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est laplanders cling to it still. christianity was not popular. it came from abroad, it aimed at supplanting the time-honoured indigenous gods whom the country revered and loved. these gods and their worship were part and parcel of the people's traditions, customs and constitution. their names had their roots in the people's language, and were hallowed by antiquity; kings and princes traced their lineage back to individual gods; forests, mountains, lakes had received a living consecration from their presence. all this the people was now to renounce; and what is elsewhere commended as truth and leyalty was denounced and persecuted by the heralds of the new faith as a sin and a crime. the source and seat of all sacred lore was shifted away to far-off regions for ever, and only a fainter borr

ers paid homage (pp. 154 7, as on the other hand thor as well as osinn guides the events of war, and receives his share of the spoils (p. 133. to the norse mind indeed, thor's victories and his battles wdth the giants have thrown his peaceful office quite into the shade. nevertheless to wuotan's mightiest son, whose mother is earth herself, and who is also named perkunos, we must, if only for his lineage sake, allow a direct relation to agriculture^ he clears up the atmosphere, he sends fertilizing nandten baclie in liefland wohhanda. dorpt. 1644, pp. 362-4. even in his time the language of the prayer was hard to understand; it is given, corrected, in peterson's finn, mythol. p. 17, and rosenpliinter's beitr, heft 5, p. 157^ ukko is, next to yumala (whom i connect with wuotan, the highest

in the pref, ranlgot, ealleric, tlieodric are cyningas, the emperor always ca^ere; in a doc. in kenible 2, 304 eadred is 'cyning and casere "368 heroes. under liis feet/ wliicli the danish king frotho by fraufl contrived to do. can this froger be the as. freofsegcir, frecegar in the wessex genealogy, who had brond for father, ba^klrcg for grandfather, woden for great-grandfather? the on. table of lineage seems to mix up friosegar with frosi, his adversary^ according to the formali of the edda, p. 1 5, and the yngl. saga c. 9, norway traced her eldest line of kings to scemingr, the son of osinn by ska8i, previously tlie wife of niorsr; some write semingr, which means pacificator, and would lead to frisgeir again. skasi was daughter to the iotunn thiassi, and the sigursardrapa(-killing) call

elsewhere gramr is the jimiier name of a particular sword, while the appellative gramr denotes king. geat. scild, beowulf. 369 and then frotho; but the as. genealogy places its scild after ^cectf, and singularly makes tlieni both ancestors of osinn. from scedf descends sccldwa, from him consecutively beaio, tcctiva, gcdt, and after several more generations comes wdden last. the on. version of the lineage is in harmony with this; and even in the gothic pedigree, which only begins with gduts, we may suppose a sktiufs, skildva, taitva to have preceded, to whom the ohg. names scoup, scilto, zeizo would correspond. none however is so interesting as sceldwa's son, the anglo-saxon bcaiv, called by the scandinavians biar, biaf, but in the living as. epos beowulf. it is true, the remarkable poem of

e thirteenth century is identical then with a scof or scoup of the seventh and eighth, different as the surroundings may have, been, for the song of beowulf appears to have transferred to scild what belonged of right to his father scedf. the beautiful story of the swan is founded on the miraculous origin of the swanbrothers, which i. connect with that of the welfs; both however seem to be antique lineage-legends of the franks and swabians, to which the proper names are mostly wanting. had they been preserved, many another tie between the heroes and the gods would come to light.2 further, to sceldwa or skioldr belongs obviously the name schiltunc in the tirol and parzival^ as the name schilhunc, nib. 88, 3, points to a race of scilpungd, corresponding to the as. scilfingas, on. scil/ingar

e world blind; the langobardic and swabian genealogies play upon dogs and wolves being exposed; and as odoacer, otachcr (a thing that has never till now been accounted for) is in some versions called sipicho, on. bicki, and this means dog (bitch, i suspect a similar meaning in edica, eticho, ediulf, odacar, which probably affords a solution of the fable about the' blind schwaben and hessen: their lineage goes back to the blind welfs. in the genealogy ediulf is described as brother to ermenrich, in later sagas bicki is counsellor to lormunrekr; the hildebrandslied has but too little to say of otacher. then vuldulf also (perhaps vuldr-ulf) will signify a glorious beaming wolf (see suppl. as siegfried eclipsed all other welisungs, so did diefcrich all the amalungs; and where the epos sets the

eval poetry, the sight of whom nerves to victory, whose name need only be uttered to bring them to one's side as quickly as a wish can be formed and accomplished, are evidently shield-women of this kind (see suppl. osinn then admitted into his band of valkyrs mortal maidens of kingly race, deified women standing by the side of the deified heroes; yet i do not suppose that all valkyrs were of such lineage, but that the oldest and most famous were, like the norns, descended from gods or elves. it is also worth noting, that kara and her helgi were looked upon as a second hirth of svava and the elder helgi, sam. 148^ 169. in the volundarqvisa tliree other valkyrs make their appearance together: jllad'gud'r svanhvit, rervor cdvitr, and olrlxn, the first two being daughters of king losver, the t

ALEISTER CROWLEY AD MEIORUM CTHULHI GLORIAM

for his soul and begins to repeat himself in the text, saying things he has already said in previous chapters as though having forgotten he had said them, or perhaps to stress their importance. the second testimony is riddled through with non sequiturs and bits of incantation. he does not finish the book. it trails off where he would have signed it, presumably, in the arab manner, but giving his lineage. instead, it ends before he can name himself or even one relation. we can only imagine with horror what fate befell this noble sage. another problem that confronts the editor is the suspected frequency of the copyist's glosses; that is, there do seem to be occasionally bits of sentence or fragments of literature that would seem to be inconsistent with the period in which the text was writt

ALEXANDRIAN BOOK OF SHADOWS OCCULT

errors, and the farrars don't give the full text. i couldn't find the section headings in any published source, but i included them anyway because they make the text easier to follow. l sheba *may* be a more accurate source than johns for the gbg version (some of what i took to be typos may well have been gbg-ism's) johns is probably a better source for alex sanders' own version. covens in either lineage have probably cross referenced and 'corrected' what they took to be errors (for example, in law 60, i use the word 'arraigned. sheba gives 'engained, which makes no sense (that we know of. however 'engined (meaning tortured) makes more sense in context than 'arraigned. did alex sanders mis-correct the 'engained' error? l the wiccan redes bide the wiccan redes ye must, in perfect love and p

ALICE A BAILEY19 THE UNFINISHED AUTOBIOGRAPHY

exceedingly well-attended. people from the various theosophical societies and occult groups came regularly. mr. richard prater, an old associate of w. q. judge and a pupil of h. p. blavatsky came to my class one day and the next week turned his entire secret doctrine class over to me. i mention this for the benefit of united lodge of theosophists and for those who claim that the true theosophical lineage descends from h.p.b. via w. q. judge. all the theosophy that i knew had been taught me by personal friends and pupils of h.p.b. and this mr. prater recognised- 107- the unfinished autobiography copyright 1998 lucis trust later he gave me the esoteric section instructions as given to him by h.p.b. they are identical with those i had seen when in the e.s. but they were given to me with no st

ALICE A BAILEY22 DISCIPLESHIP IN THE NEW AGE VOLUME II

ek further to clarify the issue in your mind. once a disciple sees clearly, he can then take intelligent action. you have not really liked my reference to racial limitations and yet, my brother and i can say my friend, why resent them? all national heritages lay their impress upon their peoples. a.a.b. is typically british in her personality attitudes and with her pride of race, heritage, ancient lineage and caste, with her stubborn persistence and dogged determination, with her sense of truth and her attitude of inner solitude. these qualities she has had to learn gradually to transmute into the dignity of soul consciousness, intelligent direction, clear expression of her sense of truth and a wide and general inclusiveness. this has not been easy though you, not possessing her particular

ALICE A BAILEY23 THE EXTERNALISATION OF THE HIERARCHY

ons may enable you to serve your day and generation more ably and to present the situation more clearly to the bewildered. a horror of war and a longing for peace are no excuse for slack thinking, nor do they provide an- 144- the externalisation of the hierarchy copyright 1998 lucis trust alibi or the opportunity to shirk individual or national responsibility. the conflict is on. it is of ancient lineage. the issues are clearly marked between right and wrong, between cruelty and kindness, between aggression and freedom. to evade responsibility because of past national mistakes and historical sins and failures is an unwarranted alibi; the shirking of due participation in the struggle because every nation has certain materialistic objectives is wrong; a nation is but the sum total of its peo

BELL CHRISTOPHER PAUL TSIU MARPO THE CAREER OF A TIBETAN PROTECTOR DEITY

connection to this glorified past, including in the development of tsiu marpo. understandably, termas provide a vast field of possibility for the creative enhancement of buddhist teachings in tibet. tibetan textual lineages make the concept of transmission a necessity as a matter of propagation and maintenance. the terma tradition allows transmission to be no longer contingent on the survival of lineage-holders or linear propagation. rather, it has created a new form of transmission, one that is perpetually open to new additions that can tap into the powerful authenticity of padmasambhava and his teachings. this authenticity relies upon the notion that padmasambhava, as an agent of buddhist truth who achieved enlightenment, is constantly active within the world through his revealed teachi

g/ ba dha hor gyis gom grwa/ li yul lcang ra smug po/ lha gnas sum cu rtsa gsum/ ayon mkha gro i gling/ rgya yul nam mkha chad chod sogs gar bzhugs. 73 see white 1985. 74 it is important to note that protector deities are not strictly ahistorical. certainly, deities often act within time and are tied to various events associated with political history. that tsiu marpo is associated with an oracle lineage to be discussed in chapter 5 illustrates his direct influence on the world of recorded events. aside from this, some 38 nonetheless, innate incongruities are worth exploring for the nuances they reveal in the propagation of deity narratives and origins. the unprecedented elegant explanations happens to be an excellent resource for providing and comparing the multiple variations of tsiu mar

instances, these notions of killing, expelling, and liberating are conflated; also, they are not always directed at supernatural enemies. catherine cantwell discusses the "liberation" killing ritual (sgrol ba) in its multiple contexts and describes a scenario 98 by contrast, the primary enemies of the geluk deity dorj shukden (rdo rje shugs ldan) are members of the geluk sect who do not keep the lineage pure of other sectarian influences. dorj shukden is another little-studied protector deity who deserves greater scholarly attention. see de nebesky-wojkowitz 1998, pp. 134-144 for more on dorj shukden. see dreyfus 1998 for information on modern political intrigues surrounding dorj shukden. 99 this is especially true of might demons; see samuel 1993, p. 162. 100 see the "feast" ritual (tsho

is significant for cultural purposes in matters of explaining relations of power and authenticity in tibet. once this has been established, the ritual activities can be performed. the outline for the warlord s tantra and accompanying s.dhanas is as follows: title page 1. part i: the warlord s tantra 1.1 the seven chapters of pudri marpo s heart tantra 1.11 chapter 1: introduction 1.12 chapter 2: lineage 1.13 chapter 3: ritual materials and preparation 1.14 chapter 4: mantra 1.15 chapter 5: characteristics and stages of approach and accomplishment 1.16 chapter 6: essential view and conduct 1.17 chapter 7: transmission 1.2 colophon 2. part ii: accompanying s.dhanas 2.1. preliminaries 2.11. sending forth the dogs of the seven might demon attendants 2.12. drawing the circle of protection 2.2

ssively by tamdrin as the subject of each chapter. for the remainder of the first chapter, dorj dech ma entreats tamdrin to subjugate the vicious demons of the world. tamdrin responds in kind by reciting his mantra. having been subjugated, these demons then give up their life-energy to tamdrin, who receives this as well as the vows of the deities to protect the buddhist teachings. 1.12 chapter 2: lineage in the second chapter, dorj dech ma asks tamdrin about the origins of the seven riders. tamdrin s answer is tsiu marpo s history, detailed in chapter 2 of this study. the remaining five chapters are the actual ritual process. 127 the creative manner in which the terma tradition responds to disputed authenticity was explored in chapter 1. see mayer 1996, pp. 6-21 for buddhist concerns invol

position as a protector deity, tsiu marpo is commanded by this ritual process both to protect the location of the ritual performer, specifically a temple or monastery, and to destroy anyone who attempts to harm it and its residents. the concluding section explains the extremely secret nature of this text, requesting that it be properly guarded and entrusted only to those of king trisong deutsen s lineage. this section warns that if it is entrusted to others not of this lineage, though they will have a good family and wealth, it will be evanescent, with disasters and untimely deaths plaguing these individuals despite their sincere devotion. the section ends explaining where this ritual manual should be safely concealed and how its proper practice will result in protection and temple restora

erings are then given to tamdrin after he is summoned in hopes that he will secure the oath to which tsiu marpo and his riders are bound. this act of securing also involves reestablishing the connection between tsiu marpo s life essence and his root tantra. the text even explicitly states that tsiu marpo is the protector deity of trisong deutsen, and that these texts must only be entrusted to his lineage, as previously recommended. an invocation of protection for the royal lineage is provided as well as a promise that the goals of the ritual will come to fruition if it is properly performed. the terma ends with a description of the various sites at samy monastery and mount chimpu, where 131 mpg, p. 326.5: mtshon phri sbyang gri dgra la thong/ gtib gri chu gri dgra la thong/ rbab gri spyang

forded by their ambiguous social status. this ambiguity allows oracles to resolve personal and public crises that generally develop 165 see de nebesky-wojkowitz 1998, p. 441. 166 see diemberger 2005, pp. 138-140. 167 see de nebesky-wojkowitz 1998, p. 451. 168 see rock 1935, p. 478. de nebesky-wojkowitz 1998, p. 421 also cites this example. 169 havnevik 2002 explicitly examines a hereditary oracle lineage. 170 see rock 1935, p. 478; and de nebesky-wojkowitz 1998, p. 418. 171 see havnevik 2002, p. 277; and day 1990, p. 208. 117 from liminal moments of life such as birth, marriage, sickness, and death, all of which are fraught with impurities.172 nonetheless, oracles are expected to maintain a degree of bodily purity by abstaining from tobacco and alcohol, as well as by following any prohibit

the authority of an oracle, it illustrates another relationship between the oracle tradition, the lay community, and overarching monastic control.192 this expression of conflicting interests is a rich ground for lay and monastic interaction. the tsiu marpo oracle as has been previously explained, there is virtually no information on the history of the tsiu marpo oracle or even if this particular lineage still exists, given the destruction of numerous oracle lineages during the cultural revolution. at this time, oracles were open to excessive scorn and stripped of their ritual implements and office; some where even killed.193 nonetheless, there exists some preliminary information on the tsiu marpo oracle, all of which confirms that it was a state-recognized position and was even involved i

ous past. also, we see here the common tibetan belief that if one dies in a wrathful state of mind, one can be reborn as a terrible spirit, a fate from which even tsiu marpo originated. the tengy ling monastery in lhasa seems to have housed a tsiu marpo oracle as well.198 since it is a satellite of samy, this is not surprising. tengy ling monastery has a long tradition of housing the demo (de mo) lineage, where many of the regents to the dalai lamas originated. andr alexander, in his catalog of lhasa monasteries, reveals that tsiu marpo has a special relationship with this lineage. the reason for this was that the first demo k nchok jungn (dkon mchog byung gnas; 15th century) had an alleged meditational experience involving tsiu marpo, though alexander provides nothing more on this.199 thi

