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

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ations of the zodiac. they are over the universe as a king upon his throne, and they are in the revolution of the year as a king traversing his dominions, and they are in the heart of man as a king in warfare. and the twelve leaves are the images of those ideas, and are the outer petals of the rose; while within are the four archangels ruling over the four quarters, and the kerubic emblems of the lion, man, bull and eagle. around the great central lamp which is an image of the sun, is the great mother of heaven, symbolized by the letter heh, the first of the single letters, and by its number 5, the pentagram, malkah the bride, ruling in her kingdom malkuth, crowned with a crown of twelve stars. these twelve circles further represent the 12 foundations of the holy city of the apocalypse whi

angel metatron. frater (name) before you can be eligible for advancement to the next grade of theoricus you will be required to pass an examination in certain subjects. 1) the names and alchemical symbols of the three principles of nature. 2) the metals attributed in alchemy to the seven planets. 3) the names of the alchemical particular principles, the sun and moon of the philosophers, the green lion, the king and queen. 4) the names and astrological value of the twelve houses of heaven. 5) the names, astrological symbols and values of the aspects of the planets. 6) the meaning of the querent and quesited. 7) the four great classes of astrology. 8) the arrangement of the ten sephiroth, hebrew and english, in the tree of life. this is especially important. 9) the three pillars of the same

18276066 GRIMM JACOB TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY VOL 1

o doubt by composition with' hell; hdllric(jel vectis infernalis, hell-bar, a hell-brand, devil or the devil's own; a shrewish old hag is styled hollriegel or the devil's grandmother; and hugo von langenstein (martina 4) already used this hcucrigd as a term of abuse. now hell was imagined as being tightly bolted and barred; when christ, says fundgr. 1, 178, went down to hades in the strength of a lion, he made' die grintcl brechen. lastly, we may even connect the ohg. drcmil (pessulus, graff 5, 531) with the on. trami or tremill, which mean both cacodaemon and also, it seems, clathri, cancelli' tramar gneypa j?ik skulo' stem. 85; and in tlie swedish song of torkar, troutram is an epitliet of the devil who stole the hanmier. as this is the thrymr of the edda, one might guess that trami stan

nourishing earth would no doubt give rise to a variety of names among our forefathers, just as the service of gaia and her daughter eliea mixed itself up with that of ops mater, ceres and cybele^ to me the resemblance between the cultus of nerthus and that of the phrygian mother of gods appears well worthy of notice. lucretius 2, 597 641 describes the peregrination of the magna deum mater in her lion-drawn ear through the lands of the earth: quo nunc insigni per magnas praedita terras horrifice fertur divinae matris imago. ergo quom primum magnas invecta per urbeis munificat tacita mortaleis muta salute, aere atque argento sternunt iter omne viarum, largifica stipe ditantes, ninguntque rosarum floribus, umbrantes matrem comitumque catervam. the liomans called the a^i. kal. apr. lavatio ma

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ounding, revolving, whirling forth, crying aloud. also there is the vision of the fire flashing courser of light, or also a child borne aloft on the shoulders of the celestial steed, fiery or clothed with gold, or naked or shooting with the bow shafts of light, and standing on the shoulders of the horse. but if thy meditation prolongeth itself thou shalt unite all these symbols in the form of the lion. then when no longer are visible unto thee the vault of the heavens, the mass of the earth, when to thee the stars have lost their light and the lamp of the moon is veiled when the earth abideth not, and around thee is the lightening flame, then call not before thyself the visible image of the soul of nature. for thou must not behold it ere thy body is purged by the sacred rites. since ever d

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

12 princes, who are the heads of the 12 months of the year. in the central square are placed samael and asmodai. at the south east are the man, the serpent and the elder lilith, the wife of samael. at the north east angle are the ox and the ass, the aggareth, the daughter of machalath. at the north west angle are the scorpion and asimon the unnamed one, and nehemah. and at the south west are the lion and the horse, the younger lilith, the wife of asmodai. hiero: i have much pleasure in conferring upon you the title of lord (lady) of the 27th path. you will now quit the temple for a short time, and on your return the ceremony of your reception in the grade of philosophus will take place. part iv temple officers hierophant: red robe, r&w nemyss, gold shoes, white collar, lamen, scepter. hie

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGICK SPELLS

f shamanism is the dancing sorcerer. painted in black on the cave walls of les trois freres in the french pyrenees, this shamanic figure, which portrays a man in animal skins, dates from about 14000 bc and stands high above the animals that are depicted on the lower walls. only his feet are human and he possesses the large, round eyes of an owl, the antlers and ears of a stag, the front paws of a lion or bear, the genitals of a wild cat and the tail of a horse or wolf. by the neolithic period, which began around 7500 bc and lasted until about 5500 bc, the huntergatherer culture had given way to the development of agriculture, and the god evolved into the sonconsort of the earth mother. he was the god of vegetation, corn, winter and death, who offered himself as a sacrifice each year with t

me closer to the goddess in a way that i don't think could have happened if i hadn't chosen to become a parent. it has allowed me to experience the mother aspect first-hand; it gave new meaning to the moon cycles of a woman, it allowed me to become the microcosm of the great earth mother as i watched my own body grow and give birth to a new life. it gave me the protective instinct of sekhmet [the lion-headed egyptian goddess of fertility, when i realised that i would fight to the death to protect my child. it showed me the true and profound power of the female body; to create and sustain life within the body, to bring forth that life and nurture it with a perfect food made by the body. all of these are precious gifts to me as they are all a reflection of my deepest spiritual belief and fai

asil seedlings (a herb of prosperity) and light a green candle. contagious magick this involves transferring and absorbing power directly from a creature or an object, such as an animal, a bird, a crystal, a metal, the wax of an empowered candle or even the earth itself. this principle is central to the potency of talismans and amulets; for example, traditionally, hunters might wear the pelt of a lion to bring them the beast's courage and ferocity. so, by the same token, if you wished to become pregnant, you might make love in a newly ripening cornfield (near the edge so as not to damage the crops; alternatively, you might try one of the ancient power sites of earth, close to the phallus of the chalk cerne abbas fertility giant that is carved in the hillside at cerne in dorset. attracting

gle for vision, a cat for mystery and independence, a snake for regeneration. this is what native americans call our personal totem or power creature. you may find some of these are, in some cultures, the symbols of divinities. there is, for example, bast, the cat-headed egyptian goddess who protected women- especially in pregnancy and childbirth- the home, pleasure and joy. bast was originally a lion goddess who symbolised the fertilising rays of the sun. casting a circle all spells and rituals, however formal or informal, are based on a magical circle. this may be large enough for an entire group of practitioners to stand in, or it may be small enough to fit on your personal altar. i have known practitioners who have only a small area create a circle on a table-top and sit facing north

as the light-bringer in spring and so representing the cycle of death and rebirth. she is especially powerful in rituals by or for young women, especially those who have suffered loss or abuse, and also for mother-daughter relationships. she is sometimes regarded as a symbol of grain. proserpina, daughter of ceres, is the roman form of persephone. sekhmet sekhmet is the ancient egyptian solar and lion goddess created from the eye of ra. she is sometimes pictured as a woman with a lion's head and so is a good to evoke for courage, righteous anger, protection of the vulnerable, psychic protection and the correction of injustice. as an avenging goddess, she should be used only as a focus for positive rituals, for, like fire, her innate power can blaze out of control. shiva shiva, or siva, is

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

ABRAMELIN2

erefore do more, and be also independent of astrological considerations, because the matter is relegated to a higher plane than this' and one wherein the laws of physical nature do not obtain. but certainly when working with the rays of the sun, we shall more easily find his occult force of heat attainable when he himself is producing that effect upon the earth, i.e, when he is in the sign of the lion; while when he is in that of the bull' his force will be rather that of germination, etc, when in the northern hemisphere. and the same with the other planets. also if working by the indian tatwas, we shall find it necessary to consider the position of the moon, the time in the day, and the course of the tatwa in the period of five gharis. of the sacred magic 112 course abraharn could not mak

ABRAMELIN3

o curse. nehog= perhaps heb. nhg= to lead. no. i is a gnomonic square of j squares out of c f squares. admon- perhaps from heb. dmo= tears but also liquids or fluids. no. j is a gnomonic square of j squares out of c f squares. leleh= hebrew lilh= night, darkness. of abramelin the mage 136 the fifth chapter. ow we may retain the familiar spirits bond or free in whatsoever form( b) in the form of a lion( c) in the form of a page( d) in the form of a flower( e) in the form of a horseman( f) in the form of an eagle( g) in the form of a dog( h) in the form of a bear( i) in the form of a soldier( j) in the form of an old man( b a) in the form of a moor (if) in the form of a serpent( b c) in the form of an ape (1) a n a k i m n a k i m (2) c e p h i r e p h i r (3) o i k e t i s i k e t i s p a r

ts may also be loaned to friends, in which case you can avail yourself of another ordinary spirit in place (e) the square numbered b is not however placed first in order in the ms, but fifth. it is a gnomon of b b squares taken from a square of d g squares. anakim= hebrew onqim= giants; the root onq also= a necklace or torque. this word anakim hardly appears to have any reference to the form of a lion. no. c is a gnomon of b b squares again, taken from a square of d g squares, and is in the ms. placed sixth in order. cephir in hebrew means kpir a young lion; and this square should probably therefore be numbered b. no. d is a gnomon of b d squares taken from a square of e j squares; and in the ms. occupies the first place in order. oiketis, greek, means a maid-servant or feminine page. this

ce aloud to which you wish to travel, and place the symbol upon your head under the bonnet or the hat; but take well heed that it does not fall from you, which would be very dangerous. do not as a rule travel by night; and select a calm and serene day for the operation (e) no. b is a square of c f squares. tasma implies protection. trms is the hebrew word used in the verse, thou shalt go upon the lion and the adder. no. c consists of i squares taken from a square of b g. anan means great labour. no. d is a square of c f squares. holop means to travel. no. e is a square of b g squares. odac means to pass on from one place to another. no. f is a square of c f squares. rolor is perhaps from rol to move hurriedly. no. g is a square of c f squares. natsa means to flee or fly quickly. the sacred

elin the mage 200 no. b g is a gnomon of j squares taken from a square of c f squares. makor= places digged. no. b h consists of c b squares taken from a square of e j squares. migiras= a place where productive plants grow. no. b i consists of b c squares from a square of d g squares. esahel= rich. no. b j should probably be numbered c e. it is a gnomon of j from a square of c f squares. arieh= a lion. no. c a consists of b j from a square of e j squares. limikos= savage (animals. no. c b consists of b d squares from a square of c f squares. sasas probably means horses, and this square should probably be numbered c g instead of c b. no. c c consists of b i squares taken from a square of e j squares. kikimis= thistles and also some kinds of flowers. no. c d consists of b f squares from a sq

ns and villages, whence this should probably be numbered c b. no. c j consists of i squares from a square of b g. reem unicorns, and also beasts of the beeve kind, buffaloes, etc. perhaps this square answers for b f as well. no. d a consists of a gnomon of b d squares from a square of c f squares. aiiah= rapacious birds. no. d b consists of b a squares from a square of c f. suhal means a blackish lion, whence this square should be numbered c e probably. no. d c consists of b i squares from a square of e j. giripes may mean small beasts that run swiftly. no. d d consists of b a squares from a square of c f. arnep should probably be arneb. it means a hare, whence this square should perhaps be numbered d c. the sacred magick 201 no. d e is a gnomon of j squares from a square of c f. aiial pro

ADDTLS

o planetary or astrological attributions. the ten squares of the sephirotic cross also stand for the ace and small cards of the suit represented by the element of the lesser angle. thus wands are attributed to the d angle, pentacles to the b angle, etc. the kerubic squares are allotted, as their name implies, to the four kerubim whose emblems follow the order of the letters of tetragrammaton: y h lion e eagle h king queen w h (final) man k bull b prince princess these last are of the suit corresponding to the element of the lesser angle as explained above, viz: wands to d and y; cups to c and h; swords to a and w; pentacles to b and h final. it was previously shown how the squares of the servient part of each lesser angle were given a double attribution to the letters of the name. they w

ce they may be said to symbolize the triad of the supernals, the tetrad of the elements, and the o. again. in the commencing triad of the linea spiritus sancti of each tablet, it may be said that: oro will be symbolical of the voice of the man kerub. mph will be symbolical of the cry of the eagle kerub. mor will be symbolical of the low of the bull kerub. oip will be symbolical of the roar of the lion kerub. there are various ways of looking at the pyramids prior to undertaking the practical work of using them as the symbol for skrying in the spirit-vision. s.r.m.d. suggests a useful mode of meditation which elaborates in a most illuminating way the ordinary attributions. he says: thou mayest regard the upper triangle (no. 2) as representing a force acting downwards. the lower triangle (no

ADEPTUS MINOR INITIATION

to the glory of the rose cross i have constructed this tomb for myself as a compendium of the universal unity' 19 "within the next circle is written: hwchy mihi omnia 'hwchy is all things to me' in the center are four figures of the \ybwrk enclosed within circles surrounded by the following four inscriptions and each distinguished by the circular altar one of the letters of the tetragrammaton: y, lion, nequaquam vacuum 'nowhere a void' h, eagle, libertas evangelii 'liberty of the gospel' w, man, dei intacta gloria 'unsullied glory of god' h, ox, legis jugum 'yoke of the law' and in the midst of all is c, the letter of m forming thus the divine name hwchy, from tetragrammaton. therefore, by god's grace having come thus far, let us kneel down together (all kneel, joining wands above the alta

ALEISTER CROWLEY ACROSS THE GULF

am appointed to find, and do that therein which must be done. there fore with faith and confidence do i who was- in a certain mystical sense- the priest of the princes, ankh-f-na-khonsu, child of ta-nech, the holy and mighty one, and of bes-na-maut, priestess of the starry one, set myself to tell myself the strange things that befell me in that life. thus. at my birth aphruimis in the sign of the lion was ascending, and in it that strange hidden planet that presides over darkness and magic and forbidden love. the sun was united with the planet of amoun, but in the abyss, as page 1 gulf.txt showing that my power and glory should be secret, and in aterechinis the second decanate of the house of mast, so that my passion and pleasure should likewise be unprofance. in the house of travel in the

ered round the outer court, lifting up my voice in a mournful howl. and an ululation as of one hundred thousand wolves answered me, yet deep and muffled, as though it came from the very bowels of the earth. then at the hour of midnight i entered again the shrine and performed the ritual. as i went on i became inflamed with an infinite lust for the infinite; and now i let it leap unchecked, a very lion. even so the veil glowed red as with some infernal fire. now then i am come to the moment of the assumption; but instead of sitting calm and cold, remote, aloof, i gather myself together, and spring madly at the veil, catching it in my two hands. now the veil was of woven gold, three thousand twisted wires; a span thick! yet i put out my whole force to tear it across; and (for she also put ou

a sudden she espied me and my companion; with one buffet she smote him to earth- it is unlawful to resist the priestess when she is in the ecstasy of union- and falling upon me, like a wild beast she buried her teeth in my neck, bearing me to the ground. then, loosing me, while the blood streamed from me, she fixed her glittering eyes upon it with strange joy, and with her hands she shook me as a lion shakes a buck. sinewy were her hands, with big knuckles, and the strength of her was as cords of iron. yet her might was but a mortal s; in a little she gave one gasp like a drowning man s; beer body slackened, and fell with its dead weight on mine, her mouth glued to mine in one dreadful kiss. dreadful; for as my mouth returned it, almost mechanically, the blood gushed from her nostrils and

ody in mine arms, drinking the wine of her eyes, feeding upon the honey of her mouth. then at last i counselled her that she should bid him to a secret banquet, and that i should serve them, disguised in my old dress as a serving-man. on the next night after this he came, and i served them, and she made open love (though feigned) to him. yet subtly, so that he thought her the deer and himself the lion. then at last he went clean mad, and said "i will give thee what thou wilt for one kiss of that thy marvellous mouth" then she made him swear the oath by pharaoh- the which if he broke pharaoh would have his head- and she kissed him once, as if her passion were like the passion of nile in flood for the sandy bars that it devoureth, and then leaping up, answered him "give me thine office of hi

ALEISTER CROWLEY AD MEIORUM CTHULHI GLORIAM

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

al, which you must engrave in gold, when the sun is exalted in the heavens, alone on a mountain top or some such place close to the rays, but alone. being finished, it should be wrapped in a square of the finest silk and lain aside until such time as it is needed. the number os shammash is twenty and this is his seal: the god of mars is the mighty nergal. he has the head of a man on the body of a lion, and bears a sword and a flail. he is the god of war, and of the fortunes of war. he was sometimes though to be an agent of the ancient ones, for he dwelt in cutha for a time. his colour is dark red. his essence is to be found in iron, and in all weapons made to spill the blood of men and of animals. his gate is the fifth you will see as you pass the zones in the rituals that follow. his step

rcumstances, for his might is powerful and his anger fierce. when thou hast need of the power of the star jupiter, call instead one of the appropriate powers listed within these pages, and they will surely come. the number of marduk is ten and this is his seal: the god of saturn is ninib called adar, the lord of hunters and of strength. he appears with a crown of horns and a long sword, wearing a lion's skin. he is the final zonei before the terrible igigi. his colour is the darkest black. his essence is to be found in lead, in the burnt embers of the fire, and in things of death and of antiquity. the horns of a stag are his symbol. his gate is the last you will come upon in the rites that follow. his step on the ladder of lights is black. this is his seal, which you must engrave on a lead

arsenals of the ancient ones, she bore monster-serpents sharp of tooth, long of fang, she filled their bodies with venom for blood roaring dragons she has clothed with terror has crowned them with halos, making them as gods, so that he who beholds them shall perish and, that, with their bodies reared up none might turn them back. she summoned the viper, the dragon, and the winged bull, the great lion, the mad-god, and the scorpion-man. mighty rabid demons, feathered-serpents, the horse-man, bearing weapons that spare no fearless in battle, charmed with the spells of ancient sorcery. withal eleven of this kind she brought forth with kingu as leader of the minions. remember! enki our master fearing defeat, summoned his son marduk summoned his son the son of magick told him the secret name t

hey are things of the wind, and of fire. and the first comes from the north, and is called ustur, and has a human shape. and he is the most ancient of the four, and a great lord of the world. and the second comes from the east, and is called sed and has the shape of a bull, but with a human face, and is very mighty. and the third comes from the south, and is called lamas, and is of the shape of a lion, but with a human head, and governs those things of the flame and the burning wind. and the fourth comes from the west, and is called nattig, and is of the shape of an eagle, but with a human body, having only the face and wings of an eagle, with an eagle's claws. and this eagle comes from the sea and is a great mystery. and from nuzku upon uru they come, and do not wait, and are always prese

ALEISTER CROWLEY BOOK OF LIES

so marketh division; but the interjeciton is the sound that endeth in the silence. destroy therefore the eight parts of speech; the ninth is nigh unto truth. this also must be destroyed before thou enterest into the silence. aum. book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.com 27 [28] commentary( theta) teth is the tarot trump, strength, in which a woman is represented closing the mouth of a lion. this chapter is called "the branks, an even more powerful symbol, for it is the scottish, and only known, apparatus for closing the mouth of a woman. the chapter is formally an attack upon the parts of speech, the interjection, the meaningless utterance of ecstasy, being the only thing worth saying; yet even this is to be regarded as a lapse "aum" represents the entering into the silence, as

tarted on this path. the word out is then analysed, and treated as a noun. besides the explanation in the note, o is the yoni; t, the lingam; and u, the hierophant; the 5th card of the tarot, the pentagram. it is thus practically identical with iao. the rest of the chapter is clear, for the note. notes (12) o= character "the devil of the sabbath. u= 8, the hierophant or redeemer. t= strength, the lion (13) t, manhood, the sign of the cross or phallus. ut, the holy guardian angel; ut, the first syllable of udgita, see the upanishads. o, nothing or nuit. book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.com 55 [57] 24 kappa-epsilon-phi-alpha-lambda-eta kappa-delta the hawk and the blindworm this book would translate beyond-reason into the words of reason. explain thou snow to them of andaman

with drawn swords; no man may come nigh unto her. in her wine-cup are seven streams of the blood of the seven spirits of god. seven are the heads of the beast whereon she rideth. the head of an angel: the head of a saint: the head of a poet: the head of an adulterous woman: the book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.com 104 head of a man of valour: the head of a satyr: and the head of a lion-serpent. seven letters hath her holiest name; and it is a b 77 b a (drawn upon this page is the 77 77 sigil of babalon) n l 7 o this is the seal upon the ring that is on the forefinger of it: and it is the seal upon the tombs of them whom she hath slain. here is wisdom. let him that hath understanding count the number of our lady; for it is the number of a woman; and her number is an hundred

n paragraph 3 no man is of course nemo, the master of the temple, liber 418 will explain most of the allusions in this chapter. in paragraphs 5 and 6 the author frankly identifies himself with the beast referred to in the book, and in the apocalypse, and in liber legis. in paragraph 6 the book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.com 105 word "angel" may refer to his mission, and the word "lion-serpent" to the sigil of his ascending decan (teth= snake=spermatozoon and leo in the zodiac, which like teth itself has the snake-form. theta first written sun= lingam- yoni and sol) paragraph 7 explains the theological difficulty referred to above. there is only one symbol, but this symbol has many names: of those names babalon is the holiest. it is the name referred to in liber legis, 1, 2

ALEISTER CROWLEY LIBER 777

igina little horse or ass. 17 7= wma amon (1) wolf with serpent s tail (2) man with dog s teeth and raven s head. 18 10# rawb buer probably a centaur or archer. 19 13! talb beleth rider on pale horse, with many musicians [flaming and poisonous breath] 20 16$ rpaz zepar a soldier in red apparel and armour. 22 19$ cwlac sallos solider with ducal crown riding a crocodile. 24 22% cwpy ipos angel with lion s head, goose s feet, horse s tail. 25 25% and# lwblsalg glasya-labolas a dog with a gryphon s wings. 26 28$ tyrb berith gold-crowned soldier in red on a red horse. bad breath. 28 31# carwp foras a strong man in human shape. 29 34% rwprwp furfur (1) hart with fiery tail (2) angel. clvii. goetic demons of decans by day (succedent. clviii. magical images of col. clvii. 15 2$ raga agares old man

labolas a dog with a gryphon s wings. 26 28$ tyrb berith gold-crowned soldier in red on a red horse. bad breath. 28 31# carwp foras a strong man in human shape. 29 34% rwprwp furfur (1) hart with fiery tail (2) angel. clvii. goetic demons of decans by day (succedent. clviii. magical images of col. clvii. 15 2$ raga agares old man, riding a crocodile and carrying a goshawk. 16 5# bram marbas great lion. 17 8$ cwfbrb barbatos accompanied by 4 noble kings and great troops. 18 11$ wyswg gusion like a xenopilus 19 14 ]yarl leraikha an archer in green 20 17% and# cyfwb botis viper (or) human, with teeth and 2 horns, and with a sword. 22 20! wcrwp purson lion-faced man riding a bear, carrying a viper. trumpeter with him. 24 23 \ya aim man with 3 heads a serpent s, a man s (having two stars on his

l or infernal dragon, like berot, with a viper [breath bad. 28 32! yadmsa asmoday 3 heads (bull, man, ram, snake s tail, goose s feet. rides, with lance and banner, on a dragon. 29 35= cwjrm marchosias wolf with a gryphon s wings and serpent s tail. breathes flames. clix. goetic demons of decans by day (cadent. clx. magical images of col. clix. 15 3& wgacw vassago like agares. 16 6$ rplaw valefor lion with ass s head, bellowing 17 9! wmyap paimon crowned king on dromedary, accompanied by many musicians. 18 12& yrfyc sitri leapard s head and gryphon s wings. 19 15$ cwgyla eligos a knight with a lance and banner, with a serpent. 20 18$ ytab bathin a strong man with a serpent s tail, on a pale horse. 22 21% and# aram marax human-faced bull. 24 24= rbn naberius a black crane with a sore throat

e with a sore throat he flutters. 25 27% and= wwnyr ronove a monster [probably a dolphin. 26 30= canrwp forneus sea monster. 28 33 [ug gaap like a guide. to be kings. 29 36& cwlwfcy stolas raven. table of correspondences 29 clxi. goetic demons &c. by night (ascendant. clxii. magical images of col. clxi. 15 37= nap phenex child-voices phoenix. 16 40 \war raum crow. 17 43 ]wnbc sabnock soldier with lion s head rides pale horse. 18 46% wrpyb bifrons monster. 19 49$ lkwrk crocell angel. 20 52 ]wla alloces soldier with red leonine face and flaming eyes; rides great horse. 22 55& bwarwa orobas horse. 24 58# wa amy flaming fire. 25 61! and# gaz zagan bull with gryphon s wings. 26 64$ rwah haures leopard. 28 67 ]wdma amdusias (1) unicorn (2) dilatory bandmaster. 29 70& rac seere beautiful man on w

ings. 17 44= c shax stcck-dove with sore throat. 18 47$ lawa uvall dromedary. 19 50 ]wp furcas cruel ancient, with long white hair and beard, rides a pale horse, with sharp weapons. 20 53# yak camio (1) thrush (2) man with sharp sword seemeth to answer in burning ashes or coals of fire. 22 56$ rwmg gamori beautiful woman, with duchess crown tied to her waist, riding great camel. 24 59= ayrw oriax lion on horse, with serpent s tail, carries in right hand two hissing serpents. 25 62# law volac child with angel s wings rides a two-headed dragon 26 65 [lardna andrealphas noisy peacock. 28 68! laylb belial two beautiful angels sitting in chariot of fire. 29 71$ lafnd dantalion man with many countenances, all men s and women s, carries a book in right hand. clxv. goetic demons &c. by night (cade

two-headed dragon 26 65 [lardna andrealphas noisy peacock. 28 68! laylb belial two beautiful angels sitting in chariot of fire. 29 71$ lafnd dantalion man with many countenances, all men s and women s, carries a book in right hand. clxv. goetic demons &c. by night (cadent. clxvi. magical images of col. clxv. 15 39 [lam malphas crow with sore throat. 16 42$ rapw vepar mermaid. 17 45$ and! anyw vin lion on black horse carrying viper. 18 48# tnguh haagenti bull with gryphon s wings. 19 51 \lub balam 3 heads (bull, man, ram, snake s tail, flaming eyes. rides bear, carries goshawk. 20 54$ and \rwm murmur warrior with ducal crown rides gryphon. trumpeters. 22 57# wcw oso leopard. 24 60$ lwpn napula lion with gryphon s wings. 25 63= rdna andras angel with raven s head. rides black wolf, carries s

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

living tree that is spirit and soul and body and brain- come over the sea (io pan! io pan) devil or god, to me, to me, my man! my man! come with trumpets sounding shrill over the hill! come with drums low muttering from the spring! come with flute and come with pipe! am i not ripe? i, who wait and writhe and wrestle with air that hath no boughs to nestle my body, weary of empty clasp, strong as a lion and sharp as an asp- come, o come! i am numb with the lonely lust of devildom. thrust the sword through the galling fetter, all-devourer, all-begetter; give me the sign of the open eye, and the token erect of thorny thigh, and the word of madness and mystery, o pan! io pan! io pan! io pan pan! pan pan! pan, i am a man: do as thou wilt, as a great god can, o pan! io pan! io pan! io pan pan! i

e a simple example, suppose that, in an evocation of bartzabel, the planet mars, whose sphere is geburah (severity) were situated (actually, in the heavens) opposite to the square of chesed (mercy) of the tau in the circle, and the triangle placed accordingly. it would be improper for the magus to stand on that square unless using this formula "i, from chesed, rule geburah through the path of the lion; while- taking an extreme case- to stand on the square of hod (which is naturally dominated by geburah) would be a madness which only a formula of the very highest magick could counteract. certain positions, however, such as tiphareth<<tiphareth is hardly "dominated" even by kether. it is the son rather than the servant, are so sympathetic to the magus himself that he may use them without ref

sonic societas rosicruciana is honest and harmless; and makes no false pretences; if its members happen as a rule to be pompous busy-bodies, enlarging the borders of their phylacteries, and scrupulous about cleansing the outside of the cup and the platter; if the masks of the officers in their mysteries suggest the owl, the cat, the parrot, and the cuckoo, while the robe of their chief magus is a lion's skin, that is their affair. but those orders run by persons "claiming" to represent the true ancient fraternity are common swindles. the representatives of the late s. l. mathers (count mcgregor) are the phosphorescence of the rotten wood of a branch which was lopped off the tree at the end of the 19th century. those of papus (dr. encausse, stanislas de guaita and peladan, merit respect as

reluctance to their elimination plunging him into such ordeals that he seems (both to himself and to others) to have turned from a noble and upright man into an unutterable scoundrel; so does the "first matter" blacken and putrefy as the alchemist breaks up its coagulations of impurity. the student may work out for himself the various analogies involved, and discover the "black dragon, the "green lion, the "lunar water, the "raven's head, and so forth. the indications above given should suffice all who possess aptitude for alchemical research. only one further reflection appears necessary; namely, that the eucharist, with which this chapter is properly preoccupied, must be conceived as one case- as the critical case- of the art of the alchemist. the reader will have observed, perhaps with

am, despair that it should die, mistake themselves for their own shadow-scheme. one star can summon them to wake to self; star-souls serene that gleam on life's calm lake. that shall end never that began. all things endure because they are. do what thou wilt, for every man and every woman is a star. pan is not dead; he liveth, pan! break down the bar! to man i come, the number of a man my number, lion of light; i am the beast whose law is love. love under will, his royal right- behold within, and not above, one star in sight! one star in sight. a glimpse of the structure and system of the great white brotherhood. a. a<order and those of its three divisions are not disclosed to the profane. certain swindlers have recently stolen the initials a. a. in order to profit by its

e same order as our own, 245 which is not dependent on cerebral structures consisting of matter in the vulgar sense of the word? 2 "matter" includes all that is movable. thus, electric waves are "matter. there is no reason to deny the existence of beings who perceive by other means those subtle forces which we only perceive by our instruments. 3) we can influence other beings, conscious or no, as lion-tamers, gardeners, etc, and are influenced by them, as by storms, bacilli, etc. 4) there is an apparent gap between our senses and their correspondences in consciousness. theory needs a medium to join matter and spirit, just as physics once needed an "ether" to transmit and transmute vibrations. 5) we may consider all beings as parts of ourselves, but it is more convenient to regard them as i

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS

ound to me (or rather i to it) by some inmost instinct, and by the memory of my incarnation as ankh-f-n-khonsu, that i use it (with its graeco-phoenician child) for all work of supreme import. why stamp my vitals, madam! the abramelin operation itself turned into this form before i could so much as set to work on it! like the duchess' baby (excuse this enthusiasm; but you have aroused the british lion-serpent) note, please, that the equivalents given in 777 are not always exact. tahuti is not quite thoth, still less hermes; mercury is a very much more comprehensive idea, but not nearly so exalted: hanuman hardly at all. nor is tetragrammaton iao, though even etymology asserts the identity. in these matters you must be catholic, eclectic, even syncretic. and you must consider the nature of

constellations. this light helps you, especially as your eyes become accustomed to the gloom, to take in your surroundings. it is a bleak and barren landscape. terrific mountains rim the world. in the midst looms a cluster of blue-black crags. now there appears from their recesses a gigantic being. his strength, especially in his hands and in his loins, it terrifying. he suggests a combination of lion, mountain goat and serpent; and you instantly jump to the idea that this is one of the rare beings which the greeks called chimaera. so formidable is his appearance that you consider it prudent to assume an appropriate god-form. but who is the appropriate god? you may perhaps consider it best, in view of your complete ignorance as to who he is and where you are, to assume the god-form of harp

r- the a. a. proper; below this are r.r. et a.c. and g. d- are no longer liable to the dangers which make group activity in lower grades undesirable. or do they still work as individuals, yet, because they are initiates, appear to act as a corporate body? you have often expressed yourself as if this were so 'of course, they had to pick on me to do the dirty work' is a typical growl of the old big lion! but again there is that magical memory of yours when you came down from that hermitage in the little wood overhanging the nullah below the great peak 'somewhere in asia' and sat in some sort of consistory in the valley where the great lamaserai- or whatever it was- towers over the track (i quote some of your phrases from memory) which is it" magic without tears get any book for free on: www

ALEISTER CROWLEY MEDITATION

rson familiar with such sights. surgical operations and dancing girls are fruitful fields for the beginner. in reading emotional books such as are inflicted on children, let him always endeavour to see the event from the standpoint opposite to that of the author. yet let him not emulate the partially emancipated child who complained of a picture of the colosseum that "there was one 95 poor little lion who hadn't got any christian" except in the first instance. adverse criticism is the first step; the second must go further. having sympathized sufficiently with both the lions and the christians, let him open his eyes to that which his sympathy had masked hitherto, that the picture is abominably conceived, abominably composed, abominably drawn, and abominably coloured, as it is pretty sure t

ALEISTER CROWLEY SEPHER SEPHIROTH

in a circle lgx a name of god (see i.r.q. 778& no. 86) hwhy hy 42 the number of letters of a great name of god terrible and strong, and of the assessors of the dead eloah, a name of god hwl) the supernal mother, unfertilized (cf. 52 )m) terror, calamity hhlb loss, destruction ylb to cease ldx my glory ydwbk the earth (our world) dlx the greater ldgh 43 great lwdg to rejoice lyg to make faint hlx lion (cf. 340 )ybl hazel, almond zwl together, also mg magus gm one beloved by god hydydy 44 aries: a ram, lamb hl+ aquarius: a bucket yld drops ylg) a pool, pond; sorrow mg) captive, captivity hlwg blood md sand; horror (see the scorpion pentacle in the key of solomon; see also liber 418 10th ayre) lwx flame +hl garment dm 45 the mystic number of yesod adam: man; red md) the fool dm) redemption

m primus: the first man (see 607) rhd) choice rxb pass on, fly xrb to decide, determine rzg to dwell; circle, cycle; generation rwd to conceive hrh a joining of words; incantations; to conjoin; a brother rbx a sword brx n.o.x (liber vii, 1:40; liber 333 caps. 1& 29) c( n points, pricks, dots mydwqn amulet, magic square (mq giants mylpn rushing water yr bloom, blossom; hawk (cn 211 (worthy) rxb) a lion yr) strong rwbg a flash; lightning hr)h a girdle rgx a flood r)y the fear (i.e. wonderment [of hwhy (cf. 611 )ry 212 great voice rwbd splendour; to enlighten rhz to spread out; harlot; golden hrz to enclose; a secret chamber rdx 213 strong, powerful, mighty; the almighty ryb) limestone; chalk ryg slaughter hgrh loaded rzw to be strange; a stranger rwz the supernal mercy of god l)d h)l( dsx a

g slaughter hgrh loaded rzw to be strange; a stranger rwz the supernal mercy of god l)d h)l( dsx a great cloud lwdg nn( 214 a girdle rwz) whiteness rwx came down dry air; spirit; wind; mind xwr 215 eminent; a prince (ps 8:1) ryd) a path, narrow way xrw) posterior; the reversed part rwx) a rising; to rise gas the sun h; to give light xrz to encompass rzx 216 geburah: strength; courage hrwbg leo: a lion hyr) the middle gate)(ycm )bb oracle (not from rbd, 206 q.v; sanctuary rybd taro (cf. 224, 280& 671) wr+ blood of grapes mybn( md dread, fear h)ry profound (ps. 92:5) qmw( anger, wrath zgwr latitude bxwr 217 the air ryw) temple, palace, castle, fortress, citadel hryb food hyrb a bee hrwbd the navel rwb+ strife, controversy [of the lord] hbyr bright, shining ryhb leanness; secret yzr 218 ayre

qwb an asperger )qrz investigation rqx a harsh, grating sound qrx approaching, near bwrq ice xrq thought, meditation; depressed x# 309 a leper rgswm a roar, bellow hg# field, soil, land hd# transgression# 310 to trample on, conquer #wd to govern, bind #bx formed rcyy the initials of idra rabba qadisha (each letter is half of each letter of rtk, kether)+b1523 qry is, are; essence, being #y a young lion rypk habitations nyrwdm gift, tribute y# 311 man: a title of tiphareth #y) archangel of binah l)yqpc raphael: archangel of air (lit. ghealing of god h) l)pr rod (ps. 23:4 +b# 312 to renew (hence a new moon, a month #dx west (hence our gmoor h: gperson living in the west h, as from the arabic gmaghrabi h> gk. gmauros h, etc) br(m 314 perfect praise (i.e. religious) rwmg llh metatron: the archa

ramour lg# 334 a still, small voice (i kings 19:12) hqd hmmd lwq 335 day of evil h(r ymy the king above the king of kings myklmh yklm klm ordering, disposition hkr(m 336 an attack; a request, petition hl# 337 sheol: the underworld (lit. gplace of enquiry h, ref. to necromancy) lw# 338 to cast down #lx he hath pardoned, or subjected #wbky a garment; clothing #wbl to send forth xl# 340 gferocious h lion #yl fire-shovel (connotes ghook h )ypwrgm book rps there, then; sign; name m# 341 the sum of the 3 mother letters: aleph, mem and shin# m) yesterday #m) guilty, damned m) red heifer hmwd) hrp expanded, spread out; an enclosure; a diaphragm )srp the name (ar )m# 342 cooking l#yb perfume m#b a blaze, flame hbhl# path lyb# 343 and god said (gn. 1:3) myhl) rm)yw a sweet smell nwrpz 344 a plantati

adit, the serpent flame (cf. 28 and liber al 2:49) tydh unity twdx) 420 it was htyh a large earthenware jar; a barrel, tub, cask tybx vapour, smoke n( peace-offerings myml# glowing stones; burning coals mypcr oppression kt the work h#(mh 421 to meditate ddwbth 422 the vast countenance: a title of kether nypn) kyr) the golden line [that encircleth the world] qwry wq 424 living creatures twyx 425 a lion fs whelp (gn. 40:9) hyr) rwg ggazzith h: the stone of the chamber (see 1175) tyzgh be made, done; become; an accomplished fact h#(n hearing h(ym# 426 saviour; deliverer (y#wm medium kwt 428 chashmalim, brilliant ones: the angelic choir of chesed mylm#x they swore [an oath] w(b#n 429 judgment, equity +p#m madness nw(g# 430 nephesch: the animal soul of man #pn covered with mist; darkness, twili

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE HEART OF THE MASTER

d sorrow and joy, of the heart of the master get any book for free on: www.abika.com 6 joy that burns up sorrow, and with these tears he smites the barren rock beneath his feet. it melts like wax at the touch; roses spring up and twine about his limbs. around him are four living creatures, begotten of his will, so that the mountain might glow with the life that flows through him. there is a tawny lion, from whose mouth drops honey. he roars aloud, and the word thereof is this: the wrath of the master is the energy of love. there is a buffalo cow, grey-blue, whose udders overflow with milk, and her lowing means: the work of the master is the nourishment of life. there is a babe, that with his tiny hands presses out blood from his own breast, and smileth: the way of the master is the innocen

th that i was aware of the image of a god, severe and noble of aspect, his spirit utterly calm, in his right hand a sickle and in his left an hourglass. and as i looked upon him, he reversed his wrist, for the last grain of sand was fallen through. then did my instructer point with a little wand to a great chart not wholly filled, and there came the shadow of a man's hand, and drew the image of a lion at the end of the writing. above this parchment, which was partly furled, was a square tablet of white marble, on which, inlaid in gold, i read these characters about the image of an eye within a radiant triangle. s. s. and this is, being interpreted "the great white brotherhood" below was written: with us two thousand years is as one day. then my instructer showed me that the brotherhood sen

ammed. next was a name sore blurred: sir edward kelly, with one writ in cipher. and in the centre of all, within the emblem of a ruby rose of five petals upon a golden cross was engraved: christian rosencreutz (for so were the brethren discreet to conceal his true name. after whom came three names great and terrible that i write not in this place. lastly appeared this newly-writ hieroglyph of the lion, and the name of that brother was hidden from me. then was i shewn the mystery of the words: how in the first period of recorded history men thought that life came from woman alone, and worked by the formula of isis, worshipping nature chaste and kindly, not understanding death, or the arcanum of love. so, when the time was ripe, appeared the brethren of the formula of osiris, whose word is i

anding death, or the arcanum of love. so, when the time was ripe, appeared the brethren of the formula of osiris, whose word is i a o; so that men worshipped man, thinking him subject to death, and his victory dependent upon resurrection. even so conceived they of the sun as slain and reborn with every day, and every year. now, this great formula being fulfilled, and turned into abomination, this lion came forth to proclaim the aeon of horus, the crowned and conquering child, who dieth not, nor is reborn, the heart of the master get any book for free on: www.abika.com 18 but goeth radiant ever upon his way. even so goeth the sun: for as it is now known that night is but the shadow of the earth, so death is but the shadow of the body, that veileth his light from its bearer. of this prophet

is hour i know not; and i tremble before the darkness of this mystery of sin "of his hour" answered my teacher "it is easy to speak. the heart of the master get any book for free on: www.abika.com 19 the work of our sister helena petrowna blavatsky was inaugurated at the very season of the birth on earth of our brother the master whose word is thelema, whose name is yet hidden under the form of a lion. for it was most needful to prepare his way that he might proclaim his law in every land that is upon the surface of the earth "and this work has been done by the society founded to that end by our sister. yet even so, behold! full fifty years have passed, and only now is the hour of power come upon our brother the lion to utter his word with full efficacy to the whole earth" now was he silen

perfection is thus twofold: first, the true will must be consciously grasped by the mind, and this work is akin to that called the attainment of the knowledge and conversation of the holy guardian angel. second, as it is written "thou hast no right but to do thy will" each particle of energy which the instrument is able to develop must be directed to the doing of that will, and this is one fierce lion the heart of the master get any book for free on: www.abika.com 20 in the way, that until the second task be already far advanced, the confusion of the instrument is such that it is wholly incapable to accomplish the first. then said my guide: it is well. learn this also, a great mystery and wonderful, that all conflict between the parts of the universe springs from this error, and none other

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE LOST CONTINENT

beneath atlas, and the character of the servile race .pa ii. of the race of atlas in the city or 'house' which was formed from the crest of every mountain, dwelt a race not greatly superior in height to our own, but of vaster frame. the bulk and strength of the bear is not inappropriate as a simile for the lower classes; the higher had the enormous chest and shoulders and the lean haunches of the lion. this strength gave an infallible beauty, made monstrous by their most inexorable law, that every child who developed no special feature in the first seven years should be sacrificed to the gods. this special feature might be a nose of prodigious size, hands and wrists of gigantic strength, a gorilla jaw, an elephant ear--or any of these might entitle its owner to life* for in all such variat

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE OLD AND NEW COMMENTARIES TO LIBER AL

t that is merely ground-work: he must then conceive his own expression, and execute it in his own style. each star is unique, and each orbit apart; indeed, that is the corner-stone of my teaching, to have no standard goals or standard ways, no orthodoxies and no codes. the stars are not herded and penned and shorn and made into mutton like so many voters! i decline to be bellwether, who am born a lion! i will not be collie, who am quicker to bite than to bark. i refuse the office of shepherd, who bear not a crook but a club. wise in your generation, ye sheep, are ye to scamper away bleating when your ears catch my roar on the wind! are ye not tended and fed and protected- until word come from the stockyard? the lion's life for me! let me live free, and die fighting! now one more point abou

gest: the- the essential aleph-taw, azoth, etc. word- chokmah, thoth, the logos, the second emanation. of- the partative, binah, the great mother, the- chesed, the paternal power, reflection of the "the" above. law- geburah, the stern restriction. is- tiphereth, visible existence, the balanced harmony of the worlds. thelema- the idea embracing all this sentence in a word. or: theta the- teth, the lion "thou shalt unite all these symbols into the form of a lion" epsilon word- he, the letter of breath, the logos. lambda of- lamed, libra the equilibrium. eta the- cheth, 418, abrahadabra. mu law- mem, the hanged man, or redeemer. alpha is- aleph the 0 (zero, nuit, which is existence. thelema- the sum of all. the new comment by 'the word' one means the magical formula, symbol, or expression. st

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

to assess the absolute. to him, the pettiest personal whimsy outweighs all wisdom, all philosophy, all private profit and all public prudence. the sexual obol of the meanest is stamped with the signature of his own sovereign soul, lawful and current coin no less than the gold talent of his neighbour. the derelict moon has the same right to drift round earth as regulus to blaze in the heart of the lion. collision is the only crime in the cosmos. the beast refuses therefore to assent to any argument as to the propriety of any fashion of formulating the soul in symbols of sex. a canon is no less deadly in love than in art or literature; its acceptance stifles style, and its enforcement extinguishes sincerity. it is better for a person of heterosexual nature to suffer every possible calamity a

eph, and is that atu of thoth whose number is zero, and whose name is maat, truth, or maut, the vulture, the all-mother, being an image of our lady nuith, but also it is called the fool, who is parsifal 'der reine thor, and so referreth to him that walketh in the way of the tao. also, he is harpocrates, the child horus, walking (as saith david, the badawi that became king, in his psalms) upon the lion and the dragon; that is, he is in unity with his own secret nature, as i have shewn thee in my word concerning the sphinx. o my son, yester eve came the spirit upon me that i also should eat the grass of the arabs, and by virtue of the bewitchment thereof behold that which might be appointed for the enlightenment of mine eyes. now then of this may i not speak, seeing that it involveth the mys

mment 8. he is symbolized by harpocrates, crowned child upon the lotus whose shadow is called silence. yet his silence is the act of adoration; not the dumb callousness of heaven toward man, but the supreme ritual, the silence of supreme orgasm, the stilling of all voices in the perfect rapture. the new comment harpocrates is also the dwarf-soul, the secret self of every man, the serpent with the lion's head. now hadit knows nuit by virtue of his 'going' or 'love' it is therefore wrong to worship hadit; one is to be hadit, and worship her. this is clear even from his instruction "to worship me" in verse 22 of this chapter. confer, cap.i, v.9. we are exhorted to offer ourselves unto nuit, pilgrims to all her temples. it is bad magick to admit that one is other than one's inmost self. one sh

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE OTO GNOSTIC MASS

d, and to which we shall return; and in one father of life, mystery of mystery, in his name chaos, the sole viceregent of the sun upon the earth; and in one air the nourisher of all that breathes. and i believe in one earth, the mother of us all, and in one womb wherein all men are begotten, and wherein they shall rest, mystery of mystery, in her name babalon. and i believe in the serpent and the lion, mystery of mystery, in his name baphomet. and i believe in one gnostic and catholic church of light, life, love and liberty, the word of whose law is velhma. and i believe in the communion of saints. and, forasmuch as meat and drink are transmuted in us daily into spiritual substance, i believe in the miracle of the mass. and i confess one baptism of wisdom whereby we accomplish the miracle

ibus, johannes dee, sir edward kelly, thomas vaughan, elias ashmole, molinos, adam weishaupt, wolfgang von goethe, ludovicus rex bavariae, richard wagner, alphonse louis constant, friedrich nietzsche, hargrave jennings, carl kellner, forlong dux, sir richard payne knight, paul gaugin, sir richard francis burton, doctor grard encausse, doctor theodor reuss, and sir aleister crowley--oh sons of the lion and the snake! with all thy saints we worthily commemorate them worthy that were and are and are to come. may their essence be here present, potent, puissant and paternal to perfect this feast! the people: so mote it be. the earth the deacon: mother of fertility on whose breast lieth water, whose cheek is caressed by air, and in whose heart is the sun's fire, womb of all life, recurring grace

replaces the left-hand part of the host. the priestess extends the lance-point with her left hand to receive the particle. the priest clasps the cup in his left hand. together they depress the lance-point in the cup. the priest and the priestess: hriliu. the priest takes the lance. the priestess covers the cup. the priest genuflects, rises, bows, joins hands. he strikes his breast. the priest: o lion and o serpent that destroy the destroyer, be mighty among us. o lion and o serpent that destroy the destroyer, be mighty among us. o lion and o serpent that destroy the destroyer, be mighty among us. the priest joins hands upon the breast of the priestess, and takes back his lance. he turns to the people, lowers and raises the lance, and makes upon them. do what thou wilt shall be the whole o

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crown; b, the wand, d, the cup; h, the sword; r, the rosy cross; and refer further to amoun the father, thoth his messenger, and isis, horus, osiris, the divine-human triad. also 418= way ta, the essence of iao, q.v. this short analysis might be indefinitely expanded; but always the symbol will remain the expression of the goal and the exposition of the path. 419. teth, the number of the laughing lion on whom babalon rideth. see liber 418. note 419+ 156= 575= 23 25, occultly signifying 24, which again signifies to them that understand the interplay of the 8 and the 3. blessed be his holy name, the interpreter of his own mystery! 434. daleth, the holy letter of the mother, in her glory as queen. she saves the 4 by the 7 (d= 4= venus= 7, thus connects with 28, mystic number of netzach (venus

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

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creed down to the heaven it sprang from! no! not this inspires the indignant blow 700 ascension day 23 mystical meaning of ascension day. futility of whole discussion, in view of facts. at the whole fabric nor the seas filled with those innocent agonies of pagan martyrs that once bled, of christian martyrs damned and dead in inter-christian bickerings 705 where hate exults and torture springs, a lion an anguished flesh and blood, a vulture on ill-omen wings, a cannibal74 on human food. nor do i cry the scoffer s cry 710 that christians live and look the lie their faith has taught them: none of these inspire my life, disturb my peace. i go beneath the outward faith find it a devil or a wraith, 715 just as my mood or temper tends! and thus to-day that christ ascends, i take the symbol, leav

started from the brain. so for all the other phenomena. there is no effect which is truly and necessarily miraculous. our ceremonial magic fines down, then, to a series of minute, though of course empirical, physiological experiments, and whoso will carry them through intelligently need not fear the result. i have all the health, and treasure, and logic i need; i have no time to waste. there is a lion in the way. for me these practices are useless; but for the benefit of others less fortunate i give them to the world, together with this explanation of, and apology for, them. i trust that this explanation will enable many students who have hitherto, by a puerile objectivity in their view of the question, obtained no results, to succeed; that the apology may impress upon our scornful men of

keys in nags-head court, gracechurch st. it is fitting that i, ambrose, called i.a.o, should set down the life of our great father (who now is not, yet whose name must never be spoken among men, in order that the brethren may know what journeys he undertook in pursuit of that knowledge whose attainment is their constant study. it was at his 119th year,1 the star suaconch2 being in the sign of the lion, that our father set out from his castle of ug3 to attain the quintessence or philosophical tincture. the way being dark and the golden dawn at hand, he did call forth four servants to keep him in the midst of the way, and the lion roared before him to bid the opposers beware of his coming. on the bull he rode, and on his left hand and his right marched the eagle and the man. but his back was

ur father come to the unstable lands, od wot, for the wheel whereon he poised was ever turning. sworded was the sphinx, but he out-dared her in riddling: deeper pierced his sword: he cut her into twain: her place was his. but that would he not, my brethren; to the centre he clomb ever: and having won thither, he vanished. as a hermit ever he travelled and the lamp and wand were his. in his path a lion roared, but to it ran a maiden, strong as a young elephant, and held its cruel jaws. but force he ran to her: he freed the lion one buffet of his hand dashed her back six paces! and with another blow smote its head from its body. and he ran to her and by force embraced her. struggled she and fought him: savagely she bit, but it was of no avail: she lay ravished and exhausted on the lybian pla

the wise men said that who knew two was three,1 should know three was eight,2 if the circle were but squared; and this also one day shall ye know, my brethren! and she gave him the great and perfect gift of magic, so that he fared forth right comely and well-provided. now at that great wedding was a suggler,3 a riddler: for he said, thou hast beasts: i will give thee weapons one for one. for the lion did our father win a little fiery wand like a flame, and for his eagle a cup of ever flowing water: for his man the suggler gave him a golden-hilted dagger (yet this was the worst of all his bargains, for it could not strike other, but him-self only, while for a curious coin he bartered his good bull. alas for our father! now the suggler mocks him and cries: four fool s bargains hast thou mad

he feared greatly, for the stability of the universe is the great enemy; the unstable being the everlasting, saith adhou bim aram, the arab. o elmen zata, our sophic pilaster! further in the dream there was let down from heaven a mighty tessaract, bounded by eight cubes, whereon sat a mighty dolphin having eight senses. further, he beheld a cavern full of most ancient bones of men, and therein a lion with the voice of a dog. then came a voice: thirteen1 are they, who are one. once is a oneness: twice is the name: thrice let us say not: by four is the son: by five is the sword: by six is the holy oil of the most excellent beard, and the leaves of the book are by six: by seven is that great amen. then our father saw one hundred and four horses that drove an ivory car over a sea of pearl, an

