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tuneld 2, 449; othensvara (bring 2, 46-7, othenvara 39; othenstrdo (bring 2, 48, from vara, foedus, and tro, fides? in smaland, odensvalakuu (tuneld 2, 146) and odcnsjo (2, 109. 147. sjoborg forsok p. 61. in ostergotland, odenfors (tuneld 2, 72. in vestergotland, odenshulla (2, 284) and odcnskdlla (2, 264, a medicinal spring; odensaker, onsdker(-acre, field, 2, 204. 253. in 1 an odensherg in tlie mark of bibelnheim (now biebeslieim below gernsheim in darmstadt) is named in a doc. of 1403. climels reg. ruperti p. 204; the form wodensberg would look more trustworthy" if numbers be an object, i fancy the english contribution might be swelled by looking up in a gazetteer the names beginning with wans, wens, wadden, weddin, wad, wed, wood, wam, wem, worn. trans^ langebek script, torn. 7* sven b

has an obvious resemblance to the old-established symbol of the planet mars when set upright, and an as. poem on the runes expressly says: tir bis idcna sum (tir is one of the tokens, is a certain sign; where again the derivative form tir is employed to explain the the simple tiw or ti. occasionally the poets speak of' tire tacnian' to mark with tir (el, 753. jud. 137, 18, and 'tires to tacne' as mark of tir (beow. 3306; we may expound it as' gloria, decore insignire, in gloriae signum' and still think of the heathen symbol of the god, pretty much as we saw it done at the solemn blessing of the alecups (see suppl^ 1 conf. note to elene 155-6. eor. 201 thus far we have dealt with tlie runic name tyr, tiw, zio, and no otlier. but here the same alphabets come out with a sharp distinction betw

nk that joins the carolingian legend to the laiigobardic: she is mother of carl, wife of pippin the son of kother (4789, and daughter of flore and blanchehor, whose name again contains the notion of whiteness. perahta, bekchte. 281 more ancient tradition of a' reine pedauque, regina peclc micae' whose figure stands carved in stone on old churches^ it is apparently a siuan-maidcns foot, which as a mark of her higher nature she cannot lay aside (any more than huldra her tail, or the devil his horse hoof; and at the same time the spinning-woman's splayfoot that worked the treadle, and that of the t.mmpling dame stem]3e or trempe. if we had older and minuter descriptions of' frau berhta' in germany, perhaps this foot would also be mentioned in them (see suppl. it still remains for us to explai

wfieg gewat. wan aefter ran. j?us heardingas];one hrole nemdon. ing first dwelt with the east danes (conf. beow. 779. 1225. 1650, then he went eastward over the sca^ his wain ran after. the wain 1 pro.ximi oceano ingaevones, medii herniinones, ceteri istaevones vocantur, tac. germ. 2^ cajdm. 88, 8 says of the raven let out of noah's ark: gewat ol'er wonue wa'g sigan. 345 heroes. is a distinctive mark of ancient gods, but also of heroes and kings; its being specially put forward here in connexion with a seavoyage, appears to indicate some feature of the legend that is unknown to us (see suppl. ing's residence in the east is strikingly in harmony with a pedigree of the ynglings given in the islendingabok (isl. sog. 1, 19. here at the head of all stands' yngvi tyrkja konungr' immediately suc

f germanic races, i have to offer some conjectures on the sevenfold division. pliny's quintuple arrangement seems not so true to fact, his vindili are tacitus's vandilii, his peucini not referable to any founder of a race. but tacitus to his first three adds four other leading races, the imarsi, gambrivii, suevi and vandilii, in whose names there exists neither alliteration nor the weak form as a mark of derivation. the marsi between rhine and weser, an early race which soon disappears, in whose country the tanfana sanctuary stood, lead up to a hero maiso, whom we must not mix up with the eoman mars gen. martis, nor with marsus the son of circe (who in like manner gives name to an italian people, gellius 16, 11. pliny 7, 2. augustine in ps. 57. the marsigni= marsingi, a suevic people, ackn

s of arms, and thor cuts four of his hands off (saxo gram, p. 103; the hervararsaga (eafn p. 412, 513) bestows eiijlit hands on him, and the ability to fight with four swords at once: dtta handa, fornald. sog. 1, 412. 3, 37. in the swedish folk-song of alf, originally heathen, there is a hero torgnejer (roaring like thunder' ban hade otta bander (arvidss. 1, 12^ such cumulation of limbs is also a mark of the giant race, and some of the heroes mentioned do overlap these; in the servian songs i find a three headed hero balatchko (vuk 2, no. 6, line 608; pegam too in the carniolan lay has three heads (tri glave. deficiency of members is to be found in heroes as well as gods: osinn is one-eyed, tfv onehanded, loki(=hephaestus) lame, hu'5r blind, and visar dumb* 1 doggskor, s\v. doppsko, tlic h

aven, ssem. 241; and of brynhild's laughing, as of that of the gods (p. 324, we are told' hlo, boer allr dundi' she laughed and all the castle dinned, ssem. 208^ a divine strength reveals itself in many deeds and movements of heroes. dietrich's fiery breath may be suggestive of donar, or perhaps only of a di^agon* ob sin atem goebe fiur als eines wilden trachen (parz. 13-7, 18. a widely prevalent mark of the hero race is their being sticldcd hy leasts, or fed hy birds. a hind offers her milk to sigursr when exposed, vilk. saga 142; a she-wolf gives suck to the infant dieterich (like eomulus and liemus) together with her four blind whelps, hence his name of wolfdieterich. the same fellowship with whelps seems imputed to the beginnings of the gotlis and 8wabians, as to those of the llomans (

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i have myself proved, because when i have operated with the veritable wisdom, all the other enchantments which i had learned have ceased, and i could no longer operate with them, and i made a very careful trial of those which i had learned with the rabbin moses; the cause of which is that the deceit and fraud of the demon can never appear where the divine wisdom is. furthermore, the most certain mark of their falsity is the election of certain days; since there be those which god hath expressly commanded to sanctify, we can freely operate on all other days, and at all times. and whenever ye shall see tables which do mark the days and their differences, the celestial signs, and other like matters,13 pay no attention thereto, because herein is a very great sin14 hidden, and a deceit of the

ADEPTUS MINOR INITIATION

ls. the foot is black with a white calvary cross and circle placed upon a pedestal of two steps. on the sides are depicted the 22 colors of the paths, between light and darkness (aspirant is placed between lid and pastos. chief stands facing him on opposite side of the pastos) chief "now is the final consecration in the tradition of the ancients. we seal this rite with the most mystical mark, the mark of membership of the roseae rubeae et aurea cruces" wall of the vault 32 minutum mundum cross of victory 33 rose& cross at head of pastos (49 petals) foot of the pastos 34 side of the pastos (hodos removes the aspirant's robe to let him receive the mark. third adept hands the razor blade to the chief) chief "the cut that you are to receive upon your clavicle is symbolic of the neck, which is

ALEISTER CROWLEY AD MEIORUM CTHULHI GLORIAM

lse. or the priest becomes prey to the eye of death of the seven annunnaki, lord of the underworld, ministers of the queen of hell. know, fifthly, that the worshippers of tiamat are abroad in the world, and will give fight to the magician. lo, they have worshipped the serpent from ancient times, and have always been with us. and they are to be known by their seeming human appearance which has the mark of the beast upon them, as they change easily into the shapes of animals and haunt the nights of men and by their odour, which comes of burning incenses unlawful to the worship of the elder ones. and their books are the books of chaos and the flames, and are the books of the shadows and the shells. and they worship the heaving earth and the ripping sky and the rampant flame and the flooding w

ALEISTER CROWLEY BOOK OF LIES

quote some passages which we find scattered about in the unpublished volumes of his "confessions" he writes..none the less, i could point to some solid achievement on the large scale, although it is composed of more or less disconnected elements. i refer to the book of lies. in this there are 93 chapters: we count as a chapter the two pages filled rerespectively with a note of interrogation and a mark of exclamation. the other chapters contain sometimes a single word, more frequently from a half-dozen to twenty paragraphs. the subject of each chapter is determined more or less definitely by the qabalistic import of its number. thus chapter 25 gives a revised ritual of the pentagram; 72 is a rondel with the refrain shemhamphorash, the divine name of 72 letters; 77 laylah, whose name adds to

emanation the world [10] commentary (the chapter that is not a chapter) this chapter, numbered 0, corresponds to the negative, which is before kether in the qabalistic system. the notes of interrogation and exclamation on the previous pages are the other two veils. the meaning of these symbols is fully explained in "the soldier and the hunchback. this chapter begins by the letter o, followed by a mark of exclamation; its reference to the theogony of "liber legis" is explained in the note, but it also refers to kteis phallos book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.com 10 and sperma, and is the exclamation of wonder or ecstasy, which is the ultimate nature of things. note (1) silence. nuit, o; hadit; ra-hoor-khuit, i. commentary (the ante primal triad) this is the negative trinity;

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

l working. it is usually sufficient to perform a general banishing, and to rely upon the aid of the guardians invoked. let the banishing therefore be short, but in no wise slurred- for it is useful as it tends to produce the proper attitude of mind for the invocations "the banishing ritual of the pentagram (as now rewritten, liber 333, cap. xxv) is the best to use<ritual called "the mark of the beast" given in an appendix. but this is pantomorphous> only the four elements are specifically mentioned, but these four elements contain the planets and the signs<planets, of course, contain, the elements. it is important to remember this fact, as it helps one to grasp what all these terms really mean. none of the "thirty-two paths" is a simple idea; each one is a

his character, and for the solution or sweeping away of those tangled weeds of prejudice which hamper him from freedom to act as he will. similar applications of the remaining invocations will occur to the adept who is ready to use them- section f. the adept now returns to the tiphereth square of his tau, and invokes spirit, facing toward boleskine, by the active pentagrams, the sigil called the mark of the beast, and the signs of l.v.x (see plate as before. he then vibrates the names extending his will in the same way as before, but vertically upward. at the same time he expands the source of that will- the secret symbol of self- both about him and below, as if to affirm that self, duplex as is its form, reluctant to acquiesce in its failure to coincide with the sphere of nuith. let him

s i enflame myself with prayer "there is no grace: there is no guilt: this is the law: do what thou wilt "he strikes eleven times upon the bell, and cries" abrahadabra. i entered in with woe; with mirth i now go forth, and with thanksgiving, to do my pleasure on the earth among the legions of the living "he goeth forth" 330 liber v vel reguli. a. a. publication in class d. being the ritual of the mark of the beast: an incantation proper to invoke the energies of the aeon of horus, adapted for the daily use of the magician of whatever grade. the first gesture. the oath of the enchantment, which is called the elevenfold seal "the animadversion towards the aeon" 1. let the magician, robed and armed as he may deem to be fit, turn his face towards boleskine<
o suggest a crescent. the head is thrown back (attitude of baphomet, isis in welcome, the microcosm of vitruvius (see book 4, part ii. 333 18. let him break into the dance, tracing a centripetal spiral widdershins, enriched by revolutions upon his axis as he passeth each quarter, until he come to the centre of the circle. there let him halt, facing boleskine. 19. let him raise the wand, trace the mark of the beast, and cry aiwaz! 20. let him trace the invoking hexagram of the beast. 21. let him lower the wand, striking the earth therewith. 22. let him give the sign of mater triumphans (the feet are together; the left arm is curved as if it supported a child; the thumb and index finger of the right hand pinch the nipple of the left breast, as if offering it to that child. let him utter the

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS

e, and i tried to understand by looking round the room; when i looked back the chair was raised, and he was still the same. i realized i was alone; and thinking he was dead or gone- or some other terrible thing- i lost consciousness" this discourse has been thus left unfinished: but it is only necessary to add that the capacity to extract such spiritual honey from these unpromising flowers is the mark of an adept who has perfected his magick cup. this method of qabalistic exegesis is one of he best ways of exalting the reason to the higher consciousness. evidently it started fra. p. so that in a moment he become completely concentrated and entranced. note that this has nothing at all to do with any pranayama. it seems a matter of ecstatic concentration, which chose this mode of expression

ALEISTER CROWLEY TAO TEH KING

tisfied with himself((since the one will is not yet attained) he gaineth force to achieve his will. because he striveth not, no man may contend against him. 3. that is no idle saw of the men of old 'the part becometh the whole; it is the canon of perfection((any part x becomes the whole zero, by cancelling itself through 'love' of -x) 27 chapter xxiii the void of naught. 1. to keep silence is the mark of one who is acting in full accordance with his will. a fierce wind soon falleth; a storm-shower doth not last all day. yet heaven and earth cause these; and if they fail to make violence continue, how much less can man abide in spasm of passion! 2. with him that devoteth him to tao, the devotees of tao are in accord; so also are the devotees of teh((because teh is part of tao) yea, even the

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE LOST CONTINENT

tlas "the woman entered, lingam being conjoined with yoni, bears the sun from her serpent womb" and "from the womb's mouth the sun (cometh seeking) a womb for his desire, even the womb of a serpent, the course of the year being signified in this manner, as usual with the ancients. this plan of an idea corresponding to each letter was carried out very strictly: thus tla, black, means the stigma or mark of the virgin's womb, ia (hail! greeting 'face to face, from the other peculiarity described above. these few examples will suffice to indicate the singular character of the language* and the way in which its essential dogmatic symbols have been incorporated by the heirs of atlas in the inmost sanctuaries of races which they deemed worthy of such assistance. i must not pass over in silence th

ad been completed about 70 years before the 'catastrophe' but apparently no effort was made to utilize it in any way. to me it appears probable that in some one mind the whole 'catastrophe' was brooding, that the column was part of the device, and that the event which i shall now describe was the other part. this event was the birth of a child in the high house, a child without the distinguishing mark of the daughters of atlas. that any child at all should have been born there is so incredible that i am inclined to suspect an improper use of the word 'born. i think rather that a magician brought zro to its eleventh stage, when it takes human form, and lives! the alternative theory is that of the 'angel of venus' described in the chapter on the underground gardens of atlas. the supporters o

p11. only the smallest quantity is required, and it is unchanged, its function being purely catalytic. this form of phosphorus is one of the most stable elements. it combines (so far as is known) only with zro. but if thrown out of such a combination, it becomes ordinary yellow phosphorous. p12. in spite of the absolute promiscuity of the atlanteans, this was never in doubt, owing to the special mark of each man, whose stigma or variation was infallibly transmitted. p13. this item is loosely used, as equivalent of 'life' the sacrifice is described later, and the point made clear. p13. no other disease was known after the bringing of the zro to its ninth stage, all indisposition being instantly cured by a single dose. chapter iv: p14. no known state of pure zro is stable. from this it will

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE OLD AND NEW COMMENTARIES TO LIBER AL

ted to us "what shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul" the nature of man is individual. no two faces are identical, still less are two individuals. unspeakable is the variety of form and immeasurable the diversity of beauty, but in all is the seal of unity, inasmuch as all cometh from the womb of nuit- to it returneth all. the apprehension of this sublimity is the mark of divinity. knowing this, all is liberty; ignorant of this, all is bondage. as no two individuals are identical, so also, there can be no identity between the quintessential expressions of the will of any two persons; and the expression of each person, in the first instance, as his purely physical prerogative, is his sexual gesture. one cannot say that any significance of that gesture is for

sapiens, like the ears of the ass or the slime of the slug. that we reason as we do merely proves that we cannot reason otherwise. we cannot move the upper jaw; it does not follow that the idea of motion is ridiculous. the limitation hints rather that there may be an infinite variety of structures which the jaw cannot imagine. the metric system is not the necessary mode of measurement. it is the mark of a mind untrained to take its own processes as valid for all men, and its own judgments for absolute truth. our two eyes see an object in two aspects, and present to our consciousness a third which agrees with neither, is indeed, strictly speaking, not sensible to sight, but to touch! our senses declare some things at rest and others in motion; our reason corrects the error, firstly by deny

s well to discard such 'indispensable' and 'proper' things as a waterproof and a blackthorn for a turban and a dagger. the 'moral' man is living by the no-reason of laws, and that is stupid and inadequate even when the laws still hold good; for he is a mere mechanism, resourceless should any danger that is not already provided for in his original design chance to arise. respect for routine is the mark of the second-rate man. the 'immoral' man, defying convention by shouting aloud in church, may indeed be 'brawling; but equally he may be a sensitive who has felt the first tremor of an earthquake. we of thelema encourage every possible variation; we welcome every new 'sport; its success or failure is our sole test of its value. we let the hen's queer hatching take to water, and laugh at her

s swimming strongly enough. i found xaipe a'.a. 718 "hail to the a'.a. i gracefully acknowledged the greeting to our holy order, but went on with my search. there is no such word as axpicta "unchristlike things; only blind bigotry could be satisfied with so crude an invention. then came xapa h, 713, an engraved character. that was a true name for the stele; if i suffixed ad, 5, it might read "the mark of hadit. but i did not feel inwardly that thrill of ecstacy that springs in the heart or that dawn of amazement that kindles the mind, when truth's sheer simplicity takes form. there is a definite psychological phenomenon which accompanies and important discovery. it is like first love, at first sight, to the one; like the recognition of a law of nature, to the other. it inflames one with lo

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of the three mother seeds that lie concealed therein. but in a certain mystical way the other ten are shadowed forth, though dimly, as if the brazen serpent had become a 92 sword of lightning. yet is this but a glyph; for in truth there is no link or bond between them. for this animal gold is passed utterly away; there is not any button hereof, nor any feather of the wings of the sphinx, nor any mark of the sower or of the seed. but at that lightning flash all did entirely disappear, and the cucurbite and the alembic and the athanor were shattered utterly. and there arose that which he had set himself to seek; yea, more! a grain of the powder, and three minims of the elixir, and six drachms of the tincture of double efficacy. yet the brethren mocked him; for he had imperilled himself sore

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e reflection of babalon, that rideth on the beast. and also there is an assyrian legend of a woman with a fish, and also there is a legend of eve and the serpent, for cain was the child of eve and the serpent, and not of eve and adam; and therefore when he had slain his brother, who was the first murderer, having sacrificed living things to his demon, had cain the mark upon his brow, which is the mark of the beast spoken of in the apocalypse, and is the sign of initiation. 148 the shedding of blood is necessary, for god did not hear the children of eve until blood was shed. and that is external religion; but cain spake not with god, nor had the mark of initiation upon his brow, so that he was shunned by all men, until he had shed blood. and this blood was the blood of his brother. this is

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQUINOX EQ I 2 3

l the notes, nor the whole of my correspondent's letter. i undertake all the responsibilities, and reserve, in consequence, my editorial right. 355 however, and as a last preliminary, the reader will be glad to mark the following part of the letter "i beg of you, sir" concludes the man-cover "not to send me any proofs before publication. it would be but an unnecessary trouble to you; to me such a mark of regard from an unknown benefactor would prove a burden and give occasion to my enemies for recrudescence of persecution. my mail is sure to be ransacked, if indeed i am to be blessed with any communication from the living. but when all the instalments are published and my name is flying from lip to lip, then, and then only, you, whoever your are, noble champion of the men-covers, please se

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il to buy a copy; a perfect bedside book. r. n. w. 12 weh note: this is crowley's account of his divorce from rose. see "confessions" we beg to apologise for having referred in our last number to g.r.s.mead, esquire, b.a, m.r.a.s, as mr. g.r.s.mead, b.a. b.a (baccalaureus artium) is indeed the proud distinction awarded to our brightest and best intellects. m.r.a.s. does not mean mr. ass; but is a mark of merit so high that dizzy imagination swoons at its contemplation. we grovel. a. c. paracelsus. edited by a. e. waite. two vols. wm. rider and son. 25"s" the only edition of the great mediaeval occultist, the discoverer of opium, hydrogen, and zinc. mr. a. e. waite in this as in his other translations is altogether admirable, adding a delightful wit to ripe scholarship, and illuminating com

ALEX SANDERS THE KING OF THE WITCHES

terialize. then, on the last day, he heard a rushing sound in the air; he felt faint and giddy, and saw little ridges forming in the sand before him. obeying the instructions he had learnt by heart, he copied the words that appeared, one after the other, on the surface of the sand. the names were of spirits he had invoked. then on the surface of the silver he saw a droplet which he took to be the mark of the angel. repeating the names that had appeared in the sand, alex asked the spirits to make themselves known, to help and advise him, to cleanse and comfort him. the air quivered and then became still, and the voice, when it spoke, seemed to come from all comers of the room 'you are going to open what you have to the world. you will be persecuted as a result of it; you will lose friends

ALICE A BAILEY02 INITIATION HUMAN AND SOLAR

mity to the rules for treading the path, will come to many in the west the chance to take these further steps. that opportunity will be found by the man who is ready in the place where he is, and among the familiar circumstances of his daily life. it will be found in attention to duty, in the surmounting of tests and trials, and in that inner adherence to the voice of the god within, which is the mark of every applicant for initiation. initiation involves the very thing that is done from day to day by any who are consciously endeavoring to train themselves: the next point to be reached, and the next bit of work to be accomplished is pointed out by the master (either the god within or a man's master if he is consciously aware of him) and the reason is given. then the teacher stands aside an

fied normality, by his steady conformity to that which is best for the group as emphasised by the group laws of the land, by his control and his refraining from excess of any kind, and by the example he sets to his environing associates of spiritual living and moral rectitude, coupled with the discipline of his life. rule 12. let the disciple learn the use of the hand in service; let him seek the mark of the messenger in his feet, and let him learn to see with the eye that looks out from between the two. this rule looks easy of interpretation upon the first reading, and seems to enjoin upon the applicant the use of the hands in service, of the feet upon hierarchical errands, and the development of clairvoyance. but the real meaning is much more esoteric. occultly understood, the "use of th

the use of the centres of the hands during meditation in the manipulation of mental matter and currents. these three points will bear careful consideration, and much may be learnt by occidental students from the study of the life of christ, and a consideration of his methods in using his hands. more cannot be said here, as the subject is too vast to be enlarged upon in this brief commentary. the "mark of the messenger" in the feet, is a reference to that well-known symbol of the wings on the heels of mercury. much upon this subject will be revealed to students in occult schools who will gather together all that can be found concerning the messenger of the gods, and who also will study with care information which astrological students have gleaned anent the planet mercury, and which occult

ALICE A BAILEY04 A TREATISE ON COSMIC FIRE

re, or cosmic mental fire. this is that portion of the cosmic mental plane which goes to the animation of the mental body of the logos. this fire may be regarded as the sumtotal of the sparks of mind, the fires of the mental bodies and the animating principle of the evolving units of the human race in the three worlds. 3. electric fire, or the logoic flame divine. this flame is the distinguishing mark of our logos, and it is that which differentiates him from all other logoi; it is his dominant characteristic, and the sign of his place in cosmic evolution. this threefold fire may be expressed in ray terms as follows: first, we have the animating fires of the solar system, which are the fires of the primordial ray of active intelligent matter; these constitute the energy of brahma, the thir

their incarnations and their pralayas very rapidly; others spend untold aeons, and hence it is impossible to say that there are even "averages" connected with the appearance of egos on the astral plane, for instance. this fact has bearing upon the statement of h. p. b. anent the lodge effort each one hundred years. under the particular type of cyclic force emanating from the lodge, the high water mark of its activity is to be found once in every seven cycles. all that originates on that ray is controlled by spiral-cyclic efforts based upon the number 10 and its multiples, and finding its highest cyclic vibration, as it happens, during the last quarter of each century. what our more modern students are apt to forget in this connection is that this activity is but the demonstration of one ty

ALICE A BAILEY05 THE LIGHT OF THE SOUL

s of the human family, and will awaken to a recognition of the sound, as it is emanated by all forms in all the kingdoms of nature. the realm of the soul will stand open to him and this, when it includes recognition of the sound in all the four kingdoms, will lead him to know himself as master. soul knowledge and the power to work with the soul of all things in the three worlds is the distinctive mark of the adept. 18. knowledge of previous incarnations becomes available when the power to see thought images is acquired. the significance of this sutra is very great, for it gives the basis for the regaining of a knowledge of past experience. this basis is strictly mental, and only those mentally polarised and with the mind under control can regain this knowledge if they so wish. the power to

