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er, the grip, step, and grand word may be exchanged between members of various golden dawn orders the four elements of the ancients are duplicated conditions of the following: heat and dryness fire heat and moisture air cold and dryness earth cold and moisture water there are twelve zodiacal signs, and they are: 1 aries, the ram a 2 taurus, the bull _b 3 gemini, the twins c 4 cancer, the crab d 5 leo, the lion e 6 virgo, the virgin f 7 libra, the scales g 8 scorpio, the scorpion h 9 sagittarius, the archer i 10 capricorn, the goat j 11 aquarius, the water-bearer k 12 pisces, the fishes l these twelve signs are distributed among the four triplicities, or sets of three signs, each attributed to one of the four elements. they represent the operation of the elements in the zodiac. thus, to fir

he virgin f 7 libra, the scales g 8 scorpio, the scorpion h 9 sagittarius, the archer i 10 capricorn, the goat j 11 aquarius, the water-bearer k 12 pisces, the fishes l these twelve signs are distributed among the four triplicities, or sets of three signs, each attributed to one of the four elements. they represent the operation of the elements in the zodiac. thus, to fire are attributed: aries a leo e sagittarius i to earth are attributed: taurus b virgo f capricorn j to air are attributed: gemini c libra g aquarius k to water are attributed: cancer d scorpio h pisces l 52 to the ancients, six planets besides the sun were known. they also assigned certain planetary values to the north and south nodes of the moon. that is the point where the moon's orbit touches that of the ecliptic. these

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e of christianity; we are oftener at fault for information as to the altered shape which that religion had assumed among the common people in greece and italy during the first centuries of our era. eesearch has yet to penetrate, even deeper than it has done, into the old celtic faith; we must not shrink from recomizino- and examining celtic monuments and customs on ground now occupied by germans. leo's important discovery on the real bearings of the malberg glossary may lead to much. the religion of the slavs and lithuanians would be far more accurately known to us, if these nations, in the centuries immediately following their conversion, had more carefully preserved the memory of their antiquities; as it is, much scattered detail only wants collecting, and traditions still alive in many

-saxons also knew a hero ocsc, and consequently oescingas. zeuss, p. 73, gives the preference to the reading istaevones, connecting them with the astingi, azdingi, whom i (p. 342) took for hazdingi, and identified with the on. haddingjar, as. heardingas, ohg. hertinga. the hypothesis of istaevones= izdaevones would require that the goth, zd= as. rd, ohg. rt, should in the time of 1 pointed out by leo in the zeitschr. f. d. alt. 2, 534^ conf. askitun (ascha near amberg, askiprunno (escliborn near frankfort, askipah (eschbach, eschenbach) in various parts; ascarih, a man's name (see suppl. iscio. ikmino. 351 tacitus have prevailed even among the ehine germans; i have never yet heard of an ohg. artinga, ertinga, nor of an on. addingar, eddingar, according to this conjecture, ingenious anyhow

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let of fire. he makes with his scepter the invoking circle and pentagrams before it in the air. hiero: and elohim said, let us make adam in our image after our likeness, and let them have dominion. in the name of elohim, mighty and ruling, and in the name of tetragrammaton tzabaoth, spirits of fire, adore your creator. hiero: takes the incense from before the tablet, and making therewith the sign leo in the air before it. hiero: in the name of michael the great archangel of fire, and in the sign of the lion, spirits of fire, adore your creator (making with incense the sign of cross) in the names and letters of the great southern quadrangle, revealed unto enoch by the angel ave, spirits of fire, adore your creator (holding incense on high) in the three great secret names of god, borne on th

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGICK SPELLS

ual. note also the influence of particular groups of signs of the zodiac. the cardinal signs- aries, cancer, libra and capricorn- are so-called because when the sun moved into these signs, it marked the beginning of a new season- spring, summer, autumn and winter. people born under a cardinal sign manifest this as a desire to initiate and to take command of people and situations. the fixed signs- leo, taurus, aquarius and scorpio- are signs entered by the sun in the middle of a season. people born under them exhibit stability and a tendency to continue in a predetermined path. the mutable signs -sagittarius, gemini, virgo and pisces- mark the time when the seasons are about to change. those born under them are correspondingly versatile and ready to compromise. zodiacal colours and associat

heavenly twins: 22 may to 21 june. colour: yellow or pale grey. a mutable air sign, for spells concerning communication, learning, choices, adaptability and short-distance travel. ruled by mercury. cancer, the crab: 22 june to 22 july. colour: silver. a cardinal water sign, for spells concerning the home and family, especially for protection and for gentle love and friendship. ruled by the moon. leo, the lion: 23 july to 23 august. colour: gold. a fixed fire sign, for rituals for courage and leadership, sensual pleasures and love affairs. ruled by the sun. virgo, the maiden: 24 august to 22 september. colour: green or pale blue. a mutable earth sign, for spells to increase efficiency, for bringing order to a chaotic situation, for self-improvement and for healing. ruled by mercury. libra

in a pure, calm frame of mind and for a positive purpose. the elemental creature of fire is the salamander, the mythical lizard that lives within fire (the name is nowadays given to a species of amphibious newts. the salamander offers an understanding of mystical processes and visions to inspire future paths and ventures. the colour of fire is gold, orange or red and its zodiacal signs are aries, leo and sagittarius. water water represents dusk, autumn and the quarter and direction of the west. it is the realm of love, relationships, sympathy, intuition, healing and the cycle of birth, death and rebirth. water can form the focus for rituals of purification, healing, all water and sea magick, moon magick, reconciliation and peace, harmony in oneself and with others, restoring balance, uncon

s, others and the world we live in. it forms the interconnectedness of all life. the bottom left point of the pentagram symbolises the element earth and the fixed sign of taurus. it connects with the earth mother, ecology and the basis from which we explore spirit and also the material plane in which ideas are manifest. the bottom right point in the pentagram symbolises fire and the fixed sign of leo, flaming ever upwards, the impetus and illumination that transforms thought into action and enables us to see potential, not least our spiritual potential. these positions correspond with the zodiacal positions on an astrological wheel. on another level, the pentagram is seen as representing the human body with the four limbs outstretched and the head touching the clouds. drawing a pentagram p

s/ yang in both men and women. sun hour spells bring a surge of energy and vitality and so are excellent for personal empowerment and renewal. element: fire colour: gold crystals: amber, carnelian, diamond, clear crystal quartz, tiger's eye, topaz incenses: cloves, cinnamon, frankincense trees: bay, birch, laurel herbs and oils: juniper, rosemary, saffron, st john's wort metal: gold the sun rules leo, 23 july-23 august, and is most powerful for those born under this sign. the moon monday, the day of the moon, is for spells concerning the home, family matters and the influence of the family, especially the mother, children and animals. its prime focus is fertility and all the ebbs and flows of the human body, mind and psyche. it is also potent for protection, especially while travelling, fo

r for control. esbat: a monthly coven meeting traditionally held 13 times a year during each full moon. evil eye: a way of transmitting negativity to another person, not as a deliberate curse, but through feelings of envy, jealousy or resentment. evocation: the summoning-up of angels (and sometimes demons) in order to bind them to perform tasks. fixed: in astrology, a term applied to the signs of leo, taurus, aquarius and scorpio because the sun enters them in the middle of a season. those born under these signs exhibit stability and a tendency to continue in a predetermined path. see also cardinal, mutable. the goddess: the archetype or source energy of the feminine ultimate power or principle. all the named goddesses are aspects of particular qualities of the goddess in different culture

ALEISTER CROWLEY AD MEIORUM CTHULHI GLORIAM

l pagan holidays. these occur on the eves of february 2nd, may 1st, august 1st, and november 1st, and are called candlemas, beltane, lammas and samhain (or hallows, respectively. the name lammas has a curious origin in the dunes at sumer. it is not less than the name of one of the four mythological beasts of the astrological fixed signs, lamas being the name of the half-lion, half-man guardian of leo (the sign governing most of august, when the feast of lammas takes place, and ustur being that of aquarius (february, sed that of taurus (may) and nattig that of scorpio (november. i do not believe that this is a fantastic assumption, the sumerian origin of the feast of lammas. indeed, it seems just as valid as the ideas of idries shah concerning craft etymology as presented in his book, the s

n adar 4. sphere of jupiter marduk 5. sphere of mars nergal 6. sphere of the sun utu 7. sphere of venus inanna 8. sphere of mercury nebo 9. sphere of the moon nanna 10. sphere of the elements kia 11. air anna 12. mercury gudud 13. moon sin 14. venus dlibat 15. aries agru (xubur) 16. taurus kakkab u alap shame (kingu) 17. gemini re'u kinu shame u tu'ame rabuti (viper) 18. cancer shittu (snake) 19. leo kalbu rabu (lakhamu) 20. virgo shiru (whirlwind) 21. jupiter umunpaddu 22. libra zibanitum (ravening dog) 23. water badur 24. scorpio akrabu (scorpion-man) 25. sagittarius pa-bil-sag (hurricane) 26. capricorn suxur mash (fish-man) 27. mars mastabarru 28. aquarius gula (horned beast) 29. pisces dilgan u rikis nuni (weapon) 30. sun shamash 30. fire ag 30. saturn kaimanu 30 (bis) earth kia 30 (bi

ALEISTER CROWLEY BOOK OF LIES

explain most of the allusions in this chapter. in paragraphs 5 and 6 the author frankly identifies himself with the beast referred to in the book, and in the apocalypse, and in liber legis. in paragraph 6 the book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.com 105 word "angel" may refer to his mission, and the word "lion-serpent" to the sigil of his ascending decan (teth= snake=spermatozoon and leo in the zodiac, which like teth itself has the snake-form. theta first written sun= lingam- yoni and sol) paragraph 7 explains the theological difficulty referred to above. there is only one symbol, but this symbol has many names: of those names babalon is the holiest. it is the name referred to in liber legis, 1, 22. it will be noticed that the figure, or sigil, of babalon is a seal upon a rin

ALEISTER CROWLEY LIBER 777

hyj chiah paimon f right lower point 32 bis cpn nephesh amaimon g left lower point 31 bis hdyjy yechidah. topmost point table of correspondences 19 lxxi. the court cards of the tarot, with the spheres of their celestial dominion wands. lxxii. the court cards of the tarot, with the spheres of their celestial dominion cups. 11 the prince of the chariot of fire. rules 20 d to 20 f, including most of leo minor. the prince of the chariot of the waters. 20 g to 20 h 23 the queen of the thrones of flame. 20 l to 20 a, including part of andromeda. the queen of the thrones of the waters. 20 c to 20 d 31 the lord of the flame and the lightning. the king of the spirits of fire. rules 20 h to 20 i, including part of hercules. the lord of the waves and the waters. the king of the hosts of the sea. 20 k

et shall reveal it to the wise. in crowley s new comment on this verse, he observes: i see no harm in revealing the mystery of tzaddi to the wise; others will hardly understand my explanations. tzaddi is the letter of the emperor, the trump iv, and he is the star, the trump xvii. aquarius and aries are therefore counterchanged, revolving on the pivot of pisces, just as, in the trumps viii and xi, leo and libra do about virgo. this last revelation makes our tarot attributions sublimely, perfectly, flawlessly symmetrical. the fact of its so doing is a most convincing proof of the superhuman wisdom of the author of this book to those who have laboured for years, in vain, to elucidate the problems of the tarot. this substituted attribution is alluded to in various places in liber aleph and mag

s which they rule. lines 3-10. q andr table of correspondences 37 line 15. p line 16. v line 17. line 18. m and n line 19. s and t line 20. w line 22. o line 24. line 25. u line 26. x line 28. z line 29. y see the handbook of geomancy, the equinox i: 2, p. 137.8 col. l. the catholic seven deadly sins in square brackets. col. lvii. egyptian quarters. cols. lvii, lix &c. beth elohim gives- michael, leo, and south to c and y. gabrial, bull, and north to b and h. raphael, man, and west to e and. uriel, eagle, and east to d and w. col. lxix. sattvas, h rajas, and f tamas g in a close analogy col. lxxix, line 13. add (3321) ttrc tumhcrbdc [shadbarshehmoth sharthathan, the spirt of the spirits of the moon. the final is counted as 700, as are the final\ s in col. lxxviii, line 13.9 col. lxxxv. lin

ALEISTER CROWLEY LIBER CHANOKH

of earth] the opening of the temple in the grade of 4 =78 give the sign of thoum-aesh-neith [knock] let us adore the lord and king of fire! tetragrammaton tzabaoth! blessed be thou! the leader of armies is thy name! amen [make the invoking pentagram of spirit acitve and pronounce these names: hyha. alga. bitom [make the invoking pentagram of fire, and pronouce \yhla. twabx hwhy [make the sign of leo with censer (or other suitable weapon] in the name of lakim, archangel of fire, spirits of fire, adore your creator [make the cross] in the names and letters of the great southern quadrangle, spirits of fire, adore your creator [elevate censer] in the three secret names of god, oip teaa pdoce, that are borne upon the banners of the south, spirits of fire, adore your creator [lower and lift cen

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

ce of the arrangement of the paths is evident to any sober student from such examples as the following. binah, the supernal understanding, is connected with tiphereth, the human consciousness, by zain, gemini, the oracles of the gods, or the intuition. that is, the attribution represents a psychological fact: to replace it by the devil is either humour or plain idiocy. again, the card "fortitude, leo, balances majesty and mercy with strength and severity: what sense is there in putting "death, the scorpion, in its stead? there are twenty other mistakes in the new wonderful illuminated-from-on-high attribution; the student can therefore be sure of twenty more laughs if he cares to study it> a synopsis of the grades of the a. a. as illustrative of the magical hierarchy in man is given in app

deliberately for destruction, and is entirely absorbed in its own sphere (or cylinder, on einstein's equations) of action. this work is to be regarded as "holiness to the lord. the hebrews, in fact, conferred the title of qadosh (holy) upon its adepts. its effect is to consecrate the magicians who perform it in a very special way. we may take note also of the correspondence of nine with teth, xi, leo, and the serpent. the great merits of this formula are that it avoids contact with the inferior planes, that it is self-sufficient, that it involves no responsibilities, and that it leaves its masters not only stronger in themselves, but wholly free to fulfil their essential natures. its abuse is an abomination> 27 chapter v the formula of i.a.o. this formula is the principal and most characte

:lamed-bet-nun-heh: sphere of luna: 10 :chet-lamed-memfinal: sphere of the elements :yod-samekh-vau-dalet: vau-taw: 11 :resh-vau-chet: air: 12 (planets following: mercury: sephiroth corresponding: 13: luna: 14: venus: 15 :tet-lamed-heh: aries fire: 16 :shin-vau-resh: taurus earth: 17 :taw-aleph-vau-mem-yod: gemini air: memfinal: 18 :samekh-resh-tet-nunfinal: cancer water: 19 :aleph-resh-yod-heh: leo fire: 20 :bet-taw-vau-lamed-heh: virgo earth: 21: jupiter: 22 :mem-aleph-zain-nun-yod: libra air: memfinal: 23 :mem-yod-memfinal: water: 24 :ayin-qof-resh-bet: scorpio water: 25 :qof-shin-taw: sagittarius fire: 26 :gemel-dalet-yod: capricornus earth: 27: mars: 28 :dalet-lamed-yod: aquarius air: 29 :dalet-gemel-yod-memfinal: pisces water: 30: sol: 31 :aleph-shin: fire: 32: saturn: 32 "bis :alep

u: prana :hexagram: the wand suit: soul (hinduism (clubs: 0: 1 :ychydh:atma :sahasrara (above: jupiter :the root of the: head: powers of fire: 2 :chyh :buddhi :ajna (pineal: mercury :mars in aries: gland: dominion: 3 :nshmh :higher :visuddhi: moon :sun in aries esta: manas (larynx:[saturn: blished strength: daath: 4: venus :venus in aries: perfected work: 5 :lower-:anahata (heart: mars :saturn in leo: strife: manas: 6: sun :jupiter in leo: victory: 7:-rvch :kama :manipura (solar :mars in leo valour: plexus: 8 :prana :svadistthana :mercury in sagit: tarius swiftness (navel: 9 :linga :moon in sagittarius .sharira: great strength-:muladhara (lingam: 10 :npsh :sthula: and anus :saturn in sagit: tarius oppression :sharira: xcviii- english of col. xcvii: the self. 1 the intellect. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

h: weh note: two typos have been corrected in column cxxxiv by liber 777: 4, moon in place of sun and 6, sun in place of moon. 321 table v: cxxxvii: cxxxviii: cxxxix :key scale: signs of the: planets ruling in: planets exalted in: zodiac: column ccxxxvii: column cxxxvii: 15: aries: mars: p. m (sun: 16: taurus: venus: uranus (moon: 17: gemini: mercury: neptune: 18: cancer: moon: p. m (jupiter: 19: leo: sun: uranus: 20: virgo: mercury: neptune (mercury: 22: libra: venus: p. m (saturn: 24: scorpio: mars: uranus: 25: sagittarius: jupiter: neptune: 26: capricorn: saturn: p. m (mars: 28: aquarius: saturn: uranus: 29: pisces: jupiter: neptune (venus: weh note: liber 777 gives different entries for column cxxxix, and these have been added in parenthesis without deletion of original. 322 table i: c

with his feet together, head bowed, his left hand shielding the 332 muladhara cakkra, and his right hand shielding his breast (attitude of the venus de medici. 8. let him turn again to the left, and pursue his path as before, projecting the force from boleskine as he passeth; let him halt when he next cometh to the south and face outward. 9. let him trace the averse pentagram that invoketh fire (leo. 10. let him point his wand to the centre of the pentagram, and cry, hadit! 11. let him give the sign puer, standing with feet together, and head erect. let his right hand (the thumb extended at right angles to the fingers) be raised, the forearm vertical at a right angle with the upper arm, which is horizontally extended in the line joining the shoulders. let his left hand, the thumb extended

r of the temple. he may appear in any other heaven, according to his general nature, in his magical mask of initiation> in other words he should discover what may be the nature of his work. thus mohammed was a brother reflected into netzach, buddha a brother reflected into hod, or, as some say, daath. the present manifestation of frater p. to the outer is in tiphereth, to the inner in the path of leo. ii "first method" let the exempt adept first train himself to think backwards by external means, as set forth here following (a) let him learn to write backwards, with either hand (b) let him learn to walk backwards (c) let him constantly watch, if convenient, cinematograph films, and listen to phonograph records, reversed, and let him so accustom himself to these that they appear natural and

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS

the most dangerous adventures, both of the flesh and of the spirit; and i challenge the world's literature to match for sublimity and terror such experiences as those in the latter half of the vision and the voice. you understand, of course, that i say all this merely in indication; or rather, as i said before, as an appeal for clemency. on the contrary (you will retort) you are a mean cat (felis leo, please) not to let us all in on the ground floor of so imposing a cathedral! to atone? not a catalogue, which would be interminable; not a classimagic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 269 fication, which would be impossible, save in the roughest terms; nothing but a few short notes, possibly an anecdote or so. just a tickle or a dram of schnapps, to enliven the proceeding

ALEISTER CROWLEY SEPHER SEPHIROTH

halk ryg slaughter hgrh loaded rzw to be strange; a stranger rwz the supernal mercy of god l)d h)l( dsx a great cloud lwdg nn( 214 a girdle rwz) whiteness rwx came down dry air; spirit; wind; mind xwr 215 eminent; a prince (ps 8:1) ryd) a path, narrow way xrw) posterior; the reversed part rwx) a rising; to rise gas the sun h; to give light xrz to encompass rzx 216 geburah: strength; courage hrwbg leo: a lion hyr) the middle gate)(ycm )bb oracle (not from rbd, 206 q.v; sanctuary rybd taro (cf. 224, 280& 671) wr+ blood of grapes mybn( md dread, fear h)ry profound (ps. 92:5) qmw( anger, wrath zgwr latitude bxwr 217 the air ryw) temple, palace, castle, fortress, citadel hryb food hyrb a bee hrwbd the navel rwb+ strife, controversy [of the lord] hbyr bright, shining ryhb leanness; secret yzr 21

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE HEART OF THE MASTER

er perfect nor inspiredfethe heart of the master get any book for free on: www.abika.com 1 the heart of the master by aleister crowley get any book for free on: www.abika.com the heart of the master get any book for free on: www.abika.com 2 the heart of the master by aleister crowley ordo templi orientis p.o box 2303 berkeley, ca 94702 (c) copyright o.t.o. june 21, 1985 e.v. sun in cancer moon in leo an 81 e.n* the heart of the master by khaled khan (aleister crowley) i. the vision penumbra. i am one of a concourse. all, or nigh all, seem fallen into heaviness, not from exhaustion of labour, but from lethargy. the plain is vast beyond eye to mark it's bounds, even were not all dark with blight of fog and thick with marish damp. a few of us are half awake, gaze dumbly on the east. no light

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE LOST CONTINENT

e ages has been put to flight "the word of sin is restriction" or as it has been otherwise said on this text: that is sin, to hold thine holy spirit in! go on, go on in thy might; and let no man make thee afraid. love is the law, love under wi a the lost continent by aleister crowley ordo templi orientis p.o box 2303 berkeley, ca 94702 (c) copyright o.t.o. june 21, 1985 e.v. sun in cancer moon in leo an 81 e.n .pa the lost continent* preface last year i was chosen to succeed the venerable k-z--who had it in his mind to die, that is, to join them in venus, as one of the seven heirs of atlantis, and i have been appointed to declare, so far as may be found possible, the truth about that mysterious lost land. of course, no more than one seventh of the wisdom is ever confided to one of the seve

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE OLD AND NEW COMMENTARIES TO LIBER AL

mination st is the coronal combination xxxi which we shall notice often enough later on. the beast, besides 666 correspondences, is by english sound, the magus (beth, mercury, etc) of this st. s has in the tarot the card numbered xx, which represents the stele of revealing, and is called the judgment; i.e, the ending of an aeon. t has the card numbered xi and is called strength. it is the card of leo and represents babalon and the beast conjoined "their fold; not only a sheepfold, but as if it were written "their embrace. al i,16 "for he is ever a sun, and she a moon. but to him is the winged secret flame, and to her the stooping starlight" the old comment 15. in ii, 16, we find that had is to be taken as 11 (see ii, 16, comment. then hadit= 421, nuit= 466. 421- 3 (the moon= 418 466+ 200 (

the man of earth, pe, the blasted tower. the 3 keys add up to 31- lamed-aleph, not and aleph-lamed, god. thus is the whole of thelema equivalent to nuit, the all-embracing. 31 x 3= 93. see the tarot trumps for further study of these grades. theta-epsilon= 14, the pentagram, rule of spirit over ordered matter. strength and authority( teth and he) and secretly 1+ 4= 5, the hierophant, vau, v. also leo aries, the lion and the ram. cf. isaiah. it is a "millennial" state. lambda-eta= 38, the key=word abrahadabra, 418, divided by the number of its letters, 11. justice or balance and the charioteer of mastery. a state of progress; the church militant. mu-alpha= 41, the inverted pentagram, matter dominating spirit. the hanged man and the fool, the condition of those who are not adepts "do what th

e "old comment" covers the rest of this verse sufficiently for the present purpose. i see no harm in revealing the mystery of tzaddi to 'the wise; others will hardly understand my explanations. tzaddi is the letter of the emperor, the trump iv, and he is the star, the trump xvii. aquarius and aries are therefore counterchanged, revolving on the pivot of pisces, just as, in the trumps viii and xi, leo and libra do about virgo. this last revelation makes our tarot attributions sublimely, perfectly, flawlessly symmetrical. the fact of its so doing is a most convincing proof of the superhuman wisdom of the author of this book to those who have laboured for years, in vain, to elucidate the problems of the tarot. al i,58 "i give unimaginable joys on earth: certainty, not faith, while in life, up

king, he, iv, are not of me, iii plus iv= vii. the new comment see appendix. weh note: not available. al ii,16 "i am the empress& the hierophant. thus eleven, as my bride is eleven" the old comment 16. i am the empress and the hierophant (vau) iii+ v= viii, and viii is xi, both because of the 11 letters in abrahadabra= 418= chith= cheth= 8, the key word of all this ritual and because viii is not leo, strength, but libra, justice, in the tarot (see 777) the new comment see appendix. weh note: not available. al ii,17: hear me, ye people of sighing! the sorrows of pain and regret are left to the dead and the dying, the folk that not know me as yet. the old comment 17. this passage was again very painful to the prophet, who took it in its literal sense. but 'the poor and the outcast' are the

not named by him, was chosen by him before he attached any meaning to the number 418; nor had he thought of attaching any importance to the name of the house. he supposed this passage to be mystical, or to refer to some future house. yet on trial we obtain at once- boleskine= beth-vau-lamed-shin-kaph-yod-nun= 418. the new comment pride is the quality of sol, tiphareth; might of mars, geburah. now leo- my rising sign- combines these ideas, as does ra-hoor-khuit. the christian ideas of humility and weakness as 'virtues' are natural to slaves, cowards, and defectives. the type of tailless simian who finds himself a mere forked radish in a universe of giants clamouring for hors d'oeuvres must take refuge from reality in freudian phantasies of 'god. he winces at the touch of truth; and shivers

e young child who rises strong and conquering (with his twin harpocrates) to avenge osiris, and bring on the age of strength and splendour. his formula is not yet fully understood. following him will arise the equinox of ma, the goddess of justice, it may be a hundred or ten thousand years from now; for the computation of time is not here as there. the new comment note the close connexion between leo and libra in the tarot, the numbers viii and xi of their trumps being interchanged with xi and viii. there is no such violent antithesis as that between osiris and horus; strength will prepare the reign of justice. we should begin already, as i deem, to regard this justice as the ideal whose way we should make ready, by virtue of our force and fire. taking the "holy place" to be boleskine hous

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ccursed dyad which is the prime cause of all misery.75 480. lilith. see liber 418. so the orthodox place the legal 4 before the holy 8 and the sublime zero. and therefore their breaths stink. 543. good, but only carries us back to the mother. 666. chosen by myself as my symbol, partly for the reasons given in part i, partly for the reasons given in the apocalypse. i took the beast to be the lion (leo my rising sign76) and sol, 6, 666, the lord of leo on which babalon should ride. and there were other more intimate considerations, unnecessary to enter upon in this place. note however that the tarot card of leo, strength, bears the number xi, the great number of the magnum opus, and its interchange with justice, viii; and the key of 8 is 418.77 74 364= inter alia, alpwm rua, the hidden light

r of the magnum opus, and its interchange with justice, viii; and the key of 8 is 418.77 74 364= inter alia, alpwm rua, the hidden light, a title of kether, and fch, the adversary t.s. 75 vide al i. 22 t.s. 76 this may have been wishful thinking on crowley s part. the time and place of birth accompanying ac s birthchart as printed in equinox i (7) and equinox of the gods actually give cancer, not leo, rising, suggesting the figure had been fudged. the editor of the blue brick edition of magick obligingly corrected the time of birth to make leo the ascendent again. rupert gleadow (an astrologer friend of symonds to whom ac had claimed there was less than one per cent truth in astrology) prepared a hostile horoscope which was printed in the great beast as a piece of posthumous revenge t.s 77

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rary occult students, and a certain very small amount of mere absence of meaning. the main satire is of course on the chymical marriage of christian rosencreutz. a few only of the serious problems are elucidated in footnotes. 1 i.e. when 118= change, a ferment, strength. also= before he was 120, the mystic age of a rosicrucian. 2 her-shell= herschell, or uranus, the planet which was ascending (in leo) at crowley s birth. 3 vau and gimel, the hierophant and high-priestess in the tarot. hence from his castle of ug means from his initiation. we cannot in future do more than indicate the allusions. 4 the kerubim. 5 see table of correspondences [a table of correspondences was intended to appear as an appendix to the first volume of crowley s collected works. it is not in the 1970s reprint from

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hiroth camel. hb:lamed hb:mem hb:gemel 13 105 venus corresponding) door. hb:taw hb:lamed hb:dalet 14 120 aries hb:heh hb:lamed hb:tet window. hb:heh hb:heh 15 136 taurus hb:resh hb:vau hb:shin nail. hb:vau hb:vau 16 153 gemini hb:mem-final hb:yod hb:mem hb:vau hb:aleph hb:taw sword. hb:nun-final hb:yod hb:zain 17 171 cancer hb:nun-final hb:tet hb:resh hb:samekh fence. hb:taw hb:yod hb:chet 18 190 leo hb:heh hb:yod hb:resh hb:aleph serpent. hb:taw hb:yod hb:tet 19 210 virgo hb:heh hb:lamed hb:vau hb:taw hb:bet hand. hb:dalet hb:vau hb:yod 20 231 jupiter palm. hb:peh-final hb:koph 21 253 libra hb:mem-final hb:yod hb:nun hb:zain hb:aleph hb:mem ox goad. hb:dalet hb:mem hb:lamed 22 276 water hb:mem-final hb:yod hb:mem water. hb:mem-final hb:yod hb:mem 23 300 scorpio hb:bet hb:resh hb:qof hb:ay

own, the accursed dyad which is the prime cause of misery. 480. lilith. see liber 418. so the orthodox place the legal 4 before the holy 8 and sublime zero "and therefore their breaths stink" 543. good, but only carries us back to the mother. 666. chosen by myself as my symbol, partly for the reasons given in part i, partly for the reasons given in the apocalypse. i took the beast to be the lion (leo my rising sign) and sol, 6,666, the lord of leo on which babalon should ride. and there were other more intimate considerations, unnecessary 118 to enter upon in this place. note however that the tarot card of leo, strength, bears the number xi, the great number of the magnum opus, and its interchange with justice, viii; and the key of 8 is 418. this all seemed to me so important that no qabal

ood science of alchemy. more, the only treatise. clarity and good sense mark every line. a book entirely essential to anyone who wishes to study the subject, and to understand (1) how the alchemists conceived of hierarchical monism (2) how they preserved mysticism (3) how they made chemistry possible. the book is a complete refutation alike of the pooh-pooh and the holy timmie schools of critics. leo viridis. lotus leaves. by alice l. head. elkin mathews. i really enjoyed these charming poems. now, you know, i don't often say a thing like that! alice l. foote. an adventure. anonymous. this little book appears to be the production of an extremely clever young man. 147 but he should have taken more pains to make the literary style of "miss morrison" different from that of "miss lamond; and h

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-clothes shouldest thou behold the resurrection. 70 the flesh hangeth upon thee like his rags upon a beggar that is a pilgrim to the shrine of the exalted one. nevertheless, bear them bravely, and rejoice in the beauty thereof, for the company of the pilgrims is a glad company, and they have no care, and with song and dance and wine and fair 9 note that the corner letters in this table are all b= leo. 10 since the examination in the amphitheatre i have been a naked spirit without garments or anything; by garments he means the body. women do they make merry. and every hostel is their place, and every maid their queen. gather up thy garments about thee, i say, for the voice of the aethyr, that is the voice of the aeon, is ended, and thou art absorbed into the lesser night, and caught in the

ing the aeon to pass. and she, the herald, her function fulfilled, withdraws within her mystic veil. 26. the death of the past aeon, that of jehovah and jesus; ends with adumbraiton of the new, the vision of the stele of ankh-f-n-khonsu, whose discovery brought about in a human consciousness the knowledge of the equinox of the gods, 21. 3. 04. 25. appearance of the lion god of horus, the child of leo that incarnates him. the first angel is isis its mother. 173 24. now appears his mate, the heavenly venus, the scarlet woman, who by men is thought of as babalon as he is thought of as chaos. 23. here appear the cherubim, the other officers of the new temple, the earth and water assistants of the fire and air beast and scarlet woman. 22. here is the first key to the formula of horus, a sevenfo

ils. but one minute in samadhi, and he would understand the actuality of such imaginations. not that facts are so discovered; it is the attainment of a point of view. and were this apex added to the broad pyramid of his common sense, we should have another st. john the divine, an incarnation of the eagle kerub, no longer as now merely the subtlety of the serpent and the sharpness of the scorpion. leo [we regret that urgency forbids detailed criticism of this admirable volume. we should in particular have liked to argue the "rite" theory of the crucifixion. as it is, we can only refer the author to j. m. robertson's "pagan christs- ed] abnormal psychology. by isador h. coriat, m.d "stage fright is also a condition of pathological fear" to such a degree of absurdity can specialization bring

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he information noted below on this approximation. the paths are straight lines, with the following data by number: 0. air. hb:aleph. fool. 11th. 1. mercury. hb:bet. magician. 12th. 2. moon. hb:gemel. high priestess. 13th. 3. venus. hb:dalet. empress. 14th. 4. aries. hb:heh. emperor. 15th. 5. taurus. hb:vau. hierophant. 16th. 6. gemini. hb:zain. lovers. 17th. 7. cancer. hb:chet. chariot. 18th. 11. leo. hb:tet. strength. 19th. 9. virgo. hb:yod. hermit. 20th. 10. jupiter. hb:koph. wheel of fortune. 21st. 8. libra. hb:lamed. justice. 22nd. 12. water. hb:mem. hanged man. 23rd. 13. scorpio. hb:nun. death. 24th. 14. sagittarius. hb:samekh. temperance. 25th. 15. capricorn. hb:ayin. the devil. 26th. 16. mars. hb:peh. the tower. 27th. 17. aquarius. hb:tzaddi. the star. 28th. 18. pisces. hb:qof. the

h- hb:heh hb:resh hb:vau hb:bet hb:gemel illustration on page 272 approximated below "diagram 28. the attributions of the ten sephiroth to the four letters (nb: for, understand a circular ring in this diagram) dee hb:yod_ water hb:heh) air hb:vau_ spirit hb:heh_ illustration on page 272 approximated below "diagram 29. the solar greek cross_ pisces_ scorpio_ cancer_ gemini aquarius libra sun aries leo sagittarius_ capricorn_ taurus_ virgo_ the hiereus then explains the two tablets "the ten sephiroth in seven palaces" and "the attribution of the ten sephiroth to the four letters of the holy name" and the "hegemon "the seven heavens of assiah,"13 and "the ten evil sephiroth of the qliphoth."14 the "hierophant" then confers on the theoricus the title of the thirty- first path, which ends the f

ft on the shoulders of the celestial steed, fiery and clothed with gold, or naked, and shooting from the bow shafts of light, and standing on the shoulders of the horse. but if thy meditation prolongeth itself thou shalt unite all these symbols into the form of the lion.'27 for thus wilt thou cleave upwards by the path of hb:samekh, through the sixth sephira unto the path of hb:tet answering unto leo, the lion, the reconciling path between mercy and severity, chesed and geburah; beneath whose centre hangs the glorious sun of tiphereth "v.h. associate adept, will you explain to the philosophus the 13th key of the tarot" 27 "see" preface "associate adept" the 13th key of the tarot represents the figure of a skeleton. the five extremities of the body, delineated by head, hands and feet, allud

