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moon's orbit touches that of the ecliptic. these were named: caput draconis head of the dragon p cauda draconis tail of the dragon q since the discovery of two more distant planets, neptune and uranus, these two terms have been partially replaced by them. the effect of caput draconis is like neptune: n the effect of cauda draconis is like uranus: the names of the old planets are: sol a saturn l mars f venus c jupiter k mercury b moon 5 the hebrew alphabet the hebrew alphabet is given on the following page. each letter of this alphabet represents a number and has an additional meaning. five letters have a different shape when written at the end of a word, and also a different numerical value. of the finals, mem is distinguished by being the only oblong letter. the other four, kaph nun

rhea, isis, and demeter. chesed: the fourth emanation on the tree of life. occultists identify chesed as the ruler, but not creator, of the manifested universe. he is characterized as stable, wise, and merciful by contrast with his more dynamic opposite, geburah. chesed is associated with the gods zeus and jupiter. geburah: the fifth emanation on the tree of life. geburah is often associated with mars, the roman god of war, and represents severity and justice. the destructive forces of the sphere of geburah are intended to have a purging, cleansing effect on the universe. geburah represents the creator god who applies discipline and precision in governing the cosmos and removes unwanted or unnecessary elements after their usefulness has passed. geburah is reflected in the charioteer in the

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ay have sounded heathenish; though the as. could use feeder alwealda, beow. 630, and the idea of god as father became more familiar to the christians than to heathens. the ohg. altfatar= grandfather, 0. i. 3, 6. as. ealdfteder, beow. 743. 1883, i have nowhere seen applied to god. as the greeks coupled together zei? tran^p, esp. in the voc. zev ttcitep, and the romans jupiter, diespiter, dispiter, mars pater^ as well as atj/jl^ttjp, aajnatrjp, terra mater, so the lettons bestow on almost every goddess the epithet mahtc, mahviina^=mafer, matercula (biittner 244. bergmann 142, on which we shall have more to say hereafter. to all appearance, father goth, fadr is connected with fa]?s lord, as pater irary'jp is with ttotl, ttoctl, lith. pats. the as. meotod, metod, csedm. 223, 14. eald metod, be

mae ejus mortcs fuere caidorum, opinantes bellorum praesulem aptius humani sanguinis effusione placandum^ orosius 7, 37 of eadagaisus, whom he calls a scythian, but makes him lead goths to italy: qui (ut mos est barbaris hujusmodi generis) sanguinem diis suis proimiare dcvovcrat^ lasaulx die siilmopfer der griechen u. eomer, wurzburg 1841, pp. 8 13- conf. c?es. de b. gall. 6, 17 on the worship of mars among the gauls; and procop. de b. goth. 3, 14 on the slavens and antes: bebv yih yap i'va tov ttji aatpanris drjjjliovpyov unavtcov kvpiov povov avtov vopl^ovatv flvai, kal dvovcriv avto [iuas re ka\ upela anavta. ax\ evetsai/ avrols iv tvoctlv ijstj 6 6i'ii/atos fir, t] voam cixovcxi, rj es tvokepov kaditttcipevois, etrayyewovrai ptv, rjv dtafpvycocri, qvaiav ro) 6 o avrt rrji'^v(^rjs avtik

ium carnibus delectantur. otto frising. 6, 10. audiat, quod pecenati (the wild peschen;ere, nik 1280, 2) et hi qui falones vocantur (the vahven, nib. 1279, 2. tit. 4097, orudis et ininmndis carnibils, ut^jote cquinis et catinis usque hodie vescuiitur. rol. 98, 20 of the heathen: sie ezzent diu ros. witches also are charged with eating horseflesh (see suppl' also in that passage of jornandes about mars: huic truncis suspendebantur exuviae. 48 worship. of tlie mysterious meaning of a suspended iwrscs head but on horse-sacrifices among the heatlien norse we have further information of peculiar vahie. the st. olafs saga, cap. 113 (ed. holm. 2, 181, says]?at fylgsi ok ?eirri stign, at j^ar vseri drepit naut ok liross til arbotar (followed the saying that there were slain neat and liorse for har

(germaniae deos in aspectu, hist. 5, 17, of the diis patriis to whom the captured signa eomana were hung up (ann. 1, 59; when he distinguishes between penetrates germaniae deos or dii penatcs (ann. 2, 10. u, 16, communes dii (hist. 4, 64, and conjugalcs dii (germ. 18; when he even distinguishes individual gods, and tries to suit them with eoman names, and actually names (interpretatione eomana) a mars, mercurius, hercules, castor and pollux, isis, nay, has preserved the german appellations of the deus terra editus and of his son, and of a goddess, the terra mater; how is it possible to deny that at that time the germans worshipped veritable gods? how is it possible, when we take into account all the rest that we know of the language, the liberty, the manners, and virtues of the germani, to

(clotilda) speaks thus to her husband, whom she is trying to prepossess in favour of baptism: nihil sunt dii quos colitis, qui neque sibi neque aliis poterunt subvenire; sunt enim aut ex hqnde aut ex ligno aut ex metallo aliquo scidpti, nomina vero, quae eis indidistis, homines fuere, non dii. here she brings up satiirnns and jiijatcr, with arguments drawn from classical mythology; and then: quid mars mcrcuriusi^iwe potuere? qui potius sunt magicis artibus praediti quam divini numinis potontiam habuere. sed ille magis coli debet qui coelum et terram, mare et omnia quae in eis sunt, verbo ex non extantibus procreavit &c. scd cum haec regina diceret, nullatenus ad credendum regis animus movebatur, sed diccbat: dcorum nostrorum jussione cuncta crcantur ac j)ro- 1 de simulacro quod percanipos

, the first two at all events may be easily applied to german deities. in ch. vii, i will impart my conjecture about neptune. but i think we may conclude from all this, that our tres imagines have a better claim to a german origin, than those imagines lapideae of the luxovian forest, cited on p. 83^ 1 two narratives by gregory of tours on statues of diana in the treves country, and of mercury and mars in the soiith of gaul, though they exchide all thought of german deities, yet offer striking comparisons. hist. 8, 15: deinde territorium trevericae urbis expetii, et in quo nunc estis monte habitaculum, quod cernitis, proprio labore construxi; reperi tamen hie dianae simulacrum, quod populus hie incredulus quasi deum adorahat. columnam, etiam statui, in qua cum grandi cruciatu sine ullo pedu

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rs greek cross of 13 cubes 19th key of the tarot (sun) required materials for the temple: banners of the east and west temple pillars hebrew letters: resh astrological symbols of planets diagram of tarot cards to hebrew letters enochian water tablet 3 red lamps censer 4 chairs table of geomantic figures and ruling intelligences telesmatic symbols to each geomantic figure kamea of saturn, jupiter, mars, sun, venus, mercury and moon part ii path 30 advancement hiero: honoured hegemon, you have my command to present the theoricus with the necessary admission badge and to admit him (her. heg: rises, goes to door, opens it, presents theoricus with the greek cross of the 13 squares and admits him. heg: behold he hath placed his tabernacle in the sun. heg: leads theoricus to north east and places

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

initiates and which should be carefully concealed from the outer world. as a mss. lecture on this subject is circulated among the members of the grade of practicus, i shall not further enter into its explanation. heg: leads theoricus to tablet in the south. heg: before you is the tablet of the olympic or aerial planetary spirits with their seals, arathror of saturn, bethor of jupiter, phalegh of mars, och of the sun, hagith of venus, ophiel of mercury and phul of the moon. heg: leads theoricus to tablet in the north. heg: this shows you the geomantic figures with their ruling intelligences, and genii; also the talismanic symbols allotted to each geomantic figure. these are derived from them by drawing lines to the points composing them, so as to form mathematical figures therefrom. a mss

l but kether and the horns spring from daath, which is not properly speaking a sephira, but rather the conjunction of chokmah and binah. hiero: resumes his seat. heg: leads theoricus to hiereus and they go forward to west. hiereus (indicating it) this tablet before you shows the 7 planes of the tree of life answering to the 7 planets. thus, saturn answers to kether, jupiter to chokmah, and binah; mars to chesed and geburah; the sun to tiphareth; venus to netzach and hod, mercury to yesod and luna to malkuth. while this second tablet (indicating it) shows the four planes corresponding to the elements; the four worlds and the letters of the holy name. heg: leads theoricus to tablet in south. heg: this tablet shows you the meaning of the alchemical mercury on the tree of life of the first for

all but kether. the radix metallorum, the triple foliation at the bottom of the cross refers to fire symbolized by the addition of the sign aries thereto; and it further alludes to the 3 principles of sulphur, mercury and salt. heg: leads theoricus to tablet in the north. heg: the tablet before you represents the symbol the planets resumed in a mercurial figure. in gradual descent we obtain luna, mars, sol, venus, and below saturn and jupiter, right and left. heg: places theoricus in a seat in west facing hierophant and returns to his own place. hiero: i now congratulate you on having passed through the ceremony of the grade of practicus and in recognition thereof i confer upon you the mystic title of monokeros de astris which means the unicorn of the stars, and i give you the symbol of ma

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to this grade? heg: the 29th, 28th and 27th paths of qoph, tzaddi and peh. hiero: honoured hiereus, to what does the 29th path refer? hiereus: to the reflection of the sphere of pisces. hiero: honoured hegemon, to what does the 28th path allude? heg: to the reflection of the sphere of aquarius. hiero: honoured hiereus, to what does the 27th path allude? hiereus: to the reflection of the sphere of mars. hiero (knocks) all rise and face east. hiero: let us adore the lord and king of fire. hiero: tetragrammaton tzabaoth. blessed be thou, the leader of armies is thy name! amen. all salute. hiero: quits his throne and proceeds to south and knocks. all face south. hiero: stands before the tablet of fire. he makes with his scepter the invoking circle and pentagrams before it in the air. hiero: an

t them away, that ancient river, the river kishon, o my soul, thou hast trodden down strength. heg: leads practicus to south and places him before the mystic pillars. hiero: monokeris de astris, the path now open to you is the 27th which leads from the grade of practicus to the grade of philosophus. take in your right hand the calvary cross of 10 squares, and follow your guide through the path of mars. heg: the lord is a man of war, the lord of armies is his name. heg: leads practicus round to foot of the dais. hiero: rises with red lamp in his hand. hiero: ere the eternal instituted the formation, beginning and end existed not. therefore, before him, he expanded a certain veil, and therein has instituted the primal kings. and these are the kings who reigned in edom before there reigned a

is the opened out form of the double cube, and of the altar of incense (places cross aside) the 27th path of the sepher yetzirah which answereth unto the letter peh is called the exciting intelligence, and it is so called because by it is created the intellect of all created beings under the highest heaven and the excitement of the motion of them. it is, therefore, the reflection of the sphere of mars, and the reciprocal path connecting netzach with hod, victory with splendor; it is the lowermost of the three reciprocal paths. hiero: heg: pract: move to the west of altar. heg: before you upon the altar is the 16th key of the tarot which symbolically resumes these ideas. it represents a tower struck by a lightening flash, proceeding from a rayed circle and terminating in a triangle. it is t

ar. heg: before you upon the altar is the 16th key of the tarot which symbolically resumes these ideas. it represents a tower struck by a lightening flash, proceeding from a rayed circle and terminating in a triangle. it is the tower of babel struck by the fire from heaven. it is to be noted that the triangle at the end of the flash issuing from the circle forms exactly the astrological symbol of mars. it is the power of the triad rushing down and destroying the columns of darkness. three holes are rent in the walls, symbolizing the establishment of the triad therein, and the crown at the summit of the tower is falling, as the crowns of the kings of edom fell, who are also symbolized by the men falling headlong. on the right hand side of the tower is light, and the representation of the tr

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGICK SPELLS

only be invoked in their most positive aspects for the purpose of defending the weak and never for revenge or personal anger. experienced witches call on them only rarely and with the purest intent under the law of threefold return. the exception is bellona, who is a benevolent and effective focus for female power and courage. bellona bellona is the roman goddess of war, the female counterpart of mars whose chariot she drove into battle. she is especially good for women's assertiveness and self-confidence rituals. she carries a sword and wears a helmet. kali kali, the dark side of the hindu mother goddess, came into being when shiva, the husband of the mother goddess shakti, taunted her for her dark skin. in fury she carried out rituals until her skin became golden inside. shakti then shed

le signs -sagittarius, gemini, virgo and pisces- mark the time when the seasons are about to change. those born under them are correspondingly versatile and ready to compromise. zodiacal colours and associations aries, the ram: 21 march to 20 april. colour: red. a cardinal fire sign, for all matters of the self and of identity, for rituals of innovation, courage assertiveness and action. ruled by mars. taurus, the bull: 21 april to 21 may. colour: pink. a fixed earth sign, for rituals concerning all kinds of material matters and security, also for patience and caution if the way ahead seems hazardous. ruled by venus. gemini, the heavenly twins: 22 may to 21 june. colour: yellow or pale grey. a mutable air sign, for spells concerning communication, learning, choices, adaptability and short

. a cardinal air sign for rituals concerning justice and the law, for balancing options and priorities relationships, harmony and reconciliation. ruled by venus. scorpio, the scorpion: 24 october to 22 november. colour: burgundy or red. a fixed water sign, for increasing second sight, for passion and sex, secrets, inheritance and for claiming what is rightfully yours in any area of life. ruled by mars in the ancient system, now by pluto. sagittarius, the archer: 23 november to 21 december. colour: orange or yellow. a mutable fire sign, for optimism, fresh perspectives, long-distance travel and house moves, creative ventures and expanding horizons. ruled by jupiter. capricorn, the goat: 22 december to 20 january. colour: brown or black. a cardinal earth sign, for ambitions, perseverance, ma

increasing spiritual awareness and contact with spirit guides, angels and the higher self. white contains both solar and lunar energies and is often used for altar candles. you can substitute white for any other colour. white candles can be used on any day of the week, though they are associated with monday in the goddess aspect and sunday and the sun for life force magick. red red, the colour of mars, the planet and god of war, represents action, power, determination, physical energy and health, courage and determination, sexual passion and potency, survival and change, for careers where danger is involved and the armed forces. it is used as a focus for rituals calling on the power of the gods and for stimulating righteous anger against injustice and inertia. because it is a very powerful

o the sender and for peaceful sleep. use in protective sachets and as part of a sleep pillow for times when you are totally exhausted but cannot rest. ruled by jupiter. allspice allspice is a herb of healing for all aspects of life, but it is particularly used for the digestive organs, rheumatism and neuralgia. it is frequently burned as incense to promote good luck and to attract money. ruled by mars. aloe vera aloe vera soothes wounds and burns, and is effective in treating lack of appetite, bowel and menstrual problems. as a protective plant, it is popular in the house, since traditionally it brings luck and prosperity. ruled by the moon. angelica angelica is so-named since it is said to have been revealed by an archangel to relieve plague during the middle ages. it is a natural energis

sil reduces stress and clears the mind. it can be used for menstruation problems and stomach disorders including ulcers. it also removes toxins, so is good for anti-pollution rituals. basil also repels harmful insects and encourages peaceful sleep. it is a herb of love and fidelity and also attracts abundance and prosperity. as a protective herb, it is good for overcoming fear of flying. ruled by mars. bay bay can be used for all digestive disorders, for stress and psychosomatic illness. it offers psychic protection and will heal sorrow. it purifies all forms of pollution and negativity, endows strength and endurance and encourages fidelity. ruled by the sun. bistort bistort is potent in relieving wounds of all kinds, emotional as well as physical, also throat, mouth and tongue problems, e

ABRAMELIN2

r bad fortune! i tell you, and i repeat absolutely, that this is in no way true; that they produce thus a change of the time and of the air, i in part concede; but do me the grace to tell me how ye do divide the planetary hours. i know that ye begin the first hour of the day with the planet which itself giveth the name unto the day, as sunday is ascribed to the sun, monday to the moon, tuesday to mars, wednesday to mercury, thursday to jupiter, friday to venus, and saturday to saturn; then ye divide the length of the day into twelve equal portions which ye call hours, and to each hour ye assign its planet; and ye do the same thing with the night, according to whether the days be long or short. thus do the hours become long or short. as for example, suppose that on a sunday the sun riseth a

n of the others; at last the eighth hour returneth unto the sun; the ninth unto venus; the tenth unto mercury; and so the day finisheth. then cometh the night, which is longer, that is to say, fourteen hours, and each planetary hour of this night will be seventy minutes, and in order to continue the regular succession as we have begun, the first hour of the night will be of jupiter; the second of mars; the third of the sun; and so on until monday, whose first hour will be, the sacred magic 52 (according to this rule) of the moon. now tell me, i pray you, doth it always happen that when the day of monday commenceth, that is to say, when the sun riseth in its horizon, that the moon riseth also together with him, and that she setteth also together with him? they cannot answer this. wherefore

his only hath power in natural things. here have i declared and proved unto you the errors of the (common) astrologers; keep yourselves carefully from the insensate follies of their days and hours, because if ye make use of these as do the false magicians and enchanters, god will chastise you; and in order to chastise you will pay but little attention unto the awaiting of the hour of saturn or of mars. i therefore now conclude this chapter, having sufficiently treated of the false and useless method employed by the astrologers in the election of days and of hours. of abramelin the mage 53 the seventh chapter. regarding what it is necessary to accomplish during the first two moons of the beginning of this veritable and sacred magic. e who commenceth this operation should consider with care

ed the laws of another plane for their own. 14 so it would be if he applied it to the angelic working; but equally it would be an error which, though not so great, would still entail failure, to apply laws exclusively of the angelic plane to those experiments which would mainly depend on the physical rays of the planets; though undoubtedly the angels of a planet govern its rays. but the angels of mars do not govern the rays of jupiter, nor those of the latter the rays of mars. 15 the grimoires of black magic would usually come under this head. but, nevertheless, the extravagant words therein will be usually found to be corruptions and perversions of hebrew, chaldee, and egyptian titles of gods and angels. but it is undoubtedly evil to use caricatures of holy names; and these for evil purpo

e theistic or pantheistic. 20 the initiates of the true rosicrucian wisdom, know that there is a certain force in the observance of the equinoxes. 21 abraham evidently means his guardian angel. 22 here abraham admits to an extent what i have urged in my previous notes. 23 i.e, the astrologers to whom abraham refers in the first sentence of the chapter. 24 i.e, the moon and monday; sun and sunday; mars and tuesday (tuisco is a name of mars; venus and friday (freya's day, after freya, the scandinavian goddess, etc. 25 et jusqua ceguil tremonte son jour dure jusqua cequil se leve derechef. 26 this is the initiated rosicrucian teaching, which is very different to that of the outer and uninitiated world. 27 this is the great point to be studied in all magical operations soever, and unless the w

ALEISTER CROWLEY EIGHT LECTURES ON YOGA

cupbearers. there is an immense and inaccessible joy in the great work; and it is the attainment of the trance, of even the intellectual foreshadowing of that trance, of joy, which reassures the yogi that his work is worth while. jupiter digests experiences; jupiter is the lord of the forces of life; jupiter takes common matter and transmutes it into celestial nourishment. 10. the next planet is mars. mars represents the muscular system; it is the lowest form of energy, and in niyama it is to be taken quite literally as the virtue which enables on to contend with, and to conquer, the physical difficulties of the work. the practical point is this 'the little more and how much it is, the little less and what worlds away' no matter how long you keep water at 99 degrees centigrade under norma

d no one can tell you how long 'long enough' may be) whether that is going to ring the bell. it may be that if you increase your sixty seconds to sixty-four the phenomena would begin immediately. that sounds all right but as you have nearly burst your lungs doing the sixty, you want this *added* energy to make the grade. that is only one example of the difficulty which arises with every practice. mars, morever, is the flaming energy of passion, it is the male quality in its lowest sense; it is the courage which goes berserk, and i do not mind telling you that, in my own case at least, one of the inhibitions with which i had most frequently to contend was the fear that i was going mad. this was especially the case when those phenomena began to occur, which, recorded in cold blood, did seem

ergy of passion, it is the male quality in its lowest sense; it is the courage which goes berserk, and i do not mind telling you that, in my own case at least, one of the inhibitions with which i had most frequently to contend was the fear that i was going mad. this was especially the case when those phenomena began to occur, which, recorded in cold blood, did seem like madness. and the niyama of mars is the ruthless rage which jests at scars while dying of one's wounds. the grim lord of colonsay hath turned him on the ground, and laughed in death-pang that his blade the mortal thrust so well repaid' 11. the next of the heavenly bodies is the centre of all, the sun. the sun is the heart of the system; he harmonises all, energises all, orders all. his is the courage and energy which is the

or in him all thought has been resolved into the beauty and harmony of ordered motion. 12. the next of the planets is venus. in her, for the first time, we come into contact with a part of our nature which is none the less quintessential because it has hitherto been masked by our pre-occupation with more active qualities. venus resembles jupiter, but on a lower scale, standing to him very much as mars does to saturn. she is close akin in nature to the sun, and she may be considered an externalisation of his influence towards beauty and harmony. venus is isis, the great mother; venus is nature herself; venus is the sum of all possibilities. the niyama corresponding to venus is one of the most important, and one of the most difficult of attainment. i said the sum of all possibilities, and i

nce all truth is relative, all truth is falsehood. in one sense mercury is the great enemy; mercury is mind, and it is the mind that we have set out to conquer. 14. the last of the seven sacred planets is the moon. the moon represents the totality of the female part of us, the passive principle which is yet very different to that of venus, for the moon corresponds to the sun much as venus does to mars. she is more purely passive than venus, and although venus is so universal the moon is also universal in another sense. the moon is the highest and the lowest; the moon is the aspiration, the link of man and god; she is the supreme purity: isis the virgin, isis the virgin mother; but she comes right down at the other end of the scale, to be a symbol of the senses themselves, the mere instrume

ALEISTER CROWLEY AD MEIORUM CTHULHI GLORIAM

its' or bodies that exist beyond the zonei are called the azonei, meaning "un-zoned. whether this refers to the so-called "fixed" stars (having no sphere ascertainable to the early astronomers) or the comets, is unknown to the editor. whatever the case may be, the zonei seem to include the seven philosophical planets, i.e, including the sun and moon as planetary bodies, along with mercury, venus, mars, jupiter and saturn. each has their own seal and their own number. kenneth grant, author of aleister crowley and the hidden god, may be interested to know (or may already know) that the number of the sumerian goddess of venus, hence of love and war, is fifteen. in many of the ancient tablets of that period, she is actually referred to as "the fifteen, as a shortcut to spelling out the whole n

he elder gods, the race of marduk; that is, it reflects the nature of the cosmos before the fall of marduk from heaven (names of zodiacal constellations are after budge's renderings) table vii [a.c] table xxv [s] 0. anu (tiamat) 1. sphere of the primum mobile enlil (absu) 2. sphere of the zodiac or fixed stars enki; lumashi (igigi) 3. sphere of saturn adar 4. sphere of jupiter marduk 5. sphere of mars nergal 6. sphere of the sun utu 7. sphere of venus inanna 8. sphere of mercury nebo 9. sphere of the moon nanna 10. sphere of the elements kia 11. air anna 12. mercury gudud 13. moon sin 14. venus dlibat 15. aries agru (xubur) 16. taurus kakkab u alap shame (kingu) 17. gemini re'u kinu shame u tu'ame rabuti (viper) 18. cancer shittu (snake) 19. leo kalbu rabu (lakhamu) 20. virgo shiru (whirlw

14. venus dlibat 15. aries agru (xubur) 16. taurus kakkab u alap shame (kingu) 17. gemini re'u kinu shame u tu'ame rabuti (viper) 18. cancer shittu (snake) 19. leo kalbu rabu (lakhamu) 20. virgo shiru (whirlwind) 21. jupiter umunpaddu 22. libra zibanitum (ravening dog) 23. water badur 24. scorpio akrabu (scorpion-man) 25. sagittarius pa-bil-sag (hurricane) 26. capricorn suxur mash (fish-man) 27. mars mastabarru 28. aquarius gula (horned beast) 29. pisces dilgan u rikis nuni (weapon) 30. sun shamash 30. fire ag 30. saturn kaimanu 30 (bis) earth kia 30 (bis) spirit zi notes on pronunciation we cannot be absolutely how sumerian and akkadian were spoken; but many useful guidelines are available to the student, including the transliterated tablets found all over mesopotamia. basically, we can

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

agent of the ancient ones, for he dwelt in cutha for a time. his colour is dark red. his essence is to be found in iron, and in all weapons made to spill the blood of men and of animals. his gate is the fifth you will see as you pass the zones in the rituals that follow. his step on the ladder of light is red. this is his seal, which must be engraved on a plate of iron, or on paper in blood, when mars is in exaltation in the heavens. it is best done at night, far from the habitations of men and of animals, where you cannot be seen or heard. it must be wrapped first in heavy cloth, then in fine silk, and hid safe away until such times as it is needed. but to take not to use this seal hastily, for it is a sharp sword. the number of nergal is eight and this is his seal: the god of jupiter is

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gle 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 that number; and 80, the number of the letter pe, referred to mars, a panegyric upon war. sometimes the text is serious and straightforward, sometimes its obscure oracles demand deep knowledge of the qabalah for interpretation, others contain obscure allusions, play upon words, secrets expressed in cryptogram, double or triple meanings which must be combined in order [5] book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.com 5 to appreciate the full flavour; o

the o in this word. n is the tarot symbol, death; and the x or cross is the sign of the phallus. for a fuller commentary on nox, see liber vii, chapter i. nox adds to 210, which symbolises the reduction of book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.com 12 duality to unity, and thence to negativity, and is thus a hieroglyph of the great work. the word pan is then explained, pi, the letter of mars, is a hieroglyph of two pillars, and therefore suggest duality; a, by its shape, is the pentagram, energy, and n, by its tarot attribution, is death. nox is then further explained, and it is shown that the ultimate trinity, o, is supported, or fed, by the process of death and begetting, which are the laws of the universe. the identity of these two is then explained. the student is then charge

se his semen in his cerebellum "new thoughtist" is only old eunuch writ small. paragraph 2 gives the very struggle for life, which disheartens modern thinkers, as a good enough reason for existence. paragraph 5 expresses the sorrow of the modern thinker, and paragraph 6 frater p.'s suggestion for replying to such critics. notes (39) isvd, the foundation scil. of the universe= 80= p, the letter of mars (40) p also means "a mouth. book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.com 168 [171] 81 kappa-epsilon-phi-alpha-lambda-eta pi-alpha louis lingg i am not an anarchist in your sense of the word: your brain is too dense for any known explosive to affect it. i am not an anarchist in your sense of the word: fancy a policeman let loose on society! while there exists the burgess, the hunting m

, water. but the order is not good; lamed is not satisfactory for earth, and yod too spiritualised a form of fire (but see book 4, part iii) paragraphs 1-6. out of nothing, nothing is made. the word nihil is taken to affirm that the universe is nothing, and that is now to be analysed. the order of the element is that of jeheshua. the elements are taken rather as in nature; n is easily fire, since mars is the ruler of scorpio: the virginity of i suits air and water, elements which in magick are closely interwoven: h, the letter of of breath, is suitable for spirit; abrahadabra is called the name of spirit, because it is cheth: l is earth, green and fertile, because venus, the greenness, fertility, and earthiness of things is the lady of libra, lamed. in paragraph 7 we turn to the so-called

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hands. line 32 bis. the hebrew is alim chayyim, the living gods. col. xxiii. nothing and neither p nor p) and beaten and scattered corpse each denote two different meditations. col. xxxv. agrippa (de occ. phil. tom ii cap xiv) in his orphic scale of the number twelve refers the twelve principle gods of rome to the zodiac: a pallas (minerva) b venus c phoebus d mercury e jupiter f ceres g vulcan h mars i diana j vesta k juno l neptune. crowley included most of these, omitting only jupiter and phoebus. col. xxxvi. the evangelists follow their traditional attribution to the kerubim. godwin gives the apostles thus (he does not state his source: a matthias b thaddeus c simon d john e peter f andew g bartholemew h phillip i james son of zebedee j thomas k matthew l james son of alpheus. col. xxx

ation of each image (similar but not always identical to those in agrippa. cols. clv clxvi. i have added transliterations of the names of the spirits and numbers according to the order in which they appear in the goetia. planetary symbols indicate the rank of the spirit and the material from which its seal is to be made (some spirits have two ranks, thus: rank planet metal prince jupiter tin earl mars iron king sol gold duke venus copper president mercury mercury (hmm) marquis luna silver note that in rendering the names of the demons into hebrew, some suffixes like ion, ius, etc. have been dropped. an alternative set of attributions and hebrew spellings can be found in the sword and the serpent by denning and phillips, and godwin s cabalistic encyclopedia. notes 56 cols. clxvii clxxi. a c

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en the angels are able to pronounce 2 8 1 these names are seen written without the heptagram within the heptagon. by reading these obliquely are obtained names of angels called (1) fili bonitatis or filiol lucis. e me ese iana akele azdobn stimcul (2) fili lucis. i ih ilr dmal heeoa beigia stimcul [these are given attributions to the metals of the planets in this order: sol, luna, venus, jupiter, mars, mercury, saturn] the symbolic representation of the universe 4 sigillvm dei meth plate ii liber lxxxiv 5 (3) fili filiarum lucis. s ab ath ized ekiei madimi esemeli (4) filii filiorum lucis. l (el) aw ave liba rocle hagone(l) ilemese see all these names in the heptagram of the great seal. so also there are seven great angels formed thus: take the corner letter s, then the diagonal next to it

ul, mn: llewellyn( second edition 1994. finally i will warn the reader that schueler& schueler s enochian books for llewellyn should not be regarded as a reliable source of information on either dee purist or golden dawn enochian magick, or anything else for that matter. endnotes part i 1: these talismans, the ensigns of creation, are referred to the seven planets (clockwise from top) venus, sol, mars, mercury, jupiter, saturn, luna. the details of the ensigns are not visible on the graphic of the holy table (plate i. the seven ensigns and an account of their reception can be found in mysteriorum liber tertius. 2: the letters on the holy table itself are derived from the names of the heptarchic kings and princes. the method is described in dee s libri mysteriorum quinti appendix and in var

ign; they were to be encased in hollow things, of sweet wood mounted on the end of each table leg. 5: most of these names consist of a transliteration of the hebrew for the sphere of the planet with -el stuck on the end. see agrippa de occulta philosophia tom. iii cap. xxviii, where most of these names appear, the spirit of saturn is called sabathiel; the spirit of jupiter zedekiel; the spirit of mars, madimiel; the spirit of the sun semeliel, or semeschia; the spirit of venus nogahel; the spirit of mercury cochabiah, or cochabiel; the spirit of the moon, jareahel, or levanael. a corabiel is cited as one of the angels of the first heaven ruling monday in the heptameron of pseudo-abano, but there has no particular connection to mercury. crowley omits to mention the names formed from the let

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it identifies change with stability. pendant to this sixfold system is the number ten< the balance of the sephiroth: kether (1 "kether is in malkuth, and malkuth is in kether, but after another manner" chokmah (2) is yod of tetragrammaton, and therefore also unity. binah (3) is he of tetragrammaton, and therefore "the emperor" chesed (4) is daleth, venus the female. geburah (5) is the sephira of mars, the male. tiphereth (6) is the hexagram, harmonizing, and mediating between kether and malkuth. also it reflects kether "that which is above, is like that which is below, and that which is below, is like that which is above" netzach (7) and hod (8) balanced as in text. jesod (9) see text. malkuth (10) contains all the numbers> which includes the whole of matter as we know it by the senses. i

ane, just as an explorer might give his life to one corner of africa, or a chemist to one subgroup of compounds. each such detailed piece of work may be very valuable, but it does not as a rule throw light on the main principles of the universe. its truth is the truth of one angle. it might even lead to error, if some inferior person were to generalize from too few facts. imagine an inhabitant of mars who wished to philosophise about the earth, and had nothing to go by but the diary of some man at the north pole! but the work of every explorer, on whatever branch of the tree of life the caterpillar he is after may happen to be crawling, is immensely helped by a grasp of general principles. every magician, therefore, should study the holy qabalah. once he has mastered the main principles, h

i.e. the: by herod-here: organ of: hercules strangling: possible: the serpents. the: expression: unconscious self not: yet determined in any: direction: the devil :xv :ayin (an: 70:capricornus :parzival in black armour (baphomet: eye) en (an earthy: ready to return to throned: glish a, or: sign ruled: montsalvat as redeemeradored by: o more or: by saturn: king: horus come to male& fe: less: the: mars exalt: full growth. christmale. see: bleat of a: ed therein: bacchus with calvary- eliphas: goat, a'a: sexually: cross kithairon- levi's de: male: thyrsus. sign: love: i.e: the instinct: to satisfy: godhead by: uniting it: with the: universe: iota-alpha-digamma varies in significance with successive aeons. 33 "aeon of isis" matriarchal age. the great work conceived as a straightforward simple

ura of the magician might be disturbed, and the value of the ceremony completely destroyed, by the embarrassment caused by the discovery of some such error, just as if a pre-occupied t-totaller found that he had strayed into a temple of the demon rum! it is therefore impossible to neglect the theory of the circle. 81 to take a simple example, suppose that, in an evocation of bartzabel, the planet mars, whose sphere is geburah (severity) were situated (actually, in the heavens) opposite to the square of chesed (mercy) of the tau in the circle, and the triangle placed accordingly. it would be improper for the magus to stand on that square unless using this formula "i, from chesed, rule geburah through the path of the lion; while- taking an extreme case- to stand on the square of hod (which i

great magical retirement by lake pasquaney, where he "crucified a toad in the basilisk abode> within the circle, or the triangle, as the case may be, so that its energy cannot escape. an animal should be selected whose nature accords with that of the ceremony- thus, by sacrificing a female lamb one would not obtain any appreciate quantity of the fierce energy useful to a magician who was invoking mars. in such a case a ram<wolf would be still better in the case of mars. see 777 for the correspondences between various animals and the "32 paths" of nature> would be more suitable. and this ram should be virgin- the whole potential of its original total energy should not have been diminished in any way<magical freedom. sexual intercourse creates a link bet

object should have been separately consecrated beforehand. the ritual here in question should summarize the situation, and devote the particular arrangement to its purpose by invoking the appropriate forces. let it be well remembered that each object is bound by the oaths of its original consecration as such. thus, if a pantacle has been made sacred to venus, it cannot be used in an operation of mars; the energy of the exorcist would be taken up in overcoming the opposition of the "karma" or inertia therein inherent- 105 magick in theory and practice by aleister crowley 1988 e.v. key entry and proof reading with re-format and conversion from xywrite to 7-bit ascii on 10/14/90 e.v. done by bill heidrick, t.g. of o.t.o (further proof reading desirable) disk 2 of 4 copyright (c) o.t.o. o.t.o

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house beth; now the word "dob" is hebrew for bear, and has the number 6, which refers to the sun. then you come to the fence of your property and that is cheth- number 8, number of tarot trump 7, which is the chariot: so you begin to look about for your car. then you come to the street and the first house you see is number 86, and that is elohim, and it is built of red brick which reminds you of mars and the blasted tower, and so on. as soon as this sort of work, which can be done in a quite lighthearted spirit, becomes habitual, you will find your mind running naturally in this direction, and will be surprised at your progress. never let your mind wander from the fact that your qabalah is not my qabalah; a good many of the things which i have noted may be useful to you, but you must cons

c without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 217 54 love is the law, love under will. yours fraternally, 666 chapter xxxiii the golden mean cara soror, do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law. you would think that one who like myself has the sun, the lord of his horoscope, in libra, with venus who rules that sign in close conjunction with him, with saturn trine, uranus sextile, mars square and luna quincunx to him, would wear the golden mean as a breastplate, flaunt it on my banneret, quarter it on my escutcheon, and grave it on the two-edged blade of my thrice trusty falchion! just so, objects that instinct itself "had you been born a few hours earlier, with aries rising, its lord mars aggravated by the square of sol and venus, you would indeed have bee a wild man of th

ld be hard to say why, unless that it is because i feel that to identify them completely would be to remagic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 290 duce their stature to that of personifications of various cosmic energies. history lends its weight to my view. when the philosophic schools, unable to refute the charge of absurdity leveled at the orthodox devotee who believed that mars actually begot romulus and remus on a vestal virgin, explained that mars was no more than the martial instinct, and the virgin a type of purity, their faith declined, and with it roman virtue "educate" colonel blimp's children and we have the "intelligentsia" of bloomsbury. i am very sorry about all this; but life must always be brutal and stupid so long as it depends upon 31 animals and vege

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e the dagger suffice! the hilt of the sword should be made of copper. the guard is composed of the two crescents of the waxing and the waning moon- back to back. spheres are placed between them, forming an equilateral triangle with the sphere of the pommel. the blade is straight, pointed, and sharp right up to the guard. it is made of steel, to equilibrate with the hilt, for steel is the metal of mars, as copper is of venus. those two planets are male and female- and thus reflect the wand and the cup, though in a much lower sense. the hilt is of venus, for love is the motive of this ruthless analysis- if this were not so the sword would be a black magical weapon. the pommel of the sword is in daath, the guard extends to chesed and geburah; the point is in malkuth. some magi make the three

oweth where it listeth" the normal man is less than a straw<ruach also the symbol of the spirit. rvch alhim, the spirit of god, is 300, the number of the holy letter shin. as this is the breath, which by its nature is double, the two edges of the sword, the letter h symbolises breath, and h is the letter of aries- the house of mars, of the sword: and h is also the letter of the mother; this is the link between the sword and the cup> 91 the connection between breath and mind has been supposed by some to exist merely in etymology. but the connection is a truer one<ruach means primarily "that which moves or revolves "a going "a wheel "the wind" and that its secondary meaning was mind because

being of the magician 92 is blasted by the thunderbolt, and poisoned by the serpent, at the same time the organs whose union is the supreme sacrament are left in him. at the coming of adonai the individual is destroyed in both senses. he is shattered into a thousand pieces, yet at the same time united with the simple<set of verses in liber xvi (xvi in the taro is pe, mars, the sword> of this it is also spoken by st. paul in his epistle to the church in thessalonica "for the lord shall descend from heaven, with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of god; and the dead in christ shall rise first. then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them into the clouds to meet the lord in the air; and so shall we be for eve

ade of human bone. the bell itself is made of electrum magicum, an alloy of the "seven metals" blended together in a special manner. first the gold is melted up with the silver during a favourable aspect of the sun and moon; these are then fused with tin when jupiter is well dignified. lead is added under an auspicious saturn; and so for the quicksilver, copper, and iron, when mercury, venus, and mars are of good augury. the sound of this bell is indescribably commanding, solemn, and majestic. without even the minutest jar, its single notes tinkle fainter and fainter into silence. at the sound of this bell the universe ceases for an indivisible moment of time, and attends to the will of the magician. let him not interrupt the sound of this bell. let this be that which is written, liber vii

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gcorrect h. cf. 78) zwy( the sons of [the merciful] god l) ynb incense hnwbl a disc, round shield; a defender ngm possession hlxn arduous, busy; host, army )bc 94 corpse hpwg the valley of vision nwyzxyg to extinguish k(d a fault (ps. 50:20, i.e. there gallege a fault h) ypd a shore pwx a window nwlx a drop hp+ children mydly congratulations, good luck bw+ lzm prickly dnm side dc 95 the sphere of mars myd)m the great stone hldg nb) the waters mymh multitude, abundance nmh journey klhm queen hklm selah, glift up! h (ps. 32:5, 7, etc) hls 96 a name of god ynd) l (chaldee form of myhl) nyhl) by day mmwy occupation [mundane] work (cf. 415& 420) hk)lm the secret [counsel] of the lord (ps. 25:14; see 353) hwhy dws statute wc 97 changeless, constant; the god amon (na. 3:8) nwm) the son of man md)

rmined *mmz 648 to be hot *mmx 649 trance, deep sleep (cf. 244) hmdrt translation mwgrt 650 natron (prov. 25:20) rtn mem: water *mym very silent *mmwd 651 temurah: permutation hrwmt 653 haggler nrgt i am hwhy thy god *kyhl) hwhy ykn) 654 sunset #m#h )wb children *mydly 655 the holy one, blessed be he )wh kwrb #wdqh the palace of the body of heaven (referred to netzach) mym# mc( lkyh the sphere of mars *myd)m the waters *mymh 656 a lily; a rose (see 706, and cf. 661) n#w# delight, joy nw# a furnace rwnt by day *mmwy 658 a name of god *myhl )wh 660 flashings, scintillations tycycyn zones; members nyr#q a day; the seas; the times *mymy vases, vessels *mylk spice; drug; poison *ms 661 a lily; a rose (cf. 656) hn#w# a storehouse *ms) 662 the garland of god l)yrtk) 663 stones of marble (see zoha

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thy toes alone is a flaw; but calves 'twere surely better to withdraw. thigh's too? cling close to leaders? thou wilt rue it. insited plans? only thy friends pursue it. but shrug thy shoulders! god shall gladly view it. the wag not thy toungue, nor drop thy jaw! 32 the hang hexagram fire of air- hang: by persistance are great empires built. there is no law beyond do what thou wilt, lust of result mars will in every way; but steadfast purpose spans the vast abysm. maintain thy virtue- heed not criticism! seek not reward; thy work be its own chris, passion love wins, where active loses, fray; and violent efforts end in swift decay. 33 the thun hexagram lingam of earth- thun: a retirement. though thy force be spent. adroit withdrawl masters the event! peril! withdraw! keep still- though tail

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2nd, some the 8th, some the 23rd--had involved themselves and their land in ruin. others thought that the lemurians had succeeded in their magical task, and broken their temple. in any case, it was the secret lemurian tradition that they themselves represented the survivals of a yet earlier race who lived on ice, and they of yet another who lived in fire, and they again of earlier colonists from mars. the theory, in fine, was that the aim of man is to attain the sun, whence, according to one school of cosmology, he was exiled in the cosmic catastrophe which resulted in the formation of neptune. his task on any given planet was therefore to overturn the laws of nature on that planet, thus mastering it sufficiently to enable him to make the leap to the next planet inward. exactly how and in

l then be more easily supposable that the atlanteans aspiring to journey sunwards to venus, might invoke the beings of that planet, should it be possible for them to travel to us. and that this is impos sible, who can assert? on the theory of the magicians, power increases as the sun is approached, the inhabitants of earth being more highly infused with the magical force of our star than those of mars, and they again more than those of great jupiter, gloomy and disastrous saturn and uranus, or neptune lost in star- dreams. again, the powers of each particular planet may, nay, must be wholly diverse. so fundamental a condition of existence as the value of g being vastly various, must not the inhabitants differ equally in body and in mind? what lives on the minute and airless moon can be no

in body and in mind? what lives on the minute and airless moon can be no inhabitant of what may hide beneath the flaming envelope of the sun, with its fountains of hydrogen flaming an hundred thousand miles into the aether. and surely so wild an ambition as that of atlas would not have been held by beings so wise and powerful for so many centuries had they not either a sure memory of coming from mars, or some earnest of their eventual departure to venus. man does not persist in the chimerical for more than a few generations. alchemy achieved results so startling and so beneficial to humanity at large--one need only mention the discovery of zinc, antimony, hydrogen, opium, gas itself--that the original ideals were changed for others more limited and more practical--or at least more immedia

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t the author of the book is possessed of knowledge beyond any yet acquired by man. the first chapter al i,1 "had! the manifestation of nuit" the old comment 1. compare ii.1, the complement of this verse. in nu is had concealed; by had is nu manifested. nu being 56 and had 9, their conjunction results in 65, adonai, the holy guardian angel. also hoor, who combines the force of the sun with that of mars. adonai is primarily solar, but 65 is a number sacred to mars. see the "sepher sephiroth ,and "the wake world" in "know om pax" for further details on 65. note moreover, the sixty-five pages of the ms. of liber legis. or, counting nv 56, had 10, we get 66, which is (1-11. had is further the centre of the key-word abrahadabra. the new comment the theogony of our law is entirely scientific, nui

ore a secret cipher of some sort. for one thing, it is an anagram of princeps iter, not bad for alastor the wanderer, or princips erit, he shall be the chief (see verse 23. but such qabalah is hardly to be considered serious. the recurrence of the letters pri is however curious and may be significant. the combination pr in most aryan languages gives the idea of "before" p and r are the letters of mars and sol respectively. now mars is referred to the number 5, and sol to the number 6; both to the idea "force and fire, though in different ways. now "force and fire" is the attribute of ra-hoor-khuit, lord of the aeon; and 5 and 6 are mystically mated to represent the accomplishment of the great work in abrahadabra, the word of the aeon (see, for this word, infra qabalistic appendix. the term

se of the prophet, not named by him, was chosen by him before he attached any meaning to the number 418; nor had he thought of attaching any importance to the name of the house. he supposed this passage to be mystical, or to refer to some future house. yet on trial we obtain at once- boleskine= beth-vau-lamed-shin-kaph-yod-nun= 418. the new comment pride is the quality of sol, tiphareth; might of mars, geburah. now leo- my rising sign- combines these ideas, as does ra-hoor-khuit. the christian ideas of humility and weakness as 'virtues' are natural to slaves, cowards, and defectives. the type of tailless simian who finds himself a mere forked radish in a universe of giants clamouring for hors d'oeuvres must take refuge from reality in freudian phantasies of 'god. he winces at the touch of

"reward, which is to be compared with the words "hiding" and "manifestation" in the former chapters. to 're-ward' is to 'guard again; this word abrahadabra then is also to be considered as a sentinel before the fortress of the god. why is the name of him spelt khut? we have seen that st is the regular honorific terminitation for a god. ra is, as shown in the old comment, the sun, hoor the warrior mars; who is khu? he is the magical ego of a star. without the yod or iota, khu-t, we get a human conception; the insertion of that letter makes the transmutation to godhead. when therefore ra hoor khut is rewarded or re-guarded with the magick word of the aeon, he becomes god. thus in the next verse. i 'raise the spell of ra hoor khuit. the text may also be read as follows. abrahadabra is the for

r lord of the forties: the eighties cower before me& are abased. i will bring you to victory& joy: i will be at your arms in battle& ye shall delight to slay. success is your proof; courage is your armour; go on, go on, in my strength& ye shall turn not back for any" the old comment 46. i do not understand the first paragraph. the new comment forty is mem, water, the hanged man; and eighty is pe, mars, the blasted tower. these trumps refer respectively to the "destruction of the world by water" and "by fire" the meaning of these phrases is to be studied in my rituals of magick, such as book 4, parts ii& iii. its general purport is that he is master of both types of force. i am inclined to opine that there is a simpler and deeper sense in the text than i have so far disclosed "at your arms"

i do not understand "din. bahlasti= 358, and ompehda perhaps 210. the new comment see appendix weh note: not extant. by sound bahlasti suggests "hurling" or "blasting" ompegda is not too phantastically onomatopoeitic for 'an explosion" al iii,55 "let mary inviolate be torn upon wheels: for her sake let all chaste women be utterly despised among you" the new comment the name mary is connected with mars, mors, etc, from the sanskrit mr to slay and with mare, the sea, whose water opposes the fire of horus. i here quote a passage from liber xcvii which deals with this fully "let me strictly meditate this hate of the mother. m r is the sanskrit root "kill" hence mara, mors, maria, and i suppose meer, mere, mer- in short, lots of words meaning death or sea. note mordred as the traitor villain in

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o [r= terror. 300. the letter c, meaning tooth, and suggesting by its shape a triple flame. refers yetziratically to fire, and is symbolic of the holy spirit \yhla jwr= 300. descending into the midst of hwhy, the four inferior elements, we get hwchy jeheshua, the saviour, symbolised by the pentagram. 301. ca, fire. 314. ydc, the almighty, a name of god attributed to yesod. 325. a mystic number of mars. labxrb, the spirit of mars, and layparg, the intelligence of mars. 326. hwchy, jesus see 300. 333. wznwrvj, see liber 418, 10th thyr. it is surprising that this large scale 3 should be so terrible a symbol of dispersion. there is doubtless a venerable arcanum here connoted, possible the evil of matter summ. 333= 37 9 the accurs d. 340 \c the name. 341. the sum of the 3 mothers, aleph, mem, a

magic square of the planet, e.g. saturn 15. a magic square is one in which each file, rank, and diagonal add to the same number, e.g. saturn is 8 1 6, 3 5 7, 4 9 2, each square being filled in with the numbers from 1 upwared. the last of the magic numbers is the sum of the whole of the figures in the square, e.g. saturn 45.57 the complete list is thus: saturn 3, 9, 15, 45. jupiter 4, 16, 34, 136. mars 5, 25, 65, 325. sol 6, 36, 111, 666. venus 7, 49, 175, 1225. mercury 8, 64, 260, 2080. luna 9, 81, 369, 3321. generally speaking, the first number gives a divine name, the second an archangelic or angelic name, the third a name pertaining to the formative world, the fourth a name of a spirit or blind force. for example, mercury has za and dd (love) for 8, yd and ynd for 64, layrif for 260, an

planets and fixed stars and is the realm of the divine t.s. liber lviii 34 scholion g. 9= f, a serpent. and the serpent is the holy ur us, upon the crown of the gods. scholion d. 9= ix= the hermit of the tarot, the ancient one with lamp (giver of light) and staff (the middle pillar of the sephiroth. this, two, is the same ancient as in 0, aleph, the fool, and aleph= 1. scholion e. 9= dwsy= 80= p= mars= 5= h= g= lmg= 73= hmkj= the mother= binah= 3= ba= the father (1+ 2= mystic number of chokmah= chokmah= 2= b= the magus= i= 1. scholion. 9= the foundation of all things= the foundation of the alphabet= yod= 10= malkuth= kether= 1. scholion z. 9= ix= the hermit= yod= 10= x= the wheel of fortune= k= 20= xx= the last judgement= c= 300= 30= l= justice= viii= 8= j= the chariot= vii= 7= z= the love

column is a matter of spiritual intuition. solvitur ambulando. but here i am only dealing with the trying of the spirits, to know whether they be of god. suppose now that a vision purporting to rpceed from god is granted to me. the angel declares his name. i add it up. it comes to 65. an excellent number! a blessed angel! not necessarily. suppose he is of a mercurial appearance? 65 is a number of mars. then i conclude that, however beautiful and eloquent he may be, he is a false spirit. the devil does not understand the qabalah well enough to clothe his symbols in harmony. but suppose an angel, even lonely in aspect, not only knows the qabalah your own researches in the qabalah as well as you do, but is able to show you truths, qabalistic truths which you had sought for long and vainly! th

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at all, you can guess right twice in 7 times (roughly) by calling trumps each time. 6. note that some cards are harmonious. thus it would not be a bad error to call the five of swords("the lord of defeat) instead of the ten of swords("the lord of ruin. but to call the lord of love (2 cups) for the lord of strife (5 wands) would show that you were getting nothing right. similarly, a card ruled by mars would be harmonious with a 5, a card of gemini with "the lovers" 7. these harmonies must be thoroughly learnt, according to the numerous tables given in 777. 8. as you progress, you will find that you are able to distinguish the suit correctly three times in four, and that very few indeed inharmonious errors occur, while in 78 experiments you are able to name the card aright as many as 15 or

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hb:lamed hb:gemel hb:lamed hb:gemel hb:heh hb:taw hb:yod hb:shin hb:aleph hb:resh crown. hb:resh hb:taw hb:koph 1 3 s. of the zodiac hb:taw hb:vau hb:lamed hb:samekh hb:mem wisdom. hb:heh hb:mem hb:koph hb:chet 2 6 s. of saturn hb:yod hb:aleph hb:taw hb:bet hb:shin understanding. hb:heh hb:nun hb:yod hb:bet 3 10 s. of jupiter hb:qof hb:dalet hb:tzaddi mercy. hb:dalet hb:samekh hb:chet 4 15 s. of mars hb:mem-final hb:yod hb:dalet hb:aleph hb:mem strength. hb:heh hb:resh hb:vau hb:bet hb:gemel 5 21 s. of sol hb:shin hb:mem hb:shin beauty. hb:taw hb:resh hb:aleph hb:peh hb:taw 6 28 s. of venus hb:heh hb:gemel hb:vau hb:nun victory. hb:chet hb:tzaddi hb:nun 7 36 s. of mercury hb:bet hb:koph hb:vau hb:koph splendour. hb:dalet hb:vau hb:heh 8 45 s. of luna hb:heh hb:nun hb:bet hb:lamed foundati

hb:mem-final hb:yod hb:nun hb:zain hb:aleph hb:mem ox goad. hb:dalet hb:mem hb:lamed 22 276 water hb:mem-final hb:yod hb:mem water. hb:mem-final hb:yod hb:mem 23 300 scorpio hb:bet hb:resh hb:qof hb:ayin fish. hb:nun-final hb:vau hb:nun 24 325 sagittarius hb:taw hb:shin hb:qof prop. hb:koph-final hb:mem hb:samekh 25 351 capricornus hb:yod hb:dalet hb:gemel eye. hb:nun-final hb:yod hb:ayin 26 378 mars mouth. hb:heh hb:peh 27 406 aquarius hb:yod hb:lamed hb:dalet fish-hook. hb:yod hb:dalet hb:tzaddi 28 435 pisces hb:mem-final hb:yod hb:gemel hb:dalet back of head. hb:peh-final hb:vau hb:qof 29 465 sol head. hb:shin hb:yod hb:resh 30 496 fire hb:shin hb:aleph tooth. hb:nun-final hb:yod hb:shin 31 528 saturn tau(as egyptian. hb:vau hb:taw 32 earth hb:tzaddi-final hb:resh hb:aleph- hb:vau hb:t

tooth" and suggesting by its shape a triple flame. refers yetziratically to fire, and is symbolic of the holy spirit, rvch alhim= 300. hence the letter of the spirit. descending into the midst of ihvh, the four inferior elements, we get ihshvh jeheshua, the saviour, symbolised by the pentagram. 301. ash, fire. 314. shdi, the almighty, a name of god attributed to yesod. 103 325. a mystic number of mars. brtzbal, the spirit of mars, and grapial, the intelligence of mars. 326. ihshvh, jesus- see 300. 333. chvrvnzvn, see liber 418, 10th aethry. it is surprising that this large scale 3 should be so terrible a symbol of dispersion. there is doubtless a venerable arcanum here connoted, possibly the evil of matter summ. 333= 37 x 9 the accurs d. 340. shm- the name. 341. the sum of the "3 mothers"

"magic square" of the planet "e.g" saturn 15. a "magic square" is one in which each file, rank, and diagonal add to the same number "e.g" saturn is 816, 357, 492, each square being filled in with the numbers from 1 upwards. the last of the magic numbers is the sum of the whole of the figures in the square "e.g" saturn 45. the complete list is thus: saturn 3, 9, 15, 45. jupiter 4, 16, 34, 136. 105 mars 5, 25, 65, 325. sol 6, 36, 111, 666. venus 7, 49, 175, 1225. mercury 8, 64, 260, 2080. luna 9, 81, 369, 3321. generally speaking, the first number gives a divine name, the second an archangelic or angelic name, the third a name pertaining to the formative world, the fourth a name of a "spirit" or "blind force" fro example, mercury has az and dd (love) for 8, din and dni for 64, tirial for 260

always 9 "e.g" 9 x 487= 4383. 4+ 3+ 8+ 3= 18. 1+ 8= 9. scholion gamma. 9= hb:tet, a serpent. and the serpent is the holy uraeus, upon the crown of the gods. scholion delta. 9= ix= the hermit of the tarot, the ancient one with lamp (giver of light) and staff (the middle pillar of the sephiroth. this, too, is the same ancient as in 0, aleph "the fool" and aleph= 1. scholion epsilon. 9= isvd= 80= p= mars= 5= hb:heh= g =gml= 73= chkmh= the mother= binah= 3= ab= the father( 1+ 2) mystic number of chokmah= chokmah= 2= b= the magus= i= 1. scholion digamma. 9= the foundation of all things= the foundation of the alphabet= yod= 10= malkuth= kether= 1. scholion zeta. 9= ix= the hermit= yod= 10= x= the wheel of fortune= k= 20= xx= the last judgment= sh= 300= 30= l= justice= viii= 8= ch= the chariot= v

lumn is a matter of spiritual intuition. solvitur ambulando. but here i am only dealing with the "trying of the spirits, to know whether they be of god" suppose now that a vision purporting to proceed from god is granted to me. the angel declares his name. i add it up. it comes to 65. an excellent number! a blessed angel! not necessarily. suppose he is of a mercurial appearance? 65 is a number of mars. then i conclude that, however beautiful and eloquent he may be, he is a false spirit. the devil does not understand the qabalah well enough to clothe his symbols in harmony. but suppose an angel, even lowly in aspect, not only knows the qabalah- your own researches in the qabalah- as well as you do, but is able to show you truths, qabalistic truths, which you had sought for long and vainly!

