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18276066 GRIMM JACOB TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY VOL 1

ed heroes were wieland and witticli^ whose rich legend is second to none in age or celebrity. vidigoia (vidugauja) of whom the goths already sang, ohg. witugouivo as well as witicho]\ihg. witcgouwe and witege, as. wudga, in either form silvicola, from the goth, vidus, ohg. witu, as. wudu (lignum, silva, leads us to suppose a being passing tlie bounds of human nature, a forest-god. erau wachilt, a mermaid, is his ancestress, with whom he takes refuge in her lake. at the head of the whole race is placed king vilkinus, named after vulcanus as the latin termination shews, a god or demigod, who must have had another and german name, and who begets with the merwoman a gigantic son vadi, as. wada (cod. exon. 323, 1, ohg. wato, so named i suppose because, like another christopher, he waded with hi

he dewy grass, toudregil. this ride through the corn has something in it highly mythic and suggestive of a god^ heimo appears to mean worm originally, though used elsewhere of the cricket or cicada (reinh. cxxv, for which our present heimchen (little worm) is better suited. a renowned karliiig hero was also named heimo (reinh. cciv. we lind again, that madelger is in morolt 3921 a dwarf, son of a mermaid, and in rol. 58, 17 a smith. 3 in the prophecies of the north frisian hertje (a.d. 1400) the tradition of such monstrosities is applied to the future' wehe den minschen, de den leven, wen de liide 4 arme kriegen und 2 par scho over de vote dragen und 2 hode up den kop hebben' heimreichs chron, tondern 1819; 2, 311. it may however refer merely to costume (joth. haihs, hanfs, halts, blinds

. 89) has instead of it a ring, which archbishop turpin removes from the mouth of the corpse, and throws into a lake near aachen; this jake then attracts the king, and that is why he made tlie town his favourite residence. there is no further mention of the maiden's fairy existence. it w;x.s a popular belief (applied to the frankish king and gradually distorted) about the union of a wild-woman or mermaid with a cjiristian hero. not very ditlerently was charles's ancestress berhta, as we saw above (p. 430, made into a 'good woman' i.e. a fay [the similarity of names in the heroic line: pejjin of herstal, charles martel, pepin the little, charles the great, seems to have made it doubtful whether berhta was charlemagne's mother or his great-grandmother] 436 wise women. ares; in 4, 440 and 5

ALEISTER CROWLEY LIBER 777

ld with angel s wings rides a two-headed dragon 26 65 [lardna andrealphas noisy peacock. 28 68! laylb belial two beautiful angels sitting in chariot of fire. 29 71$ lafnd dantalion man with many countenances, all men s and women s, carries a book in right hand. clxv. goetic demons &c. by night (cadent. clxvi. magical images of col. clxv. 15 39 [lam malphas crow with sore throat. 16 42$ rapw vepar mermaid. 17 45$ and! anyw vin lion on black horse carrying viper. 18 48# tnguh haagenti bull with gryphon s wings. 19 51 \lub balam 3 heads (bull, man, ram, snake s tail, flaming eyes. rides bear, carries goshawk. 20 54$ and \rwm murmur warrior with ducal crown rides gryphon. trumpeters. 22 57# wcw oso leopard. 24 60$ lwpn napula lion with gryphon s wings. 25 63= rdna andras angel with raven s hea

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQUINOX EQ I 2 3

nd him settled in a remote and desolate district, a tumbled chaos of lake and mountain, in an ancient manor-house, making all necessary arrangements for this great operation in ceremonial magic [the continuation of book, ii. will appear in nos, iii. and iv. of the equinox] ofamongst the mermaids amongst the mermaids "walk up" he shouted from the tent door "walk up! walk up! and see the marvellous mermaid! only four sous" it was at the gingerbread fair of neuilly, and the showman was a squat little fellow, ridiculously like the gingerbread figures which his neighbour was selling, and from which the fair derives its name. i admit i did not expect to see a mermaid, but i was tired of peep-shows and waxworks and fasting men, and there was something so incongruous in the idea of a mermaid, even

imaginary one, being exhibited in this rickety booth, by the light of a naphtha lamp, that, for a moment, i stopped to listen. the man stood in the doorway, shouting, to attract the passerby, and there was a picture too, to aid him: the picture of a wondrous creature with flaxen hair and a hectic flush, and decked with a silvern tail. i listened to his patter. she must be a wonderful person, this mermaid: she could swim, she could eat, and, at times, she could even talk. she was as large as life, and, by all accounts, she was more than twice as natural. so, at length, i paid my twopence, and i saw- a seal! there it lay, at the bottom of a miniature bear-pit, and with its wistful face and its great pathetic eyes it really did look quite as human as the majority of its audience. the thing wa

pit, and with its wistful face and its great pathetic eyes it really did look quite as human as the majority of its audience. the thing was a 337 swindle, i suppose, a fake- and yet, after all, this gingerbread showman in this gingerbread city was not the first to work the merry cantrip. for wherever seals are common, be it in our own northern islands or in further foreign lands, there will these mermaid legends be wrought around them. only in orkney or the hebrides they are most easily garnered, for the language is our own language. one of the most beautiful of them, when told in full, is the tale of the mermaid wife. on a moonlight night, as an orkney fisherman strolled by the sea-shore, he saw, to his amazement, some beautiful maidens dancing a saraband on the smooth beach. in a heap by

mong the northmen than any of the lower animals. he had a mysterious connection with the human race, and had the power of assuming the human form and faculties, and every true descendant of the vikings looks upon the seal as a kind of second cousin in disgrace. old beliefs die hard, and, in illustration of this, the following paragraph from a scottish daily newspaper may be appropriately given: a mermaid on an orkney isle- a strange story of the mermaid comes from birsay, orkney. the other day a farmer's wife was down at the seashore there, and observed a strange marine animal on the rocks. when she returned with her better half, they both saw the animal clambering amongst the rocks, about four feet of it being above water. the woman, who had a splendid view of it, describes it as a "good

her better half, they both saw the animal clambering amongst the rocks, about four feet of it being above water. the woman, who had a splendid view of it, describes it as a "good-looking person" while the man says it was "a woman covered over with brown hair" at last the couple tried to get hold of it, when it took a header into the sea and disappeared. the man is confident he has seen the fabled mermaid, but people in the district are of opinion that the animal must belong to the seal tribe. an animal of similar description was seen by several people at deerness two years ago" mr. dennison, in the above-mentioned book, only touches on seals once, but the story he gives is new to me and i have translated it and curtailed it from the orcadian dialect. i wonder if the old norseman who told i

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

eal beauty of the theme have been lost to sight. cancer is one point of the watery triplicity, and the symbolism which underlies the three water signs is most interesting in one particular direction. you have, as you know, the crab, the scorpion and the fish goddesses of the sign pisces. in ancient lemuria, the symbol of pisces was a woman with the tail of a fish, and of this symbol the legendary mermaid is the memory. it was only in late atlantean times (when the conscious sense of duality was becoming present in the minds of the advanced humanity of the period) that the woman part of the symbol was dropped altogether and the two linked fishes took the place of the fish goddesses. you have, therefore, the crab, the scorpion with the sting in its tail and the fish. the slow moving crab, id

ALICE BAILEY THE LABOURS OF HERCULES

anation, transmission, and reception of energies and their transmutation into forces by the receiving entity. this defines clearly what should be our attitude at full moon meditations and our use of individual horoscopes "the point i seek to make here, says the tibetan "is that it is all a question of developed reception and sensitivity [123] significance of the sign and its polar opposite in the mermaid, the fish goddess, we have the symbol of the at-one-ment of virgo with its opposite sign pisces. always there is the duality, inherent in us and in the solar system; the second ray of the sun itself being a duality, love-wisdom. the lesson for the virgo native, as stated by dane rudhyar in gifts of the spirit, is to have "a clear realization that no truth is complete or even real which doe

