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to the genital chakra on the archetypal man, adam kadmon. on the tree of life, yesod has the function of channeling the energies of the higher down to the earth below, malkuth. occultists associate yesod with the astral plane, because if the sephiroth above malkuth are regarded as a map of the unconscious psyche, yesod is the most accessible area of the mind. yesod is the sphere of fertility and lunar 67 imagery. it is identified with witchcraft and goddess worship. it is also the so-called animal soul, known by qabalists as nephesch. malkuth: the tenth emanation of the tree of life. malkuth is associated with the gods and goddesses of the earth, especially persephone, proserpina, and geb. malkuth is the domain of the manifested universe, the immediate environment, the plane of physical r

goddesses of the earth, especially persephone, proserpina, and geb. malkuth is the domain of the manifested universe, the immediate environment, the plane of physical reality. as a consequence, all inner journeys of consciousness begin symbolically in malkuth. it is particularly appropriate, for example, that the myth of the rape of persephone confirms her both as queen of the underworld and as a lunar goddess. from an occult point of view, the underworld equates with the lower unconscious mind, and the moon, represented by the sphere of yesod, is the first sephira reached on the inner mystic journey up the tree of life. malkuth is closely linked with the universe card. the path of the flaming sword is the path of creation. according to the early qabalist, when lucifer was thrown out of he

ut simply, in order for man to accomplish the great work, he must combine all dualities, as well as surmount them, which reveals part of the mystery of the middle pillar. we can now conclude that in the performance of this ritual, the energies invoked are drawn from the kether sphere. this is in opposition to that of wiccan tradition where it is drawn from the groin, or yesod, which is considered lunar energy. the ritual of the middle pillar, simple as it may seem, is not easy. like all the rituals, it takes time to feel the full effects and benefits. all in all it takes hard work and practice. 96 the hermetic order of the morning star .n e o p h y t e 0 =0 this ritual for bringing someone comfort can be performed without a prior divination. it can also be performed at any time and place o

iritual. magician wisdom, skill, adaptation. it can also mean craft and cunning, a very mercurial card. this card can also refer to occult wisdom. magician -reversed a misuse of power, egotism, conceit, lack of skills yet not believing so, imbalance of the elements. high priestess this is a card of fluctuation. it could mean change, increase, decrease, alterations, altercations. this card is very lunar in nature and therefore a lot of the nature of this card will depend on whether the moon is waxing or waning at the time of the reading. high priestess -reversed this is superficial or egotistical knowledge, ignorance, stupidity, a lack of will. empress one of the most postive cards in the deck. happiness, pleasure and success. it could also mean luxury, abundance and beauty. it can mean fru

18276066 GRIMM JACOB TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY VOL 1

ed at the end of the week. yet even here there may be some connexion; a latin poem of the 9th century on the battle of fontenay (bouquet 7, 301) has the singular verse: salhatum non illud fuit, sed saturni dolium; a devil's bath? conf. ch, xii, saturn [the germ, for carnage is blutbad, blood-bath] even if the germans from the earliest times knew the week of seven days from the four j)hases of the lunar change^ yet the^ this on. sunnudagr is noticea])le, as in other cases sol is used rather than sunna; sunnudagr seems to have been formed by the christian teachers in imitation of the other teutonic languages. the swed. and dan. sondag (instead of soldag) must have been taken bodily from a plattdeutsch form" to the lat. word vix, gen. vicis (chauge, turn) corresponds, without the usual conson

arly in the mid. ages the christian mythus of herodias got mixed up with our native heathen fables: those notions about dame holda and the* furious host' and the nightly jaunts of sorceresses were grafted on it, the jewish king's daughter had the part of a heathen goddess assigned her (eatherius says expressly: imo dea, and her worship found numerous adherents. in the same circle moves diana, the lunar deity of night, the wild huntress; diana, herodias and holda^ this reference to the iurho (the whirlwind of his blast, looks mythical and of high antic^uity. not only did ziu or zio, once a deity, beci^nie with the christians a name for the wliirlwind. p. 203 (and pulloineken too may have to do with i'hol, j. 2:29; l)ut to tliis day such a wind is accounted for in lower saxony (about celle)

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r disorder in well disposed zones. he made them 6 in number and for the 7th he cast into the midst thereof the fire of the sun; into that center from which all lines are equal. that the swift sun may come round that center, eagerly urging itself towards that center of resounding light. as rays of light his locks flow forth, stretching to the confines of space. and of the solar circles, and of the lunar clashings and of the aerial recesses; the melody of ether, and of the sun and of the passages of the moon, and of the sun is in the supramundane orders, for therein a solar world and endless light subsist. the sun more true measureth all things by time, for he is the time of time. and his disc is in the starless above, the inerratic sphere, and he is the center of the triple world. the sun i

hings by time, for he is the time of time. and his disc is in the starless above, the inerratic sphere, and he is the center of the triple world. the sun is fire and the dispenser of fire. he is also the channel of the higher fire, aether, sun, and the spirit of the moon, ye are the leaders of air. and the great goddess bringeth forth the vast sun and the brilliant moon, and the wide air, and the lunar course and the solar pole. she collecteth it receiving the melody of ether, and of the sun, and of the moon, and of whatsoever is contained by air. unwearied doth nature rule over the worlds and works, so that the periods of all things may be accomplished. and above the shoulders of that great goddess is nature in her vastness exalted. thus far the voice of the kabiri. heg: conducts theoricu

hite alchemical natures. the cross is the symbol of corrosion and the corrosion of metals is usually of the complementary color to that which they naturally approximate. thus, copper which is reddish becomes green in verdigris etc. mercury is the only one which unites these primary forms in one symbol. saturn is composed of the cross and the crescent, showing that lead is corrosive externally and lunar internally. jupiter is the reverse, mars is solar internally while venus is the opposite, for copper is externally of the nature of gold, but internally corrosive. wherefore, also the name of the sphere of venus nogah, denotes external splendor. heg: shows theoricus the 2nd tablet. heg: this shows the true and genuine attribution of the tarot trumps to the hebrew alphabet which has long been

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which together make 32, the number of the paths of yetzirah. she is the moon at the feet of the woman of the revelation, ruling equally over cold and moist natures, and the passive elements of earth and water. the four hebrew yods refer to the four letters of the holy name reconstituting the destroyed world from the waters. it is to be noted that the symbol of the sign pisces is formed of the two lunar crescents of gedulah and geburah bound together, and thus shows the lunar nature of the sign. the dogs are the jackals of the egyptian anubis, guarding the gates of the east and of the west, shown by the two towers, between which lies the path of all the heavenly bodies ever rising in the east and setting in the west. the crayfish is the sign cancer, and was anciently the scarabus or khephra

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGICK SPELLS

and only then were the sky father deities able to usurp the mysteries of the divine mother. a trinity of huge, carved stone goddesses, representing the three main cycles of the moon, and dating from between 13000 and 11000 bc, was found in france in a cave at the abri du roc aux sorciers at angles-sur-l'anglin. this motif continued right through to the triple goddess of the celts, reflecting the lunar cycles as maiden, mother and crone, an image that also appeared throughout the classical world. witchcraft and the early christians after the formation of the christian church, the worship of the old deities and the old ways were banned and the nature festivals supplanted by christian ones. the christians were pragmatic, however, and pope gregory, who sent st augustine to england in ad 597

er and therefore can concentrate specific energies. i have listed in chapter 4 a number of deities that seem to be especially potent in ritual or as a focus for meditation. but if you do not find them helpful, there is no need to use them. most rituals are related to the basic human needs for health, love, fertility and prosperity. in chapter 13, seasons and festivals, i describe the major solar, lunar and agricultural festivals that formed a focus for attracting abundance and increase to the land, animals, crops and people, tapping into the life force that connected them all. in past time, the well-being of the planet was considered to be the responsibility of peasant as well as king through paying tributes and enacting age-old ceremonies to invoke the necessary energies for the wheel of

o apollo) apollo was god of prophecy as well as music, poetry, archery, healing and divination. he is very strongly animus and is good for all rituals of power, ambition and inspiration, as well as those areas under his patronage. men tend to work better with him than women. aine aine is daughter of manananann, celtic sea god and ruler of the isle of man and goddess of the cycles of the solar and lunar year. even during the twentieth century, she was remembered on the hill of aine in ireland, by torchlight processions and burning straw at midsummer and also at the old corn harvest, lughnassadh, at the beginning of august. she is also linked with love, fertility and healing. ama-terasu omikami ama-terasu omikami is the ancient japanese sun goddess. her name means 'great august spirit shinin

f artemis, and because of her strong association with the moon in all its phases, is a goddess of fertility as well as love. like artemis, she is goddess of the hunt and a virgin goddess, but can be invoked in her role as an earth goddess and as protector of women in childbirth. her beauty and hunting skills make her a perfect focus for the pursuit of love, especially from afar. myesyats like the lunar goddesses, myesyats, the slavic moon god, represented the three stages of the life cycle. he was first worshipped as a young man until he reached maturity at the full moon. with the waning phase, myesyats passed through old age and died with the old moon, being reborn three days later. as he was the restorer of life and health, parents would pray to him to take away their children's illnesse

tes other gods in difficult tasks. although there are several other hindu female goddesses, they all form aspects of shakti and often their identities merge. one of shakti's forms is as parvati, the gentle mother. shakti is potent for all rituals of women's power, especially when they must take the initiative, and she is easier to work with than kali. triple goddesses the triple goddesses are for lunar magic and moving from one stage to another in the life cycle. brighid brighid, the celtic triple goddess, is patroness of smiths, poets and healers and has the longest enduring cult in ireland, which merged into that of the christian st bridget of kildare. her name means 'high one' and she is sometimes seen as three sisters, daughters of the god dagda, the divine father, or as the triple-asp

ng floods, cleansing seas, lakes and rivers of pollution, in campaigns to provide fresh water in arid places, in all initiatives towards world health and the care of whales, dolphins, seals and endangered sea creatures. like earth, water represents the yin, female goddess in the form of the moon goddesses. surround your water candles with silver objects, sea shells and pieces of coral or, for the lunar goddesses, mother of pearl and moonstones that grow brighter as the moon waxes. zodiacal candles candles etched with zodiacal signs may be used to represent people born during a particular sun period. they may then be burnt in rituals for different purposes. for instance, you can burn your own zodiacal candle at a time when you need confidence or to assert your identity. alternatively, you m

s needed. white is a good colour for work involving rites of passage, especially for birth, marriage and welcoming new family members by marriage or adoption. use white also for protective magick, for replacing darkness with light, in meditation, for goddessfocused rituals, for increasing spiritual awareness and contact with spirit guides, angels and the higher self. white contains both solar and lunar energies and is often used for altar candles. you can substitute white for any other colour. white candles can be used on any day of the week, though they are associated with monday in the goddess aspect and sunday and the sun for life force magick. red red, the colour of mars, the planet and god of war, represents action, power, determination, physical energy and health, courage and determi

ck magick. if you feel that these associations are too strong for you, substitute dark blue, dark purple or brown candles in rituals. in a positive sense, black, like brown, is a colour of acceptance, whether of a restriction or of the frailties of self and others, and so it is a candle colour of forgiveness. black candles are best used on saturday. silver silver is the colour of the moon and all lunar goddesses such as diana, the roman counterpart of artemis, who, because of her strong association with the moon in all its phases, was a goddess of fertility as well as love. it is also used on some altars to represent the goddess, with a gold candle for the horned god. silver is potent in all forms of divination, but especially for candle divination, for awakening clairvoyant powers, telepa

. the ritual is to be carried out over three consecutive nights. work on the two days before the full moon and the night of the full moon if you can, as this is the best time for energies of increase. it is also a traditional planting time for herbs and vegetables that grow above the ground. however, if you need money urgently you cannot sit around waiting for the moon to be right, so burn silver lunar candles on each of the three evenings and picture the lovely ripening moon we see at this period in the sky, if the weather is clear. you can carry out the ritual at any time of day, but you should try to choose a time that is quiet. if you can only work during daylight hours, allow the natural light to add to the candle energies or draw the blinds. you will need* an oil burner, the kind wit

ALEISTER CROWLEY AD MEIORUM CTHULHI GLORIAM

the defeated, old religions of the world for the basis of his new philosophy and, some say, his new "religion. he raised the female aspect back up to one of equality with the male, as it was in the rites of egypt, and of eleusis "our lady babalon (his spelling) became a theme of many of his magickal writings, and he received he credo, the book of the law, through a woman, his wife rose kelly. the lunar element, as well as the venusian, are certainly accessible in his works. it has even been said in occult circles that he had a hand in putting together the grimoire of one gerald gardner, founder of a contemporary witchcraft movement, called the book of shadows. the moon has an extremely important, indeed indispensable, role in the tantrick sex magick rites that so preoccupied crowley and th

inals have flown in 'choppers' over battlefields in southeast asia, urging technological eco-side, invoking christ; pronouncing damnation and the devil on the industrially inferior man. ecce qui tollit peccata mundi. and a rock group from england, home of the anglican heresy, sings of "sympathy" for the devil. pazuzu. tiamat. the seven deadly sins. the fear of lovecraft. the pride of crowley. the lunar landing was the symbolic manifestation of man's newly acquired potential power to alter the nature- and perhaps, via nuclear weapons, the course- of the heavenly bodies, the zonei, the elder gods. it has a power the ancient ones have been waiting for, for millennia, and it is now within their grasp. the next century may deliver unto mankind this awesome power and responsibility, and will lea

eading on their celestial spheres we are reminding them of their ancient obligations to us, their created ones. for, as it is said in one of man's most ancient of covenants, the emerald table "as above, so below. man's power to alter the nature of his environment must develop simultaneously with his ability to master his inner environment, his own mind his psyche, soul, spirit. perhaps, then, the lunar landing was the first collective initiation for humanity, which will bring it one step closer to a beneficial force that resides beyond the race of the "cruel celestial spirits, past the abyss of knowledge. yet, he must remember that the occult powers that accompany magickal attainment are ornamental only, indications of obstacles overcome on the path to perfection, and are not to be sought

f the oldest written magickal workings in western occult history. the deities and demons identified within have probably not been effectively summoned in nearly six thousand years. ordinary exorcisms and banishing formulae have thus far proved extremely inadequate: this, by experienced magicians. hence, the following recommendations. the religion of the ancient sumerian peoples seems to have been lunar-oriented, a religion- or religion- magickal structure- of the night, of darkness in a sense. invocations using solar formulae have proved thus far effective in successfully banishing necronomicon demons and intelligences. for instance, the kaddish prayer of the jewish faith contains some solar elements that have proved resilient to inimical genii, and the vibration of the lord's prayer for c

a gamag! ia zagasthena kia! ashtag karelliosh! the invocation of the nebo gate spirit of the swift planet, remember! nebo, custodian of the gods, remember! nebo, father of the sacred writing, remember! in the name of the covenant sworn between thee and the race of men, i call to thee! hearken, and remember! from the gate of the great god nanna, i call to thee! by the name which i was given on the lunar sphere, i call to thee! lord nebo, who does not know of thy wisdom? lord nebo, who does not know of thy magick? lord nebo, what spirit, on earth or in heavens, is not conjured by thy mystic writing? lord nebo, what spirit, on earth or in the heavens, is not compelled by the magick of thy spells? nebo kurios! lord of the subtle arts, open the gate to the sphere of thy spirit! nebo kurios! mas

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ula of the grade of initiation corresponding to yesod. yesod represents the instability of air, the sterility of the moon; but these qualities are balanced in it by the stability implied in its position as the foundation, and by its function of generation. this complex is further equilibrated by identifying it with the number 2 of chokmah, which possesses the airy quality, being the word, and the lunar quality, being the reflection of the sun of kether as yesod is the sun of tiphareth. it is the wisdom which is the foundation by being creation. this entire cycle of ideas is expressed in the double formula 2 degree= 9square, 9 degree= 2square; and any of these ideas may be selected and articulated by a suitable battery. we may conclude with a single illustration of how the above principles

to their elimination plunging him into such ordeals that he seems (both to himself and to others) to have turned from a noble and upright man into an unutterable scoundrel; so does the "first matter" blacken and putrefy as the alchemist breaks up its coagulations of impurity. the student may work out for himself the various analogies involved, and discover the "black dragon, the "green lion, the "lunar water, the "raven's head, and so forth. the indications above given should suffice all who possess aptitude for alchemical research. only one further reflection appears necessary; namely, that the eucharist, with which this chapter is properly preoccupied, must be conceived as one case- as the critical case- of the art of the alchemist. the reader will have observed, perhaps with surprise, t

; then trace the upper triangle from its left hand point and complete. 1\ 2# trace the astrological sigil- of the planet in the centre of# mercury/ your hexagram\ for the zodiac use the- hexagram of the planet which *2-*1 rules the sign you require("777, col. xxxviii) but draw\ the astrological sigil of the- sign, instead of that of the 1\ moon *1 planet *2 2# for caput and cauda draconis use the lunar hexagram, with the sigil of caput draconis or cauda draconis. to banish, reverse the hexagram. in all cases use a conjuration first with ararita, and next with the name of the god corresponding to the planet or sign you are dealing with. the hexagrams pertaining to the planets are as in plate on preceding page. 2. these rituals should be practised until the figures drawn appear in flame, in

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS

0 "is a god to live in a dog? no! but the highest are of us. beauty and strength, leaping laughter and delicious languor, force and fire, are of us" this chapter returns over and over again to this theme in one form or 5 "peace: the glow of satisfaction at achievement. it is not "eternal" rather, it whets the appetite for another adventure (peace, gk: h. eiphnh= 189= 7 x 9 x 13' the venusian plus lunar form of unity) 24 another. what is really more significant is the hidden, the unexpressed, soul of the book; the way in which it leaps into wild spate of rhapsody on any excuse or no excuse. magic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 163 this is surely more convincing than some dreary thesis plodding along doggedly with the "proof) that "god is good" every sentence creaking

who gave the q'uran to mohammed was in reality a "master" or messenger of some such person, more or less as aiwass describes himself as..the minister of hoor-paarmagic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 288 kraat (al i, 7) his name implies some such function; for g.b.r. is mercury between the two greater lights, sol and luna. this seems to mean that he is something more than a lunar or terrestrial archangel; as he would appear to be from 777 (there now! that was my private fiend again- the demon of digression. back to our gods) 30 777 itself, to say nothing of the golden bough and the good lord knows how many other similar monuments of lexicography (for really they are little more, is our text-book. we are bound to note at once that the gods sympathise, run into one ano

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE SWORD OF SONG

0 dismissing jesus with a jest. ah! christ ascends ?83 ascension day? old wonders bear the bell84 away? santos-dumont, though! who can say? 25 poem dissimilar to its predecessor. will it lead somewhere this time? reflections on the weather, proper to beginning a conversation in english. autobiography of bard. lehrjahre. wanderjahre. the magician of paris. how clever i am! to-day thrice halves the lunar week since you, indignant, heard me speak indignant. then i seemed to be so far from christianity! now, other celebrations fit 5 the time, another song shall flit responsive to another tune. september s shadow falls on june, but dull november s darkest day is lighted by the sun of may. 10 here s now i got a better learning. it s a long lane that has no turning! mad as a woman-hunted urning

ay he left her and came to her who had initiated him before he was initiated; and with he he abode eight days and twenty days :3 and she gave him gifts. 1 lamed means ox-goad; aleph, an ox. lamed aleph means no, the denial of aleph lamed, el, god. 2 read reverse, the star= the will and the great work] is to fold up the sephiroth; i.e. to attain nirvana. 3 the houses of the moon. all the gifts are lunar symbols. appendix ii 114 dona virginis. puella urget sophiam sodalibus. the sophic suggler. the first day, a camel; the second day, a kiss; the third daty, a star-glass; the fourth day, a beetle s wing; the fifth day, a crab; the sixth day, a bow; the seventh day, a quiver; the eighth day, a stag; the ninth day, an horn; the tenth day, a sandal of silver; the eleventh day, a silver box of wh

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minute and clean, a key of purest lapis-lazuli more blue than the blind sky that aches (wreathed with the stars, her torturing snakes, for the dead god's kiss that never wakes; shot with golden specks of fire like a virgin with desire. look, the levers! fern-frail fronds of fantastic diamonds, glimmering with ethereal azure in each exquisite embrasure. on the shaft the letters laced, as if dryads lunar-chaste with the satyrs were embraced, spelled the secret of the key "sic pervenias" and he went his wizard way, inweaving dreams of things beyond believing. when he will, the weary world of the senses closely curled like a serpent round his heart shakes herself and stands apart. so the heart's blood flames, expanding, strenuous, urgent, and commanding; and the key unlocks the door where his

a single line and straight, even according to the seven centres of his intention that he bare about him in the hollow tube that hath thirty and two joints "he slayeth sir amorex le desirous" these plants did our brother perardua pluck, as the mystic rites ordain; and these did he heat furiously in his alembic, yet with vegetable heat alone, while he kept them ever moist, dropping upon them of his lunar water, whereof he had three and seventy minims left of the eight and seventy that his father had given him; and these he had borne upon a camel through the desert unto this place where he now was, which is called the oasis of the lion, even as the whole regimen that in the end he accomplished is in the form of a lion. this then his lion waxed exceeding thirsty, and licked up all that dew. bu

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1909. 2.10-3.45 p.m. the cry of the 12th aethyr, which is called loe. there appear in the stone two pillars of flame, and in the midst is a chariot of white fire. this seems to be the chariot of the seventh key of 81 tarot. but it is drawn by four sphinxes, diverse, like the four sphinxes upon the door of the vault of the adepts, counterchanged in their component parts. the chariot itself is the lunar crescent, waning. the canopy is supported by eight pillars of amber. these pillars are upright, and yet the canopy which they support is the whole vault of the night. the charioteer is a man in golden armour, studded with sapphires, but over his shoulders is a white robe, and over that a red robe. upon his golden helmet he beareth for his crest a crab. his hands are clasped upon a cup, from

drove the seer from before his face. and he fell through the starry night unto the little village in the desert. benishrur, algeria "december" 10, 1909. 7.40-9.40 p.m. the cry of the 5th aethyr, which is called lit there is a shining pylon, above which is set the sigil of the eye, within the shining triangle. light streams through the pylon from before the face of isis-hathor, for she weareth the lunar crown of cows' horns, with the disk in the centre; at her breast she beareth the child horus. and there is a voice: thou knowest not how the seven was united with the four; much less then canst thou understand the marriage of the eight and the three. yet there is a word wherein these are made one, and therein is contained the mystery that thou seekest, concerning the rending asunder of the v

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*2,11. trace the/*1,12.sun 1,12# astrological sigil- of the planet in the 6,7-*4,9.centre of your 3,10. 5,8. hexagram. for the zodiac use-*2 *1 the hexagram of the- planet which/ venus\ rules the 25) sign# you require("777- col. cxxxviii; but 1# 2/ draw the astrological sigil of the sign, 1\ 2# instead of that of the- planet# mercury *2-*1- 1\ moon *1 *2 2# 25 for caput and cauda draconis use the lunar hexagram, with the sigil of caput draconis or cauda draconis. to banish, reverse the hexagram. in all cases use a conjuration first with ararita, and next with the name of the god corresponding to the planet or sign you are dealing with. the hexagrams pertaining to the planets are as in plate on preceding page. 2. these rituals should be practised until the figures drawn appear in flame, in

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d be repeated over the curcurbite, and this process may be repeated altogether three times if the flashing light cometh not. for without this latter the work would be useless. but if after three repetitions it still appear not, it is a sign that there hath been an error in one working; such being either in the disposition of the alchemist, or in the management of the curcurbite. wherefore let the lunar and the solar invocations and exposures be replaced, when without doubt_ if these be done with care (and more especially those of caput draconis and cauda draconis with those of the moon as taught, for these have great force materially_ then without doubt shall that flashing light manifest itself in the curcurbite. r. holding the lotus wand by the white end, the alchemist now draws over the

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d, is many hundred miles away, and the coast of south america is no less than 2,300 miles distant. and yet in this tiny island we find proofs of very high civilization, and it is curious that dr. churchward has not mentioned the numerous hieroglyphics found there concerning which a very full account is given in the smithsonian reports of 1889. after these came another exodus, carrying with it the lunar and solar mythos, and horus became under varying names the supreme world-god, and his four sons, or emanations, the four quarters. it is impossible here to enter into the numerous entrancing speculations that dr. churchward draws, or to give any adequate idea of the vast number of proofs that he marshals to convince us- they are quite bewildering. in fact, they completely reverse our concept

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ical physiology is but a symbolic method of expressing what is night inexpressible, and in phraseology is akin to western alchemy, the physiological terms taking the place of the chemical ones. 83 "shiva sanhita" chap. v. 84 "ibid, chap. v,107, 108, 109. this is probably wrong, as the sun is usually placed in the manip ra chakkra. in the body of a man the pingala is the solar current, the ida the lunar. in a woman these are reversed. 85 "ibide, chap. v, 75. 86 "shiva sanhita" chap. v, 76, 77. compare this chakkra to the lunar and sexual yesod of the qabalah; also note that the power here attained to is that of skrying. situated in the middle of the sphere of the sun, having ten kalas (petals..87 he who enters this chakkra can made gold, etc, see the adepts (clairvoyantly) discover medicine

ng it he will fill his whole body with life, and "even though he is bitten by the serpent takshaka, the poison does not spread throughout his body."97 further the "hatha yoga pradipika" informs us that "when one has closed the hole at the root of the palate. his seminal fluid is not emitted even through he is embraced by a young and passionate woman" now this gives us the key to the whole of this lunar symbolism, and we find that the soma-juice of the moon, dew, nectar, semen and vital force are but various names for one and the same substance, and that if the vindu can be retained in the body it may by certain practices which we will now discuss, be utilized in not only strengthening but in prolonging this life to an indefinite period.98 these practices are called the mudras, they are to

is body upon his palms placed upon the ground, he should strike the ground softly with his posteriors. by this the pr n, leaving ida and pingala, goes through the sushumn. the body assumes a death-like aspect. then he should breathe out.104 99 we believe this to be the exoteric explanation of this symbolism, the esoteric one being that shiva represents the solar or spiritual force, and shakti the lunar or bodily, the union of these two cancels out the pairs of opposites and produces equilibrium. 100 "shiva sanhita" chap. iv, 1-11. also see "gheranda sanhita" p. 23. 101 the jalandhara banda is performed by contracting the throat and pressing the chin firmly against the breast. 102 "hatha yoga pradipika" pp. 45, 46. also see "shiva sanhita" chap. iv, 11-20. the breath is always exhaled slowl

iption of how the "fraenum linguae" is cut. see pp. 49-56. 106 "hatha yoga pradipika" p. 57 "shiva sanhita" chap. iv, 48- 52. 107 "hatha yoga pradipika" p. 58 "shiva sanhita" chap. iv, p. 41-44. 108 "hatha yoga pradipika" p. 60 "shiva sanhita" chap. iv, 38- 40. 109 "hatha yoga pradipika" p. 62 "shiva sanhita" chap. iv, 45- 47. again this is the union of shiva and shakti, and that of the solar and lunar pingala and ida by means of the sushumn- the path of the gods. 110 "shiva sanhita" chap. iv, 76-81. between the ganges and the jamuna there sits the young widow inspiring pity. he should despoil her forcibly, for it leads one to the supreme seat of vishnu. you should awake the sleeping serpent (kundalini) by taking hold of its tail..111 as a special form of kumbhaka is mentioned, most probab

death, preserving it within is life. verily, verily, men are born and die through vindu. the vindu causes the pleasure and pain of all creatures living in this world, who are infatuated and subject to death and decay.115 there are two modifications of the vajroli mudra; namely, amarani and sahajoni. the first teaches how, if at the time of union there takes place a union of the sun and moon, the lunar flux can be re-absorbed by the lingam. and the second how this union may be frustrated by the practice of yoni mudra. these practices of hatha yoga if zealously maintained bring forth in the aspirant psychic powers known as the siddhis,116 the most important of which are (1) anima (the 96 power of assimilating oneself with an atom (2) mahima (the power of expanding oneself into space (3) lag

has attained to the great deliverance. he is; he is not. he is one with nibb na.233 148-149 232 "ibid, p. 216. 233 another and perhaps a more comprehensive way of attributing the noble eightfold path to the tree of life is as follows: the first and second steps- right comprehension and right resolution, may from their purging nature fitly be compared to yama and niyama and also to the earthly and lunar natures of malkuth and yesod. the third and fourth- right speech and right action, in their yearning and striving are by nature as unbalanced as hod and netzach which are represented by fire and water and by mercury and venus respectively. then comes the fifth stage of poise- right livelihood; this is also a stage of exemption from worldly motion, and a stage which brings all below it to a f

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e they bring with them naught but sorrow and distress, discontent, and misuse. at this stage also the aspirant's life becomes an instrument of destruction in the occult sense of the term. wherever he goes the force which flows through him from the higher planes and his own inner god produces at times peculiar results upon his environment. it acts as a stimulator of both the good and the evil. the lunar pitris, or little lives which form the bodies of his brother and his own body, are likewise stimulated, their activity is increased and their power greatly aggravated. this fact is used by those who work on the inner side to bring about certain desired ends. this it is also which often causes the temporary downfall of advanced souls. they cannot stand the force pouring into them, or upon the

is used by those who work on the inner side to bring about certain desired ends. this it is also which often causes the temporary downfall of advanced souls. they cannot stand the force pouring into them, or upon them, and through the temporary over-stimulation of their centres and vehicles they go to pieces. this can be seen working out in groups as well as in individuals. but, inversely, if the lunar lords, or lives of the lower self, have been earlier subjugated and brought under control, then the effect of the force and energy contacted is to stimulate the response of the physical brain consciousness and the head centres to egoic contact. then the otherwise destructive force becomes a factor for good and a helpful stimulation, and can be used by those who know how, to lead men on to fu

onstituted, return to the general fount of deva substance, plus the increased consciousness and activity which is theirs through the experience of being built into a form, and utilised by a still higher aspect of existence. similarly, in the case of the personality, when the life egoic withdraws, the threefold lower self dissipates; the little lives which form the body of what has been called the lunar self (in contradistinction to the solar self, being but its reflection) are absorbed into the general reservoir of deva substance of a lower- 80- initiation, human and solar copyright 1998 lucis trust vibration to that which composed the body egoic. similarly, also, their evolution has been furthered through having been built into a form for the use of the higher self. through the applicatio

. thus will the unfolding of the plan logoic proceed with greater accuracy. the kingdom of god is within, and the duty of that inner hidden ruler is twofold, first, to the lives which form the bodies, physical, astral, and mental, and then to the macrocosm, the world of which the microcosm is but an infinitesimal part. rule 5. let the applicant see to it that the solar angel dims the light of the lunar angels, remaining the sole luminary in the microcosmic sky- 114- initiation, human and solar copyright 1998 lucis trust to fulfil this injunction all applicants need to do two things, first, to study their origin, to realise their own true psychology occultly understood, and to become scientifically aware of the real nature of the ego, or the higher self, functioning in the causal body. then

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of will, to hold them in manifestation for the desired period, and later to abstract them, and blend them again with their spiritual source. hence the necessity of remembering that fundamentally, the first logos controls the cosmic entities or extra-systemic- 83- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust beings; the second logos controls the solar entities; the third logos controls the lunar entities and their correspondences elsewhere in the system. this rule must not be carried too far in detail as long as man's mind is of its present calibre. the mystery lies in the realisation that all is carried on in a divine co-operation that has its base outside the system. hence too the fact that the first logos is called the destroyer, because he is abstraction, if viewed from below up

. 7. the dynamic electricity of the first logos is felt at the seventh initiation. let us now pass on to the brief consideration of the future influence of the third manasic ray of "concrete knowledge or science" as i have elsewhere pointed out this ray concerns itself with the building of form, with the utilisation of matter, with the embodying of ideas, or of entities, whether cosmic, systemic, lunar, or subhuman. the planetary logos of this fifth systemic ray holds a peculiar position in the scheme of things. he is the embodiment of the fifth logoic principle of manas. his is the synthesising scheme for the five schemes of the five kumaras who are brahma, when viewed as the sum total of the third logoic aspect, though he is not the synthesising factor for the seven schemes which are the

the particular form of service of its planetary logos. he governs the processes of: transmutation incarnation transference. in these three words his life-work is summed up; in these three words is embodied the nature of this great entity, who presides over the processes of blending and merging and adaptation; who, through his knowledge of cosmic sound, guides the life forces of certain solar and lunar entities from form to form, and is the link between the soul awaiting incarnation, and its body of- 262- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust manifestation. this is equally true whether we are considering the incarnation of a man, of a group, of an idea, or of all entities of lesser grade to the solar being who manifests through a globe, or the regent of the globe under the p

hierarchies" as it has been brought about since the manifesting of the solar system. it is the result of the past of this system, and not so much the working out of effects originating in previous solar systems. the karma of the kingdoms of nature as we know them on our planet: a. the mineral kingdom. b. the vegetable kingdom. c. the animal kingdom. this is necessarily the karma of the different lunar lords who ensoul these kingdoms, and who are working out their purposes through them. we must note that we have touched therefore upon cosmic, solar, and lunar karma. in the latter is hid the great mystery of the moon, and her place in the planetary scheme. the karma of the human hierarchy54,(137)55,56(138) in its seven groups, and of the individual monads. this in itself is a vast and intri

ire copyright 1998 lucis trust when he concentrates his attention on the not-self. it can only be safely done when the magician knows five things: 1. the nature of the atom. 2. the keynote of the planes. 3. the method of working from the egoic level through conscious control, knowledge of the protective sounds and formulas, and pure altruistic endeavour. 4. the interaction of the three fires, the lunar words, the solar words, and later a cosmic word. 5. the secret of electrical vibration, which is only realised in an elementary way when a man knows the keynote of his own planetary logos. all this knowledge as it concerns the three worlds is in the hands of the masters of the wisdom, and enables them to work along the lines of energy or force, and not with what is usually understood when th

