds of years prior to the christian era are all said to be monograms of christ. at the present time they may be seen in almost every church in italy. in the cave of elephanta, in india, appears the cross in connection with the figure which represents male reproductive power. inman relates th

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or what not. so the egyptians at the time of rameses, or especially in the later weak, degenerated ramesides, copied the hieroglyphics of their great predeces255 sors. well, the bull symbol in the course of time,andabout the period when moses was born, gives way to the symbol before it, aries. moving backward through the signs, the sun atthevernal equinox occupies the sign of aries, and then the lamb or the ram comes to be worshipped allover the world. and whenisay 'worship ,idonotmean literally, but that the lamb or ram symbol is taken as the glyph of the supreme god;and,the ram is also the symbol of thesun.and so, when the sun is rising at the vernal equinox in the sign of the ram, we have thelordon his own throne, so to speak, and that is one reason for what otherwise might be a very c

es, a conventional sign. long ago the sun movedoutof the constellation, but still astronomers kept up an imaginary zodiac, an ecliptic with imaginary divisions, called after the old signs, and they stuck to the name of aries. i have no doubt any astronomer could give you a dozen reasons why. the occult reason why is, that thatsign-thesun on his own throne, symbolising the male principleslain..the lamb slain before the foundation of the .184 the sorcerer and his apprenticeworld, showing, too, the moon, his mate- is the glyph of the whole period, the supreme glyph. the lamb of god is the glyph, one supreme glyphofthechristian church all over the world now just as much as the pascal lamb in the time of moses, the ram symbol of zeus, the ram of phryxos helle, and the ram of many another mythol

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will lead the lost tribes of israel in the end times. and they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, the gnostic handbook page 94 and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth. these are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. these are they which follow the lamb whithersoever he goeth. these were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto god and to the lamb. revelation 13:3-4 the celestial class are those who have reached perfection through the path of transfiguration and achieved a state of godhood. they continue to incarnate on earth working with the will (logos) of the lord of wisdom. in the end time the 144,000 in conjunction with the c

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id in egypt under enoch, and will lead the lost tribes of israel in the end times. and they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth. these are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. these are they which follow the lamb whithersoever he goeth. these were gnostic theurgy page 132 redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto god and to the lamb. revelation 13:3-4 the celestial class are those who have reached perfection through the transfiguration and achieved a state of godhood. they continue to incarnate on earth, working with the divine will (logos. at the omega day the 144,000, in conjunction with t

demonstrate that the death system of the dialectic could be overcome and this is exactly what he did! throughout the old testament the messiah is foretold in both type and in prophecy. the whole body of law, sacrifice and ceremony foreshadowed the death and resurrection of jesus; the furniture, fabrics, structure..all aspects of the tabernacle, hinted at what was to come and the sacrifice of the lamb was to foretell this future role. in the cosmology of the bogomils, as the fall was caused by an immortal, satanel, so the power of the fall could only be destroyed by an immortal- michael. by fulfilling the prophecies and becoming a willing sacrifice jesus became the free offering which illustrated the way in which the world of the archons could be overcome. what jesus offered was a new way

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"in the center of the earth, in the mountain of caverns, the mystic mountain of abi-agnus" chief adept "mighty adeptus major, what is this mystic mountain of abi-agnus" second adept "it is the mountain of god in the center of the universe, the sacred rosicrucian mountain of initiation" chief adept "associate adeptus minor, what is the meaning of this title, abeignus" third adept "it is abi-agnus, lamb of the father. it is by metathesis abi-genos, born of the father, bia-genos, strength of our race, and the four words make the sentence, mountain of the lamb of the father, and the strength of our race. iao. hwchy. such are the words (all salute with 5=6 signs) chief adept "mighty adeptus major, what is the key to this vault" second adept "the rose and cross, which resume the life of nature a

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pe was the vault" third adept "a heptagon of seven sides" chief adept "mighty adeptus exemptus, to what do these seven sides allude" second adept "seven are the lower sephiroth, seven are the palaces, seven are the days of creation. seven in the height above, seven in the depth below" chief adept "mighty adeptus exemptus what is the meaning of this title 'abi- agnus" third adept "it is abi-agnus, lamb of the father. it is by metathesis, abigenos, born of the father. bia-genos, strength of our race, and the four words make the sentence "mountain of the lamb of our father and the strength of our race. iao. yehashuah. such are the words" chief adept "mighty adeptus exemptus, what is the key of this vault" 4 second adept "the rose and cross which are hidden in the power of the word i.n.r.i" ch

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nd peter are travelling together, peter has to dress the dinner, and he bites a leg off the roast chicken (wolf's wodana, p. 180; in the latin poem of heriger, belonging to the tenth century, peter is called in so many words head-cook of heaven, and a droll fellow secretly eats a piece of lung off the roast, as in marchen no. 81 brother lustig, travelling with peter, steals the heart of the roast lamb, and elsewhere the landsknecht or the swabian steals the liver. this seems to be all the same myth, for the circumstance that peter plays by turns the culprit and the god whose attendant is in fault, may itself be of very old date: even the heathen stories may have made oc)iun and loki change places. loki is all the more a cook, a roast-stcalcr, and therefore on a line with peter, as even the

when once, by a fatal confusion of 1 lex sal. 22. lex rip. 83. lex visigoth, vi. 2, 2. 3, 4. lex alam, add. 22. capitul. a.d. 789 cap. 18. capit. ii. a.d. 805. 2 meicbelbom no. 683: a.d. 853, a girl at freising, venefica; a.d. 1028' malefica mulier artes maleficas cum tribus aliis mulieribus exercens' pertz 6, 146; a.d. 1074 at cologne' mulier homines plerumque magicis artibus dementare infamata' lamb, scbafn. p. 375^ capit. caroli de part. sax. 5' si quis adiabolo deceptus crediderit secundum morem paganorum, virum aliquem aut feminam strigam esse, et homines comedere, et propter hoc ipsam incenderit, vel carnem ejus ad comedendum dederit, capitis sententia punietur' lex both. 379' uullus praesumat aldiam alienam aut ancillam quasi strigam occidere, quod christianis mentihus nullatenus es

(raven, the other over the wolf. servian mothers name a son they have longed for, vuk, wolf: then the witches can't eat him up. so greeks and eomans thought kvdakos lyciscus a lucky name, ohg. glosses render lyciscus (the animal) wolfbizo, and there may have been a man's name wolfbizo, one bitten by the wolf, and thereby protected. vuk sub v' vuko-yechna' says, if one in the family way eats of a lamb or goat that the wolf has bitten to death, the babe she gives birth to will shew a wound, which they call vukoyedina, i.e. wolfbizo. they also cut the wolf's bite out of a lamb or goat, smoke-di-y it, and preserve it as a sanative (see suppl. guiding beasts. buried alive. 1141 qui dicliut cervum quibusdani huuuis vonautibus, cum per lacum ab illis fugeret, monstrasse viam' hunters the stag le

as to be raised, as if they were a sacrifice offered to earth, who bears the load upon, 1142 superstition. hev: by this iuliuman rite they hoped to secure immovable stability or other advantages. danish traditions tell of a iamb being built in under the altar, that the church might stand unshaken; and of a live horse being buried in every churchyard, before any corpse was laid in it (p. 841. both lamb and horse occasionally shew themselves in church or churchyard, and the apparition betokens a death (tliiele 1, 136-7. even under other houses sivine and fowls are buried alive (1, 198, superst. i, 472 says, a long spell of good weather can be brought on by walling-in a code; and 755 a cow^s 'running* be prevented by bricking up a blind dog alive under the stable-door. in time of murrain, the

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whirl and noise explored the future. the norse name for such a vortex is fors, dan. fos, and the isl. sog. 1, 226 expressly say, blotafti forsin (worshipped the. the legend of the river- sprite fossegrim was touched upon, p. 493; and in such a fors dwelt the dwarf andvari (seem. 180. fornald. sog. 1, 152. but animal sacrifices seem to have been specially due to the whirlpool (80/09, as the black lamb (or goat) to the fossegrim; arid the passages quoted from agathias on pp. 47, 100, about the alamanns offering horses to the rivers and ravines, are to the same purpose. the iliad 21, 131 says of the skamander: co brf sr)9a troxet? lepevere ravpov, cool&gt? s ev sivrjat kaoiere (lo, to the river this long time many a bull have ye hallowed, many a whole-hoofed horse have ye dropped alive i

s hist. switz. 2, 92 (a.d. 1333. nota est in eligiis tibulli januae personificatio, cui amantes dolores suos narrant, quam orant, quam increpant; erat enim daemoniaca quaedam vis januarum ex opinione veterum, dissen s tib. 1, clxxix. conf. hartung s eel. der born. 2, 218 seq. 630 elements (ra. 265. faculis et faustis acclamationibus, ut prioribus regibus assueverant, obviam ei (non) procedebant/ lamb, schafn. ad an. 1077. of what we now call illumination, the lighting up of streets and avenues, there are probably older instances than those i am able to quote: von kleinen kerzen manec schoup geleit uf olboume loup/ of little tapers many a cluster ranged in olive bower, parz. 82, 25. detmar (ed. grautoff 1, 301) on the emp. charles iws entry into lubeck: des nachtes weren die luchten bernde

o be his maj-inde, by dropping a wreath on her head. winter and his conflict with may are no longer mentioned vol. n. z 776 summee and winter. in the schonish and danish festival. many towns had regularly organized majgreve gilde. 1 bat as the may-fire in denmark was called gadeild/ gate (street) fire, so was the leader of the may-feast a gadebasse (gate bear, and his maiden partner gadelam (gate lamb) or gadinde; gadebasse and gadinde there fore mean the same as maigreve and maigrevinde.2 there is a remarkable description in mundelstrup s spec, gentilismi etiamnum superstitis, hafn. 1684 &lt; qui ex junioribus rusticis contum stipulis accensis flammatum efiicacius versus sidera tollere potuerit, praeses (gadebasse) incondite omnium clamore declaratur, nee non eodem tempore sua cuique

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tenets of the faith of the new church is meant by these words in the apocalypse,"hethat sat upon the throne said, behold, i make all things new; and he said unto me, write, for these words are true and faithful" chap.xxi.,5.thatthe new church about to be establishedbythe lord is the new jerusalem, treated of in the apocalypse, chap.xxi.andxxii.,which is there called the bride and the wife of the lamb.'200therosicrucianseernerves of the eye and eyelids; or, in mr braid's own words 'my phenomena, i consider, arise entirely from the patient keeping his eyes fixed in one position,and thegreaterthestrainon them the better, and the mind rivetted to one idea' on the contrary, when inspecting the crystal, it is held in the party's hand, in the position most easy to himself, and he retains the ful

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without the body, they would have been the same. that the kind of fear here treated is purely spiritual- that it is strong in proportion as it is objectless on earth, that it predominates in the period of our sinless infancy- are difficulties the solution of which might afford some probable insight into our ante-mundane condition, and a peep at least into the shadowland of pre-existence- charles lamb: witches and other night-fears i. when a traveller in north central massachusetts takes the wrong fork at the junction of aylesbury pike just beyond dean's corners he comes upon a lonely and curious country. the ground gets higher, and the brier-bordered stone walls press closer and closer against the ruts of the dusty, curving road. the trees of the frequent forest belts seem too large, and

n the flaming thing burst into sight at a point where the curwen farm ought to lie, and the human cries of desperate and frightened men were heard. muskets flashed and cracked, and the flaming thing fell to the ground. a second flaming thing appeared, and a shriek of human origin was plainly distinguished. fenner wrote that he could even gather a few words belched in frenzy: almighty, protect thy lamb! then there were more shots, and the second flaming thing fell. after that came silence for about three-quarters of an hour; at the end of which time little arthur fenner, luke's brother, exclaimed that he saw "a red fog" going up to the stars from the accursed farm in the distance. no one but the child can testify to this, but luke admits the significant coincidence implied by the panic of a

ISIS UNVEILED

per- ceiving, finally, that her thunderbolts directed even against crowned digitizecoy google examples of papal vmjperation 7 heads fall about as harmlessly as the jovian lightnings of offenbach's cakkaa, borne turns about in powerless fury against the victimized jtrotigh of the emperor of russia the unfortimate bulgarians and servians. undisturbed by evidence and sarcasm, unbaffled by proof 'the lamb of the vatican' impartially divides his wrath between the liberals of italy "the impious whose breath has the stench of the sepulcher* the "schismatic russian sarmates" and the heretics and spirituidists "who worship at the bottomless pit where the great dragon lies in wait" mr. gladstone went to the trouble of making a catalog of what he terms the "flowers of speech" disseminated through the

d swept away in its course that best ally of the church, the roman catholic aristocracy. a sure founda- tion was now laid for the right of individual opinion. the worid was freed from ecclesiastical tyranny by opening an unobstmcted path to napoleon the great, who had given the deathblow to the inquisition. this great slaughter-house of the christian church wherein she butcboed in the name of the lamb all the sheep arbitrarily declared scrofulous was in ruins, and she found herself left to her own responsi- bility and resources. digitizecoy google iflracles by the laity s8 so long as the phenomena had appeared only sporadically, she had always felt herself powerful enough to repress this consequences. superstition and belief in the devil were as strong as ever, and science had sot yet dare

cred characters. he wore on the head a tall pointed cap, on the front of which was written in hebrew the holy word, the tetragrammaton the ineffable name. it was writtrai with a new pen dipped in the blood of a white dove. what the exordsts most yearned after, was to release miserable spirits wkich haunt spots v^ere hidden treasures lie. the exorcist sprinkles the circle with the blood of a black lamb and a white pigeon. the priest had to adjure the evil spirits of hell acheront, magoth, asmodei, bedzebub, beual, and all the damned souls, in the mighty names of jehovah, adonai, elohah, and sabaoth, which latter was the god of abraham, isaac, and jacob, who dwelt in the urim and thummim. when the damned souls flung in the face of the exorcist that he was a sinner, and could not get the trea

would have considered it sacrilegious to represent in any way or shape their master. the only authorized image of jesus, even in the days of tertullian, was an auegorical representation of the 'good shepherd" which was no portndt, but the figure of a man with a jackal-bead, like annbis" on this gem, as seen in the collection of gnostic amulets, the good shepherd bears upon his shoulders the lost lamb. he seems to have a human head upon his neck; but, as king correctly observes "it only seems k) to the uninitiated eye" on closer inspection, he becomes the double-headed anubis, having one head human, the other a jackal's, while his girdle assumes the form of a serpent rearing aloft its created head "this figure" adds the author of the onostica etc "had two meanings one obvious for the vulga

al way, running from below upward, in reversed order, and forming the egyptian tau. around these there is a legend which, as the gem is not our property, we are not at liberty to give. the tau, in its mystical sense, as well as the crux aiuaia, is the trtt of lije. it is well known that the earuest christian emblems before it was ever attempted to represent the bodily appearance of jesus were the lamb, the good shepherd, and th fisk. the origin of the latter em- blem, which has so puzsled the archaeologists, thus becomes comprehen- sible. the whole secret lies in the easily- ascertained fact that, while in the kabala the king messiah b called 'interpreter' or revealer of the mystery, and shown to be the fifth emanation, in the tiumttd for reasons we will now explain the messiah is very oft

JASMUHEEN THE FOOD OF GODS

ished. it is said that when we first took form on this planet we had a different bio-system that was self-sustaining and needed neither food nor fluid; we have evolved over time to our current system and our future bio-system evolution depends on our lifestyle and choices. divine nutrition: the madonna frequency& the food of gods with jasmuheen 95 question 2: can the lion really lay down with the lamb as per the biblical prophecy of true peace among all kingdoms? answer q2: again this is to do with the morphogenetic field. if we eliminate the aggressive nature of human kind and cease the slaughter of human and animal life, this will change the social and planetary biofield resonance powerfully enough to imprint all kingdoms. if we then ensure that all individuals are plugged in to energy c

ic, aware and begin to act like loving respectful masters; then obviously this too will also imprint all kingdoms. i have often said as i travel that the level of aggression we see in the animal kingdom is a mirror of the level of aggression that we see in the human kingdom. eliminate our human aggression, and boost our divine love radiation capacity, and we will see the lion laying down with the lamb reality. question 3: how do people who are nourished by just prana, maintain their body weight? answer q3: simplistically this is to do with attitude and programming and faith. it is also to do with the science of our mind/body connection and how convinced we are that each cell of the body truly listens to our thoughts and commands and how if we act like masters, the body must obey our comman

JENNINGS HARGRAVE ROSICRUCIANS RITES MYSTERIES

s memoires historiques for the year 1687, tome i. p. 365. the chief particulars of our own narrative are extracted from an old book in our collection treating of well-attested relations of the sages, and of life protracted by their art for several centuries: hermippus redivivus; or, the sage s triumph over old age and the grave. london, second edition, much enlarged. printed for j. nourse, at the lamb, against catherine street in the strand, in the year 1749" signor gualdi. 31 and thus much for the history of signor gualdi, who was suspected to be a rosicrucian. we shall have further interesting notices of these unaccountable people as we proceed. the egyptian eve trampling the dragon. the labarum. chapter the sixth. the hermetic brethren. he following passages occur in a letter published

most successful readings are probably guesses only, founded on readily accepted likeness and likeliness. the temple church, london, presents many mythic figures which have a rosicrucian expression. in the spandrels of the arches of the long church, besides the beaus ant, which is repeated in many places, there are the armorial figures following: argent, on a cross gules, the agnus dei, or paschal lamb, or; gules, the agnus dei, displaying over the right shoulder the standard of the temple; or, a banner, triple cloven, bearing a cross gules; azure, a cross prolonged, potent, issuant out of the crescent moon argent, horns upwards; on either side of the cross, a star or. this latter figure signifies the virgin mary, and displays the cross as rising like the pole, or mast of a ship (argha, out

uthority. a snake-headed rod or staff signifies military dominion. a snaky rod or sceptre is the lituus, or augur s divining-rod, when it is curved at the lower as well as the upper end. it is said that this was the sceptre of romulus. fig. 251. we give in another place the procession of the logos, or word, according to the gnostics. fig. 252: the good shepherd bearing upon his shoulders the lost lamb, as he seems to the uninitiated eye: but on close inspection he becomes the double-headed anubis; having one head human, the other a jackal s, whilst his girdle assumes the form of a serpent, rearing aloft its crested head. in his hand is a long hooked staff. it was perhaps the signet of some chief teacher or apostle among the gnostics, and its impression one of the tokens serving for mutual