DAVID ICKE CHILDREN OF THE MATRIX

ptilian anunnaki. enki was symbolised as closely connected with water and it was said that he rode in a ship that could go under the water or fly in the sky. he was described as a giant who had scales like a fish or reptile. in the babylonian legend, oannes was one of the "annedoti("the repulsive ones) who had the heads and legs of men, but the body and tail of a fish.32 this is the origin of the mermaid stories, no doubt. the greek gods known as the "old men of the sea" were depicted as "mermen. it was said that if you fought with them, they changed shape and the legendary founders of athens, cecrops and his son, were said to be half-human-half-serpent amphibians. the greek god, tython, was another halfman- half-serpent figure with mythological connections to sirius, and both isis and 36

DEMONIC BIBLE

o overthrow ships of war, for he hath power over both winds and seas; but he will not hurt any man or thing if he be commanded to the contrary by the exorcist. he also hath hopes to return to the seventh throne after 1,000 years. he governeth 30 legions of spirits, and his seal is this, etc (42) vepar- the forty-second spirit is vepar, or vephar. he is a duke great and strong and appeareth like a mermaid. his office is to govern the waters, and to guide ships laden with arms, armour, and ammunition, etc, thereon. and at the request of the exorcist he can cause the seas to be right stormy and to appear full of ships. also he maketh men to die in three days by putrefying wounds or sores, and causing worms to breed in them. he governeth 29 legions of spirits, and his seal is this, etc (43) sa

DION FORTUNE PSYCHIC SELF DEFENSE

rapport with a non-human becomes deeply stirred by the elemental forces that find ingress to our sphere through the channel of this wandering and alien soul. he becomes, as it were, drawn away from normal human things and set wandering upon the confines of the fairy kingdom, and yet he can find there no rest for his foot and no sustenance for his soul. the story of the handsome fisher-lad and the mermaid is indicative of this condition. she loves him, draws him to her and he drowns, for he cannot live in the element of water. the explanation of the curious power, both of fascination and destruction, which is exercised by non-humans may lie in the fact that they belong to one element only, whereas in man all four are combined. any elemental contact is stimulating to us, because elemental be

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF OCCULTISM AND PARAPSYCHOLOGY VOL 1

as resumed. the journal and also the proceedings of the aspr are now published from the society s headquarters at 5 w. 73rd st, new york, ny 10023. journal of the american society for psychosomatic dentistry and medicine quarterly professional journal relating parapsychological phenomena, hypnosis, acupuncture, and similar subjects to medicine and the welfare of patients. last known address: 2802 mermaid ave, brooklyn, ny 11224. journal of the society for psychical research published since 1884. volumes 1 through 34 (1884.1948) were restricted to members of the society, but issues since september 1949 have been available for purchase by the public. the journal is now published quarterly by the society at 49 marloes rd, kensington, london w8 6la, england. the society also publishes a combin

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es: lacy, norris j, ed. the arthurian encyclopedia. new york: garland publishing, 1986. loomis, roger sherman, ed. arthurian literature in the middle ages. oxford: clarendon press, 1959. mermaids and mermen legendary supernatural sea people, human from the head to the waist but with a fish tail instead of legs. in german folk- mentor encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 1024 lore, a mermaid was known as meerfrau, in danish maremind, irish murduac (or merrow. in brittany, the morgans were beautiful sirenlike women, dangerous to men, while in british maritime lore, seeing a mermaid might precede a storm or other disaster. a traditional ballad, the mermaid, tells how a ship s crew sees a mermaid sitting on a rock, combing her hair and holding a mirror. soon afterward the ship is

c (or merrow. in brittany, the morgans were beautiful sirenlike women, dangerous to men, while in british maritime lore, seeing a mermaid might precede a storm or other disaster. a traditional ballad, the mermaid, tells how a ship s crew sees a mermaid sitting on a rock, combing her hair and holding a mirror. soon afterward the ship is wrecked in a raging sea. in legend, one can gain power over a mermaid by seizing her cap or belt. there are many folk tales of marriages between a mermaid and a man, and in machaire, ireland, there are individuals who claim descent from such a union. the medieval romance of the fair melusina of the house of lusignan in france concerns the daughter of a union between a human and a fairy who cursed the daughter melusine so that she became a serpent from the wa

es between a mermaid and a man, and in machaire, ireland, there are individuals who claim descent from such a union. the medieval romance of the fair melusina of the house of lusignan in france concerns the daughter of a union between a human and a fairy who cursed the daughter melusine so that she became a serpent from the waist down every saturday. hans christian andersen s sad story the little mermaid echoes folk tales in its theme of a mermaid who falls in love with a prince in a passing ship; the mermaid takes on human form in order to gain a human soul and be close to the prince, but although constantly near him, she cannot speak. when the prince marries a human princess, the mermaid s heart is broken. there is a similar haunting pathos in matthew arnold s poem the forsaken merman. i

in a passing ship; the mermaid takes on human form in order to gain a human soul and be close to the prince, but although constantly near him, she cannot speak. when the prince marries a human princess, the mermaid s heart is broken. there is a similar haunting pathos in matthew arnold s poem the forsaken merman. in curious myths of the middle ages (1884) folklorist s. baring- gould suggests that mermaid and merman stories originated from the half-fish half-human gods and goddesses of early religions. the chaldean oannes and the philistine dagon are typical deities of this kind, and a representation of oannes with a human body down to the waist and a fish tail has been found on sculpture at khorsabad. such goddesses as derceto (atergatis) and semiramis have been represented in mermaid form

ies. north american indians have a legend that they were led from asia by a man-fish. in classical mythology the tritons and sirens are represented as half-fish, half-human. in addition to legends of mythology and folklore, however, there are many claimed accounts of sightings and contact with actual mermaids and mermen throughout history. the twelfthcentury speculum regale of iceland describes a mermaid called the margygr found near greenland: this creature appears like a woman as far down as her waist, with breast and bosom like a woman, long hands, and soft hair, the neck and head in all respects like those of a human being. from the waist downwards, this monster resembles a fish, with scales, tail, and fins. this prodigy is believed to show itself especially before heavy storms. in 118

resembled a man but was not able to speak, so the story goes. the landnama or icelandic doomsday book tells of a merman caught off the island of grimsey, and the annals of the country describe such creatures as appearing off the coast in 1305 and 1329. in 1430 in holland violent storms broke the dykes near edam, west friesland. some girls from edam had to take a boat to milk their cows, and saw a mermaid floundering in shallow muddy water. they brought her home, dressed her in women s clothing and taught her to weave and spin and show reverence for a crucifix, but she could never learn to speak, says the tale. in 1492 christopher columbus claimed to have seen three such creatures leaping out of the sea. in 1560 some fishermen near the island of mandar off the west coast of ceylon caught se

everal individuals affirmed that they saw it wipe its hands over its face and even blow its nose; their accounts were attested before a notary. a merman captured in the baltic sea in 1531 was sent as a present to sigismund, king of poland, and seen by all his court; the creature lived for three days. in 1608 the british navigator henry hudson (discoverer of hudson bay) reported the discovery of a mermaid: this morning, one of our company looking overboard saw a mermaid; and calling up some of the company to see her, one more came up, and by that time she was come close to the ship s side, looking earnestly at the men. a little after, a sea came and overturned her. from the navel upward, her back and breasts were like a woman s, as they say that saw her; her body as big as one of us, her sk

ory of norway (2 vols, in which there is an account of a merman observed by three sailors on a ship off the coast of denmark, near landscrona; the witnesses made a deposition on oath. in another book, poissons, ecrevisses et crabes de diverses couleurs et figures extraordinaires, que l on trouve autour des isles moluques (published in 1717 by louis renard, amsterdam, there is an illustration of a mermaid with the following description: see-wyf. a monster resembling a siren, caught near the island of borne, or boeren, in the department of amboine. it was 59 inches long, and in proportion as an eel. it lived on land, in a vat full of water, during four days seven hours. from time to time it uttered little cries like those of a mouse. it would not eat, though it was offered small fish, shells