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matched the odd: no word i wrote therein, but sealed it with the signet of the goat. xxxii this also i seal up. read thou herein whose eyes are blind! thou may'st behold within the wheel (that alway seems to spin all ways) a point of static gold. then may'st thou out therewith, and fit it in that extreme sphere whose boundless farness makes it infinitely near. 103 modern astrology. edited by alan leo. monthly, 6d. 42 imperial buildings, ludgate circus, e.c. foremost in the attempt to rehabilitate astrology on modern lines is this well-known monthly magazine. the method indicated is the sound one of accurate observation and deduction; but whether the ultimate proposition of astrology can be established is a question which your reviewer at present is disinclined to assert. it is quite easy t

ruling genii-:sign :el :geom.:sex: name and meaning: genius: ruler :planet: fig: 1 :aries :fire: m: puer :malchidael:bartzabel:mars: boy, yellow: beardless: 2 :taurus:earth: f: amissio: asmodel :kedemel :venus :loss, comprehended: without: 3 :gemini: air: m: albus: ambriel :taphthar-:mercury: white, fair: tharath: 4 :cancer:water: f: populus: muriel :chashmo :moon: people, congreg: dai: ation: 5: leo :fire: m: fortuna major: verchiel: sorath :sun: greater fortune :greater aid, safe: guard entering: 6: virgo:earth: f: conjunctio: hamaliel :taphthar-:mercury: conjunction: tharath: assembling: 7: libra: air: m: puella: zuriel: kedemel :venus: a girl, beautiful: 8 :scor :water: f: rubeus: barchiel :bartzabel:mars :pio: red, reddish: 9 :sagit-:fire: m: acquisitio :advachiel :hismael :jupiter :t

lanets &c "continued-:sign :el :geom.:sex: name and meaning: genius: ruler :planet: fig :13 :cauda :fire: f: cauda draconis :zazel and :zazel and:saturn :draco: the threshold :bartzabel :bartzabel:mars :nis :lower, or going out :14 :caput :earth: m: caput draconis: hismael :hismael :jupiter :draco: the head, the: and: and :venus :nis :threshold entering: kedemel: kedemel :the upper threshold :15: leo :air: m: fortuna minor: verchiel: sorath :sun: lesser fortune :lesser aid, safe: guard going out :16 :cancer:water: f: via: muriel :chashmo :moon: way, journey: dai. chapter ii the mode of divining- mothers- dauguters- nephews- witnesses- judge- reconciler- part of fortune think fixedly of the demand; with a pencil mark 16 lines of points or dashes. find whether number of points in each line i

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n dawn" for a detailed description) beneath this is a white segment on the shaft. at the bottom of the shaft is a black segment to the very end. between the white and black segments are twelve bands. these bands are paralleled to the left by a column of zodiacal symbols and to the right by hebrew letters thusly: lotus flower half- open_ aries hb:heh_ taurus hb:vau_ gemini hb:zain_ cancer hb:chet_ leo hb:tet_ virgo hb:yod_ libra hb:lamed_ scorpio hb:nun_ sagittarius hb:samekh_ capricorn hb:ayin_ aquarius hb:tzaddi_ pisces hb:qof (black_ illustration on page 211 described "65. the chief adept's wand" the top of the wand is a winged-sun disk or ba-hadit. extending down from this to either side along the upper quarter of the wand shaft are two uraeus serpents, facing to left and right. the ser

let. hb:bet mercury. yellow. hb:samekh sic: hb:peh mars. scarlet. hb:gemel luna. blue. hb:resh sol. orange. unto the signs of the zodiac are ascribed the following: hb:heh aries. scarlet. hb:lamed libra. emerald. hb:vau taurus. red-orange. hb:nun scorpio. greenish blue. hb:zain gemini. orange. hb:peh sic: hb:samekh sagittarius. deep blue. hb:chet cancer. amber. hb:ayin capricornus. indigo. hb:tet leo. greenish yellow. hb:tzaddi aquarius. violet. hb:yod virgo. yellow-green. hb:qof pisces. crimson. 220 further, thou wilt observe that the colours of the paths and the sephiroth form a mutual balance and harmony in the tree [the "chief adept" then greets the newly made adeptus minor with the name of frater hodos chamelionis. the "second adept" then explains the colours of the crook and the scou

er, thou wilt observe that the colours of the paths and the sephiroth form a mutual balance and harmony in the tree [the "chief adept" then greets the newly made adeptus minor with the name of frater hodos chamelionis. the "second adept" then explains the colours of the crook and the scourge, pointing out that the crook is divided into the colours symbolic of kether, air, chokmah, taurus, chesed, leo, aries, tiphereth, capricornus and hod. and the scourge into those colours symbolzing netzach, scoripo, tiphereth, gemini, binah, cancer, geburah and water. the "third adept" then explains the admission badge of the sword and the serpent, saying. the one is descending, the other ascending; the one is fixed, the other is the volatile; the one unites the sephiroth and the other the paths. furthe

marked with scorpio. the lower right section and end of the flail shaft is marked with nun. the head of the crook is a reverse "c" shape, slightly canted so that the opening begins with the shaft, continues in a curve to the right and terminates just above and to left of the center of curvature. the head of the crook is divided into sections, starting with the top: koph, air, chet, taurus, chet, leo. the staff of the crook is divided as is the staff of the flail, top section aries, over intersection taw, below intersection capricorn, bottom hay [this explanation being finished, the "chief adept" leads the aspirant to the diagram of the mystic titles and grades, and says] this is the symbolic mountain of god in the centre of the universe, the sacred rosicrucian mountain of initiation, the

r, but in a different manner and degree13""the wands."14 isis hath the wand of thoth, its head being in kether and its bands showing hb:nun-final hb:mem hb:aleph= hb:shin hb:taw hb:mem hb:aleph, which shows chesed hb:dalet as summing the supernals.15 horus hath the wand of osiris his father. osiris hath the wand of isis his mother. note especially mercury in virgo: the thoth-wand for isis. sun in leo: the osiris-wand for horus.16 venus in taurus: the isis-wand for osiris. all are thus linked with the higher. also we add mercury virgo sun leo venus taurus and obtain 231= 0+ 1+ 21= the sum of the numbers of the keys of the tarot. further, amoun_ the winged globe_ is again shown when isis and osiris are united. further, 5+ 9+ 14 (the bands on the wands= 28 power hb:chet hb:koph, for these are

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ernal sun, who lappest up the constellations of heaven, as a thirsty thief a jar of ancient wine. i know thee! o thou dawn-wing'd courtesan of light, who makest me to reel with one kiss of thy mouth, as a leaf cast into the flames of a furnace. o glory be unto thee through all time and through all space: glory, and glory upon glory, everlastingly. amen, and amen, and amen. 21 the chapter known as leo the twelvefold glorification of god and the unity thereof i adore thee by the twelve glorifications and by the unity thereof. 1. o glory be to thee, o god my god; for i behold thee in the lion rampant of the dawn: thou hast crushed with thy paw the crouching lioness of night, so that she may roar forth the glory of thy name. 2. o glory be to thee, o god my god; for i behold thee in the lap of

d amen of amen, and amen of amen of amen. 74 illustration facing page 74 partly described and partly aproximated "fig. 2. the greek cross of the zodiac "aries. emerald on scarlet. libra. scarlet on emerald. taurus. greenish blue on orange-red. scorpio. orange-red on greenish blue. gemini. royal blue on orange. sagittarius. orange on royal blue. cancer. indigo on amber. capricorn. amber on indigo. leo. violet on greenish yellow. aquarius. greenish yellow on violet. virgo. crimson on yellow-green. pisces. yelow-green on crimson. spirit. black on white. serpent. azure, with golden scales. border. gold_ pisces_ scorpio_ cancer_ gemini aquarius libra< aries leo sagittarius_ capricorn_ taurus_ virgo_ this is a black and white half tone on clay paper, tipped in. about and beneath the above figure

ckwise in a loose set of loops behind the arms_ thus the snake appears to be coiling counterclockwise, even though the order of passage beneath the symbols is clockwise to be in proper sequence. the head bites the tail just below aries, thence traveling back from the head: under taurus, over the body and under gemini, under the tail and over the body to go under cancer, under the tail to go under leo, over the body to pass beneath virgo, under body twice to go behind libra, under the body and under scorpio, over the tail and under sagittarius, under body and head beneath capricorn, over body and under aquarius, over body and under pisces, thence under body followed by over body and under aries with the tip just within the mouth of the serpent's head. in all loopings, the scute plates of th

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thren, the sun is arisen. let us depart in joy. 61 sor. scorpio. let us depart in love. mars. let us depart in peace["the officers leave the temple" mars "and" scorpio "escorting" sol "in" aries, aries "and" capricornus "following at the head of the guard of" probationers] 62 the rite of sol 63 officers sol "leopard skin. nemyss white-gold over white-sleeved robe. spear" aries "white robe, spear" leo "red robe, spear" satan-typhon "violet robe" scorpio-apophis "green robe" bez "black-robe" four probationers "sol is enthroned in the east; behind him is a black veil which conceals a great scarlet cross. before him is a second veil. he is supported by aries on the right, and leo on the left. the other officers are without the temple, in waiting. in presentation in public, a third veil divides

io-apophis "green robe" bez "black-robe" four probationers "sol is enthroned in the east; behind him is a black veil which conceals a great scarlet cross. before him is a second veil. he is supported by aries on the right, and leo on the left. the other officers are without the temple, in waiting. in presentation in public, a third veil divides the temple from the congregation" 65 the rite of sol leo "parts the outermost veil, and advancing, recites chorus from "atalanta in calydon" before the beginning of years there came to the making of man. etc. his life is a watch or a vision between a sleep and a sleep["returns. a pause" aries. 333-333. leo. 333-333. aries. brother leo, what is the place? leo. the temple of the sun upon the mountain of abiegnus! aries. brother leo, what is the hour?

ites chorus from "atalanta in calydon" before the beginning of years there came to the making of man. etc. his life is a watch or a vision between a sleep and a sleep["returns. a pause" aries. 333-333. leo. 333-333. aries. brother leo, what is the place? leo. the temple of the sun upon the mountain of abiegnus! aries. brother leo, what is the hour? leo. sunset! aries. it is the hour of sacrifice. leo. brother aries, what is the sacrifice? aries. it is hidden from me["silence" sol. 1-22-22-1. aries. hark! it is the summons of the king. leo. it is the lord of heaven that awakens the children of the light["they draw the veil- full light- and kneel" aries. let us adore the exalted one! leo. life of life, thy lips enkindle with their love the breath between them; 67 and thy smiles before they d

ee thee never, as i feel now, lost forever! lamp of earth! where'er thou movest its dim shapes are clad with brightness, and the souls of whom thou lovest walk upon the winds with lightness, till they fall, as i am falling, dizzy, lost, yet unbewailing! aries. hail unto thee, o thou that art exalted in thy strength, that travellest over the heaven in thy bark in the splendour of noon [aries "and" leo "resume thrones["a" probationer "recites the" 12 "fold glorification of god from" 963["enter" scorpio-apophis "dressed in a filmy white robe, her hair in disorder [aries "and" leo "rise and bow" aries. hail thou! whence comest thou? scorpio-apophis. from the house of god. aries. what bringest thou as an offering to our lord? 68 scorpio-apophis. the house of god is fallen. there is nothing left

" 12 "fold glorification of god from" 963["enter" scorpio-apophis "dressed in a filmy white robe, her hair in disorder [aries "and" leo "rise and bow" aries. hail thou! whence comest thou? scorpio-apophis. from the house of god. aries. what bringest thou as an offering to our lord? 68 scorpio-apophis. the house of god is fallen. there is nothing left therein. therefore i bring nothing but myself. leo. let us burn her upon the altar of burnt offering. scorpio-apophis. but in the fire my tears would be dried up; and these tears are of mine offering to the lord. leo. let us throw her to the sacred crocodile. scorpio-apophis. but in the water my heart would be chilled; and this heart is of mine offering to the lord. leo. let us throw her to the winds from the watchtowers of silence. scorpio-ap

be dried up; and these tears are of mine offering to the lord. leo. let us throw her to the sacred crocodile. scorpio-apophis. but in the water my heart would be chilled; and this heart is of mine offering to the lord. leo. let us throw her to the winds from the watchtowers of silence. scorpio-apophis. but in the wind my hymns would not be heard; and these hymns are of mine offering to the lord. leo. let us bury her in the consecrated mountain! scorpio-apophis. but in the earth the worms would devour my flesh; and this flesh is of mine offering to the lord. oh lord, let thy servants return unto their thrones that i may worship thee as i will. sol. 22-1-1-22 [aries "and" leo "return to their thrones [scorpio-apophis "plays her passionate melody, her siren melody, her despairing "venus in t

the lord. oh lord, let thy servants return unto their thrones that i may worship thee as i will. sol. 22-1-1-22 [aries "and" leo "return to their thrones [scorpio-apophis "plays her passionate melody, her siren melody, her despairing "venus in tannhauser" melody< she clasps the feet and knees of" sol "but he gives no sign of life["at the end "aries "and" leo "rise from their thrones- a pause] aries("loudly. 333-333. leo("louder. 333-333. aries. the hour of sacrifice is past. scorpio-apophis. the hour of sacrifice is to come. 69 leo. the sacrifice is not accepted. scorpio-apophis. the sacrifice is accepted. aries. depart from us, thou unclean thing [aries "and" leo "raise her and march from the temple" aries "leading" leo following her [aries "and"

eo "rise from their thrones- a pause] aries("loudly. 333-333. leo("louder. 333-333. aries. the hour of sacrifice is past. scorpio-apophis. the hour of sacrifice is to come. 69 leo. the sacrifice is not accepted. scorpio-apophis. the sacrifice is accepted. aries. depart from us, thou unclean thing [aries "and" leo "raise her and march from the temple" aries "leading" leo following her [aries "and" leo "re-enter and resume thrones- a pause" aries. 333-333. leo. 333-333. aries. brother leo, this is of evil omen. leo. brother aries, it is indeed of evil omen. aries. there will be no more sacrifice to-day. leo. there will be no more sacrifice to-day. aries. the sun is already setting. leo. the night birds are already abroad. aries. it grows very dark. leo. the path is too steep and dangerous fo

33-333. aries. brother leo, this is of evil omen. leo. brother aries, it is indeed of evil omen. aries. there will be no more sacrifice to-day. leo. there will be no more sacrifice to-day. aries. the sun is already setting. leo. the night birds are already abroad. aries. it grows very dark. leo. the path is too steep and dangerous for any pilgrims to come hither. aries. there is no moon to-night. leo. i think there will be rain. aries. let us close the shrine. leo. the disk of the sun is not yet quite obscured. aries. but no pilgrims can come now. leo. no pilgrims can come now. but it is the rule of the temple that the shrine is open unto the last spark of sunlight. aries. brother leo, i beg that you will close the shrine with me. leo. it cannot be. aries. brother leo, i know the rule. but

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dog and squirrel. birds: parrot and linnet. metal: quicksilver. colours: white, silver, yellow, light green. cancer the crab. 22 june to 21 july. lucky stones: emerald, moonstone, eat's eye, pearl. lucky numbers: cancer, two; moon, seven. lucky day: monday. flowers: poppy, water-lily. trees: willow, sycamore. animals: otter, seal. birds: seagull, owl. metal: silver. colours: emerald green, white. leo the lion. 22 july to 21 august. lucky stones: amber, topaz, sardonyx, ruby. 153 lucky numbers: leo, four. sun, one. lucky day: sunday. flowers: marigold, sunflower,.cowslip, heliotrope. trees: palm laurel. animal: lion. birds: cock, eagle. metal: gold. colours: gold, orange. yellow, green, white. vrsco, the virgin. 22 august to 21 september. lucky.stoncs: cornelian, jade, diamond, jasper. luck

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about astrology in such simple guise that they who know naught of this intricate science may understand. the birth month indicates the day of opportunity. the door stands open. the particular month in which a soul comes into incarnation is indicated to that soul by the month in which it passed out of incarnation in a previous life cycle. if it, for instance, died in the month governed by the sign leo, it will return into incarnation in the same sign, picking up the thread of experience where it left it, and starting with the same type of energy and the peculiar equipment with which it passed away from earth life, plus the gain of thought and conscious onlooking. the quality of the energy and the nature of the forces to be manipulated during life are indicated to the soul in this way. the r

casting of the horoscope of a solar system it would be of vital importance, but this is so far beyond the capacity of the wisest astrologer on our planet that discussion is immaterial. in casting the horoscope of a human being who is born in a particular month, however, it should be borne in mind (which it seldom is) that now the month and the sign do not coincide at all. the sun is really not in leo, for instance, during the month of august. the correct interpretation therefore of a chart is largely psychometrical and dependent upon the thought-form of the constellation which has been built up for ages by the astrologers. energy follows thought. for thousands of years certain types of energy and their consequent qualifying effects on substance and form have been considered to be thus and

event of individualisation took place. but the brain of the then human being failed to register what had happened. in the words of the old commentary "the sons of god shot forth like arrows from the bow. the forms received the impulse and lo! a god was born. the tiny babe knew not the great event" this took place twenty-one million years ago. cycles passed and when at a later date the sun was in leo (approximately eighteen million years ago) the first instances of coordination between brain and mind took place and the human being was definitely self-conscious. he registered his individuality. the figures for the first date (though exactness is not possible in a system of mutation such as ours) are 21,688,345 years ago. these figures are useless at this time for they can neither be proved

ures for the first date (though exactness is not possible in a system of mutation such as ours) are 21,688,345 years ago. these figures are useless at this time for they can neither be proved correct nor incorrect. later investigation will prove their usefulness, when the nature of time is better understood. sagittarius governs human evolution, for it symbolises progress towards a conscious goal. leo governs the human consciousness in the human kingdom for the energy pouring through it enables man to say "i am- 256- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust it might be of value if i here attempted a translation necessarily inadequate, of the key word of each sign. these fall into two categories as far as humanity is concerned. there is the key word for the form aspect and the ke

value. for our world period they are as follows: for the aspirant who progresses from aries to pisces and has therefore re-oriented himself we have: aries. i come forth, and from the plane of mind i rule. taurus. i see, and when the eye is opened, all is illumined. gemini. i recognise my other self and in the waning of that self i grow and glow. cancer. i build a lighted house and therein dwell. leo. i am that and that am i. virgo. i am the mother and the child, i god, i matter am. libra. i choose the way that leads between the two great lines of force. scorpio. warrior i am, and from the battle i emerge triumphant. sagittarius. i see the goal. i reach the goal and see another. capricorn .l ost am i in light supernal and on that light i turn my back. aquarius. water of life am i, poured f

ng words: pisces .a nd the word said: go forth into matter. aquarius. and the word said: let desire in form be ruler. capricorn .a nd the word said: let ambition rule and the door stand wide. sagittarius. and the word said: let food be sought. scorpio. and the word said: let maya flourish and deception rule. libra. and the word said: let choice be made. virgo. and the word said: let matter reign. leo .a nd the word said: let other forms exist, i rule. cancer. and the word said: let isolation be the rule and yet the crowd exists. gemini .a nd the word said: let instability do its work. taurus. and the word said: let struggle be undismayed. aries. and the word said: let form again be sought- 257- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust it will be noted that all these ideas conce

attainment, five of the qualifications of the white magician. third, the white magician must recognize the cross which stands in the heavens upon which the cosmic christ is crucified and on which the white magician, being a cell in the body of the cosmic christ, is also crucified. technically and astrologically speaking, in this present aeon he must understand the inner significance of taurus, of leo, of scorpio and of aquarius, for they are potent in our world cycle. he must, if i may express it symbolically, and yet at the same time accurately, be able to utter forth the achievement which is the goal of his endeavor in each of these four signs and under each of these four powers. in taurus he must be able to say "i seek illumination and am myself the light" in leo he will say "i know mys

ALICE A BAILEY10 FROM BETHLEHEM TO CALVARY

rays typify the four corners or the cardinal cross of the universe, which have become the four fixed signs of the zodiac, and as the four powerful sacred animal signs, are both cosmical and spiritual. these four are known as the consecrated animals of the zodiac, while the signs themselves represent the basic fundamental elements of life, fire, earth, air and water."6 these four signs are taurus, leo, scorpio and aquarius, and they constitute pre-eminently the cross of the soul, the cross upon which the second person of the divine trinity is crucified. christ personified in his mission these four aspects, and as the cosmic christ he exemplified in his person the qualities for which each sign stood. even primitive man, unevolved and ignorant, was aware of the significance of the cosmic spir

disciples into the city, saying "behold, when ye are entered into the city, there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into the house where he entereth in."9 this is the zodiacal sign into which we are entering. it might be as well to point out that this is astronomically true and not simply a pronouncement of the astrologers. the symbol which stands for the zodiacal sign leo, is the lion. this sign is the symbol of individuality, and under its influence the race arrives at self-consciousness and men can function as individuals. christ, in his teaching, emphasised the significance of the individual and in his life demonstrated the supreme value of the individual, his perfecting, his service and- 113- from bethlehem to calvary copyright 1998 lucis trust his ultimate

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

ortance to educators, psychologists, parents and esotericists. there is, however, as yet no real recognition of the fact and the urgency of these incoming forces, nor is there any appreciation of the potency of the energies emanating from 1. the sign of the zodiac into which we are now passing. 2. the effect of the relation existing between the forces emanating from the sign aquarius and the sign leo which is its polar opposite and, therefore, closely related to it. the interplay of the two signs is, at this time, responsible for the appearance of the great and modern human movements, involving vast numbers of men and engineered usually by some dominant personality. it is responsible also for the intense individualism which is manifesting in every department of human life today. 3. the eff

ALICE A BAILEY15 THE DESTINY OF THE NATIONS

zodiacal signs relate, but the planets are more influential at this stage of evolution. it is not my intention to give you the ruling signs of the capitals of all the countries; i have dealt with but only the more important: country capital soul ruler personality ruler belgium .b russels .g emini. 3rd .c apricorn .1 0th france. paris. virgo .6 th .c apricorn .1 0th germany. berlin .s corpio. 8th. leo. 5th great britain. london. leo. 5th. libra. 7th italy .r ome .t aurus. 2nd. leo. 5th poland .w arsaw .c apricorn .1 0th .p isces. 12th russia. moscow .t aurus. 2nd. aquarius. 11th united states. washington. cancer. 4th. sagittarius. 9th an analysis of the signs ruling the different countries will make certain outstanding conditions apparent and even with the small knowledge of esoteric astrol

certain quality and keynote; there is a magnetic interplay between countries (territories) and the nations which occupy them. this is not an arbitrary matter but due to magnetic interplay. it is also vibratory interplay, under the great law of attraction and repulsion which has much to do with the intercourse and relationships between nations. let us now look at a few of them. france is a pisces-leo country, and is expressive egoically of the fifth ray of concrete knowledge or science and the personality ray of active intelligence. the soul of france, subjectively ruled europe for the most important and influential part of the piscean age, now passing out; she coloured and dominated, by her leo personality, a large part of the happenings- 38- the destiny of the nations copyright 1998 luci

e, subjectively ruled europe for the most important and influential part of the piscean age, now passing out; she coloured and dominated, by her leo personality, a large part of the happenings- 38- the destiny of the nations copyright 1998 lucis trust in europe during the middle ages and for centuries; she mediated the piscean quality to the civilisation of the then known world and her definitely leo personality self-conscious, self-centred, brilliantly intelligent and individual conditioned europe. it is this leo personality which is responsible for the intensely nationalistic spirit of the modern french and which negates in them the more aquarian tendency to universal consciousness or to the expression of the advanced piscean soul to save the world; france comes before the world. the les

lity which is responsible for the intensely nationalistic spirit of the modern french and which negates in them the more aquarian tendency to universal consciousness or to the expression of the advanced piscean soul to save the world; france comes before the world. the lesson france has to learn today is that the salvation of others is the goal of her piscean soul and in this the self-interest of leo precipitates conflict one to which france is slowly awakening. the egoic ray of france is that of concrete science and this, working in conjunction with the energy of the fifth zodiacal sign, leo, has given the french people their intellectual brilliance and their scientific bias. the forces of crystallisation pour through paris which is ruled by capricorn in its personality and yet the soul o

lumination to world thought. if the true piscean element can be drawn forth and the selfishness and the self-protective interests of the french nation can be offset, france then stands free some day to lead the world spiritually as she has effectively in past history from the more political and cultural aspects, but this can only happen when the personality ray is subordinated to the soul ray and leo can respond to the aquarian influence in the coming new era when aquarius is dominant. the sun, as the ruler of leo, made france what she was, irradiating europe for centuries; but it was the personality and not the spiritual aspect, and her influence at no time was spiritual, as that word should be understood. esoterically, pluto, one of the rulers of pisces, must work, bringing in the death

in the coming new era when aquarius is dominant. the sun, as the ruler of leo, made france what she was, irradiating europe for centuries; but it was the personality and not the spiritual aspect, and her influence at no time was spiritual, as that word should be understood. esoterically, pluto, one of the rulers of pisces, must work, bringing in the death of the personality influence, fostered by leo; this can be done without any great outer dissolution of the form of the nation through the beneficent influence of jupiter, the exoteric ruler of pisces. what is needed in the national life of france is the more spiritual expression of the second ray of love-wisdom, which has in the past led to material success but which can flood the world, via france, once she dies to self. capricorn, rulin

tries in the interests of france will have to end, if the true soul of france is to find expression. therefore, the following signs (cosmic energy) and planets transmitting solar and cosmic energies, are the conditioning factors of france in incarnation at the present time- 39- the destiny of the nations copyright 1998 lucis trust france 1. pisces with its rulers: jupiter and pluto> the nation 2. leo with its ruler: the sun. 3. virgo with its rulers: mercury, moon, jupiter> paris. 4. capricorn with its rulers: saturn and venus. 5. ray influences of an indirect nature, coming via the planetary rulers: a. ray 2. love-wisdom, via jupiter and the sun. these are the most powerful. b. ray 1. power or will, via pluto. this is also the destroyer ray and can bring the death of the leo influence. c

mony in the post-war period? e. ray 5. concrete science or knowledge, via venus. in this a realised cooperation with the soul ray, which is also the fifth ray, can bring about, through the french nation, a consummation of the piscean influence or genius. f. ray 4. this time through the moon, thus aiding the work of mercury and producing that needed internal conflict which will release france from leo and from the control of her self-centred personality. i would here call your attention to the fact that the astrology which i am emphasising is that which is concerned with the effective energies what they are and from whence they come. i would repeat here as i have often done before that i am not concerned with predictive astrology. the coming emphasis in astrology will be upon the available

he coming emphasis in astrology will be upon the available energies and the use the subject makes of them and the opportunity which they present at any given time. i have given you france somewhat in detail so that you can appreciate the extent of the influences which determine any nation and make it for the first time what it is. the combination of piscean power in the piscean age, plus a potent leo nature, enabled france at one time to express quite phenomenally its innate subjective tendency to save the world (for france is essentially on the path of a world saviour; this was aided by the brilliant clear vision of the fifth and third rays with their intellectual bias, plus the opportunity offered by saturn, ruling paris- 40- the destiny of the nations copyright 1998 lucis trust this ena

ALICE A BAILEY16 GLAMOUR A WORLD PROBLEM

then there is a period of oscillation, leading to a life of equilibrium wherein neither aspect appears to dominate; after that the balance changes and the personality steadily becomes negative and the soul or psyche becomes dominant and positive. 7. the astrological influences can potently affect these situations and speaking generally and within certain esoteric limits it might be noted that: a. leo .c ontrols the positive dweller. b. gemini. controls the processes of oscillation. c. sagittarius. controls the negative dweller. it might be added that the three signs scorpio, sagittarius, capricorn lead finally to the fusion of the dweller and the angel. 8. the soul ray controls and conditions the activity of the angel and its type of influence upon the dweller. it affects karma, times and

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

un of possibility" through the effect of the energy flowing from the zodiacal signs the man is prepared for the "crisis of orientation" wherein he slowly and gradually reverses his mode of progress upon the wheel of life and begins consciously to travel back to his source. he then goes from aries to pisces, via taurus, scorpio and capricorn, instead of moving from aries to taurus via sagittarius, leo and cancer. the triplicity of constellations mentioned in these two great routes around the zodiac have a definite and momentous effect and are called "paramount signs of influence" during this process the mental principle, the discriminating mind, is developed and in this specific connection (not in a general connection) the emphasis is laid upon the influence of aries, gemini and libra. unde

the two parallel lines of force in aquarius. 7. the two fishes in pisces- 34- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust these seven constellations are, therefore, closely related to six of the seven sacred planets and to one non-sacred planet. there are two signs which are simple figures and have no significance of duality. they are 8. the symbol for leo, which is simply the lion's tail. 9. the arrow in the symbol depicting sagittarius. they embody the idea of isolated separation and one-pointed desire. two signs are definitely triple in construction and this has a clear meaning to the esotericist. 10. virgo is a triple sign. 11. scorpio is also a triple sign, closely resembling the symbol of virgo. these two signs are crucial in the experienc

til the man through many turnings of the wheel of life reaches the point of reversal and reorientation. the man progresses from the point where, in cancer, he forms a part of the mass with the mass consciousness, inchoate and unfocussed, and with no recognition of objective (except the satisfaction of instinctual desire) until in scorpio he becomes the triumphant disciple, having found himself in leo. then comes the crisis of reorientation which may take a long time and constitute an interlude of many lives of struggle. 2. from the standpoint of the man upon the probationary path, seeking the light, struggling through the signs (as the old commentary expresses it when considering this point- 37- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust "he tur

gemini begins potently to play its part in the life of the disciples, with sagittarius gradually "piercing the heart with his arrows, and then upon the flight of the arrow, the man reaches capricorn" then comes the crisis of renunciation. 3. from the standpoint of the pledged disciple and initiate who traverses again the path of the sun and finds that that which he has discovered himself to be in leo finds its crown in aquarius. the separative individual consciousness becomes the group consciousness in aquarius, and he begins to comprehend the significance of that basic combination of signs, that "triangle in the consciousness" of humanity: cancer leo aquarius. mass awareness individual awareness group awareness. instinctual consciousness intelligent consciousness intuitive consciousness

rror by modern science but is still believed by many. i earlier gave a hint upon which definite astrological computation could be based when i gave the time of the "great approach" of the hierarchy to our planetary manifestation when individualisation took place and the fourth kingdom in nature appeared. i placed that stupendous event as happening 21,688,345 years ago. at that time the sun was in leo. the process then initiated upon the physical plane and producing outer physical events took approximately 5,000 years to mature and the sun was in gemini when the final crisis of individualisation took place and the door was then closed upon the animal kingdom. it has been stated that sagittarius governs human evolution, as the sun was in that sign when the hierarchy began its approach in ord

the sun was in gemini when the final crisis of individualisation took place and the door was then closed upon the animal kingdom. it has been stated that sagittarius governs human evolution, as the sun was in that sign when the hierarchy began its approach in order to stimulate the forms of life upon our planet. sagittarius, however, governed the period of the subjective approach. the sun was in leo when physical plane individualisation took place as a result of the applied stimulation. the sun was in gemini when this approach was consummated by the founding of the hierarchy upon the earth. this is one of the great secrets which the masonic rituals typify, for the symbol of the sign, gemini, is the source of the concept of the two pillars, so familiar to masons. it- 39- a treatise on the

roach was consummated by the founding of the hierarchy upon the earth. this is one of the great secrets which the masonic rituals typify, for the symbol of the sign, gemini, is the source of the concept of the two pillars, so familiar to masons. it- 39- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust might therefore be stated that, symbolically speaking, 1. leo governs the e\ a\ degree. 2. gemini governs the f\ c\ degree. 3. sagittarius governs the degree of m\ m\ up to the episode of the raising of the master, and that capricorn governs the final part of the ceremony and the h\ r\ a\ it is always confusing to the beginner who has not yet a developed and trained intuition to reconcile the seeming discrepancies and apparent contradictions which appear

ion iv. the orthodox astrological relationship constellations and planetary rulers in connection with ordinary man- 40- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust constellation r uler ray related to 1. aries .m ars. 6th ray .s corpio .s ame ruler. 2. taurus. venus. 5th ray. libra" 3. gemini. mercury .4 th ray .v irgo" 4. cancer. moon. 4th ray. none. 5. leo .t he sun. 2nd ray .n one. 6. virgo. mercury .4 th ray .g emini" 7. libra .v enus. 5th ray .t aurus" 8. scorpio. mars. 6th ray. aries" 9. sagittarius. jupiter. 2nd ray .p isces" 10. capricorn .s aturn. 3rd ray .n one. 11. aquarius. uranus. 7th ray. none. 12. pisces. jupiter. 2nd ray .s agittarius" a. the non-sacred planets are italicised. b. all the rays are represented except the first. this

odox astrological relationship constellations and planetary rulers in connection with disciples and initiates note: in charts connected with the path, progress is from aries to pisces through taurus, etc. constellation r uler ray related to 1. aries .m ercury .4 th ray .v irgo .s ame ray. 2. taurus. vulcan. 1st ray. pisces" 3. gemini. venus. 5th ray. none. 4. cancer. neptune. 6th ray. scorpio" 5. leo .t he sun. 2nd ray .a quarius" 6. virgo. the moon. 4th ray. aries" 7. libra .u ranus .7 th ray .n one. 8. scorpio. mars. 6th ray. cancer" 9. sagittarius. the earth. 3rd ray .c apricorn" 10. capricorn .s aturn. 3rd ray .s agittarius- 41- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust 11. aquarius. jupiter. 2nd ray .l eo" 12. pisces. pluto. 1st ray. tauru

ALICE A BAILEY19 THE UNFINISHED AUTOBIOGRAPHY

d also a rather private one. gemini people are also supposed to be chameleonlike in nature and changeable in quality and often double-faced. i am none of these, at least, in spite of many faults and it is possible that my rising sign saves me. leading astrologers, to my amusement, assign different signs as my rising sign virgo, because i love children and cooking, and "mothering" an organisation; leo, because- 10- the unfinished autobiography copyright 1998 lucis trust i am very individual (by which they mean difficult and dominant) and also very self-conscious; and pisces, because that sign is the sign of the mediator or the intermediary. i am inclined myself to pisces, because i have a pisces husband, because my very dear eldest daughter was also born in that sign and we always understoo

gurated a very difficult period in my life. i have always felt that i should astrologically have cancer rising because i like to hide and not be seen and the verse in the bible that has always seemed to me to be so important refers to "the shadow of a great rock in a thirsty land" many of the leading astrologers have amused themselves by attempting to cast my horoscope. most of them have given me leo rising because they regard me as so individual. only one of them has ever given me cancer rising and he had insight and sympathy with my problem of publicity, and i think that inclined him to make cancer my rising sign. however, i believe that my rising sign is pisces. i have a pisces husband and a pisces daughter and pisces is the sign of the medium or the mediator. i am not a medium but i ha

ALICE A BAILEY24 A TREATISE ON THE SEVEN RAYS VOLUME V THE RAYS AND THE INITIATIONS

ves what has been called a "moment of opening-up" during which the initiate sees that which lies within the cosmic intent and begins to function not only as a planetary unit but as a cosmic focal point. the buddha of activity, responsible for this type of planetary activity, works with the lord of the first ray and functions as an outpost of the consciousness of the informing life of aries and of leo. his work is only now beginning to assume importance. i realise that this information has little meaning to you and lies beyond your understanding, but so was much that i gave you in a treatise on cosmic fire. its sole value for you lies in the revelation of the linking up and the interplay between all parts of our solar system, our universe and the zodiac. through these three great buddhas th