KETAB E SIYAH

ould tremble the very foundations of hell even as did the great war the bastions of heaven. and messiah called to him uriel, archangel of terror, to whom he said, the earth must change, and every sense of man must teach him repugnance and fear. he shall know this the price of his new identity- that all apart from god is evil- and in fear shall he abandon the gift of satan and become once more the lamb of god. to which uriel answered, it shall be done, but how will man learn of such things as heaven and hell, for as yet he knows no sight that may perceive our celestial paradise? messiah answered, the laws of god shall be made known to man, for i shall teach him. among men will be some to whom i shall reveal myself, and great powers will i give these prophets, that their words may carry acro

LAITMAN M THE PATH OF KABBALAH

ists describe the upper world for us? answer: they do this to help us begin to feel them. man was created to feel the upper worlds and to feel the creator. we, who cannot see the beginning of creation, the reason for it, are unable to see its end and ultimate purpose. therefore, we are also unable to understand the meaning of our lives. if a researcher from another world were to examine a day-old lamb and a day-old child, he would determine that the human infant has very little prospect of evolving successfully, whereas the lamb, which can already walk and understand its surroundings, is certainly headed for a brighter future. the alien would assume that nature gave the lamb everything necessary for life and therefore it would evolve much more successfully than the infant. pa r t f o u r:

e it would evolve much more successfully than the infant. pa r t f o u r: p r o p e r s t u d y 297 that is what any alien would think of our world. it would reach this conclusion because it would not be able to see the final state, after the completion of the development of each species. it would miss the part when the human infant makes a breakthrough and reaches far beyond the evolution of the lamb. if we do not (as is our current situation) see the final goal, our purpose, if we stay confined to our own world, we will continue to believe that our lives begin and end in this world. that is why kabbalists repeatedly mention in every book that even if one does not understand what one is reading, but seemingly just reads, by that one is still unconsciously extending the spiritual light tha

LEADBEATER CW GLIMPSES OF MASONIC HISTORY

of rsycrs or the rosy cross. the degree of hrdm is divided into two parts, the passage of the bridge, and the admission to the cabinet of wisdom. it has certain resemblances to some of the degrees of the ancient and accepted scottish rite. its form has been very grossly corrupted to make it agree with the most extravagant form of modern protestantism, with references to the blood of jesus, to the lamb and the book, etc. the quest for the word is analagous to that undertaken in the rose-croix, though the degrees are quite different. our 18 has little to do with the symbolism of the royal order, although the purpose of the two rites is the same. the 46 of the rite of mizraim (sovereign prince rose-croix of kilwinning and of heredom) has a close resemblance to the ritual of the royal order, b

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

ract to itself all the influences of ill luck that would otherwise have fallen upon the household. early christians continued to use many of the amulets of the ancients. the medieval catholic church promoted the use of numerous holy charms including rosaries and holy relics. the most common charm was the agnus dei, a small cake of wax originally made out of passover candles, bearing images of the lamb and flag. when blessed by the pope, the agnus dei protected the wearer against attacks by the devil, thunder, lightning, fire, drowning, death in childbirth, and other dangers. in the seventeenth century, rosaries were blessed as amulets against fire, tempest, fever, and evil spirits. the idea that a charm needed to be consecrated in order to be effective is behind the belief that a lucky cha

in which the world as we know it would eventually come to an end. the polarized divinities lucifer and jehovah; christ and satan will be unified in this endtime. this notion is reflected in such passages from process scripture as: through love, christ and satan have destroyed their enmity and come together for the end, christ to judge, satan to execute the judgement. christ and satan joined, the lamb and the goat, pure love descended from the pinnacle of heaven, united with pure hatred raised from the depths of hell. the end is now. the new beginning is to come (bainbridge, 1997, 245. the process organized its membership into a hierarchy of: acolyte, initiate, outside messenger (op, inside messenger (ip, prophets, priests, and masters. the de grimstons constituted a distinct status, refer

ificial animal to the deity. in viking sacrifices, blood was frequently spread on the participants. similar practices are found in many other religions, even in ancient israel, where sprinkling blood on the altar was a preliminary to burning the sacrificial animal. the sacrificial practices of the early hebrews are familiar to the west through the hebrew scriptures (the old testament. the paschal lamb, eaten at passover, represents a sacrifice celebrating the rescue of the israelites from egypt. animals are sacrificed in a number of contemporary tribal religions, as well as such contemporary syncretisms as vodoun and santeria. santerians, who traditionally sacrifice fowl, lambs, and goats, and leave the remains in public places, have been often attacked by animal-rights groups. various att

apprentice devil.wormwood was, however, originally the designation for an angel that is described in revelation 8:10 11. this account of the end of the world tells how john of patmos first had visions of the impending disaster. to begin with, god is seen on his throne in heaven 282 wormwood holding a scroll kept closed with seven seals that no one can open except for a seven-eyed and sevenhorned lamb (christ. the narrative goes on to relate how with each opening of a seal another cataclysmic or wondrous event occurs for the earth. first there is the release of the four horsemen of the apocalypse:war, famine, death, and civil conflict. this is followed by martyrs calling out for justice, then an earthquake on earth while the sun turns black and the moon red.when the seventh and last seal i

LIBER CXCVII STORY OF SIR PALAMEDES

g prateth of it as evangelical. her he hewed in pieces. sir palamdes, the saracen knight vi xiii. at naples he thinketh of the beast as author of evil, because free of will. the beast, starting up, is slain by him with a poisoned arrow; but at the moment of its death it is reborn from the knight.s own belly. xiv. at rome he meeteth a red robber in a hat, who speaketh nobly of it as of a king-dove-lamb. he chaseth and slayeth it; it proves but a child fs toy. xv. in a tuscan grove he findeth, from the antics of a satyr, that the gods sill dwell with men. mistaking orgasm for ecstasty, he is found ridiculous. xvi. baiting for it with gilded corn in a moonlit vale of spain, he findeth the bait stolen by vermin. xvii. in crete a metaphysician weaveth a labyrinth. sir palamede compelleth him to

at .whither away, sir knight, so fey .priest, for the dove on ararat i could not, nor i will not, stay .i know thy quest. seek on in vain a golden hart with silver horns! life springeth out of divers pains. what crown the king of kings adorns? a crown of gems? a crown of thorns! the questing beast is like a king in face, and hath a pigeon.s wing and claw; its body is one fleece of bloody white, a lamb.s in spring. enough. sir knight, i give thee peace. the knight spurs on, and soon espies a monster coursing on the plain. he hears the horrid questing rise and thunder in his weary brain. this time, to slay it or be slain! liber cxcvii 32 too easy task! the charger gains stride after stride with little pains upon the lumbering, flapping thing. he stabs the lamb, and splits the brains of that

LIBER LXVII THE SWORD OF SONG

is now quite clear even of the smallest taint of earth. supplanting god, the man has birth(.new birth. you.ll call the same, i fear) transcends the ordinary sphere and flies in the direction .x (there lies the fourth dimension) vex my soul no more with mistranslations from genesis to revelations, but leave me with the flaming star,75 jeheshua (see thou zohar!)76 and thus our formidable pigeon-77 lamb-and-old-gentleman religion fizzles in smoke, and i am found attacking nothing. here.s the ground, pistols, and coffee.three in one (alas, o rabbi schimeon) but never a duellist.no son, no father, and (to please us most) decency pleads.no holy ghost! all vanish at the touch of truth, a cobweb trio.like, in sooth, 705 710 715 720 725 730 735 740 mystical mean-ing of .ascen-sion day. futility of

ask. 709. a cannibal.74.this word is inept, as it predicates humanity of christian-hate- christian. j.accuse the english language: anthropophagous must always remain a comic word. 731. the flaming star.75.or pentagram, mystically referred to jeheshua. 732. zohar.76..splendour. the three central books of the dogmatic qabalah. 733. pigeon.77.says an old writer, whom i translate roughly .thou to thy lamb and dove devoutly bow, but leave me, prithee, yet my hawk and cow: and i approve thy greybeard dotard.s smile, if thou wilt that of egypt.s crocodile. 746. lost! lost! lost !78.see the lay of the last minstrel. 759. ain elohim.79..there is no god. so our bible. but this is really the most sublime affirmation of the qabalist .ain is god. for the meaning of ain, and of this idea, see .berashith

s so as to leave only ain, not, or nothing. 3 to (1+ 10+ 50) 3 2 he adds 300, shin, the flame of the spirit= 666. 4 666= 6 111. 111= aleph, the ox. 5 his journeys as initiator. griphus viii. griphus ix. griphus x. culpa urbium nota terr. nechesh. ambrosii magi hortis rosarum 85 and fifty and eight years,1 set forth upon a journey into the mystic mountain of the caves. he took with him his son,2 a lamb, life, and strength, for these four were the keys of that mountain. so by ten days and fifty days and two hundred days and yet ten days he went forth. after ten days fell a thunderbolt, whirling through black clouds of rain: after sixty the road split in two, but he travelled on both at once: after two hundred and sixty, the sun drove away the rain, and the star shone in the day-time, making

LIBER MMCMXI NOTE ON GENESIS

the dawning sun of creation; m, the mother, the blue ray of the great primaval waters; c, the son, the red ray: the ruach elohim* symbol of the red fire of god, which brooded (v. 2) upon the face of the waters: or like the red glory that lights up the heavens at dawn, when the golden sun illumines the waters above the firmament. now this red glory is the ignis dei. which is also the agnus dei, or lamb of god that destroyeth (literally burns out) the sins of the world. as it is written in the ordinary of the mass: the priest goeth unto the south of the altar and prays .o agnus dei! qui tollis.qui tollis peccata mundi.dona nobis pacem. and this fire, this lamb of god, is aries, symbol of the dawning year: whose colour also is as the red fire, and which is the head of the fiery triplicity in

s greater than his father. in alchemy we have again the descending arc, for we find that the red powder cast upon the water of the metals produceth the golden sol. but it is important not to confuse. the christians have terribly muddled their trinity by making the son the second instead of the third principle* remember that the enumeration of the name \yhla jwr is 300= c [lat .fire of god [lat .o lamb of god! who takest away.who takest away the sins of the world.give us peace] liber mmcmxi 10 whilst with them the holy spirit at one time symbolizes the mother and at another the son. thus at the annunciation and at the baptism of the christ the s.s. appeareth as a dove, emblem of$ and the mother: whilst the s.s. that descended upon the apostles at pentecost was in reality the spirit of the c

of three hebrew words, which are the names of the persons thereof, viz: b ben, the son. jwr ruach, the spirit (here the mother. ba ab, the father note how here again the son is first for humanity and the father last. these three letters, then, symbolise the three in one unmanifest. yet is there in them the all-potency of life. for 2+ 2+ 1= 5, the symbol of power, mother supernal, and h also is a, lamb of god and dawn of the life of the year. wherefore in them lieth concealed and hidden, not alone the divine white brilliance of the three supernals (awh, cwdqw [wrb, but even also that gleaming glory which partaketh of the redness, and which cometh from the bornless age, which is beyond kether. as it is written in ancient hindu scripture .in the beginning desire, t.nh, arose in it: which was

LIBER XLI THIEN TAO

at; a greater than darwin, and the minister in his pulpit give open thanks to god. gthe instructed infidel shall no longer sneer at the church-goer, for he will have been compelled to go to church until he saw the good points as well as the bad; and the instructed devotee will no longer detest the blasphemer, because he will have laughed with ingersoll and saladin. ggive the lion the heart of the lamb, and the lamb the force of the lion; and they will lie down in peace together. h kwaw ceased, and the heavy and regular breathing of juju assured him that his words had not been wasted; at last that restless and hurried soul had found supreme repose. kwaw tapped the gong. gi have achieved my task, h said he to the obsequious major-domo, gi pray leave to retire from the presence. h gi beg your

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

christened man--the essenes--the arthurian cycle--merlin the mage. 177 the cross and the crucifixion the aurea legenda--the 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

s forgotten; nearly all the salient incidents recorded in the four gospels have their correlations in the movements, phases, or functions of the heavenly bodies. among other allegories borrowed by christianity from pagan antiquity is the story of the beautiful, blueeyed sun god, with his golden hair falling upon his shoulders, robed from head to foot in spotless white and carrying in his arms the lamb of god, symbolic of the vernal equinox. this handsome youth is a composite of apollo, osiris, orpheus, mithras, and bacchus, for he has certain characteristics in common with each of these pagan deities. the philosophers of greece and egypt divided the life of the sun during the year into four parts; therefore they symbolized the solar man by four different figures. when he was born in the wi

are accepted by modern astronomers as a basis of calculation. the vernal equinox is therefore said to occur in the constellation of aries (the ram. it is fitting that of all beasts a ram should be placed at the head of the heavenly flock forming the zodiacal band. centuries before the christian era, the pagans revered this constellation. godfrey higgins states "this constellation was called the 'lamb of god' he was also called the 'savior' and was said to save mankind from their sins. he was always honored with the appellation of 'dominus' or 'lord' he was called the 'lamb of god which taketh away the sins of the world' the devotees addressing him in their litany, constantly repeated the words 'o lamb of god, that taketh away the sin of the world, have mercy upon us. grant us thy peace' t

e was also called the 'savior' and was said to save mankind from their sins. he was always honored with the appellation of 'dominus' or 'lord' he was called the 'lamb of god which taketh away the sins of the world' the devotees addressing him in their litany, constantly repeated the words 'o lamb of god, that taketh away the sin of the world, have mercy upon us. grant us thy peace' therefore, the lamb of god is a title given to the sun, who is said to be reborn every year in the northern hemisphere in the sign of the ram, although, due to the existing discrepancy between the signs of the zodiac and the actual star groups, it actually rises in the sign of pisces. the summer solstice is regarded as occurring in cancer (the crab, which the egyptians called the scarab--a beetle of the family l

symbols were adopted during different ages of the earth's history; for during the 2,160 years the sun was in the constellation of taurus, it is said that the solar deity assumed the body of apis, and the bull became sacred to osiris (for details concerning the astrological ages as related to biblical symbolism, see the message of the stars by max and augusta foss heindel) during the aryan age the lamb was held sacred and the priests were called shepherds. sheep and goats were sacrificed upon the altars, and a scapegoat was appointed to bear the sins of israel. during the age of pisces, the fish was the symbol of divinity and the sun god fed the multitude with two small fishes. the frontispiece of inman's ancient faiths shows the goddess isis with a fish on her head; and the indian savior g

tation, figuring, or colors of any kind (see symbolism) to mars, the ancient plane of cosmic energy, the atlantean and chaldean "star gazers" assigned aries as a diurnal throne and scorpio as a nocturnal throne. those not raised to spiritual life by initiation are described as "dead from the sting of a scorpion" for they wander in the night side of divine power. through the mystery of the paschal lamb, or the attainment of the golden fleece, these soul are raised into the constructive day power of mars in aries--the symbol of the creator. when worn over the area related to the animal passions, the pure lambskin signifies the regeneration of the procreative forces and their consecration to the service of the deity. the size of the apron, exclusive of the flap, makes it the symbol of salvati

eternal renovation. the white bull was also symbolically sacred as the appointed emblem of the initiates, signifying the spiritualized material bodies of both man and nature. when the vernal equinox no longer occurred in the sign of taurus, the sun god incarnated in the constellation of aries and the ram then became the vehicle of the solar power. thus the sun rising in the sign of the celestial lamb triumphs over the symbolic serpent of darkness. the lamb is a familiar emblem of purity because of its gentleness and the whiteness of its wool. in many of the pagan mysteries it signified the universal savior, and in christianity it is the favorite symbol of christ. early church paintings show a lamb standing upon a little hill, and from its feet pour four streams of living water signifying

pent of darkness. the lamb is a familiar emblem of purity because of its gentleness and the whiteness of its wool. in many of the pagan mysteries it signified the universal savior, and in christianity it is the favorite symbol of christ. early church paintings show a lamb standing upon a little hill, and from its feet pour four streams of living water signifying the four gospels. the blood of the lamb is the solar life pouring into the world through the sign of aries. the goat is both a phallic symbol and also an emblem of courage or aspiration because of its surefootedness and ability to scale the loftiest peaks. to the alchemists the goat's head was the symbol of sulphur. the practice among the ancient jews of choosing a scapegoat upon which to heap the sins of mankind is merely an alleg

o in a certain sense is not only the composite figure of osiris and the lower world in which he is incarnated but also of the mysteries, which are the terrestrial bodies containing the secret teachings, or the spiritual soul. p. 92 depiction of the sun man who is the scapegoat of the world and upon whom are cast the sins of the twelve houses (tribes) of the celestial universe. truth is the divine lamb worshiped throughout pagandom and slain for the sins of the world, and since the dawn of time the savior gods of all religions have been personifications of this truth. the golden fleece sought by jason and his argonauts is the celestial lamb--the spiritual and intellectual sun. the secret doctrine is also typified by the golden fleece--the wool of the divine life, the rays of the sun of trut

e solar fire and the water becomes the lunar water. schamayim is the universal mercury--sometimes called azoth--the measureless spirit of life. the spiritual fiery original water--schamayim--comes through eden (in hebrew, vapor) and pours itself into four main rivers [the elements. this is the river of living water- azoth [the fiery mercurial essence] that flows out from the throne of god and the lamb. in this eden [vaporous essence or mist] is the spiritual earth [incomprehensible and intangible, or the dust aphar, out of which god formed adam min haadamah, the spiritual body of man, which body must sometime become revealed" in another part of his writings von welling also says that there was no material universe until lucifer, attempting to perform the cosmic alchemy, misused the schamay

he presence in the german text of the chemical marriage of some words in english indicates its author to have been conversant also with that language. the following summary of the main episodes of the seven days of the chemical marriage will give the reader a fairly comprehensive idea of the profundity of its symbolism. the first day christian rosencreutz, having prepared in his heart the paschal lamb together with a small unleavened loaf, was disturbed while at prayer one evening before easter by a violent storm which threatened to demolish not only his little house but the very hill on which it stood. in the midst of the tempest he was touched on the back and, turning, he beheld a glorious woman with wings filled with eyes, and robed in sky-colored garments spangled with stars. in one ha