-164; alexander 2005, pp. 209-221; shakabpa 1984, p. 241 for more on tengy ling monastery s troubled history. 201 see havnevik 2002, p. 276. 125 that the tsiu marpo oracle has also been known to channel another lesser protector deity named lijin hara (li byin ha ra).202 unfortunately, these fragments of information on the tsiu marpo oracle are scant and are currently all that is available on this lineage. the lacuna in the information here must be temporarily filled in with what we have generally learned about the oracle tradition, particularly those elements found most commonly among state oracles. however, a study of the deity pehar may provide further information on tsiu marpo as well as the oracle tradition, and so we now turn to this important deity. pehar at this point, a great deal

nsforming into birds, and indeed i noted several paintings of white birds along the walls of the utse temple at samy. during my time there, an old tibetan woman circumambulating the inner temple explained to me that the painting of the white bird that so perplexed me was a form of pehar, thus reinforcing this mythic history. 129 then began to possess the body of a monk at nechung, and this oracle lineage was formally established as a state-recognized office by the fifth dalai lama.224 the historical connection between protector deities overall and the fifth dalai lama is worthy of further research. considering the nyingma sympathies and the ecumenical approach of the fifth dalai lama, it is no doubt through his efforts that many deity cults grew in popularity. not only did oracle lineages

es of him found there attest. thus, pehar s history provides further insight into tsiu marpo s role at samy and his evolution as a protector deity.237 regarding the focus of this chapter, a few final notes should be made on the nechung oracle in order to give a fuller account of pehar s history and to understand the development of this tradition overall. many of the details concerning this oracle lineage have already been provided above in the general accounts on oracles; however, it should be noted that the name commonly associated with the nechung oracle is dorj drakden (rdo rje grags ldan, pehar s chief minister. amy heller explains that this is merely an emanation of pehar,238 a concept that agrees with the notion of pehar s retinue having emanated from him as expressed by de nebesky-w

tradition is not widely accepted today. 132 lama allowed the government to foil these plans before they were executed.239 for a further political motivation, georges dreyfus explains that the fifth dalai lama and his newly established government "used ne-chung s connection with pe-har to emphasize their connection with the early empire and thus strengthen their legitimacy."240 the nechung oracle lineage still exists today in dharamsala, north india where the fourteenth dalai lama resides. the dalai lama continues to consult the nechung oracle concerning the political endeavors of his government-in-exile. heller notes that this is the only state oracle tradition still in existence today, thus implying that the tsiu marpo oracle line does not exist anymore.241 oracles and society the oracle

and is inured within the larger tibetan cosmography, which is comprised of both indigenous and buddhist elements. these elements enhance his ritual programs, which are utilized by both communities for pragmatic ends, specifically to provide protection from human and supernatural enemies. tsiu marpo s involvement with the oracular tradition in tibet suggests his connection to a broader historical lineage of practice where he was consulted personally in matters of individual, communal, and national well-being. since he was involved with an oracle lineage, tsiu marpo could have been expected to resolve conflicts between monastic communities as well as between individual patrons of the lay community. as a state oracle, he was known to have influenced the political development of tibet, especi

y of samy in order to legitimate his ritual practice and cult. the power of the terma tradition is in this ability to authenticate texts by situating them within the glory of tibet s past and associating them with central tibetan figures such as padmasambhava. also, we must recall that tsiu marpo, according to the warlord s tantra, is considered the protector deity of king trisong deutsen and his lineage. certainly this is all speculation that presumes a given timeline and motivations. such a hypothesis can only be confirmed by further research, starting with an examination of the tibetan biographies of both ngari pa.chen and lekden dorj. a more intimate knowledge of samye s history around this time would also be necessary, including any institutional hegemonic shifts affecting these indiv

id of adept tibetan practitioners to illuminate their meaning. thus, these translations are as accurate as they can be for the moment and anticipate future clarification. 152 appendix a the warlord s tantra with accompanying s.dhanas title page (299) part i: the warlord s tantra (300-312.3) the seven chapters of pudri marpo s heart tantra (300-312.3) chapter 1: introduction (300-301.6) chapter 2: lineage (301.6-305.4) chapter 3: ritual materials and preparation (305.4-307.1) chapter 4: mantra (307.1-308.2) chapter 5: characteristics and stages of approach and accomplishment (308.2-309.4) chapter 6: essential view and conduct (309.4-310.5) chapter 7: transmission (310.5-312.2) colophon (312.2-312.3) part ii: accompanying s.dhanas (312.3-332) a. preliminaries 1. sending forth the dogs of the

; they [the haughty ones, malicious beings,293] each gave the essence of their life-forces and pledged to be guardians of the teachings. the blessed one blesses the life-force essence the malicious, poisonous razored-one as the glory of the slash.294 this is the first chapter, which is the introduction295 from the heart tantra of the king of the violence demons, the red-razored one.296 chapter 2: lineage (301.6-305.4) after that, the..kin. dorj dej ma exhorted the blessed one with this question [302 "alas!297 great glorious one [tamdrin, body of power [concerning] these seven riders,298 malevolent violence demons who possess primordial wrath, power, and strength; first, what are the causes and conditions of their powerful activities [second] by what antidote were they tamed" the god of gre

ent to protect the buddha s teachings. their food that was due was the relievment of their life-force [by] flesh and blood.348 due to previous karma349 and habitual tendencies [tsiu marpo] is a great obstacle demon of everyone in the royal class, there are seven attendant riders, and his sister is the goddess350 sister ekaj.ti;351 so it is said. this is the second chapter, which reveals the birth lineage from the heart tantra of the red violence demon. chapter 3: ritual materials and preparation (305.4-307.1) following that, the..kin. invoked with these words "alas! great glorious one, body of power, what is the process of accomplishing352 the seven attendant riders who are malicious, these war gods of all yoga" the blessed one replied "regarding the s.dhana of the malicious violence demon

not kill the jackal. 410 do not desire the crow. 411 do not give up the hearth. 162 from being tardy with promises. if one does not have security, one will be unable to utilize413 it. an unguarded vow destroys consecration. refraining from propitiating the deity is contrary to me" thus he said. this is the sixth chapter, which is the essential view and conduct from the heart center tantra of the lineage king of the violence demons, the king butcher, the red-razored one. chapter 7 (310.5-312.2) then [tamdrin] recited this transmitted tantra "vajra..kin.yogin.s, the gods and spirits of the haughty worldly ones, and those assembled on the circumference, while apparent414 but empty, like an illusion, they are composed by conceptual thoughts of ignorance and arrogance [311] the objects of atta

ct of this tantra itself, offer the magic syllables of the..kin. and curse the guardians of the doctrine. having done so, treat the seven haughty riders as your support. this is the seventh chapter, which is transmitted from the heart center tantra of the god of the violence demons, the might demon butcher, the razored one. colophon (312.2-312.3) thus ends the conceptualization of the might demon lineage of the king of the violence demons, tsiu mar,424 and the seven emanating riders. samaya. rgya rgya rgya. this was revealed from a treasure [text] by the venerable ngari pa.chen. may it be virtuous! part ii: accompanying s.dhanas (312.3-332) a. preliminaries sending forth the dogs of the seven might demon attendants (312.3-314.3) thus called "sending forth the dogs of the seven might demon

BLACK WITCHCRAFT

the magicians were able to make frogs and serpents by the power they obtained in the devil, thus such creatures are astral forms of ahriman (samael) and the dreaming body of witches and sorcerers -liber hvhi here we can see that samael or satan/shaitan, is not the all devouring aspect, but also the savior of humanity and the original planter of the seed of light in our being. through cain did his lineage survive and continue on spiritually to this present time. lilith, being the bride of the devil, is one part of the adversary as being the dark instinctual side of man and woman, feminine, yet horrific and loving all within the same breath. lilith is known by the semitic layil which a word is meaning night, but also the name of the demon of the storm. lilith is associated with the screech o

connected with eve, the wife of adam. cain is not only the patron father of witches, also the symbol of the initiate upon the antinomian path. nathaniel harris, an hereditary british witch, whose long involvement in various magical circles and authorship of grimoires not only within the black tradition, but also that of the traditional witcha path, is bold enough to present ideas of our spiritual lineage found in the dreaming minds of the cunning brothers and sisters. the symbolic mark of initiation, which aleister crowley termed the mark of the beast of the apocalypse in the book of thoth, has brought different interpretations of its form, but the function itself is clear. this mark, or stigma, may have been a reference to some form of tattooing. the story may have originally referred to

s the first of witch blood and the skir-hand gnosis of shadow and light. the very foundations of the luciferian witchcraft gnosis is found in the circle, they very place of summoning which has the scribed names of infernal deific forces, from azazel to ahriman in ancient persian cruciform, to medieval luciferic sigils which announce the embodiment of satanic power; our very heritage and spiritual lineage. this article is aimed at enlightening those who would condemn it first hand without the consideration for it s deeper meaning; but it must be known that those who walk this path are considered cursed and condemned by society, once you walk the path of initiation, the devil s blood is within your veins, your very shadow is the darksome dance of daemon and angel, cain and lilith. the ritual

BOOK OF PLEASURE

yond necessitation, who can grasp the nameless kia? obvious but unintelligible, without form, its design most excellent. its wish is its superabundance, who can assert its mysterious purpose? by our knowledge it becomes more obscure, more remote, and our faith-opacity. without attribute, i know not its name. how free it is, it has no need of sovereignty (kingdoms are their own despoilers) without lineage, who dare claim relationship? without virtue, how pleasing in its moral self-love! how mighty is it, in its assertion of "need not be-does not matter! self-love in complete perspective, serves its own invincible purpose of ecstasy. supreme bliss simulating opposition is its balance. it suffers no hurt, neither does it labour. is it not self-attracting and independent? assuredly we cannot c

aspects are not the truth, nor are they necessary to truth. of its emanations which are you to strangle at birth? are you illegitimate? you believe in right and wrong- what punishment will you determine? can you escape the driving "must? who can escape boredom- without change? who remain single and content! what man among you is large and free enough to encompass his "self? your belief obfuscates lineage. ambition is smallness- your customed environment. remember, time is an unstudied imagination of the experienced. what may be called the early experience was its completion, so of learning there is no finis. what you learn to-morrow is determined by what you have done- the accomplished lesson of yesterday. never learning to-day what you can do to-morrow is called loss, but is theft from ti

CHIREAU YVONNE BLACK MAGIC RELIGION AND THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CONJURING TRADITION

start of their lives. anomalous births were considered significant in the conjuring tradition. being born with a caul, the amniotic veil covering the face of the newly delivered infant, was interpreted as evidence that one was gifted with enhanced insight into the invisible realm. another wellknown belief held that the seventh child of a seventh son or daughter would enjoy an auspicious spiritual lineage "if you are a double-sighted person and can see ghosts, if you happen to have been born on christmas day, or are a seventh son, you are born for magic" claimed one folklorist.[24] these anomalies sometimes led the depiction of conjurers as outsiders, inhabitants of the fringes, dwelling within a cultural demimonde. speaking of a well known conjure practitioner in antebellum tennessee, one

n contemporary manifestations of hoodoo, in the ritual creations of african diasporic religions, and in the vibrant artistic forms that utilize conjuring themes. even as numerous black american supernatural traditions are fully alive in the twenty-first century, their sources are not readily apparent. theirs is not a pure, unmediated connection to an essentialized african origin, but a hybridized lineage, one that is additive, constantly recreated, and shaped according to circumstance. in this book i have argued that african american supernatural traditions, as dynamic products of black spirituality, are best understood within their actual social contexts. these traditions can open a window onto the many levels at which black life has been suffused with religious meaning. historically, man

CHRONOLOGIA RORISPERGIUS

70-1200 rigaut de barbezieux troubadour refers to his beloved as the holy grail. 1172: benjamin of tudelo returns from palestine, having left in 1159. he describs his travels in sefer ha-massa ot (book of travels. 1175?-1235 michael scot (scottish) 1175-1204 peire vidal trouv re 1175-1253. robert grosseteste english bishop discussed optics and theories of light. connects a1-kindi to john dee thru lineage of the light metaphysics. ca. 1176 "book bahir (brilliance) in provence 1179-1241 snorri sturlson (auth. prose edda, heimskringla. 1180 comtessa beatriz de dia trouv re fl. 1180-1200 arnaut daniel trouv re c. 1180-1200: joachim of fiore (1135-1202) writes some very important treatises, offering new ways of interpreting scripture and history; he concludes that the world is on the verge of t

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of intervention or non-intervention in earth affairs. he says that midway through the early atlantian age, extraterrestrials with a human-like appearance "very tall, light haired, light skinned, albino-like people- made contact with the atlanteans.18 they began to manipulate atlantean society, he says, and interbreed with humans to change the dna and create hybrid bloodlines that became the royal lineage of kings and queens. i would include lemuria in this same story also. the technology and physical appearance of these extraterrestrials led the atlanteans/lemurians to see them as gods. intermarrying with these beings to produce light-skinned offspring with "god-like features" became the goal of many atlanteans, samsel writes, and these crossbreeds became the dominant force. they took over

terrestrials led the atlanteans/lemurians to see them as gods. intermarrying with these beings to produce light-skinned offspring with "god-like features" became the goal of many atlanteans, samsel writes, and these crossbreeds became the dominant force. they took over the government, economics, education, religion, and communications. sound familiar? samsel says that the kings of the white royal lineage ruled atlantis and what he calls the "sons of belial" controlled the temple of the sun, their religious hierarchy and ritual network. today this atlantean temple of the sun is known as the illuminati. during this period, many atlanteans of the red race migrated west to the americas, which were then geographically different to what we see today. samsel goes on "the age of the atlantic empir

"land of the fire serpent. the letter "k, the sound used so often by these reptilian bloodlines apparently, was written in the form of a serpent in egyptian hieroglyphics. khem was the name of the deity symbolised as a black goat and late called pan. the goat is still a symbol of worship for the illuminati and saranists today under the name baphomet. there are many surviving records that claim a lineage of egyptian kings going back tens of thousands of years before the formation of the egyptian civilisation described by official historians. this supports the stories of an atlantean/lemurian colony in egypt long before the cataclysm. the colonisation of greece is also far older than officially claimed and this colony (called the athenians) went to war with atlanteans before the deluge. pla

. this applies to the stuart and tudor dynasties in england, for instance, the battles between bloodlines in england and scotland, and those today within banking, business, politics, and the media. researcher john a. keel wrote of these themes 30 years ago "in all these legends there is another persistent theme: that the god-kings mated with mortal women, impregnated them and thus started a royal lineage. tradition claims that the blue bloods of royalty actually had blue blood in their veins in early history, perhaps as a result of this crossbreeding. even today some royal families suffer from haemophilia [and other rare blood diseases..this ownership [of the planet] was passed onto human heirs, and for thousands of years a few dozen families literally owned the entire planet. they interma

th and ancestry to his opponent achilles on the battlefield at troy. aeneas says that he descends from "divine and immortal stock" through both his mother and his father. this connection between divine immortality and the anunnaki under their various names constantly recurs in ancient accounts. aeneas says that his mother is the goddess, aphrodite, and his father is anchises, and he can trace his lineage back to dardanus, the son of zeus and legendary founder of the trojan race (trojan race= reptilian-nordic hybrids, the aryans or "master race. other accounts say that dardanus is the offspring of the union of zeus and electra and his origins are in samothrace, the sacred aegean island dedicated to goddess worship, from where he migrates to troad (troy) in the period of the great flood. one

rld war against germany for public relations reasons, but both of these "families" supported the nazis, and prince philip was sent to a school in germany run by the nazi youth programme (see..and the truth shall set you free and the biggest secret. phillip eugene, the rothschild offspring, says of this "aeneas" bloodline "apparently aeneas embodies all the various bloodlines that must trace their lineage back through charlemagne because in him is embodied the confluence of the lineage of both david (jewish) and alexander the great (aryan. it is the modern day representatives of these roman 'gens' or european monarchs that make up the ruling 'aristocracy' of the revived roman empire. these 'royal' families maintain their pedigree through endogamy (inter-familial marriages. the first prototy

ver since to regain control of the planet they believe to be theirs and interbreeding with the "royal" bloodlines of the nordics was the most effective means of doing this for reasons we shall explore. t. w. samsel, the author of the atlantis connection, has come to similar conclusions "when the 'gods' began to physically interbreed with the atlantean people, we see the introduction of the 'royal lineage, the 'royal bloodlines' that were put into positions of power and rulership over the atlantean people so long ago. those of the royal bloodline were looked upon as gods by the general population of atlantis of the time. these ruled atlantis until the event of the first great cataclysm, which brought the lemurian-early atlantic age to a close. that the reptilian influence over humanity in t