ALICE A BAILEY07 FROM INTELLECT TO INTUITION

t, and the lover are seekers after that glory: the haunting beauty that they pursue is the faint reflection of its sun. but the mystic lives in the full light of the vision: what others dimly seek he knows, with a knowledge beside which all other knowledge is ignorance "the second characteristic of mysticism is its belief in unity, and its refusal to admit opposition or division anywhere "a third mark of almost all mystical metaphysics is the denial of the reality of time. this is an outcome of the denial of division; if all is one, the distinction of past and future must be illusory "the last of the doctrines of mysticism which we have to consider is its belief that all evil is mere appearance, an illusion produced by the divisions and oppositions of the analytic intellect. mysticism does

nett describes this stage in some comments upon ruysbroeck. he says "ruysbroeck here distinguishes two marks of 'true' passivity: first, it is 'actively sought' that is, a certain effort is necessary to maintain it. second, it differs from any natural or automatic type of relief by the moral preparation which precedes it..this enforced waiting, this self-imposed receptivity, which is the defining mark of the stage of contemplation, is not the end of the mystic's career. it is the end of his efforts, in the sense that he can do no more, but it is destined to give way to the stage of ecstasy when matters are taken out of the hand of the individual and he becomes the vehicle of a power greater than himself 'remain steadfastly in thyself until thou art drawn out of thyself without any act of t

dicates the revealing quality of the soul. the prophecies in the books of daniel and revelations have been responsible for the building up of a thought-form of fear and of terror which has led to much writing of a psychic nature, and the exclusiveness of organized religion has led many to separate themselves off from the rest of humanity and to regard themselves as the elect of the lord, with the mark of the christ on their foreheads and, therefore, to take the position that they are safe and the rest of the world must perish, unless they can be brought to interpret truth and the future in the exclusive terms of the anointed and select. secondly, these writings can indicate a process of self unfoldment, and a method whereby the introverted mystic can become the extrovert. the writer may be

ALICE A BAILEY08 A TREATISE ON WHITE MAGIC

of the conception, and in time that vibration becomes permanent. those who, with open eyes, enter on occult training need indeed to count the cost. the reward at the end is great, but the path is rough and the true occultist walks it alone. the capacity to stand alone, to assume responsibility, and then to carry all through single-handed, and to brave evil for the sake of the good achieved is the mark of a white brother. be prepared then for loneliness, for dangers of a dim and obscure character, and expect to see your life spent for no reward that touches the personality. it is only as the consciousness expands, and one finds one's true position in the cosmic whole that the reward becomes apparent; but cease from fear, and know that the personality is only temporary, and what matter if it

perating consciously with the hierarchy of knowers. this has been the case even when the individual man has been totally unaware himself or his place in the group and that group's divine mission. let it be- 238- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust remembered also that there has not been a single failure, though again and again the individual has not been cognisant of success. the mark of these workers is that they build for posterity. that those who have followed them have failed, and that those who have responded to this work have not been true to the ideal is disastrously true, but the initial group has uniformly achieved. this surely negates pessimism and demonstrates the exceeding potency of the subjective activity. the three groups to which i earlier referred require

words "the web pulsates. it contracts and expands. the underlying thought is that of pulsation, of diastole and systole, of ebb and flow, of cyclic activity, of the day of opportunity and the night of inactivity, of inflow and output, and of those many appearances and disappearances which mark the sweep of all lives in all kingdoms and dimensions. this day and night cycle which is the inevitable mark of manifested existence has to be recognised. one of the things which every disciple has to learn (putting the truth in the simplest terms) is to achieve that wisdom which is based on a knowledge of when to work and when to refrain, and on an understanding of those periods or interludes which are characterised by speech and by silence. it is here that mistakes are made and here that many work

ants the words that "blend the fire and water" but these are the rules for the aspirant. the rules for initiates of a paralleling kind end with the words "let the initiate sound the note that unifies the fires. this is significant and of much encouragement to the beginner in the magical work. he is still perforce working on the astral plane and he cannot possibly avoid so doing for much time. the mark of growth for him is the steady withdrawal of his consciousness from that plane and his attainment of mental poise and of mental awareness, followed by creative work on the mental plane. there is an interesting and ancient proclamation found in the archives of the adepts which covers some of the stages in the magical work, couched of course in symbolic form "let the magician stand within the

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

these teachers could be reached and the discipline of life that the treading of the path involved. these two are especially for aspirants. a treatise on cosmic fire is in an entirely different category. in the last analysis, it is for the guidance of the initiates of the world, and will lift the aspirant's eyes away from himself and his own growth to a vaster conception and a universal ideal. the mark of the initiate is his lack of interest in himself, in his own unfoldment and his own personal fate, and all aspirants who become accepted disciples have to master the technique of disinterestedness. their eyes have also to be lifted away from the group of workers and from the hierarchy which they constitute and to be fixed on wider horizons and vaster realms of activity. they great creative

w each other in a regular numerical sequence, such as is now happening. when this does happen, there eventuates a rapid following of effect upon cause, and this today can provide the basis for an assured hope. a. the outgoing sixth ray the sixth ray influence served to attract men's minds towards an ideal, such as that of individual sacrifice or service, and the mystical vision was the high water mark of the period; the numerous guiding mystics of the occident and the orient have appeared. the seventh ray influence will in time produce the magician, but in this age the magician will be predominantly in the class of white magic (not as in atlantean days, when the predominance was on the side of selfish or black magic. the white magician works with the forces of nature and swings them back i

ALICE A BAILEY10 FROM BETHLEHEM TO CALVARY

steps, and not to follow in the steps, or to accept the interpretation of his words, which any disciple of his may advocate, no matter how highly esteemed or valuable. what is this holiness to which he calls us, when we take the first step toward the new birth? what is a holy man- 52- from bethlehem to calvary copyright 1998 lucis trust wholeness, unity, at-one-ment, completeness this is the hall mark of a perfect man. having once seen and with open eyes beheld the vision of divinity, what can we do? in this question our problem is voiced. what is the next step, the immediate duty of the man who knows that, in himself, the new birth has not yet taken place, but who feels in himself a readiness to go up to bethlehem, from galilee, via nazareth? it entails, in the first place, effort. it mea

ion, and which is called the great renunciation. let us vision clearly just where we stand upon the path of evolution. have we yet set our feet upon the path of probation, that difficult path of purification which is a necessary first step? or are we definitely upon the path of discipleship, knowing what we are doing, cultivating the finer values and those distinctive qualities which are the hall mark of manifesting divinity? the only incentive which will be strong enough (or which ever has been strong enough) to enable a man to tread the fivefold way to the centre from which the word goes forth is a realisation of the deep and distressing need of our modern world for revelation, for pure example and for loving service. there is no way by which this sad and war-torn world of ours can be sa

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

is trust (itself stimulated in meditation) as it turns downward on to the astral plane, evokes the renewed and the reawakened active reaction from the lower powers. it is as definitely a recovery and as definitely undesirable as are some of the hatha-yoga practices in india which enable the yogin to recover the conscious control of his bodily functions. this conscious control was a distinguishing mark of the early lemurian races but for ages the activity of the body-organs has lain, most desirably and safely, below the threshold of consciousness, and the body performs its functions automatically and unconsciously, except in the case of disease or maladjustment of some kind. it is not intended that the race (when the work of this present cycle is accomplished) should function consciously in

ALICE A BAILEY12 DISCIPLESHIP IN THE NEW AGE VOLUME I

ed in certain important matters and not in his relation to a master. these factors of importance to a disciple are: 1. the whole subject of humanity its present status, its problems and the opportunity immediately presented. a disciple is one who seeks at all times to aid humanity and to further the processes of evolution as well as to develop that deep love of mankind which is the distinguishing mark of the initiate and of the master. 2. the subject of initiation. a study of this subject will lead to a consideration of its secondary development and its basic objective of a progressive identification with the soul of the disciple, with the soul of the group, with the soul of humanity as a whole and with the soul in all forms. 3. the subject of service. this is not service as it is usually

imulate the astral aura. this constitutes the third use or purpose of this meditation. the other two uses, i indicated in my last instruction. august 1934 brother of mine: may i at this time indicate to you two things, my brother, knowing that, as an old and experienced aspirant, you seek ever to see life truly as it is? first, in each life there is reached what i might call a definite high water mark of achievement, and the age at which this is reached varies almost infinitely. when it is reached, there is then a settled tendency towards crystallisation, towards a recognition of the life's thoughtform (this being the sum total of all the formulated ideas which have governed progress) and a gradual slipping under the dominance of that thoughtform. this inhibits further progress. when the h

e law of normal development. it can constitute for you exactly what it is, and you need feel no shame over your accomplishment for it has been good. your life purpose has been rightly oriented and in the next life you will reap the results of your life-long discipline. but for you, as a soul and as a disciple under training, there need be no arresting of the process of development. the high water mark of your life cycle (in the broader and wider sense) will not be reached yet for many lives and, therefore, there need be for you no interlude of inertia and no- 295- discipleship in the new age- volume i copyright 1998 lucis trust demonstration of a static condition. you may go on from point to point upon the way, both now and hereafter. the decision and effort must come from you, my brother

ve and work, to think and feel with the consciousness ever withdrawn to the "secret place of the most high" you will know whereof i speak, because that is one of the lessons which your soul has been teaching you during the past twelve months. physically, mentally and emotionally, you have been tried and tested and the trials which are applied to aligned personalities have been applied to you. the mark of the true aspirant is that all the three parts of the lower nature are linked more or less to the higher, thus producing a unity. this results in two things- 352- discipleship in the new age- volume i copyright 1998 lucis trust 1. all the three parts of the personality can react simultaneously in some measure to the life and energy of the soul. 2. all the difficulties and trials (karmic or

my permission to approach me as you do at the time of each full moon. i can trust you not to call me from my work without due cause. september 1935 my brother: i sometimes wonder what i can do to help you or what words i can say which will enable you to break through the limitations which surround you. there is a measure of freedom possible for you at this time and which will mark the high water mark of this incarnation for you but as yet- 369- discipleship in the new age- volume i copyright 1998 lucis trust you have not managed to achieve it. if i tell you that you have made little progress the past few months, you will be discouraged and that i do not desire. if i tell you that your self-interest has intensified lately, you will perhaps not believe me and in any case you will be distres

(sensitive to the call of the soul and the call of humanity as heard on soul levels) brings about automatically and without pressure the needed changes in the physical plane of life. to these words of mine pay special attention or you will undertake responsibilities or take action which will be based on the reasoning of the lower, concrete mind and not on those simple impulses which bear the hall mark of the soul. one thing i would urge upon you: follow with great diligence the keeping of the diary to which i- 373- discipleship in the new age- volume i copyright 1998 lucis trust referred in my last instruction. i am not changing your work at this time. i only seek to emphasise to you the four points of interest to be noted in your diary. keep it in fuller detail; not only will it train you

he sannyasin. but you are still only playing around the fringe of that idea. for you, it is a symbol of a detachment which you erroneously feel you cannot achieve. you under-rate yourself, my brother. you have a persistence- 398- discipleship in the new age- volume i copyright 1998 lucis trust which is undaunted and which has guided you from your early days until now. this persistence is the hall mark of the pledged disciple. will you remember this? you have never wavered in your search for light and for a field in which to serve your soul and to evidence your devotion to humanity and to the great ones who guide the destiny of the race of men and whom you truly love. you have also an inner recognition of truth and of the plan which is far greater than you suspect and which we tested out ye

ALICE A BAILEY16 GLAMOUR A WORLD PROBLEM

tiation became possible for its advanced humanity. 15. when a racial incarnation and a zodiacal cycle synchronise (which is not always the case) then there comes a significant and important focussing of the attention of the dweller on the angel and vice versa. this is taking place at this time at the close of the piscean era and when the aryan race has reached maturity and a relatively high water mark of development. discipleship is significant of maturity, and it is with mature development that the dweller is met. the aryan race is ready for discipleship. 16. the development of sensitivity in the individual and in the race indicates the imminence of the recognition of the angel from both angles of vision and the immediacy of the opportunity. this opportunity for active fusion has never be

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

f the centre of transmission. in the transit of energy from a major centre to a human being and when the energy is finally grounded in the disciple's centre, you will notice that it is then a fusion of six energies. these three groups of energies (each of them a fusion of six) make the dominating energies, controlling the human being, to number eighteen; this holds the clue to the mystery of the "mark of the beast" which is 666. this is the number of the active intelligent man and distinguishes his form nature from his spiritual nature which is 999. these three lines or streams of energy in man may be listed as follows: i. ii. iii. will. purpose. love-wisdom. active intelligence. spirit. c onsciousness. form. 1. the great bear..sirius..the pleiades. c osmic. c osmic. c osmic. 2. leo..pisce

ully affecting the world aspirants and leading them towards those attitudes of mind which will produce an unswerving allegiance to the spiritual values and an unalterable adherence to the good of humanity. aquarius is with equal potency affecting the world disciples and initiates, leading them to world service on a large scale, producing group activity and that living usefulness which is the hall-mark of the pledged disciple. the influence of these three constellations is felt through their esoteric planets, and the mass movement in consciousness (for which leo is responsible) can be noted as possible even by the novice when he realises that the ruling planets in leo are, from all three angles exoteric, esoteric and hierarchical the sun. the mass movement towards individual self-consciousn

ALICE A BAILEY19 THE UNFINISHED AUTOBIOGRAPHY

with all the pronouncements of the outer head and if they gave their loyalty to the people that the heads of the e.s. in every country endorsed. some of their pronouncements seemed ridiculous. many of the people endorsed were mediocre to the nth degree. a number who were looked up to as initiates were not particularly intelligent or loving, and love and intelligence, in full measure, are the hall-mark of the initiate. amongst the advanced membership there was competition and claim making and, therefore, constant fighting between personalities fighting that was not confined just to oral battles but which found its expression in magazine articles. i shall never forget my horror one day when a man in los angeles said to me "if you want to know what brotherhood is not, go and live at krotona"

ew him was regarded as an outstanding european psychologist. he is a man of rare beauty of character. he could not come into a room without his essential spiritual qualities making his presence known. frank d. vanderlip in his book "what next in europe" makes a striking comment about him. he calls him the modern st. francis of assisi and says that the morning he spent with robert was a high-water mark of his european trip. dr. assagioli is a jew. at the time we met him at ascona and later visited him in italy the jews were well treated in that country. the approximately 30,000 jews in italy were- 127- the unfinished autobiography copyright 1998 lucis trust valued as italian citizens and were subjected to no restrictions or persecution. the talks by dr. assagioli were outstanding features o

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ay. they have been many, and they have been varied. do you appreciate what they mean? the past year brought you crisis after crisis; it involved periods of quiescence and of enforced activity; it also brought periods of a definite recognition of growth wherein you registered expansion and arrived at certain inner decisions by which you must and will abide, because they marked a certain high water mark of your soul's development. your problem is now concerned with this point of attainment. is the high water mark reached a temporary one, preliminary to a still higher attainment, or have you for this life set your pace and can proceed no faster? disciples, such as you, need to learn that this type of decision indicates no choice between right and wrong, or between progress or non-progress. it

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

e jewel in the lotus into the triad and let them find the word which will carry out that task. let them destroy by their dynamic will that which has been created at the midway point. when the point of tension is reached by the brothers at the fourth great cycle of attainment, then will this work be done. rule xii. for applicants: let the disciple learn to use the hand in service; let him seek the mark of the messenger in his feet and let him learn to see with the eye which looks out from between the two. for disciples and initiates: let the group serve as aquarius indicates; let mercury speed the group upon the upward way and let taurus bring illumination and the attainment of the vision; let the mark of the saviour, as the group toils in pisces, be seen above the aura of the group. rule x

plans which will usher in and mature that new culture and civilisation which will slowly come into being when the world has straightened itself out after the processes of the world war (1914-1945. the rule runs as follows: rule xii. let the group serve as aquarius indicates; let mercury speed the group upon the upward way and let taurus bring illumination and the attainment of the vision; let the mark of the saviour, as the group toils in pisces, be seen above the aura of the group. you will remember that the rule as given to applicants emphasised: 1. the use of the hands in service for healing, blessing and for invocation. 2. the mark of the messenger in the feet; this referred to the use of the intuition, which is governed by mercury. 3. the use of the "eye" this is not in reality the th

l be the appearing of a symbol in the aura of the group of the entire group. this will be a symbol projected by the hierarchy, specifically by the christ. what that symbol will be it is not for me to say. it is not yet fully earned, and only its dim and uncertain outline can be seen from the level on which the masters work, and not at all from the level on which the group itself works. it is "the mark of a saviour" and it will embody the mark or indication (the signature as medieval occultists used to call it) of a new type of salvation or salvage. up till now the mark of the saviour has been the cross, and the quality of the salvation offered has been freedom from substance or the lure of matter and from its hold a freedom only to be achieved at a great cost. the future holds within its s

r no selfish purpose. in the early days of the probationary path, selfish aspiration is foremost in the consciousness of the aspirant; however, as he treads the path, and likewise the path of discipleship, he leaves all such motives behind (a minor renunciation) and his one aim, in seeking liberation and freedom from the three worlds, is to aid and help humanity. this dedication to service is the mark of the hierarchy. you can see, therefore, how the buddha prepared the way for the initiation of renunciation or of crucifixion by his teaching and his emphasis upon detachment. think on these things and study the great continuity of effort and cooperation which distinguishes the members of the spiritual hierarchy. my prayer and wish is that your goal may be clear to your vision and that the "

ALICE BAILEY THE LABOURS OF HERCULES

n scorpio; for the great work was to overcome illusion. it was consummated and carried to completion in the sign scorpio. the motto of that sign is silence. in capricorn he becomes the initiate, and this stage is always impossible until illusion has been overcome and the power of silence has been [24] achieved. therefore, when an infant in the cradle, unable to speak, he symbolized the high water mark of his achievement by strangling the two serpents. then, at his maturity, he symbolized in himself aquarius the man, whose motto is "to know. he had a mind and used his intellect in active work and service. so, doing and daring, in silence and with knowledge, he overcame all obstacles and passed undeterred from aries to pisces; starting in aries as the humble aspirant and ending in pisces as

rpent of matter or of illusion, with which the soul has identified itself for so long, is finally overcome. it y has in it sixty stars, and again we come in touch with a significant number, for six is the number of mind, of the creative work of the universal mind, and of the six days of creation. in the sixth sign, virgo, we have the completed form. we are told in the book of revelations that the mark of the beast is 666, and hydra, the serpent, lies under three constellations and its number 6 is, therefore, three times potent. ten is the number of completion. six expresses, therefore, the limitations of the body nature working through form and the utilization of the personality; it symbolizes god in nature, whether cosmically or individually. hydra the serpent, represents the matter aspec

BEHOLDERS OF NIGHT

of the arcana of sleep, from which the twilight brings the nightside of the immortal, those who pass the veil of the birth caul of lilith through the essence of the adversary. the birth caul itself is a vampyric reference to folklore of europe. called specifically the amniotic membrane, which is a birth caul which almost guarantees in european folk lore that one will return from the dead, is the mark of the vampyric aspect of lilith, the death-mask of awakening towards the nightside. the caul itself as described by adrien cremene gave the following account, published in vampires, burial and death by paul barber- such an infant is born to a woman who has drunk of impure water mixed with the saliva of a demon, or to a woman who, having gone out in the night, her head bare, met a demon which

a demon, or to a woman who, having gone out in the night, her head bare, met a demon which gave her a red cap (coiffe) like his own, which cap causes the child to be born with a caul. in an initiatory context which implies the connection of folklore with inspired magical practice, the caul introduced in ritual practice (by a blood coloured cloth, stained with menstrual blood or otherwise) is the mark of lilith and cain, born unto the night within the mysteries of vampyrism. the heart of the arcana is in the brain itself, it is our connection and desire to unite the hand and the eye in the grimoire of the fallen, which was long ago scribed in the blood of our spiritual ancestors, those who walk the ahrimanic path long ago, when the deserts whispered the timeless name of azazel, called our

saturnus, misrule and self-liberation through antinomianian awakening of saturn. the higher octave of saturn is lucifer, being light, wisdom and illumination. lucifer/iblis is the imagination thus azazel, the fallen djinn of fire. lucifer represents also rebirth, inner strength, reason and solitude. in the unity of saturn are both the star of algol[9] hidden (without the averse pentagram) and the mark of demiurge saturnus. it is through satan/iblis (fire) that one emerges in light, thus lucifer is the black flame in the darkness, the light in the darkness. it was in medieval times that saturn itself was the outermost planet, holding the secrets of self transformation, death and the darkness of the soul. the workings of saturn are focused within darkness, and the possibility therein. the se

BLACK WITCHCRAFT

n with regards to cain s true parentage. cain was in fact a half human, half demon bastard child of adam and lilith. it was for this reason that the lord would not accept his offerings and prayers, rather than any specific demands of animal sacrifice. the tale continues with cain being cursed to wander the earth as a vagabond, with the ground he tills never giving bounty. nathaniel j. harris, the mark of cain, the first satanist and first murder. in certain rabbinical literature, the daughters of cain were those who joined in sexual union with the fallen angels, the watchers, and gave birth to the nephilim, the giants who were war like and brutal. they were said to have populated the earth in plenty, and attacked the children of seth. in manichaean lore, the queen of demons and spiritual i

lso the symbol of the initiate upon the antinomian path. nathaniel harris, an hereditary british witch, whose long involvement in various magical circles and authorship of grimoires not only within the black tradition, but also that of the traditional witcha path, is bold enough to present ideas of our spiritual lineage found in the dreaming minds of the cunning brothers and sisters. the symbolic mark of initiation, which aleister crowley termed the mark of the beast of the apocalypse in the book of thoth, has brought different interpretations of its form, but the function itself is clear. this mark, or stigma, may have been a reference to some form of tattooing. the story may have originally referred to the nomadic tribe of the kenites, itinerant metal-smiths who believed themselves to be

BLAVATSKY H P ANTHROPOGENESIS

ed in the esoteric wisdom of egypt, and who adopted their numerical system from the phoenicians, and later from the gentiles, from whom they borrowed most of their kabalistic mysticism, adapted, most ingeniously, the cosmic and anthropological symbols of the "heathen" nations to their peculiar secret records. if christian[[footnote(s* see moor's hindu pantheon, where wittoba's left foot bears the mark of the nail- on the figure of his idol[[vol. 2, page] 561 the meaning of the crucifixion. sacerdotalism has lost the key of it to-day, the early compilers of the christian mysteries were well versed in esoteric philosophy and the hebrew occult metrology, and used it dexterously. thus they took the word aish (one of the hebrew word forms for man) and used it in conjunction with that of shanah

BLAVATSKY H P COSMOGENESIS

endid and eminently occult literature, what now remains- only a few fragments, said to be by berosus. these, however, are almost valueless, even as a clue to the character of what has disappeared. for they passed through the hands of his reverence the bishop of caesarea- that self-constituted censor and editor of the sacred records of other men's religions- and they doubtless bear to this day the mark of his eminently veracious and trustworthy hand. for what is the history of this treatise on the once grand religion of babylon? written in greek by berosus, a priest of the temple of belus, for alexander the great, from the astronomical and chronological records preserved by the priests of that temple, and covering a period of 200,000 years, it is now lost. in the first century b.c. alexande

nce, one of that kind was discovered at boulaq, cairo. the mummy of what had been considered the wife of an unimportant pharaoh, has turned out, thanks to an inscription found on an amulet hung on his neck, to be that of sesostris- the greatest king of egypt[[vol. 1, page] xxx introductory. own conclusions, which may be very "scientific" in the sight of oriental scholars, but yet very wide of the mark of actual truth. the conflicting views on the subject of chronology, in the case of the vedas, of the various eminent philologists and orientalists, from martin haug down to mr. max muller himself, are an evident proof that the statement has no historical basis to stand upon "internal evidence" being very often a jack-o'lantern, instead of a safe beacon to follow. nor has the science of moder