. it is also a mystery hid in the relationship between the four exoteric kumaras,71(149) and the esoteric three, and from the point of view of man separates those who are developing the consciousness of the triad from those who as yet are living the life of the quaternary. it concerns those who respond to the solar lords, distinguishing them from those who recognise as yet only the control of the lunar lords. in terms of fire: those who warm themselves by means of fire by friction and respond not to the heat of solar fire remain within the cavern, thus living in the dark; whilst those whose being is irradiated by the sun of wisdom, and who bask in the rays of solar heat dwell in the light, and enjoy an ever increasing freedom, and vital existence. the true significance of the three aspects

lane; those of the mineral groups are upon the fourth subplane. there is, therefore, a close analogy between these focal points of force of the group human or otherwise and a chain, a globe, and a round, and in their due application comes enlightenment. the sumtotal of the permanent atoms of any particular kingdom form the streams of force or spirillae in the greater atoms of solar entities or of lunar entities, while the sumtotal of the permanent atoms of man in the spiritual kingdom (the three triadal atoms, atma-buddhi-manas) form the spiral streams of force within certain centres. 12. as the permanent atoms become radioactive in due course of evolution, the result within the centre is a marked increase of vibration- 315- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust 13. the perm

e triadal atoms, atma-buddhi-manas) form the spiral streams of force within certain centres. 12. as the permanent atoms become radioactive in due course of evolution, the result within the centre is a marked increase of vibration- 315- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust 13. the permanent atoms concern solar entities when they are found on or above the higher mental. they concern lunar entities on the lower mental, the astral and the physical planes. 14. it should be noted that in this solar system the following entities manifest through: i. one permanent atom. the physical. 1. a solar logos. 2. the three major rays, or lords of aspect. 3. the seven heavenly men. 4. the forty-nine regents of the planetary chains. ii. two permanent atoms. the physical and the astral. 1. the

stated is an enlargement of the data given about the "army of the voice,"75(153) and an endeavour to show that many diverse lives (all embodying lesser lives, or embodied in greater ones themselves) are to be found within the various schemes. we have dealt only with those likewise which are superhuman or human, with those who have been or are men. we have not dealt with the subhuman, or with the lunar lords or lesser pitris, for their day is not yet, and they progress as the tide of evolution progresses, unconsciously and not self-consciously. we have dealt with these entities and their permanent atoms in connection with their manifestation in a solar system, and have not carried it beyond the solar ring-pass-not. all the permanent atoms concern physical matter and manifestation. the high

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and dispassion. 24. meditation, one-pointedly centered upon the power of the elephant, will awaken that force or light. 25. perfectly concentrated meditation upon the awakened light will produce the consciousness of that which is subtle, hidden or remote. 26. through meditation, one-pointedly fixed upon the sun, will come a consciousness (or knowledge) of the seven worlds. 27. a knowledge of all lunar forms arises through one-pointed meditation upon the moon. 28. concentration upon the pole-star will give knowledge of the orbits of the planets and the stars. 29. by concentrated attention upon the centre called the solar plexus, comes perfected knowledge as to the condition of the body. 30. by fixing the attention upon the throat centre, the cessation of hunger and thirst will ensue. 31. b

as triple: 1. the physical sun. body .i ntelligent form. 2. the heart of the sun .s oul. love. 3. the central spiritual sun. spirit. life or power. in man, the microcosm, the correspondences are: 1. the personal physical man. body .i ntelligent form. 2. the ego or christ. soul. love. 3. the monad. spirit. life or power- 166- the light of the soul copyright 1998 lucis trust 27. a knowledge of all lunar forms arises through one-pointed meditation upon the moon. there are two translations permissible here, the above and the following "a knowledge of the astral world comes to him who can meditate upon the moon" either is correct and probably a true understanding of the sanskrit is only arrived at through combining the two. it might suffice here to give a simple english paraphrase which will g

, whereas the sun in its aspect of light is the symbol of the soul, he will have no difficulty in ascertaining the meaning of the two sutras we have just considered. one deals with the soul and the various states of consciousness; the other deals with the body, the vehicle of consciousness. one concerns the body incorruptible, not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. the other deals with the "lunar mansions (as one translator calls it) and with the home of the soul in the three worlds of human endeavour. we must be careful however to remember that the moon aspect is the governing one in all the kingdoms below the human, whilst the sun aspect should dominate in the human. a knowledge of the lunar mansions or of forms would give an understanding of the physical body, of the astral or des

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ife which is an existence and yet is an extended concept) karma a point oft overlooked. this karma of his must be worked out through the method of incarnation and the subsequent result of the incarnated energy upon the substance of the form. this is symbolised for us, if we could but grasp it, in the relation of the sun to the moon "the solar lord with his warmth and light galvanises the moribund lunar lords into a spurious life. this is the great deception; and the maya of his presence" so runs the old commentary oft quoted by me in earlier books. the above concept has in it truth for the individual soul likewise. this middle principle is in process of revelation now. the lower aspect is functioning. the higher remains unknown, but that which links them (and at the same time reveals the n

f darkness into light. the way of the disciple the white magician is ever one who, through conscious alignment with his ego, with his "angel, is receptive to his plans and purposes, and therefore capable of receiving the higher impression. we must remember that while magic works from above downwards, and is the result of solar vibration, and not the impulses emanating from one or the other of the lunar pitris, the downflow of the impressing energy from the solar pitri is the result of his internal recollectedness, the indrawing of his forces, prior to sending them concentratedly to his shadow, man, and his steady meditation upon the purpose and the plan. it may be of use to the student if he here remembers that the ego (as well as the logos) is in deep meditation during the whole cycle of

the earth is itself an entity which, by the force of will, holds all things to itself. this is an obscure matter, little has been learned about it as yet. the inbreathing and outbreathing of the entity of the earth affects vibration potently, that is the vibration of the physical plane matter. there is a connection also between this and the moon. those members of humanity who are specially under lunar influence respond to this attraction more than any others, and they are difficult to use as transmitters. the silence that comes from the inner calm is the one to cultivate. aspirants are urged to remember that the time will come when they too will form part of the group of teachers on the inner side of the veil. if then they have not learnt the silence that comes from strength and from know

seeking, and expresses that personal ambition which carries within it the germ of its own destruction. when, however, the sutratmic sushumna, the central nerve channel and its energy is employed, the soul, as a magnetic intelligent creator, transmits its energies. the plans can then mature according to divine purpose and proceed with their building activities "in the light. the point of egoic and lunar contact emits ever the point of light, as we have seen from our rules for magic, and that has its focus at the point in the sutratma which has its correspondence in the light in the head of the aspirant. 3. the period wherein he sounds the sacred word and blending it with the voice of the ego or soul sets in motion mental matter for the building of his thought form. it is the man on the phys

asy thing to do, but the aspirant has eventually to learn to express himself in full consciousness in more than one way and that simultaneously. he begins to learn a triple activity in this manner. this the old commentary expresses as follows- 58- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust the solar orb shines forth in radiant splendor. the illuminated mind reflects the solar glory. the lunar orb rises from the centre to the summit, and is transformed into a radiant sun of light. when these three suns are one, brahma breaks forth. a lighted world is born. this literally means that when the soul (symbolized as the solar orb) the mind, and the light in the head form one unit, the creative power of the solar angel can express itself in the three worlds, and can construct a form thro

transformed into a radiant sun of light. when these three suns are one, brahma breaks forth. a lighted world is born. this literally means that when the soul (symbolized as the solar orb) the mind, and the light in the head form one unit, the creative power of the solar angel can express itself in the three worlds, and can construct a form through which its energy can actively express itself. the lunar orb is a symbolic way of expressing the solar plexus which eventually must do two things: 1. blend and fuse the energies of the lower two centres of force, and 2. raise these fused energies and so, blending with the energies of the other and higher centres, reach the head. all the above embodies a teaching and a theory. this has to be wrought out in the practical experiment and experience an

these three activities are dealt with in this rule. the third eye opens as the- 126- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust result of conscious development, right alignment and the inflow of soul life. then its magnetic controlling force makes itself felt, controlling the lives of the lower bodies, driving forth the lower four elementals (of earth, water, fire, air) and forcing the lunar lords to abdicate. the personality, which has hitherto been the master, no longer can control, and the soul comes into full domination in the three worlds. the elemental of earth, who is the sum total of the many lives which form the physical body, is controlled and feels the eye of the master (the one master in the head) upon it. the gross elements constituting that body are "driven forth"

tself. this is, in other words, the astral body of the spirit of the earth. this entity is not the planetary logos, but a being of great power on the involutionary arc, who holds the same relation to the planetary logos as the astral elemental does to the human being. facts about this life will be found in the treatise on cosmic fire. its life is the aggregate of a vast number of lives, and those lunar pitris or lesser builders who constitute the sentient life of the personality aspect of the planetary logos a more potent force for good and also for evil, as we use the word "evil. evil, per se, is non-existent, as- 179- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust is good in the sense of the pairs of opposites. only in time and in space are there varying states of consciousness, pr

incarnation. in the moon influence, we have indicated the native's past. it summarises the limitations and handicaps under which he must work, and therefore might be regarded as embodying the tamasic aspect of matter, or that which "holds back" and which if permitted to influence unduly will produce inertia. in the body with which man is equipped lies hid the secret of past experience, and every lunar form through which we have to arrive at due expression is in itself the product or- 253- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust synthesis of all the past. let me see if i can put the present truth about astrology in such simple guise that they who know naught of this intricate science may understand. the birth month indicates the day of opportunity. the door stands open. the pa

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understand, and hard to grasp. careful reading, however, quiet reflection, and a practical application of the sensed truth and of the intuited idea will gradually bring enlightenment and lead to acquiescence in the techniques of the soul, and the appropriation of the teaching. a. building and construction of the bodies in theosophical literature, there is much talk anent the various elementals or lunar lords which compose, constitute and control the lower nature. these, in their triple totality, form the personality. they are of man's own creation, and form the basis of the problem which he, as a soul, has always to face until the final liberation is achieved. the mental elemental, the astral elemental and the physical elemental have a definite life of their own which is coloured by the ra

o two stages: 1. that in which the lower concrete mind is developing. 2. that in which the man becomes an integrated, coordinated person. at each of these latter two stages, the rays of the lower nature become increasingly powerful. self-consciousness is developed, and then the personality becomes clearer and clearer, and the three elementals of the lower nature, the force of the so-called "three lunar lords (the triple energies of the integrated personality) come steadily under the control of the ray of the personality. at this stage, therefore, four rays are active in the man, four streams of energy make him what he is and the ray of the soul is beginning, though very faintly, to make its presence felt, producing the conflict which all thinkers recognise. at the stage of discipleship, th

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ive hierarchy, with the constellation capricorn and with the human personality which veils and temporarily hides the christ principle behind both form and mind. eight is, under some numerical systems, regarded as the number of the christ. 10. the greater builders and the lesser builders, working on the second and third planes of our solar system, have their activities reflected in the work of the lunar lords and the elemental- 22- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust lives. 11. you will note that the human hierarchy (on chart 9-iv-4) is assigned no particular element as it has to fuse and synthesise them all. this is part of the great tests of initiation under scorpio. 12. this chart is drawn up in relation only to the fourth creative hier

ing the method employed, that of conflict and of war. leo gives us jupiter, the moon and mars. he indicates, therefore, the success which is incident to proved discipleship and consequent readiness for initiation, the seeing of the vision with which jupiter rewards the disciple, and the experience which vulcan confers. vulcan has been hitherto hidden, but its influence has steadily superseded all lunar control, for the personality or form side of life is lost to sight in the radiance of the sun, the soul. the light of vulcan and the light of the sun are one light and these three mercury, vulcan and the sun stand for a synthesis and a radiance which eventually dims the light of mercury and it "falls" into the background and vulcan too becomes invisible and only the sun remains. we have cons

likewise of prime importance from the angle of the transmitted energy. 5. the esoteric planets. these bring in renewed or increased planetary energy and ray energy in a more dynamic manner. in the case of sagittarius these energies are venus, the moon, the earth and pluto. 6. the planetary ruler of a hierarchy. in this particular case, this planet is mars, ruling the sixth creative hierarchy, the lunar lords (the elementals of the threefold personality) who have to be brought under the control of the solar lord. a study of the above will reveal most interesting relationships and prove my point anent the multiplicity of energies to which the wonderful mechanism of man can respond and to which, as evolution proceeds, he can become increasingly sensitive. i cannot here enter into a detailed a

is, for mars is the esoteric ruler in scorpio and the tests applied involve the form nature gross and subtle, integrated and potent. mars, therefore, rules aries from the orthodox angle and scorpio esoterically, and does not again appear in the life of the individual except as that individual responds to mass vibration in sagittarius, where mars appears as ruling the sixth creative hierarchy, the lunar lords of the form nature who must eventually be sacrificed- 126- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust to the higher spiritual aspect and brought under the control of the solar angel. the effect of mars is, therefore, largely mass effect and group results, producing great struggles but leading finally to great revelation. in aries, it is the

n" was aroused which resulted in the fall of the angels in primordial times. this sixth ray influence coming from three angles orthodox, esoteric and hierarchical and hence involving both neptune and mars predisposes the race and individual man as well to become one-pointed disciples in sagittarius. this latter constellation is ruled by mars, bringing the man into control or closer touch with the lunar lords, the sixth creative hierarchy. students should study their charts with care, remembering to differentiate between the five hierarchies which are the non-manifesting hierarchies, and the seven hierarchies which are in expression now, and of which the sixth creative hierarchy is a part. this hierarchy, from the larger angle of the entire twelve hierarchies and not simply the seven manife

e teaching anent the influence of jupiter, the second ray agent of the christ spirit. in connection with jupiter, as might be expected from a study of the rays, virgo is related both to sagittarius and to pisces. this is an exoteric impact but produces a constant stimulation of the life of the indwelling christ. sagittarius rules or conditions (for that is what the word means) the activity of the lunar lords who build the body of man out of their own substance. it will, therefore, be obvious to you why, when a man begins the one-pointed activity of sagittarius and becomes the earnest disciple, it is possible for him to rule his personality and to govern it so that eventually it becomes the vehicle of the soul. it accounts also for the reaction of the personality against this control. it is

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e aroma, the influence, the effect and the radiation of a personality. i throw out these ideas to students, hoping that some research may follow which will relate this subject of the centres to the recognised facts of coordination, integration and their effects in producing greatness. for those of you who are students of the secret doctrine, there is much to be unfolded anent the relation of the "lunar lords" the barhishad pitris, to the solar lord or angel. the field of work of the former is the sacral centre, par excellence; that of the solar angel is the throat centre. e. the sacral centre registers the energy of the third aspect of divinity, just as the solar plexus centre registers that of the second aspect and the basic centre expresses the energy of the first aspect. here again you

at body in which the human being moves and lives along sound or unsound lines; we are dealing with the world body in which a human being lives. owing to this, we come up against another great natural law which can be expressed simply as follows: law vi when the building energies of the soul are active in the body, then there is health, clean interplay and right activity. when the builders are the lunar lords and those who work under the control of the moon and at the behest of the lower personal self, then you have disease, ill health and death. this is a profoundly simple rule, but it gives the clue to the causes of disease and to the reason for an established immortality; it will be understood with great clarity and comprehension in a few years' time and will then supersede those idealis

most carefully consider. 2. the seven ray causes of karma these carry the cause of all human difficulties, including ill health and disease individual, national and racial still further back to the very origin of creation itself. karma demonstrates in those streams of energy and of primordial substance which pour into and through the created world, including the lower three worlds where work the lunar pitris and the elemental essences of all forms. this primordial karma (if i may so call it) is contributory to the existence of disease. we are told in the ancient books, to which the masters have access, that the world is constructed of substance which is already tainted with the karma of a previous solar system. it will be apparent to you that these streams of force, emanating from the lor

holia, as a symptom of disease (not of brain disease) is also fairly frequent and will disappear when the disease is under proper treatment. a person may be suffering from a combination of such causes, as for instance a combination, let us say of the causes in 1, 2, 6. on full moon and psychoses. one of the departments of esoteric medicine in the future will concern itself with the law of cycles, lunar and solar. it will then be demonstrated as a fact, what has always been suspected and is now generally recognised, that the period of the full moon has a definite effect upon unbalanced people, upon the dreaming state and frequently conditions quite drastically, the neurotic and erotic conditions so prevalent at this time- 201- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyri

hin the needed centre. let that centre correspond to the centre which has need. let the two synchronise and together augment force. thus shall the waiting form be balanced in its work. thus shall the two and the one, under right direction, heal. law vi when the building energies of the soul are active in the body, then there is health, clean interplay and right activity. when the builders are the lunar lords and those who work under the control of the moon and at the behest of the lower personal self, then you have disease, ill health and death. law vii when life or energy flows unimpeded and through right direction to its precipitation (the related gland, then the form responds and ill health disappears- 315- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis t

y focussed in the head centre and the energy of the "needed centre" plus the energy of the centre which controls the point of friction in the patient's body is responsible for the healing, providing it is the destiny of the patient to be healed. law vi when the building energies of the soul are active in the body, then there is health, clean interplay and right activity. when the builders are the lunar lords and those who work under the control of the moon and at the behest of the lower. personal self, then you have disease and ill health and death. this is a most interesting law, because it deals basically with causes, primarily with causes over which the average person has no conscious control, and because it occultly gives a picture in miniature or microcosmically of the universal or ma

nifestation. 3. this is true of both the microcosm and the macrocosm. 4. the results are wholeness, right relation and correct activity. 5. when the soul is not in control, and the forces of the form nature are therefore the controlling- 360- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust factors, there will be ill health. 6. the builders of the form are the "lunar lords" the physical, astral and mental elementals. 7. these, in their triple totality, compose the personality. 8. they are occultly under the direction of the moon, the symbol of form, called often the "mother of the form" 9. the emanation coming from the moon has in it the seeds of death and disease, because the moon is a "dead planet" it all comes back again, as you will note, to the sour

intentions of the personality in this life and in previous lives; it is not until the will of the personality is towards spiritual betterment and a cleaner, purer life that the soul can be of real assistance. this law carries also the implications of that basic relation which makes the threefold form of the man an integral part of the macrocosmic whole. all forms in all kingdoms are built by the lunar lords under an impulse emanating from the planetary logos, working in cooperation with the spirit of the earth the sumtotal of all the lunar lords and of the three types of energised substance which go to the creation of the physical, astral and mental bodies. the relation of the planetary logos to this spirit of the earth (the relation of an evolutionary being to an involutionary entity) is

is thought, there is appraisal, and there is the struggle for freedom and for the truer values. what is all this but the effort of the soul of humanity to kill out disease, restore unhealthy areas to health and eliminate points of friction? is not this what the spiritual man who is ill is seeking to bring about in his own body, and what the healer is attempting to aid him to do? in so doing, the "lunar lords" and the forces of substance must eventually yield to the energy of the soul, and are benefited, whether they are microcosmic forces or macrocosmic- 362- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust one of the things which frequently puzzle students is the statement that the dense physical body is not a principle. h.p.b. states this fact with emp

ALICE A BAILEY22 DISCIPLESHIP IN THE NEW AGE VOLUME II

he third stage, outlined by me during the past year's work, brought in a far more complicated activity than heretofore. i explained to you, if you will remember, that at the time of the full moon it was as if a door was opened between the sun and moon, making certain events of a spiritual nature possible. the band of golden light, extending between the sun and the moon, completely "irradiated the lunar surface (to use the ancient formula) and made possible certain revelations. to students such as you, the symbolism should be apparent and can be seen as inviting a dual interpretation: 1. it concerns the relation of the solar angel to the lunar forces, of the sun and the moon and their work in synthesis. 2. it concerns the relation of the hierarchy to humanity and consequently, of the subjec

tation, because they have now unfolded the needed mental capacity. the control and the creative development of the three lower kingdoms in nature is slowly being taken out of the hands of the deva evolution (hitherto responsible) and placed under the supervision of mankind; as it is said in the ancient archives of the masters "eventually, the solar lords, through manas (the mind) will control the lunar lords of elemental substance, and not alone their own but that which looks to them for aid. thus will redemption come to all through man, and thus the glory of the lord of life be seen" focussed intention, concentrated meditation, visualisation, directed invocation (producing- 157- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust evocation) and leading to responsive results

ALICE A BAILEY23 THE EXTERNALISATION OF THE HIERARCHY

hose on the subjective side of life. the work of the seventh group, which is in the field of science, is closely allied to that of the seventh ray and is one with a most practical physical purpose. it is strictly magical in its technique, and this technique is intended to produce a synthesis between the three aspects of divinity upon the physical plane, or between life, the solar energies and the lunar forces. this involves a difficult task and much understanding; the work to be done is not easy to comprehend. it will be carried forward by first ray workers, assisted by seventh ray aspirants, but using fifth- 38- the externalisation of the hierarchy copyright 1998 lucis trust ray methods. they will thus combine, in their personnel, the work of the destroyer of outgrown forms, the findings

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

hich provides the next step forward, and in their totality (and when- 1- copyright 1998 lucis trust definitely followed) will eventuate in the total subjugation of the personality. these four ways are: a constant and unfailing attempt to center the consciousness within the head. from this central position the real man, the directing agency will direct and guide all his members, imposing upon the "lunar lords" of the physical body a new rhythm and habit of response. two factors are of value and helpful in the production of the necessary polarisation: the reiterated appreciation of the words "i am the self, the self am i" the habit of early morning meditation wherein the thinker centers himself in the point of control and starts upon his day's experience and contacts with the realisation tha

of matter, the law of economy, the elemental life will attract to itself similar lives and this will result in a dual danger. these dangers are: one: the gathering into the form, through the dominant note sounded by the form elemental, of matter with a synchronous vibration. this will tend to increase the magnitude of the task before the ego and sweep into increasing dominance the lower man. the "lunar lords" will become increasingly powerful and the solar lord correspondingly less august. two: the man will find himself surrounded in time with thoughtforms of a lower order (from the standpoint of the soul) and before he can penetrate into the arcana of wisdom and find his way into the master's world he will have to dispel the clouds of thoughtforms which he has attracted to himself. unless

nd should grasp the fact that every coherent system has its varying types of energy, and that perfection is achieved when the highest type of energy inherently possible dominates. if the lower energy of the aggregate of the form-atoms is the controlling factor three things will take place: 1. the form itself will grow by accretion and will become ever more potent, until the dominant voice of its 'lunar lords' will stifle all other voices and the man be swept back into- 5- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust inertia blindness bondage 2. many people are not only under the control of some one or other of their forms but are the captives of all the three. in studying the lower threefold man and the energies or lives that seek to contr

red that they fall into three categories: a. the individual tiny lives which we call the atoms or cells of the body. these exist in three groups and compose respectively the four types of bodies: dense physical, etheric, astral and mental. b. the aggregate of these lives which constitute in themselves four types of elementals or separate coherent, though not self-conscious, existences. these four lunar lords constitute what the ageless wisdom teaching calls "the four sides of the square" they are the "lower quaternary "the imprisoning cubes" or the cross upon which the inner spiritual man is to be crucified. these four elementals have an intelligence all their own, are upon the involutionary arc, are following the law of their own being when they tend to become powerful, and thereby fully

alls "the four sides of the square" they are the "lower quaternary "the imprisoning cubes" or the cross upon which the inner spiritual man is to be crucified. these four elementals have an intelligence all their own, are upon the involutionary arc, are following the law of their own being when they tend to become powerful, and thereby fully express that which is in them. c. a dominant controlling lunar lord who is that which we understand by the term the 'lower personality; he (if the personal pronoun can be used) is the sumtotal of the physical, astral and mental elementals, and it is this power which at present forces the 'fiery energies' of the body to feed the lower three centres. the etheric body has a unique and curious position, being simply the vehicle for prana or life and the cen

the world of the master and the two are in direct opposition to each other from the standpoint of the aspirant. the adept can enter the world of form, can contact it, work in it and remain unaffected by it because there is nothing in him to respond to it. he sees through the illusion to the reality behind and, knowing where he stands himself, there is naught in the appeal and the demand of these lunar lords to attract him. he stands midway between the pairs of opposites. in the realisation of the nature of this world of form, in a comprehension of the lives which compose it, and in an ability to hear the voice of the "formless one" above the strife of all the lower voices, comes the opportunity for the aspirant to escape from the dominance of matter. this is the true magical work, my brot

e lesser lives that control which will lead to the final liberation, and which will- 6- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust in due time, lead these lives themselves into the realm of self-consciousness. this aspect of the matter is as yet but little comprehended by the sons of men. if they but realised that by a disposition to fall under lunar control they drive the tiny lives in their little system deeper into the darkness of ignorance, they might more rapidly assume their just responsibilities; if they realised that by the constant attempt to impose the rhythm of the solar lord upon the aggregate of the lunar lords, they were driving these lives onward to self-conscious unfoldment, they might proceed more earnestly and more inte

and initiates: let the group see that all the eighteen fires die down and that the lesser lives return unto the reservoir of life. this they must bring about through the evocation of the will. the lesser wheels must not for aye revolve in time and space. only the greater wheel must onward move and turn. rule v. for applicants: let the applicant see to it that the solar angel dims the light of the lunar angels, remaining the sole luminary in the microcosmic sky. for disciples and initiates: in unison let the group perceive the triad shining forth, dimming the light of the soul and blotting out the light of form. the macrocosmic whole is all there is. let the group perceive that whole and then no longer use the thought "my soul and thine" rule vi. for applicants: the purificatory fires burn

tute the personality. they are: seven physical states of matter, seven emotional states, enabling the astral body to function on the seven subplanes of the astral plane, and four states of matter for each of the four conditions of the concrete mind (7, 7, 4= 18. these are eighteen grades of substance, eighteen vibratory groups of atoms, and eighteen aggregates of life which form the bodies of the lunar lords (as the secret doctrine calls them) which in their totality, form the body of the lunar lord, the personality. the above is the very a b c of occultism and a familiar truth to all of you. what is referred to here has, however, no reference to processes of purification, of control or of discipline. these have been much earlier considered and are regarded as the necessary processes insti

BEHOLDERS OF NIGHT

. many forms may be taken by ahriman, from toad to dragon, shadow and wolf. ahriman is the model for our nightside primal conscious, the kingdom of the demonium or infernal realm. this is not a moralistic evil designed to perform harmful deeds against others, but rather a model of self-initiation from which the essence is awakened or discovered through the opposite. the offuscation of the self or lunar eclipse is the night calling of both ahriman and az, from which through the vampyric transformation of self can one reach the consort of ahriman, known as az. az, the primal lilith, the reason that they felt ill at ease was that by eating and drinking they laid themselves open to az-concupiscence: their bodies were no longer self-sufficient but depended on nourishment from outside, and this

feeds of the blood- lifeforce or the nectar of the mind, the imagination, thus revealing the vampyre as a solitary being who holds no need in the actual draining of blood. the blood itself is symbolic, as an invocation to the dark well of the fallen angels, the subconscious or imagination (iblis, shaitan. az is connected with the word, azhi, meaning a serpent. the chaos of the divine feminine or lunar essence is explored through a godform relation to this goddess, thus the magician invokes az to understand the feminine within. it is the serpent and dragon which are the immortal avatars of the well of the imagination, the blood pool of immortality and the endless existence of the psyche. death and the grave exists a challenge and significance within the shadow sabbatic path, being of two p

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h thy light and heat, thy great bounty to intercept on its passage. send now to thy servant the same" 3. said the "lord of the shining face "i shall send thee a fire when thy work is commenced. raise thy voice to other lokas; apply to thy father, the lord of the lotus, for his sons. thy people shall be under the rule of the fathers. thy men shall be mortals. the men of the lord of wisdom, not the lunar sons, are immortal. cease thy complaints. thy seven skins are yet on thee. thou art not ready. thy men are not ready" 4. after great throes she cast off her old three and put on her new seven skins, and stood in her first one- ii. 5. the wheel whirled for thirty crores more. it constructed rupas: soft stones that hardened; hard plants that softened. visible from invisible, insects and small

cratores, the fabricators of our solar system. this is borne out by all the ancient cosmogonies: that of hermes, of the chaldees, of the aryans, of the egyptians, and even of the jews. heaven's belt, the signs of the zodiac (the sacred animals, are as much the bne' alhim (sons of the gods or the elohim) as the spirits of the earth; but they are prior to them. soma and sin, isis and diana, are all lunar gods or goddesses, called the fathers and mothers of our earth, which is subordinate to them. but these, in their turn, are subordinate to their "fathers" and "mothers- the latter interchangeable and varying with each nation- the gods and their planets, such as jupiter, saturn bel, brihaspati, etc (c "his breath gave life to the seven" refers as much to the sun, who gives life to the planets

d at one time the sovereignty of all the earth, and defeated the minor gods. the titans of the western allegory are as closely connected with venus-lucifer, identified by later christians with satan. therefore, as venus, equally with isis, was represented with cow's horns on her head, the symbol of mystic nature, and one that is convertible with, and significant of, the moon, since all these were lunar goddesses, the configuration of this planet is now placed by theologians between the horns of the mystic lucifer* it is owing to the fanciful interpretation of the[[footnote(s* the ansated cross is the astronomical planetary sign of venus "signifying the existence of parturient energy in the sexual sense, and this was one of the attributes of isis, the mother, of eve, hauvah, or mother-earth

shown, is 20612 to 6561, as the proper enunciation of the integral and numerical relation of diameter to circumference of a circle. god (alhim, i.e, 3.1415 to one, a modified form of the above) is the reduction of this, so as to obtain a standard unitone, as the basis, in general, of all calculation and all mensuration. but, for the production of animal life, and for especial time measure or the lunar year, that influence which causes conception and embryotic development, the numbers of the jehovah measure('man even jehovah' measure, viz. 113 to 355, have to be specialised* but this last ratio is but a modified form of light or 20612 to 6561, as a[[pi' value, being only a variation of the same (that is 20612 to 6561 is 31415 to one, or alhim or god- and in such a manner that one can be ma

r of jehovah, is the number of the 21 prajapati mentioned in the mahabharata, or the three sephrim (words in cipher or figures. and this comparison between the creative powers of archaic philosophy and the anthropomorphic creator of exoteric judaism (since their esotericism shows its identity with the secret doctrine) will lead the student to perceive and discover that, in truth, jehovah is but a lunar and[[footnote(s* in the "book al-chazari" by jehuda-ha-levi, translated by dr. d. cassell[[vol. 2, page] 41 the emanations of ain-soph "generation" god (see book i, part 2 "deus lunus) it is a fact well known to every conscientious student of the kabala, that the deeper he dives into it, the more he feels convinced that unless the kabala- or what is left of it- is read by the light of the ea

of the lord of wisdom (budha, mercury) not the sons of soma (the moon) are immortal. cease thy complaints (b. thy seven skins are yet on thee. thou art not ready. thy men are not ready (c (a) kumuda-pati is the moon, the earth's parent, in his region of soma-loka. though the pitris (pitar or "fathers) are sons of the gods, elsewhere sons of brahma and even rishis, they are generally known as the "lunar" ancestors (b) pitri-pati is the lord or king of the pitris, yama, the god of death and the judge of mortals. the men of budha (mercury) are[[footnote(s[[footnote continued from previous page] bloodshed, was but a secondary idea flowing out of the primary one of shedding of blood in conception for the first time" hence jehovah became later a fighting god "lord of hosts" and one who commands

. metaphorically immortal through their wisdom. such is the common belief of those who credit every star or planet with being inhabited (and there are men of science- m. flammarion among others- who believe in this fervently, on logical as well as on astronomical data. the moon being an inferior body to the earth even, to say nothing of other planets, the terrestrial men produced by her sons- the lunar men or "ancestors- from her shell or body, cannot be immortal. they cannot hope to become real, self-conscious and intelligent men, unless they are finished, so to say, by other creators. thus in the puranic legend, the son of the moon (soma) is budha (mercury "the intelligent" and the wise, because he is the offspring of soma, the "regent" of the visible moon, not of indu, the physical moon

em in his flight to yin (see "mythical monsters" by c. gould, p. 27[[vol. 2, page] 55 unaided physical nature fails. 6. the water-men terrible and bad she herself created. from the remains of others (from the mineral, vegetable and animal remains) from the first, second, and third (rounds) she formed them. the dhyani came and looked. the dhyani from the bright father-mother, from the white (solar-lunar) regions they came* from the abodes of the immortal-mortals (a (a) the explanations given in our stanzas are far more clear than that which the legend of creation from the cutha tablet would give, even were it complete. what is preserved on it, however, corroborates them. for, in the tablet "the lord of angels" destroys the men in the abyss, when "there were not left the carcases and waste"

izes" and philosophizing alone, how can it understand the "soul doctrine? in order not to break the thread of the narrative we shall give some striking proofs of these cyclic laws in part ii, proceeding meanwhile with our explanations of geological and racial cycles[[vol. 2, page] 75 the secret of the fall of the angels. stanza iii. attempts to create man (11) the descent of the demiurge (12) the lunar gods ordered to create (13) the higher gods refuse. 11. the lord of the lords came. from her body he separated the waters, and that was heaven above, the first heaven (the atmosphere, or the air, the firmament (a (a) here tradition falls again into the universal. as in the earliest version, repeated in the puranas, so in the latest, the mosaic account. in the first it is said "he the lord (t

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ry germs. 139 the evolution of the elements. 140 the building of the worlds. 145 a neutral centre. 147 "dead" planets- the moon. 149- theosophical misconceptions. 152 the planetary divisions and the human principles. 153 the moon. 155 transmigrations of the ego. 159 the septenary chain. 161 relation of the other planets to the earth. 163- explanations concerning the globes and the monads. 170 the lunar chain and the earth chain. 172 the earth, the child of the moon. 173 classification of the monads. 175 the monad defined. 177 the lunar monads- the pitris. 179 a triple evolution in nature. 181- stanza vi- continued. 191 "creation" in the fourth round. 191 the "curse "sin" and "war. 193 the struggle for life and the birth of the worlds. 202 the adepts and the sacred island. 207- stanza vii

. 355[[vol. 1, page] xiii contents. page. vi. the mundane egg. 359 egg-born logoi. 363 the winged globe. 365- vii. the days and nights of brahma. 368 human gods and divine men. 369 the rebirth of gods. 371 the puranic prophecy. 377- viii. the lotus as a universal symbol. 379 exoteric and esoteric. 381 the purity of early phallicism. 383 the egyptian lotus. 385- ix. deus lunus. 386 a glance at the lunar myth. 387 a key-note to the moon. 389 copies and originals. 393 the moon bi-sexual. 397- x. tree and serpent and crocodile worship. 403 degeneration of the symbol. 405 the seven-headed dragons. 407 dragon and crocodile. 409- xi. demon est deus inversus. 411 death is life. 413 the fall of the angels. 418 transformation of the legend. 421- xii. the theogony of the creative gods. 424 the point

tical christianity. the seven eternities meant are the seven periods, or a period answering in its duration to the seven periods, of a manvantara, and extending throughout a maha-kalpa or the "great age- 100 years of brahma- making a total of 311,040,000,000,000 of years; each year of brahma being composed of 360 "days" and of the same number of "nights" of brahma (reckoning by the chandrayana or lunar year; and a "day of brahma" consisting of 4,320,000,000 of mortal years. these "eternities" belong to the most secret calculations, in which, in order to arrive at the true total, every figure must be 7x (7 to the power of x; x varying according to the nature of the cycle in the subjective or real world; and every figure or number relating to, or representing all the different cycles from th

rting (from this life) do so never to return (be reborn, or to return (to incarnate again. the fire, the flame, the day, the bright (lucky) fortnight, the six months of the northern solstice, departing (dying) in these, those who know the brahman (yogis) go to the brahman. smoke, night, the dark (unlucky) fortnight, the six months of the southern solstice (dying) in these, the devotee goes to the lunar light (or mansion the astral light also) and returns (is reborn. these two paths, bright and dark, are said to be eternal in this world (or great kalpa 'age. by the one a man goes never to come back, by the other he returns" now these names "fire "flame "day" the "bright fortnight" etc, as "smoke "night" and so on, leading only to the end of the lunar path are incomprehensible without a know

the greatest of the esoteric masters of india, says that fire means a deity which presides over time (kala. the able translator of bhagavatgita, kashinath trimbak telang, m.a, of bombay, confesses he has "no clear notion of the meaning of these verses (p. 81, footnote. it seems quite clear, on the contrary, to him who knows the occult doctrine. with these verses the mystic sense of the solar and lunar symbols are connected: the pitris are lunar deities and our ancestors, because they created the physical man[[vol. 1, page] 87 the seven mystic senses. the agnishwatha, the kumara (the seven mystic sages, are solar deities, though the former are pitris also; and these are the "fashioners of the inner man (see book ii) they are "the sons of fire- because they are the first beings (in the secr

may be said to give an approximate idea of it. when a planetary chain is in its last round, its globe 1 or a, before finally dying out, sends all its energy and "principles" into a neutral centre of latent force, a "laya centre" and thereby informs a new nucleus of undifferentiated substance or matter, i.e, calls it into activity or gives it life. suppose such a process to have taken place in the lunar "planetary" chain; suppose again, for argument's sake (though mr. darwin's theory quoted below has lately been upset, even if the fact has not yet been ascertained by mathematical calculation) that the moon is far older than the earth. imagine the six fellow-globes of the moon- aeons before the first globe of our seven was evolved- just in the same position in relation to each other as the f