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n me but the woman of abominations? who is the beast? am not i one more than he? in 22 his hand is a sword that is a book. in his hand is a spear that is a cup of fornication. upon his mouth is set the great and terrible seal. and he hath the secret of v. his ten horns spring from five points, and his eight heads are as the charioteer of the west. thus doth the fire of the sun temper the spear of mars, and thus shall he be worshipped, as the warrior lord of the sun. yet in him is the woman that devoureth with her water all the fire of god. alas! my lord, thou art joined with him that knoweth not these things. when shall the day come that men shall flock to this my gate, and fall into my furious throat, a whirlpool of fire? this is hell unquenchable, and all they shall be utterly consumed t

e pile of dust, if there could be one drop of blood, it should be utterly corrupt; it should breed scorpions and vipers, and the cat of slime.16 and i said unto the angel: is there not one appointed as a warden? and he said: eloi, eloi, lama sabacthani. 14 full title of jesod is tzedeq jesod olahm "the righteous is the foundation of the world" 15 i.s.v.d, jesod= 80, the number of p, the letter of mars. 16 weh note: this drop of blood is an attachment to the images of mortal life, the sensoria and that derived from it in the mind. to pass choronzon one must abandon interpretation and identity of the elements of the vision. such an ecstasy of anguish racks me that i cannot give it voice, yet i know it is but as the anguish of gethsemane. and that is the last word of the aethyr. the outposts

which must never be celebrated. the adeptus minor's robe is fitted for the rituals of sol. a golden nemmes may be worn. the adeptus' robe is fitted for the particular workings of the adeptus, and for the postulant at the first gate of the city of the pyramids. the adeptus major's robe is fitted for the chief magus in all rituals and evocations of the inferiors, for the performance of the rites of mars, and for the postulant at the second gate of the city of the pyramids. the adeptus exemptus' robe is fitted for the chief magus in all rituals and invocations of the superiors, for the performance of the rites of jupiter, and for the postulant at the third gate of the city of the pyramids. the babe of the abyss has no robe. for the performance of the rites of saturn, the magician may wear a b

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t their content is gone from me; and, in the absence of the prophet daniel, i shall let the matter slide. 7.44. pranayama. 13 cycles. very tiring; i began to sweat. a mediocre performance. 8.0- breakfast. hatha yogi a pear and two gaufrettes. 8.20 8.53. have been meditating in hanged man position. thought dull and wandering; yet once "the conception of the glowing fire" seen as a planet (perhaps mars) just enough to destroy the concentration; then it went out, dammit! 10.40. have attended to correspondence and other business and drunk a citron press the voice of the nadi began to resound. 10.50. have done "bornless one" in asana. good; yet i am filled with utter despair at the hopelessness of the task. especially do i get the buddhist feeling, not only that asana is intensely painful, bu

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vau. hierophant. 16th. 6. gemini. hb:zain. lovers. 17th. 7. cancer. hb:chet. chariot. 18th. 11. leo. hb:tet. strength. 19th. 9. virgo. hb:yod. hermit. 20th. 10. jupiter. hb:koph. wheel of fortune. 21st. 8. libra. hb:lamed. justice. 22nd. 12. water. hb:mem. hanged man. 23rd. 13. scorpio. hb:nun. death. 24th. 14. sagittarius. hb:samekh. temperance. 25th. 15. capricorn. hb:ayin. the devil. 26th. 16. mars. hb:peh. the tower. 27th. 17. aquarius. hb:tzaddi. the star. 28th. 18. pisces. hb:qof. the moon. 29th. 19. sun. hb:resh. the sun. 30th. 20. dee. hb:shin. the angel. 31st. 21. saturn. hb:taw. the universe. 32nd. the two veils are represented in the drawing by heavy horizontal lines, and here by shaded lines, with the text included in the approximation below. 10 =1 kether .ipsissimus 12th .11th

portion of the figure. in the exact center is an upright pentagram, also lineal, with a smaller circle in its own center. illustration described from page 265 "diagram 17. the seven-branched candlestick" this is a seven pointed star or heptagram with one point to top. there is a small circle in the center. the points have the symbols of the planets inside, clockwise starting from the top: saturn, mars, venus, moon, jupiter, sun, mercury. touching the tip of each of the seven points from outside is a circle, seven in all. these seven circles each contain an equilateral triangle, smaller than a circumscribed one would be. these seven triangles each have an apex radially outward from the center of the figure. each of the seven triangles has a hebrew letter in the center (planetary corresponde

koph hb:yod hb:mem, sardis, hb:bet. 2 "see 777" col. cxl, p. 27 "twelve banners of the name" and revelations, xxi, 19, 20. 3 "see 777" col. xxxvi, p. 11. illustration described from page 265 "diagram 18. the heptagram of seven days. this is a seven pointed star or heptagram with one point to top. the points have the symbols of the planets outside, clockwise starting from the top: saturn, jupiter, mars, sun, venus, mercury, moon. illustration described from page 265 "diagram 19. the altar of incense" the diagram is in two parts, one above the other. the upper part is shaped thusly, but the numbers here are a key to the description below, not a part of the diagram (not to scale/ 1/ 3 2/ 5 4/ 8 6 7\ 9_ 10_ content of the boxes in the above portion of the figure, top, center and bottom in each

off the lower arm of the cross. the words "the knowledge of good" are similarly situated in space at the height of the female's crown. the words "the tree of knowledge of good and evil" extend in space across and just below the bases of the pillars. foliage extends about the base of the cross: four tendrils arch upward to left and three to right, six leaves each, topped by moon mercury venus sun mars jupiter saturn in order from left to right. a similar spray extends in arches downward, three to left and four to right with the planetary symbols reversed in order. there is a sort of thatch of tendrils extending in a downward crescent from the base of the cross. the words "the knowledge of evil" extend across the figure in space below the lower tendril spray. in may, 1899, three months afte

he roar of their thundering voice. i am the future, mist-clad and shrouded in gloom. i am the recession of the torrent, the storm veiled in terror is my name. hail unto the mighty powers of nature and the chiefs of the whirling storm" illustration on page 276 approximated: o o o o o o o o o o diagram 34 attribution of the alchemical mercury. illustration on page 276 approximated: saturn- jupiter- mars- sun- venus- mercury- moon) diagram 35. the seven planes of the tree of life. illustration on page 276 approximated\ moon mars sun venus jupiter saturn diagram 36. the unification of the planets in mercury. the "hegemon" then says "the priestess with the mask of isis spake and said 'the traveller through the gates of anubis is my name. i am the water perfect, and limpid, and pure, ever flowin

upon the practicus the title of "lord of the twenty-eighth path "the third part" at the beginning of the third part the "hierophant" says "frater monokeros 280 de astris, the path now open to you is the twenty-seventh, which leads from the 3= 8 degree of practicus to the 4= 7 degree of philosophus. take in your right hand the calvary cross of ten squares and follow your guide through the path of mars" 21 "see 777" cols. lxiii, lxiv, lxv, lxvi, pp. 16 and 17. 22 "see 777" col. xlix. and note, also "handbook of geomancy" illustration on page 281 approximated below. hb:mem/ hb:ayin/ sulphur air salt/ sulphur air salt/ lamp (o) pantacle_ banner of hiereus hieroph- hegemon banner of the west ant the east_ 16th key. spirit) of tarot) dee hb:peh. earth_ fire/ black_ qlip. hoth. yetz. hb:resh. pa

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ection of the hexagrams must be reversed. 24 "invoking "banishing "the greater ritual of "the hexagram" 2\ saturn *2 *1 1/ to invoke or banish- planets or zodiacal# signs. 1 the hexagram of 2# earth alone is used- draw the hexagram# jupiter/ beginning from the\ point which is- attributed to the *1* 2 planet you are dealing with("see "777" col* 1 *2 lxxxiii- thus to invoke\ jupiter begin from the\ mars# right-hand point of- the lower triangle, 2# 1/ dextro-rotary and complete; then trace 4,9# 6,7. the upper triangle-*5,8. 10,3# from its left hand- point and complete. 2,11\*2,11. trace the/*1,12.sun 1,12# astrological sigil- of the planet in the 6,7-*4,9.centre of your 3,10. 5,8. hexagram. for the zodiac use-*2 *1 the hexagram of the- planet which/ venus\ rules the 25) sign# you require("777

rawing by austin osmond spare of an anthropomorphic figure with a leaping wolf inside. there is a distorted face beneath the wolf, at about the position of the hip or genitalia. 140 a handbook of geomancy chapter i attributions of geomantic figures to planets, zodiac, and ruling genii-:sign :el :geom.:sex: name and meaning: genius: ruler :planet: fig: 1 :aries :fire: m: puer :malchidael:bartzabel:mars: boy, yellow: beardless: 2 :taurus:earth: f: amissio: asmodel :kedemel :venus :loss, comprehended: without: 3 :gemini: air: m: albus: ambriel :taphthar-:mercury: white, fair: tharath: 4 :cancer:water: f: populus: muriel :chashmo :moon: people, congreg: dai: ation: 5: leo :fire: m: fortuna major: verchiel: sorath :sun: greater fortune :greater aid, safe: guard entering: 6: virgo:earth: f: conj

: 4 :cancer:water: f: populus: muriel :chashmo :moon: people, congreg: dai: ation: 5: leo :fire: m: fortuna major: verchiel: sorath :sun: greater fortune :greater aid, safe: guard entering: 6: virgo:earth: f: conjunctio: hamaliel :taphthar-:mercury: conjunction: tharath: assembling: 7: libra: air: m: puella: zuriel: kedemel :venus: a girl, beautiful: 8 :scor :water: f: rubeus: barchiel :bartzabel:mars :pio: red, reddish: 9 :sagit-:fire: m: acquisitio :advachiel :hismael :jupiter :tarius :obtaining, compre: hending without :10 :capri-:earth: f: carcer: hanael :zazel :saturn :corn: a prison, bound :11 :aquar-:air: m: tristitia: cambiel :zazel :saturn :ius: sadness, damned: cross :12 :pisces:water: f: laetitia: amnixiel :hismael :jupiter: joy, laughing: healthy, bearded. 141 attributions of g

: m: tristitia: cambiel :zazel :saturn :ius: sadness, damned: cross :12 :pisces:water: f: laetitia: amnixiel :hismael :jupiter: joy, laughing: healthy, bearded. 141 attributions of geomantic figures to planets &c "continued-:sign :el :geom.:sex: name and meaning: genius: ruler :planet: fig :13 :cauda :fire: f: cauda draconis :zazel and :zazel and:saturn :draco: the threshold :bartzabel :bartzabel:mars :nis :lower, or going out :14 :caput :earth: m: caput draconis: hismael :hismael :jupiter :draco: the head, the: and: and :venus :nis :threshold entering: kedemel: kedemel :the upper threshold :15: leo :air: m: fortuna minor: verchiel: sorath :sun: lesser fortune :lesser aid, safe: guard going out :16 :cancer:water: f: via: muriel :chashmo :moon: way, journey: dai. chapter ii the mode of divi

14* 14 [the small arabic numerals refer to the chance number of dashes] use clean (virgin) paper; place appropriate pentagram (either with or without a circumscribed circle) invoking. if a circle, draw this first. sigil of ruler to which nature of question most refers should be placed in the pentagram thus: 142 saturn agriculture, sorrow, death. jupiter good fortune, feasting, church preferment. mars war, victory fighting. sun power, magistracy. venus love, music, pleasure. mercury science, learning, knavery. moon travelling, fishing &c. in diagram, p. 144, the sigil of hismael should be used. in marking points fix attention on sigil and on the question proposed; the hand should not be moved from the paper till complete. it is convenient to rule lines to guide the eye. the daughters are d

ment. a figure is in its fall when in a house opposite to that of its exaltation; in its detriment when opposite to its own house. the following list shows the essential dignities; that is to say, they follow the dignities of their ruling planets, considering the twelve houses of the scheme as answering to the twelve signs, thus: asc. to aries, 2 to taurus, 3 to gemini &c. 12 to pisces. therefore mars figures will be strong in asc. and weak in 7th and so on "see" chapter i. for attribution of figures to planets* is strong in dignities of jupiter and venus* is strong in dignities of saturn and mars* table of essential dignities weh note: these tables of dignities are corrupt in places. they have not been corrected here, but copied as they stand in the 1st edition equinox the aspects of the

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derations" to be performed on the day and in the hour of mercury: the evocation itself commencing in the magical hour of tafrac, under the dominion of the great angel of mercury hb:lamed hb:aleph hb:peh hb:resh. on wednesday, may 13, 1896, this hour tafrac occurs between 8h. 32' p.m. and 9h. 16, when mercury is in 17 gemini on the cusp of seventh house slightly to south of due west. moon going to mars sic should be with mercury 14 gemini mercury to neptune, mercury 150 saturn.1 "of the form of the circle to be employed" illustration on page 171 described "diagram 59. the circle of art" 1 weh note: this data contains typographic errors from the first edition. this is a duodecagram (twelve sided regular figure. it is oriented with a vertex to top and all diagonal chords are drawn, except tho

side down. within the inner heptagon is a unicursal heptagram, created by drawing lines between alternate vertices. only the uppermost point has any writing, the word "east. the symbols of the planets are placed in the seven triangles formed between the inner angles of the heptagram and the sides of the double heptagon: clockwise from the top right: jupiter, saturn, moon, venus, mercury, sun and mars. dashed lines are used below the lowest face of the heptagon to indicate that that face is a door hinged on the left to open outward into the middle of the rectangular room. these words are written between the dashed lines indicating the open position of the door (vertically down in the diagram) and the dashed arc that indicates the clearance of the door's swing "door with elemental tablets&

als of the resultant square. also in the lower arm, in the half just above this, is a hexagram composed of two clock-wise interlaced equilateral triangles, points to top and bottom. the center of this hexagram contains the symbol of the sun, while the points have just beyond them the symbols of the remaining six ancient planets thusly: clockwise from the top saturn, jupiter, venus, moon, mercury, mars. note that the alchemical and planetary symbols for mercury are 3 weh note: this figure is found in franz hartmann's "cosmology..secret symbols of the rosicrucians of the sixteenth and "seventeenth centuries, occult publishing co, boston, 1888, plate# 1, facing page 16. this was reprinted in facsimile by health research in 1969. the same is to be found in "secret symbols of "the rosicrucians

described "diagram 66. the phoenix wand" this wand is shaped like the wes scepter, except that the slant top is clearly depicted as a head of anubis with elongated ears. the top of the shaft is white and the fork to the bottom completes a black band. between the white and black zones are seven bands with planetary symbols to the right and hebrew letters to the left. from top to bottom these are: mars hb:peh, sun hb:resh, mercury hb:bet, venus hb:dalet, moon hb:gemel, saturn hb:taw, jupiter hb:koph [all then face east; the chief adept opens wide the vault and places himself at the head of the pastos, the second adept to the south, and the third adept to the north; they raise their wands in a pyramid formation over the altar, and their "cruces ansatas" below "chief" let us analyse the key w

rmed. unto air, hb:aleph, is ascribed the yellow colour of tiphereth. unto water, hb:mem, is ascribed the blue colour of chesed. unto fire, hb:shin, is ascribed the red colour of geburah. the colours of earth are to be found in malkuth. those of the planets are in the rainbow thus: hb:taw saturn. indigo. hb:dalet venus. green. hb:koph jupiter. violet. hb:bet mercury. yellow. hb:samekh sic: hb:peh mars. scarlet. hb:gemel luna. blue. hb:resh sol. orange. unto the signs of the zodiac are ascribed the following: hb:heh aries. scarlet. hb:lamed libra. emerald. hb:vau taurus. red-orange. hb:nun scorpio. greenish blue. hb:zain gemini. orange. hb:peh sic: hb:samekh sagittarius. deep blue. hb:chet cancer. amber. hb:ayin capricornus. indigo. hb:tet leo. greenish yellow. hb:tzaddi aquarius. violet. h

bed "diagram 75. the wall of the vault" this is a rectangular grid of squares, five across by eight high. a representation is below, save that the top row scorpio symbol scorpio used here is actually an eagle head, beak to left, on the diagram; and it may represent the eagle cherub instead of scorpio_ taurus aquarius< scorpio leo_ salt mercury hb:koph water air_ sulphur hb:bet saturn hb:chet dee_ mars hb:gemel sun hb:chet jupiter_ taurus aquarius hb:taw scorpio leo_ mercury hb:heh moon hb:nun venus_ capricorn libra hb:yod cancer aries_ virgo gemini hb:mem pisces sagittarius_ illustration on page 222 described "diagram 76. the black calvary cross" this is a large stylized rose in the form of a petaled and divided circle on the point of intersection of a large black calvary cross. the rose i

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s. how, whence, and whither? olympas. by my kiss from that abode to this_ to this" my wings? marsyas. thou hast no wings. but see an eagle sweeping from the byss where god stands. let him ravish thee, and bear thee to a boundless bliss! 15 olympas. how should i call him? how beseech? marsyas. silence is lovelier than speech. only on a windless tree falls the dew, felicity! one ripple on the water mars the magic mirror of the stars. olympas. my soul bends to the athletic stress of god's immortal loveliness. tell me, what wit avails the clod to know the nearness of its god? marsyas. first, let the soul be poised, and fledge truth's feather on mind's razor-edge. next, let no memory, feeling, hope stain all its starless horoscope. last, let it be content, twice void; not to be suffered or enjo

erially_ then without doubt shall that flashing light manifest itself in the curcurbite. r. holding the lotus wand by the white end, the alchemist now draws over the curcurbite the symbol of the flaming sword as if descending into the mixture. then let him place the curcurbite to the east of the altar. the alchemist stands between 167 the pillars, and performs a solemn invocation of the forces of mars to act therein. the curcurbite is then to be placed between the pillars (or the drawn symbols of these same) for seven days, upon a flashing tablet of mars. after this period, fit on the alembic head, and distil first in balneum mariae, then in balneum arenae till what time the mixture be clean distilled over. s. now let the alchemist take the fluid of the distillate and let him perform over

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nd slay him who had ventured to cross his path, silently, without even so much as grating against his bones. 196 297 possibly the restraint of brahmach rya produced the siddhis, and that further restraint in its turn produced an accumulation of these occult powers, the benefit accruing from which is again placed to the credit of the bodily powers. pan to artemis uncharmable charmer of bacchus and mars in the sounding rebounding abyss of the stars! o virgin in armour, thine arrows unsling in the brilliant resilient first rays of the spring! by the force of the fashion of love, when i broke through the shroud, through the cloud, through the storm, through the smoke, to the mountain of passion volcanic that woke- by the rage of the mage i invoke, i invoke! by the midnight of madness- the lone

on. to relining and refitting with pigskin case of. suit case new pigskin pockets& new cut glass tooth brush bottle supplying two plated clips& refinishing side standards, removing bruises& repolishing all silver mounts cleaning& repairing a gold keyless 5 half hunting english. watch 13 6 balance of old a/c. 6 6- 6- aleister crowley1 313 1 weh note: i suppose a.c. liked the numbers. adela jupiter mars p moon venezia "may" 19"th, 1910. jupiter's foursquare blaze of gold and blue rides on the moon, a lilac conch of pearl, as if the dread god, charioted anew came conquering, his amazing disk awhirl to war down all the stars. i see him through the hair of this mine own italian girl, adela that bends her face on mine in the gondola! there is scarce a breath of wind on the lagoon. life is absorb

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which must never be celebrated. the adeptus minor's robe is fitted for the rituals of sol. a golden nemmes may be worn. the adeptus' robe is fitted for the particular workings of the adeptus, and for the postulant at the first gate of the city of the pyramids. the adeptus major's robe is fitted for the chief magus in all rituals and evocations of the inferiors, for the performance of the rites of mars, and for the postulant at the second gate of the city of the pyramids. the adeptus exemptus' robe is fitted for the chief magus in all rituals and invocations of the superiors, for the performance of the rites of jupiter, and for the postulant at the third gate of the city of the pyramids. the babe of the abyss has no robe. for the performance of the rites of saturn, the magician may wear a b

tively. then comes the fifth stage of poise- right livelihood; this is also a stage of exemption from worldly motion, and a stage which brings all below it to a finality and which may be compared to tiphereth in its solar aspect or to the manipura chakkra. the sixth and seventh stages- right effort and right thought, are stages of "definitely directed power" closely related to geburah and chesed- mars and jupiter. and then finally comes the eighth stage- right meditation, again a summary of the three stages below it, which may be compared as the three supernals or the sahas ra chakkra [compare with the essay "science and buddhism" in the "sword of song" by a. crowley, and the writings of ananda metteya. here are then three men weh note: counting crowley twice! who have worked both severall

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ggestion these rites are due they are gratefully dedicated. vi the rite of saturn 1 the officers of the temple magister templi "the representative of binah, saturn" mater coeli "venus in libra, the house of saturn's exaltation" brother aquarius "the house of saturn; in chesed, because pisces is water "hope" brother capricornus "in thethrone of capricornus, the house of saturn; in geburah, because mars is exalted therein. he is mars in capricornus" brother capricornus emissarius. the leader of the chorus, or choragoge. scene "in the east is a veiled shrine, containing an altar. to its chokmah, binah, chesed, and geburah are m. t, m. c, bro. a, and bro. c. respectively. bro c. e. is disguised as an ordinary member of the garrison" 3 the rite of saturn part i brother capricornus "enters and t

he secret of the son is in the secret of the holy ghost. ganymede. 4444 gloria patri. 42 hebe. et filio. typhon. et spiritui sancto. hermanubis. ut erat in principio. sphinx. et nunc est. c.i.c.t. et erit semper. all. amen. sphinx. fasting. hermanubis. song. typhon. feasting. c.i.c.t. grace. sphinx. music. hermanubis. dancing. typhon. love. c.i.c.t. the end. typhon "draws the veil" 43 the rite of mars officers brother sol in aries "white robe, white and gold nemmes, sceptre (mars) brother mars "red robe, sword (venus) sister scorpio "green robe, violin, sword (athena) brother aries "violet robe, spear (vulcan) brother capricornus "black robe, tom-tom, sword "a guard of" probationers "armed "mars is throned in the south, scorpio on his right, aries on his left. in the east is also a veil, b

enus) sister scorpio "green robe, violin, sword (athena) brother aries "violet robe, spear (vulcan) brother capricornus "black robe, tom-tom, sword "a guard of" probationers "armed "mars is throned in the south, scorpio on his right, aries on his left. in the east is also a veil, behind which is sol in aries. in the north is capricornus, crouching, kept from the altar by the guard" 47 the rite of mars "charcoal in censer alight. no incense" brother sol "is concealed behind the veil in the east, enthroned upon the altar" mars, aries "and" scorpio "enthroned" bro. capricornus. 4444-1. bro. aries. 1-4444 [mars "reads the twelvefold affirmation from 963 [sor. scorpio "plays a short marital air<veil, and admits probationers and guests["the voice of ma

pon the altar" mars, aries "and" scorpio "enthroned" bro. capricornus. 4444-1. bro. aries. 1-4444 [mars "reads the twelvefold affirmation from 963 [sor. scorpio "plays a short marital air<veil, and admits probationers and guests["the voice of mars is heard reciting the 91"st psalm of david. bro. aries. let the sacred perfume be kindled upon the altar of mars("does so. sor. scorpio. hail unto the master of the battle! bro. aries. hail unto the leader of the armies of jupiter! bro. capricornus. hail unto the warrior of eternity! bro. mars. hail, brethren [capricornus "returns" 1. let the temple be purified and consecrated [capricornus "does so" 1. are the brethren prepared? 49 bro. aries. they are prepared, master! they are drawn up in military arr

unto the master of the battle! bro. aries. hail unto the leader of the armies of jupiter! bro. capricornus. hail unto the warrior of eternity! bro. mars. hail, brethren [capricornus "returns" 1. let the temple be purified and consecrated [capricornus "does so" 1. are the brethren prepared? 49 bro. aries. they are prepared, master! they are drawn up in military array around the sacred altar. bro. mars. 1. brother capircornus, i command you to perform the ritual of the pentagram. bro. capricornus. fiat("does so. bro. mars. 1. brother aries, i command you to perform the invocation o the holy fire. bro. aries. fiat("goes to altar. 333("erect. i swear by djinn and by shin and by the space between that i will not stir from this place until the fire of god hath flamed upon the water that is upon

flame; by aud, the subtlety of the inmost fluid; by aur, the effulgence of the radiant light; i call thee, ash! i adore thee, ash("over lamp) ash! ash! ash! i caress thee! i kiss thee! i suck thee up into my mouth and nostrils! ohooatan("three times("the water flames. behold! the fire of god upon the altar as i have sworn by djinn and by shin and by the space between("returns to his throne. bro. mars. 1. hail, sister of the scorpion! sor. scorpio. hail, lord of the eagle and the serpent! bro. mars. amen. i appoint you to lead the army. sor. scorpio. let us carry the holy symbols with sacred song and dance round the altar of mars["the song< is sung as all march round five times deosil before" 50 mars "in procession headed by" scorpio, aries, capricornus] strike, stri

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22 february to 21 march. lucky stones: sapphire, emerald, amethyst, coral. lucky numbers: pisces, six; jupiter and neptune both three. lucky day: thursday. flower: heliotrope. trees: willow, elm. animals: sheep and ox. birds: swan and stork. metal: tin. colours: purple, mauve, sea-green. 152 arms the ram. 22 march to 21 april. lucky stones: ruby, bloodstone, diamond. lucky numbers: aries, seven; mars, nine. lucky day: tuesday. flowers: gorse, wild rose, thistle. trees: holly, thorn, chestnut. animals: ram, tiger, leopard. bird: magpie. metal: iron. colours: bright green, pink, yellow, red, white. taurus the bull. 22 april to 21 may. lucky stonesr sapphire, emerald, turquoise, lapis lazuli, moss agate. lucky numbers: six for both taurus and venus. lucky day: friday. flowers: lily-of-the-va

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otes various sources including june johns' king of the witches (appendix, starhawk's spiral dance, ellen cannon reed's witches qabala and a lovely pamphlet on the elements put out by church of the seven arrows. l putting elemental notes into the bos (instead of in a grimoire or in a set of training notes) also appears to be khaled's idea. l fire goddess aspect: temptress astrological rulers: sun, mars, jupiter keys: light principle, action, michael (victor over ignorance) rules: force, energy, spirit, heat, mental plane, blood, sap, life, will, surgery, destruction, purification, hearth fires, volcanoes, explosions, choleric; intuitive; lively virtues: courageous, self-assertive, chivalrous, enthusiastic, passionate, experienced, virile vices: self-centred, ruthless, fanaticism, vindictive

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has of activity are responsible for its custody, and under them the chohan of the ray. it is produced only at stated times, when specific work has to be done. it is used not only at the initiating of men, but at certain planetary functions of which nothing is at present known. it has its place and function in certain ceremonies connected with the inner round, and the triangle formed by the earth, mars, and mercury. the purpose of the rods of power. in the sceptre of a ruling monarch at this day is hidden the symbolism of these various rods. they are duly recognised as symbols of office and of power, but it is not generally appreciated that they are of electrical origin, and that their true significance is concerned with the dynamic stimulation of all the subordinates in office who come und

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et in complete vivification at this stage of evolutionary development. another triangle in connection with our own planetary logos is that formed by the seven kumaras the four exoteric kumaras corresponding to the four minor head centres, and the three esoteric kumaras corresponding to the three major head centres.75,(65)76 the second hint i seek to give, lies in the triangle formed by the earth, mars and mercury. in- 104- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust connection with this triangle, the analogy lies in the fact that mercury and the centre at the base of the spine in the human being are closely allied. mercury demonstrates kundalini in intelligent activity, while mars demonstrates kundalini latent. the truth lies hid in their two astrological symbols. in transmutation

f the logos, bearing to him a relationship identical with that borne by the masters and their affiliated groups, to some planetary logos. systemic kundalini goes forward to the vivification of these centres, and at this stage of development certain centres are more closely allied than others. just as in connection with our planetary logos, the three etheric planets of our chain earth, mercury and mars77(66) form a triangle of rare importance, so it may be here said that at the present point in evolution of the logoic centres, venus, earth and saturn form one triangle of great interest. it is a triangle that is at this time undergoing vivification through the action of kundalini; it is consequently increasing the vibratory capacity of the centres, which are becoming slowly fourth-dimensiona

vity are responsible for its custody, and under them the chohan of the ray. it is produced only at stated times when specific work has to be done. it is used not only at the initiating of men, but at certain planetary functions, of which nothing as yet has been given out. it has its place and function in certain ceremonies connected with the inner round91(79) and the triangle formed by the earth, mars and mercury. but more about this is not at this time permissible. third. the rod of initiation, wielded by the logos of the solar system, is called among other things, the "sevenfold flaming fire" it was confided to our logos by the lord of sirius and sent to our system from that radiant sun. one of its purposes is for use in emergencies. this great talisman has never yet been employed in thi

. three of the sacred planets, it should be remembered, are the home of the three major rays, of the embodied forms of the three logoic aspects or principles. other planets are embodiments of the four minor rays. we might consider from the standpoint of the present that venus, jupiter and saturn might be considered as the vehicles of the three super-principles at this time. mercury, the earth and mars are closely allied to these three, but a hidden mystery lies here. the evolution of the inner round has a close connection with this problem. perhaps some light may be thrown upon the obscurity of the matter by the realisation that just as the logos has (in the non-sacred planets) the correspondence to the permanent atoms in the human being, so the middle evolution between these two (god and

wo other centres, of which venus was one, and logoic kundalini circulating with tremendous force through this adjusted triangle brought about that intensification of vibration in the human family which resulted in individualisation. we might here enumerate the schemes as a basis for our further work: the seven planets, centres, or schemes: 1. vulcan (the sun, exoterically considered. 2. venus. 3. mars. 4. earth. 5. mercury. 6. jupiter. 7. saturn. the three synthesising planets- 217- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust 1. uranus. 2. neptune. 3. saturn. the one resolver. the sun. i would caution you here against attaching any importance to the sequence followed in numbering these seven schemes, either in connection with their order of development or importance, or their posi

ur subject, name the different chains of the earth scheme. we must bear carefully in mind the fact that these are simply names, affixed to the chains and globes for the sake of clarity. as this subject is more widely studied it will inevitably be found advisable to call the chains by their numbers, and to drop the names as at present used: 1. neptune. 2. venus. 3. saturn. 4. earth. 5. mercury. 6. mars. 7. jupiter. it is necessary here to take the opportunity to sound a note of warning to students in connection with the charts which have been inserted in the treatise. they depict only one cycle in logoic evolution, and cover only the present greater period in the working out of which we are engaged. they might be roughly described as embracing that period in the system which began for us in

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n quality as are any of the sons of men. this ray force, with the second ray, is a true and vital expression of the divine nature. a militant focussing upon the ideal, a one-pointed devotion to the intent of the life urge, and a divine sincerity are the qualities of this lord, and set their impress upon all that is found within his body of manifestation. advanced esotericists debate as to whether mars is, or is not, the planet through which he manifests. you must remember that only a few of the planets are the bodies of expression of the lords of the rays. there are ten "planets of expression (to use the term employed by the ancient rishis, and only seven ray lives are regarded as the builders of the system. the great mystery, which is finally revealed in the higher initiations, is the rel

the planned activity of every ray qualifies every form found within its body of manifestation. we come now to a technical statement which must be accepted for the sake of argument, being incapable of proof. all the lords of the rays create a body of expression, and thus the seven planets have come into being. these are their major expressions. the sun (veiling vulcan) jupiter saturn mercury venus mars the moon the energies of these seven lives however are not confined to their planetary expressions, but- 43- a treatise on the seven rays- volume i: esoteric psychology i copyright 1998 lucis trust sweep around the confines of the solar system just as the life impulses of a human being his vital forces, his desire impulses, and his mental energies sweep throughout his body, bringing the vario

tude in thought .v enus. indigo- 104- a treatise on the seven rays- volume i: esoteric psychology i copyright 1998 lucis trust higher mathematics. blue. philosophy. bronze. iv. conflict .i ntensity of struggle. saturn. green. birth of horus hatha yoga, the most dangerous method of psychic growth. v .l ower mind. exactitude in action. the moon. violet practical science. vi. devotion .b hakti yoga. mars. rose. necessity for an blue. object. vii. ceremonial order. ceremonial observances. jupiter. bright. control over clear. forces of nature. blue. it will be clear that each of the kingdoms elemental, mineral, vegetable, and animal as well as the human is divided into seven primary types or rays, and as individualisation (i.e. the transition from the animal to the human kingdom) can take place

red planets" and some are not. i am here using the words "planetary influence" in the same sense as the astrologer uses them, for he is not dealing, either, with the basic planetary rays. it might be stated therefore that the planetary relations in this cycle are as follows: 1. the mineral kingdom. pluto and vulcan. 2. the vegetable kingdom .v enus and jupiter. 3. the animal kingdom. the moon and mars. 4. the human kingdom. mercury and saturn. 5. the kingdom of souls. neptune and uranus. 6. synthesising these five. the sun. there are other planetary influences to be felt, and hidden forces likewise play upon our planetary life, but these are the major influences bringing about the desired results in the kingdoms of nature under the plan. it must be remembered that these are the cyclic infl

ith venus and jupiter contending for control. the link with the vegetable kingdom is then strong, and hence the frequent recognition of "astral perfumes" which the disciple can note. before the first initiation, the static mineral world within him has been broken up- 155- a treatise on the seven rays- volume i: esoteric psychology i copyright 1998 lucis trust at the third initiation, the moon and mars struggle to assume ascendancy, and there is his battle-ground. hence at the great transfiguration, the body is "transfigured" as the indication of triumph. at the fourth initiation, mercury and saturn act as the great translators, and bring the disciple to the door of realisation. when the final initiation is taken, it is the activity of uranus and the in-pouring force of jupiter that bring a

complexity of the subject thus become apparent. in the emergence of colour in the vegetable kingdom another vast influence is seen, and the problem of the ray influences becomes still more complicated. in the basic colour, green, we have the indication of the potency of saturn. esoterically speaking, the vegetable kingdom is upon an advanced stage of the path of discipleship, and hence saturn and mars are active. the influence of the latter planet is to be seen in the prevalence of the colours red, rose, yellow and orange in the flowers at this time. again, readers would find it interesting to note mentally the relation of growth to the idealism of the sixth ray. they could learn therefrom the part that the ray of devotion plays in bringing about the urge to evolve. it is growth towards an

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se last two to express the ancient symbol from which i am translating] lift us to heaven. enter, o lord, the tomb. raise us into the light and make the sacrifice. break down for us the prison wall and enter into pain' the lord of life returned. he liked it not, and hence the pain" the same conditions which blend the law of sacrifice with pain and sorrow and difficulty are found also on the planet mars and on the planet saturn. they are not found on the other planets. those who have read the secret doctrine and a treatise on cosmic fire with understanding know that our earth is not a sacred planet. however, saturn, mars and our earth constitute, in a curious esoteric manner, the personality of a stupendous ray life, whose energy is that of the third ray. there are, as has been stated elsewh

constitute the personality of each ray life. some esoteric thinkers believe that there are twelve planets to be considered in our solar system, and there is a basis for their conclusion. the personality of this third ray life functions through the following planets: 1. the mental body expresses itself through the medium of the planet saturn. 2. the astral body expresses itself through the planet mars. 3. the physical body expresses itself through the planet earth. the potency of this life is such that he requires three complete schemes all three closely allied and interdependent through which to express himself. uranus, jupiter and venus are similarly allied in order to manifest or express a great life. these facts constitute a tremendous mystery, and in no way negate the truth that venus

the sight of suffering, and secondly, through pure, disinterested service, which is a quality of the soul. there is, finally, the active application and the complete sacrifice of the lower separated self through the power to "stand in spiritual being" which necessarily infers that one has reached that state of consciousness which transcends what may be called, symbolically the "earth, saturn and mars" state of consciousness. let it not, however, be forgotten that the contribution to these three great planetary lives, as they embody pre-eminently the law of sacrifice, through pain and rebellion, is a major contribution to the whole, and greatly enriches the sum total. the units of divine life and the atoms of electrical energy who pass through these three planetary schemes are subject to t

done in conjunction with a consultation of their horoscopes. this will be discussed more at length after we have considered the astrological implications of the rays, in the succeeding volume. the law of sacrifice, therefore, can never be eliminated in our earth scheme, as far as the human and subhuman reactions to sorrow and pain are concerned, nor can it be eliminated on the planets saturn and mars. it is relatively unknown in the other schemes. bliss and sacrifice are synonymous terms as far as our solar logos is concerned, and also for the majority of the planetary logoi. this must be remembered. a touch of this freedom from the limitations of pain and sorrow can be found among the more advanced sons of men on earth, who know the ecstasy of the mystic, the exaltation of the initiate

dicated a sequence of unfoldment which is individual, racial and universal. if we extend these ideas into their planetary connotations (which is interesting but probably quite useless to you) i would add that: 1. touch..is the keynote of the evolution proceeding at this time on venus. it is sensitivity to spiritual impression. 2. hearing..is the keynote of the evolution proceeding at this time on mars. it is spiritual telepathy and knowledge. 3. sight..is the keynote of the evolution proceeding at this time on the earth. it is spiritual vision leading to identification. let us now consider how the abuse of the lower psychic powers may be arrested temporarily until such time as the initiate may seek to use them, in full consciousness and with full control. the prime difficulty of the natura

peculiar product, gold, and that enigma, money. 4. venusian forces of great potency are also playing upon our planet. in this connection, i would suggest that astrologers would be well advised to pay more attention to the activity and the- 431- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust influence of venus. much emphasis has been laid upon saturn and mars in the charts now considered. in the future, equal emphasis will have to be paid to the planet venus, which in the aquarian age will supersede mars as a basic influence. 5. the forces of the planetary entity who is beginning to stir in his long sleep, and is therefore causing much of the physical, cataclysmic phenomena of the present time. with this we have naught to do except to register the

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here also a thing that many people are very apt to do, thus shifting responsibility. what is happening in the world today is a world happening, not a continental and local occurrence. germany is therefore controlled by the following energies and forces, and a study of the consequent inter-relations should prove interesting to the detached and open-minded student. germany 1. aries with its rulers, mars, mercury and uranus> the nation. 2. pisces with its rulers, jupiter and pluto. 3. scorpio with its rulers, mars and pluto> berlin. 4. leo with its ruler, the sun. 5. the soul ray. harmony through conflict. 4th. 6. personality ray. will or power. 1st. 7. ray influences of an indirect nature, coming via the planetary rulers: a. ray 6. idealism or devotion, via mars which rules aries and is the

ular world cycle. germany is mediumistic, as was its dictator, as i have earlier indicated; it is the aries-leo influences which produced the dictator. the piscean personality of germany (which is the sign governing mediumship) accounts for the apparently fluid grasp of essentials and the inability of its people and ruling government to stand by pledges. the influence of the sixth ray, coming via mars, martially applied, and the lack of true spiritual love as it is diverted into sentimental personality devotions, account temporarily for the mass negligence to assert itself on behalf of the oppressed and in the interests of the higher principles. the need for this assertion is realised by many in germany but the negative piscean personality attitude provides a great obstacle and accounts fo

mental personality devotions, account temporarily for the mass negligence to assert itself on behalf of the oppressed and in the interests of the higher principles. the need for this assertion is realised by many in germany but the negative piscean personality attitude provides a great obstacle and accounts for what has puzzled all who know and love the german people. at present, the influence of mars, of leo and of pisces in their lower octave or connotations, are dominant. that which can offset this unhappy situation is the influence of scorpio, the sign of discipleship and one of the death signs in the zodiac. the struggle for the soul of the people and its emergence into control is really taking place today in berlin and upon the decision of this conflict much depends. france whose sou

fluence which leads to a blind rushing forward towards a goal, irrespective of consequences and implications, yet essentially the inner straight line of foreseen and planned activity will hold italy true to the objective. the following conditioning forces make the story of italy sufficiently clear: italy 1. leo with its ruler, the sun> nation 2. sagittarius with its rulers, jupiter, the earth and mars. 3. taurus- with its rulers, venus and vulcan> capital. 4. leo with its ruler, the sun. 5. soul ray ideals, devotion. 6th. 6. personality harmony through conflict. 4th. 7. ray influences of an indirect nature, coming through the planetary rulers: a. ray 2. love-wisdom, via the sun and jupiter. this again relates italy to the second ray soul of great britain and tends to a basic understanding

nd ray influence it is the wisdom aspect more than the love aspect which is dominant. love is in reality, understanding wisdom in active expression. b. ray 3. active intelligence, via the earth. it was this earth influence which, in the past, gave italy her world dominion and which swayed the italian personality towards the thought of another worldwide empire. c. ray 6. devotion and idealism, via mars. i would remind you that the soul ray of italy is also the sixth ray. you have, therefore, the influence of mars dominating italian and roman history, and it is this martian tendency which lay at the base of the german italian axis. it, however, is not today the controlling factor. d. ray 5. concrete knowledge or science, via venus. this influence is also dominant in great britain and again c

population, for sagittarius rules both italy and washington. the influences are, therefore, as follows: 1. aquarius with its rulers, uranus, jupiter and the moon> nation. 2. gemini with its rulers, mercury, venus and the earth. 3. cancer with its rulers, the moon and neptune> capital- 48- the destiny of the nations copyright 1998 lucis trust 4. sagittarius with its rulers, jupiter, the earth and mars. 5. the soul ray love-wisdom. 2nd. 6. personality ray idealism devotion. 6th. 7. indirect influences via the planetary rulers are many, and the rays conditioning this country are consequently many, owing to the mixture of races found there. of these influences there are eleven in all, for the earth presents two aspects and the moon veils both vulcan and uranus. a. ray 7. order and magic, via

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the complete fusion of the related energies and, therefore, full expression, a great world period comes to an end. for a long time during this cycle of reincarnations and periods of manifestation, the human being is conditioned almost entirely by the activity of the non-sacred planets. these, as you know, are five in number: the sun (veiling a planet) the moon (veiling a planet) the earth itself mars pluto man speaking symbolically is the "five-pointed star and, at the fiery points, the forces of the man pour out and upon each fiery point appears a centre of reception" this is of course pictorially expressed, but the meaning is clear. however, as man nears the path of discipleship the influence of the sacred planets becomes increasingly effective, until after the final and fifth initiatio

0- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust constellation r uler ray related to 1. aries .m ars. 6th ray .s corpio .s ame ruler. 2. taurus. venus. 5th ray. libra" 3. gemini. mercury .4 th ray .v irgo" 4. cancer. moon. 4th ray. none. 5. leo .t he sun. 2nd ray .n one. 6. virgo. mercury .4 th ray .g emini" 7. libra .v enus. 5th ray .t aurus" 8. scorpio. mars. 6th ray. aries" 9. sagittarius. jupiter. 2nd ray .p isces" 10. capricorn .s aturn. 3rd ray .n one. 11. aquarius. uranus. 7th ray. none. 12. pisces. jupiter. 2nd ray .s agittarius" a. the non-sacred planets are italicised. b. all the rays are represented except the first. this is interesting, as the mass of the people move within their horoscopes and the will aspect is latent but unexpressed

charts connected with the path, progress is from aries to pisces through taurus, etc. constellation r uler ray related to 1. aries .m ercury .4 th ray .v irgo .s ame ray. 2. taurus. vulcan. 1st ray. pisces" 3. gemini. venus. 5th ray. none. 4. cancer. neptune. 6th ray. scorpio" 5. leo .t he sun. 2nd ray .a quarius" 6. virgo. the moon. 4th ray. aries" 7. libra .u ranus .7 th ray .n one. 8. scorpio. mars. 6th ray. cancer" 9. sagittarius. the earth. 3rd ray .c apricorn" 10. capricorn .s aturn. 3rd ray .s agittarius- 41- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust 11. aquarius. jupiter. 2nd ray .l eo" 12. pisces. pluto. 1st ray. taurus" note: in connection with disciples and the zodiacal signs, gemini and libra are two constellations which through the

and capricorn, through the earth and saturn, are related to ray 3. the one-pointed disciple becomes the initiate. the initiate 4. aries and virgo, through mercury and the moon, are related to ray 4. harmonising the cosmos and the individual through conflict, producing unity and beauty. the birth pangs of the second birth. the cosmic and individual christ 5. cancer and scorpio, through neptune and mars, are related to ray 6. transformation of the mass consciousness into the inclusive consciousness of the disciple. the triumphant disciple i would call attention to the fact that in tabulation iv, the relationship is between the planets which rule, and in tabulation v the emphasis is laid upon the conditioning ray. tabulation vi. planetary rulers in 3 tabulations constellation o rthodox d isci

lation o rthodox d isciple h ierarchies 1. aries .m ars. mercury .u ranus- 42- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust 2. taurus. venus. vulcan. vulcan. 3. gemini. mercury .v enus. the earth. 4. cancer. the moon. neptune. neptune. 5. leo. the sun. the sun. the sun. 6. virgo. mercury .t he moon. jupiter. 7. libra .v enus. uranus .s aturn. 8. scorpio. mars. mars. mercury. 9. sagittarius. jupiter. the earth. mars. 10. capricorn .s aturn. saturn. venus. 11. aquarius. uranus. jupiter. the moon. 12. pisces. jupiter. pluto. pluto. tabulation vii. unorthodox constellations, rulers and rays in connection with the hierarchies constellation r uler ray related to 1. aries .u ranus .7 th ray .n one. 2. taurus. vulcan. 1st ray. pisces. same ray. 3. gemini

s in connection with the hierarchies constellation r uler ray related to 1. aries .u ranus .7 th ray .n one. 2. taurus. vulcan. 1st ray. pisces. same ray. 3. gemini. the earth. 3rd ray. libra" 4. cancer. neptune. 6th ray. sagittarius" 5. leo .t he sun. 2nd ray .v irgo" 6. virgo. jupiter. 2nd ray .l eo" 7. libra .s aturn. 3rd ray .g emini" 8. scorpio .m ercury .4 th ray .a quarius" 9. sagittarius. mars. 6th ray. cancer" 10. capricorn .v enus. 5th ray .n one. 11. aquarius. the moon. 4th ray. scorpio" 12. pisces. pluto. lst ray .t aurus" note: aries and capricorn in conjunction with 7th and 5th ray energy stand alone. the other constellations and rays are related in every case. a. ray 1 taurus and pisces, through vulcan and pluto. b. ray 2 leo and virgo, through the sun and jupiter. c. ray 3

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

the love of god, to the consciousness aspect of deity, to the hierarchy as a whole, entering it through the ashram of the master who has aided him to take initiation, to the planets venus and mercury, to the sun sirius, and to the heart of the sun. 3. the personality relates the initiate to the mind of god, to the intelligence principle of the planetary life, to humanity as a whole, to saturn and mars, and to the physical sun through its pranic aspect. 4. the life aspect of the planet, or that great ocean of forces in which all these three aspects live and move and have their being, relates the initiate to that life which works out through shamballa, through the hierarchy and through humanity, thus forming part of the great sumtotal of manifestation. it is to these major quaternaries that