BLUE EQUINOX

the impression that as soon as any one happened along into samadhi, he was to yawn his .nunc dimittis. this incident should be a warning to all those in charge of authority that they must in no wise vary the strict instructions of the order, however obvious may appear the advantages of doing so. the result of frater p.a..s presumption in trying to train frater v.i.o, instead of pressing on to the mark of his own high calling, was that he simply dropped out of the order altogether, leaving himself as a memorial only this ridiculous episode, in which he appears as a small boy who should have hooked a tarpon when he was fishing for catfish. had he adhered to the rules of the order, attended solely to his own business, and forwarded v.i.o..s record to his superiors, who were competent to inter

into my hand. let israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of zion be joyful in their king. there are plenty of brains in america, and plenty of educated brains, but it is extremely rare to find these two combined in one being. let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp. mr. mencken narrowly escapes the cleverness which is the hall-mark of the silver mind, but he does escape it. for the lord taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation. mr. mencken.s perception may be gauged by just one piece of navigation, the straits of ibsen. in 1901 i said of ibsen .he is the sophocles of manners. and elsewhere spoke of him as .a purely greek dramatist. mr. mencken says .the fabulous ibsen of the symbols (no mo

CALLING TO THE FIRST OF WITCH BLOOD

s shadow did you awaken in the arms of lilith, the moon. i summon thee, cain of old, whose words open the gates of hell i invoke thee, cain of the serpent skin, who is the first of witch blood i conjure thee, cain who is the earthly devil, who is the master of spirits encircle and awaken within my flesh, my blood, my mind. by thy depths of which i walk herein shall i become reborn in the name and mark of the devil, whom i swear my spirit unto i am myself the redeemer and bringer of the infernal pact which holds no bounds nor mortal strain, yet my desires shall be filled by the eye within the blackened triangle of cain and the children of rebellion, rise up with me of cain and those going forth by night unto the infernal sabbat let the devil bless my name hearken and remain, satan be thy na

DAVID ICKE AND THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE

s, the move to phase out the use of coins and notes is being quickened and all money transactions will be electronic via a credit card and/or smart card. this is planned to become a joint identity/money card with all personal details on a microchip. if things go to plan, all these transactions will be recorded by a global computer- the "beast, possibly, mentioned in the biblical revelations. the "mark of the beast" the microchip, is planned to be moved from the smart card to the human body when a story can be hatched to persuade people to accept it. some researchers suggest that the human barcoding system will include three sets of six digits in the computer- hence 666 "the number of the beast. once we have agreed to the end of cash and there is no turning back, we will have to accept the

or on their foreheads, and that no-one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast or the number of his name. here is wisdom. let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast for it is the number of a man: his number is 666" revelation 13:16-18 the hopi native american people also have an ancient prophecy that no-one will be able to buy or sell without the mark of the bear. when this mark becomes visible, the prophecy says, the third great war will come. if you look at the mark a bear makes when it sharpens its claws on a tree, there is a remarkable resemblance to the bar code of today. the new world order is pushing ahead at this time faster than ever before to secure food control, energy control, business and credit control and the sum total of al

DAVID ICKE THE BIGGEST SECRET

merovingian line to the throne of france. they never werethe monarchy of france, because it didnt exist at that time. its all nonsense anddesigned to hide the real agenda of the priory of sion which is a babylonianbrotherhood front. what all these diversions obscure is a simple and devastating truth.the grant of arms or symbol of the dragon bloodine in sumer was called a gra-al,also known as the mark of cain. the biblical cain was one of the early anunnaki-human royal crossbreeds who followed adam. it is this gra-al that became the so-called holy grail and this is why its equvilant in old french means blood royal. thegrant of arms emblem in sumer was. a cup of waters or a rosi-crucis or dew cup.it is described in egyptian, sumerian, phoenician and hebrew records as a cupdecorated with a r

DAVID ICKE RELATED THE HIDDEN GEARS OF FREEMASONRY

significant masonic number. and, also remember the importance of the number 8 in occultic numerology, for it carries the meaning of "new beginnings. combined with the meaning of number 13, as "extreme rebellion, you get the total message that this "new beginning" new world order is to be carried out in "extreme rebellion" i believe this to also be connected to the upc/ean 13 barcode specification(mark of the beast. there are several other, more complicated masonic numbers concealed within the construction of the washington monument, but you get the point: this monument, constructed to honor the first masonic president, was designed so that both the white house and the capitol face toward it so that the leaders of both branches have to face the spirit of lucifer thought to be residing in it

DEMONIC BIBLE

ed me faithfully, shall take your place as gods upon the earth" initial statement i have consecrated my body as a temple to the dark lord, i have set myself apart to the dark lord and the forces of darkness. i have crossed the gates of hell and have become the devil incarnate. i am satan; i am lucifer; i am belial; and i am leviatan. i have opened the nine locks of the abyss and have received the mark of the beast. i have descended into the underworld, crossing the river styx. i have been baptized in the river styx and in the flames of hell. i have been reborn in the image of satan, as a living demon in the flesh. i have been ordained as a priest of the dark lord and ambassador of his infernal empire. i have sat upon the throne of the infernal empire as lord of the living and the dead. i h

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n and woman. in religious lore, samael who is the serpent or dragon, was said to have injected filth which spawned cain, his son in flesh- when the serpent mounted eve, he injected filth into her. israel who stood at mount sinai, their filth ceased; the other nations who did not stand at mount sinai, their filth has not ceased. talmud: b. shab. 146a aleister crowley made reference to cain and his mark of initiation, which some witches disagree with according to their tradition. to paraphrase: there is the legend of eve and the serpent, for cain was the child of eve and the serpent, and not of eve and adam; and therefore when he had slain his brother, who was the first murderer, having sacrificed living things to his demon, had cain the mark upon his brow, which is the mark of the beast spo

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o owe his parentage to a human being; he hides himself in caverns and corners and slinks through the streets at night. he also lies in wait for the unwary, and at night enters bed-chambers and terrorizes people, threatening to pounce on them if they shut their eyes. amadeus a visionary who experienced an apocalypse and revelations, in one of which he learned the two psalms composed by adam, one a mark of joy at the creation of eve, and the other the dialogue he held with her after they had sinned. both psalms are printed in the codex pseudepigraphus veteris testamenti of johann albert fabricius, published at hamburg, 1713.33. amadou, robert (1924) french writer and editor in the field of parapsychology. born february 16, 1924, at bois-colombes (seine, he studied at sorbonne, university of

through this training in common. belloc, jeanne (ca. 1609) an alleged witch of the labourd district in the basque region of france, who in the reign of henry iv was indicted for sorcery at the age of 84 years. in answer to pierre de lancre who interrogated her, she stated that she first attended the sabbatic meetings of satan in winter 1609, where she was presented to the devil, who kissed her.a mark of approbation that he bestowed upon the greatest sorcerers only. she described the sabbat as a masked ball to which some came in their ordinary forms, while others joined the dance in the guise of dogs, cats, donkeys, pigs, and other animals. however, no reliance can be placed on the confessions of any victims of de lancre, as he used torture and believed that most of the 30,000 inhabitants

stopped taking photographs himself until 40 years later. a repetition of the same annoyance then occurred. w. t. stead, a journalist interested in psychic subjects, claimed that the markings were psychic and prevailed upon boursnell to sit for spirit photographs. he was strikingly successful, and in 1903 the spiritualists of london presented him with a signed testimonial and a purse of gold as a mark of their high esteem. a spirit photography exhibition of 100 chosen photographs was displayed in the rooms of the psychological society at portman square. eightynine negatives taken by boursnell in conjunction with s. w. woolley between 1897.1907 were preserved at the british college of psychic science. like almost every person engaged in a form of psychic photography, boursnell was accused o

nard has the devil chained in some mountains in the neighborhood of the abbey of clairvaux. from this comes the farmers custom of striking three blows with a hammer on an anvil every monday morning before going to work. by this means the devil s chain is strengthened, so that he cannot escape. devil s girdle witches in medieval times were often accused of wearing the devil s girdle, probably as a mark of allegiance to the evil one. magic girdles were commonly worn, and it has been suggested that the magnetic belts advertised in modern times had their origin in this practice. devil s jaw name given to an area off the coast of california near point arguello, supposed to be the scene of numerous mysterious disappearances in the manner of the famous bermuda triangle or devil s sea. in 1923 sev

iritualism and his novel the land of mist (1925) fictionalizes an investigation into the subject. an early novel the parasite (1894, deals with a psychic vampire. some of doyle s short stories on occult themes were collected in tales of twilight and the unseen and included in the conan doyle stories (1929. kipling wrote several impressive short stories of the eerie and supernatural, including the mark of the beast (1890, the house surgeon (1909, the brushwood boy (1898, and they (1904. these are contained in his various collections. wells was a prolific writer of short stories, many of which were on occult and fantasy themes, including the red room, a moth, the apple, under the knife, skelmersdale in fairyland, the door in the wall, and a dream fiction, english occult encyclopedia of occul

til it was entirely consumed. she was not burned in the least. the camisard leader claris, during the rise of the huguenots against louis xiv, in a state of possession and in the presence of 600 men, put himself on top of a pyre. the flames rose above his head. he continued to speak all the while and did not stop until the wood was consumed and there was no more flame. he was unhurt; there was no mark of fire on either his clothes or hair. one colonel cavalier, when in london in 1706, affirmed this as a fact; he was the leader of the troop that had surrounded the fire. durand page corroborated his statement. he had helped to fetch wood for the fire and did his best to comfort claris s shrieking wife. the convulsionnaires of st. medard exhibited similar phenomena. p. f. mathieu states in hi

imposture by harry price. the accusations were later published in a sixpenny pamphlet. the basis of the revelation was that price, in a sitting at the british college of psychic science, caught hope in the act of replacing the dark slide holding the exposed plates with another. price also said that hope handed him two negatives (one of which contained a psychic extra) that did not bear the secret mark of the imperial dry plate company (impressed on the packet of film by x-rays) and that were different in color and thickness from the original plates. subsequent investigation proved that the counteraccusation by spiritualists claiming an organized conspiracy against hope deserved examination. the wrapper of the packet was found, and it bore marks of tampering. moreover, one of the original m

into an eagle. he interpreted the vision as a prophecy concerning a church he was to found. thus on september 23, 1923, he founded universal hagar s spiritual church. he opened the church s school of mediumship and psychology the next year. along with his traditional spiritualist ideals, hurley taught a form of black judaism. he believed that blacks were god s original hebrew people and that the mark of cain (god s curse) was the pale skin of white people. hurley also suggested that he was the bearer of god s spirit on earth for the emerging aquarian age, just as jesus was the spirit bearer for the piscean age, and moses and adam had been for prior astrological ages. he believed that the aquarian age had begun with the signing of the armistice following world war i, that it would last 7,0

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heir promises and oaths of fidelity, because though breaking faith with him the marks still remain with them and serve, in an accusation, as a means of betraying them, with even the smallest amount of evidence that may be brought forward. louis gaufridi, a prisoner, who had just been condemned to be burnt. was marked in more than thirty places over the body and on the loins especially there was a mark of lust so large and deep, considering the site, that a needle could be inserted for the width of three fingers across it without any feeling being shown by the puncture. the same author claimed that the marks on sorcerers were areas that had mortified from the touch of the devil s finger. about 1591, leonarde chastenet, an old woman of eighty, was taken up as a sorceress while begging in poi

ater christian sexual symbolism possessed by the rose. that symbolism survives today in the predominate use of roses at weddings and as gifts for valentine s day. in christian rome it was the custom to bless the rose on a certain sunday, called rose sunday. the custom of blessing the golden rose came into vogue about the eleventh century. the golden rose thus consecrated was given to princes as a mark of the roman pontiffs favor. the christian use of the older rose symbolism achieved its most artistic expression in the rose windows of the medieval cathedrals. in the east, it was believed that the first rose was generated by a tear of the prophet mohammed, and it was further believed that on a certain day in the year the rose had a heart of gold. in the west of scotland, if a white rose blo

of knox and his associates had brought about momentous changes in scottish life, but if the reformation rejected certain popular beliefs, presbyterianism (the particular form of protestant christianity that came to power in scotland) undoubtedly tended to introduce others. for that stern calvinistic faith that now began to take root in scotland nourished the idea that sickness and accident were a mark of divine anger. this theory did not cease to be common in the north till long after king james day. king james mentioned few precise facts concerning the practitioners of magic who were said to flourish in scotland during his reign. but other sources of information claimed that these people were very numerous, and whereas in elizabethan england it was customary to put a witch to death by han

e presence of the whole court, hamilton undertook and carried through an experiment with complete success, and the gold manufactured resisted every known test. this excited the elector s desire to see and converse with seton himself, and a pressing invitation, which amounted to a command, was dispatched to seton, who, unable to refuse, came to the electoral court. he was received there with every mark of honor, but it soon became evident to him that christian ii had only invited him for the purpose of learning his secret, but seton, as an adept in the mysteries of alchemy, remained true to his calling and flatly refused to gratify the elector s greed. in the end the elector ordered him to be imprisoned in a tower, where he was guarded by forty soldiers. there he was subjected to every conc

ffered from the macionica and the latter from the zlokobnica, or evil-meeter, whom it was unlucky to encounter in the morning and who possessed the evil eye. one serbian authority related that he had often heard that every female wallach [slav] as soon as she is forty years old, abandons the god be with us, and becomes a witch (vjestica) or at least a zlokobnica or macionica. a real witch has the mark of a cross under her nose, a zlokobnica has some hairs of a beard, and a macionica may be known by a forehead full of dark folds with blood-spots in her face. in southern slavonian countries on st. george s day, the peasants adorned the horns of the cattle with garlands to protect them from witches. they attached great importance to a seventh or a twelfth child, believing that children born i

t, then by degrees gradually diminished to the original subdued tone of the clarinet, until it eventually died away in a drawn-out, melancholy wail. in no case were more than single notes, or at best isolated passages, produced. the controlling agencies accounted for this with the peculiarly unmusical organization of the medium. various sounds were used by some of the spirit controls as a special mark of identity. grocyn produced pure sounds like those of a thick harp string; chom made the sound of an old egyptian harp with four strings; said used a three stringed lyre; roophal a seven-stringed one with a rippling sound; and kabbila s sound was like a drum, very deep, a sort of prolonged roll. it is said in mediumistic communications that the spirits, in their world, can create for themsel

the last two thousand years, many of them on the bodies of women. in spite of some actual or suspected frauds, most of these cases seem genuine, and some individuals bearing stigmata have been canonized or beatified by the roman catholic church. in those cases, the stigmata was one of many criteria used to determine canonization and church authorities have never used belief in stigmatization as a mark of holiness. some people believe the apostle st. paul was the first stigmatic. he wrote in an epistle: ego enim stigmata domini jesus in corpore meo porto. in the first twelve centuries of the history of the church his words were taken figuratively. there were ascetics who had wounds attributed to the teeth and claws of the devil on their body, but it was st. francis of assisi (died 1226) fro

ined with blood. his eyes had sweated blood. he was unable to discover any conjunctional ecchymosis. dermography (skin writing) is a phenomenon of the stigmatic class, but there is an essential difference. reportedly, stigmata last for months, years, or throughout a lifetime, whereas skin writing disappears in a few minutes or a few hours at the most. a kindred phenomenon to stigmatization is the mark of a burn or in rare cases blood left by the touch of phantom hands. reportedly, some devout christians experience stigmatization. such individuals usually exhibit wounds that bleed on good friday, sometimes accompanied by a personal identification with christ during crucifixion. the case of ethel chapman the phenomenon of stigmatization was studied in the case of british subject ethel chapma

hich a subtle body appears to leave the physical body. witnesses affirmed seeing fresh blood on chapman s hands on good friday and it is believed that chapman was unable to inflict the wounds herself due to her paralysis. neither chapman nor her medical adviser at the cheshire home seemed interested in publicity or cultism. chapman, like some other stigmatics, seemed to regard the phenomenon as a mark of divine love due to her illness. word spread about chapman s stigmata and people wrote asking for her help or healing. she regularly devoted time to prayers on behalf of the afflicted. the objective aspects of such phenomena as stigmata take second place to the spiritual issues and their resolution. the rationalistic explanation of stigmata seems to be of interest chiefly for any light it m

ich the table was manipulated or the eccentricities of its behavior were indications of the presence of the same entity. the strange, stolid, or clumsy behavior of the table immediately denoted that a new visitant was tampering with the contact. but the table might disclose much more than that. its motions could express humor, emotion, and personality. it might climb up into the sitter s lap as a mark of affection; it might chase others all over the room in a hostile manner. as an additional means of expression, the table could convey queer impressions by creaking. p. p. alexander noted in his book spiritualism: a narrative with a discussion (1871: at a particular stage of the proceedings the table began to make strange undulatory movements, and gave out, as these proceeded, a curious acco

ngues, in which a reputed translation of the glossolalia is offered. an interpretation of tongues does not always occur even when it is prayed for. when it does occur, the speaker may either envision a written translation or hear it inwardly, or perceive directly the meaning of the foreign words. receiving the baptism of the holy spirit accompanied by speaking in tongues became the distinguishing mark of pentecostalism. the movement spread from topeka to houston, texas, and then to los angeles, california, from where it spread around the world. although pentecostals were denigrated as holy rollers through much of the twentieth century (see george b. cutten s speaking with tongues, in the 1960s pentecostalism began to tomga encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 1576 spread thro

living or inanimate matter, and as a result, like fire, it would destroy living animal or vegetable tissue. in a seance with heinrich melzer, the dresden apport medium, as reported in the june 1906 issue of die unbersinnliche welt, a plant was apported. the sitter, at the very same instant that he received the plant, felt the sensation of burning on the thumb. when the light was switched on, the mark of a burn was clearly seen and a blister formed immediately. emma hardinge britten in her book modern american spiritualism (1870, vouched for the following occurrences in the family of a well-known merchant of san francisco in a seance with the eldest daughter: instantly, and while every eye was fixed upon her, she sank back in her chair in a swoon and there, in the broad glare of the sunlig

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ng regained his star and his diad ted by his em, will assemble his legions for new works of creation. attrac flaming torch, celes rom unknown tial spirits will descend. and he will send these messengers f spheres to earth. then, the torch of lucifer will signal 'from heaven to earth- and the (new age) christ will answer 'from earth to heaven [occultist edourd schure, quoted by texe marrs, mystery mark of the new age, p. 240] this explanation of the symbolism of the torch is the luciferian belief that, at the battle of armageddon, lucifer and his forces will defeat jesus christ and then conquer heaven. thus, the torch signifies the belief that lucifer will ultimately defeat jesus christ. masonic author, manley p. hall, 33 degree mason, states that "the torches represent the occult arts and

uthor explains this somewhat obscure statement, above, on the sexual symbology of the rainbow "in the ancient jewish kabbala. mystical rabbis taugh he t that the rainbow symbolized a sexual rite. the bow of t rainbow was supposedly the phallus of the male god which descended into the kingdom of the womb, the queen or goddess. the union was said to create immense divine powers [texe marrs, mystery mark of the new age, p. 97] sex in the cross and the crown most christians would have no trouble accepting the cross and the crown symbol here. after all, our savior and lord jesus christ received his crown in heaven after he suffered the agony of the cross. however, freemasons have just a little bit more on their minds than this; they have a whole lot of sex on their brains. in the masonic report

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

fact that under its branches jew, pagan, and christian alike swore their most solemn oaths, shows that its veneration was not confined to any particular nation or locality. the sacredness of the oak among the druids is well attested by all writers who have dealt with this interesting people. in rome its branches formed the badge of victory worn by conquering heroes, this emblem being the highest mark of distinction which could be conferred upon them. forlong assures us that the oak was even more worshipped at the west than was the sacred ficus at the east. like it, the wood of the oak must be used "to call down the sacred fire from heaven and gladden in the yule (suiel or seul) log of christmas-tide even christian fires, as well as annually renew with fire direct from ba-al, on beltine da

l be noticed that all sexual (spiritual) obligations and seasons fall within the domain of priestly supervision and surveillance. the child at baptism is dedicated to vesta, or hestia, the queen of hearths and homes, a divinity who is supposed to assist him in securing the special evidence of divine favor, namely, fruitfulness of body. among hindoos and jews, excessive reproduction was the lord's mark of favor. in india there has been a special hell provided for childless women, and with jewesses no curse was equal to barrenness. baptism, or the ceremony connected with the naming of children in christian countries, is seen to be identical with that performed in mexico among the aztecs. after the lips and bosom of the infant had been sprinkled with water, the lord was implored to "permit th

the jews, and the fact that the offerings demanded by their god was the life which he had bestowed, that the sacrifices offered to moloch, the fire god, should have been the members of their own household--namely, their children. we must not forget that the reward promised this people by prophet, priest, and diviner for godliness was extreme fruitfulness of body. we have seen that to obtain this mark of godly favor, or, under pretense of serving their god, the form of worship prescribed by their priests, and adopted both in their households and in their temples was pre-eminently sensual, and calculated to stimulate and encourage to the highest extent their lower or animal nature. as the size of a man's family, or his power to reproduce, was an index to his favor with the almighty the plea

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it, were learned men, earnest students and public benefactors. their rules were:thatnone of the members shouldprofessany art except to relieve the sick and that gratis; each one should wear the ordinary dress of the country, and should attend on corpus christi day at a general convocation every year, whenever possible to do so; each one should seek a suitable pupil to succeed him; that the secret mark of each one should be c.r. or r.c, and that the society should remain secret for 100 years. as time went on the purposes and duties of the fratres became altered, the cure of the sick especially was taken over by the development of the medical profession. about 1710, one sigmund richter, using the motto of 'sincerus renatus, published at breslau his work calledtheperfectandtruepreparationofth

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nt of spots on dice and dominoes (the connection of this with the pythagorean system is obvious) in the light of this explanation the appropriateness of the serpent in the design of the two of pentacles is manifest. whether mrs lee's explanations were common to the gipsy tribes, or merely a system of her own, i cannot say. she seemed to regard it as very private, and only shown to me as a special mark of favour.thelast time i saw mrs lee was some twenty years ago at yetholm, when the son of the late queen esther was crowned gipsy king. mrs lee was very contemptuous of the yetholm gipsies 'tinker trash' she said 'not a hundred words of romani among the lot.'this,however, may well have been the prejudiceofa different tribe. i was interested to find that what she told me of the tarot was well

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and demonic shapes circle the daimon in a counter-clockwise manner. from the left eye of this bestial lord 16 of darkness, a great lightning flash shoots into your eyes, this throws you into a state of ecstasy. a single question is asked, which you know the answer to by instinct. you will never be able to turn back from the path, as the lonely path of godhood shall be marked upon your brow as the mark of cain. as you are shadow, allow yourself to grow close to this infernal king and enter his essence. open your astral eyes as this shadow, and understand you may take any form you wish. you are vampyre, incubus, set-like and immortal in essence. you become as ahriman, the infernal king who shapes the world according to his desire. you may communicate and seek various points of congress with

come as ahriman, the infernal king who shapes the world according to his desire. you may communicate and seek various points of congress with all goetic spirits in the dreaming plane, your gate is the dream. this is the sabbat body of which you shall go forth. you may fly forth to discover a great crimson goddess before you. she is robed in red, and her head is covered with a caul bloody with the mark of birth. her hands are pale ivory, with blackened and animal like nails, sharp and cruel. she is encircled with a great red dragon, and two other heads emerge from her red robe hag like and hissing with serpent tongues. you ask her to lift her crimson veil, which she does a skull is beneath, the eyes are of blackness. before you this skull becomes flesh and a face which is of great beauty lo