of such a creature is in relatively shallow water near shorelines, it is unlikely that some would not at some point have been washed ashore and discovered. others, primarily folklorists, consider mermaids the products of hallucinatory or visionary experiences. unfortunately, no extensive scientific expeditions have been launched to either confirm or discover the cause of the widespread reports of mermaid sightings (see also lorelei; sirens) sources: bassett, f. s. legends and traditions of the sea and of sailors. chicago: belford, clarke, 1885. benwell, gwen, and arthur waugh. sea enchantress: the tale of the mermaid and her kin. london: hutchinson, 1961. clark, jerome. encyclopedia of strange and unexplained phenomena. detroit: gale research, 1993. hutchins, jane. discovering mermaids and

eir dead friend. some of the unusual magic traditions of polynesia were also noticed by the ethnologists working in the area. in new guinea and fiji the custom prevailed of cutting off a finger joint in mourning a dead relative, as did the bushmen of south africa. they firmly believed in mermaids, tailed men, and dwarfs. one group of natives in fact declared to a missionary that they had caught a mermaid, who had married a certain native, and that the pair had several children. but unfortunately, stated the storyteller, i could never get to see them. another tradition connected to the polynesian belief in magic, noted by the europeans, was the practice of tattooing. the practice is represented widely in bodies of mythology, as being connected to the people s process of migration. like many

counts of a gigantic sea creature named the kraken. bishop eric pontoppidan discussed the kraken in his natural history of norway (1751) and concluded that it was an enormous polyp (octopus) or starfish. it is probable that it was one of the cephalopods popularly known as cuttlefish. less ominous are the stories of mermaids, around whom many strange myths have grown. it is generally supposed that mermaid stories grew up around the dugong or sea-cow, which superficially resembles a human form. however, there are early accounts of mermaids that do not seem to fit this description. in an old history of the netherlands, there is the following account of a sea-woman of harlem in the fifteenth century: at that time there was a great tempest at sea, with exceeding high tides, the which did drowne

tively unusual birth event, meant different things in different cultures. in poland, for example, a child born with a caul was a potential vampire and the caul had to be treated precisely to prevent that fate (see monsters) sources: bassett, f. s. legends and traditions of the sea and sailors. chicago& new york: belford, clarke, 1886. benwell, g, and a. waugh. the sea enchantress: the tale of the mermaid and her kin. london: hutchinson, 1961. clark, jerome. encyclopedia of strange and unexplained phenomena. detroit: gale research, 1993. gibson, john. monsters of the sea: legendary and authentic. london: t. nelson& sons, 1887. gould, rupert t. the case for the sea-serpent. london: philip allan, 1930. reprint, detroit: singing tree press, 1969. heuvelmans, bernard. in the wake of the sea-ser

ks, 1961. the spirit of zen. new york: grove press, 1958. the way of zen. new york: pantheon books, 1968. watson, thomas encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 1654 wayland smith a character in german mythological romance, father of weltich, whom he trained in the art of warfare and sent to the court of dietrich in bern. wayland smith gave the sword miming to weltich and told him of a mermaid to whom he was to apply when in difficulty. wayland smith is also referred to in the sigfried story as in company with another metalsmith named mimi when sigfried joins the smithy. his workmanship is praised in the beowulf saga and he is mentioned there and elsewhere as a maker of impregnable armor. he is the supernatural smith of the teutonic peoples and comparable to the gods vulcan and

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seventh throne and seeks to return there after 1,000 years. focalor governs 30 legions of spirits and is a powerful servitor to summon in dreaming (subconscious water leviathan) sorcery. he too has power of the air, being a luciferic angel as well. 57 p vepar vepar is the forty-second spirit of solomon whom is also recognized by vepar or vephar. this spirit is a great duke who appears as a female mermaid. he governs waters and was said to guide ships with armor and weapons. he also causes storms in the sea. in an initiatory context, vepar is a spirit who is of the leviathanc spirits, of the subconscious and water. in this, vepar appears in dreams as a fluid-like gray mermaid who has deep blue or black eyes. vepar may gather and guard servitors who go forth by the dreaming gnosis, and revea

GRIMM JACOB TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY VOL 3

(conf. superst. i, 605. if he meets any men, especially old men, he gives them hounds to hold. he follows one particular route, doors and locks fly open before him, and his track is named wolmar's street, voldemars- vej (antiqvariske annaler 1, 15; here one cannot help thinking of irmingstrset and eriksgata (p. 356 361. those 1 in hunting he practises cruelties on the peasantry; he also chases a mermaid, thiele 1, 40. 52. 944 spectres. who have held his hounds he presents with seeming trifles, which afterwards turn into gold: he will give a ducat for a horse-shoe (thiele 1, 89 95. these stories are alike suggestive of charles the great, of hackelberg, and of frau holla or perhta; conf. miillenhoflf's schlesw. hoist, sag. nos, 485-6. in the i. of moen is a wood named griinewald: there ever

chaon's knowledge of medicines and wounds, so the gudrunlied says of wale: si hgeten in lauger zite da vor wol vernomen (long known, daz wate arzet wsove von eiuein wildeii wlhe: wate, der vil masre, gefrumete manegem an dem libe. the wild wife, who doctored (made a doctor of) this far-famed wate, might well be a ivise-woman, a half-godjess (p. 431-2. so in scotch tradition (r. cliamb. p. 34) the mermaid points out healing herbs. several such women appear in the edda. eir belongs altogether to the circle of goddesses' hon er icehiir hezfr/ best of leeches, sn. 36. i connect her name with the goth, airus nuncius, as. arian, on. eira parcere, and ohg. iriuc (goth. eiriggs; uir would be the indulgent helpful goddess and erraud-woman. but another passage, s^m. 111% 1u8 wise women. 1149 signifi

see suppl. madalger sioxidib in ohg. glosses for basilicum, in herbals for senecio as well. the proverb ran' modelgeer ist alter wnrzel ein eer' in the westerrich, when a disease breaks out among swine, they chop some of this root in with the pigs' wash, muttering a short prayer: it keeps the schelm from attacking them. as heime's father in our heroic legend is called madejger (p. 387, likewise a mermaid's son who puts on a cloak of darkness (morolt 40-1; a mythic significance in the plant's name becomes credible (see suppl. in the same way i connect mangold, lapathura, beet, with that ancient name of the giant-miaiden who could grind gold (p. 531. ohg /aram filix, mhg. varin, varn, as. fearn, engl /em. pliny 27, 9 [55] tells nothing mythical of the filix. hildegard's phys. 2, 91' in loco

^ylaes he medige; and' or is it related to fjnu. pmjo, esth. poio, puitjo 1212 hebbs and stones. j?onne he nimau wille ger sunnan upgange, cwe^e ^as word serest: tollam te, artemisia, ne lassus sim in via. gesegna hie^ j^onne ]7u upteo/ r. chambers p. 34 gives some scotch stories of its healing power. a girl in galloway was near dying of cousuuaptionj and all had despaired of her recovery, when a mermaid, who often gave the people good counsel, sang: wad ye let the bounie may die i' your hand. and the mugioort flowering in the land! they immediately plucked the herb, gave her the juice of it, and she was restored to health. another maiden had died of the same disease, and her body was being carried past the port of glasgow, when the mermaid raised her head above the water, and in slow acce

HP LOVECRAFT A DARK LORE

f they did hear. lt seems these kanakys was sacrificin' heaps o' their young men an' maidens to some kind o' god-things that lived under the sea, an' gittin' all kinds o' favour in return. they met the things on the little islet with the queer ruins, an' it seems them awful picters o' frog-fish monsters was supposed to be picters o' these things. mebbe they was the kind o' critters as got all the mermaid stories an' sech started "they had all kinds a' cities on the sea-bottom, an' this island was heaved up from thar. seem they was some of the things alive in the stone buildin's when the island come up sudden to the surface, that's how the kanakys got wind they was daown thar. made sign-talk as son as they got over bein' skeert, an' pieced up a bargain afore long "them things liked human sa