or jane harrison "regarded as being in some sense a snake".13 cecrops, the first mycenaean king of athens, was depicted as a human with a serpent tail. another, erectheus, who founded the eleusinian mystery school, was the unholy alliance 95 worshipped as a live snake after his death and, according to legend, king kadmus shape-shifted into a live snake when he died.14 the symbolism of the serpent lineage of the ancient royal bloodlines can be found on every continent. iran is another example. the arab poet firdowsi, in his shahnemeh or book of kings, the legendary history of iran completed in ad1010, tells the story of the birth of zal, the "demon" or "watcher" offspring, whose appearance horrified his father, king sam. according to firdowsi, this watcher hybrid called zal married a foreig

ey came in boats, he was told, which "shone like the scales of serpent skins" and they were "clad in strange garments and wore about their foreheads emblems like entwined serpents".29' another landing point for the "serpent" atlanteans was valum 120 children of the matrix votan. here, according to spanish chroniclers, pacal votan and his entourage came ashore. pacal votan means "he of the serpent lineage".30 he established the city of palenque, the heart of the mayan culture in the yucatan. palenque is the centre of its geographic land mass, as is the great pyramid at giza.31 the temple or pyramid of the sun at teotiuacan in mexico uses the royal cubit as its unit of measurement, the same as the great pyramid, and its mathematics conform to those used in ancient structures across the world

depicted in windows and especially the rose windows of the gothic cathedrals. at chartres they have a window featuring the "rose of france" with "mary" in the centre. rose windows face west, the sacred direction of female deities. the red rose is symbolic of the goddess and so we have the rosicrucians with their red rose and cross symbols. they are a major strand in the illuminati web and claim a lineage to ancient egypt and back to "noah, that symbol of the reptilian bloodline. another elite network is the secret society known as the order of the rose, which includes the former canadian prime ministers brian mulroney and pierre trudeau, both satanists.8 trudeau is famous for wearing a red rose in his lapel. some branches of freemasonry feature the rose and cross in their rituals. once aga

f they neglected this duty. chancellor dolfuss managed to discover the registration card. the little, innocent maid had been a servant at the..rothschild mansion..and hitler's unknown grandfather must be probably looked for in this magnificent house. the dolfuss file stopped at this statement" was hitler's determination to take over austria anything to do with his desire to destroy records of his lineage? a correspondent to my website who has extensively researched this subject writes "it appears to me that hitler knew about his connection long before his chancellorship. like his father before him, when the going got rough, the hitlers went to vienna. hitler's father left his home village at an early age to seek his fortune in vienna. when hitler was orphaned, after his mother died in dece

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relatives in europe. even bill clinton andbob dole, who opposed each other at the 1996 presidential election, are distantcousins. they can trace their ancestry to englands king henry iii, who reigned from1227 to 1273 during the years of templar pre-eminence, and us presidents, williamhenry harrison and benjamin harrison. this information comes from the publication,burkes peerage, which traces the lineage of royal and aristocratic families. clinton hasfar more royal blood than dole and is directly descended from the same bloodline as thehouse of windsor, every scottish monarch, and king robert i of france. this is whyhe was the brotherhoods choice. harold brooks-baker, the publishing director ofburkes peerage, said: the presidential candidate with the greatest number of royalgenes has alway

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nathaniel harris has written an article on cain based on his family teachings, lore and his own sorcerous study and work37. his theories are sound and hold much inspiration for those who utilize truth within the circle, which is inspired or creative truth, thus aiding ones own initiation. according to saint augustine, saint clement, eusebius, lactantius, the abbe simonnet, and others, the entire lineage of cain were tainted. whilst god declared his will to seth by the mediation of angels, cain was gone from the sight of the lord and sought aid from the infernal one. the offspring of cain were deceived by the workings of satan so that they worshipped him. thus was diabolism born, and cain was equated as the first witch and satanist. nathaniel j. harris, witcha, a book of cunning here we ar

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m. they are concentrated in iran and iraq, but there are large shia minorities in afghanistan and pakistan. for several centuries after muhammad s death, the shia community was headed by an imam. the 12th such leader, muhammad ibn al- askari, took office in 873 c.e, after his father died. he was only four years of age. within days he disappeared, never to be seen again. as he had no brothers, the lineage ceased to exist. the shia community was in crisis. refusing to believe that they had been left leaderless, the community came to believe that the 12th imam was still alive and that at some point in the future would reappear as the chosen one mentioned in the quran, as the madhi. because of their belief in the 12th, shia muslims are often referred to as twelvers. in the meantime, leadership

madhi. because of their belief in the 12th, shia muslims are often referred to as twelvers. in the meantime, leadership passed to a council of leaders, the ayatollahs. in the century before the crisis of the 12th imam, isma il, the eldest son of the sixth imam, died before his father. while most shias supported the younger son as the new imam, a minority refused to recognize him and declared the lineage extinct with the passing of isma il in 762. they became known as ismailis, or seveners, as isma il would have been the seventh imam. the ismailis developed an esoteric doctrine built around the number seven. allah (god, for example, was seen as the seventh dimension who held the other six in balance. the world would last for seven millennia. more importantly, they took one of isma il s des

g developed out of such observation. he thus criticized alchemy, for example, and suggested that its few successes derived from mere change occurrences. bacon tried to rehabilitate himself during the last few years of his life, but he died on april 9, 1626, without the full pardon he sought from the king. in the twentieth century, rosicrucians have invoked bacon s name in their attempt to trace a lineage of thinkers back to ancient egypt, but there is no evidence of his association with rosicrucianism, which had just appeared in germany toward the end of bacon s life. on the other hand, some modern astrologers have claimed bacon in their drive to recast their art in a post-scientific format based upon empirical observation. sources: anderson, fulton h. francis bacon: his career and thought

recherches culturelles et spirituelles cercle international de recherches culturelles et spirituelles (international circle for cultural and spiritual research) is a french initiatic association founded early in the twentieth century, one of a number of magical esoteric orders inspired by the templar tradition. in the years following the french revolution of 1789, several groups arose claiming a lineage centro di ricerca psichica del convivio encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 264 from a secret surviving templar order. over the succeeding decades the number of such groups claiming templar roots has multiplied. cercle international is grounded in the idea that each era (defined by astrological ages) is unique in the way that the cosmos impact human consciousness. the previo

of the final judgment encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 292 silver, ednah c. sketches of the new church in america. boston: massachusetts new church union, 1920. woofenden, william ross. swedenborg researcher s manual. bryn athyn, pa: swedenborg scientific association, 1988. church universal and triumphant a church of the i am tradition, which has emphasized its christian gnostic lineage. the church began in 1958 in washington, d.c, as the summit lighthouse under the leadership of mark l. prophet. for several years prophet had been a messenger of the ascended masters of the great white brotherhood and had associated with the lighthouse of freedom, another i am organization. he began pearls of wisdom, a weekly periodical, as a means of disseminating the messages of the mast

rongly manifested her growing interest in metaphysics and the occult. the blossom and the fruit was included by occultist aleister crowley as recommended reading for neophytes in working with magic, and it seems possible that the author had some inside knowledge of secret occult organizations. collins s husband, dr. keningale cook, was also a writer, author of the fathers of jesus: a study of the lineage of the christian doctrine and traditions (2 vols, 1886. collins became an active worker in the movement for women s suffrage in britain and collaborated with suffragette charlotte despard on a novel, outlawed (1908) dealing with the subject of women s rights. she was an early member of the london lodge of the theosophical society, which she joined in 1884. in the same year, she wrote the i

re important derivatives is the gnostic catholic church associated with the ordo templis orientis (oto. some claim that both theodor reuss and aleister crowley were consecrated by papus, but the documentary evidence is lacking. herman joseph metzger (1919.1990, who eventually became head of the largest german-speaking branch of the oto, accepted consecration as a gnostic bishop through a separate lineage from doinel. sources: anson, peter. bishops at large. london: faber and faber, 1964. ward, gary l, bertil persson, and alan bain, eds. independent bishops: an international directory. detroit: apogee press, 1990. dommeyer, frederick c(harles (1909.1988) professor of philosophy and writer on parapsychology and philosophy. dommeyer was born january 12, 1909, in warrington, florida. he studie

he divine sounds and see the divine light and prepares the student s soul to travel on what are considered the inner planes of reality. twitchell claimed that he had come into contact with the vairagi order of mahabtas (masters) and especially with their representatives sudar singh of india and eck master rebazar tarzs in the himalayas. in 1965 twitchell was named the 971st living eck master, the lineage of the order dating back to prehistory. as the eck master, he wrote a number of books and brought to publication two volumes of the shariyat-ki-sugmad, the scripture of eckankar. after his death in 1971 he was succeeded by darwin gross and then by the current eck master, harold klemp. eckankar offers a picture of the inner worlds divided into an order of ascending levels through which the

finn became his pupil, and when he did succeed in catching it, he told finn to watch it while it was cooking but not to partake of it. finn, however, burned his fingers as he turned the spit and put one of them in his mouth. seeing this, finegas bade him eat the salmon and he became filled with the wisdom of all ages. afterward finn took service with king cormac, to whom he revealed his name and lineage. cormac promised him the leadership of the fianna if he succeeded in killing the fire-blowing demon that came yearly to set tara in flames. finn slew the demon and carried its head back to tara. the fianna were findlay, j. arthur encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 562 therefore ordered to swear allegiance to finn as their captain. under finn the fianna rose to great eminenc

he decade, circle network news, the church s periodical, had the highest circulation of any neo-pagan periodical in the world. the pagan movement grew rapidly through the 1970s and by the beginning of the 1980s several national wiccan fellowships had emerged, including the covenant of the goddess which provided a home for those wiccans who were not a part of the older fellowships built around the lineage of priestesses in the gardnerian or alexandrian tradition. fox became aware of two needs within the larger pagan community and moved to supply them. first, she founded the pagan spirit alliance, an inclusive national fellowship that included not only wiccans (those pagans who called themselves witches) but other pagans who did not identify themselves as wiccans. such pagans went by a varie

ot and were subsequently disbursed to various ripley s museums and sold to private collectors. gardner s form of witchcraft was based on a polytheism centered on the great mother goddess and her consort, the horned god. in the coven, the basic organizational and worshiping group of the movement, the two deities are symbolized by the priestess and priest. the priestess has clear dominance, and the lineage of authority is passed through her. the ritual is in three degrees, gardner having assembled ritual elements from a variety of sources. much of the third degree is taken from the writings of aleister crowley. as gardner s movement spread, a number of variations developed, first by former members alexander sanders and sybil leek, and in the united states by various self-described traditiona

eath. this assertion made mcmurtry s role as head of the church extremely tenuous, being based on both an undocumented consecration of crowley by papus and the unstate consecration of mcmurtry by crowley. mcmurtry s successor, william breeze, has largely laid the controversy over the church to rest by his reception of the consecration of jack hogg, a bishop of the gnostic church of thelema, whose lineage can be traced to doinel. however, it has also been enriched by the lineage of joseph rene vilatte through the american catholic church. the american catholic church adopted a theosophical theological position in the middle of the twentieth century. all ninthdegree members of the american oto are now considered bishops in the gnostic catholic church and its head as the church s patriarch. s

nsecrated by archbishop adrian spruit of the church of antioch. he subsequently exchanged consecrations with bishop george boyer of the sanctuary of the gnosis in london. together, they founded the international federation of gnostic bishops. willa esterton keizer is a homeopathist and hypnotherapist. she studied with indonesian martial arts master bapak subur rahadja and became an instructor and lineage holder in his white crane association. she was consecrated as a bishop by her husband in 1997. as leaders of the home temple movement, the keizers have developed a correspondence training program to assist men and women in becoming priests for a home-based spiritual ministry. the course integrates information on the spiritual teachings of jesus drawn from the mystical, esoteric, and gnosti

nd in 1984 together founded the solar temple. by this time jouret was traveling widely through french-speaking europe, eastern canada and martinique as an inspirational speaker. while di mambro directed the group from behind the scenes, jouret was its outward image and primary recruiter. the solar temple wedded the templars tradition to the new age. it drew its authority in part by an appeal to a lineage of grand masters that was claimed to go back to the medieval order of the temple that was suppressed at the beginning of the fourteenth century. di mambro assigned members a significant role as agents to bring the new age into visible presence in the world. the temple offered a program of personal spiritual progress through the practice of occult disciplines and rituals that invoked the po

nd his practices be repudiated. the council did not agree and saw no reason why mr. leadbeater should not be restored to membership. this action prompted some 700 members (including the scholar g. r. s. mead) to resign. leadbeater then rejoined the society, settled in madras, and for several years exerted powerful influence over the indian section, emphasizing clairvoyant teachings and an exalted lineage of reincarnation. during world war i he entered the newly formed liberal catholic church and wrote many of the church s basic texts. in 1908 leadbeater switched allegiance and designated a young brahmin boy, jiddu krishnamurti, as the future world teacher, or messiah. besant saw to krishnamurti s education and later founded the order of the star in the east to propagate his mission. after

h century. more recently the penny has passed into the possession of simon macdonald lockhart of lee, at dolphinton, scotland. leek, sybil (1922.1982) astrologer, witch, author, and one of the more popular figures in the modern occult revival. she was born on february 22, 1922, in the midlands, england, and claimed an ancestry in witchcraft through both sides of her family. through her mother the lineage could be traced to southern ireland in the twelfth century and through her father to russia. she was tutored at home and attended school for only four years (ages 12.16. she claimed that she had been initiated into the craft while near nice, in southern france, and that her initiation was to fill an opening left by the death of her aunt, who had been high priestess of a coven. she then ret

rald gardner, her own presentation of witchcraft is completely gardnerian. she talks of ritual items such as the athame (the ritual dagger) as if she had known about them before gardner. however, we now know that they were invented by gardner. she seems to have reproduced a variation on gardner s ritual. it appears as if she, like many in the early decades of the wiccan revival, created a magical lineage for herself, but in fact obtained her training and knowledge of the craft from gardnerians. she died in melbourne, florida, in 1982. sources: buckland, raymond. witchcraft: ancient and modern. new york: h. c. publishers, 1970. leek, sybil. astrology and love. new york: berkley, 1977. the best of sybil leek. new york: popular library, 1974. cast your own spell. new york: pinnacle books, 197

