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BOOK OF BARUCH

s 8 yet have we not prayed before the lord, that we might turn every one from the imaginations of his wicked heart. 9 wherefore the lord watched over us for evil, and the lord hath brought it upon us: for the lord is righteous in all his works which he hath commanded us. 10 yet we have not hearkened unto his voice, to walk in the commandments of the lord, that he hath set before us. 11 and now, o lord god of israel, that hast brought thy people out of the land of egypt with a mighty hand, and high arm, and with signs, and with wonders, and with great power, and hast gotten thyself a name, as appeareth this day: 12 o lord our god, we have sinned, we have done ungodly, we have dealt unrighteously in all thine ordinances. 13 let thy wrath turn from us: for we are but a few left among the heat

18276066 GRIMM JACOB TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY VOL 1

over the enemy being the god's. saim. 5% of osinn himself: fieigsi ok 1 folk um skaut (see suppl. to the god of victory are attached two ivolves and two ravens, which, as combative courageous animals, follow the fight, and pounce upon the fallen corpses, andr. and el. xxvi. xxvii. the wolves are named gcri and frcjci, sn. 42; and so late as in hans sachs (i. 5, 499, we read in a schwank, that the lord god has chosen wolves for his hounds, that they are his cattle. the two ravens are hvginn and muninn, from hugr (animus, cogitatio) and munr (mens; they are not only brave, but cunning and wise, they sit on the shoidders of osinn, and whisper in his ear whatever they see and hear, sa^m. 42' 88^ sn. 42. 56. 322. to the greek apollo too the wolf and raven were sacred^ his messenger the raven in

rother of sleep. besides, the gods fell a prey to diseases. freyr was sick with love, and his great hugsott (mind-sickness) awakened the pity of all the gods. osinn, niorsr and freyr, according to the yngl. saga 10. 11. 12, all sink under sicknesses (sottdausir. aphrodite and ares receive wounds, ii. 5, 330. 858; these are quickly healed [yet not without medical aid. a curious story tells how the lord god, having fallen sick, descends from heaven to earth to get cured, and comes to arras; there minstrels and merryandrews receive commands to amuse him, and one manages so cleverly, that the lord bursts out laughing and finds himself rid of his distemper^ tliis may be very ancient; for in the same way, sick daughters of kings in nurserytalcs are made to laugh by beggars and fiddlers, and so i

ABRAMELIN1

ints; while, on the other hand, the deceitful leviathan had promised him forty years of life to do his pleasure. he made every effort, as he was obliged to by the pact, to persuade me and drag me to the precipice of the same error and misery; but at first i kept myself apart from him, and at last i took flight. unto this day do they sing in the streets of the terrible end which befel him, may the lord god of his mercy preserve us from such a misfortune. this should serve us as a mirror of warning to keep far from us all evil undertakings and pernicious curiosity. in austria i found an infinitude, but all were either ignorant, or like unto the bohemians, the sacred magic 12 in the kingdom of hungary i found but persons knowing neither god nor devil, and who were worse than the beasts. in gr

wing books. afterwards he did manifest unto me the regimen of the mystery of that sacred magic which was exercised and put into practice by our forefathers and progenitors, noah, abraham, jacob, moses, david, and solomon, among whom the last misused it, and he received the punishment thereof during his life. in the second book i will describe the whole faithfully and clearly, in order that if the lord god should wish to dispose of me before that thou shalt have attained a competent age, thou shalt find these three small manuscript books as forming at the same time both an inestimable treasure and a faithful master and teacher; because there are very many secrets in the symbols of the third book which i have seen made experiment of with mine own eyes by abramelim,28 and to be perfectly true

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cerning the two second moons. he two first moons being finished; the two second moons follow, during the which ye shall make your prayer, morning and evening at the hour accustomed; but before entering into the oratory ye shall wash your hands and face thoroughly with pure water. and you shall prolong your prayer with the greatest possible affection, devotion and submission; humbly entreating the lord god that he would deign to command his holy angels to lead you in the true way, and wisdom, and knowledge, by studying the which assiduously in the sacred writings there will arise more and more (wisdom) in your heart. the use of the rights of marriage is permitted, but should scarcely if at all be made use of (during this period. you shall also wash your whole body every sabbath eve. as to w

ace the lighted coals in the censer which55 you shall have brought with you, you shall light the lamp, and take from the cupboard of the altar your two vestments, the crown, the girdle and the wand, placing them upon the altar. then take the sacred oil in your left hand, cast some of the perfume upon the fire, and place yourself upon your knees,56 praying unto the lord with fervour. the orison. o lord god of mercy; god, patient, most benign and liberal; who grantest thy grace in a thousand ways, and unto a thousand generations; who forgettest the iniquities, the sins, and the transgressions of men; in whose presence none is found innocent; who visitest the transgressions of the father upon the children and nephews unto the third and fourth generation; i 7 of abramelin the mage 63 know my w

who write such works usually make use of and even then not without mystifications. but i have employed a certain manner of arrangement, making a mixture of the subject matter, and dispersing it here and there in the chapters so that you may be forced to read and re-read the book many times, and also the better so to do, to transcribe and imprint it in your memory. render then your thanks unto the lord god almighty, and never forget my faithful advice, even unto the day of your death. thus will the divine wisdom and magic be your wealth, and never can you find a greater treasure in the world. obey promptly him who teacheth you that which he hath learned by his own experience; and i pray and conjure you by that god who is my god, to observe summarily and inviolably the three following heads

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS

. 59. stained is the purple of thy mouth, o brilliant one with the white glory of he lips of adonai. 27 magic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 283 60. the foam of the grape is like the storm upon the sea; the ships tremble and shudder; the shipmaster is afraid. 61. that is thy drunkenness, o holy one, and the winds whirl away the soul of the scribe into the happy haven. 62. o lord god! let the haven be cast down by the fury of the storm! let the foam of the grape tincture my soul with thy light. yes, i dare say. but is there not here a sort of moral oxymoron? are not the masters pursuing two diametrically opposed policies at the same time? genius- or initiation, which implies the liberation and development of the genius latent in us all (is not one of names of the "hol

ALEISTER CROWLEY SEPHER SEPHIROTH

ousand pl) pele: the [hidden] wonder: a title of kether )lp red (gn. 25:25) ynwmd) he is one god: a name of god myhl )wh dx) ruin, destruction, sudden death ns) aum (thus in s.s; cf. 47) m) thick darkness lp) passwords of. ynd) hwhy dwy mad llwhm a holocaust, whole burnt offering; an ascent hlw( precious stone nx nb) vomit )yq 112 a structure; mode of building nynb was angry snb sharpness qdx the lord god: the divine name of binah myhl) hwhy (notariqon of ha-qadosh barukh hua, 655) hbqh 113 likewise; the same (fem (cf. 108) hqx a giving away, remitting hxyls a stream, brook glp 114 tear (weeping (md gracious, obliging, indulgent nwnx science (dm brains nyxwm we wnxn 115 here am i ynnh the heat of the day mwyh mwx to make strong; vehement, eager qzx we wnxn) 116 doves mynwy the munificent o

.q. 652) kyny( silver psk fell down lpn a rock, stone (ls a tree c( thy face (ez. 3:8) kynp image mlc cain nyq to be lovely, pleasant m(n existing, stable myyq 161 the heavenly man (lit. the gprimordial h or gexalted h man) h)ly( md) the congregation of the eternal hwhy lhq 162 the sum of the letters of the lesser beard, if n= 14, etc (see 1350) son of the right hand nymynb colour (bc 163 he, the lord god ynd) myhl )wh woman, wife hbqwn 164 the pillars (see 79) mydm( ye shall cleave myqbdx outer; civil (as opposed to sacred) nwcyx 165 strength (ez.3:8) myqzx to make them know (ps. 25:4) m(ydwhl nemo (name of magister templi) hymm( an assembly hc( curse hllq 166 under penalty of law (esp. a fine) nwmm byyx the most high nwyl( 167 the unnameable one (a demon) nwmys) fetters (job 36:8) myqyz

w# prayer, cantrip (esp. on parchment, worn as an amulet) hlpt he will go *khy 516 a wood hry) partzufin: persons, faces nypwcrp 517 the good gift (i.e. malkuth) hbw+ hntm secrets, penetralia tw)lp a breakage, rupture hryb# 518 the palate *kyx 520 tears tw(md kosher: proper, legitimate, valid r#k 521 the descending fire drwy) the naked splendour nblh pw#xm 523 high priestess lwdgh tnhk the [only] lord god (counted only with nun final in s.s) nyhl) hwhy t) 525 the lord of hosts: the divine name of netzach tw)bc hwhy the milky way (ar; lit. gthe river of fire h; cf. 387) rwn yd rhn 526 a lintel pwq#m 527 coins tw(b+m 529 gaffatura ollaris cum iusculo dulci h: g[will be] speaking of a pot with a sweet broth h hrydq yqyc 530 the rose tlcbx voices tlq to thee *kl 533 king of terrors twhlb klm 5

41 israel l)r#y towards, to thee *kyl) 542 the world of mevshekal (the intellectual world; referred to the supernals) lk#wm mlw( 543 existence of existences: the name of the highest god hyh) r) hyh) 544 apples (ct. 2:5) myxwpt 545 a boar of the wood r(ym ryzx 546 sweet qwtm preserves; a watchman rmw# guards rwm# the head that is not: a title of kether )ld)#yr thy god (deut. 4:24, 28:58 *kyhl) 548 lord god of knowledge: the divine name of tiphareth t(dw hwl) hwhy 549 moral; felt, sensed #grwm storm-wind hr(s xwr 550 eagle, vulture, bird of prey; to fall off, fall away r#n a rod of iron (ps. 2) lzrb +b# masters, princes, heads, chiefs myr# dragons (restricted (ps. 74:13) mnynt 551 thy terror *kmy) lead, the metal of saturn; a plummet-line, level, water-level *kn) 552 the daily want, daily de

e oil for lighting rw)ml nm# 668 a female merchant trxs the ears *mynz) to shut up, obstruct *msx builders *mynwb 670 deprecating, entreating rt( kinsmen, nation, populace; with, by, near *m( 671 bearing fruit yrp h#w( the gate: a title of malkuth)(rt taro (cf. 216, 224& 280 (r)t adonai: my lord (spelt in full :y:n:d) he is one god: a name of god *myhl )wh dx) aum (thus in s.s; cf. 47 *m) 672 the lord god: the divine name of binah *myhl) hwhy 674) a merchant trxws 676 resplendent ccwntm doves *mynwy the munificent ones *mybydn artificial (counted only with mem final in s.s *mylglg 679 the chrysolite stone (ct. 5:14) tplw(m nb) 680 prophetic sayings, or decrees: ghis days shall be h (hence gabra- melin h *mylm vermin *mynk 681 joyful noise; battle-cry; the sound [of a trumpet (cf. 585) h(wr

and that? h *nbyw arrows *mycyx 720 call to mind, account ytb#x thy navel (ct. 7:2) krr# wine *nyy honest; so, thus, just so, such, so much *nk image *mlc to be lovely, pleasant *m(n existing, stable *myyq 721 the primordial point hnw#)r hdqn vision *nwzx the heavenly man (lit. the gprimordial h or gexalted h man *h)ly( md) 722 the voice of the trumpet rpw# lwq in, so, thus, then *nkb 723 he, the lord god *ynd) myhl )wh 724 the end of the days mymyh tyrx) a leader, chief, judge *nyyd the pillars (see 79 *mydm( ye shall cleave *myqbdx 725 priest *nhk strength (ez.3:8 *myqzx to make them know (ps. 25:4 *m(ydwhl 726 vitriol (a notariqon of gvisita interiora terrae rectificando invenies occultum lapidem h: gvisit the interior of the earth; by rectification thou shalt find the hidden stone h) l

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halt not tempt the lord thy god" i see above the book a multitude of white-robed ones from whom droppeth a great rain of blood; but above them is a golden sun, having an eye, whence a great light. i turned me to the south: and read therein: seal up the book! speak not that which thou seest and 4 reveal it unto none: for the ear is not framed that shall hear it: nor the tongue that can speak it! o lord god, blessed, blessed, blessed be thou for ever! thy shadow is as great light. thy name is as the breath of love across all worlds. illustration on page 5 approximated (a vast svastika is shewn unto me behind the angel with the book) rend your garments, o ye clouds! uncover yourselves! for the love of my son! who are they that trouble thee? who are they that slew thee? o light! come thou, who

h was written an in enochian. within was drawn a fiery scorpion, yet cold withal. until the book of the east be opened! until the hour sound! 5 until the voice vibrate! until it pierce my depth; look not on high! look not beneath! for thou wilt find a life which is as death: or a death which should be infinite. for thou art submitted to the four: five thou shalt find, but seven is lone and far. o lord god, let thy spirit hither unto me! for i am lost in the night of infinite pain: no hope: no god: no resurrection: no end: i fall: i fear. o saviour of the world, bruise thou my head with thy foot to save the world, that once again i touch him whom i slew, that in my death i feel the radiance and the heat of the moving of thy robes! let us alone! what have we to do with thee, thou jesus of na

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aloud and the everlasting hills did bow! they fled away; they were not! and thine awful sea rolled in upon the abyss! for thou didst look upon my face and say: thou art my son, this day have i begotten thee! yea, o my father, thou hast spoken unto me and said "sit thou on my right hand" 191 but i have covered my face. i have hidden myself. i have knelt before thee in the glory of thy face! arise, lord god, arise and shine! i am to-day and i am yesterday! i am the brother of the golden dawn! in the chariot of life is my seat, and my horses course upon the firmament of nu! come unto me, o my father, for i know thy name! amoun [vibrate by formulae of the middle pillar and of the mystic circumambulation] 16 during the great invocation of amon and toum maal t.t.e.g. and q.f.d.r. respectively ch

evening "but before entering into the oratory ye 33 "the book of the sacred magic" p. 54. 34 "ibid" p. 64. some of the following quotations have been abridged. 35 "ibid" p. 65. 36 "the book of the sacred magic" pp. 66-69. shall wash your hands and face thoroughly with pure water. and you shall prolong your prayer with the greatest possible affection, devotion and submission; humbly entreating the lord god that he would deign to command his holy angels to lead you in the true way" during this period the points to be observed are (1 "the use of the rites of marriage is permitted, but should scarcely if at all be made use of (2 "you shall also wash your whole body every sabbath eve (3 "as to what regardeth commerce and rules of living, as in the first period (4 "it is absolutely necessary dur

(5) to give no place to evil: and to make eternal war against the forces of evil: until even they be redeemed unto the light (6) to harmonize my own spirit that so equilibrium may lead me to the east and that my human consciousness shall allow no usurpation of its rule by the automatic (7) to conquer the temptations (8) to banish the illusions (9) to put my whole trust in the only and omnipotent lord god: as it is written "blessed are they that put their trust in him (10) to uplift the cross of sacrifice and suffering: and to cause my light to shine before men that they may glorify my father which is in heaven.45 furthermore: i most solemnly promise and swear: to acquire this holy science in the manner prescribed in the book of abramelin, without omitting the least imaginable thing of the