HP LOVECRAFT THE SHADOW OVER INNSMOUTH

f they did hear. lt seems these kanakys was sacrificin' heaps o' their young men an' maidens to some kind o' god-things that lived under the sea, an' gittin' all kinds o' favour in return. they met the things on the little islet with the queer ruins, an' it seems them awful picters o' frog-fish monsters was supposed to be picters o' these things. mebbe they was the kind o' critters as got all the mermaid stories an' sech started. they had all kinds a' cities on the sea-bottom, an' this island was heaved up from thar. seem they was some of the things alive in the stone buildin's when the island come up sudden to the surface, that's how the kanakys got wind they was daown thar. made sign-talk as son as they got over bein' skeert, an' pieced up a bargain afore long "them things liked human sa

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a human being. there is hardly any difference to be noticed in shape or size. usually the water sprites, called nixies, mermaids, or nymphs, are very attractive females although there are male water sprites or mermen too. as for visits to the kingdom of water, it is not absolutely necessary to adopt the shape of a woman; it is entirely up to the magician to transmute himself imaginatively into a mermaid. there is an advantage here: he will not be molested so much by the mermaids, because they are not only fascinating and dashingly beautiful, but also very obtrusive and sexy. providing the magician is mentally prepared so that he has impregnated his spirit with water, he may transfer himself to a big lake or ocean, wherever he likes, and submerge down to the bottom of the water. here as we

ocean, wherever he likes, and submerge down to the bottom of the water. here as well he will not meet water sprites at once, but by repeating the experiment many times and according to his vivid desire to communicate with these beings, he will finally attract them. at first he will see only female beings moving about in the same free attitude as human beings do. he will hardly meet an unpleasant mermaid; in spite of the fact that all mermaids are very beautiful, he might indeed happen to meet the more intelligent ones, the so-called royal leaders, since a very peculiar class-consciousness exists here. the magician will notice that they do not dance all the time as they are generally supposed to do, but that they do a certain amount of work too. it s no use to write more about this theme

hing. from the intelligent leaders the magician can learn such a lot about the water element that he could write books himself. he gets information about the life of fish, about the different water plants, the stones below the water and about other magic tricks related to the water element. but beware of the beauty of these beings! the magician is seriously warned not to fall madly in love with a mermaid and not to lose his balance. a love like this could become fateful to him. that does not exactly mean that he is not allowed to have fun with the mermaids. he must keep the motto in mind: love is the law, but love under a strong will. a mermaid is quite able to fascinate the magician with her incredible beauty, charm and intoxicating eroticism so much that he is in serious danger of becomi

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nce called gcountryman of elves h in the poem, and twice gprince of elves, h no direct connection with elves is to be seen. volund appears to be the scandinavian reflex of wayland the smith, who is well known in 316 norse mythology english tradition. in thidriks saga, which either reflects german tradition or is a direct translation of a german book, the character velent, the son of a giant and a mermaid, is apprenticed to dwarfs, and subsequently, like volund, he is captured and maimed and exacts a terrible vengeance. see also elves references and further reading: h. r. ellis davidson, gweland the smith, h folklore 69 (1958: 145.159. voluspa eddic poem, gprophecy [spa] of the seeress [volva. h voluspa is the first poem in codex regius of the poetic edda, either because its synopsis of the

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als] dwelling about the air as we dwell about the sea; others in islands which the air flows round, near the continent; and in a word, the air is used by them as the water and the sea are by us, and the ether is to them what the air is to us. more over, the temperament of their seasons is such that they have no disease [paracelsus disputes this, and live much longer than we do, click to enlarge a mermaid. from lycosthenes' prodigiorum ac ostentorum chronicon. probably the most famous of the undines were the mythological mermaids, with which early mariners peopled the seven seas. belief in the existence of these creatures, the upper half of their bodies human in form and the lower half fishlike, may have been inspired by flocks of penguins seen at great distance, or possibly seals. in medi

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rly episode in the kalevala, compiled from an oral tradition of finnish folk songs by elias l nnrot (1802 84. on the left, va n m inen meets aino who rejects him as her husband and runs home to find her mother in favor of the match. on the right, aino sits naked by the sea before she drowns herself in despair. in the central panel, va n m inen, who has gone fishing, catches aino, who has become a mermaid. but she escapes and swims away. not for you or anyone do i wear crosses upon my breast, tie my hair with silk. the kalevala: the drowned maid old v in m inen was delighted to have joukahainen s maid care for him in his old age. the kalevala: the singing match. now would be the time for me to part from this world the time to go to death. down below the deep billows. the kalevala: the drown

bones, and the grasses on the shore to her hair. when her mother learns of her fate, her tears create three new rivers. forlorn fisherman when v in m inen learned of aino s death, his consolation was to go fishing on the sea. there he landed a beautiful fishy fish i never saw the like of! he drew his knife to cut it up, but it flipped out of the boat and revealed itself to be aino, turned into a mermaid. sea voyager v in m inen was a great boat builder and sea voyager. although his mother was the daughter of the air, he was born in the sea and his name derives from v in river mouth. forging the sampo by akseli gallen kalela (1865 1931) drowning maid when aino drowns she becomes a mermaid, the wave-wife s watery maid, ahto s peerless cbild. as she drowns she identifies herself with the sea

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e the following. the angelic being, feminine in type, pale brown hair and light grey-eyes, is draped in blue and white, draperies heavy in nature, and wears a crown formed of crescents. she holds in the left hand a curious cup, heavy, and with a squarish base, and in the right a wand with a symbol much much like the positive element of water. the elementals vary in type, the majority being of the mermaid and merman nature, but again many tending to the earth and air nature. turning to the angelic bein i make the= signs and lvx signs, and to the elementals the 0 #f and a= signs, and by right of these 472 the golden dawn: volume iv book seven (that is to say by the knowledge of the central spirit, and, in their instance of that of water and earth) i ask to have explained some of the secrets

ard (15) clairaudiently) she shows how even the work on this particular spot is varied, and according to the types of the elementals is the labour allotted. some of the elementals tending to the gnome type are digging in the cliffs, with spiky instruments, and boring holes therein, thereby permitting the water to enter freely (this may explain the spongy rather than broken aspect of the rock. the mermaid and merman elementals, which are in the large majority, i think, receive some of the dust, which they carry into the sea (some of this may go to form islands) others also are bringing earth and weeds and such-like from the depths, also <38> probably to form land. there are also figures holding funnel-like cups who rise from the sea, and having drawn air into them, dive again, carrying that

appear from behind each curtain and draw away the pieces of gold" the second one i shall quote is a vision of spirit of water, akasa of apas, also by vestigia "a wide expanse of water with many reflections of bright light, and occasionally glimpses of rainbow colours appearing (perhaps symbolising the beginning of formation in water. when divine and other names were pronounced, elementals of the mermaid and merman type appear, but few of other elemental forms. these water forms are extremely changeable, one moment appearing as solid mermaids and mermen, the next melting into foam "raising myself by means of the highest symbols i have been taught, and vibrating the names of water, i rose until the water vanished, and instead i beheld a mighty world or globe, with its dimensions and divisio

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e by the notion that he looked like a featureless jellyfish, and it was in large part to assuage this feeling that he set about developing the narrow, haughty demeanour that was now second nature to him. it was, therefore, a matter of some consequence when, on arising from a long slumber racked by a series of intolerable dreams, prominent among which were images of zeeny vakil, transformed into a mermaid, singing to him from an iceberg in tones of agonizing sweetness, lamenting her inability to join him on dry land, calling him, calling- but when he went to her she shut him up fast in the heart of her ice-mountain, and her song changed to one of triumph and revenge. it was, i say, a serious matter when saladin chamcha woke up, looked into a mirror framed in blue-and-gold japonaiserie lacqu