h its own immortal source. in the hermetic marriage divine and human consciousness are united in holy wedlock and he in whom this sacred ceremony takes place is designated as "knight of the golden stone; he thereby becomes a divine philosophic diamond composed of the quintessence of his own sevenfold constitution. such is the true interpretation of the mystical process of becoming "a bride of the lamb" the lamb of god is signified by the golden fleece that jason was forced to win before he could assume his kingship. the flying lion is illumined will, an absolute prerequisite to the achievement of the great work. the episode of weighing the souls of men has its parallel in the ceremony described in the egyptian book of the dead. the walled city entered by c.r.c. represents the sanctuary of

astral plane the archetype of evolving man* the beginning of earthly evolution stands forth in the fiery feet, its end in the fiery countenance, and the complete power of the 'creative word' to be finally won, is seen in the fiery source coming out of the mouth (see occult seals and columns) in his restored new testament, james morgan pryse traces the click to enlarge the throne of god and of the lamb. from jacob behmen's works. before the throne of god was the crystal sea representing the schamayim, or the living waters which are above the heavens. before the throne also were four creatures--a bull, a lion, an eagle, and a man. these represented the four corners of creation and the multitude of eyes with which they were covered are the stars of the firmament. the twenty-four elders have t

enty-four elders arrayed in white garments and wearing crowns of gold "and out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven spirits of god" he who sat upon the throne held in his right hand a book sealed with seven seals which no man in heaven or earth had been found worthy to open. then appeared a lamb (aries, the first and chief of the zodiacal signs) which had been slain, having seven horns (rays) and seven eyes (lights. the lamb took the book from the right hand of him that sat upon the throne and the four beasts and all the elders fell down and worshiped god and the lamb. during the early centuries of the christian church the lamb was universally recognized as the symbol of christ, and

beasts and all the elders fell down and worshiped god and the lamb. during the early centuries of the christian church the lamb was universally recognized as the symbol of christ, and not until after the fifth synod of constantinople (the "quinisext synod" a.d. 692) was the figure of the crucified man substituted for that of agnus dei. as shrewdly noted by one writer on the subject, the use of a lamb is indicative of the persian origin of christianity, for the persians were the only people to symbolize the first sign of the zodiac by a lamb. because a lamb was the sin offering of the ancient pagans, the early mystic christians considered this animal as an appropriate emblem of christ, whom they regarded as the sin offering of the world. the greeks and the egyptians highly venerated the la

because a lamb was the sin offering of the ancient pagans, the early mystic christians considered this animal as an appropriate emblem of christ, whom they regarded as the sin offering of the world. the greeks and the egyptians highly venerated the lamb or ram, often placing its horns upon the foreheads of their gods. the scandinavian god thor carried a hammer made from a pair of ram's horns. the lamb is used in preference to the ram apparently because of its purity and gentleness; also, since the creator himself was symbolized by aries, his son would consequently be the little ram or lamb. the lambskin apron worn by the freemasons over that part of the body symbolized by typhon or judas represents that purification click to enlarge episodes from the mysteries of the apocalypse. from klaub

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, and rely entirely upon the athame in their operations. buy a steel knife with a black handle; the blade should be about five or six inches long. when the moon is waning, make an infusion in distilled water of any of the martial herbs listed at the end of chapter 6. into this, mix a few drops of blood, either your own, traditionally that of a black cat, but that of a fresh beefsteak, chicken, or lamb chop from your nearest supermarket will do. your own is best, however. exorcise the knife with water from your cup and incense mixed with some of the aforesaid herbs burned in your thurible; then proceed to heat the blade of the knife on the thurible coals until it gets as hot as possible. you will have to stoke up a good heat to do this. when the blade is good and hot, plunge it into your wa

t perceive that holy formless fire, that fire which darts and flashes through the hidden depths of the universe: hear thou the voice of fire" finally, retrace the whole star yet again with the athame, this time in silence, visualizing the symbol glowing in blue light. the design on the third piece of paper must be written with your pen of art in blood- your own or that of a beefsteak, chicken, or lamb chop from the supermarket again will do. you should wipe your pen of art carefully free of all ink before you embark upon this. this last design is known as the secret seal of solomon and traditionally was the symbol by means of which the seventy-two lords of the demons or djinn were imprisoned in a brazen vessel by the magus-king and sunk beneath the ocean. they were later released, providen

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hat if we never do anything to disgrace the badge of flesh with which god has endowed each of us, that badge will never disgrace us. brethren, i charge you to regard your apron as one of the most precious and speaking symbols our order has to give you. remember that when you first wore it was a piece of pure white lambskin; an emblem of that purity and innocence which we always associate with the lamb and with the new-born child. remember that you first wore it with the flap raised, it being thus a five-cornered badge, indicating the five senses, by means of which we enter into relations with the material world around us (our" five points of fellowship" with the material world, but indicating also by the triangular portion above, in conjunction with the quadrangular portion below, that man

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gels, in the apocalypse, pour out _seven_ plagues, from _seven_ vials of wrath. the scarlet-colored beast, on which the woman sits in the wilderness, has _seven_ heads and _ten_ horns. so also has the beast that rises up out of the sea _seven_ thunders uttered their voices _seven_ angels sounded _seven_ trumpets _seven_ lamps, of fire, the _seven_ spirits of god, burned before the throne; and the lamb that was slain had _seven_ horns and _seven_ eyes. eight is the first cube, that of _two. nine is the square of _three, and represented by the triple triangle. ten includes all the other numbers. it is especially _seven_ and _three; and is called the number of perfection. pythagoras represented it by the tetractys, which had many mystic meanings. this symbol is sometimes composed of dots or p

s, clad in blue or yellow, her garments sprinkled with stars, and accompanied by the sun, moon, and five planets; and she was the type of wisdom, and they of the seven planetary spirits of the gnostics, that with her presided over and governed the sublunary world. in this degree, unknown for a hundred years to those who have practised it, these emblems reproduced refer to these old doctrines. the lamb, the yellow hangings strewed with stars, the seven columns, candlesticks, and seals all recall them to us. the lion was the symbol of athom-re, the great god of upper egypt; the hawk, of ra or phre; the eagle, of mendes; the bull, of apis; and three of these are seen under the platform on which our altar stands. the first hermes was the intelligence or word of god. moved with compassion for a

, and who settled samothrace, celebrated these mysteries, whose origin is unknown: and they worshipped castor and pollux as patrons of navigation. the tomb of apollo was at delphi, where his body was laid, after python, the polar serpent that annually heralds the coming of autumn, cold, darkness, and winter, had slain him, and over whom the god triumphs, on the 25th of march, on his return to the lamb of the vernal equinox. in crete, jupiter ammon, or the sun in aries, painted with the attributes of that equinoctial sign, the ram or lamb--that ammon who, martianus copella says, is the same as osiris, adoni, adonis, atys, and the other sun-gods--had also a tomb, and a religious initiation; one of the principal ceremonies of which consisted in clothing the initiate with the skin of a white l

tion was, to put a man in communion with the gods, by purifying his soul of all the passions that interfere with that enjoyment, and dim the rays of divine light that are communicated to every soul capable of receiving them, and that imitate their purity. one of the degrees of initiation was the state of inspiration to which the adepts were claimed to attain. the initiates in the mysteries of the lamb, at pepuza, in phrygia, professed to be inspired, and prophesied; and it was claimed that the soul, by means of these religious ceremonies, purified of all stain, could see the gods in this life, and certainly, in all cases, after death. the sacred gates of the temple, where the ceremonies of initiation were performed, were opened but once in each year, and no stranger was ever allowed to ent

n spheres through which the soul must reascend: and the hindus must bathe in the sacred river ganges. clemens of alexandria cites a passage of menander, who speaks of a purification by sprinkling three times with salt and water. sulphur, resin, and the laurel also served for purification, as did air, earth, water, and fire. the initiates at heliopolis, in syria, says lucian, sacrificed the sacred lamb, symbol of aries, then the sign of the vernal equinox; ate his flesh, as the israelites did at the passover; and then touched his head and feet to theirs, and knelt upon the fleece. then they bathed in warm water, drank of the same, and slept upon the ground. there was a distinction between the lesser and greater mysteries. one must have been for some years admitted to the former before he co

the balance (libra. those stars among which the sun was, when the lion, driven from the desert by thirst, came to slake it at the nile, were called stars of the lion (leo. those among which the sun was at harvest, were called those of the gleaning virgin, holding a sheaf of wheat (virgo. those among which he was found in february, when the ewes brought forth their young, were called stars of the lamb (aries. those in march, when it was time to plough, were called stars of the ox (taurus. those under which hot and burning winds came from the desert, venomous like poisonous reptiles, were called stars of the scorpion (scorpio. observing that the annual return of the rising of the nile was always accompanied by the appearance of a beautiful star, which at that period showed itself in the dir

the immutable laws of nature; and whenever the sun commenced to tend southward, they feared lest he might continue to do so, and by degrees disappear forever, leaving the earth to be ruled forever by darkness, storm, and cold. hence they rejoiced when he commenced to re-ascend after the winter solstice, struggling against the malign influences of aquarius and pisces, and amicably received by the lamb. and when at the vernal equinox he entered taurus, they still more rejoiced at the assurance that the days would again be longer than the nights, that the season of seed-time had come, and the summer and harvest would follow. and they lamented when, after the autumnal equinox, the malign influence of the venomous scorpion, and vindictive archer, and the filthy and ill-omened he-goat dragged h

nd setting with the scorpion, was substituted in its place, in many cases, on account of the malign influences of the latter: and thus the four great periods of the year were marked by the bull, the lion, the man (aquarius) and the eagle; which were upon the respective standards of ephraim, judah, reuben, and dan; and still appear on the shield of american royal arch masonry. afterward the ram or lamb became an object of adoration, when, in his turn, he opened the equinox, to deliver the world from the wintry reign of darkness and evil. around the central and simple idea of the annual death and resurrection of the sun a multitude of circumstantial details soon clustered. some were derived from other astronomical phenomena; while many were merely poetical ornaments and inventions. besides t

twelve gates. the souciet, a chinese book, speaks of a palace composed of four buildings, whose gates looked toward the four corners of the world. that on the east was dedicated to the new moons of the months of spring; that on the west to those of autumn; that on the south to those of summer; and that on the north to those of winter: and in this, palace the emperor and his grandees sacrificed a lamb, the animal that represented the sun at the vernal equinox. among the greeks, the march of the choruses in their theatres represented the movements of the heavens and the planets, and the strophe and anti-strophe imitated, aristoxenes says, the movements of the stars. the number five was sacred among the chinese, as that of the planets other than the sun and moon. astrology consecrated the nu

greatest energy. the place of exaltation of the sun was in aries, because, reaching that point, he awakens all nature, and warms into life all the germs of vegetation; and therefore his most solemn feast among all nations, for many years before our era, was fixed at the time of his entrance into that sign. in egypt, it was called the feast of fire and light. it was the passover, when the paschal lamb was slain and eaten, among the jews, and neurouz among the persians. the romans preferred the place of _domicile_ to that of exaltation; and celebrated the feasts of the planets under the signs that were their _houses. the chaldeans, whom, and not the egyptians, the sab ans followed in this, preferred the places of exaltation. saturn, from the length of time required for his apparent revoluti

then completed his triumph, mounted on an ass, in the constellation cancer, which then occupied the solstitial point of summer. other attributes the images of the sun borrowed from the constellations which, by their rising and setting, fixed the points of departure of the year, and the commencements of its four principal divisions. first the bull and afterward the ram (called by the persians the lamb, was regarded as the regenerator of nature, through his union with the sun. each, in his turn, was an emblem of the sun overcoming the winter darkness, and repairing the disorders of nature, which every year was regenerated under these signs, after the scorpion and serpent of autumn had brought upon it barrenness, disaster, and darkness. mithras was represented sitting on a bull; and that ani

ractised reminded men of the renovation of nature and the triumph of ormuzd, the light-god, over the powers of darkness and ahriman their chief. the legislator of the jews fixed the commencement of their year in the month nisan, at the vernal equinox, at which season the israelites marched out of egypt and were relieved of their long bondage; in commemoration of which exodus, they ate the paschal lamb at that equinox. and when bacchus and his army had long marched in burning deserts, they were led by a lamb or ram into beautiful meadows, and to the springs that watered the temple of jupiter ammon. for, to the arabs and ethiopians, whose great divinity bacchus was, nothing was so perfect a type of elysium as a country abounding in springs and rivulets. orion, on the same meridian with the s

corpio, the serpent of ophiucus, and the dragon of the hesperides, were types and subjects of the evil principle, and regarded as malevolent causes of the ill effects experienced in autumn and winter. thus are explained the mysteries of the journeyings of the human soul through the spheres, when it descends to the earth by the sign of the serpent, and returns to the empire of light by that or the lamb or bull. the creative action of heaven was manifested, and all its demiurgic energy developed, most of all at the vernal equinox, to which refer all the fables that typify the victory of light over darkness, by the triumphs of jupiter, osiris, ormuzd, and apollo. always the triumphant god takes the form of the bull, the ram, or the lamb. then jupiter wrests from typhon his thunderbolts, of wh

e sun's youth and creative vigor at the vernal equinox. such are the coincidences of astronomical phenomena with the legend of osiris and isis; sufficing to show the origin of the legend, overloaded as it became at length with all the ornamentation natural to the poetical and figurative genius of the orient. not only into this legend, but into those of all the ancient nations, enter the bull, the lamb, the lion, and the scorpion or the serpent; and traces of the worship of the sun yet linger in all religions. everywhere, even in our order, survive the equinoctial and solstitial feasts. our ceilings still glitter with the greater and lesser luminaries of the heavens, and our lights, in their number and arrangement, have astronomical references. in all churches and chapels, as in all pagan t

ble of evil, when it passed under the balance or libra, the seventh sign. thus the soul entered the realm of evil and darkness when it passed into the constellations that belong to and succeed the autumnal equinox; and it re-entered the realm of good and light, when it arrived, returning, at those of the vernal equinox. it lost its felicity by means of the balance, and regained it by means of the lamb. this is a necessary consequence of the premises; and it is confirmed by the authorities and by emblems still extant. sallust the philosopher, speaking of the feasts of rejoicing celebrated at the vernal equinox, and those of mourning, in memory of the rape of proserpine, at the autumnal equinox, says that the former were celebrated, because then is effected, as it were, the return of the sou

ssed, ascending and descending. by the serpent of autumn, souls fell; and they were regenerated again by the bull on which mithras sate, and whose attributes bacchus-zagreus and the egyptian osiris assumed, in their mysteries, wherein were represented the fall and regeneration of souls, by the bull slain and restored to life. afterward the regenerating sun assumed the attributes of _aries_ or the lamb; and in the mysteries of ammon, souls were regenerated by passing through that sign, after having fallen through the serpent. the serpent-bearer, or ophicus, was sculapius, god of healing. in the mysteries of eleusis, that constellation was placed in the eighth heaven: and on the eighth day of those mysteries, the feast of sculapius was celebrated. it was also termed epidaurus, or the feast o

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by a cuckoo in the other. she appears as a calm, dignified matron of majestic beauty, robed in a tunic and mantle, her forehead is broad and intellectual, her eyes large and fully opened, and her arms dazzlingly white and finely moulded. the finest statue of this divinity was that by polycletus at argos. her attributes are the diadem, veil, sceptre, and peacock. the first day of every month a ewe-lamb and sow were sacrificed to hera. the hawk, goose, and more particularly the peacock[17] were sacred to her. flocks of these beautiful birds generally surround her throne and draw her chariot, iris, the rainbow, being seated behind her. her favourite flowers were the dittany, poppy, and lily. juno. page 43 juno, the roman divinity supposed to be identical with the greek hera, differed from her

ed their confidence, she informed them, that among her numerous magic arts, she possessed the power of restoring to the aged all the vigour and strength of youth, and in order to give them a convincing proof of the truth of her assertion, she cut up an old ram, which she boiled in a cauldron, whereupon, after uttering various mystic incantations, there came forth from the vessel a beautiful young lamb. she then assured them, that in a similar page 261 manner they could restore to their old father his former youthful frame and vigour. the fond and credulous daughters of pelias lent an all too willing ear to the wicked sorceress, and thus the old king perished at the hands of his innocent children. death of jason..medea and jason now fled to corinth, where at length they found, for a time, p

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nd about everything he owns from all around? c send forth your hand and touch everything that is his, and see if he does not blaspheme you to your face! f so g-d said to satan, eeverything that is his is hereby in your hand c. f h11 the parable our sages use to explain this is as follows: a shepherd once was tending his flock next to a river [a wolf attacked the flock, and the shepherd threw it a lamb to divert its attention from the rest of the flock.]12 now, in the parable, the wolf would certainly be satisfied with one sheep, for he has no desire to eat the whole flock! but in the analogous case, samel was accusing the entire jewish people, saying gthese are idol-worshippers and those are idol-worshippers! h how, then, would he be satisfied just to receive [permission to inflict sufferi