ALICE BAILEY THE LABOURS OF HERCULES

me the mystery of death. forget this not. what is your age, my son "i had turned eighteen summers when i slew the lion, and hence i wear its skin. again at twenty-one, i met my bride. today i stand before you trebly free- free from my early teachers, free from the fear of fear, and free indeed from all desire "boast not, my son, but prove to me the nature of this freedom which you sense. again in leo, will you meet the lion. what will you do? again in gemini, the teachers whom you slew will cross your path. have you indeed left them behind? what will you do? again in scorpio, will you wrestle with desire. will you stand free, or will the serpent meet you with his wiles and pull you down to earth? what will you do? prepare to prove your words and liberty. boast not, my son, but prove to me

ly reminded thereby that to express the glory of the soul was his mission. the twelve great labors that were to set the seal of accomplishment upon his life, and which would indicate his right to join the great group of immortals, were outlined to him and he entered upon the way. we are told that in his person he symbolized the fixed cross in the heavens, formed by the four constellations taurus, leo, scorpio and aquarius. tradition tells us that he was physically bullnecked, as well as psychologically stubborn and ready to attack any problem and to rush blindly into any undertaking. nothing could turn him from his purpose, and we shall see when we study the labors that he rushed headlong into them. nothing deterred him, nothing frightened him, and one-pointedly he went his way. the ancien

hem. nothing deterred him, nothing frightened him, and one-pointedly he went his way. the ancient motto that has governed the activities of all active disciples became his and his soul enjoined upon him the need of "the power to do, the power to dare, the power to be silent, and the power to know "the power to do" is the motto of taurus, and this he exemplified in his twelve labors. he symbolized leo, because he always wore the lion's skin as a proof of his courage, and the motto of that sign being "the power to dare" no danger affrighted him and no difficulty turned him back. perhaps his outstanding achievement was what he accomplished in the sign scorpio; for the great work was to overcome illusion. it was consummated and carried to completion in the sign scorpio. the motto of that sign

tiated the creative work, there begins to be felt the urge to achieve freedom from the form, to roll away the stone from the door of the sepulchre of the soul, and to stand in the liberty of the sons of god. in aries is found the impulse which leads to the building of the form, which for ages will constitute the prison house of the soul. this reaches its mass form in cancer, and its human form in leo; the densest point of illusion in form is reached in scorpio, and in pisces the form dies, only to be rebuilt again in the wearying round of form experience. but in this sign the way of liberation is first sensed, and the building of the spiritual body is begun. this is the sign of germinal spiritual activity, which later leads to the birth of the christ child, in virgo, to that of the world s

e sky is mystically spoken of as the temple, and the eternal consciousness of god. its altar is the sun, whose four arms or rays typify the four corners of the cardinal cross of the universe, which have become the four fixed signs of the zodiac, and as the four powerful sacred animal signs are both cosmical and spiritual, they represent the basic elements resembling our human principles. the sign leo represents fire or spirit; taurus, earth or body; aquarius, air or mind; and scorpio represents water likened to the soul. leo, as the lion, is the strength of the lower nature, and is the serpent of force which, if directed upward, overcomes. taurus, the bull, is always the symbol of creative force. aquarius, the man, is the light-bearer, or light-bringer. scorpio, the scorpion, is often tran

said that "the ultimate purpose of education is the acquiring of knowledge in order to receive the higher revelation. the unintelligent may receive it, but they cannot interpret it. in this labor, hercules receives an outstanding revelation and in the five stages of his search his education is steadily carried forward. the exoteric ruler of gemini and of the first decanate is mercury for, as alan leo tells us "mercury in the outer world signifies schools, colleges, and all places where teaching and learning go on, scientific and literary institutions. in consciousness, it signifies thought, understanding, reason, intelligence, intellect; the abstract kinds rather than the concrete, knowledge for its own sake. its highest application seems to be what is called 'pure reason. in body, it gove

institutions. in consciousness, it signifies thought, understanding, reason, intelligence, intellect; the abstract kinds rather than the concrete, knowledge for its own sake. its highest application seems to be what is called 'pure reason. in body, it governs the brain and nervous system, the tongue and organs of speech, the hands as instruments of intelligence- 41- the labours of hercules (alan leo, complete dictionary of astrology, p. 163) gemini stands, secondly, for the relation between. it governs, therefore, language, intercourse or inter-communication 'and commerce. it is interesting to note that the united states [67] and london are both governed by gemini; that the english language is becoming predominantly the world tongue; that the greatest lines of ocean communication start fr

ontact his immortal aspect and intuitively to recognize the kingdom of spirit, he is ready now for the greater work. in the next four signs, which we might regard as the signs of physical plane struggle for achievement, we have portrayed for us the tremendous battle through the medium of which the self-conscious individual, emerging out of the mass in cancer, knows himself to be the individual in leo, the potential christ in virgo, the aspirant endeavoring to balance the pairs of opposites in libra, and the one who overcomes illusion, in scorpio. these are the four signs of crisis and of stupendous endeavor. in them all the illumination, intuition and soul power of which hercules, the aspirant, is capable, are utilized to the uttermost. these have their reflection, too, on the involutionar

in libra, and the one who overcomes illusion, in scorpio. these are the four signs of crisis and of stupendous endeavor. in them all the illumination, intuition and soul power of which hercules, the aspirant, is capable, are utilized to the uttermost. these have their reflection, too, on the involutionary arc, and a similar sequence of unfoldment can be traced. the soul achieves individuality in leo, becomes the nurturer of ideas and of potential capacities in virgo, swings violently from one extreme to the other in libra, and is subjected to the disciplining effect of the world of illusion and form in scorpio. in the final four signs, we have the signs of achievement. the aspirant has worked out of the world of glamor and of form, and in his consciousness is free from their limitations

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nce sancha dwipa, or the poseidonis of atlantis, disappeared. is it not barely possible that hindus should have known the island still earlier? let us turn again to astronomical demonstrations, which make this quite plain if one assumes, according to the said adept, that "at the time when the summer tropical 'colure' passed through the pleiades, when cor-leonis would be upon the equator; and when leo was vertical to ceylon at sunset, then would taurus be vertical to the island of atlantis at noon" this explains, perhaps, why the singhalese, the heirs of the[[footnote(s* america, the "new" world- is thus, though not much, older; still it is older than europe, the "old world* if div or dev-sefid's (the taradaitya's) abode was on the seventh stage, it is because he came from pushkara, the pat

pushkara, the patala (antipodes) of india, or from america. the latter touched the walls, so to say, of atlantis, before the latter sank finally. the word patala, meaning both the antipodal countries and infernal regions, thus became synonymous in ideas and attributes as well as in name[[vol. 2, page] 408 the secret doctrine. rakshasas and giants of lanka, and the direct descendants of singha, or leo, became connected with sancha dwipa or poseidonis (plato's atlantis. only, as shown by mackey's "sphinxiad" this must have occurred about 23,000 years ago, astronomically; at which time the obliquity of the ecliptic must have been rather more than 27 degrees, and consequently taurus must have passed over "atlantis" or "sancha dwipa" and that it was so is clearly demonstrated "the sacred bull n

c and every other constellation, when the pole had been inverted" speaking of the circular zodiac, given also by denon, he says- there "the lion is standing on the serpent, and his tail forming a curve downward, from which it is found that though six or seven hundred thousand years must have passed between the two positions, yet they had made but little difference between in the constellations of leo and the hydra; while virgo is represented very differently in the two. in the circular zodiac, the virgin is nursing her child; but it seems that they had not had that idea when the pole was first within the plane of the ecliptic; for in this zodiac, as given by denon, we see three virgins between the lion and the scales, the last of which holds in her hand an ear of wheat. it is much to be la

circular zodiac, the virgin is nursing her child; but it seems that they had not had that idea when the pole was first within the plane of the ecliptic; for in this zodiac, as given by denon, we see three virgins between the lion and the scales, the last of which holds in her hand an ear of wheat. it is much to be lamented that there is in this zodiac a breach of the figure in the latter part of leo and the beginning of virgo which has taken away one decan out of each sign" nevertheless, the meaning is plain, as the three zodiacs belong to three different epochs: namely, to the last three family races of the fourth sub-race of the fifth root-race, each of which must have lived approximately from 25 to 30,000 years. the first of these (the "aryan-asiatics) witnessed the doom of the last of

m, alone preventing the whole truth from being told* so[[footnote(s* this does not mean that atlas is the locality where it fell, for this took place in northern and central asia; but that atlas formed part of the continent* had not diocletian burned the esoteric works of the egyptians in 296, together with their books on alchemy[[peri chumeias kai chrusou; caesar 700,000 rolls at alexandria, and leo isaurus 300,000 at constantinople (viiith cent; and the mahomedans all they could lay their sacrilegious hands on- the world might know to-day more of atlantis than it does. for alchemy had its birth-place in atlantis during the fourth race, and had only its renaissance in egypt[[vol. 2, page] 764 the secret doctrine. secret was the knowledge of the last islands of atlantis, indeed- on account

eaven by jupiter again. but, no sooner does zeus carry away from earth ganymedes (the object of lust, personified) than the father of the gods throws down astraea back on the earth again, on which she falls upon her head. astraea is virgo, the constellation of the zodiac. astronomically it has a very plain significance, and one which gives the key to the occult meaning. but it is inseparable from leo, the sign that precedes it, and from the pleiades and their sisters, the hyades, of which aldebaran is the brilliant leader. all of these are connected with the periodical renovations of the earth, with regard to its continents- even ganymedes, who in astronomy is aquarius. it was already shown that while the south pole is the pit (or the infernal regions figuratively and cosmologically, the n

retrograde motion of the equator, and about 31,000 years ago aldebaran was in conjunction with the vernal equinoctial point. the part assigned to taurus, even in christian mysticism, is too well known to need repetition. the famous orphic hymn on the great periodical cataclysm divulges the whole esotericism of the event. pluto (in the pit) carries off eurydice, bitten by the (polar) serpent. then leo, the lion, is vanquished. now, when the lion is in the pit, or below the south pole, then virgo, as the next sign, follows him, and when her head, down to the waist, is below the south horizon- she is inverted. on the other hand, the hyades are the rain or deluge constellations; and aldebaran (he who follows, or succeeds the daughters of atlas, or the pleiades) looks down from the eye of tauru

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rchies among these are hinted at in the great quaternary, or the "four bodies and the three faculties" of brahma exoterically, and the panchasyam, the five brahmas, or the five dhyani-buddhas in the buddhist system. the highest group is composed of the divine flames, so-called, also spoken of as the "fiery lions" and the "lions of life" whose esotericism is securely hidden in the zodiacal sign of leo. it is the nucleole of the superior divine world (see commentary in first pages of addendum. they are the formless fiery breaths, identical in one aspect with the upper sephirothal triad, which is placed by the kabalists in the "archetypal world" the same hierarchy, with the same numbers, is found in the japanese system, in the "beginnings" as taught by both the shinto and the buddhist sects

s the signs, repeated in the 12 stones of the urim and thummim, and on the 12 wings of the cherub. leaving the proof of exactitude in the alleged correspondence to the said mystics, it is as follows: man, or the aquarius, is in the sphere of reuben, who is declared as "unstable as water (the vulgate has it, to be "rushing like water; gemini, in the strong fraternal association of simeon and levi; leo, in that of judah "the strong lion" of his tribe "the lion's whelp; the pisces, in zabulon, who "shall dwell at the haven of the sea; taurus, in issachar, because he is "a strong ass couching down" etc, and therefore associated with the stables; virgo-scorpio, in dan, who is described as "a serpent, an adder in the path that biteth" etc; capricornus in naphtali, who is "a hind (a deer) let loo

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his food without preparing on it a long and tedious morality) let this epistle be copied and circulated among all those that have accepted the law of thelema. receive now our paternal benediction: the benediction of the all-begetter be upon thee. love is the law, love under will. qhrion 9 =28 a.a. given under our hand and seal this day of an. xii, the sun our father being in 12 4. 2. of the sign leo, and the moon in 25 39. 11. of the sign libra, from the house of the juggler, that is by lake pasquaney in the state of new hampshire. 183 stepping out of the old on and into the new do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law. as all of you should know, we have entered a new on. a higher truth has been given to the world. this truth is waiting in readiness for all those who will conscious

eem to be obsessed by the stupidity that if anything is a shadow, dream, illusion, it ceases to exist. the rules of dreams are just as rigid as the rules of mathematics. you cannot do anything you like with a surd merely because it is an .impossible. or .imaginary. quantity. it is such booby traps that catch such asses in lion s skins as mr. bragdon. o. m. ogilvie.s astrological birthday book. by leo bernart. j. s. ogilvie publishing co. in the preface mr. bernart correctly states that the exact date and hour of birth are necessary to delineate a horoscope. yet he publishes a book which attempts such a delineation on the birthday alone. now, the birthday tells the astrologer nothing but the position of the sun in the zodiac at the time of birth, and this position varies to a small but suff

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e of air" 17. the knight of pentacles is "the lord of the wide and fertile land: the king of the spirits of earth" 18. the queen of pentacles is "the queen of the thrones of earth" 19. the king of pentacles is "the prince of the chariot of earth" 20. the knave of pentacles is "the princess of the echoing hills: the rose of the palace of earth" no. card lord of decan in 21 5 of wands strife saturn leo 22 6 of wands victory jupiter leo 23 7 of wands valour mars leo 24 8 of pentacles prudence sun virgo 25 9 of pentacles material gain venus virgo 26 10 of pentacles wealth mercury virgo 27 2 of swords peace restored moon libra 28 3 of swords sorrow saturn libra 29 4 of swords rest from strife jupiter libra 30 5 of cups loss in pleasure mars scorpio 31 6 of cups pleasure sun scorpio 32 7 of cups

the daughter of the mighty ones dalet venus 61 the emperor sun of the morning, chief among the mighty heh aries 62 the hierophant the magus of the eternal vau taurus 63 the lovers the children of the voice; the oracles of the mighty gods zain gemini 64 the chariot the child of the powers of the waters; the lord of the triumph of light chet cancer 65 fortitude the daughter of the flaming sword tet leo 66 the hermit the magus of the voice of power, the prophet of the eternal yod virgo 67 the wheel the lord of the of fate forces of life koph jupiter 68 justice the daughter of the lords of truth: the ruler of the balance lamed libra 69 the hanged man the spirit of the mighty waters mem water 70 death the child of the great transformers: the lord of the gates of death nun scorpio 71 temperance

of the corslet, and he bears a torch or fire-wand, somewhat similar to that of the zelator adeptus minor. beneath the chariot are flames, some waved, some salient. swift, strong, hasty; rather violent, yet just and generous; noble and scorning meanness. if ill dignified- cruel, intolerant, prejudiced and ill natured. he rules the heavens from above the last decan of cancer to the second decan of leo; hence he includes most of leo minor. air of fire prince and emperor of salamanders. viii. the princess of the shining flame; the rose of the palace of fire knave of wands a very strong and beautiful woman with flowing red-gold hair, attired like an amazon. her shoulders, arms, bosom and knees are bare. she wears a short kilt reaching to the knee. round her waist is a broad belt of scale-mail;

d with ripened corn. in one hand he bears a sceptre surmounted by a hexagram: in the other a pentacle like that of the zelator adeptus minor. unless very well dignified he is heavy, dull, and material. laborious, clever, and patient in material matters. if ill dignified, he is avaricious, grasping, dull, jealous; not very courageous, unless assisted by other symbols. rules from above 20 degree of leo to 20 degree of virgo. fire of earth king of gnomes. xviii. the queen of the thrones of earth queen of pentacles a woman of beautiful face with dark hair; seated upon a throne, beneath which is dark sandy earth. one side of her face is light, the other dark; and her symbolism is best represented in profile. her attire is similar to that of the queen of wands: but she bears a winged goat's head

decans of the zodiac. commencing from the sign aries, the central decans of each sign follow the order of the days of the week. thus- being thus the four threes, sixes, and nines. the first and third decans follow the same order: sunday beginning the first decan of virgo and in the third decans of gemini and capricorn. the planets govern respectively decans with the following titles- or in taurus leo libra sagittarius pisces two wands: 1 each of the other suits. or in gemini leo libra capricorn pisces two swords: 1 each of others. head cross, orb held downwards brown princess winged ram's head grass, flowers, grove of trees, sceptre with disk, pentacle like that in ace rich brown dark card central decan of meaning day 3 of wands aries established strength sun 6 of pentacles taurus material

es two swords: 1 each of others. head cross, orb held downwards brown princess winged ram's head grass, flowers, grove of trees, sceptre with disk, pentacle like that in ace rich brown dark card central decan of meaning day 3 of wands aries established strength sun 6 of pentacles taurus material success moon 9 of swords gemini despair and cruelty mars 3 of cups cancer abundance mercury 6 of wands leo victory jupiter 9 of pentacles virgo material gain venus 3 of swords libra sorrow saturn 6 of cups scorpio pleasure sun 9 of wands sagittarius great strength moon 3 of pentacles capricorn material works mars 6 of swords aquarius earned success mercury 9 of swords pisces material happiness jupiter saturn 1. leo strife 5 of wands. 2. libra sorrow 3 of swords. 3. sagittarius oppression 10 of wand

cups scorpio pleasure sun 9 of wands sagittarius great strength moon 3 of pentacles capricorn material works mars 6 of swords aquarius earned success mercury 9 of swords pisces material happiness jupiter saturn 1. leo strife 5 of wands. 2. libra sorrow 3 of swords. 3. sagittarius oppression 10 of wands. 4. pisces abundant success 8 of cups. 5. taurus success unfulfilled 7 of pentacles. jupiter 1. leo victory 6 of wands. 2. libra rest from strife 4 of swords. 3. capricorn harmonious change 2 of pentacles. 4. pisces material happiness 9 of cups. 5. gemini shortened force 8 of swords. book t page 11 of 26 http//www.private.org.il/gd/book-t.html 13/10/2002 or in aries gemini leo scorpio capricorn pisces 2 w. 2 c: 1 each of others. one more decan than the others. or in aries gemini virgo scorpi

of the others. there being thirty-six decans and seven planets, it follows that one of the latter must rule over one more decan than the others. this is the planet mars, to which are allotted the last decan of pisces, and the first of aries, because the long cold of the winter requires a great energy to overcome it, and initiate spring. and the beginning of the decanates is from the royal star of leo, the great star cor leonis: and therefore is the first decan that of saturn in leo. here follow the general meanings of the small cards of the suits, as classified under the nine sephiroth below kether. mars 1. leo valour 7 of wands. 2. scorpio loss in pleasure 5 of cups. 3. capricorn material works 3 of pentacles. 4. pisces perfected success 10 of cups. 5. aries dominion 2 of wands. 6. gemini

order "i.e" the four fingers of each right hand crooked into each other, the thumbs meeting above; and they hold, at the same time, by their centres, five wands or torches which are similar unto the wands of a zelator adeptus minor. one wand is upright in the middle; the others cross each other. flames leap from the point of junction. above the middle wand is the sign saturn, and below is that of leo: thus representing the decante. violent strife and boldness, rashness, cruelty, violence, lust, desire, prodigality and generosity; depending on whether the card is well or ill dignified. geburah of hb:y (quarrelling and fighting. this decan hath its beginning from the royal star of leo: and unto it are allotted the two great angels of the schemhamphorash hb:vhvyh and hb:ylyal. xxii. the lord

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rules over the globe of the sun; and they rule under the dominion of the seven great angelick princes. the hosts and choir of angels the host of angels are eleven in number and these are their names: sallisim, parashim, gibborim, sebahim, geduthim, memunnim, sarim, haylim, mesarethim, malhakim and degalim. the angels of the twelve signs aries malchidael taurus asmodel gemini ambriel cancer muriel leo verchiel virgo hamaliel these are the angels which assist the magician in all his experiments; all according to their offices. it is unlawful that you should call upon the seraphim, but all the rest may be called upon for furtherance in matters divine. concerning the talismans. it is necessary to construct talismans for the object of each of your experiments, one for each of the purposes. the

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twelve different areas of sky and constellations. these are the houses of the zodiac, and like the hand of a watch, sweep round. the dividing lines between the houses are known as cusps. the sun takes roughly a month to pass through each of the houses, which are as follows: aries march 21 through april 19 taurus april 20 through may 19 gemini may 20 through june 20 cancer june 21 through july 22 leo july 23 through august 21 virgo august 22 through september 22 libra september 23 through october 22 scorpio october 23 through november 21 sagittarius november 22 through december 21 capricorn december 22 through january 20 aquarius january 21 through february 19 pisces february 20 through march 20 in fact, these dates do vary from year to year, so it is necessary to check the year in questio

iven to extravagance, due to the forcefulness and determination of the sun with the expansive wealth of jupiter. jupiter sextile with mercury would be good, showing determination and knowledge with judgement. the planets themselves have certain qualities: air, water, fire and earth. traditionally, gemini, aquarius and libra are the air signs; cancer, scorpio and pisces are the water signs; aries, leo and sagittarius the fire signs and taurus, virgo and capricorn the earth signs. air signs are supposedly intellectual, enlightened and articulate; water signs emotional; fire signs zealous and fervent; earth signs cautious, basic and practical. in more detail, the signs again, by tradition, as is almost all interpretation of astrology are associated with particular attributes: aries is very mu

s very much a leader or pioneer. there is a certain amount of impatience in this sign, due to ambition. taurus is the hard worker great strength, and proud of it, along with perseverance. gemini is adaptable; knows a little about a lot of subjects, has a gift for languages, diplomacy and tact, but is somewhat superficial. cancer is extremely sensitive, a follower of tradition, a great home lover. leo is the extrovert, full of self-confidence, with an abundance of personality, a great sense of the dramatic, and a great capacity to love. virgo is the critic; tidy and conservative, yet always charming and popular. virgo is the best of planners and organizers; intellectual and extremely analytical. libra has intuition and foresight, is peace-loving and has a great sense of justice. scorpio has

of as being "ruled" by one of the planets. what this means is that there is a close affinity between the two. where a lesson nine: divination/ 129 130/ buckland's complete book of witchcraft planet is classed as being "watery" or "fiery, so the sign or signs that it rules are of that type. the sign aries is ruled by the planet mars. taurus is ruled by venus. gemini by mercury; cancer by the moon; leo by the sun; virgo by mercury; libra by venus; scorpio by mars; sagittarius by jupiter; capricorn by saturn; aquarius by saturn (some astrologers prefer uranus) and pisces by jupiter (again some say by neptune. generally it can be said that a fiery sign would not get along well with a water sign, nor would a water sign get along with an air sign. an air sign, however, would do well with a fire

candles can be of any sort, it is the color that is important. for this the following tables are important: table 1- astral colors sun sign birth date primary color secondary color aquarius january 20-february 18 blue green pisces february 19-march 20 white green aries march 21-april 19 white pink taurus april 20-may 20 red yellow gemini may 21-june 21 red blue cancer june 22-july 22 green brown leo july 23-august 22 red green virgo august 23-september 22 gold* black libra september 23-october 22 black blue scorpio october 23-november 21 brown black sagittarius november 22-december 21 gold red capricorn december 22-january 19 red brown table 2- symbolism of colors white purity, truth, sincerity red strength, health, vigor, sexual love light blue tranquility, understanding, patience, healt

her's free will. therefore you must not perform such a ritual as this, aimed at a specific person. for the second candle, use one for the type of person you wish to attract. for example, you might use a pink candle if you desire someone loving and affectionate; a red one for someone energetic and sexually strong. or you could use a cancer (sun sign) candle for someone sensitive and home-loving; a leo candle for a forceful leader; a virgo candle for someone analytical and painstaking. with any of these, of course, you cannot find just one or two colors to signify all that you might want in a lover, so you might prefer just to go with a plain white candle. whichever you use, you can elaborate on your desires when you "dress" it (see below. for the petitioner's candle (on the left, go by tabl

vailable to the select few. that select few consisted of a high percentage of ecclesiastics who not only had the time to devote to its pursuit but who also invariably had access to the necessary funds. bishops, archbishops, even popes were, known to practice the "art magick. gerbert the bishop, who later became pope sylvester ii, was regarded as a great magician. other practitioners included pope leo iii, pope honorius iii, pope urban v; nicephorus, patriarch of constantinople; rudolf n, the german emperor; charles v of france; the cardinals cusa and cajetan; bernard de mirandole, bishop of caserta; udalric de fronsperg, bishop of trent and mariy others. each of the magicians worked alone and j ealously guarded his methods of operation. they guarded them not from the church authorities, bu

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ual. note also the influence of particular groups of signs of the zodiac. the cardinal signs- aries, cancer, libra and capricorn- are so-called because when the sun moved into these signs, it marked the beginning of a new season- spring, summer, autumn and winter. people born under a cardinal sign manifest this as a desire to initiate and to take command of people and situations. the fixed signs- leo, taurus, aquarius and scorpio- are signs entered by the sun in the middle of a season. people born under them exhibit stability and a tendency to continue in a predetermined path. the mutable signs -sagittarius, gemini, virgo and pisces- mark the time when the seasons are about to change. those born under them are correspondingly versatile and ready to compromise. zodiacal colours and associat

june. colour: yellow or pale grey. a mutable air sign, for spells concerning communication, learning, choices, adaptability and short-distance travel. ruled by mercury [symbol- sym04] cancer, the crab: 22 june to 22 july. colour: silver. a cardinal water sign, for spells concerning the home and family, especially for protection and for gentle love and friendship. ruled by the moon [symbol- sym05] leo, the lion: 23 july to 23 august. colour: gold. a fixed fire sign, for rituals for courage and leadership, sensual pleasures and love affairs. ruled by the sun [symbol- sym06] virgo, the maiden: 24 august to 22 september. colour: green or pale blue. a mutable earth sign, for spells to increase efficiency, for bringing order to a chaotic situation, for self-improvement and for healing. ruled by

xt a pure, calm frame of mind and for a positive purpose. the elemental creature of fire is the salamander, the mythical lizard that lives within fire (the name is nowadays given to a species of amphibious newts. the salamander offers an understanding of mystical processes and visions to inspire future paths and ventures. the colour of fire is gold, orange or red and its zodiacal signs are aries, leo and sagittarius. water water represents dusk, autumn and the quarter and direction of the west. it is the realm of love, relationships, sympathy, intuition, healing and the cycle of birth, death and rebirth. water can form the focus for rituals of purification, healing, all water and sea magick, moon magick, reconciliation and peace, harmony in oneself and with others, restoring balance, uncon

s, others and the world we live in. it forms the interconnectedness of all life. the bottom left point of the pentagram symbolises the element earth and the fixed sign of taurus. it connects with the earth mother, ecology and the basis from which we explore spirit and also the material plane in which ideas are manifest. the bottom right point in the pentagram symbolises fire and the fixed sign of leo, flaming ever upwards, the impetus and illumination that transforms thought into action and enables us to see potential, not least our spiritual potential. these positions correspond with the zodiacal positions on an astrological wheel. on another level, the pentagram is seen as representing the human body with the four limbs outstretched and the head touching the clouds. drawing a pentagram p

s/ yang in both men and women. sun hour spells bring a surge of energy and vitality and so are excellent for personal empowerment and renewal. element: fire colour: gold crystals: amber, carnelian, diamond, clear crystal quartz, tiger's eye, topaz incenses: cloves, cinnamon, frankincense trees: bay, birch, laurel herbs and oils: juniper, rosemary, saffron, st john's wort metal: gold the sun rules leo, 23 july-23 august, and is most powerful for those born under this sign [insert sym14] the moon monday, the day of the moon, is for spells concerning the home, family matters and the influence of the family, especially the mother, children and animals. its prime focus is fertility and all the ebbs and flows of the human body, mind and psyche. it is also potent for protection, especially while

r for control. esbat: a monthly coven meeting traditionally held 13 times a year during each full moon. evil eye: a way of transmitting negativity to another person, not as a deliberate curse, but through feelings of envy, jealousy or resentment. evocation: the summoning-up of angels (and sometimes demons) in order to bind them to perform tasks. fixed: in astrology, a term applied to the signs of leo, taurus, aquarius and scorpio because the sun enters them in the middle of a season. those born under these signs exhibit stability and a tendency to continue in a predetermined path. see also cardinal, mutable. the goddess: the archetype or source energy of the feminine ultimate power or principle. all the named goddesses are aspects of particular qualities of the goddess in different culture

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ears of behind-thescenes manoeuvring by the council on foreign relations, which controlled the administration of franklin d. roosevelt. the writer, james perloff, revealed the background to the un in his 1988 book, the shadows of power: the council on foreign relations and the american decline "in january 1943, the secretary of state, cordell hull, formed a steering committee composed of himself, leo pasvolsky, isaiah bowman, sumner welles, norman davis, and morton taylor. all these men- with the exception of hull- were in the cfr. later known as the informal agenda group, they drafted the original proposal for the united nations. it was bowman- a founder of the cfr and member of colonel house's old 'inquiry- who first put forward the concept. they called in three attorneys, all cfr men, w

ations' was decided by president roosevelt during a meeting with winston churchill at the white house in december 1941, shortly before the attack on pearl the secret government 143 harbor.12 the us delegation at the founding meeting of the un was like a roll call of the cfr. it included isaiah bowman, hamilton fish armstrong, sumner welles, norman h. davis, james t. shotwell, and the russian-born leo pasvolsky. they were all cfr members who served during the war on roosevelt's advisory committee on post-war foreign policies. in all, seventy-four cfr members were in the delegation. this was the vehicle through which the united nations was manipulated into being. the us delegation at the san francisco conference also included: john j. mccloy (cfr chairman from 1953-70, a member of the commit

he scottish rite of freemasonry with its 33 degrees. the order of st john of jerusalem changed its name with its changes of location. it became the knights of rhodes when it was given the island by the pope and then the knights of malta, which it ruled as a sovereign state until the order was removed by napoleon in 1798. after a period of nomadic existence, or so their official history says, pope leo xii (a dogmatic catholic extremist) established a new headquarters for the order in rome in 1834. today they are called the sovereign military order of malta and they enjoy all the diplomatic rights of a head of state. more than forty countries recognise their sovereignty and have full diplomatic relations with this official, and oh-soaccurately described, state within a state. by papal decree

ected by researchers to cattle mutilations blamed on 'aliens, disease warfare, and genetic experimentation. layton was also director of the missile and satellite development at the navy propellant division at indian head, maryland. his wife's fortune came, in part, from the i.g. farben cartel. their son, lawrence layton jr, was in the sect firing squad which executed congressional representative, leo ryan, who had travelled to jonestown to investigate the people's temple. ryan was seriously unpopular with the cia. he had co-authored the hughes-ryan amendment which obliged the cia to give congress prior notice of covert operations. what a coincidence that ryan, a man battling to make the cia accountable to the people, should be in jonestown, guyana, at just the moment the shooting started

hile under the influence of a 'mad messiah' and cult leader. that is what they are supposed to think. jonestown, the massacre, and its repercussions, served the manipulators well. it was a cover to train mercenaries for the cia's covert activities in angola; it provided on-the-spot political support for cia asset, forbes burnham; it eliminated .ultorcon 381 the cia's tenacious political opponent, leo ryan; it undermined the house select committee on assassinations by discrediting james earl ray's attorney, mark lane; it gave valuable information about mind control to the mkultra project; and it further poisoned the public mind to the word 'cult. you will find many of the elements of jonestown in the story of waco. on april 19th 1993, more than 80 men, women, and children were burnt alive w

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ding to insiders the chips are now small enough to be inserted by a hypodermic needle during vaccination programmes artist clive burrows produced this impression of a shape-shifted ted heath conducting a ritual at burnham beeches from descriptions provided by the woman who witnessed this scene in the early 1970s chapter 11 god save us from religion it has served us well, this myth of christ. pope leo x eligion is the greatest form of mass mind control yet invented and it has been the most important weapon in the reptilian agenda for thousands of years. it has imprisoned the minds of the masses and kept them in perpetual fear and servitude. they accept their, often grotesque, plight on the word of men in long frocks who tell them it is "god's plan. take the shit today and you'll have paradi

s of the round table are also sun and zodiac symbolism) in the roman julian calendar john the baptist dies on august 29th and john jackson points out in christianity before christ (american atheists, 1985 "on that day, a specially bright star, representing the head of the constellation of aquarius, rises whilst the rest of the body is below the horizon, at exactly the same time as the sun sets in leo (the kingly sign representing herod. thus the latter beheads john, because john is associated with aquarius, and the horizon cuts off the head of aquarius!"28 the reference to the "man carrying the water pitcher" in luke's gospel is more aquarius symbolism. john the baptist was an almost exact copy of bala-rama, the forerunner of krishna, the hindu son of god. 212 children of the matrix jesus

nths of the year and the signs of the zodiac. the romans openly symbolised the sun as a living man and the signs of the zodiac as his disciples. and the christian religion was created in rome. mark, luke, matthew, and john, the names carried by the gospels, represent the four cardinal signs of the zodiac. these are also symbolised in christian cathedrals as a man (aquarius, an ox (taurus, a lion (leo, and an eagle (scorpio, together called the four creatures of the apocalypse. joseph wheless says in forgery in christianity (health research, 1990..the holy twelve had no existence in the flesh, but their 'cue' being taken from old testament legends, they were mere names- dramatis personae- mask of the play- of 'tradition, such as shakespeare and all playwrights and fiction-writers create for

the positives reinforce one another's feelings and insulate themselves from the terror of their lives; they become angry when "less enlightened" abduction researchers question their interpretation."24 certain researchers in england, las vegas, and the united states in general come immediately to mind. dr jacobs also names some of the "stars" of extraterrestrial research like john hunter gray, dr leo sprinkle, dr richard boylan, joseph nyman, and harvard professor, dr john mack, among those who want to put a positive twist on the abductee reports "both boylan and mack de-emphasize the effects of the standard abduction procedures. boylan believes that gynaecological and urological procedures take place only with a very small number of abductees and he rarely focuses on them. and serving the