ALICE BAILEY THE LABOURS OF HERCULES

perform thy labor- 19- the labours of hercules and return to me, reporting on the deed" with shouts of triumph hercules rushed forth, running between the pillars of the gate with over-weening confidence and surety of power. and thus the labor started and the first great act of service was begun. the story that they tell carries instruction for the sons of men, who are the sons of god. the son of mars, diomedes of fiery fame, ruled in the land beyond the gate, and there he raised the horses and the mares of war, upon the marshes of his land. wild were these horses and fierce the mares and all men trembled at their sound, for they ravaged up and down the land, wreaking great damage, killing all the sons of men who crossed their path, and breeding steadily most wild and evil horses "capture

in spirit until the last labor has been accomplished. thus he sets out on his first labor, little realizing the magnitude of his task, and unprepared for failure. the delightful part of the story of hercules is his impulsiveness and the fact that he was not always successful. he failed sometimes and had to redo the labor until success followed on his efforts. he is told that diomedes, the son of mars, the god of war, possesses a large number of brood mares. these were running wild, devastating the countryside, doing much damage and subsisting on the flesh of human beings. no one was safe from them and terror had settled down on the neighborhood. besides this, these brood mares were breeding great numbers of war horses, and diomedes was very concerned with the outcome of the situation. eur

first labor, indicate the feminine aspect of the mind as it gives birth to ideas, to theories and to concepts. the thought-form making tendency of the mind is here symbolized, embodying the ideas conceived, and which are let loose upon the world, devastating and destroying when emanating from the lower mind, but constructing and saving when coming from the soul. the exoteric ruler of this sign is mars, the god of war, and so hercules, acting under the right direction of thought and beginning his work on the mental plane, takes his stand as the warrior. his outstanding characteristic in this sign is the pioneering, militant spirit. the mares were in the possession of diomedes, the son of mars (but the esoteric ruler is mercury, which "illumines the mind and mediates between the soul and the

but unto those who dwelt upon the shores of the great sea. they listened and they heard. upon those shores dwelt the great queen, who reigned o'er all the women of the then known world. they were her vassals and her warriors bold. within her realm, of men not one was found. only the women, gathered round their queen. within the temple of the moon they daily worshipped and there they sacrificed to mars, the god of war [113] back from their annual visit to the haunts of men they came. within the temple precincts they awaited word from hippolyte, their queen, who stood upon the steps of the high altar, wearing the girdle given her by venus, queen of love. this girdle was a symbol, a symbol of unity achieved through struggle, conflict, strife, a symbol of motherhood and of the sacred child to

utiful and their mantric power seems destroyed by paraphrasing them. it is to be noted also that the labor was not described to hercules as in other cases. the word went out only to the country where the queen of the amazons ruled her woman's world, all men excluded. it was left for hercules to understand the nature of the labor, and he did not. also the amazons worshipped the moon (the form, and mars, the god of war; they too did not understand their true function, for mary is pictured with the moon under her feet, and in her arms the one to be known as the prince of peace. the two ways as always there is a choice for good or evil before the native of a sign, depending on his status of evolution and the degree of sensitivity. virgo is called the goddess of virtue or of vice. but what is t

he human mind, in the silence of a man's heart, when he turns towards the light that shines upon him from the residue of immortality dwelling in him. the libran sets out to remake himself, knowing that this is his first step towards the remaking of the world. the rulers of libra and its opposite sign the opposite sign of libra, with which at-one-ment must be made, is aries whose exoteric ruler is mars, while the ruler of libra is venus. exoterically, therefore, there must be at-one-ment between the will and the higher mind, expressing itself through desire or love according to the status of evolution. the esoteric ruler of libra is uranus, and saturn in this sign is the ruler of that "stupendous creative hierarchy" which forms part of the third aspect of divinity. it is for this reason tha

ARADIA GOSPEL OF THE WITCHES

r for drink or for clothing or for any other such thing" and these things were presented to him in a mystery, and immediately he disappeared from him. and he went to his fellow disciples and related to them what the savior had told him. jesus christ, amen. the apocryphon according to j a 30 this passage recalls strangely enough the worship of the graeco-roman goddess pavororfear, the attendant on mars. she was much invoked, as in the present instance, to terrify intrudersor an enemy. aeschylusmakes the seven chiefs before thebes swear by fear, mars, and bellona.mem. acad. of inscriptions, v. 9.appendix.comments on the foregoing t exts. 31 hence the saying that to know all would be to forvive all; which may be nine-tenths true, butthereisa tenth of responsible guilt. 32 friedrich, symbolik

BASIL VALENTINE TWELVE KEYS

ich is found in the most precious of metals. but though her spirit is of good quality, her body is leprous, and affords no permanent substratum to the fixed tincture. hence the soul has to share the fate of the imperfect body, and when the body dies the soul has to leave it. for its dwelling has been destroyed by fire, and it is without a house wherein to abide. fixed salt has imparted to warlike mars a hard, firm, and durable body, which is evidence of the generosity of his soul; nor can fire be said to have twelve keys of basil valentine 15 of 95 much power over it. and if its strength be united to the beauty of venus, i do not say but that a precious and harmonious result may be obtained. for the phlegmatic or humid quality of the moon may be heated with the ardent blood of venus, and t

of the generosity of his soul; nor can fire be said to have twelve keys of basil valentine 15 of 95 much power over it. and if its strength be united to the beauty of venus, i do not say but that a precious and harmonious result may be obtained. for the phlegmatic or humid quality of the moon may be heated with the ardent blood of venus, and the blackness of venus removed with the strong salt of mars. you need not look for our metallic seed among the elements. it need not be sought so far back. if you can only rectify the mercury, sulphur, and salt (understand, those of the sages) until the metallic spirit and body are inseparably joined together by means of the metallic soul, you thereby firmly rivet the chain of love, and prepare the palace for the coronation. these things represent a l

re united, we may call them the mercurial liquid: a water which was examined by mercury, found by him to be pure and spotless, and therefore espoused by him as his wife. of the two was born an incombustible oil; for mercury became so proud that he hardly knew himself. he put twelve keys of basil valentine 17 of 95 forth eagle feathers, and devoured the slippery tail, of the dragon, and challenged mars to battle. then mars summoned his horsemen, and bade them enclose mercury in prison under the ward of vulcan, until he should be liberated by one of the female sex. when this became known, the other planets assembled and held a deliberation on the question, what would be the best and wisest course to adopt. when they were met together, saturn first came forward, and delivered himself as follo

, shut him up in prison, and keep him there till he dies and is decomposed, nay, until not a drop of his blood is to be seen. then yellow jupiter stepped forward, bent his knees, inclined his sceptre, and with great authority twelve keys of basil valentine 18 of 95 bade them carry out the demand of saturn. he added that he would punish everyone who did not aid the execution of this sentence. then mars presented himself, with sword drawn v v a sword that shone with many colours, and gave out a beautiful and unwonted splendour. this sword he gave to the warder vulcan, and bade him slay mercury, and burn him, together with his bones, to ashes. this vulcan consented to do. while he was executing his office, there appeared a beautiful lady in a long, silver robe, intertissued with many waters

r masters require a pure, immaculate body, that is untainted with any foreign admixture, which admixture is the leprosy of our metals. let the diadem of the king be of pure gold, and let the queen that is united to him in wedlock be chaste and immaculate. if you would operate by means of our bodies, take a fierce grey wolf, which, though on account of its name it be subject to the sway of warlike mars, is by birth the offspring of ancient saturn, and is found in the valleys and mountains of the world, where he roams about savage with hunger. cast to him the body of the king, and when he has devoured it, burn him entirely to ashes in a great fire. by this process the king will be liberated; and when it has been performed thrice the lion has overcome the wolf, and will find nothing more to d

crimson banner, in which there is an embroidered representation of charity in green garments. saturn is the prefect of the royal household, and in front of him astronomy bears a black standard, with a representation of faith in yellow and red garments. jupiter is the grand marshal, and is preceded by a banner of grey colour, borne by rhetoric, and adorned with a variegated representation of hope. mars is at the head of military affairs, and executes his office with a certain fiery ardour. geometry carries before him a crimson banner, on which you may behold courage in a crimson cloak. mercury holds the office of chancellor; arithmetic is his standard bearer, and his standard is of many colours; on it may be observed the figure of temperance in a many coloured robe. the sun is vice vregent

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

protection. skt. rak.a rak.a. 348 which are the destroyed teachings. 349 of being initially killed by the king. 350 because of the initial prayers of the princess. 351 "one-eyed woman" 352 this is understood as summoning the deities for purposes of propitiation. 353 the elders. 354 the location of the temple complex of samy. 355 red eye on the rise. this is in reference to tuesday and the planet mars; this segment seems to be referring to an astrologically appropriate time. 356 and words. 357 by means of a blood knife. 158 effigies360 from] red earth361 of the three highest362 and barley flour, which endows [the might demon] with the manner of grasping363 and killing.364 on top of a high red mansion, on the red arrow of a might demon the shape of a red arrow, hang red silk, slashed skin

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ta, eve, etc, etc, are identical with the aditi and vach of the hindus. they are all the "mothers of all living" and "of the gods" on the other hand- cosmically and astronomically- all the male gods became at first "sun-gods" then, theologically, the "suns of righteousness" and the logoi, all symbolised by the sun* they are all protogonoi (the first-born) and[[footnote(s* adam-jehovah, brahma and mars are, in one sense, identical; they are all symbols for primitive or initial generative powers for the purposes of human procreation. adam is red, and so also are brahma-viraj and mars- god and planet. water is the blood of the earth; therefore, all these names are connected with earth and water "it takes earth and water to create a human soul" says moses. mars is identical with kartikeya god

ater to create a human soul" says moses. mars is identical with kartikeya god of war (in one sense- which god is born of the sweat of siva, siva gharmaja and the earth. in the mahabharata he is shown as born without the intervention of a woman. and he is also called "lohita" the red, like adam, and the other "first men" hence, the author of "the source of measures" is quite right in thinking that mars (and all the other gods of like attributes "being the god of war and of[[footnote continued on next page[[vol. 2, page] 44 the secret doctrine. mikroprosopoi. with the jews adam kadmon was the same as athamaz, tamaz, or the adonis of the greeks "the one with, and of his father- the "father" becoming during the later races helios, the sun, as apollo karneios* for instance, who was the "sun bor

from the horizon and descends under the earth, as though he would make room for the fraternal orb which comes to life with night, is pollux, who sacrifices himself for castor; castor, who, inferior to his brother, owes to him his immortality: for the moon, says theophrastus, is only another, but feebler sun (de ventis 17. see decharme, p. 655* see "book of enoch* adam (kadmon) is, like brahma and mars, the symbol of the generative and creative power typifying water and earth- an alchemical secret "it takes earth and water to create a human soul" said moses. mars is the hindu mangala, the planet mars, identical with kartikeya, the "war-god" born of gharma-ja (siva's sweat) and of the[[footnote continued on next page[[vol. 2, page] 125 jah-hovah androgynous. separating into man and woman, an

c form and use" precisely; only "the phallic form and use" came long ages later; and the first and original meaning of enos, the son of seth, was the first race born in the present usual way from man and woman--for seth is no man, but a race. before him humanity was hermaphrodite[[footnote(s[[footnote continued from previous page] earth. he is lokita, the red, like brahma also and adam. the hindu mars is, like adam, born from no woman and mother. with the egyptians, mars was the primeval generative principle, and so are brahma, in exoteric teaching, and adam, in the kabala* abel is chebel, meaning "pains of birth" conception* see "isis unveiled" vol. ii, p. 398, where jehovah is shown to be adam and eve blended, and hevah, and abel, the feminine serpent* see "isis unveiled" vol. i, 305 "th

speculating further upon this "critical" state, mr. mattieu williams emits some quite occult theories about jupiter and other planets. he says "our notions of solids, liquids, and gases are derived from our experiences of the state of matter here upon this earth. could we be removed to another planet, they would be curiously changed. on mercury water would rank as one of the condensible gases; on mars, as a fusible solid; but what on jupiter "recent observations justify us in regarding this as a miniature sun, with an external envelope of cloudy matter, apparently of partially-condensed water, but red-hot, or probably still hotter within. his vaporous atmosphere is evidently of enormous depth, and the force of gravitation being on his visible outer surface two-and-a-half[[footnote continue

myths they must be. it shows, at any rate, that berosus was well aware of the source of genesis, and that it bore the same cosmic astronomical character as the allegories of isis-osiris, and the ark, and other older "arkite" symbols. for, berosus says that "titea magna" was afterwards called aretia* and worshipped with the earth; and this[[footnote(s* aretia is the female form of artes (egyptian mars. thence the chaldean (and now hebrew) word[[hebrew (aretz "earth" the author of "beitrage zur kenntniss (art. under "artes" mars) quotes "addit cedrenus (salem i, 3: stella martis ab[[footnote continued on next page[[vol. 2, page] 144 the secret doctrine. identifies "titea" noah's consort, with rhea, the mother of the titans, and with ida- both being goddesses who preside over the earth, and

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ltist will maintain that, whereas there are many yet undiscovered planets in our system, neptune does not belong to it, his apparent connection with our sun and the influence of the latter upon neptune notwithstanding. this connection is mayavic, imaginary, they say[[vol. 1, page] 103 the stellar "sons of light" but little, would have killed such comparatively small "houses" as mercury, venus and mars. as uranus was not known before the end of the eighteenth century, the name of the fourth planet mentioned in the allegory must remain to us, so far, a mystery. the "breath" of all the "seven" is said to be bhaskara (light-making, because they (the planets) were all comets and suns in their origin. they evolve into manvantaric life from primaeval chaos (now the noumenon of irresolvable nebula

y, as is the chain to which the earth belongs (see "esoteric[[footnote(s* see the note which follows the commentary on the preceding page, and also the summary of the stanzas in the proem, page 22* many more planets are enumerated in the secret books than in modern astronomical works[[vol. 1, page] 153 descending and re-ascending states. buddhism. for instance, all such planets as mercury, venus, mars, jupiter, saturn, etc, etc, or our earth, are as visible to us as our globe, probably, is to the inhabitants of the other planets, if any, because they are all on the same plane; while the superior fellowglobes of these planets are on other planes quite outside that of our terrestrial senses. as their relative position is given further on, and also in the diagram appended to the comments on v

ve been. as a result thereof gratuitous speculations were sometimes indulged in by the european lay-chelas. among such were (a) the "mystery of the eighth sphere" in its relation to the moon; and (b) the erroneous statement that two of the superior globes of the terrestrial chain were two of our well-known planets "besides the earth. there are only two other worlds of our chain which are visible. mars and mercury (esoteric buddhism; p. 136) this was a great mistake. but the blame for it is to be attached as much to the vagueness and incompleteness of the master's answer as to the question of the learner itself, which was equally vague and indefinite. it was asked "what planets, of those known to ordinary science, besides mercury, belong to our system of worlds" now if by "system of worlds"

, which was equally vague and indefinite. it was asked "what planets, of those known to ordinary science, besides mercury, belong to our system of worlds" now if by "system of worlds" our terrestrial chain or "string" was intended in the mind of the querist, instead of the "solar system of worlds" as it should have been, then of course the answer was likely to be misunderstood. for the reply was "mars, etc, and four other planets of which astronomy knows nothing. neither a, b, nor yz are known nor can they be seen through physical means however perfected" this is plain (a) astronomy as yet knows nothing in reality of the planets, neither the ancient ones, nor those discovered in modern times (b) no companion planets from a to z, i.e, no upper globes of any chain in the solar system, can be

d four other planets of which astronomy knows nothing. neither a, b, nor yz are known nor can they be seen through physical means however perfected" this is plain (a) astronomy as yet knows nothing in reality of the planets, neither the ancient ones, nor those discovered in modern times (b) no companion planets from a to z, i.e, no upper globes of any chain in the solar system, can be seen* as to mars, mercury, and "the four other planets" they bear[[footnote(s* with the exception of course of all the planets which come fourth in number, as our earth, the moon, etc, etc. copies of all the letters ever received or sent, with the exception of a few private ones "in which there was no teaching" the master says- are with the writer. as it was her duty, in the beginning, to answer and explain c

master or high occultist will ever speak, much less explain the nature* let it now be distinctly stated, then, that the theory broached is impossible, with or without the additional evidence furnished by modern astronomy. physical science can supply corroborative, though still very uncertain, evidence, but only as regards heavenly bodies on the same plane of materiality as our objective universe. mars and mercury, venus and jupiter, like every hitherto discovered planet (or those still to be discovered, are all, per se, the representatives on our plane of such chains. as distinctly stated in one of the numerous letters of mr. sinnett's "teacher "there are other and innumerable manvantaric chains of globes which bear intelligent beings both in and outside our solar system" but neither mars

BLUE EQUINOX

hole of our work. liber vii. liber liberi vel lapidis lazuli, adumbratio kabbal gyptiorum sub figur vii, being the voluntary emancipation of a certain exempt adept from his adeptship. these are the birth words of curriculum of a.a. 31 a master of the temple. the nature of this book is sufficiently explained by its title. its seven chapters are referred to the seven planets in the following order: mars, saturn, jupiter, sol, mercury, luna, venus. liber vi. liber o vel manus et sagitt. the instructions given in this book are too loose to find place in the class d publications. instructions given for elementary study of the qabalah, assumption of god forms, vibrations of divine names, the rituals of pentagram and hexagram, and their uses in protection and invocation, a method of obtaining ast

it is a little cottage of red and green, by the western side of a great lake, and it is hidden in the woods. man, therefore, is at odds with wood and water; and being a magician bethinketh himself to take one of these enemies, wood, which is both the effect and cause of that excess of water, and compel it to fight for him against the other. what then maketh he? why, he taketh unto himself iron of mars, an axe and a saw and a wedge and a knife, and he divideth wood therewith against himself, hewing him into many small pieces, so that he hath no longer any strength against his will. good; then taketh he the fire of our father the sun, and setteth it directly in battle array against that water by his army of wood that he hath conquered and drilled, building it up into a phalanx like unto a co

t the .way..however dimly, and lost among the host.as does the evening star to those who tread their path in darkness. the principal method of karma yoga indicated is the preaching of the good law. of course it will be understood that anyone thus unfortunately situated cannot understand the law, but the law is of such virtue that this is not a fatal disadvantage. see liber ccc. 54. behold migmar (mars) as in his crimson veils his .eye. sweeps over slumbering earth. behold the fiery aura of the .hand. of lhagpa (mercury) extended in protecting love over the heads of his ascetics. both are now servants to nyima (the sun) left in his absence silent watchers in the night. yet both in kalpas past were bright nyimas, and may in future .days. again become two suns. such are the falls and rises of

ent watchers in the night. yet both in kalpas past were bright nyimas, and may in future .days. again become two suns. such are the falls and rises of the karmic law in nature. the astronomy of the author of this book is not equal to her poetic prose. mercury can hardly be said to have a fiery aura, or to be a silent watcher in the night. nor is it easy to attach any meaning to the statement that mars and mercury were once suns. the theories of transmigration of personality involved are a little difficult! the equinox 58 55. be, o lanoo, like them. give light and comfort to the toiling pilgrim, and seek out him who knows still less than thou; who in his wretched desolation sits starving for the bread of wisdom and the bread which feeds the shadow, without a teacher, hope or consolation, an

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ide and fertile land: the king of the spirits of earth" 18. the queen of pentacles is "the queen of the thrones of earth" 19. the king of pentacles is "the prince of the chariot of earth" 20. the knave of pentacles is "the princess of the echoing hills: the rose of the palace of earth" no. card lord of decan in 21 5 of wands strife saturn leo 22 6 of wands victory jupiter leo 23 7 of wands valour mars leo 24 8 of pentacles prudence sun virgo 25 9 of pentacles material gain venus virgo 26 10 of pentacles wealth mercury virgo 27 2 of swords peace restored moon libra 28 3 of swords sorrow saturn libra 29 4 of swords rest from strife jupiter libra 30 5 of cups loss in pleasure mars scorpio 31 6 of cups pleasure sun scorpio 32 7 of cups illusionary success venus scorpio 33 8 of wands swiftness

n libra 29 4 of swords rest from strife jupiter libra 30 5 of cups loss in pleasure mars scorpio 31 6 of cups pleasure sun scorpio 32 7 of cups illusionary success venus scorpio 33 8 of wands swiftness mercury sagittarius 34 9 of wands great strength moon sagittarius 35 10 of wands oppression saturn sagittarius 36 2 of pentacles harmonious change jupiter capricorn 37 3 of pentacles material works mars capricorn 38 4 of pentacles earthly power sun capricorn 39 5 of swords defeat venus aquarius 40 6 of swords earned success mercury aquarius 41 7 of swords unstable effort moon aquarius 42 8 of cups abandoned success saturn pisces 43 9 of cups material happiness jupiter pisces 44 10 of cups perfected success mars pisces 45 2 of wands dominion mars aries 46 3 of wands established strength sun a

isces 44 10 of cups perfected success mars pisces 45 2 of wands dominion mars aries 46 3 of wands established strength sun aries 47 4 of wands perfected work venus aries 48 5 of pentacles material trouble mercury taurus 49 6 of pentacles material success moon taurus 50 7 of pentacles success unfulfilled saturn taurus 51 8 of swords shortened force jupiter gemini 52 9 of swords despair and cruelty mars gemini 53 10 of swords ruin sun gemini 54 2 of cups love venus cancer 55 3 of cups abundance mercury cancer 56 4 of cups blended pleasure moon cancer no. card the twenty-two keys of the book letter attribution 57 the foolish man the spirit of gr:alpha-iota-theta-eta-rho aleph air 58 the magician the magus of power bet mercury book t page 2 of 26 http//www.private.org.il/gd/book-t.html 13/10/2

ibra 69 the hanged man the spirit of the mighty waters mem water 70 death the child of the great transformers: the lord of the gates of death nun scorpio 71 temperance the daughter of the reconcilers: the bringer-forth of life samekh sagittarius 72 the devil the lord of the gates of matter: the child of the forces of time ayin capricorn 73 the blasted tower the lord of the hosts of the mighty peh mars 74 the star the daughter of the firmament, the dweller between the waters tzaddi aquarius 75 the moon the ruler of flux and reflux: the child of the sons of the mighty qof pisces 76 the sun the lord of the fire of the world resh sun 77 the judgment the spirit of the primal fire shin spirit and fire 78 the universe the great one of the night of time taw earth and saturn book t page 3 of 26 htt

other suits. or in gemini leo libra capricorn pisces two swords: 1 each of others. head cross, orb held downwards brown princess winged ram's head grass, flowers, grove of trees, sceptre with disk, pentacle like that in ace rich brown dark card central decan of meaning day 3 of wands aries established strength sun 6 of pentacles taurus material success moon 9 of swords gemini despair and cruelty mars 3 of cups cancer abundance mercury 6 of wands leo victory jupiter 9 of pentacles virgo material gain venus 3 of swords libra sorrow saturn 6 of cups scorpio pleasure sun 9 of wands sagittarius great strength moon 3 of pentacles capricorn material works mars 6 of swords aquarius earned success mercury 9 of swords pisces material happiness jupiter saturn 1. leo strife 5 of wands. 2. libra sorro

of others. or in aries cancer virgo scorpio aquarius 2 cups: 1 each of others. or in taurus cancer virgo sagittarius aquarius two pentacles: 1 of each of the others. or in taurus cancer libra sagittarius aquarius two swords: 1 of each of the others. there being thirty-six decans and seven planets, it follows that one of the latter must rule over one more decan than the others. this is the planet mars, to which are allotted the last decan of pisces, and the first of aries, because the long cold of the winter requires a great energy to overcome it, and initiate spring. and the beginning of the decanates is from the royal star of leo, the great star cor leonis: and therefore is the first decan that of saturn in leo. here follow the general meanings of the small cards of the suits, as classif

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through his ministering angels. the censur and suffumigations: the types of perfumes and incenses and their qualities or purposes have been described in many other books on the royal art of magick, some falsely so and others truely. here follows a list of the incenses and perfumes which may be used and their practical associations in this work: the incenses: myrrh saturnus saffron jupiter sulfur mars olibanum sol benzion venus storax mercurius jasmine luna dittany of crete terra the aspersion bowl: this is to be filled with clear water and blessed and is to be used in the consecration of the temple,weapons and tools of this work. it should never have been used for eating or any other purpose. as the operator of the aspersion exalts the water in prayers and blessings and then brings it low

eing to ruin. the qliphoth and their servitors: neptune thamiel (thamal: thadekiel+ abraxsiel+ mahaziel+ azaza l +lufugiel pluto chaigidel (chigdal: chedeziel+ itqueziel+ golebriel+ dubriel+ alhaziel+ lufexiel saturn sateriel (sataral: saturniel+ abnexiel+ tagariel+ asteriel+ reqraziel+ abholziel+ lareziel+ jupiter gamehioth (gamchath: gabedriel+ amdebriel+ malexiel+ chedebriel+ a'othiel+ theriel mars galeb (gleb: gameliel+ lebrexiel+ ebaikiel+ barashiel sol tagaririm (tgrrm: taumeshriel+ gobraziel+ raqueziel+ rebrequel+ mephisophiel venus harab-serapel (hrb-srral: helebriel+ reteriel+ baruchiel+ satoriel+ refreziel+ reptoriel+ astoriel+ labreziel mercurius samael (smal: sheoliel+ molebriel+ afluxriel+ libridiel luna gamaliel (gmlial: gedebriel+ materiel+ lapreziel+ idexriel+ alephriel+ la

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respond with, your left hand (see cheiromancy above. it will also tie-in, in many ways, with your natal horoscope. suppose your birth number is 1. then the signing of contracts should be done on dates which also reduce to 1. your planetary sign is the sun, a fire sign. you would therefore be happiest married to someone whose sign is compatible, i.e. another fire sign or an air sign: sun, jupiter, mars, uranus or mercury-numbers 1, 3, 9, 4, 5. the numbers, their planets and signs, are as follows: 6: venus earth 7: neptune water 8: saturn earth 9: mars fire lesson nine: divination 1123 1: sun-fire 2: moon water 3: jupiter fire 4: uranus air 5: mercury air 124/ buckland's complete book of witchcraft name number the single primary number obtained from the numerical values of the letters of you

s. 8: saturn letters h, q, z inclined to be cold and pessimistic. not much sense of humor. often slow getting off the mark but usually ends up ahead of the game. successful, especially where money is concerned. frequently connected with mining, real estate and the law. also with cemeteries and pawnshops. believes that hard work never killed anyone. often prepossessed with thoughts of the past. 9: mars letters i, r very emotional. can be extremely jealous. active, though rules by the emotions. tied very much to family background. loyal. apt to be suspicious of strangers. impulsive. tends to be afraid of the unknown. often associated with surgery, physical and mental illnesses. you are all set now to study a friend from the numerological point of view. suppose your friend is named jane doe (

pects which appear; the relationship of the sun to the zodiac; the relationship of the moon; the ascendant's position; rising and by their signs. these traditional signs are: setting planets; positions above and below the horizon; relationships of the planets to the houses and to the zodiac signs; the decanates. all these aspects must be studied and explained. examples of what might be found are "mars square with saturn; jupiter and the sun in opposition, or jupiter sextile with mercury. mars square with saturn would indicate a certain amount of callousness due to mars' ruthlessness and impulsiveness, together with saturn's seclusion and introversion. jupiter and the sun in opposition could mean a somewhat self-centered person given to extravagance, due to the forcefulness and determinatio

, patriotic and interested in public welfare. mercury is quick-witted; an extremely active mind, good for research, exploration, analysis, judgement; good for writers, teachers, orators. venus is again, of course, feminine; very much of love. to do with friendship, physical attraction, feeling, peace-making, pleasures; associated with musicians, jewelers, actors, dress-makers, artists and nurses. mars is for action, with great energy and courage. may be brutal and may be jealous; frequently the cause of sexual problems. impulsive, loyal, fearful of the unknown; associated with soldiers, surgeons, sportspeople and craftspeople. each of the twelve zodiac signs is spoken of as being "ruled" by one of the planets. what this means is that there is a close affinity between the two. where a lesso

ortspeople and craftspeople. each of the twelve zodiac signs is spoken of as being "ruled" by one of the planets. what this means is that there is a close affinity between the two. where a lesson nine: divination/ 129 130/ buckland's complete book of witchcraft planet is classed as being "watery" or "fiery, so the sign or signs that it rules are of that type. the sign aries is ruled by the planet mars. taurus is ruled by venus. gemini by mercury; cancer by the moon; leo by the sun; virgo by mercury; libra by venus; scorpio by mars; sagittarius by jupiter; capricorn by saturn; aquarius by saturn (some astrologers prefer uranus) and pisces by jupiter (again some say by neptune. generally it can be said that a fiery sign would not get along well with a water sign, nor would a water sign get a

f the full moon itself, the 15th. days of the week can play a part too. for example, friday is always associated with venus who, in turn, is associated with love. so do love magick on a friday, if at all possible. the correlation of days and planets, with their governing of properties, is as follows. choose your day for working magick based on these. monday moon merchandise; dreams; theft tuesday mars matrimony; war; enemies; prison wednesday mercury debt; fear; loss thursday jupiter honor; riches; clothing; desires friday venus love; friendship; strangers saturday saturn life; building; doctrine; protection sunday sun fortune; hope; money cord magick many witches and covens work cord magick. for this you will need a cord, or tingulum as it is sometimes called, that is nine feet long (thre

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from the zohar, or book of splendor. the great sea, of course, is binah. 2 the prophet is jonah, i v n h, signifying "a dove. note well that the dove is the bird of venus, and that the "great fish" mentioned in jonah 1: 17 is dag gedul, d g g d v l, for which the numeral value is 50, the same as that of the letter nun. furthermore, the zodiacal sign scorpio, relating to reproduction, and ruled by mars, is attributed to nun. when the "great fish" swallows the "dove" the forces of venus and mars are conjoined. note also that nineveh, the capital of assyria, where jonah was sent, is spelt n i n v h, so that it combines the letters in n v n, nun, and i h, jah "pains and sorrows" in hebrew is khobli, ch b l i, and this word adds up to 50, the value of nun. so also the noun translated "sea" is y

ce attributed to the letter nun is a specialization of the image-making faculty inherent in the universal consciousness. as manifested in human mentation, it is the force by means of which man transforms his environment, and hence it is essentially destructive in its effects upon existing conditions, for it destroys the old to build the new "in this connection observe that scorpio is the house of mars by night, in contrast to aries which mars rules by day. in the tarot, nun corresponds to death, while heh, the letter corresponding to aries, is attributed to the emperor. death is the ruler of form, and the world of formation, as the emperor is the ruler of the creative world. that is to say, all forms must change, and what changes them is imagination "the universal imagination performs the

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only be invoked in their most positive aspects for the purpose of defending the weak and never for revenge or personal anger. experienced witches call on them only rarely and with the purest intent under the law of threefold return. the exception is bellona, who is a benevolent and effective focus for female power and courage. bellona bellona is the roman goddess of war, the female counterpart of mars whose chariot she drove into battle. she is especially good for women's assertiveness and self-confidence rituals. she carries a sword and wears a helmet. kali kali, the dark side of the hindu mother goddess, came into being when shiva, the husband of the mother goddess shakti, taunted her for her dark skin. in fury she carried out rituals until her skin became golden inside. shakti then shed

arius, gemini, virgo and pisces- mark the time when the seasons are about to change. those born under them are correspondingly versatile and ready to compromise. zodiacal colours and associations [symbol -sym01] aries, the ram: 21 march to 20 april. colour: red. a cardinal fire sign, for all matters of the self and of identity, for rituals of innovation, courage assertiveness and action. ruled by mars [symbol- sym02] taurus, the bull: 21 april to 21 may. colour: pink. a fixed earth sign, for rituals concerning all kinds of material matters and security, also for patience and caution if the way ahead seems hazardous. ruled by venus [symbol- sym03] gemini, the heavenly twins: 22 may to 21 june. colour: yellow or pale grey. a mutable air sign, for spells concerning communication, learning, ch

r sign for rituals concerning justice and the law, for balancing options and priorities relationships, harmony and reconciliation. ruled by venus [symbol- sym08] scorpio, the scorpion: 24 october to 22 november. colour: burgundy or red. a fixed water sign, for increasing second sight, for passion and sex, secrets, inheritance and for claiming what is rightfully yours in any area of life. ruled by mars in the ancient system, now by pluto [symbol- sym09] sagittarius, the archer: 23 november to 21 december. colour: orange or yellow. a mutable fire sign, for optimism, fresh perspectives, long-distance travel and house moves, creative ventures and expanding horizons. ruled by jupiter [symbol- sym10] capricorn, the goat: 22 december to 20 january. colour: brown or black. a cardinal earth sign, f

increasing spiritual awareness and contact with spirit guides, angels and the higher self. white contains both solar and lunar energies and is often used for altar candles. you can substitute white for any other colour. white candles can be used on any day of the week, though they are associated with monday in the goddess aspect and sunday and the sun for life force magick. red red, the colour of mars, the planet and god of war, represents action, power, determination, physical energy and health, courage and determination, sexual passion and potency, survival and change, for careers where danger is involved and the armed forces. it is used as a focus for rituals calling on the power of the gods and for stimulating righteous anger against injustice and inertia. because it is a very powerful

o the sender and for peaceful sleep. use in protective sachets and as part of a sleep pillow for times when you are totally exhausted but cannot rest. ruled by jupiter. allspice allspice is a herb of healing for all aspects of life, but it is particularly used for the digestive organs, rheumatism and neuralgia. it is frequently burned as incense to promote good luck and to attract money. ruled by mars. aloe vera aloe vera soothes wounds and burns, and is effective in treating lack of appetite, bowel and menstrual problems. as a protective plant, it is popular in the house, since traditionally it brings luck and prosperity. seite 63 wicca01.txt ruled by the moon. angelica angelica is so-named since it is said to have been revealed by an archangel to relieve plague during the middle ages. it

d clears the mind. it can be used for menstruation problems and stomach disorders including ulcers. it also removes toxins, so is good for anti-pollution rituals. basil also repels harmful insects and encourages peaceful sleep. seite 64 wicca01.txt it is a herb of love and fidelity and also attracts abundance and prosperity. as a protective herb, it is good for overcoming fear of flying. ruled by mars. bay bay can be used for all digestive disorders, for stress and psychosomatic illness. it offers psychic protection and will heal sorrow. it purifies all forms of pollution and negativity, endows strength and endurance and encourages fidelity. ruled by the sun. bistort bistort is potent in relieving wounds of all kinds, emotional as well as physical, also throat, mouth and tongue problems, e

CHIREAU YVONNE BLACK MAGIC RELIGION AND THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CONJURING TRADITION

red that whites f religion could provide "a mighty good god for white folks, but de dark poperlation hab no use for such as he" similarly, a former bondwoman by the name of aunt fanny reacted to the criticisms of a plantation mistress after black worshipers performed a healing ritual around her sickbed, rejoining "honey, that kind of religion suits us black folks better than your kind. what suits mars charles mind, don't suit mine" others insisted, as had many of their slave forebears, that the dogma taught by whites had no place in the bible. after the civil war, when the businessman charles stearns attempted to offer spiritual tutelage to the freedpersons on his georgia plantation, he was surprised that most were indifferent or averse to the lessons he drew from the scriptures. on questi

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in the direction of one of these stars you would pass through a star gate. there are also stories of a star gate within our own solar system the gate through which the dark gods came to earth. this star gate is believed to be near the planet saturn. sometimes, the abyss invades our dreams, but mostly the abyss is reached by following the seven-fold way. it lies between the spheres of the sun and mars, and divides the adept from the master/mistress. it is the gate to the gods within us and the gods withogo introduction to the 21st century edition t is now ten years since the first edition of this book was produced against all the odds. the publishers of my earlier books refused to even contemplate the publication of this one because of the names it named and because the agenda for global d

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nerian music all emphasised the idea of german military glory. the massed swastika banners in black, white and red filled the consciousness of the participants in the rally with national socialist ideology. the ballet-like precision of the movements of the uniformed party members, all acting in unison, evoked from the unconscious the principles of war and violence which the ancients symbolised as mars. and the prime ritual of the rallies- hitler clasping to other banners the "blood banner" carried in the munich putsch of 1923- was a quasimagical ceremony designed to link up minds of living nazis with the archetypal images symbolised by the dead national socialist heroes of the past "the religio-magical aspects of the rallies were emphasised by the fact that their high points were reached a

national socialist heroes of the past "the religio-magical aspects of the rallies were emphasised by the fact that their high points were reached after dusk and took place in a 'cathedral of light- an open space surrounded by pillars of light coming from electric searchlights pointed upwards to the sky. if a modern ritual magician of the utmost expertise had designed a ritual intended to 'invoke mars' he could not have come up with anything more effective than the ceremonies used at nuremberg" and what applied then, applies now. the esoteric knowledge used by the nazis for the mass hypnosis on the german people, is being used today to expand the global hypnosis on the human race. symbols, words, colours, sounds, and techniques of which the public are not even aware are being used in the m

nd it was in the 11th millennium bc, within the window period suggested for great geological upheavals on the earth, that orion reached the lowest point of its cycle. astrological events affect earthquakes and weather systems because of the vibrational change they create on earth, as does collective human thought. also on may 5th 2000, the sun and the planets, neptune, uranus, venus, mercury, and mars all align with each other. the vibrational effects of this are likely to be fantastic. another important date may well be december 21st 2012, when the calender system left by the mayans in central america more than 1600 years ago, predicted that a great cycle for the earth would end. it appears to me that may 5th 2000 is the moment when the freedom vibration begins to take over from the fear

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olvement in their creation and demise, our whole view of the world and ourselves will change. so will our understanding of what is happening and who is controlling us today. the destruction of ancient knowledge all over the world in the name of christianity was the illuminati, or the temple of the sun, destroying the true accounts, not only of history, but also the law of one. so what happened to mars? there is increasing acceptance that the earth has suffered some colossal geological upheavals. the debate (and often hostility) comes with the question of when and why. these upheavals have obviously involved the solar system as a whole because every planet shows evidence of some cataclysmic events, which have affected its surface, atmosphere, speed, and angle of orbit or rotation. the destr

e is increasing acceptance that the earth has suffered some colossal geological upheavals. the debate (and often hostility) comes with the question of when and why. these upheavals have obviously involved the solar system as a whole because every planet shows evidence of some cataclysmic events, which have affected its surface, atmosphere, speed, and angle of orbit or rotation. the destruction of mars and its relationship with this devastation on earth is a subject occupying the minds of many researchers. there has been a much greater focus on mars since the various space probes have been directed there and, of course, their rather unfortunate record of being lost or suffering "technical problems, which prevent them sending pictures back to us. mmmm. these "failures" are the responsibility

has been a much greater focus on mars since the various space probes have been directed there and, of course, their rather unfortunate record of being lost or suffering "technical problems, which prevent them sending pictures back to us. mmmm. these "failures" are the responsibility of the illuminati-created and controlled nasa operation. the failures followed the photographs taken in an area of mars called cydonia that appeared to show non-natural rock formations. these included the famous "face" on mars and various pyramids. the best-known writer and researcher on this subject is the american, richard hoagland, a science journalist and a former adviser at the nasa goddard space flight center.47 one of his team claims to have compared the relationship of the "non-natural" phenomena at cy

ed cydonia that appeared to show non-natural rock formations. these included the famous "face" on mars and various pyramids. the best-known writer and researcher on this subject is the american, richard hoagland, a science journalist and a former adviser at the nasa goddard space flight center.47 one of his team claims to have compared the relationship of the "non-natural" phenomena at cydonia on mars, such as the face and the pyramids, with the layout at avebury in wiltshire, england, with its stone circle, standing stone rows, silbury hill (the biggest human-made mound in europe, and other ancient earthworks. he says he found that they are virtual mirrors of each other. the giza plateau in egypt, home of the great pyramid, was formerly known as el-kahira.48 this derived from the arab nou

e pyramids, with the layout at avebury in wiltshire, england, with its stone circle, standing stone rows, silbury hill (the biggest human-made mound in europe, and other ancient earthworks. he says he found that they are virtual mirrors of each other. the giza plateau in egypt, home of the great pyramid, was formerly known as el-kahira.48 this derived from the arab noun, el-kahir, their name for..mars.49 ancient texts reveal that the measurement of time was much related to mars, and march 15th, the ides of march (mars, was designer history 23 a key date in their mars-related calendar, as was october 26th. the first marked the start of spring and the second was the end of the year in the celtic calendar. the name camelot in the symbolic king arthur stories apparently means martian city or c

ancient texts reveal that the measurement of time was much related to mars, and march 15th, the ides of march (mars, was designer history 23 a key date in their mars-related calendar, as was october 26th. the first marked the start of spring and the second was the end of the year in the celtic calendar. the name camelot in the symbolic king arthur stories apparently means martian city or city of mars.50 of course, as we know, a connection between mars and human society is impossible because mars was destroyed millions of years ago. but was it? we only think it was because that's what the official version tells us and over and over when you look at the basis for such scientific "fact" you often find it is merely an assumption or an opinion and not a provable "fact" at all. just one example

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lso calls the gods the watchers, as did the egyptians. the egyptian name fortheir gods, the neteru, literally translates as watchers and they said that their gods camein heavenly boats.according to zecharia sitchin, the tablets describe how the anunnaki came from aplanet called nibiru (the planet of the crossing) which he believes has a 3,600 yearelliptical orbit that takes it between jupiter and mars and then out into far space beyondpluto. modern science has identified a body it calls planet x which has been locatedbeyond pluto and is believed to be part of this solar system. but an elliptical orbitwould be incredibly unstable and difficult to sustain. scientists i trust believe thatsitchin is mistaken in his nibiru theory, though his main themes about the anunnaki arecorrect. the sumeri

but an elliptical orbitwould be incredibly unstable and difficult to sustain. scientists i trust believe thatsitchin is mistaken in his nibiru theory, though his main themes about the anunnaki arecorrect. the sumerian tablets, from sitchins translations, describe how, during theearly formation of the solar system, nibiru caused the near destruction of a planet thatonce existed between jupiter and mars. the sumerians called it tiamat, a planet theynicknamed the watery monster. they say that it was debris from tiamats collisionwith a nibiru moon which created the great band bracelet- the asteroid belt which isfound between mars and jupiter. what remained of tiamat was thrown into anotherorbit, the texts say, and eventually it became the earth (see figure 2. the sumerianname for the earth mea

emained of tiamat was thrown into anotherorbit, the texts say, and eventually it became the earth (see figure 2. the sumerianname for the earth means the cleaved one because a vast hole was created, they say,by the collision. interestingly if you take away the water in the pacific ocean you willbe left with a gigantic hole.figure 2: the solar system showingthe location of the asteroid beltbetween mars and jupiter which,though the details vary, many ancientand modern accounts suggest is theremains of a planet or part of aplanet. 6the tablets are the written accounts of oral traditions that go back enormousamounts of time and you have to be careful that details have not been added or lost andthat we dont take symbolism or parable as literal truth. i am sure that some confusiondid occur in th

brotherhoodmanipulation of today. while he worked for a major united states corporation inthe 1960s, their physicists completed their own independent studies whichsuggested that about 4,800 bc a huge body, which we now know as jupiter,careered into our solar system. the outer planets were thrown into disarray andjupiter eventually crashed into a planet which orbited between the present jupiterand mars. the physicists said the remains of this planet became the asteroid beltand that part of jupiter broke away to become what we now call v enus. as v enus,then a vast chunk of matter, was projected into space, it destroyed the atmosphereand life of mars before it was caught by the earths gravitational field, the studyclaimed. v enus made several orbits of the earth before its momentum hurled it

e, it destroyed the atmosphereand life of mars before it was caught by the earths gravitational field, the studyclaimed. v enus made several orbits of the earth before its momentum hurled it intoits current position in the solar system. it was those orbits, the physicists said, thatbrought devastation and a tidal wave about 4,800 bc. they believed, as brian13desborough does, that before this time mars orbited where the earth is now and theearth was much closer to the sun. the brilliant light of v enus as it passed close to theearth may have led to the idea of lucifer, the light bringer. the most ancientmesopotamian and central american records do not include v enus in their planetaryaccounts, only later does it appear. there was an obsession with v enus in manycultures, with human sacrific

merely locks into them.therefore there are many more of these vibrational roadways in the solar system thanthere are planets, and if a planet or body is ejected from its orbit it will eventually lockinto another wave, another orbit, when its momentum slows enough to be captured. this,desborough believes, is what happened when the fantastic vibrational pressures of thev enus comet passed close to mars and the earth and hurled them into different orbits.v enus would have been an ice-coated comet, desborough says, and the ice wouldhave disintegrated when v enus approached the earth and reached a point known as theroche limit.18 this is a vibrational safety device, if you like. when two bodies are oncollision course, the one with the smallest mass starts to disintegrate at the roche limit.in

DAVID ICKE RELATED THE HIDDEN GEARS OF FREEMASONRY

ll you will see the seal of the department of the treasury. it comprises of a key, the scales of justice and a square which is a very important symbol in freemasonry. if you look at the square you will see 13 holes in it. there are also 39 green dots which surround the square, key and scale. remember 39? thirty nine divided by two is 19.5. the number 19.5 can be seen within the design of cydonia, mars, avebury, england and washington d.c. there is a small owl just to the left of the "1" which appears on the upper right hand corner of the dollar bill. from time to time politicians like bill clinton and george w. bush jr. have been caught with a camera flashing the horned owl symbol with their hands. george bush flahing the horned owl bill clinton the number of the beast- 666 on a previous p

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tled the map of the spheres. the spheres illustrated are essentially archetypal. they have been described countless times in grimoires and magical treatises. in the physical world there are four elemental spheres: earth, air, fire, and water. there are also the four great watchtowers: north, east, south, and west. above the earth are the seven planetary spheres: the moon, mercury, venus, the sun, mars, jupiter, and saturn. beyond the planetary spheres are the fixed stars and the primum mobil, the twelve signs of the zodiac, and the heavenly spheres. beneath the earth lies the land of the dead (hades, the tartaran abode (hell, and the realm of the abominations of chaos. all spirits, demons, angels, and other beings of an archetypal nature are said to reside in one of the archetypal spheres

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world. now, after three years absence from the satanic community, magus susej has once again returned to lead the embassy of lucifer and to promote the aeon of lucifer. soon, he says, man will be ready to embrace the law of deitus and accept his place as a god upon the earth. we have seen so many changes in the last few years. technology now plays a central role in people s lives. the surface of mars is being explored. the human genome is being mapped. where will this all lead if not to the evolution of a new species homo deitus? in this, the aeon of lucifer, man has become a god. we have become gods, but we must now accept our place as gods upon the earth. this means that we must act as gods we must accept responsibility for our actions both individually and collectively. there is much m

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ense coined and used by carl g. jung, psychiatrist, such a concept existing within the collective unconscious mind of humanity. archetypal image: the form in which an archetype is clothed by a particular culture, mythology, religion, or individual. aries "the ram" in astrology (q.v, the first sign of the zodiac (q.v) having the qualities of cardinal (q.v) and fire (q.v) and is ruled by the planet mars (q.v. on the rainbow wand (q.v) and on the lotus wand aries is represented by the color red. keywords include: courage, forceful, animation, outgoing, ardently, egotistically, ardently, impulsively, vigorously, aggressively, enthusiastically. artificial elemental: an entity similar to an elemental, but created by a magician from an element (q.v) or a combination of elements for a specific pur

heir magickal potency. mana is the force or energy of magick (q.v. mantra; mantram: a word, phrase, or sentence which is repeated over and over as a purpose of focus during devotion or meditation (q.v. although some say that any phrase or sound can be used as a mantra, some special mantras of mystical import can make profound changes in a person mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually. mars: the fourth planet of the terran solar system. in astrology (q.v, the planet named after the roman god who served as the chief warrior of the gods. attributed as being the ruler of the zodiac (q.v) sign aries (q.v. on the tree of life (q.v) within the kabbalah (q.v) mars is attributed to the fifth sephirah (q.v) geburah (q.v. keywords include: energy, action, accidents, injury, hyperactive, f

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nd satisfactory when once it is mastered. 22. before we can consider the second triangle of the tree as a unit, we must know the meaning of its component sephiroth. chesed means mercy or love; it is also called gedulah, greatness or magnificence, and to it is assigned the sphere of the planet jupiter. geburah means strength; it is ako called pachad, fear; to it is assigned the sphere of th planet mars. tiphareth means beauty, and to it is assigned the sphere of the sun. when the gods of the various pagan pantheons are being correlated with the spheres on the tree, it will be found that the sacrificed gods invariably come on to tiphareth, and for this reason it has been called the christcentre in the christian qahalah. mystical qabala page 34 23. we now have sufficient material to make a su

of the various pagan pantheons are being correlated with the spheres on the tree, it will be found that the sacrificed gods invariably come on to tiphareth, and for this reason it has been called the christcentre in the christian qahalah. mystical qabala page 34 23. we now have sufficient material to make a survey of the second triangle. jupiter, the beneficent ruler and lawgiver, is balanced by mars the warrior, the fiery and destructive force, and the two are equilibrated in tiphareth, the redeemer. in the supernal triangle we see the primary sephirah emanating a pair of opposites which express the two sides of its nature, chokmah, force, and binab, form, masculine and feminine sephiroth respectively. in the second triangle we have the pairs of opposites which find their equilibrium in

head of the pillar of severity, the negative, feminine pillar, is binah, the great mother. now to binah is assigned the sphere of saturn, and saturn is the giver of form. at the head of the pillar of mercy is chokmah, the supernal father, a male potency. thus we see that we have here the apposition of form and force. 8. in the second trinity we have the apposition of chesed (jupiter) and geburah (mars. again we have the pairs of opposites of construction in jupiter, the lawgiver and beneficent ruler, and destruction in mars, the warrior and destroyer of evil. it may be asked why such a male potency as geburah should be placed in the feminine pillar. it must be remembered that mars is a destructive potency, one of the infortunes in astrology. the positive builds up, the negative breaks down

and endurance, but ill-dignified when the overplus of resistance causes it to become actively aggressive and we get obstruction and the accretion of effete matter. on the other hand, chesed, mercy, is well-dignified when ordering and preserving all things harmoniously; but illdignified when mercy becomes sentimentality and it usurps the sphere of saturn, preserving that which the fiery energy of mars, its opposite number, the sephirah geburah, should sweep out of existence. 11. the two pillars, then, represent the positive- negative forces in nature, the active and passive, the destructive and constructive, concreting form and free-moving force. 12. the sephiroth on the middle pillar may be taken as representing levels of consciousness and the planes on which they operate. malkuth is sens

more congenial to us than others, and that we get better results when working with them than we do with the uncongenial ones, where the associations-chains keep on breaking and the doors of subconsciousness resolutely refuse to open to our knocking. one pupil of mine could do excellent meditations on binah saturn, and tiphareth, the redeemer, but did not get on at all well with geburah- severity-mars. 27. i shall never forget my own experience with the first attempt i made at this method. i was working on the thirty-second path, the path of saturn, uniting malkuth and yesod, a very difficult and treacherous path. in my horoscope saturn is not well aspected, and i have often experienced his opp9sing influence in my affairs. but after i had succeeded in treading the path of saturn out into

wed in the very name of the first path, kether, the crown, which rests upon and above the head. 21. the two flanking pillars of severity and mercy can be seen as representing the positive and negative principles- and their respective sephiroth as representing the modes of functioning of these forces upon the different levels. 22. the pillar of severity contains binah, geburah, and hod, or saturn, mars, and mercury. the pillar of mercy contains chokmah, chesed, and netzach, or the zodiac, jupiter, and venus. chokmah and binab, in the symbolism of the qabalah, are represented by male and female figures and are the supernal father and mother, or in mystical qabala page 56 more philosophical language, the positive and negative principles of the universe, the yin and the yang, of which maleness

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ouch with them. at first he may not be able to perceive them consciously; nevertheless he is feeling them subconsciously and they are affecting him. his life shows this to the close observer in a thousand ways. there are great forces moving like currents in the unseen and we are drawn into these according to our temperamental affinity for them. the violent personality is drawn into the current of mars, the emotional, suggestible one into the sphere of luna. the influences of these spheres play upon them. now the occultist working under a proper system, knowing that he has got to meet these forces sooner or later, picks them up one by one voluntarily and by means of the appropriate rituals, and synthesises them within his own nature. he knows too that each aspect has its obverse. the virgin

od of struggle as the little machine forces over the reluctant levers of the great machine, then the vapour fires and the engine takes up its work. after that it is only a matter of engaging the gears and driving- if you can! so it is with ceremonial magic. let us consider a concrete case of someone who wants to avail himself of a fighting force. he would have recourse to a ceremony of the planet mars. he would therefore gather together in his temple all that was appropriate to mars. he would drape his altar with a scarlet cloth; he would himself wear a scarlet robe. all his magical implements would be 61 of 103 of iron and his rod of power would be a naked sword. upon his altar he would place five lights, five being the number of mars. upon his breast would be the symbol of mars engraved

f power would be a naked sword. upon his altar he would place five lights, five being the number of mars. upon his breast would be the symbol of mars engraved upon a steel pentagon. on his hand would be a ruby ring. he would burn sulphur and saltpetre in his thurible. then, according to the work in hand, he would call upon the angelic or demonic aspect of the fifth sephira, geburah, the sphere of mars. he would invoke either the deity-name in geburah, calling upon the god of battles to hear him, or the arch-devil of the fifth infernal habitation. having performed this mighty invocation, he would then offer himself upon the altar as the channel for the manifestation of the force. there are many formulae extant designed to enable a force to be brought through without the necessity of the mag

EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD PAPYRUS OF ANI MALESTROM

ox laid upon the floor of the tomb of a christian monk at d r el-medinet, the text was given by mariette in papyrus gyptiens du mus e de boulaq, publi s en fac-simile sous les auspices de s.a. isma l-pacha, kh dive d' gypte. 5. in the moniteur, 15 ao t, 1861; and in comptes rendus des s ances de l'acad mie des inscriptions et belles lettres, paris, 1871, pp. 340-50. 6. in the journal de paris, 15 mars, 1871; and in the academy, aug. 1, no. 29, p. 386, 1871. 7. l' gyptologie, s rie i, tt. i, ii, chalons-sur-sa ne and paris, 40, 1876-78. this work contains the hieratic text divided into sections for analysis, and accompanied by a hieroglyphic transcript, commentary, etc. 8. la morale gyptienne quinze si cles avant notre re- tude sur le papyrus de boulaq, no. 4, paris, 1892. this work contain

ELIPHAS LEVI SANCTUM REGNUM

is a very curious and interesting dissertation upon the ruling of the world by the seven great archangels, to each of whom in succession is alloted a period of 354 years and 4 months. the archangels are referred to the planets of the ancients, and their successive periods of dominion are taken in the following order- orifiel representing saturn anael venus zachariel jupiter raphael mercury samael mars gabriel luna michael sol the first course of these rulers ended in anno mundi 2480. the noachian deluge is placed at 1656, in the reign of samael. the destruction of the tower of babel (see tarot trump, no. xvi, page 63) occured in the second reign of orifiel; the life of abraham in the second reign of zachariel; the life of moses in the second reign of raphael; pythagoras, xerxes, and alexan

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were saucers he had seen near his home near mount palomar. adamski also coauthored, with desmond leslie, flying saucers have landed (1953, the book that launched the contactee phenomenon. adamski claimed that he had been contacted by the venusian occupant of a flying saucer that landed in the california desert november 20, 1952. subsequently adamski claimed to have had contact with spacemen from mars and saturn and to have traveled 50,000 miles into space in their craft. after adamski s revelations, the convention of spaceman contacts, messages from outer space, and warnings about the welfare of the cosmos became firmly established. adamski expanded upon his revelations in two subsequent volumes: inside the space ships (1955) and flying saucers farewell (1961. by the late 1950s adamski wa

bers of asp. by the end of the 1990s, asp reported more than 1,300 members in more than 40 countries. while agreeing on a few basics concerning paganism, solitary practitioners manifest the widest possible variation in belief and practice. sources: alliance of solitary practitioners. http//www.witchcraft.net/ asp. february 15, 2000. allingham, cedric elusive author of the book flying saucers from mars (1954, published a year after the remarkable claims of george adamski in his influential book, written with desmond leslie, flying saucers have landed (1953. cedric allingham s book claimed that while the author was on a caravan holiday near lossiemouth, scotland, in february 1954, he saw a flying saucer and met its martian pilot. the book included a soft focus photograph of a back view of th

s own book unidentified flying objects that allingham never existed and that the story was probably the biggest ufo legpull ever perpetrated in britain. chapman discovered that allingham was supposed to have lectured to a flying saucer group in kent, england, and a photograph purporting to be of allingham standing by his 10-inch reflecting telescope appeared as frontispiece to flying saucers from mars. the hoax was finally resolved in 1986 by journalists christopher allan and steuart campbell in an article in the journal magonia. allan and campbell claimed that allingham s book was a hoax perpetrated by a british astronomer patrick moore, who presents the popular television series the sky at night. moore had claimed to know allingham and to have met him at a lecture on ufos given at a club

at least twelve years. however, the envelope itself identified the name and address to which the letter had been sent! allan and campbell were thus able to contact the individual, peter davies, who had been living only nine miles from the home of patrick moore in east grinstead, sussex. when contacted at a later address, davies admitted that he had been involved with the book flying saucers from mars, that it was written by someone else whom he would not name, but that his task had been to revise the book to conceal the style, and that the frontispiece photograph of allingham was actually of himself in disguise. he also admitted that he had given the lecture to the flying saucer group in kent, in company with a knowledgeable assistant (i.e, moore) whom he would not name. it also transpire

in fact had a long history of poking fun at contactee claims and had written many letters to cosmic voice, the periodical of the aetherius society, which included mention of scientists with names such as l. puller or dr. huizenass. sources: allen, christopher, and steuart campbell. flying saucer from moore s? magonia vol. 23 (july 1986: 15.18. allingham, cedric [patrick moore. flying saucer from mars. london: frederick muller, 1954. chapman, robert. unidentified flying objects. london: arthur barker, 1969. allison, dorothy (1925.1999) dorothy allison, a psychic most known for assisting police departments in the solving of criminal cases, was born in jersey city, new jersey, where she grew up in a roman catholic family. her mother was a seer and dorothy had visions as a child, though her f

ion of post-new age channelers who are in contact with a wide range of both ascended masters and extraterrestrials. in her channeled material, amorah quan yin offers an alternative view of the origin of the human race detailed to her from the pleiadian emissaries of light. humans have an origin in the deeps of space, and earth inhabitants have a history that includes the former cultures of venus, mars, and maldek (the destruction of which created the present asteroid belt. the purpose of the pleiadian manifestation at present is the release of the patterns of restriction that are carryovers from these earlier connections. they hope to bring about the second coming of christ en masse, a time when many earthlings become actualized christed (blessed or anointed) beings. one instrument for tha

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l; circle-making and the scattering of incense are mere humbug and jugglery. the human spirit is so great a thing that no man can express it; eternal and unchangeable as god himself is the mind of man; and could we rightly comprehend the mind of man, nothing would be impossible to us upon the earth. through faith the imagination is invigorated and completed, for it really happens that every doubt mars its perfection. faith must strengthen imagination, for faith establishes the will. because man did not perfectly believe and imagine, the result is that arts are uncertain when they might be wholly certain. agrippa also regarded magic as the true road to communion with god, thus linking it with mysticism. later magic with the death of agrippa in 1535, the old school of magicians ended. but th

the spirits of the living. she died in london on october 27, 1899. in the 1930s, sir oliver lodge cast doubts upon the accuracy of the phenomena reported by marryat. sources: lodge, sir oliver. letters from sir oliver lodge. edited by j. a. hill. london: cassell, 1932. marryat, florence. the spirit world. new york: c.b. reed, 1894. there is no death. 1891. reprint, new york: causeway books, 1973. mars, face on in 1977, electrical engineer vincent dipietro discovered a photograph released the previous year by the national aeronautics and space administration (nasa) of what appeared to be a stone structure in the shape of a human face on the surface of mars. the picture had been taken by the viking spacecraft. working with a colleague, gregory molenaar, dipietro had the picture computer-enha

tor and journalist richard hoagland. a selfeducated scientist, the widely read hoagland had placed himself in the midst of several space-related controversies. in the early 1980s he added his voice to several speculative scientists in suggesting the possibility of life on jupiter s frozen moon europa. in the mid-1980s he emerged as an enthusiastic supporter of the idea of artificial structures on mars. in 1987 he published a book, the monuments of mars: a city on the edge of forever, which remains the most cogent statement of the argument. hoagland s claims found significant support in 1997 in the martian enigmas: a closer look, by mark carlotto. carlotto, a processing engineer, worked with the images and demonstrated their three-dimensional nature. his work provided evidence that, whether

ree-dimensional nature. his work provided evidence that, whether natural or artificial, the structures were not a simple simulacra, natural objects that looked like something recognizably human (e.g, a pane of glass which appears to have a face in it. most simulacra disappear when the object is viewed from a different angle or the lighting direction is changed. the existence of such structures on mars, should they prove to be artificial, would have far-reaching implications concerning the place of humans in the solar system and the order of things. there is no place for the construction of such objects in human history as it is currently constructed. those who accept the possibility that the face, the pyramid, and related structures are artificial, have been integrated into the alternative

gh the 1990s, scientists at nasa and the jet propulsion laboratory have held to the position adopted when the pictures were initially examined in 1976. they are natural objects that just happen to resemble what some have suggested they are. they have noted that similar objects, such as naturally formed pyramids, may be found on earth. in the meantime, hoagland has pressed the case for the face on mars and has appeared a number of times on the popular late-night radio talkshow hosted by art bell. the controversy continues, primarily on the fringe of the ufo community, and its ultimate resolution would be possible only with the landing of scientists on mars and an immediate examination of the artifacts. hoagland organized a team to study the huge files of photos released by nasa for other po

ion would be possible only with the landing of scientists on mars and an immediate examination of the artifacts. hoagland organized a team to study the huge files of photos released by nasa for other possible intelligently constructed artifacts and on several occasions has presented the findings to nasa and to congressional committees. those interested in the artifacts, all located in a region of mars known as cydonia, forced nasa to include it in their 1999 fly-by of mars, but the new pictures were no more conclusive than were the earlier ones. encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. mars, face on 981 through the 1990s, hoagland has developed a conspiracytheory approach to nasa and the jet propulsion laboratory, and has suggested that they are withholding vital data that would

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dividuals as ma rtinson u n a w a re abductees. un a w a re abductees explain their strange experiences in ways acceptable to society, interp reting the entities they see as ghosts, angels, demons, or even animals. see also: abductions by ufos further reading jacobs, david m, 1998. the threat. new york: simon and schuster. 18 aliens and the dead allingham s martian according to flying saucer from mars (1954, englishman and author cedric allingham witnessed the landing of an extraterrestrial spacecraft while vacationing in scotland in february 1954. a tall man, human in all ways except for an unusually broad forehead, stepped out of the vehicle. the occupant, who indicated that he was from mars, spoke in a friendly fashion, saying that he had earlier visited venus and the moon. he asked if

old by their n a t i ve adamski. in 1956 allingham s publisher also the publisher of mo o re s books released a statement asserting that the contactee had died of tuberculosis in a swiss sanitarium. in a book on british ufos published thirteen years later, journalist robert chapman reported that he had found no evidence that a cedric allingham had ever existed. in his judgment, flying saucer from mars amounted to probably the biggest ufo leg-pull ever perpetrated in britain (chapman, 1969. it was an open secret among moore s friends that he and a friend, peter davies (the martian in the photograph, had written the book as a spoof on those gullible enough to believe adamski s contact tales. moore, well known as a practical joker, once had regaled a contactee magazine with letters, written u

sky. los angeles: new age publishing company. andra-o-leeka and mondra-o-leeka chief frank buck standing horse, an ottawa indian from oklahoma, met andra-o-leeka and mondra-o-leeka onboard a spaceship that took him to several planets in july 1959. the ship, called vea-o-mus, landed around 10 p.m. on the evening of the twelfth. piloted by andra-o-leeka, the ship took off again, this time going to mars, then to venus. after a short stay there, a female pilot, mondra-oleeka, a venusian, relieved andra-o-leeka, and the ship went on to clarion, a planet hidden on the other side of the sun (clarion first ap- andra-o-leeka and mondra-o-leeka 21 pears in contactee stories after truman bethurum reported meeting a scow [a small spacecraft] and its pilot, the beautiful aura rhanes, who hailed from t

he earth chronicles, argues that a race of humanlike beings, the anunnaki, live on the planet nibiru (also known as maldek, the alleged twelfth planet of our solar system. though unknown to astronomers, nibiru, on an elliptical orbit, circles our sun every 3,600 years. according to sitchin, nibiru will be in our immediate planetary space in the near fu- 24 anthon ture and will be detected between mars and jupiter. when that happens, the anunnaki will make their presence known by appearing on earth. si t c h i n s ideas are based on his reading of ancient sumerian documents. in his view they confirm that the anunnaki a su m e rian term created humans in their image, via genetic engineering with the dna of nat i ve anthropoids, after their arrival some f o u r- h u n d red thousand five- h u

des a densely detailed overview of the atlantis myth as it had evolved by the end of the twentieth century. in this version, atlantis was literally a golden civilization in which gold was so plentiful that it was as common as steel is today in construction and infrastructure. the atlanteans traveled around the globe in fantastic flying ships. these same ships took them to other planets, including mars, where they left evidence of their presence in a gigantic structure (the mars face) and a number of pyramids on the martian surface. the moon was also a colony of atlantis. modern-day astronauts found ruins of walls and roads there but were silenced by a government determined to keep the truth about atlantis from the public. the department of interplanetary affairs describes atlanteans as liv

f with sky watches in parks and rural areas with like-minded friends. he lectured and wrote about his beliefs in saucer magazines, and he even spoke openly with reporters. he died of intestinal cancer on december 27, 1962. see also: contactees further reading beckley, timothy green, and ottawa new sciences club, eds, n.d. the boys from topside. new york: ufo review. cooper, philip, 1959. men from mars among us he s talked to them! ottawa citizen (april 14. flying saucers project denied, 1953. new york times (november 14. gross, loren e, 1982. ufos: a history 1950: au- gust december. fremont, ca: self-published. nixon, stuart, 1973. w. b. smith the man behind project magnet. ufo quarterly review 1, 1 (january/march: 2 11. smith, wilbert b, 1953. project magnet report. ottawa, ontario: depar

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ues- each to the other knowndreamer and fool- so near the thronean ancient ditty- worn and weakthe fool will prompt- the sage will speakastrologer [mephistopheles prompting him. the sun himself is gold of purest ray, the herald mercury serves for love and pay; dame venus has bewitched you all, for she, in youth and age, looks on you lovingly. chaste luna has her humours whimsical; the strength of mars, though striking not, threats all; and jupiter is still the fairest star. saturn is great, small to our eyes and far; him as a metal we don t venerate, little in worth but heavy in his weight. ah, when with sol chaste luna doth unite, silver with gold, the world is glad and bright. it s easy then to get all that one seeks: parks, palaces, and breasts and rosy cheeks. all these procures the hi

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eft a lance or an arrow "the form of a man standing on a dragon, clothed in black and holding in his right hand a sickle and in his left a spear" two images of jupiter "the form of a man sitting on an eagle, clothed in a garment, with eagles beneath his feet "the form of a man with a lion's face and bird's feet, below them a dragon with seven heads, holding an arrow in his right hand" an image of mars "the form of a man, crowned, holding a raised sword in his right hand" an image of sol "the form of a king sitting on a throne, with a crown on his head and beneath his feet the figure (magic character) of the sun" 1 picatrix, lib. ii, cap. 12 (sloane 1305, ff. 52 recto ff. 2 the planet images are listed in lib. ii, cap. 10 (sloane 1305, ff. 43 recto ff. 52 hermes trismegistus and magic an im

della volpaia's clock is an example. 2 ficino, loc. cit. 75 ficino's natural magic influences on the inhabitants in such a way as to keep them healthy and virtuous, so ficino's "figures of the world" would be calculated to regulate the influences in the direction indicated in the libri de vita, towards a predominance of solar, jovial, and venereal influences and towards an avoidance of saturn and mars. the point in the description of the "figures of the world" to which i want to draw particular attention in view of later developments in this book is that these figures are not only to be looked at but reflected or remembered within. the man who stares at the figure of the world on his bedroom ceiling, imprinting it and its dominating colours of the planets on memory, when he comes out of hi

that he is giving him an "immense present. for anyone who contemplates the heavens, nothing he sets his eyes upon seems immense, but the heavens themselves. if, therefore, i make you a present of the heavens themselves what would be its price' ficino goes on to say that the young man should dispose his "luna, that is, his soul and body, in such a way as to avoid too much influence from saturn and mars, and to obtain favourable influences from the sun, jupiter, and venus "if you thus dispose the heavenly signs and your gifts in this way, you will escape the threats of fortune, and, under divine favour, will five happy and free from cares" gombrich discusses the "primavera (pi. 2) in relation to such a 1 ficino, p. 805; cf. e. h. gombrich "botticelli's mythologies: a study in the neoplatonic

nderstands that there is a relationship between the ten spheres of the cosmos the seven spheres of the planets, the eighth sphere or the firmament of fixed stars, the empyrean, and the primum mobile and the ten sephiroth or numerations of cabala. quicquid dicant caeteri cabalisticae, ego decern sphaeras, sic decern numerationibus correspondere dico, ut ab edificio incipiendo, jupiter sit quartae, mars quintae, sol sextae, saturnus septimae, venus octauae, alercurius nonac, luna decimae, turn supra aedificium firmamentum tertie, primum mobilae secundae, coelum empyreum primae.2 though the way in which he is counting here is confusing,3 pico is thinking of correspondencies between the ten spheres and the ten sephiroth such as are sometimes set out as follows: sephiroth spheres (i) kether pri

en spheres and the ten sephiroth such as are sometimes set out as follows: sephiroth spheres (i) kether primum mobile (2) hokhmah eighth sphere (3) binah saturn 1 ibid, loc. cit. 2 ibid, p. i l l. 3 by starting with the empyrean, instead of the primum mobile, and by misplacing saturn, pico seems to confuse the normal order. ioo pico della mirandola and cabalist magic (4) hesod jupiter (5) gevurah mars (6) rahimin sol (7) netsch venus (8) hod mercury (9) yesod luna (10) malkuth elements it is this relationship of the sephiroth with the spheres of the cosmos which makes of cabala a theosophy related to the universe. and it is this relationship which makes it possible to speak of cabalist magic as the completion of natural magic, or a higher form of natural magic, reaching higher spiritual fo

on with the numerical values of the angelnames; for example, samael, angel of the first hour, equals 4440, which is the sum of the numbers of his eight inferior angels.5 1 cf. h. w. janson, apes and ape lore in the middle ages and renaissance, warburg institute, university of london, 1952, pp. 304 ff. 2 see walker, pp. 86 ff. 3 the names of these are: oriffiel (saturn; zachariel (jupiter; samael (mars; michael (sol; anael (venus; raphael (mercury; gabriel (luna (johannes trithemius, steganographia, frankfort, 1606, p. 162. one way of summoning these angels is by talismans imprinted with their image. for example "fac imaginem ex cera vel pinge in chartam novam figuram orifielis in modum viri barbati& nudi, stands super taurum varii coloris, habentis in dextra librum& in sinistra calamum (st

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alues is as follows: th c e assigned numeri constructing sigils with planetary cameas/ 107 these letters are arranged in nine gchambers h according to their decimal values: depending on the appropriate magical camea, sometimes it is necessary to reduce a numerical value so that the pertinent number in the camea can be touched when drawing the sigil. for example, look at the demon bartzabel of the mars sphere, following regardie(p.15. in hebrew this name is written (from right to left: lamed aleph beth tzaddi resh beth 30 1 2 90 200 2 108/ practical sigil magic ters: the magical camea of mars follows, one version in numbers, the other in hebrew let ou will note that the numbers 200, 90 and 30 do not ap e, two rcs are drawn. let fs have a look at this sigil in its camea figure 27. in this ex

. zazel, demon of saturn. 112/ practical sigil magic table of jupiter numbers hebrew letters seals or characters of jupiter his demon his intelligence divine numbe e names in hebr. 1 f. 1 f. namombers of ju es in acc rd with the nu piter rs4. divinabba ew. 16. 16. 34. el ab. 36. iophiel, in telligence o jupiter emon o 36. hismael, d jupiter. constructing sigils with planetary cameas/ 113 table of mars numbers hebrew letters seals of characters of mars his intelligence his demon divine names in accord with the numbers of jupiter numbers divine names in heb he, letter of the holy name 2 a 325. graphiel, intelligence of. 325. b mon of mars. rew 5. 5. 65. donai. mars artzabel, de. 114/ practical sigil magic table of the sun numbers hebrew letters seals or characters of the sun his intelligence

p. vi-vii. his explanation is a bit tricky. the magician places the figures of a magical camea in their numerical order (always from left to right, starting in the bottom row) in a camea. after this, he traces the numbers following their numerical order on the original camea. the result of the example given in his introduction, the saturn glyph, is quite convincing. but in the case of jupiter and mars, you need a good deal of imagination to recognize the proper glyph as given in the relevant classics in the resultin p have been made to obtain more or less symmetrical figures. thus, c presentation of the construction of all glyphs following this model might have prov p bibliography aerosol. gsmuggling sigils across. sigil magic for the professional magiciathmaine masonic text book for use o

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so that we would no longer be dependent upon the separate sexual process of generation now in vogue. thus by the work of these two great hierarchies, we were raised from unconsciousness to the first stage of creative intelligence, from plant to god. we have also learned that this plan was frustrated by the lucifer spirits, stragglers from the humanity of the moon period, who lived upon the planet mars. they needed a physical field of action, but were unable to create one for themselves, hence for selfish reasons they taught humanity how by cooperation of the sexes a new body may be created at any time; and in order to give an incentive they instilled into mankind the animalistic passionate nature which we now possess. thus to the ancient alchemists, the angels from the moon which rules the

one-half of the creative force has been temporarily diverted upwards to build a brain and larynx in order to enable him sometime to create by his own mind, to form thoughts and speak the word of power that shall make his thoughts flesh. three great creative hierarchies were particularly concerned in bringing about this change: the angels from the moon, the mercurians, and the lucifer spirits from mars. the alchemists connected the angels from the moon, which rules the saline tides, with the element salt, the lucifer spirits from mars with the element sulphur, and the mercurians with the metal mercury. they used this symbolic presentation partly because of the religious intolerance which made it unsafe to promulgate any other teaching than that sanctioned by the orthodox church of that day

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

the spirit returns to god who gave it, until the dawn of another life-day in the school of earth beckons it to a new birth that it may acquire more skill in the arts and crafts of temple-building. about five months after the quickening, when the last of the watery signs, pisces, has been passed, the representative of the lucifer spirits, samael, focuses the forces of the fiery sign, aries, where mars is positively polarized, so that under the impulse of their dynamic energy the waters of the womb are voided, and the imprisoned spirit is liberated into the physical world, to fight the battle of life. it may blindly butt its head against the cosmic forces typified by the first of the fiery signs, aries, the ram, which is a symbol of the brute strength brought to bear upon the problems of li

d in the spiritual world they were unconscious of the physical act of generation, as we are now of digestion; neither did they know birth or death and were in fact totally unaware of the possession of a physical vehicle until in time they sensed it during the generative process; it was then said that "adam knew eve" at that time lucifer spirits, fallen angels and inhabitants of the warlike planet mars, taught them how to eat of the tree of knowledge, which is the symbolical name for the generative act. thus by degrees their eyes were opened and they became aware of the physical world, but lost touch with the spiritual and the guardian angels who had previously been their benevolent guides. only a few of the most spiritual among them retained their higher vision and communion with the divin

t adherence to lofty purposes these people have raised themselves above the red ray and are now entirely imbued with the golden christ ray and its vibration. this spiritual fact has been embodied by mediaeval artists gifted with spiritual sight, in their pictures of saints whom they represent as surrounded by a golden aureole, indicating their emancipation from the power of the lucifer spirits of mars who are the fallen angels, as well as from jehovah and his angels, who belong to an earlier stage of evolution and are warders of national and race religions. the lucifer spirits find expression in the iron in our blood. iron is a mars metal, difficult to start into high vibration, so difficult that it takes many lives of great effort to change the product of its combustion to the golden colo

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ine majesty, can be perfectly reflected. with the disintegration of tetragrammaton we sink into the carnal, or mundane, aspect of the mystery, the immediate consequences of this disruption being the birth of love and power, which before were united in a close embrace. the first is the feminine, or passive, quality in humankind, the venus force; and the second the active and masculine quality, the mars force. mystically their separation is evil, because it causes striving to reunite; but humanly these qualities are not wicked in themselves, though they may become sinful, for out of love can emerge lust and hatred, and out of power fear and cruelty. the demoniac can consequently become the diabolic. the disruption of tetragrammaton, which is necessary for the redemption of tetragrammaton, is

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ency of calling her the moon when in many countries the moon is masculine. he is quite positive that if isis is the moon, ceres, proserpine, venus, and all the other female gods were the same, which in view of the facts everywhere at hand cannot be true. it is true, however, that "the planet called the moon was dedicated to her in judicial astrology, the same as a planet was dedicated to venus or mars. but venus and mars were not these planets themselves, though these planets were sacred to them"[33] higgins then calls attention to her temple at sais in egypt, and to the inscription which declares that "she comprehends all that is and was and is to be" that she is "parent of the sun" and he justly concludes that isis can not be the moon [33] anacalypsis, book vi, ch. ii. apuleius makes isi

decorate their homes. this festival is said to be the most ancient of any known, and during the earlier and purer ages of human faith was celebrated in honor of returning spring. in later ages, however, after passion had become the only recognized god, may-day was celebrated with "all manner of obscenity and lewdness" although the uneducated masses among the gauls worshipped apollo, mercury, and mars without understanding their true significance, the druids, who are thought to be pythagorians, invoked one great power, the animating force which pervades the universe, the essence of which they believed resides in fire. it is related that although after the introduction of romish christianity, may fires still continued to be lighted on bealtine day, the more impressive ceremonies took place

neficent god quetzalcoatl was banished, that he (or she) was deposed through the influence of some deity which had become more popular, or, at least, more powerful; but that when quetzalcoatl departed from the country "in a winged skiff made of serpent skins" it was with a promise to return to the faithful, which promise was sacredly cherished down to the time of the spanish invasion. the mexican mars, huitzilopotchi, was born of a virgin. his mother, a devout person, while at her devotions in the temple saw floating before her a bright colored feather ball, which she seized and placed in her bosom. she soon became pregnant, her offspring being a god, who like minerva appeared full armed with spear and helmet. although the exact manner in which the mexicans sacrificed to their deity to ato

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this is not easy to be done by anybutthe practised operator.thusfar regarding skrying and travelling in the spirit vision.appendixfastral travellingno.2theswordonthursday, zoth december,1900,soror deo date and a group of students met at 36 b[lythe j r[oadj in order to investigate clairvoyantly the symbolismofthe sword. we sat in a semi-circle at the north side of the altar, facing the south, when mars was in virgo at the time. deo date then made the invoking hexagramsofmarsround the room, and the pentagram of virgo and themarssymbol towards the south. we then mentally formulated the hexagramofmars in red light at that point of the compass.theupper triangle appeared flaming, and an armed figureofsomewhat earthy type seemed to look through it.theearthiness we ascribed to the fact that the si

sofmarsround the room, and the pentagram of virgo and themarssymbol towards the south. we then mentally formulated the hexagramofmars in red light at that point of the compass.theupper triangle appeared flaming, and an armed figureofsomewhat earthy type seemed to look through it.theearthiness we ascribed to the fact that the sign virgo had been invoked.thefigure probably represented the energy of mars (who is the planet of outward manifestation) bringing the hidden lifeofthe earth to the surface, only to be destroyed and consumed as soon as it reached outward perfection, as in time of harvest. we did not stop to examine this figure much,butwent through the hex. astrally and found ourselves in a region of flames.therewe invoked the white light, vibrating the names and holding our swords tow

others of us saw it as a straightshaft ofwhiteflame.we all held the points of our swords to the angel's breast from which rushed such tremendous force that our arms received a sort of electric shock.behind the figure was a great sun, with which it was connected by a ray of white light. from this white ray he seemed to extractthe red light with whichhe shone. it seemed as if the highestpart of the mars force wasin realitysolar. we nowgavethe full lux signs. at once a change came over the figure.itwas wrapped in great sweeping black clouds and disappeared fromview.in the midst of the darkness an altar appeared. one frater saw aflamingheart upon it, but most of us sawrather a river ofblood-redand rushing,givingthe impress255 ion of life, not death. its source seemed to beabovethe altar somewh

ere, and must add it in afterwards. s.l) we now gathered round the altar whichappeared asa cauldron full of a red blood-like, or rather wine-like fluid, withfieryserpents darting through it, as if they were the vehicles of its life. then we vibrated the names and rose in whatwe thought at first was a blade-shaped shaft of white light. afterwards it appeared more like the arrow part of thesymbolof mars, while we seemed to rise from the circlebelow.itseemed to represent the aspiring part of the nature of mars, and on a lower plane mightsymbolizethe ambition whichis a leading characteristic ofthose born under this planet. strangely enough the figure we encountered at the end of our flight was not martial, but ecclesiastical. to some of us he appeared like the pope in full pontifical robes, wh

stery.thismaypossibly have represented the vault on a higher plane, as the hierophant naturally represents the perfected adept, the 'risen christ, triumphant over 'death. we seemed to have been led through the pathofmars on to a solar plane. all the planets are but rays, or differentiationsofthe sun, it is true, but some special teaching was evidently to be given us by this abrupt transition from mars, the planetofoutward expulsion and destruction, to the sun, who symbolizes the all-attracting, inward-drawing centre, and who is the planet of life and resurrection.thetarotsymbol of mars is very suggestive in this connection, also the alchemical meaning of iron, which has the same symbol as mars, and is said to be corrosive externally,butsolarinternally.(note.i think it was at this point tha

ersed cross when the point is raised. all i can remember is that the cross bar was a guard against the higher forces, preventing the escape into spiritofthe material before it had finished its career in the outer. so that the sword held point downwards cannot be altogether an evil symbol; for thoughitinvokes the evildemons, it does so by the power of the spirit, which it seems to be the office of mars to project to the outward confines of matter. its path is one of enlightenment as well as destruction. christ (the hierophant) came not to bring peace,buta sword upon earth) written out by soror servio liberaliterappendixgthemanifestoof24july1903we, the undersigned, membersofthe order r.r. eta.c, having been asked to state the grounds on which we demand independ255 ence, hereby affirm as foll

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great fame about 400b.c.,butwas still consulted even down to 200a.d.other famous oracular shrines were those of zeus at olympia and dodona; of apollo at delos, and the cave of trophoniusin bceotia, pausanias gives a full account of his visit to thelast;'mentioned oracle. there were also at a later date several notable roman oracles, of which mention may be made of those of faunus. fortuna, and of mars, where a bird, a woodpecker, is saidtohave delivered the messages.thesibyls the sibyls were a group of prophetic females who were' considered to be inspired by the gods; they were consulted byithe rich and powerful, by both the learned and the ignorant.a,large collection of their inspired messages have come down to us in greek words: these have been regarded with great interest because some o

from them by all ancient peoples. comets were always deemed to bring on misfortunes and so were eclipses, both of the sun and moon. summer lightning was of excellent omen; forked lightning first seen on the right was fortunate, but on the left unlucky, and the same rule applied to the hearing of thunder: if heard in a clear skyitwas a happy omen to the old greeks and romans.theplanets saturn and mars have always had a bad reputation as afflicting man, while jupiter and venus were regarded as bearers of good fortune.206themagical masonchina there is still extant the curious chinese book of divination called the yi-king or book of changes; it is believed to date from 1100b.c.it teaches an art depending upon combinations of long and short lines in groups; the system is said by the chinese to

iteone,-afeminine word. so there are two words for sun and two for moon, but where sun and moon are referred to in association, they are alwaysshemeshand!rack,orkhammahandlebanah.thebible has no suggestion that the jews were aware of the power of the moon over the tides; but the small seasof palestine have no tide, nor has the mediterranean sea.theancients recognised sevenplanets,-saturn,jupiter, mars, venus, and mercury with the sun and moon. we now speak of saturn, jupiter, mars, venus and mercury as planets moving around the sun with the earth as their companion, and the moon as the earth's satellite. there is no evidence that the ancient nations were aware that the moon had any closer relation to the earth than the other planets.thebible gives no recognition to the group of planets as

before the rise of greek or classical astronomy, say about the fifth centuryrc.,and this was, so far as we know, among the chaldeans, but we still lack definite knowledge. claudius ptolemy compiled a catalogue of stars about 137a.d.,but a description of many constellations is given in the poem of aratus of soli, called 'phainomena, written 400 years before or about 270b.c.st paul in his sermon on mars hill, related in his acts of the apostles, xvii, quotes from this poem; both these authors were natives of cilicia. they give 48 constellations. the poem of aratus is said to be a versificationof the knowledge imparted by eudoxus a hundred years before. hesiod, in hisworks and days,mentions, orion, canis, arcturus, and the seven virgins as stars; and homer in the odyssey refers to the pleiade

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the divine will chokmah the logos binah sophia (saturn) we have deliberately chosen gnostic names here to prepare you for there use in our gnostic model of the universe as presented in the next chapter. chokmah and binah also form the polarity of male and female principles which give birth to the rest of the tree of life (they could also be easily related to the fire and ice of yggdrasil. geburah mars chesed jupiter tiphareth sun hod mercury netzach venus yesod moon malkuth earth these planes or world, which can be related to planets and realities bring together the remaining the gnostic handbook page 21 characteristics with the astral plane at the moon and the earth at the base. there are many attributions related to the kabbalah and as a system of classification it is extremely useful. a

raldic period, only at the moment of the movement from one age to the next would he enter the sanctuary and transit the energies to the priesthood and to egypt. to fully appreciate the heraldic cycle as it leads towards aquarius, we should examine the four dates at the climax of pisces. from 18444 to 21024 we have the piscean heraldic cycle ruled by the sign of aries. aries is ruled by the planet mars and hence this suggests the violent and martial tone that pisces, which is assigned the egyptian god horus, has taken in this last age. while pisces is water, aries is fire and hence we have the interaction of will and emotion, while pisces distributes power, aries generates it and hence the combination of these powers brings great changes. the attribution of horus to pisces is controversial

GNOSTIC STUDIES THE GNOSTIC HANDBOOK II GNOSTIC THEURGY

are occupied by rephaim, qetebim, taga arim, seirim, teraphim, oirim and na aomoth. each comes with detailed descriptions; for example, qetebim are destroyers, the pestilence that walks in darkness. sephira. planet. angel. intelligence. spirit. kether. primum mobile. chokmah. the zodiac. binah. saturn (shabbathai. cassial agiel. zazel. chesed. jupiter (tzedek. sachiel. iophiel. hismeal. geburah. mars (madim. zamael. graphiel. bartzabel. tiphareth. sun (shemesh. michael. nakhiel. sorath. netzach. venus (nogah. hanael. hagiel. kedemel. hod. mercury (kokab. raphael. tiriel. taphthartharath. yesod. moon (levanah. gabriel. malkah be schad barschemoth ha-shartathan tarshisim ve-ad ruachoth schechalim. malkuth. earth. fig 25 gnostic theurgy page 99 to conclude to conclude this introduction to ka

al is made of, but how would you actually create a ritual? let s take a case study. let us say that john smith feels he is ineffectual, he is unable to be firm with those around him, and lacks drive and ambition. he decides he wants to confront this fear and give himself some direction, he decides therefore to perform a ritual focused on geburah in yetzirah. he has chosen geburah as it represents mars- the force of action and has chosen yetzirah as it represents the world of the unconscious. he starts to collect background information on mars. he started by examining basic books of kabbalistic lore. some of these include 777 and other qabalistic writings of aleister crowley (samuel weiser, various editions, sepher sephiroth, godwin s cabalistic encyclopaedia (llewellyn) and the magicians c

background information on mars. he started by examining basic books of kabbalistic lore. some of these include 777 and other qabalistic writings of aleister crowley (samuel weiser, various editions, sepher sephiroth, godwin s cabalistic encyclopaedia (llewellyn) and the magicians companion, bill whitcomb (llewellyn 1993. he finds the following correspondences of interest. geburah is attributed to mars. it is related to the four fives in the tarot- wands, cups, swords and discs. the yetzirah card is five of swords. it is connected to four other centres on the tree of life: gnostic theurgy page 167 binah, tiphareth, chesed and hod. these are attributed to the following tarot trumps: geburah- binah: chariot. geburah -chesed: lust. geburah- tiphareth: justice or adjustment. geburah- hod: hange

ation required to create his ritual. on the altar will be the five of swords, the major working will be to travel through this card and come back with a sense of power. he will place the tarot trumps of the related four centres in each elemental corner. he will wear a black robe with a bright scarlet overlay. he will burn tobacco and perhaps some nettle as his incense. he will play martial music (mars from holst s planets is effective) and use red throughout the temple scheme. he will research and find some prayers and invocations to mars in the various mythologies. after his primary working he will re-orient himself to each quarter and visualise each tarot trump as related to inner strength. the chariot as self control, lust as strength, justice as honour and the hanged man as finding the

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in the center. the order has a very specific way of tracing the planetary symbols. this information appears in unpublished material written by s.l. macgregor mathers, g.h. frater s.r.m.d. l k f a c b y y q p as stated earlier, the two triangles are traced from opposite angles on the tree. 8 for the first triangle begin with: for the second triangle begin with: saturn l luna y jupiter k mercury b mars f venus c venus c mars f mercury b jupiter k luna y saturn l note: l takes the place of the tud on the tree. a and the supernals are treated differently. method of invoking or banishing a the sun is treated in a different manner. when thou wishes to invoke the sun, all of the six invoking hexagrams of the planets must be traced in their regular planetary order. the symbol of a shall be traced

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of/ on/ the/ with. a babalond: of a harlot. a boapri: let them serve you. a cocasb: the time. a cro odzi: hast thy beginning. aaan: kerubic angel of water angle of fire tablet. aab: cacodemon of fire angle of earth tablet. aabco: commanding angel of air angle of water tablet. aacc: subservient angel of fire angle of air tablet. aadt: kerubic angel of air angle of water tablet. aaetpio: senior of mars on the fire tablet. aaf or aao: amongst/ among aai: amongst you/ cacodemon of fire angle of earth tablet. aai grosb: amongst you a bitter sting. aaiom: amongst us. aair: subservient angel of air angle of earth tablet. aal: cacodemon of earth angle of air tablet. aala/ ala: placed you. aala: put/ place (v) aana: kerubic angel of water angle of fire tablet. aanaa: kerubic name of water angle of

sion of the aethyr deo (21. aspt: before/ in front of. assi: subservient angel of air angle of air tablet. ast: cacodemon, counterpart of the angel stim. astel (meaning unknown) asymp: with another. ataad: angel ruling taad and companions. atapa: commanding name of fire angle of water tablet. atdim: angel ruling tdim and companions. ath: angel (filia filiarum lucis) associated with venus, name of mars heptagon 2. ato: cacodemon of air angle of air tablet, cacodemon, counterpart of the angel tott. atogbo: demonic name (reversal of obgota) commanding cacodemons of air of water. atraah: girdle/ girdles/ your girdles. att: cacodemon of air angle of air tablet. attd: subservient angel of earth angle of fire tablet. auavox/ avavox: his pomp. audcal: gold/ philosophical mercury. audropl: aydropl

ydropl, governor. autp/aultp: angel, companion of utpa. ava: cacodemon, counterpart of the angel vasa. avabh: hyacinth/ hyacinthine. avabo: deomonic name (reversal of obava) commanding cacodemons of water of fire. avas: subservient angel of fire angle of water tablet. avavaco: thunders of increase/ thunders. avavox: pomp/ his pomp. ave: angel (filius filiorum lucis, associated with venus, name of mars heptagon 1. 9 avini: millstones. aviny: millstone/ millstones. avtotar: senior of mercury on the air tablet. axir: subservient angel of earth angle of earth tablet, also known as axtir. axp: cacodemon of fire angle of air tablet. axpa: subservient angel of air angle of water tablet. axr: cacodemon of earth angle of water tablet. axtir: angel, also known as axir. axziarg: governor of the secon

e harvest of a widow. aziazior: likeness. aziazor: in the likeness. azieh: whose hands. azien: on whose hand(s. aziz: kerubic angel of fire angle of fire tablet, angel, companion of ziza. azriz: angel, also known as aziz. baataiva: bataivah. bab: power/ ability/ possibility. babage/babagen: south. babage: in the south. babagen: of the south. babagen: of the south. babalel: prince, associated with mars of mars (15) babalon: wicked (cf. babalond. babalond: harlot (cf. babalon. bable/ babler: for/ because/ for why? bablibo: prince, associated with luna (45. baeovib/ baeouib: one of the names of god/ righteousness (cf. baltoh. 10 baeovib: righteousness. bafouib: name righteousness. bag: name of the twenty-eighth aethyr. bagenol: prince, associated with venus of luna (44. bagie/ baghie: fury. b

justice. baltoh: righteousness/ the righteous (cf. balt, baeovib. baltoha: righteousness/ for my own righteousness. balye/ balie: of salt/ salt. balye: salt. balzarg: steward. balzarg: steward/ stewards/ presidents. balzizras: judgement (cf. balt. bamasan: name of a guardian angel. bamnode: prince, associated with saturn of luna (49. bams: forget/ let them forget. bapnido: prince, associated with mars of venus (3. barfort: prince, associated with mercury of luna (48. bariges: prince, associated with sol of mercury (33. barma/barman: name of a demon. barnafa: prince, associated with sol of jupiter (27. bartiro: prince, associated with jupiter of saturn (41. basgim: day (cf. bazm. 11 basledf: prince, associated with luna of venus (7. basmelo: prince associated with jupiter of sol (10. baspal

asledf: prince, associated with luna of venus (7. basmelo: prince associated with jupiter of sol (10. baspalo: prince, associated with luna of mercury (31. bataivah: elemental king of air, associated with sol. bazchim: governor of the third division of the aethyr des (78. bazm: midday/ noon (cf. basgim, basmelo. bazme: midday. bazmelo: midday the first. bazpama: prince, associated with mercury of mars (17. bbemo: demonic name (reversal of omebb) commanding cacodemons of water of water. befafes: prince, associated with mars of sol (9. befes (vocative case of) befafes, prince. beh-ee-the-oo-embeh- ee-to-em: bitom, spirit of fire. beigia: angel (filius lucis, associated with mercury, name of mercury heptagram. belmagel: kelly's evil angel. belmara: prince, associated with luna of jupiter (25

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a f# green h scorpio g blue-green i sagittarius g# blue j capricorn a indigo (blue violet) k aquarius a# violet l pisces b magenta (violet-red) the mother letters (with the new planets) letter planet scale color sounds flash on c shin. pluto c red f# green a aleph uranus e yellow a# violet m mem n neptune g blue d orange fundamental notes of the planets planet scale color planet sounds flash on f mars c red venus f# green a sun d orange moon g# blue b mercury e yellow jupiter a# violet c venus f# green mars c red 12 y moon g# blue sun d orange k jupiter a# violet venus e yellow l saturn a indigo f green-yelatconsecration ceremony for a venus talisman r. r. e t a. c. z e l a t o r a d e p t u s m i n o r 2 the magus should be garbed in the regalia of the hierophant, and should in addition

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create a wall of invisibility and of protection through the radiation of the rosea crucis and in the name of yehashua. stand guard without cessation, and use whatever force is necessary for the defense of (each quarter is stabbed, beginning in the east, and ending in the east) 11 (standing in the proper quarter, each adept creates the god form as fourth adept performs l.i.r.h and the s.i.r.h. of mars) chief adept behind altar of universe, thoth magus of fire south, horus magus of water west, isis magus of earth north, nephthys magus of air east, aroueris (note: if there are less than the required number of adepts, perform the s.i.r.h. first, then form the god shells (all god forms perform the following invocation, one at a time, in the following order) 1. horus 2. isis 3. nephthys 4. arou

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s to the quaternary of all things and to the tetrad of the holy name hwhy which operates through the four elements. the square is attributed to dsj, the fourth sephira. it would equally correspond to the planet k. it is also a fitting representative of the four elements that will eventually take on manifestation. the next figure is the pentangle. this refers to the sephira of hrwbg and the planet mars. the pentangle can be traced in two different ways. when it is reflected from every second point, it is called the pentagon, which is referred to hrwbg and f. the same figure, when reflected from every third point, is called the pentagram. 9 the pentagon is a symbol that naturally represents the power and essence of the pentad. this operates through nature by the dispersal of and the four ele

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ly as its eccentricity. this varies from a low value close to zero (when the orbit approaches the form of a perfect circle) to a high value of about six per cent when it is at its most elongated and elliptical.6 there are other forms of planetary influence too. thus, though no explanation has yet been forthcoming, it is known that shortwave radio frequencies are disturbed when jupiter, saturn and mars line up.7 and in this connection evidence has also emerged of a strange and unexpected correlation between the positions of jupiter, saturn and mars, in their orbits around the sun, and violent electrical disturbances in the earth s upper atmosphere. this would seem to indicate that the planets and the sun share in a cosmic-electrical balance mechanism that extends a billion miles from the ce

concluded, i berosus, interpreter of bellus, affirm that all the earth inherits will be consigned to flame when the five planets assemble in cancer, so arranged in one row that a straight line may pass through their spheres. 9 a conjunction of five planets that can be expected to have profound gravitational effects will take place on 5 may in the year 2000 when neptune, uranus, venus, mercury and mars will align with earth on the other side of the sun, setting up a sort of cosmic tug-of-war.10 let us also note that modern astrologers who have charted the mayan date for the end of the fifth sun calculate that there will be a most peculiar arrangement of planets at that time, indeed an arrangement so peculiar that it can only occur once in 45,200 years. from this extraordinary pattern we mig

times. however, i don t see it as being my problem as a geologist. i m not seeking to shift the burden, but its really up to the egyptologists and archaeologists to figure out who carved it. if my findings are in conflict with their theory about the rise of civilization then maybe its time for them to re-evaluate that theory. i m not saying that the sphinx was built by atlanteans, or people from mars, or extra-terrestrials. i m just following the science where it leads me, and it leads me to conclude that the sphinx was built much earlier than previously thought. 13 legendary civilizations how much earlier? john west told us that he and schoch had a friendly debate going about the age of the sphinx: schoch puts the date somewhere between 5000 bc and 7000 bc minimum [the epoch of the neoli

of irregular intervals, never twice alike in the force or number of its blows. nevertheless, all these irregular and apparently lawless catastrophes would be the result of an absolutely uniformitarian action, and we might have two schools of clock theorists, one studying the hammer and the other the pendulum.26 could continental drift be the pendulum? could earth-crust displacement be the hammer? mars and earth crustal displacements are thought to have taken place on other planets. in the december 1985 issue of scientific american, peter h. schultz drew attention to meteorite impact craters visible on the martian surface. craters in polar areas have a distinctive signature because the meteorites land amid the thick deposits of dust and ice that accumulate there. outside the present polar c

arth crustal displacements are thought to have taken place on other planets. in the december 1985 issue of scientific american, peter h. schultz drew attention to meteorite impact craters visible on the martian surface. craters in polar areas have a distinctive signature because the meteorites land amid the thick deposits of dust and ice that accumulate there. outside the present polar circles of mars, schultz found two other such areas: these zones are antipodal; they are on opposite faces of the planet. the deposits show many of the processes and characteristics of today s poles, but they lie near the present-day equator. what could have caused this effect? judging from the evidence, shultz put forward the theory that the mechanism appeared to have been the movement of the entire lithosp

poles, but they lie near the present-day equator. what could have caused this effect? judging from the evidence, shultz put forward the theory that the mechanism appeared to have been the movement of the entire lithosphere, the solid outer portion of the planet as one plate [this movement seems to have taken place] in rapid spurts followed by long pauses. 27 if crustal displacements can happen on mars, why not on earth? and if they don t happen on earth, how do we account for the otherwise awkward fact that not a single one of the ice-caps built up around the world during previous ice ages seems to have occurred at or even near either of the present poles.28 on the contrary, land areas bearing the marks of former glaciation are very widely distributed. if we cannot assume crustal shifts, w

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ters and the secret chiefs of magick, there is a political as well as spiritual undertone in contactee lore. of particular note is the work of george hunt ric williamson (a/k/a brother philip, d. january 1986, head of the brotherhood of the seven rays with an abbey near lake titicaca in south america. williamson was a serious student of the new bible oahspe, and, perhaps, from india to the planet mars (which influenced occultism in that period. williamson acted as a bridge from 19th century occult mediumship to modern trance channeling. veteran ufologist james w. moseley tells us that williamson would go into mediumlike trances and receive space messages, which he would repeat to his listeners in a voice different from his own. the mysterious disappearance of karl hunrath and wilbur wilkin

predictably, an occult circle grew up around ric williamson, including karl hunrath, an electrical engineer and inventor. they spent much time attempting to decipher the more cryptic channelings. in the middle 1950s by now, joined in california by his friend wilbur j. wilkinsin, another electrical engineer from racine, wisconsin hunrath received from alleged communicators an offer to be flown to mars. they took off in a private rented plane, allegedly headed to a meeting place in the desert with a spaceship, and were never seen again. a wall in wilkinsin s home was found to be covered with strange symbols. one seems to be the royal arch masonic glyph for x written three times, translated beneath as births give cataclysms. during hunrath and wilkinsin s channeling period, ric williamson to

erestingly, among gods. ramu= 51= sink and sorrows and a lie. it is of interest that the space names given hunrath and wilkinsin suggest their apparently unhappy future; to create a ufo furor or flap by chasing flying saucers in a rented plane into the desert, perhaps abducted and coming to grief for having believed a lie. perhaps they are among the gods indeed, but not via a spaceship headed for mars. perhaps, instead, they were food for the gods. another bizarre incident was the death of contactee-channeler gloria lee byrd, who starved herself to death after a 66-day fast on the orders of her control, j.w (j.w= 19= show and way) gloria lee began her fast on september 23, 1962, collapsed and died several days later, on december 2nd, after being found unconscious in her hotel room. in yet

GRERALD SCHUELER AN ADVANCED GUIDE TO ENOCHIAN MAGICK

ere, t_ color of tablet k= color of element of the court card of the kerub s= same as triangle no. 1 a= color of angle wands= fire, yod, red cups= water, he, blue swords= air, vau, yellow pantacles= earth, he, black the colors of the lesser watchtower squares are determined from the astrological and planetary signs as follows: red= firey= sun, jupiter, aries, cancer, libra, capricom blue= watery= mars, taurus, leo, scorpio, aquarius yellow= airy= saturas, mercury, gemini, virgo, sagittarius, pisces black= earthy= venus, moon, fire, air, water, saturn as a general role, complementary colors should be used when coloring the sides of truncated pyramids as follows: blue squares/pyramid sides have orange lettering yellow squares/pyramid sides have purple lettering black squares/pyramid sides ha

mirad. as your mental faculties dissect complex iideas and theories, so the sharpness of the sword will cutand pierce through things. when you pierce a demon with your sword, you simultaneously strike iit with rational logical thought. the sword thus aids to see through illusion and complexity. the nature of this weapon is destructive. it is also divisive. the blade should be steel, the metal of mars. it is considered a crude weapon and its use is usually restricted to the watchtowers and lower aethyrs. its primary use is to free you from emotional entanglements that are often encountered in the watchtowers. its natural force is masculine. in enochian magick, the sword is the magical symbol of air, and is especiallyused in those operations involving tthe watchtower of air. the pantacle. t

s 16 to 31, appendix a. the primary meanings of these signs are given below. sun: will power, vitality, creativity. it rules over leo. moon: instinct, habit, personality, feeling, memory, imagination, receptivity. it rules cancer. mercury: power of communicat ion, intel l igence, reason, mobility, self-expression. it rules gemini and virgo. venus: love, beauty, harmony. it roles taurus and libra. mars: passion, desire, energy, courage, initiative. it rules aries and scorpio. j piter: higher xni.nd, wisdom, optimism, spon74 taneity, enthusiasm, benevolence, generosity. it rules sagittarius and pisces. saturn: satan, contraction, crystal l ization, concentration, ambition, self-preservation, caution, responsibility, pessimism, stability, endurance. it rules capricorn and aquarius. 75 magical

d link iit with iits creator. with proper use, your magical weapons will automatically become ppowerfultalismans. they will become charged with your own emotional and psychic energies. additional talismans can be made for specific ppurposesbut all should come under the following general headings: earth: taurus, virgo, capricorn, venus, moon, pentacle, black, north. water: cancer, scorpio, pisces, mars, cup, blue, west. air: gemini, libra, aquarius, saturn, mercury, sword, yellow, east. fire: aries, leo, sagittarius, sun, jupiter, wand, red, south. 94 when you practice the exercise to gain the knowledge and conversation of your holy guardian angel, you will need to design and make your own talisman of iliatai. figure 5 shows an example of such a talisman design. the watchtowers and tablet o

in yy o u r right hand, face the watchtower of fire and say, edlprnaa (eh-del-par-nah-ah, i invoke you from the watchtower of fire to come forward and instill the power of change within my wand (see the power to produce changes entering into your wand. step 3. address the seniors and say, aaetpio (ah-ah-eteh-pee-oh, i invoke you from the watchtower of fire to come forward and bestow the energy of mars upon my wand (see creative energy entering into your wand. adaeoet (ah-dah-eh-oh-eteh, i invoke y o u from the watchtower of fire to come forward and bestow the enthusiasm of jupiter upon my wand (see energized enthusiasm entering finto your wand. alnkvod (ah-len-keh-voh-deh, i invoke you from the watchtower of fire to come forward and bestow the imagination of the moon upon my wand (see the

right hand, face the watchtower of air and say, bataivah (bah-tah-ee-vah-heh, 1 invoke you from the watchtower of air to come forward and instill the power of discernment within my sword (see the power to discem and discriminate entering into your sword. step 3. address the seniors and say, habioro (hah-bee-oh-roh, 1 invoke you from the watchtower of air to come forward and bestow the courage of mars upon my sword (see courage entering into your sword. aaozaif (ah-ah-oh-zodah-ee-feh, i invoke you from the watchtower of ah. to come forward and bestow the wisdom of jupiter upon my sword (see the discerning power of wisdom entering finto your sword. htnorda (heh-teh-noh-rah-dah),1 invoke you from the watchtower of air to come forward and bestow the instinct of the moon upon my sword (see the