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hence results some curious hieroglyphic symbolism. thus tetragrammaton will be written by virgo, aries, taurus, aries. eheieh,by air, aries, virgo, aries. from yeheshua, the qabalistic mode of spelling jesus, which is simply the tetragrammaton with the letter shin placed therein, we obtain a very peculiar combination-virgo, aries, fire, taurus, aries. virgo born of a virgin, aries the sacrificial lamb, fire the fire of the holy spirit, taurus the ox of the earth in whose manger he was laid, and lastly aries the flocks of sheep whose herdsmen came to worship him. elohim yields air, libra, aries, virgo, water-the firmament, the balanced forces, the fire of the spirit (for aries is a fiery sign, operating in the zodiac, the fire god dess, and the waters of creation. 84 the golden dawn: volume

ond head is gihon, the river of waters, flowing into chesed. the third is hiddekel, the river of air, flowing into tiphareth, and the fourth which receiveth the virtues of the other three, is phrath, euphrates, which floweth down <115> upon the earth. this river going forth out of eden is the river of the apocalypse, the waters of life, clear as crystal proceeding out of the throne of god and the lamb, on either side of which was the tree of life, bearing twelve manner of fruits. and thus do the rivers of. eden form a cross, and on that cross the great adam, the son who the golden dawn: volume i1 book two was to rule the nations with a rod of iron, is extended from tiphareth and his arms stretch out to gedulah and geburah, and in malkuth is eve, mother of all, the completion of all, and ab

e. seven is the depth beneath. third the tomb is symbolically situated in the centre of the earth, in the 'p. r k. th: paroketh, the veil between the outer order of the golden dawn and the inner order of the red rose and gold cross. h.s. 224 the golden dawn: volume 11 book three <202> mountain of the caverns, the mystic mountain of abiegnus. third the meaning of this title of abiegnus- abi-agnus, lamb of the father. it is by metathesis abi-genos, born of the father. bia-genos, strength of our race, and the four words make the sentence: abiegnus abiagnus abi-genos bia-genos "m mtainof the lamb of the father, and the strength of our race" i. a. 0. yeheshua. such are the words. all salute with= signs. chief mighty adeptus major, what is the key to this tomb. second the rose and the cross, whi

mily, but poor, and in the fifth year of his age was placed in a cloister where he learned both greek and latin. while yet a youth he accompanied a certain brother p. a. l on a pilgrimage to the holy land, but the latter, dying at cyprus, he himself went to damascus. there was then in arabia a temple of <217> the order which was called in the hebrew tongue "damkar (13bf, that is "the blood of the lamb" there he was duly initiated, and took the mystic title christian rosenkreutz, or christian of the rosy cross. he then so far improved his knowledge of the arabian tongue that in the following year he translated the bookm into latin, which he afterwards brought back with him to europe. after three years he went on into egypt, where there was another temple of the order. there he remained for

lt symbolically situated? third in the centre of the earth, in the mountain of caverns, the mystic mountain of abiegnus. chief mighty adeptus major, what is this mystic mountain of abiegnus? second it is the mountain of god in the centre of the universe, the sacred rosicrucian mountain of initiation. chief associate adeptus minor, what is the meaning of this title abiegnus? third it is abi-agnus, lamb of the father. it is by metathesis abi-genos, born of the father. bia-genos, strength of our race, and the four words make the sentence, mountain of the lamb of the father, and the strength of our race. iao. yeheshua. such are the words. all salute with= signs. chief mighty adeptus major, what is the key to this vault? second the rose and cross which resume the life of nature and the powers 2

what principles are involved, and why? two hints are given in the adeptus minor ritual as to what procedure the student may follow in order to elucidate these obscure mysteries. almost deliberately the ritual states, in the first place, that darncar, whither our father c. r. c. journeyed, may be transliterated into hebrew, thus yielding 12d1, two words which, if translated mean the "blood of the lamb. the lamb has always been a symbol of the higher ego. secondly, there is the analysis of the key-word i. n. r. i, whereby the english letters are transliterated into hebrew, attributed to certain yetziratic correspondences, egyptian deities, signs and ideas. this must, then, be our technique with regard to this problem. the qabalah is the means whereby we may unlock the closed doors of the ve

h itself which is to be followed, even as they represent the goal which is at the end thereof. each initiate, it is the universal tradition of the mystic path, must not only tread the way, but must become, even as did these three chiefs, that path itself. by referring the number 22 in a slightly different way to the qabalah of nine chambers, we may obtain 220, which is the gematria of kor 13, the lamb, abi-agnus, the strength of our race- also the initials of christian rosenkreutz. moreover, 2 plus 2, equals 4, which is the number of dalefh, which means a door, referred to venus, the symbolical figure which embraces the whole tree of life, revealing that compassion or love is that fiery 2 76 the golden dawn: volume i1 book three force which binds together through an orderly growth and prog

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

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ous close the book; they will either see nothing but darkness, or they will be scandalized. the pentagram, which in gnostic schools is called the blazing star, is the sign of intellectual omnipotence and autocracy. it is the star of the magi; it is the sign of the word made flesh; and, according to the direction of its points, this absolute magical symbol represents order or confusion, the divine lamb of ormuz and st. john, or the accursed goat of mendes. it is initiation or profanation; it is lucifer or vesper, the star of morning or evening. it is mary or lilith, victory or death, day or night. the pentagram with two points in the ascendant represents satan as the goat of the sabbath; when one point is in the ascendant, it is the sign of the saviour. the pentagram is the figure of the hu

hilosophy and natural science. the sign of the pentagram should be composed of the seven metals, or at least traced in pure gold upon white marble. it may be also drawn with vermilion on an unblemished lambskin the symbol of integrity and light. the marble should be virgin, that is, should never have been used for another purpose; the lambskin should be prepared under the auspices of the sun. the lamb must have been slain at paschal time with a new knife, and the skin must be salted with salt consecrated by magical operations. the omission of even one of these difficult and apparently arbitrary ceremonies makes void the entire success of the great works of science. the pentagram is consecrated with the four elements; the magical figure is breathed on five times; it is sprinkled with holy w

d; the wheels revolving in one another are the harmonious spheres of pythagoras; the new temple, the plan of which is given according to exact kabalistic measures, is the type of the labours of primitive masonry. st. john in his apocalypse reproduces the same images and the same numbers, and reconstructs the edenic world ideally in the new jerusalem; but at the source of the four rivers the solar lamb replaces the mysterious tree. initiation by toil and blood has been accomplished, and there is no more temple because the light of truth is diffused universally and the world has become the temple of justice. this splendid final vision of the holy scriptures, this divine utopia which the church has referred with good reason for its realization to a better life, has been the pitfall of all anc

the dread baphomet henceforth, like all monstrous idols, enigmas of antique science and its dreams, is only an innocent and even pious hieroglyph. how should man adore the beast, since he exercises a sovereign power over it? let us affirm, for the honour of humanity, that it has never worshipped dogs and goats any more than lambs or pigeons. in the hieroglyphic orders, why not a goat as much as a lamb? on the sacred stones of gnostic christians of the basilidean sect there are representations of christ under the diverse figures of kabalistic animals. sometimes a bird, at others a lion, and again a serpent with the head of lion or bull; but in all cases he bears invariably the same attributes of light, even as our goat, which cannot be confounded with fabulous images of satan, owing to the

persuade such a person to do some act of goodness to his tormentor, render him some service which he cannot refuse, and lead him directly or otherwise to the communion of salt. a person who believes himself bewitched by the execration and interment of the toad must carry about him a living toad in a horn box. for the bewitchment of the pierced heart, the afflicted individual must be made to eat a lamb's heart seasoned with sage and onion, and to carry a talisman of venus or of the moon in a satchel filled with camphor and salt. for bewitchment by the waxen figure, a more perfect figure must be made, and set about as far as possible with things belonging to the person; seven talismans must be hung round the neck; it must be placed in the middle of a great pantacle representing the pentagram

head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were as a flame of fire; and his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters. and he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength. f such is ormuz, osiris, chourien, the lamb, the christ, the ancient of days, the man of the time and the river celebrated by daniel. he is the first and the last, who was, who must be, alpha and omega, beginning and end. he holds the key of mysteries in his hands; he opens the great abyss of central fire, where death sleeps beneath the canopy of darkness, where sleeps the great serpent awaiting the wakening of the ages. h the author c

the heart of a man was given it. the second beast, emblem of the northern conquerors, who reigned by iron during the second age, was like unto a bear; it had three rows of sharp teeth, images of three great conquering families, and they said unto it: arise, devour much flesh. after the apparition of the fourth beast, there were thrones raised up, and the ancient of days, the christ of seers, the lamb of the first age, was manifested. his garment was of dazzling whiteness, his head radiant; his throne, whence came forth living flames, was borne upon burning wheels; a flame of swift fire shone in his countenance; legions of angels or stars sparkled round him. the tribunal was held, the allegorical books were opened. the new christ came with the clouds of heaven and stood before the ancient

logos, the parallel between physical correspondences and moral relations is established on the same basis. each word carries its material and sensible definition, and this living language is as perfect and true as it is simple and natural in man the creator. let the seer express by the same word, slightly modified, the sun, day, light, truth, and applying the same epithet to a white sun and to a lamb, let him say, lamb or christ, instead of sun, and sun instead of truth, light, civilization, and there is no allegory, but there are true correspondences seized and expressed by inspiration. but when the children of night say in their incoherent and barbarous dialect, sun, day, light, truth, lamb, the wise correspondence so clearly expressed by the primitive logos becomes effaced and disappea

nstead of sun, and sun instead of truth, light, civilization, and there is no allegory, but there are true correspondences seized and expressed by inspiration. but when the children of night say in their incoherent and barbarous dialect, sun, day, light, truth, lamb, the wise correspondence so clearly expressed by the primitive logos becomes effaced and disappears, and, by simple translation, the lamb and the sun become allegorical beings, symbols. remark, in effect, that the word allegory itself signifies in celtic definition, change of discourse, translation. the observation just made applies exactly to all barbarian cosmogonical language. seers made use of the same inspired radical to express nourishment and instruction. is not the science of truth the nourishment of the soul? thus, the

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ould tremble the very foundations of hell even as did the great war the bastions of heaven. and messiah called to him uriel, archangel of terror, to whom he said, the earth must change, and every sense of man must teach him repugnance and fear. he shall know this the price of his new identity- that all apart from god is evil- and in fear shall he abandon the gift of satan and become once more the lamb of god. to which uriel answered, it shall be done, but how will man learn of such things as heaven and hell, for as yet he knows no sight that may perceive our celestial paradise? messiah answered, the laws of god shall be made known to man, for i shall teach him. among men will be some to whom i shall reveal myself, and great powers will i give these prophets, that their words may carry acro

r arrowheads pointed inward. seen as such, it could be symbolic of temporal influence coming about from an aggressive nature. i do not advance this as dogma, but it does fit with the red color of the card and overall power presented in it] the ram, ares, can be seen in four places in three forms: the capitals of the throne [himalayan wild rams, according to the book of thoth, the sceptre, and the lamb at the emperor's feet. the presence of the ram and the color red are both suggestive tro set himself- red being set's color and ares being the greek god of war and another corresponding form of the dark one. the overall message of the card seems to be one of being. it was described some years back as being the master of the temple card rather than the emperor and there are indeed more than a

SALMANRUSHDIE THESATANICVERSES

if gibreel died, could india be far behind? in the mosques and temples of the nation, packed congregations prayed, not only for the life of the dying actor, but for the future, for themselves. who did not visit gibreel in hospital? who never wrote, made no telephone call, despatched no flowers, sent in no tiffins of delicious home cooking? while many lovers shamelessly sent him get-well cards and lamb pasandas, who, loving him most of all, kept herself to herself, unsuspected by her ball--bearing of a husband? rekha merchant placed iron around her heart, and went through the motions of her daily life, playing with her children, chit-chatting with her husband, acting as his hostess when required, and never, not once, revealed the bleak devastation of her soul. he recovered. the recovery was

lly enabled them to buy the whole four-storey building and start renting out its rooms _she_ was the one around whom there hung, like bad breath, the miasma of defeat. while sufyan twinkled on, she looked extinguished, like a lightbulb with a broken filament, like a fizzled star, like a flame- why- why, when sufyan, who had been deprived of vocation, pupils and respect, bounded about like a young lamb, and even began to put on weight, fattening up in proper london as he had never done back home; why, when power had been removed from his hands and delivered into hers, did she act- as her husband put it- the "sad sack, the "glum chum" and the "moochy pooch? simple: not in spite of, but on account of. everything she valued had been upset by the change; had in this process of translation, been

to his illness: the strange serial dreams, and before that the near-fatal breakdown in india "i am no longer afraid of sleep" he told her "because what's happened in my waking time is now so much worse" his greatest fear reminded her of charles ii's terror, after his restoration, of being sent "on his travels" again "i'd give anything only to know it won't happen any more" he told her, meek as a lamb _lives there who loves his pain "it won't happen" she reassured him "you've got the best help there is" he quizzed her about money, and, when she tried to deflect the questions, insisted that she withdraw the psychiatric fees from the small fortune stashed in his money--belt. his spirits remained low "doesn't matter what you say" he mumbled in response to her cheery optimisms "the craziness i

lish wife- of the golden, pale and glacial presence by farishta's side of alleluia cone; he snatches a glass from a passing waiter's tray, drinks the wine fast, takes another; and seems to see, in distant allie, the entirety of his loss; and in other ways, as well, gibreel is fast becoming the sum of saladin's defeats- there with him now, at this very moment, is another traitor; mutton dressed as lamb, fifty plus and batting her eyelashes like an eighteen-year--old, is chamcha's agent, the redoubtable charlie sellers- you wouldn't liken him to a transylvanian bloodsucker, would you, charlie, the irate watcher inwardly cries- and grabs another glass- and sees, at its bottom, his own anonymity, the other's equal celebrity, and the great injustice of the division; most especially- he bitterly

SATANGEL

i shall command them to do my will. may the day be bright, may the sun and moon shine forth, when i shall call upon them, o, lord, deliver me from those of dread visage, and grant that they shall be obedient when i shall raise them up from hell, when i shall impose my will on them. after the office of the dead, the warlock shall extinguish the taper, and at sunrise shall cut the throat of a male lamb of nine days old, taking great care that the blood does not gush forth upon the earth. he shall skin the lamb, and shall cast its tongue and heart into the fire. the fire must be freshly kindled, and the ashes shall be preserved for use at the proper time. the skin of the lamb shall be sprinkled four times every day with holy water. on the tenth day, before the rising of the sun, the lambskin

ue and heart into the fire. the fire must be freshly kindled, and the ashes shall be preserved for use at the proper time. the skin of the lamb shall be sprinkled four times every day with holy water. on the tenth day, before the rising of the sun, the lambskin shall be covered with the ashes of the heart and tongue, and with the ashes also of the cock. on thursday, after sunset, the flesh of the lamb shall be interred in a secret place where no bird of any kind can come, and the warlock with his right thumb shall inscribe on the grave the characters here indicated; moreover, for the space of three days he shall sprinkle the four corners with holy water, saying, prayer christ jesus, redeemer of men, who, being the lamb without spot, was immolated for the salvation of the human race, who al

d, so that the figures, signs, and words may become efficacious, and grant that this skin may preserve us against the wiles of demons, that they may be terrified at the sight thereof, and may only approach them trembling, through thee, jesus christ, who reignest through all ages. amen. the litanies of the holy name of jesus must then be repeated, but instead of the agmus dei, substitue: immolated lamb, be thou a pillar of strength against the evil spirits. slain lamb, give us power over the power of darkness. slain lamb grant power, favour, and strength unto the binding of rebellious spirits. so be it. amen. the lambskin shall be stretched for eighteen days, and on the nineteenth day, the fleece shall be removed, reduced into powder, and interred in the same place. the word vellus shall be

SATANIC RITUALS

lure of cthulhu exists. any offshore oil drilling platform or "texas tower" is a potential altar to the spawn of the watery abyss. lovecraft seems to have correlated the monsters of the canvasses of a hundred pickmans-the great symbolist painters of the 1890's-into a twentieth century scenario. his fantasies may well have been a conscious projection of the idea expressed so eloquently by charles lamb in his witches and other night fears "gorgons, and hydras, and chimeras may reproduce themselves in the brain of superstition-but they were there before. they are transcripts, types-the archetypes are in us, and eternal" one cannot help speculating upon a reality suggested by the fantasy-the possibility that the old ones are the spectres of a future human mentality. it is as the result of suc

SCHEM HA MEPHORESH

h over the watery triplicity; that of vau over the airy triplicity; and that of h final over the earthy triplicity. in the 22nd chapter of the apocalypse of st. john it is said that the tree of life which bare twelve manner of fruits and yielded her fruit every month, and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. and there shall be no more curse; but the throne of god and of the lamb shall be in it. this is exemplified in the drawing taken from the 3-8 altar diagram. the twelvemanner of fruits yielded every month answer to the signs of the zodiac and the twelve tribes of the sons of jacob. also to the twelve apostles. the healing leaves are those of schem ha-mephoresch or the divided name of zauir anpin, the microprosopus, the christ, the lamb of elohim, whose throne is i

uler of earth in malkuth, under the power of h final of the holy name, the bride, eve, and the queen. and the schem ha-mephoresch, the 72, are found in the number of the family of jacob s sons is 70; and jacob and joseph equals 72. but the then ruling pharoah, corresponds more to hadar amongst the edomite kings, as representing one of not so evil 4 a tendency. yet as the apocalyptic symbol of the lamb and the airy sign which leads off the schem ha-mephoresch is chesed; one opposed to the evil symbol of the dragon, so is every shepherd an abomination to the egyptians, who yet are friendly with the ox symbol, the kerubic ruler of earth, and therefore is it symbolically said by the children of israel that their business has been about cattle and not about sheep. names and meanings of the 72 v

SCHLAGER NEIL WORLD RELIGIONS REFERENCE LIBRARY

is used as a symbol of jesus s sacrifice for humankind, while the fish was first used as a means by which christians could identify one another. royalty-free/ corbis. world religions: almanac 137 christianity christian symbol, especially when depicted with a halo of three rings. the dove is used to represent the holy spirit, while the three rings of the halo represents the trinity. the image of a lamb similarly symbolizes jesus, the lamb of god (agnus dei in latin. worship the form of worship for christians was established in the early days of the church. at first some of the worship service was borrowed from jewish forms, so that the faithful said prayers together, sang from psalms( biblical hymns, and read scripture, mostly from the old testament at first and later from paul s letters. a

is adored in the world of brahma. another is from the mandukya upanishad: om is the one eternal syllable of which all that exists is but the development. the past, the present, and the future are all included in this do hindus worship cows? the short answer to this question is no. cows are considered sacred, or holy, in hinduism, but they are not worshipped. the cow can be seen as similar to the lamb in christianity, which is associated with jesus christ. the longer answer to the question reflects the depth and complexity of hindu thought. when krishna appeared in human form, it was as a cowherder. one of the hindu scriptures states, i offer repeated obeisances [respect, submission] unto lord krishna, who is the protector and well-wisher of the cows and the brahmanas [bulls. he is also th

es, two in iran and eight in india that represent the religion s most sacred places, a more sacred fire called the atash bahram( fire of victory) burns. fires also burn in homes and temporary places of worship. the color white, representing purity, bears special significance for zoroastrians. zoroastrians wear a white cord, or belt, called a kushti (or koshti. it is made of seventy-two strands of lamb s wool, and symbolically binds worshippers to their religion and their community. further, most zoroastrians a white undershirt or vest called a kudreh, which also serves as a reminder of the need for purity in their lives. the kudreh has a small symbolic pocket in front as a reminder to the wearer to fill it each day with good thoughts, good words, good deeds. the faravahar the most prominen