ALICE A BAILEY10 FROM BETHLEHEM TO CALVARY

ze of his three friends upon the mount of transfiguration. in one of the ancient scriptures of india, quoted by dr. otto, there is an attempt to express or reveal that divine essential spirit manifested at the transfiguration- 93- from bethlehem to calvary copyright 1998 lucis trust "finer than the fine yet am i greatest, i am the all in its complete fullness, i, the most ancient, the spirit, the lord god. the golden-gleaming am i, of form divine. without hand and foot, rich in unthinkable might, sight without eyes, hearing without ears, free from all form, i know. but me none knows. for i am spirit, am being" 9 the mass of literature that has been written in an attempt to portray the wonder of the transfiguration and the vision of god, is an outstanding phenomenon of the religious life, a

ALICE A BAILEY14 THE REAPPEARANCE OF THE CHRIST

ht human relations. it is surely needless here to deal with the theme of the preparation which the individual should make within himself as he prepares for the work to be done. men have had the principles of right spiritual conduct presented to them for centuries, though largely because good conduct will lead them to a good heaven, the aim has been basically selfish. the little prayer which says "lord god almighty! let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me" sums up all the requirements for those who seek to work in preparation for the coming of the christ, if to it is added the development of a sound intelligence and the practice of an organised life. but today the motive shifts from the concept of personal salvation (which is assumed or taken for granted, and the preparation re

AN INTRO TO STUDY OF THE KABALAH

forms, and were not subject to appetites or passions, they dwelled in light in the gn oidn, garden of aidin, of eden, of pleasant peace (zohar ii. 229b. the man and the woman before their descent to this world were as one--androgynous; at incarnation they were separated into sexes. the first human pair broke the first commandment, they sinned and were doomed to a complete descent into matter; the lord god made them "coats of skin" he gave them material bodies, and with these came the need of food, and the passions required to bring forth a succession of earthly bodies. yet man is still the copy of god on earth; his form is related to the tetragrammaton of jehovah ihvh, for in a diagram, yod is as the head, heh the arms, vau the body, and the final heh the lower limbs (see zohar ii. 42a. th

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aneous evolution of seven human groups on seven different portions of our globe (b) the birth of the astral, before the physical body: the former being a model for the latter; and (c) that man, in this round, preceded every mammalian- the anthropoids included- in the animal kingdom[[footnote(s* see genesis ch. ii, v. 19. adam is formed in verse 7, and in verse 19 it is said "out of the ground the lord god formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto adam to see what he would call them" thus man was created before the animals; for the animals mentioned in chapter i. are the signs of the zodiac, while the man "male and female" is not man, but the host of the sephiroth; forces, or angels "made in his (god's) image and after his likeness" the adam, man, is

for the first adam- the kadmon- is the synthesis of the ten sephiroth. of these, the upper triad remains in the archetypal world as the future "trinity" while the seven lower sephiroth create the manifested material world; and this septenate is the second adam. genesis, and the mysteries upon which it was fabricated, came from egypt. the "god" of the 1st chapter of genesis is the logos, and the "lord god" of the 2nd chapter the creative elohim- the lower powers* thus saith pymander "this is the mystery that to this day was hidden. nature being mingled with the heavenly man (elohim, or dhyanis, brought forth a wonder. seven men, all males and females (hermaphrodite. according to the nature of the seven governors- book ii. v. 29- or the seven hosts of the pitris or elohim, who projected or

g as it did, the "one (son) of the divine father, or the creator" for the words "am" and "om" meant at one time in nearly every language the divine, or the deity. thus adam kadmon and adam-adami came to mean "the first emanation of the father-mother or divine nature" and literally "the first divine one" and it is easy to see that ad-argat (or aster't, the syrian goddess, the consort of ad-on, the lord god of syria or the jewish adonai, and venus, isis, ishtar, mylitta, eve, etc, etc, are identical with the aditi and vach of the hindus. they are all the "mothers of all living" and "of the gods" on the other hand- cosmically and astronomically- all the male gods became at first "sun-gods" then, theologically, the "suns of righteousness" and the logoi, all symbolised by the sun* they are all

ine man within the earthly man is very great. his dual creation is hinted at in the puranas, though its esoteric meaning can be approached only by collating together the many varying accounts, and reading them in their symbolical and allegorical character. so it is in the bible, both in genesis and even in the epistles of paul. for that creator, who is called in the second chapter of genesis the "lord god" is in the original the elohim, or gods (the lords, in the plural; and while one of them makes the earthly adam of dust, the other breathes into him the breath of life, and the third makes of him a living soul (ii. 7, all of which readings[[vol. 2, page] 82 the secret doctrine. are implied in the plural number of the elohim "the first man is of the earth, the second (the last, or rather h

ace the legend in berosus, who says that thalatth (the omoroca, or lady of urka) was the beginning of creation. she was also melita, the queen of the moon. the two twin births of genesis, that of cain and abel, and of esau and jacob, shadow the same idea. the name 'hebel' is the same as eve, and its characteristic seems to be feminine" continues the author "unto thee shall be his desire" said the lord god to cain "and thou shalt rule over him" the same language had been uttered to eve "thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. thus the pristine bi-sexual unity of the human third root-race is an axiom in the secret doctrine. its virgin individuals were raised to "gods" because that race represented their "divine dynasty" the moderns are satisfied with worshipping the

ented by the highest angels, were named the "serpents of wisdom" and "dragons" as also how the first physiologically complete couples- after being initiated into the mystery of human creation through ophis, the manifested logos and the androgyne, by eating of the fruit of knowledge- gradually began to be accused by the material spirit of posterity of having committed sin, of having disobeyed the "lord god" and of having been tempted by the serpent. so little have the first christians (who despoiled the jews of their bible) understood the first four chapters of genesis in their esoteric meaning, that they never perceived that not only was no sin intended in this disobedience, but that actually the "serpent" was "the lord god" himself, who, as the ophis, the logos, or the bearer of divine cr

cent" and the "great architect of the world* the titanic struggle, in theogony at least, is the fight for supremacy between the children of uranos and gaia (or heaven and earth in their abstract sense, the titans, against the children of kronos, whose chief is zeus. it is the everlasting struggle going on to this day between the spiritual inner man and the man of flesh, in one sense* just as the "lord god" or jehovah, is cain esoterically, and the "tempting serpent" as well, the male portion of the androgynous eve, before her "fall" the female portion of adam kadmon; the left side or binah of the right side chochmah in the first sephirothal triad[[vol. 2, page] 270 the secret doctrine "father of the gods" he is the "disrespectful son" in hesiod. hermes calls him the "heavenly man (pymander

powers, had obtained all the divine knowledge of yoga-vidya and occult powers of the gods, who conspired against him. here we see the "obedient" host of archangels or minor gods conspiring against the (future) fallen angels, whom enoch accuses of the great crime of disclosing to the world all "the secret things done in heaven" it is michael, gabriel, raphael, surgal and uriel who denounced to the lord god those of their brethren who were said to have pried into the divine mysteries and taught them to men: by this means they themselves escaped a like punishment. michael was commissioned to fight the dragon, and so was karttikeya, and under the same circumstances. both are "leaders of the celestial host" both virgins, both "leaders of saints "spear-holders (saktidhara, etc, etc. karttikeya i

of all the other gods- jehovah, not to the serpent, which spoke only words of sympathy and wisdom, and is at the worst, even in the dogma "the adversary of men" this dogma, based as it is on chapter iii. of genesis, is as illogical and unjust as it is paradoxical. for who was the first to create that original and hence-forward universal tempter of man- the woman? not the serpent surely, but the "lord god" himself, who, saying "it is not good that the man should be alone- made woman, and "brought her unto the man (18-22. if the unpleasant little incident that followed was and is still to be regarded as the "original sin" then it exhibits the creator's divine foresight in a poor light indeed. it would have been far better for the first adam (of chap. 1) to have been left either "male and fe

ing "it is not good that the man should be alone- made woman, and "brought her unto the man (18-22. if the unpleasant little incident that followed was and is still to be regarded as the "original sin" then it exhibits the creator's divine foresight in a poor light indeed. it would have been far better for the first adam (of chap. 1) to have been left either "male and female" or "alone" it is the lord god, evidently, who was the real cause of all the mischief, the "agent provocateur" and the serpent- only a prototype of azazel "the scapegoat for the sin of (the god of) israel" the poor tragos having to pay the penalty for his master's and creator's blunder. this, of course, is addressed only to those who accept the opening events of the drama of humanity in genesis in their dead-letter sen

me jehovah in its abstract sense, one independent of the deity falsely called by that name. it was a blind created purposely by the rabbins, a secret preserved by them with ten-fold care after the christians had despoiled them of this god-name which was their own property* but the following statement is made. the personage who is named in the first four chapters of genesis variously as "god" the "lord god" and "lord" simply, is not one and the same person; certainly it is not jehovah. there are three distinct classes or groups of the elohim called sephiroth in the kabala, jehovah appearing only in chapter iv, in the first verse of which he is named cain, and in the last transformed into mankind- male and female, jah-veh* the "serpent" moreover, is not satan, but the bright angel, one of th

s own image. in the image of god created he him, male and female created he them" the androgyne adam-kadmon. now this kabalistic name is not that of a living man, nor even of a human or divine being, but of the two sexes or organs of procreation, called in hebrew with that usual sincerity of language pre-eminently biblical, sacr and n'cabvah; these two being, therefore, the image under which the "lord god" appeared usually to his chosen people. that this is so, is now undeniably proven by almost all the symbologists and hebrew scholars as well as by the kabala. therefore adam is in one sense jehovah. this makes plain another general tradition in the east mentioned in gregorie's "notes and observations upon several passages in scripture (1684. vol. 1 pp. 120-21) and quoted by hargrave jenni

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that bore them; but the physical improvement took place at the expense of the spiritual inner man and nature. the three middle principles in earth and man became with every race more material; the soul stepping back to make room for the physical intellect; the essence of elements becoming the material and composite elements now known. man is not, nor could he ever be, the complete product of the "lord god; but he is the child of the elohim, so arbitrarily changed into the singular masculine gender. the first dhyanis, commissioned to "create" man in their image, could only throw off their shadows, like a delicate model for the nature spirits of matter to work upon (see book ii) man is, beyond any doubt, formed physically out of the dust of the earth, but his creators and fashioners were man

the elohim, so arbitrarily changed into the singular masculine gender. the first dhyanis, commissioned to "create" man in their image, could only throw off their shadows, like a delicate model for the nature spirits of matter to work upon (see book ii) man is, beyond any doubt, formed physically out of the dust of the earth, but his creators and fashioners were many. nor can it be said that the "lord god breathed into his nostrils the breath of life" unless that god is identified with the "one life" omnipresent though invisible, and unless the same operation is attributed to "god" on behalf of every living soul- or nephesch, which is the vital soul, not the divine spirit or ruach, which ensures to man alone a divine degree of immortality, that no animal, as such, could ever attain in this

radoxical element, minus its innermost significance, has now passed entirely into christian theology and dogma! whether the early fathers of the church knew the esoteric meaning of the hebrew (old) testament, or whether only a few of them were aware of it, while the others remained ignorant of the secret, is for[[footnote(s* the same idea is carried out exoterically in the incidents of egypt. the lord god tempts sorely pharaoh and "plagues him with great plagues" lest the king should escape punishment, and thus afford no pretext for one more triumph to his "chosen people[[vol. 1, page] 384 the secret doctrine. posterity to decide. one thing is certain, at any rate. as the esotericism of the new testament agrees perfectly with that of the hebrew mosaic books; and since, at the same time, a

nature, subjective and objective, possessed profound knowledge, and were acquainted with many facts[[footnote(s* during that period which is absent from the mosaic books- from the exile of eden to the allegorical flood- the jews worshipped with the rest of the semites dayanisi[[hebrew "the ruler of men" the "judge" or the sun. though the jewish canon and christianism have made the sun become the "lord god" and jehovah in the bible, yet the latter is full of indiscreet traces of the androgyne deity, which was jehovah the sun, and astoreth the moon in its female aspect, and quite free from the present metaphorical element given to it. god is a "consuming fire" appears in, and is encompassed by fire" it was not only in vision that ezekiel (viii, 16) saw the jews "worshipping the sun" the baal

t satan- the devil- was a son of god and the most beautiful of his archangels, rather than believe that father and son are a gigantic, personified and eternal lie, we prefer to turn to pantheism and to pagan philosophy for information. once that the key to genesis is in our hands, it is the scientific and symbolical kabala which unveils the secret. the great serpent of the garden of eden and the "lord god" are identical, and so are jehovah and cain one- that cain who is referred to in theology as the "murderer" and the liar to god! jehovah tempts the king of israel to number the people, and satan tempts him to do the same in another place. jehovah turns into the fiery serpents to bite those he is displeased with; and jehovah informs the brazen serpent that heals them. these short, and seem

in its material aspect. and this "soul" is, in its dual aspect of spirit and matter, the true anthropomorphic god of the theists; as this god is a personification of that universal creative agent, pure and impure both, owing to its manifested condition and differentiation in this mayavic world- god and devil- truly. but dr. wilson failed to see how vishnu, in this character, closely resembles the lord god of israel "especially in his policy of deception, temptation, and cunning" in the vishnu purana this is made as plain as can be. for it is said there, that "at the conclusion of their prayers (stotra) the gods beheld the sovereign deity hari (vishnu) armed with the conch, the discus, and the mace, riding on garuda" now "garuda" is the manvantaric cycle, as will be shown in its place. vish

had the same beliefs, with other names for their dramatis personae, and since christians believe in the same to this day? the hesiodic aeolus, boreas, etc, etc, were named kadim, tzaphon, daren, and ruach hajan by the "chosen people" of israel. what is, then, the fundamental difference? while the hellenes were taught that aeolus tied and untied the winds, the jews believed as fervently that their lord god "with smoke coming out of his nostrils and fire out of his mouth, rode upon a cherub and did fly; and was seen upon the wings of the wind (ii. sam, xxii. 9 and 11. the expressions of the two nations are either both figures of speech, or both superstitions. we think they are neither; but only arise from a keen sense of oneness with nature, and a perception of the mysterious and the intelli

chevalier drach, a converted jew, and the marquis de mirville, a roman catholic fanatic of the french aristocracy, that in hebrew lightning is a synonym of fury, and is always handled by an evil spirit; that jupiter fulgur or fulgurans is also called by the christians oelicius, and denounced as the soul of lightning, its daemon; we have either to apply the same explanation and definitions to the "lord god of israel" under the same circumstances, or renounce our right of abusing the gods and creeds of other nations. the foregoing statements emanating as they do from two ardent and learned roman catholics, are, to say the least, dangerous, in the presence of the bible and its prophets. indeed, if jupiter, the "chief daemon of the pagan greeks" hurled his deadly thunderbolts and lightnings at

stances, or renounce our right of abusing the gods and creeds of other nations. the foregoing statements emanating as they do from two ardent and learned roman catholics, are, to say the least, dangerous, in the presence of the bible and its prophets. indeed, if jupiter, the "chief daemon of the pagan greeks" hurled his deadly thunderbolts and lightnings at those who excited his wrath, so did the lord god of abraham and jacob. we find in i. samuel, that "the lord thundered from heaven, and the most high uttered his voice, and he sent out arrows (thunder bolts) and scattered them (saul's armies) with lightning, and discomforted them (chap. xxii. 14, 15) the athenians are accused of having sacrificed to boreas; and this "demon" is charged with having submerged and wrecked 400 ships of the pe

these forces, or agents, on this plane. but in order to gain the point the occultists have to examine the credentials of the law of gravity, first of all, of "gravitation, the king[[footnote(s[[footnote continued from previous page] original texts it is not "god" but elohim- and we challenge contradiction- and jehovah is one of the elohim, as proved by his own words in genesis iii. 22, when "the lord god said: behold the man has become as one of us" etc. hence both those who worship and sacrifice to the elohim, the angels, and to jehovah, those who revile the gods of their fellow-men, are far greater transgressors than the occultists or any theosophist. meanwhile many of the latter prefer believing in some one "lord" or other, and are quite welcome to do as they like* to liken the "immate