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xpressively by the planet tzedek (jupiter, traditional giver of good things. humanly the development of male chromosomes in the foetus. 5 severity or economy. origination governed by the god-aspect elohim gibur (god-goddesses of strength/might).creation byarchangelchamael orsamael (burner or venom of god. formation by the angelic order of serafim (fiery serpents. expressively by the planet madim (mars. humanly by the development of female chromosomes in the foetus. 6 harmony and beauty. here life is brought to balance originatively by the god- aspect yhvh eloah ve-da at (i will be god-goddess of knowledge. creatively by archangel michael (the god-like. formatively by the angel order of the malachim (kings or messengers. expressively by shemesh (the sun) as life-supporting nucleus of our so

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some altered guise, in the more fluid but fuller form of the folk-tale. this last applies more to the goddesses, the former to the gods. gods and heroes are found in the very names of runes, the first of which in old norse is freyr, others are thor, zio, eor, asc, man, but nowhere goddesses. the gods that have kept the firmest hold are the three marked in the days of the week as mercury, jupiter, mars; and of these, wuotan stands out the most distinct. jonas, fredegar, paulus diaconus and the abrenuntiatio name him, he towers at the head of ancient lines of kings, many places bear the indelible impress of his name. woedenspanne signified a part of the human hand, as the north named another part' lilf-lisr' wolf-lith, after the god t^r. unexpectedly our 13th centuiy has preserved for us vol

hat the saviour is born (p. 95. but this myth of the mild king of peace must formerly have been known outside of scandinavia, namely, here in germany, and in britain too. for one thing, our chroniclers and poets, when they mention the saviour's birth, break out, like snorri and saxo, in praises of a peaceful augustan age; thus godfrey of viterbo p. 250: fit gladius vomer, fiunt de cuspide falces. mars siluit, pax emicuit, miles fuit auceps; nascentis christi tempore pax rediit. wernher's maria, p. 160: do wart ein chreftiger fride. then befel a mighty peace, diu swert versluogen die smide, smiths converted their s-^ords, bediu spieze und sper; both pikes and spears; d6 ne was dehein her then was there no army daz lender des gedaehte that anywhere thought daz ez strite oder vgehte, of striv

mmand, which, like certain plants, have disappeared from hotter climes. when the plastic and poetic arts have sprung out of a people's faith, they adorn and protect it by imperishable works; yet another fact must not be overlooked, that both poets and artists insensibly deviate from the sanctity of the old type, and adopt an independent treatment of sacred subjects, which, ingenious as it may be, mars the continuity of tradition. the tragedians will alter for their own ends what epic had handed down entire; the sculptors, striving after naked forms of beauty, preface. xlix will^ in favour of it, sacrifice if need be the significant symbol; as they can neither bring in all the features of the myth, nor yet find the whole of them sufficient, they must omit some things and add others. sculptu

een: how tempted he must feel to give it divine honours! but his senses and his mind link every exhibition of nature's forces with liv preface. subjective impressions bodily and mental, the promptings of language teach him to connect. how came zio to unite in himself the ideas of sky and war? the gothic veihan meant pugnare, vaihjo pugna^ veihs sacer, veiha sacerdos (p. 68, the ohg. wig pugna and mars (p. 203; the hallowed, the holy was at the same time the bright, the beaming. to the gothic hveits corresponds the skr. svetas (albus, to this the slav, svety, sviatyi (sanctus, and svet, swiat, svetlo signify mundus, coelum, lux. but again svetovit, swantowit, is ares and bellum, and the parallelism of wuotan, donar, zio to radigast, perun, svetovit stands unquestionable: the god of victory

ne could more easily take root and germinate by representing the old as odious and sinful, not as absolutely null; the christian miracles looked more credible when something supernatural was allowed to time-honoured heathenism too. this view found a precedent in the new test, itself: the god beelzebub of the o.t. had dropt into the class of devils. long in the habit of regarding jupiter, mercury, mars and venus as diabolic beings, how could the converters, preaching christianity to our forefathers, have set donar, wuotan, zio, frouwa and the rest in any other point of view? what is said and sung of the breaking of heathen images of gods entirely confirms the fact that the false gods were credited with some degree of diabolic activity. when thrown down, they complain, as demons, of the viol

they complain, as demons, of the violence of the intruders (p. 498-9: ferun's image, which the men of novgorod dragged through their streets and flung into the volkhov, broke into wailings on the faithlessness of his former adorers. olaf talks to the statue of freyr (p. 657, and with thorr he has to stand a regular contest (p. 177. st. geoi'ge compels apollo's image to walk and speak, geo. 33 35. mars, a miigeliche got' had prophesied at rome the saviour's birth, and when it took place, his image suddenly crumbled down' als der tievil do verdolte den slac (tholed, suflfered the blow) von himel so grozen, er fuor ze sinen genozen (fared to his comrades) sa verstozen in die helle, da ist er gebunden sere, daz er niemer mere her uz mac gereichen' maria 191-3. darius writes to alexander: if th

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congeriem fecit, ut nee indicium ex ea quis postea valuerit reperire* this part about felling the tree has an air of swagger and improbability; but the description of the heathen ceremony may be true to the life. i have pointed out, p. 174, that the ossetes and circassians hung up the hides of animals on poles in honour of divine beings, that the goths of jornandes truncis suspendebant exuvias to mars (p. 77 note, that as a general thing animals were hung on sacrificial trees (pp. 75-9; most likely this tree also was sacred to some god through sacrifices, i.e. votive offerings of individuals, 3 hence the whole place was named ad votum. what was the meaning of hurling javelins through the suspended shin, is by no means clear; in the north it was the custom to shoot through a hanging raw oxh

us, we could produce a subst. 6d, ead (proles, all would be straight. the prose word, ohg. storah, as. store, on. storkr, may be just as old. in frisian superstition there occur meta morphoses of storks into men, and of men into storks. a lay of wolfram 5, 21 declares that storks never hurt the crops (see suppl. the woodpecker was held sacred by ancient peoples of italy, and ranked as the bird of mars "apeos opvis: perched on a wooden pillar (evt klovo? l-v\tvov) he prophesied to the sabines in the grove by matiena (or matiera, dion. hal. 1, 14. reiske p. 40; he had once guided them on their way, wp^v-rai ol tlikevrlvoi spvo/co\d7rrov rrjv 6$bv fyeaafievov, strabo v, p. 240. and he purveyed for romulus and remus when the wolf s milk did not suffice them, ov. fasti 3, 37. 54; conf. nie

week may have been arranged and named on the model of the eoman (p. 127; the names of the three months aforesaid are independent of any latin influence.2 a remarkable feature among slavs and germans is the using of one name for two successive months, as when the anglo-saxons 1 that there were lunar years is indicated by the moon s being given at artali, for year s tale, p. 710. 2 martius rests on mars, aprilis must contain a spring-goddess answering to ostara, majus belongs to maja, a mother of gods. the same three consecutive months are linked in the latin calendar, as in ours, with divinities. months. 789 speak of an gerra and aoftera geola, aerra and aeffcera liba, ami we of a great and little horn (jan. and feb, nay, ougest is followed up by an ougstin, the god by a goddess; i even see

GRIMOIRE OF TURIEL

are obedient to the sovereigu arcana, come and assist me in the operation that i undertake under the auspices of the grand lumiriary of the night. i invoke you to this end and implore you to be favourable and hear my entreaties in the name of him who commands the spirits of the four quarters of the universal mansions: inhabit, bileth, mizabu, abinzaba. the secret grimoire invocation for tuesday (mars) come children of the red genii who have executed the order of the sovereign master of the universe upon the armies of the rash sennacherib, come and assist me in the operation that i undertake under the auspices of the third brilliant luminary of the firmament; be favourable to my entreaties in the name of adonay sabaoth. the secret grimoire invocation of wednesday (mercury: run to me with s

your auspices; be attentive to my labours and contribute your assistance that it may rebound to the honour and glory of the highest. the secret grimoire character of aratron lord of saturn. perfumes: saifron, with the wood of atoes, the elder and the pine. add to it a grain of musk, and consecrate the whole, pulverized and mixed together in a paste. the secret grimoire chabacter of praleg lord of mars. perfumes the head of a frog, the bovine blood, a grain of white poppy, fiowers of camomile, and camphor, pulverized into a paste by the mixing of the blood of a virgin kid. the secret grimoire character of phul lord of the moon. perfumes: leaves of the mandrake, sal ammonia, roots of gentian, valerian herbs finely cut, a little sulphur, made into a paste with the blood of a black cat. the se

of venus. coiznas. peajel penael. intelligences of venus. penat. thiel. rael teriapel. spirits of mercury. mathlai. tarmiel. baraborat. messengers of mercury. raphael. ramel. doremiel. intelligences of mercury. aiediat. modiat. sugmonos. sal!ales. the secret grimoire presiding spirits of jupiter. sachiel. castiel. asasiel. presiding spirits of venus. anael. rachiel. sachiel. presiding spirits of mars. samael. satael. amabiel. presiding spirits of mercury. raphael. uriel. seraphiel. angeli glorioso supradicti estote coadjutores et auxiliatores in omnibus negotijs et interrogationibus in omnibus celensq) causis per eum qui venturus est judiciase vivos et mortuos. omnipotent and eternal god who hast ordained the whole creation for thy praise and glory and for the salvation of man, i earnestl

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s water; the lower small triangle on the right, with the point upward, represents fire. on the lower arm of the figure, below the large rose, is a hexagram. symbol of the macrocosm.composed of two interlaced triangles. at its points are inscribed the six planets, according to the ancient astrological tradition: at the bottom is the moon, at its right is venus, followed in turn by jupiter, saturn, mars, and mercury. at the center of the hexagram is the sun. the order of arrangement of these symbols conforms to certain kabalistic rituals. the lower end of the longest arm is divided into four sections by two diagonal lines. these sections are colored according to the four colors of malkuth of the kabalistic "tree of life" the four sets of three rays which extend outward from the center of the

HAMIL THE ROSICRUCIAN SEER

specula255 tions and central-sun systems in the technical phraseology of the day, but stopping short precisely where his revelations would be most useful and most convincing-the limits of our present knowledge and ideas,t-detailingto a nicety the vegetation of the planet saturn, the complexions of the inhabitants of jupiter, and the very forms of the cerebrum and cerebellum of the inhabitants of mars, but unable to give us the diameter of the sun to withinii4,ooqmiles-'itsdiameter has not been as yet correctly determined' becoming dogmatical upon theoriginof the asteroids, but stating'theirrotations have been scarcely decided upon, their revolutions have beennearlycorrectly calculated' but the (to me) most convincing proof that our soul atmosphere has the faculty of receiving, when in a m

HANDBOOK OF EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY

hich it sometimes revealed to the deserving. according to one legend, the great sphinx kept the sand from overwhelming giza until a zealous holy man destroyed its power by mutilating the statue s face. in modern times, the great sphinx has been seen as the guardian of the hidden wisdom of the lost kingdom of atlantis or as the symbol of an ancient galactic master race who built a second sphinx on mars. see also feline deities; horus; montu; ra; seth references and further reading: p. jordan, riddles of the sphinx. stroud, england: 1998. g. posener (ed. sphinx. in a dictionary of egyptian civilization. translated by a. macfarlane. paris: 1962, 267 268. primary sources: sphinx stela of amenhotep ii; sphinx stela of thutmose iv stars and planets individual stars and planets were considered to

distant goddess. sopdet formed a triad with the star gods sah and sopdu-hor. sah is almost certainly the great southern constellation known to the greeks as orion. the pyramid texts describe sah of the long stride as a stellar manifestation of osiris. as the lone star, sopdu-hor acted as the herald of the sun god morning and evening. various forms of horus were equated with other planets such as mars, jupiter, and saturn. it is possible that the planet mercury was associated with seth. the constellation we know as the great bear was interpreted by the egyptians as several deities guarding seth s bull form or its severed leg. this is one of the few recognizable parts of the star maps that decorate the ceilings of some royal tombs. the babylonian concept of the stars of the zodiac was intro

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ha, ha, ha, va, va, va, an, an, an, aie, aie, aie, el, ay, elibra, eloim, eloim& per nomina ipsius alti dei, qui secit aquam aridam apparere& vocavit terram& produxit arbores& herbas de ea& sigillavit super eam cum precioso, honorato, metuendo& sancto nomine suo& per nomen angelorum dominantium in quinto exercitu, qui serviunt acimoy angelo magno, forti, potenti& honorato& per nomen stell, qu est mars& per nomina pr dicta conjuro super te samael, angele magne, qui pr positus es diei martis& per nomina adonay, dei vivi& veri, quod pro me labores& adimpleas &c. as in the conjuration of sunday. the spirits of the air of tuesday are under the east-winde: their nature is to cause wars, mortality, death and combustions; and to give two thousand souldiers at a time; to bring death, infirmities or

HP LOVECRAFT THROUGH THE GATES OF THE SILVER KEY

e bore some kinship to the constellations of earth that he knew "some day his descent into the solar system may be told. he saw kynath and yuggoth on the rim, passed close to neptune and glimpsed the hellish white fungi that spot it, learned an untellable secret from the close glimpsed mists of jupiter, and saw the horror on one of the satellites, and gazed at the cyclopean ruins that sprawl over mars' ruddy disc. when the earth drew near he saw it as a thin crescent which swelled alarmingly in size. he slackened speed, though his sensations of homecoming made him wish to lose not a moment. i will not try to tell you of these sensations as i learned them from carter "well, toward the last carter hovered about in the earth's upper air waiting till daylight came over the western hemisphere

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learheaded day. if you've got a case in court, for instance, it would be very good if you could get it on a wednesday. it's that kind of day. the days of the week are named after planets, in all languages. sunday is derived from the sun, and monday is moon day. in foreign countries, the same practice is followed: it's a global custom. the chinese god, tui, was a war god, and although our war god, mars, comes from the romans, we named tuesday after tui. the french use mardi in honour of mars. the spanish and french named wednesday after mercury, but we use the germanic "wodensday" woden was the counterpart of the god mercury. thursday is thor's day. thor was the god who was comparable to jupiter and although the french and spanish named their thursday after jupiter, we stick to thor. thor a

at most women know about. a sunday marriage is blessed and, of course, this may be why so many more people get married on sunday than on any other day (sunday marriages are customary in the united states) monday marriages are likely to face great ups and downs and changes because of the connection with the phases of the moon. tuesday weddings mean arguments and a bit of inconstant behaviour (it's mars' day, which means a lot of strife and trouble and difficulties) wednesday is based on commercial, level-headed values, control over emotions. thursday is pretty good if you want to have a swinging affair and a lot of unexpected money coming in. friday, being a venus-ruled day, can be a day of sorrow. lovers face many tragic moments and they reach a point of separation and then make up again

r slightly for every person on earth. numbers belong to us. numbers are what we are, to a certain extent. people who have seen themselves helplessly reduced to social security numbers, bank account numbers, military service numbers, car licence numbers, and many more, often feel that there is a pressure to wipe out the individual and replace him with a numerical value. photographs of the moon and mars were transmitted back to earth in the form of computer numbers, which does not mean that there are a lot of numbers floating around in outer space; but it does mean that anything in life can be assigned a numerical value, such as the computers that were fed information translating photographic levels of light and darkness by the number. numbers in themselves are not potent. we give them a pot

r five day, however. this can be done with every day of your life, and if you know the symbols that relate to the numbers you have a guiding key for every fraction of the future. according to the ancients, number one is symbolized by the sun, number two by the moon, number three by jupiter, number four by saturn, number five by mercury, number six by venus, number seven by uranus, number eight by mars and number nine by neptune. one old interpretation equates pluto to the number zero, but others place a value of twenty-two on pluto, which is an exception to the rule of reductions. if your birthdate adds up to 'twenty-two, this number is not converted to a four as the sum of two and two, because twenty-two has a special meaning from antiquity. what are the characteristics related to the var

s wife know nothing about his business, for example, or a married man whose wife hasn't the slightest inkling about his love affairs because you are very careful in the way you operate. a number seven day is probably one in which a person would clean up and organize his life, straighten out past difficulties. inspirational forces and intuition are also involved with this number. number eight, the mars number, is a primitive number that deals with the physical self. a number eight person is one who inclines towards working more with the body than the mind. it could be a very strong or oversexed woman. interest in sports, combat, anything associated with physical activity are included in the number eight sphere. number nine, the neptune number, is a detective type, someone who digs in deep

, she has changed her name. elizabeth taylor for an example of how a married woman changes when her numerical representation is altered by marriage, let's examine a well known case, a woman with lots of experience in the field- in marriage, not numerology, that is: elizabeth taylor. elizabeth is a number seven and taylor is a number one, so elizabeth taylor, girl star, is a number eight, ruled by mars, an influence that has to do with conquests, victory, determination and strength. this is on top of her first-name proclivity for the uranus seven, a very exciting, adventuresome, intuitive, high-strung personality, which does describe elizabeth taylor. then she finds herself married, in succession, to conrad hilton, which turns her into a number five as elizabeth taylor hilton, because she i

INITIATION INTO HERMETICS

the sphere his wishes to visit, and according to his will, being attracted by the sphere. as there does not exist any perception of time and space for his spirit, he can visit any sphere instantly, either alone or in the company of his leader. according to the quabbalistic tree of life, he will reach in turns, first the sphere of the moon, next the one of mercury, then that of venus, of the sun, mars, jupiter and finally the sphere of saturn. on all spheres he will meet the organisms living there, and he will learn to know all about their laws and secrets. if the magician has gone so far as to be able to visit the universe, that is the spheric planetary system of the organisms and to master it, his mental training is completed. he has grown to be a perfect magician, he is a brother of the

ISIS UNVEILED

e at the holy place. ilda-baoth, the 'son of darkness' and the creator of the material world, was made to inhabit the planet saturn, which identises him still further with the jewish jehovah, who was saturn himself, according to the ophites, and is by them denied his sinaitic name. from dda-baoth emanate six spirits, who respectively dwell with their father in the seven planets. these are saba or mars; adonai ?io, or the sun* levo the moon; eloi jupiter; attapkoi mercury (spirit of wa- ter; and ouratot venus, spirit of fire* in their functions and description as given, these seven planets are identical with the hindq saput-lolau, the seven places or spheres, or the superior and inferior worlds; for they represent the kabalistic seven spheres. with the ophites, they belong to the lower sphe

"seven impostor-daemons" or stellars, who "will deceive ao the sons of adam" these are sol; spiriium venereus (holy spirit, in her material aspect, the mother of the "seven badly-disposed stellars" answering to the gnostic achamoth; nebu, or mercury "a false mes- siah, who will deprave the ancient worship of god* sin (or luna, or shuril; kmn (kivan, or saturn; bel-ju ter; and the seventh, nerig, mars (codex nazaraeut, i, p. 55. the christos of the gnostics is the chi^ of the seven aeons, st. john's seven spirits of god; the nazarenes have also their seven genii or good aeons, whose chief is rex lucu, mano, their christos. the sapa-ruhia, the seven sages of india, inhabit the sapta-puraa, or the seven celestial cities. what less or more do we find in the univerwd ecdeaia, until the days of

plato's mother* in her case it was also muntained by popular tradition that she had immaculately conceived him, and that the god apollo was his father. even the annunciation by an angel to joseph "in a dream" the christians copied from the message of apollo to ariston, perictione's husband, that the child to be bom from her was the offspring of that god. so too, romulus was said to be the son of mars by the vii^ rhea sylvia. it is generally held by all the symbolical writers that the ophites were found guilty of practising the most licentious rites during their religious meetings. the same accusation was brought against the maniehaeans, the carpocratians, the paiuicians, the albigenses in short against every gnostic sect which had the temerity to claim the right to think for itself. in ou

ISRAEL REGARDIE A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO GEOMANTIC DIVINATION

a list of the planetary meanings: 1. saturn. older people and old plans. debts and their repayment. agriculture, real estate. death and 40 a practical guide to geomantic divination wills. stability and inertia. time, patience, and testing. 2. jupiter. abundance, plenty, growth, expansion, generosity. spirituality, visions, dreams, long journeys. bankers, creditors, debtors, gambling. success. 3. mars. energy, haste, anger. construction or destruction, according to context and application. danger, accidents, surgery, vitality, and magnetism. 4. sun. superiors, employers, executives, officials. power and success. life, money, growth of all kinds. illumination, imagination, mental power and creativity. health. 5. venus. social affairs, affections and emotions, women, younger people. all plea

JENNINGS HARGRAVE ROSICRUCIANS RITES MYSTERIES

ancient or in modern times, whether displayed as points, or radii) or wings on the helmets of those barbarian chiefs who made war upon rome, attila or genseric, or broadly shown upon the head-piece of the frankish clovis; whether emblemed in the rude and, as it were, savagely mystic horns of the asiatic idols, or reproduced in the horns of the runic hammerer (or destroyer, or those of the gothic mars, or of the modern devil; all this double-spreading from a common point (or this figure of horns) speaks the same story. the colossus of rhodes was a monolith, in the human form, dedicated to the sun, or to fire. the pharos of alexandria was a fire-monument heliopolis, or the city of the sun, in lower egypt (as the name signifies, contained a temple, wherein, combined with all the dark superst

mnia per medium, et omnia in omnibus (hermetic axiom. in the speculations of the gnostics, the astronomical points cancer and capricorn are called the gates of the sun. cancer, moreover, is-termed the "gate of man; capricorn is the gate of the gods. these are platonic views, as macrobius declares. with the influences of the planets, saturn brings reason and intelligence; jupiter, power of action; mars governs the irascible principle, the sun produces sensation and speculation, venus inspires the appetites, mercury bestows the power of declaring and expressing, and the moon confers the faculty of generating and augmenting the body. the egyptian winged disc is a symbol of tat, taut, or thoth (plutarch, de iside et osiride. the lions heads, so frequently observable in the sculptures decoratin

t and more perfecting) baptism is by symbolical fire. both rites were in use among the egyptians (refer to mystic heraldic formul elsewhere in our book) the three ordeals (or sacraments) of the ancient mysteries were by water, air, and fire. thus, also, the egyptian initiation: cave, cloud, fire. so, too, the masonic initiations. with these meanings, royal coffins and investitures are always red (mars, as meaning royalty active; or imperial purple (jupiter, or perhaps mercurius thoth, taut, tat, as royalty passive, or implying the lord of regions. according to the cabalistic view, jacob s ladder, which was disclosed to him in a vision, is a metaphorical representation of the powers of alchemy, operating through visible nature. the ladder was a rainbow, or prismatic staircase, set up betwee

tered y. 1. violet (red and blue) most refrangible ray. sanguine. sardonyx. dragon s tail. w. 2. indigo (opaque blue) purpure amethyst) mercury. matter qualified by light. u. 3. blue (azure) sapphire. jupiter. o. 4. green (yellow and blue) vert emerald venus. i. 5. yellow or topaz gold sol. e. 6. orange (red and yellow) tawny tenne jacynth dragon s head. a. 7. red least refrangible ray gules ruby mars) dragon s head. vowels. matter coagulate (as the sea. pure elemental matter (as the sky. living forms in matter (disclosed in light. fixed and stationary natural forms, and their spirits. red inflamed,or light fire in its flower, or glory. 2. seraphim. second. ther um fire inflaming, or flowering (in stage of flowering) blooming fire (as a being. elementumignis. first affection, or results (p

ent (or silver* the colour azure, or blue,mystically signifies the deep, or the world usurped, or won, out of chaos (chronos, saturn, or time; and it is represented by the planet jupiter (zeus, as lord of theworlds* these are the two chiefmetals of the alchemists, and the two chief mystic symbols of the rosicrucians red is blazoned by the old priestly heralds, or augurs, by the name of the planet mars vert (or verd, and argent, silver (hermes, or thoth, ortaut, orluna, orastarte, indifferently, are represented by the planetvenus and by themoon. persian fire-tower. chapter the twentieth. the rosy cross in indian, egyptian, greek, roman and medi val monuments. hough fire is an element in which everything inheres, and of which it is the life, still, according to the abstruse and unexplained i

oden throne or chair, together with their crown and sceptre, was brought into england by the english king edward the first, and placed in westminster abbey. si quid habent veri vel chronica, cana fidesve, clauditur hac cathedra nobilius ecce lapis, ad caput eximius jacob quondam patriarcha quem posuit, cernens minima mirapoli. quern tulit ex scotis, spolians quasi victor honoris, edwardus primus, mars velut armipotens; scotorum domitor, noster validissimus hector, anglorum decus& gloria milit. antiquities of westminster abbey, 1711. it is still supposed, in accordance with the ancient prophecies, that the stone in the coronation chair has miraculous gifts, and that the sovereignty of england depends upon it* as also that the pre-eminence of london is connected with the preservation of lond

JESSUP MK THE CASE FOR THE UFO

ng by an astronomer could be a mistake or an illusion. but hundreds of sightings are involved, and dozens of serious, reliable astronomers. boy! if only he knew the thousands. many round things have been seen crossing the discs of the sun and moon, and some in space with no background. roundness implies spherical or discoid shapes. lights have been seen in space, some of them near mercury, venus, mars, and the moon, and some between us and those orbs, so that they might be on their surfaces. in the case of the moon, lights have been seen on the surface. there have been shadows on the moon and on the earth which could have been cast only by manipulated space contrivances. the advent of the great comets and the red spot on jupiter in the late 1870's was coincident with the mysterious appeara

ions are the domiciles of the small-fry discs, spheres, 37 balls of light, etc, which are so frequently seen in proximity to the earth's surface and to our planes, rockets, air fields and cities. it is my belief that these constructions are few in number, not many (there is some possibility, in fact, that there may be only two of them) and that they do not come from distant planets such as venus, mars, jupiter or the vastly more distant stars. it is my belief that they are usually globular, sometime spindlelike, and that they are an indigenous part of earth-moon binary-planet system. i make this statement on the basis of hundreds of astronomical observations in which the rough determinations of parallax can be made. parallax shows these objects to be somewhere between a few hundred miles a

nvenience, i suggest that their most natural and permanent habitat is at the gravitational neutral of the earth-sun-moon, three-body system which is well within the orbit of the moon. why not, the neutral has less wearing effects on tissue, nerves& lets one live much, much longer. humans die due to gravitational wear& tear, too. dean swift was prescient in regard to his astronomy, predicting that mars had two small satellites, one of which was close to mars' surface and made two revolutions daily. it has been pointed out that this inner body is too close to mars to be in adjustment with any known postulate of the natural distribution of satellites relative to their parent body. this may be an indication that mars' inner satellite is artificial. also an old "dead-ark" s-m make it has been p

in the gravitational field, at which planets, asteroids, and possibly comets and meteors tend to locate themselves. an extension of the theory to the satellite systems of the major planets indicates a similar system of nodes on smaller scales, where planets, rather than the sun, are gravitational centres. this indicates a sort of generality, and since these smaller planets, such as venus, earth, mars, do not have satellite systems (the moon is more of a companion than satellite and may have joined the earth through acquisition rather than formation, it might well be that these gravitational nodes are occupied to some degree by navigable construction "nodes" are the old traps& burial "grounds" here lay quite a few dead-ships they cannot get away. the old types couldn't but these new types

versionary measure. not so or else she'd have cornered the worlds diamond market by now as a dead-give-away that she'd caught one (takes a powerful magnetic "net" to do so) one with a reverse "snap neutralizer" in it. 8. the very number and variety of the ufo's which are constantly seen is almost a priori proof of an origin close to the earth. even the distance to nearby planets such as venus and mars seems too great to permit of such promiscuity. we can conclude that the ufo's are permanent because they have been here for many centuries. that we have so suddenly become aware to them may be due in part to an increased activity, but it is more likely the result of our own slow awakening from intellectual immaturity. exhaustive research has disclosed records of sightings covering thousands o

human beings from blowing up another planet, perhaps the only remaining one which offers supplies and a haven to space navigators? if we are incapable of the self-control necessary for our preservation, are we to assume that superior neighbors will permit their safety to be imperiled by our immature behavior? 47 matches our own thoughts. it is no longer necessary to explain them as visitors from mars, venus, or alpha centauri. they are a part of our own immediate family- a part of the earth-moon, binary-planet system. they didn't have to come all of those millions of miles from anywhere. they have been here for thousands of years. whether we belong to them by possession, like cattle, or whether we belong to each other by common origin and association is an interesting problem, and one whi

KASAK VEEDE UNDERSTANDING PLANETS IN ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA

the god in akkadian tradition an anu god of heaven enlil marduk (b l) jupiter main god, god of air and earth enki ea god of waters and wisdom nanna sin moon moongod, god of fertility and prosperity utu .ama. sun sungod, god of justice inanna i.tar venus goddess of love and war (ninurta) nabu mercury god of wisdom and writing (savior, redeemer) ninurta ninurta saturn god of war and hunting? nergal mars god of plague, famine, war, and the underworld 15 we bring an excerpt of a list of witnesses from a pact between the same assyrian king and median king ramataia (672 bc, signs denoting the planets are translated as modern planet names: in the presence of the planets, jupiter, venus, saturn, mercury, mars, sirius, and in the presence of assur, anu, enlil, ea, sin, shamash, adad, marduk, nabu

s suggested by brown: gmuch is said about planets grepresenting h or gstanding for h gods or constellations. h the relations of planets with gods are intricate, and deserve a separate study and much more accurate terminology than we are currently used to (brown 2000: 54. the tangle is further increased by the fact that the planets with the strongest maleficent influence, like mercury, saturn, and mars, do not have always a strong, one-to-one relation to one god. e.g. saturn is connected to ninurta, who tends to be identified with nabu, who in turn is connected to mercury. we can also, starting from ninurta, reach the war god nergal who is connected to mars. akkadian astral terminology in cuneiform texts, any name can be found written in different ways; and the meaning of a name can depend

g. while edog f is ur, ewolf f is ur.idim. figure 5. eplanet f (akkadian bibbu) in two forms: dudu.idim and mulbi-ib-bu. in cuneiform texts, wedge signs are usually not as clearly grouped and are often written downright carelessly. handwriting of the ancient scribes is sometimes a problem in assyriology. the above-mentioned dudu.idim could also mark jupiter, venus, and mercury, but sometimes also mars, saturn, or even the constellation of scales. although theoretically it is possible to collect all planet names and gods related to them, their reading and interpretation have changed quite a lot in time (kugler 1907: 293; gossmann 1950; borger 1981; rochberg 1998: 28.29. sometimes, instead of naming the sun, the moon, and venus, a number as a symbol of the corresponding god is 17 used togeth

is 17 used together with the determinative of the god (e.g. the sun is marked by d20) as has been pointed out by simo parpola fs new model of the assyrian tree of life (parpola 1998: 285, 289. all planets together can be met mainly in astrological texts and there they are arranged in order of their beneficial influence. the original arrangement. the moon, the sun, jupiter, venus, saturn, mercury, mars, was later replaced by the moon, the sun, jupiter, venus, mercury, saturn, mars; saturn and mercury exchanged places (rochberg 1998: 90. in this article we follow the same arrangement with every planet fs name followed by its number in gossmann fs catalogue, its pronunciation in akkadian, translation and commentaries. in case of planets, the determinatives dingir (d) and mul (mul) can and hav

text mul.apin, moon can be denoted simply by dingir. akkadian ilu (g194. egod f. moon as the celestial body is in akkadian (w)arhu (g169, in more poetic cases either mulgal (g62) or more often as mulbir (g56, which gossmann suggests to read as mulkalam2, with the akkadian translation in both cases mulkal tu ethe kidney star f. as a pseudonym, this combination can be also used to mark mercury and mars. different phases of the moon could be mentioned by their own names: the new moon from the first to fifth day was called ud.sar da-nu-u, on 6th-10th day the half moon was ka-li-tu de-a, full moon of 11th-15th day was aga ta.-ri -ti ethe tiara of the full moon f (gossmann 1950: 133, etc. figure 6. widespread ways of writing emoon f in cuneiform: d30, den.zu and mulgal. all these were read alik

own characterises it as gtraditional/fundamental h (brown 2000: 63. as marduk was the babylonian main god, there started the tradition by which jupiter later became the main god both in greece and rome. but their clear relations cannot be compared to the tangle in mesopotamian planet names: e.g. on some occasions mercury was also called the star of marduk (e.g. on the new year, and sometimes even mars was called so. eking star f mullugal (g240 (akkadian kakkab .arr) means besides jupiter also regulus( leo) and, more seldom, centauri( cen. jupiter is nearly as bright as venus and in some respects even more conspicuous as it may shine all night long. this is also the origin of the appellation mulud.al.tar (g137, akkadian umu dapinu evictorious daylight f, efrightful splendour f (gossmann 195

KETAB E SIYAH

easures of the sky, all-illumining and burning with golden flame, at my bidding would hide beneath the eastern horizon or flee to the horizon to the west. to speed or halt or turn back the sun was my prerogative and pleasure. my rod commanded also the silver moon, that lights night's shadow with virginal beams. i could make her wax or wane as i willed. others too knelt to my vice regency: crimson mars and gentle venus, swift mercury of the dawn's new light, mighty jupiter and his four-fold train and dim saturn who augurs ill. the seas i commanded with a hand, directing their tides to grow and fall. a dozen dozen myriads of angels were my thegns 6 that rode at my left, at my right, at my back. indeed was my glory most great! most beautiful and most noble was i, and am, and the high favour b

ures of the sky, all-illumining and burning with golden flame, at my bidding would hide beneath the eastern horizon or flee to the horizon to the west. to speed or halt or turn back the sun was my prerogative and pleasure. my rod commanded also the silver moon, that lights night's shadow with virginal beams. i could make her wax or wane as i willed. 67 others too knelt to my vice regency: crimson mars and gentle venus, swift mercury of the dawn's new light, mighty jupiter and his four-fold train and dim saturn who augurs ill. the seas i commanded with a hand, directing their tides to grow and fall. a dozen dozen myriads of angels were my thegns that rode at my left, at my right, at my back. indeed was my glory most great! most beautiful and most noble was i, and am, and the high favour bes

KNOWLEDGE LECTURE FIVE

s as follows: naher- the river 1. hiddikel 2. pison 3. gihon 4. phrath euphrates the pyramid of the four elements admits to the path of tzaddi, the 28th path. on the sides of the pyramid are the hebrew names of the elements. on the apex is the word eth, meaning essence and on the base is the word olam, meaning world. the next badge is the calvary cross of ten squares admitting to the path of peh, mars, the 27th path. the ten squares are referred to the ten sephiroth in balanced disposition. it is also the opened out form of the double cube of the altar of incense. another badge is the hegemon s cross admitting to the grade of philosophus. this cross embraces tiphareth, netzach, hod, and yesod resting upon malkuth. this cross also refers to the 6 sephiroth of microprosopus and is the opened

KNOWLEDGE LECTURE FOUR

th knowledge lecture below are the geomantic figures and their zodiacal attributions! p puer& o puella@ v amissio* rubeus# albus( u acquisitio$ m populus) x carcer$ n via_ z tristitia% s fortuna major+ y laetitia% t fortuna minor q caput draconis^ w conjunctio r cauda draconis lineal figures of the planets below are the numbers and lineal figures of the planets: saturn 3 triangle jupiter 4 square mars 5 pentagram sun 6 hexagram venus 7 heptagram mercury 8 octagram moon 9 enneagram this topic is considerably elaborated in a very important document entitled polygons and polygrams. there are a number of drawings to illustrate each point made. the magical squares of the planets they are formed of the squares of the number of the planet, arranged so as to yield the same number each way. the num

KNOWLEDGE LECTURE TWO

are: atziluth, archetypal pure diety twlyxa briah, creative archangelic hayrb yetzirah, formative angelic hryxy assiah, action matter, man, shells, demons hycu the ten houses, or heavens, of assiah, the material world, are: 1. primum mobile, rashith ha gilgalim \ylglgh tycar 2. sphere of the zodiac, mazloth twlzm 3. sphere of saturn, shabbathai yatbc 4. sphere of jupiter, tzedek 'qdx 5. sphere of mars, madim \ydm 6. sphere of the sun, shemesh cmc 7. sphere of venus, nogah hgwn 8. sphere of mercury, kokab bkwk 9. sphere of the moon, levannah hnbl 10. spehere of the elements, olam yesodoth twdwsy \lwu the divine names attributed to the sephiroth kether's divine name is eheieh (hyha, its archangel is metatron( wrffm, its choir of angels is the chayoth ha-qedesh (cdqh twyj) or 'holy living cre

n wpldns)and its choir of angels is the ashim(\yca, or 'virile ones. planetary names, angels, and intelligences in hebrew, saturn is called 'shabbathai. it's angel is cassiel, its intelligence, or beneficial spirit, is agiel (layga, and its spirit (darker aspect) is zazel (lzaz) jupiter is called tzedek. it's angel is sachiel, its intelligence is iophiel (layphy, and its spirit is hismael (lamsh. mars is called madim. its angel is zamael, its intelligence is graphiel (layparg, and its spirit is bartzabel (labxrb. the sun is called shemesh. its angel is michael, its intelligence nakhiel (laykn, and its spirit sorath (trws. venus is called noagh. its angel is hanael, its intelligence is hagiel (laygh, its spirit is called kedemel (lamdq. mercury is called kokab. its angel is raphael, its int

LEADBEATER C W THE HIDDEN LIFE IN FREEMASONRY 2E

rogen is the lightest, and what little of it there is in a free state gradually rises to the top of the atmosphere, and some of it escapes and becomes lost in space. that is one of the reasons why the older planets always have less hydrogen than the younger- it leaks away to a certain extent as the planet rushes along through space. that reduces the amount of water on the globe. thus we find that mars, which is older than the earth in proportion to its size, and is in a later period of its life, has slightly more land than water on its surface, while jupiter and saturn which are younger, not in actual age, but in proportion to their size, are almost entirely liquid. there is a great being called the spirit of the earth, who uses the earth as his physical body; he has made his own arrangeme

LEMEGETON

blioth que nationale [6. although this text is based on earlier versions, repeated mention of the year 1641 and guns, shows a late redaction. the "table of practice" has similarities with dee's "holy table. in the former the seven seals have the characters of the seven planets, which also occur in the "magical calendar (published 1620, but with possible connections with trithemius) saturn jupiter mars sun venus mercury moon the descriptions of the seals for each sign of the zodiac are evidently abstracted from paracelsus, the second treatise of celestial medicines, cf. archidoxes of magic translated by robert turner, 1656, pp. 136 ff. ars almadel in 1608, trithemius mentioned a long list of books on magic, including the book "almadel attributed to king solomon [7] ars almadel is also found

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

of nine moving heavens, which are concentric with the earth, the fixed center of the universe, and around which they revolve at a velocity proportional to their distance from the earth. each heaven is presided over by one of the angelic orders, and exercises its special influence on human beings and their affairs. the seven lowest are the heavens of the planets: the moon, mercury, venus, the sun, mars, jupiter, saturn. the eighth heaven, the sphere of the fixed stars, is the highest visible region of the celestial world, and the ninth heaven, the primum mobile, governs the general motion of the heavens from east to west, and by it all place and time are ultimately measured. finally, beyond and outside the heavens, lies the empyrean, where there is neither time nor place, but light only, an

told several variants of another, more upbeat, story of descent to the underworld, the tale of nergal and ereshkigal. in this story nergal, as a consequence of an affront to ereshkigal s vizier, is required to appear in the queen of the underworld s court to offer an apology. ereshkigal finds herself attracted to this upper world god and attempts to seduce him by allowing nergal, the mesopotamian mars, to see her undress for a bath.he resists her charms at first, but gives in on her second try. after a full week of lovemaking, nergal steals away before dawn.when she hears that he has abandoned her, ereshkigal falls to the ground and cries. she then sends her vizier to heaven, demanding that they return nergal to her: ever since i was a child, i have not known the companionship of other gir

angels; incubi and succubi for further reading: freeman, eileen. the angels who fell from grace. angel watch 3, no. 5 (october 1994. godwin,malcolm. angels: an endangered species. new york: simon and schuster, 1990. prophet, elizabeth clare. forbidden mysteries of enoch: fallen angels and the origins of evil. 1983. livingston, mt: summit university press, 1992. nergal nergal was the mesopotamian mars, a god associated with war and death. he was apparently adopted as a guardian spirit by the chaldeans, one of the groups of people who ruled the 188 netherworld mesopotamian area in later centuries. his marriage to ereshkigal, queen of the underworld, led him to be identified as king of the underworld in later, syncretistic religions, such as in certain strands of gnosticism. in certain refer

th. also, according to the church father origen, there were some doubtful angels who were uncertain whether to take the side of god or that of lucifer. it was from these hesitant and irresolute creatures that humans are thought to have originated. other commentators have speculated that this battle took place on a planet in the solar system that exploded and gave rise to the asteroid belt between mars and jupiter. in literature, the most significant story about the war in heaven is john milton s multivolume paradise lost, in which an arrogant satan leads rebelling angels against faithful ones defending the mount of god in heaven. after being thrown out of heaven, satan eventually corrupts the first humans to revenge himself against god. however he does not accomplish anything, and as he re

LIBER 777

a [alga: hyha] hwchy table i (continued) 3 vi. the heavens of assiah. vii. english of col. vi. viii* orders of qliphoth. 0. 1 \ylglgh tycar rashith ha-gilgalim sphere of primum mobile (1) laymwat thaumiel 2 twlzm mazloth sphere of the zodiac (1) lawgwu ghagiel 3 yatbc shabbathai sphere of saturn (1) layratas satariel 4 qdx tzedeq sphere of jupiter (2) hlksug gha agsheklah 5 \ydam madim sphere of mars (3) bjlwg golachab 6 cmc shemesh sphere of sol (4) wryrgt thagiriron 7 hgn nogah sphere ofvenus (5) qrz bru a arab zaraq 8 kbwk kokab sphere of mercury (6) lams samael 9 hnbl levanah sphere of luna (7) laymg gamaliel 1010 twdwsy \lj cholem yesodoth sphere of the elements (7) tylyl lilith 11 jwr ruach air [elements. see col. lxviii] 12 [planets follow sephiroth, corresponding] mercury [planets

a adimiron 17 \ynwat teonim gemini wrymillx tzalalimiron 18 frs sarton cancer c wryrjyc shichiriron 19 hyra ari leo b wrybhlc shalehbiron 20 hlwtb betulah virgo e wryrpx tzaphiriron 21. jupiter. 22 \ynzam moznaim libra d wryrybu a abiriron 23 \ym maim water. 24 brqu akrab scorpio c wrytcjn necheshthiron 25 tcq qesheth sagittarius b wrycjn necheshiron 26 ydg gedi capricorn e wrygdgd dagdagiron 27. mars. 28 yld deli aquarius d wrymyhb bahimiron 29 \ygd dagim pisces c wrymycn nashimiron 30. sol. 31 ca ash fire. 32. saturn. 32 bis ra aretz earth. 31 bis ta ath spirit. table of correspondences 4 ix. the sword and the serpent x. mystic numbers of the sephiroth xi* elements (with their planetary rulers. xii* the tree of life. 0. 0. 1 1 root of d 1st plane, middle pillar 2 3 root of b 2nd plane, r

acchus table of correspondences 10 xxxv. some roman gods. xxxvi. selection of christian gods (10; apostles (12; evangelists (4) and churches of asia (7. xxxvii. hindu legendary demons. 0. 1 jupiter god the 3 in 1 2 janus[[mercury] god the father, god who guides parliament 3 juno, cybele, hecate &c. the virgin mary 4 jupiter[[libitina] god the rain-make (vide prayer-book, god the farmer s friend 5 mars christ coming to judge the world 6 apollo[[bacchus, aurora] god the son (and maker of fine weather) 7 venus messiah, lord of hosts (vide prayer-book, r. kipling &c) 8 mercury god the holy ghost (as comforter and inspirer of scripture, god the healer of plagues 9 diana (as[[terminus, jupiter] god the holy ghost (as incubus) 1010 ceres ecclesia xsti, the virgin mary 11 jupiter[[juno, olus] matt

ra] god the son (and maker of fine weather) 7 venus messiah, lord of hosts (vide prayer-book, r. kipling &c) 8 mercury god the holy ghost (as comforter and inspirer of scripture, god the healer of plagues 9 diana (as[[terminus, jupiter] god the holy ghost (as incubus) 1010 ceres ecclesia xsti, the virgin mary 11 jupiter[[juno, olus] matthew 12 mercury sardis 13 diana laodicea 14 venus thyatira 15 mars, minerva [the disciples are too indefinite] 16 venus[[hymen. 17 castor and pollux [janus[[hymen. 18 mercury[[lares and penates. 19 venus (repressing the fire of vulcan. 20 [attis, ceres, adonis[[vesta, flora. 21 jupiter [pluto] philadelphia 22 vulcan[[venus, nemesis. 23 neptune[[rhea] john, jesus as hanged man 24 mars[[mors. 25 diana (as archer[[iris. 26 pan, vesta, bacchus. 27 mars pergamos

personification of the moon as distinct from the goddesses with lunar aspects such as artemis, hekate, etc. similarly helios was a personification of the sun. see betz (ed. the greek magical papyri in translation. col. xxxv. agrippa (de occ. phil. tom ii cap xiv) in his orphic scale of the number twelve refers the twelve principle gods of rome to the zodiac: a pallas (minerva) g vulcan b venus h mars c phoebus i diana d mercury j vesta e jupiter k juno f ceres l neptune. crowley omitted jupiter and phoebus from these for some reason. col. xxxvi. the evangelists follow the traditional attribution to the kerubim. godwin gives the apostles thus (he does not state his source: a matthias b thaddeus c simon d john e peter f andew g bartholemew h phillip i james son of zebedee j thomas k matthew

der in which they appear in the goetia. planetary symbols indicate the rank of the spirit and the material from which its seal is to be made (some spirits have two ranks, thus (the original text has the seals of earls made in mixed copper and silver; mathers suggests copper/silver or silver/mercury alloy for the presidents: liber 777 56 rank planet metal knight saturn lead prince jupiter tin earl mars iron king sol gold duke venus copper president mercury mercury (hmm) marquis luna silver in rendering the names of the demons into hebrew, some suffixes like ion, ius, etc. have been dropped. an alternative set of attributions and hebrew spellings can be found in the sword and the serpent by denning and phillips, and godwin s cabalistic encyclopedia. cols. clxvii clxxi. a completely different

LIBER ALEPH

iving strength and stability to my spiritual essence. uranus was ascending in the lion, to fortify my magical will with courage, and to turn it to the salvation of man. in the waterman was saturnus, to make mine intelligence sober, profound, and capable of labour. jupiter, with mercury his herald, was in scorpio, harmonizing me and my word according o the essence of my nature. then of the others, mars was exalted in the goat, for physical endurance of toil; sol was conjoined with venus in the balance, for judgment in art and in life, and for equability of temple. lastly, the moon was in the sign of the fishes, her loved abode, for a gift of sensitiveness and of glamour. what then am i? i am a transient effect of infinite causes, a child of changes. there is no i, o thou that art not thou

er are the lovers in the path of the twins, for intellectual wholeness, and for adjustment to environment. these three are from this superna and complete the theorick of thy work. after this, in the praxis and executive thereof thou hast the hermit as an influence from the sphere of jupiter in the path of the virgin, for secrecy, and for concentration, and for prudence. lastly, from the sphere of mars, travelleth justice in the path of the balance, for good judgment, and tact, and art. o my son, in this chapter is more wisdom than in ten thousand folios of the alchemists! study therefore to acquire skill in this method, and experience; for this gold is not only of the metals, but of every sphere, and this key is of virtue to enter every palace of perfection. w liber aleph vel cxi 168 #l de

LIBER BATRACHOPHNEROBOOCOSMOMACHIA

until by assiduity he has well succeeded. let him add the moon, keeping well in mind the relative sizes of, and the distance between, the planet and its satellite. he will probably find the final trick of the mind to be a constant disappearance of the image, and the appearance of the same upon a smaller scale. this trick he must outwit by constancy of endeavour. he will then in add in turn venus, mars, mercury and the sun. it is permissible at this stage to change the point of view to the centre of the sun, and to do so may add stability to the conception. the practicus may then a the asteroids, jupiter, saturn, uranus and neptune. the utmost attention to detail is now necessary, as the picture is highly complex, apart from the difficulty of appreciating relative size and distance. let thi

LIBER CCC KHABS AM PEKHT

it is a little cottage of red and green, by the western side of a great lake, and it is hidden in the woods. man, therefore, is at odds with wood and water; and being a magician bethinketh himself to take one of these enemies, wood, which is both the effect and cause of that excess of water, and compel it to fight for him against the other. what then maketh he? why, he taketh unto himself iron of mars, an axe and a saw and a wedge and a knife, and he divideth wood therewith against himself, hewing him into many small pieces, so that he hath no longer any strength against his will. good; then taketh he the fire of our father the sun, and setteth it directly in battle array against that water by his army of wood that he hath conquered and drilled, building it up into a phalanx like unto a co

LIBER CCCXXXV ADONIS

ur then? psyche. ay, that needs not to be sworn; i am his own daughter born. hermes. in thy blood the spark divine of olympus? psyche. even in mine! hermes. hark, then! at the hour of fears when the lordly lion rears in mid-heaven his bulk of bane violently vivid, shakes his mane majestical, and snake and bull lamp the horizon, and the full fire of the moon tops heaven, and spurs the stars, while mars ruddily burns, liber cccxxxv 26 and venus glows, and jupiter ramps through the sky astride of her, then, unattended, let the king press on the little secret spring that guards the garden, and entering lay once his hand upon him, even while in the white arms of his heaven he swoons to sleep. that dreadful summons from the wild witchery his woman.s, that shaft of shattering truth shall splinter

LIBER CCXLII AHA

ence, and whither? olympas .by my kiss from that abode to this.to this. my wings? marysas. thou hast no wings. but see an eagle swooping from the byss where god stands. let him ravish thee and bear thee to a boundless bliss! olympas. how should i call him? how beseech? marysas. silence is lovelier than speech. liber ccxlii 2 only on a windless tree falls the dew, felicity! one ripple on the water mars the magic mirror of the stars. olympas. my soul bends to the athletic stress of god fs immortal loveliness. tell me, what wit avails the clod to know the nearness of its god? marysas. first, let the soul be poised, and fledge truth fs feather on mind fs razor-edge. next, let no memory, feeling, hope stain all its starless horoscope. last, let it be content, twice void; not to be suffered or e

LIBER CHANOKH

e names are seen written without the heptagram within the heptagon. by reading these obliquely are obtained names of angels called (1) fili bonitatis or filiol lucis. e me ese iana the symbolic representation of the universe 2 akele azdobn stimcul (2) fili lucis. i ih ilr dmal heeoa beigia stimcul [these are given attributions to the metals of the planets in this order: sol, luna, venus, jupiter, mars, mercury, saturn (3) fili filiarum lucis. s ab ath ized ekiei madimi esemeli (4) filii filiorum lucis. l (el) aw ave liba rocle hagone(l) ilemese see all these names in the heptagram of the great seal. so also there are seven great angels formed thus: take the corner letter s, then the diagonal next to it ab, then the next diagonal ath, then the fourth diagonal, where is i with 8 21 (which in

lyn(.second edition. 1994. finally i will warn the reader that schueler& schueler.s .enochian. books for llewellyn should not be regarded as a reliable source of information on either .dee purist. or golden dawn enochian magick, or anything else for that matter. notes 42 notes to part i 1: these talismans, the ensigns of creation, are referred to the seven planets (clockwise from top) venus, sol, mars, mercury, jupiter, saturn, luna. the details of the ensigns are not visible on the graphic of the holy table (plate i. the seven ensigns and an account of their reception can be found in mysteriorum liber tertius; they are reproduced in turner (1989. 2: the letters on the holy table itself are derived from the names of the heptarchic kings and princes. the method is described in dee.s libri m

rough to tertius plus tfr, but those made by dee are still extant and are 5 inches in diameter. 5: most of these names consist of a transliteration of the hebrew for the .sphere of the planet. with.-el. stuck on the end. see agrippa de occulta philosophia lib. iii cap. xxviii, where most of these names appear. the spirit of saturn is called sabathiel; the spirit of jupiter zedekiel; the spirit of mars, madimiel; the spirit of the sun semeliel, or semeschia; the spirit of venus nogahel; the spirit of mercury cochabiah, or cochabiel; the spirit of the moon, jareahel, or levanael. a corabiel is cited as one of the .angels of the first heaven ruling monday. in the heptameron of pseudo-abano, but there has no particular connection to mercury. crowley omits to mention the names formed from the l

