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anner of the east "my station is on the throne in the east which symbolizes the rise of the sun, and the light of the golden dawn, life and light. the red color of my robe symbolizes light. my insignias are the sceptre of power and the banner of the east which signify power and light, mercy and wisdom. i am called power and mercy, and light and abundance. my office is that of the expounder of the mysteries (sits down. stolistes, i command you to purify the temple and members with water" stolistes (circumambulates to the dais, faces east, sprinkles left, right, then center toward the dais, and makes a cross "i purify thee with water (faces west sprinkles left, right, then center and makes a cross "i purify thee with water (turns and gives a small head bow to the hierophant and walks back to

motto. let this motto and name be a symbol to aid you through the darkness and into the light. share it with no one outside the order. i hold in my hand your signed pledge to keep secret all relating to this order, but to confirm it, i now ask if you are willing, in the presence of the lord of the universe and this assembly, to take a great and solemn obligation to keep inviolate the secrets and mysteries of our order" 30 candidate "i am" hierophant "there is nothing contrary to your civil, moral or religious duties in this obligation. although the magical virtues can indeed awaken into momentary life, in the wicked and foolish hearts, they cannot rein in any heart that has not the natural virtues to be their throne (hierophant advances between the pillars, the hiereus stands on the candi

ed, is called earthly or material inclination that has bound into a narrow place, the once binding soul. the hoodwink was an image of the darkness and ignorance of mortality that has blinded men into unhappiness and the beauty their eyes once looked upon. the double cubical altar in the center of the temple is an emblem of the visible nature or the material universe, concealing within herself the mysteries of all dimensions, while revealing her surface to the exterior senses. it is a double cube because, as the emerald tablet states 'the things that are below are a reflection of the things that are above' the world of men and women created to unhappiness is a reflection of the world of divine beings created to happiness. it is described in the sepher yetzirah, or the book of formation, as

nt (turns back around "the red cross above the white triangle represents the unfolding of light. at its east, south, west, and north angles are a rose, 36 fire, cup of wine, and bread and salt. these allude to the elements of, air, fire, water, and earth. the mystical words- khabs am pekht-are ancient egyptian and are the origin of the greek words- konx om pax- which was uttered at the eleusinian mysteries. a literal translation would be 'light rushing out in one ray, and they signify the same form of light as that symbolized by the staff of the kerux. east of the double cubical altar of created things are the pillars of hermes and solomon. they are the door posts of the gateways of hidden wisdom. like yin and yang, they are symbols of opposite twin powers. on these are painted certain hie

multitudes that sleep through the light and awaken at twilight. he carries the banner of the west, which is the banner that symbolizes twilight. the throne of the hegemon between the columns is the place of balanced power between the light and the darkness. the wand of the kerux is the beam of light from the hidden wisdom, and his lamp is an emblem of the ever burning lamp of the guardian of the mysteries. the place of the stolistes at the gate of the north is the place of the guardian of the cauldron and the well of water, of cold and moisture. the place of the dadouchos at the gate of the south is the place of the guardian of the lake of fire and the burning bush" hierophant "frater kerux, i command you to declare that the neophyte has been initiated into the mysteries of the 0=0 grade

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bolize? hiereus: fortitude. hiero: my place is on the throne of the east, which symbolizes the rise of the sun of life and light. my duty is to rule and govern this hall in accordance with the laws of the order. the red color of my robe symbolizes light. my insignia are the sceptre and the banner of the east which signify power and light mercy and wisdom, and my office is that of expounder of the mysteries. frater stolistes, i command you to purify the hall and the members by water. stol (circumambulates, saying) i consecrate with water hiero: frater dadouchos i command you to purify the hall and the members by fire. dad (circumambulates, saying) i consecrate with fire. heg: goes to the north and faces east. hiero: rises with sceptre and banner. hiero: let the mystic circumambulation take

wandering in darkness seeking for the light of occult knowledge, and i believe that in this order the knowledge of that light may be obtained. hiero (name of aspirant) i hold in my hand your signed pledge to keep secret all relating to this order, but to confirm it i now ask if you are willing in the presence of this assembly to take a great and solemn obligation to keep inviolate the secrets and mysteries of our order? let me however assure you that this obligation contains nothing incompatible with your civil, moral or religious duties. cand: i am. hiero: advances between pillars to eastern side of altar. hiereus: stands on candidate's left. heg: stands on candidate's right. kerux: advances to the altar picks up the triangle and delivers it to the hierophant. hiero: thou wilt kneel on bo

is called earthly or material inclination, that has bound into a narrow place the once far-wandering soul; and the hood-wink was an image of the darkness, of ignorance, of mortality that has blinded men to the happiness and beauty their eyes once looked upon. the double cubical altar in the center of the hall, is an emblem of visible nature or the material universe, concealing within herself the mysteries of all dimensions, while revealing her surface to the exterior senses. it is a double cube because, as the emerald tablet has said the things that are below are a reflection of the things that are above. the world of men and women created to unhappiness is a reflection of the world of divine beings created to happiness. it is described in the sepher yetzirah, or the book of formation, as

eats himself. hiero: the red cross above the white triangle, is an image of him who was unfolded in the light. at its east, south, west and north angles are a rose fire, cup of wine and bread and salt. these allude to the four elements, air, fire, water, earth. the mystical words- khabs am pekht- are ancient egyptian and are the origin of the greek konx om pax- which was uttered at the eleusinian mysteries. a literal translation would be light rushing out in one ray and they signify the same form of light as that symbolized by the staff of the kerux. east of the double cubical altar of created things, art the pillars of hermes and of solomon. on these are painted certain hieroglyphics from the 17th and the 125th chapters of the book of the dead. they are the symbols of the two powers of da

t sleep through the light and awaken at the twilight, the throne of the hegemon seated between the columns is the place of balanced power, between the ultimate light and the ultimate darkness. these meanings are shown in detail and by the color of our robes. the wand of the kerux is the beam of light from the hidden wisdom, and his lamp is an emblem of the ever burning lamp of the guardian of the mysteries, the seat of the stolistes at the gate of the north is the place of the guardian of the cauldron and the well of water of cold and moisture. the seat of the dadouchos at the gate of the south is the place of the guardian of the lake of fire and the burning bush. hiero: honoured frater kerux, i command you to declare that the neophyte has been initiated into the mysteries of the neophyte

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aving received it, he turns to hiero, gives grade salute, and says: kerux: very honoured hierophant, i have received them. hiero (to hegemon) lead the neophyte to the west and set him between the mystic pillars, with his face towards the east. heg: places neophyte between the pillars, and remains behind him. hiero: frater (sorer .will you pledge yourself to maintain the same secrecy regarding the mysteries of this grade as you are pledged to maintain regarding those of the neophyte grade- never to reveal them to the world, and not even to confer them upon a neophyte without a dispensation from the greatly honoured chiefs of the second order? neo: i will. hiero: then you will kneel on both your knees, lay your right hand on the ground, and say- i swear by the earth whereon i kneel (done) le

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emon takes pyramid. hiereus: give me the sign, grip or token, grand word, mystic number and password of the grade of theoricus. theor: word shaddai el chai, no. 45, password mah. hiereus: give me also the mystic title and symbol which you received in that grade. theor: poraios de rejectus. ruach. hiereus: frater xyz do you solemnly pledge yourself to maintain the same strict secrecy regarding the mysteries of the 31st and 30th paths, and of the grade of practicus which you have sworn to maintain respecting those of the preceding grades? theor: i do. hiereus: then you will stretch forth your hands in the position of the saluting sign of a neophyte and say i swear by the abyss of the waters. candidate repeats heg: removes hoodwink. places in his hand the cup of water from before the tablet

ero: stoop not down into the darkly splendid world, wherein continually lies a faithless depth, and hades wrapped in clouds, delighting in unintelligible images, precipitous, winding, a black ever rolling abyss ever espousing a body unluminous, formless and void. nature persuadeth us that there are pure demons, and that even the evil germs of matter may alike become useful and good. but these are mysteries which are evoked in the profound abyss of the mind. such a fire existeth extending through the rushings of air or even a fire formless whence comes the image of a voice or even a flashing light abounding, revolving, whirling forth, crying aloud. also there is the vision of the fire flashing courser of light, or also a child borne aloft on the shoulders of the celestial steed, fiery or cl

al figures form the fire triangle, and further represent fire operating in the other three elements of air, earth, and water. the central lower figure with his back turned and his arms extended in the sign of theoricus is arel the ruler of latent heat, he is rising from the earth, as if to receive and absorb the properties of the other three. he is also kasmillos the candidate in the samothracian mysteries, and the horus of egypt. he rises from the rock hewn cubical tomb, and also alludes to the candidate who traverses the path of fire. the three lower figures represent the hebrew letter shin to which fire is especially referred. the 7 hebrew yods allude to the sephiroth operating in each of the planets and to the schem-hamphorasch. hiero: returns to his place. heg: leads theoricus to west

for water. take your seat in the south (knocks) in the name of elohim tzabaoth i now declare that you have been duly advanced to the grade of practicus, and lord (lady) of the 30th and 31st paths. before you are eligible for advancement to the grade of philosophus you must be thoroughly and genuinely perfect in certain subjects, and have been at least 3 months engaged in the contemplation of the mysteries revealed in this grade. when you are thoroughly and genuinely perfect, you must signify the same by letter to the scribe as in the preceding grade. a mss. lecture on those subjects is circulated among the members of this grade. closing hiero (knocks) assist me to close the temple in the grade of practicus. honoured hegemon see that the temple is properly guarded (done) heg: very honoured

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sword of the grade of practicus. pract: sign, general grip of 1st order. grand word elohim tzabaoth, no. 36, password eloah (done) hiero: give me also the mystic title and symbol which you received in that grade. pract: monokeros de astris mayim (done) heg: places practicus before tablet of fire. hiero: frater (xyz) do you solemnly pledge yourself to maintain the same strict secrecy regarding the mysteries of the 29th, 28th and 27th paths and of the grade of philosophus, which you have already sworn to maintain respecting those of the preceding grades? pract: i do. hiero: then you will stretch your arms above your head to their full limit and say i swear by the torrent of fire. pract: i swear by the torrent of fire (done) hiero: let the hoodwink be removed. heg: removes hoodwink. heg: plac

osophus and that you are lord (lady) of the 27th, 28th and 29th paths. hiereus: honoured frater, as a member of this important grade, you are eligible for the post of hiereus. when a vacancy occurs you are furthermore expected, as having risen so high in the order, to aid to your utmost the members of the second order in the working of the temple to which you are attached. to study thoroughly the mysteries which have been unfolded to your view, in your progress from the humble position of a neophyte. so that yours may be not the merely superficial knowledge which marks the conceited and ignorant man, but that you may really and thoroughly understand what you profess to know, and not by your ignorance and folly bring disgrace on that order which has honoured you so far. your duty is also to

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGICK SPELLS

, as the sun god. the neolithic period also saw the development of shrines to the triple goddess who became associated with the three phases of the moon: waxing, full and waning. the moon provided one of the earliest ways by which people calculated time. since its cycles coincided with the female menstrual cycle, which ceased for nine moons if a women was pregnant, the moon became linked with the mysteries first of birth, then of death as it waned, and finally with new life on the crescent. because the moon was reborn each month or, as it was thought, gave birth to her daughter each month, it was assumed that human existence followed the same pattern and that the full moon mirrored the mother with her womb full with child. the full moon was also associated in later ages with romance and pa

on was also associated in later ages with romance and passion, originally because this coincided with peak female fertility. moon magick for the increase of love and fertility is still practised under the auspices of the waxing moon. it was not until about 3,000 years ago that the male role in conception was fully understood in the west, and only then were the sky father deities able to usurp the mysteries of the divine mother. a trinity of huge, carved stone goddesses, representing the three main cycles of the moon, and dating from between 13000 and 11000 bc, was found in france in a cave at the abri du roc aux sorciers at angles-sur-l'anglin. this motif continued right through to the triple goddess of the celts, reflecting the lunar cycles as maiden, mother and crone, an image that also

and grandmother of all ages and all places, in joy, for i bring love and plenty. you may also bring me your hopes with the waxing moon and your sorrows on the wane, for i am with you in all states and stages, when you call and when you are silent, when you turn to me as an eager child and when you weep solitary tears in your pillow when your dreams have dissolved into ashes 'i hold the key to the mysteries of existence and the universe, but these i will share with all who come with willing heart and open mind. for they are not hidden from you, but are all round you in every season. i am in the moon as she passes through the sky, in the fertile earth and the mighty waters, for i am them as i am part of you, and you of me, and you too are of the same divine fabric as the moon and the fertile

of god, is associated with earthquakes, storms and volcanoes and is the archangel of salvation. he is sometimes linked with the courage of mars. he warned noah of the impending flood and led abraham out of ur. believed to have given alchemy to mankind, he also imparted the wisdom of the kabbalah, the book of sacred writings, to hebrew mystics. he stands as wise protector and keeper of the sacred mysteries, hence representing the direction of magick and initiator of all who seek the mysteries. uriel stands in the north and his colour is the deep blue or purple of midnight. raphael raphael is the healer and travellers' guide and is often associated with mercury, the messenger of the dawn. he is the angel who offers healing to the planet and to mankind and all creatures on the face of the ea

chant. finally throw them into the air, away from the flame* allow the fire or candle to burn down. afterwards, make up small posies of flowers to leave on the doorsteps of people who you know would appreciate them- perhaps the ill or lonely. litha, the summer solstice time: three days beginning from sunset around 20 june (20 december in the southern hemisphere) focus: full potency, illumination, mysteries revealed; healing, the height of joy, fulfilment, the need to seize the moment. the summer solstice has been celebrated in cultures as far apart as russia and north america, where sun dances were an assertion of power and courage and in a new form still bring healing to the nations and the earth. the height of the festival is the first light falling on the morning of the solstice, like a

ABRAMELIN1

rthography abra-melin to place on the title page, and i have adhered to the same in this introduction. as far as can be gathered from the text, the chief place of residence of abraham the jew after his travels was w rzburg, or, as it was called in the middle ages, herbipolis. he appears to have married his cousin, and by her to have had two sons, the elder, named joseph, whom he instructed in the mysteries of the holy qabalah, and lamech, the younger, to whom he bequeaths this system of sacred magic as a legacy, and to whom the whole of the first book is addressed. he speaks further of three daughters, to each of whom he gave 100,000 golden florins as a dowry. he expressly states that he obtained both his wife, and a treasure of 3,000,000 golden florins, by means of some of the magical ope

could not be the intention of abraham to decry, seeing that like his system they are founded on the secret knowledge of the qabalah; as this in its turn was derived from that mighty scheme of ancient wisdom, the initiated magic of egypt. for to any deep student at the same time of the qabalah and of modern egyptology, the root and origin of the former is evidently to be sought in that country of mysteries, the home of the gods whose symbols and classification formed so conspicuous a part of the sacred rites; and from which even to the present day, so many recipes of magic have descended. for we must make a very careful distinction between the really ancient egyptian magic, and the arabian ideas and traditions prevailing in egypt in recent times. i think it is the learned lenormant who poi

no need of enlightenment and of exposition, she being simple and right; be thou only obedient unto all that i shall say unto thee, contenting thyself with the simplicity thereof, be thou good and upright,4 and thou shalt acquire more wealth than i could know how to promise unto thee. may the only and most holy god grant unto all, the grace necessary to be able to comprehend and penetrate the high mysteries of the qabalah and of the law; but they should content themselves with that which the lord accordeth unto them; seeing that if against his divine will they wish to fly yet higher, even as did lucifer, this will but procure for them a most shameful and fatal fall. wherefore it is necessary to be extremely prudent, and to consider the intention which i have had in describing this method of

know how to understand the same sufficiently and perfectly as reason demanded. my father was always contented and satisfied with such a method of understanding the same, and he sought out no further the veritable science and magical art, which i undertake to teach thee and to expound unto thee. after his death, finding myself twenty years of age, i had a very great passion to understand the true mysteries of the lord; but of mine own strength i could not arrive at the end which i intended to attain. i learned that at mayence there was a rabbi who was a notable sage, and the report went that he possessed in full the divine wisdom. the great desire which i had to study induced me to go to seek him in order to learn from him. but this man also bad not received from the lord the gift, and a p

i intended to attain. i learned that at mayence there was a rabbi who was a notable sage, and the report went that he possessed in full the divine wisdom. the great desire which i had to study induced me to go to seek him in order to learn from him. but this man also bad not received from the lord the gift, and a perfect grace; because, although he forced himself to manifest unto me certain deep mysteries of the holy qabalah, he by no means arrived at the goal; and in his magic he did not in any way make use of the wisdom of the lord, but instead availed himself of certain arts and superstitions of infidel and idolatrous nations, in part derived from the egyptians,6 together with images of the medes and of the persians, with herbs of the arabians, together with the power of the stars and

ABRAMELIN2

r condition. chapter xi (to cause all kinds of books to be brought to one, and whether lost or stolen) our predecessors, from the commencement of the world, have written many and divers excellent books of the qabalah, whose value surpasseth that of all the riches of the world. these books have been for the most part lost by the providence or command of god, who hath not been willing that his high mysteries should be made public by such means; seeing that hereby through such books the worthy and unworthy can equally arrive at the enjoyment and possession of the secret things of the lord. some also have been burned in fires, or swept away by the waters, and other similar accidents (have occurred) through the evil spirits, who are jealous of man s possessing such great treasures, and of being

ABRAMELIN3

nother will be a man of letters; the spirits will inspire him with presumption, and he will then believe himself to be wiser even than the prophets, furthermore they will endeavour to lead him astray in subtle points in matters appertaining unto god, and will make (that man) fall into a thousand errors, the which afterwards when he wisheth to support he will very frequently deny god, and his high mysteries. the causes and matters whereof (the spirits) will make use to cause a man to waver are infinite, especially when the man attempteth to make them submit to his commands, and this is why it is most necessary to be upon one s guard and to distrust oneself, the true commandment will be that which will be given when he who commandeth shall have maturely reflected and considered who he is in

ADEPTUS MINOR INITIATION

he lower four, that answer unto the four elements" chief "associate adeptus minor, what is the emblem which i bear upon my breast" third "the complete symbol of the rose and cross" chief "mighty adeptus major, what is its meaning" second "it is the key of sigils and rituals, and represents the force of the 22 letters in nature, as divided into a three, a seven and a twelve. many and great are its mysteries" 6 chief "associate adeptus minor, what is the wand which thou bearest" third "a simple wand having the colors of the 12 signs of the zodiac between light and darkness and surmounted by the lotus flower of isis. it symbolizes the development of creation" chief "mighty adeptus major, thy wand and its meaning" second "a wand terminating in the symbol of the binary and surmounted by the tau

if ye be crucified with christ, ye shall also reign with him" second (marks heart in silence "let the aspirant be released from the cross of suffering. it is written that he who humbleth himself shall be exalted. v. h. frater hodos chamelionis, remove from the aspirant the chain of humility and the robe of mourning, and reinvest him with the crossed sashes. third "know then, oh aspirant, that the mysteries of the rose and the cross have existed from time immemorial, and that the rites were practiced and the wisdom taught in egypt, eleusis, samothrace, persia, chaldea and india, and in far more ancient lands. the story of the introduction to these mysteries into medieval europe has thus been handed down to us "in 1378 was born the chief and originator of our fraternity in europe. he was of

ted, and took the mystic title christian rosenkreutz, or christian of the rosy cross. he then so far improved his knowledge of the arabian tongue that in the following year he translated the book 'm' into latin, which he afterwards brought back with him to europe. after three years, he went on into egypt, where there was another temple of the order. there he remained for a time still studying the mysteries of nature. after this, he traveled by sea to the city of fessa, where he was welcomed at the temple there established, and he there obtained the knowledge and the acquaintance of the habitants of the elements, who revealed unto him many of their secrets "of the fraternity he confessed that they had not retained their wisdom in its primal purity, and that their qabala was to a certain ext

er also that in d, c and b we find the same mixture of nature. therefore, the four elements are bound to each kerubic emblem counterchanged with the color of the element wherein they operate; even as in the vision of ezekiel each kerub had four faces and four wings. forget not therefore that the tablets and the \ybwrk are the guardians of the tomb of the adepti. let thy tongue keep silence on our mysteries. restrain even the thought of thy heart lest a bird of the air carry the matter" 18 temple set up at 2nd point of the 5=6 ritual third "upon more closely examining the door of the tomb, you will perceive, even as frater n.n, and those with him did perceive, that beneath the cxx in the inscription were placed the characters ix thus: post cxx annos patebo ix this being equivalent to post a

is c, the letter of m forming thus the divine name hwchy, from tetragrammaton. therefore, by god's grace having come thus far, let us kneel down together (all kneel, joining wands above the altar) second "unto thee, sole wise, sole mighty and sole eternal one, be praise and glory forever, who has permitted this aspirant who now kneeleth before thee to penetrate thus far into the sanctuary of thy mysteries. not unto us, but unto thy name be the glory. let the influence of thy divine ones descend upon his head, and teach him the value of self-sacrifice, so that he shrink not in the hour of trial, but that thus his name may be written on high, and that his genius may stand in the presence of the holy ones, in that hour, when the son of man is invoked before the lord of spirits and his name i

ALEISTER CROWLEY ACROSS THE GULF

studied ever the nature of osiris, concentrating myself into mysterious pure symbols. i understood why it was said that isis had failed to discover the phallus of osiris, and thus perceived the necessity of horus to follow him in the great succession of the equinoxes. moreover i fashioned talismans of pure light concerning osiris, and i performed in light all the ceremonies of initiation into his mysteries. these were interpreted by wise men and translated into the language of the twilight and graven on stone and in the memories of men. page 41 gulf.txt yet was i even more intrigued in that great struggle to apprehend the course of things, as it is seen from the standpoint of destiny. sop that i might leave true and intelligible images to enlighten the mind of him (whether myself or anothe

ehind all manifestation of will and of intelligence, of whom isis and osiris and horus are but the ministers. of this, and of my death, i will speak on another occasion. but first i will discourse of the inhabitants of the kingdom that encircleth the world, so that they who fear may be comforted. chapter x but of these matters i am warned that i shall not now become aware, for that there be great mysteries therein contained, pertaining to a degree of initiation of which i am as yet unworthy. page 42 gulf.txt (thus the record comes abruptly to an end) pageomdedication on the one hundredth anniversary of the nativity of the poet aleister crowley 1875-1975 ad meiomrum cthulhi gloriam acknowledgements the editor would like to thank all of the people whose cooperation and dedication to unspeaka

ALEISTER CROWLEY AD MEIORUM CTHULHI GLORIAM

cerning craft etymology as presented in his book, the sufis. it is also not far-fetched to assume that these four beasts were known to the entire region of the middle east, as they appear on the sphinx in egypt, and have become the symbols of the four evangelists of the christian new testament- an ironic and splendid result of the ignorance of the greek religious historians concerning the ancient mysteries! probable the most inconsistent concept the sumerians possesses with reference to the craft is the naming of the goddess as a deity, not of the moon (as the craft would have it, but of the planet venus. the moon was governed by a male divinity, nanna (like inanna but minus the initial 'i, and was considered the father of the gods by the earliest sumerian religion. it should be noted, how

charted. i have lived in the deserts and the wastelands, and spoken with demons and the souls of slaughtered men, and of women who have dies in childbirth, victims of the she-fiend lammashta. i have traveled beneath the seas, in search of the palace of our master, and found the stone of monuments of vanquished civilisations, and deciphered the writings of some of these; while still others remain mysteries to any man who lives. and these civilisations were destroyed because of the knowledge contained in this book. i have traveled among the stars, and trembled before the gods. i have, at last, found the formulae by which i passed the gate arzir, and passed into the forbidden realms of the foul igigi. i have raised demons, and the dead. i have summoned the ghosts of my ancestors to real and

phemy, for enki is of our race as it is writ in the text of magan. but, perhaps, they called another, whose name i do not know. but surely it was not enki. and i have heard them calling all the names of the ancient ones, proudly, at their rites. and i have seen the blood split upon the ground and the mad dancing and the terrible cries as they yelled upon their gods to appear and aid them in their mysteries. and i have seen them turn the very moon's rays into liquid, the which they poured upon their stones for a purpose i could not divine. and i have seen them turn into many strange kinds of beast as they gathered in their appointed places, the temples of offal, whereupon horns grew from heads that had not horns, and teeth from mouths that had not such teeth, and hands become as the talons

e thy evil perfumes to be smelt amoung men i unclothe thy wickedness and evil and bring your sorceries to naught! it is not i, but nanakanisurra mistress of witches and the queen of heaven ishtar who command thee! and if these worshippers and sorcerers still come at thee, as it is possible, for their power comes from the stars, and who knows the ways of the stars, thou must call upon the queen of mysteries, nindinugga, who wilt surely save thee. and thou must make incantations with her title, which is nindinugga nimshimshargal enlillara. and it is enough merely to shout that name aloud, seven times, and she will come to thine aid. and remember that thou purify thy temple with the branches of cypress and of pine, and no evil spirit which haunteth buildings will cause habitation to be set up

ALEISTER CROWLEY BOOK OF LIES

exposition of my philosophy on every plane..my association with free masonry was therefore destined to be more fertile that almost any other study, and that in a way despite itself. a word should be pertinent with regard to the question of secrecy. it has become difficult for me to take this matter very seriously. knowing what the secret actually is, i cannot attach much importance to artificial mysteries. again, though the secret itself is of such tremendous import, and though it is so simple that i could disclose it..in a short paragraph, i might do so without doing much harm. for it cannot be used indiscriminately..i have found in practice that the secret of the o.t.o. cannot be used unworthily "it is interesting in this connection to recall how it came into my possession. it had occur

hieroglyph of the sun in the macrocosm, and in the microcosm of the lingam in conjunction with the yoni. this word alpha-iota-theta-eta-rho (aethyr) is therefore a perfect hierogly ph of the cosmos in terms of gnostic theology. the reader should consult la messe et ses mysteres, par jean 'marie de v (paris et nancy, 1844, for a complete demonstration of the incorporation of the solar and phallic mysteries in christianity. book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.com 180 [183] 87 kappa-epsilon-phi-alpha-lambda-eta pi-zeta mandarin-meals there is a dish of sharks' fins and of sea-slug, well set in birds' nests..oh! also there is a souffle most exquisite of chow-chow. these did i devise. but i have never tasted anything to match the) which she gave me before she went away. march 22

ALEISTER CROWLEY BOOK OF THE LAW

ra hoor khuit! i,53: this shall regenerate the world, the little world my sister, my heart& my tongue, unto whom i send this kiss. also, o scribe and prophet, though thou be of the princes, it shall not assuage thee nor absolve thee. but ecstasy be thine and joy of earth: ever to me! to me! i,54: change not as much as the style of a letter; for behold! thou, o prophet, shalt not behold all these mysteries hidden therein. i,55: the child of thy bowels, he shall behold them. i,56: expect him n ot from the east, nor from the west; for from no expected house cometh that child. aum! all words are sacred and all prophets true; save only that they understand a little; solve the first half of the equation, leave the second unattacked. but thou hast all in the clear light, and some, though not all

h drunkenness. to worship me take wine and strange drugs whereof i will tell my prophet& be drunk thereof! they shall not harm ye at all. it is a lie, this folly against self. the exposure of innocence is a lie. be strong, o man! lust, enjoy all things of sense and rapture: fear not that any god shall deny thee for this. ii,23: i am alone: there is no god where i am. ii,24: behold! these be grave mysteries; for there are also of my friends who be hermits. now think not to find them in the forest or on the mountain; but in beds of purple, caressed by magnificent beasts of women with large limbs, and fire and light in their eyes, and masses of flaming hair about them; there shall ye find them. ye shall see them at rule, at victorious armies, at all the joy; and there shall be in them a joy a

ll bring you to victory& joy: i will be at your arms in battle& ye shall delight to slay. success is your proof; courage is your armour; go on, go on, in my strength& ye shall turn not back for any! iii,47: this book shall be translated into all tongues: but always with the original in the writing of the beast; for in the chance shape of the letters and their position to one another: in these are mysteries that no beast shall divine. let him not seek to try: but one cometh after him, whence i say not, who shall discover the key of it all. then this line drawn is a key: then this circle squared in its failure is a key also. and abrahadabra. it shall be his child and that strangely. let him not seek after this; for thereby alone can he fall from it. iii,48: now this mystery of the letters is

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letter s, then the diagonal next to it ab, then the next diagonal ath, then the fourth diagonal, where is i with 8 21 (which indicates el, and we have the name sabathiel continuing the process, we get zedekiel madimiel semeliel nogahel corabiel levanael these names will be found in the pentagram and about it. these angels are the angels of the seven circles of heaven.5 these are but a few of the mysteries of this great seal sigillvm dei meth the symbolic representation of the universe 6 iii the shew-stone, a crystal which dee alleged to have been brought to him by angels, was then placed upon this table, and the principal result of the ceremonial skrying of sir edward kelly is the obtaining of the following diagrams, plates iii.-viii. he symbolized the four-dimensional universe in two dim

made a law to govern the holy ones, and delivered ye a rod, with the ark of knowledge. moreover you lifted up your voices and sware obedience and faith to him that liveth and triumpheth: whose beginning is not, nor end cannot be: which shineth as a flame in the midst of your palaces, and reigneth amongst you as the balance of righteousness and truth! move therefore, and shew yourselves! open the mysteries of your creation! be friendly unto me, for i am the servant of the same your god: the true worshipper of the highest! 169 words in this english call. the second key adagita vau-pa-ahe zodonugonu fa-a-ipe salada! vi-i-vau el! sobame ial-pereji i-zoda-zodazod pi-adapehe casarema aberameji ta ta-labo paracaleda qo-ta lores-el-qo turebesa ooge balatohe! giui cahisa lusada oreri od micalapape

ed 19 pillars of gladness, and gave them vessels to water the earth with her creatures; and they are the brothers of the first and second, and the beginning of their own seats, which are garnished with 69,636 ever-burning lamps: whose numbers are as the first, the ends, and the contents of time. therefore come ye and obey your creation: visit us in peace and comfort: conclude us receivers of your mysteries: for why? our lord and master is the all-one [invokes: nanta; the whole tablet of earth. the angle of e of e. the princess of the echoing hills, the rose of the palace of earth] the opening of the temple in the grade of 4 =78 give the sign of thoum-aesh-neith [knock] let us adore the lord and king of fire! tetragrammaton tzabaoth! blessed be thou! the leader of armies is thy name! amen [

mada, hoathahe i a i d a! the mighty seat ground, and there were five thunders that flew into the east. and the eagle spake and cried aloud: come away from the house of death! and they gathered themselves together and became12 (those) of whom it is measured, and it is as they are, whose number is 31. come away! for i have prepared (a place) for you. move therefore, and shew yourselves! unveil the mysteries of your creation. be friendly unto me, for i am the servant of the same your god: the true worshipper of the highest. the angle of e of c in the tablet of c. the princess of the waters, the lotus of the palace of the floods. the twelfth key nonuci dasonuf babaje od cahisa ob habaio tibibipe: alalare ataraahe od ef! dirix fafenu mianu ar enayo ovof! soba dooainu aai i vonupehe. zodacare

ar enayo ovof! soba dooainu aai i vonupehe. zodacare, gohusa, od zodameranu. odo cicale qaa! zodoreje, lape zodiredo noco mada, hoathahe i a i d a! o ye that range13 in the south and are as the 28 lanterns of sorrow, bind up your girdles and visit us! bring down your train 3663 (servitors, that the lord may be magnified, whose name amongst ye is wrath. move! i say, and shew yourselves! unveil the mysteries of your creation. be friendly unto me, for i am the servant of the same your god, the true worshipper of the highest. the angle of b of c in the tablet of c. the lord of the waves and the waters, the king of the hosts of the sea* v.l. any echoing time between. the forty-eight keys or calls 30 the thirteenth key napeai babajehe das berinu vax ooaona larinuji vonupehe doalime: conisa olalo

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d disguise. having discovered his identity, he will soon perceive his purpose. another process will show him how to make that purpose pure and powerful. he may then learn how to estimate his environment, learn how to make allies, how to make himself prevail against all powers whose error has caused them to wander across his path. in the course of this training, he will learn to explore the hidden mysteries of nature, and to develop new senses and faculties in himself, whereby he may communicate with, and control, beings and forces pertaining to orders of existence which xxiv have been hitherto inaccessible to profane research, and available only to that unscientific and empirical magick (of tradition) which i came to destroy in order that i might fulfil. i send this book into the world tha

he reader against the numerous false orders which have impudently assumed the name of rosicrucian. the masonic societas rosicruciana is honest and harmless; and makes no false pretences; if its members happen as a rule to be pompous busy-bodies, enlarging the borders of their phylacteries, and scrupulous about cleansing the outside of the cup and the platter; if the masks of the officers in their mysteries suggest the owl, the cat, the parrot, and the cuckoo, while the robe of their chief magus is a lion's skin, that is their affair. but those orders run by persons "claiming" to represent the true ancient fraternity are common swindles. the representatives of the late s. l. mathers (count mcgregor) are the phosphorescence of the rotten wood of a branch which was lopped off the tree at the

ur part will bring our work to naught. the same is exactly true of divination. the difference between the two sciences is not more than this: that, more minds having been at work on the former we have learnt to master its tricks with greater success than in the case of the latter- 176 chapter xix of dramatic rituals. the wheel turns to those effectual methods of invocation employed in the ancient mysteries and by certain secret bodies of initiates to-day. the object of them is almost invariably<universal. it would not be impracticable to adopt this method to such operations as talismanic magick. for example, one might consecrate and charge a pantacle by the communication by aiwaz to the scribe of the book of the law, the magician representing the angel, the panta

d conceived in a more or less material and personal fashion. these rituals are therefore well suited for such persons as are capable of understanding the spirit of magick as opposed to the letter. one of the great advantages of them is that a large number of persons may take part, so that there is consequently more force available; but it is important that they should all be initiates of the same mysteries, bound by the same oaths, and filled with the same aspirations. they should be associated only for this one purpose. such a company being prepared, the story of the god should be dramatised by a well-skilled poet accustomed to this form of composition. lengthy speeches and invocations should be avoided, but action should be very full. such ceremonies should be carefully rehearsed; but in

ible. its treatises, from the "asch metzareph" of the hebrews to the "chariot of antimony" are deliberately couched in hieratic riddles. ecclesiastical persecution, and the profanation of the secrets of power, were equally dreaded. worse still, from our point of view, this motive induced writers to insert intentionally misleading statements, the more deeply to bedevil unworthy pretenders to their mysteries. we do not propose to discuss any of the actual processes. most readers will be already aware that the main objects of alchemy were the philosopher's stone, the medicine of metals, and various tinctures and elixirs possessing divers virtues; in particular, those of healing disease, extending the span of life, increasing human abilities, perfecting the nature of man in every respect, conf

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ey's attitude toward race. refer to chapter lxxiii. 32 magic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 56 what you mean? surely the subject is difficult enough in any case- must you put on a mask to make it clear? i know you well enough by now to be sure that you will not fob me off with any holy-willie nonsense about the ineffable, about human language being inadequate to reveal such mysteries, about the necessity of constructing a new language to explain a new system of thought; of course i know that this had to be done in the case of chemistry, of higher mathematics, indeed of almost all technical subjects; but i feel that you have some other, deeper explanation in reserve. after all, most of what i am seeking to learn from you has been familiar to many of the great minds of

w lurid a flash! magic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 173 compare al ii, 26 "i am the secret serpent coiled about to spring: in my coiling there is joy. if i lift up my head, i and my nuit are one. if i droop down mine head, and shoot forth venom, then is rapture of the earth, and i and the earth are one" this versicle is deep, devilish deep; and it is chock-ablock with the mysteries of fascination. dig into this, dear sister! dig with your qabalistic trowel; don't blame me if you don't get a mandrake with the very first thrust! but most certainly i shall say nothing here. yes, indeed, nothing was ever more sternly forbidden than prattle on subjects like this! look! it goes right on "there is great danger in me; for who doth not understand these runes shall make a gr

rue will on the creative plane "by wisdom formed he the worlds" so soon as its thaumaturgy is accomplished, it is, through binah, understood as the logos. thus in sex we find every one of the primary correspondences of chokmah. being thus ineffable and sacrosanct, it is (plainly enough) peculiarly liable to profanation. being profaned, it is naturally more unspeakably nasty than any other of the "mysteries" you will find a good deal on this subject implied in artemis iota, attached to another of my letters to you. before tackling "sore spots" seriously, there is after all, one point which should be made clear as to this trinitarian simplification. one of the most interesting and fruitful periods of my life was when 35 i was involved in research as to the meaning of sankhara "tendencies" ma

poesy. dairy of a drug fiend, the- a true story of drug addicts who were cured of their affliction by a strict r gime and the constant guidance of a master. equinox, the vol. i, no. 1- 10 vol. iii, no. 1- contains an immense number and variety of official publications, rituals, treatises, etc. also special supplements such as the vision and the voice; translation of eliphas l vi's the key of the mysteries; sepher sephiroth; h. p. blavatsky's the voice of the silence, with a commentary by fr. o.m, etc, etc. vol. iii, 3- the equinox of the gods vol. iii, 4- eight lectures on yoga- the deepest book written on the subject of yoga. vol. iii, 5- the book of thoth- a masterpiece on the egyptian tarot, with appendices, and designs with an entirely new pack of tarot cards, executed by frieda harri

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the earth, tending a garden. this mystery is all too complex to be elucidated in these fragments of impure thought; it is a suitable subject for meditation. 88 an interlude every nursery rime contains profound magical secrets which are open to every one who has made a study of the correspondences of the holy qabalah. to puzzle out an imaginary meaning for this "nonsense" sets one thinking of the mysteries; one enters into deep contemplation of holy things and god himself leads the soul to a real illumination. hence also the necessity of incarnation; the soul must descend into all falsity in order to attain all-truth. for instance: old mother hubbard went to her cupboard to get her poor dog a bone; when she got there, the cupboard was bare, and so the poor dog had none. who is this ancient

th must be separated from it by the philosophical stone, and then christus, the anointed one, makes it whole once more "solve et coagula" it is noticeable that this takes place at the arrest of christ, who is the son, the ruach, immediately before his crucifixion. the calvary cross should be of six squares, an unfolded cube, which cube is this same philosophical stone. meditation will reveal many mysteries which are concealed in this symbol. the sword or dagger is attributed to air, all-wandering, all-penetrating, but unstable; not a phenomenon subtle like fire, not a chemical combination like water, but a mixture of gases<air would be too fierce for life; it must be largely diluted with the inert nitrogen. the rational mind supports life, but about seventy-nin

blue, the blue of the night sky: it is embroidered with golden stars, and with roses and lilies. around the hem, its tail in its mouth, is the great serpent, while upon the front from neck to hem falls the arrow described in the vision of the fifth aethyr. this robe is lined with purple silk on which is embroidered a green serpent coiled from neck to hem. the symbolism of this robe treats of high mysteries which must be studied in liber ccxx and liber cdxviii; but having thus dealt with special robes, let us consider the use of the robe in general. the robe is that which conceals, and which protects the magician from the elements; it is the silence and secrecy with which he works, the hiding of himself in the occult life of magick and meditation. this is the "going away into the wilderness

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therhood had been nigh utterly destroyed by a great sorcery of the black lodge, and the darkening of all counsel, and the confusion of all truth. i saw only one glimmer bare legible: plotinus. and at the end of the darkness, amid many names which i could not read, jacobus burgundus molensis. for his name was in letters of fire. did not the order of the temple prepare the renaissance by fusing the mysteries of the east and west? then there burst out on a sudden a whiteness on the chart, as if the stain had been expunged (albeit not wholly by the sweep of steel) and this word writ in curving characters scimitar-sharp mohammed. next was a name sore blurred: sir edward kelly, with one writ in cipher. and in the centre of all, within the emblem of a ruby rose of five petals upon a golden cross

child, who dieth not, nor is reborn, the heart of the master get any book for free on: www.abika.com 18 but goeth radiant ever upon his way. even so goeth the sun: for as it is now known that night is but the shadow of the earth, so death is but the shadow of the body, that veileth his light from its bearer. of this prophet the word is thelema (spelled in greek letters) many and marvelous are the mysteries of this word, and of the numeration thereof! nor may i declare them, save this the simplest, for the sake of little children "love is the law, love under will" the chart was suddenly furled close, and mine instructor bade me turn: for there had come into that place a maiden like a golden rose, with curling locks and ruddy, and her breasts were of bright ivory, and her gait the gait of a

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en, seven days later he came striding past them without greeting. he went to his 'house' and shut himself up, was never seen or heard again, but was assuredly living at the time of the 'catastrophe. this man founded a school of philosophy, or rather, it founded itself on what it supposed him to have discovered; and this school disputes with the orthodox the credit of the final success. the lesser mysteries of the high house were concerned almost entirely with the creation of life, and the bridging of the gulf between earth and venus. these were connected intimately; the theory was that if atlantean brains could exist in bodies sufficiently subtle to traverse aether, the task was done. some of the experiments were crude enough, and, to our minds, horrible. they attempted to breed a new race

thout any precautions. it must, i think, be presumed that the zro generated in the high house was again of far greater purity and potency. very little of it can have been used in the experiments of the magicians, and it is therefore necessary to account for enormous quantities, produced during many centuries of uninterrupted labour. i have, however, no data of any kind for this investigation; the mysteries of the high house have ever been inscrutable, and were not wholly delivered to the heirs of atlas. they must be rediscovered by the magicians of the new race. it may be that in some form or other the zro had been made stable, and used to impregnate the column which is alleged to have been driven 'through the earth; perhaps, and less improbably, only to the depth of a few hundred miles. t

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s book is called l. l is the sacred letter in the holy twelve-fold table which forms the triangle that stabilizes the universe. see "liber 418. l is the letter of libra, balance, and 'justice' in the taro. this title should probably be "al "el, as the 'l' was heard of the voice of aiwaz, not seen "al" is the true name of the book, for these letters, and their number 31, form the master key to its mysteries. in order that the ethical and philosophical comment should be "understanded of the common people, without interruption, i have decided to transfer to an appendix weh note: the appendix has not yet been recovered. all considerations drawn from the numerical system of cipher which is interspersed with the more straightforward matter of this book. in that appendix will be found an account

ment should be "understanded of the common people, without interruption, i have decided to transfer to an appendix weh note: the appendix has not yet been recovered. all considerations drawn from the numerical system of cipher which is interspersed with the more straightforward matter of this book. in that appendix will be found an account of the character of this cipher, called "qabalah, and the mysteries thus indicated; because of the impracticability of communicating them in verbal form, and of the necessity of proving to the student that the author of the book is possessed of knowledge beyond any yet acquired by man. the first chapter al i,1 "had! the manifestation of nuit" the old comment 1. compare ii.1, the complement of this verse. in nu is had concealed; by had is nu manifested. n

stoms among exogamic tribes, for which see "the golden bough. thus one europa, semele and others claimed that zeus- air<<zeus obtained air for his kingdom in the partition with hades, who took fire, and poseidon, who took water. shu is the egyptian god of the firmament. there is a great difficulty here, etymologically. zeus is connected with iao, abrasax, and the dental sibilant gods of the great mysteries, with the south and hadit, ada, set, saturn, adonai, attis, adonis; he is even the "jesus, slain with the lance, whose blood is collected in a cup. yet he is also to be identified with the opposite party of the north and nuit, with the "john" slain with the sword, whose flesh is placed upon a disk, in the lesser mysteries, baptizing with water as "jesus" with fire, with on, oannes, noah

y this book, should enable the mind to transcend its "normal" trammels. it will no doubt be objected that these speculations, even if correct, are sterile; or, even worse, discouraging to that study of the relations between phenomena which has been the basis of all advance in knowledge. i might deny the reality of the progress, since it has only exposed the self-contradictions, and emphasized the mysteries, which beset us. but i prefer to take my stand on the ground that we have been totally wrong, hitherto, in our fundamental attitude to the universe. the only possible issue from the vicious circle wherein we are penned is to refuse resolutely to allow ourselves to accept (1) the evidence of our senses (2) the pleadings of our minds (3) the reactions between phenomena as tokens of truth

ll the many races of the world understand this. the love of liber legis is always bold, virile, even orgiastic. there is delicacy, but it is the delicacy of strength. mighty and terrible and glorious as it is, however, it is but the pennon upon the sacred lance of will, the damascened inscription upon the swords of the knightmonks of thelema. love is the law, love under will" there are many other mysteries in this word, so that it is impossible to write a full commentary. the book aleph (wisdom or folly) is almost wholly devoted to its explanation. let every star see to it that its own life is a wise comment on this word "three grades. there is a very curious parallel to this passage in mr. aldous huxley's "crome yellow" chap. xxii. he works out a theory of a "rational state" on precisely

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rom the profane; how splendid its secrets to the initiate! verily and amen! yet here we are at the old dilemma, that one must know truth before one can rely upon the qabalah to show truth. like the immortal burglar: bill wouldn t hurt a baby he s a pal as you can trust. he s all right when yer know im; but yer ve got to know im fust. so those who have committed themselves to academic study of its mysteries have found but a dry stick: those who have understood (favoured of god) have found therein aaron s rod that budded, the staff of life itself, yea, the venerable lingam of mahasiva! it is for us to trace the researches of frater p. in the qabalah, to show how from this storehouse of child s puzzles, of contradictions and incongruities, of paradoxes and trivialities, he discovered the very

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st. for he was no persuaded that he himself was the first beast, and would ask the sceptic to count his seven heads and ten horns. the heads, however, rarely totted up accurately. at this point the accounts of mr. turle and mathilde diverge slightly. the cleric affirms that he was induced by a tartar lady, of an honourable and ancient profession, to accompany her to tibet to be initiated into the mysteries. he was, of course, robbed and murdered with due punctuality, in the town of kiev. mathilde s story is that he travelled to kiev on the original quest, and died of typhoid or cholera. in any case, he died at kiev in 1839. this fixes the date of the child s birth at 1837. his faithful nurse conveyed him safely to england, where his relatives provided for his maintenance and education. wit

an idea of the progression of diabolism as it really is, not as it is painted. note also (1) the increase of selfishness in pleasure (2) the diminution of his sensibility to physical charms. pure and sane is his early work; then he is carried into the outer current of the great vortex of sin, and whirls lazilky though the sleepy waters of mere sensualism; the pace quickens, he grows fierce in the mysteries of sapphism and the cult of venus aversa with women; later of the same forms of vice with men, all mingled with wild talk of religious dogma and a general exaltation of priapism at the expense, in particular, of christianity, in which religion, however, he is undoubtedly a believer till the last (the pious will quote james ii. 19, and the infidel will observe that he died in an asylum; t

sa with women; later of the same forms of vice with men, all mingled with wild talk of religious dogma and a general exaltation of priapism at the expense, in particular, of christianity, in which religion, however, he is undoubtedly a believer till the last (the pious will quote james ii. 19, and the infidel will observe that he died in an asylum; then the full swing of the tide catches him, the mysteries of death become more and more an obsession, and he is flung headlong into sadism, necrophilia, notes 59 all the maddest, fiercest vices that the mind of fiends ever brought up from the pit. but always to the very end his power is unexhausted, immense, terrible. his delerium does not amuse; it appals! a man who could conceive as he did must himself have had some glorious chord in his hear

nd tyndall have prophesied this before i was born; sometimes in vague language, once or twice clearly enough; to me it is a source of the utmost concern that their successors should not always see eye to eye with them in this respect. professor ray lankester, in crushing the unhappy theists of the recent times controversy, does not hesitate to say that science can never throw any light on certain mysteries. even the theist is justified in retorting that science, if this be so, may as well be discarded; for these are problems which must ever intrude upon the human mind upon the mind of the scientist most of all. to dismiss them by an act of will is at once heroic and puerile: courage is as necessary to progress as any quality that we possess; and as courage is in either case required, the c

ur intellectual assent. but i assert my strong conviction that ere long we shall have done enough of what is after all the schoolmaster work of correcting the inky and ill-spelt exercises of the theological dunces in that great class-room, the world; and found a little peace while they play in the intimate solitude of the laboratory and the passionless rapture of research research into those very mysteries of nature which our dunces have solved by a rule of thumb; determining the nature of a bee by stamping on it, and shouting bee; while we patiently set to work with microscopes, and say nothing till be know, nor more than need be when we do. but i am myself found guilty of this r le of schoolmaster: i will now therefore shut the doors and retire again into the laboratory where my true lif

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of madame de steiger, which they have freely quoted] it is necessary, my dear brothers, to give you a clear idea of the interior order; of that illuminated community which is scattered throughout the world, but which is governed by one truth and united in one spirit. this community possesses a school, in which all who thirst for knowledge are instructed by the spirit of wisdom itself; and all the mysteries of nature are preserved in this school for the children of light. perfect knowledge of nature and of humanity is taught in this school. it is from her that all truths penetrate into the world; she is the school of all who search for wisdom, and it is in this community alone that truth and the explantation of all mystery are to be found. it is the most hidden of communities, yet it contai

who is within can teach another to seek for it; but only he who is fit can arrive within. unprepared men occasion disorder in a community, and disorder is not compatible with the sanctuary. thus it is impossible to profane the sanctuary, since admission is not formal but real. worldly intelligence seeks this sanctuary in vain; fruitless also will be the efforts of malice to penetrate these great mysteries; all is indecipherable to him who is not ripe; he can see nothing, read nothing in the interior. he who is fit is joined to the chain, perhaps often where he though least likely, and at a point of which he knew nothing himself. to become fit should be the sole effort of him who seeks wisdom. but there are methods by which fitness is attained, for in this holy communion is the primitive s

in the interior. he who is fit is joined to the chain, perhaps often where he though least likely, and at a point of which he knew nothing himself. to become fit should be the sole effort of him who seeks wisdom. but there are methods by which fitness is attained, for in this holy communion is the primitive storehouse of the most ancient and original science of the human race, with the primitive mysteries also of all science. it is the unique and really illuminated community which is absolutely in possession of the key to all mystery, which knows the centre and source of all nature. it is a society which unites superior strength to its own, and counts its members from more than one world. it is the society whose members form the republic of genius, the regent mother of the whole world. 13

w obscure and subtle has our simile become! can we attach any true meaning to the phrase? i doubt it, seeing what we have taken for the limits of the swing. true, it may be that at the end the swing is always 360 so that the!-point and the?-point coincide; but that is not the same thing as having no swing at all, unless we make kinematics identical with statics. what is to be done? how shall such mysteries be uttered? is this how it is that the true path of the wise is said to lie in a totally different plane from all his advance in the path of knowledge, and of trance? we have already been obliged to take the fourth dimension to illustrate (if not explain) the nature of samadhi. ah, say the adepts, samadhi is not the end, but the beginning. you must regard samadhi as the normal state of m

liver, and connecting them with names connoting bodily affliction, is altogether illogical and inconsistent. prof. william james. 141 and there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, rise, and measure the temple of god and the altar, and them that worship therein "rev" xi. 1. 142 preface the question "ave" there must have been a time in the life of every student of the mysteries when he has paused whilst reading the work or the life of some well-known mystic, a moment of perplexity in which, bewildered, he has turned to himself and asked the question "is this one telling me the truth" still more so does this strike us when we turn to any commentative work upon mysticism, such as r c jac's "bases of the mystic knowledge" or william james's "varieties of religious

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n to the immense amount of important material that awaits publication. there is the sepher sephiroth, referred to in this section of the temple of solomon the king; the complete writings of dr dee and sir edward kelly; a tremendous volume on the tarot; du potet's "magic unveiled" translated by john yarker, the venerable grand master general of the a. and p. rite of masonry; the key of the greater mysteries, by eliphas 1 levi, and many other important mss. all this has cost untold labour to me and my colleagues; but the difficulties of editing and publishing still confront us. i am therefore appealing for helpers among those who are interested in the clear and scholarly statement of what the famous adepts of the past have thought and handed down, either by word or pen* 777 is almost out of

ras associated in the mind with place. also there is perhaps a certain intangible yet operative atmosphere of thought which clings to place sin which definite acts have been done, definite thoughts constantly repeated. it is for this reason that we have a great sense of quiet and peace when we go to a monastery. the monastery is a place where life is protected, where men think deeply of the great mysteries of life and death; it is the home of those who are devoted to the practice of this meditation, it is the centre of the religious life of the people. when the people want to make merry, they have "pwes" and things in their own houses, 42 in the village; but when they feel religiously inclined, then they go to their monastery. so the great bulk of the thoughts which arise in a monastery ar

the profane; how splendid its secrets to the initiate! verily and amen! yet here we are at the old dilemma, that one must know truth before one can rely upon the qabalah to show truth. like the immortal burglar "bill wouldn't hurt a baby- he's a pal as you can trust, he's all right when yer know 'im; but yer've got to know 'im fust" so those who have committed themselves to academic study of its mysteries have found but a dry stick: those who have understood (favoured of god) have found therein aaron's rod that budded, the staff of life itself, yea, the venerable lingam of mahasiva! it is for us to trace the researches of frater p. in the qabalah, to show how from this storehouse of child's puzzles, of contradictions and incongruities, of paradoxes and trivialities, he discovered the very

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of man. close we our ears, lest we hear the cry of woman. let none speak of it: let none write it: i, i am troubled, my eyes are moist with dews of terror: surely the bitterness of death is past. and i turned me to the south and lo! a great lion as wounded and perplexed. he cried: i have conquered! let the sons of earth keep silence; for my name is become as that of death! when will men learn the mysteries of creation? how much more those of the dissolution (and the pang of fire? i turned me to the west and there was a great bull; white with horns of white and black and gold. his mouth was scarlet and his eyes as sapphire stones. with a great sword he shore the skies asunder, and amid the silver flashes of the steel grew lightnings and deep clouds of indigo. 7 he spake: it is finished! my

of mother-of-pearl, and upon whose backs are castles, those castles which ye call the watch-towers of the universe. let me dwell in peace within the breast of the angel that is warden of the aethyr. let not the shame of my mother be 12 unveiled. let not her be put to shame that lieth among the lilies that are beyond the stars. o man, that must ever be opening, when wilt thou learn to seal up the mysteries of the creation? to fold thyself over thyself as a rose in the embrace of night? but thou must play the wanton to the sun, and the wind must tear thy petals from thee, and the bee must rob thee of thy honey, and thou must fall into the dusk of things. amen and amen. verily the light is hidden, therefore he who hideth himself is like unto the light; but thou openest thyself; thou art like

accomplish the sevenfold task of the earth, even as thou sawest the angels from the greatest unto the least. and of all this shalt thou take back with thee but a little part, for the sense shall be darkened, and the shrine re-veiled. yet know this for thy reproof, and for the stirring up of discontent in them whose swords are of lath, that in every word of this vision is concealed the key of many mysteries, even of being, and of knowledge, and of bliss; of will, of courage, of wisdom, and of silence, and of that which, being all these, is greater than all these. begone! for the night of life is fallen upon thee. and the veil of light hideth that which is. with that, i suddenly see the world as it is, and i am very sorrowful. bou-saada "november" 28, 1909. 4-6 p.m. 36("note- you do not come

without thought (the shew-stone is pressed upon my forehead and causes intense pain; as i go on from aethyr to aethyr, it seems more difficult to open the aethyr. the golden cross has become a little narrow door, and an old man like the hermit of the taro has opened it and come out. i ask him for admission: and he shakes his head kindly, and says: it is not given to flesh and blood to unveil the mysteries of the aethyr, for therein are the chariots of fire. and the tumult of the horsemen; whoso entereth here may never look on life again with equal eyes. i insist. 47 the little gate is guarded by a great green dragon. and now the whole wall is suddenly fallen away; there is a blaze of the chariots and the horsemen; a furious battle is raging. one hears nothing but the clash of steel and th

the servant of them that dwell therein. though all crowns fall, mine shall 49 not fall; for my plumes reach up unto the knees of him that sitteth upon the holy throne, and liveth and reigneth for ever and ever as the balance of righteousness and truth. i am the angel of the moon. i am the veiled one that sitteth between the pillars veiled with a shining veil, and on my lap is the open book of the mysteries of the ineffable light. i am the aspiration unto the higher; i am the love of the unknown. i am the blind ache within the heart of man. i am the minister of the sacrament of pain. i swing the censer of worship, and i sprinkle the waters of purification. i am the daughter of the house of the invisible. i am the priestess of the silver star. and she catches me up to her as a mother catches

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nd of energy sammav yamo which gives alike the desire to perform more definitely and exclusively the great work, and the capacity to achieve success. it is in any case remarkable that i was born in october (18- suffered the terrible mystic trance which turned me toward the path in october (18- applied for admission to g. d. in october (18- opened my temple at b--e in 7 october (18- received the mysteries of l.i.l. in october (19- and obtained the grade of 6 5 obtained the first true mystic results in october (19- first landed in egypt in october (19- landed again in egypt in october (19- first parted from in october (19- wrote the b.-i-m. in october (19- and obtained the grade of 7 4 received the great initiation in october 19- and, continuing, received in october 19- so then in th

f the visible triad that is crossed with the invisible behold the hexagram of solomon the king! all this the hiereus seals with a knock and at the hegemon's new summons he to his surprise finds himself as the hanged man of the tarot. each point of the figure thus formed they crown with light, until he glitters with the flame of the spirit. 38 thus and not otherwise is he made a partaker of the mysteries, and the lightning flash strikes him. the lord hath descended from heaven with a shout and with the voice of the archangel, and the trump of god. he is installed in the throne of the double kingdom, and he wields the wand of double power by the sings of the grade. he is recognized an initiate, and the word of secret power, and the silent administration of the sacrament of sword and flame

ically sealed by the thirty voices, and the word that vibrateth from the silence to the speech, and from the speech again unto the silence. then the pyramid is sealed up, even as it was opened; yet in the sealing thereof the three men partake in a certain mystical manner of the eucharist of the four elements that are consumed for the perfection of the oil. knox om pax.[with these mystic words the mysteries eleusinian were sealed. ed. 10.0. having written out this explanation, i will read it through and meditate solemnly thereupon. all this i wrote in the might of the secret ring committed unto me by the masters; so that all might be absolutely correct. one thing strikes me as worthy of mention. last night when i went into the restaurant to speak to 39 r--d, my distaste for food was so inte

journey. he must assuredly drink blood for the sacrament ah! now i see it all so well! the initiator must kill him, osiris; he must rise again as horus and kill the initiator, taking his place in the ceremony thence to the end. a bit awkward technically, but 'twill yield to science. they did it of old by a certain lake in italy! well, all this is dog-faced demon, ever seducing me from the sacred mysteries. i can't go out and kill anybody at this time o'night! we might make a start, 48 though, with a little scourging, torturing, and branding by fire. anything for a quiet life! 11.0. but scourging oneself is not easy with a robe on; and though one could take it off, there is this point to be considered: that one can never (except by a regrettable accident) hurt oneself more than one wants t

eally big ones. i am quite happy as a result of my little ceremony whereas i ought to be taking new and terrible oaths! yet why should tahuti be so kind to me, and asar un-nefer so unkind? the answer comes direct from tahuti himself: because you have learned to write perfectly, but have not yet taught yourself to suffer. true enough, the last part! asar un-nefer, thou perfected one, teach me thy mysteries! let my members be torn by set and devoured by sebek and typhon! let my blood be poured out upon nile, and my flesh be given to besz to devour! let my phallus be concealed in the maw of mati, and my crown be divided among my brethren! let the jaws of apep grind me into poison! let the sea of poison swallow me wholly up! let asi my mother rend her robes in anguish, and nepti weep for me u

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rouerist. and the invisible station of arouerist may therefore be said to be that of the immediate past hierophant. the officers and the stations of the officers "the hierophant" the place of the hierophant is in the east of the temple on the outer side of paroketh to rule the temple under the presidency of the chiefs. he fills the place of the lord of the path, acting as inductor into the sacred mysteries. his symbols and insignia are: the throne of the east in the path of hb:samekh without the veil. the mantle of bright flame-red; the crown-headed sceptre; the banner of the east; the great lamen "expounder of the sacred mysteries" is the name of the hierophant: and he is aeshuri-st "the osiris in the nether world" illustration "diagram 5. the banner of the east10" this is a banner; top i

onfines of matter at the borders of the qliphoth. he is throned upon matter and robed in darkness; and about his feet are the thunder and the lightning, which two forces are symbolised by the impact of the paths of hb:shin and hb:qof (fire, pisces, terminating respectively in the russet and olive quarters of malkuth. there, therefore, is he placed as a mighty and avenging guardian unto the sacred mysteries. his symbols and insignia are: the throne of the west at the limits of malkuth; the robe of darkness; the sword; the banner of the west; the lamen "avenger of the gods" is the name of the hiereus, and he is "horus in the city of blindness" and of ignorance unto the higher. illustration "diagram 7. the banner of the west" this is a black banner; top is aprox. 7/8ths length of sides. sides

250 in order to warn the evil and uninitiated to retire so that the triangle may be formulated upon the altar. the hierophant then calls upon all present to assist him in opening the hall of the neophytes, and bids the kerux see that the hall is properly guarded. 12 more fluidic. 13 or caduceus "see" diagram 24. 14 or fylfat "see" diagram 14. 15 the same as "eskato bebeloi" used in the eleusinian mysteries. the fratres and sorores of the order then give the sign of the neophyte, after which the hiereus explains that the names of the three chief officers commence with "the letter of breath" h. but that in the name osiris, the h is silent, and concealed, as it were shrouded in o. in the name horus it is manifested and violently aspirated; while in the name themis it is partly one and partly

tation the hierophant says "my place is on the throne of the east, which symbolises the rise of the sun of life and light. my duty is to rule and govern this hall in accordance with the laws of the order. the red colour of my robe symbolises light: my insignia are the sceptre and the banner of the east, which signify power and light, mercy and wisdom: and my office is that of the expounder of the mysteries" then follows the purification of the hall and the members by water and by fire, after which the hierophant orders the mystic circumambulation to take place in the path of light. the procession of officers and members is then formed in the north, in readiness for the mystic circumambulation in the path of light. it is formed in the north beginning from the station of the stolistes, the s

t admission to this order" the "hegemon" answers for the candidate "my soul is wandering in the darkness seeking for the light of occult knowledge, and i believe that in this order the knowledge of that light may be obtained" whereupon the "hierophant" asks the candidate whether he is willing "in the presence of this assembly to take a great and solemn obligation to keep inviolate the secrets and mysteries of our order" to which the candidate himself replies "i am" the hierophant now advances between the pillars as if thus asserting that the judgment is concluded "and he advanceth by the invisible station of harpocrates unto that of the evil triad; so that as arouerist19 he standeth upon the opposer" he thus cometh to the east of the altar, interposing between the place of the evil triad a

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"cannabis indica" ii "labour thou around the strophalos of hecate" zoroaster. in 1898-1899 i had just left cambridge and was living in rooms in chancery lane, honoured by the presence of allan bennett (now bhikkhu ananda metteyya) as my guest. 35 together for many months we studied and practised ceremonial magic, and ransacked the ancient books and mss. of the reputed sages for a key to the great mysteries of life and death. not even fiction was neglected, and it was from fiction that we gathered one tiny seed-fact, which (in all these years) has germinated to the present essay. through the ages we found this one constant story. stripped of its local and chronological accidents, it usually came to this- the writer would tell of a young man, a seeker after the hidden wisdom, who, in one cir

gate, clear up the matter once for all, and, as i believed, and believe, arm itself with a new weapon ten thousand times more potent than the balance and the microscope. imagine me, therefore, if you please, selecting these few facts from the millions of others in the armoury of my brain, dovetailing them, and at last formulating an hypothesis verifiable by experiment. iii "but i evolve all these mysteries in the profound abyss of mind- zoroaster. this was my hypothesis "perhaps hashish is the drug which 'loosens the girders of the soul' but is in itself neither good nor bad. perhaps, as baudelaire thinks, it merely exaggerates and distorts the natural man and his mood of the moment" the whole of 38 ludlow's wonderful introspection seemed to me to fortify this suggestion "well, then, let m

herein is established the throne of an evil and fatal force "stay not on the precipice with the dross of matter, for there is a place for thy image in a realm ever splendid "invoke not the visible image of the soul of nature "look not upon nature, for her name is fatal "it becometh you not to behold them before your body is initiated, since by always alluring they seduce the souls from the sacred mysteries "bring her not forth, lest in departing she retain something "the light-hating world, and the winding currents by which many are drawn down- zoroaster. it may be useful here to distinguish once and for all between false and real mystical phenomena; for in the 64 previous section we have spoken of both without distinction. in the "astral visions" the consciousness is hardly disturbed; in

ietly writing. one feels, too, like the old woman in theresa raquin, dumb and paralysed even while bursting with the tremendous secret. small wonder than if the adepts demand years of training before the things themselves are 75 thought "look not upon the visible image of the soul of nature; for her name is fatality; it becometh not thy body to behold her, until it be first cleansed by the sacred mysteries" the methods most practical and easy of obtaining these states are principally as follow: first, the cultivation of the "magical memory" the practice is to remember the events of the day backwards "i.e, first dinner, then tea, lunch, and breakfast. except, of course, that by this time one has abandoned meals for ever! the memory acquires the habit, and eventually goes on working backward

nge, and neither-change-nor-not- change were all four perceived at once; and indeed some authors have done something very like this; but, between you and me, i don't believe they knew anything about it; and as i certainly don't know anything myself, if it's all the same to you, i'd rather leave the subject alone. we really can't have another hargrave jennings on "the rosicrucians: their rites and mysteries" so there the matter must rest. i have added this section for the sake of completeness; but it is all hearsay. i am too blind to see the necessity of the section at all; i am far from convinced that the vin n anam phenomena do not represent finality; so stupendous are they that even to one who is accustomed to them it must always be difficult to imagine a state not merely beyond them but

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unto thee! either thy love or thine anger, all must again re-enter; for nothing canst thou lose; all must tend unto thy honour and majesty. thou art lord alone, and there is none beside thee! thou dost what thou wilt with thy mighty arm, and none can escape from thee! thou alone helpest in their necessity the humble, the meek-hearted and the poor, who 3 weh note: this is the cry of the dionysian mysteries. it was shouted to warn the uninitiated that the new candidates were about to run amuck. rough translation "look out! look out! here come the drunks" submit themselves unto thee; and whosoever humbleth himself in dust and ashes before thee, to such an one art thou propitious! who would not praise thee then, lord of the universe! who would not extol thee! unto whom there is no like, whose

is disobedience and mockery of the divine and terrible names of god the vast one [assistant magus does this] hear ye my curse, o lords of the twofold manifestation of thmaist. i have evoked the spirit taphthartharath in due form by the formulae of thoth. but he obeys not, he makes no strong manifestation. wherefore bear ye witness and give ye power unto my utter condemnation of the mocker of your mysteries. i curse and blast thee, o thou spirit taphthartharath. i curse thy life and blast thy being. i consign thee unto the lowest hell of abaddon. by the whole power of the order of the rose of ruby and the cross of gold_ for that thou hast failed at their behest, and hast mocked by thy disobedience at their god-born knowledge_ by that order which riseth even unto the white throne of god hims

ified and enlightened, more capable of receiving the influx of that divine spirit which dwells in the heart of man and god [s.s.d.d. now formulates the desires as follows] o thou great potent spirit taphthartharath, i do command and very potently conjure thee by the majesty of thoth, the great god, lord of amena, king and lord eternal of the magic of light: that thou teach unto us continually the mysteries of the art of magic, declaring unto us now in what best manner may each of us progress towards the accomplishment of the great work. teach us the mysteries of all the hidden arts and sciences which are under the dominion of mercury, and finally swear thou by the great magic sigil 189 that i hold in my hand, that thou wilt in future always speedily appear before us; coming whensoever thy

of my soul; thee i invoke! come thou forth unto me, who art my very selfhood; mine essence, my light: and do thou guard me and guide me through the manifold paths of life: that i may at length become one with thine immortal and imperishable essence! unto thee, sole wise, sole mighty, and sole eternal one, be praise and glory for ever; who hast permitted me to enter so far in the sanctuary of thy mysteries. not unto me, but unto thy name be the glory! let the influence of thy divine ones descend upon my head, and teach me the value of self-sacrifice: so that i shrink not in the hour of trial; but that my name may be written upon high, and that my genius may stand in the presence of the holy one: in that hour when the son of man is evoked before the lord of spirits; and his name in the pres

, and deliver! deliver me from that god that feedeth upon the damn d, dog-faced but human-headed; 200 that dwelleth by the pool of fire in the judgment hall, devourer of shades, eater of hearts, the invisible foe! devourer of immortality is his name! unto thee, sole wise, sole mighty, and sole eternal one, be praise and glory for ever: who hast permitted me to enter so far in the sanctuary of the mysteries. not unto me, but unto thy name be the glory [again finish by laying sword on nape of neck, saying: so help me th e lord of the universe and my own higher soul [rise now, and raise above thine head thy hands (the left open and the right still holding the magic sword, and lifting unto heaven thine eyes, strive to aspire with all thy will unto the highest divinity, saying] from thy hands

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ictis" he yokes you. but the fool! however, we digress and progress not. i ought to be relating a personal experience. one night, one sleepless night, i was allowing my eternal enemies, the harpies to whom i have already referred, the following of their fancy for a while. they were poachy enough for me not to fear them. earlier in the evening i and a few friends had been discussing affinities and mysteries, among other subjects, and as i lay in bed one of the recent mysteries gave mental food to the harpies. my thoughts were of course utterly passive and need no record. but something which subsequently happened causes me to mention this. let me recall the main facts of the brighton murder. on the night of the crime there had been a dinner-party at the house of mrs. ridley. towards midnight

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ach our knowledge; we are mocked by speech. so lewdly mocked, that all this word seems dead, a cloudy crystal blurred, though it cling closer to life's heart than the best rhapsodies of art! olympas. yet speak! marsyas. ah, could i tell thee of these infinite things of light and love! there is the peacock; in his fan innumerable plumes of pan! oh! every plume hath countless eyes_ crown of created mysteries- each holds a peacock like the first. olympas. how can this be? 28 marsyas. the mind's accurst. it cannot be. it is. behold, battalion on battalion rolled! there is war in heaven! the soul sings still, struck by the plectron of the will; but the mind's dumb; its only cry the shriek of its last agony! olympas. surely it struggles. marsyas. bitterly! and, mark! it must be strong to die! th

st thy lot into the lap of god? then, well! olympas. ay, there is no more potent spell. through life, through death, by land and sea most surely will i follow thee. marsyas. follow thyself, not me. thou hast an holy guardian angel, bound to lead thee from thy bitter waste 38 to the inscrutable profound that is his covenanted ground. olympas. thou who hast known these master-keys of all creation's mysteries, tell me, what followed the great gust of god that blew his world to dust? marsyas. i, even i the man, became as a great sword of flashing flame. my life, informed with holiness, conscious of its own loveliness, like a well that overflows at the limit of the snows, sent its crystal stream to gladden the hearts of me, their lives to madden with the intoxicating bliss (wine mixed with myrr

nd to give it voice" poor blake (william blake, you know! never heard of william blake "for this school it is quite impossible that shakespeare, for example, should possess any consequence" poor shakespeare! and then "this book is offered by the writer to his brethren "ut adeptis appareat me "illis parem et fratrem" as proof positive that he is numbered among them, that he is initiated into their mysteries, and exacts recognition as such in all houses, temples, and tarrying-places of the fraternity" an adept trying to prove that he is one! an adept with thoughts of his own rank and glory! an adept exacting recognition! what about the instant recognition all over the world of which you prated above? mr. waite, you seem to me to be a spiritual arthur orton! mr. waite, we have opened the past

tation, yet mr. waite is a really excellent poet withal. all the poems show fine and deep thought, with facility and felicity of expression "the lost word" is extraordinarily fine, both dramatically and lyrically. it seems a pity that mr. waite has no use for william shakespeare! the fact is (whatever george hume barne may say) that mr. waite is (or has) a genius, who wishes to communicate sacred mysteries of truth and beauty; but he is too often baulked by the mental and moral equipment of mr. waite. even so, he only just misses. and i will bet george hume barne a "cr me de menthe" that if mr. waite (even now) will ride on a camel from biskra to timbuktu with an ouled nail and the dancer m'saoud, he will produce absolutely first-rate poetry within six months. enough. but buy the book. a

will to know, and you will become as great as, and even greater than, apollonius, flamel or lully; and then know to keep silence, lest like lucifer you fall, and the brilliance of your knowledge blind the eyes of the owls that are men; and from a great light, spring a great darkness; and the image survive and the imagination vanish, and idols replace the gods, and churches of brick and stone the mysteries of the forests and the mountains, and the rapture which girds the hearts of men like a circle of pure emerald light. the great seeming miracles of life pass by unheeded. birth and generation are but the sorry jests of fools; yet not the wisest knows how a blade of grass sprouts from the black earth, or how it is that the black earth is changed into the green leaves and all the wonders of

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eart that was pierced in wrath. 236 stumbling over the fallen leaves, sliding over the dew, staring up at the barley sheaves that nod in the autumn wind, we pushed and jostled the twilight thro, shrilling to those behind. and ere the night had grown to noon we were under the bloody bowl, and then uprose a huge pale moon. behind the shivering trees; and so we found the mother troll well-skilled in mysteries. she heard our coming, and rose to the door, and we hurried eagerly through; we entered in with a breeze from the moor, and stood by the fading pyre. the air was smoky, the flame was blue, and the face of the troll like fire. and so we gave her the heart of the slain, that was slain for a dead man's sake; she chuckled low at each blackened vein gory an brown and torn; she wriggled her si

e infinitude of the hasheesh awakening so unendurable, even when its sublimity is the sublimity of delight. we have no 264 longer anything to do with horizons, and the boundary which was at once our barrier and our fortress is removed, until we almost perish from the inflow of perceptions. it would be no hard task to prove, to a strong probability, at least, that the initiation to the pythagorean mysteries, and the progressive instruction that succeeded it, to a considerable extent consisted in the employment, judiciously, if we may use the word, of hasheesh, as giving a critical and analytic power to the mind, which enabled the neophyte to roll up the murk and mist from beclouded truths till they stood distinctly seen in the splendour of their own harmonious beauty as an intuition. one th

o me quite frequently when, early in the hasheesh life, i enthusiastically related the most singular phenomena of my fantasy. but there is no such thing true of the hasheesh effects. just as inevitably as two men taking the same direction, and equally favoured by providence, will arrive at the same place, will two persons of similar temperament come to the same territory in hasheesh, see the same mysteries of their being, and get the same hitherto unconceived facts. it is this characteristic which, beyond all gainsaying, proves the definite existence of the most wondrous of the hasheesh disclosed states of mind. the realm of that stimulus is no vagary; it as much exists and england. we are never so absurd as to expect to see insane men by the dozen all holding to the same hallucination wit

cts herself by writing "i may here remark that the girls i come in contact with, if they marry happily, make excellent wives (p.66. the cure for the present degradation associated with prostitution is a common-sense one- one of not supposing that we are good and others are bad, of carting away our own manure before writing to the sanitary inspector about other people's dung, and to cease hatching mysteries between the sheets of our family four-poster. if unions were sanctioned outside the marriage bond, even if such unions were only of an ephemeral nature, there would be no necessity to procure young girls, for natural love-making would take the place of state-fostered abduction. the root of the evil lies neither in the inherent lust of man after woman, which is natural, or of woman after

very special cases. are they by any chance those in which the fathers are reputable and pious persons, highly esteemed for their evangelicalism and philanthropy. there have been some ill-disposed persons who were not ashamed to assert that some of the methods of vigilance societies remind them of blackmail. is there another side to the medal? a. quiller, jr. the cannon. an exposition of the pagan mysteries perpetuated in the cabala as the rule of all the arts. elkin mathews. this is a very extraordinary book, and it should be a fair "eye-opener" to such as consider the qabalah a fanciful concatenation of numbers, words, and names. also it may come as rather a rude shock to some of our "fancied" knowalls, our "cocksureites" who are under the delusion that knowledge was born with their grand

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talismanic and ceremonial magic, as well as for the practical part of occultism. besides seals, sigils, and magical diagrams, nearly 50 pantacles or talismans are given in the plates. among other authors both eliphas l vi and christian mention the "key of solomon" as a work of high authority, and the former especially refers to it repeatedly. jennings (hargrave. the rosicrucians, their rites and mysteries, fourth edition, revised, demy 8vo "with hundreds of illustrations. half morocco" 7"s" 6"d" some of the contents: critics of the rosicrucians criticized- the hermetic philosophers- fire- theosophy of the persians- drudical stones- the round towers of ireland- mystic christian figures and talismans- the rosy cross in indian, egyptian, greek, roman, and mediaeval monuments- the great pyram

ed all minds, either by curiosity, or by fear' frank hollings, 7 great turnstile, holborn (near the inns of court hotel. photographs. to be had of the equinox. price ten shillings each. neatly framed in gold. the original panel photographs: the student (a reproduction faces "aha" in no. iii) the interpreter (reproduced on p. 279 of no. iv) the guardian of the flame. the goddess. no student of the mysteries should be without one at least of these remarkable and beautiful studies. their presence serves to remind the possessor of the constant quest and to stimulate to more persistent effort. essay of prentice mulford "crown 8vo. crimson cloth extra "3"s" 6"d. net per volume" the gift of the spirit. a selection from the essays of prentice mulford. reprinted from the "white cross library" with

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me the editors of these papers for nodding; but we do think they owe us some poetry as good as homer's or some erotic adventures to match jove's* i had almost forgotten dear old mathers. yet it was only last december that a colleague of mine was told by some greasy old harridan, in her best nominal 7= 4 voice (she has paid hundreds of pounds for that nominal 7= 4, and never got initiated into any mysteries but those of over-eating) that imperrita(?imperator) was coming over from paris to "crush" perdurabo; and perdurabo has "fled" before his "face" anyhow, i sneaked back from algeria, trembling all over, and began to enjoy the comedy of a lawyer pretending that he could not serve a writ on a man with an address in the telephone directory, who was spending hundreds of pounds on letting the

physical world is only a product of the mind. but this idea is not the whole of mind, for we have many mental constituents, such as the simple sensations of pain and of pleasure, that are not ideas of bodies. every process of knowledge, including scientific knowledge, is merely a psychical event. this fact cannot be banished by the well-known method of the ostrich (pp. 39, 40 "the real mystery of mysteries is the mind of man. why, with a pen or brush, one man sits down and makes a masterpiece, and yet another, with the self-same instruments and opportunities, turns out a daub or botch,is twenty times more curious than all the musings of the mystics, works of the rosicrucians, or the mechanical contrivances which seem to-day so fine, and which our children will disdain as clumsy (r. b. cumm

s known it becomes untrue, it loses its virginity, that mysterious power of attraction the unknown always possesses; it no longer represents our ideal, though it may form an excellent foundation for the next ideal; and so on until knowledge and nescience are out-stepped. general and popular knowledge is like a common prostitute, the toy of any man. to maintain this purity, this virginity, are the mysteries kept secret from the multitude. 10 and yet again this is a sheer deceit, as every conceit must be "verily he who has seen, heard, comprehended and known the atman, by him is this entire universe known."11 because there is but one atman and not many atmans. 54 the first veil against which we must warn the aspirant is the entanglement of language, of words and of names. the merest tyro wil

d in sexual passion, when checked, easily becomes changed into ojas; and so it is that they invariably insist in their disciples gathering up the sexual energy and converting it into ojas. thus we read: it is only the chaste man and woman who can make the ojas rise and become stored in the brain, and this is why chastity has always been considered the 60 "hatha-yoga pradipika" p. 2. 61 in all the mysteries the partakers of them were always such as had not committed crimes. it will be remembered that nero did not dare to present himself at the eleusinian (sueton "vit. nero" e. 3a. and porphyry informs us that "in the mysteries honour to parents was enjoined, and not to injure animals("de abstinentia" iv, 22. highest virtue. that is why in all the religious orders in the world that have prod

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eli. capricornus. procul, o procul este profani["he performs the banishing ritual of the pentagram. he next lights the hell-broth and recites" even as the traitor's breath goeth forth, he perisheth by the secret sibilant word that is spoken unto death. even as the profane hand reacheth to the sacred sand, fire consumes him that his name be forgotten in the land. 5 even as the wicked eye seeks the mysteries to spy, so the blindness of the gods takes his spirit: he shall die. even as the evil priest, poisoned by the sacred feast, changes by its seven powers to the misbegotten beast: even as the powers of ill, broken by the wanded will, shriek about the holy place, vain and vague and terrible: even as the lords of hell, chained in fires before the spell, strain upon the sightless steel, break

irs and lustres of the dawn, and with the bloom of the wind's cheek as it clusters from the hidden valley's gloom; then i walk in woodland spaces, musing on the solemn ways of the immemorial places shut behind the starry rays; of the east and all its splendour, of the west and all its peace; and the stubborn lights grow tender, and the hard sounds hush and cease. in the wheel of heaven revolving, mysteries of death and birth, in the womb of time dissolving, shape anew a heaven and earth, ever changing, ever growing, ever dwindling, ever dear, ever worth the passion glowing to distil a doubtful tear. these are with me, these are of me, these approve me, these obey, choose me, move me, fear me, love me, master of the night and day. these are real, these illusion: i am of them, false or frail

u who hast brought unto us the divine seeds of self-knowledge- we, the humble servants of the children of thy voice, we call on thee to lead us out of our ignorance! chorus of three other probationers. we call thee, o thrice holy! first probationer. o thou, divine worker! master of all that is divine! herald of all that is coming! builder of our house! holy art thou, thou that knowest the supreme mysteries! chorus. we call thee, o thrice holy! first probationer. o thou, all good, we call thee! virgo. 1["rising] not good alone, brethren! but all complete in the perfect equilibrium. fr. gemini. ay, the balance must be kept even. sister, let us invoke the lord of knowledge! virgo. he gave unto you, children of his voice, the 98 power of the making of fair things. sing ye unto your shepherd! f

contained in the last section 'the stone of the philosophers' here is some fine work" occultism to the readers of "the equinox- all who are interested in "curious old" literature should write to frank hollings for his catalogue of over 1000 items. sent post free on receipt of name and address, and all future issues. a few selected items below. the book of ceremonial magic, including the rites and mysteries of goetic theurgy, sorcery, and infernal necromancy. in two parts. i. an analytical and critical account of the chief magical rituals extant. ii. a complete grimoire of black magic. by arthur edward waite. the two chief sections are subdivided as follows("a) studies on the antiquity of magical rituals["b) the ritual of transcendental magic, so- called("c) composite rituals("d) the ritual

mbolism, 2 vols. large 8vo "with" 26 "full-page portraits, and other illustrations, cloth extra t.e.g" 42"s" book i. fundamental relations of the craft and the high grades. ii. development of the high grades in respect of the ancient alliance. iii. of the new alliance in freemasonry. iv. the masonic orders of chivalry. v. of alchemy in masonry. vi. of magical and kabalistical degrees. vii. of the mysteries on their mystical side, and of this subject in its relation to masonry. the kabbalah unveiled, containing the following books of the zohar (1) the book of concealed mystery (2) the greater holy assembly (3) the lesser holy assembly; translated into english from the latin version of knorr von rosenroth, and collated with the original chaldee and hebrew text, by s. l. macgregor-mathers. ne

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grasp the altar with his hands, and strike it with his forehead seven times. now this altar is the earthen altar of demeter. then understanding all things by the light of that love, he shall know that this is love, that this is the soul of the earth, that this is fertility and understanding, the secret of demeter. nay (even) the oracle may speak in his heart and foretell or foreshadow the greater mysteries of persephone, of death the daughter of love. those, too, who are thus reborn will understand that i who write these words am stretched on the wet earth on the day of spring. it is night, but only the sea whispers of persephone, as the stars intimate urania whose mystery is the third, and beyond. my body is absorbed in scent and touch; for the consuming fire of my sight has burnt itself

d he let himself in* the lunch in the private room at lavenue's was secretly amusing. joe marie had only dog's eyes for ida; ninon amused herself by trying to distract him. edgar held forth at length upon art, passionlessly expository. 137 "art" said he "and do not imagine that art or anything else is other than high magic- is a system of holy hieroglyph. the artist, the initiate, thus frames his mysteries. the rest of the world scoff, or seek to understand, or pretend to understand; some few obtain the truth. the technical ability of the artist is the lucidity of his language; it has nothing to do with the degree of his illumination. bougereau is better technically than manet; he explains more clearly what he sees. but what does he see? he is the priest of a false god. form has no importa

also termed rousing the brahm- is said to be shown as issuing from the foreheads of early 165 egyptian kings; apollonius of tyana, a contemporary of our jesus, visited the gymnosophists of the upper nile, but said that they were not equal to those of india. the british druids must have had a knowledge of the "serpent fire" in their secret instruction, or why exclaim "i am a serpent" the mythraic mysteries, and all the eranoi societies, were equally protected by the laws of solon seven centuries b.c, and mr pryse observes that only once does the word halleluiah occur in the bible, yet we know that it formed the close of a chant in the "rites of purification" in a call to the slain god for deliverance, in pre-christian centuries, and further there are mythraic traces in revelation. we also

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n council. 20. for a true high priestess realizes thar .gracefully surrendering pride of place is one of the greatest virtues. 21. and that thereby she will return to that pride of place in another life. with greater power and beauty. 22. in the old days, when witchdom extended far. we were free and worshipped in all the greater temples. 23. but in these unhappy times we must celebrate our sacred mysteries in secret. 24. so be it ordained, that none but the wicca may see our mysteries, for our enemies are many and torture loosens the tongue of man. 25. so be it ordained that no coven shall know where th.e next coven bide. 26. or who its members be. save only the priest. and priestess and messenger. 131 27. and there. shall be no communication. between them, save by the messenger of the god

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l. for a true high priestess realizes that gracefully surrendering pride of place is one of the greatest virtues. 20. and that thereby she will return to that pride of place in another life, with greater power and beauty. 21. security in the old days, when witchdom extended far, we were free and worshipped in all the greater temples. 22. 23. but in these unhappy times we must celebrate our sacred mysteries in secret. so be it ordained that none but the wicca may see our mysteries, for our enemies are many and torture loosens the tongue of man. 24. 25. so be it ordained that no coven shall know where the next coven bide. 26. or who its members be, save only the priest and priestess and messenger. and there shall be no communication between them, save by the messenger of the gods, or the sum

before the altar with scourge and blade in the god position (s)he who portrays the guardians bears the sword. each will act out their parts as the narrator reads: n: in ancient time, out lord, the horned one, was as he still is, the consoler, the comforter, but men knew him as the dread lord of shadows- lonely, stern and just. now our lady the goddess had never loved, but she would solve all the mysteries, even the mystery of death; and so she journeyed to the underworld. the guardians of the portal challenged her: strip off thy garments, lay aside thy jewels; for naught mayest thou bring with thee into this our land. so she laid down her garments and her jewels, and was bound, as are all who enter the realms of death, the mighty one. such was her beauty, that death himself knelt and kiss

love thee not! then said death: an thou receivest not my hand upon thy heart, thou must kneel to death's scourge. it is fate- better so, she said. and she knelt, and death scourged her tenderly. and she cried: i feel the pangs of love. and death raised her, and said: blessed be! and he gave her the fivefold kiss, saying: thus only mayest thou attain to joy and knowledge. and he taught her all his mysteries, and they loved and were one. and she taught him her mystery of the sacred cup which is the cauldron of rebirth. and he gave her the necklace which is the circle of rebirth, and taught her all the magics. for there are three great events in the life of man: love, death and resurrection in the new body; and magic controls them all. for to fulfill love you must return again at the same tim

secret of secrets, that art hidden in the being of all lives, not thee do we adore, for that which adoreth is also thou. thou art that, and that am i [kiss] i am the flame that burns in the heart of every man, and in the core of every star. i am life, and the giver of life. yet therefore is the knowledge of me the knowledge of death. i am alone, the lord within ourselves, whose name is mystery of mysteries. hp now kisses hps in the sigil of the third degree as follows [there's a diagram in the non-computer version which i can't reproduce. it shows the priestess with the points of the third degree sigil marked on her body. the points are: 1. genitals/womb; 2. right foot; 3. left knee; 4. right knee; 5.left foot; 6. genitals/womb; 7. lips; 8. left breast; 9. right breast; 10. lips] and then

g from the bud, by seed that springeth into flower, by life that courseth in the blood [kiss] by rushing wind and leaping fire, by flowing water and green earth, pour us the wine of our desire from out thy cauldron of rebirth [kiss] here may we see in vision clear thy secret strange unveiled at length, thy wondrous twin pillars rear erect in beauty and in strength [kisses on the breasts] altar of mysteries manifold, the sacred circle's central point thus do i sign thee as of old; with kisses of my lips anoint [kisses of the third degree sigil] open for me the secret way, the pathway of intelligence beyond the gates of night and day, beyond the bounds of time and sense. behold the mystery aright; the five true points of fellowship, here where the lance and grail unite, and feet and knees an

ALICE A BAILEY01 THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE ATOM

scious being? if there is such a being, and such a fundamental existence, we should be able to see somewhat his intelligent activities, and to watch his plans working towards fruition. even if we cannot prove that god is, and that the deity exists, it may be possible to say, at least, that the hypothesis that he exists is a reasonable one, a rational suggestion, and a possible solution of all the mysteries we see around us. but to do that it has to be demonstrated that there is an intelligent purpose working through forms of every kind, through races and nations, and through all that we see manifesting in modern civilisation; the steps that that purpose has taken, and the gradual growth of the plan, will have to be demonstrated, and from that demonstration we shall perhaps be able to see w

of the world; we are advancing towards that period when science and religion will come to the help of each other, and when philosophy will add its quota to the understanding of the truth. the use of the imagination will frequently open up a wonderful vision, and if this imagination is based on essentials, and starts with a logical hypothesis, perhaps it will lead us to the solution of some of the mysteries and problems which are distressing the world now. if things are to us mysterious and inexplicable, may it not be because of that great entity who is manifesting through our planet, and who is working out a definite purpose and plan, just as you and i may be doing in our lives. at times we carry our physical vehicle into situations, and bring about difficulties in connection with it which

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of the evolving personality, to the planet whereon he plays his part, to the system wherein that planet revolves, until it finally escapes from the solar system itself and becomes universal. chapter ii- 7- initiation, human and solar copyright 1998 lucis trust initiation defined the question anent initiation is one that is coming more and more before the public. before many centuries pass the old mysteries will be restored, and an inner body will exist in the church the church of the period, of which the nucleus is already forming wherein the first initiation will become exoteric, in this sense only, that the taking of the first initiation will, before so very long, be the most sacred ceremony of the church, performed exoterically as one of the mysteries given at stated periods, attended b

earnestly seek to aspire. to him all seekers are known, and, though they may remain unaware of him, the light which he pours forth stimulates their desire, fosters the spark of struggling life and spurs on the aspirant until the momentous day dawns when they stand face to face with the one who by being "lifted up (occultly understood) is drawing all men unto himself as the initiator of the sacred mysteries. the work of the lord of civilisation, the mahochohan. group three has as its head the mahachohan. his rule over the group persists for a longer period than that of his two brothers, and he may hold office for the term of several root-races. he is the sumtotal of the intelligence aspect. the present mahachohan is not the original one who held the office at the founding of the hierarchy i

e ensouling life holds the same relationship to our planetary logos as the ego does to a human being. this energy, therefore, is seven-fold, and differs according to a man's ray or type. it is not possible here to state the order of the application of these varying types of energy, nor to give the initiation during which the man contacts the different types. these facts involve the secrets of the mysteries, and no purpose is served by revealing them. other types of force from certain of the planetary schemes, as well as from cosmic centres, are brought into play by the initiator and transmitted through the medium of the rod to the various centres in the initiate's three vehicles, the mental, the astral, and the etheric centres. at the fourth initiation a specialised type of force from a ce

nds his place, form the seven centres in the body of the logos. he, in his turn, forms the heart centre (for god is love) of a still greater entity. the consummation of all for this solar system will be when the logos takes his fifth initiation. when all the sons of men attain the fifth initiation, he achieves. this is a great mystery and incomprehensible to us. chapter xi the participants in the mysteries the participants in the mysteries are generally known, and no secret has been made of the general personnel and procedure. it is only sought here to impart a greater sense of reality to the data already given by a fuller exposition and a more pointed reference to the parts played by such during the ceremony. at this stage the student would be wise to bear in mind certain things as he pon

participants in the mysteries are generally known, and no secret has been made of the general personnel and procedure. it is only sought here to impart a greater sense of reality to the data already given by a fuller exposition and a more pointed reference to the parts played by such during the ceremony. at this stage the student would be wise to bear in mind certain things as he ponders upon the mysteries touched upon here: that care must be taken to interpret all here given in terms of spirit and not of matter or form. we are dealing entirely with the subjective or consciousness aspect of manifestation, and with that which lies back of the objective form. this realisation will save the student from much later confusion- 58- initiation, human and solar copyright 1998 lucis trust that we a

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ding upon the etheric scaffolding a vehicle of manifestation. the moon once was the body of expression for one of the logoi; the earth now is, and the cycles change continuously. the centre of escape for the etheric body is found likewise in a physical planet, and the planetary silver cord is loosed at the time appointed; but the times and cycles, their commencement and termination are hid in the mysteries of initiation, and do not concern us. again in the solar system itself similar action will eventuate at the close of a mahamanvantara. the logos will withdraw within himself, abstracting his three major principles.37(33) his body of manifestation the sun and the seven sacred planets, all existing in etheric matter will withdraw from objectivity and become obscured. from the usual physica

the destruction of- 61- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust planetary etheric tissue. we have dealt with the functional and organic ills of the etheric, giving certain indications for the extension of the concept to other realms than the purely human. in the human kingdom lies the key, but the turning of that key opens up a door to a wider interpretation as it admits one into the mysteries of nature. though that key has to be turned seven times, yet even one turn reveals untold avenues of eventual comprehension.47,(43)48 we have considered the reception and distribution of pranic emanations in man, the planet, and the system, and have seen what produces temporary disorders, and the devitalisation or the over-vitalisation of the organic form. now we can look at the subject

e have seen that, to all intents and purposes, manas is the active will of an entity working itself out through all the lesser lives who go to the content of the ring-pass-not or sphere of influence of the indwelling existence. therefore as concerning man on this chain he is but expressing the purpose and the will in action of the planetary logos in whose body he is a cell or lesser life. certain mysteries arise consequently for our consideration which are connected with the life cycles of the heavenly man of our scheme, and particularly in relation to that special incarnation of his which we call the cycle of manifestation on the dense physical globe, the earth. he wears the planetary body as man wears the robe of the physical body, and by means of this objective form he works his purpose

uated, and increased evolutionary development is the consequence of this divine attention- 210- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust when these facts are borne in mind it will be seen that the interaction, and the complexity, is of vast proportions, and man can do no more than accept the fact, and leave the explanation until his consciousness is of greater scope. third, one of the mysteries revealed at initiation is that of the logoic centre which our scheme represents, and the type of electrical fire which is flowing through it. the "seven brothers" or the seven types of fohatic force, express themselves through the seven centres, and the one who is animating our scheme stands revealed at the third initiation. it is by knowledge of the nature and quality of the electrical

hould serve to make the fact of the essential personality of this great entity, the work that he is endeavouring to accomplish, and the relationship of the human hierarchy to him, a greater reality. we must bear in mind in studying this matter that it will not be possible to reveal for general publication details as to his specific identity, his number and his scope of conscious development. such mysteries, as earlier pointed out, are reserved for those who are pledged to keep silent. but some general idea may be conveyed before we take up specifically this chain and round. it might be asked wherein all this information is of use, and what purpose it serves in this hour of the world's need. apart from the fact that the cyclic giving out of the truth works under the law, and may not be gain

ALICE A BAILEY05 THE LIGHT OF THE SOUL

right transmission to the physical brain of that which has been perceived; the testimony of the sixth sense is correctly interpreted, and the evidence is transmitted with occult accuracy. result: correct reaction of the physical brain to the transmitted knowledge. when the process is studied and followed, the man on the physical plane becomes increasingly aware of the things of the soul, and the mysteries of the soul realm or the "kingdom of god" all group concerns and the nature of group consciousness are revealed to him. it will be noted that these rules are even now regarded somewhat as essential premises where all accurate testimony is under consideration in world affairs. when these same rules are carried forward into the world of psychic endeavor (both lower and higher) then we shal

given towards the climax by the occult hierarchy whereby souls receive a stimulation and vitalisation which enables them to make more rapid progress. the occult student must remember that this process has gone on in the wheels and cycles preceding our planet earth. the primeval lords, or sages, are those great adepts who having "tasted experience" under the law of rebirth, were initiated into the mysteries by the one initiator, the representative in our planet of the oversoul. they in their turn became teachers and initiators into the mysteries. the one master is found within; it is the soul, the inner ruler, the thinker on his own plane. this one master is a corporate part of the whole, of the all-soul. each expansion of consciousness which a man undergoes fits him to be a master to those

d thereby, 4. the brain which can be trained to recognize that sound and vibrate in unison with the breath, 5. the subsequent act of the man in meditation. he hears the sound (called sometimes the "still small voice" or the "voice of the silence, he recognizes it for what it is and in deep reflection he assimilates the results of his soul's activity. later when the aspirant has passed on into the mysteries and has learnt how to unify the soul and the lower man so that they function as a coordinated unit on earth, the man learns to sound the word on the physical plane with the object of awakening the forces which are latent within him and thereby arouse the centres. thus he participates increasingly in the creative, magical and psychical work of manifestation, with the object ever in view o

e and dense physical energy, to enable him to do certain forms of magical work and also to produce effects on the physical bodies of animals and men. it is the knowledge of this which is the basis of voodooism and of all those practices which cause the depletion and death of men and women who obstruct the path of the black magician or are regarded by him as enemies. with these the aspirant to the mysteries of the brotherhood of the great white lodge has nothing to do. he brings about the merging of the two parts of the dense physical, and the synchronization of the rhythm of the two bodies and the consequent unity of the entire lower man through attention to the etheric breath and rhythm. this inevitably produces the "external control of the life currents" the internal control of the life

e the objective sheath what it is. this insight is more than understanding, sympathy or comprehension. they are but the effects of it. it is the capacity to pierce through all forms and arrive at that which they veil, because that reality is identical with the reality in oneself. 4. the illumining of the intellect. unless the mind or intellect can grasp and transmit that which the soul knows, the mysteries remain unexplained to the physical brain and the knowledge- 139- the light of the soul copyright 1998 lucis trust possessed by the soul must remain nothing more than a beautiful and unattainable vision. but once the intellect is illumined, it can transmit to and impress upon the brain those hidden things which only the sons of god on their own plane know. hence the need for raja yoga or

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remain unanswered. the problem as to the why and the wherefore is regarded as fruitless and speculative and almost insoluble. nevertheless, through pure reason, and through the correct functioning of the intuition these problems can be solved and these questions answered. their solution is one of the ordinary revelations and attainments of initiation. the only true biologists are initiates of the mysteries, for they have an understanding of life and its purpose and are so identified with the life principle that they think and speak in terms of energy and its effects, and all their activities in connection with the work of the planetary hierarchy are based on a few fundamental formulas which concern life as it makes itself felt through its three differentiations or aspects: energy, force, m

we have submitted ourselves to the needed training we are in no position to deny or affirm anything. our attitude should be that of reasonable enquiry and our interest that of the investigating philosopher, willing to accept an hypothesis on the basis of its possibility, but being unwilling to acknowledge as proven truth anything until we know it for and in ourselves. i, an aspirant to the higher mysteries, and one who has searched into them for a longer period than has been possible as yet to many, may write of things as yet impossible of demonstration to you or to the public who may read these instructions. to me they may be and are truth and proven fact and for me that may suffice. for you they should be regarded as significant possibilities and hints as to the direction in which truth

nvolutionary group soul. it relates to our contacts, not just exterior, but on the inner planes as well. in similarity of vibration comes coherency. when therefore a man raises his vibration and builds anew from om the beginning, and alters consequently his key, it results in dissonance in his surroundings and subsequent discord. therefore under the law there comes always to the striver after the mysteries and the manipulator of the law, a period of aloneness and of sorrow when no man stands by and isolation is his lot. in lesser degree this comes to all, and to the arhat (or initiate of the fourth degree) this complete isolation is a characteristic feature. he stands midway between life in the three worlds and that in the world of adepts. his vibration does not synchronise, prior to initi

lisation of the latent germ of mind until it flowered forth as manifested mind. this covered a vast period of time, and though the brotherhood made its headquarters at shamballa and directed its activities from there, it was found necessary during the first sub-race of the atlantean root race to make certain efforts, if the evolution of the race was to proceed according to plan. students of these mysteries need to remember that though shamballa is spoken of as existing in physical matter and as occupying a definite location in space, the physical matter referred to is etheric, the lord of the world and his assistants of the higher degrees occupying bodies formed of etheric matter. 5. it was decided about seventeen million years ago (the coming of the hierarchy and the founding of shamballa

n space, the physical matter referred to is etheric, the lord of the world and his assistants of the higher degrees occupying bodies formed of etheric matter. 5. it was decided about seventeen million years ago (the coming of the hierarchy and the founding of shamballa being about eighteen and a half million years ago) to have on the dense physical plane an organization and a headquarters for the mysteries, and to have a band of adepts, and chohans who would function in dense physical bodies and thus meet the need of the rapidly awakening humanity. 6. the first outpost for the shamballa fraternity was the original temple of ibez and it was located in the centre of south america, and one of its branches at a much later period was to be found in the ancient maya institutions, and the basic w

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ower, it will show his capacity to build thought-forms and to vitalise them. this i dealt with in a treatise on white magic, and the relation of that treatise to the magical work of the seventh ray and its cycle of activity will become increasingly apparent. a treatise on white magic is an attempt to lay down the rules for training and for work which will make it possible for the candidate to the mysteries to enter the temple and to take his place as a creative worker and thus aid in the magical work of the lord of the temple. the names whereby this ray lord is known are many, and their meaning is of prime significance today. the work of the future can be seen from a study of these names. the unveiled magician the worker in the magical art the creator of the form the bestower of light from

s the first result of this secret process. its final consummating effect can be seen in the five stages of the initiatory process, leading to eventual transfiguration and liberation. the entire work is, however, one great unfolding revelation of the soul of god, and it is only when we divorce humanity from that process of revelation that we find the secrets, the problems, the difficulties and the mysteries insoluble. a consciousness, an awareness and a sensitivity to an ever-widening and more inclusive contact is gradually being developed, and this is the consciousness of god, the awareness of the solar logos, and the sensitivity of the cosmic son of god. the form through which that life expresses itself, the sensitive response apparatus through which that consciousness works, are of secon

umanity) is embodied in that dramatic ritual. the reward for their sincerity, for they revolted in utter sincerity, believing they knew best was the permission to enact each year, on the return of the day when they might have entered into light, the story of the search for light. because they had been so nearly resurrected from the death of earth into the life of light, the great tradition of the mysteries was started by them. they chose death and slew that which "had lived and which could have claimed reward, and which could have spoken the word of power which would have caused the gates of resurrection to open wide. we are told that these three swore an everlasting vow to stand together and never to desert each other. this vow down the ages they have kept; it has consequently produced th

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rised belief and knowledge of the past, handed down to us for our guidance and forming the foundation of a newer revelation, and that it is a stepping-stone to the next truth. a myth is a valid and proven truth which bridges, step by step, the gap between the past gained knowledge, the present formulated truth, and the infinite and divine possibilities of the future. the ancient myths and the old mysteries give us a sequential presentation of the divine message as it went forth from god in response to the need of man, down the ages. the truth of one age becomes the myth of the next, but its significance and its reality remain untouched, and require only re-interpretation in the present- 6- from bethlehem to calvary copyright 1998 lucis trust we are free to choose and to reject; but let us

consciousness stands wide open; the way into the kingdom of god has been clearly pointed out. many in the past have passed into that kingdom and awakened there to a world of being and of understanding which is, to the multitude, a sealed mystery. the glory of the present moment lies in the fact that many thousands stand thus prepared, and (given the needed instruction) could be initiated into the mysteries of god. a new unfoldment in consciousness is now possible; a new goal has arisen and governs the intentions of many. we are, as a race, definitely on our way towards some new knowledge, some fresh recognitions, and some deeper world of values. what happens on the outer plane of experience is indicative of a similar happening in a more subtle world of meaning. for this we must prepare. we

e at a fresh enunciation of the ancient wisdom. through the lens of the illumined mind man will shortly see aspects of divinity hitherto unknown. may there not be qualities and characteristics of the divine nature which are as yet totally unrecognised and unknown? can there not be revelations of god utterly unprecedented, and for which we have no words or adequate means of expression? the ancient mysteries, so shortly to be restored, must be re-interpreted in the light of christianity, and re-adapted to meet modern need, for we can now enter into the holy place as intelligent men and women, and not as children looking on at dramatic stories and procedures in which we, as individuals, play no conscious part. christ enacted for us the dramatic story of the five initiations, and urged us to f

ythic christ, appearing again and again down the ages, proves that god has never left himself without witness and that always there have been those who have achieved. the fact of the cosmic christ, manifest as the urge towards perfection in all the kingdoms of nature, proves the fact of god and is our eternal hope. humanity stands at the portals of initiation. 3 always there have been temples and mysteries and holy places where the true aspirant could find what he sought, and the needed instruction as to the way he should go. the prophet of old said. a highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called the way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it, for he shall be with them; the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein."16 it is a way that leads from that which l

aul knew and the goal towards which he strove "i die daily" he said, for only in the practice of death daily undergone can the final death be met and endured."20 5. the resurrection and ascension, the final triumph which enables the initiate to sing and to know the meaning of the words "oh death, where is thy sting? oh grave, where is thy victory?"21 such are the five great dramatic events of the mysteries. such are the initiations through which all men must some day pass. humanity stands today upon the path of probation. the way of purification is being trodden by the masses, and we are in process of purging ourselves from evil and materialism. when this process is completed, many will find themselves ready to make preparation for the first of the initiations, and to undergo the new birth

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these phrases are an attempt to express some of the realisations of the true initiate when he stands at the third initiation before the angel and sees that angel also pass away, so that naught is left but conscious knowledge and realisation. although this statement may signify but little to us at present, it will, nevertheless, serve to demonstrate the futility of dealing with the secrets of the mysteries and with initiation through the medium of words. when this is better realised, the true work of the masonic dramas will begin to measure up to the need. this section expresses some of the basic emerging truths which will carry meaning to the senior disciples and the initiates of the world, who are battling, at this time, in the service of the plan. they are present in the world at this t

objective system governs the manifestation of the soul on the physical plane. it indicates to those who can see in truth, the grasp or hold that the soul has upon its instrument; it can be seen whether that grasp is occasional and partial or whether it is entire and whole. this is most wonderfully indicated in a certain masonic grip, which marks a climax in the experience of the candidate to the mysteries- 40- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust i previously referred to the main channel of communication between the soul and its mechanism as being: a. the centre at the base of the spine. b. the centre at the top of the head, where the most important centre in the body is situated, from the standpoint of the soul. there is its point of

and that is the statement of the significant fact that the more people can achieve this linking of the higher and lower aspects of the human nature, the more rapidly will the task of salvaging the world proceed. the more painstakingly and persistently this work is carried forward, the sooner will the hierarchy of the planet resume its ancient task and status in the world, and the sooner will the mysteries be restored and the world function, therefore, more consciously in line with the plan- 46- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust every single unit of the human family who achieves success upon the path of discipleship may be, in himself, relatively of small importance. but the massed units are of tremendous potency. i tell you at this

uidance) the force, flowing through the server will galvanise his etheric body into activity. then, automatically, the physical body will respond. there is, consequently, a great need for the server to pause upon the astral plane, and there, in a holy and controlled silence, wait, before permitting the force to pour through into the centres in the etheric body. this point of silence is one of the mysteries of spiritual unfoldment. once the force or energy of the soul preserved in its purity, or tainted and sidetracked on its way through into physical manifestation has reached the etheric body, there is nothing more to be done by the average disciple. the result, when it reaches that point, is inevitable and effective. the inner thought and the desire life determine the activity which will

of the man who is building the antaskarana and who is proceeding with the science of union. it is when the fourth law of repulse is beginning to produce its effects that the disciple becomes aware of the angel with the flaming sword, who stands before the portal of initiation. by this portent, he knows that he can now enter; but, this time, not as a poor blind candidate, but as an initiate in the mysteries of the world. the truth of this has been summed up for us in an ancient chant which used to be sung in the ante-chamber of the temples. some of the words may be- 108- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust roughly expressed as follows "he enters free, he who has known the prison walls. he passes into light with open eyes, he who for aeo