) that the moon is far older than the earth. imagine the six fellow-globes of the moon- aeons before the first globe of our seven was evolved- just in the same position in relation to each other as the fellow-globes of our chain occupy in regard to our earth now (see in "esoteric buddhism "the constitution of man" and the "planetary chain) and now it will be easy to imagine further globe a of the lunar chain informing globe a of the terrestrial chain, and- dying; globe b of the former sending after that its energy into globe b of the new chain; then globe c of the lunar, creating its progeny sphere c of the terrene chain; then the moon (our satellite) pouring forth into[[footnote(s* she is the satellite, undeniably, but this does not invalidate the theory that she has given to the earth al

ighth sphere" these are topics, indeed "on which the adepts are very reserved in their communications to uninitiated pupils" and since they have, moreover, never sanctioned or permitted any published speculations upon them, the less said the better. yet without treading upon the forbidden ground of the "eighth sphere" it may be useful to state some additional facts with regard to ex-monads of the lunar chain- the "lunar ancestors- as they play a[[footnote(s[[footnote continued from previous page] into thin air, as the "moons" of the other planets have, or have not, as the case may be, since there are planets which have several moons- a mystery again which no oedipus of astronomy has solved[[vol. 1, page] 157 opinions differ and yet agree. leading part in the coming anthropogenesis. this br

ial round to its close (one is a "planetary round" from globe a to globe g, the seventh; the other, the "globe round" or the terrestrial. this is very well described in "esoteric buddhism" and needs no further elucidation for the time being. 6. the first root-race, i.e, the first "men" on earth (irrespective of form) were the progeny of the "celestial men" called rightly in indian philosophy the "lunar ancestors" or the pitris, of which there are seven classes or hierarchies. as all this will be sufficiently explained in the following sections and in book ii, no more need be said of it here. but the two works already mentioned, both of which treat of subjects from the occult doctrine, need particular notice "esoteric buddhism" is too well known in theosophical circles, and even to the outs

BLUE EQUINOX

that the subject is completely changed. by the slaying of the principles is meant the withdrawal of the consciousness from them, their rejection by the seeker of truth. sabhapaty swami has an excellent method on these lines; it is given, in an improved form, in liber hhh (see the equinox, vol. i, no. 5, p. 5; also book 4, part iii, app. vii) 42. before that path is entered, thou must destroy thy lunar body, cleanse thy mind-body and make clean thy heart. the lunar body is nephesch, and the mind body ruach. the heart is tiphareth, the centre of ruach. the equinox 22 43. eternal life.s pure waters, clear and crystal, with the monsoon tempest.s muddy torrents cannot mingle. we are now again on the subject of suppressing thought. the pure water is the stilled mind, the torrent the mind invade

the hope of deluding the reader into the belief that it belongs to verses 43 and 45, for the arcanum which it contains is so dangerous that it must be guarded in all possible ways. perhaps even to call attention to it is a blind intended to prevent the reader from looking for something else. 46. before the .mystic power. can make of thee a god, lanoo, thou must have gained the faculty to slay thy lunar form at will. the voice of the silence 23 it is now evident that by destroying or slaying is not meant a permanent destruction. if you can slay a thing at will it means that you can revive it at will, for the word .faculty. implies repeated action. 47. the self of matter and the self of spirit can never meet. one of the twain must disappear; there is no place for both. this is a very difficu

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persons, at the coven's discretion. nova classifies itself as "a mixed traditional, teaching/training coven" further information may be obtained from nimue and duncan, 6030 w. roosevelt road, oak park, il 60304. pecti-wita a scottish solitary tradition passed on by aidan breac, who personally teaches students in his home at castle carnonacae, in scotland. the tradition is attuned to the solar and lunar changes, with a balance between the god and the goddess. meditation and divination play a large part in the tradition and it also teaches several variations on solitary working of magick. information is not generally available and mr. breac (who, as of this writing, is about ninety years old) is not seeking further students* seax-wica this tradition was founded by myself in 1973. it has a sa

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and only then were the sky father deities able to usurp the mysteries of the divine mother. a trinity of huge, carved stone goddesses, representing the three main cycles of the moon, and dating from between 13000 and 11000 bc, was found in france in a cave at the abri du roc aux sorciers at angles-sur-l'anglin. this motif continued right through to the triple goddess of the celts, reflecting the lunar cycles as maiden, mother and crone, an image that also appeared throughout the classical world. witchcraft and the early christians after the formation of the christian church, the worship of the old deities and the old ways were banned and the nature festivals supplanted by christian ones. the christians were pragmatic, however, and pope gregory, who sent st augustine to england in ad 597

concentrate specific energies. i have listed in chapter 4 a number of deities that seem to be seite 16 wicca01.txt especially potent in ritual or as a focus for meditation. but if you do not find them helpful, there is no need to use them. most rituals are related to the basic human needs for health, love, fertility and prosperity. in chapter 13, seasons and festivals, i describe the major solar, lunar and agricultural festivals that formed a focus for attracting abundance and increase to the land, animals, crops and people, tapping into the life force that connected them all. in past time, the well-being of the planet was considered to be the responsibility of peasant as well as king through paying tributes and enacting age-old ceremonies to invoke the necessary energies for the wheel of

o apollo) apollo was god of prophecy as well as music, poetry, archery, healing and divination. he is very strongly animus and is good for all rituals of power, ambition and inspiration, as well as those areas under his patronage. men tend to work better with him than women. aine aine is daughter of manananann, celtic sea god and ruler of the isle of man and goddess of the cycles of the solar and lunar year. even during the twentieth century, she was remembered on the hill of aine in ireland, by torchlight processions and burning straw at midsummer and also at the old corn harvest, lughnassadh, at the beginning of august. she is also linked with love, fertility and healing. ama-terasu omikami ama-terasu omikami is the ancient japanese sun goddess. her name means 'great august spirit shinin

f artemis, and because of her strong association with the moon in all its phases, is a goddess of fertility as well as love. like artemis, she is goddess of the hunt and a virgin goddess, but can be invoked in her role as an earth goddess and as protector of women in childbirth. her beauty and hunting skills make her a perfect focus for the pursuit of love, especially from afar. myesyats like the lunar goddesses, myesyats, the slavic moon god, represented the three stages of the life cycle. he was first worshipped as a young man until he reached maturity at the full moon. with the waning phase, myesyats passed through old age and died with the old moon, being reborn three days later. as he was the restorer of life and health, parents would pray to him to take away their children's illnesse

tes other gods in difficult tasks. although there are several other hindu female goddesses, they all form aspects of shakti and often their identities merge. one of shakti's forms is as parvati, the gentle mother. shakti is potent for all rituals of women's power, especially when they must take the initiative, and she is easier to work with than kali. triple goddesses the triple goddesses are for lunar magic and moving from one stage to another in the life cycle. brighid brighid, the celtic triple goddess, is patroness of smiths, poets and healers and has the longest enduring cult in ireland, which merged into that of the christian st bridget of kildare. her name means 'high one' and she is sometimes seen as three sisters, daughters of the god dagda, the divine father, or as the triple-asp

seas, lakes and rivers of pollution, in campaigns to provide fresh water in arid places, in all initiatives towards world health and the care of whales, dolphins, seals and endangered sea creatures. like earth, water represents the yin, female goddess in the form of the moon goddesses. seite 51 wicca01.txt surround your water candles with silver objects, sea shells and pieces of coral or, for the lunar goddesses, mother of pearl and moonstones that grow brighter as the moon waxes. zodiacal candles candles etched with zodiacal signs may be used to represent people born during a particular sun period. they may then be burnt in rituals for different purposes. for instance, you can burn your own zodiacal candle at a time when you need confidence or to assert your identity. alternatively, you m

needed. white is a good colour for work involving rites of passage, especially for birth, marriage and welcoming new family members by marriage or adoption. use white also for protective magick, for replacing darkness with light, in meditation, for goddess-focused rituals, for increasing spiritual awareness and contact with spirit guides, angels and the higher self. white contains both solar and lunar energies and is often used for altar candles. you can substitute white for any other colour. white candles can be used on any day of the week, though they are associated with monday in the goddess aspect and sunday and the sun for life force magick. red red, the colour of mars, the planet and god of war, represents action, power, determination, physical energy and health, courage and determi

ck magick. if you feel that these associations are too strong for you, substitute dark blue, dark purple or brown candles in rituals. in a positive sense, black, like brown, is a colour of acceptance, whether of a restriction or of the frailties of self and others, and so it is a candle colour of forgiveness. black candles are best used on saturday. silver silver is the colour of the moon and all lunar goddesses such as diana, the roman counterpart of artemis, who, because of her strong association with the moon in all its phases, was a goddess of fertility as well as love. it is also used on some altars to represent the goddess, with a gold candle for the horned god. silver is potent in all forms of divination, but especially for candle divination, for awakening clairvoyant powers, telepa

full moon and the night of the full moon if you can, as this is the best time for energies of increase (see page 233 for magical times and use a diary or check in the weather section of the newspaper. it is also a traditional planting time for herbs and vegetables that grow above the ground. however, if you need money urgently you cannot sit around waiting for the moon to be right, so burn silver lunar candles on each of the three evenings and picture the lovely ripening moon we see at this period in the sky, if the weather is clear. you can carry out the ritual at any time of day, but you should try to choose a time that is quiet. if you can only work during daylight hours, allow the natural light to add to the candle energies or draw the blinds. you will need* an oil burner, the kind wit

CASTING THE CIRCLE

nd bless this circle which is dedicated through thee. in the image of the morning star we each ascend, and in your image we become. prince of light and prince of darkness emerge as one! bless this circle! hail lilith, she who would bless our lives with joy and beauty, and the love of our kin. we seek the sorcerous path! by the power of the toad, sacred of hecate and the powers of night, avail the lunar current unto our selves, so that we shall emerge in the dark light of saturn! by the power of the serpent, sacred of asmodeus and lilith, bringers of the craft of olde, that we shall emerge in the waking dawn of phosphorus! by the power of the goat, oz as known to the secret. bring us union and that opposites are joined, that we shall emerge knowing both good and evil! this circle is hereby

CHIREAU YVONNE BLACK MAGIC RELIGION AND THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CONJURING TRADITION

tandings of the universe were also inspired by visible manifestations of spiritual forces within nature. they too viewed thunder, lightning, and other elements as heralds of sacred hierophanies, the awesome presence of numerous divine beings. these conceptions of the supernatural held firm for their free black descendants in\ 45\ america, who glimpsed the power of god in catastrophic earthquakes, lunar eclipses, and meteor showers.[19] the informal nature of european-derived supernaturalism may have facilitated its integration into african and african american cosmologies. parallels can be seen in both groups f perceptions of the invisible world. many anglo-american christians, for example, believed the celestial domain to be occupied by an almighty, benevolent deity and a host of spirits

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ommentary the moon goddess s popularity stems from her association with a very important harvest celebration. anthropologist roy willis states: most chinese have a sentimental attachment to the moon, and particularly to the full moon, whose round shape symbolizes the reunion and completion of the family circle. the mid-autumn festival, which is held on the fifteenth day of the eighth month in the lunar calendar, when the moon is full, is still very popular. on that evening families come together and, among other things, eat round moon cakes. 2 derek walters, europe s most prolific author on chinese culture, writes: at that time, for meteorological reasons, the full moon (the harvest moon to westerners) always appears much bigger than usual. it was customary to have moon-watching parties, a

ing parties, and offerings are still made to the moon. and paper lanterns are in abundance. the autumn equinox marks the time of the year when nights become longer than the days, and as the moon symbolizes the yin, or feminine force, the rituals are performed by women, who offer incense and food at altars in the open air.3 mythology expert alexander eliot points out the universal fascination with lunar myths: lunar mythologies are often even more dramatic [than solar myths. for while the sun always remains the same, the moon waxes and wanes disappearing, only to come to life again after three moonless nights.4 hsi wang mu is a constant presence in chinese myths. professor anne birrell comments [s]he is polyfunctional and ambiguous. moreover, her attributes and functions evolve over the cen

DARK GODS

in one sense represents hidden wisdom but generally dangerous to sanity. partially manifest when nemicu vibrated. gaubni: related to 2nd path. often called the great demon repulsive smell and appearance. may manifest when nythra vibrated. sapanur: form along the 11th. path. the sudden fire of destruction. a primal atavism of human origin not related to dark gods. darkat: goddess, associated with lunar aspects. the name is traditionally regarded as pre-sumerian in origin of the myth of lilitu/lilith the female counterpart of dagon, remembered as one of the dark gods from their last manifestation on earth. associated with the 10th. and 8th. paths. the dark gods according to tradition, the dark gods are actual entities which exist in the acausal universe. according to our spatial, causal per

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stand that even darwin didn't believe his theory by the end of his life, and he thought god created human beings. but his origin of species went on to take over 'scientific' thought anyway. it was designed by the elite to do just that. darwin was another stooge .er power s3 he was the frontman for a coup on the human mind which was coordinated over many years. a small group of people known as the lunar society in birmingham, england, was significant in this. the group continued its influence under the name of the london-based royal society, which is still one of the most influential bodies in the world with regard to science. the royal society was founded by the order of the rosy cross in the reign of charles ii. another famous scientific' influence, sir isaac newton, was a rosicrucian and

nfluential bodies in the world with regard to science. the royal society was founded by the order of the rosy cross in the reign of charles ii. another famous scientific' influence, sir isaac newton, was a rosicrucian and grand master of the priory of sion, the inner core of the knights templar. he was an inspiration behind the founding of the royal society. researchers into the background of the lunar society have shown that it mirrored (with remarkable accuracy) a group called the invisible college, described in the francis bacon work, the new atlantis. it was known as the lunar society because it met once a month at the time of the full moon. among its members were benjamin franklin, one of the founders of the united states and close associate of french revolutionaries, and .erasmus dar

lantis. it was known as the lunar society because it met once a month at the time of the full moon. among its members were benjamin franklin, one of the founders of the united states and close associate of french revolutionaries, and .erasmus darwin, the grandfather of charles darwin, the man who would later be the frontman for this-world-is-all-there-is. what a coincidence! another member of the lunar society was the unitarian, josiah wedgwood, founder of the famous pottery, and his daughter was to become the mother of charles darwin after she married dr robert darwin, the son of erasmus darwin. nothing like keeping it in the family! six of the lunar society's members were educated at edinburgh university, as was charles darwin. the society was a revolutionary organisation which supported

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r in the sky. they called them the nagas, as we have seen, and they said they could take either reptilian or human form whenever they chose.10 the nagas, who originated in lemuria, seeded the "royal" families, we are told, and interbred with the white peoples. it was said that the indian serpent-goddess kadru gave birth to all the nagas or "cobra people" and made them immortal by feeding them her lunar (menstrual) blood. the theme of the serpent goddess or serpent queen is everywhere, as we shall see in detail later, and in figure 17 you can see the symbolism of "serpent maidens" in indian art. the indian epic, the ramayana, tells the story of the serpentgod called ravan who went to ceylon. ravan was said to feed on humans and drink the blood of his enemies.11 ceylon was a major centre for

ed human sacrifice. artemis (also known as diana) was the major deity of the merovingians. artemis was symbolised with bees, as is the merovingian bloodline. it is the same with other versions of the goddess like demeter, the "pure mother bee, and a symbol of aphrodite was a golden honeycomb. her priestess was given the name melissa, or "queen bee. the word honeymoon comes from this. it spanned a lunar month, normally in may, which was named after the virgin maya, another version of el. the honeymoon would include the menstrual period of the bride and the combination of menstrual blood and honey was once thought to be the elixir of life. el is also the inspiration for the children's stories of mother hubbard or "mother hubur, as she was to the babylonians. mother hubbard was distressed bec

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t society controlled, indeed created, by the brotherhood to limit the vision andbreadth of scientific and spiritual understanding. for confirmation of that, look at theesoteric initiates behind an organisation which denies the esoteric. this becomes evenmore obvious when you consider the background of another group of esoteric initiateswho merged into the royal society. they called themselves the lunar society becausethey met once a month on the night of the full moon.43 among its members wasbenjamin franklin, the high level freemason, rosicrucian, one of the founding fathersof the united states, and closely connected to the freemasons behind the frenchrevolution. more of him in the next chapter. other lunar society members wereerasmus darwin, the grandfather of charles darwin, the man who

uld be used topromote the belief in this world-is-all-there-is science and the survival of the fittest vianatural selection. i dont think that even darwin believed that, certainly not at the endof his life, but the image, the myth, has prevailed. anyway, the idea that charles darwindiscovered the theory of natural selection and survival of the fittest is ridiculous. hisgrandfather, erasmus of the lunar society, wrote a book called zoonomia in 1794 inwhich he outlined the very same opinion.44 josiah wedgwood of the wedgwood potteryempire, was another lunar society member and his daughter married erasmus darwinsson, robert darwin, and became the mother of charles darwin! 45 this same bloodlineproduced thomas malthus, whos sickening racist creed has been used by adolf hitler,henry kissinger a

e island. theisle of wight is a significant centre for satanism as well as being a most beautiful placeto visit. another brotherhood city is edinburgh in scotland, just down the road from thesinclairs rosslyn chapel. palmerston spent three years in edinburgh lodging with thewhig party philosopher, professor dugald stewart, and edinburgh university was acommon connection between the members of the lunar society and charles darwin.the brotherhood chosen one, tony blair, the british prime minister elected on may 1st1997, was brought up in edinburgh and went to fettes, a private school there. his fatherwas a lecturer at edinburgh university.the vehicle for the opium trade from india to china and elsewhere, was the east indiacompany, a group of scottish merchants and freemasons who were aligned

otherhood to serve their needs. we have seen that the accounts of the watchers andtheir offspring, the nefilim, include references to their blood drinking activities. thebrotherhood know that blood contains the life-force energy. drinking menstrual bloodhas always been a feature of the reptilian bloodlines because they need blood to live inthis dimension. it was known as the star fire, the female lunar essence. the femalemenstrual cycle is governed by the cycles of the moon and the blood contains thatenergy. it222s ingredients are supposed to ensure a long life. in india it was called somaand in greece it was ambrosia, some researchers suggest. this was said to be the nectarof the gods and it was- the reptilian gods who are genetic blood drinkers. the 221holygrail222 chalice or cup is also

its hands. creation is governed by energy cycles. at one level we see themwith the earth seasons, spring, summer, autumn and winter. but there are much biggercycles, too, and these have been recorded in numbers and symbols by the ancients likethe sumerians, egyptians, hindus, chinese, the maya of central america and thenative americans like the hopi of arizona. these measure the cycles of solar, lunar and474other cosmic energies which transform the earths energy fields and so transform life onthis planet. we are now in the midst of perhaps the greatest of these transformativecycles, one which happens, it is estimated, only once every 26,000 years, and the mayacalendar predicts that the critical changeover point is december 12th 2012. this is thereal focal point of the transformation, not

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res. there are, for example, many ranks or orders of angels such as seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominions, powers, virtues, archangels, etc. each angelic choir is said to reside in a particular heavenly sphere. similarly, the fallen angels may reside in earth, air, fire, water, or in the tartaric depths. spirits which dwell in the planetary spheres are often called olympic spirits. these include lunar, mercurial, venereal, solar, martial, jovial, and sanguine spirits. traditionally, all spirits may be invoked or summoned to appearance by the magician using certain formulas of invocation or evocation. magicians of the middle ages would fast for many days and go without sleep or rest. they would also abstain from sexual intercourse and idle conversation in order to focus all of their attent

DEMONIC BIBLE

ed and you must not perform them outside of the context in which they are here given. if you are an experienced sorcerer, you may choose to perform one ritual each night "renunciation& proclamation" on the first night "lord's prayer backwards" on the second night "pact giving body, mind& soul" on the third night, etc. if you are less experienced, you may find it more beneficial to spend an entire lunar month crossing each gate and forming each alignment. if you cannot perform a ritual on a particular night, then continue where you left off on the following night. this is not a simple ritual which is performed within a ritual chamber for a determined length of time, but rather a magical operation which will take months, even years, to complete. you may, therefore, choose to begin these rite

in salt water, recite "renunciation& proclamation" nine times. 2 nights before full moon: recite "lord's prayer" backwards nine times. 1 night before full moon: burn pact giving body, mind, and soul to lucifer, chant i give my body to lucifer, i give my mind to lucifer, etc. night of full moon: consecrate body as a temple to the dark lord [beginning immediately following the full moon] all of 1st lunar month: invoke the unholy trinity& unholy spirit every night. all of 2nd lunar month: call upon the nine lords of the abyss and invoke my unholy guardian demon every night. all of 3th lunar month: invoke satan every night. all of 4th lunar month: invoke lucifer every night. all of 5th lunar month: invoke belial every night. all of 6th lunar month: invoke leviatan every night. etc. nightly rit

uld replace the rituals for crossing the seven planetary spheres with the rituals described in the necronomicon. while carrying out these rites he might also perform rituals from the satanic bible, the satanic rituals, the crystal tablet of set, and other satanic texts, or might simultaneously perform the pathway working of the ona septenary system. it is possible that the magician may dedicate a lunar month to forming each of the alignments described in the demonic bible. the magician may adapt the demonic bible as he feels is appropriate so that it is harmonious with his past magical workings and comes naturally to him. the rituals of the demonic bible are similar to those of the necronomicon or the sacred magic of abramelin the mage in that, unlike a mere book of spells for love, power

/animus) which exists in the physical world] crossing the planetary spheres preliminary statement i have crossed the gates of hell and i have become the devil incarnate. i am satan; i am lucifer; i am belial; and i am leviatan. i shall cross the planetary sphere, the seven spheres above the earth. i shall now cross the *first of the seven planetary spheres *or second, or third, as appropriate the lunar sphere hecate, i invoke thee. hecate, i summon thee. hecate, i conjure thee. come forth, hecate, and manifest thyself within this body, this temple which i have prepared. come forth, hecate, and manifest thyself. come forth, hecate, and manifest thyself. open wide thy gate that i may cross. open wide thy gate that i may ascend the planetary spheres. come forth, hecate, and manifest thyself

th, hecate, and manifest thyself within this body, this temple which i have prepared. come forth, hecate, and manifest thyself. come forth, hecate, and manifest thyself. open wide thy gate that i may cross. open wide thy gate that i may ascend the planetary spheres. come forth, hecate, and manifest thyself. come forth, hecate, and manifest thyself (drink from chalice, then say) i have crossed the lunar sphere. the mercurial sphere thoth, i invoke thee. thoth, i summon thee. thoth, i conjure thee. come forth, thoth, and manifest thyself within this body, this temple which i have prepared. come forth, thoth, and manifest thyself. come forth, thoth, and manifest thyself. open wide thy gate that i may cross. open wide thy gate that i may ascend the planetary spheres. come forth, thoth, and man

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nected to the solar world, while osiris was associated with the moon. the sun was considered very hostile as it dried up and made lands inhabitable, while the moon nourished and brought moisture. plutarch writes the seth means compelling and overmastering, being a powerful force of chaos and order. typhon was collectively later known and associated to the earth s shadow, which they bring into the lunar cycle and the eclipse. in such an aspect, seth is highly significant to the balance of chaos and order, as he creates situations for both to occur. 5 set and horus indeed have a close connection as not only brothers but also deific opposites. it is suggested by e.a. wallis budge that horus means something similar to he who is above and set therefore he who is below, thus holding a significan

o become, thus the symbol of baphomet as anton lavey called it, is the inverted pentagram with a goat head in the middle. the original, which lavey took out, contained the words samael and lilith, surrounded in the circle ring the hebrew lvthn, leviathan, the crooked serpent. in the circles of luciferian witchcraft, this is the sigil of baphomet the head of wisdom who has united the solar and the lunar, or the fire and water within the self to bring forth cain, the devil in flesh upon earth. he is the symbol and cipher of magick, the great work accomplished and onward moving. at the gathering of the sabbat is cain the black man, the circle and center of the sabbat and it s fire, he directs it outward as he is the pole of this force. woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of cain jude

DION FORTUNE MYSTICAL QABALA

nder the presidency of the three mother letters of the hebrew alphabet: aleph, a; mem, m; and shin, sh. these three, according to the yetziratic attribution of the hebrew alphabet, are assigned to the three elements of air, water, and fire. under the presidency of aleph is the airy triad of kether, in which is the root of air, reflecting downward through tiphareth, the solar fire, into yesod, the lunar radiance. in binali is the root of water (marah, the great sea, reflected through chesed into hod, under the presidency of mem, the mother of watei. in chokmah is the root of fire, reflected downwards through geburah into netzach, under the presidency of shin, the mother of fire. 25. these groupings must be borne in mind, for they aid greatly in understanding the significance of individual s

nguished from the inferior eve, the bride of microprosopos, malkuth. the supernal triangle of kether, chokmah) and binah always refers to the old gods, which every pantheon recognises as the predecessors of those forms of godhead worshipped by the current faith. thus rhea and kronos would be referred to binah and chokmah, and jupiter to chesed. all the corn goddesses refer to malkuth, and all the lunar goddesses to yesod. the war gods and destructive gods, or divine devils, refer to geburah, and the goddesses of love to netzach. the initiator gods of wisdom are referred to hod, and the sacrificed gods and redeemers to tiphareth. so great an authority as richard payne knight in his valuable book, the symbolic language of ancient art and mythology, speaks of "the remarkable concurrence of th

cessary to the equilibrium of the tree as chesed, the lord of love, and netzach, the lady of beauty. gebura his the celestial surgeon; he is the knight in shining arinour, the dragon-slayer; beautiful as a bridegroom in his strength to the maiden in distress, though, no doubt, the dragon might have preferred a little more love. 6. the initiations of the infortunes, saturn, mars, and the deceptive lunar yesod, are just as necessary to the evolution and balanced development of the soul as are the mysteries of the crucifixion assigned to tiphareth. it is the one-sidedness of christianity which is its bane, and is responsible for so much that is unsound and pathological in both our national and our private lives. but, equally, we must not forget that christianity as a corrective to a pagan wor

he practical occultist, because so much of his work depends upon them. the charts of these tides have always been kept secret, and some of them are exceedingly complex. as these concern the secret workings, the genuine and legitimate occult secrets, which are only given after initiation, they cannot be dealt with in these pages. enough has been said, however, to indicate that certain tides in the lunar 'ether exist and are important, and that students of the occult are probably wasting their time if they try to operate without the necessary charts. 18. these lunar tides play a very important part in the physiological processes of both plants and animals, and especially in the germination and growth of plants and the reproduction of animals, as witness the twenty-eight day lunat sexual cycl

ly the sphere of the moon, and as such comes under the presidency of diana, the moon-goddess of the greeks. now diana was primarily a chaste goddess, ever-virgin, and when the over-presumptive actaeon annoyed [page 262] her he was torn to pieces by his own hunting-hounds. diana, however, was represented at ephesus as the many-breasted, and regarded as a fertility goddess. moreover, isis is also a lunar goddess, as indicated by the lunar crescent upon her brow, which in hathor becomes the cow-horns, the cow being among all peoples the especial symbol of maternity. in the qabalistic symbolism, the generative organs are assigned to yesod. 24. all this is very puzzling at first sight, for the symbols appear to be mutually exclusive. carried a step further, however, we begin to find connecting

late them back into spiritual potencies. 101. these four tarot cards, it will be observed, are alternately good and bad in their significance; in fact, the ten of swords is said to be the worst card in the pack to divination. there is a curious alchemical doctrine which has a bearing on this point. it is taught that the signs of the planets are compounded out of three symbols- the solar disk, the lunar crescent, and the cross of corrosion or sacrifice; and these symbols, rightly interpreted, give the key to the alchemical nature of the planet and its practical use in the great work of transmutation. for instance, mars, in whose symbol the cross surmounts the circle, is said to be outwardly corrosive, but inwardly solar; venus, in which the circle surmount sthe cross, is said to be outwardl

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th a head and limbs that resemble those of a wolf. a movie werewolf has glowing eyes, elongated canine teeth, a hairy face, and claws on its feet and hands. usually it cannot speak, although more recent werewolf films have talking werewolves. as the night of the full moon approaches, persons infected by the werewolf's bite becomes increasingly restless and savage. under the pale light of the full lunar orb they transform into the same kind of hairy monster that previously bit them, and go loping off into the night in search of human prey. once the night of the full moon is past, werewolves revert to their ordinary human form and retain little or no recollection of what they did during their wolf phase. there are usually clues, however, such as clots of drying blood under the fingernails an

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a familiar sight to commuters at the lexington avenue entrance to grand central station, new york. in spite of its pseudoscientific basis, deriving from outmoded theories of the planetary system, astrology can point to documented successes, particularly by astrologers who combine their calculations with an intuitive faculty of interpretation. there is also scientific evidence for the influence of lunar and solar rhythms on human activity. one interesting development in modern astrology has been the research of the french statistician michel gauquelin and his wife francosise gauquelin, beginning in 1950. they claimed to find a significant correlation between the position of planets at birth and the chosen professions of a large sample of people from all walks of life. the research of the ga

early demonic character. ea, anu, and enlil formed a triad at the dawn of history and appear to have developed from an animistic group of world spirits. although ea became specialized as a god of the deep, anu as a god of the sky, and enlil as an earth god, each also had titles that emphasized that they had attributes overlapping those of the others. thus ea was enki, earth lord, and as aa was a lunar deity; he also had solar attributes. in the legend of etana and the eagle, his heaven is stated to be in the sky. anu and enlil as deities of thunder, rain, and fertility are closely linked to ea, as dagan, of the flooding and fertilizing euphrates. each of these deities was accompanied by demonic groups. the spirits of disease were the beloved sons of bel; the fates were the seven daughters

s the equilibrating intelligence of the triad. the goat s head, which is synthetic, and unites some characteristics of the dog, bull, and ass, represents the exclusive responsibility of matter and the expiation of bodily sins in the body. the hands are human, to exhibit the sanctity of labor; they make the sign of esotericism above and below, to impress mystery on initiates, and they point at two lunar crescents, the upper being white and the lower black, to explain the correspondences of good and evil, mercy and justice. the lower part of the body is veiled, portraying the mysteries of universal generation, which is expressed solely by the symbol of the caduceus. the belly of the goat is scaled, and should be colored green, the semicircle above should be blue; the plumage, reaching to the

ymonds, j. a. the life of benvenuto cellini. 2 vols. london, 1888. encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. cellini, benvenuto 259 celonitis (or celontes) this fabulous stone was said to be found in the tortoise. it was believed to resist fire and to have healing virtues. in addition, when carried under the tongue on the day of the new moon and for the fifteen days following, during the lunar ascension, it inspired its fortunate possessor to foretell future events every day from sunrise to six o clock. celts the ethnic origins of the celts are somewhat complex, and often obscured by celtic-influenced languages. ancient writers referred to the celts as tall, fair-haired people with blue or grey eyes, but they are more often considered to be the shorter, dark-complexioned celtic-sp

u/ tlaloc/archastro/index.html. sources: atkinson, r. c. j. stonehenge. london: pelican books, 1960. burl, aubrey. prehistoric astronomy and ritual. aylesbury, bucks, england: shire publications, 1983. center for archaeoastronomy. http//www.wam.umd.edu/ tlaloc/archastro/index.html. march 8, 2000. hawkins, gerald s. stonehenge decoded. garden city, n.y: doubleday, 1965. thom, alexander. megalithic lunar observatories. oxford: oxford university press, 1971. center for borderline history founded in 1984 by individuals interested in borderline history (defined by the center as the study of occult forces upon the evolution of the world. it examines the influences of occult forces in past as well as contemporary history, identifies these forces, and defines their objectives. the center dissemina

s for astrological periodicals such as the mountain astrologer authors and monthly column for horoscope magazine. sources: cunningham, donna. an astrological guide to self-awareness. sebastopol, calif: crsc publications, 1979. the consulting astrologer s guidebook. york beach, maine: samuel weiser, 1994. flower remedies handbook. new york: sterling publishing, 1992. the moon in your life: being a lunar type in a solar world. york beach, maine: samuel weiser, 1996. fairfield, gail, and donna cunningham. choice-centered astrology: the basics. york beach, maine: samuel weiser, 1998. cunningham, scott (1956.1993) scott cunningham, author of a number of book on contemporary witchcraft, was born in royal oak, michigan, on june 27, 1956, but moved with his family to san diego, california, in 1961

solstices and equinoxes, provided an overall framework for community activity. in the modern world, no longer tied to an agricultural cycle, the points on the solar calendar have become the holidays that assist in defining the wiccan faith. while there are records of ancient european tribes marking the important points on the solar calendar, there are few records of their paying attention to the lunar cycles, at least as a point for gathering and the working of magic. the idea of meeting monthly at the new moon or bi-weekly at the new and full moons (the esbat, appears to be a practice introduced by gerald b. gardner, who created modern wicca over a number of years after retiring to england in the 1930s. previously, he had been a mason in southeast asia and while there may have learned of

idea of meeting monthly at the new moon or bi-weekly at the new and full moons (the esbat, appears to be a practice introduced by gerald b. gardner, who created modern wicca over a number of years after retiring to england in the 1930s. previously, he had been a mason in southeast asia and while there may have learned of the so-called moon lodges, masonic groups that met monthly according to the lunar calendar. modern wicca is built around small intimate groups of ten to twenty people (covens) who gather in a culture that is either secular or follows another faith. while several covens may father for the solar festivals (sabbats) to celebrate together, the real work of the coven is done in its esbats. common to all wiccans is the full moon esbats. it is at these meetings that one develops

05) and the astrological bulletin, a quarterly magazine, which he edited for nearly twenty years. he also founded the llewellyn college of astrology, which greatly expanded the audience for astrology by offering home study courses. llewellyn publications emerged as a major center of astrological publishing. prominent astrologers published by george over the years include donald bradley (solar and lunar returns) and grant lewi (astrology for the millions and heaven knows what. after george s death in 1954, the moon sign book was edited by sydney omarr. in 1960 the company was purchased by minnesota businessman carl llewellyn weschcke, well known as an astrologer and occultist, who moved the company to st. paul, minnesota, as llewellyn publications, now one of the largest publishing and whol