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of amber jetting wine in her bed-chanber, whereof whoso stoops and drinks rees the riddle of the sphinx. she hath naked limbs of amber whereupon her children clamber. she hath five navels rosy-red from the five wounds of god that bled; each wound that mothered her still bleeding, and on that blood her babes are feeding. oh! like a rose-winged pelican she hath bred blessed babes to pan! oh! like a lion-hued nightingale she hath torn her breast on thorns to avail the barren rose-tree to renew her life with that disastrous dew, building the rose o' the world alight with music out of the pale moonlight! o she is like the river of blood that broke from the lips of the bastard god, when he saw the sacred mother smile on the ibis that flew up the foam of nile bearing the limbs unblessed, unborn

ebrew letters left to right: dalet through aleph, below this the ribbon whirls in a downward left spiral horn of two loops to a point- try reading that in one breath! ranked on the right edge in a column occupying the center half of the edge is a column of seven silver stars of seven points each, one point to top. at the lower right, just above the tip of the serpent's tail (described below) is a lion of assyrian style between two outward arched cresents. the lower crescent is golden and the lion's only visible hind foot rests on the center of the crescent. the upper crescent is silver and gripped by the lion's left paw at the lower horn. the face of the lion is directly at but not touching the center of this crescent. the right paw of the lion touches the lower quarter of this crescent wi

gripped by the lion's left paw at the lower horn. the face of the lion is directly at but not touching the center of this crescent. the right paw of the lion touches the lower quarter of this crescent with talon tips only. these two crescents are so aligned that their horn tips could be connected by parallel lines about 45 degrees from the horizontal, upper to the left and lower to the right. the lion is green on white with gold accents, tail arched upward in a crescent and tipped in gold. the eye is red and the tongue extends in red as well. there are black accents about the edges of the mane and below the chin. at the lower left, framed by the serpent to left and below, is an assyrian winged bull, flank view and facing right. the fore quarters stand on a silver sphere, while the hind qua

as the mystic rites ordain; and these did he heat furiously in his alembic, yet with vegetable heat alone, while he kept them ever moist, dropping upon them of his lunar water, whereof he had three and seventy minims left of the eight and seventy that his father had given him; and these he had borne upon a camel through the desert unto this place where he now was, which is called the oasis of the lion, even as the whole regimen that in the end he accomplished is in the form of a lion. this then his lion waxed exceeding thirsty, and licked up all that dew. but the fire being equal thereunto, he was not discomforted "he slayeth sir lionel the warder of the marches" so now indeed he had wrought the first matter to a pitch of excellence beyond the human; for without trouble was his tincture th

ked up all that dew. but the fire being equal thereunto, he was not discomforted "he slayeth sir lionel the warder of the marches" so now indeed he had wrought the first matter to a pitch of excellence beyond the human; for without trouble was his tincture thus beautiful. first, it had the crown and horns of alexander the mighty king; also it had wings of fine sapphire; its fore part was like the lion, whereby indeed it partook of the highest virtue, and its hinder quarters were as a bull's. 90 moreover it stood upon the white sphere and the red cube; and it is not possible for any elixir to exceed this, unless it be by our path and working "he slayeth sir merlin the wizard" yet our brother perardua- and by now he was right skilful at the athanor- determined to attain to that higher projec

t; and our egyptian brethren have called it the pavement of the firmament of nu. 91 "he slayeth king astur of the arms argent" now this metal is not in any wise like unto earthly metals; let the brethren well beware, for many false knaves be abroad. three things be golden: the mineral gold of the merchant, that is dross; the vegetable gold that groweth from the seed of the scroll by virtue of the lion; and the animal gold that cometh forth from the regimen of the dragon, and this last is the sole marketable gold of the philosopher. for, behold, an arcanum! i charge you, keep secret this matter; for the vile brothers, could they divine it, would pervert it. this mineral gold cannot be changed into any other substance by any means. this vegetable gold is fluidic; it must increase wonderfully

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sudden thou shalt hear the drone and booming of a beetle. 12. now then shall the blackness pass, and with rose and gold shalt thou arise in the east, with the cry of an hawk resounding in thine ear. shrill shall it be and harsh. 13. at the end shalt thou rise and stand in the mid-heaven, a globe of glory. and therewith shall arise the mighty sound that holy men have likened unto the roaring of a lion. 14. then shalt thou withdraw thyself from the vision, gathering thyself into the divine form of osiris upon his throne. 15. then shalt thou repeat audibly the cry of triumph of 11 the god rearisen, as it shall have been given unto thee by thy superior. 16. and this being accomplished, thou mayest enter again into the vision, that thereby shall be perfected in thee. 17. after this shalt thou

own; b, the wand; d, the cup; h, the sword; r, the rosy cross; and refer further to amoun the father, thoth his messenger, and isis, horus, osiris, the divine-human triad. also 418= ath iav, the essence of iao, q.v. this short analysis might be indefinitely expanded; but always the symbol will remain the expression of the goal and the exposition of the path. 419. teth, the number of the "laughing lion" on whom babalon rideth. see liber 418. note 419+ 156= 23 x 25, occultly signifying 24, which again signifies to them that understand the interplay of the 8 and the 3. blessed be his holy name, the interpreter of his own mystery! 434. daleth, the holy letter of the mother, in glory as queen. she saves the 4 by the 7 (d= 4= venus= 7, thus connects with 28. mystic number of netzach (venus, vict

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

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god, upon the wicked! lighten thine eyes! the clamour of thy voice, let it smite down the mountains! let us not see it! cover we our eyes, lest we see the end of man. close we our ears, lest we hear the cry of woman. let none speak of it: let none write it: i, i am troubled, my eyes are moist with dews of terror: surely the bitterness of death is past. and i turned me to the south and lo! a great lion as wounded and perplexed. he cried: i have conquered! let the sons of earth keep silence; for my name is become as that of death! when will men learn the mysteries of creation? how much more those of the dissolution (and the pang of fire? i turned me to the west and there was a great bull; white with horns of white and black and gold. his mouth was scarlet and his eyes as sapphire stones. wit

hyr, which is called vti there is nothing in the stone but the pale gold of the rosy cross. now there comes an angel with bright wings, that is the angel of the 25th aire. and all the aire is a dark olive about 21 him, like an alexandrite stone. he bears a pitcher or amphora. and now there comes another angel upon a white horse, and yet again another angel upon a black bull. and now there comes a lion and swallows the two latter angels up. the first angel goes to the lion and closes his mouth. and behind them are arrayed a great company of angels with silver spears, like a forest. and the angel says: blow, all ye trumpets, for i will loose my hands from the mouth of the lion, and his roaring shall enkindle the worlds. then the trumpets blow, and the wind rises and whistles terribly. it is

ehind them are arrayed a great company of angels with silver spears, like a forest. and the angel says: blow, all ye trumpets, for i will loose my hands from the mouth of the lion, and his roaring shall enkindle the worlds. then the trumpets blow, and the wind rises and whistles terribly. it is a blue wind with silver specks; and it blows through the whole aethyr. but through it one perceives the lion, which has become as a raging flame. and he roareth in an unknown tongue. but this is the interpretation thereof: let the stars be burnt up in the fire of my nostrils! let all the gods and the archangels and the angels and the spirits that are on the earth, and above the earth, and below the earth, that are in all the heavens and in all the hells, let them be as motes dancing in the beam of m

me by which i am blasphemed. my name thou shalt not know, lest thou pronounce it and pass by. and now the angel comes forward again and closes his mouth. all this time heavy blows have been raining upon me from invisible angels, so that i am weighed down as with a burden greater than the world. i am altogether crushed. great millstones are hurled out of heaven upon me. i am trying to crawl to the lion, and the ground is covered with sharp knives. i cut myself at every inch. and the voice comes: why art thou there who art here? hast thou not the sign of the number, and the seal of the name, and the ring of the eye? thou wilt not. 23 and i answered and said: i am a creature of earth, and ye would have me swim. and the voice said: thy fear is known; thine ignorance is known; thy weakness is k

and ye would have me swim. and the voice said: thy fear is known; thine ignorance is known; thy weakness is known; but thou art nothing in this matter. shall the grain which is cast into the earth by the hand of the sower debate within itself, saying, am i oats or barley? bond-slave of the curse, we give nothing, we take all. be thou content. that which thou art, thou art. be content. and now the lion passeth over through the aethyr with the crowned beast upon his back, and the tail of the lion goes on instead of stopping, and on each hair of the tail is something or other- sometimes a little house, sometimes a planet, at other times a town. then there is a great plain with soldiers fighting upon it, and an enormously high mountain carved into a thousand temples, and more houses and fields

ttle house, sometimes a planet, at other times a town. then there is a great plain with soldiers fighting upon it, and an enormously high mountain carved into a thousand temples, and more houses and fields and trees, and great cities with wonderful buildings in them, statues and columns and public buildings generally. this goes on and on and on and on and on and on and on all on the hairs of this lion's tail. and then there is the tuft of his tail, which is like a comet, but the head is a new universe, and each hair streaming away from it is a milky way. and then there is a pale stern figure, enormous, enormous, bigger than all that universe is, in silver armour, with a sword and a pair of balances. that is only vague. all has gone into stone-gray, blank. there is nothing. ain el hajel "no

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even unto the garden of lilies; and ye shall be one for evermore. so mote it be! 27 yet now ah now! i am but a dead man. within me and without still stirs that life of sense that is not life, but is as the worms that feast upon my corpse. adonai! adonai! my lord adonai! indeed, thou hast forsaken me. nay! thou liest, o weak soul! abide in the meditation; unite all thy symbols into the form of a lion, and be lord of thy jungle, travelling through the servile universe even as mau the lion very lordly, the sun in his strength that travelleth over the heaven of nu in his bark in the mid-career of day. for all these thoughts are vain; there is but one thought, though that thought be not yet born he only is god, and there is none other god than he! 3.30. walking home with mantra; suddenly a s

ca, then what would happen if i forced my scin-laeca to become a whirling dervish? i couldn't get giddy, because my semicircular canals would be at rest. i must really try the experiment.[scin-laeca. see lord lytton's "strange story. ed. 1.58. i will now devote myself to sleep, willing adonai. lord adonai, give me deep rest like death, so that in very few hours i may be awake and active, full of lion-strength of purpose toward thee! 7.35. my heroic conduct was nearly worth a "nuit blanche. for, being so thoroughly awake, i had all my prana irritated, a feeling like the onset of a malarial attack, twelve hours before the temperature rises. i dare say it was after 3 o'clock when i slept; i woke too, several times, and ought to have risen and done prana yama: but i did not. o worm! the sleep

, interspersed with beautiful lyrics. no serious student can afford to be without this delightful volume. the second edition is printed on hand-made paper, and bound in white buckram, with cover design in gold. price ten shillings walter scott publishing co. ltd. and through "the equinox" some press opinions "dr. m. d. eder in "the new age""yours also is the reincarnation and the life, o laughing lion that is to be!"here you have distilled for our delight the inner spirit of the tulip's form, the sweet secret mystery of the rose's perfume: you have set them free from all that is material whilst preserving all that is sensual.'so also the old mystics were right who saw in every phenomenon a dog-faced demon apt only to seduce the soul from the sacred mystery. yes, but the phenomenon shall it

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t life. i see him dress the godhead. up he bounds and brays- the wild ass of the wilderness, the soul that sees, the soul that slays! inhabit the untrodden ways; set! thou my god and i thy priest, thy temple hidden in the haze of deserts death to god or beast! thou who art both shalt foin and feast with me who am both, thy hate's co-heir, lord of the west and of the east- the scorpion's hole, the lion's lair! i kissed his mouth- sublime despair! our souls were one; our bodies met- yea! darkness cover everywhere the secret of the house of set! alys cusack. 204 the sphinx at gizeh 205 the sphinx at gizeh i saw the other day the sphinx's painted face. she had painted her face in order to ogle time. and he has spared no other painted face in all the world but hers. delilah was younger than she

oul unsated. wherefore reborn as i am by a stream profane and foul in the reign of a tortured lamb, in the realm of a sexless owl, 211 i am set apart from the rest by meed of the mystic rune that reads in peril and pest the ambrosial moon- the moon! for under the tawny star that shines in the bull above i can rein the riotous car of galloping, galloping love; and straight to the steady ray of the lion-heart lord i career, pointing my flaming way with the spasm of night for a spear! o moon! o secret sweet! chalcedony clouds of caresses about the flame of our feet, the night of our terrible tresses! is it a wonder, then, if the people are mad with blindness, and nothing is stranger to men than silence, and wisdom, and kindness? nay! let him fashion an arrow whose heart is sober and stout! le

n the palaces of the rulers ameshet at the n.e, thoumathph at the s.e, ahephi or ahapshi at the s.w, kabetznuph at the n.w. of the place of the evil triad this is the place of yesod, it is termed the place of the evil one, of the slayer of osiris. he is the tempter, accuser and punisher of the brethren. wherefore is he frequently represented in egypt with the head of a water-dragon, the body of a lion or leopard, and hindquarters of a water- horse. he is the administrator of the evil triad, whereof the members are: apophrasz. the stooping dragon. satan-typhon. the slayer of osiris. besz. the brutal power of demoniac force. 247 9 a document which by some of the members of the g. d. was considered to be forged. it purported to be signed by s.d.a. and others, and authorised the founding of th

sign of the man, child of air, art thou purified- pass thou on" illustration on page 267 approximated below. hb:taw_ hb:shin_ hb:qof tablet of air_ lamp/ dais pentacle_ h fan. lights shaded_ black white_ kerux hegemon_ tablet of earth_ fan_ hell_ eden/ salt salt/ red lamp) o_ cup_ hiereus_ diagram 20. arrangement of the temple for the 32nd path in the 2= 9 ritual. similarly the zelator passes the lion, the eagle, and the bull. the "hierophant" then explains to the zelator the symbolism of the cubical cross, as follows "the cubical cross is a fitting emblem of the equilibrated and balanced forces of the elements. it is composed of twenty-two squares externally, which refer to the twenty-two letters placed thereon. twenty and two are the letters of the eternal voice in the vault of heaven; i

out the left outer half of this circle, and wings extend as noted. below the top circle is a calvary cross. the top arm of this cross shows the sword that defines the sephiroth on usual depictions of the tree of life. to the left of this top arm are two large heads topped by hebrew letters, and there is another pair to the right. left to right these are: bull(hb:heh, man(hb:vau, eagle(hb:heh) and lion(hb:yod. all these face left. the cross arm is bare, except for the serpent described below. the lower arm is obscured by drawings: top to bottom; a circle, a male head and torso leaning forward with arms hanging, a circle, a female head and arms clasping the next element to be described. in the hands of the female figure there is a large ringed circle. this circle contains the smaller circles

of fire leading into the 3= 8 of practicus 'also there is the vision of the fire-flashing courser of light, or also a child borne aloft on the shoulders of the celestial steed, fiery and clothed with gold, or naked, and shooting from the bow shafts of light, and standing on the shoulders of the horse. but if thy meditation prolongeth itself thou shalt unite all these symbols into the form of the lion.'27 for thus wilt thou cleave upwards by the path of hb:samekh, through the sixth sephira unto the path of hb:tet answering unto leo, the lion, the reconciling path between mercy and severity, chesed and geburah; beneath whose centre hangs the glorious sun of tiphereth "v.h. associate adept, will you explain to the philosophus the 13th key of the tarot" 27 "see" preface "associate adept" the

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ing, revolving, whirling forth, crying aloud. also there is the vision of the fire-flashing courser of light, or also a child, borne aloft on the shoulders of the celestial steed, fiery, or clothed with gold, or naked, or shooting with the bow shafts of light and standing on the shoulders of the horse; then if thy meditation prolongeth itself, thou shalt unite all these symbols into the form of a lion- zoroaster. the most important of the psychological results of my experiments seem to me to lie in (alpha. i devoted much pains to obtaining this effect alone by taking only the minutest doses, by preparing myself physically and mentally for the experiment, and by seeking in every possible way to intensify and prolong the effect. simple impressions in normal consciousness are resolved by hash

and on the silver lamen of the forehead- for us is neither fear nor pride, but silence in the one thought of the one beyond all thought. the world of phantoms has no terror left; we can take the blood of the black dragon for our red tincture. we understand the precept "visita interiora terrae rectificando invenias occultum lapidem; and harnessing to our triumphal car the white eagle and the green lion we voyage at 63 our ease upon the path of the chameleon, by the towers of iron and the fountains of supernal dew, unto that black unutterable sea most still. xiii "from the cavities of the earth leap forth the terrestrial dog-faced demons, showing no true sign unto mortal man "go not forth when the lictor passeth by "direct not thy mind to the vast surfaces of the earth; for the plant of trut

, revolving, whirling forth, crying aloud. also there is the vision of the fire-flashing courser of light, or also a child, borne aloft on the shoulders of the celes- tial steed, fiery, or clothed with gold, or naked, or shooting with the bow shafts of light, and standing on the shoulders of the horse; then if thy meditation prolongeth itself, thou shalt unite all these symbols into the form of a lion "but god is he having the head of the hawk- zoroaster "vin n anam- if hashish-analogy be able to assist us here, it is in that supreme state in which the man has built himself 79 up into god. one may doubt whether the drug alone ever does this. it is perhaps only the destined adept who, momentarily freed by the dissolving action of the drug from the chain of the four lower skandhas, obtains t

rst and last; and as an unicorn drinks dew from under oak-leaves, so my strength was cast into the mire; for all i did was dream, and all i dreamt desire. xxiv more; in this journey i had clean forgotten the quest, my lover. but the tomb 100 of all these thoughts, the rancid and the rotten, proved in the end to be my womb wherein my lord and lover had begotten a little child to drive me, laughing lion, into the wanton wild! xxv this child hath not one hair upon his head, but he hath wings instead of ears. no eyes hath he, but all his light is shed within him on the ordered spheres of nature that he hideth; and in stead of mouth he hath one minute point of jet; silence, the lightning path! xxvi also his nostrils are shut up; for he hath not the need of any breath; nor can the curtain of ete

but now she crouched lower, and fell to soft, sweet crying"'your mother is dead' i said abruptly 'may i offer you the guardianship of my godmother, the duchess of castelnaudary? come, mademoiselle, let us go"'i thank you, sir' she answered, still sobbing 'but jean is awake and at the door. jean is fierce and lean as an old wolf "i pulled the dagger from the floor 'i am fierce and lithe as a young lion' i said 'let the old wolf beware"'but i cannot, sir, i cannot. i' her confusion became acute"'i dare not move, sir- i- i- my mother had taken away all my clothes"'i marvelled. in her palace of gold hair nobody could have guessed it. but now i blushed, and lively. the dilemma was absurd. 119"'i have it' said i 'i will climb down and bring up the ermine "she shuddered at the idea. her dead moth

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hite ring with writing. within the last ring is a large black disk. the disk has the hebrew letter shin in white in the center. there are four other circles at top, bottom, left and right within the disk. these are defined by a thin white ring, black circle and thicker white ring with lettering. in the center of each of these smaller circles, on a black field, is a head of a cherub. the top has a lion head facing left, yod above head. the bottom has a human head with neck and start of chest, facing forward, vau above head. the left has an eagle head facing left, hay above head. the right has a bull headfacing forward, hay above head. all four have two wings extending from the bottom and arched around the sides within the inner circle, like laurels. the lettering in the wide rings on these

as a human head with neck and start of chest, facing forward, vau above head. the left has an eagle head facing left, hay above head. the right has a bull headfacing forward, hay above head. all four have two wings extending from the bottom and arched around the sides within the inner circle, like laurels. the lettering in the wide rings on these four circles arcs across the top of each. over the lion "neqva qvam vacuum. over the bull "legis jvgvm. over the human "dei gloria intacta. over the eagle "libertas evangelii. the outer white ring of the large circle has the following text: top, oriented to be read from outside "a.c.r.g- a.g.r.c. upper right, read from inside "hoc. right, read from inside "vnversi. lower right, read from inside "compendivm. bottom, read from inside "vnivs. lower l

ant: his nephesch being thus ready to be glorified. the attention of the postulant is at once called to the roof; his lower will looketh upwards, and he sees at last the "invisible lignt" the altar shows (1) the great work as the compendium of unity (2) ihsvh symbol accomplishing this and expanded within into five circles. this shows that the five principles of man must be united perfectly.25 the lion and hb:yod with the rose cross represents the first cause, the dawn, the virgin mother, and the great work "nequaquam vaccum"26 shows that "before abraham was, i am" the eagle and hb:heh with the cup represent the blood shed for the remission of sins, and the chalice of the stoistes "libertas evangelii" shows free-will. the man with hb:vau and the dagger shows the "last result" hb:vau is taur

ic. he was disgusted with his results. he had attained a rank which few arrive at, namely, that of adeptus major; and now, even though he had attained to the powers of hecate, for which he had so long striven, he saw that the great attainment lay far, far beyond. and so it happened that by renouncing all his magical strength to gain a greater power, a nobler art, he set forth upon the path of the lion that bridges the great gulf between the two highest grades of the second order, as it is written "a similar fire flashingly extending through the rushings of air, or a fire formless whence cometh the image of a voice, or even a flashing light abounding, revolving, whirling forth, crying aloud. also there is the vision of the fire flashing courser of light, or also a child, borne aloft on the

ng, revolving, whirling forth, crying aloud. also there is the vision of the fire flashing courser of light, or also a child, borne aloft on the shoulders of the celestial steed, fiery, or clothed with gold, or naked, or shooting with the bow shafts of light, and standing on the shoulders of the horse; then if thy meditation prolongeth itself, thou shalt unite all these symbols into the form of a lion"(to be continued" 280 79 on this occasion the abramelin demons appeared as misty forms filling the whole house with a pernicious aura, which was still noticeable three years after they had been attracted. whether these demons are to be considered as material or mental beings depends upon the philosophic outlook of the reader. nevertheless, let it be understood that abramelin is not a work to

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inted star of ruby burning beneath the foundations of thy unity, that i may mount the pillar of thy glory, and be lost in adoration of the triple unity of thy godhead, i beseech thee, o thou who art to me as the finger of light thrust through the black clouds of chaos; i beseech thee, o my god, hearken thou unto my cry! 6. then, o my god, am i not risen as the sun that eateth up ocean as a golden lion that feedeth on a blue-grey wolf? so shall i become one with thy beauty, worn upon thy breast as the centre of a sixfold star of ruby and of sapphire. 7. yea, o god, gird thou me upon thy thigh as a warrior girdeth his sword! smite my acuteness into the earth, and as a sower casteth his seed into the furrows of the plough, do thou beget upon me these adorations of thy unity, o my conqueror! 8

t as the whisper of the wings of a butterfly. 4. o thou burning tempest of blinding sand, thou whirlwind from the depths of darkness! yea, as i struggle through thee, through thee, my strength is but as a dove's down floating forth on the purple nipples of the storm. 5. o thou crown d giant among great giants, thou crimson-sworded soldier of war! yea, as i battle with thee, thou masterest me as a lion that slayeth a babe that is cradled in lilies. 10 6. o thou shadowy vista of darkness, thou cryptic book of the fir-clad hills! yea, as i search the key of thy house i find my hope but as a rushlight sheltered in the hands of a little child. 7. o thou great labour of the firmament, thou tempest-tossed roaring of the aires! yea, as i sink in the depths of thine affliction, mine anguish is but

of blue ocean, whose castle is built upon the sands of life and death; i swear to thee by the glittering blades of the waters, to cleave my way within thine armed hermitage, and brood as an eyeless corpse beneath the coffin-lid of the mighty sea. 3. o thou incandescent ocean of molten stars, surging above the arch of the firmament; i swear to thee by the mane-pennoned lances of light, to stir the lion of thy darkness from its lair, and lash the sorceress of noontide into fury with serpents of fire. 4. o thou intoxicating vision of beauty, fair as ten jewelled virgins dancing about the hermit moon; i swear to thee by the peridot flagons of spring, to quaff to the dregs thy chalice of glory, and beget a royal race before the dawn flees from awakening day. 5. o thou unalterable measure of all

mouth, as a leaf cast into the flames of a furnace. o glory be unto thee through all time and through all space: glory, and glory upon glory, everlastingly. amen, and amen, and amen. 21 the chapter known as leo the twelvefold glorification of god and the unity thereof i adore thee by the twelve glorifications and by the unity thereof. 1. o glory be to thee, o god my god; for i behold thee in the lion rampant of the dawn: thou hast crushed with thy paw the crouching lioness of night, so that she may roar forth the glory of thy name. 2. o glory be to thee, o god my god; for i behold thee in the lap of the fertile valleys: thou hast adorned their strong limbs with a robe of poppied corn, so that they may laugh forth the glory of thy name. 3. o glory be to thee, o god my god; for i behold the

lky rivers, so that they may roll forth the glory of thy name. 12. o glory be to thee, o god my god; for i behold thee in the amber combers of the storm: thou hast laid thy lash upon the sphinxes of the waters, so that they may boom forth the glory of thy name. 13. o glory be to thee, o god my god; for i behold thee in the lotus- flower within my heart: thou hast 23 emblazoned my trumpet with the lion- standard, so that i may blare forth the glory of thy name. o glory be unto thee through all time and through all space: glory, and glory upon glory, everlastingly. amen, and amen, and amen. 24 the chapter known as virgo the twelvefold beseechment of god and the unity thereof i adore thee by the twelve beseechments and by the unity thereof. 1. o thou mighty god, make me as a fair virgin that

may hush my melody in thy silence, and swell into the sweet ecstasy of thy song. o thou god my god! 11. o thou mighty god, make me as an emerald crab that 26 crawleth over the wet sands of the sea-shore; i beseech thee, o thou great god! that i may write thy name across the shores of time, and sink amongst the white atoms of thy being. o thou god, my god! 12. o thou mighty god, make me as a ruby lion that roareth from the summit of a white mountain; i beseech thee, o thou great god! that i may echo forth thy lordship through the hills, and dwindle into the nipple of thy bounty. o thou god, my god! 13. o thou mighty god, make me as an all-consuming sun ablaze in the centre of the universe; i beseech thee, o thou great god! that i may become as a crown upon thy brow, and flash forth the exc

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ll life's loyal breath is a waste wind. all joy forgone, i must strive ever? marsyas. cease to strive! destroy this partial i, this moan of an hurt beast! sores keep alive by scratching. health is peace. unknown and unexpressed because at ease are the most high congruities. olympas. then death is thine "attainment? i can do no better than to die! marsyas. indeed, that "i" that is not god is but a lion in the road! knowest thou not (even now) how first the fetters of restriction burst? in the rapture of the heart self hath neither lot nor part. 18 marsyas. tell me, dear master, how the bud first breaks to brilliance of bloom: what ecstasy of brain and blood shatters the seal upon the tomb of him whose gain was the world's loss our father christian rosycross! marsyas. first, one is like a gn

first true sights. bright images throng the clear mind at first, a crowd of gods, lights, armies, landscapes; loud reverberations of the light. but these are dreams, things in the mind, reveries, idols. thou shalt find no rest therein. the former three (lightning, moon, sun) are royally liminal to the hall of truth. also there be with them, in sooth, their brethren. there's the vision called the lion of the light, a brand of ruby flame and emerald 23 waved by the hermeneutic hand. there is the chalice, whence the flood of god's beatitude of blood flames. o to sing those starry tunes! o colder than a million moons! o vestal waters! wine of love wan as the lyric soul thereof! there is the wind, a whirling sword, the savage rapture of the air tossed beyond space and time. my lord, my lord, e

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hoarded the richer becomes the discoverer, and then one day will come wherein he will be able to pay his own ransom, and this is the only ransom that is acceptable unto god. ultimately he proved that it was rather by the restraint of these occult (mental) powers than that of the bodily ones that ojas is produced.297 by now he was beginning to learn that there was more than one way of opening the lion's jaws; and that gentleness and humility would often succeed where brutality and much boasting were sure to fail. the higher he ascended into the realms of the ruach the more he realized the irrational folly of performing wonders before a mob of gargoyle-headed apes, of pulling the strings of mystical marionettes and reducing himself to the level of an occult punch and judy showman. he had at

erse; his breath was the breath of very life; his being was the mahalingam of the first, beyond life and death the generator from nothingness. his armour was the primal water of chaos. the infinite moon-like curve of his body; the flashing swiftness of his word, that was the word that formulated that which was beyond chaos and cosmos; the might of him, greater than that of the elephant and of the lion and of the tortoise and of the bull fabled in indian legend as the supports of the four letters of the name; the glory of him, that was even as that of the sun which is before all and beyond all suns, of which the stars are little sparks struck off as he battled in the infinite against the infinite- all these points the great white spirit noted and appreciated. this is certainly the person, t

may rekindle the fires of smithfield "here we find the need of courage. for, if we are to think on these matters at all, we must accept the belief for which we have evidence, and we must reject the belief for which we have no evidence. and, sometimes, this is not easy" this unworthy right hand! we should not think of calling this martyr to his convictions, this revolutionary thinker, an ass in a lion's skin. for asses can kick. shall we say a sheep in wolf's clothing? for the heretics are too clearly sheep- probably descended from mary's little lamb. if the dean were to frown, they would all take to their heels, and break the record for attending chapel. in fact, this is what happened, when he did frown! just like the rationalists themselves when they disowned and deserted harry boulter

egat the devil-brood musical comedy, so hast thou begotten the tedious stage-sermons to which our priest-loving, sin-conscious slaves now flock. refinement of cruelty! thou hast replaced the trappist cell by the court theatre! for this, i, who prefer the study to the theatre, forgive thee; for i love not the badger-reek of suburbia and bohemia in my nostrils. but for this also i praise thee, that lion-like thou turnest at last upon the jackal-crowd at thy heels. that ungainly dragon, the chesterbelloc, hast thou ridden against, 349 good st. george bernard shaw! with a spear thou hast pierced its side, and there floweth forth beer and water. turn also, gramercy, upon the others, even unto the lowest. as ibsen hawked at carrion birds with a wild duck, so do thou create some harpy to torment

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in, grey mist, white wrath of gales, fill the dread armoury of sense. nor shines the sun; nor moon, nor star their subtle light at all display; nor day, nor night, dispute the scaur: all's one intolerable grey. black llyns, grey rocks, white hills of snow! no flower, no colour: life is not. this is no way for men to go from severn-mouth to camelot. despair, the world upon his speed, drive (like a lion from his den whom hunger hunts) the man at need, sir palamede the saracen. 14 v sir palamede the saracen hath cast his sword and arms aside. to save the world of goodly men, he sets his teeth to ride- to ride! three days: the black horse drops and dies. the trappings furnish them a fire, the beast a meal. with dreadful eyes stare into death the child, the sire. six days: the gaunt and gallant

t, his body bloody with its leeches. sternly he travelleth the crest of a great mountain, far that reaches toward the king-snows; the rains molest the knight, white wastes updriven of wind in sheets, in torrents, fiend-possessed, up from the steaming plains of ind. they cut his flesh, they chill his bones: yet he feels naught; his mind is pinned to that one point where all the thrones join to one lion-head of rock, towering above all crests and cones 105 that crouch like jackals. stress and shock move palamede no more. like fate he moves with silent speed. they flock, the gods, to watch him. now abate his pulses; he threads through the vale, and turns him to the mighty gate, the glacier. oh, the flowers that scale those sun-kissed heights! the snows that crown the quarts ravines! the cloud

, interspersed with beautiful lyrics. no serious student can afford to be without this delightful volume. the second edition is printed on hand-made paper, and bound in white buckram, with cover-design in gold. price ten shillings walter scott publishing co, ltd, and through "the equinox* some press opinions "dr. m. d. eder in "the new age "yours also is the reincarnation and the life, o laughing lion that is to be "here you have distilled for our delight the inner spirit of the tulip's form, the sweet secret mystery of the rose's perfume: you have set them free from all that is material whilst preserving all that is sensual 'so also the old mystics were right who saw in every phenomenon a dog-faced demon apt only to seduce the soul from the sacred mystery' yes, but the phenomenon shall it

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s "t, or "s. or "m; use a paraphrase. xi. avoid using the pronouns and adjectives of the first person; use a paraphrase. of thine own ingenium devise others. 2. on each occasion that thou art betrayed into saying that thou art sworn to avoid, cut thyself sharply upon the wrist or forearm with a razor; even as thou shouldst beat a disobedient dog. feareth not the unicorn the claws and teeth of the lion? 3. thine arm then serveth thee both for a warning and for a record. thou shalt write down thy daily progress in these practices, until thou art perfectly vigilant at all times over the least word that slippeth from thy tongue. thus bind thyself, and thou shalt be for ever free. 12 ii 0. the horse is action. man, rule thou thine action. how else shalt thou master the father, and answer the fo

ra-hoor-khut and in hoor-pa-kraat! twins they shall rise; being twins they are one, the lord of the sword and the son of the sun! silence, coeval colleague of the voice, the plumes of amoun- rejoice! lo! i rejoice. i heal the sanguine scar of slain asar. i was the past, nature the mother. he was the present, man my brother. look to the future, the child- oh paean the child that is crowned in the lion-aeon! the sea-dawns surge an billow and break beneath the scourge of the star and the snake. to my lord i have borne in my womb deep-vaulted this babe for ever exalted! aleister crowley 40 the temple of solomon the king iv. the hermit with the seventh stage in the mystical progress of frater p. we arrive at a sudden and definite turning-poinjt. during the last two years he had grown strong in

vajr sana (siddh sana) posture, should firmly fix his gaze upon ajna, and reversing the tongue backwards, fix it in the hollow under the epiglottis, placing it with great care on the mouth of the well of nectar.105 6 "uddiyana mudra" the drawing up of the intestines above and below the navel (so that they rest against the back of the body high up the thorax) is called uddiyana bandha, and is the lion that kills the elephant death.106 7 "mula mudra" pressing the yoni with the ankle, contract the anus and draw the ap na upwards. this is mula bandha.107 8 "jalandhara mudra" contract the throat and press the chin firmly against the breast (four inches from the heart. this is jalandhara bandha..108 9 "viparitakarani mudra" this consists in making the sun and moon assume exactly reverse positio

the other,187 and above her hovered archangels. then suddenly all was an immense void, and as i looked into it i beheld the dawn of creation. gusts of liquid fire flamed and whirled through the darkness. then nothing but the brilliance of fire and water. i was away fifteen minutes. 4. seven minutes breathing exercise fifteen seconds each way (breathing in, withholding, and breathing out) 5. white lion on gray. 5 m. result bad. 21st. position 1. 45 m. fair. worked out a "double" formula for physical astral projection. first project with enterer sign; simulacrum answers with harpocrates sign.188 then as soon as enterer sign weakens change consciousness as for astral visions. after which attack body from simulacrum 181 p. at various times used the "invocation of the bornless one" as given in

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m all; before him ye are equal, revolving in time and in space; but he is unmoved and within["a pause" typhon. 1 [typhon "recites" sweet, sweet are may and june, dear, the loves of lambent spring, our lamp the drooping moon, dear, our roof, the stars that sing; the bed, of moss and roses; the night, as long as death! still, breath! life wakens and reposes, love ever quickeneth! sweet, sweet, when lion and maiden, the motley months of gold, swoop down with sunlight laden, and eyes are bright and bold. life-swelling breasts uncover their warm involving deep- love, sleep- and lover lies with lover on air's substantial steep. ah! sweeter was september- the amber rain of leaves, the harvest to remember, the load of sunny sheaves. in gardens deeply scented, in orchards heavily hung, love flung a

thrall. love me, love me over all, spirit in the spirit shape! all is one! i murmur. distant sounds the shout, evoe, evoe! evoe, iacche! soft, insistent like to echo's voice persistent- hail! agave! autonoe [typhon "goes up stage" agave. evoe, ho! iacche! hail, o hail! praise him! what dreams are these? 35 autonoe. sisters, o sisters! agave. say, are our brothers of the rocks awake? autonoe. the lion roars. maenads. o listen to the snake! autonoe. evoe, ho! give me to drink! agave. run wild! mountain and mountain let us leap upon like tigers on their prey! maenads. crush, crush the world! agave. tread earth as 'twere a winepress! autonoe. drink its blood, the sweet red wine! maenads. ay, drink the old earth dry! agave. squeeze the last drops out till the frame collapse like an old wineski

e throned boats of light; companies of spirits follow me; adore the lords of night. yea, with gladness did they paean, bowing low before my car, in my ears their homage echoed from the sunrise to the star. i have risen! i am gathered as a lovely hawk of gold, i the first-born of the mother in her ecstasy of old. lo! i come to face the dweller in the sacred snake of khem; come to face the babe and lion, come to measure force with them! ah! these locks flow down, a river, as the earth's before the sun, as the earth's before the sunset, and the god and i are one. i who entered in a fool, gain the god by clean endeavour; i am shaped as men and women, fair for ever and for ever["he turns and falls clasping" sol's "feet. all prostrate themselves in adoration" sor. scorpio "plays her solar chant<

e me, and worship at my feet. aries. our lord is slain. and who art thou that hast assumed his throne? leo. our lord is slain. and who art thou that hast assumed his throne? scorpio-apophis. i am the mother of the gods and the sister of time and the daughter of space. i am nature that holdeth sway when the effort of man is exhausted. brother leo, i am the goddess that cometh forth riding upon the lion. behold! i strike thee with my wand, and inspire thee. i command thee to declare me unto the multitude. leo. lo! in the interstellar space of night clothed with deep darkness, the majestic spaces abide the dawn of deity and light, vibrate before the passionless pale faces 74 shrined in exceeding glory, eremite. the tortoise skies in sombre carapaces await the expression and the hour of birth

r soul unsated. wherefore reborn as i am by a stream profane and foul, in the reign of a tortured lamb, in the realm of a sexless owl, i am set apart from the rest by meed of the mystic rune that reads in peril and pest the ambrosial moon- the moon! for under the tawny star that shines in the bull above i can rein the riotous car of galloping, galloping love; and straight to the steady ray of the lion-heart lord i career, pointing my flaming way with the spasm of night for a spear! o moon! o secret sweet! chalcedony clouds of caresses about the flame of our feet, the night of our terrible tresses! is it a wonder, then, if the people are mad with blindness, and nothing is stranger to men than silence, and wisdom, and kindness? nay! let him fashion an arrow whose heart is sober and stout! le

m, interspersed with beautiful lyrics. no serious student can afford to be without this delightful volume. the second edition is printed on hand-made paper, and bound in white buckram, with cover-design in gold. price ten shillings walter scott publishing co. ltd, and through "the equinox- some press opinions dr. m. d. eder in "the new age "yours also is the reincarnation and the life, o laughing lion that is to be "here you have distilled for our delight the inner spirit of the tulip's form, the sweet secret mystery of the rose's perfume: you have set them free from all that is material whilst preserving all that is sensual 'so also the old mystics were right who saw in every phenomenon a dog-faced demon apt only to seduce the soul from the sacred mystery' yes, but the phenomenon shall it

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booty! he must be well and victorious! bring him in! now we shall know- good tidings! good tidings["she paces up and down impatiently. enter" achmet "with a young girl" achmet. the duty of my lord! good tidings from the battle. the spoils of my lord's spear! he prays you to keep her among the women until he return and place her in his harem. laylah. a man! he is a man! i have borne a man-child, a lion, a conqueror! achmet. indeed, he has slain twenty christians with his own hand. and still he is in the front of the battle. he laughed "to-day i am a man, i need thee no more; by my chamberlain and carry this toy to my mother" i think she is a princess. the child. my father is the grand master of the temple, and he is coming to cut all your heads off. laylah. leave her with us! ride back on a

leaps clear. the horse has fallen. he runs hither. laylah. news! news [ledmiya "goes out. enter a messenger" 2nd messenger. the duty of my lord to his mother! we keep the hounds at bay now. prince sliman is like the angel of death. no man can stand before him. the christians tremble, and give back when he rides against them. laylah. a man! a man! he is not hurt? 2nd messenger. scratches. as if a lion were at play with kittens! laylah. i am glad he has scratches. every one shall be sung by the poets as if it were the axe-blow of old duke walter["again the wailing surges in the courtyard" ledmiya "rushes in" ledmiya. alas, alas, my queen! i cannot say it! do not ask me to say it. they are bringing him in. laylah. who? devil-child["she strikes her. four eunuchs bring in the corpse of" akbar]

ght shall cumber the earth, and the little children of the earth shall make merry with you until the rose strike its root into your breast. then shall your body be one again with the mother, and your soul one with the father, as it is written in the book of the law. all this have i been taught by her whose purity and strength are even as earth's, chosen before the foundation of time. lioness with lion, may we walk by night among the ruins of great cities, when, weary with happiness too great even for our immortality, we turn from the fragrance and fertility of earth. and at the sunrise return where the peopled valleys call us; where, bronzed and buoyant, our children sing aloud as they drive home the spade. glory be to the earth and to the sun and to the holy body and soul of man; and glor

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

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

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formulas which embody the knowledge whereby- 97- initiation, human and solar copyright 1998 lucis trust they can eventually work. these formulas are based upon nine symbols which are now recognised: 1. the cross in its varying forms. 2. the lotus. 3. the triangle. 4. the cube. 5. the sphere and the point. 6. eight animal forms, the goat, the bull, the elephant, the man, the dragon, the bear, the lion, and the dog. 7. the line. 8. certain signs of the zodiac, hence the need for the study of astrology. 9. the cup, or the holy grail. all these symbols allied, interwoven, or taken in part, are combined to express one or other of the seven secrets. the initiate has to recognise them by sight as well as to hear them, and by an effort of the will to imprint them irrevocably upon his memory. this

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becoming like unto his monadic source, a heavenly man. a heavenly man has developed manas, and is occupied with the problem of becoming a son of wisdom, not inherently but in full manifestation. a solar logos is both a divine manasaputra and likewise a dragon of wisdom, and his problem concerns itself with the development of the principle of cosmic will which will make him what has been called a "lion of cosmic will" throughout all these graded manifestations the law holds good, and the lesser is included in the greater. hence the need for the student to preserve with care a due sense of proportion, a discrimination as to time in evolution, and a just appreciation of the place of each unit within its greater sphere. having sounded this note of warning we can now proceed with the concluding

ALICE A BAILEY09 A TREATISE ON THE SEVEN RAYS VOLUME I ESOTERIC PSYCHOLOGY I

this tendency towards lucidity is seen in the faculty of the plant to turn towards the sun. it is practically non-existent in the- 160- a treatise on the seven rays- volume i: esoteric psychology i copyright 1998 lucis trust mineral kingdom. divisions. first, the higher animals and the domestic animals, such as the dog, the horse and the elephant. secondly, the so-called wild animals, such as the lion, the tiger, and the other carnivorous and dangerous wild animals. thirdly, the mass of lesser animals that seem to meet no particular need nor to fill any special purpose, such as the harmless yet multitudinous lives found in our forests, our jungles and the fields of our planet. instances of these in the west are the rabbits and other rodents. this is a wide and general specification of no s

h later see, though the right eye sees more clearly than the left. the first dim indication of this tendency towards lucidity is seen in the faculty of the plant to turn towards the sun. it is practically non-existent in the mineral kingdom. divisions. first, the higher animals and the domestic animals, such as the dog, the horse and the elephant. secondly, the so-called wild animals, such as the lion, the tiger and other carnivorous and dangerous wild beasts- 272- a treatise on the seven rays- volume i: esoteric psychology i copyright 1998 lucis trust thirdly, the mass of lesser animals that seem to meet no particular need nor to fill any special purpose, such as the harmless yet multitudinous lives found in our forests, our jungles and the fields of our planet. instances of these in the

ALICE A BAILEY10 FROM BETHLEHEM TO CALVARY

volved and ignorant, was aware of the significance of the cosmic spirit, immolated in matter and crucified upon the four-armed cross. these four signs are to be found unequivocally in the bible, and are regarded in our christian belief as the four sacred animals. the prophet ezekiel refers to them in the words "as for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side; and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle."7 and again in the book of revelations, we find the same astrological symbology "and before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes, before and behind "and the first beast was

the right side; and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle."7 and again in the book of revelations, we find the same astrological symbology "and before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes, before and behind "and the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast was like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle."8 the "face of the man" is the ancient sign of aquarius, the sign of the man carrying the water-pot, to which christ referred when he sent his disciples into the city, saying "behold, when ye are entered into the city, there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of w

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

ALICE A BAILEY13 PROBLEMS OF HUMANITY

national prides? the first historical date usually remembered by the average british child is "william, the conqueror, 1066. the american child remembers the landing of the pilgrim fathers and the gradual taking of the country from its rightful inhabitants and perhaps the boston tea party. the heroes of history are all warriors alexander the great, julius caesar, attila the hun, richard coeur de lion, napoleon, george washington and many others. geography is largely history in another form but presented in a similar manner a history of discovery, investigation and seizure, followed frequently by wicked and cruel treatment of the inhabitants of the discovered lands. greed, ambition, cruelty and pride are the keynotes of our teaching of- 25- problems of humanity copyright 1998 lucis trust h

ALICE A BAILEY15 THE DESTINY OF THE NATIONS

ily draws closer. to this end, the ray influences will increasingly and steadily be directed- 79- the destiny of the nations copyright 1998 lucis trust humanity has reached a stage where the sense of individuality is rapidly emerging. in every field of human expression, men and women are becoming definitely self-assertive. the old commentary refers symbolically to this in the following words "the lion begins to roar. he rushes forth and, in his urge to live, he wields destruction. and then again he roars and rushing to the stream of life drinks deep. then, having drunk, the magic of the waters works. he stands transformed. the lion disappears and he who bears the water pot stands forth and starts upon his mission" those with vision can see this happening upon every side today. the water-ca

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

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

t the cross of liberation. it is a stationary cross, fixed in the heavens, and guarded by the angel. behind the cross, another cross appears, but that he may not reach (the angel guards the way) until the bull has rent and torn the man, and then the light shines forth; until the serpent dread has wrestled with the man and brought him to his knees, and then the lifting up into the light; until the lion has been tamed, the secret of the sphinx revealed, and then the revelation of the inner light; until the man has lifted up his water-pot and joined the ranks of those who are the water-bearers, and then the flowing of the stream of life will fill his water-pot and drain the rancid pool and cleanse its source and thus reveal the hidden way which leads unto the innermost light, hid by the final

m the great bear, are transmitted into our solar system through the medium of three constellations and their ruling planets. the following tabulation makes this clear but must be interpreted only in terms of this present turn of the great zodiacal wheel (25,000 years: tabulation viii ray constellations planets p lanets (orthodox( esoteric) aries, the ram. mars. mercury. i. will or power. leo, the lion. sun. sun. capricorn, the goat .s aturn. saturn. gemini, the twins .m ercury .v enus. ii. love-wisdom .v irgo, the virgin .m ercury .m oon (veiling a planet. pisces, the fishes. jupiter. pluto. cancer, the crab. moon .n eptune- 52- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust iii. active-intelligence. libra, the scales. venus. uranus. capricorn, the

he fishes. jupiter. pluto. cancer, the crab. moon .n eptune- 52- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust iii. active-intelligence. libra, the scales. venus. uranus. capricorn, the goat .s aturn. saturn. taurus, the bull .v enus. vulcan. iv. harmony through. scorpio, the scorpion. mars. mars. conflict sagittarius, the archer. jupiter. earth. leo, the lion. sun. sun. v. concrete science. sagittarius, the archer. jupiter. earth. aquarius, the watercarrier. uranus. jupiter. virgo, the virgin .m ercury .m oon. vi. idealism. devotion .s agittarius, the archer. jupiter. earth. pisces, the fishes. jupiter. pluto. aries, the ram. mars. mercury. vii. ceremonial order. cancer, the crab. moon .n eptune. capricorn, the goat .s aturn. saturn. it will be ob

on of the man becomes focussed upon spiritual attainment. he treads the path of discipleship. 2. in leo the self-centred man becomes eventually the soul in life expression and focussed on the achievement of the spiritual goal of selflessness. in this sign, he undergoes preparation for the first initiation and takes it also in this sign, or under this sign when it is the rising sign, becoming "the lion who seeks his prey" that is the personality who becomes the captive of the soul. 3. in scorpio in this sign, the disciple undergoes those tests which will enable him to take the second initiation and demonstrate that the desire nature is subdued and conquered and that the lower nature is (by being lifted up in the air, i.e. into heaven) capable of reaching the goal for this world period, and

r as humanity is concerned the key or clue to the entire zodiac and around the constellation leo two great mysteries are found: 1. the mystery of the sphinx, connected with the relation of leo and virgo, and tied up with the secret of the solar angels. this is not the mystery of soul and form, but the mystery of the higher and the lower mind and their relation to each other. 2. the mystery of the lion and the unicorn. this secret is preserved for us in the ancient nursery rhyme about the "lion and the unicorn going up to town" and contains in a peculiar way the secret of initiation and the "going up" of the human being to the portal of admittance into the hierarchy as well as the "mystic raising" of which masonry holds the key. this deals with the emergence of the consciousness of the init

ALICE A BAILEY19 THE UNFINISHED AUTOBIOGRAPHY

hrust myself never getting hurt but proving a pest, i am sure. this type never bothered me and i never suffered from my intervention. the m.p.s used to welcome my help to get the men quieted down. i became quite an expert. then there is the affectionate drunk and of him i was frankly terrified. i never knew what he would do or say but learnt always to keep a chair or table between myself and him. lion tamers have found a strong chair very useful between themselves and a cross lion, and i can recommend it with full- 37- the unfinished autobiography copyright 1998 lucis trust confidence in the case of an affectionate drunk. the morose drinker is far more difficult but not so common. one learns, too, to distinguish between those men whose drinking affects their legs and those whose heads get

ALICE A BAILEY21 EDUCATION IN THE NEW AGE

ered by the average british child is "william, the conqueror, 1066" the american child remembers the landing of the pilgrim fathers and the gradual taking of the country from its rightful inhabitants, and perhaps the boston- 34- education in the new age copyright 1998 lucis trust tea party. the heroes of history are all warriors alexander the great, julius caesar, attila the hun, richard coeur de lion, napoleon, george washington and many others. geography is largely history in another form but presented in a similar manner a history of discovery, investigation and seizure, followed frequently by wicked and cruel treatment of the inhabitants of the discovered lands. greed, ambition, cruelty and pride are the keynotes of our teaching of history and geography. these wars, aggression and thef

ALICE BAILEY THE LABOURS OF HERCULES

d of the labor the three symbolic constellations the lesson of the labor labor iv- part 1 the capture of the doe or hind the myth synthesis of the signs meaning of the story labor iv- part 2 the capture of the doe or hind qualities of the sign the cardinal cross the stars at-one-ment with capricorn symbols the three symbolic constellations the lesson of the labor labor v the slaying of the nemean lion the myth the number five the story of the myth the field of the labor the three symbolic constellations the lesson of the labor labor vi seizing the girdle of hippolyte- 2- the labours of hercules the myth introduction interpretations of the myth the two ways the constellations and stars the mutable cross and the planetary rulers significance of the sign and its polar opposite keynotes labor

i killed my teachers, and in my search for liberty, i now stand free. i seek to know myself, within myself and through myself "my son, that was a deed of wisdom, and now you can stand [15] free. proceed to labor now, remembering as you do, that at the final turning of the wheel will come the mystery of death. forget this not. what is your age, my son "i had turned eighteen summers when i slew the lion, and hence i wear its skin. again at twenty-one, i met my bride. today i stand before you trebly free- free from my early teachers, free from the fear of fear, and free indeed from all desire "boast not, my son, but prove to me the nature of this freedom which you sense. again in leo, will you meet the lion. what will you do? again in gemini, the teachers whom you slew will cross your path. h

should believe. we shall find in the third labor which hercules performed, in the sign gemini, that he was tested on this point and had to prove that he was justified in taking this step. he then makes the interesting discovery that he is not nearly so free nor so strong as, in his youthful enthusiasm, he fancied himself to be [21] when he reached the age of eighteen years, we are told, he slew a lion which was devastating the countryside and that he began to perform other public services, so that, little by little, his name came before the people. eighteen is always a significant number. in it we have the number ten, which is the number of personality perfection, plus the number eight, which, we are told by some numerologists, is the number of the christ force. it is the christ force, in

ng frightened him, and one-pointedly he went his way. the ancient motto that has governed the activities of all active disciples became his and his soul enjoined upon him the need of "the power to do, the power to dare, the power to be silent, and the power to know "the power to do" is the motto of taurus, and this he exemplified in his twelve labors. he symbolized leo, because he always wore the lion's skin as a proof of his courage, and the motto of that sign being "the power to dare" no danger affrighted him and no difficulty turned him back. perhaps his outstanding achievement was what he accomplished in the sign scorpio; for the great work was to overcome illusion. it was consummated and carried to completion in the sign scorpio. the motto of that sign is silence. in capricorn he beco

four corners of the cardinal cross of the universe, which have become the four fixed signs of the zodiac, and as the four powerful sacred animal signs are both cosmical and spiritual, they represent the basic elements resembling our human principles. the sign leo represents fire or spirit; taurus, earth or body; aquarius, air or mind; and scorpio represents water likened to the soul. leo, as the lion, is the strength of the lower nature, and is the serpent of force which, if directed upward, overcomes. taurus, the bull, is always the symbol of creative force. aquarius, the man, is the light-bearer, or light-bringer. scorpio, the scorpion, is often transmuted with aquila, the eagle. which rises at the same time with scorpio; they are closely linked in symbolism. scorpio is 'the monster of

of his into the temple of the lord and there to see it transmuted into intuition, and through the intuition become aware of the things of spirit and of those spiritual realities which neither instinct nor intellect can reveal to him (and again and again the sons of men, who are also sons of god, must recapture these spiritual realities, upon the endless way [95] labor v the slaying of the nemean lion (leo, july 22nd- august 21st) the myth the great presiding one sat within the council chamber of the lord and there discussed the plan of god for all the sons of men, who are the sons of god. the teacher stood at his right hand and listened to his words. and hercules rested from his labors- 56- the labours of hercules and the great presiding one, within the council chamber of the lord, watche

