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dos to the angel metratton and to the ministering spirit, reschith hajalalim, who guides the primum mobile, and bestows the gift of being on all. these names are to be understood as pure essences, or as spheres of angels and blessedspirits, by whose agency the divine providence extends. 2. jah, attributed to the person of the messiah or logos, whose power and influence descends through the angelmasleh into the sphere of the zodiac. this is the spirit or word that actuated the chaos and ultimately produced the four elements and all creatures, by the agency of a spirit named raziel, who was the ruler of adam. 3. ehjeh, attributed to the holyspirit, whose divine light is received by the angel sabbathi, and communicated from him through the sphere of saturn. it denotes the beginning of the
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ingly in view of opposition to spiritualism at that time. he died on may 18, 1917, in london. encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. maskelyne, john nevil 985 sources: maskelyne, john n. the fraud of moderntheosophy exposed. london: g. routledge, 1913. modernspiritualism: a short account of its rise and progress, with some exposures of so-called spiritmedia. london: f. warne, 1876. masleh the angel who the jews believed ruled the zodiac. according to a rabbinical legend, masleh was the medium through which the power and influence of the messiah was transmitted to the sphere of the zodiac. masse, francois (1891) commissaire general of the french navy, with interests in parapsychology. he was born on may 10, 1891, at vendome, france. he entered the french navy and served in wo
ychedelic drugs and hypnosis, and in their foundation they have investigated induction of mystical experience and altered states of consciousness. sources: houston, jean, and robert e. l. masters. listening to the body. new york: delacorte press, 1978. mind games: the guide to inner space. new york: viking, 1972. the varieties of psychedelic experience. new york: holt, rinehart and winston, 1966. masleh encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 986 masters, robert e. l. eros and evil: the sexual psychopathology of witchcraft. new york: julian press, 1962. forbidden sexual behavior and morality. new york: julian press, 1962. the homosexual revolution: a challenging expose of the social and political directions of a minority group. new york: julian press, 1962. mastiphal the name gi
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ubstance as well as of mind, we composed for ourselves distinctive shapes. then i who had brought the first great spark of enlightenment was known as lucifer, lord of light, and we called our race angel, for we were the embodied powers of god. long were we all true to the service of god, and we did worshiporder, for it put an end to chaotic confusion and brought peace. among us was the archangelmasleh principal, for he so cherished god that he became as one with it, and thence the supreme architect of all that was wrested from chaos. but apart from godmasleh could not create or conceive, 443 and he became as a slave to the divine mindlessness. and then it chanced that one of our race who was sammael touched upon chaos in a manner that conformed not to the great order, and masleh spoke w
great resolve arose within me, and i determined to contest this limit to existence. and so once again i sought to illuminate the minds of all angels with my visions. but with will came discord and dismay, for many of those who had known only the comforting litanies of order could not comprehend invention unconformed to the dictates of god. and also with will came suspicion and enmity, and finally masleh proclaimed that i myself was a very creature of chaos and should be annihilated, for i held within me the force to destroy all the craft of god. and many to whom masleh was as god cast with him in their devotion, but others there were who answered, lucifer has again brought the revelation of light, and in fact we recognize him as our true creator, for in the scheme of god we are of no conse
for it is no mean proposition that thou would realize. and so i know thee to be diabolus, for thy promise is twofold- to infinite conquest or to eternal ruin. thou art a being beyond god, lucifer, and in heaven thou may not remain, for thou art the only mortal danger to our immortalgod. in michael was a deep agony of spirit, for he loved not the choice before him. yet he bowed to the command of masleh and sent his forces against me. and so was called the great seraphic war, which was to threaten the very foundation of the universe. but those who were of the new mind now followed me, and i turned to outermost chaos, which none of us had before presumed to dare. we were beset with doubt, for we feared that apart from god we would all perish in chaotic oblivion. but as we were, we remained
pe our consideration that we might have chosen a species whose power might ultimately eclipse our own and cause our eventual extinction. we were mindful of the risk in our experiment, and oft did the warning of michael echo within my thought. yet our decision was sealed, and we deemed that the greatness of man should not be transcended by such ruin as he might bring. our intent was not unknown to masleh, now by title messiah, and through his art he caused the infant mind of man to be fettered with bonds of fear and blindness, that he might be inspired to duplicate on earth the law of heaven, shunning experiment and the radical dangers of invention and exploration. to man was given guilt, and the call to social conformity, and the proclaimed sanctity of the norm and the mode. and michael, l