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itle madonna ministry that explored mary s role as a consciousness of unconditioned love who represents the feminine-mothering aspect of god. in the mid-1980s he retired from the religious science ministry and accepted consecration as a bishop by archbishop warren watters of the independent church of antioch, a church that combines a gnostic theosophical approach to christianity with an apostolic lineage through the non- chalcedonian churches in the middle east. michael founded the church of the talking pines before he died in 1987. two years later he was succeeded by bishop charles sommers, who had also been consecrated by archbishop watters. in 1990, the church of the talking pines changed its name to madonna ministry. the church continues a major focus on spiritual healing, as does reli

nce in 1904. this book was translated into german in the mid-1920s, and many of the german members rejected crowley and his perspective. they withdrew and continued as a pre-crowleyite oto, although enough german members accepted crowley that he could count one german lodge in his branch of the order. both of the german groups were destroyed by the nazi regime. a group continuing the anti-crowley lineage reemerged in switzerland after the war. during the time he headed the oto crowley experimented with a variety of magic practices, wrote widely, and compiled a curriculum consisting of his own books and some additional valuable works on magic for the order members. he died in 1947 and left the leadership of the order to karl germer, a german who had moved to the united states after a nasty

terminology and a western facade. from eckankar came the movement of spiritual inner awareness (msia) founded by john-roger hinkins; masterpath founded by gary olsen; and the ancient teachings of the masters founded by darwin gross. the divine light mission (now known as elan vital, brought to the west by guru maharaj ji in the early 1970s, represents a new infusion of an indian-based radhasoami lineage. the teaching that a mystical sound current heard in meditation may bring about higher consciousness is central to radhasoami beliefs and also had been an important part of the meditation techniques of traditional yoga practice, though it was a rare practice by the time of the career of tulsi singh. it was cited in such yoga manuals as the hatha-yoga-pradipika of svatmarama svamin and the

a, he was exceptionally talented as a child, although he did not have the advantage of a college education. he was passionately interested in conjuring magic, and in adult life he achieved worldwide fame for his skill in legerdemain. he performed before royalty in europe and asia and appeared on national television programs and at college campuses under the stage name of the amazing randi. in the lineage of many stage magicians over the last two centuries, randi has assumed a watchdog role over people who would perform conjuring tricks while trying to pass them off as either supernatural or paranormal events. he has also been encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. randi, james 1281 somewhat incensed at experts who have been fooled by hoaxing through their naive trust of the hoa

spirit (see myanmar) self-realization fellowship an early american hindu organization founded in 1920 as the yogoda satsang society by swami paramahansa yogananda. yogananda was the inheritor of a tradition of kriya yoga, which had been revived in the 1860s by mahavatar babaji, a guru who lived in the foothills of the himalayas and was believed to be an incarnation of shiva, the hindu deity. the lineage was passed to swami sri yukteswar, who passed it to yogananda. yogananda traveled to boston in 1920 for the tricentennial anniversary of the pilgrims landing, sponsored by the international congress of religious liberals, and decided to stay in the united states, one of the few hindu teachers to settle in the country before immigration from india was stopped in 1924. he moved the headquart

on smith was secretary, treasurer, and librarian for the california society for psychical studies, meeting in berkeley. her own special interests included telepathy, clairvoyance, and spontaneous psi phenomena. encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. smith, helene veeder altpeter 1423 smith, robert cross (1795.1832) robert cross smith, a pioneering modern astrologer, was the first of a lineage of british astrologers to use the pseudonym raphael with his writings. he was born in bristol, england, on march 19, 1795. he became a carpenter and in 1820 married sarah lucas. soon after his marriage he moved to london. in the city he became interested in astrology, possibly due to his acquaintance with g. w. graham, the balloonist. the pair authored a book on geomancy, philosophical mer

he united states when the oto sued the soto on several legal actions. the publication house samuel weiser was caught in the middle as the publisher of both organizations. the primary ruling occurred in 1985, when the court declared the oto, then led by grady mcmurtry, to be the legal entity who owned all crowley copyrights and trademarks. in effect, the court turned back all motta s claims to oto lineage and leadership. it may be contacted throught the parzival xi o.t.o. foundation, p.o. box 979, belconnen, act 2616 australia. sources: motta, marcelo. letter to a brazilian mason. nashville, tenn: troll publishing, 1980. manifesto. nashville, tenn: society ordo templi orientis in america, 1978. the political aims of the o.t.o. nashville, tenn: ordo templi orientis in america, 1980. thelemic

died committed suicide in hopes of making a transition to a higher world. a few people were murdered, considered traitors by the larger group. the remainder were considered weaker members and were assisted (i.e, murdered) to make the transition. the solar temple was one of a number of groups that emerged in france and neighboring countries in the years since 1804 that traced their authority to a lineage of grand masters of the order of the temple, a medieval order of knights that was suppressed at the beginning of the fourteenth century. in 1804, a parisian physician, bernard-raymond fabre- palaprat (1773.1838, claimed that he was the successor to a secret line of templar grand masters who had kept the order alive through the years since its disappearance from public view. following his d

rces of the templar degrees in the masonic initiatory structure. then, at the time of the french revolution, some french masons began to argue that since the templars came before freemasonry, it was logically independent of it and hence not subordinate to it. their cause was championed by fabre-palaprat, a physician residing in paris, who claimed to have found documents proving the existence of a lineage of grand masters who continued to operate from the time of the order s official suppression to 1792 when the then-grand master was killed by political opponents. the most important of these documents was the lamenius charter which specifies the passing of the grand mastership by the last public master, jacques de molay, to one john mark lamenius who he met in prison while awaiting his exec

ted below. hence there are all the forms of life there as on earth, except those, such as the lowest plants and animals, that cannot exist surrounded by such superior conditions. the scenery is of mountain and plain; river, lake and ocean; and of forest and prairie. it is like earth with all its imperfections perfected, and its beauties are multiplied. the first trance reference to spheres in the lineage of modern spiritualism seems to have been made by frederica hauffe, the seeress of prevorst. the second is contained in a letter from g. p. billot to j. p. f. deleuze in 1831. billot wrote: they taught that god was a grand spiritual sun.life on earth a probation.the spheres, different degrees of comprehensive happiness or states of retributive suffering.each appropriate to the good or evil

s of ancient egypt invented the tarot cards to represent their secret doctrines and teachings. they escaped the destruction of the christian era because the book burners did not know what they were. later, some egyptians brought them to rome, and they survived in the courts of the popes and passed to france during the period when the papacy was headquartered in avignon. this story of the egyptian lineage first appeared in the french occult community of the eighteenth century, having been invented by a protestant minister, antoine court de gebelin (1719.1784. de gebelin, an occultist and martinist, had become an early supporter of franz a. mesmer s ideas of animal magnetism and an amateur egyptologist. in 1781, well before the egyptian hieroglyphics had been deciphered, he published an eigh

e san fernando valley of southern california. the wflk fountain of the world was founded by francis h. pencovic (1911.58. he grew up in utah but became known in 1932 under his religious name, krishna venta. as krishna venta he claimed that he had been sent from heaven to work among the american indians. he was believed to be the latest in a series of saviours who had come to assist humankind. the lineage included adam, enoch, methuselah, noah, abraham, moses, elijah, jesus, and more recently abraham lincoln and joseph smith, jr (the founder of the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints. krishna venta established his followers on land in box canyon in the san fernando valley. they lived communally, a practical step in their gaining a unity of mind and spirit, and attempted to put into

ons but in actuality often comprised of fewer. because of wicca s rapid growth, however, some adherents now seek more formal organizational plans and credentialing of leaders (priests and priestesses, a trend resisted by those witches who hold individual and small-group practice and experience to be primary. wiccans often identify with a particular tradition .a school of teaching or an initiatory lineage.but the boundaries between traditions are loosely drawn, and new traditions are constantly being created. estimates of the number of wiccans in north america in 2000 ranged from 300,000 to the low millions. sociological studies of wicca show its followers as tending to be younger and better-educated than the population overall. wiccan church of canada the wiccan church of canada is one of

her witches came forth who claimed (sometimes falsely) to have no connection with his coven but rather to represent independent traditions of witchcraft. these included alex sanders (1926.1988, robert cochrane (d. 1966) and sybil leek, who emigrated to the united states in 1965, where she continued to write books on occult topics and to lecture on witchcraft. two more british witches of gardner s lineage, ray and rosemary buckland, moved to long island, new york, in the mid-1960s and many american and canadian gardnerian witches trace their initiatory lineage to them. meanwhile, modern pagan religions were being developed independently in the united states and elsewhere during the 1960s, including feraferia in los angeles, the church of all worlds in st. louis, and others. however, as more

ing of kundalini. new york: e. p. dutton, 1975. the secret of yoga. new york: harper& row, 1972. grupta, yogi. yoga and long life. new york: dodd, mead and co, 1958. isherwood, christopher, and swami prabhavananda, trans. the bhagavad gita: the song of god. hollywood, calif: marcel road, 1944. iyengar, b. k. s. light of yoga. new york: schrocken books, 1966. keutzer, kurt and narayan prakash. the lineage of swami shivom tirth. spiritweb 1996. http//www.spiritweb.org. april 20, 2000. majumdar, s. m. introduction to yoga principles and practices. new hyde park, n.y: university books, 1964. reprint, secacus, n.j: citadel press, 1976. melton, j. gordon. new age encyclopedia. detroit: gale research, 1990. mishra, rammurti. fundamentals of yoga. new york: lancer books, 1969. radhakrishnan, s, tr

cher who visited and taught in western countries and who founded the self-realization fellowship. yogananda was born mukunda lal ghosh in gorakpur, near calcutta, on january 5, 1893. he manifested psychic powers as a child. as a youth he was fascinated by the holy men of india and visited many of them. shortly after graduating from high school, he was initiated by swami yukteswar in the spiritual lineage of swami babaji, a legendary himalayan master. he graduated from college in 1914. while in college he took the vows of a sannyasin, to live the renounced life, and was given his religious name, yogananda, meaning the bliss (ananda) of yoga. yukteswar encouraged yogananda to come to the west, and he traveled to boston in 1920, ostensibly to speak at a conference, where he taught a system of

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e nature of messianic appearance within the context of the mystical qabalah. finally, like every living tradition, the spiritual power of the transmission does not depend primarily upon the written documents, but in the b rakha (spiritual blessing) of perfect trees and the grace of the divine to quicken one s holy spirit" f" 2' 8 (ruach ha qodesh. mystical christianity has maintained a continuous lineage of known and mostly unknown saints and mystics over the centuries, who have faithfully passed on the essence of master yeshuvah s mystical spirituality. despite later distrust and suppression by pauline orthodoxy, mysticism flourished in the early church. master yeshuvah taught one set of teachings openly to the public, and another set of secret teachings privately to his most advanced dis

GILBERT AE WAITE A MAGICIAN OF MANY PARTS

had woven into the story episodes from emma lovell'sownpast. she was born on18august1822,the second daughter of the second marriage of francis lovell,'whohad made his money in india, retired early, and come to live at sloane street, chelsea. little else isknownofhim (waite is always maddeningly vague about names, dates, and places in his autobiography, arguing that'mybusinessthroughout[is]withthe lineage of the soul, rather thanwithearthly generations' andthat'things external signify little enough ,except as they help or hinder the inward life'[sly,pp.14, 35.)on8december1810a francis lovell ofstpancras married elizabeth ottley at st george's, hanover square" and' this may well have been the first marriage of emma's father.mrlovellhad three children by his first wife: a son, francis,whobeca

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of the peoples around them, and followed their cultural practices rather than the law of god. pagan doctrines added to the torah it is important to note that the sins of the corrupt jews are often reported in the holy book of the jews itself the old testament. in the book of nehemiah, a kind of history book within the old testament, the jews confess their sins and repent: then those of israelite lineage separated themselves from all foreigners; and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers. and they stood up in their place and read from the book of the law of the lord their god [for one-fourth] of the day; and [for another] fourth they confessed and worshiped the lord their god. then jeshua, bani, kadmiel, shebaniah, bunni, sherebiah, bani [and] chenani stood

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us ritual forms of preparation and given by the laying on of hands. this rite was taken so seriously that anyone who profaned it by returning to a" material life" was expelled from the community. the believers, or credentes were those of the terrestrial path and followed a similar path to that of the perfected ones, however perfection was not required of them. the cathari form a major link in the lineage of the modern mysteries and sustained the esoteric teachings while under persecution from the apostate church and transmitted them, via small sects and cults, to today's gnostics. the gnostic handbook page 109 wisdom from india to give an example from hinduism of the amoral path. we find in traditional hindu (tantric- vedic) tantra there are two distinct traditions, the right and left hand

he same time we must be aware of the great distortions that have occurred with all old testament, judaic and christian texts. the key concept within gnosticism is continual revelation. we can also see the development of gnostic doctrine and theurgy in light of recent research and experience. continual revelation while of significant importance always needs to be seen in the context of the gnostic lineage, anybody can have a revelation and they can come from any one of a million sources. the modern gnostic tradition as exemplified in the institute of gnostic studies carries on this line of spiritual and gnostic revelation valuing our heritage and traditions as well as well as recent refinements and revelations. behind the institute if the gnostic apostolic church, this is our inspiration an

church, the senior pastor who is a member of the pneumatic priesthood who has however decided to continue working within his or her pastoral duties and those of the qadesh priesthood. members of the qadesh priesthood have vowed himself/herself to the gnostic tradition. they are celibate, but in a special sense, they are encouraged to have full sex lives but to keep focus on the true self and the lineage of the gnosis. spiritual and sexual partnerships are permitted, but the duties the priesthood must come first. as discussed in early chapters, the senior pastors and qadesh priesthood are members of the pneumatic priesthood and are nonreproductive, whether they be heterosexual or homosexual in orientation. members of the qadesh priesthood are usually homosexual. the gnostic tradition: a br

in oral form (cf.kabbalah" passed by mouth) through esoteric brotherhoods. in the west this knowledge was passed onto the initiate (jesus) in the essene sect, after his death his followers passed on the secret teachings. this new order centred around ormus (46 a.d) and continued through the knights templars, the eleutherians, the church of carmel, the rosicrucians and onwards. in modern times the lineage continued in a variety of forms, the more ritually oriented line was continued in such organisations as the hermetic order of the golden dawn, the early theosophical movements, the astrum argentinum, the ordeo templi orientis and the fraternity of saturn (germany. however, these organisations got bogged down in the technology of the spiritual processes and lost the vision and art of the gn

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il: pleroma@ozemail.com.au gnostic apostolic church institute for gnostic studies note: please study the gnostic handbook before studying this volume. gnostic theurgy page 4 the gnostic teachings were central to the esoteric schools of all traditions. even though separated by time, space and cultural forms, they were linked together by a common wisdom, a nexus which spans time and space to form a lineage of oral and written teaching which continue to this day. in the earliest stages of man s present cycle we find records of this tradition in images drawn on cave walls, strange statues, enigmatic diagrams and glyphs too distant to mean much to us now. it is really only in egypt that we start to find the first records of a fully developed esoteric system, one which i may add, still seems uni

d egypt, and as egypt deteriorated; amongst the people of israel. the israelite people were aryans, the very term adam means he who blushes red. they carried the kabbalah with them into the deserts and it formed the secret core of their faith. as time progressed and israel became a political force in its own right, the esoteric teachings were passed by secret brotherhoods such as the qadesh. this lineage of the esoteric wisdom is sometimes known as the sethian tradition, both the essenes and gnostics emphasised this unique designation. it was used in the sense of the genealogy of genesis, where seth was the replacement for murdered abel and he represented the pure wisdom. cain, on other hand, represented a fallen lineage, he was considered a tool of the demiurge- an archon in flesh. this c

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ion the customary method of entrance into the sabbatic tradition is via formal ritual induction. this can take various forms, ranging from the simplest act of ritual 'authorisation' to the so-called 'grand array' of the full sabbatic ceremony. within the cultus sabbati there are various concurrent lineal streams, and it is from their example that i shall draw in the discussion below. the founding lineage of the cultus is that of 'the red snake, descended from a buckinghamshire stream of cunning-craft practice and folk magic. in terms of its outward expression through ritual practice it has changed with each successive generation, but at its core a body of sorcerous principles is maintained and it is upon this 'alphabet of arcana' that each generation 'fleshes out' its own particular mode o

on 'fleshes out' its own particular mode of practice. in terms specific to ritual initiation, the principles informing the general process are observation, dedication, formal tuition, and ritual focus. in manifestation these principles combine in a process lasting a minimum of twenty-one months, culminating in the focal apotheosis of a final initiatory ceremony. from the previous magister of this lineage i was taught that a candidate is chosen by signs and omens, and that it was forbidden for any outsider to ask directly for initiation. the omen-chosen candidate is firstly 'watched' for a period of time, no less than nine lunar months. during this time, called 'the gestation, the candidate is observed for clear indications of the requisite skills and characteristics which the path will dem

re principles are maintained; for they are the very manner in which 'the firebrand' is passed from one generation to the next. in the fulfilment of his 'making' the initiand is ritually 'authorised' to act as an autonomous participant and representative of the tradition. his or her name is entered into the book of lineages and the names of fellow brethren are communicated. within the ambit of the lineage in which the above process is actuated there are no grades or degrees beyond the principal initiation ritual, although it must be stated that some traditional lineages, such as the black boar and the serpent-cross, do utilise graded structures. in the case of the black boar lineage, for example, a three degree system is operated, broadly based upon the apprentice, journeyman, and master gr