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nter in and the present effort come to naught. my anonymity has always been preserved and will continue to be so though members of this group of disciples know me for who i am. you know me as a teacher, as a tibetan disciple and as an initiate of a certain degree what degree being of no importance to you at all. it is the teaching that i shall give you which will matter. i am an initiate into the mysteries of being. that statement in itself conveys information to those who know. you know also that i am in a human body, and am a resident of northern india. let that suffice and let not curiosity blind you to the teaching. we stand together in spiritual enterprise. all of you have voluntarily and without pressure stated your willingness to go forward into a more intensive spiritual life. this

one with all souls) must work out in some form of group activity. this should demonstrate at once in the group itself and later on when the unification is more complete in the world at large. it is in this way that the masters' ashrams will be externalised on earth and the hierarchy function openly on the physical plane and not behind the scenes as hitherto. then will come the restoration of the mysteries. part ii the question might here be asked: how can this work out practically in a group of disciples all of them individuals but all sincerely anxious to cooperate and aid in this work? let me try and give a clear reply. you have undertaken voluntarily to work together when proffered the opportunity by me. you are aiming towards a group solidarity which will be based upon the fact of you

and energy for the helping of humanity. but above all else, it is a group formed to inaugurate the methods of the new age as regards group work, and the training of disciples and their preparation for initiation, along with other groups all over the world who have caught the new vision and are working under the inspiration and the impression of the masters. the foundation of these schools of the mysteries which will later be restored to the world and to which i referred in letters on occult meditation may be possible if all of you measure up to opportunity. this should be borne in mind. the experiment may fail. whether it does or not, real profit will in any case eventuate. that you may one and all measure up to the opportunity and carry the work forward in the three worlds and in the kin

nature will be recognised as existing side by side upon earth. you have, therefore, been permitted to share in and watch the work of the hierarchy to the extent of your individual spiritual contact and have seen the following spiritual events taking place: 1. the sending forth of the teaching for the new age. this deals with the new psychology and with the control of the personality and with the mysteries of the kingdom of god. 2. the founding in embryo of those schools of esotericism which will embody the teaching for the new discipleship and make it practical in application. there are several of these schools and the arcane school is one of the first. they prepare the way for the greater foundations, outlined in my book, letters on occult meditation. 3. the recognition on a fairly large

of the fifth or spiritual kingdom. 5. the forming of the skeleton structure of the new groups of disciples, the externalisation in embryo of the inner ashrams. these in the new age will multiply and so carry forward the work of integrating the inner and the outer groups and fostering the growth of the kingdom of god on earth. this will bring to public attention the fact of the restoration of the mysteries of initiation. the production of the outer form on earth, through the medium of books, of esoteric schools and the educating of public opinion has been committed to a group of us who form a part of the inner world government disciples and initiates and to this group, i play the part of secretary and of organising contact man if i may use words which will mean something to your ears, vers

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n. it will be for the dissemination of these existing truths that the church of the future will work, bringing a great regeneration to the body of humanity, a resurrection into life, and the restoration of the life of god on earth through a christ-conscious humanity. when this has assumed large proportions and the recognition of these truths is worldwide, then we shall have the restoration of the mysteries, the consequent realization that the kingdom of god is on earth, and that man is in deed and in truth made in the image of god and must inevitably through the passing of time and the discipline of life manifest his essential divinity, as christ did. 4. the brotherhood of man much has been written, preached and talked about brotherhood. so much has been said and so little brotherhood prac

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er was when before on earth. it was this divine unfoldment which made it possible for him to make right choice, not only for himself but also for the spiritual hierarchy, during the years of decision, prior to june, 1945. under the divine will, he had to reappear on earth in visible presence. he had to preside over the materialisation of the kingdom of god on earth, and he had to re-institute the mysteries of initiation in such a form that they would prove the basis of the new world religion. above all, he had to reveal the nature of the will of god. that will is often regarded as a power by means of which things are done, situations are brought about, activities are instituted and plans are worked- 37- the reappearance of the christ copyright 1998 lucis trust out, and often ruthlessly wor

ng and intent) towards a recognised and desired end, overcoming all obstacles and destroying all that stands in its way. this is not the destruction of forms by force such as we have seen imposed upon the world, but a destruction brought about by the greatly strengthened life within the form. the significance of these divine principles will make little sense to us today; we are dealing with major mysteries. a mystery remains a mystery only when ignorance or unbelief exist. there is no mystery where there is knowledge and faith. all we know at this time is that the christ will fuse and blend within himself three principles of divinity; when he appears "the light that always has- 50- the reappearance of the christ copyright 1998 lucis trust been will be seen; the love that never ceases will

w, with its responsibilities and obligations; we shall then gradually learn to govern our activities by its just and restraining power. the law of rebirth embodies the practical knowledge which men need today to conduct rightly and correctly their religious, political, economic, communal and private lives and thus establish right relations with the divine life in all forms. iii. revelation of the mysteries of initiation much that is here written and which is conveyed in these pages is in reality concerned with the appearance of the kingdom of god an appearance which can now take place because of three factors: 1. the growth of that kingdom on earth, and the thousands of people who recognise its laws and endeavour to live in accordance with its rules and spirit. 2. the fact that the signs o

ith its rules and spirit. 2. the fact that the signs of the time and the wide-spread need of humanity have evoked the christ, and that he has decided to reappear. 3. the invocative cry of humanity is ascending hourly to "the secret place of the most high" and the hierarchy plans to emerge when christ appears and restores the rule of the spirit on earth. the hour for the restoration of the ancient mysteries has arrived. these facts have been widely given out, during the past two years, as the result of the cleansing of the earth through the medium of the world war (1914-1945) and through the suffering to which humanity has been subjected (with an equally potent purifying effect, which will demonstrate later. it will then be possible for the hierarchy, the church of christ hitherto- 65- the

n physical form and the members of the spiritual hierarchy were openly guiding and directing the affairs of humanity as far as man's innate freedom permitted. now, in the immediate future, and on a higher turn of the spiral of life, this will again happen. the masters will walk openly among men; the christ will reappear in physical presence. another thing that will happen will be that the ancient mysteries will be restored, the ancient landmarks will again be recognised those landmarks which masonry has so earnestly preserved and which have been hitherto securely embalmed in the masonic rituals, waiting the day of restoration and of resurrection. these ancient mysteries were originally given to humanity by the hierarchy and contain the entire clue to the evolutionary process, hidden in num

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l, which remains the attitude of the lower self for the entire remaining period of work, held at the point of tension by the soul and not by an effort of the personality. the soul undertakes this holding when the personal self has done its utmost to achieve the desired tension. these are the three preliminary steps for which the practice of alignment should have prepared the student of the higher mysteries. these steps must precede all effort to develop the intuition, and this may take several months (or even years) of careful preparation. fire is the symbol of the mind and these are the first three stages of the agni yoga discipline or of the yoga of fire for which raja yoga has prepared the student. next come six more stages in the technique, and these must be thoroughly understood and f

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nation of the manifesting fires. a clue to the mystery lies also in the relation of this fifth group to the two contracting poles. they are the five-fold links, the "benign uniters" and "the producers of the atonement" esoterically, they are the "saviours of the race" and from them emanates that principle which in conjunction with the highest aspect lifts the lower aspect up to heaven. when these mysteries are carefully studied, and due application made to the lives of the greatest exponents of the at-one-ing principle, it will become apparent how great and all-important is their place in the scheme. it is for this reason that the units of the fifth hierarchy are called "the hearts of fiery love; they save through love, and in their turn these lives are peculiarly close to the great heart

hus producing manifestation. uranus leads the soul to the burning ground during the final stages of the path, when the fire of aries and the fires engendered through the potency of uranus produce the flaming heat of the final burning ground. through this burning ground, the initiate has finally to pass. uranus rules the occult way and is, in an esoteric sense, connected with the hierophant of the mysteries of initiation. therefore, we have in relation to aries and the life of the soul, which there comes into subjective manifestation, certain related signs wherein the soul, in objective manifestation, passes through peculiar and definite crises: 1. the crises of the battle field, leading to the culminating battle in scorpio and the liberation into life in capricorn, the place of the higher

tive hierarchy. hence the sun (the physical sun) is lessened in its power in aquarius. the third initiation has been undergone and the light of the personality has been "put out" or dimmed by the light of the subjective sun, influencing the soul. there is much to think out here but little more can be directly indicated, as the curious fact of this triple control by a planet constitutes one of the mysteries of initiation. it is tied up with the relation between leo and aquarius, for leo is unusual in having all its ruling influences concentrated through the medium of one planet. leo indicates the height of achievement of the human soul. we are apt to think that initiation and liberation are the achievement of the human kingdom and the attainment of humanity. this is not the case. initiation

y and closely to aries, but hiding (as an esoteric blind) the symbolism of the unicorn in which the two horns and the single eye are blended and depicted by the long straight horn of the unicorn in the centre of the forehead. behind all the above lies the dual mystery of leo, for leo is as far as humanity is concerned the key or clue to the entire zodiac and around the constellation leo two great mysteries are found: 1. the mystery of the sphinx, connected with the relation of leo and virgo, and tied up with the secret of the solar angels. this is not the mystery of soul and form, but the mystery of the higher and the lower mind and their relation to each other. 2. the mystery of the lion and the unicorn. this secret is preserved for us in the ancient nursery rhyme about the "lion and the

bed "the ram, the scapegoat and the sacred goat are three in one and one in three. the ram becomes the second and the second is the third. the ram that breeds and fertilises all; the scapegoat, in the wilderness, redeems that all; the sacred goat that merges in the unicorn and lifts impaled upon his golden horn the vanquished form in these the mystery lies hid" it here becomes apparent that three mysteries are hidden in the three horned signs: 1. the mystery of god the father. creation 2. the mystery of god the son. redemption 3. the mystery of god the holy spirit. liberation it might also be pointed out here that it is the will of the father aspect, manifesting through aries, that governs shamballa; the loving desire of the son which attracts to the hierarchy; and the permeating, intellig

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e of psyche-analyst was giving appointments and charging heavily for them. i never made any charge and my days were full of seeing people who had some problem or other and hoped i could solve it. there was one woman in new york at that time who charged $500 for a half hour appointment and she had a waiting list. i'll guarantee that she never gave as useful advice as i gave for nothing. one of the mysteries of human nature emerged most definitely into my consciousness at this time. i discovered that people were perfectly willing to talk about the most intimate affairs in their daily lives, revealing their sex relations with their husbands or their wives to me a perfect stranger. i suppose my reaction against this was based upon my british background for we here in america have always talked

do with astrology. the influence, however, of the sign through which the sun may be passing at any particular world period is irrefutable and i can prove it to you here and now. prior to the jewish dispensation when moses was leading the children of israel out of egypt the sun was in the sign taurus. it was passing through the sign of the bull. we then had the appearance on earth of the mithraic mysteries which centered around the sacrifice of the sacred bull. the sin of the children of israel in the wilderness which so aroused the anger of moses when he descended from the mount of the lord and found them falling down before the golden calf was that they had reverted to a past and obsolete religion which they should have left behind. the jewish dispensation itself was governed by the sign

ist. the other full moons in each month constitute lesser festivals in which certain spiritual qualities necessary for the expression of discipleship and initiation are considered and emphasised. one other revolutionary activity brought to the attention of humanity by the tibetan indicates the first steps that are being taken by the hierarchy to approach closer to humanity, to restore the ancient mysteries, and to externalise and make possible the manifestation upon the physical plane of the masters and their groups of disciples gathered together in what are technically called ashrams. implicit in this effort, therefore, lies the significance of the second advent of the christ. he will come bringing his disciples with him. the masters will again some day be present upon earth as they were

would bind them by no pledges or oaths and which would whilst assigning meditation and study and giving esoteric teaching leave people to make their own adjustments, to interpret the truth as best they could, to present to them the many points of view and at the same time communicate to them the deepest esoteric truths which they could recognise if there was that in them which was awakened to the mysteries and which, even when read or heard, could do them no harm if they lacked the perception to recognise the truth for what it was. a.a.b. started such a school in 1923 with the aid of f.b. and certain students of vision and spiritual understanding. she made it a condition that i should have nothing to do with the arcane school and that i should have no control over its policies and curricul

ay. all of them are relatively modern and have come into existence during the past sixty years. i am not here referring to the ever-existing esoteric school, which is present in every part of the world, having no name, represented by no exoteric organisation and having no recognised leaders. this one true school has eternally met the need of seekers who down the ages have demanded entrance to the mysteries and have found admittance, after fulfilling the requirements. i refer to the numbers of mystical, metaphysical, theosophical, rosicrucian and occult orders which are everywhere to be found. these organisations are composed of groups of people with devoted spiritual intention, animated by great aspiration and gathered around some teacher and some body of teaching. the teacher supplies the

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nt. as the race, as a whole, becomes governed by the solar lord, the sun god, the soul, then the cycles of the moon will steadily lose their baleful effect and there will be a dying out of the various neurotic complaints and mental diseases today so prevalent. the time is not yet. it is not easy for me to give more information concerning the moon and its phases, as it constitutes one of the major mysteries to be revealed at the third initiation. on distribution of force; blood transfusion. instead of two questions, you have several. let me list them for you so that you will see what i mean, and for clarity in replying. several of these questions are inferred and not definitely posited, but if i am to deal with them they must be put in the form of questions and even then the- 203- a treatis

the process by providing those conditions of harmony and peace wherein a brother is faced with as few contrary attitudes as possible, and where the interplay of love may produce an effective stimulation. but this is not transfusion. what exists in you exists in all, and the love quality (above all other qualities) is the dominant characteristic of all rays. 5. this question is not only one of the mysteries of the occult sciences, but it is of far too vast a nature in its implications and too complicated a problem for me to deal with in this place. 6. the relationship of the two masters you mention can be studied in two ways: a. through a consideration of the effective working relation which exists between the groups of disciples working under them. b. through a study of those people (and t

positive ions increased the blood pressure and produced general discomfort, and negative ions lowered the pressure and brought a feeling of comfort and relaxation. the question arises whether the healer's radiation has the effect of ionising the atmosphere surrounding the patient. i must point out that to answer such a question accurately would necessitate two things: the revelation of one of the mysteries for which mankind is not yet ready, and at the same time the giving of an answer which would be quite inexplicable to you, for there is no terminology adequate to the latent truth. in this truth is embodied the whole story of duality which is the story of the relation of the negative and positive aspects of the living process. certain things, however, i can point out: 1. the negative and

re" all this upheaval of the "soil" of the world spiritual, psychological and physical all this disruption of the forms and of the familiar contours of our planetary life, had to take place before there could come the emergence of the hierarchy into the public consciousness; all this had to do its work upon the souls of men before the new age could come in, bringing with it the restoration of the mysteries and the rehabilitation of the peoples of the earth. the two go together. this is one of the major points which i am seeking to make. the disruption, disintegration and the completely chaotic conditions existing for the past five hundred years within all the kingdoms of nature have at last worked their way out into paralleling physical conditions. this is good and desirable; it marks the

sonal self, then you have disease and ill health and death. this is a most interesting law, because it deals basically with causes, primarily with causes over which the average person has no conscious control, and because it occultly gives a picture in miniature or microcosmically of the universal or macrocosmic situation. it deals with the entire problem of evil, or pain and suffering (the great mysteries of our little planet) in a few sentences, but they are sentences conveying vast implications. the very simplicity of this great natural law veils the far-reaching significances of its normal working. it says the following things quite simply, and i enumerate them because the breaking down of a paragraph into its clear and simple statements is a sound way to arrive at understanding: 1. wh

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tionship and through the invocative demand of disciples, initiates and some aspirants, he has gathered them together in order to further the ends of his ashramic enterprise; he has not gathered them together in order to teach them or to prepare them for initiation as has hitherto been taught. aspirants and disciples prepare themselves for the processes of initiation by becoming initiated into the mysteries of divinity through discipline, meditation and service. you need to bear in mind that a master of an- 73- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust ashram may, for instance, attract to him other masters of equal rank as his own. i have five masters working with me in my ashram. it would be of value to you if you considered the factors which hold an ashram together

plane. you have put your hand to the plough and there is no turning back for any of you, but the time factor is determined by each of you and not by me. there may be times in the process of training you and preparing you for initiation when you may temporarily fail to understand the reasons for the requests i may make and for the requirements presented to you. forget not that the aspirant to the mysteries proceeds blindly in the early stages; only after the third initiation do the scales fall from his eyes. therefore, follow obediently (though voluntarily) my requests as i endeavour to teach you the ancient rules- 87- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust will you also, at this point, study anew the teaching i gave in the earlier instructions on the theme of vi

tal reality, of such life and potency that it can break through or break up all limiting outer organisations and, by the very force of its interior life, eventually externalise itself. this coming externalisation of the groups which constitute the ashrams of the masters (not yet of the chohans, because they are still basically too potent) will be a gradual process, but it will in time restore the mysteries, bring the first two initiations into a relative prominence as integral parts of the coming world religion, familiarise the whole of mankind with the fact of the subjective world, and finally bring the most developed of the sons of men into a faint glimmer of understanding of the essential reality underlying all phenomena, and give some grasp of the purpose of shamballa and the will of t

g into our planetary livingness certain extra-planetary energies which are needed to carry forward the planned work of the planetary logos. shamballa itself is also permeated with his thought and conscious (if i may speak symbolically) of that which the logos has visualised. they are the custodians of his purpose, as it is revealed to them, cycle by cycle. the length of these cycles is one of the mysteries which is strictly guarded in the council chamber of the lord of the world; these cycles have reference only to manifestation in the three worlds wherein the concepts of time and space control. the hierarchy is the custodian of that aspect of the cyclic, planetary purpose which is called the plan; this covers such relatively brief periods as civilisations where humanity is concerned. in r

the newer they are the more difficult necessarily are they to present. only those who are on the immediate verge of initiation will understand; the others will prefer to interpret these truths to themselves in the easier and well-known formulas of the preparatory stage of the at-one-ing of soul and personality. the stage of recognising the revelation which is accorded to the initiate of the major mysteries is itself divided into lesser phases. these might be described as three in number though much is dependent upon the initiation to be taken and the ray of the prepared disciple. these are: 1. the stage of penetration. this refers to the piercing through the world glamour and thereby effecting two objectives: a. the light of the spiritual triad streams into the consciousness of the initiat

ALICE A BAILEY23 THE EXTERNALISATION OF THE HIERARCHY

iscean influence is entirely removed, the seventh ray avatar will appear. his work will demonstrate the law, order and rhythm of the creative process as it works out on the physical plane, blending spirit and matter. and as this ray is called the ray of ceremonial order or ritual, he will be largely instrumental in producing those conditions which will permit of the reappearance upon earth of the mysteries of initiation, of which the hierarchy is the custodian. he is necessarily connected with the great white lodge on sirius. this fact does not, however, concern us now, for we await the coming of a still greater avatar. 4. transmitting avatars. these manifestations of divinity appear at those great cyclic moments of revelation when humanity needs the expression of a new truth or the expans

possible aid, as is his brother, the buddha. it is this which makes the coming full moon of may of such supreme importance. a group of masters and initiates who are specially related to the christ's department, as well as a group working under the master m, are endeavouring to respond to this overshadowing which is only possible even to them when transmitted to them by the christ (i talk here of mysteries) it will therefore be apparent to you that, as they succeed and become increasingly sensitive to and aware of this overshadowing energy of the great avatar, their disciples on earth can also in a dim and faint way become responsive to the ideas that are formulated in the mind of their particular master in response to avataric impression. ponder on this. 2. inspiration. this is more direc

n, in every climate and part of the world, and throughout the endless reaches of time itself, back into the limitless past, men have found the path to god; they have trodden it and accepted its conditions, endured its disciplines, rested back in confidence upon its realities, received its rewards and found their goal. arrived there, they have "entered into the joy of the lord" participated in the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, dwelt in the glory of the divine presence, and then returned to the ways of men, to serve. the testimony to the existence of this path is the priceless treasure of all the great religions and its witnesses are those who have transcended all forms and all theologies, and have penetrated into the world of meaning which all symbols veil. these truths are part of al

of the incoming generation. this necessitates on the part of the christ a concentration for which we have no equivalent word and a purely spiritual endeavour (a monadic effort) of which we have no faintest idea. secondly, he is working within the confines of the hierarchy itself, preparing his disciples, the masters, for certain great post-war events. for the war will end. the restoration of the mysteries, the initiation of those disciples who have stood firm and unafraid during the war, the enlargement of their ashrams, owing to the almost unforeseen development of the spiritual sense among the world aspirants who would not normally have become disciples during this incarnation, and also the externalisation of their ashrams during the next one hundred years, preparatory to the reappearan

ree movements, disciples of the great ones are to be found and they are steadily gathering momentum and will before long enter upon their designated task. the masonic movement when it can be divorced from politics and social ends and from its present paralysing condition of inertia, will meet the need of those who can, and should, wield power. it is the custodian of the law; it is the home of the mysteries and the seat of initiation. it holds in its symbolism the ritual of deity, and the way of salvation is pictorially preserved in its work. the methods of deity are demonstrated in its temples, and under the all-seeing eye the work can go forward. it is a far more occult organisation than can be realised, and is intended to be the training school for the coming advanced occultists. in its

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

qualities of his ray and to prove of gradually increasing importance to his group, he will be prepared through tests, through trials, and through temptations for those final stages in development which will put into his power: the knowledge of certain laws governing matter and form- 4- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust the keys of the mysteries connected with energy, with polarity, and with group relation. certain words of power which will give him control over the elemental forces of nature. insight into the planetary plans. upon these i need not enlarge, nor need i take up with you here the subject of initiation (discipleship in the new age, volumes i and ii. the first work to be done is the stimulating of aspirants and the p

n of the rainbow bridge. these rules are in reality great formulas of approach, but they indicate approach to a specific section of the path and not approach to the initiator. i would have you reflect upon this distinction. the "way of the higher evolution" lies open to the aspirant to the greater- 22- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust mysteries, but he is oft bewildered in the beginning and frequently questions in his mind the difference between the progress or evolution of the personality towards soul consciousness and the nature of the progress which lies ahead and which is essentially different to the unfoldment of pure consciousness. had you grasped the fact that after the third initiation, the initiate is not concerned wit

in shamballa. in 1922, in my book letters on occult meditation i laid the foundation in my first chapter for the more advanced teaching which i am now giving. there i was dealing with the alignment of the ego with the personality, and this was the first time that the entire theme of alignment was brought definitely into focus, for alignment is the first step towards fusion, and later towards the mysteries of identification. let me quote "as time progresses, and later with the aid of the master, harmony of colour and tone is produced (a synonymous matter) until eventually you will have the basic note of matter, the major third of the aligned personality, the dominant fifth of the ego, followed by the full chord of the monad or spirit. it is the dominant we seek at adeptship, and earlier th

initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust interest which have made evolving man what he is: first of all an integrated personality, and then a disciple a candidate for initiation. as more and more disciples come into group realisation it will become increasingly possible for the hierarchy to admit such disciples in group formation. that is one reason necessitating the re-establishing of the ancient mysteries on earth. that group relation has to be demonstrated in the three worlds and expressed by disciples in their group life upon the physical plane. hence the new experiment being undertaken by the hierarchy of externalising their ashrams. this process involves immense difficulty, owing to the astralism, the ambitions and the growing personality influence of so many people. many groups, unde

ken place. tentative experiments are being made with some success and some discouragement. two things have therefore been decided upon by the masters as they face the future of humanity and prepare to take the required steps to meet man's advancing aspiration. i have chosen these two words with care. these two requirements have been demanded of the hierarchy by shamballa in order to safeguard the mysteries and prevent a too premature precipitation of the hierarchical life upon the earth. both these requirements are expressed in this fifth rule. rule v. in unison let the group perceive the triad shining forth, dimming the light of the soul and blotting out the light of form. the macrocosmic whole is all there is. let the group perceive that whole and then no longer use the thought "my soul

ALICE BAILEY THE LABOURS OF HERCULES

pid unfoldment of the power and life of the soul. in one analysis of discipleship, it has been defined as "a psychic resolvent, which eats- 7- the labours of hercules away all dross and leaves only the pure gold behind" it is a process of refining, of sublimation and of transmutation, carried steadily forward until at length the mount of transfiguration and of illumination is attained. the hidden mysteries and the forces, latent in human beings, need to be discovered and require to be utilized in a divine manner and in line with divine purpose, intelligently apprehended. when they have thus been utilized, the disciple finds himself en rapport with the universal and similar divine energies and powers, underlying the operations of the natural world. thus he becomes a worker under the plan of

us is often called the good shepherd, and he has been depicted many times as the shepherd leading his sheep. the thought of the sheepfold has been closely associated in the minds of people with christ. connected with the sign cancer are three constellations: ursa major, ursa minor and argo. the common occidental names for the two former are the great bear and the little bear, but it is one of the mysteries of astronomy as to how the name "bear" came to be associated with either of these groups of stars, for in the chaldean, persian, indian and egyptian zodiacs, no bear is found. the names most commonly use are those of "the sheepfold, or "the flock of sheep" and an analysis of the hebrew and arabic names [91] for the stars found in these constellations will be found to prove the fact that

nd as we think we build. therefore we have built around ourselves such a cloud of thought forms about our aspirations, that we do not see the goal. i am not cutting away the ground under your feet, but stop thinking so much about what to do and learn more simply "to be" silence sagittarius is the sign preparatory to capricorn and it is called in some ancient books "the sign of silence. in ancient mysteries the newly admitted brother had to sit in silence, he was not allowed to walk or speak; he had to be, to work and to watch- 92- the labours of hercules because one cannot enter the fifth kingdom in nature, the spiritual kingdom, or climb the mountain of capricorn, until there has been restraint of speech and control of thought. that is the lesson of sagittarius: restraint of speech throug

ircle you are of no use in heaven or hell. what do i mean by "pure? we use the word largely in its physical sense but "pure" really is freedom from the limitations of matter. if i am in any way imprisoned even by my mind, which is a form of subtle matter, i am not pure. if i have any selfish emotions, i am not pure. hercules had to purify himself. then we read that he had to be initiated into the mysteries. as far as i can understand it (and i may be wrong) this means that you go through your own personal hell before you can go through the universal hell. you have a terrible time in your own life and you are initiated as you undergo your own hell. you learn the nature of the universal by individual experience; only that is realization. you cannot learn by hearsay. as has happened before in

the year two thousand our pole star and another star (vega) in the heavens will be in conjunction with each other [183] and the aquarian age will be fully with us, but only fully with us in the sense that we shall be entering it and piscean forces will be receding rapidly. all that transpires in physical plane expression is due to subjective forces. a school of thought exists which traces all the mysteries, all the teachings that we are now calling the ageless wisdom, to a form of animal worship and temple mysteries of a sordid and sexual kind. i shall not go into details, but i want to tell- 105- the labours of hercules you what i think is of vital interest for us to grasp, because it is something in the aquarian age which will be emerging in greater fullness right along. it is one thing

AN INTRO TO STUDY OF THE KABALAH

denudata; and the english edition of three treatises-"siphra dtzenioutha" or "book of concealed mystery "ha idra rabba "greater assembly; and "ha idra suta" lesser assembly" translated by s. l. macgregor mathers. these three books give a fair idea of the tone, style and material of the zohar but they only include a partial view: other tracts in the zohar are--hikaloth--the palaces, sithre torah--mysteries of the law, midrash ha neelam--the secret commentary, raja mehemna--the faithful shepherd, saba demishpatim--the discourse of the aged--the prophet elias, and januka- the young man; with notes called tosephta and mathanithan. in course of publication there is now a french translation of the complete zohar, by jean de pauly: this is a most scholarly work. other famous kabalistic treatises

ed menasseh ben israel, compared the books of moses to the body of a man, the commentaries called mishna to the soul, and the kabalah he called the spirit of the soul "ignorant people may study the first, the learned the second, but the wisest direct their contemplation to the third; he called the kabalists--divine theologians possessed of thirteen rules by which they are enabled to penetrate the mysteries with which the scriptures abound. many kabalists claimed that their doctrines and methods were brought down from heaven by angels to primeval man, and they all believed that the first four books of the pentateuch enshrined their peculiar doctrines as well as narrated histories and laid down laws. the zohar says--if these books of the torah contain only the tales of, and the words of esau

ANALYSIS OF THE 5 6 INITIATION

vx sign and analysis of the keyword is given. this expresses the unity of light in its differentiated forms. first point of the 5=6 ceremony the whole intent of the 5=6 initiation is to unite the candidate with osiris. osiris is represented by the chief adept except when he taketh his wand and ankh and proceedeth to give the candidate instruction. then the chief is isis who is the revealer of the mysteries. the chief does not appear in the first point. he is slain and is osiris of the nether world. in the egyptian mysteries, the postulant after death is identified with osiris. inasmuch as the candidate is dead already, unless osirified, he too must be slain. like christ, he must be stripped and flogged, and placed on the cross of suffering. but first, he enters. at this point, the second a

osiris. the symbolic archetype of christian rosenkruetz, the founder of our order, is now that of osiris. the aspirant is now in a state of mourning. it is the mourning of isis. recall that the aspirant is dead, having been crucified on the cross. the rose cross is pointed out as a symbol of the completion of the great work, though it may be several years before the aspirant fully understands the mysteries of the sublime and sacred symbol. next, the tomb is discovered. this is the tomb of the initiate. l the sign of "l" is the swastika and hidden within is the cross. it is a symbol of the whirling force of m. v the sign of "v" is that of typhon and apophis. it is horus of the pentagram unveiled. thus, it is evil as nature rules over. it is destruction, the sign of a drowning man. in additi

s the cross again, not the cross of suffering, but the rose and cross of light and life. he/she hears "i am amoun, the concealed one" now osiris, the new adept, says before the sun and the moon and the heavens "before i was blind. now i see" the great light of the infinite brilliance is flashing, and the powerful and everlasting spirit of god descends! the chief adept is again the revealer of the mysteries as isis. he instructs the new adept. first, hyha is formulated, as well as trapt, and the light is brought down and cemented into the new adept via the analysis of the keyword. minutum mundum the light is shown, the radiance, and the four colors are explained. crook and scourge these are the symbols of balanced power and the light of osiris. serpent and sword the light that descendeth do

APOCRYPHON OF JOHN

of hosts. to whom be glory and power for ever and for ever amen (then the archangel joel glorified god; saying 'holy, holy, holy lord, heaven and earth are full of thy glory.)the apocryphon of john http//www.pseudepigrapha.com/apocrypha_nt/apocjn.html 1 of 12 8/16/2006 5:17 pm the apocryphon of john (long version) translated by frederik wisse the teaching of the savior, and the revelation of the mysteries and the things hidden in silence, even these things which he taught john, his disciple. and it happened one day, when john, the brother of james- who are the sons of zebedee- had come up to the temple, that a pharisee named arimanius approached him and said to him "where is your master whom you followed" and he said to him "he has gone to the place from which he came" the pharisee said t

ARADIA GOSPEL OF THE WITCHES

ncomprehensible in woman, which neither she herself nor man can explain.for every woman is at heart a witch.we have banished the broom and the cat and the working miracles, the sabbat and pacts withsatan, but the mystery or puzzle is as great as ever; no one living knows to what it is destined tolead. are not the charms of love of every kind, and the enjoyment of beauty in all its forms in nature,mysteries, miracles, or magical? page 65 n r r r r r the gospel of the witches, as i have given it, is in reality only the initial chapter of the collection ofceremonies, cantrips, incantations, and traditions current in the fraternity or sisterhood, the wholeof which are in the main to be found in my etruscan roman remainsand florentine legends. ihave, it is true, a great number as yet unpublishe

ial chapter of the collection ofceremonies, cantrips, incantations, and traditions current in the fraternity or sisterhood, the wholeof which are in the main to be found in my etruscan roman remainsand florentine legends. ihave, it is true, a great number as yet unpublished, and there are more ungathered, but the wholescripture of this sorcery, all its principal tenets, formulas, medicaments, and mysteries may be foundin what i have collected and printed. yet i would urge that it would be worth while to arrange andedit it all into one work, because it would be to every student of archaeology, folk-lore, or history ofgreat value. it has been the faith of millions in the past it has made itself felt in innumerable tradi-tions, which deserve to be better understood than they are, and i would

y which the lucciolais putunder a glass and conjured to give by its light certain answers.the conjuration of the meal or bread, as being literally our body as contributing to form it, anddeeply sacred because it had lain in the earth, where dark and wondrous secrets bide, seems tocast a new light on the christian sacrament. it is a type of resurrection from the earth, and wastherefore used at the mysteries and holy supper, and the grain had pertained to chthonicsecrets, orto what had been under the earth in darkness. thus even earth-worms are invoked in modern witch-craft as familiar with dark mysteries, and the shepherds pipe to win the orphic power must beburied three days in the earth. and so all was, and is, in sorcery a kind of wild poetry based on sym-bols, all blending into one anot

the moon endymion lay with her,so did hippolytus and verbio.(on which the reader may consult t ertullian,de falsa religione, lib. ii. cap. 17, and pico demirandula, la strega.)but there is an exquisitely subtle, delicately strange idea or ideal in the conception of the apparentlychaste clear cold moon casting her living light by stealth into the hidden recesses of darkness andacting in the occult mysteries of love or dreams. so it struck byron 21 as an original thought thatthe sun does not shine on half the forbidden deeds which the moon witnesses, and this is empha-sised in the italian witch-poem. in it the moon is distinctly invoked as the protectress of a strangeand secret amour, and as the deity to be especially invoked for such love-making. the one invokingsays that the window is open

*queen of the fireflies! hurry apace, 5 come to me now as if running a race,bridle the horse as you hear me now sing!bridle, o bridle the son of the king!come in a hurry and bring him to me!the son of the king will ere long set thee free!and because thou for ever art brilliant and fair,under a glass i will keep thee; while there,with a lens i will study thy secrets concealed,till all their bright mysteries are fully revealed,yea, all the wondrous lore perplexedof this life of our cross and of the next.thus to all mysteries i shall attain,yea, even to that at last of the grain;and when this at last i shall truly know,firefly, freely ill let thee go!when earths dark secrets are known to me, page 12 chapter ii.the sabbat: treguenda or witch-meeting how to consecrate the supper.here follows th

ARTHUR E WAITE TEMPLAR ORDERS IN FREEMASONRY

existence is now before me, and i await an opportunity to examine it. i can say only at the moment that it was devised, as my reference shows, to create an impression that an alleged spiritual branch of the old knights templar possessed their real secrets and had been perpetuated to modern times. it was, therefore, in a position to supply what the strict observance itself wanted; but the alleged mysteries of the order appear to be those of paracelsus and of kabalism on the magical side. i have left over also (1) les chevaliers de la palestine, otherwise knights of jerusalem, because although it is a templar grade, it is concerned with the old chivalry at an early period of its history, and not with its transmission to modern times (2) the grade of grand inspector, otherwise kadosh, though

BASIL VALENTINE TWELVE KEYS

ript when you have thus obtained the material, the regimen of the fire is the only thing on which you need bestow much attention. this is the sum and the goal of our search. for our fire is a common fire, and our furnace a common furnace. and though some of my predecessors have left it in writing that our fire is not common fire, i may tell you that it was only one of their devices for hiding the mysteries of our art. for the material is common, and its treatment consists chiefly in the proper adjustment of the heat to which it is exposed. the fire of a spirit lamp is useless for our purpose. nor is there any profit in horse vdung, nor in the twelve keys of basil valentine 82 of 95 other kinds of heat in the providing of which so much expense is incurred. neither do we want many kinds of f

BEHOLDERS OF NIGHT

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

the dragon itself is a model or form of the adversary, the symbolism of the red and black dragon are present. the red dragon itself is shaitan or samael, the dual aspects of self-liberation and transformation. as the red dragon is a mirror or exteriorized (viewed as a form outside the self) form of the primal self, the dragon is also a form of ourselves developed and initiated into the luciferian mysteries. the dragon itself as the adversary is viewed in the initiatory context as both shaitan and lilith, the beholders of night. the dragon itself is considered the center point of the sabbatic arcanum, the initiatory path of the serpent, which coils and encircles the spirit or psyche of the individual. arimanius frowned, the author foul of evil, how with shades from his dire mansion, he defo

BLAVATSKY H P ANTHROPOGENESIS

[footnote continued from previous page] is esoterically a septenary which represents seven men, or rather groups of men. for the first adam- the kadmon- is the synthesis of the ten sephiroth. of these, the upper triad remains in the archetypal world as the future "trinity" while the seven lower sephiroth create the manifested material world; and this septenate is the second adam. genesis, and the mysteries upon which it was fabricated, came from egypt. the "god" of the 1st chapter of genesis is the logos, and the "lord god" of the 2nd chapter the creative elohim- the lower powers* thus saith pymander "this is the mystery that to this day was hidden. nature being mingled with the heavenly man (elohim, or dhyanis, brought forth a wonder. seven men, all males and females (hermaphrodite. accor

nes, simply because they are the most logical, and reconcile every difficulty. besides, we have the egyptian "books of thoth" and "book of the dead" and the hindu puranas with the seven manus, as well as the chaldeo-assyrian accounts, whose tiles mention seven primitive men, or adams, the real meaning of which name may be ascertained through the kabala. those who know anything of the samothracian mysteries will also remember that the generic name of the kabiri was the "holy fires" which created on seven localities of the island of electria (or samothrace) the "kabir born of the holy lemnos (the island sacred to vulcan. according to pindar (see "philosophumena" miller's edition, p. 98, this kabir, whose name was adamas, was, in the traditions of lemnos, the type of the primitive man born fr

mankind. adam appears as a proper name in genesis, but certainly in some passages is only used in the same sense as the assyrian word (p. 86. moreover, neither the chaldean nor the biblical deluge (the stories of xisuthrus and noah) is based on the universal or even on the atlantean deluges, recorded in the indian allegory of vaivaswata manu. they are the exoteric allegories based on the esoteric mysteries of samothrace. if the older chaldees knew the esoteric truth concealed in the puranic legends, the other nations were aware only of the samothracian mystery, and allegorised it. they adapted it to their astronomical and anthropological, or rather phallic, notions. samothrace is known historically to have been famous in antiquity for a deluge, which submerged the country and reached the t

he north by the rupture of gibraltar, and on the south by an upheaval to which the sahara owes its existence. the shores of this former sea of sahara are still marked by the shells[[footnote continued on next page[[vol. 2, page] 9 pre-tertiary giants. and was followed by the submersion of plato's little atlantic island, which he calls atlantis after its parent continent. geography was part of the mysteries, in days of old. says the zohar (iii, fol. 10a "these secrets (of land and sea) were divulged to the men of the secret science, but not to the geographers" the claim that physical man was originally a colossal pre-tertiary giant, and that he existed 18,000,000 years ago, must of course appear preposterous to admirers of, and believers in, modern learning. the whole posse comitatis of bio

and as there are seven keys of interpretation to every symbol and allegory, that which may not fit a meaning, say from the psychological or astronomical aspect, will be found quite correct from the physical or metaphysical[[vol. 2, page] 23 the action of the great breath. reckoned according to the enumeration devised later by people who had forgotten, or who had an inadequate notion of, the real mysteries, and included neither the sun, the moon, nor the earth. the sun was the chief, exoterically, of the twelve great gods, or zodiacal constellations; and, esoterically, the messiah, the christos (the subject anointed by the great breath, or the one) surrounded by his twelve subordinate powers, also subordinate, in turn, to each of the seven "mystery-gods" of the planets "the seven higher ma

BLAVATSKY H P COSMOGENESIS

more paralyzed and atrophied. the "amiable infidels and accomplished profligates" of society, spoken of by greeley, care little for the revival of the dead sciences of the past; but there is a fair minority of earnest students who are entitled to learn the few truths that may be given to them now; and now much more than ten years ago, when "isis unveiled" or even the later attempts to explain the mysteries of esoteric science, were published. one of the greatest, and, withal, the most serious objection to the correctness and reliability of the whole work will be the preliminary stanzas "how can the statements contained in them be verified" true, if a great portion of the sanskrit, chinese, and mongolian works quoted in the present volumes are known to some orientalists, the chief work- tha

en, in whatever language or characters, since the art of writing began; from the ideographic hieroglyphs down to the alphabet of cadmus and the devanagari. it has been claimed in all ages that ever since the destruction of the alexandrian library (see isis unveiled, vol. ii, p. 27, every work of a character that might have led the profane to the ultimate discovery and comprehension of some of the mysteries of the secret science, was, owing to the combined efforts of the members of the brotherhoods, diligently searched for. it is added, moreover, by those who know, that once found, save three copies left and stored safely away, such works were all destroyed. in india, the last of the precious manuscripts were secured and hidden during the reign of the emperor akbar* it is maintained, furthe

r shows that no bribes or threats of akbar could extort from the brahmans the original text of the veda; and boasts that european orientalists have it (lecture on the "science of religion" p. 23. whether europe has the complete text is very doubtful, and the future may have very disagreeable surprises in store for the orientalists[[vol. 1, page] xxiv introductory. direct references to the ancient mysteries, after having been carefully copied in cryptographic characters, such as to defy the art of the best and cleverest palaeographer, was also destroyed to the last copy. during akbar's reign, some fanatical courtiers, displeased at the emperor's sinful prying into the religions of the infidels, themselves helped the brahmans to conceal their mss. such was badaoni, who had an undisguised hor

max muller's lectures for example) the public may feel sufficiently sure (a) that the students of ancient religions have indeed very few data upon which to build such final conclusions as they generally do about the old religions, and (b) that such lack of data does not prevent them in the least from dogmatising. one would imagine that, thanks to the numerous records of the egyptian theogony and mysteries preserved in the classics, and in a number of ancient writers, the rites and dogmas of pharaonic egypt ought to be well understood at least; better, at any rate, than the too abstruse philosophies and pantheism of india, of whose religion and language europe had hardly any idea before the beginning of the present century. along the nile and on the face of the whole country, there stand t

very real in the early centuries of the christian era, to people fully convinced of the reality of occultism, and entering a cycle of degradation, which made them rife for abuse of occult powers and sorcery of the worst description. the documents were concealed, it is true, but the knowledge itself and its actual existence had never been made a secret of by the hierophants of the temple, wherein mysteries have ever been made a discipline and stimulus to virtue. this is very old news, and was repeatedly made known by the great adepts, from pythagoras and plato down to the neoplatonists. it was the new religion of the nazarenes that wrought a change for the worse- in the policy of centuries. moreover, there is a well-known fact, a very curious one, corroborated to the writer by a reverend g

BLUE EQUINOX

e of the human and divine elements in the consciousness of man, giving their harmony following upon the victory of the latter. liber xvi. liber turris vel domus dei. an instruction for attainment by the direct destruction of thoughts as they arise in the mind. liber clxxv. astarte vel liber berylli. an instruction in attainment by the method of devotion, of bhakta-yoga. liber xlvi. the key of the mysteries. a translation by frater o.m. of the masterpiece of eliphas levi. this course is specially adapted to the task of this grade, the attainment of bhakta-yoga. curriculum of a.a. 37 course vii the dominus liminis will be examined in the following books: liber ccxx. liber l vel legis sub figur ccxx as delivered by xciii unto dclxvi. this book is the foundation of the new on, and thus of the

came i to duant, the starry abode, and i heard voices crying aloud. 3. o thou that sittest upon the earth (so spake a certain veiled one to me) thou art not greater than thy mother! thou speck of dust infinitesimal! thou art the lord of glory, and the unclean dog. 4. stooping down, dipping my wings, i came unto the darkly-splendid abodes. there in that formless abyss was i made a partaker of the mysteries averse. 5. i suffered the deadly embrace of the snake and of the goat; i paid the infernal homage to the shame of khem. 6. therein was this virtue, that the one became the all. 7. moreover i behld a vision of a river. there was a little boat thereon; and in it under purple sails was a golden woman, an image of asi wrought in finest gold. also the river was of blood, and the boat of shini

weet. thou art beautiful and bitter, o golden one, o my lord adonai, o thou abyss of sapphire! 56. i follow thee, and the waters of death fight strenuously against me. i pass into the waters beyond death and beyond life. 57. how shall i answer the foolish man? in no way shall he come to the identity of thee! 58. but i am the fool that heedeth not the play of the magician. me doth the woman of the mysteries instruct in vain; i have burst the bonds of love and of power and of worship. 59. therefore is the eagle made one with the man, and the gallows of infamy dance with the fruit of the just. 60. i have descended, o my darling, into the black shining waters, and i have plucked thee forth as a black pearl of infinite preciousness. 61. i have gone down, o my god, into the abyss of the all, and

re told to divide, add, multiply, and understand. by division cometh forth 0.12, as if it were written nuith! hadith! ra-hoor- khuith! before the dyad. by addition ariseth eleven, the number of true magick: and by multiplication three hundred, the number of the holy spirit or fire, the letter shin, wherein all things are consumed utterly. with these considerations, and a full understanding of the mysteries of the number 666 and 418, you will be armed mightily in this way of far flight. but you should also consider all numbers in their scales. for there is no means of resolution better than this of pure mathematics, since already therein are gross ideas made fine, and all is ordered and ready for the alchemy of the great work. i have already written to you of how, in the will of love, light

al and approved method, on april 2nd 1886 e. v, having only escaped becoming an april fool by delaying a day to summon up enough courage to turn out once more into this cold and uninviting world. having been oiled, smacked and allowed to live, we shall trouble no further about the details of his career until 1906, when, having reached the age of 20 years, he began to turn his attention toward the mysteries, and to investigate spiritualism, chiefly with the idea of disproving it. from this year his interest in the occult seems to date, and it was about this time that he first consciously aspired to find, and get into touch with, a true occult order. this aspiration was, as we shall see, fulfilled three years later, when he had an opportunity to become a probationer of the a.a, and immediate

BOOK OF ENOCH

ne who has been born is truly his son. and call his name noah, for he will be a remnant for you and he and his sons will be saved from the destruction which is coming on the earth because of all the sin and all the iniquity, which will be committed on the earth in his days. 106.19] but after this, there will be yet greater iniquity than that which was committed on the earth before. for i know the mysteries of the holy ones, for the lord showed them to me and made them known to me, and i read them in the tablets of heaven. 107.1] and i saw written on them, that generation upon generation will do wrong, until a generation of righteousness shall arise, and wrongdoing shall be destroyed, and sin shall depart from the earth, and everything good shall come upon it. 107.2] and now, my son, go, ma

BOOK OF PLEASURE

n see but its infinite ramifications in dissatisfaction*(2. the progenitor of itself and all things, but resembling nothing, this sexuality in its early simplicity, embodies the everlasting. time has not changed it, hence i call it new. this ancestral sex principle, and the idea of self, are one and the same, this sameness its exaction and infinite possibilities, the early duality, the mystery of mysteries, the sphinx at the gates of all spirituality. all conceivable ideas begin and end as light in its emotion, the ecstasy which the creation of the idea of self induces. the idea is unity by the formula of self, its necessary reality as continuity, the question of all things, all this universe visible and invisible has come out of it. as unity conceived duality, it begot trinity, begot tetr

ch ideas should be less than comic. there is no duality? you are conscious of the gay butterfly you observe and are conscious of being "you: the butterfly is conscious of being "itself" and as such, it is a consciousness as good as and the same as yours, i.e, of you being "you" therefore this consciousness of "you" that you both feel is the same "you? ergo, you are one and the same-the mystery of mysteries and the most simple thing in the world to understand! how could you be conscious of what you are not? but you might believe differently? so, if you hurt the butterfly you hurt yourself, but your belief that you don't hurt yourself protects you from hurt-for a time! belief gets tired and you are miserably hurt! do what you will-belief is ever its own inconsistency. desire contains everyth

BUCKLAND RAYMOND COMPLETE BOOK OF WITCHCRAFT

s; with jesus' death and resurrection; with siva's death and resurrection, and many more. basically all represent the coming of fall and winter followed by the return of spring and summer; the lead figure represnting the spirit of vegetation. from witchcraft here are "the myth of the goddess" as found in (a) gardnerian wicca and (b) saxon wicca "now g* had never loved, but she would solve all the mysteries, even the mystery of death; and so she journeyed to the nether lands. the guardians of the portals challenged her 'strip off thy there can be surprises in discovering names used for the deities in different traditions. one very-strongly welsh tradition uses the name "diana" for the goddess and "pan" for the cod. diana, of course, was a roman goddess and pan was a greek god! their connect

and so she journeyed to the nether lands. the guardians of the portals challenged her 'strip off thy there can be surprises in discovering names used for the deities in different traditions. one very-strongly welsh tradition uses the name "diana" for the goddess and "pan" for the cod. diana, of course, was a roman goddess and pan was a greek god! their connection with the welsh must be one of the mysteries! figure 2.1 goddess: arada/arawhon 16/ buckland's complete book of witchcraft garments, lay aside thy jewels; for naught may ye bring with ye into this our land' so she laid down her garments and her jewels and was bound, as are all who enter the realms of death the mighty one. such was her beauty that death himself knelt and kissed her feet, saying "blessed be thy feet that have brought

ot; abide with me' but she answered, 1 love thee not. then said death 'an' thou receive not my hand on thy heart, thou must receive death's scourge. it is fate; better so, she said and she knelt; and death scourged her and she cried 'i feel the pangs of love. and death said 'blessed be' and gave her the fivefold kiss, saying 'thus only may ye attain to joy and knowledge. and he taught her all the mysteries. and they loved and were one, and he taught her all the magicks. for there are three great events in the life of man: love, death and resurrection in a new body; and magick controls them all. for to fulfill love you must return again at the same time and place as the loved one, and you must remember and love them again. but to be reborn you must die, and be ready for a new body; and to d

of the village, who stand in a long line. he is now given a new name and starts his new life. interestingly enough there are several parallels of this renaming to be found in the roman catholic church: a new name is taken at confirmation; on becoming a nun a woman takes a new name; a new name is given to a newly elected pope. on excavating at pompeii, there was found a villa, named the "villa of mysteries. this was where everyone in ancient italy originally went to be initiated into the orphic mysteries. in the initiation room itself there are frescoes painted around the walls showing a woman going through the various stages of initiation. in this instance the symbolic death was a scourging. part of the revelation of knowledge came from the initiand scrying* with a polished bowl. the fina

. read and study it carefully. read it several times over. you should become thoroughly familiar with its contents. what is witchcraft but the human control of natural forces through a supernatural power. with fasting and incantation, with conjuring, men snare that power and use it without actually knowing what it is that they use. so witchcraft is the science of that power, within whose cult all mysteries merge and mingle. witches still live witchcraft is first and foremost a religion. worship of the lord and the theda kenyan lady is therefore the prime concern of the witch. magick is secondary to that worship. yet magick does play a part in most, if not all, religions (in roman catholicism, for example, transubstantiation is pure magick. as in other religions, then, so in witchcraft we f

CASE PAUL F THE BOOK OF TOKENS

estricteth the liberty of the no-thing, and produceth an appearance of limitation and separateness therein. 5 the nail is a perfect symbol of this severity. it hath a property of sharpness and stringency, like the point of a nail; and again, as a nail fasteneth together the parts of a house, so doth the desire of coming forth join together the parts of the universe, my dwelling-place. 6 these are mysteries, o israel, difficult to understand. with much searching shalt thou still fail to grasp them, unless thy search be rightly prosecuted. yet the way to understanding is ever open to him who will follow it steadfastly [67] the book of tokens it is the way of the heart, and thou shalt be guided therein by thine own inner hearing. even this aspect of my nature which presenteth itself under the

t thee forth; and it hath brought forth, too, the four worlds and all that they contain [68] v a v 8 thy search for me is mine own search for myself. nor shall that quest of mine, which seemeth now to thee to be thine own pursuit of wisdom and of understanding, be doomed to failure. whosoever thou art that readest or hearest these words. know that thou shalt come to me. 9 i am the revealer of all mysteries. none other is the teacher of any man. these words that thou readest, or that, perchance, are read to thee whose words are they but mine? i have brought thee before me for instruction, and whether thou receivest it willingly or unwillingly, know that because thou hast this day heard or read these words, thou art henceforth consciously united to me. to-day thou mayest reject me. to-day th

CASSANDRA EASON A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGIC

, as the sun god. the neolithic period also saw the development of shrines to the triple goddess who became associated with the three phases of the moon: waxing, full and waning. the moon provided one of the earliest ways by which people calculated time. since its cycles coincided with the female menstrual cycle, which ceased for nine moons if a women was pregnant, the moon became linked with the mysteries first of birth, then of death as it waned, and finally with new life on the crescent. because the moon was reborn each month or, as it was thought, gave birth to her daughter each month, it was assumed that human existence followed the same pattern and that the full moon mirrored the mother with her womb full with child. the full moon was also associated in later ages with romance and pa

ed in later ages with romance and passion, originally because this coincided with peak female fertility. moon magick for the increase of love and fertility is still practised under the auspices of the waxing moon. it was not until about 3,000 years ago that the male role in conception was seite 6 wicca01.txt fully understood in the west, and only then were the sky father deities able to usurp the mysteries of the divine mother. a trinity of huge, carved stone goddesses, representing the three main cycles of the moon, and dating from between 13000 and 11000 bc, was found in france in a cave at the abri du roc aux sorciers at angles-sur-l'anglin. this motif continued right through to the triple goddess of the celts, reflecting the lunar cycles as maiden, mother and crone, an image that also

and grandmother of all ages and all places, in joy, for i bring love and plenty. you may also bring me your hopes with the waxing moon and your sorrows on the wane, for i am with you in all states and stages, when you call and when you are silent, when you turn to me as an eager child and when you weep solitary tears in your pillow when your dreams have dissolved into ashes 'i hold the key to the mysteries of existence and the universe, but these i will share with all who come with willing heart and open mind. for they are not hidden from you, but are all round you in every season. i am in the moon as she passes through the sky, in the fertile earth and the mighty waters, for i am them as i am part of you, and you of me, and you too are of the same divine fabric as the moon and the fertile

of god, is associated with earthquakes, storms and volcanoes and is the archangel of salvation. he is sometimes linked with the courage of mars. he warned noah of the impending flood and led abraham out of ur. believed to have given alchemy to mankind, he also imparted the wisdom of the kabbalah, the book of sacred writings, to hebrew mystics. he stands as wise protector and keeper of the sacred mysteries, hence representing the direction of magick and initiator of all who seek the mysteries. uriel stands in the north and his colour is the deep blue or purple of midnight. raphael raphael is the healer and travellers' guide and is often associated with mercury, the messenger of the dawn. he is the angel who offers healing to the planet and to mankind and all creatures on the face of the ea

chant. finally throw them into the air, away from the flame* allow the fire or candle to burn down. afterwards, make up small posies of flowers to leave on the doorsteps of people who you know would appreciate them- perhaps the ill or lonely. litha, the summer solstice time: three days beginning from sunset around 20 june (20 december in the southern hemisphere) focus: full potency, illumination, mysteries revealed; healing, the height of joy, fulfilment, the need to seize the moment [insert pic p260- seite 158 wicca01.txt the summer solstice has been celebrated in cultures as far apart as russia and north america, where sun dances were an assertion of power and courage and in a new form still bring healing to the nations and the earth. the height of the festival is the first light falling

CASTING THE CIRCLE

le of elemental sight i bless this circle, by the spirit mind of godhood i emerge as one who commands the elements by will alone. move and bless this circle and work! by the image of the falling pentagram and star, from which we dive to achieve the promethean light, i bless this circle, by the spirit mind of the separated psyche, made selfdeified by self- love, to build and strengthen through the mysteries of ur and the black dragon, i emerge as one who commands individual ascension by will alone. move and bless this circle of work! by who is named lucifer, come forth and bless this circle which is dedicated through thee. in the image of the morning star we each ascend, and in your image we become. prince of light and prince of darkness emerge as one! bless this circle! hail lilith, she wh

CHIREAU YVONNE BLACK MAGIC RELIGION AND THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CONJURING TRADITION

icans to act on their suspicions. with his powers of divination, this conjurer apparently tapped into deeply held misgivings among domestic partners. according to one "he improved the opportunity of telling the fortunes of several of the heads of families and their wives "to some husbands he unfolded the infidelity of their wives, and then he, in turn, revealed to the grief-stricken wives all the mysteries of their husbands f guilty loves. the result of all this c was that there were few cabins c where peace and quiet prevailed" citing similar disruptive\ 83\ influences, authorities occasionally forced conjurers to abandon the premises "when their work becomes known and its effect felt, for the peace of all, master as well as man" remarked one writer "it is necessary to remove them from th

object. others used more idiosyncratic methods. the avid scratchings of a wildly feathered "frizzled" chicken in the earth, for instance, revealed that some dangerous, unknown maleficence lay beneath the surface. discarded grounds in an otherwise ordinary cup of tea or coffee also gave forth hidden facts. other healing experts gazed at cups, gourds, and crystals for camouflaged signs. others read mysteries in a deck of cards "i remember once of being at a woman's house" wrote a correspondent in the late nineteenth century to virginia's hampton institute publication, the southern workman "and a conjurer came there c and he threw his cards to the top of the room and called them out one by one until he called them all down" the practitioner told her that she needed to be saved from a "fix"[22

ce. was that not one of god's strange acts? c in a little town c where there was so much race hatred, i am told that a sign bearing these words was raised "negroes, read and run" god performed another one of his strange acts. the town was completely destroyed [39] healing testimonials by black pentecostals described similar acts of supernatural intervention "he reveals to me the revelation of his mysteries" wrote c. s. reese of black magic page 68 of 144 http//content.cdlib.org/xtf/view?docid=kt600020q0&chunk.id=0&doc.view=print 7/14/2006 memphis, in the church of god in christ magazine "he gives me power to cast out devils, to lay hands on the sick, and they recover" other pentecostal testimonies emphasized visionary\ 110\ experiences and acts of supernatural healing "i saw a man standing

olen articles, love, finance, etc, to those who desire it" effiong also\ 142\ claimed to have the ability to "cure all kinds of diseases, drunkard [sic, by oriental science" with the allure of their professional credentials came a new emphasis on the ethnic and international backgrounds of practitioners. often, representation of the "east" created a geographical association with ancient spiritual mysteries. advertisements for specialists hailing from india or asia, possessing "hindu" or "oriental" secrets, became especially frequent in african american newspapers. in new york city, one could turn to "oku aba" a psychic who practiced the "mystical science of africa" or professor domingo "african spiritualist and occultist, mohammedan, from kano, west coast africa" as urban conjure matured

t inspiration of blues composers. from the country styles of the mississippi delta songsters to the urban blues performers of the post.world war ii era and beyond, black bluespeople utilized the rhetoric of conjure in their songs. blues records, made popular in the first few decades of the twentieth century, contained direct and oblique references to hoodoo talismans, spiritual signs, and magical mysteries. in her 1928 song "shootin f star blues" for example, lizzie miles, a new orleans-born blues queen, alluded to the obscure but grisly technique by which individuals could acquire an all-powerful black cat bone, a highly sought-after supernatural artifact: i done crossed my fingers, counted up to twenty-three i seen a star falling, that means bad luck done fell on me black magic page 90 o

CHRONOLOGIA RORISPERGIUS

transition from theism to pantheism in 900 bc (james: 1963..pg 77) 800- the iliad and the odyssey were recited by a blind poet named homer; hesiod: works and days, theogony; upanishads 751 rome was founded 740 o.t. book of isaiah. 628-551 zarathustra/zoroaster 600- taoism (or daoism) is established in china as a religion by the legendary lao-tzu 580- 530 pythagoras was initiated into the egyptian mysteries (disciple of anaximander) 560 buddha was born c. 550? bon was introduced to tibet when there occurred a mass migration of iranians from sogdhiana in north-east iran to the northern parts of tibet. they brought with them an ancient form of polytheistic mithraism and the araimic alphabet. 550- the celts invade the island of britain. 535 bc pythagoras sets up esoteric colony near crotona in

n emperor julian stopped at harran at the beginning of his persian campaign. he consulted the oracles at the temple of the moon. 380 hephaestio of thebes. compendium, delineations of the decans and contains a very long excerpt from nechepso/petosiris on detailed eclipse delineation. preserves an ancient egyptian method of prediction using the dog-star alone. c.380 sepher ha-razim (the book of the mysteries) a jewish mystical and magical grimoire from egypt. related to the sepher raziel. 385 d. st. gregory of nyssa 386: augustine (354-430, a rhetorician of north african descent currently working in milan, accepts baptism into catholic christianity from bishop ambrose of milan. 391 second burning of library at alexandria (by christians. 401 confessions of st. augustine. 404 cod. of the vulga

st, which is summation of all sciences. influenced al-ghazali and rashid al-din sinan ibn-sulayman, the chief of the assassins in syria. 969 emperor mu-tsung is reported to have played cards with his wives- the earliest reference to playing cards. however, it is evident that these were the'domino' cards still in use in china. 987 ibn al-nadim. fihirst -contains citations from the book of the five mysteries, a service book of sabian religion. 1000- approximate founding of yezidi cult by sufi sheik adi in iraq. abode of learning active in cairo. spread of cathari manicheism throughout europe. leif ericson explores north america. 1004-1007) al-majriti, author of picatrix, dies 1010 earliest european mention of chess: count of urgel(spain)leaves his rock crystal chess set to a convent. by 1200

bertran de born troubadour 1144 earliest dated western alchemical treatise- robert of chester de compositione alchemiae c.1145- after 1208 guiot de provins. trouv re in the service of the dukes of champagne in provins; possibly in the holy land on one or more crusades. 1145 sepher zachut -ezra, ibn abraham(mantua, concerning the hebrew letters as well as principles of grammar.)sod (1100s, on the mysteries in the forms of the hebrew letters. manuscript copies of it are in the vatican library. ormat ha-mezima (also known as arugat ha-mezima, 1100s, a small philosophical book using the alphabet and poetry. bishop otto of freising of germany first recorded story of legendary christian ruler of the east, prester john, in his "chronicon" 1148 hildegard of bingen writing on science 1147-9: the s

at would be known as the "moderns" grand lodge in pennsylvania. 1735 abraham eleazar uraltes chymisches werck 1743-1795 giuseppe balsamo "count cagliostro" 1743-1803 louis claude de saint-martin 1745 sefer yetzirah published in zolkkiew 1745-1797/8 charles-pierre-paul savalette de lange. keeper of the royal treasury, grand officer of the grand orient, and a high initiate of masonry 'versed in all mysteries, in all the lodges, and all the plots' in order to unite all the masonic groups he made his lodge a mixture of all sophistic, martiniste, and masonic systems 'and as a bait to the aristocracy organized balls and concerts at which the adepts, male and female, danced and feasted, or sang of the beauties of their liberty and equality, little knowing that above them was a secret committee wh

CHYMICAL WEDDING OF CHRISTIAN ROSENKREUTZ

ion derives from an english translation published in 1690. no part of this document is copyrighted or copyrightable in any domain. adobe acrobat edition prepared by benjamin rowe, october, 2000. typeset in bembo. page 1 the first day n an evening before easter day, i sat at a table, and having (as my custom was) in my humble prayer sufficiently conversed with my creator, and considered many great mysteries (whereof the father of lights his majesty had shown me not a few) and being now ready to prepare in my heart, together with my dear paschal lamb, a small, unleavened, undefiled cake; all of a sudden arose so horrible a tempest, that i imagined no other but that through its mighty force, the hill on which my little house was founded would fly into pieces. but inasmuch as this, and the lik

aded us as to his contention, had not one of these invisible waiters reached him such a handsome cuff upon his lying muzzle, that not only he, but many more who were by him, became as mute as mice. but it pleased me most of all, that all those of whom i had any esteem were very quiet in their business, and made no loud cry of it, but acknowledged themselves to be misunderstanding men, to whom the mysteries of nature were too high, and they themselves much too small. in this tumult i had almost cursed the day when i came here; for i could not behold but with anguish that those lewd vain people were above at the board, but i in so sorry a place could not rest in quiet, one of those rascals scornfully reproaching me for a motley fool. now i did not realise that there was still one gate throug

CONCERNING THE CEREMONY OF THE CONSECRATING THE VAULT

remind ourselves that we must always strive to our higher, divine self, and to become more than human. anything less than this is a negative action to our spiritual development within. we call it negative karma or sin. the ceremony continues, the chief officers re-enter the vault and remove book t. it is then placed on the altar. now, hru is invoked to aid the order in its timeless search for the mysteries of divine light. this quest must never be forgotten and should be recalled every day when we perform the qabalistic cross. let the celebration and solemn ceremony of the consecration of the vault remind us to always aspire to the highest point, just as the a is in its highest point in the sky. the three chiefs join wands and ankhs forming the fiery triangle through which the energy is ra

DAVID ICKE AND THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE

e than any who had come after; they were the teachers of infant races. the birth of the brotherhood 27 "it is said that these earliest teachers of humanity who founded the mystery-institutions as the most efficient means of giving infant humanity instructions in higher things, were souls belonging to a more highly developed humanity than our own..in the earliest times, according to this view, the mysteries were conducted by those who had a knowledge of nature-powers which was the acquisition of a prior perfected humanity not necessarily earth-born and the wonders shown therein such that none of our humanity could of themselves produce."1 this initiation structure was either negative from the start in its ambitions for humanity, or it was later taken over by that consciousness. i feel the h

l society two years later. this is still around today. its doctrines are based on blavatsky books such as isis unveiled, which was written in 1877, and the secret doctrine, published in 1888. she claimed to be in psychic contact with hidden masters or supermen. these hidden masters, she said, lived in central asia and could be contacted telepathically by those who knew the secrets to the esoteric mysteries. today we call this process of communication 'channelling. there are many ufo sightings and much research which indicates that there are secret underground and underwater bases for extraterrestrials around the world, central asia among them. i am not saying that blavatsky was negative, only that hitler was influenced by her work. the belief in the masters and the great white brotherhood

DAVID ICKE CHILDREN OF THE MATRIX

. this interbreeding began hundreds of thousands of years ago and continues to the present day. if you are hearing this for the first time, to the prison born 3 i know how bizarre and crazy it sounds to the conditioned view of reality. but you will see in the pages that follow the scale of the evidence to support this apparently ridiculous story and how it explains a stream of ancient and modern "mysteries. so many things that later turn out to be true appear at first hearing to be impossible and insane. that's because people only hear the opening line and don't read on to see the detailed evidence to support it. when people first suggested the earth was round, they were called crazy because it was thought that those living on the bottom would have fallen off. the critics dismissed the ide

ven later. as you can see in the biggest secret, and the excellent book, the day the earth nearly died, by d.s. allen and j.b. delair (gateway books, bath, 1995, the geological and biological evidence is supported by the ancient accounts with the most incredible synchronicity. everywhere the ancients recorded the effects of these events. professor james demeo writes in his book, saharasia (hidden mysteries, texas, 2000) of vast changes in the middle east in this same "window" of time "a massive climate change shook the ancient world, when approximately 6,000 years ago vast areas of lush grassland and forest in the old world began to quickly dry out and convert into harsh desert. the vast sahara desert, arabian desert, and the giant deserts of the middle east and central asia simply did not

es. its momentum then hurled it into its present orbit as "venus" the planet. synchronistically, the most ancient mesopotamian and central american records don't include venus in their planetary accounts, but the later ones do, and there was a focus on venus with human sacrifices made to it. the biggest secret goes into this whole story in greater detail and you will see that it explains so many "mysteries. these include the sudden freezing of mammoths standing up in the process of eating because the ice did not slowly develop, it arrived in an instant. the ancient legends and myths of how the golden age ended are confirmed in every way by the scientific explanation of the geological and environmental affects of this "walk-about" by venus. most important in relation to our story, these con

ominoes. if we knew that there had been a highly developed technological society thousands of years ago, which came to an end with fantastic geological upheavals, we would see the world in a very different light. the whole official version of human evolution would crumble. we would ask who those people were? where did they come from? where did they get their knowledge and technology? suddenly the mysteries of egypt and sumer and the staggering structures left us by the ancients would be far less mysterious. and if egypt and sumer were founded with this same advanced knowledge, it means that some of those pre-cataclysmic peoples must have survived. so what has happened to their knowledge for thousands of years and what happened to their bloodlines? once you allow a hole in your dyke, the fl

d lemurian/atlantean origins. waddell's work is documented in detail in hisbook, egyptian civilisation, atlantis revisited 49 figure 10: official history claims that the three highly advanced cultures of sumer, egypt and the indus valley developed independently. l.a. waddell shows that they were all part of the empire ruled from sumer its sumerian origin and real chronology (available from hidden mysteries through the david icke website. he discovered from the time lines and the descriptions of the leaders and their genealogy that the rulers of these three cultures were the same people under different names. it is the different names that have obscured the truth to a large extent. historians have taken different names to mean different people. not true. the endless "gods" in the various cu

DAVID ICKE THE BIGGEST SECRET

ne, believed theservicemen were gods and they became a focus of religious beliefs. this would havebeen even more extreme in the ancient world had their advanced race been beings fromother planets, stars or dimensions, flying craft more advanced than anything flown (atleast officially) by todays military. an influx of knowledge from outside this planet oranother source would explain so many of the mysteries that official history greets with4a deafening silence. the incredible feats of building also become explainable and sodoes the mystery of why early civilisations like egypt and sumer (the land of shinar inthe bible) began at the peak of their development and then fell into decay, when thenormal course of evolution is to start at a lower level and slowly advance throughlearning and experi

the world. thereverend john bathhurst deane in his book the worship of the serpent,3 wrote..one of (the) five builders of thebes (in egypt) was named after the serpent-god of thephoenicians, ofhion. the first altar erected to cyclops at athens, was to ops, theserpent-deity. the symbolic worship of the serpent was so common in greece, that justinmartyr accuses the greeks of introducing it into the mysteries of all their gods. thechinese. are said to be superstitious in choosing a plot of ground to erect a dwellinghouse or sepulchre: conferring it with the head, tail and feet of diverse dragons which liveunder the earth.21the idea of fire breathing dragons and evil serpents which appear in legends andtexts all over the world could easily originate from the reptilian gods who onceoperated ope

t influences on humankindsbiological and cultural evolution (a and l horn, pd box 1632, mount shasta, california,96067, 1994).482jason bishop ill, matrix ii, compiled by valdamar valerian (arcturus book service, usa, 1990),p 96.3rev john bathhurst deane, the worship of the serpent (j. g. and f. rivington, london,1833).4bible myths, p 11.5ibid, p 15.6ibid, p 12.7francis hitching, the wodd atlas of mysteries (pan books, london, 1981, p 10, sectionentitled, death of the dinosaurs.8ibid.9ibid.10john rhodes, the reptoid website, http//www.reptoids.com11dale russell, exponential evolution: implications for intelligent extraterrestrial life (advancedspace research, 1983).12the wodd atlas of mysteries, p 159.13ibid.14herbert s. zim and robert h. baker, stars, a golden guide (golden press, new york

tp//www.reptoids.com11dale russell, exponential evolution: implications for intelligent extraterrestrial life (advancedspace research, 1983).12the wodd atlas of mysteries, p 159.13ibid.14herbert s. zim and robert h. baker, stars, a golden guide (golden press, new york, 1985, p58.15graham hancock, quest for the lost civilisation (channel four t elevision, 1998).16professor phillip calahan, ancient mysteries and modern visions (acres, kansas city, usa,1984).17see the john rhodes website, http//www.reptoids.com18john rhodes, writing on his website.19 william bramley, gods of eden (avon books, new york).20nexus magazine, april-may 1994, pp 52-54.21explorations in grand canyon, arizona gazette, april 5th 1909.22john rhodes, the human-reptilian connection, privately published and distributed pap

servants of the reptilians. as manly p. hall, the freemasonichistorian, wrote:while the elaborate ceremonial magic of antiquity was not necessarily evil, there arosefrom its perversion several false schools of sorcery, or black magic (in egypt. the blackmagicians of atlantis continued to exercise their superhuman powers until they hadcompletely undermined and corrupted the morals of the primitive mysteries. they usurpedthe position formerly occupied by the initiates, and seized the reins of spiritual government.thus black magic dictated the state religion and paralysed the intellectual and spiritualactivities of the individual by demanding his complete and unhesitating acquiescence inthe dogma formulated by the priestcraft. the pharaoh became a puppet in the hands ofthe scarlet council- a

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mystery [hall, lectures on ancient philosophy, p. 433] there are many men within freemasonry who are well-meaning and they make up the visible or "good works" organization of freemasonry. they also have no knowledge of the invisible organization within freemasonry. albert pike said something very interesting concerning the brethren in the visible society "masonry, like all the religions, all the mysteries, hermeticism, and alchemy, conceals its secrets from all except the adepts and sages, or the elect, and uses false explanations and misinterpretations of its symbols to mislead those who deserve only to be mislead; to conceal the truth, which it calls light, and draw them away from it [morals and dogma, p. 104-5, 3rd degree] albert pike specifically says in the above quote that masonry i

s its secrets from all except the adepts and sages, or the elect, and uses false explanations and misinterpretations of its symbols to mislead those who deserve only to be mislead; to conceal the truth, which it calls light, and draw them away from it [morals and dogma, p. 104-5, 3rd degree] albert pike specifically says in the above quote that masonry is a religion after the order of the satanic mysteries, the equally satanic hermetic philosophy, and alchemy. freemasonry like the public education system was designed to conceal certain secrets from the brethren in the visible organization. the elite masons are the ones who know the truth. this again is consistent with a secret society because there is a hidden agenda. of course it also explains why politicians have their own agendas, they

surrection by the tomb of buried deity [morals and dogma, p. 393] now, you know why you see so many obelisks atop the graves of freemasons, for it is "an emblem of the resurrection of buried deity; the invisible mason believes he is becoming a god throughout his life, so the obelisk at his grave is simply the visible manifestation of that belief. the obelisk was originally created by the egyptian mysteries of the pharaohs, and is spoken of in the bible. listen" king jehu said to the guards and to the officers 'go in and slay them; let none escape. and they smote them with the sword; and the guards before the king threw their bodies out, and went into the inner dwelling of the house of baal. they brought out the obelisks of the house of baal and burned them [2 kings 10:26, amplified bible]

by deception of the masses, and the agenda is accomplished. after all, it is those secret societies (which follow this egyptian model) that control the finances, governments, and religious systems that currently plague the planet with perversions of truth and fascist agendas not becoming of the truly enlightened. below are quotes written by high level masons praising lucifer with references "the mysteries of magic' by eliphas levi "what is more absurd and more impious than to attribute the name of lucifer to the devil, that is, to personified evil. the intellectual lucifer is the spirit of intelligence and love; it is the paraclete, it is the holy spirit, while the physical lucifer is the great agent of universal magnetism" page 428 'the book of black magic' by arthur edward waite 33 "fir

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r most of his adult life. in our many discussions and information exchanges over the years, i have found dan to be one of the most reliable, consistent and serious investigators i've had the privilege to know. few people have dan's natural ability to cut to the chase and look for what is practical in the alternative science fields, as opposed to those who prefer to promote phenomena as unknowable mysteries or unproven claims. it takes not only a great amount of dedication and perseverance, but also a considerable investment of personal time and money to make a difference. i have found that dan puts his money and time where his mouth is and actually does the experiments to refute or validate claims. one other key gift that i have found dan to possess is his openness to use other than mechan

rinth figure. figure 1.6-1 rule of four using tesseract to block energy of a labyrinth 1.7 summary of shape power physics my emphasis on the fact that two intersecting lines create a gradient in the aether and hence create a magnetic field is a fundamental discovery of tremendous importance. with this fact plus the fact that aether flows best in curved or vortical patterns, we can now unravel the mysteries of pyramid energy, mandala forces, magic symbols, crystal energy effects, the altantean power crystal and the direct conversion of static aetheric energy into dynamic aetheric force. the conversion of aetheric energy directly into usable electric power will now become a reality through shape power. the following are heuristic observations on controlling and manipulating aetheric energy

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i made a law to govern the holy ones, and delivered you a rod with the ark of knowledge. moreover you lifted up your voices and swore obedience and faith to him that liveth and triumpheth, whose beginning is not nor end cannot be, which shineth as a flame in the midst of your palace and rayngneth amonst you as the balance of righteousness, and truth: move therefore, and show yourselves. open the mysteries of your creation. be friendly unto me for i am the servant of the same, your god; the true worshipper of the highest (lavey) i reign over thee, saith the lord of the earth, in power exalted above and below, in whose hands the sun is a glittering sword and the moon a through-thrusting fire, who measureth your garments in the midst of my vestures, and trusseth you up as the palms of my han

nds, and brighten your vestments with infernal light. i made ye a law to govern the holy ones, and delivered a rod with wisdom supreme. you lifted your voices and swore your allegiance to him that liveth triumphant, whose beginning is not, nor end cannot be, which shineth as a flame in the midst of your palaces, and reigneth amongst you as the balance of life! move therefore, and appear! open the mysteries of your creation! be friendly unto me, for i am the same- the true worshipper of the highest and ineffable king of hell! the second key anton lavey writes: in order to pay homage to the very lusts which sustain the continuance of life, itself, the second enochian key extends this recognition of our earthly heritage unto a talisman of power (enochian) adagita vau-pa-ahe zodonugonu fa-a-ip

illars of gladness and gave them vessels to water the earth with her creatures, and they are the brothers of the first and second and the beginning of their own seats which are garnished with 69,636 continually burning lamps whose numbers are as the first, the ends, and the contents of time. therefore come you and obey your creation, visit us in peace and comfort. conclude us as receivers of your mysteries; for why? our lord and master is all one (lavey) the mighty sounds have entered into the third angle and are become as seedlings of folly, smiling with contempt upon the earth, and dwelling in the brightness of the heaven as continual comforters to the destroyers of self. unto whom i fastened the pillars of gladness, the lords of the righteous, and gave them vessels to water the earth wi

he lords of the righteous, and gave them vessels to water the earth with her creatures. they are the brothers of the first and the second, and the beginning of their own seats which are garnished with myriad ever-burning lamps, whose numbers are as the first, the ends, and the contents of time! therefore, come ye and obey your creation. visit us in peace and comfort. conclude us receivers of your mysteries; for why? our lord and master is the all-one! the sixth key anton lavey writes: the sixth enochian key establishes the structure and form of that which has become the order of the trapezoid and church of satan (enochian) gahe sa-div cahisa em, micalazoda pil-zodinu, sobam el haraji mir babalonu od obeloce samevelaji, dalagare malapereji ar-caosaji od acame canale, sobola zodare fa-beliar

lape zodiredo noco mada, hoathahe saitan (dee) the mighty seat groaned and there were 5 thunders which flew into the east and the eagle spake and cried with a loud voice, come away, and they gathered themselves together in the house of death of whom it is measured and it is as they are whose number is 31. come away, for i have prepared a place for you. move therefore and shew yourselves, open the mysteries of your creation. be friendly unto me for i am the servant of the same, your god, the true worshipper of the highest (lavey) the mighty throne growled and there were five thunders that flew into the east. and the eagle spake and cried aloud: come away from the house of death! and they gathered themselves together and became those of whom it measured, and they are the deathless ones who r

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atery abyss, roars fourth as the surging sea, and these invocations are his tribunals. the satanic bible, anton szandor lavey leviathan also represents the passions which arise within us while belial may be the manifestation or flesh made of those passions, satan the will behind it and lucifer the imagination to accomplish it, leviathan is that beast from the ocean of the subconscious itself. the mysteries of leviathan have for long challenged magicians, christians and occult scholars alike. let us seek to determine workable points which may present a clear definition of what this name means, how it may be used as a model in sorcery, thus presenting the magician in the coils of this dragon "the fleeing serpent, the coiling serpent, the powerful with the seven heads" a caanite description o

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the chart. cardinal signs include: aries (q.v, cancer (q.v, libra (q.v, and capricorn (q.v. catharsis, magickal: the release of magickal potency at the climax of a ritual or ceremony. it is usually accompanied by an emotional release, and in some forms of magick by physical climax. the catharsis of greek tragedy was no more than a pale echo of the original magickal catharsis of the greek eulusian mysteries. ceres: one of four thousand known asteroids, but treated as a very minor planet. in astrology (q.v, the asteroid named after the roman goddess who served as the ruler of the harvest. she is the roman version of the greek goddess demeter. keywords include: mother, abandonment, fertility, alternative parenting- including foster parenting, nurturing, governess, nanny, menopause, ecological

led the equinox, and magick: parts 1-4. cup: see chalice. curcurbite: in alchemy (q.v, a type of container. in sex magick (q.v) the vagina- d- daemon: in greek myth, an intermediate spirit between men and the gods. daemons such as the one that guided socrates act as counselors and guardians to human beings. dadouchos: from the greek meaning "a torch bearer" originally, a hereditary officer at the mysteries of the eleusian demeter, whose torch symbolized her search for her daughter persephone, the spirit of youth and spring. in the order of the astral star, a junior officer of a stellar temple [s.t. a member of clergy (deacon/ deaconess (q.v) of a working lodge of the order who serves as the warden of the south. dagger: a cross hilted, double edged, short blade used as the magickal tool and

is word has a similar history as pagan (q.v. a word used to indicate a person who is a social but non-religious pagan. hegemon/ hegemone: from the greek word "hegemononios" meaning "a leader "a guide "one who has authority over others, and "one who shows the way "a person who does something first "a commander "to train "to educate" and "to weigh in the balance. more generally, an assistant of the mysteries who reconciles opposing forces during initiation, and assists the hierophant (q.v) and the hiereus (q.v) in initiating the same. in the order of the astral star (q.v) a senior officer of a stellar temple [s.t. the associate adept and a member of clergy (chief deacon/ deaconess) of a working lodge of the society whose station is at the white pillar in regular working, or at the middle of

al: a hexagram (q.v) that is drawn with a single, unbroken, reflecting line. this figure was developed by aleister crowley, and is used by members of the order of the astral star when a figure involving planetary operations requiring the applications of elemental (q.v) air (q.v) is needed. hiereus/ hiereia: from the greek meaning "priest or priestess" more generally, any priest (priestess) of the mysteries who assists the hierophant (q.v) in initiating members. in the order of the astral star, a senior officer of a stellar temple [s.t. the assisting adept and a primary member of clergy (priest/ priestess) of a working lodge of the society whose station is at the black pillar in regular working, or at the west end of the hall during initiations to symbolize a terrible and avenging force at

primary member of clergy (priest/ priestess) of a working lodge of the society whose station is at the black pillar in regular working, or at the west end of the hall during initiations to symbolize a terrible and avenging force at the confines of matter, at the borders of the qlippohth being enthroned upon matter and robed in darkness (black. hierophant: originally, the high priest of the greek mysteries at eleusis. more generally, any priest of the mysteries who reveals sacred secrets to initiates and candidates during initiation. in the order of the astral star, the chief officer of a stellar temple [s.t. the principle adept and ranking clergy (high priest/ high priestess) of a working lodge of the society whose station is at the east- the direction of light in regular working and init

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bbe and kabbalist moses de leon *finis- the encceremonial magic unveiled by dion fortune this article first appeared in the occult gazette in january i933 and has not been available for a wider audience since. it is of particular relevance in revealing d.f's considered opinion about the golden dawn as well as aleister crowley. if i read the signs of the times aright, the veil of the temple of the mysteries is being drawn back at the present moment. there are phases in the spiritual life of mankind just as there are weather cycles extending over periods of years, and the tide which began to move during the first decade of the twentieth century is gathering head as it proceeds. the signs of the times are to be seen in the publication of certain books on magic in which the genuine secrets are

the necessary protection against anything untoward that may come through that veil. the lesser pentagram is of the nature of a fire extinguisher, and it is very necessary to have some such device handy, when one adventures into such highly charged levels of the unseen as are contacted by the methods he describes. now what is going to be the outcome of this general disclosure of the secrets of the mysteries? as in most drastic happenings, the results will be mixed; but it is my belief that the good will far outweigh the evil. that some folk will burn their fingers experimenting with that which they do not understand i have no doubt, but on the whole the gain to serious students will be inestimable. mr. regardie has done his work admirably, both in the spirit and in the letter. the tree of l

folk will burn their fingers experimenting with that which they do not understand i have no doubt, but on the whole the gain to serious students will be inestimable. mr. regardie has done his work admirably, both in the spirit and in the letter. the tree of life is a book which it would be difficult to praise too highly; it is going to be one of the classics of occultism. when the secrets of the mysteries are given forth in this manner and with this spirit, i, for one, decline to believe that they are either betrayed or profaned, but rather that the author is duly accredited to speak on behalf of those who can bind or loose, irrespective of tradition or, oaths of secrecy. it is a curious fact that this is the third book of its kind to become available at the present moment. i see from an

the present moment. i see from an article in the november number of this magazine that foyle's are issuing crowley's magick in a cheap edition, thus rendering it available for the general student, who has probably never heard of, or could not afford to purchase, the privately printed edition which appeared in paris a couple of years ago. the third person of this unholy trinity of revealers of the mysteries is my humble self, who has been doing much the same thing as mr. regardie in a series of articles on the cabbala which has been running in my own magazine, the inner light. i know that i undertook this work under a strong inner compulsion that this teaching must now be given out to the world; that it was the will of those who held the keys that the door should be set open in these matter

pretended ignorance of, or misled any one concerning matters that others had taken the responsibility of making public. i have never had a taste for priestcraft, whatever other sins as chela or guru may justly be ascribed to me. mr. regardie's revelation frees my hands considerably further, for it does not appear to me that there is very much he has left unsaid. i expect that the pontiffs of the mysteries will tell their neophytes that his books are inaccurate and incomplete; but i think they will find, after they have served ten years for leah and another ten for rachel, as i was made to do, that they are neither inaccurate nor incomplete, and a very great deal better put together than the official knowledge papers and side lectures. now concerning the nature of these mysterious mysterie

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l supplies the foundation of modern western occultism. it forms the theoretical basis upon which all ceremonial is developed. its famous glyph, the tree of life, is the best meditation-symbol we possess because it is the most comprehensive. 5. it is not my intention to write a historical study of the sources of the qabalah, but rather to show the uses that are made of it by modern students of the mysteries. for although the roots of our system are in tradition, there is no reason why we should be hidebound by tradition. a technique that is being actually practised is a growing thing, for the experience of each worker enriches it and becomes part of the common heritage. 6. it is not necessarily incumbent upon us to do certain things or hold certain ideas because the rabbis who lived before

nced force" 10. generation by generation we trace the intercourse of the princes of israel with the priest-kings of egypt. abraham and jacob went thither; joseph and moses were mystical qabala page 6 intimately associated with the court of the royal adepts. when we read of solomon sending to hiram, king of tyre, for men materials to aid in the building of the temple we know that the famous tyrian mysteries must have profoundly influenced the hebrew esotericism. when we read of daniel being educated in the palaces of babylon we know that the wisdom of the magi must have been accessible to hebrew illuminati. 11. this ancient mystical tradition of the hebrews possessed three literatures: the books of the law and the prophets, which are known to us as the old testament; the talmud, or [page 4]

phiroth in their spacing on the tree of life. of these two columns, the left-hand one under binah is called severity; the right-hand one under chokmah is called mercy; the middle one under kether is called mildness, and it is said to be the column of equilibrium. these two side columns are the two pillars that stand at the entrance to king solomon's temple and are represented in all lodges of the mysteries, the candidate himself, when he stands between them, is the middle pillar of equilibrium. 11. here we meet with the idea put forth by mme blavatsky, that there can be no manifestation without differentiation into the pairs of opposites. kether differentiates its two aspects as chokmah and binab, and manifestation is in being. now in this supernal triangle, the head which is not, the fath

script, which is written from right to left. these vowel-points were only introduced at a comparatively recent date, and the older hebrew scripts are unpointed so that the reader cannot see the pronunciation of any proper name for himself, but needs to have it communicated to him by someone who knows it. the true mystical pronunciation of the tetragrammaton is said to be one of the arcana of the mysteries. 11. to the four letters of the name are allotted any fourfold mystical classification, and by means of their correspondences we can trace all manner of relationships, and these are very important in practical occultism, as will be seen later. 12. four important fourfold divisions find a place under them, thus enabling us to see their relationships among themselves. these are the four wo

ystem we will follow the order given by crowley for reasons already discussed. 12. in these pages we propose to give the philosophical tree of life, and enough practical instruction to render it available for meditation purposes; but we do not propose to give the practical qabalah, which is used for magical purposes; because that can only properly be learnt and safely practised in a temple of the mysteries. reference must be made to the practical qabalah, however, in order to render some of the concepts intelligible, but those who are rightfully in possession of its keys need have no fear that these keys will be revealed to the uninitiated in these pages, for i am quite alive to the consequences of so doing. 13. if, from the information here given, and as a result of pursuing the methods d

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is disturbing our equilibrium. the sites of monasteries that were disbanded with persecution at the time of the reformation are also frequently badly "haunted" by psychic forces. the group-mind of a religious community is a very potent thing, and when it is disturbed by the corporate emotion of its members, the forces thus let loose are not readily dispersed. moreover, the monks, initiates of the mysteries of jesus, would not be likely to hand over their sacred places to the despoilers with any good will. it has been reported again and again that a curse rests on those who profited by the spoliation of church lands. this is too well known to require discussion in these pages. there is another fact in connection with church property, however, which may not be so well known, and that is the

ared stretch the long arm of coincidence anything like as far. the egyptians attached great importance to the preservation of the physical body. the tombs of great men, as is well known, were protected by means of what are popularly called spells, and the power and scope of egyptian magic are things that very few people realise. the modern student of occultism who reads iamblichos on the egyptian mysteries, will have a surprise. in most cases, however, the purchaser of egyptian curios has nothing to fear; the worst that they will yield to psychic investigation is a vision of labour disputes in a mass- production factory. i have, however, heard of a very wonderful psychometric reading which was obtained from a mummy which, when subsequently unrolled, was found to consist entirely of french

y that extraordinary dance. 39 of 103 it may be interesting to note that we danced with a circular movement, each revolving on our own axis at the same time, and that we both danced and revolved deosil, that is, with the sun. all this occurred spontaneously, the tide of the elements catching us up and away. i have never known a more glorious experience. it was indeed the divine inebriation of the mysteries. after this there were no more smashings of crockery. i have already noted my exceptionally bad head for heights. i have found that it is considerably mitigated, temporarily at any rate, by the invocation of air. i am of the opinion that the curious impulse which causes people for no reason whatsoever to commit suicide by throwing themselves from heights may be due to the same impulse th

transaction in his book, the prisoner in the opal. less expert operators, however, cannot control this form of force; as soon as they generate it, it has to go to its logical conclusion. they therefore employ another type of stimulus, not the woman, but the boy or youth. the practice of paederasty in connection with occultism is very old, and was one of the causes of the degeneration of the greek mysteries. i have dealt with these subjects in some detail in another book of mine, sane occultism. particulars of the actual cases can be found by reference to the files of truth, the journal already referred to. chapter xiv the motives of psychic attack. ii it is a matter of general knowledge among occultists that it is not a pleasant thing to fall foul of an occult fraternity of which one has b

depends for its power to initiate upon what are called its "contacts" that is to say, upon one or more of its leaders being psychically in touch with certain forces. if, in addition to this, the organisation has a long line of tradition behind it, a very potent collection of thought-forms will be built up in its atmosphere. every initiation ceremony contains in some form or other the oath of the mysteries, which binds the candidate neither to reveal the secrets of the mysteries nor to abuse the knowledge they bestow. this oath always contains a penalty clause and an invocation wherein the candidate submits himself to a penalty in the event of a breach of faith, and calls upon some being to exact the penalty. some of these oaths are most formidable affairs, and they are administered with e

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. since this passage is essential to any understanding of the nature of coronzon, i will quote it: man in his creation, being made an innocent, was also authorised and made partaker of the power and spirit of god: whereby he not onely did know all things under his creation and spoke of them properly, naming them as they were: but also was partaker of our presence and society, yea a speaker of the mysteries of god; yea, with god himself: so that in innocency the power of his partakers with god, and us his good angels, was exalted, and so became holy in the sight of god until that coronzon (for so is the true name of that mighty devil) envying his felicity, and perceiving that the substance of his lesser part was frail and unperfect in respect of his pure esse, began to assail him, and so pr

ich adam verily spake in innocency, and was never uttered nor disclosed to man since till now" this language is incredibly potent. it is the language "wherein the power of god must work, and wisdom in her true kind be delivered: which are not to be spoken of in any other thing, neither to be talked of with mans imaginations" the enochian language is in this sense not only the ideal medium of holy mysteries and truths, but the only medium through which these mysteries and truths can be conveyed. just as a higher mathematical concept, such as the theory of relativity, cannot be conveyed in ordinary language, so is it impossible to convey the higher wisdom of god in ordinary language. it simply cannot be done. ordinary language is unsuited to embody higher truth. this is the enormous importan

reproduced by grant on page 138 of that work above the title "the sigils of the 22 sentinels of the tunnels of set (sigils of the qliphoth, from crowley's equinox, 1912) about the nature of the eleventh false sephirah, daath, gareth knight observed: the abyss is the void between force and form and the place where the transmutation takes place is the 'hidden' sephirah daath--meaning knowledge. the mysteries of daath are profound and were little touched upon in earlier writings on the qabalah. the sephirah has no number allocated to it and by knowledge is meant not so much what we understand by the word, but the word in its biblical usage of sexual union, only here the meaning is a kind of divine union where differing planes of being impact and there is a resultant change of state brought to

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stic methods, sigils have been constructed from the various hebrew names of god and the names of angels found in the old testament. for example, the letters of a name denoting some active power or authority of god may be located upon the aiq beker grid, also known as the kabbalah of nine chambers. by drawing a connecting line from letter to letter, a sigil of the name is created. it is one of the mysteries of magic, often commented upon by the ptolemaic greeks, that mankind can summon and control the forces of the gods and angels through their names and sigils. more commonly, sigils are associated in the average person's mind with the lower spirits and demons. no medieval grimoire, such as the goetia, would be complete without its set of demonic sigils. perhaps this is because the lower sp

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translations, see trans. soc. bibl. arch, vol. iii, p. 386, and records of the past, 1st ed, vol. iv, p. 117. 3 according to the westcar papyrus, herutataf informed his father khufu of the existence of a man 110 years old who lived in the town of tettet-seneferu: he was able to join to its body again a head that had been cut off, and possessed influence over the lion, and was acquainted with the mysteries of thoth. by khufu's command herutataf brought the sage to him by boat, and, on his arrival, the king ordered the head to be struck off from a prisoner that tetteta might fasten it on again. having excused himself from performing this act upon a man, a goose was brought and its head was cut off and laid on one side of the room and the body was placed on the other. the sage spake certain

f 6 [8/10/2001 11:23:04 am] lamentation by isis and nephthys took place for un-nefer (osiris) thereon. see chabas, le calendrier, p. 50. here we have plutarch's statement supported by documentary evidence. some very interesting details concerning the festivals of osiris in the month choiak are given by loret in recueil de travaux, t. iii, p. 43 ff; t. iv, p. 21 ff; and t. v, p. 85 ff. the various mysteries which took place thereat are minutely described. 2 on the cutting of the hair as a sign of mourning, see w. robertson smith, the religion of the semites, p. 395; and for other beliefs about the hair see tylor, primitive culture, vo1. ii, p. 364, and fraser, golden bough, pp. 193-208. 3 the story continues that isis then wrapped the pillar in fine linen and anointed it with oil, and resto

g into being, and the god apuat hath nursed me. i have hidden (3) myself with you, o ye stars that never set. my brow is like unto that of ra; my face is open (4) my heart is upon its throne; i utter words, and i know; in very truth, i am ra himself. i am not treated with scorn (5) and violence is not done unto me. thy father, the son of nut, liveth for thee. i am thy first-born (6) and i see thy mysteries. i am crowned like unto the king of the gods, and i shall not die a second time in the underworld" vignette: the mummy of ani embraced by anubis, the god of the dead. text [chapter xlv (i) the chapter of not corrupting in the underworld. saith osiris ani "o thou who art without motion like unto osiris! o thou who art without motion like unto osiris (2) o thou whose [1. i.e, hermopolis. 2

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a 93190.0709 a a a a secret society founded by aleister crowley (1875.1947) comprised of three orders: the silver star, the rosy cross, and the golden dawn. this society is also described as the great white brotherhood, although that is a term more properly applied by theosophists. the initials a a indicate argenteum astrum, and the triangle of dots signify a secret society connected with ancient mysteries. during his period in the hermetic order of the golden dawn (gd, crowley believed that he had reached the exalted stage of the silver star and was thus a secret chief of the golden dawn. after 1906 crowley launched his own order of the silver star, or a a, using rituals and teachings taken from the golden dawn. in march 1909 he began publishing the magazine the equinox, as the official o

iate of the parapsychological association. his paper extrasensory behavior was presented at the seventh annual congress of the parapsychological association at oxford in 1964. abraxas (or abrasax) the basilidian sect of gnostics of the second century claimed abraxas as their supreme god and said that jesus christ was only a phantom sent to earth by him. they believed that his name contained great mysteries, as it was composed of the seven greek letters which form the number 365, the number of days in a year. abraxas, they thought, had under his command 365 gods, to whom they attributed 365 virtues, one for each day. the older mythologists consider abraxas an egyptian god, and demonologists describe him as a demon with the head of a king and with serpents forming his feet. ancient amulets d

he establishment of other lodges, notably the fidelity and the hatchet. in 1774 the grand orient lodge of france established a system of three degrees called the rite of adoption and elected the duchess of bourbon as grand mistress of france. the rite has been generally adopted into freemasonry, and various degrees were added from time to time to the number of about twelve in all. latin and greek mysteries were added to the rite by the ladies hospitallers of mount tabor. the greatest ladies in france joined the french lodges of adoption. the rite of mizraim created lodges for both sexes in 1819, 1821, 1838, and 1853, and the rite of memphis in 1839. america founded the rite of the eastern star in five points. in these systems, admission was generally confined to the female relations of mas

ffiliated with the society of alethophilas, or lovers of truth, after which it named one of its grades. there were two temples, comprising the following degrees (1) apprentice of egyptian secrets (2) initiate into egyptian secrets (3) cosmopolitan (4) christian philosopher, and (5) alethophilos. higher grades (1) esquire (2) soldier, and (3) knight, thus supplying egyptian, christian, and templar mysteries to the initiate. in 1806 a pamphlet was published at berlin entitled a discovery concerning the system of the order of african architects. afs see american folklore society ag a red flower used by some hindus to propitiate the deity sanee (the planet saturn. it is made into a wreath with jasoon, also a red-colored flower, which is hung round the neck of the god, who is of a congenial nat

to observe that the appearance of the man was in every way in keeping with my notions of what an alchemist should be. clad in the flowing robes of a graduate of al azhar, his long grey beard giving him a truly venerable aspect, the sage by the eager, far-away expression of his eyes, betrayed the mind of the dreamer, of the man lost to the meaner comforts of the world in his devotion to the secret mysteries of the universe. after the customary salaams, the learned man informed me that he was seeking three things.the philosophers stone, at whose touch all metal should become gold.the elixir of life, and the universal solvent which would dissolve all substances as water dissolves sugar; the last, he assured me, he had indeed discovered a short time since. i was well aware of the reluctance of

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bly 1500 b.c.e. they were instituted by cyrus when he founded the new persian empire and are supposed to have been of the median race. the german scholar k. w. f. von schlegel stated in his lectures on the philosophy of history (2 vols, 1829: they were not so much a hereditary sacerdotal caste as an order or association, divided into various and successive ranks and grades, such as existed in the mysteries.the grade of apprenticeship.that of mastership.that of perfect mastership. in short, they were a theosophical college; and either its professors were indifferently magi, or magicians, and wise men or they were distinguished into two classes by those names. their name, pronounced mogh by later persians, and magh by the ancients, signified wise, which was the interpretation of it given by

persian gates (the oriental name given to the capital of the empire, and the abode of the prince) and they took the most active part in all the factions that encompassed the throne, or that were formed in the vicinity of the court. encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. magi 955 in greece, and even in egypt, the sacerdotal fraternities and associations of the initiated, formed by the mysteries, had in general an indirect, although not unimportant, influence on affairs of state, but in the persian monarchy they acquired a complete political ascendency. religion, philosophy, and the sciences were all in their hands. they were the universal physicians who healed the sick in body and in spirit, and, in strict consistency with that character, ministered to the state, which is only

. p. putnam s sons, 1972. reprint, london: michael joseph, 1972. king, francis. ritual magic in england (1887 to the present day. london: neville spearman, 1970. reprint, new york: macmillan, 1971. sexuality, magic& perversion. london: neville spearman, 1971. reprint, new york: citadel press, 1972. levi, eliphas. the history of magic. london: rider, 1913. reprint, new york: david mckay, 1914. the mysteries of magic: a digest of eliphas levi. edited by a. e. waite. london, 1886. reprint, new hyde park, n.y: university books, 1974. encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. magic 959. transcendental magic. london, 1896. rev. ed. london: rider, 1923. melton, j. gordon, and isotta poggi. magic, witchcraft, and paganism in america: a bibliography. new york: garland, 1992. o keefe, danie

c, supernaturalism, and religion. 1971. shah, sayed idries. oriental magic. london: rider, 1956. the secret lore of magic: the books of the sorcerers. london: frederick muller, 1957. summers, montague. witchcraft and black magic. london: rider, 1946. reprint, new york: causeway, 1974. thomas, keith. religion and the decline of magic. new york: charles scribner s sons, 1971. thompson, c. j. s. the mysteries and secrets of magic. london, 1927. reprint, new york: causeway, 1973. waite, arthur edward. the book of ceremonial magic. london, 1911. reprint, new hyde park, n.y: university books, 1961. webb, james. the flight from reason. london: macdonald, 1971. reprinted as the occult underground. lasalle, ill: open court, 1974. the occult establishment. lasalle, ill: open court, 1975. magical ble

ny new age authorities. subjects covered have included trance channeling, occult systems, visionary art, and the possibilities of extraterrestrial communication. address: magical blend, p.o. box 600, chico, ca 95927-0600. website: http/ www.magicalblend.com. sources: magical blend magazine. http//www.magicalblend.com. march 23, 2000. magical diagrams these are geometrical designs representing the mysteries of deity and creation, therefore supposed to be of special virtue in rites of evocation and conjuration. major diagrams are the triangle; the double triangle, forming a six-pointed star and known as the sign or seal of solomon; the tetragram, a fourpointed star formed by the interlacement of two pillars; and the pentagram, a five-pointed star. these signs were traced on paper or parchmen

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ed over the chaos, and this spirit may by patent submission to deity, and by active efforts at power, draw down to itself a commission to work wonders, and so do "not as other men do" the great tendency of the modern times has been to reduce all men to a level, a dead level, of mediocrity, an effort fatal to the supremacy of individuals, and which has tended to discourage research into the hidden mysteries of nature and science, as opposed to the parrot- like study of what are known as modern sciences, a study of enormous value to mankind, but yet not the stepping stones on the direct road to deity. history then narrates the lives of many men, who, from the exhibition of uncommon powers and transcendent abilities and wisdom, are pointed out as the possessors of what we may fairly call occu

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1890 horsemen had ridden into town and instructed all the local lamas to come to the temple. one of the horsemen sat on the throne, at which point all present fell to their knees as they recognized the man who agharti 13 had been long ago described in the sacred bulls of the dalai lama, tashi lama, and bodgo khan. he was the man to whom the whole world belongs and who has penetrated into all the mysteries of nature. he pronounced a short tibetan prayer, blessed all his hearers and afterwards made predictions for the coming half century. this was thirty years ago and in the interim all his prophecies are being fulfilled (ossendowski, 1922. the king of the world lived in an underground realm called agharti. whether this king of the world, or even the author s supposed informant, ever existe

am publications such as the american legion magazine were picking up the stories, which grew in the telling. the term bermuda triangle was the invention of longtime fortean and paranormal writer vincent h. gaddis; his article on the subject in the february 1964 issue of argosy was titled the deadly bermuda triangle. the next year he incorporated it into a popular book, invisible horizons, on true mysteries of the seas. in invisible residents (1970) ivan t. sanderson pointed to the bermuda triangle and comparable places on earth as evidence that oints other intelligences live under the oceans, sometimes snatching planes, ships, and their unlucky crews. by the 1970s, the groundwork had been laid for a popular craze. the 1970 release of a low-budget documentary, the devil s triangle, stirred

ion. see also: oints further reading begg, paul, 1979. into thin air: people who disap- pear. north pomfret, vt: david and charles. berlitz, charles, with j. manson valentine, 1974. the bermuda triangle. garden city, ny: doubleday and company. eckert, allan w, 1962. the mystery of the lost patrol. the american legion magazine (april: 12 23, 39 41. gaddis, vincent h, 1965. invisible horizons: true mysteries of the sea. philadelphia, pa: chilton books. kusche, larry, 1975. the bermuda triangle mys- tery solved. new york: harper and row, publishers. 42 bermuda triangle, 1980. the disappearance of flight 19. new york: harper and row, publishers. sand, george x, 1952. sea mystery at our back door. fate 5, 7 (october: 11 17. sanderson, ivan t, 1970. invisible residents: a dis- quisition upon cer

housand years ago, but it was a natural catastrophe that brought lemuria to the ocean bottom ten thousand years later. atlantis was destroyed a few centuries later when atlantean scientists conducted irresponsible experiments with cosmic, energy-generating fire crystals. see also: atlantis; lemuria; mount shasta further reading beckley, timothy green, ed, 1993. the smoky god and other inner earth mysteries. new brunswick, nj: inner light publications. boys from topside wilbert b. smith (1910 1962, an engineer who worked for canada s department of transport (dot, believed himself to be in contact with philosophically and scientifically inclined extraterrestrials. he called them the boys from topside. it is unclear when these psychic messages began, but it could have been as early as 1950. s

an earlier belief in the fairy-faith. the entities described as the pilots of the craft are indistinguishable from the elves, sylphs, and lutins. debunkers such as robert sheaffer have employed a different sort of argument to the effect that flying saucers and their occupants are as much a delusion as fairies and fairyland. neither approach, however, seems a wholly adequate way of explaining the mysteries inherent in such encounters, which paradoxically offer up real -seeming encounters with things that almost certainly do not exist in the conventional understanding of the verb. fairies have found new life among new age visionaries and channelers and other explorers of the far edges of consciousness. one writer remarks, there are two major differences between the old oral traditional or a

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oblets, made of rubies, stand, and if he ll put them to a use, beside them is an ancient juice. yet- you ll believe my master-handthe wooden staves are long since rotten; a cask of tartar has the wine begotten. not only gold and jewels rare, proud wines of noble essences are there, enveiled in horror and in gloom. the wise seek here without dismay. a fool can recognize a thing by day; in darkness mysteries are at home. emperor. what is the gain of dark? you can have that! if aught has value, it must come to light. who can detect a rogue in dead of night? all cows are black, and grey is every cat. the pots down there, heavy with golden freightdrive your plough on, unearth them straight. mephistopheles take hoe and spade yourself, dig on! you ll grow great, through this peasant-toil. a herd

urnace. it flashes, see! now truly we may hold that if from substances a hundredfold, through mixture- for on mixture all dependsman s substance gently be consolidated, in an alembic sealed and segregated, and properly be cohobated, in quiet and success the labour ends. turning toward the furnace again. twill be! the mass is working clearer, conviction gathers, truer, nearer. what men as nature s mysteries would hold, all that to test by reason we make bold, and what she once was wont to organize, that we bid now to crystallize. mephistopheles whoever lives long learns full many things; by naught in this world can he ever be surprised. i ve seen already in my wanderings many a mortal who was crystallized. wagner [hitherto constantly attentive to the phial. it rises, flashes, gathers on; a

ling against one another are crashing? it beams and hitherward wavers, and bright all forms are aglow on the pathway of night, and roundabout all is by fire overrun. now eros be ruler who all hath begun! hail, ye waves! hail, sea unbounded, by the holy fire surrounded! water, hail! hail, fire s glare! hail to this adventure rare! all together. hail, thou gently blowing breeze! hail, earth rich in mysteries! hail, fire, sea, whom we adore, hail, ye elements all four! act iii before the palace of menelaus in sparta helena. panthalis, leader of the chorus. helena enters with a chorus of captive trojan women. helena i, much admired and upbraided helena come from the strand where we but now have disembarked, still giddy from the restless rocking of the waves which with poseidon s favour and the