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found. vassago (goetia, 3rd spirit. prince commanding 26 legions. appears as an old, fair man riding on a crocodile and carrying a goshawk on his fist. tells fortunes; finds hidden or lost objects. also mentioned in werus psuedomonarchia demonorum, and more recently in paul huson s influential text mastering witchcraft. vepar, vephar (goetia, 42nd spirit. duke commanding 29 legions. appears as a mermaid. governs the waters; guides ships; causes stormy seas; causes death in three days through putrefying wounds or sores infested with worms. verrier. who tempts mortals to rebellion by making their necks too stiff to bow down. vine, vinea (goetia, 45th spirit. king and earl commanding 36 legions. appears as a lion riding a black horse and carrying a viper. discovers hidden things, witches and

SIR EDWARD BULWER LYTTON ZANONI A ROSICRUCIAN TALE

raw his rebellious instrument back to the beaten track of the glib monotony. but at home he would make himself amends for this reluctant drudgery. and there, grasping the unhappy violin with ferocious fingers, he would pour forth, often till the morning rose, strange, wild measures that would startle the early fisherman on the shore below with a superstitious awe, and make him cross himself as if mermaid or sprite had wailed no earthly music in his ear(*orpheus was the favourite hero of early italian opera, or lyrical drama. the orfeo of angelo politiano was produced in 1475. the orfeo of monteverde was performed at venice in 1667) this man's appearance was in keeping with the characteristics of his art. the features were noble and striking, but worn and haggard, with black, careless locks

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waiian mythology. honolulu: university of hawaii press, 1970, 1989. grant, glen. obake files: ghostly encounters in supernatural hawaii. honolulu: mutual publishing, 1996. westervelt, william d. hawaiian legends of ghosts and ghost-gods. rutland, vt; tokyo: charles e. tuttle co, 1963, 1971. mermaids there are few tales of the fairy folks friends that are as captivating as those that deal with the mermaid, those ocean-dwelling divinities that are half-human and half-fish. although there are mermen, the greater fascination has always been on the mermaid with her top half a beautiful woman and her bottom half that of a fish. traditionally, the mermaid is also gifted with a lovely singing voice, which can be used to warn sailors of approaching storms or jagged rocks ahead. or, in many of the a

onto the jagged rocks and to their deaths. as with all of the middle-folk, mermaids can be agents of good or of destruction. as in the folklore of the selkie, sometimes mermaids fall in love with humans and are able to come ashore in human shape and to live on land for many years. they may even have children with their human husbands. but in all of these tales of mercreatures and human mates, the mermaid longs to return to the sea, and one day she will leave her human family and do so. the ceasg is a type of mermaid that haunts the lakes of the scottish highlands. her upper body and facial features are those of a beautiful, well-endowed woman, but her lower half is that of a large salmon. like most supernatural beings, the ceasg is of a dual nature. if a handsome young man should capture h

tention and treat her well, she may assume human shape and marry him, at the same time granting him three wishes that may make them wealthy. if she feels that she has been disrespected or treated badly, she may use her beauty to lure a fisherman to the deepest part of the lake and drown him. in lake tanganyika in the small east african country of burundi, the mambu-mutu is very much the classical mermaid, half attractive woman and half large fish. in her case, however, she does not fancy humans, and her only intention is to drag them under the lake s surface and suck their blood. in estonian folklore, the nakh are shapeshifting water demons who walk freely on land as handsome young men or beautiful women who lure their victims with the sound of their sweet, seductive singing. once they hav

seal skin and return to the ocean, where she will keep in touch with her human family only by her song and an occasional appearance near the shore. john sayles wrote and directed an enchanting film about the selkies in the secret of roan inish (1994, adapted from rosalie frye s novella the secret of ron mor skerry. m delving deeper benwell, gwen, and arthur waugh. sea enchantress: the tale of the mermaid and her kin. new york: citadel press, 1965. jones, alison, ed. larousse dictionary of world lore. new york: larousse, 1995. spence, lewis. the fairy tradition in britain. london: rider, 1948. trolls trolls bear no resemblance to the cute little dolls with big bug-eyes, dolphin grins, and bushy red hair. rather, trolls are nasty monsters who can assume gigantic proportions and wreak havoc w

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adows on hands and flippers, watching with sly eyes. if you are patient, they will approach and converse with you, but their bubbling words are not to be trusted. because this is an astral world, it is possible to hear them and speak to them through the water. the women of this race have lovely faces, and are sensual by nature, but fickle and apt to lose interest and dart away. their goddess is a mermaid with bluish skin, more human in shape than the others. only her fingers are webbed, and her feet end in small fins instead of toes. she sings haunting wordless melodies that evoke strange illusions and dreamlike vistas. 22. inguz literal meaning: fertility god general sense: home, hearth, family, patriarch, nurture, growth, development, evolution, decency, humanity, homely virtues the worl

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os veniunt) signifies the moment of extreme distress and danger (ibid. 117. the vila rides a seven-year old stag, and bridles him with snakes, like the norse enchantresses (see suppl^ the bohem, sudice translates parca, but it simply means judge (fem: the eussians even adopt the word parka. we must at least notice the lichoplezi in hanka's glosses 21% who are said to be three, like the sirens and mermaids- the bulgarian samodiva or samovua corresponds to the servian vila. when the wounded pomak cries to his 'sister' samodiva, she comes and cures him. the samodivy carry off children; and mischief wrought by the wise women. 437 elements, by storms &c, is ascribed to them. like the fates, they begift the newborn: three samodivy visit the infant jesus, one sews him a shirt, another knits him a

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ior to him in their power in a particular current of an element; inferior to him in only partaking of the nature of that one element; are of necessity to be found constantly recurring in all the mythologies of antiquity. the dwarfs and elves of the scandinavians; the nymphs, hamadryads, and nature spirits of the greeks; the fairies good and bad of the legends dear to our childish days the host of mermaids, satyrs, fauns, sylphs, and fays; the forces intended to be attracted and propitiated by the fetishes of the negro-race; are for the most part no other thing than the ill-understood manifestations of this great class, the elementals. among these, some, as i have before observed, are good; such are the salamanders, undines, sylphs, and gnomes, of the rosicrucian philosophy; many are fright

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s 33 clxxxii. the human body. clxxxiii. legendary orders of being. 11 respiratory organs sylphs 12 cerebral and nervous systems voices, witches and wizards 13 lymphatic systems lemures, ghosts 14 genital system succubi 15 head and face mania, erinyes [euminides] 16 shoulders and arms gorgons, minotaurs 17 lungs ominous appearances, banshees 18 stomach vampires 19 heart horror, dragons 20 the back mermaids (and l, its zodiacal opposite, banshees 21 digestive system incubi, nightmares 22 liver fairies, harpies 23 organs of nutrition nymphs and undines, nereids &c. 24 intestines lami, stryges, witches 25 hips and thighs centaurs 26 genital system satyrs and fauns, panic-demons 27 muscular system furies, chim ras, boars (as in calydon &c. 28 kidneys, bladder &c. water nymphs, sirens, lorelei

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, the paw of the big red-haired lad who badly kept the watch last night. the watchman surmised that the beautiful woman who now stood before him was a "spirit from the vasty deep" and 346 resolving to kill her, hurried off for his weapons. she saw him, fled towards the sea, and in the twinkling of an eye assumed the guise of a seal and plunged beneath the waves. although tales about sea-trows and mermaids are still plentiful in the islands of orkney, the land fairies are acknowledge to have departed for ever. this is the story of their departure as it has been pieced together by mr. r. menzies fergusson. once upon a time, many years ago, the trows became dissatisfied with their residence upon pomona. they determined, therefore, to leave the pomona hills and knowes, and take up their dwelli