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dium and divined through trance. to become a magician, you must meet the ghost of a murdered man. take the midrib of a leaf of the ivory cocoa-nut palm (pelepah niyor gading, which is to be laid on the grave, and two midribs, which are intended to represent canoe-paddles, and carry them with the help of a companion to the grave of the murdered man at the time of the full moon (the 15th day of the lunar month) when it falls upon a tuesday. then take a cent s worth of incense, with glowing embers in a censer, and carry them to the head-post of the grave of the deceased. fumigate the grave, going three times round it, and call upon the murdered man by name: hearken, so-and-so, and assist me; i am taking (this boat) to the saints of god, and i desire to ask for a little magic. here take the fi

ive moments, was similar in origin, but possessed a muslim nomenclature. still another scheme, katika tujoh, was based on the seven heavenly bodies, dividing each day into seven parts, each of which was distinguished by the arabic name for the sun, moon, and principal planets. the astrology proper of the malays is purely arabic in origin, but a system of hindu invocation was in vogue by which the lunar month was divided into parts called rejang, which resembles the nacshatras or lunar houses of the hindus. each division had its symbol, usually an animal. each day was propitious for something, and the whole system was committed to verse for mnemonic purposes. demonology the demonic form common to malaysia was that of the jinn, 190 in number. these were sometimes subdivided into faithful and

aircraft on carrier duty and with a heavy attack squadron. he studied for his doctorate in aeronautics and astronautics at massachusetts institute of technology and became chief of the project management division of the navy field office for manned orbiting laboratory (1964. he later attended air force aerospace research pilot school. he was selected by nasa as an astronaut in april 1966 and was lunar module pilot of apollo 14, which landed on the moon february 5, 1971. his interest in parapsychology dated from 1967, soon after his arrival at the nasa manned spacecraft center in houston. he was dissatisfied with orthodox theology and began to investigate areas of psychic phenomena and mysticism. in december 1969 mitchell became friendly with medium arthur ford, who suggested an interestin

periods. the tests involved the transmission of symbols associated with a range of chosen numbers. eminent parapsychologists j. b. rhine of the foundation for research on the nature of man and karlis osis of the aspr offered cooperation in evaluating the test. the results of the test were ambiguous. after being the sixth man to walk on the moon, mitchell was a member of the backup crew of further lunar probes. he retired from nasa and the navy in 1972. his second wife, anita, whom mitchell married in 1973 after a divorce, shared his interest in parapsychology. in the same year mitchell founded the institute of noetic sciences for the study of human consciousness and mind/body relationships. he has headed the institute ever since. among the projects supported by the institute were the effor

er life. harrisburg, pa: stackpole books, 1977. reunions: visionary encounters with departed loved ones. new york: ballantine, 1994. raymond moody. http//www.lifeafterlife.com. may 20, 2000. june 20, 2000. moon the moon was the subject of widespread folklore in ancient times. while the brightest object in the night sky, it is not so bright that its surface texture is obscured. the patterns on the lunar surface have, like clouds, taken on anthropomorphic characteristics. some saw the face of a man; others, various animals. the changing phases of the moon and its seeming disappearance for a day or two each month also led to additional speculations. modern werewolf lore has the wolf-like side of the person showing itself only during the evenings of the full moon. the moon was associated with

on showing itself only during the evenings of the full moon. the moon was associated with various gods and goddesses, though primarily the latter. in hindu astrology, the moon was associated with the god nanna, though the more common associations are with the greek artemis, the roman luna, or the moonlight-giving mother of the zuni. it was especially associated with females as they identified the lunar cycle with the menstrual cycle. in the contemporary world, the moon has assumed a central role in the mythology developed by neo- paganism, especially its feminist element. the most comprehensive system for gathering the many observations about the moon, attempting to understand its significance and drawing implications for behavior from it, was astrology. the 28-day cycle of the moon became

give birth, an observation bolstered by the alternating full and empty birth wards nurses have reported at hospitals. these observations have become the subject of research through the twentieth century, though many of these studies have been somewhat buried in various psychological journals. in the 1980s and 1990s psychologists i. w. kelly and r. martens were the focus of several studies testing lunar assumptions beginning with a sweep of the literature in 1986 attempting to discover any evidence for a correlation between lunar phases and birthrates. they discovered that studies had been done in various settings in different countries with large samples, but that no data tied a higher rate of spontaneous births to a particular phase of the moon. a similar negative correlation has been fou

s appeared of a german study that showed a statistical correlation between the moon phases and alcohol consumption. however, on checking, the report appeared to have garbled the original report written by hans- joachim mittmeyer of the university of turbingen and norbert filipp of the health institute in reutlingen. the pair of researchers had done a study of arrests for alcohol in germany over a lunar cycle without finding any statistically significant variations from day to day. while much interesting and suggestive data on astrological relationships have been produced over the twentieth century, especially that associated with michel gauquelin, the data on the immediate effects of the moon on behavior as expressed in popular folklore appears to be negative. while there remain areas that

he twentieth century, especially that associated with michel gauquelin, the data on the immediate effects of the moon on behavior as expressed in popular folklore appears to be negative. while there remain areas that have gone unresearched, enough has been done so that the burden of proof has shifted onto the shoulders of those who now make such claims. sources: carrol, robert todd. full moon and lunar effects. skeptic s dictionary. http//www.skepdic.com/fullmoon.html. june 11, 2000. chudler, eric. moonstruck! does the full moon influence behavior. http//faculty.washington.edu/chudler/moon.html. june 11, 2000. kelly, i. w, and r. martens. lunar phases and birthrate: an update. psychological reports 75 (1996: 507.11, james rotton, and roger culver. the moon was full and nothing happened: a

EXTRAORDINARY ENCOUNTERS AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EXTRATERRESTRIALS AND OTHERWORLDY BEINGS

ng contacts as well as flashback memories of an earlier life as an extraterrestrial. the space people were mostly from venus, and prominent among them were beautiful, blond women. in early 1956, when the contacts intensified, menger began taking photographs of alleged spacecraft. he also claimed interplanetary flights in the company of aryan-type beings and produced, among others, pictures of the lunar surface taken from a flying saucer. conservative ufologists scoffed at menger s tales and rejected his photographs as absurdly unconvincing. writing in saucer news, lonzo dove deemed them so evidently faked that it is almost foolish to even criticize them (dove, 1959. when the anticontactee national investigations committee on aerial phenomena challenged menger and other contactees to submit

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nton wenches, you ll find there, their foreheads brazen, faces smiling, as when the satyrs they re beguiling. there all things may a goat s-foot dare. mephistopheles you ll stay here and i ll find you here again? sphinxes yes! go and mingle with the airy train. we long ago are wont, from egypt coming here, to sit enthroned to the thousandth year. respect to our position you must pay. thus rule we lunar, rule we solar day. at the pyramids our station, we look on the doom of races, war and peace and inundation, with eternal changeless faces. by the lower peneus peneus surrounded by waters and nymphs. peneus wake and stir, ye whispering bushes, softly breathe, ye reeds and rushes, rustle, willows by the river, lisp, ye poplar sprays a-quiver, to my interrupted dream. fearful, stirring breezes

FRATER U D PRACTICAL SIGIL MAGIC

ns, as imes. this will keep you on the ball, ready for action and versatile. is usually those gmagi to do without his/her talisman, for example, after having been robbed of as pointed out in the beginning, the advantage of spare fs sigil magic is that it has no need for complicated rituals. neither do you need to engage in calculating specific astrological constellations, cabalistic arithmetic or lunar phases, etc. you will be better off, especially when practicing pragmatic magic, if you have at hand at least one of these systems that can be perfo s useful as they may be at other t you don ft really need amulets and talismans in sigil magic either. if the sigil is charged correctly, you already have created an gastral talisman h (or gastral amulet h) of sorts, a new circuit in the psycho

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ss. thus to the ancient alchemists, the angels from the moon which rules the saline tides of the sea were designated by the term "salt" they had found that a certain amount of salt in the blood is necessary to the mental processes, also that excess salt in the blood produces insanity, as best proven by the experiences of shipwrecked sailors who become lunatics when they drink water containing the lunar element salt. thus also they established a connection between the moon and mind. the fiery lucifer spirits who have taken such a baneful part in man's evolution became associated with the fiery element "sulphur" the alchemists said that man is rendered unconscious and dies by continuous inhalation of this element; so man, the spirit, was rendered unconscious of and dead to the spiritual real

n, which is the field of operation for the intellectual mercurians, and the genitals, which are the vantage ground of the sensuous and passionate lucifer spirits. this tripartite spinal cord was to the alchemists the crucible of consciousness; they knew that in the sympathetic section of the cord which governs the functions that have to do particularly with the upkeep and welfare of the body, the lunar angels were specially active and this segment was therefore designated as the element salt. the segment governing the motor nerves which expend the dynamic energy stored in the body by our food they saw clearly to be under the dominance of the martial lucifer spirits, and they, therefore, named that segment sulphur. the remaining segment, which marks and registers the sensations carried by t

reams of evolution is as follows: jehovah created eve, a human being. the lucifer spirit samael united with eve and begat a semi-divine son, cain. as he left eve before the birth of the child, cain was the son of a widow, and a serpent of wisdom. then jehovah created adam, a human being like eve. adam and eve united and begat a child, human like themselves, whose name was abel. jehovah, being the lunar god, is associated with the water, hence there was enmity between cain, the son of fire, and abel, the son of water. so cain slew abel and abel was replaced by seth. in time and through generations, the sons of cain became the craftsmen of the world, skilled in the use of fire and metal. their ideal was male, hiram abiff, the master workman. the sons of seth, on the other hand, became the ch

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lowing articles; for the present, suffice it to say, that in the earth period, when various planets were differentiated to provide proper evolutionary environment for each class of spirits, the angels under jehovah were set to work with the inhabitants of all planets having moons; while the lucifer spirits have their abode upon the planet mars. the angel gabriel is representative on earth, of the lunar hierarchy, presided over by jehovah; the angel samael is ambassador of the martial forces of lucifer. gabriel (who announced the coming birth of jesus to mary) and his lunar angels are therefore the givers of physical life, while samael and the hosts of mars are the angels of death. thus originated the feud in the dim dawn of this cosmic day, and that which we see as free masonry today is an

cism is an activity of the hierarchs of water, and places 'holy water' at the temple door to quench the spirits seeking light and knowledge and to inculcate faith in jehovah. as the vernal equinox is said to be at the first point of aries, no matter where in the constellations it falls by precession, so the point where the human seed-atom comes from the invisible world and is taken in hand by the lunar god of generation, jehovah, through his ambassador, the angel gabriel, is esoterically the first point of cancer. this is the cardinal sign of the watery triplicity, and is ruled by the moon. there conception takes place; but were the form built of water and its concretions alone, it could never come to birth, so four months later when the fetus has reached the stage of development correspon

ception takes place; but were the form built of water and its concretions alone, it could never come to birth, so four months later when the fetus has reached the stage of development corresponding to the second sign of the watery triplicity, scorpio, the eighth sign, which corresponds to the house of death, samael, the dauntless ambassador of the lucifer spirits, invades the watery domain of the lunar hierarchy and introduces the fiery spark of the spirit into the inert form, to leaven, quicken and mould it into an expression of itself. there the silver cord which has grown from the seed-atom of the dense body (located in the heart) since conception, is welded to the part that has sprouted from the central vortex of the desire body (located in the liver) and when the silver cord is tied b

and prone to prove all things by the light of reason. these people believe in works rather than faith, and by their dauntless courage and inexhaustible energy they have transformed the trackless wilderness of the world to a garden full of life and beauty, so lovely in fact that the sons of cain have forgotten the garden of god, the kingdom of heaven, whence they were expelled by the decree of the lunar god jehovah. against him they are in constant rebellion because he has tied them by the umbilical "cable tow" they have lost their spiritual sight and are imprisoned in the forehead of the body where it is said cain was marked; they must wander as prodigal sons in the comparative darkness of the material world, oblivious to their high and noble estate until they find the door of the temple

FULL MOON RITUALS

wort barley moon corn, fertile, grain wine moon harvest, singing blood moon falling leaf, harvest, hunting, vintage snow moon beaver, dark, fog, mad, shedding, storm oak moon big winter, cold, long night, wolf elder moon blue moon- the thirteenth moon in a solar year, despite the modern notion that even the ancients called it the second moon in a month for our matrifocal ancestors who lived by a lunar calendar, it was impossible to have two moons in a month, as a moon was a month! old castle ritual room wolf moon leader: red deer date: 30 december 2001 the days after yule had found red deer ever more intent on singing a place sometimes his alone but more often a part of the real world into the old castle environs. now, on the night of the full moon, he lay again on the central altar amid

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y not with certainty be proved at present; yet that in the far distant past a race of people existed whose achievements exceeded those of any of the historic nations may not be doubted. that the length of the year was calculated with greater exactness by an ancient and forgotten people than it was by early historic nations is proved by the cycle of the neros. this cycle, which was formed of 7.421 lunar revolutions of 29 days, 12 hours, 44 minutes, and 3 seconds, or 219,146 days and a half, was equal to 600 solar years of 365 days, 5 hours, 51 minutes, and 36 seconds, which time varies less than three minutes from the present observations of the year's length. the length of the year as calculated by the egyptians and other early historic nations was 360 days, which fact would seem to indica

n took place at the rate of 60 years in a degree, or 1800 in a zodiacal sign, and of 21,600 in a revolution of the entire circle. they afterwards came to think that the precession was at the rate of 60 years and a fraction of a year, and thus that the precession for a sign was in 1824 years, and for the circle in 21,888 years. subsequently they discovered, or thought they had discovered, the soli-lunar period of 608 years, hence they attempted to make the two go together. both, however, proved to be erroneous. in referring to the fact that among the ancient romans existed the story of the twelve vultures and the twelve ages of 120 years each, higgins remarks "this arose from the following cause: they came from the east before the supposition that the precession took place a degree in about

GILBERT THE MAGICAL MASON

th hours are mentioned in the parable of the labourers in the vineyard and also the account of the crucifixion, matthew xxvi, where the 6th and 9th hours are named, the first hour beginning at sunrise. the moon was created, says genesis, to rule the night, but there is no recognition of its varied appearances as globe and crescent, which are so easily and frequently perceived. yet the jews used a lunar and not a solar calendar and fixed their festivals by the moon. in the ancient times of jewish history, the light of the moon was of much greater importance than it is to us who have so much artificial light. the jews were largely a pastoral people, and moonlight nights were much valued in the care of sheep and goats and for making journeys. the revision of the old testament has introduced i

GILBERT THE SORCERER AND HIS APPRENTICE

ers do not score at all. before concluding this short treatise,iwillsay a few words76 the sorcererand his apprenticeon the occult and qabalistical signification of these wonderful tarot cards. it has been long known that the ordinary 52 card pack was susceptible of some peculiar numerical significa255 tions,e.g.:52 cards in the pack, suggest 52 weeks in the year. 13 cards in each suit, suggest 13 lunar months in the year, 13 weeks in the quarter. 4 suits in the pack, suggest 4 seasons in the year. 12 picture cards in the pack, suggest 12 months in the year, 12 signs of the zodiac. furthermore, if we add together:thepips on the plain cards of the four suitsthepipson the 12 picture cards twelve picture cards reckoned as 10 eachthenumber of cards in each suit we shall obtain the number of day

e to be surprised at them. take only the simple case of the ebb and flow of the tide. this must have been noticed from the very earliest times that men ever lived by the sea-shore or noticed anything; and we are perfectly familiar with the fact that the tides are governed by the moon. but supposing that we did not know the theory of gravitationthe esoteric teaching onthezodiac181and the theory of lunar attraction, we should be very much puzzled to account for these phenomena of the tides, and we should probably set down anybody who spoke of the moon as influencing them as a superstitious ass. in fact, i have seen old books of the goody goody type that have set down as a gross superstition the idea that the moon had anything to do with the waters of the earth. of course you know that has be

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fit nicely on this polarity, they also move down through the planes and have other expressions. if we use the kabbalistic model for a moment we can see how the pagan concept of the horned god and the triple goddess arose. the horned god manifests as the logos in chokmah and then as the sun. these are his two modes. while the goddess manifests as the old crone of saturn (sophia/binah, the midwife (lunar) and the girl child (earth. these images are pregnant with meaning and certainly help us appreciate the power of these principles beyond simple mental speculation. however care must be taken for it is too easy to reduce the gods to images which fit our preconceptions and by using a gender based polarity we can easily end up with both misogynist and homophobic models. the gnostic handbook pag

arth (albeit in submission) was acknowledged and relevant. the classes as seen within the divine caste system (which reflected the ages of history) were in balance and creativity and intelligence were rewarded. as the polar age ended and migrations from the arctic were caused by changes in weather patterns, aryan man spread across the globe and mankind entered the silver age. during the silver or lunar epoch, earth cults took ascendancy, the feminine and fertility became of paramount significance and this lead to an emphasis on pagan and gaia oriented traditions. the research of marija gimbutas and others gives a good outline of the worship that occurred in this period. as the ages unfounded, in reaction against this earthly epoch, the dionysian or copper age began. the worship of strength

es a good outline of the worship that occurred in this period. as the ages unfounded, in reaction against this earthly epoch, the dionysian or copper age began. the worship of strength, violence, masculine virtues battle against the feminine values and patriarchal civilisations were formed. while these civilisations were of great historical importance, to achieve their balance they suppressed the lunar or silver cultures and hence existed as a reaction rather than as a creative expression. this being so, it only took so long before the clashes between the two forces dragged man into the current age, that of the kali yuga. now lunar and dionysian, feminine and masculine, sky and earth are in conflict and battle and will continue so until the age ends in bloodshed. evola decried the decadent

GNOSTIC STUDIES THE GNOSTIC HANDBOOK II GNOSTIC THEURGY

y correspondence, these energies are within the light particles emanated from the physical sun. accordingly, a system of solar meditation may be developed. this form of practise is found in many of the great esoteric systems that have existed throughout time, the essenes daily greeted the sun at dawn, their calendar, in opposition to the prevailing calendar of the pharisees, was solar rather than lunar based. the ancient hindus had an evolved system of surya yoga, the mayans and aztecs believed that the sun was a great source of power that had to be honoured and supplicated, and in most of the old pagan traditions the sun had an honoured place. probably one of the most outstanding examples is found in akhenaton, the sun pharoah of ancient egypt. for the gnostic the physical sun is a window

GOETIA LUCIFERIAN

work accordingly as the devil in flesh, the tester of the limits and the initiator upon earth. work always with a goal in mind and do not dabble with the spirits of the goetia. you have been warned. working with angelic spirits angelic(k) spirits are celestial or empyrean forces, based primarily in the element air. they are commonly associated with lucifer and are the higher articulated solar and lunar shadow forms of the initiatic guide, by one conjoined with the demonic spirit the self develops in balance, rather than repression and self-deception. such angels are fallen, and contain a demonic or infernal aspect to their character. approach this with respect and seek to become like the essence you so seek. the angelick spirits of the shemhamphorasch are the guardians who lead one to the

ho may summon and invoke this force, it holds the gateway to aspects of the mind which control speech and thought patterns. belial is said to grant senatorships and such, while this is in reference to one achieving success with their own desire and will. he governs 50 legions of spirits, who are of the infernal and celestial/luciferian realms of the earth. belial also initiates into the solar and lunar gnosis of being, that of vampyres and wolves. king belial demands sacrifice, which is of a sexual nature. a powerful will is required to restrain and hold this force in the evocation circle or black mirror, from which then the sorcerer should immolate the self in this daemonic force the isolated and immortal psyche& decarabia decarabia is the sixty-ninth spirit of solomon, who appears as a b

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS C C1

e are the four good forms created by tracing the two triangles of the hexagram. the lesser ritual of the hexagram is based on these four forms. l y f k b c this is the fire hexagram. its affinity is with the eastern quarter, the position of fire in the zodiac (notice f, and k do not change sides. to achieve this from the basic hexagram, lower the inverted triangle, then reverse it by throwing the lunar angle up to the top from being lowest. l k y f b c the second form is the classical hexagram with the attribution of the angles as usual. the hexagram has an affinity with earth and is traced in the southern quarter. this is the position of earth in the zodiac, and the sun at noon when it is at its culmination. 16 l b c y f k the third form has its affinity with air and is in the western qua

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS ENOCHALL

king ruling in the south-south-west. lazdixi: governor of the first division of the aethyr lit (13. lea: name of the sixteenth aethyr. leaoc: angel also known as leoc. lehusan (meaning unknown) lehuslach (meaning unknown) lel: same (cf. l. leoc: subservient angel of water angle of water tablet, also known as leaoc. lephe (meaning unknown) leveanael: planetary angel, associated with luna, name of lunar pentagram. levithmong: the beast of the field/ cattle. lexarph: governor of the first division of the aethyr zax (28. lgaiol: senior of venus on the water tablet. lgba: subservient angel of water angle of earth tablet. lhetga: alhctga, senior of earth. lhiansa: senior of saturn on the earth tablet. li: first (cf. l, la, lo. liah: subservient angel of water angle of earth tablet. liaida: laia

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isdom and harmony. and its archangel is lakym, the prince of splendor and of wisdom, and the name of the order of angels is \yhla ynb, or sons of the gods, who are also called the order of archangels. the beams of dsj and hrwbg meet in dwsy and thence ariseth in dwsy a brilliant deep violet-purple or puce, and thus is the third triad completed. and the sphere of its operation is that of hnbl, the lunar beam, bestowing change, increase and decrease upon created things and it ruleth the sphere of action of y and the nature of mankind. and ydc is a god who sheddeth benefits, omnipotent and satisfying, and yjla is the god of life, the living one. its archangel is layrbg the prince of change and alteration. and the name of the order of angels is \ybwrk or kerubic ones who are also called the or

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tioned be repeated over the curcurbite, and this process may be repeated altogether three times if the flashing light cometh not, for without this later, the work would be useless. if after three repetitions it still appear not, it is a sign that there hath been an error in the working, such being either in the disposition of the alchemist or in the management of the curcurbite. wherefore let the lunar and the solar invocations and exposures be repeated when without doubt. if these be done with care (and more especially those of p and q with those of the 4 as taught, for these have great force materially, then without doubt shall that flashing light manifest itself in the curcurbite. r. holding the lotus wand by the white end, the alchemist now draws over the curcurbite the symbol of the f

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iples combine in a process lasting a minimum of twenty-one months, culminating in the focal apotheosis of a final initiatory ceremony. from the previous magister of this lineage i was taught that a candidate is chosen by signs and omens, and that it was forbidden for any outsider to ask directly for initiation. the omen-chosen candidate is firstly 'watched' for a period of time, no less than nine lunar months. during this time, called 'the gestation, the candidate is observed for clear indications of the requisite skills and characteristics which the path will demand. if deemed suitable, the candidate is then asked to undergo a ceremony called 'the rite of dedication. this formally acknowledges their aspiration and magically 'places the step' onto the path. after the dedication rite a peri

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d as yet undiscovered area [however] a third party whose cultural achievements were passed on independently to egypt and mesopotamia would best explain the common features and fundamental differences between the two civilizations.11 among other things, this theory sheds light on the mysterious fact that the egyptians and sumerian people of mesopotamia appear to have worshipped virtually identical lunar deities who were among the oldest in their respective pantheons (thoth in the case of the egyptians, sin in the case of the sumerians).12 according to the eminent egyptologist sir e.a. wallis budge, the similarity between the two gods is too close to be accidental. it would be wrong to say that the egyptians borrowed from the sumerians or the sumerians from the egyptians, but it may be submi

hancock fingerprints of the gods 161 days, a minus error of only 0.0002 of a day.10 similarly, the maya knew the time taken by the moon to orbit the earth. their estimate of this period was 29.528395 days extremely close to the true figure of 29.530588 days computed by the finest modern methods.11 the mayan priests also had in their possession very accurate tables for the prediction of solar and lunar eclipses and were aware that these could occur only within plus or minus eighteen days of the node (when the moon s path crosses the apparent path of the sun).12 finally, the maya were remarkably accomplished mathematicians. they possessed an advanced technique of metrical calculation by means of a chequerboard device we ourselves have only discovered (or rediscovered) in the last century.13

the total of all these periods adds up to 24,925 years and takes us far beyond the biblical date for the creation of the world (some time in the fifth millennium bc16. because it suggested that biblical chronology was wrong, this created difficulties for eusebius, a staunchly christian commentator. but, after a moment s thought, he overcame the problem in an inspired way: the year i take to be a lunar one, consisting, that is, of 30 days: what we now call a month the egyptians used formerly to style a year. 17 of course they did no such thing.18 by means of this sleight of hand, however, eusebius and others succeeded in boiling down manetho s grand pre-dynastic span of almost 25,000 years into a sanitized dollop a bit over 2000 years which fits comfortably into the 2242 years orthodox bib

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ocess of looking at the then-unpolluted skies, the babylonian, mayan, chinese and egyptian astronomers and magi developed both a vast and complex mythology of gods and heroes and a means of foretelling the future, or, as they would have it, the will of heaven. in time they would also learn that knowledge of the sky led to the ability to predict the seasons and impressive celestial events, such as lunar and solar eclipses. with this knowledge came power over humanity, and the magi were not mere philosophers and stargazers, but priest-kings favored by the gods with the foreknowledge of agricultural cycles, then fast becoming the basis of life and death for civilization. that other, irregular events were noted as well can be defined as the beginning of ufology. no doubt to some extent we can

GRERALD SCHUELER AN ADVANCED GUIDE TO ENOCHIAN MAGICK

ning "a rich man" however, the treasure stored up by one whose formula is vrelp is not money, but spiritual wealth. the words omp-il mean "understanding the aethyrs" and add up to 197 as well as t -il-om "the aethyrs have knowledge" the exact nature of the formula is obtained from the letters and their arrangement. in the center of the word is the hermit of virgo. he is flanked on the ieft by the lunar reflective forces of the moon in pisces, and on the right by the solar creative forces of strength/lust in leo. in addition, 189 he has the love of life expressed by the devil in capric on his left and mobility expressed by the chariot in can on his right. vrelp is thus the individuality that he learned to balance the forces of duality in his life. with an understanding of this formula, you

ah korpanib koh-rah-pah-nee-beh zaa is located in the highest region of the astral plane. i t is a region where the emotions and feel ings which characterize the astral plane are almost absent and the mentation of the mental plane beyond is impending. on the watch-towers, zaa is somewhere in or near fire of water. two of the first things that you will probably notice when entering zaa are (1) its lunar nature and (2) the almost total absence of anything except yourself. on the tree of li fe, zaa is somewhere between the path of the moon (pisces) and the path of temperance/art (sagittarius) below the sephiroths of netzach and tiphareth. you will be totally alone in zaa except for a few angels and the governors. although this may actually be true for other aethyrs as well, in zaa the sense o

ery long time by yourself. because you are an individual, you 204 are separate from everyone else. in zaa this fact of life is emphasized until the sense of solitude itself pervades the entire aethyr like a force. the guide here has two aspects. she is both the goddess diana; young, energetic, and attractive, and the goddess hecate; old, selfish, and repulsive. these two aspects of femininity are lunar and complementary. under normal circumstances you will meet diana first. later, as you become more fami l iar with this aethyr, you wi l l meet hecate and real ize that she and diana are the same guide. if you are more familiar with egyptian deities, you may see isis and her sister nephthys in zaa. isis is warm, loving, and motherly while nephthys is cold, stern, and impersonal. the forms th

plementary. under normal circumstances you will meet diana first. later, as you become more fami l iar with this aethyr, you wi l l meet hecate and real ize that she and diana are the same guide. if you are more familiar with egyptian deities, you may see isis and her sister nephthys in zaa. isis is warm, loving, and motherly while nephthys is cold, stern, and impersonal. the forms that these two lunar qualities (i.e, the waxing and the waning moon) take for you may vary, but you are certain to encounter the qualities themselves in some form or another. the loneliness in zaa is the sense of separation that we al l share. this is the great heresy of mahayana buddhism. your main lesson to leant in zaa is to accept individuality, but not loneliness. the terrible sense of loneliness in zaa is

ns "the opener" and this magick square expresses the same creative forces that are associated with ptah this square embodies the forces of the solar current. graa_ this square adds up to 618, the number for zin- dobix which means "a waterfall" and paradiz-knila which is "virgin blood" aiq bkr reduces 618 to 6, the number for imagination. graa is the moon and this square embodies the forces of the lunar current. note that the 252 word graa, meaning "moon" is an anagram of ag-ar whi ch means "not the sun" each of the four words of this square has or impl ies the words ror or ar which both mean "the sun" the s e c o n d wo r d, r a o r i s a n anagram of a-ror meaning "he of the sun" and the last word ar-sa means "within the sun" and is an anagram for raas meaning "the east" the traditional l

or whom it is claimed that they were initiated into the mysteries of nature by the universal mind, represented by the highest angels, were named the "serpents of wisdom" and "dragons. h.p. blavatsky, the secret doctrine the vovin is very similar to the vrelp, but there is one major distinction. the vrelp is largely an expression of the solar current while the vovin is largely an expression of the lunar current. the vrelp uses the masculine current for his work the vovin works chiefly through the feminine current. the student is reminded however, that the ultimate work itself, i.e, the great work, is the same. the vovin and his/her work is an extremely important par t of enochian magick to aid in your study and approach to the vovin, the following magick square can be used as a talisman: th

which include v( the devi l in capricorn) and n (death in scorpio. consider the two diagonals of the letter 0 (justice in libra. consider the center and two diagonals of the letter i (art in sagittarius. consider the placement of l (chariot in cancer) and x (universe in the element of earth. consider the 270 square to be an expression of the formula of the dragon step 3. meditate on yourself as a lunar expression. con sider the similarities between the reflected and cyclic ligh of the moon with the human condition. step 4. transfer the magical forces embodied in the tabs man of the magick square of vovin to yourself. consider your bodies to be a series of cyclic vehicles each a reflection in time, space and form of the the other, from spirit down ward to your physical body. consider your p

cyclic ligh of the moon with the human condition. step 4. transfer the magical forces embodied in the tabs man of the magick square of vovin to yourself. consider your bodies to be a series of cyclic vehicles each a reflection in time, space and form of the the other, from spirit down ward to your physical body. consider your physical body as a temple of the body of light. step 5. meditate on the lunar nature of your series of bodies. consider the relationship between the sun and the moon and the relationship which exists between your consciousness and your bodies. hold that idea for as long as you can. 271 the sun-savior cosmologically, then, all the dragons and serpents conquered by their "slayers" are, in their origin, the turbulent confused principles in chaos, brought to order by the

of earth and say, mordialhtga (moh- a r -de e- ah- l eh-heh- keh- t eh- gah) ikzhikal (ee-keh-zod-hee-kal) great king of earth who rules over the square a in the great cross of earth, come to me. alhktga (ah-leh-hek-teh-gah) akzinor (ahkeh- zodee-noh-rah) ahmllkv (ah-mel-elkeh- veh) mighty seniors of the square a in the great cross of earth, come to me. 324 bring the steady power of aquarius and lunar receptivity here to me. concentrate on the square a of the great cross of earth. see the power that abounds in this region to be flowing out-ward from the great cross of earth into the black cake in the form of a thick black mist. step 3. replace the talisman of the square a with that for the square l and say, mordialhtga ikzhikal great king of earth who rules over the square l in the great

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) has it not < conr. tac. annal. 1, 28 and boeth. de consol. 4 metr. 5: lassant crebris pulsibus aera. 6 it is only among greeks and slavs that i have not come across them. eclipses. 707 to this day the hindus consider that a giant lays hold of the luminaries, and tries to swallow them (broughton s pop. poetry of hind. p. 131. the chinese call the solar eclipse zhishi (solis devoratio, the lunar yueshi (lunae devoratio, and ascribe them both to the machinations of a dragon. nearly all the populations of northern asia hold the same opinion: the tchuvashes use the phrase vubur siat/ daemon coinedit (guil. schott de lingua tschuw, p. 5; the finns of europe have a similar belief, the esthonians say the sun or moon( is being eaten/ and formerly they sought to hinder it by conjuring spell

nless the word halfmoon here means something else. in bavaria there is a mondsee, ohgr. mdninseo (lunae lacus, in austria a mdnhart (lunae silva^ aovva v\tj in ptolemy; 2 we may safely credit both with mythic associations. as time is more easily reckoned by the changes of the moon, which visibly mark off the week (p. 126-7, than by the sun, our ancestors seem to have had, beside the solar year, a lunar one for common use, whose thirteen months answered to the twelve of the solar year. the recurring period of from 29 to 30 days was therefore called menops, mdnod, from mena, mano. hence also it was natural to count by nights, not days: nee dierum numerum sed noctium computant, sic constituunt, sic condicunt, nox ducere diem videtur/ tac. germ. c. 11. and much in the same way, the year was na

o tell the year by. ny ok mft skopo nyt regin oldum at ar-tali/ 1 saem. 34a. hani styrir gongu tungls, oc rse csr nyjum oc ni&um, sn. 12, mani steers the going of the moon, and rules new moons and full. probably even here personification comes into play, for in voluspii 11 (sasm. 2b) nyji and nis"i are dwarfs, i.e. spirits of the sky, who are connected, we do not exactly know how, with those lunar phases n$" ok niis.2 of changeful things it is said]?at gengr eptir n^um ok nrsum/ res alternatur et subit lunae vices. 0. swed. laws have the formula ny oc niffar, for at all times, under any phase/ grutalagli p. 108. so i ny ok nifta, sudh. bygn. 32. upl. vidh. 28, 1. vestg. thiuv. 22, 1; but here the second word seems to have given up its neut. form, and passed into a personal and ma

new moon: may what i see increase, and what i suffer cease (492. turning the face toward the luminary i take to be a relic of heathen moon-worship. 1 superstitions of this kind have long been banished to the narrower limits of agriculture and cattle-breeding; we should arrive at a clearer knowledge of them, had their bearing on public life been described for us in early times. observation of the lunar changes must in many ways have influenced sacrifices, the casting of lots and the conduct of war. some things now appear bewildering, because we cannot review all the circum stances, and some no doubt were different in different nations. german superstition (i, 856) thinks it a calamity for the master of the house to die during the moon s decline, for then the whole family will fall away; th

suppl. 1 the poetic images i have here collected remove all doubt as to day and night having been in the remotest antiquity both alive and divine. but the sentiment must very early have lost some of its hold over the teutons, from the time they laid aside that name for day, which of itself bespoke his kinship with the gods. eeckoning by nights instead of days does indeed rest on the observance of lunar time (p. 708, but may have another reason too, the same that prompted men to count winters and not sum mers. the heathens used to fix their holy festivals for, or prolong them into, the night, especially those of the summer and winter solstices, as we see by the midsummer and christmas fires; the fires of easter and may also bear witness to festal nights. the anglo-saxons kept a hcerfestniht

s been given; the festive gatherings of may-day night will be described more minutely in the chap, on witches. at this season brides were chosen and proclaimed, servants changed, and houses taken possession of by new tenants. with this i conclude my treatment of summer and winter; i.e. of the mythic meanings mixed up with the two halves of the year. an examination of the twelve solar and thirteen lunar months 1 is more than i can undertake here, for want of space; i promise to make good the deficiency elsewhere. this much i will say, that a fair proportion of our names of months also is referable to heathen gods, as we now see by the identifi cation of may with summer, and have already seen in the case of hrede (march) and eastre (april, p. 289. phol, who had his phol-day (p. 614, seems al

uled over a phol-mdnot (may and sept, conf. diut. i. 409, 432, and scheffer s haltaus 36. the days of our week may have been arranged and named on the model of the eoman (p. 127; the names of the three months aforesaid are independent of any latin influence.2 a remarkable feature among slavs and germans is the using of one name for two successive months, as when the anglo-saxons 1 that there were lunar years is indicated by the moon s being given at artali, for year s tale, p. 710. 2 martius rests on mars, aprilis must contain a spring-goddess answering to ostara, majus belongs to maja, a mother of gods. the same three consecutive months are linked in the latin calendar, as in ours, with divinities. months. 789 speak of an gerra and aoftera geola, aerra and aeffcera liba, ami we of a great