SIR EDWARD BULWER LYTTON ZANONI A ROSICRUCIAN TALE

hat night! at last old bilboa got uppermost; out flashed his knife; down it came, but not in my heart. no! i gave my left arm as a shield; and the blade went through to the hilt, with the blood spurting up like the rain from a whale's nostril! with the weight of the blow the stout fellow came down so that his face touched mine; with my right hand i caught him by the throat, turned him over like a lamb, signor, and faith it was soon all up with him: the boatswain's brother, a fat dutchman, ran him through with a pike"'old fellow' said i, as he turned his terrible eye to me 'i bear you no malice, but we must try to get on in the world, you know' the captain grinned and gave up the ghost. i went upon deck, what a sight! twenty bold fellows stark and cold, and the moon sparkling on the puddles

STEINER RUDOLF CHRISTIANITY AS MYSTICAL FACT

o expression in things.139 human wisdom is the quest for these creative ideas. only in the book sealed by them can divine wisdom be found. the archetypal ideas behind the created world must be unveiled the seals opened and the contents of the book will be revealed. jesus is the lion who can break open the seals; he has given a meaning to the ideas of creation so as to point the way to wisdom. the lamb that was slain, which god has dearly bought with the price of his own blood, is jesus who, as the bearer of the christ, has passed in the profoundest sense through the mystery of life and death; it is he who opens the book.140 each time one of the seals is opened, the living creatures declare what they know. when the first seal is broken, john sees a white horse on which sits a rider with a b

ander in darkness, the light may yet reach them. there is no secrecy; the way opens out for all. there is much more in the apocalypse concerning the threat to christianity from anti-christian powers and the eventual triumph of christianity. all other gods are taken up into the higher unity of the christian divinity: i did not see a temple in the city, because the lord, the all-ruling god, and the lamb are its temple. the city had no need of the sun nor of the moon to shine upon it, because the revelation of the divine presence is its light, and its lamp is the lamb. 151 the mystery at the heart of the revelation of saint john is precisely this: the mysteries are no longer secret. the angel says to him: do not seal up the prophecies in this book, for the time of god s manifestation is near

SYMBOLISM OF THE BANNERS

eheads" of certain men, presumably as a sign of their exemption from judgment. the hebrew word which is translated as "mark" is tau and some have identified the sign tau with the t cross. tertullian, in commenting on the passage, says of the sign "ipsa enim litera graecorum t, nostra autem species crucis (adversus marcian iii.22" we also see a view that the mark made with the blood of the paschal lamb on the houses of the israelites before they left egypt was the t cross (exodus xii. 7. we have now to consider the christian cross or also known as the calvary cross. the new testament makes it quite certain that christ was not crucified on a single stake (crux simplex, but on a patibulum or bigot formed of two bars of wood with one fastened across the other. some have held the view that he w

SZYMANSKI GREG SEARCHING FOR THE ILLUMINATI DEEP WITHIN THE BOWELS OF THE VATICAN

ny at the age of 12 involved child sacrificing and a promise to serve "the family or order" for life. 17 jan 2006 by greg szymanski part ii she looked into the eyes of the "french father" while a man looking like a priest in scarlet robes put a golden knife into the heart of sandy-haired little boy about three or four years old. the boy, drugged and glassy-eyed, had been placed like a sacrificial lamb on a large black table in the center of the room located deep within the belly of the beast- the vatican. and the room, dark and foreboding with the scent of evil dripping from the walls, was only accessible through a hidden passageway camouflaged by a large painting. once inside the secret chamber, 13 distinct passageways were visible, each leading to a separate catacomb with every one of th

right after he was elected to speak at a masonic lodge? read as svali provides answers to the significance of pittsburgh in the illuminati plans. deep within the bowels of the vatican and illuminati: the small public chapter of svali's life coming to an end svali says no more interviews but will still try and spread the word of truth through her christian fellowship group called 'the lion and the lamb ministries' 19 jan 2006 by greg szymanski part iv the final curtain on this public chapter of svali's life is coming to a close. one radio interview and a series of print articles about her involvement in the feared illuminati and then back to private life, a life of spreading truth in a christian fellowship group she founded called lion and lamb ministries "i was up all night before the radi

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ich to produce phenomena, the younger schneider felt contented to work under at least partially lighted conditions. in january of 1926, a seance was held in the headquarters of the british society for psychical research (bspr) with willy schneider. the meeting had been organized by researcher dr. e. j. dingwall (1890 1986) and was attended by douglas dexter, a professional magician, and dr. c. g. lamb of the engineering laboratory at cambridge. schneider was carefully inspected by dingwall the moment he set foot on the society s premises. the clothing that schneider changed into before the seance a set of pajamas and a dressing jacket was the property of the society. every precaution was taken to assure the investigators that whatever they might witness that night would be the result of ps

ian on what to expect during the apocalypse, the time of tribulation. specifically, the book was written for the members of the churches of ephesus, smyrna, pergamum, thyatira, sardis, philadelphia, and laodicea in order to prepare them for what john believed to be a fastapproaching time of persecution and the return of jesus christ. the first of seven seals to be opened (revelation 6:1 2) by the lamb (christ) discloses a conquering king astride a white horse, the first of the four horsemen of the apocalypse. scholars disagree whether this triumphant king represents christ returning to do battle with satan or the antichrist emerging to summon the forces of evil to oppose christ and his angelic army. the second seal (6:3 4) reveals the red horse, representing civil war; the third, the black

nt king represents christ returning to do battle with satan or the antichrist emerging to summon the forces of evil to oppose christ and his angelic army. the second seal (6:3 4) reveals the red horse, representing civil war; the third, the black horse, symbolizing famine (6:5 6; the fourth, the pale horse, representing the suffering that follows war and famine. the fifth seal to be opened by the lamb yields a vision of the persecution of the church throughout history and during the last days. when the sixth seal is revealed, it displays the coming signs of a great day of wrath at hand when there will be earthly upheavals, a darkened sun, stars falling from the heavens, mountains and islands removed, and more strife and revolution throughout the nations. the seventh and final seal releases

,000 serpentine-leonine horsemen capable of belching fire, smoke, and brimstone. led by satan, the once-trusted angel who led the rebellion against god in heaven, the prince of the world sets his legions upon the faithful to make their lives as miserable as possible in the end time. to make matters even more complex for those who serve god, the antichrist appears on the scene pretending to be the lamb, the messiah. john the revelator is told that this man, this beast in lamb s clothing, can be recognized by a name, the letters of which, when regarded as numbers, total 666. 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 religious phenomena 183 john collins, author of the encyclopedia of apocalypticism (ap/wide world photos) although the term antich

at have been highly publicized and may even be better known than many of those on the approved roster. village of knock, county mayo, ireland: in 1879, in the midst of terrible famine, devout villagers gathered in their church to ask for deliverance from hunger. then, at one end of the church, a glowing light began to form that soon revealed the figures of mother mary, st. joseph, st. john, and a lamb surrounded by golden stars. a short time after the villagers had reported their collective vision, many ill, diseased, or crippled people who visited the church began to claim miraculous cures as they knelt at the statue of mother mary. since that 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 188 religious phenomena virgin mary and jesus vision in h

s, cults, and heresies that have influenced millions of individuals for two millennia. from the earliest days of christianity, there were basically two opposing interpretations of jesus: 1. jesus, a rabbi of nazareth, was a powerful teacher and prophet, a devout man divinely inspired by god. 2. jesus of nazareth was the christ, the messiah, the true son of god made flesh to serve as a sacrificial lamb for the sins of humankind. from these two metaphysical expressions with their vast essential differences, there arose centuries of theological arguments and interpretations of the gospels. what was heresy to some was sacred belief to others. and so it continues to this day. m delving deeper brandon, s. g. f. religion in ancient history. new york: charles scribner s sons, 1969. clifton, charle

wife, lois roden, declared herself the sixth angel in revelation and a prophet speaking through the feminine aspect of the holy spirit. a young man named vernon howell joined the branch davidians in 1981 and almost immediately caught lois roden s eye as the group s next prophet. howell assumed control of the davidians in 1988 and changed his name to david koresh in 1990. he pronounced himself the lamb of revelation, who would open the seven seals of the scroll and interpret the secrets that would immediately bring about the second coming of jesus christ. koresh believed that the final struggle between good and evil would begin in the united states, rather than israel, so the community of believers stockpiled food, water, and weapons. in 1992, koresh renamed the mount carmel commune ranch a

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oone is allowed in the whaley house after 4 p.m. mate of the whaley children; and dolly varden, the family s favorite dog. and then there are the screams, the giggles, the rattling doorknobs, the cooking odors, the smell of thomas whaley s havana cigars, anna s sweet-scented perfume, the sound of footsteps throughout the house, and the music box and piano that play by themselves. m delving deeper lamb, john. san diego specters. san diego: sunbelt productions, 1999. may, antoinette. haunted houses and wandering ghosts of california. san francisco: san francisco examiner division, 1977. norman, michael, and beth scott. historic haunted america. new york: tor books, 1996. smith, susy. prominent american ghosts. new york: dell, 1969. ghosts in the movies from the very beginnings of photography

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rds of the air, and they will tell you; or to speak to the earth, and it will teach you, or let the fish of the sea inform you. h although totems are most often associated with native americans, many cultures have at some time in their past used animal totems. local sport teams use names such as the tigers, lions, bears, cardinals, and falcons. various religions and sects use expressions like the lamb of god, the dove of the holy spirit, and the lion of judah. people through history have even had such surnames as bear, beaver, wolf, crane, crow, drake, finch, fish, fox, hawk, robin, pike, lamb, partridge, and salmon. for many centuries, humans have allowed animals to be both surrogates and teachers. the ethnologist ivar lissner has pondered the provocative mystery of why those anonymous fr

THE GOD OF THE WITCHES

essentially european that no other religion couldhave remained after it was once introduced. the evidence, however, points to an entirely different conclusion.until almost the time of the norman conquest the legal enactments show that though the rulers might benominally christian the people were openly heathen.it is possible that the church's prohibition against representing the crucifixion as a lamb on a cross was dueto the desire to differentiate the christian from the heathen god. the lamb, being a horned animal, was liableto be confounded with the horned deity of the pagans.the desolation of the country by the conqueror would not increase the estimation of christianity in the eyesof the unhappy population, and the old religion must have survived if only as a protest against the horror

with limestone or shell for the white of the eye, and lapis lazuli for the iris. the head wears two horns, anumber which at a slightly later period would indicate that the wearer was an inferior deity; for, during manycenturies, the position of a deity in the babylonian pantheon was shown by the number of horns worn. thegreat gods and goddesses had seven horns, which is the reason that the divine lamb in the book ofrevelation was said to have seven horns. the two-horned deities of babylonia are so numerous that it islikely that they were originally the deities of the primitive inhabitants, who had to take a lower place whenthe great gods were introduced; these latter were given more horns than the godlings to show their superiorposition. the horns were a sign of divinity. when the king or

THE KEY TO THE MYSTERIES

synthesis of human thought. thus the word of god reveals man, and the word of man reveals god. man is the god of the world, and god is the man of heaven. before saying "god wills" man has willed. in order to understand and honour almighty god, man must first be free. had he obeyed and abstained from the fruit of the tree of knowledge through fear, man would have been innocent and 17 stupid as the lamb, sceptical and rebellious as the angel of light. he himself cut the umbilical cord of his simplicity, and, falling free upon the earth, dragged god with him in his fall. and therefore, from this sublime fall, he rises again glorious, with the great convict of calvary, and enters with him into the kingdom of heaven. for the kingdom of heaven belongs to intelligence and love, both children of l

t midnight, and alone, in the church, begin the office of the dead "mingle with this office infernal evocations "finish the office by the light of a single taper, extinguish it immediately, and remain without light in the church thus profaned until sunrise "on thursday, mingle with the consecrated water the powder of the tongue and heart of the black cock, and let the whole be swallowed by a male lamb of nine days old" 176 the hand refuses to write the rest. it is a mixture of brutalizing practices and revolting crimes, so constituted as to kill for evermore judgment and conscience<yellow- o. m> but in order to communicate with the phantom of absolute evil, to realize that phantom to the point of seeing a

THE MARTINIST OPERATIVE GENERAL RITUAL

darkness and error that prowl around to destroy us, flee at the same time, forever, and may their malefice and prestiges never subsist. by ieshouah, our lord, amen. prayer to be said while vesting the alb and cordelier before the operation: o lord, whiten me and purify my heart so i may one day with my soul finally reconciled bathe in the eternal joys- after having been washed in the blood of the lamb. o merciful lord, deign to extinguish in me the ardour of evil passions and allow the virtue of power and purity to dwell in me. by ieshouah, our lord, amen. prayer to be said while putting on the sandals: o lord, happy are those who are honest in their ways and who walk according to thy will. o almighty god, may thus my actions be regulated, as well as my steps, so that i may preserve faithf

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r us? answer: in order to help us begin to feel them. the purpose of man s creation is to feel the upper worlds. in other words, it is to feel the creator. we, who cannot see the beginning of creation, the reason for it, are unable to see its end and ultimate purpose. therefore, we are also unable to understand the meaning of our lives. if a researcher from another world were to examine a day old lamb and a day old human infant, he would determine that the human infant has very little prospects of evolving successfully, whereas the lamb, which can already walk and understand its surrounding is certainly headed for a brighter future. the alien would assume that nature gave it everything necessary for life and therefore it would evolve much more successfully than the infant. that is what any

erything necessary for life and therefore it would evolve much more successfully than the infant. that is what any alien would think of our world. it would reach that conclusion because it would not be able to see the final state, after the completion of the development of each species. it would miss the part when the human infant makes the breakthrough and reaches far beyond the evolution of the lamb. if we do not (as is our current situation) see the final goal, our purpose, if we stay confined to our own world, we will continue to believe that our lives begin and end in this world. that is why kabbalists repeatedly mention in every book that even if one does not understand what he is reading, but seemingly just reads, by that he unconsciously extends the spiritual light that surrounds u

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and especially in gthe fatal force, h we find that of motherhood. the true wife must sacrifice her children before the shrine of her lover, and the true mother must sacrifice her lover on the altar of her children. this is no paradox, no riddle, no twisting of words; for crowley offers us in the glittering chalice of eternity the sacred blood of the bull, the second christ; and as the first, the lamb of god, sprang from the immaculate womb of the virgin-mother, so shall this second incarnation spring blood-red from the snowy lips of the great supernal mother, androgynous, the circe-isis of the ages. in galice, an adultery, h we see a woman passionate in her love, strenuous in her affection, yet in the end failing by abandoning her lover for her children. not so, however, in grosa inferni

to take their maunderings for mine.*2 *1. the temple of the holy ghost, vol. i, p. 170 *2. sword of song, ascension day, vol. ii, pp. 160, 161. we will now end the poet fs utter contempt for this worn-out old creed with the following: cvex my soul no more with mistranslations from genesis to revelations, but leave me with the flaming star jeheshua (see thou zohar) and thus our formidable pigeon- lamb-and-old-gentleman religion fizzles in smoke, and i am found attacking nothing c *sword of song, ascension day, vol. ii, p. 162. vi the chapter known as the cup in which chapter it is related how the cup held the hnew wine, h and how that wine is quaffed greedily by all; and how to some it tasteth as bitter as gall, and yet to others is as falernian a hundred and twenty years old; for that is