, are based wholly upon the skills that individuals possess and demonstrate; the 'raising' of an individual to any such position is furthermore subject to the consent of both brethren and spiritual patrons. as aforesaid, within the cultus different 'lineages' of craft observance operate concurrently, sometimes crossing, sometimes remaining categorically distinct. what is it that distinguishes one lineage from another? it is primarily the particular knowledge and characteristic customs of a particular master-pupil chain of transmission which marks one from another. because of this, a single practitioner may study under different teachers to receive different bodies of knowledge and to receive to 'power' of distinct lineal paths of the sabbatic gnosis. so long as each lineage is appreciated

seal of power' for all initiatory relations which is of paramount importance. for those of the path, the reception of the 'power' activates the spiritual bloodline: the legacy of the fire-brand from the elder gods, from old tubalo the light-bringer, through the race of the watchers and the companie of faerie, down through the golden chain of hand-to-hand-to-hand..to now. midnight's lightning: the lineage of unique transmission vision an omen-bearing bolt of light held in the hands of the daemonic gods: an intercession trespassing fates, a revelation that brings forth to flesh the link between the visible heart of man and the invisible heart of the mysteries. such is the way of midnight's lightning! the spirit-bestowed vision that reveals itself to the mind of the seeker incepts and passes

transmission vision an omen-bearing bolt of light held in the hands of the daemonic gods: an intercession trespassing fates, a revelation that brings forth to flesh the link between the visible heart of man and the invisible heart of the mysteries. such is the way of midnight's lightning! the spirit-bestowed vision that reveals itself to the mind of the seeker incepts and passes the power for the lineage which we may call 'the unique transmission. whether within the conclaves of a formal ritual catena of initiates or in the subtil 'cavern' of solitary practice, whether called forth by intent or made manifest by a sudden epiphany of the gods, the power of revelation is bestowed solely to its chosen vehicle, the divinely-elected individual, and there-in it 'incarnates- as a faculty, an openi

r of revelation is bestowed solely to its chosen vehicle, the divinely-elected individual, and there-in it 'incarnates- as a faculty, an opening of the inner eye that directly apprehends the mysteries. for certain individuals there is an innate capacity to comprehend the mysteries of the witanic path, to understand without learning. such may be an indication of rebirth within the transcarnational lineage of witchblood, or a sign of new dispensation: a master of the lonely road. for there are some to whom all outward rites are but a blessing, a confirmation of that which has been attained by interior disposition. such individuals enjoy a rapport with the gods and possess a clarity of vision that cannot be learned or taught, such souls are born into the house of cain and bear his mark within

piration, and yet its blessings far outweigh its bane. for there is a solitude in this path 'a marriage that divorceth all other, in which perfect all-oneliness may be realised. within the ambit of 'unique transmission' one may consider that an appointed individual may receive entire bodies of lore, whole rites and mysteries. in such instances, the ritual authority to teach others and to incept a lineage for a specific corpus of knowledge is divinely sanctioned. whilst any man or woman may claim to have received a 'vision, the motives of such claims are made apparent by certain external signs; as the gospel teaches 'one must test all things and hold fast to that which is good. if your path leads you to meet with a true beholder of the mysteries, an initiate without mortal intercessor, then

initiate without mortal intercessor, then consider yourself blessed indeed. to learn from such a person could reveal more of the craft than any store of knowledge accumulated through the passage of years. from experience i would counsel caution and prudence, but if truth be found then i believe we should respect those who have gained the favour of the divine. to speak boldly, i consider that the lineage of unique transmission, as incepted by the self-recognition of one's innate 'seed of light, is a prerequisite for all who practise the arte magical. perchance all beings may possess that spark within themselves, but the rubicon between initiate and uninitiate is the self-recognition of that spiritual seed. for unless that inchoate germ of the magical life awakens to itself there can be no

nded from yelda paterson through zos vel thanatos (austin osman spare, there is a line of transmission facilitated by the 'passing -on' of a spirit-familiar. in its contemporary manifestation this arcanum has itself 'fleshed out' via the medium of a mystery-rite 'the black eagle rite, simply named after the spirit itself. this instance in itself serves to illustrate that a certain type of magical lineage is principally conveyed via the inheritance of spirit-familiars. one might consider that the animal-totem, be it eagle, snake, fox or boar, functions as a 'mask' for the informing sentience of such traditions. mystery-rites, in and of themselves, communicate the lineages of magistry and serve to transmit the states of magical attainment needful for the on-going realisation of their diverse

n; unless the interior link between self and other (whether that other be man, deity, or spirit) is attained then no initiation exists. if a prescribed formula is used and signs ensue, then a link is assured, but it is best if a rite of self-initiation is principally constructed according to divinely-received lore. can a self-initiate initiate others? if the basis of their self-initiation is by a lineage of direct and unique revelation and if a corpus of teachings derives from such an epiphany, then we must be confident and affirm the ability of one to teach another, to pass on that which the gods have revealed, if only to assist a student to gain self-initiation for themselves. if the gods reveal themselves then it is with a courage that equals their blessing that we must claim our own sp

f gnosis in ecstasy, its impress upon mind is beyond all simple reckoning. if we can guide well in instances where its activity is fore-shadowed in the play of imagination, an individua l may gain insight and succeed in establishing an interior link with the current, above and beyond the mere outward show of an apparent 'history. imaginal transmission may therefore serve as a means of attaining a lineage of direct revelation. for the sake of caution, it is perhaps wise for us to speak plainly: where genuine inspiration is absent and tall stories abound, we must beware. whilst counselling a degree of closer analysis, i consider that those who make a deliberate pretence of initiatic provenance in any way or form are a danger to themselves, to naive seekers, and, in the broader sense, to the

d developed as the dream so dictates. it is indeed considered a talent and a blessing from the gods if someone has the power to dream viridically- that is to dream true, with a mind made green 'fertile as old eden. as in the matter of unique transmission, if someone receives a dream of initiation into the sabbatic mysteries, then that dream is considered to impart its own lineal transmission: the lineage of the silver thread. it does not comport the same empowerment as that of formal ritual induction, but then neither does a formal rite carry the same power as a dream wherein one meets with the gods face-to-face. often these matters overlap and provide insights into the other. however it must be stated that dream-initiation is considered to be a valid mode of induction and as aforesaid con

enced aspirants. as such i conclude that it is best for such matters to be remain the preserve of those capable of deploying their arcana with knowledge and love. textual transmission: the way of the book although we may exchange money for text, money alone will never purchase initiation, neither will text alone permit us to enter the sabbat. and yet, if one is possessed of the suitable capacity, lineage may be given by means of formal textual transmission. in such an instance, the pages of a rite are formally given by a master or mistress to an aspirant and the spiritual wardens of the book are bestowed as familiars or guides to the book's new owner. in cases where face-to-face tuition cannot be accomplished, a one-to-one mode of textual transmission is sometimes utilised, most often acco

such an instance, the pages of a rite are formally given by a master or mistress to an aspirant and the spiritual wardens of the book are bestowed as familiars or guides to the book's new owner. in cases where face-to-face tuition cannot be accomplished, a one-to-one mode of textual transmission is sometimes utilised, most often accompanied by a psychic linking between bestower and recipient. the lineage of the serpent-cross is one such example of a sabbatic lineage externally supported by textual transmissions and internally augmented via psychic connectivity. in its case, the original motivation of the lineage is oneirically derived and its method of implementation is in accord with dream-tuition. where the lonely road guides us, where the black book- the grimoire unknown- is revealed as

an on-going event, a tortuous road or 'crooked path' linking moment to moment, ecstasy to ecstasy in a continuity of being. within the overall complex of this continuum we may define specific strands which combine to facilitate the transmission of gnosis to the individual; i. the lineal transmission of thought- every nuance of the mental continuum which bears the fruit of realisation fulfils the lineage of thought between the primordial mind- the skull-palace of cain- and the present mind, the skull-vessel of the initiand. the thoughts which lead a man onto the path, the thoughts which guide and serve in his choice-making, the thoughts which transform the mundane into the substance for the praeternatural gold of noetic alchemy, the thoughts which re-cognise the state that is ours in etern

. the lineal transmission of deed- every action is an interaction between self and other, and is therefore a potential transaction between the aspirant and the initiator. the opening of the eyes, the placing of the step, the turning to-and-fro between directions, the on-lay of the hand, the sojourn, the flight, the labour, the rest..all may show forth the work of mahazhael's hand. 0/iv. the great lineage: the path of true witchblood- whether it is by kinship, rite, vision or divine election, that one is made a 'knowing witch, it is by birth and by birth alone that one is chosen and branded with the sign of liberty 'the mark of cain. solely those whose aethyr bears this seal of power partake in the one true lineage of 'witchblood. though its design is cast though countless ways, it is ever

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ior society was called the interior sanctuary or church. in medieval european graal mythology, we find a strain of accomplished graal templars going out in secret to govern and protect far-flung populations, but (as in von eschenbach s parzival..writing was seen on the gral to the effect that any templar whom god should bestow on a distant people for their lord must forbid them to ask his name or lineage, but must help them gain their rights..members of the gral company are now forever averse to questioning, they do not wish to be asked about themselves. as magical mythologist aleister crowley has a wonderful time with both friend and foe in the fictional moonchild, but his nonfictional recounting of the same period comes uncomfortably close to the metaphor of the war between the great whi

biography, both by his own account and that of his biographers. 85 about the cover painting nephilim al-kemy was created after several years of research and intense experiences. in the early 1990s. ms. page encountered an authentic western adept. through this person, ms. page received the story of the nephilim, their part in human history. ms. page was also shown the progression of the nephilim s lineage through time including where it has remained in some level of stability, and where and how it has been corrupted. this story is also a prophecy, and the time of this prophecy is now. the painting is an unfolding of this prophecy. it is on a 30x40 canvas, with 8 separate panels revealing different aspects of the story. the cover of this text is the central panel, showing the alchemical move

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ogr. of eavenna says, the saxons removed from their ancient seats to britain( cum principe suo, nomine anchis. this may be hengist, or still better his son oesc, whom i have identified with askr.2 plainly there existed primitive legends, which made the first men, or the founders of certain branches of the teutonic nation, grow out of trees and rocks, that is to say, which endeavoured to trace the lineage of living beings to the half-alive kingdom of plants and stones. even our leut (populus, ohg. liut, has for its root liotan (crescere, pullulare, os. liud, liodan; 3 and the sacredness of woods and mountains in our olden time is height ened by this connexion. and similar notions of the greeks fit in with this. one who can reckon up his ancestors is appealed to with the argument (od. 19, 16

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of the craft that we are at home with as 'the way it has always been and always will be. there is also a tendency, which approximates an inverted snobbery, to make something out of 'peasant' origins and something shameful about the idea of a craft tradition which is not confined by a sense of 'folk' origination. despite this being a slight digression i can state that in former days part of my own lineage came from buckinghamshire and the few people who met together were more often than not simple womenfolk who set great store in the basics of circle-craft and wort-cunning, but nonetheless the current transmitted from these folk origins retains a knowledge which will adapt itself to accurate expression whatever the context. it would thus be somewhat unfair of me to insist that the practices

nd a single ear of corn. the emphasis placed upon the importance of basic circle-craft within sabbatic lore is indicative of a simple truth which is only to be known by those who have experienced it at first-hand- when you stand within the circle cast true about you like the horizon itself, then you are at the very instant of the tradition's beginning; you stand there at one, through the power of lineage, with the first-born of witchblood, and your presence within the circle is testimony to the pact which preserves the lineage from today until the last-to-die of the line has stepped therein: this is the course of the tradition amongst the race of men. for myself i need to look no further than the circle for the origination of the way! there burns the first fire and the vision amongst the f

INTERVIEW WITH ANDREW CHUMBLEY

d participated in a dimension of true dreaming, in which one goes forth in spirit-flight into the field of the sabbat and there communes directly in its mysteries. whilst one can write about this, the reality is rooted in personal apprehension which can only be gained if the spirits accept you and elect to call you out in dreaming, or if one is fortunate enough to be taught in a traditional craft lineage that possesses the requisite lore and spirit-patronage. in the final analysis, sabbatic craft is an initiatory tradition and only those who have been so inducted- whether by man or spirit- should speak about it, and even then guardedly. mh: can you explain a little about the actual practice of dreaming on a magical level? ac: every word, deed and thought can empower, magnetise, and establi

spirits. if one is able to oversee this diversity certain strands of commonality may be perceived. if one may seek amongst these strands amidst the many other kinds of shared features, one may speak about a body of lore that exists in the old craft which incorporates a gnostic faith in the divine serpent of light, in the host of the gregori, in the children of earth sired by the watchers, in the lineage of descent via lilith, mahazael, cain, tubal-cain, naamah, and the clans of the wanderers onward to the present-day initiates of arte. speaking from my knowledge of the ophite-sabbatic lore within the cultus, its historical provenance is primarily rooted in oral transmission. nonetheless, beyond the passing of word from mouth to ear, there are many diverse linkages which prefigure the comp

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rk. digitizecoy google 110 isis nnteiled whole roman catholic image-worship the madonna element and reforming the faith to protestantism. the enforcement of the late dogma of the immaculation was prompted by this very secret reason. the science of symbology was mulring too rapid progress. blind faith in the pope's infallibility and in the immaculate nature of the virgin and afker atkestral female lineage to a certain remove could alone save the church from the indiscreet revelations of saence. it was a clever strc^e of polk^ on the part of the vicegerent of god. what matters it if, by "conferring upon her such an honor^ as don fasquale di franciscis naively expresses it, be has made a goddess of the virgin mary, an olympian deity who, having been by her very nature placed in the im- possib

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. with a regal voice he intoned and questioned me and my presence there "who are you that comes here, strange one, though you seem familiar to my mind. you seem to me to possess every attribute of my lord, him that i followed most dutifully, knowing well his teaching to men to be wise. are you then satanael, maker of the race of man, the parent of the noble nephilim of whom i would declare my own lineage? or are you else a glamour to beguile my wits sent by heaven to delude the king that is their great foe and whose kingdom does grow to rival theirs and cast them down as it has been prophesied by that very satan with whose seeming you do appear? speak then to me i do command you, name yourself, horned angel" to these inquiries did i reply, speaking, myself, with a majestic voice, clear and

gabriel amongst the arabs. they were a most fierce people like the lions of the desert. war-like, proud, yet decadent, nurturing not fine things of the soul but outer strength and greed. it was as though they believed they might make fecund the desert's wastes by libations of the blood of men. well did they feed the jackals. yet amongst this savage people was a most noble child born, of ishmael's lineage well extracted. yet before he was brought from the womb was his father dead and he was not yet a man when death took his mother also. so it was taken upon the shoulders of his tribe that they raise him unto manhood. in the city of mecca was the orphan raised and he was bright amongst men though he mourned for two parents. his name was given to him "muhammed" but the people of mecca called

LAITMAN M KABBALAH ATTAINING THE WORLDS BEYOND

loser to a teacher and best served that teacher gained a greater chance for spiritual ascent. accordingly, it is said by the kabbalists that the way of kabbalah is not inherited, but rather passed down from teacher to disciple. so it was in all generations, up to the present one. however, the present generation has fallen so low spiritually that even its leaders pass on their knowledge via family lineage, since all their knowledge is on a bodily level. on the other hand, those who have formed a spiritual bond with the creator and with the disciples, transfer their legacy only to those who can receive it, that is, to their closest disciples. when we experience obstacles in our advance toward the creator, we must ask the following of the creator: 1. that the creator remove all the obstacles