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el, cambridge, by g. h. s. pinsent 162 a note on genesis 163 the five adorations. by dost achiha khan 186 illusion d'amoureux. by francis bendick 187 the opium-smoker 191 postcards to probationers. by aleister crowley 196 the wild ass. by alys cusack 201 the sphinx at gizeh. by lord dunsany 205 the priestess of panormita. by elaine carr 209 the temple of solomon the king (book ii) 217 amongst the mermaids. by norman roe 335 ave adonai. by aleister crowley 351 the man-cover. by george raffalovich 353 stewed prunes and prism: the tennyson centenary. by a. quiller, jr. 393 illustration the signs of the grades "facing page" 12 editorial it is four hundred and seventy-seven years since the trouble in the monastery. there were assembled many holy men from every part of the civilized world, learn

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rd set sail for japan. during the voyage the following practices have been recorded: may 4th. prithivi-apas.177 45 m. also went on an astral journey to japan. in which i found myself crossing great quantities of coral-pearl entangled with seaweed and shells. after having journeyed for some time i came to a spot where i saw the form of a king standing above that of venus who was surrounded by many mermaids; they all had the appearance of having just been frozen. above the nymphs bowing towards them were many pale yellow angels chained together, and amongst them stood archangels of a pale silver which flashed forth rays of gold. above all was the formless light. the archangels showed me curious types of horned beings riding along a circle in different directions. 5th. concentration on this r

ALICE A BAILEY04 A TREATISE ON COSMIC FIRE

ch constitute the sumtotal of all that is watery, and liquid throughout manifestation, and in dealing with this we must remember that we are concerned with the most occult of investigations, and with matters which are very closely connected with man's evolution. the many groups of the water devas of the manipulatory class have been roughly grouped by mythological writers, under the terms undines, mermaids, and other expressions, but their diversity is great, and this will be necessarily apparent when it is remembered that the sumtotal of- 530- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust water upon the earth (oceans, seas, rivers, lakes and streams, far exceeds the dry portion, or land, and every drop of moisture is in itself a tiny life, fulfilling its function and running its cyc

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ence gardner is a spokesman for the imperial royal dragon court and order that represents the interests of the "dragon bloodlines" seeded by the dna of the "dragon queens. he says that this symbolism and the theme of the dragon queens goes back to the "founding mother" of the anunnaki he calls tiamat, the sea-dragon in mesopotamian accounts. these queens, he suggests, were commonly represented as mermaids (amphibious/sirius, and were often called ladies of the lake (see http//www.nexusmagazine.com/ringlords1.html. throughout the lands settled by the former atlantean-lemurian peoples you find the worship of the serpent goddess and her serpent son, who is often symbolised as a bull. james churchward reveals from ancient tablets and artwork that lemurians worshipped the goddess called "queen

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ry. the epic itself was composed ca. 700 c.e. beowulf was most likely regarded as one of the sons of light or men of the sun whose business it was to fight the powers of darkness until they themselves fell. the legend recounts the tale of beowulf fighting the monster grendel; after losing the fight, the giant escapes only by leaving his arm in beowulf s grip. but grendel s mother, a merwoman (see mermaids, revenges him and slays many people. when beowulf hears of this, he takes up the quarrel. diving to the bottom of the sea, where her palace lay, he kills her after a fierce fight. later on beowulf is made regent and then king of gothland, where he reigns about 40 years. he is eventually poisoned by the fangs of a dragon during a mighty struggle and dies from the effects. he is buried on a

work on the nature of prognostications, especially those connected with thunder and lightning. the book is thought to be irretrievably lost. some believed bigois to be the same as bagoe, a sibyl of erithryea, but this is merely surmise. bilk newsletter publication concerned primarily with water monsters (such as the loch ness monster, but also dealing with other aspects of cryptozoology, such as mermaids and cephalopods. the title is an acronym formed from behemoth (fresh-water monster, isis (mermaids, leviathan (sea serpents, and kraken (giant cephalopods. address: ulrich magin, augustastrasse 85, 76437 rastatt, germany. billot, g. p (ca. 1840) french physician who practiced during the age of animal magnetism and was acquainted with most of the phenomena of spiritualism. his recherches p

by angels, and he eventually deprives loquifer of his club, so that his strength departs. then renouart slays him, and the devil carries off his soul. the romance goes on to tell of a duel between william of orange and desrame, renouart s father, in which the latter is slain. renouart is comforted by fairies, who bear him to avalon where he has many adventures. he is shipwrecked but is rescued by mermaids and awakes to find himself on the sands at porpaillart, from which spot he had been taken to avalon. lorber society the lorber society (in german, the lorber gesellschaft) is the organization of the students of austrian seer and channel jakob lorber (1800.1864. lorber was 40 years old when he claimed a voice commanded him to take up a pencil and write. he obeyed, and the voice eventually

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ring in shallow muddy water. they brought her home, dressed her in women s clothing and taught her to weave and spin and show reverence for a crucifix, but she could never learn to speak, says the tale. in 1492 christopher columbus claimed to have seen three such creatures leaping out of the sea. in 1560 some fishermen near the island of mandar off the west coast of ceylon caught seven mermen and mermaids, an incident claimed to have been witnessed by several jesuit fathers and m. bosquez, physician to the viceroy of goa. the physician made a careful examination of the mer-people, dissected them, and pronounced that their internal and external structure resembled that of human beings. there is a wellauthenticated case of a merman seen near a rock off the coast of martinique. several indivi

and in proportion as an eel. it lived on land, in a vat full of water, during four days seven hours. from time to time it uttered little cries like those of a mouse. it would not eat, though it was offered small fish, shells, crabs, lobsters, etc. after its death, some excrement was discovered in the vat, like the secretion of a cat. in 1857 two fishermen from scotland, where numerous reports of mermaids have surfaced, made the following declaration, recorded in the shipping gazette: we, the undersigned, do declare, that on thursday last, the 4th june 1857, when on our way to the fishing station, lochindale, in a boat, and when about four miles s.w. from the village of port charlotte, being then about 6 p.m, we distinctly saw an object about six yards distant from us in the shape of a wom

e of a woman, with full breast, dark complexion, comely face, and fine hair hanging in ringlets over the neck and shoulders. it was about the surface of the water to about the middle, gazing at us and shaking its head. the weather being fine, we had a full view of it and that for three or four minutes .john williamson, john cameron. several more mundane and conventional explanations of reports of mermaids and mermen exist. it is known, for example, that some were the result of hoaxes. as early as the 1820s, for example, robert s. hawker, before to his years as a minister, had been known to put on a merman costume and sit on the rocks and sing in the evening to the awe of the local villagers. japanese fishermen used to manufacture mermaids to supplement their income and p. t. barnum exhibit

. they used to be hunted for their oil, used as a substitute for cod-liver oil, and are now rare. it is possible that the dugong known as rhytina gigas, or steller s sea cow, long believed extinct, may survive in the bering sea, near the aleutian islands. vitus bering, after whom the sea is named, was a danish navigator who was shipwrecked on the encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. mermaids and mermen 1025 desert island of avacha (now known as bering island) in 1741. his party included naturalist george w. steller, who made copious notes while the party was dying of starvation. steller observed large herds of sirenia a short distance from the shore. the creatures were mammals about 25 to 35 feet long and grazed off the kelp like cows on a pasture. they were unafraid of human

small flippers, and the females had mammary glands like a woman, suckling their young at the breast. even courtship habits seemed human, as well as other behavior. when one creature was harpooned, the others would gather around it and try to comfort it, and even swim across the rope and try to dislodge the hook, steller observed. sirenia bear only a very vague resemblance to historic accounts of mermaids, however, especially those brought ashore and kept in captivity before they died. these also have no connection with the stuffed mermaids displayed in showmen s booths in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, which were invariably clever fakes assembled by japanese craftsmen. contemporary cryptozoologists have included mermen in their area of concern. gwen benwell, arthur waugh, a

es form, appearance, or the physical body, the most gross of the seven principles of encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. rupa 1331 which personality consists. it is a term originating in hindu philosophy denoting the subtle essence of form (see also mayavi-rupa) rusalki the lovely river nymph of southern russian legend endowed with human beauty and the gentle characteristics of the mermaids of northern european nations. shy and benevolent, she lived on the small alluvial islands that stud the rivers or in the detached coppices of their banks. her pastime and occupation was to aid in secret the poor fishermen in their laborious and precarious calling. the rusalki (also spelled rusalky or rusalka) were believed to have originated with young women who met an untimely death eith

the moon especially was a magic tank, from which supplies of power were drawn by those capable of performing requisite ceremonies. this practice has been revived by modern neo-pagan witches in the ritual referred to as drawing down the moon. but although there appear to have been no lunar or solar spirits, there were numerous earth and water spirits. the water wife, like the english mer wife (see mermaids, was a greatly dreaded being who greedily devoured victims. she must not be confused with the banshee, that fate whose chief business it was to foretell disasters, either by washing bloodstained garments or knocking on a certain boulder beside the river. the water wife usually confronted a late traveler at a ford. she claimed him as her own, and if he disputed her claim she asked what wea