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at giza align with the stars on the belt of orion as they would have been in10,500 bc when orion was at the lowest point in its cycle (the orions are anotherextraterrestrial race operating on this planet, i understand. and hancock and otherresearchers suggest that the lion-bodied sphinx at giza, which is believed to be farolder than originally dated, would have directly faced the constellation of leo the lionat that same time, 10,500 bc. research continues under the ocean off japan into afantastic structure which could also date to 10,500 bc at least. there are many whohave questioned these findings, especially the synchronisation of the giza pyramids toorion, but at the very least they have triggered an important area of investigation, evenif they prove not to be accurate in every detail

in the v atican was claimed to be a holy relic, butin 1968 it was exposed by a scientific commission as being no older than the 9th centurymore significantly, according to the catholic encyclopaedia, is that it is decorated bytwelve plates portraying the twelve labours of hercules. this same work claims thathercules was another name for nimrod before becoming a deity of the greeks.9 in 1825,pope leo xii authorised the production of a jubilee medal and it depicted a woman in apose that was blatant symbolism of queen semiramis. she had a crucifix in her lefthand, a cup in her right and on her head was a seven rayed crown like the one on thestatue of liberty, another depiction of semiramis which was given to new y ork byfrench freemasons. a contact who has relatives working in high positions

bersfrom its origin, sumer. the termaryan comes from a phoenicianword, arri, meaning noble one.thus we get the names sum-arianand aristocracy or arian-stock-racy. the lion has always beena major symbol through the agesbecause it was an aryan symbol forthe sun and was often placed at theentrances to temples and sacredplaces. hence the lion-bodiedsphinx which also relates to theastrological sign of leo, againconsidered in astrology to be thesign ruled by the sun. the wholefoundation of british culture andlegend came from the phoenicians.the famous legend of st george andthe dragon comes from st georgeof cappadocia, the phoeniciancentre in asia minor. the battlesbetween st george and the dragon could well have been symbolic of the martian-reptilianconflicts which seem to go back a very long w

public gate to the white house in washington, another home of the bloodlines. thethree-leafed shamrock in ireland is likewise an ancient symbol of the bloodline and theword shamrock comes from the north african term: shamrukh. all these symbols relateto the three horned depiction of nimrod in babylon and to other esoteric principles.other merovingian symbols were the fish (nimrod again, the lion (leo, the sun,authority, and the bee. three hundred golden bees were found on the burial cloak ofking childeric i, the son of meroveus, who died in the 5th century. bees are an ancientsymbol of the love goddess (semiramis) and symbolised royalty in egypt. they alsofocus on the queen bee, symbolic of isis/semiramis.the merovingians were another name for a babylonian brotherhood bloodline andthe idea

er built thegothic cathedrals of europe for the templars. in toulouse he is said to have founded alodge of the rosicrucian order, which has its origins at least as far back as ancientegypt,4 and relates, as stated, to the rosi-crusis, the symbol of the reptilian bloodlines.charlemagne vastly extended the frankish empire and in 800 he was installed asemperor of the west in the papal empire of pope leo iii. the church of rome/babyloncontrolled much of western and central europe. this domination was completed whenthe military opposition to rome, the hohenstaufens or ghibellines, were defeated bythe guelphs, named after welf, the duke of bavaria, in 1268. this led to the creation ofthe holy roman empire, an horrendous papal dictatorship. its most prominent dynastyof emperors were the habsburgs

ter for the united nations, the global body thebrotherhood so badly wanted, was written by a committee of the council on foreignrelations. the writer, james perloff, revealed the background to the un in his 1988 book,the shadows of power: the council on foreign relations and the american decline:in january 1943, the secretary of state, cordell hull, formed a steering committeecomposed of himself, leo pasvolsky, isaiah bowman, sumner welles, norman davis, andmorton t aylor. all these men- with the exception of hull- were in the cfr. later known as235the informal agenda group, they drafted the original proposal of the united nations. it wasbowman- a founder of the cfr and a founder of colonel houses old inquiry (anotherelite grouping- who first put forward the concept. they called in three a

as involved inblack magic ritual and the templars were accused of what today we call satanism and ofrejecting christianity by denying christ and spitting on the cross. they were said toworship a demon power called baphomet, a black magic symbol, also known as the goatof mendes. capricorn (the goat, also symbolised by the unicorn) is the sign of the initiateand it represents political power, while leo (the sun, the lion) represents royal power.hence the lion is the king of the jungle and is the main symbol on the flag of the britishroyal family. the planet saturn rules capricorn while the sun rules leo and satanists andblack magicians are very much focused on the sun and saturn in their rituals. the saturnvibration has a much bigger impact on the earth than is recognised. in astrology it is

d graf publishers, new york,1989, p 382.46dispatches.47diana- secrets of the crash, imi, 1998.48diana, the unsolved mystery, news of the world news special, january 18th 1998.49the information about david sands death comes from the t ony collins book, open verdict, anaccount of 25 mysterious deaths in the defence industry (sphere books, london, 1990).50sir peter horsley, sounds from another room (leo cooper, england, 1997. the story is alsotold by peter hounam and derek mcadam in who killed diana, pp 126-133.51peter hounam and derek mcadam, who killed diana (vision paperbacks, london, 1999, pp175-177.52the news of the world, news special, january 18th 1998.53daily mirror, monday, march 2nd 1998, p 2.54london daily mail, august 29th 1998, pp 1, 2.55dispatches.56peter hounam and derek mcadam

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ature. lbrp: the lesser banishing ritual of the pentagram. a general method of abjuration (q.v. a powerful technique popularized by the hermitic order of the golden dawn [g.d (q.v) to rid your area of unwanted negative influences. also a good technique of psychic self defense, as this ritual strengthens, fortifies, and magnifies the aura. this ritual is terrestrial in nature. lemures: see larvae. leo "the lion" in astrology (q.v, the fifth sign of the zodiac (q.v) having the qualities of fixed (q.v) and fire (q.v) and is ruled by the planet sol (the sun (q.v. on the rainbow wand (q.v) and on the lotus wand aries is represented by the color yellow. keywords include: loudly, proudly, powerfully, creatively, dramatically, heartily, need for recognition, pleasure seeking, dramatically. levi-za

o "wear only the sky" a term used by wiccans (q.v) to indicate ritual nudity. gardnerian (q.v) witches are supposed to work their rituals in this state. most however, do in fact wear robes. sol (the sun: the only star in the terran solar system. in astrology (q.v, the planet named after the roman god hellios adapted from the greek god apollo. attributed as being the ruler of the zodiac (q.v) sign leo (q.v. on the tree of life (q.v) within the kabbalah (q.v) the sun is attributed to the sixth sephirah (q.v, tiphereth (q.v. keywords include: basic character, identity, vitality, creativity, ruler, king, ego, significance, crown, proudly, golden, heart, life-force, haughty, arrogant, egocentric, powerful, self esteem, inner self, value, forceful, leadership, will power, domineering, self-cente

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responds to the bilious temperament; the suit of cups; the signs of cancer, scorpio, and pisces; and the planet mars. 29. the element of air corresponds to the choleric temperament; the suit of swords; the signs of libra, gemini, and aquarius; and the planets saturn and mercury. 30. the element of fire corresponds to the sanguine temperament; the suit of wands; the signs of aries, sagittarius and leo; and the planets sol and jupiter. 31. it will be seen, then, that if we classify mundane affairs and phenomena in terms of the four elements, we shall immediately see their relationship to astrology and the tarot. now classification is the stage that immediately follows observation in scientific method. a very great deal of scientific work simply consists in these two processes; in fact, for t

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become almost a universal feature of all systems of magic in english-speaking nations over the past century. in the golden dawn, the quintessence or fifth element of light or spirit is associated with the single upper point of the pentagram. the remaining four elements are assigned the lower points in the same pattern that is observed in the fixed signs of the zodiac, which are aquarius, scorpio, leo and taurus. each of these signs has an elemental attribution in astrology. the sign aquarius, located at the upper-left of the zodiac wheel, is linked with the element air, and consequently air is placed on the left arm of the pentagram. the sign scorpio, located at the upper-right of the zodiac, is linked with water, and so water is placed on the right arm of the pentagram. the sign leo, on t

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or that he made a poor choice. another recurring reply to the accusation is that church of satan followers knew that the money went to anton lavey himself. this argument is valid, but followers pay the $100.00 in appreciation of anton lavey s creation of an organization that allegedly suits their ideology. but this is the scam: the organization does not match their personal ideology any more than leo horoscopes fit scorpio persons (which they do only because of the barnum effect. the church of satan s reply is thus identical to stating that the church of satan is not a scam simply because the deceived people were convinced! however, although the replies from the church of satan do not reject the accusation, and although the yearly grotto master fees and the $100.00 registration fee that th

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th the contactee stories. whitley strieber called attention to this aspect of abduction stories in the sequel to communion, transformation: the breakthrough (1988. in the latter volume, strieber told of a series of contacts with the visitors that began in childhood and his growing belief that their intrusion into human life was essentially benevolent. he was eventually joined in this appraisal by leo j. sprinkle, who had been conducting annual gatherings for contactees each summer at the university of wyoming. as abductees joined the gatherings, over time, he discovered the boundaries between their stories blurring. in like measure, psychiatrist john mack also found the stories of the abductees whom he counseled also yielded to explanation when set in a larger context of personal transform

formerly used by rabbis for exorcisms of the evil spirit. it is made up of the initial letters of the hebrew words, athah gabor leolam, adonai, meaning, thou art powerful and eternal, lord. among superstitious christians it was also a favorite weapon with which to combat the evil one, as late as the sixteenth century. it is found in many books on magic, notably in the enchiridion ascribed to pope leo iii. agapis encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 16 aglaophotis a kind of herb said to grow in the deserts of arabia and much used by sorcerers for the evocation of demons. other plants were then employed to retain the evil spirits as long as the sorcerer required them. agondonter (newsletter) quarterly publication concerned with the twentieth-century channeled gospel urantia, pu

and acquire a foreign one. alectromancy (or alectryomancy) an ancient method of divination with a cock. in practicing it, a circle must be made and divided equally into as many parts as there are letters in the alphabet. then a wheat-corn must be placed on every letter, beginning with a, during which the depositor must repeat a certain verse. this must be done when the sun or moon is in aries or leo. a young cock, all white, should then be taken, his claws cut off and the cock forced to swallow them together with a little scroll of parchment made of lambskin upon which has been written certain words. then the diviner holding the cock should repeat a form of incantation. next, on placing the cock within the circle, he must repeat two verses of the psalms, which are exactly in the middle of

s. it also saw the publication of several massive works on mariology, especially the eminently successful glories of mary (1876) by alphonsus liguori, which became one of the most highly circulated books on mary in modern times. through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the role of mary in theology and her place in the devotional life of the church has increased significantly. in 1854, pope leo ix issued the bull defining the doctrine of the immaculate conception. over the next century, there were to be numerous papal encyclicals on mary that would culminate in 1950 with pope pius xii s definition of the assumption of mary (that at the end of her life she was taken body and soul into heaven) as dogma. integral to this expansion of theological and devotional interest in mary are a set

fourth house show problems with the home or with the nurturing parent. a native whose natal sun is in the fourth house tends to be a home body and likes to spend most of his or her time at home. in a horary chart, the fourth house indicates real estate and the home. in a political chart, the fourth house signifies public lands. fifth house. the fifth house, which partakes of the same character as leo, is the house of children. in birth charts, therefore, it denotes the children of the native, their success, and also the parent s success by means of the children. it also has some reference to women. the health and welfare of children, whether present or absent, are determinable by the planets in this house. it also denotes all questions relative to amusement, on account of the fondness of y

this house, and mars is the worst. in horary questions it signifies the same things as in a birth chart and also denotes the expectations and wishes of the querist. the eleventh house is said to be much influenced by the sign that is in it and to denote legacies if the sign is one of the earth triplicity (taurus, virgo, capricorn) and honor with princes if it is one of the five triplicity (aries, leo, sagittarius. in political questions the eleventh house signifies the allies of the public, the general council of the nation, and newly acquired rights. the last house, which partakes of the character of pisces, is the house of the unconscious. it denotes sorrow, anxiety, and all kinds of suffering. yet here difficult planets are weaker, according to some writers, and good planets stronger th

l houses: the spectrum of individual experience. garden city, n.y: doubleday, 1972. astrological journal quarterly publication of the astrological association of britain. the journal is published at oakfield, goose rye rd, worplesdon, surrey, england. astrological lodge of london the astrological lodge of london was established in 1915 as the astrological lodge of the theosophical society by alan leo (pen name of william frederick allen. leo had been both an enthusiastic theosophist and professional astrologer for many years. the lodge continued the thrust of two earlier organizations, the astrological society (founded in 1895) and the society for astrological research (founded in 1903, in both of which leo had taken a leadership role. unfortunately, he died in 1917 and the lodge languishe

with healing and counseling. aspects and relationships as can be seen from the foregoing descriptions, each planet has picked up a host of associations through the centuries. each one has also been assigned rulership of different astrological signs with which it has a particular affinity. the rulerships are as follows: mars and aries; venus and taurus; mercury and gemini; moon and cancer; sun and leo; mercury and virgo; pluto and scorpio; jupiter and sagittarius; saturn and capricorn; uranus and aquarius; neptune and pisces. planets project certain qualities as they assume geometric relationships to other planets in the birth chart. the major geometric aspects of the planets are thus distinguished: conjunction. when two planets are in the same degree and minute of a sign, which may be of g

s; or negative or feminine (reactive, in the case of the earth and water signs. the signs are also divided into northern and commanding (the first six, and southern and obeying (last six. there are four triplicities among the signs: the earth triplicity, including taurus, virgo, and capricorn; the air triplicity, which includes gemini, libra, and aquarius; the fire triplicity, encompassing aries, leo, and sagittarius; and the water triplicity, containing cancer, scorpio, and pisces. the signs are further divided into diurnal and nocturnal, the diurnal signs being all masculine and the nocturnal feminine. signs named after quadrupeds are, of course, quadrupedal; those named after human states of endeavor (e.g, water bearer, archer) are called humane. a person born under a fiery, masculine

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sieme: adriano lemmi, chef supreme des francs-macons (1896) and le palladisme: culte de satan-lucifer dans les triangles maconniques (1895, which violently impeached the masonic grand master lemmi of the crimes of devil worship and sorcery. these statements were amply proved to be without foundation. it transpired that these books were part of the diana vaughan conspiracy of gabriel jogand-pages( leo taxil, designed to embarrass the roman catholic church and freemasonry. sources: stein, gordon. encyclopedia of hoaxes. detroit: gale research, 1993. mariapovch povch was a village in northeastern hungary and the place of origin of one of the more notable weeping icons of the virgin mary revered among eastern rite roman catholic christians. the icon was prepared by stefan papp, the brother of

y pieces of material associated with linda were used up, her father presented one of her dresses to the guernsey museum, in the hope that it might be effective in healing through people simply looking at it, since the material itself was only the intermediary of some unknown force. sources: martel, roy. the mysterious power of linda martel. guernsey, channel islands: toucan press, 1973. martello, leo louis (1931.2000) contemporary wiccan priest. martello was born on september 26, 1931, in dudley, massachusetts. he attended assumption college and hunter college and went on to become a spiritualist minister. in the early 1960s he founded the temple of spiritual guidance and the spiritual independents movement. through the 1960s he concentrated on his skills as a psychic reader and wrote a se

itches. he also began to publish a periodical that flourished through the early 1970s, the wica newsletter, and the witchcraft digest. martello identifies himself as a traditionalist wiccan with sicilian roots. his coven operates under the name witches international craft associates. he also founded and heads hero press, a small publishing operation. martello died in june 2000. sources: martello, leo louis. curses in verses. new york: hero press, 1971. weird ways of witchcraft. new york: hc publishers, 1969. melton, j. gordon. religious leaders of america. 2nd edition. detroit: gale research, 1999. martial arts a group of asian skills combining mental, physical, and spiritual energies for self-defense in weaponless fighting, or the achievement of apparently paranormal feats of strength and

church, the established catholic church, and the franciscans. the region has a complex and troubled history, involving military and religious conflicts. for four centuries, the region was under turkish rule, and many christians were converted to islam. the franciscans kept the catholic faith alive and became identified with the concept of croatian identity. when the turks lost power in 1878, pope leo xiii appointed non-franciscans to work in the parish. this was resisted by the laity, and by the franciscans themselves, who did not wish to lose their status. conflict of interest between the established church and the franciscans on the issues of lay priests has remained latent into the twentieth century. another historical problem dates from world war ii, when in 1941 a croatian fascist gro

ter g(orn (1864.1929) british author on astrology who became famous under his pseudonym, sepharial. originally named walter richard old, he also wrote under the name walter gorn old. he was born on march 20, 1864, at harndsworth, birmingham, england, and educated at king edward s school, birmingham. at an early age he studied books on kabala and astrology, and became friendly with astrologer alan leo (1860.1917. he went on to study a variety of subjects, including medical dispensing, orientalism, and ancient languages. he moved to london in 1889 and joined the theosophical society, where he became a member of the inner group, known as the esoteric section, around helena petrovna blavatsky. he was very interested in astral projection. old left the society after blavatsky s death. beginning

897. rochas, albert de. l exteriorisation de la motricite. paris, 1906. palladium, order of said to have been a masonic order, also entitled the sovereign- council of wisdom, founded in paris on may 20, 1737. it initiated women under the name of companions of penelope. as proof of its existence, jean marie ragon, the masonic antiquary, published its ritual. the palladium was also one name used by leo taxil (gabriel jogand-pages) to refer to the masonic order he made a encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. palladium, order of 1173 part of his 1880s hoax, which was aimed at showing that the roman catholic church secretly sponsored freemasonry. palmer, raymond alfred (1910.1977) entrepreneur publisher of occult and science-fiction magazines, who first published the series of stor

e term hypnotism, devised by braid, was generally adopted. sources: sunderland, la roy. book of human nature. new york: sterns, 1853. ideology. boston: j. p. mendum, 1885.87. pathetism. new york: p. p. good, 1843. trance and correlative phenomena. chicago: j. walker, 1868. path of gnostic light the path of gnostic light is a new form of gnosticism that was originated by a man known only as master leo, a resident of macedonia. in the early 1980s, after a period of working with the book of the law, the holy book of the thelemic magick tradition, master leo claimed to have made contact with the entity aiwaz, which he described as an energetic current, the same entity who had dictated the book of the law to aleister crowley early in the twentieth century. aiwaz provided insight into the old ma

entury. aiwaz provided insight into the old magical formula abrahadabra which gave rise to a set of magical techniques that connected the energy centers in the human body, the chakras, to the energies of abrahadabra. the communication from aiwaz led to the founding of the path of gnostic light in 1985. the path of gnostic light was created as an outer order on april 16, 1985. subsequently, master leo compiled the teachings of the order into a book, knjiga gnoze (book of gnosis, and published 121 copies, all of which were distributed in the former yugoslavia. in the meantime, master leo had come into contact with michael bertiaux, a thelemic magician residing in chicago, illinois, who noted that while a new form of magical gnostic teachings, master leo s perspective was very close to his ow

erse esoteric teachings as the ancient cult of orpheus and the modern voudou cult of damballah. identification with the snake (and other animals on the astral plane) involves a magical transformation, a form of lycanthropy. pathetism encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 1190 the path of gnostic light has an internet site at http/ www.mnsi.net/ miskovic/pglvx.htm through which master leo in macedonia and his representative in canada may be contacted. sources: the path of gnostic light. http//www.mnsi.net/ miskovic/ pglvx.htm. may 14, 2000. pathways the name of a number of esoteric and new age periodicals. among them are pathways, a british directory which provides a concise listing of new age and psi events, organizations, periodicals, and meetings in england. it is published

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was not the son of god but the only human being to have incarnated through enough lifetimes and enough karmic experiences to transcend death. he is in charge of the transition into a new age which will occur sometime in the near future. anthon claimed that many incarnate beings do not know their true identity; thus they have to be awakened to it. see also: contactees further reading sprinkle, r. leo, ed, 1982. proceedings: rocky mountain conference on ufo investigation. laramie: school of extended studies, university of wyoming. antron driving along a section of highway between jacksonville and callahan, florida, one august night in 1974, businesswoman lydia stalnaker saw a bright, flashing light just above some nearby treetops. a suffocating sensation enfolded her, and she lost conscious

eding purposes and for food. soon higdon was flown back to earth and put back in his truck. polygraph tests given higdon in 1975 and 1976 produced ambiguous results, but psychological inventories suggested that he did ausso 35 not suffer from mental illness. higdon did not seek to exploit his alleged experience and soon returned to private life. university of wyoming psychologist and ufologist r. leo sprinkle, who investigated the incident, judged higdon sincere, even if it had proved impossible to establish the validity of the ufo experience (sprinkle, 1979. further reading gansberg, judith m, and alan l. gansberg, 1980. direct encounters: the personal histories of ufo abductees. new york: walker and company. sprinkle, r. leo, 1979. investigation of the alleged ufo experience of carl higd

es. he has also been at the receiving end of criticism and debunking efforts. after divorcing him, his exwife told investigators that his claims are without factual basis. in the united states, a major force in the movement has been the annual rocky mountain conference on ufo investigation, which has taken up where the giant rock conventions (the last held in 1977) left off. started in 1980 by r. leo sprinkle, a psychologist and counselor at the university of wyoming, it meets once a year, usually in the summer, and attracts contactees from all over, though most are from ranches, farms, and small towns of the great plains, underscoring the folk or ground-level nature of the movement. contactees are different from abductees whose experiences became known only in the 1960s and did not become

e closer to the divine source or anima mundi than human beings generally seem to be. their presence among us, however cruel and traumatic in some instances, may be part of a larger process that is bringing us back to god (mack, 1994. see also: abductions by ufos; adamski, george; ascended masters; ashtar; bethurum, truman; channeling; keel, john alva; meier, eduard billy; orthon; sprinkle, ronald leo; van tassel, george w; williamson, george hunt further reading adamski, george, 1955. inside the space ships. new york: abelard-schuman. bartholomew, robert e, and george s. howard, 1998. ufos and alien contact: two centuries of mystery. amherst, ny: prometheus books. bord, janet, and colin bord, 1991. life beyond planet earth? man s contacts with space people. london: graftonbooks. curran, do

anda. macdonald described the men as strikingly handsome, the women beautiful. all wore robes and reminded macdonald of greek gods and goddesses. sometimes david came through spontaneously when macdonald was speaking with owen over the phone. at first, the channelings a word macdonald and owen had not heard until they attended a wyoming contactee conference sponsored by psychologist/ contactee r. leo sprinkle were relatively infrequent. with the passing of time, they occurred more often, on occasion, as many as three or four times a week. other extraterrestrials soon were speaking through macdonald. there was corinthian, david s wife. others were pauline, lenoir, chieftain, and isaiah. some would not give their names, insisting names were unimpor- d 79 tant. david, however, did most of the

ng promises of inthe- flesh meetings prior to the lifting. in the years that followed, growing health problems forced macdonald into retirement. in his last years, he spent considerable time in the hospital. during that period contacts occurred more often in unusually lucid dreams than they did via channeling. see also: abductions by ufos; channeling; contactees; keel, john alva; sprinkle, ronald leo further reading clark, jerome, 1986. waiting for the space brothers. fate pt. i. 39, 3 (march: 47 54; pt. ii. 39, 4 (april: 81 87; pt. iii. 39, 5 (may: 68 76. owen, ron, 2000. private communication to jerome clark (january 6. dead extraterrestrials claims that the bodies of extraterrestrials have been found in the wreckage of spacecraft are older than the post world war ii ufo age. as long ago

ing scientific expert on magnetism (brought into the investigation of the recovery because it was believed that the ships probably flew on magnetic lines of force. the dead crews, human in every respect except for their perfect teeth and unfashionable 1890sstyle clothes, were surmised to be of venusian origin. a subsequent expos in true magazine revealed that dr. gee was veteran confidence artist leo gebauer. with his longtime partner-in-crime, silas newton, gebauer had concocted the tale to sell bogus oil-detection devices allegedly tied to advanced interplanetary technology. as a result of the episode, even persons otherwise sympathetically disposed to the idea of space visitation were deeply skeptical of crash/retrieval claims. still, the claims circulated in a significant body of sauce

for example, norma cox s virulently anti-semitic kingdoms within earth (1985) blamed an international zionist conspiracy for suppressing the truth about a hollow globe; she also openly praised hitler. a more benign, good-humored approach to the subject of a hollow earth can be found in dennis g. crenshaw s occasional periodical the hollow earth insider. see also: adamski, george; contactees; king leo; lemuria; mount shasta; rainbow city; shaver mystery further reading beckley, timothy green, ed, 1993.the smoky god and other inner earth mysteries. new brunswick, nj: inner light publications. bernard, raymond [pseud. of walter siegmeister, 1964. the hollow earth: the greatest geographi- cal discovery in history. new york: fieldcrest publishing. cox, norma, 1985. kingdoms within earth. marsha

eleased when no evidence of psychopathology could be uncovered. h weig and his associates are here to re j u venate earth and its inhabitants. they plan to accomplish these changes via communication with contactees, who will be led to c e rtain disciples and. specific discove r i e s that will imp rove humanity s lot and eart h s enviro n m e n t. see also: channeling further reading sprinkle, r. leo, 1999. soul samples: personal explo- rations in reincarnation and ufo experiences. columbus, nc: granite publishing. hybrid beings hybrid beings are entities who are part human and part humanoid. they figure in a number of accounts of ufo abductions. female abductees sometimes report anomalous pregnancies that are enigmatically terminated, typically in association with a missing-time experienc

FRANCIS A YATES GIORDANO BRUNO AND THE HERMETIC TRADITION

s. in 1579, foix published a french translation of the hermetica, the preface to which repeats these statements and seems almost to elevate the works of hermes trismegistus to the level of canonical scriptures.2 in spite of this growing chorus of approval of a hermes purged of magic, and consequently of ficino's talismans, the magical current was also pretty strong in france. jacques gohorry, or "leo suavius" as he called himself, thought that ficino had not gone far enough and that a much stronger hermetic magic was needed. gohorry lived in paris until his death in 1576 and seems to have run a kind of medical-magical academy, not far from the site of baif's academy of poetry and music.3 the thought also occurs that the blame for the magic of the asclepius which the pious hermetists were c

FREEMASONRY AND CATHOLICISM BY MAX HEINDEL

le of life. it may blindly butt its head against the cosmic forces typified by the first of the fiery signs, aries, the ram, which is a symbol of the brute strength brought to bear upon the problems of life by the most primitive races; or it may adopt the more modern method of cunning, as a means of attaining mastery over others, which characteristic is indicated in the second of the fiery signs, leo, the lion, the king of beasts; or perchance it may rise above the animal nature, and aim at the stars with the bow of spiritual aspiration, typified by the last of the fiery signs, sagittarius, the centaur. the centaur is just ahead of the watery sign scorpio, a warning that one who tries to reach that prerogative as "phree messen" a son of fire and light, will surely feel the sting of the sco

GAMBLE ELIZA BURT THE GOD IDEA OF THE ANCIENTS OR SEX IN RELIGION

, so far as i am able to find, no one accredited with any degree of trustworthiness has ever been rash enough to attempt its ratification as a matter of history. tylor calls attention to the fact that in the religious symbolism of the material and spiritual sun augustine and gregory of nyssa discourse on the "growing light and dwindling darkness that follow the nativity" and cites the instance of leo the great who, in a sermon, rebukes the "pestiferous persuasion, that this solemn day is to be honored not for the birth of christ, but for the rising of the new sun" on the authority of this same prelate it is found that in the fifth century, the faithful, before entering the basilica of st. peter, were wont to turn and salute the shining orb of day. the roman winter solstice which was connec

GILBERT AE WAITE A MAGICIAN OF MANY PARTS

te different path from that of mysticism that waite drew closer to the craft.duringthe early 1890s there had been much fluttering in masonic dovecotes over the publication in paris of the sensational tales of one'drbataille',under the titlelediableauxixesiecle;as the plot of this luridly illustrated part-work unfolded week by week, it becameclear that it was built upon the earlier revelations of 'leo taxil',whohadproclaimed the existence of the'newand reformed palladium, an allegedly androgynous.andsatanic rite. ultimately derived fromalbertpike,one of the most prominent of american freemasons. to this massofsensational rubbish was added thememoiresd'uneex-palladiste,the supposed confessionsof'miss diana vaughan, a penitent from the satanic foldwhohadbecome-aconvert to rome. in due course

anic rite. ultimately derived fromalbertpike,one of the most prominent of american freemasons. to this massofsensational rubbish was added thememoiresd'uneex-palladiste,the supposed confessionsof'miss diana vaughan, a penitent from the satanic foldwhohadbecome-aconvert to rome. in due course the authorsofthese ridiculous tales of satanic wonders. charleshacks(drbataille) and gabriel jogand-pages (leo taxil/diana vaughan) revealed themselves as hoaxerswhohad set out to discomfit126 a. e.waite-magicianofmanyparts_the clerical anti-masonic lobby infrance,but not before they had outraged freeinasons in england 'diana vaughan' had claimed that the 'real head of the english luciferians' was dr william wynn westcott, whoseaddressshe correctlygaveand whom she also described, also correctly, assupr

GILBERT THE GOLDEN DAWN TWILIGHT OF THE MAGICIANS

we,magiciansofthegoldendawn(1972 ,p.93.4a.e.waite,shadowsofliftandthought(1938),p.16r.5israel regardie,thegoldendawn,volume2(1938),pp.155-244.6howe,op.dt.,p. 129. 7 [e. berridge,'therosicrucian mystery from the standpoint of a rosicrucian, in a. e. waite (ed),theunknownworld,vol.i,no.2(september 1894),p. 86. 8 waite,op.cit.,p.126.9 howe,op.cit.,p. 165.10[aleister crowley],therosicrucianscandal,by leo vincey(1913),p2679267iihowe,op.cit.,p,180.12ibid.,p.210.13ibid.,p.225.14waite,op.cit.,p.228.action454. wisdomby the endof1897 exactly323aspiring magicians had been initiated in the various temples of the golden dawn, 97 of whom stayed the course and entered the second order. as the secondorderroll shows a grand total of120admissions up to1902it seems probable that no more than400people entered

GILBERT THE MAGICAL MASON

ecoldest.thesymbolism of thecherubicfigures andthesimilar'fourliving creatures' described inthefirstchapterofezekiel, laid the basis fornumerousvarieties of the emblematicgroupof four:theman,lion,bullandeagle, which four types became the well recognised christianemblemsof thefourevangelists,matthew,mark,lukeandjohn,andwere associatedwiththe164themagical masonolder four zodiacal signs of aquarius, leo, taurus and scorpio, which latter was in this instance viewed as the eagle: the reason for this change was a rosicrucian secret. in this order also are allotted the seasons winter, summer, spring and autumn;butif placed in the order of ihvh, the succession would be the natural one of summer, autumn, winter and spring, and fire, water, air and earth. then follow the four groups of so-called ele

of distribution. the bible tells us that four of the tribes had definite standards; for judah a lion, for reuben a man by a river, for ephraim a bull, and for dan an eagle and serpent.thestations of these four tribes were at the east, south, west and north of the camp. these are again repre255 sented in the four cherubim of the mercy seatinthe tabernacle, where there are similar zodiacal signs of leo a lion, aquarius a man, taurus a bull, and scorpio, poisonous as a serpent. the other signs and sons of jacob also have similarities, but of a more indefinite character. the name orion occurs three times in the old testament ofthestar lore of the bible 225our authorisedversion:-in amos v. 8 'seek him that maketh the seven stars and orion; in job ix, 9 'who maketh orion; and in job xxxviii, 31

nferred: designs of all these seven grades have been traced by recent investigators upon the ancient stone inscrip255 tions and designs. these grades were given in succession to themustes,sacratusor devotee after a long course of preparation.in greek and latin1.raven, korax, corax.2.hiddenone kruphios (secret, cryphius, or some say gryphius, or griffin.3.soldier, stratiotes, miles. 4. lion, leon, leo.5.persian, perses, persis.6.sun follower or courier of the helio-choreutes, heliodromus. sun,resemblances of freemasonry to mithra 2537. father, pater, pater sacrorum.and the seniors of these last were named patres patrorum. the sculptures show that members of these grades wore special dresses and masks or headgear to represent these animal forms, etc, at least,thecelebrant certainly wore a sp

secret grades we read that candidates had to pass a long period of probation, of cleansing both moral and physical, and of prolonged abstinence from meat food, and that they suffered many other privations. after severe tests a form of baptismperlavacrumwas carried out and solemn oaths administered, and tertullian states that in the grade of 'miles' a mark wasputupon the forehad. in the grade of, leo' there was a ceremonial meal of bread and wine(somain india,haomain persia) in memory of the meal partaken of by mithra and helios, and in all grades there must have been the254themagical masonrecitation of ritual, prayers andmantras.minutius felix stated that the mithraists kept a birthday of the sun on december 25th eachyear-diesnatalisinvicti.some old authorities describe a curious lion-hea

.7. the 7th gradeofthe pateror father was conferred upon the most learned elders and directors of the community: they seem to correspond to grade lodge officers. some classics asserted that the first three grades of raven, occultist and soldier conferred initiation indeed, but not participation in the sacred wisdom; they were like the christian catechumens, and that no members under the grade of 'leo' were able to obtain the true secrets and becomemetechontes,perfected ones. there is no doubt that in one of the ceremonies there was either a real tauroctony or a symbolical slaying of a bull,butitis uncertain when this took place.itmay be that the mithra worship of ancient persia had only a priesthood and no secret grades, which were only developed after the mithraic cult had been establishe

GILBERT THE SORCERER AND HIS APPRENTICE

o him that he should not be led aside by the attraction of the elements, but that he should steadfastly follow that path of spiritual purity which alone willleadhimto the divine light. now astrology points out that the signs of the zodiac partake of the nature of the elements, and that the four most important periods in the year are the respective entries of the sun into the four signs of taurus, leo, scorpio and aquarius, which are represented in the hebrew cherubim with the heads of the bull, the lion, the eagle (for the eagle replaces the scorpion, unless the symbolism is intended to be of destructive nature, and the man. for when the sun enters the sign of the bull, in april, he stirs up the earth to vegetation, and the ancients said that this showed that the sign of the bull especiall

the universe 'and above the shouldersofthatgreat goddess isnaturein her vastness exalted' notethatthe last atus is called the 'universe. 8 justice is referred to, and,and11 strength is referred totoandq,which causeth a transposition in the attribution, for these are cognate symbols. but at one time the82thesorcerer and his apprenticesword of justice wastheegyptian 'knife' symbol of the*'sickle of leo, while the scales represented the sun having'.just quitted the balance point of highest declination. similarly the female and the lionrepresentedthe idea of venus (lady) offire of vulcan (hinexalted).but'the earliest attribution was the lion-goddess (or lion-god of.'horus)to.q.andmatthegoddess oftruthwith herscales'to, and this is therefore better. alsowas attributed to.225..horus at one time

GILBERT R A THE MASONIC CAREER OF A

iation, devised by s. l. macgregor mathers who 'had a genius for constructing such rituals. it is printed in israel regardie's four-volume work, the golden dawn (chicago, aries press, 1937-1940. 26[26] slt, p. 160 from 1886 onwards french anti-masonic feeling had been exacerbated by the writings of an apparently reformed anti-clerical writer, gabriel jogand pages, who wrote under the pseudonym of leo taxil and began to issue a series of outrageous and inflammatory works hostile to freemasonry27[27. each successive work became more extravagant in its allegations of satanic practices within freemasonry, until the publication in 1891 of y-a-t-il des femmes dans la franc-maconnerie, in which 'leo taxil' described the rituals of the 'new and reformed palladium, an androgynous and satanic rite u

GLOBAL FREEMASONRY

e had begun in europe to destroy faith in god and religion, replace it with the naturalist philosophy and a humanist model for human life. the most significant force behind this struggle was not this or that thinker, but the masonic organization, of which so many thinkers, ideologues and political leaders were members. this fact was recognized and expressed by several christians of the time. pope leo xiii, the leader of the world's catholics, issued a famous bull in 1884, entitled humanum genus in which he made many important dff the theory of evolution revisited statements about masonry and its activities. he wrote: at this period, however, the partisans of evil seems to be combining together, and to be struggling with united vehemence, led on or assisted by that strongly organized and wi

r ultimate purpose forces itself into view namely, the utter overthrow of that whole religious and political order of the world which the christian teaching has produced, and the substitution of a new state of things in accordance with their ideas, of "new state of things in accordance with their ideas which the foundations and laws shall be drawn from mere naturalism."105 the important fact that leo xiii stated in the above quotation is of the attempt to destroy completely the moral values provided by religion. what masonry tried to do with the help of darwinism was to produce a morally degenerate society that recognized no divine law, had no fear of global freemasonry dfg alfred russel wallace and charles darwin dfh the theory of evolution revisited god, and was susceptible to commit eve

nce with their ideas which the foundations and laws shall be drawn from mere naturalism" is this kind of social model. masons, thinking that darwinism could serve their goals, played a great role in its dissemination among the masses. as soon as darwin's theory was published, a group of volunteer propagandists formed around it the most famous of whom was thomas huxley who was called darwin's pope leo xiii "bulldog" huxley "whose ardent advocacy of darwinism was the single factor most responsible for its rapid acceptance"106 brought the world's attention to the theory of evolution in the debate at the oxford university museum in which he entered into on june 30, 1860 with the bishop of oxford, samuel wilberforce. huxley's great dedication to spreading the idea of evolution, together with hi

GNOSTIC CATECHISM

iation, devised by s. l. macgregor mathers who 'had a genius for constructing such rituals. it is printed in israel regardie's four-volume work, the golden dawn (chicago, aries press, 1937-1940. 26[26] slt, p. 160 from 1886 onwards french anti-masonic feeling had been exacerbated by the writings of an apparently reformed anti-clerical writer, gabriel jogand pages, who wrote under the pseudonym of leo taxil and began to issue a series of outrageous and inflammatory works hostile to freemasonry27[27. each successive work became more extravagant in its allegations of satanic practices within freemasonry, until the publication in 1891 of y-a-t-il des femmes dans la franc-maconnerie, in which 'leo taxil' described the rituals of the 'new and reformed palladium, an androgynous and satanic rite u