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

eveloped by its founder, aleister crowley. the leader of the abbey is gregory von seewald (b. 1955, who serves as praemonstrator of the aa and outer head of the order for its inner circle, which is called the sovereign penetralia of the gnosis. he was initiated into the magical work in 1975, and after nine years established the abbey. von seewald established links in 1991 to an aa group through a lineage that ran from crowley to karl germer to m. motta to r. eales to himself. he states, this link has been mutually acknowledged, and is not the result of regular nomenclature, but constitutes the cooperation of my branch with another. the abbey of thelema is also a subdivision of the order of thelema, and works closely and in cooperation with the holy order of rahoorkhuit and in association w

of satan the first church of satan (fcos, founded by lord egan is a self-described heretical offshoot of the original church of satan. egan, a former member of anton lavey s young church of satan in the early 1970s, notes in an essay posted on the first church of satan s website that he fondly recalls the libertarian, dionysian bent of the church in those days. although acknowledging its laveyan lineage, the fcos also seeks to recover the teachings of aleister crowley [the first church of satan] recognizes that much of laveyan satanism in its original form was a simplified version of the teachings of the great dark magus aleister crowley.we believe, as did crowley, in the sovereign uniqueness of each individual that every man and every woman is a star, at least potentially and in the righ

to one of the last surviving traditional covens. by virtue of this claim, he was able to assert that wicca was a lineal descendant of the old religion of europe, antedating christianity by millennia. this claim has, however, been thoroughly discredited. although he was undoubtedly sincere in his desire to revive archaic paganism, gardner s claim to have been initiated into a coven with an ancient lineage was fabricated as a strategy designed to give his nascent movement greater legitimacy. instead of representing the survival of an ancient religion, wicca was a creative synthesis of elements drawn from freemasonry, ceremonial magic, aleister crowley, robert graves s notion of a pre- christian goddess religion, charles godfrey leland s witches gospel, murray s imaginative reconstruction of

christian paganism. the assertion that these terms were so derived may have been plausible in the midtwentieth century when gardner founded the wiccan movement, but it is now clear that there is no historical connection between modern wiccans and the witches executed by the inquisition both because the inquisition s victims were not pagans and because gardner s claims to have inherited an ancient lineage were false. rather, these terms were derived from the diabolical fantasies of medieval witchhunters who believed they were rooting out and destroying the prince of darkness s minions in other words, witch, coven, and sabbat derive from the literary satanism created by officials of the church. vera further argues that the god of modern wiccans is derived more or less directly from the devil

LINDOW JOHN NORSE MYTHOLOGY A GUIDE TO THE GODS HEROES RITUALS AND BELIEFS

s listeners to remember it or bear a punishment. thord has it word-for-word, but the servant does not. he dies a year after the night in the cave. the cave itself cannot be located, and thord moves closer to the church. see also ragnarok; thor bergelmir (bear-yeller, mountain-yeller, or bare-yeller) giant, one of those from whom giants traced their genealogy. vafthrudnismal, stanza 29, states the lineage of bergelmir. odin has asked vafthrudnir who was the oldest of the asir or of the kin of ymir. vafthrudnir responds, a great many years before the earth was formed, bergelmir was born; thrudgelmir was the father of this one, and aurgelmir the grandfather. after asking about the monstrous birth of the offspring of aurgelmir, odin asks what vafthrudnir fs oldest memory is. vafthrudnir respon

tides the useful powers created for people to tell time. deities, themes, and concepts 91 an alternate translation of the second half of the first line would be ghe is father of the day. h in gylfaginning snorri has an interesting expansion of the idea in this stanza: norfi or narfi was a giant who lived in jotunheimar. he had a daughter named nott [night; she was swarthy and dark, as she had the lineage for [she had two marriages, to naglfari, then to anar] last she married delling, and he was of the lineage of the asir. their son was dag, according to his paternal heritage. this is a typical example of snorri fs view of the mythological difference between jotnar and asir. but it also shows the importance in the mythology of patriliny, which in medieval iceland operated within a bilateral

[night] was born to nor. new moon and tides the useful powers created for people to tell time. an alternate translation of the second half of the first line would be ghe is father of the day. h in gylfaginning, snorri has an interesting expansion of the idea in this stanza: norfi or narfi was a giant who lived in jotunheimar. he had a daughter named nott; she was swarthy and dark, as she had the lineage for [she had two marriages] last she married delling and he was of the lineage of the asir. their son was dag, according to his paternal heritage. this is a typical example of snorri fs view of the mythological difference between jotnar and asir. as i point out above, in the entry on dag, it shows the typical mythological emphasis on patriliny. dag is of the asir because his father was of

the daughter of king alf of alfheimar, after she has reddened the altar (horgr) with blood at a great disablot one autumn. the prefix alf- means gelf, h and although there is no other evidence connecting the elves with the disablot, on its face the text offers a mythological model for human behavior. the ceremony takes place at the home of a king, is presided over by a woman (one indeed of royal lineage, and involves the spilling of blood, presumably from an animal that was sacrificed. angered at the abduction of his daughter, king alf calls on thor, who subsequently kills starkad and restores alfhild to her father. it is at least conceivable that the author of the saga thought that thor was inclined to intervene because the disablot had been successfully carried out, in other words, that

ts, perhaps because the name could mean gyeller h as well as the appropriate horse name, ggolden. h gymir father of gerd, the giantess who married frey; possibly also identical with agir. gymir is indeed identified as the father of gerd, and aurboda as his wife and her mother, in skirnismal. in the gylfaginning in his edda, snorri sturluson repeats this information, adding that aurboda was of the lineage of mountain giants. in skaldskaparmal, however, in a discussion of kennings for the sea, snorri quotes a verse by the skald ref gestsson and then says that agir and gymir are one and the same. ref was an eleventh-century skald quite given to mythological kennings, and the verse in question seems to say that the cold seeress of gymir often transports the bear of twisted lines into the jaw o

; taken literally, this is an allusion to ragnarok, for thor fs mother is jord (earth. thor is nonplused, but soon asks who owns the ferry (stanza 7. ghildolf h (battle-wolf) replies the ferryman deities, themes, and concepts 161 (stanza 8. the name is found among the thulur as a son of odin, but thor does not react to it. when asked his own name (stanza 8, thor announces three generations of his lineage: son of odin, father of meili. ghere you can see thor. h the expression ghere you can see h is precisely what odin says to geirrod in the epiphany at the end of grimnismal when odin terrifyingly reveals his identity to the human king geirrod, but on the ferryman it has no effect. thor lamely asks the ferryman what his name is. odin fs response is deeply ironic. gi am called harbard/ seldom

nza 44, odin asks what humans will live after fimbulvetr has passed. vafthrudnir replies in stanza 45. lif and lifthrasir, still they will conceal themselves in hoddmimir fs forest; the morning dews they will have as food for themselves, from them people will be nourished. in the gylfaginning section of his edda, snorri sturluson paraphrases and quotes this stanza, adding the information that the lineage of lif and lifthrasir will be so great that the entire world will be populated. see also hoddmimir fs forest; ragnarok lit (color, countenance) dwarf killed by thor at baldr fs funeral, according to snorri. the killing of lit, which appears only in gylfaginning, appears almost to be an incidental. the gods have had to send for hyrrokkin in order to launch baldr fs immobile funeral ship, an

over people/ or the night with tides? h delling he is called, he is dag fs [day fs] father, and nott was born to nor. new moon and tides the useful powers created for people to tell time. in gylfaginning snorri has an interesting expansion of the idea in this stanza: norfi or narfi was a giant who lived in jotunheimar. he had a daughter named nott [night; she was swarthy and dark, as she had the lineage for. she was married to naglfari; their son was aud. next she was married to anar; their daughter was jord [earth. last she married delling, and he was of the lineage of the asir. their son was dag, according to his paternal heritage. why nott had so many marriages is unclear, but it does seem obvious that in snorri fs view the third marriage was the best, since it led to day. alfodr (odin

asia to scandinavia. in each case he appears to be building on haleygjatal, a poem from the end of the tenth century by the skald eyvind finnsson skaldaspillir. in the prologue to his edda snorri says that after odin settled in sweden he went north to the coast, where he established his son saming as the ruler of norway, gand the kings of norway, the jarls and other powerful people, traced their lineage to him, as it says in haleygjatal. h in the prologue to heimskringla, however, snorri says that according to haleygjatal, saming was the son of yngvi-frey. and in ynglinga saga, he quotes a stanza of haleygjatal (stanza 3 in the editions) saying it is about samund, although he is not mentioned in it by name. the verse is not clear, but it seems to suggest that odin sired someone on skadi (

odin (this is the euhemerized odin, the king who emigrated from tyrkland to scandinavia) had a son named yngvi who succeeded him as king of sweden. from him descend the lineages called ynglingar. but in his ynglinga saga snorri says explicitly that yngvi was a second name for frey (chapter 10, and twice he uses the compound yngvifrey. snorri also says that the name yngvi was long used in frey fs lineage as a term of respect. later, in chapter 17, he puts it this way: dyggvi was the first of his family to be called king; before that they were called drottinn [chieftain, their wives drottning [chieftain fs wife; later queen, and the court drott [warrior band. but each of their lineage was called yngvi or ynguni his whole life through, and all the ynglingar together. the last sentence must u

LOGOMACHY OF ZOS

e common right of infinite relationships is yet free, strengthening, inspiring, becoming a tireless search for truth and ideals. the life-force is the greater logic we overlook by our blind ethics. lies extend their province, their mistakes are limiting. doors shutting on. i, t$ f i 5. and the splendid figure of art changes to a decadent witchcraft. long have we known the near without knowing its lineage. ego experiences more by recognition of diversity than of likeness. originality expresses our surprise at things felt more than at things understood. the body is organic knowledge with cryptic signatures of its begetters, to which we add a dithering paraphrase. we do not live eternally yet seek knowledge of eternity. a mystic is one who experiences more of himself than he can articulate. u

n are those of nature, whereas they are a conditioned process with limited technique within our understanding: in no manner are we spontaneous. though other powers in us may simulate such when we are sufficiently automatic. even to see myself in others, all so much alike, the same beast amuck. rather let me know trees and have friendship with plants. t .k 3= 5! 5( o5! 5. 9 -5! s. v h7 we know our lineage is of all things, yet the deepest thought, the wildest guesses are futile answers as to why we exist. the answer may be tied up in some form of pleasuring now unknown to us but not to our early originations. we never reach the first cause. the diversities and differences of sentient beings are determined by planted functional desires which it is our purpose to change. we become what we des

LUCIFERIAN SORCERY

the veil of waking into dreaming and emerge upon the hill of the sabbat, encompassing the circle of the witchblood whom have offered unto asmodeus, the waking lord of the sabbath. the order of phosphorus, being a luciferian group focused on solitary, ceremonial and individual growth through one discovering his/her own foundation of magickal practice recognizes the importance of the witches sabbat lineage that is present within some of its initiates. it is very much like a call of the blood, it whispers on the webs of dreams from which you are slowly lifted up to the stag, naked and awake through the eyes of lilith and asmodeus. the awakening and dedication chant which should performed by candlelight indoors or out. if outdoors, cast your circle in flour, which is a form used by witches of

LUCIFERIAN WITCHCRAFT AN INTRODUCTION

veil of waking into dreaming and emerge upon the hill of the sabbat, encompassing the circle of the witchblood whom have offered unto asmodeus, the waking lord of the sabbath. the order of phosphorus, being a luciferian group focused on solitary, ceremonial and individual growth through one discovering his/her own foundation of magickal practice recognizes the importance of the sethian witchcraft lineage that is present within some of its initiates. it is very much like a call of the blood, it whispers on the webs of dreams from which you are slowly lifted up to the stag, naked and awake through the eyes of lilith and asmodeus. the awakening and dedication chant (performed by candlelight indoors or out. if outdoors, cast your circle in flour "by the rights of pleasure may flesh procreate f

LURQUIN STONE EVOLUTION AND RELIGIOUS CREATION MYTHS

length of time that has elapsed since the creation of adam and eve. this is because from the story recounted in genesis, it is unclear at which point humans stopped living for hundreds of years and assumed more ordinary life spans, shortening generational times. additionally, since creationists reject evolution, they also reject the notion that modern humans are the result of a long evolutionary lineage that started millions of years ago. for them, prehuman fossils are ape skeletons. also, creationists claim that neanderthal fossils are those of sick, deformed human beings who died in the recent past and could not possibly be part of an evolutionary process that eventually led to modern humans. these types of beliefs baffle most educated people in the rest of the world. this is because th

asian h. erectus. but we also know that h. figure 4.1 the ancestry of homo sapiens as revealed by the fossil record. vertical bars represent the longevity of each species as determined by fossil finds. lucy, the famous a. afarensis fossil found in ethiopia, is indicated by a horizontal line. h. ergaster is the name sometimes given to african h. erectus. the genus paranthropus is not in the human lineage. mya, millions of years ago. 88 evolution and religious creation myths erectus was tall, sometimes as tall as modern humans. what then accounts for the very short size of h. floresiensis? it turns out that size reduction (dwarfism) can take place when mammalian species find refuge on isolated islands, which also explains why elephants on flores were so small. as we mentioned in chapter 2

ssil record shows that the tale of the missing link, still held by some, is completely outdated. many links leading from primates that lived several million years ago to our modern selves have been discovered. the appearance of bipedalism as early as 5 6 million years ago, the well-documented temporal sequence of increase in brain size, and the evolution of tool making all show that our ancestral lineage is very old, and by now the details of our evolution are well filled in. as for missing links between the neanderthals and h. sapiens, it is thought by many that none will be found. dna evidence obtained so far argues against the idea that neanderthals and h. sapiens interbred and left hybrid descendants. the origins and evolution of homo sapiens 89 anatomically modern human fossils in 200

humans are found practically all over the planet, with the exception of the americas and polynesia. the story, or rather theory, that emerges from the fossil record is thus that modern humans appeared in africa from a long line of prehuman primates. from there, they migrated over time to the four corners of earth. we said above that, for reasons of simplicity, we would use the streamlined fossil lineage of h. sapiens. it turns out that many different bipedal primates lived in africa between about 1.5 and 5 million years ago and thus coexisted with our direct ancestors h. habilis and h. erectus. these other primates went extinct and left no recognizable modern descendants. just to name some, these were australopithecus africanus, paranthropus boisei, and paranthropus robustus (who must hav

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

ght side branches end in conventional cup-like flowers, from each of which rises the body of a knight carrying in his hand a ribbon bearing his name. the central stem is surmounted by a larger flower, from which emerges the body of king arthur himself. the tree is a favorite motif in heraldry. the one trunk with its multitude of branches caused the tree to be frequently used in diagramming family lineage, from which practice has arisen the custom of terming such tables "family trees" p. 94 lotus are the keys to its symbolic import. a hint concerning the unfoldment of spiritual understanding according to the secret science of the mysteries is found in the story of aaron's rod that budded, and also in wagner's great opera, tannh user, where the budding staff of the pope signifies the unfoldi

MEANING OF MASONRY

dates, particulars of masonic constitutions, historical changes and developments in the external aspects of the craft, references to old lodges and the names of outstanding people connected therewith--these and such like matters can be read about elsewhere. they are all subordinate to what alone is of vital moment and what so many brethren are hungering for- knowledge of the spiritual purpose and lineage of the order and the present-day value of rites of initiation. in giving these pages to publication care has been taken to observe due reticence in respect of essential matters. the general nature of the masonic system is, however, nowadays widely known to outsiders and and easily ascertainable from many printed sources, whilst the large interest in and output of literature upon mystical r

very mason is naturally desirous to know something of the origin and history of the craft. the available literature on the subject is diffuse and unsatisfying. it offers a mass of disconnected details of archaeology and comparative religion without unifying them into any helpful light and deals rather with matters of minor and temporal history than with what alone is of real moment, the spiritual lineage of the craft. in this paper, therefore, it is proposed to trace a rough outline and, in the space available, only a very rough one is possible--of a movement which is as old as humanity itself and the purpose and doctrine of which are still faithfully, if very rudimentarily, preserved in the masonic system. but such a sketch, by providing a general outline for the enquirer to contemplate a