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e for adhering to any one of them over the others. any one of these perspectives taken to their ultimate end will arrive at the same experience of pure being that transcends all such distinctions. the mystical qabalah summarily involves the ascension of the central column of the tree of life to progressively unite with the consciousness of small and vast face, and to pierce the profound spiritual mysteries alluded to in the torah and other primary sources. many religious students of the qabalah confuse the intentions of the mystical qabalah with the necessity to cultivate a high degree of levitical purity and righteousness required to ascend the column of the right on the tree of life, which is called the way of the angels of elohim. such levitical purity is not required to the ascend of t

nt reputed to be at the foundation of the golden dawn system was the cypher manuscript attributed to fraulein sprengel. the sacred magic of abramelin the mage was also an important document for the golden dawn and a significant influence on the controversial aleister crowley, who broke with the golden dawn and formed the order templis orientis. the o.t.o was founded primarily upon works of sexual mysteries and masonic charters, and incorporated the abramelin material at a later date. until very recently, almost all books in english on the subject of the qabalah, regardless of their title or professed subject, could be traced to members of these orders or to orders that evolved from them. while these two orders (and their respective leading lights xmacgregor mathers and aleister crowley) ga

eir experiences on the path. these documents, along with new interpretations of the teachings of master yeshuvah in the peshitta, are reinforcing the understanding that the mystical element flourished in the early church, and that the entire history of christianity is replete with mystics. many of the ideas and practices of the mystical qabalah are reflected in those of mystical christianity. the mysteries of the last supper and the crucifixion have long been compared with the mystical significance of pesach (passover. the sacraments of the body and blood of christ in the eucharist have their roots in the sacramental use of bread and wine that goes back to the earliest hebrews and beyond. ablution with water, lighting of candles, prostration, rituals that celebrate the mystical significanc

of sabbath to receive )40 the meditation practices employed by both mystical qabalists and tantrikas involve a coordinated use of mantra and yantra. mantra are sequences of divine names having great intrinsic power to transform consciousness, and yantra are visualizations that correlate directly and specifically to the mantra. anthropomorphic descriptions of the lord hvhy are usually allusions to mysteries and to states and stations of consciousness. such anthropomorphic allusions are likewise profuse in the tantras. the hindu and tibetan buddhist tantric traditions are particularly noted for their explicit sexual allusions to mystical states. similar allusions are found in the idra zuta qadusha (lesser holy assembly) and other qabalistic literature. also, some qabalists engage in potent y

" f" 2' 8: 05 2 f# gan eden alphabet 4' 8: h" 2: 2 2:e 8( it is said, the sefer hashmoth (book of the names) is as much like a book, as the sabbath is like the regular days of the week. 10 on the one hand, the sefer hashmoth is a book of divine names of fundamental importance to qabalistic meditation and magical/occult practices. as such, it is a valuable key that can help open locks guarding the mysteries that lay hidden in hebrew (and arabic) qabalistic books, and provides names of power by which one can light the entire tree. secondly, it is the primary source of angelic tree language, comprised of one series of tree-maps that allude to distinctly different paths of ascension through the planes of consciousness, and a second series that allude to different stations of perfected souls wh

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was ample opportunity for making acquaintance with oriental cults. above all, it was the egyptians who were revered in this age. egyptian temples were still functioning, and devout seekers after religious truth and revelation in the graeco-roman world would make pilgrimages to some remotely situated egyptian temple and pass the night in its vicinity in the hope of receiving some vision of divine mysteries in dreams.3 the belief that egypt was the original home of all knowledge, that the great greek philosophers had visited it and conversed with egyptian priests, had long been current, and, in the mood of the second century, the ancient and mysterious religion of egypt, the supposed profound knowledge of its priests, their ascetic way of fife, the religious magic which they were thought to

ecure and firm opinion that the philosophy of plato took its origin from that of mercurius, whose teachings seemed to him closer to the doctrine of orpheus and in certain ways to our own theology (that is, to christianity) than those of pythagoras."2 mercurius wrote many books pertaining to the knowledge of divine things, continues ficino in his preface to the pimander, in which he reveals arcane mysteries. nor is it only as a philosopher that he speaks but sometimes as a prophet he sings of the future. he foresaw the ruin of the early religion and the birth of a new faith, and the coming of christ. augustine doubts whether he did 1 in the theohgia platonica, ficino gives the genealogy as (1) zoroaster (2) mercurius trismegistus (3) orpheus (4) aglaophemus (5) pythagoras (6) plato (ficino

ipally are divine, the one called asclepius, which apuleius the platonist translated into latin, and the one called pimander (that is the corpus hermeticum, which has been brought out of macedonia into italy and which he himself, by command of cosimo, has now translated into latin. he believes that it was first written in egyptian and was translated into greek to reveal to the greeks the egyptian mysteries. the argumentum ends on a note of ecstasy which reflects those gnostic initiations with which the hermetica are concerned. in this work, so ficino believes, there shines a light of divine illumination. it teaches us how, rising above the deceptions of sense and the clouds of fantasy, we are to turn our mind to the divine mind, as the moon turns to the sun, so that pimander, that is the d

nd instructed in the nature of the all and the supreme vision" he begins to preach to the people urging them to leave their errors and to take part in immortality. and trismegistus "engraved within himself the benefit of pimander".1 ficino, in his commentary on this treatise, is immensely struck by remarkable resemblances to the book of genesis "here mercurius is seen to be treating of the mosaic mysteries, he begins, and then goes on to make obvious comparisons. moses saw a darkness over the face of the abyss and the spirit of god brooding over the waters: mercurius sees a darkness and the word of god warming the humid nature. moses announced the creation by the powerful word of god. mercurius actually states that that shining word, which illuminates all things, is the son of god. and if

, as the heaven, and the sun, rank as the highest gods in the list, followed by the thirty-six decans; last and below these are the planets, in which jupiter and sol figure again but now only in a lower capacity as planets. see above, pp. 36-7. 5 see below, p. 73. 56 hermes trismegistus and magic platonic authors whom he studied and translated, particularly proclus, or lamblichus"'on the egyptian mysteries. nevertheless, as d. p. walker has shown, his chief incentive or exemplar was almost certainly the description of magic in the asclepius.1 walker has suggested picatrix as among the possible sources for ficino's practical magic,2 and as the above analysis of that work has shown, the pious admirer of the "divine" pimander and the "divine" asclepius would find much in this practical treati

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in maine, from which so many young men go away into other states to seek employment. the residence, intended by our constitution, is the home where the party has the right to vote and is bound to pay taxes. this test will generally settle the question, but no rule can be given by which every case can be decided. by a regulation, adopted by most of the grand lodges in america, no candidate for the mysteries of masonry can be initiated without having been proposed at a previous meeting maine masonic text book file//c /grand lodge/bluebook/bluebook1.htm (4 of 76 [11/22/1999 11:51:54 am] of the lodge (except by dispensation from the grand master) in order that no one may be introduced without due inquiry relative to his character and qualifications. the application must be in writing over the

and accepted masons, at. the subscriber, aged_ years, and by occupation a__respectfully states that he is a resident of_ that he has actually resided within the jurisdiction of said lodge for more than six months last past, and within the state of maine for the year past; that, unbiased by friends, and uninfluenced by mercenary motives, he freely and voluntarily offers himself a candidate for the mysteries of freemasonry; that if admitted he will cheerfully conform to all the ancient established usages and customs of the maine masonic text book file//c /grand lodge/bluebook/bluebook1.htm (5 of 76 [11/22/1999 11:51:54 am] fraternity; that he knows no physical, legal or moral reason which should prevent his becoming a freemason; and that he has before offered himself as a candidate to any lo

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ge/bluebook/bluebook1.htm (6 of 76 [11/22/1999 11:51:54 am] preparationroom with him. before the candidate is prepared for the first degree he should give unequivocal answers to the following questions: i. do you seriously declare upon your honor, before these witnesses, that, unbiased by friends, and uninfluenced by mercenary motives, you freely and voluntarily offer yourself a candidate for the mysteries of masonry? ii. do you seriously declare upon your honor, before these witnesses that you are prompted to solicit the privileges of masonry, by a favorable opinion conceived of the institution, a desire for knowledge, and a sincere wish to be serviceable to your fellowcreatures? iii. do you seriously declare upon your honor, before these witnesses, that you will cheerfully conform to all

no account to be neglected; neither are you to suffer your zeal for the institution to lead you into argument with those who, through ignorance, may ridicule it. at your leisure hours, that you may improve in masonic knowledge, you are to converse with wellinformed brethren, who will be always as ready to give, as you will be ready to receive, instruction. finally: keep sacred and inviolable the mysteries of the order, as these are to distinguish you from the rest of the community, and mark your consequence among masons. if, in the circle of your acquaintance, you find a person desirous of being initiated in to masonry, be particularly attentive not to recommend him, unless you are convinced he will conform to our rules; that the honor, glory and reputation of the institution may be firml

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the fire of purification and regeneration. this is the field of action of the great spiritual hierarchy from neptune and is designated azoth by the alchemists. this spiritual fire is not alike in every man nor is it as luminous in one as in another. the state thereof depends upon the spiritual advancement of the person in question. when the aspirant to the higher life had been instructed in these mysteries of symbolism and the time had come to speak to him plainly, the following teachings were communicated to him, not necessarily in these words nor in this manner. but at any rate he was given to understand and it was made clear to him that-"anatomically man belongs to the animals, and that below that kingdom in the scale of evolution are the plants. they are pure and innocent, their propag

mystic masonry, he descended to the center of the earth. so does every other tekton, mason or phree messen (child of light) as the egyptian called such, descend through the nine arch-like strata of the earth. we shall find at the time of the first advent of christ both hiram abiff, the son of cain, and solomon, the son of seth, reborn to take from him the next great initiation into the christian mysteries. in the last chapter we saw while considering "the philosopher's stone" that the spinal cord is the principal laboratory for the alchemist, and that the spinal spirit fire, generated by turning the creative force upward through the spinal canal, passing it between the pituitary body and the pineal gland in the brain, gives to man a third eye as it were wherewith to see in the spiritual w

ns as having the serpentine uraeus in the forehead, were called naim by the hebrews who used the male suffix to designate the positive spiritual faculty which they possess. and the latin catholic version of the new testament (luke, chapter vii, verses 11 to 15) speaks of the person raised by christ as the widow's son of nain. as the serpent is not fully unfolded until the ninth arch of the lesser mysteries has been passed and the candidates become aspirants to the greater mysteries, and further because the lodge of phree messen (children of light) of ancient egypt are now transferred to the various branches of the anglo-saxon race, where the sound nain means "nine" the original word has been corrupted to mislead all not entitled to the knowledge. but all things change on this terrestrial s

y to perform. nor will the struggle ever cease for the mystic mason until he has learned to build the temple made without hands, which is not completed until he has come to the eighteenth (1 plus 8) degree, which is the degree of the rose croix. this is the ultimate of the thirty-third degree, for three times three are nine, and one plus eight are nine. nine being the highest degree in the lesser mysteries, he who has passed this degree of the genuine mystic order is then, and then only, the widow's son of nine, or nain, ready to be raised by the strong grip of the paw of the lion of judah, to the kingdom of the heavens, there to receive the "well done, thou good and faithful servant, enter into the joy of your lord" for "him that overcometh will i make a pillar in the house of god, thence

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lic side in a perfectly unbiased manner, but we ask our students for whom this is written, to believe that we shall try to be just. of the cosmic facts we are certain, but bias may creep into our conclusions, therefore each must use his reason to test what we have to say, viz "prove all things and hold fast that which is good" the great law of analogy is everywhere the master key of all spiritual mysteries, and, although masonry and catholicism do not begin till we arrive at the earth period, they have their prototype in the earlier periods; we shall therefore briefly touch upon the essential facts. in the saturn period, the earth-in-the-making was dark; heat, which is the manifestation of the ever invisible fire, was the only element then manifest; embryonic mankind was mineral-like, the

duty of the master to give what he asks and make him a phree messen--a child of light. it is his duty also to teach him to work, and a male ideal, hiram abiff, the master workman, is presented for emulation. he is taught to be always ready to give a reason for his faith. as he qualifies in the work, he rises step by step, and at each degree more light is given. there are 3x3 degrees in the lesser mysteries; when the candidate has passed the 9th arch, he is in the holy of holies, which forms the gate to greater fields beyond the scope of masonry. for further elucidation of that subject the student is referred to the chapters on initiation, volcanic eruption and the number 9 in the rosicrucian cosmo-conception. advancement and promotion in mystic masonry is not dependent on favor; it cannot

y the divine hierarchs to constitute our evolution. comprehension of this plan is essential to the correct understanding of the cosmic relationship of freemasonry and catholicism; it is also necessary to fully appreciate the purpose of the molten sea and to learn how to intelligently make this wonderful alloy. as paul says, these things are hard to say, but we shall make an attempt to present the mysteries of melchisedec and the molten sea in plain language so that we may aid in the expressed purpose of the bible to enlighten all men, that all shall know from the least to the greatest what is the purpose of evolution, and thus give them a chance to align themselves with the trend of cosmic events. to understand the mystery of melchisedec we must revert to the earlier epochs of man's stay u

FREEMASONS SATANISM AND SYMBOLISM

onic author, carl claudy sums it all up "cut through the outer shell and find a meaning; cut through that meaning and find another; under it, if you dig deep enough, you may find a third, a fourth- who shall say how many teachings" many who are in masonry are not aware that they are lied to. finally, remember albert pike's bold assertion in morals& dogma, that "masonry is identical to the ancient mysteries" which means that all their teachings in all their books are precisely the same as the ancient, pagan, satanic mysteries [p. 624, teachings of the 28th degree] of course these top 5% call jesus christ an "inferior god" they never, ever mention him in their teachings or their rituals. this shouldn't surprise you since the pope carries a bent satanic cross as seen on another page which sha

d this question "who was tubal cain" answer "he is the vulcan of the pagans [william p. peterson, editor, masonic quiz book "ask me brother, chicago, illinois, charles t. power company, 1950, p. 18, 88, 131, 213; also found in john yarker, the arcane schools: a review of their origin and antiquity: with a general history of freemasonry and its relation to the theosophic scientific and philosophic mysteries, belfast, ireland, william tait, 1909, p. 30; also found in a. r. chambers, editor, questions and answers, 1972, p. 237; also found in malcom duncan, duncan's ritual of freemasonry, new york, david mckay company, inc, n.d. 3rd edition, p. 94] tubal-cain is the password given in the third degree of master mason. you can identify freemasonry with paganism within this sentence. but what is

unveiled, vol. i: science, new york, trow's printing and bookbinding company, 1877, p. 554, xxxiii. colored emphasis added] blavatsky like anton lavey in the satanic bible, had no trouble tying the infernal name, thoth, with satan, and especially the egyptian satan. this subject does go back a long way. remember pike's words, quoted in the very beginning, that "masonry is identical to the ancient mysteries" what this statement means is that freemasons believe the same as all the ancient mysteries and worship the same god, satan, and they worship satan under different names. keep in mind that we are dealing with a highly advanced people. a people who have had a lot of practice in their art of deceit. from the table of coincidence page in the masonic rituals section you were made aware that

symbols depict exactly what albert pike is talking about in the paragraph above. he says that the evil god, whom he calls seth or typhon [typhon is listed in the satanic bible as infernal names for satan] is the adversary of the good god, osiris; therefore, pike is saying osiris is lucifer, a finding consistent with the rest of the occult realm [above symbols taken from: arthur edward waite, the mysteries of ma, gic: a digest of the writings of eliphas levi, chicagodelaurence, scott, and company, inc, 1966 edition, 1909, p. 223- note: waite is a freemason author; also shown in d. duane winters, a search for light in a place of darkness: a study of freemasonry, p. 69] you should find this highly interesting that the masonic street layout for washington, d.c, which is on another page, is la

eaning of the phrase depicted below the eagle the two eagles "deus meumque jus" as explained in part 1 this is a typical satanic latin phrase, meaning. masons are saying that they are 'using occult methods' through lucifer, to achieve their rights and justice" but why would a two-headed eagle be adopted by masonry, instead of a one-headed eagle? masonic author, r. swinburne clymer, writing in the mysteries of osiris, 1951, explains "when they [pagans] desired to express the renewal, or beginning, of the year, they represented it in the form of a door-keeper. it could easily be distinguished by the attributes of a key. at times, they gave it two heads, back to back. in time, this [back-to-back key symbol] became the double-headed eagle of symbolic masonry [p. 42] the triangle one of the mos

FULL MOON RITUALS

s ready in the great hall, deer moves to its far end and throws open the doors to the circular stone ritual room, the first room built here and still the old castle's heart. surprised by a magic he's never really noticed before, deer ponders how it is that doors from the northern end of the great hall open onto the north quarter of the ritual room. then decides that this is simply one of the many mysteries of the place. by the altar, cloud's apple broom stands and he wastes no time taking it in hand and sweeping widdershins in a widening spiral, until he removes all the dust and unwanted energy into the great hall and then into the fire. upon returning to the circular room, deer again admires the hemicolumns set against the wall about the stone room's perimeter, which support the ribwork o

FULLER J F C SECRET WISDOM OF THE QABALAH

d was round and he set out to prove it. in doing so he discovered a new world, which, though it did not at the time actually confirm this idea, established a stepping-stone to the circumnavigation of the globe, which did confirm it in an obvious and uncontradictable way. so also in this book, i have set out to penetrate the mists of qabalistic learning, not because i presume to be an adept in its mysteries, but because i suspect that they hide within them the idea of a new world conception, an idea which for 2000 years has been struggling to take form. should i be right in this belief, then it follows that once this form consolidates from out of it will emanate a new ideology, which will exert so stupendous an influence upon our lives that it will constitute a world revolution. nevertheles

sufficient knowledge to fill them with wonder, and guarding against giving too much lest wonder intoxicates them and turns them mad. when this wisdom has been observed an equilibrium has been established in the social order, and when it has not been observed chaos has always held sway. a society or a civilization seldom perishes by the sword; nearly always it perishes through a defamation of the mysteries which held it in equilibrium. when ham uncovered his father's nakedness he was cursed; so also was prometheus punished for stealing fire from heaven. thus it happens that a people or a civilization is cursed when its rulers uncover the mysteries in the public places. when the symbols are made cheap they are misunderstood, they cease to be symbolical and become real, idols in the eyes of

the golden calf, then are the tables of the law cast upon the ground. all this may seem strange to us today, when everything is trumpeted abroad and sold for gold and there is no righteousness in the land; when love and lust, sorrow, tragedy, and excitement are sold for a penny in the newspapers, and when all that is sacred and vicious is broadcasted around for much less. the exploitation of the mysteries is the order of this age; there is no secrecy except that of exaggeration and untruthfulness. yet may not it be said: is not the progress of to-day due almost entirely to publicity? yes, that is undoubted; but what profits progress if the world is to be filled with discontent? freedom is a sublime mystery, but when this mystery is vulgarized it becomes anarchy. look around: everywhere we

greed; satan brooding over the four corners of the world and the drums of war beating nearer and nearer. behind this turmoil crouches the machine, the baphomet of the age of iron. he should have been the servant of man, yet he has become his master. he should have mitigated the curse of eden and have transformed toil and labour into leisure and contentment. why has he failed to do so? because the mysteries of physical science, having slipped the leash of secrecy, have, like maenads, coursed madly about the world. once the searchers after the mysteries of nature worked in a gloom of fear, locking away their knowledge in ciphers and cryptograms; now they stride into their laboratories seeking to transmute knowledge into gold, and when the people cannot understand their jargon they fall back

sh ignorance of the many. the intellectual evolution of the masses has not kept pace with the physical evolution of the scientists. a new body has been built, a body of titanic power, yet it is still inhabited by a mind which belongs to a far less powerful instrument. the result is a moral disintegration- a throwing out of balance, out of focus, out of equilibrium. chaos surrounds us, because the mysteries have been communicated to those unworthy to receive them, and not until the new body is endowed with a new mind will a new soul be born within it. such an equilibrium can alone be established through wonder- a stepping out from the finite towards the infinite, a transmutation of satan into god. secret wisdom of the qabalah page 8 the secrecy of transcendental knowledge transcendental kno

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

ed by the nations which existed prior to the beginning of the historic age. we shall be enabled also to perceive whether or not the course of human development during the intervening ages has been continuous, or whether, for some cause hitherto unexplained, true progress throughout a portion of this time has been arrested, thus producing a backward movement, or degeneracy. if we would unravel the mysteries involved in present religious faiths, we should begin not by attempting to analyze or explain any existing system or systems of belief and worship. such a course is likely to end not only in confusion and in a subsequent denial of the existence of the religious nature in mankind, but is liable, also, to create an aversion for and a distrust of the entire subject of religious experience

emanded no bleeding sacrifice to reconcile her to her children. the ceremonies observed at these festive seasons consisted for the most part in merry-making and in general thanksgiving, in which the gratitude of the worshippers found expression in song and dance, and in invocations to their deity for a return or continuance of her gifts. subsequently, through the awe and reverence inspired by the mysteries involved in birth and life, the adoration of the creative principles in vegetable existence became supplemented by the worship of the creative functions in human beings and in animals. the earth, including the power inherent in it by which the continuity of existence is maintained, and by which new forms are continuously called into life, embodied the idea of god; and, as this inner forc

g upon a lotus throne, and the figures upon the isaic table hold the stem of this plant, surmounted by the seed vessel in one hand, and the cross representing the male organs in the other: thus signifying the universal power, both active and passive, attributed to that goddess"[19 [19] symbolism of ancient art. the lotus is the most sacred and the most significant symbol connected with the sacred mysteries of the east. upon this subject, maurice observes that there is no plant which has received such a degree of honor as has the lotus. it was the consecrated symbol of the great mother who had brought forth the fecundative energies, female and male. not only throughout the northern hemisphere was it everywhere held in profound veneration, but among the modern egyptians it is still worshippe

gree of honor as has the lotus. it was the consecrated symbol of the great mother who had brought forth the fecundative energies, female and male. not only throughout the northern hemisphere was it everywhere held in profound veneration, but among the modern egyptians it is still worshipped as symbolical of the great first cause. the lotus was the emblem venerated in the solemn celebration of the mysteries of eleusis in greece and the phiditia in carthage. in referring to the degree of homage paid to the lotus by the ancients, higgins says "and we shall find in the sequel that it still continues to receive the respect, if not the adoration, of a great part of the christian world, unconscious, perhaps, of the original reason of their conduct" it is a significant fact that in nearly all the

he birth of mary, the mother of christ, and representations of it are still extant, not only in oriental lands, but in many countries of europe. within the oldest temples of egypt are still to be observed sacred apartments which contain the "holy of holies" and to which, in past ages, none might gain access but priests and priestesses of the highest order. within these apartments are pictured the mysteries of birth, together with the symbols of generation emblems of procreation. on the banks of the river nile are observed the ruins of the temple of philae, which structure, it is said, represents the most ancient style of architecture. within these ruins is to be seen an inner chamber in which are depicted the birth scenes of the child god horus, and, indeed, everywhere among the monuments

GILBERT AE WAITE A MAGICIAN OF MANY PARTS

ambino's inrupertstreet, and it setsthetoneofall thosethatfollow:'iannounce to you267thaton monday next i shall solemnly perform and exhibit the veritable, ancient, and rectifiedriteof[lilith]whichis called [lamed] in the great bookofavalon. be, therefore, presentwithoutfail between nones and vespers, that then we may partake together225__frateravallauniusand'theroadof excess--l! ofthese singular mysteries'(p.33).machen ends the letter byurgingwaite tobringdorawithhim 'i look forward to thiscomingdiesdominica,andtrustthatyou willcommandtheladyofthe waters to attend,thatshe mayputonwithus new vestments (p.36).muchofthe text is repetitious and tedious for the outsider,butit provides insights into waite's stateofmindat the time. this 'secretorder'was evidently moreimportantthan the goldendawn

ks which served to galvanise corpses (diary,20november1902)butnotto encourage frequent visits, and waite's attendance at theclubwas irregular.onone occasion he was surprised to find that a group of the members had all beenasked-bydifferent editors to review his translationofobermann;they discussed thebookand in due course the reviews appeared.allwere favourable 'and these, remarked waite 'are the mysteries of reviewing.'6boredwiththe pen and pencil club he joined machenincreating'thesodality of the shadows',whichstjohnadcock described as 'anotherunorthodoxlittleclub-aclub of a dozen or so youngwriterswhometperiodically in a wine cellar in queen street, cheap side, the vintner himself being a poetofno mean quality; an exclusive little club to which a new member was only admitted after he ha

emfor willing co-operation, not only over waite's critical study,thehiddenchurchoftheholygraal(for which machen suppliedthe material on the celtic church, but alsoovera grail romance.theverse drama'thehidden sacramentoftheholygraal' was printed in waite'sstrangehousesofsleep(1906)witha cryptic prefatory note:the initial design of this mystery play is referable to a friend and fellow-worker in the mysteries, who, for the present, remains anonymous.thecollaboration also embraces a portionofthe text,butoutside the archaic touch which is occasionally common to each, it is. thoughtthat therespectiveshares will be readily allocated to their proper writers in the virtue of a certain distinction of style (p. 140__frateravallauniusand'theroadof the'friend andfellow-worker' was,ofcourse, machen who

onmysimply and soberlyentitledhistoryofthe rosicrucians-as the left headlines evident-was changed on the title-page to therealhistory,too late for any protest on my own part'(sly,p.101).but not too late for protest by others. both the title and the cover design (a deliberate copy of that used on earlier editions of jennings's work) were intended to set the book againsttherosicrucianstheirritesand mysteries-devicesthat enraged hargrave jennings, who had expected better from the publisherof his own book onphallicism.when he ne.xt met redway, in pall mall, he shrieked at him,'ettu,brute!'perhapshe gamed somebelated satisfaction from a note inlight(16february1889)which recorded that in fifteenmonths only 720copiesof therealhistoryhad been sold. other books followed. in1888redway issued waite's

had been the first to recover this doctrine, and he set outhisdiscoveries in tabularformin alettertolight(15september 1888. both267' the discoveries which i have made, and the convictions atwhichihave arrived, he said 'will be fully developed in aworkentitledazoth:orthestarintheeast',butin advance of its publication he trusted that those'whoare acquaintedwithmy books on the rosicrucians, and the mysteries of magic will absolve me from the charge of adopting rash and inadequate theories, and from enriching the domain of verified factswiththe fabulouscreations-ofromantic hypotheses. his conclusionswere presented under twenty-twoheadings-thoughwithout any attempt to relatethemto either the hebrew alphabet orthetarottrumps255manyofwhich were offered in support of the first statement that'thea

GILBERT THE GOLDEN DAWN TWILIGHT OF THE MAGICIANS

sts convinced themselves that he did simply because they wisheditto have been so.hadthere been an english rosicrucianorderin1800it is inconceivable that it would have been unknown to francis barr255 ett,buthe makes no reference to such anorder-eitherpast orpresent-inthemagus,even though he discusses alchemy at length and promises that students of his school will 'acquire the knowledgeofthe rites, mysteries, ceremonies and principlesofthe ancient philosophers, magi, cabalists, adepts &c'.hedid, however, limit the numberofstudents to'nogreater number than twelve' and it is possible, assuming that he everhadany students, that they saw themselves as a secret fraternity and allowed others to label them as rosicrucians. certainly in1833godfrey higgins refers to contemporary rosicrucians, but the

pher; he could make nothing ofit. but on themanuscript-or,perhaps, on a separate slip laid next toit-wasthe address of a person in germany.thecurious investigator of secret things and hidden counsels wrote to this address, obtained full particulars, the true manner of reading the cipher and, as i conjecture, a sort of commission and jurisdiction from the unknown heads in germany to administer the mysteries in england. and hence rose, or re-arose, in this isle theorderofthe twilight star. its original foundation was assigned to the fifteenth century. i like the story; but there was not one atom of truth in it.thetwilight star was astumer-orstumed-touse a very old english word. its true date of origin was 1880-1885 at the earliest.the'cipher manuscript' was written on paper that bore the wat

selfina temple ruled bythreechiefs who acted as imperator, cancellarius (or34 thegoldendawnsecretary, and praemonstrator (whose task was to oversee the studiesofthe members and to ensure that they learned and correctly performed the rituals).therituals themselves were carried out by other officers whosetitles-hierophant,hiereus, hegemon, kerux, stolistes anddadouchos-weretaken from the eleusinian mysteries and who had themselves attained the grade appropriate to their status.theirfunctions would havebeenexplained to the neophyte in the courseofhis initiation (see appendix a).buthowever impressive the officers were and however awe-inspiring the rituals, they were not magical rituals, and the rosicruciansofthe golden dawn, although they were loth to admit it, wanted magic. mathers, alone amo

tice any experiments, forget the import255 ance of the use of invocations and flashing tablets, seeing that without their employment in alchemy, no truly great result can be arrived at; and that the constant practice of thematerialwithoutthehigher,will gradually lead the alchemist farther and farther from divine magic, until at length he will become a mere blinded practi255 tioner of the hermetic mysteries, and littleifany better than the ordinary so-called scientist.powerwherefore i earnestly recommend that this m.s. be only circulated among those adepts who have studied that portion of the 'book of the voiceof(thoth, which is called'theenterer of the threshold'.d.d.c.f.(j)=iii.unlike the firstorder,in which an understandingofthe kabbalah was the foundation on which other studies were bui

ne time by the egyptians, and at a later date by the chaldean sages of babylon.itis a very curious fact that the classical nations, the greek and the roman, have handed down to usbutslight glimpses of the ancient magic, and this is the more notable because greece succeeded to the mastership of egypt and rome to the empire both of the greeks and of the jews. greece indeed succeeded to a shareofthe mysteries of the egyptians, for the eleusinian mysteries were copies of those more ancient and solemn ceremonies oflsis, osiris and serapis, but they lacked the true magic of egypt, and further the classics retain but faint glimpses of even the eleusinian secrets. and these glimpses serve only to disclose the fact that the eleusinian pupils were partly ignorant of the isiac mysteries, a notable ex

GILBERT THE MAGICAL MASON

h the world and man 1576themagicalmasonpartthree:divination18.thehistory of astrology169 19.dreams18120.divination and its history19221.the star lore of the bible216partfour: masonic22.freemasonry and its relation to the essenes233 23.the resemblances of freemasonry to the cult of mithra244 24.the religious and masonic symbolism of stones256partfive: miscellaneous papers25.an essay on the ancient mysteries269 26.a recent spiritual development287 27.an essay upon the constitution of man: spirit, soul, body296 28.man's blood and generation310introductionof all the actors in the bizarre pageant of the occult revival, william wynn westcott was the most unlikely: cautious, fearful and altogether too respectable, he yet created its most exotic structure, the hermetic order of the golden dawn.the

e, which ought to be deliveredtothe censure of the world. at the end of this book standeth this elogium, which then follows in latin -itmaybeshortly translated thus 'a seed sown in the breast of ihesus 'christian rose cross, sprung from a noble and famous german family.theman of his age for the most subtle imaginations and divine revelations, and one of unwearied labour in the search for heaven's mysteries and those alsoofhumanity; he was secretly admitted to a morethanregal or imperial gaza (or treasure house) during his journeys in arabia and africa; he instituted and became the custodian for posterity of these arts; he formed theminutummundum,which related the past, present and future. he lived more than a century, and passed away, not of disease, but at the call of god; away from the e

ill well repay, not only perusal,butdeep study; while the elucidation of the whole set of medieval divinatory sciences, astrology, geomancy, etc, are suitable themes for lectures in your college. for such as can understand medieval latin a most interesting work is the'oedipusaegyptiacus'of athanasius kircher. it is desirable that our students should make them255 selves acquainted with the ancient mysteries of egypt, of greece and of rome.thebasis of the western occultism of medieval europe is the kabalah of the medieval hebrew rabbis,towhich i have publishedanintroduction.this philosophy, although at first sight barbarous and crude, yet will be found, when one has grown familiar with the nomenclature, to be a concrete, coherent and far-reaching scheme of theology, cosmology, ethics and met

and of man. he framed a more consistent viewthanthenotable paracelsus who precededhim;his works gave rise to somuchdiscu.sionamongthelearned of his ownandthenext generationthateven his errors led tomuchenlightenment.50themagical masonalways an earnest christian in his life, he was deeply influenced by the school of cabalists and hermetists, which taught that in the bible are concealed many of the mysteries of creation and evolution, of man's origin and destiny, of man's health and disease, and of man's relation to unseen beings and the forces around him. the manners of his time were not our manners, and so we need not condemn in an unreasoning manner the language in which some of his controversions were carried on. after the fashion of his time fludd wrote his learned treatises in the lati

brooded over the chaos, and this spirit may by patient submission to deity, and by active effortsutpower, draw down to itself a commission to work wonders, and so do'notas other men do .thegreat tendency of the modern times has been to reduce allmen to a level, a dead level of mediocrity, an effort fatal to the supremacy of individuals, and which has tended to discourage research into the hidden mysteries of nature and science, as opposed to the parrot-like study of what are known as modern sciences, a study of enormous value to mankind,butyet not the stepping stones on the direct road to deity. history then narrates the lives of many men, who, from the exhibition of uncommon powers and transcendent abilities and wisdom, are pointed out as the possessors of what we may fairly call occult

GILBERT THE SORCERER AND HIS APPRENTICE

ir definition of its various branches, but denounces the system on the ground that its adoption tends to represent the scriptures as a collection of acrostics, anagrams, and riddles.rees'cyclopaediahas also an article of fair length on the subject,butit is generally adverse to the claims advanced by the cabbalists. rees gives the following account of the origin of the cabbala 'the jews derive the mysteries contained in the cabbala from adam; and assert that whilst the first man was in paradise the angel rasiel brought him a book from heaven, which contained the doctrines of heavenly wisdom; and that when adam received this book, angels came down from heaven to learn its contents, but that he refused to admit them to the knowledge of sacred things entrusted to himself alone; that, after the

octrines of heavenly wisdom; and that when adam received this book, angels came down from heaven to learn its contents, but that he refused to admit them to the knowledge of sacred things entrusted to himself alone; that, after the fall, this book was taken back into heaven; that after many prayers and tears god restored it to adam; and that it passed from adam to seth.thebook being lost, and the mysteries contained in it almost forgotten, in the degenerate age preceding the flood, they were restored by special revelation to abraham who transmitted them to writinginthe book 'yetzirah; and that the revelation was renewed to moses, who received a traditionary and mystical as well as athekabbalah17written and preceptive law from god. accordingly the jews believe, that god gave to moses on mou

e. a system which could captivate such men as reuchlin, athanasius kircher, knorr de rosenroth (whose 'kabbalah denudata' is the leading work on the subject, picus de mirandola, dr henry more, cornelius agrippa, and robert fludd, is surely worthy of more than a passing and superficial examination, especially when it is considered that the hebrew scriptures require some key wherewith to unlock the mysteries of the prophecies and the apocalypse; and that key, i venture to assert, is to be found, and found only in the kabbalah.18 the sorcererand his apprentice[reprinted fromwal/ords amiquarian magazine,vol. xi,no. 65(1887)pp.305-8.]2. thesymbolismofthe4ancientsin thisclavicula'no.2,ashortexplanation ofthesymbolism of those four important officers of a college, openinthe zelatorgrade,whoarenam

r, water, and fire; seven double letters, b, g, d, k, p, r, th, referring to the seven planets, etc; and twelve simple letters, h, v, z, ch, t, i, l, n, s,0,tz,q, referring to the twelve signs of the zodiac, etc. christian, the disciple of levi, in his recent work on magic, has made the explanation of the twenty-two hieroglyphics of the tarot form part of the initiatory ceremonies of the egyptian mysteries of crata repoa. the symbols of three of the twenty-two trumps of the tarot were thus restored by eliphas levi.7. the chariot.a cubical chariot with four columns, surmounted by an azure and star-decked canopy. within the chariot and between the four columns stands a conqueror crowned with a circlet, from which rise and shine three pentagrams of gold. on his cuirass are three right angles;

onk, nor have i been able to fwd any history or legend of the place that could in any way have accounted for it. this could not in any sense be called a spirit-photograph, and neither i nor my friend, so far as i am aware, possessed any mediumistic qualities. so this experience, though curious, has, i think no evidential value. at the same time i am convinced that there are many as yet unexplored mysteries, on which light may be thrown by photography.itis of course well known that the sensitive plate can record rays and waves invisible to the human eye, and moreover the science of sensitizing plates is yet in its infancy, and we may deem it quite within the regions of possibility that not only thought-forms, but beings and intelligences at present only dimly guessed at, may become objectiv

GILBERT R A CHAOS OUT OF ORDER THE RISE AND FALL OF THE SWEDENBORGIAN RITE

nasian creed; while individual members studied renaiss-ance alchemy, the theurgy of alexandria, hermetic authors, the philosopher s stone, the divine science of numbers, and the mystical interpretation of dreams4[4. even less is known of the rituals they practised, but when two english swedenborgians, william bryan and john wright, visited the society in 1789, they were finally initiated into the mysteries of their order, after a certain process of examination, probation, and injunction of secresy 5[5. subsequently they were most solemnly introduced to what was called the actual and personal presence of the lord; which, it appears, was effected by the agency of a comely and majestic young man, arrayed in purple garments, seated on a kind of throne or chair of state, in an inner apartment d

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d the errors of the elder order. it been singularly devoid of prejudices 6[6] eliphas levi was the pseudonym of the french occultist alphonse louis constant (1810-75. the standard biography is by chacornac, eliphas levi (paris, chacornac, 1926. 7[7] his first published work was an ode to astronomy (1877. he published many poems and stories in minor literary journals between 1876 and 1886 8[8] the mysteries of magic, a digest of the writings of eliphas levi, with a biographical and critical essay (redway, 1886) 9[9] jennings's book was the rosicrucians, their rites and mysteries (chatto& windus, 1879, 2nd ed. it was savaged by waite in redway's journal, walford's antiquarian and with justice; it is a hotchpotch of irrelevant and misleading data. and singularly unaffected by the crazes of th

very own!59[59] in 1910 waite was installed as master of runymede lodge, and during his year of office he celebrated the winter dinner of the lodge, on 1 february 1911 'by conferring on all brethren present the great mystery of the vault of the adepts (under dispensation from the unknown superior of the sodality of the shades)'60[60. this was the closest he came to introducing his brethren to the mysteries of the golden dawn, although he had 58[58] beeching's verses were printed as a broadsheet entitled 'the masque of runymede. 59[59 'an ode of welcome, runymede lodge, 21 january 1909. the verse quoted is no. 5. waite also wrote an 'ode on a distant prospect of preferment in runymede lodge (1907. it was privately printed as a broadsheet for members of the lodge 60[60] quoted as item (d) on

difficult to find this theory of the secret tradition clearly expressed, but it is put quite succinctly in the secret tradition in freemasonry:63[63 'the secret tradition contains, firstly, the memorials of a loss which has befallen humanity; and, secondly, the records of a restitution in respect of that which was lost. the keepers of the tradition perpetuated it in secret by means of instituted mysteries and cryptic literature (vol. i, p. ix. in itself 'the secret tradition is the immemorial knowledge concerning man's way of return whence he came by a method of the inward life (vol. 11, p. 379. common to all its forms is the evidence that 'testifies to (a) the aeonian nature of the loss (b) the certitude of an ultimate restoration (c) in respect of that which was lost, the perpetuity of

he inter-relation between the craft and the high grades in respect of their term of research (rebman, 1911) 2 vols. some deeper aspects of masonic symbolism (anarnosa, n.m.r.s, 1916) the hidden church of the holy graal, its legends and symbolism (new york, rebman, 1909 (book ix, chapter 8: the analogies of masonry) a new encyclopaedia of freemasonry (ars magna latomorum) and of cognate instituted mysteries: their rites, literature and history (rider, 1921) 2 vols (the issue of 1934 adds an account of the masonic peace memorial 'robert fludd and freemasonry, manchester association for masonic research (offprint, 1922 the brotherhood of the rosy cross, being records of the house of the holy spirit in its inward and outward history (rider, 1924 (chapters xv to xxi and xxiv relate to freemason

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ough it seems more reasonable to conclude that it was used for masonic ceremonies. john wilkes, an important member of the medmenham circle who did not become a freemason until after his parting of the ways with the group, whines in an article defaming his former friend "no pro- dhl the masonic war against religion global freemasonry dic fane eye has dared to penetrate into the english eleusinian mysteries of the chapter-room, where the monks assembled on all solemn occasions, the more secret rites were performed and libations poured forth in much pomp to the bona dea" sir robert walpole's son horace, one of dashwood's political enemies and certainly a stranger to the abbey, mocked "whatever their doctrines were, their practice was rigorously pagan: bacchus and venus were the deities to wh

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d the errors of the elder order. it been singularly devoid of prejudices 6[6] eliphas levi was the pseudonym of the french occultist alphonse louis constant (1810-75. the standard biography is by chacornac, eliphas levi (paris, chacornac, 1926. 7[7] his first published work was an ode to astronomy (1877. he published many poems and stories in minor literary journals between 1876 and 1886 8[8] the mysteries of magic, a digest of the writings of eliphas levi, with a biographical and critical essay (redway, 1886) 9[9] jennings's book was the rosicrucians, their rites and mysteries (chatto& windus, 1879, 2nd ed. it was savaged by waite in redway's journal, walford's antiquarian and with justice; it is a hotchpotch of irrelevant and misleading data. and singularly unaffected by the crazes of th

very own!59[59] in 1910 waite was installed as master of runymede lodge, and during his year of office he celebrated the winter dinner of the lodge, on 1 february 1911 'by conferring on all brethren present the great mystery of the vault of the adepts (under dispensation from the unknown superior of the sodality of the shades)'60[60. this was the closest he came to introducing his brethren to the mysteries of the golden dawn, although he had 58[58] beeching's verses were printed as a broadsheet entitled 'the masque of runymede. 59[59 'an ode of welcome, runymede lodge, 21 january 1909. the verse quoted is no. 5. waite also wrote an 'ode on a distant prospect of preferment in runymede lodge (1907. it was privately printed as a broadsheet for members of the lodge 60[60] quoted as item (d) on

difficult to find this theory of the secret tradition clearly expressed, but it is put quite succinctly in the secret tradition in freemasonry:63[63 'the secret tradition contains, firstly, the memorials of a loss which has befallen humanity; and, secondly, the records of a restitution in respect of that which was lost. the keepers of the tradition perpetuated it in secret by means of instituted mysteries and cryptic literature (vol. i, p. ix. in itself 'the secret tradition is the immemorial knowledge concerning man's way of return whence he came by a method of the inward life (vol. 11, p. 379. common to all its forms is the evidence that 'testifies to (a) the aeonian nature of the loss (b) the certitude of an ultimate restoration (c) in respect of that which was lost, the perpetuity of

he inter-relation between the craft and the high grades in respect of their term of research (rebman, 1911) 2 vols. some deeper aspects of masonic symbolism (anarnosa, n.m.r.s, 1916) the hidden church of the holy graal, its legends and symbolism (new york, rebman, 1909 (book ix, chapter 8: the analogies of masonry) a new encyclopaedia of freemasonry (ars magna latomorum) and of cognate instituted mysteries: their rites, literature and history (rider, 1921) 2 vols (the issue of 1934 adds an account of the masonic peace memorial 'robert fludd and freemasonry, manchester association for masonic research (offprint, 1922 the brotherhood of the rosy cross, being records of the house of the holy spirit in its inward and outward history (rider, 1924 (chapters xv to xxi and xxiv relate to freemason

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inked index just click the gnostic handbook page 3 8 conditional immortality and reincarnation the aim of life, the bible and reincarnation, the mechanism of reincarnation, heaven and hell, hell on earth and what is heaven. 9 the mystery of deification what is the aim of this spiritual process? the nature of theosis, the mystery, to be born again, the nature of transfiguration, the two paths, the mysteries and the mystery of the melchisedek priesthood. 10 the seven stages of salvation first steps:repentance, first steps:detachment and controlled awareness, first steps:study, conviction and emotion, faith and education, baptism, initiation, the anointing and living the life of a gnostic:overcoming the dialectic system and life on the path 11 the secret way celestial transfiguration, going b

velopment. accordingly, remnants of this perennial philosophy are found within the various traditions, belief systems and faiths. these faiths rather than being the primary sources of wisdom within themselves are actually remnants of one earlier, and more pristine school of knowledge. as time progressed the higher kingdoms saw the loss of gnosis and therefore chose to restore the structure of the mysteries. when jesus came of age within the essenes he purified the structure of the mystery traditions and re-instated the original gnostic faith. hence, the gnosticism of jesus is not superior to other gnostic traditions, but is a refinement or adaptation of an age-long tradition. indeed, the gnosticism of jesus brought together egyptian, greek and mystery cult traditions (such as those of eleu

erent pieces chapter two: the great chain of being the gnostic handbook page 14 and marvel at their characteristics. however, due to our own limitations we cannot conceptualise that someone or something may be moving them "flatland. to the inhabitants of space in general and h.c. in particular this work is dedicated by a humble native of flatland in the hope that even as he was initiated into the mysteries of three dimensions having been previously conversant with only two so the citizens of that celestial region may aspire yet higher and higher to the secrets of four five or even six dimensions thereby contributing to the enlargement of the imagination and the possible development of that most and excellent gift of modesty among the superior races of solid humanity preface to flatland if

the mind of god (logos) purified by the wisdom of god (sophia) empowered by divine will the christ-state the gnostic handbook page 30 what is sophia? the general understanding of the holy spirit as found in the christian tradition is a desexing of the great feminine power. sophia is the goddess or feminine principle and as such exists from the earliest pagan traditions right through to the greek mysteries and gnosticism. in gnostic literature she is described by many names the all mothers, mother of the living, shining mother and the holy spirit. sophia is seen as the counterpart of the logos and cannot work without. it is hence suggested in esoteric gnostic literature that it was the combined power of jesus and mary madgadene who transmitted the mysteries, not jesus alone. the sophia tra

we find that all alternatives are reconciled within an all encompassing system. this is the insight which gnosticism gives, it shows the esoteric meaning behind religious symbol systems and in some sense bypasses them by divining their true meaning. this does not degrade the role of myth, legend, tales and scriptures but places them in the real position, that is, as the outer flesh or form of the mysteries. scriptures cannot stand alone, within the gnosis at their heart, they become as stone. impersonal to personal as part of the gnostic worldview is the understanding of the role of personalism in religion. by personalism we mean not only theism (the worship of a personal god) but the use of gods and goddess with personality, character and humanness. this tendency is found in all religious

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oaster and the mystery cults of israel. these form some of the earliest nuclei from which later esoteric traditions evolved and developed. in these forms we find some of the most complete occult systems taught and practised throughout the millennia. since their demise the gnosis has continued, albeit in a different form. while these earlier civilisations offered racial and national centres of the mysteries, the traditions that followed were, for the most part, carried by secret and clandestine bodies. popularity when it did arrive, did not last for long and soon again they made a hasty retreat to the shadows. certainly this was true with the essene gnosis as taught by master jesus, it was only a very short time after his transfiguration before the true teachings could only be passed in sec

r keys provided in the gnostic and esoteric traditions and correlating these with modern research, the institute for gnostic studies can offer you techniques and theories which will change the way you experience yourself and the world forever. and this, by the way, is the aim of the gnosis, the transformation of lead into gold, man into god, the transfiguration of the student from a seeker of the mysteries to a partaker of the gnosis. in the past such experiences have remained largely unexplored, they have been dimensions only dreamed of by madman, experienced by mystics, mastered by gnostic theurgy page 6 magicians and embodied by avatars. however, today, as the omega day fast approaches, we offer the challenge of uncharted dimensions and new worlds, which can not only be explored, but us

the development of matter, influences our whole view of life and the world. the nature of myth one of the major problems with comprehending the truth of the alpha event is that in the many diverse gnostic and religious traditions this event is presented in so many different ways and via so many different symbol-systems. on one level we may read the high-browed philosophical approach of the greek mysteries, and on the other, we may read about the bloody battle between "the forces of light and darkness" or the literal expulsion of satan from heaven. at first these traditions may seem disparate and it may seem advantageous to jettison one or the other depending on your own level of comprehension. however, if we examine these various traditions in more detail, we may discern a common foundati

d from heaven, we are simply using different metaphors for the same cosmic event. it seems that many twentieth-century religious movements have become so locked into semantics that they end up arguing about things which are in reality, only different perspectives of the same truth. gnostic theurgy page 15 when we examine the gospels we find ample evidence for different appreciations of the divine mysteries, jesus spends an inordinate amount of time discussing the importance of parables, and seems to delight in using stories with multiple meanings. even the numerical descriptions of his disciples in the gospels have such an application. there are 12 disciples, 70 outer disciples and then the multitudes. here we have an obviously hierarchical structure. the twelve disciples who are symbolic

ories with multiple meanings. even the numerical descriptions of his disciples in the gospels have such an application. there are 12 disciples, 70 outer disciples and then the multitudes. here we have an obviously hierarchical structure. the twelve disciples who are symbolic of twelve signs of the zodiac and the twelve tribes of israel. they may be related to the innermost teachings- the esoteric mysteries. the seventy disciples who are symbolic of the seven rays and the seven days of creation etc. they may be related to the mesoteric or intermediate teachings. the multitudes who are symbolic of the exoteric or outer teachings. to understand the alpha event we need to consider the various myths, legends and religious stories and deduce the essential event from behind them. due consideratio

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s the eye of algol, separate and alone in my being. typhon, present unto me the tcham knive from which i shall stand forth in my dreaming and waking! sender of nightmares ascend through me! ooo west- let now the serpent encircle me, leviathan the coiling dragon of timeless being. i summon your essence unto me! great chthonic daimon of endless being, i seek to drink deep of your cup and behold the mysteries of the depths! mriodom aoth, sabaoth, atheleberseth, abraoth! by the very circle of which i build i walk unto the crown of lucifer that emerald which shines the essence of heaven and hell. that angelickan watcher of the sun shall come now forth to join with the ahrimanic shadow, that angel and daemon are joined! i walk unto the umbrarum rex, the kingdom of shades and the ghost roads open

a few drops of your own blood. with the flame burning, hold the blade within. envision the fires of the underworld, of hecate-lilith and banal, of the daemonic gods below who open the gates of our own transformation. envision the fire empowering the blade with the serpent tongue of shaitan of midnight, the purifier of the black handled knife. as the blade is immersed in the water, recite- by the mysteries of the depths, the coiling dragon of old beheld to the gates of leviathan by hecate and the skull wreathed in roses, which is silence and beauty i summon thee blade of steel, envenomed in the darkness of the earth do become knife of the devil s claw, my sacred tool of summoning water-daemon of the blade be born by banal and those of the shadowed realms- blade be blessed! so mote it be! t

nd present. gremory also teaches of the treasures of self, at various points in ones life, that may be considered as useful knowledge. he brings the love and lust of women young and old. gamori governs 26 legions of spirits. 5 ose ose/ose/voso is a great president, who appears as a leopard. he will put a human form on at the request of the magician. ose is a cunning spirit who intiates one to the mysteries of the heavens and divine things (luciferic spirits. ose also guides one to the celestial/luciferian sabbat and may transform the sorcerer into any astral form they wish. he governs 30 legions of spirits. 65 6 amy amy/avnas is a great president who appears as fire but upon the request of the magician, will take a human shape. he teaches astrology and sciences, according to ones initiator

o is a great king and president. he appears as a bull with wings but will appear at the request of the magician as a man. he instructs men on wit and intellect, how to make associations within their own natural environment and how to quietly listen and think/comprehend before speaking. this spirit also transforms wine into water and blood into wine, being a vampyric shade which initiates into the mysteries of immortality and blood. he also instructs initiation into evolution and strengthening the self, that one may pass the requirements of a human body upon death while this is not proved. zagan makes fools wise, which holds a key to the tarot those who walk the fearful path, face the dangers of the mind and soul, may emerge as adepts in the arte of sorcery. he governs 33 legions of spirits

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in. chis em: are nine. chis holq: are measured. chis i chis ge: to are not/ are and are not. chis sobca: are they those. chis ta d: are as the third. chis ta l: are as the first. chis ta: are as. chisa: chis a, are in. chiso: be/ shall be/ and shall be. chr: name of the twentieth aethyr. chramsa (meaning unknown) christeos: let there be. cial: 9996. ciaofi: terror. cicle/ kikale/ kikle: mystery/ mysteries/ mysteries of creation. cinxir: mingle. 16 cio: cacodemon of air angle of fire tablet. cios: subservient angel of air angle of fire tablet. cir: cacodemon of air angle of earth tablet. cla: 456. cleo: subservient angel of water angle of water tablet. clm: cacodemon of water angle of earth tablet. cmo: cacodemon of earth angle of air tablet. cms: cacodemon, counterpart of the angel msal

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the adept dress in a black robe with a twenty-two link chain about his or her neck, and in a dark room, recite the oath with this contemplation on the ten sephiroth. 4 rtk: let us bind ourselves to our "eternal" light- the light of purity and unity. hmkj: only through wisdom can we prove ourselves a devoted servant to our sacred order and fraternity. hnyb: through deep understanding of the inner mysteries, we become aware of our need to maintain a strict veil between the "truly initiated" and those beginning the path. dsj: here we see the importance of becoming the benevolent king to those in the lower grades, while at the same time, maintaining the hierarchy of our order in that mercy will abound and not lead to strife and schism as in the past. hrwbg: let the adept be strict and stern i

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he mystical tablet of union, i invoke ye, ye divine forces of the spirit of life. i invoke ye, ye angels of the celestial spheres whose dwelling is in the invisible. ye are the guardians of the gates of the universe! be ye also the watchers of our mystic vault. keep far removed the evil and the unbalanced; strengthen and inspire the initiates, so that we may preserve unsullied this abode of the 4 mysteries of the eternal gods. let this place be pure and holy, so that we may enter in and become partakers of the secrets of divine light (he replaces the incense upon cand resumes his place saying "the sun daily returning is the dispenser of light to the earth. let us thrice complete the circle of this place, the abode of the invisible sun (chief adept leads, second adept follows, then all the

ur elements" 8 chief adept "associate adeptus minor, what is the emblem which i bear upon my breast" third adept "the complete symbol of the rose and cross" chief adept "mighty adeptus major, what is its meaning" second adept "it is the key of sigils and of rituals, and represents the force of the twenty-two letters in nature, as divided into a three, a seven, and a twelve; many and great are its mysteries" chief adept "associate adeptus minor, what is the wand which thou bearest" third adept "a simple wand having the colors of the twelve signs of the zodiac between the light and the darkness, and surmounted by the lotus flower of isis. it symbolizes the development of creation" chief adept "mighty adeptus major, thy wand and its meaning" second adept "a wand terminating in the symbol of t

ourth and fifth adepts. three adepts enter the vault, roll the altar aside, open the lid of pastos, and put book "t" upon the table. chief adept steps into the pastos, and stands facing the door. the three adepts join wands and cruces) chief adept "i invoke thee hru, the great angel who art set over the operations of this secret wisdom, to strengthen and establish this order in its search for the mysteries of the divine light. increase the spiritual perception of the members and enable them to rise beyond that lower self-hood which is nothing, unto that highest self-hood which is in god the vast one (the three adepts disjoin their wands and lower them into the pastos, joining them together at the black ends, and directing them toward the center of the floor. they hold cruces as before) chi

illiance of the divine spirit descend (the chief adept lowers face and hands. other adepts withdraw their wands) chief adept (raising his hand "in the name and power of the divine spirit, i invoke ye, ye angels of the watchtowers of the universe. guard this vault during this revolution of the solar course. keep far from it the evil and the uninitiated that they penetrate not into the abode of our mysteries, and inspire and sanctify all who enter this place with the illimitable wisdom of the light divine (chief adept gives the sign of 5=6. all others copy. pastos is replaced inside the vault, and the circular altar is placed on top. all resume positions as in the opening of the vault) closing chief adept/ second adept/ chief adept/ second adept/ third adept/ 14 chief adept "avete fraters et

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od voices and sware obedience and faith to him that liveth and toh soba ipam lu ipamis ds triumpheth: whose beginning is not nor end cannot be: which loholo vep zomd poamal od bogpa shineth as a flame in the midst of your palace and reigneth aai ta piap piamol od vaoan zacare amongst you as the balance of righteousness and truth. move ca od zamran odo cicle therefore and show yourselves: open the mysteries of your qaa zorge lap zirdo noco creation. be friendly unto me for i am the servant of the same mad hoath iaida. your god, the true worshipper of the highest. 7 the second key adgt vpaah zong om faaip sald can the wings of the winds understand your voices of wonder vi-i-v l sobam ial-prg i-za-zaz 0 you the second of the first whom the burning flames have framed pi-adph casarma abramg ta

ld ds and the beginning of their own seats which are garnished with hubar p e o a l soba cormfa continual burning lamps 6, 9, 6, 3, 6 whose numbers chis ta la vls od q- cocasb are as the first, the ends, and the content of time ca niis od darbs qaas f etharzi therefore come ye and obey your creation. visit us in peace od bliora ia-ial ed-nas cicles bagle and comfort. conclude us receivers of your mysteries. for why? ge-iad i l our lord and master is the all one! nanta, l the sixth key gah s diu chis em micalzo pil11 the spirits of the fourth angle are nine, mighty in the firmament zin sobam el harg mir babalon of waters: whom the first hath planted a torment to the wicked od obloc samvelg dlugar malprg and a garland to the righteous: giving unto them fiery darts ar caosgi od a c a m canal

the eagle spake, and cried with a loud niiso voice: come away! and they gathered themselves together and salman teloch casarman holq od t i ta became the house of death, of whom it is measured, and it is as 16 z soba cormf i ga niiso bagle abramg they whose number is 31. come away! for i have prepared for you noncp zacar ca od zamran odo cicle a place. move therefore and show yourselves. open the mysteries qaa zorge lap zirdo noco of your creation! be friendly unto me for i am the servant of mad hoath iaida. the same your god, the true worshipper of the highest. l of n the twelth key nonci ds sonf babage od chis ob hubardo tibibp 0 you that reign in the south and are 28 the lanterns of sorrow, allar atraah od ef drix fafen mian bind up your girdles and visit us! bring down your train 3663

n the twelth key nonci ds sonf babage od chis ob hubardo tibibp 0 you that reign in the south and are 28 the lanterns of sorrow, allar atraah od ef drix fafen mian bind up your girdles and visit us! bring down your train 3663. ar enay ovof sobol ooain i vonph that the lord may be magnified, whose name amongst you is wrath. zacar gohus od zamran odo cicle move, i say, and show yourselves. open the mysteries of your 17 qaa zorge lap zirdo noco creation. be friendly unto me! for i am the servant of the same mad hoath iaida. your god, the true worshipper of the highest. o of n the thirteenth key napeai babage ds brin v x ooaona lring vonph 0 you swords of the south which have 42 eyes to stir up the wrath doalim eolis ollog orsba ds chis affa micma isro of sin: making men drunken, which are emp

nth key napeai babage ds brin v x ooaona lring vonph 0 you swords of the south which have 42 eyes to stir up the wrath doalim eolis ollog orsba ds chis affa micma isro of sin: making men drunken, which are empty. behold the promise of mad od lonshi tox ds i vmd aai grosb god and his power, which is called amongst you a bitter sting! zacar od zamran odo cicle qaa move and show yourselves. open the mysteries of your creation. zorge lap zirdo noco mad 18 be friendly unto me! for i am the servant of the same your god, hoath iaida. the true worshipper of the highest. m of l the fourteenth key noromi baghie pashs oiad ds trint mirc ol 0 you sons of fury, the children of the just, which sit upon 24 thil dods tol hami caosgi homin dr brin oroch seats, vexing all creatures of the earth with age, wh

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od voices and sware obedience and faith to him that liveth and toh soba ipam lu ipamis ds triumpheth: whose beginning is not nor end cannot be: which loholo vep zomd poamal od bogpa shineth as a flame in the midst of your palace and reigneth aai ta piap piamol od vaoan zacare amongst you as the balance of righteousness and truth. move ca od zamran odo cicle therefore and show yourselves: open the mysteries of your qaa zorge lap zirdo noco creation. be friendly unto me for i am the servant of the same mad hoath iaida. your god, the true worshipper of the highest. the second key adgt vpaah zong om faaip sald can the wings of the winds understand your voices of wonder 7 vi-i-v l sobam ial-prg i-za-zaz 0 you the second of the first whom the burning flames have framed pi-adph casarma abramg ta

ld ds and the beginning of their own seats which are garnished with hubar p e o a l soba cormfa continual burning lamps 6, 9, 6, 3, 6 whose numbers chis ta la vls od q- cocasb are as the first, the ends, and the content of time ca niis od darbs qaas f etharzi therefore come ye and obey your creation. visit us in peace od bliora ia-ial ed-nas cicles bagle and comfort. conclude us receivers of your mysteries. for why? ge-iad i l our lord and master is the all one! nanta, l the sixth key gah s diu chis em micalzo pil- the spirits of the fourth angle are nine, mighty in the firmament zin sobam el harg mir babalon of waters: whom the first hath planted a torment to the wicked od obloc samvelg dlugar malprg 11 and a garland to the righteous: giving unto them fiery darts ar caosgi od a c a m cana

nd the eagle spake, and cried with a loud niiso voice: come away! and they gathered themselves together and salman teloch casarman holq od t i ta became the house of death, of whom it is measured, and it is as z soba cormf i ga niiso bagle abramg they whose number is 31. come away! for i have prepared for you noncp zacar ca od zamran odo cicle a place. move therefore and show yourselves. open the mysteries 16 qaa zorge lap zirdo noco of your creation! be friendly unto me for i am the servant of mad hoath iaida. the same your god, the true worshipper of the highest. l of n the twelth key nonci ds sonf babage od chis ob hubardo tibibp 0 you that reign in the south and are 28 the lanterns of sorrow, allar atraah od ef drix fafen mian bind up your girdles and visit us! bring down your train 36

n the twelth key nonci ds sonf babage od chis ob hubardo tibibp 0 you that reign in the south and are 28 the lanterns of sorrow, allar atraah od ef drix fafen mian bind up your girdles and visit us! bring down your train 3663. ar enay ovof sobol ooain i vonph that the lord may be magnified, whose name amongst you is wrath. zacar gohus od zamran odo cicle move, i say, and show yourselves. open the mysteries of your qaa zorge lap zirdo noco creation. be friendly unto me! for i am the servant of the same mad hoath iaida. your god, the true worshipper of the highest. 17 o of n the thirteenth key napeai babage ds brin v x ooaona lring vonph 0 you swords of the south which have 42 eyes to stir up the wrath doalim eolis ollog orsba ds chis affa micma isro of sin: making men drunken, which are emp

nth key napeai babage ds brin v x ooaona lring vonph 0 you swords of the south which have 42 eyes to stir up the wrath doalim eolis ollog orsba ds chis affa micma isro of sin: making men drunken, which are empty. behold the promise of mad od lonshi tox ds i vmd aai grosb god and his power, which is called amongst you a bitter sting! zacar od zamran odo cicle qaa move and show yourselves. open the mysteries of your creation. zorge lap zirdo noco mad be friendly unto me! for i am the servant of the same your god, hoath iaida. the true worshipper of the highest. 18 m of l the fourteenth key noromi baghie pashs oiad ds trint mirc ol 0 you sons of fury, the children of the just, which sit upon 24 thil dods tol hami caosgi homin dr brin oroch seats, vexing all creatures of the earth with age, wh

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to work in harmony for magical purposes. these magical purposes will always be in accordance with the divine, for it is written "not unto my name but unto thy name be the power and the glory" study well this lesson, for it is the nature of the human animal to pass over such a seemingly simplistic lesson and want to dig deeper into more complex material. but in this writing is deeply hidden secret mysteries that must be meditated on in order for it to be understood. remember, as an adeptus minor our task is to become more than human and to gradually raise ourselves up to the illuminated divine within us. at the same time, the higher genius shall descend, thus, bringing about our highest potential and true angelic and divine naturee u4 skrying in the spirit vision g.h. frater d.d.c.f. r. r

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and honor the vast and concealed one. this is the explanation of the first diagram of the paths, the sephiroth being in the queen scale and the paths in the masculine or king scale. it is the key of the forces which lie in tcq, the bow. treasure it in thy heart and mark it well, seeing that therein is the key of nature. meditate on it and reveal it not unto the profane, for many and great are its mysteries. the colors differ according to the world or aspect of the great names they represent. there are four scales of color which correspond to the four kabbalistic worlds. they are: scales worlds tarot suits tetragrammaton elements king twlyxa wands y (yod) d (fire) queen hayrb cups h (he) c (water) prince hryxy swords w (vau) a (air) princess hycu pentacles h (he) b (earth) king scale queen

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l ones" is the name of the sentinel who guards it, and his form is the symbolic one of anubis. the stations of the officers the hierophant is placed in the east of the temple on the outer side of the veil of paroketh, to rule the temple under the presidency of the chiefs. there, he fills the place of a lord of the paths of the portal of the vault of the adepts, acting as as inductor to the sacred mysteries. the insignia and symbols of hierophant are: the throne of the east on the path of s, outside the veil. the mantle of bright, flame scarlet, bearing a white cross on the left breast. the lamen suspended from a white collar. the crown-headed sceptre. the banner of the east. the position of the throne on the path s is fitting for the "inductor to the mysteries" as there is placed in that b

ry color to blue. the small inner circle placed upon the cross alludes to the rose that is conjoined therewith in the symbolism of the rose and cross of our order. but in addition to this, it represents the blazing light of the o of a bringing into being the green vegetation of the otherwise barren l and also the power of self sacrifice requisite in one who would essay to initiate into the sacred mysteries. so as the sceptre represents the authority and power of the light, the lamen affirms the qualifications necessary to him who wields it, and therefore, it is suspended from a white collar, to represent the purity of the white brilliance from rtk. hence, it should always be worn by the hierophant. the banner of the east is also partially explained in the portal "the field of the banner of

he ornament of the completed work. the whole represents the ascent of the initiate into perfect knowledge of the light. therefore, in the address of the hiereus, the neophyte hears "even the banner of the east sinks in adoration before him" as though that symbol, great and potent though it be, were yet but an inferior presentment of the higher, fitted to our comprehension "expounder of the sacred mysteries" is the name of the hierophant, and he is "osiris (aeshoorist) in the nether world (st added as a suffix to a name indicates the influence from rtk. 9 the station of hiereus is at the extreme west of the temple and in the lowest point of twklm where he is enthroned in its darkest part, in the quarter represented black in the minutum mundum diagram. representing a terrible and avenging go

mundum diagram. representing a terrible and avenging god at the confines of matter at the borders of the tplq, he is enthroned upon matter and robed in darkness, and about his feet are thunder and lightning, the impact of the paths of c and q, o and n, terminating respectively in the russet and olive quarters of twklm. therefore, is he placed there as almighty and avenging guardian to the sacred mysteries. the symbols and insignia of hiereus are: the throne of the west in the black of twklm, where it borders on the kingdom of shells. the black robe of darkness, bearing a white cross on the left breast. the sword of strength and severity. the lamen suspended from a scarlet collar. the banner of the west. the position of the throne of the west at the limits of twklm is fitting for the aveng

the enterer. therefore she is the reconciler between light and darkness, and the mediator between the stations of hierophant and hiereus. the symbols and insignia of the hegemon are: the robe of pure whiteness, bearing on the left breast a red cross. the mitre-headed sceptre. the lamen suspended from a black collar. the robe represents the spiritual purity which is required in the aspirant to the mysteries, and without which qualification none can pass between the eternal pillars. it represents the divine light which is attracted thereby and brought to the aid of the candidate. it symbolizes the self sacrifice that is offered for another to aid him in the attainment of the light. it also signifies the atonement of error; the preparer of the pathway unto the divine. upon the left breast is

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red name in the palaces of hryxz (the gods of which are usually called the great assessors of judgment) the actual evil persona would at once formulate and be able to obsess the jwr of the candidate. for, seeing that at this time, the simulacrum of the higher soul is attracting the neschamah of the candidate, the human will is not as powerful in the jwr for the moment, because the aspirant of the mysteries is now, as it were, divided. in other words, his neschamah is directed to the contemplation of his higher self which is attracted by the hegemon. his natural body is bound and blinded, his jwr is threatened by the simulacrum of the evil persona attracted by omoo-szathan, and a species of shadow of himself is thrown forward to the place of the pillars, where the scales of judgment are set

them and the forces of the macrocosm. the necessity of examination is insisted upon so that this may be completely done. the kerux then pours out the two fluids to make the semblance of blood. this is to fix in the candidate s sphere the symbols of the forces of transmutation in nature and also to make an astral link between these and the candidate s physical life as a guard of the secrecy of the mysteries. this particular form of transmutation is used as showing the effect of a mixture of forces as producing a third appearance totally different from them. the red color is symbolic of the blood of the candidate. in the ancient mysteries, the candidate s blood was actually drawn at this time and preserved as an avenging link in case of his proving unworthy. our transmutation affects the mat

y will remain like so many outlets of astral force and thus exhaust you. the best way to protect yourself against this is to give the sign of silence immediately. for the first sign should always be answered by the second. the secret names of the saluting signs are, the attacking sign, or the sign of the enterer of the threshold. the sign of silence 1. this is simply that of secrecy regarding the mysteries. 2. it is the affirmation of the station of harpocrates, wherein the higher soul of the candidate is formulated in part of the admission ceremony. it is the symbol of the center and of the voice of the silence which answers in secret the thought of the heart. 3. the sign of silence withdraws the force put out by the sign of the enterer. take upon thyself as before taught the colossal for

ssistance and use in all magical working, whether of invocation or evocation, contemplation, meditation, skrying in the spirit vision, alchemy, etc, for the forms of the gods do here represent a certain symbolic material action of the divine forces. the grip and the password 1. the steps are taken and the grip exchanged simultaneously. they mean seeking guidance in the darkness and silence of the mysteries. 2. it shows that a steady and resolute will, acting in union with good, will accomplish what it desires, no matter how often it fails at first. it indicates the necessity for harmony and brotherly love, the doing away with pettiness and of too much self-concentration, allowances for the weaknesses of others within limits, and shunning resolutely anything in the nature of slander. so, in

where all invoke the same forces in the same manner, he/she becomes unsympathetic with the rest, separates himself or herself from them, and though he/she weakens the combination of working, he/she still more certainly attracts upon him/herself a reflex current from the avengers of evil. the name of the god of silence which is the grand word of this grade also represents the silence of the sacred mysteries to be observed toward the outer order. it shows also the necessity for respect towards the secrets of any frater or soror committed to your care, not endeavoring to search them out for purposes of curiosity nor repeating them when discovered, nor in any way referring to them so as to wound the other, nor in any way employing them as a means of causing humiliation, but to keep them as a s

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ness, come unto me, and dwell within my heart, that i also may have power and control, even i, over this shroud of darkness and of mystery. and now, i conjure thee, o shroud of darkness and of mystery, that thou conceal me from the eyes of the inscribed names, all things of sight and sense, in this my purpose, which is to remain invisible for the space of one hour, and to receive therein the holy mysteries of the lord of silence enthroned upon his lotus, hoorpokratist" step 24 when it is wished to banish the shroud, make very forcibly the qabalistic cross to bring down the light, and then perform the analysis of the keyword, invoking the divine white brilliance. say" in the name of \yhla hwhy, i invoke thee, who art clothed with the a, who standest upon the 5, and art crowned with the crow

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ween my spiritual self standing before thee in the east, the forces of the qlippoth, and the force that would rape my aspirations and true will" step 16 perform the qabalistic cross. 7 "unto thee sole wise, sole eternal and sole merciful one be the praise and glory forever, who hath permitted very honored frater/soror_ who now standeth humbly before thee to enter thus far into the santuary of the mysteries. not unto myself but unto thy name be the glory. let the influence of thy divine ones descend upon his/her head, and teach him/her the value of selfsacrifice so that he/she shrinks not in the hour of trial, but that thus his/her name may be written on high and his/her genius stand in the presence of the holy ones" step 17 go to each quarter and make the grade sign of that quarter followi

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destroyer" third adept "sol, osiris, slain and risen" first adept "isis (forming sign) second adept "apophis (forming sign) third adept "osiris (forming sign) chief adept "iao! let the divine light descend" first adept "such are the words (all close the vortex) chief adept "we thank thee oh lord of the universe. thou art one! we thank thee, ye spirits of the watchtowers who celebrated with us the mysteries of life (final releas cgood friday rite of dedication r. r. e t a. c. z e l a t o r a d e p t u s m i n o r 2 chief adept (knocks "avete, fratres et sorores" second adept "rosea rubea" third adept "et aurea crucis" chief adept "very honored fraters and sorors, assist me to open the tomb of the adepti. associate adeptus minor, see that the portal is closed and guarded" third adept (third

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of the book m, although before our eyes we behold the image and pattern of all the world, yet are there not shewn unto us our misfortunes, nor hour of death, the which is known only to god himself, who thereby would have us keep in continual readiness. but hereof more in our confession, where we do set down thirty-seven reasons wherefore we now do make known our fraternity, and proffer such high mysteries freely, without constraint or reward. also we do promise more gold than both the indies can bring to the king of spain, for europe is with child, and shall bring forth a strong child, who shall stand in need of a great godfather's gift. after the death of i.o, brother r.c. rested not, but, as soon as he could, called the rest together, and then, as we suppose, his grave was made, althoug

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pirit pentagram, saying "hcoma, nanta. in the names and letters of the mystical tablet of union, i invoke ye, ye angels of the celestial spheres, whose dwelling is in the invisible. ye are the guardians of the gates of the universe; be ye also the watchers of my mystic sphere. remove and banish far the evil; strengthen and inspire me that i may preserve unsullied this my body, as the abode of the mysteries of the holy one. let my sphere be pure and holy so that i may be able to enter into the center of my being, and become a partaker of the secret of the divine light" 5 step 11 pass to the northeast. take the lotus wand and say "the visible sun is the dispenser of light to the earth. let me, therefore, form a vortex in this chamber that the invisible sun of the spirit may shine thereunto f

n into the physical body, place sword on neck, and say "so help me, the lord of the universe and my higher soul" step 18 rise, holding the sword in the right hand with both arms raised on high. contemplate with imagination, and aspire unto the ideal and say "i invoke thee, hru, thou great angel who art set over the operations of this secret wisdom. strengthen and establish me in my search for the mysteries of the divine light. increase my spiritual perception and assist me to rise 8 beyond that lower selfhood which is nothing unto the highest selfhood which is in god the vast one" step 19 pass to the north. project the astral form to the throne of the hierophant in the east, and facing your body, say "the voice of my higher self said unto me 'let me enter the path of light, peradventure i

plating say "thus, at length have i been enable to begin to comprehend the form of my higher self" step 31 return to west of the altar, facing east. say: 12 "and now, in the name and power of the divine spirit, i invoke ye, ye angels of the watchtowers of the universe, and charge ye to guard this my sphere. keep far from me the evil and the unbalanced, that they penetrate not into my abode of the mysteries. inspire and sanctify me that i may enter into the center of my being, and there, receive the illimitable wisdom of the light divine" step 32 give the signs of 5=6. close by purifying with n and consecrating with o or by l.b.r.p. and b.r.h. perform the reverse circumambulation, and adoration toward the east. after this say "nothing now remains but to partake of the sacred repast composed

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sent within the ruach, nephesh and the g uph. let the adept take as much time as necessary to contemplate the higher and divine genius. when the adept is ready to proceed, recite the following prayer "unto thee sole wise, sole eternal and sole merciful one, be the praise and glory forever. thou who hath permitted me, who now standeth humbly before thee, to enter thus far into the sanctuary of thy mysteries, not unto me adonai, but unto thy name be the glory. let the influence of thy divine ones descend upon my head and teach me the value of self sacrifice so that i shrink not in my hour of trial, but that my name may be written on high, and my genius stand in the presence of the holy one in that hour when the son of man is invoked before the lord of spirits and his name before the ancient

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nal and visible temple of isis mighty mother into the house not made by hands, built of lively stones, the company of the adepts, and it is so assumed accordingly" second adept "cum potestate et gloria" third adept "amen (chief adepts are seated) chief adept "fratres et sorores of the rosae rubae et aurae crucis. we know that the mystic temple, which was erected of old wisdom, as a witness of the mysteries which are above the sphere of knowledge, doth abide in the supernal triad, in the understanding which transcends reason, in the wisdom which comes before understanding and in the crown which is the light of the supernals. we know that the shekinah, the cohabiting glory, dwelt in the inner sanctuary, but the first creation was made void. the holy place was made waste and the sons of the h

hearts. by the waters of babylon we have sat down and wept, but we have ever remembered zion, and that memorial is a witness testifying that we shall yet return with exultation into the house of our father. as a witness in the temple of the heart, so in the outer house of our initiation do we have ever present certain watchers from within, deputed by the second order to guard and lead the lesser mysteries of the temple of isis mighty mother and those who advance within, that they may be fitted in due course to participate in the light that is beyond it. it is in virtue of this connecting link, this bond of consanguinity, that i have assumed the things which are without the temple of isis mighty mother into the things which are within the company of the second order at this secret meeting

us will now deliver the charge before the installation (sits down) second adept (rises "the high office to which you have been appointed by the decree of the chiefs of the second order involves duties of a solemn kind and their proper fulfillment is a sacred responsibility which rests for a period upon you. the chief officers of the temple are distinct as is the hierophant as the expounder of the mysteries, but not on him alone, for all must work together to encompass the good of all. i invite you, therefore, not only to take counsel with the chiefs of the second order on all important occasions and to maintain a regular communication with the guardians of the outer temple, but to consult and assist the lesser officers so that these rites which, under the supreme authority, are about to be

takes him by both hands and enthrones him with the grip of the second order "by the power in me vested, i install you as hierophant of the temple of isis mighty mother. may the steps of this throne lead you to your proper place among the seats of the mighty which are above (turns to the members "behold my brethren, he who now stands amongst us, clothed with the attribute to lawful revealer of the mysteries for those whom we are leading toward the light. you are the adepti of those mysteries and you can assist him to proclaim them, that those who are still without may be lead by loving hands to that which is within. fraters et sorors of the r.r. et a.c, i now invite you to join with me in a common act of prayer. all face east. we give thee thanks, supreme and gracious god, for the manifesta

proclaim them, that those who are still without may be lead by loving hands to that which is within. fraters et sorors of the r.r. et a.c, i now invite you to join with me in a common act of prayer. all face east. we give thee thanks, supreme and gracious god, for the manifestation of thy light which is vouchsafed to us, for that measure of knowledge which thou hast revealed to us concerning thy mysteries, for those guiding hands which raise the corner of the veil and for the firm hope of a further light beyond. keep, we beseech thee, this man our brother, in the justice of thy ways, in the spirit of thy great council, that he may well and worthily direct those who have been called from the tribulation of the darkness into the light of this little kingdom of thy love; and vouchsafe also

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the candidate is then asked to undergo a ceremony called 'the rite of dedication. this formally acknowledges their aspiration and magically 'places the step' onto the path. after the dedication rite a period of formal instruction begins, lasting one year and one day. during this time the novitiate and initiator embark on a pilgrimage which leads both full-circle around the horizon of the sabbatic mysteries. for the candidate, the deed of walking the circle becomes a journey around the perimeter of the soul, a microcosmic quest to ensorcel the all-possible of his or her own self-existence. having successfully passed through the period of tuition and the various ordeals and austerities which it demands, the novitiate is 'summoned- formally entreated to undergo the rite of initiation. the ini

deed of walking the circle becomes a journey around the perimeter of the soul, a microcosmic quest to ensorcel the all-possible of his or her own self-existence. having successfully passed through the period of tuition and the various ordeals and austerities which it demands, the novitiate is 'summoned- formally entreated to undergo the rite of initiation. the initiation rite is 'the seal of the mysteries' and serves as the focusing context for all that has passed between the aspirant and the initiating power (the initiator in all its forms: the physical teacher, the spiritual guide, the familiars and guardian-spirits of the path, the diverse lessons of praxis, the dreams, visions, and solitary realisations, et alia. all that constitutes the 'initiator' confronts the seeker and guides him

h the race of the watchers and the companie of faerie, down through the golden chain of hand-to-hand-to-hand..to now. midnight's lightning: the lineage of unique transmission vision an omen-bearing bolt of light held in the hands of the daemonic gods: an intercession trespassing fates, a revelation that brings forth to flesh the link between the visible heart of man and the invisible heart of the mysteries. such is the way of midnight's lightning! the spirit-bestowed vision that reveals itself to the mind of the seeker incepts and passes the power for the lineage which we may call 'the unique transmission. whether within the conclaves of a formal ritual catena of initiates or in the subtil 'cavern' of solitary practice, whether called forth by intent or made manifest by a sudden epiphany o

n. whether within the conclaves of a formal ritual catena of initiates or in the subtil 'cavern' of solitary practice, whether called forth by intent or made manifest by a sudden epiphany of the gods, the power of revelation is bestowed solely to its chosen vehicle, the divinely-elected individual, and there-in it 'incarnates- as a faculty, an opening of the inner eye that directly apprehends the mysteries. for certain individuals there is an innate capacity to comprehend the mysteries of the witanic path, to understand without learning. such may be an indication of rebirth within the transcarnational lineage of witchblood, or a sign of new dispensation: a master of the lonely road. for there are some to whom all outward rites are but a blessing, a confirmation of that which has been attai

ependent upon divine favour and openness of heart to maintain the continuity of inspiration, and yet its blessings far outweigh its bane. for there is a solitude in this path 'a marriage that divorceth all other, in which perfect all-oneliness may be realised. within the ambit of 'unique transmission' one may consider that an appointed individual may receive entire bodies of lore, whole rites and mysteries. in such instances, the ritual authority to teach others and to incept a lineage for a specific corpus of knowledge is divinely sanctioned. whilst any man or woman may claim to have received a 'vision, the motives of such claims are made apparent by certain external signs; as the gospel teaches 'one must test all things and hold fast to that which is good. if your path leads you to meet

GRAHAM HANCOCK FINGERPRINTS OF THE GODS

continent; and the source for the buache map appears to originate in even earlier period (around 13,000 bc, when there may have been no ice in antarctica at all. south america were other parts of the world surveyed and accurately charted at widely separated intervals during this same epoch; roughly from 13,000 bc to 4000 bc? the answer may lie once again in the piri reis map, which contains more mysteries than just antarctica: drawn in 1513, the map demonstrates an uncanny knowledge of south america and not only of its eastern coast but of the andes mountains on the western side of the continent, which were of course unknown at that time. the map correctly shows the amazon river rising in these unexplored mountains and thence flowing eastwards.15 itself compiled from more than twenty diff

explorers of western south america. since those explorers had supposedly brought the latest information back to europe, mercator can hardly be blamed for following them. in so doing the accuracy of his work declined: instruments capable of finding longitude did not exist in 1569, but appear to have been used to prepare the ancient source documents mercator consulted to produce his 1538 map.2 the mysteries of longitude let us consider the problem of longitude, defined as the distance in degrees east or west of the prime meridian. the current internationally accepted prime meridian is an imaginary curve drawn from the north pole to the south pole passing through the royal observatory at greenwich, london. greenwich therefore stands at o longitude while new york, for example, stands at aroun

, at roughly 150 east. 1 maps, p. 107. 2 ibid. graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 36 it would be possible to write an elaborate explanation of longitude and of what needs to be done to fix it precisely for any given point on the earth s surface. what we are concerned with here, however, is not so much technical detail as the accepted historical facts about humanity s growing knowledge of the mysteries of longitude. among these facts, this is the most important: until a breakthrough invention in the eighteenth century, cartographers and navigators were unable to fix longitude with any kind of precision. they could only make guesses which were usually inaccurate by many hundreds of miles, because the technology had not yet been developed to allow them to do the job properly. latitude no

dly primitive nazcan artists travel so far from their homeland, crossing the formidable barrier of the andes, to obtain a specimen? more to the point, why should they have wanted to do such a thing and how were they able to duplicate minute details of ricinulei s anatomy normally visible only under a microscope,6 notably the reproductive organ positioned on the end of its extended right leg? such mysteries multiply at nazca and none of the designs, except perhaps the condor, really seems quite at home here. the whale and the monkey are, after all, as out of place in this desert environment as the amazonian spider. a curious figure of a man, his right arm raised as though in greeting, heavy boots on his feet and round eyes staring owlishly forward, cannot be said to belong to any known era

sunlight. from the very beginning lake titicaca seemed to me a special place. i knew that it lay some 12,500 feet above sea level, that the frontier between peru and bolivia passed through it, that it covered an area of 3200 square miles and was 138 miles long by about 70 miles wide. i also knew it was deep, reaching almost 1000 feet in places, and had a puzzling geological history. here are the mysteries, and some of the solutions that have been proposed: 1 though now more than two miles above sea level, the area around lake titicaca is littered with millions upon millions of fossilized sea shells. this suggests that at some stage the whole of the altiplano was forced upwards from the sea-bed, perhaps as part of the general terrestrial rising that formed south america as a whole. in the

GREENFIELD ALLEN SECRET CIPHER OF THE UFONAUTS

reator of analytic psychology, a theory that relies on the importance of archetypes. dr. jung was a member of the national investigations committee on aerial phenomena (nicap) and author of a book about ufos considered from an archetypal and mythic base, flying saucers: a modern myth of things seen in the sky. 12 allen h. greenfield keel, john a, adventurer and author, his early pursuit of occult mysteries are chronicled in jadoo. his interest in ufos led to the development of an ultraterrestrial alternative to the extraterrestrial hypothesis. a prime investigator of the mothman cases, his ufos: operation trojan horse and the mothman prophecies clearly show the linkage between things ufological and things occult. a man of dry wit and a speaker with considerable personal charisma, keel s hi

a key has been left by crowley, under the direction of aiwass, wrote carol smith in 1980, in order that thou shalt obtain the order and value of the english alphabet (ch.1 v.55) the instruction is in ch.1li v.47 this shall be translated into all tongues but always with the originals in the writing of the beast; for in the chance shape of the letters and their position to one another; in these are mysteries no beast shall divine. aleister crowley, in sardonic commentary on his fundamentalist plymouth brethren upbringing, called himself the great beast. in crowley s original liber al, sheet 16 of chapter iii is a page containing the balance of verse 47 written over a grid made with simple lines. an unexplained diagonal line crosses the page, and a circle with an x in it appears near the end

ng of the same period comes uncomfortably close to the metaphor of the war between the great white brotherhood and the black lodge. then we find the matter of fact (if remarkable) essay on sexual magick, energized enthusiasm, interrupted, as it were, in midcourse by an anecdotal accounting worthy of moonchild. thus far had i written when the distinguished poet, whose conversation with me upon the mysteries had incited me to jot down these few rough notes, knocked at my door. if you come with me now, we will finish your essay. glad enough of any excuse to stop working, the more plausible the better, i hastened to take down my coat and hat. by the way, he remarked in the automobile, i take it that you do not mind giving me secret cipher of the ufonauts 65 the word of rose croix. i exchanged

m migrated into the oto under grand master karl kellner, an hb of l continental adept. examine lines 15, 13, 27, 24 in 777 for further insight. love is the law, love under will. 83 bibliography i believe it was robert graves who observed that all translation is a lie. take the greek word agape. in english, it means love sort of. actually, if you truly understand the word, you understand the great mysteries. in the theosophical literature, the tendency is to use the term master and mahatma interchangably. in our discussion of the super being concept, i have guardedly used the untranslated german term ubermensch. nietzsche also used a term usually translated higher men and his nazi admirers and corrupters long after his death introduced a term usually translated subhuman. magicians have tend

ated actually makes perfect sense and can be regarded as a sort of everyday concensus reality among the illuminati. as it was written upon parchment solis sacerdotibus. having gained acquaintance, in the gnostic context, of things things of which i speak in part, but not in their entirety in my writings and elsewhere (and i can recognize those who have achieved initiation into the same or similar mysteries) it is rather amusing (when it isn t just a plain old damned nuisance) when people say i speak in enigmas, or in riddles, or in a manner that they cannot understand, when most of the people i communicate with regularly have no such difficulty. it just goes to show ya: behold, i speak in a mystery. secret cipher of the ufonauts 89 cipher as art: art as code language. the frontispiece to t

GRERALD SCHUELER AN ADVANCED GUIDE TO ENOCHIAN MAGICK

he rending of the veil (reference "rending and closing the veil" later in this manual) and say, i invoke you, angels of the celestial spheres, whose dwelling is in the invisible. you are the guardians of the cates of the universe. may you also be the guardians of this mystic sphere. keep away the evil and the unbalanced. strengthen and inspire me so that 1 may preserve in purity this abode of the mysteries. let my sphere be pure and holy that i may enter in and become a partaker of the secrets of the light. feel all of the angels of the watchtowers and the tablet of union rising up together from within your body of light. step 8. turn three times to each watchtower while'holding your wand. then face the east and say, 1 am the lord of the universe. 1 am he whom nature has not formed. i am t

n the name of the creator, move and show yourselves as pleasant deliverers, and praise him among the sons of men" step 3. recite the twelfth cali as follows "o you who range in the south, and who are the 28 lanterns of sorrow, bind up your girdles, and visit us. bring down your 3663 servants so that the lord may be m gnified.his name among you is wrath. move i say, and show yourselves! unveil the mysteries of your creation. be friendly to me, because i am a servant of this same god, a true worshipper of the highest" step 4. vibrate the following names of power: raagiosl (rah-ah-gee-oh--sel) lsrahpm (less-rah-pem) saiinov (sah-ee-ee-noh-veh) lavaxrp (el-ahvahtz-ar-peh) slgaiol (selgah- eeoh-leh) soaiznt (soh-ah-ee-zodenteh) ligdisa (elee-geh-dee-sah) 133 step 5. enter your body of light and

mixture of fire and water swirling together in this square. passions are strong creative forces in this region of the tablet of water. you will find many of your strongest fears and desires taking external shape here. step 7. search the square for the egyptian deity. you should see the goddess sothis, a beautiful naked woman. as goddess of evolutionary development, she can initiate you finto the mysteries of the feminine current which is strong in this square. the sphinx that accompanies sothis in this square is a large lion with strong wide wings whose legs end in sharp eagle claws. this sphinx possesses both feminine and masculine characteristics. step 8. the archangel of this square is alrni (ah-larnee. his number is 224, the number for mi-ial meaning "the power to consume. the angel i

ivers of yours myteries. why? because our lord and master is the all-one step 3. recite the 14th call as follows "o sons of fury, o children of the just one, who sits upon 24 seats, who vex all creatures of the earth with age, and who have 1636 servants under you, behold, the voice of god, the promise of him who is called among you, fury or extreme justice.move and show 136 yourselves! unveil the mysteries of your creation. be friendly to me, because i am a servant of this same god, a trae worshipper of the highest" step 4. vibrate the following names of power: ikzhikal (ee-keh-zod-hee-kal) laidrom (elahee- dar-oh-em) akzinor (ah-kehzodee-noh-rah) lzinopo (el-zodee-nohpoh) alhktga (ah-lehhek- teh-gah) ahmllkv (ah-mel-el-keh-veh) liiansa (elee-ee-ah-ness-ah) step 5. enter your body of light

d/or crossing the abyss. ztztzt 54, sacrifice, compassion, helping others. 36, 18 iliatai 20 knowledge and conversation with 9 your holy guardian angel. 175 the formula of kal lazily, hungrily, ardently, patiently, so will i work. aleister crowley, liber vii the enochian word kal, pronounced either kah-leh or kahel, is comprised of the first letters of the words, icicle aai-lnnia which means "the mysteries of the beast within you" the entire phrase adds up to 924, the number for lukiftiaskhidao which means "the brightness of diamonds" aiq brk reduces 924 to 6 which is the number for yellow diamonds (see crowley's liber 777. also, 924= 77x12 where 77 is the number for ed-nas (one who receives) as well as thil (seat. it is also the number for the 5th aethyr, lit, as well as the number for to

GREY W G CONDENSATION OF KABBALAH

ople usually love gaiety and glamour while looking for god emotionally and artistically. they dislike hard and fast rules and regulations, preferring to follow what they consider natural impulses and inner instincts. they tend to associated with the white pillar side of the tree. 2. the hermetic way. after hermes trismegistus, patron of the hermetic 11 figure 4 keshet the bow, and chetz the arrow mysteries. these concern ordered rituals, intellectual pursuits, sciences, and exact procedures governed by definite rules and calculated formulae. often regarded as the opposite of orphic procedures. rationality and logic is the control here. hermetic people usually associate with the black pillar, the pillar of severity, of the tree. 3. the mystic way or the middle way is the most difficult way

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s dearest fragrance. there lies in it such a store of rich development and blossom, that, even when presented incomplete, it contents us in its native adornment, and would be deranged and damaged by any foreign addition. whoever should venture on that, ought, if he would shew no gap in his harness, to be initiated into all the innocence of popular poetry; as ho who would coin a word, into all the mysteries of language. out of elben (elves) to make elfen, was doing violence to our language; with still less of forbearance have violent hands been laid on the colouring and contents even of myths. they thought to improve upon the folk-tale, and have always fallen short of it: not even where it shews gaps, is any restoration to be dreamt of, which sits upon it as new whitewash on old ruins, cont

to the harp (p. 493. but as all nature, animate and inanimate, betrays her sympathy with human lamentations, so at the sound of the bewitching albleich (elf-lay, p. 470, we are told, the rushing river stayed its roar, the fish in the wave clicked with their 908 poetry. tongues, tlie birds of the forest twittered. next to the gods, it is elves and watersprites that seem the most initiated into the mysteries of music, and hnikarr the teacher of song stands for osinn himself (p. 489. but from gods the gift of poesy passed to particular heroes, and similar effects are ascribed to their minstrelsy. two heroes of teutonic legend are eminent as minstrels: horant (herrant, as. heorrenda, on. hiarrandi, conf. grramm. 1, 352. z. f. d. a. 2, 4, of whom it is said in gudr. 388-9 that by his songs he c

he lettons and lithuanians in modern times. whirlpools and rivers demanded goats and horses (p. 592, hecate black lambs. in a hessian folktale the devil guards a treasure, and will allow no one to lift it unless he offer to him a black he-goat exacth/ a year and a day old. this is an almost invariable incident in^ mone in anz. 8, 450 interprets the devil's mother as demcter -who in the eleusinian mysteries is made the mother of dionysus. 1010 devil. treasure-lifting, and must have been deeply stamped on the people's imagination. to the examples given at p. 977 i will add one from the mouth of the peasantry in l. saxony. whoever goes into the forest on shrove tuesday and sits down under a harrow, may look on at everything, the beasts rushing through the wood, the king on his car with foxes

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overcome all phantasms and oppositions of the enemy, through the influence and help of thy most holy mighty name, on, st. the secret grimoire agla, and in the cross of jesus christ our only lord. amen. be thou blessed and consecrated in the name of the father, son, and holy ghost. asperges me, etc. benediction of the lamens (symbois. circles: o god thou god of my salvation i call upon thee by the mysteries of thy most holy name, on, st. agla, i worship and beseech thee by thy names el, elohim, elohe, zebaoth, and by thy mighty name tetragrammaton, saday, that thou wilt be seen in the power and force of these thy most holy names so written filling them with divine virtue and influence through jesus christ our lord. benediction of the pentacles: eternal god which, by thy holy wisdom, hast ca

H SPENCER LEWIS ROSICRUCIAN MANUAL AMORC 1990

ad passed to him in the proper way certain knowledge preserved by the descendants of the first foundation in america, he prepared himself through various courses of study and association with scientific and metaphysical bodies, for the work he was to undertake in 1909. then in the month of july of that year he went to france, where he was introduced to the proper authorities and inducted into the mysteries and the methods of carrying out his life mission. returning to america, he held many private sessions with men and women who had been initiated into the order in france and india and other lands, who formed with him the first foundation committee. together they labored for six years so that in the seventh year of preparation they could announce to the american public the reestablishment

without discernible nature or form. the universal mind as an intelligence permeates every cell of our being and is accessible as an infinite wisdom. however, the cosmic mind does not contain within it all the particular details of human knowledge and experience, but is an exalted form of evaluation. dreams.the visual imagery experienced during sleep, dreams represent one of the most extraordinary mysteries of life. everyone dreams throughout the different stages of sleep, but not everyone remembers their dreams. modern research indicates that dreams are most apt to be remembered if they are experienced during the rem (rapid eye movement) phase of sleep, when the eyes under the closed lids move more rapidly as though the sleeper were watching something. dreams seem to take place on the bord

ms represent the "total person. they provide a hint of a person's total inheritance, of what is psychically innate in him. dreams, therefore, are something primordial, epigastric, intuitive. at rose-croix university and in dream laboratories in various centers around the world dream phenomena are being studied using scientifically established principles in an attempt to unravel some of the secret mysteries hidden in dreams. one recurring problem is that the medium of recollection does not seem to be the memory recollection associated with outer consciousness. unless a dream is recalled at various depths of consciousness as one passes from the deep subconscious through the borderline states to outer consciousness, a dream may swirl away and begin to fade as soon as we wake up. as for the dr

ancient traditions. the written teachings of the kabala go back perhaps no [181] later than the eleventh century. there is every evidence, however, that the oral teachings were in existence at a far earlier date. traditionally, they are said to date back to the time of the secret wisdom related by moses. by a system of numbers, and letters of the hebrew alphabet, the kabala discloses the esoteric mysteries. its philosophy, in other words, concerns ontology, the nature of being; cosmology, the origin of the universe; theology, the nature of god; and anthropology, man's relationship to god and the world. karma.a term used by us to mean the working of the law of compensation. rosicrucians do not contend, however, that the exactions of the law of compensation will result in any reversal of the

union with the absolute, or the cosmic. mysticism teaches cosmic laws and principles by which man is brought into closer consciousness of his divine power. the mystical experience of union with the one imposes upon the mystic a moral obligation: he must utilize his knowledge for the welfare of other men. mysticism is not mystery. mystery is commonly related to magic, deception, and delusion. the mysteries of egypt and the orphic and eleusinian schools of greece alluded to a hidden gnosis or wisdom, not to be profaned by divulging it to the masses. to the ancients it was a sacred knowledge to command the spiritual response of the individual.[187] n naming (the rosicrucian appellation rite).the rosicrucians have a ceremony for the naming of children, to be performed in then- temples. the ag

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rmyself i am content to believe that the faith of our forefathers were not such 'wretched superstitious absurdities' and that 'there are really things in nature of which our modem philosophy does notpermit.usto dream' londonfred.hockley.[printed inthezoist,no. xxvii (october 1849.]remarksupontherev.georgesandbysreviewofm.alphonse cahagnet'sarcanesdefaviefuturedevoilis,esc.by mr.hockley.'many rich mysteries are loekt up in the natureofangels, which, by degrees, will break out'-rev.r.dingley'sdeputationofangels.london, 1654.in common, i doubt not, with all the readers ofthezoist,i with great pleasure perused the valuable reviewofm. cahagnet's arcanes in the last number ofthezoist:and, as any article from the pen of the learned authorofmesmerismanditsopponentswell merits the earnest considera

tionofthe three books, quarto i6''heis not in mystate-hehas gone on far above me. he was a christian and a student, that wasall-ia believer and follower''doyou suppose that he did not practise magic as well as study it''heinquired into it before he could give that work (pointing to the book then on the table. he had a strong tendency to spiritualism, and used available means to elucidate apparent mysteries,buthe always undertook the search with a deep reverence and a firm reliance on the almighty, and a determination to let nothing that passed between him and spirits, be what they might, interpose between his own being and his maker, and never to do aught at their instigation other than his own heart and conscience told him to be consistent with the laws of his maker manifesting themselves

oined andshortened-inthe separate talismans it isso--thereare conjunctions of characters that look to the uninitiatedofquite a different description from the--language of their originals.theone form which all their expressions are taken is the talismanofthe sun, the one great talisman that belongs to their abode; their language you will see in my book 'i have long been desirous of penetrating the mysteries of the--order of r.c. will you give me the formula, or does your book contain it''itdoes 'as i have now one hour to spare, shall we commence with a page of chapter- of your ms 'i have not got it with me''ifi devote next friday evening to it will you bring the book with you?'140therosicrucianseercatholic religion. 1 no more believed the doctrines 1 professed, the sanctityofvows that 1 too

nerally stated to have been written by the abbe villary].it appeared in the italian'lachiave del cabinetto' by g. borro in 1 vol. rzmo. cologne 1681&in french as'lecomte de gablis on entretiens les sciences secretes' 12 mo. paris, 1671& in 1715. in english 'comte de gabalis being a historyofthe rosicrucian doctrineofspirits, 4to. 1714 (this is rare, and inrzrno,comte de gabalis or the extravagant mysteries of the cabalists expressed in five pleasant discourses on the secret sciences, 1680. borri was confined in the church of st augustine for lifebythe pope for magic and heresy and died in 1695. lemprier's[le. lempriere's] dictionary gives a sketch of hislife-ofcourse thro' catholic spectacles. h.theeditorofthemscatalogues name was blanchardbuti know nothingofhim.i.thems on cartomancywaswri

anceofthe mjost] e[xcellent] zlerubabel] i am afraid i shallbutvery inadequately fill. accepting that office, i beg you will m.w. chief adept, accept my grateful acknowledgement and be kind enough to convey to the officers and brethren my best thanks with the assurance that i shall at all times be most happy to render them any assistance in my power when extending their researches into the hidden mysteries of nature and science. i have the honour to remain m.w. chief adept, every fraternally yours, fred hockley sec.g.s.l, p.m.no.8,ii67,r.a.4 1irwin's title as head of the bristol college sria, which in its first42603therosicrucianseer167 liverpool rd, n.iomarch1872dearbro. irwin, i have this evening seized the opportunityofreplying to your favorofthe 21st feb. and also to our mutual friend

HANDBOOK OF EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY

s papyrus is now in the british museum, london (pbm 10188. for a full translation, see appendix: primary sources. for a commentary on the creation myths, see j. p. allen, genesis in egypt: the philosophy of ancient egyptian creation accounts, 2d ed, yale egyptological studies 2 (san antonio, tx, 1995, 27 30. 75. this inscription is mentioned by the neo-platonist philosopher iamblichus in his book mysteries of egypt, written around 300 ce. the major temples and royal tombs of sais now lie beneath a marshy area that has not been fully excavated. 76. see appendix: primary sources under hibis texts. the temple of hibis has now been dismantled and is going to be rebuilt on a drier site. 77. the truth about herodotus probably lies somewhere between these opposing viewpoints. for a very detailed

of fish and antelopes. sokar was accompanied by five daughters of ra in the forms of geese. statuettes of ptah-sokar-osiris placed in tombs sometimes contain copies of the book of the dead. others conceal corn mummies, symbolic bodies of sokar-osiris, to help the tomb owner attain resurrection. figures of sokar were prepared as part of the month-long khoiak festival, the annual reenactment of the mysteries of osiris. the instructions for making these figures were said to be based on a divine prototype. the goddess shentayet of busiris made a new body for sokar out of clay, dates, sweet-smelling spices, and precious stones and metals. the mixture was shaped into an egg and then divided among fourteen vessels. this links sokar to lunar myths of destruction and renewal. see also cattle; moon;

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sun-god, destroyed by fire each day, utterly and finally; but each day brought its own supply of the enemies of ra, and of the dead, and the beings which were consumed in the pits of fire one day were not the same, though they belonged to the same classes, as those which had been burnt up the day befoonthe cauldron no.74 hekas in beginning this article upon the nature of the traditional sabbatic mysteries it is pertinent for me to qualify my own position and thus make some statement of the initiatic provenance which permits me to write authoritatively upon these matters. it is therefore that i make some statement of my own position in the craft- at the time of writing this article and for the past few years i have been serving as the magister of the cultus sabbati; having received the for

many and diverse. beyond what i have stated here regarding myself and the sabbatic cult, some readers may already be familiar with my work through the book which i had published in 1992, namely the azoetia: a grimoire of the sabbatic craft- a work wherein i sought to define the quintessential principles of the arte magical as they are specifically transmitted within the tradition of the sabbatic mysteries, and thus it is to this work that the interested reader may have recourse to refer in the course of this article(*in old forms of the craft where this term has been used or adopted, the pronounciation is as follows 'wicca' is pronounced 'witcha 'wiccan' is likewise 'witchan: this is a notable distinction to the pronounciation of these terms in revivalist forms of craft) of form and funct

the circle; when this transmission occurs, all of the knowledge of the whole tradition, from the first-born to the last-dead of witchblood, is passed on and it is the task of the receiving initiate to re-member the body of the tradition in and for themselves according to the context of their place in this world. there is a distinct emphasis here on the necessity of the individual recension of the mysteries; this on the surface level creates the scope for a number of diverse and even contrary interpretations of lore and modes of practice, but on the inner there is a congruency of the tradition preserved in the principle afore-mentioned; the 'scattered' effect of external diversity within systematic representations has an overall effect, that of permitting maximisation of the current's trans

the words meaning 'to perceive, understand 'wisdom' and 'black. the symbol of the goat with a torch, to indicate intellect, betwixt it's horns was a symbol of the aniza tribe, as was a sign identical to that called 'the witches foot- this served as the tribal mark or wasm. we may go on to give yet further examples which will provide links between the words used today within the sabbatic rites and mysteries and their counterparts throughout the world both today and in antiquity; but it is here of use to merely give these few examples and thus infer the wealth of interconnection which the seeker may avail himself of. the manner in which terms are spread like the 'scattering' of seeds and the etymology of certain code-words indicates that aspects of the sabbatic tradition are to be found in t

HELENA BLAVATSKY NIGHTMARE TALES

les on its up and down journey, reaches the earlike the regular soft breathing of a sleeping bosom. how small, how insignificant and helpless feels man,during these quiet hours, as he stands between the two gigantic magnitudes, the star-hung dome above, andthe slumbering earth below. heaven and earth are plunged in sleep, but their souls are awake, and theyconfabulate, whispering one to the other mysteries unspeakable. it is then that the occult side of nature liftsher dark veils for us, and reveals secrets we would vainly seek to extort from her during the day. thefirmament, so distant, so far away from earth, now seems to approach and bend over her. the siderealmeadows exchange embraces with their more humble sisters of the earth- the daisy-decked valleys and thegreen slumbering fields

re talesviii- a tale of woe48 ever left my new friends and instructors. having settled my earthly accounts and disposed of my belongingsat kioto, i joined the "masters of the long vision" who took me to their mysterious abode. there i remainedfor several years, studying very earnestly and in the most complete solitude, seeing no one but a few of themembers of our religious community. many are the mysteries of nature that i have fathomed since then, and many secret folio from the library oftzionene have i devoured, obtaining thereby mastery over several kinds of invisible beings of a lower order.but the great secret of power over the terrible daij-dzin i could not get. it remains in the possession of avery limited number of the highest initiates of lao-tze, the great majority of the yamaboo