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i and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you, 22:6 and abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid [it] upon isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together. 22:7 and isaac spake unto abraham his father, and said, my father: and he said, here [am] i, my son. and he said, behold the fire and the wood: but where [is] the lamb for a burnt offering? 22:8 and abraham said, my son, god will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together. 22:9 and they came to the place which god had told him of; and abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. 22:10 and abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to

t, so that he would not let the children of israel go out of his land. page 37 exodus 12:1 and the lord spake unto moses and aaron in the land of egypt, saying, 12:2 this month [shall be] unto you the beginning of months: it [shall be] the first month of the year to you. 12:3 speak ye unto all the congregation of israel, saying, in the tenth [day] of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of [their] fathers, a lamb for an house: 12:4 and if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take [it] according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb. 12:5 your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take [it] out from the sheep, or fro

days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land. 12:20 ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread. 12:21 then moses called for all the elders of israel, and said unto them, draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the passover. 12:22 and ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip [it] in the blood that [is] in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that [is] in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning. 12:23 for the lord will pass through to smite the egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon

from year to year. 13:11 and it shall be when the lord shall bring thee into the land of the canaanites, as he sware unto thee and to thy fathers, and shall give it thee, 13:12 that thou shalt set apart unto the lord all that openeth the matrix, and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou hast; the males [shall be] the lord s. 13:13 and every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and all the firstborn of man among thy children shalt thou redeem. 13:14 and it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, what [is] this? that thou shalt say unto him, by strength of hand the lord brought us out from egypt, from the house of bondage: 13:15 and it came to pass, when pharaoh would hardly let us go

ou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made an atonement for it, and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it. 29:37 seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy. 29:38 now this [is that] which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two lambs of the first year day by day continually. 29:39 the one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even: 29:40 and with the one lamb a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil; and the fourth part of an hin of wine [for] a drink offering. 29:41 and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even, and shalt do thereto according to the meat offering of the morning, and according to the drink offer

e thee no molten gods. 34:18 the feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as i commanded thee, in the time of the month abib: for in the month abib thou camest out from egypt. 34:19 all that openeth the matrix [is] mine; and every firstling among thy cattle [whether] ox or sheep [that is male] 34:20 but the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if thou redeem [him] not, then shalt thou break his neck. all the firstborn of thy sons thou shalt redeem. and none shall appear before me empty. 34:21 six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest. 34:22 and thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the yea

the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away. 3:5 and aaron s sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt sacrifice, which [is] upon the wood that [is] on the fire [it is] an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the lord. 3:6 and if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering unto the lord [be] of the flock; male or female, he shall offer it without blemish. 3:7 if he offer a lamb for his offering, then shall he offer it before the lord. 3:8 and he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and aaron s sons shall sprinkle the blood thereof round about upon the altar. 3:9 and he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the lord; the fat thereof [and] the whole rump, it

of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar. 4:31 and he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn [it] upon the altar for a sweet savour unto the lord; and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him. 4:32 and if he bring a lamb for a sin offering, he shall bring it a female without blemish. 4:33 and he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burnt offering 4:34 and the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put [it] upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at t

his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burnt offering 4:34 and the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put [it] upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar: 4:35 and he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest shall burn them upon the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the lord: and the priest shall make an atonement for his sin that he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven him. 5:1 and if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and [is] a witness, whether he hath seen or known [of it] if he do not utter

d, whatsoever [it be] that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth [of it] then he shall be guilty in one of these. 5:5 and it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these [things] that he shall confess that he hath sinned in that [thing] 5:6 and he shall bring his trespass offering unto the lord for his sin which he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his sin. 5:7 and if he be not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for his trespass, which he hath committed, two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, unto the lord; one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering. 5:8 and he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall offer [tha

d of moses. 9:1 and it came to pass on the eighth day [that] moses called aaron and his sons, and the elders of israel; 9:2 and he said unto aaron, take thee a young calf for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering, without blemish, and offer [them] before the lord. 9:3 and unto the children of israel thou shalt speak, saying, take ye a kid of the goats for a sin offering; and a calf and a lamb [both] of the first year, without blemish, for a burnt offering; 9:4 also a bullock and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before the lord; and a meat offering mingled with oil: for to day the lord will appear unto you. 9:5 and they brought [that] which moses commanded before the tabernacle of the congregation: and all the congregation drew near and stood before the lord. 9:6 and moses s

d thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled. 12:5 but if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her separation: and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days. 12:6 and when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the first year for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest: 12:7 who shall offer it before the lord, and make an atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. this [is] the law for her that hath born a male or a female. 12:8 and if she be not able to bring a l

shall tarry abroad out of his tent seven days. 14:9 but it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his page 65 leviticus head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, also he shall wash his flesh in water, and he shall be clean. 14:10 and on the eighth day he shall take two he lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish, and three tenth deals of fine flour [for] a meat offering, mingled with oil, and one log of oil. 14:11 and the priest that maketh [him] clean shall present the man that is to be made clean, and those things, before the lord [at] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: 14:12 and the priest shall take one he lamb, and offer him for a trespass offering

gled with oil, and one log of oil. 14:11 and the priest that maketh [him] clean shall present the man that is to be made clean, and those things, before the lord [at] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: 14:12 and the priest shall take one he lamb, and offer him for a trespass offering, and the log of oil, and wave them [for] a wave offering before the lord: 14:13 and he shall slay the lamb in the place where he shall kill the sin offering and the burnt offering, in the holy place: for as the sin offering [is] the priest s [so is] the trespass offering: it [is] most holy: 14:14 and the priest shall take [some] of the blood of the trespass offering, and the priest shall put [it] upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and

the priest shall offer the sin offering, and make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed from his uncleanness; and afterward he shall kill the burnt offering: 14:20 and the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the meat offering upon the altar: and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and he shall be clean. 14:21 and if he [be] poor, and cannot get so much; then he shall take one lamb [for] a trespass offering to be waved, to make an atonement for him, and one tenth deal of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering, and a log of oil; 14:22 and two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, such as he is able to get; and the one shall be a sin offering, and the other a burnt offering. 14:23 and he shall bring them on the eighth day for his cleansing unto the priest, unto the

ine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering, and a log of oil; 14:22 and two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, such as he is able to get; and the one shall be a sin offering, and the other a burnt offering. 14:23 and he shall bring them on the eighth day for his cleansing unto the priest, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, before the lord. 14:24 and the priest shall take the lamb of the trespass offering, and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them [for] a wave offering before the lord: 14:25 and he shall kill the lamb of the trespass offering, and the priest shall take [some] of the blood of the trespass offering, and put [it] upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right

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istian church that the magus may be embar- rassed to make use of it. the conical cap symbolizes the descent of the light from out of the point of self into the awareness of the magus. the best color for the cap is light blue, signifying a passive and gentle descent of the light. it should be made of paper or stiffened cloth. leather can be used, but it must be taken from a virgin animal, a kid or lamb. if using paper, make sure it has no recycled fibers. recycling may be fine for the environment but is bad for magic. crown this is a circlet worn around the brow that is made of brass, silver, or gold in the shape of a serpent swallowing its tail. the head of the serpent is worn to the front. it symbolizes the inward spiral, or the descent of the will of the magus from the world of perceptio

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d for at least two hours before practice. sylvan muldoon found that a condition of thirst was helpful in initiating separation,215 but in my opinion, this thirst should be so mild as to be almost subliminal, since otherwise there is a danger that it will constrain the astral experience. either a wholly vegetarian diet, or a diet that is very light on red meat, will yield good results. beef, pork, lamb, and other solid, fatty meats do the most to inhibit success. grease appears to be the primary factor involved. rich pastries such as meat pies or dumplings cause a similar type of hindrance. fish and other sea foods, such as shrimp and scallops, are not bad, and may be included in such meals as stir-fries without inhibiting success. vegetables should be at least partially cooked, so that the

orded in a jewish magical manuscript of the eighteenth century that is based on much older sources, the magician is instructed in the text to tell the child seer the following: and if he sees a man dressed in black tell him that he should put on white garments and return at once, and when he returns he shall say unto him: i command that thou shalt go at once to thy kingdom, and thou shalt bring a lamb and slaughter it and roast it and eat it, and after he has eaten he shall tell him: i command thee with the power and permission and command of my master and in the name of thy supreme master and by the command of thy king that thou shalt show me all that i ask clearly so that i should understand.231 this may seem a bit confusing, but is simple enough. the magician instructs the child seer to

chapter seventeen: etiquette in the astral world 295 had authority over the spirit, and to compel the spirit to present itself honestly and in harmony with the elemental level represented by the name or sign. returning to our analysis of the babylonian ritual, the magician tells the child what he is to say to the spirit who has put on white garments-that the spirit is to go to his kingdom, get a lamb, slaughter the lamb, roast it, and consume it, as an offering from the magician to the spirit. the lamb is wholly astral in nature. even though the spirit fetches the offering himself, it is not an offering he could consume without the permission of the magician and the seer, because their expectations, acting through their imaginations, make the offering real and available to the spirit. onc

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power of the fivefold name of jesus, cornelius agrippa quotes directly from the conclusions of pico della mirandola when he writes: as john in the revelations describeth that heavenly city, whose twelve gates are guarded with twelve angels, infusing on them what they receive from the divine name, twelve times revolved; and in the foundations of that city the names of the twelve apostles, and the lamb; for as in the law, in the stones of the ephod, and foundations of the holy city described by ezekiel, were written the names of the tribes of israel, and the name of four letters did predominate over them; so in the gospel, the names of the apostles are written in the stones of the foundation of the heavenly city, which stones stand for the tribes of israel in the church, over which the name

r as in the law, in the stones of the ephod, and foundations of the holy city described by ezekiel, were written the names of the tribes of israel, and the name of four letters did predominate over them; so in the gospel, the names of the apostles are written in the stones of the foundation of the heavenly city, which stones stand for the tribes of israel in the church, over which the name of the lamb hath influence, that is, the name of jesus, in which is all the virtue of the four-lettered name; seeing that jehovah the father hath given him all things. therefore the heavens receive from the angels, that which they dart down; but the angels from the great name of god and jesu, the virtue whereof is first in god, afterward diffused into these twelve and seven angels, by whom it is extended

nd we learn that the throne had six steps leading up to it and was made in the shape of the four-horse war chariot of god. it may be conjectured by combining the descriptions of the throne in the two legends that each step had the carved figures of beasts on the left and right side. it may be further speculated that these animals were, right to left and bottom to top (1) a ram and a panther (2) a lamb and a wolf (3) a gazelle and a bear (4) a deer and an elephant (5) a unicorn and a griffin (6) a man and a demon (see raphael patai, gates to the old city [new york: avon, 19801, pp. 335-8. it should scarcely be necessary to point out the magical significance of these twelve beasts, six benevolent to bless on the right side and six malevolent to curse on the left side. besides the four winds

stand before the throne, divine harpers begin to sing and play: 204 tetragrammaton and they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth. these are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. these are they which follow the lamb whithersoever he goeth. these were redeemed from among men, being the first fruits unto god and to the lamb (rev. 14:3-4) although it is very dangerous to attach specific symbolic meanings to the numbers in the keys, i am tempted to look upon this description as a metaphor for the progress of the sun through the twenty-eight mansions of the moon. the sun enters each house of the moon successi

ael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, and prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. and the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the devil, and satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. 206 tetragrammaton and they overcame him by the blood of the lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time (rev. 12:7-9, 11-2. it is vital to grasp that the imagery in the keys is apocalyptic if we are t

to the bottomless pit (rev. 20:z-3. however, the final part of the key seems to summon the dragon "come, appear to the terror of the earth, and to our comfort, and of such as are prepared" those who are "prepared" are those who come before the throne of heavenly christ clothed in white. they have no reason to fear or regret the annihilation of the world because they are the chosen of god "for the lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters (rev. 7:17. that is why they actively seek to evoke coronzon into visible appearance "to the terror of the earth"-the destruction of the world is their resurrection in service before the throne of the messiah. the description of christ as "him that is, was, and shall be crowned" seems to b

ble sleeves" symbolizes the hardness of their judgmentthey will not be moved to pity. as st. john says of those that bear the mark of the beast "the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of god, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be 210 tetragrammaton tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the lamb (rev. 14:lo. the unusual but effective image of an angel whose head is covered with diamond occurs outside the keys in dee's magical record, where kelley describes to dee a vision of the heavenly throne of christ: and there sitteth one in a judgement seat, with all his teeth fiery. all the place is like gold, garnished with precious stones. on his head is a great stone; covering his head; a s

crets of truth 6332" that abide in the earth. in the heavenly kingdom of this fourth flame, who expresses the merciful aspect of christ, truth is called joy that cannot be measured. the judgmental and wrathful natures of the preceding keys have been left behind. this key foreshadows the establishment of the kingdom of god upon the earth, the heavenly city of new jerusalem that is the bride of the lamb, which will follow after the destruction of the apocalypse. the "center" is always the place of god, because where god is, that place is the center of everything. the description of the fourth flame as a "mighty light" which "openest the glory of god to the center of the earth in interesting in view of this description of new jerusalem: and the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon

. the "center" is always the place of god, because where god is, that place is the center of everything. the description of the fourth flame as a "mighty light" which "openest the glory of god to the center of the earth in interesting in view of this description of new jerusalem: and the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine it it: for the glory of god did lighten it, and the lamb is 230 tetragrammaton the light thereof. and the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honor into it (rev. 21:23-4) earthly truth is equated with heavenly joy, or bliss, which cannot be measured because it exists outside of time. this equation is the essential understanding of the poet john keats, who wrote the memor

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cle("and i heard a great voice out of heaven saying, behold the tabernacle of god is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and god himself shall be with them, and be their god" rev 21: 3. the tabernacle is also the meeting tent and dwelling place of the shekinah (see ex. 40: 34) 36: bkchv, be-koakho: by her power 36: kbdi: my glory 36: damcar: latin for blood of the lamb. i l l: magic sum of kamea *111: achd hva elhim: the lord is one 111: alp, letter name of aleph, 11th path on the tree: ox, family, clan 111: aphl, ophel: darkness, obscurity 111: i tzvh: will command 111: kipha, kepha: peter, the rock (aramaic) 111: pla, mystical name of kether, the wonder 111: nkyal, nachiel: intelligence of the sun 111: ovla, avela: a sacrifice 111: olva, olvah: duke of ed

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

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have "judged" this "beast, much less cursed it to go about upon it's belly. this curse has been suffered by many of the reptilian sub-species, however there are apparently some of the more "alien" branches which have escaped this particular judgment "for a time. but this does not discredit god since there are many "delayed prophecies" in the scriptures. including the prophecy of the lion and the lamb making peace with each other, which may not be realized until well into the millennium. human-reptilian genetic "hybrids" on the other hand, supposing they possess a soul-chakra matrix, might escape this particular judgment. could this be one of the main reasons behind the so-called "hybrid" projects? so then, how did lucifer/satan gain the serpents' compliance? perhaps he/it began to use dec

WICCA MAGICK OCCULT THREE GREEN BOOKS DRUIDISM

. icelandic being a sufi is to put away what is in your head imagined truth, preconceptions, conditioning and to face what may happened to you. abu said. he uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts, for support rather than illumination. andrew lang. all great truths begin as blasphemies. george bernard shaw the sky is not less blue because the blind man does not see it. danish all say the lamb is good, but each likes a different way of cooking it. chinese don t deny the truth even for the sake of your friend. hungarian an old error has more friends than a new truth. german the greatest truths are the simplest; and so are the greatest men. john hare 19th cent. he who dies for truth finds holy ground everywhere for his grave. german there is no disputing a proverb, a fool, and a trut

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number 3 years as being of mystical importance, as the half of seven, typifying present suffering as compared with future joy. the famine in the time of elias, when israel was persecuted by ahab and jezebel, lasted 3 years. antiochus epiphanes persecuted the church 3 years. forty-two months, or 3 years, are symbolical of times of trouble. jesus preached 3 years. in the revelations, the bride, the lamb s wife, suffers 1260 days in the wilderness, being a time, times, and a half, rev. xii. 6-14. again, the holy city is said to be trodden under foot forty-two months, or 3 years. the two witnesses testify 3 years, and their dead bodies remain unburied 3 days. so also, the scattering of the holy people as mentioned in daniel xii. 7 is for three times and a half, by which we were to understand a

the master s degree. 14 parts into which the body of osiris was divided. a type of christ, sacrificed on the 14th day of the month. an amulet of 14 points has been used to cure the sick. there are 14 books of the apocrypha. they were written originally in greek, never in hebrew. an israelite had to partake of 14 meals in the booth during the feast of tabernacle. the israelites killed the paschal lamb on the 14th day of the month nisan. in matthew, chap. i, we find the genealogy of jesus recited in three series of 14 names, the first under patriarchs and judges, the second under kings, the third under priests and governors. the ancient physicians considered that the 14th day was the crisis of fevers. the moon waxes and wanes, each for 14 days. numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir

angels of the winds of the 4 corners of the earth, vii. i. 5 months, the locusts had power to hurt men, ix. 5-10. 6 wings of the beasts (living beings, full of eyes, iv. 8. 7 churches, i. 20. 7 candlesticks, i. 20. represent the 7 churches. 7 stars, i. 20; ii. 1. represent 7 angels of the churches. 7 angels of the churches, i. 20. 7 lamps stand near the throne, iv. 5. 7 seals, v. 5, opened by the lamb, produce 4 horses, etc. 7 trumpets, viii. 2. given to 7 angels. numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott 7 thunders utter their voices, x. 3. 7 plagues held by 7 angels, xv. i. 7 vials of wrath, xv. 7. 7 spirits of god, v. 6. 127. 7 horned and 7 eyed lamb, v. 6; near the throne are the 7 spirits of god. 7 headed and 10 horned scarlet beast, on which is a woma

n which is a woman, xvii. 3. 7 headed and 10 horned dragon with 7 crowns, xii. 3. 7 headed and 10 horned beast rose out of sea, xiii. i. 10 crowns on ten horns of beast which had 7 heads, xiii. i. 10 horned dragon with 7 heads, xii. 3. 10 horned beast with 7 heads rose out of sea, xiii. i. 10 horned scarlet beast with 7 heads, on which was a woman, xvii. 3. 12 tribes of israel. 12 apostles of the lamb, xxi. 14. 12 gates of new jerusalem and 12 angels guarding them (xxi. 12. 12 foundations of the walls of the new jerusalem. 12 stars on the head of the woman, xii. i. 24 elders around the throne, on 24 seats, iv. 4-10. numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott 42 months, the gentiles tread over the outer court of temple, xi. 2. 42 months, the 7 headed beast to

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

and tamut, you shall live and you shall die. furthermore, the black-mark of death (nigrum theta) is depicted in the rabbinic homily as the blood-mark (tau shel dam, which is set in contrast to the ink-mark (tau shel deyo. this may be explained as a rejoinder on the part of some rabbis to an exegetical tradition cultivated by early church fathers that connected the tau of ezekiel with the paschal lamb, the symbol of salvation. this possibility is enhanced by the evidence (supplied, for example, by origen) that jewish christians interpreted the tau of ezekiel as a sign of the cross (related, as we have seen, to the shape of the letter in the ancient script) placed on the foreheads of christians.29 apparently responding to this interpretation, rabbinic exegetes emphasized that the mark of bl

ZALEWSKI SECRET INNER ORDER RITUALS OF THE GOLDEN DAWN OCR

was the son of noble but poor parents, and was placed in a doister at the age of five where he learned some greek and latin. while yet a youth, he accompanied a certain brother p.a.l. on a pilgrimage to the holy land; but the latter, dying at cyprus, he himself went to damascus. there was then in arabia a temple of the order which was called in the hebrew tongue 'damkar: that is 'the blood of the lamb' there he was duely initiated, and took the mystic title christian rosenkreutz, or christian of the rose cross. he then so improved his knowledge of the arabian tongue, that in the following year he translated the book 'm' into latin, which he afterwards brought back with him to europe "after three years he went into egypt, where there was another temple of the order. there he remained for a

nished. but this is the indrawn state in which consciousness enters the absolute. you should understand further that the vision, as the banner of the east exhibits, is formulated on the background of purity. it is the simplicity and singleness and detachment and continence concerning which it may be said that he who is sealed therewith shall be opened to divine things in the universe, even as the lamb slain from the foundation of the world opened the book of life. love and understanding are the motive, the secret and the harmony of that world. we have spoken to you of many hallowings, and i invite you more especially at this stage to remember the turning of the will, which is the deeper meaning of its consecration in the grade of philosophus. this is the sense in which the sons and daughte