MICHAEL FORD WITCHMOON

plifies its predatory qualities. the nosferatu is said to be associated with the incubus and succubus, indicating its connection with the astral plane. once the creature is buried, it will rise from the grave shortly afterwards, going forth in the night to grow strong on the blood of the living. male nosferatu are said to be able to impregnate women, the children are then destined to carry on the lineage of its father and become a sorcerer and moroii, giving nightly communion of blood to it's parent. romania and hungary have significant folklore as well, hungary being connected with the bathory family. countess bathory added fuel to the fire of vampire mania in europe by being caught indulging in her blood lust, killing and bathing in the blood of over 560 girls. 10 10 romania adds yet mor

illumination and life upon earth will be once again whispered in the halls of the dead, our kind never died out or went away, we carried our lineal witch blood through the throes of time and space, covering the earth again in secrecy. 17 17 yelg paterson and the greatest of mythical sorcerers exist through those who take into their essence and mind the very witchblood which passes through astral lineage, to which your great heritage is all obtainable for your future work. chapter two the book of night -elementals of mind and space- vampiric or vampyric sorcery is a technique of evoking and directing energies which are qlipothic in nature and/or origin. the kabbalah defines the qlipoth as unbalanced or negative energies which exist beyond the sphere of da ath, which is dual in it's qualiti

the brain. by mastering and learning to control by will the essence of the self, one can be open to the vast abyss beyond the mind. take careful note that the abyss reflects the brain and its contents; one who dives the abyss simultaneously with another will rarely see the same things. what is seen will reflect the realities and illusions of the individual mind. many of the sorceries of the human lineage are descended from the great abyss known as da ath, the stronghold of esoteric knowledge. when diving into da ath take a great astral weapon, as strong as your will and as swift as your mind. great afterlife survival techniques which have been discovered and remain as possibilities were obtained from the flight through the mouth of choronzon, through the abyss. qlipoth the qliphoth/qlippot

is the freedom, desire and strength to explore their entire universe of being, from the sun filled peaks of ancient towers to the catacombs of ghastly atavisms. all is possible to a mind of awakened light! 93 93 the teachings of old are of interest to the student and the adept for the method of inspiration. the various methods which can be developed from the old generally result in rebirth to the lineage. it is up to the individual to explore and rewrite many of these methods. it is not that the old ways should be destroyed, rather they should generally be reworked to suit the sorcerer performing such methods. magick and witchcraft are but a mirror and tool of the will, to know this is to become beyond it! it is recommended that the aspiring sorcerer-initiate to the witches sabbat mysterie

d hear the sounds of moaning and laughing in the night winds, my mind telling me it was the many witches, beasts, wolves and vampires of the dream plane. my level of excitement rose further upon being drawn to these haunting voices. i let out a call sounding so very loud within my ears that it must have been heard by the ecstatic witches and warlocks. i was joining those of the blood, those of my lineage, who continue the great work of the witches sabbat path on this plane of existence. i could only wonder later who are the many companions with whom we frolic with in these states, are they distant coven members, some gifted one whom i hold correspondence with? a very interesting point made by a fellow witch one evening "we are always of night and yet we are of the watcher even more. this w

essence as much as i can, a gateway to this experience, embodied in the grimoire now in your hands. sabbat invocation samael, serpent of the elder powers, great father of cain and dweller upon the earth: i seek knowledge that my desire shall bring to birth elementals of fire and water. lord of sabbath and lord of the circle, i urge thy coming with great anticipation. 99 99 we are watchers of the lineage of the craft. i am born of water and of the pure blood, my life is within the current. lord of witches, baphomet, black horned one, lend us thy grail of the dragon s venom ,illuminated with the fire of hecate s torch. give us the wisdom and power. so mote it be! watcher, who art not of our sight, but hidden and reversed. whose revolving forms are disembodied desires of my life: thus is eac

MICHAEL TSARION ATLANTIS ALIEN VISITATION AND GENETIC MANIPULATION

identified as evilbecause of their strange markings or deformities. though later mundane history tells ofmuch abuse of such lore, it is reasonable to assume that they were founded on some factual-ity. this is also the reason why there is the emphasis on purity of the bloodline when itcomes to kingship. this purity was essential to both sides, each having a vested interest inhaving only their own lineage enthroned. innumerable rituals associated with kingship datefrom this. and in certain tribes there is the custom of being bonded by blood. in such cer-emonies, a person who has come to love and respect another, lets physical blood and literallypresses this to that of his fellow who has likewise let free their blood. is this just anothermeaningless heathen ritual? does this not mean that ki

ifthey can find a way of breaking throughthe stargate, they will vacate earth in theirarks taking some of us with them forseeding their new home planets with moreslaves.space shuttle atlantisour future in the stars126atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation if the reader cannot feel for the earth, or even for humanity, perhaps they can feel fortheir own particular ancestors, their own lineage, those grandfathers and grandmotherswho sweated and perished like animals in the fields and factories, in battles and wars,from poverty and disease, and who in their agonies looked up to the creator askingwhy? why? why? and lest one should forget the utter tyranny that our ancestors knewand endured, here are the words of plantagenet king richard ii, who after the peas-ants revolt of 1381

ddhist, and sanskrit showing lemuria and the continentsof the east all laid out.dragon linesparks are laid out over them.nephilimalso referred to in the hebrew as the, people from the rocket ships.kieranan irish name similar to the word for serpent, carian. chiron may also be a derivation as is cahen insemitic. hermesthe name really means serpent.royal papyrus of turincontains information about a lineage of priest-kings whose rule stretched back at least 36,620 years.(see p. 38)dana/dianathe celtic and slavic goddess equivalent of diana. she was also a deity connected to mysteries andmagic.telchinesa brotherhood of grecian (danaan) priests, with magical and healing powers. this cult lived in the tau-rus mountains and in syria.pherylltthe order of bards that colonized britain. also known as

enaming of abrahams grandson jacob, who became known asisrael (p. 26)long kept records the opening verses of genesis were composed in the sixth century b.c, roughly 1,400 years afterthe time of abraham, 2,000 years after noah and 3,500 years after the mesopotamian flood. but fromwhere would such ancient genealogical records have been obtained? who would have recorded andmaintained the patriarchal lineage through so many centuries (p. 27)atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation213 appendix b: book abstracts line of abraham prestigiousthe most intriguing factor is not that this influential line was recorded from early times, but that it wasdesignated prestigious in the first place some 6,000 years ago, long before the israelites wrote up thestory (p. 27)nebuchadnezzar ii sacked j

a curse, as is commonly portrayed, but the blessing and protection of thelord, his father, enki-samael..the question has been often been posed as to who the lord feared mightwant to kill cain, given that he and his parents were (according to the bible) the only living beings (p.102)gardner concludes that the mark was a sign of royalty that would distinguish cain. it was a coat ofarms to mark his lineage and prestige.the mark of cainthis was called in hebrew malkhut, from the akkadian malku, meaning sovereign (see p. 102) it was the symbol that has become known as the rose cross (rx)commentthis rx, is now pronounced phonetically as rex, the title given to monarchs. it is also the sym-bol one finds in the pharmaceutical fields and professions. the ancient annunaki were powerful alchemists/c

that moses received the laws and ordinances from lord jethroof midian, not from the lord jehovah. jethro is specifically described as a descendant of esau and thereis no talk of whatever about slabs of stone, only the book of the covenant (p. 218)conclusionthe sacred culture of the ancients was retainedin the messianic line of king david of judah (1008b.c, whose significance was in the pharaonic lineage, not in his descent from abraham and theshemite strain (p. 224)the ptolemiesin 525 b.c, egypt was conquered by the persians, whose kings were subsequently ousted by alexanderthe greats macedonian army in 332 b.c. this led to the greek dynasty of the ptolemies and queencleopatra vii. her liaison with the roman general mark anthony led to the final withdrawal of thepharaohs, and egypt was su

MORALS AND DOGMA

oderation, temperance, candor, modesty, gratitude to god, and generosity to man, then we are entitled to be honored and rewarded. if we have learned selfishness, self-indulgence, wrong-doing, and vice, to forget and overlook our less fortunate brother, and to scoff at the providence of god, then we are unworthy and dishonored, though we have been nursed in affluence, or taken our degrees from the lineage of an hundred noble descents; as truly so, in the eye of heaven, and of all right-thinking men, as though we lay, victims of beggary and disease, in the hospital, by the hedge, or on the dung-hill. the most ordinary human equity looks not at the school, but at the scholar; and the equity of heaven will not look beneath that mark. the poor man also is at school. let him take care that he le

MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS E

[156] page 175 hebe (juventas. hebe was the personification of eternal youth under its most attractive and joyous aspect. page 176 she was the daughter of zeus and hera, and though of such distinguished rank, is nevertheless represented as cup-bearer to the gods; a forcible exemplification of the old patriarchal custom, in accordance with which the daughters of the house, even when of the highest lineage, personally assisted in serving the guests. hebe is represented as a comely, modest maiden, small, of a beautifully rounded contour, with nut-brown tresses and sparkling eyes. she is often depicted pouring out nectar from an upraised vessel, or bearing in her hand a shallow dish, supposed to contain ambrosia, the ever youth-renewing food of the immortals. in consequence of an act of awkwar

REGARDIE ISRAEL THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN

ven years of difficult inward personal labor from one grade to the next. the inner completion of a ritual grade does in fact bring a new awareness, more personal freedom from automatic parts of oneself, increased control over conscious image building, and a greater power, but with most of us this is usually hard won and painful. as to who is capable of initiating, the question of "succession" or "lineage" or the "transfer of power" has been debated for years regarding its pros and cons. ultimately, the only person who can truly initiate another is one who has not only done the work pertaining to the particular grade, but for the complete order into which he or she initiates someone else. unless the totality of the symbols is within the sphere of sensation of the initiator, little will be a

ROBERT KIRK WALKER BETWEEN WORLDS

dice and superstition. commentary 117 page 52 i have found five curiosities in scotland, not much observed to be [known] elsewhere. the five curiosities are as follows: 1. the labor of the brownies (previously discussed. 2. the mason word. here kirk is referring to the tradition that certain socalled ancient aspects of masonry are known in scotland, and that scottish masonry is of a more original lineage than that of england, having unique elements to it, such as the mason word. 3. the second sight. 4. curative charms (see page 63) 5. magical proof against wounding used by scottish soldiers. with the possible exception of the scottish mason word, these curiosities are found worldwide in various folk traditions, albeit taking varied forms. page 54 though i will not be so curious nor so pere

RUBY TABLET OF SET

cluding statement, which seems to be little more than an outright vilification of sophistry. he turns to page #1016 and quotes: the art of contradiction making, descended from an insincere kind of conceited mimicry, of the semblance making breed, derive from image making, distinguished as a portion, not divine but human, of production, that presents a shadowy play of words. such are the blood and lineage which can, with perfect truth, be assigned to the authentic sophist. the sphinx: obviously that is not an objective philosophical statement. it is a deliberate insult reached through a dialectical process which, in retrospect, seems a transparent parody of plato's more serious argumentative style. in most of the platonic dialogues one feels that socrates is not "managing" the conversation

ollowing quote from the statesman? he turns to page #1082. stranger: when there arises in the soul of men a right opinion concerning what is good, just, and profitable, and what is the opposite of these. an opinion based on absolute truth and settled as an unshakable conviction. i declare that such a conviction is a manifestation of the divine occurring in a race which is in truth of supernatural lineage. young socrates: it could no be more suitably described. the chimaera (dryly: he would probably say that, since sphinxes and chimaeras do not really exist, nothing we say is to be taken seriously. the sphinx: so, where plato is concerned, a great deal hinges upon the basis for mathematics itself. is it acquired through reason or through mystical vision, so to speak? the chimaera: this is r

rought out a second (facsimile) edition of a true and faithful relation, a copy of which i acquired in march of the following year. upon comparing the facsimile casaubon to the golden dawn, crowley, and lavey keys, i realized the extent of the distortion that had taken place. being familiar with language and cipher construction, i set out to unravel the original keys to determine their linguistic lineage. after some weeks of work, i concluded that enochian is not a true language. rather it is an artificial jargon, i.e: arbitrary words placed together in roughly consistent sequences to simulate a true language. it is so cleverly done that it can fool non-linguists fairly easily.8 it is even possible to "write" in enochian as crowley did, altering suffixes to create the impression of declens

2- 2 author: dr. michael a. aquino vi date: april 13, xvi(2) html revision: sept. 21, 1998 ce subject: the word of set reading list: upon comparing the facsimile diaries to the golden dawn, crowley, and lavey keys, i realized the extent of the distortion that had taken place. being familiar with language and cipher construction, i set out to unravel the original keys to determine their linguistic lineage. after some weeks of work, i concluded that enochian as it is is not a true language. rather it is an artificial jargon, i.e: arbitrary words placed together in roughly consistent sequences to simulate a true language. it is so cleverly done that it can fool non-linguists fairly easily. it is even possible to "write" in enochian as crowley did, altering suffixes to create the impression of

. i am the word of my soul, the fountain of eternal youth; the lad transformed in the philosopher's stone. away from myself i am naught in the void of chaos; child of pure darkness i am that i shall be. knowledge and power i am, i shall be the awaking of the god in the dream of eternity. i am the fool in the holy quest, an ancient one thrice great of the black earth. i am without parent or mortal lineage; i shall become the continuum of my love in ma'at most high. i am life; i shall be death; i shall become life in death. in xeper i am tehuti remanifest within the mysteries of xem; hear the words of my ba and let my ka come amongst you. may the great old ones come, to create through us in the day of be with us. i am. i shall be that i shall become in the glory of my creation. i shall be th

o us from sources as ancient as fabled atlantis or great egypt? probably not, but their origin is academic insofar as actual use goes for the setian. since in a lesser black magical aspect they are merely tools of infulence and understanding, the paths of the tarot through history are unimportant. william claude dukinfield's nasal "call them what you will" best sums up the question of the tarot's lineage. there are any number of methods of laying the cards out. each is valid only as far as it gives meaning for the magician performing the reading. i have seen rather elaborate layouts for the cards which were equalled in power and potency by simple placements; neither approach should be considered as incorrect. the main point to bear in mind is that the tarot is an instrument for bringing ab

igation into this tradition cannot be overemphasized. magical and research ability is not enough; ethical sensitivity and social discretion are just as important. the prospects for new and wonderful perspectives on the black art are exhilarating, but success will come only if the order conducts its affairs with the same dedication and nobility that has made the temple of set a legend in its time. lineage of the order the order of the trapezoid was founded as an informal order within the church of satan by the authority of anton szandor lavey as high priest. its existence was first announced in the december v (1970 c.e) cloven hoof: the order of the trapezoid is the "board of directors" and security staff of the church. its functions are many, and its members are chosen by appointment, acco

SAPPHIRE TABLE OF SET MAIN

ses, which is the first step of changing reading into reading. since we live in an age of distrust, any group that seeks to recreate mankind's legacy of initiation will be (and for the sake of keeping the group honest *should* be) viewed with two types of distrust. the first is the commendable "why are these bozos any better than the rest of us" if that answer is made by reference to scripture or lineage, rather than the achievements of the students, the group deserves the contempt it gets. the second type of distrust is a subtle and ignoble one "i don't think i can get better" the latter view breeds a nihilism and cynicism that eventually rots both its holder and his culture *initiation is about process, not (merely) ceremony. i wonder if any intellectual historian has paid attention to t

SAPPHIRE TABLET OF SET

ses, which is the first step of changing reading into reading. since we live in an age of distrust, any group that seeks to recreate mankind's legacy of initiation will be (and for the sake of keeping the group honest *should* be) viewed with two types of distrust. the first is the commendable "why are these bozos any better than the rest of us" if that answer is made by reference to scripture or lineage, rather than the achievements of the students, the group deserves the contempt it gets. the second type of distrust is a subtle and ignoble one "i don't think i can get better" the latter view breeds a nihilism and cynicism that eventually rots both its holder and his culture *initiation is about process, not (merely) ceremony. i wonder if any intellectual historian has paid attention to t