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rning to-and-fro between directions, the on-lay of the hand, the sojourn, the flight, the labour, the rest..all may show forth the work of mahazhael's hand. 0/iv. the great lineage: the path of true witchblood- whether it is by kinship, rite, vision or divine election, that one is made a 'knowing witch, it is by birth and by birth alone that one is chosen and branded with the sign of liberty 'the mark of cain. solely those whose aethyr bears this seal of power partake in the one true lineage of 'witchblood. though its design is cast though countless ways, it is ever the path of one. the force of the initiator, the spirit of perfect gnostic realisation, is perpetually acting upon the field of consciousness. upon that great vista we call 'mind' the impress of the initiating power is perceive

GRAHAM HANCOCK FINGERPRINTS OF THE GODS

th and bison alike were torn and twisted as though by a cosmic hand in godly rage. in one place we can find the foreleg and shoulder of a mammoth with portions of the flesh and toenails and hair still clinging to the blackened bones. close by is the neck and skull of a bison with the vertebrae clinging together with tendons and ligaments and the chitinous covering of the horns intact. there is no mark of knife or cutting instrument [as there would be if human hunters, for example, had been involved. the animals were simply torn apart and scattered over the landscape like things of straw and string, even though some of them weighed several tons. mixed with piles of bones are trees, also twisted and torn and piled in tangled groups; and the whole is covered with a fine sifting muck, then fro

GREENFIELD ALLEN SECRET CIPHER OF THE UFONAUTS

. iii (considered as letters) in classical cipher mode= 69= caliph, the word for the keeper of the prophet s flame; in this case aleister crowley, the prophet of the new aeon of thelema, or true will. we also see the same magical new aeon mythos unfolded in the west virginia case. indrid cold= 112= word of the law and also words and signs as well as the aforementioned we are one. connected to the mark of mark iii (112) we get ra hoor. cold s wife, kimi= night, another name for nuit. both are from lanulus= hadit. they are accompanied by set( carl ardo) as the snake. they sometime travel with clinnel, the 93 current all such terms, to new aeon magicians, are of extreme importance. at this juncture we need to say a word or two about the lexicon computer program. once the 1974 cipher solution

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yet, if my conjecture be rigbt, the cheruscans must of all races have had the best claim to eru. even the name of the plant ziolinta (p. 1193) is worth taking into account. sahsnut, seaxneat, was assuredly an eponymous deity of the saxons. how do paltar and phol stand to one another, as regards the nations that were devoted to them? phol appears to point, now eastward, now westward. an important mark of distinction is the change of gender in the same name of a god among different tribes. in gothic the masc. frauja (lord) was still current as a common noun, in o.h. german the fem. frouwa, in o. saxon only the masc. froho, fro, a.s. frea, so that goths and saxons seem to have preferred the god. high germans the goddess; in the north both freyr and freyja are honoured alike. but the north kn

up under the tree, is the same as he whose shield is hung upon the tree, a future judge of the world. as the past and the future, the lost paradise and the expected, do in the people's imagination melt into one- they come to believe in a re-awahing of their loved kings and heroes out of their mountain-sleej: of frederick and charles, of siegfried and doubtless dietrich too. this is the true hall-mark of the epos, to endow its leading characters with a lasting inextinguishable life. but siegfried is also wuotan (pp. 26n. 134, dietrich is wuotan^ other signs that the end of the world is at hand: when the swan drops the ring from his bill (p. 429; when the giant's rib, from which a drop falls once a year, has all trickled away (deut. sag. no. 140; when the tongue of the balance stands in (ib

hills when undoing some work he had begun, or those he has thrown at a church (nos. 196-8-9. 200. 477. scandinavian stories of stones hurled by the giant race at the first christian church are in thiele 2, 20. 126-7. faye pp. 16. 18; a shetland one in hilbert p. 433. frequently such fragments of rock have the fingers of the devil's hands imprinted on them; a stone on which he has slept shews the mark of his ear, deut. sag. 191. at limburg near tiirkheim in the palatinate is a stone, which the evil one was bringing to fling at the church; but being only a young devil, he tired of the heavy load, and lay down to sleep on it; his figure printed itself on the rock, and he overslept the time during which the throw ought to have been made. in the vale of durbach, on a hill of the stollenwald, s

he must get home before the benediction is pronounced, or it may cost him his life. it is only upon going to church that any of these recognitions can take place; but they seem also to depend on your heing the first to see, as in meeting a wolf or basilisk. another means of recognising a witch is, that when you look into her eyes, you see your image reflected upside down^ running at the eyes is a mark of old witches. sup. i, 787 (see suppl. one thing that in our tales of witches has dropt into the rear, their eating men's hearts out of their bodies, stands in the forefront of the more primitive servian way of thinking. vuk has a song no. 363, in which a shepherd boy, whom his sister cannot wake, cries in his sleep' veshtitse su me iz-yele, maika mi srtso vadila, strina yoi luchem svetlila'

had shied a stone at a cat that walked into his yard with a saddle on her. the saddled cat is a kind of puss-in-boots, km. 3, 259. wolf's wodana pp. 123. 131 has stories of magic cats. but the cat is also to be spared because she was frouwa's favorite beast (p. 305: if it rains on your wedding-day, they say in the wetterau' you have starved the cat' and so offended the messenger or 1 otherwise a mark of the witch or wizard who can set the alb on other men: he comes out of their eyebrows in butterfly shape, deut. sag. 1, 132. 1098 magic. handmaid of the love-goddess. now night-wives and witches apparently travel in the train of that divinity. the goose too is a magic beast, and easily referable to the nobler siva7i of older legend. a sportsman shot at some wild geese and hit one, which fel

dance at the cross-road. sup. ij 542. to this must be added the methods mentioned p. 1078 of recognising witches and guarding against them (see suppl. these are the most distinctive phenomena in the world of magic. many, indeed most magic appliances run over into superstition, between which and magic proper it is impossible to draw a fixed boundary. i have indeed put forward, as a distinguishing mark of sorcery, the malicious design to do mischief^ a peasant was driving his waggon one night, when a werewolf approached. to disenchant him, the man had the presence of mind instantly to tie his fire-steel to the lash of his whip, and fling it over the wolf's head, keeping the whip in his hand. but the wolf caught the steel, and the peasant had to save himself by speedy flight. 1104 magic. and

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sem. 50b; bitar fiur, hel. 78, 22; bitar logna 79, 20; gradag logna (greedy lowe, 130, 23; grim endi gradag 133, 11; eld unfuodi (insatiabilis) 78, 23; it licks with its tongue, eats all round it, pastures, i/e/^era, ii. 23, 177; the land gets eaten clean by it, irvpl %6a)v ve^erai, 2, 780; f leztu eld eta iofra bygdir, sgem. i42a; it is restless, dtcd/matov irvp, ii. 23, 52. to be spoken to is a mark of living things: heitr ertu hripusr (hot art thou, fire, sa3m. 40a. the ancient persians made a god of it, and the indian agni (ignis) is looked upon as a god. the edda makes fire a brotlier of the wind and sea, therefore himself alive and a god, sn. 126. our people compare the element to a cock flying from house to house: i ll set the red cock on your roof is a threat of the incen diary; ei

ugh princes and nobles had attended them before. mountain and hill are essential to easter fires, the solstitial fire was frequently made in streets and marketplaces. of jumping through the fire, of flowers and wreaths, i find scarcely a word in connexion with the former; friction of fire is only mentioned a few times at the midsummer fire, never at the easter, and yet this friction is the surest mark of heathenism, and as with needfire in north germany, so with easter fires there may safely be assumed. only of these last we have no accounts whatever. the celtic bel-fires, and if my conjecture be right, our phol-days, stand nearly midway betwixt 1 conf. the superstitious filium in fornacem ponere pro sanitate febrium, and ponere infantem juxta ignem, 1 superst. b, 10. 14, and p. 200a. othe

HAMIL THE ROSICRUCIAN SEER

rved the officeofgrand steward. joining in 1867 hockley became its junior warden in 1875 and from 1877 until his death was its secretary.hewas so assiduous in the performance of his duties as secretary that the members in 1885 voted unanimously to present him with a special jewel, as masonic medals are called, as a tokenoftheir esteem. he died, unfortunately, before the jewel was finished,butas a mark of their sincerity and as a lasting memorial to him the jewel was completed, accepted by the lodge and ordered to be worn by successive secretaries, which it still is today. hockley, as the letters show, had a long professional connection with alnwick in northumberland, spending three or more weeks there each year. he came into contact with local freemasons and on 27 september 1870 was electe

HOWE THE ALCHEMIST OF THE GOLDEN DAWN

a [retort] or [crucible [ayton drew small diagrams to illustrate the latter] by this post i send you a copy of a photograph ofthe magnum opus which i got from vienna. i had some photographs made of it, and, as you are one of the few who take an interest in the divine art, be pleased to accept it. take care as you undo it that you do not tear it. when the original came to me it was folded, and the mark of the folding has been reproduced in the photograph. wherefore, i put it on a roller to send. i have been going to send it for months, but being so very busy, i kept putting it off. i have not yet made out the smallest print in it for want of time. the whole process is there symbolically. your letter stirred me up to send it. i abominate the b.b [iesuits, as you know, but, from my point ofvi

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angles of the box's inner wall near the top. this stone, once exposed, exerted upon blake an almost alarming fascination. he could scarcely tear his eyes from it, and as he looked at its glistening surfaces he almost fancied it was transparent, with half-formed worlds of wonder within. into his mind floated pictures of alien orbs with great stone towers, and other orbs with titan mountains and no mark of life, and still remoter spaces where only a stirring in vague blacknesses told of the presence of consciousness and will. when he did look away, it was to notice a somewhat singular mound of dust in the far corner near the ladder to the steeple. just why it took his attention he could not tell, but something in its contours carried a message to his unconscious mind. ploughing toward it, an

ad once stared from the panelled overmantel, and perhaps it was something different and irrelevant; but in any case they all half sensed an intangible miasma which centred in that carven vestige of an older dwelling and which at times almost rose to the intensity of a material emanation. v. a nightmare and a cataclysm 1 and now swiftly followed that hideous experience which has left its indelible mark of fear on the soul of marinus bicknell willett, and has added a decade to the visible age of one whose youth was even then far behind. dr. willett had conferred at length with mr. ward, and had come to an agreement with him on several points which both felt the alienists would ridicule. there was, they conceded, a terrible movement alive in the world, whose direct connexion with a necromancy

mpanioned by the candles and matches he had seized in the vanished vault. it was a common sheet, torn obviously from the cheap pad in that fabulous room of horror somewhere underground, and the writing upon it was that of an ordinary lead pencil- doubtless the one which had lain beside the pad. it was folded very carelessly, and beyond the faint acrid scent of the cryptic chamber bore no print or mark of any world but this. but in the text itself it did indeed reek with wonder; for here was no script of any wholesome age, but the laboured strokes of mediaeval darkness, scarcely legible to the laymen who now strained over it, yet having combinations of symbols which seemed vaguely familiar. the briefly scrawled message was this, and its mystery lent purpose to the shaken pair, who forthwith

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stian bishop in a dress probably identical with that worn by the great 'saint' himself. tbe pallium, or the ancient stole of the bishop, is the feminine sign when worn by a priest in worship. on st. augustine's picture it is bedecked with buddhistic crosses, and in its whole appearance it is a representation of the egyptian t (tau, assuming slightly the figure of the letter y "its lower end b the mark of the masculine triad" says inman "the right hand (of the figure) has the forefinger extended, like the assyrian priests while doing homage to the grove. when a male dons the pallium in worship, he becomes the representative of the trinity in the unity, the arba, or mystic four "immaculate is our lady isis" b the legend around an engraving 190. he prieita^ isii were todstued. 191. ancient po

JENNINGS HARGRAVE ROSICRUCIANS RITES MYSTERIES

issued by celepha s press, leeds, 2003. this work is in the public domain. vnto the very points and prickes, here are to be found great misteries. nicholas flammel, 1399. quod sit castellum in quo fratres degunt? quinam et qualies ipsi sint? cur, inter alia nomina, appell tur fratres? cur crucis? cur ros- crucis? gassendus, 1630. dedication in the first edition (1870. to john camden hotten, as a mark of respect, i dedicate this book, hargrave jennings* it is somewhat unusual, i believe, for an author to dedicate a book to his publisher; but the unflagging industry of mr. hotten, in his double capacity of author and bookseller, has always surprised me, and as some testimony to this activity, and to the fact that he has found or made time to write or edit some seven-and-twenty different wor

s that in order ot effectually prevent interference with this balance, the ancients hid these lamps in caverns or in enclosed monuments. hence it happened that on opening these tombs and secret places, the admission of fresh air to the lamps destroyed the fine equilibrium and stopped the life (as it were) of the lamp, similarly as a blow or shock stops a watch, in jarring the matchless mechanism. mark of the triune. chapter the third. insufficiecy of worldy objects. t is a constant and very plausible charge offered by the general world against the possession of the power of gold-making as claimed by the alchemists, who were the practical branch of the rosicrucians, that if such supposed power were in their hands, they would infallibly use it, and that quickly enough; for the acquisition of

ishful to that effect. the day for the visit was then named, and the signior took his departure with the expressions of friendship on all sides which usually ended their pleasant meetings. it followed from this arrangement, that on the day appointed the father and daughter went to signor gualdi s house. they were received by the signior with warm kindness, and were shown over his rooms with every mark of friendliness and distinction. the nobleman viewed signor gualdi s pictures with great attention; and when he had completed his tour of the gallery, he expressed his satisfaction by telling the signior that he had never seen a finer collection, considering the number of pieces. they were now in signor gualdi s own chamber, the last of his set of rooms, and they were just on the point of tur

19. in figure c, the union of fig. 16 and fig. 17 forms the cross. fig. 18 is the mundane circle. fig. 19 is the astronomical cross upon the mundane circle. the union of fig. 18, fig. 17, and fig. 16, in this respective order, gives the crux-ansata, so continual in all the egyptian sculptures, which mark or sign is also the symbol of the planet venus, as below. fig. 20. the crux-ansata. fig. 21. mark of the planet venus. their origin is thus traced clearly to the same original meanings, which reappear under all sorts of disguises, and are varied in innumerable ingenious ways, in all the mythologies incessantly disclosing, and inviting, and as continually evading and escaping discovery. this abstruse mark particularly abounds in the egyptian temples, where every object and every figure pre

ts native light. balder was the scandinavian sun-god, and the same as the egyptian osiris, the greek hercules, bacchus, and phoebus, or apollo, the indian crishna, the persian mithras, the aten of the empires of insular asia; or, even of the sidonians, the athyr or ashtaroth. the presences of all these divinities indeed, of all gods were of the semblance of fire; and we recognise, as it were, the mark of the foot of them, or of the impersonated fire, in the countless uprights, left, as memorials, in the great ebb of the ages (as waves) to nations in the latter divisions of that great roll of periods called time; yet so totally unguessing of the preternatural mystery seeming the key of all belief, and the reading of all wonders which they speak. it is to be noted that all the above religion

ay on which all green gems, and the colour green, should be universally used. friday is the woman's day of the sevenfold weekly period; and therefore, as some illnatured people might say, it is the unlucky day. certain it is, however, that although it presents the exact contradiction of being especially the woman's day, few or no marriages would be celebrated on this day, as popularly bearing the mark of ill-luck, which supposition few would like openly to defy, or, according to the familiar expression, fly in the face of. may is also forbidden for marriages, although it days. the hermetic brethren had certain rules that they observed in relation to this view of the power of precious stones to bring good or bad fortune through the planetary affinities of certain days, because they imagined

sert that the figure was male, and that of dis or charon, according to the classic nomenclature. the object was reputed to be a talisman, and it is called by some the head of medusa, or the snake-haired visage, dropping blood which turned to snakes, and transforming the beholder to stone. it was this head, or one of a similar description, which was supposed to serve as the talisman or recognitive mark of the secret fraternity or the templar idol or head. 227 society, headed by pichegru and others, which was suppressed by napoleon, and the members of which were tried and condemned as aiming at revolutionary objects. why napoleon adopted this mysterious supposed magical head, as he is said to have done, on the suppression and destruction of this revolutionary body, to which we refer elsewher

f an idol with cords, wherewith they bound themselves about their shirts or next their skins( processus contra templarios, dugd. monast. ang. vol. vi. part ii. pp. 844-846, 240 the rosicrucians &c. there is something strange about these cords; cordons, ropes, belts, bands, baldrics (also in the term belted earls. these are always male accessories; except the zones, sashes, or girdles, worn as the mark of virgins, which cinctures may yet draw their symbolic meaning from this same umbilicus in question. the reader will notice also the connection of these ideas and the practice in the roman race of the lupercal, at the february roman religious solemnities (february of the fishes. at these it was the custom of the runners to flog bystanders, particularly women) with thongs or cords; which were

myth of the horns there is much more, probably, in these spoils of the chase the branching horns or the antlers-than is usually supposed. they indicate infinitely 250 the rosicrucians. greater things than when they are only seen placed aloft as sylvan trophies. the crest of his late royal highness prince albert displays the runic horns, or the horns of the northern mythic hero. they were always a mark of princely and of conquering eminence, and they are frequently observable in the crests and blazon of the soldier-chiefs, the princes of germany. they come from the original taut, tat, thoth, teut, whence teuton and teutonic. these names derive from the mystic mercurius trismegistus, thrice-master, thrice-mistress, for this personage is double-sexed: phoebe above, diana on earth, hecate belo

e glorification of woman) of the saviour of mankind. the knights-companions are accepted, supposedly, as the special initiated holy guard of the christian mysteries, and they are viewed as a sworn body of brothers, by day and night, from their first association, bound to maintain and uphold, in life and in death, the faith that had bethlehem for its beginning and calvary for its end. the bond and mark of this brotherhood is the red cross of crucifixion. the red cross which is the cross of the rosicrucians thence their name. even the badge and star and symbol of this most christian order, if ever there were a christian order, which presents this red or sanguine cross of the redeemer, imaged in the cognisance of his champion, or captain, or chief soldier, st. george or st. michael, the tramp

this presentation of the yogini is a sacrifice and the whole meaning of the rites is sacrificial-rites performed before an altar and implying superstition undoubtedly but deep mystery and some profoundest suggestions (wilson, as. res, vol. xii. 225, on hin. sects. vide rig. vedam, book ii. c. viii. s.s. 13, 14, 2d attham, 8th pannam, rigs b. 14, which contain the sucla homa mantram &c) the caste-mark of the saivas and sactas consist of three horizontal cabalistic ark and its contents. 351 are made of meat and wine, which are then distributed amongst the assistants. here follows the chanting of the muntrus, and sacred texts, and the performance of the mudra, or gesticulations with the fingers. the whole service terminates with orgies amongst the votaries of a very licentious description. t

l, or holy gr ale. the engraving at p. 340 gives the mystical idea, or suggestion, of the round table of the knights of king arthur, which is again typical of the san gr al. the romance of guyot, or at least the traditional fable of the san gr al, spread over france, germany, and england. in the. twelfth century the dogma of transubstantiation not being yet defined by the church, the chalice, the mark of the knights templars, had not the deep mystic meaning which it received in the following century. the graal signifies a vase. the san gr al is identified with the vessel, in which jesus celebrated the holy supper, and which also was used to receive his blood flowing from the wound inflicted upon him by the centurion longinus. walter mapes, the historian of the san gr al, ascribes to it a s

JESSUP MK THE CASE FOR THE UFO

a vine or wreath, inlaid also with silver. the chasing, carving, and inlaying are exquisitely done by the art of some cunning workman. this curious and unknown vessel was blown out of the pudding stone fifteen feet below the surface..there is no doubt but that this curiosity was blown out of the rock as above stated..the matter is worthy of investigation, as there is no deception. inlay work the mark of atruscan-lemurians. the london times, for june 22, 1844, reports that some workmen, quarrying rock close to tweed, not far from a place called rutherford mills, had discovered a gold thread embedded in the stone at a depth of about eight feet. a piece of the gold thread had been forwarded to the office of the kelso chronicle. that is a very simple item, indeed! just a wee bit of gold threa

KETAB E SIYAH

as one before the beneficent monarch of famous shurupuk "o potent king, terrible in wrath" so spoke the barons "have mercy. lamech is slain by your own rod and his armies are driven before your charge or else are crushed beneath. what hope is left to the people of lamech, son of methuselah, but none? against your strength none can prevail. we then submit to your noble will, knowing that it is the mark of the greatest man that he shows mercy where he could destroy. we have opposed you and are defeated and thus do we come before you. we ask that you spare us for you are noble though we be base and foolish. treat kindly with us and it does become you. let us retire from the kingdom between two rivers and return to our western homes. never more shall we come in array for battle to the lands of

joyous tidings and more fully initiate you in the service of god most high that you grow close to the most beneficent lord that you would serve and most rightly so indeed for noah is not beguiled by wickedness as are the other men of the world. great may noah be in the service of god and sinless be he that his service may be greater. god has decreed that all males that would serve him must bear a mark of that service that all may know them as the servants of he that it is well to serve. from every male child of eight days shall you cut the foreskin and thus consecrate the life of that child to god's service. such circumcision is the mark of god's favour and it is most right that it should be done. this is the decree of god. thus shall i enact upon you that you might go from this place and

LEADBEATER C W THE HIDDEN LIFE IN FREEMASONRY 2E

tion. 742. the mark degree 743. in the mark degree the aspirant is encouraged to add to that general growth which is expected of all masons the disclosure of whatsoever special talent or power he may happen to possess, in order that his abilities may thus be at the disposal of his brethren and be used for the benefit of his lodge, so that such work as passes through his hands may bear upon it the mark of his private characteristics, and thus be recognized from all others. thus to develop his talent, not for self-glorification but for the good of his brn, is the special duty of the mark mason; while the work of the mark master is to find in those under his charge talents as yet unsuspected even by their possessors, and to draw them out under his kindly and fostering care. 744. at the same t

LEADBEATER CW GLIMPSES OF MASONIC HISTORY

we need have no fear for its future. table of principal masonic events from 1717 date great britain france america 1717 foundation of the grand lodge of england clermont degrees and rites of heredom practised privately. masonry of various rites existing but unorganized, introduced by settlers. 1722 first reference to degrees higher than blue degrees. robert samber* 1723 references to the arch and mark of a master in a mason's examination, published in the flying post. 1729 ephraim chambers in cyclopaedia referred to masons "who have all the character of rosicrucians. 1732 introduction of the english tradition of craft masonry. 1733 first mention of a scotch mason's lodge in dr. rawlinson's list of lodges. also in same list the first mention in print of a master mason's lodge was made. a lo