GNOSTIC HANDBOOK

the movement from aries to pisces. indeed the imagery of pisces as the fish has much in common with jesus and early christianity. in egyptian mythology horus is also sometimes seen as the fisherman. there are many ways to image the astrological ages, in one egypt tradition isis is related to taurus, osiris to aries, horus to pisces and maat to aquarius. the start of the pyramid age was linked to leo and many believe that the sphinx was carefully ligned to the image of leo at the horizon, while it forms embodied the priestess of virgo and the form of the lion as it represented the change from one astrological age to the next (virgo to leo. heraldic cycles the platonic year is 25,920 years long and hence each sign cover 2160 years. each of these signs can be further sub-divided into minor p

how we evaluate history. from geological research by prof. robert schloch of boston university, it has been conclusively proven that the sphinx shows signs of major erosion from rain-water. the evidence suggests that this level of erosion would have demanded a very different environment from today. when this is coupled with the astrological image that the sphinx encodes (the lion head represents leo, a likely dating is found around 10,500 bce. this is when the feet of the sphinx would be aligned with leo on the horizon. it also fits well with the erosion evidence. many see this period, when great cataclysms such as the onset of the last ice age changed the face of the earth and arctic man was driven to migration as the source from which later scattered esoteric traditions are the reverber

GNOSTIC STUDIES THE GNOSTIC HANDBOOK II GNOSTIC THEURGY

es with that of the revelation of jesus (the imagery of the fish is certainly suggestive) and we can then see the incoming current as that of maat or aquarius. it is interesting to backdate the the aging of the sphinx and note that the current age suggested of 10,500 bce links well with the astrological change that was taking place at that gnostic theurgy page 185 time, the movement from virgo to leo. is the sphinx a mixture of feminine and lion characteristics? this is an intriguing and challenging possibility. heraldic cycles every astrological age lasts around 2150 years, these ages can again be sub-divided into 12 minor periods. the last minor period before the dawning of the next age is known as the equinox of the gods or the heraldic period. it was during this period that the priests

GOLDEN DAWN SUPREME BANISHING RITUAL OF THE PENTAGRAM

ilence (also called the "sign of protection) as a shield against all attack and protection from any reflux current of energy. go clockwise to the south and trace the banishing pentagram of spirit active while vibrating the name "bitom" draw the spirit sigil in the center and intone "eheieh" give the lvx signs. then trace the banishing pentagram of fire. vibrate "oip teaa pedoce" draw the sigil of leo in the center and vibrate "elohim" give the sign of philosophus. then give the projection sign and the sign of silence. go to the west and trace the banishing pentagram of spirit passive while vibrating the name "hcoma" draw the sigil of spirit in the center and intone "agla" give the lvx signs. trace the banishing pentagram of water the sanctuary of maat order of the golden dawn- content http

GOLDEN DAWN SUPREME INVOKING RITUAL OF THE PENTAGRAM

gil of aquarius in the center of the pentagram and intone "yhvh" give the sign of the theoricus. turn to the south and trace a large invoking pentagram of spirit active. thrust through the center of the pentagram and vibrate "bitom" trace the spirit sigil in the center and intone "eheieh" give the lvx signs. then trace the invoking pentagram of fire and vibrate "oip teaa pedoce" draw the sigil of leo in the center of the pentagram and intone "elohim" give the sign of the philosophus. turn to the west and trace a large invoking pentagram of spirit passive. thrust through the center of the pentagram and vibrate "hcoma" trace the spirit sigil in the center and intone "agla" give the lvx signs. then trace the invoking pentagram of the sanctuary of maat order of the golden dawn- content http//w

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS B

mbol, k. it is the container of rain and moisture. o is symbolized by the sign of e. e is the sign when the hot sun is most fiery upon the earth. n is represented by the symbol. it is a symbol of alchemical distillation. l hath the laborious b. the following manner is the correct way to trace the kerubic emblems in the center of their respective pentagrams. 10 symbols: spirit wheel aquarius kerub leo kerub eagle kerub taurus kerub the attributions of the elements in their respective position are derived from the winds: east wind is attributed to m. southern wind bringeth into action the nature of heat and o. west wind bringeth rain and moisture, n. north winds are cold and dry like the l. the natural positions of the elements in the zodiac are different. o is in the east, l is in the south

he closing passive pentagram. 2) the spirit wheel. 3) the banishing elemental pentagram of that quadrant. 4) the kerub of the element. each of the figures are drawn one on top of the other. the spirit wheel and the kerub both are drawn in the center of the pentagrams. the spirit wheel is drawn as a circle with eight spokes within. the kerubs are attributed as thus: spirit wheel k aquarius kerub e leo kerub eagle kerub b taurus kerub in the supreme ritual of the pentagram, both the hebrew and enochian words and energies are used; the hebrew you should already be familiar with ever since the neophyte grade. the enochian system finds its origins in the work handed down from john dee and edward kelly. their works were made into a tangible and more workable system by modifications made by g.h

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS U7

es (citrine, olive and russet. sigil of b in king scale: queen: amber yellow. sigil of b in queen scale: solid cube prince: dark brown. sigil of b in prince scale: princess: black flecked with yellow. sigil of b in princess scale: 11 addendum 2: flashing sounds zodiac in the chromatic scale sign scale color a aries c red b taurus c# red-orange c gemini d orange d cancer d# amber (orange-yellow) e leo e yellow f virgo f green-yellow g libra f# green h scorpio g blue-green i sagittarius g# blue j capricorn a indigo (blue violet) k aquarius a# violet l pisces b magenta (violet-red) the mother letters (with the new planets) letter planet scale color sounds flash on c shin. pluto c red f# green a aleph uranus e yellow a# violet m mem n neptune g blue d orange fundamental notes of the planets pl

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS VENUSZAM16

between them, and make the sign of. philosophus say "let us adore the lord and king of fire. holy art thou lord of the blazing fires, whereon thy spirit filled in the beginning, elohim. glory be unto thee ruach elohim whose spirit hovered over the waters of creation" step 5 go to the south. before the fire tablet, make the active and passive spirit pentagrams and invoking fire pentagram with the leo kerub in the center, using the lotus wand. say: 3 "and the elohim said 'let us make adam in our own image, after our likeness, and let him have dominion' in the name yhvh tzoboath, lord of hosts, spirits of fire adore your creator. sign the leo kerub with the fire wand. say "in the sign of leo the lion, and in the name of michael, great archangel of fire, spirits of fire, adore your creator" m

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS Z1

f m is formed behind hathor and she is a power of hathor, and has the same general coloring. she has a young girl s countenance and behind her are spread large and shadowing wings. the kerub of d is in the south beyond the seat of the dadouchos. it is a power of the great goddess tharpesh, and has the face and form of a lion with large and clashing wings. the coloring is very lively with flashing leo green with ruby, flame-blue, and emerald green. the kerub of n is formed behind the hiereus and is a power of the great god toum or tmu. it has the face and form of a great eagle with large and glistening wings. the colors are mostly blue and orange with some green. the kerub of lis in the north behind the seat of the stolistes. it is a power of the great god ahapshi and has the face and form

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS ZAM21

5 chief adept (moves to the west of the altar of the universe and draws both invoking spirit pentagrams, active and passive, in the air with the spirit wheel in the center, vibrating "exarp, bitom, eheieh, hcoma, nanta, agla. in the sign of the head of the man (draws aquarius symbol. before us raphael. in the sign of the eagle (draws eagle symbol. behind us gabriel. in the sign of the lion (draws leo symbol. on our right michael. in the sign of the head of the ox (draws taurus symbol. and on our left auriel (second adept draws invoking pentagrams, of each element in each quarter using lotus wand, starting in the east) chief adept "for before us flames the pentagrams and behind us shines the six rayed star (perform the qabalistic cross (remaining behind the altar "prepared in body, mind and

the earth hath ever nourished the changeless godhead of thy youth. come thou forth i say, come thou forth and make every spirit of the firmament and of the ether, upon the earth and under the earth, on dry land and in the water, of whirling air and of rushing fire, and every spell and scourge of god, the vast one, obedient unto me" 7 magus of fire (moves to the south holding the lotus wand by the leo band "in the name of yhvh tzabaoth, i invoke the protective power of asch in the cardinal point of darom and its great archangel michael, its mighty angel aral, its powerful ruler seraph, its king djin and its salamanders to protect now this holy temple of fire from all opposing forces who would harm or destroy the holy order of the r.r. et a.c. and loyal subjects of the golden dawn. use thy m

GRAHAM HANCOCK FINGERPRINTS OF THE GODS

ries of the past. graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 232 chapter 29 the first crack in an ancient code the plane of the earth s orbit, projected outwards to form a great circle in the celestial sphere, is known as the ecliptic. ringed around the ecliptic, in a starry belt that extends approximately 7 north and south, are the twelve constellations of the zodiac: aries, taurus, gemini, cancer, leo, virgo, libra, scorpius, sagittarius, capricornus, aquarius and pisces. these constellations are irregular in size, shape and distribution. nevertheless (and one assumes by chance) their spacing around the rim of the ecliptic is sufficiently even to bestow a sense of cosmic order upon the diurnal risings and settings of the sun. to picture what is involved here, do the following (1) mark a dot

f the zodiacal signs (taurus. aries. pisces. aquarius, instead of aquarius. pisces. aries. taurus. 2 1 hamlet s mill, p. 59. 2 ibid, p. 58. graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 234 during the course of each year the earth s movement along its orbit causes the stellar background against which the sun is seen to rise to change from month to month: aquarius. pisces. aries. taurus. gemini. cancer. leo, etc, etc. at present, on the vernal equinox, the sun rises due east between pisces and aquarius. the effect of precession is to cause the vernal point to be reached fractionally earlier in the orbit each year with the result that it very gradually shifts through all 12 houses of the zodiac, spending 2160 years in each sign and making a complete circuit in 25,920 years. the direction of this p

east between pisces and aquarius. the effect of precession is to cause the vernal point to be reached fractionally earlier in the orbit each year with the result that it very gradually shifts through all 12 houses of the zodiac, spending 2160 years in each sign and making a complete circuit in 25,920 years. the direction of this processional drift, in opposition to the annual path of the sun, is: leo. cancer. gemini. taurus. aries. pisces. aquarius. to give one example, the age of leo, i.e. the 2160 years during which the sun on the vernal equinox rose against the stellar background of the constellation of leo, lasted from 10,970 until 8810 bc. we live today in the astrological no man s land at the end of the age of pisces, on the threshold of the new age of aquarius. traditionally these t

tice. on each of these four occasions for the last 2000 years or so, this is exactly what the sun has been doing. as we have seen, however, precession of the equinoxes means that the vernal point will change in the not so distant future from pisces to aquarius. when that happens, the three other constellations marking the three key points will change as well (from virgo, gemini and sagittarius to leo, taurus and scorpius) almost as though the giant mechanism of heaven has ponderously switched gears. like the axle of a mill, santillana and von dechend explain, yggdrasil represents the world axis in the archaic scientific language they have identified: an axis which extends outwards (for a viewer in the northern hemisphere) to the north pole of the celestial sphere: this instinctively sugges

uthern sky was partially occluded by the vast bulk of the pyramid of khafre, i could see all the western sky as it arched down from the celestial north pole towards the distant rim of the revolving planet. polaris, the pole star, was far to my right, in the constellation of the little bear. low on the horizon, about ten degrees north of west, regulus, the paw-star of the imperial constellation of leo, was about to set. under egyptian skies just above the 150th course, ali hissed at us to keep our heads down. a police car had come into view around the north-western corner of the great pyramid and was now proceeding along the western flank of the monument with its blue light slowly flashing. we stayed motionless in the shadows until the car had passed. then we began to climb again, with a re

id, p. 184. 27 ibid, p. 185. 28 the gods of the egyptians, volume ii, p. 94. 29 ibid, p. 92-4. 30 ibid, p. 93. graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 359 signalled here. with a cow involved it could have been the age of taurus, although the egyptians knew the difference between bulls and cows as well as anyone. but a much more likely contender at any rate on purely symbolic grounds is the age of leo, from approximately 10,970 to 8810 bc.31 the reason is that sekhmet, the agent of the destruction of mankind referred to in the myth, was leonine in form. what better way to symbolize the troubled birth of the new world age of leo than to depict its harbinger as a rampaging lion, particularly since the age of leo coincided with the final ferocious meltdown of the last ice age, during which hug

papyrus contain several different and at times contradictory chronologies. all these chronologies nevertheless agree on a very ancient date for the first time of osiris: the golden age when the gods were believed to have ruled in egypt. in addition, the sources demonstrate a striking convergence over the importance they accord to the eleventh millennium bc in particular,2 the precessional age of leo when the great ice sheets of the northern hemisphere were undergoing their final, ferocious meltdown. perhaps coincidentally, evidence unearthed since the 1970s by geologists, archaeologists and prehistorians like michael hoffman, fekri hassan and professor fred wendorff has confirmed that the eleventh millennium bc was indeed an important period in egyptian prehistory, during which immense an

that if a monarch at such a time had set out to create an equinoctial marker at giza, he would have had every reason to have it carved in the form of a bull, and none whatsoever to have it carved in the form of a lion. indeed, and it was obvious, there was only one epoch when the celestial symbolism of a leonine equinoctial marker would have been appropriate. that epoch was, of course, the age of leo, from 10,970 to 8810 bc.27 why, therefore, should an equinoctial marker have been made in the shape of a lion? because it was made during the age of leo when the sun on the vernal equinox rose against the stellar background of the constellation of the lion, thus marking the coordinates of a precessional epoch that would not experience its great return for another 26,000 years. around 10,450 bc

ed the lowest point in their precessional cycle: west of the milky way, 11 08 above the southern horizon at meridian transit. on the ground west of the nile, this event was frozen into architecture in the shape of the three pyramids of giza. their layout formed the signature of an unmistakable epoch of precessional time. around 10,450 bc, the sun on the vernal equinox rose in the constellation of leo. on the ground at giza, this event was frozen into architecture in the shape of the sphinx, a gigantic, leonine, equinoctial marker which, like the second signature on an official document, could 24 sacred science, p. 177. 25 as early as 3000 bc. see encyclopaedia britannica, 1991, 3:731. 26 encyclopaedia of ancient egypt, pp. 27, 171. 27 skyglobe 3.6. graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 4

GRERALD SCHUELER AN ADVANCED GUIDE TO ENOCHIAN MAGICK

er= orange lettering earth of water= black lettering fire of water= red lettering earth= black air fo earth= yellow lettering water of earth= blue lettering earth of earth= green or white iettering fire of earth= red lettering fire= red air of fire= yellow lettering water of fire= blue lettering earth of fire= black lettering fire of fire= green lettering the colors of the great cross are: aries, leo, sagittarius= firey= red cancer, scorpio, pisces= watery= blue gemini, libra, aquarius= airy= yellow taurus, virgo, capricorn= earthy= black 49 the colors of the sephirothic crosses are determined using each truncated pyramid as: the colors of the kurubic squares are determined as: 50 where, t_ color of tablet k= color of element of the court card of the kerub s= same as triangle no. 1 a= colo

of tablet k= color of element of the court card of the kerub s= same as triangle no. 1 a= color of angle wands= fire, yod, red cups= water, he, blue swords= air, vau, yellow pantacles= earth, he, black the colors of the lesser watchtower squares are determined from the astrological and planetary signs as follows: red= firey= sun, jupiter, aries, cancer, libra, capricom blue= watery= mars, taurus, leo, scorpio, aquarius yellow= airy= saturas, mercury, gemini, virgo, sagittarius, pisces black= earthy= venus, moon, fire, air, water, saturn as a general role, complementary colors should be used when coloring the sides of truncated pyramids as follows: blue squares/pyramid sides have orange lettering yellow squares/pyramid sides have purple lettering black squares/pyramid sides have white lette

ur great crosses are shown in appendix d. how these forces influence the lesser watchtower squares is shown in appendix c. the primary meanings of these signs are given below. aries: the first cause, the life-principle, pure spirit. taurus: pure substance, undiferentiated matter. gemini: motion, phenomena, elementary relationships. cancer: universal womb, pure waters of life, the motherprinciple. leo: creation made rnanifest, divine incarnation, creative activity, the ideal mart. virgo: organized matter purifed and refined, the ideal woman. libra: ideal relationships, perfect harmony and balance, universal harmony. scorpio: emotional power, regeneration, death. sagittarius: aspiration, transformation of consciousness, the principie of perfection. 71 72 capricorn: crystallization of matter

ray of a "planetary spirit" according to esoteric teaching. h.p. blavatsky, glossary to the voice of the silence the planetary influences in the four great crosses are shown in figures 1 to 4, appendix d. how these forces influence the calvary crosses is shown in figures 16 to 31, appendix a. the primary meanings of these signs are given below. sun: will power, vitality, creativity. it rules over leo. moon: instinct, habit, personality, feeling, memory, imagination, receptivity. it rules cancer. mercury: power of communicat ion, intel l igence, reason, mobility, self-expression. it rules gemini and virgo. venus: love, beauty, harmony. it roles taurus and libra. mars: passion, desire, energy, courage, initiative. it rules aries and scorpio. j piter: higher xni.nd, wisdom, optimism, spon74 t

alismans. they will become charged with your own emotional and psychic energies. additional talismans can be made for specific ppurposesbut all should come under the following general headings: earth: taurus, virgo, capricorn, venus, moon, pentacle, black, north. water: cancer, scorpio, pisces, mars, cup, blue, west. air: gemini, libra, aquarius, saturn, mercury, sword, yellow, east. fire: aries, leo, sagittarius, sun, jupiter, wand, red, south. 94 when you practice the exercise to gain the knowledge and conversation of your holy guardian angel, you will need to design and make your own talisman of iliatai. figure 5 shows an example of such a talisman design. the watchtowers and tablet of union can be used for talismans. figures 15 through 31 in appendix a can each make an excellent talism

nd meaning "harlot" he is a creature of the feminine current and will 134 seduce you into it if you are not careful. use your cup to remand you of your proper goals here and thus to break his enchantment_ alr is of the same nature as sothis, but lacks the latter's spiritual insight and initiatory abi l ities. the forces of this square are of a spiritual nature because the ruling kerubic square is leo (see figure 8, appendix c. the demonic nature of alr is his refusal to heed this spiritual impulse, but instead he uses the feminine current to give shape to the emotional forces of any who enter here. if you have any subconscious fears or desires when you enter here, alr will project them outwardly before you. if you remain in control, you can command the powers of alrni to extingish these fi

eed this spiritual impulse, but instead he uses the feminine current to give shape to the emotional forces of any who enter here. if you have any subconscious fears or desires when you enter here, alr will project them outwardly before you. if you remain in control, you can command the powers of alrni to extingish these fiery astral forms. step 10. the astrological force working in this square is leo, the solar creative power. the tarot influence is strength/ lust which manifests here as a very strong desire to create. the presence of the feminine current of sothis and the masculine current of leo will produce a blissful feeling in anyone who sees these currents in union here. the sexual nature of this square is similar in content to that encountered in the 16th aethyr, lea. step 11. alter

. in addition, 71x 16=1136, which ,connects the formula with its parent phrase. the words t-oog mean "like a chamber" both 77 and 71 are values for the word t-il meaning "like an aethyr" the formula of toog is thus associated with the feminine current. it is not surprising that 77 is the number for odosa which means "to open up what is within" the name itself suggests lust (the creative desire of leo) joined to motion (the chariot of cancer) by the two modes of karmic 183 retribution (the justice of libra. karma is both personal and collective and can result in either harmony or conflict, good or evil this dualistic nature of justice was personified by the egyptian goddess maati (maati was the twofold aspect of maat, goddess of truth and justice, consort to the god thoth, whose hall of maa

h. the words omp-il mean "understanding the aethyrs" and add up to 197 as well as t -il-om "the aethyrs have knowledge" the exact nature of the formula is obtained from the letters and their arrangement. in the center of the word is the hermit of virgo. he is flanked on the ieft by the lunar reflective forces of the moon in pisces, and on the right by the solar creative forces of strength/lust in leo. in addition, 189 he has the love of life expressed by the devil in capric on his left and mobility expressed by the chariot in can on his right. vrelp is thus the individuality that he learned to balance the forces of duality in his life. with an understanding of this formula, you can enter the city of the pyramids without becoming trapped there (the letter vau will assure that you not carry

GRIMM JACOB TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY VOL 3

ulness of poetry, the other has almost the authority of history. as the fairy-tale stands related to legend, so does legend to history, and (we may add) so does history to real life. in real existence all the outlines are sharp, clear and certain, which on history's canvas are gradually shaded off and toned down. the ancient mythus, however, combines to some extent the qualities of fairy-tale and leo-end; untrammelled in its flight, it can yet settle down in a local home. it was thought once, that after the italian and french collections of fairy-tales it was too late to attempt any in germany, but this is contradicted by fact; and molbech's collection, and many specimens inserted in his book by afzelius, testify also how rich denmark and sweden are in fairy-tales not yet extinct. but all

interesting studies of grave- mounds, weapons and fays appear to me at times to stray beyond the true line: surely the horses' heads on roof-gables in mecklenburg and holstein are more undoubtedly german than the similar ones in switzerland are celtic; and so far as our elfins and white ladies extend, they have their justification, as the fays have on the other side. some obscure names of animals leo has, i think, succeeded in interpreting as celtic; so long as he is obliged to leave the main characters in the fable german, as reginhart and isangrim, i have no fear for the genuineness of our epos; and the foreignness of subordinate characters tends to throw farther back the date of the entire poem. also what he contributes to nerthus and muspell (haupt 3, 226) demands attention. beside the

ovare, fr. trouver^ to find, invent, and trohaire, trovatore, trouvere is inventor, as scuof is creator. a word peculiar to as. is gid, gidd (cantus, oratio; beow. 2124. 3446. 4205-12. 4804. 4888, or giedd, cod. exon. 380. 25 [yeddynges, chauc; giddian (canere, fari, c^dm. 127, 6. cod. exon. 236, 8. beow. 1253; gidda (poeta, orator' gidda snotor^ el. 419 ^giedda snotor^ cod. exon. 45, 2. 293, 20. leo has traced it in the ir. hat cit, git (carmen dictum* a far-famed word is the celtic hard, ir. bard, pi. baird, wei. bardh, occurring already in festus' hardus gallice, cantor qui virorum fortium laudes canit' lucan's phars, 1, 447' plurima securi fudistis carmina hardt' the lark was called bardaea or bardala (ducange sub v, songstress like arjsoov, nahtigala and slavik. no old authority gives

vi trahunt; super libidinem cuncta armis agendi religione insita, eos maxime locos 2 ropinquare coelo, precesque mortalium a deis nusquam propius audiri. inde indulgentia numinum illo in amne illisque silvis salem provenire, non ut alias apud gentes eluvie maris arescente, sed unda super ardentem arborum struem fusa, ex contrariis inter se elementis, igne atque aquis, concretum^ burgundians and 1 leo now explains from the celtic, that lurgius is the trusty, watchful, hence attendant, and chervio wise-woman, from gear shrewd, and bhith, bhe, woman' sagae minister' also, that strioportiiis may be the welsh ystryws wise, and porthi helping, serving. all this is still very doubtful' sed bellum hermunduris prosperum, chattis exitio fuit, quia victores diver- bam aciem marti ac mercuric sacraver

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rias thaumat. p. 125, who founds on evinus: lege etiam severissima cavebatur, ut omnes ignes per universas regiones ista nocte exstinguerentur, et nulli liceat ignem reaccendere nisi prius ternoriae (tighmora, whom we know from ossian) a magis rogus sacrificiorum exstrueretur, et quicunque hanc legem in aliquo transgrederetur non alia mulcta quam capitis supplicio commissi delicti poenam luebat.1 leo (malb. gl. i, 35) has ingeniously put forward an antithesis between a god of war seal or bael, and a god of peace siglie or sithich; nay, by this distinction he explains the brothers bellovesus and sigovesus in livy 5, 34 as servants (vesus= gaelic uis, uais, minister) of beal and sighe, connecting sighe with that silent peaceful folk the elves, who are called sighe (supra, p. 444 n: to beal w

gloss rewcwrwe:=frumenti, mhg. f daz reine gras, lw. 6446, and grass and der melm/ dust, are coupled together, wh. 24, 28. the purport of the law is, that earth or dust must be taken up from the four corners of the field, and thrown with the hand over the nearest kinsman. it was a solemn legal ceremony of heathen times, which the christian capitulars abolished. against my interpretation, however, leo has now set up a celtic one (cruinneach collectus, criadh terra, 1 and i cannot deny the weight of his arguments, though the german etymology evidently has a stronger claim to a term incorporated in the text itself than in the case of glosses [because the latin text must be based on a frankish original. the mythic use made of the earth remains the same, whichever way we take the words. the on

HELENA BLAVATSKY THE KEY TO THEOSOPHY

se "parables" to be understood as you take them, insist on the literal meaning of the fires of hell and the physical tortures of an "asbestos-like" soul? if one is a "parable" then the other is. if hellfire is a literal truth, then christ's commandments in the sermon on the mount have to be obeyed to the very letter. and i tell you that many who do not believe in the divinity of christ-like count leo tolstoi and more than one theosophist-do carry out these noble, because universal, precepts literally; and many more good men and women would do so, were they not more than certain that such a walk in life would very probably land them in a lunatic asylum-so christian are your laws! q. but surely everyone knows that millions and millions are spent annually on private and public charities? a. o

JENNINGS HARGRAVE ROSICRUCIANS RITES MYSTERIES

millenarius, gnomon, mete-stone, or mark, called london stone, all crosses raised at the junction of four roads, all market-crosses, the round towers of ireland, and, in all the changeful aspects of their genealogy, all spires and towers, in their grand hieroglyphic proclamation, all over the world. all these are phalli, and express a sublime meaning (a) aries (b) taurus (c) gemini (d) cancer (e) leo (f) virgo, are the six first signs; and they collectively (in their annual succession) form the macrocosmos of the cabalists. then succeeds the turning-point, balances, or nave (navel, of the astronomical wheel, represented by the sign libra (g, which, be it remembered, was added by the imaginative (and therefore, practically inventive) greeks. the foregoing, up to libra, represent the ascendi

hese physical facts were known to the ancient persians. the ancient ideas upon these subjects have not come down to us. at all definitely. the destruction of ancient manuscripts was effected upon a large scale. diocletian has the credit of having burned the books of the egyptians on the chemistry of gold and silver (alchemy. c sar is said to have burned as many as 700,000 rolls at alexandria; and leo isaurus 300,000 at constantinople in the eighth century, about the time that the arabians burned the famous alexandrian library. thus our knowledge of the real philosophy of the ancient world is exceedingly limited; almost all the old records, or germinating means of knowledge, being rooted out in regard to boudhisme, ou systeme mystique, as he denominates it, a learned author describes it as

duces sensation and speculation, venus inspires the appetites, mercury bestows the power of declaring and expressing, and the moon confers the faculty of generating and augmenting the body. the egyptian winged disc is a symbol of tat, taut, or thoth (plutarch, de iside et osiride. the lions heads, so frequently observable in the sculptures decorating fountains, bespeak the astral influences under leo, which produce the rains in the ardent month of july; and in this view they are regarded as the discharges of the sacred fountains. lions heads, with fountains, are observable in architecture all the world over. all architecture is primarily derivable from two mathemaplanetary influences. 151 tical lines( and, which, united (and intersecting, form the cross. the first mark is the origin of the

hand. nave, from navel, body ship, or ark. place of fons. twonails, in the fountain, or font. latin rite, in the feet; one nail in the greekrite. woman s side (moon) sinister. axis inclined (ecliptic (chapter-house) cor or choir (equatorial (as deliberative judgement seat) the blessed lady st. john. aries, head and face taurus, neck andthroat gemini, arms and shoulders cancer, breast and stomach leo, heart and back virgo, venter libra,reins and loins scorpio, genitalia sagittarius, hips and thighs capricorn, knees and hams aquarius, legs and ankles pisces, feet and toes. a b c d e f g h i j k l sun rises. east. holy of holies. crown of glory. crown of thorns. apse or apsis. astro-theosopic chart. 307 astro-theosophic chart (no. 2) eastern or greek rite. mysterium (east (north (south (west

KARR DON NOTES ON THE STUDY OF EARLY KABBALAH JEWISH MYSTICISM IN ENGLISH

ral magic in medieval jewish thought, translated by david louvish and batya stein [the brill reference library of judaism, vol 20 (leiden. boston: brill, 2005. silman, yochanan. philosopher and prophet: judah halevi, the kuzari, and the evolution of his thought. albany: state university of new york press, 1995. sirat, colette. a history of jewish philosophy in the middle ages: chapter 4. strauss, leo. gthe law of reason in the kuzari, h in proceedings of the american academy for jewish research, vol. xiii (new york: 1943. iii. some works by abraham ibn ezra have been translated into english. reshith hokhmah: 1. the beginning of wisdom: an astrological treatise by abraham ibn ezra, edited by raphael levy and francisco cantera. baltimore: johns hopkins press, 1939. 20081 20 2. the beginning

KASAK VEEDE UNDERSTANDING PLANETS IN ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA

oth a god fs name and its according magical number (parpola 1998: 281.285. however, we can console ourselves that it was difficult to understand relationships between sumerian and akkadian gods already in their times. even in the most exact-to-be bilinguals, concepts about the beginning of the world among sumerians and akkadians differ (clifford 1998: 67. figure 4. the constellations of hydra and leo as depicted on an astrological tablet of the seleucid era, the eight-pointed star on the left is named dsag.me.gar. jupiter (vat 7847; bottom side. lion (leo) is depicted stepping forth. this plate has been described in depth by n. postgate, who brings out the division of zodiac into subzodiacs on this tablet, while these subzodiacs are connected to different towns, plants, trees and stones (p

there started the tradition by which jupiter later became the main god both in greece and rome. but their clear relations cannot be compared to the tangle in mesopotamian planet names: e.g. on some occasions mercury was also called the star of marduk (e.g. on the new year, and sometimes even mars was called so. eking star f mullugal (g240 (akkadian kakkab .arr) means besides jupiter also regulus( leo) and, more seldom, centauri( cen. jupiter is nearly as bright as venus and in some respects even more conspicuous as it may shine all night long. this is also the origin of the appellation mulud.al.tar (g137, akkadian umu dapinu evictorious daylight f, efrightful splendour f (gossmann 1950: 52. d pinu is also used as a name for jupiter but its meaning eheroic f, emartial f, eferocious f is an

KNOWLEDGE LECTURE TWO

. the spirits of the fire: salamanders these are the essential spiritual beings called upon to praise god in the 'benedicite omnia opera. the kerubim are the living powers of tetragrammaton on the material plane and the presidents of the four elements. they operate through the fixed or kerubic signs of the zodiac and are thus symbolized and attributed: kerub of air man aquarius kerub of fire lion leo kerub of earth bull taurus kerub of water eagle scorpio tetragrammaton means 'four-lettered name' and refers to the unpronounceable name of god symbolized by 'jehovah. the laver of water of purification refers to the waters of binah, the female power reflected in the waters of creation. the altar of burnt offering for the sacrifice of animals symbolizes the qlippoth, or evil demons of the plan

LEADBEATER CW GLIMPSES OF MASONIC HISTORY

oustikoi of the pytagoreans, and the fact that the due-gard of the 1 shows that the e.a. must confine himself to what is taught in the v.s.l) cryphius, the occult, a degree in the taking of which the mystic was perhaps hidden from others in the sanctuary by a veil, the removal of which was a solemn ceremonial; miles, the soldier, signifying the holy warfare against evil in the service of the god; leo, the lion, symbolic of the element of fire, which played so great a part in the persian faith; perses, the persian, clad in asiatic costume, a reminiscence of the ancient origin of the religion; heliodromus, the courier of the sun, with whom mithra was identified; and pater, the father, a degree bringing the mystic among those who had the general direction of the cult for the rest of their liv

tween these seven stages and our own degrees, because of the difference between the systems. the corax is fairly parallel with the e.a, and the cryphius and miles with the f.c, the latter being distinguished from the former by additional knowledge which may not inaptly be compared with that of the mark degree. these three classes together were regarded to some extent as servitors; the next stage, leo, was the first whose members were called participants and admitted to the mithraic sacrament. we may consider the three stages of leo, perses and heliodromus as divisions of the m.m. degree; the first gave access to the full fellowship of the mithraic brotherhood, the second passed him who received it through a most impressive ceremony in the course of which he was symbolically slain and raise

LEMEGETON

siel's dukes, from harl. 6483. the seal of solomon, from harl. 6483. seal of solomon from the magical calendar. seal of solomon, frontispiece from british library manuscript lans. 1203, les v ritables clavicules de salomon, traduites de l'hebreux en langue latine, par le rabin abognazar. sigilla, nempe xii signorum zodiaci, from paracelsus, archidoxis magicae, liber ii. aries taurus gemini cancer leo virgo libra scorpio sagittarius capricorn aquarius pisces the almadel, from gollancz, sepher maphteah shelomoh, 1914, fol 20b. note the drawing at the bottom showing how the candles are to be constructed with feet to support the almadel "picture of the almadel, from or. ms. 6360: first note of the art of grammar, from sl. 1712, fol. 14v. second note of the art of grammar, from sl. 1712, fol. 1

LIBER 777

l 1010 twdwsy \lj cholem yesodoth sphere of the elements (7) tylyl lilith 11 jwr ruach air [elements. see col. lxviii] 12 [planets follow sephiroth, corresponding] mercury [planets follow sephiroth] 13. luna. 14. venus. 15 hlt teleh aries b* wryryub ba airiron 16 rwc shar taurus e wrymyda adimiron 17 \ynwat teonim gemini wrymillx tzalalimiron 18 frs sarton cancer c wryrjyc shichiriron 19 hyra ari leo b wrybhlc shalehbiron 20 hlwtb betulah virgo e wryrpx tzaphiriron 21. jupiter. 22 \ynzam moznaim libra d wryrybu a abiriron 23 \ym maim water. 24 brqu akrab scorpio c wrytcjn necheshthiron 25 tcq qesheth sagittarius b wrycjn necheshiron 26 ydg gedi capricorn e wrygdgd dagdagiron 27. mars. 28 yld deli aquarius d wrymyhb bahimiron 29 \ygd dagim pisces c wrymycn nashimiron 30. sol. 31 ca ash fire

hyj chiah paimon f right lower point 32 bis cpn nephesh amaimon g left lower point 31 bis hdyjy yechidah. topmost point table of correspondences 19 lxxi. the court cards of the tarot, with the spheres of their celestial dominion wands. lxxii. the court cards of the tarot, with the spheres of their celestial dominion cups. 11 the prince of the chariot of fire. rules 20 d to 20 f, including most of leo minor. the prince of the chariot of the waters. 20 g to 20 h 23 the queen of the thrones of flame. 20 l to 20 a, including part of andromeda. the queen of the thrones of the waters. 20 c to 20 d 31 the lord of the flame and the lightning. the king of the spirits of fire. rules 20 h to 20 i, including part of hercules. the lord of the waves and the waters. the king of the hosts of the sea. 20 k

het shall reveal it to the wise. in crowley s new comment on this verse, he observes: i see no harm in revealing the mystery of tzaddi to the wise; others will hardly understand my explanations. tzaddi is the letter of the emperor, the trump iv, and h is the star, the trump xvii. aquarius and aries are therefore counterchanged, revolving on the pivot of pisces, just as, in the trumps viii and xi, leo and libra do about virgo. this last revelation makes our tarot attributions sublimely, perfectly, flawlessly symmetrical. the fact of its so doing is a most convincing proof of the superhuman wisdom of the author of this book to those who have laboured for years, in vain, to elucidate the problems of the tarot. this substituted attribution is alluded to in various places in liber aleph and mag

e those of the signs which they rule. lines 3-10. q andr line 15. p line 16. v notes 37 line 17. line 18. m and n line 19. s and t line 20. w line 22. o line 24. line 25. u line 26. x line 28. z line 29. y see the handbook of geomancy, the equinox i: 2, p. 137.8 col. l. the catholic seven deadly sins in square brackets. col. lvii. egyptian quarters. cols. lvii, lix &c. beth elohim gives- michael, leo, and south to c and y. gabrial, bull, and north to b and h. raphael, man, and west to e and. uriel, eagle, and east to d and w. col. lxix. sattvas, h rajas, and f tamas g in a close analogy col. lxxix, line 13. add (3321) ttrc tumhcrbdc [shadbarshehmoth sharthathan, the spirt of the spirits of the moon. the final is counted as 700, as are the final\ s in col. lxxviii, line 13.9 col. lxxxv. lin