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o pray to deities such as the goddess hathor in her cow form or amun of the hearing ear. 43 amenhotep iii enlarged or founded numerous temples, and many of the features introduced by his architects remained standard for c. 1,500 years. he commissioned huge numbers of divine statues to stress his identification with all the deities of egypt. amenhotep iii sometimes gave himself the attributes of a lunar deity while his chief wife, queen tiy, was identified with the goddesses who could play the role of the solar eye (see eye of ra in deities, themes, and concepts).44 introduction 19 amenhotep iii and tiy were the parents of amenhotep iv (c. 1352 1336 bce, who early in his reign changed his name to akhenaten. king akhenaten and his chief wife, nefertiti, were dedicated to the cult of aten, a

s egyptian solar religion in the new kingdom: re, amun, and the crisis of polytheism, trans. anthony alcock (london and new york, 1995, 18 21. 43. some offerings suggest that temple visitors were familiar with deities mythological roles, but whether this knowledge came through stories or images is unclear. see g. pinch, votive offerings to hathor (oxford, 1993. 44. for the influence of solar and lunar mythology on the art and architecture of amenhotep iii s reign, see designing the cosmos in a. p. kozloff and b. m. bryan, egypt s dazzling sun: amenhotep iii and his world (cleveland, 1992, 73 124. 45. for modern myth making about akhenaten and nefertiti, see d. montserrat, akhenaten history, fantasy, and ancient egypt (london and new york, 2000. 46. at a large temple such as the one at kar

gn that he is the true heir of the creator sun god.40 a cluster of myths deal with the mutilation of the eye or eyes of horus (see eyes of horus in deities, themes, and concepts. in horus s sky falcon form, his eyes could be regarded as the sun and the moon or as the morning and evening stars. references in the pyramid texts to the eye of horus being made small by the finger of seth may relate to lunar phenomena (see the egyptian year under cyclical time later in this chapter. later texts, such as book of the dead spell 17, imply that the eye was torn out and swallowed or broken into pieces by seth. in some versions, both eyes of horus are blinded or torn out. although seth is the aggressor, he is sometimes said to be punishing horus for mutilating or raping his mother, isis.41 in the cont

osiris. there were annual festivals in which corn mummies miniature figures of osiris filled with mud and seeds were planted in sacred areas and watered till they sprouted.51 these ceremonies were not just a remembrance of long-ago events; the death and renewal of osiris were seen as archetypal acts that maintained the cosmos. the mutilation and dismemberment of osiris could also be linked to the lunar calendar (see under moon in deities, themes, and concepts. the full moon could represent both the complete body of osiris and the complete eye of his son, horus. each month as the moon waned, the body of osiris and the eye of horus were divided. evil seemed to triumph, until the waxing of the moon completed these two symbols of beneficent power again. periodic eclipses of the moon were expla

terms for spitting that sound like the names shu and tefnut are used in this text. the egyptians were fond of etymological explanations for the nature of deities. these explanations are often false in linguistic terms, but they can provide information on religious ideas. 10. writers on egyptian myth refer to the eye of ra as the eye goddess or as the solar eye (the sun disk) in distinction to the lunar eye (the moon disk. 11. for this interpretation, see chapter iiic in allen, genesis in egypt. 12. in representations of solar deities, this cobra is shown in front of or coiled round the sun disk. the uraeus cobra formed part of many egyptian royal headdresses. 13. confusingly, in spite of the story of the sole eye searching for shu and tefnut, the eye is quite often identified as tefnut. th

only passed on to the initiated. some of the pyramid texts, which were for the eyes of the king, do claim to give the true name of the creator. new kingdom hymns threaten that any unauthorized person who speaks the true name of god will die instantly. 21. thoth may not originally have been linked to this myth, but the egyptian sense of symmetry demanded that as thoth restored the lost and wounded lunar eye of horus, he should also bring back the solar eye of ra. the various stages in the development of the myth cycle of the solar eye were first studied by h. junker in der auszug der hathor- tefnut aus nubien (berlin, 1911; and by w. spiegelberg in der gyptische mythus vom sonnenauge (strasbourg, 1918. 22. for a full translation, see miriam lichtheim, ancient egyptian literature, vol. 3: th

in j. f. borghouts, ancient egyptian magical texts (leiden, 1978. 39. h. te velde argues in seth, god of confusion (leiden, 1977) that the eye of horus was damaged because of sexual activity between horus and seth but that through the intervention of other deities, even this unorthodox union resulted in new life. 40. in this story the disk seems to be the solar disk, but in other versions it is a lunar aspect of thoth, who is born from the union of horus and seth. 41. a spell from the harris magical papyrus (bm 10042) refers to isis weeping on the riverbank after horus has had sex with her. this myth may have arisen through the common identification of horus with the fertility god min, the bull of his mother (see min in deities, themes, and concepts) 42. the myth is in the new kingdom papy

; bog hours 2, 3, 7; hmp; magical statue texts; mt; brp baal baal was a syrian storm and sky god often identified with seth. see also anat; seth babi (baba) babi was a fierce and virile baboon god. see also baboons 112 handbook of egyptian mythology baboons the dog-faced baboon (papio cynocephalus) was an important sacred animal. the male baboon was particularly associated with ferocious gods and lunar deities. baboons in a group were often dawn gods who helped the sun to rise. statues and figurines of baboons were placed in temples and tombs from the protodynastic period onward. a god called babi seems to have been endowed with the aggressive virility of a dominant male baboon. this deity lived on the entrails of the dead but could be persuaded to help deceased men to enjoy the pleasures

called babi seems to have been endowed with the aggressive virility of a dominant male baboon. this deity lived on the entrails of the dead but could be persuaded to help deceased men to enjoy the pleasures of sex in the afterlife. another early baboon deity was known simply as the great white one. he seems to have been a personification of the royal ancestors, but his name suggests that he had a lunar aspect. the lunar gods khonsu and thoth both had baboon forms. colossal statues of baboons flanked the entrance to thoth s greatest temple at hermopolis. initially this baboon form may only have been associated with thoth s lunar aspect. later it was prominent whenever thoth was honored as the god of scribes and writing, perhaps because a baboon s dexterous hands resemble those of people. in

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ng sheet. a cerecloth or funeral vestment was the garment used by the aforementioned sect in their rituals; this was indicative of the symbolic interconnection of life and death. sgian-dhu- the scottish knife- speculatively analogous to the skan-do-la, the mandaean ritual knife. sabbat- the witches' rite- stemming from az-sabbat, meaning' the forceful occasion' and from the sa-ba-tu- the sumerian lunar rite of the goddess inanna; this term by means of linguistic confluence equates with the semitic sabbath. note also that the ahl-i-haq, the people of truth- a middle-eastern tribal group, preserve a rite called the sabz which means 'the making green of things; they also sacrifice a cockerel at dawn to mark the liminal edge of night: a custom which has become a glyph of a certain arcanum in s

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t could have started and spread as it did. everybody's imagination was captured by the idea of this power, which is actually only a way to reinforce the mind's potential. as noted, the earliest witches were alchemists whose prime concern was discovering a chemical way to create gold. and there were women who taught young girls how to capture their true loves by digging certain roots under certain lunar phases. however, these women weren't really witches; they were superstitious peasants, thoroughly steeped in herbal lore, who lived throughout most of the european countries. herbs were used extensively in ancient rome, as well. they were not only employed for refreshment, but also burned as offerings to the gods. frequently, inhalation of certain fumes would cause odd reactions, which led t

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fl emigration, and the babylonians were one of the first peoples benefited thereby" these khaldi were the worshipers of the moon-god, deus-lunus, from which fact we may infer that the akkadi- ans if such must be their name: belonged to the race of the kings of the moon, whom tradition shows as having reigned in praydga now allah&bad. with them the trinity of deus-lunus was manifested in the three lunar phases, completing the quaternary with the fourth, and typi- fying the death of the moon-god in its gradual waning and final disap- pearance. this death was allegorised by them, and attributed to the triumph of the genius of evil over the light-giving deity; as the later na- tions allegorized the death of their sun-gods, c^iris and apollo, at the hands of lyphon and the great dragon ^thon, w

hitherto had the clev (among whom jacolliot must be numbered, as will appear on reading his works, why the fakir should be confined to the first or lowest degree of that course of initiation whose highest adepts, or hierofiluuits, are the sanny&sts, or members of the ancient supreme council of seventy. moreover, in book i of the hindo qenetu, or book of creation of manv, the pitru are called the lunar ancestors of the human race. hiey belong to a race of beings different from ourselves, and cannot properly be called 'human spirits' in the sense in which the spiritualists use this term. this is what is said of them "then they [the gods] created the yaktkaa, the r^lahatas, the pitdckaa* the gandharvaa" the apaaraaea, the amraa, the jvd* the sarpaa, the supamaa, and the phria" lunar anceator

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spread, and reappearing so unexpectedly, not only in the countries with which we are contemporaneously acquainted, but also in those old countries of which we in reality know very little, or nothing at all; for all history reads doubtfully, being written for popular purposes. in the temple-herren of nicolai there is an account of a gnostic gem, or talisman, which represents a cynocephalus, with a lunar disc on his head, standing in the act of adoration, with sceptrum displayed, before a column engraved with letters, and supporting a triangle. this latter architectural figure is, in fact, an obelisk. all the egyptian, obelisks were phalli. the triangle symbolises one of the pillars of hermes (hercules. the cynocephalus was sacred to him. the pillars of hermes have been judaiscd into solomon

d in the gilded ball, which means the final, or bhuddist, glorifying absorption. buildings have always telegraphed the insignia of the mythologies; and, in china, the fantastic speaks the sublime. we recognise the same embodied mythos in all architectural spiring or artistic diminution, whether tapering to the globe or exaltation of the egyptian ur us or the disc, or the sidonian crescent, or the lunar horns, or the acroterium of the greek temple, or the pediment of the classic pronaos itself (crowning, how grandly and suggestively, at solemn dawn, or in the spiritlustres of the dimming, and, still more than dawn, solemn 90 the rosicrucians. twilight, the top of some mountain, an ancient of the days. here, besetting us at every turn, meet we the same mythic emblem: again, in the crescent o

fore christ, to which, if you add 1790 years since christ, it appears that 16,984 years have elapsed since the origin of the zodiac (volney, ruins of empires, 1st english edition, 1792, p. 360. all white things express the celestial and luminous gods; all circular ones, the world, the moon, the sun, the destinies; all semicircular ones, as arches and crescents, are descriptive of the moon, and of lunar deities and meanings. the egyptians, says porphyry, employ every year a talisman in remembrance of the world. at the summer solstice, they mark their houses, flocks, and trees with red* see figs. 190, 191, 192, 195, post. see, also, pp. 47, 48, 52, 53, ante. 172 the rosicrucians. supposing that on that day the whole world had been set on fire. it was also at the same period that they celebra

the oracular stone at westminster seems only a piece of some pillar or lithos: but no one will attempt to dispute that it is an object of prodigious antiquity, and that its history is very remarkable and interesting. its place of deposit, too, the shrine of edward the confessor, is worthy of it; and both inspire deep reverence nay, an awful feeling. gnostic talisman. egyptian neith, surrounded by lunar emblems. chapter the twenty-second. ominous charater of the colour white to english royalty. e beg to premise that the following fears are not our belief, but that they are educed from old traditions old as england. it is a very ancient idea, derived from the highest antiquity, that the colour white which, considered in the mystic and occult sense, is feminine in its origin is fateful in its

hitecture are intended to carry an important meaning. they are found in the pointed or christian architecture in continual close connection with the triplicated zigzag, the vandykes, or aquarii, as we designate them, because all these architectural forms, which are hieroglyphs, mean the feminine or second prinfigures of the centuari. 241 ciple, and express the sign of aquarius, with its watery or lunar hints, its twin-fishes, and its jonah-like anagrams of the redeemer. hence the boat-like, elongated, peculiar form called the vesica piscis, which is the oblong shuttleshaped frame continually set over doors and windows and elsewhere in gothic churches, to contain effigies of the saviour, or virgin mary, or groups from the new testament in connection with these two sacred persons. a doorway

polis magna, in upper egypt. fig. 185. norman capital, door-shaft: honeysuckle-and-lotus ornament, early example. london, is a symbol of the blessed virgin; it is also the delphic e, or seleucidan anchor. fig. 186. ur on. fig. 187. winged disc. the horns of the talmud account for the mythological minotaur, the bucentaur, pan and priapus, the fig. 183. egyptian torus, lotus enrichment, and various lunar symbols. ionic, corinthian, and gothic volves. 251 sagittary or centaur, the sign" sagittarius, and perhaps all bicorporate human and animal forms. 188. 189. 190. fig. 188. ionic greek: egg-and-tongue moulding (two of the emblems of the mysteries. fig. 189. grecian moulding, expressing religious mysteries. fig. 190. corinthian temple of vesta. central flower, probably the egyptian lotus. in

n near the council-house, jerusalem. this fountain seems to be built of fragments; the 262 the rosicrucians. proof of which is that this inscribed stone (no. 2) is placed over half the discus. the whole structure, though oriental or saracenic abounds with gothic or pointed features. such are the frets, the spandrel-work, the hood-moulding &c. no. 3. query, aquarii? the aquarii always indicate the lunar element, or the female. the baptisteries dedicated to st. john, or to the s.s, are eight-sided. the baptisteria in italy follow the same emblematical rule. the sections into which the order of the knights of malta fig. 227. were divided were eight, answering to the eight points of the cross, which was their emblem. the order was composed of eight nations, whereof the english, which was one

which was called olic, becaus'e the olians, of all the tribes, retained the greatest traces of the original language. thus, the olians wrote or pronounced #o noj #el a, velia. the latin language was derived from the olic dialect, and naturally adopted the digamma, which it generally expressed by v. these significant, mysterious sounds and characters v, w, b, and f are reputed to be the key of the lunar, or feminine, apotheosis. the symbol (or that meant in the symbol) is the key-note, as it were, of all grecian architecture and art; which is all beauty, refinement, and elegance, with power at the highest. nails of the passion (three in the greek rite) single-cloven templar ensign. chapter the twenty-ninth. connection between the templars and gnosticism. he branch sect of the gnostics, call

osicrucian origin. deeply cut in a coarse-grained green jasper (gnostics, p. 213. fig. 243. egyptian apis, or golden calf. fig. 249: anubis walking; in each hand, a long egyptian sceptre terminating in a ball; in the field, the sun and moon (adjuncts marking the astrological character of this talisman, which therefore must be ascribed to the class of fig. 244. cancer grasping with one claw at the lunar crescent: gnostic gem fig. 245. ur on. fig. 246. ur on. fig. 247. ur us. abraxoids. the whole enclosed in a sunken circle. rev. micahl, between four stars. the cabalists make michael the angel of the sun. plasma of bad quality (the gnostics, p. 200) fig. 250: this object is the chnuphis serpent, to gnostic mysteries. 273 which frequent reference has been made in our book. the serpent, is rai

JESSUP MK THE CASE FOR THE UFO

sponsorship or financing, the jacket states that he explored inca ruins in peru, and concluded that the stonework he found there had been erected by the levitating power of space ships in antediluvian times. also: mr. jessup s latest explorations have taken him to the high plateau of mexico where he has discovered an extensive group of craters. they are as large as, and similar to, the mysterious lunar craters linne and hyginus n, and he believes them to have been made by objects from space. they are presently under study by means of aerial photography and the study will be ready for publication in approximately eighteen months. apparently the further exploration of the craters was never carried out. according to james w. moseley, former publisher of saucer news, jessup sought university

would not exist or if we did exist, our present geo-political situation would have the very time-bomish, ticking off towards destruction, atmosphere that now exists. alright, alright! the "result" was complete invisibility of a ship, destroyer type, and all of its crew while at sea (oct. 1943) the field was effective in an oblate spheroidal shape, extending one hundred yards (more or less, due to lunar position& latitude) out from each beam of the ship. any person within that sphere became vague in form but he too observed those persons aboard that ship as though they too were of the same state, yet were walking upon nothing. any person without that sphere could see nothing save the clearly defined shape of the ships hull in the water, providing of course, that that person was just close e

f one tries to make out that the presence of the great comets, or the activity of the red spot on jupiter, were influential in causing such events, but that all of these were concomitant is undeniable. if space life is limited to the earth-moon system, there is probably no common cause, but it must, however, be borne in mind. of greater pertinence is the observed and authenticated activity on the lunar surface during those and the immediately preceding years. not only were there appearances and disappearance of lunar craters abaout the size of some of the larger space craft which have been seen but there is some evidence that nebulous entities hover over these evanescent craters and contribute to their obscuration. observations of ufo phenomena and related events on or near the earth's sur

ndicative of intelligent action. cometary masses, on the other hand, will be more easily seen in other parts of the sky and are less likely to be using the neutral. look for them in the northern sky on dark nights and expect them to look exactly like small comets without tails, or like a small nebula. their rapid motions will give away their nature. watch the regions of terminator on the moon for lunar surface activity. you might get a surprise "what are we (humans) that thou hast placed us only a little "lower than the angels" are ufo's russian the october 1946, issue of the intelligence digest said: the soviets have ordered the building of a special centre of astronomical research--in which will be a number of institutes, observatories and special airdromes where flying observatories, sp

near home to concern the exploring mind. yet visual observation rolled up a record in the later years of the 19th century which may turn out to be astronomy's magnum opus for the race of mankind. the first of the two little events took place in an obscure corner of the mare serenitatis, which is one of the seas, or dark areas, which make up the man in the moon. near the modest sized but wellknown lunar crater called hyginus by the selenographers, there appeared sometime in 1877, without fuss or warning, a small but perfect and distinct crater. it was only a few short miles in diameter. it was just big enough to be comfortably seen with the small telescopes of that day. orthodox astronomers, who did not believe in changes of the moon, refused to accept the word of the selenographers at firs

of light in the sea were seen again in may and june of 1880, reported from more than one vessel at sea. the three lights moving in the ravine at st. petersburg were seen on july 30, 1880. luminous phenomena continued to appear on the moon throughout 1879-80, including a luminous line, cable or wall which was seen january 23, definitely dividing in half the very brilliant interior of the prominent lunar crater aristarchus, which has been carefully studied for centuries by those who suspect the moon of harboring life in some form. this was seen and sketched by trouvelot, one of the few skilled astronomical observers with artistic ability. a dead "sea serpent" was found at sea in early 1880, and sailors danced on its upturned belly. something similar, like a turtle sixty feel long and forty f

K AMBER THE BASICS OF MAGICK

. power animals, totems and familiars; shapeshifting s. tree magick t. dreamcraft u. ritual tool magick v. invocation, evocation and going into aspect w. symbols, sigils and images; tattvic symbols; numerology x. conjuration or summoning; banishing or exorcism y. commemoration or linking z. past life regression or recall aa. pathworking on the tree of life bb. ceremonial magic viii. timing a. the lunar cycle b. the wheel of the year c. astrological conjunctions d. planetary hours and days e. individual biorhythms ix. creating your own reality, following your true will prepared by: amber k our lady of the woods the basics of magick get any book for free on: www.abika.com 4 used by permission* magick 1- why magick* the ability to think seems to set us apart from other creatures. and although

KASAK VEEDE UNDERSTANDING PLANETS IN ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA

oth language and writing; naturally there were also differences between babylonian and assyrian dialects. in the current article we use mostly later writings in problematic cases as the consensus is that mesopotamia was on the highest level of astrological and astronomical development in the late babylonian period (kugler 1909/10: 27; barton 1994: 20.22. 12 figure 3. neo-assyrian prediction about lunar eclipses. hunger 1992, text no. 535, plate xiv (tablet 80.7.19, 103; obverse) for transliteration and translation see hunger 1992: 293. the planetary gods of mesopotamia the mesopotamian pantheon is quite tangled because different cultures and ages have added to it. e.g. sumerians honoured ca 1000 gods, about fifty of whom were considered the main gods, and especially important were seven go

KETAB E SIYAH

f woman yet also man's member betwixt the thighs; and also was the flesh of this monster alien to us, coloured of the purest white whereas ours, as is most apparent to your sight, is tawny brown as is the soil of the earth; and the hair that cascaded as some shining cataract upon the shoulders and the prince's back was not jet like that of woman or of man but was like copper burning in the silver lunar light. this ruddy mane framed two orbs of noble light, green like emeralds within their holes whereas our own eyes are the same hue that does colour our own tan flesh. yet also from the angel's back sprung wings, as we have not, of most radiant gold like the very sun of day, and from the skull of this apparence sprouted curved horns of ivory the same as might adorn the deer that we hunt to f

LAITMAN M THE KABBALAH EXPERIENCE

ome reason hidden from us. when i study kabbalah, i know that there are no creatures like us, creatures that the creator assigned with a certain goal. what does it matter if there is something else on earth, or on another planet, if the creator wants to contact you, and not them? a n e c l i p s e o f t h e s u n a n d a l u n a r e c l i p s e q: how should i relate to and prepare for a solar or lunar eclipse? a: i don t want to disappoint you, but the best advice that i can give you is to simply ignore it. such events only psychologically affect people, who long for a change for the better. b e l i e f s, m y s t i c i s m a n d t h e s u p e r n a t u r a l 301 there will be no change. nothing will happen because man has arbitrarily set up a calendar based on the movement of the earth a

the upper worlds. 289 becoming a great egoist. 291 witchcraft and kabbalah. 291 meditation. 292 tarot cards. 293 pleasure hunt. 294 cults and ceremonies. 294 esoteric teachings. 295 evil eye. 295 a curse. 296 satan is within. 297 the truth behind the supernatural. 297 shambalah. 298 the physical body is meaningless here. 298 man is alone with his purpose. 299 ufos. 299 an eclipse of the sun and a lunar eclipse. 300 parapsychology. 301 astrology..302 gimatria. 305 graves of righteous people. 305 the well of miriam. 306 t h e k a b b a l a h e x p e r i e n c e 438 the western wall and other miracles. 307 miracles. 308 the discovery of the origins of truth. 309 c h a p t e r 8. p r a y e r, r e q u e s t a n d a i m. 310 the meaning of prayer..310 method to a choice..310 how can one discover

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

channeling, transcendental meditation, holistic medicine, buddhism, hinduism, mormonism, islam, orthodox church, roman catholicism. at law enforcement training conferences, it is witchcraft, santeria, paganism, and the occult that are most often referred to as forms of satanism. it may be a matter of definition, but these things are not necessarily the same as traditional satanism. the worship of lunar goddesses and nature and the practice of fertility rituals are not satanism. santeria is a combination of 17th century roman catholicism and african paganism. occult means simply hidden. all unreported or unsolved crimes might be regarded as occult, but in this context the term refers to the action or influence of supernatural powers, some secret knowledge of them, or an interest in paranorm

LIBER O

ry and complete; then trace the upper triangle from its left hand point and complete. 1\ 2# trace the astrological sigil- of the planet in the centre of/ your hexagram\ for the zodiac use the- hexagram of the planet which *2-*1 rules the sign you require (777, col. xxxviii) but draw\ the astrological sigil of the- sign, instead of that of the 1 *1 planet *2 2# for caput and cauda draconis use the lunar hexagram, with the sigil of cauda draconis or caput draconis. to banish, reverse the hexagram. in all cases use a conjuration first with ararita, and next with the name of the god corresponding to the planet or sign you are dealing with. the hexagrams pertaining to the planets are as in plate on preceding page. 2. these rituals should be practised until the figures drawn appear in flame, in

LIBER 777

g to the attributions in agrippa (tom. ii cap. x; hence the duplication of left and right eye, ear and nostril. line 15: budge has hands. line 32 bis: alim chayyim, the living gods. col. xxiii. nothing and neither p nor p) and beaten and scattered corpse each denote two different meditations. col. xxxiv. line 13: add selene who was a personification of the moon as distinct from the goddesses with lunar aspects such as artemis, hekate, etc. similarly helios was a personification of the sun. see betz (ed. the greek magical papyri in translation. col. xxxv. agrippa (de occ. phil. tom ii cap xiv) in his orphic scale of the number twelve refers the twelve principle gods of rome to the zodiac: a pallas (minerva) g vulcan b venus h mars c phoebus i diana d mercury j vesta e jupiter k juno f ceres

LIBER ALEPH

true dreams; for it is written that he giveth unto his beloved in sleep. prepare thyself therefore in this way, as a good knight should do. a liber aleph vel cxi 18% de somno lucido (of the sleep of light) ow know this also that at the end of that secret way lieth a garden wherein is a rest house prepared for thee. for to him whose physical needs of whatever kind are not truly satisfied cometh a lunar or physical sleep appointed to refresh and recreate by cleansing and repose; but on him that is bodily pure the lord bestoweth a solar or lucid sleep, wherein move images of pure light fashioned by the true will. and this is called by the qabalists the sleep of shiloam, and of this doeth also porphyry make mention mention, and cicero, with many other wise men of old time. compare, o my son

LIBER LXVII THE SWORD OF SONG

,81 for liberation of the soul !82 this once, the truth! in future, best dismissing jesus with a jest. ah! christ ascends ?83 ascension day? old wonders bear the bell84 away? santos-dumont, though! who can say? 745 750 755 760 765 770 775 780 the reader may hope. summary. reader dismissed to chapel. future plans of poet. jesus dismissed with a jest. the jest. 22 pentecost to-day thrice halves the lunar week since you, indignant, heard me speak indignant. then i seemed to be so far from christianity! now, other celebrations fit the time, another song shall flit responsive to another tune. september.s shadow falls on june, but dull november.s darkest day is lighted by the sun of may. here.s now i got a better learning. it.s a long lane that has no turning! mad as a woman-hunted urning, the l

ay he left her and came to her who had initiated him before he was initiated; and with he he abode eight days and twenty days :3 and she gave him gifts. 1 lamed means ox-goad; aleph, an ox. lamed aleph means no, the denial of aleph lamed, el, god. 2 read reverse, the star= the will and the great work] is to fold up the sephiroth; i.e. to attain nirvana. 3 the houses of the moon. all the gifts are lunar symbols. sapientiae lux viris baculum. femina rapta inspirit gaudium. pleiades. dignitates. amicitia. amor. sophia. 82 appendix ii the first day, a camel; the second day, a kiss; the third daty, a star-glass; the fourth day, a beetle.s wing; the fifth day, a crab; the sixth day, a bow; the seventh day, a quiver; the eighth day, a stag; the ninth day, an horn; the tenth day, a sandal of silve

LIBER O

lower triangle, dextro-rotary, and complete; then trace the upper triangle from its lefthand point and complete. trace the astrological sigil of the planet in the centre of your hexagram. for the zodiac use the hexagram of the planet which rules the sign you require(.777. col. cxxxviii; but draw the astrological sigil of the sign instead of that of the planet. for caput and cauda draconis use the lunar hexagram, with the sigil of< or. to banish reverse the hexagram. in all cases use a conjuration first with ararita, and next with the name of the god corresponding to the planet or sign you are dealing with.13 the hexagrams pertaining to the planets are as in [figure above].14 invoking 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 2,11 3,10 4,9 6,7 5,8 banishing 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 2,11 5,8 6,7 4,9 3,10 liber

LIBER XV CHYMICAL JOUSTING OF PERARDUA

and straight, even according unto the seven centres of his intention that he bare about him in the hollow tube that hath thirty and two joints. liber lv 2 he slayeth sir amorex le desirous. these plants did our brother perardua pluck, as the mystic rites ordain; and these did he heat furiously in his alembic, yet with vegetable heat alone, while he kept them ever moist, dropping upon them of his lunar water, whereof he had three and seventy minims left of the eight and seventy that his father had given him; and these he had borne upon a camel through the desert unto this place where he now was, which is called the oasis of the lion, even as the whole regimen that in the end he accomplished is in the form of a lion. thus then his lion waxed exceeding thirsty, and licked up all that dew. bu

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

be the moon. see also bil and hjuki; managarm; mundilfoeri; sol. references and further reading: although mani obviously figured prominently in nineteenth-century solar mythological readings of the mythology, such readings have faded away. an exception was leonhard franz, gdie geschichte vom monde in der snorra-edda h mitteilungen der islandfreunde 10 (1922.1923: 45.48, which argued for a kind of lunar mythology. ernst alfred philippson, germanisches heidentum bei den angelsachsen, kolner anglistische arbeiten, 4 (leipzig: b. tauchnitz, 1929, nicely surveyed the evidence for the worship of the moon and sun among the germanic tribes who migrated to england. rudolf much, however, had the last word. his gmondmythologie und wissenschaft, h archiv fur religionswissenschaft 37 (1941.1942: 231.26

LUCIFERIAN SORCERY

ay- hawk headed lord of fire, guardian of the eastern quarter. horus ialanpa zarasu manifest unto this circle, blood covered hawk of sunrise! come forth and guard this rite! zariza nalaia sroha 20 eastern guardian of the gateway- thoth, lamp and wisdom of the moon, guardian of the arte magickal come forth and guard the southern quarter open thy scrolls of sorcerous knowledge i seek the gateway of lunar awakening! azothoz thoth likalia northern quarter guardian of the gateway- set-an ziorzo, bringer of the black flame guardian of the northern quarter, i summon thee forth to protect and fortify this circle typhon sothis, do come forth! lord of darkness, night and storms of chaos! i summon thee forth to guard and protect this rite! ad alantra sorio sabriao atumaza seth from each guardian that

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

n the name of isis. while le plongeon may be right, the possible historical queen sinks into insignificance when compared with the allegorical, symbolic world virgin; and the fact that she appears among so many different races and peoples discredits the theory that she was a historical individual. according to sextus empyricus, the trojan war was fought over a statue of the moon goddess. for this lunar helena, and not for a woman, the greeks and trojans struggled at the gates of troy. several authors have attempted to prove that isis, osiris, typhon, nephthys, and aroueris (thoth, or mercury) were grandchildren of the great jewish patriarch noah by his son ham. but as the story of noah and his ark is a cosmic allegory concerning the repopulation of planets at the beginning of each world pe

n again, he cannot see the kingdom of god (john iii. 3) white, yellow, and red signify the three principal colors of the alchemical, hermetical, universal medicine after the blackness of its putrefaction is over. the ancients gave the name isis to one of their occult medicines; therefore the description here given relates somewhat to chemistry. her black drape also signifies that the moon, or the lunar humidity--the sophic universal mercury and the operating substance of nature in alchemical terminology--has no light of its own, but receives its light, its fire, and its vitalizing force from the sun. isis was click to enlarge the sistrum "the sistrum is designed* to represent to us, that every thing must be kept in continual agitation, and never cease from motion; that they ought to be mus

he dog-headed" because of his faithfulness and integrity. he is shown crowned with a solar nimbus, carrying in one hand the crux ansata, the symbol of eternal life, and in the other a serpent-wound staff symbolic of his dignity as counselor of the gods. click to enlarge the egyptian madonna. from lenoir's la franche-maconnerie. isis is shown with her son horus in her arms. she is crowned with the lunar orb, ornamented with the horns of rams or bulls. orus, or horus as he is more generally known, was the son of isis and osiris. he was the god of time, hours, days, and this narrow span of life recognized as mortal existence. in all probability, the four sons of horus represent the four kingdoms of nature. it was horus who finally avenged the murder of his father, osiris, by slaying typhon, t

chin and boaz of freemasonry--symbolizing the fact that nature attains productivity by means of polarity. as wisdom personified, isis stands between the pillars of opposites, demonstrating that understanding is always found at the point of equilibrium and that truth is often crucified between the two thieves of apparent contradiction. the sheen of gold in her dark hair indicates that while she is lunar, her power is due to the sun's rays, from which she secures her ruddy complexion. as the moon is robed in the reflected light of the sun, so isis, like the virgin of revelation, is clothed in the glory of solar luminosity. apuleius states that while he was sleeping he beheld the venerable goddess isis rising out of the ocean. the ancients realized that the primary forms of life first came ou

n portions of the heavens, which were probably consecrated to those particular personified attributes, which they respectively represented (the symbolical language of ancient art and mythology) some authorities are of the opinion that the zodiac was originally divided into ten (instead of twelve) houses, or "solar mansions" in early times there were two separate standards--one solar and the other lunar--used for the measurement of the months, years, and seasons. the solar year was composed of ten months of thirty-six days each, and five days sacred to the gods. the lunar year consisted of thirteen months of twenty-eight days each, with one day left over. the solar zodiac at that time consisted often houses of thirty-six degrees each. the first six signs of the zodiac of twelve signs were r

-the fountain of matter; then the fountain of the archangels; the fountain of the senses; of judgment; of lightning; of reflections; and of characters of unknown composition. they say that the highest material fountains are those of apollo, osiris, and mercury--the fountains of the centers of the elements 'thus, they understood by the sun as ruler the solar world; by the material archangelic, the lunar world; by the fountain of the senses, the world of saturn; by judgment, jupiter; by lightning, mars; by that of the reflections, or mirrors, the world of venus; by the fountain of characters, the world of mercury. all these are shown by the figures in the center pane of the tablet" the upper panel contains the twelve figures of the zodiac arranged in four triads. the center figure in each gr

lous, and the faces, furies, and graces. this number is called wisdom, because men organize the present, foresee the future, and benefit by the experiences of the fast. it is cause of wisdom and understanding. the triad is the number of knowledge--music, geometry, and astronomy, and the science of the celestials and terrestrials. pythagoras taught that the cube of this number had the power of the lunar circle. the sacredness of the triad and its symbol--the triangle--is derived from the fact that it is made up of the monad and the duad. the monad is the symbol of the divine father and the duad of the great mother. the triad being made of these two is therefore androgynous and is symbolic of the fact that god gave birth to his worlds out of himself, who in his creative aspect is always symb

g its own tail. the second numbered major trump is called la papesse, the female pope, and has been associated with a curious legend of the only woman who ever sat in the pontifical chair. pope joan is supposed to have accomplished this by masquerading in malt attire, and was stoned to death when her subterfuge was discovered. this card portrays a seated woman crowned with a tiara surmounted by a lunar crescent. in her lap is the tora, or book of the law (usually partly closed, and in her left hand are the keys to the secret doctrine, one gold and the other silver. behind her rise two pillars (jachin and boaz) with a multicolored veil stretched between. her throne stands upon a checker-hoard floor. a figure called juno is occasionally substituted for la papesse. like the female hierophant

on. the vehicle of the solar energy being numbered seven reveals the arcane truth that the seven planers are the chariots of the solar power which rides victorious in their midst. the four columns supporting the canopy represent the four mighty ones who uphold the worlds represented by the starstrewn drapery. the figure carries the scepter of the solar energy and its shoulders are ornamented with lunar crescents--the urim. and thummim. the sphinxes drawing the chariot resent the secret and unknown power by which the victorious ruler is moved continuously through the various parts of his universe. in certain tarot decks the victor signifies the regenerated man, for the body of the chariot is a cubic stone. the man in armor is not standing in the chariot but is rising out of the cube, thus t