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thee, heart of gold! 28. my head is jewelled with twelve stars. my body is white as milk of the stars; it is brightwith the blue of the abyss of stars invisible. 29. i have found that which could not be found; i have found a vessel of quicksilver. 30. thou shalt instruct thy servant in his ways, thou shalt speak often with him. 31 (the scribe looketh upwards and crieth) amen! thou hast spoken it, lord god! the equinox 68 32. further adonai spake unto v.v.v.v.v. and said: 33. let us take our delight in the multitude of men! let us shape unto ourselves a boat of mother-of-pearl from them, that we may ride upon the river of amrit! 34. thou seest yon petal of amaranth, blown by the wind from the low sweet brows of hathor? 35 (the magister saw it and rejoiced in the beauty of it) listen! 36 (fr

he multitude. 58. and the grape fell ripe and rich into his mouth. 59. stained is the purple of thy mouth, o brilliant one, with the white glory of the lips of adonai. 60. the foam of the grape is like the storm upon the sea; the ships tremble and shudder, the shipmaster is afraid. 61. that is thy drunkenness, o holy one, and the winds whirl away the soul of the scribe into the happy haven. 62. o lord god! let the haven be cast down by the fury of the storm! let the foam of the grape tincture my soul with thy light! 63. bacchus grew old, and was silenus; pan was ever pan for ever and ever more throughout the ons. 64. intoxicate the inmost, o my lover, not the outermost! 65. so it was.ever the same! i have aimed at the peeled wand of my god, and i have hit; yea, i have hit. liber lxv 71 ii

th of the elements, o thou who transcendest the forces in their concourse and cohesion, in their death and their disruption. thou art python, the terrible serpent about the end of all things! 31. i turned about me thrice in every way; and always i came at the last unto thee. 32. many things i beheld mediate and immediate; but, beholding them no more, i beheld thee. 33. come thou, o beloved one, o lord god of the universe, o vast one, o minute one! i am thy beloved. 34. all day i sign of thy delight; all night i delight in thy song. 35. there is no other day or night that this. 36. thou art beyond the day and the night; i am thyself, o my maker, my master, my mate! 37. i am like the little red dog that sitteth upon the knees of the unknown. 38. thou hast brought me into great delight. thou

shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men. so i spake unto the people in the morning; and at even my wife died: and i did in the morning as i was commanded. and the people said unto me: wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thou doest so? then i answered them. the word of the lord came unto me saying: speak unto the house of israel: thus saith the lord god. ezekiel is unto you a sign: according to all that he hath done, shall ye do; and when this cometh, ye shall know that i am the lord. also, son of man, shall it not be in the day when i take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that whereon they set their minds. in that day shall thy mouth be opened. and thou shalt speak. and thou shalt be a sign

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570 times in all.14 these include the terms "and the elohim said let us make men in our image; the elohim said "come let us go down" in the story of the tower of babel; and "behold, the man has become like one of us, to know good and evil" in the garden of eden. also in genesis we have "and elohim said 'let us make adam".15 terms like yahveh-elohim or yahveh of the gods, is translated as lord and lord god to hide the truth. it was impossible to eliminate "the gods" when these texts were first written because the whole of the world was worshipping a vast range of gods, representing the anunnaki and others under different names, and the sun, moon, planets, stars, and natural forces. the 202 children of the matrix move from gods to god advanced rapidly with the advent of the illuminati religi

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ance with the principles of gematria, and therefore gematria supplies the key to them. but this aspect of our subject, fascinating as it is, we cannot enter upon now. 5. in the archetypal world of atziluth there are assigned to the ten sephiroth ten forms of the divine name. anyone who has read the bible cannot fail to have observed that god is referred to under divers titles, as the lord, as the lord god, as the father, and by several other appellations. now these are not literary devices to avoid needless repetition, but are exact metaphysical terms, and according to the name used we know the aspect of divine force in question and the plane on which it is functioning. 6. in the world of briah it is held that the mighty archangels carry out the mandates of god and give them expression, an

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ubject, and these beliefs can very often afford us a clue, even if we do not accept the very anthropomorphic explanations by which they are accompanied. it was believed that the arch-demon lilith had a very great deal to do with these matters. according to the qabalists, lilith was the first wife of adam, who used to visit him in his dreams while he was as yet alone in the garden of eden, and the lord god became so perturbed at these goings-on that he created eve as a counter- attraction. witches were the recipients of similar attentions from the devil. st. theresa of avila records that the godhead itself visited her. the virgin mary received the holy ghost. st. anthony was tempted by apparitions of beautiful female demons. there are many cases on record of whole nunneries being attacked b

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t and by the light. be my breath by the word; and i will command the spirits of this atmosphere, and will bridle the horses of the sun by the will of my heart, the thought of my mind, and the winking of my eye. i exercise thee, creature of air by the pentagram, and in the name of the tetragram, in which are firm will and true faith. amen, selah; so be it. so mote it be. 2. genesis, ii, 7 "and the lord god formed man (adam, spore of the ground (adoux, and breathed into his face the breath (nasama or inspiration) of lives; and he was a living soul" job, xxxii, 8 "there is a spirit (ruah) in man, and the inspiration (nasama) of the almighty maketh intelligent" 3. an evergreen plant of the genus vinca, having a blue or purple blossom. 4. in this salt be wisdom, and may it preserve our minds an

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anced and coming from outer space. martin has since died and no new channel has arisen to take her place. the association may be reached at 2675 w. highway 89-a #454, sedona, az 86336, where the newsletter, call to arms may be obtained. sources: festinger, leon, henry w. riecken, and stanley schachter. when prophecy fails. new york: harper& row, 1956. sananda, as recorded by sister thedra. i, the lord god says unto them. mt. shasta, calif: association of sananda and sanat kumara [1954. thedra. excerts of prophecies from other planets concerning our earth. mt. shasta, calif: association of sananda and sanat kumara [1956. mine intercome messages from the realms of light. sedona, ariz: association of sananda and sanat kumara [1990. association pour la recherche et l information sur l esoteric

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rk: ma yoga shakti international mission, 1984. mazdaznan temple association a zoroastrian group founded in 1890 by ottoman zar- adhusht hanish (1854.1936. the name mazdaznan is derived from the persian mazda and znan which hanish translated as master thought, although this interpretation might be questioned by persian scholars. as a zoroastrian group, members affirm the monotheistic faith in the lord god mazda, the creator of humanity. god finds expression in the holy family of father (the male creative principle, mother (the procreative female principle, and child (destiny/salvation. hanish was born in leipzig, germany. when only a boy, he was supposed to have been taken to a persian monastery at math-el-kharman and taught every major art and science, including occultism. early in this c

not been in bed more than three minutes, he writes of an experience in norwood, london, when both home and myself simultaneously heard the music: it sounded like a harmonium; sometimes, as if played loudly at a great distance, at other times as if very gently, close by. on another occasion, says adare, the music became louder and louder, until i distinctly heard the words: hallelujah! praise the lord god almighty! it was no imagination on my part. the music was the same as at norwood. the aerial musical sounds sometimes resembled drops of water, and according to home they were produced by the same method as raps. dr. james h. gully, in whose house home was a guest, writes: ears never listened to anything more sweet and solemn than these voices and instruments; we heard organ, harp and tru

e heavenly bodies, the pleiades has attracted the speculation of people who have imposed a mythological significance on the objects seen in the night sky. and such speculations have not been limited to prescientific cultures. early in the twentieth century, the leader of the group later known as the jehovah s witnesses suggested that one of the stars of the pleiades was actually the throne of the lord god jehovah. in ancient greece, the seven prominent stars were named after the seven daughters of atlas and pleione. atlas, a titan who warred against the gods, was condemned by zeus to hold up the heavens on his shoulders. his daughters were named alcyone, asterope, celaeno, electra, maia, merope, and taygete. each has her own story from the mythological cycles. pleiades, largely a concern f

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er still can be. why, women, stand and howl and wail? come here and listen to my tale! they all come around him. my gretchen, see! young are you still and shrewd enough by no means quite. you manage your affairs but ill. in confidence i tell you, what is more, since once for all now you re a whore, so be one then outright! gretchen my brother! god! what words to me! valentine in this game let our lord god be! now what is done is done, alas! and as things can, so will they come to pass. with one you started secretly, and more of them there soon will be. when a dozen men have had you down, you re common then to all the town. when shame at first is given birth, she is smuggled in upon this earth, and then the veil of night is thrown around her cars and head; yes, one would gladly murder her i

nt away, the bishop stays before you; a warning spirit bids him straightway to implore you. with deep concern for you his father s-heart doth quake. emperor in this glad hour what makes you apprehensive? speak! archbishop with what a bitter pang i find that in this hour your consecrated head s in league with satan s power. true- as it seems- you re on the throne, secured by right, but woe! in the lord god s, in father pope s despite. which when the pontiff learns, swift judgment he ll deliver, his holy bolt will crush your sinful realm forever. he has not yet forgot- the day that you were crowned, a solemn time- you had the sorcerer unbound. and from your crown, where christian honour hung suspended, the ray of pardon first on that damned head descended. but smite your breast, and straight

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after hold your peace! hearing no objections, i will proceed with the installation. brother marshal, you will place our brother at the altar, there to receive the benefit of prayer, and take upon himself his official obligation. the master elect is placed at the altar facing the east; the chaplain is conducted to the altar facing the west. all rise. prayer by the chaplain. most holy and glorious lord god, we approach thee with reverence and implore thy blessing on this brother, elected to preside over this lodge, and now kneeling before thee. fill his heart with thy fear, that his tongue and actions may pronounce thy glory. make him steadfast in thy service; grant him firmness of mind; animate his heart and strengthen his endeavors. may he teach thy judgments and thy laws, and be a true a

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genesis the androgenic man appears on the sixth day, that is at the end of the creation, because he symbolizes its totality and completion and six is the number of the great work; 666 being also its number in the vital, intellectual, and spiritual planes, the vau extended from malkuth to kether. in the second account of the creation the androgenic man is formed of the dust of the ground, and the lord god, that is tetragrammaton elohim, and not merely elohim as in the first account, gbreathed into his nostrils the breath of life h (that is the nephesh, gand man became a living soul h. 11 next the neshamah (eden, the garden of the intellect, is planted and man is put into it but is oblivious of the knowledge of good and evil, because as yet he possesses no rua h (that is power of judgment

the heh) by means of aprons, tha:t is by turning this knowledge into a mystery no sooner were the mysteries hidden than the eternal opposites, the man and the woman, heard the voice of tetragrammaton gwalking in the garden h. it is the primal light, shin, formulated by the mystic union of the od and heh (jah) and the vau and heh (veh. as they heard it they hid themselves from gthe presence of the lord god h. when questioned, the active force (vau) accuses the passive force (heh, and jah curses the serpent (the messianic force) 4 and assumes his full satanic form by putting enmity into the heart of woman and sorrow into the life of man. then he clothes them in animal desires which are symbolized by the coats of skins. that this is the voice of the fallen sammael of yetzirah there can be no

d he shall rule over thee h; 5 in other words- the passive shall be subservient to the active, which means that equilibrium cannot be established. lastly, tetragrammaton acknowledges the active force by saying: behold, the man is become as one of us [the elohim, to know good and evil; and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: therefore the lord god sent him forth from the garden of eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. so he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of eden, cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life. 6 herein is hidden a profound mystery: the man alone is cast out of eden, but not so the woman- the final heh remains in the garden of myste

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hat the deity was identical in significance with that of contemporary peoples, the priests have, as usual, had recourse to a trick to deceive the ignorant or uninitiated. in reference to this subject godfrey higgins says "in the second book of genesis the creation is described not to have been made by aleim, or the aleim, but by a god of a double name ieue aleim; which the priests have translated lord god. by using the word lord, their object evidently is to conceal from their readers several difficulties which afterward arise respecting the names of god and this word, and which show clearly that the books of the pentateuch are the writings of different persons"[39 [39] anacalypsis, book ii, ch, i. upon this subject bishop colenso observes "and it is especially to be noted that when the el

heaven, is only too evident, the curse pronounced upon them by jeremiah, in the name of the lord, having little effect upon them to change their purpose "therefore, hear ye the word of the lord, all judah that dwell in the land of egypt; behold, i have sworn by my great name, saith the lord, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of judah in all the land of egypt, saying, the lord god liveth "behold, i will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all the men of judah that are in the land of egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them" chapter ix. the phoenician and hebrew god set or seth. the name of one of the oldest deities of which we have any record is set (phoenician) or seth (hebrew. traces of this god are found i

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e the physical body, is subject to similar change at death. consider next the formation of eve, the first female, in genesisii.21-23:here we have the so-called jehovisticnarrative, in which the hebrew divine names are jehovah elohim,ihvhalhim,and these are rendered into the english words'lordgod 'and he took one of his [adam's] ribs 'and of the ribanomalies inthebiblical views of man 143which the lord god had taken from adam, made he a woman. now this wordribsuggests the ideaside;the hebrew word istzlo,tzaddi, lamed, and ayin, which has a suspicious resemblance to the wordtzlm,a shadow form. consider next that eastern occultism teaches that there is a curious connection between the spleen, an organ lying on the liftside,and the astral form- clairvoyants report having seen the astral form o

will be almost impossible to find preserved in the hebrew any clear distinction between the animal soul and the life, for nephesh and chiah are often used in conjunction, and often one for the other. another word also is found presenting the same ideal; but it144themagical masonis used in conjunction with chiah, and this is neshamah, in the form 'n eshamath chiim; as in genesisii. 7, we read 'the lord god breathed into his nostrils thebreathof lifeand man became alivingsoul'.here the former phrase is neshamath chiim and the latter nephesh chiah.theroot word is npsh, meaning 'he breathed',i.e.,lived. nshm is also a root word, meaning 'he breathed (all hebrew words may be traced to root-words of two or three letters) samuel frey, in hisdictionary,1815, gives a variety of translations for nep

ays,mentions, orion, canis, arcturus, and the seven virgins as stars; and homer in the odyssey refers to the pleiades, the northern team, orion and the bear. so that some constellations had familair names some thousand years before jesus. the hebrew name mzrut,mazzaroth,occurs in job xxxviii v. 32, and in our bible weread-'canstthou bring forth mazzaroth in his season' this question is put by the lord god to job, speakingtohim from a whirlwind. in the revised version, this quotation becomes 'canst thou lead forth themazzarothin their season' in the margin we find 'themazzaroth'may be read 'the signs of the zodiac' this wordmazzarothis also found in ii kings xxiii, 5, where josiah224themagical masonexterminated those who worshipped and burnt incense to baal 'to the sun, the moon and to the