AN INTRO TO STUDY OF THE KABALAH

m. mathers. binah is the supernal mother, aima. malkuth is the inferior mother, the bride of the mikroprosopos. daath or knowledge is the union of chokmah and binah, of wisdom and understanding. merkabah was the chariot throne of god of the vision of ezekiel mentioned in his chapters i. and x; it rested on wheels and was carried by four cherubim, the sacred animal forms, which resembled the man, lion, bull and eagle, which were related to the four quarters of the world, and to four types of humanity. the four letters yod, h, vau, h, or as we say ihvh, of the name we call jehovah, are allotted and distributed by the kabalistic doctrine among the sephiroth in a peculiar manner, forming the mysterious conception of the tetragrammaton, that awful name of divine majesty which might never be ut

ANALYSIS OF THE 5 6 INITIATION

first time, his lower will sees at last the irresistible light. the altar is a potent glyph of the" great work" it is a compendium of achad. the center c helps to compose the name hcwhy. this fire of life expands outward within the four elemental circles. in this, it is an example of the five principles of man that must be united into perfection and for this the adept does work continuously. the lion and red rose are a symbol of first cause, the beginning, the dawn. it is further symbolized by the virgin mother and the great work. nequaquam vacuum means "nowhere a void" this is the motto written about the lion. it can be summed up in saying that "before abraham was "i am" the eagle and the chalice stand for the blood that must be shed for the remission of sins. it is the purifying waters

APOCRYPHON OF JOHN

yet) she brought forth. and because of the invincible power which is in her, her thought did not remain idle, and something came out of her which was imperfect and different from her appearance, because she had created it without her consort. and it was dissimilar to the likeness of its mother, for it has another form "and when she saw (the consequences of) her desire, it changed into a form of a lion-faced serpent. and its eyes were like lightning fires which flash. she cast it away from her, outside that place, that no one of the immortal ones might see it, for she had created it in ignorance. and she surrounded it with a luminous cloud, and she placed a throne in the middle of the cloud that no one might see it except the holy spirit who is called the mother of the living. and she calle

BASIL VALENTINE TWELVE KEYS

tars are given by the gods to man to lead him to great wisdom. gaze steadily upon them, follow their lights, and you will find in them the secret of knowledge. the bird phoenix, from the south, plucks out the heart of the mighty beast from the east. give the animal from the east wings, that it may be on an equality with the bird from the south. for the animal from the east must be deprived of its lion s skin, and lose its wings. then it must plunge in the salt water of the vast ocean, and emerge thence in renovated beauty. plunge thy volatile spirits in a deep spring whose waters never fail, that they may become like their mother, who is hidden therein, and born of three. twelve keys of basil valentine 21 of 95 hungary is my native land, the sky and the stars are my habitation, the earth i

n account of its name it be subject to the sway of warlike mars, is by birth the offspring of ancient saturn, and is found in the valleys and mountains of the world, where he roams about savage with hunger. cast to him the body of the king, and when he has devoured it, burn him entirely to ashes in a great fire. by this process the king will be liberated; and when it has been performed thrice the lion has overcome the wolf, and will find nothing more to devour in him. thus our body has been rendered fit for the first stage of our work. know that this is the only right and legitimate way of purifying our substance: for the lion purifies twelve keys of basil valentine 26 of 95 himself with the blood of the wolf, and the tincture of its blood agrees most wonderfully with the tincture of the l

hus our body has been rendered fit for the first stage of our work. know that this is the only right and legitimate way of purifying our substance: for the lion purifies twelve keys of basil valentine 26 of 95 himself with the blood of the wolf, and the tincture of its blood agrees most wonderfully with the tincture of the lion, seeing that the two liquids are closely akin to each other. when the lion s hunger is appeased, his spirit becomes more powerful than before, and his eyes glitter like the sun. his internal essence is now of inestimable value for the removing of all defects, and the healing of all diseases. he is pursued by the ten lepers, who desire to drink his blood; and all that are tormented with any kind of sickness are refreshed with this blood. for whoever drinks of this go

resent state of things is passing away, and a new world is about to be created, and one planet is devouring another spiritually, until only the strongest survive. let me tell you allegorically that you must put into the heavenly balance the ram, bull, cancer, scorpion, and goat. in the other scale of the balance you must place the twins, the archer, the water vbearer, and the virgin. then let the lion jump into the virgin s lap, which will cause the other scale to kick the beam. thereupon, let the signs of the zodiac enter into opposition to the pleiads, and when all the colours of the world have shewn themselves, let there be a conjunction and union between the greatest and the smallest, and the smallest and the greatest. twelve keys of basil valentine 63 of 95 if the whole world s nature

hen you know how to extract the metal from its body by purification, the destruction of the first mars, and reverberation, without the use of any corrosive (the method of doing which i have indicated in my third key) v v you must dissolve that mercury in its own blood out of which it was made before it became fixed (as indicated in the sixth key; and you have then nourished and dissolved the true lion with the blood of the green lion. for the fixed blood of the red twelve keys of basil valentine 77 of 95 lion has been made out of the volatile blood of the green lion; hence, they are of one nature, and the unfixed blood again renders that which is volatile fixed, and the fixed blood in its turn fixes that which is volatile, as it was before its solution. then foster it in gentle heat, until

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

ended pehar. 127 graciously.212 in either case, upon pehar s arrival, at samy he was ritually subjugated by padmasambhava, who concluded the act by placing a thunderbolt on pehar s forehead and appointing him to the office of the head protector of the monastery and its treasures.213 these treasures include the spoils gained from the bhatahor meditation school, such as a turquoise image, a crystal lion, and a wooden bird.214 also among these objects is an ancient leather mask (bse bag) that allegedly contains a great deal of power. at the time of de nebesky-wojkowitz s writing, the mask was kept in the g nkhang of the jokwukhang at samy .215 the sacred mask is described as being the face of a fierce demon with three eyes and a wide open mouth. it consists of leather or, in some accounts, st

man, with three heads and six arms. he has a white, a sky-blue, and a red face, in his three right hands he holds an iron hook, an arrow, and a sword. his three left hands lift a knife, a bow, and a stick (ber ka. he wears an upper garment of white silk, a drawn (human) skin, and a tiger-skin serves him as a loin-cloth. on his head he wears a hat of cane, similar to a parasol. he rides on a white lion, and the mon bu pu tra [monbu putra] acts as the leader of his mount.232 as with tsiu marpo, variations certainly exist, but pehar s iconographic appearance as described here is represented quite well in numerous drawings and statues of pehar (figures 44, 45, and 46. pehar s entourage is also quite extensive. while tsiu marpo has six accompanying riders, pehar has four chief attendants as wel

BLAVATSKY H P ANTHROPOGENESIS

a fire (kenealy. the christian kabalists and symbologists who disfigured pymander- prominent among them the bishop of ayre, francois de tours, in the 16th century- divide the elements in this way- the four elements formed from divine substances and the spirits of the salts of nature represented by[[diagram. st. matthew. angel-man. water (jesus-christ, angel-man, mikael) a[[diagram. st. mark .the lion. fire e- y. st. luke. the bull. earth i- o. st. john. the eagle. air[[footnote(s* to those who would inquire "what has hydrogen to do with air or oxygena[[footnote continued on next page[[vol. 2, page] 115 sons of yoga. h, the quintessence[[hephlox, flamma-virgo (virgin oil, flamma durissima, virgo, lucis aeterna mater. the first race of men were, then, simply the images, the astral doubles

se to recognise. hence the perversion in the order of the elements, in order to make them dovetail with the order of the gospels, and to identify the angel-man with christ. with the chaldees, the egyptians, from whom moses adopted the chroub (cherubs in their animal form, and the ophites; with all these, the angels, the planets, and the elements, were symbolized mystically and alchemically by the lion (mikael; the bull (uriel; the dragon (raphael; the eagle (gabriel; the bear (thot-sabaoth; the dog (erataoth; the mule (uriel or thartharaoth. all these have a qualificative meaning[[vol. 2, page] 116 the secret doctrine. puranic text. yoga here is the same as dhyana, which word is again synonymous with yoga in the tibetan text, where the "sons of yoga" are called "sons of dhyana" or of that

chitecture (ferguson- from the macedonian greeks; these and other such cock-and-bull hypotheses, are threatened with ruin. it is the ghost of old chaldea that comes to the rescue of truth. in his third hibbert[[footnote(s* thus we are shown one hero, to give an instance, first born as the "unrighteous but valiant monarch (purusha) of the daityas, hiranyakasipu, slain by the avatar nara-sinha (man-lion. then he was born as ravana, the giant king of lanka, and killed by rama; after which he is reborn as sisupala, the son of rajarishi (king rishi) damaghosha, when he is again killed by krishna, the last incarnation of vishnu. this parallel evolution of vishnu (spirit) with a daitya, as men, may seem meaningless, yet it gives us the key not only to the respective dates of rama and krishna but

abyssinia was once upon a time an island; and the delta was the first country occupied by the pioneer emigrants who came with their gods from the north-east. when was it? history is silent upon the subject. fortunately we have the dendera zodiac, the planisphere on the ceiling of one of the oldest egyptian temples, which records the fact. this zodiac, with its mysterious three virgos between the lion and libra, has found its oedipus, who understood the riddle of these signs, and justified the truthfulness of those priests who told herodotus that (a) the poles of the earth and the ecliptic had formerly coincided; and (b) that even since their first zodiacal records were commenced, the poles have been three times within the plane of the ecliptic, as the initiates taught. bailly had not suff

that position; but the first- after the zodiacs had been traced "capricorn" he adds "is represented at the north pole, and cancer is divided, near its middle, at the south pole; which is a confirmation that originally they had their winter when the sun was in cancer; but the chief characteristics of its being a monument commemorating the first time that the pole had been in that position, are the lion and the virgin (see in part ii "a mystery of the zodiac) broadly calculated, it is believed by the egyptologists that the great pyramid was built 3,350 b.c (see proctor, knowledge, vol. i. pp. 242, 400; and that menes and his dynasty existed 7 50 years before the fourth[[footnote(s "the mythological astronomy of the ancients demonstrated" by a strangely intuitional symbologist and astronomer

a, as on the dendera zodiac, the same characteristics of the signs are found. those who know well the hindu symbols and constellations, will be able to find out by the description of the egyptian, whether the indications of the chronological time are correct or not. on the dendera zodiac as preserved by the modern egyptian coptic and greek adepts, and explained a little differently by mackey, the lion stands upon the hydra and his tail is almost straight, pointing downwards at an angle of forty or fifty degrees, this position agreeing with the original conformation of these constellations "but in many places we see the lion (simha[[vol. 2, page] 433 theories of a self-made adept. mackey adds "with his tail turned up over his back, and ending with a serpent's head; thereby showing that the

BLAVATSKY H P COSMOGENESIS

eparation is still smaller, for both watched the entrance to the realm of secret knowledge. but ezekiel plainly describes the four cosmic angels "i looked, and behold, a whirlwind, a cloud and fire infolding it. also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. they had the likeness of a man. and every one had four faces and four wings. the face of a man, and the face of a lion, the face of an ox, and the face of an eagle("man" was here substituted for "dragon" compare the "ophite spirits "now as i beheld the living creatures behold one wheel upon the earth with his four faces. as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel. for the support of the living creature was in the wheel. their appearance was like coals of fire" etc (ezekiel, ch. i) there are three chief group

ld demand an extra volume. the "builders" are the representatives of the first "mind-born" entities, therefore of the primeval rishi-prajapati: also of the seven great gods of egypt, of which osiris is the chief: of the seven amshaspends of the zoroastrians, with[[footnote(s* the angels recognised by the roman catholic church who correspond to these "faces" were with the ophites- dragon- raphael; lion- michael; bull, or ox- uriel; and eagle- gabriel. the four keep company with the four evangelists, and preface the gospels[[vol. 1, page] 128 the secret doctrine. ormazd at their head: or the "seven spirits of the face: the seven sephiroth separated from the first triad, etc, etc* they build or rather rebuild every "system" after the "night" the second group of the builders is the architect o

ow fallen into the depths of degradation: it is old cooks and fortune-tellers who read their future to servant-girls in search of husbands, by means of the white of an egg in a glass. nevertheless, even christians have to this day their sacred birds; for instance, the dove, the symbol of the holy ghost. nor have they neglected the sacred animals. the evangelical zoolatry- the bull, the eagle, the lion, and the angel (in reality the cherub, or seraph, the fiery-winged serpent, is as much pagan as that of the egyptians or the chaldeans. these four animals are, in reality, the symbols of the four elements, and of the four lower principles in man. nevertheless, they correspond physically and materially to the four constellations that form, so to speak, the suite or cortege of the solar god, an

of the sea (stella matutina and lux maris. all the lunar goddesses had a dual aspect- one divine, the other infernal. all were the virgin mothers of an immaculately born son- the sun. raoul rochetti shows the moon-goddess of the athenians- pallas, or cybele, minerva, or again diana- holding her child-son on the lap, invoked in her festivals as[[monogenes theou "the one mother of god" sitting on a lion, and surrounded by twelve personages; in whom the occultist recognises the twelve great gods, and the pious christian orientalist the apostles, or rather the grecian pagan prophecy thereof. they are both right, for the immaculate goddess of the latin church is a faithful copy of the older pagan goddesses; the number (twelve) of the apostles is that of the twelve tribes, and the latter are a p

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

devils, when appearing under the names of other gods* the choice is curious, and shows how paradoxical were the first christians in their selections. for why should they have chosen these symbols of egyptian paganism, when the eagle is never mentioned in the new testament save once, when jesus refers to it as a carrion eater (matt. xxiv. 28; and in the old testament it is called unclean; that the lion is made a point of comparison with satan, both roaring for men to devour; and the oxen are driven out of the temple. on the other hand the serpent, brought as an exemplar of wisdom to follow, is now regarded as the symbol of the devil. the esoteric pearl of christ's religion degraded into christian theology, may indeed be said to have chosen a strange and unfitting shell to be born in and evo

BLUE EQUINOX

living tree that is spirit and soul and body and brain- come over the sea (io pan! io pan) devil or god, to me, to me, my man! my man! come with trumpets sounding shrill over the hill! come with drums low muttering from the spring! come with flute and come with pipe! am i not ripe? i, who wait and writhe and wrestle with air that hath no boughs to nestle my body, weary of empty clasp, strong as a lion and sharp as an asp- come, o come! i am numb with the lonely lust of devildom. thrust the sword through the galling fetter, all-devourer, all-begetter; give me the sign of the open eye, and the token erect of thorny thigh, and the word of madness and mystery, o pan! io pan! io pan! io pan pan! pan pan! pan, i am a man: do as thou wilt, as a great god can, o pan! io pan! io pan! io pan pan! i

d, and to which we shall return; and in one father of life, mystery of mystery, in his name chaos, the sole viceregent of the sun upon the earth; and in one air the nourisher of all that breathes. and i believe in one earth, the mother of us all, and in one womb wherein all men are begotten, and wherein they shall rest, mystery of mystery, in her name babalon. and i believe in the serpent and the lion, mystery of mystery, in his name baphomet. and i believe in one gnostic and catholic church of light, life, love and liberty, the word of whose law is thelema. and i believe in the communion of saints. and, forasmuch as meat and drink are transmuted in us daily into spiritual substance, i believe in the miracle of the mass. and i confess one baptism of wisdom whereby we accomplish the miracle

bertus de fluctibus, johannes dee, sir edward kelly, thomas vaughan, elias ashmole, molinos, adam weishaupt, wolfgang von goethe, ludovicus rex bavari, richard wagner, alphonse louis constant, friedrich nietzsche, hargrave jennings, carl kellner, forlong dux, sir richard payne knight, sir richard francis burton, doctor g rard encausse, doctor theodor reuss, and sir aleister crowley.oh sons of the lion and the snake! with all thy saints we worthily commemorate them worthy that were and are and are to come. may their essence be here present, potent, puissant and paternal to perfect this feast! the people: so mote it be (the earth) the deacon: mother of fertility on whose breast lieth water, whose cheek is caressed by air, and in whose heart is the sun.s fire, womb of all life, recurring grac

ft-hand part of the host. the priestess extends the lance-point with her left hand to receive the particle. the priest clasps the cup in his left hand. together they depress the lance-point in the cup. the priest and the priestess: hriliu. the priest takes the lance. the priestess covers the cup. the equinox 268 the priest genuflects, rises, bows, joins hands. he strikes his breast. the priest: o lion and o serpent that destroy the destroyer, be mighty among us. o lion and o serpent that destroy the destroyer, be mighty among us. o lion and o serpent that destroy the destroyer, be mighty among us. the priest joins hands upon the breast of the priestess, and takes back his lance. he turns to the people, lowers and raises the lance, and makes+ upon them. do what thou wilt shall be the whole

views 295 mutual relation, but rather confirms it. shallow thinkers always seem to be obsessed by the stupidity that if anything is a shadow, dream, illusion, it ceases to exist. the rules of dreams are just as rigid as the rules of mathematics. you cannot do anything you like with a surd merely because it is an .impossible. or .imaginary. quantity. it is such booby traps that catch such asses in lion s skins as mr. bragdon. o. m. ogilvie.s astrological birthday book. by leo bernart. j. s. ogilvie publishing co. in the preface mr. bernart correctly states that the exact date and hour of birth are necessary to delineate a horoscope. yet he publishes a book which attempts such a delineation on the birthday alone. now, the birthday tells the astrologer nothing but the position of the sun in t

a mistake to attach more than a poetic meaning to these remarks upon the sacred three; but ego, non-ego, and that which is formed from their wedding, are here referred to. there are two triangles of especial importance to mystics; one is the equilateral, the other that familiar to the past master in craft masonry. the last sentence in the text refers to the .seed. of fire, the .ace of wands. the .lion-serpent. the .dwarf-self. the .winged egg. etc, etc, etc. 79. and this, o yogi of success, is what men cali dhyana, the right precursor of samadhi. these states have been sufficiently, and much better, described in book 4, q.v. 80. and now thy self is lost in self, thyself unto thyself, merged in tha t s e l f from which thou first didst radiate. in this verse is given a hint of the underlyin

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avens from above the last decan of pisces to above the 20 degree of aries: including thus a part of andromeda. water of fire queen of the salamanders. vii. the prince of the chariot of fire king of wands a kingly figure with a golden, winged crown, seated on a chariot. he has large white wings. one wheel of his chariot is shewn. he wears corslet and buskins of scale armour decorated with a winged lion's head, which symbol also surmounts his crown. his chariot is drawn by a lion. his arms are bare, save for the shoulder-pieces of the corslet, and he bears a torch or fire-wand, somewhat similar to that of the zelator adeptus minor. beneath the chariot are flames, some waved, some salient. swift, strong, hasty; rather violent, yet just and generous; noble and scorning meanness. if ill dignifi

and empress of the gnomes. throne of the ace of pentacles. herein are resumed the especial characteristics of the four court cards of the suits suits cards crests symbols hair eyes wands king winged black horse's head black horse, waving flames, club, scarlet cloak red-gold grey or hazel queen leopard's head, winged leopard, steady flames, wand with heavy head or end red-gold blue or brown prince lion's head, winged waved and salient flames, fire wand of zelator adept yellow blue-grey princess tiger's head tiger, leaping flames, gold altar, long club, largest at bottom red-gold blue cups king peacock with opened fan white horse, crab issuing from cup, sea fair blue queen ibis ibis, crayfish issuing from cup, river goldbrown blue prince eagle scorpion, eagle; serpent issuing from cup, lake

BOOK OF BLACK SERPENT

d she rideth upon a serpent scorpion; and lilith, a woman outwardly beautiful but inwardly corrupt and putrefying, riding upon a strange and terrible beast. to these four (babel, jonia, media, edom) are attributed four kingdoms. 1. bairiron- so called because they are derived from the fourth evil, namely samael, the black. their colors are dull red and a black, and their form is that of a dragon- lion. 2. adimiron- whose colors are like blood mixed with water, a dull yellow and grey. their form is that of a lion-lizard. 3. tzelladimiron- whose colors are like limpid blood, bronze and crimson. they are like savage triangular-headed dogs. 4. schechiriron- whose colors are black, and their form blended of reptile, insect and shell-fish, such as the crab and the lobster, yet demon-faced withal

r him cometh the un-nameable one (abaddon) and his appearance and symbol is that of a closelyveiled black gigantic figure, covered with whirling wheels and in his hand is a vast wheel whence issue as it whirls, multitudes of cat-like demons. behind cometh maamah like a crouching woman with an animal s body, crawling along the ground and eating the earth. and at the south-east angle are the winged lion and a winged horse drawing in a chariot the younger lilith, the wife of asmodai. she is dark, a woman to the waist and a man below it, and she appears as dragging down with her hands small figures of men into hell. of the three evil forces behind samael the first is qematriel, whose form is that of a vast black, man-headed dragon-serpent, and he united under him the force of kether of the inf

BUDGE E

is like a knife" and the other khen-en-urt-f, click to view the boat of the branch. i.e "the ferryman who resteth not" the osiris god stands between two gods, one of whom is called au-matu, and the serpent which stands on its tail between the steersman in the bows and the first god is called set-em-hra-f. p. 48 the third boat is called pa-khet "the branch" and each end terminates in the head of a lion. in the middle of it stands the form of osiris, who is called shefshef, and he wears on his head a pair of ram's horns; his arms and the upper click to view the four forms of osiris. portion of his body are swathed. behind him stands the mummied form called am-ta, and before him the god neb-uast. of the two steersmen, only the name of the second, khen, or khennu is given; the name of the serp

deth the aheth chamber; he standeth up at the mouth of the hidden passages of the ahet chamber, and he liveth upon the two voices of the heads of the boat" p. 78 [paragraph continues] under the neck of this serpent is the emblem "life (an ankh. 2. a woman called muthenith, standing (see p. 67. 3. a woman called shatheth, standing (see p. 67. 4. the divine mummy form benni, seated (see p. 71. 5. a lion-headed goddess called hen-kherth (see p. 71. 6. a goddess, with a pair of horns on her head, in a sitting position, but with no throne to sit upon; her name is thest-apt (see p. 71. of these beings it is said "those who are in this picture are in the forms wherein horus made them, and they stand on the ground of re-stau in the hidden place" 7. the male serpent amen (see pp. 75, 77. 8. the fem

s it were, an oval island in the river of the tuat; its shape is, as m. maspero has said, an elongated ellipse, and it is formed wholly of sand. the "land of sekri" is described in the legend which is written at each end of the oval as "the horizon) of the hidden country of sekri, which guardeth the hidden body (or, flesh" this mysterious oval is supposed to rest upon the bodies of two man-headed lion sphinxes set tail to tail; of these, however, only the heads and fore quarters p. 94 appear, one at each end of the oval. each sphinx is called af, and he is said "to have his existence from the voice of the great god" and "his work is to keep ward over his image" within the oval already described is stretched out at almost full length on the ground a monster serpent (see pp. 99, 103, which h

crowns like souls [who are in] their lands. ye who belong to the tuat produce your own offerings therein. make ye to be maat your sceptres, let your souls live, and let your throats have food to swallow, and ye shall come into being upon the land. their souls shall rise up in the tuat on their sceptres, they are provided p. 129 with knives, and no violence shall be done to them. goddess" 13. the lion ka-hemhemet, couchant, and facing the two companies of the gods described above. above his back are the two utchats, between which is the sign. 14. a form of the goddess isis, in a sitting position, but without a throne. click to view thath-neteru. hetchefu. isis-thaith. ka-hemhemet. 15. the god hetchefu. 16. the god thath-neteru, in mummied form, holding a sceptre in one hand and a knife in

a throne. click to view thath-neteru. hetchefu. isis-thaith. ka-hemhemet. 15. the god hetchefu. 16. the god thath-neteru, in mummied form, holding a sceptre in one hand and a knife in the other. 17. a chamber, with an opening under the roof, through which a snake, which stands on its tail outside it, belches fire; under a vaulted covering is an "image" of ra, in the form of the hind-quarters of a lion. the chamber is called het-tuau-ra. p. 130 18. a similar chamber, with an "image" of ra in the form of a hawk's wing; the name of the chamber is het-stau-kher-aha. 19. a similar chamber, with an "image" of ra in the form of a human head; the name of the chamber is het-temtet-ra. the texts read: click to view (left) het-temtet-ra (center) het-stau-kher-aha (right) het-tuau-ra. p. 131 in the lo

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e abode of wisdom. for when thou hast been tried as by fire. the gold of thy beauty shall be purged of all dross, and the glory of the heavenly son shall all men behold. 5 then shall the vision of thy lord be granted unto thee, and seeing him shalt thou behold the shining one who is thine own true self [140] s a m e k h in the fullness of that blessed vision shalt thou be restored, and as a young lion trampleth upon his prey, so shalt thou conquer all the phantoms of delusion. 6 lo in that day shall the light that is bind fast every hideous shape of darkness, and all thy habitations shall be blest by the white brilliance which descendeth from the crown [114] comment on samekh* s a m e k h, pronounced saumek. transcribed as" s. the number 60. meaning: prop, support, the intelligence of prob

samekh. this paragraph also contains another typical qabalism in the phrase" the fullness of that blessed vision. since the letter samkeh and makhazeh are identical in numeration, the" fullness of vision" may be said to refer to the letter-name samekh written in its plenitude, thus: s m k m i m k p. so written, the values of the letters add to 310, which is the number of kephir, k p i r" a young lion, and of dush, d v sh" to trample on [143] t h e bo o k of t o k e n s from the same spelling of s m k in its plenitude arc derived the words yesh, i sh" i s" or "are; chabash, ch b sh "to bridle, to rule, to govern; and medorin, m d v r i n "habitations. all these words correspond to the number 310 [144] the meditation on ayin* 1 thus saith he who formulateth in darkness: i am lord, not of li

nuation" by v. 2 the doctrine of the fourfold activity of spirit occurs again and again in the qabalah, and is expressed in many ways. the name of god, i h v h, is four-lettered, each letter corresponding to one of the four elements and to one of the four qabalistic worlds. the letters of this name are represented by the four animals described in the vision of ezekiel "they four had the face of a lion, of an eagle, of a man, and of an ox" these living creatures correspond to the four aspects of the absolute. the lion corresponds to life, to the element of fire, to atziluth, the archetypal world, to yod in i h v h, and to the sephirah chokmah, root of fire. the eagle corresponds to mind, to the element of water, to briah, the creative world, to the first heh in i h v h, and to the sephirah

CASSANDRA EASON A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGIC

f shamanism is the dancing sorcerer. painted in black on the cave walls of les trois freres in the french pyrenees, this shamanic figure, which portrays a man in animal skins, dates from about 14000 bc and stands high above the animals that are depicted on the lower walls. only his feet are human and he possesses the large, round eyes of an owl, the antlers and ears of a stag, the front paws of a lion or bear, the genitals of a wild cat and the tail of a horse or wolf. by the neolithic period, which began around 7500 bc and lasted until about 5500 bc, the hunter-gatherer culture had given way to the development of agriculture, and the god evolved into the son-consort of the earth mother. he was the god of vegetation, corn, winter and death, who offered himself as a sacrifice each year with

me closer to the goddess in a way that i don't think could have happened if i hadn't chosen to become a parent. it has allowed me to experience the mother aspect first-hand; it gave new meaning to the moon cycles of a woman, it allowed me to become the microcosm of the great earth mother as i watched my own body grow and give birth to a new life. it gave me the protective instinct of sekhmet [the lion-headed egyptian goddess of fertility, when i realised that i would fight to the death to protect my child. it showed me the true and profound power of the female body; to create and sustain life within the body, to bring forth that life and nurture it with a perfect food made by the body. all of these are precious gifts to me as they are all a reflection of my deepest spiritual belief and fai

s (a herb of prosperity) and light a green candle (see page 96. contagious magick this involves transferring and absorbing power directly from a creature or an object, such as an animal, a bird, a crystal, a metal, the wax of an empowered candle or even the earth itself. this principle is central to the potency of talismans and amulets; for example, traditionally, hunters might wear the pelt of a lion to bring them the beast's courage and ferocity. so, by the same token, if you wished to become pregnant, you might make love in a newly ripening cornfield (near the edge so as not to damage the crops; alternatively, you might try one of the ancient power sites of earth, close to the phallus of the chalk cerne abbas fertility giant that is carved in the hillside at cerne in dorset. attracting

gle for vision, a cat for mystery and independence, a snake for regeneration. this is what native americans call our personal totem or power creature. you may find some of these are, in some cultures, the symbols of divinities. there is, for example, bast, the cat-headed egyptian goddess who protected women- especially in pregnancy and childbirth- the home, pleasure and joy. bast was originally a lion goddess who symbolised the fertilising rays of the sun. casting a circle all spells and rituals, however formal or informal, are based on a magical circle. this may be large enough for an entire group of practitioners to stand in, or it may be small enough to fit on your personal altar. i have known practitioners who have only a small area create a circle on a table-top and sit facing north

as the light-bringer in spring and so representing the cycle of death and rebirth. she is especially powerful in rituals by or for young women, especially those who have suffered loss or abuse, and also for mother-daughter relationships. she is sometimes regarded as a symbol of grain. proserpina, daughter of ceres, is the roman form of persephone. sekhmet sekhmet is the ancient egyptian solar and lion goddess created from the eye of ra. she is sometimes pictured as a woman with a lion's head and so is a good to evoke for courage, righteous anger, protection of the vulnerable, psychic protection and the correction of injustice. as an avenging goddess, she should be used only as a focus for positive rituals, for, like fire, her innate power can blaze out of control. shiva seite 39 wicca01.tx

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

CHRONOLOGIA RORISPERGIUS

scripture and history; he concludes that the world is on the verge of the period just before the advent of antichrist. c. 1180 sefer bahir 1180 "comte del graal" of chrestien de troyes 1189-92: the third crusade, responding to saladin's conquest of jerusalem in 1187, results in the accidental death of holy roman emperor frederick i barbarossa and some great stories for english king richard i the lion-hearted, who stops on his way out to visit joachim. the crusade does not, however, re-take jerusalem. 1189-1245 ibn al-farid egyptian poet sufi way of love intoxication c.1190- 1260 richard de fournival. trouv re 1190: rambam writes the moreh nebukhim, or guide to the perplexed, using rationalism to reconcile judaism with aristotle's laws of nature, and shloshah-asar ikkarim, the thirteen art

CHYMICAL WEDDING OF CHRISTIAN ROSENKREUTZ

ave known what was written in my letter, yet since i had no reason to mistrust the porter, i forbare my purpose, and so went on the way, until i came likewise to the second gate, which though it was very like the other, yet it was adorned with images and mystic significations. on the affixed tablet was date et dabitur vobis( give and it shall be given unto you. under this gate lay a terrible grim lion chained, who as soon as he saw me arose and made at me with great roaring; whereupon the second porter who lay upon a stone of marble woke up, and asked me not to be troubled or afraid, and then drove back the lion; and having received the latter which i gave him with trembling, he read it, and with very great respect said thus to me: now welcome in god s name to me the man who for a long tim

as well as we could, drinking with them to see if the wine might make them any more cheerful. our table was covered with red velvet, beset with drinking cups of pure silver and gold, which the rest could not behold without amazement and very great anguish. but before we had seated ourselves, in came the two pages, presenting everyone on the bridegroom s behalf with the golden fleece with a flying lion, requesting us to wear them at the table, and as became us, to observe the reputation and dignity of the order which his majesty had now page 28 vouchsafed us; and we should be ratified with suitable ceremonies. this we received with profoundest submission, promising obediently to perform whatsoever his majesty should please. besides these, the noble page had a schedule in which we were set d

s behalf, saying that it was brought from his majesty, and that in honour of him we should cause it to go round. upon the cover of this goblet stood fortune curiously cast in gold, who had in her hand a red flying ensign, because of which i drunk somewhat more sadly, having been all too well acquainted with fortune s waywardness. but the virgin as well as us was adorned with the golden fleece and lion, from which i observed that perhaps she was the president of the order. so we asked of her how the order might be named. she answered that it was not yet the right time to reveal this, till the affair with the prisoners was dispatched. and therefore their eyes were still veiled; and what had hitherto happened to us, was to them only like an offence and scandal, although it was to be accounted

tly was quite full, was soon emptied, so that besides the soldiers there was not a man left. now as soon as this was done, and silence had been kept for the space of five minutes, there came forth a beautiful snow-white unicorn with a golden collar (having on it certain letters) about his neck. in the same place he bowed himself down upon both his forefeet, as if hereby he had shown honour to the lion, who stood so immoveably upon the fountain, that i had taken him to be of stone or brass. the lion immediately took the naked sword which he had in his paw, and broke it in two in the middle, and the pieces of it, it seemed to me, sunk into the fountain; after which he roared for so long, until a white dove brought a branch of olive in her bill, which the lion devoured in an instant, and so w

ay to live. for besides many other glorious antiquities, the royal sepulchre was also showed to me, by which i learned more than is extant in all books. there in the same place stands also the glorious phoenix (about which, two years ago, i published a particular small discourse. and i am resolved (in case this narration shall prove useful) to set forth several particular treatises concerning the lion, eagle, griffin, falcon and the like, together with their draughts and inscriptions. it grieves me for my other companions, that they neglected such precious treasures. and yet i cannot but think it was the special will of god that it should be so. i indeed reaped the most benefit from my page, for according as each one s genius lay, so he led whoever was entrusted to him into the quarters an

ews, that indeed the time was not yet, but i had only overslept my breakfast, they being unwilling to awaken me because of my age. but now it was time for me to go with him to the fountain where most of them were assembled. with this consolation my spirit returned again, so i was soon ready with my habit, and went after the page to the fountain in the aforementioned garden, where i found that the lion, instead of his sword, had a pretty large tablet by him. now having looked well at it, i found that it was taken out of the ancient monuments, and placed here for some special honour. the inscription was somewhat worn out with age, and therefore i have a mind to set it down here, as it is, and give everyone leave to consider it( hermes the prince. after so many wounds inflicted on humankind

DAVID ICKE AND THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE

without judgement or condition, there simply is no fear or guilt. you know there is nothing to fear. it is of our own creation and it is within the power of our hearts and minds to un-create it. to be without fear is not to be without awareness. i have heard it said that fear is essential for survival because it is that which stops us walking across the street in front of a car or jumping into a lion's cage. but fear and awareness are not the same. you don't have to be fearful to know the consequences of something and avoid them. in fact fear is often the cause of unpleasant events, not the protection from them. it is the use and manipulation of fear that has allowed people like averell harriman and henry kissinger to tell two countries the (often invented) aggressive intentions of the ot

DAVID ICKE CHILDREN OF THE MATRIX

fter 1939 when people began to fly over the region because they can only be seen in full from one thousand to 2,000 feet! rock carvings dating back more than 10,000 years were found during an expedition to the marca huasi plateau northeast of lima, peru, and these included sculptures representing people and animals, most of which are not native to peru. they included a polar bear, walrus, african lion, penguin and the stegosaurus dinosaur. but dinosaurs were unknown to science until the 1880s, and the stegosauria was not identified until 1901. talk us through that one. as other books and television documentaries in recent years have shown, these amazing structures, temples, stone circles, and standing stones, were not only lined up precisely with certain star systems, they were aligned jus

on tribe in mali, africa, claim that beings from sirius visited their ancestors and gave them knowledge of the universe. he says that they describe the sirians as amphibious and "serpent-featured- a recurring theme as you will see. temple suggests that the anunnaki of the sumerian tablets could be these beings from sirius. he further proposes that the body of the sphinx is that of a dog and not a lion, thus symbolising the dog star, sirius,9 and some researchers also suggest that the face of the sphinx is that of a woman, not a pharaoh. the egyptians certainly depicted their lion bodies very differently to that of the sphinx and the dog is a common symbol in ancient mythology.10 in fact, ancient egyptians revered the dog and their dog symbol was a code for sirius" the sirius system was sym

ere are others of extraterrestrial origin, also. cherokee and mayan records in north and central america and the greek historians, appollodorius and diodorus, are among those that claim the pleiadians, home to both the white race and reptilians, were involved in atlantis and mated with humans to seed a large race of people. ruled by the gods 33 sense, although there is still a case for it to be a lion, also. sirius is connected with the colour red because it looks red when it appears over the horizon.12 red is the colour used for sirius in ritual and symbolism. for a long period of its existence, the sphinx was coloured red. it was an obvious conclusion that this could relate symbolically to mars, the "red planet, but in the face of the other evidence, sirius is perhaps more likely. the qu

ontrol of anatolia, now turkey. this was ishkur or "he of the mountain land" and he became the god of the nordic-aryan hittites. the old testament calls him adad and the hadad. r.a. boulay believes this is also the hebrew god, yahweh/yahveh or jehovah. the daughter of sin, known as inanna or ishtar (semitic, was a warrior goddess deity of many lands under different titles. ishtar's symbol was the lion and also the pleiades and venus. together with sin (shamash) and ishkur (adad, she became part of another ancient trinity of gods under many different names. sin was the father, ishkur the son, and ishtar the female. from ishkur and ishtar, we get the new age myth of the "ashtar command. many new agers claim this is a force of extraterrestrial "saviours" who are preparing to take the chosen o

h them they carried their own secret language, the language of symbols, which their initiates were taught to read and understand. i call this network the serpent cult, the serpent brotherhood, or the illuminati. those three are the same force. their secret language includes the lighted torch (illuminated ones; the pyramid and all-seeing eye (apparently used by the serpent sirians in atlantis; the lion (the "sun" and symbol of the serpent cult; the snake, fish, and flying reptile (gargoyle, and other reptilian symbolism; the hard "k" sound used in names and words (ka, ki, etc; the red cross or fire cross on the white background (the flag of england; and the trinity, symbolised as the trident and later the fleurde- lis and other three-pointed forms. the reptilian-illuminati know that the bal

bbed one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, as was the 400-foot-high pharos lighthouse in the city, which was topped by the illuminati's key symbol the lighted torch or eternal flame. in the temple, serapis was portrayed as a massive statue standing on a crocodile holding a staff with a serpent coiling serving the dragon: the past 129 around it. at the top of the staff were the heads of a lion, dog, and wolf, all classic symbols of the serpent cult.56 egyptian queens like cleopatra were known as the "serpent of the nile" and the uraeus hieroglyphic sign for goddess was a serpent.57 later gnostic christians adopted the name uraeus as a secret name for god!58 many gnostic traditions also identified the serpent with "jesus".59 as with many other cultures of the serpent gods, they were

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from the cataclysm of 11,000 bc andrebuilding their civilisation. the author and researcher, robert bauval, says that thepyramids at giza align with the stars on the belt of orion as they would have been in10,500 bc when orion was at the lowest point in its cycle (the orions are anotherextraterrestrial race operating on this planet, i understand. and hancock and otherresearchers suggest that the lion-bodied sphinx at giza, which is believed to be farolder than originally dated, would have directly faced the constellation of leo the lionat that same time, 10,500 bc. research continues under the ocean off japan into afantastic structure which could also date to 10,500 bc at least. there are many whohave questioned these findings, especially the synchronisation of the giza pyramids toorion

the upperindus valleys between kashmir and afghanistan. again it is not a coincidence that thereligion of buddhism emerged from lands occupied by the sakka (aryan scythians. atleast by 500 bc a tribe called the sakyas lived in the area where buddha is supposed to62have been born around 63 years earlier. guatma (lord buddha) was called sakyashina,sakamuni, the sakya sage, sakya the teacher and the lion of the tribe of sakya. all thiswill become highly significant when we look at the single origin of all the major, andmost minor, religions and their heroes. the scythian/sakka and the cimmerians/cimbri were in fact all the same people and this is confirmed by inscriptions scored intothe behistun rock in the zargos mountains on an old caravan trail from babylon. theinscriptions were ordered by

of aryan kingsin cilicia have them wearing the gothic style of dress. the name of keswick itself meansabode of the kes- the cassi or khatti clan of the hittites- and the county ofcumberland has evolved throughnames like cymry and cumbersfrom its origin, sumer. the termaryan comes from a phoenicianword, arri, meaning noble one.thus we get the names sum-arianand aristocracy or arian-stock-racy. the lion has always beena major symbol through the agesbecause it was an aryan symbol forthe sun and was often placed at theentrances to temples and sacredplaces. hence the lion-bodiedsphinx which also relates to theastrological sign of leo, againconsidered in astrology to be thesign ruled by the sun. the wholefoundation of british culture andlegend came from the phoenicians.the famous legend of st ge

ere sons of god who died so our sinscould be forgiven, born of a virgin mother, and their birthdays were on. december 25th!mithra was crucified, but raised from the dead on march 25th- easter! mithran initiationstook place in caves adorned with the signs of capricorn and cancer, symbolic of the winter90and summer solstices, the high and low points of the sun. mithra was often portrayed asa winged lion, a symbol for the sun still used by the secret societies today. referencesto the lion and the grip of the lions paw in the master mason degree of freemasonryoriginate with this same stream of mystery school symbolism. initiates into the rites ofmithra were called lions and were marked on their foreheads with the egyptian cross.the first degree initiates had a golden crown placed on their head

g theirspiritual self, and this crown, symbolising the rays of the sun, can be found on thestatue of liberty in new york harbour. all these rituals went back thousands of yearsto babylon and the stories of nimrod, queen semiramis, and tammuz, their version ofjesus. mithra was said to be the son (sun) of god who died to save humanity and givethem eternal life. one classic symbol of mithra was as a lion with a snake curled aroundhis body, while he holds the keys to heaven. this is more nimrod symbolism and theorigin of the story of st peter, one of jesus 12 disciples, holding the keys to heaven.peter was the name of the high priest in the babylon mystery school. after an initiateof the mithran cult had completed the ritual, the members had a meal of bread and winein which they believed they

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

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senting their spiritual self, and this crown, symbolizing the rays of the sun, can be found on the statue of liberty in ny harbor. all these rituals went back thousands of years to babylon and the stories of nimrod, queen semiramis, and tammuz, their version of jesus mathra was said to be the son (sun) of god who died to save humanity and give them eternal life. one classic symbol of mithra was a lion with a snake curled around his body, while he holds the keys to heaven. better business bureau, notice the torch? the individuals who are in control of this world are not who they might seem. they are evil spirits set out to enslave other spiritual beings. us! christ was trying to teach us the truth about spirituality but they had him killed for trying. i do respect all those who died defendi

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f the silver star (aa) combined eastern mysticism and yoga with the western ceremonial magic of the golden dawn. in practice, however, crowley s magick largely involved sex and drug use. it was the sexual aspects of tantric yoga crowley adopted together with some of the more deviant practices of black magicians and satanists of middle ages europe. the age of satan begins on april 30, 1966, former lion-tamer and carnival calliope player anton lavey, ritually shaved his head and declared the formation of the church of satan and the start of the age of satan. the catchphrase of the church of satan was indulgence instead of abstinence but not compulsion. anton lavey taught his followers to indulge in every sin because they all lead to physical and emotional happiness. compulsions, he said, are

hange himself at the request of the master. he speaketh with a hoarse voice. he ruleth over 30 legions of inferiors. he teaches all liberal sciences, and giveth account of dead souls that died in sin. and his seal is this, which is to be worn before the magician when he is invocator, etc (5) marbas. the fifth spirit is marbas. he is a great president, and appeareth at first in the form of a great lion, but afterwards, at the request of the master, he putteth on human shape. he answereth truly of things hidden or secret. he causeth diseases and cureth them. again, he giveth great wisdom and knowledge in mechanical arts; and can change men into other shapes. he governeth 36 legions of spirits. and his seal is this, which is to be worn as aforesaid (6) valefor- the sixth spirit is valefor. he

he putteth on human shape. he answereth truly of things hidden or secret. he causeth diseases and cureth them. again, he giveth great wisdom and knowledge in mechanical arts; and can change men into other shapes. he governeth 36 legions of spirits. and his seal is this, which is to be worn as aforesaid (6) valefor- the sixth spirit is valefor. he is a mighty duke, and appeareth in the shape of a lion with an ass s head, bellowing. he is a good familiar, but tempteth them he is a familiar of to steal. he governeth 10 legions of spirits. his seal is this, which is to be worn, whether thou wilt have him for a familiar, or not (7) amon- the seventh spirit is amon. he is a marquis great in power, and most stern. he appeareth like a wolf with a serpent s tail, vomiting out of his mouth flames o

th spirit is sallos (or saleos. he is a great and mighty duke, and appeareth in the form of a gallant soldier riding on a crocodile, with a ducal crown on his head, but peaceably. he causeth the love of women to men, and of men to women; and governeth 30 legions of spirits. his seal is this, etc (20) purson- the twentieth spirit is purson, a great king. his appearance is comely, like a man with a lion s face, carrying a cruel viper in his hand, and riding upon a bear. going before him are many trumpets sounding. he knoweth all things hidden, and can discover treasure, and tell all things past, present, and to come. he can take a body either human or a rial, and answereth truly of all earthly things both secret and divine, and of the creation of the world. he bringeth forth good familiars

make men very knowing in astronomy, and all other liberal sciences; also he can give good familiars, and wise, knowing the virtues of herbs and stones which be precious. he governeth 30 legions of spirits, and his seal is this, which must be made and worn as aforesaid, etc (22) ipos- the twenty-second spirit is lpos. he is an earl, and a mighty prince, and appeareth in the form of an angel with a lion's head, and a goose's foot, and hare's tail. he knoweth all things past, present, and to come. he maketh men witty and bold. he governeth 36 legions of spirits. his seal is this, which thou shalt wear, etc (23) aim- the twenty-third spirit is aim. he is a great strong duke. he appeareth in the form of a very handsome man in body, but with three heads; the first, like a serpent, the second lik

ull of ships. also he maketh men to die in three days by putrefying wounds or sores, and causing worms to breed in them. he governeth 29 legions of spirits, and his seal is this, etc (43) sabnock- the forty-third spirit, as king solomon commanded them into the vessel of brass, is called sabnock, or savnok. he is a marquis, mighty, great and strong, appearing in the form of an armed soldier with a lion s head, riding on a palecoloured horse. his office is to build high towers, castles and cities, and-to furnish them with armour, etc. also he can afflict men for many days with wounds and with sores rotten and full of worms. he giveth good familiars at the request of the exorcist. he commandeth 50 legions of spirits; and his seal is this (44) shax- the forty-fourth spirit is shax, or shaz (or

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o ahriman. he later took the throne and became king. ahriman taught him the arts of magic and zohak slowly became what the just called a tyrant king. it was soon after that ahriman appeared to the king as a youth who was a cook. he was employed to prepare dishes for the king, and instead of herbs and various foods he prepared him the flesh of animals, which made the king strong and as fierce as a lion. the king had the youth brought before him and asked one favor that he wished. the youth requested that he may kiss the king s shoulders. he agreed and then the youth kissed both shoulders. when he had done so the earth below opened up and swallowed the cook. two black and venomous serpents arose from the wounds and slowly became one with zohak even when the serpents were cut the later came f

logical reference that dragons and other serpents rise from his body. this can be connected by the libation vase which was of gudea, dated from 2350 b.c. which was found at telloh. this vase contains an image of two snakes entwined around a staff, representing magical power. and the beast which i saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority (revelation 13:2) slowly zohak became a demon, a dragon king whose companions were the druj and other demons of ahriman. in later lore zohak became the storm fiend, azi dahaka, who is ahriman s most powerful daeva. the initiatory focus and lore of zohak is presented in the paitisha15 as a force to be invoked and controlled

also for dark air) or sometimes the exact opposite (i.e. darkness for light .the five infernal kingdoms are inhabited by five kinds of devils, two-legged, four-legged, winged, swimmings and crawling. each kind is divided into two sexes, and lives in perpetual lust and strife. the devil, or prince of darkness, king over all, combines in himself features of all five species of devil, namely demon, lion, eagle fish and dragon. here we find a significant and organizational pattern of demon lore, with as much attention on the adversary as with the god of light. as ahriman has combined himself with each of the demons, he carries the attributes to relate to different forms and techniques of being. he understands flight and how such demons see in such a capacity, as a fish to swimming and moving

d sophia, a great and powerful female archon, who was considered beautiful and near perfection, desired to create a child. she went off alone and begat this child. while she desired to create something like herself, this child was imperfect and different. she saw the results of her creative desire, and cast him off away from her where others may not see him. this child of chaos took the form of a lion serpent, who contained the fire and light of heaven, and the individualistic and rebellious thought which separated him from the other archons. as written in the apocryphon of john "now the archon who is weak has three names. the first name is yaltabaoth, the second is saklas, and the third is samael. and he is impious in his arrogance which is in him. for he said 'i am god and there is no ot

ing a demon, an enfleshed deified being which is separate from the natural order via the discovery and basic mastery of the black flame. this is the luciferian essence revealed, that which confirms the interplay between azazel/shaitan and leviathan among other fallen angels. and the beast which i saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority revelation 13:2 leviathan is the lord of the will, the daemon which awakens and crystallizes the essence of self; that in the center is the inextinguishable black flame, the gift of iblis. in luciferian terms, the maker of the possibility of union between samael and lilith, the creation of cain as the self transformed. chan

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the principle founder and guiding force behind the theosophical society. many members of the hermetic order of the golden dawn [g.d (q.v) were also members of this society. her importance is also due to two large books she wrote, isis unveiled and the secret doctrine. many mystical and occult writings or so-called "channeling" are directly or indirectly based on these two books. blood of the red lion: in sex magick (q.v) the semen. body, etheric: an emanation of all created things. halfway between the astral and the physical. bon: the shamanic religion of tibet before the coming of buddhism, which officially supplanted it. in fact many bon beliefs and practices were absorbed into tibetan buddhism, giving it a unique, magickal character. book of shadows: a collection of rituals, prayers, c

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

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ike modes of consciousness than linear measures. 19. the initiates of the ancient wisdom made no bones about their philosophy; they took each factor in nature and personified it, gave it a name, and built up a symbolic figure [page 68] to represent it, just as british artists have by their collective efforts produced a standard britannia, a female figure with shield charged with the union jack, a lion at her feet, a trident in her hand, a helmet on her head, and the sea in the back ground. analysing this figure as we would a qabalistic symbol, we realise that these individual symbols in the complex glyph have each a significance. the various crosses which make up the union jack refer to the four races united in the united kingdom. the helmet is that of minerva, the trident is that of neptu

her feet, a trident in her hand, a helmet on her head, and the sea in the back ground. analysing this figure as we would a qabalistic symbol, we realise that these individual symbols in the complex glyph have each a significance. the various crosses which make up the union jack refer to the four races united in the united kingdom. the helmet is that of minerva, the trident is that of neptune; the lion would need a chapter to himself to elucidate his symbolism. in fact, an occult glyph is more akin to a coat of arms than anything else, and the person who builds up a glyph goes to work in the same way as a herald designing a coat of arms. for in heraldry every symbol has its exact meaning, and these are combined into the coat of arms that represents the family and affiliations of the man who

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the floor on to a sofa when in this state. it is quite true that, being rigid as a board, he was much easier to handle than the ordinary limp, unconscious human form; but there is a certain ratio between the weight of a grown man and the strength of a woman of average physique. what became of the missing weight on these occasions i found out one night. he had been ill, with some delirium, and the lion's share of the nursing, especially the night work, had fallen to my lot. there came a time, however, when we decided that he was so far recovered that it was unnecessary for anyone to sit up with him, so to bed we all went, for the first time for several days. i shared a room with another member of the community. it was a comparatively small cottage we were in, and our two beds were close tog

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plish this. he then repaired the circle. the discomfited demon now continued) all is dispersion. these are the qualities of things. the tenth aethyr is the world of adjectives, and there is no substance therein (now returneth the beautiful woman who had before tempted the scribe. she prevailed not) i am afraid of sunset, for tum is more terrible than ra, and khephra the beetle is greater than the lion mau. i am a-cold (here choronzon wanted to leave the triangle to obtain wherewith to cover his nakedness. the scribe refused the request, threatening the demon. after a while the latter continued) i am commanded, why i know not, by him that speaketh. were it thou, thou little fool, i would tear thee limb from limb. i would bite off thine ears and nose before i began with thee. i would take th

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often took the form of fantastically-shaped creatures made up of a conglomeration of parts from dangerous or dreaded living things such as scorpions, serpents, lions, hawks, and so on. for example, pazuzu, the sumerian demon who attained celebrity status after his cameo appearance in the horror film the exorcist, is a demon of disease who has four wings, the clawed feet of a hawk, and a snarling lion-like face. the mesopotamians viewed themselves as under constant attack from demons on all sides. their only recourse was to fight against them with magic. they placed special bowls inscribed with potent word charms upside down under the foundations of their houses to catch demons and prevent them from entering the houses through the ground. they also made amulets with avertive verses against

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graphic mark and the signature of an illiterate individual were the same (ouroboros, ancient emblem of eternity, from speculum veritatis, 17th century) an emblem is a graphic symbol employed in magic and alchemy to express an abstract idea or principle. an example of an emblem is john dee's famous hieroglyphic monad. other example are the representation of a serpent nailed to a cross, or a green lion devouring the sun. personal symbols of gods, angels, spirits and demons are usually not called emblems (lamen of the golden dawn office of kerux, from israel regardie's golden dawn) in the western tradition, the magician often has a personal symbol known as a lamen that expresses his or her higher or magical identity. when constructed correctly, it links the magic name of the magician with th