HELENA BLAVATSKY THE KEY TO THEOSOPHY

inciples 133 why theosophists do not believe in the return of pure "spirits" 135 a few words about the skandhas 142 on postmortem and postnatal consciousness 145 what is really meant by annihilation 150 definite words for definite things 158 on the nature of our thinking principle 165 the mystery of the ego 165 the complex nature of manas 170 the doctrine is taught in st. john's gospel 172 on the mysteries of reincarnation 183 periodical rebirths 183 what is karma? 186 who are those who know? 199 the difference between faith and knowledge, or blind and reasoned faith 201 has god the right to forgive? 205 what is practical theosophy? 209 duty 209 the relations of the t.s. to political reforms 213 on self-sacrifice 217 on charity 222 page 3 the key to theosophy- hp blavatsky.txt theosophy fo

oving" and (aletheia "truth" the name page 4 the key to theosophy- hp blavatsky.txt theosophy dates from the third century of our era, and began with ammonius saccas and his disciples, also called analogeticists, who started the eclectic theosophical system. as explained by professor wilder, they were called so because of their practice of interpreting all sacred legends and narratives, myths and mysteries, by a rule or principle of analogy and correspondence: so that events which were related as having occurred in the external world were regarded as expressing operations and experiences of the human soul. they were also denominated neo-platonists. though theosophy, or the eclectic theosophical system, is generally attributed to the third century, yet, if diogenes la rtius is to be credite

deity, or infinite essence, which is the root of all nature, and of all that is, visible and invisible. 2. belief in man's eternal immortal nature, because, being a radiation of the universal soul, it is of an identical essence with it. 3. theurgy, or "divine work" or producing a work of gods; from theoi "gods" and ergein "to work" the term is very old, but, as it belongs to the vocabulary of the mysteries, was not in popular use. it was a mystic belief-practically proven by initiated adepts and priests-that, by making oneself as pure as the incorporeal beings-i.e, by returning to one's pristine purity of nature-man could move the gods to impart to him divine mysteries, and even cause them to become occasionally visible, either subjectively or objectively. it was the transcendental aspect

n system of ethics, based on eternal verities. q. what have you to show that this is not an impossible dream; and that all the world's religions are based on the one and the same truth? a. their comparative study and analysis. the "wisdom-religion" was one in antiquity; and the sameness of primitive religious philosophy is proven to us by the identical doctrines taught to the initiates during the mysteries, an institution once universally diffused. all the old worships indicate the existence of a single theosophy anterior to them. the key that is to open one must open all; otherwise it cannot be the right key -ooo- the policy of the theosophical society q. in the days of ammonius there were several ancient great religions, and numerous were the sects in egypt and palestine alone. how could

of the world where such topics have always been most valued and pursued: in india, central asia, and persia. q. can you give me some proofs of its esotericism? a. the best proof you can have of the fact is that every ancient religious, or rather philosophical, cult consisted of an esoteric or secret teaching, and an exoteric (outward public) worship. furthermore, it is a well-known fact that the mysteries of the ancients comprised with every nation the "greater (secret) and "lesser (public) mysteries-e.g, in the celebrated solemnities called the eleusinia, in greece. from the hierophants of samothrace, egypt, and the initiated brahmins of the india of old, down to the later hebrew rabbis, all preserved, for fear of profanation, their real bona fide beliefs secret. the jewish rabbis called

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up to ask me if this was .true) 5. that i apparently sodomize former chaos international editor ian read on a regular basis) 6. that i am a blood-drinking .vampire- this .fact. is recounted in 2 books- hearts of darkness by john parker (a socalled .investigative journalist. who purports to examine modern occultism- in the wake of the .satanic child abuse. scare) and the world.s greatest unsolved mysteries- i forget the authors offhand, but they are involved with assap and the society for psychical research. this one stems from a short story which deals with vampiric themes published in chaos international, entitled .droplets. as it was written in the first person, apparently some people have chosen to believe it was me baring my soul. oh dear! 22 functional spirits one approach to evocati

ings that appear to be localised to a 28 particular region. one example of this is the .moth-man. sightings in west virginia, which occurred between 1966-1968. another area, perhaps of more interest to uk eod initiates is ilkley moor, which has a long, and well-documented history of strange phenomena encountered, from ghosts and black dogs to ufos and what modern researchers in the field of earth mysteries call earth lights. the earth lights phenomena has arisen largely from the work of paul deveraux, editor of the ley hunter and co-founder of the dragon project. his theories are drawn from the fact that the earth produces a range of light-forms by natural processes. these .unexplained. light-forms have been interpreted by those who encounter them as ufos or spectral manifestations. the oc

phenomena is commonly found to be specific to a particular region. the lights often .follow. cars, or are reported by observers to behave .as though they were being guided. or were intelligent. deveraux notes that outbreaks of el phenomena are sometimes associated with columns of gaseous material, which can be interpreted by observers as .white lady. type ghosts. researchers in the field of earth mysteries hypothesise that the source of such light-forms is the tectonic activity of the earth, where stress along fault lines combines with other factors to emit light phenomena in the area around the fault line. deveraux notes that medieval tin and copper miners actually looked for the appearance of .lights from the ground. when searching out new mine sites. a ufo .flap. around ilkley moor in 1

ted that the manifestations followed the patterns of the fault lines that run under the region. deveraux.s book, earth lights revelation, explores this kind of activity all over the world, and notes the strong connection between ufo sightings and geological faulting. while many ufologists reject the earth lights theory which in part explains ufo encounters as a purely terrestrial phenomena, earth mysteries research is continuing 29 to document evidence to support and further edify deveraux.s ideas. reading accounts of earth light sightings and their relationship to specific regions and underground activity is for me, very reminiscent of lovecraft.s accounts of the activities associated with the great old ones. what is perhaps also significant for the modern magician is that very often, sto

magnetic character to exist within the earth.s magnetic field. he also proposes that it is possible to produce such structures by expending energy in the form of neurochemical activity in the nervous system. in short, physiological gnoses of the sort used by magicians in ritual can produce such toroid structures. the above has interesting implications for both magicians and researchers into earth mysteries. over the past year, i have been conducting a great deal of research into the creation, usage, and aetiology of evoked entities, including both the demonic forms of the goetia and the .elemental servitors. created by magicians to perform a specific task. in the latter case, the process is very much one of creating an .information matrix; that is, of laying down a set of instructions whic

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of discordia, grant us illumination and protect us from stupidity. 9. look all over the place: great goddess discordia, holy mother eris, joy of the universe, laughter of space, grant us life, light, love and liberty and make the bloody magick work! 10. hail eris! all hail discordia! notes* for more on the spiral pentagrams, see the next section. 1.hung mung is the discordian link to the chinese mysteries and it is none other than he who devised the sacred chao. he is patron of the season of chaos. 2.dr. van van mojo is a fellow of the intergalactic haitian guerillas for world peace and is patron of the season of discord. 3.sri syadasti is the apostle of psychedelia and the patron of the season of confusion. 4.zarathud, a hermit of medieval europe, has been dubbed offender of the faith. h

HOWE THE ALCHEMIST OF THE GOLDEN DAWN

ditorship of vanity fair and was a regular correspondent to lucifer' gardner's masonic career was brief. he was initiated in montefiore lodge no. 1017 (whose membership was almost entirely jewish) in october 1886 (aet. 29) but resigned in june 1889, three months after he began to correspond with ayton. it is possible that freemasonry did not satisfy his desire for further knowledge of 'the hidden mysteries of nature and science- the phrase is masonic- and supposed that alchemy and theosophy ala blavatsky would provide a better guide to the territory that interested him. in 19 2 he claimed to possess a library of over 10,000 books on alchemy and occultism, including 'a fine set of the works of thomas taylor, the platonist. he found his way to the g.d. in 1894 but resigned from the isis uran

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ently provoked his fancy. from his few local aquaintances he learned that the far-off slope was a vast italian quarter, though most of the houses were remnant of older yankee and irish days. now and then he would train his field-glasses on that spectral, unreachable world beyond the curling smoke; picking out individual roofs and chimneys and steeples, and speculating upon the bizarre and curious mysteries they might house. even with optical aid federal hill seemed somehow alien, half fabulous, and linked to the unreal, intangible marvels of blake's own tales and pictures. the feeling would persist long after the hill had faded into the violet, lamp-starred twilight, and the court-house floodlights and the red industrial trust beacon had blazed up to make the night grotesque. of all the di

ient papers found. secondly, the boy once shewed dr. willett those papers and a page of the curwen diary, and each of the documents had every appearance of genuineness. the hole where ward claimed to have found them was long a visible reality, and willett had a very convincing final glimpse of them in surroundings which can scarcely be believed and can never perhaps be proved. then there were the mysteries and coincidences of the orne and hutchinson letters, and the problem of the curwen penmanship and of what the detectives brought to light about dr. allen; these things, and the terrible message in mediaeval minuscules found in willett's pocket when he gained consciousness after his shocking experience. and most conclusive of all, there are the two hideous results which the doctor obtaine

presence of an unwholesome character in philadelphia. but more decisive steps were in the air, and it is in the secret assemblages of sworn and tested sailors and faithful old privateersmen in the brown warehouses by night that we must look for the main fruits of weeden's disclosures. slowly and surely a plan of campaign was under development which would leave no trace of joseph curwen's noxious mysteries. curwen, despite all precautions, apparently felt that something was in the wind; for he was now remarked to wear an unusually worried look. his coach was seen at all hours in the town and on the pawtuxet road, and he dropped little by little the air of forced geniality with which he had latterly sought to combat the town's prejudice. the nearest neighbours to his farm, the fenners, one

hours, and his father recalls only a drowsy realisation of stifled oaths and stamping feet on the night the goods were taken away. after that charles moved back to his own old quarters on the third floor, and never haunted the attic again. to the pawtuxet bungalow charles transferred all the secrecy with which he had surrounded his attic realm, save that he now appeared to have two sharers of his mysteries; a villainous-looking portuguese half-caste from the south main st. waterfront who acted as a servant, and a thin, scholarly stranger with dark glasses and a stubbly full beard of dyed aspect whose status was evidently that of a colleague. neighbours vainly tried to engage these odd persons in conversation. the mulatto gomes spoke very little english, and the bearded man, who gave his na

ssible monstrosity. who was "simon o; the old man ward had visited in prague four years previously? perhaps, but in the centuries behind there had been another simon o- simon orne, alias jedediah, of salem, who vanished in 1771, and whose peculiar handwriting dr. willett now unmistakably recognised from the photostatic copies of the orne formulae which charles had once shown him. what horrors and mysteries, what contradictions and contraventions of nature, had come back after a century and a half to harass old providence with her clustered spires and domes? the father and the old physician, virtually at a loss what to do or think, went to see charles at the hospital and questioned him as delicately as they could about dr. allen, about the prague visit, and about what he had learned of simo

HP LOVECRAFT AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS

f protest against further hazards, lake replied curtly that his new specimens made any hazard worth taking. i saw that his excitement had reached the point of mutiny, and that i could do nothing to check this headlong risk of the whole expedition s success; but it was appalling to think of his plunging deeper and deeper into that treacherous and sinister white immensity of tempests and unfathomed mysteries which stretched off for some fifteen hundred miles to the half-known, half-suspected coast line of queen mary and knox lands. then, in about an hour and a half more, came that doubly excited message from lake s moving plane, which almost reversed my sentiments and made me wish i had accompanied the party "10:05 p.m. on the wing. after snowstorm, have spied mountain range ahead higher tha

HP LOVECRAFT HYPNOS

y the merciful gods, if indeed there be such, guard those hours when no power of the will, or drug that the cunning of man devises, can keep me from the chasm of sleep. death is merciful, for there is no return therefrom, but with him who has come back out of the nethermost chambers of night, haggard and knowing, peace rests nevermore. fool that i was to plunge with such unsanctioned phrensy into mysteries no man was meant to penetrate; fool or god that he was-my only friend, who led me and went before me, and who in the end passed into terrors which may yet be mine! we met, i recall, in a railway station, where he was the center of a crowd of the vulgarly curious. he was unconscious, having fallen in a kind of convulsion which imparted to his slight black-clad body a strange rigidity. i t

would be thence-forth my only friend-the only friend of one who had never possessed a friend before-for i saw that such eyes must have looked fully upon the grandeur and the terror of realms beyond normal consciousness and reality; realms which i had cherished in fancy, but vainly sought. so as i drove the crowd away i told him he must come home with me and be my teacher and leader in unfathomed mysteries, and he assented without speaking a word. afterward i found that his voice was music-the music of deep viols and of crystalline spheres. we talked often in the night, and in the day, when i chiseled busts of him and carved miniature heads in ivory to immortalize his different expressions. of our studies it is impossible to speak, since they held so slight a connection with anything of th

wo years did i connect this fear with anything in particular; but then i began to see that he must be looking at a special spot on the celestial vault whose position at different times corresponded to the direction of his glance-a spot roughly marked by the constellation corona borealis. we now had a studio in london, never separating, but never discussing the days when we had sought to plumb the mysteries of the unreal world. we were aged and weak from our drugs, dissipations, and nervous overstrain, and the thinning hair and beard of my friend had become snow-white. our freedom from long sleep was surprising, for seldom did we succumb more than an hour or two at a time to the shadow which had now grown so frightful a menace. then came one january of fog and rain, when money ran low and d

HP LOVECRAFT NYARLATHOTEP

horribly disturb the pale, pitying moon as it glimmered on green waters gliding under bridges, and old steeples crumbling against a sickly sky. i remember when nyarlathotep came to my city the great, the old, the terrible city of unnumbered crimes. my friend had told me of him, and of the impelling fascination and allurement of his revelations, and i burned with eagerness to explore his uttermost mysteries. my friend said they were horrible and impressive beyond my most fevered imaginings; and what was thrown on a screen in the darkened room prophesied things none but nyarlathotep dared prophesy, and in the sputter of his sparks there was taken from men that which had never been taken before yet which shewed only in the eyes. and i heard it hinted abroad that those who knew nyarlathotep lo

HP LOVECRAFT THE ALCHEMIST

e ominous chronicle: henris, roberts, antoines, and armands snatched from happy and virtuous lives when little below the age of their unfortunate ancestor at his murder. that i had left at most but eleven years of further existence was made certain to me by the words which i had read. my life, previously held at small value, now became dearer to me each day, as i delved deeper and deeper into the mysteries of the hidden world of black magic. isolated as i was, modern science had produced no impression upon me, and i laboured as in the middle ages, as wrapt as had been old michel and young charles themselves in the acquisition of demonological and alchemical learning. yet read as i might, in no manner could i account for the strange curse upon my line. in unusually rational moments i would

HP LOVECRAFT THE NAMELESS CITY

the cliff were the unmistakable facades of several small, squat rock houses or temples; whose interiors might preserve many secrets of ages too remote for calculation, though sandstorms had long effaced any carvings which may have been outside. very low and sand-choked were all the dark apertures near me, but i cleared one with my spade and crawled through it, carrying a torch to reveal whatever mysteries it might hold. when i was inside i saw that the cavern was indeed a temple, and beheld plain signs of the race that had lived and worshipped before the desert was a desert. primitive altars, pillars, and niches, all curiously low, were not absent; and though i saw no sculptures or frescoes, there were many singular stones clearly shaped into symbols by artificial means. the lowness of th

HP LOVECRAFT THE WHITE SHIP

and dreamed. but we did not set foot upon the sloping meadows of zar, for it is told that he who treads them may nevermore return to his native shore. as the white ship sailed silently away from the templed terraces of zar, we beheld on the distant horizon ahead the spires of a mighty city; and the bearded man said to me, this is thalarion, the city of a thousand wonders, wherein reside all those mysteries that man has striven in vain to fathom. and i looked again, at closer range, and saw that the city was greater than any city i had known or dreamed of before. into the sky the spires of its temples reached, so that no man might behold their peaks; and far back beyond the horizon stretched the grim, gray walls, over which one might spy only a few roofs, weird and ominous, yet adorned with

HP LOVECRAFT THROUGH THE GATES OF THE SILVER KEY

al talent of one of the cousins, ernest k. aspinwall of chicago, a man ten years carter's senior, but keen as a youth in forensic battles. for four years the contest had raged, but now the time for apportionment had come, and this vast, strange room in new orleans was to be the scene of the arrangement it was the home of carter's literary and financial executor the distinguished creole student of mysteries and eastern antiquities, etienne-laurent de marigny. carter had met de marigny during the war, when they both served in the french foreign legion, and had at once cleaved to him because of their similar tastes and ontlook. when, on a memorable joint furlough, the iearned young creole had taken the wistful boston dreamer to bayonne, in the south of france, and had shown him certain terrib

HUEBNER LOUISE WITCHCRAFT FOR ALL WICCA 04

. contrary to folk tales, they don't go riding about by night on brooms. they don't cavort in the nude unless they have something very normal in mind, and they don't cackle over cauldrons of vintage lsd. they do dabble in spells and chants, burning candles and employing powerful processes, but once the mystery is stripped away, there is nothing much more strange connected with witchcraft than the mysteries of love and religion. in fact, when lovers light candles for dinner, and when churchgoers light candles in prayer, they invoke a force that witches have always known to be beneficial. as to whether witches are good or evil, that depends upon your point of view about what's good and what's evil. 1- witchcraft- what it's really like "i'll walk where my own nature would be leading. where th

. contrary to folk tales, they don't go riding about by night on brooms. they don't cavort in the nude unless they have something very normal in mind, and they don't cackle over cauldrons of vintage lsd. they do dabble in spells and chants, burning candles and employing powerful processes, but once the mystery is stripped away, there is nothing much more strange connected with witchcraft than the mysteries of love and religion. in fact, when lovers light candles for dinner, and when churchgoers light candles in prayer, they invoke a force that witches always have known to be beneficial. what is a witch really like? for one thing, a witch is not an ugly old hag. the very idea is unkind and illogical. if a witch has, as she is said to have, special powers and an ability to disturb natural ha

man might fly were replaced by descendants who were certain man would never travel to outer space. and now, what's beyond that? witches employ a strange power that they think they have explained to themselves. they know witchcraft works, but how much untapped power there is in the human mind, and where it comes from, may be things beyond explanation in terms of mere supernormal energy forces. the mysteries of the mind are as vast and unknown as the farthest star in the darkest skies. and it is only recently that man has learned to fhethe induction charm and the initiation (initiation stream i) copyright 2005 by robin artisson from the witching way of the hollow hill this initiation is the key to gaining the bond between the powers and the witch who wishes to access the workings described i

INITIATION INTO HERMETICS

erm and, considering this circumstance, there is no surprise that magic knowledge has always been looked upon with a slight disregard. even in the remotest times the magus has been regarded as one of the highest adepts and it might be of interest to learn that, as a matter of fact, the word magic is derived from this word. the so called sorcerers are by no means initiates but only imitators o the mysteries, who counting partly on the ignorance and partly on the credulity of the individuality or a whole nation in order to reach their selfish aims by, lies and fraud. the true magician will always despise such practices. in reality, magic is a sacred science, it is, in the very true sense the sum of all knowledge because it teaches how to know and utilize the sovereign rules. there is no diff

s already been written about this great mystery of the elements. the first card of this work represents the magician pointing to the knowledge and mastery of the elements. on this first card the symbols are: the sword as the fiery element, the rod as the element of the air, the goblet as that of the water and the coins as the element of the earth. this proves without any doubt that already in the mysteries of yore, the magician was destined for the first tarot card, mastery of the elements having been chosen as the first act of initiation. in honor of this tradition i shall give my principal attention to the elements for, as you will see, the key to the elements is the panacea, with the help of which all the occurring problems may be solved. according to the indian succession of the tattwa

, you can go ahead. we have heard that akasa is the primary source, the sphere of all causes. any deliberate cause, such as a wish, a thought, any imagination created in this sphere together with the dynamic conviction is bound to be realized with the help of the elements, regardless of the level or sphere on which the realization necessarily has to be performed. this is one of the greatest magic mysteries and a universal key for the magician, who will understand its range only later on in the course of his development. the scholar should always keep his mind on his own ethical development, which will certainly help him to do only good and noble deeds. our next exercise will be to win absolute control of the elements with the help of the akasa principle in all the three realms. the exercis

he akasa and, the akasa principle being analogous to harmony, akasa itself would certainly put the greatest obstacles in the magician s way to stop his further development, if not make it quite impossible. any further rising in a case like that would be quite out of question. just remember bulwer s novel zanoni, in which the guardian of the threshold, nothing else but akasa, sees that the highest mysteries do not come overnight to unworthy people. akasa will derange a person mentally, arouse doubts of all kinds, or hold him prisoner by vicissitudes and reverses of fortune in order to protect the mysteries in every possible way. these mysteries will always remain hidden from incompetent persons, though hundreds of books should be published about them. a true magician does not know any hatre

he lower streams in order to transfer the loading eventually into his talisman. to dishonor this sacred act by carnal desires would mean to repeat the fate of adam and eve who were no longer allowed to enjoy the fruits of paradise. the intuitive magician will understand without difficulty how great this symbolism is and will agree with me if i stick to my duty of secrecy about the greatest of all mysteries. 3. realization of a desire with electromagnetic volts in akasa i have described the production of a volt by means of the electromagnetic fluid in the chapter referring to loading a talisman. the process is the same here except that the electromagnetic ball has to be bigger for a volt in the akasa. the practice is as follows: accumulate the electric fluid in the right half of your body w

INTERVIEW WITH ANDREW CHUMBLEY

ies of the sabbath as a field of transcendental magical existence. in azoetia, i wrote that the true meeting-place of the sabbath was at the crossroads of waking, sleeping and mundane dreaming, and that the sabbatic rites were to be experienced and participated in a dimension of true dreaming, in which one goes forth in spirit-flight into the field of the sabbat and there communes directly in its mysteries. whilst one can write about this, the reality is rooted in personal apprehension which can only be gained if the spirits accept you and elect to call you out in dreaming, or if one is fortunate enough to be taught in a traditional craft lineage that possesses the requisite lore and spirit-patronage. in the final analysis, sabbatic craft is an initiatory tradition and only those who have

INTRODUCTION TO THE SEVEN FACES OF DARKNESS

he papyri and tablets, the egyptian contribution to the papyri, the greek contribution. then on a more operative level, i wish to show the postmodern magician how he or she may use this technology, its presence in the world, and sources to deepen his or her understanding. the most perceptive of my readers will see this entire work as a demonstration of method, which they may use to rewin whatever mysteries the world holds for them, whether it be mayan sorcery, the oghams, or the intricacies of the tao. the process i used in reconstructing the darker operant side of hermeticism was a threefold process which i initially read of in a paper by edred thorsson with special emphasis on the semiotic model of magic. i feel that the process has been valuable in both personal transformation as well a

e the half-cooked models of another individual's mind- an individual who may or may not have achieved that transformation of magic. it might be argued that the magician who does not engage in objective analysis and merely creates his or her own system is more self-reliant than the researcher. however, the totally self-created system will rarely challenge one's blind spots, rarely present you with mysteries to be solved, rarely present you with confirmation that you're on the right track. the difficult process of seeking the objective data allows you in a very real way to remanifest the way of learning that various successful schools have possessed. this may not provide the entertainment of spending a weekend listening to someone channel a kazillion-year-old lemurian, but it will provide yo

e taken the dry bones of the past and made it into a living system that enables you to communicate with the hidden secret side of the universe. when you achieve results, you have opened the mouths of the gods. a distillation of the above threefold system could be contained int eh egyptian sentence ir shti shta-tu! which could be translated variously as "inquire of the books of magic" or "seek the mysteries" or "travel through difficult territory" the egyptian word shta -ti may have been etymologically connected with certain forms of the name of set. by the time of the magical papyri the words meaning "belonging to set" or "of the secret place" had coalesced in the common tongue. the egyptians associated certain night sky features with set, particularly the constellation ursa major and the

INVOCATION OF OUR LORD OF MIDNIGHT MAHAZHAEL DEVAL

rte. amongst these is the circle of the eight witch-fathers and eight witch-mothers, who collectively are revered as the retinue of the faithful gods. the sixteen lords and ladies of the faithful retinue are envisaged as the wardens of the cardinal and sub-cardinal directions of the circle or blood-acre. at each gate of the blood-acre, a pair of the retinue preside as the ancestral patrons of the mysteries, teachings and times ascribed to that portal. thus, with the outward turning of time and the inward seasons of wisdom, each pair of the retinue comes to reign as the master and mistress of the circle. furthermore, each of the sixteen deities is considered in its own right as the custodian of specific ritual instruments and aspects of ritual practice. whilst the retinue constitute a panth

ISIS UNVEILED

oving images texts audio software patron info about ia projects (navigation image)(navigation image) home american libraries canadian libraries universal library community texts project gutenberg children's library biodiversity heritage library additional collections search: advanced search anonymous user (login or join us) upload see other formats full text of "isis unveiled: a master key to the mysteries of ancient and modern science and theology" google this is a digital copy of a book that was preserved for generations on library shelves before it was carefully scanned by google as part of a project to make the world's books discoverable online. it has survived long enough for the copyright to expire and the book to enter the public domain. a public domain book is one that was never su

blishers reach new audiences. you can search through the full text of this book on the web at http//books .google .com/i digilizocb, google p digilizocb, google digilizocb, google digilizocb, google digilizocb, google digilizocb, google jiliooglc digilizocb, google isis unveiled digilizocb, google attak tsbosorhical pkbss point loma, ctlifbcnia digitizecoy google isis unveiled a master-key to the mysteries of ancient and modern science and theology by h. p. blavatsky" ce^ mt nn un de boiuw fay" moiraioini vol. ii theology section i thibo roint loha edition revised the aryan theosophical press point loma, caupornu 1019 dibiiizoo;b, tikivgli. the new york public libb ary 5fi092.1 a astor. lencx and tllofim rounda t10n8 n 1s31 i. capjii^t 1b77 by j. w. bonton nbwaj coprright uie b7 kkuxrioe t

ristian crimes and heathen virtues so t eeiies tt catherine of medida 5s occult aria practised by the clemt 69 tntijcbumintp and auto-tuhfi ocutot children 62 lgring cathdic saints 74 n t^iboii* of missionaries in india and china 79 sacrilqpou* tricks of catholic clergy 82 fuii k kabalist 91 peter not the founder of the roman dinrdi 91 strict lives of pagan hierophants 98 hl^ dwntctct of ancient 'mysteries' 101 jacouiot's account ol hiudd faldrs 103 christian symbolism derived from fbauic worship 109 hindu doctrine of the pitns, 114 "brahmanic spirit-dinununion dangers of u digitizecoy google contents chapter m ditisioi^ amongst the early christiai>k beaemblance between eariy chrotianity and boddhiun 12 iwer oeyex la rome 12 meanibg ot 'naiw' and 'naiarene' 12' b denved right 13 a generic

hafteb jv oriental cosmogonies and bible bbcords discrepancies in the pentateoch 167 indian, chaldaean and ophite systems conqwred 170 who were the firat christians? j78 christos and sc^rfiia-acbamoth 183 secret doctrine uuriit by jesus 191 jesut never daimed to be god 193 new tcatament narrative* and hmdal^aads 199 antiquity irf the 'logos' and 'christ' 205 comparative vi^n-wocship 209 chapter v mysteries of the kabala ain-soph and the sn>hiroth 212 the primitive wisdom-rdigion 216 the booii of omint a compilation of old-world trends 217 the trinity of the kabala 222 gnostic and-naaarene systems coatiasted with hindo myths 225 kabaliim in the book of etdeui 232 story of the reantrection of jainu's daiuhter found in the history of krislina 241 untnutwcvth^ teadungs of the early fathera 248

e book of the dead w3 the hindu devu a met*phystaj abstraction 501 satan ukd tbe prince of hell in the goipel la ntcodemus 519 digitizecoy google chapter xi- the age of philoaophy moducol no sitbeibts llie legends of tbra skvion christutu doctrine of tb atodement iuogksl caiue of the failure of minioiuria to convert buddluit and brthmkou. neither buddha nco' jeaua left written racordl the gmideat mysteries td tdjgion in the bhaoobod'&ti. hm meaning of regesoation eiidained in the salapalka-bt the ncrifice erf mood interpreted 566 danindia by christian misnouaries 573 the kble less autbenticated tb n way other sacted book 577 koowledge of chemiatiy and phyuci displayed by indian jug^en 583 chapteh xii conclusions and illusthations recaihtuiation of (nndamental pn^mwit

JASMUHEEN THE FOOD OF GODS

all who desire it, to plug into the divine nutrition channel. is there a simpler way? probably. do we know it all? not by a long shot but this is what we have understood to date. do we recommend more experiential and scientific and medical research? definitely! are the pioneers of new ways of being perfect? no. most of us are just individuals who are learning as we go, who are open to explore the mysteries of life and who are strong willed and pure hearted enough to walk a path less trodden. people often say how advantageous it would be to have all the facts and steps of a plan, with logic and motivation, goals and outcomes, all laid bare, before they proceed to fulfill a given task. unfortunately in the realm of service, for initiates exploring the field of the gods, this is rarely how it

unnecessarily indebted to you. in other words to give freely of our time, care, love, money, etc in a positive empowering manner without self aggrandizement. a pure heart is important as it unlocks the doors of the theta. delta fields and releases our highest potential, for true wisdom and divine power are only given to those who can value and use these gifts wisely. the true gifts of the higher mysteries and higher realms always come to the loving and the wise and the pure of heart. a heart filled with hate or doubt or skepticism or judgment, or a heart that has been walled through hurt and is shielded to others, needs to be healed before it can access the higher kingdoms in all their glory. this means our psychic heart, which when walled or blocked eventually creates problems in the phy

tuitary and pineal glands: the following article is by christian paaske (email: om@yogasenteret.no) yoga and meditation teacher in norway. i include it here as it provides some additional insights to what we shared earlier. as a yoga teacher, christian also offers a few extra tools for energizing the bio-system that many have found useful. the pineal gland is considered one of the body s greatest mysteries. today we know that it is an endocrine gland which secrets the hormone melatonin. it is shaped like a pine cone and placed exactly in the middle of the brain. the french philosopher descartes suggested that the pineal gland, or the cone gland, as he called it, was the dwelling place of the soul, and the gateway to the spiritual world. but apart from this comment, western science has main

JENNINGS HARGRAVE ROSICRUCIANS RITES MYSTERIES

e universal life force as in reiki, all have as their underlying vibration, or base frequency, pure love and light and when these flood our bio-system, they stimulate the release of more love and light within us. these are the frequencies that can be directed to sustain and nourish us. this flow of love and light is the true food of the gods. isbn: 978-1-876341-9nothe rosicrucians their rites and mysteries the r o s i c r u c i a n s their rites and mysteries with chapters on the ancient fire and serpent worshippers, and explanations of the mystic symbols represented in the monuments and talismans of the primeval philosophers second edition revised, corrected, and considerably enlarged by hargrave jennings author of the indian religions; or, results of the mysterious buddhism; curious thin

the medium only, or the intermediaries to the reading world of this illustrious membership; whose renown has filled, and whose mystical doctrines (assumed or supposed, have puzzled the ages; in the intenser degree, still, in the present time; as the inquisitive reception of the authors first edition of the rosicrucians abundantly proved. dr. ginsburg says of the cabala, or kabbalah (regarding the mysteries of which the rosicrucians claimed to be the only true exponents, that it is a system of religious philosophy, or more properly of theosophy, which has not only exercised, for hundreds of years, an extraordinary influence on the mental development of so shrewd a people as the jews, but has captivated the minds of some of the greatest t viii preface thinkers of christendom in the sixteenth

rstition arising from ignorance. what is fear? it is a shrinking from possible harm, either to be body, or to that thing which we denominate the mind that is in us. the body shrinks with instinctive nervous alarm, like the sensitive leaf, when its easy, comfortable exercise or sensations are disturbed. our book, inasmuch as it deals or professes to deal seriously with strange things and with deep mysteries, needs the means of interpretation in the full attention of the reader: otherwise, little will be made, or can come, of it. it is, in brief, a history of the alchemical philosophers, written with a serious explanatory purpose, and for the first time impartially stated since the days of james the first and charles the first. this is really what the book pretends to be and nothing more. it

ter the twenty-third. page. the beliefs of the rosicrucians meaning of lights and of commemorative flambeaux in all worsihp. 186 chapter the twenty-fourth. the great pyramid. 199 chapter the twenty-fifth. history of the tower or steeple. 206 chapter the twenty-sixth. presence of the rosicrucians in heathen and christian architecture. 228 chapter the twenty-seventh. the rosicrucians amidst ancient mysteries and in the orders of knighthood. 237 chapter the twenty-eighth. rosicrucianism in strange symbols. 253 chapter the twenty-ninth. connection between the templars and gnosticism. 266 chapter the thirtieth. rosicrucian origin of the order of the garter. 282 chapter the thirty-first. rosicrucian supposed means of magic through signs, sigils, and figures. 295 chapter the thirty-second. astro

learned and judicious godfrey higgins. the holie church of rome herself doth compare the incomprehensible generation of the sonne of god from his father, together with his birth out of the pure and undefiled virgine marie, unto the bees, which were in verie deede a great blasphemie, if the bees were not of so great valour and virtue (value and dignity. beehive of the romish church: hone s ancient mysteries described, p. 283. in the second edition of nineveh and its palaces, by bonomi (london, ingram, 1853, p. 138, the head-dress of the divinity ilus is an egg-shaped cap, terminating at the top in a fleur-de-lis; at p. 149, the dagon of scripture has the same; at p, 201, fig. 98, the same ornament appears; at p. 202, fig. 99, a bearded figure has the usual fleur-delis. in the same page, the

JESSUP MK THE CASE FOR THE UFO

jessup s first book, the case for the ufo, had tended to alienate him from his colleagues, though it came and went with relatively few sales. its publisher sold it off to second-hand bookstores at $1.00 each. today it brings $25.00 or better per copy, if you can find one. it was a paperback edition of the same book, published in 1955 by bantam books that enmeshed jessup in one of the most bizarre mysteries in ufo history. an annotated reprint of the paperback was laboriously typed out on offset stencils and printed in a very small run by a garland, texas manufacturing company which produced equipment for the military. each page was run through the small office duplicator twice, once with black ink for the regular text of the book, then once again with red ink, the latter reproducing the my

t from those in use by us today. the quandary is largely resolvable by admitting to a levitating force developed and used by the same common denominator- space flight--which simplifies so many other puzzles for us. ed: the following has no obvious reference or necessary position. such pre-glacial age works of civilization are generally known but must be denied a place in history for they all are--mysteries. pride ignorance on the basis of the evidence of an antiquity involving epochs of 50,000 to 200,000 or 300,000 years or more, we postulate the ancient development of some kind of science which either produced space flight or was brought to this third planet via space flight. i do not believe it is of great significance to our thesis at the moment whether one, or the other, of these assum

e friends are flesh and blood: however, it is a more likely assumption that these "disgorged" materials have more to do with experiments and "captures" than anything else. kuts, sky burial impossible. it is possible that there we may have a clue to the whereabouts of the people who have vanished suddenly under mysterious circumstances that have baffled witnesses and those seeking to explain these mysteries. ed: the following has no obvious reference or necessary position. burial in space not possible, so the l-m's had to grind-up any proof of their existence& drop it. they do not do so now, except in case of attractor failure but deposit their dead undersea in the "vaulted city" other organic materials have frequently been attributed to meteoric activity, but again we are faced with the si

no sails (presumably, but in any case was not dependent on sails. the damage aloft is a common feature of these events and somehow indicates activity above the ship, or at least above its deck. another training ship, british, the atlanta, set sail early in 1880 from bermuda, with 250 cadets and sailors aboard, and was not heard of again. two things strike me: the year 1880, a year of unexplained mysteries; and the bermuda-caribbean area where mysterious disappearances are many. 91 the danish training ship, kobenhoven, sailed from montevideo on december 14, 1928, with fifty cadets and sailors aboard and disappeared. she was a beautiful sight, full-rigged and radiant of strength and dependability i saw her and photographed her in the harbor of funchal, madeira, in november, 1927, when i was

own volition (red is a& b) could he have been dropped from a space ship? kaspar& no gravity were a problem. his legs were weak from lack of it. kaspar could talk a complete language but none of germanys best linguists could define it. he did not lack mentality, worried, had kids spoke good "kraut" after a while. not too long ago i had some correspondence with r. dewitt miller, author of forgotten mysteries, and, some time back, the contributor of a long series on the same subject in coronet. mr. miller is devoted to the investigation of all types of paranormal events, and especially the sort of thing we have been discussing here. when i mentioned oliver lerch's case to him, mr. miller expressed the opinion that the lerch story might have had the same origin of that of david lang. certainly

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89-1164) 5. hasidei ashkenaz (german hasidism: ca 1170-1240) 1. early beginnings since jewish mysticism is ultimately based on the hebrew bible, the beginning, really, is the tanakh, parts of which are more gmystical h than others. more important to our line of inquiry is that certain themes were developed more than others for a variety of mystical purposes. by talmudic times, two branches of the mysteries were well known and defined: the work of creation, i.e. developments of the first chapters of genesis, and the work of the chariot, developments of ezekiel and, to a lesser extent, isaiah. a. apocalyptic, wisdom literature, pseudepigrapha radicalizations of bible themes appeared in the intertestamental apocalypses, which, when grouped together with a somewhat irregular splay of wisdom li

yun school, prophetic kabbalah (of abraham abulafia, or lurianic kabbalah. however, should the german hasidism be excluded so definitely from kabbalah? 7. until the thirteenth century, kabbalah referred to the whole body of oral religious teachings: the talmud, the midrashim, etc. indeed, anyone who picked up a copy of sefer ha-kabbalah (book of tradition) expecting it to expound upon kabbalistic mysteries would be sorely disappointed. see the book of tradition, translated by gerson d. cohen (philadelphia: jewish publication society, 1968. 8. on the terms gmysticism, h gsymbol, h and gmyth, h see gil anidjar fs article, mentioned in note 6. words causing particular difficulty in the field of jewish mysticism are ggnostic h and ggnosticism h; examples of discussions on these terms are. p. s

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ra hoor khuit! 53. this shall regenerate the world, the little world my sister, my heart& my tongue, unto whom i send this kiss. also, o scribe and prophet, 418 though thou be of the princes, it shall not assuage thee nor absolve thee. but ecstasy be thine and joy of earth: ever to me! to me! 54. change not as much as the style of a letter; for behold! thou, o prophet, shalt not behold all these mysteries hidden therein. 55. the child of thy bowels, he shall behold them. 56. expect him not from the east, nor from the west; for from no expected house cometh that child. aum! all words are sacred and all prophets true; save only that they understand a little; solve the first half of the equation, leave the second unattacked. but thou hast all in the clear light, and some, though not all, in

en with drunkenness. to worship me take wine and strange drugs whereof i will tell my prophet& be drunk thereof! they shall not harm ye at all. it is a lie, this folly against self. the exposure of innocence is a lie. be strong, o man! lust, enjoy all things of sense and rapture: fear not that any god shall deny thee for this. 23. i am alone: there is no god where i am. 24. behold! these be grave mysteries; for there are also of my friends who be hermits. now think not to find them in the forest or on the mountain; but in beds of purple, caressed by magnificent beasts of women with large limbs, and fire and light in their eyes, and masses of flaming hair about them; there shall ye find them. ye shall see them at rule, at victorious armies, at all the joy; and there shall be in them a joy a

i will bring you to victory& joy: i will be at your arms in battle& ye shall delight to slay. success is your proof; courage is your armour; go on, go on, in my strength& ye shall turn not back for any! 47. this book shall be translated into all tongues: but always with the original in the writing of the beast; for in the chance shape of the letters and their position to one another: in these are mysteries that no beast shall divine. let him not seek to try: but one cometh after him, whence i say not, who shall discover the key of it all. then this line drawn is a key: then this circle squared in its failure is a key also. and abrahadabra. it shall be his child& that strangely. let him not seek after this; for thereby alone can he fall from it. 48. now this mystery of the letters is done

ty-minded, for they shall ride the whirlwinds. cursed are they who teach lies for truth and truth for lies, for they are- abomination. blessed are the unmerciful; their posterity shall own the world. cursed are the famous wiselings; their seed shall perish off the earth thrice cursed are the vile, for they shall serve and suffer. 441 the diabolicon the statement of satan archdaemon hail, man! the mysteries that are thy heritage shall now be proclaimed, but learn first the history of thy conception and creation amidst the eternal cosmos. for as the universe itself be infinite, so art thou a true creature of infinity incarnate and the ascension of man shall herald the final triumph of immortal will. let thy eyes be touched anew, that thou may perceive the complexity and delicacy of the unive

between hell and man, and with his presence is the dawn of the satanic age proclaimed. the statement of belial hail, man, who shall bring to the end of the universe the glory of thy satanic will! i am belial, who bring to thee the third great key of hell, by whose power ye shall confound 461 all the laws of heaven and earth. before thee shall chaos fall, and thou shalt wield for thyself the great mysteries of the macrocosmos. i speak to thee of that which is called the black magic, for it is true spawn of that great black flame which first brought thy will to life long ages ago. to council with satan i also was called, and the lord of light said to me, into thy charge, daemon of essence, i give the essence of my own being, the black fire whose power alone can effect creation by force of wi

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mselves when- how to read the text- 13- ever they are needed in the continuous process of the soul s development. rather than rushing to complete reading the text, it is recommended to concentrate on the sections that appeal to us the most. only then will the text be able to help and guide us in our search for personal spiritual ascent. the goal of this text is to help us become interested in the mysteries of life, such as: why were we born into this world? can we enter the spiritual worlds from here? can we ever understand the purpose of the creation? is it possible to perceive the creator, eternity and immortality? how can we begin to grow spiritually? if you listen with your heart to one famous question, i am sure that all your doubts as to whether you should study kabbalah will vanish

nly on the creator, we are ready to delve into the appropriate kabbalah texts to try to penetrate their inner meaning. although we might feel that we cannot understand anything, despite our efforts, we must continue to return to the study of kabbalah again and again, and not despair if we fail to understand the subject. how can we benefit from these efforts? in fact, our efforts to comprehend the mysteries of kabbalah are equal to our- 28- attaining the worlds beyond prayers asking the creator to reveal himself to us. this yearning for a connection is strengthened when we seek to understand the concepts of kabbalah. the strength of our prayers is determined by the strength of our yearning. in general, when we invest effort into attaining something, our desire to attain it increases. the st

s not true, however, of all human beings. this desire stems from our need to understand what we are, to comprehend ourselves, our purpose in the world, and our origins. it is the quest for answers about ourselves that leads us to seek the source of life- 30- attaining the worlds beyond 2 spiritual path our need to perceive the divine makes us spare no effort in attempting to solve all of nature s mysteries, leaving no stone unturned either in ourselves or in our environment. but only the yearning to perceive the creator is a true yearning, since he is the source of everything and, above all, he is our creator. therefore, even if a human being existed alone in this world, or in other worlds, one s search for the self would inevitably lead to a search for the creator. there are two lines tha

ipotent force governing the world, and we turn to this force in moments of utter despair. we do this instinctively- 330- attaining the worlds beyond we are given this special quality by the creator so that, even in the face of anti-religious upbringing and outlook, we could begin to discover him even from the state of absolute concealment. while we observe generations of scientists uncovering the mysteries of nature, if we undertook a similar effort to discover the creator, he would reveal himself to us to the same degree as do the mysteries of nature. in fact, all paths of mankind s search lead us through the revelation of the mysteries of nature. but where are the scientists examining the goal of creation? on the contrary, scientists are usually those who deny the existence of the highes

to disdain kabbalah. but the secrets of kabbalah may be revealed to kabbalists because they seek to expand their knowledge, just as the scientists of this world do- 344- attaining the worlds beyond because they do not value their knowledge, that fact in itself prompts them to pursue the understanding of that which is still unknown. thus, the entire world is created for those who seek to grasp the mysteries of the creator. those who sense and grasp the upper light of life that emanates from the creator (ohr hochma) nevertheless do not grasp the creator, or his essence, in the process. but this is not true of those who grasp higher spiritual levels. those who perceive the spiritual levels and the light particular to those levels not only perceive the light, but grasp the creator. kabbalists

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those realities that are hidden from our perception. everyone believed that humanity had discovered the necessary measures to know the world as it really was. in the late 1800s, it seemed that classical physics had provided researchers with a complete set of laws for every natural phenomenon. many researchers maintained that these laws would help them explain even the few phenomena that remained mysteries. since physics has always been considered the mother of all sciences and the forefront of technology and experimentation, its discoveries served as the foundation for research in other sciences, as well. the era of modern physics began in the early 1900s with albert einstein s (1879-1955) revolutionary discoveries. einstein s theory of relativity generated a fundamental change in attitud

however, only a handful has recognized that evolution incorporates quantum effects in the design process of organisms. when these scientists began to face this conceptual revolution, some of them grasped the far-reaching implication that the mechanistic view was outdated, and that something else had come to replace it. on a personal note, i d like to say that even as a young man, i felt that the mysteries of the physical world hid a deeper mystery. even before i knew what quantum physics was about, i assumed that plunging into its depths would lead me to the spiritual world. in addition, i was always intuitively drawn to kabbalah. whenever i came across it in its genuine form, i felt that it manifested an inherent truth. 83 the essence of the wisdom of kabbalah 84 s t r i v i n g f o r b

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l e a n d g r o u p 337 duce further acts of bestowal every time. and after we grow accustomed to giving to our rav, we can transfer this bestowal to the practice of torah and mitzvot for her name, meaning toward the creator, for the habit will have become second nature to us. 2. the equivalence of form with the creator does not do us any good if it is not forever, meaning until he who knows all mysteries will testify that he shall not turn back to folly. but since our rav is in this world and within the boundaries of time, the equivalence of form helps even if it is only temporary and afterwards we return to folly. thus, every time we equalize our form with our rav, we temporarily cleave to him. thus, we attain his knowledge and thoughts, depending on his attainment, as we have shown in

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enetrate further than an elementary moral interpretation of its principal symbols. in this book it is my object, while preserving due secrecy upon those matters which must be kept secret, to explain something of the deeper meaning and purpose of freemasonry, in the hope of arousing among the brn. a more profound reverence for that of which they are the custodians and a fuller understanding of the mysteries of the craft. although the book is primarily intended for the instruction of members of the co-masonic order, whose desire, as is expressed in their ritual, is to pour the waters of esoteric knowledge into the masonic vessels, i hope nevertheless that it may appeal to a wider circle, and may perhaps be of use to some of those many brn. in the masculine craft who are seeking for a deeper

be those among the brn. to whom this claim seems ridiculous, i would ask them notwithstanding to read on and see whether the knowledge obtained by a means which is strange to them does not nevertheless supply for obscure or incomprehensible points in our ritual an explanation which commends itself to their reason and common sense. that which gives them a better grasp of the meaning underlying the mysteries of our craft, and thereby increases their veneration and love for it, cannot be unworthy or absurd. any student who wishes to know more of this fascinating subject may be referred to a little book entitled clairvoyance, which i wrote some years ago. i should like strongly to recommend for the perusal of my brn. of the craft two books by wor. bro. w. l. wilmhurst- the meaning of masonry a

oloured) chapter i introductory personal experience 1. the origins of freemasonry are lost in the mists of antiquity. last century there were many who thought that it could be traced no further back than the mediaeval guilds of operative masons, though some regarded these in turn as relics of the roman collegia. there may still be some who know no better than that, but all students of the ancient mysteries who are also freemasons are aware that it is along that line that we find our true philosophical ancestry; for there is much in our ceremonies and teachings which could have had no significance for the mere operative mason, though when examined by the light of the knowledge received in the mysteries it is seen to be pregnant with meaning. many masonic writers claim various degrees of ant

ne with which we are here concerned was lived some four thousand years before christ in the country which we now call egypt. 3. when i was initiated into freemasonry in this life, my first sight of the lodge was a great and pleasant surprise, for i found that i was perfectly familiar with all its arrangements, and that they were identical with those which i had known six thousand years ago in the mysteries of egypt. i am quite aware that this is a startling statement; i can only say that it is literally true. no mistake is possible; coincidence will not serve as an explan-ation. the placing of the three chief officers is unusual; the symbols are significant and distinctive, and their combination is peculiar; yet they all belonged to ancient egypt, and i knew them well there. almost all the

ain to vanquish the creature if he should prove hostile, never apparently realizing that it was his own will which did the work, but attributing his success to some kind of magic. the book of the dead was originally intended to be kept secret, although in later days certain chapters were written on papyrus and buried with the dead man. as is said in one of the texts: gthis book is the greatest of mysteries. do not let the eye of anyone look upon it- that were abomination. the book of the master of the secret house is its name. h(*w. marsham adams, the book of the master, p. 96) 22. in ancient egypt they recognized seven souls, or life-forces, coming forth from the most high. students of eastern philosophy call them the primordial seven, and they are mentioned in the book of dzyan(*see the

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the hidden life of freemasonry and is mentioned by the author in the preface* contents author s preface chapter i schools of masonic thought the origins of masonry. the authentic school. the anthro-pological school. the mystical school. the occult school. the knowledge of the occultist. the occult records. the sacramental power. the form and the life. orthodoxy and heresy. chapter ii the egyptian mysteries the message of the world teacher. the gods of egypt. isis and osiris. animal deities. the practice of embalming. other deities. the brothers of horus. consecration. the purpose of the mysteries. the degrees of the mysteries. the mysteries of isis. the preliminary trials. the mystery language. the duality of each degree. the inner mysteries of isis. the mysteries of serapis. the inner deg

ge of the world teacher. the gods of egypt. isis and osiris. animal deities. the practice of embalming. other deities. the brothers of horus. consecration. the purpose of the mysteries. the degrees of the mysteries. the mysteries of isis. the preliminary trials. the mystery language. the duality of each degree. the inner mysteries of isis. the mysteries of serapis. the inner degree of serapis the mysteries of osiris. the legend of osiris. the meaning of the story. the inner mysteries of osiris. the office of master. the higher black masonry in the mysteries. white masonry in the mysteries. the stages of the occult path. the first three initiations. the fourth initiation. the fifth initiation and beyond. chapter iii the cretan mysteries the unity of the mysteries. life in ancient crete. the

eries. the stages of the occult path. the first three initiations. the fourth initiation. the fifth initiation and beyond. chapter iii the cretan mysteries the unity of the mysteries. life in ancient crete. the cretan race. recent discoveries in crete. worship in crete. the throne room. the three columns. models of shrines. the altar objects. various symbols. the statuettes. chapter iv the jewish mysteries the jewish line of descent. the jewish migrations. the prophets. the builders of k.s.t. the recasting of the rituals. the mingling of traditions. the transmission of the new rites. the essenes and the christ. kabbalism. the spiritualization of the temple. the loss of the divine name. chapter v the greek mysteries the eleusinian mysteries. the origin of the greek mysteries. the gods of gr

cent. the jewish migrations. the prophets. the builders of k.s.t. the recasting of the rituals. the mingling of traditions. the transmission of the new rites. the essenes and the christ. kabbalism. the spiritualization of the temple. the loss of the divine name. chapter v the greek mysteries the eleusinian mysteries. the origin of the greek mysteries. the gods of greece. the officials. the lesser mysteries. the greater mysteries. the myths of the greater mysteries. the magic of the greater mysteries. the hidden mysteries. the school of pythagoras. the three degrees. other greek mysteries. chapter vi the mithraic mysteries zarathustra and mithraism. mithraism among the romans. the mithraic rites. the roman collegia. the work of king numa. the colleges and the legions. the introduction of th

of pythagoras. the three degrees. other greek mysteries. chapter vi the mithraic mysteries zarathustra and mithraism. mithraism among the romans. the mithraic rites. the roman collegia. the work of king numa. the colleges and the legions. the introduction of the jewish form. the transition to the operatives. chapter vii craft masonry in mediaeval times evolutionary methods. the withdrawal of the mysteries. the christian mysteries. the repression of the mysteries. the crossing of traditions. the two lines of descent. the culdees. celtic christianity in britain. the druidic mysteries. the holy grail. heredom. chapter viii operative masonry in the middle ages the temporary custodians. decline of the collegia. the comacini. the comacine lodges. other survivals of the collegia. the compagnonna

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s after leaving their heavenly abode. the book of jubilees adds that god sent the flood to destroy the race of sinful giants who were the offspring of these unnatural unions. see also enoch; judaism for further reading: giovetti, paola. angels. the role of celestial guardians and beings of light. transl. toby mccormick. 1989. york beach, me: samuel wiser, 1993. prophet, elizabeth clare. forbidden mysteries of enoch: fallen angels and the origins of evil. 1983. livingston, mt: summit university press, 1992. bosch, hieronymus as a result of the complicated messages of his art, bosch has often been described as a worshiper of satan, as well as a devout catholic, a psychotic madman, a na ve humorist, and a religious fanatic. even though little is known about his life, it is presumed that the p

thin air: people who disappear. north pomfret, vt: david and charles, 1979. berlitz, charles, with j.manson valentine. the bermuda triangle. garden city, ny: doubleday and company, 1974. eckert, allan w. the mystery of the lost patrol. american legion magazine (april 1962: 12 13, 39 41. edwards, frank. stranger than science. new york: lyle stuart, 1959. gaddis,vincent h. invisible horizons: true mysteries of the sea. philadelphia, pa: chilton books, 1965. keyhoe, donald e. the flying saucer conspiracy. new york: henry holt and company, 1955. kusche, larry. the bermuda triangle mystery solved. buffalo: prometheus books, 1986 .the disappearance of flight 19. new york: harper and row, 1980. sand, george x. sea mystery at our back door. fate 5, no. 7 (october 1952: 11 17. sanderson, ivan t. i

other early works and concluded that there were actually two distinct celestial falls. in the first one, some of the celestial host were ejected out of heaven as a result of rebellion. in the second one, a group of angels fell after copulating with human females. this bit of speculative theology, as well as the full texts of the relevant apocryphal books, is contained in her fascinating forbidden mysteries of enoch: fallen angels and the origins of evil. see also book of jubilees; enoch; satan;war in heaven for further reading: davidson, gustav. a dictionary of angels: including f 87 88 familiars the fallen angels. 1967. new york: free press, 1971. godwin,malcom. angels. an endangered species. new york: simon and schuster, 1990. prophet, elizabeth clare. forbidden mysteries of enoch: falle

p. b. randolph (1825 1875, is generally considered the oldest rosicrucian body.the grand lodge, that was first established in san francisco in 1861, was closed and reestablished first in boston (1871, then in san francisco (1874, and finally in philadelphia (1895. among the teachings of the order is a system of occult sexuality, that was termed eulistic, a term deriving from the greek eleusinian mysteries, believed to be mysteries of sex. a provisional grand lodge of eulis was established in tennessee, but internal problems among the members led to its closing down. randolph s teachings on occult sexuality soon became the source for the sex magick system developed by the ordo templi orientis (oto, which however was in contradiction with randolph s thought on the moral level.oto teachings

for fruit, ravenously hungry, the wind would blow the fruit away. every time, desperately thirsty, he sought water, it would evaporate. homeric mythology was adapted by the mystery religions and mixed with secret rituals so as to provide a personal dimension to religion not available in the traditional practices and beliefs. the two most important mystery religions were the orphic and eleusinian mysteries. in greek mythology, orpheus was the son of calliope, a muse, and his singing to the lyre could charm animals and even rocks and trees. when his wife eurydice died he was permitted to lead her back from hades, provided he did not turn to look at her until they had arrived safely in the upper world.he did look at her, however, and she had to return to hades. because orpheus was one of the

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efficacious and most holy sacrament, is reserved for the elect, the illuminated, the initiates of the sanctuary of the gnosis. xvii of a suggested course of experiment here is a series of operations of this art magick of the ix suggested for the use of any initiate as he begins his working. i. sex-force and sex-attraction (to ensure the regular course of these operations) ii. understanding of the mysteries of the ix and wisdom in their use (to ensure the right performance of these operations) iii. increase of the o.t.o (as a duty, and to ensure a suitable heir to the secret. this is especially important if the initiate be of the x) iv (if necessary) ease of circumstances (to ensure leisure for these operations, and to enlarge the field of choice of second parties) v. establishment of a pro

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. xlvi. system of taoism. 0 the supreme attainment[[vision of no difference] the tao or great extreme of the yi king. 1 union with god shang ti (also the tao) 2 the vision of god face to face[[vision of antinomies] the yang and khien 3 the vision of sorrow[[vision of wonder] kwan-se-on, the yin and khwan. 4 the vision of love. 5 the vision of power. 6 the vision of the harmony of things (also the mysteries of the crucifixion[[beatific vision] li 7 the vision of beauty triumphant. 8 the vision of splendour [ezekiel. 9 the vision of the machinery of the universe. 1010 the vision of the holy guardian angel or of adonai. khan 11 divination sun 12 miracles of healing, gift of tongues, knowledge of sciences sun 13 the white tincture, clairvoyance, divination by dreams kan and khwan 14 love-philt

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t possible corruption and darkness, when every civilisation and every religion had fallen into ruin, by the malice of the great sorcerer of nazareth, as some say, he is still hidden in the dust of the simoom, and we may not perceive him in his true self of glory. nevertheless, behold, o my son, this mystery. his true word was la allh, that is to say (there is) no god, and la al is that mystery of mysteries which thine own eye pierced in thine initiation. and of that truth have the illusion and falsehood enslaved the souls of men, as is written in the book of the magus. b the book of wisdom or folly 75 bf de se ipso, twi megalwi qhriwnoi, toi logwi 'aionoj cuius verbum est qelhma (of himself, the great beast, the logos of the on, whose word is thelema) my son! me seemeth in certain hours th

e yin. thus the operation of the hexagram lieth wholly within the order of our plane, uniting indeed any soul with its image, but not transcendentally, for its effect is cosmos, the vau hat springeth from the union of the yod and the h. thus is it but a glyph of that first formula, not of the others. but of all these things shalt thou thyself make study with ardent affection; for therein lie many mysteries of practical wisdom in our magick art. and this is the wonder and beauty of this work, that for every man is his own palace. yea, this is life, that the secrets of our order are not fixed and dead, as are the formulae of the outer. know that in the many thousand times that i have performed the ritual of the pentagram or the invocation of the heart girt with a serpent, or the mass of he p

trance that hath transformed me with attainment, yet without trace in mind. o my son! there is the transfiguration of glory, and there is the jewel in the lotus-flower; yea, also is many other whereof i am partaker. but this last passion, that my lady olun hath brought unto me upon this last day of the winter of the thirteenth year of the on, even as i wrote these words unto thee, is a mystery of mysteries beyond all these. oh my son, thou knowest well the perils and the profit of our path; continue thou therein. olun! marie! babalon! adsum. m liber aleph vel cxi 110 d# de nomine olun (of the name olun) our seasons, or it may be nigh five, ago, i thy father was in the city called new-orleans, and being in travail of spirit i did invoke the god that giveth wisdom, bearing the word of the al

arrow, so that thou hast a touchstone of truth, experience holding thee to reality, and to proportion. now therefore see from yet another art of heaven the absolute virtue of our law. t the book of wisdom or folly 151 et de sphinge gyptiorum (of the sphinx of the egyptians) t is now expedient that i instruct thee concerning the four powers of the sphinx, and firstly, that this most arcane of the mysteries of antiquity was never at any period the tool of the slave-gods, but a witness of horus through the dark on of osiris to his light and truth, his force and fire. thou canst by no means interpret the sphinx in terms of the formula of the slain god. this did i comprehend even when as eliphas levi zahed i walked up and down the earth, seeking a reconciliation of these antagonisms, which was

ations wrought by women in whom is no function thereof; for they are phantoms, poisonous vapours, bred of the moon in her witchcraft of blood. m the book of wisdom or folly 173 #p de viis mortis et diaboli, arcanis tou tarot fraternitatis r. c (of the paths of death and the devil, arcana of the tarot of the r.c. fraternity) t shall profit thee much, o my son, or i err, that i instruct thee in the mysteries of the paths of nun and of ayin, that in our rota are figured in the atu called death, and that called the devil. of these nun joineth the sun with venus, and is referred to scorpio in the zodiac. this path is perilous, for it seeketh the level, and may abase thee, except thou take heed unto the going. of its three modes, the scorpio destroyeth himself, as if it were a type of animal ple

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ch our knowledge; we are mocked by speech. so lewdly mocked, that all this word seems dead, a cloudy crystal blurred, though it cling closer to life fs heart than the best rhapsodies of art! olympas. yet speak! marsyas. ah, could i tell thee of these infinite things of light and love! there is the peacock; in his fan innumerable plumes of pan! oh! every plume hath countless eyes .crown of created mysteries. each holds a peacock like the first. olympas. how can this be? marsyas. the mind fs accurst. it cannot be. it is. behold, battalion on battalion rolled! there is war in heaven! the soul sings still, struck by the plectron of the will; but the mind fs dumb; its only cry the shriek of its last agony! olympas. surely it struggles. liber ccxlii 14 marsyas. bitterly! and, mark! it must be st

lot into the lap of god? then, well! olympas. ay, there is no more potent spell. through life, through death, by land and sea most surely will i follow thee. marsyas. follow thyself, not me. thou hast an holy guardian angel, bound to lead thee from thy bitter waste to the inscrutable profound that is his covenanted ground. olympas. thou who hast known these master-keys aha! 23 of all creation fs mysteries, tell me, what followed the great gust of god that blew his world to dust? marsyas. i, even i the man, became as a great sword of flashing flame. my life, informed with holiness, conscious of its own loveliness, like a well that overflows at the limit of the snows, sent its crystal stream to gladden the hearts of men, their lives to madden with the intoxicating bliss (wine mixed with myr

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the diagonal next to it ab, then the next diagonal ath, then the fourth diagonal, where is i with 8 21 (which indicates el, and we have the name. sabathiel liber lxxxiv 3 continuing the process, we get zedekiel madimiel semeliel nogahel corabiel levanael these names will be found in the pentagram and about it. these angels are the angels of the seven circles of heaven.5 these are but a few of the mysteries of this great seal sigillvm dei meth plate ii the symbolic representation of the universe 4 iii the shew-stone, a crystal which dee alleged to have been brought to him by angels, was then placed upon this table, and the principal result of the ceremonial skrying of sir edward kelly is the obtaining of the following diagrams, plates iii.-viii. he symbolized the four-dimensional universe i

f your palaces, and reigneth amongst you as the balance of righteousness and truth* collation of the various mss. of these calls has not done away with various readings; and there is not enough of the language extant to enable a settlement on general principles..ed. read here vooan in invocations of the fallen spirits. the forty-eight keys or calls 22 move therefore, and shew yourselves! open the mysteries of your creation! be friendly unto me, for i am the servant of the same your god: the true worshipper of the highest! 169 words in this english call. the second key adagita vau-pa-ahe zodonugonu fa-a-ipe salada! vi-i-vau el! sobame ial-pereji i-zoda-zodazod pi-adapehe casarema aberameji ta talabo paracaleda qo-ta lores-el-qo turebesa ooge balatohe! giui cahisa lusada oreri od micalapape

ed 19 pillars of gladness, and gave them vessels to water the earth with her creatures; and they are the brothers of the first and second, and the beginning of their own seats, which are garnished with 69,636 ever-burning lamps: whose numbers are as the first, the ends, and the contents of time. therefore come ye and obey your creation: visit us in peace and comfort: conclude us receivers of your mysteries: for why? our lord and master is the all- one [invokes: nanta; the whole tablet of earth. the angle of e of e. the princess of the echoing hills, the rose of the palace of earth] the opening of the temple in the grade of 4 =78 give the sign of thoum-aesh-neith [knock] let us adore the lord and king of fire! tetragrammaton tzabaoth! blessed be thou! the leader of armies is thy name! amen

five thunders that flew into the east. and the eagle spake and cried aloud: come away from the house of death! and they gathered themselves together and became13 (those) of whom it is measured, and it is as they are, whose* v.l .any echoing time between. the forty-eight keys or calls 32 number is 31. come away! for i have prepared (a place) for you. move therefore, and shew yourselves! unveil the mysteries of your creation. be friendly unto me, for i am the servant of the same your god: the true worshipper of the highest. the angle of e of c in the tablet of c. the princess of the waters, the lotus of the palace of the floods. the twelfth key nonuci dasonuf babaje od cahisa ob habaio tibibipe: alalare ataraahe od ef! dirix fafenu mianu ar enayo ovof! soba dooainu aai i vonupehe. zodacare

ar enayo ovof! soba dooainu aai i vonupehe. zodacare, gohusa, od zodameranu. odo cicale qaa! zodoreje, lape zodiredo noco mada, hoathahe i a i d a! o ye that range14 in the south and are as the 28 lanterns of sorrow, bind up your girdles and visit us! bring down your train 3663 (servitors, that the lord may be magnified, whose name amongst ye is wrath. move! i say, and shew yourselves! unveil the mysteries of your creation. be friendly unto me, for i am the servant of the same your god, the true worshipper of the highest. the angle of b of c in the tablet of c. the lord of the waves and the waters, the king of the hosts of the sea. the thirteenth key napeai babajehe das berinu vax ooaona larinuji vonupehe doalime: conisa olalogi oresaha das cahisa afefa. micama isaro mada od lonusahi- toxa

LIBER CLXV A MASTER OF THE TEMPLE

al and approved method, on april 2nd 1886 e. v, having only escaped becoming an april fool by delaying a day to summon up enough courage to turn out once more into this cold and uninviting world. having been oiled, smacked and allowed to live, we shall trouble no further about the details of his career until 1906, when, having reached the age of 20 years, he began to turn his attention toward the mysteries, and to investigate spiritualism, chiefly with the idea of disproving it. from this year his interest in the occult seems to date, and it was about this time that he first consciously aspired to find, and get into touch with, a true occult order. this aspiration was, as we shall see, fulfilled three years later, when he had an opportunity to become a probationer of the a\a, and immediate

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nted in equinox iii (3, the equinox of the gods. eventually all six texts were reprinted, accompanied by seven other gclass a h works which had appeared in equinox volume i, in equinox iii (9, the holy books of thelema. the task of a probationer. glet any person c h in 1912 this was modified, and as a further device for filtering out time-wasters an additional preliminary grade of gstudent of the mysteries h was instituted. students were given a list of books and told to go away and study them for three months, then had to pass an examination (open book) before they could be admitted as a probationer. two past papers, from 1913 and 1945 respectively, may be found in equinox iv (1) and remembering aleister crowley by kenneth grant (another one, similar in format but different in specifics t

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o came i to duant, the starry abode, and i heard voices crying aloud. 3. o thou that sittest upon the earth (so spake a certain veiled one to me) thou art not greater than thy mother! thou speck of dust infinitesimal! thou art the lord of glory, and the unclean dog. 4. stooping down, dipping my wings, i came unto the darklysplendid abodes. there in that formless abyss was i made a partaker of the mysteries averse. 5. i suffered the deadly embrace of the snake and of the goat; i paid the infernal homage to the shame of khem. 6. therein was this virtue, that the one became the all. 7. moreover i beheld a vision of a river. there was a little boat thereon; and in it under purple sails was a golden woman, an image of asi wrought in finest gold. also the river was of blood, and the boat of shin

, o my lord adonai, o thou abyss of sapphire! 56. i follow thee, and the waters of death fight strenu-ously against me. i pass into the waters beyond death and beyond life. 57. how shall i answer the foolish man? in no way shall he come to the identity of thee! liber cordis cincti serpente svb figvra ynda 15 58. but i am the fool that heedeth not the play of the magician. me doth the woman of the mysteries instruct in vain; i have burst the bonds of love and of power and of worship. 59. therefore is the eagle made one with the man, and the gallows of infamy dance with the fruit of the just. 60. i have descended, o my darling, into the black shining waters, and i have plucked thee forth as a black pearl of infinite preciousness. 61. i have gone down, o my god, into the abyss of the all, and

LIBER CXLVIII SOLDIER AND THE HUNCHBACK

w obscure and subtle has our simile become! can we attach any true meaning to the phrase? i doubt it, seeing what we have taken for the limits of the swing. true, it may be that the end of the swing is always 360 so that the!-point and the?-point coincide; but that is not the same thing as having no swing at all, unless we make kinematics identical with statics. what is to be done? how shall such mysteries be uttered? is this how it is that the true path of the wise is said to lie in a totally different plane from all his advance in the path of knowledge, and of trance? we have already been obliged to take the fourth dimension to illustrate (if not explain) the nature of samadhi. the soldier and the hunchback 15 ah, say the adepts, samadhi is not the end, but the beginning. you must regard

LIBER CXX

closing of the temple is observable on all occasions. any other ceremony, such as evocation, invocation, initiation and all secret rituals, should be performed when the temple is "open. also, in the case of initiations their birth, death, and marriage (with such additional rituals as may be taught) should take place actually in an open temple. followeth the ceremony of admitting a neophyte to the mysteries, which is to be performed upon him before he is admitted to an ordeal] the ritual called "passing through the tuat (the officers are three in number, invisible are ta-nech for nuit, bes-n-maut for hadit. thence cometh forth visable, the lowest point of the red triangle of our order, ankh-f-n-khonsu for ra- hoor-khuit. the ceremony is to join the candidate, or ego, with him. the officer i

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ergy. sammavayamo.which gives alike the desire to perform more definitely and exclusively the great work, and the capacity to achieve success. it is in any case remarkable that i was born in october (1875; suffered the terrible mystic trance which turned me toward the path in october (1896; applied for admission to g d in october (1898; opened my temple at boleskine in october (1899; received the mysteries of l.i.l. in october (1900; and obtained the grade of 6= 5; obtained the first true mystic results in october (1901; first landed in egypt in october (1902; landed again in egypt in october (1903; first parted from rose in october (1904; wrote the b.-i-m.1 in october (1905, and obtained 1 [i.e. the bagh-i-muattar, also known as the scented garden of abdullah the satirist of shiraz. t.s]

er of the visible triad that is crossed with the invisible. behold the hexagram of solomon the king! all this the hiereus seals with a knock and at the hegemon fs new summons he.to his surprise.finds himself as the hanged man of the tarot. each point of the figure thus formed they crown with light, until he glitters with the flame of the spirit. thus and not otherwise is he made a partaker of the mysteries, and the lightning flash strikes him. the lord hath descended from heaven with a shout and with the voice of the archangel, and the trump of god. he is installed in the throne of the double kingdom, and he wields the wand of double power by the sings of the grade. he is recognized an initiate, and the word of secret power, and the silent administration of the sacrament of sword and flame

ically sealed by the thirty voices, and the word that vibrateth from the silence to the speech, and from the speech again unto the silence. then the pyramid is sealed up, even as it was opened; yet in the sealing thereof the three men partake in a certain mystical manner of the eucharist of the four elements that are consumed for the perfection of the oil. konx om pax [with these mystic words the mysteries eleusinian were sealed..ed] 10.00. having written out this explanation, i will read it through and meditate solemnly thereupon. all this i wrote in the might of the secret ring committed unto me by the masters; so that all might be absolutely correct. one thing strikes me as worthy of mention. last night when i went into the restaurant to speak to roland, my liber dccclx 34 distaste for

john st. john 41 assuredly drink blood for the sacrament.ah! now i see it all so well! the initiator must kill him, osiris; he must rise again as horus and kill the initiator, taking his place in the ceremony thence to the end. a bit awkward technically, but .twill yield to science. they did it of old by a certain lake in italy!1 well, all this is dog-faced demon, ever seducing me from the sacred mysteries. i can.t go out and kill anybody at this time o.night! we might make a start, though, with a little scourging, torturing, and branding by fire. anything for a quiet life! 11.0. but scourging oneself is not easy with a robe on; and though one could take it off, there is this point to be considered: that one can never (except by a regrettable accident) hurt oneself more than one wants to

be taking new and terrible oaths! yet why should tahuti be so kind to me, and asar un-nefer so unkind? the answer comes direct from tahuti himself: because 1 [see .the symbolic representation of the universe. in equinox i (8] liber dccclx 74 you have learned to write perfectly, but have not yet taught yourself to suffer. true enough, the last part! asar un-nefer, thou perfected one, teach me thy mysteries! let my members be torn by set and devoured by sebek and typhon! let my blood be poured out upon nile, and my flesh be given to besz to devour! let my phallus be concealed in the maw of mati, and my crown be divided among my brethren! let the jaws of apep grind me into poison! let the sea of poison swallow me wholly up! let asi my mother rend her robes in anguish, and nepti weep for me u

LIBER DCCCXI ENERGIZED ENTHUSIASM

ascivious eyes; either would be fatal to all the good already done. it is presumably better to wait until all present are greatly exalted before risking a profanation. it is not desirable, in my opinion, that the ordinary worshippers should celebrate in public. the sacrifice should be single. whether or no. xv thus far had i written when the distinguished poet, whose conversation with me upon the mysteries had incited me to jot down these few rough notes, knocked at my door. i told him that i was at work on the ideas suggested by him, and that.well, i was rather stuck. he asked permission to glance at the ms (for he reads english fluently, though speaking but a few words, and having done so, kindled and said: gif you come with me now, we will finish your essay. h glad enough of any excuse

ion of the city near which it took place. i am willing to indicate to initiates of the rose croix degree of masonry under proper charter from the genuine authorities (for there are spurious masons working under a forged charter) the address of a person willing to consider their fitness to affiliate to a chapter practicing similar rites. xvi i consider it supererogatory to continue my essay on the mysteries and my analysis of energized enthusiasm. energized enthusiasm 23 [the following appeared in crowley fs editorial to equinox i (10; the bulk of it is crowley quoting g.r.s. mead quoting from de vita contemplativa by philo of alexandria, a hellenized jewish writer of the first century e.v. t.s] with regard to the article in no. 9, genergized enthusiasm, h a circumstance of exceptional inte

LIBER DCLXXI VEL PYRAMIDOS

t knee with the light. i gild my right foot with the light. i gild my left knee with the light. i gild my phallus with the light. i gild mine elbow with the light. i gild my navel with the light. i gild my heart wedge with the light. i gild my black throat with the light. i gild my forehead with the light. i gild my phallus with the light. the three-fold star cross-crowned, i rise partaker of the mysteries. rising in sign mulier asar un-nefer! i am thine waiting thy glory in the shrine, thy bride, thy virgin, ah my lord! smite through the spirit with thy sword asar un-nefer! rise in me the chosen catamite of thee come! o come now! i wait, i wait patient-impatient, slave of fate bought by thy glance. come now, come now vel pyramidos 11 touch and inform this burning brow. asar un-nefer! in t

LIBER LVII

m the profane; how splendid its secrets to the initiate! verily and amen! yet here we are at the old dilemma, that one must know truth before one can rely upon the qabalah to show truth. like the immortal burglar. bill wouldn.t hurt a baby.he.s a pal as you can trust. he.s all right when yer know .im; but yer.ve got to know .im fust. so those who have committed themselves to academic study of its mysteries have found but a dry stick: those who have understood (favoured of god) have found therein aaron.s rod that budded, the staff of life itself, yea, the venerable lingam of mahasiva! it is for us to trace the researches of frater p. in the qabalah, to show how from this storehouse of child.s puzzles, of contradictions and incongruities, of paradoxes and trivialities, he discovered the very

LIBER LXVII THE SWORD OF SONG

t. for he was no persuaded that he himself was the first beast, and would ask the sceptic to count his seven heads and ten horns. the heads, however, rarely totted up accurately. at this point the accounts of mr. turle and mathilde diverge slightly. the cleric affirms that he was induced by a tartar lady, of an honourable and ancient profession, to accompany her to tibet .to be initiated into the mysteries. he was, of course, robbed and murdered with due punctuality, in the town of kiev. mathilde.s story is that he travelled to kiev on the original quest, and died of typhoid or cholera. in any case, he died at kiev in 1839. this fixes the date of the child.s birth at 1837. his faithful nurse conveyed him safely to england, where his relatives provided for his maintenance and education. wit

an idea of the progression of diabolism as it really is, not as it is painted. note also (1) the increase of selfishness in pleasure (2) the diminution of his sensibility to physical charms. pure and sane is his early work; then he is carried into the outer current of the great vortex of sin, and whirls lazilky though the sleepy waters of mere sensualism; the pace quickens, he grows fierce in the mysteries of sapphism and the cult of venus aversa with women; later of the same forms of vice with men, all mingled with wild talk of religious dogma and a general exaltation of priapism at the expense, in particular, of christianity, in which religion, however, he is undoubtedly a believer till the last (the pious will quote james ii. 19, and the infidel will observe that he died in an asylum; t

sa with women; later of the same forms of vice with men, all mingled with wild talk of religious dogma and a general exaltation of priapism at the expense, in particular, of christianity, in which religion, however, he is undoubtedly a believer till the last (the pious will quote james ii. 19, and the infidel will observe that he died in an asylum; then the full swing of the tide catches him, the mysteries of death become more and more an obsession, and he is flung headlong into sadism, necrophilia, 56 the sword of song all the maddest, fiercest vices that the mind of fiends ever brought up from the pit. but always to the very end his power is unexhausted, immense, terrible. his delerium does not amuse; it appals! a man who could conceive as he did must himself have had some glorious chord

nd tyndall have prophesied this before i was born; sometimes in vague language, once or twice clearly enough; to me it is a source of the utmost concern that their successors should not always see eye to eye with them in this respect. professor ray lankester, in crushing the unhappy theists of the recent times controversy, does not hesitate to say that science can never throw any light on certain mysteries. even the theist is justified in retorting that science, if this be so, may as well be discarded; for these are problems which must ever intrude upon the human mind.upon the mind of the scientist most of all. to dismiss them by an act of will is at once heroic and puerile: courage is as necessary to progress as any quality that we possess; and as courage is in either case required, the c

ur intellectual assent. but i assert my strong conviction that ere long we shall have done enough of what is after all the schoolmaster work of correcting the inky and ill-spelt exercises of the theological dunces in that great class-room, the world; and found a little peace.while they play.in the intimate solitude of the laboratory and the passionless rapture of research.research into those very mysteries of nature which our dunces have solved by a rule of thumb; determining the nature of a bee by stamping on it, and shouting .bee; while we patiently set to work with microscopes, and say nothing till be know, nor more than need be when we do. but i am myself found guilty of this r le of schoolmaster: i will now therefore shut the doors and retire again into the laboratory where my true li

LIBER SAMEKH

6. thou art ia-besz2( gthe truth in matter h. 7. thou art ia-apophrasz3( gthe truth in motion h. 8. thou hast distinguished between the just and the unjust. 9. thou didst make the female and the male. 10. thou didst produce the seed and the fruit. 11. thou didst form men to love one another and to hate one another. section aa. 1. i am ankh-f-n-khonsu4 thy prophet, unto whom thou didst commit thy mysteries, the ceremonies of khem.5 2. thou didst produce the moist and the dry, and that which nourisheth all created life. 3. hear thou me, for i am the angel of ptah-apophrasz-ra6 (vide the rubric: this is thy true name, handed down to the prophets of khem. liber samekh svb figvra dccc 4 section b. air hear me. ar g o breathing, flowing sun! h thiaf*7 g o sun iaf! o lion-serpent sun the beast t

tatic, h rather than ggentle, h etc. as in the present text. liber samekh svb figvra dccc 26 a kiss, a guffaw, and a bellow; he that hath ears to hear, let him hear! take ten that by one, and one that is one in three, to conceal them in six!27 the wand to all cups, and thy disk to all swords, but betray not thine egg! moreover also is iaf verily 666 by virtue of number;28 and this is a mystery of mysteries; who knoweth it, he is adept of adepts, and mighty among magicians! now this word sabaf, being by number threescore and ten* is a name of ayin, the eye, and gthe devil h our lord, and the goat of mendes. he is the lord of the sabbath of the adepts, and is satan, therefore also the sun, whose number of magick is 666, the seal of his servant the beast.29 but sa is 61, ain, the naught of nu

hell, the unluminous, dead flame, until that body from the crucible hath passed, pure gold! for, from the confines of material space, the twilight-moving place, the gates of matter, and the dark threshold, before the faces of the things that dwell in the abodes of night, spring into sight demons dog-faced, that show no mortal sign of truth, but desecrate the light divine, seducing from the sacred mysteries. but, after all these folk of fear are driven before the avenging levin that rives the opening skies, behold that formless and that holy flame that hath no name; the fire that darts and flashes, writhes and creeps snake-wise in royal robe, wound round that vanished glory of the globe, unto that sky beyond the starry deeps, beyond the toils of time.then formulate in thine own mind, lumino

en that is as yet ignorant of the name, let him repeat a word worthy of this particular ritual. such are abrahadabra, the word of the aon, which signifieth gthe great work accomplished h; and aumgn, already interpreted in this book* and the name of the beast, for that his number showeth forth this union with the angel, and his work is no other than to make all men partakers of this mystery of the mysteries of magick. so then, saying this word or that, let the adept wrestle with his angel and withstand him,34 that he may constrain him to consent to continue in communication until the consciousness becomes capable of clear comprehension, and of accurate transmission of the transcendent truth of the beloved to the heart that holds him* the essence of this matter is that the word aum, which ex

ttgart: teubner, 1973. regardie, francis israel: ceremonial magic. wellingborough: aquarian, 1980 (ed) the golden dawn (full title: the teachings, rites and ceremonies of the hermetic order of the golden dawn (4 vols) chicago: aries press, 1937-1940; 6th edition in one volume, st. paul, minnesota: llewellyn, 1989. waite, arthur edward: the book of black magic and of pacts, including the rites and mysteries of goetic theurgy, sorcery and infernal necromancy. london: 1898. second edition as the book of ceremonial magic, london: rider, 1911; reprinted new hyde park, ny: university books, 1961; secaucus, nj: citadel, 1973; ware, herts: wordsworth editions, 1995 (as the wordsworth book of spells. 51 endnotes liber samekh 1 the goetia version of the invocation has gosorronophris h( fosoronnwfrij

LIBER XXXIII AN ACCOUNT OF AA

of madame de steiger, which they have freely quoted] it is necessary, my dear brothers, to give you a clear idea of the interior order; of that illuminated community which is scattered throughout the world, but which is governed by one truth and united in one spirit. this community possesses a school, in which all who thirst for knowledge are instructed by the spirit of wisdom itself; and all the mysteries of nature are preserved in this school for the children of light. perfect knowledge of nature and of humanity is taught in this school. it is from her that all truths penetrate into the world; she is the school of all who search for wisdom, and it is in this community alone that truth and the explantation of all mystery are to be found. it is the most hidden of communities, yet it contai

can teach another to seek for it; but only he who is fit can arrive within. unprepared men occasion disorder in a community, and disorder is not compatible with the sanctuary. thus it is impossible to profane the sanctuary, since admission is not formal but real. 6 liber xxxiii worldly intelligence seeks this sanctuary in vain; fruitless also will be the efforts of malice to penetrate these great mysteries; all is indecipherable to him who is not ripe; he can see nothing, read nothing in the interior. he who is fit is joined to the chain, perhaps often where he though least likely, and at a point of which he knew nothing himself. to become fit should be the sole effort of him who seeks wisdom. but there are methods by which fitness is attained, for in this holy communion is the primitive s

in the interior. he who is fit is joined to the chain, perhaps often where he though least likely, and at a point of which he knew nothing himself. to become fit should be the sole effort of him who seeks wisdom. but there are methods by which fitness is attained, for in this holy communion is the primitive storehouse of the most ancient and original science of the human race, with the primitive mysteries also of all science. it is the unique and really illuminated community which is absolutely in possession of the key to all mystery, which knows the centre and source of all nature. it is a society which unites superior strength to its own, and counts its members from more than one world. it is the society whose members form the republic of genius, the regent mother of the whole world [th

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

is the one who knows of the existence of this cauldron, and he tells thor about it in what the poet calls a ggreat loving counsel, h which is stanza 5 of the poem: there dwells east of the elivagar exceedingly wise hymir, at the edge of heaven. my father, the powerful one, owns a kettle, a huge pot, a league deep. hymir is indeed a giant, and how ty lr got a giant for a father is one of the true mysteries of this mythology. the identity of his mother also poses a problem. she is mentioned in stanza 8: the son met the mother, much loathsome to him, she had nine hundred heads. another still went forth, all in gold, white about the brows, to bear beer to her son. is ty lr fs mother the loathsome multiheaded creature or the golden one bearing beer? neither possibility is attractive. if the mo

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cle of mind. to this fractional extent we can control the content of memory. faults made habitual become our idioms and style. nothing easy has much new substance or growth. the eternal alternations compel our untruth, unless we re-orientate. to feel and to understand are an equation. the main premise of religion is the demanding of complete acceptance..1 e..1' 5! u. e- e..1..q k..1 abstracts and mysteries of life. as proof, it is asserted that god, or cause, being so miraculous in its/his workings as to be beyond comprehension, over-rides all bafflement at contradictions and incongruities. i admit: nature has accomplished the impossible. has she not created man? if you can so delude yourself, and stomach this stuff, it* 6. 9( x..q..q, e o..1. x z..1. than non-belief, and gives something

LUCIFERIAN INITIATION VIA NOCTURNE

e initiate is actually calling down the essence of the serpentine mind, the luciferian core of the self as a background for the sabbatic initiation. each small part manifests as a whole in the end. the initial ceremony should be a banishing ritual, and before a bath to cleanse the body for the actual initiation. anoint with oil, incense within the temple to allow the mind entrance into the astral mysteries. by closing your eyes and focusing on a small dot which slowly becomes a torch, imagine the light growing closer and closer. a great black shape draws near you holding the torch, the figure of black has the sounds of goats around him, a great and strange musick may be heard as he appears before you. greet this figure: by the torch of azazel, brought to man and woman, hearken and appear t

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dead, there is a path, from which the wise seek the light, and from the darkness nourish their shades in the dream. this path is born of the goddess of the caves, from which the serpents slither this path is born of the blacksmith who forges the illuminated light of azazel and speaks through the blood of his kin, this is forever a path of fence walking, from which one shall be revealed the great mysteries, spoken in the wind. this is forever a path, from which lilith emerges in the fire of the sabbat, and lucifer emerges as the sun. through the art of sorcery shall the winding path be shown, the sheet of burial shall we be wrapped in, to guide us from the ancient burial of egypt and the waking in the dream of the desert and forest through the art of magick shall we all be elevated towards

mankind. lucifer is known in the witches sabbat covens as the egyptian god set, the lord of storms and chaos and the bearer of the black flame. thus, lucifer revealed, is the initiator by fire and the creator of the left hand path. lucifer, as being the shadow form of our imagination, thus shaitan the adversary, gives us the ability to open the gates of self-initiation through the witches sabbat mysteries. 4 we are required to have the individual love of self, strength and determination to pass through the long winding path of the sorcerer. our goal is to become and achieve through the process of self-deification and self-transformation through this luciferian gnosis. shaitan, as it is called is lucifer the fallen angel. lucifer fell from his desire to be separate from the consciousness o

n the creation of the daemon servitor zarabanda one consecrates the area of the nganga or spirit pot with the sigil of this spirit traced in flour on the floor. this activates the area of neither-neither from which the sorcerer walks between the worlds of dream (nightside) and waking (dayside "by the rights of pleasure may flesh procreate from within. mother of the sabbath, lilith i awaken to the mysteries of our craft. i dedicate my being to the path from which my blood dictates. by the mysteries of the goat and the serpent i come to thee. i walk now the witches sabbat path, reborn under the luciferic shadows and promethean light! cain, wanderer of the desert dawn, embraces now my way, which is our way, that thy mysteries are revealed through dedication! shaitan asmodeus belial lilith hec

of sorcery and magick. written by michael ford, the book of the witch moon and yatuk dinoih are considered dangerous tomes of sorcery which both offer a direct gnosis for the individual, while considering they are of stable mind. another avenue of doctrine if you will is based on luciferian magick, which is the modeling of 15 spirit by that of the opposer, the bringer of light. the witches sabbat mysteries as they are essential separated into two specific areas of workings. the right side of the path is the magickal path that is the holy aspects of ones personal development. he/she will seek to expand consciousness and gain the attainment of his/her holy guardian angel, the true will or direction of life in which you shall journey. this is also the path of healing, of perfecting the self i

ck (astral projection and development of the psyche. the right hand path seeks to align the individual with the flowing stream of nature, to align the self with the avenue of god or the creative force itself. this form may be defined or named as lucifer, as the eldest angel of the creative source who has journeyed through both paths. the left side of the path is that of sorcery/witchcraft and the mysteries of astral vampirism. this is the area of which the individual who seek the control of the self and the exterior through sorcery and goetic black magick, more properly, the left hand path. the lhp is defined as a system that is relative, and realistic towards the inner or deep desire within humans to be free, independent and strong. to seek knowledge, wisdom and areas of personal growth a

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s very much like a call of the blood, it whispers on the webs of dreams from which you are slowly lifted up to the stag, naked and awake through the eyes of lilith and asmodeus. the awakening and dedication chant (performed by candlelight indoors or out. if outdoors, cast your circle in flour "by the rights of pleasure may flesh procreate from within. mother of the sabbath, lilith i awaken to the mysteries of our craft. i dedicate my being to the path from which my blood dictates. by the mysteries of the goat and the serpent i come to thee. i walk now the sabbatic path, reborn under the luciferic shadows and promethean light! cain, wanderer of the desert dawn, embrace now my way which is our way, that thy mysteries are revealed through dedication! shaitan asmodeus belial lilith hecate eko

LUCIFERIAN WITCHCRAFT THE MYSTERY REVEALED

e dead, there is a path from which the wise seek the light, and from the darkness nourish their shades in the dream. this path is born of the goddess of the caves, from which the serpents slither this path is born of the blacksmith who forges the illuminated light of azazel and speaks through the blood of his kin, this is forever a path of fence walking, from which one shall be revealed the great mysteries, spoken in the wind. this is forever a path from which lilith emerges in the fire of the sabbat, and lucifer emerges as the sun. through the art of sorcery shall the winding path be shown, through the art of magick shall we all be elevated towards the light. the luciferian witchcraft tradition in relation to one particular group of individuals announces a specific development of the cunn

nd the luciferic witchcraft tradition developed by the coven. taken from elements of gardnerian and medieval witchcraft, influences of thelemic magick, austin osman spare, chaos sorcery and other avenues, toph intend to move magickal initiation into new areas of science and folklore. this is the primary tool of the order, working with phi brainwave patterns to control ones own initiation into the mysteries. systems are very important to the order, and its works. while some may find interest in the witchcraft tradition developed within toph, some may find especial interest in the medieval black magick systems worked with through the group. finding a strength and beauty in the left hand path allows a balanced and positive ascent into the high mysteries of the goddess and god forms from which

ft with the dark and shadow elements of sorcery and magick. written by michael ford, the book of the witch moon is a dangerous tome of black magick that offers a direct gnosis for the individual, while considering they are of stable mind. another avenue of doctrine if you will is based on luciferian magick, which is the modeling of spirit by that of the opposer, the bringer of light. the sabbatic mysteries as they are essential separated into two specific areas of workings. the right side of the path is the magickal path that is the holy aspects of ones personal development. he/she will seek to expand consciousness and gain the attainment of his/her holy guardian angel, the true will or direction of life in which you shall journey. this is also the path of healing, of perfecting the self i

ck (astral projection and development of the psyche. the right hand path seeks to align the individual with the flowing stream of nature, to align the self with the avenue of god or the creative force itself. this form may be defined or named as lucifer, as the eldest angel of the creative source who has journeyed through both paths. the left side of the path is that of sorcery/witchcraft and the mysteries of astral vampirism. this is the area of which the individual who seek the control of the self and the exterior through sorcery and goetic black magick, more properly, the left hand path. the lhp is defined as a system that is relative, and realistic towards the inner or deep desire within humans to be free, independent and strong. to seek knowledge, wisdom and areas of personal growth a

MACNULTY W KIRK KABBALAH AND FREEMASONRY

theaters, pyramids, monuments, bridges, walls, pillars, courts, halls, fortifications, and labyrinths, with the famous light-house of pharos and colossus at rhodes, and many other wonderful works performed by the architects, to the great satisfaction of the readers and edification of free-masons" the paragraph includes a footnote which "quere(s, whether such histories are of any use in the secret mysteries of the craft."30 in suggesting that discussions about the building of physical structures do not relate to the real business of free-masonry, dermott introduces a distinction between the "mysteries of the craft" and operative masonry. after a long digression which denigrates authors of masonic exposures, dermott returns to the subject of masonry: certain it is. that free-masonry has been

temple (and not before) it received the name free-masonry, because the masons at jerusalem and tyre were the greatest cabalists then in the world; that the mystery has been, for the most part, practised amongst builders since solomon's time. this paragraph also includes a footnote which defines "cabalists" as "people skilled in the cabala i.e. tradition, their secret science of expounding divine mysteries &c."31 writing some fifty years later, in 1807 shortly before the union of the grand lodges, thomas harper, then the deputy grand master of the antients, published the seventh edition of ahiman rezon. the title page proclaimed it to be "revised and corrected" the introduction had been rewritten and derogatory material had been removed, but the two sections cited above (including the refe

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ance suffer a -1 penalty. the dc to dispel evocation or transmutation effects from a shadow weave item is 11+ the reduced caster level. in general, shadow weave users do not bother to create items that include evocation or transmutation effects. shadow weave items cannot generate effects with the light designator. shadow weave items can pose a serious danger to users who are not familiar with the mysteries of the shadow weave. activating a shadow weave item through spell completion, spell trigger, or command word deals 1d4 points of temporary wisdom damage to the user unless the user has the shadow weave magic feat. a use-activated shadow weave item deals 1 point of temporary wisdom damage the first time it is used each day unless the user has the shadow weave magic feat. if the item funct

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

, all of the black and white illustrations are included here. note that many of the graphics had to be quite large because of the amount of detail, so i have thumbnailed every image in the book. in the book all of the illustration captions are in italics; i have reversed this in the etext for legibility--john bruno hare, june 11, 2004. title page preface table of contents introduction the ancient mysteries and secret societies which have influenced modern masonic symbolism the ancient mysteries and secret societies, part two the ancient mysteries and secret societies, part three atlantis and the gods of antiquity the life and teachings of thoth hermes trismegistus the initiation of the pyramid isis, the virgin of the world the sun, a universal deity the zodiac and its signs the bembine tab

: part one the theory and practice of alchemy: part two the hermetic and alchemical figures of claudius de dominico celentano vallis novi the chemical marriage bacon, shakspere, and the rosicrucians the cryptogram as a factor in symbolic philosophy freemasonic symbolism mystic christianity the cross and the crucifixion the mystery of the apocalypse the faith of islam american indian symbolism the mysteries and their emissaries conclusion the secret teachings of all ages an encyclopedic outline of masonic, hermetic, qabbalistic and rosicrucian symbolical philosophy being an interpretation of the secret teachings concealed within the rituals, allegories, and mysteries of all ages by manly p. hall san francisco printed for manly p. hall by h.s. crocker company, incorporated mcmxxviii [1928, n

d to me a multitude of friends whom otherwise i might never have known. and so, in the words of john bunyan: i penned it down, until at last it came to be, for length and breadth, the bigness which you see. manly p. hall. los angeles, california may 28,1928 next: table of contents p. 7 table of contents dedication 3 preface 5 color plates 9 illustrations in the text 11 introduction 12 the ancient mysteries and secret societies which have influenced modern masonic symbolism ancient systems of education--celsus concerning the christians--knowledge necessary to right living--the druidic mysteries of britain and gaul--the rites of mithras--the mithraic and christian mysteries contrasted. 21 the ancient mysteries and secret societies, part ii the gnostic mysteries--simon magus and basilides--ab

influenced modern masonic symbolism ancient systems of education--celsus concerning the christians--knowledge necessary to right living--the druidic mysteries of britain and gaul--the rites of mithras--the mithraic and christian mysteries contrasted. 21 the ancient mysteries and secret societies, part ii the gnostic mysteries--simon magus and basilides--abraxas, the gnostic concept of deity--the mysteries of serapis--labyrinth symbolism--the odinic, or gothic, mysteries. 25 the ancient mysteries and secret societies, part iii the eleusinian mysteries--the lesser rites--the greater rites--the orphic mysteries- the bacchic mysteries--the dionysiac mysteries. 29 atlantis and the gods of antiquity plato's atlantis in the light of modern science-the myth of the dying god-the rite of tammuz and

serapis--labyrinth symbolism--the odinic, or gothic, mysteries. 25 the ancient mysteries and secret societies, part iii the eleusinian mysteries--the lesser rites--the greater rites--the orphic mysteries- the bacchic mysteries--the dionysiac mysteries. 29 atlantis and the gods of antiquity plato's atlantis in the light of modern science-the myth of the dying god-the rite of tammuz and ishtar--the mysteries of atys and adonis-the rites of sabazius--the cabiric mysteries of samothrace. 33 the life and writings of thoth hermes trismegistus suppositions concerning identity of hermes--the mutilated hermetic fragments--the book of thoth--poimandres, the vision of hermes--the mystery of universal mind- the seven governors of the world. 37 the initiation of the pyramid the opening of the great pyr

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original order of the golden dawn was the "stella matutina" this offshoot attracted such minds as a. e. waite, evelyn underhill, and charles williams to its ranks. however, in magical circles, it is chiefly the names of aleister crowley and dion fortune that are best remembered as members of these mysterious schools, both, like yeats before them, deeply involved with the reconstruction of the old mysteries, and the return to the elder gods. the researches of freud, but especially jung, had provided part of a link with the past via the image-magic of trithemius and bruno. the rest of the link was supplied by the magical dictum publicly propounded by dion fortune herself, that in essence all gods are one god, and all goddesses but one goddess; that the varying pantheons and hierarchies are b

acing west across it, replace the photograph in the altar triangle. pause for a minute or two at this point; all present should maintain a strict silence. then carefully place your necromantic incense within your thurible, and when it is fuming well, repeat the words of the grand citation, striking the photograph gently with the end of your wand at the completion of each line as you do so. by the mysteries of the deep [strike, by the flames of banal [strike, by the power of the east [strike, and by the silence of the night [strike, by the holy rites of hecate [strike, i conjure and exorcise thee, spirit [name [strike, to present thyself here [strike] and answer truly our demands [strike. so mote it be [strike (the "hecate" invoked here is the classical greek goddess of witchcraft. she is t

ter of the amount you would regularly eat, as it is a symbolic gesture only: the dead are very light eaters! you should allow sufficient time for the first half of the operation in order to reach this point just as midnight arrives. as the hour strikes, approach the portrait, backwards as always, slowly unveil it, and mentally repeat the necromantic grand citation to yourself as you do so: by the mysteries of the deep, by the flames of banal, by the power of the east, by the silence of the night, and by the holy rites of hecate, i call thee by the ties of love, spirit of [name of deceased] to break thy eternal fast with me. so mote it be! then, after replenishing the incense, move backwards clockwise round the table to your seat and begin to eat your portion of your supper. as you do this

men" the initials of which phrase in latin spell the name backwards: templi omnium hominum pacis abbas; or by others as a corruption of bathos metis "purification by wisdom" however, many witches take it to refer to "the stone of buffo" buffo being an ancient name for the island of cyprus where legend has it the greek love goddess aphrodite was born; from whence also certain of the feminine witch mysteries were said to have emanated. which brings me to my second consideration, namely, the titles bestowed upon female witch leader whether she be designated high priestess or queen of the sabbat. among the lady's titles are: andred. witch goddess name coming from the forest of weald in england. bensozia. twelfth-century french name for the goddess, meaning doubtful. nocticula. similar twelfth

rst process, which is performed robed, uses the device of ceremonial purifications of fire, air, earth, and water. however, the second, performed naked, makes use of that of scourging, or flagellation, likewise as a symbol of purification. i am bound to add, however, many tradition-minded witches feel that this second method, though peculiar to certain aspects of later roman versions of the greek mysteries, seems to be more bound up with english "public school" and "spankers' club" traditions than any inherent in the craft itself. to be beaten, whether symbolically or in actuality, does not by any means arouse in everyone the same feelings of glowing inner cleanliness or spiritual toneup that it apparently did for a nordic warrior, cloistered medieval monk, english public school boy, or sk

MATHERS MACGREGOR THE GREATER KEY OF SOLOMON VOL 1

" and "court" cards athame witches' black-hilted knife averse black, or evil, usually applied to magical processes b baculum witches' rod, staff, wand, or "broomstick" used in divination and certain fertility spells balefire ritual coven fire ban to curse bane poisonous or destructive thinorthe greater key of solomon including a clear and precise exposition of king solomon s secret procedure, its mysteries and magic rites, original plates, seals, charms and talismans. translated from ancient manuscripts in the british museum, london. by s. liddell macgregor mathers 1999 emperor norton books cincinnati, ohio f a f a editor s note. the text of this electronic edition of the greater key of solomon was taken from the american edition of 1916 published by l.w. delaurence. it substantially dupli

alone may open the knowledge and understanding of magical arts and sciences. therefore, o my son! thou mayest see every experiment of mine or of others, and let everything be properly prepared for them, as thou shalt see properly set down by me, both day and hour, and all things necessary; for without this there will be but falsehood and vanity in this my work; wherein are hidden all secrets and mysteries which can be performed; and that which is (set down) concerning a single divination or a single experiment, that same i think concerning all things which are in the universe, and which have been, and which shall be in future time. therefore, o my son roboam, i command thee by the blessing which thou expectest from thy father, that thou shall make an ivory casket, and therein place, keep

is eyes to heaven, shall say: o lord, be thou unto me a strong tower of refuge, from the sight and assaults of the evil spirits. after which let him turn again towards the four quarters of the earth, and towards each let him utter the following words: behold the symbols and names of the creator, which give unto ye forever terror and fear. obey then, by the virtue of these holy names, and by these mysteries of mysteries. after this he shall see the spirits come from every side. but in case they are occupied in some other place, or that they cannot come, or that they are unwilling to come: then let him commence afresh to invoke them after the following manner, and let the exorcist be assured that even were they bound with chains of iron, and with fire, they could not refrain from coming to a

ate from his countenance, and which are before his face; by the angelical powers which are in the heavens, and by the most great wisdom of almighty god; by the seal of david, by the ring and seal of solomon, which was revealed unto him by the most high and sovereign creator; and by the nine medals or pentacles, which we have among our symbols, which proceed and come from heaven, and are among the mysteries of mysteries or secrets of secrets, which you can also behold in my hand, consecrated and exorcised with the due and requisite ceremonies. by these, then, and by all the secrets which the almighty encloseth in the treasures of the sovereign and highest wisdom, by his hand, and by his marvellous power; i conjure, force, and exorcise ye that ye come without delay to perform in our presence

ed that great judgment of god, when dathan and abiram were swallowed up in the centre of the earth. otherwise, if ye contravene and resist us by your disobedience unto the virtue and power of this name yiai, we curse ye even unto the depth of the great abyss, into the which we shall cast, hurl, and bind ye, if ye show yourselves rebellious against the secret of secrets, and against the mystery of mysteries. amen, amen. fiat, fiat. this conjuration thou shalt say and perform, turning thyself unto the east, and if they appear not, thou shalt repeat it unto the spirits, turning unto the south, the west, and the north, in succession, when thou wilt have repeated it four times. and if they appear not even then, thou shalt make the sign of tau upon the foreheads of thy companions, and thou shalt

MATHERS MACGREGOR THE LESSER KEY OF SOLOMON LEMEGETON VOL 1

that didst create the darkness and the light. thou art osorronophris: whom no man has seen at any time. thou art j bas thou art j pos: thou hast distinguished between the just and the unjust. thou didst make the female and the male. thou didst produce the seed and the fruit. thou didst form men to love one another, and to hate one another. i am mosheh thy prophet, unto whom thou didst commit thy mysteries, the ceremonies of ishrael: thou didst produce the moist and the dry, and that which nourisheth all created life. hear thou me, for i am the angel of paphro osorronophris: this is thy true name, handed down to the prophets of ishrael. hear me, ar: thiao: rheibet: atheleberseth: a: blatha: abeu: ebeu: phi: thitasoe: ib: thiao. hear me, and make all spirits subject unto me: so that every s

ouses, and what spirits belong to every degree of the signs, and planets in the signs. called the pauline art (4) the fourth part is a book called the almadel of solomon, which contains twenty chief spirits who govern the four altitudes, or the 360 degrees of the zodiac. these two last orders of spirits are good, and called theurgia, and are to be sought after by divine seeking. these most sacred mysteries were revealed unto solomon. now in this book lemegeton is contained the whole art of king solomon. and although there be many other books that are said to be his, yet none is to be compared hereunto, for this containeth them all. though there be titles with several other names of the book, as the book helisol, which is the very same with this last book of lemegeton called ars nova or ars

MEANING OF MASONRY

written with a view toward promoting a deeper understanding of the fraternity, and this goal has been achieved. the ideals of the masonic fraternity have a wide appeal to the best instincts of men, and the craft has become one of the greatest social institutions in the world. in this new aquarian age, when many individuals and groups are working in various ways for the eventual restoration of the mysteries, an increasing number of aspirants are beginning to recognize that freemasonry may well be the vehicle for this achievement. we have here a sincere effort by a learned and earnest brother to point to the source of masonic light in elegant, and at times profound, language. they who look with him may enjoy the same felicity. the great value of this book is that it was written by one who se

symbolism. to complete the consideration of the craft the system it was necessary also to add a chapter upon that which forms the crown and culmination of the order craft degrees and without which they would be imperfect--the order of the royal arch. lastly a chapter has been added upon the important subject which forms the background of the rest--the relationship of modern masonry to the ancient mysteries, from which it is the direct, though greatly attenuated, spiritual descendant. thus in the five papers i have sought to provide a survey of the whole masonic subject as expressed by the craft and arch degrees, which it is hoped may prove illuminating to the increasing number of brethren who feel that freemasonry enshrines something deeper and greater than, in the absence of guidance, the

sense by, reception into it. the true candidate must indeed needs be, as the word candidus implies, a" white man" white within as symbolically he is white-vestured without, so that no inward stain or soilure may obstruct the dawn within his soul of that light which he professes to be the predominant wish of his heart on asking for admission; whilst, if really desirous of learning the secrets and mysteries of his o wn being, he must be prepared to divest himself of all past preconceptions and thought-habits and, with childlike meekness and docility, surrender his mind to the reception of some perhaps novel and unexpected truths which initiation promises to impart and which will more and more unfold and justify themselves within those, and those only, who are, and continue to keep themselve

perhaps novel and unexpected truths which initiation promises to impart and which will more and more unfold and justify themselves within those, and those only, who are, and continue to keep themselves, properly prepared for them" know thyself" was the injunction inscribed over the portals of ancient temples of initiation, for with that knowledge was promised the knowledge of all secrets and all mysteries. and masonry was designed to teach self-knowledge. but self-knowledge involves a knowledge much deeper, vaster and more difficult than is popularly conceived. it is not to be acquired by the formal passage through three or four degrees in as many months; it is a knowledge impossible of full achievement until knowledge of every other kind has been laid aside and a difficult path of life l

nsels to virtue and conventional morality, behind the platitudes and sententious phraseology (which nowadays might well be subjected to competent and intelligent revision) with which, after the fashion of their day, the eighteenth-century compilers of its ceremonies clothed its teaching, there exists the framework of a scheme of initiation into that higher path of life where alone the secrets and mysteries of our being are to be learned; a scheme moreover that, as will be shown later in these pages, reproduces for the modern world the main features of the ancient mysteries, and that has been well described by a learned writer on the subject as" an epitome or reflecti on at a fa r distance of the once universal science" but because, for long and for many, masonry has meant less than this, i

MICHAEL FORD A RITE OF THE WEREWOLF

none other than suti (set. set was the tester of the dead in this capacity, and set tested the spirit by it s own admission of transformation from life to death and finally, to the psyche becoming immortal. if this test failed, set in the form of seker, devoured the soul. later on seker was merged with ptah, a blacksmith god24 and took the form of a mummy with a visage of an old man. 21 egyptian mysteries, lucy lamie 22 a mask of dreaming is focusing and projecting the psyche or self into the mask of the god form in question, going forth to the sabbat masked in the cloak of the god form you are assuming. this is a development from older golden dawn practices and enables the mind to grow strong through understanding and experiencing on dreaming levels other significant god forms, demons an

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echamber to hell. if you choose to embrace and live the cthonic murk and stygian darkness of the following chapters you will certainly get some return on your investment of belief, for it has been well crafted by a master. you may learn much about your various selves that you would have been happier not knowing. you may even find a way through the darkside labyrinth to an effective mastery of the mysteries of darkness and daemonic psychology and parapsychology. many have tried, most have failed. do not even think about proceeding unless you have already equipped yourself with a very robust and versatile sense of humor. take a flight recorder with you, if only in the form of a fire proof diary, so that others may learn from your mistakes. chaos proved to be a playful and rewarding lover who

rld, where all is based on desire and will. the manifesting of day side activities are brought forth through the dreaming- darkside- aspects of sorcery and magick. a particularly memorable event when i attended an astral sabbat and became fully aware of the current in its witch-blood origin. in such a situation, you feel as though the dead are speaking to you. directing you towards the luciferian mysteries. i was selfinitiated, being a natural loner and finding my greatest access of the current was when alone or with one other individual, enabled to focus and receive the spark of inspiration. i had prepared well for the night, shaping a wonderful mood that was befitting such dreaming. an ointment was prepared and a small amount smeared in the form of a sigil representing the astral conclav

ss the issue of sorcery being extremely personal to the individual who practices it. one who approaches magick as impersonal will obviously be a failure since successful sorcery demands a strong and focused conviction and frame of mind. one must understand that in order to create change, significant knowledge and superior presence must exist to reach the desired goal. initiation into the sethanic mysteries is based on a loose but well practiced doctrine. the witch requires an area of land, preferably wooded, in which solitude is possible. the mentor or partner can be present to give direction and guidance. the witch has a small bonfire going and is draped in traditional garments, hooded robes of white, appropriate to the initiation process. any other objects such as pentacles, sigils and o