, and a fifth mentioned by thales occurred in 585b.c.ofall these eclipses visible in the heavens the old testament is silent,butthe prophets joel and amos who probably saw the eclipse of 831thestar lore ofthebible 229b.c.appear to refer to the possibility of sudden darkness coming over the earth, for joel says in hisprophecy-thelight shall be turned into darkness',ii,10; and amos wrote 'saith the lord god, i will cause the sun to go down at noon, and i will darken the earth at noon-day, viii, 9. i may suggest that there is a possibility that the terrible onset of darkness from the sixth to the ninth hour which is described by st luke in his gospel xxiv, v. 44, as occurring after the crucifixion of jesus, may have been due.to a solar eclipse. in job xxxvii, v. 22, the authorised version rea

a more or less tenuous sheath of matter for each plane of existence to act as a vehicle orvahan.theold testament of the hebrews does not show any complex analysis of man as the crown of creation. in genesisi,27, it is written that 'god [in hebrew elohim] created mantheconstitution of man301[adam] in his own image [tzelem..male and female created he them" while in genesis ii, 7, we read, that the lord god (jehovah elohim) formed man (adam) of the dust of the ground (adamah) and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life (neshamath chim, and man (adam) became a living soul (nephesh chiah).inthe subsequent verses 21 and 22, we read that the lord god took a rib from adam and of it made the first woman (eve);butthe word here translatedribis elsewhere taken to mean a form, an image or a shad

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y death by our fathers and by us, but brevity, which we do observe, will not permit at this present to make rehearsal of it; it is enough for those who do not despise our declaration to have touched upon it, thereby to prepare the way for their more close association and union with us. truly, to whom it is permitted to behold, read, and thenceforward teach himself those great characters which the lord god hath inscribed upon the world's mechanism, and which he repeats through the mutations of empires, such an one is already ours, though as yet unknown to himself; and as we know he will not neglect our invitation, so, in like manner, we abjure all deceit, for we promise that no man's uprightness and hopes shall deceive him who shall make himself known to us under the seal of secrecy and des

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could only see what was close, only that was clear to them. in this way the wisdom and all the knowledge of the first men were destroyed.4 anyone familiar with the old testament will remember that the reason for the expulsion of adam and eve from the garden of eden had to do with similar divine concerns. after the first man had eaten of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, the lord god said, behold, the man has become as one of us, to know good and evil. now, lest he put forth his hand and take also of the tree of life and eat and live for ever [let us] send him forth from the garden of eden. 5 the popol vuh is accepted by scholars as a great reservoir of 1 popol vuh, p. 167. 2 ibid, pp. 168-9. 3 ibid, p. 169. 4 ibid. 5 genesis, 4:22-4 graham hancock fingerprints of the

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y lodges with the poor man, and allows him three wishes; to riigen comes the old beggar-man= wuotan, gets a night's lodging from a poor woman, and on leaving in the morning lets her dabble in the wishing business, which turns out ill for the envious neighbour. thiele (danmarks folkesagn 2, 306) finds the very same myth in fiinen, and here the traveller is peter again: the norwegian tale makes the lord god and peter come to dame gertrude and turn the stingy thing into a bird (p. 673. there is a popular joke about christ and peter being on a journey, and the saviour creating the first bohemian; and a netherl. tale preface^"1 (wodan'a p. xxxvii) about their putting up at an ogre's house in a wood, and being concealed by his compassionate wife, an incident that occurs in many other tales. afze

leutken goat afgoahn, goot afgoahn, bes up (up to) den letzten hnoahenl' we can see how sebastian got in, from' sap-pipe, sibbe sabbe' perhaps also' bast/ in the bohmerwald the willow or alder twig is thus conjured (jos. rank p. 168' pfofferl gei owa, sist schloga do owa; lei's rintl o drahdo eiz, heargotl pfeiz' little pipe, come off, else i knock thee off; dear little rind, do draw thee now, my lord god pipe! woycicki kl. 1, 92. 151 tells us, that to get a marvellous pipje (fuyarka) that can make everybody dance, one must find in the forest's gloom the green willow that never heard the rush of water nor the crow of each' co by nigdy nie slyszala szuma wody, ni piania koguta' this detail, expressly picked up among the peasantry on the pruth and dniester, strangely coincides with pliny's s

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ed on her head, beside four other pillars in her apron; but as she was crossing the ney, she let one pillar fall into saintfront marsh (mem. des antiquaires 7, 31. according to a greek legend, athena was fetching a mountain from pallene to fortify the acropolis, but, startled at the ill news 538 giants. brought by a crow, she dropt it on the way, and there it remains as mount lykabettos. 1 as the lord god passed over the earth scattering stones, his bags burst over montenegro, and the whole stock came down (yuk. 5. like the goddess, like the giants, the devil takes such burdens upon him. in upper hesse i was told as follows: between gossfelden and wetter there was once a village that has now disappeared, elbringhausen; the farmers in it lived so luxuriously that the devil got power over th

told of a man and the devil. such overlapping of the beast-fable with other traditions is an additional guarantee of the epic nature of the former. two wolves, geri and freld, were sacred to osinn: whatever food was set before him, he gave to them to eat, sn. 4; they were, so to speak, the hounds of the god (vrsris grey. i should like to know where hans sachs picked up that striking notion of the lord god having chosen wolves to be his hunting dogs. 2 a son of loki, fenrisulfr, makes his appearance in wolf s shape among the gods; no metamorphosis occurs more frequently in our antiquities than that of men into were-wolves. both wolf and bear are a favourite cognisance in coats of arms, and a great many names of men are compounded with them: neither fact is true of the fox. hence the dearth

fore rain, because, being always thirsty, she then hopes to drink.1 the green-pecker has the alias giessvogel, austr. gissvogel (stelzhamer s lieder pp. 19. 177, goissvogel (hofer 1, 306, low g. giitvogel, gietvogel, giitfugel (ehrentr. 1. 345, engl. rainbird, rainfowl, because his cry of geuss, giess, giet (pour) is said to augur a downpour of rain. about him there goes a notable story: when the lord god at the creation of the world ordered the beasts to dig a great well (or pond, this bird abstained from all work, for fear of soiling his handsome plumage (or yellow legs. then god ordained that to all eternity he should drink out of no well (pond; therefore we always see him sip laboriously out of hollow stones or cart-ruts where rainwater has collected. but when no rain has fallen and th

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hy servant that being filled with divine virtue and influence by thy commands, o most holy god, they may shew forth their virtue and power to thy praise and glory through jesus christ our lord. amen. i bless and consecrate you in the name of the father, the son, and the holy ghost, the god of abraham, isaac, and jacob. asperges me, etc. amen. benediction of the garment o holy, blessed and eternal lord god who art the god of purity and delightest that our souls should appear before thee in clean and pure and undefiled vestments being cleansed, blessed, and consecrated by thee, i may put them on, being therewith clothed i may be whiter than snow both in soul and body in thy presence this day, in and through the ment, death, and passion of our onty lord and saviour jesus christ, who liveth an

d exorcising spirits to oration lo be said when putting on the vestures. amacor, amacor, amides, theodomai, aintor, by the merits of thy angels, o lord, i with i put on the garments of righteousness, that this which i desire i may bring to perfection through the most holy adonay, whose kingdom endureth for ever and ever. amen. this on the ather side the lamen the secret grimoire prayer holy, holy lord god, from whom all holy desires do proceed, i beg thou wilt be merciful unto me at this time, granting i may become a true magician and contemplate of thy wondrous works at alt times, in the name of the father and of the son. therefore in al! my doings and at all times i will call upon thy most holy name, o lord, for thy help and assistance. i beseech thee, o lord, that thou wilt purge me and

, and that thou wilt henceforward vouchsafe to keep and defend me from pride, lusts, cursing, blasphemy, unfaithfulness, and al! other deadly sins and enormous offences, profaneness and spiritual wickedness; but that i may lead a godhy, saber, faithfuh, constant and pure hife, waiking uprightly in thy sight, through the merits of jesus christ, thy son, our lord and sav our. omnipotent and eternal lord god who sittest in heaven and dost from thence behoid alt the dwehlers upon earth, most mercifully i beseech thee to hear and the secret grimoire answer the petition of thine unworthy servant, which i shali make unto thee at this time, through jesus christ our lord, who hiveth and reigneth with thee in the unity of thy holy spirit, ever one god, worhd without end. sead down, o lord, the spiri

vour, and intentive spirit of zeal, and prayer, that i may offer up a welh-pleasing sacrifice unto thee. let me use thy ministering spirits and angels, o lord, as thereby i may attain true wisdom and knowledge. our father, etc. credo, etc. ave maria, etc. glory be to the father, son, and holy ghost; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shalll be, world without end. amen. holy, holy, holy, lord god of sabaoth, which will come to judge the quick and the dead; thou art alpha and omega, the first and the iast, king of kings, and lord of lords, ioth, abiel, anathiel, aniasim, alganabro, el, sedomel, gayes, hehi, messias, tolosm, elias, eschiros, athanatos; by these thy holy names, and al! others, i do call upon thee and beseech thee, o lord, by thy nativity and baptism, by thy cross and

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ceived it frommrjohnworsdalesm.of lincoln the author of the celestial philosophy 8 vo; genethliac astrology 8vo 1796, nativity 1819; this call has been used with great success by him, but my friendmrelliott who would be his own seer, but could never obtain any visions, shortly before his death, gave me the call and also his crystal..thedivine call probatumestf[red] h[ockley] i humbly desirethee,0 lord god, my most merciful and loving god, the giver of all grace, to permit a holy angel of108therosicrucianseer--it.-vassagosealofthe spirit vassagoafter having obtained the desired information &c. of the spirit the invocant may license him to depart in the following manner.license to departinasmuch as thou comest in peace and. quietness and hast answered unto my petition i give humble and heart

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ir union is life" ancient as may be the ori^ of hermes, lost in the unknown days of egyptian colonization, there is yet a far older prophecy, directly relating to the hindu kriahna, according to the brfthmanas. it is to say the least atrange that the christians claim to base their religion upon a pro- phecy of the bibu which exists nowhere in that book. in what chapter or verse does jehovah, the' lord god' promise adam and eve to send them a redeemer who will save humanity" i will put enmity between thee and the woman" says the lord god to the serpent "and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel" in these words there is not the slightest allusion to a bedeemer, and the subtlest of intellects could not extract from them, as they stand in the t

rejected totally the adthropomorpbism of the old tuta- ment, aad drew a distinct hne of demarcation between the old judaism and christianity, viewed jesus neither as a king, mes ab of the jews, nor the son of david who was in any way connected with the law or prophets "but a divine being sent to reveal to man a wholly new spiritual religion, and a hitherto unlmown god of goodness and grace" the 'lord god' of the jews in hia eyes, the creator (demiurge, was totally different and distinct from the deity who sent jesus to reveal the divine truth and preach the glad tidings, to bring reconciliation and bather bj mmtt, but by jenu christ aad god the father, who niaed him from the dead. but there be aome that trouue 70u, and lemjd pentrt the rospej of chrirt. fait bnuireti. when peter waa come

r with this severe and cruel judge; his god of mercy, love, and justice, with tlie jewish genius of retaliation? never! from that memorable day when he preached his sermon on the mount, an immeasurable void opened between his god and that other deity who fulminated his commands from that other mount sinai. thelanguageof jesusisunequivocal; it implies not only rebellion but defiance of the mosaic 'lord god "ye have heard" he tells us "that it hath been said. an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: but/ say unto you. that ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. ye have heard that it hath been said [by the same 'lord god' on sinai, thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy. but/ aay unto you. love your enemies, bless them

e doctrines of manu and gautama harmonized exactly with his own philosophy, while those of jehovah were to him abhorrent aod terrifying? the hindfla taught to return good for evil, but the jeho- vutic command was "an eye for an eye" and "a tooth for a tooth" would christians still maintain the identity of the 'father' of jesus and jehovah, if evidence sufficiently clear could be adduced that tbe 'lord god' was no other than the pagan bacchus, dionysos? well, this identity of the jehovah at mount sinai with the god bacchus is hardly disputable. the name mrt is yava, or lao according to diodo- rus and i^dus, and lao is the secret name of the phoenician mystery- god* it was actually adopted from the chaldaeans with whom it also was the secret name of the creator. wherever bacchus was worshipe

buiu altar, and caued the name of it jekotak-tiiaail" or lao-nin. what better evidence is required to show that the siniutic god was in- differently bacchus, osiris, and jehovah? mr. sharpe appends bis testimony that the place where osiris was bom "was mount sinai, called by the eg3t)tians mount nisaa? the brazen serpent was a ni, vfni, and the month of the jewish passover nuan. if the mosaic 'lord god' was the only living god, and jesus his only son, how account for the rebelhous language of the latt^f with- out hesitation or qualification he sweeps away the jewish lex taliont* and substitutes for it the law of charily and self-denial. if tbe old 373. sm jvjit, xiit, 18 "and tlie uigd (rf tbe lord sud unto him: why aakcst thou after my dsme, mnng it i> becbet" 374. diod. sic: atu. kul

o hopelessly entangled in matter that, like petahil, she is represented sitting immersed in mud, and unable to extricate herself from it; until by the contact of matter itself she pro- duces the creator of the material world. he is the demiurge, called by the ophites dda-baoth, and, as we shall directly show, the parent of the jewish god in the opinion of some sects, and held by others to be the 'lord god' himself. it is at this point of the kabalistic-goostic cosmogony that the mosaic bibu begins. having accepted the jewish old testament as their standard, no wonder that the christians were forced by the exceptional position in which they were placed through their own ignorance, to make the best of it. the first groups of christians, whom renan shows numbering but trom seven to twelve men

mother sophia- achamoth, and ending with our earth, the tesentk region. thus tb^ are the genii of the seven planetary spheres of which the lowest is the region of our earth (the sphere which surrounds it, our aether "hie respective names of these genii of the spheres are loee (jebovab) sabaolh, adonai, elm, ouriaos, a^phaiot* the first four, as every one knows, are the mystic names of ihs jewish 'lord god" being, as c. w. king expresses it" thus degraded by the ophites into the appetla- tiona of the subordinates of the creator; the two last names are those of the genii of fire and water" dda-baotfa, whom several sects regarded as the giod ta moses, was not a pure spirit; he was ambitious and proud, and rejecting the spiritual light of the middle space offered him by his mother sophia-acham

st the most codspicuous. the poor jews are first robbed of ibeir sacred books, and then, in a spurious 'goapd &re iiuulteil by the retk 9ent*tioii of satan claiming them as hb "old people" if ihcy were his people, and at the lame time are' god's choaen people' then the name of this god must be written satan and not jdiovah. hiis it logic, but w doubt if it can be regarded as complimentary to the 'lord god d lirael' 415. tht gntutiet, toe. eii. digitizecoy google the heal ophite theogony 187 the foregoing is from the description given by theodoret ood adopted by king in his gnottiet, with additions from epiphanius and irenaeub. but the former gives a very imperfect version, concocted partly from the descriptions of irenaeus, and partly from his own knowledge of the later ophites, who, towar

hether they think him a mere man, or as the truth it, confess that he was born through the holg pneuma from the virgin* while simon magus argues in the homilies from the standpoint of every gnostic (nazarenes and ebionites included, peter, as a true apostle of circumdsion, holds to the old law attd as a matter of course seeks to blend his beuef in the divinity of christ with his old faith in the 'lord god' and ex-proteetor of the 'chosen people' as the author of supernatural religion shows the epiiome* to be "a blending of the other two [parts of the clementines] probably intended to purge them from heretical doctrine* and, together with a great majority of critics, assigns to the homilies a date not earlier than the third century, we may well infer that they must differ widely from their