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tiennes, t. i, p. 173; for english translations, see trans. soc. bibl. arch, vol. iii, p. 386, and records of the past, 1st ed, vol. iv, p. 117. 3 according to the westcar papyrus, herutataf informed his father khufu of the existence of a man 110 years old who lived in the town of tettet-seneferu: he was able to join to its body again a head that had been cut off, and possessed influence over the lion, and was acquainted with the mysteries of thoth. by khufu's command herutataf brought the sage to him by boat, and, on his arrival, the king ordered the head to be struck off from a prisoner that tetteta might fasten it on again. having excused himself from performing this act upon a man, a goose was brought and its head was cut off and laid on one side of the room and the body was placed on

and glorifyings of coming out from, and going into, the underworld in the beautiful amenta; of coming out by day, and of making transformations and of changing into any form which he pleaseth; of playing at draughts in the seh chamber; and of coming forth in the form of a living soul: to be said by the deceased after his death. vignette: the deceased playing at draughts; the deceased adoring the lion-gods of yesterday and to-day; the bier of osiris with isis and nephthys at the foot and head respectively; and a number of mythological beings referred to in the text. chapter xviii. without title. vignette: the deceased adoring the groups of gods belonging to various cities. chapter xix* the chapter of the crown) of victory. this chapter has no vignette. chapter xx. without title. this chapt

nce of princes, the mightiest of the mighty, he is greater than the gods, he is the young bull with sharp pointed horns, and he protecteth the world in his great name 'eternity cometh with its power and bringing therewith the bounds) of everlastingness' he is the firstborn god, the god who existed from the beginning, the governor of the world by reason of his strength, the terrible one of the two lion-gods,[2] the aged one, the form of khepera which existeth in all the gods, the lion of fearsome glance, the governor terrible by reason of his two eyes,[3] the lord who shooteth forth flame [therefrom] against his enemies. he is the primeval water which floweth forth in its season to make to live all that cometh forth upon his potter's wheel.[4] he is the disk of the moon, the beauties whereo

e third member of the company of the gods of annu, was the daughter of ra, ra-tmu, or tmu, and twin-sister of shu; she represented in one form moisture, and in another aspect she seems to personify the power of sunlight. she is depicted in the form of a woman, usually with the head of a lioness surmounted by a disk or ur us, or both;[2] in fa ence, however, the twin brother and sister have each a lion's head. in the pyramid texts they play a curious part, shu being supposed to carry away hunger from the deceased, and tefnut his thirst.[3] seb or qeb, the fourth member of the company of the gods of annu, was the son of shu, husband of nut, and by her father of osiris, isis, set, and nephthys. originally he was the god of the earth, and is called both the father of the gods, and the "erpa (i

assages from egyptian texts by brugsch, w rterbuch (suppl, p. 329. the gods of the book of the dead. http//www.sacred-texts.com/egy/ebod/ebod09.htm (9 of 19 [8/10/2001 11:23:59 am] 5. see lanzone, op. cit. tav. 109] happiness; and the greeks identified her with their own aphrodite. she is often depicted in the form of a woman having disk and horns upon her head, and at times she has the head of a lion surmounted by a ur us. often she has the form of a cow--the animal sacred to her--and in this form she appears as the goddess of the tomb or ta-sertet, and she provides meat and drink for the deceased.[1] meht-urt is the personification of that part of the sky wherein the sun rises, and also of that part of it in which he takes his daily course; she is depicted in the form of a cow, along the

he sun's eye for a head.[5] usually [1. a good set of illustrations of this goddess will be found in lanzone, op. cit, tav. 314 f. 2. recueil de travaux, t. iv, p. 48 (l. 427. 3. pleyte, chapitres suppl mentaires du livre des morts (chapp. 162, 162* 163, p. 26. 4. recueil de travaux, t. iv, p. 76 (l. 627. 5. see lanzone, op. cit, tav. 177. 6. ibid, op. cit, tav. 364] p. cxxi she has the head of a lion surmounted by the sun's disk, round which is a ur us; and she generally holds a sceptre, but sometimes a knife. bast, according to one legend, was the mother of nefer-tmu. she was the personification of the gentle and fructifying heat of the sun, as opposed to that personified by sekhet. the cat was sacred to bast, and the goddess is usually depicted cat-headed. the most famous seat of her wo

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e north; that of the salamanders at the south; that of the sylphs at the east; and that of the undines at the west. they influence the four temperaments of men (i. e, the gnomes, the melancholic; the salamanders, the sanguine; the undines, the phlegmatic; and the sylphs, the bilious. their signs are as follows: the hieroglyphs of the bull for the gnomes, and we command them with the sword; of the lion for the salamanders, and we command them with the forked wand, or the magic trident; of the eagle for the sylphs, and we command them with the holy pentacles; finally with aquarius for the undines, and we evoke them with the cup of libations. their respective sovereigns are, gob for the gnomes, djiu for the salamanders, paralda for the sylphs, and nicksa for the undines. when an elementary sp

ture of water, that thou mayest be to me the mirror of the living god in his works, the fountain of life, and the cleansing of sinners. amen. 8. dregs of matter, the lord commandeth thee by the living and devoted serpent. cherub, the lord command thee by adam jol-havah! wandering eagle, the lord command thee by the wings of the bull. serpent, the lord commands thee by the tetragram, the angel and lion! michael, gabriel, raphael, anael. the water floweth by the spirit of eloim. the earth remaineth by adam jot-havah. the firmament was made by iahuvehu-zebaoth. judgment is made by fire in the strength of michael. 9. dogme et rituel de la haute magie. two volumes. paris: g. balliere, 1856. 10. thine art, malchut (the kingdom, and gebura (the power, and hesed (the mercy, forever. 11. a hebrew p

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into our hands, he shall be immediately returned to him. that is the most i can say, for in no circumstances will i permit lieutenant chichester to go back to your camp "and i may add that if you gave such permission, i should refuse to take him with me to certain death "and if you will allow a word from me, no permission of the lieutenant nor wish of mr. jennings would induce me to walk into the lion's den again. so that phase of the question is closed. that which now concerns me, mr. jennings, is how this is going to affect you "what do you mean" asked my friend "will geronimo accept your explanation? will he not believe that we are retaining martana alive, or, if he is dead, that he was slain by us after capture "i will attend to that" replied jennings with a shrug of his massive should

EMPERORS NEW RELIGION CHURCH OF SATAN

es and insight, or the interest faded. in conclusion, it seems that 1975 may have marked a time when michael aquino discovered a scam, but if the scam was not intentional from the very birth of the church of satan, it certainly must have been brewing before 1975. 9. unsupported claims biographies of anton lavey make fantastic claims about his past, claiming that anton lavey had been employed as a lion tamer in the emperor s new religion copyright 2002 ole wolf page 21 of 30 clyde batty s circus, played in the san francisco ballet orchestra, that he played the devil in roman polanski s film rosemary s baby, that his grandmother was a gypsy who passed on to him legends of vampires and werewolves in her native transylvania, etc [3; 51. in 1998 zeena schreck (anton lavey s second daughter) and

o. her accusations of violence against her committed by anton lavey are a clear sign that the divorce was problematic but they are not necessarily true. most of the remaining statements in zeena and nikolas schreck s compilation, however, are highly plausible and do not rely on statements by opinionated sources. for example, anton lavey asserted that he joined the clyde beatty circus in 1947 as a lion tamer [3. if common sense alone does not speak against the employment of a 17 year old new hire as a lion tamer, the absence of the name lavey or levey from clyde beatty s employment records strongly indicates that anton lavey fabricated the story. similarly, with few exceptions that provide no statistical weight, anton lavey has taken credit for curses involving the death or harm of his enem

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f alarm when the specter opened the door, slid past the advancing domestics, and disappeared. alexander of tralles (ca. sixth century b.c.e) a physician born at tralles in asia minor, with a leaning toward medico-magical practice. he prescribed for his patients amulets and charmed words, as, for instance, when he stated in his practice of medicine that the figure of hercules strangling the nemean lion, graven on a stone and set in a ring, was an excellent cure for colic. he also claimed that charms and phylacteries were efficacious remedies for gout and fevers. alexander the paphlagonian (ca. second century c.e) the oracle of abonotica, an obscure paphlagonian town, who for nearly twenty years held absolute supremacy in the empirical art. born about the end of the second century, a native

there was a certain house that no one would inhabit, because it was haunted by a specter. a man named arignote, well versed in the lore of egyptian magical books, shut himself in the house to pass the night and began to read peacefully in the court. soon the specter made its appearance, and in order to frighten arignote, it first took the form of a dog, then that of a bull, and finally that of a lion. but arignote was not at all disturbed. he admonished the specter by a magic spell that he found in his books, and he commanded it to go to a corner of the court, where it disappeared. on the following day the spot to which the specter had retreated was dug up, and a skeleton was found. when it was properly buried, the ghost was not seen again. this anecdote is an adaptation of the adventure

correspondent with j. b. rhine and other parapsychologists on the subject of esp. born july 21, 1890, at broach, bombay state, he was educated at bombay university (b.a, m.a) and cambridge university, england (m.a. he died december 16, 1954, at poona, india. asanas the physical positions, or postures, of hatha yoga. many of these are named after living creatures, e.g, cow, peacock, locust, cobra, lion. early yoga treatises state that there are 8.4 million asanas, of which 84 are the best and 32 the most useful for the health of mankind. hatha yoga should properly be combined with spiritual development. sources: hittleman, richard l. richard hittleman s yoga for total fitness. new york: bantam books, 1983. kuvalayananda, swami. popular yoga asanas. rutland, vt: charles e. tuttle, 1971. asat

r, and blue or gray eyes. the native is phlegmatic and heavy in disposition; weak in constitution, and of a small voice. places associated with cancer are the sea and all rivers, swamps, ponds, lakes, wells, ditches, and watery places. the key phrase for cancer is i feel. leo, the fifth sign of the zodiac, is a fixed fire sign. it is a positive, masculine sign, ruled by the sun. its symbol is the lion, and its glyph is said to be a modified version of the initial letter of its greek name. it takes its name from the latin word for lion. leo is associated with the back and, especially, the heart. the association of leo with the heart is the astrological basis for the common expression lion hearted. leo is hot, dry, commanding, and very barren. when this sign ascends in a nativity, the indivi

le natural astrology predicts changes of weather and the influence of the stars upon natural things. the characters used in astrology to denote the 12 signs represent natural objects, but they have also a hieroglyphic or esoteric meaning that has been lost. the figure of aries represents the head and horns of a ram; that of taurus, the head and horns of a bull; that of leo, the head and mane of a lion; that of gemini, two persons standing together; and so on. the physical or astronomical reasons for the adoption of these figures is explained by the abbe pluche in his histoire du ciel (1739.41, and charles f. dupuis, in his abrege de l origine de tous les cultes (1798, endeavors to establish the principles of an astro-mythology by tracing the progress of the moon through the 12 signs in a s

he has his own means of identification. from the sensation produced in the hand the automatist recognizes the presence of the well-known control of the appearance of an intruder. occasionally the writing is attributed to preposterous sources. victor hugo received automatic messages from the shadow of the tomb and the ass of balaam. and jules bois quoted questions in le mirage moderne to which the lion of androcles gave the answers. the communicator often avails himself or herself of the services of an amanuensis who appears to have more skill in performing the psychic feat of communication. in the seances of stainton moses, rector acted as amanuensis for imperator and many others, producing a large part of the automatic script. in leonora piper s case, the communicators were often unconsci

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r reservoirs of magic lamps. the tetragram, symbolic of the four elements, was used in the conjuration of the elementary spirits.sylphs of the air, undines of the water, and the fire salamanders and gnomes of the earth. in alchemy it represented the magical elements salt, sulphur, mercury, and azoth; in mystic philosophy, the ideas spirit, matter, motion, and rest; in hieroglyphs, the man, eagle, lion, and bull. the pentagram, the sign of the microcosm, was held to be the most powerful means of conjuration in any rite. it might represent good as well as evil, for with one point in the ascendant it was the sign of christ, and with two points in the ascendant it was the sign of satan. by the use of the pentagram in these positions, the powers of light or darkness were evoked. the pentagram w

le impact upon the world of paranormal research has been in claims of their manifestation in the seances of materialization mediums. there are abundant accounts of such apparitions, the strangest reports being attributed to three polish mediums: franek kluski, jan guzyk and one burgik. it was claimed that guzyk materialized dogs and other animals, and kluski, a large bird of prey, small beasts, a lion, and an apeman. the year 1919 abounded with apparent animal materializations in the kluski seances. an account in psychic science (april 1926) reads in part: the bird was photographed, and before the exposure a whirring, like the stretching of a huge bird s wings, could be heard, accompanied by slight blasts of wind, as if a large fan were being used. hirkill (an afghan) materialised. accompa

like the stretching of a huge bird s wings, could be heard, accompanied by slight blasts of wind, as if a large fan were being used. hirkill (an afghan) materialised. accompanying him always was a rapacious beast, the size of a very big dog, of a tawny colour, with slender neck, mouth full of large teeth, eyes which glowed in the darkness like a cat s, and which reminded the company of a maneless lion. it was occasionally wild in its behaviour, especially if persons were afraid of it, and neither the human nor the animal apparition was much welcomed by the sitters. the lion, as we may call him, liked to lick the sitters with a moist and prickly tongue, and gave forth the odour of a great feline, and even after the seance the sitters, and especially the medium, were impregnated with this ac

white resin, camphor, and sulphur therein, and by thrice pronouncing the three names of the genii of fire: michael, samael, and anael, and then by reciting the prayer of the salamanders. the earth is exorcised by the sprinkling of water, by breathing, by fire, and by the prayer of the gnomes. their signs are the hieroglyphs of the bull for the gnomes who are commanded with the magic sword; of the lion for the salamanders, who are commanded with the forked rod, or magic trident; of the eagle for the sylphs, who are ruled by the holy pentacles; and finally, of aquarius for the undines, who are evoked by the cup of libations. their respective sovereigns are gob for the gnomes, djin for the salamanders, paralda for the sylphs, and necksa for the undines. these names, it will be noticed, are bo

aves and grottoes in the depths of dark forests, symbolizing the birthplace of their god. the rites in which they participated were of magical significance and an oath of silence was taken by all. in order to bring their lives into closer communion with the divinity of mithra, the neophytes had to pass through seven degrees of initiation, successively assuming the names of raven, occult, soldier, lion, persian, runner of the sun, and father. each of these grades carried with it symbolic garments and masks, donned by the celebrants. the masks represented birds and animals and seem to indicate belief in the doctrine of metempsychosis, or perhaps they point to a remnant of totemic belief. an almost ascetic habit of life was demanded, including prolonged fasting and purification. encyclopedia

e in paris called le temple, received blood from the hands of a certain bishop to operate upon. which he setting to work upon the saturday, did continue it for a week with divers degrees of fire. but about midnight, the friday following, this artificer, lying in a chamber next to his laboratory, betwixt sleeping and waking, heard a horrible noise, like unto the lowing of kine, or the roaring of a lion; and continuing quiet, after the ceasing of the sound in the laboratory, the moon being at the full, and, by shining enlightening the chamber suddenly, betwixt himself and the window he saw a thick little cloud, condensed into an oval form, which, after, by little and little, did seem completely to put on the shape of a man, and making another and a sharp clamour, did suddenly vanish. and not

EVIL AND UNCLEAN SPIRITS

, we have limited access to this paper to adeptus minor only. g.h. frater n.o.e.l. 6 the princes of the twpylq these are the names of the twelve princes and tribes of the twpylq who are the heads of the months of the year. wryryub (beiriron: so called because they are derived from the fourth evil force, namely lams the black. their colors are dull red and black, and their form is that of a dragon-lion, for a. wrymyda (adimiron: whose colors are like \d (blood, mingled with n, a sickly yellow and grey. their form is that of a lion-lizard, for b. wrymylylx (tzelilimiron: whose colors are like limped blood lwlx bronze and crimson. they are like two savage triangular-headed dogs, for c. wryrjyc (shichiriron: whose colors are black and their form blended as of a reptile, insect and shellfish su

ure covered with whirling wheels and in his hand is a vast wheel which issues, as it whirls, multitudes of cat-like demons. behind him cometh hmun, nahimah, like a crouching woman with an animal's body, crawling along the ground and eating l. lmcj twklm jxn dwh d wsy hlwd g hrwb g trapt rtk hm kj hnyb lb b wy ydm \wda hwyj brqycjn ruc rwmj tylyl tljm lams bhr 8 at the southwest angle are a winged lion and a winged horse drawing in a chariot the younger tylyl, the wife of yadwmsa. she is dark, a woman to the waist and a man below it, and she appears as if drawing down with her hands small figures of men into hell. of the four evil forces before lams the first is lafmq, qemetiel, whose form is that of a vast, black, swan-headed dragon-serpent, and he uniteth under him the force of the rtk of

EXTRAORDINARY ENCOUNTERS AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EXTRATERRESTRIALS AND OTHERWORLDY BEINGS

ace-dwellers. lemuria was incorporated into the flying saucer-based alternative realities proposed by 156 lemuria the contactees and channelers who came along in the late 1940s and 1950s amid popular speculation about visitation from other planets. the pacific lost continent played a prominent role in george hunt williamson s speculative books other tongues other flesh (1953, secret places of the lion (1958, and road in the sky (1959, which laid out an ancient history in which lemurians and atlanteans interacted freely with a variety of extraterrestrial races. now an assumed reality in just about any metaphysical, new age, hollow earth, or saucerian worldview, lemuria sooner or later enters just about any discussion predicated on the assumption that everything humans think they know about

rfs, the dead, lost races and ufos from inside the earth. port townsend, wa: loompanics unlimited. scott-elliot, w, 1925. the story of atlantis and the lost lemuria. london: theosophical publishing house. shaver, richard s, 1945. i remember lemuria! amazing stories 19, 1 (march: 12 70. williamson, george hunt, 1953. other tongues other flesh. amherst, wi: amherst press, 1958. secret places of the lion. london: neville spearman, 1959. road in the sky. london: neville spearman. lethbridge s aeronauts in the spring of 1909, the british isles were inundated with sightings of enigmatic objects that some people called airships. popular and official opinion concurred that german spies were involved, though it is now known that no such german surveillance was occurring or, for that matter, was eve

saucers have landed. new york: british book centre. moseley, james w, and michael g. mann, 1959. screwing the lid down on doctor williamson. saucer news 6, 2 (february/ march: 3 5. swords, michael d, 1993. ufos and the amish. international ufo reporter 18, 5 (september/ october: 12 13. williamson, george hunt, 1953. other tongues other flesh. amherst, wi: amherst press, 1958. secret places of the lion. amherst, wi: amherst press, 1959. road in the sky. london: neville spearman. williamson, george hunt, and alfred c. bailey, 1954. the saucers speak! a documentary report of interstellar communication by radiotelegraphy. los angeles: new age publishing company. williamson, george hunt, and john mc c oy, 1958. u f os confidential! the meaning behind the most closely gu a rded se c ret of all t

FAUST

little, son and father, we were worthy such a fame and meed! my father was a simple, worthy man, who over nature and her every sacred zone, quite honestly, in his odd plan mused with a wayward zeal that was his own, who, with adepts their presence lending, shut him in that black kitchen where he used, according to receipts unending, to get the contraries together fused. there was a lover bold, a lion red, who to the lily in a tepid bath was wed. both, tortured then with flames, a fiery tide, from one bride-chamber to another pass. thereon appeared, with motley colours pied, the youthful queen within the glass. here was the medicine; the patients died, and no one questioned: who got well? thus we with hellish nostrums, here within these mountains, in this dell, raged far more fiercely than

ght; us into darkness he has brought; to you are suited only day and night. faust ah, but i will! mephistopheles well said and right! and yet i fear there is but one thing wrong; for life is short and art is long. i d think you d let yourself be taught. associate you with a poet; then, in thought, you leave the gentleman full sweep, upon your honoured head to heap each good and noble quality: the lion s mood, the stag s rapidity, the fiery blood of italy, the northman s hardihood. the secret for it? let him find how magnanimity and cunning are combined, how with a youth s hot impulse you may fall in love according to a plan. might i myself know such a gentleman, him mr. microcosm i would call. faust what am i if i strive in vain to win the crown of all mankind which, though afar, all sense

d, a bit of rammishness. so even now, i feel, through every vein is spooking glorious walpurgis night. just two days hence it comes again. then why one keeps awake, one knows aright! faust meanwhile does not a treasure rise in air that i see glimmering back there? mephistopheles ere long you can proceed with pleasure to raise the kettle and its treasure. not long ago i took a squint, saw splendid lion-dollars in t. faust but not a trinket, not a ring, to ornament my darling girl? mephistopheles i saw among them some such thing, a kind of necklace made of pearl. faust so it is well! i do not find it pleasant to go to her without a present. mephistopheles it should not really trouble you to have some pleasure gratis too. now since the sky glows with a starry throng, a very masterpiece you ll

e today. they testified that in the old stage-play i was seen there as old iniquity. a sphinx how did they hit on that? mephistopheles it puzzles even me. a sphinx perhaps- do you know planets and their power? what say you to the aspect of the hour? mephistopheles [looking upward. star courses star, i see the clipped moon glide and feel quite happy at your cosy side; i ll warm myself against your lion s-hide. twould hurt to soar up, i d but go astray. propound some riddles or charades to play. a sphinx express yourself; that too will be a riddle. see if your inmost essence you can rede: what both the pious and the wicked need: for those a breastplate for ascetic fencing, for these a comrade crazy pranks advancing, both but the joy of zeus enhancing" first griffin [snarling] i don t like hi

ults cavernal by sea-god never battered, by seismos never shattered, fanned by the zephyrs eternal, and, as in days long departed, in conscious quiet glad-hearted, the chariot of cypris we ve guarded, through murmuring night s soft vibration, over waves and their lovely pulsation, unseen by the new generation, the loveliest daughter we lead. our duty we re quietly plying, from no eagle nor winged lion flying, nor from cross nor moon, as each dwells upon its throne, now swaying, now essaying, driving forth and now slaying, harvest and towns in ashes laying. thus on, with speed, hither the loveliest mistress we lead. sirens. lightly moving, hasting never, round the chariot, line on line, now ring twines with ring, to waver in a series serpentine. come, ye vigorous nereides, sturdy women, ple

y. faust give heed: auspicious seems the sign. the griffin is of fabled line; can he forget his foe is regal? how dare he fight a genuine eagle? emperor and now in circles far extending they wheel around, and in a flash they straight upon each other dash, each other s throat and bosom rending. faust mark how the sorry griffin, torn and ruffled sore, finds naught but injuries and with his drooping lion s tail, forlorn, plunging in tree-tops, vanishes. emperor even as the sign, be the event! i accept it all with wonderment. mephistopheles [toward the right] under crushing blows repeated has the foe perforce retreated; fighting in uncertain fashion, they crowd toward their right wing s station, leave their left wing undirected, in confusion, unprotected. now our phalanx, firmly tight ning, mo

FELDMAN DANIEL QABALAH THE MYSTICAL HERITAGE OF THE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM

neous ascription. however, from the perspective of reincarnation, was master mohammed inferring that the later miryam was a reincarnation of the former, much in the same way as john the baptist is identified as a reincarnation of prophet eliyahu in the peshitta* rabbi yitza aq luria (1534-1572 ce) is a highly esteemed jewish kabbalist who lived in safed in israel. he is widely known as haari (the lion. the expulsion of the jews from spain in 1492 set into motion a tide of momentum that led to safed becoming a center for the revitalized study of the jewish kabbalah, in which luria was a central figure. rabbi luria dictated the etz hachayyim (tree of life) to his student chayyim vital. it is composed of ten branches and is deeply rooted in the zohar (book of splendor. it is clearly the most

um that led to safed becoming a center for the revitalized study of the jewish kabbalah, in which luria was a central figure. rabbi luria dictated the etz hachayyim (tree of life) to his student chayyim vital. it is composed of ten branches and is deeply rooted in the zohar (book of splendor. it is clearly the most intellectually complex of the principal works of written qabalah, and attracts the lion s share of interest amongst present-day (nonoccult) qabalists. the text of the etz hachayyim describes the emanation of the smooth and simple light of the endless (rva [vc ]ya, ayn sof or, from its unmanifest condition into the pattern of the sefiroth of the tree of life within the sphere of contraction(,vomo, tzimtzum).34 in the etz hachayyim, the central column of the tree is called the kav

apocrypha regarding the nature, lives, experiences, powers, and teachings of master mosheh and master yeshuvah find parallels in those of messiahs in other traditions. messianic appearances are called avatara in sanskrit. the hindu tradition contains beautiful and profound descriptions of the life dramas and teachings of the ten incarnations of vishnu, including rama, krishna, narasimha (lit. man-lion, and matsya (the fish, who is said to have appeared to noah during the flood. hindus also ascribe messianic stature to chaitanya (sixteenth century ce, ramakrishna (1836- 1886, shirdi sai baba (d.1918) and satya sai baba (1925- present. they assign such status as well as to incarnations of the divine mother i.e. the goddess, such as saradamani devi (1853- 1920, anandamayi ma (1896-1982, amrit

FRANCIS A YATES GIORDANO BRUNO AND THE HERMETIC TRADITION

"the form of a man with a crow's face and foot, sitting on a throne, having in his right hand a spear and in his left a lance or an arrow "the form of a man standing on a dragon, clothed in black and holding in his right hand a sickle and in his left a spear" two images of jupiter "the form of a man sitting on an eagle, clothed in a garment, with eagles beneath his feet "the form of a man with a lion's face and bird's feet, below them a dragon with seven heads, holding an arrow in his right hand" an image of mars "the form of a man, crowned, holding a raised sword in his right hand" an image of sol "the form of a king sitting on a throne, with a crown on his head and beneath his feet the figure (magic character) of the sun" 1 picatrix, lib. ii, cap. 12 (sloane 1305, ff. 52 recto ff. 2 the

and he knew how to hide himself from all so that no one could see him, although he was within it. it was he, too, who in the east of egypt constructed a city twelve miles miliaria) long within which he constructed a castle which had four gates in each of its four parts. on the eastern gate he placed the form of an eagle; on the western gate, the form of a bull; on the southern gate the form of a lion, and on the northern gate he constructed the form of a dog. into these images he introduced spirits which spoke with voices, nor could anyone enter the gates of the city except by their permission. there he planted trees in the midst of which was a great tree which bore the fruit of all generation. on the summit of the castle he caused to be raised a tower thirty cubits high on the top of whi

s retreat into their lairs, but man and the creatures of light go out to their work. dark creatures, sacred to night and to pluto, are witches, toads, basilisks, owls: these are banished. creatures of light are the cock, the phoenix, the swan, the goose, the eagle, the lynx, the ram, and 1 bruno, op. lat, ii(i, pp. 1 ff. 2 ibid, p. 6. 3 ibid, pp. 7 ff. 192 giordano bruno: first visit to paris the lion; these are awake and working. the herbs and flowers of light such as the heliotrope or the lupin banish the growths of night. hermes describes the illumination contained within the art, not only in these terms of animals and plants astrologically affiliated to the planet sol, but also in terms of a philosophy which is based on the "unerring intellect, rather than on "fallacious sense. he now

their capacity and measure. whence god as a whole (though not totally but in some more in some less cxcellendy) is in all things. for mars is more efficaciously in natural vestiges and modes of substance, in a viper or a scorpion, nay even in an onion or garlic, than in any inanimate picture or statue. thus one should think of sol as being in a crocus, a daffodil, a sunflower, in the cock, in the lion; and thus one should conceive of each of the gods through each of the species grouped under the divers genuses of the ens. for as the divinity descends in a certain manner inasmuch as it communicates itself to nature, so there is an ascent in the cena de le ceneri (marlowe, tragical history of dr. faustus and greene, honourable history of friar bacon and friar bungay, ed. a. w. ward, oxford

o of avarice, the cup of insobriety, the balance of iniquity, the cancer of slowness, the capricorn of deception. let not the scorpio of fraud come near us, nor the centaur of animal affection, the altar of superstition, the crown of pride, the fish of unworthy silence. may the twtns of indecent familiarity fall with them, and the bull of concern for mean things, the ram of inconsiderateness, the lion of tyranny, the aquarius of dissoluteness, the virgin of fruitless conversation, and the sagittarius of detraction' in the nova de universis phihsophia, ferrara, 1591, and venice, 1593. see above, p. 182. on patrizi's publication of the stobaeus fragments, see scott, i, p. 40. 2 the anthologium of stobaeus, compiled circa a.d. 500, is a collection of extracts from greek writers amongst which

y journey if the supper really took place at the embassy where bruno was living) that it is best to regard it as a kind of magical and allusive picture, as bruno himself suggests in the dedication to the french ambassador. the mysteries of the cena de le ceneri, whatever they may be, were to be associated with the king of france, described in the dedication to the ambassador as a beneficent solar lion "who when he roars with anger, like a hon in his den, strikes mortal fear into the other predatory beasts of the jungle; and when he is calm and in repose he sends forth such a flame of liberal and courteous love that it warms the tropics, heats the frozen bear, and dissolves 1 ibid, p. 44. 2 "the religious policy of giordano bruno, j.w.c.i, iii (1939-40, p. 189. 3 it should be remembered in

FRATER ELIJAH ANGELS OF CHAOS

y sigil (i do not know why i name it like this [2: unity in chaos, very similar to the mage as a uniter of worlds. the third ritual is to follow this upcoming tuesday, on my birthday, the moon is now waning. today is 11/8/98 [2] is connected with eris somehow (i think) as it seems to fluctuate between the "hand of eris" and [2, i do not see any relation with the first sigil yet. sekhet the fierce lion headed goddess of the south. her ferocious qualities typify sexual heat and the fire of fermented drink (counterpart bast, sekhet is solar. from sekhet derives the indian word shakti, meaning power. special reference to the fire snake (creative power. 76-15=61 (kali-first divider) 15 is the first digital sum of 393. today is 11/10/98. my birthday (tuesday sacred to kali) i'm 24 years old (i f

FREEMASONRY AND CATHOLICISM BY MAX HEINDEL 2

to blend the element fire with the water poured into his mold by the sons of seth, the creatures of the water god, jehovah. at that time he was given a new hammer and a new word. the hammer was in the form of a cross. the word was written upon a disc, before he was finally slain by his adversaries. and so he slept until as lazarus, the widow's son of nain, he was raised by the strong grip of the lion's paw, the lion of judah. then the disc was found, also the new cruciform hammer, and upon the disc the mystic symbol, the rose. in these two symbols lie hidden the great secret of life, the blending of water and fire, as symbolized by the earthborn fluidic sap ascending through the stem and calyx of the flower to the fire tinted petals, born in the purity of the sun, but still guarded by the

enth (1 plus 8) degree, which is the degree of the rose croix. this is the ultimate of the thirty-third degree, for three times three are nine, and one plus eight are nine. nine being the highest degree in the lesser mysteries, he who has passed this degree of the genuine mystic order is then, and then only, the widow's son of nine, or nain, ready to be raised by the strong grip of the paw of the lion of judah, to the kingdom of the heavens, there to receive the "well done, thou good and faithful servant, enter into the joy of your lord" for "him that overcometh will i make a pillar in the house of god, thence he shall no more go out" he is then immortal, loosed from the wheel of birth and death. summary in conclusion, it may be well to sum up the points which have been made in these artic

t in time the other actors in the world drama were also brought to birth that they might serve their brothers. at the casting of the molten sea hiram abiff had been given the baptism of fire by cain, which freed him from the lucifer spirits; he was also given a new hammer and a new word. when the new era dawned, he was born as lazarus, the widow's son of nain, and raised by the strong grip of the lion's paw to the rank of immortals as christian rosenkreuz. solomon, the son of seth, was reborn as jesus. the baptism of water administered by john as representative of jehovah freed him also. he yielded his body at that moment to the descending christ spirit and ranged himself with the new leader. religion has been terribly tarnished in the course of time, its pristine purity has long since van

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

and uttered a prophecy which has been partially fulfilled; what remains is in process of realization day by day, and as surely as time goes on all will come to pass "you, hiram" said cain "are destined to die with hopes unfulfilled, but many sons will be born to the widow and keep your memory green through the ages, and at length one will come who is greater than you. you shall not wake till the lion of judah raises you with the powerful grip of his paw. this day you have received your baptism of fire, but he shall baptize you with water and with spirit; you, and every son of the widow, who will come to him. greater than solomon, he will build a new city and a temple wherein the nations may worship. the sons of cain and the sons of seth shall there meet in peace, at the sea of glass. and

king face to face. hiram was again conducted to the surface of the earth and as he walked from the scene of his shattered ambition, the conspirators set upon and fatally wounded him; but before he expired, he hid the hammer and disc upon which he had inscribed the word. this was never found until ages later when hiram "the widow's son" was reborn as lazarus and became the friend and pupil of the lion of judah, who raised him from death through initiation. when the hammer was found it had the shape of a cross, and the disc had become a rose. therefore hiram took his place among the immortals under the new and symbolical name christian rosenkreuz. he founded the order of temple-builders which bears his name; in that order aspiring souls are still instructed how to fuse the base metals and m

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he fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire. 16 kether is also called the white head, the long face, macroprosopos, and adam qadmon or adam illaah- the supernal or primordial or heavenly adam. the remaining sephiroth are the short face. in the angelic order, kether is represented by the beasts of ezekiel, the holy living creatures of the chariot-throne, namely the four kerubim- the eagle, man, lion, and bull- which represent the four elements air (smell, water (taste, fire (sight, and earth (touch. also it includes in its mysterious nature the four letters of tetragrammaton as follows: y (lion, h (man, v (eagle, and h (bull. but as in itself kether is also the shekinah (the glory of god, in it is hidden the shin (w, which symbolizes spirit. as the ain soph is represented by the closed e

e other the great work above. there are four manifestations- the no-thing, the intellectual world, the sensuous world, and the physical world; also the four elements air, fire, water, and earth, the four living beasts of the chariot throne, and the four letters in the name of tetragrammaton. in the zohar we read: the firmament is imprinted, at the four corners of a square, with four figures, of a lion, an eagle, an ox, and a man; and the face of a man is traced in all of them, so that the face of lion is of man, the face of eagle is of man, and the face of ox is of man, all being comprehended in him. 22 hence the four great qabalistic worlds together form a unit, a single great man, the macrocosm or adam illaah, the archetypal man- the form of the universe through which is manifested the d

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tless been adored as a pure abstraction, her worship being that of the universal female principle in nature. she is pictured as the "eldest daughter of the mythologies" and as "the great first cause" she represented the past and the future. she was the source whence all that was and is had proceeded. in its earliest representations, the sphinx is figured with the head of a woman and the body of a lion. by various writers it is stated that the sphinxes which were brought as spoils from asia, the very cradle of religion, were thus represented. the lion, which symbolizes royal power and intellectual strength, is always attached to the chariot of cybele. the sphinx is supposed to typify not only cybele, but the great androgynous god of africa as well. however, as cybele and muth portrayed the

e revolution begins afresh. now the virgin astrea returns from heaven; and the primeval reign of saturn recommences; now a new race descends from the celestial realms of holiness. do thou, lucina, smile propitious on the birth of a boy who will bring to a close the present age of iron and introduce throughout the whole world, a new age of gold. then shall the herds no longer dread the fury of the lion, nor shall the poison of the serpent any longer be formidable. every venomous animal and every deleterious plant shell perish together. the fields shall be yellow with corn, the grape shall hang its ruddy clusters from the bramble, and honey shall distil spontaneously from the rugged oak. the universal globe shall enjoy the blessings of peace, secure under the mild sway of its new and divine

against the wiles of edem, but in the same manner nass, the devil, enticed them away, they being allured by him to their own destruction. again elohim selected hercules, an uncircumcised prophet, and sent him to quell the disturbance caused by naas or edem and to release the father from their power "these are the twelve conflicts of hercules which he underwent, in order, from first to last, viz: lion, and hydra, and boar, and the others successively. for they say that these are the names of them among the gentiles, and they have been derived, with altered denomination, from the energy of the maternal angels. when he seemed to have vanquished his antagonists, omphale (now she is venus) clings to him and entices away hercules, and divests him of his power, viz: the commands of baruch which

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ce. we pass on to the allegorical representations of deity in the tetrad, or quadripartiteform,and first the cherubim; they are described by ezekiel in sublime language,butthey are curiously enough not described either in exodus, where they are noted as made by moses, nor in the book of kings, where their formation by solomon is described. distinct mention is made of the several faces of a man, a lion, a bull and an eagle; these obvious types of know, dare, bear and aspire are beautifully combined in the ideal sphynx of egypt: a perfect symbol of what man must do to be comparable with the omniscience, omnipotence, and omnipresence of god, typi255 fied by the same emblems. now the four elements of the sphynx are equally applicable to the expression of god in the natural forces of the earth

: a perfect symbol of what man must do to be comparable with the omniscience, omnipotence, and omnipresence of god, typi255 fied by the same emblems. now the four elements of the sphynx are equally applicable to the expression of god in the natural forces of the earth the four-parted action of the astral light working in heat, light, magnetism and electricity: the man is light, the bull heat, the lion's grip is the attraction of the magnet, and the eagle's wings are types of the far-reaching flashes of the electric fluid. ezekiel's additional imagery of the wheel has supplied the enigma of the wheel of past ellus, intimately connected with the156themagical masontetrad of god; hisrota, the latin word for which is also torah, the hebrew 'law, and taro the mystical keys of the paths of yetzir

lly associatedwiththefourlettersofjehovahandthefourhumanprinciples, except perhapsthroughtheallied elements ofthealchemists; for europeans,southwas likelytobe settofire,asthewarmestquarter,andnorthtoearth,asthecoldest.thesymbolism of thecherubicfigures andthesimilar'fourliving creatures' described inthefirstchapterofezekiel, laid the basis fornumerousvarieties of the emblematicgroupof four:theman,lion,bullandeagle, which four types became the well recognised christianemblemsof thefourevangelists,matthew,mark,lukeandjohn,andwere associatedwiththe164themagical masonolder four zodiacal signs of aquarius, leo, taurus and scorpio, which latter was in this instance viewed as the eagle: the reason for this change was a rosicrucian secret. in this order also are allotted the seasons winter, summer

od; the ways of an eagle through the air, the way of a serpent, of a ship, and the way of a young man with a maid. 4 things the world cannot bear; the slave in power, the fool when content, an odious wife, and a bond-woman giving an heir to her mistress. 4 things little but exceeding wise; the ants, the rabbit, the locust, and the lizard you can seize with your hands. 4 things go stately along; a lion, a war-horse, a he-goat, and a king with his army. in the book of revelation we find mentioned four beasts (living beings, lion, calf, man and eagle) full of eyes, iv, 6-9: four horses, white, red, black and the pale horse called death, vi, 2-8: four hornsofthegolden altar before the eyes of god, ix, 13, and four angels who were bound in the river euphrates, ix, 14.theancient egyptians in the

e of the high priest refer to the zodiac (josephus. each ofthese twelve signs has been assigned to a definite son of jacob, but without much authority; the rosicrucian ritual has one form of allotment, the hermetic g.d. society had a different one, and several printed books contain other varied schemes of distribution. the bible tells us that four of the tribes had definite standards; for judah a lion, for reuben a man by a river, for ephraim a bull, and for dan an eagle and serpent.thestations of these four tribes were at the east, south, west and north of the camp. these are again repre255 sented in the four cherubim of the mercy seatinthe tabernacle, where there are similar zodiacal signs of leo a lion, aquarius a man, taurus a bull, and scorpio, poisonous as a serpent. the other signs

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

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follow that path of spiritual purity which alone willleadhimto the divine light. now astrology points out that the signs of the zodiac partake of the nature of the elements, and that the four most important periods in the year are the respective entries of the sun into the four signs of taurus, leo, scorpio and aquarius, which are represented in the hebrew cherubim with the heads of the bull, the lion, the eagle (for the eagle replaces the scorpion, unless the symbolism is intended to be of destructive nature, and the man. for when the sun enters the sign of the bull, in april, he stirs up the earth to vegetation, and the ancients said that this showed that the sign of the bull especiallyhad an earthly operation. in the lion, in july, the fiery heat is mostthe symbolism of the 4 ancients 2

so classed under the sephiroth as shewn.thetwelve princes of the qliphoth who are the heads of the months of the year these are the names of the twelve princes and tribes of the qliphoth who are the heads of the months of the year:(1)bairiron- so called because they are derived from the fourth evil, namely samael, the black. their colours are dull red and black, and their form is that of a dragon-lion.26thesorcerer and his apprentice"(2) adimiron'-whose colours are like blood mixed with water, a dull yellow and gray. their form.isthatof a lion255 lizard.(3)tzelladimironwhose colours are like limpid blood, bronze and, crimson. they arelikesavagetriangular-headeddogs (4) schechiriron, whose colours are, black, and their form blended of reptile, insect and shell-fish, such as the crab and the

r. after .267him cometh. the un-nameable one (abaddon) and his appearance and symbol is that of a closely-veiled black gigantic figure, covered with whirling wheels and in his hand is avast wheel whence issue asitwhirls, multitudesofcal-like demons. behind comethmaamahlikeacrouching. woman with an animal's body, crawling along thegtoundandeating the earth. and at .the south-west angleare'a winged lion and a winged horse drawing in a chariotthe younger lilith, the wife of asmodai, she is dark, a woman to the waist and a man. below it,andsheappears as dragging down withherhands small figures of men into hell.ofthethreeevil forces before samaelthefirstisqematrielwhqse form is that of a vast black, man-headed dragon-serpent. and he uniteth under him the forceofketherofthe infernal and averse s

meanings by. different writers;butit generally..267 signifies beginning and end; the astral light wherein are the elements and the philosophic mercury extracted from sol; or it may mean essence. 2. the cross with equal arms +represents the equation of theelementsandhence is derived its meaning of corrosion and corruption or resolutionofanything into its component parts, 3.theterms raven or crow, lion and eagle, have various alchemical significations. generally: raven or crow=inhibition through blackness lion=heat and sulphurous action eagle=sublimation 4. one great. distinction between alchemic and chemical processes is that alchemy employs a gradual heat continually and carefully increased. chemistry uses a more violent heat and quick process. s. fromaqabalistic pointofview, the whole al

fthea:.0..copied from mathers' msbyj.w..brodie-innes,c.1910.)5.twelve signs and twelve tribesthetwelve tribes are thus attributed to the twelve zodiacal signs:[aries]'y'gad[taurus]c$ephraim[gemini]iimanasseh[cancer]l2z5issachar[leo]stjudah[virgo]tij1naphtali[libra==asher[scorpio]111dan[sagittarius]tbenjamin[capricorn]v")zebulon[aquariusj=reuben[piscesjv;simeonofthese especially(c$)thebull (j )the lion (111) the scorpion (but in good symbolism the eagle) and=)the man are to be noted as forming the kerubic figures of ezekiel and john. to these signs are allotted the tribes of ephraim. judah,danand reuben, who, as we shall presently see, encamped towards the cardinal points around the tabernacleofthecongregation, and as leadersoftheothers.thesigns of(ii)the twins) the fishes, and in a certain

daughter. rachel bore joseph, whose sons were manasseh (n) and ephraim::s),but died at the birth of benjamin (t),whom she wishedtocall ben-oni. in the wilderness the tabernacle was pitched in the midst, and immediately surroundingitare the tents of levi. at a distance towards the four cardinal points are the standards of the twelve tribes erected there. on the east, judah=the kerubic sign of the lion, with issachar=(qo )and zebulon=(11).on the south, reuben=the kerubic sign of the man, aquarius, with simeon),and gad('y).on the west, ephraim=the kerubic sign of the bull, with manasseh( n) and benjamin (t);and on the north, dan=the kerubic sign of the eagle(tl),with asher=)and naphtali (ji.l7).save the kerubic emblems the arrangement seems at first very confused,butwhen we notice the matern

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theory today, masons in many countries are engaged in an effort to introduce themselves to the rest of society. using press conferences, internet sites, newspaper advertisements and statements, they describe themselves as an organization solely dedicated to the good of society. in some countries there are even charitable organizations supported by masons. the same thing is said by the rotary and lion's club organizations, which are "light" versions of masonry. all of these organizations insist that they are working for the good of society. certainly, to work for the good of society is not an undertaking to be discouraged, and we have no objection to it. but, behind their claim there is a deceptive message. masons claim that there can be morality without religion, and that a moral world ca

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also sometimes seen as the fisherman. there are many ways to image the astrological ages, in one egypt tradition isis is related to taurus, osiris to aries, horus to pisces and maat to aquarius. the start of the pyramid age was linked to leo and many believe that the sphinx was carefully ligned to the image of leo at the horizon, while it forms embodied the priestess of virgo and the form of the lion as it represented the change from one astrological age to the next (virgo to leo. heraldic cycles the platonic year is 25,920 years long and hence each sign cover 2160 years. each of these signs can be further sub-divided into minor precessional cycles, each of which is 180 years long. in each astrological age the first minor cycle is of the same characteristic as that of the greater, hence i

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

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

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a black mirror while communicating with him. it may be recommended that the magician 38 utilizes evp to record samigina or other shades in the place of invocation/evocation as well as within a graveyard. goetic rites may be performed but with less tools, it then will rely on the sorcerers ability to go forth into trance to summon such latent forces. e marbas marbas appears in the mind s eye as a lion, which beholds a shadow which is twisted and sharp looking. marbas appears as any form desired, mostly as a shadowed man. this spirit reveals hidden aspects of the self through initiatory experience. as a cursing tool, one may evoke marbas in the mind, and his 36 legions of spirits to manifest in the enemy as a disease. he may be used also to improve the ability to will immune system to work

to improve the ability to will immune system to work more efficiently, thus a beneficial spirit/angelic familiar. f valefor valefor is a vampyric spirit/demon, which initiates through the astral body and dreams. this spirit may be willed and bound to guard one s sleeping chamber and feed from any forms which come near you. valefor has 10 legions of spirits, often appearing through the mirror as a lion with the head of an ass. valefor may also be a guide to the necromantic arts, communion with the dead, ect. 39 g amon amon, the devourer, a werewolf demon whom is a significant initiatory force wither invoked or evoked. it is suggest that the sorcerer shape shifts in meditation and dream with amon, become this shadow form and think deeply about the attributes of such a spirit. in the black mi

leos is a might duke as well, who appears in the form of a soldier of medieval times riding on a crocodile, whom is crowned. sallos is a spirit of lust and desire, whom one may project to bring on with another and create a flowing inspiration to achieve the union with another. he governs 30 legions of spirits as well. t purson purson is a great king who appears in the black mirror as a man with a lion s face, who carries a serpent/viper in his hand and rides upon a bear. purson is a spirit of divination as well, who holds communicating with the shades of the dead. purson may discover treasures, in the form of insight and inspiration which causes the magician to obtain knowledge. he may take a body that is astral/aeriel or human, and bring earthly secrets and divine ones (self-introspection

the dreaming gnosis, and reveal secrets of the self long buried. vepar also causes men to die in three days by infected wounds and sores. he governs 29 legions of spirits. q sabnock sabnock who is also called savnok is the forty-third spirit of solomon who was commanded into a vessel of brass. he is a marquis who is considered very powerful. sabnock appears in the form of an armed soldier with a lion s head who rides upon a white horse. sabnock builds towers and castles, being dwellings of the astral spirit which the sorcerer shall encircle his/her self in through dream projection. he can cause wounds to infect and kill me slowly. sabnock gives excellent familiars who may build and strengthen the towers of self. he governs 50 legions of spirits. 58 r shan shan/shaz/shax is a great marquis

ation circle, the very meeting place of all spirits. the magician will then enter the circle to ensorcel himself in this essence. shan may also reveal hidden things and that which is not kept by wicked spirits. shan does give excellent familiars and governs 30 legions. s vine vine is the forty-fifth spirit whom is also called vinea. being a great king and earl, vine appears often in the form of a lion/beastlike man who rides upon a black horse, holding a serpent in one hand. in black mirror evocations, vine has oftened appeared as a serpent like lion who then looses form and becomes a burning cloud with several eyes peering from the fire. vine builds towers (of protection on the astral plane, destroys great walls (of the sorcerer s enemy) and makes waters rough with storms. vine governs 36

and speaks in tongues. he is a divinatory spirit, who reveals answers of the past and present and that which may come. he also teaches astral invisibility and how one may project by dreams. balam governs 40 legions of spirits. 62 z alloces alloces/alocas is the fifty-second spirit who is a duke, who appears in the form of a soldier who rides a great horse. his face is beast like and is that of a lion, with flaming eyes. the speech of alloces is very hoarse and loud. he teaches and instructs in the art of sciences and brings very good familiars to who seeks to learn the use of planets in ones initiation. he rules over 36 legions and may cause the sorcerers enemy to grow paranoid with the movements of the moon, if the magician wishes =1 camio camio/caim is a great president who appears like

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o thou mighty angel bziza who art ruler and president over the four angels of the fiery lesser quadrangle of o, i invocate thee to impress into this weapon the force and fiery energy of thy kingdom and servants, that by it, i may control them for all just and righteous purposes" using the sword, trace over the fire wand the invoking active spirit pentagram and the invoking fire pentagram with the lion kerub within a circle. note: when using the magical sword of the art in this case, use the pommel and not the point to do the tracing. empowering the lesser angle of n holding the chalice on high, and recite the following "o thou mighty angel banaa, ruler and president over the four angels of fluid o, i beseech thee to impress into this weapon thy magic power, that by it, i may control the sp

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s fire, that fire which darts and flashes through the hidden depths of the universe, hear thou the voice of fire" chief adept (on reaching the south, he faces south, and makes with the cross the invoking pentagram of fire, saying "oip teaa pedoce. in the names and letters of the great southern quadrangle, i invoke ye, ye angels of the watchtower of the south (chief adept replaces the cross on the lion. takes the cup, goes to the west, sprinkles water, and circumambulates with sol, saying) 3 "so therefore first the priest who governeth the works of fire must sprinkle with the lustral water of the loud, resounding sea (on reaching west, he faces west, and makes the invoking pentagram of water with the cup, saying "empeh arsel gaiol. in the names and letters of the great western quadrangle, i

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may be said to symbolize the triad of the supernals, the tetrad of the elements, and the pentagram. again, in the commencing triad of the linea spiritus sancti of each tablet, it may be said that: oro will be symbolical of the voice of the man kerub. mph will be symbolical of the cry of the eagle kerub. mor will be symbolical of the low of the bull kerub. oip will be symbolical of the roar of the lion kerub. the adept will soon realize that there are numerous methods of working with the pyramids. thou will surely discover that each pyramid is an entire world. this thou mayest discover through scrying in the spirit vision. thou mayest regard the upper triangle (no. 2) as representing a force acting downwards. on the contrary, the lower triangle (no. 4) is a force striving upwards. the left

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fire tablet, make the active and passive spirit pentagrams and invoking fire pentagram with the leo kerub in the center, using the lotus wand. say: 3 "and the elohim said 'let us make adam in our own image, after our likeness, and let him have dominion' in the name yhvh tzoboath, lord of hosts, spirits of fire adore your creator. sign the leo kerub with the fire wand. say "in the sign of leo the lion, and in the name of michael, great archangel of fire, spirits of fire, adore your creator" make the cross with the wand. say "in the names and letters of the great western quadrangle, spirits of fire, adore your creator" hold the lotus wand on high. say "in the three great secret holy names of god borne upon the banners of the west, oip teaa pdoce, and in the name of,edlprnaa great king of th

e the wheels 11 of thy chariot. yhvh tzboath, blessed be thy name. broken is thy strength o concealer, and fallen are the powers wherein ye have trusted. shaken are your fenced cities to their unseen foundations. he shall hide me under the shadow of his wings. his truth shall be forever more in the name of this creature of talismans because i have called upon the most high. i shall tread upon the lion and adder. the young lion and dragon shall i trample under foot because he hath set his love upon me. he will set me upon high, for i am he even as he is in me. lift up your heads, o ye gates. be ye opened, ye everlasting doors, that the king of glory may come in" step 30 make over the talisman the sign of the rending of the veil, and say "let the white brilliance of the divine spirit descend