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de astro suo. 141 el de harmonia voluntatis et parcarum. 142 em parenthesis de quadam virgine. 143 en de constantia amoris cordi candido. 144 ex de mysterio mali. 145 eo de virtute toleranti. 146 ep de formula deorum morientium. 147 e% de stultis malignis. 148 er apologia pro suis litteris. 149 es laus legis thelema. 150 et de sphinge gyptiorum. 151 eu de natura s#inu. 152 ef de tauro. 153 ec de leo. 154 ey altera de leone. 155 ew de viro. 156 #a de dracone, qu est aquila serpens scorpio 157 viii liber aleph vel cxi #b de quattuor virtutes s#inu 158 #g de libra in qua quattor virtutes quipollent 159 #d de pyramide 160 #e prolegomena de silentio 161# de natura silentii nostri 162 #z de formula recta draconis 163 #h de sua carta c.lorum 164 #q de opere suo 165 #i de fratribus nigris 166 #k

he lion, even the beast, and our lady babalon with her hands upon his mouth, that she may master him. here i would have thee to mark well how these our symbols are cognate, and flow forth the one into the other, because each soul partaketh in proper measure of the mystery of holiness, and is kin with his fellow. but now let me show how this lion of courage is more especially the light in thee, as leo is the house of the sun that is the father of light. and it is thus: that thy light, conscious of itself, is the source and instigator of thy will, enforcing it to spring forth and conquer. therefore also is his nature strong with hardihood and lust of battle, else shouldst thou fear that which is unlike thee, and avoid it, so that thy separateness should increase upon thee. for this cause he

LIBER CCC KHABS AM PEKHT

and cook his food without preparing on it a long and tedious morality) let this epistle be copied and circulated among all those that have accepted the law of thelema. receive now our paternal benediction: the benediction of the all-begetter be upon thee. love is the law, love under will. 9 =28 a a given under our hand and seal this day of an. xii, the sun our father being in 12 4. 2. of the sign leo, and the moon in 25 39. 11. of the sign libra, from the house of the juggler, that is by lake pasquaney in the state of new hampshire [this .class e. tract was written in july 1916 and first published in equinox iii (1) in 1919 (c) ordo templi orientis. key entry &c. by frater t.s. for niwg/ celephais press. this e-text last revised 25.06.200 tliber cccxxxv adonis an allegory a a publication i

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emple in the grade of 4 =78 give the sign of thoum-aesh-neith [knock] let us adore the lord and king of fire! tetragrammaton tzabaoth! blessed be thou! the leader of armies is thy name! amen [make the invoking pentagram of spirit acitve and pronounce these names: hyha alga bitom [make the invoking pentagram of fire, and pronouce \yhla twabx hwhy] the forty-eight keys or calls 28 [make the sign of leo with censer (or other suitable weapon] in the name of lakim, archangel of fire, spirits of fire, adore your creator [make the cross] in the names and letters of the great southern quadrangle, spirits of fire, adore your creator [elevate censer] in the three secret names of god, oip teaa pdoce, that are borne upon the banners of the south, spirits of fire, adore your creator [lower and lift cen

LIBER LVII

6. chosen by myself as my symbol, partly for the reasons given in part i, partly for the reasons given in the apocalypse. i took the beast to be the 78 [victor neuburg, according to a note by crowley in a copy of equinox i (5, as transcribed by yorke. t.s] 79 [364= inter alia, alpwm roa, the hidden light, a title of kether, and fch, the adversary. t.s] 80 [vide al i. 22. t.s] 52 liber lviii lion (leo my rising sign81) and sol, 6, 666, the lord of leo on which babalon should ride. and there were other more intimate considerations, unnecessary to enter upon in this place. note however that the tarot card of leo, strength, bears the number xi, the great number of the magnum opus, and its interchange with justice, viii; and the key of 8 is 418.82 this all seemed to me so important that no qaba

heshua have no more to do with the legendary jesus of the synoptics and methodists than the mystic ihvh has to do with the false god who commanded the murder of innocent children. the 13 of the sun and the 81 [this may have been wishful thinking on crowley.s part. the time and place of birth accompanying ac.s birthchart as printed in equinox i (7) and equinox of the gods actually give cancer, not leo, rising, suggesting the figure had been fudged. the editor of the .blue brick. edition of magick obligingly .corrected. the time of birth to make leo the ascendent again. rupert gleadow (an astrologer friend of symonds to whom ac had claimed there was .less than one per cent truth in astrology) prepared a hostile horoscope which was printed in the great beast in posthumous revenge. t.s] 82 bec

LIBER LXVII THE SWORD OF SONG

ary occult students, and a certain very small amount of mere absence of meaning. the main satire is of course on the .chymical marriage of christian rosencreutz. a few only of the serious problems are elucidated in footnotes. 1 i.e. when 118= change, a ferment, strength. also= before he was 120, the mystic age of a rosicrucian. 2 her-shell= herschell, or uranus, the planet which was ascending (in leo) at crowley.s birth. 3 vau and gimel, the hierophant and high-priestess in the tarot. hence .from his castle of ug. means .from his initiation. we cannot in future do more than indicate the allusions. 4 the kerubim. 5 see table of correspondences [a table of correspondences was intended to appear as an appendix to the first volume of crowley.s collected works. it is not in the 1970s reprint fr

LIBER LXXVIII

e bears a torch or firewand, somewhat similar to that of the zelator adeptus minor. beneath the chariot are flames, some waved, some salient. swift, strong, hasty; rather violent, yet just and generous; noble and scorning meanness. if ill dignified.cruel, intolerant, prejudiced and ill natured. he rules the heavens from above the last decan of d to the second decan of e; hence he includes most of leo minor. d of b prince and emperor of salamanders. viii the princess of the shining flame; the rose of the palace of fire knave of wands a very strong and beautiful woman with flowing red-gold hair, attired like an amazon. her shoulders, arms, bosom and knees are bare. she wears a short kilt reaching to the knee. round her waist is a broad belt of scale-mail; narrow at the sides; broader in fron

each of the other suits. there being thirty-six decans and seven planets, it follows that one of the latter must rule over one more decan than the others. this is the planet mars, to which are allotted the last decan of l, and the first of a, because the long cold of the winter requires a great energy to overcome it, and initiate spring. and the beginning of the decantes is from the royal star of leo, the great star cor leonis: and therefore is the first decan that of f in e. a description of the cards of the taro 27 here follow the general meanings of the small cards of the suits, as classified under the nine sephiroth below kether. hmkj the four twos symbolize the powers of the king and queen just uniting and initiating the force; but before the prince and princess are thoroughly brought

cross each other. flames leap from the point of junction. above the middle wand is the sign f, and below is that of e: thus repre-senting the decante. violent strife and boldness, rashness, cruelty, violence, lust, desire, prodigality and generosity; depending on whether the card is well or ill dignified. geburah of y (quarrelling and fighting. this decan hath its beginning from the royal star of leo: and unto it are allotted the two great angels of the schemhamphorash hywhw and layly [the proper meaning of the small cards is to be found by making thorough meditation and harmony between these four symbols of each card. it will be seen that this is how the meanings have been done; but the advanced student can go beyond this rude working] xxii the lord of victory six of wands two hands in gr

LIBER THISHARB

, the return of the current causes him gto appear in the heaven of jupiter as a morning star or as an evening star. h2 3 in other words, he should discover what may be the nature of his work. thus mohammed was a brother reflected in netzach, buddha a brother reflected into hod, or, as some say, daath. the present manifestation of frater p. to the outer is in tiphareth, to the inner in the path of leo. 11. first method. let the exempt adept first train himself to think backwards by external means, as set forth here following (a) let him learn to write backwards, with either hand (b) let him learn to walk backwards (c) let him constantly watch, if convenient, cinematograph films, and listen to phonograph records, reversed, and let him so accustom himself to these that they appear natural, an

LIBER V

ding with his feet together, head bowed, his left hand shielding the muladhara cakkra, and his right hand shielding his breast (attitude of the venus de medici. 8. let him turn again to the left, and pursue his path as before, projecting the force from boleskine as he passeth; let him halt when he next cometh to the south and face outward. 9. let him trace the averse pentagram that invoketh fire (leo. 10. let him point his wand to the centre of the pentagram, and cry, hadit! 11. let him give the sign puer, standing with feet together, and head erect. let his right hand (the thumb extended at right angles to the fingers) be raised, the forearm vertical at a right angle with the upper arm, which is horizontally extended in the line joining the shoulders. let his left hand, the thumb extended

LIBER V VEL REGULI

ding with his feet together, head bowed, his left hand shielding the muladhara cakra, and his right hand shielding his breast (attitude of the venus de medici. 8. let him turn again to the left, and pursue his path as before, projecting the force from boleskine as he passeth; let him halt when he next cometh to the south, and face outward. 9. let him trace the averse pentagram that invoketh fire (leo. 10. let him point his wand to the centre of the pentagram, and cry hadit! i 11. let him give the sign puer, standing with feet together and head erect. let his right hand (the thumb extended at right angles to the fingers) be raised,2 the 6 liber v vel reguli forearm vertical at a right angle with the upper arm, which is horizontally extended in the line joining the shoulders. let his left ha

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

sacred serpent" and "the retiring of the bull" the last appellation has reference to the ceremony of drowning the sacred apis in the waters of the nile every twenty-five years. click to enlarge the lion-faced light-power. from montfaucon's antiquities. this gnostic gem represents by its serpentine body the pathway of the sun and by its lion head the exaltation of the solar in the constellation of leo. click to enlarge a symbolic labyrinth. from montfaucon's antiquities. labyrinths and mazes were favored places of initiation among many ancient cults. remains of these mystic mazes have been found among the american indians, hindus, persians, egyptians, and greeks. some of these mazes are merely involved pathways lined with stones; others are literally miles of gloomy caverns under temples or

heavens, robert hewitt brown, 32, makes the following statement "the sun, as he pursued his way among these 'living creatures' of the zodiac, was said, in allegorical language, either to assume the nature of or to triumph over the sign he entered. the sun thus became a bull in taurus, and was worshipped as such by the egyptians under the name of apis, and by the assyrians as bel, baal, or bul. in leo the sun became a lion-slayer, hercules, and an archer in sagittarius. in pisces, the fishes, he was a fish--dagon, or vishnu, the fish-god of the philistines and hindoos" a careful analysis of the religious systems of pagandom uncovers much evidence of the fact that its priests served the solar energy and that their supreme deity was in every case this divine light personified. godfrey higgins

tiquity resolved themselves into the solar fire, sometimes itself as god, or sometimes an emblem or shekinah of that higher principle, known by the name of the creative being or god" the egyptian priests in many of their ceremonies wore the skins of lions, which were symbols of the solar orb, owing to the fact that the sun is exalted, dignified, and most fortunately placed in the constellation of leo, which he rules and which was at one time the keystone of the celestial arch. again, hercules is the solar deity, for as this mighty hunter performed his twelve labors, so the sun, in traversing the twelve houses of the zodiacal band, performs during his pilgrimage twelve essential and benevolent labors for the human race and for nature in general, hercules, like the egyptian priests, wore the

ar festival, and their games of the circus in honor of the birth of the god of day. it took place the eighth day before the kalends of january--that is, on december 25. servius, in his commentary on verse 720 of the seventh book of the neid, in which virgil speaks of the new sun, says that, properly speaking, the sun is new on the 8th of the kalends of january-that is, december 25. in the time of leo i (leo, serm. xxi, de nativ. dom. p. 148, some of the fathers of the church said that 'what rendered the festival (of christmas) venerable was less the birth of jesus christ than the return, and, as they expressed it, the new birth of the sun' it was on the same day that the birth of the invincible sun (natalis solis invicti, was celebrated at rome, as can be seen in the roman calendars, publi

nts, so in the future, armed with curious implements fashioned for the purpose, he will explore these little known fastnesses of light, color, sound, and consciousness. click to enlarge the solar face. from montfaucon's antiquities. the corona of the sun is here shown in the form of a lion's mane. this is a subtle reminder of the fact that at one time the summer solstice took place in the sign of leo, the celestial lion. next: the zodiac and its signs sacred texts esoteric index previous next p. 53 the zodiac and its signs it is difficult for this age to estimate correctly the profound effect produced upon the religions, philosophies, and sciences of antiquity by the study of the planets, luminaries, and constellations. not without adequate reason were the magi of persia called the star ga

philosophic elect did not participate in these idolatrous ceremonials, but advocated them as most suitable for the types of mind composing the mass of the population. these few possessed a far deeper understanding, as the serpent of scorpio upon their foreheads--the ur us--bore witness. the sun is often symbolized with its rays in the form of a shaggy mane. concerning the masonic significance of leo, robert hewitt brown, 32, has written "on the 21st of june, when the sun arrives at the summer solstice, the constellation leo--being but 30 in advance of the sun--appears to be leading the way, and to aid by his powerful paw in lifting the sun up to the summit of the zodiacal arch* this visible connection between the constellation leo and the return of the sun to his place of power and glory

leading the way, and to aid by his powerful paw in lifting the sun up to the summit of the zodiacal arch* this visible connection between the constellation leo and the return of the sun to his place of power and glory, at the summit of the royal arch of heaven, was the principal reason why that constellation was held in such high esteem and reverence by the ancients. the astrologers distinguished leo as the 'sole house of the sun' and taught that the world was created when the sun was in that sign 'the lion was adored in the east and the west by the egyptians and the mexicans. the chief druid of britain was styled a lion (stellar theology and masonic astronomy) when the aquarian age is thoroughly established, the sun will be in leo, as will be noted from the explanation previously given in

ured, is four feet nine inches, french measure. it is surrounded by another circle of much larger circumference, containing hieroglyphic characters; this second circle is enclosed in a square, whose sides are seven feet nine inches long* the asterisms, constituting the zodiacal constellations mixed with others, are represented in a spiral. the extremities of this spiral, after one revolution, are leo and cancer. leo is no doubt at the head. it appears to be trampling on a serpent, and its tail to be held by a woman. immediately after the lion comes the virgin holding an ear of corn, further on, we perceive two scales of a balance, above which, in a medal lion, is the figure of harpocrates. then follows the scorpion and sagittarius, to whom the egyptians gave wings, and two faces. after sag

mathesis of julius firmicus maternus appears the following extract concerning the positions of the heavenly bodies at the time of the establishment of the inferior universe "according to sculapius, therefore, and anubius, to whom especially the divinity mercury committed the secrets of the astrological science, the geniture of the world is as follows: they constituted the sun in the 15th part of leo, the moon in the 15th part of cancer, saturn in the 15th part of capricorn, jupiter in the 15th part of sagittary, mars in the 15th part of scorpio, venus in the 15th part of libra, mercury in the 15th part of virgo, and the horoscope in the 15th part of cancer. conformably to this geniture, therefore, to these conditions of the stars, and the testimonies which they adduce in confirmation of t

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off. it should be stained or painted black with an exorcised paint in which finely powdered wormwood herb is mixed. all the time you work on it, you should continue the use of the mantram that you evolved for the triangle. many witches surround this pedestal with the names of the four cabalistic archangels: michael, gabriel, raphael, uriel, or their symbolic representatives, the zodiacal signs of leo, scorpio, aquarius, and taurus. again, however, this is not strictly necessary, merely a matter of personal preference. finally, wash the show stone itself in an infusion of wormwood, place it on its stand when dry, and cense and seal them both. should you, however, wish to make a speculum, or mirror, instead of buying a crystal, obtain a concave clock glass or chemical watch glass. using the

MATHERS MACGREGOR THE GREATER KEY OF SOLOMON VOL 1

le condition thou wilt never arrive at the accomplishment of the art. for those matters then which appertain unto the moon, such as the invocation of spirit, the works of necromancy, and the recovery of stolen property, it is necessary that the moon should be in a terrestrial sign, viz: taurus, virgo, or capricorn. for love, grace, and invisibility, the moon should be in a fiery sign, viz: aries, leo, or sagittarius. book one page 15 for hatred, discord, and destruction, the moon should be in a watery sign, viz: cancer, scorpio, or pisces. for experiments of a peculiar nature, which cannot be classed under any certain head, the moon should be in an airy sign, viz: gemini, libra, or aquarius. but if these things seem unto thee difficult to accomplish, it will suffice thee merely to notice t

MICHAEL TSARION ATLANTIS ALIEN VISITATION AND GENETIC MANIPULATION

. this was the motivation behind the majority of post-industrial scientificresearch and experimentation and, obviously, not because mankind was evolving forthe first time toward technical mastery. phase one of macrobe lesson one was finallyconcluded when the atlantean demigods succeeded in splitting the atom in the 1950s. a study of the lives and careers of those involved with atomic energy, like leo szilard androbert oppenheimer, will prove an interesting line of research for those interested in corrob-orating our disquisition. only now, after almost a millennia, are they capable of embarking on the discovery ofthe reversehow energy becomes matter.sun microsystems (with its suggestive serpentine logo, sri, and mit are three of many cor-porations, funded by the black nobility, which are fr

id that the semen of enki merged with mud, it meant ovum (see p. 80)atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation215 appendix b: book abstracts eve (hawah/ava/hayah)all these words for the female meant to give life. she was also known as the lady of the serpent.the word hayah is akin to hayyat, which means serpent (see p. 80)omega was meant to represent a womb. it is close to the symbol of leo, where the sun was born in the ancienttimes. it is similar to the serpent sign, as well as that of libra, which is a v enusian sign (p. 77)no satan in genesisnowhere in the genesis account is there any mention, direct or indirect, of satans involvement, andyet it has become common practice for the church to portray the serpent as an emissary of satan, oreven as satan himself (p. 960)the kabala

ish drop slave trade as unprofitable and issue emancipation order. 1833 andrew jackson orders that u.s. funds be withdrawn from the bank of the united states. 1833 mercury amalgam fillings introduced in nyc. dentists rebelled. 1834 giuseppe mazzini appointed as illuminati director worldwide. thomas malthus dies. 1834 mazzini appoints albert pike to head illuminati operations in the u.s. 1834 pope leo 13th has the headquarters of the knights of malta moved to rome. 1835 first availability of powerful compound microscopes after the perfection of the achromatic objec-tive lens between 1815 and 1830. 1836 charter of the bank of the u.s. expires. 1836 britain imports 30,000 chests of opium to china. 1836 first recorded case of the use of psychiatry to suppress dissent in russia. appendix f: gen

smelting of many metals, such as steel and aluminum, and in the production ofglass, enamel, and brick. 1943 german victories begin to be defeats, and hitler considers employing his chemical weapons. 1943 moray succeeds in rebuilding his device. 1943 supreme court finds in marconi's favor, ruling tesla had anticipated all other contenders with hisfundamental radio patents. 1943 child psychologist leo kanner observes a new illness appearing in u.s. children, inborn autisticdisturbance of affective contact. the problem became known as infantile autism or simply autism.outstanding features of this new problem: self-absorbed alienation, inability to relate in the ordinaryway to people and situations from the very beginning of life, detachment, nervous hostility with strang-ers, emotional blunt

MICHAEL W FORD THE VAMPIRE GATE

s, sending and binding dog form-sigils and draining life energy in the nightmare. schechiriron cancer (june 21 july 22 -active water spirits whose forms are black their form blended of reptile, insect and like the crab and the lobster, yet demon-faced. the vampyre magickian may seek atavistic knowledge through dreams with these demons, also draining emotions from others when sleeping. shelhabiron leo (july 23 august 22 -fixed fire spirits whose colors are fiery, yellow and they appear as merciless wolves and jackals, howling among flames and seeking to devour those in their path. master these spirits by evoking shelhabiron and entering the nightmare, visualize your devouring a wolf and its blood, using a belt made of its skin. you can transform yourself accordingly and rise up as a beast

MORALS AND DOGMA

"the virgin who will become a mother-_virgini paritur" hertha or wertha, the young isis of gaul, queen of heaven, the virgin who was to bear a child, held the spindle of the fates, filled with wool half white and half black; because she presides over all forms and all symbols, and weaves the garment of the ideas. one of the most mysterious pantacles of the kabalah, contained in the enchiridion of leo iii, represents an equilateral triangle reversed, inscribed in a double circle. on the triangle are written, in such manner as to form the prophetic tau, the two hebrew words so often found appended to the ineffable name [hebrew] and [hebrew, alohayim, or the powers, and tsabaoth, or the starry armies and their guiding spirits; words also which symbolize the equilibrium of the forces of nature

he banners bear the images of the bull, the lion, the man, and the eagle, the constellations answering 2500 years before our era to the equinoctial and solstitial points: to which belong four stars, aldebaran, regulus, fomalhaut, and antares. at each of these veils there are three words: and to each division of the zodiac, belonging to each of these stars, are three signs. the four signs, taurus, leo, scorpio, and aquarius, were termed the _fixed_ signs, and are appropriately assigned to the four veils. so the cherubim, according to clemens and philo, represented the two hemispheres: their wings, the rapid course of the firmament, and of time which revolves in the zodiac "for the heavens fly" says philo, speaking of the wings of the cherubim: which were winged representations of the lion

course of the firmament, and of time which revolves in the zodiac "for the heavens fly" says philo, speaking of the wings of the cherubim: which were winged representations of the lion, the bull, the eagle, and the man; of two of which, the human-headed, winged bulls and lions, so many have been found at nimroud; adopted as beneficent symbols, when the sun entered taurus at the vernal equinox and leo at the summer solstice: and when, also, he entered scorpio for which, on account of its malignant influences, aquila, the eagle was substituted, at the autumnal equinox; and aquarius (the water-bearer) at the winter solstice. so, clemens says, the candlestick with seven branches represented the seven planets, like which the seven branches were arranged and regulated, preserving that musical pr

ate a crown, supported by a sword. it was placed near his head, and he repelled it, saying "mithras is my crown" then he was declared the soldier of mithras, and had the right to call the other initiates fellow-soldiers or companions in arms. hence the title _companions_ in the royal arch degree of the american rite. then he passed, porphyry says, through the degree of the lion--the constellation leo, domicile of the sun and symbol of mithras, found on his monuments. these ceremonies were termed at rome leontic and heliac; and _coratia_ or _hiero-coracia, of the raven, a bird consecrated to the sun, and a sign placed in the heavens below the lion, with the hydra, and also appearing on the mithriac monuments. thence he passed to a higher degree, where the initiates were called _perses_ and

ed to their seats of immortality, and became gods. from the milky way, according to pythagoras, diverged the route to the dominions of pluto. until they left the galaxy, they were not deemed to have commenced to descend toward the terrestrial bodies. from that they departed, and to that they returned. until they reached the sign cancer, they had not left it, and were still gods. when they reached leo, they commenced their apprenticeship for their future condition; and when they were at aquarius, the sign opposite leo, they were furthest removed from human life. the soul, descending from the celestial limits, where the zodiac and galaxy unite, loses its spherical shape, the shape of all divine nature, and is lengthened into a cone, as a point is lengthened into a line; and then, an indivisi

cone, as a point is lengthened into a line; and then, an indivisible monad before, it divides itself and becomes a duad--that is, unity becomes division, disturbance, and conflict. then it begins to experience the disorder which reigns in matter, to which it unites itself, becoming, as it were, intoxicated by draughts of grosser matter: of which inebriation the cup of bakchos, between cancer and leo, is a symbol. it is for them the cup of forgetfulness. they assemble, says plato, in the fields of oblivion, to drink there the water of the river ameles, which causes men to forget everything. this fiction is also found in virgil "if souls" says macrobius "carried with them into the bodies they occupy all the knowledge which they had acquired of divine things, during their sojourn in the heav

motion, the crab (cancer. as he approached, in autumn, the middle point between the northern and southern extremes of his journeying, the days and nights became equal; and the stars among which he was then found were called stars of 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 lik

signs. at the vernal equinox, 2455 years before our era, the sun was entering the sign and constellation taurus, or the bull; having passed through, since he commenced, at the winter solstice, to ascend northward, the signs aquarius, pisces and aries; on entering the first of which he reached the lowest limit of his journey southward. from taurus, he passed through gemini and cancer, and reached leo when he arrived at the terminus of his journey northward. thence, through leo, virgo, and libra, he entered scorpio at the autumnal equinox, and journeyed southward through scorpia, sagittarius, and capricornus to aquarius, the terminus of his journey south. the path by which he journeyed through these signs became the _ecliptic; and that which passes through the two equinoxes, the _equator. t

finding, burial, and resurrection. the celestial taurus, opening the new year, was the creative bull of the hindus and japanese, breaking with his horn the egg out of which the world is born, hence the bull apis was worshipped by the egyptians, and reproduced as a golden calf by aaron in the desert. hence the cow was sacred to the hind s. hence, from the sacred and beneficent signs of taurus and leo, the human-headed winged lions and bulls in the palaces at kouyounjik and nimroud, like which were the cherubim set by solomon in his temple: and hence the twelve brazen or bronze oxen, on which the laver of brass was supported. the celestial vulture or eagle, rising and setting with the scorpion, was substituted in its place, in many cases, on account of the malign influences of the latter: a

MOTTA MARCELO THE COMMENTARIES OF AL

ers 105, 120, 121, 139, 141, 142, 192, 193, 194, 196, 198, 199, 200, 201, 203 among others. i see no harm in revealing the mystery of tzaddi to 'the wise; others will hardly understand my explanations. tzaddi is the letter of the emperor, trump tv, and he is the star, trump xvii. aquarius and aries are therefore counterchanged, revolving on the pivot of pisces, just as, in the trumps viii and xi, leo and libra do about virgo. this last revelation makes our tarot attributions sublimely, perfectly, flawlessly symmetrical. the fact of its so doing is a most convincing proof of the superhuman wisdom of the author of this book to those who have laboured for years, in vain, to elucidate the problems of the tarot 'all these old letters of my book are aright: in the tree of life diagrams there is

4 89 r p s t o v a l what meaneth this, o prophet? thou knowest not; nor shalt thou know ever. there cometh one to follow thee: he shall expound it. but remember, o chosen one, to be me; to follow the love of nu in the star-lit heaven; to look forth upon men, to tell them this glad word. 77. 0 be thou proud and mighty among men! pride is the quality of sol, tiphareth; might of mars, geburah. now, leo my rising sign combines these ideas, as does ra-hoor khuit. the christian ideas of humility and weakness as 'virtues' are natural to slaves, cowards, and defectives (not necessarily; it depends on how they are interpreted. if slaves, cowards, and defectives knew exactly what is meant by christian virtues, few people would claim to be christians, and there probably would not even exist a church

uble-wanded one assume my throne and place. another prophet shall arise, and bring fresh fever from the skies; another woman shall awake the lust& worship of the snake; another soul of god and beast shall mingle in the globed priest; another sacrifice shall stain the tomb; another king shall reign; and blessing no longer be poured to the hawk-headed mystical lord! note the close connexion between leo and libra in the tarot, the numbers viii and xi of their trumps being interchanged with xi and viii. there is no such violent antithesis as that between osiris and horus; strength will prepare the reign of justice. we should begin already, as i deem, to regard this justice as the ideal whose way we should make ready, by virtue of our force and fire. this happens without our having to worry. fo

NAGEL CARL AMAZING SECRETS OF OCCULT POWER

served to the person whose astrological sun sign agrees with the foods concerned. thus by compliance with the laws of astrology a witch can gain better results from his or her actions. here is a list of the most suitable aphrodisiac foods for the various astrological signs: aries: cinnamon, pepper, and chestnuts. taurus: grapes and sage. gemini: carrots and fennel. cancer: garlic and peppermint. leo: almonds and celery seed. virgo: apples and thyme. scorpio: ginger, mustard, and onions. sagittarius: sesame seed and nutmeg. capricorn: dates and wintergreen. aquarius: bananas and rye. pisces: mint and oranges. the word aphrodisiac is derived from aphrodite, the love goddess of the ancient greeks whom the romans called venus. of all the goddesses of ancient greece and rome, none was more wid

n the southern constellations. the 35th spirit is glasya-labolas. pray to him to move about unnoticed, at any hour of the day or night. the 36th spirit is gremory. pray to him to attract both good fortune and young girls, at any hour from sunrise to noon. the 37th spirit is gusion. pray to him to gain honor and dignity, at any hour from sunrise to noon, when the sun is in the astrological sign of leo. the 38th spirit is haagenti. pray to him to gain wisdom, at any hour of the night. the 39th spirit is halphas. pray to him for protection from violence, at any hour of the day. the 40th spirit is haures. pray to him to destroy enemies, at any hour from sunrise to noon< the 41st spirit is ipos. pray to him to acquire courage, at any hour of the day. the 42nd spirit is leraje. pray to him to ca

NAUDON PAUL THE SECRET HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY

end, they would not have such hatred of the light. there were additional reasons for suspicion of heresy added to this primary one, reasons described as "just and reasonable, known to us" though it appears these were of a temporal nature and touched on the danger freemasonry posed to the order and peace of nations.16 this papal condemnation was confirmed on several occasions, but it was not until leo xiii delivered the humanum genus encyclical that it truly took on a doctrinal and theological basis. it was at this time that the doctrine of modern freemasonry was declared to be incompatible with that of the catholic religion. the autonomy of french masonry what was to happen in france in 1738, the eldest daughter of the church ruled by the descendent of saint louis and the land where the sc

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at beltane (on the eve of may, at lammas (on the first day of the eighth month, at roodmas (on the fourteenth day of the ninth month, and at hallowmas (on november eve. call out to dread azathoth when the sun is in the sign of the ram, the lion, or the archer; the moon decreasing and mars and saturn conjoin. mighty yog-sothoth shall rise to ye incantations when sol has entered the fiery house of leo and the hour of lammas be upon ye. evoke ye terrible hastur on candlemas night, when sol is in aquarius and mercury in trine. supplicate great cthulhu only at hallowmas eve when the sun abides within the house of the scorpion and orion riseth. when all hallows falls within the cycle of the new moon the power shall be the strongest. conjure shub-niggurath when the beltane fires glow upon the hi

winds as they howleth through their seasons. to ye north set ye the stone of great coldness that shall form ye gate of ye winter-wind engraving thereupon the sigil of the earth-bull thus: taurus sigil in ye south (at a space of five paces from ye stone of ye north, thou shalt raise a stone of fierceheat, through which ye summer winds bloweth and make upon ye stone ye mark of ye lion-serpent thus: leo sigil ye stone of whirling-air shall be set in ye east where ye first equinox riseth and shall be graven with ye sign of he that beareth ye waters, thus: aquarius sigil ye gate of rushing torrents thou cause to beat the west most inner point (at a space of five paces from ye stone of ye east) where ye sun dieth in ye evening and ye cycle of night returns. blazon ye stone with ye character of y

REGARDIE ISRAEL THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN

s which have used them at great length, though without acknowledgement, but in this instance that does not mean very much. some abstruse teaching relative to the tarot and other germane matters is scat10 the golden dawn tered through several of these order documents. one matter which i have never seen taken up by astrological writers is that concerning starting the zodiac with the star regulus in leo. the teaching emphasizes that were this done, the constellations and the signs would coincide "within the zodiac" wrote louis macniece in his book astrology "there are twelve constellations. these bear the same names as the twelve signs used by the astrologers, but astrologically they have nothing to do with the case. if you are told that the sun was in that particular sign when you were born

this world passes and a great light shines over the splendid sea" book one <99> book one first knowledge lecture 1. the four elements of the ancients are duplicated conditions of: heat and dryness fire a heat and moisture air a cold and d yness earth b cold and moisture water v 2. the signs of the zodiac are twelve: 1. aries, the ram 2. taurus, the bull 3. gemini, the twins 4. cancer, the crab 5 .leo, the lion 6. virgo, the virgin 7. libra, the scales 8. scorpio, the scorpion 9. sagittarius, the archer 10. capricorn, the goat 11. aquarius, the water-bearer 12. pisces, the fishes these twelve signs are distributedamong the four triplicities or sets of three signs, each being attributed to one of the four elements, and they represent the operation of the elements in the zodiac. thus to

go, the virgin 7. libra, the scales 8. scorpio, the scorpion 9. sagittarius, the archer 10. capricorn, the goat 11. aquarius, the water-bearer 12. pisces, the fishes these twelve signs are distributedamong the four triplicities or sets of three signs, each being attributed to one of the four elements, and they represent the operation of the elements in the zodiac. thus to fire belong aries, leo, sagittarius: thus to earth belong taurus, virgo, capricornus: thus to air belong gemini, libra, aquarius: thus to water belong cancer, scorpio, pisces. 3. to the ancients, six planets were known, besides the sun, which they classed with the planets. they also assigned certain planetary values to the north and 50 first knowledge ledure 51 south nodes of the moon- that is, the points where her

ders second knowledge lecture 6 1 these are the essential spiritual beings called upon to praise god in the 'benedicite omnia opera' the kerubim are the living powers of tetragrammaton on the material plane and the presidents of the four elements. they operate through the fixed or kerubic signs of the zodiac and are thus symbolised and attributed- kerub of air-man-aquarius zv.5 kerub of fire-lion-leo q kerub of earth-bull-taurus w kerub of water-eagle-scorpio tll or. tetragrammaton means four-lettered name and refers to the <121> unpronounceable name of god symbolised by jehovah. the laver of water of purification refers to the waters of binah, the female power reflected in the waters of creation. the altar of burnt offmmnfgo r the sacrifice of animals syrnbolises the qlippoth or evil demo

the wisdom and fountain of mercy, the sphere of the zodiac acting through taurus upon jupiter. 6. the lovers=the understanding of beauty and production of beauty and sovereignty. saturn acting through gemini upon sol. 7. chariot=understanding acting upon severity. saturn acting through cancer upon mars. 8. strength=fortitude. mercy tempering severity. the glory of strength. jupiter acting through leo upon mars. 9. hermit=the mercy of beauty, the magnificence of sovereignty, jupiter acting through virgo upon sol. 10. wheel of fortune=the mercy and magnificence of victory. jupiter acting through jupiter direct upon venus. 11. justice=the severity of beauty and sovereignty. mars acting through libra upon sol. fourth knowledge lecture 73 12. the hanged man=the severity of splendour. execution

ept together in a book. astrology. this should be done as time permits. the subject is <183> vast and highly technical, and can be studied fully through the various schools and correspondence classes if you are interested in it. from the order lectures you should be able to set up a true birth horoscope for any place and any time. you can practise setting up horoscopes for the cases given in alan leo's little book 1001 notable nativities and see whether you can tell for what the horoscope was remarkable. you should attempt the reading of a horoscope for someone you know and then get the data for someone about whom you know nothing, and see whether you can give a reading which satisfies their friends. the order requires only that you should be able to set up an accurate horoscope and that y

est with the mask of the lion, spake and said "thou canst not pass by the gate of the southern heaven unless thou canst tell me my name" keyux mau the lion, very powerful, lord of fire, is thy name. thou art ra, the sun in his strength. heg in what signs and symbols do ye come? kerux in the letter shin; in the banner of the east, and the symbol of the cubical cross. heg (standing back and signing leo q before zelator with lamp) in the sign of the lion, child of fire, thou art purified. pass thou on. he replaces lamp and takes the place of kerux, who returns to his seat in the north. hegemon leads zelator past hiereus, to whom he hands banner of the west. meanwhile, hiereus reads for the third time, hegemon being careful to lead zelator slowly round the temple, returning to hiereus when the

hiereus in the s. w. hierophant makes the invoking pentagrams in a circle before the fire tablet. and elohim said "let us make adam in our own image, after our own likeness, and let them have dominion" in the name of elohim, mighty and ruling, and in the name of <124> yod he vau he tzabaoth, spirits of fire, adore your creator! hierophant takes incense from before fire tablet, and makes the sign leo in the air before if. in the name of michael, the great archangel of fire, and in the sign of the q lion, spirits of fire, adore your creator! makes cross with incense. in the name and letters of the great southern quadrangle revealed unto enoch by the great angel ave, spirits of fire, adore your creator! holds incense on high. in the three great secret names of god bone upon the banners of th

if you are quick to be proud. without its tether-line. the kite falls! h.s. the golden dawn: volume 11 book three upon his head, and his face as it were, the sun, and his feet were as pillars of fire, and he had in his hand a little book open; and he set his right foot upon the sea and his left foot upon the earth, and he cried with a loud voice as when a lion roareth (the green lion, the path of leo above tiphareth, referring to tefh) and when he cried, seven thunders uttered their voices (seven aeons, represented under the regimen of the planets. the dragon issuing from the cave represents volcanic fires. heg. leads phil. once round, and hands him over to hiereus in the north and returns to place. hiereus. this is the image of the vision of nebuchadnezzar, which was <171> showed you in t