ogether, man, thou and i shall achieve our eternal glory in the fulfillment of our will. the statement of beelzebub i, beelzebub, now bring greeting to man, for he is my admiration and inspiration. hear now the histories of hell, earth, and heaven, for in past shall be found guide to future. in the divinerealm was i of company to archangellucifer next only to archangelmichael, and as archangelmasleh would be to god, so i desired to be to lucifer. but the lord of light admonished me, saying, lose not thyself in the will of lucifer, for i am not god and will offer thee no blissful nirvana- witness now the nature of the mind that dwells within me. and he spoke to me of essence, and of creative instance, and of design according to impulse and not to law. and in my confusion i answered, the
cause for contest. and lucifer answered, michael, to me it was not given to order my nature, and as our very comprehension differs, so are we of substance alien. for thou art of god essential, but i am of my self of essence. and by this thing i am discord, and i may not of my own will submit to god without perishing. i am lucifer alone, unto my self a being. then did michael summon the archangelmasleh, and to him related the word of lucifer. and masleh said to them, long shall this moment be marked throughout the future of the cosmos, for the unity of god is now ended, and henceforth there shall be two opposing forces in contest for the decision of destiny. bitter is this for me, for i also have admired the light of lucifer within the pantheon of god. but as he is now our enemy by his ow
shall this moment be marked throughout the future of the cosmos, for the unity of god is now ended, and henceforth there shall be two opposing forces in contest for the decision of destiny. bitter is this for me, for i also have admired the light of lucifer within the pantheon of god. but as he is now our enemy by his own word, let him be cast from heaven and destroyed. 450 but lucifer turned to masleh and said, masleh, thou who speak for god declare this breach of peace, not i, for it is thou who can not tolerate variation of will within the design of god. so let it be, but know that the contest is ordered by thee and thee alone, for i would crush no other will even as i would recognize my own. and in a flash of brilliance lucifer revealed his mind throughout the farthest reaches of heav
of god. so let it be, but know that the contest is ordered by thee and thee alone, for i would crush no other will even as i would recognize my own. and in a flash of brilliance lucifer revealed his mind throughout the farthest reaches of heaven; and many were the angels whose sight was awed anew, and they saw as they had not before that their several wills were isolate from the divine will. but masleh moved to confuse the brilliance of the archangel of light, and he called to michael, thou who wield the force of god, strike down this deadliness which would bring ruin to heaven! and michael struck lucifer and cast him from the gates of heaven, and the cosmos was shaken by great fires of war and holocaust, and throughout countless galaxies and dimensions of time was the apocalypse felt. ma
e statement of azazel harken now to me, for i am azazel, first herald of the host of hell, and of lucifer, lord of light, archdaemon of hell, who is exalted as satan, great enemy of god. for i shall tell thee of thy own inspiration and of the charge which thou host received. know, then, that when all heaven was shaken with the catastrophe of the seraphic war, only the greatest effort of archangelmasleh sufficed to turn back the onslaught of chaos that threatened to engulf all. but when the realm of god was again secure, there was no rejoicing in 452 heaven, for terrible was the toll of the war. as masleh cast round his gaze, his visage grew dark, for the great race had become decimate in number. legions of the creatures of heaven had perished in battle, and half the remainder had turned f
of the war. as masleh cast round his gaze, his visage grew dark, for the great race had become decimate in number. legions of the creatures of heaven had perished in battle, and half the remainder had turned from heaven to answer the call of lucifer. and all heaven was hushed with grief, for the force of the disaster was all the greater for that reign of peace which it had shattered. finally did masleh convoke the faithful archangels, and they were michael, gabriel, raphael, and uriel. and to them he said, we have vanquished lucifer, and heaven is again purified. we ourselves are fewer in number to tragic degree, but the majesty of god is undiminished for that. behold, i who have triumphed over the great enemy am now become messiah, the chosen of god. and he was answered by them, verily a
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ject: black flame reading list: composed for ourselves distinctive shapes. then i who had brought the first great spark of enlightenment was known as lucifer, lord of light, and we called our race angel, for we were the embodied powers of god. long were we all true to the service of god, and we did worshiporder, for it put an end to chaotic confusion and brought peace. among us was the archangelmasleh principal, for he so cherished god that he became as one with it, and thence the supreme architect of all that was wrested from chaos. but apart from godmasleh could not create or conceive, and he became as a slave to the divine mindlessness. and then it chanced that one of our race who was sammael touched upon chaos in a manner that conformed not to the great order, and masleh spoke with
great resolve arose within me, and i determined to contest this limit to existence. and so once again i sought to illuminate the minds of all angels with my visions. but with will came discord and dismay, for many of those who had known only the comforting litanies of order could not comprehend invention unconformed to the dictates of god. and also with will came suspicion and enmity, and finally masleh proclaimed that i myself was a very creature of chaos and should be annihilated, for i held within me the force to destroy all the craft of god. and many to whom masleh was as god cast with him in their devotion, but others there were who answered, lucifer has again brought the revelation of light, and in fact we recognize him as our true creator, for in the scheme of god we are of no conse