MASTERING WITCHCRAFT

going to bed, take a warm bath in which has been mixed a few drops of the following mixture: oil of lavender oil of rosemary oil of peppermint oil of thyme powdered poppy seed while you are taking the bath, fumigate your bedroom with an incense composed of: camphor powdered aloeswood jasmine pulverized cucumber seeds powdered white sandalwood all of these are to be used in equal parts. this is a lunar incense, the moon being the ruler of sleep and dreams. before you lie down to sleep, write your question on a piece of plain white paper with your pen and ink of art, and place the paper and a small sachet of wormwood herb (artemesia) under your pillow. if the spell works, you should have your answer to the question in the morning. necromancy the summoning of the dead has always been conside

, by any of the aforesaid names you may find significant again a little mythological research will help you here. you should strive to contact the goddess before your spells of romantic love, by visualizing her clad in silvery garments, mantled in darkness wherein the stars dimly gleam, and with long streaming hair. she is crowned with a wreath of flowers and corn, while above her brow shines the lunar disk on either side of which rise two rearing serpents. on her right hand perches her symbolic bird, the white dove. all flowers and blossoms, particularly those with a perfume, are sacred to the lady, and before beginning the more complex operations of love it is as well to strew your altar with them. apart from the associative symbolism of flowers, they also give off a subtle magnetism whi

in hertha's name" the carving should take the form of an accenting of salient features of the root. you must then replant the root in either a churchyard or a place where two paths meet or cross. this ensures maximum potency. failing either of these two locations, any patch of soil convenient to you will do. prior to replanting, you should again draw a deosil circle in the soil. now for the next lunar month, twentyeight days from when you initially uprooted it, you must water the plant regularly. some witches use a mixture of distilled water and blood, others that of distilled water and milk. in either case the distilled water should predominate over the other liquid in a proportion of about twelve parts to one, making thirteen in all. when the lunar month has elapsed and midnight is appr

ee of life. traditionally, the alraun was a device used by warlocks rather than witches. the time of year for its composition differs in no way from the mandragore. you must first seek out your rowan tree, and on the night of the waxing moon, draw a circle around it deosil with your athame, declaring your intention to compose an alraun in hertha's name. having done this, water the tree for a full lunar month with the same mixture as used for the mandragore, mentally selecting a reasonably thick branch for carving and declaring your intent each time you do it. at the end of the month, you must sever the selected branch with your athame, and carve it into a small female image, anything between five to twelve inches long, using a similar spoken charm as the mandragore one while you work away

ly, the hour chosen for this operation is the stroke of midnight, but actually the best time for the attack is when you feel your victim is fast asleep, and therefore at his most defenceless. in most cases this would be sometime during the early hours of the morning. you must begin the first of this series of bewitchments, as with your black fast, on or just after the new moon, that period of the lunar month known in the craft as the dark of the moon. every night, at exactly the same time if you can manage it, cast a floor triangle similar to the one in chapter 4, using a martial incense of wrath and chastisement in the thurible; on your altar should be a phial of your sabbat oil (see last part of chapter 7 for this, your lamps of art, and of course your chalice; the cord, athame, and work

e great lion from the watchtower of the south must be invoked, and your fiery athame or sword must be brandished as a magical emblem; burn an incense of wrath and chastisement. thunor and all the storm gods must attend on you! finally, for mist, cloud, or rain, invoke the lady habondia as ruler of the great waters, and that serpent of old, mighty tiamat, from the watchtower of the west. burn your lunar incense from chapter 3, and use your chalice of salt water as the magical weapon of invocation, performing the operation on a monday at 8 a.m, 3 p.m, or 10 p.m. should you wish to "pre-set" the storm for a future unspecified time, an old witch device is to bind the invoked force into a talisman which is then "discharged" at the appropriate moment. about the best device for this purpose is th

tly from an old custom dealing with "territorial rights" in some circles referred to as the covendom, and partly from the days of the persecutions, when smallness of number was considered a wise precaution. similarly, the unusual number of thirteen members may also have this foundation, although there are many magical reasons behind the number, not least of them being the thirteen full moons to a lunar year. some modem witches claim, however, that thirteen has a more pragmatic import, inasmuch as it is the largest number of folk that can comfortably be squeezed into a nine-foot circle. the word "coven" itself is derived from the latin noun conventus, meaning "a gathering or assembly" it is the same root which gives us our words "convent "convention "covenant" and "convene" the occasions at

t for the magister "old brazen nose) he will naturally wear any witch jewels he possesses, also. the lady or high priestess, on the other hand, may life-wise wear a robe or nothing at all, depending on the type coven she belongs to. the robes can vary in colour, the usual colour preferred being white, although black, green, red, or blue ones have been used. upon her forehead she may bind a silver lunar crescent, horns upwards, or alternatively have her hair flowing and free. she will wear all her witch jewels as well, including of course the mandatory necklace. during the sabbats, the magister's headpiece will be adorned with a simple short candle rising from the centre, which is lit during the proceedings. this symbolizes his role as the lord of the sun, lucifer, the light bearer. in some

sign of death and rebirth used in your necromancy ritual. it signifies many things. primarily it is the sign of osiris, seen as synonymous with hades, dis, and the horned one as god of death. it also represents the skull and crossbones itself, and finally the erect phallus flanked by twin testes below. the gesture of the high priestess is the mirror image of the magister's. it represents both the lunar crescent, the womb of space, and the horns of hathor, all of which are symbols pertaining to isis, the great egyptian mother goddess and consort of osiris. as such, the magister and high priestess are the human representatives of the two great archetypal poles of life, whether you conceive of them as isis and osiris, summer and winter, life and death, or yin and yang. having called down the

MATHERS MACGREGOR THE GREATER KEY OF SOLOMON VOL 1

things which are submitted to the power of man. there are different kinds of spirits, according to the things over which they preside, some of them govern the empyrean heaven, others the primum mobil, others the first and second crystalline, others the starry heaven; there are also spirits of the heaven of saturn, which i call saturnites. there are jovial, martial, solar, venerean, mercurial, and lunar spirits; there are also (spirits) in the elements as well as in the heavens, there are some in the fiery region, others in the air, others in the water, and others upon the earth, which can all render service to that man who learns their nature, and knows how to attract them. furthermore, i wish to make thee understand that god hath destined to each one of us a spirit, which watches over us

MATHERS MACGREGOR THE LESSER KEY OF SOLOMON LEMEGETON VOL 3

t went into the preparations for any single operation of the art. calculating a single astrological chart by hand, without even the aid of a pre-calculated ephemeris, could consume many hours. there is one flaw in this sophistication, and it appears in the first paragraph of the book. there the author describes how the power governed by the angels ruling the dawn hour varies according to the day; lunar on monday, martial on tuesday, etc. presumably the angels of the remaining hours either govern the same power, or follow something akin to the traditional cabalistic system of planetary hours, described in the greater key of solomon and many other places. the problem with this is that the procedures described in the remainder of the book suggest that an entirely different system is being use

MICHAEL FORD WITCHMOON

piration behind this grimoire, the goddess of the triple moon, of youth, of wisdom and of darkness..she who resides in the north, whose masks are many, lilith, diana, az, those daughters who shall meet thee in the crossroads blessed is her terrible name, she who blesses and curses with a glance o mother of the bleeding moon, o bride of chaos and darkness born may the pages of this book reveal thy lunar splendor, when shadows envelop and open your eyes through her caul hekas, hekas, hecate! 3 3 the book of the witch moon a grimoire of luciferian witchcraft, vampyrism and chaos sorcery by michael w. ford 1999- 2003 edited by jake stratton-kent introduction by peter j. carroll illustrations by elda isela ford, nathaniel harris and shemyaza of immortal coil designs. additional art by austin os

h exploring and developing upon, building and expanding it by every living breath, opening the vortex of the mind towards the current of witch blood that waits beyond. what we are offering is a system based on witches sabbat/sethanic/luciferian witchcraft and the zos kia cultus. the primal aspect of vampirism (spelled also vampyrism) plays a significant role in the exploration of the self in it's lunar phase. you will notice the varied topics discussed, i find each relevant towards the proper training of a magickian. topics as yoga, cabalistic lore, chaos, sethian witchcraft and the zos kia cultus all holds a great line feeding each gnosis. take from it what you will but never sacrifice hard work and hard training for an easy out. once such a mistake is made, your very self is fodder for c

h of the sorcerer is never an easy or safe one, many of the greatest dangers exist in the subconscious realm. vampirism has existed and grown in the european psyche for generations, stretching some thousands of years. the same is true with lycanthropy, shape shifting and the darker aspects of witchcraft. lycanthropy is closely connected with the dual aspects of sex and death, as is vampirism. the lunar current which the sorcerer opens and becomes aligned with is based on the aspect of hidden desire and lustful atavisms which manifest in the spirit and form of a wolf, owl, cat and other such animal. lycanthropy can be a useful exercise and individual power points which can be used effectively on the astral plane. this book is meant as a grimoire for the balanced sorcerer. the purpose of thi

the sigil involves an inverted pentagram within the center, thus invoking a 'sinister' reaction from most people. the pentagram is not by any means meant as either 'satanic' or 'evil, however to merely invoke the essence of inverse, or choronzonic rites which involve a semblance of the death posture in order to reach the heart of it's being. this sigil is a representation of night side, shadow or lunar forces. these forces are actively a part of the individual subconscious and compose most of the matter of the brain. fear not the powers of your mind, embrace the shadows! i had two partners who seemed to hold a genuine interest in magick until they were faced with the rites we had planned. the sigil was painted and drawn on both a parchment and a back drop for the altar, giving an ominous d

ht. when our heads rest upon the ground our spirits rise through the dream and the world of the night side. the witch-cult exists in numerous points of the earth, we walk silently among all and harm not one unless provoked. we are shadow and the essence of the green earth is our being. the witch blood emanates deep within the subconscious of each sorcerer, awaiting the moment the wizard opens the lunar current towards atavistic resurgence (2. the vampire spirit too exists in dream and so with it we shall walk, in joyous brotherhood and sisterhood. the eight earthly sabbaths' are as a form and focus for the dreaming rite, in which those of witch blood meet in ecstasy. the earthly sabbat is as a gate and purification zone whose purpose is to create the astral grounds in which the meeting is

own magical name on ones instruments of the craft, or inscribing sigils (if you wish a simple means of creating sigils. the witches alphabet, as it is known, is called theban. attributed to honorius, theban is an ancient script of runes from which the sorcerers of old inscribed many of their instruments and the inking of spells to hide from profane eyes. invoking the goddess- manifestation of the lunar current what is the connection between the zos kia cultus, thelema and witchcraft? the answer is the goddess, the all-prevailing woman who is the avatar of the gods, bringer of birth, life and death. through her eros and thanatos are united. the goddess can assume many guises and forms, hecate, lilith, kali, isis and babalon. in these forms she will manifest in the witch. the witches sabbat

dess, her vehicle upon earth being the scarlet woman, the divine manifestation of lust and strength. there is a well known saying 'behind every great man there is a woman, indeed, the all pervading woman. such a sentence can denote any particular aspect of woman, meaning mother, wife, lover, daughter or any female identity as she defines herself. a point within this phrase is that the feminine or lunar side of each individual should be well recognized and explored. also that men can learn a lot from women, and on numerous levels. a balanced relationship provides a stability in the partners life no matter how strong the individual is. it is not saying men are useless, far from it, each should be willing to listen and learn from one another. there is no stronger union than two who understand

otion the process of creation. the union of male and female with a magickal aim or focus presents an accessible window to the astral and dream plane. thus through oz being pan can desire become flesh. it is through the divine woman that the essence of magick and witchcraft is found. those seeking beyond this path will often miss it altogether, due to the consistent denial of ones' own feminine or lunar side which must be invariably joined with the male or sun aspect. babalon the mysteries of babalon do hold a significant modern point within some witchcraft covens or groups. we must first discover what babalon was, is and is moving towards to recognize this brilliant feminine flame within each man and woman. babalon is the qabalistically restored spelling of the biblical babylon, the great

as the sender of nocturnal visions (dreaming visitation. hecate is depicted as a woman or hag with three heads, each facing a different direction. it is said that hecate is seen in all three phases of the moon. mythology has painted a vision of the witch mother with two or sometimes all three heads being that of beasts. each animal represents an atavistic desire which manifests in her current of lunar energy. this power would propel her towards the goddess incarnation of the witch cult and many lines of sorcery. the moon is represented as a significant feminine force, based and connected with the element water. hecate is rumored to be of thracian origin although her base was within the roman and greek pantheons. though daughter of two light based deities, perses and asteria, hecate dwelle

MICHAEL TSARION ATLANTIS ALIEN VISITATION AND GENETIC MANIPULATION

the glitches in the modules, satellites, and spacetelescopes that our satanic demigods put into orbit. the moons orbit was preciselysynchronized to move with the earth. being exactly the same size as the sun seenfrom earth, and we always only perceive one side of the moon. the moon is muchlarger than the satellites of other planets and is conjectured to be a recent addition toour sky. a study of lunar symbolism and numerology is also extremely instructive. in ritual magicand ceremonial geomancy, we also find the protecting circle in which the magician stands. itmust soon be realized that these seemingly quaint images and motifs have a deep interstellarimplication. this is why we see so many planetary and sabean symbols in occult books, andwhy occult symbols turn up on the institutes of go

an man's libido was directed toward and aligned with the persona drives, and histhinking became atomistic and linear rather than holotropic and synergistic. this artifi-cial life commenced in a relatively short period of time. with the advent of post-dilu-vian monotheistic religions, the rise of the anthrocentric philosophies and the declineof the primordial egalitarian and ecocentric stellar and lunar cults, homo atlantiswas thrown out of paradise, out of eden. deprived of his umbilical connection to theearth mother, man took his first step on the road to oblivion.perhaps we will never fully understand the mystery of that original mutation from egalitar-ian to state society. certainly no standard explanations are adequate (david watson, thepathology of civilization. there is no evidence e

should be an absolute contraindication to further inoculation. theunited states medical establishment ignores and suppresses the data. american physicians maintain thatthe damage caused is small compared to lack of 'serious' reactions in children vaccinated. no data hasever been found to justify a basis for this conclusion. 1958 soviets on may 1 attempt to launch a mission with the objective of a lunar flyby or impact.launch failure. 1958 the u.s. on aug. 17 attempts to launch a thor-able 1 rocket with an initial lunar probe. thelaunch vehicle explodes. 1958 the soviets attempt another lunar probe launch on sept. 24. launch failure. 1958 john mccone becomes chairman of the atomic energy commission. bechtel becomes theworld's largest contractor for building nuclear plants. mccone would late

ect argus nuclear detonations in space create radiation belts. 1958 international geophysical year exploration of polar regions. 1958 the u.s. launches pioneer i on october 11th with the intention of orbiting the moon. the launchfailed to achieve required velocity. another attempt is made on november 8th with pioneer 2. failed toachieve required velocity. 1958 soviets attempt but fail to launch a lunar flyby probe on nov. 26th. 1958 the u.s. launches lunar probe pioneer 3. fails to achieve required velocity but gains radiation beltdata around the earth. 1958 in october 1958, dr. j.f. montague, a medical doctor, published material reflecting his growingconcern over fluoridation in the journal of the international college of surgeons connecting the pres-ence of fluorine in the human body to

erves for federal reserve notes removed. 1968 the regime of pol pot in cambodia was responsible for 2,397,000 murders between 1968 and1987. 1968 martin luther king assassinated. 1968 reinhard gehlen retires from the federal intelligence service. 1968 outer space hydroponics research project established under the administration of dr. arthur pil-grim, funded by boeing, for use on the moon. project lunar base alpha one. project would last until1972. 1968 with funding from george grant hogg, heir to the j.c.penny fortune, the brotherhood of eternallove sets up lsd and hashish production and marketing operations in costa rica. 1968 general electric recalls 90,000 color televisions emitting x-rays. 1968 the kaiser group founded. group composed of 60 german-americans who want to make nixona dict

ments, pl100-297 establishes the nationalcooperative education statistics system to involve state and federal governments in a mutual effort toproduce state comparable and nationally uniform data on public and private school systems. 1988 internet computer virus jams 6,000 military computers in the u.s.1988 british perform first brain cell transplants. 1988 texas a&m university conducts study for lunar boring machine with a lithium cooled reactor. 1988 the b-2 stealth bomber is unveiled. 1988 the u.s. environmental protection agency declares scrap dental amalgam to be a hazardouswaste material. mercury comprises over 50% of the silver dental filling. mercury is a protoplasmicpoison more toxic than lead, cadmium, and arsenic. dr. thomas clarkson and dr. john hursh of theuniversity of roches

MICHAEL W FORD THE VAMPIRE GATE

sm is a foundation focus of the luciferian path. liber nehebkau, origins of the vampire in ancient egypt, the tuat- abode of the serpents of the evil eye, liber aapep, vampirism and the red and black serpent, vampirism as technique, the nine angles, the hell gates of duzhahu, invocation of astwihad& druj nasu- the black sun rite of vampirism, nature is more atrocious- sex magick andthe birth of a lunar intelligence, the nine angles and satanic magick- a study of the symbolism of the ona, alphabet of desire, a ritual of qlippothic descent and luciferian ascent, shades of algol, the sabbats, chi as the elixir of immortality and much more. introduction by peter j. carroll, author of liber null/psychonaut and liber kaos writes if you choose to embrace and live the cthonic murk and stygian dark

MICHAEL W FORD NOX UMBRA

ng hear me darkest spirits of the abyss come forth from your mansion within the moon and the grave i open now the left gate of becoming- zazas zazas nasatanada zazas by the sign of the shadow, arimanius i summon thee! by the eight tomb of the sah, whom is called the quarter song of the grave by the first which is the name zaresha, devouress who waits beyond lilith's caul came now before my cup of lunar blood, congress with my shadow in the sexual union of the dragon and whore by the second which is the name azosha, whom burns the flame of the dead in the emerald light of azrail, guard this temple and grave-bed from which i rest by the third which is the name andar, being the bearer of cunning fire and blackened flame of ahrimanic sight, bring the shadow wisdom to i who seeks to immolate an

ay- hawk headed lord of fire, guardian of the eastern quarter. horus- lalanpa- zarasu manifest unto this circle, blood covered hawk of sunrise! come forth and guard this rite! zariza- nalaia- sroha eastern guardian of the gatewav- thoth, lamp and wisdom of the moon, guardian of the arte magickal come forth and guard the southern quarter open thy scrolls ofsorcerous knowledge i seek the gateway of lunar awakening! azothoz- thoth- likalia northern quarter guardian of the catewav- set-hen ziorzo, bringer of the black flame guardian of the northern quarter, 1 summon thee forth to protect and fortify this circle- typhon sothis, do come forth! lord of darkness, night and storms of chaos! i summon thee forth to guard and protect this rite! ad alantra- sorio sabriao- atumaza- seth from each guardi

MORALS AND DOGMA

nction in taurus, by marking the commencement, at once of the sab an year and of the cycle of the chaldean saros, so pre-eminently distinguished that sign as to become its characteristic symbol. on a bronze bull from china, the crescent is attached to the _back_ of the bull, by means of a cloud, and a curved groove is provided for the occasional introduction of the disk of the sun, when solar and lunar time were coincident and conjunctive, at the commencement of the year, and of the lunar cycle. when that was made, the year did not open with the stars in the _head_ of the bull, but when the colure of the vernal equinox passed across the middle or later degrees of the asterism taurus, and the pleiades were, in china, as in canaan, the leading stars of the year. the crescent and disk combine

ubled their depth; and the sacred fountains poured their streams through the heads of lions. hydra, rising between sirius and leo, extended under three signs. its head rose with cancer, and its tail with the feet of the virgin and the beginning of libra; and the inundation continued while the sun passed along its whole extent. the successive contest of light and darkness for the possession of the lunar disk, each being by turns victor and vanquished, exactly resembled what passed upon the earth by the action of the sun and his journeys from one solstice to the other. the lunary revolution presented the same periods of light and darkness as the year, and was the object of the same religious fictions. above the moon, pliny said, everything is pure, and filled with eternal light. there ends t

en supposed to have great influence upon vegetation, and the birth and growth of animals; and the belief is as widely entertained now as ever, and that influence regarded as a mysterious and inexplicable one. not the astrologers alone, but naturalists like pliny, philosophers like plutarch and cicero, theologians like the egyptian priests, and metaphysicians like proclus, believed firmly in these lunar influences "the egyptians" says diodorus siculus "acknowledged two great gods, the sun and moon, or osiris and isis, who govern the world and regulate its administration by the dispensation of the seasons. such is the nature of these two great divinities, that they impress an active and fecundating force, by which the generation of beings in effected; the sun, by heat and that spiritual prin

rm of a cross. magnificent buddhist crosses were erected, and are still standing, at clonmacnoise, finglas, and kilcullen in ireland. wherever the monuments of buddhism are found, in india, ceylon, or ireland, we find the cross: for buddha or boudh was represented to have been crucified. all the planets known to the ancients were distinguished by the mystic cross, in conjunction with the solar or lunar symbols; saturn by a cross over a crescent, jupiter by a cross under a crescent, mars by a cross resting obliquely on a circle, venus by a cross under a circle, and mercury by a cross surmounted by a circle and that by a crescent. the solstices, cancer and capricorn, the two gates of heaven are the two pillars of hercules, beyond which he, the sun, never journeyed: and they still appear in o

MOTTA MARCELO THE COMMENTARIES OF AL

e is a technical aspect to the above verse which may be of importance to a certain type of aspirant of either sex. in one sense, sin is but the babylonian moon-god, who is represented on seal- cylinders as an old man with flowing beard. the crescent moon was his symbol. this conception is totally hostile to ours. to us, the moon is a feminine symbol. further, our hermit of the tarot is solar, not lunar' sin' is essentially homosexual. his word is restriction because his nature is twisted. perhaps because of hebrew enslavement by the babylonians, jehovah acquired several of the markedly homosexual characteristics of sin. the god of the jews is a homosexual's concept of maleness: harsh, violent, revengeful, merciless. there are no equilibrating qualities. it is geburah at its worst. it must

PHILIP NEIL MYTHS LEGENDS EXPLAINED

depicted in animal as well as human form. mother of the stars nut s union with her brother geb and the birth of her children, the stars (often shown as decoration on her clothing, infuriated her father shu, who cursed her so that she would never again give birth in any month of the year. but nut gambled with thoth, the moon god and reckoner of time, and won from him five extra days outside the 12 lunar months of 30 days each. in these days she gave birth to her children osiris, blind horus, seth, isis, and nephthys. scarab beetle the winged scarab beetle of re is shown joined with the mummified body of osiris, which rises from the fertile earth. this motif symbolizes the resurrection of osiris and the daily rebirth of re. tending the earth men plow the earth and sow seed. as re makes his d

wn joined with the mummified body of osiris, which rises from the fertile earth. this motif symbolizes the resurrection of osiris and the daily rebirth of re. tending the earth men plow the earth and sow seed. as re makes his daily journey across the sky (center, the warmth of the sun will make the crops grow another symbol of osiris resurrection from the dead. the egpytian year was made up of 12 lunar months of 30 days, plus another five days to make up the number to 365. however, the egyptians did not add the extra quarter day to make a true solar year. therefore, their calendar drifted slowly out of sync with the astronomical calendar, so that it might officially be summer in the wintertime, or vice versa. the two calendars came back into line every 1,460 years, a mystical cycle for the

PHOSPHORUS

dy of austin osman spare via the book of pleasure. you will wish to obtain other titles by spare and seek to understand through practice the essence of zos kia and its view as a practitioner of the left hand path. 2. lilith, hecate, babalon& az. what each goddess represents (and how they are the same) and the results of invoking them within (both male and female. the significance of the feminine (lunar) and the goddess of death and birth. the crimson caul and the birth of lilith within the luciferian circle. a minimum four page essay on the goddess and how this feminine aspect is used within the male or female. see nox umbra, book of cain, book of the witch moon and yatuk dinoih. 3. creation of famulus (familiars) both lesser and greater. submit records and techniques used in creation rite

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

he month of the exodus, nisan, is to be counted as the first of the twelve months. this verse thus establishes the basis of the jewish calendar. as rashi puts it,3 g[g-d] showed [moses] the new moon and said, ewhen you see the moon renewed [like this, consider that day the first of the month. h furthermore, nisan is always supposed to be in the spring.4 however, since the jewish calendar is based lunar months, it is necessary to intercalate the year when the lunar year lags behind the solar year. know that all the months are [manifestations of] malchut [i.e, nukva of z feir anpin. there are two aspects to this [relationship: the first is the way [malchut relates to the months] intrinsically, and the second is the way [it does so] by virtue of its relationship with the male [partzuf, z feir

nd the solar year. know that all the months are [manifestations of] malchut [i.e, nukva of z feir anpin. there are two aspects to this [relationship: the first is the way [malchut relates to the months] intrinsically, and the second is the way [it does so] by virtue of its relationship with the male [partzuf, z feir anpin, as we will explain with g-d fs help. the jewish calendar is, as we said, a lunar calendar, and the moon is one of the physical manifestations of the feminine principle, nukva of z feir anpin. the moon reflects the light of the sun, just as nukva receives its inspiration from z feir anpin. in general, z feir anpin is associated with the three dimensions of space (the six sefirot from which it is constructed correspond to the six directions) and nukva is associated with ti

hy. tevet and shevat are associated with the two eyes [of z feir anpin. adar is associated with the nose [of z feir anpin. here, too, the mouth[ fs place in this array] is hidden [the fact that the mouth is hidden] is the mystical reason behind the commandment of sanctifying the new month, in which the judges [of the rabbinical court] are required to verbally sanctify the month. astronomically, a lunar month is a fraction of a day longer than 29 days. since calendar months can only be composed of full days, a calendar month can be either 29 or 30 days long, depending on when the new moon is sighted. when witnesses testified before the central court in jerusalem that they had seen the new moon, the court declared that day the first day of the new month. this is called gsanctifying h the mon

iculate the sanctification of the new month, the judges mystically complete the array of associations between the face-organs of malchut and the months. now, since the mouth is missing from the male [array, the only month that may be intercalated is adar. as we said, in order to keep the holiday of pesach in the spring, i.e, after the vernal equinox, it was sometimes necessary to add a thirteenth lunar month to the year. the only month jewish law allows to be doubled in order to do this is adar. the mystical reason for this is that in the array of face-organs, the order is: skull, ears, eyes, nose, mouth. since the mouth follows the nose.which is associated with the month of adar.the only place the mouth can be used to insert another month into the array is after (the first) adar. the ariz

l meaning of our sages f statement that in the days of king solomon, the moon was full.5 king solomon built the first temple. the midrash, counting abraham as the first jewish gking, h counts 14 kings between him and king solomon, and another 14 kings from king solomon to the destruction of the first temple. thus, king solomon is the 15th of 30 kings. these 30 kings correspond to the 30 days of a lunar month, and thus the institution of jewish monarchy is seen as starting (as a gnew moon h) with abraham, waxing until its greatest point in the person of king solomon, and then waning as jewish civilization became more decadent after him, until the destruction [nukva] grew to equal the full stature of z feir anpin. the moon is a correlate of nukva, as can be seen (among other ways) in the cor

the institution of jewish monarchy is seen as starting (as a gnew moon h) with abraham, waxing until its greatest point in the person of king solomon, and then waning as jewish civilization became more decadent after him, until the destruction [nukva] grew to equal the full stature of z feir anpin. the moon is a correlate of nukva, as can be seen (among other ways) in the correlation between the lunar month and the menstrual cycle. the full moon thus indicates the full maturation of the partzuf of nukva, that occurred when king solomon built the temple. therefore [when he dedicated the temple, king solomon made a fourteenday feast, divided into two groups of seven, corresponding to rachel and leah. gand solomon celebrated the festival at that time, and all israel with him, a great congreg

he zohar is written in aramaic] for mazal, mazla (78. it is this thirteenth mazal that must shine upon abba and ima in order for them to couple. it is explained in kabbalah and chassidut that it is the thirteenth mazal that makes the entire set of mazalot into attributes of mercy. this is because numerically, twelve is a closed, rigid, perfect system, reflected in the physical world by the twelve lunar months and the twelve signs of the zodiac, in the jewish people by the twelve tribes, in the spiritual realm by the twelve permutations of the letters of the divine name havayah, and so on. in each of these sets, however, there is a (sometimes hidden) thirteenth element that adds the flexibility and adaptivity that makes the set alive, pliable and viable. this is perhaps most graphically see

signs of the zodiac, in the jewish people by the twelve tribes, in the spiritual realm by the twelve permutations of the letters of the divine name havayah, and so on. in each of these sets, however, there is a (sometimes hidden) thirteenth element that adds the flexibility and adaptivity that makes the set alive, pliable and viable. this is perhaps most graphically seen with regard to the twelve lunar months. in the jewish calendar, a thirteenth month is added in 7 out of every 19 years in order to align the lunar cycle with the solar cycle. here, the thirteenth lunar month makes the twelve original ones into an empathic system that can coexist with its solar gmate. h similarly, the thirteenth tribe, levi, officiates at the temple, reconciling the twelve tribes of the jewish people with t

pernal coupling and (2) it occurs by itself. by the way, this also explains the difference between the sabbath and rosh chodesh in the following way. on the sabbath, the male principle predominates due to the influence of abba, but on rosh chodesh, the female principle predominates due to the influence of ima. the sabbath is a solar phenomenon, occurring every seventh day, while rosh chodesh is a lunar phenomenon, occurring when the moon begins its cycle anew. this alluded to in the verse, g[the gate of the inner courtyard (of the temple) will be closed during the six days of the workweek] but on the sabbath day it shall be opened and on the day of the [new] month it shall be opened. h14 we see first in this verse the name havayah written in order in the context of the sabbath, in the init

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its archangel is michael, the prince of s lendour and of i s d oma,n d tge a moef o rder of n ei sl sen lio h him, or 2 ons of the gods, who are also called the order of archan els. the beams of chesed and geburah meet in yeso l7 and thence <197> ariseth in yesod a brilliant deep violet-purple or puce, and thus is the third triad completed. and the sphere of its operation is that of levanah, the lunar beam, bestowing change, increase and decrease upon created things and it ruleth the sphere of action of the moon and the nature of mankind. and shaddai is a god who sheddeth benefits, omnipotent and satisfymg, anda1 chai is the god of life, the living one. its archan el is gabriel the prince of change and alteration. and the name of the or d er of angels is kerubim or kerubic ones who are al

s are depicted. it is the passing of the gate of eden. hierophant rises and leads zelator to the west ofaltar. hedraws attention to the key of the universe. these ideas are symbolically resumed in the representation of the twenty first key of the tarot, in front of you. within the oval formed of the 72 circles, is a female form, nude save for a scarf that floats round her. she is crowned with the lunar crescent of isis, and holds in her hands, two wands. her legs form a cross. she is the bride of apocalypse, the kabbalistic queen of the canticles, the egyptian isis or great feminine kerubic angel sandalphon on the left hand of the mercy seat of the ark 160 the golden dawn: volume i1 book l b o <80> the wands are the directing forces of the positive and negative currents. the seven pointed

der in welldisposed zones. he made them six in number and for the seventh, he cast into the midst thereof the fire of the sun- into that centre from which all lines are equal- that the swift sun may come around that centre eagerly urging itself towards that centre of resounding light. as rays of light, his locks flow forth, stretching to the confines of space, and of the solar circles, and of the lunar flashings and of the aerial recesses, the melody of the aether and of <109> the sun and of the passages of the moon and of the air. the wholeness of the sun is in the supermundane orders, for practicus ritual 1 75 therein a solar world and endless light subsist. the sun more true measureth all things by time, for he is the time of time, and his disc is in the starless above the inerratic sph

ll things by time, for he is the time of time, and his disc is in the starless above the inerratic sphere, and he is the centre of the triple world. the sun is fire and the dispenser of fire. he is also the channel for the higher fire. 0 aether, sun and spirit of the moon, ye are the leaders of air. and the great goddess bringeth forth the vast sun and the brilliant moon and the wide air, and the lunar course and the solar pole. she collecteth it, receiving the melody of the aether and of the sun and of the moon, and of whatsoever is contained in air. unwearied doth nature rule over the worlds and works, so that the period of all things may be accomplished. and above the shoulders of the great goddess, is nature in her vastness exalted. thus far the voice of the kabiri. hegemon conducts th

the land. the moon is in its increase on the side of mercy, gedulah, and from it proceed sixteen principal and sixteen secondary rays, which make 32, the number of the paths of yetsirah. she is the moon at the feet of the woman of revelations, ruling equally over the cold and moist natures and the passive elements of earth and water. it is to be noted that the symbol of the sign is formed of two lunar crescents bound together. it thus shows the lunar nature of the sign. the dogs are the jackals of the egyptian anubis, guarding the gates of the east and of the west, shown by the two towers between which lies the path of all the heavenly bodies ever rising in the east and setting in the west. the cray-fish is the sign cancer and was anciently the scarabeus or khephera, the emblem of the sun

excellence in intellec <196> tual learning alone, though that also is required of you. in token that all true knowledge cometh of grace, not of right, such admission is granted, not on demand, but at the discretion of the greatly honoured chiefs of the second order. moreover, an interval of nine months must elapse before the portal is again opened to you. nine is the number of luna in yesod, nine lunar months are the period of gestation before birth; five is the number of the pentagram of the the golden dawn: volume 11 book three microcosm, the esoteric luna number- the number of the spirit and the four elements- of the soul entering the body. nine multiplied by five yields 45, the number of yesod, and the supreme number of the square of saturn, as the triad expanded into matter. closing c

e symbol of luna in the centre of the hexagram should be traced d if in her increase; by c if in her decrease. remember that c represents restriction and is not so good a symbol as d, and at the full moon exactly it is 0, but at new moon a dark circle e. the last two forms of luna are not good in many cases. if thou wilt invoke the forces of the head of the dragon of the moon thou shalt trace the lunar invoking hexagram and write therein the symbol a, and for the tail w. these forces of a and w are more easy to be invoked when either the sun or the moon is with them in the zodiac in conjunction. in these invokations thou shalt pronounce the same names and letters as are given with the lunar hexagram. a is of a benevolent character, and w of a malefic, save in a very few matters. and be tho

ms these are the four forms assumed by conjoining the two triangles of the hexagram on which the lesser ritual of the hexagram is based. the first form is <29> diagram i 1 the angles are attributed as in the diagram. its affinity is with the eastem quarter, the position of fire in the zodiac (note: to form these from the usual hexagram, lower the inverted triangle, then reverse it by throwing the lunar angle up to top from being lowest. mars and jupiter do not change sides) diagram 12 hexagram ritual 295 the second form is the ordinary hexagram with the attribution of the angles as usual: the affinity being rather with the southern quarter, the position of earth in the zodiac, and of the sun at his culmination at noon <30> the third form is: diagram 13 the angles are attributed as shown an

ed be repeated over the curcurbite, and this process may be repeated altogether three times if the flashing light cometh not. for without this latter the work would be useless. but if after three repetitions it still appear not, it is a sign that there hath been an error in the working, such being either in the disposition of the alchemist or in the management of the curcurbite. wherefore let the lunar and the solar invocations and exposures be repeated, when without doubt, if these be done with care (and more especially those of caput draconis and cauda draconis with those of the moon as taught, for these have great force materially) then without doubt shall that flashing light manifest itself in the curcurbite. r-holding the lotus wand by the white end, the alchemist now draws over the c