LIBER DCCCLX JOHN ST

t their content is gone from me; and, in the absence of the prophet daniel, i shall let the matter slide. 7.44. pr.n.y.ma. 13 cycles. very tiring; i began to sweat. a mediocre performance. 8.00-8.20. breakfast. hatha-yog..a pear and two gaufrettes. 8.53. have been meditating in hanged man position. thought dull and wandering; yet once .the conception of the glowing fire. seen as a planet (perhaps mars. just enough to destroy the concentration; then it went out, dammit! 1 [see the edition of the goetia edited by crowley and mathers. t.s] liber dccclx 16 10.40. have attended to correspondence and other business and drunk a citron presse. the voice of the n.di began to resound. 10.50. have done .bornless one. in .sana. good; yet i am filled with utter despair at the hopelessness of the task

LIBER DXXXVI

ontent until by assiduity he has well succeeded. let him add the moon, keeping well in mind the relative sizes of, and the distance between, the planet and its satellite. he will probably find the final trick of mind to be a constant disappearance of the image, and the appearance of the same upon a smaller scale. this trick he must outwit by constancy of endeavour. he will then add in turn venus, mars, mercury and the sun. it is permissible at this stage to change the point of view to svb figvra dxxxvi 3 the centre of the sun, and to do so may add stability to the conception. the practicus may then add the asteroids, jupiter, saturn, uranus and neptune.3 the utmost attention to detail is now necessary, as the picture is highly complex, apart from the difficulty of appreciating relative siz

LIBER E

right twice in 7 times (roughly) by calling trumps each time. 6. note that some cards are harmonious. thus it would not be a bad error to call the five of swords( gthe lord of defeat h) instead of the ten of swords( gthe lord of ruin h. but to call the lord of love (2 cups) svb figvra ix 3 for the lord of strife (5 wands) would show that you were getting nothing right. similarly, a card ruled by mars would be harmonious with a 5, a card of gemini with gthe lovers. h 7. these harmonies must be thoroughly learnt, according to the numerous tables given in 777. 8. as you progress, you will find that you are able to distinguish the suit correctly three times in four, and that very few indeed inharmonious errors occur, while in 78 experiments you are able to name the card aright as many as 15 o

LIBER LLL PARADIGMAT PIRATE

reets in my hometown were different. 14. there were buildings missing in the skyline of downtown. 15. i saw a tiny purple kitten. this is just a short list of potential dream signs. you might also notice radical place differences (being in another city/country) or be a radically different person (james bond. it can be as simple as your pet being a different color or as complex as being a miner on mars. while continuing to record dreams, also begin to keep a list of dream signs. underline them as you record the dreams from that evening, then list them at the bottom of the page after the dream. note any patterns that occur in your dream signs. note which ones occur the most. you could, for example, frequently find yourself in a different country or back in grade school. you may frequently se

LIBER LVII

[also arb .he created, second word of genesis. t.s] 54 [see the remarks on ob, od and aour in the introduction to levi.s rituel de haute magie. t.s] on the qabalah 37= 300. descending into the midst of hwhy, the four inferior elements, we get hwchy jeheshua, the saviour, symbolised by the pentagram. 301. ca, fire. 314. ydc, the almighty, a name of god attributed to yesod. 325. a mystic number of mars. labxrb, the spirit of mars, and layparg, the intelligence of mars. 326. hwchy, jesus.see 300. 333. wznwrvj, see liber 418, 10th athyr. it is surprising that this large scale 3 should be so terrible a symbol of dispersion. there is doubtless a venerable arcanum here connoted, possible the evil of matter summo. 333= 37 9 the accursed. 340 \c.the name. 341. the sum of the .3 mothers. aleph, mem

sum of the figures is always 9, e.g. 9 487= 4383. 4+ 3+ 8+ 3= 18. 1+ 8= 9. scholion g. 9= f, a serpent. and the serpent is the holy uraus, upon the crown of the gods. scholion d. 9= ix= the hermit of the tarot, the ancient one with lamp (giver of light) and staff (the middle pillar of the sephiroth. this, two, is the same ancient as in 0, aleph .the fool, and aleph= 1. scholion e. 9= dwsy= 80= p= mars= 5= h= g= lmg= 73= hmkj= the mother= binah= 3= ba= the father (1+ 2= mystic number of chokmah= chokmah= 2= b= the magus= i= 1. 60 [crowley probably means the story published as .the sorrow of search. in time and the gods. t.s* the complete dictionary, begun by frater i. a, continued by fra. p. and revised by fra. a. e. g. and others, will shortly be published by authority of the a a. a.c [it

umn is a matter of spiritual intuition. solvitur ambulando67. but here i am only dealing with the .trying of the spirits, to know whether they be of god. suppose now that a vision purporting to proeed from god is granted to me. the angel declares his name. i add it up. it comes to 65. an excellent number! a blessed angel! not necessarily. suppose he is of a mercurial appearance? 65 is a number of mars. then i conclude that, however beautiful and eloquent he may be, he is a false spirit. the devil does not understand the qabalah well enough to clothe his symbols in harmony. but suppose an angel, even lonely in aspect, not only knows the qabalah. your own researches in the qabalah.as well as you do, but is able to show you truths, qabalistic truths which you had sought for long and vainly! t

LIBER LXXVIII

o pentacles: 1 each of the others" 1. g peace restored 2 of swords. 2. i great strength 9, wands. 3. k unstable effort 7, swords. 4. b material success 6, pentacles. 5. d blended pleasure 4, cups. or in g i k b d two wands: 1 each of the other suits. there being thirty-six decans and seven planets, it follows that one of the latter must rule over one more decan than the others. this is the planet mars, to which are allotted the last decan of l, and the first of a, because the long cold of the winter requires a great energy to overcome it, and initiate spring. and the beginning of the decantes is from the royal star of leo, the great star cor leonis: and therefore is the first decan that of f in e. a description of the cards of the taro 27 here follow the general meanings of the small cards

LIBER O

point, but trace each triangle in the opposite direction. 13 see 777, col. v. generally for the planets use the name for the sephirah corresponding, and for the signs, the name of the sephirah corresponding to the ruling planet. in the version taught in the golden dawn, the letters of ararita were attributed to the points of the hexagram in .lightning flash. order (a to saturn, r to jupiter, a to mars, etc) and the particular letter was to be vibrated along with the other names. 14 the print editions read. as in plate on preceding page. the hexagram of sol is formed by tracing the hexagrams of the other six planets in order, thus twelve triangles in total. in the diagram, numbers are placed by the starting point of the first stroke* all material by aleister crowley (c) ordo templi orientis

LIBER SEPTEM REGUM SANCTORUM

of the black shadow at my side, for he shall cast thee down& thou shalt be despised of all men& thy power shall be broken if thou so much as lift thine eyes unto his face. place therefore thine head upon my knees, that i may put mine hands upon thine head& bless thee with my blessings (he does so) welcome wast thou& thou shalt be welcome to my brethren. pass thou on (they reach the third throne. mars welcome, welcome, welcome, for thou art chosen, o thou that hast aspired to the brotherhood immortal. aspiration is strength& i give thee of my bounty: courage& energy& force; conquest& domimon. all these hast thou won by virtue of that single aspiration. but beware of the black shadow at my side, for he shall bum thee as with fire& all that thou hast shalt thou lose. and in thy battles shalt

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

and) to scandinavia long ago. they would have left their homeland at some point during the roman empire, which can be reckoned to around 100 b.c.e. both snorri sturluson and saxo grammaticus associate the legendary king frodi, grandson of frey according to snorri, with the peace that occurred when christ was on earth. and the translated lives of the saints put the norse gods (in place of jupiter, mars, diana, and other roman gods) in the time and space of early christianity.even if they are only for the most part envisioned in these texts as idols animated by demons. it is furthermore possible.perhaps likely.that ragnarok was seen by at least some christians as the demise not only of the pagan gods but of the belief in and worship of them. their day would have preceded that of christ, and

ekdays were named after planets, the germanic peoples who undertook the translation seem to have relied on the roman gods whose names the planets bore and to have tried to equate those gods with their own. in the cases of the sun and the moon, the translation was obvious: sunday and monday. the other cases, however, were more difficult. dies martis, the day following gmoon-day, h bore the name of mars, god of war and battle. the germanic peoples equated him with *tiwaz, who was to become ty lr in scandinavia and tiw in england, whence tuesday. thus, although about all ty lr does in the extant mythology is lose his hand to the wolf fenrir (and provide the gods with a laugh when he does so, we can surmise that he derives from a warrior god of considerable importance. dies mercurii bore the n

roman interpretation, h that is, translations of the germanic gods into the roman equivalents. although caesar has something to say about the germanic gods, this notion refers especially to tacitus, germania, chapter 9, in which tacitus attempts a discussion of gods, cult, and divination. mercury, he says, receives the greatest worship, even human sacrifice. animals are sacrificed to hercules and mars, and a portion of the suebi sacrifice to isis (an egyptian goddess who was known to the romans, in what tacitus regards as a ritual of foreign origin because of the use of a ship. in the interpretatio germanica, we know the latin weekday names that were being translated, but here we are on less-certain ground. indeed, we cannot know the extent to which the interpretatio romana represents germ

can make guesses about the forms of the myths that might have attended the germanic gods, but the enterprise is difficult. still, when we bring into the picture the interpretatio germanica, which presumably occurred a few centuries after tacitus wrote, the presumed correspondences become fairly clear. in the interpretatio germanica odin is the equivalent of mercury, and ty lr is the equivalent of mars. hercules is not used in the interpretatio, but we must believe that thor was one of the principal deities of the germanic peoples, and, like thor, hercules was a renowned slayer of monsters. thus, tacitus tells us about just three gods, the same three who were pressed into service when the days of the week were translated. tacitus also tells us about one goddess, whom he calls isis, and in t

according to snorri sturluson in the gylfaginning section of his edda, ty lr will fight with another bound monster at ragnarok (fenrir will be busy with odin. this is garm, who was bound at gnipahellir but who will run free as the end of the world approaches. he and ty lr will kill each other. ty lr fs name is found in the weekday name tuesday, which is a translation of latin dies martis (day of mars; as mars was a god of war, so must the germanic predecessor of ty lr have been. etymologically ty lr fs name is related to an indo-european root meaning gdeity h (e.g, compare latin deus, and in fact the formal plural of ty lr would be tivar, and this is attested as a collective for all the gods. this would also explain such odin names as sigty lr (victory-ty lr) or hangaty lr (ty lr-of-the-h

LUCIFERIAN SORCERY

ple hermetic circle used by coven nachttoter/the order of phosphorus differs from the original, the foundation is in itself similar if not the same. the triple hermetic circle is presented here anew, that the student makes use this by daring to do so. the reworked version is attributed to the four elements as follows: direction element god form planet north earth set saturn/sothis east fire horus mars/sun south water thoth moon west air anubis venus while pathal attributions are based on the elements in a different manner, this hermetic version in the directions and elements were first developed by hamara t however the god forms were developed through the order of phosphorus. one may develop their own circle based on the pathal elements within a left hand path manner as the following for a

LURQUIN STONE EVOLUTION AND RELIGIOUS CREATION MYTHS

between fact, theory, some other scientific terminology, and the general functioning of science. how science really works: facts and theories first, let us examine what a fact is. we can say that it is a fact that a dropped pencil hits the ground instead of flying away from it. an unobstructed midday sun is yellow-white. microbes can be seen with the use of a microscope. the atmosphere of planet mars contains no breathable air. deoxyribonucleic acid (dna, an example developed in the next section, is found in all known creationism and intelligent design 5 cellular life. these are all facts, or in other words, these are all observations made with our eyes and instruments. but here, already, we can see that not all observational facts are of the same nature. for example, a falling pencil and

esign 5 cellular life. these are all facts, or in other words, these are all observations made with our eyes and instruments. but here, already, we can see that not all observational facts are of the same nature. for example, a falling pencil and a yellow sun are obvious to all equipped with eyesight. on the other hand, microbes cannot be seen with the unaided eye, and no humans have ever been to mars to check the claim that its atmosphere is not breathable. finally, dna is a molecule that must be isolated from living cells and characterized chemically. however, no one would challenge the claims that microbes and dna exist, and we are all confident that our space probes are built in such a way as to report accurately on the physical reality that exists on other planets. but it also turns o

cterized chemically. however, no one would challenge the claims that microbes and dna exist, and we are all confident that our space probes are built in such a way as to report accurately on the physical reality that exists on other planets. but it also turns out that the reality ofmicrobes was questioned for quite some time even after the invention of the microscope, and discussing the nature of mars s atmosphere would have been considered ludicrous just a few decades ago. thus, it is important to remember that facts must first be discovered (they are neither always obvious nor preordained) and then generally accepted by the scientific community. it is also important to realize that discovery these days practically always depends on the manufacturing of improved analytical instruments and

s molecular form (h2) in high concentrations in the atmospheres of the giant gas planets, notably jupiter and saturn. thus, hydrogen is thought to have been part of the primeval atmosphere of all planets right after the formation of the solar system, about 4.5 billion years ago. hydrogen is no longer found at significant concentrations in the atmospheres of rocky planets such as venus, earth, and mars. this is because the low gravity of these planets compared to that of the gas giants could not prevent the escape of hydrogen into space. however, recent calculations have shown that hydrogen may have represented at least 30% of earth s initial atmosphere. it is known that oxygen gas (o2) was not present in the primeval atmosphere because earth s oldest rocks are not oxidized. it has been kno

ourse, our own earth s atmosphere became significantly oxygenated only hundreds of millions of years after life appeared. thus, the age of extrasolar planets is of the essence. we do not know yet whether any extrasolar planets have oxygenated atmospheres, nor do we know when these planets formed. it is only a matter of time for these questions to be answered, however. in truth, search for life on mars, much closer to home, has so far yielded negative results, even though mars harbors very large quantities of water ice (and perhaps transiently liquid water) in its polar regions. on the other hand, methane gas was recently discovered in the atmosphere of mars, which could be a sign of bacterial life there. the search continues. a little less close to home, one of the large satellites of jupi

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

ituals of druidism. according to artemidorus, ceres and persephone were worshiped on an island close to britain with rites and ceremonies similar to those of samothrace. there is no doubt that the druidic pantheon includes a large number of greek and roman deities. this greatly amazed c sar during his conquest of britain and gaul, and caused him to affirm that these tribes adored mercury, apollo, mars, and jupiter, in a manner similar to that of the latin countries. it is almost certain that the druidic mysteries were not indigenous to britain or gaul, but migrated from one of the more ancient civilizations. the school of the druids was divided into three distinct parts, and the secret teachings embodied therein are practically the same as the mysteries concealed under the allegories of bl

mbers. here, with appropriate sacrifice, each king renewed his click to enlarge the scheme of the universe according to the greeks and romans. from cartari's imagini degli dei degli antichi. by ascending successively through the fiery sphere of hades, the spheres of water, earth, and air, and the heavens of the moon, the plane of mercury is reached. above mercury are the planes of venus, the sun, mars, jupiter, and saturn, the latter containing the symbols of the zodiacal constellations. above the arch of the heavens (saturn) is the dwelling place of the different powers controlling the universe. the supreme council of the gods is composed of twelve deities--six male and six female--which correspond to the positive and negative signs of the zodiac. the six gods are jupiter, vulcan, apollo

ars, jupiter, and saturn, the latter containing the symbols of the zodiacal constellations. above the arch of the heavens (saturn) is the dwelling place of the different powers controlling the universe. the supreme council of the gods is composed of twelve deities--six male and six female--which correspond to the positive and negative signs of the zodiac. the six gods are jupiter, vulcan, apollo, mars, neptune, and mercury; the six goddesses are juno, ceres, vesta, minerva, venus, and diana. jupiter rides his eagle as the symbol of his sovereignty over the world, and juno is seated upon a peacock, the proper symbol of her haughtiness and glory. p. 34 oath of loyalty upon the sacred inscription. here also the kings donned azure robes and sat in judgment. at daybreak they wrote their sentenc

ed forth. according to one account, he was liberated by a wild boar which split the wood of the maternal tree with its tusks. adonis was born at midnight of the 24th of december, and through his unhappy death a mystery rite was established that wrought the salvation of his people. in the jewish month of tammuz (another name for this deity) he was gored to death by a wild boar sent by the god ars (mars. the adoniasmos was the ceremony of lamenting the premature death of the murdered god. in ezekiel viii. 14, it is written that women were weeping for tammuz (adonis) at the north gate of the lord's house in jerusalem. sir james george frazer cites jerome thus "he tells us that bethlehem, the traditionary birthplace of the lord, was shaded by a grove of that still older syrian lord, adonis, an

lower powers in this manner: upon the first ring sits the moon, and to it is returned the ability to increase and diminish. upon the second ring sits mercury, and to it are returned machinations, deceit, and craftiness. upon the third ring sits venus, and to it are returned the lusts and passions. upon the fourth ring sits the sun, and to this lord are returned ambitions. upon the fifth ring sits mars, and to it are returned rashness and profane boldness. upon the sixth ring sits jupiter, and to it are returned the sense of accumulation and riches. and upon the seventh ring sits saturn, at the gate of chaos, and to it are returned falsehood and evil plotting "then, being naked of all the accumulations of the seven rings, the soul comes to the eighth sphere, namely, the ring of the fixed st

ial of the theory that the angels and archangels are human in form, as so often pictured. a human figure would be utterly useless in the ethereal substances through which they manifest. science has long debated the probability of the other planers being inhabited. objections to the idea are based upon the argument that creatures with human organisms could nor possibly exist in the environments of mars, jupiter, uranus, and neptune. this argument fails to take into account nature's universal law of adjustment to environment. the ancients asserted that life originated from the sun, and that everything when bathed in the light of the solar orb was capable of absorbing the solar life elements and later radiating them as flora and fauna. one philosophical click to enlarge surya, the regent of t

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/rheged were naturally enough brigantia (brigit) and cocidius (goch in modern welsh i.e. the red one. cocidius was a god of hunting and the forest who had a cult centre at bewcastle in cumberland. at bewcastle or fanum cocidi the temple of cocidius there was both a fort and a temple. the strong roman military presence soon became a part of the local mix and cocidius quickly became associated with mars& also silvanus the son of mars) as mars cocidius who was widely worshiped by the civil and military population alike. the roma n military had a tradition (for the most part, jews and druids aside) of respecting the genius loci (local gods, since like all soldiers they needed as much luck as they could get. so they took on the local cult but gave it a roman gloss. my private worship has for so

dely worshiped by the civil and military population alike. the roma n military had a tradition (for the most part, jews and druids aside) of respecting the genius loci (local gods, since like all soldiers they needed as much luck as they could get. so they took on the local cult but gave it a roman gloss. my private worship has for some years been reserved for the roman/etruscan trinity of laran (mars, turan (venus) and lupercus (faunus sometimes called silvanus. this came about as the result of a strange chain of events. i had already made a study of roman domestic pagan worship (the cult of the lars familiaris or familiar spirits) and the survival in northern britain of the folk veneration of the spirits of the hearth and the ancestors. particularly house familiars brownies, boggarts and

ears ago an antique dealer i know told me of another dealer, who was looking to sell a mixed bag of antiquities a metal detectorist had unearthed from a ploughed field in the vicinity of york. i went and had a look most of the items were poor quality medieval detritus eg broken buckles poor quality coins etc. however there were a few good 2nd century roman coins and one very nice 3 inch bronze of mars (laran) in the etruscan style. the dealer was a notorious operator often selling overpriced rubbish to the unwary. however he clearly didn t recognise the bronze so i was able to buy it for 18 (about $32) believing it likely to be an 18th century copy of an italian original. later i had the bronze checked at the british museum to find out it was a 2,400 year old original. therefore it was a g

dealer was a notorious operator often selling overpriced rubbish to the unwary. however he clearly didn t recognise the bronze so i was able to buy it for 18 (about $32) believing it likely to be an 18th century copy of an italian original. later i had the bronze checked at the british museum to find out it was a 2,400 year old original. therefore it was a genuine etruscan votive image of laran (mars. this image would have been the family lar of a tuscan family in iron age italy before coming to britain in the rucksack of a roman legionary perhaps a member of the vith victrix legion based at york. how the bronze came to be lost i will never know but the loss would have been appalling to its owner. the lar represented the spirit of the ancestors of an entire family and the families luck an

ve been passed from one head of household (paterfamilias) to the next for centuries. the loss of this would have been a disaster to both the individual and his whole family. that the only etruscan votive of laran to be found in britain that i have heard of came into my hands is in itself surprising; but this coincidence was just the first of many. the etruscan deity laran (also called maris later mars) was one of a pair of deities, twins. laran s twin was tages. according to legend laran had the head& neck of a swan in childhood before assuming human shape at maturity, and tages the wings of a swan. laran was a deity of protection, the protector of the flocks and the community, a god of divination and of agriculture and fertility. he was above all a god of the countryside in this form he w

not coincidental. the staff was used to mark out the area of sky used in the process of augury and to mark out the templum on the ground where the augur carried out his rites. the lituus was later adopted by christian bishops. it is therefore most appropriate that the votive of laran was unearthed in a ploughed field. when it came into my hands it was still covered in brown clay. as noted earlier mars as god of the countryside is represented as the green woodpecker (picus puck? c.f. pook, bwca, boggart, buggane and all the other variants) and therefore wears the livery common to most of the little people in folklore. at the risk of being accused of wild speculation it is worth noting that cocidius (goch in modern welsh) means red and would have been rendered pock or poock in many of the br

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eople calling themselves witches or saints, as the case may be. whether you cast a spell for the sake of a church, yourself, or anyone else makes not one jot of a difference. a spell is a spell, whether it sounds like a prayer or an incantation. paracelsus put the matter in a nutshell when he wrote "through faith the imagination is invigorated and completed, for it really happens that every doubt mars its perfection" unless you possess a rock-firm faith in your own powers and in the operability of your spell, you will not achieve the burning intensity of will and imagination which is requisite to make the magic work. faith is the vice in which you hold steady your crucible will, into which you pour the molten metal of your virulent imagination. if you reflect on it, you will see in effect

known by, using this scheme to allocate the letters to numbers: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z keep adding the resultant numbers together till they form a single digit, thus: j o h n+ s m i t h 1+ 6+ 8+ 5 1+ 4+ 9+ 2+ 8= 20= 24= 44= 4+ 4= 8 now numerologically speaking the digits have the following traditional planetary attribution: 1. the sun 2. the moon 3. mars 4. mercury 5. jupiter 6. venus 7. saturn 8. uranus 9. neptune in john smith's case, his name planet will be uranus. his next step would be to consult a book of classical myth and legend, on the subject matter surrounding uranus. there will be ample material to select a name from, especially if the book is one of comparative mythology, showing the interrelations of legends among different cult

xactly the same of course, namely, the deep minds of both parties concerned. the type of power to be raised for these operations of wrath and chastisement can take two forms: a binding, inhibitory power for inducing inertia or "tying someone's hands- this pertains to saturn; and a scorching, blasting power for blighting and burning (which is what people generally mean by a curse- this pertains to mars. those spells of a saturnian nature make use of the same symbolism you have already encountered in the last chapter, namely that of hertha, the great mother, seen in her negative aspect as the dark, terrible, stony bringer of inertia, and dame habondia in her aspect of noticula-hecate, lady of night and death. the mars spells, however, introduce you to the fourth and final witch entity: he pa

mbolism is exactly the same. a sword is merely more dramatic in its effect, especially when used during initiation rites. but magically speaking, the simpler witches' knife is just as effective. to consecrate a sword, you proceed in exactly the same way as your athame, buying and exorcising the sword previously without bargaining over the price. astrologically speaking, iron is the metal ruled by mars, and it is the raw energy of this stern principle that we canalize in our invocations of cernunnos in his aspect of horned god of warfare and destruction. i shall return to the subject of envoutement later under the heading of "grand bewitchment" meanwhile, whenever you wish to contact "mars" within you, whether it be for purposes of sending the horned one, grand bewitchment, or storm raising

ze in our invocations of cernunnos in his aspect of horned god of warfare and destruction. i shall return to the subject of envoutement later under the heading of "grand bewitchment" meanwhile, whenever you wish to contact "mars" within you, whether it be for purposes of sending the horned one, grand bewitchment, or storm raising, a good device to make use of initially is the talismanic square of mars, a process similar to those of mercury and saturn, which you have already encountered. the square of mars 11 24 7 20 3 4 12 25 8 16 17 5 13 21 9 10 18 1 14 22 23 6 19 2 15 (the numbers in each line, vertical or horizontal, add up to 65) on a tuesday night, when the moon is waning, take your exorcised talisman square and divide it up into twenty-five compartments, five down, five across, with

ents, five down, five across, with pen and ink of art. in your thurible, burn a martial incense of wrath and chastisement (see the last section of this chapter) now devise a jingle, phrase, or word for yourself which you feel suitably represents the power of war and destruction in your mind. again, it can be a list of the names of war gods from a variety of pantheons such as "thunor, balor, ares, mars" or a name of the horned one himself such as "barabbas, barabbas" or the old witch curse "rentum tormentum("rend and torment them) or a word which you feel conjures up the full burning, terrifying presence of destruction such as "hiroshima! hiroshima! hiroshima" each number must now be written in, infused with the fiery intensity of a repetition of your charm, using your witchly imagination t

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erse they ask to be invoked. neither are omitted, the conjurations, seals, characters, and divine letters, which belong to them, by means of which we receive the power to sympathize with these spirits. the key of solomon page 8 table 1: table of the planetary hours hours from hours from sun. mon. tues. wed. sunset to sunset midnight to midnight thurs. fri. sat. merc. jup. ven. sat. 8 1 sun. moon. mars. moon. mars. mer. jup. 9 2 ven. sat. sun. sat. sun. moon. mars. 10 3 mer. jup. ven. jup. ven. sat. sun 11 4 moon. mars. mer. mars. mer. jup. ven. 12 5 sat. sun. moon. sun. moon. mars mer. 1 6 jup. ven. sat. ven. sat. sun. moon. 2 7 mars. mer. jup. mer. jup. ven. sat. 3 8 sun. moon. mars. moon. mars. mer. jup. 4 9 ven. sat. sun. sat. sun. moon. mars. 5 10 mer. jup. ven. jup. ven. sat. sun. 6 1

am cassiel michael gabriel zamael raphael sachiel anael the key of solomon page 10 table 3: table of the archangels, angels, metals, days of the week, and colours attributed to each planet. days saturday. thursd. tuesda. sunday. frida. wednes. mond. archangel tzaphquiel tzadiqel khamael raphael haniel michael gabriel angel cassiel sachiel zamael michael anael raphael gabriel planet saturn jupiter mars sun venus mercury moon metal lead tin iron gold copper mercury silver colour black blue red yellow green purple white book one page 11 preliminary discourse. from lansdowne mss. 1203, the veritable clavicles of solomon, translated from the hebrew into the latin language by the rabbi abognazar. every one knoweth in the present day that from time immemorial solomon possessed knowledge inspired

hapter. it is, therefore, advisable to know that the hours of the day and of the night together, are twenty-four in number, and that each hour is governed by one of the seven planets in regular order, commencing at the highest and descending to the lowest. the order of the planets is as follows: shbthai, shabbathai, saturn; beneath saturn is tzdq, tzedeq, jupiter; beneath jupiter is madim, madim, mars; beneath mars is shmsh, shemesh, the sun; beneath the sun is nvgh, nogah, venus; beneath venus is kvkb, kokav, mercury; and beneath mercury is lbnh, levanah, the moon, which is the lowest of all the planets. it must, therefore, be understood that the planets have their dominion over the day which approacheth nearest unto the name which is given and attributed unto them viz, over saturday, sat

esh, the sun; beneath the sun is nvgh, nogah, venus; beneath venus is kvkb, kokav, mercury; and beneath mercury is lbnh, levanah, the moon, which is the lowest of all the planets. it must, therefore, be understood that the planets have their dominion over the day which approacheth nearest unto the name which is given and attributed unto them viz, over saturday, saturn; thursday, jupiter; tuesday, mars; sunday, the sun; friday, venus; wednesday, mercury: and monday, the moon. the rule of the planets over each hour begins from the dawn at the rising of the sun on the day which take its name from such planet, and the planet which follows it in order, succeeds to the rule over the next hour. thus (on saturday) saturn rules the first hour, jupiter the second, mars the third, the sun the fourth

sleep; to cause good or ill success to business, possessions, goods, seeds, fruits, and similar things, in order to acquire learning; to bring destruction and to give death, and to sow hatred and discord. the days and hours of jupiter are proper for obtaining honours, acquiring riches; contracting friendships, preserving health; and arriving at all that thou canst desire. in the days and hours of mars thou canst make experiments regarding war; to arrive at military honour; to acquire courage; to overthrow enemies; and further to cause ruin, slaughter, cruelty, discord; to wound and to give death. the days and hours of the sun are very good for: perfecting experiments regarding temporal wealth, hope, gain, fortune, divination, the favour of princes, to dissolve hostile feeling, and to make

tings; deceit; and merchandise. the days and hours of the moon are good for embassies; voyages; envoys; messages; navigation; reconciliation; love; and the acquisition of merchandise by water. thou shouldst take care punctually to observe all the instructions contained in this chapter, if thou desirest to succeed, seeing that the truth of magical science dependeth thereon. the hours of saturn, of mars, and of the moon are alike good for communicating and speaking with spirits; as those of mercury are for recovering thefts by the means of spirits. the hours of mars serve for summoning souls from hades, especially of those slain in battle. the hours of the sun, of jupiter, and of venus, are adapted for preparing any operations whatsoever of love, of kindness, and of invisibility, as is herea

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if possible in her increase, and from the first unto the eighth hour of the day. but if it be by night, then it should be at the fifth or at the third hour; but it is better by day than by the night, for the light justifieth them, and maketh them much more fit for publication. but if the operations be regarding invisibility, they should be put in practice at the first, second, and third hours of mars by day. but if by night, until the third hour. if they be operations of seeking love, grace, or favor, they should be performed until the eighth hour of the same day, commencing with the first hour of the sun; and from the first hour of venus unto the first hour of the same day of venus. as for operations of destruction and desolation, we should practice and put them into execution on the day

wand, staff, and other instruments of magical art. in order to properly carry out the greatest and most important operations of the art, various instruments are necessary, as a knife with a white hilt, another with a black hilt, a short lance, wherewith to trace circles, characters, and other things. the knife with the white hilt (see figure 61) should be made in the day and hour of mercury, when mars is in the sign of the ram or of the scorpion. it should be dipped in the blood of a gosling and in the juice of the pimpernel, the moon being at her full or increasing in light. dip therein also the white hilt, upon the which thou shalt have engraved the characters shown. afterwards perfume it with the perfumes of the art. with this knife thou mayest perform all the necessary operations of th

the pommel the name auriel (figure 74; on the lamen of the guard, sarion (figure 75; on the blade, gamorin debalin (figure 76. the third should have on the pommel the name damiel or raphiel (figure 77; on the lamen of the guard, yemeton (figure 78; on the blade, lamedin eradim (figure 79. the burin (figure 80) or graver is useful for engraving or incising characters. in the day and hour either of mars or of venus thou shalt engrave thereon the characters shown, and having sprinkled and censed it thou shalt repeat over it the following prayer: figure 66. book two page 101 prayer. asophiel, asophiel, asophiel, pentagrammaton, athanatos, ehieh asher ehieh, qadosch, qadosch, qadosch; o god eternal, and my father, bless this instrument prepared in thine honour, so that it may only serve for a g

obey us, and ye shall receive greater ones. then perfume and sprinkle it according to the rules of art. when it is necessary, with all the proper ceremonies, to make sacrifices of fire, they should be made of wood which hath some quality referring especially unto the spirits invoked; as juniper or pine unto the spirits of saturn; box, or oak, unto those of jupiter; cornel, or cedar, unto those of mars; laurel unto those of the sun; myrtle unto those of venus; hazel unto those of mercury; and willow unto those of the moon. but when we make sacrifices of food and drink, everything necessary should be prepared without the circle, and the meats should be covered with some fine clean cloth, and have also a clean white cloth spread beneath them; with new bread and good and sparkling wine, but in

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lelu-yah! halelu-yah. amen. the key of solomon page 128 the mystical alphabh,page 59 kl here follow the holy pentacles, expressed in their proper figures and characters, together with their especial virtues; for the use of the master of art. the order of the pentacles (1) seven pentacles consecrated to saturn black (2) seven pentacles consecrated to jupiter blue (3) seven pentacles consecrated to mars red (4) seven pentacles consecrated to the sun yellow (5) five pentacles consecrated to venus green (6) five pentacles consecrated to mercury mixed colors (7) six pentacles consecrated to the moon silver. kl figure 1. the mystical figure of solomon the key of solomon page 60 saturn. figure 11. the first pentacle of saturn. this pentacle is of great value and utility for striking terror into t

ing the versicle. it serveth furthermore to drive away those spirits who guard treasures, and to discover the same. editor s note. mystical characters of jupiter with the verse "lifting up the poor out of the mire, and raising the needy from the dunghill, that he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people" psalm cxiii. 7. figures 22 and 23. figure 24. the holy pentacles page 67 mars. figure 25. the first pentacle of mars. it is proper for invoking spirits of the nature of mars, especially those which are written in the pentacle. editor s note. mystical characters of mars, and the names of the four angels: madimiel, bartzachiah, eschiel, and ithuriel written in hebrew around the pentacle. figure 26. the second pentacle of mars. this pentacle serveth with great success aga

eshuah (the mystic hebrew name for joshua or jesus, formed of the ordinary ihvh with the letter sh placed therein as emblematical of the spirit, and elohim. around it is the sentence, john i. 4 "in him was life, and the life was the light of man" this may be adduced as an argument of the greater antiquity of the first few mystical verses of the gospel of st. john. figure 27. the third pentacle of mars. it is of great value for exciting war, wrath, discord, and hostility; also for resisting enemies, and striking terror into rebellious spirits; the names of god the all powerful are therein expressly marked. editor s note. the letters of the names eloah and shaddai. in the center is the great letter vau, the signature of the qabalistic microprosopus. around is the versicle from psalm lxxvii 1

; also for resisting enemies, and striking terror into rebellious spirits; the names of god the all powerful are therein expressly marked. editor s note. the letters of the names eloah and shaddai. in the center is the great letter vau, the signature of the qabalistic microprosopus. around is the versicle from psalm lxxvii 13 "who is so great a god as our elohim" figure 28. the fourth pentacle of mars. it is of great virtue and power in war, wherefore without doubt it will give thee victory. figures 25 and 26. the key of solomon page 68 editor s note. in the center is the great name agla; right and left, the letters of the name ihvh; above and below, el. round it is the versicle from psalm cx. 5 "the lord at thy right hand shall wound even kings in the day of his wrath" figure 29. the fift

great virtue and power in war, wherefore without doubt it will give thee victory. figures 25 and 26. the key of solomon page 68 editor s note. in the center is the great name agla; right and left, the letters of the name ihvh; above and below, el. round it is the versicle from psalm cx. 5 "the lord at thy right hand shall wound even kings in the day of his wrath" figure 29. the fifth pentacle of mars. write thou this pentacle upon virgin parchment, because it is terrible unto the demons, and at its sight and aspect they will obey thee, for they cannot resist its presence. editor s note. around the figure of the scorpion is the word hvl. the versicle is from psalm xci. 13 "thou shalt go upon the lion and added, the young lion and the dragon shalt thou tread under thy feet" figure 30. the s

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

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al among the above spirits possess two titles of different ranks; e.g (45) vine is both king and earl (25) glasya-labolas is both president and earl, etc. prince and prelate are apparently used as interchangeable terms. probably the seals of earls should be made of iron, and those of presidents in mixture either of copper and silver, or of silver and mercury; as otherwise the metal of one planet, mars, is excluded from the list; the metals attributed to the seven planets being: to saturn, lead; to jupiter, tin; to mars, iron; to the sun, gold; to venus, copper; to mercury, mercury and mixtures of metals, and to luna, silver. in a manuscript codex by dr. rudd, which is in the british museum, hebrew names of these 72 spirits are given; but it appears to me that many are manifestly incorrect

erpent+ ehyeh kether metatron chaioth ha-qadehs rashith ha-galgalim s.p.m (for "sphere of the primum mobile+ lah chokmah ratziel auphanim masloth s.s.f (for "sphere of the fixed stars" or s.z. for "sphere of the zodiac+ iehovah eolhim binah tzaphquiel aralim shabbathai s (for "sphere) of saturn+ el chesed tzadquiel chaschmalim tzedeq s. of jupiter+ elohim gibor geburah kamael seraphim madim s. of mars+ iehovah eloah va-daath tiphereth raphael malakim shemesh s. of the sun+ iehovah tzabaoth netzach haniel elohim nogah s. of venus+ elohim tzabaoth hod michael beni elohim kokav s. of mercury+ shaddai el chai lesod gabriel cherubim levanah s. of the moon+ the hexagram of solomon. this is the form of the hexagram of solomon, the figure whereof is to be made on parchment of a calf s skin, and wo

is the form of the secret seal of solomon, wherewith he did bind and seal up the aforesaid spirits with their legions in the vessel of brass. this seal is to be made by one that is clean both inwardly and outwardly, and that hath not defiled himself by any woman in the space of a month, but hath in prayer and fasting desired of god to forgive him all his sins, etc. it is to be made on the day of mars or saturn (tuesday or saturday) at night at 12 o clock, and written upon virgin parchment with the blood of a black cock that never trode hen. note that on this night the moon must be increasing in light (i.e, going from new to full) and in the zodiacal sign of virgo. and when the seal is so made thou shalt perfume it with alum, raisins dried in the sun, dates, cedar and lignum aloes. also, b

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g at sun rising, supposing it to be on a monday, in the first hour of the day that is attributed to the moon, and you call samael or any of his dukes, their offices in that hour is to do all things that is attributed to the moon but if you call him or any of his servants dukes on a tuesday morning at sunrising being the first hour of the day their offices is to do all things that is attributed to mars& so the like rule is to be observed in the first hour of every day& the like is to be observed of the angels& their servants that ruleth any of the other hours either in the day or night, also again there is an observation (rule) to be observed in making the seals of the 24 angels, according to the time of the year, day and hour that you call the angel or his servants in to do your will, but

asons not explained, the sign that is on the cusp of the twelfth astrological house is drawn in the center next to the ruler of the ascendant. therefore the planet emphasized in the seal may be different from the planet ruling the day of the week. for example, the date of the author s examples fell on a wednesday, but since aries was rising at dawn, the central planet in the seal for that hour is mars. the planet ruling the day only shows up in the seals when a sign it rules is rising at the beginning of an hour. to invoke the angel of the hour, the magician is instructed to lay the seal upon the table of practice. but he lays it upon the sigil of the planet ruling the rising sign, not upon the sigil of the planet ruling the day and hour according to the cabalistic system of hours. ars pau

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candles, sigils should be painted on the body: the sigil of the spirit marchosias (1) obtained from the goetia of solomon, from the author's personal experience, this spirit s aid proves a significant benefit, and the sigil should be available for the purpose of visualization. the wolf hook rune the sign of luna (the moon and it's current) the sign of saturn (death and transformation) the sign of mars (blood and sex) the wolf skin should be worn please note that mars is also the planet of war and aggression such energies should be controlled and channeled through the self. there they are refined as lycanthropic power within the conscious mind, and bound to the particular elemental which you are invoking. a circle should be made on the ground, around seven feet in diameter, large enough for

le should be inscribed with the names: lilith- hecate- kali- babalon a dagger and sword should be present as well as the chalice. salt should be formed in a circle around the invocation area, to ensure no escape for the spirit. red and purple candles should be placed around the circle as well. warlock (holding athame) elder gods of stellar forces, i invoke a great dragon burning with the fires of mars within my very body, prepare me for the purity of this work. witches sabbat goat, god of life and energy, brother of pan. i invoke thee gods of lust and life within my very body, prepared for congress in honor of the goddess. witch (holding athame) great goddesses of the night, fire and water- lilith, hecate, kali and babalon, i invoke your very essence within this body, my self forming a gre

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at s life, and let the winds convey her blood to secret places.(the enuma elish)we read from various sources that approximately 50,000 years ago a certain planetarybody in our own solar system was mysteriously destroyed. this body has been calledtiamat, phaeton, lucifer, marduk, maldek, rahab, and even luna (not connected tothe name later given to the moon. it was believed to have existed between mars andjupiter and was referred to as the second sun and may have been mistaken as such,because its atmosphere was resplendent with reflections of the actual sun. this is notas improbable as it sounds since v enus, the morning star, the second planet from thesun and the third brightest object in the sky, is so bright that it casts a distinct shadowon a moonless night.around the time of this event

ereinvolved, and are still involved, with the summoning of pan-dimensional entities, who weremistaken in the days of antiquity as demons and angels (see the classic british sci-fi seriesdr. who, specifically the following episodes: planet of the spiders, daemons, masque of themandragora, snakedance, t error of the zygons, the silurians, face of evil, state of decay,return of the mara, pyramids of mars, horns of the nimon, nightmare in eden, etc. strangely, even with the brave attempts of writers and movie-makers, it still comes as ashock to most to realize that the quaint anecdotes of magic in the renaissance and eliza-bethan periods are actually references to science. sorcery and science are not as discon-nected as is commonly insinuated, and it is not happenstance that almost all of the

ns why the u. s. pentagon, the oval office, and the washingtonmonument have the shapes they do. have we ever wondered why the members of the military adorn themselves, their buildings,and their hellish machines with stars? have we asked why it is that the u. s. pentagon is thatshape or why it is oriented due north towards one of the ancient pole stars, thubin, the starof war and evil, previous to mars? if one imagines the arms put back onto the perimeter of ageometrical pentagon, they will see it become a pentaclea symbol, which though not nega-tive in itself, has long been associated with black magic and which is often utilized bymembers of satanic cabals. as we mentioned before, all we know, or think we know aboutthe theme of satanism actually refers to the alien presence and influence o

ng symbolically illiterateand recalcitrant. therefore, we collude in our own fleecing. evil always exists by theindulgence of the good. in the game of chess, if one does not occupy a square, then byrights the opponent can. from the sword to the syringe108atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation my enemies have brought the means of my deliverance (satan, in dr. who and the pyra-mids of mars. to expedite their change of galactic address, the atlantean offspring have had toslowly recreate the technology that their ancient forefathers possessed, but which waslost to them during the pole shift. the space program, the silicon revolution, all thegenetic, pharmaceutical, and military budgets and researches are convened with thisobjective in mind. todays silicon revolution is the culmin

icalhardware, especially that necessary for space travel. they manage to crack the code and break-through the stargate and prepare for departure. in so doing, they come out into the open more thanever, startling the human race who cannot comprehend what is happening. when they are out ofrange, they destroy the planet and all that lives on it (the reader is referred to dr. who and the pyr-amids of mars, koyaanisqatsi, and moonraker).this is the burn and rise no more outcome.1 1burn and rise no more- from the motorhead song, march or die, on the theme of mankind's future. author lemmy kilmister.epilogue: time to change the road youre on130atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation the second outcome is that the dark archons realize, once and for all, that they cannot leave thisplan

hantand revel in your pain.and all my promises are lies, all my love is hatei am the politician and i decide your fate.i march before a martyred worldan army for the fight.i speak of great heroic deeds, of victory and might.i hold a banner drenched in bloodi urge you to be bravei lead you to your destinyi lead you to your graves.your bones will build my palacesyour eyes will stud my crownfor i am mars the god of warand i will cut you down.(orgasmatron by ian lemmy kilmister motorhead) appendix a: the minstrels speak156atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation rocket engines burning fuel so fastup into the night sky they blastthrough the universe the engines whinecould it be the end of man and time?back on earth the flame of life burns lowevrywhere is misery and woepollution kill

MICHAEL W FORD THE VAMPIRE GATE

ey are followed by evil centaurs or bestial figures. using darkness and the night to take form and project in dreams. jupiter chesed astaroth gamehioth (gamchath: gabedriel+ amdebriel+ malexiel+ chedebriel+ a'othiel+ theriel gagh shekelah, the ones of chaos, and their forms are those of the black, cat-headed giants. they are also called aziel, chazariel and agniel and related to devouring forces. mars geburah asmodeus galeb (gleb: gameliel+ lebrexiel+ ebaikiel+ barashiel burners with flame, these spirits relate to war and aggression, for the vampyre magickian this can simply be the energy or motivation to action. they are also called zaphiel, and their forms are those of enormous black heads like a volcano erupting. the sun tiphereth belphegor tagaririm (tgrrm: taumeshriel+ gobraziel+ raqu

MICHAEL WYNN THE SOUL TRAVELERS

s of an object are things such as width, height, depth, weight, color, shape, etc; physical objects have all these properties at once. a large part of magic is devoted to 2 types of hidden properties. the first property is the elements, and there are 5: spirit, air, water, fire, and earth. the second major type of hidden property is the planets, and there are 7: the sun, the moon, mercury, venus, mars, jupiter, and saturn. the 5 elements of the magicians were allegedly derived from the 4 elements the greeks claimed all things were made from. after more research, especially into greek philosophers such as plato and aristotle (who i suspect had occult knowledge, i am more convinced that the reverse is true, and that the greeks based their belief of the 4 elements (air, water, earth, fire) on

go figure) element color direction nature elementals ruler air yellow east separation sylphs paralda water blue west union undines nichsa fire red south energy salamanders djin earth green/brown north stability gnomes ghob sprit white center balance n/a n/a planet color day# characteristics saturn black saturday 3 death; limitation; decay jupiter blue thursday 4 growth; prosperity; luck; justice mars red tuesday 5 violence; change; success; disease sun gold sunday 6 power; creative energy; goodness venus green friday 7 love; socialization; sex; the arts mercury purple wednesday 8 intellect; business; communication; travel moon silver monday 9 the unconscious; mysteries; childbirth note: the color property in the 2 tables of correspondences above are specific to the order of the golden daw

cted. at times when the rays of the heavens make people aggressive, this is the time when the magician seeks to cause strife; when the rays from he stars suggests a time of peace, the magician seeks to induce favors and garner friendships. mostly, magicians concern themselves with the celestial effects brought on by the 7 magical--michael wynn's "the soul travelers" 52 planets (the moon, the sun, mars, venus, jupiter, saturn, and mercury. each of these planets produce certain effects that rise and fall as the days and months go by. the magician always flows with the trends, but these trends are no mere machinations of popular culture, but celestial trends. astrology, as it is popularly known today, is the use of heavenly bodies to track current and future trends. astrology is based on the

us) hexagram facing all four directions, essentially enclosing your ritual space in imaginary, green hexagrams. the hexagrams, being invoking hexagrams, should begin at the bottom-right corner of the hexagram (the point assigned to venus) and move clockwise until the first triangle of the hexagram is drawn. from there, beginning at the opposite side of venus (the point of the hexagram assigned to mars, the second triangle is drawn, also in a clockwise fashion. and, being an odor of venus, ideally the room should smell of rose. the spirits associated with the 7 planets are invoked and banished with the hexagram; for spirits of the 5 elements, the pentagram is used. satanists tend to draw the pentagrams up-side down, which is symbolic for the material elements being higher than the element o

with all magical acts, one must never assign a job to a spirit that does not correspond to its nature, similar to how we don t employ mechanics to give us a physical, and doctors to fix our cars. to assign the talisman a job involving love and attraction, one should empower the talisman with the spirits of the planet venus, or the element of water. to succeed in conflict, the energy of the planet mars is what should be activated at the beginning of the ritual. to become a better author, the magician would invoke the spirits of the planet mercury, or spirits of the element of air. after the appropriate type of energy for the job is selected and invoked, the magician specifies exactly the purpose of the talisman. this act is called consecration, and usually includes a sentence specifically d

MORALS AND DOGMA

tars shining above it; and this is deemed to represent that mystic ladder, which jacob saw in his dream, set up on the earth, and the top of it reaching to heaven, with the angels of god ascending and descending on it. the addition of the three principal rounds to the symbolism, is wholly modern and incongruous. the ancients counted seven planets, thus arranged: the moon, mercury, venus, the sun, mars, jupiter, and saturn. there were seven heavens and seven spheres of these planets; on all the monuments of mithras are seven altars or pyres, consecrated to the seven planets, as were the seven lamps of the golden candelabrum in the temple. that these represented the planets, we are assured by clemens of alexandria, in his stromata, and by philo judaeus. to return to its source in the infinit

entalpha of pythagoras. it is indissolubly connected with the number _seven. christ fed his disciples and the multitude with _five_ loaves and _two_ fishes, and of the fragments there remained _twelve, that is _five_ and _seven, baskets full. again he fed them with _seven_ loaves and a few little fishes, and there remained _seven_ baskets full. the _five_ apparently small planets, mercury, venus, mars, jupiter, and saturn, with the two greater ones, the sun and moon, constituted the _seven_ celestial spheres. seven was the peculiarly sacred number. there were _seven_ planets and spheres presided over by _seven_ archangels. there were _seven_ colors in the rainbow; and the phoenician deity was called the heptakis or god of _seven_ rays _seven_ days of the week; and _seven_ and _five_ made t

ple of good. typhon, like ahriman, was the principle and source of all that is evil in the moral and physical order. like the satan of gnosticism, he was confounded with matter. from egypt or persia the new platonists borrowed the idea, and the gnostics received it from them, that man, in his terrestrial career, is successively under the influence of the moon, of mercury, of venus, of the sun, of mars, of jupiter, and of saturn, until he finally reaches the elysian fields; an idea again symbolized in the seven seals. the jews of syria and judea were the direct precursors of gnosticism; and in their doctrines were ample oriental elements. these jews had had with the orient, at two different periods, intimate relations, familiarizing them with the doctrines of asia, and especially of chaldea

was that of saturn, and of lead, by the heavy nature whereof his dull slow progress was symbolized. the second, of tin, was that of venus, symbolizing her soft splendor and easy flexibility. the third, of brass, was that of jupiter, emblem of his solidity and dry nature. the fourth, of iron, was that of mercury, expressing his indefatigable activity and sagacity. the fifth, of copper, was that of mars, expressive of his inequalities and variable nature. the sixth, of silver, was that of the moon: and the seventh, of gold, that of the sun. this order is not the real order of these planets; but a mysterious one, like that of the days of the week consecrated to them, commencing with saturday, and _retrograding_ to sunday. it was dictated, celsus says, by certain harmonic relations, those of t

spheres, and in its descent not only takes, in each sphere, a new envelope of the material composing the luminous bodies of the planets, but receives there the different faculties which it is to exercise while it inhabits the body. in saturn, it acquires the power of reasoning and intelligence, or what is termed the logical and contemplative faculty. from jupiter it receives the power of action. mars gives it valor, enterprise, and impetuosity. from the sun it receives the senses and imagination, which produce sensation, perception, and thought. venus inspires it with desires. mercury gives it the faculty of expressing and enunciating what it thinks and feels. and, on entering the sphere of the moon, it acquires the force of generation and growth. this lunary sphere, lowest and basest to

all its privileges, and returns to the luminous abode of its immortality. on its return, it restores to each sphere through which it ascends, the passions and earthly faculties received from them: to the moon, the faculty of increase and diminution of the body; to mercury, fraud, the architect of evils; to venus, the seductive love of pleasure; to the sun, the passion for greatness and empire; to mars, audacity and temerity; to jupiter, avarice; and to saturn, falsehood and deceit: and at last, relieved of all, it enters naked and pure into the eighth sphere or highest heaven. all this agrees with the doctrine of plato, that the soul cannot re-enter into heaven, until the revolutions of the universe shall have restored it to its primitive condition, and purified it from the effects of its