ALEISTER CROWLEY SEPHER SEPHIROTH

the world of briah (creation; referred to binah) h)yrbh mlw( 370 a foundation, basis rq( creation( willows of the brook (lev. 23:40) lxn ybr( white lead, tin )r+sq to rend, cut, blame, curse (rq green (see s.d. p. 104) nn(r perfect, whole ml# ligure; jacinth; opal m#l to rule k#ym 371 sinister, left-hand l)m# 372 scorpio: a scorpion brq( spherical water (apparently a latin transliteration )kryps) lambs, sheep my#bk an oven, furnace n#bk herbage, grass b( seven (b# hwhy is his name wm# hwhy 373 god of the hebrews myrb(h yhl) quaking#(g 375 generally and specially +rpw llk to yield; to do; to make; yielding h( hour h# solomon (lit. gpeaceful one h) hml# 376 dominator l#wm a bird rwpc peace (refers to kether) mwl# 377 the sinew of the thigh, the sciatic nerve (gn. 32:32) h#nh dyg seven h(b# 3

l )rbyw wmlcb 925 the river of justice *nyd r)y 929 the treasures of the north nwpc twrcw) palace of the holy of holies (referred to the supernals) my#dq #wdq lkyh the world of briah (creation; referred to binah *h)yrbh mlw( 930 mocker *cl a record (ch *nwrkd archangel of malkuth *nwpldns perfect, whole *ml# ligure; jacinth; opal *m#l 932 the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (rw bw+ t(dh c( lambs, sheep *my#bk 933 the covenant of nakedness, or of the sabbath, or of the rainbow rw(mh tyrb of a memorial (see 964 *nwrkz god of the hebrews *myrb(h yhl) 934 a most piercing light )twnydrqd )nycwb 935 the cause of causes twbsh tbs delights (see eccl. 2:8& i.r.q. 79) twgwn(t 936 peace (refers to kether *mwl# 937 a piece of the host (unleavened bread *nmwqyp) 938 to withdraw, rescue, deliver;

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE SWORD OF SONG

n unto this day. and the first sign was of dancing: for every woman that was under the moon began to dance and was mad, so that headlong and hot-mouthed she flung herself down, desirous. whence the second sign, that of musical inventions; for in that year, and of rosewomen, came a and u and m,1 the mighty musicians! and the third sign likewise, namely, of animals: for in that year every sheep had lambs thirteen, and every cart2 was delivered of a wheel! and other wonders innumerable: they are well known, insomuch that that year is yet held notable. now our father, being very old, came into the venerable grove of our august fraternity and abode there. and so old was he and feeble that he could scarce lift his hands in benediction upon us. and all we waited about him, both by day and night;

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f sixty, bent, decrepit, debauched. with dribbling curses she hobbled from the room. as frater p. left the house, for some time he turned over in his mind these strange happenings, and was not long in coming to the opinion that mrs. m. was not working alone, and that behind her probably were forces far greater than she. she was but the puppet of others, the slave that would catch the kids and the lambs that were to be served upon her master's table. could p. prove this? could he discover who the masters were? the task was a difficult one; it either meant months of work, which p. could not afford to give, or the mere chance of a lucky stroke, which p. set aside as unworthy the attempt. that evening whilst relating the story to his friend h. l. he asked him if he knew of any reliable clairvo

ng, the first thing you must do is to buy a pair of my four pound dumb- bells and my sixpenny book on physical culture" 291 the buddha (it is true) did not encourage bloodshed, in spite of his having died from an overfeed of pork, but as mr. a. crowley has said, many of his present-day followers are quite capable of killing their own brothers for five rupees. the western theory that buddhists are lambs and models of virtue is due to the fact that certain western vices are not so congenial to the asiatic as they are to the european; and not because buddhists are incapable of enjoying themselves. 292 buddhism as a schism from the brahminical religion may in many respects be compared with lutheranism as a schism from the catholic church. both buddha and luther set aside the authority of mirac

ALICE A BAILEY10 FROM BETHLEHEM TO CALVARY

fortunately, we are never able to get too far from divinity; and that, as a race, we shall swing back into a state of greater spirituality than ever before is the sincere belief of all who know. theology over-reached itself with its "miserable sinner" complex and its emphasis upon the necessity for the purification by blood. this teaching of purification through the blood of bulls and of rams (or lambs) was part of the ancient mysteries, and was inherited by us primarily from the mysteries of mithra. these mysteries, in their turn, inherited the teaching, and thus formulated their doctrine, which christianity absorbed. when the sun was in the zodiacal sign of taurus the bull, the sacrifice of the bull was offered as a forecast of that which christ came later to reveal. when the sun passed

BLAVATSKY H P ANTHROPOGENESIS

he sun in the heavens to him who reads both symbolically. what do the laws in chapter xxiii, v. 15, of leviticus apply to? what is the philosophy of reason for all such hebdomadic offerings and symbolical calculations as "ye shall count. from the morrow after the sabbath. that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be completed (15 "and ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish (18, etc. etc. we shall be contradicted, no doubt, when we say that all these "wave" and "peace" offerings were in commemoration of the seven "sabbaths" of the mysteries, which sabbaths are seven pralayas, between seven manvantaras, or what we call rounds- for "sabbath" is an elastic word, meaning a period of rest of whatever nature, as explained elsewhere (part ii "sections

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than we would think of harming them, the two-thirds of the world's evil would vanish into thin air. were no man to hurt his brother, karma-nemesis would have neither cause to work for, nor weapons to act through. it is the constant presence in our midst of every element of strife and opposition, and the division of races, nations, tribes, societies and individuals into cains and abels, wolves and lambs, that is the chief cause of the "ways of providence" we cut these numerous windings in our destinies daily with our own hands, while we imagine that we are pursuing a track on the royal high road of respectability and duty, and then complain of those ways being so intricate and so dark. we stand bewildered before the mystery of our own making, and the riddles of life that we will not solve

BUCKLAND RAYMOND COMPLETE BOOK OF WITCHCRAFT

roman festival; the preparation of seed-grain for growing in the spring; the inviting of the goddess of fertility to enter into the house and lodge therein. bell is rung seven times. covener "our lord now has reached mid-journey. ahead he sees the light of our lady, and the start of life anew, after this period of rest. this was the first festival of the keltic year. this is the time when spring lambs are born and ewes come into milk. spring itself is scented in the distance and thoughts are on the goddess as much as on the god. burn, now, the evergreens the ivy, mistletoe and holly; the rosemary and the bay. clear out the old, that the new may enter in "light to dark "darkness to light "light to dark "darkness to light "farewell lady; welcome lord "farewell lord and welcome lady "all hai

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ersion of the holygrail story of so much myth and legend. these are the symbolic stories of king arthur(another sun, and they can also be seen in the tarot cards and the music and art ofeurope for centuries. the grail has been portrayed as the cup or chalice which held theblood of jesus at the crucifixion. but this blood was merely symbolic of the bloodwhich flowed in the ancient rituals in which lambs were sacrificed at the spring equinoxand, for the more initiated, the bloodlines which go back to the reptilian gods. in theearly manuscripts of the grail stories, the holy grail is called the sangraal. how closethis is to the sang raal, the old french term meaning blood royal. this royal blood, aswe shall establish, was the bloodlines of the reptilian-human crossbreeds and hadnothing to do

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF OCCULTISM AND PARAPSYCHOLOGY VOL 1

n by charms, by powers of pleasing. it is derived from the latin fascinare (enchant. a belief in the power of fascination appears to have been prevalent in most ages and countries. in ancient greece and rome there is the example of theocritus s wish that an old woman might be with him to avert this danger by spitting, and the complaint of menalcas (in virgil) that some evil eye had fascinated his lambs. the romans, with their usual passion for increasing the host of heaven, deified this power of evil, and enrolled a god, fascinus among their objects of worship. although he was a numen (presiding spirit, the celebration of his rites was entrusted to the vestal virgins, and his phallic attribute was suspended around the necks of children and from the triumphal chariots. lucretius, in of natu

eter, but of uncertain origin. she appears to have been one of the original titans, who ruled the heavens, earth, and sea and could bestow gifts on mortals as they pleased. later she was confused with other goddesses until she became known as a mystic goddess having all the magic powers of nature at her command. magicians and witches sought her aid, and sacrifices of dogs, honey, and female black lambs were offered to her where three ways met, at crossroads, or in graveyards. festivals were held in her honor annually at egina. in appearance she was frightful, and serpents hung hissing around her shoulders. as a dark goddess of ghosts and moonlight, her propitiation was an early form of black magic and witchcraft. in shakespeare s play macbeth, hecate is the leader of three witches who plot

FRANCIS A YATES GIORDANO BRUNO AND THE HERMETIC TRADITION

with ficino's tortuous attempts to draw in thomas aquinas in his defence of his talismans. the de vita coelitus comparanda was published in the same year as garcia's book. in connection with his condemnation of astrological images, garcia has also to deal with those who have been saying that astrological magic can be as free from demonic influences as "ecclesiastical magic, such as the use of wax lambs blessed by the pope, or the blessing of bells. garcia denies this, strongly affirming that christian observances are not efficacious by virtue of the stars, but solely through the omnipotent power of the creator. finally, garcia denies the antiquity of cabala. garcia's work is thus not only a condemnation of magic in itself but a refutation of the suggestion that "ecclesiastical magic" could

GILBERT THE SORCERER AND HIS APPRENTICE

me other stories of cures by the same 'wise woman' who seems to have been a white witch, devoting her powers entirely to curing, and taking no fee for so doing. but the evil witch who does harm is by no means unknown.onesuch i met with many years ago now, in what was the then little fishing village of lossiemouth. i was told how she over-looked cattle and they died, how the sheep brought forth no lambs, and the cows gave no milk.withmuch difficulty and many vows of secrecy i was shown the witch's cottage, and made her acquiantance. however, when after some little conversation on things in general i asked her if she would 'spae' my fortune, either by my hand, or the cards, or in any other way, she stoutly denied having any power in that way, and it looked as though we had come to a deadlock

GRIMM JACOB TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY VOL 3

geldan (leges wihtr^di 13. it is certain that the centuries immediately following the conversion still witnessed lighted candles beside holy waters (p. 584. in norway lamhs and kids, mostly black ones, were offered to the watersprite (p. 493; and similar sacrifices were in use among the lettons and lithuanians in modern times. whirlpools and rivers demanded goats and horses (p. 592, hecate black lambs. in a hessian folktale the devil guards a treasure, and will allow no one to lift it unless he offer to him a black he-goat exacth/ a year and a day old. this is an almost invariable incident in^ mone in anz. 8, 450 interprets the devil's mother as demcter -who in the eleusinian mysteries is made the mother of dionysus. 1010 devil. treasure-lifting, and must have been deeply stamped on the p

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69 nourishment& our purity of heart 71 the nourishment of ecstasy tool. elemental equilibrium 72 other forms of nourishment 77 divine nutrition: the madonna frequency& the food of gods with jasmuheen 9 the food of the goddess 77 7. theta. delta wave feeding: a never-ending source 84 8. nourishing environments. the appropriate ashram 89 9. frequently asked questions 94 our internal organs, lions& lambs weight loss, sensitivity, equilibrium, yogi s& shaman energy reserves, programming& transformation the bigger picture& enlightenment 10. summary& benefits: the madonna frequency attributes 108 divine nutrition program. level 3 nourishment: 11. pranic nourishment hook-in. step by step: part 1: the inner view 114 step by step 114 discover your encodements 116 bio-system preparation. fitness on

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or they shall perish amidst plenty. blessed are the destroyers of false hope; they are true messiahs. cursed are the god-adorers; they shall be shorn sheep! blessed are the valiant, for they shall obtain great treasure. 440 cursed are the believers in good and evil, for they are frightened by shadows. blessed are those who believe in nothing; never shall it terrorized their minds. cursed are the "lambs of god" they shall be bleed "whiter than snow. blessed is the man who has powerful enemies they shall make him a hero. cursed is he who "doeth good" unto others; he shall be despised. blessed is the man whose foot is swift to serve a friend; he is a friend indeed. cursed are the organizers of charities; they are propagators of plagues. blessed are the wise and brave, for in the struggle they

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

ion, satan worship, and necromancy (robie 1994, 67) in the seduction of our children, neil anderson and steve russo claim that the game negatively affects a person s self-image and personality and opens him to satanic influence (anderson and russo 1991, 78. bob larson has asserted that young people who call his radio talk show often mention fantasy games as their introduction to satanism. in like lambs to the slaughter, johanna michaelsen criticizes games for their promotion of occultism and violence. all of the opposition to rpgs in books, magazines, tv, or radio appears to be by persons who are conservative christians. their critiques are logically derived from conservative christian beliefs about satanism and demonic possession. in their article, relationship of role-playing games to se

le-playing games to self-reported criminal behavior. psychological reports 69 (1991. anderson, neil, and steve russo. the seduction of our children. eugene, or: harvest house, 1991. fannon, sean patrick. the fantasy role-playing gamer s bible. rocklin, ca: prima publishing, 1996. larson, bob. satanism. the seduction of america s youth. nashville, tn: thomas nelson, 1989. michaelsen, johanna. like lambs to the slaughter. eugene, or: harvest house, 1989. robie, joan hake. the truth about dungeons and dragons. lancaster, pa: starburst publishers, 1994. schick, lawrence. heroic worlds: a history and guide to role-playing games. amherst, ny: prometheus books, 1991. stackpole,michael. the truth about role-playing games. in shawn carlson and gerald larue, ed. satanism in america. el cerrito, ca:

LIBER LXVII THE SWORD OF SONG

n unto this day. and the first sign was of dancing: for every woman that was under the moon began to dance and was mad, so that headlong and hot-mouthed she flung herself down, desirous. whence the second sign, that of musical inventions; for in that year, and of rosewomen, came a and u and m,1 the mighty musicians! and the third sign likewise, namely, of animals: for in that year every sheep had lambs thirteen, and every cart2 was delivered of a wheel! and other wonders innumerable: they are well known, insomuch that that year is yet held notable. now our father, being very old, came into the venerable grove of our august fraternity and abode there. and so old was he and feeble that he could scarce lift his hands in benediction upon us. and all we waited about him, both by day and night;

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

en: and this lameck had two wives. the one was called adah, and the other zillah; by the first wife adah he gott two sons, the one called jaball, and the other juball, and by the other wife zillah he got a son and daughter, and the four children found the beginning of all crafts in the world. this jaball was the elder son, and he found the craft of geometric, and he parted flocks, as of sheep and lambs in the fields, and first wrought houses of stone and tree, as it is noted in the chap, aforesaid, and his brother juball found the crafte of musick, of songs, organs and harp. the third brother [tubal-cain] found out smith's craft to work iron and steel, and their sister naamah found out the art of weaving. these children did know thatt god would take vengeance for sinne, either by fire or w

MATHERS MACGREGOR THE GREATER KEY OF SOLOMON VOL 1

t we have told thee sufficient for their perfection. in this chapter we treat of extraordinary and unusual experiments, which can also be done in many ways. none the less should those who wish to put in practice the like experiments and operations observe the days and hours as is laid down in the proper chapters, and should be provided with genuine parchment paper, made from the skin of dead-born lambs, and other necessary things. having prepared a similar experiment thou shalt say: prayer. o god, who hast created all things, and hast given unto us discernment to understand the good and the evil; through thy holy name, and through these holy names- iod, iah, vau, daleth, vau, tzabaoth, zio, amator, creator, do thou, o lord, grant that this experiment may become true and veritable in my han

MATHERS MACGREGOR THE GREATER KEY OF SOLOMON VOL 2

e my aid, so that this blood may have power and efficacy all wherein i shall wish, and in all that i shall demand. perfume it and keep it for use. the blood of other winged animals may be taken in the same manner, with the proper solemnities. book two page 113 chapter xvii. of virgin parchment, or virgin paper, and how it should be prepared. virgin parchment paper, made from the skin of dead-born lambs, which is new, pure, clean, and exorcised, never having served for any other purpose. genuine virgin parchment is necessary in many magical operations, and should be properly prepared and consecrated. there are two kinds, one called virgin, the other unborn. virgin parchment is that which is taken from an animal which hath not attained the age of generation, whether it be ram, or kid, or oth

MICHAEL TSARION ATLANTIS ALIEN VISITATION AND GENETIC MANIPULATION

eve it exists (j. edgar hoover)if a man doesn t know what it means to be under psychic hypnosis it is because he is under it.(v ernon howard) when told that man lives in delusion everyone thinks of himself as the exception, hence hisdelusion (ibid) from the sword to the syringe112atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation113 chapter 18lambs to the slaughterto play those millions of minds, to watch them slowly respond to an unseen stimulus, toguide their aspirations without their knowledge all this whether in high capacities or inhumble, is a big and endless game of chess, of ever extraordinary excitement (sidney webb,founder of the fabian society)the so-called left-right political spectrum is our creation. in fact, it accuratel

cause one does not have an actual mark on their forehead or a physicalgun to their head does not mean they are free. today, we are free only to do what weare told. we need to be reminded that there are two main methods of affecting changesand imposing control on any animal. the first method is by direct training. this isaccomplished by schools, universities, recalcitrant parents, and peer groups. lambs to the slaughter114atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation a general state education is a mere contrivance for molding people to be exactly like oneanother; and as the mold in which it casts them is that which pleases the predominant powerin the governmentit establishes a despotism over the mind(john stuart mill) the second method is by the instigation of changes to the environm

portant element in a democratic society. those who manipulate this unseen mecha-nism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power in the ourcountry we are governed, our mind s are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggestedlargely by men we have never heard of we are dominated by a relatively small number ofatlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation115 lambs to the slaughter persons it is they who pull the wires which control the public mind and who harnesssocial forces and contrive new ways to bind and guide the world (edward bernays, propa-ganda. w e shall have world government whether or not you like it, by conquest or consent (james warburg, before the senate foreign relations committee).the great irish scholar and christian thinker c. s. le

mageryappendix b: book abstracts258atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation pointed to the comet, a fearful god who rained down rocks and stones, and hence the myth of thedragons bones sown by cadmus (p. 63)mizpahcentral emblem of israel, as the place of the sacred stones, can surely be identified as the same stonedragon as the theban round temple, or as manethos serpent typhon (p. 64)lambs skinwas originally worn by the priests of ammon, of which abraham was one.scotathe irish have definite records of jeremiah dwelling in their island, of his burial place, and of the twoprincesses, one named scota, who played a large part in the genealogy of the milesian kings of ireland,and who is described as a daughter of a pharaoh, as she was, for he adopted them both (p. 129)the serpents

initial premises of future mind control paradigms. 1665 london swept by bubonic plague. it was noticed that people who lived without sugar escapedharm. over 68,000 die. 1665 newton experiments with gravitation. 1666 great fire of london. 1667 the apparent danger of using animals serums foreign to human beings and animal serums foreignto other animals is reported in medical literature in 1667 when lambs blood was unsuccessfully used asa human blood transfusion.(sir graham wilson, the hazards of immunization, london 1967, athlonepress. 1667 epidemics of smallpox, dysentery begin. 1668 merck begins an apothecary shop in darmstadt germany. 1669 outbreak of cholera in china. 1670 measles and tertian fever epidemics displace cholera. 1672 dysentery becomes mild and some smallpox occurs. 1673 ino