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f the appropriate zodiacal triplicity, adding al thereto, thus forming an angelic name which is the expression of the force. hebrew names as a rule represent the operation of certain general forces while the names on the enochian or angelical tablets represent a species of more particular ideas. both classes of names should be used in these operations. i illustrate his idea as follows: fire aries leo sagittarius triplicity: heh teth samech+ al= hitsael earth taurus virgo capricorn triplicity: vav yod ayin+ al= vioel air gemini libra aquarius triplicity: zayin lamed tzaddi+ al= zaitzel water cancer scorpio pisces triplicity: cheth nun qoph +al= chankel these names should either be incorporated into the talisman itself, or sigils based upon them should be traced, during a ceremony, over the

RITUALS OF THE SOCIETAS ROSICRUCIANIS IN ANGLIA

through without rousingdread sentries never seen upon this side' much of the learning of those who have gone before hasbeen lost to us; we seek to regain past knowledge. the famed diocletian glorified in the flames thatdestroyed the works of the egyptians, as was also done when caesar captured the egyptian seat oflearning in rendering cinders of 700,000 rolls of the alexandrian library, and when leo isaurusdestroyed 300,000 more. why then should you seek to delve in that which fanatic in power mayagain destroy in a few short hours?conductor of n.:still would we seek advancement in so glorious a science. instruct us in the purity of its truths.rituals of the societas rosicrucianis in angliasecond section colour blue21 1st chemist:he who seeketh for purity of truth in chemistry must take th

ffragan, 7th sign: observe the human species in his completeness of stature, the fullness of his physicalstrength, and mental amplitude from instruction of the heart: he sees god222s sacraments spread outbefore him, and in his dual character, as body and spirit, partakes of food mortal and immortal,visible and invisible.he has grown in his power like the lion in whose zodiacal sign he resides, in leo, the 5th sign of222the ascending series, in whose measure the lustrous regulus and denebola sparkle in their creator222spraise.conductor with companions proceed to treasurer, whose four lights have just been lit. lights ofsecretary out.treasurer, 8th sign: the world grows old space to man, and bids him prepare the sickle for the ripeningharvests, for the growing crops bend beneath the weight o

RITUEL ET DOGME DE LA HAUTE MAGIE BY ELIPHAS LEVI PART II

s books which we have seen upon this subject are in manuscript, written in conventional characters which we have deciphered by the help of the polygraphy of trithemius. the importance of others consists wholly in the hieroglyphs and symbols which adorn them, the truth of the images being disguised under the superstitious fictions of a mystifying text. such, for example, is the enchiridion of pope leo iii, which has never been printed with its true figures, and we have reconstructed it for our own use after an ancient manuscript. the rituals known under the name of clavicles of solomon are very numerous. many have been printed, while others remain in manuscripts, transcribed with great care. an exceedingly fine and elegantly written example is preserved in the imperial library; it is enrich

ed in any clear and precise manner; no one should boast of its possession, nor should its consecration ever be transmitted except under conditions of absolute discretion and confidence. 50 the ritual of transcendental magic the sword is less occult and is made in the following manner: it must be of pure steel, with a cruciform copper hilt having three pommels, as represented in the enchiridion of leo iii, or with the guard of a double crescent, as in our own figure. on the middle knot of the guard, which should be covered with a golden plate, the sign of the macrocosm must be inscribed on one side and that of the microcosm on the other. the hebrew monogram of michael, as found in agrippa, must be engraved on the pommel; on one side of the blade must be these characters: xjaj va xnxv pvsv'h

our desire, we say, is that the phantom of satan may no longer be called also the baker for ministers of morality and representatives of the highest virtue. will they appreciate our intention and forgive the boldness of our aspirations in consideration of our devoted intentions and the sincerity of our faith? the devil-making magic which dictated the grimoire of pope honorius, the enchiridion of leo iii, the exorcisms of the ritual, the verdicts of inquisitors, the suits of laubardement, the articles of the veuillot brothers, the books of mm. de falloux, de montalembert, de mirville, the magic of sorcerers and of pious persons who are not sorcerers, is truly a thing to be condemned in some and infinitely deplored in others. it is above all to combat these unhappy aberrations of the human

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rse that exists within the confines of our potentially immortal beings [the gong is struck thrice. the invocator again takes up the air dagger, and along with the assembled initiates, faces the altar in the south. the invocator, using the air dagger, invokes the element of fire by drawing an inverse invoking pentagram of fire, completing the invoking pentagram by drawing in its center the sign of leo. fire incense is placed on the charcoal of the southerly censer by an assistant. the invocator elevates the red candle, symbol of fire, which has been lit from the fires of the black flame, and says] we invoke thee, oh bitom, mighty spirit of creation, change, and of desire. come forth at our summoning, and bestow thy essence unto this flame, that all assembled here may partake of that same es

reate the impression that the chamber is suspended in a timeless and spaceless void, in total darkness, far from any influence that might affect the working. 3. during the invoking of the elemental forces the same technique of visualization of the invoking pentagrams should be used, with the addition of the elemental symbols that are to be drawn in the center of the pentagrams, namely the sign of leo for fire, the sign of aquarius for air, the sign of taurus for earth, and the sign of the eagle for water. 4. just prior to the drawing down of the elemental forces, in order that they may be combined and balanced within the table of union, all participants should visualize all the elemental pentagrams and signs as glowing together in their respective locations. following the invocator's motio

nielsen ii date: april 30, xxv reading list: especially so in europe where many customs are of uncertain origin and the blending of christian saints with pagan myths is a cultural phenomenon. this year the night of walpurgisnacht fell on a monday. the new moon fell on april 24, at 10:28 pm cst. this put the moon at the beginning of the 2nd quarter the night of april 30- may 1. the moon moved into leo at this time. leo is considered a barren sign, and is of the element fire. the sun had moved into taurus, which is an earth sign. so the elements of fire and earth were present, astrologically. mercury, saturn, uranus, and neptune were also in earth signs; mercury in taurus, and the rest in capricorn, so there was a preponderance of earth. venus, mars and pluto were in the water signs of pisce

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as used by arab and berber mystics. this cell is the octagon of the cells and the importance of the 8 watchers are properly introduced as the preservators of the i and also the expressions of the essence of the elder gods and through this guardians of the spaces of the double-houses. these conjurations are called properly enough octriga this cell are connected to the letter teth, connected to the leo, the serpent and lust, in addition we have the letter resh connected with the sun and the head. this cell speaks of the integration of the infernal lust in the building of the magus. the apples of eden has been eaten and the serpent is glowing in its gnostic rain of golden and moon-like jewels. it s hue ready to shine forever upon the path of the crooked way. the importance of the oracle is cl

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ff 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 verses 1st angel name: vahuaih sign: leo planet: saturn degree: 0 5 meaning: god the exalter psalm 3:4: and thou, 0 tetragrammaton, art a shield about me, my glory and he who lifteth up my head. 5 2nd angel name: yelauiel sign: leo planet: saturn degree: 5 10 meaning: strength psalm 22:20: and thou, 0 tetragrammaton, be not far off, 0 my strength, to help me make haste. 3rd angel name: satiel sign: leo planet: jupiter degree: 10 15 m

yelauiel sign: leo planet: saturn degree: 5 10 meaning: strength psalm 22:20: and thou, 0 tetragrammaton, be not far off, 0 my strength, to help me make haste. 3rd angel name: satiel sign: leo planet: jupiter degree: 10 15 meaning: refuge, fortress, confidence psalm 9 1:2: i will say unto tetragrammaton, my refuge and fortress, my god, i will be confident in him. 4th angel name: nghelamiah sign: leo planet: jupiter degree: 15 20 meaning: concealed, saving psalm 6:5: return 0 tetragrammaton, deliver my soul, 6 save me because of thy mercy. 5th angel name: mahasiah sign: leo planet: mars degree: 20 25 meaning: seeking safety from trouble. psalm 34:5: 1 sought tetragrammaton, and he answered me and out of all my fears he delivered me. names and meanings of the 72 verses 7- 8 6th angel name:

piter degree: 15 20 meaning: concealed, saving psalm 6:5: return 0 tetragrammaton, deliver my soul, 6 save me because of thy mercy. 5th angel name: mahasiah sign: leo planet: mars degree: 20 25 meaning: seeking safety from trouble. psalm 34:5: 1 sought tetragrammaton, and he answered me and out of all my fears he delivered me. names and meanings of the 72 verses 7- 8 6th angel name: lelahel sign: leo planet: mars degree: 25 30 meaning: praiseworthy, declaring. psalm 9:12: sing psalms unto tetragrammaton who inhabiteth, shew forth among the nations his deeds. 7th angel name: akaiah sign: virgo planet: sun degree: 0-5 meaning: long suffering psalm: 103:8: merciful and gracious is tetragrammaton, long 7 suffering and plentiful of mercy. 8th angel name: kehethel sign: virgo planet: sun degree:

SCHLAGER NEIL WORLD RELIGIONS REFERENCE LIBRARY

he founder of the movement, helena blavatsky (1831 1891, persuaded gandhi to begin reading the bhagavad gita, one of the holy books of hinduism. while in london, gandhi not only became more interested in his own religion, but also in christianity and buddhism. some of the other vegetarians he became friends with were christians who were inspired by the religious principles of the russian novelist leo tolstoy. tolstoy preached nonviolence and living a simple life with few possessions. gandhi also became familiar with the writings of the american social critic and nature writer, henry david thoreau (1817 1862. thoreau s essay civil disobedience taught the value of nonviolent resistance to government policies with which one does not agree. gandhi was also mahatma gandhi 130 world religions: b

ant indulgences, nor did they in any way question the pope s authority. soon luther s work was translated from latin and distributed throughout germany and all of europe, which was made possible by the recent invention of the printing press. the publication of the ninety-five theses started a great debate in the catholic church. 228 world religions: biographies martin luther the pope at the time, leo x (1475 1521; served 1513 21, thought that luther was just a drunken german and ordered a well-known italian theologian, sylvester mazzolini (1460 1523, to investigate the matter. mazzolini concluded that luther s statements were in opposition to the church s doctrine on indulgences, which had been set by pope clement vi (1291 1352) in 1343 in a papal bull, or an official letter from the pope

biographies thich nhat hanh for more information books nhat hanh, thich. going home: jesus and buddha as brothers. new york, ny: riverhead books, 1999. periodicals gottlieb, roger s. mad as hell? tikkun (may 2002: 75. hey, barbara. paths of peace: the wisdom of thich nhat hanh. better nutrition (march 2003: 42. johnson, kay. a long journey home. time international (january 24, 2005: 47. lefebure, leo d. review of living buddha, living christ, by thich nhat hanh. christian century (october 16, 1996: 964. long, michael g. review of creating true peace: ending violence in yourself, your family, your community, and the world, by thich nhat hanh. christian century (november 29, 2003: 38. web sites abernathy, robert. thich nhat hanh. religion and ethics newsweekly. http/ www.pbs.org/wnet/religio

he development and organization of reform judaism in the united states. reform judaism believes that the torah, the jewish holy book, was written by several authors, rather than just one. its followers do not adhere to many of the commandments, or laws, laid out in the torah, unlike some other branches of judaism. isaac wise. bettmann/corbis. 391 birth and early life isaac mayer weiss was born to leo weiss, a schoolteacher, and regina weiss on march 29, 1819, in steigrub, a town in bohemia. bohemia was at the time part of the austro-hungarian empire but later became a part of the czech republic. as a youngster weiss was a gifted student who showed interest in a range of subjects. his father tutored him in jewish scripture, collectively known as the tanakh, or hebrew bible, and the talmud

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man. 3. he produced zain, predominant in movement crowned it, combined and formed it with gemini in the universe, sivan in the year, and the left foot of man. 4. he produced cheth, predominant in sight, crowned it, combined and formed it with cancer in the universe, tammuz in the year, and the right hand of man. 5. he produced teth, predominant in hearing, crowned it, combined and formed with it leo in the universe, ab in the year, and the left kidney in man. 6. he produced yod, predominant in work, crowned it, combined and formed with it virgo in the universe, elul in the year, and the left hand of man. 7. he produced lamed, predominant in sexual desire, crowned it, combined and formed with it libra in the universe, tishri in the year, and the private parts of man (kalisch gives "gall) 8

he treatise, and by another author. 55. the lord most high. oliu adun. adun or adon, or adonai, adni, are commonly translated lord; eliun, oliun, is the more usual form of "the most high one" 56. him. rittangelius gives "credidit in tetragrammaton" but this word is shin shor taurus oin oqereb scorpio tau thaumim gemini qoph qesheth sagittarius samech sartan cancer gimel gedi capricorn aleph aryeh leo daleth dali aquarius beth bethuleh virgo daleth dagim pisces not in the hebrew. 57. tongue. the verbal covenant. 58. speech. the hebrew has "upon his tongue" 59. the hebrew version of rabbi judah ha levi concludes with the phrase "and said of him, before i formed thee in the belly, i knew thee" rabbi luria gives the hebrew version which i have translated. postellus gives "he drew him into the

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ian armed forces. 7-3-59 #14-3641 "maschi" semproni, domenico. tribunal of the vicarate of the vatican. 4-16-60# 00-12 "dose" sensi, giuseppe mario. titular archbishop of sardi (asia minor near smyrna. papal nunzio to portugal. 11-2-67# 18911-47 "gimase" sposito, luigi. pontifical commission for the archives of the church in italy. head administrator of the apostolic seat of the vatican. suenens, leo. cardinal. title: protector of the church of st. peter in chains, outside rome. promotes protestant pentecostalism (charismatics. destroyed much church dogma when he worked in 3 sacred congregations: 1) propagation of the faith; 2) rites and ceremonies in the liturgy; 3) seminaries. 6-15-67# 21-64 "lesu" trabalzini, dino. bishop of rieti (reate, peruga, italy. auxiliary bishop of southern rome

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ot be mixtured; but that there exists a harmonic relationship which is expressed in lxv v 23-29. by equilibrating all pairs of opposites, this harmony may be reached. the process is one of continuous growth. this, on its turn, is expressed in lxv iii 1-20. the four elements fire, water, air and earth (or tejas, apas, vayu and prithvi) correspond magically to the four cherubic signs of the zodiac, leo, scorpio, aquarius, and taurus; to the four powers of the sphinx, to dare, to will, to know and to keep silent; to the four magickal weapons the wand, the cup, the dagger and the pantacle; to the four cherubs who serve the logos (see the seal of the order of thelema; and to the four great princes of the demoniac world, whose obligation it is to serve the adept (cf the sacred magic of abramelin

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ions may change with time but they will not change if there is no one left to change them. this is our challenge and our test of fire. blessings, peace and silence in the name of our lord to mega therion and in the name of our seven times holy lady babalon love is the law, love under wiot1 t h e b o o k o f p l e a s u r e (self-love) the psychology of ecstasy by austin osman spare an iv12 sol 15 leo, luna 6 taurus dies veneris friday, august 06, 2004 e.v. this digital edition was created especially for initiates of the order of phosphorus by frater a.s.a. iv, for the purpose of education and initiatory pursuits. this edition is not to be sold or spread further than to initiates of toph. in my own foundations of what became luciferian witchcraft, the gnosis of chaos and of order may be fou

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inda palihawadana, trans. buddhism: the dhammapada. new york: oxford university press for the book of the month club, 1992. crim, keith. the perennial dictionary of world religions. san francisco: harper collins, 1989. eerdmans handbook to the world s religions. grand rapids, mich: wm. b. eerdmans publishing co, 1994. larousse dictionary of beliefs and religions. new york: larousse, 1994. rosten, leo, ed. religions of america. new york: simon& schuster, 1975. sullivan, lawrence e, ed. death, afterlife, and the soul. new york: macmillan, 1989. wilson, andrew, ed. world scripture: a comparative anthology of sacred texts. new york: paragon house, 1995. christianity the core of the christian faith is the belief in the resurrection of jesus (c. 6 b.c.e. c. 30 c.e) after his death on the cross a

es scribner s sons, 1969. clifton, charles s. encyclopedia of heresies and heretics. new york: barnes& noble, 1992. crim, keith, ed. the perennial dictionary of world religions. san francisco: harper collins, 1989. pelikan, jaroslav, ed. christianity: the apocrypha and the new testament. new york: oxford university press and cambridge university press for the book of the month club, 1992. rosten, leo, ed. religions of america. new york: simon& schuster, 1975. hinduism in india s religious classic work, the bhagavad gita( song of the lord, the nature of the soul is defined: it is born not, nor does it ever die, nor shall it, after having been brought into being, come not to be hereafter. the unborn, the permanent, the eternal, the ancient, it is slain not when the body is slain. t h e g a l

n-law of a russian nobleman. alexander dumas (1802 1870, the french novelist, was home s best man. the marriage ceremony was performed with both roman catholic and greek orthodox rites a gesture that home intended as an expression of his good will toward the church, in spite of the interminable religious controversies in which he was embroiled. it was in the presence of the russian novelist count leo tolstoy that home first produced the phenomenon with which he has come to be most commonly associated in the annals of psychical research. in full view of several sitters and with tolstoy s hands firmly 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 112 mediums and mystics clasping his feet, home levitated from his chair until he was seen floating abo

expression for christians and did not denote a superiority over those who did not practice it. however, today s approximately 500,000 practicing pentecostals continue to believe in the power of the holy spirit to bring about a baptism of the spirit like that received by the apostles that enabled them to speak in tongues. sources: dyer, luther b. tongues. jefferson city, mo: le roi, 1971. rosten, leo. religions of america. new york: simon& schuster, 1975. sherrill, john l. they speak with other tongues. new york: pyramid books, 1965. speaking in tongues gethsemane (matthew 26: 36 44, and on the cross (luke 24:30) to name only some of the most significant prayers recorded by the gospel writers. but as often as jesus declared that prayer could work mysteries and wonders, he also admonished h

ionists as a cult; what is regarded as antisocial or blasphemous expression by some may be hailed as sincere spiritual witness by others. m delving deeper brandon, s. g. f. religion in ancient history. new york: charles scribner s sons, 1969. gaster, dr. theodor h, ed. the new golden bough. new york: criterion books, 1959. morrow, lance. in the name of god. time, 15 march 1993, pp. 24 25. rosten, leo, ed. religions of america. new york: simon& schuster, 1975. steiger, brad. the fellowship: spiritual contact between humans and outer space beings. new york: doubleday, 1988. egyptian mystery schools for more than 3,000 years, the mystery schools of egypt have epitomized the ultimate in secret wisdom and knowledge. as in ancient times, certain contemporary scholars and researchers insist that

s likely to be a sincere and serious form of worship to another; just because this strange religious practice may be an eclectic blend of several traditions does not make it any less serious to its practitioners. m delving deeper crim, keith, ed. the perennial dictionary of world religions. san francisco: harper collins, 1989. harvey, graham. indigenous religions. new york: cassell, 2000. rosten, leo, ed. religions of america. new york: simon& schuster, 1975. sharma, arvind, ed. women in world religions. albany: state university of new york press, 1987. ghost dance in 1890 jack wovoka wilson (1856 1932, a paiute who worked as a ranch hand for a white rancher, came down with an illness accompanied by a terrible fever. for three days, the native american lay as if dead. when he returned to c

e rest. jones claimed to be receiving messages from extraterrestrials that described a process called translation, in which he and his followers would all die together and their spirits would be taken to another planet to enjoy a life of bliss. jones directed rehearsals of a mass suicide, having followers pretend to drink poison and fall to the ground. on november 14, 1978, california congressman leo ryan and several representatives of the media visited jonestown to investigate claims of civil rights violations that had reached the united states. on november 18, a temple member made an attempt on ryan s life, and the visitors decided to leave jonestown immediately. while they were boarding two planes on the jungle airstrip, some heavily armed members of the temple s security guards arrived

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rom outer space ufocontactees are instilled with an almost religious fervor to spread messages given to them by space beings. many as several hundred thousand to more than three million adults in the united states alone have had abduction experiences with ufo beings. while such a figure seems mindboggling to say the least, some ufo researchers say that the true figure would be much higher. dr. r. leo sprinkle, formerly on staff at the university of wyoming in laramie and now in private practice, has speculated that there may be hundreds of thousands of people who have had a ufo encounter but who were not even aware of it at the time. sprinkle lists several characteristics common among people who have had such experiences: 1. an episode of missing time. under hypnosis many people remember d

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se of women. discouraged by margaret fs rejection of his work, agrippa went first to england, then to cologne where he continued his lectures and his studies. in 1515, his military prowess while serving in maximilian fs campaign in italy earned him a knighthood on the battlefield. coincident with this honor, the cardinal of st. croix asked agrippa to serve as representative to the council of pope leo x (1475.1521. agrippa was pleased to do so, for he saw this as an opportunity to rectify matters with the church whose clergy he had offended in the past, but when the council was disbanded before he could state his defense, he abandoned both his military and ecclesiastical careers. agrippa returned to teaching, lecturing on hermes trismegistus at turin and pavia, and t h e g a l e e n c y c l

by order of the holy inquisition and imprisoned in the castle of saint angelo. inquisitors examined cagliostro for 18 months, and he was condemned to death on april 7, 1791. however, his sentence was commuted to perpetual imprisonment in the castle of saint angelo. unable to accept such a fate, cagliostro attempted to escape. he was placed in solitary confinement in a cistern in the castle of san leo near montefeltro where he suffered with little food, air, or movement. sometime in 1795, the governor took pity on the prisoner and had him removed to a cell on ground level. it was here, around march 6, the unhappy magi died. although the records are incomplete, it is thought that his wife, lorenza, who had been sentenced to the convent of st. appolonia, a penitentiary for women in rome, died

(356.323 b.c.e, it was found that chaldean astrologers had divided the signs of the zodiac into four triangles of three each and called the 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 prophecy and divination 119 ancients held the celestial bodies in great regard. groupings by the same names as were empedocles fs four elements. aries, sagittarius, and leo were termed fire signs; cancer, scorpio, and pisces, water; libra, aquarius, and gemini, air; and capricorn, taurus, and virgo comprised the signs of earth. in essence, astrology deals with the relationship between the positions of the sun, moon, and planets and the life of an individual. astrology has its philosophical root in the premise that each individual is a universe in miniature and mi

enters this sign. cancers have great imaginations, and they glory in fantasies of love and romance. cancers hate to be flustered, and they like to take their time over important decisions. cancer people usually strive to be cheerful and avoid depressions. because of their natural affinity for water, whenever possible they make their homes on the coast or close to a lake or a large body of water. leo, the lion, july 23 to august 23, is a fire sign. leo, the fifth sign of the zodiac, represents the lion, king of beasts, and according to roman astrologers, the savage lion of nemea, slain by hercules. the typical leo is a rather impressive person who dearly loves to t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d prophecy and divination 121 thefour ki

sents the lion, king of beasts, and according to roman astrologers, the savage lion of nemea, slain by hercules. the typical leo is a rather impressive person who dearly loves to t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d prophecy and divination 121 thefour kinds of temperament are sanguine, choleric, phlegmatic, and melancholic. be in the limelight. leo people generally have plenty of energy and strongwill power, and they make trustworthy and loyal friends. leos cherish high ideals and love means a great deal to them. because they tend to be adaptable, they make good marriage partners. leo people are excellent and convivial hosts, who love to entertain others with big parties. virgo, the virgin, august 24 to september 22, is an earth sign. vi

nstrated. h the gstar gospel, h outlined in the history of creation and origin of species (1967) by reuben luther katter, attaches religious interpretations to the 12 signs of the zodiac. katter stated that the star gospel, also called adamic theology, antedates the old testament by 2,500 years. the star gospel uses the same 12 zodiacal signs as does astrology, but begins with virgo and ends with leo. katter stated that, according to tradition, jacob and his 12 sons carried zodiacal tablets and banners into egypt and carried them out in the exodus. like astrology, the star gospel holds that the 12 signs stand for 12 positions of the sun in relation to earth. while western astrology evolved from the egyptians, babylonians, chaldeans, and greeks, chinese astrology developed independently of

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 124 prophecy and divination thechinese zodiac is comprised of a 12-year cycle. in the middle ages, magi, alchemists, scholars, and even the papacy embraced astrology. pope julius ii (1443.1513) trusted his astrologers to set the date for his coronation; pope paul iii (1468.1549) was guided throughout life by his horoscope; and pope leo x (1475.1521) established a chair of astrology at a major university. church scholars began to associate the signs of the zodiac with the 12 apostles, and cathedrals throughout europe were decorated with zodiacal symbols. danish astronomer tycho brahe (1546. 1601, who built the first astronomical observatory in the western world, practiced and defended astrology. brahe fs exact planetary figur

broken relationships will result. sapphire. this deep blue corundum is astrologically associated with the sign virgo. a sapphire pendant is a reputed cure for fever, seizures, and delusions. mounted in a ring, the gem bestows wisdom and compassion. when danger is imminent, this amulet reportedly takes on a chalky appearance, which remains until the hazard has subsided. sardonyx. the birthstone of leo people, this gem is a popular remedy for impotence. ancient occultists believed that a sardonyx amulet could be worn to alleviate this affliction in less than a week. mounted in a ring, sardonyx has no power; however, worn as a pendant, the stone combats sterility. given as a gift, the sardonyx amulet is thought to guarantee the recipient fs fidelity. topaz. this gem is the birthstone of scorp

the roadways have not been firmly dated, love agreed with previous estimates that the statue-moving activity ended about 1500. after several months of on-site investigation, love readily conceded that the mysteries of easter island had not been solved. 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 places of mystery and power 237 m delving deeper deuel, leo. conquistadors without swords: archaeologists in the americas. new york: st. martin fs press, 1967. gthe easter island mystery. h [online] http//www. discoveringarchaeology.com/ articles/122900- easter.shtml. heyerdhal, thor. kon-tiki: across the pacific by raft. 35th anniversary ed. chicago: rand mcnally, 1984. ingpen, robert, and philip wilkinson. encyclopedia of mysterious places. new york:

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life of all. we praise and we bless thee in the changeless empire of created light; and we aspire without cessation unto thy imperishable and immutable brilliance. amen. part i: fire a 1. see a shaft of light descend once more to the heart center or solar plexus. 2. formulate a flaming sphere of brilliant red. see the ball extending from front to back. 3. superimpose on the red sphere the sign of leo 62 in the complementary color of emerald green. 4. vibrate "elohim" and the angelic names "michael" and "aral" 5. when you feel the ball is alive and real, and spiritual power is pouring through you, and when you feel the power of the names, 6. say the prayer of the salamanders: holy art thou, lord of the fire, wherein thou hast shown forth the throne of thy glory. yod-heh-vav-heh tzabaoth. le

ii: fire a see your shaft descend once more to the solar plexus, or just above the end of the sternum, the little breast bone. see the ball extending from front to back-a big ball of red fire, a brilliant flaming red. see the shaft in white and the balls in different colors. the color of this center is red. this is the sphere of fire. i want you to see inside the center of this ball the symbol of leo (62) in emerald green, and vibrate the name: elohim (0775 )t.h en your archangel: michael (5k37?3)a nd the angelic name: aral( 5 1 vi)br.at e the names, and when you feel their power start on the prayer of the salamanders. part w: water v the shaft descends once more to the region of the hps, the generative region, and there you will see another ball formed. ths time it will be in a very lovel

otes as well. since all the colors allotted to the planets and elements were included in the twelve colors of the rainbow associated with the signs, they were assigned notes based on color (in the king scale of the golden dawn, thus: 244 the balance between mind and g i c color note sign planet element red c aries mars fire red-orange c# taurus orange d gemini sun yellow-orange d# cancer yellow e leo mercury air yellow-green f virgo green f# libra venus blue-green g scorpio blue g# sagittarius moon water blue-violet a capricorn saturn violet a# aquarius jupiter red-violet b pisces in the golden dawn system, the twenty-two letters of the hebrew alphabet are each associated with a sign, planet, or element. by extending the correspondences in the preceding chart to the associated hebrew lette

are each associated with a sign, planet, or element. by extending the correspondences in the preceding chart to the associated hebrew letters, we get the following: hebrew letter note astrology color h aleph e air yellow 2 beth e mercury yellow 3 gimel g# moon blue 7 daleth f# venus green 3 heh c aries red 1 vav c# taurus red-orange t zayin d gemini orange n cheth d# cancer yellow-orange d teth e leo yellow 9 yod f virgo yellow-green a# jupiter violet ?7 lkaamphe d f# libra green d mem g# water blue 3, nun g scorpio blue-green b samekh g# sagittarius blue ff ayin a capricorn blue-violet peh c mars red 3 tzaddi a# aquarius violet appendix 245 i' qoph b pisces red-violet 1 resh d sun orange u shin c fire red n tav a saturn blue-violet in assigning the notes, no octave is specified (see figur

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r in a parking lot and asked the time, then ordered her to take the items and bring them to her. mrs. cromartie testified she fell into a daze when the young woman released a jasminelike scent from her left hand "i just sort of lost my will. it was a terrifying experience" she testified. mrs. cromartie joined the key biscayne white house housekeeping staff about a year ago, according to fbi agent leo mc clairen. he testified her background was impeccable. dr. albert jaslow, a psychiatrist, said he examined her and found she could be hypnotized "quickly and easily" and believed she was telling the truth "but it wasn't the same when he hypnotized me" mrs. cromartie said "i couldn't remember anything afterwards. whatever that young woman did to me, it was like being in a sleepwalk, only awake

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l pagan holidays. these occur on the eves of february 2nd, may 1st, august 1st, and november 1st, and are called candlemas, beltane, lammas and samhain (or hallows, respectively. the name lammas has a curious origin in the dunes at sumer. it is not less than the name of one of the four mythological beasts of the astrological fixed signs, lamas being the name of the half-lion, half-man guardian of leo (the sign governing most of august, when the feast of lammas takes place, and ustur being that of aquarius (february, sed that of taurus (may) and nattig that of scorpio (november. i do not believe that this is a fantastic assumption, the sumerian origin of the feast of lammas. indeed, it seems just as valid as the ideas of idries shah concerning craft etymology as presented in his book, the s

n adar 4. sphere of jupiter marduk 5. sphere of mars nergal 6. sphere of the sun utu 7. sphere of venus inanna 8. sphere of mercury nebo 9. sphere of the moon nanna 10. sphere of the elements kia 11. air anna 12. mercury gudud 13. moon sin 14. venus dlibat 15. aries agru (xubur) 16. taurus kakkab u alap shame (kingu) 17. gemini re'u kinu shame u tu'ame rabuti (viper) 18. cancer shittu (snake) 19. leo kalbu rabu (lakhamu) 20. virgo shiru (whirlwind) 21. jupiter umunpaddu 22. libra zibanitum (ravening dog) 23. water badur 24. scorpio akrabu (scorpion-man) 25. sagittarius pa-bil-sag (hurricane) 26. capricorn suxur mash (fish-man) 27. mars mastabarru 28. aquarius gula (horned beast) 29. pisces dilgan u rikis nuni (weapon) 30. sun shamash 30. fire ag 30. saturn kaimanu 30 (bis) earth kia 30 (bi

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

e key of all mysteries locked in the esoteric sign of the sabbatic goat, the baphomet of mendes, the signatures of solve and coagula. gthe everlasting yea and nay. h a.m.e.n. my faults are more numerous than i care to think of; yet it is without fear or trepidation that i offer this essay to the public. it has been a difficult task. in simple words and complex symbols crowley has written with st. leo. gknow, o man, thy dignity; h and this i have in this essay attempted to explain, though many i am afraid will misunderstand me, and more still misinterpret my modest efforts. for these latter ones i can but exclaim: gcaeterum scis quid ego cogitem, scortum scorteum; di tibi dent, nudosque lares inopemque senectam et longas hyemes perpetuam que sitim. h and for those former, bid them contempla

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y, intellect and emotions. the twelve flowers of the wreath above are the twelve zodiacal signs in which all experience is gained. the three blossoms of each flower indicate that both souls, as represented joined in the winged linga, have garnered the flowers of zodiacal experience on all planes, physical, astral and spiritual. the head of the lion signifies the creative forces of the solar sign, leo, and the courage which is necessary to all real attainment. the head of the bull represents the fructifying agent of nature and points out the necessity of labor in all progress. the eagle signifies that sex, as signified by the sign scorpio, has been turned into channels which lead to spirituality. and the head of the man indicates that both intuition and intelligence are necessary guides in