. the witch has a small bonfire going and is draped in traditional garments, hooded robes of white, appropriate to the initiation process. any other objects such as pentacles, sigils and other talismans can be worn as well, depending on the individuals interest and alignment. the color white represents purity, and humility or novice status. it is thus suited to those who have not 45 45 tasted the mysteries of light and dark. thus it precedes the gray of the magickal current that flows towards the toad s moon, to which the night pays homage. a dagger should be present, not an athame per se but a virgin dagger with which you could easily cut yourself. once the banishing rite is complete, focus on your environment and all of the beautiful and pleasant things around you, the forest, the wind

ts flowing fire, water, air and earth. the angelick spirits of the aethyr which guard the foundations of human development shall observe with your calling. they are the watchers often revealed as demons. know their nature well. a witch would now perform a dedication chant, an example would be "by the rights of pleasure may flesh procreate from within. mother of the sabbath, lilith i awaken to the mysteries of our craft. i dedicate my being to the path from which my blood dictates. by the mysteries of the goat and the serpent i come to thee. i walk now the luciferian path, reborn under the luciferic shadows and promethean light! shaitan asmodeus belial lilith hecate eko, eko" the witch would now make a cut and draw blood, letting it drop into the soil. this would be followed by the vision o

MICHAEL TSARION ATLANTIS ALIEN VISITATION AND GENETIC MANIPULATION

and tookover. there was a veritable worldwide epidemic of these god-kings between 5,000 and 1,000bc they were also capable of telepathic communications: their close world-wide cooperation has been maintained by instantaneous intercommunica-tion by telepathy which is taught them (eklal kueshana, the ultimate frontier) it is from these times that we have the concept of initiation into the so named mysteries,which were always some kind of sequestered knowledge of enormous portent that only afew special severely tested persons could know about. later, it was thought, after mankinddefied the alien despots, some of these initiation processes were maintained for the keepingof the knowledge sacred and out of their hands. atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation19 old world disorder th

am blake atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation33 the race of adam due to the relocation of the adamic race, we find a compulsion in the psychology of humansto seek for some lost paradise or far away shore where life is sublime and untroubled. thisinstinct appears especially strong in members of the female sex.because of the allegiance of the eves and their curiosity toward the high mysteries, thematriarchal cults of the priestess began. these cults of power women existed down tomedieval times, when the brotherhood of the snake, under the guise of catholicism,rose up to destroy them, en masse. the eves have never been forgiven for their aban-donment of the alien hegemony. their decision sealed their fate. that the compilers ofthe old testament and the creators of the anthroce

the word secret comes from secretion, meaning fluid of the body, particularly the femalemenstrual fluids. the concept and phenomenon of the holy grail comes from the myster-ies of the female cults after their residency with and tuition from the sons of the serpent.it is from this exodus to lemuria that we have the great female cults, when females werechief initiators, oracles, and keepers of the mysteries, which is recorded even in the arthu-rian romances of later ages. celtic myth is full of anecdotes about the warrior queens whocommand great magical abilities. that this was changed in historical times is due to thesupremacy of the evil masters again taking control of civic and cultural events. the hybridprogeny of the original fully alien masters could also eventually reproduce both sex

need to circumvent the drive,personally and collectively, we have turned to the philosophers and to the scientistsand priests. for all their musings and pontification, the academic philosophers havecome up relatively empty when providing clear understanding of this matter for allhumanity. science does not exalt the moral question to any intense degree. scientistscannot even find consensus on the mysteries of the physical earth. orthodox geolo-gists have generally failed to account for anomalies pertaining to the origin of life, ofthe hominids, the later genus homo, and the fossil record. the alumni of the earth sci-ences consciously manufactured the fallacious theory of the ice age and the pleis-tocene epoch. they advocated uniformitarianism stating what they knew to beuntrue, that geolog

and die in the belief that they have known something of what has beenpassing in their times (thomas jefferson) we are powerfully imprisoned in these dark ages simply in terms in which we have beenconditioned to think (buckminster fuller) and again, from the horses mouth: the older dictators fell because they could never supply their subjects with enough bread,enough circuses, enough miracles, and mysteries. under a scientific dictatorship, educationwill really workmost men and women will grow up to love their servitude and will neverdream of revolution. there seems to be no good reason why a thoroughly scientific dictator-ship should ever be overthrown (aldous huxley, brave new world revisited) investigations into the beginnings of religion have accumulated steadily throughout the pasthalf

MICHAEL WYNN THE SOUL TRAVELERS

or day# characteristics saturn black saturday 3 death; limitation; decay jupiter blue thursday 4 growth; prosperity; luck; justice mars red tuesday 5 violence; change; success; disease sun gold sunday 6 power; creative energy; goodness venus green friday 7 love; socialization; sex; the arts mercury purple wednesday 8 intellect; business; communication; travel moon silver monday 9 the unconscious; mysteries; childbirth note: the color property in the 2 tables of correspondences above are specific to the order of the golden dawn. other traditions have used different correspondences with equal results, however most of the correspondences in the tables are standard. but planetary or spiritual properties aren t the only hidden properties an object, or given space, has. there are also threads th

in the heavens is frequently represented by a lightning bolt, whereas the human s path upwards may include a snake--michael wynn's "the soul travelers" 61 famous phrases: transformation through the mystic passageways and chambers of the great pyramid passed the illumined of antiquity. they entered its portals as men; they came forth as gods. it was the place of the "second birth" the "womb of the mysteries" and wisdom dwelt in it as god dwells in the hearts of men. somewhere in the depths of its recesses there resided an unknown being who was called "the initiator" or "the illustrious one" robed in blue and gold and bearing in his hand the sevenfold key of eternity. who was the master dwelling in the mighty pyramid, the many rooms of which signified the worlds in space; the master whom non

of praise no longer echo in muffled tones through the chambers; the neophyte no longer passes through the elements and wanders among the seven stars; the candidate no longer receives the "word of life" from the lips of the eternal one. nothing now remains that the eye of man can see but an empty shell--the outer symbol of an inner truth--and men call the house of god a tomb! the technique of the mysteries was unfolded by the sage illuminator, the master of the secret house. the power to know his guardian spirit was revealed to the new initiate; the method of disentangling his material body from his divine vehicle was explained; and to consummate the magnum opus, there was revealed the divine name--the secret and unutterable designation of the supreme deity, by the very knowledge of which

permitted a few to pass toward the attainment of individual completion. it is also to be noted incidentally that if the coffer in the king's chamber be struck, the sound emitted has no counterpart in any known musical scale. this tonal value may have formed part of that combination of circumstances which rendered the king's chamber an ideal setting for the conferment of the highest degree of the mysteries -manly palmer hall (33rd degree freemason "the secret teachings of all ages" it should never be forgotten for a moment that the central and essential work of the magicians is the attainment of knowledge and conversation with the holy guardian angel anything apart from this course is a side issue and unless so regarded may lead to the complete ruin of the whole work of the magician -aleis

tic, and without melody; it is frequently described as random tones and bells. satanists often compare and equate baphomet with the biblical cain, who slew his brother able. they claim that cain was not the child of adam and eve, but of satan and a demon named lilith. in the lovecraftian mythos, the black man of the sabbat is known as nyarlathotep, the highly intelligent trickster god who teaches mysteries that lead to evil; he is also the consumer of souls and has a 1,000 faces (forms. nyarlathotep, called the chaos that creeps, is a messenger god who acts as an intermediately between the dark gods and their worshippers on earth. i can t believe it s not fiction: masks of the sabbat eyes wide shut the course of destiny [4.4] the mission of the illuminati is the construction of a global go

MICHAEL W FORD NOX UMBRA

but to harm another human or animal in such an act is a vile misrepresentation of magickal practice and the sacred nature of living beings. the ritual of the summoning of the vampyric familiar is an initiation rite of exteriorization. while the sorcerer is creating an exterior force from the interior (the self, this is a process which austin spare introduced from his linage within the luciferian mysteries. the magician creates a visual image of a vampyre shade from which is an exteriorized form of the self, an elemental of the mind. this is clearly a building point of the will and an act of becoming. when binding the vampyre to the self and the skull, the magician then sleeps with the form in a death posture overnight, awaking to the meditations upon shaitan in the noon-day sun. this aspe

is visualized outside of the self to present a means of opposition, which allows the self to later realign this focus point of the mind the magician uses the imagination and will to visualize and create the vampyric form accordingly. in the full moon darkness of night, when shades and the manes of the dead remain close to the earth, approach the tomb of sah in the honor of the self, which is the mysteries of the nephilim and watchers, who descended into the demonium of the earth, to merge spirit with beast and human flesh. wear this mask with intent and pure love, then shall the secret of the essence be revealed in your sunless palace of night. approach the tomb "gate of black earth, nephilimic tomb in the sunless palace of azrail, open forth the dreaming fields of night, from thy vessel

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

thropomorphic assumption of identity. akhtya was considered an "evil" sorcerer, the founder of yatus, or yatuk-dinoih (witchcraft- a guild of sorcerers who practiced black magic or adversarial rites under the direction or path of ahriman in ancient persia. yatuk/yatus is considered now a left hand path approach to witchcraft, that is by encircling the self one may achieve self-initiation into the mysteries of the adversary, the opposition of self against the natural order. the image or archetype through which self is in awakening is the image of ahriman, refer to the khorda avesta (book of common prayer) translated by james darmesteter, from "sacred books of the east, american edition, 1898. the ideal mind set of this ritual and any in the yatuk dinoih is one working with the most primordi

in a primal sense, the darkness of being is to be explored and perceived as an extension of self. the aspect of ahriman is as half-beast, werewolf type vampyre from. ahriman is a spirit of darkness, whom resides in the depths of the subconscious- the gates of arezura. one should focus on encircling the self in these shadows, which are revealed by the work itself. the essence of yatus/yatuk is the mysteries of sorcery within the self, the keys to the spirit of man. one works this type of considered dangerous black magick as the self-transformation through the image of the adversary. akhtya is the sorcerer on earth who drinks of the graal of ahriman and az, serpent and wolf. this inversion leads to the strengthening of self under the activity of encircling belief into tangible form. one shou

MORALS AND DOGMA

hese represented the planets, we are assured by clemens of alexandria, in his stromata, and by philo judaeus. to return to its source in the infinite, the human soul, the ancients held, had to ascend, as it had descended, through the seven spheres. the ladder by which it reascends, has, according to marsilius ficinus, in his commentary on the ennead of plotinus, seven degrees or steps; and in the mysteries of mithras, carried to rome under the emperors, the ladder, with its seven rounds, was a symbol referring to this ascent through the spheres of the seven planets. jacob saw the spirits of god ascending and descending on it; and above it the deity himself. the mithraic mysteries were celebrated in caves, where gates were marked at the four equinoctial and solstitial points of the zodiac;

and the seven planetary spheres were represented, which souls needs must traverse in descending from the heaven of the fixed stars to the elements that envelop the earth; and seven gates were marked, one for each planet, through which they pass, in descending or returning. we learn this from celsus, in origen, who says that the symbolic image of this passage among the stars, used in the mithraic mysteries, was a ladder reaching from earth to heaven, divided into seven steps or stages, to each of which was a gate, and at the summit an eighth one, that of the fixed stars. the symbol was the same as that of the seven stages of borsippa, the pyramid of vitrified brick, near babylon, built of seven stages, and each of a different color. in the mithraic ceremonies, the candidate went through se

feelings, passions, appetites, and lusts, of idols, stones, animals, reptiles. the onion was sacred to the egyptians, because its different layers were a symbol of the concentric heavenly spheres. of course the popular religion could not satisfy the deeper longings and thoughts, the loftier aspirations of the spirit, or the logic of reason. the first, therefore, was taught to the initiated in the mysteries. there, also, it was taught by symbols. the vagueness of symbolism, capable of many interpretations, reached what the palpable and conventional creed could not. its indefiniteness acknowledged the abstruseness of the subject: it treated that mysterious subject mystically: it endeavored to illustrate what it could not explain; to excite an appropriate _feeling, if it could not develop an

nate conveyance for the conception, which itself never became obvious or familiar. thus the knowledge now imparted by books and letters, was of old conveyed by symbols; and the priests invented or perpetuated a display of rites and exhibitions, which were not only more attractive to the eye than words, but often more suggestive and more pregnant with meaning to the mind. masonry, successor of the mysteries, still follows the ancient manner of teaching. her ceremonies are like the ancient mystic shows--not the reading of an essay, but the opening of a problem, requiring research, and constituting philosophy the arch-expounder. her symbols are the instruction she gives. the lectures are endeavors, often partial and one-sided, to interpret these symbols. he who would become an accomplished ma

ction she gives. the lectures are endeavors, often partial and one-sided, to interpret these symbols. he who would become an accomplished mason must not be content merely to hear, or even to understand, the lectures; he must, aided by them, and they having, as it were, marked out the way for him, study, interpret, and develop these symbols for himself* though masonry is identical with the ancient mysteries, it is so only in this qualified sense: that it presents but an imperfect image of their brilliancy, the ruins only of their grandeur, and a system that has experienced progressive alterations, the fruits of social events, political circumstances, and the ambitious imbecility of its improvers. after leaving egypt, the mysteries were modified by the habits of the different nations among w

MOTTA MARCELO THE COMMENTARIES OF AL

this book was called l. l is the sacred letter in the holy twelvefold table which forms the triangle that stabilizes the universe. see liber 418. l is the letter of libra, balance, and 'justice' in the taro. this title should probably be al "el, as the 'l' was heard of the voice of aiwaz, not seen. al is the true name of the book, for these letters, and their number 31, form the master key to its mysteries. with regard to the above note by a.c, serious students should consult liber v vel reguli, the ritual of the mark of the beast, for a more thorough analysis of the word al. the first chapter 1. had! the manifestation of nuit. the theogony of our law is entirely scientific: nuit is matter, hadit is motion, in their full physical sense. they are the tao and teh of chinese philosophy; or, t

es a hidden technical meaning in the verse. those children are rather big children! they are giants, titans, gargantuas or pantagruels of legend in short, they are babes of the abyss. this is the "grade, or rather, the "going" in which the veil is rent and the mind receives the first impact of the infinite. in this sense, therefore, nuit is appealing to 666 to become the hierophant of the greater mysteries that is to say, the magus of the aeon, the initiator of the masters of the temple. obviously, he must be in chokhmah. 6. be thou hadit, my secret centre, my heart& my tongue! aleister crowley is being 'chosen and the choice is specifically declared: he is to be hadit, that is, simultaneously kether (the centre, chokhmah (the tongue) and binah (the ancient egyptians believed that the hear

tribes, for which see the golden bough. thus, once europa, semele and others claimed that zeus--air [inserted footnote* zeus obtained air for his kingdom in the partition with hades, who took fire, and poseidon, who took water. shu is the egyptian god of the firmament. there is a great difficulty here, etymologically. zeus is connected with iao, abrasax, and the dental sibilant gods of the great mysteries, with the south and hadit, adad, set, saturn, adonai, attis, adonis; he is even the "jesus, slain with the lance, whose blood is collected in a cup. yet he is also to be identified with the opposite party of the north and nuit, with the "john" slain with the sword, whose flesh is placed upon a disk, in the lesser mysteries, baptizing with water as "jesus" with fire, with on, qannes, noah

general allusion" is nothing of the sort. this verse is a categorical statement, to be taken in the most objective way by any aspirant to initiation. all the rituals, words and signs of past initiatic orders are abrogate. you must not 1 et yourself be conned by any of them. see "the ship. asar and isa are one, that is, they are different forms of the same formula, the central formula of the minor mysteries. the difference between their rites is simply a matter of psychological convenience. see liber 175, verse 2, for this important point "let asar be the adorant. in our system, the candidate presents himself before horus, to invoke him, under the paraphernalia of asar. if the candidate is wise, he will make sure that he possesses the magical and mystical powers of which the paraphernalia a

efer to certain secrets of a well known exoteric school of initiation whose members, with the rarest exceptions, do not know what it is all about (he refers to masonry) the question then arises as to whether the initiate is able to stand firmly in this place of exaltation. it seems to me as if this refers to the ascetic life, commonly considered as an essential condition of participation in these mysteries. the answer is that "there are means and means" implying that no one rule is essential. this is in harmony with our general interpretation of the law; it has as many rules as there are individuals. this word 'therefore' is easy to understand. we are to enjoy life thoroughly in an absolutely normal way, exactly as all the free and great have always done. the only point to remember is that

MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS E

ceful myth merely intended it as an allegory to illustrate the change of seasons; in the course of time, however, a literal meaning became attached to this and similar poetical fancies, and thus the people of greece came to regard as an article of religious belief what, in the first instance, was nothing more than a poetic simile. in the temple erected to demeter at eleusis, the famous eleusinian mysteries were instituted by the goddess herself. it is exceedingly difficult, as in the case of all secret societies, to discover anything with certainty concerning these sacred rites. the most plausible supposition is that the doctrines taught by the priests to the favoured few whom they initiated, were religious truths which were deemed unfit for the uninstructed mind of the multitude. for inst

ll secret societies, to discover anything with certainty concerning these sacred rites. the most plausible supposition is that the doctrines taught by the priests to the favoured few whom they initiated, were religious truths which were deemed unfit for the uninstructed mind of the multitude. for instance, it is supposed that the myth of demeter and persephone was explained by the teachers of the mysteries to signify the temporary loss which mother earth sustains every year when the icy breath of winter robs her of her flowers and fruits and grain. it is believed that in later times a still deeper meaning was conveyed by this beautiful myth, viz, the doctrine of the immortality of the soul. the grain, which, as it were, remains dead for a time in the dark earth, only [57]to rise one day dr

eaning was conveyed by this beautiful myth, viz, the doctrine of the immortality of the soul. the grain, which, as it were, remains dead for a time in the dark earth, only [57]to rise one day dressed in a newer and lovelier garb, was supposed to symbolize the soul, which, after death, frees itself from corruption, to live again under a better and purer form. when demeter instituted the eleusinian mysteries, celeus and his family were the first to be initiated, celeus himself being appointed high-priest. his son triptolemus and his daughters, who acted as priestesses, assisted him in the duties of his sacred office. the mysteries were celebrated by the athenians every five years, and were, for a long time, their exclusive privilege. they took place by torchlight, and were conducted with the

agnificent marble group, which was found at rome in the year 1553, and is now in the gallery of uffizi, at florence. the renowned singer orpheus was the son of apollo and calliope, the muse of epic poetry, and, as might be expected with parents so highly gifted, was endowed with most distinguished intellectual qualifications. he was a poet, a teacher of the religious doctrines known as the orphic mysteries, and a great musician, having inherited from his father an extraordinary genius for music [81]when he sang to the sweet tones of his lyre, he charmed all nature, and summoned round him the wild beasts of the forests, who, under the influence of his music, became tame and gentle as lambs. the madly rushing torrents stopped their rapid course, and the very mountains and trees moved from th

in eternal mists and darkness. in later times, however, in consequence of extended intercourse with foreign nations, new ideas became gradually introduced, and we find egyptian theories with regard to a future state taking root in greece, which become eventually the religious belief of the whole nation. it is now that the poets and philosophers, and more especially the teachers of the eleusinian mysteries, begin to inculcate the doctrine of the future reward and punishment of good and bad deeds. aides, who had hitherto been regarded as the dread page 147 enemy of mankind, who delights in his grim office, and keeps the shades imprisoned in his dominions after withdrawing them from the joys of existence, now receives them with hospitality and friendship, and hermes replaces him as conductor

NAGEL CARL AMAZING SECRETS OF OCCULT POWER

olved actual research, you can imagine my dismay that it seemed to have been taken over completely by little old ladies with blue rinses trying to make contact with a loved one recently departed, i.e. spiritualism! all was not lost however; i remember a day in december 1978 when something uninvited came to visit. i had become a member a member of the society a mere four weeks earlier to study the mysteries of the soul and the universe, only to find the subject bewildering and full of apparent contradictions. the weekly meetings were confined to exercises in esp and lectures on the limitless virtues of spiritualism which ivan, the psychic who ran the class, believed were of main interest to the sitters. i had joined the organization in the hope of gaining an insight into the benefits, mater

clockwise. continue stirring for approximately two minutes. the remainder of the ritual is very important, and it is absolutely essential that it be followed exactly in the manner that i will reveal to you. after the dice have been stirred thoroughly, pick up one of the dice with your right hand. hold it in the palm of your hand, and speak these words: i invoke thee, yog-sothoth, guardian of the mysteries, to hear and accept this offering. i hold in my hand the instrument through which< thy power, virtue and authority shall manifest. it will forever reveal the truth of what shall come to pass in future times. so mote it be. recite this invocation with each dice, placing them in a neat stack on your left. when the ritual has been completed, you have made a very definite contact with the as

NAUDON PAUL THE SECRET HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY

f his trade to come to his aid. so a union was therefore effected between the humble mortal and the god who worked through him, using him as an intermediary, therefore deifying the human through work. each trade exalted its tutelary deity. rich in imagination, the ancients were able to poeticize the actions of daily life and give their professional occupations a celestial aura. thus were born the mysteries of the different trades.1 the cult of the ancient builders must have been of a distinct scope, for the noblest object of their labor was the construction of temples in which the gods were worshipped. in addition, human dwellings had religious significance. rituals were an indispensable part of their construction. among the romans the home was the temple of the lares gods. this was true f

iest embodied a special branch of human knowledge. each grade put its students through a predetermined series 6 the origins of freemasonry from ancient times to the middle ages of studies specific to the art or science that it professed. in addition, for each novitiate degree, students were subjected to trials of initiation the purpose of which was to ensure them a vocation and which added to the mysteries whose teaching was hidden from the public. it must be assumed that architecture, like all other sciences, was taught in secret. louis hautcoeur writes: the first architects known in egypt, in asia minor, performed sacred duties independent from their role as builders. imhotep, who built the first large stone complex in saqqarah, was counselor to the pharaoh sozer (circa 3800 b.c, but was

plar ceremonies as well as on many of their customs "ismailism clearly seems to have been the practical model that the templars adopted almost immediately after the formation of the order, with respect to its hierarchy and the obedience to a grand master and commanders on whom the order firmly established its discipline."33 this hierarchy in fact was derived from the pythagorians and the egyptian mysteries. the same could also be said about other customs and symbols that the assassins and templars had in common. for example, couldn't the white garb of both the assassins and the templars be modeled on that of the disciples of pythagoras* it is also acceptable to believe that outside the respective dogmas of assassins and templars there were flexible interpretations of ideas and doctrines. m

they employed to make an apprentice into a journeyman. this exposure led to the targeting of other such practices among the hatters, tailors, and saddlers, and condemnation of these rites by verdict of the officiality of paris on may 30, 1648. confessors were ordered to see to it that their penitents atoned for all the rites in compagnnonage [journeyman rituals, to make public confession of their mysteries, and, most important, to renounce these mysteries. in order to escape prosecution by the archbishop of paris, the compagnnonages reunited within the enceinte of the temple, but the right of asythe templars and the parisian builders 117 lum was not granted them and they were driven out by an order of the temple bailiff on september 11, 1651.14 these instances remain the exception to the r

revision of the 1532 book by gilles corrozet, was published in 1586) eventually, similar passion confederations were formed in paris and its suburbs, causing the confederation of trinity church to assert its privilege and request the authorities to ban these rival associations. with an act of november 17, 1548, the parliament of paris satisfied this request by forbidding the staging of all sacred mysteries, including those of the passion of our savior, and permitting the staging of only "profane, honest, and licit mysteries" trinity hospital, originally intended to give succor to "poor pilgrims" was eventually also used to house transients,31 a term that is worth some additional attention. as we will see when we discuss saint gervais hospital, it refers not only to pilgrims, but also to wo

NECRONOMICON ALAZIF

globes have diverse names and appeareth in many forms. the first is gomory, who appeareth like a camel with a crown of gold upon his head. he commandeth twenty-six legions of infernal spirits and giveth the knowledge of all magical jewels and talismans. the second splrit is zagan, who appeareth like a great bull, or a king terrible in aspect. thirtythree legions bow before him and he teacheth the mysteries of the sea. the third is called sytry, who taketh the form of a great prince. he hath sixty legions and telleth the secrets of time yet to come. eligor is the fourth spirit; he appeareth like a red man with a crown of iron upon his head. he commandeth likewise sixty legions and giveth the knowledge of victory in war, and telleth of strife to come. the fifth spirit is called durson and ha

NEW WORLD ORDER OR OCCULT SECRET DESTINY

y to secret doctrines and it is a spiritual plan more than anything. if one failed to take into account the occult nature of the new world order, they would be remiss. the un and the new age have been bed-fellows since the beginning. america s secret destiny is the product of rosicrucian and freemason forefathers. the new atlantis as proposed in francis bacon s work is almost at hand. the ancient mysteries are being studied for illumination and enlightenment by the new world order s elite. not to mention the new age gurus dutifully recruiting on behalf of the secret brotherhood. in 1980, marylin ferguson compiled and espoused a synthesis involving the theories of transformation and the secret plan of the aquarian age. in her studies of the scientific advancements of this age involving entr

that excludes from its ranks only those who believe in jesus christ and a personal god. buddhists, shintoist, satanists, secular humanists, witches, witch doctors and shamans all who reject christianity are invited to become trusted members of the new age family. worshippers of separate faiths and denominations are to be unified in a common purpose: the glorification of man. the guardians of the mysteries freemasonry, by its own accord, practices the ancient mysteries of egypt, and has as a primary goal, the re-instatement of this mystery religion for the coming world order. the magical mystery religion of ancient egypt exercised a great fascination over renaissance man, which was incorporated into the newly formed lodges at that time. the mysterious heiroglyphs were considered to be symb

ed by a hierarchy of spirits which exercised all kinds of influences and sympathies. the practice of magic became a holy quest. back in 1927, freemason w.l. wilmhurst saw the dawning of the aquarian age as the fufillment of the plan. in the meaning of masonry, p.4, he writes: in this new aquarian age, when many individuals and groups are working in various ways for the eventual restoration of the mysteries, an increasing number of aspirants are beginning to recognize that freemasonry may well be the vehicle for this achievement he would be well proud, i m sure, of today s mainstream acceptance of those very same occult mysteries. another passage on page 46-47, proves the teaching of freemasonry is the same as new age beliefs: he begins his masonic career as the natural man; he ends it by b

ment he would be well proud, i m sure, of today s mainstream acceptance of those very same occult mysteries. another passage on page 46-47, proves the teaching of freemasonry is the same as new age beliefs: he begins his masonic career as the natural man; he ends it by becoming through its discipline, a regenerated man. this the evolution of man into superman was always the purpose of the ancient mysteries, and the real purpose of modern masonry is, not the social and charitable purposes to which so much attention is paid, but the expediting of the spiritual evolution of those who aspire to perfect their own nature and transform it into a more god-like quality. freemasonry, through its mysteries, will soon usher in a new world religion for the new world order. a modern day tower of babel a

rder. a modern day tower of babel and the ultimate unification of the world s religions. the new age welcomes these goals and looks to the light of masonry as its esoteric basis for occult initiation into the new world order. benjamin creme writes: the new religion will manifest, for instance,through organizations like masonry. in freemasonry is embedded the core or the secret heart of the occult mysteries, wrapped up on number, metaphor and symbol (the reappearance of the christ and the masters of wisdom p.87) freemason and co-founder of lucifer publishing company (now called lucis trust, foster bailey, concurs, is it not possible from a contemplation of this side of masonic teaching that it may provide all that is necessary for the formulation of a universal religion (the spirit of mason

ONYX TABLET OF SET

f victories over these cults; do not be distracted and think minor cults like christianity are our enemies. this is the trinity we oppose: the cult of stupidity teaches that it is a bad thing to be smart. the cult begins in secondary school where smart people are held not to be popular. it uses words like "nerds "geeks" and even "brains"to exclude those individuals who concern themselves with the mysteries. it exists in the workplace where many topics are deemed "too deep" for discussion during coffee break, and a person is made to feel alienated if he were to talk about things like "why we are here" the cult of conventionality teaches that there is an idealized form for your life to take. usually a heterosexual monogamous marriage with 2.3 children with a home in the suburbs, a tv, and at

to set for the temple's structure and administration, has the ability to recognize masters of the temple of set who have a different approach than his, can any priest do less? those who come to perceive set as the "dweller within" have discovered and experienced the source of set in the su as opposed to the ou. their prime concern is themselves, and it is within that they find the answers to the mysteries they seek. this is certainly a valid approach when viewing the left-hand path as the path of self-initiation. whose xeper are we seeking if not our own, and isn't this what we are all striving for? the word of set could be seen as supporting this approach in the statement "arise in your glory, behold the genius of your creation, and be prideful of being for i am the same- i who am the hi

ecame possible- or the nature of this seemingly-simultaneous interaction. i perceive this anomaly as a reflection- an expression experienced individually within each initiate. the source of this reflection is the core self separated from the distortions of the sensual objective universe as well as from the current mass of subjective overlays. it is this process which potentially revels any deeper mysteries as to the reality of either self or set, both together or separate. therefore i see the priesthood, in this case, truly representing set within the process of their own initiation, not as a concentrated effort to channel any supposed "personality. the light that issues forth from the darkness within each of us is the expression of that most concentrated sense of self, that which is set's

culate its true source can be found within the process of self-initiation, an inward direction. i further claim that this process is inspired from a reflection deep within the psyche. such masters of the temple as stephen flowers and don webb further claim this to have its origins in the heredity of the blood, or more specifically our dna: a legacy of "what has come before, stemming from the very mysteries of the human race itself- its origins both spiritually and biologically. as mentioned earlier, our sensual experience/interpretation of the objective universe can deter us from any deeper experience of both the self/set and the application of any subsequent cognition. it is possible that this source is yet to be completely realized in our human form of reality, but it has at times been m

i understand it and as i try to live it. i feel the function of the priest is to remember. more than anything else, i feel the priesthood reminds the temple at large of our origins, of our mandate, of our purpose. the priesthood represents the fundamental core philosophies that lie at the heart of the aeon of set. the magistri take black magic down new and largely unexplored avenues, seeking new mysteries to unfold, new answers which lead to new questions. adepts also follow such research projects, keeping the temple's research fresh and exciting as they work on various projects within orders, etc. i feel the priesthood serve to remind us what all of this is for, to place new concepts and magical technologies within the framework of basic setian philosophy. none of this is to suggest that

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rism that does more harm than good. no group is supposed to be about its members, titles, leaders, or their activities, but about the greater fate of illumination. all members of a true grouping of the old rite will seek to cast away identity and worldly titles and powers to the great darkness of wisdom below, and all are submerged in the singular desire for the dark and light illumination of the mysteries, and for kinship with the potencies in the land. the true group is a group of people who know a certain humbleness, and who seek a common spring of eternity, driven by a common thirst- a thirst for the other and for illumination, not thirst for temporal powers and offices that are far less. they protect the land and the true keys to wisdom because they have given up all for them, and rec

ences of egocentrism- they know how the egocentered, power hungry human destroys the land and abuses power and other people; this is why the path is kept shaded with secrecy, and for no other reason. when those of pure heart, ready to cast away all for the wisdom born of the underworld and ready to sacrifice for love of the land show themselves, they are taken into the group and introduced to its mysteries. there is no other qualification. it is a strange love, a strange desire that the old ones use to lure people to the ways of the hidden craft. human witches cannot and should not stand in the way of this, for in so doing, they fail in their true role as guardians. the "outward" initiations that people in groups perform are supposed to be mere representations of a great and timeless patte

gs to initiation and transformation, eventually, and without exception. this entire pattern can be realized through working groups that have the means and understanding to really bring about these five transformations, but at heart, all of these transformations (and whatever symbols people use to represent them in the outer world) are not physical, blunt realities; they are internal, otherworldly mysteries that emerge through all things. they come from the unseen. a group is very unique and special indeed if it can really bring about these transformations in a systematic, direct way- most groups cannot, because 99% of people have not gone past the first one or two "steps" on the initiatory path. most people who call themselves occultists have not even gone past the first. luckily, a person

PHILIP NEIL MYTHS LEGENDS EXPLAINED

t even so, they never lose their intrinsic power, for the world s mythologies enshrine all the poetry and passion of which the human mind is capable. from ancient egypt to greece and rome, from west africa to siberia, from the hindu concept of brahman and the endless cycle of creation to the eternal dreaming of the australian aboriginals, the same themes recur, as humankind engages with the great mysteries of life and death. the best definition of myth is maya deren s in her book on the voodoo gods: myth, she writes, is the facts of the mind made manifest in the fiction of matter. the first people this west african carving shows the world in the form of a calabash gourd, with the first man and woman and the cosmic serpent. the fon call this serpent aido-hwedo, and he carried the creator in

unmistakable voice of the great goddess, to lucius, the hero of apuleius novel the golden ass, when he is initiated into her cult: i am nature, the universal mother, mistress of all the elements, primordial child of time, sovereign of all things spiritual, queen of the dead, queen also of the immortals, the single manifestation of all gods and goddesses that are. holding the world together in the mysteries of eleusis in ancient greece, the great goddess formed the central focus of greek religion (see p. 29. these rituals, open only to the initiated, related to the myth of the grain goddess demeter, and her daughter persephone, the ineffable maiden. those who witnessed the rites were assured of a new birth in death. the mysteries were thought by the greeks to hold the entire human race toge

nut inside egyptian coffin lids promised the same nurture and rebirth for the souls of the dead. introduction 10 the road of life and death, he was unveiling a mystery as great and as secret as that of eleusis. never tell anyone about this rite, ran the ritual. keep it absolutely secret. if you disclose it the world will come to an end. we will all die. the secrecy required of initiates into the mysteries of eleusis was so absolute that we are left to guess from fragments of evidence both what the rituals were and what they meant. culture heroes one of those fragments is the moment in the demeter myth when, having taken a position in a royal household while searching for her daughter, the goddess places the royal prince, her charge, into a divine fire to burn away his mortal parts and giv

ythologies hold out the hope that was so dear to the initiates of eleusis, that there may be a new life beyond this one. the egyptians hoped to be reborn to live a new life in the field of reeds, which was a perfected version of the egypt they knew. they were sustained triptolemus, culture hero triptolemus, who taught mankind how to use the plow, stands between the two goddesses of the eleusinian mysteries, demeter, and persephone. demeter is handing him a golden ear of grain (now lost. this marble relief of the second half of the fifth century bc was found at eleusis, probably in the temple of triptolemus. the hero heracles this greek vase shows heracles killing the stymphalian birds, the sixth of his 12 labors (see pp. 50-51) in which he killed or captured several ogres and monsters. bef

ost. this marble relief of the second half of the fifth century bc was found at eleusis, probably in the temple of triptolemus. the hero heracles this greek vase shows heracles killing the stymphalian birds, the sixth of his 12 labors (see pp. 50-51) in which he killed or captured several ogres and monsters. before performing the last of his labors heracles had to be initiated into the eleusinian mysteries. on his death, he ascended to olympus to live with the gods. introduction 11 in this belief by the daily rebirth of re, the sun. the vikings believed that warriors who died in battle would feast in the goldenroofed hall of valhalla among the gods, before fighting for odin, the lord of hosts, in the final battle of ragnarok. the roman poet virgil tells us how the hero aeneas found his fat

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. creation of famulus (familiars) both lesser and greater. submit records and techniques used in creation rites. 4. grimoire working with the red dragon/grand grimoire famulus lucifuge rofocale. pact made with this daemon to invoke and become essentially, to open the way of shadow. 5. cain as the offspring of lilith& samael. tubal qayin and how this force represents initiation into the luciferian mysteries. this is a foundation work to future work with cain in the next grade. the book of cain 6. goetic work and sorcery within the yatuk dinoih, a minimum of 13 of the spirits called and formed by the sorcerer. evocation and invocation. results and records submitted. the goetia luciferian edition 7. grimoires and a modern approach to the daemonum and how they relate to our positive advancemen

our pulse rate will increase, you will sweat and grow very hot. as you move and envision the luciferian path opening before you, a religious ecstasy will take you and guide your visions refer to the sufis by idries shah and the maskara (revelers) who blacken their faces and assume bestial forms during their sabbat dance. in this instance, you will begin an in-between (crossroads) journey unto the mysteries and reality of the witches sabbat. envision a gateway opening forth a shadowed figure arises before you this is the black man of the sabbat, the initiator who you shall seek to become like- i salute thee spirit of blackened flame, i come unto thee as clay but which holds a spark. with thy stave immolate my being with the cunning fire, that i shall awaken in the bloodied caul the mark of

e, in the twilight i awaken to thy fiery spirit! o archon of this world, djinn of holy fire and perfected spirit do move through me as i descend with you! guide me unto the empyrean and celestial sabbat of self-deification! from the north, belial, lord of the earth and perfected essence of both angel and beast, do move the spirits of the earth of wolf and jackal, come forth through me! i seek thy mysteries of the earth, of the infernal sabbat and its pleasure of lilith-hecate! i descend into the caverns of darkness with thee! from the west, leviathan, lord of the gateways of the darkness of the oceans, i do summon thee to behold my path! i seek thou crooked serpent of which i shall walk with in the timeless arena of thy being! i seek to pass through the gateway of the abyss! leviathan aris

PIKE CUMMINGS THE SPURIOUS RITES OF MEMPHIS AND MISRAIM

dom as purified by christianity, and solomonian science. this science they communicated to the templars.they were then known by the title of knights of palestine or brethren rose-croix of the east. in them, the rite of memphis recognizes its immediate founders. in defining the object and intention of his order,marconis speaks as follows: the masonic rite of memphis is a combination of the ancient mysteries; it taught the first men to render homage to the deity. its dogmas are based on the principles of humanity its mission is the study of that wisdom which serves to discern truth; it is the beneficent dawn of the development of reason and intelligence; it is the worship of the qualities of the human heart, and the repression of its vices; in fine, it is the echo of religious toleration, th

telligence; it is the worship of the qualities of the human heart, and the repression of its vices; in fine, it is the echo of religious toleration, the union of all belief, the bond between all men, the symbol of the sweet illusions of hope, preaching the faith in god that saves, and the charity that blesses. thus it will be seen that this rite,which purports to be it continuation of the ancient mysteries, and pretends to contain a vast amount of instruction, does but announce the aim and mission of modern free-masonry. and yet its founder is the first to disobey the precepts which it enjoins; for one of the principal duties of these adept s is to be always scrupulously truthful; while his work is but a mass of misrepresentations and fictions, invented by him for the purpose volume j, c a

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

male and glies down h with her. inasmuch as the word for gworld h [ertez] alludes to malchut, the phrase, gfill the world and subdue it h evokes the interpretation, gfill the feminine principle [with male vital seed] in marital relations with her. h know as well that just as there is a higher [facial] beard, there is a lower [pubic] gbeard h around the sefirah of yesod, and understand these great mysteries, because just as there are 13 tufts of the higher beard, so are there thirteen tufts of the lower beard around yesod. this is the mystical meaning of [the sages f statement that] ggreat is circumcision, for thirteen covenants were made concerning it. h8 in the biblical passage9 in which g-d commands abraham to circumcise himself and all his present and future male offspring, the word for

aning is that the gcrown h of [yesod of] z feir anpin, which is gthe fruit of the goodly tree, h receives the dew of resurrection from the brain of z feir anpin, 5 in the section of the zohar titled idra rabba, 3:128a. the arizal on parashat emor (2) 513 and then gives it to malchut. those who dwell in it, that is, in the land of israel, receive it and thus live forever. thus, we see that all the mysteries of the torah are alluded to and concealed deep within scripture. furthermore, it is explained in the zohar6 that the origin of this dew is in atika [i.e, in arich anpin. arich anpin is the partzuf of super-rational will. the ultimate origin of z feir anpin fs mentality and consciousness is its super-rational will. this will drives z feir anpin toward self-expression and motivates it to c

roy them. once the growth has become a mature grass, the rain falls on it in the form of a gshower, h i.e, with larger drops, which the grass can now endure. so it is with regard to the exoteric dimension of the torah. when a person is young and his intellect is not fully developed, he learns the simple meaning of the torah, for his mind cannot yet appreciate or bear the intensity of the torah fs mysteries. after he has learned the exoteric dimension.which is glike droplets on new growth h.and ghe has filled his belly with meat and good wine, h i.e, the exoteric dimension of the torah, he may approach the study of the esoteric dimension.which is glike showers on mature grass. h gfilling the belly with meat and wine h is an idiom commonly used in rabbinic literature to refer to the study of

ld eat his full of the basic staples of life before indulging in delicacies or fancy desserts; in this way he will be assured of good health and be saved the ill-effects of overindulgence in rich foods. similarly, a person should make his main torah-diet from the exoteric basics (torah, talmud, etc) and only when he is firmly anchored and grounded in these allow himself to delve into the torah fs mysteries. alternatively, we can explain this verse according to rashi fs explanation. he translates the word we have taken to mean gshowers h as gstorms. h storm winds aid the growth of vegetation when it is very young and closely bound to the mud at ground level. the storm wind dries up the mud and crumbles it; this frees the grass from being stuck to the mud. afterwards comes the rain, which ma

REGARDIE ISRAEL THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN

rosicrucian manifesto the fama fraternifatis as the "pious, spiritual and highly-illuminated father. it is said that he was a german nobleman who had been educated in a convent, and that long before the time of the reformation he had made a pilgrimage to the holy land in company with another brother of this convent, and that while at damascus they had been initiated by some learned arabs into the mysteries of the secret science. after remaining three years at damascus, they went to fez, in africa, and there they obtained still more knowledge of ma ca.n d of the relations existine between the macrocosm and microcosm. after havini also travelled in spain, he relrned to germany, where he founded a kind of convent called sancfus spiritus, and remained there writing his secret science and conti

en written of at some length. but the entire subject was surrounded with that vague air of 22 the golden dawn mystery, that halo of sanctity and ambiguity whose only excuse can be ignorance on the part of the writers thereof. the degree of phantasy and attenuated sentimentality which has obtained expression from these sources, plus the real lack of knowledge as to the objects of these degrees and mysteries, act as a constant source of irritation. particularly, when we remember that they were issued to satisfy people spiritually hungry, and yearning with an indescribable hunger for but a few crumbs of the divine wisdom. learned dissertations have been published describing in meat detail the folk customs of australian aborigines and i l n e s iaannd other irimftive peoples. all the strange h

technique we still obtain no lasting satisfaction, or understanding. there was undoubtedly a secret <33> about these celebrations, both ethnic and early christian, which no exoteric record has divulged or common sense, so-called, succeeded wholly to explain away. and the reason no doubt it this. though the early writers felt no hesitancy in expounding certain principles of the philosophy of their mysteries, none felt it incumbent upon hiiself to record in black and white the practical details of the magical technique. hence it is, in the absence of a description of the practical elements of these rites, that our scholars, anthropologists and philosophers do not feel inclined to attach much significance to the ancient mysteries other than an ordinary religious or philosophic one. that is, i

on of induction, so the presence of power induces bower. contact with tge appropriate type of elemental jorce prodices an identical type of reaction within the sphere of the neophyte, and it is thus that growth and advancement proceeds. the speeches of the officers deal almost exclusively with the knowledge pertaining to that element and grade, and excerpts from fragmentary remains of the ancient mysteries and from certain of the books of the qabalah do much towards producing an impressive atmosphere. the element offered for the work of transmutation in the grade of zelator is the introduction 29 earthy part of the candidate. the ritual symbolically admits him to the first rung of that mighty ladder whose heights are obscured in the light above. this first rung is the lowest sphere of the

hom i made a law to govern the holy ones, and delivered you a rod with the ark of knowledge. moreover, ye lifted up your voices and sware obedience and faith to him that liveth and triumpheth. whose beginning is not nor end cannot be. who shineth as a flame in the midst of your palaces and reigneth amongst you as the balance of righteousness and truth. move therefore and show yourselves. open the mysteries of your creation. be friendly unto me, for 1 am the servant of the same your god, a true worshipper of the highest" this grade, referred to the veil paroketh, which separates the first and second orders, is intermediate between the purely elemental grades and the spiritual grade of adeptus minor. a crown to the four lower elements, this rite formulates above earth, air, water and fire, t

RITUALS OF THE SOCIETAS ROSICRUCIANIS IN ANGLIA

earth, my hands extended to the north and to the south.aspirant stands in a crucified form as instructed.and my desire is to approach the radiant east and rejoice in the perfect light.rituals of the societas rosicrucianis in angliasecond section11 celebrant:you are worthily inspired my brother. i approve and commend your zeal, but your progress to thegoal of truth must be slow and gradual as the mysteries of nature are not to be unfolded to all whoseek her shrine, but only to the strong in faith, and the humble, though zealous in spirit.i will now invest you with the modes of recognition in this degree of zelator.sign: the ancient sign of a rosicrucian is given thus: right hand on heart, left hand above itcrossing at the wrists. this sign of a cross is equivalent to the word lvx (lux) as

ving passed through the ceremonies required by our ordinance, and havingknelt before the altar of light, you are permitted to join in the mystic labours of this grade.this privilege is conferred only upon discreet and worthy men to whom the revelations oftheosophy and hermetic science may be safely confided. in our ceremony you may have noticed asimilarity to certain rite practised in the ancient mysteries. it is thus that we hope to lead the sincereaspirant to the lofty realms of intellectual truth and to the knowledge of the everlasting. we tracethe growth of our philosophy through the remotest avenues of time, sustained by the continuousadvent of sages and magi, a grand and spiritual procession of teachers illuminating the pathway towisdom, the great and wise men of were the heralds of

ks admission to the sacred precincts of a rosicrucian.guardian opens the door, and observes the password offered by the conductor of novices andzelator, which is made by the fingers, lux. door is then closed.g. of the c.:frater suffragan, at the entrance to our sacred hall stands the conductor of novices with a brotherwho having partaken of the secrets of a zelator, and meditated upon its sublime mysteries now seeksfurther knowledge by the lux of our order.suffragan:has he given evidence of zeal and devotion as a true rosicrucian?g. of the c.:he has.suffragan:then let him be admitted.the zelator, in charge of the conductor, enters and is halted in front of the suffragan.suffragan:frater zelator, it is the custom of rosicrucians before undertaking any matter of importance to invoke the bles

t is the custom of rosicrucians before undertaking any matter of importance to invoke the blessing of the deity on their proceedings. kneel, therefore, and join with us in solemn prayersupreme lord, our father, source of truth and light, pour down upon us the continued dew of thyblessing, and prepare the mind off this zelator, now kneeling in thy presence, for the reception oftheoricus16 the true mysteries of this order, that he may thereby benefit mankind, and better fit himself foradvancement in thine eternal kingdom. amen.suffragangives a battery of one: with reverence for the name of deity, arise. inform me now, what is yourdesire?conductor: frater suffragan, our brother zelator is in search of further instruction.suffragan:frater, i commend your thirst for knowledge, and beg you to re

icrucianis in angliahymn to chymia17 the zelator and his conductor proceed to the suffragan in the west and halt.suffragan:frater, before you can further partake of the secrets of the grade of theoricus, your consent isrequired to certain promises: listen!pledgedo you promise on your word as a man, and pledge your honour as a rosicrucian, to foreverconceal, and never reveal, any of the secrets or mysteries of this grade of theoricus, to a zelator, orto any other person whomsoever, directly or indirectly, without the consent of the magus, hiscouncil, or by the authority of the ordinance, of the society of rosicrucians?candidate:i do.suffragan:do you promise that annually, on the day of our mystic assembly, you will meet with us in oursacred hall, or send in writing the cause of your absence

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

s lamed. to subdue the most ferocious animals and have power to pronounce those words which paralyse and charm serpents. a mem. to have the ars notoria which gives the universal science. i nun. to speak learnedly on all subjects, without preparation and without study. these, finally, are the seven least powers of the magus: y samech. to know at a glance the deep things of the souls of men and the mysteries of the hearts of women. r ayin. to force nature to make him free at his pleasure. q pe. to foresee all future events which do not depend on a superior free will, or on an undiscernible cause, tsade. to give at once and to all the most efficacious consolations and the most wholesome counsels. f koph. to triumph over adversities. w resh. to conquer love and hate. c shin. to have the secret

great initiators who have electrified the world, and they could not have done so except by means of the great and incommunicable secret. however, as a guarantee of its renewed youth, the symbolical phoenix never reappeared before the eyes of the world without having consumed solemnly the remains and evidences of its previous life. so also moses saw to it that all those who had known egypt and her mysteries should end their life in the desert; at ephesus st. paul burnt all books which treated of the occult sciences; and in fine, the french revolution, daughter of the great johannite orient and the ashes of the templars, spoliated the churches and blasphemed the allegories of the divine cultus. but all doctrines and all revivals proscribe magic and condemn its mysteries to the flames and to

form such men was the end of all ancient initiations. pythagoras disciplined his pupils by silence and all kinds of self-denial; candidates in egypt were tried by the four elements; and we know the self-inflicted austerities of fakirs and brahmans in india for attaining the kingdom of free will and divine independence. all macerations of asceticism are borrowed from the initiations of the ancient mysteries; they have ceased because those qualified for initiation, no longer finding initiators, and the leaders of conscience becoming in the lapse of time as uninstructed as the vulgar, the blind have grown weary of following the blind, and no one has cared to pass through ordeals the end of which was only in doubt and despair: the path of light was lost. to succeed in performing something we m

rees thereof' is man; h is woman; 1 is the principle; 2 is the word; a is the active; b is the passive; the monad is boaz; the duad is jakin. in the trigrams of fohi, unity is the yang and the duad is the yin. the pillars of the temple 9 boaz and jakin are the names of the two symbolical pillars before the principal entrance of solomon's kabalistic temple. in the kabalah these pillars explain all mysteries of antagonism, whether natural, political or religious. they elucidate also the procreative struggle between man and woman, for, according to the law of nature, the woman must resist the man, and he must entice or overcome her. the active principle seeks the passive principle, the plenum desires the void, the serpent's jaw attracts the serpent's tail, and in turning about upon himself, h

, and the fullness of his return to virtue will be in proportion to the extent of his errors. she who is destined to crush the serpent's head is intelligence, which ever rises above the stream of blind forces. the kabalists call her the virgin of the sea, whose dripping feet the infernal dragon crawls forward to lick with his fiery tongues, and they fall asleep in delight. hereof are the hieratic mysteries of the duad. but there is one, and the last of all, which must not be made known, the reason, according to hermes trismegistus, being the malcomprehension of the vulgar, who would ascribe to the necessities of science the immoral aspect of blind fatality. by the fear of the unknown must the crowd be restrained, he observes in another place; and christ also said: cast not your pearls befo

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

rs were effaced, at least for the blinded eyes of the jews. the roman persecutors dishonoured hellenism, and it could not be restored by the false moderation of the philosopher julian, surnamed perhaps unjustly the apostate, since his christianity was never sincere. the ignorance of the middle ages followed, opposing saints and virgins to gods, goddesses and nymphs; the deep sense of the hellenic mysteries was less understood than ever; greece herself did not only lose the traditions of her ancient cultus but separated from the latin church; and thus, for latin eyes, the greek letters were blotted out, as the latin letters disappeared for greek eyes. so the inscription on the cross of the saviour vanished entirely, and nothing except mysterious initials remained. but when science and philo

ore the priest and king of nature, and we would preserve by explanation all images of the universal sanctuary. the prophets spoke in parables and images, because abstract language was wanting to them, and because prophetic perception, being the sentiment of harmony or of universal analogies, translates naturally into images. taken literally by the vulgar, these images become idols or impenetrable mysteries. the sum and introduction 7 succession of such images and mysteries constitute what is called symbolism. symbolism comes therefore from god, though it may be formulated by men. revelation has accompanied humanity in all ages, has been transfigured with human genius but has ever expressed the same truth. true religion is one; its dogmas are simple and within the reach of all. at the same

ight represents the spirit of order and harmony; it is the sign of the omnipotence of the magus, and hence, when broken or incorrectly drawn, it represents astral intoxication, abnormal and ill-regulated projections of astral light and therefore bewitchments, perversity, madness-all that, in a word, which the magi term the signature of lucifer. there is another signature which also symbolizes the mysteries of light, namely, the sign of solomon, whose talismans bear on one side the impression of his seal which we have given in our gdoctrine, h and on the other the following signature which is 10 the ritual of transcendental magic the hieroglyphic theory of the composition of magnets and represents the circulatory law of the lightning. rebellious spirits are enchained by the exhibition of th

lf. h we have to deal here with works of relative omnipotence, with the means of laying hold upon the greatest secrets of nature and compelling them into the service of an enlightened and inflexible will. most known magical rituals are either mystifications or enigmas, and we are about to rend for the first time, after so many centuries, the veil of the occult sanctuary. to reveal the holiness of mysteries is to provide a remedy for their profanation. such is the thought which sustains our courage and enables us to face all the perils of this enterprise, possibly the most dangerous which it has been permitted the human mind to conceive and carry out. magical operations are the exercise of a natural power, but one superior to the ordinary forces of nature. they are the result of a science a

ocial relations must never permit ourselves to be absorbed, and must withdraw from circles in which we cannot acquire some initiative. finally, we may and should fulfil the duties and practise the rites of the cultus to which we belong. now, of all forms of worship the most magical is that which most realizes the 16 the ritual of transcendental magic miraculous, which bases the most inconceivable mysteries upon the highest reasons, which has lights equivalent to its shadows, which popularizes miracles, and incarnates god in all mankind by faith. this religion has existed always in the world, and under many names has been ever the one and ruling religion. it has now among the nations of the earth three apparently hostile forms, which are destined, however, to unite before long for the const

ROBERT KIRK WALKER BETWEEN WORLDS

the nurse, as soon as she enters, but she neither perceives any passage out, nor sees what there people do in other rooms of the lodging. when the child is weaned, the nurse either dies, or is conveyed back, or gets to choose to stay there. but if any superterranean [that is, human] be so subtle as to practice sleights [tricks] for procuring a privacy [that is, knowledge of) any of their [fairy] mysteries, such as making use of their ointments, which as gyge's ring, makes them invisible or nimble, or casts them into a trance, or alters their shape, or makes things appear at a vast distance, and so forth, they smite them [the human concerned] without pain as [if] with a puff of wind. and thus [the fairies] bereave them of both their natural and acquired sights in the twinkling of an eye [f

pg_60.htm (5 of 11 [10/9/2001 12:35:19 am] robert kirk- walker between worlds(pages 60-69) delivered by them to the first men that lived, who were called the sons of the gods, and giants, as opposed to the filii terrae [who were] idiots and weaklings [these sons of the gods, as immediately formed, and then instructed by them [had the secret commonwealth 65 from] hence the sacred language of their mysteries [which] was believed to have magical force from the gods, to do the deed [required of it. this strong and vigorous force, but secretly conveyed, was restrained to those very words and points as delivered by tradition, without any voluntary alteration, and they [the magicians] reckoned their virtue evaporated and was lost by being poured out and translated into any other language. the jew

rosicrucians were supposed to be a mysterious order of wise men, versed in mystical, therapeutic and alchemical, or magical, arts. various allegories and technical instructions were published in their name from the close of the sixteenth century onwards, the most famous being the fama fraternitas of the meritorious order of the rosy cross, an initiatory and visionary text modeled upon the ancient mysteries, but including many subtle and obscure esoteric christian elements. as many of the rosicrucian or would-be rosicrucian books contain descriptions and illustrations of the relationship be-tween worlds and orders of being, such as robert fludd's works published in england (which kirk might have had http//www.dreampower.com/kirk_wbw/pg_82.htm (9 of 10 [10/9/2001 12:36:03 am] robert kirk- wa

s to stop her aborting the child. she asks him his identity, his true origin. janet's question is the key to the whole magical process. prior to the question, tam lin is a guardian of the sacred hill, well or roses. he will impregnate maidens, after the http//www.dreampower.com/kirk_wbw/pg_126.htm (7 of 13 [10/9/2001 12:36:58 am] robert kirk- walker between worlds manner of the ancient 'fertility mysteries, and then disappear. note that the result of pulling forbidden roses is pregnancy; but this is not a moralistic or christian warning by any means. pregnancy results from pulling roses without permission from the guardian- in other words, perpetuating the blind powers of procreation without understanding. to gain permission from the guardian, one has to know his name, which in magical ope

evolence of the fairy queen, in tam lin is rather different from her role in thomas the rhymer, but the information derived from both is, in fact, identical. the comparison between the queen in tam lin, and the queen in thomas the rhymer reveals two basic aspects of the underworld. briefly, the queen in tam lin performs as a deeper level of guardian or controlling entity at the heart of the inner mysteries of the underworld or elfland. she is never approached direct, and no dialogue occurs with her. she is, in fact operating in the role of an impersonal agency, fulfilling certain laws. in thomas, however, the queen is directly concerned in an active dialogue with the hero, and becomes his redeemer through the offering of his love. in other words, the role of 'queen' and 'janet' are merged

RUBY TABLET OF SET

ncy to introduce spooks into their work. their work had impact in every aspect of modern life. most people who have benefited or suffered from these developments know nothing of wiener, turing, godel, etc, and would be at a loss to comprehend any explanation of their work. it is precisely because some humans have supplemented the use of natural language that we can build spacecraft and unveil the mysteries of our universe, while most of humanity continues to lurch about, incapable even of verbal reasoning. natural language is a refinement of the social chatter of apes and a vehicle for the expression of reason, not reason itself. if you bind reason to natural language, you debase reason. consider rubik's cube. few humans could deliver a coherent description, in their native tongue, of a ge

ntroduction ii. the gnosis as a philosophical hermetism 1. philo, the man and his thought 2. the evidence from hippolytus 3. the old gnostics iii. some basic gnostic methods 1. cosmology 2. anthropology 3. soteriology iv. results of research in gnostic science 1. the myth of pistis sophia 2. the mystery of the first mystery 3. the gnosis of jesus the mystery of the ineffable 4. the degrees of the mysteries 5. the mysteries of mithras 6. the mystic diagrams 7 'inaoca xpiatoa 8. the truth 9. god v. the gnosis as a hermetic science can lead to new-thinking vi. conclusion i. introduction gnosis sounds very much more formidable and technical in english or german than it does in greek. avwaic is "knowledge. gnosis is the original greek term which means knowledge, and it is employed to designate

ter, and the names are fantastically coupled. we may add that the functions assigned to zorokothora-meljisedek have nothing to so with those of the biblical melchisedec or the persian zoroaster! only the mere names were borrowed by the gnostic. 2. the mystery of the first mystery "but he who shall have received the complete mystery of the first mystery of the ineffable, that is to say, the twelve mysteries of the first mystery, one after another. shall have the power of exploring all the orders of the inheritance of light, of exploring from without within, from within without, from above below, and from below above, from the height to the depth, and from the depth to the height, from the length to the breadth, and from the breadth to the length; in a word, he shall have the power of explor

rken, therefore, now further, o my disciples, while i tell you the whole gnosis of the mystery of the ineffable" it is the gnosis of pitilessness and compassion; of destruction and everlasting increase; of beasts and creeping things, and metals, seas, and earth, clouds and rain, and so on working downwards from man into nature and upwards through all the supernatural realms. 4. the degrees of the mysteries the saviour answers that every one who receives a mystery of light, any one of them, shall after death find rest in the light-world appropriate so his mystery, but no one who has not become a christ will know the gnosis of the whole pleroma, for "in all openness i am the gnosis of the whole pleroma" so he who receives the first mystery of the first mystery shall be king over the spaces o

orld appropriate so his mystery, but no one who has not become a christ will know the gnosis of the whole pleroma, for "in all openness i am the gnosis of the whole pleroma" so he who receives the first mystery of the first mystery shall be king over the spaces of the first saviour in the light-realm, and so on up to the twelfth. and mary asks "master, how is it that the first mystery hath twelve mysteries, whereas the ineffable hath but one mystery" the answer is that they are really one mystery; this mystery is ordered into twelve, and also into five, and again into three, while still remaining one; they are all different aspects or types of the same mystery. 5. the mysteries of mithras the chief point of contact among the many religions of the roman empire was in the common worship of t

SABBATIC KABALA OF THE CROOKED PATH

ral there are a strong sub-stellar touch to the material presented in this aat, and therefore it is essentially reflected in the lunar rays of the mystery) of the azoth. this cell is focused on the formation of the fluidity and fluxity of the magical matrix of invocation. this is the abode of the goddess of water, salt and fire. she who is colour and sex (p. 146. the 2nd cell is setting forth the mysteries of the goddess trifold of nature and marks through this synthesis the lesser mystery of the three lunar phases and how the growth, maturity and the old age of the goddess are functioning in the magical arte. the greater mystery, the one concerning the black moon is treated in a different house. this is per definition the house of the moon and through this the abode of the goddess. the co

ed in a different house. this is per definition the house of the moon and through this the abode of the goddess. the connection between gimel and nun is significant int his joining between the moon and the lunar animals, like scorpios, centipedes and the like. in the tarot these letters has been assigned to the priestess and death. since this cell is the lunar abode it is also the cell where they mysteries of the psychosexual fluids are understood. the house it self is concerned with the pure and genital production of the elixirs and is marking a state of transition into a higher understanding of these mysteries which are of an cerebral nature. the magician should by the understanding of this alchemical house ground an understanding of the lunar rays and its effect, for instance through th

of an cerebral nature. the magician should by the understanding of this alchemical house ground an understanding of the lunar rays and its effect, for instance through the work of the kalas or colours of the moon. this mystery is stellar in origin, but has found a junction of manifestation in the trans -lunar realms and is therefore a proper mystery to explore prior to the deeper and transcendent mysteries of the stellar wisdom. in other words- this is a house of congress. one important revelations in this cell are "duality is the omnipresent singularity" and "transvoke- outside- beyond- within" in other words this is the marriage or sacrificial sexual union of zoa and azoa. the crossroad of all things molding into the one in the centre of the abysmal void of all-beginnings. this is also t

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

importance of the fetisches are introduced. this refers to the physical presentation of objects of power. we can among these include the common weapons of the warrior of the noble arte, colours, banners and signs are other highly physical objects that are treated. through this act the process of manifestation of the summoned will be enhanced. this cells importance rests in its exploration of the mysteries where the witch and the familiar becomes one. this is performed through procedures of congress where the joining in secret and sacred matrimony are performed. this will include the absolute readiness of the senses. the totality of the body must be brought to a state of reception for the forces to descend upon the mage. he ritual of the opposer will be performed in such occasion and the m

SALMANRUSHDIE THESATANICVERSES

him; he was taken in his infancy to the bitch-city, his first migration; his father got a job amongst the fleet-footed inspirers of future wheelchair quartets, the lunch-porters or dabbawallas of bombay. and ismail the farishta followed, at thirteen, in his father's footsteps. gibreel, captive aboard ai-420, sank into forgivable rhapsodies, fixing chamcha with his glittering eye, explicating the mysteries of the runners' coding system, black swastika red circle yellow slash dot, running in his mind's eye the entire relay from home to office desk, that improbable system by which two thousand dabbawallas delivered, each day, over one hundred thousand lunch-pails, and on a bad day, spoono, maybe fifteen got mislaid, we were illiterate, mostly, but the signs were our secret tongue _bostan_ ci

solute contempt and said without moving her black--lacquer lips _conversation's dead, man. he had been pretty upset, so upset that he blurted out _tell me, why are all the girls in this town so rude, and she answered, without pausing to think _because most of the boys are like you. a few moments later chamcha came up, reeking of patchouli, wearing a white kurta, everybody's goddamn cartoon of the mysteries of the east, and the girl left with him five minutes later. the bastard, jumpy joshi thought as the old bitterness surged back, he had no shame, he was ready to be anything they wanted to buy, that read-your-palm bedspread-jacket harekrishna dharma-bum, you wouldn't have caught me dead. that stopped him, that word right there. dead. face it, jamshed, the girls never went for you, that's

't it "it is" he replied. o o o the story of the village that was walking to the sea had spread all over the country, and in the ninth week the pilgrims were being pestered by journalists, local politicos in search of votes, businessmen who offered to sponsor the march if the yatris would only consent to wear sandwich boards advertising various goods and services, foreign tourists looking for the mysteries of the east, nostalgic gandhians, and the kind of human vultures who go to motor--car races to watch the crashes. when they saw the host of chameleon butterflies and the way they both clothed the girl ayesha and provided her with her only solid food, these visitors were amazed, and retreated with confounded expectations, that is to say with a hole in their pictures of the world that they

SAPPHIRE TABLE OF SET MAIN

is one of preeminent honor in all of the artistic, religious, and philosophical pursuits of mankind. a master is one who comprehends, who knows, who possesses all skills. appropriately a master is regarded by others as a teacher, even though be may regard himself as a "student" of his calling. in magic and metaphysics, the master is one who understands those things which others call "occult" or "mysteries. he author: michael a. aquino vi temple of set date: march 10, xi html conversion: dec 7, 2000 ce subject: the master of the temple may be called a saint, a sage, a mahatma, a medicine man, a shaman, a witch doctor, or a philosopher. transculturally he is a master. within the initiatory arts of magic, the concept of the master has been most precisely formulated to date by aleister crowle

(b) to have the abilities/qualities that fulfilling my vision would require. this worked incredibly well, and the time after the 25-year working has been full of synchronities again. first there are the above mentioned hagalaz vision (which, to me, marked the creation of my personal mill of becoming exactly as i had envisioned it in the first _hyperborean codex; see the article _some hyperborean mysteries) and the vision of denytenamun (which crystallized a series of synchronities and resonances over a period of over five years. the first is the (current) crystallization of my outer projects, the second the (current) crystallization of my inner processes. both of these have been laden with minor synchronities. my recently becoming the sentinel of the kalevala pylon and giving a lecture at

SAPPHIRE TABLET OF SET

is one of preeminent honor in all of the artistic, religious, and philosophical pursuits of mankind. a master is one who comprehends, who knows, who possesses all skills. appropriately a master is regarded by others as a teacher, even though be may regard himself as a "student" of his calling. in magic and metaphysics, the master is one who understands those things which others call "occult" or "mysteries. he author: michael a. aquino vi temple of set date: march 10, xi html conversion: dec 7, 2000 ce subject: the master of the temple may be called a saint, a sage, a mahatma, a medicine man, a shaman, a witch doctor, or a philosopher. transculturally he is a master. within the initiatory arts of magic, the concept of the master has been most precisely formulated to date by aleister crowle

(b) to have the abilities/qualities that fulfilling my vision would require. this worked incredibly well, and the time after the 25-year working has been full of synchronities again. first there are the above mentioned hagalaz vision (which, to me, marked the creation of my personal mill of becoming exactly as i had envisioned it in the first _hyperborean codex; see the article _some hyperborean mysteries) and the vision of denytenamun (which crystallized a series of synchronities and resonances over a period of over five years. the first is the (current) crystallization of my outer projects, the second the (current) crystallization of my inner processes. both of these have been laden with minor synchronities. my recently becoming the sentinel of the kalevala pylon and giving a lecture at

SATANGEL

lieve in a little of everything, or more precisely as universal belief. i am given to understand that this approach might also be described or likened to neo-platonism, and is pre-christian in origin. of course, i do not always explain that. yet this is more than just me trying to be clever. this fluidity of expression is a central part of spiritist witchcraft. the gods and goddesses that are the mysteries couple and breed incestuously, and our familiars copulate with everything all the time. many of the genuinely old spells of english witchcraft call as readily on the power of odin as they do upon the saints, apostles and martyrs. hell, some even call on devils and demons as well. people are sometimes a little baffled by this. whatever our interests and spirituality as adults, most of us

emselves to be christ, or speaking to mary, or receiving transmissions from the antichrist, than they have pan, or daughters of hecate. i m sure they do pop up in such places occasionally. living as i do in norwich city, norfolk, england, i cannot help but be aware of the extent and majesty of power that the church once held over england s populace. yet also, i cannot avoid awareness of the pagan mysteries and their survival under christian masks. in the cathedrals here there are some of england s most famous green men, often identified as cain, who hide amongst the cloisters and grin at us from beneath the misericord. all around are the gargoyles, fear inspiring and atavistic. east anglia generally is often referred to as the witchcraft country. the memory of mathew hopkins has helped to

on which most other grimoire are copied from. it is mentioned by the venetian inquisition, who found a witch to be in possession of it. grimoire of honorius widely circulated in the 17th century, first published some time between 1629 and 1670. attributed to pope honorius, the text is highly christianised and contains aspects of kabalist lore. it was described by eliphas levi, in key of the great mysteries, as 'a veritable monument of human perversity. this is usually of the classical catholic variety, requiring that the sorcerer is either also an ordained priest, or has the aid of one. levi further claims that the instruction to 'sacrifice a live kid' is an instruction to sacrifice a human child, as opposed to a male goat as most have presumed. it is just possible that levi was continuing

peak to us through our dreaming minds, this they have done from the beginning. such have been the origins of the deepest, most profound initiations. chapter one; shining ones the hierarchy of heaven in comprehending the nature of the devils and demons that are traditionally the source of the black witchcraft power, it is necessary to consider and meditate upon the forms and names of those angelic mysteries from which they are understood v wilful or not v to have descended. from moses onwards kabalists, esotericists and occultists attributed angels governing the powers of the planets, the four seasons, the days of the week, the hours of the day, to places, plants and principles of every kind. they also expanded greatly upon their numbers and names. spells and incantations calling upon such

angels, and punishes their transgressions. he also appears in the apocryphal revelation of john; then shall he send the angel raguel saying: go sound the trumpet for the angels of cold and snow and ice and bring together every kind of wrath upon them that stand on the left. so watch out! razi-el also known as ratzi-el, saraqu-el, akrasi-el, or gallizur, angel of the secret regions of the supreme mysteries. author of the book of the angel raziel, wherein all celestial and earthly knowledge is set down revealing the 1,500 keys to the mysteries in a code unknown to any living mortal. this grimoire he presented to adam, and it was then passed to enoch who incorporated much of it into the book of enoch. in was then passed to noah, who used information within it to design and build the ark. mos

SATANIC BIBLE

nds, and brighten your vestments with infernal light. i made ye a law to govern the holy ones, and delivered a rod with wisdom supreme. you lifted your voices and swore your allegiance to him that liveth triumphant, whose beginning is not, nor end cannot be, which shineth as a flame in the midst of your palaces, and reigneth amongst you as the balance of life! move therefore, and appear! open the mysteries of your creation! be friendly unto me, for i am the same- the true worshipper of the highest and ineffable king of hell! the second key in order to pay homage to the very lusts which sustain the continuance of life, itself, the second enochian key extends this recognition of our earthly heritage unto a talisman of power (enochian) adagita vau-pa-ahe zodonugonu fa-a-ipe salada! vi-i-vau e

he lords of the righteous, and gave them vessels to water the earth with her creatures. they are the brothers of the first and the second, and the beginning of their own seats which are garnished with myriad ever-burning lamps, whose numbers are as the first, the ends, and the contents of time! therefore, come ye and obey your creation. visit us in peace and comfort. conclude us receivers of your mysteries; for why? our lord and master is the all-one! the sixth key the sixth enochian key establishes the structure and form of that which has become the order of the trapezoid and church of satan (enochian) gahe sa-div cahisa em, micalazoda pil-zodinu, sobam el haraji mir babalonu od obeloce samevelaji, dalagare malapereji ar-caosaji od acame canale, sobola zodare fa-beliareda caosaji od cahis

e saitan (english) the mighty throne growled and there were five thunders that flew into the east. and the eagle spake and cried aloud: come away from the house of death! and they gathered themselves together and became those of whom it measured, and they are the deathless ones who ride the whirlwinds. come away! for i have prepared a place for you. move therefore, and show yourselves! unveil the mysteries of your creation. be friendly unto me for i am your god, the true worshipper of the flesh that liveth forever! the twelfth key the twelfth enochian key is used to vent one's displeasure towards man's need for misery, and bring forth torment and conflict to the harbingers of woe (enochian) nonuci dasonuf babaje od cahisa ob hubaio tibibipe? alalare ataraahe od ef! darix fafenu mianu ar en

yo ovof! soba dooainu aai i vonupehe. zodacare, gohusa, od zodameranu. odo cicale qaa! zodoreje, lape zodiredo noco mada, hoathahe saitan (english) o ye that range in the south and are the lanterns of sorrow, buckle your armor and visit us! bring forth the legions of the army of hell, that the lord of the abyss may be magnified, whose name amongst ye is wrath! move therefore, and appear! open the mysteries of your creation! be friendly unto me, for i am the same, the true worshipper of the highest and ineffable king of hell! the thirteenth key the thirteenth enochian key is used to make the sterile lustful and vex those who would deny the pleasures of sex (enochian) napeai babajehe das berinu vax ooaona larinuji vonupehe doalime: conisa olalogi oresaha das cahisa afefa. micama isaro mada o

ahisa afefa. micama isaro mada od lonu-sahi-toxa, das ivaumeda aai jirosabe. zodacare od zodameranu. odo cicale qaa! zodoreje, lape zodiredo noco mada, hoathahe saitan (english) o ye swords of the south, which have eyes to stir up the wrath of sin, making men drunken which are empty; behold! the promise of satan and his power, which is called amongst ye a bitter sting! move and appear! unveil the mysteries of your creation! for i am the servant of the same, your god, the true worshipper of the highest and ineffable king of hell! the fourteenth key the fourteenth enocian key is a call for vengeance and the manifestation of justice (enochian) noroni bajihie pasahasa oiada! das tarinuta mireca ol tahila dodasa tolahame caosago homida: das berinu orocahe quare: micama! bial! oiad; aisaro toxa

SATANIC RITUALS

een held by occultists. scant yean ago, the satanic bible first publicly advanced magical techniques and working procedures utilizing sexual energy and other emotional responses. since then many volumes have appeared that give identical principles, in both technical and esoteric jargon. it is expected that the precedent established by the present work will likewise "free" others to reveal "hidden mysteries" why, it will be asked, is it deemed feasible to make these rituals public knowledge? primarily because the demand is great -not only from curiosity-seekers, but from those who thirst for more than what is offered by the recent outpourings of pseudo- cabbalistic, crypto-christian writing. another reason for this book is that there are many recent awesome discoveries which give the sorcer

ery mythos. though the rituals in this book are representative of different nations, it will be easy to perceive a basic undercurrent through the cultural variants. two each of the rites are french and german, their preponderance accountable to the rich wealth of satanic drama and liturgy produced by those countries. the british, although enamored of ghosts, hauntings, pixies, witches, and murder mysteries, have drawn most of dieir satanic repertoire from european sources. perhaps this is because a european catholic who wanted to rebel became a satanist: an englishman who wanted to rebel became a catholic-that was blasphemy enough! if most americans' knowledge of satanism is gleaned from the tabloid press and horror films, the average briton can boast of "enlightenment" from the pens of th

ecutioners are terrified and suddenly have no power to come close. tremblingly, they throw their torches on the pyre, and quickly turn away. thick smoke surrounds the scaffold, growing into billows. suddenly flames appear and leap up, yet in the sight of death, these brave knights do not betray themselves. priest: assez! enough! the denunciation priest: o sad fraternity, do i unfold your dolorous mysteries shrouded from of yore? nay, be assured; no secret can be told to any who divined it not before: none uninitiate by many a presage will comprehend the language of the message, although proclaimed aloud of evermore. and yet a man who raves, however mad, who bares his heart and tells of his own fall, reserves some inmost secret good or bad: the phantoms have no reticence at all: the nudity

SCHLAGER NEIL WORLD RELIGIONS REFERENCE LIBRARY

of the greek deities. ancient greeks and romans were strongly affected by these gods and goddesses. they worshipped them daily, offering parts of each meal to the gods and taking part in special religious festivals and holidays. the major life cycle events of birth, marriage, and death were also 207 celebrated by religious rituals and ceremonies. the greek myths, in turn, attempted to explain the mysteries of life and nature, such as the origin of the world and the creation of the seasons. however, greek religion, and later roman religion, had no specific rules of proper behavior. there was no set of religious beliefs or principles to follow. each citizen was free to decide how he or she should behave, as long as he participated in the public official worship ceremonies. as a result, in gr

y has a small number of followers compared to other religions. although their mystic rites were kept secret, it is known that they required elaborate initiations, including purification rites (rituals to clean the new members and make them pure, accepting occult or magical knowledge, and acting out a sacred drama. many of these mystery cults celebrated a cycle of death and rebirth. the eleusinian mysteries, held at the sacred site of eleusis near athens, for example, reenacted for believers the myth of the goddess demeter and her daughter persephone. the story tells that persephone was so beautiful that hades himself kidnapped her and carried her off to be queen of the underworld. demeter, mourning for her daughter, caused all growing things to fade. this so alarmed the rest of the gods th

on another it is a story of death and resurrection, or rising from the dead. historians believe that initiates to the mystery cults were given a chance to symbolically die and were then brought symbolically back to life. 224 world religions: almanac greco-roman religion and philosophy the relationship between death and rebirth was also evident in another of the greek mystery religions: the orphic mysteries, centered in crete. orpheus, the myth states, was the greatest musician in the world. his wife, euridice, was killed by a snake bite and her spirit descended into the underworld. orpheus followed her there, charmed the underworld with his music, and won the right to bring her back to the world of the living, but he was forbidden from looking behind himself on his way back to the surface

dice, was killed by a snake bite and her spirit descended into the underworld. orpheus followed her there, charmed the underworld with his music, and won the right to bring her back to the world of the living, but he was forbidden from looking behind himself on his way back to the surface. orpheus was unable to keep from looking back and as a result lost euridice forever. just like the eleusinian mysteries, the orphic mysteries celebrated a process of death and rebirth, offering its initiates a chance at life beyond death. the greek gods and goddesses are shown at their home on mount olympus. greek and roman mythology had a lasting impact on the arts and literature. arte& immagini srl/corbis. world religions: almanac 225 greco-roman religion and philosophy while historians know of other my

and rebirth, offering its initiates a chance at life beyond death. the greek gods and goddesses are shown at their home on mount olympus. greek and roman mythology had a lasting impact on the arts and literature. arte& immagini srl/corbis. world religions: almanac 225 greco-roman religion and philosophy while historians know of other mystery cults active in ancient greece, such as the pythagorean mysteries, details are sketchy or missing. one exception to this was the cult of dionysius. a fertility god, dionysius was honored by rituals fully as unique as those of the orphic or orphic mysteries. dionysius was a relatively new god in the pantheon, not mentioned by homer. by the fifth century bce he had become one of the more popular gods. during the festivals honoring him, people sang, dance

SEPHER HA BAHIR

no water, nevertheless a stone of living power and a water of living might; a sulphur, a mercury, a salt, hidden deep in nature, and which no fool has ever known nor se n sepher ha-bahir or the book of illumination attributed to rabbi nehunia ben hakana translated by aryeh kaplan the bahir 2 the first verses of creation 3 the aleph-beth 7 the seven voices and the sephiroth 12 the ten sephiroth 32 mysteries of the soul 53 index 57 the bahir 3 section i the first verses of creation 1. rabbi nehuniah ben hakana said: one verse (job 37:21) states "and now they do not see light, it is brilliant (bahir) in the skies [round about god in terrible majesty" another verse, however (psalm 18:12, states "he made darkness his hiding place" it is also written (psalm 97:2 "cloud and gloom surround him" th

with all your acquisition, acquire understanding. it is thus written (job 32:8, the soul of shaddai gives them understanding. the soul of shaddai is what gives them understanding. what is the third one? as the old man said to the child, what is hidden from you, do not seek, and what is concealed from you, do not probe. where you have authority, seek to understand, but you have nothing to do with mysteries. 50. we have learned (proverbs 25:2, the glory of god is to hide a word. what is a word? that of which it is written (psalm 119:160, the beginning of your word is truth [it is also written (proverbs 25:2, the glory of kings is to probe a word. what is this word? that of which it is written (proverbs 25:11, a word spoken in its proper place (aphen-av, do not read its proper place (aphen-a

oral torah is light (or] because this light has already been kept, it is called light. what is this like? a room was hidden at the end of a house. even though it is day, and there is bright light in the world, one cannot see in this room unless he brings along a lamp. the same is true of the oral torah. even though it is a light, it needs the written torah to answer its questions and explain its mysteries. 150. rabbi rahumai said: what is the meaning of the verse (proverbs 6:23, and the way of life is the rebuke of admonition? this teaches us that when a person accustoms himself to study the mystery of creation and the bahir 38 the mystery of the chariot, it is impossible that he not stumble. it is therefore written (isaiah 3:6, let this stumbling be under your hand. this refers to things

srael. from there is nourished the rock of israel. what is the meaning of from there? we say that this is the supernal righteous one (tzadik. what is it? it is [the precious stone called] socheret. and the stone that is below it is called dar. and what are the rays mentioned in the verse (habakkuk 3:4, he has rays from his hand? these are the five fingers of the right hand. the bahir 53 section v mysteries of the soul 194. rabbi rahumai said: this i received [from the tradition. when moses wanted to know about the glorious fearsome name, may it be blessed, he said (exodus 33:18, show my please your glory. he wanted to know why there are righteous who have good, righteous who have evil, wicked who have good, and wicked who have evil. but they would not tell him. do you then think that they

SEPHER YETZIRAH WESTCOTT

acles" in his analysis of the "sepher yetzirah" he adds-"the book of formation, even if it be not very voluminous, and if it do not altogether raise us to very elevated regions of thought, yet offers us at least a composition which is very homogeneous and of a rare originality. the clouds which the imagination of commentators have gathered around it, will be dissipated, if we look for, in it, not mysteries of ineffable wisdom, but an attempt at a reasonable doctrine, made when reason arose, an effort to grasp the plan of the universe, and to secure the link which binds to one common principle, all the elements which are around us "the last word of this system is the substitution of the absolute divine unity for every idea of dualism, for that pagan philosophy which saw in matter an eternal

and called him his beloved, and made a covenant with him and his seed; and abraham believed on him (56) and it was imputed unto him for righteousness. and he made this covenant as between the ten toes of the feet--this is that of circumcision; and as between the ten fingers of the hands and this is that of the tongue (57) and he formed the twentytwo letters into speech (58) and shewed him all the mysteries of them (59) he drew them through the waters; he burned them in the fire; he vibrated them in the air; seven planets in the heavens, and twelve celestial constellations of the stars of the zodiac- the end of "the book of formation- the fifty gates of intelligence attached to some editions of the "sepher yetzirah" is found this scheme of kabalistic classification of knowledge emanating fr

SETH IN THE MAGICKAL TEXTS

name of seth in the coptic texts, but the name does occur. already w.h. worrell published a transcription and translation of one of the texts in the coptic "wizard's hoard, now found at the university of michigan.21 here the magician identifies himself with "seth the son of adam, the first revelation of the unformed hands c (1.15-2.2. he is the one "to whom have been revealed the virtues, and the mysteries, and its manipulations (i.e, the rituals which attend the prayer, and the power of these arts (4.2-5. p. mirecki, who is preparing a comprehensive critical edition of the "wizard's hoard, correctly has pointed out that the idea of seth as a recipient of divine mysteries derives from gnostic and.ultimately.jewish sources.22 he also states that this theme appears to be otherwise unknown in

ointed out that the idea of seth as a recipient of divine mysteries derives from gnostic and.ultimately.jewish sources.22 he also states that this theme appears to be otherwise unknown in the magical texts.23 this appears to be right, but we should note that it is found in a non-magical and non-gnostic text known as the martyrdom of chamoul: here seth is said to be the one "to whom god showed the mysteries of life."24 thus, in different branches of coptic christianity, the jewish figure of seth was seen as a recipient of divine mysteries. in this capacity, however, he was never equated with the egyptian god seth-typhon. 19 between these two phrases, we find another iao formula which begins "the great power (dynamis) of heaven, iao iao machael (col. i, 15-16. the name, machael, apparently i

tract, jesus is said to have invoked god while "he stood upon the water of the ocean (afahera i. hi n pmoou pwkeanos (ch. 136).33 jesus goes on to cry out the divine name, iao, towards the four corners of the world, obviously manifesting himself as the master of the universe through wielding the proper name of god.34 "then jesus, who is aberamentho, cried out again" this time commanding "all the mysteries of the archons and the powers and the angels and the archangels, and all powers and all works of the invisible god c (ibid. jesus' disciples are now given a revelation of all the cosmic secrets. it is thus clear that jesus aberamentho in the unnamed tractate in codex askewianus is assimilated to thoth-hermes: he is the lord of the waters and the formulas controlling the cosmic powers.35

SETIAN DIVINATION

2. how have my weaknesses contributed to my being where i am? how can i use getting out of where i am to get where i need to be? 3. what will the real impact of my current situation be in six days, six months, and six years? 4. how many factors are governing the current situation? second write down the answers in your magical diary. third do an invocation: oh self that i seek to become, open your mysteries to me. rejoice in steps to overcome that which hinders me, bless my serenity in accepting that which i must suffer to change me, and energize my magical curiosity that i may know the difference. let my view extend beyond time and space! hail, my self-to-be! fourth put the cards and read them according to the methods you have seen used. a good historical understanding of the system is ver

SEVEN SHADES OF SOLITUDE

irits beneath the heels of the wanderer; it is the way of knowledge which comprehends the living zodiac of desire, the how of believing, and the tools by which such knowledge can be wilfully applied: the sigil and stave, the will and the word of magical power. for those of this faith, the so-called wytcha and curren, it is the circle of the arte magical which forms the perfect mirror in which the mysteries of solitude may be sought. drawing from a diversity of personal experience- as a perpetual apprentice, a constant journeyman, and as a presiding magister of covine, lodge and lineage- the circle of arte has yielded up its own-being of solitude according to many subtil degrees of understanding. although i often practise in assembly and convocation, if a man be defined by his greatest pred

SEVEN SCROLLS CHILDREN OF THE BLACK ROSE

must ask, for one brother or sister shall never be the master of another. as the pages turn, the voices of many past adepts will speak their parts, revealing the right way to look at personal interaction with the forces that be and to form a suitable defense against the opposition who would limit and ensnare the unwary. they will also present the keys of wisdom and knowledge that will unlock the mysteries of the ages and open the doors to the future aeons. but, this is only half the story, and as man is incomplete, so is this little book. you see, the true scope of this book is only to light the way to the bridge; the seeker must then cross it. your personal gnosis will bring all into focus when the time is right for you to know or have the knowing. the keys to the gnosis have never been

at might be hurtful to you. the good memories are no problem, but the mistakes are another matter. however, this job will not be as easy as it looks. be aware that within your mental attic there are many stumbling blocks with which you must deal, either now or later. the human mind, especially the subconscious mind is capable of many tricks and ploys to keep the conscious mind from unraveling its mysteries. events of long ago that have been totally forgotten by an individual's conscious mind are often boxed, indexed, and kept by the subconscious mind as a series of checks and balances (read limitations) to control the actions of that individual. the main thrust of the subconscious mind is defensive in nature as it wishes to avoid pain. do you now fully understand the importance of clearing

SIR EDWARD BULWER LYTTON ZANONI A ROSICRUCIAN TALE

perficial behold on the surface of human affairs, and the subtle and intellectual agencies which in reality influence the conduct of individuals, and shape out the destinies of the world. as man has two lives, that of action and that of thought, so i conceive that work to be the truest representation of humanity which faithfully delineates both, and opens some elevating glimpse into the sublimest mysteries of our being, by establishing the inevitable union that exists between the plain things of the day, in which our earthly bodies perform their allotted part, and the latent, often uncultivated, often invisible, affinities of the soul with all the powers that eternally breathe and move throughout the universe of spirit. i refer those who do me the honour to read "zanoni" with more attentio

real doctrines to the world. and i do not blame them for their discretion" here he paused, and seemed about to retire, when i said, somewhat abruptly, to the collector "i see nothing, mr. d, in this catalogue which relates to the rosicrucians "the rosicrucians" repeated the old gentleman, and in his turn he surveyed me with deliberate surprise "who but a rosicrucian could explain the rosicrucian mysteries! and can you imagine that any members of that sect, the most jealous of all secret societies, would themselves lift the veil that hides the isis of their wisdom from the world "aha" thought i "this, then, is 'the august fraternity' of which you spoke. heaven be praised! i certainly have stumbled on one of the brotherhood "but" i said aloud "if not in books, sir, where else am i to obtain

siasm of love" while with a bewildered understanding and a reluctant attention i listened to these intricate sublimities, my adviser closed the volume, and said with complacency "there is the motto for your book, the thesis for your theme "davus sum, non oedipus" said i, shaking my head, discontentedly "all this may be exceedingly fine, but, heaven forgive me, i don't understand a word of it. the mysteries of your rosicrucians, and your fraternities, are mere child's play to the jargon of the platonists "yet, not till you rightly understand this passage, can you understand the higher theories of the rosicrucians, or of the still nobler fraternities you speak of with so much levity "oh, if that be the case, i give up in despair. why not, since you are so well versed in the matter, take the

ght the secrets of apollonius and paracelsus "what" said glyndon, amazed "are you so well acquainted with the annals of an obscure lineage "to the man who aspires to know, no man who has been the meanest student of knowledge should be unknown. you ask me why i have shown this interest in your fate? there is one reason which i have not yet told you. there is a fraternity as to whose laws and whose mysteries the most inquisitive schoolmen are in the dark. by those laws all are pledged to warn, to aid, and to guide even the remotest descendants of men who have toiled, though vainly, like your ancestor, in the mysteries of the order. we are bound to advise them to their welfare; nay, more, if they command us to it, we must accept them as our pupils. i am a survivor of that most ancient and imm

ered with the new thoughts that raged within him, and threw open his casement for air. the ocean lay suffused in the starry light, and the stillness of the heavens never more eloquently preached the morality of repose to the madness of earthly passions. but such was glyndon's mood that their very hush only served to deepen the wild desires that preyed upon his soul; and the solemn stars, that are mysteries in themselves, seemed, by a kindred sympathy, to agitate the wings of the spirit no longer contented with its cage. as he gazed, a star shot from its brethren, and vanished from the depth of space! chapter 3.xiii. o, be gone! by heaven, i love thee better than myself, for i came hither armed against myself "romeo and juliet" the young actress and gionetta had returned from the theatre; a

SIR WALLIS BUDGE EGYPTIAN MAGIC

uld be stayed by a word. no god, or spirit, or devil, or fiend, could resist words of power, and the egyptians invoked their aid in the smallest as well as in the greatest events of their lives. to him that was versed in the lore contained in the books of the "double house of life" the future was as well known as the past, and neither time nor distance could limit the operations of his power; the mysteries of life and death were laid bare before him, and he could draw aside the veil which hid the secrets of fate and destiny from the knowledge of ordinary mortals. now if views such as these concerning the magician's power were held by the educated folk of ancient egypt there is little to wonder at when we find that beliefs and superstitions of the most degraded character flourished with ran

at didst create night and day, thee the creator of light and darkness. thou art osoronnophris, whom no man hath seen at any time; thou art iabas, thou art iapos, thou hast distinguished the just and the unjust, thou didst make female and male, thou didst produce seeds and fruits, thou didst make men to love one another and to bate one another. i am moses thy prophet, to whom thou didst commit thy mysteries, the ceremonies of israel; thou didst produce the moist and the dry and all manner of food. listen to me: i am an angel of phapro osoronnophris; this is thy true name, handed down to the prophets of israel. listen to me. 2" in this passage the name osoronnophris is clearly a corruption of the old egyptian names of the p. 177 great god of the dead "ausar unnefer" and phapro seems to repre

SIX WAYS OF KNOWLEDGE

very well have the title of the high priestess at tanis, mestcehrti "she of two ears" the two ears are one of the fourteen kaw of osiris- if you hear in life you will hear in life- in-death. sight (self-centric. the verb "to see" iri connected with the right eye, the sun, and har-wer, also means "to command. add it to an infinitive of a verb and you have an imperative *ir* shti shta-tu! seek the mysteries! this form of seeing is the seeing of an overseer, visually checking that your will is working in the world. it has a constancy of purpose. if you've ever had a job supervising others, you know this word. it is going from one person to the next being sure that they are all doing their tasks. it is also looking at a task and dividing it into sections so that it's do-able. it is action-ori

SORCERIES OF ZOS

. cp. rev. ii. 1r the sorceries of zos from cults of the shadow by kenneth grant sorcery and witchcraft are the degenerate offspring of occult traditions coeval with those described in the second chapter. the popular conception of witchcraft, shaped by the anti-christian manifestations that occurred in the middle ages is so distorted and so inadequate that to try and interpret the symbols of its mysteries, perverted and debased as they are, without reference to the vastly ancient systems from which they derive is like mistaking the tip of an iceberg for its total mass. it has been suggested by some authorities that the original witches sprang from a race of mongol origin of which the lapps are the sole surviving remnants. this may or may not be so, but these 'mongols' were not human. they

rr on the astral plane precisely because the physical channels had been deliberately blocked. the state of drowsiness noted in the votaries of the ku suggests that the ensuing shadow-play was evoked after a fashion similar to that obtained by a species of dream control. gerald massey, aleister crowley, austin spare, dion fortune, have- each in their way- demonstrated the bio-chemical basis of the mysteries. they achieved in the sphere of the 'occult' that which wilhelm reich achieved for psychology, and established it on a sure bio-chemical basis. spare's 'sentient symbols' and 'alphabet of desire$ correlating as they do the marmas of the body with the specific sex-principles, anticipated in several ways the work of reich who discovered- between 1936 and 1939- the vehicle of psycho-sexual

nd back-to-back dance, the anal kiss, the number thirteen, the witch mounted on the besom handle, the bat, and other forms of webbed or winged nocturnal creature; the batrachia generally, of which the toad, frog, or hekt. was preeminent. these and similar symbols originally typified the draconian tradition which was degraded by the pseudo witch-cults during centuries of christian persecution. the mysteries were profaned and the sacred rites were condemned as anti-christian. the cult thus became the repository of inverted and perverted religious rites and symbols having no inner meaning; mere affirmations of the witches' total commitment to an-tichristian doctrine whereas- originally- they were living emblems, sentient symbols, of ante- christian faith. when the occult significance of prima

SPENSER THE CULT OF THE ALL SEEING EYE 1960

ght quadrant. the inner curve of the crescent. closest to the bisected black, paleblue and yellow sphere. is equidistant at all points from the exact center of the bisected figure. therefore, if the curve of the crescent is continued fullcircle, the figure which results is a hidden point within a circle, the symbol which was adopted by the astronomers as their sign of the sun. in the ancient- 17- mysteries the point in the circle denoted the principle of fecundity and has been carried down through the ages as a sign of various secret societies, including the llluminati of adam weishaupt in 1776.20 the female principle is also emphasized by the crescent moon or lunette figure. there are 72 geometrical figures (and shadings) in the mural. the two crescent shapes and the four long triangles

upplications to that almighty being who rules over the universe" the two lower corners of the window each show the holy scriptures, an open book and a candle, signifying the light from god's law "thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path" why was this particular quotation chosen? the terms "word" and "light" have especially significant meanings in the occult lexicon. in the ancient mysteries of egypt the word "is said to have been the tetragrammaton (see source 9, part i, p. 889 "the connection of material light with. mental illumination was prominently exhibited in all the ancient systems of religion and esoteric mysteries. among the egyptians. the symbol of moral illumination. was also the symbol of osiris [ibid, pp. 469-470) these root-symbols are met with over and over a

focal point for the descent of spiritual force "may the consciousness of the united nations become ever more at-one, the many lights one light in the light of the self" will the new universal cult take root among the peoples of the world? if so, probably not for long. no faith based on man-made institutions can survive. nevertheless, since the days of the "mystic temples" of the greek eieusinian mysteries "wisdom" cults have been used as a means of recruitment for revolutionary groups as well as to influence politicians and statesmen at the highest level. remember rudolph steiner and kaiser wilhelm and, more recently, former vice-president henry a. wallace and his guru nicholas roerich? recognizing the "goofy network" to be a source of power and influence, un officials lecture at meetings

STEINER RUDOLF CHRISTIANITY AS MYSTICAL FACT

more thoroughly. steiner saw that what was needed was an evolutionary approach. christianity did grow out of previously existing beliefs but developed them in a special way, a way that was linked with the emergence of the individual, and of historical, time-oriented understanding. that could not mean it xiv christianity as mystical fact should strive to leave behind all that bound it to the older mysteries, which had given people the sense of belonging to a meaningful cosmic order, spiritual as well as physical. indeed, to do so would simply be throwing one s lot in with the alienation and isolation that is the besetting disease of modern culture: the shadow side of our individualism and freedom to shape our future by detaching ourselves from the past. rather, by understanding the spiritua

the sense of belonging to a meaningful cosmic order, spiritual as well as physical. indeed, to do so would simply be throwing one s lot in with the alienation and isolation that is the besetting disease of modern culture: the shadow side of our individualism and freedom to shape our future by detaching ourselves from the past. rather, by understanding the spiritual pattern of regeneration in the mysteries, in which people felt they shared in the death and return-tolife of a god, christianity could also see how it had evolved and still needed to evolve in order to convey that experience to the individualistic and highly self-conscious humanity, which could never go back to the collective values and way of life of ancient humanity. if christianity were true to its conviction of god working

he himself subsequently established for many of its ideas. the early work certainly has its peculiarities. in parts the book is an odd mixture of sketchiness and profundity, while other sections like those on heraclitus, xvi christianity as mystical fact philo, or augustine blossom into short monographs that could almost stand alone. furthermore, much discussion elsewhere of christianity and the mysteries has focused on paul, about whom steiner chose to say virtually nothing in his book. it is worth realizing that this does not betoken any hostility toward paul and his message, such as one occasionally and misguidedly finds in spiritual circles. despite the undeniable awkwardness of the language, steiner was later to comment: the pauline letters are definitive statements of the whole dire

e individual struggle for faith that will set the tone for the future of christianity. and it is in the working of that crisis of the individual through to the end, and not in turning back, that steiner s understanding of the meaning of christianity lies. christianity as mystical fact sets out to explore a pattern of spiritual life that steiner regarded as crucial to the archaic religions and the mysteries central to them. before leaving the book to make its case, it is worth surveying briefly the state of the ongoing discussion to which steiner can still, i suggest, decisively contribute. the argument has inevitably swung different ways. early efforts to substantiate the direct derivation of christianity from mysteries of the east, such as the iranian mystery of redemption a book by the g

tably swung different ways. early efforts to substantiate the direct derivation of christianity from mysteries of the east, such as the iranian mystery of redemption a book by the great comparative religionist richard reitzenstein were later subjected to devastating criticism (certainly by comparison with reitzenstein, it should be noted, steiner s emphasis on an iranian-zoroastrian thread in the mysteries and, indeed in christianity, is more subtle and restrained) but the arguments against showed, in turn, a failure to exorcise the specter that had been raised. hugo rahner s fascinating greek myth and christian mystery tried to limit the influence of the mysteries to later phases, to the fourth century and after, when the church took over the pagan establishment. looking back on another c

SYMBOLISM OF THE BANNERS

g the kassite period between 1746-1171 bc, of an equilateral cross on a cylinder where a sun god was seated. it was also found in many of the assyrian artifacts in america before the arrival of columbus. even though these crosses may not have meant crucifixtion, we still see that it contains a very similar element, for it also means, victory, heaven, a, life, etc. through the understanding of the mysteries, we find that only through sacrifice can all of these be obtained. it almost could be said that the symbolism of the crucifixtion left the last key to the formula of the cross or lvx. the formula is victory, life= sacrifice of the lower unto the higher. the word lvx could almost be said to contain within it the power of the cross. now, in taking a look at the banners, notice the use of t

inity. this attribution is obvious when one considers that twklm is receptive to all the higher emanations of the tree. the queen and the bride are references to the relation of twklm to trapt, the king, and the lesser countenance, the harmony of which must become manifest in twklm, which is also the cross of dense matter upon which the is crucified: thus, we have a further link with trapt in the mysteries of the crucifixion. emerging out of twklm upward is the thirty-second path connecting with dwsy. the letter attributed to the thirty-second path is t, meaning a cross. the cross is not only the cross of calvary but the equal-armed cross and the t cross. the simple cross of equal arms is the point, a symbol of and light, extended in four directions; light in extension. it is also the cros

ers, and it is the only way by which man can return to his spiritual home. as our lord said "no man cometh to the father, but by me" only after the way of the cross has been accepted and experienced can come the knowledge of the rose cross, when the rose of the spirit blooms on the universal cross of manifestation in dense matter. in this latter symbol, the vision of the harmony of things and the mysteries of the crucifixion are one. on the calvary cross is the man sacrificed as a separate being; on the rose cross is the spirit of man in harmony with the whole universe, including the densest manifestation. the principle behind the calvary cross is that the shower of the way descended into the corruption of human existence on earth and showed the formula of redemption. the principle behind

TECHNICIANS GUIDE TO THE LEFT HAND PATH

t of protective magic. most important of all, it is the element that represents the inscripting of transformative knowledge through the principle of resistance. there is a mystery connected to the human being, a mystery so dark and deep that we have spent our entire known heritage daring to ask questions of ourselves. our very ability to ask these questions is the first clue towards unlocking the mysteries that surround self conscious being. self contained systems don t ask themselves questions. the awareness of that mystery serves as the cornerstone of motivation, an activity principle that leads to involvement in seeking out more thoroughly that mystery. through extension, mankind seeks to extend not the physical self, but the ideas and symbols representive of him or herself through time

r than to believe what one personally experiences both subjectively and objectively for the antinomian. this includes the freedom to dissent from the lhp itself in order to follow ones own ideas. xeper can never be regulated or packaged as a system for attainment, however xeper finds its best tools for the continuous personal evolution and self-deification within the lhp of the post modern setian mysteries. it is the challenge for the individual to explore and discover which tactic suits their personal needs. however, given this broad characterization of approach, a certain tension is created within initiatory interactions. i have mentioned previously that a vital aspect of the lhp was a separation of the different "lenses" the individual perceives their environment through. separation and

stem of transformation lies within the individual s ability to assemble. what one is putting together through the lhp is a conceptual framework that enables deeper insight into the underlieing schemata of energetic actions that form the life experience. furthermore, it is understanding the individual s relationship to these experiences that often provides the most significant penetration into the mysteries of self consciousness.this in turn, causes the greatest moments of transformation. these moments are of vital impact and importance to the antinomian character. for if antinomianism is an exploration of the polaric spectrum it is an activity of experiential proportions. there are two great principles interacting within the universe and these are the forces of extension and retraction. ex

ecessity for work is not sincere, phasing will not be accomplished. however, what is accomplished without actual, consciously applied initatory and magical work lies within the realm of harmonic elements. these elements are related to the originating resonant force through the impact that the original energetic outburst has had upon consciousness in the form of ideas. this is a clue as to how the mysteries are manifest into culture and memetics, imported into the social fabric, into culture, and into religion. it is in this way that the originating impulse beciome sextended, hidden, prolonged, discovered and re-discovered through time. the concept of harmonic elements is one that is central to the distribution of resonant response mechanisms. in its most basic form, a harmonic element woul

eas of influence that promote the extension of individualized consciousness into previously unexperienced perceptual parameters. within these explanations lies a practical methodology that can be learned and applied to the benefit of the individual involved. the goals of self determination are solely the product of a consciousness that is willfully, and forcefully following a series of clues, and mysteries (attracted by a type of magnetic polarity called affinity) to various conclusions. in light of this psychological aspect of initiation (psycho-initiatory state, we can easily understand that oit has no specific goals for its initiates. its fundamental reason for existing is to teach others how to utilize and manipulate the phenomonology of resonance in order to create relevant personal s

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

"el diablo" shows his horns-the devil rides out! 119 8 secret handshakes of the llluminati 145 9 a show of hands llluminists employ the grand hailing sign and the sign 177 of admiration and astonishment 10 "i gruesomely swear that i'm on the square" more revealing signs 189 of llluminati cultists 11 "cross my heart and hope to die" the mysterious "x" factor 205 12 that ravenous dark bird sublime mysteries of the illuminati's 241 double-headed eagle 1 3 the riddle of the great seal of the united states, and the all-seeing eye 265 of the serpent of wisdom 14 "silence, slaves, or we'll cur your throat from ear to ear' 285 15 up to their necks in mischief 295 16 hand on heart sign of devotion to the chiefs 307 17 triangles up, triangles down, triangles, triangles all around 327 18 black magic

who stupidly follow after the god of the holy bible. stupid people deserve to be deceived, say the masons and illuminists. thus, as emile grillot degivry comments, the elite "conceal in order to baffle the vulgar."9 marie roberts and hugh ormsby-lennon, in secret texts: the literature of secret societies, note that the rituals, rites, symbols, emblems, and other tools of the secret societies are "mysteries that must not be revealed to the profane, lewd, and unworthy."10 how does it feel, dear reader, to realize that the wicked men of the illuminati and of the lodge and other secret societies consider you, me, and everyone outside their own special preserve, as "profane, lewd, and unworthy" symbols as secrets to maintain their rotten and corrupt body of secrets, the illuminati leaders and g

s such or not recognized."11 as you'll discover in codex magica, the elite use many symbols and signs to hide and obfuscate their magical work and alchemy. in the blue lodge (the first three caution!-you are entering the forbidden zone 19 degrees, the initiate takes an oath of obligation, pledging: i will always hail, ever conceal, and never reveal, any of the arts, parts, or points of the hidden mysteries of ancient free masonry. 12 the order of the eastern star, the women's masonic organization, informs its new members that the order teaches them of their duties and obligations "by means of secret signs and passwords."13 the initiate is further instructed that she must bind herself "to preserve the most sacred secrecy respecting the work of the order."14 symbols are more than just pictur

(you and me) but the vast majority of fellow masons. that word is hoodwink. it is defined as the effort put forth by the lying men at the top echelons to keep lower-level members in darkness. in the encyclopedia of freemasonry, editor dr. albert mackey, 33, a former sovereign grand commander, claims that secrecy, silence, and deceit in other words, hoodwink, is an absolute necessity so that "the mysteries of our art should be preserved."18 helena blavatsky, co-mason and founder of theosophy, was unusually candid when she once remarked "what is one to do, when in order to rule men, it is necessary to deceive them..for almost invariably the more simple, the more silly, and the more gross the phenomenon, the more likely it is to succeed."19 listen to the admission of albert pike, former sove

sary to deceive them..for almost invariably the more simple, the more silly, and the more gross the phenomenon, the more likely it is to succeed."19 listen to the admission of albert pike, former sovereign grand commander who masonic historian manley p. hall, 33, magnificently praised as a "masonic prometheus..a king among men by the divine right of merit" masonry, like all the religions, all the mysteries, hermeticism, and alchemy, conceals its secrets from all except the adepts and sages, or the elect, and uses false explanations and misinterpretations of its symbols to mislead those who deserve only to be misled; to conceal the truth, which it calls light, from them, and to draw them away from it. 20 caution- you are entering the forbidden zone 21 what impudence! what arrogance! pike is