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

om a letter written by a georgia woman appears on the ship of fools website: a myth i heard as early as 1973, and have heard repeatedly over the years, concerns a giant computer in belgium, taking up the space of a city block, and housed in a building. the name of the computer is the beast, and reportedly information on everyone in the world is kept on it. this means that when we have to take the mark of the beast, the antichrist government can track us down. high school teachers talked 24 beast of the yellow night about it, as well as it being fodder for several sermons i heard as a teenage person. supposedly, the beast a nickname taken from the description of endtime events contained in the book of revelation tracks every person on earth. in some versions of the tale, the computer is sel

en from the description of endtime events contained in the book of revelation tracks every person on earth. in some versions of the tale, the computer is selfprogramming, meaning that it has a life (implicitly a demonic life) of its own. this devilish computer is part of a diabolical plan to imprint id numbers on the hands or foreheads of every man, woman, and child. this will be so the so-called mark of the beast mentioned in revelation: it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be marked on the right hand or the forehead, so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name (rev. 13:18 17. the story was particularly promoted by an article printed in christian life in 1976.months later, the m

agic novels, includes a description of the kiss of shame in his novel, the devil rides out. after satan has manifested in the form of the goat of mendes during a sabbat, the gathered devil-worshipers line up: the goat rose, towing above the puny figures of its unhallowed priests, and turned its back k 141 142 kiss of shame on them; upon which one stooped slightly to give the osculam-infame as his mark of homage. the others followed suit, then the whole circle of satanists drew in toward the throne and, in solemn silence, followed their example, each bending to salute his master in an obscene parody of the holy kiss which is given to the bishop s ring. see also cathars;wheatley, dennis for further reading: guiley, rosemary ellen. the encyclopedia ofwitches and witchcraft. new york: facts on

that it frightened away mara and his hordes. that very night, the buddha achieved enlightenment. see also buddhism for further reading: conze, edward. buddhist thought in india. 1962. reprint ann arbor: university of michigan press, 1967. stutley,margaret, and james stutley. harper s dictionary of hinduism: its mythology, folklore, philosophy, literature, and history. new york: harper& row, 1977. mark of the devil the devil s mark (latin sigillum diaboli, meaning devil s seal) or witch s mark was a mark supposedly made by satan on the bodies of his new initiates. according to different accounts, this mark was inscribed on the devil s followers by the prince of darkness scratching them with his claw, branding them with an infernal hot iron, or licking them. these marks, which were not ordin

not to bleed when pricked. thus natural blemishes could be distinguished from diabolical body engravings by how sensitive they were to pain. unfortunately for individuals accused of witchcraft, this meant that the entire body had to be pricked to determine whether or not they possessed invisible markings. during the witch crazes of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in england and scotland, mark of the devil 163 witch-prickers emerged who claimed expertise at detecting individuals who had sold their souls to the devil. these pseudoprofessionals were encouraged to commit abuses by the unwise practice of paying them by the head for each person found guilty of witchcraft. it has been said that at least some prickers used a trick bodkin, the metallic shaft of which would retract into the

mony, the chaosatanic black mass recrucifixion. at the pricking a witch illustration by d.b. bliss for the devil in scotland, published in 1934 (fortean picture library) 164 mastema time of this writing, the ritual could be found on the first church of satan website. the rite begins by marking the participants, accompanied by a liturgy that imaginatively equates the devil s mark with the biblical mark of the beast: the celebrants (apostates) either perform this ritual in robes, or nude. after gathering outside of temple space, the deacon addresses the group. deacon: none may partake of the bounty of the dreaming lord until they have taken his mark. those who would gain his blessings come forward to receive the mark of the beast. each apostate goes in turn to receive the mark, which is stam

who would gain his blessings come forward to receive the mark of the beast. each apostate goes in turn to receive the mark, which is stamped onto their left hand. last of all, the deacon stamps the priest, who in turn stamps the deacon. the apostates then follow the priest and deacon into the temple space. later in the same rite, the notion of the devil s mark is further extended to encompass the mark of cain: priest: if any wish to abstain from these festivities, let them leave now, although the mark of the beast is permanent upon their souls and was inscribed there even before they took it at the gate of the temple. all: for we are the descendants of cain. as indicated by the title of the ritual, the core of this black mass is a symbolic recrucifixion of jesus, who is portrayed in the li

happily for twenty years on earth among men, and finally will come among us to curse god. done in hell, in the council of devils. this is the famous written pact drawn up by the many devils (whose reversed signatures witnessed the pact) and urbain grandier, in loudon 1634 (fortean picture library) palo 205 [signed] satan, beelzebub, lucifer, elimi, leviathan, astaroth. notarized the signature and mark of the chief devil and my lords the prices of hell [signed] baalberith, recorder (guiley 1989, 101) after confessing under torture to the charge of bewitching nuns and enslaving them to satan, he was convicted and burned alive. modern versions of the devil pact are preserved in the confessions of evangelicals claiming to be ex-satanists, as in the celebrated case of mike warnke, author of the

LIBER CCCXXXV ADONIS

he roses. stretch the strings of thy slack heart! still trembling? lean on me! this shoulder could hold up eternity [they go forth to the banquet. 16 scene ii. the hall of the palace of astarte. onyx, alabaster, porphyry and malachite are the pillars; and the floor of mosaic. in the high seat is astarte, on her right hermes, a greek physician. he is a slight, old man, with piercing eyes and every mark of agility and vigour. his dress is that of a babylonish physican. hermes. and now, polite preliminaries past, tell me, dear lady, what the little trouble is! astarte. it was quite sudden. hermes. good; not like to last. it bursts, such malady a brittle bubble is! how is the pulse? allow me! astarte. not for me your skill. my husband.s lost his memory. hermes. yet he remembers you? astarte. o

LIBER CLXV A MASTER OF THE TEMPLE

the impression that as soon as any one happened along into samadhi, he was to yawn his nunc dimittis. this incident should be a warning to all those in charge of authority that they must in no wise vary the strict instructions of the order, however obvious may appear the advantages of doing so. the result of frater p.a. s presumption in trying to train frater v.i.o, instead of pressing on to the mark of his own high calling, was that he simply dropped out of the order altogether, leaving himself as a memorial only this ridiculous episode, in which he appears as a small boy who should have hooked a tarpon when he was fishing for catfish. had he adhered to the rules of the order, attended solely to his own business, and forwarded v.i.o. s record to his superiors, who were competent to inter

LIBER CXX

ions by which magisteri appoint adepti to help zelators, and notes that the general plan of the o.t.o. is to be put before all members of the order( of thelemites. ritual cxx called "of passing through the tuat. 23(1,1 (members assembled, clothed, throned) enter the hierophant (all rise and salute him) the "ceremony of recognition" followeth. but all, or one, shall show on entering the temple the mark of the beast lest the guardian of the temple be hasty with them. all words and numbers affirmed (crieth the hierophant or magus "abrahadabra. hail unto thee, heru-ra-ha, ra-hoor, abrahadabra lord of the day! the dark of the sun is sunk in the waters of amentet. let there be a gathering of the lords of silence" 111-11111-111 (he knocketh, he riseth, and giveth the 3 signs of. taking the weapon

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his character, and for the solution or sweeping-away of those tangled weeds of prejudice which hamper him from freedom to act as he will. similar applications of the remaining invocations will occur to the adept who is ready to use them. section f the adept now returns to the tiphareth square of his tau, and invokes spirit, facing towards boleskine, by the active pentagrams, the sigil called the mark of the beast,23 and the signs of l.v.x (see plate as before) he then vibrates the names extending his will in the same way as before, but vertically upward. at the same time he expands the source of that will.the secret symbol of self.both about him and below, as if to affirm that self, duplex as is its form, reluctant to acquiesce in its failure to coincide with the sphere of nuit. let him n

h (liber vi) in the yorke copy of the goetia, in addition to the names and sigils mentioned in the previous note, at the head of each elemental section is a stick figure in the appropriate elemental grade sign, along with the appropriate invoking elemental pentagram and hebrew name (again, see gliber vi, h cap. iv, for these. at the head of the aoth abaoth &c. section are shown the lvx signs, the mark of the beast (see note below) and the invoking active spirit pentagram with hyha; no signs, pentagrams or names are given for the ieou pur iou &c. section. 22 i.e, the phallus. 23 in yorke fs transcript of crowley fs notes on the gpreliminary invocation h this is given as the gsun and moon conjoined with two witnesses h, i.e: y 24 even if we follow aune fs translation of this line: ghe is the

LIBER V

one; their words shall illumine the worlds. 44. they shall be masters of majesty and might; they shall be beautiful and joyous; they shall be clothed with victory and splendour; they shall stand upon the firm foundation; the kingdom shall be theirs; yea, the kingdom shall be theirs. in the name of the lord of initiation. amenliber v vel reguli a: a: publication in class d. being the ritual of the mark of the beast: an incantation proper to invoke the energies of the aeon of horus, adapted for the daily use of the magician of whatever grade. the first gesture. the oath of the enchantment, which is called the elevenfold seal. the animadversion towards the aeon. 1. let the magician, robed and armed as he may dee to be fit, turn his face towards boleskine, that is the house of the beast 666. n

as to suggest a crescent. the head is thrown back (attitude of baphomet, isis in welcome, the microcosm of vitruvius (see book 4, part ii. 18. let him break into the dance, tracing a centripetal spiral widdershins, enriched by revolutions upon his axis as he passeth each quarter, until he come to the centre of the circle. there let him halt, facing boleskine. 19. let him raise the wand, trace the mark of the beast, and cry aiwaz! 20. let him trace the invoking hexagram of the beast. 21. let him lower the wand, striking the earth therewith. 22. let him give the sign of mater triumphans (the feet are together; the left arm is curved as if it supported a child; the thumb and index finger of the right hand pinch the nipple of the left breast, as if offering it to that child. let him utter the

LIBER V VEL REGULI

wers (in the attitude of phthah erect, the feet together, the hands clasped upon the vertical wand) h "about me flames my father's face, the star of force and fire" i "and in the column stands his six-rayed splendour (this dance may be omitted, and the whole utterance chanted in the attitude of phthah) the final gesture. this is identical with the first gestufiliber v vel reguli the ritual of the mark of the beast v a a publication in class d liber v vel reguli being the ritual of the mark of the beast; an incantation proper to invoke the energies of the aon of horus, adapted for the daily use of the magician of whatever grade the first gesture the oath of the enchantment, which is called the elevenfold seal. the animadversion towards the aon. 1. let the magician, robed and armed as he may

m the circle) the asseveration of the spells. 1. let the magician clasp his hands upon his wand, his fingers and thumbs interlaced, crying lashtal! fiaof! aumgn!1 (thus shall be declared the words of power whereby the energies of the aon of horus work his will in the world) the proclamation of the accomplishment. 1. let the magician strike the battery: 3.5.3, crying abrahadabra. the ritual of the mark of the beast 5 the second gesture the enchantment. 1. let the magician, still facing boleskine, advance to the circumference of his circle. 2. let him turn himself towards the left, and pace with the stealth and swiftness of a tiger the precincts of his circle, until he complete one revolution thereof. 3. let him give the sign of horus (or the enterer) as he passeth, so to project the force t

to suggest a crescent. the head is thrown back (attitude of baphomet, isis in welcome, the microcosm of vitruvius (see book 4, part ii).4 18. let him break into the dance, tracing a centripetal spiral widdershins, enriched by revolutions upon his axis as he passeth each quarter, until he come to the centre of the circle. there let him halt, facing boleskine. 19. let him raise the wand, trace the mark of the beast,5 and cry aiwaz! y the ritual of the mark of the beast 7 20. let him trace the invoking hexagram of the beast.6 21. let him lower the wand, striking the earth therewith. 22. let him give the sign of mater triumphans (the feet are together; the left arm is curved as if it supported a child; the thumb and index finger of the right hand pinch the nipple of the left breast, as if off

nsciousness of myself, who am the centre of all, and my circumference the frame of mine own fancy. i am the all, for all that exists for me is a necessary expression in thought of some tendency of my nature, and all my thoughts are only the letters of my name. i am the one, for all that i am is not the absolute all, and all my all is mine and not another.s; mine, who conceive of the ritual of the mark of the beast 9 others like myself in essence and truth, yet unlike in expression and illusion. i am the none, for all that i am is the imperfect image of the perfect; each partial phantom must perish in the clasp of its counterpart, each form fulfil itself by finding its equated opposite, and satisfying its need to be the absolute by the attainment of annihilation. the word lashtal includes a

r of ideas with which we can compare it. every new fact not only adds itself to our universe, but increases the value of what we already possess. in al this .the. or .god. arranges for .countenance to behold countenance. by establishing itself as an equilibrium,10 a the one-naught conceived as l the two-naught. this l is the son-daughter horus-harpocrates just as the other l was the ritual of the mark of the beast 11 the father-mother set-isis. here then is tetragrammaton once more, but expressed in identical equations in which every term is perfect in itself as a mode of naught. sht supplies the last element; making the word of either five or six letters, according as we regard sht as one letter or two. thus the word affirms the great work accomplished: 5 =68. sht is moreover a necessary

sacramental than the masses of jesus; that the scars of syphilis are sacred and worthy of honour as much as the wounds of the martyrs of mary.12 it should be unnecessary to insist that the above ideas apply only to the absolute. toothache is still painful, and deceit degrading, to a man, relatively to his situation in the world of illusion; he does his will by avoiding them. but the ritual of the mark of the beast 13 the existence of .evil. is fatal to philosophy so long as it is supposed to be independent of conditions; and to accustom the mind to .make no difference. between any two ideas as such is to emancipate it from the thraldom of terror. we affirm on our altars our faith in ourselves and our wills, our love of all aspects of the absolute all. and we make the spirit shin combine wi

e of superstition to shreds and broken in pieces the monstrous idol of morality, the murderous moloch which has made mankind its meat throughout history. each fragment of that coprolite it manifest as an image of some brute lust, some torpid dullness, some ignorant instinct, or some furtive fear shapen in his own savage mind. man is indeed not wholly freed, even now. he is still the ritual of the mark of the beast 15 trampled under the hoofs of the stampeding mules that nightmare bore to his wild ass, his creative forces that he had not mastered, the sterile ghosts that he called gods. their mystery cows men still; they fear, they flinch, they dare not face the phantoms. still, too, the fallen fetich seems awful; it is frightful to them that there is no longer an idol to adore with anthems

m; they are triflers who content themselves with lopping the blossoming twigs of our beliefs, or the boughs of our intellectual instruments. we can no longer assert any single proposition, unless we guard ourselves by enumerating countless conditions which must be assumed. this digression has outstayed its welcome; it was only invited by wisdom that it might warn rashness of the the ritual of the mark of the beast 17 dangers that encompass even sincerity, energy and intelligence when they happen not to contribute to fitnessin- their-environment. the magician must be wary in his use of his powers; he must may every act not only accord with his will, but with the properties of his position at the time. it might be my will to reach the foot of a cliff; but the easiest way.also the speediest

e could be approached in two ways, and two only? it would be indeed little less that the whole body of his knowledge, implied in the theory of his definition of himself, and confirmed by every single experience. he could receive impressions only be meeting a, or being caught up by b. yet he would be wrong in an infinite number of ways. there are therefore a013 possibilities that the ritual of the mark of the beast 19 at any moment a man may find himself totally transformed. and it may be that our present dazzled bewilderment is due to our recognition of the existence of a new dimension of thought, which seems so .inscrutably infinite. and .absurd. and .immoral. etc..because we have not studied it long enough to appreciate that its laws are identical with our own, though extended to new con

measure: to him who with labour, courage, and caution giveth his life to understand all that doth encompass him, and to prevail against it, shall be increase .the word of sin is restriction: seek therefore righteousness, enquiring into iniquity, and fortify thyself to overcome it (c) ordo templi orientis key entry, layout and endnotes by frater t.s. last revised 17.07.2004 e.v. the ritual of the mark of the beast 21 transcriber.s notes. this ritual was first published in appendix vi of magick in theory and practice (hereafter cited as mtp; it was written in 1921 at the abbey of thelema. a slightly earlier version with a measure of audience participation and different elemental quarter markouts exists in typescript. the mtp publication omitted all the figures. it was reprinted in the compi

reader to infer that it is that figure. in one of crowley.s ms. notebooks in the warburg, a copy of the fludd figure has been pasted in with the words .ego sum quoque. written around it, which argues for the identification of this figure as the attitude of baphomet. both these postures appear in agrippa.s de occulta philosophia, lib. ii cap. xxvii. 22 liber v vel reguli 5 the figure shown as the .mark of the beast (the .sun and moon conjoined with two witnesses. is as given in the syracuse ts. from which the .blue brick. publication was taken. another .mark of the beast. design used by crowley as a personal seal superimposed this figure on a point down heptagram, thus: z an editorial note to the blue brick states that crowley privately taught this form to at least one student, the first st

la denudata and published in the kabbalah unveiled. 11 to explain this piece of analogic: the double letter sht, so far considered as hebrew shin-teth, is glyphed by rendering as the greek equivalents, sigma-theta, and using the variant form of sigma that looks like a latin c, thus c, becoming= x, crowley.s .sun and moon conjoined. glyph, the foreshortened phallus which becomes the basis for the .mark of the beast. figure. 12 the mtp printing altered this to. sacred and worthy of honour as such. the editor of the blue brick argues that this, along with the omission of the figures of the pentagrams, was due to gerald yorke (frater v.i) who did uncredited editorial work on the first edition and in correspondence with crowley had argued for removing or toning down hostile and sarcastic refere

LIBER XLI THIEN TAO

gi have been taxed with assaulting what is commonly known as virtue. true; i hate it, but only in the same degree as i hate what is commonly known as vice. gso it must be acknowledgged that one who is but slightly unbalanced needs a milder correction than whoso is obsessed by prejudice. there are men who make a fetish of cleanliness; they shall work in a fitter fs shop, and learn that dirt is the mark of honourable toil. there are those whose lives are rendered wretched by the fear of infection; they see bacteria of the deadliest sort in all things but the actual solutions of carbolic acid and mercuric chloride with which they hysterically combat their invisible foemen; such would i send to live in the bazaar at delhi, where they shall haply learn that dirt makes little difference after al

LIBER XV CHYMICAL JOUSTING OF PERARDUA

or of the three mother seeds that lie concealed therein. but in a certain mystical way the other ten are shadowed forth, though dimly, as if the brazen serpent had become a sword of lightning. yet this is but a glyph; for in truth there is no link or bond between them. for this animal gold is passed utterly away; there is not any button thereof, nor any feather of the wings of the sphinx, nor any mark of the sower or of the seed. but at that lightning flash all did entirely disappear, and the cucurbite and the alembic and the athanor were shattered utterly. and there arose that which he had set himself to seek; yea, more! a grain of the powder, and three minims of the elixir, and six drachms of the tincture of double efficacy. yet the brethren mocked him; for he had imperilled himself sore

MAGIC AND SPELLS

ct yourself with this ability. family domain spells fate domain' deities: beshaba, hathor, hoar, jergal, kelemvor, savras. granted power: you gain the uncanny dodge ability of a 3rd-level rogue. if you have another class that grants the uncanny dodge ability, treat your level in that class as three higher for determining your uncanny dodge ability. 1 true strike 2 augury 3 bestow curse 4 status s mark of justice deities: gond, kossuth, talos. fate domain spells 6 geas/quest 7 vision 8 mind blank 9 foresight fire domain gnome domain deities: baervan wildwanderer, baravar cloakshadow, callarduran smoothhands, flandal steelskin, gaerdal ironhand, garl glittergold, segojan earthcaller, urdlen. granted power: you east all illusion spells at +1 caster level. 1 silent image 2 gembomb 3 minor imag

is, shevarash, tyr, uthgar. granted power: if you have been harmed by someone in combat, you may make a strike of vengeance with a melee or ranged weapon against that individual on your next action. if this attack hits, you deal maximum damage. you may use this supernatural ability once per day. retribution domain spells 1 shield of faith 6 banishment 2 endurance 3 speak with dead 4 fire shield 5 mark of justice 7 spell turning 8 discern location 9 storm of vengeance scalykind domain deities: finder wyvernspur, sebek, set, tiamat, ubtao. granted power: rebuke or command animals (reptilian creatures and snakes only) as an evil cleric rebukes or commands undead. use this ability a total number of times per day equal to three+ your charisma modifier. scalykind domain spells 1 magic fang 6 eye

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

ruction; finally, we have a text, not 900 years old, abounding with omissions, interpolations, and premeditated perversions (see isis unveiled) prof. crawford howell toy of harvard notes "manuscripts were copied and recopied by scribes who not only sometimes made errors in letters and words, but permitted themselves to introduce new material into the text, or to combine in one manuscript, without mark of division, writings composed by different men; instances of these sorts of procedure are found especially in micah and jeremiah, and the groups of prophecies which go under the names of isaiah and zachariah (see judaism and christianity) does the mutilated condition of the holy bible--in part accidental--represent none the less a definite effort to confuse the uninitiated reader and thus be

MASTERING WITCHCRAFT

r noster: four nooks in this house for holy angels, a post in the midst, that's christ jesus, lucas, marcus, matthew, johannes, god be in this house, and all that belongs us. or as the god-fearing victorian child knew it: matthew, mark, luke and john, bless this bed that i lie on! the archangels and evangelists here represent the christianized regents of the four elements of the wise: michael and mark of fire; raphael and john, air; gabriel and matthew, water; and last, uriel and luke, earth. however, you as a witch will bypass these later accretions and return to the old-style symbolism, namely, that of the four watchtowers of the world. some occultists trace their use solely back to the nineteenth-century rosicrucianism of the hermetic order of the golden dawn, others to the experiments

s communis) pulverized yew wood and berries (taxus baccata) felonwort (bittersweet or woody nightshade- solarium dulcamara- poisonous) dwale (deadly nightshade, devil's herb- atropa belladonna- poisonous) enchanter's nightshade (circaea lutetiana- poisonous) twilight sleep (henbane- hyoscyamus niger- poisonous) devil's apple (jimson weed, thornapple, devil's trumpet- datura stramonium- poisonous) mark of gain (hemlock- conium maculatum- poisonous) the last seven may be traditionally magical herbs, but they also happen to partake of the nature of powerful vegetable drugs. again, as in the instance of the mars variety, be careful. 7- the coven and how to form one as regards environment, whenever you wish to perform an operation of witchcraft solo, all you basically need is a corner of your o

MICHAEL FORD A RITE OF THE WEREWOLF

iza tribe migrated to spain which brought some aspects of the witch-cult to europe. other middle eastern sects which marked themselves as walkers between worlds were the maskhara (called also dervishes, being a sect which were marked on the skin (mabrush) and intoxicated with the thorn apple, the same as mandrake. both contain alkaloids and cause the sensation of flying. in the western world, the mark of cain is this very marking which initiated the body into the witch-cult through the witches sabbat practice. in a left hand path perspective, the initiate would seek to discover what is essentially real or tangible about his or her being, what they consider to differ them from the natural order. once this has been established in a basic sense, the antinomian or luciferian vision of rebellio

MICHAEL FORD BOOK OF CAIN

ng flames and the king transformed into an angelic prince, and said unto me- cain, my son of sons, you will find your mother and sister tomorrow, then you shall walk the path of night. by the noon tide sun you have walked, and with the scorpions and serpents of the desert sands have you come forth as god. your sign which is my sign on earth is the pitch fork within the fiery sun, that is our aged mark of being and becoming. cain, my son, our kin is ever deep and eternal. you are blessed in the fire of sathan, the adversary. much will be taught to you when the moment is right. i thanked my father and fell to sleep. my dreams were pleasant and filled with sorcerous images which i understood came from the gates i opened forth. i woke in the feeling of sweat and filth from the previous day, i

with such arts, lilith then revealed a darker path. lilith drank the blood of man, and bred her children from their seed, taken from nocturnal congress with those sleeping. desert travelers were drained of life and their children were given to her vampyric children to grow strong. lilith opened the gates for arezura, called the secret place, and the great shadow ahriman came before me. i took the mark of the beast and lilith s mark, being the bloodied caul. lilith bathed in blood, and grew strong and comforted from it. she was isolate and beautiful. kind and pale features would caress one who feared her, then her hand would become blackened talons, covered in course gray hair, and her face become contorted in demonic ecstasy i grew in lust for her, this goddess who was both beauty and best

become blackened talons, covered in course gray hair, and her face become contorted in demonic ecstasy i grew in lust for her, this goddess who was both beauty and bestial hunger in the same visage, she would cut the throat of those who feared her, and drink and bath in their life force. lilith taught me the arts of the vampyre, and prepared my spirit and flesh to walk between the world. the true mark of ahriman was given, and i passed between the light to the shadows. upon waking in the sand, i could face again the sun, yet see equally as well in the moonlight. lilith soon brought my sister-wife naamah before me, and she was veiled and beautiful as lilith. she was to join with me, and that we may grow strong our family. i learned also from naamah, who departed soon after. she returned bac

s of ahriman, who was as darkness. the beast became human flesh, and i was able to become both. i was brought in union and great ecstasy the harmony of the celestial heights of my father s realm, being the air and fire. i was also shown and taught the arts of the lower realm, called a secret place known as arezura, that shadow and flame was the mastery over the earth. i was blessed again with the mark of cain which is the distinct mark of our lord the devil, which is the self in perpetual opposition which breeds strength and development. the mark of the devil was the initiation mark of azazel and lilith, which may come as caul or birth mark, this may be passed through the circle from my being touching the initiate, or lilith who is strong in both shadow and flame. i then took forth to the