1. 455. juatin mutjv: firtt apot, xzziii. 456. dialogue ma trj/pho, cxxvili. digitizecoy google. 196 isis unveiled zohar and the 'heretical' sects, and if jesus mentioned these things, it was not in the offidal synagogs that he learned the theory, but directly in the kabalistic teachings. in the mosaic books very little mention is made of them, and moses, who holds direct communications with the 'lord god' troubles himself very little about them. the doctrine was a secret one, and deemed by the orthodox synagog heretical. josephos calls the esaenes heretics, saying "those admitted among the esaenes must swear to communicate their doctrines to no one any otherwise than as they received them, and equally to preserve the books belonging lo their sect, and the names of the angdt' the sadducees

except macro- prokypus (long-face) the superior active god' not as i am written will i be read; in this world my name will be written yehovah and read adonai* say the babbins, very correctly. adonai is the adam kad- mon; he is father and mothbb both. by this double mediatorship the spirit of the 'ancient of the ancient' descends upon the micro- protopus (short-face) or the adam of eden. and the "lord god breathes into his nostrib the breath of life" when the woman separates herself from her androgyne, and becomes 544. idrak zulak, bt) a53; kabb. denvdala, 11, p. 364; compare ptthagorma' monad. 545. cod.nax.,l,pl. 546. idrah zulah,ix, 355. 547 /tfroa ra66ai, viii, il09. 54s. atmuge otu d. b. sokar, p. 11 (berlin. 1857; zoaor, m, p. 230, anut ed. digitizecoy google gnostic ophite. and nazar

uern procreaeerat mundo, ad abatur auum patrem coniendit "my father sent me. i go to the father" repeats jesus. laying aside the theological disputes of christianity which tiy to blend together the jewish creator of the first chapter of geneaia with the 'father' of the new tettament, jesus states repeatedly of his father that "he is in aecret" surely he would not have so termed the ever- present' lord god' of the mosaic books, who showed himself to moses and the patriarchs, and finally allowed all the elders of israel to look on himself' when jesus is made to speak of the temple at jerusalem as of his "father's house" he does not mean the physical building, which he maintains he can destroy and then again rebuild in three days, but of the temple of solomon the wise kabalist, who indicates

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ve these prophets, that their words may carry across the entire earth. so uriel came to earth, and the history of man was writ with blood, suffering, war, and hatred. but to chosen men came messiah, saying, through god shall all the misery of thy kind be ended, and all men who bow to god shall know the blessings of heaven. for behold, i shall myself descend among men and show them the ways of the lord god. 455 these words i overheard, for i had been charged by satan to watch the designs of heaven. and i carried them to satan, who returned in great anger, go to gabriel at the barrier between hell and heaven, and bid him bring this message to messiah that as he endeavors to pervert my gift into the curse of man, so i warn him that man shall destroy him on earth as he shall finally in heaven

rsake thy mind and its creations to rot and decay, and thou would lose all power of reason. for god is a lie and a sham, and i crumble his greatest monuments as though they were but sand. there is no god but messiah, and for thy devotion he will return thee oblivion. but i was scarce heeded, for the minds of men were clouded and confused. they understood not the meaning of my words, but said, the lord god shall triumph, for it was thus taught to us by the son of god himself. and of this i now speak. for messiah the man walked on earth, even as i watched the glory of rome blossom in might and majesty. but azazel said, loose not thy force against the person of messiah, for satan himself would speak with him. and again from the sky flashed the black flame, and i saw that satan had come to ear

LEADBEATER CW GLIMPSES OF MASONIC HISTORY

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. 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

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the candidate be allowed to fall again into sleep; but no sooner has this happened than the former practice is resumed. this alternation is to continue indefinitely until the candidate is in a state which is neither sleep nor waking, and in which his spirit, set free by perfect exhaustion of the body, and yet prevented from entering the city of sleep, communes with the most high and the most holy lord god of its being, maker of heaven and earth. the ordeal terminates by failure- the occurrence of sleep invincible- or by success, in which ultimate waking is followed by a final performance of the sexual act. the initiate may then be allowed to sleep, or the practice may be renewed and persisted in until death ends all. the most favourable death is that occurring during the orgasm, and is cal

LIBER CLXV A MASTER OF THE TEMPLE

shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men. so i spake unto the people in the morning; and at even my wife died: and i did in the morning as i was commanded. and the people said unto me: wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thou doest so? then i answered them. the word of the lord came unto me saying: speak unto the house of israel: thus saith the lord god. ezekiel is unto you a sign: according to all that he hath done, shall ye do; and when this cometh, ye shall know that i am the lord. also, son of man, shall it not be in the day when i take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that whereon they set their minds. in that day shall thy mouth be opened. and thou shalt speak. and thou shalt be a sign

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thee, heart of gold! 28. my head is jewelled with twelve stars. my body is white as milk of the stars; it is brightwith the blue of the abyss of stars invisible. 29. i have found that which could not be found; i have found a vessel of quicksilver. 30. thou shalt instruct thy servant in his ways, thou shalt speak often with him. 31 (the scribe looketh upwards and crieth) amen! thou hast spoken it, lord god! 32. further adonai spake unto v.v.v.v.v. and said: 33. let us take our delight in the multitude of men! let us shape unto ourselves a boat of mother-of-pearl from them, that we may ride upon the river of amrit! 34. thou seest yon petal of amaranth, blown by the wind from the low sweet brows of hathor? 35 (the magister saw it and rejoiced in the beauty of it) listen! 36 (from a certain wo

he multitude. 58. and the grape fell ripe and rich into his mouth. 59. stained is the purple of thy mouth, o brilliant one, with the white glory of the lips of adonai. 60. the foam of the grape is like the storm upon the sea; the ships tremble and shudder, the shipmaster is afraid. 61. that is thy drunkenness, o holy one, and the winds whirl away the soul of the scribe into the happy haven. 62. o lord god! let the haven be cast down by the fury of the storm! let the foam of the grape tincture my soul with thy light! 63. bacchus grew old, and was silenus; pan was ever pan for ever and ever more throughout the aons. 64. intoxicate the inmost, o my lover, not the outermost! 65. so it was.ever the same! i have aimed at the peeled wand of my god, and i have hit; yea, i have hit. 6 ii 1. i passe

th of the elements, o thou who transcendest the forces in their concourse and cohesion, in their death and their disruption. thou art python, the terrible serpent about the end of all things! 31. i turned about me thrice in every way; and always i came at the last unto thee. 32. many things i beheld mediate and immediate; but, beholding them no more, i beheld thee. 33. come thou, o beloved one, o lord god of the universe, o vast one, o minute one! i am thy beloved. 34. all day i sign of thy delight; all night i delight in thy song. 35. there is no other day or night that this. 36. thou art beyond the day and the night; i am thyself, o my maker, my master, my mate! 37. i am like the little red dog that sitteth upon the knees of the unknown. 38. thou hast brought me into great delight. thou

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to the hoofs of the horse. 10. thou art harder than tempered steel; there is no diamond beside thee. 11. did i not yield this body and soul? 12. i woo thee with a dagger drawn across my throat. 13. let the spout of blood quench thy blood-thirst, o my god! 14. thou art a little white rabbit in the burrow night. 15. i am greater than the fox and the hole. svb figvra vii 3 16. give me thy kisses, o lord god! 17. the lightning came and licked up the little flock of sheep. 18. there is a tongue and a flame; i see that trident walking over the sea. 19. a phoenix hath if for its head; below are two prongs. they spear the wicked. 20. i will spear thee, o thou little grey god, unless thou beware! 21. from the grey to the gold; from the gold to that which is beyond the gold of ophir. 22. my god! bu

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

lohim gibor, which means god the potent. from a 5 came a 6, the first beauty, and the name of the sixth power of god was eloah vadaath, which means god the strong. from a 6 came a 7, the first victory, and the name of the seventh power of god was jehovah tzaboath, which means god of hosts. from a 7 came a 8, the first glory, and the name of the eighth power of god was elohim tzaboath, which means lord god of hosts. from a 8 came a 9, the first foundation, and the name of the ninth power of god was shaddai, el chai, which means omnipotent. from a 9 came a 10, the first kingdom, and the name of the tenth power of god was adonai melekh, which means god. from a 10 came b 1, the second crown, and the world of briah was established. the ten emanations from a 1 to a 10 inclusive are called the fo

ymbolized also the spiritual consciousness. on the front of the golden crown were inscribed in hebrew, holiness unto the lord. though robes and ornaments augmented the respect and veneration of the israelites for their high priest, such trappings meant nothing to jehovah. therefore, before entering the holy of holies, the high priest removed his earthly finery and entered into the presence of the lord god of israel unclothed. there he could be robed only in his own virtues, and his spirituality must adorn him as a garment. there is a legend to the effect that any who chanced to enter the holy of holies unclean were destroyed by a bolt of divine fire from the mercy seat. if the high priest had but one selfish thought, he would be struck dead. as no man knows when an unworthy thought may fla

MATHERS MACGREGOR THE GREATER KEY OF SOLOMON VOL 1

et the angels of peace assist and protect this circle, from which let discord and strife fly and depart. magnify and extend upon us, o lord, thy most holy name, and bless our conversation and our assembly. sanctify, o lord our god, our humble entry herein, thou the blessed and holy one of the eternal ages! amen. after this, let the master say upon his knees, as follows: book one page 19 prayer. o lord god, all powerful and all merciful, thou who desirest not the death of a sinner, but rather that he may turn from his wickedness and live; give and grant unto us thy grace, by blessing and consecrating this earth and this circle, which is here marked out with the most powerful and holy names of god. and thee, i conjure, o earth, by the most holy name of asher ehieh entering within this circle

here marked out with the most powerful and holy names of god. and thee, i conjure, o earth, by the most holy name of asher ehieh entering within this circle, composed and made with mine hand. and may god, even adonai, bless this place with all the virtues of heaven, so that no obscene or unclean spirit may have the power to enter into this circle, or to annoy any person who is therein; though the lord god adonai, who liveth eternally unto the ages of the ages. amen. i beseech thee, o lord god, the all powerful and the all merciful, that thou wilt deign to bless this circle, and all this place, and all those who are therein, and that thou wilt grant unto us, who serve thee, and rehearse nothing but the wonders of figure 2. circle for operations of the art the key of solomon page 20 thy law

and raise it towards the sky as if he wished to beat or strike the air, and conjure the spirits. let him then lay his right hand and the knife upon the pentacles or medals, constructed of, and described upon virgin paper, which are fastened to or sewn upon his breast, and let him repeat the following conjuration upon his knees: conjuration. o lord, hear my prayer, and let my cry come unto thee. o lord god almighty, who has reigned before the beginning of the ages, and who by thine infinite wisdom, hast created the heavens, the earth, and the sea, and all that in them is, all that is visible, and all that is invisible by a single word; i praise thee, i bless thee, i adore thee, i glorify thee, and i pray thee now at the present time to be merciful unto me, a miserable sinner, for i am the w

e in the day and hour wherein i shall invoke thee. i pray thee by thy mercy not to put me in oblivion, nor to remove me from thee. o lord be thou my succor, thou who art the god of my salvation. o lord make me a new heart according unto thy loving kindness. these, o lord, are the gifts which i await from thee, o my god and my master, thou who livest and reignest unto the ages of the ages. amen. o lord god the all powerful one, who hast formed unto thyself great and ineffable wisdom, and co-eternal with thyself before the countless ages; thou who in the birth of time hast created the heavens, and the earth, the sea, and things that they contain; thou who hast vivified all things by the breath of thy mouth, i praise thee, i bless thee, i adore thee, and i glorify thee. be thou propitious unt

and entreat thee by thy holy name to banish from my spirit the darkness of ignorance, and to enlighten ne with the fire of thy wisdom; take away from me all evil desires, and let not my speech be as that of the foolish. o thou, god the living one, whose glory, honour, and kingdom shall extend unto the ages of the ages. amen. the key of solomon page 24 chapter v. prayer and conjurations. prayer. o lord god, holy father, almighty and merciful one, who hast created all things, who knowest all things and can do all things, from whom nothing is hidden, to whom nothing is impossible; thou who knowest that we perform not these ceremonies to tempt thy power, but that we may penetrate into the knowledge of hidden things; we pray thee by thy sacred mercy to cause and to permit, that we may arrive at

ry the news into the land of mizraim. lastly, i conjure ye all, ye rebellious spirits, by the most holy name of god adonai malekh, which joshua invoked, and stayed the course of the sun in his presence, through the virtue of methratton, its principal image; and by the troops of angels who cease not to cry day and night, qadosch, sadosch, qadosch, adonai elohim tzabaoth (that is, holy, holy, holy, lord god of hosts, heaven and earth are full of thy glory; and by the ten angels who preside over the ten sephiroth, by whom god communicateth and extendeth his influence over lower things, which are kether, chokmah, binah, gedulah, geburah, tiphareth, netzach, hod, yesod, and malkuth. i conjure ye anew, o spirits, by all the names of god, and by all his marvellous work; by the heavens; by the ear

world stronger and of greater force to overawe the spirits than constancy. let him, however, re-examine and reform the circle, and let him take up a little dust of the earth, which he shall cast towards the four quarters of the universe; and having placed his knife upon the ground, let him say on his knees, turning towards the direction of the north: in the name of adonai elohim tzabaoth shaddai, lord god of armies almighty, may we successfully perform the works of our hands. and may the lord be present with us in our heart and in our lips. these words having been said kneeling upon the earth, let the master shortly after arise and open his arms wide as if wishing to embrace the air, and say: conjuration. by the holy names of god written in this book, and by the other holy and ineffable na

who art seated upon the kerubim and the seraphim, in the high places, whereunto human understanding cannot penetrate; thou who hast created all things by thine agency, in whose presence are the living creatures, of which four are marvellously volatile, which have six wings, and who incessantly cry aloud: qadosch, qadosch, qadosch, adonai elohim tzabaoth, heaven and earth are full of thy glory; o lord god, thou who hast expelled adam from the terrestrial paradise, and who hast placed the kerubim to guard the tree of life, thou art the lord who alone doest wonders; show forth i pray thee thy great mercy, by the holy city of jerusalem, by thy wonderful name of four letters which are yod, he, vau, he, and by thy holy and admirable name, give unto me the power and virtue to enable me to accomp