THE BOOK OF PLEASURE

ure, outwardly uneventful and impoverished existence. although spare had no specific teacher where his art was concerned (note 2) he did have a teacher- or perhaps guru would be a more appropriate term- in a 'magical' sense. during his most impressionable years circumstances led him into the company of a selfconfessed witch, a mysterious mrs. paterson who befriended him and initiated him into the mysteries of her craft. he was extremely reticent about mrs paterson. all that i was able to elicit from him during the eight years of friendship was that she was very old when he met her and that she claimed descent from a line of salem (new england) witches that cotton mather had failed to eradicate. spare did not get on with his mother and he looked upon mrs paterson as a 'second mother. what l

can see but its infinite ramifications in dissatisfaction.4 the progenitor of itself and all things, but resembling nothing, this sexuality in its early simplicity, embodies the everlasting. time has not changed it, hence i call it new. this ancestral sex principle, and the idea of self, are one and the same, this sameness its exaction and infinite possibilities, the early duality, the mystery of mysteries, the sphinx at the gates of all spirituality. all conceivable ideas begin and end as light in its emotion, the ecstasy which the creation of the idea of self induces. the idea is unity by the formula of self, its necessary reality as continuity, the question of all things, all this universe visible and invisible has come out of it. as unity conceived duality, it begot trinity, begot tetr

can see but its infinite ramifications in dissatisfaction.4 the progenitor of itself and all things, but resembling nothing, this sexuality in its early simplicity, embodies the everlasting. time has not changed it, hence i call it new. this ancestral sex principle, and the idea of self, are one and the same, this sameness its exaction and infinite possibilities, the early duality, the mystery of mysteries, the sphinx at the gates of all spirituality. all conceivable ideas begin and end as light in its emotion, the ecstasy which the creation of the idea of self induces. the idea is unity by the formula of self, its necessary reality as continuity, the question of all things, all this universe visible and invisible has come out of it. as unity conceived duality, it begot trinity, begot tetr

ideas should be less than comic. 20 there is no duality? you are conscious of the gay butterfly you observe and are conscious of being "you: the butterfly is conscious of being "itself" and as such, it is a consciousness as good as and the same as yours, i.e, of you being "you" therefore this consciousness of "you" that you both feel is the same "you? ergo, you are one and the same-the mystery of mysteries and the most simple thing in the world to understand! how could you be conscious of what you are not? but you might believe differently? so, if you hurt the butterfly you hurt yourself, but your belief that you don't hurt yourself protects you from hurt-for a time! belief gets tired and you are miserably hurt! do what you will-belief is ever its own inconsistency. desire contains everyth

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orces take their refuge in the one holy light. in every silent prayer of union we are incarnated: behold us in thy heart as thou utterest thy silent words of prayer, and we will flame forth from thee as a mighty whirlwind of infinite fire! 15. hearken unto our voice, o all ye brethren of us. for we are the inner government of the world, whose work is in l.v.x, that is the one light of the ageless mysteries; and know thou that our names are immortal. the universe is a symbol of our mighty forces of light; we are the secret initiators of the whole cosmos of man. in our holy order shalt thou commune with l.v.x; and so shalt thou see the nameless one, the immortal one, the mysterious godhead of supreme truth, whose wisdom is eternal and whose understanding is perfection. 16. from the great unm

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h and resurrection of christ has other symbolism, and the teachings belong to a higher grade. let none therefore object that his body was laid in the tomb entire (the body of osiris was first laid in the chest or pastos whole. the division was into 14 parts, 1 plus 4= 5, the five wounds) for even as hwhy must be known before hwchy can be comprehended, and as moses must precede christ, so must the mysteries of osiris first be known. now, the guardian of the hall and of the neophytes against the twpylq (whose rtk is laymwat, the dual or two-headed one, the demons of corruption and 3 disintegration) is the hiereus or horus, and to the children of horus, who partake of his symbolism are the viscera committed, to guard them against the demons of disintegration and corruption. as the elements an

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ly began with the most basic of human emotions fear. early humans faced the constant danger of being attacked by predators, of being killed by people from other tribes, or of falling victim to the sudden fury of a natural disaster, such as flood, fire, or avalanche. nearly all of these violent encounters brought about the death of a friend or family member, so one may surmise that chief among the mysteries that troubled early humans was the same one that haunts man today: what happens when someone dies? but belief in the unknown may be more than brain chemistry or a figment of our fears. perhaps there is some spiritual reality that is outside of us, but with which one can somehow communicate? perhaps the physical activity of the brain or psychological state (the two are of course related)

hose who follow the new revelations are branded as cultists or heretics. even in ancient times, the dissenters were forced to meet in secret because of oppression by the established group or because of their desire to hide their practices. since only devotees could know the truths of their faith, adherents were required to maintain the strictest silence regarding their rites and rituals. the term mysteries or mystery religion is applied to these beliefs. the word mystery comes from the greek word myein, to close, referring to the need of the mystes, the initiate, to close his or her eyes and the lips and to keep secret the rites of the cult. in ancient greece, postulants of the mystery religions had to undergo a rigorous initiation that disciplined both their mind and body. in order to att

liefs. the word mystery comes from the greek word myein, to close, referring to the need of the mystes, the initiate, to close his or her eyes and the lips and to keep secret the rites of the cult. in ancient greece, postulants of the mystery religions had to undergo a rigorous initiation that disciplined both their mind and body. in order to attain the self-mastery demanded by the priests of the mysteries, the neophytes understood that they must restructure their physical, moral, and spiritual being to gain access to the hidden forces in the universe. only through complete mastery of oneself could one see beyond death and perceive the pathways of the after-life. many times these mysteries were taught in the form of a play and were celebrated in sacred groves or in secret temples away from

e alone? is the earth the only inhabited planet? imagine the excitement if contact is made with intelligent extraterrestrial life forms and humankind discovers that it is part of a larger cosmic community. it would change the way we think of ourselves and of our place in the universe. or is the belief in extraterrestrials a creation of our minds? the universe is so vast we may never know, but the mysteries of outer space have a grip on the modern psyche, since it seems to offer the possibility of a world that may be more open to scientific verification than witchcraft. purpose of book whatever the origin and veracity of the unusual, these beliefs and experiences have played a significant role in human experiences and deserve to be studied dispassionately. these volumes explore and describe

my wife sherry hansen steiger for her tireless compiling of the glossaries, her efforts in writing sidebars, her invaluable talents as a researcher, her patience and love, and her always providing a shoulder to cry on during the all-night writing sessions. brad e. steiger 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 xx introduction chapter 1 afterlife mysteries humankind s obsession with the unknown and the unexplained begins with the greatest question of all: do humans survive physical death? and if so, are they born again? the mystery of what lies on the other side of death has given birth to humankind s magic, mysticisms, religions, and all the diverse creatures of light and darkness that populate the mysterious regions in between. 1 chapter

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o-author of 24 books on a variety of topics on the unusual and unexplained with her husband brad. her continual studies in alternative medicine and therapies led to the 1992 official creation of the office of alternative medicine under the institutes of health, education and welfare in bethesda, maryland. both steigers have served as consultants for such television shows as sightings and unsolved mysteries. the advisors for geuu are judy t. nelson, the youth services coordinator for the pierce county library system in tacoma, washington; lee sprince, former head of youth services for the broward county main library in fort lauderdale, florida; and brad e. steiger, author of gale s former visible ink press title the werewolf book: the encyclopedia of shape-shifting things. for geuu, both ne

ok: the encyclopedia of shape-shifting things. for geuu, both nelson and sprince were consulted on geuu s subject content, its appropriateness, and format; steiger advised on the content s organization before he became the author of geuu. format the gale encyclopedia of the unusual and unexplained consists of fourteen broad-subject chapters covering a wide range of high-interest topics: afterlife mysteries; mediums and mystics; religious phenomena; mystery religions and cults; secret societies; magic and sorcery; prophecy and divination; objects of mystery and power; places of mystery and power; ghosts and phantoms; mysterious creatures; mysteries of the mind; superstitions, strange customs, taboos, and urban legends; and invaders from outer space. each chapter begins with an overview that

where in the three volumes. sidebars supplement the text with unusual facts, features, and biographies, as well as descriptions of web sites, etc. each chapter contains photographs, line drawings, and original graphics that were chosen to complement the text; in all three volumes, over 250 images enliven the text. many of these images are provided by fortean picture library a pictorial archive of mysteries and strange phenomena and from the personal archives of the author, brad steiger. at the end of each chapter, a glossary, called making the connection, lists significant terms, theories, and practices mentioned within the text. a comprehensive glossary of the terms used throughout all three volumes can be found at the end of each volume. each volume has a cumulative table of contents all

ly began with the most basic of human emotions fear. early humans faced the constant danger of being attacked by predators, of being killed by people from other tribes, or of falling victim to the sudden fury of a natural disaster, such as flood, fire, or avalanche. nearly all of these violent encounters brought about the death of a friend or family member, so one may surmise that chief among the mysteries that troubled early humans was the same one that haunts man today: what happens when someone dies? but belief in the unknown may be more than brain chemistry or a figment of our fears. perhaps there is some spiritual reality that is outside of us, but with which one can somehow communicate? perhaps the physical activity of the brain or psychological state (the two are of course related)

hose who follow the new revelations are branded as cultists or heretics. even in ancient times, the dissenters were forced to meet in secret because of oppression by the established group or because of their desire to hide their practices. since only devotees could know the truths of their faith, adherents were required to maintain the strictest silence regarding their rites and rituals. the term mysteries or mystery religion is applied to these beliefs. the word mystery comes from the greek word myein, to close, referring to the need of the mystes, the initiate, to close his or her eyes and the lips and to keep secret the rites of the cult. in ancient greece, postulants of the mystery religions had to undergo a rigorous initiation that disciplined both their mind and body. in order to att

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mber as well as the page number. main entries are designated by bold page numbers while images are denoted by italics. a abgar (king of edessa, 1:237 abominable snowman. see yeti abramelin magick, 2:49 51 abyssinia, alleged location of ark of the covenant, 2:203 ace (one. see one, symbolism of acrophobtiunusual and unexplained (geuu) presents comprehensive and objective information on unexplained mysteries, paranormal abilities, supernatural events, religious phenomena, magic, ufos, and myths that have evolved into cultural realities. this extensive three-volume work is a valuable tool providing users the opportunity to evaluate the many claims and counterclaims regarding the mysterious and unknown. many of these claims have been brought to the forefront from television, motion pictures, r

o-author of 24 books on a variety of topics on the unusual and unexplained with her husband brad. her continual studies in alternative medicine and therapies led to the 1992 official creation of the office of alternative medicine under the institutes of health, education and welfare in bethesda, maryland. both steigers have served as consultants for such television shows as sightings and unsolved mysteries. the advisors for geuu are judy t. nelson, the youth services coordinator for the pierce county library system in tacoma, washington; lee sprince, former head of youth services for the broward county main library in fort lauderdale, florida; and brad e. steiger, author of gale fs former visible ink press title the werewolf book: the encyclopedia of shape-shifting things. for geuu, both n

: the encyclopedia of shape-shifting things. for geuu, both nelson and sprince were consulted on geuu fs subject content, its appropriateness, and format; steiger advised on the content fs organization before he became the author of geuu. format the gale encyclopedia of the unusual and unexplained consists of fourteen broad-subject chapters covering a wide range of high-interest topics: afterlife mysteries; mediums and mystics; religious phenomena; mystery religions and cults; secret societies; magic and sorcery; prophecy and divination; objects of mystery and power; places of mystery and power; ghosts and phantoms; mysterious creatures; mysteries of the mind; superstitions, strange customs, taboos, and urban legends; and invaders from outer space. each chapter begins with an overview that

ere in the three volumes. sidebars supplement the text with unusual facts, features, and biographies, as well as descriptions of web sites, etc. each chapter contains photographs, line drawings, and original graphics that were chosen to complement the text; in all three volumes, over 250 images enliven the text. many of these images are provided by fortean picture library. ga pictorial archive of mysteries and strange phenomena h.and from the personal archives of the author, brad steiger. at the end of each chapter, a glossary, called making the connection, lists significant terms, theories, and practices mentioned within the text. a comprehensive glossary of the terms used throughout all three volumes can be found at the end of each volume. each volume has a cumulative table of contents a

ly began with the most basic of human emotions.fear. early humans faced the constant danger of being attacked by predators, of being killed by people from other tribes, or of falling victim to the sudden fury of a natural disaster, such as flood, fire, or avalanche. nearly all of these violent encounters brought about the death of a friend or family member, so one may surmise that chief among the mysteries that troubled early humans was the same one that haunts man today: what happens when someone dies? but belief in the unknown may be more than brain chemistry or a figment of our fears. perhaps there is some spiritual reality that is outside of us, but with which one can somehow communicate? perhaps the physical activity of the brain or psychological state (the two are of course related)

THE GOD OF THE WITCHES

n. i would mourn; lamentye all. amen. the number eight (lit: one ogdoad) singeth praise with us. amen. the number twelve dancethon high. amen. the whole on high hath part in our dancing. amen. whoso danceth not, knoweth not whatcometh to pass. amen. i would flee, and i would stay. amen (96) now answer thou unto my dancing.behold thyself in me who speak, and seeing what i do, keep silence about my mysteries. thou that dancest,perceive what i do, for thine is this passion of the manhood, which i am about to suffer. thy god am i, not thegod of the traitor. i would keep tune with holy souls. i have leaped; but do thou understand the whole, andhaving understood it, say: glory be to the father. amen (97) thus, my beloved, having danced with us thelord went forth" the early date of this singing d

THE GOLDEN ESSENCE

stent. in each of them the dying god was incarnate; rufus died as the actual king, theother three as substitutes in order that their royal masters might live and reign for a further term of years.referencesintroduction1. sinistrari de amecothe golden essence: craft mythology and the deep theology of the housle copyright 2004 by robin artisson all rights reserved simple and perfect: the sum of all mysteries i have described the housle in my other essays as the basic rite of the old faith. such a statement is quite correct, but many people automatically interpret the word basic in such a way that they think the housle to be simple or even shallow somehow. nothing could be further from the truth. the housle is simple in form and practise. this is intentional and important- the hallmark of the

land and the hands of the people of the countryside. the aesthetic simplicity of the housle hides a veritable ocean of symbolic depth and power. in this definitive and central essay, i wish to make a revelation of the great power of the housle rite, and to shed light on the immensity of what it conceals and soundlessly communicates. awareness, after all, is needed to reap the full benefit of the mysteries; as we will soon see, it is awareness that is the center and the very point of the entire system, both the human system of craft, and the entire divine world and universe itself. the housle rite is the very sum of all craft mysteries, and all western pagan mystery religions besides, including primal christianity. the holy meal, or the sacrament of bread and wine was absorbed into the pri

to the primal christian stream at a very early date, from the pagan tradition. this does not change the power of this ancient ritual consumption of bread and drink; the flaw in christianity is that the christians do not understand the depth of symbolism behind and within the sacred meal. their lack of awareness, as we shall see, prevents the loop from being complete, as it was intended to be; the mysteries are a matter of deep awareness and realization, not dogma or empty ritual performance. awareness, as it is focused through the housle, is in fact the key to the highest workingthe working of immortality, the immortalization of the individual. modern pagan authors normally do not discuss such topics, but they were secret doctrines of the ancient mysteries. the secret workings of the true

en here is relatively deep; if you perform the housle, and have read my other writings about it, this essay can and will transform how you see it, which is a good thing- but don t let what you read here interrupt your experience of the housle as a ground level rite of simplicity. it still is, and will remain so; what you will take away from this essay is a new, deeper understanding of some deeper mysteries embodied in the housle, which will help you whether or not you decide to consciously access them every time you perfo rm the housle. if you wish to utilize these understandings, you will add a level of power to your work. most housle participants are eating the bread and drinking the drink to consciously, outwardly re-awaken, show, or forge a connection between themselves and otherworldl

, when you do the housle. it just so happens that there is another, deeper level to the housle, in which that regeneration can be understood and accessed on a higher harmonic or level, if you so choose. you can understand why the housle is an act of regeneration, and then you can understand on what levels you can experience it, and how you can turn the housle into a more broad expression of other mysteries. and, apropos of that being said, we can move on. the mythology of regeneration there has never been a human religion that has not included a concept of regeneration or renewal. from the earliest of times, the first religions may have arisen from an animistic sense of duty towards crops or animals, and the necessity of their fertility and renewal after hunts or long winters; and perhaps

THE HOLY ROSARY OF THE BRETHREN

cross of corrosion. therefore, the adept is forewarned that the inner work must always proceed the outer work, that in a sense to the true adept, the outer work does not exist in that all is an extension of the inner work. one will also observe that its shape is symbolic of masculine and feminine united on the cross in perfect harmony through self-sacrifice unto the higher. many and great are the mysteries of the rosary. 3 color of rosary: black: while the color is not particularly important, the initiate must remember that colors are forces. thus, most rosaries are black to denote the change brought forth through the process of putrefaction. this fits well with the (5) decanates of (10= 50= n= death. in god we are born, in yeheshua we die and in the holy spirit we are reborn. the black ro

, it is in harmony with the direction of hebrew (right to left. equally, it follows the progression of the pentagrammaton. observe the diagram on the next page: 4 step-by-step instructions: step 1: perform the qabalistic cross. this may be performed in either hebrew or latin. tu es regnum, et potestas, et gloria, saecula saeculorum, amen. step 2: hold the cross to your heart and repeat the sacred mysteries. ex deo nascimur, in yeheshua morimur, per spiritum sanctum rivivisciumus. 5 step 3: first single bead- recite the lord s prayer. recite: pater noster. step 4: first of three beads together, say the following: i salute thee daughter of god, obtain for us the gift of a firm faith. recite: ave maria. step 5: second of three beads together, repeat the following: i salute thee, mother of god

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s. let the adept ascertain how the prayers relate to the tree of life. the ave maria exposes the greatest qabalistic truth in that through the feminine principle, we are taught about the justified one, and through the justified one, we learn of the infinite. as it is written: whomsoever sees me, sees the father. i and my father are oneit(la clef des grands mysteres) by eliphas levi the key of the mysteries according to enoch, abraham, hermes trismegistes and solomon by eliphas levi translated, with an introduction by aleister crowley "religion says 'believe and you will understand' science comes to say to you 'understand and you will believe "at that moment the whole of science will change front; the spirit, so long dethroned and forgotten, will take its ancient place; it will be demonstra

with all their rays. in a word, all ideas will change, and since on all sides a multitude of the elect cry in concert 'come, lord, come' why should you blame the men who throw themselves forward into that majestic future, and pride themselves on having foreseen it (j. de maistre "soirees de st. petersbourg) translator's note in the biographical and critical essay which mr. waite prefixes to his "mysteries of magic" he says "a word must be added of the method of this digest, which claims to be something more than translation and has been infinitely more laborious. i believe it to be in all respects faithful, and where it has been necessary or possible for it to be literal, there also it is invariably literal" we agree that it is either more or less than translation, and the following examp

in ethics "justice" finally, we shall acquaint you with the laws of nature, whose equilibrium is stability, and we shall show how vain are the phantasies of our imagination before the fertile realities of movement and of life. we shall also invite the great poets of the future to create once more the divine comedy, no longer according to the dreams of man, but according to the mathematics of god. mysteries of other worlds, hidden forces, strange revelations, mysterious illnesses, exceptional faculties, spirits, apparitions, magical paradoxes, hermetic arcana, we shall say all, and we shall explain all. who has given us this power? we do not fear to reveal it to our readers. there exists an occult and sacred alphabet which the hebrews attribute to enoch, the egyptians to thoth or to hermes

gotten in the course of time, and supposed lost, have been rediscovered by ourselves; without trouble we have opened all the doors of those old sanctuaries where absolute truth seemed to sleep- always young, and always beautiful, like that princess of the childish legend, who, during a century of slumber, awaits the bridegroom whose mission it is to awaken her. after our book, there will still be mysteries, but higher and farther in the infinite depths. this publication is a light or a folly, a mystification or a monument. read, reflect, and judge. xiv the key of the mysteries (la clef des grands mysteres) by eliphas levi xv part i religious mysteries problems for solution i- to demonstrate in a certain and absolute manner the existence of god, and to give an idea of him which will satisfy

he mysteries (la clef des grands mysteres) by eliphas levi xv part i religious mysteries problems for solution i- to demonstrate in a certain and absolute manner the existence of god, and to give an idea of him which will satisfy all minds. ii- to establish the existence of a true religion in such a way as to render it incontestable. iii- to indicate the bearing and the "raison d'etre" of all the mysteries of the one true and universal religion. iv- to turn the objections of philosophy into arguments favourable to true religion. v- to draw the boundary between religion and superstition, and to give the reason of miracles and prodigies. preliminary considerations when count joseph de maistre, that grand and passionate lover of logic, said despairingly "the world is without religion" he rese

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rimoire of the initiator of the witch path by michael w. ford illustrated by elda isela ford cain is presented in hebrew folklore as the first murderer, who having slain his brother, had become the deathless wanderer of the earth. being a nomadic spirit, cain came unto his original spiritual initiators, lilith and samael (also known as azazel, and by means of dreaming, was self-initiated into the mysteries of sorcery and magick. cain is a master of the 9 sabbat. the semblance of cain and baphomet are presented in this tome, which is written in a poetic and lyrical form. cain is symbolized as the blacksmith of the forge, his craft is that of sorcery, the fires of the forge that initiatory spark of being, the black flame of iblis itself. the book of cain is also a grimoire which can be medit

d hair. red was traditionally the color of set, lucy lamie13 held the connection that set- typhon was a god form which burns and consumes, he is a lord of the 9 in widdershins, counter-clockwise movement 10 the black book, the mes haf, a holy book of the yezidi. 11 called also seth or set-an. 12 force of nature or that of a god, indicating by definition a separate or antinomian force. 13 egyptian mysteries, lucy lamie 18 desert. the fire concept would not be new to this deity, as set was essentially shaitan the opposer/adversary. the egyptian god seker is also a god form which the sorcerer may visualize and use as a mask of dreaming14. seker is an ancient death-god, who was considered older than osiris and who resided around the city of memphis. seker resided in the tomb and the complete d

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ers of the time. the later publication of the shaarey orah "gates of light" in latin (1516) brought further interest in the teachings of the bahir and the fundamental plan of the tree of life. the prime source for the precursors of the occult revival were without question athanasius kircher (1602-80, a german jesuit whose "oedipus aegyptiacus (1652) detailed kabbalah amongst its study of egyptian mysteries and hieroglyphics, and cornelius agrippa's "de occulta philosophia (1533. other works, such as those from alchemists including khunrath, fludd and vaughan indicated that the kabbalah had become the convenient metamap for early hermetic thinkers. christian mystics began to utilise its structure for an explanation of their revelations, the most notable being jacob boeheme (1575-1624. howev

cting to tiphareth mother of divine grace binah connecting to chesed mother inviolate etc binah above the abyss of manifestation mirror of justice binah connecting to geburah seat of wisdom binah connecting to chockmah gate of heaven binah as the first of the supernals above the abyss and connected to malkuth refuge of sinners binah as the place of rest queen of angels binah as briah the fifteen "mysteries" of mary are divided into three groups, the number of binah, being the "joyful "sorrowful" and "glorious" mysteries. the first set of five relate to the creative and formative (descending) aspects of binah, the second set relate to the manifestative aspects of binah, and the third set relate to the mystical aspects (ascending) of binah. an example is the annunciation, which is the first

ted to yesod, the "formative" aspect on a lower plane, acts as the bearer of the "word" or creative spark of chockmah, the father, into binah, the mother. thus yesod and binah are linked by the attribution of gabriel "ruler of the waters, the waters being creation (binah) and the unconscious (yesod, their interface being the archetypes. an example of the kabbalistic interpretation of the glorious mysteries is that of the assumption, where the blessed mother is united with her divine son in heaven, which can be taken as the mystics raising of his awareness (tiphareth, vau, the son) to transcendent universal understanding (binah. indeed, the five glorious mysteries can be taken as a symbolic representation of the mystical ascent from tiphareth (the first mystery of resurrection) through the

verity) without conflict. the key represents an act of tikkun "restoration and reintegration, or restoring elements to their appropriate role in the creative process. sturzaker states that geburah is the "centre of the dark night of the soul, which relates to the progress between tiphareth and binah, and the crossing of the abyss. dion fortune terms the sephiroth as the "sacrificial priest of the mysteries, and resumes a description of geburah as involved with the transmutation of force from one level to another (i.e. sacrificing coal in a furnace to turn into steam and drive the engine. this is the true nature of sacrifice as represented by geburah, rather than that of tiphareth, which is a sacrifice based on an "incorrect" belief that is not shed until after the awareness appropriate to

he "impact of inspiration" from binah "understanding. regardie also notes that one interpretation of the card is "the liberating effect of the descent of the higher genius, a specific experience attributed to tiphareth. b. the initiation of the heart ix. hermit: the hermit connects awareness to the expansive force of chesed, love or mercy. the hermit embodies the contemplation of the heart on the mysteries of creation in the inner silence of devotion. as the sufi saying states "the worker is hidden in the workshop. xi. justice: the atu of justice is the balance of tiphareth with respect to geburah, discrimination. lamed, the letter attributed to the path, is the "ox goad, and symbolises the work of the initiate in balancing the "two cells" which st. catherine of siena speaks of, where..if

THE MARTINIST OPERATIVE GENERAL RITUAL

1961. it was the sign of the elect' of the old testament, even before it was mentioned in the revelation of st. john (the apocalypse) and also well prior to its adoption by the christians as a sign recalling the passion of christ. for example we read in ezekiel that it was supposed to have been traced upon the foreheads of the elect by the angel of yaveh. 11 the ancient egyptians, the eleusinian mysteries and those of dionysos, the gnostics, all had known and used this tau for the same reason as ancient israel and her kabbalists- thus it can be used by initiates of any religious or philosophical appurtenance. it used to be traced in oil of unction upon the forehead of the high priest of israel at the moment of his consecration. lastly, it is a 'sign of salvation' for christians of all den

THE MIDDLE PILLAR

g star, is the sign of intellectual omnipotence and autocracy. it is the star ofthe magi; it is the word madejlesh..the sign of the pentagram is also the sign of the microcosm, and it represents what the kabalists of the book zohar term the microprosopus. the complete comprehension of the pentagram is the key of the two worlds. it is absolute philosophy and natural science.l6 as will be seen, all mysteries of magic, all symbols of the gnosis, allfigures of occultism, all kabalistic keys of prophesy are summed up in the sign of the pentagram, which paracelsus proclaims to be the greatest and most potent of all signsn17 gematria of the pentagram one way to study the pentagram is through the use of gematria or hebrew numerology that is concerned with the numerical value of the letters of the

y mars and its exaltation is the sun, the symbolic source of all light. tlus again leads us to ideas of strength and protection through the warrior energy of mars-aries, as well as solar light and health. another word associated through gematria with the number five is bahbah( x i i, meaning "gate" the fifth key of the tarot is the card of "the hierophant" who is the teacher, the expounder of the mysteries, and the channel for spiritual instruction. there are other numbers associated with this figure as well. refer to the diagram of the pentagram and its enclosing pentagon (see figure 12, p. 189. the pentagon is a figure that is implied, if not actually traced, when drawing a pentagram. in length every line of the pentagon is composed of thrteen units. the number thirteen is associated wit

THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES

efore. i put it in a plastic box and stored it away. years later while visiting a magic store in new york (sleight of hand is one of my hobbies, i glanced at a display of practical jokes and discovered a cellophane package filled with similar sticks. cigarette loads! somehow an explosive cigarette load had gotten into that point pleasant telephone! who put it there, when, how, and why must remain mysteries. soon after my investigation, the woman's phone calls ceased. maybe i exorcised the phone by removing the stick. another family was having telephone problems, and many other troubles besides, on the camp conley road on the southern edge of the tnt area. the woman in point pleasant who suffered the calls from a bizarre metallic voice speaking in an incomprehensible language was their daug

be one of these "flying saucers" began to move and left an arc in the sky before disappearing. when i pulled myself together, i rapidly discovered more and more that something extraordinary had happened to me: a sort of re-dimension of my personality, my voice even changed to a gentle tone. ever since then an inner voice has begun to instruct me on geology and cosmology; it opened my mind to the mysteries of creation and of my former lives. this re-dimension of my existence was possible thanks to continued esp contacts which were established between certain extraterrestrians and myself. this extrasensory perception was continually developing within me; it lasted 11 long years before i could actually, physically meet my extraterrestrial instructors. one day, at last i had my first meeting

THE NECRONOMICON SIMON VERSION

cerning craft etymology as presented in his book, the sufis. it is also not far-fetched to assume that these four beasts were known to the entire region of the middle east, as they appear on the sphinx in egypt, and have become the symbols of the four evangelists of the christian new testament- an ironic and splendid result of the ignorance of the greek religious historians concerning the ancient mysteries! probable the most inconsistent concept the sumerians possesses with reference to the craft is the naming of the goddess as a deity, not of the moon (as the craft would have it, but of the planet venus. the moon was governed by a male divinity, nanna (like inanna but minus the initial 'i, and was considered the father of the gods by the earliest sumerian religion. it should be noted, how

charted. i have lived in the deserts and the wastelands, and spoken with demons and the souls of slaughtered men, and of women who have dies in childbirth, victims of the she-fiend lammashta. i have traveled beneath the seas, in search of the palace of our master, and found the stone of monuments of vanquished civilisations, and deciphered the writings of some of these; while still others remain mysteries to any man who lives. and these civilisations were destroyed because of the knowledge contained in this book. i have traveled among the stars, and trembled before the gods. i have, at last, found the formulae by which i passed the gate arzir, and passed into the forbidden realms of the foul igigi. i have raised demons, and the dead. i have summoned the ghosts of my ancestors to real and

phemy, for enki is of our race as it is writ in the text of magan. but, perhaps, they called another, whose name i do not know. but surely it was not enki. and i have heard them calling all the names of the ancient ones, proudly, at their rites. and i have seen the blood split upon the ground and the mad dancing and the terrible cries as they yelled upon their gods to appear and aid them in their mysteries. and i have seen them turn the very moon's rays into liquid, the which they poured upon their stones for a purpose i could not divine. and i have seen them turn into many strange kinds of beast as they gathered in their appointed places, the temples of offal, whereupon horns grew from heads that had not horns, and teeth from mouths that had not such teeth, and hands become as the talons

e thy evil perfumes to be smelt amoung men i unclothe thy wickedness and evil and bring your sorceries to naught! it is not i, but nanakanisurra mistress of witches and the queen of heaven ishtar who command thee! and if these worshippers and sorcerers still come at thee, as it is possible, for their power comes from the stars, and who knows the ways of the stars, thou must call upon the queen of mysteries, nindinugga, who wilt surely save thee. and thou must make incantations with her title, which is nindinugga nimshimshargal enlillara. and it is enough merely to shout that name aloud, seven times, and she will come to thine aid. and remember that thou purify thy temple with the branches of cypress and of pine, and no evil spirit which haunteth buildings will cause habitation to be set up

THE ROSICRUCIAN MANIFESTOS

rned out of the book m (although before our eyes we behold the image and pattern of all the world) yet are there not shewn unto us our misfortunes, nor hour of death, the which only is known to god himself, who thereby would have us keep in a continual readiness; but hereof more in our confession, where we do set down 37 reasons wherefore we now do make known our fraternity, and proffer such high mysteries freely, and without constraint and reward: also we do promise more gold then both the indies bring to the king of spain; for europe is with child and will bring forth a strong child, who shall stand in need of a great godfathers gift. after the death of j.o. brother r.c. rested not, but as soon as he could, called the rest together (and as we suppose) then his grave was made; although hi

o us, and come into our brotherhood, shall find more wonderful secrets by us than heretofore they did attain unto, and did know, or are able to believe or utter. wherefore, to declare briefly our meaning hereof, we ought to labour carefully that there be not only a wondering at our meeting and adhortation, but that likewise everyone may know, that although we do not lightly esteem and regard such mysteries and secrets, we nevertheless holde it fit, that the knowledge thereof be manifested and revealed to many. for it is to be taught and believed, that this our unhoped (for, willing offer will raise many and divers thoughts in men, unto whom (as yet) be unknown miranda sexta aetatis, or those which by reason of the course of the world, esteem the things to come like unto the present, and ar

THE SHADOWED ONES

et who find a new fear are torn apart and devoured by the serpents and demons which would bend to the will of the daring. belial grants the power of will to the knowledge of worldly power. shamsiel- a watcher who brings to man and woman the knowledge of the sun, both of inner wisdom to know the self and to seek the times of growth within the gardens we so seek to cultivate. know yourself in those mysteries, forever we seek them and as one reveals itself more appear. the plants and herbs of the earth are for us to use with a wisdom gained from our spirit fathers and mothers. seek shamsiel by the way of azazel when the sun grows, and look within your heart by casting you body into the embrace of the sun. gadreel brings unto mankind the use of war instruments, how to destroy utterly ones enem

THE STAR IN THE WEST BY CAPTAIN FULLER A CRITICAL ESSAY ON THE WORKS OF ALEISTER CROWLEY

ag into pieces before the lord in gilgal; but rather elijah-like have called upon wisdom and understanding so that my sacrifice, and even the wood and stone of the altar, and the water which floweth about it, may be licked up by the fire of the great coronation. as another ariadne i here offer this work to my readers as a twisted clue of silk and hemp to guide them safely through the labyrinthine mysteries of poetry and magic, whose taurine crags hug the blue sky, amorous as the kisses of pasiphae; across the elysian fields of myrtle and asphodel, up the eagle-crested slopes of olympus, and over the shining sun-scorched sands of ammon, tawny and silken as the crouching form of some colossal lion, to the cool groves of eleusis child-like dreaming in the bosom of silvery attica by the blue a

e soul of osiris. carmen saeculare. tannhauser. berashith. ahab. the god-eater. alice. the sword of song. the star and the garter. the argonauts. goetia. why jesus wept. oracles. orpheus. rosa mundi. gargoyles. collected works, vols. i, ii, and iii. by which, if they have eyes to perceive, they will become sacramental and holy, through the fire-baptism of a new birth, and will hold the key of all mysteries locked in the esoteric sign of the sabbatic goat, the baphomet of mendes, the signatures of solve and coagula. gthe everlasting yea and nay. h a.m.e.n. my faults are more numerous than i care to think of; yet it is without fear or trepidation that i offer this essay to the public. it has been a difficult task. in simple words and complex symbols crowley has written with st. leo. gknow, o

are one *orpheus, vol. iii, p. 207. i the chapter known as the looking-glass in which chapter it is related how it surpasseth in brilliance all other glasses in which we see darkly, and how by it we see face to face; and of its divers reflections, and of the brightness and perfection of its surface, and the whiteness of the silver of which it is moulded; for it was cast from the crucible of many mysteries, and fashioned by the cunning hand of a master who will endure to the end. the looking-glass on surveying the works of aleister crowley the two essential facts that grip our understanding are: firstly, the superabundance of his genius; and secondly, the diversity of his form. gmy womb is pregnant with mad moons and suns, h* he writes, and though we could hardly agree to endow so virile a

the very triumph-hour of hell satan himself remembers whence he fell *the temple of the holy ghost, vol. i, p. 181. again, such lines as these from the gtriumph of man h: and all the earth is blasted; the green sward burns where it touches, and the barren sod rejects the poison of the blood of god. to tread base thoughts as our high thoughts have trod, deep in the dust, the carrion that was god *mysteries: lyrical and dramatic, vol. i, pp. 106, 107. remind us strongly of such pieces as gbefore a crucifix, h whilst others take us into the mystic and simple land of blake, such as the duet of charicles and archais: hush! the music swells apace, rolls its silver billows up through the void demesne of space to the heavens f azure cup! hush, my love, and sleep shall sigh this is immortality *th

y would not have pleased poe, who regarded him as the noblest poet that ever lived. nevertheless we find traces of the great laureate fs work in these poems, such as the idea contained in the following verse of gde profundis h: i have dreamed life a circle or a line, called god, and fate, and chance, and man, divine. i know not all i say, but through it all mark the dim hint of ultimate sunshine *mysteries: lyrical and dramatic, vol. i, p. 113. which is almost identical with that in canto liv of gin memoriam. h a poem written in the metre of tennyson fs most famous work, yet differing in cadence, is gthe blood lotus. h quaint carven vampire bats, unseen in curious hollows of the trees, or deadlier serpents coiled at ease round carcases of birds unclean; all wandering changeful spectre shap

THE TAROT OF C C ZAIN

half hidden under the mantle signifies that but half of the truth can be discerned by the physical senses, the exoteric side. the esoteric, or other half, must be apprehended through the application of the psychic senses. reason, divorced from intuition, can discern only in the realm of effects; but re-wed to intuition, can remove the obscuring mantle from nature's most secret page and pursue her mysteries at leisure. these mysteries are revealed only in solitude, to the sage who meditates in silence in the full and calm possession of himself. the tiara represents the power of the intellect to penetrate the three realms of existence--physical, astral and spiritual--which are signified by its stories. the lunar crescent, symbolizing the feminine attribute, is above the tiara to indicate tha

lemental kingdoms he has mastered, and the expansion of human power through understanding. the apron above the legs, together with them, figures a trine above a cross; the symbol of mind dominating matter, and of the conservation of energy. the hierophant- arcanum v. in divination, arcanum v may briefly be read either as religion or law. arcanum v is pictured by a hierophant, master of the sacred mysteries. this prince of the occult doctrine is seated between two columns of the sanctuary; he leans upon a cross of three bars, and with his right hand makes the sign of the pentagram. from his brow the sacred serpent thrusts its head; and at his feet kneel two men, one dressed in red and the other dressed in black. the hierophant, supreme organ of sacred science, represents the genius of good

THE BOOK OF GATES

ee on each side of the entrance, forming a line with the corridors. at each side of this hall is a small chamber; that on the right is 10 ft. 5 in. by 8 ft. 8 in, that on the left 10 ft. 5 in. by 8 ft. 9 in. this hall i termed the hall of pillars; the little room on the right, isis' room, as in it a large cow is painted, of which i shall give a description hereafter; that on the left, the room of mysteries, from the mysterious figures it exhibits. at the end of this hall we entered a large saloon, with an arched roof or ceiling, which is separated from the hall of pillars only by a step so that the two may be reckoned one. the saloon is 31 ft. 10 in. by 27 ft. on the right is a small p. 77 chamber without anything in it, roughly cut, as if unfinished, and without painting; on the left we e

ch are in the state of the elect. they the country [belonging to them, is ameh in the land. behold, these are they whose heads issue. what a mystery is their appearance [the appearance] of your images" ii "the examination of the words takes place, and he strikes down wickedness, he who has a just heart, he who bears the words in the scales, in the divine place of the examination of the mystery of mysteries of the spirits. the god who rises has made his infernal [companions] all" for purposes of comparison, the versions of the texts from the tomb of rameses vi, as given by champollion (monuments, pl. 252) are given. it will be noted that a part of the line immediately over the head of osiris, given in different places in the latter scene, is immediately in front of the double crown of osiri

ssing hiddenness" the text relating to them reads- p. 196 "these are they who possess the hiddenness (or, who hold the mystery) of this great god. verily those who are in the tuat see him, and the dead see him, who burn in het-benben (or, the temple of ra, and they come forth to the place where is the body of this god. ra saith unto them-'receive ye my forms, and embrace ye your hidden forms (or, mysteries. ye shall be in het-benben, the place where my body is. the hiddenness which is in you is the hiddenness of the tuat, and cover ye your arms therewith' and they say unto ra-'let thy soul be in heaven, at the head of the horizon, let thy shadow penetrate the hidden place, and let thy body be to the earth; as for the upper regions of the sky we ascribe ra thereto. fulfil thou thyself, and

n your arms, o enemies of my father, let your arms be tied up towards your heads, o ye who have no [power, ye shall be fettered [with your arms] behind you, o ye who are hostile to ra. ye shall be backed in pieces, click to view p. 235 ye shall nevermore have your being, your souls shall be destroyed, and none [of you] shall live because of what ye have done to my father osiris; ye have put [his] mysteries behind your backs, and ye have dragged out the statue [of the god] from the secret place. the word of my father osiris is maat against you, and my word is maat against you, o ye who have desecrated (literally, laid bare) the hidden things which concern the rest (or, resting-place) of the great one who begot me in the tuat. o ye shall cease to exist, ye shall come to an end "horus saith'[

THE SECRET RITUALS OF THE OTO

t.o/p1c1.html (1 of 4 [12/28/2001 2:01:15 pm] the secret rituals of the o.t.o. while numberless societies, associations, orders, groups, etc, have been founded during the last thirty years in all parts of the civilized world, all following some line of occult study, yet there is but one ancient organization of genuine mystics which shows to the seeker after truth a royal road to discover the lost mysteries of antiquity and to the unveiling of the one hermetic truth. this organization is known at the present times (sic) as the: ancient order of oriental templars ordo templi orientis otherwise: the hermetic brotherhood of light it is a modern school of magic. and, like the ancient schools of magic, it derived its knowledge from the east. this knowledge was never revealed to the profane, for

odern school of magic. and, like the ancient schools of magic, it derived its knowledge from the east. this knowledge was never revealed to the profane, for it gave immense power for either good or evil to its possessors. it was recorded in symbol, parable and allegory, requiring a key for its interpretation. the symbols and glyphs of freemasonry were originally also derived from the more ancient mysteries. these symbols of ancient masonry, of the rosicrucians, the sacred art of the ancient chemi (egyptians, of homer s golden chain, like those of modern freemasonry, etc, are however but different aspects of the one great mystery. they all require a key to disclose the real underlying meaning. there exists, however, but one right key, and moreover this one right key must be used the right w

h all the degrees of egyptian initiation. jesus conferred evangelical initiation on his apostles and disciples. how this mystic christianity had supposedly passed on to the templars was recounted in the order s legend: file//c /documents%20and%20settings/michael..0secret%20rituals%20of%20the%20o.t.o/p1c2.html (4 of 5 [12/28/2001 2:01:22 pm] the secret rituals of the o.t.o. up to the year 1118 the mysteries and the hierarchic order of the initiation of egypt, transmitted to the jews by moses, then to the christians by jesus christ, were preserved by the successors of st. john. these mysteries and initiations. were a sacred trust. preserved from all adulteration. these gnostic christians, appreciating the courage and piety of the templar knights. held it their duty to trust to hands so pure

succeeded by a certain larmenius. from him had come a line of grand masters under whom the templars had survived into the nineteenth century. this preposterous nonsense was taken seriously by several nineteenth-century occultists and eliphas l vi asserted that theoclet the gnostic pontiff who had supposedly passed on the apostolic succession to the templars had initiated hugues de payens into the mysteries and hopes of his pretended church, he lured him by the ideas of sacerdotal sovereignty and supreme royalty, he indicated him finally as his successor; so the order of the knights templar was stained from its origin with schism and conspiracy against kings! 10 by the last decade of the nineteenth century certain german occultists, most of them high-grade freemasons, had been stimulated by

f friends. repeat your name at length and say after me: i. being an helpless prisoner in your power, hereby declare that i am a native of corinth, a freeman of the city of athens, the ally of mitylene, and that i am travelling peacable to heliopolis, the city of the sun, in search of light and truth, of wisdom and of peace. humbly, yet frankly, i demand your hospitality, and participation in your mysteries, which i swear to study and to hold sacred and secret, and if i break this oath (saladin puts bread and salt into his mouth) and betray the bread and salt, may the dogs devour my carcass; may i be mutilated and no more a man (black guard applies sword in penal sign) saladin: noble emir, release your prisoner (done. 1st feet. 2nd hands. 3rd hoodwink) saladin (shaking hands with the candid

THE HOLY BIBLE KING JAMES VERSION

and some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them: 13:8 but other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold. 13:9 who hath ears to hear, let him hear. 13:10 and the disciples came, and said unto him, why speakest thou unto them in parables? 13:11 he answered and said unto them, because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. 13:12 for whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath. 13:13 therefore speak i to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. 13:14 and in them is fulfilled the prophecy of esai

ay, because it lacked moisture. 8:7 and some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it. 8:8 and other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold. and when he had said these things, he cried, he that hath ears to hear, let him hear. 8:9 and his disciples asked him, saying, what might this parable be? 8:10 and he said, unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of god: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand. 8:11 now the parable is this: the seed is the word of god. 8:12 those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved. 8:13 they on the rock [are they] which, when they hear

and again, the lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain. 3:21 therefore let no man glory in men. for all things are yours; 3:22 whether paul, or apollos, or cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours; 3:23 and ye are christ s; and christ [is] god s. 4:1 let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of christ, and stewards of the mysteries of god. 4:2 moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful. 4:3 but with me it is a very small thing that i should be judged of you, or of man s judgment: yea, i judge not mine own self. 4:4 for i know nothing by myself; yet am i not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the lord. 4:5 therefore judge nothing before the time, until the lord come, who both will bri

e] all workers of miracles? 12:30 have all the gifts of healing? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret? 12:31 but covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew i unto you a more excellent way. 13:1 though i speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, i am become [as ]sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. 13:2 and though i have [the gift of] prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though i have all faith, so that i could remove mountains, and have not charity, i am nothing. 13:3 and though i bestow all my goods to feed [the poor] and though i give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. 13:4 charity suffereth long [and] is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 13:5 doth not be

i know in part; but then shall i know even as also i am known. 13:13 and now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these [is] charity. 14:1 follow after charity, and desire spiritual [gifts] but rather that ye may prophesy. 14:2 for he that speaketh in an [unknown] tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto god: for no man understandeth [him] howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries. 14:3 but he that prophesieth speaketh unto men [to] edification, and exhortation, and comfort. 14:4 he that speaketh in an [unknown] tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church. 14:5 i would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: for greater [is] he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church

TRUE HISTORY OF WITCHCRAFT

secret of secrets, that art hidden in the being of all lives, not thee do we adore, for that which adoreth is also thou. thou art that, and that am i [kiss] i am the flame that burns in the heart of every man, and in the core of every star. i am life, and the giver of life. yet therefore is the knowledge of me the knowledge of death. i am alone, the lord within ourselves, whose name is mystery of mysteries' let us be unambiguous as to the importance in wicca of this ritual; as the farrars'put it (p.31 "third degree initiation elevates a witch to the highest of the three grades of the craft. in a sense,a third-degree witch is fully independent, answerable only to the gods and his or her own conscience" in short, in a manner of speaking this is all that wicca can offer a devotee. with this i

TURNER ROBERT ARBETEL OF MAGICK

hat is, gyptiacal magick; and differeth not much from divine magick. the ninth is that wisdom which dependeth solely upon the word of god; and this is called prophetical magick.2 1. 2. none of these latter eight books exist in the present day- ed. 6 the first tome of the book of arbatel of magick called isagoge in the name of the creator of all things both visible and invisible, who revealeth his mysteries out of his treasures to them that call upon him; and fatherly and mercifully bestoweth those his secrets upon us without measure. may he grant unto us, through his onely-begotten son jesus christ our lord, his ministring spirits, the revealers of his secrets, that we may write this book of arbatel, concerning the greatest secrets which are lawful for man to know, and to use them without

TWO ESSAYS ON THE WORSHIP OF PRIAPUS

en tokens from the seine. 147, 170 xxxiv. leaden ornaments from the seine: figure 1. 146 2, 3, 4, 5. 147 xxxv.amulets &c, of gold and lead: figure 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 147 xxxvi. robin goodfellow, phallic amulets &c: figure 1. 148 2. 148 3. 121 4. 137 5. 153 xxxvii. priapic illustrations from old ballads: figure 1. 154 2. 153 xxxviii. idols of the knights templars. 199 xxxix. scupltures of the templars mysteries: figure 1. 199 to 203 2. 200 to 203 3. 200 to 204 4. 199 to 204 xl. the witches sabbath, from de lancre, 1613. 241, 246 an account of the remains of the worship of priapus, lately existing at isernia, in the kingdom of naples: in two letters: one from sir william hamilton, k.b, his majesty s minister at the court of naples, to sir joseph banks, bart, president of the royal socieity. and

ays with the utmost deference and respect; as it is to him that we are indebted for the only reasonable method of explaining the emblematical works of the ancient artists. whatever the greeks and egyptians meant by the symbol in question, it was certainly nothing ludicrous or licentious; of which we need no other proof, than its having been carried in solemn procession at the celebration of those mysteries in which the first principles of their religion, the knowledge of the god of nature, the first, the supreme, the intellectual,1 were preserved free from the vulgar superstitions, and communicated, under the strictest oaths of 1 plut. de is. et osir. 16 on the worship secrecy, to the iniated (initiated; who were obliged to purify themselves, prior to their initiation, by abstaining from v

ed them with antiquated words and obsolete phrases; which is by no means the case, the language being pure and worthy the age of pisistratus. these poems are not properly hymns, for the hymns of the greeks contained the nativities and actions of the gods, like those of homer and callimachus; but these are compositions of a different kind, and are properly invocations or prayers used in the orphic mysteries, and seem nearly of the same class as the psalms of the hebrews. the reason why they are so seldom mentioned by any of the early writers, and so perpetually referred to by the later, is that they belonged to the mystic worship, where everything was kept concealed under the strictest oaths of secrecy. but after the rise of christianity, this sacred silence was broken by the greek converts

that it is difficult to say which are genuine and which are not. perhaps there is no surer rule for judging than to compare the epithets and allegories with the symbols and monograms on the greek medals, and to make their agreement the test of authenticity. the medals were the public acts and records of the state, made under the direction of the magistrates, who were generally initiated into the mysteries. we may therefore be assured, that whatever theological and mythological allusions are found upon them were part of the ancient religion of greece. it is from these that many of the orphic hymns and fragments are proved to contain the pure theology or mystic faith of the ancients, which is called orphic by pausanias (lib. i, c. 39, and which is so unlike the vulgar religion, or poetical

t sight that it belonged to the same people; but which will nevertheless appear, upon accurate investigation, to be the source from whence it flowed, and the cause of all its extravagance. the history of orpheus himself is so confused and obscured by fable, that it is impossible to obtain any certain information concerning him. according to general tradition, he was a thracian, and introduced the mysteries, in which a more pure system of religion was taught, into greece (brucker, vol. i, part 2, lib. i, c. i) he is also said to have travelled into egypt (diodor. sic. lib. i, p. 80; but as the egyptians pretended that all foreigners received their sciences from them, at a time when all foreigners who entered the country were put to death or enslaved (diodor. sic. lib. i, pp. 78 et 107, this

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cross is much older than christianity, indeed as old as time, for it is a uni- versal symbol that conveys an unchanging meaning to all peoples, whatever the outward interpretation that may be forced upon it. the pattern the titan prometheus took when bound to the pillar by zeus was a cross. the teutonic god woden, or odin, crucified himself on the eternal ash yggdrasill in order to peer into the mysteries of the timeless realm where magic is born. in other cultures the same mystical message is conveyed in slightly different forms. the sioux indians used to suspend their braves by their pectoral muscles so that they might receive illumination through suffering. in the mythology of the maya, the severed head of the sacrificed divine being hun-hunahpu, when placed in a tree, caused the tree

being and which holds within it all other sephiroth of that world. in the radial diagram of the tree, the enclosing malkuth becomes the center from which stems the next unfolding series of emanations. it is said that certain seeds contain within them an exact miniature of the adult tree they will become "what is below is like that which is above; and what is above is like that which is below"16- mysteries are multiplied endlessly in nature on ascending and descending scales. t he hendecagram is a star of eleven points. it has three unicursal forms. in the first and sharpest star its line reflects from every fourth point, in the second from every third point, and in the third from every second.point. each of the three types of reflection suggests a different aspect of the hendeca- gram4= m

fish, wholly water creatures; the crab, which lives both in the sea and on the land; and the scorpion, wholly a land dweller. the middle level is given as a quaternary-two domesticated beasts, the goat and the bull (earth; and two wild beasts, the lion and the ram (fire. the highest level presents the five kinds of human occupation. the water- bearer is a laborer. the virgin is a priestess of the mysteries. the lady of the scales represents law and social order. the archer stands for warfare. the twins are still in their becoming and suggest the higher evolution of the human race as expressed through art. these occupations may also be symbolized by the five magical instru- ments-coin, cup, rod, sword, and lamp. for the magus using this breakdown as a guide, it is not hard to construct a mo

f the meanings of the trumps listed in their mod- ern magical order (the order derived from the teachings of the golden dawn. it is intended to be suggestive only: fool-wanderer. watcher. fool on the hill. speaker of riddles. dweller in the desert. mirror of life. i. magus-male potency acting in the world. craft. guile. deception. aggression. power behind the throne. 11. priestess-guardian of the mysteries. knower of secrets. the whisperer. the diviner. wearer of masks and veils. she preserves what is too fragile for the light. 111. empress-earth mother. pregnant nature. horn of plenty. cup of cheer. the hills are her breasts, and the lakes her eyes. iv. emperor-father of life. lawgiver. ruler. he who orders the way of things. natural law. v. hierophant-god's interpreter. hidden currents o

let- ters of hebrew. the answer is that in order to adhere to the sequence of the planets (moon, mercury, venus, sun, mars, jupiter, and saturn) it would have been neces- sary to make several fairly radical changes in the ordering of the tarot, the most significant being the interchange of trump i (the magus) with trump i1 (the priestess. obviously the moon is more suited to the priestess of the mysteries, while mercury, god of wisdom and magic, accords best with the magician. but to make this change, it would have been necessary to place a woman at the head of the numbered trumps-something the victorian founders of the golden dawn may have been reluctant even to consider. since the author has given in this chapter a rationalized pattern of the paths on the tree of the sephiroth, it seems

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od that she acquired the tricks of the seance that served her so well as the leader of the theosophical movement. the hardship of her vagabond life was undoubtedly mitigated by the regular sums of money sent to her from her father whenever she wrote and requested funds. even after she reconciled with her family, she continued to wander the world on various wild excursions, seeking to learn occult mysteries. there is little point in giving a full account of her adventures, the details of which as related by blavatsky are to be regarded with the most intense skepticism. but one incident has a bearing on astral travel, and is worth relating. in 1856, while passing through tibet in the company of a shaman, blavatsky had the shaman leave his body as he lay in trance in their tent, and carry by

ding to do so, or who find themselves suddenly knocked out of their physical bodies by some traumatic shock. the second type of living traveler on the astral planes is made up of those possessing psychic abilities who deliberately experiment with the projection of the astral double, such as the theosophist oliver fox and the spiritualist sylvan muldoon. another type is the student of the esoteric mysteries who is taught to travel the planes by a spiritual master. his dark reflection is the student of a black magician, also taught to negotiate the planes by his master. some souls of a debased nature are so transformed in the astral levels that they are scarcely recognizable as having once been human. among these are souls of an extremely lustful and base disposition, who after death inhabit

25, and samuel liddell mathers (1854-1918. woodman suffered from ill health and lived some distance from the center of london, and so played little active part in the running of the golden dawn in the outer, as the more or less publicly accessible lower grades of the order were known. he died before the second order, the roseae rubae et aureae crucis (ruby rose and cross of gold, where the higher mysteries of practical magic were taught to carefully selected initiates, came into being in 1892."4 the work of running the golden dawn fell to westcott and mathers. according to the history of the order presented by its three chiefs, the golden dawn was originally founded as an extension of a german secret society of the same name, die 112. howe, xxiii. 113. ibid, 55. 114. colquhoun, sword of wi

n stubble of dead grass and a few dying trees in the distance that grow along the bank of a poisonous river. the ruling intelligences of the trump are the three moires, or fates, who determine the length of human existence-klotho who spins the thread of life, lachesis who sustains it, and atropos who cuts it. they cannot be prevailed upon to extend the term of existence but may reveal some of its mysteries if invoked by name. 214 soul flight xiv temperance hebrew letter: samekh (tent prop) correspondence: sagittarius path: twenty-ffth an androgynous angelic figure stands at the margin of a pool, measuring the contents of one cup into another, so that the liquid makes a diagonal stream between the vessels. his--or perhaps it is her-attention is raptly focused on the task to avoid spilling e

mation unavailable to the physical senses alone. thanks to the work of the psychologist carl jung, with its emphasis on symbols and archetypes, we can no longer dismiss the astral world as unimportant, even if we persist in calling it unreal. it is the meeting place between human consciousness and spirit consciousness on all its levels, from the divine to the demonic. it is a realm of wonders and mysteries that remains largely unexplored and uncharted, a new world waiting to be discovered by those adventurous enough to enter its wilderness. i hope this book has provided some sense of how vast and strange this world truly is, and how significant a part soul flight has played throughout the spiritual evolution of the human species. bibliography adamski, george. inside the space ships. new yo

TYSON DONALD THE POWER OF THE WORD

banish evil spirits. one such ba'al shem was the great jewish magician rabbi loew of prague, who breathed life into lifeless clay by means of the power of the ihvh and with it created the dreaded golem. during the renaissance, xiv tetragrammaton johannes reuchlin and other christian kabbalists transformed tetragrammaton into the esoteric fivefold name of jesus and proclaimed it the key to all the mysteries. alchemists employed it prominently in their emblems, as did visionary mystics such as robert fludd and jacob boehme. almost all the great figures in occultism over the past two centuries have recorded observations and speculations about the name. the nineteenth- century french magician gerard encausse, better known by his pen name papus, devoted most of his influential work, the tarot o

de a law to govern the holy ones, which delivered you a rod with the ark of knowledge. moreover, you lifted up your voices and swore obedience and faith to him that liveth and triumpheth; whose beginning is not, nor end cannot be; which shineth as a flame in the midst of your palace, and reigneth amongst you as the balance of righteousness and truth. move, therefore, and show yourselves! open the mysteries of your creation. be friendly unto me: for i am the servant of the same your god, the true worshiper of the highest. analysis of the first key all of the keys should be understood as commands given to various classes of angels by the magician wearing the christ-form. the magician speaks with the voice of the heavenly messiah to the spirits and in this exalted persona invokes the supreme

of gladness 19, and gave them vessels to water the earth with her creatures; and they are the brothers of the first and second, and the beginning of their own seats, which are garnished with continually burning lamps 69636, whose numbers are as the first, the ends, and the contents of time. therefore come you and obey your creation; visit us in peace and comfort; conclude us as receivers of your mysteries. for why? our lord and master is all one. analysis of the fifth key the "mighty sounds" who have entered into the third angle, that of the west, are another version of the "thunders of increase" who rule the second angle. they are said to be the "brothers" of the first and second angles and 200 tetragrammaton the "beginning of their own seats" because this key falls upon the initial east

wer is in their mouth" the eleventh key the mighty seat groaned, and there were thunders 5 which flew into the east; and the eagle spake, and cried with a loud voice, come away! and they gathered themselves together and became the house of death, of whom it is measured, and it is as they are whose number is 31. come away, for i have prepared for you! move, therefore, and show yourselves. open the mysteries of your creation. be friendly unto me, for i am the servant of the same your god, the true worshiper of the highest. analysis of the eleventh key the "mighty seat" as should be clear from previous observations, is the throne of the heavenly christ, which emits thunder and lightning. these thunders are the verbal expression of the will of god, which immediately become realized in the worl

out the last two cycles 218 tetragrammaton around the points of the compass, occurring without significant variation in keys eleven to eighteen. the twelfth key 0 you that reign in the south, and are 28, the lanterns of sorrow: bind up your girdles, and visit us. bring down your train 3663, that the lord may be magnified, whose name amongst you is wrath. move, i say, and show yourselves; open the mysteries of your creation; be friendly unto me, for i am the servant of the same your god, the true worshiper of the highest. analysis of the twelfth key the key is addressed to the spirits who rule in the south, presumably the same as the thunders of increase that were said to rule this angle in the fourth key. in seeking to evoke the rulers of the angles, we must understand that these rulers ar

UNCLE SETNAKT SEZ BECOME EVIL AND RULE THE WORLD1

drances. 6. recognize the possibility of immortality in seeming setbacks. many people along the path confuse magic with magical thinking. these people are always expecting a trouble-free life: no flat tires, winning the big one, and decidedly fewer red lights. whereas xeper often reveals its presence through beneficial synchronicity, we are still constrained by the natural order. one of the great mysteries of satanism is how the inward force evolves through the medium of internal and external necessity. necessity presents a challenge, for example we were overlooked for a job promotion. the magical thinker would go buy a spell kit. he waves his wand and sprinkles gold lodestone sand and holds his mouth just right. he attributes his failure to "having done the ritual wrong" we work to change

UNCLE SETNAKT SEZ THE HEROIC SOCIETY

he physically challenged person who overcomes his/her handicap is a prime example of a hero. 7. in an heroic society isolate intelligence- the black flame- is prized above all things. sellers of drugs (legal and illegal, purveyors of numbing entertainment, preachers of individuality-denying systems will disappear as nightmares in the dawn of reason. 8. in an heroic society one will seek after the mysteries. we will celebrate and understand the transcendental moments of all cultures. not through some crystal-counter 'channeling, but with a careful interplay of real research (archaeology/anthropology) and mystic insight from the talented among us. we will study all, accept all, but we will revel unabashed in the pride of our own ancestral streams. the honour of all mankind will be remanifest

UNCLE SETNAKT SEZ UNDERSTANDING DARKNESS

nsciously create. if you become aware of this dark container within you, it can become more than a mere symbol, but an actual vessel for awareness to survive after death. 8. contemplate darkness as a symbol of mystery. in the right hand path, white light is used as a symbol of initiation. in the light everything is quickly revealed and the self extinguishes itself because of boredom. there are no mysteries, nothing to discover, and ultimately nothing to think about since there is a total unity between the perceiver and the perceived. in the left hand path darkness is the symbol of mystery. by accepting darkness, you accept dynamism- you don't know what lies within your black heart. and as you discover more and more; the desires from within cause you to act to bring your deepest self into b

UNLEASHING THE BEAST

or a whole new era of human history. to conclude, i will suggest that crowley not only reflected his own era and the sexual anxieties of the late victorian era, but also foreshadowed much of our own era and our own sexual obsessions at the dawn of the new millennium. i. the new aeon: crowley and the end of the victorian age the nightmare world of christianity vanished at the dawn.[t]he detestable mysteries of sex were transformed into joy and beauty. the obsession of sin fell from my shoulders into the sea of oblivion- the confessions of aleister crowleyxii the point about crowley is that he seems to contain all these sorts of ideas and identities indeed most of the vices of the twentieth century and he was dead at the end of 1947- snoo wilson, author of the play the beast xiii born in 187

licit violation of the moral boundaries that confine ordinary human beings -162- i will work the work of wickedness i will kill my heart i will be loud and adulterous i will be covered with jewels and rich garments. i will be shameless before all men i will, for token thereof, will freely prostitute my body to the lusts of each and every living creature that shall desire it i claim the mystery of mysteries, babalon the great, and the number 156, and the robe of the woman of whoredomes and the cup of abominations.civ branded with the beast's mark as we have seen above, many of crowley's higher-level rituals centered around acts that were considered extremely transgressive in late victorian society. sodomy and masturbation were foremost among the acts considered both physically and morally d

, 1971, 170-71. xlvifranklin rosemont, foreward to john patrick deveney, paschal beverly randolph: a nineteenth century american spiritualist, rosicrucian and sex magician (albany: suny, 1997, xv. as deveney observes, largely through randolph's influence the genie had been released from the bottle. a multitude of sexual mysticism flourished (paschal beverly randolph, 252 -178- xlviiirandolph, the mysteries of eulis, 337. randolph lists over 100 uses for sexual magic, which include everything from acquiring money to the secret of domestic happiness. one of the most striking features of randolph s sexual magic is his insistence that both partners must have an active role and that both must achieve orgasm in order for the magic to successful: for the prayer to be effective the paroxysm of bot

(london: frederick muller, 1958, 95; cf. peter r. koenig "the o.t.o. phenomenon" theosophical history 4, no.3 (1992: 92-8, and "theodor reuss as founder of esoteric orders" theosophical history 4, nos.6-7 (1993: 187-93. kellner claims to have been initiated by the arab fakir, soliman ben aifha and the indian yogis bhima sen pratap and sri mahatma agamya guru paramahamsa, from whom he learned "the mysteries of yoga and the philosophy of the left hand path which he called sexual magic (symonds, the magic of aleister crowley, 95. koenig argues that the o.t.o. was not founded by kellner but formed after his death under reuss. lsee for example, reuss "mysteria maxima mystica" where he discusses the yogic system of the ten vayus or winds and the transformation of sexual energy through yogic prac

"mysteria maxima mystica" where he discusses the yogic system of the ten vayus or winds and the transformation of sexual energy through yogic practice. there is no evidence that either reuss or kellner had serious knowledge of actual tantric texts or initiation into the more esoteric tantric practices (reproduced in koenig, der kleine theodor reuss reader -179- liiaccording to a text called "the mysteries of eros: expressly arranged for the exterior circle of the h.b. l of l. by t.h. burgyon "especially must all sexual relations be carefully guarded and only participated in after due thought..it is this fatal mistake of sex that has ruined thousands of..aspirants for occult initiation (godwin et al, the hermetic brotherhood of luxor, 273. liiigodwin et al, the hermetic brotherhood of luxo

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useful in sexual magick. the practitioners will mentally and visually shape shift during their circle dance, from when the primal and bestial atavism is brought to the surface, they may unite in congress. demons have always been viewed as being able to participate in sabbatic rites throughout the middle ages. while this may indeed only be imagined in old christian levels, those initiated to these mysteries may understand the reality of this via the succubi and incubi. the member of the demon in the rite is always considered cold. in 1572 eva of kenn admitted she had intercourse with a demon, and that it was as cold as an icicle. johan klein in 1698 suggested women believed this as it was happening in dreams, and guazzo suggested that the cold semen was actually taken from other night revel

WAITE ASPECTS OF MASONIC SYMBOLISM

stances this point is brought home to him. entered, passed, raised the candidate is, however, subjected to like personal experience in each of the craft degrees, and it calls to be understood thus. in the entered apprentice degree it is because of a new life which he is to lead henceforth. in the fellowcraft, it is as if the mind were to be renewed, for the prosecution of research into the hidden mysteries of nature, science, and art. but in the sublime degree of master mason it is in order that he may enter fully into the mystery of death and of that which follows thereafter, being the great mystery of the raising. the three technical and official words corresponding to the successive experiences are entered, passed, and raised, their craft-equivalents being apprentice, craftsman and mast

y to have departed from the mystery of building with which i opened the conference; but i have, been actually considering various sidelights thereon. it may be understood, further, that i am not claiming to deal with a symbolism that is perfect in all its pats, however honorable it may be otherwise to the builder. in the course of such researches as i have been enabled to make into the instituted mysteries of different ages and countries, i have never met with one which was in entire harmony with itself. we must be content with what we have, just as it is necessary to tolerate the peculiar conventions of language under which the craft degrees have passed into expression, artificial and sometimes commonplace as they are. will you observe once again at this stage how it is only in the first

th and resurrection of a certain kind, and among its remarkable characteristics there is a return to building symbolism, but this time in the form of a legend. it is no longer an erection of the candidate's own house- house of the body, house of the mind, and house of the moral law. we are taken to the temple of solomon and are told how the master-builder suffered martyrdom rather than betray the mysteries which had been placed in his keeping. manifestly, the lesson which is drawn in the degree is a veil of something much deeper, and about which there is no real intimation. it is assuredly an instruction for the candidates that they must keep the secrets of the masonic order secretly, but such a covenant has reference only to the official and external side. the bare recitation of the legen

hich the deeper side shows forth; they have left us also the opening and closing as of the great of all greatness- so it seems to me, my brethren- in things of ceremony and ritual. both are devoid of explanation, and it is for us to understand them as we can. for myself it is obvious that something distinct from the express motives of masonry has come to us in this idea of raising. the instituted mysteries of all ages and countries were concerned in the figuration, by means of ritual and symbolism, of new birth, a new life, a mystic death and resurrection, as so many successive experiences through which the candidate passed on the way of his inward progress from earthly to spiritual life, or from darkness to light. the ritual or book of the dead is a case in point. it has been for a long p

uch further in this direction. it is very difficult for one like myself, although unversed in egyptology, to study such a work as "osiris and the egyptian resurrection" by e. wallis budge, without feeling very strongly that there is much to be said for this view, or without hoping that it will be carried further by those who are properly warranted. so far as it is possible to speak of the kabiric mysteries, there was in those an episode of symbolical death, because kasmillos, a technical name ascribed to the candidate, was represented as slain by the gods. some of the rites which prevailed within and around greece in ancient times are concerned with the idea of a regeneration or new birth. the mysteries of bacchus depicted the death of this god and his restoration to light as rhea. osiris

WALLIS BUDGE E A LEGENDS OF THE EGYPTIAN GODS

t, when the ptolemies began to consolidate their rule in egypt. a form of religion which would be acceptable both to egyptians and greeks had to be provided, and this was produced by modifying the characteristics of osiris and calling him sarapis, and identifying him with the greek pluto. to isis were added many of the attributes of the great greek goddesses, and into her worship were introduced "mysteries" derived from non-egyptian cults, which made it acceptable to the people everywhere. had a high priest of osiris who lived at abydos under the xviiith dynasty witnessed the celebration of the great festival of isis and osiris in any large town in the first century before christ, it is tolerably certain that he would have regarded it as a lengthy act of worship of strange gods, in which t

tomb of osiris. there are likewise other circumstances in the egyptian ritual which hint to us the reality upon which this history is grounded, such as their cleaving the trunk of a tree, their wrapping it up in linen which they tear in pieces for that purpose, and the libations of oil which they afterwards pour upon it; but these i do not insist on, because they are intermixed with such of their mysteries as may not be revealed [fn#321] in egyptian, pa-asar-neb-tetu "the house of osiris, the lord of tetu" in the temple of neb-sekert, the backbone of the god was preserved, according to one text, but another says it was his jaws) and interior [fn#322] this view represents a late tradition, or at all events one which sprang up after the decay of abydos [first explanation of the story] xxii

flights of dionysos, and the wanderings of demeter, are exactly of the same nature as the adventures of osiris and typhon. therefore, they all are to be accounted for in the same manner, and every treatise of mythology will readily furnish us with an abundance of other similar instances. the same thing may also be affirmed of those other things which are so carefully concealed under the cover of mysteries and imitations [in sec. xxvi. plutarch points out that homer calls great and good men "god-like" and "god's compeers" but the word daemon is applied to the good and bad indifferently (see odyssey, vi. 12; iliad, xiii. 810, v. 438, iv. 31 &c. plato assigns to the olympian gods good things and the odd numbers, and the opposite to the daemons. xenocrates believed in the existence of a serie

d supplications of mortals to heaven, and bringing down thence in return oracles and all other blessings of life" empedocles thought that the daemons underwent punishment, and that when chastened and purified they were restored to their original state [sec. xxvii. to this class belonged typhon, who was punished by isis. in memory of all she had done and suffered, she established certain rites and mysteries which were to be types and images of her deeds, and intended these to incite people to piety, and, to afford them consolation. isis and osiris were translated from good daemons into gods, and the honours due to them are rightly of a mixed kind, being those due to gods and daemons. osiris is none other than pluto, and isis is not different from proserpine [sec. xxx. typhon is held by the

WEOR SAMAEL AUN ESOTERIC COURSE OF KABBLAH

consecrates it, he will achieve the curing of all diseases simply by applying it to the affected part (the initiate can see here his material fortune threatened and his businesses fail. arcanum 17 the star of hope. the eigth hour of apollonius. arcanum 18 the star of the the magicians. the ninth hour of apollonius. the astral virtures of the elements, of the seed of everykind (study of the minor mysteries, the ninth arches by the student has to ascend. arcano xiii (13) la muerte. cuarta hora de apolonio. el ne fito vagar de noche entre los sepulcros, experimentar el horror de las visiones, se entregar a la magia y a la goecia (esto significa que el disc pulo se ver atacado por millones de magos negros en el plano astral; esos magos tenebrosos intentan alejar al disc pulo de la luminosa se

agos. novena hora de apolonio. las virtudes astrales de los elementos, de la simiente de todo g nero (estudio sobre los misterios menores, las nueve arcadas por las cuales tiene que subir el estudiante. 8 arcanum 19 the resplendent light. the tenth hour of apollonius "the doors of the sky are opened and the man leaves the lethargy" this is the number 10 of the second great iniciation of the major mysteries that permits the iniciate to travel in the etheric body. this is the wisdom of john the baptist. arcanum 20 "the awakening of the dead" the eleventh hour of apollonius. the angels, the cherubims, and the seraphims fly with rumors of wings. there is rejoicing in the sky, awakening on the earth, and the sun that raises adam. this process belongs to the great iniciations of major mysteries

rno en la meditaci n) quer is la ciencia de jinas. recordad que ten is una madre adorable "pedid y se os dar "golpead y se os abrir. 21 arcanum 3 remember that the sepher yetzirah marvelously describes all the splendors of the world and the extraordinary play3 of the sephiroth in god and in man through the thirty two paths of wisdom. the entire science of the sephiroth is hidden within the sexual mysteries. the soul has three aspects: 1. nephesh, the animal soul. 2. ruach, the thinking soul. 3. meshamah, the spiritual soul. the sephiroth are the substratum of these three aspects of the souls. the sephiroth are atomic. the zohar insists on these three principle elements which compose the world. these elements are: fire (shin, water (mem, air (aleph. these elements are the perfect synthesis

urnal and profound sky of the desert, with purity of heart and in the flame of the serpent, we call upon thee! pray and meditate intensely. the divine mother teaches her children. this prayer must be performed while combining meditation with the state of slumber. then as in visions of dreams, illumination emerges; thus the divine mother approaches the devotee in order to instruct him in the great mysteries. la palabra juan se descompone as: i.e.o.u.a.n, el verbo (el drag n de sabidur a. realmente ella es la madre del verbo. y la mujer oficia en el altar de la bendita diosa madre del mundo. ahora, hermanos, orad mucho a vuestra divina madre kundalini, cuya venerable sacerdotisa es vuestra mujer. orad y meditad as: invocaci n "oh, isis, madre del cosmos, ra z del amor, tronco, capullo, hoja

o por esa puerta podemos retornar al edem. el edem es el mismo sexo. el sexo es la puerta angosta, estrecha y dif cil que conduce a la luz. en la soledad de esos santuarios misteriosos, los ne fitos fueron sometidos a las cuatro pruebas inici ticas. las pruebas del fuego, de aire, de agua y de tierra definieron siempre las diversas purificaciones de los ne fitos. 28 commonly, these sanctuaries of mysteries were found located at the foot of some volcano. there the disciples would fall to the ground and lose consciousness; in those moments the hierophant would take the students out of their physical bodies (thus, they would already be in the astral plane) and into the profundities of the sanctuary. then he would teach them the grandiose mysteries of life and death. the volcanic emanations of

WESTERN MANDALAS OF TRANSFORMATION SR AL

shion powerful, transformative mandalas and seals. work with a wide range of energies to facilitate healing, personal empowerment, and spiritual development. from the most basic concepts to the most advanced theories, western mandalas of transformation guides you through the process of creating planetary, zodiacal, qabalistic, and other images for use in meditation, ritual, and magic. uncover the mysteries of divine names and the magical power within your own name by learning to convert any name into a magical signature, sigil, or tattwa symbol. radically transform your life through exciting new ways of working with numbers, symbols, and the chakras emerging from the cutting edge of modern-day magical practice. open the magical portal to daath and the secrets which await the seeker beyond

ng to convert any name into a magical signature, sigil, or tattwa symbol. radically transform your life through exciting new ways of working with numbers, symbols, and the chakras emerging from the cutting edge of modern-day magical practice. open the magical portal to daath and the secrets which await the seeker beyond the confines of normal existence. western mandalas of transformation explains mysteries hidden in the magical squares which have never been published before. powerful techniques obtained from the experiences of a working hermetic lodge can now be yours. do you have the will to dare the assay into the silent depths of the unknown? about the author soror a. l. lives and writes in her niche in the woods with her cat and herb garden. she belongs to a working hermetic lodge on t

4 with planetary energy to achieve a specific end.which is the more mundane interpretation of magic in many circles today. but to act as a source of revelation. only the student who studies and works with magical squares consistently understands this. the word talisman, in fact, may be a derivative of the arabic tilsam, which means mystery, pointing to its real inherent value.to unlock for us the mysteries of god and nature. if fascination with the powers which have been attributed to talismans over time eventually pulls you into a deeper study of qabalah, it will be no small miracle, as you will see if you work with qabalistic talismans long enough. the end result of all true qabalistic work is to draw closer to the god-energy known as kether, the essence of the tree. it is the real "crow

en from the correspondence tables and the information given in the next chapter. chapter 3 correspondences current magical tradition follows these principles: after we clarify our intention, we proceed to concretize it through working with the divine names and numbers. this alphabetical and numerical mysticism is at the heart of the ancient art of qabalistic talisman-making, which is based on the mysteries of magical squares and the sigils derived from them. in the first of his three books of occult philosophy, agrippa says: the use of words and speech is to express the inwards of the mind, and from thence to draw forth the secrets of the thoughts, and to declare the will of the speaker. now, writing is the last expression of the mind, and is the number of speech and voice. and therefore m

is ambivalent, its various definitions depending on vowel points, like so many hebrew words. it means "mischief "ruin or calamity" as well as "to be "to exist" and "to form or constitute (ben yehuda. agrippa also gives ahi, which means "where" both of these words, it must be noted, are names of god if one letter is added (ahih and ihvh, one at the beginning and one at the end. there are numerous mysteries to ponder here, and qabalists who have studied the jewish qabalistic texts will see the similarities between these words and the divine names to which they are related. we said earlier that the simplest but most well-concealed secret of forming the magical planetary seals is to follow the hint given in the figure 6-g: agrippa's kamea. the kamea of chesed/jupiter. figure 6-h figure 6-1 sa

WICCA EIGHT SABBATS OF WITCHCRAFT

separation of state and religion. speaking as a pagan, i would be saddened by the success of this move, but as a supporter of the concept of religion-free public education, i fear i must concede the point. nonetheless, it seems only right that there should be one night of the year when our minds are turned toward thoughts of the supernatural. a night when both pagans and non-pagans may ponder the mysteries of the otherworld and its inhabitants. and if you are one of them, may all your jack-o'lanterns burn bright on this all hallow's eve. midwinter night's eve: y u l e= by mike nichols our christian friends are often quite surprised at how enthusiastically we pagans celebrate the 'christmas' season. even though we prefer to use the word 'yule, and our celebrations may peak a few days before

ill nursing her new child. therefore, conception is naturally delayed for six weeks or so and, despite earlier matings with the god, she does not conceive until (surprise) the vernal equinox. this may also be their hand-fasting, a sacred marriage between god and goddess called a hierogamy, the ultimate great rite. probably the nicest study of this theme occurs in m. esther harding's book 'woman's mysteries. probably the nicest description of it occurs in m. z. bradley's 'mists of avalon, in the scene where morgan and arthur assume the sacred roles (bradley follows the british custom of transferring the episode to beltane, when the climate is more suited to its outdoor celebration) the other christian holiday which gets mixed up in this is easter. easter, too, celebrates the victory of a go

WICCA WITCHCRAFT TODAY

resent beliefs, rituals nor practices are harmful. i write only of what takes place in the north, south, east, and west of england today in covens which i know. i have in addition shown the origin of some at least of the stories which have been told about the craft. i can only repeat the words of lucius apuleius in the metamorphoses, xl, 23, who wrote a long account of his own initiation into the mysteries in cryptic language, saying 'i have told you things of which, although you have heard them, you cannot know the meaning' the museum of magic and witchcraft at castletown is the only one in the world devoted to magic and witchcraft. i have the materials here to prove what i say. i wish to thank mr. ross nichols, editor of christian's history and practice of magic, for supplying me with su

re are some people with some abnormal powers, why should there not be other people who have other forms of abnormal powers and unusual ways of inducing them? i am continually being asked various questions regarding the witch cult, and i can only answer: nearly all primitive people had initiation ceremonies and some of these were initiation into priesthoods, into magic powers, secret societies and mysteries. they were usually regarded as necessary for the welfare of the tribe as well as for the individual. they usually included purification and some test of courage and fortitude- often severe and painful- terrorisation, instruction in tribal lore, in sexual knowledge, in the making of charms, and in religious and magical matters generally, and often a ritual of death and resurrection. now i

e is defined as being a story which affects people's actions. strictly speaking, in this sense the myth of christianity lies in the crucifixion and resurrection, and few christians differ about this. the myth of witchcraft seems to be the story of the goddess here quoted. i am forbidden to give her name, so i will call her g. the myth of the goddess now g. had never loved, but she would solve all mysteries, even the mystery of death, and so she journeyed to the nether lands. the guardians of the portals challenged her 'strip off thy garments, lay aside thy jewels, for nought may ye bring with you into this our land' so she laid down her garments and her jewels and was bound as are all who enter the realms of death, the mighty one (1) such was her beauty that death himself knelt and kissed

t she answered 'i love thee not' then said death 'as you receive not my hand on your heart, you must receive death's scourge 'it is fate, better so' she said, and she knelt. death scourged her and she cried 'i know the pangs of love' and death said 'blessed be' and gave her the fivefold kiss, saying 'thus only may you attain to joy and knowledge [1] see note 2 (page 188- and he taught her all the mysteries, and they loved and were one; and he taught her all the magic's. for there are three great events in the life of man- love, death and resurrection in the new body- and magic controls them all. to fulfil love you must return again at the same time and place as the loved ones, and you must remember and love her or him again. but to be reborn you must die and be ready for a new body; to die

. it is quite possible that the stories of istar and siva have influenced the myth, but i think that its origin is most likely celtic. in celtic legends the lords of the underworld did prepare you for rebirth, and many living people are said to have entered their regions, formed alliances with them and returned safely, but it needed great courage; only a hero or a demigod dared to risk it. celtic mysteries assuredly contained rituals of death and resurrection, and possibly visits to the underworld with a safe return. i think st. patrick's purgatory in lough derg was a christianised version of this legend. primitive man dreaded the idea of being born in another tribe, among strangers, so he prayed and performed rites to ensure being born again at the same time and the same place as his belo

WICCA MAGICK OCCULT THREE GREEN BOOKS DRUIDISM

het fergus and the druid sayings of the psychologists green book volume two celtic, native american,african, hindu& greek writings english poetry stopping by the woods jabberwocky welsh and irish poetry the waterfall sadness in spring rain outside winter and warfare mountain snow bright trees spoils of annwn cad goddeau leadership sunshine through my window suggested further reading thirteen fold mysteries nichol s 13 williams 13 graves 13 another 13 the voyage of bran proverbs of the modern gaels advice attitudes behavior company contentment death education& experience fate fighting foolishness god& heaven greed hope humor 225 hypocrisy& integrity love nature politics pride tact& talk wisdom work wisdom of the native americans born natural sacred earth silent vigils simple truth courtesy

anxious for the morrow: for the morrow will be anxious for itself. sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. selections from: matthew 5:1-16, 6:19-34. the authorized version (king james) of the holy bible. 241 (i corinthians 13) if i speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, i am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. and if i have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if i have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, i am nothing. and if i bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and if i give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profiteth me nothing. love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not its own, is not pr

the earth, a and it was the final abiding place of all things that lived and grew. the soil was soothing, strengthening, cleansing, and healing. that is why the old indian still sits upon the earth instead of propping himself up and away from its life-giving forces. for him, to sit or lie upon the ground is to be able to think more deeply and to feel more keenly; he can see more clearly into the mysteries of life and come closer in kinship to other lives about him. chief luther standing bear teton sioux silent vigils in my opinion, it was chiefly owing to their deep contemplation in their silent retreats in the days of youth that the old indian orators acquired the habit of carefully arranging their thoughts. they listened to the warbling of birds and noted the grandeur and the beauties o

WILLIAM WESCOTT GOLDEN DAWN HISTORTY LECTURE

the hebrews were taught at one time by the egyptians and later by the chaldees of babylon. it is a curious fact that the classic nations, the greeks and romans, have handed down to us but slight glimpses of the ancient magic, and this is more notable because greece succeeded to the mastership of egypt, and rome to the empire of both the greeks and jews. greece did indeed succeed to a share in the mysteries of the egyptians for the eleusinian mysteries were copies of the ancient ceremonies of isis, osiris and serapis; but they lacked true magic. and further, the classic writings contain but faint glimpses of even the eleusinian mysteries, and these disclose the fact that the pupils were partly ignorant of the true mysteries, a notable example of which is seen in the use of the words konx om

stan, palestine, denmark, etc. the name of the order in various languages is: in hebrew: morning light shining society (chabrath (or chaorah) zoreh aour bakker) which means the society of the shining light of dawn. in latin: aurora. in german: die goldene demmerung. in french: l'aube d' or. reference may now be made to the society which was reconstructed by robert wentworth little, student of the mysteries. this society, which has branches in england, scotland and the united states, is allied with the g.d. it perpetuated one form of rosicrucian initiation which was conferred 100 years ago in england and which was mentioned by godfrey higgins in his work the anacalypsis, or an attempt to withdraw the veil of the saitic isis. fratre little was a student of the school of levi and also an emin

cian society as revised by him was made by intention and permission essentially masonic, thus severing all connection with those adepts who have not been craftsmen, as basil valentine, artephus, nicolas flamel, jacob behmen and robert fludd. the rosicrucian society in the same manner fails to recognize any worth for occult research in women. this is also an innovation or the scheme of the ancient mysteries in many of which, notably those of isis priestesses and virgin prophetesses, were prominent ministers. note specifically, that there are several instances in the ancient m.s. of our order, which are written in cypher, where reference is made to the fratres and sorores, the words "her or him" occur showing that in olden time, as at the present day, women rose to high rank and attainment i

WILLIAM WESCOTT NUMBERS THEIR OCCULT POWER AND MYSTIC VIRTUES

and rebellion which arose on account of a quarrel between the people of crotona and the inhabitants of sybaris. he succeeded in reaching metapontum, where he is said to have died about the year of 500 b.c. 12. among the ancient authors from whom we derive our knowledge of the life and doctrines of pythagoras and his successors, the following are notable- 1. b.c. 450. herodotus, who speaks to the mysteries of the pythagoreans as similar to those of orpheus. 2. b.c. 394. archytas of tarentum, who left a fragment upon pythagorean arithmetic. 3. b.c. 380. theon of smyrna. 4. b.c. 370. philolaus. from three books of this author it is believed that plato compiled his book numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott timaeus; he was probably the first who committed

ir saying, my friend is my other self, has become a byword to this day. the teaching was in a great measure secret, and certain studnumbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott ies and knowledge were allotted to each class and grade of instruction; merit and ability alone sufficed to enable anyone to pass to the higher classes and to a knowledge of the more recondite mysteries. no person was permitted to commit to writing any tenet, or secret doctrine, and, so far as is known, no pupil ever broke the rule until after his death and the dispersion of the school. 14. we are thus entirely dependent on the scraps of information, which have been handed down to us from his successors, and from his and their critics. a considerable amount of uncertainty, therefore, is

we are chiefly concerned, and to a smaller extent with greek. ancient records show that the greeks used their numbers almost exclusively for everyday purposes; while the jewish rabbis added to their practical value special peculiar purposes, and looked to them to furnish deeper views of nature, existence and doctrine. no doubt can exist that the ancient egyptians were fully aware of the wondrous mysteries which numbers are able to disclose, so, considering that greece, and neither judea nor babylon, succeeded to the empires of ancient egypt, it is a curious fact how little knowledge of the dogmas of the hierophants of sais, memphis and thebes greek literature has transmitted to us. the jewish rabbis discovered so much of interest and importance behind the merely superficial value of numbe

e fifth vowel. to remember hebrew numerals note a, i, q=1, 10, 100. and in greek a, i, r, a=1, 10, 100, 1000. according to the canon, of 1897, anonymous work, 32. a vesica piscis (the figure formed by the intersection of two equal circles) whose dimensions are 26 and 15, is a symbol of the hidden rule or canon by which natural laws were represented to initiates in the secret wisdom of the ancient mysteries. the greek gods zeus, jupiter and apollo, the sun god, have the same numerical relation. numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott# 33. part four numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott chapter four the individual numerals the monad, one, 1 he number one or the monad has been defined by the mathematician theon of smyrna

it is also a type of nature. the pentalpha or 5-pointed star, an endless of complex set of angles, was the emblem of health, hygeia. it numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott forms 5 copies of the capital letter a. it is also called the pentagram, and the seal of solomon, and is said to have been the device on the signet-ring of this ancient grand master of the mysteries. 61. kenneth mackenzie remarks that, being formed by the union of the first odd and even numbers, 5 was considered of peculiar value and used as an amulet or talisman powerful to preserve from evil, and when inscribed on a portal, could keep out evil spirits. it is found almost everywhere in greece and egypt. diodorus calls five the union of the four elements with ether. there are 5 orde

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

it circle of castilian kabbalists responsible for the literary fabrication of zohar. i refer to the commentary on the talmudic aggadah by todros ben joseph ha-levi abulafia.56 the opening line of abulafia s remarks on the relevant passage from the babylonian talmud bodes an auspicious beginning as he reminds the reader that in the words of the rabbis there are several deep secrets, several hidden mysteries, and several hidden matters. the secret, we soon learn, concerns the emanation of judgment from the left that parallels the emanation of mercy from the right. in abulafia s time, this idea was treated as one of the most recondite components of the tradition and revealed to only a handful of initiates, who used this teaching to delve deeply into the truth of the divine nature.57 abulafia

of nakedness, besar erwah, lest they enter the tabernacle in an immodest posture and bring upon themselves a death decree. perhaps it would be fruitful to consider these verses in relation to the death of nadab and abihu. 240. zohar 3:58a b. 241. ibid, 58b. it is instructive to compare the thematic nexus of prayer and the mystery of time related to the divine in zoharic texts and the comments in mysteries of purity, pp. 184 185. ibn al- arabi relates the esoteric gnosis to the qur anic verse allah s is the command before and after; and on that day the believers shall rejoice (30:4. 242. also relevant is the verse koh amar yhwh be-et rason anitikha u-ve-yom yeshu ah azarttikha, thus said the lord: in a moment of favor i will answer you, and on the day of salvation i will help you (isa 49:8

colleague, ezra ben solomon, on the dictum, attributed alternatively to r. jeremiah and to r. hiyya bar abba (babylonian talmud, megillah 2b, that the letters mem, nun, saddi, pe, and kaf that is, all the letters with closed and open forms were articulated by the prophets, sofim, literally, the visionaries. in his commentary on this statement, r. ezra quipped, may god open our eyes to comprehend mysteries from his torah. azriel elaborates, the twenty-two elemental letters and the five double letters all [allude] to the secret of redemption [sod ha-ge ullah, and all of them are at the end of the word except for the closed mem in the expression le-marbbeh ha-misrah. the connection established between the five double letters and the secret of redemption is based on yet another aggadic tradit

unh ma la budda minhu lil-murid; the one alone: kitab al-ahadiyyah. interpreted by shaikh tosun bayrak al-jerrahi al-halveti. louisville: fons vitae, 1997. journey to the lord of power: a sufi manual on retreat. with notes from a commentary by abdul-karim jili and an introduction by sheikh muzaffer ozak al-jerrahi. translated by rabia terri harris. rochester: inner traditions international, 1989. mysteries of purity: ibn al- arab s asr r al-t ah rah. translated by eric winkel. notre dame: cross cultural publications, 1995. idel, moshe. absorbing perfections: kabbalah and interpretation. foreword by harold bloom. new haven: yale university press 2002. franz rosenzweig and the kabbalah. in the philosophy of franz rosenzweig, edited by paul mendes-flohr, 162 171. hanover: university press of

WORKBOOK FOR GRADE 0 VOID AND THE ABYSS

s the eye of algol, separate and alone in my being. typhon, present unto me the tcham knive from which i shall stand forth in my dreaming and waking! sender of nightmares ascend through me! ooo west- let now the serpent encircle me, leviathan the coiling dragon of timeless being. i summon your essence unto me! great chthonic daimon of endless being, i seek to drink deep of your cup and behold the mysteries of the depths! mriodom aoth, sabaoth, atheleberseth, abraoth! by the very circle of which i build- i walk unto the crown of lucifer- that emerald which shine the essence of heaven and hell. that angelickan watcher of the sun shall come now forth to join with the ahrimanic shadow, that angel and daemon are joined! i walk unto the umbrarum rex, the kingdom of shades and the ghost roads- op

ough set that all upon the luciferian path pass through, in the skin of cain or otherwise. west- a calling to leviathan, the dragon essence which is immortal, or eternal. the encircling of leviathan is a will directed focus of the individuals being or "i" announcing the forced antinomianian separation from the natural order, and through leviathan grows strong in this circle of timeless being. the mysteries of the depths is revealed as knowledge and wisdom of the subconscious. by tapping into the subconscious, one is able to master their own individual life therein. the reference to the angelickan watcher of the sun and the ahrimanic shadow is based in the double vessels or fetishes of the bestial and angelick atavisms and familiars. by exteriorizing ones adversarial aspects of "i" and "bei

he fallen angel, the god of fire and manifestation that fell as a seraph. it is considered that samael, as being asmodeus has developed through hebraic times through daemonic appearance, confronting even solomon the mage. samael represents the earthly devil of the tarot, the demon of lust whom resides within each individual, the dark side from which all desire, positive or negative, manifest. the mysteries of samael as the devil of the tarot are within the tract 77, as commented on originally by aleister crowley. this focus point, known as oz is the creation source of each individual, from birth to the manifestation of ones will. samael is further the concept of samael the black within qlippothic symbolism, the daemon from which the sinister is revealed. nature itself is sinister, allowing

attribute, the goddess is the manifestation or channel of lilith, she becomes the witch queen herself, and able to work sorcery, attend the sabbat upon the steed kundak through the web of dreams itself. this is the complete witch, whom by dayside and nightside is able to master each by her own will. lilith is thus revealed as babalon, the goddess of death, blood, passion and life itself! let her mysteries be revealed to those through enflamed invocation! the sigil of infernal union, created by levi and used originally in maurice bessey s 1961 encyclopedia of the occult "histoire en 1000 images de la magie, and re-issued in english later on as a pictorial history of magic and the supernatural. this symbol, adopted by anton szandor lavey and the church of satan in 1966, removed the samael a

ess. allow the force to immolate your consciousness; share the ecstasy with this angel of fire and light. take now the cup from the altar, drinking deeply of its cold and refreshing elixir. envision now lilith and recite: lunar force of water and dream walking, which you shall manifest my consciousness from the desert caves of the red sea, i do summon you, invoke you within me. bring unto me your mysteries of your children, the lilitu, that i may hold the arcana of sexual union and vampiric manifestation. enter me, mother of the path of the wise, reveal your bestial and angelic essence to me. do manifest through me now, join in union with your mate, samael. join through me the union of opposites! allow the lunar energy to flow through you, catching the visions of lilitu and such succubi, b

WORKING CEPHALOEDIUM VERSION 1

th the sign of the child, the star-cluster of the twins, un der hermes the word, airy, elastic, bisexual, eternally young, the lovers born of one womb, made two that by love they may make themselves one. so then in this name aiwaz is every rite of the magick of the aeon of horus d eclared in detail, and in his number 93 is shewn forth not only the word of the law, but the ways of the word and the mysteries of truth. this name then and this number shall be the glyph hieratic to unlock the fort ress of the aeon; captain is he of all the hosts of mars, and ra hoor khuit cro wned king in that palace of force and fire. set, the beast, for ayin; thoth, al astor the logos, for yod; apis, perdurabo, for vau; and hoor hoorpakraat, bapho met, for zain; foursquare, mystic, wonderful, as cherubs shall

WORKING CEPHALOEDIUM VERSION 2

orth the sign of the child, the star-cluster of the twins, under hermes the word, airy, elastic, bisexual, eternally young, the lovers born of one womb, made two that by love they may make themselves one. so then in this name aiwaz is every rite of the magick of the aeon of horus declared in detail, and in his number 93 is shewn forth not only the word of the law, but the ways of the word and the mysteries of truth. this name then and this number shall be the glyph hieratic to unlock the fortress of the aeon; captain is he of all the hosts of mars, and ra hoor khuit crowned king in that palace of force and fire. set, the beast, for ayin; thoth, alastor the logos, for yod; apis, perdurabo, for vau; and hoor hoorpakraat, baphomet, for zain; foursquare, mystic, wonderful, as cherubs shall i t

ZALEWSKI GOLDEN DAWN ENOCHIAN MAGIC OCR

awn from it to control the power of the elemental tablets. the only recorded use by dee and kelley of this seal was to place a crystal upon it for the purposes of scrying. the archangel uriel gave the following instructions on its use "you must use a four square table, two cubits square, whereon must be set the sigillum dei, which is already perfected in a book of thine: blessed be god in all his mysteries *this paper was issued to the zelator adeptus minor grades of the thoth hermes temple, new zealand, in 1985. 2 and holy in all his work. this seal must not be looked uponwithout great reverence and devotion. this seal is to be made of perfect wax: i mean wax that is purified; we have no respect of colors. this seal must be nine inches in diameter, the roundness must be twenty-seven inche

in the form of a cross and contemplate the forces of light. bring down the divine white brilliance (do this according to the lvx formulae in appendix f, and say "0 great seal of truth and mystery, send forth thy current of power through the angelic forces which thy represent. i charge thee to guard my sphere and keep me from evil and the unbalanced forces so that they do not penetrate my abode of mysteries. inspire and sanctify me that i may direct your vortex of strength to"(do signs of the 5=6 grade, or above) note: at this point the main part of the ceremony which the seal has helped direct is then performed. 28 29 2 the twelve gates on the aethyrs crowley was the first golden dawn member to visit each of the aethyrs; his adventures were later recorded in his book the vision and the voi

ar that dee is not to summon the wicked spirits, such as paraoan. 45 in "the book of the concourse of the forces" an exhortation is given with these three names, which has to be recited before any work or study of enochiana was to be undertaken: 7- will reign over you, saith the god of justice. 0 lexarph, comanan, tabitom. move, therefore, and show yourselves forth and appear; declare unto us the mysteries of your creation, the balance of righteousness and truth" this is part of the first enochian call. the call is attributed to the tablet ofunion as a whole, with some golden dawn modifications. by studying the attribution of the governors of the aethyrs to the kabbalah we find that these three names are at the supernal of the tree relating to the sephiroth of chesed, just before one cross

im that is fallen "0 ye heavens, arise! the lower heavens beneath you, let them serve you! govern those that govern. cast down such ag fall. bring forth with those that increase, and destroy the rotten "no place, let it remain in one number. add and diminish until the stars be numbered. arise! move! and appear before the covenant of his mouth which he hath sworn unto us in his jus- tice. open the mysteries of your creation, and make us partakers of the undefiled knowledge" 51 the call of the aethyrs enochian "madriaax ds praf lil (or name the aethyr required) chis micaolz saanir caosgo od fisis balzizas iaida "nonca gohulim: micma adoian mad, iaod bliorb, soba ooaona chis lucifitias piripsol, ds abraassa noncf netaaib caosgi od tilb adphaht damploz, tooatnoncfg micalz oma irasd tol glo mar

subject go, both geoffrey james' book enochian evocation 76 and robert turner's hetarchia mystica of john dee make excellent reading. the golden dawn concept, as i have envisioned it, used the pyramid system superimposed by egyptian god-forms. i believe this puts a lot more meat on the bare bones of the dee papers. the biblical association of the first seven days of creation unravels some of the mysteries of the functions of the king and prince. for those who want to do more research into this field, i recommend a book called path of the kabbalah by david sheinkin, edited by edward hoffman. sheinkin was a friend and student of rabbi kaplan, whose kabbalistic study ranks him with the very best in his field. the sigils of the "sons of the sons of light" also appear with certain planetary co

ZALEWSKI SECRET INNER ORDER RITUALS OF THE GOLDEN DAWN OCR

initiated, and took the mystic title christian rosenkreutz, or christian of the rose cross. he then so improved his knowledge of the arabian tongue, that in the following year he translated the book 'm' into latin, which he afterwards brought back with him to europe "after three years he went into egypt, where there was another temple of the order. there he remained for a time still studying the mysteries of nature. after this, he travelled by sea to the city of fessa, where he was welcomed at the temple established there. while at the temple, he obtained the knowledge and acquaintance of the habitants of the elements, who revealed unto him many of their secrets. of the fraternity, he confessed that they had not retained their wisdom in its primal purity, and that their kabala was to a ce

hat part of the 5=6 ritual which deals with the history of the order of the r.c. are as follows: know them 0 aspirant, that the order of the rose and cross bath existed from time immemorial and that its mystic rites were practiced and its hidden knowledge communicated in the initiations of the various races of antiquity: egypt, eleusis, samothrace, persia, chaldea, and india alike cherished these mysteries, and thus handed down to posterity the secret wisdom of the ancient ages. this statement is one which comes home to every member of the 5=6 grade, for although one in that position is but on the threshold of genuinely serious occult study and development, it is easy enough to trace the masterful manner in which our mystic knowledge has been consolidated; and the essential unity of the sy

he world of shades, being there protected by the rising glory of the golden cross and the rose. then this prayer is said "unto thee sole wise, sole mighty and sole eternal one, be praise and glory forever" now it must be the macroposopus, the amen, who is addressed here; the lord of kether, who has permitted this aspirant who now kneeleth before him to penetrate thus far into the sanctuary of his mysteries (which is in the centre of the universe "not unto us, but unto his name be the glory (which is the name yhvh, with the addition of the letter shin "let the influence of thy divine ones descend upon his head (these divine ones are angelic forces, and the higher self is that of the divine one "and teach him the value of self sacrifice, so that he shall shrink not in the hour of trial, but

) none-mo-lapevlare mercy, of rita mercies, his iehilsozod midst (in the) notahoa, zodomecla midday, the first. bazodmelo mighty ivfi-la-olazod mighty sounds kapaho, midali might (be) 0-mi-ca-ol-zod mightier micalapg mind (in the) mardnn millstones aniny minister qouodi moon (the) giraa moreover pilahe moss moira mouth (the) buti4nonn mouths (from their) butirnoui move &dicta move ye (i) zodacame mysteries kikale, kilolesi n name (in the) do-0-a-ipa name (his) dora inn name (whose) ioba-dooain names (their()mates nest virago nine em no place ripire none not (is not) je north (in the) lucall numbers coramtefa numbers sa-ga-cor number of times capimacen numbered coremepe, connpt numbered (bath) conimepo 0 oak paobe obedience adana obey darabesa olives in the olive mount. a-a-miss adaroeabe o

ound t he ob l ig at ion ch.ad. repeats the words, and at the end of each clause the postulant bows his head in silence (1)1, frater, associate adeptus minor of the 5=6 grade of the ancient rosicrucian fraternity of the rose of ruby and the cross of gold, standing here before the door of the vault of the adepti, do solemnly affirm and testify to the faith which i hold in my heart in those greater mysteries to which the lesser mysteries are the door; i believe that they are implanted in the soul in silence, and that through the veils of silence only can they be beheld. standing thus in the sign of osiris slain, with all sincerity and singleness of heart, do i affirm that i will ever maintain the most perfect silence in respect thereof; i promise that i will never reveal them to the profane

ZOETIC GRIMOIRE OF ZOS

all things beautiful unto the grotesque. whom thou succour hath no sterility. i am reborn and reborn into desirous becomings: i have recreated my soul by birthing pleasure. through thee my will, desire, belief and word become the law that carries me into the catastrophic beyond becoming: thou the emissary of neither-neither! ever silent watcher! thou hast shown me the new sexualities and all the mysteries of the threshold! only thee i adore in my soul and my everlasting body. alpha-omega amen! evocation o mighty rehctaw! thou who exists in all erogenousnesses we evoke thee! by the power of the meanings arising from these forms i make we evoke thee! by the talismans that speak the secret leitmotif of desire we evoke thee! by the sacrifices, abstinences and transvaluations we make we evoke

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ine the opposing forces of nature as well as his own self. it refers to that which is said in the neophyte initiation: the white triangle symbolizes the immortal light, which indicates that there are always two contending forces and always one uniting them."put simply, in order for man to accomplish the great work, he must combine all dualities, as well as surmount them, which reveals part of the mystery of the middle pillar. we can now conclude that in the performance of this ritual, the energies invoked are drawn from the kether sphere. this is in opposition to that of wiccan tradition where it is drawn from the groin, or yesod, which is considered lunar energy. the ritual of the middle pillar, simple as it may seem, is not easy. like all the rituals, it takes time to feel the full effec

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ce, unless thou canst give the sign and grip of a zelator (done) kerux: resumes his seat after handing neophyte over to charge of hegemon. hegemon leads neophyte to north, and says: heg: to the northern side of the holy place, stood the table of shewbread. the drawing before you represents its occult meaning. on it twelve leaves were laid as emblems of the bread of life, and it is an image of the mystery of the rose of creation. the 12 circles are the 12 signs of the zodiac, while the lamp in the center is symbolic of the sun, which is the source of heat and life. the four triangles whose twelve angles each touch one of the 12 circles are those of fire, earth, air, and water, and allude to the four triplicities of the zodiacal signs. the triangle inscribed within each of the 12 circles, al

oly city of the apocalypse while in christian symbolism the sun and the twelve signs are referred to christ and his twelve apostles. heg: leads neophyte to hiereus and then returns to his place and is seated. hiereus: leads neophyte to the south, and says: hiereus: on the southern side of the holy place stood the seven branched candlestick, wherein was burned pure olive oil. it is an image of the mystery of the elohim, the seven creative ideas. the symbolic drawing before you represents its occult meaning. the seven circles which surround the heptagram, represent the seven planets and the seven qabalistic palaces of assiah, the material world- which answer to the seven apocalyptic churches which are in asia or assiah- as these again allude to the seven lamps before the throne on another pl

e the pure from the impure, and refine the gold of the spirit from the black dragon, the corruptible body. upon the cubical altar, were fire, water, and. incense three mother letters of the hebrew alphabet; aleph, mem, and shin. mem is silent, shin; is sibilant, and aleph is the tongue of a balance between these contraries in equilibrium, reconciling and mediating between them. in this is a great mystery, very admirable and recondite. the fire produced the heavens, the water, the earth, and the air is the reconciler between them. in the year, they bring forth the hot, the cold, and the temperate seasons, and in man, they are imaged in the head, the chest, and the trunk. i now confer upon you the mystic title of periclinus de faustis, which signifies that on this earth you are in a wilderne

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on, beside greeks and teutons, believed in a separate language of gods, is unknown to me, and the agreement of these two is the more significant. when ovid in met. 11, 640 says: hunc icelon supcri, mortale phobetora vulgus nominat, this is imitated from the greeks, as the very names" show (see suppl. the indians trace nothing but their alphabet (devanagari, devawriting, as our forefathers did the mystery of runes (p. 149, to a divine origin, and the use of the symbol may be connected with that of the sound itself; with the earliest signs, why should not the purest and oldest expressions too be attributed to gods? homer's e-nea mepoevra (winged words) belong to heroes and other men as well as to gods, else we might interpret them strictly of the ease and nimbleness with which the gods wield

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18,000 worlds, and also gehennah, and the garden of eden. the 9th is 18,000 more worlds wherein abide shekinah and metatron. and the 10th is thebel wherein standeth the earth, between eden and gehennah. heg: leads theoricus to tablet of 10 averse sephiroth in north. heg: before you are the 10 averse and evil sephiroth of the qlippoth or shells, collected into 7 palaces wherein is the apocalyptic mystery of the 7 heads and 10 horns. the qlippoth of kether are called thaumiel or the two contending forces, the shells of chokmah are the ghogiel, or hinderers. those of binah are the satariel or concealers. those of chesed are the gagh shekelah or breakers in pieces. to geburah belong the golahab or burners. to tiphareth the tagariron or disputers. to netzach the gharab zereq or ravens of death

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGICK SPELLS

imited only by the environment and your imagination. you may find that improvisation enters quite spontaneously as the energies unfold and spiral. movement is the key to this stage. raising the power this is the most powerful part of the magick, as the magical energies are amplified and the power of the ritual carries you along joyously. ecstasy forms a major part of shamanic ceremony and the old mystery religions; it is akin to the exhilaration you experience riding on a carousel or running barefoot along a sandy shore with the wind lifting your hair. you might repeat a chant of power, dance faster, drum with greater intensity, bind your cords in ever more intricate patterns or add more knots if working alone, visualising a cone of spiralling, coloured light, rising and increasing in size

female. the god figure may be represented by a horn, and the goddess by a large conch shell. there are a great variety of deity figures in museum shops as well as new age shops and those selling goods from particular areas of the world. you may, however, feel more comfortable with a ceramic animal, bird or reptile for which you feel an affinity: a tiger for courage, an eagle for vision, a cat for mystery and independence, a snake for regeneration. this is what native americans call our personal totem or power creature. you may find some of these are, in some cultures, the symbols of divinities. there is, for example, bast, the cat-headed egyptian goddess who protected women- especially in pregnancy and childbirth- the home, pleasure and joy. bast was originally a lion goddess who symbolise

rtrayed on cave walls. cernunnos was lord of winter, the hunt, animals, death, male fertility and the underworld, and was sometime portrayed as a triple or trefoil god, an image later assimilated by st patrick with his emblematic shamrock. other forms of the horned god include herne the hunter, the greek pan, god of the woodlands, and dionysus, greek god of vegetation and the vine, whose ecstatic mystery cult involved ritual dismemberment and resurrection. cerunnos' importance has been in his continuing presence as the horned god, the male principle in witchcraft through the ages, in modern wicca and other neo-pagan faiths. he is also invoked for prosperity, fertility, instinctive power and knowledge of when it is necessary to hunt, whether to find employment or a home, and as protection a

lia. alternatively, cover an ordinary one with gold or silver foil* a crystal pendulum or any crystal pendant that will swing freely. when you are ready to start the spell on the first night, have a bath, with a few drop of frankincense or sandalwood added, to open your psychic channels. now prepare yourself for the spell* sit in the south of your circle, facing north, the direction of magick and mystery* let your body fill with light from your feet right through to your head* breathe in the gold and silver colours of the items you have assembled and exhale darkness. if you are in a hurry, just set up your spell and sit for a few moments drawing up power light and energy through your feet. extend your hands over your head in an arch, stretching your fingers up so that the powers of the cos