MICHAEL FORD WITCHMOON

be limited in the tunnels of the dead. sight gives wisdom which breeds power. i shall know of this by action and experience! osculum infame, the diving of the great dark pit! so it is done! banish and close circle. do not destroy the oath of initiation; this will be placed in a special box with most of your first-born workings. bless the box under various goetic spirits and keep hidden and safe. mark of the devil (sigilium diaboli) chant "ascend now in the northern tower- horned lord of the earth blessed is the stave of the devil itself, from which we mark ourselves in rebirth i come now to behold the fires from between the horns of the goat and stand in the brilliance of lucifer reborn that we shall rectify the primal dream of all desire let this mark be again in the light of the sabbat

it is from the wing of the fallen seraph that you create your quill to mark this tomb and fetish-house of the spirit, however it must be prepared. day onewash the vessel in clean and cool water. allow it to sit from dawn until dusk, to let it bask in the sunlight if it may. seek hecate in dreams. record the experience accordingly. day twopaint it the color of your desire, upon it on four sides a mark of an x, the sacred sign of the cross roads. the sigillic formula of the succubi or hecate should be inscribed on the pot/vessel. day three the night of the full moon. within the vessel place the sigil of hecate which should already be prepared, ashes and bone if possible. i) the virgin -hekas umpesha ur-rastu lil-ka zrazza encircle me by three, shadow wrap my being in the caul-shroud of your

MICHAEL TSARION ATLANTIS ALIEN VISITATION AND GENETIC MANIPULATION

so much more becomes clear when reading andinterpreting the scriptures. the adamic race, like the original indigenous peoples of earth, were of both gen-ders, although the modified eves could not reproduce sexually at that time. the maleadams, consistent with their human strain, possessed a foreskin. later, it came down in priestly rituals that this human foreskin would be surgically removedas a mark of servitude to the overlords. circumcision is the ritualized removal of the humanaspect in favor of the alien, done to create a subliminal affiliation. when it is said that eve was made from the rib of adam while he slept, the reference isagain to genetics and bioengineering.being naked ultimately meant that the members of the hybrid adamic servantrace would be strictly forbidden to partake

ay while others tell jokes. some have long hair and tattoos,some rot in jails, and some plant gardens. some change the atomic frequency of the universeatlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation141 epilogue: time to change the road youre on with their songs, while others create music to make angels stop to listen. some teach thegreat mysteries with words, others teach with their eyes:the mark of an immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of amature man is that he wants to live humbly for one (william stekel) a cosmically sane man living quietly in society, is worth more than a million screamers forreform (v ernon howard)i would sooner take instruction from the builders of the temple of luxor, than from the cre-ators of napalm (anthony west)w e are he

cause of his kingly status (p. 102)cain slew abelyet another conscious mistranslation. the word was yaqam, meaning to raise or exalt, not tokill.(see p. 102)according to the translators, cain was banished from the lord, but was given a mark, to prevent peo-ple slaying him.ruler of the earthwhen it is reported that cain was a tiller of the ground, it really means that he was the ruler of the earth.mark of cainwhat cain received was not a curse, as is commonly portrayed, but the blessing and protection of thelord, his father, enki-samael..the question has been often been posed as to who the lord feared mightwant to kill cain, given that he and his parents were (according to the bible) the only living beings (p.102)gardner concludes that the mark was a sign of royalty that would distinguish c

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

ith great attention upon myform; your form; this lake; this mountain; the caves; the gardens; the cane plants; the bamboo plants; thecelestial trees; the residential quarters of me, lord brahma and lord shiva; the three peaks of trikutamountain, made of gold, silver and iron; my very pleasing abode [the ocean of milk; the white island,shvetadvipa, which is always brilliant with spiritual rays; my mark of shrivatsa; the kaustubha gem;my v aijayanti garland; my club, kaumodaki; my sudarshana disc and pancajanya conch shell; mybearer, garuda, the king of the birds; my bed, shesha naga; my expansion of energy the goddess of for-tune; lord brahma; narada muni; lord shiva; prahlada; my incarnations like matsya, kurma andv araha; my unlimited all-auspicious activities, which yield piety to he who

MICHAEL WYNN THE SOUL TRAVELERS

ormation become what are commonly known as vampires. like all spiritual development, the vampiric rite is irreversible, but unlike the great work, it requires the selling of one s soul to satan; after the vampiric rite, the individual has no chance of redemption, and no chance to enter heaven. from this fact have vampires been rightly labeled the damned. theories and interpretations regarding the mark of the beast abound in religious and conspiracy circles but, in the occult, this phrase has only one meaning: permanent spiritual transformation. it is said that those endowed with the mark of the beast can shape shift into hideous creatures at will (and take on personalities of a more chaotic sort. the fruit of eden has just as many interpretations (and in just as many circles, but in the oc

ichael wynn's "the soul travelers" 67 resides invisibly on the individual s left side. what s more, muslims prefer to do clean jobs such as eating and greeting others with the right hand, while relegating the left hand to dirty jobs like cleaning one s house and body. teachings of the right hand path always include a firm belief in right and wrong, and the existence thereof. as stated before, the mark of the beast are those who have sold their soul to satan in exchange for vampiric transformation; this is also called making the black pact or oath. those endowed with the mark of the beast can easily change into the shapes of animals. there is also much speculation about the number 666, and its true meaning. but among the satanists, it has but one meaning: achieving a sort of godhood. the ph

of lucifer and lilith. cain, like his father lucifer, is strongly associated with baphomet and the black man of the sabbat, and has been called the earthly devil. cain is apparently the avatar by which satan visit s the realm of the flesh. cain also represents humanity perfected, as he is both angel and demon. cain is said to be the first born child of witch s blood, and it is he who bestows the mark of the beast. belial [5.10] belial is yet another character who is spoke of as another aspect of satan who rules over hades, other times belial is spoke of as a separate entity from satan. in some accounts, belial was with azazel when he fell from heaven, and was given guardianship over the gates of hell. in other accounts, he fell from heaven before the fall of azazel. he is the ruling princ

MICHAEL W FORD NOX UMBRA

hm, the magician calls forth the left-handed aspects of the self, the vampyric famulus (latin for familiar) whom is the shadow-drinker, the loa of the grave, whom has survived physical death and is not held in the limitations of flesh alone. the sorcerer by employing the technique of trance-induction by off-beat drumming creates a vortex of sound from which invocation and possesion may occur. the mark of the cross-road is the displaced consciousness of the sorcerer who becomes a gateway to hell (helan, the meeting place of sorcerers and the dead) in luciferian and sethanic witchcraft, the current of vampyrism is explored through the sorcerous aspects of summoning, creating and controlling shadows and wraiths, all connected by the self. before practicing the mentally challenging and dangero

of the arcana of sleep, from which the twilight brings the nightside of the immortal, those who pass the veil of the birth caul of lilith through the essence of the adversary. the birth caul itseif is a vampyric reference to folklore of europe. called specifically the amniotic membrane, which is a birth caul which almost guarantees in european folk lore that one will return from the dead, is the mark of the vampyric aspect of lilith, the death-mask of awakening towards the nightside. the caul itself as described by adrien cremene gave the following account, published in vampires, burial and death by paul barber "such an infant is born to a woman who has drunk of impure water mixed with the saliva of a demon, or to a woman who, having gone out in the night, her head bare, met a demon which

a demon, or to a woman who, having gone out in the night, her head bare, met a demon which gave her a red cap (coiffe) like his own, which cap causes the child to be born with a caul. in an initiatory context which implies the connection of folklore with inspired magical practice, the caul introduced in ritual practice (by a blood coloured cloth, stained with menstrual blood or otherwise) is the mark of lilith and cain, born unto the night within the mysteries of vampyrism. dress in vestments of the moon of the color of the red serpent, a blood red robe and a mask of the dead (in the form of a skull, the bare mysteries which time does not hide nor tell. the human skull is considered as a symbol of baphomet, worshipped by the knight's templar. the skull is also a powerful fetish which may

the dual essence of azoth, from which the toad awaits, shall the secret gates be opened "i call upon thee, satandar and asentacer, i summon thee forth phantom of darkness, i call forth the spirit of the werewolf, beast of darkness and shadow. send now the gray shape which makes men tremble. sah zrizzu usha bapesta zrazza" take the wolf/dog skull and use the teeth to mark the left breast with the mark of the werewolf "i mark myself with the kiss of the devil, that i may transform in spirit unto the phantom shade of the night, i shall become the wolf" take now the belt, and face the altar "from the devil shall this belt be given, and i shall wear with pride. whilethe skin of the wolf and the beast is upon me, i acknowledge then that iam of seraph blood, and i am of lucifer ian birth. i am b

e skull- cup of az, dragon goddess of the abyss "i summon thee by the many names of thy calling- drakul, lamiae, empusae, lilitu, naamah, nachtzehrer, from the many names of your palace in the corpse roads, whom approaches with the howling of wolves, who gathers the shades from the tombs. kali, whom dances upon the corpses of false kings and resides in the cremation grounds, i summon thee "by the mark of cain, given by baphomet, the horned initiator of the circle, i summon your presence, blackened horseman who rides upon the ghost- ways speaking with the dead "by the owl, sacred unto noctulia- hekate, known in this circle as lilitu, ghost and phantom keeper, who shall gather the manes from the grave, fly now unto this circle "by the vulture, who shall feast upon the corpse of those aspects

MIDNIGHTS CIRCLE A COMMENTARY OF AZOTHOZ

em displays the alphabet of desire which presents the language of making and the subconscious spells made flesh. the sigils are aligned within two trapezoids crowned by cain the adversary and the apep demon of chaos, surrounded by sigillic formulas of antinomian self-deification; the making of the luciferian mind through solitude and isolation. this is a process of developing the self through the mark of cain[5] and the declaration of separation from the natural order. this allows the magician to grow without outside and society crippling dogma. the sigillic drawings of lilith and samael-asmoday (a mask of shaitan-iblis) are the separate initiators of the path, lilith who comes as the vampyric succubi and the moon dwelling force of water and earth, via the north winds (symbolic of darkness

MORALS AND DOGMA

as no sympathy with those who profess to have proved this life, and found it little worth; who have deliberately made up their minds that it is far more miserable than happy; because its employments are tedious, and their schemes often baffled, their friendships broken, or their friends dead, its pleasures palled, and its honors faded, and its paths beaten, familiar, and dull. masonry deems it no mark of great piety toward god to disparage, if not despise, the state that he has ordained for us. it does not absurdly set up the claims of another world, not in comparison merely, but in competition, with the claims of this. it looks upon both as parts of one system. it holds that a man may make the best of this world and of another at the same time. it does not teach its initiates to think bet

, the dry earth. how we read it, i need not repeat to you. the cross [illustration: glyph] was the sign of the creative wisdom or logos, the son of god. plato says "he expressed him upon the universe in the figure of the letter x. the next power to the supreme god was decussated or figured in the shape of a cross on universe" mithras signed his soldiers on the forehead with a cross [glyph] is the mark of 600, the mysterious cycle of the incarnations. we constantly see the tau and the resh united thus [glyph. these two letters, in the old samaritan, as found in arius, stand, the first for 400, the second for 200-600. this is the staff of osiris, also, and his monogram, and was adopted by the christians as a sign. on a medal of constantius is this inscription"_in hoc signo victor cris [glyph

according to their qualifications; and conducted nine times around the sanctuary, from east to west. the candidate underwent many trials, one of which had direct reference to the legend of osiris. he was placed in a boat, and sent out to sea alone, having to rely on his own skill and presence of mind to reach the opposite shore safety. the death of hu was represented in his hearing, with external mark of sorrow, while he was in utter darkness. he met with many obstacles, had to prove his courage, and expose his life against armed enemies; represented various animals, and at last, attaining the permanent light, he was instructed by the arch-druid in regard to the mysteries, and in the morality of the order, incited to act bravely in war, taught the great truths of the immortality of the sou

. he was then taught some enigmatic formulas, as answers to questions, by which to make himself known. he was then enthroned, invested with a purple cincture, and crowned with flowers, or branches of palm or olive. we do not certainly know the time that was required to elapse between the admission to the lesser and greater mysteries of eleusis. most writers fix it at five years. it was a singular mark of favor when demetrius was made mystes and epopt in one and the same ceremony. when at length admitted to the degree of perfection, the initiate was brought face to face with entire nature, and learned that the soul was the whole of man: that earth was but his place of exile; that heaven was his native country; that for the soul to be born is really to die; and that death was for it the retu

sixth was consecrated to iakchos, the young light-god, son of ceres, reared in the sanctuaries and bearing the torch of the sun-god. the chorus in aristophanes terms him the luminous star that lights the nocturnal initiation. he was brought from the sanctuary, his head crowned with myrtle, and borne from the gate of the ceramicus to eleusis, along the sacred way, amid dances, sacred songs, every mark of joy, and mystic cries of _iakchos. on the seventh there were gymnastic exercises and combats, the victors in which were crowned and rewarded. on the eighth was the feast of sculapius. on the ninth the famous libation was made for the souls of the departed. the priests, according to athen us, filled two vases, placed one in the east and one in the west, toward the gates of day and night, an

worship, and is fallen into poverty, you shall aid, and support, and succor him, in that you may; and he ask of you your goods to his sustenance, you shall give him part of such goods as god hath sent you to your power, and as you may bear" thus charity and generosity are even _more_ essential qualities of a true and gentle knight, and have been so in all ages; and so also hath clemency. it is a mark of a noble nature to spare the conquered. valor is then best tempered, when it can turn out a stern fortitude into the mild strains of pity, which never shines more brightly than when she is clad in steel. a martial man, compassionate, shall conquer both in peace and war; and by a twofold way, get victory with honor. the most famed men in the world have had in them both courage and compassion

MOTTA MARCELO THE COMMENTARIES OF AL

e universe. see liber 418. l is the letter of libra, balance, and 'justice' in the taro. this title should probably be al "el, as the 'l' was heard of the voice of aiwaz, not seen. al is the true name of the book, for these letters, and their number 31, form the master key to its mysteries. with regard to the above note by a.c, serious students should consult liber v vel reguli, the ritual of the mark of the beast, for a more thorough analysis of the word al. the first chapter 1. had! the manifestation of nuit. the theogony of our law is entirely scientific: nuit is matter, hadit is motion, in their full physical sense. they are the tao and teh of chinese philosophy; or, to put it very simply, the noun and verb in grammar. our central truth beyond other philosophies is that these two infin

ted to us "what shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul" the nature of man is individual. no two faces are identical, still less are two individuals. unspeakable is the variety of form and immeasurable the diversity of beauty, but in all is the seal of unity, inasmuch as all cometh from the womb of nuit--to it returneth all. the apprehension of this sublimity is the mark of divinity. knowing this, all is liberty; ignorant of this, all is bondage. as no two individuals are identical, so also there can be no identity between the quintessential expressions of the will of any two persons; and the expression of each person, in the first instance, as his purely physical prerogative, is his sexual gesture. one cannot say that any significance of that gesture is forb

sapiens, like the ears of the ass or the slime of the slug. that we reason as we do merely proves that we cannot reason otherwise. we cannot move the upper jaw; it does not follow that the idea of motion is ridiculous. the limitation hints rather that there may be an infinite variety of structures which the jaw cannot imagine. the metric system is not the necessary mode of measurement. it is the mark of a mind untrained, to take its own processes as valid for all men, and its own judgments for absolute truth. our two eyes see an object in two aspects, and present to our consciousness a third which agrees with neither, is indeed, strictly speaking, not sensible to sight, but to touch! our senses declare some things at rest and others in motion; our reason corrects the error, firstly by den

en; as are those homosexuals of the type that tries to resemble a woman. such people deny expression to the opposite polarity of their nature. what attracts a man to a woman is, odd as this may seem to the profane, his own femininity, as what attracts a woman to a man is her own masculinity. the polarity of the vehicles is inverted. this subject is too complex for treatment here, but remember the mark of set, the mark of satan, the mark of the beast: moon and sun conjoined "tear down that lying spectre of the centuries" it is most necessary that false modesty be eradicated from the animic life of our race. the only way to do this is to balance it by its opposite. a nun, be it roman catholic, buddhist, or of any other cult, is not a chaste woman if she automatically abstains from sexual int

s well to discard such 'indispensable' and 'proper' things as a waterproof and a blackthorn for a turban and a dagger. the 'moral' man is living by the no-reason of laws, and that is stupid and inadequate even when the laws still hold good; for he is a mere mechanism, resourceless should any danger that is not already provided for in his original design chance to arise. respect for routine is the mark of the second-rate man. this does not mean that routine is not proper and fitting in its place; but when routine any routine becomes dogma, someone's mind has curled up and gone to sleep "the law was made for man, not man for the law" is the voice of commonsense. the 'immoral' man, defying convention by shouting aloud in church, may indeed be 'brawling; but equally he may be a sensitive who h

s swimming strongly enough. i found xaipe a'.a, 718 "hail to the a'.a. i gracefully acknowledged the greeting to our holy order, but went on with my search. there is no such word as axpicta "unchristlike things; only blind bigotry could be satisfied with so crude an invention. then came xapa h, 713, an engraved character. that was a true name for the stele; if i suffixed ad, 5, it might read "the mark of hadit. but i did not feel inwardly that thrill of ecstasy that springs in the heart, or that dawn of amazement that kindles the mind, when truth's sheer simplicity takes form. there is a definite psychological phenomenon which accompanies any important discovery. it is like first love, at first sight, to the one; like the recognition of a law of nature, to the other. it inflames one with l

MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS E

singing birds, as a punishment for having dared to challenge comparison with the immortals. undeterred by the above example, the sirens also entered into a similar contest. the songs of the muses were loyal and true, whilst those of the sirens were the false and deceptive strains with which so many unfortunate mariners had been lured to their death. the sirens were defeated by the muses, and as a mark of humiliation, were deprived of the feathers with which their bodies were adorned. the oldest seat of the worship of the muses was pieria in thrace, where they were supposed to have first seen the light of day. pieria is a district on one of the sloping declivities of mount olympus, whence a number of rivulets, as they flow towards the plains beneath, produce those sweet, soothing sounds, wh

the spot whereon the city was to be built. scarcely had cadmus left the sacred fane, when he observed a heifer who bore no marks of servitude on her neck, walking slowly in front of him. he followed the animal for a considerable distance, page 235 until at length, on the site where thebes afterwards stood, she looked towards heaven and, gently lowing, lay down in the long grass. grateful for this mark of divine favour, cadmus resolved to offer up the animal as a sacrifice, and accordingly sent his followers to fetch water for the libation from a neighbouring spring. this spring, which was sacred to ares, was situated in a wood, and guarded by a fierce dragon, who, at the approach of the retainers of cadmus, suddenly pounced upon them and killed them. after waiting some time for the return

NAGEL CARL AMAZING SECRETS OF OCCULT POWER

re 3: wiccan money spells how to cast spells that really work thank you letter #1 practical witchcraft the magic word that will bring money to you the green candle spell thank you letter #2 the magic power of chants the golden square spell spell brings needed money the devil s treasurer thank you letter #3 what will happen after casting your spells and working your rituals? 4: sex magic today the mark of the beast< thank you letter #4 the demon of lust thank you letter #5 the occult seduction spell thank you letter #6 a magical threesome thank you letter #7 magical aphrodisiacs the black candle of love thank you letter #8 sex magic for couples 5: ancient secrets of the cabala the tree of life the power of the spheres the sacred names of power the middle pillar circulation ritual using the

ly initiated member of the coven) is elected to satisfy the sexual demands of the coven master. she is carried to the altar, laid down and surrounded by black candles, and worshipped by the more virile men of the coven. she is stroked, kissed and otherwise stimulated until her passions are aroused. only then is she brought before the coven master who copulates with her, until he is exhausted. the mark of the beast aleister crowley, an infamous black magician of the 1920s, was< dubbed by the daily express the wickedest man who ever lived and came to believe that he was the biblical beast of the revelations. he was, for a short time, a member of the hermetic order of the golden dawn, but his true interest lie in the oto (ordo templis orientis, a german order involved in sexual magic. he took

NAUDON PAUL THE SECRET HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY

) were still written in french. throughout the middle ages on into the renaissance, french was also the international language of crafts and the esoteric language that craftsmen used. thus it is in france where we actually must look to find the origin of this term.1 in the middle ages the word franc served not only to qualify what was free in opposition to that which was servile and what bore the mark of purity and high quality, but it also and more specifically designated every individual or property that was exempt from manorial servitudes and laws. thus a franc-alleu was a land completely owned as property and owing no lord any right, faith, homage, or investiture. opposite the franc-alleu were the servile status and the fief that made [corvee is the unpaid labor owed by peasants and bo

height of its popularity and its adepts played an important role as paradoxical as it may appear in the* the agla, an association of book craftsmen, is another example of a sixteenth-century esoteric society whose influence on the creation of modern freemasonry is less obvious but no less significant. the collective "glyph" of this vast organization was the number 4, which figured in the personal mark of every master of this brotherhood, frequently drawn atop a secondary figure representing an internal group to which the signatory belonged. for example, a hexagram "solomon's seal" the planetary sign of saturn, or the monogram of mary designated a group concerned with alchemy and hermetic studies, whereas the heart, such as the one found on playing cards, indicated a branch in which mystici

NECRONOMICON ALAZIF

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

ONYX TABLET OF SET

you to succeed. thirdly it lets you know that you are a person of real worth, and fourth it reminds you of how far you need to go in order to achieve your long range goals. this is related to #2. 5. sense of humor. if an initiate cannot laugh at his or her own mistakes, they should give up trying. if they can't laugh at the world, they will go mad. laughter is the banister of obsessions, and the mark of someone sure of their sovereignty. 6. openness. many people are so insecure that they lead lives to tight that magic couldn't break in even if from the prince of darkness itself. they have rules about what to eat, when to sleep, who to fuck, what to read, how to vote- until every second of their life is filled. the lhp initiate because of faith that his or her magic will open doors for the

PHILIP NEIL MYTHS LEGENDS EXPLAINED

ly been divine swineherds even after undergoing many transformations, they can still reason like human beings. vegetation cernunnos was primarily a god of nature, fertility, and abundance, and is associated with fruit, corn, and vegetation, as well as animals. torc of rank cernunnos both wears a torc around his neck and holds another one in his hand. a celtic chieftain would have worn a torc as a mark of rank, and warriors were also rewarded with torcs and armrings. dio cassius writes of the british queen boudicca that she wore a great twisted golden necklace. gaulish warriors went naked into battle save for their gold or bronze torcs and armrings. cernunnos, the horned god the horns of cernunnos and and those of the stag are identical and show how the god was regarded as part-man, partbea

e grail hero dooms the land, thereby requiring the grail quest to put things right. this recalls the welsh story of pryderi, nephew of bran, who brings desolation on dyfed by sitting on a perilous mound after a banquet. bedivere gaheris gareth galahad lancelot gawain agravain perceval arthur bors tristan and isolde 82 tristan and isolde tristan was a young knight in the retinue of his uncle, king mark of cornwall. one day, when a swallow dropped a fair hair at the king s feet, he declared that he must marry its owner. tristan embarked on the quest and arrived in ireland, where he slew a marauding dragon and claimed the hand of isolde, the king s daughter, for she was the girl he sought. taking her back to king mark, fate intervened when the pair accidentally drank a love potion intended fo