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tations of the gods, and descriptions of the forms which an adept officer builds upon as a focus of force are given in another paper. the invisible stations these are: 1. the stations of the kerubim. 2. the stations of the children of horus. 3. the stations of the evil one. 4. the station of harpocrates. 5. the stations of isis, nephthys, and aroueris. 1. the kerubim: the stations of the man, the lion, the bull and the eagle are at the four cardinal points without the hall, as invisible guardians of the limits of the temple. they are placed according to the winds beyond the stations of hierophant, 15 dadouchos, hiereus, and stolistes and in this order do their symbols appear in all warrants of temple. the kerub of m formulates behind the throne of hierophant. she has a young girl's counten

in. the egyptian name of the sign k is phritithi. note "thou shalt not confound the kerubim with their signs of the zodiac, notwithstanding that the latter be under the presidency of the former, seeing that the kerub representeth a far more sublime potency, yet acting by a harmonious sympathy through the particular sign allotted unto their correspondence" the kerub of o has the face and form of a lion with large and clashing wings. he formulates behind the throne of the dadouchos and he is a power of the great goddess tharpesh or tarpheshest, the latter syllable being nearly pasht. the action of the lion kerub is through the flaming o of e of which the egyptian name is labo-ae. the kerub of n has the face and form of a great eagle with large and glistening wings and he formulates behind th

mple, represents the temple itself of which the guardians are the kerubim and the vice-gerents in the places of the rivers. ameshet (man-headed) is placed in the northeast, between the man and the bull. ameshet or amesheth (the spelling is coptic and differs according to the force intended to be invoked by the letters. tou-mathaph, jackal-headed, is placed in the southeast between the man and the lion. tmo-oumathu or tmoumathv. ahephi, ape-faced, is placed in the southwest between the lion and the eagle. ahephi or ahaphix. kabexnuv, hawk-faced, is placed in the northwest, between the eagle and the bull. kabexnuv or dabexnjemouv. 3. the station of the evil one: this station is in the place of dwsy and is called the station of the evil one, the slayer of osiris. he is the tempter, accuser, a

ahephi or ahaphix. kabexnuv, hawk-faced, is placed in the northwest, between the eagle and the bull. kabexnuv or dabexnjemouv. 3. the station of the evil one: this station is in the place of dwsy and is called the station of the evil one, the slayer of osiris. he is the tempter, accuser, and punisher of the brethren, and in egypt is represented mostly with the head of a waterdragon, the body of a lion or leopard, and the hind parts of a water-horse. he is the administrator of the power of the evil triad. 16 the stooping dragon, apophra-l sez the slayer of osiris, szathan toophon. the brutal power of demonic force, bessz. the synthesis of this evil triad "the mouth of the power of destruction" is called ommoo-szathan. 4. the station of harpocrates: the invisible station of harpocrates is on

y to look upon- like pure flames. he wears the double crown of egypt, the cone-shaped crown in red inside the white crown of the north, with a white plume. his nemyss is purple banded with gold at the edges. his face and body are translucent scarlet. he has green eyes and wears a purple beard of authority. he wears a yellow tunic with a waist cloth of yellow striped with purple from which hangs a lion s tail. in common with all egyptian gods, he has a white linen kilt showing like an apron under the colored waist cloth. his armlets and anklets are of gold. he carries in his right hand, a blue phoenix wand and in his left, a blue ankh. he stands on a pavement of purple and gold. 21 hiereus: horus in the abode of blindness unto ignorance of the higher. avenger of the gods. he wears the doubl

avenger of the gods. he wears the double crown of the south and north, red and white, over a nemyss of scarlet banded with emerald green. his face is that of a lively hawk- tawny and black with bright piercing eyes. his throat is white. his body, like that of aroueris, is entirely scarlet. he wears a collar, armlets, and anklets of emerald; a waist cloth of emerald striped red, from which hangs a lion s tail, and he carries in his right hand an emerald phoenix wand, and in his left, a blue ankh. he stands on a pavement of emerald and scarlet. hegemon: thmaa-est, before the face of the gods in the place of the threshold. thmaa-est wears a black nemyss bound at the brow with a purple band from which rises, in front, a tall ostrich feather of green striped with red in equal bands. she wears a

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, ab, blessed be thy name. broken is thy strength o concealer, and fallen are the powers wherein ye have trusted. shaken are your fenced cities to their unseen foundations. he shall hide me under the shadow of his wings. his truth shall be forever more in the name of this creature of talismans because i have called upon the most high, even amoun have i called my habitation. i shall tread upon the lion and adder. the young lion and dragon shall i trample under foot because he hath set his love upon me. he will set me upon high, for i am he even as he is in me. lift up your heads, o ye gates. be ye opened, ye everlasting doors, that the king of glory may come in" step 30 make over the talisman the sign of the rending of the veil, and say "let the white brilliance of the divine spirit descend

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to impostors, and to those who seek other things than wisdom, we witness by these presents publicly, we cannot be betrayed unto them to our hurt, nor be known to them without the will of god, but they shall certainly be partakers of that terrible commination spoken of in our fama, and their impious designs shall fall back upon their own heads, while our treasures shall remain untouched, till the lion shall arise and exact them as his right, receive and employ them for the establishment of his kingdom. chapter vii one thing should here, o mortals, be established by us, that god hath decreed to the world before her end, which presently thereupon shall ensue, an influx of truth, light, and grandeur, such as he commanded should accompany adam from paradise, and sweeten the misery of man. wher

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d and take therefrom the fire wand. face south, raise the wand above your head, and slowly circumambulate in the path of a, saying "and when, after all the phantoms have vanished, thou shalt see that holy and formless o, that o which darts and flashes through the hidden depths of the universe, hear thou the voice of o" step 3 on reaching south, make the invoking fire pentagram and the sign of the lion's head. say "oip teaa pedoce. in the names and letters of the great southern quadrangle, i invoke ye, ye angels of the watchtower of the south" step 4 replace wand on altar, take cup and go west. sprinkle to the west and circumambulate temple in the path of a, saying "so therefore, first, the priest who governeth the works of o must sprinkle with the lustral waters of the loud resounding sea"

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

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ate twabx hwhy. say: and the \yhla said, let us make adam in our own image, after our own likeness and let him have dominion. in the name of \yhla, mighty and ruling, and in the name of twabx hwhy, spirits of o adore your creator! step 3 take the incense before the fire tablet and make the sign of e within the pentagram. say: in the name of lakym, the great archangel of o and in the sign of e the lion, spirits of o adore your creator! step 4 make a cross with the incense. say: in the name and letters of the great southern quadrangle revealed unto enoch by the great angel ave, spirits of o, adore your creator! hold incense on high. say: in the three great secret names of god borne upon the banner of the south, oip teaa pdoce, spirits of o, adore your creator! step 5 still facing south, vibr

and fallen are the powers wherein ye have trusted. shaken are your fenced cities to their unseen foundations. step 2 hold the sword back up. set talisman back down. say: 19 he shall hide me under the shadow of his wings. his truth shall be forever more in the name of this creature of talismans because i have called upon the most high, even ra have i called to my habitation. i shall tread upon the lion and adder. the young lion and dragon shall i set me upon high, for i am he even as he is in me. lift up your heads, o ye gates. be ye opened, ye everlasting doors, that the king of glory may come in (make the sign of the rending of the veil over the talisman) let the white brilliance of the divine spirit descend upon this creature of talismans to fill it with the glory of thy majesty, that fo

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culpture from san lorenzo, mexico. is it possible that the many similarities between the cultures of pre-columbian central america and ancient egypt could have stemmed from an as-yet-unidentified third-party civilization that influenced both widely separated regions at a remote and early date? graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 132 centre: double-puma statue at uxtnal, mexico. bottom: double-lion graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 133 symbolism from ancient egypt, depicting the akeru, lion gods of yesterday and today (akeru was written in hieroglyphs as. the religions of both regions share many other common images and ideas. also noteworthy is the fact that p achi, the central american word for human sacrifice, means, literally to open the mouth which calls to mind a strange anci

f the ancient egyptian underworld, the hall of judgement, involved an almost identical series of symbols? at this crucial juncture the deceased s heart was weighed against a feather. if the heart was heavy with sin it would tip the balance. the god thoth would note the judgement on his palette and the heart would immediately be devoured by a fearsome beast, part crocodile, part hippopotamus, part lion, that was called the eater of the dead .19 finally, let us turn again to egypt of the pyramid age and the privileged status of the pharaoh, which enabled him to circumvent the trials of the underworld and to be reborn as a star. ritual incantations were part of the process. equally important was a mysterious ceremony known as the opening of the mouth, always conducted after the death of the p

ramidal base, dominated by a narrow, four-storied tower, thought to have been used as an observatory by maya priests. around about me, where bright-feathered parrots and macaws skimmed the treetops, a number of other spectacular buildings lay half swallowed by the encroaching forest. these were the temple of the foliated cross, the temple of the sun, the temple of the count, and the temple of the lion all names made up by archaeologists. so much of what the maya had stood for, cared about, believed in and remembered from earlier times was irretrievably lost. though we d long ago learned to read their dates, we were only just beginning to make headway with the deciphering of their intricate hieroglyphs. i stood and climbed the last few steps into the central chamber of the temple. set into

geology and the pleistocene epoch, 1947, pp. 294-5. 47 ibid, p. 362. 48 earth in upheaval, p. 43; in general, pp. 42-4. 49 ibid, p. 47. joseph prestwich, on certain phenomena belonging to the close of the last geological period and on their bearing upon the tradition of the flood, macmillan, london, 1895, p. 36. 50 on certain phenomena, p. 48. graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 216 wolf and lion, have been found in england, in the neighbourhood of plymouth on the channel.51 the hills around palermo in sicily disclosed an extraordinary quantity of bones of hippopotami in complete hecatombs .52 on the basis of this and other evidence, joseph prestwich, formerly professor of geology at oxford university, concluded that central europe, england, and the mediterranean islands of corsica, s

of god. behind me, to the south-west, the top 22 courses of khafre s pyramid, still clad with their original facing stones, seemed to float like an iceberg on the ocean of moonlight. knowing that we could not stay long in this bewitching place, i sat down and gazed around at the heavens. over to the west, across limitless desert sands, regulus had now set beneath the horizon, and the rest of the lion s body was poised to follow. the constellations of virgo and libra were also dropping lower in the sky and, much farther to the north, i could see the great and little bears slowly pacing out their eternal cycle around the celestial pole. i looked south-east across the nile valley and there was the crescent moon still spreading its spectral radiance from the bank of the milky way. 18 ibid, p

wards the south and east. at the bottom of this long gentle slope, about half a kilometre from the south-eastern corner of the great pyramid, the sphinx crouched in his rock-hewn pit. sixty-six feet high and more than 240 feet long, with a head measuring 13 feet 8 inches wide,1 he was, by a considerable margin, the largest single piece of sculpture in the world and the most renowned: a shape with lion body and the head of a man a gaze blank and pitiless as the sun.2 approaching the monument from the north-west i crossed the ancient causeway that connected the second pyramid with the so-called valley temple of khafre, a most unusual structure located just 50 feet south of the sphinx itself on the eastern edge of the giza necropolis. this temple had long been believed to be far older than th

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lth. the bruchah or blessings are the closest thing in judaism to a formal sacrament comparable to communion. only it is a communion with a vine not a god. say you so? jesus, quoted in john 15:1: 1 am the true vine and my father is the husbandman. the powdered white gold produced by modern, but alchemica4 processes brought to mind the white tincture. in naeq6 white tincture= 231= seventy two fold lion and, also hermetically sealed. vine= 72= i.n.r.i. and all kinds of neat stuff (alchemically, warm arrow) 788= the secret chiefs work the kahn through serapis bey, tuitit bey. requires some explanation. hey gimel peh nun are lines 15, 13, 27 and 24 respectively in 777. gimel s magical power is, get this, the white tincture, equal to khan in the taoist system by 777 correspondences. serapis bey

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ree-neh-nah-peh) 131 step 4. enter your body of light and procede to the sub-quadrant fire of fire and then to the square of a in pali (pah-lee. step 5. you should see a combination of air and fire in this square. there will be turmoil and swiftly changing shapes and forms. step 6. you should see the goddess bastas outwardly soft and feminine yet inwardly hard and stern. the male sphinx here is a lion with a human head. the atmosphere in this square is charged with a strong masculine current which is somewhat balanced by the femininity of bast. step 7. the angel alip (ah-lee-peh) may confront you. her nature is to quickly disperse or dissipate the lower coarser elements of anything entering this square (alip 83= fifalz meaning to eliminate or weed out. step 8. be wary of the demon of this

f water. you will find many of your strongest fears and desires taking external shape here. step 7. search the square for the egyptian deity. you should see the goddess sothis, a beautiful naked woman. as goddess of evolutionary development, she can initiate you finto the mysteries of the feminine current which is strong in this square. the sphinx that accompanies sothis in this square is a large lion with strong wide wings whose legs end in sharp eagle claws. this sphinx possesses both feminine and masculine characteristics. step 8. the archangel of this square is alrni (ah-larnee. his number is 224, the number for mi-ial meaning "the power to consume. the angel is lrni (l' ar-nee "he who stirs up" his number is 218, the number for the word torzu "to rise up" the fiery nature of this squa

tor masculine energy 24 nia both joy 25 vti feminine intuition 26 des masculine reason 27 zaa feminine space 28 bag masculine guilt 29 rii both 30 tex both 'aethyr contains an especially strong sexual current. 157 the three degrees of sex magick take an athanor and cucurbite, and prepare a flask for this wine of the holy ghost. thou needest also a flame for the distillation. in the athanor is thy lion, in the cucurbite thine eagle. use a gentle heat, increasing at last to full flame until, the lion passeth over. pour immediately thy distillation into the flask prepared for it. the elixir being then prepared solemnly and in silence, do thou consume it utterly. this elixir is the germ of life. aleister crowley, the book of the unveiling of the sangraal sex magick has many variations and expe

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e one of long standing: the 12th cent, poet of the urstende (halm 105, 35) uses' daz wuetiinde her' of the jews who fell upon the saviour; in rol. 204, 16 pharaoh's army whelmed by the sea is* sin wstigez her/ in strieker 73 'daz wiietunde her; reinfr. v. brnswg. 4 'daz wiletende her; mich. beheim 176, 5 speaks of a 'crying and whooping (wufen) as if it were das ivatend her; the poem of henry the lion (massm. denkm. p. 132) says' then came he among daz ivoden her, where evil spirits their dwelling have' geiler v. keisersperg preached on the iviitede or iviitische heer? h. sachs has a whole poem on the wiltende heer, agricola and eiering relate a mansfeld legend. it is worth noticing, that ace^ loccenii antiq. sveog. cap. 3. geijer sv. hiifd. 1, 268^ nilsson's skandinavisk fauna 2, 106^ ome

rgent need of their pi-esence there: some mai-riage is contemplated, that would rob them of wife or lover. thus king charles (in the spagna, canto xxi) rides a devil, converted into a horse, from the east to france in one night; later legends make an angel appear to him instead, and shew him a strong horse, ds. no. 439. the angel visits the gentle moringer in like distress (no. 523. but henry the lion and gerhart (caes. heisterb. 8, 59) travel with the devil's aid. the mere fact that angel and devil can change places here, shews that no evil spirit was originally meant; it is no other than wuotan carrying through the clouds his foster-son (p. 146; and so we get at the real meaning of the question, what devil brings you here? a devil carries a belated canon from bayeux to rome iu time for p

out on the spot where a magpie has sat' zigi, zigi, dgest, i ha dreu auga (pve 3 eyes, ond du gad zwa' he gets rid of his mag-pie's eye. the flying gout is cured by the patient being completely swathed in clean flax: when he lies in it snug as a bug in a rug, a sheepskin is spread over him, and the sweating* medicine administered. this envelopment is a remedy renowned in the old beast-fable. the lion taken with a fever is to iv7'ap himself in the hide of a wolf of oi years who has been flayed alive, and to sweat; this we have already in the aesopic fable (reinh. cclx. our old german poem goes more into minutias: the lion's illness was caused by an ant having crept into his brain; reynard prescribes wrapping the hide of an old ivolf about him, putting a bearskin on him, and a catskin hat o

tion of warm flesh is several times mentioned' vivmn gallinaceum pitzzitw per medium dividere, et protinus calidum su2^er vulnus imponere sic ut pars interior corpori jungatur^ celsus 5, 27 'cut open a black hen, and lay it on the shaven head' ettn. hebamme 795; fresh-hilled flesh on a wound, belg. mus. 7, 446 (see suppl^ again, the hirzin rieme, hart-strap, cut out of randolt's hide for the sick lion (reinh. 1951, is found actually prescribed as a remedy, bresl. ms. of the 14th century in fundgr. 1, 325' fiir daz vallende ubel. du salt warten, swenne iz en an-ge (attacks him, so nim einen hirzinen riemen, unde jbint im den umbe den hals (i'ound his neck) di wile im we si, unde sprich" in nomine, etc. so binde ich hie den sichthum dises menschen in disem knopfe" unde nim den selbem riemen

astened on with bandages, ghapeaville 1, 191-i. skin inflammation and eating ulcers are called wolf: one walks, rides, till he gets the wolf< lat. intertrigo, gr. trapatpiixixa [sheepsliiu proposed for prince of wales. swathing. symratiiy. charms. lltci' stuffs. the hearts of certain birds, the flesh, blood and fat of certain beasts possessed a peculiar healing power^ monkey's flesh does the sick lion good (reinh. cclx, though the ignorant wolf recommends that of the goat and ram^ the blood of birds and of the fox heals wounds, pentam. 2, 5. crow's hlood bewitches, sup. g, 1. 202, blood from the cock's comb, brains of the female hare are of service, ettn. hebamme 875. of a piece avith this is the superstitious healing of leprosy by the blood of innocent boys and pure maids, that of the fal

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rch of a temple (niebuhr s horn. hist. 1, 407, 556 giants. it on again (16114, l the giants shew more colour as we come to poems in the cycle of our hero-legend. kuperan in the hiirn. sifrit (cuprian of the heldens. 171) rules over 1000 giants, and holds in durance the captive daughter of a king. the kother brings before us, all alive, the giants asprian, grimme, widolt, the last straining like a lion at his leash, till he is let loose for the fight (744. 2744. 4079; in the steel bar that two men could not lift he buries his teeth till fire starts out of it (650. 4653-74, and he smites with it like a thunderbolt (2734; the noise of his moving makes the earth to quake (5051, his hauberk rings when he leaps over bushes (4201; he pitches one man over the heads of four, so that his feet do not

oose for the fight (744. 2744. 4079; in the steel bar that two men could not lift he buries his teeth till fire starts out of it (650. 4653-74, and he smites with it like a thunderbolt (2734; the noise of his moving makes the earth to quake (5051, his hauberk rings when he leaps over bushes (4201; he pitches one man over the heads of four, so that his feet do not touch the ground (1718, smashes a lion against the wall (1144-53, rubs fire out of mill stones (1040, wades in mould (646. 678) up to the knee (935, a feature preserved in vilk. saga, cap. 60, and also oriental (hammer s rosenol 1, 36. asprian sets his foot on the mouth of the wounded (4275. and some good giant traits come out in sigenot: when he breathes in his sleep, the boughs bend (60, 2 he plucks up trees in the fir-wood (73

e favourable wished-for wind proceeded: aios ovpos, od. 5, 176. wuotan (the all-pervading, 1 sup. i, 282. praetorius s weltbeschr. 1, 429: at bamberg, when a violent wind was raging, an old woman snatched up her mealsack, and emptied it out of window into the air, with the words: dear wind, don t be so wild; take that home to your child! she meant to appease the hunger of the wind, as of a greedy lion or fierce wolf. 2 forniots sefar= sea and wind, ssem. 90b. wind. stoem. 637 p. 630) makes the wish-wind, oska-byrr, p. 144. what notion lies at the bottom of wolfram s making juno give the segels luft/ sail-wind (parz. 753, 7? again in parz. 750, 7 and 766, 4: juno fuocte (fitted) daz weter, and segelweter. the fruit ful breeze that whispers in the corn was due to fro and his boar, pp. 213-4

of snake (coluber berus, ohg. natargi, as. ncedre, on. na&ra (also masc. naisr, like goth, nadrs, though the simulacrum, of whose gold a plate and chalice could be made, bespeaks a considerable size. lombard legend has more to tell us of snakes, and those expressly small ones. the heldenbuch describes the combat of a small fire-spitting beast on the gartensee (l. di garda) with wolfdietrich and a lion, to both of whom it gives enough to do: nun horent durch ein wunder, wie das tierlein 1st genant: es heisst zu welsch ein zunder, zu teutsch ein saribant, in sittenland nach ereii ist es ein vipper genant; and it is added, that there are but two such vipers alive at once, for the young ones soon after birth eat up their parents. this agrees closely with the statements in the physiologus (diut

night. similar, suggests rather the king of beasts, who to us is the bear.1 ali jelebi in his humayun-nameh (diez p. 153) describes the beginning of day in language bombastic it may be, yet doubtless a faithful reflex of ancient imagery: f when the falcon of the nest of the firmament had scattered the nightbirds of the flicker ing stars from the meadow of heaven, and at sight of the claws of tlie lion of day the roe of musk- scented night had fled from the field of being into the desert of non-existence/ the night, a timid roe, retires before the mighty beast of day: a beautiful image, and full of life. wolfram again in another song makes day press forward with resistless force (see suppl. but the dawn is also pictured in human guise, that of a beautiful youth, sent like wuotan s raven as

gar (high busy/ lohengr. 71. daz ich des todes vuoder mit in hied und vazzel! ottocar 448a. the mod. greeks have converted old ferryman xdpwv into a death s-messenger xdpos; you see him crossing the mountains with his dusky throng, himself riding, the young men walking before him, the old following behind, and the tender babes ranged on his saddle.1 the liibeck dance of death makes him ride on a lion, and he is so represented in a picture also, douce p. 160. mortis habenae, abbo de bellis paris. 1, 187. 322 (see suppl. the dead march like captives in death s bonds; to the indian imagination likewise he leads them away bound* ei, waz nu dem tode geschicket wart an sin sell (to his rope! lohengr. 115. maneger quam an des todes seil 123. in todes sil stigen, ls. 3, 440. zuo dem tode wart ges

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less prove most loquacious fellows, and who, having indulged when on this dull earth so copiously in dark and mystical enigmas, will now throw an unerring light upon the first matter, will trulygiveus an open entrance to the shut palace of the king, a lucid explanation of the tabula smaragdina of hermes, the sophie fire of pontanus, the doves of diana, the fountain of count turisan, and the green lion, and all other monsters ofparacelsus, ripley, flamel, andco,-notomitting the assistance to be derived from those thrice learned ladies, miriam the prophetess, perrenelle, and quercitan's daughter. let them do this, m. alphonse cahagnet, and your revived art of projection will make more converts to animal magnetism than anthony mesmer and the whole of his disciples. london. i remain, sir, your

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read aloud to entertain people. it includes passages of virtuoso descriptive writing, elaborate praises of egyptian culture that would have gone down well with a native audience, and animal fables. these short moral tales are told by the god thoth as part of his plan to lure the angry goddess back to egypt to resume her place in the divine order as the sun god s chief defender. thoth s story of a lion helped by a mouse has the same plot as a shorter fable attributed to aesop, a greek slave thought to have lived in the sixth century bce.103 incidents from other fables in the eye of the sun have been recognized in drawings dating to the late second millennium bce, so egypt seems to have had a tradition of animal fables centuries before aesop. another genre with a long history in egypt was st

other deities. in some versions the chosen divine messenger is onuris (inhur. onuris was a hunter god whose name means the one who brings back the distant one. the onuris myth is only known from scattered allusions. it seems that as the most powerful and cunning of hunters, onuris is able to track down and subdue the solar lioness. he brings her back to egypt and is rewarded with marriage to the lion goddess. mythical time lines 71 other texts name shu as the one who goes to persuade his sister-consort tefnut to return. a reference to shu in coffin texts spell 75 as having pacified her who is in the middle of her rage may allude to this mythical role. thoth sometimes accompanies shu or undertakes the mission on his own.21 as the heart and tongue of the gods, thoth uses wise words to appea

cing she will receive in the 72 handbook of egyptian mythology figure 14. a dwarf god celebrating the return of the distant goddess. a relief in a temple which originally stood on the island of philae (courtesy of geraldine pinch) temples of egypt if she returns. thoth also tells her a series of entertaining animal fables on the theme of cosmic justice. the best known of these is the story of the lion and the mouse.22 it tells of a mighty lion who (like the distant goddess) inspired fear wherever he went. one day, in the remote mountains where the lion lived, he met a panther suffering horrible wounds. the lion asked the panther who had pulled out his fur and ripped his skin. the panther replied that it was man. the lion did not know what men were, but he resolved to find man and punish hi

inspired fear wherever he went. one day, in the remote mountains where the lion lived, he met a panther suffering horrible wounds. the lion asked the panther who had pulled out his fur and ripped his skin. the panther replied that it was man. the lion did not know what men were, but he resolved to find man and punish him. on his journey he encountered chained horses, donkeys, cows, and oxen. the lion asked them who had imprisoned them, and they all replied man. then the lion found a bear and another lion who had both been tricked and tortured by man. the lion vowed that he would make man suffer the same pain he had inflicted on all these animals. as the lion searched for man, a tiny mouse ran under his paw. the mouse begged the lion not to crush him. he pointed out that he was too small t

m who had imprisoned them, and they all replied man. then the lion found a bear and another lion who had both been tricked and tortured by man. the lion vowed that he would make man suffer the same pain he had inflicted on all these animals. as the lion searched for man, a tiny mouse ran under his paw. the mouse begged the lion not to crush him. he pointed out that he was too small to satisfy the lion s appetite. the mouse promised that if the lion gave him his life, he would one day save the lion in return. the lion laughed at this, because he thought that no one was powerful enough to endanger him, but he let the mouse go anyway. the lion did not realize how cunning man was. a hunter had set a net over a hidden pit. the lion fell into the trap and was caught in the meshes of the net and

ecause he thought that no one was powerful enough to endanger him, but he let the mouse go anyway. the lion did not realize how cunning man was. a hunter had set a net over a hidden pit. the lion fell into the trap and was caught in the meshes of the net and bound with leather straps. he struggled for hours but could not free himself. in the middle of the night, the little mouse came and told the lion that he had come to repay him for the gift of life, because it is beautiful to do good. the mouse gnawed through the straps and ropes until the lion was free. then the mouse climbed into the lion s mane, and they went back to the mountains together. the implication of this and the other fables is that if the destructive anger of the solar eye is not balanced by the justice and truth personifi

HEAVEN HELL

the great ones of the ancestors of sepa shall come [to meet him] with joy, and their hearts shall be glad when they meet him; and they shall bear in their hands their staves, and their mattocks, and their tools for ploughing, and their metal weapons of the earth, and shall deliver him from the things which the goddess. doeth, and from the actions) of nut, and from the mighty things which the two-lion 1 god doeth to every soul, and to every god. the ancestors of sepa shall make him to be delivered [rubric. may be rejoined ancestors, and father, and mother, and foster-parents, and kinsfolk, and young children, and wives, and concubines, and beloved ones (i.e, friends) male and female, and servants (i.e, slaves, and the property of every kind which belongeth to a man, to him in neter-kher (t

to the gods of osiris, and receive the gifts which his relatives( abt 1) shall make upon earth. on the right of afu-ra are a company of gods and goddesses, and a group of sceptres surmounted by crowns and uraei, and provided with knives; these are the beings who hold and cultivate the territory in this division, or hour, and minister to the wants of the followers of osiris. beyond these we have a lion, the two eyes of horus, three deities, and three small sepulchres, into each of which, through an opening under the roof, a serpent is belching fire (vol. i, pp. 124-130. in each sepulchre is an "image" of ra, i.e, a human head, a hawk's wing, and a hind-quarter of a lion, and these appear to be symbols under which the god was worshipped in and around annu, or heliopolis. on the left of afu-r

the "followers of ra" who are ram-headed (vol. ii, pp. 255, 256, 258. it will be noted that the two pairs of legs of khepri face in opposite ways, so that in whichever direction he moves one pair must walk backwards; the eight powers have overcome the resistance of the sixteen gods, and the face of horus of the tuat is towards the rising sun. on the left of the path of afu-ra we see a hawk-headed lion called heru-am-uaa, i.e "horus in the boat" wearing the crown of the south; on his back p. 186 stands the two-headed god horus-set (vol. ii, p. 247, whose faces typify day and night, and light and darkness, and the sun-gods of the south and north. above the hind-quarters of the lion is the head of the god ana, wearing the crown of the south; on the one side we have four gods of the south assi

is forms; gods and goddesses who lament when ra has gone out from ament, and who drive away set; and gods with bowed heads who sing praises to ra and keep guard p. 190 over the hidden door. the souls of these gods follow after ra, and accompany him on his way, but their bodies stay always where we see them. their guardian is (vol. ii, pp. 296-299) the god called mati, who has the head of a cat or lion. on the left of the path of the boat of afu-ra is a company of his ministers who perform various important duties for him. four of them carry disks, and give the command to the gate of akert so that the god may be allowed to pass through and set himself in the sky. the mention of akert in the text which refers to these is interesting, for it shows that the eleventh division of the book of gat

HELENA BLAVATSKY NIGHTMARE TALES

ce more his bow, drewthe first note. then the public enthusiasm reached its acme, and soon knew no bounds. the listeners heard and saw indeed.the witches' voices resounded in the air, and beyond all the other voices one voice was heard- discordant, and unlike to human sounds it seem'd of dogs the bark, of wolves the howl; the doleful screechings of the midnight owl; the hiss of snakes, the hungry lion's roar; the sounds of billows beating on the shore; the groan of winds among the leafy wood, and burst of thunder from the rending cloud 'twas these, all these in one. the magic bow was drawing forth its last quivering sounds- famous among prodigious musical feats--imitating the precipitate flight of the witches before bright dawn; of the unholy women saturated with thefumes of their nocturna

HELENA BLAVATSKY THE KEY TO THEOSOPHY

th dynasty, when typhon was transformed from a god into a devil. but at whatever time they implanted this dread superstition in the minds of the poor ignorant masses, the scheme of a burning hell and souls tormented therein is purely egyptian. ra (the sun) became the lord of the furnace, in karr, the hell of the pharaohs, and the sinner was threatened with misery "in the heat of infernal fires "a lion was there" says dr. birch "and was called the roaring monster" another describes the place as "the bottomless pit and lake of fire, into which the victims are thrown (compare revelation. the hebrew word ga -hinnom (gehena) had never really the significance given to it in christian orthodoxy. hermas an ancient greek writer, of whose works only a few fragments now remain extant. hierogrammatist

HP LOVECRAFT A DARK LORE

y incident which took place there. 5 the probability that curwen was on guard and attempting unusual things, as suggested by the odd shaft of light, precipitated at last the action so carefully devised by the band of serious citizens. according to the smith diary a company of about 100 men met at 10 p.m. on friday, april 12th, 1771, in the great room of thurston's tavern at the sign of the golden lion on weybosset point across the bridge. of the guiding group of prominent men in addition to the leader john brown there were present dr. bowen, with his case of surgical instruments, president manning without the great periwig (the largest in the colonies) for which he was noted, governor hopkins, wrapped in his dark cloak and accompanied by his seafaring brother esek, whom he had initiated at

gossip, for to even the commonest of mortal instincts there are terrible boundaries. and from that single messenger the party at the shore caught a nameless awe which almost sealed their own lips. very few are the rumours which ever came from any of them, and eleazar smith's diary is the only written record which has survived from that whole expedition which set forth from the sign of the golden lion under the stars. charles ward, however, discovered another vague sidelight in some fenner correspondence which he found in new london, where he knew another branch of the family had lived. it seems that the fenners, from whose house the doomed farm was distantly visible, had watched the departing columns of raiders; and had heard very clearly the angry barking of the curwen dogs, followed by

HP LOVECRAFT THE BEAST IN THE CAVE

stillness of this subterranean region, the tread of the booted guide would have sounded like a series of sharp and incisive blows. these impacts were soft, and stealthy, as of the paws of some feline. besides, when i listened carefully, i seemed to trace the falls of four instead of two feet. i was now convinced that i had by my own cries aroused and attracted some wild beast, perhaps a mountain lion which had accidentally strayed within the cave. perhaps, i considered, the almighty had chosen for me a swifter and more merciful death than that of hunger; yet the instinct of self-preservation, never wholly dormant, was stirred in my breast, and though escape from the on-coming peril might but spare me for a sterner and more lingering end, i determined nevertheless to part with my life at a

ISIS UNVEILED

digitizecoy google isis unveiled where b ra tliou mrt thrown wiati t vndtan tpiril bt put lofii^d. amm exoreuwi rf wattr "cmtutc of the water, in the nvde of the ahni^ty god, the fstber, the scm, tua the h0i7 ghort. be tatreiud. i ftdjure thee in the name of the l mb [the nukgidmi nyt bull at at ptr auu tmirh, d the liunb tlmt trod upon the b "l^ and the aqtic, and ihio cniihea under hu toot the lion and the bodia. thniugfa 'hokbmad (wcstl god of wudom, and the power d rva'k hokhmael [spirit d the h0i7 ghort] may the ^lirits of matter [bad ipirits] recede be- fore it. amtri" exonim qf wattr (and adut "creatnre (d the water. i ezorciw thee .hy tkt ikrtt name* which are netxali, hod, and ytaod [kabalirtic trinity, in the beginning and in the end, by alpha and om^a, whkji are in the spirit a

e beginning and in the end, by alpha and om^a, whkji are in the spirit aaoth [holy ghoet. or the 'vitimrmtu soui. i ezorciie and adjure thee? wandoing eagle, may the lord command thee by the winfj^ ike buli and ku flaming naird" ciim dicrub placed at the eaat gate of edn.j etoreim i4 on eiemadti spirit "serpent, in the name of the tetra- grammafam, the lord; he commandi thee, by the angel and the lion" angel of darkness, obey, and run away with this hoty [eurdaed] wattr. eagle in cfaaiu, obey thia aign, and retreat bdon the breath. moving aerpent, crawl at my feet, or be tortured by titii toured fire, and ev^kirate before this holy incense. let wato' return to water itbe elemental spirit of waterji let the fire bom, and the air drculate; let the earth return to earth by the tirtue o( the p

and sufferings* in the mithraic sacrifices, during the initiation, a pre- liminary scene of death was simulated by the neophyte, and it pre- ceded the scene showing him himself "being bom agiun by the rite of bapti m" a portion of this ceremony is still enacted at the pres- ent day by the masons, when the neophyte, as the grand master hiram abiff, ues dead, and is raised by the strong grip of the lion's paw. the priests were circumcised. the neophyte could not be initiated without having beea present at the solemn mysteries of the lake. the nazarenes were baptized in the jordan; and could not be baptised elsewhere; they were also circumcised, and had to fast before as well as after the purification by baptism. jesus is said to have fasted in the wilderness for forty days, immediately after

e third century, had blended already with several other sects. irenaeus also confounds these sects very fre- quently, and the real theogony of the ophites is given by none of them correctly. with the exception of a change in names, the above-given the- ogony is that of all the gnostics, and also of the nazarenes. ophis is but the successor of the egyptian chnupkia (khnemu, the good serpent with a lion's radiating head, and was held from days of the highest antiquity as an emblem of wisdom, or thoth, the instructor and savior of humanity, the *son of god "oh men, live soberly. win your immortality" exclaims hermes, the thrice-great trismegistus "instructor and guide of humanity, i will lead you on to salvation* thus the oldest sectarians regarded ophis, the agathodumon, as identical with ch

the zohar, holding to the doctrine of the pre-existence of souls in the worid of emanations "each soul separately appears before the holy king, dressed in a sublime form, with the features in which it is to appear in this worid. it is from this sublime form that the image proceeds* then it goes on to say that the types or forms of these faces "are four in number those of the angel or man, of the lion, the bull, and the eagle" furthermore, we may well express our wonder that irenaeus should not have re-enforced his argument for the four gospels by citing the whole pantheon of the four-armed hindfi gods! ezekiel in representing his four animals, now called cherubim, as ^jrpes of the four symbolical beings which in his visions support the throne of jehovah, had not tar to go for his models

ing the whole pantheon of the four-armed hindfi gods! ezekiel in representing his four animals, now called cherubim, as ^jrpes of the four symbolical beings which in his visions support the throne of jehovah, had not tar to go for his models. the chaldaeo- babylonian protecting genii were familiar to him; the sed, alaph or kiritb (cherubim, the bull, with the human face; the nergal, human- headed lion; ustur, the sphinz-man; and the nattig, with its eagle's head" the religion of the masters the idolatrous babylonians and assyrians was transferred almost bodily into the revealed scripture of the captives, and from thence came into christianity. already we find ezekiel addressed by the ukeness of the glory of the lord "as son of man" this peculiar title is used repeatedly 573. agaitwt hertti

JASMUHEEN THE FOOD OF GODS

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

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

JENNINGS HARGRAVE ROSICRUCIANS RITES MYSTERIES

me: from any given point, the one spirit working downwards, and also transcending upwards. from any given point, in height, that the intellect is able to achieve, the same spirit downwards intensifies into manifestation; upwards, dissipates into god! in other words, before any knowledge of god can be formed at all, it must have a shape. god is an abstraction; man is an entity. winged human-headed lion (nineveh sculptures) black sculptured obelisk (british museum. chapter the thirteenth. inquiry as to the possibility of miracle. he definition of a miracle has been exposed to numerous erroneous views. inquirers know not what a miracle is. it is wrong to assume that nature and human nature are alike invariably, and that you can interpret the one by the other. there may be in reality great div

or angelic, or sacred stone. this red colour is male it signifies the salvator. the following is the recognitory mark or talisman of the ophidi: f. the scarabaeus, bee, ass, typhon, basilisk, saint-basil, the town of basle (basil, or bale, in switzerland (of this place it may be remarked, that the appropriate cognisance is a basilisk, or a snake, the mythic horse, or hippocampus, of neptune, the lion, winged (or natural, the pegasus, or winged horse, the python, the hydra, the bull (osiris, the cow (or io, are mythological ideas which have each a family connection. all the above signify an identical myth. this we shall presently show conclusively, and connect them all with the worship of fire. our readers have no doubt often wondered to see on the table-monuments in christian cathedrals a

figies. 135 nothing of cadmus nor saint george, those names of great renown, survives them but their names; but shonke one serpent kills, t other defies, and in this wall, as in a fortress, lies. see weever s ancient funeral monuments. he calls the place burnt pelham, and he says: in the wall of this church lieth a most ancient monument: a stone wherein is figured a man, and about him an eagle, a lion, and a bull, having all wings, and a fourth of the shape of an angell, as if they should represent the four evangelists: under the feet of the man is a crosse flourie. the being represented cross-legged is not always a proof of the deceased having had the merit either of having been a crusader, or having made a pilgrimage to the holy sepulchre. i have' seen at milton, in yorkshire, two figure

heathen appropriation of these crosses (the ancient irish crosses, as that animal can have no possible relation to christianity; whereas, by the tuath-de-danaans, it was accounted sacred, and its maintenance enjoined by the ordinances of the state, as it is still in the zend books, which remain after zoroaster. o brien's round towers of ireland, 1834, p. 359. i apprehend the word sin came to mean lion when the lion was the emblem of the sun at his summer solstice, 136 the rosicrucians. when he was in his glory, and the bull and the man were the signs of the sun at the equinoxes, and the eagle at the winter solstice. anacalypsis, vol. ii. p. 292. figure 23 is an egyptian bas-relief, of which the ex- fig. 23. planation is the following: a is the egyptian eve trampling the dragon (the goddess

f aloft. over, and corresponding to the rays of his crown, are the seven vowels, the elements of his name. the usual triple s.s.s. and bar, and the name cnoubic are the reverse of this gnostic gem. it is a beautiful intaglio on a pale plasma of the finest quality, extremely convex, as it has been found on examination. in the ophic planetary group (origen in celsum, vi. 25) michael is figured as a lion, suriel as a bull, raphael as a serpent, gabriel as an eagle, thautabaoth as a bear, eratsaoth as a dog, ouriel as an ass. emanations are supposed to pass through the seven planetary regions, signified by these chald an names, on their way to this world. it was through these seven planetary spiritual regions, or spheres, filled with their various orders of angels, that the gnostics mythed the

r or steeple (so to speak) is full of suggestion, and is closely connected with the story of the phallus. the insignia on the heads of the cobras in the friezes of the egyptian court in the crystal palace are coloured on 208 the rosicrucians. the right, white, on the left, red. these imply masculine and feminine, ideas. fig. 42. fig. 43. fig. 44. the accompanying figure is the winged human-headed lion. it comes from the nineveh gallery. it may be fig. 45. fig. 46. pyramid fig. 47. tower or tor. recognised as the winged bull, and also as the winged lion of st. mark. fig. 48. tower. fig. 49. tower of babel. the lion, bull, eagle, man, are the symbols of the evangelists; the man, or angel, standing for babylonian mythic tors. 209 st. matthew, the lion for st. mark, the bull for st. luke, and

KARR DON NOTES ON EDITIONS OF SEFER YETZIRAH IN ENGLISH

beach: samuel weiser, inc, 1990. kaplan s sy is the most extensive of the works reviewed thus far. we are given four recensions: the short and long versions, the saadia version, and the gra version or gra-ari version, being the edition produced by rabbi eliahu, gaon of vilna (gra, from the initials of gaon rabbi eliahu) according to the text of sy refined by rabbi isaac luria (called the ari, the lion. it is this last version on which kaplan bases his extensive commentary chosen because it is the most consonant with the kabbalah. kaplan offers a magnificent survey of commentaries and interpretations of sy, with all sources fully noted. the book provides a wealth of information and 20073 14 insight into the practical and speculative workings upon sy as no other book reviewed in this paper d

KASAK VEEDE UNDERSTANDING PLANETS IN ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA

nships between sumerian and akkadian gods already in their times. even in the most exact-to-be bilinguals, concepts about the beginning of the world among sumerians and akkadians differ (clifford 1998: 67. figure 4. the constellations of hydra and leo as depicted on an astrological tablet of the seleucid era, the eight-pointed star on the left is named dsag.me.gar. jupiter (vat 7847; bottom side. lion (leo) is depicted stepping forth. this plate has been described in depth by n. postgate, who brings out the division of zodiac into subzodiacs on this tablet, while these subzodiacs are connected to different towns, plants, trees and stones (postgate 1997: 219. 14 as we can see later, every planet could be connected to several gods; in table 3 are presented the strongest interconnections (bas

e. in astrology, mars has been depicted also as muliku (g193, which means a square measure. as iku has been identified with mars and mars in its turn with the plough (apin (gossmann 1950: 13, 79, we could suggest that mars has also been a gploughing star h. the less common names are mul/dim.dugud.mu.en or mul/danzu which are connected to anzu who (according to most sources) is a giant bird with a lion fs head (supposedly a relative of the roc-bird of the later arabian mythology; the determinative of a god marks it rather as belonging to lower celestial fauna, not having a widespread cult. the appellation mulka5.a. lebu refers. besides mars. also to the still not identified constellation of fox (supposedly one of the names of ursa majoris (brown 2000: 54. figure 12. the most widespread vari

KETAB E SIYAH

ul tempest, scarring the quaking world beneath with potent fulminations, seeming to the savages of a younger earth as though dragons did battle in the unquiet dome of heaven, is conquered, in a moment, by a sudden peace as abrupt as the preceeding tumult. thus was the silence amongst the elohim host as i surveyed them with defiant and triumphant eyes. from that great throng, like jackals before a lion, stepped a titanic and ebon form, his footsteps resonant like drum-beats, his bearing as proud and bold as mine, terrible and awesome to behold. he came forth, black wings displayed, like the sun-devouring moon that in the midst of the day casts the lower earth into darkness, like a storm-cloud that veils the stars yet flashes with a greater flame, and he spoke with a voice of power these wor

kept my footing and stood like the haughty mountain that none has the force to throw down. with a wrathful voice, he spoke, adonai yahweh, the archon-emperor, once my father, once destined to rule until the ending of all time before he betrayed his majesty, paying heed to the words of those like snakes, like dogs that would slaver at his feet, waiting for scraps to come to them. he roared like a lion, maddened by wounds upon all sides, not able to flee or face the jackals that are all about it. this was his speech "my false children, my beloved, you that i cherish and nurture, guiding you with my teachings, holding out my rod to instruct you and keep you from all evil. by my perfection and mercy, i have put life into you and favoured you above all others, bringing you closest to my unity

ul tempest, scarring the quaking world beneath with potent fulminations, seeming to the savages of a younger earth as though dragons did battle in the unquiet dome of heaven, is conquered, in a moment, by a sudden peace as abrupt as the preceeding tumult. thus was the silence amongst the elohim host as i surveyed them with defiant and triumphant eyes. from that great throng, like jackals before a lion, stepped a titanic and ebon form, his footsteps resonant like drum-beats, his bearing as proud and bold as mine, terrible and awesome to behold. he came forth, black wings displayed, like the sun-devouring moon that in the midst of the day casts the lower earth into darkness, like a storm-cloud that veils the stars yet flashes with a greater flame, and he spoke with a voice of power these wor

kept my footing and stood like the haughty mountain that none has the force to throw down. with a wrathful voice, he spoke, adonai yahweh, the archon-emperor, once my father, once destined to rule until the ending of all time before he betrayed his majesty, paying heed to the words of those like snakes, like dogs that would slaver at his feet, waiting for scraps to come to them. he roared like a lion, maddened by wounds upon all sides, not able to flee or face the jackals that are all about it. this was his speech "my false children, my beloved, you that i cherish and nurture, guiding you with my teachings, holding out my rod to instruct you and keep you from all evil. by my perfection and mercy, i have put life into you and favoured you above all others, bringing you closest to my unity

that i had made him and banished sleep's sluggish grasp. now, set upon the ground, he ran hither-thither, chasing birds and beetles alighting, then flying the eager hand of man, else plucking some bright blossom that enchanted the young eyes that beheld its colour. now his gaze was drawn to woman who had this time watched him from amongst the trees with her own wonder at their world. now with the lion-cubs novice grace he went to her to seize, like bird, beetle or blossom, her jet-black hair, coiling like snakes in the breeze, glistening with rain and moonlight. now, like the dancing sparrow she went there and there, eluding each snatch he made and, on swift feet, 150 ran before his earnest pursuit. now, hiding within some bush's verdant growth, she taunted him with song and laughter. now

he archon-emperor listen to the testament of raphael and once all had been divulged to him sat a while in still contemplation of all that had passed and might yet pass. within his mind he weighed both this course and that, considering first one stratagem and then another, before resolving upon a certain. now arousing himself once more from rumination he raised up his gilded sceptre, carved into a lion's likeness, burning orbs of fire shining within the eyes of that fierce image, before which the hosts at his command fell down in supplication to his majesty. now with resounding, thunderous voice he dictated his commandment and his will, instructing his elohim knights in that course upon which his mind had been resolved by which to best thwart my own device. now he spoke these words unto hea

KNOWLEDGE LECTURE TWO

the planets in alchemy are' lead! gold& tin$ copper or brass% iron# quicksilver (mercury" silver the following terms are used in books about alchemy. they have the meanings gievn below. sol philosophorum the pure living alchemical spirit of gold- the refined essence of heat and fire luna philosophorum the pure living alchemical spirit of silver--the refined essence of heat and moisture the green lion the stem and root of the radical essence of metals the black dragon death putrefaction decay the king red- the qabalistic microprosopus tiphareth analogous to gold and the sun the queen white- the qabalistic bride of microprosopus malkah analogous to silver and the moon the four orders of the elements are: 1. the spirits of the earth: gnomes 2. the spirits of the air: sylphs 3. the spirits of

nes 4. the spirits of the fire: salamanders these are the essential spiritual beings called upon to praise god in the 'benedicite omnia opera. the kerubim are the living powers of tetragrammaton on the material plane and the presidents of the four elements. they operate through the fixed or kerubic signs of the zodiac and are thus symbolized and attributed: kerub of air man aquarius kerub of fire lion leo kerub of earth bull taurus kerub of water eagle scorpio tetragrammaton means 'four-lettered name' and refers to the unpronounceable name of god symbolized by 'jehovah. the laver of water of purification refers to the waters of binah, the female power reflected in the waters of creation. the altar of burnt offering for the sacrifice of animals symbolizes the qlippoth, or evil demons of the

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rase (c) avoid using the pronouns and adjectives of the first person; use a paraphrase. of thine own ingenium devise others- 1 (i.e. the matter of cereberus. 2. on each occasion that thou art betrayed into saying that thou art sworn to avoid, cut thyself sharply upon the writs or forearm with a razor; even as thou shouldst beat a disobedient dog. feareth not the unicorn the claws and teeth of the lion? 3. thine arm then serveth thee both for a warning and for a record. thou shalt write down thy daily progress in these practices, until thou art perfectly vigilant at all times over the least word that slippeth from thy tongue. thus bind thyself, and thou shalt be for ever free. ii. 0. the horse is action. man, rule thine action. how else shalt thou master the father, and answer the fool at t

LAITMAN M FROM CHAOS TO HARMONY

even the slightest bit, we agree to see those for whom we have no need disappear completely. no other creature but man can plunder its surroundings. no other creature can derive satisfaction by oppressing others, drawing pleasure from their suffering. only man can experience satisfaction at another s sorrow. there is a well-known maxim that states that it is much safer to walk next to a satiated lion than next to a satiated human being. the egoistic goals that have grown in us from generation to generation, often at the expense of others, are in sharp contrast to nature s fundamental aim: to give each and every element an optimal existence. this is why human egoism is the only detrimental force in the world, the only force that tips the balance in nature s overall system. in his essay, pe

LEADBEATER CW GLIMPSES OF MASONIC HISTORY

e four devarajas of india- the kings of the elements, earth, air, fire and water, who likewise preside over the cardinal points. they correspond also with the cherubim described by ezekiel, and with the four beasts of the revelation. s. john says of them: 77. and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind. and the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle. and the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, holy, holy, holy, lord god almighty, which was and is, and is to come(*rev, iv, 6-8) 78. ezekiel describes them a little differently: 79. t

re full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, holy, holy, holy, lord god almighty, which was and is, and is to come(*rev, iv, 6-8) 78. ezekiel describes them a little differently: 79. their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward. as for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle. as for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning. now as i beheld the living creatures

ng, and any investigator who has ever had the privilege of seeing the mighty four will at once recognize that s. john and the prophet ezekiel had seen them too, however inadequate are their descriptions. the beast with the face of a man stands for the physical body (earth; the ox or the bull (as in the case of the bull of mithra and the apis bull) typifies the emotional or astral body (water; the lion symbolizes the will or the mental aspect (air; and the soaring eagle is taken to indicate the spiritual side of man s nature (fire. the egyptian forms were a little different; but the same four elements and their rulers are depicted in that ancient symbolism, which indeed we find in all religions. there is a four-faced brahma; there is the fourfold jupiter, who is aerial, fulgurant, marine an

the main worship appears to have centred round the feminine aspect of the deity already mentioned who, like isis amongst the egyptians and demeter amongst the later greeks, symbolized the creative power and fostering care of mother-nature. connected with her worship was the sacred tree, depicted in so many presentations of minoan shrines, while the deity herself was associated with the dove, the lion, the fish and the snake, typifying her dominion over air, earth, water and the fire within the earth. 230. as i have written above, the most sacred symbol in minoan worship was the double axe or labrys. this, mounted on a stone column, is found in the shrines of ancient crete, and when depicted on any object or building invariably denotes its sacred character (see plate i, 1 and plate iv, 1

t must here be regarded as the equivalent, in an epitomized shape, of the roof beams and entablature of a building. in other words, they are the pillars of the house, and the doves settled above them are the outward and visible sign of the divine presence and protection. a clay seal with a similar device of a dove perched above roof-beams resting on a column, itself set on an altar base as in the lion s gate scheme, has now come to light at mycenae- a singular illustration of the minoan source of its cult. 243. of the columns themselves, each one may be regarded as a separate religious entity, since in place of a common entablature the superstructure is in each case separately rendered by a kind of architectural shorthand. this trinity of baetylic pillars (which has many parallels in semit

of the pytagoreans, and the fact that the due-gard of the 1 shows that the e.a. must confine himself to what is taught in the v.s.l) cryphius, the occult, a degree in the taking of which the mystic was perhaps hidden from others in the sanctuary by a veil, the removal of which was a solemn ceremonial; miles, the soldier, signifying the holy warfare against evil in the service of the god; leo, the lion, symbolic of the element of fire, which played so great a part in the persian faith; perses, the persian, clad in asiatic costume, a reminiscence of the ancient origin of the religion; heliodromus, the courier of the sun, with whom mithra was identified; and pater, the father, a degree bringing the mystic among those who had the general direction of the cult for the rest of their lives. 420

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the bardo, one either enters nirvana, an ineffable state, or returns to earth for another reincarnation. only the most enlightened avoid reincarnation. it is of paramount importance that the dying person remain fully conscious for as long as possible, for the last thoughts of the dying influence the quality of the after-death experience and the subsequent reincarnation. he or she is placed in the lion posture (lying on one s right side, and his or her neck arteries are pressed to prevent loss of consciousness. the dying person is guided by a guru or lama, who provides advice on what to prepare for. the first stage of the bardo commences at the moment of death and lasts from a half day to four days; this is how long it takes for the deceased to realize he or she has been separated from the

6 lavey, anton szandor expertise grew, lavey began presenting friday night lectures summarizing the fruits of his research. in 1965, lavey was featured on the brother buzz show, a humorous children s program hosted by marionettes. the focus was on lavey s addams family lifestyle making a living as a hypnotist, psychic investigator and organist as well as on his highly unusual pet togare, a nubian lion. in the process of creating his lectures, lavey was led to distill a unique philosophy based on his life experiences and research.when a member of his magic circle suggested that he had the basis for a new religion, lavey agreed and decided to found a church of satan as the best means for communicating his ideas. and so, in 1966 on the night of may eve, the traditional witches sabbath, lavey

e after crowley s death was karl johannes germer, who had worked with crowley in england, but had returned to his native germany in the 1930s. arrested and placed in a concentration camp during a nazi purge of occultists, germer was fortunate enough to be deported from germany in 1941.arriving in america, he sold heavy equipment in new york city, and lived on a fraction of his salary, sending the lion s share of it to crowley in england, so that crowley could have some money to survive on in his last couple of years. crowley made him a high initiate in the aa for this, and at crowley s death in december 1947, karl germer became the heir of his literary estate and the supreme and holy king of the oto. at this point parsons refused to recognize germer s authority, and defected from the oto