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ning, and five times before lying down to sleep; this shalt thou do on the three ensuing days: book two page 87 the prayer. herachio, asac, asacro, bedrimulael, tilath, arabonas, ierahlem, ideodoc, archarzel, zophiel, blautel, baracata, edoniel, elohim, emagro, abragateh, samoel, geburahel, cadato, era, elohi, achsah, ebmisha, imachedel, daniel, dama, elamos, izachel, bael, segon, gemon, demas. o lord god, who art seated upon the heavens, and who regardest the abysses beneath, grant unto me thy grace i beseech thee, so that what i conceive in my mind i may accomplish in my work, through thee, o god, the sovereign ruler of all, who livest and reignest unto the ages of the ages. amen. these three days having passed, thou must have all things in readiness, as hath been said, and after this a

ncement of the operation. the disciples should do the same, and should equally put in practice all things necessary to be observed, if they wish to make use of all these operations and experiments. but before the commencement of the work, it is absolutely necessary that the master with his disciples repeat the following conjuration once in the morning, and twice in the evening: the conjuration. o lord god almighty, be propitious unto me a miserable sinner, for i am not worthy to raise mine eyes unto heaven, because of the iniquity of my sins and the multitude of my faults. o pitying and merciful father, who wouldest not the death of a sinner but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live, o god have mercy upon me and pardon all my sins; for i unworthy entreat thee, o father of

cy upon me and pardon all my sins; for i unworthy entreat thee, o father of all creatures, thou who art full of mercy and of compassion, by thy great goodness, that thou deign to grant unto me power to see and know these spirits which i desire to behold and to make to appear before me and to accomplish my will. through thee who art conqueror, and who art blessed unto the ages of the ages. amen. o lord god the father eternal, who art seated upon the kerubim and the seraphim, who lookest upon earth and upon sea; unto thee do i raise my hands and implore thine aid alone, thou who alone art the accomplishment of good works, thou who givest rest unto those who labour, who humblest the proud, who art the author of life and the destroyer of death; thou art our rest, thou art the protector of thos

reason he should make candles of virgin wax in the day and hour of mercury; the wicks should have been made by a young girl; and the candles should be made when the moon is in her increase, of the weight of half a pound each, and on them thou shalt engrave these characters with the dagger, or the burin of art. after this thou shalt repeat over the candles, psalms cli; ciii; cvii, and shalt say: o lord god, who governest all things by thine almighty power, give unto me, a poor sinner, understanding and knowledge to do only that which is agreeable unto thee; grant unto me to fear, adore, love, praise and give thanks unto thee with true and sincere faith and perfect charity. grant, o lord, before i die, and descend into the realms beneath, and before the fiery flame shall devour me, that thy

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mage of god, endued with power from god and created according unto his will, do exorcise thee by that most mighty and powerful name of god, el, strong and wonderful; o thou spirit n. and i command thee and him who spake the word and his fiat was accomplished, and by all the names of god. also by the names adonai, el, elohim, elohi, ehyeh, asher ehyeh, zabaoth, elion, iah, tetragrammaton, shaddai, lord god most high, i do exorcise thee and do powerfully command thee, o thou spirit n, that thou dost forthwith appear unto me here before this circle in a fair human shape, without any deformity or tortuosity. and by this ineffable name, tetragrammaton iehovah, do i command thee, at the which being heard the elements are overthrown, the air is shaken, the sea runneth back, the fire is quenched

hese two first conjurations (but without doubt he will, say on as followeth; it being a constraint: 31 in some by the seat of adonai or by the throne of adonai. in these conjurations and elsewhere in the body of the text i have given the divine names correctly. the constraint. i do conjure thee, o thou spirit n, by all the most glorious and efficacious names of the most great and incomprehensible lord god of hosts, that thou comest quickly and without delay from all parts and places of the earth and world wherever thou mayest be, to make rational answers unto my demands, and that visibly and affably, speaking with a voice intelligible unto mine understanding as aforesaid. i conjure and constrain thee, o thou spirit n, by all the names aforesaid; and in addition by these seven great names w

essel of brass, adonai, preyai or prerai, tetragrammaton, anaphaxeton or anepheneton, inessenfatoal or inessenfatall, pathtumon or pathatumon, and itemon; that thou appearest here before this circle to fulfil my will in all things that seem good unto me. and if thou be still so disobedient, and refusest still to come, i will in the power and by the power of the name of the supreme and everlasting lord god who created both thee and me and all the world in six days, and what is contained therein, eie, saraye, and by the power of this name primeumaton which commandeth the whole host of heaven, curse thee, and deprive thee of thine office, joy, and place, and bind thee in the depths of the bottomless pit or abyss, there to remain unto the day of the last judgment. and i will bind thee in the e

o made thee and all other creatures for good in the world, that thou torment, burn, and consume this spirit n, for everlasting. i condemn thee, thou spirit n, because thou art disobedient and obeyest not my commandment, nor keepest the precepts of the lord thy god, neither wilt thou obey me nor mine invocations, having thereby called thee forth, i, who am the servant of the most high and imperial lord god of hosts, iehovah, i who am dignified and fortified by his celestial power and permission, and yet thou comest not to answer these my propositions here made unto thee. for the which thine averseness and contempt thou art guilty of great disobedience and rebellion, and therefore shall i excommunicate thee, and destroy thy name and seal, the which i 33 this box should evidently be in metal

esires in all things, that i shall make unto thee. and if he come not even yet, thou shalt say as followeth: the greater curse.34 now o thou spirit n, since thou art still pernicious and disobedient, and wilt not appear unto me to answer unto such things as i would have desired of thee, or would have been satisfied in; i do in the name, and by the power and dignity of the omnipresent and immortal lord god of hosts iehovah tetragrammaton, the only creator of heaven, and earth, and hell, and all that is therein, who is the marvellous disposer of all things both visible and invisible, curse thee, and deprive thee of all thine office, joy, and place; and i do bind thee in the depths of the bottomless abyss there to remain until the day of judgment, i say into the lake of fire and brimstone whi

in the hands of thee, the great god of sabaoth. hesel (should be chesed- thou great god, governor and creator of the planets, and of the host of heaven: hasmalim (should be chashmalim- command them by thine almighty power: zelez (should be zedeq- to be now present and assisting to us thy poor servants, both now and for ever. elohim geber (should be gibor- most almighty and eternal and ever living lord god: seraphim- command thy seraphim: camael, madim- to attend on us now at this time, to assist us, and to defend us from all perils and dangers. eloha- o almighty god! be present with us both now and for ever: tetragrammaton- and let thine almighty power and presence ever guard and protect us now and for ever: raphael- let thy holy angel raphael wait upon us at this present and for ever: sch

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comely shape to do my will in all things that i shall desire or request of you* i conjure& powerfully command you n by him that said the word& it was done& by all the holy& powerful names of god who is the only creator of heaven and earth and hell& what is contained in them, adonay, el, elohim, elohe, elion, lemegeton: clavicula salomonis 50 escerchi, zebaoth, jah, tetragram-maton sadai, the only lord god of hosts, that you forthwith appear unto me here in this crystal stone [or here before this circle] in a fair& comely human shape without hurt to me or any other creature that the great god jehovah hath created& made, and come ye peaceably, visibly and affably without delay manifesting what i desire, being conjured by the name of the eternal living true god heliorin tetragrammaton anephen

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at they may do for me as for the servant of the highest, amen" then begin as followeth "thou mighty& potent angel ameniel, who is the first& principal duke ruling by divine pearission under the great& potent angel samael, who is the first great& mighty angel ruling the first hour of the day (i) the servant of the most high god do conjure& invocate thee in the name of the most omnipotent& immortal lord god of hosts jehovah. so on as before, at this mark* in the conjuration of samael (as aforesaid, and when the spirit is come, bid him welcome, then ask your desire& when you have done, dismiss him according to the order of dismissing. the end of the first part of the book pauline ars paulina 15 the second part of this book of solomon of the art of pauline, is as followeth: this second part co

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gs, which we perform but as instruments in thy hands: zabbathai in the hands of thee, the great god of sabaoth. s. h.2 hesel3 thou great god, governor and creator of the planets, and of the host of heaven: hasmalim command them by thine almighty power: zelez to be now present and assisting to us thy poor servants, both now and for ever. k. s. elohim geber most almighty and eternal and ever living lord god: seraphim command thy seraphim: camael, madim to attend on us now at this time, to assist us, and to defend us from all perils and dangers. s. 1. the divine names in this section are all written in the periphery of the circle of art, shown in the goetia. 2. it is uncertain what the h abbreviates. the names all refer to the sphere of saturn. 3. the copyist mistook a d in the diagram of the

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en their slain men shall be among their idolsround about their altars, upon every high hill, in all the tops of the mountains, and underevery green tree, and under every thick oak, the place where they did offer sweet savor to alltheir idols..so will i stretch out my hand upon them, and make the land desolate..and theyshall know that i am the lord (ezekiel 6:13-14) wherefore, as i live, saith the lord god; surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary withall thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will i also diminish thee;neither shall mine eye spare, neither will i have any pity (ezekiel 5:11)atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation37 the world falls dead so will i send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall bereave thee: and pestilenceand

vor .in his work called metamorphoses or the golden ass, we read about the god apollosaying strange words regarding the birth of the goddess psyche: on some high crag, o king, set forth the maid, in all the pomp of funeral robes arrayed. hope for no bridegroom born of mortal seed but fierce and wild and of the dragon s breed there is even some evidence of cloning experiments in the bible: and the lord god caused a deep sleep to fall upon adam, and he slept: and he took one ofhis ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; and the rib, which the lord god had takenreptilians, priestesses, and strange genes62atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the manand adam said. this is nowbone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall

adamdonnelly relates these children of adam to the human stages of development:atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation189 appendix b: book abstracts abel kept the flocks (pastoral)cain builder of the first city (architecture)tubel cain the metallurgist (technology)jabal erected tents and kept cattle (agriculture)jubal made musical instruments (art and culture)more than one godand the lord god said, behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever (gen-esis 3:22)come let us go down, and there confound their language (genesis 11: 7)woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the land of these almighty gods? these are the gods that smote the egyptians with all manner of pl

MORALS AND DOGMA

t receive it, every religion and the truth of all inspired writings depend on _human_ testimony and internal evidences, to be judged of by reason and the wise analogies of faith. each man must necessarily have the right to judge of their truth for himself; because no one man can have any higher or better right to judge than another of equal information and intelligence. domitian claimed to be the lord god; and statues and images of him, in silver and gold, were found throughout the known world. he claimed to be regarded as the god of all men; and, according to suetonius, began his letters thus"_our lord and god commands that it should be done so and so" and formally decreed that no one should address him otherwise, either in writing or by word of mouth. palfurius sura, the philosopher, who

he same veneration as the servants of a great prince justly claim from the subject multitude. impressed with this notion, they began to build temples to the stars, to sacrifice to them, and to worship them, in the vain expectation that they should thus please the creator of all things. at first, indeed, they did not suppose the stars to be the only deities, but adored in conjunction with them the lord god omnipotent. in process of time, however, that great and venerable name was totally forgotten, and the whole human race retained no other religion than the idolatrous worship of the host of heaven" the first learning in the world consisted chiefly in symbols. the wisdom of the chald ans, ph nicians, egyptians, jews; of zoroaster, sanchoniathon, pherecydes, syrus, pythagoras, socrates, plat

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those errors, all those shadows, all those monstrous idols of anarchy which india opposes in its symbols to the magical trimurti, have found priests and worshippers in christianity. the demon is mentioned nowhere in genesis; an allegorical serpent deceives our first parents. here is the common translation of the sacred text: gnow, the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the lord god had made. h but this is what moses says: this signifies, according to the version of fabre d'olivet: gnow, original attraction (cupidity) was the entraining passion of all elementary life (the interior activity of nature, the work of jhoah, the being of beings. h but herein fabre d'olivet is beside the true interpretation, because he was unacquainted with the grand keys of the kabalah. th

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ve these prophets, that their words may carry across the entire earth. so uriel came to earth, and the history of man was writ with blood, suffering, war, and hatred. but to chosen men came messiah, saying, through god shall all the misery of thy kind be ended, and all men who bow to god shall know the blessings of heaven. for behold, i shall myself descend among men and show them the ways of the lord god. these words i overheard, for i had been charged by satan to watch the designs of heaven. and i carried them to satan, who returned in great anger, go to gabriel at the barrier between hell and heaven, and bid him bring this message to messiah- that as he endeavors to pervert my gift into the curse of man, so i warn him that man shall destroy him on earth as he shall finally in heaven its

rsake thy mind and its creations to rot and decay, and thou would lose all power of reason. for god is a lie and a sham, and i crumble his greatest monuments as though they were but sand. there is no god but messiah, and for thy devotion he will return thee oblivion. but i was scarce heeded, for the minds of men were clouded and confused. they understood not the meaning of my words, but said, the lord god shall triumph, for it was thus taught to us by the son of god himself. and of this i now speak. for messiah the man walked on earth, even as i watched the glory of rome blossom in might and majesty. but azazel said, loose not thy force against the person of messiah, for satan himself would speak with him. and again from the sky flashed the black flame, and i saw that satan had come to ear

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anours. his most recent mistress, pimple billimoria, was seen on the cover of _cin -blitz, saying "it was like kissing the devil" gibreel's old problem of suiphurous halitosis had evidently returned with a vengeance. his erratic behaviour had been causing tongues to wag even more than his choice of subjects to film "some days he's sweetness and light" george said "on others, he comes to work like lord god almighty and actually insists that people get down and kneel. personally i don't believe the film will be finished unless and until he sorts out his mental health which, i genuinely feel, is affected. first the illness, then the plane crash, then the unhappy love affair: you can understand the guy's problems" and there were worse rumours: his tax affairs were under investigation; police o

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gnostic ophites. their appearance before humankind is as six winged and four headed beings. the prophet isiah saw flaming angels above the throne of god; each had six wings: two covered the face, two covered the feet and two were used for flying. it is they who endlessly circle the throne of god, chanting the hebrew trisagion- kadosh, kadosh, kadosh, commonly translated as holy, holy, holy is the lord god of hosts, the whole earth is full of his glory. such is the song of creation, and the first and highest emanation of love. according to the book of enoch there are four seraphim, corresponding to the four winds. later commentators have amended this to mean that there are four princes who rule over them. they are; metatron or satan, kemu-el, nathana-el, and gabri-el. 2nd choir: cherubim th

ts, by the merits of the patriarchs, by the intercession of the angels and archangels, by the intervention of the apostles, by the passion of the martyrs, by the faith of the confessors, by the chastity of the virgins, and by the intercession of all the saints, and by the seven sleepers, whose names are malchus, maximian, dionysius, john, constantine, serapion, and mortian, and by the name of the lord god which is blessed forever a g l a, that you should cause or inflict no harm or any evil on this servant of god,[n, whether in sleep or while awake. christ has conquered nchrist reigns nchrist rules nmay christ bless us nand defend us from every evil namen. in the name of the father, and the son, and of the holy spirit, amen. nin my name they will cast out demons, they will speak with new t

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ounder of the jewish nation. the second major theme is the concept of covenant. this refers to agreements between god and human beings, such as god s promise never to send another flood. this sense of covenant governed all human relationships and made both moral and ritual demands on the jewish people. host: a large number. hallowed: made holy. hashem: literally, the name, or another name for the lord god. 10 world religions: primary sources tanakh (hebrew bible) the third theme is law. the best example is the ten commandments, but the torah (the first five books of the hebrew bible) contains other examples of laws. all are based on the belief in one supreme god and humankind s covenants with him. the final theme is exodus, the most prominent example of which is contained in the second boo