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ptation of the rite as given above: in contradistinction to using toward and against the shadow as the determinants of the rite's polarities, employ such stellar analogues as the pole-star and the dog-star. also the direction of orientation may be changed from widdershins to deosil in alteration, according to whether the rite is performed at dusk or dawn- or in the dark or bright fortnight of the lunar month. the prayer of the design: as my words punctuate the silence, and the silence my words- so doth their resonance align and magnify power sufficient to reify their intent. as i begin- so doth the design which at my words shall become! my words encipher me and create reality; as i speak so these words ensorcel possibilities. that which i shall become will transcend aught that hath been wo

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

et and is a key absolute to the philosophy of history. his exact calculations lead him to the month of november in the year 1879, epoch of the reign of michael and the foundation of a new universal kingdom, prepared by three centuries and a half of anguish and a like period of hope, coinciding precisely with the sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth and first part of the nineteenth centuries for the lunar twilight and expectation, with the fourteenth, thirteenth, twelfth, and second half of the eleventh centuries for the ordeals, the ignorance, the sufferings, and the scourges of all nature. we see therefore according to this calculation, that in 1879. or in twenty-four years f time. a universal empire will be founded and will secure peace to the world. this empire will be political and relig

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to have been not only neglected by conventional religions but also actively repressed, at the cost of inducing a great many neuroses and much unnecessary suffering. in a broader, more general sense, i apply the term to the setian philosophy (whose patron is the oldest semblance of the prince of darkness known to us, the egyptian set, brother of the sun god horus, and symbolic of the night and the lunar principle 4, the first principle of which is the egyptian hieroglyph xeper 5, which means "become" or "come into being" and is symbolized by the scarab beetle. the setian philosophy espoused by the temple of set is highly eclectic and highly existential. for this reason, the sacred and mythical animals associated with the neters 6 are interpreted in a highly metaphorical and allegorical mann

channeling. transcendental meditation. holistic medicine. buddhism. hinduism. mormonism. islam. orthodox church. roman catholicism at law enforcement training conferences, it is witchcraft, santeria, paganism, and the occult that are most often referred to as forms of satanism. it may be a matter of definition, but these things are not necessarily the same as traditional satanism. the worship of lunar goddesses and nature and the practice of fertility rituals are not satanism. santeria is a combination of 17th century roman catholicism and african paganism. occult means simply "hidden" all unreported or unsolved crimes might be regarded as occult, but in this context the term refers to the action or influence of supernatural powers, some secret knowledge of them, or an interest in paranor

is blood-pact, and is the third partner in a triad. the physical reality of man is the result of this mixture of the conscious essence with the earth. 3. in the third passage we discover something about when this might have taken place. woden says that set came to the northern heavens as the result of an exile from egypt, and that they again came into proximity as a result- woden in the lesser or lunar vehicle and set in the greater or solar vehicle (the constellation of the thigh is identical to that of ursa major) the ongoing relationship between the various deities of darkness and the darkness which is light is also stated, and a certain identity between woden/set/satan/lucifer as historical manifestations is made clear. eternal affinity of essence is shown by temporal affinity of form

ystal darkness blackness broken only by pinpointed celestial lights; and one other. larger, its sparkling brilliance complementing your own; reach out to it, for it awaits your thoughts and reflections and will carry them throughout the temple."the messenger of the great gods) though years ago, humankind bridged the physical void to that satellite and pronounced it lifeless and empty, the magical lunar essence continues living, controlling the tides and affecting the minds of the ignorant earthbound. the wolf recognizes that magical essence and sings mournful songs of homage to it; and jackals have been known to gaze fondly into its brilliant, friendly face "i am medu n xensu. the word of xensu" classification: v2- b6n.15- 1 author: linda reynolds iii date: march, xiii publication: cry of

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e, in addition to be the natural birth of the void. cell 2 being the aat of the 3de and 14th letter of the sacred alphabet this cell represents the manifestation of the spirits and powers governing the sigil under the dominon of the second hidden star (orion, but in general there are a strong sub-stellar touch to the material presented in this aat, and therefore it is essentially reflected in the lunar rays of the mystery) of the azoth. this cell is focused on the formation of the fluidity and fluxity of the magical matrix of invocation. this is the abode of the goddess of water, salt and fire. she who is colour and sex (p. 146. the 2nd cell is setting forth the mysteries of the goddess trifold of nature and marks through this synthesis the lesser mystery of the three lunar phases and how

mystery of the three lunar phases and how the growth, maturity and the old age of the goddess are functioning in the magical arte. the greater mystery, the one concerning the black moon is treated in a different house. this is per definition the house of the moon and through this the abode of the goddess. the connection between gimel and nun is significant int his joining between the moon and the lunar animals, like scorpios, centipedes and the like. in the tarot these letters has been assigned to the priestess and death. since this cell is the lunar abode it is also the cell where they mysteries of the psychosexual fluids are understood. the house it self is concerned with the pure and genital production of the elixirs and is marking a state of transition into a higher understanding of th

is the lunar abode it is also the cell where they mysteries of the psychosexual fluids are understood. the house it self is concerned with the pure and genital production of the elixirs and is marking a state of transition into a higher understanding of these mysteries which are of an cerebral nature. the magician should by the understanding of this alchemical house ground an understanding of the lunar rays and its effect, for instance through the work of the kalas or colours of the moon. this mystery is stellar in origin, but has found a junction of manifestation in the trans -lunar realms and is therefore a proper mystery to explore prior to the deeper and transcendent mysteries of the stellar wisdom. in other words- this is a house of congress. one important revelations in this cell are

ping in mind that the luchiferian philosophy is ruled by venus in its most attainable manifestation this is really a cell that is responsible for blazing up the light and make the seeker a seer. this is in the tarot symbolized by the priestess and the card known as art. the joining itself being significant both of the alkhemical processes, but also important in relation to the continuation of the lunar mysteries. the artistic and exploring intellectual fire of the saggitarius is performing a well-balanced congress into venus and makes this a cell of beauty. a place where ideas melts into action in the most efficant and profound ways. as a result the texts connected to this cell is works of smoothness and elegance, of beauty and artistic seership. cell 4 being the aat of the 5th and 16th le

etween. this is symbolically illustrated by discussions and poetic alignments with the symbolism inherited in shaitan, luchifer and the power the christian communities call the devil. this mystery must be understood in this cell or the act of vaporisation and occult dehydration will occur. the aspiration in this house is total stellar and has through its high aspiration tight connections with the lunar mansions and the abysmal waters resting in the lunar realms. it is in these domains the congress with the devil is sought and where the destruction of the virgin will be accomplished to give rise to the importance of shakti-nature in the excellent call of ononshu, the black goddess who is both the begotten and the begotter of the realm of the sphere of the black goddesses, like hekate, lilit

barriers both in the open, as cheth is linked to a fence, a portal or a gate that might be opened and might be closed and the back of the head, an area of the cranium that has been majorly overlooked in the search for adharas, nadis and charkas. this connects with the sea of unconsciousness geniis and archetypes and also the strightly personal imprints of spiritual blood. the connections of these lunar qualities, linked to the sub-consciousness (as well as the un-consciousness) which in this cell are displayed in the most murky fields of expression are interesting since it suggest a highly active role of the feminine vessel. both letters are reminiscent of the darkside of the kabbalistik universe and totally stellar in nature. cell 8 being the aat of the 9th and 20th letter of the sacred a

ath. the spiritservitour arises as the most important aspect of the mage. without his famulus and totemic spirits the mage is nothing but an ill deformed child in the occult world always craving for the ridiculous. the workings in orders such as the ku- sebittu are design for this kind of growth of the mage. the cultivation of the close relation between the mage and his or her personal genii. the lunar transmission has proved great effect in its ability to disrobe the famulus and connect it deep within the witch blood of the seeker. this cell is a worthy culmination of this highly personal grimoire, that is also just as personal as the ability of the sorcerer are to see the path of uniqueness in all. also, the language and gnosis transmitted in these two last cells will be better off when

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mantic one defining the relationship between the sun, moon, and the fixed stars. the solstice applies to summer and winter; the equinox refers to autumn and spring. the summer solstice is in june, and the winter solstice is in december. the autumn equinox is in september, and the spring equinox is in march. both the equinoxes and the solstices vary a day or two from year to year, depending on the lunar cycle at the time, but usually fall on the 21st or 22nd of the month. five to six weeks after these days the legendary satanic revels are celebrated. the black mass no other single device has been associated with satanism as much as the black mass. to say that the most blasphemous of all religious ceremonies is nothing more than a literary invention is certainly a statement which needs quali

SCHLAGER NEIL WORLD RELIGIONS REFERENCE LIBRARY

ir favored deities. the people said daily prayers to these deities, asking for assistance in their lives, for a good crop or good health. world religions: almanac 59 ancient religions of egypt and mesopotamia the many festivals and feast days of the religious calendar provided these people with release from their daily routine. the mesopotamian calendar was based on the phases of the moon, or the lunar month, and had twenty-nine or thirty days. of these, six were regular holidays. there were also annual festivals. other times of feasting and celebration came when the king led a victorious military campaign against enemy armies, and booty, or property taken from the conquered people, was shared with the citizens. at times such as these, the usual diet (barley, made into bread and beer) was

wn and also as part of rituals and celebrations throughout the buddhist year. unlike religions such as christianity and judaism, buddhism does not have regular weekly services. the closest thing to such a weekly tradition comes in theravada buddhism with the uposatha, days in which to renew a commitment to the religion. these days come on the first, eighth, fifteenth, and twenty-third days of the lunar month, which are determined by the phases of the moon and not by the movement of the sun as in the western calendar. on these days lay buddhists, those who are not nuns or monks, will visit the temple or the local monastery. they listen to monks reading from a pali sutra or delivering a sermon or lesson, and they make offerings of food and clothing to the monks and nuns. they will also medit

dharma, and the sangha. observances and pilgrimages the most important holy days for buddhists are new year s, wesak, dharma day, kathina day, and sangha day. the dates of these festivals can vary not only between theravada and mahayana branches, but also 106 world religions: almanac buddhism from sect to sect and from country to country. moreover, since buddhists (except those in japan) use the lunar calendar, the schedule of such holy days can be confusing for westerners. the buddhist year begins with the new year s festival, symbolizing the death and rebirth of the year. in theravada countries such as thailand, burma, sri lanka, cambodia, and laos, the new year is celebrated for three days from the first full moon day in april. in mahayana countries, the new year usually starts on the

dharma, and the sangha. plays that depict scenes of the buddha s lives are also presented. many buddhists visit their local temples for chanting and teachings, and offerings are given to the monks. gifts of food and clothing are also laid at the feet of the buddha statue in the temple. dharma day celebrates the beginning of the buddha s teachings. traditionally this celebration fell in the eighth lunar month and marked the time when the buddha and his followers went into retreat for several months during the rainy season. the day is usually celebrated with teachings from the buddha s first sermon at deer park. the retreat months (august to october) are called vassa. this is a time for buddhists to renew their belief. the end of this period is marked by the festival of kathina (held within

sermon at deer park. the retreat months (august to october) are called vassa. this is a time for buddhists to renew their belief. the end of this period is marked by the festival of kathina (held within a month of the end of vassa. this is a time when new robes are given to the monks by the people of the community. sangha day, also called magha puja day, is held on the full moon day of the third lunar month (march. it celebrates the religious community, or sangha, and recalls the time when more than one thousand enlightened monks gathered to hear the buddha s first sermon, the turning of the wheel of law or truth. this sermon detailed the rules for monastic orders. in a tradition similar to christmas, gifts are exchanged on sangha day. pilgrimage buddhists have four main places of pilgrim

te on a moral lesson or simply focus on their breathing. unlike meditation in daoism and buddhism, though, quiet sitting is not an attempt at reaching harmony with a greater reality. instead, it is considered a preparation for learning and understanding. observances and pilgrimages the primary festival for confucians is the birthday of confucius, celebrated on the twenty-seventh day of the eighth lunar month, which usually places the day in late september or early october. in some traditions, september 28 is set aside as the official date. traditional followers of confucianism make offerings to confucius and visit temples. at his birthplace in qufu, the locals have created the international confucian festival to celebrate the occasion. people dress in costumes typical of the time of confuc

ays honoring the birthdays or death days of various immortals or the name days of a range of deities. many of these fall on or near the fifteenth of the month. important among these days are the birthdays of the eight immortals, spread throughout the year. offerings are made at temples on such days, and families also make offerings at home shrines to departed ancestors. the ninth day of the first lunar month is the birthday of the jade emperor. usually, a grand ritual assembly, called the jade emperor assembly, is held in temples to celebrate the day, while the people gather to burn incense. some daoists celebrate the traditional birthday of laozi, on march 5. another, smaller festival is held on the fifteenth of august. this day celebrates the birth of the earth god, zhung yuan. it is als

can be provided. the priest first blesses the food and then invites the lost souls to join in the feast. finally, the priest tosses the food to the gathered faithful, symbolically sharing it with the lost souls. chinese new year chinese new year occurs in late january or early february and is one of the most important daoist celebrations. chinese new year falls on the thirtieth day of the twelfth lunar month. the precise date varies from year to year because the chinese follow a lunar calendar, which is attached to the phases of the moon instead of the 365 set days in the western-style calendar. the new year is also called the day for all gods to descend to earth, and it is the primary daoist holy day. daoists believe that this day marks the rebirth of the positive force in the universe, y

poor. islamic governments have the power to tax their citizens for this purpose. zakat is a form of purification, for it forces muslims to purify themselves by giving up part of their greed. the fourth pillar of islam, saum, refers to fasting, or not eating. the purpose of fasting is to discipline the mind and body. the primary fasting period for muslims is ramadan, the ninth month of the islamic lunar calendar, when muslims are expected to observe a strict fast from dawn to dusk for the duration of the month. the fifth pillar of islam is the haj, or the annual weeklong pilgrimage to mecca. the haj takes place during the twelfth month of the islamic lunar calendar (a calendar set according to the phases of the moon. each muslim is expected to make the pilgrimage to mecca at least once duri

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with divine honors. that part of the body not recovered was rendered homage during festivals called phallica, which were introduced into europe by the athenians. the entire system of phallic worship in the ancient world originated in this festival held in honor of osiris.57 the number fourteen has a special occult meaning in the symbolism of modern-day secret societies as the "14. days of burial (lunar darkness" plutarch, in his treatise on isis and osiris, explained the symbolism "the body of osiris was cut into fourteen pieces; that is, into as many parts as there are days between the full moon and the new."58 now, if the picture of the reverse side of the great seal is examined, it will be found that fourteen rays of light issue from the triangle containing the eye of osiris. this combi

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h buddhist swastikas that are common in asia (ananova.com news, may 1, 2003) 4 7 0 codex magica circular images of goddess worship and sun adoration are found in many new age and occult publications. witches are major promoters of the goddess revival. above is an ad for a witch's periodic newspaper (address deleted. scorched by the sun 471 an interesting drawing of an upscale witch, complete with lunar force (moon in window, pentagram (on chair, naked goddess holding the radiating sun in her left hand, and more (from the book, to ride a silver broomstick: new generation witchcraft, by silver raven wolf, llewellyn publications, st. paul, mn, 1993 (from the book, to ride a silver broomstick: new generation witchcraft, by silver ravenwolf) logo for a publisher of many occult and esoteric book

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rce, or tao. it is of interest to note that it sounds similar to mananan the celtic-gaelic god of the sea. grimoire of eclectic magick dark or bright, most pagan traditions arrange the gods and goddesses into a standard pattern. the first of these is the three fold goddess. regardless if you call the lady gaia, frigga or dana. underlaying her power, are the three aspects of maiden, mother& crone (lunar archetypes. in some traditions these are three distinctively different goddesses. in other traditions, they are the same goddess at different stages of her development. then there are goddesses like the triple morrigan- macha, nemain and babd. then we have the two fold god. the lord is normally viewed as being symbolic of the summer season, and the winter season. common names for these are t

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ajor decisions based on the guidance received from astrology. throughout western history astrologers have claimed an association with the movements of the planets, comets, and eclipses with every important event that has taken place. among the more familiar are the appearance of comets at the birth and death of julius caesar (c. 100.44 b.c.e; the advent of world war i (1914) heralded by solar and lunar eclipses; and the birth and death of mark twain (1835.1910) coincident with the appearance of halley fs comet. in addition, astrologers have proclaimed the influence of the gstars h on the lives of everyone from alexander the great (356.323 b.c.e) to president george w. bush (1946. many of the great philosophers who shaped the ideals and concepts of the west employed astrology as an aid in d

the brittany region of france, stand more than 4,000 stones dating back 6,000 years. some of them stand individually, some are aligned in rows, and some mark the sites of chambered graves beneath nearby mounds. intricate burial chambers in ireland, like many of the 12,000 ancient chambered burial sites beneath mounds in northern europe, have arrangements of stone or markings that correspond with lunar and solar cycles. all of those ancient structures and arrangements of large stones are examples of a megalith (from the greek gmegas h meaning large, and glitho h meaning stone, a term used most specifically in reference to stone structures erected for ceremonial, astronomical, and religious purposes, and as monuments. megalith building (placing large stones in a specific site) dates back to

hese ancient structures is the supposition that they were erected by people not credited with possessing the knowledge and technology needed to move massive stones. even if large labor forces were available, most megalithic structures demanded keen architectural and mathematical skills for planning and erection. additionally, many ancient megaliths seem to have had sophisticated uses as solar and lunar calendars and as astronomical observatories. in fact, the discipline of archaeoastronomy (the study of astronomy among ancient societies) has become a burgeoning field of study during the past few decades, with ancient megaliths often serving as the focus of the discipline. as ancient megaliths are studied, a greater appreciation for the skills and knowledge of prehistoric civilizations come

ing deeper burl, aubrey. megalithic brittany: a guide to over 350 ancient sites and monuments. london: thames and hudson, 1985. daniel, glyn edmund. megaliths in history. london: thames and hudson, 1972. t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d 196 objects of mystery and power manyancient megaliths appear to have had sophisticated uses as solar and lunar calendars and as astronomical observatories. lancaster brown, peter. megaliths, myths, and men: an introduction to astroarchaeology. new york: dover, 2000. michell, john f. megalithomania: artists, antiquarians, and archaeologists at the old stone mountains. ithaca, n.y: cornell university press, 1982. mohen, jean-pierre. the world of megaliths. new york: facts on file, 1990. runes although

awaits the muslim pilgrim. throughout the world, wherever they may be, all devout muslims pray five times per day, each time bowing down to face mecca. all able-bodied muslims who have sufficient financial means and whose absence from their families would not create a hardship must undertake a pilgrimage, a hajj, to mecca once in their lifetime during the muslim month of dhu-al-hijah (the twelfth lunar month. physically, mecca is located about 45 miles east of the red sea port of jedda, a city surrounded by the sirat mountains. born into a well-to-do family, muhammad married khadija, a woman of means, and became the manager of her caravans. it was when he was about 40 years old and was meditating in a cave on mount hira that he had the first of a series of visions of the angel gabriel who

uids, the keepers of celtic lore and knowledge, as astronomer priests responsible for devising the megalithic calendars. the astronomical orientation of stonehenge, meanwhile, was largely ignored by archaeologists. however, it received a tremendous boost during the 1960s and 1970s when boston university astronomer gerald hawkins studied the site and used a computer to compare historical solar and lunar alignments with vantage points in stonehenge. he published his findings in 1963 in nature, then in an expanded version in a book, stonehenge decoded (1965, which offered the most convincing scientific evidence yet that stonehenge served as an astronomical observatory, specifically as a calendar. when one stands in the middle of stonehenge and looks through the entrance of the avenue on the m

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cealment. chesed: the cardinals hat, or emperors crown. the pine crown of the isthmian games, sacred to poseidon. geburah: the war helm, or martial crown. the judges wig. tiphareth: the solar crown, cowl, or the wimple. the crown of thorns. the roman crown of roses. netzach: the laurel wreath of victory. hod: the caduceus crown or the mortar board. yesod: crowns of disguise; wigs and masques. the lunar crown. malkuth: the skull cap. the crown of wild olives of the olympian games, sacred to zeus. the wreath. crown of flowers, or ears of corn or wheat. shamanic headdress composed of earth attributes. figure 4 shows the attributions of the egyptian crowns to the sephiroth and would be suitable for appropriate ritual utilisation. chapter five; chockmah, the quarry of devotion chockmah, meaning

e element of air, yesod is the realm of skygods such as the greek zeus. foundation: by its meaning and placement on the tree, yesod as foundation has such gods as ganesha and shu, like atlas, supporting the world, or heavens. the grade-sign of the golden dawn for this sephirah is that of shu supporting the firmament. moon: as its primary symbol is that of the moon, yesod has attributed to it such lunar deities as diana. also, in its generative aspect (merging to netzach, diana-artemis of epheseus, the many-breasted. threshold: as the connective element between the nephesch (animal instinct) and ruach (reasoning principle, such gods as hermanubis (hermes the guide and anubis the guardian) and ganesha (as breaker-down of obstacles, the juggernaut) can be placed here, as well as the "guardian

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ne a disk of clear translucent blue in the middle of your forehead. w i t h ths disk visualize a whte circle with two wings on either side. as you focus on the brow center, breathe in and imagine that the wing or petal on the right side is golden like the sun, whle the left-hand wing is silvery like the moon. inhale and notice the solar side glowing brightly on the right. exhale and visualize the lunar side beginning to shine. breathe in and again visualize the whte winged circle w i t h the clear blue disk. breathe deeply, then intone the mantra "om (oh-m, extending the "m" of the mantra. on the following inhalation, mentally intone the same word. repeat this mantra cycle three or four times. continue to breathe rhythmically and visualize an eye in the center of the brow chakra. now imagi

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the defeated, old religions of the world for the basis of his new philosophy and, some say, his new "religion. he raised the female aspect back up to one of equality with the male, as it was in the rites of egypt, and of eleusis "our lady babalon (his spelling) became a theme of many of his magickal writings, and he received he credo, the book of the law, through a woman, his wife rose kelly. the lunar element, as well as the venusian, are certainly accessible in his works. it has even been said in occult circles that he had a hand in putting together the grimoire of one gerald gardner, founder of a contemporary witchcraft movement, called the book of shadows. the moon has an extremely important, indeed indispensable, role in the tantrick sex magick rites that so preoccupied crowley and th

inals have flown in 'choppers' over battlefields in southeast asia, urging technological eco-side, invoking christ; pronouncing damnation and the devil on the industrially inferior man. ecce qui tollit peccata mundi. and a rock group from england, home of the anglican heresy, sings of "sympathy" for the devil. pazuzu. tiamat. the seven deadly sins. the fear of lovecraft. the pride of crowley. the lunar landing was the symbolic manifestation of man's newly acquired potential power to alter the nature- and perhaps, via nuclear weapons, the course- of the heavenly bodies, the zonei, the elder gods. it has a power the ancient ones have been waiting for, for millennia, and it is now within their grasp. the next century may deliver unto mankind this awesome power and responsibility, and will lea

eading on their celestial spheres we are reminding them of their ancient obligations to us, their created ones. for, as it is said in one of man's most ancient of covenants, the emerald table "as above, so below. man's power to alter the nature of his environment must develop simultaneously with his ability to master his inner environment, his own mind his psyche, soul, spirit. perhaps, then, the lunar landing was the first collective initiation for humanity, which will bring it one step closer to a beneficial force that resides beyond the race of the "cruel celestial spirits, past the abyss of knowledge. yet, he must remember that the occult powers that accompany magickal attainment are ornamental only, indications of obstacles overcome on the path to perfection, and are not to be sought

f the oldest written magickal workings in western occult history. the deities and demons identified within have probably not been effectively summoned in nearly six thousand years. ordinary exorcisms and banishing formulae have thus far proved extremely inadequate: this, by experienced magicians. hence, the following recommendations. the religion of the ancient sumerian peoples seems to have been lunar-oriented, a religion- or religion- magickal structure- of the night, of darkness in a sense. invocations using solar formulae have proved thus far effective in successfully banishing necronomicon demons and intelligences. for instance, the kaddish prayer of the jewish faith contains some solar elements that have proved resilient to inimical genii, and the vibration of the lord's prayer for c

a gamag! ia zagasthena kia! ashtag karelliosh! the invocation of the nebo gate spirit of the swift planet, remember! nebo, custodian of the gods, remember! nebo, father of the sacred writing, remember! in the name of the covenant sworn between thee and the race of men, i call to thee! hearken, and remember! from the gate of the great god nanna, i call to thee! by the name which i was given on the lunar sphere, i call to thee! lord nebo, who does not know of thy wisdom? lord nebo, who does not know of thy magick? lord nebo, what spirit, on earth or in heavens, is not conjured by thy mystic writing? lord nebo, what spirit, on earth or in the heavens, is not compelled by the magick of thy spells? nebo kurios! lord of the subtle arts, open the gate to the sphere of thy spirit! nebo kurios! mas

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that it does possess? it is the reason itself which is at fault; the delicate time-piece of kant fs intellect has gone wrong, it has ceased to gtick, h and with the terrific blow of an a priori club, he proclaims it mended, and regulates each chiming clock in the house of many mansions by means of its handless face] thus has the great lion of crowleyanity set the little crab of konigsberg and his lunar hut in their appointed niche in the great solar mansion of eternity. at length we have arrived at the end of our first series of arguments, which may be generalized as the infoldment of all rational philosophies into one uncertain philosophic problem. berkeley, as we have seen, opened the gateway of scepticism, and was the first to vanish in the absolute ether of pyrrhonism, which he outward

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um ii may briefly be read as science. arcanum ii is figured by a woman seated at the threshold of the temple of isis. she is seated between two columns, the one on her right being red to signify pure spirit and its luminous ascension over matter, and the one on her left being black to represent the bondage of matter over the impure. the woman is crowned by a tiara of three stories surmounted by a lunar crescent. from the tiara a veil falls over her face. she wears upon her bosom the symbol of the planet mercury, and carries upon her knees an open book which she half covers with her mantle. this symbolic ensemble personifies occult science, which awaits the initiate at the threshold of the sanctuary of isis in order to tell him the secrets of universal nature. the symbol of mercury (hermes)

uition, can remove the obscuring mantle from nature's most secret page and pursue her mysteries at leisure. these mysteries are revealed only in solitude, to the sage who meditates in silence in the full and calm possession of himself. the tiara represents the power of the intellect to penetrate the three realms of existence--physical, astral and spiritual--which are signified by its stories. the lunar crescent, symbolizing the feminine attribute, is above the tiara to indicate that in occult science the intellect should be guided by the intuitional, or psychic powers. that is to say, in the occult sciences the feminine qualities of the mind are often of superior value to the masculine, or rational. the woman is seated to show that will united to science is immovable. isis unveiled--arcanu

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uires balance and the application of reason to achieve magical results. one may consider the demon of the void mentioned in john dee s diaries who is called coronzom, known by modern enochian and thelemic students as choronzon. this demon is considered a madness inspiring beast, causing fragmentation of the mind and the loss of mental vitality. choronzon in the black temple rites of the characith lunar lodge, from which the author was personally involved in the late 1990 s draw on the energies of choronzon as a vampire spirit, being something which may be encircled and used as a means of draining the energy or chi of another through ritual sorcery. some dogmatic magical practitioners consider choronzon as a symbol of the false ego or will, which can be viewed by left hand path practitioner

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e sun; proceeding probably from the hindoos not possessing the true solar system, which must however have been known to the people from whom they learnt to calculate eclipses, which they still continue to do, though upon principles not understood by themselves. they now place the earth in the centre of the universe, as the later greeks did, among whom we also find the same preference given to the lunar symbol; jupiter being represented, on a medal of antiochus viii, with the crescent upon his head, and the asterisc of the sun in his hand.3 in a passage of the bagvat geeta already cited we find the elephant and bull mentioned together as symbols of the same kind; and on a medal of seleucus nicator we find them united by the horns of the one being placed on the head of the other.4 the later

d in other figures of her, by the mystic instrument called a systrum, which she carried in her hand. plutarch has given an explanation of it,1 which may serve to show that the mode here adopted of explaining the ancient symbols is not founded merely upon conjecture and analogy, but also upon the authority of one of the most grave and learned of the greeks. the curved top, he says, represented the lunar orbit, within which the creative attributes of the deity were exerted, in giving motion to the four elements, signified by the four rattles below.2 on the centre of the curve was a cat, the emblem of the moon; who, from her influence on the constitutions of women, was supposed to preside particularly over the passive powers of generation;3 and below, upon the base, a head of isis or nepthus;

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lationship. it proves the unique- ness of mercury with unmistakable clarity. the sun and the moon are paired and separated from the rest of the planets by each being given a single, pure sign denot- ing its quality: sun: el moon: the jupiter-saturn and mars-venus pairs are likewise inescapable, based on their symbolism. all four of these planets are double-compound, partaking of the pure solar or lunar qualities blended with the quality of the earth, which is repre- sented by the cross: jupiter: 3 mars: 6 saturn: fi venus: 9 unique and apart, mercury is made up of the symbols of the three primary forces-sun, moon, and earth. it is the only planet that combines the solar and lunar symbols. these are held in harmonious balance by the symbol of earth: mercury: this relationship between the se

maining planets in pairs on either side of mercury. preface xvii in the thresor des thresors des alchimistes by paracelsus, a phoenix stands with wings spread on the black earth. the sun is under its right wing, the moon under its left, and above its head mercury is framed in a blazing stellar brilliance. above the sun is the mated pair of solar opposites, mars-venus, and above the moon the mated lunar opposites, saturn- jupiter. the second illustration is from the work azote des philosophes by basil valen- tine. it shows a hermaphrodite, symbolic of mercury and the magus, standing tri- umphant atop the chaotic dragon, which is supported by the earth. within the earth is the alchemical symbol for squaring the circle. above the head of the her- maphrodite is mercury framed in a star. notice

shoulder of the figure is the sun, and over the left shoulder is the moon. below the sun is mars-venus. below the moon is jupiter-saturn. in the third illustration, also from azote, which shows the process of putrefac- tion, a dying man lies inside an alchemical vessel above which are, on the right side, the sun, and on the left, the moon. again, the solar pair mars-venus is under the sun and the lunar pair jupiter- saturn is under the moon. crowning the wood- cut is mercury. saturn is shown black because saturn rules putrefaction. examples might be further multiplied, but these are sufficient to show that a mercury-central system of planets is not a new idea but was common among alchemists. of course the sun-central system is also often shown in alchemical illus- trations, but this only p

trations, but this only proves that alchemy is as traditional as any other magical art. the great john dee was aware of the possibility of a mercury-central system of magic and makes mention of it in his hieroglyphic monad. in theorem xi11 he writes concerning mercury: in the progression we will notice this other mercury will appear who is truly the twin brother of the first: for by the complete lunar and solar magic of the ele- ments, the hieroglyph of this messenger speaks to us very distinctly, and we should examine it carefully and listen to what it says. and (by the will of god) it is the mercury of the philosophers, the greatly celebrated microcosm and adam. therefore, some of the most expert were inclined to place him in a posi- tion of, and give him a rank equal to, the sun himsel

relation to the traditional planets by the following diagram: the central triangle is occupied by the symbol of universal spirit, or light. around it is a larger triangle whose three points hold the sun, moon and earth. congruent with the triangles of sun and earth are triangles that hold venus and mars. congruent with the moon and earth are jupiter and saturn. congruent with sun and moon are the lunar nodes, called the head and tail of the dragon. the lunar nodes are formed by the intersection of the path of the sun with the path of the moon, and thus are composed of the symbols for these two bodies. the traditional symbols for the nodes (q and u) have been cut in half to better dis- play their composition. mercury is located between the nodes of the moon. above mercury is the vari- ant t

therefore not the sun but mercury, symbol of balance, of magic, and of humanity. to understand how the other planets may be logically assigned to the outer points, the magus must see the hexagram presented in a more meaningful way: a fire earth v water from the symbol of the microcosm may be derived a figure made up of a square and two triangles. the solar circle yields the triangle of fire, the lunar cres- cent the triangle of water, and the earthly cross the square of earth. since the sun and moon are opposites and stand as a pair apart from the other planets, they are placed at the top and the bottom. the sun is the emanator of light, which comes from above; the moon is the ruler of shadows lying below. mercury stands for the self of the magus, the center of his or her universe, and is

ouble four-sided pyramid: at last it becomes possible to rationally assign the four elemental planets to the points of the hexagram. the descending lightning bolt streaks from the sun to the moon and along its path are found the planets that contain the symbol of the sun, the circle. the reflected ascending bolt flies from the moon back to the sun, and on it are ordered the planets containing the lunar symbol of the crescent. mars, a masculine and fiery planet, will be located on the descending sigel on the right side of the hexagram because the right is active. venus, opposite of mars, feminine and receptive in nature, will also be located on the sun's descending sigel, but on the left (feminine) side of the hexagram. jupiter belongs to the moon's ascending sigel because it contains the s

a teutonic mother goddess whose name means "beloved" and is linked with venus. the heptagram is drawn in one continuous line crossing from point to point. mercury is placed at the uppermost point, and as the figure is drawn clockwise, the rest of the planets follow in the order of the days (see figure at the top of page 100. also, beginning with androgynous mercury the planets alternate polarity: lunar (31, solar (v, lunar (r, solar (a, lunar (d, solar (d. notice that if a clockwise circle is drawn around the outside of the heptagram from point to point, the planets fall into their traditional order as determined by their apparent velocity as viewed from earth-from slowest to fastest: saturn, jupiter, mars, sun, venus, mercury, moon. the slowest planet, saturn, was thought to be the farthe

ity god. beelzebub, the demon of chokmah associated with obstruction, was originally beelzeboul "lord of the earth" however, do not make the error of assuming that these fallen gods can be restored to their former high estate while retaining their altered names and shapes. angels of light, when perverted from their original purpose, become angels of darkness. ashtaroth may once have been a female lunar deity, but he is now a male demon of violent rage. it is possible to invoke astarte in her original image and nature, but never attempt to reform ashtaroth into his lost character of moon goddess. these beings are irreconcilable, as separate and distinct as their names. t he dodecagram is a star with twelve points. it may be formed in three ways-with four equilateral triangles, with three sq