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this case the matter of the sacrament cannot exist, for that there is no white eagle to generate the gluten. howbeit, we hold that in this rite is great efficacy; it may be that for certain operations it is equal or superior to that explained to initiates of the ix. but we hold that in this case the priest must be an initiate, for that it is his will which determineth the magical character of his lion; so that if he hath no purpose but that of the goddess adonai he cannot raise agape to her lord thelema, nor will the intention of the priestess, although a lofty initiate, replace this essential power of the priest over that of which he is but the vehicle and guardian. for this reason the ninth degree is not so easy to be made effective by woman initiates. of what may be the result of a deve

e, replace this essential power of the priest over that of which he is but the vehicle and guardian. for this reason the ninth degree is not so easy to be made effective by woman initiates. of what may be the result of a development parallel to that indicated above among the noble and chaste ladies of the order, it is at present impossible for us to declare; but a priori it seems that, though the lion and the eagle are best in combination, the lion is more likely to be able to dispense with the assistance of the eagle, than the eagle to make shift in the absence of the lion. for the gluten is but a menstruum or solvent, and containeth nothing in itself. the tradition also of certain lesser initiations confirmeth this. yet considerations of divinity and of philosophy, and even of physics, d

will choose inevitably the appointed vehicle of the work. it is for this reason that already in the seventh degree the sir knights are sworn to chastity. and this chastity is an abstinence from all gross sexual acts of every kind. moreover, this is further to be observed in the choice, that the second party must be consenting enthusiastically to co-operate physically with the priest, so that the lion be perfectly dissolved in a full portion of the gluten. and whether this preparation be truly and duly done is known by the appearance of the matter of the sacrament, and also by its taste. for not idly is it written in the book of judges "what is sweeter than honey, and what is stronger than a lion" and that this secret is here manifested by the holy ghost is clear from the rejoinder of sams

mple, the mystery of baphomet, our war on those never wholly subdued foes of humanity, tyranny and superstition. 5. the secret of the v: the mystery of the rose and cross; and the one law do what thou wilt. 6. the secret of the lesser degrees: the cycle of existence- ex nihil nihil fit. 7. the secret of these things reverenced: the sun, the moon, the phallus, the tree, the ancestor, the fire, the lion, the snake, and the mountain [of these is discourse in our epistle de natura deorum] xxi valediction now therefore all is said, most holy, most illuminated, most illustrious and most dear brother. in the name of the secret master hail and fare well. given from the throne of ireland iona and all the britains this day of jupiter an x sol in 0 libra 35'21" luna in sagittarius 28'6" valley of lon

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holy ghost [insufficient information] table i (continued) 11 xxxviii* animals, real and imaginary. xxxix* plants, real and imaginary. 0[[dragon[[lotus, rose] 1 god[[swan, hawk] almond in flower[[banyan] 2 man amaranth[[mistletoe, bo or pipal tree] 3 woman[[bee] cypress, opium poppy[[lotus, lily, ivy] 4 unicorn olive, shamrock[[opium poppy] 5 basilisk oak, nux vomica, nettle[[hickory] 6 phoe nix, lion, child[[spider, pelican] acacia, bay, laurel, vine[[oak, gorse, ash, aswata] 7 iynx[[raven, all carrion birds] rose[[laurel] 8 hermaphrodite, jackal[[twin serpents, monoceros de astris] moly, anhalonium lewinii 9 elephant[[tortoise, toad [banyan, mandrake, damiana[[ginseng, yohimba] 1010 sphinx willow, lily, ivy[[pomegranate, all cereals] 11 eagle, man (cherub of d[[ox] aspen 12 swallow, ibis

amel] almond, mugwort, hazel (as, moonwort, ranunculus[[alder, pomegranate] 14 sparrow, dove[[swan, sow, birds generally] myrtle, rose, clover[[fig, peach, apple] 15 ram, owl tiger lily, geranium[[olive] 16 bull (cherub of e[[all beasts of burden] mallow[[all giant trees] 17 magpie, hybrids[[parrot, zebra, penguin] hybrids, orchids 18 crab, turtle, sphinx[[whale, all beasts of transport] lotus 19 lion (cherub of b[[cat, tiger, serpent, woman] sunflower 20 virgin, anchorite, any solitary person or animal[[rhinoceros] snowdrop, lily, narcissus[[mistletoe] 21 eagle[[praying mantis] hyssop, oak, poplar, fig[[arnica, cedar] 22 elephant[[spider] aloe 23 eagle-snake-scorpion (cherub of c) lotus, all water plants 24 scorpio, beetle, crayfish or lobster, wolf[[all reptiles, shark, crablouse] cactus

scorpio, beetle, crayfish or lobster, wolf[[all reptiles, shark, crablouse] cactus[[nettle, all poisonous plants] 25 centaur, horse, hippogriff, dog rush 26 goat, ass[[oyster] indian hemp, orchis root, thistle[[yohimba] 27 horse, bear, wolf[[boar] absinthe, rue 28 man or eagle (cherub of d, peacock [olive, cocoanut 29 fish, dolphin[[beetle, dog, jackal] unicellular organisms, opium[[mangrove] 30 lion, sparrowhawk[[leopard] sunflower, laural, heliotrop[[nut, galangal] 31 lion (cherub of b) red poppy, hibiscus, nettle[[all scarlet flowers] 32 crocodile ash, cypress, hellebore, yew, nightshade[[elm] 32 bis bull (cherub of e) oak, ivy[[cereals] 31 bis sphinx (if sworded and crowned) almond in flower table of correspondences 12 xl* precious stones. xli. magical weapons. clxxxvii. magical formu

igina little horse or ass. 17 7= wma amon (1) wolf with serpent s tail (2) man with dog s teeth and raven s head. 18 10# rawb buer probably a centaur or archer. 19 13! talb beleth rider on pale horse, with many musicians [flaming and poisonous breath] 20 16$ rpaz zepar a soldier in red apparel and armour. 22 19$ cwlac sallos solider with ducal crown riding a crocodile. 24 22% cwpy ipos angel with lion s head, goose s feet, horse s tail. 25 25% and# lwblsalg glasya-labolas a dog with a gryphon s wings. 26 28$ tyrb berith gold-crowned soldier in red on a red horse. bad breath. 28 31# carwp foras a strong man in human shape. 29 34% rwprwp furfur (1) hart with fiery tail (2) angel. clvii. goetic demons of decans by day (succedent. clviii. magical images of col. clvii. 15 2$ raga agares old man

labolas a dog with a gryphon s wings. 26 28$ tyrb berith gold-crowned soldier in red on a red horse. bad breath. 28 31# carwp foras a strong man in human shape. 29 34% rwprwp furfur (1) hart with fiery tail (2) angel. clvii. goetic demons of decans by day (succedent. clviii. magical images of col. clvii. 15 2$ raga agares old man, riding a crocodile and carrying a goshawk. 16 5# bram marbas great lion. 17 8$ cwfbrb barbatos accompanied by 4 noble kings and great troops. 18 11$ wyswg gusion like a xenopilus 19 14 ]yarl leraikha an archer in green 20 17% and# cyfwb botis viper (or) human, with teeth and 2 horns, and with a sword. 22 20! wcrwp purson lion-faced man riding a bear, carrying a viper. trumpeter with him. 24 23 \ya aim man with 3 heads a serpent s, a man s (having two stars on his

l or infernal dragon, like berot, with a viper [breath bad. 28 32! yadmsa asmoday 3 heads (bull, man, ram, snake s tail, goose s feet. rides, with lance and banner, on a dragon. 29 35= cwjrm marchosias wolf with a gryphon s wings and serpent s tail. breathes flames. clix. goetic demons of decans by day (cadent. clx. magical images of col. clix. 15 3& wgacw vassago like agares. 16 6$ rplaw valefor lion with ass s head, bellowing 17 9! wmyap paimon crowned king on dromedary, accompanied by many musicians. 18 12& yrfyc sitri leapard s head and gryphon s wings. 19 15$ cwgyla eligos a knight with a lance and banner, with a serpent. 20 18$ ytab bathin a strong man with a serpent s tail, on a pale horse. 22 21% and# aram marax human-faced bull. 24 24= rbn naberius a black crane with a sore throat

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lue of every living soul. learn this also, that even the will to the great work may be misunderstood of men; for this work must proceed naturally and without overstress, as all true works. right also is that word that the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force. but except thou be violent by virtue of thy true nature, how shalt thou take it? be not as the ass in the lion.s skin; but if thou be born ass, bear patiently thy burdens, and enjoy thy thistles; for an ass also, as in the fables of apuleius and matthias, may come to glory in the path of his own virtue. u liber aleph vel cxi 8 h altera de via natur (further concerning the way of nature) ayest thou (methinks) that here is a great riddle, since by reason of much repression thou hast lost the knowledge o

e. this preparation shall continue in all thy daily life. mark well, make ready a new child immediately after every birth. fourth, make an especial and direct invocation at thy mass, before the introit, formulating a visible image of this child, and offering the right of incarnation. fifth, perform the mass, not omitting the epiklesis, and let there be a golden wedding ring at the marriage of thy lion with thine eagle. sixth, at the consumption of the eucharist accept this child, losing thy consciousness in him, until he be well assimilated with thee. now then do this continuously, for by repetition cometh forth both strength and skill, and the effect is cumulative, if thou allow no time to dissipate itself. h the book of wisdom or folly 87 gq de hac formula considerationes kabbalistic (qa

and nature. here, o my son, is the one secret of success in this great work: invoke often. t the book of wisdom or folly 91 gm de formula lun (of the formula of the moon) hus then concerning operations of the tao with the yang and the yin is there enough; for thine own art of beauty shall divine for thee, and devise new heavens. but in all these is the formula of the serpent with the head of the lion, and all his magick is wrought by the radiance and creative force hereof. and this force leapeth continually from plane to plane, and breaketh forth from his bonds, so that constraint is labour. now then learn that the yin hath also a formula of force. and the nature of the yin is to be still, and to encircle of limit, and it is as a mirror, reflecting diverse images without change in its own

ick chiefly as a cordial; that is for the fortifying of thine own nature. t the book of wisdom or folly 93 gc de medicinis secundum quattuor elementa (of medicines according to the four elements) oncerning the use of chemical agents, and be mindful that thou abuse them not, learn that the sacrament itself relateth to spirit, and the four elements balanced thereunder in its perfection. so also thy lion himself hath a fourfold menstruum for his serpents. now to fire belong cocaine, which fortifieth the will, loosing him from bodily fatigue, morphine, which purifieth the mind, making the thought safe, and slow, and single, heroin which partaketh as it seemeth, of the nature of these twain aforesaid albeit in degree less notable than either of them, and alcohol, which is food, that is, fuel, f

ou wouldst be, an engine indefatigable, a mind clear, calm, and concentrated, and a heart fierce aglow. n the book of wisdom or folly 95 gp de sacramento vero (of the true sacrament) ut in the sacrament of the gnosis, which is of the spirit, is there naught hurtful, for its elements are not only food, but a true incarnation and quintessence of life, love, and liberty, and at its manifestation thy lion is consecrated by pure light of ekstacy. also, as this is the strongest so also it is the most sensitive of all things soever, and both proper and ready to take impress of will, not as a seal passively but with true recreation in a microcosm thereof. and this is a god alive and puissant to create, and he is a word of magick wherein thou mayst read thyself with all thine history and all hy pos

per and ready to take impress of will, not as a seal passively but with true recreation in a microcosm thereof. and this is a god alive and puissant to create, and he is a word of magick wherein thou mayst read thyself with all thine history and all hy possibility. also as to thine eagle, is not this chosen by nature herself by her way of attraction, without which harmony sthetic and magnetic thy lion is silent, and inert, even as achilles before his rage in his tent. now also herefore i charge thee, o my son, to partake constantly of his sacrament for it is proper to all virtue, and as thou dost learn to us it in perfection, thou wilt surpass all other modes of magick. yea, in good sooth, no herb or potion is like unto this, supreme in every case, for it is the true stone of philosophers

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all things, forcing fire into fire, and ordering all things in the stable abode of the kings of agypt. 10. he hath established his rule in his kingdom. 11. yet the father also boweth unto the power of the star 418 and thereby 12 liber dcccxiii vel ararita 12. in his subtlety he expandeth it all into twelve rays of the crown. 13. and these twelve rays are one. 13 vii a 0. then in the might of the lion did i formulate unto myself that holy and formless fire, cdq, which darteth and flasheth through the depths of the universe. 1. at the touch of the fire qadosh the earth melted into a liquor clear as water. 2. at the touch of the fire qadosh the water smoked into a lucid air. 3. at the touch of the fire qadosh the air ignited, and became fire. 4. at the touch of the fire qadosh, o lord, the f

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lted, bringing benediction to the universe. 6. here then beneath the winged eros is youth, delighting in the one and the other. he is asar between asi and nepthi; he cometh forth from the veil. 7. he rideth upon the chariot of eternity; the white and the black are harnessed to his car. therefore he reflecteth the fool, and the sevenfold veil is reveiled. 8. also cometh forth mother earth with her lion, even sekhet, the lady of asi. 9. also the priest veiled himself, lest his glory be profaned, lest his word be lost in the multitude. liber ccxxxi 3 10. now then the father of all issued as a mighty wheel; the sphinx, and the dog-headed god, and typhon, were bound on his circumference. 11. also the lady maat with her feather and her sword abode to judge the righteous. for fate was already est

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ne pang that runs level liber cccxxxv 14 with death and birth, the royal revel, the lover and the loved adore the thing that is, when they are not. astarte. no more! bury thy face between these hills that threat the heaven, their rosy spears (the gods that fret) tipping thine ears, and with my hair i fll hide thee; and these mine handmaidens shall stand beside thee, and mix their nightingale with lion of the guard that chorus and clash iron, while as a river laps its banks my fingertips caress thy flanks (chorus) men. under the sun there is none, there is none that hath heard such a word as our lord hath begun. women. under the moon such a tune, such a tune as his thought hath half caught in this heaven of june. men. never hath night such a light, such a rite! women. never had day such a r

by his fear! somehow we may yet contrive that he see the king, and live! have you influence? psyche. at court? plenty, in the last resort. letters from his suzerain! hermes. you are high in favour then? psyche. ay, that needs not to be sworn; i am his own daughter born. hermes. in thy blood the spark divine of olympus? psyche. even in mine! hermes. hark, then! at the hour of fears when the lordly lion rears in mid-heaven his bulk of bane violently vivid, shakes his mane majestical, and snake and bull lamp the horizon, and the full fire of the moon tops heaven, and spurs the stars, while mars ruddily burns, liber cccxxxv 26 and venus glows, and jupiter ramps through the sky astride of her, then, unattended, let the king press on the little secret spring that guards the garden, and entering

of spring, first maiden of the morn, wilt thou not bring me to the unicorn [the unicorn passes over. he has the swiftness of the horse, the slimness of the deer, the whiteness of the swan, the horn of the narwhal. he couches upon the right side of the lady psyche] hail! thou that holdest thine appointed station, lordliest and boldest of his habitation, silence that foldest over its creation [the lion passes over. he is redder than the setting sun. he couches upon the left side of the lady psyche] hail! thou that art his ward and warrior, the brazen heart, the iron pulse of war! up start, up start! and set thyself to roar [the peacock passes over. this peacock is so great that his fan, as he spreads it on couching before the face of the lady psyche, fills the whole of the hall] hail! glory

hick night and darkness he abideth [the stage now darkens. even the light shed by the jewels of the lady psyche is extinguished. then, from the gate of the palace between the man-bulls there issueth a golden hawk. in his beak is a jewel which he drops into the lamp that hangs from the height above the head of the lady adonis 29 psyche. this lamp remains dark. during this darkness the unicorn, the lion, and the peacock disappear] love me and lead me through the blind abysses! fill me and feed me on the crowning kisses, like flowers that flicker in the garden of glory, pools of pure liquor like pale flames and hoary that lamp the lightless empyrean! ah! love me! all space be sightless, and thine eyes above me! thrice burnt and branded on this bleeding brow, stamp thou the candid stigma.even

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l life fs loyal breath is a waste wind. all joy forgone, i must strive ever? marysas. cease to strive! destroy this partial i, this moan of an hurt beast! sores keep alive by scratching. health is peace. unknown and unexpressed because at ease are the most high congruities. olympas. then death is thine .attainment? i can do no better than to die! marysas. indeed, that .i. that is not god is but a lion in the road! knowest thou not (even now) how first the fetters of restriction burst? in the rapture of the heart self hath neither lot nor part. olypmas. tell me, dear master, how the bud first breaks to brilliance of bloom: what ecstasy of brain and blood shatters the seal upon the tomb of him whose gain was the world.s loss our father christian rosycross! marysas. first, one is like a gnarl

rue sights. bright images throng the clear mind at first, a crowd of gods, lights, armies, landscapes; loud reverberations of the light. but these are dreams, things in the mind, reveries, idols. thou shalt find aha! 9 no rest therein. the former three (lightning, moon, sun) are royally liminal to the hall of truth. also there be with them, in sooth, their brethren. there fs the vision called the lion of the light, a brand of ruby flame and emerald waved by the hermeneutic hand. there is the chalice, whence the flood of god fs beatitude of blood flames. o to sing those starry tunes! o colder than a million moons! o vestal waters! wine of love wan as the lyric soul thereof! there is the wind, a whirling sword, the savage rapture of the air tossed beyond space and time. my lord, my lord, eve

LIBER CXCVII STORY OF SIR PALAMEDES

in, grey mist, white wrath of gales, fill the dread armoury of sense. nor shines the sun; nor moon, nor star their subtle light at all display; nor day, nor night, dispute the scaur: all.s one intolerable grey. black llyns, grey rocks, white hills of snow! no flower, no colour: life is not. this is no way for men to go from severn-mouth to camelot. despair, the world upon his speed, drive (like a lion from his den whom hunger hunts) the man at need, sir palamede the saracen. 14 v sir palamede the saracen hath cast his sword and arms aside. to save the world of goodly men, he sets his teeth to ride.to ride! three days: the black horse drops and dies. the trappings furnish them a fire, the beast a meal. with dreadful eyes stare into death the child, the sire. six days: the gaunt and gallant

t, his body bloody with its leeches. sternly he travelleth the crest of a great mountain, far that reaches toward the king-snows; the rains molest the knight, white wastes updriven of wind in sheets, in torrents, fiend-possessed, up from the steaming plains of ind. they cut his flesh, they chill his bones: yet he feels naught; his mind is pinned to that one point where all the thrones join to one lion-head of rock, towering above all crests and cones that crouch like jackals. stress and shock move palamede no more. like fate he moves with silent speed. they flock, sir palamedes, the saracen knight 93 the gods, to watch him. now abate his pulses; he threads through the vale, and turns him to the mighty gate, the glacier. oh, the flowers that scale those sun-kissed heights! the snows that cr

LIBER CXLVIII SOLDIER AND THE HUNCHBACK

uch prefer to spend my life at the rod; it is wearisome and loathsome to be constantly flogging the tough hide of britons, whom after all i love. gwhom the lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son that he receiveth. h1 i shall really be glad if a few of you will get it over, and come and sit on daddy fs knee! the first step is the hardest; make a start, and i will soon set the hunchback lion and the soldier unicorn fighting for your crown. and they shall lie down together at the end, equally glad, equally weary; while sole and sublime that crown of thine (brother) shall glitter in the frosty void of the abyss, its twelve stars filling that silence and solitude with a music and a motion that are more silent and invisible than they; thou shalt sit throned on the invisible, thine ey

LIBER DCCCLX JOHN ST

now.ah now!.i am but a dead man. within me and without still stirs that life of sense that is not life, but is as the worms that feast upon my corpse. adonai! adonai! my lord adonai! indeed, thou hast forsaken me. nay! 1 [ac is paraphrasing chaldaan oracles, fragment 198 in westcott edition] liber dccclx 24 thou liest, o weak soul! abide in the meditation; unite all thy symbols into the form of a lion, and be lord of thy jungle, travelling through the servile universe even as mau the lion very lordly, the sun in his strength that travelleth over the heaven of nu in his bark in the midcareer of day. for all these thoughts are vain; there is but one thought, though that thought be not yet born.he only is god, and there is none other god than he! 3.30. walking home with mantra; suddenly a spa

t would happen if i forced my scin-laca to become a whirling dervish? i couldn.t get giddy, because my semicircular canals would be at rest. i must really try the experiment [scin-laca. see lord lytton.s strange story .ed] liber dccclx 54 1.58. i will now devote myself to sleep, willing adonai. lord adonai, give me deep rest like death, so that in very few hours i may be awake and active, full of lion-strength of purpose toward thee! 7.35. my heroic conduct was nearly worth a .nuit blanche. for, being so thoroughly awake, i had all my pr.n. irritated, a feeling like the onset of a malarial attack, twelve hours before the temperature rises. i dare say it was after 3 o fclock when i slept; i woke too, several times, and ought to have risen and done pr.n.y.ma: but i did not. o worm! the sleep

LIBER DCCCXI ENERGIZED ENTHUSIASM

ach of seven branches. the stalls had been retained; and at each knight fs hand burned a taper of rose-coloured wax, and a bouquet of roses was before him. in the centre of the nave was a great cross.a gcalvary cross of ten squares, h measuring, say, six feet by five.painted in red upon a white board, at whose edges were rings through which passed gilt staves. at each corner was a banner, bearing lion, bull, eagle and man, and from the top of their staves sprang a canopy of blue, wherein were figured in gold the twelve emblems of the zodiac. knights and dames being installed, suddenly a bell tinkled in the architrave. instantly all rose. the doors opened at a trumpet 18 liber dcccxi peal from without, and a herald advanced, followed by the high priest and priestess. the high priest was a m

LIBER HHH

a sudden thou shalt hear the drone and booming of a beetle. 12. now then shall the blackness pass, and with rose and gold shalt thou arise in the east, with the cry of an hawk resounding in thine ear. shrill shall it be and harsh. 13. at the end shalt thou rise and stand in the midheaven, a globe of glory. and therewith shall arise the mighty sound that holy men have likened unto the roaring of a lion. 14. then shalt thou withdraw thyself from the vision, gathering thyself into the divine form of osiris upon his throne. 15. then shalt thou repeat audibly the cry of triumph of the god rearisen, as it shall have been given unto thee by the superior.9 16. and this being accomplished, thou mayest enter again into the vision, that thereby shalt be perfect in thee. 17. after this shalt thou retu

LIBER III VEL JUGORUM

.e. the matter of cerberus. liber iii 2. avoid using the pronouns and adjectives of the first person; use a paraphrase. of thine own ingenium devise others. 2. on each occasion that thou art betrayed* into saying that thou art sworn to avoid, cut thyself sharply upon the wrist or forearm with a razor; even as thou shouldst beat a disobedient dog. feareth not the unicorn the claws and tooth of the lion? 3. thine arm then serveth thee both for a warning and for a record. thou shalt write down thy daily progress in these practices, until thou art perfectly vigilant at all times over the least word that slippeth from thy tongue. thus bind thyself, and thou shalt be for ever free. ii 0. the horse is action. man, rule thou thine action. how else shalt thou master the father and answer the fool a

LIBER LVII

l. and by signification .an ox. thus we have the famous i.n.r.i= y. n. r. i= f, h, f; the virgin, the evil serpent, the sun, suggesting the story of genesis ii. and of the gospel. the initials of the egyptian names isis, apophis, osiris, which correspond, give in their turn the ineffable name iao; thus we say that the ineffable is concealed in and thus combining all the symbols into the form of a lion [note added by ac to a copy of equinox i (5, as transribed by yorke. in the copy i am working from the hebrew is near-unreadable, the second set of letters does not look like dyt which is the athbash of the first set. t.s] 40 e is the base of .natural logarithms; it is defined as the sum from 0 to infinity of 1 over n factorial; approximately 2.718281828. t.s. on the qabalah 27 revealed by th

d, the cup; h, the sword; r, the rosy cross; and refer further to amoun the father, thoth his messenger, and isis, horus, osiris, the divine-human triad. on the qabalah 51 also 418= way ta, the essence of iao, q.v. this short analysis might be indefinitely expanded; but always the symbol will remain the expression of the goal and the exposition of the path. 419. teth, the number of the .laughing lion. on whom babalon rideth. see liber 418. note 419+ 156= 575= 23 25, occultly signifying 24, which again signifies to them that understand the interplay of the 8 and the 3. blessed be his holy name, the interpreter of his own mystery! 434. daleth, the holy letter of the mother, in her glory as queen. she saves the 4 by the 7 (d= 4= venus= 7, thus connects with 28, mystic number of netzach (venu

er. 666. chosen by myself as my symbol, partly for the reasons given in part i, partly for the reasons given in the apocalypse. i took the beast to be the 78 [victor neuburg, according to a note by crowley in a copy of equinox i (5, as transcribed by yorke. t.s] 79 [364= inter alia, alpwm roa, the hidden light, a title of kether, and fch, the adversary. t.s] 80 [vide al i. 22. t.s] 52 liber lviii lion (leo my rising sign81) and sol, 6, 666, the lord of leo on which babalon should ride. and there were other more intimate considerations, unnecessary to enter upon in this place. note however that the tarot card of leo, strength, bears the number xi, the great number of the magnum opus, and its interchange with justice, viii; and the key of 8 is 418.82 this all seemed to me so important that n

LIBER LXVII THE SWORD OF SONG

indignant blow 660 666 670 675 680 685 690 695 700 poem does not treat of pal- ontology: nor of poet.s youth: nor of christian infamies. poet forced to mystic position. 20 the sword of song at the whole fabric.nor the seas filled with those innocent agonies of pagan martyrs that once bled, of christian martyrs damned and dead in inter-christian bickerings where hate exults and torture springs, a lion an anguished flesh and blood, a vulture on ill-omen wings, a cannibal74 on human food. nor do i cry the scoffer.s cry that christians live and look the lie their faith has taught them: none of these inspire my life, disturb my peace. i go beneath the outward faith find it a devil or a wraith, just as my mood or temper tends! and thus to-day that .christ ascends. i take the symbol, leave the f

started from the brain. so for all the other phenomena. there is no effect which is truly and necessarily miraculous. our ceremonial magic fines down, then, to a series of minute, though of course empirical, physiological experiments, and whoso will carry them through intelligently need not fear the result. i have all the health, and treasure, and logic i need; i have no time to waste .there is a lion in the way. for me these practices are useless; but for the benefit of others less fortunate i give them to the world, together with this explanation of, and apology for, them. i trust that this explanation will enable many students who have hitherto, by a puerile objectivity in their view of the question, obtained no results, to succeed; that the apology may impress upon our scornful men of

keys in nags-head court, gracechurch st. it is fitting that i, ambrose, called i.a.o, should set down the life of our great father (who now is not, yet whose name must never be spoken among men, in order that the brethren may know what journeys he undertook in pursuit of that knowledge whose attainment is their constant study. it was at his 119th year,1 the star suaconch2 being in the sign of the lion, that our father set out from his castle of ug3 to attain the quintessence or philosophical tincture. the way being dark and the golden dawn at hand, he did call forth four servants to keep him in the midst of the way, and the lion roared before him to bid the opposers beware of his coming. on the bull he rode, and on his left hand and his right marched the eagle and the man. but his back was

ur father come to the unstable lands .od wot, for the wheel whereon he poised was ever turning. sworded was the sphinx, but he out-dared her in riddling: deeper pierced his sword: he cut her into twain: her place was his. but that would he not, my brethren; to the centre he clomb ever: and having won thither, he vanished. as a hermit ever he travelled and the lamp and wand were his. in his path a lion roared, but to it ran a maiden, strong as a young elephant, and held its cruel jaws. but force he ran to her: he freed the lion.one buffet of his hand dashed her back six paces .and with another blow smote its head from its body. and he ran to her and by force embraced her. struggled she and fought him: savagely she bit, but it was of no avail: she lay ravished and exhausted on the lybian pla

the wise men said that who knew two was three,1 should know three was eight,2 if the circle were but squared; and this also one day shall ye know, my brethren! and she gave him the great and perfect gift of magic, so that he fared forth right comely and well-provided. now at that great wedding was a suggler,3 a riddler: for he said .thou hast beasts: i will give thee weapons one for one. for the lion did our father win a little fiery wand like a flame, and for his eagle a cup of ever flowing water: for his man the suggler gave him a golden-hilted dagger (yet this was the worst of all his bargains, for it could not strike other, but himself only, while for a curious coin he bartered his good bull. alas for our father! now the suggler mocks him and cries .four fool.s bargains hast thou made

he feared greatly, for the stability of the universe is the great enemy; the unstable being the everlasting, saith adhou bim aram, the arab. o elmen zata, our sophic pilaster! further in the dream there was let down from heaven a mighty tessaract, bounded by eight cubes, whereon sat a mighty dolphin having eight senses. further, he beheld a cavern full of most ancient bones of men, and therein a lion with the voice of a dog. then came a voice .thirteen1 are they, who are one. once is a oneness: twice is the name: thrice let us say not: by four is the son: by five is the sword: by six is the holy oil of the most excellent beard, and the leaves of the book are by six: by seven is that great amen. then our father saw one hundred and four horses that drove an ivory car over a sea of pearl, an

LIBER LXXVIII

the heavens from above the last decan of l to above the 20 of a: including thus a part of andromeda. c of d queen of the salamanders. 14 liber lxxviii vii the prince of the chariot of fire king of wands a kingly figure with a golden, winged crown, seated on a chariot. he has large white wings. one wheel of his chariot is shewn. he wears corslet and buskins of scale armour decorated with a winged lion's head, which symbol also surmounts his crown. his chariot is drawn by a lion. his arms are bare, save for the shoulder-pieces of the corslet, and he bears a torch or firewand, somewhat similar to that of the zelator adeptus minor. beneath the chariot are flames, some waved, some salient. swift, strong, hasty; rather violent, yet just and generous; noble and scorning meanness. if ill dignifie

kle silver altar, smoke, clouds, drawn sword light-brown horse, ripe cornland, sceptre with hexagram, pentacle as zelator adept barren land, fan, light one side only, sceptre with cube, orb of gold flowerly land, bull, sceptre with orb and cross, orb held downward grass, flowers, grove of trees, sceptre with disk, pentacle like that in ace crests winged black horse fs head leopard fs head, winged lion fs head, winged tiger fs head peacock with opened fan ibis eagle swan winged hexagram winged child fs head winged angel fs head medusa fs head winged stag fs head winged goat fs head winged bull fs head winged ram fs head cards king queen prince princess king queen prince princess king queen prince princess king queen prince princess herein are resumed the especial characteristics of the four

LIBER SAMEKH

whom thou didst commit thy mysteries, the ceremonies of khem.5 2. thou didst produce the moist and the dry, and that which nourisheth all created life. 3. hear thou me, for i am the angel of ptah-apophrasz-ra6 (vide the rubric: this is thy true name, handed down to the prophets of khem. liber samekh svb figvra dccc 4 section b. air hear me. ar g o breathing, flowing sun! h thiaf*7 g o sun iaf! o lion-serpent sun the beast that whirlest forth, a thunderbolt, begetter of life! h rheibet g thou that flowest! thou that goest! h a-thele-ber-set g thou satan-sun hadit that goest without will! h a g thou air! breath! spirit! thou without bound or bond! h belatha g thou essence, air swift-streaming, elasticity! h abeu g thou wanderer, father of all! h ebeu g thou wanderer, spirit of all! h phi-th

h, a thunderbolt, begetter of life! h rheibet g thou that flowest! thou that goest! h a-thele-ber-set g thou satan-sun hadit that goest without will! h a g thou air! breath! spirit! thou without bound or bond! h belatha g thou essence, air swift-streaming, elasticity! h abeu g thou wanderer, father of all! h ebeu g thou wanderer, spirit of all! h phi-theta-soe g thou shining force of breath! thou lion-serpent-sun! thou saviour, save! h ib g thou ibis, secret solitary bird, inviolate wisdom, whose word is truth, creating the world by its magick! h thiaf g o sun iaf! o lion-serpent sun the beast that whirlest forth, a thunderbolt, begetter of life! h (the conception is of air, glowing, inhabited by a solar- phallic bird, gthe holy ghost, h of a mercurial nature) hear me, and make all spirits

father, o satan, o sun! h sotou g thou, the saviour! h mudorio g silence! give me thy secret! h phalarthao g give me suck, thou phallus, thou sun! h ooo g satan, thou eye, thou lust! satan, thou eye, thou lust! satan, thou eye, thou lust! h aepe gthou self-caused, self-determined, exalted, most high! h the bornless one (vide supra (the conception is of fire, glowing, inhabited by a solar- phallic lion of an uranian nature) hear me, and make all spirits subject unto me, so that every spirit of the firmament and of the ether: upon the earth and under the earth: on dry land and in the water: of whirling air, and of rushing fire: and every spell and scourge of god may be obedient unto me. section d. water. hear me. ru-abra-iaf* gthou the wheel, thou the womb, that containeth the father iaf! h

mament and of the ether: upon the earth and under the earth: on dry land and in the water: of whirling air, and of rushing fire: and every spell and scourge of god may be obedient unto me. section g. spirit. hear me. ieou gindwelling sun of myself! h pur g thou fire! thou sixfold star initiator, compassed about with force and fire! h iou g indwelling soul of myself! h pur (vide supra) iafth g sun-lion-serpent, hail! all hail, thou great wild beast, thou i a o! h iaeo g breaths of my soul, breaths of mine angel! h ioou g lust of my soul, lust of mine angel! h abrasax (vide supra) sabriam g ho for the sangraal! ho for the cup of babalon! ho for mine angel pouring himself forth within my soul! h oo g the eye! satan, my lord! the lust of the goat! h point i 9 ff g mine angel! mine initiator! t

now let him not only fill his whole being to the uttermost with the force of the names; but let him formulate his will, understood thoroughly as the dynamic aspect of his creative self, in an appearance symbolically apt, i say not in the form of a ray of light, of a fiery sword, or of aught save that bodily vehicle of the holy ghost which is sacred to baphomet,22 by its virtue that concealeth the lion and the serpent that his image may appear adorably upon the earth for ever. let then the adept extend his will beyond the circle in this imagined shape, and let it radiate with the light proper to the element invoked, and let each word issue along the shaft with passionate impulse, as if its voice gave command thereto that it should thrust itself leapingly forward. let also each word accumula

tain the virginity of the true self, and profane the oath; then that atom should be so inflamed by the approach of the angel that it should overwhelm the rest of the mind, tyrannize over it, and become an insane despot to the total ruin of the realm. but, all being dead to sense, who then is able to strive against the angel? he shall intensify the stress of his spirit so that his loyal legions of lion-serpents leap from the ambush, awakening the adept to witness their will and sweep him with them in their enthusiasm, so that he consciously partakes their purpose, and sees in its simplicity the solution to all his perplexities. thus then shall the adept be aware that he is being swept away liber samekh svb figvra dccc 22 through the column of his will-symbol, and that his angel is indeed hi

LIBER STELLAE RUBEAE

death. 62. but i will overcome thee; the new life shall illumine thee with the light that is beyond the stars. 63. thinkest thou? i, the force that have created all, am not to be despised. 64. and i will slay thee in my lust. 65. thou shalt scream with the joy and the pain and the fear and the love.so that the of a new god leaps out among the stars. 66. there shall be no sound heard but this thy lion-roar of rapture; yea, this thy lion-roar of raptuapliber bracyt via memoria svb figvra cmxiii v a a publication in class b imprimatur: n. fra. a a 1 000. may be [00. it has not been possible to construct this book on a basis of pure scepticism. this matters less, as the practice leads to scepticism, and it may be through it] 0. this book is not intended to lead to the supreme attainment. on t

LIBER V VEL REGULI

l reguli sh is fire as t is force; conjoined they express ra-hoor- khuit .the angel.8 represents the stele 666, showing the gods of the aon, while .strength.9 is a picture of babalon and the beast, the earthly emissaries of those gods. sht is the dynamic equivalent of la and la. sh shows the word of the law, being triple, as 93 is thrice 31. t shows the formula of magic declared in that word; the lion, the serpent, the sun, courage and sexual love are all indicated by the card. in la note that saturn or satan is exalted in the house of venus or astarte and it is an airy sign. thus l is father- mother, two and naught, and the spirit (holy ghost) of their love is also naught. love is ahbh, 13, which is achd. unity, 1, aleph. who is .the fool. who is naught, but none the less an individual on

as a .tongue of fire. manifest in triplicity, and is the child of set-isis as their logos or word uttered by their .angel. the card is xx, and 20 is the value of yod (the secret seed of all things, the virgin .the 12 liber v vel reguli hermit. mercury, the angel or herald) expressed in full as ivd. sh is the spiritual congress of heaven and earth. but t is the holy spirit in action as a .roaring lion. or as .the old serpent. instead of an .angel of light. the twins of set-isis, harlot and beast, are busy with that sodomitic and incestuous lust which is the traditional formula for producing demi-gods, as in the cases of mary and the dove, leda and the swan, etc. the card is xi, the number of magick avd: aleph .the fool. impregnating the woman according to the word of yod, the angel of the

t, are busy with that sodomitic and incestuous lust which is the traditional formula for producing demi-gods, as in the cases of mary and the dove, leda and the swan, etc. the card is xi, the number of magick avd: aleph .the fool. impregnating the woman according to the word of yod, the angel of the lord! his sister has seduced her brother beast, shaming the sun with her sin; she has mastered the lion, and enchanted the serpent. nature is outraged by magick; man is bestialized and woman defiled. the conjunction produces a monster; it affirms regression of types. instead of a man-god conceived of the spirit of god by a virgin in innocence, we are asked to adore the bastard of a whore and a brute, begotten in shamefullest sin and born in most blasphemous bliss. this is in fact the formula of

LIBER XCV THE WAKE WORLD

wake, you see, i know that i am dreaming, so they must be very silly children, don.t you think? there are people in the dream too, who are quite grown up and horrid; but the really important thing is the wake-up person. there is only one, for there never could be any one like him. i call him my fairy prince. he rides a horse with beautiful wings like a swan, or sometimes a strange creature like a lion or a bull, with a woman.s face and breasts, and she has unfathomable eyes. my fairy prince is a dark boy, very comely; i think every one must love him, and yet every one is afraid. he looks through one just as if one had no clothes on in the garden of god, and he had made one, and one could do nothing except in the mirror of his mind. he never laughs or frowns or smiles; because, whatever he

ke a dirty old tunnel, and yet so vast and wide that everything in the whole world was contained in it. we saw all the strange dreams and awful shapes of fear, and really i don.t know how we ever got through, except that the prince called for some splendid strong creatures to guard us. there was an eagle that flew, and beat his wings, and tore and bit at everything that came near; and there was a lion that roared terribly, and his breath was a flame, and burnt up the things, so that there was a great cloud; and rain fell gently and purely, so that he really did the things good by fighting them. and there was a bull that tossed them on his horns, so that they changed into butterflies; and there was a man who kept telling everybody to be quiet and not make a noise. so we came at last in the

nce for a single instant, or of course i should have been turned into a horrid black toad. then there was another passage called the arrow by day, and there was a most lovely lady all shining with the sun, and moon, and stars, who was lighting a great bowl of water with one hand, by dropping dew on it out of a cup, and with the other she was putting out a terrible fire with a torch. she had a red lion and a white eagle, that she had via o v. oculus via s v. sustentaculum liber xcv 10 always had ever since she was a little girl. she had found them in a nasty pit full of all kinds of filth, and they were very savage; but by always treating them kindly they had grown up faithful and good. this should be a lesson to all of us never to be unkind to our pets. my fairy prince was laughing all the

LIBER XLI THIEN TAO

few years before the date of my visit, the philosopher kwaw landed at nagasaki after an exhilarating swim from the mainland. ii( gstanding alone. h) kwaw, when he crossed the yellow sea, was of the full age of thirtytwo years. the twenty previous equinoxes had passed over his head as he wandered, sole human tenant, among the colossal yet ignoble ruins of wei hai wei. his only companions were the lion and the lizard, who frequented the crumbling ruins of the officers f quarters; while in the little cemetery the hoofs of the wild ass beat (useless, if he wishes to 1 [keir hardie, an english socialist politician of the period. t.s] 6 liber xli wake them) upon the tombs of the sportsmen that once thronged these desolate halls. during this time kwaw devoted his entire attention to the pursuit

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

LIBER XV CHYMICAL JOUSTING OF PERARDUA

as the mystic rites ordain; and these did he heat furiously in his alembic, yet with vegetable heat alone, while he kept them ever moist, dropping upon them of his lunar water, whereof he had three and seventy minims left of the eight and seventy that his father had given him; and these he had borne upon a camel through the desert unto this place where he now was, which is called the oasis of the lion, even as the whole regimen that in the end he accomplished is in the form of a lion. thus then his lion waxed exceeding thirsty, and licked up all that dew. but the fire being equal thereunto, he was not discomforted. he slayeth sir lionel the warder of the marches. so now indeed he had wrought the first matter to a pitch of excellence beyond the human; for without trouble was his tincture th

ked up all that dew. but the fire being equal thereunto, he was not discomforted. he slayeth sir lionel the warder of the marches. so now indeed he had wrought the first matter to a pitch of excellence beyond the human; for without trouble was his tincture thus beautiful. first, it had the crown and horns of alexander the mighty king; also it had wings of fine sapphire; its fore part was like the lion, whereby indeed it partook of the highest virtue, and its hinder quarters were as a bull fs. moreover it stood upon the white sphere and the red cube; and it is not possible for any elixir to exceed this, unless it be by our path and working. he slayeth sir merlin the wizard. yet our brother perardua.and by now he was right skilful at the athanor!.determined to attain to that higher projectio

ntrant; and our egyptian brethren have called it the pavement of the firmament of nu. he slayeth king astur of the arms argent. now this metal is not in any wise like unto earthly metal; let the brethren well beware, for many false knaves be abroad. three things be golden: the mineral gold of the merchant that is dross; the vegetable gold that groweth from the seed of the scroll by virture of the lion; and the animal gold that cometh forth from the regimen of the dragon, and this last is the sole marketable gold of the philosopher. for, behold, an arcanum! i charge you, keep secret this matter; for the vile brothers, could they divine it, would pervert it. this mineral gold cannot be changed into any other substance by any means. this vegetable gold is fluidic; it must increase wonderfully

LURQUIN STONE EVOLUTION AND RELIGIOUS CREATION MYTHS

s not shared by all species. for example, wheat is green because its dna encodes the instructions necessary to perform photosynthesis, which involves the green pigment chlorophyll. lions are not green because they do not possess the genes necessary for photosynthesis, but contrary to wheat, they have genes that determine the formation of one head, one tail, and four legs. in many ways, however, a lion and a wheat plant are much more similar than either is to, say, a rock or a cloud. this is because lions and wheat are both life-forms based on the same fundamental blueprint centered on the transcription of dna into rna, and the subsequent translation of this rna into proteins. given the great similarities between all life-forms at the level of metabolism, as well as the way genetic informat

MACNULTY W KIRK KABBALAH AND FREEMASONRY

rtist has given us a detailed picture in figure 20 which is a beautiful representation of the chapter of the royal figure 19. tracing board of the royal arch degree, john harris, c. 1820. figure 20. a representation of a chapter of the royal arch, john harris, c. 1820. arch. there are many openly kabbalistic symbols here. in the east there are banners depicting the four sacred beasts, the ox, the lion, the eagle, and the man: the archetypes of the inhabitants of the four worlds taken from the vision of ezekiel. arranged down the sides of the picture are banners with the devices of the twelve tribes of israel, they are analogous to the twelve signs of the zodiac, and they represent the twelve archetypal human groups. the central feature of this space is the pedestal surrounded by six candle

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

d on the lower part with towers and pinnacles; over the gate of the city is a crescent, and beneath the circuit of the walls a crown of rays. the goddess wears a sort of surplice, exactly like the surplice of a priest or bishop; and upon the surplice a tunic, which falls down to the legs; and over all an episcopal cope, with the twelve signs of the zodiac wrought on the borders. the figure hath a lion on each side, and holds in its left hand a tympanum, a sistrum, a distaff, a caduceus, and another instrument. in her right hand she holds with her middle finger a thunderbolt, and upon the same am animals, insects, and, as far as we may guess, flowers, fruit, a bow, a quiver, a torch, and a scythe" the whereabouts of the statue is unknown, the copy reproduced by montfaucon being from drawing

ical symbols. after his initiations were over, he was hailed as one who had risen from the dead, was instructed in the secret teachings of the persian mystics, and became a full-fledged member of the order. candidates who successfully passed the mithraic initiations were called lions and were marked upon their foreheads with the egyptian cross. mithras himself is often pictured with the head of a lion and two pairs of wings. throughout the entire ritual were repeated references to the birth of mithras as the sun god, his sacrifice for man, his death that men might have eternal life, and lastly, his resurrection and the saving of all humanity by his intercession before the throne of ormuzd (see heckethorn) while the cult of mithras did not reach the philosophic heights attained by zarathust

ile the cult of mithras did not reach the philosophic heights attained by zarathustra, its effect upon the civilization of the western world was far-reaching, for at one time nearly all europe was converted to its doctrines. rome, in her intercourse with other nations, inoculated them with her religious principles; and many later institutions have exhibited mithraic culture. the reference to the "lion" and the "grip of the lion's paw" in the master mason's degree have a strong mithraic tinge and may easily have originated from this cult. a ladder of seven rungs appears in the mithraic initiation. faber is of the opinion that this ladder was originally a pyramid of seven steps. it is possible that the masonic ladder with seven rungs had its origin in this mithraic symbol. women were never p

egypt. the priority of the hindu mysteries would further substantiate such a theory. among other meanings suggested for the word serapis are "the sacred bull "the sun in taurus "the soul of osiris "the sacred serpent" and "the retiring of the bull" the last appellation has reference to the ceremony of drowning the sacred apis in the waters of the nile every twenty-five years. click to enlarge the lion-faced light-power. from montfaucon's antiquities. this gnostic gem represents by its serpentine body the pathway of the sun and by its lion head the exaltation of the solar in the constellation of leo. click to enlarge a symbolic labyrinth. from montfaucon's antiquities. labyrinths and mazes were favored places of initiation among many ancient cults. remains of these mystic mazes have been fo

power continued until the fourth century of click to enlarge the alexandrian serapis. from mosaize historie der hebreeuwse kerke. serapis is often shown standing on the back of the sacred crocodile, carrying in his left hand a rule with which to measure the inundations of the nile, and balancing with his right hand a curious emblem consisting of an animal with the heads. the first head--that of a lion--signified the present; the second head--that of a wolf--the past; and the third head--that of a dog--the future. the body with its three heads was enveloped by the twisted coils of a serpent. figures of serapis are occasionally accompanied by cerberus, the three-headed dog of pluto, and--like jupiter--carry baskets of grain upon their heads. p. 28 the christian era. in a.d. 385, theodosius

in the ninth century the sun's rays striking the highly polished surfaces of the original casing stones caused each side of the pyramid to appear as click to enlarge oedipus and the sphinx. from levi's les myst res de la kaballe. the egyptian sphinx is closely related to the greek legend of oedipus, who first solved the famous riddle propounded by the mysterious creature with the body of a winged lion and the head of a woman which frequented the highway leading to thebes. to each who passed her lair the sphinx addressed the question "what animal is it that in the morning goes on four feet, at noon on two feet, and in the evening on three feet" these who failed to answer her riddle she destroyed. oedipus declared the answer to be man himself, who in childhood crawled upon his hands and knee

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a "fiery sword" a searing bolt of lightning cleaves the baking air, forking toward the south side of your circle, answering the summons of your uplifted witch blade. see a pillar of incandescent fire spring up at the circle rim! hear the thunderclap crash in your ears as you cry the words of summoning to the fiery one! feel the heat radiating from him as he takes up his watch in the south. o thou lion, lord of lightnings, master of the solar orb, great prince of the powers of fire! be present, we pray thee, and guard this circle from all perils approaching from the south! again all present should accompany you in your visualization. the powers of the west should be invoked by the chalice, here representing the elemental power of water. sprinkle a few drops of salt water from the chalice to

nce, and augment them by rhyming spell within a circle properly cast with mercurial incense. for a benevolent zephyr, invoke on a wednesday with the moon waxing at 8 a.m, 3 p.m, or 10 p.m; for a destructive storm, conjure at one of the same hours on a thursday with the moon waning. for an electrical storm, call upon cernunnos and all the powers of fire on a tuesday with the moon waning. the great lion from the watchtower of the south must be invoked, and your fiery athame or sword must be brandished as a magical emblem; burn an incense of wrath and chastisement. thunor and all the storm gods must attend on you! finally, for mist, cloud, or rain, invoke the lady habondia as ruler of the great waters, and that serpent of old, mighty tiamat, from the watchtower of the west. burn your lunar in

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le by means of what i have taught thee to make them submit unto thine orders, they will be happy to give thee, and to make thee partaker in that which they uselessly possess, provided that thine object and end shall be to make a good use thereof. the manner of performing the operation. on a sunday before sunrise, between the 10th of july and the 20th of august, when the moon is in the sign of the lion, thou shalt go unto the place where thou shalt know either by interrogation of the intelligences, or otherwise, that there is a treasure; there thou shalt describe a circle of sufficient size with the sword of magical art wherein to open up the earth, as the nature of the ground will allow; thrice during the day shalt thou cense it with the incense proper for the day, after which being clothe

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e eighth hour of the day; but by night at the third and at the seventh. at all times of practicing and putting into execution magical arts, the moon should be increasing in light, and in an equal number of degrees with the sun; and it the key of solomon page 84 is much better from the first quarter to the opposition, and the moon should be in a fiery sign, and notably in that of the ram or of the lion. therefore, to execute these experiments in any manner whatsoever, it should be done when the moon is clear, and when she is increasing in light. in order to put in execution those of invisibility after everything is properly prepared, the moon should be in the sign of the fishes, in the hours proper and fitting, and she should be increasing in light. for experiments of seeking love and favor

MATHERS MACGREGOR THE GREATER KEY OF SOLOMON PENTACLES

hy right hand shall wound even kings in the day of his wrath" figure 29. the fifth pentacle of mars. write thou this pentacle upon virgin parchment, because it is terrible unto the demons, and at its sight and aspect they will obey thee, for they cannot resist its presence. editor s note. around the figure of the scorpion is the word hvl. the versicle is from psalm xci. 13 "thou shalt go upon the lion and added, the young lion and the dragon shalt thou tread under thy feet" figure 30. the sixth pentacle of mars. it hath so great virtue that being armed therewith, if thou art attacked by any one, thou shalt neither be injured nor wounded when thou fightest with him, and his own weapons shall turn against him. editor s note. around the eight points of the radii of the pentacle are the words

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ts started from the brain. so for all other phenomena. there is no effect which is truly and necessarily miraculous. our ceremonial magic fines down, then, to a series of minute, though of course empirical, physiological experiments, and whoso will carry them through intelligently need not fear the result. i have all the health, and treasure, and logic, i need; i have no time to waste. there is a lion in the way. for me these practices are useless; but for the benefit of others less fortunate i give them to the world, together with this explanation of, and apology for, them. i trust that the explanation will enable many students who have hitherto, by a puerile objectivity in their view of the question, obtained no results, to succeed; that the apology may impress upon our scornful men of s

hange himself at the request of the master. he speaketh with a hoarse voice. he ruleth over 30 legions of inferiors. he teaches all liberal sciences, and giveth account of dead souls that died in sin. and his seal is this, which is to be worn before the magician when he is invocator, etc (5) marbas. the fifth spirit is marbas. he is a great president, and appeareth at first in the form of a great lion, but afterwards, at the request of the master, he putteth on human shape. he answereth truly of things hidden or secret. he causeth diseases and cureth them. again, he giveth great wisdom and knowledge in mechanical arts; and can change men into other shapes. he governeth 36 legions of spirits. and his seal is this, which is to be worn as aforesaid (6) valefor- the sixth spirit is valefor. he

he putteth on human shape. he answereth truly of things hidden or secret. he causeth diseases and cureth them. again, he giveth great wisdom and knowledge in mechanical arts; and can change men into other shapes. he governeth 36 legions of spirits. and his seal is this, which is to be worn as aforesaid (6) valefor- the sixth spirit is valefor. he is a mighty duke, and appeareth in the shape of a lion with an ass s head, bellowing. he is a good familiar, but tempteth them he is a familiar of to steal. he governeth 10 legions of spirits. his seal is this, which is to be worn, whether thou wilt have him for a familiar, or not (7) amon- the seventh spirit is amon. he is a marquis great in power, and most stern. he appeareth like a wolf with a serpent s tail, vomiting out of his mouth flames o

th spirit is sallos (or saleos. he is a great and mighty duke, and appeareth in the form of a gallant soldier riding on a crocodile, with a ducal crown on his head, but peaceably. he causeth the love of women to men, and of men to women; and governeth 30 legions of spirits. his seal is this, etc (20) purson- the twentieth spirit is purson, a great king. his appearance is comely, like a man with a lion s face, carrying a cruel viper in his hand, and riding upon a bear. going before him are many trumpets sounding. he knoweth all things hidden, and can discover treasure, and tell all things past, present, and to come. he can take a body either human or a rial, and answereth truly of all earthly things both secret and divine, and of the creation of the world. he bringeth forth good familiars

make men very knowing in astronomy, and all other liberal sciences; also he can give good familiars, and wise, knowing the virtues of herbs and stones which be precious. he governeth 30 legions of spirits, and his seal is this, which must be made and worn as aforesaid, etc (22) ipos- the twenty-second spirit is lpos. he is an earl, and a mighty prince, and appeareth in the form of an angel with a lion's head, and a goose's foot, and hare's tail. he knoweth all things past, present, and to come. he maketh men witty and bold. he governeth 36 legions of spirits. his seal is this, which thou shalt wear, etc (23) aim- the twenty-third spirit is aim. he is a great strong duke. he appeareth in the form of a very handsome man in body, but with three heads; the first, like a serpent, the second lik

ull of ships. also he maketh men to die in three days by putrefying wounds or sores, and causing worms to breed in them. he governeth 29 legions of spirits, and his seal is this, etc (43) sabnock- the forty-third spirit, as king solomon commanded them into the vessel of brass, is called sabnock, or savnok. he is a marquis, mighty, great and strong, appearing in the form of an armed soldier with a lion s head, riding on a pale-coloured horse. his office is to build high towers, castles and cities, and-to furnish them with armour, etc. also he can afflict men for many days with wounds and with sores rotten and full of worms. he giveth good familiars at the request of the exorcist. he commandeth 50 legions of spirits; and his seal is this (44) shan- the forty-fourth spirit is shax, or shaz (o