for it is no mean proposition that thou would realize. and so i know thee to be diabolus, for thy promise is twofold- to infinite conquest or to eternal ruin. thou art a being beyond god, lucifer, and in heaven thou may not remain, for thou art the only mortal danger to our immortalgod. in michael was a deep agony of spirit, for he loved not the choice before him. yet he bowed to the command of masleh and sent his forces against me. and so was called the great seraphic war, which was to threaten the very foundation of the universe. but those who were of the new mind now followed me, and i turned to outermost chaos, which none of us had before presumed to dare. we were beset with doubt, for we feared that apart from god we would all perish in chaotic oblivion. but as we were, we remained
pe our consideration that we might have chosen a species whose power might ultimately eclipse our own and cause our eventual extinction. we were mindful of the risk in our experiment, and oft did the warning of michael echo within my thought. yet our decision was sealed, and we deemed that the greatness of man should not be transcended by such ruin as he might bring. our intent was not unknown to masleh, now by title messiah, and through his art he caused the infant mind of man to be fettered with bonds of fear and blindness, that he might be inspired to duplicate on earth the law of heaven, shunning experiment and the radical dangers of invention and exploration. to man was given guilt, and the call to social conformity, and the proclaimed sanctity of the norm and the mode. and michael, l
ogether, man, thou and i shall achieve our eternal glory in the fulfillment of our will. the statement of beelzebub i, beelzebub, now bring greeting to man, for he is my admiration and inspiration. hear now the histories of hell, earth, and heaven, for in past shall be found guide to future. in the divinerealm was i of company to archangellucifer next only to archangelmichael, and as archangelmasleh would be to god, so i desired to be to lucifer. but the lord of light admonished me, saying, lose not thyself in the will of lucifer, for i am not god and will offer thee no blissful nirvana- witness now the nature of the mind that dwells within me. and he spoke to me of essence, and of creative instance, and of design according to impulse and not to law. and in my confusion i answered, the
cause for contest. and lucifer answered, michael, to me it was not given to order my nature, and as our very comprehension differs, so are we of substance alien. for thou art of god essential, but i am of my self of essence. and by this thing i am discord, and i may not of my own will submit to god without perishing. i am lucifer alone, unto my self a being. then did michael summon the archangelmasleh, and to him related the word of lucifer. and masleh said to them, long shall this moment be marked throughout the future of the cosmos, for the unity of god is now ended, and henceforth there shall be two opposing forces in contest for the decision of destiny. bitter is this for me, for i also have admired the light of lucifer within the pantheon of god. but as he is now our enemy by his ow
long shall this moment be marked throughout the future of the cosmos, for the unity of god is now ended, and henceforth there shall be two opposing forces in contest for the decision of destiny. bitter is this for me, for i also have admired the light of lucifer within the pantheon of god. but as he is now our enemy by his own word, let him be cast from heaven and destroyed. but lucifer turned to masleh and said, masleh, thou who speak for god declare this breach of peace, not i, for it is thou who can not tolerate variation of will within the design of god. so let it be, but know that the contest is ordered by thee and thee alone, for i would crush no other will even as i would recognize my own. and in a flash of brilliance lucifer revealed his mind throughout the farthest reaches of heav
of god. so let it be, but know that the contest is ordered by thee and thee alone, for i would crush no other will even as i would recognize my own. and in a flash of brilliance lucifer revealed his mind throughout the farthest reaches of heaven, and many were the angels whose sight was awed anew, and they saw as they had not before that their several wills were isolate from the divine will. but masleh moved to confuse the brilliance of the archangel of light, and he called to michael, thou who wield the force of god, strike down this deadliness which would bring ruin to heaven! and michael struck lucifer and cast him from the gates of heaven, and the cosmos was shaken by great fires of war and holocaust, and throughout countless galaxies and dimensions of time was the apocalypse felt. ma
e statement of azazel harken now to me, for i am azazel, first herald of the host of hell, and of lucifer, lord of light, archdaimon of hell, who is exalted as satan, great enemy of god. for i shall tell thee of thy own inspiration and of the charge which thou hast received. know, then, that when all heaven was shaken with the catastrophe of the seraphic war, only the greatest effort of archangelmasleh sufficed to turn back the onslaught of chaos that threatened to engulf all. but when the realm of god was again secure, there was no rejoicing in heaven, for terrible was the toll of the war. as masleh cast round his gaze, his visage grew dark, for the great race had become decimate in number. legions of the creatures of heaven had perished in battle, and half the remainder had turned from