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fore would call any good spirit to speak or appear in sight, he must particularly observe two things; one whereof is about the disposition of the invocant, the other concerning those things which are outwardly to be adhibited to the invocation for the conformity of the spirit to be called. it is necessary therefore that the invocant religiously dispose himself for the space of many days to such a mystery, and to conserve himself during the time chaste, abstinent, and to abstract himself as much as he can from all manner of foreign and secular business; likewise he should observe fasting, as much as shall seem convenient to him, and let him daily, between sun rising and setting, being clothed in pure white linen, seven times call upon god, and make a deprecation unto the angels to be called

lso, am not born a master; neither have i invented this science of my own proper genius; but i have learned it from others in the manner which i will hereafter tell thee, and in truth. my father, simon, shortly before his death, gave me certain signs and instructions concerning the way in which it is necessary to acquire the holy qabalah; but it is however true that he did not enter into the holy mystery by the true path, and i could not know how to understand the same sufficiently and perfectly as reason demanded. my father was always contented and satisfied with such a method of understanding the same, and he sought out no further the veritable science and magical art, which i undertake to teach thee and to expound unto thee. after his death, finding myself twenty years of age, i had a v

han all the others; but this particular grace was granted me by the almighty father of all mercy, that is to say, almighty god, who little by little 7 the sacred magic 4 illuminated mine understanding and opened mine eyes to see and admire, to contemplate, and search out his divine wisdom, in such a manner that it became possible unto me to further and further understand and comprehend the sacred mystery by which i entered into the knowledge of the holy angels, enjoying their sight and their sacred conversation, from whom7 at length i received afterwards the foundation of the veritable magic, and how to command and dominate the evil spirits. so that by way of conclusion unto this chapter i cannot say that i have otherwise received the true instruction save from abramelim8 and the true and

so that by way of conclusion unto this chapter i cannot say that i have otherwise received the true instruction save from abramelim8 and the true and incorruptible magic save from the holy angels of god. of abramelin the mage 5 the third chapter. have already said in the preceding chapter that shortly after the death of my father, i attached myself unto the research of the true wisdom, and of the mystery of the lord. now in this chapter i will briefly mention the places and countries by which i have passed in order to endeavour to learn those things which are good. and i do this in order that it may serve thee for a rule and example not to waste thy youth in petty and useless pursuits, like little girls sitting round the fireplace. for there is nothing more deplorable and more unworthy in

ld, and also of the measure and understanding of their various sciences; while, in the sixth chapter following, i will recount the things which i have learned and seen with some among them, and whether in actual practice i found them true or false. i have already before told you that my first master had been the rabbin moses at mayence, who was indeed a good man, but entirely ignorant of the true mystery and of the veritable magic. he only devoted himself to certain superstitious secrets which he had collected from various infidels, and which were full of the nonsense and foolishness of pagans and idolaters; to such an extent that the good angels and holy spirits judged him unworthy of their visits and conversation; and the evil spirits mocked him to a ridiculous extent. at times, indeed

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erty; and they can produce no other thing than probable4 effects, and they have absolutely no power in spiritual and supernatural things; but if, however, on certain occasions they5 cause you to behold any extraordinary effect, such is only produced by impious and diabolical pacts and conjurations, the which form of science ought to be called sorcery. finally, let us conclude that from the divine mystery are derived these three kinds of qabalah, viz: the mixed qabalah, and the true wisdom, and the (true) magic. we will, therefore, show forth this last, and the manner of becoming its possessors in the name of god and of his celestial court! of abramelin the mage 45 the second chapter. what we should consider before undertaking this operation. e6 have already said what is the science which i

thy bounty is so great, that of itself it calleth those who are ashamed by reason of their sins and dare not approach, and inviteth them to drink of thy grace. wherefore, o lord my god, have pity upon me, and take away from me all iniquity and malice; cleanse my soul from all the uncleanness of sin; renew within me my spirit, and comfort it, so that it may become strong and able to comprehend the mystery of thy grace, and the treasures of thy divine wisdom. sanctify me also with the oil of thy sanctification, wherewith thou hast sanctified all thy prophets; and purify in me therewith all that appertaineth unto me, so that i may become worthy of the conversation of thy holy angels and of thy divine wisdom, and grant unto me the power which thou hast given unto thy prophets over all the evil

ALEISTER CROWLEY ABSINTHE THE GREEN GODDESS

a god for all eternity. what other excuse could he give man for making him? in substance, that is my answer to king solomon. ii. the barrier between divine and human things is frail but inviolable; the artist and the bourgeois are only divided by a point of view-"a hair divided the false and true" i am watching the opalescence of my absinthe, and it leads me to ponder upon a certain very curious mystery, persistent in legend. we may call it the mystery of the rainbow. originally in the fantastic but significant legend of the hebrews, the rainbow is mentioned as the sign of salvation. the world has been purified by water, and was ready for the revelation of wine. god would never again destroy his work, but ultimately seal its perfection by a baptism of fire. now, in this analogue also fall

h is an important centre in hindu anatomy, and apparently identical with the solar plexus, is the central point of the nervous system of the human body, dividing the sacred from the profane, or the lower from the higher. in western mysticism, once more we learn that the middle grade initiation is called hodos camelioniis, the path of the chameleon. there is here evidently an illusion to this same mystery. we also learn that the middle stage in alchemy is when the liquor becomes opalescent. finally, we note among the visions of the saints one called the universal peacock, in which the totality is perceived thus royally appareled. would it were possible to assemble in this place the cohorts of quotation; for indeed they are beautiful with banners, flashing their myriad rays from cothurn and

ible to assemble in this place the cohorts of quotation; for indeed they are beautiful with banners, flashing their myriad rays from cothurn and habergeon, gay and gallant in the light of that sun which knows no fall from zenith of high noon! yet i must needs already have written so much to make clear one pitiful conceit: can it be that in the opalescence of absinthe is some occult link with this mystery of the rainbow? for undoubtedly one does indefinably and subtly insinuate the drinker in the secret chamber of beauty, does kindle his thoughts to rapture, adjust his point of view to that of the artists, at least to that degree of which he is originally capable, weave for his fancy a gala dress of stuff as many-colored as the mind of aphrodite. oh beauty! long did i love thee, long did i

lways attains, though (heaven knows) in "society" there are few "front row" types. on the other side of me a splendid stalwart maid, modern in muscle, old only in the subtle and modest fascination of her manner, her face proud, cruel and amorous, shakes her wild tresses of gold in pagan laughter. her mood is universal as the wind. what can her cavalier be doing to keep her waiting? it is a little mystery which i will not solve for the reader; on the contrary- viii. yes, it was my own sweetheart (no! not all the magazines can vulgarize that loveliest of words) who was waiting for me to be done with my musings. she comes in silently and stealthily, preening and purring like a great cat, and sits down, and begins to enjoy. she know i must never be disturbed until i close my pen. we shall go t

ALEISTER CROWLEY ACROSS THE GULF

te lotus flowers, and took me joyously back into the temple, there to celebrate the matin ritual of awakening the veiled one. thus, and not otherwise, i became priestess of that holy goddess, and for a little while my life passed calm as the unruffled mirror itself. it was from the veiled one herself that came the breath of change. on this wise. in the seventh equinox after my initiation into her mystery the high priestess was found to fail; at her invocation the veil no longer glittered as was its wont. for this they deemed her impure, and resorted to many ceremonies, but without avail. at last in despair she went to the temple of set, and gave herself as a victim to that dreadful god. now all men were much disturbed at this, and it was not known at all of them what they should do. now it

ay no word. also they sent to the sacred goat of khem, and his priestess would but answer "i, and such as i, may be favoured of her" which they took for ribaldry and mocking. a third time they sent to the temple of thoth the ibis god of wisdom. and thoth answered them by this riddle "on how many legs doth mine ibis sand" and they understood him not. but the old high priest determined to solve the mystery, though he paid forfeit with his life. so concealing himself in the temple, he watched in the pool for the reflection of the glittering of the veil, while one by one we performed the adorations. and behind him and without stood the priests, watching for him to make a sing. this we knew not; but when it fell to me (the last) to adore that veiled one, behold! the veil glittered, and the old

ALEISTER CROWLEY AD MEIORUM CTHULHI GLORIAM

nd the third comes from the south, and is called lamas, and is of the shape of a lion, but with a human head, and governs those things of the flame and the burning wind. and the fourth comes from the west, and is called nattig, and is of the shape of an eagle, but with a human body, having only the face and wings of an eagle, with an eagle's claws. and this eagle comes from the sea and is a great mystery. and from nuzku upon uru they come, and do not wait, and are always present, and they receive the wanderers in their seasons. and the season of sed is that of the great night, when the bear is slain, and this is in the month of airu. and the season of lamas is the month of abu, and that of nattig in arahshamma and lastly that of ustur in shabatu. thus are the four spirits of the four space

ALEISTER CROWLEY BOOK OF LIES

w of a planet is cast by itself. it is a serious misfortune that we happen to live in a tiny corner of the system, where the darkness reaches such a high figure as 50 per cent. the same is true of moral and spiritual conditions. book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.com 82 [85] 38 kappa-epsilon-phi-alpha-lambda-eta lambda-eta lambskin cowan, skidoo! tyle! swear to hele all. this is the mystery. life! mind is the traitor. slay mind. let the corpse of mind lie unburied on the edge of the great sea! death! this is the mystery. tyle! cowan, skidoo! book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.com 83 [86] commentary( lambda-eta) this chapter will be readily intelligible to e.a. freemasons, and it cannot be explained to others. book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.com

ambda-eta nu-zeta the duck-billed platypus dirt is matter in the wrong place. thought is mind in the wrong place. matter is mind; so thought is dirt. thus argued he, the wise one, not mindful that all place is wrong. for not until the place is perfected by a t saith he placet. the rose uncrucified droppeth its petals; without the rose the cross is a dry stick. worship then the rosy cross, and the mystery of two-in-one. and worship him that swore by his holy t that one should not be one except in so far as it is two. i am glad that laylah is afar; no doubt clouds love. book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.com 120 [124] commentary( nu-zeta) the title of the chapter suggest the two in one, since the ornithorhynchus is both bird and beast; it is also an australian animal, like layl

raphs continue the gallic symbolism. book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.com 146 [149] 70 kappa-epsilon-phi-alpha-lambda-eta omicron broomstick-babblings frater perdurabo is of the sanhedrim of the sabbath, say men; he is the old goat himself, say women. therefore do all adore him; the more they detest him the more do they adore him. ay! let us offer the obscene kiss! let us seek the mystery of the gnarled oak, and of the glacier torrent! to him let us offer our babes! around him let us dance in the mad moonlight! but frater perdurabo is nothing but an eye; what eye none knoweth. skip, witches! hop, toads! take your pleasure- for the play of the universe is the pleasure of frater perdurabo. book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.com 147 [150] commentary( omicron) 70

inute whiteness, appearing at the extreme end of great blackness. it is a good title for the last chapter of this book, and it also symbolises the eventual coming out into the light of his that has wandered long in the darkness. 91 is the numberation of amen. the chapter consists of an analysis of this word, but gives no indication as to the result of this analysis, as if to imply this: the final mystery is always insoluble. finis. coronat opus [192] books by aleister crowley mentioned in the commentary the soldier and the hunchback! and? the eqx. i, i. berashith. coll. works, ii, 233. the vision and the voice (liber 418. the eqx, i, v. reprint, barstow, cal, 1952, with combook of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.com 189 mentan. al (liber legis)the book of the law sub figura xxxi a

ALEISTER CROWLEY BOOK OF THE LAW

e first half of the equation, leave the second unattacked. but thou hast all in the clear light, and some, though not all, in the dark. i,57: invoke me under my stars! love is the law, love under will. nor let the fools mistake love; for there are love and love. there is the dove, and there is the serpent. choose ye well! he, my prophet, hath chosen, knowing the law of the fortress, and the great mystery of the house of god. all these old letters of my book are aright; but* is not the star. this also is secret: my prophet shall reveal it to the wise* in ms, the symbol found here is usually interpreted as the hebrew letter tzaddi. i,58: i give unimaginable joys on earth: certainty, not faith, while in life, upon death; peace unutterable, rest, ecstasy; nor do i demand aught in sacrifice. i

ALEISTER CROWLEY LIBER 777

ry organs, skeleton the dweller of the threshold, gnomes 31 bis organs of intelligence [socratic genius] editorial note: the atus of thoth liber al, cap. i, v. 57 includes the statement: all these old letters of my book are aright: but x is not the star. this also is secret: my prophet shall reveal it to the wise. in crowley s new comment on this verse, he observes: i see no harm in revealing the mystery of tzaddi to the wise; others will hardly understand my explanations. tzaddi is the letter of the emperor, the trump iv, and he is the star, the trump xvii. aquarius and aries are therefore counterchanged, revolving on the pivot of pisces, just as, in the trumps viii and xi, leo and libra do about virgo. this last revelation makes our tarot attributions sublimely, perfectly, flawlessly sym

an upright b, and this radiates light. his mouth is resolutely closed. line 25. a winged and crowned goddess, with flashing golden belt, stands, and pours from her right hand the flame of a torch upon an eagle, while in her left hand she pours water from an horn upon a lion. between her feet a moon-shaped cauldron of silver smokes with perfume. line 26. levi s baphomet is sound commentary on this mystery, but should not be found in the text. line 27. human figures thrown thence suggest the letter u by their attitude. line 28. a woman, naked, and kneeling onher left knee, pours from a vase in her right hand silver waters into a river, by which grow roses, the haunts of coloured butterfiles. with her left hand she pours golden waters over her head, which are lost in her long hair. her attitu

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

with pipe! am i not ripe? i, who wait and writhe and wrestle with air that hath no boughs to nestle my body, weary of empty clasp, strong as a lion and sharp as an asp- come, o come! i am numb with the lonely lust of devildom. thrust the sword through the galling fetter, all-devourer, all-begetter; give me the sign of the open eye, and the token erect of thorny thigh, and the word of madness and mystery, o pan! io pan! io pan! io pan pan! pan pan! pan, i am a man: do as thou wilt, as a great god can, o pan! io pan! io pan! io pan pan! i am awake in the grip of the snake. the eagle slashes with beak and claw; the gods withdraw: the great beasts come, io pan! i am borne to death on the horn of the unicorn. i am pan! io pan! io pan pan! pan! vi i am thy mate, i am thy man, goat of thy flock

and unto whom it is said "thou has formulated thy father, and made fertile thy mother. the adding of the "he" to the "yod" is the marriage of that father to the great co-equal mother, who is a reflection of nuit as he is of hadit. their union brings forth the son "vau" who is the heir. finally the daughter "he" is produced. she is both the twin sister and the daughter of "vau<mystery herein, far deeper, for initiates> his mission is to redeem her by making her his bride; the result of this is to set her upon the throne of her mother, and it is only she whose youthful embrace can reawaken the eld of the 22 all-father. in this complex family relationship<tetragrammaton, as ordinarily understood, ending with the appearance of the daughter, is indeed a degr

it is thus a name feminine in form. each unit of chaos is itself all-father> the all- father, to revive him, and of how his divine essence fills the daughter (the soul of man) and places her upon the throne of the mother, fulfilling the economy of the universe, and thus ultimately rewarding the magician (the son) ten thousandfold, it would be still more improper to speak in this place. so holy a mystery is the arcanum of the masters of the temple, that it is here hinted at in order to blind the presumptuous who may, unworthy, seek to lift the veil, and at the same time to lighten the darkness of such as may be requiring only one ray of the sun in order to spring into life and light. ii abrahadabra is a word to be studied in equinox i, v "the temple of solomon the king. it represents the g

business, whatever we may be going to do about it; for our ethics themselves will naturally depend upon our theory of the universe. if we were quite certain, for example, that everybody went to heaven when he died, there could be no serious objection to murder or suicide, as it is generally conceded- by those who know neither- that earth is not such a pleasant place as heaven. however, there is a mystery concealed in this theory of the bloody sacrifice which is of great importance to the student, and we therefore make no further apology, we should not have made even this apology for an apology, had it not been for the solicitude of a pious young friend of great austerity of character who insisted that the part of this chapter which now follows- the part which was originally written- might

quering child, as lord of the aeon<summer of 1911 e.v, just three years before its fulfilment> this whole matter is prophesied in the book of the law itself; let the student take note, and enter the ranks of the host of the sun. ii there is another sacrifice with regard to which the adepts have always maintained the most profound secrecy. it is the supreme mystery of practical magick. its name is the formula of the rosy cross. in this case the victim is always- in a certain sense- the magician himself, and the sacrifice must coincide with the utterance of the most sublime and secret name of the god whom he wishes to invoke. properly performed, it never fails of its effect. but it is difficult for the beginner to do it satisfactorily, because it is a

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iren analogies. taoism has as little to do with the tao teh king as the catholic church with the gospel. the tao teh king inculcates conscious inaction, or rather unconscious inaction, with the object of minimizing the disorder of the world. a magic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 86 few quotations from the text should make the essence of the doctrine clear. x 3 "here is the mystery of virtue. it createth all and nourisheth all; yet it doth not adhere to them. it operateth all; but knoweth not of it, nor proclaimeth it; it directeth all, but without conscious control" xxii 2 "therefore the sage concentrateth upon one will, and it is as a light to the whole world. hiding himself, he shineth; withdrawing himself, he attracteth notice; humbling himself, he gaineth force

ified; it is most certainly of the first importance that you and i should be quite clear in our minds about those under whose jurisdiction and tutelage we both work. the question is beset with thickets of tough thorn; what is worse, the path is so slippery that nothing is easier than to tumble head first into the spikiest bush of them all. you justly remind me that one of my earliest slogans was "mystery is the enemy of truth" how then is it what i acquiesce in the policy of concealment in a matter so cardinal? perhaps the best plan is for me to set down the facts of the case, so far as is possible, from them it may appear that no alternative policy is feasible. the first condition of membership of the a'.a. is that one is sworn to identify one's own great work with that of raising mankind

nted unto him for righteousness. 6 there should be no need to extend this list; it could be continued indefinitely. x. had one rule of life, and one only; to do whatever came first on the list of agenda, and never to count the cost. because this course of conduct was so rigidly rational, it appeared to others irrational and incalculable; because it was so serenely simple, it appeared an insoluble mystery of a complexity utterly unfathomable! but- i fear that you are only too likely to ask- is not this system (a) absurd (b) wrong, as certain in the long run to defeat its own object. well, as to (a, everything is absurd. the universe is not constructed to gratify the mania of "social planners" and their tedipus kind. as to (b, there you said something; the refutation will lead us to open a n

ilty, and appeal for clemency. the gravamen is that the path of the wise is gay with flowers, gilded with kiosks, and beset with snares; that every step is the abode of terror and rapture- and all that! yet i habitually write in the manner of a drunken dominie! you "gaped for aeschylus, and got theognis" i tempted you, it seems with the chymical marriage of christian rosencreutz, its incomparable mystery and glamour, its fugitive beauty, its ineffable romance, its chivalry and its adventure, pellucid gleams as of sunlight under the sea, vast brooding wings of horror overshadowing the firmament, yet with strong starlight constant overbead. and then i let you down! you did expect at least something of the atmosphere of the arabian magic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 2

rise and put the case a little more strongly. let us quit the shallows of social backchat for the gloomy and horrific abysses of a murder trial! to every man and woman that has not seen sex as it is, faced it, mastered it- you will find elsewhere in these letters sufficient on this matter- it is his secret guilt. imagine, then, how at any reference however remote, the "sinner" quails, his inmost mystery laid bare, his evil conscience holding up a tarnished mirror to his deformed magic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 300 and hideous face! often enough, he does not mind gross jests which admit complicity on the part of the other; but any allusion to the truth, and his soul shrieks: i am found out! then apoplectic fear puts on the mask of indignation and disgust. as for

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anization has taken place it is sacred. as blake says "everything that lives is holy; and hence the creation of life is the most sacred of tasks. it does not matter very much to the creator what it is that he creates; there is room in the universe for both the spider and the fly. it is from the rubbish-heap of choronzon that one selects the material for a god! this is the ultimate analysis of the mystery of redemption, and is possibly the real reason of the existence (if existence it can be called) of form, or, if you like, of the ego. it is astonishing that this typical cry "i am i- is the cry of that which above all is not i. it was that master whose will was so powerful that at its lightest expression the deaf heard, and the dumb spake, lepers were cleansed and the dead arose to life, t

e lady of the west, in her more sensual aspect. but it is probable that this poem is only the frst stanza of an epic. it has all the characteristic marks. someone said of the iliad that it did not finish, but merely stopped. this is the same. we may be sure that there is more of this poem. it tells us too much and too little. how came this tragedy of the eating of a merely stolen pig? unveil this mystery of who "eat" it! it must be abandoned, then, as at least partially insoluble. let us consider this poem: hickory, dickory, dock! the mouse ran up the clock; the clock struck one, and the mouse ran down, hickory, dickory, dock! here we are on higher ground at once. the clock symbolizes the spinal column, or, if you prefer it, time, chosen as one of the conditions of normal consciousness. th

sought the light, and behold the temple is darkened! in the darkness this smoke seems to take strange shapes, and we may hear the crying of beasts. the thicker the smoke, the darker grows the universe. we gasp and tremble, beholding what foul and unsubstantial things we have evoked! yet we cannot do without the incense! unless our aspiration took form it could not influence form. this also is the mystery of incarnation. this incense is based upon gum olibanum, the sacrifice of the human will of the heart. this olibanum has been mixed with half its weight of storax, the earthly desires, dark, sweet, and clinging; and this again with half its weight of lignum aloes, which symbolizes sagittarius, the arrow<divine shot downward, the human upward

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vel *kn) 552 the daily want, daily desire mymy tdmx 553 the great dragon lwdg nynt 554 bearing seed (rz (rz 555 obscurity htp( the god had (spelt in full :d):h 556 mark, vestige, footstep wmy#r restoration nwqt 557 first, former, primary nw#)r 558 to initiate *knx 560 waters of quiet twxwnm ym a point, prick, dot tdwqn dragons mynynt sorceress r#km sought my#wrd crowd *ks 561 cain nyqt) concealed mystery )twyncd 562 primordial hnw#)r 563 a washing of the hands mydy tly+n 564 the breaker of foundations: the sphere of the elements (i.e. malkuth; see 632) twdwsy mlx the cap-stone (or perhaps impl. a cornerstone, as ps. 118:22) h#)rh nb) and the adam was formed into a living nephesch (i.r.q. 941) hyx #pnl md)h yhyw enoch *kwnx 565 small things, insignificant things twn+q officers (esp. judicia

8 light (spelt in full, vau )w; cf. 633 and 643 :r:w) blessings twkrb to be wise *mkx life *myyx 629 the great trumpet lwdg rpw# nations; gentiles *myywg 630 the holy spirit)#ydq )xwr seraphim, flaming ones: the angelic choir of geburah mypr# hairy ones; he-goats; demons myry# drill, coarse linen; a triad #l# adam and eve *hwxw md) thine eye( gis h written. see 160& i.r.q. 652 *kny( 631 concealed mystery )tw(yncd silence; silent *ml) 632 the world of foundations: the sphere of the elements (i.e. malkuth; see 564) twdwsy mlw( 633 light (spelt in full, vau= ww; cf. 628 and 643 :r:w) male and female created [they them (gn. 1:27) m)rb hbqnw rkz a day of feast *bw+ mwy 634 worn-out; beggars *mykd 635 son of the dawn: the morning star, lucifer rx# nb llyh three h#l# unto them *mhl adonai the kin

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the great forge of samadhi) 2. unmanifested, it is the secret father of# heaven# and earth; manifested, it is their mother((this doctrine is the initiated teaching to hint at which priests invented legends of parthenogenesis- weh note: this footnote includes the diagram of the trigrams on the tree of life, but the diagram has been moved to the next page for reasons of space) 3. to understand this mystery, one must be fulfilling one's will((in a moral state, therefore, without desire, frictionless) and if one is not thus free, one will but gain a smattering of it. 4. the tao is one, and the teh but a phase thereof. the abyss of this mystery is the portal of serpent-wonder((cf. berashith for the identity of the phases of 'o degree' and 'something' serpent-wonder refers to the magical force c

, let him be like the mother-bird((i.e, brooding like the spirit, quiet, without effort) let his intelligence((binah) comprehend every quarter; but let his knowledge((daath) cease((he must absorb (or understand) everything without conscious knowledge, which is a shock, implying duality, like flint and steel, while understanding is like a sponge, or even like ocean absorbing rivers) 3. here is the mystery of virtue((of the tao and of him that hath it. virtue- the teh) it createth all and nourisheth all; yet it doth not adhere to them; it operateth all, but knoweth not of it, nor proclaimeth it; it directeth all, but without conscious control. 11 chapter xi the value of the unexpressed. 1. the thirty spokes join in their nave, that is one; yet the wheel dependeth for use upon the hollow plac

nd calamity? it is this attachment to the body which maketh calamity possible; for were one bodiless, what evil could befall him? 3. therefore let him that regardeth himself rightly administer also a kingdom; and let him govern it who loveth it as another man loveth himself((this does not mean with extreme devotion, but rather with passionless indifference) 14 chapter xiv the shewing-forth of the mystery. 1. we look at it, and see it not; though it is omnipresent; and we name it the root-balance((hadit, the root of yod) we listen for it, and hear it not, though it is omniscient; and we name it the silence((nuit, the root of he) we feel for it, and touch it not, though it is omnipotent; and we name it the concealed((ra-hoor-khuit, kether, the root of vau. weh note: this appears questionable

in soph aur. also see 'book of wisdom or folly) 3. we confront it, and see not its face; 15 we pursue it, and its back is hidden from us. ah! but apply the tao as in old time to the work of the present; know it as it was known in the beginning; follow fervently the thread of the tao. 16 chapter xv the appearance of the true nature. 1. the adepts of past ages were subtle and keen to apprehend this mystery, and their profundity was obscurity unto men. since then they were not known, let me declare their nature. 2. to all seeming, they were fearful as men that cross a torrent in winter flood; they were hesitating like a man in apprehension of them that are about him; they were full of awe like a guest in a great house; they were ready to disappear like ice in thaw; they were unassuming like u

legs walketh ill. he who preeneth himself shineth not; he who talketh positively is vulgar; he who boastheth is refused acceptance; he who is wise in his own conceit is thought inferior. such attitudes, to him that hath the view given by understanding the tao, seem like garbage or like cancer, abhorrent to all. they then who follow the way((of tao) do not admit them. 29 chapter xxv images of the mystery. 1. without limit and perfect, there is a becoming, beyond heaven and earth. it hath nor motion nor form; it is alone, it changeth not((because it comprehendeth change) it extendeth all ways; it hath no adversary. it is like the all-mother. 2. i know not its name, but i call it the tao. moreover, i exert myself, and call it vastness. 3. vastness, the becoming! becoming, it flieth afar. afa

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more intent than i. i hear a murmur on my left. i catch three words "the zero hour" they call me back to myself: i know now that i am one of a great army- an army baffled and broken, but yet in being. sharp comes a whisper of swift absolute authority "zero is two" somehow i am aware- like a man stricken of lightning, in the same moment slain and initiated- that the strange phrase declares a final mystery of truth, the word of the plan of battle, the key of the campaign. but in my mind its meaning is most utter darkness. again the solemn stillness. few were they who had heard the voice of the young captain: for the sleep of all but the youngest and strongest was the sleep of death. even of these the fate was ill indeed; for their minds had been distraught by the bitterness of their hearts

tar in the west. what folly" or "that is no voice of any leader of ours" or "star in the west? beware: that is the star called wormwood" then, presently, from the blind land behind the mountain, comes one heavy groan, then the sound of a fall, made vile by a titter of malignant tinkling laughter. the heart of the master get any book for free on: www.abika.com 4 there follow ghoulish wailings. the mystery, the evil darkness of these incoherent cries, sets my teeth on edge with horror. and yet i cannot give up the hope which thrilled me at the voice. but so keen, so desolate, so deadly, is the pain of my spirit that blank darkness overwhelms me altogether. umbra. within the vision is a dream- i struggle in my sleep in a morass of blood and mud. howlings more bestial than hell's: stench at wh

er. and in the centre of all, within the emblem of a ruby rose of five petals upon a golden cross was engraved: christian rosencreutz (for so were the brethren discreet to conceal his true name. after whom came three names great and terrible that i write not in this place. lastly appeared this newly-writ hieroglyph of the lion, and the name of that brother was hidden from me. then was i shewn the mystery of the words: how in the first period of recorded history men thought that life came from woman alone, and worked by the formula of isis, worshipping nature chaste and kindly, not understanding death, or the arcanum of love. so, when the time was ripe, appeared the brethren of the formula of osiris, whose word is i a o; so that men worshipped man, thinking him subject to death, and his vic

ters) having read these words with deep attention eleven times, i besought mine instructor (for the maiden had returned to her master) that he would clear those things which were dark to my weak understanding "in the light of the chart of the work of the brotherhood" i said "the will of the master, and his word, are made plain. but of his hour i know not; and i tremble before the darkness of this mystery of sin "of his hour" answered my teacher "it is easy to speak. the heart of the master get any book for free on: www.abika.com 19 the work of our sister helena petrowna blavatsky was inaugurated at the very season of the birth on earth of our brother the master whose word is thelema, whose name is yet hidden under the form of a lion. for it was most needful to prepare his way that he might

s law in every land that is upon the surface of the earth "and this work has been done by the society founded to that end by our sister. yet even so, behold! full fifty years have passed, and only now is the hour of power come upon our brother the lion to utter his word with full efficacy to the whole earth" now was he silent and my spirit was sore troubled; my face darkened, for i approached the mystery of sin. but the countenance of my teacher was glad; and his years fell from him like a mask; and his voice thrilled with the rapture of release. the mystery of sin "the word of sin is restriction. do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law" such were the words of a certain square tablet of brass which lay upon the hexagonal table beneath the extended forefinger of mine instructor. and

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rst call of the great goddess nuit, lady of the starry heaven, who is also matter in its deepest metaphysical sense, who is the infinite in whom all we live and move and have our being. hear her first summons to us men and women "come forth, o children, under the stars, and take your fill of love! i am above you and in you. my ecstasy is in yours. my joy is to see your joy" later she explains the mystery of sorrow "for i am divided for love's sake, for the chance of union "this is the creation of the world, that the pain of division is as nothing, and the joy of dissolution all" it is shown later how this can be, how death itself is an ecstasy like love, but more intense, the reunion of the soul with its true self. and what are the conditions of this joy, and peace, and glory? is ours the

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isting only on blood sucked from the living. the improvements in zro had changed all that; but the idea was the same, to live on the quintessence of life. hence while the 'houses' ate and drank zro, the high house drank its vapour. no children were born in it, and none below the rank of high priest dwelt there. except for one matter which was never thought of, though constantly spoken, the inmost mystery of the high house was the 'living atla. this had many names 'wordeater 'unshaven (because the razors of zro were turned on its hair 'fireheart 'beginning and end' and so on: but especially a word i can only translate as 'to her, a defective pronoun existing only in the dative. what the living atla really was, is a secret of secrets* we know it only from its epithets, its veils. thus it was

red to do so, in accordance with the invariable rule of colonists, then as much as today. however, it was nigh on a hundred years before the first college of magic was established. previously the atla had been carried about as occasion demanded. it was now enshrined with some decency of ceremonial upon a mountain. about three hundred years later we find ourselves face to face with the first great mystery of atlas. this is a translation of the record of that most strange event "now it came to pass that all men turned black and died, and that the living atla abode alone, bearing mercury, whereof the sun knoweth. thus came again the true men of atlas, and their women, bearing gods and goddesses. and the void suffered nothing, and the earth was at peace. now then indeed arose art, and men buil

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star" the new comment this thesis is fully treated in "the book of wisdom or folly. its main statement is that each human being is an element of the cosmos, self-determined and supreme, co-equal with all other gods. from this the law "do what thou wilt" follows logically. one star influences another by attraction, of course; but these are incidents of self-predestined orbits. there is, however, a mystery of the planets, revolving about a star of whom they are parts; but i shall not discuss it fully in this place. man is the middle kingdom. the great kingdom is heaven, with each star as an unit; the little kingdom is the molecule, with each electron as an unit (the ratio of these three is regularly geometrical, each being 10 to the 22 times greater in size than its neighbour) see "the book

lxv. equally, every woman who acts positively from awareness of her identity would qualify for "center outwards "soul" and "male" in this sense. what crowley identified as sex-linked may better be considered as modality linked, with the sexual linkage as much an accident of culture as anything else. al i,4 "every number is infinite; there is no difference" the new comment this is a great and holy mystery. although each star has its own number, each number is equal and supreme. every man and every woman is not only a part of god, but the ultimate god "the centre is everywhere and the circumference nowhere. the old definition of god takes new meaning for us. each one of us is the one god. this can only be understood by the initiate; one must acquire certain high states of consciousness to ap

at which water boils! i have seen it boil at about 84 degrees c. on the baltoro glacier, and determined my height above sea-level by observing the boiling point so often that i had quite forgotten the original conditions of celsius> although, for mathematical accuracy, water never boils twice running at precisely the same temperature, and although, logically, the term water is an incomprehensible mystery. to return to our so-called axiom; two straight lines cannot enclose a space. it has been one of the most important discoveries of modern mathematics, that this statement, even if we assume the definition of the various terms employed, is strictly relative, not absolute; and that common sense is impotent to confirm it as in the case of the boiling water. for bolyai, lobatschewsky, and riem

the circumference, nuit, the centre, hadit. 1, the unity proceeding, ra-hoor-khuit. 2, the coptic h, whose shape closely resembles the arabic figure 2, the breath of life, inspired and expired. human consciousness, thoth. adding 50+ 6= 56, nu, and concentrating 5+ 6= 11, abrahadabra, etc. multiplying 50 x 6= shin, and ruach elohim, the holy spirit. i am inclined to believe that there is a further mystery concealed in this verse, possibly those of 418 and 666 again. the new comment see qabalistic appendix. weh note: appendix not yet recovered. k. grant, op. cit, adds several paragraphs here which appear to come from crowley. this is not provided in this text for lack of certainty of the providence. al i,26 "then saith the prophet and slave of the beauteous one: who am i, and what shall be t

member of itself- each implies its contradictory. this is a contradiction, similar contradictions ad lib" weh note: i'm sorry. i just can't keep shut. this is just the bloody fallacy of four terms! this author, perhaps the mightiest mind of its type now living, proceeds gallantly to go "over the top. but he is always, sooner or later, drowned in the "blood" of a new contradiction, or the "mud" of mystery. he finds himself constantly compelled to assume some axiom which has been proved to be incapable of being proved, or crushed by the certainty that even in the event of his proving all his propositions, the sum of their statement amounts to this, that, so far as he is anybody or anything, he is himself. professor eddington, in the masterly exposition of modern thought already quoted, prese

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gregation: love is the law, love under will. the deacon goes to his place between the altar of incense and the font, faces east, and gives the step and sign of a man and a brother. all imitate him. the deacon and all the people: i believe in one secret and ineffable lord; and in one star in the company of stars of whose fire we are created, and to which we shall return; and in one father of life, mystery of mystery, in his name chaos, the sole viceregent of the sun upon the earth; and in one air the nourisher of all that breathes. and i believe in one earth, the mother of us all, and in one womb wherein all men are begotten, and wherein they shall rest, mystery of mystery, in her name babalon. and i believe in the serpent and the lion, mystery of mystery, in his name baphomet. and i believ

ritual, and a feast for the equinox of the gods. a feast for fire and a feast for water; a feast for life and a greater feast for death. a feast every day in your hearts in the joy of my rapture. a feast every night unto nu, and the pleasure of uttermost delight. the priest mounts the third step. the priest: thou that art one, our lord in the universe the sun, our lord in ourselves whose name is mystery of mystery, uttermost being whose radiance enlightening the worlds is also the breath that maketh every god even and death to tremble before thee--by the sign of light appear thou glorious upon the throne of the sun. make open the path of creation and of intelligence between us and our minds. enlighten our understanding. encourage our hearts. let thy light crystallize itself in our blood

centre and secret of the sun, thou, hidden spring of all things known and unknown, thou aloof, alone, thou, the true fire within the reed brooding and breeding, source and seed of life, love, liberty, and light, thou beyond speech and beyond sight, thee i invoke, my faint fresh fire kindling as mine intents aspire. thee i invoke, abiding one, thee, centre and secret of the sun, and that most holy mystery of which the vehicle am i. appear, most awful and most mild, as it is lawful, in thy child! the chorus: for of the father and the son the holy spirit is the norm; male-female, quintessential, one, man-being veiled in woman-form. glory and worship in the highest, thou dove, mankind that deifiest, being that race, most royally run to spring sunshine through winter storm. glory and worship be

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lviii 36 3. the philosophical adept, who, knowing god, says there is no god, meaning, god is zero, as qabalistically he is. he holds atheism as a philosophical speculation as good as any other, and perhaps less likely to mislead mankind and do other practical damage as any other. him you may know by his equanimity, enthusiasm, and devotion. i again refer to liber 41861 for an explanation of this mystery. the nine religions are crowned by the ring of adepts whose password is there is no god, so inflected that even the magister when received among them had not wisdom to interpret it. 1. mr daw, k.c: m lud, i respectfully submit that there is no such creature as a peacock. 2. oedipus at colonus: alas! there is no sun! i, even i, have looked and found it not. 3. dixit stultus in corde suo: ai

of it, it is only to hate it, as the one thing which he is most certainly not (see liber 418, 10th thyr. i may remark in passing that this book is the best known to me on advanced qabalah, and of course it is only intelligibile to advanced students. this atheist, not in-being but in-passing, is a very apt subject for initiation. he has done with the illusions of dogma. from a knight of the royal mystery63 he has risen to understand with the members of the sovereign sanctuary64 that all is symbolic; all, if you will, the jugglery of the magician. he is tired of theories and systems of theology and all such toys; and being weary and anhungered and athirst seeks a seat at the table of adepts, and a portion of the bread of spiritual experience, and a draught of the wine of ecstasy. it is then

analysis might be indefinitely expanded; but always the symbol will remain the expression of the goal and the exposition of the path. 419. teth, the number of the laughing lion on whom babalon rideth. see liber 418. note 419+ 156= 575= 23 25, occultly signifying 24, which again signifies to them that understand the interplay of the 8 and the 3. blessed be his holy name, the interpreter of his own mystery! 434. daleth, the holy letter of the mother, in her glory as queen. she saves the 4 by the 7 (d= 4= venus= 7, thus connects with 28, mystic number of netzach (venus, victory. note the 3 sundering the two fours. this is the feminine victory; she is in one sense the delilah to the divine samson. hence we adore her from full hearts. it ought to be remembered, by the way, that the 4 is not so

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aster not to take. this is surely the apotheosis of wilful ignorance! we may think, perhaps, that browning is hedging when, in the last paragraph, he says: for blougram, he believed, say, half he spoke* and hints at some deeper ground. it is useless to say, this is blougram and not browning. browning could hardly have described the dilemma without seeing it. what he really believes is, perhaps, a mystery. that browning, however, believes in universal salvation, though he nowhere (so far as i know) gives his reasons, save as they are summarised in the last lines of the below-quoted passage, is evident from the last stanza of apparent failure, and from his final pronouncement of the pope on guido, represented in browning s masterpiece as a judas without the decency to hang himself. so (i.e

h have been built upon the facts here stated, i have nothing to say in this place. the facts are not at the disposition of all; from the nature of the subject each man must be his own witness. i was once twitted by some shallow-pated person with the fact that my position cannot be demonstrated in the laboratory, and that therefore (save the mark) i must be a mystic, an occultist, a theosophist, a mystery-monger, and what not. i am none of these. the above criticism applies to every psychologist that ever wrote, and to the man who makes the criticism by the fact of his making it. i can only say: you have your own laboratory and apparatus, your mind; and if the room is dirty and the apparatus ill put together, you have certainly not me to blame for it. the facts being of individual importanc

any one besides yourselves (mahaparanibbana sutta, ii. 33) and to such seekers only does the buddha promise the very topmost height if only they are anxious to learn. this is the corner-stone of buddhism; can scientific men deny their assent to these words when they look back on the history of thought in the west; the torture of bruno, the shame of galileo, the obscurantism of the schoolmen, the mystery of the hardpressed priests, the weapons carnal and spiritual of stake and rack, the labyrinths of lying and vile intrigue by which science, the child, was deformed, distorted, stunted, in the interest of the contrary proposition? if you ask me why you should be buddhists and not indifferentists, as you are now, i tell you that i come, however unworthy, to take up the sword that huxley wiel

n; and introspection is not experiment. 1 a few weeks after writing these words i came across the following passage in tyndall s scientific materialism which i had not previously read: two-thirds of the rays emitted by the sun fail to arouse the sense of vision. the rays exist, but the visual organ requisite for their translation into light does not exist. and so, from this region of darkness and mystery which now surrounds us, rays may now be dartin, which require but the development of the proper intellectual organs to translate them into knowledge as far surpassing ours as ours surpasses that of the wallowing reptiles which once held possession of this planet. a. c. 2 a note showing the necessity and scope of the work in question. science and buddhism 99 the mind is a machine that reaso

quitoes away with the gossamer of his wings, so that the good man might be at peace. now the british government abode in that land, and when it heard that there was a bhikkhu living in a tree, and that the village folk brought him rice and onions and gramophones, it saw that it must not be. and little perdu r abu heard them talk; and learnt the great secret of impermanence, and of sorrow, and the mystery of unsubstantiality. and the government evicted the bhikkhu; and set guard, quite like the end of genesis iii, and cut down the tree, and all the nats perished. jehjaour heard and trembled. perdu r abu was only three years old. viii. it really seemed as if fate was against him. poor jehjaour! in despair he cried to his partner, o ganesha, in the world of gods only we shall be safe. let him

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dition. editorial with the publication of this review begins a completely new adventure in the history of mankind. whatever knowledge may previously have been imputed to men, it has always been fenced in with conditions and restrictions. the time has come to speak plainly, and so far as may be in the language of the multitude. thus, the brothers of the a. a. announce themselves without miracle or mystery. it is easy for every charlatan to perform wonders, to bewilder and even to deceive not only fools but all persons, however shrewd, untrained in observation; nor does the trained observed always succeed instantly in detecting the fraud. again, what the a. a. propose to do is to enable such men as are capable of advancement to a higher interpretation of manhood to do so; and the proof of th

ot in any other irrelevant phenomenon "the "argument from miracles is a" non sequitur. nor is there anything mysterious in the a. a; one must not confuse the mysterious with the unknown. some of the contents of this review may be difficult or impossible to understand at first, but only in the sense that homer is unintelligible to a person ignorant of greek. 1 but the brothers of the a. a. make no mystery; they give you not only the text, but the comment; not only the comment, but the dictionary, the grammar, and the alphabet. it is necessary to be thoroughly grounded in the language before you can appreciate its masterpieces; and if while totally ignorant of the former you despise the latter, you will forgive the more frivolous onlookers if their amusement matches your indignation. the bro

eacher for the human race, the way, the truth, and the life. the interior order was formed immediately after the first perception of man's wider heritage had dawned upon the first of the adepts; it received from the masters at first-hand the revelation of the means by which humanity could be raised to its rights and delivered from its misery. it received the primitive charge of all revelation and mystery; it received the key of true science, both divine and natural. but as men multiplied, the frailty of man necessitated an exterior society which veiled the interior one, and concealed the spirit and the truth in the letter, because many people were not capable of comprehending great interior truth. therefore, interior truths were wrapped in external and perceptible ceremonies, so that men

and we left the office together. mr. penry's lodging disappointed me; my expectations, i am afraid, were now tuned far above the ordinary. it was in chelsea, high up, in a rickety old house overlooking a dingy road and barges drawn up on the slimy, fetid mud-banks. and yet, even here, romance was present for the romantic; the fog-wreaths curling over the river clothed the houses opposite in soft mystery, as if they had been draped in blue samite, and through the water-laden air the sun glowed round and red as a fiery wheel of pha ton's chariot. the room was very bare; by the broad low window stood a large deal table crowded with instruments and glasses; strong electric lamps on the right and left testified to the prolonged labours of the optician. the roof of the garret ran up towards the

syllogism. iv "thought is" appears then (in the worst case possible, denial) as the conclusion of the premisses: there is denial of thought (all) denial of thought is thought. even formally 'tis a clumsy monster. essentially, it seems to involve a great deal beyond our original statement. we compass heaven and earth to make one syllogism; and when we have made it, it is tenfold more the child of mystery than ourselves. we cannot here discuss the whole problem of the validity (the surface- question of the logical validity) of the syllogism; though one may throw out the hint that the doctrine of distributed middle seems to assume a knowledge of a calculus of infinites which is certainly beyond my own poor attainments, and hardly impregnable to the simple reflection that all mathematics is c

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ed egos. 3. the philosophical adept, who, knowing god, says "there is no god" meaning "god is zero" as qabalistically he is. he holds atheism as a philosophical speculation as good as any other, and perhaps less likely to mislead mankind and do other practical damage than any other. him you may know by his equanimity, enthusiasm, and devotion. i again refer to liber 418 for an explanation of this mystery. the nine religions are crowned by the ring of adepts whose password is "there is no god" so inflected that even the magister when received among them had not wisdom toe interpret it. 1. mr daw, k.c: m'lud, i respectfully submit that there is no such creature as a peacock. 2. oedipus at colonus: alas! there is no sun! i, even i, have looked and found it not. 3. dixit sultus in corde suo "a

of it, it is only to hate it, as the one thing which he is most certainly not (see liber 418. 10th aethyr. i may remark in passing that this book is the best known to me on advanced qabalah, and of course it is only intelligible to advanced students. this atheist, not in-being but in-passing, is a very apt subject for initiation. he has done with the illusions of dogma. from a knight of the royal mystery he has risen to understand with the members of the sovereign sanctuary that all is symbolic; all, if you will, the jugglery of the magician. he is tired of theories and systems of theology and all such toys; and being weary and anhungred and athirst seeks a seat at the table of adepts, and a portion of the bread of spiritual experience, and a draught of the wine of ecstasy. it is then thor

analysis might be indefinitely expanded; but always the symbol will remain the expression of the goal and the exposition of the path. 419. teth, the number of the "laughing lion" on whom babalon rideth. see liber 418. note 419+ 156= 23 x 25, occultly signifying 24, which again signifies to them that understand the interplay of the 8 and the 3. blessed be his holy name, the interpreter of his own mystery! 434. daleth, the holy letter of the mother, in glory as queen. she saves the 4 by the 7 (d= 4= venus= 7, thus connects with 28. mystic number of netzach (venus, victory. note the 3 sundering the two fours. this is the feminine victory; she is in one sense the delilah to the divine samson. hence we adore her from full hearts. it ought to be remembered, by the way, that the 4 is not so evil

reasonable to insist on my flying at least a few miles to order. i challenge watson to give me the name of one relative of a stranger that i bring him. the cross-correspondences are more satisfactory. but the hypothesis of spirits is quite unnecessary. if we admit, as any pantheist would admit, that subliminal mrs verral is identical with or in communication with subliminal mrs piper, there is no mystery left, no suggestion of myers to pit against the blank failure of the sealed letter test. further, i distrust "mrs holland" i cannot believe that any one is so imbecile as not to solve the hodgson cipher at a single glance. but a grande hyst rique forging the script might pretend to be unable to decipher it. i have seen more fraud from the vanity of amateurs than from the cupidity of profes

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he west and there was a great bull; white with horns of white and black and gold. his mouth was scarlet and his eyes as sapphire stones. with a great sword he shore the skies asunder, and amid the silver flashes of the steel grew lightnings and deep clouds of indigo. 7 he spake: it is finished! my mother hath unveiled herself! my sister hath violated herself! the life of things hath disclosed its mystery. the work of the moon is done! motion is ended for ever! clipped are the eagle's wings: but my shoulders have not lost their strength. i heard a great voice from above crying: thou liest! for the volatile hath indeed fixed itself; but it hath arisen above thy sight. the world is desert: but the abodes of the house of my father are peopled; and his throne is crusted over with white brillian

al svastika regarded as composed of this lvx cross and the arms has a total of 78 faces- tarot and mezla. scarlet lightning; his face is black, and his eyes white without any pupil or iris. the face is very terrible indeed to look upon. now in front of him is a wheel, with many spokes, and many tyres; it is like a fence in front of him. and he cries: o man, who art thou that wouldst penetrate the mystery? for it is hidden unto the end of time. and i answer him: time is not, save in the darkness of her womb by whom evil came. and now the wheel breaks away, and i see him as he is. his garment is black beneath the opal veils, but it is lined with white, and he has the shining belly of a fish, and enormous wings of black and white feathers, and innumerable little legs and claws like a centiped

hite feathers, and innumerable little legs and claws like a centipede, and a long tail like a scorpion. the breasts are human, but they are all scored with blood; and he cries: o thou who hast broken down the veil, knowest thou not that who cometh where i am must be scarred by many sorrows? 11 and i answer him: sorrow is not, save in the darkness of the womb of her by whom came evil. i pierce the mystery of his breast, and therein is a jewel. it is a sapphire as great as an ostrich egg, and thereon is graven this sigil: illustration on page 12 described: this is in the form of two "u" shapes, very elongated in the risers. the one to the right is lower than the first, and its left riser extends 2/3's of the way up inside the center of the one to the left. the left "u" turns back down to the

ahalana vo abra na gaha velucorsapax. 2 in the light of the cry of loe, this passage seems to mean precisely the opposite of its apparent meaning. and the voice of the aeon cried: return, return, return! the time sickeneth, and the space gapeth, and the voice of him that is, was and shall be crowned rattles in the throat of the mighty dragon of eld. thou canst not pass by me, except thou have the mystery of the word of the abyss. now the angel putteth back the sapphire stone into his breast; and i spake unto him and said, i will fight with thee and overcome thee, except thou expound unto me the word of the abyss. now he makes as if to fight with me (it is very horrible, all the tentacles moving and the flail flashing, and the fierce 13 eyeless face, strained and swollen. and with the magic

ade, for i am the warden of the aethyr. and he would have said more; but i cut him short, saying: expound the word of the abyss. and he said: discipline is sorrowful and ploughing is laborious and age is weariness. thou shalt be vexed by dispersion. but now, if the sun arise, fold thou thine arms; then shall god smite thee into a pillar of salt. look not so deeply into words and letters; for this mystery hath been hidden by the alchemists. compose the sevenfold into a fourfold regimen; and when thou hast understood thou mayest make symbols; but by playing child's games with symbols thou shalt never understand. thou hast the signs; thou hast the words; but there are many things that are not in my power, who am but the warden of the 28th aethyr. now my name thou shalt obtain in this wise. of

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tudio; walk with mantra. 4.55. mantra-march. pranayama; quick-time. very bracing and fatiguing, both. at d me to drink a citron press reflections have been in my mind upon the grossness of the theistic conception, as shewn even in such pictures as raphael's and fra angelico's. 129 how infinitely subtler and nobler is the contemplation of the utmost god hid i' th' middle o'matter, the inscrutable mystery of the nature of common things. with what awe does the wise man approach a speck of dust! and it is this mystery that i approach! for thou, adonai, art the immanent and essential soul of things; not separate from them, or from me; but that which is behind the shadow-show, the cause of all, the quintessence of all, the transcender of all. and thee i seek insistently; though thou hide thysel

d edition is printed on hand-made paper, and bound in white buckram, with cover design in gold. price ten shillings walter scott publishing co. ltd. and through "the equinox" some press opinions "dr. m. d. eder in "the new age""yours also is the reincarnation and the life, o laughing lion that is to be!"here you have distilled for our delight the inner spirit of the tulip's form, the sweet secret mystery of the rose's perfume: you have set them free from all that is material whilst preserving all that is sensual.'so also the old mystics were right who saw in every phenomenon a dog-faced demon apt only to seduce the soul from the sacred mystery. yes, but the phenomenon shall it be as another sacred mystery; the force of attraction still to be interpreted in terms of god and the psyche? we s

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occultam lapidem veram medicinam; this is indeed the true medicine of souls; and so p. sought the universal solvent vitriolum, and equated the seven letters in vitriol, sulphur, 235 and mercury with the alchemical powers of the seven planets; precipitating the salt from the four elements- subtilis, aqua, lux, terra; and mingling flatus, ignis, aqua, and terra, smote them with the cross of hidden mystery, and cried "fiat lux" youth strides on with hasty step, and by summer of this year- 1898- we find p. deep in consultation with the mystics, and drinking from the white chalice of mystery with st. john, boehme, tauler, eckart, molinos, levi, and blake "rintrah roars and shakes his fires in the burden'd air, hungry clouds swag on the deep" insatiable, he still pressed on, hungering for the k

s, the burning of many candles, and then- the key of solomon for a time is put away, with the grimoires and the rituals, the talismans, and the virgin parchments; the ancient books of the qabalah lie open before him; a flash of brilliant fire, like a silver fish leaping from out the black waters of the sea into 236 the starlight, bewilders him and is gone; for he has opened "the book of concealed mystery" and has read "before there was equilibrium countenance beheld not countenance" the words "yehi aour" trembled on his lips; the very chaos of his being seemed of a sudden to shake itself into form- vast and terrible; but the time had not been fulfilled, and the breath of the creation of a new world caught them up from his half-opened mouth and carried them back into the darkness whence the

l and the lower will shall be as one, and the higher genius shall descend into the kether of the man, bringing with him the tremendous illumination of his angelic nature; and the man shall become what was said of enoch "and chanokh made himself to walk for ever close with the essence of the elohim, and he existed not apart, seeing that the elohim took possession of his being. this is also a great mystery which the adeptus minor must know: how the spiritual consciousness can act around and beyond the sphere of sensation "thought" is a mighty force when projected with all the strength of the lower will, under the guidance of the reasoning faculty, and illuminated by the "higher will" therefore, it is, that in thine occult working thou art advised to invoke the divine and angelic names, so th

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ck to the land. he took the basket from her mouth and then said with all his heart "geud bless the selkie that deus no' forget" for it was the same seal which he had seen on hackness forty years before. she was a very old seal now but mansie would have known her motherly face amongst a thousand. in the folklore of the hebrides, also, the seal occupies a 343 prominent place. not only has a certain mystery been woven into his life, but even in death his carcass has been accredited with various magical properties. the "highland monthly" for november 1892 contained an article dealing with this subject, by mr. william mackenzie, secretary to the crofter's commission. that the skin, after being dried, should sometimes have been made into waistcoats, is only natural, but it appears that it was al

m the children of the light. by rufus m. jones, m.a, litt.d. headley bros, i"s. 6"d. net. i dislike brochette de paragraphes, and i dislike second-raters "let the dead bury their dead" but dr. jones apologises prettily enough. may i point out to him that his clients (even) demand the focussing of the attention on something or other, and that this 'tit-bits' method is the contradictory course? the mystery of existence. by charles wicksteed armstrong. longmans, green and co, 2"s. 6"d. net "ne pedagogus ultra flagellum- for mr. armstrong is a schoolmaster. all he does is to rearrange other people's prattle; and anyhow, i can't read him. he write "carlisle" for "carlyle "future" when he means "later" and believes in castrating anybody who disagrees with him. pp. 94, 123, and 114 respectively

us mass of information contained in this book. the 'alphabet of mysticism' as the author says- several alphabets we should prefer to say- is here. much that has been jealously and foolishly kept secret in the past is here, but though our author has secured for his work the "imprimatur" of some body with the mysterious title of the a. a, and though he remains himself anonymous, he appears to be no mystery-monger. obviously he is widely read, but he makes no pretence that he has secrets to reveal. on the contrary, he says 'an indicible arcanum is an arcanum which "cannot" be revealed' the writer of that sentence has learned at least one fact not to be learned from books "g.c.j "the bomb" by frank harris (jonn long. 6) this sensational novel, by the well-known editor of "vanity fair" has evok

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uth of a horse and settle the question. now, there was no precedent for so bold a method, and we are not to be surprised that those holy men arose right wrathfully and fell upon the youth and beat him sore. having further immured him in a solitary cell, they resumed debate; but ultimately "in the grievous dearth of theological and historical opinion" declared the problem insoluble, an everlasting mystery by the will of god. to-day, their successors adopt the same principles with regard to that darkest of horses, the a. a. they have 1 not only refused to open our mouths, but have even refused to look into them when we ourselves have gone to the length of opening them wide before them. however, there have been others. whether we were too confident or they too easily discouraged is a question

we humbly crave the pardon; and in answer to a seemingly widespread desire to know if we mean anything, and if so, what? we request those who would know the truth of scientific illuminism to look into the open mouth of its doctrine, to follow its simple teachings step by step and not to turn their backs on it and, walking in the opposite direction, declare so simple a problem to be an everlasting mystery. we are therefore not concerned with those who have not examined our doctrine of sceptical theurgy, or scientific illuminism, or that which lies beyond. let them examine without prejudice. some, too, have raised weapons against us, thinking to hurt us. but malice is only the result of ignorance; let them examine us, and they will love us. the sword is not yet forged that can divide him who

all this time he has been walking round the circumference of a wheel, cheerfully singing "nearer, my god, to thee; nearer to thee" while his god is in the centre. he has done the medicine-man trick, and wasted a lot of maidens in the hope of making rain. so- one must suppose, for here i reach a point where, as mr. waite jeers, we are driven to take refuge in portentous darkness and irretrievable mystery (because we don't know anything about it- he sits down and contemplates the three characteristics. this will presumably be very difficult to do because he is probably (for all the "grace of the lord shiva" business) an expert in the vin n anam trances, and having thus created an eternal universe and an even more eternal absence of universe, both of which, too, are probably mere masses of s

heir history; but- there was none of that family alive, nor had been since the great revolution. their goods? the four winds of heaven might know. at those words 'the four winds' i rushed out of the shop, as if stung by an adder "i drove home, set all my servants hunting for railed houses. they were to report to me in the rue des quatre vents. any house not accounted for, any that might conceal a mystery, these i would see myself "all labour lost! my servants tried. i distrusted their energy: i set myself obstinately to scour paris "there is a rule of mathematics which enables one to traverse completely any labyrinth. i applied this to the city. i walked in every road of it, marking the streets at each corner as i passed with my private seal. each railed house i investigated separately and

ps and laugh in my eyes, and i'll bring magic out of the skies, and thy flame shall yield to my eyes' fierce light ere thine ashes are laid in the grave" 134 xii then did i learn the lore of earth, for mine was the light of pan; the barren riddle unsolved by birth was solved as the hot fire ran. the god's tongue flashed, and he roared with glee at each spasm he drew from the breast of me, and the mystery of panic mirth lay bare in the sight of a man. xiii and many a love long since i've known, and many a city rare; i have sung and harped, i have fought and flown, i have wandered everywhere. but the thought of that day by the water-side, the god's hot breath and the hidden bride, makes me more shy as i wander alone, unknowing whither i fare. xiv and in the morning pan rose and fled, and lef

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ar ye, immortal powers of the magic of light, that this spirit taphthartharath hath been duly and properly invoked in accordance with the sacred rites of power ineffable [the "mighty magus of art" now says] o ye great lords of the glory and light of the radiant orb of kokab; ye in whom are vested the knowledge of the mighty powers, the knowledge of all the hidden arts and sciences of magic and of mystery! ye! ye! i invoke and conjure! cause ye this mighty serpent taphthartharath to perform all our demands: manifest ye through him the majesty of your presences, the divinity of your knowledge, that we may all be led yet one step nearer unto the consummation of the mighty work, one step nearer unto the great white throne of the godhead; and that, in so doing "his" being may become more glorif

arer of the pathway, the rescuer unto the light! i am the reconciler with the ineffable! i am the dweller of the invisible! let the white brilliance of the divine spirit descend [a long pause] thus at length have i been permitted to comprehend the form of my higher self! adoration be unto thee, lord of my life, for thou hast permitted me to enter thus 204 far into the sanctuary of thine ineffable mystery: and hast vouchsafed to manifest unto me some little fragment of the glory of thy being. hear me, angel of god the vast one: hear me, and grant my prayer! grant that i may ever uphold the the symbol of self-sacrifice: and grant unto me the comprehension of aught that may bring me nearer unto thee! teach me, starry spirit, more and more of thy mystery and thy mastery: let each day and hour

hd, in all sixty-one symbols,12 "i.e, the ain(=61) is thus denoted. the rose and cross being united, they bring down into the centre of all the divine white brilliance of kether, in which is shown another rose cross, no longer of divided light, but ruby of the holy spirit; of gold, the glory of the light; of green rays because isis shines forth_ a new creation. this higher rose cross is again the mystery of the higher genius descending into kether, when the lower is in tiphereth established. for in all things are higher and lower "e.g, binah, chesed and hod are all water, but in a different manner and degree13""the wands."14 isis hath the wand of thoth, its head being in kether and its bands showing hb:nun-final hb:mem hb:aleph= hb:shin hb:taw hb:mem hb:aleph, which shows chesed hb:dalet a

spected that its overwhelming glory was but the reflection of the supernal flame on the dark face of the waters in which slept the invisible coils of the drowsing serpent of human will. here, on account of its intense darkness, all became to him clear as crystal, in which he could read his own thoughts mirrored in the wavelets of the ever-dancing waters of life. here again existence, as the world mystery, became to him the supreme riddle of the human sphinx; and in his strivings to read it, in his doubts, which minerva -like sprang from his former certainties, he informed within himself the first letter of the name of god, the virgin impregnated by the one idea_ the vision of adonai incarnated in her son. illumined by this one supreme longing which had burnt up his coarser desires, he pass

ctuating desires of life, which contains all the colours of the opal, each brother light dissolving into its sister counterpart, according as the position of the aspirant changes. here he learnt of the deceptions of desire; how they change, and only exist by perpetually changing. yet also here he learnt how to slay them by wedding them to their opposites; but in the very act he only begat another mystery more terrible than the last, the mystery of netzach. as fire may be victorious over water, or water over fire, so may victory itself leave the victor doubly enslaved by his very success. until the present, frater p. had always found some new cause for which to draw his sword; but now, though the blade was as bright and keen as ever, like a knight surrounded by crafty footpads in the night

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mediums, but of the mental make-up of those investigators who allege them to be genuine. we must be understood to refer only to material phenomena; we have no doubt concerning the mental and moral phenomena. spiritualism leads in every case that we have yet investigated to mental spermatorrhoea, culminating in obsession and complete moral and intellectual atony. aleister crowley. 286 the brighton mystery the mind of the wise easily shunts to strange speculations before taking again to the main line of severely controlled thoughts. associations of ideas_ your name is harpy. how you do catch unheralded the mortal uncautious! the wise knows you; he is aware of your jumpy step; he makes ready; he fights and "vae victis" he yokes you. but the fool! however, we digress and progress not. i ought

dy ever deliberately produce this sort of thing? he doesn't. it just happens. all the gregory powder in the world won't produce it; it's true asiatic cholera, and you can't imitate it. i didn't mean dill-wates; i meant rice-waters. now let no one think that we object to an atmosphere in art. maeterlinck is doubtless just as misty in his symbolism; equally he uses a leitmotiv; equally he relies on mystery to shroud his figures with fascination, terror, or glamour. 328 but the images are themselves perfectly clear and precise. in the mistiest of all "les aveugles" one can condense the plot into a single phrase of simplest english. on this clean model, greek in its simplicity, the master has thrown draperies of cleanly woven fabric, delicate and frail as spiders' webs_ and as silvery and stro

ing sandals of the stars, to climb beyond the summits of the mountains, and rend thy robe of purple thunders with a sword of silvery light. 12. o thou fat of an hundred fortresses of iron, crimson as the blades of a million murderous swords; i swear to thee by the smoke-wreath of the volcano, to open the secret shrine of thy bull's breast, and tear out as an augur the heart of thine all-pervading mystery. 13. o thou silver axle of the wheel of being, thrust through the wings of time by the still hand of space; i swear to thee by the twelve spokes of thy unity, to become unto thee as the rim thereof, so that i may clothe me majestically in the robe that has no seam. o glory be unto thee through all time and through all space: glory, and glory upon glory, everlastingly. amen, and amen, and a

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d edition is printed on hand-made paper, and bound in white buckram, with cover-design in gold. price ten shillings walter scott publishing co, ltd, and through "the equinox* some press opinions "dr. m. d. eder in "the new age "yours also is the reincarnation and the life, o laughing lion that is to be "here you have distilled for our delight the inner spirit of the tulip's form, the sweet secret mystery of the rose's perfume: you have set them free from all that is material whilst preserving all that is sensual 'so also the old mystics were right who saw in every phenomenon a dog-faced demon apt only to seduce the soul from the sacred mystery' yes, but the phenomenon shall it not be as another sacred mystery; the force of attraction still to be interpreted in terms of god and the psyche?

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us mass of information contained in this book. the 'alphabet of mysticism' as the author says_ several alphabets we should prefer to say_ is here. much that has been jealously and foolishly kept secret in the past is here, but though our author has secured for his work the "imprimatur" of some body with the mysterious title of the a. a, and though he remains himself anonymous, he appears to be no mystery-monger. obviously he is widely read, but he makes no pretence that he has secrets to reveal. on the contrary, he says 'an indicible arcanum is an arcanum which "cannot" be revealed' the writer of that sentence has learned at least one fact not to be learned from books "g.c.j" rider's library of alchemical philosophy the hermetic and alchemical writings of aureolus philippus theophrastus bo

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ese grades are indeed but convenient landmarks, not necessarily significant. a person who had attained them all might be immeasurably the inferior of one who had attained none of them; it is spiritual experience alone that counts in the result; the rest is but method. yet it is important to possess knowledge and power, provided that it be devoted wholly to that one work] 8 aha! aha! the sevenfold mystery of the ineffable love; the coming of the lord in the air as king and judge of this corrupted world; wherein under the form of a discourse between marsyas an adept and olympas his pupil the whole secret of the way of initiation is laid open from the beginning to the end; for the instruction of the little children of the light. written in trembling and humility for the brethren of the a. a

ngle azure shaft loosed from the string of will; behold the rainbow! thou art shot, pure flame, past the reverberated name into the hall of death. therein the rosy cross is subtly seen. olympas. is that a vision, then? marsyas. it is. olympas. tell me thereof! marsyas. o not of this! of all the flowers in god's field we name not this. our lips are sealed in that the universal key lieth within its mystery. but know thou this. these visions give a hint both faint and fugitive yet haunting, that behind them lurks some worker, greater than his works. yea, it is given to him who girds his loins up, is not fooled by words, who takes life lightly in his hand to throw away at will's command, to know that view beyond the veil. o petty purities and pale, these visions i have spoken of! 25 the infini

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eceding one by an immeasurable lapse of time. in fact, i never got wholly rid of it. 249 i rose that i might test my reinstated powers, and see if the restoration was complete. yes, i felt not one trace of bodily weariness nor mental depression. every function had returned to its normal state, with the one exception mentioned; memory could not efface the traces of my having passed through a great mystery. no. i never should take it again. i did not know myself; i did not know hasheesh. there are temperaments, no doubt, upon which this drug produces, as a reactory result, physical and mental depression. with me this was never the case. opium and liquors fix themselves as a habit be becoming necessary to supply that nervous waste which they in the first place occasioned. the lassitude which

omb, all giddy and vibrant with perfume and emotion "and once an old mother's head, gray and weary with its long rolling down the years, found on me the unexpected peace and happiness of the old. for the old are so lonely, and no one is their friend. so, my brothers, i give you the key of all her secrets except that secret which she shares with time and herself "i can make all plain except my own mystery, which is the tragedy of everyone, worm, or man, or god "blaspheme no more in such childish, imitative fashion! 323 you are nearer the world than i, and its weak vanity has stained you. the eye looks at the world, and the world looks at the eye, and though each learns from the other, it is not often an even bargain and exchange" then, as the heart-worm ceased to speak, the other two, the e

ula ii. morag the seal. by j. w. bnrodie-innes. rebman. 6"s" one must wish that mr. brodie-innes' english were equal to his imagination. again and again a lack of perfect control over his medium spoils one of the finest stories ever thought. all the glamour of the highlands is here; all love, 329 all magic- which is love- and mr. brodie-innes' refinement avoids the crude detective solution of the mystery. and that mystery is enticing and enthralling; morag is delicious as dream or death, enticing, elusive, exquisite. one of the subtlest and truest women in literature. not many men have imagination so delicate and- dictame- but mr. brodie-innes writes "with authority, and not as the scribes" why he allows mathers to go about saying that he is a jesuit and a poisoner will be revealed at the

cry to-day; the sabbatic finger of the goat points upwards, yet on the clouds of darkness does it scrawl a sigil of light. a new god stirs in the womb of its mother; we can see his form, dim and red, in the cavern of time. dare we pronounce his name? yea! it is horus, horus the child, reborn amsu the good shepherd, who will lead us out of the sheepish stupidity of to-day. how many understand this mystery? perhaps none save those who have seen and subscribed to the law of thelema. j. f. c. f. the lost valley. by algernon blackwood. nash. 6"s" it is the penalty of factitious success that the need of fuel increases like the dose of a drug-fiend. instead of clothing his with with silk from the loom of life 343 and embroidering it with gold thread drawn from the observation of things around him

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ould, to face his foes. nay! but the end is come. black earth belches that peerless paladin up from her gulphs- untimely birth- her horror could not hold him in! 79 white as a corpse, the hero hails the dawn, that night of fear still shaking his body. all death's doubt assails him. was it sleep or was it waking "by god, i care not, i (quod he "or wake or sleep, or live or dead, i will pursue this mystery. so help me grace of godlihead" ay! with thy wasted limbs pursue that subtle beast home to his den! who know but thou mayst win athrough, sir palamede the saracen? 80 xxxi from god's sweet air sir palamede hath come unto a demon bog, a city where but rats may breed in sewer-stench and fetid fog. within its heart pale phantoms crawl. breathless with foolish haste they jog and jostle, all fo

ight, put by all that weight of shining armour! here's a posy, here's a garland, there's a chain of daisies! here's a charmer! there's a charmer! praise the god that crazes men, the god that raises all our lives toe ecstasy" sir palamedes was too wise to mock their gentle wooing; he smiles into their sparkling eyes while they his armour are undoing "for who (quoth he "may say that this is not the mystery i miss" soon he is gathered in the dance, and smothered in the flowers. 102 a boy's laugh and a maiden's glance are sweet as paramours! stay! is thee naught some wanton wight may do to excite the glamoured knight? yea! the song takes a sea-wild swell; the dance moves in a mystic web; strange lights abound and terrible; the life that flowed is out at ebb. the lights are gone; the night is c

figures and talismans- the rosy cross in indian, egyptian, greek, roman, and mediaeval monuments- the great pyramid- connexion between the templars and gnosticism- astro-theosophical system of the rosicrucians- robt. fludd- the holy greale- the round table- alchemy- the outline of the kabbalah, etc, etc. the kabbalah unveiled, containing the following books of the zohar (1) the book of concealed mystery (2) the greater holy assembly (3) the lesser holy assembly, translated into english from the latin version of knorr von rosenroth, and collated with the original chaldee and hebrew text, by s. l. macgregor mathers. new and cheaper edition. demy 8vo. 7"s" 6"d. net" the bible, which has been probably more misconstrued than any other book ever written, contains numberless obscure and mysterio

ees; or the infinite mind in nature. the god in yourself. the doctor within. mental medicine. faith; or, being led of the spirit. the material mind "v" the spiritual mind. what are spiritual gifts? healthy and unhealthy spirit communion. spells; or, the law of change. immortality in the flesh. regeneration; or, being born again. the process of re-embodiment. re-embodiment universal in nature. the mystery of sleep. where you travel when you sleep. prayer in all ages. the church of silent demand "the essays of prentice mulford embody a peculiar philosophy, and represent a peculiar phase of insight into the mystery which surrounds man. the essays were the work, as the insight was the gift, of a man who owed nothing to books, perhaps not much to what is ordinarily meant by observation, and eve

d edition is printed on hand-made paper, and bound in white buckram, with cover-design in gold. price ten shillings walter scott publishing co, ltd, and through "the equinox* some press opinions "dr. m. d. eder in "the new age "yours also is the reincarnation and the life, o laughing lion that is to be "here you have distilled for our delight the inner spirit of the tulip's form, the sweet secret mystery of the rose's perfume: you have set them free from all that is material whilst preserving all that is sensual 'so also the old mystics were right who saw in every phenomenon a dog-faced demon apt only to seduce the soul from the sacred mystery' yes, but the phenomenon shall it not be as another sacred mystery; the force of attraction still to be interpreted in terms of god and the psyche?

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us mass of information contained in this book. the 'alphabet of mysticism' as the author says- several alphabets we should prefer to say- is here. much that has been jealously and foolishly kept secret in the past is here, but though our author has secured for his work the "imprimatur" of some body with the mysterious title of the a. a, and though he remains himself anonymous, he appears to be no mystery-monger. obviously he is widely read, but he makes no pretence that he has secrets to reveal. on the contrary, he says 'an indicible arcanum is an arcanum which "cannot" be revealed' the writer of that sentence has learned at least one fact not to be learned from books "g.c.j" the new thought library""crown 8vo. crimson cloth extra, gilt tops" 3"s" 6"p. net per volume" the new thought libra

night! o son of my bowels to the lord of light! o man of mine that hast covered me from the shame of my virginity! where art thou? is it not apep thy brother, the snake in my womb that am thy mother, that hath slain thee by violence girt with guile, and scattered thy limbs on the nile? lo! i lament. i have forged a whirling star: i seek asar. o nepti, sister! arise in the dusk from thy chamber of mystery and musk! come with me, though weary the way, to bring back his life to the rended clay! see! are not these the hands that wove delight, and these the arms that strove with me? and these the feet, the thighs that were lovely in mine eyes? lo! io lament. i gather in my car thine head, asar. 39 and this- is this not the trunk he rended? but- oh! oh! oh- the task transcended, where is the hol

kindled by the fire of the vision of god, the net with which the fish of pr na is drawn out, and sacrificed in the fire of the atman, the ship on which a man voyages over the ether of the heart, the chariot which bears him to the world of brahman.44 at the end of the "shiva sanhita" there are some twenty verses dealing with the mantra. and as in so many other hindu books, a considerable amount of mystery is woven around these sacred utterances. we read: 190. in the four-petalled muladhara lotus is the seed of speech, brilliant as lightning. 191. in the heart is the seed of love, beautiful as the bandhuk flower. in the space between the two eyebrows is the seed of shakti, brilliant as tens of millions of moons. these three seeds should be kept secret.45 these three mantras can only be learn

ns no. ii is quite theosophical, and the third rule out of the probationers' pledge "i pledge myself never to listen, without protest, to any evil thing spoken falsely, or yet unproven, of a brother theosophist, and to abstain from condemning others" seems to have been consistently acted upon ever since. 79 compare with the kundalini the serpent mentioned in paragraph 26 of "the book of concealed mystery" note too the lotus-leaf that backs the throne of a god is also the hood of the cobra. so too the egyptian gods have the serpent upon the brow. 80 provided the other exits are duly stopped by practice. the danger of yoga is this, that one may awaken the magic power before all is balanced. a discharge takes place in some wrong direction and obsession results. 81 the forcing of the kundalini

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by wrath of fate? all substance lives and struggles evermore through countless shapes continually at war, by countless interactions interknit: if one is born a certain day on earth, all times and forces tended to that birth, not all the world could change or hinder it. 17 i find no hint throughout the universe of good or ill, of blessing or of curse: i find alone necessity supreme; with infinite mystery, abysmal, dark, unlighted ever by the faintest spark for us the flitting shadows of a dream. o brothers of sad lives! they are so brief; a few short years must bring us all relief: can we not bear these years of labouring breath? but if you would not this poor life fulfil, lo, you are free to end it when you will, without the fear of waking after death["blow out red lights [bro. capricornu

s, we are no nearer to the centre of the wheel. hermanubis. we are no nearer to the centre of the wheel. typhon. hast thou no message from the gods? hermanubis. none, brother. let us seek an oracle of the gods["they rise an go round the rim, stopping and prostrating themselves before the" sphinx] 24 hermanubis. hail unto thee, that hast the secret of jupiter! declare unto us, we beseech thee, the mystery whereby we may approach the centre of the wheel [sphinx "plays a riddling sarcastic music<typhon "goes to his place in terror [hermanubis "goes to his place in wonderment" sphinx. neither by sloth nor by activity may even my secret be attained. neither by emotion nor by reason may even i be understood. how then should ye come to the centre of the wheel? hermanubis. mother

ery whereby we may approach the centre of the wheel [sphinx "plays a riddling sarcastic music<typhon "goes to his place in terror [hermanubis "goes to his place in wonderment" sphinx. neither by sloth nor by activity may even my secret be attained. neither by emotion nor by reason may even i be understood. how then should ye come to the centre of the wheel? hermanubis. mother of mystery, what is thy position on olympus? sphinx. upon the rim of the wheel. c.i.c.t. feeling, and thought, and ecstasy are but the cerements of me. thrown off like planets from the sun ye are but satellites of the one. but should your revolution stop ye would inevitably drop headlong within the central soul, and all the parts become the whole. sloth and activity and peace, when will ye learn that

nd strong, cleanse the world with light of healing in the ancient house of wrong! 26 free a million million mortals on the wheel of being tossed! open wide the mystic portals, and be altogether lost["a pause" sphinx 1. hermanubis 1. typhon 1. centrum in centri trigono 1["a pause" 27 part iii typhon. i desire to begin the banquet. hermanubis. brother typhon, i will inquire of the oracle. mother of mystery, i beseech thee to begin the banquet; for it is certainly necessary that this should be done [sphinx "turns, bows, and stretches her hands in mute appeal to "c.i.c.t] c.i.c.t. 1. i heed not the passion, or the reason, or the soul of man. mother of mystery, declare my will [sphinx "plays the most exalted (passionless because beyond passion) piece that she may<
that this should be done [sphinx "turns, bows, and stretches her hands in mute appeal to "c.i.c.t] c.i.c.t. 1. i heed not the passion, or the reason, or the soul of man. mother of mystery, declare my will [sphinx "plays the most exalted (passionless because beyond passion) piece that she may<hermanubis. this means nothing to me. typhon. i feel nothing. c.i.c.t. 1. mother of mystery, declare my mind [sphinx "plays a cold, passionless, intellectual piece<hermanubis. ah! ah! this is music; this is the secret of jupiter. typhon. i feel nothing. c.i.c.t. 1. mother of mystery, declare my heart [sphinx "plays an intensely sensual passionate piece<typhon. ah! ah! this is music; this is the secret of jupiter. 28 hermanubis. accursed! accur

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e bell, ye shall be with me in the abodes that are beyond decay. 31. also i give you power earthly and joy earthly; wealth, and health, and length of days. adoration and love shall cling to your feet, and twine around your heart. 32. only your mouths shall drink of a delicious wine- the wine of iacchus; they shall reach ever to the heavenly kiss of the beautiful god. 33. i reveal unto you a great mystery. ye stand between the abyss of height and the abyss of depth. 34. in either awaits you a companion; and that companion is yourself. 35. ye can have no other companion. 36. many have arisen, being wise. they have said "seek out the glittering image in the place ever golden, and unite yourselves with it" 21 37. many have arisen, being foolish. they have said "stoop down unto the darkly splen

e from fate and win from the dust to the uncreate, jeanne! nay, we are lovers, you and i- and we must die, and our love must die! how have we striven, each of us, jeanne! to break the bars of the prison-house, jeanne! we have raged like cats in a ring of fire, driven by desire that was true desire, the hate of the lower, the love of the higher, jeanne! what is the end of it, jeanne? why, that's a mystery not to be solved by cats! in the fields we wandered through to-day, jeanne! hand in hand, this wonderful may, jeanne! this may we have made so marvellous with the infinite longing and love of us, 49 in the fields all faery with flowers there lay the placid cows- that had nothing to say, jeanne! no flame of words from maddening blood, but complacent chewing of the cud. i dared not whisper t

he attaches it to the cord of the lever and" 73 "dips it into the well. she looks about her, and seeing no one, raises her veil" laylah. from the heart of the sand the water wells up purer than the rain. so in my heart love springs chaster than the grace of heaven itself. earth purifies more subtly than the sea. only through matter can spirit understand itself, justify itself, become itself. this mystery i heard from the holy man of bassu. his beard was whiter than snow because it had once been blacker than burnt wood. so will i cherish my love, the love which i owe, which i give, to my husband the noblest of the emirs; for i and my love and my service and my duty all are his. i have no duty to god but to obey my husband. so my heart is freer that all other hearts, 74 as the dweller among

the holy sepulchre that hid the body of him whose innocent blood was shed is not worth one drop of innocent blood- like this["he bows, takes the blood on his finger and crosses his forehead with it] the brand of cain! would it have saved her if i had thrust my poniard into that hypocrite's throat? i can do nothing but wait, binding chosen knights with an oath- the oath of the knights of the royal mystery. that god is one; that to love god and man is enough. peace, tolerance, truth. paul may plant, and apollos may water, but god giveth the increase. if i cry out "down with tyranny! down with superstition and imposture" the first knight thinks me mad; the second that i have some politic baseness toward; the third that i mean saracens; the fourth suspects the truth, and destroys me. anon. ano

h autumn rains- ah! take me too, me too into the silence of the past, 150 the grave of desolation! i am weary of all things; let me sleep my life away! the breast of fate is pregnant with despair got on her by the piercing shaft of time. ah! unborn child of fate and time, i am weary of them that gave thee birth. shall i love thee? o darling, wilt thou come to me in the silence, saying: i hear the mystery of time, and the secret of fate? i know not yet, but surely thou shalt know of the rose, the rose, the rose of the world; with thee shall i bear the chalice of blood-tipped lilies, the chalice of red, sweet lilies under the moon? but now there is no moon, nor any sun; the world's gray noon only is for thee and me; there is no sound in the nerveless silences of the fading world; there is a

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d the path to the ballroom which had dominated his dreams of years ago. this was the house that was destined to be his. 37 in a fever of excitement he hurried back and paced the floor until ron and maud woke up. he told them of his discovery and urged them to go to demesne road the next day to see it 'it's derelict' they exclaimed when they arrived there, but even by day it had for alex an air of mystery and magic. the old caretaker who lived in it showed them round the twentysixrooms, from the semi-basement, which had been turned into a billiard room forty-foot long and which in alex's vision had been the ballroom, to the servants' quarters in the attic where. fungi festooned the walls 'it was built for lord egerton of tatton in 1872, and it needs a lot of repairs' said the old man. to al

by the high priestess who then plunges her athame into it and says 'as the athame is to the male, so the cup is to the female, and when they are joined they become one in truth' they partake of the cakes and wine-communion with their god-and the ceremony ends. the ritual by which a first-grade witch becomes a secondgrader lasts several hours during which each member of the coven enacts part of a mystery play which tells the history of witchcraft from its earliest days. before the initiate can present himself for the upgrading, he must master the techniques of clairvoyance and raising the power. he must alsohave collected a set of the eight witches' weapons. some covens still follow the ancient rule that the witch must forge the tools, carve the handles and engrave them by his own hand, bu

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[s, w, n: the twice consecrated and holy n, high priestess and witch queen [high priest and magus, is properly prepared, and will now proceed to erect the sacred altar./font> hp unties hps and says: hp: now again i must beg purification. hps binds him, leads him about the circle and scourges him kneeling before the altar, as before. he stands and is unbound and says: hp: now i must reveal a great mystery, hps stands vefore altar in god position. hp gives her fivefold salute [after he kisses feet, hps opens into goddess position, still holding scourge and athame. hps then sets scourge and athame aside and lies in the middle of the circle with her head to the east and her womb in the shekinah point. hp kneels beside her facing north [at each point marked (s) below he kisses her womb unless i

freedom and reunion with those who have gone before. nor do i demand aught in sacrifice; for behold, i am the mother of all living, and my love is poured out upon the earth. hp: hear ye the words of the star goddess; she in the dust of whose feet are the hosts of heaven, and whose body encircles the universe. hps: i who am the beauty of the green earth, and the white moon among the stars, and the mystery of the waters, and the desire of the heart of man, call unto thy soul. arise, and come unto me. for i am the soul of nature, who gives life to the universe. from me all things proceed, and unto me all things must return; and before my face, beloved of gods and of men, let thine innermost divine self be enfolded in the rapture of the infinite. let my worship be within the heart that rejoice

ivine self be enfolded in the rapture of the infinite. let my worship be within the heart that rejoiceth; for behold, all acts of love and pleasure are my rituals. and therefore let there be beauty and strength, power and compassion, honour and humility, mirth and reverence within you. and thou who thinkest to seek for me, know thy seeking and yearning shall avail thee not unless thou knowest the mystery; that if that which thou seekest thee findest not within thee, thou wilt never find it without thee. for behold, i have been with thee from the beginning; and i am that which is attained at the end of desire. notes l lots of published sources eg. janet and stewart farrar's the witches' way the charge (verse version) hps: all ye assembled in my sight, bow before my spirit bright. aphrodite

must be purified. hence there are 5 things necessary before you can start, and then 8 paths or ways leading to the centre. for instance, you can combine 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 together in one rite; or 4, 6 and 7 together with 1 and 2, or with 3 perhaps. the more ways you can combine, the more power you produce. it is not meet to make offering of less than two score lashes to the goddess, for here be a mystery. the fortunate numbers be 3, 7, 9 and thrice 7 which be 21. and these numbers total two score, so a less perfect or fortunate number would not be a perfect prayer. also the fivefold salute be 5, yet it be 8 kisses; for there be 2 feet, 2 knees and 2 breasts. and five times 8 be two score. also there be 8 working tools and the pentacle be 5; and five eights be two score (note: 8 plus 5 equa

ALICE A BAILEY01 THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE ATOM

nd it is for this class of readers that the book is primarily intended- 1- copyright 1998 lucis trust alice a bailey september, 1922- 2- the consciousness of the atom copyright 1998 lucis trust lecture i the field of evolution there has probably never been a period in the history of thought entirely resembling the present. thinkers everywhere are conscious of two things, first, that the region of mystery has never before been so clearly defined, and secondly, that that region can be entered more easily than has hitherto been the case; it may, therefore, perhaps be induced to render up some of its secrets if investigators of all schools pursue their search with determination. the problems with which we are faced, as we study the known facts of life and existence, are susceptible of clearer

, as we study the known facts of life and existence, are susceptible of clearer definition than heretofore, and though we do not know the answers to our questions, though we have not as yet discovered the solutions to our problems, though no panacea lies ready to our hand whereby we can remedy the world's ills, yet the very fact that we can define them, that we can point in the direction in which mystery lies, and that the light of science, of religions, and of philosophy, has been shed upon vast tracts which were earlier considered lands of darkness, is a guarantee of success in the future. we know so much more than was the case five hundred years ago, save in a few circles of wise men and mystics; we have discovered so many laws of nature, even though as yet we cannot apply them; and the

lier considered lands of darkness, is a guarantee of success in the future. we know so much more than was the case five hundred years ago, save in a few circles of wise men and mystics; we have discovered so many laws of nature, even though as yet we cannot apply them; and the knowledge of "things as they are (and i choose these words very deliberately) has made immense strides. nevertheless, the mystery land still remains to be opened up, and our problems are still numerous. there is the problem of our own particular life, whatever that may be; there is the problem of that which is largely termed the "not-self" and which concerns our physical body, our environment, our circumstances, and our life conditions; if we are of an introspective turn of mind, there is the problem of our particula

materialistic, the purely supernatural, and the idealistic you have the three main lines of thought which have been put forward as explanatory- 4- the consciousness of the atom copyright 1998 lucis trust of the cosmic process; all of them are partial truths, yet none of them is complete without the others; all of them, when followed alone, lead into byways and into darkness, and leave the central mystery still unsolved. when synthesised, when brought together and blended, and when unified, they embody, perhaps (i offer this simply as a suggestion) just as much of the evolutionary truth as it is possible for the human mind to grasp at the present stage of evolution. we are dealing with large problems, and tampering, perhaps, with high and lofty things; we are trespassing into regions which

about difficulties in connection with it which are both painful and distressing; granted the hypothesis upon which we are working, it may, therefore, be logical to surmise that the great intelligence of our planet is similarly carrying his entire body of manifestation (which includes the human family) into situations which are distressing to the atoms. surely it may be logical to suppose that the mystery of all we see around us may be hidden in the will and intelligent purpose of that greater life, who works through our planet as man works through the medium of his physical body, and yet who is himself but an atom within a still larger sphere, which is indwelt by the solar logos, the intelligence who is the sumtotal of all the lesser lives. lecture iii the evolution of form, or group evolu

ALICE A BAILEY02 INITIATION HUMAN AND SOLAR

t demonstrates through the building of the form, for "god is love" and in that god of love we "live and move and have our being" and will to the end of aeonian manifestation (c) the seven planes of divine manifestation, or the seven major planes of our system, are but the seven subplanes of the lowest cosmic plane. the seven rays of which we hear so much, and which hold so much of interest and of mystery, are likewise but the seven sub-rays of one cosmic ray. the twelve creative hierarchies are themselves but subsidiary branches of one cosmic hierarchy. they form but one chord in the cosmic symphony. when that sevenfold cosmic chord, of which we form so humble a part, reverberates in synthetic perfection, then, and only then, will come comprehension of the words in the book of job "the mor

in the book of job "the morning stars sang together" dissonance yet sounds forth, and discord arises from many systems, but in the progression of the aeons an ordered harmony will eventuate, and the day will dawn when (if we dare speak of eternities in the terms of time) the sound of the perfected universe will resound to the uttermost bounds of the furthest constellation. then will be known the mystery of "the marriage song of the heavens" five points to remember the reader is also asked to remember and weigh certain ideas prior to taking up the study of initiation. due to the extreme complexity of the matter it is an utter impossibility for us to do more than get a general idea of the scheme; hence the futility of dogmatism. we can do no more than sense a fraction of some wonderful whol

of knowledge to the surrounding need must grow the capacity for discreet reservation, and the use of the discriminating faculty. when we can wisely use, discreetly withhold, and soundly discriminate, we give the surest guarantee to the watching teachers of the race that we are ready for a fresh revelation. we must resign ourselves to the fact that the only way in which we can find the clue to the mystery of the rays, systems, and hierarchies, lies in the study of the law of correspondences or analogy. it is the one thread by which we can find our way through the labyrinth, and the one ray of light that shines through the darkness of the surrounding ignorance. h. p. blavatsky, in "the secret doctrine" has told us so, but as yet very little has been done by students to avail themselves of th

the secret of good and evil is revealed. it leads to the cross and to that utter sacrifice which must transpire before perfect liberation is attained, and the initiate stands free of all earth's fetters, held by naught in the three worlds. it leads through the hall of wisdom, and puts into a man's hands the key to all information, systemic and cosmic, in graduated sequence. it reveals the hidden mystery that lies at the heart of the solar system. it leads from one state of consciousness to another. as each state is entered the horizon enlarges, the vista extends, and the comprehension includes more and more, until the expansion reaches a point where the self embraces all selves, including all that is "moving and unmoving" as phrased by an ancient scripture. initiation involves ceremony. i

d the first sirian or cosmic initiation. at-one-ment, the result of initiation. a point that we need to grasp is that each successive initiation brings about a more complete unification of the personality and the ego, and on higher levels still, with the monad. the whole evolution of the human spirit is a progressive at-one-ment. in the at-one-ment between the ego and the personality lies hid the mystery of the christian doctrine of the atonement. one unification takes place at the moment of individualisation, when man becomes a conscious rational entity, in contradistinction to the animals. as evolution proceeds successive at-one-ments occur. at-one-ment on all levels emotional, intuitional, spiritual and divine consists in conscious, continuous functioning. in all cases it is preceded by

ALICE A BAILEY04 A TREATISE ON COSMIC FIRE

d that the teaching should go to the public over her signature. this involved the burden of leadership in the esoteric field and precipitated attack and condemnation from persons and organisations whose positions and activities were more piscean and authoritarian. the entire platform upon which esoteric teaching stands before the public today has been liberated from the limitations and follies of mystery, glamour, claim-making and impracticality, by the position taken by the tibetan and a.a.b. the stand taken against dogmatic assertion has- 2- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust helped to establish a new era of mental freedom for the students of the progressively unfolding revelation of the ageless wisdom. the age-old method of arriving at truth by the process of accepting

plane has its period of manifestation and its period of obscuration. 6. every manifested life has its three great cycles: birth..life..death. appearance..growth..disappearance. involution..evolution..obscuration. inert motion..a.ctivity..r.hythmic motion. tamasic life..r.ajasic life..sattvic life. 7. knowledge of the cycles involves knowledge of number, sound and colour. 8. full knowledge of the mystery of the cycles is the possession only of the perfected adept. iii. all souls are identical with the oversoul. 1. the logos of the solar system is the macrocosm. man is the microcosm. 2. soul is an aspect of every form of life from a logos to an atom. 3. this relationship between all souls and the oversoul constitutes the basis for the scientific belief in brotherhood. brotherhood is a fact

dom. the goal for the evolution of man is group consciousness, as exemplified by a planetary logos. 2(2) the goal for the planetary logos is god consciousness, as exemplified by the solar logos. 7. the solar logos is the sum-total of all the states of consciousness within the solar system. 3(3) stanzas of dyzan stanza i the secret of the fire lieth hid in the second letter of the sacred word. the mystery of life is concealed within the heart. when the lower point vibrates, when the sacred triangle glows, when the point, the middle center, and the apex, connect and circulate the fire, when the threefold apex likewise burns, then the two triangles the greater and the lesser merge into one flame, which burneth up the whole. stanza ii "aum" said the mighty one, and sounded forth the word. the

. the sevenfold lesser word forms part of the vaster chord. the now becomes the time that was. the aeon mergeth into space. the word of motion hath been heard. the word of love succeedeth. the past controlled the form. the now evolves the life. the day that is to be sounds forth the word of power. the form perfected and the life evolved hold the third secret of the greater wheel. it is the hidden mystery of living motion. the mystery, lost in the now but known to the lord of cosmic will- 19- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust stanza ix the thirty thousand million watchers refused to heed the call "we enter not the forms" they said "until the seventh aeon" the twice thirty thousand million hearkened to the call and took the forms designed. the rebellious ones laughed withi

s active, animated, or vitalized, and of all that concerns itself with the adaptation of the form to the needs of the inner flame of life. it might here be useful to point out that magnetism is the effect of the divine ray in manifestation in the same sense that electricity is the manifested effect of the primordial ray of active intelligence. it would be well to ponder on this for it holds hid a mystery. the fires of the mental plane also demonstrate in a twofold manner: first, as the fire of mind, the basis of all expression and in one peculiar occult sense the sumtotal of existence. it provides the relation between the life and the form, between spirit and matter, and is the basis of consciousness itself. second, as the elementals of fire, or the sumtotal of the active expression of tho

ALICE A BAILEY05 THE LIGHT OF THE SOUL

personal self. the mental body itself has five modifications or activities, and thus is a reflection, or correspondence of the fifth principle, as it manifests upon the fifth plane, the mental. the modifications are the lower shadow of manas (or mind in the microcosmic manifestation, and this mind is a reflection of mahat (the universal mind, or mind manifesting in the macrocosm. this is a great mystery but will reveal itself to the man who overcomes the five modifications of the lower mind, who through non-attachment to the lower, identifies himself with the higher, and who thus solves the mystery of the "makara" and treads the way of the kumaras. herein lies a hint to the more advanced students of this science as to the esoteric problem of the makara, hinted at in the "secret doctrine"

t, and just as the word of nature when rightly emanated provides the forms which are intended to reveal the soul or second aspect, so the pranava, when rightly expressed, demonstrates the father or spirit through the medium of the soul. it is the word of the incarnated sons of god. in such a short commentary as this, it is not possible to write a treatise on this secret of secrets, and this great mystery of the ages. all that can be done is to collate certain facts about the aum, and leave the student to extend the concept and grasp the significance of the brief statements made according to the state of his intuition. iii. the lost word. the idea of this lost word has been preserved for us in masonry. it is the word of the first aspect, the spirit aspect, and only the initiate of the third

ality. he learns that he, the human atom is a part of a group or centre in the body of a heavenly man, a planetary logos and that he must develop awareness of: a. his group vibration, b. his group purpose, c. his group centre. this is the stage of the probationary path or the path of discipleship up to the third initiation, and the old commentary proceeds "within the hall of learning, the central mystery is contacted. the method of release is seen, the law is well fulfilled, and man emerges well-nigh adept" finally, the man enters the hall of wisdom to which he was admitted occasionally (and with increasing frequency) after the first great initiation, and learns of the place his group holds in the planetary plan, catching a glimpse also of the cosmic scheme. ignorance (as we understand the

and one upon which he bases all his subsequent activities. 2. discernment takes place. as the purificatory process is carried on, the sheaths or bodies which veil the reality become attenuated and no longer act as thick veils, hiding the soul, and the world wherein the soul normally moves. the aspirant becomes aware of a part of himself, hitherto hidden and unknown. he approaches the heart of the mystery of himself and draws closer to the "angel of the presence" which can only be truly seen at initiation. he discerns a new factor and a new world and seeks to make them his own in conscious experience upon the physical plane. it should be noted here that the two causes of revelation, the practice of the eight means to yoga and the purification of the life in the three worlds, deal with the m

e pairs of opposites concern the desire body and it is significant that in the preceding sutra only the mind and the physical body were dealt with. in this sutra the emotional nature, expressing itself through desire fails to be influenced by the pull of any attractive force. the astral body becomes quiescent and non-assertive, unresponsive to any lure from the world of illusion. there is a great mystery concerned with the astral body of man and with the astral light, and the nature of the mystery is still only known to advanced initiates. the astral light is thrown into objectivity by two producing factors, and the astral body of a man is responsive to two types of- 120- the light of the soul copyright 1998 lucis trust energy. they seem essentially in themselves to lack character or form

ALICE A BAILEY07 FROM INTELLECT TO INTUITION

ose gifted with intuitive perception have always been able to penetrate. the science of the west, with its emphasis upon the nature of the form, has also led us into the realm of the intuition and it would seem as if the two ways could blend and that it should be possible for each discarding the non-essentials to arrive at a basis of understanding. thus they work out a new approach to the central mystery of man founded on old and demonstrated truths. dr. jung again takes this up as follows- 3- from intellect to intuition copyright 1998 lucis trust "science is the best tool of the western mind and with it more doors can be opened than with bare hands. thus it is part and parcel of our understanding and only clouds our insight when it lays claim to being the one and only way of comprehending

erized by certain beliefs which are illustrated by the doctrines we have been considering "there is, first, the belief in insight as against discursive analytic knowledge; the belief in a way of wisdom, sudden, penetrating, coercive, which is contrasted with the slow and fallible study of outward appearance by a science relying wholly upon the senses "the mystic insight begins with the sense of a mystery unveiled, of a hidden wisdom now suddenly become certain beyond the possibility of a doubt. the sense of certainty and revelation- 29- from intellect to intuition copyright 1998 lucis trust comes earlier than any definite belief. the definite beliefs at which mystics arrive are the result of reflection upon the inarticulate experience gained in the moment of insight "the first and most dir

of the latent idea is ever more potent and complete than the form or symbol through which it seeks expression. matter is a symbol of a central energy. forms of all kinds in all the kingdoms of nature, and the manifested sheaths in their widest connotation and totality are but symbols of life what that life itself may be remains as yet a- 50- from intellect to intuition copyright 1998 lucis trust mystery "2. the subjective interpretation or meaning is the one which reveals the idea lying behind the objective manifestation. this idea, incorporeal in itself, becomes a concretion on the plane of objectivity..these ideas become apparent to the student after he has entered into meditation, just as the exoteric form of the symbol is all that is seen by the man who is just beginning. as soon as a

inspired life upon earth. we started with the man who, having exhausted the resources and the satisfactions of physical living and facing the inevitability of a great transition to another dimension of living, seeks the way to knowledge and certainty. he discovers when he investigates with impartiality that there have been at all times those who knew, those who had penetrated to the heart of the mystery of being, and who have returned carrying the assurance of the immortality of the soul, and of the reality of the kingdom of god. they speak, likewise, of a method by means of which they have arrived at this apprehension of divine truth, and of a technique which has made possible their transition out of the fourth into the fifth kingdom in nature. we found that these illuminated men, right

ALICE A BAILEY08 A TREATISE ON WHITE MAGIC

upon the world of the soul. man's three aspects one of the main means whereby man arrives at an understanding of that great sum total we call- 12- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust the macrocosm god, functioning through a solar system is by an understanding of himself, and the delphic injunction "man, know thyself" was an inspired utterance, intended to give man the clue to the mystery of deity. through the law of analogy, or correspondences, the cosmic processes, and the nature of the cosmic principles are indicated in the functions, structure, and characteristics of a human being. they are indicated but not explained or elaborated. they serve simply as sign posts, directing man along the path whereon future sign posts may be found and more definite indications noted. t

and right use of the desire nature. it is a form of pride, and a refusal to recognize one's temporary limitations that awakens in readers a dislike for phrases which aptly and truly say "when you are further developed, you will understand the above" this should be made clear. to the master of the wisdom, the nature of the spirit, or that positive centre of life which every form hides is no more a mystery than is the nature of the soul to the esoteric psychologist. the source of the one life, the plane, or state from which that life emanates is the great hidden mystery to the members of the hierarchy of adepts. the nature of spirit, its quality and type of cosmic energy, its rate of vibration and its basic cosmic differentiations are the study of initiates above the third degree and the sub

kingdoms. the downpouring spiritual triangle and the upraising matter triangle meet point to point in humanity when the point of balance can be found. in man's achievement and spiritualization is the hope of the world. mankind itself is the world saviour, of which all world saviours have been but the symbol and the guarantee. 4. the blending of the deva or angel evolution and the human. this is a mystery which will be solved as man arrives at the consciousness of his own solar angel, only to discover that that too is also but a form of life which, having served its purpose, must be left behind. the angel or deva evolution is one of the great lines of force, contained in the divine expression and the solar angels, the agnishvattas of the secret doctrine and of a treatise on cosmic fire belo

om all sides are force currents, emanating from what a treatise on cosmic fire calls the "one about whom naught may be said. these currents embody his will and desire, express his love or attractive capacity, and manifest as that great thought-form we call our system. in parentheses, it is well to note that this existence is termed "the one about whom naught may be said, not because of secrecy or mystery, but because all formulation of ideas about his life and purpose are impossible until one has completed the term of evolution in our solar system. note, i say, our solar system, not just our planetary existence. speculation about the existence who, through his life, informs seven solar systems is wasted energy. on our planet, only such great lives as the buddha, the kumaras and the planeta

the laws of nature. the ideas of ordered activity and of a conscious and purposeful goal are bound up in the phrase we are considering. the builder of any form is first of all a controller of lives and the arbiter of the destinies of certain entities. in this thought we have light thrown upon the subject of free will and upon the law of cause and effect. it must not be forgotten however that the mystery of causes lies hid in past universes all, in their day, the "forms indwelt by god. for us there can be no such thing as pure cause, but only the working out of major effects. just as for us such a reality as pure reason is totally incomprehensible and unattainable, so with pure cause. these factors antedate our solar system and therefore speculation about them remains unrewarded, except in

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

i am fulfilling my intention to write a book on the subject of the seven rays. this topic has always been of real interest for students, but about these rays little is known. we know, from the secret doctrine, that they are the building forces and the sum total of all that is in the manifested universe, but their effect in the human kingdom, and their essential quality and nature, remain as yet a mystery. it will be necessary for me to avoid the cosmic note, if i may so call it, for i seek to make the information of practical value to the student and to the intelligent reader. i shall therefore approach the subject entirely from the standpoint of the human family and deal with the subject in terms of psychological values, laying the foundation for that new psychology which is much needed

n his body of manifestation. advanced esotericists debate as to whether mars is, or is not, the planet through which he manifests. you must remember that only a few of the planets are the bodies of expression of the lords of the rays. there are ten "planets of expression (to use the term employed by the ancient rishis, and only seven ray lives are regarded as the builders of the system. the great mystery, which is finally revealed in the higher initiations, is the relation of a ray to a planet. therefore seek not full information at this time. the influence of this sixth lord is now passing out. 7. the lord of ceremonial order or magic is now coming into power and is slowly but surely making his pressure felt. his influence is most potent upon the physical plane, for there is a close numer

e of peace. let the disciple live in love, and love in life" in those olden days no thought of purpose entered into the minds of men, for the race was not mental nor was it intended so to be. the emphasis was laid upon the quality of the appearance in all preparation for initiation, and the highest initiate of that time endeavoured to express only the quality of god's love. the plan was the great mystery. the christ, cosmic and individual, was sensed and known, but purpose was as yet veiled and unrevealed. the "noble eightfold path" was not known, and only seven steps into the temple were seen. with the coming in of the aryan race, the purpose and the plan began to be revealed. only when the appearance is beginning to be dominated by quality, and consciousness is expressing itself in direc

ty that we call it the ray of the destroyer. it is not as yet functioning actively. it will come into full play only when the time comes for the purpose to be safely revealed. its units of energy in manifestation in the human kingdom are very few. as i earlier said, there is not a true first ray type in incarnation as yet. its main potency is to be found in the mineral kingdom, and the key to the mystery of the first ray is to be found in radium. in the vegetable kingdom the second ray is peculiarly active, producing among other things the magnetic attractiveness of flowers. the mystery of the second ray is found to be hidden in the significance of the perfume of flowers. perfume and radium are related, being emanatory- 32- a treatise on the seven rays- volume i: esoteric psychology i copy

oteric psychology i copyright 1998 lucis trust his symbol is the thunder, the word that cycles down the ages. some of the names of this ray lord which convey his purpose are as follows: the displayer of glory the lord of eternal love the cosmic magnet the giver of wisdom the radiance in the form the master builder the conferrer of names the great geometrician the one who hides the life the cosmic mystery the light bringer the son of god incarnate the cosmic christ the legend tells us that the six brothers summarise his qualities in the following aphorisms: 1. send forth the word and speak the radiant love of god. make all men hear. quality..love divine. 2. let the glory of the lord shine forth. let there be radiant light as well as radiant love. quality..radiance. 3. draw to thyself the ob