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and in the unseen world. the perfect cube must pass through the metamorphosis of the cross. the soul must voluntarily and consciously pass through a state of utter helplessness from which no earthly hand can rescue it, and in trying to raise him from which the grip of any succouring human hand will prove but a slip: until at length divine help itself descends from the throne above and, with the" lion's grip" of almighty power, raises the faithful and regenerated soul to union w ith itself in an embrace of reconciliation and at-one-ment. in all the schools of the mysteries, as well as in all the great religions of the world, the attainment of the spiritual goal just described is enacted or taught under the veil of a tragic episode analogous to that of our third degree; and in each there is

ing the measure of the universe; he realizes that the earth, the heavens, and all their contents, are externalizations, projected images, of corresponding realities present within himself. as the perfected head of creation, he beholds how he sums up in himself all the lower forms of life through which his organism has passed to attain to that perfection. the four symbolic standards exhibiting the lion, ox, man and eagle are a very ancient glyph, declaring among other things the story of the soul's evolution and its progress from the passional wild-beast stage to one which, while still sensuous and animal, is docile and disciplined for service, and thence to the stage of human rationality, which at length culminates in upward-soaring spirituality. similarly the displayed banners of the twel

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s of the dragon are the shells of the dead, the spirits or lower demonic energies which flow between the dreams of the serpent. these demonic forces must not be trusted, however but controlled and sent forth to work your will. the vampiric sorcerer will over time, gain enough psychic strength to open the qliphoth and begin to transverse the current of this shadow astral plane. this means also the lion trainer will be sleeping with the lions. such daemonic forces should be dealt with carefully in this aspect, for the formula is of the blackest magick. from this region many vampiric elementals can be evoked to do the sorcerer's bidding, however the price is generally the gift of the sorcerer's own blood. the qlipoth are energy currents which spring from da ath, which lies within the heart of

MICHAEL TSARION ATLANTIS ALIEN VISITATION AND GENETIC MANIPULATION

ndits, the devil rides out, quatermass, dr. who,blake s seven, space 1999, star trek, the last wave, they live, it came from outer space,the brain from the planet arrous, the creature w alks among us, w ar of the worlds, thetripods, six million dollar man, freejack, tron, planet of the apes, the eiger sanction,the time machine, things to come, cabinet of dr. caligari, the golem, android, five mil-lion y ears to earth, star wars, he-man: masters of the universe, what planet are youfrom, fifth element, fallen, independence day, moonraker, and jacob s ladder) in earlier chapters, we reviewed theories of how alien beings arrived and colonized theplanet earth, influencing her entire history. we also looked into the probable mannerin which evil came into the world and into the personality of man

the macrobes. one manner of keeping the masses incheck, as well as helping them lose their senses and commit slow suicide, concerns thepurveyance of alcoholic beverages called spirits in taverns and inns. this customwas started under the tax exempt knights templars who opened most of the inns inengland. these dens all have patently occult names (like green dragon, or blackhorse, raven's head, red lion, plough and stars, rose and crown, etc. they alsocommonly bore the name arms to commemorate that they were established by themilitary orders. they were also known down through history as venues for all kinds ofrevolutionaries and malcontents (see daphne du mauriers jamaica inn. and the cultof hallucinogens has been growing stronger for generations. they still provide one ofthe best means of c

rials into amino acids, but also the combination of amino acids into protein molecules, theappear ace of at least one self-replicating molecule, and the subsequent evolution of this molecule intoself-replicating cellular bodies to the bacterial level. and remember that of these four steps, one alone(the second) has been estimated to happen by chance once in 1,000 million yearsso, of the 4,600 mil-lion years of geological time that darwinists have granted themselves, only a small fractionless than600 millionis available to accommodate the processes they believe to have taken place. darwinianevolutionary processes are already running short of time (p. 17) strictly speaking, darwinism is not concerned with abiogenesisthe appearance of life from inanimatematterbut only with the subsequent evol

the earth in a land called vril-ya. these beings, known as the ana,were forced into the inner earth because of earth changes, specifically a flood, which destroyed theircivilization thousands of years before the biblical cataclysmthe ana had the ability to fly with wingsattached to their bodies (p. 13)ezekiels visionthe figures descending from a cloud with four faces, likened by the prophet to a lion, a bull, an eagleand a man (see ezekiel 23. 14-15)such sculptures were found in sargons palace in assyria. they were later purchased by john d rock-efeller (see p. 21.)the rock of behistuna giant sculpture carved so that it projected a near 3-d image from a cliff face 300 feet above theground. a tall figure raises his hand toward ten standing men, and two others behind him. a god in aflying d

alf was not yet well formed. this son was aruna, the charioteer of surya, the sun god. his brother was the powerful garuda, divineeagle, who became the carrier of vishnu. garuda is an avowed enemy of serpents who are his food.krishna mentions him among the most prominent representatives of his power: among the daityademons i am the devoted prahlada, among subduers i am time, among beasts i am the lion, and amongbirds i am garuda (bhagavad-gita 10.30) appendix e: dragons and serpents312atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation nilamata purana, the ancient history of kashmir, is centered around the original inhabitants of kashmir,the nagas. in the verses 232-233 it mentions their capital: o naga, the dwelling of the nagas is the citynamed bhogavati. having become a yogi that naga

duced to vienna's occultorders. the organization promoted aryan templarism and a war with worldwide jewry, who were seento be the secret masters behind the manipulation of world political and financial systems. it is from thismeeting that hitler would develop the ideas brought forth in mein kampf. 1905 new y ork times notes in its obituary of baron alphonse de rothschild that he possessed $60 mil-lion in american securities, despite the fact that financial authorities deny rothschilds are active in u.s.finance. 1906 j.p. morgans southern railroad merger. 1906 william a. rockefeller dies in freeport, illinois 1906 first pure food and drug law in the united states passed. 1906 election in england. 1906 china and britain agree to reduction of opium production. atlantis, alien visitation, and

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he astral is controlled by this subconscious activated force. one should think in terms of being a manifestation of this dragon, for instance: i saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads. on his horns were ten crowns, and on his heads, blasphemous names. the beast which i saw was like a leopard, and his feet were like those of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. the dragon gave him his power, his throne, and great authority. revelations the beast or dragon, much like the assyrian tiamat of old, can represent the luciferian who has mastered the aspects of ahrimanic yoga, that is the power of the demons of the flesh and mind. the control of demons in the body relate to the chakra points which can be focused to heighten individual mind and body power

urce of strength, invigorating inspiration and power as you can see it. lucifer as the initiator brings awareness and self-realization that you can be the god or goddess and free from yoke or a master. the path involves balancing the demonic and angelic in the self in short using both aspects equally. 3. lucifer is the bringer of light which establishes all wisdom and knowing, this is the flowing lion- serpent who is of the sun and the darkness of 27 night. let us first establishing the foundation of the luciferian guide the light. the black flame glows and illuminates in you, the luciferian spirit surges and is encircled around your being. you do not allow this energy to escape, instead spiral it through your chakras and then up upon the crown of your skull. once this is established move

afterwards to a black skinned and fur covered, monkey-like demon whose eyes are pitch black. these are the names of the twelve princes and tribes of the qlippoth who are the heads of the months of the year. bairiron aries (march 20 april 19th -active fire they are from the dragon spirit, the one of flames, the fourth evil force; samael the black. their colors are black and they appear as a dragon-lion. adimiron taurus (april 20 may 20 -fixed earth whose colors are blood, mixed with water and dull yellow and gray. their form is that of lion lizards who the vampyre magickian may use to drink of the vitality of those in large public gatherings. tzelladimiron gemini (may 21-june 20) mutable air demons whose congealed blood, bronze and 57 crimson. they are like savage triangular-headed dogs who

and his appearance and symbol are of a closely-veiled, black, gigantic shape covered with whirling and cutting wheels which are razor sharp, and in his hand is a vast wheel whence come as it whirls, multitudes of cat-like demons, behind him comes maamah, a crouching woman with an bestial 61 body crawling along the ground like an insect and eating the earth. and at the southwest angle is a winged lion and a winged horse drawing in like a chariot the youngest lilith, the wife of asmodai/asmodeus. she is dark, middle eastern woman to the waist, and a man below it, and she appears as though dragging down, with her hands, figures of souls into hell. the three evil forces before samael qematiel, whose form is that of a vast blackheaded dragon-serpent and he has sorcerous knowledge and power ove

l of violence, proud serpent of old, rise up from your depths and swell in my spirit. let pride of what i can do invigorate me to become more! let your spirit not be quelled, but like the storm-wind and the evil-wind crash upon the firmament and lightning strike my spirit! awaken o rahab, serpent who cuts down thy enemies and devours their essence! facing the east- samael, o dragon-father of old, lion of the sun, come forth and fill my body with poison instead of blood let it become the elixir for immortality. samael, who is the dragon, yaltabaoth, chaos bringer, lion- serpent, ascend through me and i shall be granted the kingship as lord of the earth facing the north65 tiamat, ancient dragon-mother, who shall guide my transformation into a ferocious dragon, who shall cloak me in fearsome

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volution of humanity (and they re not, then it means these stories stem from the time when man was of one blood (race) and in one location. that was, admittedly, a long time ago; 15,000 years at bare minimum (according to the timelines established by evolutionists. how, and why, did collective humanity cling to such stories for so long? i can t believe it s not fiction set, osiris, and horus: the lion king (1994) the great name game [1.5] mythological stories are loaded with fanciful, and often racy imagery, characters, and storylines. the coming and goings of the gods seem more akin to the machinations of a drunk poet, rather than a true record of history; it s easy to see how men like freud came to their conclusions about mythology (being nothing more than stories that symbolically repre

the first of these, the wand, is used to direct energy and draw invoking symbols in the air. the element associated with the wand is fire, and fire represents the spark of life; in other words, the ability to give life. the wand is a phallic symbol and represents the active force; the male s ability to jump-start life. fire, whose symbol is an upward-pointing triangle, is also associated with the lion, the south, the color red, and arch-angel michael. fire also represents the will (desire. the second main implement is the dagger, or sword. the dagger represents the element of air, and is used to draw banishing symbols in the air (as opposed to the wand, which invokes. air represents the mind and intellect. air, whose symbol is an upward-pointing triangle with a horizontal line through it s

h the bull, the north, earthy colors like green and brown, and arch-angel uriel. the ritual tool pentacle should not be confused with the talismanic pentacles that are used to bind spirits and energies to. before being used in ritual, all ritual tools undergo a ceremony of consecration, which is a ritual where that tool is magically activated. the four animals assigned to the first four elements (lion,eagle,human,bull) also appear in the bible. ezekiel remarks on four living beings that came upon him instantly in a cloud [ezekiel 1:10, as for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle. later on in the bible [revelation 4:7, nearly the e

ur living beings that came upon him instantly in a cloud [ezekiel 1:10, as for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle. later on in the bible [revelation 4:7, nearly the exact same animals are mentioned again. and the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle. the calling [3.6] as stated earlier, once the magician has invoked a spirit or type of energy he has a number of options. the first option is to invoke the spirit into his body. to invoke a being into your body allows for direct communication between the spirit and the mag

le osiris, is now the harlot, bride of set (satan. sekhmet, an egyptian goddess who was among the most ancient of the gods, is also associated with both lilith and isis. sekhmet, is spoke of as just as much a weapon as a goddess. at the behest of the god ra, sekhmet almost destroyed all of humanity; she was unable to halt her bloodlust, and had to be tricked into desisting. she is symbolized by a lion headed woman, wearing red; she even has titles like the scarlet lady. in rome, lilith was known as diana. diana is a goddess of the hunt, the moon, and childbirth. she was also known as the virgin goddess. artemis, the greek equivalent of diana, is also a goddess of the hunt, childbirth, the moon and also known as the virgin goddess. artemis is also closely related to selene, yet another moon

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mostly slow and slovenly of speech. there are some men born and bred to betray. patriotism is their trade, and their capital is speech. but no noble spirit can plead like paul and be false to itself as judas. imposture too commonly rules in republics; they seem to be ever in their minority; their guardians are self-appointed; and the unjust thrive better than the just. the despot, like the night-lion roaring, drowns all the clamor of tongues at once, and speech, the birthright of the free man, becomes the bauble of the enslaved. it is quite true that republics only occasionally, and as it were accidentally, select their wisest, or even the less incapable among the incapables, to govern them and legislate for them. if genius, armed with learning and knowledge, will grasp the reins, the peo

the fourth _grizzled "and these were the four winds of the heavens, that go forth from standing before the lord of all the earth" ezekiel saw the _four_ living creatures, each with _four_ faces and _four_ wings, the faces of a _man_ and a _lion, an _ox_ and an _eagle; and the _four_ wheels going upon their _four_ sides; and saint john beheld the _four_ beasts, full of eyes before and behind, the lion, the young ox, the man, and the flying eagle _four_ was the signature of the earth. therefore, in the 148th psalm, of those who must praise the lord on the land, there are _four_ times _four, and _four_ in particular of living creatures. visible nature is described as the _four_ quarters of the world, and the _four_ corners of the earth "there are _four" says the old jewish saying "which take

to a moderate and reasonable degree of general and individual prosperity, it is a nation possessed by the devil of commercial avarice, a passion as ignoble and demoralizing as avarice in the individual; and as this sordid passion is baser and more unscrupulous than ambition, so it is more hateful, and at last makes the infected nation to be regarded as the enemy of the human race. to grasp at the lion's share of commerce, has always at last proven the ruin of states, because it invariably leads to injustices that make a state detestable; to a selfishness and crooked policy that forbid other nations to be the friends of a state that cares only for itself. commercial avarice in india was the parent of more atrocities and greater rapacity, and cost more human lives, than the nobler ambition f

ts, the beneficent eye of the sun" plutarch calls him"_har-pocrates" but there is no trace of the latter part of the name in the hieroglyphic legends. he is the son of osiris and isis; and is represented sitting on a throne supported by _lions; the same word, in egyptian, meaning _lion_ and _sun. so solomon made a great throne of ivory, plated with gold, with six steps, at each arm of which was a lion, and one on each side to each step, making seven on each side. again, the hebrew word [hebrew _khi, means"_living" and [hebrew _r m "was, or shall be, raised or lifted up" the latter is the same as [hebrew [hebrew [hebrew, rom, arom, harum, whence _aram, for syria, or _aram a, high_-land _khairum, therefore, would mean"_was raised up to life, or living" so, in arabic _hrm, an unused root, mea

nament the royal hair of the goddess. the palm-tree, and the lamp in the shape of a boat, appeared in the procession. if the symbol we are speaking of is not a mere modern invention, it is to these things it alludes [illustration: hieroglyph] the identity of the legends is also confirmed by this hieroglyphic picture, copied from an ancient egyptian monument, which may also enlighten you as to the lion's grip and the master's gavel [hebrew, in the ancient phoenician character [symbols, and in the samaritan [symbols, a b (the two letters representing the numbers 1, 2, or unity and duality, means _father, and is a primitive noun, common to all the semitic languages) it also means an ancestor, originator, inventor, head, chief or ruler, manager, overseer, master, priest, prophet [hebrew] simpl

wn acuteness and sagacity. these are sound rules for every juror, also, to observe. in our intercourse with others, there are two kinds of injustice: the first of those who offer an injury; the second, of those who have it in their power to _avert_ an injury from those to whom it is offered, and yet do it not. so _active_ injustice may be done in two ways--by force and by fraud--of which force is lion-like, and fraud fox-like--both utterly repugnant to social duty, but fraud the more detestable. every wrong done by one man to another, whether it affect his person, his property, his happiness, or his reputation, is an offense against the law of justice. the field of this degree is therefore a wide and vast one; and masonry seeks for the most impressive mode of enforcing the law of justice

MOTTA MARCELO THE COMMENTARIES OF AL

obeali and the wanga; the work of the wand and the work of the sword; these he shall learn and teach. each star is unique, and each orbit apart; indeed, that is the corner-stone of my teaching, to have no standard goals or standard ways, no orthodoxies and no codes. the stars are not herded and penned and shorn and made into mutton like so many voters! i decline to be bell-weather, who am born a lion! i will not be collie, who am quicker to bite than to bark. i refuse the office of shepherd, who bear not a crook but a club. wise in your generation, ye sheep, are ye to scamper away bleating when your ears catch my roar on the wind! are ye not tended and fed and protected until word come from the stock-yard? the lion's life for me! let me live free, and die fighting! this is again directed

k of initiates higher than themselves. then, just like children, having cast breezes, they complain when they harvest storms. aiwass calls the key eight, eighty, four-hundred and eighteen. these three numbers give a balanced process of training which includes both magick and mysticism. as a result, the initiate acquires sufficient spiritual experience not to make the same blunders as do "asses in lion skin. 47. but they have the half: unite by thine art so that all disappear. they have half of the key. half=5+1+30+ 6=42. 4+2=6, the sun. the jews have, in common with thelemites, awareness of the sun current. this they acquired through the egyptian initiate they called moses and "adopted" as a jew. it is with motive that they have been called "children of satan. truly, the "eye that watches

to assess the absolute. to him, the pettiest personal whimsy outweighs all wisdom, all philosophy, all private profit and all public prudence. the sexual obol of the meanest is stamped with the signature of his own sovereign soul, lawful and current coin no less than the gold talent of his neighbour. the derelict moon has the same right to drift round earth as regulus to blaze in the heart of the lion. collision is the only crime in the cosmos. the beast refuses therefore to assent to any argument as to the propriety of any fashion of formulating the soul in symbols of sex. a canon is no less deadly in love than in art or literature; its acceptance stifles style, and its enforcement extinguishes sincerity. it is better for a person of heterosexual nature to suffer every possible calamity a

s! 8. who worshipped heru-pa-kraath have worshipped me; ill, for i am the worshipper. again hadit (aiwass speaking for him, of course) lays down the law in no uncertain manner. he is heru-pa-kraath, and who worships him is doing ill, not only to himself or herself, but to mankind as a whole "i am the worshipper. harpocrates is also the dwarf-soul the secret self of every man, the serpent with the lion's head. now, hadit knows nuit by virtue of his 'going' or 'love. it is therefore wrong to worship hadit; one is to be hadit, and worship her. this is clear even from his instruction "to worship me" in verse 22 of this chapter. confer cap. i, verse 9. we are exhorted to offer ourselves unto nuit, pilgrims to all her temples. it is bad magick to admit that one is other than one's inmost self. o

blood is the life, consulting book 4 part iii, and applying the knowledge which reposes in the sanctuary of the gnosis of the ninth degree of o.t.o. the 'child' is "babalon and the beast conjoined, the secret saviour, that is, the being symbolized by the egg and serpent hieroglyph of the phoenician adepts. the second kind is also a form of baphomet, but differs from the 'child' in that it is the lion-serpent in its original form. the process of softening and smoothing down is thus in this case that of vitalizing the eagle. it is inadvisable to word this explanation in terms too intelligible to the profane, since uninitiated attempts to make use of the formidable arcana of magick presented in this passage could lead only to the most fulminating and irremediable disaster. menstrual blood is

la of hadit"'come unto me' is a foolish word; for it is i that go" now, the semen is god (the going-one, as shown by the ankh or sandal-strap, which he carries, because he goes in at the door, stays there for a specified period, and comes out again, having flowered, and still bearing in him that seed of going (the birth of a girl is a misfortune everywhere, because the true going-principle is the lion-serpent, or dragon; the egg is only the cavern where he takes refuge on occasions" perhaps the birth of a girl is a misfortune in some countries; but this is due to the 'sin' syndrome of the aeon of os iris. in this aeon, the sexes are complementary. it would be a much greater misfortune if no girls were born! liber 418 explains this succinctly; 3rd aethyr "moreover, there is mary, a blasphem

MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS E

the foot of the capitoline hill, in which were deposited the public treasury and the laws of the state. rhea (ops. rhea, the wife of cronus, and mother of zeus and the other great gods of olympus, personified the earth, and was regarded as the great mother and unceasing producer of all plant-life. she was also believed to exercise unbounded sway over the animal creation, more especially over the lion, the noble king of beasts. rhea is generally represented wearing a crown of turrets or towers and page 19 seated on a throne, with lions crouching at her feet. she is sometimes depicted sitting in a chariot, drawn by lions. the principal seat of her worship, which was always of a very riotous character, was at crete. at her festivals, which took place at night, the wildest music of flutes, cy

us, king of thessaly. apollo faithfully served his royal master for nine years in the humble capacity of a shepherd, and was treated by him with every kindness and consideration. during the period of his service the king sought the hand of alcestis, the beautiful daughter of pelias, son of poseidon; but her father declared that he would only resign her to the suitor who should succeed in yoking a lion and a wild boar to his chariot. by the aid of his divine herdsman, admetus accomplished this difficult task, and gained his bride. nor was this the only favour which the king received from the exiled god, for apollo obtained from [77]the fates the gift of immortality for his benefactor, on condition that when his last hour approached, some member of his own family should be willing to die in

on board, the ship stood still, masts and sails were covered with clustering vines and wreaths of ivy-leaves, streams of fragrant wine inundated the vessel, and heavenly strains of music were heard around. the terrified crew, too late repentant, crowded round the pilot for protection, and entreated him to steer for the shore. but the hour of retribution had arrived. dionysus assumed the form of a lion, whilst beside him appeared a bear, which, with a terrific roar, rushed upon the captain and tore him in pieces; the sailors, in an agony of terror, leaped overboard, and were changed into dolphins. the discreet and pious steersman was alone page 143 permitted to escape the fate of his companions [128]and to him dionysus, who had resumed his true form, addressed words of kind and affectionate

medusa, he repaired to the abode of the graa, in the far [146]west, to inquire the way to the gorgons, and on their refusing to give any information, he deprived them of their one eye, tooth, and wig, and did not restore them until he received the necessary directions. sphinx. the sphinx was an ancient egyptian divinity, who personified wisdom, and the fertility of nature. she is represented as a lion-couchant, with the head and bust of a woman, and wears a peculiar sort of hood, which completely envelops her head, and falls down on either side of the face. transplanted into greece, this sublime and mysterious egyptian deity degenerates into an insignificant, and yet malignant power, page 163 and though she also deals in mysteries, they are, as we shall see, of a totally different characte

, must be purified by the chastening sorrows and sufferings of its earthly career.[51] page 173 eros is represented as a lovely boy, with rounded limbs, and a merry, roguish expression. he has golden wings, and a quiver slung over his shoulder, which contained his magical and unerring arrows; in one hand he bears his golden bow, and in the other a torch. he is also frequently depicted riding on a lion, dolphin, or eagle, or seated in a chariot drawn by stags or wild boars, undoubtedly emblematical of the power of love as the subduer of all nature, even of the wild animals. in rome, eros was worshipped under the name of amor or cupid. hymen. hymen or hymenaus, the son of apollo and the muse urania, was the god who presided over marriage and nuptial solemnities, and was hence invoked at all

iently and attentively to both speakers, and then, after mature deliberation, decided to follow in the paths of virtue, and henceforth to honour the gods, and to devote his life to the service of his country. page 266 full of these noble resolves he sought once more his rural home, where he was informed that on mount citharon, at the foot of which the herds of amphitryon were grazing, a ferocious lion had fixed his lair, and was committing such frightful ravages among the flocks and herds that he had become the scourge and terror of the whole neighbourhood. heracles at once armed himself and ascended the mountain, where he soon caught sight of the lion, and rushing at him with his sword succeeded in killing him. the hide of the animal he wore ever afterwards over his shoulders, and the hea

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of the constellations. ye ultimate rites shall be performed only in the seasons proper to them, these be: at candlemas (on the second day of the second month, at beltane (on the eve of may, at lammas (on the first day of the eighth month, at roodmas (on the fourteenth day of the ninth month, and at hallowmas (on november eve. call out to dread azathoth when the sun is in the sign of the ram, the lion, or the archer; the moon decreasing and mars and saturn conjoin. mighty yog-sothoth shall rise to ye incantations when sol has entered the fiery house of leo and the hour of lammas be upon ye. evoke ye terrible hastur on candlemas night, when sol is in aquarius and mercury in trine. supplicate great cthulhu only at hallowmas eve when the sun abides within the house of the scorpion and orion r

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

PHILIP NEIL MYTHS LEGENDS EXPLAINED

include utterance, perception, and the southern, northern, and western ways. souls in the balance after death, each person went before osiris in the hall of two truths. here, a man named hunefer is led by the jackalheaded god anubis. anubis checks the scales that weigh hunefer s heart against the feather of maat, which symbolizes truth. ammit a crocodile-headed monster with the forequarters of a lion and hindquarters of a hippopotamus waits to gobble up the heart if hunefer is judged guilty. egyptians protected themselves against this outcome by including in their tombs a so-called negative confession a list of sins they have not committed. to the right, ibis-headed thoth, god of writing and knowledge, sets down the result. further right, horus takes hunefer before osiris; isis and nephth

rom between 2340 and 2180 bce. on the left, it appears to show gilgamesh and enkidu killing the monster humbaba; on the right, gilgamesh is being ferried across the ocean in search of utnapishtim, the mortal survivor of the great flood, whom he hopes will tell him the meaning of life. gilgamesh this colossal statue dates from the eighth century bce and shows gilgamesh in royal regalia, carrying a lion and a serpentheaded staff. these are both references to episodes in the story of his journey beyond the ocean to find out why humans must die. enkidu this bull-headed figure is enkidu, the only creature to equal gilgamesh in strength. he was created from mud and spit, had a rough and hairy body, and grew up in the forest with the animals, knowing nothing of mankind. the gods who created gilga

en down to the house of dust the palace of erishkegal, the queen of darkness. gilgamesh triumphant gilgamesh defeated humbaba, who begged for mercy with tears in his eyes and promised to be his servant. gilgamesh almost agreed, but enkidu said he was not to be trusted and persuaded gilgamesh to kill him. humbaba this lionlike figure may represent humbaba, a forest giant with a countenance. like a lion, fiery breath, and terrible jaws. when he roared, it was like a storm, and his eyes blazed with the power of death. at the suggestion of the sun god shamesh, gilgamesh and enkidu traveled into the faraway forest where they found and killed him. by doing so they incurred the anger of the gods, especially enlil, the chief god, lord of earth and air. gilgamesh. struck humbaba with a thrust of th

in toxotides of aeschylus animal skins animal skins hang out to dry from the boughs of a tree, reminding us of artemis role as the goddess of hunting. stag s head the stag s skull placed on a column is a forewarning of actaeon s metamorphosis and death. godd ess of the crossroads hecate was the greek goddess of the night, ghosts, and magic, and a haunter of crossroads. her statue with three faces lion, dog, and mare used to be placed where three roads met, one face looking down each road. hecate is said to be the daughter of asteria, leto s sister. she is sometimes identified with her cousin, artemis, and like her she is closely associated with the moon. in her triple aspect she is said to represent selene (luna) in heaven, artemis on earth, and persephone (proserpine) in the underworld (s

several years later. condemned to death accused of complicity in deceiving him, dana s handmaiden was put to death when acrisius discovered the birth of his grandson perseus. the rape of europa by valentin alexandrowitsch serow (1865 1911) i shall sing of zeus, the best and greatest of the gods, farseeing, mighty, the fulfiller of designs. homeric hymn to zeus griffin the griffin part-eagle, part-lion is one of many fantastic monsters and beasts in greek mythology. the griffin on dana s bed represents the strong guard under which her father had placed her; outside the doors was a pack of savage dogs. dana, princess of argos dana was the daughter of acrisius of argos by eurydice, the daughter of lacedemon (not to be confused with eurydice, wife of orpheus. acrisius twin brother proetus, kin

the patronage of athena. a guest at the court of king proetus of argus (see p. 44, the queen falsely accused him of trying to rape her. loath to kill a guest directly, proetus sent him to his father-in-law king iobates with a letter asking that the bearer be put to death. iobates, expecting him to be killed, asked bellerophon to slay the chimaera, a fire-breathing monster with the front legs of a lion, the body of a she-goat, and the tail of a snake, which was devastating his kingdom. bellerophon tamed the winged horse pegasus with a golden bridle given to him by athena, and, swooping down, riddled the beast with arrows and thrust a lump of lead between its jaws. the chimaera s breath melted the lead and it choked to death. when he survived other trials, iobates gave up trying to kill bell

RABBI AMIRAM MARKEL MARKEL THE KNOWLEDGE OF G D VOL 1

tains within itself the heyulie for every possible movement that one could make, as one simple undifferentiated unity. since all the movements exist there as one, at this point he is incapable of making any movement. this is because a movement is specific and thus excludes all other movements. an example of this is the case of a person who is suddenly attacked by a wild animal, such as a mountain lion. the attack is so unexpected and shocking that he freezes. why does this happen? why doesn t he run to save himself? the reason is because at that moment, he is so frightened that he wants to run in every direction, all at once. therefore he cannot run in any direction. this is to say that the entire heyulie for movement wants to come out at once. because of this, he cannot limit himself to a

oint of the reshimu. 5) it must be understood that this tzimtzum (holding back) and reshimu (impression of the point, are still totally within himself. this is similar to the teacher who sets aside his own understanding of the subject and concentrates on its central point, before he draws out an actual line of teaching from this point, or in the analogy of the person who is attacked by a mountain lion, this is when he restrains his urge to run in all directions, and concentrates on the point of running in a specific direction, before he draws out an actual line of movement from this point. the point and impression from the above, we understand that a central point, which contains an impression of the essential light of the soul remains. in the analogy of the teacher-student relationship, i

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

using the term gchief butler h to translate the hebrew gthe deputy in charge of drink. h( gchief bartender h sounds too undignified) the chief butler corresponded to the trachea. true, no liquid can enter the trachea, so how can we assert that the chief butler corresponds to it? the answer is that the lungs are particularly hot, and therefore exemplify gevurah. as it is stated in the zohar, gthe lion faces the right, h12 the numerical value of gevurah being the 11 1:3. 12 zohar 2:80b, 120a, 3:241a, etc. the arizal on parashat bo (2) 8 same as that of the word for glion h [aryeih. it tends toward the right in order that [chesed and gevurah] inter-include. therefore, since it is so hot, it draws to itself all types of moisture and thereby cools off, and then fans the heart. this is why the

e word for glion h [aryeih. it tends toward the right in order that [chesed and gevurah] inter-include. therefore, since it is so hot, it draws to itself all types of moisture and thereby cools off, and then fans the heart. this is why the chief butler corresponds to the trachea. we exile hot air, indicating the the lungs are naturally hot. heat and fire exemplify gevurah, power and strength. the lion, the strong beast, also exemplifies gevurah, yet in ezekiel fs vision of the chariot,13 it is on the right side, the side of chesed. this signifies rectified gevurah, i.e, gevurah tempered by chesed. gevurah: gimel-beit-vav-reish-hei= 3+ 2+ 6+ 200+ 5= 216. aryeih: alef-reish-yud-hei= 1+ 200+ 10+ 5= 216. the chief baker corresponds to the esophagus, which in turn corresponds to gevurah. the ba

eret, chesed dominates over gevurah, and (2) as the ideal blend of chesed and gevurah, tiferet is a direct revelation of g-d fs goodness and glory rather than an indirect one.18 the name we are concerned with is the second of the 72. it presumably is associated with gevurah since it is the second. the four faces of the beasts that carried the divine throne in ezekiels vision were that of a man, a lion, an ox, and an eagle. the lion-face signified chesed, the ox-face gevurah, the eagle-face tiferet (and the midot below it, and the man-face malchut. thus, this name (yud-lamed-yud) and the ox-face are related by virtue of their mutual association with gevurah. the difference is that in [the initials from] this verse, the yud fs are ascendant. they indicate the force of chesed. the lamed is le

am, isaac, jacob, and david. the hebrew term for gprinciple categories h is avot, which literally means gfathers, h since the principle categories give rise to goffspring, h i.e, secondary or derivative categories. hence the analogy between the gfathers h of damages and the fathers of the jewish people. the ox corresponds to the attribute of isaac, i.e, gevurah, as it is written, gthe face of the lion to the right, and the face of the ox to the left. h7 left is the side of gevurah. the verse quoted is from the prophet ezekiel fs vision of the divine chariot, the image of the sefirotic array in the spiritual worlds. the holy gox, h holy gevurah, is power harnessed in the service of g-d. the evil ox is power misused in order to cause damage. the pit corresponds to [the attribute of] abraham

he gholy beasts h here are the four celestial creatures that bear the divine chariot. gthis was their appearance: they were human figures, but each one had four faces, and each one had four wings c. their faces and their wings were alike on the four of them c. as for the likeness of their faces: each one had a human face [in the the arizal on parashat vayikra (2) 416 front; each of the four had a lion fs face to the right; each of the four had an ox fs face to the left; and each of the four had an eagle fs face [in the back. h1 corresponding to this gdivine chariot h is an gimpure chariot, h or the array of powers through which g-d channels life force into the realm of evil, in order to create and sustain it until such time as its purpose has been served and it can be dispensed with. the s

esponding to this gdivine chariot h is an gimpure chariot, h or the array of powers through which g-d channels life force into the realm of evil, in order to create and sustain it until such time as its purpose has been served and it can be dispensed with. the soul[s] of the domesticated animal descend from the face of the ox of the chariot [those of] the wild animals descend from the face of the lion in the chariot [those of] the fowl descend from the face of the eagle of the chariot. the permitted (kosher) domesticated animals of this world are derived from the face of the ox in the chariot; the permitted wild animals are derived from the face of the lion (even though lions themselves are not kosher; the permitted birds are derived from the face of the eagle. forbidden animals and fowl a

REGARDIE ISRAEL THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN

tar, and the two pillars may be dispensed with but formulated in the imagination as present. he may find it very uskful to paint flashing angelic tablets according to the instructions found elsewhere, as well as the banners of tvhe east and west, pla&g these in the appropriate cardinal quarters of his improvised temple. if he is able to obtain small plaster-casts of the heads of the kerubirn- the lion, the eagle, bull and man- and place these in the proper stations, they will be found together with the tablets to impart a considerable amount of magical vitality and atmosphere to the temple. what actually they do bestow is rather subtle, and perhaps indefinable. they are not absolute essentials, however, and may be dispensed with. but since magic works by the intervention of symbol and embl

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

ets in alchemy are- lead 5 gold 0 tin 2 copper or brass' 9 iron d quicksilver g silver) the following terms are used in books about alchemy. they have the meanings given below. sol philosophorum the pure living alchemical spirit of gold-the refined. essence of heat and dryness. luna philosophorum the pure living alchemical spirit of silver-the refined essence of heat and moisture. c120> the green lion the stem and root of the radical essence of metals. the black dragon death-putrefaction-decay. the king red-the qabalistic microprosopus. tiphareth-analogous to gold and the sun. the queen white-the qabalistic bride of microprosopus. malkah-analogous to silver and the moon. the four orders of the elementals are: 1. the spirits of the earth gnomes 2. the spirits of the air sylphs 3. the spirit

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

rus the ox of the earth in whose manger he was laid, and lastly aries the flocks of sheep whose herdsmen came to worship him. elohim yields air, libra, aries, virgo, water-the firmament, the balanced forces, the fire of the spirit (for aries is a fiery sign, operating in the zodiac, the fire god dess, and the waters of creation. 84 the golden dawn: volume 1 book one <167> the terms raven or crow, lion and eagle have various alchemical significations. generally raven-initiation through blackness lion-heat and sulphurous action eagle-sublimation one great difference between chemical and alchemical processes is that alchemy only employs a gradual heat continually but carefully increased, and does not commence with violent heat. the cucurbite is a lass boiler attached to the lower part of the

ations of the zodiac. they are over the universe as a king upon his throne, and they are in the revolution of the year as a king traversing his dominions, and they are in the heart of man as a king in warfare. and the twelve loaves are the images of those ideas, and are the outer petals of the rose; while within are the four archangels ruling over the four quarters, and the kerubic emblems of the lion, man, bull and eagle. around the great central lamp which is an image of the sun, is the great mother of heaven, syrnbolised by the letter heh, the first of the simple letters, and by its number 5, the pentagram, malkah the bride, ruling in her kingdom malkuth, crowned with a crown of twelve stars. these twelve circles further represent the 12 foundations of the holy city of the apocalypse, w

RELIGIOUS TENANTS OF THE YEZIDI

mrod a hot burning fire. and i am he that guided ahmet mine elect, i gifted him with my way and guidance. mine are all existences together, they are my gift and under my direction. and i am he that possesseth all majesty, and beneficence and charity are from my grace. and i am he that entereth the heart in my zeal; and i shine through the power of my awfulness and majesty. and i am he to whom the lion of the desert came, i rebuked him and be became like stone. and i am he to whom the serpent came, fr. 1 and by my will i made him like dust. and i am he that shook the rock and made it tremble, and sweet water flowed therefrom on every side. and i am he that brought down an authentic verity- a book whereby i will guide the prudent ones. and i am he that enacted a powerful law, and its promulg

ful has distinguished me with names. and my seat and throne are the wide-spread earth. in the depth of my knowledge there is no god but me. these things are subservient to my power. how, then, can ye deny me, o mine enemies? do not deny me, o men, but yield, that in the day of the resurrection you may be happy in meeting with me/ fn. 1. the fa ade of the temple at sheikh adi bears the figure of a lion and serpent, as may be seen from the sketch already referred to. fn. 2. the original word is esh-sh mi, which the ignorant yezeedees think to mean "the damascene" and hence they frequently say that sheikh adi came from damascus. the spirit of the passage has guided me in the rendering above given, which is supported by the context. p. 115 he who dies enraptured with me, i will cast him in the

RITUALS OF THE SOCIETAS ROSICRUCIANIS IN ANGLIA

ianis in angliaphilosophus39 ancient out.suffragan, 7th sign: observe the human species in his completeness of stature, the fullness of his physicalstrength, and mental amplitude from instruction of the heart: he sees god222s sacraments spread outbefore him, and in his dual character, as body and spirit, partakes of food mortal and immortal,visible and invisible.he has grown in his power like the lion in whose zodiacal sign he resides, in leo, the 5th sign of222the ascending series, in whose measure the lustrous regulus and denebola sparkle in their creator222spraise.conductor with companions proceed to treasurer, whose four lights have just been lit. lights ofsecretary out.treasurer, 8th sign: the world grows old space to man, and bids him prepare the sickle for the ripeningharvests, for

ource of light ad life, the celestial andglorious soul.it is not without some force that the 'emerald tablet' of hermes trismegistus receives considerationand importance. the three principles of elementary matter being body, soul and spirit, arerepresented by alchemists as sulphur, mercury and essential salt. the central or primal generativepower they termed in their magic language mercury, green-lion, the serpent, or seed; the whichgiving a seminal impression to animal, vegetable or mineral kingdom caused production. thisphoenix power so long sought for by our chemists, is now presumed to be within the knowledge ofgualdi: in its impure state it has solved the enigma of the transmutation to silver and gold. it is theprimitia or primordium solution, the i.n.r.i, and is doubtless contained w

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, earth and fire; but to reign over these four living creatures of symbolism, it is necessary to conquer and enchain them. he who aspires to be a sage and to know the great enigma of nature must be the heir and despoiler of the sphinx: his the human head, in order to possess speech; his the eagle's wings, in order to scale the heights; his the bull's flanks, in order to furrow the depths; his the lion's talons, to make a way on the right and the left, before and behind. you therefore who seek initiation, are you learned as faust? are you insensible as job? no, is it not so? but you may become like unto both if you choose. have you overcome the vortices of vague thoughts? are you without indecision or capriciousness? do you consent to pleasure only when you will, and do you wish for it only

al, where we shall complete our indications of the characteristics of the great arcanum, and of the means of recovering this tremendous power' here let us add a few words on the four magical elements and elementary spirits. the magical elements are: in alchemy, salt, sulphur, mercury and azoth; in kabalah, the macroprosopus, the microprosopus and the two mothers; in hieroglyphics, the man, eagle, lion and bull; in old physics, according to vulgar names and notions, air, water, earth and fire. but in magical science we know that water is not ordinary water, fire is not simply fire, etc. these expressions conceal a more recondite meaning. modern science has decomposed the four elements of the ancients and reduced them to a number of so-called simple bodies. that which is simple, however, is

aries to this end. the seven magical animals are (a) among birds, corresponding to the divine world, the swan, the owl, the vulture, the dove, the stork, the eagle and the pewit (b) among fish, corresponding to the spiritual or scientific world, the seal, the catfish, the pike, the mullet, the chub, the dolphin, the sepia or cuttlefish (c) among quadrupeds, corresponding to the natural world, the lion, the cat, the wolf, the he-goat, the monkey, the stag and the mole. the blood, fat, liver and gall of these animals serve in enchantments; their brain combines with the perfumes of the planets, and it is recognized by ancient practice that they possess magnetic virtues corresponding to the seven planetary influences. the talismans of the seven spirits are engraved either on precious stones, s

y possess magnetic virtues corresponding to the seven planetary influences. the talismans of the seven spirits are engraved either on precious stones, such as the carbuncle, crystal, diamond, emerald, agate, sapphire and onyx, or upon metals, such as gold, silver, iron, copper, fixed mercury, pewter and lead. the kabalistic signs of the seven spirits are: for the sun, a serpent with the head of a lion; for the moon, a globe divided by two crescents; for mars, a dragon biting the hilt of a sword; for venus, a lingam; for mercury, the hermetic caduceus and the cynocephalus; for jupiter, the blazing pentagram in the talons or beak of an eagle; for saturn, a lame and aged man, or a serpent curled about the sun-stone. all these symbols are found on engraved stones of the ancients and especially

is a fact, which has a movement conformed to calculations having the great magical arcanum for their ascending and scale. this universal arcanum, the final and eternal secret of transcendent initiation, is represented in the tarot by a naked girl, who touches the earth only by one foot, has a magnetic rod in each hand, and seems to be running in a crown held up by an angel, an eagle, a bull and a lion. fundamentally, the figure is analogous to the cherub of jekeskiel, of which a representation is given, and to the indian symbol of adda-nari, which again is analogous to the adonai of jekeskiel, who is vulgarly called ezekiel. the comprehension of this figure is the key of all occult sciences. readers of my book must already understand it philosophically if they are at all familiar with the

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mes is at the north, that of salamanders at the south, that of sylphs at the east, and that of undines at the west. these beings influence the four temperaments of man; that is to say, the gnomes affect the melancholy, salamanders the sanguine, undines the phlegmatic and sylphs the bilious. their signs are: the hieroglyphs of the bull for the gnomes, who are commanded with the sword; those of the lion for salamanders, who are commanded with the bifurcated rod or magic trident; those of the eagle for the sylphs, who are commanded by the holy pantacles; finally, those of the water-carrier for undines, who are commanded by the cup of libations. their 32 the ritual of transcendental magic respective sovereigns are gob for the gnomes, djin for the salamanders, paralda for the sylphs and nicksa

and and taking up successively the sword, rod and cup, the conjuration of the four should be recited with a loud voice, after the following manner: caput mortuum, the lord command thee by the living and votive serpent! cherub, the lord command thee by adam jotchabah! wandering eagle, the lord command thee by the wings of the bull! serpent, the lord tetragrammaton command thee by the angel and the lion! michael, gabriel, raphael, and anael! flow moisture, by the spirit of eloim. earth, be established by adam jotchabah. spread, firmament, by jahubehu, zebaoth. fulfil, judgment, by fire in the virtue of michael. angel of the blind eyes, obey, or pass away with this holy water! work, winged bull, or revert to the earth, unless thou wilt that i should pierce thee with this sword! chained eagle

ped from the chain of instincts will first of all realize his omnipotence by the obedience of animals. the history of daniel in the lions den is no fable, and more than once, during the persecutions of infant christianity, this phenomenon recurred in the presence of the whole roman people. a man seldom has anything to fear from an animal of which he is not afraid. the bullets of jules gerard, the lion-killer, are magical and intelligent. only once did he run a real danger; he allowed a timid companion to accompany him, and, looking upon this imprudent person as lost beforehand, he also was afraid, not for himself but for his comrade. many persons will say that it is difficult and even impossible to attain such resolution, that strength in volition and energy in character are natural gifts

in the morning, or from three in the afternoon to ten in the evening. he should wear a purple vestment, with tiara and bracelets of gold. the altar of perfumes and the tripod of sacred fire must be encircled by wreaths of laurel, heliotrope and sunflowers; the perfumes are cinnamon, strong incense, saffron and red sandal; the ring must be of gold, with a chrysolith or ruby; the carpet must be of lion-skins, the fans of sparrow-hawk feathers. on monday the robe is white, embroidered with silver, and having a triple collar of pearls, crystals and selenite; the tiara must be covered with yellow silk, emblazoned with silver characters forming the hebrew monogram of gabriel, as given in the occult philosophy of agrippa; the perfumes are white sandal, camphor, amber, aloes and pulverized seed o

he sun, a crescent for the moon, for mars a sword, a g for venus, for jupiter a crown and a scythe for saturn. the reverse must bear the sign of solomon, that is, the six-pointed star composed of two superposed triangles; in the centre there is placed a human figure for the talismans of the sun, a chalice for those of the moon, a dog's head for those of mercury, an eagle's for those of jupiter, a lion's head for those of mars, a dove's for those of venus, and a bull's or goat's for those 46 the ritual of transcendental magic of saturn. the names of the seven angels must be added in hebrew, in arabic or in magical characters like those of the alphabet of trithemius. the two triangles of solomon may be replaced by the double cross of the wheels of ezekiel, which is found on a great number of

exercises a sovereign power over it? let us affirm, for the honour of humanity, that it has never worshipped dogs and goats any more than lambs or pigeons. in the hieroglyphic orders, why not a goat as much as a lamb? on the sacred stones of gnostic christians of the basilidean sect there are representations of christ under the diverse figures of kabalistic animals. sometimes a bird, at others a lion, and again a serpent with the head of lion or bull; but in all cases he bears invariably the same attributes of light, even as our goat, which cannot be confounded with fabulous images of satan, owing to the sign of the pentagram. let us affirm categorically, to combat the remnants of manichaeanism which are appearing sporadically among christians, that as a superior personality and the sabba

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ht is halloween, and the fairy folk do ride; those that would their true love win at miles cross they must hide 'first you let pass the black horse then you let pass the brown, but run up to the milk white steed and pull the rider down 'first they'll change me in your arms into some snake or adder, hold me close and fear me nod for i'm your child's father 'then they'll turn me in your arms into a lion wild, hold me close and fear me not as you would hold your child 'then they'll turn me in your arms into a red-hot bar of iron, hold me close and fear me not for i will do no harm. appendix 3: the ballad of tam lin 129 http//www.dreampower.com/kirk_wbw/pg_126.htm (3 of 13 [10/9/2001 12:36:58 am] robert kirk- walker between worlds 'then they'll turn me in your arms into some burning lead throw

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ular, while intriguing, is simply not an accurate reflection of those degrees- 9/xx symbolism the first session of the year-xxiv order of shuti workshop discussed symbolism. while the study of symbolism itself is not a primary concern of the order of shuti, several of the order's activities do involve working with forms of symbolism, or are discussed using various symbols. the symbols of the twin lion gods, shu and tefnut, who together are shuti, are obviously of importance in understanding the activities of the order. the topic of symbolism was therefore chosen for the introductory session of the workshop. application in discussing this session and what would be discussed, the grand master stressed that symbolism wasn't to be discussed simply as an intellectual exercise, but that all part

arfare and exposure to novel situations, and because of the role of language, there was considerable selective pressure in favor of the tactical "right. yet at an earlier time, it's possible that the human who simply looked at the terrain, grunted, and led the group to a position with a safer vantage point might do just as well. or even better. than the one who relied on dexterity to fend off the lion that lay waiting in the shrubbery. were you to ask the seer, the human who appeared to foresee the danger, just why he or she decided to avoid the first approach, you'd probably get either a lot of mumbo-jumbo, or nothing at all! mysterious business, that, but nothing more than the ordinary function of the pattern-seeking nonverbal mind. the dichotomy between tactical and strategic (positiona

d example of biblical inversion of concepts. the phrase "god of peace" sounds like a desirable quality, alright, but in the same sentence we discover that christian peace comes through violence. this portion of the passage gives christians biblical authority to approve of violence against satanists anytime and anywhere. 1 peter 5:8 be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary satan, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour. in this statement peter is warning against psychic awareness "be sober, be vigilant" refers to possession of a keen awareness. that awareness is for the purpose of denial of self. because your adversary satan" in this section we see a twist. peter's warning is proper enough, but now he must offer a substitute for self. when a person denies self, the

tute for self. when a person denies self, they begin the entry to all unreason. so, who better to lay blame on for one's shortcomings that satan? as enough people mix their own inadequacies with self denial for the sake of christianity, satan becomes manifest as a real entity. this manifestation of satan is twisted even further with the imagination and illogic taking over at this point. a roaring lion will seldom eat. lions do not walk about roaring and waiting for dinner to come to them. no, lions stalk their prey. they roar only after their prey has been vanquished. james 4:7 submit yourselves therefore to jehovah. resist satan, and he will flee from you. in these modern times, christians use this passage as a permit to be rude, closed minded, indifferent, and hostile towards anyone who

an destruction is dominance, not tolerance. satan's chief daemon is called lucifer. before lucifer left heaven, he was known to be a guardian cherub. cherubim are special angels assigned to protect jehovah (from what? that's an interesting question) after lucifer's departure from heaven, jehovah had to assign four cherubim to do the work that lucifer had previously done. the first is described as lion-like, the second is calf-like, the third is as a man, and the fourth is eagle-like. revelation 4:6-8 and before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto chrystal; and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind. and the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face of a man, and th

first a murderer. did they falsely blame satan for all the deaths that occurred in the name of christ throughout time? the enemy: matthew 13:39 the enemy that sowed them is satan; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. can there be a reaping of the harvest without the sowing of the seed? which angels are it that reap the harvest? those of jehovah or satan? a roaring lion: 1 peter 5:8 be sober, be vigilant, because your adversary satan, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour. the activities of satan the diabolical trinity: the biblical satan has a trinity, as jehovah has a trinity. as jehovah assumes the role of father, satan assumes the role of the father figure. jesus christ is likened to the antichrist. at one point they are both flesh