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a s e s. mount rainier, md: fund for ufo re s e a rc h, 1989. hypnosis and ufo abductions: a troubled relationship. journal of ufo studies 1 (new series: 3 40, 1991. folkloric dimensions of the ufo phenomenon. journal of ufo studies 3 (new series: 1 57, 2000. abductions under fire: a review of recent abduction literature. journal of ufo studies 7 (new series: 81 106. c l a rk, je rome, 2000. from mermaids to little gr a y men: the pre h i s t o ry of the ufo abduction ph enomenon. the an o m a l i s t 8 (spring: 11 31. fuller, john g, 1966. the interrupted journey: two lost hours aboard a flying saucer. new york: dial press. hall, robert l, mark rodeghier, and donald a. johnson, 1992. the prevalence of abductions: a critical look. journal of ufo studies 4 (new series: 131 135. hopkins, bud

ermined to keep the truth about atlantis from the public. the department of interplanetary affairs describes atlanteans as living lives of leisure and prosperity, while a national work force of robots, androids, and humanoids from genetic engineering did the empire s heavy lifting. atlantean science then fostered some bizarre genetic creations they discovered ways to cross-breed species to create mermaids and mermen, cyclops, unicorns and other creatures. that same genetic engineering gave atlanteans huge size and great strength. it all came crashing down, in both a literal and fig u r a t i ve sense, when the population s u r re n d e red itself to the pursuit of hedonistic p l e a s u res; in the meantime, evil at l a n t e a n scientists cracked the secret of mind contro l and tried to

, the other of praying mantises. jupiter houses giant, intelligent reptilian forms. each species got its light intelligence from a group of traveling extraterrestrials called the watchers who monitor planets looking for species of exc e ptional promise. as earth was being deve l o p e d, the inhabitants of other planets we re asked to contribute re p re s e n t a t i ves, thus fairies, mermen and mermaids, bi gf o o t/ sasquatch, insects, and dinosaurs. ex p l o rers and re f u g e e s f rom star wars live on the other planets. ev idence of the presence of neighboring extraterrestrials can be found in archaeological discoveries and ancient myths. each group tended to concentrate its efforts in a particular re g i o n, for example ma rtians in the middle east, ur anians in mexico, and pluto

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. 227. 612-4, and from another point of view ostara (p. 291. mist was taken for a valkyr (p. 421. hler (p. 240) and oegir (pp. 137. 311) are gods of the wave, and ban a goddess (p. 311; geban, gefjon (pp. 239. 311) is divided between both sexes. the fern, ahva (p. 583 n) and the female names of our rivers (p. 600) lead us to expect watergoddesses, with which agrees the preponderance of nixies and mermaids (p. 487, also the softness of the element, though osinn too is found under the name of hnikar (ibid) snow and hoarfrost are thought of as male (p. 761, but the norse drifa (loose drifting snow) is a daughter of snior (yogi, saga 16. the earth, like terra and tellus, could not be imagined other than female, so that the masc. heaven might embrace her as bride; binda is a goddess too, and ne

HELENA BLAVATSKY THE KEY TO THEOSOPHY

ll them "ridiculous" the "theosophical mahatmas" are they "spirits of light" or "goblins damned? q. who are they, finally, those whom you call your "masters? some say they are "spirits" or some other kind of supernatural beings, while others call them "myths" page 132 the key to theosophy- hp blavatsky.txt a. they are neither. i once heard one outsider say to another that they were a sort of male mermaids, whatever such a creature may be. but if you listen to what people say, you will never have a true conception of them. in the first place they are living men, born as we are born, and doomed to die like every other mortal. q. yes, but it is rumored that some of them are a thousand years old. is this true? a. as true as the miraculous growth of hair on the head of meredith's shagpat. truly

INITIATION INTO HERMETICS

ries and larvae, which can be produced in the artificial magic way. as to further details, see the practical part of this book. another kind of being the adept often has to deal with in the astral plane must not be overlooked, namely the beings of the four pure elements. in the element of fire, their name is salamander; in the air element they are the sylphs, in the water element, they are called mermaids or undines, and in the element of earth there are the gnomes or goblins. these beings represent, as it were, the connection between the astral plane and the earthly elements. how to establish the connection with these beings, how to control them, what can be achieved with their help, all will be reserved to the practical part of the present book to which i shall dedicate the special chapt

e decisive factor that is moving the universal elements to produce the desired effect with the help of the imagination. he can repeat the operations optionally until the success has been achieved. the magician can undertake these experiments for himself for the sake of self-influencing. there is another kind of self-influencing where the beings of the elements, the so-called salamanders, fairies, mermaids and gobbling execute the required effect with the help of the elements. i will publish the way of summoning forth these beings, making them visible and useful to the magician in my second work, the practice of magical evocation. 5. the fluid condensers any object can be influenced by any fluid, regardless of being loaded electrically, magnetically, with elements or akasa, through the aid

m of the respective plane has to be adopted equally. if you wish to visit the kingdom of the goblins, not only the mirror must be loaded with the earth element, but your own spirit has to be imaginatively transformed in the shape of a gnome and to be filled entirely with the earth element. the same thing comes to pass with the spirits of the air, the so-called fairies, the spirits of the water or mermaids and the spirits of the fire, the salamanders. here as well, the experiences you will accomplish are so abundant and marvelous that books could be written about these problems. how the spirits of the different elements can be summoned to come down to our earth, and the way they can be made useful to do certain tasks, i will describe in my second volume, entitled the practice of magical evo

telligent ones, the so-called royal leaders, since a very peculiar class-consciousness exists here. the magician will notice that they do not dance all the time as they are generally supposed to do, but that they do a certain amount of work too. it s no use to write more about this theme, since the magician will convince himself. here as well the rule goes that nobody must ever address one of the mermaids first, but he has to wait until the being starts talking or asking him questions about something. from the intelligent leaders the magician can learn such a lot about the water element that he could write books himself. he gets information about the life of fish, about the different water plants, the stones below the water and about other magic tricks related to the water element. but bew

he is in serious danger of becoming one of the kind, a fact that undoubtedly would cause his physical death. how many magicians have been wrecked by an unhappy love! therefore the magician should remain firm in command of his passions, because it is this kingdom in the sphere of elements that is the most attractive and if the magician gave way to his passions, he would fall into the hands of the mermaids for good. as soon as the magician can manage to visit the kingdom of the water sprites as often as he likes and if he has learned whatever concerns the knowledge of magic, he can pay his attention to the kingdom next to it, that of the aerial spirits. in contrast to the water kingdom whose inhabitants like very much to communicate with human beings, the air-sprites are very shy and unsoci

K AMBER THE BASICS OF MAGICK

ichael air swords east raphael elementals the magical elements are said to be peopled by spirits and mythological entities called elementals or nature spirits. these are grouped into four main categories- gnome (earth) undine (water) salamander (fire) sylph (air) the basics of magick get any book for free on: www.abika.com 14= dwarfs nymphs jin (genies) fairies elves tritons storm angels brownies mermaids hobgoblins mermen lepricauns sirens harpies elementals are usually only visible to those with clairvoyant sight and are more likely to be seen at night in the mountains or country away from cities- especially if you are tired or sleepy. although elementals exist naturally, it is also possible to create one which will exist for a limited time- no elemental has immortality. a created elemen