MOTTA MARCELO THE COMMENTARIES OF AL

a l g m o r 3 y x 24 89 r p s t o v a l what meaneth this, o prophet? thou knowest not; nor shalt thou know ever. there cometh one to follow thee: he shall expound it. but remember, o chosen one, to be me; to follow the love of nu in the star-lit heaven; to look forth upon men, to tell them this glad word. 77. 0 be thou proud and mighty among men! pride is the quality of sol, tiphareth; might of mars, geburah. now, leo my rising sign combines these ideas, as does ra-hoor khuit. the christian ideas of humility and weakness as 'virtues' are natural to slaves, cowards, and defectives (not necessarily; it depends on how they are interpreted. if slaves, cowards, and defectives knew exactly what is meant by christian virtues, few people would claim to be christians, and there probably would not

d "reward, which is to be compared with the words "hiding" and "manifestation" in the former chapters. to 're-ward' is to 'guard again; this word abrahadabra then is also to be considered as a sentinel before the fortress of the god. why is the name of him spelt khut? we have seen that st is the regular honorific termination for a god. ra is, as shown in the old comment, the sun; hoor the warrior mars; who is khu? he is the magical ego of a star. without the yod or iota, khu-t, we get a human conception; the insertion of that letter makes the transmutation to godhead. when therefore ra hoor khut is rewarded or re-guarded with the magick word of the aeon, he becomes god. thus in the next verse. i 'raise the spell of ra hoor khuit' the text may also be read as follows. abrahadabra is the mag

o, artemis iota "she shall achieve had it" see liber had. 46. i am the warrior lord of the forties: the eighties cower before me& are abased. i will bring you to victory& joy: i will be at your arms in battle& ye shall delight to slay. success is your proof; courage is your armour; go on, go on, in my strength& ye shall turn not back for any! forty is mem, water, the hanged man; and eighty is pe, mars, the blasted tower. these trumps refer respectively to the "destruction of the world by water" and "by fire. the meaning of these phrases is to be studied in my rituals of magick, such as book 4, parts ii& iii. its general purport is that he is master of both types of force. i am inclined to opine that there is a simpler and deeper sense in the text than i have so far disclosed. as we have al

fool of himself who knows? 54. bahlasti! ompehda! i spit on your crapulous creeds. by sound, bahlasti suggests "hurling" or "blasting; ompehda is not too phantastically onomatopaeic for "an explosion. these two words are obviously from the angelic language. 55. let mary inviolate be torn upon wheels: for her sake let all chaste women be utterly despised among you! the name mary is connected with mars, mors, etc, from the sanskrit mr, to slay; and with mare, the sea, whose water opposes the fire of horus. i here quote a passage from liber xcvii which deals with this fully "let me strictly meditate this hate of the mother. mr is the sanskrit root "kill, hence mara, mors, maria, and i suppose meer, mere, mer in short, lots of words meaning death or sea. note mordred as the traitor villain in

MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS E

of a rival, flew to meet the procession in great anger, and seizing the supposed bride, page 40 she furiously attacked her and dragged off her nuptial attire. her delight on discovering the deception was so great that a [41]reconciliation took place, and, committing the image to the flames, with joyful laughter she seated herself in its place and returned to olympus. hera was the mother of ares (mars, hephastus, hebe, and eileithyia. ares was the god of war; hephastus, of fire; hebe, of youth; and eileithyia presided over the birth of mortals. hera dearly loved greece, and indeed always watched over and protected greek interests, her beloved and favourite cities being argos, samos, sparta, and mycena. page 41 page 42 her principal temples were at argos and samos. from a remote period she

ns would appear to have been personifications of those numerous rocks and unseen dangers, which abound on the s.w. coast of italy. they were sea-nymphs, with the upper part of the body that of a maiden and the lower that of a sea-bird, having wings attached to their shoulders, and were endowed with such wonderful voices, that their sweet songs are said to have lured mariners to destruction. ares (mars. ares, the son of zeus and hera, was the god of war, who gloried in strife for its own sake; he loved the tumult and havoc of the battlefield, and delighted in slaughter and extermination; in fact he presents no benevolent aspect which could possibly react favourably upon human life. epic poets, in particular, represent the god of battles as a wild ungovernable warrior, who passes through the

florid complexion, with dishevelled hair, and her whole appearance angry and menacing. in one hand she brandishes a poniard and a hissing adder, whilst in the other she carries a burning torch. her dress is torn and disorderly, and her hair intertwined with venomous snakes. this divinity was never invoked by mortals, except when they desired her assistance for the accomplishment of evil purposes. mars. the roman divinity most closely resembling the greek ares, and identified with him, was called mars, mamers, and marspiter or father mars. the earliest italian tribes, who were mostly engaged in the pursuit of husbandry, regarded this deity more especially as the god of spring, who vanquished the powers of winter, and encouraged the peaceful arts of agriculture. but with the romans, who were

embling the greek ares, and identified with him, was called mars, mamers, and marspiter or father mars. the earliest italian tribes, who were mostly engaged in the pursuit of husbandry, regarded this deity more especially as the god of spring, who vanquished the powers of winter, and encouraged the peaceful arts of agriculture. but with the romans, who were an page 126 essentially warlike nation, mars gradually loses his peaceful character, and, as god of war, attains, after jupiter, the highest position among the olympic gods. the romans looked upon him as their special protector, and declared him to have been the father of romulus and remus, the founders of their city. but although he was especially [115]worshipped in rome as god of war, he still continued to preside over agriculture, an

. as the god who strode with warlike step to the battlefield, he was called gradivus (from gradus, a step, it being popularly believed by the romans that he himself marched before them to battle, and acted as their invisible protector. as the presiding deity over agriculture, he was styled sylvanus, whilst in his character as guardian of the state, he bore the name of quirinus.[45] the priests of mars were twelve in number, and were called salii, or the dancers, from the fact that sacred dances, in full armour, formed an important item in their peculiar ceremonial. this religious order, the members of which were always chosen from the noblest families in rome, was first instituted by numa pompilius, who intrusted to their special charge the ancilia, or sacred shields. it is said that one m

ch were then given into the care of the salii. the assistance and protection of the god of war was always solemnly invoked before the departure of a roman army for the field of battle, and any reverses of fortune were invariably ascribed to his anger, which was accordingly propitiated by means of extraordinary sin-offerings and prayers. in rome a field, called the campus martius, was dedicated to mars. it was a large, open space, in which armies were collected page 127 and reviewed, general assemblies of [116]the people held, and the young nobility trained to martial exercises. the most celebrated and magnificent of the numerous temples built by the romans in honour of this deity was the one erected by augustus in the forum, to commemorate the overthrow of the murderers of casar. of all ex

NAUDON PAUL THE SECRET HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY

d from antiquity, even though it may have led to the same traditional values. after around 1530, this tradition became blurred and the symbolic thought employed in religion, art, and philosophy became foreign and eventually disappeared altogether from popular thought. it no longer had any deep roots. how could the people have any genuine interest in those who took the place of the saints jupiter, mars, apollo, ceres, and proserpine or the ancient heroes of greece and rome or the caesars? even if this new art, especially prominent in the plastic arts, still speculative freemasonry 225 recalled the tradition, it no longer faithfully translated the civilization and life of that time. the cathedral no longer took the place of all the books. it was no longer the symbol of the faith, of love, of

NECRONOMICON ALAZIF

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

h unto the stars: scorpio sigil set thou the seven stones of those that wander ye heavens, without ye inner four and through their diverse influences shall ye focus of power be established. in ye north beyond the stone of great coldness set ye first ye stone of saturn at a space of three paces. this being done proceed thou widdershins placing at like distances apart ye stones of jupiter, mercury, mars, venus, sul and luna marking each with their rightful sign. at ye center of the so completed configuration set ye the alter of ye great old ones and seal it with ye symbol of yog-sothoth and ye mighty names of azathoth, cthulhu, hastur, shub- niggurath and nyarlathotep. and ye stones shall be ye gates through which thou shalt call them forth from outside man's time and space. entreat ye of ye

at old ones for all time) to compound ye incense of zkauba in the day and hour of mercury with the moon in her increase, thou shalt take equal parts of myrrh, civet, storax, wormwood, assafoetida, galbanum and musk, mix well together and reduce all to the finest powder. place the so assembled elements in a vessel of green glass and seal with a brazen stopper afore inscribed with the characters of mars and saturn. elevate the vessel to the four winds and cry aloud the supreme words of power thus: al azif page 5 of 18 http//www.chaosmatrix.org/library/books/al_azif/al_azif.html 10/10/2003 to the north: zijmuorsobet, noijm, zavaxo! to the east: quehaij, abawo, noquetonaiji! to the south: oasaij, wuram, thefotoson! to the west: zijoronaifwetho, mugelthor, mugelthor-yzxe! cover the vessel with

of fat of the gosling and place ye vessel upon ye fire. when all is rendered well and ye dark vapours begin to rise, make ye the elder sign and remove from ye flames. when the unguent has cooled place it within an urn of ye finest alabaster, which thou shalt keep in some secret place (known only to thyself) until thou shalt have need of it. to fashion the scimitar of barzai in the day and hour of mars and when the moon increaseth, make thou the scimitar of bronze with a hilt of fine ebony. upon one side of the the blade thou shalt enscribe these characters: editor's note: these graphics are not shown in the manuscript and upon the other side these: editor's note: these graphics are not shown in the manuscript on the day and hour of saturn the moon decreasing, light thou a fire of laurel an

PHILIP NEIL MYTHS LEGENDS EXPLAINED

e highest peak in greece. later their home was conceived of as a heaven in the skies. from olympus, the gods loved, quarrelled, watched the world, and helped and hindered mortals according to their whims. presided over by zeus (roman jupiter, ruler of heaven and earth, there were many gods and immortals of whom 12 are usually regarded as the most important: aphrodite (venus, apollo (apollo, ares (mars, artemis (diana, athena (minerva, demeter (ceres, dionysus (bacchus, hephaestus (vulcan, hera (juno, hermes (mercury, hestia (vesta, and poseidon (neptune. hades (pluto, zeus brother, ruled the underworld. these olympian gods succeeded earlier generations of gods. gaia (mother earth) was the first goddess, and bore the race of titans by her son uranus. the titans, led by cronos (saturn, seize

l the ills of the world that had been shut away. only blind hope remained pandora coaxed it out to comfort humankind. aphrodite and ares 26 aphrodite and ares aphrodite (roman venus, the goddess of love, was married to the blacksmith god hephaestus (vulcan) to whom she was never faithful. one day, helios, the sun god, came to hephaestus and told him that he had seen aphrodite with her lover ares (mars, the god of war, in the blacksmith s own palace. deeply jealous, hephaestus went to his workshop and in a fury fashioned a net of metal so fine and light that it was almost invisible, yet so strong that it could not be broken. this he fastened to the bedposts and rafters in the bedroom. when aphrodite and ares next went to bed, the net was released and bound them so tightly that they were una

ck rolled back down. the underworld cerberus by william blake (1757 1827) aphrodite and adonis 32 aphrodite and adonis adonis was a beautiful youth with whom the goddesses aphrodite (roman venus) and persephone (proserpine, see pp. 28 29) fell in love. he died as a result of their quarrels, killed at the request of persephone (who wanted to keep adonis in the underworld with her forever) by ares (mars, aphrodite s jealous lover, who was disguised as a boar. adonis was the son of cinyras, king of paphos in cyprus, and his daughter smyrna (myrrha. aphrodite had made smyrna fall in love and sleep with her father while he was drunk, in revenge for cinyras boasting that his daughter was more beautiful than she was herself. when smyrna fell pregnant, her father tried to kill her but aphrodite, n

hunderbolt. apollo retaliated and killed the cyclopes (see p. 64) who had made the thunderbolt. zeus later restored asclepius to life. cheiron cheiron was the greatest of the centaurs, who were half-man, half-horse. he was the son of cronos (roman saturn, see p. 23) and the nymph philyra, to whom cronos had appeared as a horse. the other centaurs were descended from centaurus, a grandson of ares (mars, who mated with the mares on mount pelion. unlike the gentle and intelligent cheiron, the centaurs were uncivilized and brutish. apollo taught cheiron archery, medicine, and music; he, in turn, tutored apollo s son asclepius, as well as the hero jason and his own great-grandson achilles (see pp. 52 53 and p. 63. cheiron was an immortal, but ceded his immortality to prometheus (see pp. 24 25)

red together his son s scattered limbs for burial. the poet apollonius places the murder on dry land, and says that jason licked and spat out the victim s blood three times, to prevent the ghost from haunting him. jason, triumphant thief the exultant jason yells his defiance to ae tes, who is pursuing him. when, with the aid of medea s spells, jason stole the fleece from the sacred grove of ares (mars, we are told that he put it over his shoulders and reveled in it like a girl admiring herself when the moonlight catches her silk gown. when jason arrived in colchis, he asked ae tes to give him the golden fleece. surprisingly the king agreed, but on two conditions: that jason harness two fire-breathing bulls with bronze hooves and then use them to plant a field with dragons teeth. medea prov

her soul from her body. wrecked ships aeneas and his men were driven ashore at carthage because juno had heard that if they founded a new city it would destroy her own city of carthage. by wrecking them there and bringing dido and aeneas together, she hoped to prevent this. the founding of rome romulus and his twin brother remus were the sons of aeneas descendant rhea silvia, a vestal virgin, and mars (ares, the god of war. at their birth, their mother s evil uncle amulius (who had deposed her father) killed her and threw the boys into the river tiber. luckily, they were carried ashore and cared for by a female wolf until they were found by faustulus, one of the old king s shepherds. when the boys grew up, faustulus told them their history and they killed amulius and restored their grandfa

PIKE CUMMINGS THE SPURIOUS RITES OF MEMPHIS AND MISRAIM

o revive their organization, and finally succeeded in re-constituting themselves. this body is still in existence, but has no masonic status whatever, the grand lodge of england regarding them as clandestine masons, and forbidding its subordinates from holding masonic communication with them. x x x x x bulletin du grand orient de france supreme conseil pour la france et les possessions francaises mars 1865, pp. 4, 5. the grand master of the order, to the presidents of lodges: s s s very dear brethren: article i of the constitution declares that masonic initiation has several degrees, which are passed through and conferred according to the forms indicated by the rituals, and of which the highest is the d dd of the ancient and accepted scottish rite. x(art. i of the constitution) volume j, c

establish their qualifications in that respect. i hasten, very dear brethren, to bring this decision to your notice, that you may be enabled to act definitively upon it. receive, very dear brethren, the assurance of my affectionate sentiments. the grand master adjunct of the order, charged ad interim with the administration (signed) lengle. paris, this b d february, b i g f. x x x x x seance du 6 mars, 1865. the session is opened under the presidency of the hon bro dronet. e e e e e e e e e the brother fauvety, in the name of the committee of administrative affairs, read the following report: very dear brethren: forty masons of the rite of mizraim separated from the central power of that rite, in consequence of dissensions with which it is not for us to intermeddle, have formed a permanent

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

ss] until he is thirteen years and one day old [the evil inclination is described as being] gruddy, h for it is a shedder of blood. the evil inclination descends to entice, ascends to accuse, and the descends again as the angel of death to execute the judgement. thus, the birth [of the jewish people, the exodus from egypt] occurred in the month of nisan, when of the seven planets.saturn, jupiter, mars, the sun, venus, mercury, and the moon.mars is ascendant. mars is red .translated from sefer halikutim 12 ibid. 4:7. parashat vaeira in the beginning of the portion of the torah read this week, the torah details the geneology of moses and aaron. gthese are the names of the sons of levi: gershon, kehat, and merari c. and the sons of kehat: amram, yitzhar, hebron, and uziel. h1 gand amram took

REGARDIE ISRAEL THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN

nd binah is attributed to saturn <26> the fourth sephirah is chesed, meaning grace or mercy; also gedulah is its other name, meaning greatness, and to it is referred the astrological quality called jupiter. its concept is one of construction, expansion and solidification. geburah is the fifth enumeration, power of might, and it is a symbol of creative power and force. its planetary attribution is mars, its quality being that destructive force which demolishes all forms and ideas when their term of usefulness and healthy life is done. it symbolises not so much a fixed state of things, as an act, a further passage and transition of potentiality into actuality. six is the harmonising and reconciling sephirah, tiphareth. the word itself 20. the golden dawn means beauty and harmony. it is attri

ic. these they named caput draconis a head of the dragon and cauda draconis ep tail of the dragon since the discovery of two more distant planets neptune and uranus or herschel, these two terms have been partially replaced by them. the effect of caput draconis is similar to that of w. the effect of cauda draconis is similar to that of yl the old planets are: saturn 9 sol 0 jupiter 3 venus q mars d mercury g luna d the moon 4. the hebrew alphabet is given on page 103. each letter represents a number and has also a meaning. five letters have a different shape when written at the end of a word and also a different number. mem d (final) of these finals, mem is distinguished by being the only oblong letter. f: 1: 9: y the other four-kaph, nun, pe, tzaddi, have tails which should come belo

atziluth, archetypal-pure deity. nl??ll briah, creative-archangelic. 7n'lx yetzirah, formative-angelic. 71'y' assiah, action-matter, man, shells, demons. 7'wy the ten houses, or heavens, of assiah, the material world are: 1. primum mobile, rashith ha gilgalim. p9?1?27 vwnl 2. sphere of the zodiac, mazloth. m?m 3. sphere of saturn, shabbathai 'hllaw 4. sphere of jupiter, tzedelc. 373 5. sphere of mars, madim. p'713 6. sphere of the sol, shemesh. wdw 7. sphere of venus, nogah. 7113 8. sphere of mercury, kokab. 2313 9. sphere of luna, levanah. 7135 10. sphere of the elements, olam yesodoth. n1710 d? y *this is sometimes rendered cholem yesodoth, and translated 'the breaker of foundations' i am pretty certain that this is a mistake no doubt due to a printefs error in reproducing "ch" in place

er, and let him meditate upon the ideas of appearance and reality <135> fourth knowledge lecture the figures of geomancy and their zodiacal attribuhons .a. populus via* fortuna minor conjunctio ci& 0 q 4. caudq dracoms sp carcer tristitia letitia d* i.3 x 52 70 the golden dawn: volume i book one <136> the numbers and lineal figures appropriate to the planets are: saturn 3 triangle jupiter ;square mars 5 p e n t a g r a m sun 6 l e x a g r a m venus 7 l e p t a g r a m mercu y 8 odagram moon 9 enneagram the magical squares of the planets are formed of the squares of the number of the planet, arranged so as to yield the same number each way. the number of the sum of each column of figures and the number of the total of all the numbers of the square, are also numbers especially attached to th

he sphere of the zodiac acting through aries upon the sun, and initiating spring <142> 5. hierophant=the wisdom and fountain of mercy, the sphere of the zodiac acting through taurus upon jupiter. 6. the lovers=the understanding of beauty and production of beauty and sovereignty. saturn acting through gemini upon sol. 7. chariot=understanding acting upon severity. saturn acting through cancer upon mars. 8. strength=fortitude. mercy tempering severity. the glory of strength. jupiter acting through leo upon mars. 9. hermit=the mercy of beauty, the magnificence of sovereignty, jupiter acting through virgo upon sol. 10. wheel of fortune=the mercy and magnificence of victory. jupiter acting through jupiter direct upon venus. 11. justice=the severity of beauty and sovereignty. mars acting through

. 9. hermit=the mercy of beauty, the magnificence of sovereignty, jupiter acting through virgo upon sol. 10. wheel of fortune=the mercy and magnificence of victory. jupiter acting through jupiter direct upon venus. 11. justice=the severity of beauty and sovereignty. mars acting through libra upon sol. fourth knowledge lecture 73 12. the hanged man=the severity of splendour. execution of judgment. mars acting through water upon mercury. 13. death=the sovereigntyand result of victory. solacting through scorpio u on venus, or osiris under the destroying power of typhon afkcting isis <143> 14. temperance=the beauty of a firm basis. the sovereignty of fundamental power. sol acting through sagittarius upon luna. 15. the devil=the sovereignty and beauty of material (and therefore false) splendour

REGARDIE TALISMANS

xperiments to cause good or ill success to business, possessions, goods, seeds, fruits and similar things, in order to acquire learning; to bring destruction and give death, and to sow hatred and discord. the days and hours of jupiter are proper for obtaining honours, acquiring riches; contracting friendships, preserving health; and arriving at all that thou canst desire. in the days and hours of mars thou canst make experiments regarding war; to arrive at military honour; to acquire courage; to overthrow enemies; and further to cause ruin, slaughter, cruelty, discord; to wound and to give death. the days and hours of the sun are very good for perfecting experiments regarding temporal wealth, hope, gain, fortune, divination, the favour of princes, to dissolve hostile feeling, and to make f

, and the acquisition of merchandise by water. for example, should i crave honours and prestige, then jupiter would be the planet ruling such matters, and the talisman would need to be constructed around the use of whatever symbols of jupiter i could gather. or, if i needed strength and aggressiveness in order to apply for a new, higher-paid position, or courage to beat a political opponent, then mars would be the talismanic planet, and the symbols to be gathered should be martial. should i want the love of a beautiful woman, then venus becomes the presiding influence. and so on. an important consideration that needs emphasis is that the student s own personally manufactured talismans, while perhaps not as beautiful or as traditionally accurate as those given in some of the aforementioned

square 3x3=9, so that all numbers from one to nine are used and arranged so that the columns add up to 15 each way, and three columns together total 45. the square of jupiter, the planet attributed to the fourth sephirah of chesed, has sides of four divisions, or 4x4, resulting in 16 individual units, each line adding up to 34, of which the grand total is 136. here is an example of the square of mars representing the fifth sephirah of geburah. each side has 5 units for a total of 25 squares with each line both sideways and up and down counting 65, the total being 325. similarly the four several numbers of the sun are 6, 36, 111, and 666. the planet venus equals 7, 49, 175, and 1225. the planet mercury is represented by the numbers 8, 64, 260, and 2080. the moon or luna has the numbers 9

will be lamed which reduces to 3. the next step is to trace a continuous line on the magical square of saturn. thus in the name zazel, the line will begin with the number 7, follow to 1, return to 7 again, and then end at 3. a little circle should be placed on the first letter of the sigil to show where the name begins. to illustrate one classical procedure, we might for example extract from the mars square the sigil of the intelligence bartzabel. in hebrew, this name is spelled: beth resh tzaddi beth aleph lamed 2 200 90 2 1 30 three letters resh, tzaddi and lamed will have to be reduced by aiq beker, so that their zeros will have been eliminated. then, from the remaining numbers 2, 2, 9, 2, 1 and 3 we can trace the following sigil: another more prosaic example of tracing sigils from the

to make a saturnine sigil, we would have to reduce the letters by aiq beker to: 2, 1, 2, and 2. its sigil would appear thus: on the jupiter kamea, which is four square, this is how the sigil would look: at first sight it merely looks like the opposite form of the preceding saturn sigil, which seems logical enough since saturn is binding and jupiter is opposite, expansive. consider the name on the mars square. the process of reduction now operates differently. the resh, 200, in this case has to reduce to 20, instead of to 2. this makes the sigil turn out like this: most of the sigils of this name, traced on other of the kameas, will also prove very much alike, so there is little point proceeding further. the critical student may, at this point, exclaim that carr is a not frequently encounte

RITUALS OF THE SOCIETAS ROSICRUCIANIS IN ANGLIA

des, at its upper transit was visible day and night, and marked the period 2170 bcor the period when the chronological mensuration takes 25,868 years to return to itself again. theerection of that pyramid marked the great year of the pleiades.the astronomy of the chinese is ancient though inexact. the wise chwien-hio marked 2449 yearsbefore christ, as an epoch, through the conjunction of mercury, mars, jupiter and saturn. theseancient people understood, to some extent, the celestial motions, calculated eclipses and slew two oftheir philosophers, ho and hi, for not announcing an eclipse of the sun, 2169 bcthe ionian school of the greeks was founded by thales, of miletus, 600 bc it thoroughlycomprehended the seasonal changes and length of the year.to hipparchus of nicaea, however, 160 bc fro

ith their inhabitants.the second includes the infinite space containing the stars, planets, asteroids, meteors, comets,star-showers, nebulae and the universal system while the third opens to our view god's holy ofholies, the eternal heavens, the astronomical and divine evidence of a real or an ideal residence ofthe deity.to the ancients, there were known but seven planets, the sun .moon, mercury, mars, venus,jupiter and saturn, revolving about the central earth, each symbolised to them distinctive metals,gold, silver, mercury, steel, copper, tin, and lead: each had. its assigned colour, musical tone,animal representative, sacerdotal title, alphabetical and mythological designation, as well as sign,and emanations from the great central aeon. the four elements, earth, air, fire and water,emb

nlockthe universe. it hath been further taught that by the hermetic or magnetic light, we can augmentand purify indifferent stones and, give them greater value: thus, on sunday, expose yellow gems and.gold, and their weight will increase through the attractive power by affinity of the sun; and thus bythe alchemic action of the moon, pearls and stones of white on monday are improved: on tuesdaylet mars increase the fire of rubies, while on wednesday, sapphires, turquoises and gems of bluereflect the brilliant mercury. jupiter in his majesty, and thor, are supreme on thursday and givelustre to amethysts and stones of sanguine tint. on freddie, venus favours emeralds; and onsaturday the oldest of gods, saturn claims the lustrous diamond.the planets, too 'tis claimed, have direct power over th

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

figures of the seven planets then known. thus, faith that aspiration towards the infinite, that noble self-reliance sustained by confidence in all virtues the faith which in weak natures may degenerate into pride, was represented by the sun; hope, the enemy of avarice, by the moon; charity, in opposition to luxury, by venus, the bright star of morning and evening; strength, superior to wrath, by mars; prudence, hostile to idleness, by mercury; temperance, opposed to gluttony, by saturn, who was given a stone instead of his children to devour; finally, justice, in opposition to envy, by jupiter, the conqueror of the titans. such are the symbols borrowed by astronomy from the hellenic cultus. in the kabalah of the hebrews, the sun represents the angel of light; the moon, the angel of aspira

stile to idleness, by mercury; temperance, opposed to gluttony, by saturn, who was given a stone instead of his children to devour; finally, justice, in opposition to envy, by jupiter, the conqueror of the titans. such are the symbols borrowed by astronomy from the hellenic cultus. in the kabalah of the hebrews, the sun represents the angel of light; the moon, the angel of aspirations and dreams; mars, the destroying angel; venus, the angel of loves; mercury, the angel of progress; jupiter, the angel of power: saturn, the angel of the wilderness. they were named also michael, gabriel, samael, anael, raphael, zachariel and orifiel. these governing potencies of souls shared human life during successive periods, which astrologers measured by the revolutions of the corresponding planets. but k

ael, gabriel, samael, anael, raphael, zachariel and orifiel. these governing potencies of souls shared human life during successive periods, which astrologers measured by the revolutions of the corresponding planets. but kabalistic astrology must not be confounded with that which is called judicial. we will explain this distinction. infancy is dedicated to the sun, childhood to the moon, youth to mars and venus, manhood to mercury, ripe age to jupiter, and old age to saturn. now, humanity in general subsists under laws of development analogous to those of individual life. on this basis trithemius establishes his prophetic 36 the doctrine of transcendental magic key of the seven spirits, to which we shall refer subsequently; by means thereof, observing the analogical proportions of successi

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

us that the calculation never deceived him. to ascertain the fortune of a given year, he sums up the 84 the doctrine of transcendental magic events of those which have preceded it by 4, 8, 12, 19 and 30; the number 4 is that of realization; 8 is the number of venus or natural things; 12 belongs to the cycle of jupiter and corresponds to successes; 19 has reference to the cycles of the moon and of mars; the number 30 is that of saturn or fatality. thus, for example, i desire to ascertain what will befall me in this present year, 1855. i pass therefore in review those decisive events in the order of life and progress which occurred four years ago; the natural felicity or misfortune of eight years back; the successes or failures belonging to twelve years since; the vicissitudes and miseries o

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

ts correspond to the seven colours of the spectrum and the seven notes of the musical octave; they represent also the seven virtues and by contrast the seven vices of christian ethics. the seven sacraments correspond equally to this great universal septenary. baptism, which consecrates the element of water, is in analogy with the moon; ascetic penance is under the auspices of samael, the angel of mars; confirmation, which imparts the spirit of understanding and communicates to the true believer the gift of tongues, is under the auspices of raphael, the angel of mercury; the eucharist substitutes sacramental realization of god made man for the empire of jupiter; marriage is consecrated by the angel anael, the purifying genius of venus; extreme unction is the safe-guard of the sick about to

of nature, and beheld only a catalogue of errors in this chain of speaking images and eternal truths. magical works are also seven in number (1) works of light and riches, under the auspices of the sun (2) works of divination and mystery, under the invocation of the moon (3) works of skill, science and eloquence, under the protection of mercury (4) works of wrath and chastisement, consecrated to mars (5) works of love, favoured by venus (6) works of ambition and intrigue, under the influence of jupiter (7) works of malediction and death, under the patronage of saturn. in theological symbolism, the sun represents the word of truth; the moon, religion 44 the ritual of transcendental magic itself; mercury, the interpretation and science of mysteries; mars, justice; venus, mercy and love; jup

epresents the word of truth; the moon, religion 44 the ritual of transcendental magic itself; mercury, the interpretation and science of mysteries; mars, justice; venus, mercy and love; jupiter, the risen and glorious saviour; saturn, god the father, or the jehovah of moses. in the human body, the sun is analogous to the heart, the moon to the brain, jupiter to the right hand, saturn to the left, mars to the left foot, venus to the right, mercury to the generative organs, whence an androgyne figure is sometimes attributed to this planet. in the human face, the sun governs the forehead, jupiter the right and saturn the left eye; the moon rules between both at the root of the nose, the two alae of which are governed by mars and venus; finally, the influence of mercury is exercised over mouth

, a substitution not wanting in a well-defined mysterious intention. but the allegorical and mythological figures of the seven spirits have become too classical and too familiar for their successful use on talismans: we must recur to more recondite and pregnant signs. the pentagram should be engraved invariably upon one side of the talisman, with a circle for the sun, a crescent for the moon, for mars a sword, a g for venus, for jupiter a crown and a scythe for saturn. the reverse must bear the sign of solomon, that is, the six-pointed star composed of two superposed triangles; in the centre there is placed a human figure for the talismans of the sun, a chalice for those of the moon, a dog's head for those of mercury, an eagle's for those of jupiter, a lion's head for those of mars, a dove

ith the perfumes of the corresponding day, and preserved from all impure glances and contacts. thus, pantacles and talismans of the sun must not be seen or touched by deformed or misshapen persons, or by immoral women; those of the moon are profaned by the looks and hands of debauched men and menstruating females; those of mercury lose their virtue if seen or touched by salaried priests; those of mars must be concealed from cowards; those of venus from depraved men and men under a vow of celibacy; those of jupiter from the impious; those of saturn from virgins and children, not that their looks or touches can ever be impure, but because the talisman would bring them misfortune and thus lose all its virtue. crosses of honour and other kindred decorations are veritable talismans which increa

used to act alternately: the use of the balance represents this double action. the same arcanum is typified by the warning to the imprudent 53 dual cross in the pantacles of pythagoras and ezekiel: see the plate which appears at chapter 18 in the gdoctrine h, where the crosses equilibrate each other and the planetary signs are in permanent opposition. thus venus is the equilibrium of the works of mars; mercury moderates and fulfils the operations of the sun and moon. saturn balances jupiter. it was by means of this antagonism between the ancient gods that prometheus, that is to say, the genius of science, contrived to enter olympus and carry off fire from heaven. is it necessary to speak more clearly? the milder and calmer you are, the more effective will be your anger; the more energetic

ROBERT KIRK WALKER BETWEEN WORLDS

ages 60-69) flip to page# the secret commonwealth 60 objection 7. if it is not diabolic [then] it is no reality but a [false] apprehension. answer: that this species of vision is real and not fantastic it evident from the enquirer's conviction of the truth of it, though he came to the seer possessed with prejudice, and with a previous misbelief of the art this qualification [of disbelief] usually mars the effort of all jugglings and deceitful trick [this is] not to say that the alleged speculum trinitatis by which every creature is seen in the divine essence, which some can the beatific vision, gives [us] some light and probability upon this branch or beam of [supernatural] vision. surely elisha's servant having his eyes opened, as in 2 kings 6:17 and seeing the mountains full of horses an

id to exist metaphysically as a united body of consciousness which has expressed itself through specific appendix 4: thomas rhymer 139 members in serial time. active magical groups who perpetuate genuine oral teaching traditions have various inner-world contacts whom they claim to be members of such a body. these are not, incidentally, mysterious immortals residing in seclusion in the andes or on mars, but are the conscious resonance or echo of certain advanced souls who are supposed to be concerned with the http//www.dreampower.com/kirk_wbw/pg_138.htm (1 of 11 [10/9/2001 12:37:14 am] robert kirk- walker between worlds problems and spiritual development of those who are their children in outer time. whether or not one accepts this more recondite theory is a matter of indifference, for ther

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ry; but they did not listen. today my prophecies are yet being fulfilled, and the others ignore me still. the fate of mankind is destined to follow those of napoleon, hitler, henry iii, and many more who heeded me not. for hear my prophecy for you from the centuries: like the great king of the mongolians the year 1999 seventh month, the great king of terror will descend from the sky, at this time mars will reign for the good cause. from the black book of your temple came a warning by your magus' dream. i say, look ahead twenty years and prepare to avoid the menace. there are none such as you! shade# 3- hitler my name is adolf. am i repulsive to you? i was the master of my time. remember my power. i had half the world at my feet. imagine what i could have done if i hadn't. no matter. i had

new job and then stays with that job for many years. the card which reflects this future is the nine of swords, cruelty. the 9.s reflects the completion of the 8.s, the satisfaction of the querant's desire for intellectual activity. it shows more than satisfaction- the querant is now so intellectually involved that the job has become cruel, demanding, and not at all pleasant "the card is ruled by mars in gemini; it is agony of mind" the querant will be able to take the picayune problems of 8.s for only so long. numerologically the 9 reflects the end of the cycle, in this case a dead end. 1. 3.s sorrow 2. 4.d power 3. q.d 4. 10.s ruin 5. 8.d prudence 6. pm.s 7. 9.d gain 8. 6.d success 9. 8.s interference 10. a.d 11. xi lust 12. q.s 13. q.w 14. xxi universe 15. 10.w oppression 16. 7.d failur

is quest. diana, join me in this quest. help entice mankind to your bosom. bring forth free travel, enterprising travel, fast and reliable and available travel, through the atmosphere, the atmosphere known as shu, through the corona of this earth, the magnetosphere, the ionosphere, into the bosom of nut, airless space, beauteous space, free space. to the bosom of diana, to walk the moon, to visit mars, red planet. yes, to visit jupiter, and saturn, and neptune, to use the asteroids. to visit venus, and mercury. this is man's destiny. this shall come about. join me, nut, join me diana. mars and mercury, and venus, join me too. help pull mankind out of the depths of despondency, out of the depths of laziness, out of the depths of blindness, into the beauties of nut. this is a quest, this goa

night of april 30- may 1. the moon moved into leo at this time. leo is considered a barren sign, and is of the element fire. the sun had moved into taurus, which is an earth sign. so the elements of fire and earth were present, astrologically. mercury, saturn, uranus, and neptune were also in earth signs; mercury in taurus, and the rest in capricorn, so there was a preponderance of earth. venus, mars and pluto were in the water signs of pisces for the first two, and scorpio for the latter. what was lacking was the element air, which was found only in the theoretical point called the moon's north node. i therefore decided to use an incense derived from materials associated with the element air for this working, since this element was not in evidence in the line up of planets on this date

SABBATIC KABALA OF THE CROOKED PATH

the totality of the body must be brought to a state of reception for the forces to descend upon the mage. he ritual of the opposer will be performed in such occasion and the mage who strives to reach the highest ladders will gladly forsake all for the sake of naught! the joining of the adversary within the mage constitutes the hierophant, the high priest of the ages. the mouth peh is connected to mars and the power of the tower in the arcane of the tarot. this is significant due to the disruptive nature of the joining of the external within the internal in these kinds of operations. mysteries connected to the luchiferian gnosis are inherent and implicit in this cell and will blossom into full flower in the forthcoming cells (p. 233-236p. 237-238) the sabbatic kabala displays a formulae for

SATANGEL

pent or of the watchers. camio, camael (goetia, 53rd spirit. formerly of the angelic order of angels. appears as a thrush, a man carrying a sharp sword, seems to answer in burning ashes or coals. gives understanding of the speech of birds, bulls, dogs and other animals, and of the voices of the waters. foretells the future. in occult lore he also is identified as the angel governing the sphere of mars. the druids had a god of war called camael, and it is not impossible that this may be the source of his name. cassiel angel ruling saturn and saturday, also listed as a demon in the magus, francis barret. carnivean, carniveau. patron devil of lewd and obscene behaviour, who tempts into shamelessness. once a prince of powers, was one of the demons cited as possessing the body of sister seraphi

d efficacy in all wherein i shall wish, and in all that i shall demand. perfume it and keep it for use. when it is necessary, with all the proper ceremonies, to make sacrifices of fire, they should be made of wood which hath some quality referring especially unto the spirits invoked; as juniper of pine unto the spirits of saturn; box, or oak, unto those of jupiter; cornel, or cedar, unto those of mars, laurel unto those of the sun; myrtle unto those of venus; hazel unto those of mercury; and willow unto those of the moon. but when we make sacrifices of food and drink, everything necessary should be prepared without the circle, and the meats should be covered with some fine clean cloth, and have also a clean white cloth spread beneath them; with new bread and good and sparkling wine, but in

SCHEM HA MEPHORESH

leo planet: jupiter degree: 10 15 meaning: refuge, fortress, confidence psalm 9 1:2: i will say unto tetragrammaton, my refuge and fortress, my god, i will be confident in him. 4th angel name: nghelamiah sign: leo planet: jupiter degree: 15 20 meaning: concealed, saving psalm 6:5: return 0 tetragrammaton, deliver my soul, 6 save me because of thy mercy. 5th angel name: mahasiah sign: leo planet: mars degree: 20 25 meaning: seeking safety from trouble. psalm 34:5: 1 sought tetragrammaton, and he answered me and out of all my fears he delivered me. names and meanings of the 72 verses 7- 8 6th angel name: lelahel sign: leo planet: mars degree: 25 30 meaning: praiseworthy, declaring. psalm 9:12: sing psalms unto tetragrammaton who inhabiteth, shew forth among the nations his deeds. 7th angel

planet: jupiter degree: 20 25 meaning: is wonderful psalm 8:1: 0 tetragrammaton, our lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth. 18th angel name: keliel sign: libra planet: jupiter degree: 25 30 meaning: worthy to be invoked. just to me. psalm 25:24: judge me accordingly to thy righteousness, tetragrammaton, my god, and let them rejoice over me. 19th angel name: livoih sign: scorpio planet: mars degree: 0-5 meaning: hastening to hear. psalm 40:2: expecting, i expected tetragrammaton, and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. 20th angel name: pheheliah sign: scorpio planet: mars 11 degree: 5 10 meaning: redeemer, liberator. psalm 120:1, 2:20 in my distress i cried to thee 0 tetragrammaton, and he heard me. deliver my soul 0 tetragrammaton, from lying lips, and from deceitful tongues

planet: jupiter degree: 0 5 meaning: teacher. psalm 71:16: i will go in strength 0 tetragrammaton; 0 adonai, i will make mention of thy righteousness even of thine only. 32nd angel name: vesheriah sign: capricorn planet: jupiter degree: 5 10 meaning upright. psalm 33:4: for upright is tetragrammaton of the word, and all his works are in truth. 15 33rd angel name: yechuiah sign: capricorn planet: mars degree: 10 15 meaning: knower of all things. psalm 94:11: tetragrammaton knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are in vain. 34th angel name: lehahaih sign: capricorn planet: mars degree: 15 20 meaning: clement, merciful. psalm 131:3: let israel trust in tetragrammaton, now and for ever. 35th angel name: keveqaiah sign: capricorn planet: sun degree: 20 25 meaning: to be rejoiced in. psalm 116

h sign: pisces planet: jupiter 19 degree: 10 15 meaning: mover of all things. psalm 94:18: when i said, my foot hath been moved, thy mercy, 0 tetragrammaton, will uphold me. 46th angel name: ngharaiel sign: pisces planet: jupiter degree: 15-20 meaning: revealer psalm 145:9: tetragrammaton is good unto every man, and his mercies are over all his works. 47th angel name: aslaiah sign: pisces planet: mars degree: 20 25 meaning: just judge. psalm 92:5: how great have been thy works 0 tetragrammaton, very deep have been thy devices. 48th angel name: mihel sign: pisces planet: mars degree: 25 30 20 meaning: sending forth as a father. psalm 98:2: tetragrammaton hath made known his salvation, in the sight of the nations hath he revealed his justice. 49th angel name: uhauel sign: aries planet: mars

30 20 meaning: sending forth as a father. psalm 98:2: tetragrammaton hath made known his salvation, in the sight of the nations hath he revealed his justice. 49th angel name: uhauel sign: aries planet: mars degree: 0 5 meaning: great and lofty. psalm 145:3: great is tetragrammaton and greatly to be praised, and unto his greatness there is not an end. 50th angel name: deneyael sign: aries planet: mars degree: 5 10 maaning: merciful judge psalm 145:8: merciful and gracious is tetragrammaton, slow to anger and abounding in mercy. 51st angel name: kechasheiah sign: aries planet: sun degree: 10 15 meaning: secret and impenetrable. 21 psalm 104:31: the glory of tetragrammaton shall endure for ever, tetragrammaton shall rejoice in his works. 52nd angel name: amamiah sign: aries planet: sun degre

jupiter degree: 0 5 24 meaning: the name which is over all. psalm 118:2: let the name of tetragrammaton be praised from this time forth and for evermore. 62nd angel name: lahahel sign: gemini planet: jupiter degree: 5-10 meaning: supreme ens or essence. psalm 119:159: see how i have loved thy precepts, 0 tetragrammaton, in thy mercy keep me alive. 63rd angel name: nghaneauel sign: gemini planet: mars degree: 10-15 meaning: rejoicing psalm 100:2: serve tetragrammaton with joy, enter those who fear him, unto those who hope in his mercy. 64th angel name: mochaiel sign: gemini planet: mars degree: 15-20 meaning: vivifying 25 psalm 33:18: behold, the eyes of tetragrammaton is unto those who fear him, unto those who hope in his mercy. 65th angel name: damabaiah sign: gemini planet: sun degree:

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( joy. dionysius s myth is much more complex than that of the other olympians. as a child, the story goes, he was torn apart by wild women and spent three years in the underworld. the worship of dionysius played a significant role in the development of greek drama. the romans adopted this pantheon and gave many of them different names. the roman gods were, in the same order, jupiter, juno, venus, mars, minerva, diana, mercury, apollo, vulcan, neptune, vesta, ceres, pluto, and bacchus (in parts of the roman empire, the emperor was also worshipped as a god) these gods, along with many minor deities who came to earth to do the bidding of the gods, controlled the fate of humankind. zeus also appeared in human form, or even in animal form at times, to father children by mortal women. some of hi

s: almanac 223 greco-roman religion and philosophy though the romans did not develop a separate myth about the creation of the world itself, they did attach great importance to the founding of rome. in addition to virgil s story of the founding of rome, the aeneid, there is a second major myth that explains the founding of the city. romulus and remus were two brothers, sons of the god of warfare, mars. they were separated from their mother as infants. they were rescued by a female wolf and then was raised by a shepherd and his wife. when they reached adulthood they discovered their true heritage and established a city on the river tiber where the she-wolf had fed them. later, though, they became enemies, competing with each other to be the leader of the new city. romulus killed his brother

e generally enjoyed themselves with food and drink. the lupercalia was an ancient festival originally honoring lupercus, a country or agricultural god of the italians. the festival was celebrated on february 15 at the cave of the lupercal on the palatine hill, where the legendary founders of rome, romulus, and remus, were supposed to have been nursed by a wolf. the equiria, a festival in honor of mars, god of war, was celebrated on february 27 and march 14, traditionally the time of year when new military campaigns were prepared. horse races marked this celebration. the secular games, which included both athletic spectacles and sacrifices, were held at irregular intervals, traditionally once only in about every century, to mark the beginning of a new era. pilgrimages for greeks, a visit to

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treasures. be diligent, peaceful, constant and pious, pray that god may help thee. and if thou attain, never forget the poor. then thou wilt praise god with the legion of the angels, now and forever. mercy- choice light, strength, joy in the recognition of god's virtue and hymn of praise. darkness, evil-doing, fear in godlessness, sin and vice. come ye to the mercy-seat. go ye to the pit of fire mars: fear, heat, therein consists the sensibilities. mercury: bitter, drawing and moving out of the harsh quality, which causes a sting within, and remains in that spirit, the existence of mobility. saturn: harsh, hard, cold, severe, sharp, sour, inclined to rudeness and earthliness, its desire consists out of these qualities. sun: fire or life, half in darkness, half in light, is the setting ali

ing god's son, is one with the eternal world of light. the principium of the fire belongs to the world of the four elements, being an offspring of the first two, and is the third principle. whenever the first three qualities of the first dark principii gain the upper hand, then the others are tied up around their centro and all seven are evil. then saturnus stands for avarice, mercurius for envy, mars for wrath, sol for vanity, venus for lewdness, jupiter for cunning and luna for bodily desire, which are the seven evil spirits ruling within the old human being. but when the three in the principio of light have the upper hand and are born out of the dark centro, so that they are in accordance with their innermost depths of light, which is the new birth in man, all seven are good, and then s

r for cunning and luna for bodily desire, which are the seven evil spirits ruling within the old human being. but when the three in the principio of light have the upper hand and are born out of the dark centro, so that they are in accordance with their innermost depths of light, which is the new birth in man, all seven are good, and then saturnius stands for compassion, mercurius for doing good, mars for gentleness, sol for humility, venus for chastity, jupiter for wisdom, and luna for christ's flesh or body. the hermetic philosophy i attract all those seeking god and the truth; those alone will find the art. i am the magnet-stone of divine love; attracting the iron- hard men on the road to the truth. i am the moisture which preserves everything in nature and makes it live, i pass from th

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uce two houses; three form six; four form twenty-four; five form one hundred and twenty; six form seven hundred and twenty (39) seven form five thousand and forty; and beyond this their numbers increase so that the mouth can hardly utter them, nor the ear hear the number of them. so now, behold the stars of our world, the planets which are seven; the sun, venus, mercury, moon, saturn, jupiter and mars. the seven are also the seven days of creation; and the seven gateways of the soul of man--the two eyes, the two ears, the mouth and the two nostrils. so with the seven are formed the seven heavens (41) the seven earths, and the seven periods of time; and so has he preferred the number seven above all things under his heaven (42) supplement to chapter iv note--this is one of several modern il

is is one of several modern illustrations of the allotment of the seven letters; it is not found in the ancient copies of the "sepher yetzirah" he produced beth, and referred it to wisdom; he crowned it, combined and formed with it the moon in the universe, the first day of the week, and the right eye of man. he produced gimel, and referred it to health; he crowned it, combined and joined with it mars in the universe, the second day of the week, and the right ear of man. he produced daleth, and referred it to fertility; he crowned it, combined and formed with it the sun in the universe, the third day of the week, and the right nostril of man. he produced kaph, and referred it to life; he crowned it, combined and formed with it venus in the universe, the fourth day of the week, and the left

upiter in the universe, the seventh day of the week, and the mouth of man. by these seven letters were also made seven worlds, seven heavens, seven earths, seven seas, seven rivers, seven deserts, seven days, seven weeks from passover to pentecost, and every seventh year a jubilee. mayer lambert gives--beth to saturn and the hebrew sabbath--that is saturday; gimel to jupiter and sunday; daleth to mars and monday; kaph to the sun and tuesday; peh to venus and wednesday; resh to mercury and thursday; and tau to the moon and friday. chapter v 1. the twelve simple letters are h h, vau, zain, cheth, teth, yod, lamed, nun, samech, oin, tzaddi and qoph (43) they are the foundations of these twelve properties: sight, hearing, smell, speech, taste, sexual love, work, movement, anger, mirth, imagina

f humanity 21. appearance of man. 22. material human body. 23. human soul conferred. 24. mystery of adam and eve. 25. complete man as the microcosm. 26. gift of five human faces acting exteriorly. 27. gift of five powers to the soul. 28. adam kadmon, the heavenly man. 29. angelic beings. 30. man in the image of god. fourth order: world of spheres 31. the moon. 32. mercury. 33. venus. 34. sol. 35. mars. 36. jupiter. 37. saturn. 38. the firmament. 39. the primum mobile. 40. the empyrean heaven. fifih order: the angelic world 41. ishim--sons of fire. 42. auphanim--cherubim. 43. aralim--thrones. 44. chashmalim--dominions. 45. seraphim--virtues. 46. malakim--powers. 47. elohim--principalities. 48. beni elohim--angels. 49. cherubim--arch-angels. sixth order: the archetype 50. god. ain suph. he w

concurring. i have given the numbers arising from continual multiplication of the product by each succeeding unit from one to seven. 2x1=2, 2x3=6, 6x4=24, 24x5=120, 120x6=720, 720x7=5040. 40. in associating the particular letters to each planet the learned jesuit athanasius kircher allots beth to the sun, gimel to venus, daleth to mercury, kaph to luna, peh to saturn, resh to jupiter, and tau to mars. kalisch in the supplementary paragraphs gives a different attribution; both are wrong, according to clairvoyant investigation. consult the tarot symbolism given by court de gebelin, eliphas levi, and my notes to the isiaic tablet of bembo. the true attribution is probably not anywhere printed. the planet names here given are chaldee words. 41. the seven heavens and the seven earths are print

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the handful of gensdarmes that guard them, than to confront the battalions they may raise tomorrow "no" said robespierre, who recoiled before the determined spirit of payan "i have a better and safer plan. this is the 6th of thermidor; on the 10th on the 10th, the convention go in a body to the fete decadaire. a mob shall form; the canonniers, the troops of henriot, the young pupils de l'ecole de mars, shall mix in the crowd. easy, then, to strike the conspirators whom we shall designate to our agents. on the same day, too, fouquier and dumas shall not rest; and a sufficient number of 'the suspect' to maintain salutary awe, and keep up the revolutionary excitement, shall perish by the glaive of the law. the 10th shall be the great day of action. payan, of these last culprits, have you prep

on of this virtuous and illustrious person. he was heard to cry aloud "si mon frere est coupable, qu'il perisse (if my brother be culpable, let him die. this brother, marie-joseph, also a poet, and the author of "charles ix" so celebrated in the earlier days of the revolution, enjoyed, of course, according to the wonted justice of the world, a triumphant career, and was proclaimed in the champ de mars "le premier de poetes francais" a title due to his murdered brother "there is a foreigner, an italian woman in the list; but i can find no charge made out against her "all the same we must execute her for the sake of the round number; eighty sounds better than seventy-nine" here a huissier brought a paper on which was written the request of henriot "ah! this is fortunate" said tinville, to wh

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wahn dill) poetic stream: autumn, the doorway of the blessed water in the pale bloom unseen 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

SPENSER THE CULT OF THE ALL SEEING EYE 1960

t realization of the seal, as cut from the original die, the stars were conceived as six-pointed and the constellation was very naturally made six-pointed to match. but the lapse was soon discovered from comparison with the stars upon the flag, so while they were changed to the five-pointed order in the websterian die, the six-pointed form of the constellation was unfortunately retained and still mars the realization -28- of our crest. it should be manifest that the very same deference paid to an heraldic art-idea, which resulted in grouping thirteen six-pointed stars into a larger six-pointed constellation, would have grouped them, as five-pointed elements, into a corresponding five-pointed constellation [his emphasis] mr. totten erred in one respect: the incorrectness of the use of six-p