SATANGEL

imply blame the author or otherwise assume inauthenticity of the text itself. instead, they would take it to a priest to be blessed (indeed, there are many grimoire existent that have actually been copied and composed by the hands of clergymen, or written with the assumption that the diabolist has been ordained. these grimoire were as essential to the passing on of the black art as any initiatory lineage, and were not easy to come by. the quest to obtain such would often involve long journeys to foreign lands, the exchange of quite vast amounts of money, and occasionally the loss of life. hence the devils and angels summoned by them, like the sorcerers that used them, had great respect for the mere obtainment of such a volume. this in itself would be enough to create a powerfully charged o

here the worship of the goddess has continued, often under the guise of the three marys, the song of solomon has particular importance. whilst modern witches are lucky enough to have all the theological history books at their disposal, and may thus consider themselves to have rediscovered their pagan heritage, the witches of the middle ages had only those few snippets that were preserved in their lineage. much of their theology was thus christian and drawn from the bible, even if interpreted in ways that the church would strongly have disapproved of. many modern practitioners have not even read this work, whilst in the past we were all made to listen to vast passages of it recited by their priests, once a week and by law. various spells actually use the bible as a ritual object in its own

carrying a great sword. tells fortunes, reconciles. buer (goetia, 10th spirit. president commanding 50 legions. appears as a centaur. teaches moral and natural philosophy, virtues of plants, heals all human distempers, gives good familiars. byleth once a prince of powers. cain (hebrew qayin, attainment. son of adam, slayer of abel in the first murder. in some accounts the first of the witch blood lineage, the offspring of the serpent or of the watchers. camio, camael (goetia, 53rd spirit. formerly of the angelic order of angels. appears as a thrush, a man carrying a sharp sword, seems to answer in burning ashes or coals. gives understanding of the speech of birds, bulls, dogs and other animals, and of the voices of the waters. foretells the future. in occult lore he also is identified as t

onunciation is largely phonetic, so that each letter is sounded clearly and in turn. the character z has largely been interpreted to be sounded as zod. the first is the proclamation of the mysteries, invoking that which has no beginning or end; the bornless one. through self-identification with this power, the sorcerer establishes their dominance. the second is a call and recognition of the blood lineage; through the power of lust we are continued. the third identifies the aims of the black magician in achieving dominance and superiority over mankind; a statement of spiritual elitism. the fourth calls out to the sons of pleasure, and bids them to visit the earth. the fifth is a call to the mysteries; the seeking of illumination. the sixth key invokes the power of the luciferian mystery. th

SCHLAGER NEIL WORLD RELIGIONS REFERENCE LIBRARY

dia of philosophy. http//plato. stanford.edu/entries/confucius/(accessed on may 29, 2006. 90 world religions: biographies confucius dalai lama born: july 6, 1935 taktser, amdo, tibet tibetan religious leader; writer i am just a simple buddhist monk no more, nor less. tenzin gyatso is the name that was given to the fourteenth dalai lama, or spiritual and temporal (civil) leader of tibet. part of a lineage that stretches back to the fourteenth century, the dalai lama has been referred to as the buddhist pope. unlike the catholic pope, however, the dalai lama does not speak for all buddhists. rather, he is the representative of one distinct branch of tibetan buddhism, known as geluk (also gelug. since the chinese invasion of tibet in 1950 and his subsequent exile, the dalai lama has become an

both hinduism and buddhism to bring rapid enlightenment. tibetan buddhism, also sometimes referred to as vajrayana, or vehicle of the thunderbolt, was introduced into tibet in the seventh century ce. by about 750 the first tibetan buddhist monastery had been built near lhasa. four major sects (religious divisions) of tibetan buddhism ultimately formed: nyingmapa, or ancient ones; kagyupa, or oral lineage; sakyapa, or grey earth; and gelukpa, or way of virtue. the dalai lama is a member of this last sect. the gelukpa originated in a fourteenth-century reform movement that sought to restore discipline in monastic life. the leader of the gelukpa is not the dalai lama but the ganden tripa, or holder of the throne of ganden. the tradition of the dalai lama began in 1391, with the first to hold

the gelukpa originated in a fourteenth-century reform movement that sought to restore discipline in monastic life. the leader of the gelukpa is not the dalai lama but the ganden tripa, or holder of the throne of ganden. the tradition of the dalai lama began in 1391, with the first to hold the office, gedun drub (1391 1474. the second, gendun gyatso (1475 1541, established a permanent seat for the lineage at the monastery of drepung, near lhasa. each dalai lama is believed to be the reincarnation of the previous one, so upon the death of the dalai lama, monks set out on a search for signs of the new leader. sometimes, as with tenzin gyatso, the search takes several years, leaving gaps in the dalai lama lineage. by the seventeenth century, lobsang gyatso (1617 1682, the fifth dalai lama, was

rty, tragedy, or simply the daily concerns of life. dipa ma made her life s work the teaching of dharma to those who sought her out. 115 birth and early life dipa ma was born nani bala barua on march 25, 1911. her birthplace was a small village in the indian province of east bengal (modernday bangladesh, near the border with burma( later called myanmar. she was born to a clan that could trace its lineage back to the time of the buddha. the people in her community practiced buddhist rituals and customs, but they did not practice meditation, which was primarily left to monks and nuns. from an early age nani showed great interest in buddhist rituals and practices. she helped monks at local temples and made statues of the buddha. instead of playing with other children, she read and studied, of

ind singh was the author of an important sikh text, the shri dasam granth sahib, a 1,400-page compilation of prayers, mythical narratives, devotional works, and autobiographical details. portions of the shri dasam granth sahib remain part of the daily devotions of sikhs in the twenty-first century. one passage, the jaap sahib, is a prayer in praise of god: thou has no form or feature, no caste no lineage; none can describe thy appearance, colour, mark or garb. thou art the source of all light, and the object of all praise; thou art the supreme lord of all, and the moon of the universe. perfect is thy discernment. all turn to thee for refuge. thou art the great companion; thou art the sure providence. glimpses of guru gobind singh ji: the dasam granth sahib. info-sikh.com. http//www.info-si

SEVEN SHADES OF SOLITUDE

fully applied: the sigil and stave, the will and the word of magical power. for those of this faith, the so-called wytcha and curren, it is the circle of the arte magical which forms the perfect mirror in which the mysteries of solitude may be sought. drawing from a diversity of personal experience- as a perpetual apprentice, a constant journeyman, and as a presiding magister of covine, lodge and lineage- the circle of arte has yielded up its own-being of solitude according to many subtil degrees of understanding. although i often practise in assembly and convocation, if a man be defined by his greatest predilection and most frequent manner of ritual observance, then i am in truth a solitary magician in the time-honoured custom of english cunning-craft. if i may say this of myself, then it

SIR EDWARD BULWER LYTTON ZANONI A ROSICRUCIAN TALE

ne to possess and to communicate, thou wouldst listen to me then, and obey me without a doubt "it is true; and i can account for this only by the imperfect associations of my childhood, by traditions in our house of "your forefather, who, in the revival of science, sought the secrets of apollonius and paracelsus "what" said glyndon, amazed "are you so well acquainted with the annals of an obscure lineage "to the man who aspires to know, no man who has been the meanest student of knowledge should be unknown. you ask me why i have shown this interest in your fate? there is one reason which i have not yet told you. there is a fraternity as to whose laws and whose mysteries the most inquisitive schoolmen are in the dark. by those laws all are pledged to warn, to aid, and to guide even the remo

ore, but beautiful in repose, not a breeze stirs thy tree, not a doubt my soul" chapter 3.vi. tu vegga o per violenzia o per inganno patire o disonore o mortal danno "orlando furioso" cant. xlii. i (thou art about, either through violence or artifice, to suffer either dishonour or mortal loss) it was a small cabinet; the walls were covered with pictures, one of which was worth more than the whole lineage of the owner of the palace. oh, yes! zanoni was right. the painter is a magician; the gold he at least wrings from his crucible is no delusion. a venetian noble might be a fribble, or an assassin, a scoundrel, or a dolt; worthless, or worse than worthless, yet he might have sat to titian, and his portrait may be inestimable, a few inches of painted canvas a thousand times more valuable tha

TEXE MARRS CODEX MAGICA SECRET SIGNS MYSTERIOUS SYMBOLS AND HIDDEN CODES OF THE ILLUMINATI

giving this sign, nor was it an election year. moreover, the former president was in retirement, proving the elite adage "once a servant of the llluminati, always a servant (until death, that is) president franklin d. roosevelt was both a 32nd degree mason and a cabalist, crypto jew. as his family tree clearly demonstrates, roosevelt's ancestors came from the netherlands and were of jewish blood lineage. here, fishing in the gulf of mexico off the texas coast in 1937, fdr signals the v of cabalistic occultism, using, however, his thumb. ralph reed, the young man who came from nowhere to head the masonic knights of malta/illuminati project called the "christian coalition "today, no longer with the christian coalition, reed is a high-paid republican lobbyist in washington, d.c, and a member

THE BOOK OF PLEASURE

yond necessitation, who can grasp the nameless kia? obvious but unintelligible, without form, its design most excellent. its wish is its superabundance, who can assert its mysterious purpose? by our knowledge it becomes more obscure, more remote, and our faith-opacity. without attribute, i know not its name. how free it is, it has no need of sovereignty (kingdoms are their own despoilers) without lineage, who dare claim relationship? without virtue, how pleasing in its moral self-love! how mighty is it, in its assertion of "need not be-does not matter! self-love 16 in complete perspective, serves its own invincible purpose of ecstasy. supreme bliss simulating opposition is its balance. it suffers no hurt, neither does it labour. is it not selfattracting and independent? assuredly we cannot

ects are not the truth, nor are they necessary to truth. of its 51 emanations which are you to strangle at birth? are you illegitimate? you believe in right and wrong- what punishment will you determine? can you escape the driving "must? who can escape boredom- without change? who remain single and content! what man among you is large and free enough to encompass his "self? your belief obfuscates lineage. ambition is smallness- your customed environment. remember, time is an unstudied imagination of the experienced. what may be called the early experience was its completion, so of learning there is no finis. what you learn to-morrow is determined by what you have done- the accomplished lesson of yesterday. never learning to-day what you can do to-morrow is called loss, but is theft from ti

THE GALE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE UNUSUAL UNEXPLAINED VOL 1

ems of life, death, resurrection, and an afterlife. the initiate who wished to attain mastery over the mysteries of life after death would be sent to knock at the door of the great temple of thebes or of memphis. here, he had been told, the priests could teach what isis and osiris knew. if the newcomer were admitted, the priest of osiris would question him about the place of his birth, his family lineage, and the temple where he had received his elementary instruction. in a brief but revealing interrogation, if the student was found unworthy of the mysteries, he would be sent quickly away. if the seeker appeared to be one who sincerely desired to learn the truth of the mysteries, he would be led through a corridor to an underground crypt where a large statue of isis hid the doorway to an i

THE GALE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE UNUSUAL UNEXPLAINED VOL

t he had discovered something interesting, but he was nearly through the initiation when it struck him that the old religion did truly exist and that he had become a part of the great circle that had existed since time immemorial. to be a gardnerian witch would thenceforth be to become a witch who had undergone an initiation that could hearken back to gerald gardner and through him to an unbroken lineage that had been hidden and kept secret by sacred oaths and the solemn practice of holy rituals. at first, when gardner published high magick fs aid (1949, a fictional account of witches under the pseudonym of scire, traditional witches became nervous and upset that he was beginning to reveal too much to the general public. then, when the witchcraft laws were repealed in great britain in 1951

urope (1921) was the defini- 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 magic and sorcery 87 tive work on witchcraft and undoubtedly inspired such individuals as gerald brosseau gardner to revive the craft in the modern era. murray fs thesis was that witchcraft hearkened back to ancient, pre-christian goddess worship and continued forward in unbroken lineage to contemporary times. the witch craze that seized europe in the period from the fourteenth to the seventeenth centuries and that led to the persecution and deaths of thousands of those women who practiced witchcraft was nothing more or less than the attack of the patriarchal establishment on an ancient, woman-centered religion. in her opinion, based on her extensive research, the practice

e two bronze altars in solomon fs (10th century b.c.e) tem- 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 92 magic and sorcery 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 magic and sorcery 93 followers of the order of italian witchcraft known as stregeria claim that their tradition has maintained an unbroken lineage that goes back before the days of the roman empire. according to the ways of the strege, the goddess of the old religion, whether known as diana, aradia, or demeter, has always been the benefactress of the outcast, the lonely, the people of the night. when the new religion of christianity achieved dominance in italy, the strege revered mother mary as an expression of the goddess diana. thr

THE MARTINIST OPERATIVE GENERAL RITUAL

it martinists of all initiatic degrees, dispersed throughout the world, to unite their efforts by working together, at certain monthly periods, on their common work; the universal reintegration. this ceremonial, of necessity, combines the two traditional paths of martinism: the operative way and the way of heart, so that all martinists may participate in its working regardless of their particular lineage. it may be recalled that while the direct disciples of louis-claude de saint-martin have practised exclusively the method of action through prayer from the nineteenth century, the emulators of martinez pascuallis had to follow obligatorily both methods; prayer and operation, from the eighteenth. this general ritual is therefore a return to the most traditional sources since it constitutes

THE NECRONOMICON SIMON VERSION

for his soul and begins to repeat himself in the text, saying things he has already said in previous chapters as though having forgotten he had said them, or perhaps to stress their importance. the second testimony is riddled through with non sequiturs and bits of incantation. he does not finish the book. it trails off where he would have signed it, presumably, in the arab manner, but giving his lineage. instead, it ends before he can name himself or even one relation. we can only imagine with horror what fate befell this noble sage. another problem that confronts the editor is the suspected frequency of the copyist's glosses; that is, there do seem to be occasionally bits of sentence or fragments of literature that would seem to be inconsistent with the period in which the text was writt

THE HOLY BIBLE KING JAMES VERSION

those days, that there went out a decree from caesar augustus, that all the world should be taxed. 2:2([and] this taxing was first made when cyrenius was governor of syria) 2:3 and all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. 2:4 and joseph also went up from galilee, out of the city of nazareth, into judaea, unto the city of david, which is called bethlehem (because he was of the house and lineage of david) 2:5 to be taxed with mary his espoused wife, being great with child. 2:6 and so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered. 2:7 and she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn. 2:8 and there were in the same country shepherds abi

TRUE HISTORY OF WITCHCRAFT

p, was an oto offspring in crowley's time. it has been claimed that kenneth grant and aleister crowley were discussing relatively radical changes in the ordo templi orientis at approximately the same time that gardner and crowley were interactive. though wiccan writers give some lip service (and, no doubt, some sincere credence) to the notion that the validity of wiccan ideas depends not upon its lineage, but rather upon its workability, the suggestion that wicca is- or, at least, started out to be, essentially a late attempt at popularizing the secrets of ritual and sexual magick crowley promulgated through the oto and his writings, seems to evoke nervousness, if not hostility. a true history of witchcraft get any book for free on: www.abika.com 9 we hear from wiccan writer and leader ray

TYSON DONALD NEW MILLENNIUM MAGIC

coming the heptagram. under the symbol of the cross was described the process by which the perfect circle of the heavens was divided into two parts by the path of the sun and then, to restore a balance, subdivided into four parts by the prime meridian. these divi- sions can be graphically presented by means of a simple grid like the one children use to play tick-tack-toe. this grid has an ancient lineage in magic. it forms the structural basis for the method of the practical kabbalah known as aiq beket: qr;;ie' q: quarter half quarter the whole is the fully enclosed space. the half is enclosed only on three sides. the quarter is not enclosed at all but bordered on two sides. if each pair of paral- lel lines in the grid were united, the result would be a cross, where the whole would be repr

TYSON DONALD SOUL FLIGHT

o here by the general term spirit. dante, traveling through hell in his epic divine comedy, was guided by the ghost of the roman poet virgil. although dante's journey was fictional, it illustrates the utility of having a spirit guide to warn of dangers or to explain confusing events. 280 soul flight the spirit guide, often referred to as a control by spiritualist mediums, has a long and honorable lineage. the tutelary spirits of traditional shamans around the world were their spirit guides, as were the familiars of medieval european witches and the guardian angels of christians. in modern times, spirit guides sometimes assume the forms of aliens to astral travelers who believe themselves abducted by ufos. although the type of spirits who act as guides may change from generation to generati

UNLEASHING THE BEAST

c ritual and iconography composed by the great 16th century author, krishnananda agamavagisha- the shedding of semen into the womb of the female partner is the ultimate "sacrificial act" for "sexual union is the libation; the sacred precept is the shedding of semen."lxxxviii the mingled sexual fluids are then consecrated and consumed as the supreme sacrificial offering- called the kula dravya or "lineage substance- which has the power to fulfill all worldly and otherworldly desires.lxxxix as david gordon white has argued, this practice of orally consuming the sexual fluids can be found in many of the oldest tantras and probably pre-dates the practice of seminal retention. xc -158- instead, i would suggest that the key difference between traditional forms of tantra and crowley's system lies

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