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) 33 clxxxii. the human body. clxxxiii. legendary orders of being. 11 respiratory organs sylphs 12 cerebral and nervous systems voices, witches and wizards 13 lymphatic systems lemures, ghosts 14 genital system succubi 15 head and face mania, erinyes [euminides] 16 shoulders and arms gorgons, minotaurs 17 lungs ominous appearances, banshees 18 stomach vampires 19 heart horror, dragons 20 the back mermaids (and l, its zodiacal opposite, banshees 21 digestive system incubi, nightmares 22 liver fairies, harpies 23 organs of nutrition nymphs and undines, nereids &c. 24 intestines lami, stryges, witches 25 hips and thighs centaurs 26 genital system satyrs and fauns, panic-demons 27 muscular system furies, chim ras, boars (as in calydon &c. 28 kidneys, bladder &c. water nymphs, sirens, lorelei

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

salamanders. he taught that they were really living entities, many resembling human beings in shape, and inhabiting worlds of their own, unknown to man because his undeveloped senses were incapable of functioning beyond the limitations of the grosser elements. the civilizations of greece, rome, egypt, china, and india believed implicitly in satyrs, sprites, and goblins. they peopled the sea with mermaids, the rivers and fountains with nymphs, the air with fairies, the fire with lares and penates, and the earth with fauns, dryads, and hamadryads. these nature spirits were held in the highest esteem, and propitiatory offerings were made to them. occasionally, as the result of atmospheric conditions or the peculiar sensitiveness of the devotee, they became visible. many authors wrote concern

be seen in the spray; others are indigenous to swiftly moving rivers; some have their habitat in dripping, oozing fens or marshes; while other groups dwell in clear mountain lakes. according to the philosophers of antiquity, every fountain had its nymph; every ocean wave its oceanid. the water spirits were known under such names as oreades, nereides, limoniades, naiades, water sprites, sea maids, mermaids, and potamides. often the water nymphs derived their names from the streams, lakes, or seas in which they dwelt. in describing them, the ancients agreed on certain salient features. in general, nearly all the undines closely resembled human beings in appearance and size, though the ones inhabiting small streams and fountains were of correspondingly lesser proportions. it was believed that

MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS E

companied by rain, are represented as incessantly weeping. the meliades were the nymphs who presided over fruit-trees. before concluding this subject, attention should be drawn to the fact that, in more modern times, this beautiful idea of animating all nature in detail reappears under the various local traditions extant in different countries. thus do the oceanides and nereides live again in the mermaids, whose existence is still believed in by mariners, whilst the flower and meadow nymphs assume the shape of those tiny elves and fairies, who were formerly believed to hold their midnight revels in every wood and on every common; indeed, even at the present day, the irish peasantry, especially in the west, firmly believe in the existence of the fairies, or "good people" as they are called

PHILIP NEIL MYTHS LEGENDS EXPLAINED

eatures as a punishment. the sirens song tells, falsely, of the pleasures of the underworld. they also claimed the power of prophecy. thwarted cheated of their prey, the sirens are supposed to have drowned themselves in anger and frustration. the body of one, parthenope( maiden-voice) was washed ashore at naples, and the city originally bore her name. sailors peril the sirens here are depicted as mermaids, seductive maidens, half-human, half-fish, who sing to sailors of the delights of life under the sea, luring them to shipwreck. near the sirens island are two further dangers the deadly whirlpool charybdis, and the ravenous sea monster scylla. steering a course between the two, odysseus sailed too close to scylla, and the monster snatched six sailors from his ship one with each of her six

SALMANRUSHDIE THESATANICVERSES

reaks, of his flesh coming away with the shards. he was full of questions, did we truly, i mean, with your hands flapping, and then the waters, you don't mean to tell me they _actually, like in the movies, when charlton heston stretched out his staff, so that we could, across the ocean--floor, it never happened, couldn't have, but if not then how, or did we in some way underwater, escorted by the mermaids, the sea passing through us as if we were fish or ghosts, was that the truth, yes or no, i need to have to. but when his eyes opened the questions acquired the indistinctness of dreams, so that he could no longer grasp them, their tails flicked before him and vanished like submarine fins. he was looking up at the sky, and noticed that it was the wrong colour entirely, blood-orange flecked

in the way, you've got to believe me, i'm a british, he was saying, with right of abode, too, but when he couldn't produce a passport or any other identifying document they began to weep with mirth, the tears streaming down even the blank faces of the plain-clothes men from the immigration service. of course, don't tell me, they giggled, they fell out of your jacket during your tumble, or did the mermaids pick your pocket in the sea? rosa couldn't see, in that laughter-heaving surge of men and dogs, what uniformed arms might be doing to chamcha's arms, or fists to his stomach, or boots to his shins; nor could she be sure if it was his voice crying out or just the howling of the dogs. but she did, finally, hear his voice rise in a last, despairing shout "don't any of you watch tv? don't you

SIR EDWARD BULWER LYTTON ZANONI A ROSICRUCIAN TALE

o see that he felt more than his words and tone betokened "well, well, we must not look back at the past too earnestly, the sunlight upon it makes one's eyes water. the day was fixed for our wedding, it approached. on the evening before the appointed day, clara, her mother, her little sister, and myself, were walking by the port; and as we looked on the sea, i was telling them old gossip-tales of mermaids and sea-serpents, when a red-faced, bottlenosed frenchman clapped himself right before me, and, placing his spectacles very deliberately astride his proboscis, echoed out 'sacre, mille tonnerres! this is the damned pirate who boarded the "niobe"'none of your jests' said i, mildly 'ho, ho' said he 'i can't be mistaken; help there' and he griped me by the collar. i replied, as you may suppo

THE GALE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE UNUSUAL UNEXPLAINED VOL 3

metimes the monsters turn out to be real. 57 chapter exploration apelike monsters bigfoot orang pendek skunk ape yeti creatures of the night chupacabra ghoul golem imp incubus jersey devil succubus vampire werewolf monsters of land, sea, and air dragons loch ness and other lake monsters sea serpents thunderbirds wee folk and their friends elves fairies gnomes goblins gremlins leprechauns menehune mermaids nisse selkies trolls actors who faced (or became) movie monsters introduction some psychologists have suggested that there is something within the human psyche that craves monsters and mysterious creatures. for some individuals, the very idea that vampires, werewolves, and chupacabras are out there, lurking in the shadows, makes the adrenaline surge in an otherwise humdrum and dull workad

ly been modeled on the skull of a woolly rhinoceros. the connection can be proven by the fact that old records note the discovery of a dragon s skull in klagenfurt in the sixteenth century, 30 years before the statue was constructed. the skull has been preserved all these years by the city fathers and can be identified today as that of the ice age rhinoceros. m delving deeper carrington, richard. mermaids and mastodons. london: arrow books, 1960. heuvelmans, bernard. on the track of unknown animals. new york: hill and wang, 1958. mackal, roy p. a living dinosaur? in search of mokele- mbembe. new york: e. j. brill, 1987. loch ness and other lake monsters in 1936, glasgow filmmaker malcolm irvine filmed a dark blob, approximately 30 feet in length, moving slowly across loch ness and offered

a serpent s head more than 150 years ago. captain seabury s account of the incredible sea serpent arrived safely in new bedford and was entered into the records along with the personal oath of captain gavitt. but the monongahela never returned to port with its incredible cargo. years later her nameboard was found on the shore of umnak island in the aleutians. m delving deeper carrington, richard. mermaids and mastodons. london: arrow books, 1960. 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 96 mysterious creatures cleary, ryan. monster beached. the telegram, august 2, 2001 [online] http//www.thetelegram. com/topstories/news/story.asp?id=46701&in=in. coleman, loren. mysterious america. new york: paraview, 2002. ellis, richard. monsters of the sea

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