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that the torah uses [three different words: formed (yatzar, made (asah, and created (bara. when the soul was made, the word made is used [the word created is then used] male and female he created them. the word formed was used when the soul was combined with the body and the spirit was brought together. how do we know that forming means bringing together? for it is written (genesis 2:19, and the lord god formed (gathered) all the beasts of the field and all the flying things of the heaven, and he brought them to the man to see what he would call each thing. this explains the verse (genesis 5:2, male and female he created them. it is also written (genesis 1:28, and god blessed them. 199. the soul of the female comes from the female, and the soul of the male comes from the male. this is the

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atted by p. yardley 1. testament of solomon, son of david, who was king in jerusalem, and mastered and controlled all spirits of the air, on the earth, and under the earth. by means of them also he wrought all the transcendent works of the temple. telling also of the authorities they wield against men, and by what angels these demons are brought to naught. of the sage solomon. blessed art thou, o lord god, who didst give solomon such authority. glory to thee and might unto the ages. amen. 2. and behold, when the temple of the city of jerusalem was being builded, and the artificers were working thereat, ornias the demon came among them toward sunset; and he took away half of the pay of the chief-deviser's) little boy, as well as half his food. he also continued to suck the thumb of his righ

god, and prayed with all my soul, night and day, that the demon might be delivered into my hands, and that i might gain authority over him. and it came about through my prayer that grace was given to me from the lord sabaoth by michael his archangel [he brought me] a little ring, having a seal consisting of an engraved stone, and said to me "take, o solomon, king, son of david, the gift which the lord god has sent thee, the highest sabaoth. with it thou shalt lock up all demons of the earth, male and female; and with their help thou shalt build up jerusalem [but] thou [must] wear this seal of god. and this engraving of the seal of the ring sent thee is a pentalpha" 6. and i solomon was overjoyed, and praised and glorified the god of heaven and earth. and on the morrow i called the boy, and

ved from the king, threw the ring at the chest of the demon, and said "king solomon calls thee hither" and then he went off at a run to the king. but the demon cried out aloud, saying "child, why hast thou done this to me? take the ring off me, and i will render to thee the gold of the earth. only take this off me, and forbear to lead me away to solomon" 8. but the child said to the demon "as the lord god of israel liveth, i will not brook thee. so come hither" and the child came at a run, rejoicing, to the king, and said "i have brought the demon, o king, as thou didst command me, o my master. and behold, he stands before the gates of the court of thy palace, crying out, and supplicating with a loud voice; offering me the silver and gold of the earth if i will only bring him unto thee" 9

" but beelzeboul, having heard, said to him "tell me, who is this solomon of whom thou speakest to me" then ornias threw the ring at the chest of beelzeboul, saying "solomon the king calls thee" but beelzeboul cried aloud with a mighty voice, and shot out a great burning flame of fire; and he arose, and followed ornias, and came to solomon. 14. and when i saw the prince of demons, i glorified the lord god, maker of heaven and earth, and i said "blessed art thou, lord god almighty, who hast given to solomon thy servant wisdom, the assessor of the wise, and hast subjected unto me all the power of the devil" 15. and i questioned him, and said "who art thou" the demon replied "i am beelzebub, the exarch of the demons. and all the demons have their chief seats close to me. and i it is who make

nd in the rivers of assyria; wherefore it is that i roam about in those parts" 25. and i said to him "hast thou nothing else about thee, asmodeus" and he answered "the power of god knoweth, which hath bound me with the indissoluble bonds of yonder one's seal, that whatever i have told thee is true. i pray thee, king solomon, condemn me not to [go into] water" but i smiled, and said to him "as the lord god of my fathers liveth, i will lay iron on thee to wear. but thou shalt also make the clay for the entire construction of the temple, treading it down with thy feet" and i ordered them to give him ten water-jars to carry water in. and the demon groaned terribly, and did the work i ordered him to do. and this i did, because that fierce demon asmodeus knew even the future. and i solomon glori

fore me. and he cherishes them [1. or "from the orient] 46. but i said to him "tell me his name" but he answered "i cannot tell thee. for if i tell his name, i render myself incurable. but he will come in response to his name" and on hearing this, i solomon said to him "tell me then, by what angel thou art frustrated" and he answered "by the fiery flash of lightning" and i bowed myself before the lord god of israel, and bade him remain in the keeping of beelzeboul until iax [1] should come [1. bornemann conjectures "a guardian or watcher" but the angel iax recurs below in# 86] 47. then i ordered another demon to come before me, and there came into my presence a hound, having a very large shape, and it spoke with a loud voice, and said "hail, lord, king solomon" and i solomon was astounded

mean "her that is born of echo (see above, p. 19, n. 8] 48. and i solomon said to him "what is thy name" and he answered''staff (rabdos. and i said to him "what is thine employment? and what results canst thou achieve" and he replied''give me thy man, and i will lead him away into a mountainous spot, and will show him a green stone tossed to and fro, with which thou mayest adorn the temple of the lord god" 49. and i solomon, on hearing this, ordered my servant to set off with him, and to take the finger-ring bearing the seal of god with him. and i said to him "whoever shall show thee the green stone, seal him with this finger-ring. and mark the spot with care, and bring me the demon hither. and the demon showed him the green stone, and he sealed it, and brought the demon to me. and i solom

hat was so huge [1; he should be bound as well. and i bade the hound keep safe the fiery spirit so that lamps as it were might by day and night cast their light through its maw on the artisans at work [1. the text seems corrupt here] 50. and i solomon took from the mine of that stone 200 shekels for the supports of the table of incense, which was similar in appearance. and i solomon glorified the lord god, and then closed round the treasure of that stone. and i ordered afresh the demons to cut marble for the construction of the house of god. and i solomon prayed to the lord, 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 wou

nd i ordered afresh the demons to cut marble for the construction of the house of god. and i solomon prayed to the lord, 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. b

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 blind children in women's wombs, and twirl their ears round. and i make them deaf [2] and mute. and i have again in my third head means of slipping in [3

d ephippas hath brought [it] up from the red sea, from inner arabia. he it is that shall be shut up in a skin-bottle and brought before thee. but at the entrance of the temple, which thou hast begun to build, o king solomon, lies stored much gold, which dig thou up and carry off" and i solomon sent my servant, and found it to be as the demon told me. and i sealed him with my ring, and praised the lord god [1. the meaning of the last part of this compound is unknown] 56. so i said to him "what art thou called" and the demon said "i am the crest of dragons" and i bade him make bricks in the temple. he had human hands. 57. and i adored the lord god of israel, and bade another demon present himself. and there came before me a spirit in woman's form, that had a head without any limbs [1, and he

d for all time. his name, if any man know it, and write the same on a woman in childbirth, then i shall not be able to enter her. of this name the number is 640 [1" and i solomon having heard this, and having glorified the lord, ordered her hair to be bound, and that she should be hung up in front of the temple of god; that all the children of israel, as they passed, might see it, and glorify the lord god of israel, who had given me this authority, with wisdom and power from god, by means of this signet [1. bornemann (zeitschr. f.d. hist. theol. 1844, p. 38) gives the tale of figures. r= 100; a= 1; f= 500; a= 1; m= 8; l= 30. total 640] 60. and i again ordered another demon to come before me. and the came, rolling itself along, one in appearance like to a dragon, but having the face and han

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led in the depth, while its surface or summit rose above the chaos. it was the central point in the immensity of the world, the cornerstone [zohar, pt. i, folio 231a; ii, 511; job xxxviii, 6, the tried stone, the sure foundation, but also that stone which the builders rejected" but what, really, in the christian meaning, is the cornerstone? isaias said (isa. 28, verse 16 "therefore thus saith the lord god: behold i will lay a stone in the foundations of sion, a tried stone, a corner stone, a precious stone, founded in the foundation. he that believeth, let him not hasten" the corner stone is jesus christ "the stone which the builders rejected (cf. ps. 118, 22; mt. 21, 42ff; acts 4,11; romans 9, 33; eph. 2, 20; 1 pe. 2, 6ff) one need go no further than the inner entrance of the meditation r

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untain of all the pagan gods" is the masonic doubleheaded eagle symbolic of his predecessor, janus? thirteen the riddle of the great seal of the united states, and the all-seeing eye of the illuminati's serpent of wisdom and the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the devil, and satan, which deceiveth the whole world -revelation 12:9 the great serpent of the garden of eden and the lord god are identical. helena blavatsky the secret doctrine w h a t is the true meaning of the curious, arcane symbols found in the great seal of the united states? who designed this fantastic twosided device, and why is it so prominently featured as art and decor on our most common item of currency the u.s. one dollar bill? answering the riddle the symbols on the great seal at first glance seem

octrine, helena blavatsky praised satan as the teacher of humanity.6 he is to be thanked, blavatsky says, for setting men on the path to divinity and liberty. it is, she emphasizes, the cabala that "unveils the secret" to what secret is she referring? listen, as blavatsky flatly states the core doctrine of the mysteries, of occultism, of illuminism: the great serpent of the garden of eden and the lord god are identical.7 ah, we have here the reality of supreme evil in this core teaching. paul knew of this mystery teaching, he wrote of the "mystery of iniquity" and said of the ancient religionists, that they "knew god, but glorified him not as god" and changed the glory of god "into the likeness of creeping things" that is, serpents (romans 1:23. the devourer of self barbara walker, researc

potter sorcery witchcraft books for their kids. witchcraft has now virtually conquered the whole of the christian establishment. twenty-eight blood red red stars, clenched fists, hammers and sickles, and other signs and symbols of communist murderers and thugs how is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is babylon become a desolation among the nations..this is the work of the lord god of hosts. jeremiah 50:23, 25 communism was solely the invention of the jews. sir winston churchill london illustrated herald (february 8, 1920) t h e most brutal, murderous, and monstrous gang of all time was the communist regime in soviet russia, the u.s.s.r. according to noted historian aleksandr solzhenitsyn, sixty-six million people perished in the soviet gulag concentration camps and

bible verse relating to the prophesied destruction of babylon by god's might becomes clear: 568 codex magica a sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction. how is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken. how is babylon become a desolation among the nations..the lord hath opened his armory, and hath brought forth the weapons of his indignation; for this is the work of the lord god of hosts (jeremiah 50:22-25) red star the red star is perhaps communism's best-known symbol. i have examined the occultic meaning of the five-pointed star in previous chapters, so i simply reiterate here that the star is a sign of false gods and specifically of the god of illuminism, in the perfect master degree, the masons assembled in the lodge all simulate the drama of lamenting the my

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month club, 1992. crim, keith, ed. the perennial dictionary of world religions. san francisco: harper collins, 1989. larousse dictionary of beliefs and religions. new york: larousse, 1994. sullivan, lawrence e, ed. death, afterlife, and the soul. new york: macmillan, 1989. wilson, andrew, ed. world scripture: a comparative anthology of sacred texts. new york: paragon house, 1995. judaism then the lord god formed man out of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being (genesis 2:7. in the second chapter of genesis, yahweh, the god of israel, shapes the form of adam from the clay, then breathes into him the breath of life, so that adam becomes nephesh, or a living soul. interestingly, yahweh also bestows the breath of life into the

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er, air, and earth. the four archangels in the lbrp are among the best known and most powerful of the hebrew deities, and they are the governors of the four elements. the invocation of the archangels in the lbrp is very similar to an invocation in a hebrew night prayer printed in an orthodox siddur or daily prayer book translated by philip birnbaum.9 the siddur reads as follows: in the name ofthe lord god of israel, may michael be at my right hand, and gabriel at my eefl; before me uriel; behind me raphael; and above my head the divine presence %s clearly relates very closely to the calling of the archangels in the lbrp. although they are in a different order, they are still the same archangels, carrying out the same duties. these orthodox correspondences may reflect an approach that is di

above your head. vibrate the name "eheieh (pronounced "eh-hey-yay" meaning "i am. keep vibrating ths word until it is the only thought in your conscious mind. then imagine a shaft of light descending from your kether center to your daath center at the nape of the neck. form a sphere of light at the daath center. vibrate the name "yhvh elohim (pronounced "yode-heh-vav-heh el-oh-heem" meaning "the lord god. intone the name until it is the only thing in your conscious mind. bring a shaft of light down from the daath center to the tiphareth center around your heart. form a sphere of light there. vibrate the name "yhvh eloah ve-daath (pronounced "yodeheh- vav-heh el-oh& v'-dah-ath" meaning "lord god of knowledge) several times until it fills your consciousness. see the shaft of light descendin

the ninth sephirah on the tree of life. yetzirah: the qabalistic world of formation, consisting of chesed, geburah, tiphareth, netzach, hod, and yesod. attributed to the element of air. yhvh (mv) four letters which stand for the highest hebrew name for god, which is considered unknown and unpronounceable. often referred to the tetmgrammaton. yhvh elohim: divine hebrew name of binah, meaning "the lord god" associated with daath in the exercise of the middle pillar. yhvh eloah ve-daath: divine hebrew name of tiphareth meaning "lord god of knowledge" used in the exercise of the middle pillar. yhvh tzabaoth: divine hebrew name of netzach, meaning "lord of armies" yin: in chinese taoism the negative, passive, female principle. yoga: sanskrit word meaning "union" the eastern science of physical

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father adam fully endued: hence it doth appear, that after god had brought before him all the creatures of the field, and the fowls under heaven, he gave to every one of them their proper names, according to their nature. although now through the sorrowful fall into sin this excellent jewel wisdom hath been lost, and meer darkness and ignorance is come into the world, yet notwithstanding hath the lord god sometimes hitherto bestowed, and made manifest the same, to some of his friends: for the wise king solomon doth testifie of himself, that he upon earnest prayer and desire did get and obtain such wisdom of god, that thereby he knew how the world was created, thereby he understood the nature of the elements, also the time, beginning, middle and end, the increase and decrease, the change of

e do observe, will not permit at this present to make rehearsal of it, till a more fit time. at this 23 time it is enough for those which do not despise our declaration, having therefore briefly touched it, thereby to prepare the way for their acquaintance and friendship with us. yet to whom it is permitted that he may see, and for his instruction use, those great letters and characters which the lord god hath written and imprinted in heaven and earth s edifice, through the alteration of government, which hath been from time to time altered and reviewed, the same is already (although as yet unknown to himself) ours. and as we know he will not despise our inviting and calling, so none shall fear any deceit, for we promise and openly say, that no man s uprightness and hopes shall deceive him

reat furtherance unto this reformation which is to come; so we desire not to have this honour ascribed to us, as if such work were only commanded and imposed upon us. but we confess, and witness openly with the lord jesus christ, that it shall first happen that the stones shall arise, and offer their service, before there shall be any want of executors and accomplishers of god s counsel; yea, the lord god hath already sent before certain messengers, which should testify his will, to wit, some new stars, which do appear and are seen in the firmament in serpentario and cygno, which signify and give themselves known to everyone, that they are powerful signacula of great weighty matters. so then, the secret his writings and characters are most necessary for all such things which are found out