MOTTA MARCELO THE COMMENTARIES OF AL

nderstood that only the initiate can infuse the ruach with the influence of the supernals. those who call themselves initiates and yet speak of the need of "pain, and "suffering, and "meek resignation" in this world to gain a "better life elsewhere" are merely puppets of the tyrants of religion, finance, or politics. in this sense, undoubtedly, religion is the opium of the masses. let us keep the lambs uninstructed, lest they perceive that their sorrows are not decreed by divine providence, but are merely the consequence of our oppression" as yet" this is clearly enheartening. this folk will come to know hadit that is, themselves. that's why al was dictated, so they would emancipate themselves. and that's why all the resources of propaganda were turned against crowley in his lifetime every

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uished intellectual qualifications. he was a poet, a teacher of the religious doctrines known as the orphic mysteries, and a great musician, having inherited from his father an extraordinary genius for music [81]when he sang to the sweet tones of his lyre, he charmed all nature, and summoned round him the wild beasts of the forests, who, under the influence of his music, became tame and gentle as lambs. the madly rushing torrents stopped their rapid course, and the very mountains and trees moved from their places at the sound of his entrancing melodies. orpheus became united to a lovely nymph named eurydice, the daughter of the sea-god nereus, whom he fondly loved. she was no less attached to him, and their married life was full of joy and happiness. but it was only short-lived; for arista

d to be able to lay to rest unearthly apparitions by her magic spells and incantations. hecate appears as a gigantic woman, bearing a torch and a sword. her feet and hair are formed of snakes, and her passage is accompanied by voices of thunder, weird shrieks and yells, and the deep baying and howling of dogs. her favour was propitiated by offerings and sacrifices, principally consisting of black lambs. her festivals were celebrated at night, by torchlight, when these animals were offered to her, accompanied by many peculiar ceremonies. these ceremonies were carried out with the minutest attention to details, as it was believed that the omission of the slightest particular would afford to her ministers, the evil spirits of the lower world, who hovered round the worshippers, an opportunity

the infant bacchus, by praxiteles. in this great work of art, hermes is represented as a young and handsome man, who is looking down kindly and affectionately at the child resting on his arm, but unfortunately nothing remains of the infant save the right hand, which is laid lovingly on the shoulder of his protector. the sacrifices to hermes consisted of incense, honey, cakes, pigs, and especially lambs and young goats. as god of eloquence, the tongues of animals were sacrificed to him. mercury. mercury was the roman god of commerce and gain. we find mention of a temple having been erected to him [124]near the circus maximus as early as b.c. 495; and he had also a temple and a sacred fount near the porta capena. magic powers were ascribed to the latter, and on the festival of mercury, which

and merely represent him as a young man, hardened by the exposure to all weathers which a rural life involves, and bearing in his hand the shepherd's crook and syrinx.these being his usual attributes.whilst small horns project from his forehead. he is either undraped, or wears merely the light cloak called the chlamys. the usual offerings to pan were milk and honey in [174]shepherds' bowls. cows, lambs, and rams were also sacrificed to him. page 202 after the introduction of pan into the worship of dionysus, we hear of a number of little pans (panisci, who are sometimes confounded with the satyrs. faunus. the romans had an old italian divinity called faunus, who, as the god of shepherds, was identified with the greek pan, and represented in a similar manner. faunus is frequently called inu

f conductor to the little band selected for this purpose. they soon came to a magnificent marble palace, which was situated in a charming and fertile valley. here [312]dwelt a beautiful enchantress called circe, daughter of the sun-god and the sea-nymph perse. the entrance to her abode was guarded by wolves and lions, who, however, to the great surprise of the strangers, were tame and harmless as lambs. these were, in fact, human beings who, by the wicked arts of the sorceress, had been thus transformed. from within they heard the enchanting voice of the goddess, who was singing a sweet melody as she sat at her work, weaving a web such as immortals alone could produce. she page 343 graciously invited them to enter, and all save the prudent and cautious eurylochus accepted the invitation. a

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the pupil of his eye. 11like an eagle, who rouses his nestlings, gliding down to his young, so did he spread his wings and take him, bear him along on his pinions; 12g-d alone did guide him, no alien god at his side. 13he set him atop the highlands, to feast on the yield of the earth; he fed him honey from the rock, and oil from the flint rock, 14curd of cows and milk of flocks; with the best of lambs, and rams of bashan, and he-goats; with the very finest wheat. and foaming grape-blood was your drink. 15so yeshurun grew fat and kicked. you grew fat and gross and coarse. he weakened the g-d who made him and forgot the rock of his support. 837 this installment continues the passage presented in the second installment, in which the arizal, discussing verse 3 in the above passage( ggive grea

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to his arms. by the time her children returned from school with the ayah she was immaculately dressed and coiffed, and sat with him in the drawing-room, revealing the secrets of the carpet business, confessing that art silk stood for artificial not artistic, telling him not to be fooled by her brochure in which a rug was seductively described as being made of wool plucked from the throats of baby lambs, which means, you see, only _low-grade wool, advertising, what to do, this is how it is. he did not love her, was not faithful to her, forgot her birthdays, failed to return her phone calls, turned up when it was most inconvenient owing to the presence in her home of dinner guests from the world of the ball-bearing, and like everyone else she forgave him. but her forgiveness was not the sile

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7. blessed are the destroyers of false hope, for they are the true messiahs- cursed are the god-adorers, for they shall be shorn sheep! 8. blessed are the valiant, for they shall obtain great treasure- cursed are the believers in good and evil, for they are frightened by shadows! 9. blessed are those that believe in what is best for them, for never shall their minds be terrorized- cursed are the "lambs of god, for they shall be bled whiter than snow! 10. blessed is the man who has a sprinkling of enemies, for they shall make him a hero- cursed is he who doeth good unto others who sneer upon him in return, for he shall be despised! 11. blessed are the mighty-minded, for they shall ride the whirlwinds- cursed are they who teach lies for truth and truth for lies, for they are an abomination!

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i am the reverent one a beast born of the earth and the infernal kingdom! i am the conveyor of wisdom and folly! i am the bestower of strength and weakness! i am the publisher of alienation and unity! i am the creator of life and death! i am the savior of man and the destroyer of the nazarene! i am the soul of darkness a black -36- beacon of infernal light to the worthy, and a sign of doom to the lambs! i am the will, the purpose and the fight! i am antichrist! 5 the holy sacrifice. 6 the celebrant faces the sigil of antichrist and recites the biblical passage, revelation 13: 1-18. 7 the evocation and release of the devils of evilution. the celebrant grasps the sword of satan and steadies the point of the blade in the flame of antichrist as he evokes the devils of evilution thus: pan, come

vilution. the celebrant grasps the sword of satan and steadies the point of the blade in the flame of antichrist as he evokes the devils of evilution thus: pan, come forth and smear the earth with your doctrines of carnality! fenris, come forth and free the beast to wage the war! leviathan, come forth to fill the minds of men with the wisdom of evil! diabolus, come forth to judge and imprison the lambs of the nazarene! set, come forth to destroy the xian faith and its masses! the sword is replaced on the altar. 8 the celebrant closes the rite by dousing the smoldering charcoal with a plentiful amount of conjuration saltatsatanism- an examination of satanic black magic introduction the aim of this dissertation is to focus upon some of the ritual magical aspects of modern satanism without re

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in many, but not all, christian traditions. the holiday is celebrated by many christians as well as some non-christians. but december 25 probably was not the actual birthdate of iesus. scriptural evidence suggests that jesus was probably born in the spring or summer; that was the time the shepherds that luke reports visiting the newborn jesus would have been in the fields, watching over the young lambs. december 25, however, was a powerful day to incorporate into the new christian religion. it had been, from earliest pagan times, a time of celebration, since it falls close to the winter solstice, the shortest day in the year. for the ancients, this was a turning point in the year, signaling the lengthening of days and the return of the sun. prehistoric tribes and clans throughout europe co

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rays and stomps cities to rubble, from the original japanese film, godzilla of the monsters (1954. 5. king kong, the giant ape, from the original king kong (1933. 6. chucky, the possessed, murderous doll, from child s play (1988. 7. michael myers, the masked murderer, who is described in the film halloween (1978. 8. hannibal lecter, the erudite, cannibalistic serial killer from the silence of the lambs (1991. 9. jason, the unstoppable monster in the hockey mask, from friday the 13th (1980. 10. the alien, the multi-jawed, many-fanged creature in alien (1979. sources: seiler, andy. oh, the horror! oh, boy! usa today, october 25, 2001 [online] http//www.usatoday.com/life/lphoto.htm. skal, david j. the monster show: a cultural history of horror. new york: boulevard, 1997. stanley, john. creatu

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rers h where women, the frailer sex, are the unfortunate victims. man made god, and god made woman out of one of man fs wretched little ribs. regardless of manners, man sucks the wretched little bone as he would the leg of a chicken, tears off the flesh and casts it into the bin. the masses are but sheep, following the bell-wether convention; deprive them of their initial, and they become neither lambs nor tigers but merely asses. ahinoam in gjephthah h well described them when he addressed the assembled multitude as: ye are as children c i never hear your voice but know some geese are gabbling *jephthah, vol. i, p. 81. or again, in gthe nameless quest, h god fs heart! the antics, as they toil and shove! one grabs a coin, one life, another love. all shriek *the temple of the holy ghost, vo

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d, i will swear. 21:25 and abraham reproved abimelech because of a well of water, which abimelech s servants had violently taken away. 21:26 and abimelech said, i wot not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard i [of it] but to day. 21:27 and abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto abimelech; and both of them made a covenant. 21:28 and abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves. 21:29 and abimelech said unto abraham, what [mean] these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves? 21:30 and he said, for [these] seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that i have digged this well. 21:31 wherefore he called that place beersheba; because there they sware both of them. 21:32 thus they made a covenan

hite strakes in them, and made the white appear which [was] in the rods. 30:38 and he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink. 30:39 and the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted. 30:40 and jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto laban s cattle. 30:41 and it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods. 30:42 but when the cattle were fe

seven sabbaths shall be complete: 23:16 even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the lord. 23:17 ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven [they are] the firstfruits unto the lord. 23:18 and ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish of the first year, and one young bullock, and two rams: they shall be [for] a burnt offering unto the lord, with their meat offering, and their drink offerings [even] an offering made by fire, of sweet savour unto the lord. 23:19 then ye shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin offering, and two lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace offerings. 23:20 and the p

ering unto the lord, with their meat offering, and their drink offerings [even] an offering made by fire, of sweet savour unto the lord. 23:19 then ye shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin offering, and two lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace offerings. 23:20 and the priest shall wave them with the bread of the first fruits [for] a wave offering before the lord, with the two lambs: they shall be holy to the lord for the priest. 23:21 and ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day [that] it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work [therein: it shall be] a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations. 23:22 and when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest

each bowl seventy: all the silver vessels [weighed] two thousand and four hundred [shekels] after the shekel of the sanctuary: 7:86 the golden spoons [were] twelve, full of incense [weighing] ten [shekels] apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary: all the gold of the spoons [was] an hundred and twenty [shekels] 7:87 all the oxen for the burnt offering [were] twelve bullocks, the rams twelve, the lambs of the first year twelve, with their meat offering: and the kids of the goats for sin offering twelve. 7:88 and all the oxen for the sacrifice of the peace offerings [were] twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he goats sixty, the lambs of the first year sixty. this [was] the dedication of the altar, after that it was anointed. 7:89 and when moses was gone into the tabernacle of the

e first year without spot: 29:18 and their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs [shall be] according to their number, after the manner: 29:19 and one kid of the goats [for] a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and the meat offering thereof, and their drink offerings. 29:20 and on the third day eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish; 29:21 and their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs [shall be] according to their number, after the manner: 29:22 and one goat [for] a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering. 29:23 and on the fourth day ten bullocks, two rams [and] fourteen lambs

d for the lambs [shall be] according to their number, after the manner: 29:22 and one goat [for] a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering. 29:23 and on the fourth day ten bullocks, two rams [and] fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish: 29:24 their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs [shall be] according to their number, after the manner: 29:25 and one kid of the goats [for] a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering. 29:26 and on the fifth day nine bullocks, two rams [and] fourteen lambs of the first year without spot: 29:27 and their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the l

ourteen lambs of the first year without spot: 29:27 and their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs [shall be] according to their number, after the manner: 29:28 and one goat [for] a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering. 29:29 and on the sixth day eight bullocks, two rams [and] fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish: 29:30 and their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs [shall be] according to their number, after the manner: 29:31 and one goat [for] a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering. 29:32 and on the seventh day seven bullocks, two numbers page 98 rams [and]

the first year without blemish: 29:30 and their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs [shall be] according to their number, after the manner: 29:31 and one goat [for] a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering. 29:32 and on the seventh day seven bullocks, two numbers page 98 rams [and] fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish: 29:33 and their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs [shall be] according to their number, after the manner: 29:34 and one goat [for] a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering. 29:35 on the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly: ye shall do no serv

hall be] according to their number, after the manner: 29:34 and one goat [for] a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering. 29:35 on the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly: ye shall do no servile work [therein] 29:36 but ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the lord: one bullock, one ram, seven lambs of the first year without blemish: 29:37 their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullock, for the ram, and for the lambs [shall be] according to their number, after the manner: 29:38 and one goat [for] a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering. 29:39 these [things] ye shall do unto the lord in your set feasts, beside your

over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings: 32:12 [so] the lord alone did lead him, and [there was] no strange god with him. 32:13 he made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock; 32:14 butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape. 32:15 but jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered [with fatness] then he forsook god [which] made him, and lightly esteemed the rock of his salvation. 32:16 they provoked him to jealousy with strange [gods] with ab

gypt. so the kenites departed from among the amalekites. 15:7 and saul smote the amalekites from havilah [until] thou comest to shur, that [is] over against egypt. 15:8 and he took agag the king of the amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. 15:9 but saul and the people spared agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all [that was] good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing [that was] vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly. 15:10 then came the word of the lord unto samuel, saying, 15:11 it repenteth me that i have set up saul [to be] king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. and it grieved samuel; and he cried unto the lord all night

d twelve years. 3:2 and he wrought evil in the sight of the lord; but not like his father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of baal that his father had made. 3:3 nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of jeroboam the son of nebat, which made israel to sin; he departed not therefrom. 3:4 and mesha king of moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool. 3:5 but it came to pass, when ahab was dead, that the king of moab rebelled against the king of israel. 3:6 and king jehoram went out of samaria the same time, and numbered all israel. 3:7 and he went and sent to jehoshaphat the king of judah, saying, the king of moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against moab to battle? and he s

ovision. 29:20 and david said to all the congregation, now bless the lord your god. and all the congregation blessed the lord god of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped the lord, and the king. 29:21 and they sacrificed sacrifices unto the lord, and offered burnt offerings unto the lord, on the morrow after that day [even] a thousand bullocks, a thousand rams [and] a thousand lambs, with their drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all israel: 29:22 and did eat and drink before the lord on that day with great gladness. and they made solomon the son of david king the second time, and anointed [him] unto the lord [to be] the chief governor, and zadok [to be] priest. 29:23 then solomon sat on the throne of the lord as king instead of david his father, and prospe

ble, with all the vessels thereof. 29:19 moreover all the vessels, which king ahaz in his reign did cast away in his transgression, have we prepared and sanctified, and, behold, they [are] before the altar of the lord. 29:20 then hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of the city, and went up to the house of the lord. 29:21 and they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for judah. and he commanded the priests the sons of aaron to offer [them] on the altar of the lord. 29:22 so they killed the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled [it] on the altar: likewise, when they had killed the rams, they sprinkled the blood upon the altar: they killed also the lam

and said, now ye have consecrated yourselves unto the lord, come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the house of the lord. and the congregation brought in sacrifices and thank offerings; and as many as were of a free heart burnt offerings. 29:32 and the number of the burnt offerings, which the congregation brought, was threescore and ten bullocks, an hundred rams [and] two hundred lambs: all these [were] for a burnt offering to the lord. 29:33 and the consecrated things [were] six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep. 29:34 but the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: wherefore their brethren the levites did help them, till the work was ended, and until the [other] priests had sanctified themselves: for the levites [were] more upright

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orses glisten in summer as far as bran has stretched his glance: rivers pour forth a stream of honey in the land of manannan son of lir. the sheen of the main, on which thou art, the white hue of the sea, on which thou rowest, yellow and azure are spread out, it is land, and is not rough. speckled salmon leap from the womb of the white sea, on which thou lookest: they are calves, they are colored lambs with friendliness, without mutual slaughter. though but one chariot-rider is seen in mag mell of many flowers, there are many steeds on its surface, though them thou seest not. the size of the plain, the number of the host, colors glisten with pure glory, a fair stream of silver, cloths of gold, afford a welcome with all abundance. a beautiful game, most delightful, they play sitting at the

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