PHOSPHORUS

is the mask of the shades of the dead and the gateway of twilight. 1. mephistopheles, how this daemon represents both earth and spirit and the unity within. the evocation and invocation of mephistopheles to absorb a hidden atavistic knowledge of the daemonum of the earth. see mephistopheles conjuration by michael w. ford 2. the assumption of the flesh of the devil, the power of initiation and the mark of the devil as a rite of passage. the god form of satan the adversary is to understand the fallen aspect of darkness to the 12 rise into the dark light, thus a balanced initiation of flesh and spirit. see book of the witch moon. 3. the astral sabbath, dedication to, preparation and emergence into the astral plane. complete records and insight through including if famulus attends the self. 4

nto the mysteries and reality of the witches sabbat. envision a gateway opening forth a shadowed figure arises before you this is the black man of the sabbat, the initiator who you shall seek to become like- i salute thee spirit of blackened flame, i come unto thee as clay but which holds a spark. with thy stave immolate my being with the cunning fire, that i shall awaken in the bloodied caul the mark of cain. face now the four directions- from the south, fiery essence of the darkness, satanas i do summon thee, i shall descend into the pleasure fields of midnight and noon i shall taste thy ecstasy of being! from the east, air and shadowed illuminator lucifer, crowned in emerald light, king of the circle of the wise do illuminate me, by dreaming and waking guide me into the astral plane to

ide and blacksmith who shall light my fire of being! i affirm samael-azazel as my fiery initiator of becoming in the light of the sun! i affirm lilith hecate as the night initiator and goddess of the moon! i affirm my awakening into the throne of baphomet! visualize cain coming forth, bearded and horned with one hammer and a bloodied hand he reaches forth and places an x in blood on your brow the mark of the witch. cain now shines with a violet light, a fire which is both brilliant and darkly beautiful. behold, i am encircled in the witch fire this shall become the serpent path of leviathan! i look forth now to the light in the darkness! behold, lilith emerges to look to her child, my very being dedicated to her. visualize lilith approaching you, she casts a red cloth over your head, the v

of the witch. cain now shines with a violet light, a fire which is both brilliant and darkly beautiful. behold, i am encircled in the witch fire this shall become the serpent path of leviathan! i look forth now to the light in the darkness! behold, lilith emerges to look to her child, my very being dedicated to her. visualize lilith approaching you, she casts a red cloth over your head, the very mark of her children born in the night waking caves of the red sea. lilith now shines in a crimson light, a fire which burns with lust and demonic strength of spirit. i shall seek thy guidance in dreams, open now the way before me! i thank you spirits of the witch-path and nephillimic way! so it is done! rites of focus- 1. invocation of the adversary 2. an invocation to the holy guardian angel, sp

n as light for an equal time. relate both to you personally and how you are becoming in this light reflect on who you were and where you are going. 5. the algol sigil is the fiery and diabolic essence of isolate consciousness, the eye and heart of set, ahriman and hecate. it is both daimon and seraph, a mirror and a gate of hell. meditate and focus upon this mirror. 6. the sigil of lucifer is the mark of the rebellion of spirit, the separation of ain soph (limitless light) to the dual ecstasies of shadow and flame. mark thy soul/spirit/consciousness with the sigil of adonai, the lord of the earth called also shaitan. 7. baphomet is the god form of the luciferian path, enfleshed as the witch begetter and the lord of the blackened fires of the forge. the black man of the sabbat is the one pa

REGARDIE ISRAEL THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN

ssified according to the three mother letters (aleph, mem, shin-air, water, and fire, each serving as the basis of a distinct type of ritual. this document is one of the intrinsic signs of the genius of the g. d. i have been impressed by its magnificence as well as practicality for nearly forty years, when i first discovered it in equinox 3. time has not diminished the lustre, nor familiarity its mark of uniqueness. z-1 is an important paper descriptive of the neophyte ritual, given to the introduction 9 newly inducted adeptus minor for whom it discloses a depth of symbolism and a wealth of practical formulae he could never have previously thought possible. the beginner who glances through this grade initiation may perceive very little in it, until he studies this particular document. it e

ating him, and his agonised reluctance to their elimination plunging him into such ordeals that he seems (both to himself and to others) to have turned from a noble and upright man into an unutterable scoundrel" these are the experiences and events which occur to every aspirant when initiation forces the realisation upon him that "all is sorrow" in fact, it is my belief that the criterion or hall mark of successful initiation is the occurrence of these or similar experiences. the whole universe, under the stimulation of the magical elements and inward analysis, seems to tumble like a pack of cards crazily about one's feet. this is the solve half of the alchemical solve et coagula formula. analysis must precede synthesis. corruption is the primitive base from which the pure gold of the spir

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

signs of writing or speech; it influences other minds by reflections upon them; it is refracted by crossing the diaphane of other men; it assumes new forms and proportions; it is translated into acts and modifies the world: this is the last degree of realization. men who are born into a world modified by an idea bear away with them the mark thereof, and it is thus that the word is made flesh. the mark of the disobedience of adam, preserved in the astral light, could be effaced only by the stronger mark of the obedience of the saviour, and thus the original sin and redemption of the world can be explained in a natural and magical sense. the astral light, or soul of the world, was the instrument of adam's omnipotence; it became afterwards that of his punishment, being corrupted and troubled

authorities. long and patient observations, conclusive comparisons, frequently repeated experiments, must have led the old sages to their decisions, and to refute them the same labour must be undertaken from an opposite standpoint. paracelsus was perhaps the last of the great practical astrologers; he cured diseases by talismans formed under astral influences; he distinguished upon all bodies the mark of their dominant star; there, according to him, was the true universal medicine, the absolute science of nature, lost by man's own fault and recovered only by a small number of initiates. to recognize the sign of each star upon men, animals and plants, is the true natural science of solomon, that science which is said to be lost, but the principles of which are preserved notwithstanding, as

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

n. we are on the verge of fulfilling the intentions of that man whose sayings we repeat. the third method of establishing the magic chain is by contact. between persons who meet frequently, the head of the current soon manifests, and the strongest will is not slow to absorb the others. the direct and positive grasp of hand by hand completes the harmony of dispositions, and it is for this reason a mark of sympathy and intimacy. children, who are guided instinctively by nature, form the magic chain by playing at base or rounds: then gaiety spreads, then laughter 62 the ritual of transcendental magic rings. circular tables are more favourable to convivial meetings than those of any other shape. the great circular dance of the sabbath, which concluded the mysterious assemblies of adepts in the

RUBY TABLET OF SET

to see areas into which we can still grow. knowing the basic principles of magic, you can construct a ritual and perform it effectively when needed. you can perform ritual solo, and you can actively and productively participate in group ritual. you can design group rituals for others to participate in. during these rituals, you display confidence and an attribute we call "presence" the undeniable mark of a magician at work. you practice not only gbm in ritual, but also lbm, and can effect many changes in the world around you through lbm. again, there is still much to learn, but the journey is well begun. 2) the ii adept follows a path of xeper. the ii adept continues to grow, continues to learn, continues to initiate. this initiation and xeper can take place in many different realms, of wh

me one, and proclaim the right to inscribe my own beginning and my own end [initiate drinks from the graal after saying] i drink the blood of the ancient dragon. that which i have gathered, i cast upon the matrix of the cauldron of my own becoming anew [initiate contemplates, and then casts a new glyph, then says] i cast forth this image in bond with all that i am and against all that i am not, a mark of my own becoming and a gateway to my innermost realms. closing statement elect of set, you have touched and gathered the mysteries of your own heritage. read them aright by the light of the black flame. seek out the stories of old, arise and descend upon the matrix of myth, for they are keys which unlock that which you have gathered. knowledge shall lead to knowledge; power shall lead to po

he order. conferring of knighthood is by decision of any master of the order, and upon signature to the oath of the order. thereafter each member is under obedience to no other member of the order, but rather to the divinity of the psyche (in ancient teutonic, the fylgja. members of the order may use the prefix "sir" or "lady, the initials "o..t" or "o.t" after their names, and the rune tyr) as a mark of identification to other members of the order. installation as a master of the order is by decision of the grand master. a master of the o..t. must also have been recognized as a priest of set iii. titles of address for masters of the order are the same as for the knighthood, but the identifying rune hagall) is employed. the grand master of the o..t. is appointed by the high priest of set a

sense the manifestation of leviathan [spend this time reveling in the power of your creation of these aspects of being. enjoy their presence, and their friendship. this is also the time to become aware of your connection through the gates of hell with all the other pylon members [the working: the resolution, from close encounters of the third kind, 6:50] i now work my will upon the is-to-be as a mark of my truth [long pause to do so] i now work my will upon the is-to-be as a mark of my glory [long pause to do so] i now work my will upon the is-to-be as a mark of my power [long pause to do so] i now work, my will upon the is-to-be as a mark of my immortality [long pause to do so [as the essence of set, allow your being to be recognized as one with his being. allow the magic of set to pour

SALMANRUSHDIE THESATANICVERSES

ed up from nowhere, he began to eat as fast as possible, stuffing the dead pigs into his face so rapidly that bacon rashers hung out of the sides of his mouth. during his illness he had spent every minute of consciousness calling upon god, every second of every minute. ya allah whose servant lies bleeding do not abandon me now after watching oven me so long. ya allah show me some sign, some small mark of your favour, that i may find in myself the strength to cure my ills. o god most beneficent most merciful, be with me in this my time of need, my most grievous need. then it occurred to him that he was being punished, and for a time that made it possible to suffer the pain, but after a time he got angry. enough, god, his unspoken words demanded, why must i die when i have not killed, are yo

he three hundred and sixty idols in the house are worthy of worship "there is no god but god" bilal shouts. and his fellows join in "ya allah" mahound looks angry "will the faithful hear the messenger" they fall silent, scuffing their feet in the dust "he asks for allah's approval of lat, uzza and manat. in return, he gives his guarantee that we will be tolerated, even officially recognized; as a mark of which, i am to be elected to the council of jahilia. that's the offer" salman the persian says "it's a trap. if you go up coney and come down with such a message, he'll ask, how could you make gibreel provide just the right revelation? he'll be able to call you a charlatan, a fake" mahound shakes his head "you know, salman, that i have learned how to listen. this _listening_ is not of the

" she smiled an inward smile as she spoke, tolerating him in memory as she had not always managed to during his life, when he was frequently appalling. for example: he developed a hatred of communism which drove him to embarrassing extremes of behaviour, notably at christmas, when this jewish man insisted on celebrating with his jewish family and others what he described as "an english rite, as a mark of respect to their new "host nation- and then spoiled it all (in his wife's eyes) by bursting into the salon where the assembled company was relaxing in the glow of log fire, christmas tree lights and brandy, got up in pantomime chinee, with droopy moustaches and all, crying "father christmas is dead! i have killed him! i am the mao: no presents for anyone! hee! hee! hee" allie on everest, r

e fatigue that had sunk into every pore of her body "o god, i don't know, i am sorry" she said "god knows what came over "don't you know i occupy a delicate post" mr. qureishi cried "public confidence is of essence. how does it look then that my wife gallivants with bhangis" mishal, embracing her mother, told her father to stop bullying. mr. akhtar saw for the first time that his daughter had the mark of death on her forehead and deflated instantly like an inner tube. mishal told him about the cancer, and the promise of the seer ayesha that a miracle would occur in mecca, and she would be completely cured "then let me fly you to mecca, pronto" her father pleaded "why walk if you can go by airbus" but mishal was adamant "you should go away" she told her father "only the faithful can make th

SCHLAGER NEIL WORLD RELIGIONS REFERENCE LIBRARY

their belief. an absence, rather than a rejection, of a belief in a single god (which could include some polytheists and those who have had no exposure to monotheistic beliefs) is called implicit atheism. a conscious rejection of god s existence is called explicit atheism. some atheists also call themselves secularists, agnostics, or bright. bright is meant to take some of the historical stigma (mark of disgrace) away from being an atheist. agnosticism also blends greek elements to form a new compound word. it mixes a with gnosis or knowledge, meaning without knowledge. broadly speaking, the difference between the two concepts is that while atheists claim there is no god, agnostics claim not to be able to make statements one way or the other about the existence of god. agnosticism is a fo

olved in trying to control life. the text also focuses on yin, or passive energy, often using water metaphors to show the adaptability and enduring strength of the dao. self-knowledge is another common theme. world religions: biographies 207 laozi opposites and the need to balance the active male energy, or yang, with the inactive female energy, or yin. to laozi, becoming one with the dao was the mark of an enlightened person. for laozi, another major principle in daoism is the concept of de, which translates as virtue, or sometimes as power. several chapters in the dao de jing are devoted to explaining how de, specifically virtuous behavior and intelligent action, are significant in one s life. an important daoist concept regarding personal behavior is that of wu wei, which can be transla

chicago, a branch of the society was founded in 1930, with the twin goals of helping people find the god within and of serving others. hinduism in the early twenty-first century is the third largest religion in the world. people in the west, the nations of the americas and catholicity: universality, the quality of including everyone. grovelling, or groveling: crawling or lying on the ground as a mark of meekness or obedience. savage: an uncivilized person. brute: a lower animal, a beast. polity: society, institution. 118 world religions: primary sources paper on hinduism europe, became interested in hinduism after swami vivekananda s presentation. more than 900,000 people in the united states are hindu. there are more than 400,000 hindus in the united kingdom. the largest concentration of

SIR WALLIS BUDGE EGYPTIAN MAGIC

sult is (in other words, that the universal human lot is, after all, that of the highest privilege. edward george bulwer-lytph egyptian magic by e. a. wallis budge late keeper of the egyptian and assyrian antiquities in the british museum kegan, paul, trench and trubner& co, london [1901] p. iii to sir j. norman lockyer, k.c.b, f.r.s, etc, etc, etc, a token of esteem for a great astronomer, and a mark of true regard for a friend. p. vii preface. a study of the remains of the native religious literature of ancient egypt which have come down to us has revealed the fact that the belief in magic, that is to say, in the power of magical names, and spells, and enchantments, and formula, and pictures, and figures, and amulets, and in the performance of ceremonies accompanied by the utterance of w

SIX ANGLED RITE OF THE ROYAL SUN OF THE GOAT LORD

life comes to sleep, risen above to sink below the fading green sigil 4: the sign of the devil's trident invocatory name: routa (roo tah) poetic stream: the old puck-angel raises a fork a threefold sharpened wand one tine for heaven, earth and hell three for the king of the hidden land sigil 5: the sign of mars invocatory name: samael (sam eye el) poetic stream: heavenly steel, earthly steel, the mark of cain is red lifted above, a touch to the forehead above bodies of men struck dead sigil 6: the sign of the spring equinox invocatory name: bhouck (boo k) poetic stream: spring, the year's faithful king fire in every leaf and furrow life from below, risen above to return on water down below once you have placed the last implement on it's sigil, bow your head again to the east and return to

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

mplying, suggesting, 12 codex magica or stating that the men and women pictured are knowingly involved in any type of plot, satanic or otherwise. my friends are fully aware that over the years, i have authored and produced numerous books, audiotapes, and videos on the subject of mysterious marks, symbols, signs, and logos, including such bestseller classics as dark secrets of the new age, mystery mark of the new age, and circle of intrigue. as such, the reader should realize that the information in my books and other works is based solely on my own opinion. true, i do my level best to judge things accurately and to marshall relevant facts and data that might bear; but ultimately, the reader or viewer must decide if he or she concurs with the author's judgements and opinions. as the cliche

er and included an excerpt from author edward waite's reference book, a new encyclopedia of freemasonry. myers wryly observed that "generally, things that are bad are x-rated" he mentioned, too, the interesting use of the letter x in the rx of drug stores; the use of the four-letter, abbreviated word xmas to replace christmas, and the fact that, in black's law dictionary, it says that the sign or mark of x is sometimes made as a substitute for a man's signature on legal documents. and the continued use of the mysterious x abounds. children at play can be heard to say "cross my heart and hope to die" in the greek alphabet, the letter chi is denoted with the symbol x, and given the numerical designation of 600. the numeroligists say that triple x, then, would yield the number 666. black musl

"this degree" tresner concludes "provides a spiritual jolt or jump-start in preparation for the transformation, refinement, and redefinition to come."7 tresner chooses his words very carefully..and very deliberately. but christians who have studied the book of revelation will intuit and understand what he is hinting at. i believe he is telling the masonic candidates that this degree, in which the mark of x is prominent, is to prepare them to wage war against true christians, and to exalt their man-king as the events prophesied in bible prophecy roll forward. naturally, tresner would probably deny this meaning, so i leave it to you, dear reader, to discern. however, the masonic author of the authoritative richardson's monitor of freemasonry, no doubt lets the cat out of the bag, so to speak

taking on the image of death, the grim reaper? does king believe that this publicly displayed ritual act by him confers on the famous novelist the "raw spiritual energy" mentioned by masonic authority jim tresner, 33? x the egyptian connection from what source do the masons draw for this funeral symbolism of the x? in my book, dark majesty, i explain the egyptian connection: in ancient egypt, the mark of "x" and the symbol of cross-bones in the symbol of an x was very prominent in religious contexts. you can find the x on the walls of a number of ancient egyptians temples and pyramids..it is the sign of osiris, the great sun god. the ancient pharaohs, when they were buried, had the legs crossed in the form of "x" as a sign of devotion to osiris' today, as in ancient egypt, osiris the sun g

upward (ascendant, it is said to indicate "black magic" and to be the two horns of satan. no wonder that aleister crowley, the infamous, selfproclaimed "beast 666" from great britain, once stated "every man and woman is a star" which, loosely interpreted, meant "every man and woman is a god."1 the star of initiation in the hindu religion, the pentagram is the "star of initiation" it is the caste-mark of 538 codex magica from left to right: pentagram, inverted pentagram, hexagram (star of david) and star of baphomet (goat of sabbath) the priests of siva, who dedicate it to the sun god by marking a black round dot inside the symbol of the star.2 the blazing star freemasons, because they venerate the sun and its rays, know the star emblem as the "blazing star" steve worrall-clare, a former m

t the six-pointed star as the national emblem. it is the symbol of the israel national flag, even though a more appropriate device undoubtedly would be the torah, the menorah, or some other historic or religious symbol.7 geometrically and numerically (points, lines, triangles) the six-pointed star translates into the number 666. thus, it is very possible that the six-pointed star could become the mark of the beast, the antichrist, as prophesied in revelation 13. the illuminists, cabalists, and masons cunningly have also chosen the six-pointed star as symbol because of its hidden sexual meanings. it is made up of two triangles, integrated together, one superimposed on the other. the triangle pointing downward (delta) represents the female vagina; the triangle pointed upward the male phallus

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ous phenomena 197 theword devil is derived from the greek diabolos, which means accuser or slanderer. but in thirty years of study, i have seen the effects of angels and demons on humans. kelsey insists that a demon is not a figment of the imagination. it is a negative, destructive spiritual force. it seeks to destroy the person and everyone with whom that person comes into contact. the essential mark of the demon and those possessed by demons is total self-interest to the exclusion of everyone and everything else. agreeing with many other contemporary religious scholars, kelsey expressed his concern that most people in today s world offer little challenge for demons. they find it easy to enter and operate in the unconscious parts of the mind, taking control of the person and his character

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person s eyes or mouth as a form of greeting, but it was done in a cursory manner. roman husbands kissed their wives on the mouth at the end of the day, but their motive was not at all romantic. they were checking their spouses breath to see if they had been sitting around drinking wine all day. kissing the hand or the foot or even the ground on which some royal personage would walk was deemed a mark of respect and homage in ancient times, but scholars of social customs cannot trace the kiss on the lips as a form of affection between lovers ever occurring in antiquity. one of the earliest definite instances of kissing as a form of love and affection appears to have developed in tours, france, in the sixth century, when it became fashionable for a young man to give his betrothed a ring as

taboos, and urban legends 207 amongsemitic people, a kiss on the cheek has been considered a traditional form of blessing or greeting for centuries. wear flowers in full bloom to indicate a love newly awakened. once the lovers had exchanged their engagement vows, they wore the same kind of flower in their hair as a public emblem of their betrothal. in indonesian timor, a woman bestows the highest mark of attachment upon her lover when she gives him the flower garland from her hair. among the polynesians, men and women alike wear flowers behind their ears when they are in love. the flower, it seems, has been the quintessential gift between lovers in many cultures for many centuries, and it is the considerate suitor of today who remembers to call upon his sweetheart bearing a bouquet of flow

uest is presented with betel nut as a gesture of friendliness. on java, the main island of indonesia, hosts of higher social rank pay their inferiors a high compliment if they offer them their halfchewed betel nut. throughout tahiti, the standard formula for hospitality is come and eat with us. among the tribespeople in kenya, visitors to villages are presented with a cup of water as a ceremonial mark of hospitality, and the welcoming salutation is, let us be friends. among all cultures, in ancient or modern times, it has never been good form to refuse the offer of food or drink. around the world, to accept such an offer is considered an act of common politeness, whether one wants it or not. among the nomadic bedouins of the desert, it has always been considered a serious breach of etiquet

men and women, was introduced about 1455 when it became fashionable to place a gentleman and a lady together to share a single cup and plate. whom to serve first may be a problem of some concern for the modern hostess, but among early people it was the custom for the host to take the first bite to prove that the food was safe or free from poison. among the aboriginal people of new guinea, it is a mark of courtesy and hospitality to offer water to a stranger, but before doing so, the hosts drink a little of the water themselves to prove it is not dangerous in any way. similar customs are to be found in many tribes of africa, where the wife of the host is assigned the position of always taking the first drink of any beverage to prove that it has no evil in it. in medieval europe, it was also

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rusalem was considered the head of the entire brotherhood, which grew in numbers, influence, and wealth to become one of the most powerful organizations in the medieval world. counts, dukes, princes, and even kings sought to wear the red cross and white mantle of the templar, an honor which was recognized throughout europe. in 1139, pope innocent ii (d. 1143) granted the templars an unprecedented mark of papal approval: the churches of the templars were exempt from interdicts; their properties and revenues were free from taxation to either crown or holy mother church. the templars now had the prestige of being triumphant crusaders. they had the blessing of the pope. they had the gratitude of those whom they had protected on their pilgrimages. they had vast estates with mansions that could

. today, the spear of destiny stands again in the hapsburg treasure house museum in vienna. m delving deeper anderson, ken. hitler and the occult. amherst, n.y: prometheus books, 1995. angebert, jean-michel. the occult and the third reich. new york: macmillan publishing, 1974. ravenscroft, trevor. spear of destiny. new york: red wheel/weiser, 1987. ravenscroft, trevor, and tim wallace-murphy. the mark of the beast: the continuing story of the spear of destiny. new york: red wheel/weiser, 1997. sklar, dusty. the nazis and the occult. new york: dorset press, 1989. swastikas the swastika has an evil association in the twentieth century, but it has a long, rich positive history, for the meaning of the word svastika in sanskrit means ggood fortune h or gwellbeing. h swastikas were the symbol of

THE GOD OF THE WITCHES

sshe men and her company trystid to have ovyrcome all the englysshe pepull. but godwas lord and maister of that victorie and scomfiture, and so she was take, and brought and kept in hold bi thekynge and his counseill all tymes at his commaundement and wille. the english regarded her throughout asa witch and therefore believed very naturally that god had delivered her into their hands as a special mark of the god of the witchesjoan of arc68divine favour to them.the title of pucelle of france is peculiar, its exact significance has never been explained. joan was first thepucelle of orleans, but when she quartered the royal lilies she became the pucelle of france. this wasclearly a definite title, and possibly showed some special relation to the crown. if the king were still regardedas the in