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many occultists still maintain that at some time in the distant past a mistake was made and the eagle and angel were inverted from their rightful places in the zodiac. there is no way to prove or disprove this claim, so it seems best to use the traditional interpretations. in the heavens the four beasts are placed at the corners of the zodiac, each rep- resenting one of the elemental triads: lion-leo, eagle-scorpio, angel-aquarius, and bull-taurus. this assignment has been changeless for thousands of years. the beasts are also placed at the corners of the earth, and here some difficulty arises. there is considerable argument about the proper placement of the elements and their related symbols around the compass. there is little point in going into the various ways the beasts have been plac

e of the earth. this sounds obvi- ous, but the reason it has not been done is because the signs in the heavens must be inverted before they can be applied to the earth. imagine that you are looking at the zodiac in the sky, and further imagine that the zodiac is not an arc across the heavens, but is elevated high enough above the earth so that it becomes a circle. if the zodiac is rotated so that leo, the lion, emblem of fire, falls to the bottom (equivalent to the south) and the beasts are applied to the compass, then the eagle, emblem of water, will touch the east. but this is clearly wrong: the west is accepted as the quarter assigned to elemental water. however, if you imagine the zodiac shrinking and falling flat onto the earth and yourself viewing it from the back, the eagle touches

d through the zodiac, a system of twelve archetypal forces loosely related to patterns of stars in the night sky. it should be understood that the symbolic figures and beasts of the zodiac did not arise from contemplation of the night sky, but were projected onto the star patterns by ancient chaldean philosophers who discerned in humanity and in table of dodecagram sign aries taurus gemini cancer leo virgo libra scorpio sagittarius capricorn aquarius pisces element and motion form wild tame artist land-water wild priest lawyer land warrior tame laborer water level beast beast man creature beast man man creature man beast man creature color key i red red-purple purple blue-purple blue blue-green green yellow-green yellow yellow-orange orange red-orange being having thinking feeling commandi

not lessen their importance as archetypes. the zodiac of the chaldeans is at least 4,000 years old, and has scarcely changed. here are the signs, names, and representations of the zodiac given in tradi- tional order, proceeding counterclockwise around the heavens: aries ram ll libra scales itj taurus bull ?tl scorpio scorpion n gemini twins 2 sagittarius archer cancer crab 25 capricorn sea-goat q leo lion zz aquarius water-bearer iijj virgo virgin x pisces fishes the tree of the sephiroth may be viewed as a terrestrial and human symbol based on the division of fives (the number of man, while the zodiac may be con- sidered a heavenly and divine symbol based on the division of sixes (the number of god. this distinction is simplistic but can be useful in practical magic. the tree is consulted

ng swasti- ka, with the sun placed at the point of intersection. it has been modified to render its structure more apparent, and mercury has been put in place of the sun to reflect the present mercury-central system of magic. each arm bears the signs that are ascribed to one of the elements-fire, water, air, or earth. they are read out from the center of the cross: b i'.iv.i. vo- a: fire a aries, leo, sagittarius b: water v cancer, scorpio, pisces c: air a libra, aquarius, gemini d: earth 7 capricorn, taurus, virgo the three concentric circles of four signs each are ascribed to the three kinds of motion-linear, rotary, and vibratory. in astrology these motions are called cardinal, fixed, and mutable. the circles are read clockwise in a spiral out from the center of the cross, beginning wit

oncentric circles of four signs each are ascribed to the three kinds of motion-linear, rotary, and vibratory. in astrology these motions are called cardinal, fixed, and mutable. the circles are read clockwise in a spiral out from the center of the cross, beginning with the first sign, aries- 43% y- p- a- x: cardinal (linear motion- aries, cancer, libra, capricorn y fixed (rotary motion) 0 taurus, leo, scorpio, aquarius z: mutable (vibratory motion) v gemini, virgo, sagittarius, pisces v 1 v v @irn0lxl- v this division into the four elements and the three motions is more common- ly shown in astrology by means of the grand symbol of the double dodecagram of four triangles and three squares, as shown in the illustration on page 141. each triangle indicates one of the elemental divisions, and

the column: cardinal mutable fixed i-h-v-i3 i-h-a-v i-v-iti-h h-v-&i h-v-i-a h-fi-i-v v-fi-i-h v-fi- v-i-h-fi a-i-h-v a-i-v-h a-h-v-i these banners may be assigned to the elemental triangles of the zodiac in a sunwise direction. those that start with the hebrew letter yod are placed clockwise on the three fire signs, beginning with aries (ihva, then proceeding to sagittar- ius (ih, and finally to leo (iv. the banners that start with the first he are placed clockwise on the three water signs, beginning with cancer (hv, then pisces (hvia, and finally scorpio (h&v. the banners that start with the hebrew letter vau are placed clockwise on the three air signs, beginning with libra (v&h, then gemini (v&i, and finally aquarius (viha. the banners that start with the second he (indicated by the dot

which is the second he in each banner. fortunately, the tetragram provides a simple, graphic method for making this distinction. the traditional golden dawn way of invoking or banishing one of the powers of the zodiac is through the sign of the pentagram that accords with the element under which that zodiac power falls. for example, in the new system of the penta- gram given earlier, the power of leo would be invoked by drawing the pentagram clockwise from the point of elemental fire, then psychically and physically inscrib- ing the symbol of leo in its center. when manipulating the zodiac powers in this manner, it is advisable always to use the appropriate form of the tetragrammaton so that the signs and the fourfold names of god become ritually linked. after the magus draws the pentagram

ample, the cardinal banner of fire, ihva, which is linked with aries on the zodiac, produces a line that extends clockwise around the outside edge of the tetragram to enclose it. the mutable banner of fire, ih, linked to sagittarius, yields a zigzag shape that cuts once through the middle of the tetragram, dividing it into upper and lower halves. the fixed banner of fire, 1vh3, which is linked to leo, gives a cross pattern on the tetragram that cuts twice through the center point and divides the tetragram into four quarters: cardinal mutable fixed if you think of the diamond of the tetragram as a circle, you will see that the cardinal motion is essentially circular, an apt representation of the sun; the muta- ble motion divides the figure into two crescents, and thus represents the active

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to watch the display in a grandstand of wood erected for the purpose. the ruling intelligences of this trump are the sphinxes harnessed to the ceremonial chariot. when you ask a question of them, the answer, if it is favorable, is delivered from the mouth of the white sphinx. but if it predicts ill fortune, the black sphinx will utter it. viii strength hebrew letter: teth (snake) correspondence: leo path: nineteenth a graceful woman in a long white gown, with a garland of roses in her hair, gently closes the gaping jaws of a male lion with her bare hands. the tongue of the lion lolls out the side of his mouth to lick her on the hand. on the waite design, the garland of roses around her waist extends down to wrap around the neck of the lion, joining her to the lion. the landscape in which

ncer "the eighteenth path is called the intelligence or house of influence (by the greatness of whose abundance the influx of good things upon created beings is increased, and from its midst the arcana and hidden senses are drawn forth, which dwell in its shade and which cling to it, from the cause of all causes" 19. chesed to geburah hebrew letter: teth tarot trump: viii strength correspondence: leo "the nineteenth path is the intelligence of the secret of all the activities of the spiritual beings, and is so called because of the influence diffused by it from the most high and exalted sublime glory" 20. chesed to tiphareth hebrew letter: yod tarot trump: ix the hermit correspondence: virgo "the twentieth path is the intelligence of will, and is so called because it is the means of prepar

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tay-ay-ay, pay-do h-cay" inhale another deep breath, and hold it four beats while visualizing the hebrew letters of the name elohim (a= k, l= 5, h= 7, m= d) written from right to left within the sphere of your heart-center. the letters flame brilliantly with a dazzling blue-white radiance. inscribe with your index finger in the center of the ruby pentagram of fire the red glyph of the zodiac sign leo-an arched line with a curl on each end that vaguely resembles the mane of a lion. draw this glyph of leo from left to right. as spirit earth fire figure 39-4. golden dawn invoking pentagram of fire 260 moving exercises you project this symbol into the pentagram, vibrate on your breath the letters of the divine name so that the sound resonates in your chest, throat, and nose, and expands outwar

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t. the results are tabulated below. the position of the second h in each of the twenty-four permutations of ntragrammaton is indicated by boldface type: ihvh: aries (fire-cardinal) 1. angel of mercy: qthh+ al (kethahe1)-ihvh 2. angel of severity: hthq+ ih (hatakiah)-ihvh ihhv: sagittarius (fire-mutable) 3. angel of mercy: qtzh+ al (kazahe1)-ihhv 4. angel of severity: htzq+ ih (hazekiahkihhv ivhh: leo (fire-fixed) 5. angel of mercy: qli+ al (kelie1)-ivhh 6. angel of severity: ilq+ ih (ye1ekiah)-ivhh hvhi: cancer (water-cardinal) 7. angel of mercy: dvi+ al (davie1)-hvhi 8. angel of severity: ivd+ ih (yodiahbhvhi 64 tetragrammaton hvih: pisces (water-mutable) 9. angel of mercy: dmv+ al (demuelbhvih 10. angel of severity: vmd+ ih (vamediah)-hvih hhiv scorpio (water-fixed) 11. angel of mercy: d

ghtly different order than they appear in genesis 49:3-27, where their father blesses them on his deathbed. this blessing has great occult significance, because it provides a key to the nature of each son and therefore to the tribe he represents. there seems to be a veiled reference in this blessing to the twelve signs of the zodiac. for example, judah is said to be a lion, perhaps a reference to leo; simeon and levi are said to be fire water air earth earth moon sun the breastplate of aaron brethren, which may refer to gemini, the sign of the twins; dan is said to be a judge (libra; joseph is linked to the bow (sagittarius; and two of the brothers, reuben and zebulun, are linked with water. i am not the only person to notice the allusions to the zodiac in the blessing of jacob. alfred j

ccult banners of tetragrammaton in hebrew letters, right to left, in the same dimension and style that was used to engrave the gold rings. on the inside of the hoops beneath the bezels of the silver rings, engrave, or have engraved, the twelve corresponding names of the wings of the winds who make up the angels of severity. zodiac gold (sun) silver (moon) 1. aries 2. taurus 3. gemini 4. cancer 5. leo 6. virgo 7. libra 8. scorpio 9. sagittarius 10. capricorn 11. aquarius 12. pisces ihvh (qthh+al) hhvi (shia+al) vhhi (vih+al) hvhi (dvi+al) ivhh (qli+al) hivh (shhv+al) vhih (vah+al) hhiv (dab) ihhv (qtzh+al) hihv (shbv+al) vihh (viv+al) hvih (dmv+al) ihvh (hthq+ih) hhvi (aish+ih) vhhi (hiv+ih) hvhi (ivd+ih) ivhh (ilq+ih) hivh (vhsh+ih) vhih (hav+ih) hhiv (bad+ih) ihhv (htzq+ih) hihv (vbsh+ih)

n and the moon. the sect of the sun contains jupiter, saturn, and mercury. the sect of the moon contains mars, venus, and mercury. there is another ancient division of the planets in astrology that assigns them under the sun and moon to the signs of the zodiac. by this arrangement, the zodiac is divided down the middle into a solar half (right side) and a lunar half (left side. the sun, ruling in leo, is placed over the five lesser planets in the signs from virgo to capricorn, while the moon, ruling in cancer, is placed over the mirror-opposite ordering of the same five planets in the signs from gemini to aquarius. mercury is the only planet belonging both to the sect of the sun and the sect of the moon. it is the crucible of solar and lunar forces, where these powers mingle and amalgamate

ovince of taurus and the second house of the zodiac, to which taurus corresponds- practical, productive works concerning material possessions and personal security. banner rings 101 it is impossible to be more precise about the day and hour the sun enters the signs of the zodiac, because this varies from year to year. the approximate times of entry are these: sun enters aries taurus gemini cancer leo virgo libra scorpio sagittarius. capricorn aquarius pisces date march 21 april 20 may 21 june 22 july 23 august 24 september 23 october 24 november 23 december 22 january 20 february 19 ideally, the gold rings should be changed at the very minute the sun enters the succeeding sign. these times can be obtained by consulting a good ephemeris such as raphael's, where the entry of the sun, moon, a

gs will remain no more than curiously decorated bits of j ewelry. the following ritual procedures are structured upon the system of occult correspondences given in my book, the new magus. this differs in several important respects from the more common golden dawn system. in the new magus system, the assignments to the quarters are: quarter element archangel tetramorph sign south fire michael lion leo west water gabriel eagle scorpio north air raphael angel aquarius east earth uriel bull taurus also, in the new magus system, the left and right sides of the kabbalistic cross are the inverse of those given by the golden dawn. in the new magus, the left shoulder is assigned to geburah and the right shoulder to 106 tetragrammaton gedulah. occultists familiar with the system of the golden dawn c

ity, and function. this is very useful in rituals where the angels must be visualized. on the following pages, i have used the new magus* occult correspondences for the four quarters. in the new magus system, the zodiac is applied to the magic circle by mentally laying the zodiac face down upon the floor of the ritual chamber and aligning it so that the fixed signs are in the four compass points: leo-south, scorpio-west, aquarius-north, and taurus-east. the sigils the invoking and banishing sigils for each wing are derived from the tetragram described in chapter five. refer to the diagram on page 33, which shows the invoking and banishing sigils for the twelve wings of mercy of the twelve overt banners of the name. remember that the wings of severity of the occult banners are the mirror op

e heart of issues, to reveal deception and pretense in all intellectual matters, to bring down false prophets, stop mail and communications fraud, to punish falsehoods in media and advertising. form and function of the wings angel: keliel (qli+al) pronounced: ke1'-i-el hebrew '78'513 enochian: c7-lc113 banner: ivhh polarity: sun ripe: mercy side: right sex: male element: fire quality: fixed sign: leo house: fifth direction: south invoking banishing stone: emerald (green) ifibe: levi apostle: james the lesser enochian god name: hctga enochian senior: liiansa appearance: well-proportioned, powerful figure above middle height, with a large head, large yellow-gray eyes, thick rusty-blond hair, a broad forehead, wide mouth with full lips, golden complexion, a very erect posture, and a proud man

ames, gambling, business speculations, and creative enterprises. impressive displays of personal talents or skills to win love or money. leadership. projection of a winning self-image. 128 tetragrammaton angel: yelekiah (ilq+ih) pronounced: ye-1ek'-i-ah hebrew: il'j? enochian: c32-ll37c1-l banner: nthh polarity: moon qpe: severity side: left invoking sex: female element: fire quality: fixed sign: leo house: fifth direction: south banishing stone: emerald (green) nibe: levi apostle: james the lesser enochian god name: hctga enochian senior: ahrnlicv appearance: tall, with broad shoulders; full hips; and prominent, well-separated breasts; a proud face with large amber-orange eyes; very pale eyebrows; a strong nose; a wide mouth with full but colorless lips; golden complexion; and long, tawny

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pope or the hierophant of the tarot: mars, the warrior of aries. tiphereth beauty, venus of taurus, the love of the holy spirit, the causal body of the man, the sixth card of the tarot, the lover. netzach victory, justice of the arcanum, the seventh card of the tarot, the chariot, saturn. hod glory, mercury of gemini, the eighth card of the tarot, the eternity of all. yesod foundation, the sun of leo, the ninth card of the tarot. the hermit. malkuth kingdom, the entire universe, mary or virgo, nature. these ten sephiroth live within our being and are our inner solar system. the tarot is intimately related with esoteric astrology and with initiation. arcanum 10 this is the first hour of apollonius. the study of transcendental occultism arcanum 11 this is the second hour of apollonius. power

carta del hombre. el papa o el hierofante del tarot: marte, el guerrero de aries. tiphereth venus de tauro, la belleza, el amor del esp ritu santo el cuerpo causal del hombre. la sexta carta del tarot. el enamorado. netzah la justicia del arcano. la s ptima carta del tarot, saturno: la victoria. hod mercurio de g minis. el carro del tarot. la octava carta y la eternidad del todo. jesod el sol de leo. la novena carta del tarot. el ermita o. malchuth el universo entero, mar a o virgo, la naturaleza. estos diez sephirotes viven dentro de nuestro ser y son nuestro sistema solar. el tarot est ntimamente relacionado con la astrolog a esot rica y con la iniciaci n. el arcano x (10) es la primera hora de apolonio, estudio trascendental del ocultismo. arcano xi (11) es la segunda hora de apolonio

hora de apolonio "aqu es necesario mantenerse quieto, inm vil, a causa del temor (esto significa la prueba terrible del guardi n del umbral, ante el cual se necesita mucho valor para vencerlo. arcano xvi (16) la torre fulminada. s ptima hora de apolonio. el fuego reconforta los seres animados, y si alg n sacerdote, hombre suficientemente purificado, lo roba y luego lo proyecta, y si lo mezcla al leo santo y luego lo consagra, lograr curar todas las enfermedades con s lo aplicarlo a la parte afectada (el iniciado ve aqu su fortuna material amenazada y sus negocios fracasan. arcano xvii (17) la estrella de la esperanza. octava hora de apolonio. arcano xviii (18) la estrella de los magos. novena hora de apolonio. las virtudes astrales de los elementos, de la simiente de todo g nero (estudio

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ld be 5-7 letters. begin with the first letter. find it in the color chart (see figure 2-b. you may need to compare the color yellow yellow blue green red red-orange orange yellow-orange yellow yellow-green violet green blue blue-green blue indigo red violet violet-red orange red indigo attributions of the hebrew letters sign, planet letter tarot# air mercury moon venus aries taurus gemini cancer leo virgo jupiter libra water scorpio sagittarius capricorn mars aquarius pisces sun fire saturn aleph beth gimel daleth heh vav zain cheth teth yod kaph lamed mem nun samekh ayin peh tzaddi qoph resh shin tau figure 2-b 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 element air air, earth water earth, air fire earth air water fire earth fire, water air water water fire earth fire, water

ression, hostility. anger (destructive, cruelty, resentment, manipulation. self-doubt. planet sun moon mars mercury jupiter venus saturn pluto element best place for working fire water fire planet (also rules water sign) air planet (also rules earth sign) fire planet (also rules water sign) earth planet (also rules air sign) earth planet (also rules air sign) water (rules scorpio, replacing mars) leo, aries, sagittarius, sunday cancer, taurus, monday, nighttime aries, capricorn, tuesday gemini, virgo, wednesday sagittarius, pisces, cancer, thursday taurus, libra, pisces, friday capricorn, aquarius, libra, saturday scorpio, aquarius, capricorn, nighttime figure 3-h sun: positive: leadership, power and self-confidence. harmony and illumination. mental alertness and creativity. open-hearted

l equivalents to sephira kether chokmah binah chesed geburah tiphareth netzach hod yesod number 1, 10, 100 2, 20, 200 3, 30, 300 4, 40, 400 5, 50 6, 60 7, 70 8, 80 9, 90 letter a. i. q b. k. r g, l, sh d, m, t, th h. e. n v, s z, 0 ch, p, f t, tz zodiac air, virgo, pisces mercury, jupiter, sun moon, libra, fire venus, water, saturn aries, scorpio taurus, sagittarius gemini, capricorn cancer, mars leo, aquarius the sephiroth (see figure 4-s. these show the relationship of the numbers to the hebrew letters, along with a method of reduction if the numerical value of the letter is too great. for example: the letter peh, which has a value of eighty, is often reduced to eight because no planetary kamea has the number eighty except the moon (which goes to eighty-one. let us look at the example of

wley) 65: sum of rows in kamea *65: adni, adonai: the lord 65: gdm ichd, gam yawkhad: together in unity correspondences: magical names and numbers of geburah/mars aserisks) denote god-names 65: hikl, haikal: temple, meeting place for the shekinah 65: sh, root: that which is round in form: dome, moon 65: hs, root: silence 65: llh, lelah: 6th name of shem hamphorash, associated with 6th quinance of leo. 65: lux: latin for light 325: theosophic extension of numbers in kamea 325: grapyal, graphiel: intelligence of mars 325: brtzbal, bartzabel: spirit of mars 325: nyndwhr, nundahar: angel of 2nd decanate of scorpio chapter 8 the kamea of tiphareth/sun the magical numbers of the sun are six, thirty-six, 111, and 666. the first three numbers, six, thirty-six, and 111, when added together, equal 1

ow the opposites incline toward one another (through meditation) a deep secret will begin to dawn on us. and we shall scarcely be able to hold ourselves back from acknowledging that when we see them bringing forth here below, the green is there above the red that we are beholding, on one side the earthly, and on the other side the heavenly creations of the elohim (1970. aries taurus gemini cancer leo virgo libra scorpio sagittarius capricorn aquarius pisces heh vav zain cheth teth yod lamed nun samekh ayin tzaddi qoph red red-orange orange yellow-orange yellow yellow-green green green-blue blue blue-violet violet red-violet c c sharp d e flat e f f sharp g a flat a b flat b zodiacal sign letter color tone planet saturn sun mars jupiter venus moon mercury pluto letter tau resh peh kaph dale

ich is best if you make sure it is not played unevenly (which makes it go off key, zodiacal signs and corresponding body parts: aries: ailments affecting the cerebral hemisphere of the brain, organs of the head, taurus: neck, throat, larynx, tonsils, carotid arteries, and jugular veins. gemini: shoulders, arms, lungs, thymus, and upper ribs. cancer: stomach, diaphragm, lactase, and thoracic duct. leo: heart, spinal chord, and aorta. virgo: large and small intestines and pancreas. libra: kidneys, skin and the suprarenals. scorpio: bladder, urethra, the genital organs, rectum, and descending colon. eyes sagittarius: hips, thighs, femur, illium, illiac arteries and veins, and sacral region (lower part capricorn: knees, bones (in general, and certain skin eruptions. aquarius: limbs from knees

also affect other areas you may not be interested in treating. for those interested in the zodiacal signs and their corresponding body parts, figure 14-c briefly lists associations that corine heline offers in her book healing and inherent tendencies aroused by zodiacal tattwas: aries: aggressive, energetic taurus: decisive, determined gemini: diffusive, intellectual cancer: tenacious, nurturing leo: organizing, creative virgo: analytical, detailed libra: uniting, artistic scorpio: solidifying, intense sagittarius: inspirational, freedom-loving capricorn: retentive, self-disciplined aquarius: concentrative, theoretical pisces: relaxing, sensitive regeneration through color (p. 35. it must be noted that she uses some different color correspondences. all of the correspondences used in this

masters have said that we will find the light of god. the figures on pages 168-187 are tattwas that can be photocopied and colored for personal use, according to the color keys and designs given in figures 14-e and 14-f, on pages 166-167. r o y py g bu i v l w bk color key red orange yellow pale yellow green blue indigo violet lavender white black figure 14-e aries c taurus c* gemini d cancer e1, leo e virgo f libra f* scorpio g sagittarius a" capricorn a aquarius b pisces b figure 14-f saturn jupiter mars sun 1 venus mercury moon pluto 1 aries.tone: c taurus.tone: c-sharp gemini.tone: d cancer.tone: e-flat leo.tone: e virgo.tone: f libra.tone: f-sharp scorpio.tone: g sagittarius.tone: a-flat capricorn.tone: a aquarius.tone: b-flat pisces.tone: b chapter 15 consecration the following are s

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ople of a young joel mccrea. who are the draconians file//d /my documents/avidya/reptilian agenda/who are the draconians.htm (15 of 68 [8/25/2000 17:19:58"'alien abduction is a terrifying and traumatic experience' foster told the audience 'psychiatric counselors don't know how to deal with this- even if you can get them to believe you "foster has gotten help and understanding from people like dr. leo sprinkle of the university of wyoming, who has dealt with numerous alien abduction cases. he also has been the subject of ridicule and rejection by both family and friends"'often in a ufo abduction experience, things happen that are absolutely unbelievable. i have been told that it is not uncommon for families to break up after such an experience. i finally reached the point where i no longer

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organize activities around the week-end. this date has long been considered a 'power point' of the zodiac, and is symbolized by the bull, one of the 'tetramorph' figures featured on the tarot cards, the world and the wheel of fortune (the other three symbols are the lion, the eagle, and the spirit) astrologers know these four figures as the symbols of the four 'fixed' signs of the zodiac (taurus, leo, scorpio, and aquarius, and these eight sabbats of witchcraft get any book for free on: www.abika.com 20 naturally align with the four great sabbats of witchcraft. christians have adopted the same iconography to represent the four gospel-writers. but for most, it is may 1st that is the great holiday of flowers, maypoles, and greenwood frivolity. it is no wonder that, as recently as 1977, ian a

november. and in the midst of it, a perfect mid-western autumn. the history of lammas is as convoluted as all the rest of the old folk holidays. it is of course a cross-quarter day, one of the four high holidays or greater sabbats of witchcraft, occurring 1/4 of a eight sabbats of witchcraft get any book for free on: www.abika.com 25 year after beltane. it's true astrological point is 15 degrees leo, which occurs at 1:18 am cdt, aug 6th this year (1988, but tradition has set august 1st as the day lammas is typically celebrated. the celebration proper would begin on sundown of the previous evening, our july 31st, since the celts reckon their days from sundown to sundown. however, british witches often refer to the astrological date of aug 6th as old lammas, and folklorists call it lammas o

it, he is not killed. he is instead transformed into an eagle. putting this in the form of a bardic riddle, it would go something like this: who can tell in what season the lion (llew, betrayed by the virgin (blodeuwedd, poised on the balance, is transformed into an eagle? my readers who are astrologers are probably already gasping in recognition. the sequence is astrological and in proper order: leo (lion, virgo (virgin, libra (balance, and scorpio (for which the eagle is a well-known alternative symbol. also, the remaining icons, cauldron and goat, could arguably symbolize cancer and capricorn (representing summer and winter, the signs beginning with the two solstice points. so llew is balanced between cauldron and goat, between summer and winter, on the balance (libra) point of the autu

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moses, nchsh, 50, 8, 300. and i must remark that the claim to translate shilh, or, as some ancient hebrew mss. write it, shlh, by shiloh, in the sense of jesus christ, is farfetched. the word is simply rest, or peace, in its simplest meaning, but also is the scorpio of the chaldean zodiac (related to nachash, serpent) and judah, of whom jacob is talking in the prophecy, is the sign of the zodiac; leo for judah is a lion s whelp (the chaldean zodiac has a lion couchant, he crouches as a lion. in this sense, then, the scepter shall not depart from judah, i.e, power shall not leave leo, until leo, until shelah, shiloh or scorpio shall come up or rise. astronomy teaches that as leo passes away from the meridian, scorpio rises. the title comforter, menachem, mnchm, 40, 50, 8, 40, amounting to 1

legethon, cocytus, styx and acheron; 4 elements of metaphysics; being, essence, virtue, action. numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott 4 masonic virtues. 4 evangelists and gospels; matthew, mark, luke, john, related to the four kerubic forms of the man, lion, bull and eagle (see wheel of fortune of tarot, key 10--hew65) and thus to the zodiacal signs--aquarius, leo, taurus and scorpio (the relation of aquila to scorpio is a rosicrucian secret. one of the abstruse dogmas of the kabalah concerns the four worlds of emanation; atziluth, briah, yetzirah and assiah. these are not worlds in any ordinary sense, but rather planes of development and existence, the former the most diaphanous and exalted, the others becoming more and more concrete and manifest. the

s, the vav will be upright body, and the final heh will show two legs. it is stated in some ancient persian works that 4 bright stars were placed as guardians at the 4 cardinal points. at the beginning of the kali yuga, at krishna s death at 3102 b.c, the astronomers say that aldebaran, the eye of taurus, and antares, the heart of scorpio, were as the equinoctial points, and regulus, the heart of leo, and fomalhaut, the eye of the southern fish, were near the solstitial points. this was 5003 years ago. the pack of common playing cards has 4 suits; of diamonds, hearts, clubs and spades. the old tarot or tarocchi cards had 4 suits, wands, cups, swords and pentacles. occult science relates these to the yod, heh, vav, heh of the tetragrammaton. the tarot pack has also 4 court cards, cavalier

gle pewter saturn ass lead numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott note also the number of 7 pipes in the musical instrument at the mouth of the old deity pan, the great whole, a sun god (not the later rural pan. 78. an ancient symbol of the universe was a ship with seven pilots, in the center of the ship, a lion; possibly from an idea that the sun first rose in leo. note aries supplanted taurus, as the constellation in which the sun rises at the vernal equinox; taurus was the sign at the early fabulous periods of the earth it was displaced about 300 b.c. the sign becomes changed every 2150 years by the precession of the equinoxes. pisces has now followed aries; but the sun is still said to enter the sign aries at the vernal equinox about march 21st. its

s with the planets. table of planets and numbers numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott planet assigned number sun one, 1 and four, 4. moon two, 2 and seven, 7. jupiter three, 3. mercury five, 5. venus six, 6. saturn eight, 8. mars nine, 9. the zodiacal signs were assigned the following numbers: table of zodiiiacal siiigns& numbers zodiacal sign assigned number leo one, 1. aquarius two, 2. capricorn three, 3. sagittarius four, 4. cancer five, 5. taurus six, 6. aries seven, 7. libra eight, 8. scorpio nine, 9. numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott zodiacal sign assigned number virgo ten, 10. pisces eleven, 11. gemini twelve, 12. the first and the second temples of the jews were both destroyed on the 9th day of the jewis

ock sheep thorn poseidon neptune swan horse elm the astrologers associated colors with the twelve signs of the zodiac, thus- numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott table of colors& zodiiiac siiigns zodiac sign color attribute pisces white aquarius blue capricorn black or brown sagittarius yellow or green scorpio brown libra black or crimson virgo black and blue leo red and green cancer green and brown gemini red aries white taurus white and yellow 104. the zodiacal signs are also associated with sex, and the contrast of day and night. table of zodiiiac wiiith sex, day& niiight numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott zodiac sign sex day and night pisces female nocturnal aquarius male diurnal capricorn female nocturnal sa

4. the zodiacal signs are also associated with sex, and the contrast of day and night. table of zodiiiac wiiith sex, day& niiight numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott zodiac sign sex day and night pisces female nocturnal aquarius male diurnal capricorn female nocturnal sagittarius male diurnal scorpio female nocturnal libra male diurnal virgo female nocturnal leo male diurnal cancer female nocturnal gemini male diurnal taurus female nocturnal aries male diurnal 104. and, again, there are other characters which astrologers deem of importance, thus- table of zodiiiac& diiirectiiions zodiac sign element direction pisces water northern common fruitful numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott zodiac sign element direction a

e of zodiiiac& diiirectiiions zodiac sign element direction pisces water northern common fruitful numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott zodiac sign element direction aquarius air western fixed- capricorn earth southern cardinal- sagittarius fire eastern common- scorpio water northern fixed fruitful libra air western cardinal- virgo earth southern common barren leo fire eastern fixed barren cancer water northern cardinal fruitful gemini air western common barren taurus earth southern fixed- aries fire eastern cardinal- lastly, the twelve signs are allotted to the planets as their houses- 105. table of zodiiiac and planets zodiac sign planet pisces night house of jupiter aquarius day house of saturn numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by

welve signs are allotted to the planets as their houses- 105. table of zodiiiac and planets zodiac sign planet pisces night house of jupiter aquarius day house of saturn numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott zodiac sign planet (uranus) capricorn night house of saturn sagittarius night house of mars scorpio- libra day house of venus virgo night house of mercury leo sole house of sol cancer sole house of luna gemini day house of mercury taurus night house of venus aries day house of mars this is very fully explained by coley in his astrology, and also by john middleton in his astrology, 1679. herodotus tells us that the egyptians founded the system of a twelve-god theology, euterpe iv. the hebrews certainly at times worshipped the sun, moon, seven planets

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r, 1971. midrash tanhuma. edited by solomon buber. new york: sefer, 1946. midrash tanhuma. jerusalem: eshkol, 1972. midrash tehillim. edited by solomon buber. vilna: rom, 1891. midrash zuta le-hamesh megillot. edited by solomon buber. vilna: rom, 1885. moses ben maimon (maimonides. the guide of the perplexed. translated with an introduction and notes by sholmo pines, with an introductory essay by leo strauss. chicago: university of chicago press, 1963. mishneh torah. new york: schlusinger, 1947. moses ben nahman (nahmanides. perushei ha-torah le-rabbenu moshe ben nahman. 2 vols. edited by hayyim d. chavel. jerusalem: mosad ha-rav kook, 1984. moses ben shem tov de le n. the book of the pomegranate: moses de le n s sefer ha- rimmon. edited by elliot r. wolfson. atlanta: scholar s press, 1988

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are taught, the pantacle being of "earth (in parts 7 to 10 weapons& robes may be laid on the throne of aiwaz (11) perform any scrying or utter any prophecies, as may be given& at leisure& pleasure resume vestments& insignia& close temple. so far of these matters. now we may begin our first working by the invocation of hermes on his day with the sun in 9 degrees sagittarius, the moon in 23 degrees leo& mercury in 19 degrees scorpio one hour before noon with him in the zenith, sextile to venu s jupiter& saturn. in furtherance whereof, at eleven of the night of monday, did the beast work under the scarlet woman his word, to make the great operatio n go aright. immediately was the beast inspired to a writing mercurial, a sati re upon the fish& thus wrote he some 14 or 15 hours. the oath of the

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are taught, the pantacle being of "earth (in parts 7 to 10 weapons& robes may be laid on the throne of aiwaz (11) perform any scrying or utter any prophecies, as may be given& at leisure& pleasure resume vestments& insignia& close temple. so far of these matters. now we may begin our first working by the invocation of hermes on his day with the sun in 9 degrees sagittarius, the moon in 23 degrees leo& mercury in 19 degrees scorpio one hour before noon with him in the zenith, sextile to venus jupiter& saturn. in furtherance whereof, at eleven of the night of monday, did the beast work under the scarlet woman his word, to make the great operation go aright. immediately was the beast inspired to a writing mercurial, a satire upon the fish& thus wrote he some 14 or 15 hours. the oath of the ce

ZALEWSKI GOLDEN DAWN ENOCHIAN MAGIC OCR

ine white brilliance (by lvx formula as shown, in appendix f, circumambulate deosil around the altar. put down the lotus wand and pick up the fire wand. continue circumambulating deosil until reaching the south again. face south and draw the invoking pentagram of spirit (active) while vibrating "bitom eheieh" draw the invoking pentagram of fire and say "dip teaa pedoce elohim" 22 draw the sign of leo within the pentagram and say "0 mighty king of the south, oh000hataatan, come forth and expend yourself through the seal of truth" make fire grade sign (see appendix e. continue circumambulating deosil. replace wand on the altar and pick up the cup. circumambulate deosil once to the west. face west and draw the invoking pentagram of spirit (passive) while vibrating "hcoma agla" draw the invoki

d, and the land that it was pleasant, and he bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute' moses says 'rej oice. issachar, in thy tents. for they shall suck of the abundance of the seas' the armorial bearings of issachar are blue, and an ass crouching beneath its burden. this coincides with the peaceful nature of the quiet and watery sign of cancer" holy name oip tribe judah sign leo angelic name gebabal "of judah, jacob says 'judah, thou are he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee. judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up; he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up? the sceptre shall not depart from judah, nor a lawgive

judah: and he said, hear, lord, the voice of judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be sufficient for him and be thou a help to him from his enemies' the armorial bearings of judah are scarlet, a lion rampant. all this well agrees with the regal and leonine nature of the sign 'binding the ass's colt unto the choice vine' may allude to the ass of issachar (cancer) lying between judah (leo) and the vine of manasseh (gemini" 37 holy name teaa tribe naphtali sign virgo angelic name zurchol "of naphtali (virgo, jacob says 'naphtali is a hind let loose, he giveth goodly words' moses says '0 naphtali, satisfied with favor, and full with the blessing of the lord, possess thou the west and the south' the armorial bearings of naphtali are blue, a hind" holy name pdoce tribe assur or ass

c cross to indicate that you have called down the light of your kether and balanced it in your aura. then let your imagination dwell on the aura and see it oval and clear, pulsating with the glow from tiphareth. 186 187 appendix h sign and color correspondences astrological king's queen's sign scale scale aries scarlet red taurus red orange deep indigo gemini orange pale mauve cancer amber maroon leo greenish yellow deep purple virgo yellowish green slate grey libra emerald green blue scorpio green blue dull brown sagittarius blue yellow capricornus indigo black aquarius violet sky blue pisces ultraviolet buff, flecked crimson silver white 188 189 appendix i enochian letters and their numerical values used by those in the new zealand order. 190 note: i have included an extra enochian lette

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