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of the true light. 210 codex magica the arm patch on the military uniform of pakistan's president, general pervez musharraf, tells a number of tales. against a black, circle background we find the familiar crescent moon and star of islam (actually, pagan origin, being representative of diana, the witchcraft "star" and "moon" goddess) as well as the two crossed swords (in the pagan era, a sign of mars, god of war. it is doubtful musharraf has any idea of the actual meaning of these symbols. the "x" team? in time magazine (july 14, 2003, p. 79, it was reported that marvel comics intended to publish a comic book that featured a resurrected princess diana with superpowers. the t i t l e of the first edition was to be "di another day" the plot was to have princess di and a number of mutant, re

ic serpent encircling the world! as if to emphasize that this is the correct understanding, the writing in hebrew at the bottom of this jewish new year postcard is the word "leviathan" the identity of leviathan is revealed in isaiah 27 as the serpent, or satan. have a happy new year, indeed! an oroboros serpent associated with the aionic cycles of life and death (cydonia: the secret chronicles of mars, by david e. flynn, 2002) fritz springmeier, one of the world's top researchers into the global conspiracy, discovered the illuminati symbol of a snake swallowing its own tail (the oroboros) being used by portland, oregon's public library system as the logo placed by the library on its books (newsletter front a christian ministry, october 15, 1993) 284 codex magica the illuminati's architectu

h his scientific inventions and discoveries. parsons was a luciferian priest and an initiate of the ordo templi orientis (o.t.o, an occultic order made infamous by englishman aleister crowley("the beast, 666. parsons died in a mysterious explosion some 50 years ago, but his name and legend continue to be honored by illuminists around the world. nasa, america's space agency, even named a crater on mars after parsons. parsons conducted sex rituals designed to invoke the coming of the antichrist. satanists call these perverted, dark rituals "babalon working" every man and woman is a star 555 popular science magazine (july 2004) published this artist's conception of a proposed synthetic star, pentagram star of light to be beamed over the city of new york as a memorial to world trade center 9/1

ve a relationship with the bible's identification of the whore of babylon as the woman in scarlet? also in the bible, we find that esau was born red (genesis 25:25, and god says "i have hated esau" the color red has a long and non-illustrious history of whoredom and violence. in pre-vedic india the people worshipped a primitive form of shiva as the "red god" and as "the howler" the god and planet mars was known by the ancients as the red god. in scandinavia, the major god, odin, had clothing, shield symbols and runes of red color. a hero viking's death became celebrated on the calendar as a "red-letter day" and thus we have this phrase in common use today. robin was the god of witches in the forest and when human sacrifices were made, they were dedicated to robin redbreast, or the slain co

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and cub that had been living in a mine north of calama. then, according to the account, a team of nasa scientists arrived in a black helicopter and reclaimed the chupacabra family. the creatures, so the story claimed, had escaped from a secret nasa facility in the atacama desert of northern chile where the u.s. space agency was attempting to create some kind of hybrid beings that could survive on mars. on august 30, 2000, jorge luis talavera, a farmer in the jurisdiction of malpaisillo, nicaragua, had enough of the nocturnal depredations of chupacabra. the beast had sucked the life from 25 of his sheep and 35 of his neighbor s flock, and he lay in wait with rifle in hand for its return. that night it seemed that talavera accomplished what no other irate farmer or rancher had been able to d

d in placing the captured gill man from the black lagoon on exhibit at a florida aquarium. that same year, eastwood was a jet pilot trying to kill a giant tarantula that had been created in a laboratory experiment in tarantula. peter graves (1921) became well known as jim phelps, the authoritative director in the television series mission impossible (1967 73; 1988 90. as a scientist in red planet mars (1952, graves established radio contact with martians. courageously, graves attempted to thwart the takeover of earth by a venusian creature in it conquered the world (1956, and in the beginning of the end (1957, he battled aliens and their underground menagerie of huge creatures. in the power (1968, george hamilton (1939) is a man gifted with supernatural powers imparted to him at birth by e

goaded to violence by the supernatural forces in a mountain resort. in the witches of eastwick (1987, nicholson got promoted from the demonically insane to an entity that may have been satan himself or at least a high-ranking demon. nicholson made an excellent werewolf in the film wolf (1994, skillfully achieving the trauma and terror of an ordinary man undergoing supernatural transformation. in mars attacks (1996, he was the president of the united states attempting to defeat the bug-eyed invaders from mars. leonard nimoy (1931) was playing aliens long before he became mr. spock, the science officer of the enterprise on the original television series star trek (1966 69. in in satan s satellites (also known as zombies of the stratosphere, 1958, he was an alien soldier who was part of a sq

the once-sacrosanct recipes to whomever wished to use them. sometime in the 1990s, the story shifted from mrs. fields as the malefactor to a cafe in a dallas-area neiman-marcus store. the advent of the internet caused the story of the vengeful woman and her defiant distribution of the cookie recipe to become one of the most popular of all the widely circulated urban legends. green m&ms the story: mars, inc, the makers of m&ms, was brought into court and heavily fined when it was discovered that the candy coating on the green-colored m&m chocolate candies contained an aphrodisiac. the candy company was involved in an insidious plot to stimulate innocent children sexually with the substance in the green m&ms and drive them into the hands of pornographers. in addition to the aphrodisiac in th

kers of m&ms, was brought into court and heavily fined when it was discovered that the candy coating on the green-colored m&m chocolate candies contained an aphrodisiac. the candy company was involved in an insidious plot to stimulate innocent children sexually with the substance in the green m&ms and drive them into the hands of pornographers. in addition to the aphrodisiac in the candy coating, mars, inc, had launched a series of television commercials featuring scantily clad models whose poses were designed to arouse the children even further and suggest how they themselves might pose for the child pornographers. conscientious consumers were urged to cease supporting a candy company that was in league with the manufacturers of child porn, and parents were advised to write their congress

rs of child porn, and parents were advised to write their congresspersons and demand that the product be taken off the market. it is difficult to trace the origins of this urban legend about the green candy with the bizarre erotic stimulant mixed into its coating, but it appears to have begun sometime early in 1993 on the internet with e-mails informing parents to insist upon legal action against mars, inc, for becoming participants in the insidious child porn business. some researchers have theorized that the rumor may have begun when mars, inc, actually did appear in court in 1992 to obtain a cease and desist order against cool chocolate, inc, a competitor that had started to manufacture a green-coated chocolate that it was calling the green ones. the attorneys for mars, inc, argued that

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ose bodies were found mutilated and bound with wire, floating in rivers. white farmers discovered their cattle disemboweled and the tendons in their legs severed so they could not walk. the secret society that t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d secret societies 27 nasa meddler richard hoagland insists that not only have the astronauts been to mars, but they have been covering up the discovery of ruins and artifacts. especially intrigued by the so-called mars face, a sphinx-like object that appeared on numerous nasa photographs during the viking i orbit in 1976, hoagland has demanded the agency to divulge the discovery. in april 1998, nasa fs mars global surveyor spacecraft traveled near mars and sent back photos debunking theories that

on numerous nasa photographs during the viking i orbit in 1976, hoagland has demanded the agency to divulge the discovery. in april 1998, nasa fs mars global surveyor spacecraft traveled near mars and sent back photos debunking theories that ancient civilizations constructed the face. the new pictures showed only an pile of rocks, completely devoid of the profile of the previous portraits of the mars face. within hours of nasa fs statement, hoagland fs website declared, ghoney, i shrunk the face! h he insists nasa has been hiding the artifacts for decades. hoagland unearthed a 1960 nasa-commissioned report recommending any future discoveries of alien life be kept from the public so as not to disturb the evolutionary flow of twentieth-century civilization. sources: hoagland, richard c.the

oney, i shrunk the face! h he insists nasa has been hiding the artifacts for decades. hoagland unearthed a 1960 nasa-commissioned report recommending any future discoveries of alien life be kept from the public so as not to disturb the evolutionary flow of twentieth-century civilization. sources: hoagland, richard c.the enterprise mission [online] http/ www.enterprisemission.com..the monuments of mars: a city on the edge of forever. berkeley, calif: north atlantic books, 1987. vankin, jonathan, and john whalen. the 60 greatest conspiracies of all time. new york: barnes& noble, 1996. nasa covers up evidence of alien life on mars had begun by practicing black magic and the administration of blood oaths had degenerated into the most violent sorts of barbarism. the mau-mau weapon of choice was

ied in 683. the 69 steps that run up the front of the temple each represent a year of his reign. the yucatan peninsula along the gulf of mexico forms the northernmost region of mayan settlement. among the ruins there are chichen itza, which feature a collection of pyramids, temples, and other common mayan structures as well as an observatory where the movements of the sun and moon and the planets mars, venus, and jupiter were charted. further inland lies uxmal, site of two temple pyramids, a complex of four buildings around a courtyard, and the palace of governors with magnificent terraces and a stone mosaic frieze more than 300 feet long (a mosaic consists of small, inlaid materials of various colors that form a pattern or a picture, and a frieze is a richly ornamented band or line on a b

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the world they survive in recognisable form only among the more backward peoples. in europethe details have not always been preserved, and it is often solely by comparison with the dances of savagesthat their original meaning can be seen. in crete the dance of ariadne, performed by youths and maidens,belonged apparently to the fertility group, so also did the processional dance of the bacchantes. mars inrome was served by dancing priests, and the running step with which moslems go round the ka'aba isperhaps the survival of a sacred dance at mecca.the processional dance might be performed either on foot or on horseback, the essential part being that therewas a leader, whose course was followed and whose actions were imitated by the rest of the dancers. theprocession of the fairies was alway

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he iod- the absolute principle, the productive being. the mem- spirit, or the jakin of solomon. the schin- matter, or the column called boaz. the double letters beth. reflection, thought, the moon, the angel gabriel, prince of mysteries. gimel. love, will, venus, the angel anael, prince of life and death. daleth. force, power, jupiter, sachiel, melech, king of kings. kaph. violence, strife, work, mars, samael zebaoth, prince of phalanges. pe. eloquence, intelligence, mercury, raphael, prince of sciences. resh. destruction and regeneration, time, saturn, cassiel, king of tombs and of solitude. tau. truth, light, the sun, michael, king of the elohim. 185 the simple letters the simple letters are divided into four triplicities, having for titles the four letters of the divine tetragam yod-heh

talkative, at least, so say simple folk and nursemaids, whose little finger tells them so much. the hand has seven protuberances which the qabalists, following natural analogies, have attributed to the seven planets: that of the thumb, to venus; that of the index to jupiter; that of the medius, to saturn; that of the ring-finger to the sun; that of the little finger, to mercury; the two others to mars and to the moon. according to their form and their predominance, they judged the inclinations, the aptitudes, and consequently the probable destinies of the individuals who submitted themselves to their judgment. there is no vice which does not leave its trace, no virtue which has not its sign. thus, for the trained eyes of the observer, no hypocrisy is possible. one will understand that such

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ns, namely; if there were a hebrew word pan, it would equate to 581, as a nun final has a value of 500; the word pan in hebrew might mean anything, i.e "spectacles, and be nothing to do with either geburah or a greek shepherd god; pan is a transliteration of a greek word into the english alphabet in the first case- surely crowley's "greek gematria" would be better suited? the planet of geburah is mars, mdim, equalling 654, as do lhtim (secret arts, enthusiasm, witchcraft) and dmdvm (twilight, dim light. this again suggests the mastery of practical magic as the skill attained in the initiatory system. the twilight follows the day of tiphareth and precedes the night of the abyss during the ascent of the tree. the gods associated with geburah are those of a martial nature, such as thor, ares

ars, mdim, equalling 654, as do lhtim (secret arts, enthusiasm, witchcraft) and dmdvm (twilight, dim light. this again suggests the mastery of practical magic as the skill attained in the initiatory system. the twilight follows the day of tiphareth and precedes the night of the abyss during the ascent of the tree. the gods associated with geburah are those of a martial nature, such as thor, ares, mars, horus, and montu. obviously, warfare and revenge are amongst the attributes given to such deities, but one should also see that geburah embodies strict rulership and kingly attributes as well. despite their superficiality, the "conan" adventure stories of robert e. howard depict the translation of the barbarian aspects of geburah into those required by the just king of a realm (learning when

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e, upon careful consideration we find the holy ghost defined as a feminine aspect of godhead.11 and in the hebrew qabalah we have the trinity on the tree of life of chesed("mercy, gevurahl2("might) and tiphareth("equilibrium" or "beauty. co-relating this latter triad with traditional symbolism, chesed is masculine, referred to jupiter, a paternal wisdom symbol. gevurah, feminine, is attributed to mars, indicative of great power. one alchemical aphorism expresses this duality in the words "man is peace and woman is power" bearing all these in mind, we conclude that as chesed represents the father and gevurah the mother,l3 so tiphareth which is beauty, is the reconciler between them. interestingly enough, tiphareth is referred to the sun, and corresponds to the thrd member of the theological

th the sephiroth. 14 "god" 15 "righteous of god" 16. elohirn gibor "god of battles" or "almighty god" 17. the "severity of god" william gray erroneously stated that the root of this name was khab, whch meant "to suffer, to feel pain, or make war" however, prominent golden dawn scholar adam p. forrest has pieced together the true origin of this name. according to forrest, the original archangel of mars was samuel-a name that macgregor mathers changed to zarnael in order to avoid confusion with the qliphotic samael. when the qabalists began to assign archangels to the sephiroth, someone attributed a list of planetary archangels to their corresponding sephroth, and the martial samael was naturally assigned to geburah. at some point ths list was copied into greek. in late greek writing, the le

as copied into latin, the copyist made the error of transliterating the greek name of camahl as camael rather than samael. even later, someone (perhaps a member of the golden dawn) back-transliterated camael as 5 and thu3s wa s camael (or khamael) born. and although it originated as an error in translation, it does help magicians distinguish between samael, archangel of evil, zamael, archangel of mars, and khamael, archangel of geburah. 18. yellow. 19. yhvh tzabaoth "lord of armies" 20. ths should be haniel, and not be confused with anael, the archangel of venus. haniel means "the grace of god" or "one who sees god" 21. elohirn tzabaoth "god of armies" 22. violet. 23. this name may have a greek etymological base. possible translations "lord of the extent of height "co-brother" or "the soun

the exact proportions" of the athanor, the alchemical oven which is used to obtain the philosopher's stone-a symbol for spiritual illumination and expanded consciousness. what is so important about the proportions of the pentagram? through the number five, the number of points on this figure, the pentagram is connected to the sphere of geburah on the tree of life, and to its corresponding planet, mars. the pentagram represents that fiery, purifying power of the divine that takes the name of pachad or "fear" one of the titles of geburah, whose other primary title is "strength" another higher function of geburah is that of din meaning "justice "judgment" or "severity" the divine name of geburah is elohim gibor or "god of battles" according to iamblichus, a neoplatonic philosopher-magician of

t, which is the sense attributed to heh. therefore it is the magical symbol of true vision. the letter heh is also connected with the sign of aries, the warrior-protector, and the tarot card of "the emperor" who is the ruler and executor of the divine law. in human physiology, aries is especially referred to the head (symbolized by the uppermost point of spirit in the pentagram. aries is ruled by mars and its exaltation is the sun, the symbolic source of all light. tlus again leads us to ideas of strength and protection through the warrior energy of mars-aries, as well as solar light and health. another word associated through gematria with the number five is bahbah( x i i, meaning "gate" the fifth key of the tarot is the card of "the hierophant" who is the teacher, the expounder of the my

given here are only one of several that are possible. a list of deity correspondences sephirah egypfian greek roman celtic norse hindu kether chokmah binah chesed geburah tiphareth netzach hod yesod malkuth nudjer ptah thoth isis- amoun horus- osiris ra hathor- anubis khnum shu khonsu geb aither- uranus rhea hera zeus ares- apollo- aphrodite- hermes- artemis- demeter aether- coelus juno- jupiter mars- sol- venus- mercury- diana- ceres dagda- lugh danu- llyr morrigan- angus mac og brigit- ogma- cerridwen- cemunnos ymir- odin frigga- frey thor t y balder- freya- loki bragi nanna- nerthus brahman- vishnu mahasakti- indra shiva- krishna surya lakshmi pamati hunuman- chandra soma ganesha daath nephthys hypnos janus arianrhod heimdall aditi- pushan color and visualization as regardie stated in

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ave always been an essential part of our immediate environment. instead of thinking in terms of extraterrestrials, i have adopted the concept of ultraterrestrials beings and forces which coexist with us but are on another time frame; that is, they operate outside the limits of our space-time continuum yet have the ability to cross over into our reality. this other world is not a place, however as mars or andromeda are places, but is a state of energy. the ufo phenomenon itself is only one trivial fragment of a much larger phenomenon. it can be divided into two mam parts. the first and most important part consists of the mysterious aerial lights which appear to have an intelligence of their own. they have been observed throughout history. often they project powerful searchlight-like beams t

pers. we do not even have enough facts, after fifteen years of study, to form a real basis for the coveted probabilities. if nick the greek were asked to make book on the existence of extraterrestrial life, he would find the scientific arguments so tenuous that the odds would have to be somewhere around a trillion to one. of the nine planets in our own solar system, only three mercury, earth, and mars are solid, and only one of these three is infested with life. the appearance of life requires a long list of environmental and chemical conditions. for all these conditions to exist simultaneously on a single planet also requires a whole series of improbable coincidences. men have always gazed at the night sky and dreamed of other worlds. four thousand years ago, enoch became the first space

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its' or bodies that exist beyond the zonei are called the azonei, meaning "un-zoned. whether this refers to the so-called "fixed" stars (having no sphere ascertainable to the early astronomers) or the comets, is unknown to the editor. whatever the case may be, the zonei seem to include the seven philosophical planets, i.e, including the sun and moon as planetary bodies, along with mercury, venus, mars, jupiter and saturn. each has their own seal and their own number. kenneth grant, author of aleister crowley and the hidden god, may be interested to know (or may already know) that the number of the sumerian goddess of venus, hence of love and war, is fifteen. in many of the ancient tablets of that period, she is actually referred to as "the fifteen, as a shortcut to spelling out the whole n

he elder gods, the race of marduk; that is, it reflects the nature of the cosmos before the fall of marduk from heaven (names of zodiacal constellations are after budge's renderings) table vii [a.c] table xxv [s] 0. anu (tiamat) 1. sphere of the primum mobile enlil (absu) 2. sphere of the zodiac or fixed stars enki; lumashi (igigi) 3. sphere of saturn adar 4. sphere of jupiter marduk 5. sphere of mars nergal 6. sphere of the sun utu 7. sphere of venus inanna 8. sphere of mercury nebo 9. sphere of the moon nanna 10. sphere of the elements kia 11. air anna 12. mercury gudud 13. moon sin 14. venus dlibat 15. aries agru (xubur) 16. taurus kakkab u alap shame (kingu) 17. gemini re'u kinu shame u tu'ame rabuti (viper) 18. cancer shittu (snake) 19. leo kalbu rabu (lakhamu) 20. virgo shiru (whirlw

14. venus dlibat 15. aries agru (xubur) 16. taurus kakkab u alap shame (kingu) 17. gemini re'u kinu shame u tu'ame rabuti (viper) 18. cancer shittu (snake) 19. leo kalbu rabu (lakhamu) 20. virgo shiru (whirlwind) 21. jupiter umunpaddu 22. libra zibanitum (ravening dog) 23. water badur 24. scorpio akrabu (scorpion-man) 25. sagittarius pa-bil-sag (hurricane) 26. capricorn suxur mash (fish-man) 27. mars mastabarru 28. aquarius gula (horned beast) 29. pisces dilgan u rikis nuni (weapon) 30. sun shamash 30. fire ag 30. saturn kaimanu 30 (bis) earth kia 30 (bis) spirit zi notes on pronunciation we cannot be absolutely how sumerian and akkadian were spoken; but many useful guidelines are available to the student, including the transliterated tablets found all over mesopotamia. basically, we can

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

agent of the ancient ones, for he dwelt in cutha for a time. his colour is dark red. his essence is to be found in iron, and in all weapons made to spill the blood of men and of animals. his gate is the fifth you will see as you pass the zones in the rituals that follow. his step on the ladder of light is red. this is his seal, which must be engraved on a plate of iron, or on paper in blood, when mars is in exaltation in the heavens. it is best done at night, far from the habitations of men and of animals, where you cannot be seen or heard. it must be wrapped first in heavy cloth, then in fine silk, and hid safe away until such times as it is needed. but to take not to use this seal hastily, for it is a sharp sword. the number of nergal is eight and this is his seal: the god of jupiter is

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er, which may safely be left to the ardours of your research. this sun is in the midst of the 6 other letters of the word; and the general knowledge of correspondences which you have derived from the study of the books appointed for your instruction will at once show you that j is virgo the virgin moon a is the fool or antic, the antique or ancient one saturn h is the letter of aries the house of mars b is the letter of mercury v is the hierophant or pope, emblem of jupiter l is libra the house of venus such, my brother, are the letters taken singly. in combination we reach beyond the simple facts of nature to divine mysteries. iii first of all, consider the descending triangle. it reads ihv, the first three letters of the ineffable name of four letters. they refer to father, mother, son

nate one by the consummation of the rite of marriage. consider of this. file//c /documents%20and%20settings/michael..0secret%20rituals%20of%20the%20o.t.o/p3c2.html (4 of 12 [12/28/2001 2:05:25 pm] the secret rituals of the o.t.o. vi of classical fables the ancients of every nation report their heroes to have been born of the marriage of gods with mortals. as, romulus and remus begotten of the god mars upon a vestal virgin, hercules of jove, buddha of vishnu in the form of a white elephant with six tusks, jesus of jehovah upon a virgin, and many another. even true gods were born of mortal mothers, as dionysius of semele. also they recount many loves of heaven for earth, diana for endymion, zeus for leda, danae, europa, and the rest; even hades issued from his gloomy kingdom to ravish the ma

nguage of the greeks. yet of all these powers i name but seven, the glories of eulis; the stars upon the foreheads of the brothers of hermetic light. luna and of these the first is the building up of one that is not born; verily, a child of wonder shall he be. venus and the second is the harmony and the mastery of one co-eval and co-operative with thee from eternity, twin with thee, and thy mate. mars by the third cometh youth and beauty and energy, be thou never so old. saturn by the fourth is life prolonged at will. mercury the fifth is the attainment of the supreme, the magick of light. jupiter the sixth guardeth and aideth thee in the world wherein thou workest: to high rank and honour shall it lead thee, and from thy hands shall pour forth rivers of blessing: yea verily and amen. sol

ugatory to invoke into it a spirit of nakhiel or raphael or haniel or anael. b the human soul is all but inexpugnable; yet we have succeeded in the temporary expulsion of a weak and wandering soul, and its replacement. for example, we once supplanted the soul of a calibancreature, a certain deformed and filthy abortion without moral character, named victor neuburg, by a soul of isis, by a soul of mars and by a soul of jupiter in turn, so that this quasi-human shape, not being a poet, did yet write verses goodly and great in praise of isis; and not being a prophet, did yet foretell most accurately the wars which even now devastate the earth; and not being generous or wealthy did yet for a season support many dependants on his bounty. and this we did with no elaboration of thought, no persia

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took him, and brought him unto areopagus, saying, may we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest [is] 17:20 for thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean. 17:21 (for all the athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing) 17:22 then paul stood in the midst of mars hill, and said [ye] men of athens, i perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. 17:23 for as i passed by, and beheld your devotions, i found an altar with this inscription, to the unknown god. whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare i unto you. 17:24 god that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made wi

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answers: they transport precious stones from place to place, and they make medicines to work miraculously in their effects: he giveth also familiars of the firmament, and prolongeth life to 700 yeares if god will. his character. he hath under him 42 kings, 35 princes, 28 dukes, 21 counsellors, 14 ministers, 7 messengers, 29000 legions of spirits. phaleg ruleth those things which are attributed to mars, the prince of peace. he that hath his character he raiseth to great honours in warlike affaires. his character. och governeth solar things; he giveth 600 yeares, with perfect health; he bestoweth great wisdom, giveth the most excellent spirits, teacheth perfect medicines: he converteth all things into most pure gold and precious stones: he giveth 14 gold, and a purse springing with gold. he

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the bull in exactly the same attitude of struggle and contention, but without the lion;3 and in a curious one of very ancient but excellent workmanship, belonging to me, the ivy of bacchus is placed over the back of the goat, to denote the power which he represents.4 the mutual operation which was the result of this contention was signified, in the mythological tales of the poets, by the loves of mars and venus, the one the active power of destruction, and the other the passive power of generation. from their union is said to have sprung the goddess harmony, who was the physical order of the universe personified. the fable of ceres and proserpine is the same allegory inverted; ceres being the prolific power 1 plate ix, fig. 4& nummi vet. pop& urb. table i, fig. 16. 2 plate ix. fig. 12, fro

ges of castor and pollux, who lived and died alternately, were allegories of the same dogma; hence the two asteriscs, by which they are distinguished on the medals of locri, argos, and other cities. the p ans, or war-songs, which the greeks chanted at the onset of their battles2 were originally sung to apollo,3 who was called p on; and macrobius tells us,4 that in spain, the sun was worshipped as mars, the god of war and destruction, whose statue they adorned with rays, like that of the greek apollo. on a celtiberian or runic medal found in spain, of barbarous workmanship, is a head surrounded by obeliscs or rays, which i take to be of this deity.5 the hairs appear erect, to imitate flames, as they do on many of the greek medals; and on the reverse is a bearded head, with a sort of pyramid

d the cap of liberty.6 on other celtiberian medals is a figure on horseback, carrying a spear in his hand, and having the same sort of cap on his head, with the word helman written 1 sat. lib. i, c. 18. 2 thucyd. lib. vii. 3 homer, il. s, v. 472. 4 sat. lib. i, c. 19. 5 plate x fig. 2, engraven from one belonging to me. i have since been confirmed in this conjecture by observing the characters of mars and apollo mixt on greek coins. on a mamertine one belonging to me is the head with the youthful features and laurel crown of apollo; but the hair is short, and the inscription on the exergue denotes it to be mars. see plate xvi. fig 2. 6 it may be seen with th edagger on the medals of brutus. of priapus 79 under him,1 in characters which are something between the old runic and pelasgian; but

as the name implies; for hela or hel, was, among the northern nations, the goddess of death,3 in the same manner as persiphoneia or brimo was among the greeks. the same figure appears on many ancient british medals, and also on those of several greek cities, particularly those of gela, which have the taurine bacchus or creator on the reverse.4 the head which i have supposed to be the celtiberian mars, or destructive power of the diurnal sun, is beardless like the apollo of the greeks, and, as far as can be discovered in such barbarous sculpture, has the same androgynous features.5 we may therefore reasonably suppose, that, like the greeks, the celtiberians personified the destructive attribute under the different genders, accordingly as they applied it to the sun, or subordinate elements;

im, that it is scarcely possible to separate them. he appears however, like all the other gods, to have been originally a personified attribute of the sun. the eleventh of the orphic hymns2 is addressed to him as the strength and power of the sun; and macrobius says that he was thought to be the strength and virtue of the gods, by which they destroyed the giants; and that, according to varro, the mars and hercules of the romans were the same deity, and worshipped with the same rites.3 according to varro then, whose authority is perhaps the greatest that can be cited, hercules was the destroying attribute represented in a human form, instead of that of a lion, tiger, or hippopotamus. hence the terrible picture drawn of him by homer, which always appeared to me to have been taken from 1 home

rk of bodin, de la d monomaine des sorciers, was published at paris, in 4to, in 1580. it went through many editions, and was translated into latin and other languages. 2 et pour le commun des femmes, en quelques lieux, voulant faire les martiales, elles portent certains tourions ou morrions ind cens, et d une forme si peu s ante, qu on diroit que c est plustost l armet de priape que celuy du dieu mars; leur generative powers 213 he adds, that the principal produce of this country consisted of apples, and argues thence, it is not very apparent why, that the women partook of the character of eve, and yielded more easily to temptation than those of other countries. after having spent four months in dealing out rather severely what was then called justice to these ignorant people, the two comm

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able sphere, allowing it to balance in this respect only another observable sphere. philosophically, the sun is at the extreme masculine active end of a linear scale and balances its heavenly mate, the moon, which is at the extreme passive feminine end. between them lie the remaining five planets, also arranged in pairs about a theoretical center. jupiter is the masculine mate of feminine saturn. mars is the masculine mate of feminine venus. but mercury has no mate, for the simple reason that it embodies both mascu- line and feminine elements within itself. as a magical symbol, mercury is balanced and complete. because of this balance, it neither needs to be, nor will tolerate being, paired to any other planet. xvi new millennium magic as is explained in the chapter on the hexagram, the tr

f astro- logical symbols for the planets is not a set of arbitrary tokens, but reflects both the nature of the individual planets and their interrelationship. it proves the unique- ness of mercury with unmistakable clarity. the sun and the moon are paired and separated from the rest of the planets by each being given a single, pure sign denot- ing its quality: sun: el moon: the jupiter-saturn and mars-venus pairs are likewise inescapable, based on their symbolism. all four of these planets are double-compound, partaking of the pure solar or lunar qualities blended with the quality of the earth, which is repre- sented by the cross: jupiter: 3 mars: 6 saturn: fi venus: 9 unique and apart, mercury is made up of the symbols of the three primary forces-sun, moon, and earth. it is the only plane

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

tri- umphant atop the chaotic dragon, which is supported by the earth. within the earth is the alchemical symbol for squaring the circle. above the head of the her- maphrodite is mercury framed in a star. notice the rays that emanate from mer- cury and distinguish it from the other planets. over the right shoulder of the figure is the sun, and over the left shoulder is the moon. below the sun is mars-venus. below the moon is jupiter-saturn. in the third illustration, also from azote, which shows the process of putrefac- tion, a dying man lies inside an alchemical vessel above which are, on the right side, the sun, and on the left, the moon. again, the solar pair mars-venus is under the sun and the lunar pair jupiter- saturn is under the moon. crowning the wood- cut is mercury. saturn is s

of man. kabbalistically, the hexagram is the heart of adam kadmon, the microproso- pos, or lesser countenance. hermetically, it is the union of opposites, the mating of the sun and moon. in christianity it is jesus christ. magically, it is linked to the table of hexagram 8 planets colors motions elements directions senses body trees music sun yellow v vibratory@ spirit up sight head apple trumpet mars red linear n fire south hearing right leg yew drum venus green 0 circular v water west taste left arm birch guitar jupiter orange linear a air north smell right arm oak organ saturn blue 0 circular b earth east touch left leg elm bass moon purple v vibratory a inertia (black moon) down motion sexual organs willow z violin f r z$ seven planets of the ancients, which must not be confused with t

f the planets derive from long centuries of observation, or were grafted onto the planets from ancient myths. these were later considerations. in the begin- ning, the magi of persia observed seven wandering bodies, and applied to this set of elements a complete circle of meaning. the fundamental symbols reveal how this totality of meaning was divided among the seven elements of the planetary set. mars is the cross over the circle. in modern usage the cross has been changed to an arrow -symbol of will that suggests the fiery aspect of the planet. it is the mixed essence of the malleable yet substantial earth and the blazing sun. mars represents recklessness and force and is the symbol of con- quest. because it is an inversion of the natural order, the earth over the sun, it is generally mal

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e ten sephiroth on the tree of life and show how they join various parts of the body with various astral levels. 1. kether above the crown of the head the crown-sphere of the primum mobile 2. chokrnah left side of the brain wisdom-sphere of fixed stars 3. binah right side of the brain understanding-sphere of saturn 4. chesed left arm mercy-sphere of jupiter 5. geburah right arm severity-sphere of mars 108 soul flight 6. tiphareth torso beauty-sphere of the sun 7. netzach left leg victory-sphere of venus 8. hod right leg glory-sphere of mercury 9. yesod genitals foundation-sphere of the moon 10. malkuth entire physical body kingdom-sphere of the four elements those familiar with the tree of life will notice that when applied to the human body by the golden dawn, it was reflected left to rig

atures, but this list will give an impression of the lunar nature. lunar elements are earth and water, making their combination in the form of moist soil or mud highly lunar. earth was probably classed as lunar because the moon was believed to influence the germination and growth of all plants, giving plants in general a lunar quality-but not the onion, which according to agrippa, is wholly under mars, and is inimical to the things of the moon. water is lunar for the obvious reason that the moon rules the tides. hence, anything cool and moist is lunar, as is anything living in the cool, moist mud or generated in the mud, such as frogs and beetles. the colors white and silver are lunar because those are the general colors of the moon's face, yet black is also her color because she hides tha

giant devilish figure is set on fire. the ruling intelligence is pan, god of nature. the flutes invoke his presence at the celebration in the form of a goat that is led along after the statue. for the price of a coin, the masked revelers will let you ask your questions of the goat, who will bleat to indicate an affirmative response. xvi the blasted tower hebrew letter: pe (mouth) correspondence: mars path: twenty-seventh a tall tower of stone built upon a peak and accessible only by a steep and winding road is struck by a bolt of lightning during a storm. the crown of the tower catches fire and the blaze, driven by strong wings, begins to work its way down to the lower levels, its progress indicated by the flames that issue from successively lower windows. the inhabitants of the tower lea

eman and his wife, were so fearful of being robbed that they built this impregnable citadel on the hill, where they could live with their children and trusted servants in complete security from intrusion. they may whisper rumors of dark doings in the tower concerning torture and black magic. as you watch, the tower collapses and falls into a heap of rubble. the ruling intelligence of the trump is mars, the god of warfare and destruction. if you listen, you may hear his voice speaking in the crackle and roar of the flames. xvli the star hebrew letter: tzaddi (fish-hook) correspondence: aquarius path: twenty-eighth an attractive, naked woman pours out the contents of two pitchers beneath a starry night sky as she kneels on one knee at the margin of a river. the liquid from one vessel falls o

must walk across this symbol. the details of each temple, such as the decoration or coloring of its walls, i will not describe, but will leave to your imagination, saying only that they must correspond to the nature of the sephirah of that temple. the dccor of the temple of netzach, corresponding with venus, would be sensual and voluptuous, for example, whereas that of geburah, corresponding with mars, would be spartan and military. since the paths are worked from their lower end to their upper end, and the temple of the sephirah at the upper end is not entered, there is no temple to be visualized for kether, at the very top of the tree. this is appropriate because kether is so exalted in its nature that it is sometimes said not to be a part of the tree at all, but to exist above the tree

fourth path is named the cohesive or receptacular intelligence; and is so called because it contains all the holy powers, and from it emanate all the spiritual virtues with the most exalted essences; they emanate one from the other by the power of the primordial emanation (the highest crown" 5. geburah (severity) divine name: elohim gibor (god of battles) archangelic name: kamael correspondence: mars "the fifth path is called the radical intelligence, because it resembles the unity, uniting itself to the binah, or intelligence which emanates from the primordial depths of wisdom or chokrnah" 6. tiphareth (beauty) divine name: ihvh eloah vedaath (lord god manifest) archangelic name: raphael correspondence: sun "the sixth path is called the mediating intelligence, because in it are multiplie

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re encountered in modern systems of magic that have descended from the original golden dawn teachings, so it is necessary to be familiar with their meanings and functions. the correspondence that i have set forth between the five workdays of the week and the five tattwa forms is not exact, but is close enough to be serviceable. monday, the day of the moon, is watery in nature; tuesday, the day of mars, is fiery; wednesday, the day of mercury, partakes of the quality of mind and in this sense is linked with the fifth element of spirit; thursday, the day of jupiter, is airy because jupiter is a sky god; friday, the day of venus, is earthy. this correspondence is not found in the golden dawn system, so far as i am aware, but it makes good symbolic sense. inward perception n: tattwa awareness

of water, and the gnomes of earth. the infernal spirits, such as the demons of hell, who traditionally are supposed to dwell beneath the surface of the earth, are also lower spirits, as are the qlippoth or shells of kabbalistic doctrine. higher spirits are those that dwell in or above the sphere of the moon. they are associated with the spheres, successively, of the moon, mercury, venus, the sun, mars, jupiter, saturn, and the sphere of the fixed stars, or zodiac. this traditional division of the world into successive shells or spheres about the earth should be understood in a symbolic sense. lower spirits are those involved with the senses, emotions, desires, health of the body, and physical substances. higher spirits are concerned with aspirations, intuition, inspiration, ideals, morals

angle. the seven trumps of the seven planets of traditional astrology define the body of the triangle and its center. at its base, the trump associated with the moon is put on the left next to the trump of water, and the trump of the sun on the right next to the trump of fire. the trumps of the lunar planets, jupiter and saturn, occupy the left side, and the trumps of the solar planets, venus and mars, the right side. in the center is placed the trump linked with the planet mercury, the planet of balance and union that contains both solar and lunar principles. in the coin method, pennies are used to define the circle because they are composed of bronze, a mixture of copper (metal of venus) and tin (metal ofjupiter. the influence of both these planets is benign-jupiter is known as the great

e circular band of stars that surrounds the earth. dimes are used to define the triangle because they signiftr a value of ten, the number of the tetractys, and dimes are composed of nickel and iron, metals used in the making of the swords and knives that are traditionally employed to control or punish lower spirits. copper is the metal of venus, whose symbolic shape is round; iron is the metal of mars, whose symbolic shape is pointed. in a more general sense, coins are used because the coin is one of the alternative emblems for the tarot suit of pentacles, the suit related to elemental earth, the element of manifestation. money is perhaps the ultimate symbol of materialism, and in evocation the purpose is to bring into material presence a spirit within the triangle. when the value of the c

TYSON DONALD THE POWER OF THE WORD

shd-md (knight of pentacles, earth of earth (page of pentacles, and so on (see crowley's book of thoth, p. 23. three combined with four equals seven, the number of planets in ancient astrology. the planets are compounded out of combinations of three pure principles, which may conveniently be called sun, moon, and earth. four of the planets are based on pairs of these principles: venus (sun-earth, mars (earthsun; jupiter (moon-earth, and saturn (earth-moon. mercury is formed of all three, moon-sun-earth. it is highly instructive to compare the structure of the planets with the structure of tetragrammaton. the sun corresponds with the initial yod. the moon is the first he. mercury is the threefold aspect of the name, ihv, out of which the six directions of space are formed in sepher etzirah

ree, moon-sun-earth. it is highly instructive to compare the structure of the planets with the structure of tetragrammaton. the sun corresponds with the initial yod. the moon is the first he. mercury is the threefold aspect of the name, ihv, out of which the six directions of space are formed in sepher etzirah. there are six possible permutations of the glyph for mercury. the paired planets venus-mars and jupiter-saturn may be related to the fourfold ihvh itself, because these four planets have in them the principle of earth, yet are not complete individually, but only when considered as a set. these three principles, under the names cardinal, fixed, and mutable, together with the four occult elements fire, water, air, and earth, combine in pairs to form the twelve signs of the zodiac. not

days of the week with the astrological order of the seven planets on the heptagram (see illustration on page 53. if the line of the seven-pointed star is traced clockwise from point to point, the order of the planets associated with the seven days of the week results. beginning with saturday, the jewish sabbath, this order is: saturday (saturn, sunday (sun, monday (moon, tuesday (tew-the teutonic mars, wednesday (woden-the teutonic mercury, thursday (thor-the teutonic jupiter, friday (frija-the teutonic venus. if a circle is traced clockwise around the heptagram from this same planet, saturn, the order of the planets touched by the circle is their ancient astrological order based upon their apparent rate of progress across the heavens. from slowest *new millennium magic, an updated and exp

ched by the circle is their ancient astrological order based upon their apparent rate of progress across the heavens. from slowest *new millennium magic, an updated and expanded version of the new magus, will be available in may 1996 from llewellyn worldwide, ltd. pentagrammaton spirit tu earth fire pentagram of the elements heavens. from slowest planet to fastest, this order is: saturn, jupiter, mars, sun, venus, mercury, moon. the opposite directions of motion around the pentagram created by yeheshuah and yehovashah allow these two forms of pentagrammaton to serve as words of power for banishing and invoking spirits, particularly those associated with the magical elements, the salamanders (fire, sylphs (air, undines (water, and gnomes (earth. an effective technique is to hold the right a

l seven of the planetary glyphs, rightly observing that the glyphs of the planets are merely combinations of these basic symbols. for example, the sign of jupiter (3)is made up of the crescent of the moon over the cross of the earth. he makes the error, as it seems to me, of assuming that the sign of aries is an essential component of the planetary glyphs. i believe that the arrow in the glyph of mars is no more than a corrupted form of the cross. the prominence of the number twenty-four in the hieroglyphic monad is conclusive proof that the work is indeed concerned with the esoteric name of the hieroglyphic monad divisions of the cross god. you will remember that there are actually twenty-four banners of tetragrammaton, but because the second and fourth letters of the name are the same, o

erent jewels, one for each of the letters of the name; and any occult material that may have been set beneath the stone, such as a magic herb. these natural substances derive their power from the heavens also, through occult correspondences that connect them to the planets and the ring of solomon 95 stars. for example, gold draws down the solar virtue of the sun; diamond is the stone of aries and mars. the sun represents solomon as an enlightened and benevolent ruler; aries and mars reinforce his aspect as a powerful warrior king. many occult texts claim to possess the true description of the ring, but since each differs from all the others, it is difficult to know how much faith to place in their assertions. for example, the enochian angels conveyed the supposed true image of the ring to

WEOR SAMAEL AUN ESOTERIC COURSE OF KABBLAH

ot, la emperatriz. el s mbolo primitivo es una mano en actitud de coger. estos tres sephirotes son la corona sephir tica. 6 the other seven inferior sephiroth come in the following order: chesed mercy; jupiter, the divine i, atman, primeval hieroglyphic is represented by a breast. the fourth tarot card, the emperor. geburah severity; the fifth card of man, the pope or the hierophant of the tarot: mars, the warrior of aries. tiphereth beauty, venus of taurus, the love of the holy spirit, the causal body of the man, the sixth card of the tarot, the lover. netzach victory, justice of the arcanum, the seventh card of the tarot, the chariot, saturn. hod glory, mercury of gemini, the eighth card of the tarot, the eternity of all. yesod foundation, the sun of leo, the ninth card of the tarot. the

l alma, el sol es el cristo interno. necesitamos cristificarnos. ning n ser humano puede retornar al padre sin haber sido devorado por la serpiente. nadie puede ser devorado por ella sin haber trabajado en la fragua encendida de vulcano (el sexo. la llave de la cristificaci n es el arcano a.z.f. el mantram del gran arcano es i.a.o. i (ignis, fuego: a (aqua) agua; o (origo, principio, esp ritu. 18 mars descends into the flaming forge of vulcan in order to retemper his sword and to conquer the heart of venus; hercules descends in order to clean the stables of augias2 with the sacred fire and perseus descends in order to cut off medusa's head. remember beloved disciples that our divine mother is nuit [pronounced noot] and her word is (56) fiftysix. this number is kabbalistically added as foll

luttony is transmuted into saturnian temperance. envy is transmuted into jupiterian philanthropy and happiness for others. we can disintegrate our defects and dissolve the psychological "i, only by means of the science of transmutations. work with the arcanum a.z.f. in order to receive the sword. the rulers of the seven planets are: gabriel: moon raphael: mercury uriel: venus michael: sun samael: mars zachariel: jupiter orifiel: saturn the seven notes of the lyre of orpheus correspond to the seven planets. a planetary note corresponds to each one of the seven colors of the solar prism. alchemy is intimately related to music. recordemos que existen siete vicios que debemos transmutar en sabidur a y amor. el orgullo se transmuta en la fe solar y en la humildad del cristo. la avaricia lunar

plexo solar) aaannn rrraaa (chacras pulmonares recordaci n de pasadas encarnaciones) el gran hierofante jes s el cristo cantaba estos mantrams en el laboratorium oratorium de la pir mide de kefren. 52 the seven kabbalistic signs of the planets are: moon: a globe sliced by two half moons. mercury: one caduceus and the cynocephalus11. venus: a sexual lingam. sun: a serpent with the head of a lion. mars: a dragon biting guards of a sword. jupiter: the flaming pentagram or the eagle's beak. saturn: a limping elder, or a serpent entwined on a helicious12 stone. the seven pentacles [talismans] have the power of attracting the seven planetary forces. gold is the sun s metal; silver is the moon s metal; iron is the metal of mars; copper is the metal of venus; quicksilver is mercury s metal, tin i

and in the other, the sword. it is necessary to equilibrate the forces; it is necessary and urgent to absolutely sanctify ourselves and to practice the arcanum a.z.f. the forces of a man and a woman equilibrate themselves with love and wisdom. the double cross of the pentacles of pythagoras and the wheel of ezekiel, are pantacles that represent the eighth arcanum. venus equilibrates the works of mars. mercury equilibrates and performs the works of the sun and of the moon, above in the macrocosmos and below in the microcosmos man. con el segundo, situado a la altura de la pr stata, conquistamos las aguas. con el tercero, situado a la altura del ombligo, conquistamos el fuego universal. con el cuarto, situado a la altura del coraz n conquistamos el aire. el coraz n es el santuario de sephir

nal womb of the divine cosmic mother isis (rea, cibeles, mary, adonia, insobertha, kali, etc) gestating for nine ages. in the authentic initiation, this return to the point of departure is nothing more than the descent into the ninth sphere, which is a test of action for the supreme dignity of the great hierophant of mysteries. the flaming forge of vulcan is found in the ninth sphere (sex. there, mars descends in order to retemper his flaming sword and conquer the heart of venus (the venusian initiation. hercules descends in order to clean the stables of augias (our lower animal depths. perseus descends in order to cut off the head of medusa (the psychological "i" or the terrestrial adam) with his flaming sword. all of the great masters of humanity such as hermes, buddha, jesus, dante, zor

WESTERN MANDALAS OF TRANSFORMATION SR AL

and lux for proofreading table of contents introduction chapter chapter chapter chapter chapter chapter chapter chapter chapter chapter chapter chapter chapter chapter chapter 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: 13: 14: 15: appendix qabalistic talismans: how do getting started correspondences magical squares and sigils the kamea of binah/saturn the kamea of chesed/jupiter the kamea of geburah/mars the kamea of tiphareth/sun the kamea of netzach/venus the kamea of hod/mercury the kamea of yesod/moon the kamea of daath/pluto talisman of the name using tattwas for healing and consecration bibliography they work? balancing xiii 1 11 23 53 71 81 89 97 107 115 125 135 145 153 189 193 201 and mercurius trismegistus writes, that an image, rightly made of certain proper things, appropriated to

years in other traditions besides hermeticism, in places such as china, india, and the middle east. the planetary spirit of the magic square is viewed as a guiding, inspiring, or informing entity, and many planetary talismans of the middle ages have their planetary seals and squares engraved in the talisman dedicated to the mythic figure represented by the planet, e. g, mercury (number eight) or mars (number five. the mars square has twenty-five cells (5x5, and the sum of any row equals sixtyfive. the "theosophic extension" of the square is the addition of all the numbers from one through sixty-five, which in this case is 325. these are the sacred numbers of mars. according to john michell, who has done perhaps the most comprehensive modern analysis of ancient sacred sites in his many exc

. symbol has the strange ability to act as a magnet, drawing to us those things which we conceptualize with a directed will and which are empowered with greatest affect, or emotion. the basic idea of talismanic magic is simply that images attract the forces they represent: for example, any five-pointed image, such as a pentagram or a pentagon, attracts the energy known as geburah (identified with mars) on the tree of life (see figure 1-a. the student needs a good understanding of these primary tree correspondences, which can be discovered in a plethora of books available today. only rough outlines in the form of charts and graphs are given here, but they should enable the sincere student to begin making some very creative and useful talismans. the first thing we notice about the above exam

and draw boundaries around the other elements that it may attract. we refine this by adding more layers of symbolic meaning to the talisman to help clarify our intent and purpose. for example, the symbol of a triangle may mean fire or it may mean a trinity. if we add the name michael in hebrew we clarify our purpose by calling on the fiery energy of michael; or if we include a planetary sigil of mars, it will be a different kind of fiery energy. but if we add other images and god-names which identify it as trinity, or as representing binah on the tree of life, then the image of the triangle changes in psychic structure because we design it in accordance with specific conscious intention. it can't be emphasized enough that it is important to develop a working language with the subconscious

ic squares and sigils in chapter three. in the qabalistic tradition there is a certain sense of correctness: one does not just formulate a desire and put things together. it should be clear by now that one needs a set of correspondences which, because it has the backbone of tradition, has certain built-in 8 western mandalas of transformation rules. one would not put the mark or seal of the planet mars on a talisman for healing, along with an angel or intelligence from the sphere of the moon. one uses mars for other purposes; healing would belong to the sphere of the sun (or, in some cases, mercury; and in neither case would you use the intelligence of the moon. this is an example of combining three different energies that have little or nothing to do with one another. we don't put an angel

he color chart (see figure 2-b. you may need to compare the color yellow yellow blue green red red-orange orange yellow-orange yellow yellow-green violet green blue blue-green blue indigo red violet violet-red orange red indigo attributions of the hebrew letters sign, planet letter tarot# air mercury moon venus aries taurus gemini cancer leo virgo jupiter libra water scorpio sagittarius capricorn mars aquarius pisces sun fire saturn aleph beth gimel daleth heh vav zain cheth teth yod kaph lamed mem nun samekh ayin peh tzaddi qoph resh shin tau figure 2-b 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 element air air, earth water earth, air fire earth air water fire earth fire, water air water water fire earth fire, water air water fire fire earth, air hebrew letters in this chart

WHO ARE THE DRACONIANS

draconians.htm (8 of 68 [8/25/2000 17:19:57] leaves off, however we "might" conclude, by attempting to find the common denominators between other similar stories, more or less the following. both species developed aerial and space technologies, possibly utilizing antediluvian technologies found abandoned in the depths of the planet, that would eventually carry their species-war to the moon and to mars [explaining the reputed "signs" of ancient conflicts on both of those "planets- note: many consider the earth& moon to actually be a double-planet. ultimately once hyperspace travel was refined, they would take their war to the stars. there are some who claim that it took the u.s.a. only approximately 40 years to go from kitty hawk to manipulating hyperspace [philadelphia experiment, although

survive in this dimension. her name is arizona wilder, formerly jennifer ann green. interestingly, she said that the reptilians had been pursuing the aryan peoples around the universe, because the blood of the white race was particularly important to them for some reason and the blondhaired, blue-eyed genetic stream was the one they wanted more than any other. they had followed the white race to mars, she said, and then came to earth with them. it is far from impossible that the reptilian arrival on this planet in numbers was far more recent than even many researchers imagine. an interbreeding programme only a few thousand years ago between the reptilian anunnaki and white martian bloodlines already interbred with the reptilians on mars, would have produced a very high reptilian genetic c

WILLIAM WESCOTT NUMBERS THEIR OCCULT POWER AND MYSTIC VIRTUES

ike din and dni, din and doni. 260 is tiriel, tirial and 2080 is taphthartharath, tptrtrt. rawlinson, in his volumes on the ancient monarchies, states that the chaldeans associated mystic numbers with their deities. thus to anu, pluto, 60. bel, jupiter, 50. hoa, neptune, 40. sin, the moon, 30. shamash, the numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott sun, 20. nergal (mars, 12. and beltis or mylittal, 15 and nin is saturn, 10. 31. it will be noticed that the great number of sol is 666, called sorath, surt, the number of the beast, about, which so much folly has been written. one famous square of five times five divisions, amounting in most directions to 666, is formed of the mystic words sator, arepo, tenet, opera, rotas. of these the first, third and last numb

iastyle and aerostyle. 63. the triad society of china, concerning which we find an article in the freemasons quarterly review, 1845, p. 165, boasts of great antiquity; it resembles freemasonry in some points. five is a chief mystical number in its concerns. its seal is pentangular, or its angles are 5 characters representing too or saturn, muh or jupiter, shwuy or mercury, kin or venus, and ho or mars. in the infernal world are 5 terrors and torments. deadly bitterness, horrible howling, terrible darkness, unquenchable heat and thirst, and a penetrating stench; says old john heydon, quoting some mediaeval father of numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott the church. he was admitted an adept among the fratres rosae crucis, but was never received among the

n which the hindus locate the sapta rishi, seven sages of primitive wisdom, are a group of the first importance and are easily recognized. duncan, in his astro-theology, gives 7 stages of life with associated planets; thus, infancy, moon, luna; childhood, mercury, knowledge; youth, venus, love; numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott manhood, sol; full strength, mars; maturity of judgment, jupiter; and old age, saturn. 74. some philosophers have said that our souls have 7 foci in the material body, viz, the five senses, the voice and the generative power. the body has seven obvious parts, the head, chest, abdomen, two legs and two arms. there are seven internal organs, stomach, liver, heart, lungs, spleen and two kidneys. the ruling part, the head, has se

, corresponding to the seven planets. there are 7 vowels in english and some other tongues. theon of smyrna also notices that an average length of an adult s intestine is 28 feet, four times seven, and 28 also is a perfect number. the number 7 is also associated with voice and sound, with clio the muse; with osiris the egyptian deity; with nemesis, fate--adrastia, not to be escaped from; and with mars. numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott as to the sacredness of the number 7, note among the hebrews, oaths were confirmed by seven witnesses; or by seven victims offered in sacrifice; as see the covenant between abraham and abimelech with seven lambs,