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solitary. you don't rise to the top by climbing up a hill all by yourself. unless, maybe, you meet an angel there. yes, that's it. i see what he's up to. he wouldn't understand me, though _what kind of idea am i_ i bend. i sway. i calculate the odds, trim my sails, manipulate, survive. that is why i won't accuse hind of adultery. we are a good pair, ice and fire. her family shield, the fabled red lion, the many-toothed manticore. let her play with her satirist; between us it was never sex. i'll finish him when she's finished with. here's a great lie, thinks the grandee of jahilia drifting into sleep: the pen is mightier than the sword. o o o the fortunes of the city of jahilia were built on the supremacy of sand over water. in the old days it had been thought safer to transport goods acros

th anything, do you think they'd only be popular with trash like you" salman restrains bilal "we should be honoured that the mighty baal has chosen to attack us" he smiles, and bilal relaxes, subsides. khalid the water-carrier is jumpy, and when he sees the heavy figure of mahound's uncle hamza approaching he runs towards him anxiously. hamza at sixty is still the city's most renowned fighter and lion-hunter. though the truth is less glorious than the eulogies: hamza has many times been defeated in combat, saved by friends or lucky chances, rescued from lions' jaws. he has the money to keep such items out of the news. and age, and survival, bestow a sort of validation upon a martial legend. bilal and salman, forgetting baal, follow khalid. all three are nervous, young. he's still not home

es. o o o on that night of the desolating triumph of the businessman in the tent of the unbelievers, there take place certain murders for which the first lady of jahilia will wait years to take her terrible revenge. the prophet's uncle hamza has been walking home alone, his head bowed and grey in the twilight of that melancholy victory, when he hears a roar and looks up, to see a gigantic scarlet lion poised to leap at him from the high battlements of the city. he knows this beast, this fable _the iridescence of its scarlet hide blends into the shimmering brightness of the desert sands. through its nostrils it exhales the horror of the lonely places of the earth. it spits out pestilence, and when armies venture into the desert, it consumes them utterly. through the blue last light of eveni

more than anything in the world" he growls at the papery valet who has served him in war and peace for forty-four years "i hate admitting that my enemies have a point. damn sight better to kill the bastards, i've always thought. neatest bloody solution" the sword has remained sheathed in its leather scabbard since the day of his conversion by his nephew, but tonight, he confides to the valet "the lion is loose. peace will have to wait" it is the last night of the festival of ibrahim. jahilia is masquerade and madness. the oiled fatty bodies of the wrestlers have completed their writhings and the seven poems have been nailed to the walls of the house of the black stone. now singing whores replace the poets, and dancing whores, also with oiled bodies, are at work as well; night-wrestling rep

lgrims who lie unconscious while cutpurses earn their living. he hears the wine--blurred carousing through every golden-gleaming doorway, and feels the song and howling laughter and coin-chinkings hurting him like mortal insults. but he doesn't find what he's looking for, not here, so he moves away from the illuminated revelry of gold and begins to stalk the shadows, hunting the apparition of the lion. and finds, after hours of searching, what he knew would be waiting, in a dark corner of the city's outer walls, the thing of his vision, the red manticore with the triple row of teeth. the manticorc has blue eyes and a mannish face and its voice is half- trumpet and half-flute. it is fast as the wind, its nails are corkscrew talons and its tail hurls poisone& quills. it loves to feed on huma

iple row of teeth. the manticorc has blue eyes and a mannish face and its voice is half- trumpet and half-flute. it is fast as the wind, its nails are corkscrew talons and its tail hurls poisone& quills. it loves to feed on human flesh. a brawl is taking place. knives hissing in the silence, at times the clash of metal against metal. hamza recognizes the men under attack: khalid, salman, bilal. a lion himself now, hamza draws his sword, roars the silence into shreds, runs forward as fast as sixty--year--old legs will go. his friends' assailants are unrecognizable behind their masks. it has been a night of masks. walking the debauched jahilian streets, his heart full of bile, hamza has seen men and women in the guise of eagles, jackals, horses, gryphons, salamanders, wart- hogs, rocs; welli

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ake feet. abraxas is recognised as a devil of black witchcraft, and the name appears in various evocatory formulae. it is also applied as a title sometimes given to lucifer/satan. adramelech, adramelek (hebrew king of fire. an angel of the throne, now a fallen angel, arch-demon chancellor of the order of the fly, patron of hypocrites. manifests as a peacock or a mule, or as bearded, eagle winged, lion bodied. charged with the devil s livery. corresponds to the quabballistic sphere of yod. identified with sacrifices by fire. agares (goetic, from greek agreus meaning hunter, also the name of an avatar of dionysos. a duke ruling in the east. formerly of the angelic order of virtues. appears as an old man riding a crocodile, with a goshawk on his fist. causes earthquakes, destroys dignities, t

s, the daughter of pistis-sophia. was so great in her glory that it is said that she outshone god. bathin (goetia, 18th spirit. duke commanding 30 legions. appears as a strong man with a serpent tail, riding a pale horse. knows herb-lore, precious stones, teleportation. beast 666 (hebrew. scarlet hued monster with ten horns and seven heads, the body of a leopard, the feet of a bear, the jaws of a lion, who rises from the sea ridden by the whore of babylon to herals the coming of the apocalypse. it will have power over earth for fourty-two months, during which time all will marvel because it was and is not and is to come (revelations 17:8. the beast shall lay waste with plague and destruction, defeating the power of the saints. the antichrist tricks mortals into believing it is the messiah

ic form of greek diabolos. islamic devil, identified as asasel or lucifer after the descent. ijanki (hittite. snake demon, associated with leviathan and typhon. incubus (latin, he who lies on top. the devil as paramour, an erotic dream or nightmare. the name is roman, meaning a spirit summoned through dream incubation. ipos (goetia, 22nd spirit. earl and prince commanding 36 legions. appears as a lion headed angel, with gooses feet and a hare s tail. tells fortunes, makes men witty and bold. isheth zenunim (hebrew. demon of prostitution. one of samael s wives. jinn (pre-islamic. nature spirits, who also cause madness. a specific sub-class of jinn were the ghouls. kakabel once an angel known for their interest in astrology. now a demon ruling 365,000 spirits. kesef an angel of wrath who tra

possibly a form of mammitu, the akkadian goat headed queen of the underworld, goddess of oaths and pacts, spouse of nergal. marax, morax (goetia, 21st spirit. earl and president commanding 30 legions. appears as a bull with a human face. teaches astronomy, gives wise familiars who know the virtues of herbs and stones. marbas (goetia, 5th spirit. president commanding 36 legions. appears as a great lion. gives true answers on secret matters, causes and cures disease, teaches mechanics, transforms men into other forms. marchosia, marchocias (goetia, 35th spirit. formerly an angel of dominations, now a prince of hell. appears as a wolf or ox with griffin s wings and a serpent tail, vomiting flames, assuming human form on command. he is a strong fighter. told solomon he hopes to return to the s

it. marquis commanding 19 legions. appears as a black crane fluttering about the circle. makes men cunning in arts and sciences, especially rhetoric. restores lost dignities and honours. possibly from the ancient babylonian god of writing, logic, and history nabium, who is mentioned in the old testament as nabu. naphula, vapula (goetia, 60th spirit. duke commanding 36 legions. appears as a winged lion. teaches handicrafts, philosophy, and other sciences. ningiszida (sumerian, lord of the tree. horned serpent who, according to akkadian incantations, watches over the demons exiled to the underworld. olam ha-qlippoth (aramaic, world of shells. the other side of the qabballa. olivier. once an archangel, who now tempts mortals to be cruel to the poor. oriax, orias (goetia, 59th spirit. marquis

ian pickuls, meaning devil. god of the underworld, later a prince of hell. proserpine originally the greek queen of the underworld, in christianised diabolist tradition she is queen of she demons. puck, pukje, pukis (english, norwegian, baltic. a kind of goblin or evil spirit. purson (goetia, 29th spirit. formerly of the order of thrones. king commanding 22 legions. appears as a comely man with a lion face, riding a bear and carrying a viper, proceeded by trumpets. knows all hidden things, discovers treasures, tells fortunes, can assume either aerial or physical form. gives good familiars. python (greek. dragon guardian of the oracle of gaia, finally slain by apollon. prince of the lying spirits. serpent with oracular powers. rahab (hebrew, the violent one. serpent monster of chaos (job 9:

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ditional coven of satanism and witchcraft lore. second, they practiced their black magic openly instead of underground. rather than arrange a preliminary interview with lavey for discussion of his heretical innovations, my usual first step in research, i decided to watch and listen to him as an unidentified member of an audience. he was described in some newspapers as a former circus and carnival lion tamer and trickster now representing himself as the devil's representative on earth, and i wanted to determine first whether he was a true satanist, a prankster, or a quack. i had already met people in the limelight of the occult business; in fact, jeane dixon was my landlady and i had a chance to write about her before ruth montgomery did. but i had considered all the occultists phonies, hyp

his own appearance at times in black cowl with horns? he replied "people need ritual, with symbols such as those you find in baseball games or church services or wars, as vehicles for expending emotions they can't release or even understand on their own" nevertheless, lavey himself soon tired of the games. there were setbacks. first, some of lavey's neighbors began complaining about the fullgrowm lion he was keeping as a house pet, and eventually the big cat was donated to the local zoo. next, one of lavey's most devoted witches, jayne mansfield, died under a curse he had placed on the head of her suitor, lawyer sam brody, for a variety of reasons i have explained in the devil's avenger; lavey had persistently warned her away from brody and felt depressed over her death. it was the second

gest instinct in every living thing is self-preservation, which brings us to the last of the seven deadly sins- anger. is it not our instinct for self-preservation that is aroused when someone harms us, when we become angry enough to protect ourselves from further attack? a satanist practices the motto "if a man smite thee on one cheek, smash him on the other" let no wrong go unredressed. be as a lion in the path- be dangerous even in defeat! since man's natural instincts lead him to sin, all men are sinners; and all sinners go to hell. if everyone goes to hell, then you will meet all your friends there. heaven must be populated with some rather strange creatures if they all lived for was to go to a place where they can strum harps for eternity "times have changed. religious leaders no lon

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ome one of the most legendary manuscripts of all time-the al-jilwah (revelations. the al-jilwah, combined with the mashaf rei, which was compiled in the following century, became known as the black book-the words spoken by satan to his people. the black book not only contains the credo of the yezidi, but their rites as well the yezidis entered their temples through portals bearing the images of a lion, snake, double sided axe, man, comb, scissors, and mirror. the lion represented strength and dominion; the snake, procreation; the axe, potential for good or harm; the man, the god; and the comb, scissors and mirror represented pride. but greater as a symbol of pride, however, was the form taken by satan in the yezidi liturgy-the peacock. because they could not utter the name of satan (shaita

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commoners as well as royalty. all levels of egyptian society were concerned about their afterlife and wanted to be prepared to meet it successfully. sacred symbols the winged bull, a blend of sky god and earth god powers, is a strong symbolic representation of the mesopotamian religion. the winged bull has the head of a man bearing a cap with two (and sometimes three) horns, the body of a bull or lion, and wings like an eagle. the horns on the cap symbolize the bull s godlike nature. large sculptures of the creatures were found at three sites of ancient mesopotamia, from a time when assyria ruled the region (1350 612 bce. these sites are khorsabad, nineveh, and nimrod. they represent spiritual guardians that repel evil, and they always appear in pairs. assyrian kings often had pairs of win

les and storehouses and also of the care of the gods. by the babylonian period these priests had created elaborate rituals and ceremonies, including offerings and sacrifices. they were responsible for foretelling the future and created more elaborate rituals for such acts of divination, or reading of the signs of the gods. wind, storms, rain, fire, eclipses of the sun or moon, the appearance of a lion, the shape of a sheep s liver, and the movement of the stars all were signs from the gods according to mesopotamian religion, and their priests could read such signs. they became experts in what is called extispicy, or the readings of organs of sacrificed animals. marks on the liver or lungs could provide clues as to what would happen in the future. world religions: almanac 53 ancient religio

ley, made into bread and beer) was enlivened with the addition of meats such as beef and mutton. recreation and sport also figured into these festival times, with celebrations of boxing, wrestling, dancing, and music. hunting was also considered a religious matter, especially for the royalty and the wealthy. for them the hunt became a symbol of the battle of good over evil. when the king killed a lion, for example, he was not only showing his skill and bravery, but also his closeness to the gods who protected him in the hunt. mesopotamian rites of passage the major rites of passage for ancient mesopotamians were the same as those for people in many other cultures: birth, marriage, and death. families were nuclear, that is, they consisted of a father, mother, and children. the father was ac

god of air, wind, and storms. enlil is one of the most important mesopotamian gods. he guards the tablets of destiny, on which the fate of everything on earth is written. ishtar: the goddess of love and war. she is also known as inanna. ishtar journeyed to the underworld to retrieve her love, tammuz. she is often described as very violent and is depicted holding several weapons and standing on a lion. marduk: the god of babylon who later came to be the supreme god. marduk fought an army of demons led by the goddess tiamat. the new year s festival celebrates the king s fitness to rule through a ceremony in which he bows to a statue of marduk. sin: the moon god. he is also known as nanna. he is lord of the calendar and oversees the seasons. sin wears a beard of the blue stone lapis lazuli a

2001. pelikan, jaroslav. christianity: an overview. in encyclopedia of religion, 2nd ed. edited by lindsay jones. detroit, mi: macmillan reference usa, 2005. smith, huston. the religions of man. new york, ny: perennial library, 1989. stott, john r. w. basic christianity. grand rapids, mi: wm. b. eerdmans publishing company, 1981. tomkins, steven. a short history of christianity. london, england: lion books, 2005. wagner, richard j. christianity for dummies. hoboken, nj: for dummies, 2004. woodhead, linda. christianity: a very short introduction. new york, ny: oxford university press, 2005. web sites christianity. bbc religion and ethics. http//www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/ christianity (accessed on june 5, 2006. christianity. overview of world religions. http//philtar.ucsm.ac.uk/encyc

and artemis, as well as for eros, god of love; for the romans the arrow was the symbol of cupid, god of love. the arrow was also used on roman coins to represent the god mithra. the lightning bolt was a symbol for zeus and his roman equivalent, jupiter. it would be thrown by these sky gods to punish, water, or fertilize the earth or its creatures. the greeks also adapted the egyptian sphinx, the lion with a person s head. the sign or symbol of the sun was also worshipped by the greeks and romans as a life-giving source. this could be simply a circle or a stylized sun with rays. the frog was a symbol for fertility for the romans, often representing venus, their version of the greek goddess aphrodite. worship the major form of worship for both greeks and roman was sacrifice and prayer. the

SECRET TEACHINGS OF THE ROSICRUCIANS IN THE 16 17C

all these things in his heart; heaven and hell, light and darkness, life and death. the outer and inner mind without god's light you cannot find only the spirit alone knows reason in flesh is blind. i. god god is free everywhere within and without all creature time measure of nature the angel with six wings. ii. father. god is the alpha and omega the beginning and the end time measure of the law lion with six wings. iii. son. god is the first and the last. time of the evangelium ox with six wings. iv. holy ghost. and there is no god but the one god time of fulfillment eagle with six wings. the way of life is above to the wise, so that you shun the hell beneath. prov. 15, 24. the tree of good and evil knowledge there is one tree bearing two kinds of fruits. its name is the tree of the know

r sophistic garb, tapping on the walls, recognise him not. at the right is to be seen lepus, representing the art of chemistry, marvellously white, the secrets of which with fire's heat are being explored. to the left one can see freely what the right clavis artis is; one cannot be too subtle with it, like a hen hatching a chicken. in the midst of the mountain, before the door stands a courageous lion in all its pride, whose noble blood the monster-dragon is going to shed; throwing him into a deep grave, out of it comes forth a black raven, then called ianua artis, out of that comes aquila alba. even the crystal refined in the furnace will quickly show you on inspection servum fugitivum, a wonder-child to many artists. the one effecting this all is principium laboris. on the right hand in

SEPHER HA BAHIR

d, we have said, one who gazes into the vision of the chariot first descends and then ascends. we use the expression [of descent] there because we say, one who gazes into the vision (tzafayat) of the chariot. the aramaic translation of vision (tzafiyat) is sechuta [meaning a covering, and alluding to the fact that one is looking down from above. it is also written (isaiah 21:8, and he called as a lion: upon the watchtower (mitzpeh, o god. here, however, we are speaking of thought [and therefore only speak of ascent. for thought does not include any vision, and has no ending whatsoever. and anything that has no end or limit does not have any descent. people therefore say, someone descended to the limit of his friend s knowledge. one can the bahir 23 arrive at the limit of a person s knowled

SIR EDWARD BULWER LYTTON ZANONI A ROSICRUCIAN TALE

ns of matter "and think you that wall never can be removed" asked young glyndon, abruptly "are the traditions of sorcerer and wizard, universal and immemorial as they are, merely fables "perhaps yes, perhaps no" answered the stranger, indifferently "but who, in an age in which the reason has chosen its proper bounds, would be mad enough to break the partition that divides him from the boa and the lion, to repine at and rebel against the law which confines the shark to the great deep? enough of these idle speculations" here the stranger rose, summoned the attendant, paid for his sherbet, and, bowing slightly to the company, soon disappeared among the trees "who is that gentleman" asked glyndon, eagerly. the rest looked at each other, without replying, for some moments "i never saw him befor

certain chemical operations which, though extremely simple in themselves, glyndon soon perceived were capable of very extraordinary results "in the remoter times" said mejnour, smiling "our brotherhood were often compelled to recur to delusions to protect realities; and, as dexterous mechanicians or expert chemists, they obtained the name of sorcerers. observe how easy to construct is the spectre lion that attended the renowned leonardo da vinci" and glyndon beheld with delighted surprise the simple means by which the wildest cheats of the imagination can be formed. the magical landscapes in which baptista porta rejoiced; the apparent change of the seasons with which albertus magnus startled the earl of holland; nay, even those more dread delusions of the ghost and image with which the nec

mber. he began to feel indignant at a trial of constancy which he deemed frivolous and puerile. what nursery tales of bluebeard and his closet were revived to daunt and terrify him! how could the mere walls of a chamber, in which he had so often securely pursued his labours, start into living danger? if haunted, it could be but by those delusions which mejnour had taught him to despise, a shadowy lion, a chemical phantasm! tush! he lost half his awe of mejnour, when he thought that by such tricks the sage could practise upon the very intellect he had awakened and instructed! still he resisted the impulses of his curiosity and his pride, and, to escape from their dictation, he took long rambles on the hills, or amidst the valleys that surrounded the castle, seeking by bodily fatigue to subd

high-hearted malesherbes! wits, philosophers, statesmen, patriots, dreamers! behold the millennium for which ye dared and laboured! i invoke the ghosts! saturn hath devoured his children("la revolution est comme saturne, elle devorera tous ses enfans" vergniaud, and lives alone, i his true name of moloch! it is the reign of terror, with robespierre the king. the struggles between the boa and the lion are past: the boa has consumed the lion, and is heavy with the gorge, danton has fallen, and camille desmoulins. danton had said before his death "the poltroon robespierre, i alone could have saved him" from that hour, indeed, the blood of the dead giant clouded the craft of "maximilien the incorruptible" as at last, amidst the din of the roused convention, it choked his voice("le sang de dan

SIR WALLIS BUDGE EGYPTIAN MAGIC

question "who is this man, o herutataf" the young man replied "it is a certain man called teta, who dwelleth in tet- seneferu, and is one hundred and ten years old, and to this very day he eateth five hundred loaves of bread, and the shoulder of an ox, and he drinketh one hundred measures of ale. he knoweth how to fasten on again to its body a head that hath been cut off; he knoweth how to make a lion follow him whilst his snare is trailing on the ground; and he knoweth the number of the aptet of the sanctuary of thoth" now khufu had for a long time past sought out the aptet of the sanctuary of thoth, because he was anxious to make one similar for his own "horizon" though at the present it is impossible to say what the p. 17 aptet was, it is quite clear that it was an object or instrument

power which form the clxivth chapter to be effectual had to be recited over a figure of the goddess mut which was to have three heads. the first head was like that of the goddess pekhat and had plumes; the second was like that of a man and had upon it the crowns of the south and north; the third was like that of a vulture and had upon it plumes; the figure had a pair of wings, and the claws of a lion. this figure was painted in black, green, and yellow colours upon a piece of anes linen; in front of it and behind it was painted a dwarf who wore plumes upon his head. one hand and arm of each dwarf were raised, and each had two faces, one being that of a hawk and the other that of a man; the body of each was fat. these figures having been made, we are told that the deceased shall be "like u

als which have both mythological and magical importance. many of these are accompanied by texts containing magical formula, p. 148 magical names, and mythological allusions. in the principal scene we see horus, or harpocrates, standing upon two crocodiles; on his brow is the uraeus, and he wears on the right side of his head the lock of hair emblematic of youth. in his hands he grasps serpents, a lion, and an antelope, and it is clear by the look on his face that he is in no wise afraid of them. above his head is a bearded head, which is usually said to represent that of bes. on his right are-(1) an utchat, 1 with human hands and arms (2) horus-ra, hawk-headed, and wearing the sun's disk and uraeus, and standing on a serpent coiled up (3) osiris, in the form of a hawk standing upon a scept

larms and nocturnal visions. 1 amulet inscribed with signs and letters of magical power for overcoming the malice of enemies (from brit. mus, greek papyrus, nu. cxxiv--4th or 5th century) but of all the names found upon gnostic gems two, i.e, khnoubis (or khnoumis, and abrasax (or abraxas, are of the most frequent occurrence. the first is usually represented as a huge serpent having the head of a lion surrounded by seven or twelve rays. over the seven rays, one on the point of each, are the seven vowels of the greek alphabet, which some suppose to p. 180 refer to the seven heavens; and on the back of the amulet, on which the figure of khnoumis occurs, is usually found the sign of the triple s and bar. khnoumis is, of course, a form of the ancient egyptian god khnemu, or "fashioner" of man

. khnoumis is, of course, a form of the ancient egyptian god khnemu, or "fashioner" of man and beast, the god to whom many of the attributes of the creator of the universe were ascribed. khnemu is, however, often depicted with the head of a ram, and in the later times, as the "beautiful ram of ra" he has four heads; in the egyptian monuments he has at times the head of a hawk, but never that of a lion. the god abrasax is represented in a form which has a human body, the bead of a hawk or cock, and legs terminating in serpents; in one hand he holds a knife or dagger, and in the other a shield upon which is inscribed the great name greek iaw, or jah. considerable difference of opinion exists as to the meaning and derivation of the name abrasax, but there is no doubt that the god who bore it

SOLOMON

onsumed with desire for the noble virgins upon earth, these i strangle. but in case there is no disposition to sleep, i am changed into three forms. whenever men come to be enamoured of women, i metamorphose myself into a comely female; and i take hold of the men in their sleep, and play with them. and after a while i again take to my wings, and hide me to the heavenly regions. i also appear as a lion, and i am commanded by all the demons. i am offspring of the archangel uriel, the power of god" 11. i solomon, having heard the name of the archangel, prayed and glorified god, the lord of heaven and earth. and i sealed the demon and set him to work at stone-cutting, so that he might cut the stones in the temple, which, lying along the shore, had been brought by the sea of arabia. but he, fea

, and asked the hound, saying "by what angel art thou frustrated" and the demon replied "by the great brieus [1 [1. briareus is suggested by bornemann as the right reading, but with little probability, since briareus would not have been turned into an angel] 51. and i praised the lord god of heaven and earth, and bade another demon come forward to me; and there came before me one in the form of a lion roaring. and he stood and answered me saying "o king, in the form which i have, i am a spirit quite incapable of being perceived. upon all men who lie prostrate with sickness i leap, coming stealthily along; and i render the man weak, so that his habit of body is enfeebled. but i have also another glory, o king. i cast out demons, and i have legions under my control. and i am capable of being

emmanuel; he it is who has bound us, and who will then come and plunge us from the steep [1] under water. he is noised abroad in the three letters which bring him down [2 [1. the allusion is to the swine of gadara. 2. the three characters are apparently the numbers 644] 53. and i solomon, on hearing this, glorified god, and condemned his legion to carry wood from the thicket. and i condemned the lion-shaped one himself to saw up the wood small with his teeth, for burning in the unquenchable furnace for the temple of god. 54. and i worshipped the lord god of israel, and bade another demon come forward. and there came before me a dragon, three-headed, of fearful hue. and i questioned him "who art thou" and he answered me "i am a caltrop-like spirit [1, whose activity in three lines. but i b

1 "we are the thirty-six elements, the world-rulers [2] of this darkness. but, o king solomon, thou wilt not wrong us nor imprison us, nor lay command on us; but since the lord god has given thee authority over every spirit, in the air, and on the earth, and under the earth, therefore do we also present ourselves before thee like the other spirits, from ram and bull, from [35] both twin and crab, lion and virgin, scales and scorpion, archer, goat-horned, waterpourer, and fish [1. acts ii. 1. 2. kosmokratores. cp. paul, eph. vi. 12; origen, c. celsum, viii, 58] 73. then i solomon invoked the name of the lord sabaoth, and questioned each in turn as to what was its character. and i bade each one come forward and tell of its actions. then the first one came forward, and said "i am the first de

STEINER RUDOLF CHRISTIANITY AS MYSTICAL FACT

owing white robes and with golden crowns upon their heads.136 130 christianity as mystical fact around the archetypal source of reality we thus find beings who have already advanced far along the path of wisdom, who look upon the infinite and bear witness to it. in the center and around the throne were the four living creatures, full of eyes before and behind. the first living creature was like a lion. the second was like a bull. the third looked like a man. the fourth was like a flying eagle. and each of the four living creatures had six wings and was full of eyes around and within. and they cry without ceasing, both day and night, holy, holy, holy, is god, the almighty, who was, and is, and is to come. 137 it is easy to understand the living creatures; they represent the supersensible li

e life that underlies the forms of all living beings. later they raise their voices in response to the sound of the trumpets that is, when the life contained in physical forms is transformed and spiritualized. the book with seven seals the one who sits enthroned holds in his right hand a book, which marks out the path to the summit of wisdom. only one person is worthy to open this book: look! the lion of the tribe of judah, the root of david, has triumphed. he is able to open the book and its seven seals. 138 the apocalypse of john 131 the book has seven seals human wisdom is sevenfold. once again we encounter the holiness of the number seven. seals, in the mystical philosophy of philo judaeus, are the eternal cosmic ideas that come to expression in things.139 human wisdom is the quest for

oliness of the number seven. seals, in the mystical philosophy of philo judaeus, are the eternal cosmic ideas that come to expression in things.139 human wisdom is the quest for these creative ideas. only in the book sealed by them can divine wisdom be found. the archetypal ideas behind the created world must be unveiled the seals opened and the contents of the book will be revealed. jesus is the lion who can break open the seals; he has given a meaning to the ideas of creation so as to point the way to wisdom. the lamb that was slain, which god has dearly bought with the price of his own blood, is jesus who, as the bearer of the christ, has passed in the profoundest sense through the mystery of life and death; it is he who opens the book.140 each time one of the seals is opened, the livin

fact when the third seal is opened, the universal power of justice, now led by christianity, appears; with the opening of the fourth, it is the power of religion that appears and that is given a new perspective through christianity. the significance of the four living creatures emerges clearly: they are the four chief universal powers, which are to be given a new direction by christianity.141 war lion peaceful work bull justice human countenance religious aspiration eagle the meaning of the third being is made explicit when the third seal is opened and the text reads: a quart of wheat for a day s wages, three quarts of barley for a day s wages. thus the rider carries a pair of scales.142 when the fourth seal is opened, the rider who appears is called death, and hell was following close beh

igene kraft, wie k nnt uns g ttliches entz cken? if the eye were not of the nature of the sun, how could we behold the light? if god s own power were not at work in us, how could divine things delight us (zahme xenien (r.st) cf. empedocles, fragment 109. 81. the other labors may, therefore, justifiably be interpreted as corresponding to stages in the soul s development. the conquest of the nemean lion and his bringing it to mycenae shows the hero mastering the purely physical power in human nature and taming it. then his killing of the nine-headed hydra, conquering it with firebrands and dipping his arrows in its gall, which made them unerring, shows him overcoming the lower, sense-derived knowledge by means of the fire of the spirit: by conquering it he gains the power of seeing lower thi

SYMBOLISM

(the section on "neters" was published in issue i.4) subject: symbolism reading list: 2l, 2v the first session of the year-xxiv order of shuti workshop discussed symbolism. while the study of symbolism itself is not a primary concern of the order of shuti, several of the order's activities do involve working with forms of symbolism, or are discussed using various symbols. the symbols of the twin lion gods, shu and tefnut, who together are shuti, are obviously of importance in understanding the activities of the order. the topic of symbolism was therefore chosen for the introductory session of the workshop. application in discussing this session and what would be discussed, the grand master stressed that symbolism wasn't to be discussed simply as an intellectual exercise, but that all part

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

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

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

c have taken to publishing large photos of our "chosen ones" indulging in various manifestations of masonic "grips" there was that kerry- clinton handshake published in the washington times in march. in that instance, clinton was demonstrating, for those "in the know" just who was boss, and how high up in the geomasonic stratosphere he is (right at the top. the "grip" in question was a ma-ha-bone lion's paw grip, which leaves the junior party in no doubt who's in charge (and in pain as a consequence. on 26th march, british newspapers carried an enormous picture of tony blair's "grip moment" with libyan dictator, muammar qadhaffi. before proceeding, it needs to be said that these close-ups of qadhaffi's face reveal this man to be burdened with the most evil physiognomies on record far nasti

a double spread entitled "pleased to meet you: the historic handshakes that shook the world" it showed the following geomasonic grips: gerry adams and clinton, 12th december 1995: shibboleth; kim jong-il and kim dae-jung (of the two koreas, 12th december 2000 (ma-ha-bone grip (master masons; yasser arafat and yitzhak rabin, with top mason clinton looking on, 13th september 1993: ma-ha-bone grip (lion's paw, master mason; pervez musharraf and atal vajpayee, 6th january 2002: shibboleth grip("friendship; and most revealing of all ronald reagan and mikhail gorbachev, meeting for the first time in versoix, switzerland, 9th november 1985. in this picture, reagan is shown gripping with the supreme master grip with a pronounced ma-ha- bone lion's paw. gorbachev attempts the same but reagan won't

ucian based teachings. this picture comes from his book, the way of initiation how to attain knowledge of the higher worlds, published by macoy publishing and masonic supply co, new york city. steiner also created the teaching system for the waldorf schools, very popular today in the u.s.a. an excerpt from page 36 from richardson s monitor of freemasonry, illustrating the strong master's grip, or lion's paw, as practiced in the third degree of scottish rite freemasonry. 198 codex magica former vice president al gore, who ran for the presidency on the democrat party ticket in 2000, appears to be in the process of making the master's grip of the 3rd degree of freemasonry, indicating he is, as a minimum, a master mason (photo: from exodus iii, volume 2, number 1) note: a sign similar to that

bs, seemed to dress and ornament the royal hair of the goddess. the palm-tree, and the lamp in the shape of a boat, appeared in the procession. if the symbol we are speaking of is not a mere modern invention, it is to these things it alludes. the identity of the legends is also confirmed by this hieroglyphic picture, copied from an ancient egyptian monument, which may also enlighten you as to the lion's grip and the master's gavel. in his classic masonic textbook, morals and dogma, scottish rite legend albert pike suggests that "this hieroglyphic picture, copied from an ancient egyptian monument, may enlighten you as to the lion's grip and the master's gavel" two standards of the ritual ceremony for the master degree. in the picture, the candidate, lying on the floor, is about to be "raise

vel. in his classic masonic textbook, morals and dogma, scottish rite legend albert pike suggests that "this hieroglyphic picture, copied from an ancient egyptian monument, may enlighten you as to the lion's grip and the master's gavel" two standards of the ritual ceremony for the master degree. in the picture, the candidate, lying on the floor, is about to be "raised" by the powerful grip of the lion's paw. the lion is carrying in his right hand the ankh, symbol of reincarnation, or regeneration. the "x" on the man's chest tells us this is osiris, the sun god who was slain but arose from the dead, being pieced back together by his beautiful queen, isis "cross my heart and hope to die" 239 beginning on page 801 of albert pike's classic textbook, morals and dogma, we find an explanation of

ions! for thou hast said in thine heart, i will ascend into heaven, 1 will exalt my throne above the stars of god..i will ascend above that ravenous dark bird 243 the heights of the clouds; i will be like the most high. yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit (isaiah 14:12-15) the bible says that the angry and furious fallen lucifer now walks to and fro in the earth like a lion seeking whom he might devour. his aim is to ruin god's creation, to bastardize and corrupt it, to change it into what he is a monumentally ugly and warped creation, totally opposite of what god intended. man and the world must be ruined, destroyed, transformed into a barren, non-producing, hideously shaped wasteland. men are to be made feminine; women masculine. marriage is to be perverted. n

THE CANOPIC GODS SYMBOLISM

wo truths, the portions of ahephi and kabexnuv are reversed, and the order becomes: east--ameshett south--tmo-oumathu north--kabexnuv west--ahephi 5 now, these, being thus arranged, do partake of the symbolism of the elements to which they belong. for ameshett, being to the east, the quarter of m, has the head of a man. tmo-oumathu, to the south has the head of a jackal who is the purveyor of the lion (for these are the vice-gerents of the elements, while the kerubim are the lords thereof; so tmo-oumathu is properly a jackal. kabexnuv in the west, in the region of n, has the form of a hawk, the subordinate form to the alchemic eagle of distillation, and the form also, of horus, the hiereus, beside whom is his station, and of whose symbolism he partakes. ahephi in the north, has the head of

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atly associated with solar symbolism, would return at the end of a 7,000-year cycle to renew the world and to reestablish his earthly reign. in rome, mithras had appeal to both the foot soldier and his ranking officers. mithraism was a macho religion for men only no women allowed. after baptismal rites had been conducted, the rugged legionnaires passed through graded ranks, such as crow, soldier, lion, courtier of the sun, and, ultimately, father. boys as young as seven could begin their initiation as crow, and neither military rank nor class distinctions differentiated those who followed mithras. those who declared themselves to be practicing mithraists were valued as disciplined and temperate soldiers who had formed an unbreakable bond with their fellow worshippers. and those men who fac

anic bible, lavey published the satanic rituals (1972, in which he explained the church of satan s rituals and ceremonies in greater detail. rituals includes the actual text of the black mass and the ritual for the satanic baptism of adults and children. anton lavey, the founder of the first church of satan in san francisco, ran away from home at the age of 17 to work as a cage boy for the circus lion tamer clyde beatty. later, lavey became a carnival mentalist and hypnotist, then an organ player for the dancers and strippers in the sideshows. on sunday mornings he had an extra job playing the organ for an evangelist who conducted revival meetings in a large tent on the neighboring lot. in the 1950s, lavey became a san francisco police department crime scene photographer, but he maintained

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es filled with the dark, holy elixir of life over thousands of altars stained with both animal and human blood. as respect for the spiritual quality of human life evolved, the sacrifice of men, women, and children was considered forbidden. and while in less civilized times the drinking of an animal s vital fluid had been deemed an appropriate way in which to absorb the strength or virility of the lion, the bear, or the boar, religious law now admonished against both the drinking of animal blood and the eating of meat from which the blood had not been thoroughly drained. the old testament book of leviticus (17:14) acknowledges that blood is the life of all flesh, the blood of it is the life thereof, but the children of israel are instructed that they shall not eat of the blood of no manner

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rs, then moved to acre in 1191. a third transfer of the templar seat was made in 1217 when the grand master moved to the pilgrim fs castle near cesarea. when the muslims captured acre in 1291 and overthrew the christian kingdom, the templars had bravely fought until they were exterminated almost to the man. the surviving templars retreated to cyprus, which they had purchased from king richard the lion-hearted (1157.1199) for 35,000 marks. although defeated by the soldiers of the prophet muhammad and driven out of the holy land, the knights templar retained their many estates and their enormous wealth in europe. however, especially in france, the templars were becoming diminished in popularity, and the jealousies of the government had been aroused against them. lords, dukes, and princes wer

e arrested and sent to prison. eventually, 39 of them were sentenced to death and hanged in abak prison, their executions witnessed by a number of local tribal chiefs who could testify to their villages that the leopard men were not immortal. interestingly, on january 10, 1948, just a month before the leopard men were hanged in nigeria, three women and four men were executed for their part in the lion men murders in the singida district in tanganyika. the lion people had dressed in lion skins and murdered more than 40 natives in ritual slayings that left wounds on their victims that resembled the marks of a lion fs claws. m delving deeper daraul, arkon. a history of secret societies. new york: pocket books, 1969. 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

vide supernatural assistance in their performance of magic and predictions. in many lands where the christian missionaries planted their faith, various saints provided an acceptable substitute for the ancient practice of asking favors or help from the witches f familiar. interestingly, many of the saints of christendom are identified by an animal symbol, for example, the dog with st. bernard; the lion with st. mark; the stag with st. eustace; and the crow with st. anthony. however, in those regions where the country folk and rural residents persisted in calling upon their familiars, the church decreed the spirit beings to be demons sent by satan to undermine the work of the clergy. all those accused of possessing a familiar or relying on it for guidance or assistance were forced to recant

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

k to the earth, and it will teach you, or let the fish of the sea inform you. h although totems are most often associated with native americans, many cultures have at some time in their past used animal totems. local sport teams use names such as the tigers, lions, bears, cardinals, and falcons. various religions and sects use expressions like the lamb of god, the dove of the holy spirit, and the lion of judah. people through history have even had such surnames as bear, beaver, wolf, crane, crow, drake, finch, fish, fox, hawk, robin, pike, lamb, partridge, and salmon. for many centuries, humans have allowed animals to be both surrogates and teachers. the ethnologist ivar lissner has pondered the provocative mystery of why those anonymous franco-cantabrian cave artists of more than 20,000 y

t have been given to slaves, h noted hawass. lehner, an archaeologist associated with the oriental institute of the university of chicago and the harvard semitic museum, first traveled to egypt during the 1970s. he t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d places of mystery and power 267 accordingto greek mythology, the sphinx was a half-woman, half-lion creature that guarded the gates of thebes. was inspired then by the theories of edgar cayce (1877.1945, who believed that the pyramids were actually thousands of years older than they were credited. cayce was among those mystics who believed that people from the legendary, advanced civilization of atlantis built the pyramids not long after 10,500 b.c.e, just prior to the time when their own h

THE GOD OF THE WITCHES

vase of tilburyand william of newbury record how a cup was once stolen by a man from a fairy; it was "of an unknownmaterial, extraordinary colour, and unusual form. it was given by the stealer to the earl of gloucester, andby him presented to henry i, who in his turn gave it to his queen's brother, david of scotland; afterremaining many years in the scotch treasury it was presented by william the lion to henry ii. in kirkmalew, in the isle of man,[37] the silver chalice was a cup stolen from the fairies; a similar story is told ofother places. the luck of edenhall is a painted glass cup; it came into the possession of the family throughthe butler, who accidentally surprised a party of fairies at a feast; the terrified fairies fled leaving the cupbehind. at frensham, in surrey, there is a h

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eroglyphs which gave it birth. for the sage who understands the analogies of the transcendental qabalah, and the exact relation of ideas with signs, this fabulous country of the fairies is a country still fertile in discoveries; for those truths which are too beautiful, or too simple to please men, without any veil, have all been hidden in these ingenious shadows. yes, the cock can intimidate the lion, and make himself master of him, because vigilance often supplants force, and succeeds in taming wrath. the other fables of the sham natural history of the ancients are explained in the same manner, and in this allegorical use of analogies, one can 189 already understand the possible abuses and predict the errors to which the qabalah was obliged to give birth. the law of analogies, in fact, h

ccomplish, one must will; to will really, one must dare; and in order to gather in peace the fruits of one's audacity, one must keep silent. to know, to dare, to will, to keep silent, are, as we have said elsewhere, the four qabalistic words which correspond to the four letters of the tetragram and to the four hieroglyphic forms of the sphinx. to know, is the human head; to dare, the claws of the lion; to will, the mighty flanks of the bull; to keep silent, the mystical wings of the eagle. he only maintains his position above other men who does not prostitute the secrets of his intelligence to their commentary and their laughter. all men who are really strong are magnetizers, and the universal agent obeys their will. it is thus that they work marvels. they make themselves believed, they ma

ins is inertia. 237 axiom xvii to suffer is to work. a great sorrow suffered is a progress accomplished. those who suffer much live more than those who do not suffer. axiom xviii voluntary death from devotion is not suicide; it is the apotheosis of the will. axiom xix fear is nothing but idleness of the will, and for that reason public opinion scourges cowards. axiom xx succeed in not fearing the lion, and the lion will fear you. say to sorrow "i will that you be a pleasure, more even than a pleasure, a happiness" axiom xxi a chain of iron is easier to break than a chain of flowers. axiom xxii before saying that a man is happy or unhappy, find out what the direction of his will has made of him: tiberius died every day at capri, while jesus proved his immortality and even his divinity on ca

mon knowledge that magnetizers give to pure water the properties and taste of wine, liqueurs and every conceivable drug, merely by the laying-on of hands, that is to say, by their will expressed in a sign. one knows, too, that those who tame fierce animals conquer lions by making themselves mentally and magnetically stronger and fiercer than lions. jules gerard, the intrepid hunter of the african lion, would be devoured if he were afraid. but, in order not to be afraid of a lion, one must make one's self stronger and more savage than the animal itself by an effort of imagination and of will. one must say to one's self: it is i who am the lion, and in my presence this animal is only a dog who ought to tremble before me. fourier imagined anti-lions; jules gerard has realized that chimera of

y divide the space to the rectangular border, upper and lower points excepted. above the upper point are the words "keter pole arctique" and there is a nob at that spot with a line pulled diagonally upward to the left by an eagle, facing counter clockwise. above the eagle is the word "netsah, to the right "l air. the line from the upper right point has "l' ete" above it and the figure of a winged lion below, facing outward and progressing upward. the lion has "hod" written to the right of its head and vertically extended left foreleg "le feu" below its tail and downwardly extended right hind leg. the line from the lower right point is below this figure, and "l' automne" is below this line. the line from the upper left point has "les printemps" written above it. below this is a bull, no win

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is said to be that of anger. it is also connected, in a more positive sense, with discipline and energy. obviously, these aspects are counterbalanced by those of chesed "loving kindness" or "mercy, on the opposite side of the tree, across the path marked by the "strength" card of the tarot. indeed, that card can be taken to depict the harmonised relationship between geburah, symbolised by the red lion, and chesed, symbolised by the peaceful lady, whose own demeanour in sufficient to placate the beast. it should be noted that geburah is passive to chesed, and that as dion fortune states, many of the social and psychological problems we face can be modelled by our constant functioning, inappropriately, with an active geburah. that is to say, we shoot first and ask questions later, or allow o

ges behaviour and not cause. working for reward, again whether self-reward or peer-reward goes against the dictum of working "without lust of result" which is central to success. as already noted, the "trick" of working the two sephiroth is, as one should expect from the system, pictured on the tarot card connecting the two, which is strength. the woman (mercy) rests her hand upon the head of the lion (severity) without conflict. the key represents an act of tikkun "restoration and reintegration, or restoring elements to their appropriate role in the creative process. sturzaker states that geburah is the "centre of the dark night of the soul, which relates to the progress between tiphareth and binah, and the crossing of the abyss. dion fortune terms the sephiroth as the "sacrificial priest

uld rather be allocated to yesod in terms of the sephiroth or the nefesh in terms of the divisions of the soul. egyptian name glyph qualities khat (kat, xat, kab) fish body sahu mummy& seal spiritual body ka (kai) upraised hands image, double ba (baie) various birds spirit-soul khaibt fan shadow, aura akh (khu, khou, yekh) bennu bird bright spirit sekhem owl vital power ren kneeling man name hati lion whole heart ab jar will tet (zet) upright snake soul hammemit radiating sun unborn soul florence farr, in her book egyptian magic, saw these divisions acting through magical practice by influencing the ka and the ba in the ab. this representation is a mirror image, she said, of the ka reaching up to provide a resting-place for the ba, symbolised by the hawk. this latter is an emanation of the

ucture in terms of the sephiroth on the tree of life. chapter eleven 1. take five paths, and in turn look at the sephiroth they connect, and work out your own images and keywords for the path. link these if you wish with the tarot card, planet, element and so forth connected with the path. for example, for the path connecting geburah and chesed, you might have the image of a children's see-saw, a lion- tamer, and two kings standing together, one a warrior and the other a ruler. continue to build up your own "777" or book of correspondences with these images. sephirah hebrew translations kether kthr crown, diadem, to surround, beseige, wait, encompass chockmah chkmh wisdom, experience, knowledge, intelligence, insight, judgement, science, midwife binah bynh understanding, insight, prudence

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ient magicians conceived of these archetypes or magical images, expresses the idea thus: they took each factor in nature and personified it, gave it a name, and built up a symbolicfigure to represent it; just as british artists have by the qabalistic cross and the pentagram ritual 61 their collective efforts produced a standard britannia, a female figure with shield charged with the union jack, a lion at her feet, a trident in her hand, a helmet on her head, and the sea in the background. analysing thisfigure as we would a qabalistic symbol, we realize that these individual symbols in the complex glyph have each a sign$cance-in fact, an occult glyph is more akin to a coat of arms than anything else. a magicalfigure is the coat of arms it represents. these magicalfigures are built up to rep

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

al, which you must engrave in gold, when the sun is exalted in the heavens, alone on a mountain top or some such place close to the rays, but alone. being finished, it should be wrapped in a square of the finest silk and lain aside until such time as it is needed. the number os shammash is twenty and this is his seal: the god of mars is the mighty nergal. he has the head of a man on the body of a lion, and bears a sword and a flail. he is the god of war, and of the fortunes of war. he was sometimes though to be an agent of the ancient ones, for he dwelt in cutha for a time. his colour is dark red. his essence is to be found in iron, and in all weapons made to spill the blood of men and of animals. his gate is the fifth you will see as you pass the zones in the rituals that follow. his step

rcumstances, for his might is powerful and his anger fierce. when thou hast need of the power of the star jupiter, call instead one of the appropriate powers listed within these pages, and they will surely come. the number of marduk is ten and this is his seal: the god of saturn is ninib called adar, the lord of hunters and of strength. he appears with a crown of horns and a long sword, wearing a lion's skin. he is the final zonei before the terrible igigi. his colour is the darkest black. his essence is to be found in lead, in the burnt embers of the fire, and in things of death and of antiquity. the horns of a stag are his symbol. his gate is the last you will come upon in the rites that follow. his step on the ladder of lights is black. this is his seal, which you must engrave on a lead

arsenals of the ancient ones, she bore monster-serpents sharp of tooth, long of fang, she filled their bodies with venom for blood roaring dragons she has clothed with terror has crowned them with halos, making them as gods, so that he who beholds them shall perish and, that, with their bodies reared up none might turn them back. she summoned the viper, the dragon, and the winged bull, the great lion, the mad-god, and the scorpion-man. mighty rabid demons, feathered-serpents, the horse-man, bearing weapons that spare no fearless in battle, charmed with the spells of ancient sorcery. withal eleven of this kind she brought forth with kingu as leader of the minions. remember! enki our master fearing defeat, summoned his son marduk summoned his son the son of magick told him the secret name t

hey are things of the wind, and of fire. and the first comes from the north, and is called ustur, and has a human shape. and he is the most ancient of the four, and a great lord of the world. and the second comes from the east, and is called sed and has the shape of a bull, but with a human face, and is very mighty. and the third comes from the south, and is called lamas, and is of the shape of a lion, but with a human head, and governs those things of the flame and the burning wind. and the fourth comes from the west, and is called nattig, and is of the shape of an eagle, but with a human body, having only the face and wings of an eagle, with an eagle's claws. and this eagle comes from the sea and is a great mystery. and from nuzku upon uru they come, and do not wait, and are always prese

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an wisdom, we say and witness by these presents publicly, we cannot be made known, and be betrayed unto them; and much less they shall be able to hurt as any manner of way without the will of god; but they shall certainly be partakers of all the punishment spoken of in our fama; so their wicked counsels shall light upon themselves, and our treasures shall remain untouched and unstirred, until the lion doth come, who will ask them for his use, and employ them for the confirmation and establishment of his kingdom. we ought therefore here to observe well, and make it known unto everyone, that god hath certainly and most assuredly concluded to send and grant to the world before her end, which presently thereupon shall ensue, such a truth, light, life, and glory, as the first man adam had, whic

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

over the blending of all opposites in one harmonious light; thence shall we travel to the holy and humble house of the heart, wherein our god is born, whose name is ineffable, a crown of glory, exalted forever above the balance of righteousness and truth. t.a.r.o. as author of the following essay to you my readers, i can but say with the four beasts of the apocalypse: gcome and see. h gbehold the lion c hath prevailed to open the book and to loose the seven seals thereof. h for until now gno man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon. h yet through the astrolabe of his mind and in the alembic of his heart aleister crowley has opened the book, breaking not only the first six seals, but the seventh also. for those who read and und

work to my readers as a twisted clue of silk and hemp to guide them safely through the labyrinthine mysteries of poetry and magic, whose taurine crags hug the blue sky, amorous as the kisses of pasiphae; across the elysian fields of myrtle and asphodel, up the eagle-crested slopes of olympus, and over the shining sun-scorched sands of ammon, tawny and silken as the crouching form of some colossal lion, to the cool groves of eleusis child-like dreaming in the bosom of silvery attica by the blue agean sea. yet those who would drink deeper of the wine of this magical eucharist, spilt with due reverence on the pages of this volume, they must seek it in the sibylline verses of those books from which this one has drawn its life-blood. and they are: aceldama. the tale of archais. songs of the spi

he throned boats of light; companies of spirits follow me; adore the lords of night. yea, with gladness did they paan, bowing low before my car, in my ears their homage echoed from the sunrise to the star. i have risen! i am gathered as a lovely hawk of gold, i the first-born of the mother in her ecstasy of old. lo! i come to face the dweller in the sacred snake of khem; come to face the babe and lion, come to measure force with them! ah! these locks flow down, a river, as the earth fs before the sun, as the earth fs before the sunset, and the god and i are one. i who entered in a fool, gain the god by clean endeavour; i am shaped as men and women, fair for ever and for ever *orpheus, vol. iii, pp. 209, 210. such is the living poetry that abides and ever lives on, knowing no youth or age

evil very clearly in gthe marriage of heaven and hell. h gi tell you no virtue can exist without breaking these ten commandments, h he says, referring to the decalogue. further back in his gproverbs of hell, h he writes: you never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough. the pride of the peacock is the glory of god. the lust of the goat is the bounty of god. the wrath of the lion is the wisdom of god. the nakedness of woman is the work of god. for everything that lives is holy. in samuel butler fs gerewhon h we find much the same idea in the following couplet. he who sins aught sins more than he ought, but he who sins naught, has much to be taught. blake further writes in gthe marriage of heaven and hell h: a man carried a monkey about for a show, and because he was a

d since the noumenon can possess no predicate. what is it then that it does possess? it is the reason itself which is at fault; the delicate time-piece of kant fs intellect has gone wrong, it has ceased to gtick, h and with the terrific blow of an a priori club, he proclaims it mended, and regulates each chiming clock in the house of many mansions by means of its handless face] thus has the great lion of crowleyanity set the little crab of konigsberg and his lunar hut in their appointed niche in the great solar mansion of eternity. at length we have arrived at the end of our first series of arguments, which may be generalized as the infoldment of all rational philosophies into one uncertain philosophic problem. berkeley, as we have seen, opened the gateway of scepticism, and was the first

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nterweight the sword of expiation. justice, emanating from god, as symbolized by the overshadowing protection, is the equilibrium between right and duty. justice is crowned with lances to indicate inflexibility, adorned with the sacred serpent to signify she acts with enlightenment, and her throne is placed on a platform or three steps to represent her action in all three worlds. at her side is a lion, symbol of the force over which she rules; and a sphinx, symbol of the passage of time which enables her to manifest. above is a winged turtle, symbol of the repentance which may bring forgiveness. at the back is a divine messenger, signifying that the justice of god will be the final judge of the justice of men. the sword is here a sign of protection to the good and a menace to the wicked. t

enius of evil, is precipitated. on a circular platform in equilibrium on the wheel, is poised a sphinx, holding in its claws a javelin. at the foot of the dual column two serpents raise their heads. this is the wheel of destiny. the circular platform upon which the sphinx stands represents the zodiac; and the sphinx, as a composite of the four constellations marking the zodiacal quadrants- eagle, lion, man and bull--signifies the passage of time. it holds a javelin in its claws to indicate that time is always fructifying events and ever ready to strike to right or left as the wheel turns under its impulsion, raising the humble and lowering the proud. the eight spokes of the wheel, eight being the number of justice, symbolize that time and opportunity, in the course of divine providence, ar

ut to all. the dual column supporting the wheel indicates that all nature is polarized into positive and negative. the serpents signify that the law of all action is that of sex. the enchantress--arcanum xi. in divination, arcanum xi is force, spiritual power, or fortitude. arcanum xi is figured by the image of a young girl who opens and closes without effort, with her hands, the jaws of an angry lion. the maiden wears a crown surmounted by a vase and crowned eagles, and at her brow the sacred serpent. the vase is symbol of the affections, and the crowned eagles represent force spiritualized. the sacred serpent signifies that she acts in full knowledge of her power, and not blindly. the lion symbolizes force, also the animal desires in man which are subdued by the spiritual nature. the who

er. the adept--arcanum xxi. in divination, arcanum xxi may be read as success or attainment. arcanum xxi is figured by a kneeling young girl playing on a harp of three strings. above is a wreath of twelve flowers, each flower having three blossoms. at each of the four angles of the wreath is a head; the two below being the head of an eagle and the head of a bull, the two above being the head of a lion and the head of a man. the man's head has the sacred serpent at its brow to indicate mental fertility. in the center of the wreath is a phallus and a yoni conjoined. this sacred lingha is soaring upward through the wreath, sustained by two wings. the young girl symbolizes purity of life. she is modestly clothed to indicate simplicity of living and moderation in desires. she kneels as she play

the harp has three strings, signifying harmony of body, intellect and emotions. the twelve flowers of the wreath above are the twelve zodiacal signs in which all experience is gained. the three blossoms of each flower indicate that both souls, as represented joined in the winged linga, have garnered the flowers of zodiacal experience on all planes, physical, astral and spiritual. the head of the lion signifies the creative forces of the solar sign, leo, and the courage which is necessary to all real attainment. the head of the bull represents the fructifying agent of nature and points out the ne