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ransported from place to place by the devil who, in the shape of a goat or some other fantastic animal, both carries them bodily to the sabbat and himself is present at its obscenities. this is the general opinion of the theologians arid jurisconsults of italy, spain, and catholic germany; while a great many others are of' a like opinion."i5 guazzo substituted the ubiquitous devil in place of the lunar goddess diana, as referred to in the much older ninth-century decree of the council of ancyra, recorded in the canon episcopi, which mentions that "certeine wicked women following sathans provocations, being seduced by the illusion of divels, beleeve and professe that in the night times they ride abroad with diana, the goddesse of the pagans, or else with herodias, with an innumerable multit

ding. they entered and sat down at one of seven tables next to the devil, who was referred to as "grandfather" by siri's grandmother. this child's accusation of witchcraft came to nothing, and it was dismissed by the bishop who reviewed it. it contains a number of interesting details. the flying ointment was kept in a horn, which because of its crescent shape is symbolic of the moon. the sow is a lunar beast. it was the sow that was smeared with the ointment, but the girl and her grandmother straddled it, bringing their sexual parts into contact with the ointment. the mention of a pigsty recalls an incident related by bartholomaeus de spina, who in his tractatus de strigibus sive malijicis told of a notary from lugano who missed his wife w.hen he arose one morning and went searching for he

which things they ride. at times they are mounted upon an ox or a goat or a dog, and so are carried to their feast. and yet again they go on foot when the place is not far distant.26 in earliest times, it was by transformation into birds, as the quotation from the novel of apuleius demonstrates. by the tenth century, the prevailing belief was that witches flew on the backs of beasts sacred to the lunar goddess diana. in the fanatical eyes of the medieval church, pagan diana was only one step away from satan, so it was maintained that witches flew on beasts controlled by the devil, or sometimes were carried through the air by the devil or by his demons. a later evolution gives the witch a stick to ride upon. this stick takes several forms. it can be a simple forked twig-forked to indicate d

icians in europe during the middle ages. it is possible that witches mistakenly assumed that they could get the same effect from the common corn poppy (papaver rhoeas, but both types of poppies are listed in one recipe for flying ointment. of the corn poppy, nicholas 3 1. hansen, 74. 32. pliny (bk. xxvii, chap. 2, vol. 7, p. 391 chapter two: witches' flying ointment 31 culpeper wrote "the herb is lunar; and of the flowers and seeds is made a syrup, which is frequentiy, and to good effect, used to procure rest and sleep in the sick and weak."33 mild poisoning by deadly nightshade brings on high spirits, a sense of timelessness, and deep sleep that is often accompanied by erotic dreams. its common italian name, belladonna (beautiful lady, refers to the historical practice of women applying d

ld the cord be cut, and the astral body separated from the physical body, the physical body will die. it is supposed to be infinitely elastic, becoming thinner the more it is stretched, so that on distant travels of the astral vehicle it is drawn as thin as a strand of spider web. it is supposed to glow with silver radiance, an obvious reference to moonlight-the projection of the astral body is a lunar activity, connected as it is with dreams, visions, and the astral world. allan kardec asserted that it is possible for the physical body to survive when the astral body, carrying the spirit, is projected "how can the body live while the spirit is absent? we reply that it is possible for the body to live with only the organic life, which is independent of the spirit's presen e' y ou may recal

it is important to understand that scrying is not a psychic activity separate from astral projection, but merely the first level of the induced astral perception to which i have given the general title soul flight. the activities, materials, and objects that aid in scrying can also be used to aid in astral projection. in an occult sense, scrying falls under the influence of the moon, and the same lunar influence governs astral projection. by using lunar substances and symbols, soul flight in all its forms can be facilitated. to say that something is under the influence of the moon is a bit misleading, although that is the way that the connection is expressed in the western esoteric tradition. it is a holdover from a period when astrological terminology dominated the practice of ritual magi

misleading, although that is the way that the connection is expressed in the western esoteric tradition. it is a holdover from a period when astrological terminology dominated the practice of ritual magic. in ancient times, the moon was believed to send down rays of occult influence that affected those individuals susceptible to them, as well as certain plants, animals, and substances classed as lunar in nature. these rays never physically existed, but were a kind of visual metaphor to account for the observed sympathetic response to active influences classed as lunar. the renaissance magician cornelius agrippa (1486-1535) summarized the nature of lunar things in his occult philosophy: these things are lunary, amongst the elements, viz. the earth, then the water, as well that of the sea

he silver marcasite, and all those stones that are white, and green. also the stone selenites i.e. lunary, shining from a white body, with a yellow brightness, imitating the motion of the moon, having in it the figure of the moon which daily increaseth, or decreaseth as doth the moon. also pearls, which are generated in shells of fishes from the droppings of water, also the agrippa included among lunar plants hyssop, rosemary, the palm tree, and the olive tree. among animals he mentioned the dog, chameleon, pig, deer, goat, panther, otter, baboon, cat, and any beast with horns that curve inward, such as the cow. water fowl are also lunar in nature, as are mice, flies, beetles, and any creature that breeds in the mud. sea animals particularly lunar in nature are the tortoise, crab, oyster

at, panther, otter, baboon, cat, and any beast with horns that curve inward, such as the cow. water fowl are also lunar in nature, as are mice, flies, beetles, and any creature that breeds in the mud. sea animals particularly lunar in nature are the tortoise, crab, oyster, clam, and frog. he particularly 185. agrippa, 80. chapter eleven: astral doorways 183 singled out menstrual blood as the most lunar of substances. he mentioned a number of other creatures, but this list will give an impression of the lunar nature. lunar elements are earth and water, making their combination in the form of moist soil or mud highly lunar. earth was probably classed as lunar because the moon was believed to influence the germination and growth of all plants, giving plants in general a lunar quality-but not

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the pendulum is a form of dowsing, and modern dowsers sometimes employ a pendulum in preference to a forked stick or bent metal rod when searching for water or other things hidden in the ground. it is not the general opinion of dowsers that their wands or pendulums are moved by spirit agency, but this seems probable to me. silver and rock crystal are good materials for pendulums, because both are lunar materials-the moon is the gateway between the conscious and unconscious mind. the best thread is silk, the best chain silver. if the bob of the pendulum is about the size and weight of a cube of sugar, it will work well. large, heavy pendulums are unresponsive and tiring on the arm when supported for more than a few minutes. a popular and effective form of pendulum is an ordinary ring suspen

ith the senses, emotions, desires, health of the body, and physical substances. higher spirits are concerned with aspirations, intuition, inspiration, ideals, morals, destiny, and the soul. in general, lower spirits are of a materialistic nature, higher spirits are of a spiritual nature. the moon is the portal between the earthly realm 304 moving exercises and the higher spheres, and as a result, lunar spirits are concerned with fantasies, dreams, illusions, delusions, manias, obsessions, and mental health, and partake of a mixture of the lower and higher natures. if you have a floor that will accept tape, you can outline the circle and triangle in this way, but do not draw or paint a permanent circle and triangle, since the direction in which the triangle points will vary from evocation t

ree trumps for the pure elements (as opposed to the compound element earth) define the points of the triangle. the seven trumps of the seven planets of traditional astrology define the body of the triangle and its center. at its base, the trump associated with the moon is put on the left next to the trump of water, and the trump of the sun on the right next to the trump of fire. the trumps of the lunar planets, jupiter and saturn, occupy the left side, and the trumps of the solar planets, venus and mars, the right side. in the center is placed the trump linked with the planet mercury, the planet of balance and union that contains both solar and lunar principles. in the coin method, pennies are used to define the circle because they are composed of bronze, a mixture of copper (metal of venu

the element of manifestation. money is perhaps the ultimate symbol of materialism, and in evocation the purpose is to bring into material presence a spirit within the triangle. when the value of the coins is added, the sum is 112, which by pythagorean addition results in the number 4 (1+1+2= 4. four is the number of materialization. the sum 112 may be considered as 4 x 28-28 is the number of the lunar cycle, the number of days it takes the moon, boundary of the lower sphere of the elements (aulamyesodoth, to describe a complete circle in the heavens. the sum 112 may also be considered as 100+ 12, or by pythagorean addition, 10+ 12. 306 moving exercises it is not necessary to understand fully this analysis of the structure of the circle and triangle to practice the exercise. it is inserted

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

t 24 september 23 october 24 november 23 december 22 january 20 february 19 ideally, the gold rings should be changed at the very minute the sun enters the succeeding sign. these times can be obtained by consulting a good ephemeris such as raphael's, where the entry of the sun, moon, and planets into each of the signs for the year is given in a separate table near the back of the book. the silver lunar rings are worn in succession on the index finger of the left hand. each time the moon enters the astrological sign corresponding to a particular occult banner of tetragrammaton, the ring bearing that banner is put upon the left index finger. it continues to be worn for as long as the moon remains within that sign. when the moon passes into the succeeding sign, the ring is replaced by that wh

he light as sunlight. when you complete this triple circumambulation, stand once again in the elemental quarter of the ring facing the altar, raise your hands to heaven and speak the works: by the authority of the fivefold name of the messiah, ihshvh (or ihvshh, in the case of the gold rings, i invoke and fill this magic circle with the cooling (or warming) rays of the moon (or sun. i invoke this lunar (or solar) radiance into my flesh; i invoke this lunar radiance into my heart; i invoke this lunar radiance into my mind. i am filled with holy light, in thy name ihshvh (or ihvshh. so let it be. will the light to enter into your body through your pores and inhale the light with your breaths, until your entire body is charged with lunar (or solar) radiance. with your left index finger in the

ith an angel of severity, make a counterclockwise inward spiral in the air over the altar, so that its focus terminates directly above the silver ring. start the spiral with your left arm held straight overhead above the altar. as you form this spiral, vibrate powerfully the hebrew letters of the fivefold name ihshvh("yod-hay-shin-vav-hay")a. s you complete the spiral, touch the ring and will the lunar light that fills you to flow into the ring, saying: in the name of the ancient one (vibrate the banner on the ring) i infuse this ring of power (name the angel of severity) with the cooling radiance of the moon. so let it be! use the same procedure to charge gold rings with solar light, but in the case of a gold ring, the spiral is made with the right index finger, and is a clockwise inward

d ring, the spiral is made with the right index finger, and is a clockwise inward spiral. begin the clockwise inward spiral with the right hand high overhead, and terminate it at its focus by touching the bezel of the gold ring. as you make the clockwise inward spiral, vibrate the fivefold name ihvshh("yod-hay-vav-shin-he. regard the ring upon the altar for several minutes as you continue to will lunar, or solar, light into it. when you feel that it has absorbed as much light as is possible during that ritual, seal the light into the ring with the symbol of the circle-cross, inscribed vertically upon the air with the right index finger in the case of gold rings, but with the left index finger in the case of silver rings. sit comfortably before the altar and regard the ring. visualize its h

vert forms of the name. below the primary rank of twelve elders sits a second rank of twelve more, as kelley says "in a lower seat under them" this means that each of the overt banners has one of the occult banners, its mirror paired opposite, seated directly beneath it in the lower ring of seats. the division of the two rings of seats reflects the division of the zodiac and houses into solar and lunar crescents, or crescents of day and night. it is important to note that the crescents of the overt banners on the top level are not directly over the crescents of the occult banners below, although the individual seats of the banner pairs are one over the other. the overt circle is divided into left and right crescents, while the lower occult circle is divided into top and bottom crescents, s

lower occult circle is divided into top and bottom crescents, so that the lines between the semicircles form a perfect right angle cross with the throne at its point of intersection. we can deduce this from dee's hieroglyphic monad, which divides the zodiac into crescents, or semicircles, between aries and taurus. this line of division is at right angles to the traditional division into solar and lunar crescents that falls between cancer and leo. as i mentioned earlier, the elders are a kind of great cosmic clock whose hours and days and years are marked by the hands of the sun (hour hand) and moon (minute hand. this may provide a key to the angelic reckoning of time, which the angels informed dee is not as time is reckoned by men. if one revolution of the moon about the heavens marks a co

anation of the structure of the sefirot and whose manifestation has reached its final development at the end of the process (kabbalah [i9741 [jerusalem: keter, 19771, p. 111) theh ourosf the wings s ince there is such a strong correspondence between the wings of the winds and the twenty-four hours of the day, it is necessary to assign these angels to the individual hours they rule. the occult, or lunar, angels relate to the twelve hours of the night; the overt, or solar, angels relate to the corresponding twelve hours of the day. in traditional magic, the period between sunrise and sunset is divided into twelve parts. these are called the hours of the day. similarly, the period between sunset and sunrise is divided into twelve parts, called the hours of the night. usually the hours of the

WEOR SAMAEL AUN ESOTERIC COURSE OF KABBLAH

n, after this digression, let us continue with our initial point. the holy eight symbolizes the caduceus of mercury and represents the two ganglionic chords that esoterically are entwined around the spinal medulla, these are: id and pingal; the two witnesses, the two olives, the two candlesticks standing before the throne of god on earth. the solar atoms rise through the cord of the right and the lunar atoms rise through the cord of the left. these solar and lunar atoms rise from our seminal system, the fire of phlegethon and the water of acheron [akeron] cross themselves in the ninth sphere, forming the sign of the infinite. f plus a equal c fire plus water [aqua] equals consciousness. whosoever meditates on the sign of the infinite, will utilize the fire and the water in order to awaken

dos olivos y los dos candelabros que est n delante de dios de la tierra, como dijimos" apocalipsis 11:3,4 13 now then, the numbers 1260 is kabbalistically added as follows: 1 plus 2 plus 6 plus 0= 9; this is the symbol of the ninth sphere. the ninth sphere is sex. the two witnesses have their root in sex. these two witnesses id and pingal are two fine ganglionic chords through which the solar and lunar atoms of our seminal system ascend to the chalice. the chalice is the brain. fill your chalice, brethren, with the sacred wine of light. this explains why the sign of the infinite appears above the head of the magician, and before him are the swords, the cups and pentacles [are before him, and [why] is he grasping the little magic wand that symbolizes the spinal medulla. when the solar and l

hiri lahasaya was called to the initiation by the immortal babaji when he already had a spouse. thus, this is how the yogi-avatar was self-realized. in hindustan, sexual magic is known by the sanskrit term urdhvareta9 and the yogis who practice it are named urdhavareta yogis. authentic yogis practice sexual magic with their spouse. there are two types of brahmacharya (sexual abstinence, solar and lunar. the solar type is for those that have performed the second birth. the lunar type of brahmacharya is that absurd sexual abstinence that serves only to produce filthy, nocturnal sexual pollutions with all of its fatal consequences. hatha yoga is just a matter of acrobatics that have the power of taking the student out of the superior worlds in order to enslave him in the physical world. we ha

u carro simbolizan las fuerzas masculinas y femeninas. la coraza es la ciencia divina que nos hace poderosos. el guerrero debe aprender a usar el b culo y la espada. as lograr la gran victoria. nuestra divisa es thelema (voluntad) 50 let us remember that there are seven vices that we must transmute into wisdom and love: pride is transmuted into the solar faith and into the humility of the christ. lunar avarice is transformed into hope, altruism [and generosity. the fatal venusian lust is transmuted into the chastity of venus and into charity of the spirit. martian anger is transmuted into the marvelous force of love [and meekness. laziness is transmuted into prudent mercurian diligence. gluttony is transmuted into saturnian temperance. envy is transmuted into jupiterian philanthropy and ha

amael: mars zachariel: jupiter orifiel: saturn the seven notes of the lyre of orpheus correspond to the seven planets. a planetary note corresponds to each one of the seven colors of the solar prism. alchemy is intimately related to music. recordemos que existen siete vicios que debemos transmutar en sabidur a y amor. el orgullo se transmuta en la fe solar y en la humildad del cristo. la avaricia lunar, se transforma en esperanza y altruismo. la lujuria fatal de venus se transmuta en la castidad de venus y en la caridad del esp ritu. la c lera de marte, se transmuta en la fuerza maravillosa del amor. la pereza se transmuta en la actividad prudente de mercurio. la glotoner a se transmuta en la templanza de saturno. s lo con la ciencia de las transmutaciones podemos desintegrar los defectos

ejaculation of the ens seminis. in india, the black yogis (asura samphata) ejaculate the ens seminis (shuhsra) in order to criminally mix it with the feminine raja within the vagina, thereafter; by handling the vajroli in a negative way, they reabsorb this fluid already mixed with feminine raja. the black yogis (bonzos and dugpas) believe that they are wisely achieving the union of the solar and lunar atoms in order to awaken the kundalini. the outcome of such black tantrism is the negative awakening of the serpent. therefore instead of ascending, the serpent descends downwards into the atomic infernos of the human being and becomes the tail of satan. this is how these black yogis end up separating themselves from their inner god forever; they are demons. so, that is the black magic. thro

onios. esa es la magia negra. por ese camino no resucitan jam s los dos testigos del apocalipsis. ese es el camino que conduce al abismo y a la muerte segunda. todo aquel que eyacule su licor seminal se aleja de su dios interno. 56 the yogis who practice the urdhavareta yoga (positive sexual magic) do not ejaculate their ens seminis. in this case, the combination of shuhsa (solar atoms) and raja (lunar atoms) is performed within the philosophical egg, in other words, within our own sexual laboratory of the alchemist. thus, this is how the two witnesses resurrect. these are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the god of the earth. and if any man will hurt them, fire comes out of their mouthes, and devours their enemies: and if any man would want to hurt them, it is

these two witnesses are located to the right and left sides of the dorsal spine. the two witnesses alternatively ascend from left to right until forming a marvelous knot in that space located between the two eyebrows, thereafter they continue through the nasal cavities. the two witnesses connect the sexual organs with the nasal cavities. the ganglionic cord that comes from the left side is cold, lunar and the ganglionic cord that proceeds from the right side is hot, solar. these two nervous cords are graciously knotted in the coccyx. los yoguis que practican el urdhavaratus yoga (magia sexual positiva. no eyaculan el ens seminis. en este caso la combinaci n de shuhsa( tomos solares) y raja( tomos lunares) se realiza dentro del huevo filosofal, es decir dentro del mismo laboratorio sexual

testigos se hallan situados a los lados derecho e izquierdo de la espina dorsal. los dos testigos ascienden alternativamente de izquierda a derecha hasta formar un nudo maravilloso en el espacio comprendido entre las dos cejas; luego prosiguen por las fosas nasales. los dos testigos conectan a los rganos sexuales con las fosas nasales. el cord n ganglionar que procede del lado izquierdo es fr o, lunar, y el cord n ganglionar que procede del lado derecho, es caliente, solar. este par de cordones nerviosos se anudan graciosamente en el coxis. 57 when the solar and lunar atoms of the seminal system make contact in the triveni, next to the coccyx, the kundalini awakens [the serpent of brass nachash. the sexual act among initiates, male and female, has only one objective, that of establishing

WHO ARE THE DRACONIANS

to their blood drinking activities. the brotherhood know that blood contains the life-force energy. drinking menstrual blood has always been a feature of the reptilian bloodlines because they need blood to live in this dimension. who are the draconians file//d /my documents/avidya/reptilian agenda/who are the draconians.htm (55 of 68 [8/25/2000 17:20:00] it was known as the star fire, the female lunar essence. the female menstrual cycle is governed by the cycles of the moon and the blood contains that energy. its ingredients are supposed to ensure a long life. in india it was called soma and in greece it was ambrosia. this was said to be the nectar of the gods and it was the reptilian gods who are genetic blood drinkers. the 'holy grail' chalice or cup is also symbolic of the womb and dri

WICCA EIGHT SABBATS OF WITCHCRAFT

bradley follows the british custom of transferring the episode to beltane, when the climate is more suited to its outdoor celebration) the other christian holiday which gets mixed up in this is easter. easter, too, celebrates the victory of a god of light (jesus) over darkness (death, so it makes sense to place it at this season. ironically, the name 'easter' was taken from the name of a teutonic lunar goddess, eostre (from whence we also get the name of the female hormone, estrogen. her chief symbols were the bunny (both for fertility and because her worshipers saw a hare in the full moon) and the egg (symbolic of the cosmic egg of creation, images which christians have been hard pressed to explain. her holiday, the eostara, was held on the vernal equinox full moon. of course, the church

ox full moon. of course, the church doesn't celebrate full moons, even if they do calculate by them, so they planted their easter on the following sunday. thus, easter is always the first sunday, after the first full moon, after the vernal equinox. if you've ever wondered why easter moved all around the calendar, now you know (by the way, the catholic church was so adamant about not incorporating lunar goddess symbolism that they added a further calculation: if easter sunday were to fall on the full moon itself, then easter was postponed to the following sunday instead) incidentally, this raises another point: recently, some pagan traditions began referring to the vernal equinox as eostara. historically, this is incorrect. eostara is a lunar holiday, honoring a lunar goddess, at the vernal

'descended into hell' for the three days that his body lay entombed. but on the third day (that is, easter sunday, his body and soul rejoined, he arose from the dead and ascended into heaven. by a strange 'coincidence, most ancient pagan religions speak of the goddess descending into the underworld, also for a period of three days. why three days? if we remember that we are here dealing with the lunar aspect of the goddess, the reason should be obvious. as the text of one book of shadows gives it..as the moon waxes and wanes, and walks three nights in darkness, so the goddess once spent three nights in the kingdom of death' in our modern world, alienated as it is from nature, we tend to mark the time of the new moon (when no moon is visible) as a single date on a calendar. we tend to forg

ts of life) from the land of the dead, as we are told in the 'mabinogi. welsh triads allude to gwydion and amaethon doing much the same thing. in fact, this theme is so universal that mythologists refer to it by a common phrase 'the harrowing of hell. however, one might conjecture that the descent into hell, or the land of the dead, was originally accomplished, not by a solar male deity, but by a lunar female deity. it is nature herself who, in spring, returns from the underworld with her gift of abundant life. eight sabbats of witchcraft get any book for free on: www.abika.com 16 solar heroes may have laid claim to this theme much later. the very fact that we are dealing with a three-day period of absence should tell us we are dealing with a lunar, not solar, theme (although one must make

elf who, in spring, returns from the underworld with her gift of abundant life. eight sabbats of witchcraft get any book for free on: www.abika.com 16 solar heroes may have laid claim to this theme much later. the very fact that we are dealing with a three-day period of absence should tell us we are dealing with a lunar, not solar, theme (although one must make exception for those occasional male lunar deities, such as the assyrian god, sin) at any rate, one of the nicest modern renditions of the harrowing of hell appears in many books of shadows as 'the descent of the goddess. lady day may be especially appropriate for the celebration of this theme, whether by storytelling, reading, or dramatic re-enactment. for modern witches, lady day is one of the lesser sabbats or low holidays of the

WILLIAM WESCOTT NUMBERS THEIR OCCULT POWER AND MYSTIC VIRTUES

five are referred to primeval aether, air, fire, water and earth. and to hearing, touch, sight, taste and smell. note air is not hearing. see rama prasad on the tattvas. the sanskrit names of the seven planets used in hindu astrology, are surya for the sun, chandra for moon, kuja for mars, budhan for mercury, guru for jupiter, sukra for venus, and shani for saturn. then there are rahu, the upper lunar node, and ketu for the lower. jupiter is also named brihaspati. 81. the word septemtriones refers to the north, and is so called from its reference to the 7 stars of ursa major, also called the plough, and seen in the zodiac of denderah as the thigh. the talmudic berachoth, 14. i, says he who passes 7 nights without dreaming deserves to be called wicked. the kabalists describe seven classes

old authors state that 13 is a number used to procure agreement among married people. hebrew ancient lore did not reckon the number 13 as unlucky; this idea arose from the fate of judas after the last supper of jesus, yet not for some centuries, but since the notion was started it has been prevalent among all christians. the 13 cards of each suit of a pack of cards are sometimes applied to the 13 lunar months for purposes of divination. the gnostic gems are often inscribed with a 13-lettered name for god, ablana th analba. rabbi eliezer on account of a serious drought proclaimed 13 fasts, at the end of which rain fell at once. the temple used 13 collecting horns; and in it were 13 tables and 13 devotional reverential bows were used in the full service. numbers--th eir occu lt power an d my

es by w. wyn n wes tcott 252. it is said that the disciples of rabbi ishmael once dissected a low woman, and found she had 252 members; but it does not say what the extra ones were. 270. worlds of the idra rabba, or greater holy assembly. 271. the talmud, in niddah, says that the hebrew woman pregnancy lasted 271, 272 or 273 days. 280. 280 days, the term of natural pregnancy, human- ten times the lunar 28-day period. 284. the number of theos, god, in greek letters. 294. ekklesia, the church and rodon, the rose, and also melchisedek, king of salem. 300. mithras. the riches of korah were so vast that it took 300 mules to carry them. there were 300 sorts of devils in sichin. the veil of the temple required 300 priests to draw it aside, and 300 to cleanse it. 314. the number of shaddai, shdi a

WILLIAM WESCOTT THE CHALDEAN ORACLES OF ZOROASTER TRANSLATION

n the web of fate consequent upon incarnate energies in three different destinies. the oracles urge men to devote themselves to things divine, and not to give way to the promptings of the irrational soul, for, to such as fail herein, it is significantly said "thy vessel the beasts of the earth shall inhabit" the chald ans assigned the place of the image, the vehicle of the irrational soul, to the lunar sphere; it is probable that by the lunar sphere was meant something more than the orb of the moon, the whole sublunary region, of which the terrestrial earth is, as it were, the centre. at death, the rational soul rose above the lunar influence, provided always the past permitted that happy release, great importance was attributed to the way in which the physical life was passed during the s

ife on the plains of chald a, with its mild nights and jewelled skies, tended to foster the interior unfoldment; in early life the disciples of the magi learnt to resolve the bonds of proscription and enter the immeasurable region. one oracle assures us that "the girders of the soul, which give her; breathing, are easy to be unloosed" and elsewhere we read of the "melody of the ether" and of the "lunar clashings" experiences which testify to the reality of their occult methods. the oracles assert that the impressions of characters and other divine visions appear in the ether. the chald an philosophy recognized the ethers of the elements as the subtil media through which the operation of the grosser elements is effected by the grosser elements i mean what we know as earth, air, water and fi

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

distinct manifestations of divine volition. see brin, concept of time, pp. 39 48, 294. 244. zohar 3:58a. 245. see, by contrast, tiqqunei zohar, sec. 21, 43a, where the expression itto desaddiq refers to yesod and not to shekhinah. in tiqqunei zohar, sec. 69, 101b 102a, there is a lengthy discourse on the symbolic identification of shekhinah and time, related especially to the word et; the monthly lunar cycle is divided into 28 ittot, 14 from the side of mercy and 14 from the side of judgment, which are linked exegetically to the 28 occurrences of the word et in ecclesiastes 3:2 8. on the association of the term et and shekhinah, and a decoding of the expression itto as referring to the union of shekhinah and yesod, in the thirteenthcentury spanish kabbalist joseph gikatilla, see wolfson, f

WORKBOOK FOR GRADE 0 VOID AND THE ABYSS

open forth the anubian way to me! i behold the center of the eight- rayed black sun- my essence unto seth! azal'ucel! i invoke the bornless baphometic spirit of fire *what is the holy guardian angel- sabbatic familiar- angelic familiar -this is the higher self, what aleister crowley called the true will. the goal of the magician is to create what are twin vessels or pots which contain a solar and lunar essence. the lunar is created first, the contents are based on the sorcerers choice, but generally involve blood, grave soil, semen or sexual fluids (menstrual blood if female, sigils which are created based on a demonic aspect, ect. it is buried and focused upon for half a month. the the solar one is created. semen, 6 image of lucifer as an angel, blood and buried for half a month next to t

ght down to humanity. this is the gift of seth and lilith, who bring knowledge (gnosis) in different forms. he or she who would begin this path of luciferian transcendence must visualize this symbol, expand upon the essence of what it means to them and how it may be a point of direction in their own lesser and greater black magick. the sabbatic path flourishes upon the direction chosen within the lunar (lilith hecate) or solar (lucifer saturnus samael) paths of self-deification. mastery over ones environment through lesser black magick and sorcery. the sorcerous path is one of obstacles and tests, strengthening the self and exploring the very essence of what we are. this sigil also represents the fall and obtaining the knowledge of the serpent. this is workable through developing ones own

as meditation grows deeper visualize the shadow taking from and rising up. 20 leviathan, samael and lilith that samael is considered the qlippothic gateway towards self-deification is not essentially a new concept, but often misunderstood. the symbolism of this fallen angel is based within his connection (i label the gender male due to the solar aspects of this spirit, while lilith is female and lunar) of asmoday or ashamdon, a yezidic archangel. samael is considered to some extent connected with the roman light bearer, lucifer whom brings wisdom to mankind. when lucifer becomes the shadow bringer (noctifer) he is revealed as the ancient prince of darkness, set. the hidden gateway within the order of phosphorus is the sabbatic light and union of opposites. samael is the center resulting i

there shall the owl nest and lay and hatch and brood in its shadow (isaiah 34:14) jewish folklore mentions that lilith resides in caves in another plane of existence, much different from her original journey to the red sea caves in which she bred demons. the mirror itself is the gateway for her home and from which she may emerge and possess young girls. in a magickal sense, lilith represents the lunar qualities of both woman and man, therefore possession is the conscious alignment with this fertile and seductive force. it was specifically that lilith and adam was not a happy or unified couple. she wished independence and to be equal with mate, and adam was not pleased. lilith refused to lay beneath and in a moment of anger and disgust, rose to the air and called the secret magickal name o

the air and called the secret magickal name of god, from which she fled to the shores of the red sea. adam called upon angels to find her and they did locate her, in the caves on the red sea. there she mated with demons and produced 100 lilim or lilitu, succubi and children spawn of her blood. needless to say, the angels felt little security in trying to persuade her back to adam. considering the lunar qualities and the connection to screech owls, lilith is the queen of witches. by witch i do mean cunning woman who is able, by the abilities of command to look, by her own dayside attributes and her concise desire to dress for success, is able to seduce and command by her will of appearance alone. by the nightside attribute, the goddess is the manifestation or channel of lilith, she becomes

the hidden source of knowledge. lilith is known as the queen of demons in hebrew lore, but also she has manifested throughout different cultures and times. kali is one of the 17 names of lilith, represented as the devouring black mother of india, who absorbs through time itself. kali is the proactive female, the mother which devours its young. while lilith is itself, a force of the subconscious, lunar and fluid sense of self, something so very real as lilith may manifest to the sorcerer. lilith is the mother of demons, spawning lilitu or succubi, in the caves of the red sea. lilitu and succubi are essential in the magical awakening process of the sorcerer. while many might view such as dangerous, it is rather essential in the becoming or initiation period of the individual. lilith and her

y -timelessness, subconscious power, immortal aspects of the essential self samael (the sun known as asmodeus -force, sorcery, fire. samael is the one of darkness (knowledge hidden) whom rode eve and injected filth into her. samael is the root force of the beast 666, the solar creative force and the devil of the tarot. lilith (the moon queen of the witches and lilitu/succubi -witchcraft, sorcery, lunar dream magicks. lilith is the mother of harlots whom appears in the form of a beautiful woman with the lower half animal like, hairy and feet of a large bird. lilith is the gateway to the sabbat and to the arts of lesser and greater black magick. lilith is also the lunar blood covered goddess, revealed in thelemic lore as babalon. samael (the sun daemonic and solar phallic force, an extension

l of infernal union solitary ritual based on the union of opposites. black robe, candles: black and red. sigil of infernal union may be used upon the altar wall as well as the altar itself. the sigil of the union of the beast 666 and babalon may be used as well. this symbol is based on the classic sigil originally designed by eliphas levi, but redrafted by elda isela ford. this is indeed a saturn/lunar rite, the merging of sexualities within the individual. 25 one should prepare the grand sabbatic circle, robed in black or red and candles should be black and red. a statement of intent would read as the following: it is my will to invoke the egregores of samael and lilith, so that by union of both within myself, i shall become reborn as baphomet. widdershines, banishing ritual to clear mind

eading like a fountain throughout your entire body. remember, you are controlling this force, do not orgasm yet. hold the fire vision as you feel saturn or samael take consciousness. allow the force to immolate your consciousness; share the ecstasy with this angel of fire and light. take now the cup from the altar, drinking deeply of its cold and refreshing elixir. envision now lilith and recite: lunar force of water and dream walking, which you shall manifest my consciousness from the desert caves of the red sea, i do summon you, invoke you within me. bring unto me your mysteries of your children, the lilitu, that i may hold the arcana of sexual union and vampiric manifestation. enter me, mother of the path of the wise, reveal your bestial and angelic essence to me. do manifest through me

ZALEWSKI GOLDEN DAWN ENOCHIAN MAGIC OCR

ch makes a total of 88 (the letters of the enochian alphabet are shown in appendix i. these letters represent the names of the 14 kings and princes of the bonorum with the initial letter b removed, as shown in the following tablet (which dee was told to construct. part of this table is identical to the second table, which was generated from the round table of the bonorum, which i have ascribed as lunar. the lunar influence is always very apparent in enochian work, as shown by the central name on the seal dei aemeth. to obtain the names of the angels around the holy table from the preceding tablet is relatively simple. as an example we will follow the method of obtaining the letters on the top edge of the holy table, starting from the left; when translated to english they are as follows: b

mental tablets and the tablet of union as a whole, the information she derives is interesting "the 19 letters (of the enochian alphabet) have to do with the degrees of the zodiac and the order of the linea spiritus sancti is a negotiation. those at the most important words (viz: oroibah etc) 10 lunations=9 solar months=40 weeks of parental life=10 squares of small crosses results in a tablet of40 lunar forces. the 30 squares of lesser angles does a month. 9 of great crosses=3636 forces relates slightly to the solar days" while the general golden dawn approach to the enochian system is a solar-oriented one, i have often felt that the lunar influence is possibly stronger, based on my own personal experimentation. the central angelic entity of the seal dei aemeth is lunar. when using the syst

quares of lesser angles does a month. 9 of great crosses=3636 forces relates slightly to the solar days" while the general golden dawn approach to the enochian system is a solar-oriented one, i have often felt that the lunar influence is possibly stronger, based on my own personal experimentation. the central angelic entity of the seal dei aemeth is lunar. when using the system during the correct lunar phase, the results are generally far superior. i believe that the lunar cycles should be worked in with the solar ones when using the enochian system; there should be no contradiction. many people have never given the lunation cycles, in connection with the tablets, any real consideration. i think it is a worthwhile area to develop. although the book of enoch only remotely resembles the dee

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