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at our whole ritual from minerval upward is but a constant series of hints of this one truth. what is the tent of saladin but the phallus? and the first word as the last is on, the sun. but were the minerval to suspect this truth, would he not turn to flee in terror from the camp and be cut down by the black guard that wardeth even the outmost marches of the kingdom of the most holy and most high lord god almighty? therefore, reflect, act wisely and with prudence, sir knights, not declaring openly the arcanum to such as understand not already of their own ripe wit. and in what time seemeth him good shall the o.h.o, gathering his forces, declare this truth privily unto the kings and princes of the earth, that they may take file//c /documents%20and%20settings/michael..0secret%20rituals%20of%

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all the host of them. 2:2 and on the seventh day god ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. 2:3 and god blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which god created and made. 2:4 these [are] the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the lord god made the earth and the heavens, 2:5 and every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the lord god had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and [there was] not a man to till the ground. 2:6 but there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. 2:7 and the lord god formed man [of] the dust of the ground, a

he earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the lord god had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and [there was] not a man to till the ground. 2:6 but there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. 2:7 and the lord god formed man [of] the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. 2:8 and the lord god planted a garden eastward in eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. 2:9 and out of the ground made the lord god to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. 2:10 and a river went out of eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into fo

h the whole land of havilah, where [there is] gold; 2:12 and the gold of that land [is] good: there [is] bdellium and the onyx stone. 2:13 and the name of the second river [is] gihon: the same [is] it that compasseth the whole land of ethiopia. 2:14 and the name of the third river [is] hiddekel: that [is] it which goeth toward the east of assyria. and the fourth river [is] euphrates. 2:15 and the lord god took the man, and put him into the garden of eden to dress it and to keep it. 2:16 and the lord god commanded the man, saying, of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: 2:17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. 2:18 and the lord god said [it is] not good that the man should be

o keep it. 2:16 and the lord god commanded the man, saying, of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: 2:17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. 2:18 and the lord god said [it is] not good that the man should be alone; i will make him an help meet for him. 2:19 and out of the ground the lord god formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought [them] unto adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever adam called every living creature, that [was] genesis page 2 the name thereof. 2:20 and adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for adam there was not found an help meet for him. 2:21 and the lord go

lled every living creature, that [was] genesis page 2 the name thereof. 2:20 and adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for adam there was not found an help meet for him. 2:21 and the lord god caused a deep sleep to fall upon adam and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; 2:22 and the rib, which the lord god had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. 2:23 and adam said, this [is] now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called woman, because she was taken out of man. 2:24 therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. 2:25 and they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not a

nd adam said, this [is] now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called woman, because she was taken out of man. 2:24 therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. 2:25 and they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. 3:1 now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the lord god had made. and he said unto the woman, yea, hath god said, ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? 3:2 and the woman said unto the serpent, we may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: 3:3 but of the fruit of the tree which [is] in the midst of the garden, god hath said, ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. 3:4 and the serpent said unto the woman, ye

at the tree [was] good for food, and that it [was] pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make [one] wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. 3:7 and the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they [were] naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons. 3:8 and they heard the voice of the lord god walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the lord god amongst the trees of the garden. 3:9 and the lord god called unto adam, and said unto him, where [art] thou? 3:10 and he said, i heard thy voice in the garden, and i was afraid, because i [was] naked; and i hid myself. 3:11 and he said, who told thee that thou [wast] naked?

id unto him, where [art] thou? 3:10 and he said, i heard thy voice in the garden, and i was afraid, because i [was] naked; and i hid myself. 3:11 and he said, who told thee that thou [wast] naked? hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof i commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? 3:12 and the man said, the woman whom thou gavest [to be] with me, she gave me of the tree, and i did eat. 3:13 and the lord god said unto the woman, what [is] this [that] thou hast done? and the woman said, the serpent beguiled me, and i did eat. 3:14 and the lord god said unto the serpent, because thou hast done this, thou [art] cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: 3:15 and i will put enmity between thee and th

3:18 thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; 3:19 in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou [art] and unto dust shalt thou return. 3:20 and adam called his wife s name eve; because she was the mother of all living. 3:21 unto adam also and to his wife did the lord god make coats of skins, and clothed them. 3:22 and the lord god said, behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: 3:23 therefore the lord god sent him forth from the garden of eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. 3:24 so he drove out the man; and he placed at t

a garment, and laid [it] upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces [were] backward, and they saw not their father s nakedness. 9:24 and noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him. 9:25 and he said, cursed [be] canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. 9:26 and he said, blessed [be] the lord god of shem; and canaan shall be his servant. 9:27 god shall enlarge japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of shem; and canaan shall be his servant. 9:28 and noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years. 9:29 and all the days of noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died. 10:1 now these [are] the generations of the sons of noah, shem, ham, and japheth: and unto them we

y thing that [is] thine, lest thou shouldest say, i have made abram rich: 14:24 save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, aner, eshcol, and mamre; let them take their portion. 15:1 after these things the word of the lord came unto abram in a vision, saying, fear not, abram: i [am] thy shield [and] thy exceeding great reward. 15:2 and abram said, lord god, what wilt thou give me, seeing i go childless, and the steward of my house is this eliezer of damascus? 15:3 and abram said, behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir. 15:4 and, behold, the word of the lord [came] unto him, saying, this shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir. 15:5 and he br

ine heir. 15:5 and he brought him forth abroad, and said, look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, so shall thy seed be. 15:6 and he believed in the lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness. 15:7 and he said unto him, i [am] the lord that brought thee out of ur of the chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it. 15:8 and he said, lord god, whereby shall i know that i shall inherit it? 15:9 and he said unto him, take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon. 15:10 and he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not. 15:11 and when the fowls came down u

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ddai, which signifi- eth doing good unto all; i conjure ye by the most holy name el chai, which is that of the living god. lastly, i conjure ye, ye rebellious spirit, by the most holy name of god adonai melekh, which joshua invoked, and stayed the course of the sun through the virtue of metatron, its principal image; and by the troops of angels who cease not to cry day and night-holy, holy, holy, lord god of hosts, heaven and earth are full of thy glory; and by the ten angels who pre- side over the ten sephiroth, by whom god communicateth and extendeth his influence over lower things, which are kether, chokmah, binah, gedu- lah, geburah, tiphareth, netzach, hod, yesod, malkuth.40 the original evocation is considerably longer, but the above modified version should serve as a sample. the evo

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created being can attain to its essence" 2. chokmah (wisdom) divine name: yah (lord) archangelic name: raziel correspondence: zodiac "the second path is that of the illuminating intelligence: it is the crown of creation, the splendour of the unity, equaling it, and it is exalted above every head, and named by the kabalists the 'second glory" 3. binah (understanding) divine name: ihvh elohim (the lord god) archangelic name: tzaphqiel correspondence: saturn "the third path is the sanctifying intelligence, and is the foundation of primordial wisdom, which is called the creator of faith, and its roots are amn; and it is the parent of faith, from which doth faith emanate" 4. chesed (mercy) divine name: el (the mighty one) archangelic name: tzadqiel correspondence: jupiter "the fourth path is n

rimordial emanation (the highest crown" 5. geburah (severity) divine name: elohim gibor (god of battles) archangelic name: kamael correspondence: mars "the fifth path is called the radical intelligence, because it resembles the unity, uniting itself to the binah, or intelligence which emanates from the primordial depths of wisdom or chokrnah" 6. tiphareth (beauty) divine name: ihvh eloah vedaath (lord god manifest) archangelic name: raphael correspondence: sun "the sixth path is called the mediating intelligence, because in it are multiplied the influxes of the emanations, for it causes that influence to flow into all the reservoirs of the blessings, with which these themselves are united" 7. netzach (victory) divine name: ihvh tzabaoth (lord of hosts) archangelic name: haniel corresponden

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f the name; then follows the actual manifest structure. the apostle john understood this quite clearly when he wrote "in the beginning was the word, and the word was with 38 tetragrammaton god, and the word was god (john 1:l. this creative (and destructive) word is tetragrammaton. when god created the microcosm, or lesser adam, he used the same method by which he had created the universe "and the lord god formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul (gen. 2:7. human beings are made of dust only in the sense that our material bodies are formed from the elements of the earth. the shape of our souls was determined by the expressed word in the vital breath of god when he inspired life into adam. the ba'al shem draws upon

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. 4:2-8) in this text, the manifest and occult permutations of tetragrammaton appear in the form of the twenty-four elders seated about the throne of christ, but also as the twenty-four wings of the four beasts. the elders are the actual banners of the name. they must be seated in pairs, because every banner has two forms that appear the sam

ny spirit, good, or bad, from thence the name of that spirit, whether good, or bad, may be gathered (three books of occult philosophy 3.25) if we examine the fourth chapter of revelation referred to by dee, we find the office of the four beasts with the twenty-four wings, representing the angels of the banners, stated in the eighth verse "and they rest not day and night, saying, holy, holy, holy, lord god almighty, which was, and is, and is to come" notice the reference to day and night, which comprehends both the manifest and occult sets of the banners. it is interesting that this is in the eighth verse, since dee refers to the "fourth and last part of the fourth chapter of the apocalypse, who is seated on his throne, around and in front of which the four animals, each with six wings, cha

ice the reference to day and night, which comprehends both the manifest and occult sets of the banners. it is interesting that this is in the eighth verse, since dee refers to the "fourth and last part of the fourth chapter of the apocalypse, who is seated on his throne, around and in front of which the four animals, each with six wings, chant night and day without repose 'holy, holy, holy is the lord god omnipotent, who was, is and is to come (hieroglyphic monad, p. 53. 62 tetragrammaton the actual office of these wings, or angels, is given in the chant they proclaim before the throne of christ, which dee took the trouble to write out. it is from this that their names may be kabbalistically extracted. e refer to a hebrew bible, we find that this chant consists of exact1& thirty-si letters

israelites: and it shall be on the day when ye shall pass over jordan unto the land which the lord thy god giveth thee, that thou shalt set thee up great stones, and plaster them with plaster: and thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over, that thou mayest go in unto the land which the lord thy god giveth thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey; as the lord god of thy fathers hath promised thee. 68 tetragrammaton therefore it shall be when ye be gone over jordan, that ye shall set up these stones, which i command you this day, in mount ebal, and thou shalt plaster them with plaster. and there shalt thou build an altar unto the lord thy god, an altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them. thou shalt build the altar of the lord

want. this seems to be an allusion to babylon, who is personified as a harlot: how much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, i sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow. therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the lord god who judgeth her (rev. 18:7-8) coronzon is prevented for a time from seizing his prey by the barrier of the firmament supported upon the hyacinth pillars. it is evident that this frustration will not last long. the rhetorical question, really more of a statement, asks "how many are there which remain in the glory of the earth, which are, and shall not see death until this house fall, and t

seek to evoke coronzon into visible appearance "to the terror of the earth"-the destruction of the world is their resurrection in service before the throne of the messiah. the description of christ as "him that is, was, and shall be crowned" seems to be derived directly from the words of the twenty-four elders around the throne, who fall upon their faces in worship, saying "we give thee thanks, 0 lord god almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned (rev. 11:17. the ninth key a mighty guard of fire with two-edged swords flaming (which have vials eight of wrath for two times and a half: whose wings are of wormwood, and of the marrow of salt, have settled their feet in the west, and are measured with their ministers 9996. t

ement with that of gershom scholem. necessarily there is repetition, because many authors say much the same thing about the name and indeed have little else to say. the wide variety of transliterations of the hebrew ihvh into latin characters takes a little getting used to, but should not prove confusing. moses and god said moreover unto moses, thus shalt thou say unto the children of israel, the lord god (ihvh) of your fathers, the god of abraham, the god of isaac, and the god of jacob, hath sent me unto you; this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations (pentateuch [ninth century bc, exod. 3:15, king james translation) tetragrammaton philo judaeus if anyone, i do not say should blaspheme against the lord of men and gods, but should even dare to utter his name uns

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people into having their babies baptised and paying the fees. it is impossible for large numbers of unbaptised babies to disappear without the police asked questions. the sabbath i asked my friends what was the real meaning of the sabbath and they don't know. they know that books say that it is from sabazius, who was identified with dionysus and zeus, also said to be the same as the jewish oreb, lord god of sabaoth. plutarch in synus, vol. iv, 6, says that the jews worship dionysus and that their sabbath was so named after sabazius, which was one of his forms. my friends agree that the cult of dionysus had some connection with their own. this is clear from some of the rituals. they have also read that the first jews who settled in rome were expelled under the law which forbade worshippers

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greater is my sadness, smoke bitter, loss of sleep plain, because my kinsmen are gone. in mount, in meadow, in ocean isles, in each way one may take, from christ there is no seclusion. rain outside from the earliest welsh poetry, pg. 99 rain outside, drenches bracken; sea shingle white, fringe of foam; fair candle, man s discretion. rain outside, need for refuge; furze yellowed, hogweed withered; lord god, why made you a coward? rain outside, drenches my hair; the feeble plaintive, slope steep; ocean pallid, brine salty. rain outside, drenches the deep; whistle of wind over reed-tips; widowed each feat, talent wanting. editor s note: the following poems use a welsh (and irish) tradition of writing in three line poems called triads. the use of triplets makes it more powerful. winter and war

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s; and ammon in libya; also typhon, mithras and pluto; his numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott holy name is of 3 letters, which number 608. in chaldee and hebrew 608 is cham, or ham (chm, which also means, heat. in greek y.h.s. from u.h.s =400+8+200=608. tyre, trch, is also an example of 608. 120. 612. zeus. 613. the words of moses our rabbi, mshh rbinu; and lord god of israel, ihvh alhi ishrl, both number by gematria 613. the 613 precepts of the jewish law were delivered to moses. david, it is said, reduced them to eleven (11, and isaiah to six (6, and later to two (2. habakkuk to one (1, viz, the just shall live by faith. 613 also refers to the holy garment which had 600 fringes, eight (8) threads and five (5) knots. 620. the number of kether, ktr

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these earlier formulations, yomin ila in, supernal days, 171 and yomin qadma in, primeval days. 172 the tenor of this temporality is brought into clearer focus in the following passage from the thirteenth-century work sefer ha-yihud by the proven al kabbalist asher ben david: on the basis of the tradition all of these attributes in the six extremities are also called garden [gan, as it says, the lord god planted a garden in eden in the east (gen 2:8, that is to say, from before [mi-qedem]173 the creation of the world. and, in truth, eden refers to hokhmah, the inception of all the emanations [ro sh le-khol ha-sefirot, which is intimated in the word bere shit (ibid, 1:1, and the targum yerushalmi translates it as be-hokhmata[ by means of wisdom, and the rabbis, blessed be their memory, sai

s blood (ibid, 6) and thereby transformed believers into a kingdom of priests (a locution based on exod 19:6) to whom belong the dominion and glory everlastingly (rev 1:6. the surmise that reish laqish s statement is responding to the christological doctrine is substantiated by the celebrated poetic flourish that ends the opening prayer of john s apocalypse: i am the alpha and the omega, says the lord god, who is and who was and who is to come, the almighty (ibid, 8).40 this utterance is very likely based on god s proclamation i am the first and i am the last (ani ri shon wa-ani aharon) in deutero-isaiah (44:6).41 in the new testament context, the temporal classification is expressed linguistically, and thus the beginning and end are termed alpha and omega respectively. the additional desc

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