THE KEY TO THE MYSTERIES

my sound" we are obliged to mention this matter, as mr. waite (by persistent self- assertion) has obtained the reputation of being trustworthy as an editor. on the contrary, he not only mutilates and distorts his authors, but, as demonstrated above, he is totally incapable of understanding their simplest phrases and even their commonest words. vi introduction this volume represents the high-water mark of the thought of eliphas levi. it may be regarded as written by him as his thesis for the grade of exempt adept, just as his "ritual and dogma" was his thesis for the grade of a major adept. he is, in fact, no longer talking of things as if their sense was fixed and universal. he is beginning to see something of the contradiction inherent in the nature of things, or at any rate, he constantl

hermes and of solomon, has divided the metaphysical world into two intellectual zones, one white and luminous, enclosing positive ideas, the other black and obscure, containing negative ideas, and which has given to the synthesis of the first, the name of god, and to that of the other, the name of the devil or of satan. the sign of the lingam borne upon the forehead is in india the distinguishing mark of the worshippers of shiva the destroyer; for that sign being that of the great magical arcanum, which refers to the mystery of universal generation, to bear it on the forehead is to make profession of dogmatic shamelessness "now" say the orientals "the day when there is no longer modesty in the world, the world, given over to debauch which is sterile, will end at once for lack of mothers. m

THE LUCIFERIAN PATH THE WITCHES SABBAT MICHAEL W FORD

iza tribe migrated to spain which brought some aspects of the witch-cult to europe. other middle eastern sects which marked themselves as walkers between worlds were the maskhara (called also dervishes, being a sect which were marked on the skin (mabrush) and intoxicated with the thorn apple, the same as mandrake. both contain alkaloids and cause the sensation of flying. in the western world, the mark of cain is this very marking which initiated the body into the witch-cult through the witches sabbat practice. in a left hand path perspective, the initiate would seek to discover what is essentially real or tangible about his or her being, what they consider to differ them from the natural order. once this has been established in a basic sense, the antinomian or luciferian vision of rebellio

THE MAGICIAN S KABBALAH

lurianic" school of thought provided answers to many of the more complex issues of kabbalistic thought, particularly relating to the "breaking of the vessels. the next major historical development of kabbalah came with the formation of the hasidic movement in the mid 1700's, based around the rabbi israel, more commonly known as the baal shem tov (1698-1760, which means "master of the word, a high mark of respect in kabbalism. having briefly examined the development of kabbalah within the judaic mystical tradition, we must now attempt to sketch some of the significant points at which it passed through to the occult tradition, particularly in europe, and thence to the modern magician. the kabbalah and its teachings passed across into the magical philosophy primarily by transition through med

THE NECRONOMICON SIMON VERSION

lse. or the priest becomes prey to the eye of death of the seven annunnaki, lord of the underworld, ministers of the queen of hell. know, fifthly, that the worshippers of tiamat are abroad in the world, and will give fight to the magician. lo, they have worshipped the serpent from ancient times, and have always been with us. and they are to be known by their seeming human appearance which has the mark of the beast upon them, as they change easily into the shapes of animals and haunt the nights of men and by their odour, which comes of burning incenses unlawful to the worship of the elder ones. and their books are the books of chaos and the flames, and are the books of the shadows and the shells. and they worship the heaving earth and the ripping sky and the rampant flame and the flooding w

THE SECRET RITUALS OF THE OTO

c) the grip or token of a man and a brother. w: what does it demand? e (for c) a word. w: give me that word. e (for c) at my initiation i was taught to be cautious. i will letter it with you. s: i agree; begin (done) its import? e (for c) the lord (e. leaves c) w: pass (takes c. round and to s) w: most mysterious master, i present to you a man and a brother on his initiation that he may receive a mark of your favour at the beginning of his travels with the sun. s: my brother, i have it notable in mind to counsel you concerning your way among us. file//c /documents%20and%20settings/michael..secret%20rituals%20of%20the%20o.t.o/p2c2.html (13 of 14 [12/28/2001 2:02:43 pm] the secret rituals of the o.t.o. during the whole ceremony, you have been exposed to many dangers and discomforts, and you

t is that? e (for c) the grip or token of a magician. w: what does it demand? e (for c) a word. w: give me that word. e (for c) at my initiation i was taught to be cautious; i will letter it with you. w: i agree; begin (done) its import? e (for c) the lord (e. leaves c) w: pass (takes c. round and to s) most mysterious master, i present to you a magician on his consecration, that he may receive a mark of your favour on his travels with the sun. s: my brother, in the first degree, you were presented with a robe of darkness indeed, yet in the shape thereof was concealed a certain invocation of the light. to those who thus invoke the light, light comes. file//c /documents%20and%20settings/michael..secret%20rituals%20of%20the%20o.t.o/p2c3.html (14 of 15 [12/28/2001 2:03:09 pm] the secret ritua

ewal in the son. let me ask you to consider, brother master magician, that as the solar tragedy is but the uninformed and partial views of acts, so may the human prove. of this your progress in our order may give you opportunity to judge. w (to s) most mysterious master of the time past, will you not bequeath to your successor a double portion of your spirit, and bestow upon him from the shades a mark of your divine favour? file//c /documents%20and%20settings/michael..secret%20rituals%20of%20the%20o.t.o/p2c4.html (18 of 19 [12/28/2001 2:03:21 pm] the secret rituals of the o.t.o. s: it is my will (gives c. his insignia, and affixes o.t.o (places candle in his hand) w (to c) most mysterious master, the secret place of masters is never closed. it is dissolved into ecstasy, and i request you t

d dependent; to it thou art sole god and lord, and it must serve thee. therefore the whole of all that part of nature whereunto it belongs is thy dominion; and thou art magister octinomous. x be wary, brother adept, and choose well thine object, and spare not pain and labour in the beginning of thy operation; for to have corn of so subtle a seed is a great thing once; to achieve it twice were the mark of a primal energy so marvellous, that we doubt whether there be one man born in ten times ten thousand years that hath such wonder-power. xi now the father of all prosper ye, my brethren that dare lay hold upon the phallus of the all-one, and call forth its streams to irrigate your fields. and may the spirit of prometheus hearken, and the spirit of alcides aid, your work. farewell, therefore

THE HOLY BIBLE KING JAMES VERSION

l drink of the wine of the wrath of god, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the lamb: 14:11 and the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name. 14:12 here is the patience of the saints: here [are] they that keep the commandments of god, and the faith of jesus. 14:13 and i heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, write, blessed [are] the dead which die in the lord from henceforth: yea, saith the spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them. 14:14 and i looked, and behold a white cloud, an

is power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled. 16:1 and i heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of god upon the earth. 16:2 and the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and [upon] them which worshipped his image. 16:3 and the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead [man] and every living soul died in the sea. 16:4 and the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood. 16:5 and i heard the angel of the waters say, thou art righteous, o lord, which art, a

them that sit on them, and the flesh of all [men, both] free and bond, both small and great. 19:19 and i saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army. 19:20 and the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. these both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. 19:21 and the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which [sword] proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh. 20:1 and i saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in

TWO ESSAYS ON THE WORSHIP OF PRIAPUS

represents the exhausted, unproductive state of matter, when the generative powers were separated from it; for it was an opinion of the ancients, which i remember to have met with in some part of the works of aristotle, to which i cannot at present refer, that every act of coition produced a transient chill in the brain, by which some of the roots of the hair were loosened; so that baldness was a mark of sterility acquired by excessive exertion. the figures of pan have nearly the same forms with that which i have here supposed to represent inert matter; only that they are compounded with those of the goat, the symbol of the creative power, by which matter was fructified and regulated. to this is sometimes added the organ of generation, of an enormous magnitude, to signify the application o

ho have not reached a certain degree of civilization. the universality of this superstition leads us to think that herodotus may have erred in the explanation he has given of certain rather remarkable monuments of a remote antiquity. he tells us that sesostris, king of egypt, raised columns in some of the countries he conquered, on which he caused to be figured the female organ of generation as a mark of contempt for those who had submitted easily.1 may not these columns have been intended, if we knew the truth, as protections for the people of the district in which they stood, and placed in the position where they could most conveniently been seen? this superstitious sentiment may also offer the true explanation of an incident which is said to have been represented in the mysteries of ele

society in england, and it is preserved in most of the countries of western europe. in baretti's spanish dictionary, which belongs to the commencement of the present century, we find the word higa interpreted as a manner of scoffing at people, which consists in showing the thumb between the first and second finger, closing the first, and pointing at the person to whom we want to give this hateful mark of contempt. baretti also gives as still in use the original meaning of the word, higa, a little hand made of jet, which they hang about children to keep them from evil eyes; a superstitious custom. the use of this amulet is still common in italy, and especially in naples and sicily; it has an advantage over the mere form of the phallus, that when the artificial fica is not present, an indivi

e had seen there not only ordinary ecclesiastics, but bishops and even cardinals. they found tables already spread, covered with all sorts of meats, and abundance of wines. a devil presided, usually in the form of a goat, with the tail of an ape, and a human countenance. each first did oblation and homage to him by offering him his or her soul, or, at least some part of their body, and then, as a mark of adoration, kissed him on the posteriors. all this time the worshippers held burning torches in their hands. the abbot of little sense, already mentioned, held the office of master of the ceremonies at these meetings, and it was his duty to see that the new-comers duly performed their homage. after this they trampled on the cross, and spit upon it, in despite of jesus and of the holy trinit

rieuses courri res ne portent jamais que sinstres nouvelles, mais vrayes, car elles ne contiennent que l histoire v ritable des maux qu elles ont faict. le poison, de generative powers 221 given to the children whom the witches brought with them to the sabbath, and to whom, as a sort of ensign of office, little white rods were given, just such as they give to persons infected with the plague as a mark of their contagion. the devil was the sovereign master of the assembly, and appeared at it sometimes in the form of a stinking and bearded goat, as one, de lancre says, which was especially repulsive to mankind. the goat, we know, was dedicated to priapus. sometimes he assumed a form, if we clearly understand de lancre, which presented a confused idea of something between a tree and a man, wh

t un long chemin, ils disent tels mots: pic suber hoeilhe, en ta la lane de bouc bien m arrecoueille. en la proc dure d ustarits, qui est le si ge de la justice de labourt, faisent le procez petri daguerre, aag de septante trois ans, lequel depuis a est ex cut mort generative powers 227 monies and governor of the sabbath, and that the devil gave him a gilt staff, which he carried in his hand as a mark of authority, and arranged and directed the proceedings. he returned the staff to satan at the close of the meeting. one leger rivasseau confessed that he had been at the sabbath twice without adoring the devil, or doing any of the things required from the others, because it was part of his bargain, for he had given the half of his left foot for the faculty of curing, and the right of being p

TYSON DONALD THE POWER OF THE WORD

brass) upon their backs in the temple of solomon (2 chron. 4:4. by far the most elaborate appearance of the stones is as the twelve foundations of the heavenly city of new jerusalem. the entire plan of this city is based upon the twelve banners of the name. it is in the shape of a cube twelve thousand furlongs on each side, corresponding with the number from each tribe who will be sealed with the mark of god in their foreheads (rev. 7:4-8. its area is 144,000 square furlongs, the number of all the servants of god from all the tribes. each wall has three gates, for the three banners of each element. each gate is made of pearl. at the twelve gates, twelve angels stand guard. upon each gate is written one of the names of the twelve tribes. the walls of new jerusalem are founded upon twelve fo

god. and the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs (rev. 14: 19-20) that the heads of the angels are "covered with diamond" and upon their hands are "marble sleeves" symbolizes the hardness of their judgmentthey will not be moved to pity. as st. john says of those that bear the mark of the beast "the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of god, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be 210 tetragrammaton tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the lamb (rev. 14:lo. the unusual but effective image of an angel whose head is covered with diamond occurs outside the keys in de

fectly the contents in the tables. through which knowledge you shall easily be able to judge, not as the world doth, but perfectly of the world, and of all things contained within the compasse of nature, and of all things which are subject to an end (a due& faithful relation, p. 77) dee may not have been deceived at all. as a good christian, who might be fairly confident that he did not carry the mark of the beast, he could view the final destruction of the world with eager joy as one of the select. he may have recognized that the angels intended him to be an unwitting tool in the initiation of the final armageddon, but may have welcomed the role as a humble servant of christ. on the other hand, dee never worked the magic of the keys in any serious, sustained way during his lifetime. perha

ven in the seventh key there is a double meaning-the virgins of the east are appareled with appendix a: the keys 22 1 bright ornaments after the manner of harlots. it may be these same virgins who become the "lanterns of sorrow" in the twelfth key and provoke the lust and wrath of men in the thirteenth, although it is equally possible that the virgins of the east are the righteous sealed with the mark of god in their foreheads, as i explained in the commentary on the seventh key. in either case, the apocalypse draws nearer as the keys progress. this is understandable, because the successive vibration of the keys is intended to provoke the end of the world. although this is not clearly stated, it is implied in a passage delivered by the angel ave to kelley on june 22,1582: thou hast three n

key calls this "the great name" for this reason baeovib should be regarded as a name of power. all of the keys in this last cycle contain different names, or characterizations, of god. in the fifteenth key, he is the god of righteousness; in the sixteenth, the god of conquest; in the seventeenth, the god of anger; in the eighteenth, the god of glory. the "seal of honor" may be a reference to the mark of god sealed into the foreheads of the 144,000 servants of god, twelve thousand from each tribe of israel (rev. 7:4. however, it may also refer to an occult sigil or symbol, possibly the sigil of aemeth, concerning which the angel uriel says "this seal is not to be looked upon without great reverence and devotion (james, the enochian magick of dr. john dee, p. 37, transcribed from dee's de h

UNCLE SETNAKT SEZ PRACTICE DIVINITY IN YOUR OWN LIFE

ic done in any galaxy save that it empowers me- this is the law of the only true god! i am the measure of beauty, there is no beauty except through me. i am the truth, i am the way, i am the life. there are no gods before me, there is no power equal to my desire. i have always existed and by the power of my name i am come to full awareness. all the universe is destroyed and re-created bearing the mark of what is newly of me. naught exists save to teach me, to please me, and to give me a cutting edge to my own becoming. the dead gods of mankind arise to do me homage and i blow them away like dust when their play called history has offered all it can to me. uncle setnakt hopes you have a pleasant d huncle setnakt sez- the heroic society (his vision) don webb recently i was offered a lot of m

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an inspired rebellion from the sickening light of selflessness, to fall into darkness and rise again as the sun of ones black flame of consciousness: the affirmations of the devil live to witch a suffer shalt thou, those who restrain us time observe, enchantment use ye shall them after whoring, go to wizards and familiar spirits have as such a wizard who hath a familiar spirit is blessed with the mark of cain, that he or she is wise among his people. vox sabbatum the witches sabbat 19 life is an abomination to god, and our life is sacred unto our lord the devil, satanadar, antecessor! to the abominations come life and joy, that a necromancer, a wizard, a witch, a charmer and observer of times is blessed by the adversary opposer, that the son or daughter is blessed to pass through the fire

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nd four nights he found them, and they were speedily slain. one hundred and forty-two of them and a male hippopotamus were dragged on to the boat of ra, and there horus dug out their entrails, and hacked their carcases in pieces, which he gave to his blacksmiths and the gods who formed the crew of the boat of ra. before despatching the hippopotamus, horus leaped on to the back of the monster as a mark of his triumph, and to commemorate this event the priest of heben, the town wherein these things happened, was called "he who standeth on the back ever after" the end of the great fight, however, was not yet. another army of enemies appeared by the north lake, and they were marching towards the sea; but terror of horus smote their hearts, and they fled and took refuge in mertet-ament, where t

child, and, having uttered one of her most potent spells over him, the poison of the scorpion ran out of his body, and the child came to life again. the words of the spell are cut on the stele, and they were treasured by the egyptians as an infallible remedy for scorpion stings. when the woman saw that her son had been brought back to life by isis, she was filled with joy and gratitude, and, as a mark of her repentance, she brought large quantities of things from her house as gifts for isis, and they were so many that they filled the house of the kind, but poor, woman who had given isis shelter. now soon after isis had restored to life the son of the woman who had shown churlishness to her, a terrible calamity fell upon her, for her beloved son horus was stung by a scorpion and died. the n

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

o provide a comprehensive overview of the understanding of time in the variegated history of judaism.2 i do take the liberty, however, of making two observations, the generality of which will foster rather than eschew specific historical analyses. first, it is not viable to depict temporality in opposition to or separate from spatiality in judaism, let alone to privilege the former as the genuine mark of hebrew spirituality.3 practitioners of judaism in its disparate spatio-temporal instantiations beginning in the ancient near eastern milieu within which the oldest parts of the scriptural legacy began to take shape and continuing through the richly diverse second-temple period to the age of formative rabbinic judaism and beyond through the middle ages, renaissance, and modernity to the pre

an opinion also transmitted in the name of r. samuel ben nahman.27 the moral intent of the prophetic vision, then, is to stress that a righteous man who does not prevent others from sinning justifies the attribute of judgment s altering of the divine will by transforming god s good intention into evil. before returning to the medieval kabbalistic source, we would do well to note that the singular mark of the biblical text becomes two marks in the rabbinic homily: an ink spot on the foreheads of the righteous and a bloodstain on the foreheads of the wicked, the former serving as an apotropos to deflect the angels of destruction and the latter as a lure to attract them. three crucial points in the talmudic source may be clarified with the help of saul lieberman s analysis. 28 first, in all p

in ezekiel as referring to the last letter of the hebrew alphabet was enhanced by the phonetic a nity between tau and the greek theta, which was used as an abbreviation for thanatos (death) in capital sentences in gentile courts. second, the doubling of the mark may be explained by the fact that tau was almost identical in form with chi and in sound with theta. while the latter was deployed as a mark of execution, the former was a mark of the canceling of debts and, by extension, a sign of freedom from bondage. thus, the mark of liberty was placed on the foreheads of the righteous and the mark of death on the foreheads of the wicked. the dual function of tau is captured in a statement attributed to rav in the same talmudic context that this letter concomitantly signals tihyeh and tamut, y

g of debts and, by extension, a sign of freedom from bondage. thus, the mark of liberty was placed on the foreheads of the righteous and the mark of death on the foreheads of the wicked. the dual function of tau is captured in a statement attributed to rav in the same talmudic context that this letter concomitantly signals tihyeh and tamut, you shall live and you shall die. furthermore, the black-mark of death (nigrum theta) is depicted in the rabbinic homily as the blood-mark (tau shel dam, which is set in contrast to the ink-mark (tau shel deyo. this may be explained as a rejoinder on the part of some rabbis to an exegetical tradition cultivated by early church fathers that connected the tau of ezekiel with the paschal lamb, the symbol of salvation. this possibility is enhanced by the ev

e paschal lamb, the symbol of salvation. this possibility is enhanced by the evidence (supplied, for example, by origen) that jewish christians interpreted the tau of ezekiel as a sign of the cross (related, as we have seen, to the shape of the letter in the ancient script) placed on the foreheads of christians.29 apparently responding to this interpretation, rabbinic exegetes emphasized that the mark of blood signals destruction rather than deliverance.30 this rabbinic concern underlies the zoharic comment that the faithful men who fulfilled the torah from alef to tau would die because of the tau with which they were marked. one should note the stroke of literary ingenuity: the righteous who fulfill the whole of torah, from beginning to end, will be brought after tau/ where endings begin

er than deliverance.30 this rabbinic concern underlies the zoharic comment that the faithful men who fulfilled the torah from alef to tau would die because of the tau with which they were marked. one should note the stroke of literary ingenuity: the righteous who fulfill the whole of torah, from beginning to end, will be brought after tau/ where endings begin 161 down tragically on account of the mark of the end. the metaphysical insight the medieval kabbalist elicits from the talmudic text is made explicit in the second explanation for why tau was disqualified: because it is the concluding letter of mawet, death. the midrashic explanation that the inscripting of tau on the heads of the righteous was a sign of their culpability suggests an intricate connection between this letter and death

ure. levinas depicted death in precisely these terms, though ostensibly without ontological referent. from my perspective we may lay aside this distinction, for what is crucial is the illumination of the kabbalistic symbolism by our staying attuned to the indecipherable quality of death as the confounding of the distinction between being and not-being. tau, the seal of truth, is concomitantly the mark of life and the mark of death in the words of rav, tau tihyeh tau tamut. the luminosity of death darkens the division that stands in the beginning and end of the ontic circuit, determining our way of being-in-the-middle. with this insight we may return to the zoharic narrative that set us on our way in this chapter. on the face of it, tau is not worthy to be the instrument of creation because

less time in orphic theogony,55 is the principle of unity that transcends all contraries, including the contrary between life and death. another dimension of the symbolism of tau needs mention too, as it will instruct us about the character of truth revealed in the concealment pertinent to the end time. as noted above, the rabbinic refracting of the prophetic image yields a doubling of tau as the mark of ink and the mark of blood, the sign of life and the sign of death. the esoteric implication of this aggadic motif is not revealed in the narrative embedded in the zoharic text. fortunately, we have a source close in time to the production of zoharic literature that may contribute to our understanding of this mystical doctrine as promulgated in the tightly knit circle of castilian kabbalist

king and the princess possessing individual signs 170 chapter five that they hand over to their servants to protect them. the apotropaic function of the double sign is connected exegetically to the repetition of the word guard (shamar) in the verse the lord shall guard you from all evil, he will guard your soul (ps. 121:7. the truthfulness of god s seal is displayed in the duplication of tau, the mark of ink and the mark of blood, a graphic inscripting of the kabbalistic doctrine of the competing forces of holiness and impurity, ten emanations on the right and ten emanations on the left. abulafia thus concludes his exposition with the admonition: know that the knowledge of the emanation of the left side is a deep knowledge hidden from the eyes of the great kabbalists who received the true

of the dichotomy between the divine and the demonic in the godhead. dwelling on the identity of difference implied thereby might prove especially dangerous, as one could easily be led astray by the recognition that everything is its opposite, and life itself would be experienced most fully as death, abiding in the annihilation of abiding, but still more in the annihilation of annihilation.80 the mark of the end signals a return to this beginning, not as the restoration of all things to a timeless source of time, the now of eternity that encompasses the fullness of time, but the splintering of jouissance into the threefold craving that compulsively yields the will to give birth to oneself as the other, to become what one has everlastingly not been, the beginning marked by the deadly truth

nd, the three points of the curvature of the timeline. utilizing profound i am tempted to say abysmal imaginative ruminations on time elicited from kabbalistic sources, i have sought to articulate an ontology of time that is a grammar of becoming. the correlation of truth and divinity underscores that truth, which embodies in its semiotic constellation the triadic structure of temporality, is the mark of the divine eternally becoming in time a formulation that is still too dichotomous, as the divine becoming is not an event in time but the eventuality of time, an eventuality instantiated in the momentous eruption of the moment wherein life and death converge in the coming to be of that which endures everlastingly and the endurance of that which comes to be provisionally. by heeding the let

elatively feeble theoretical, analysis of different terms for time in the biblical and sectarian literature. a more theoretically driven analysis related specifically to the rhythmic nature of ritual time is offered by chilton, redeeming time. 13. rappaport, ritual, pp. 5 30, has suggested that ritual provides a mode of organization alternating between time and eternity, the latter being the real mark of sanctity. 14. long after having written this chapter, though obviously prior to sending the manuscript off for publication, i came upon the essay of sternberg, time and space, pp. 81 145. sternberg s presentation proceeds from an entirely different methodological perspective, but my analysis intersects with his on the crucial point of what he refers to as the self-division of biblical poet

WORKBOOK FOR GRADE 0 VOID AND THE ABYSS

path and announce my birth! hekas, szurru prozaza hekas, umpesha usha szurru! open the gates before me, lucifer arise from within! zazas zazas nasatanada zazas! 14 i give thee thanks, initiator of magick, whom upon the path shall bring the goddess and god the flesh shall be eternal from my sacred word. i seek now to become as shadow and light, from which i walk between! for each sigil is the very mark of the fallen seraphim, who tasted shadow to unite with light! shall we know this secret glory, visible and esteemed in the glory of those who hold this banner high! so this promethean flame be lit before me! meditate upon the sigil of choice and its meaning. keep a detailed diary and journal. it may be suggested that you will undertake this working in the exploration of the various aspects o

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