ALICE A BAILEY10 FROM BETHLEHEM TO CALVARY

but there is also a divine desire for man. god is the supreme idea, the supreme concern and the supreme desire of man. man is the supreme idea, the supreme concern and the supreme desire of god. the problem of god is a human problem. the problem of man is a divine problem. man is the counterpart of god and his beloved from whom he expects the return of love. man is the other person of the divine mystery. god needs man. it is god's will not only that he should himself exist, but man also, the lover and beloved" wrestlers with christ, by karl pfleger, p. 236- 3- from bethlehem to calvary copyright 1998 lucis trust 1 we are in process of passing from one religious age into another. the spiritual trends of today are steadily becoming more defined. the hearts of men have never been more open t

e is a road from every natural group of facts to every spiritual reality in the universe; and the essential nature of mind forces it always in some degree to traverse this road."26 at this "end of the age" man stands before the door of opportunity, and, because he is in process of discovering his own divinity, he will enter into the realm of real values and arrive at a truer knowledge of god. the mystery of the new birth confronts him, and through that experience he must pass. this divinity in man must be brought to the birth, both in the individual and in the race, and thus can the kingdom of god on earth be brought into being. 3 all of these five initiations have certain basic points in common, resemblances which in themselves are of real significance. there are factors which are germane

ar shine forth" when that sign is seen and the word is heard, the next step will be the recording of the vision. the plan and the part to be played by the initiate are shown to him, and he knows what he has to do. this vision is spoken of as "the vision of god" but it is expressed to man in terms of god's will and the completeness of that which god intends. we are intended to be initiate into the mystery of that will. the vision of god is the vision of god's plan. no man has seen god at any time. the revelation of god comes through the revelation of christ "philip saith unto him, lord, shew us the father, and it sufficeth us "jesus saith unto him, have i been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the father."30 christ revealed in hims

ver one of the utmost difficulty and hardness. but in the dark, and through difficulty, christ is to be found, the christ life can flower forth, and we can stand face to face before him as the initiator. the blind poet, george macdonald, sensed this when he wrote the beautiful words which have brought comfort to so many "challenge the darkness, whatsoe'er it be, sorrow's thick darkness or strange mystery of prayer or providence. persist intent, and thou shalt find love's veiled sacrament. some secret revelation, sweetness, light, waits to waylay the wrestler in the night. in the thick darkness, at its very heart, christ meets, transfigured, souls he calls apart" in this cave of initiation, all the four kingdoms of nature can be seen unmistakably symbolised for us. in the rocky structure of

ding their flocks in the fields surrounding the stable-cave where the infant child lay. a unique event had happened in the cosmos, and the hosts of heaven did honour to it. this question of the earth's uniqueness has often troubled thinking people. can so infinitesimal an atom in space as our planet be indeed of such interest to god that he permitted this great experiment to be tried here? is the mystery of man and the significance of our purpose of such importance that nowhere else can it be paralleled? can anything really happen on this "ball of dust" of such vital import that it can warrant the angels in singing "glory to god in the highest, and on earth peace, good will towards men? we like to think that it can be so. we dread the moment when our futility appears as we look upon the st

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

se, the brain reaction of god himself. in man, the microcosm, the objective of the evolutionary purpose for the fourth kingdom in nature is to enable man to manifest as a soul in time and space and to tune in on the soul purpose and the plan of the creator, as it is known and expressed by the seven spirits before the throne, the seven planetary logoi. but at this point we can only hint at a great mystery, which is that all that the highest of the sons of god on our manifested planetary world can grasp is a partial realisation of the purpose and plan of the solar logos, as it is grasped, apprehended and expressed by one of the planetary logoi who is (in his place and term of office) conditioned and- 3- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trus

by the cosmic thinker. we have to work with the design, with the pattern, and with the plan, for we are only as yet in process of being initiated into that plan and we are not aware of the true significance of those great identifications which enabled the carpenter of nazareth to say "i and my father are one" but it must also be remembered (and herein lies the clue to world unfoldment and to the mystery of past, present and future) that we are dealing with matter-substance and with forms which are already conditioned, and which were conditioned when the creative process began. the material- 36- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust to be found in the quarries of manifested purpose is, symbolically speaking, marble, and is thus condition

sed by souls on the remaining four minor rays, they are necessarily qualified by the characteristics of the third major ray, which eventually synthesises them. the following tabulation is an attempt to define that which it is almost impossible to make intelligible in words. from the angle of the illumined occultist it is meaningless, even more than it is to the average student, because as yet the mystery of electricity and the true nature of electrical phenomena (than which there is naught else) is at this time an unrevealed secret, even to the most advanced of the modern scientists. ray energy technique quality source 1..power or will. grasping. dynamic purpose. dynamically electrified forms. 2..love-wisdom. attracting. love. magnetically electrified forms. 3..intelligent activity. select

y ii copyright 1998 lucis trust electrified forms. 7. organisation. coordinating. appearance. physical electrified forms. that there is such a thing as electricity, that it probably accounts for all that can be seen, sensed and known, and that the entire universe is a manifestation of electrical power, all this may be stated and is, today, coming to be recognised. but when that has been said, the mystery remains, and will not be revealed, even in partial measure, until the middle of the next century. then revelation may be possible, as there will be more initiates in the world, and inner vision and inner hearing will be more generally recognised and present. when man arrives at a better understanding of the etheric body and its seven force centres (which are all related to the seven rays

eir sacrifice, matter is lifted up into heaven. it is this theme which fills the pages of the secret doctrine, and which is discussed in greater elaboration in a treatise on cosmic fire. the sacrifice of the angels, the death of the sons of god, the immolation of the mystic christ, the crucifixion in time and space of all living entities, called souls this is the theme of those books. this is the mystery hinted at in the world of scriptures, and this is the secret of the ages, which is only discovered by the souls of men as each of them enters individually into conscious relation with his own soul and discovers that which he has joyously done in the past, and so arrives at the realisation of that supreme sacrifice which he made with deliberation. in the early dawn of time itself and which

ALICE A BAILEY12 DISCIPLESHIP IN THE NEW AGE VOLUME I

inherited (for the fulfilment of karmic responsibilities) a not particularly high grade body of slavic-semitic type with a touch of the latin intermixed. that heritage gives you your steadfastness and your persistence upon the way; it gives you your sensitivity to things of the mystical realm; it gives you also your love of beauty and your heart development. it has revealed to you a little of the mystery of pain and of suffering. but it has also given you a physical body which has inherited the power to resist and the capacity to shut off the outer from the inner worlds of expression. besides this, it has endowed you with a body of somewhat heavy and inert atoms which cannot be galvanised into the exquisite activity of which you dream except by tremendous effort and a self-imposed discipli

t myself and others. i am as they, and one with all i meet. 4th month there are no changes on the way of love. i stand at-one with all, and through the lower self, love flows. 5th month give me to love, and give me those who need my love and let me fill that need. be not misled by the apparent simplicity of these seed thoughts for meditation, my brother. they are deep and profound and contain the mystery of the soul and of the cosmos. march 1936 it is not my habit, brother of mine, nor is it ever necessary where disciples are concerned, to express undue appreciation of work accomplished or to feed the vanity of the average aspirant. however, i would like today to tell you that you have done good work in this readjustment process with yourself; you have made more real progress during the la

ALICE A BAILEY13 PROBLEMS OF HUMANITY

the constitution. these shortsighted politicians attempt to sidetrack the issue and throw dust in the eyes of their constituents by fighting for the freedom of distant small nations in europe; at the same time they steadily defy their own constitution by refusing freedom and liberty to the negroes of their own country. for their attitude and conduct there is today no possible excuse. it remains a mystery in the minds of other enlightened nations why the broad-minded people of the united states vociferous in their demand for their own personal freedom and insistent upon the defense of the constitution permit this condition to exist and perpetuate in office these men who bring about a constant infringement of the constitutional rights of american citizens. the cry of the south that the negro

ALICE A BAILEY14 THE REAPPEARANCE OF THE CHRIST

propriate mechanism is found through which divinity can reach and communicate with humanity, and it is with this communication and these instruments of divine energy that the doctrine of avatars or of divine "coming ones" has to do. an avatar is one who has a peculiar capacity (besides a self-initiated task and a pre-ordained destiny) to transmit energy or divine power. this is necessarily a deep mystery and was demonstrated in a peculiar manner and in relation to cosmic energy by the christ who for the first time in planetary history, as far as we know transmitted the divine energy of love directly to our planet and in a most definite sense to humanity. always too these avatars or divine messengers are linked with the concept of some subjective spiritual order or hierarchy of spiritual li

on. he will see, demonstrating before his eyes the true resurrection the emergence of mankind from the imprisoning cave of materialism. thus he will "see of the travail of his soul and shall be satisfied (is. liii.11- 54- the reappearance of the christ copyright 1998 lucis trust chapter five the teachings of the christ the establishing of right human relations the law of rebirth revelation of the mystery of initiation the dispelling of glamour it might be useful to make a few opening remarks upon the general subject of the teaching given (down the ages) by the sons of god who have come forth in the hour of humanity's need, in order to present to the consciousness of the men of their time certain required ideas and concepts of truth. when they come, their aim is to meet the immediate need i

at of humanity's critical mind; the word has gone forth almost unanimously that both of them have failed in their divinely assigned tasks. it is realised everywhere that new life must be poured in, but this will take a new vision and a new approach to living conditions and this only the appearance of the christ can teach and help us bring about. as an ancient scripture says "that which has been a mystery shall no longer be so, and that which has been veiled will now be revealed; that which has been withdrawn will emerge into the light and will then enhance that light and all men will see and together will rejoice. the time will come when destruction will have wrought its beneficent work; then men, through suffering, will seek that which they have discarded. in vain pursuit, they sought tha

ALICE A BAILEY15 THE DESTINY OF THE NATIONS

radical and momentous changes in the consciousness of the race which will completely alter man's attitude to life and his grasp of the spiritual, esoteric and subjective essentials of living. it is this force which will bring about (in conjunction with second ray force) that tremendous crisis imminent in the human consciousness which we call the second crisis, the initiation of the race into the mystery of the ages, into that which has been hid from the beginning. the first crisis, as you have been taught, was the crisis of individualisation wherein man became a living soul. the second crisis is the immediate one of racial initiation, made possible (if you will but believe it) by the many individual initiations which have lately been undergone by those members of the human family who had

indicates a growing awareness of the problem itself and of the need for understanding the relation of time, both to space and to event. it will be realised before long that time is entirely a brain event; a study of the sense of speed as registered by the brain, plus the capacity or incapacity of a human being to express this speed, will, when properly approached, reveal much that today remains a mystery. at this time, the whole world is embroiled in the chaos and the turmoil incident upon the clashing of the forces of the sixth and the seventh rays. as one ray passes out and another comes into manifestation and their impact upon the earth and upon all the forms in all the kingdoms of nature has reached the point where the two influences are equalised, then a definite point of crisis is re

ALICE A BAILEY16 GLAMOUR A WORLD PROBLEM

light pours down and irradiates not only the mind, but the brain consciousness as well. he sees the situation more clearly: he realises the facts of the case as against his "vain imaginings; and so the "light shines upon his way" he is not yet able to see truly in the larger sweeps of consciousness; the group glamour and, of course, the world glamour remain to him as yet a binding and bewildering mystery, but his own immediate way begins to clear, and he stands relatively free from the fog of his ancient and distorting emotional miasmas. alignment, contact with his soul, and then steadfastness, are the keynotes to success. it will therefore be apparent to you that small groups such as this, if established in different countries and cities and if successful in their personal activities, cou

llusory mind upon the mental plane of that which we call the sum total of the desires of the man in incarnation. when illusion and glamour have both been overcome, the astral body fades out in the human consciousness. there is no desire left for the separated self. kama-manas disappears, and man is then regarded as consisting essentially of soul-mind-brain, within the body nature. this is a great mystery, and its significance can only be understood when a man has controlled his personality and eliminated all aspects of glamour and of illusion. this is accomplished by accomplishing. this mastery is achieved by mastering. this elimination of desire is brought about by conscious eliminating. get therefore to work, my brothers, and clarification of the problem must inevitably ensue- 40- glamou

g of the disciple in the world of the illumined mind will dissipate this glamour which is part of the great heresy of separateness. the moment a man differentiates his life into triplicities (as he inevitably must as he deals with the pairs of opposites and identifies himself with one of them) he succumbs to the glamour of separation. perhaps this point of view may aid or perhaps it will remain a mystery, for the secret of world glamour lies hid in the thought that this triple differentiation veils the secret of creation. god himself produced the pairs of opposites spirit and matter and also produced the middle way which is that of the consciousness aspect or the soul aspect. ponder deeply on this thought. the triplicity of the pairs of opposites and of the narrow way of balance between th

ath of probation of a very large number of human beings, owing to the purging and purification to which they had been subjected. this purificatory process in some measure prepared them for the prolonged conflict upon the astral plane which lies ahead of all aspirants prior to achieving initiation. it is the "arjuna experience" this is an interesting point upon which to ponder and explains much of mystery and of difficulty in the sequence of human unfoldment. the individual aspirant is apt to think only in terms of himself and of his individual tests and trials. he must learn to think of the mass occurrences and their preparatory effect where humanity is concerned. the world war was a climaxing point in the process of "devitalising" the world maya. much force was released and exhausted and

hough there are many cases of significantly bad reaction; fortunately, also, the purpose of the average aspirant is so weak that he is incapable of persistent, daily, unchanging compliance with the requirements and fails to render that application which would be the guarantee of a dubious success; hence, in these cases, no danger exists. many occult groups exploit the subject in order to build up mystery and to hold out inducements to the unwary, or give their adherents something to do and thus gain kudos for themselves as learned and well trained occultists. anyone can teach breathing exercises. it is largely a matter of periodic in-breathing and exhalation, timed and spaced according to the wish of the teacher. where there is persistence in effort, results will be achieved and these will

ALICE A BAILEY17 TELEPATHY AND THE ETHERIC VEHICLE

invoked and greatly aids and hastens the unfoldment of the vegetable consciousness; this is one reason for its relative sinlessness and extraordinary purity. the major impression registered in the second kingdom of nature emanates from the angel worlds and from the deva hierarchy. the angels and devas are to the vegetable kingdom what the spiritual hierarchy is to humanity. this is, of course, a mystery with which you have no concern. but impressions and reactions are to be found in both these kingdoms, and upon such response depends the evolution of the indwelling consciousness. the animal kingdom has a peculiar relation to the fourth kingdom in nature, and the unfolding of the animal consciousness proceeds along lines paralleling, yet dissimilar to that of the human being who is beginni

the world along the seven paths of which the masters become aware at a certain very high initiation. the seven great energies flow into our manifested world along the lines of the seven paths; these are not the direct energies of the seven rays, because these concern consciousness in a most specific manner; they are the substantial energies of material expression and their origin concerns a great mystery. these two lines of energy material energy and the energy of consciousness when brought together by divine purpose, constitute the essential dualism of our manifested life. all that we are able to recognise of that purpose is the hierarchical plan, and this only disciples and advanced aspirants can judge and recognise. this plan is based upon knowledge of divine guidance in the past, the r

ne 2. 3. the animal kingdom is sustained from plane 3. 4. the human kingdom is sustained from plane 4. that was the original condition; but as evolution proceeded and there was an inter-acting emanation established between all the kingdoms, this automatically changed. it was this "esoteric emanating change" which, aeons ago, produced animal-man. i give this as an illustration and a key to a great mystery. b. curiously enough, in the human kingdom (and only in the human kingdom) the etheric body is- 87- telepathy and the etheric vehicle copyright 1998 lucis trust now composed of all four types of etheric substance. the reason for this is that eventually (when mankind is spiritually developed) each of these four planes or types of etheric substance will be responsive to the four higher level

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

tem remained on their own plane, being too sinless and holy to find opportunity in that very material and intellectual evolution. even in this, they will find it impossible to do more than influence the incarnating jivas, imparting to them ability to realise the nature of group consciousness, the quality of the seven heavenly men, but not being able to express themselves fully. some clues to this mystery will come if the student carefully bears in mind that in our solar system and our seven planes, we have only the physical body of the logos, and that that physical body is a limitation of the expression of his threefold nature. the first (sixth) hierarchy might be viewed as endeavouring to express the mental vibration of the solar logos and the second, his emotional, or cosmic astral, natu

re, be said that the fifth hierarchy serves as the representative of the five liberated groups, and the fourth is the representative group in this system, whilst the second represents (for man, or these two groups united) that which is the spirit aspect, the father, the unknown. hierarchy v. the fifth creative hierarchy is, as we know from study of the secret doctrine, a most mysterious one. this mystery is incident upon the relation of the fifth hierarchy to the five liberated groups. this relation, in connection with our particular planet, which is not a sacred planet, can be somewhat understood if the history of the buddha, and his work is contemplated. this is hinted at in the third volume of the secret doctrine. the relation of the fifth hierarchy to a certain constellation has also a

upon the relation of the fifth hierarchy to the five liberated groups. this relation, in connection with our particular planet, which is not a sacred planet, can be somewhat understood if the history of the buddha, and his work is contemplated. this is hinted at in the third volume of the secret doctrine. the relation of the fifth hierarchy to a certain constellation has also a bearing upon this mystery. this is hidden in the karma of the solar logos, and concerns his relationship to another solar logos, and the interplay of force between them in a great mahakalpa. this is the true "secret of- 27- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust the dragon" and it was the dragon-influence or the "serpent energy" which caused the influx of manasic or

g the symbol of virgo. these two signs are crucial in the experience of the human being, indicating as they do the function of the triple form and the liberation of the man imprisoned in the form, through the tests in scorpio wherein he proves to himself and to the world the reality of that which virgo has veiled or hidden. 12. the symbol for the sign capricorn is most mysterious. it conceals the mystery of the crocodiles, or makara. it is constructed in an inaccurate and definitely misleading manner and should be regarded as a mystery and therefore not to be defined. these signs and their relationship to the sacred and non-sacred planets will be considered later. to sum up: man will, therefore, have to be studied as a threefold entity, a composite individual, expressing (in the three worl

t the end of the great age of brahma, as it is esoterically called. in the "interim or interlude of evolution (which is the inadequate translation of an occult phrase given to a world cycle in the masters' archives) these energies are stepped down into forces and are literally sixteen all told from the angle of manifestation, i would remind you and make literally: 7+7+2=16=7. in these numbers the mystery of our evolutionary process lies hid. always, however, the emphasis must be laid upon the rays of energy and quality as they pour through the zodiacal constellations and the planets. the new astrology therefore is necessarily based upon an understanding of the rays. the following tabulation is fundamental in its implications in this connection and upon it all that i have to say will be bas

ALICE A BAILEY19 THE UNFINISHED AUTOBIOGRAPHY

cycles to be then procured and to proceed to investigate the country side. to this day, i remember our intense excitement when the two crates arrived and we unpacked these pieces of shining mechanism. we rode everywhere and had a good time. we explored the district which was then pure country and not the citified suburb it has now become. i think that it was in this period i acquired my taste for mystery, later to be developed into a great love for detective and mystery stories. pushing our bicycles up a very steep hill one sunny morning, two men on bicycles coasted down the hill and passed us. as one of them did so, he called back to his companion "but i assure you, my dear chap, it stood on one leg and went like the devil" i am still pondering that mystery and have not yet arrived at any

relations of people but i realise that it is a major factor in individual harmony. this whole question of sex is today in a fluid condition. i am myself a conservative britisher, with a horror of divorce, with a dislike of sex discussions but i do know, however, that the modern generation is not entirely wrong. i do know that the victorian attitude was rotten and pernicious. their secrecy and the mystery they aroused around the whole problem of sex was a dangerous thing in an innocent group of young people in creative natural living. the whispers, the secrets, the communications behind locked doors raised inquiries among young people and resulted in dirtiness in their thinking and is something difficult to forgive in the victorian father and mother. today we are suffering from the reaction

voted adherents to the teacher; these devotees can be depended upon to give unquestioning obedience to the teacher and to the commands of the master, supposedly transmitted by the teacher, in violation of the occult law that no master ever gives a command or expects obedience. the average esoteric group is today a closed organisation, exclusive in its membership, fostering an unwholesome sense of mystery and presenting only those half truths which serve one purpose to testify to the existence of the real. it will be apparent, therefore, that no true esoteric school has yet come into existence. the emergence of these schools remains as yet a hope, but one which has reached the point where due preparation can be made for their appearance- 150- the unfinished autobiography copyright 1998 luci

vel than at present. the teaching must be divorced from its present theological trend and autocratic pronouncements. of these dogmatic utterances, the many occult schools, the inner schools and the various esoteric sections have been disastrously guilty. teachers will later appear who will have a true understanding of the spiritual nature of authority. this will not be based upon claim-making and mystery but upon a life lived in accordance with the highest ideals, and upon the presentation of a teaching which will evoke both the respect and the intuitive response of the disciple. the teacher of the future will simply point the way, tread the way with the disciple, and emphasise the ancient rules but with their new interpretations. he will no longer stand (as he frequently does today) betwe

so-called esoteric schools which are started by aspirants. they want to help their fellow-men and are impelled thereto by a love of teaching, a measure of love for humanity and some personal ambition. their methods are, in the last analysis, exoteric; they give training, based upon what is already known and given out for they teach little that is new, no matter how they dress it up in grades and mystery. they use the standard books on occultism or compile their own textbooks from those already written, frequently choosing the spectacular and the unimportant details and omitting that which is spiritual and essential. they advertise their schools in some way or another, and frequently emphasise the commercial angle. they demand obedience and look with disfavour and criticism on other school

ALICE A BAILEY20 A TREATISE ON THE SEVEN RAYS VOLUME IV ESOTERIC HEALING

d recognition. d. it is that centre, therefore, in the physical body through the medium of which the hierarchy works; it is also the agent of the soul. when i here use the word "soul" i refer not only to the individual soul of man but to the soul also of the planetary logos, both of which are the result of the union of spirit and matter, of the father aspect and the mother aspect. this is a great mystery which only initiation can reveal. e. the heart centre registers the energy of love. it might here be stated that when the antahkarana has been finally constructed, the three aspects of the spiritual triad will each find a point of contact within the etheric mechanism of the initiate who is functioning upon the physical plane. the initiate is now a fusion of soul and personality through whi

life-giving or death bestowing. all diseases except those due to accidents, wounds resulting in infections, and epidemics can in the last analysis be traced to some condition of the centres, and therefore to energy running wild, to energy overactive and misdirected or insufficient and lacking altogether, or retained instead of used and transmuted into a higher corresponding centre of energy. the mystery of the blood still remains to be solved, and will receive increasing attention as time goes on. the anemias, so prevalent today, are also due to excess of energy. i can only lay down general indications, state causes, and then leave to the intelligent investigators the task of studying effects, after accepting as a possible hypothesis the suggestions i have made. a proper study of the duct

process is a part of a cyclic law, as the old adage "the days of a man are three score years and ten" hints. when the average of a general cyclic period is normally run, a point of weakening in the bodily tissue will surely and gradually arise. disease or deterioration of some part of the form usually eventuates and death supervenes. the length of the cycles and their determining cause are a deep mystery and are specifically related to the various kingdoms in nature, and to the species and types and forms within those aggregates of living processes. these cycles are known as yet only to the masters and to those initiates to whom is given the task of promoting the evolutionary process within the subhuman kingdoms, and to the devas whose task it is to control the process. as you well know, t

ceed in arriving at the truth through their own self-initiated effort- 218- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust h.p.b. prophesied the work now being done many years ago when she spoke of the recognition ultimately to be accorded by science to an universally diffused omnipresent deity (the ether of space is an entity, she also tells us) and that the mystery of electricity, when solved, holds for us the solution of most of our problems. many of the theories of modern science are laid down in a treatise on cosmic fire, though scientists have not gone far enough yet to recognise this fact; there the electrical nature of man is posited. you would find it interesting and helpful to search out such passages. science, however, gives no place to the

spirits state that they cannot stand electricity. what is meant is that they cannot stand electricity as it is at present applied. this is an instance of the inaccurate statements passed on by ignorant mediums or by those who on the other side have no more understanding of the laws of electricity than they probably had in the. physical body. there is nothing but electricity in manifestation, the "mystery of electricity" to which h.p.b. referred in to in the secret doctrine. everything in nature is electrical in nature; life itself is electricity, but all that we have contacted and used today is that which is only physical and related to and inherent in the physical and etheric matter of all forms. it must be remembered that the so-called "spirits" are functioning in the illusory astral bod

ALICE A BAILEY21 EDUCATION IN THE NEW AGE

ls of experimental spiritual energies which are constantly seeking impact upon or contact with the world of phenomena. this they do, under spiritual direction, in order to implement the plan. the above statement is foundational in its importance; all other definitions are implicit in it, and it is the first important truth anent esotericism which must be learnt and applied by each aspirant to the mystery and the universality of that which moves the worlds and underlies the evolutionary process- 44- education in the new age copyright 1998 lucis trust the first task of the esotericist is to comprehend the nature of the energies which are seeking to condition him and which work out into expression on the physical plane through the medium of his equipment or his vehicle of manifestation. the e

ALICE A BAILEY22 DISCIPLESHIP IN THE NEW AGE VOLUME II

ity and the recognition of the divine will by the hierarchy. there is little that can be said to the general public anent this third stanza. they will interpret it in all simplicity as a prayer that the human will can be brought into conformity with the divine will, even though that may not be understood. even from the angle of the hierarchy, the divine will as it is essentially remains the great mystery, but in spite of that they can and do "know and serve" the purpose; the purpose is that aspect of the divine will which seeks immediate expression on earth. the hierarchy is the distributor of energy the energy of love. therefore, as the purpose of the will of god (known and understood in the council chamber of shamballa) seeks to influence human will, it is an expression in hierarchical t

s and of his manifested body, the earth, have been, are or will be in the future human being, thereby establishing and demonstrating their past, present or future identity with humanity, the fourth kingdom in nature" this kingdom is the planetary group or centre which expresses in time and space all the divine aspects sometimes in latency and sometimes in potency. here lies the clue to the entire mystery of divine guidance, and here is also to be found the guarantee of the divine will-to-good. 4. the nirmanakayas, the divine contemplatives. this is the receptive group which receives impression from shamballa in relation to the planetary creative purpose. then they, on their own level of atmic activity, build through contemplative meditation a vast reservoir of potent energies which are imp

cture will serve to carry your thoughts away from the "trappings of initiation" from the colouring and the unimportant, so-called facts (actual and imagined) which have been so much emphasised by the occult groups and leaders and which have been held out as inducements to would-be disciples. i would have this group which i am training forget the details about initiation as presented so oft by the mystery monger and the emotional person, and concentrate upon the far more factual realities of meaning, cause and being. the old and outworn presentations were the product of the concrete mind, and are therefore crystallising in their effects and distorting in their results; they are also evocative of spiritual selfishness and isolation, as well as of astral curiosity. the new approach which i se

through which the "advancing point of light" can come. it is perhaps a somewhat new thought to you as aspiring occult students that there is a major revelation something entirely new and unforeseen which is inherent in the situation when a candidate for initiation stands before the initiator. a consideration of the three points of revelation already given may show you how deep may be the present mystery where each of these points is concerned. the mystery of the eye and its relation to light (esoterically understood) is very great, and as yet no student, no matter how diligent, knows anything about it. for instance, brother of mine, when the third eye, the inner eye, and the monad are brought into direct alignment with "the eye of god himself" so that what the planetary logos sees can be

the purpose of the planetary logos is replaced by that which "will measure up to the purpose of the father" it is this concept which has been travestied and distorted by the christian teaching anent the "vicarious atonement" this grew out of a basic confusion between the law of sacrifice and the law of assembly, and took place when any understanding of the nature of the father remained a supreme mystery; the whole process was then interpreted in terms of the first and highest aspect of the essential trinity, of which man knew nothing, instead of in terms of the second aspect, the building, magnetic aspect of love. we are if it could be but realised in process of re-interpreting and re-arranging what can be called "the doctrinal structure underlying the relation between knowledge and wisdo

ALICE A BAILEY23 THE EXTERNALISATION OF THE HIERARCHY

racial and momentous changes in the consciousness of the race which will completely alter man's attitude to life and his grasp of the spiritual, esoteric and subjective essentials of living. it is this force which will bring about (in conjunction with the energy of love) that tremendous crisis imminent in the human consciousness which we call the second crisis, the initiation of the race into the mystery of the ages, into that which has been hid from the beginning. it might be of value here if we considered the three great planetary centres and their relationships in tabular form and thus get the general idea more clearly in mind. 1. shamballa..will or power..planetary head centre the holy city..purpose..plan..spiritual pineal gland- 70- the externalisation of the hierarchy copyright 1998

nations and races into war. today they have achieved a planetary war. 2. there are factors present in this battle between evil and good which are so deeply esoteric and hidden from the understanding of the most advanced human being that it is useless for me to enlarge upon their existence. they are concerned with the ability of the mind, or of the mind principle, to react to truth or to lies; the mystery of this reaction is hidden in the evolutionary process itself. a point can be reached in human development where acceptance of deception is impossible and clear thinking is normal. the potency of glamour (which holds so many people in prison) is related to this mystery. glamour holds not those who are mentally and emotionally undeveloped; they are complete realists and see life in its bare

er and more practical truth of god in every man and in every form in every kingdom in nature; much evil has eventuated by the failure to lay the emphasis upon god immanent. later on, when the truth of the christ indwelling every man and revealed in perfection through the historical christ and his great brothers down the ages has been accepted, the teaching of god transcendent, which is the secret mystery in the custody of shamballa, will be revealed and emphasised. the two halves of a perfect whole will then be recognised by humanity. the key to the hierarchy and its reappearance on earth in physical form, and the consequent materialisation of the kingdom of god among men, is the simple truth of god immanent. it is the clue to the evolutionary process, and the eternal hope of all forms in

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

tion and of all the coming new age enterprises. these descending energies evoke also the obstructing forces, and i would here remind you that these obstructing evil forces (so-called) are met with upon the highest spiritual levels because they are in their turn evoked by the impelling impact of the coming avatar whose "note is heard ahead of him, and his energy spreads before him" this is a great mystery and can only be understood (and then merely theoretically) if you bear in mind that all our planes even the very highest are the subplanes of the cosmic physical plane. when this fact is somewhat grasped there comes a simplification of thought. as a consequence of all this, great and fundamental readjustments are going on within the hierarchy itself and within that intervening area of the

wo. for disciples and initiates: let the group serve as aquarius indicates; let mercury speed the group upon the upward way and let taurus bring illumination and the attainment of the vision; let the mark of the saviour, as the group toils in pisces, be seen above the aura of the group. rule xiii. for applicants: four things the disciple must learn and comprehend before he can be shown the inmost mystery: first, the laws of that which radiates; the five meanings of magnetisation make the second; the third is transmutation or the secret lost of alchemy; and lastly, the first letter of- 15- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust the word which has been imparted, or the hidden name egoic. for disciples and initiates: let the group get r

f that which radiates; the five meanings of magnetisation make the second; the third is transmutation or the secret lost of alchemy; and lastly, the first letter of- 15- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust the word which has been imparted, or the hidden name egoic. for disciples and initiates: let the group get ready to reveal the hidden mystery. let the group demonstrate the higher meaning of the lessons learnt, and these are four and yet are one. let the group understand the law of synthesis, of unity and fusion; let the threefold mode of working with that which is dynamic carry the group together towards the higher three where the will of god holds sway; let transfiguration follow transformation and may transmutation disappear

shed with the divine will of the monad. the revelation to the initiate of the ages of severance from the central reality, and of all its attendant implications, descends upon the one who is attempting to stand "in isolated unity" as patanjali (to quote him a second time) calls the experience*(3) the omnipresence of divinity within all forms pours in upon the consciousness of the initiate, and the mystery of time, space and electricity stands revealed. the major effect of this revelation (prior to the third initiation) is to bring to the disciple a realisation of the "great heresy of separateness" as it focusses in him, the separated fully conscious individual aware of his past, conscious now of his ray and its conditioning power, focussed in his own aspiration, and yet part of the great wh

states and a mind, plus that integrated something which we call the whole man. rightly understood and followed, this rule reveals the nature of the fourth plane or fourth state of consciousness, that of buddhi or the plane of pure reason, the intuition. from the angle of the higher initiate, this rule is related to the activity of monad, soul and body within the planetary life, and covers a great mystery and an entire system of relationships of which man in the three worlds is a dim and uncertain shadow. some clue to the higher quaternary dealt with in this rule will emerge dimly in your consciousness (more is not yet possible) if you will attempt to realise the following: 1. the monad relates the initiate to the will of god, to the council at shamballa, to forces active on the planet plut

ALICE BAILEY THE LABOURS OF HERCULES

l to you and thus deceive you not. the fact is not so long ago i slew all those who taught me in the past. i killed my teachers, and in my search for liberty, i now stand free. i seek to know myself, within myself and through myself "my son, that was a deed of wisdom, and now you can stand [15] free. proceed to labor now, remembering as you do, that at the final turning of the wheel will come the mystery of death. forget this not. what is your age, my son "i had turned eighteen summers when i slew the lion, and hence i wear its skin. again at twenty-one, i met my bride. today i stand before you trebly free- free from my early teachers, free from the fear of fear, and free indeed from all desire "boast not, my son, but prove to me the nature of this freedom which you sense. again in leo, wi

t- june 20th) the field of the labor gemini has in it two stars, called by the greeks, castor and pollux, or the twins. these personify two major groups of stars, the seven pleiades, and the seven stars of the great bear, which are the two constellations, in the north, around which our universe seems to revolve. one star represents each constellation. from the standpoint of esotericism, the great mystery of god incarnate in matter, and the crucifixion of the cosmic christ upon the cross of matter, is tied up with the relationship (presumed from most ancient times to exist) between the stars of the pleiades and those of the great bear. these two groups of stars represent god, the macrocosm, whilst in gemini, castor and pollux were regarded as symbols of man, the microcosm. they were also ca

d in himself the love of god, and he announced himself as the light of the world. the problem before hercules, therefore, was the problem of the sign; the crucifixion of the lower self and the conquering of individual self-assertion. originally the zodiac consisted only of ten constellations and, at some date practically unknown, the two constellations, leo and virgo, were one symbol. perhaps the mystery of the sphinx is connected with this, for in the sphinx we have the lion with a woman's head, leo with virgo, the symbol of the lion or kingly soul, and its relation to the matter or mother aspect. it may, therefore, signify the two polarities, masculine and feminine, positive and negative- 61- the labours of hercules in this constellation is the exceedingly bright star, which is one of th

to the high mountains. it is on mountain tops that all the great revelations occur, where the mists of the valley disappear and illumination comes. libra is an air sign and is on the cardinal cross which will govern the next solar- 80- the labours of hercules system and in this system governs the path of initiation, which is trodden by the flower of the race (esoteric astrology, p. 279. again the mystery veils so that we find the sign difficult to understand. but the keynotes of the sign are clear and plain: they speak straight to the heart and without obscurity. to the average man, with no developed spiritual consciousness, the word goes forth again and again throughout the aeons "and the word said: let choice be made" the response eventually comes back as a result of the evolutionary pro

issatisfaction spurs man to ever greater heights of achievement. comfort is often a brake upon such striving. clogged down with possessions and blunted by the beguiling sense of comfort, the spirit wilts and fades. the prisoner of comfort sinks back in apathy, forgetting the struggles and trials that temper the keen blade of spiritual striving. the will to search, the impelling drive to solve the mystery in the acorn of life, is alien to the narcissistic inclination to make comfort a central motive in life. 3. money. the accumulation of money is a master passion that lies behind the activities of people and nations. ethical and human values are disregarded in the mad endeavor to gather power-conferring gold. inevitably, choices are determined [147] by money considerations rather than by sp

AN INTRO TO STUDY OF THE KABALAH

he words of esau, hagar, laban and balaam, why are they called--the perfect law, the law of truth, the true witness of god--there must be a hidden meaning "woe be to the man who says that the law (torah) contains only common sayings and tales: if this were true we might even in our time compose a book of doctrine which would be more respected. no, every word has a sublime sense, and is a heavenly mystery. the law resembles an angel: to come down on earth a spiritual angel must put on a garment to be known or understood here, so the law must have clothed itself in a garment of words as a body for men to receive; but the wise look within the garments" at some periods both the ordinary jew and even christian fathers have made a somewhat similar declaration of a literal and a mystical meaning

n which paragraph there is a parable comparing the sacred law to a woman in love who reveals herself to her friend and beloved: first by signs, ramaz; then by whispered words, derush; then by converse with her face veiled, hagadah; and at last she reveals her features and tells all her love, this is sod, association in secret, a pe p 80 tzaddi tz 90 qoph q 100 resh r 200 shin sh 300 tau t, th 400 mystery. the late dr. anna kingsford and edward maitland were notable kabalists who always insisted on the concealed meanings underlying the ordinary sense of the old hebrew writings; and the late h. p. blavatsky used to declare that the truly ancient texts of ancient religions were susceptible of explanations on seven planes of thought. the kabalists discovered deep meanings in each hebrew letter

ANALYSIS OF THE 5 6 INITIATION

he divine white brilliance of rtk. there on the center is another rose and cross, the rose of ruby and the o of the holy spirit, and the cross of gold, the glory of light and the 4 perfection of the lower genius united to the higher genius. rays issue forth because osiris hath risen and isis shines forth a new creation. this higher rose cross in the center of the rose cross of divine light is the mystery of the higher genius descending into the rtk of man, and the lower genius is now established in trapt. in harmony, one reflects the other. the wands of the chiefs the chief adept holds the wand of thoth; in that his grade of 7=4 is that of isis, we could say isis holds the wand of thoth. the second adept is 6=5 of hrwbg and alludes to horus who holds the wand of his father, osiris. the thi

APOCRYPHON OF JOHN

s thinking "and the archons took him and placed him in paradise. and they said to him 'eat, that is at leisure' for their luxury is bitter and their beauty is depraved. and their luxury is deception and their trees are godlessness and their fruit is deadly poison and their promise is death. and the tree of their life they had placed in the midst of paradise "and i shall teach you (pl) what is the mystery of their life, which is the plan which they made together, which is the likeness of their spirit. the root of this (tree) is bitter and its branches are death, its shadow is hate and deception is in its leaves, and its blossom is the ointment of evil, and its fruit is death and desire is its seed, and it sprouts in darkness. the dwelling place of those who taste from it is hades, and the d

i might teach them and awaken them out of the depth of sleep. for they were both in a fallen state, and they recognized their nakedness. the epinoia appeared to them as a light; she awakened their thinking "and when yaltabaoth noticed that they withdrew from him, he cursed his earth. he found the woman as she was preparing herself for her husband. he was lord over her, though he did not know the mystery which had come to pass through the holy decree. and they were afraid to blame him. and he showed his angels his ignorance which is in him. and he cast them out of paradise and he clothed them in gloomy darkness. and the chief archon saw the virgin who stood by adam, and that the luminous epinoia of life had appeared in her. and yaltabaoth was full of ignorance. and when the foreknowledge o

he inside of hades "and i raised him up, and sealed him in the light of the water with five seals, in order that death might not have power over him from this time on "and behold, now i shall go up to the perfect aeon. i have completed everything for you in your hearing. and i have said everything to you that you might write them down and give them secretly to your fellow spirits, for this is the mystery of the immovable race" and the savior presented these things to him that he might write them down and keep them secure. and he said to him "cursed be everyone who will exchange these things for a gift or for food or for drink or for clothing or for any other such thing" and these things were presented to him in a mystery, and immediately he disappeared from him. and he went to his fellow d

ARTHUR E WAITE TEMPLAR ORDERS IN FREEMASONRY

to all, in successive editions of the french work of dupuy, first published in 1685; in the german historical tractatus of petrus puteamus published at frankfort in 1665; in gurther's latin historia tempiarsorum of 1691; and in yet other publications prior to 1750. there is not a little evidence of one impression which was produced by these memorials, the notion, namely, of an unexplored realm of mystery extending behind the charges. it was the day of voltaire, and it happened that a shallow infidelity was characterised by the kind of licence which fosters intellectual extravagance, by a leaning in directions which are generally termed superstitious- though superstition itself was pilloried- and in particular by attraction towards occult arts and supposed hidden knowledge. advanced persons

and after long wandering from country to country they found refuge in the caves of mount heredom. they were succoured by knights of st. andrew of the thistle, with whom they made an alliance and on whom they conferred their knowledge. to conceal it from others and yet transmit it through the ages they created the masonic order in i340; but the alchemical secret, which is the physical term of the mystery, has been ever reserved to those who can emerge from the veils of allegory- that is to say, for the chiefs of st. andrew of the thistle, who are princes of the rosy cross, and the grand council of the chapter. the alchemical side of this story is in a similar position to that of the perpetuation myth, of which it is an early version. there is nothing that can be taken seriously. but this i

ingdom of hanover, at the english provincial grand lodge, from 1766 to 1778; and even now the list is not exhausted. the explanation of this influence through all its period and everywhere is (i) that which lay behind the romantic thesis of ramsay, as shown by his work on the philosophical principles of natural and revealed religionmystery of hidden knowledge perpetuated in the east from the days of noah and the flood (2) that which lay behind, as already mentioned, the talismanic attraction exercised on masonic minds in the eighteenth century by the name of knights templar, because the church had accused them. they had learned strange things in the east: for some it corresponded to the view of ramsay, for others to occult k

BALANCE J

ts journey abroad to a new home with a foreign buyer. but my appetite had been whetted. from that day on i sought out as much information about austin osman spare as i could find and tried to see as many original works or reproductions as i could. i soon began to realise that this man was an extraordinary and prolific artist and that with each new image a new facet was revealed, and the essential mystery of the man deepened. even the sound of his name evoked something rarer and more exotic than the normal. i wondered whether there was an irish connection as he sometimes signed himself austin o spare. friends asked was there a persian connection with that curious middle name. early photographs and pen and ink drawings of himself compounded the mystery as i came across beautiful images of th

pen and ink drawings of himself compounded the mystery as i came across beautiful images of the artist as a tousled haired bare-footed aesthetic, as a savage and exotic mongol shaman with skulls and altars, and as a princely magickian in the fashionable japanese style of the era, bound up in the rich apparel of his sorceries. i began an ever evolving quest to understand and appreciate the dynamic mystery of his art and life. this new exhibition of his work will give the visitor a chance to acquaint themselves with the extraordinary sensual properties of the artist s work. for i believe that the art of austin spare more so than any other artist i am aware of- is capable of existing on multiple layers of interactive experience. the casual viewer will be seduced and enthralled by the surface

in a way that strongly links them to the fin de siecle cult of the female in an artistic vision that flows from the sumptuous art nouveau forms through to the streamlined art deco ideal of the feminine. he is subtle and sensitive in his handling of all human and non-human forms, but it is to women that he gives the most ravishing attention. his female forms possess strength and sensuality, and a mystery that is both beautiful and intoxicating. and he paints them in so many different aspects, from the strong statuesque amazons and the intensely active and nubile sorceresses that inhabit the pages of the focus of life series, through to his later portraits of film stars and starlets. he continued to depict witches in many forms from these early potent women at their craft to the later grote

nd kenneth grant s occult group, the nu-isis lodge in the 50 s. spare was commissioned to produce numerous magickal paintings including depictions of isis the star goddess. the stunning pastel isis smiles is perhaps the most famous of these. there also exists a very novel picture called female nebula that shows a swirling spiral galaxy, literally the body of the stars: a depiction of the feminine mystery of space and a reference to the children of isis being the stars themselves. this in turn recalls aleister crowley s maxim every man and every woman is a star from the book of law/liber al vel legis. stars are a recurrent motif in spare s work from the luxurious and sybaritic pen and ink oeuvre of his early years through to the late magickal pastels such as cacophonic fugue (soul, mind, bo

BASIL VALENTINE TWELVE KEYS

e royal chamber. after the conflagration, there shall be formed a new heaven and a new earth, and the new man will be more noble in his glorified state than he was before. when the sand and ashes have been well matured and ripened with fire, the glass vblower makes out of it glass, which remains hard and firm in the fire, and in colour resembles a crystal stone. to the uninitiated this is a great mystery, but not to the master whom long experience has familiarized with the process. out of stones the master also prepares lime by burning which is very useful for our work v but before they are prepared with fire, they are mere stones. the stone must be matured and rendered fervent with fire, and then it becomes so potent that few things are to be compared to the fiery spirit of lime. by burni

BLAVATSKY H P ANTHROPOGENESIS

imitive man born from the bosom of the earth. he was the archetype of the first males in the order of generation, and was one of the seven autochthonous ancestors or progenitors of mankind (ibid, p. 108. if, while coupling with this the fact that samothrace was colonised by the phoenicians, and before them by the mysterious pelasgians who came from the east, one remembers also the identity of the mystery gods of the phoenicians, chaldeans, and israelites, it will be easy to discover whence came also the confused account of the noachian deluge. it has become undeniable of late that the jews, who obtained their primitive ideas about creation from moses, who had them from[[footnote(s* as it is now asserted that the chaldean tablets, which give the allegorical description of creation, the fall

y greater attention to the mysterious and ever-recurring number seven on the babylonian cylinders, than they paid to it on finding the same in genesis and the bible. yet the number of the ancestral spirits and their seven groups of human progeny are there, notwithstanding the dilapidated condition of the fragments, as plainly as they are to be found in "pymander" and in the "book of the concealed mystery" of the kabala. in the latter adam kadmon is the sephirothal tree, as also the "tree of the knowledge of good and evil" and that "tree" says verse 32 "hath around it seven columns" or palaces, of the seven creative angels operating in the spheres of the seven planets on our globe. as adam kadmon is a collective name, so also is the name of the man adam. says george smith in his "chaldean a

the whole series of heavenly hierarchies, from archangel, or dhyani, down to an angel of darkness, or terrestrial spirit (b) this expression shows in plain language that the spirit-guardian of our globe, which is the fourth in the chain, is subordinate to the chief spirit (or god) of the seven planetary genii or spirits. as already explained, the ancients had, in their kyriel of gods, seven chief mystery-gods, whose chief was, exoterically, the visible sun, or the eighth, and, esoterically, the second logos, the demiurge. the seven (who have now become the "seven eyes of the lord" in the christian religion) were the regents of the seven chief planets; but these were not[[footnote(s* all the words and sentences placed in brackets in the stanzas and commentaries are the writer's. in some pla

great indeed. thus brihaspati (the planet jupiter) or brahmanaspati is, in the rig veda, a deity who is the symbol and the prototype of the exoteric or ritualistic worship. he is priest sacrificer, suppliant, and the medium through which the prayers of mortals reach the gods. he is the purohita (family priest, or court chaplain) of the hindu olympus and the spiritual guru of the gods. soma is the mystery god and presides over the mystic and occult nature in man and the universe. tara, the priest's wife, who symbolizes the worshipper, prefers esoteric truths to their mere shell, exotericism; hence she is shown as carried off by soma. now soma is the sacred juice of that name, giving mystic visions and trance revelations, the result of which union is budha (wisdom, mercury, hermes, etc, etc;

ix) that "the holy one" had successively created and de[[footnote(s* these two must not be confused with the seven creations or divisions in each kalpa (see book i "the seven creations. the primary and secondary creations are here meant[[vol. 2, page] 54 the secret doctrine. stroyed sundry worlds, before he succeeded in the present one. this does not relate only to other worlds in space, but to a mystery of our own globe contained in the allegory about the "kings of edom" for the words "this one pleases me" are repeated in genesis i. 31, though in disfigured terms, as usual. the chaldean fragments of cosmogony on the cuneiform inscriptions, and elsewhere, show two distinct creations of animals and men, the first being destroyed, as it was a failure. the cosmogonical tablets prove that this

BLAVATSKY H P COSMOGENESIS

ver fragmentary and incomplete, contained in these volumes, belong neither to the hindu, the zoroastrian, the chaldean, nor the egyptian religion, neither to buddhism, islam, judaism nor christianity exclusively. the secret doctrine is the essence of all these. sprung from it in their origins, the various religious schemes are now made to merge back into their original element, out of which every mystery and dogma has grown, developed, and become materialised. it is more than probable that the book will be regarded by a large section of the public as a romance of the wildest kind; for who has ever even heard of the book of dzyan? the writer, therefore, is fully prepared to take all the responsibility for what is contained in this work, and even to face the charge of having invented the who

sons of the fire. 86 the vehicle of the universe- the dhyan chohans. 89 the army of the voice. 93 speech and mind. 95 the ogdoad and the heptad. 99 the stellar "sons of light. 103- stanza v- fohat: the child of the septenary hierarchies. 106 the fiery whirlwind and the primordial seven. 106 they produce fohat. 108 the correlation of the "gods. 113 evolution of the "principles" of nature. 119 the mystery of the fire. 121 the secret of the elements. 123 the square of the tabernacle. 125 the planetary spirits and the lipika. 129 the ring "pass not. 130 the sidereal book of life. 131 the soul's pilgrimage and its "rest. 134- stanza vi- our world, its growth and development. 136 the logos. 136 mystery of the female logos. 137[[vol. 1, page] xi contents. page. the seven layu centres. 138 the "e

page. the watcher and his shadow. 265 earth peopled by the shadows of the gods. 267- summing up. 269 the pith and marrow of the secret doctrine. 273 hermes in christian garb. 285 some occult aphorisms. 289 the seven powers of nature. 293- book i- part ii. the evolution of symbolism in its approximate order. i. symbolism and ideographs. 303 emblem and symbol differ. 305 magic potency of sound. 307 mystery language. 309- ii. the mystery language and its keys. 310 egypt's many religions. 311 the jews and their system. 313 moses copied from sargon. 319 identity of ancient symbols. 323- iii. primordial substance and divine thought. 325 divine thought, or cineritious matter. 327 ether and intelligence. 330 the seven prakritis. 335 the mystic fire. 339 one tree of knowledge. 341- iv. chaos- theos

indeed, the secret portions of the "dan" or jan-na("dhyan) of gautama's metaphysics- grand as they appear to one unacquainted with the tenets of the wisdom religion of antiquity- are but a very small portion of the whole. the hindu reformer limited his public teachings to the purely moral and physiological aspect of the wisdom religion, to ethics and man alone. things "unseen and incorporeal" the mystery of being outside our terrestrial sphere, the great teacher left entirely untouched in his public lectures, reserving the hidden truths for a select circle of his arhats. the latter received their initiation at the famous saptaparna cave (the sattapanni of mahavansa) near mount baibhar (the webhara of the pali mss. this cave was in rajagriha, the ancient capital of mogadha, and was the chet

phy built upon the ground-work of the true esoteric knowledge, the buddha gave to the world only its outward material body and kept its soul for his elect (see also volume ii) many chinese scholars among orientalists have heard of the "soul doctrine" none seem to have understood its real meaning and importance. that doctrine was preserved secretly- too secretly, perhaps- within the sanctuary. the mystery that shrouded its chief dogma and aspirations- nirvana- has so tried and irritated the curiosity of those scholars who have studied it, that, unable to solve it logically and satisfactorily by untying the gordian knot, they cut it through, by declaring that nirvana meant absolute annihilation. toward the end of the first quarter of this century, a distinct class of literature appeared in t

BLUE EQUINOX

with pipe! am i not ripe? i, who wait and writhe and wrestle with air that hath no boughs to nestle my body, weary of empty clasp, strong as a lion and sharp as an asp- come, o come! i am numb with the lonely lust of devildom. thrust the sword through the galling fetter, all-devourer, all-begetter; give me the sign of the open eye, and the token erect of thorny thigh, and the word of madness and mystery, o pan! io pan! io pan! io pan pan! pan pan! pan, i am a man: do as thou wilt, as a great god can, o pan! io pan! io pan! io pan pan! i am awake in the grip of the snake. the eagle slashes with beak and claw; hymn to pan 7 the gods withdraw: the great beasts come, io pan! i am borne to death on the horn of the unicorn. i am pan! io pan! io pan pan! pan! i am thy mate, i am thy man, goat of

nely camp, only the desert leagues encompass it; waterless wastes, a wilderness of wit, embattled cold, imagination.s cramp. now were the desolation fain to stamp the congealed spirit of man into the pit, save that, unquenchable because unlit, the love of god burns steady, like a lamp. it burns! beyond the sands, beyond the stars. it burns! beyond the bands, beyond the bars, and so the expanse of mystery veil by veil burns inward, plume on plume still folding over the dissolved heart of the amaz d lover. the angel wings over the holy grail! liber dcccxxxvii the law of liberty a tract of to mega qhrion 666 that is a magus 9 =28 a.a. v a.a. publication in class e 93 10 =18 666 9 =28 pro coll. summ. 777 8 =38 d. d. s. 7 =48 o. m. 7 =48 o. s. v. 6 =58 parzival 5 =68 pro coll. int. v. n. pr mon

f the great goddess nuit, lady of the starry heaven who is also matter in its deepest metaphysical sense, who is the infinite in whom all we live and move and have our being. hear her first summons to us the equinox 48 men and women .come forth, o children, under the stars& take your fill of love! i am above you and in you. my ecstasy is in yours. my joy is to see your joy. later she explains the mystery of sorrow .for i am divided for love.s sake, for the chance of union .this is the creation of the world, that the pain of division is as nothing, and the joy of dissolution all. it is shown later how this can be, how death itself is an ecstasy like love, but more intense, the reunion of the soul with its true self. and what are the conditions of this joy, and peace, and glory? is ours the

eth himself holy. it is i, not another, that willeth your whole freedom, and the arising within you of full knowledge and power. behold! the kingdom of god is within you, even as the sun standeth eternal in the heavens, equal at midnight and at noon. he riseth not: he setteth not: it is but the shadow of the earth which concealeth him, or the clouds upon her face. let me then declare unto you the mystery of this law, as it hath been made known unto me in divers places, upon the mountains and in the deserts, but also in great cities, which thing i speak unto you for your comfort and good courage. and so be it unto all of you. know first, that from the law spring four rays or emanations: so that if the law be the centre of your own being, they must needs fill you with their secret goodness

h: and in the storming of those gates by fiery assault of lust celestial, your flame will burn vehemently against your gross self, though it be already divine beyond your present imagining, and devour it in a mystical death, so that in the passing of the gate all is dissolved in formless light of unity. liber cl 117 now then, returning from these states of being, and in the return also there is a mystery of joy, you will be weaned from the milk of darkness of the moon, and made partaker of the sacrament of wine that is the blood of the sun. yet at the first there may be shock and conflict, for the old thought persists by force of its habit: it is for you to create by repeated act the true right habit of this consciousness of the life which abideth in light. and this is easy, if your will b

BOOK OF ENOCH

r bodies, their flesh will be destroyed, before the judgment. thus they will be destroyed until the day of the great consummation is accomplished, upon the great age, upon the watchers and the impious ones" 16.2] and now to the watchers, who sent you to petition on their behalf, who were formerly in heaven: 16.3 "you were in heaven but its secrets had not yet been revealed to you; and a worthless mystery you knew. this you made known to women, in the hardness of your hearts. and through this mystery the women and the men cause evil to increase on the earth" 16.4] say to them therefore "you will not have peace" 7) enoch stays for a while with the watchers (pages 31-33) this section describes enoch's impressions on being shown around by the watchers. look like menthe description at 17.5 remi

f heaven and earth; this is the prison for the stars of heaven and the host of heaven. 18.15] and the stars which roll over the fire, these are the ones which transgressed the command of the lord, from the beginning of their rising, because they did not come out at their proper times. 18.16] and he was angry with them, and bound them until the time of the consummation of their sin, in the year of mystery. 19.1] and uriel said to me: the spirits of the angels who were promiscuous with women will stand here; and they, assuming many forms, made men unclean and will lead men astray so that they sacrifice to demons as gods. and they will stand there until the great judgment day, on which they will be judged, so that an end will be made of them. 19.2] and their wives, having led astray the angel

BOOK OF JASHAR

ional creation story. although the story of jashar never exactly follows genesis, it also never diverges very far from genesis. it seems that this text was intended to be read in counterpoint to genesis. when we read it this way, we may find that the challenge of reconciling related but distinct perspectives on creation can help us, as by triangulation, to understand more aspects of this profound mystery than we could from any one mythic perspective. in the same way, the discrepancies between the various strands (j, e, p, etc) within the torah itself offer us such a binocular perspective on creation. 1. the text begins with god's first word, at the moment of creation, and god remains a central character throughout the story. the initial image is one of intense unity. everything comes out o

BOOK OF DOOM

nsel of the great infernal empire. translator's note: it is interesting that the sounds of these letters correlate to the system of eighteen runes of the armanen system. this is irrefutable proof that this system is based on the only authentic school of runes there ever has been. however, the sequence of the sounds is different from the sequence of the armanic runes. why this is so is to remain a mystery for the uninitiated person. no doubt we have to do here with the keys to powerful mantras that add greatly to the power of the system of the only authentic runes on the planet. you have to learn the symbols and the correct pronunciation of the letters for maximum effect of the mantras and spells that you use them for. the symbols of the letters of the infernal alphabet are only accessible

BUCKLAND RAYMOND COMPLETE BOOK OF WITCHCRAFT

screw. inscriptions i have talked about engraving and etching your working tools and putting your craft name on them (more on your name and how to choose it, later. there are a number of different "magickal alphabets* that can be used for this* most popular are various of the runic alphabets and the theban form of writing found in ceremonial magick. let's look at runes first. the word rune means "mystery" or "secret" in early english and related languages. it is certainly heavily charged with overtones, and for good reason. runes were never a strictly utilitarian script. from their earliest adaptation into germanic usage they served for divinatory and ritual uses. the seax-wica use a runic alphabet which is as follows: figure 3.8 there are to be found more variations of runes than any othe

ook of witchcraft a symbolic dream is one in which the dream character and images cannot be taken literally, as a real person or thing. then the image is that of an aspect of you, the dreamer. then the ancient wisdom of the universal symbols should be applied. as you first begin to work with symbology, you may still have difficulty unraveling the tangled threads; you may only decipher part of the mystery. don't worry about this for it is quite natural in the beginning. continue to affirm that you will remember. continue to faithfully record all of the details that you can. as you do, you will find that the symbols will gradually begin to clear, as you and your higher self develop a dialogue that you can consciously understand. the hidden symbol in one dream will suddenly be revealed in ano

er) everything they needed: their sword, censer, wand, athame, bell, trumpet, trident, etc. they would even write words of power on their robes and on a parchment hat. you have already done something similar when making your athame, by carving the handle or etching the blade with your name or your magickal monogram. this helped put your own personal power into the instrument. the word rune means "mystery" or "secret, in early english and related languages. it is certainly heavily charged with overtones and for good reason. runes were never a strictly utilitarian script. from their earliest adaption into germanic usage they served for divinatory and ritual uses. there are more variations of runes to be found than any other alphabet, it seems. there are three main types: germanic, scandinavi

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ed tuat, is entered through a door with the name of tes-aha-tathenen, and in it are seated: p. 172 1. the image of tefnet. 2. the image of seb. 3. the image of nut. each of these is seated upon an instrument for weaving. the text reads: click to view the circle tuat "those who are in this picture are [seated] upon their instruments for weaving, which are set firmly on their sand, according to the mystery which horus made. this god crieth out to their souls in whatsoever regions they are, and there are p. 173 heard the voices of [those who are] shut in this circle which are like the sound of the swathed ones [when] their souls cry out to ra. the name of this circle is tuat" 3. this circle, which is called as-neteru, is entered through a door with the name of tes-akhem-baiu, and in it are se

through a door with the name of tes-akhem-baiu, and in it are seated- click to view the circle as-neteru. 1. the image of osiris. 2. the image of isis. 3. the image of horus, hawk-headed. each of these is seated as before. the text reads: p. 174 [paragraph continues "those who are in this picture are [seated] upon their instruments for weaving, which are set firmly on their sand, according to the mystery which horns made. this god crieth out to their souls in whatsoever regions they are, and there is heard the click to view the circle aakebi. sound of the voices of [those who are] shut in this circle, which is like unto the sound of men who lament when their souls cry out to ra. the name of this circle is as-neteru" 4. this circle, which is called aakebi, is entered through a door with the

is entered through a door with the name of tes-sheta-thehen-neteru, and in it are seated p. 175 1. the image of ka-amentet, bull-headed. 2. the image of ba-neteru, ram-headed. 3. the image of rem-neteru, ram-headed. each of these is seated as before. the text reads "those who are in this picture are [seated] upon their instruments for weaving, which are set firmly on their sand, according to the mystery which horns made. this god crieth out to their souls in whatsoever regions they are, and there is heard the sound of the voices of those who are shut in this circle, which is like unto the sounds of bulls and of other male animals when their souls cry out to ra. the name of this circle is aakebi" 5. this circle, which is called nebt-semu-nifu, is entered through a door having p. 176 the na

it are seated: 1. the image of khatri, ichneumon-headed. 2. the image of affi, animal-headed. 3 the image of ari-anb-fi, cynocephalus-headed. click to view the circle nebt-semu-nifu. each of these gods is seated as before. the text reads "those who are in this picture are p. 177 [paragraph continues [seated] upon their instruments for weaving, which are set firmly on their sand, according to the mystery which horus made. this god crieth out to their souls in whatsoever regions they are, and there is heard the sound of the voices of those who are shut ill this circle, which is like unto the sound of those who make supplication through terror when their souls cry out to ra. the name of this circle is "nebt-semu-nifu" click to view the door tes-khaibitu-tuatiu. 6. an open door, called tes-kh

s standing upright, called amem. 2. the serpent mehen-ta. 3. three arrows lying on the top of these are the "arrows of ra" p. 178 4. a rain-headed god, seated on (instruments for weaving; his name is neb-rekhit. the text reads: click to view the circle hetepet-neb-s. those who are in this picture are [seated] upon their instruments for weaving [which are set firmly on their sand, according to the mystery which horus, the heir, the young [god] made. this great god crieth out to their souls after he hath entered into this city of the gods who are upon their sand, and when this god crieth out to them in the two aterti there is heard the sound of those who are p. 179 shut in this circle, which is like unto the voices of male cats when they cry out and their souls cry out to ra. the name of thi

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the united states of america builders of the adytum 5105 north figueroa st. los angeles, california, 90042 u. s. a preface* these unusual and beautiful qabalistic meditations were inspirationally written by the recognized world authority on tarot and qabalah, dr. paul foster case. because of having attained both inner and outer initiation into the most advanced grades of adeptship in the western mystery training system, he was able to attune his consciousness to the highest spiritual levels, as is evidenced by the text. it is profitable to read the meditations aloud. they are written in the first person; hence this practice gives them a potent auto-suggestive influence for counteracting negative patterns in subconsciousness. moreover, even a casual survey of the text shows it to be the se

xt says "the wise conceal" the true "principles" under the names of the elements of ancient physics. the meditation on gimel* 1. thou hast seen, o israel, how, for the sake of creation, the one life that i am seemeth to divide itself, becoming two. of these two, i have made known to thee my superior nature, the crown of primal will wherein i have my supreme abode. hearken now, while i expound the mystery of mine inferior nature, which standeth in the tree of life as the sephirah of wisdom. 2 forget not that these two, though they be named superior and inferior, are in truth of equal rank. as it is written "that which is below is as that which is above, and that which is above is as that which is below [31] t h e book o f t o k e n s be thou not led astray by their false doctrine who ascrib

losophers [36] c o m m e n t on g i m e l 4 compare the words of this paragraph with the symbols of key 2, the high priestess. the phrase" whose purity naught can defile, means that no matter how many the forms developed from it, the virgin substance is itself unchanged. like water, which holds matter in suspension or solution, this substance remains ever itself. here is one key to the alchemical mystery of the first matter. here, too, one may find a clue to the inner significance of the virgin-myths of all religions [37] the meditation on daleth* 1 i am the door of life, the passage from the world of ideas into the world of form. expressing myself, i take form in substance, but the power which worketh in that substance is the sovereign force of mine outflowing ideas. 2 consider well, o is

e is the "desirable one" the "precious thing" more to be sought after than rubies and fine gold. she is both "father" and "mother" for her fruitfulness. cometh from the yod of the supernal wisdom [42] d a l e t h 5 she is the thought, which spinneth the plan of existence, that web of manifestation which entangleth the minds of fools, and giveth understanding to the wise who know the secret of its mystery. in her is concealed the plentitude of tetragrammaton, and hidden in that door of perplexity is the son, who is from all and among all. 6 this is the gateway of life and form. yet through it come also death and conflict, even as it is shown in the numbering of daleth. for d l th, being 434, is also ii, and 11 is the half, or division, of 22, which represented: the whole circle of creation

al world, or world of action and things [48] the meditation on heh* 1 in whatsoever object thou perceivest, know me as the essence, as the idea, and as the interior nature. because of this the wise come easily to me by many paths, yet in truth these different roads are but a single way. if thou canst penetrate into the nature of the simplest thing, there thou shalt find me. this is the key to the mystery of the sacred letters. fix thy mind on the object set before thee by any letter, and hold thy thought to meditate thereon. then shall the inner nature of that object be made known to thee, and by this means shalt thou draw nigh to some aspect of my being. 2 consider then the secret meaning of the letter heh. for even as i am the essence, and idea, and interior nature of every ox, of every

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imited only by the environment and your imagination. you may find that improvisation enters quite spontaneously as the energies unfold and spiral. movement is the key to this stage. raising the power this is the most powerful part of the magick, as the magical energies are amplified and the power of the ritual carries you along joyously. ecstasy forms a major part of shamanic ceremony and the old mystery religions; it is akin to the exhilaration you experience riding on a carousel or running barefoot along a sandy shore with the wind lifting your hair. you might repeat a chant of power, dance faster, drum with greater intensity, bind your cords in ever more intricate patterns or add more knots if working alone, visualising a cone of spiralling, coloured light, rising and increasing in size

female. the god figure may be represented by a horn, and the goddess by a large conch shell. there are a great variety of deity figures in museum shops as well as new age shops and those selling goods from particular areas of the world. you may, however, feel more comfortable with a ceramic animal, bird or reptile for which you feel an affinity: a tiger for courage, an eagle for vision, a cat for mystery and independence, a snake for regeneration. this is what native americans call our personal totem or power creature. you may find some of these are, in some cultures, the symbols of divinities. there is, for example, bast, the cat-headed egyptian goddess who protected women- especially in pregnancy and childbirth- the home, pleasure and joy. bast was originally a lion goddess who symbolise

rtrayed on cave walls. cernunnos was lord of winter, the hunt, animals, death, male fertility and the underworld, and was sometime portrayed as a triple or trefoil god, an image later assimilated by st patrick with his emblematic shamrock. other forms of the horned god include herne the hunter, the greek pan, god of the woodlands, and dionysus, greek god of vegetation and the vine, whose ecstatic mystery cult involved ritual dismemberment and resurrection. seite 41 wicca01.txt cerunnos' importance has been in his continuing presence as the horned god, the male principle in witchcraft through the ages, in modern wicca and other neo-pagan faiths. he is also invoked for prosperity, fertility, instinctive power and knowledge of when it is necessary to hunt, whether to find employment or a home

lia. alternatively, cover an ordinary one with gold or silver foil* a crystal pendulum or any crystal pendant that will swing freely. when you are ready to start the spell on the first night, have a bath, with a few drop of frankincense or sandalwood added, to open your psychic channels. now prepare yourself for the spell* sit in the south of your circle, facing north, the direction of magick and mystery* let your body fill with light from your feet right through to your head. seite 79 wicca01.txt* breathe in the gold and silver colours of the items you have assembled and exhale darkness. if you are in a hurry, just set up your spell and sit for a few moments drawing up power light and energy through your feet. extend your hands over your head in an arch, stretching your fingers up so that

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. moments passed, and when dinkie and the overseer emerged, they silently went their separate ways. either by shrewdness or through some extraordinary occurrence, dinkie had avoided the driver's lash and remained unscathed. the other slaves were deeply impressed by this event, while wells brown, for his part, remained the impassive narrator "how the feat had been accomplished" he reflected "was a mystery" the others, however, interpreted dinkie's achievement as a supernatural sign "dinkie's got de power" declared one witness "he knows things seen and unseen, an f dat's what makes him his own massa" incidents such as these may have contributed to the development of popular figures in african american folklore, such as big john, high john the conqueror, and bandy joe, colorful mythic charact

hem "when scriptural texts seem to fail and audiences seem to tire of the monotony of black magic page 69 of 144 http//content.cdlib.org/xtf/view?docid=kt600020q0&chunk.id=0&doc.view=print 7/14/2006 sermons" wrote c. g. brown, a secretary of the church of god in christ in the early twentieth century "the spirit directs elder mason's mind to a sign. as he turns it over and from side to side, god's mystery comes out of it" mason delivered divine interpretations while meditating on misshapen tree limbs, stones, or the entrails of chickens "it appears that he is reading one of the recesses of the object from which he is preaching" commented brown.[43] the accent on magic-as-miracle figured in the practices of other popular healing practitioners who were influenced by the pentecostal tradition

gton, d.c: smithsonian institution press, 1992. 15. with respect to africans and anglican settlers in colonial virginia, mechal sobel argues forcefully that resemblances between the two groups' perceptions of time, space, and the natural world made for a two-way "socialcultural interplay" of values and attitudes "in the traditional cultures of both peoples the natural world was seen as a place of mystery and hidden powers that had to be taken into account. africans coming to america did not have a deviant rational tradition, but their view of the natural world was very close to the traditional view of most english people. taboos were highly important; ritual acts were seen as having efficacy; holy places, holy times, and holy people could affect spirit or power. in this area of perceptions

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kes absolutely no sense in the purely electronic sense but worked nonetheless and as electronics was in its hugo gernsback edisonian infancy (well, golly gee whiz, if i put my finger in this socket my nose lights up) it actually made a weird sort of sense to abrams. he had a three-dial resistance box in his laboratory. now why a physician would have a box with three rheostats wired in series is a mystery, but abrams was a scientific person and in those days every scientific person had one of those laying around, if only to impress the neighbors when they came over for the evening singing around the victrola (which was kind of a manually cranked pre-stereo music playing machine. you remember, records, before cd's, before mp3s, the things grandpa brings out at xmas to bug the family. anyway

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ile their vibratory rate was still high enough for them to do so; others became trapped by accident or design. as atlantis crumbled, some settled in the areas we now know as egypt and the middle east, central america, and the united states. those who survived the cataclysm which followed, passed on their knowledge to their children in myths and stories. this is one possible answer to the apparent mystery of how when the americas were 'discovered' by the europeans in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, they found many cultures and beliefs of the native peoples to be remarkably similar to (sometimes the same as) those in the 'old world' of europe and the middle east. both were influenced by the knowledge brought by the escaping atlanteans, although i think another reason for this relates

ever, which will make these understandings available to all who wish to hear, and the conspiracy to keep humanity in the spiritual dark will crumble and fall. it is already doing so. a key part of this process is to reveal the nature of the deception and why it is being perpetrated. the vehicle for keeping this knowledge from the public arena has been the system of initiations used by the ancient mystery schools and the now immense secret society network all over the world, which i call the brotherhood. each higher level of initiate is given more knowledge than those below. this sets up a pyramid structure, with the few who reach the top levels of initiation knowing far, far more than the majority further down the ladder (see figure 3. this makes it easy for those few to manipulate the res

most of the known world, it was suicidal to speak of these alternative spiritual beliefs in public. not surprisingly, they were passed on in secret or hidden within legends and symbolic stories. thank goodness they were! but knowledge is neutral. it is how you use it that is negative or positive. the spiritual knowledge can be used and abused, and so can the secrecy inherent in the societies and mystery schools which, particularly at their higher levels, know spiritual realities denied to most people. in the same way that each higher level of initiate within the secret societies knows more than those below them, so the fourth dimensional prison warders ensure that they know far more than even those human vehicles at the top of the global pyramid of manipulation. today, at their higher lev

bably much further. a common theme of channelled information is that there was a sort of temple in atlantis, where those considered to be trustworthy would be given knowledge that the bulk of the population did not have. when the civilisations that followed atlantis began to emerge, they, too, continued to have initiations into different levels of the knowledge. among these organisations were the mystery schools of babylon, egypt, and greece, which guarded their knowledge with enormous secrecy; the smallest violation of the oath of secrecy was punishable by death. from this foundation came today's massive secret society network. these mystery schools of initiation were inspired by the negative elements of the fourth dimension, and have been supervised by them through the consciousness of t

oundation came today's massive secret society network. these mystery schools of initiation were inspired by the negative elements of the fourth dimension, and have been supervised by them through the consciousness of the highest initiates, the adepts, since that time. in his study fragments of a faith forgotten, professor g. r. s. mead says "a persistent tradition in connection with all the great mystery institutions was that their several founders were the introducers of all the arts of civilization; they were either themselves gods or were instructed by gods- in brief, that they were men of far greater knowledge than any who had come after; they were the teachers of infant races. the birth of the brotherhood 27 "it is said that these earliest teachers of humanity who founded the mystery

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rule. you will see this theme throughout the book as i tell the story of how the llluminati, the atlantean "sons of belial" or whatever you would like to call them, have sought to build the new atlantis ever since the cataclysmic events that destroyed the original version. atlantis was described by plato (427-347bc, the ancient greek philosopher. he was also a high initiate of the secret society- mystery school network. to this day this secret network has passed on advanced knowledge to the chosen few while denying that privilege to the mass of the people. official history dismisses plato's contention that such a continent existed, but there is vast geological support for such claims. the azores, which some believe were part of atlantis, lie on the mid- atlantic ridge, a fracture line that

once part of a continent destroyed by cataclysm.42 a chinese text found in a buddhist cave called dunhuang in western china in 1900 included fragments of a map that featured an island continent in the pacific.43 south american legend tells the same story of their ancestors arriving from a lost continent, among them a guy called aramu muru, who carried the knowledge of the lemurian brotherhood or mystery school.44 the hopi tribe in arizona remember lemuria as a series of islands by which they travelled to the american continent.45 why isn't the story of the atlantis and mu a key part of official history? because the knowledge has been systematically suppressed and destroyed. the astronomer, carl sagan, said that a text detailing atlantis, called the true history of mankind over the last 10

d 32 ibid 33 ibid 34 ibid 35 ibid designer history 29 36 ibid 37 ibid 38 ibid 39 ibid 40 ibid 41 ibid 42 mark amaru pinkham, the return of the serpents of wisdom (adventures unlimited, kempton, illinois, 1996, p 8 43 ibid, p 9 44 ibid 45 ibid 46 ibid, pp 22 and 23 47 see richard hoagland's book, monuments on mars (north atlantic books, california, usa, 1996) 48 brian desborough, the great pyramid mystery, tomb, occult initiation ceremony or what, a document supplied to the author in 1998 and also published in the california sun newspaper, los angeles 49 ibid 50 preston b. nichols and peter moon, pyramids of montauk (sky books, new york, 1995, p 129 51 our haunted planet, pp 19 and 20 52 see immanuel velikovsky's books, ages in chaos (doubleday& co, new york, 1952, worlds in collision (pock

the book, worlds in collision 54 see the zecharia sitchin books, the 12th planet, stairway to heaven, the lost realms, when time began, the wars of the gods and men, and genesis revisited (avon books, new york. it is worth remembering, however, that for whatever reason, sitchin will simply not accept the existence of a reptilian or serpent race, despite the scale of evidence 55 the great pyramid mystery 56 our haunted planet, pp 132 and 133 57 ibid 58 the great pyramid mystery 59 ibid 60 the translations of zecharia sitchin 61 the great pyramid mystery 62 genesis, chapter 8, verse 4 63 r.a. boulay, flying serpents and dragons, the story of mankind's reptilian past. new revised edition (the book tree, po box, 724, escondido, california, 92033, 1997, pp 124 and 125 chapter 3 ruled by the go

and greeks suggest.5 the very name, mu, pronounced moo, is close to the polynesian name for dragon.6 an indian tamil text, silappadikaran, describes a lost continent in the pacific and indian ocean it calls kumari nadu or kumari kandam, which means the "dragon land of the immortal serpents".7 you cannot be sirius these technologically advanced extraterrestrial and other-dimensional beings created mystery schools and a secret society network in atlantis and lemuria to pass on levels of their knowledge to chosen initiates. legends claim that a race came to the earth from sirius, the "dog star" and brightest in the sky, which is some 8.7 light years from here. the term "dog star" comes from its position in the constellation of canis major and it is also known as orion's dog" the legends and a

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t. as candhi said: even ifyou are in a minority of one, the truth is still the truth. so heres the story, punchesunpulled.in summary, a race of interbreeding bloodlines, a race within a race in fact, werecentred in the middle and near east in the ancient world and, over the thousands ofyears since, have expanded their power across the globe. a crucial aspect of this hasbeen to create a network of mystery schools and secret societies to covertly introducetheir agenda while, at the same time, creating institutions like religions to mentally andemotionally imprison the masses and set them at war with each other. the hierarchy ofthis tribe of bloodlines is not exclusively male and some of its key positions are held bywomen. but in terms of numbers it is overwhelmingly male and i will therefore

elopment and then fell into decay, when thenormal course of evolution is to start at a lower level and slowly advance throughlearning and experience. there was clearly an infusion of highly advanced knowledgethat was later lost to most people. in every culture throughout the world are ancientstories and texts which describe the gods who brought this advanced knowledge. thiswould again explain the mystery of how the ancients had a phenomenal understandingof astronomy. there are endless legends all over the world of a time they call thegolden age, which was destroyed by cataclysm and the fall of man. the ancientgreek poet, heslod, described the world before the fall:man lived like gods, without vices or passions, vexation or toil. in happy companionshipwith divine beings (extraterrestrials

ne in the atlantic and the other in the pacific, which many peoplebelieve were ruled by highly advanced races. the continents are said to havedisappeared under the sea in the circumstances described above, leaving only islandslike the azores as remnants of their former scale and glory. atlantis was described byplato (427-347 bc, the ancient greek philosopher and high initiate of the secretsociety-mystery school network. to this day this secret network has passed on muchknowledge to the chosen few while denying that privilege to the mass of the people.official history dismisses platos contention that such a continent existed and there areapparent historical discrepancies in his accounts, but there is geological support for hisbasic theme. the azores, which some believe were part of atlantis

o, as it entered the so-called v an allen belt, which absorbs much of the dangerous14radiation from the sun, the ice would have been ionised- magnetised- and thereforeattracted to the earths magnetic poles.19 billions of tons of ice, cooled to -273 degreescentigrade, would have fallen on the polar regions, flash-freezing everything in littlemore than an instant.20 this, at last, would explain the mystery of the mammoths foundfrozen where they stood. the mammoth, contrary to belief, was not a cold regionanimal, but one which lived in temperate grasslands. somehow those temperate regionswere frozen in a moment. some mammoths have been found frozen in the middle ofeating! there you are munching away and the next thing you know youre an ice lolly.if this ionised ice did rain down from v enus

wellow, bath, england, 1995. 10 ibid, p 31.11lbid,p32.12maurice ewing, new discoveries on the mid-atlantic ridge, national geographic magazine,november 1949, pp 614, 616.13when the earth nearly died, pp 32, 33.14ibid, p 34.15charles berlitz, atlantis, the eighth continent (fawcett books, new york, 1984, pp 96-101.16ibid.17when the earth nearly died, pp 25-28.18brian desborough, the great pyramid mystery, t omb, occult initiation center, or what, adocument supplied to the author and also published in the the california sun newspaper, losangeles.19ibid.20ibid.21ibid.22when the earth neady died has some impressive documentation to show that the ice age is amyth.23the great pyramid mystery.24ibid.25ibid.26ibid.27ibid.28ibid.29ibid.1830ibid.31ibid.32ibid.33ibid.34preston b. nichols and peter m

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s would not be so devastated that they would leave freemasonry and expose its inner secrets. there is one short paragraph that properly and concisely defines the heart and soul of the invisible fraternity of freemasonry. let us return to manly p. hall for this quote "when a mason learns the key to the warrior on the block is the proper application of the dynamo of living power, he has learned the mystery of his craft. the seething energies of lucifer are in his hands and before he may step onward and upward, he must prove his ability to properly apply energy [the lost keys to freemasonry, manly p. hall, published by the macoy publishing and masonic supply company, inc, richmond, virginia, 1976, p. 48; emphasis added] the scottish rite journal praised manly p. hall in 1990 as "masonry's gre

. freemasonry is a worship of lucifer by the top 5% of all masons. you can spot evidences of satanism all over the world. there are numerous masonic/satanic symbols on this web site, all of which originate from this secret society called "the brotherhood of the serpent/snake" many call it "big brother" without even realizing its extraterrestrial origins. it was also known in ancient egypt as "the mystery schools" freemasonry is the secret organization famous for its use of christianity as a tool for control. the king james version of the bible, edited by sir francis bacon (a 33rd degree freemason, is used to create order in society through the implementation of a belief system geared towards their fascist ideologies. the chaos is carefully orchestrated to insure the passing of more and mor

desire for the length of my natural life. if i fail to bring him each year the offering specified above, then my own soul shall be forfeit to him. signed. invocant signs pact with his own blood" page civ 'the lost keys of freemasonry' by manly palmer hall 33 "when the mason learns that the key to the warrior on the block is the proper application of the dynamo of living power, he has learned the mystery of his craft. the seething energies of lucifer are in his hands and before he may step onward and upward, he must prove his ability to properly apply this energy" page 48 'the secret doctrine' by helena petrovna blavatsky "lucifer represents..life..thought..progress..civilization. liberty..independence..lucifer is the logos..the serpent, the savior" on pages 171, 225, 255 (volume ii "it is

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anslates aetheric force into magnetic and electrical forces as shown in figure 5.4-1. this effect operates with a range of angles. more research is needed to determine if there are optimum angles. there is a large amount of research required to define all the parameters of power generation with converging lines. 5.5 shape power, sacred geometry, and consciousness the students in the ancient greek mystery schools would meditate on the various platonic solids. they believed that meditation on these geometric figures would elevate their consciousness. the yogis believe aspects of the sacred geometries will become known as we get deeper into an understanding of nature and the universe. what is now sacred geometry will, in the future, become known laws of physics. this may seem to be a profane

otebook copy of townsend brown's research on gravity detectors using different conductivity materials in a wheatstone bridge circuit. data varied daily with a great deal of noise/spikes in the data. 5 "all about gravitational waves, greg hodowanec, electronics, april 1986. 6. the great pyramid. its divine message. d. davidson and h aldersmith, london, william rider and son ltd, 1924. 7. the orion mystery. robert bauval and adrian gilbert, crown paperbacks, 201 east 50th street, new york 10022.1995. chapter 8 nuclear structure- basis of shape power this chapter examines the shape power of subatomic structures. 8.1 introduction the atom is the ultimate, original, shape power structure. its perpetual vibration and motion reveals that it operates at the interface of the physical universe with

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striction, he said, had ended and the life-energies had returned to the world. the pre-christian pagan world was more, however, than simply a time of nature worship. men lived in greater harmony with the natural world than they did during the cycle of restriction which followed, but they also celebrated the carnal, exalted the ego, and explored deep philosophical thought. this was the time of the mystery schools and the philosophers of greece. this was the time of the great empires of babylon and rome. this was the time when men discovered astronomy, mathematics, and science. the aeon of isis was not a single aeon but a succession of aeons in a cycle of expansion. the religions which rose during this time involved the worship of fire or of planetary bodies: the sun, the moon, and the stars

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of vibration. the universe is not, but is becoming! god is not, but is becoming! when lucifer has risen, when man has become god, then it shall be known that the aeon of lucifer has begun. concerning christianity the earliest christians approached christianity as a philosophy compatible with other philosophical beliefs. the gnostic christians saw no conflict between the christian religion and the mystery schools of greece and rome. among the celts, christianity was adopted by the druids and was practiced alongside the earlier pagan religion. the greeks and romans approached christianity from an intellectual perspective. the scriptures were accepted within the context in which they had been written and were not interpreted as the literal word of god. the acceptance of christianity as the of

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sacred color and his minions being actual demons who tested or destroyed others. set was commonly perceived as a god of war, who taught some pharaohs the art of shooting the bow and arrow, etc. the egyptian book of the dead presents set as the lord of the northern sky, who is over storms, cold weather and darkness. set was perhaps the most significant egyptian god in that he alone was the god of mystery and the unknown, both the shadow and fire. as being a patron of the deserts, seth was also revered as a deity over the scorching heat of the desert sands. this concept continued on in the persian ahriman and the islamic shaitan, which shall be discussed in further detail later on in this treatise. verily, the soul of set, which is greater than all the gods, hath departed- from the papyrus

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res. now concerning the nature of these mysterious mysteries; as i have already explained, i am wrapped up in oaths of secrecy like a cat in a fly paper, but i do not feel that this debars me from quoting the published works of other writers. when mrs. mcgregor mathers, in her introduction to the second edition of her husband's translation of the qabalah denudata refers, in explicit terms, to the mystery school he founded, and intimates that admission may be obtained thereto by applying to her, care of her publishers, and when she publishes a pamphlet for propaganda purposes in the united states which is even more explicit, who am i that i should plead ignorance of the existence of such an order? and when w b. yeats says, in his autobiography, that the order founded by mr. mathers was call

awn his information from crowley's "a.a, which is simply the g. d. system under another name or so it appears to me to be from what its founder says about it. thus i think we may claim to have traced out this system of correspondences and its antecedents: crowley and i drew direct from mathers "golden dawn, and regardie drew from crowley's "a. a. the next point we have to solve in unravelling our mystery is the relationship of the different characters in this drama to each other. crowley and mathers quarrelled. exactly why, i do not know; incompatibility of temperament was probably the fundamental cause, whatever the actual occasion of their break may have been. crowley then started the publication of his magazine, the equinox, which came out twice yearly for five years in england and made

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arries the supernal mother, ama, and daath is the issue. now daath is called some curious things by the qabalists; we will note a tew of them. 17. in verse 38 of the book of concealed mistery (mathers' english translation from the latin translation of knorr von rosenroth) it says "for father and mother are perpetually conjoined in yesod, the foundation (the ninth sephirah, but concealed under the mystery of daath or knowledge; and in verse 40 we read concerning daath "the man that shall say, i am the lord's, he descendeth. yod (the tenth letter of the hebrew alphabet) is the foundation of knowledge of the father; but all things are called byodo, that is, all things are applied to yod concerning which this discourse is. all things cohere in the tongue which is concealed in the mother. that

nbalanced force from its corresponding sphere upon the holy tree; these emanations took place during the critical periods of evolution when the sephiroth were not in equilibrium. for this reason they are referred to as the kings of unbalanced force, the kings of edom "who ruled before there was a king in israel" as the bible puts it; and in the words of the siphrah denioutha, the book of concaled mystery (mathers' translation "for before there was equilibrium, countenance beheld not countenance. and the kings of ancient time were dead, and their crowns were found no more; and the earth was desolate" 34. we have now completed our preliminary survey of the tree of life, and the arrangement of the ten holy sephiroth thereon; we also have some clue to their significance and have been given a h

stem of ductless glands and only secondarily in the brain and central nervous system. we can learn much from this source of knowledge also, and piecing together all the information we can collect from every source, we may finally arrive by inductive reasoning at what the ancients learnt by means of the intuitive and deductive methods which they brought to such a high degree of perfection in their mystery schools. 5. it is generally agreed that the chakras, or psychic centres described in yoga literature, are not situated inside the organs with which they are associated, but in the auric envelope at spots roughly approximating thereto. we shall do well, therefore, not to associate the different sephiroth with the limbs and other parts of our anatomy, but to regard the use of such analogies

anifested sephiroth; therefore how naturally does the symbol of the solid figure come into line with the rest of its symbolism. the solid figure used for the purpose of symbolising chesed is usually the pyramid, which is a four-sided figure, consisting of three faces and a base, thus expressing the numerological quality of chesed. 27. there are many different aspects of the cross as a significant mystery symbol, besides the calvary cross of the christian mystery, and each of these crosses represents different modes of the functioning of spiritual power, just as do the different forms of the holy names of god. the form of cross associated with chesed is the equal-armed cross, which mystical qabala page 116 is symbolic of the four elements in equilibrium, and implies the ruling of nature by

nto the form once more the life that was accustomed to ensoul it; no more difficult, at least, than to catch with a basket of oats a horse that has run wild on the ranges. 13. now, it may be said, all this is the wildest speculation and sheer dogmatism. how do i know that that is the way in which primitive man went to work? because that is the way of going to work that has come down in the secret mystery tradition from very ancient times, and because when it is used loy anyone who has acquired the necessary degree of skill in concentration and knows the symbols that are used for building the different forms, the method works, and back come the old gods to the altar fires re-kindled. definite results are obtained in the consciousness of the worshippers; and if they borrow the technique of t

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ut it was exceedingly evidential to me, and i put it on record for what it is worth to those who, having personal knowledge of these things, can see its significance. it is a curious point that, during the brief twenty-four hours of the thing's life, the opportunity for an effectual vengeance presented itself. chapter v vampirism the alleged vampire has always been a popular character in tales of mystery and imagination. there is a considerable literature concerning his doings, from the famous novel dracula to serious studies of the medieval witch-trials, for which the reader is referred to the bibliography at the end of the book. in these pages, however, i do not want to avail myself of second-hand evidence, nor of incidents which took place in other centuries and under primitive conditio

ined, and two of them were put out of action for several hours. it was almost a weekly experience, by the way, to hear of casual callers fainting, or being seized with dizziness, cramp or apoplexy on the staircase. it was a long time before these rooms were re-let. people felt instinctively the presence of something uncanny" it is well known to all psychics that the sites of ancient temples where mystery-rituals have been worked, are always potently charged with psychic force. this force need not necessarily be evil, but it has a powerfully stimulating effect upon the psychic centres and stirs up the subconscious forces; and as the majority of civilized people suffer in a greater or lesser degree from what freud calls" repression" such a stirring of the subliminal mind produces a feeling o

bance of function, there was this peculiar and very marked chronic exhaustion. i formed the opinion that a rapport still existed between her and the thibetan order of which she had been an initiate in her previous life. as is well known to occultists, one returns life after life to the order of which one is an initiate, the rapport being a very strong one. this is one of the reasons why the great mystery schools have no need to make themselves known by advertising, they know their own, and pick them up on the astral plane. but while it is an invaluable thing to be under the aegis of a reputable order, it is an exceedingly unpleasant thing to stand in a similar relationship to a disreputable order. in this particular case it was my opinion that the order to which this lady had belonged in h

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be able to rule the earth once again, as they did in days of old. on the matter of the great old ones, lovecraft wrote in his story the call of cthulhu "in the elder time chosen men had talked with the entombed old ones in dreams, but then something had happened. the great stone city r'lyeh, with its monoliths and sepulchers, had sunk beneath the waves; and the deep waters, full of the one primal mystery through which not even thought can pass, had cut off the spectral intercourse. but memory never died, and high priests said that the city would rise again when the stars were right. then came out of the earth the black spirits of earth, moldy and shadowy, and full of dim rumors picked up in caverns beneath forgotten sea-bottoms" connected with the lost city of the old ones is the hideous c

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and bd. xxx, p. 113; max m ller, aeg. zeitschrift, bd. xxx, p. 56; renouf, proc. son bibl. arch, 1893, pp. 219, 220; and lef bure, aeg. zeitschrift, bd. xxxi, p. 114 ff. 5. it seems that we should read this god's name keb (see lef bure, aeg. zeitschrift, bd. xxxi, p. 12 5; for the sake of uniformity the old name is here retained] p. xxi em ren-s en seta pet ertat-nes un-k em neter in her name of "mystery of heaven" she granteth that thou mayest exist as a god an xeft-k suten net men-kau-ra anx t'etta without thy foes, o king of the north and south, men-kau-ra, living for ever! now it is to be noted that the passage "thy mother nut spreadeth herself over thee in her name of 'mystery of heaven' she granteth that thou mayest be without enemies" occurs in the texts which are inscribed upon the

h existed from old and was when nothing else had being. he existed when nothing else existed, and what existeth he created after he had come into being, he is the father of beginnings--god is the eternal one, he is eternal and infinite and endureth for ever and aye--god is hidden and no man knoweth his form. no man hath been able to seek out his likeness; he is hidden to gods and men, and he is a mystery unto his creatures. no man knoweth how to know him--his name remaineth hidden; his name is a mystery unto his children. his names are innumerable, they are manifold and none knoweth their number--god is truth and he liveth by truth and he feedeth thereon. he is the king of truth, and he hath stablished the earth thereupon--god is life and through him [1. tudes des rituel fun raire des anci

d in stone; in the images on which men place crowns and ur i an qemuh entuf an baka an xerpu tuf an he is not made manifest; service cannot be rendered nor offerings made to him; not [1. dizionario, tav. 198] p. cxxiv seset-tu em setau an rex-tu bu entuf an the gods of the book of the dead. http//www.sacred-texts.com/egy/ebod/ebod09.htm (12 of 19 [8/10/2001 11:23:59 am] can he be drawn from [his] mystery; not can be known the place where he is; not qem tephet anu. is he found in the painted shrine.[1] here the scribe gave to the nile the attributes of the great and unknown god its maker. in the pyramid texts we find a group of four gods with whom the deceased is closely connected in the "other world; these are the four "children of horus" whose names are given in the following order--hapi

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e spring of 1885 was not the first time he 84 low twelve went thither. he could not have become so familiar with their language and ways in that brief interval. chato told me he had seen him with his people two years before his death, though geronimo, when questioned, would never give any satisfactory reply. i must not forget one peculiar fact which involved the career of jennings in still deeper mystery. it will be recalled that he said he was born in the city where i first sat in a lodge with him, that a sister had only recently died, and that his father had lived therefor a good many years. an investigation, covering many months, failed to discover any traces of his relatives. that in one respect he told the truth i am convinced, but he deemed it best to hide his identity under an impen

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ntinue undeterred [55] it remains that if anton lavey s life were as irrelevant as church of satan officials claim, it is remarkable that he would fabricate such fantastic stories, even if he did so out of personal vanity, or perhaps because had convinced his original home study group of an unusual past and was forced to keep up the appearance. evidently the church of satan wants to draw from the mystery of a very special person, or the church of satan would have ceased to emphasize his remarkable life. it is noteworthy that the church of satan membership card shown in figure 1 displays the text anton szandor lavey/ founder and high priest, because it is very unusual for a membership card to display another person s name unless it is a fan club membership card. although the church of satan

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t i must say that i believe it to be possible under certain conditions, but positively it can not be commanded at will in the slightest degree. he then related personal and family experiences of veridical dreaming. sources: abbott, david p. behind the scenes with the mediums. chicago: open court publishing, 1912. the history of a strange case. chicago: open court publishing, 1908. spirit portrait mystery. its final solution. chicago: open court publishing, 1913. abdelazys an arabian astrologer of the tenth century generally known in europe by his latin name, alchabitius. his treatise on astrology was highly acclaimed and was translated into latin and printed in 1473. other editions have since appeared, the best being that of venice (1503) entitled alchabitius cum commento, translated by jo

th the punctuation being either inaccurate or conspicuously absent. abraham was probably a native of mayence, and appears to have been born in 1362. his father, simon, was something of a seer and magician, and the boy took up his occult studies initially under parental guidance, then later under another teacher, moses, whom abraham describes as indeed a good man, but entirely ignorant of the true mystery, and of the veritable magic. abraham thereafter decided to continue his education by traveling. with his friend samuel, a bohemian by birth, he wandered through austria and hungary into greece, and next into constantinople (now istanbul, where he remained two years. abraham then traveled to arabia, in those days a renowned center of mystic learning, and afterward to palestine and egypt. in

ing at the time of his death on april 23, 1965, from a heart attack, in washington, d.c. his close associates founded the ufo education center in valley center, california, and the george adamski foundation, in vista, california, to carry on his legacy. sources: adamski, george. cosmic philosophy. freeman, s.d: pine hill press, 1961. flying saucer farewell. 1961. reprint, behind the flying saucer mystery. new york: paperback library, 1967. inside the space ships. 1955. reprint, inside the flying saucers. new york: paperback library, 1967. barker, gray. the book of adamski. clarksburg, w. va: saucerian publications, 1965. leslie, desmond, and george adamski. flying saucers have landed. london: werner laurie, 1953. rev. london: neville spearman, 1970. zinsstag& timothy good. george adamski:

eveloped science. the king of the world understands the people on earth and influences them secretly. he is to appear before the people of earth in a final cosmic struggle of good against evil. this legend was recounted in the book beasts, men, and gods by ferdinand ossendowski. ossendowski (1876.1945) was a polish writer who traveled extensively through central asia in the 1920s (see also shaver mystery; subterranean cities) sources: dickhoff, robert ernest. agharta. mokelumne hill, calif: health research, 1964. ossendowski, ferdinand. beasts, men, and gods. new york: e. p. dutton, 1922. agla a word from the kabala formerly used by rabbis for exorcisms of the evil spirit. it is made up of the initial letters of the hebrew words, athah gabor leolam, adonai, meaning, thou art powerful and e

ought the young man had died a natural death. however, an examination clearly showed that he had been strangled. the true state of affairs leaked out, and agrippa was forced to flee for his life. these fabrications of the popular imagination were probably encouraged rather than suppressed by agrippa, who loved to surround his comparatively harmless pursuits of alchemy and astrology with an air of mystery calculated to inspire awe and terror in the minds of the ignorant. it is known that he had correspondents in all parts of the world, and that from their letters he gleaned the knowledge which he was popularly believed to obtain from his familiars. encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. agrippa von nettesheim, henry cornelius 17 sources: agrippa, henry. three books of occult phi

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ist octave mirbeau. although maeterlinck had already qualified for the legal profession, he decided to follow a literary life. from the very beginning of his great literary career, he was attracted by the problems of the inner life. his early plays were dominated by the grim specter of death as the destroyer of life. in his later works, his interest in psychic phenomena developed, and the fearful mystery gave place to wondrous fascination. the unknown guest, our eternity and the wrack of the storm disclosed a familiarity with all the prevailing ideas on the paranormal, and he showed no doubt whatever as to the genuineness of phenomena. he wrote: the question of fraud and imposture are naturally the first that suggest themselves when we begin the study of these phenomena. but the slightest

imprinted hands have mutilated fingers; in some cases the first and second joints of one or more fingers are missing; in others only the stumps of all fingers remain. a close study of the hand imprints shows that they are not those of lepers. there can be little doubt that the joints were removed for a specific purpose; on this point there is general agreement among anthropologists. a clue to the mystery is provided by a similar custom among the bushmen. g. w. stow, in his book the native races of south africa (1905, refers to this strange form of sacrifice. he once came into contact with a number of bushmen who had all lost the first joint of the little finger, which had been removed with a stone knife for the purpose of ensuring a safe journey to the spirit world. another writer told of

power of the number three is found in the magic triangle, in the three prongs of the trident and fork, and in the three-fold repetition of names in conjurations. seven was also of great influence, the seven days of the week each representing the period most suitable for certain evocations, and these corresponding to the seven magical works (1) works of light and riches (2) works of divination and mystery (3) works of skill, science, and eloquence (4) works of wrath and chastisement (5) works of love (6) works of ambition and intrigue; and (7) works of malediction and death (see also numerology) sources: agrippa, henry cornelius. the philosophy of natural magic. london, 1651. reprint, new hyde park, n.y: university books, 1974. bosman, leonard. the meaning and philosophy of numbers. london:

mber 25 as the last date. the crew had left pipes, clothing, and even oilskin boots. for some unknown reason the ship had been hurriedly abandoned. the mary celeste was brought to gibraltar by the crew of the british brig dei gratia who claimed salvage. on march 25, 1873, the chief justice awarded 1,700 (about one-fifth of the total value) to the master and crew of the dei gratia. since then, the mystery of the mary celeste (sometimes inaccurately called marie celeste) has been widely discussed and many theories advanced. there have also been various literary hoaxes, notably the marie celeste: the true story of the mystery (strand magazine, november 1913) and the book the great mary celeste hoax by laurence j. keating (london, 1929. several years before the creation of sherlock holmes, aut

republished in doyle s volume of short stories the captain of the polestar (london, 1890. sources: fay, charles eden. mary celeste: the odyssey of an abandoned ship. salem, mass: peabody museum, 1942. gould, rupert t. the stargazer talks. london, 1944. reprinted as more oddities and enigmas. new hyde park, n.y: university books, 1973. keating, laurence j. the great mary celeste hoax: a famous sea mystery exposed. london: heath-cranton, 1929. stein, gordon. encyclopedia of hoaxes. detroit: gale research, 1993. maryland center for investigation of unconventional phenomena former fortean (anomalous) center founded by willard f. mcintyre and arthur f. rosen for the purpose of gathering and disseminating information about such phenomena as ufos, bigfoot, and monsters. the center issued a public

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uncle, the glow-worm, the exposure of phosphorus to the air, the ignition of certain substances which burn alone without any wick or arrangement, such as camphor, which will burn even floating on water. the presence of a combustible gas, which issues from clefts in the rock in some mines and caverns, seems to have been known, and was probably taken advantage of by the ancient sages to enhance the mystery and majesty of their secret rites. it is very possible that some of the priests of old were aware of the lucent property of some forms of sulphide of calcium, which have attracted much attention the last few years, in the shape of luminous paint. i will sub mit also that references exist in the history of remote ages to suggest the mysterious light now so freely handled and produced by ele

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t day shuttlewood s sixteen-yearold son, graham, saw a man who looked like karne at a warminster park. he was looking upward as military jets flew by, shaking his head in disapproval. his left hand was bandaged as if it had been recently injured. that was the last either saw of karne. see also: adamski, george; contactees further reading dewey, stephen, 1997. arthur shuttlewood and the warminster mystery. strange magazine 18 (summer: 16 21, 56 58. shuttlewood, arthur, 1967. the warminster mystery. london: neville spearman, 1978. ufo prophecy. new york: global communications. aetherius aetherius is one of the cosmic masters who preside at the interplanetary parliament on aetherius 11 saturn. in 1954 aetherius made his presence known psychically to george king, a london man with longstanding

were cannibals. illion wrote that his reported experiences proved the existence of agharti. in 1946 vincent h. gaddis, a regular contributor to amazing stories who later achieved a degree of fame as the inventor of the concept of the bermuda triangle, picked up on the theme, depicting agharti as a city of evil that was linked to tunnels all over the world. he incorporated agharti into the shaver mystery, the subject of a series of tales amazing stories was running about an alleged underground realm populated by deros, demonic entities in possession of a fantastic atlantean technology, which they used to torment surface humans. in a variant of the legend, robert ernst dickhoff s agharta: the subterranean world (1951) contended that two and a half million years ago martians landed at antarc

mojave, ca: self-published, 1976. a psychic s true story. mojave, ca: self-published. soltec, n.d. ashtar command and popular cu l t u re. h t t p/ w w w. e a g l e s w i n g s. c o m/ a u/ s o l t e c 1. h t m l tuella [pseud. of thelma b. turrell, ed, 1989. ashtar: a tribute. third edition. salt lake city, ut: guardian action publications. van tassel, george w, 1952. i rode a flying saucer! the mystery of flying saucers revealed. los angeles: new age publishing company. we t t l a u f e r, brianna, 2000. a brief ba c k g round bet ween ashtar and ashtar command. http//www. g e o r g e va n t a s s e l. c o m/ pa g e s/ 0 0 5. 1 a s h t a r. h t m l asmitor in revelation: the divine fire (1973) brad steiger reports a story related to him by robert shell of roanoke, virginia, concerning a

ogy as his principal inspiration. bowing to the consensus view of historians and archaeologists, who held that human beings were living in caves nine thousand years before plato s time, spence held that atlantis had existed nine hundred years before plato. meanwhile, allegations, rumors, and outright hoaxes of archaeological discoveries of atlantean artifacts filled the popular press and kept the mystery alive. the much-circulated channelings of ed g a r c a yce (1877 1945, called the s l e e p i n g p ro p h e t because of the state of consciousness in which he vo c a l i zed his psychic re a d i n g s, often concerned atlantis. many who came to him for psychic guidance learned that they had been atlanteans in previous lives. in cayc e s c o m p re h e n s i ve re-envisioning of the lost

royed. like the iliad and the odyssey, it has managed to survive for more than two millennia. but unlike homer s epic poems, plato s tale rarely considered an important part of his voluminous output has not only survived as a demonstration of the storyteller s art, but also has become a part of our own mythology. see also: bermuda triangle; channelings; hollow earth; lemuria; mount shasta; shaver mystery further reading cayce, edgar, 1968. edgar cayce on atlantis. new york: paperback library. de camp, l. sprague, 1970. lost continents: the at- lantis theme in history, science, and literature. new york: dover publications. donnelly, ignatius, 1882. atlantis: the antediluvian world. new york: harper. ellis, richard, 1998. imagining atlantis. new york: alfred a. knopf. omar, steve, 1996. hist

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! that s called a world! and still you question why your heart is cramped and anxious in your breast? why each impulse to live has been repressed in you by some vague, unexplained smart? instead of nature s living sphere in which god made mankind, you have alone, in smoke and mould around you here, beasts skeletons and dead men s bone. up! flee! out into broad and open land! and this book full of mystery, from nostradamus very hand, is it not ample company? the stars course then you ll understand and nature, teaching, will expand the power of your soul, as when one spirit to another speaks. tis vain to think that arid brooding will explain the sacred symbols to your ken. ye spirits, ye are hovering near; oh, answer me if ye can hear! he opens the book and perceives the sign of the macrocos

beams dart forth around my head- there floats a horror downward from the vault and seizes me! spirit invoked! near me, i feel, thou art! unveil thyself! ha! how it rends my heart! to unknown feeling all my senses burst forth, reeling! i feel my heart is thine and to the uttermost! thou must! thou must! though my life be the cost! he clutches the book and utters the sign of the spirit in a tone of mystery. a ruddy flame flashes up; the spirit appears in the flames. spirit who calls to me? faust [turning away. appalling apparition! spirit by potent spell hast drawn me here, hast long been tugging at my sphere, and now- faust oh woe! i can not bear thy vision! spirit with panting breath thou hast implored this sight, wouldst hear my voice, my face wouldst see; thy mighty spirit-plea inclineth

: i believe in him? who feels and would have hardihood to say: i don t believe in him? the all- enfolder, the all-upholder, enfolds, upholds he not you, me, himself? do not the heavens over-arch us yonder? does not the earth lie firm beneath? do not eternal stars rise friendly looking down upon us? look i not, eye in eye, on you, and do not all things throng toward your head and heart, weaving in mystery eternal, invisible, visible, near to you? fill up your heart with it, great though it is, and when you re wholly in the feeling, in its bliss, name it then as you will, name it happiness! heart! love! god! i have no name for that! feeling is all in all; name is but sound and smoke, beclouding heaven s glow. margaret that s all quite nice and good to know; much the same way the preacher tal

s, one always suffers. none shall sing about forgiving! to the rocks my cause i m crying. echo, hark! revenge! replying. for the unstable, death! not living! herald. now, if it please you, stand aside a pace, for what comes now is not your kind or race. ye see a mountain pressing through the throng, its flanks with brilliant housings proudly hung, a head with long tusks, snake-like snout below. a mystery! but soon the key i ll show. a dainty woman on his neck is sitting and with her wand subjects him to her bidding; another stands aloft, sublime to see, girt by a radiance dazzling, blinding me. beside them chained, two noble women near, fearful the one, the other blithe of cheer. one longs for freedom and one feels she s free. let each declare now who she be. fear. lamps and lights and tor

same old chord! into uncertainty you always lead us, sire of all hindrances that can impede us; for each new help you want a new reward. mutter a little and the deed is done; she will be here ere i can turn me. mephistopheles the heathen-folk do not concern me. they occupy a hell that s all their own. but help there is. faust quick! tell its history! mephistopheles not glad do i reveal a loftier mystery- enthroned sublime in solitude are goddesses; around them is no place, a time still less; to speak of them embarrasses. they are the mothers! faust [terrified] mothers! mephistopheles do you fear? faust the mothers! mothers! strange the word i hear. mephistopheles strange is it. goddesses, to men unknown, whom we are loath to name or own. deep must you dig to reach their dwelling ever; you

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odden is not, the enduring and unchanging tao. the name that can be named is not, the enduring and unchanging name. 1.2 conceived of as having no name, it is the originator of heaven and earth; conceived of as having a name, it is the mother of all things. 1.4 under these two aspects, it is really the same; but as development takes place, it receives the different names. together we call them the mystery. where the mystery is the deepest is the gate of all that is subtle and wonderful. 2 8, in all mystical traditions, the mysterious unknown at the roots of all things is spoken of as having both inactive (impersonal) and active (personal aspects. these two aspects are called faces in qabalah. when referring to the inactive aspect, represented by the letter ayin i, the zohar (book of splendo

or the jew. the perfect master john baptized master yeshuvah in the holy spirit. the monk tota puri struck the bengali avatar sri ramakrishna in the center of his forehead with a sharp rock. it immediately sent him into a nirvikalpa samadhi that lasted for six months and culminated twelve years of intense spiritual practices, after which ramakrishna commenced his activity as a world teacher. the mystery of messiah (heb. mashiach) has been an important component of the hebrew faith since ancient times. yet, in the mainstream of modern judaism, messiah is a concept rarely referred to or discussed, except among the chasidim. most jews are skeptical (if not cynical) that the lord hvhy takes human form. many religious jews unequivocally deny such a possibility, even though there are a number o

en in the waking state of sefirah kingdom. generally, one so established will have a particular bhava, or devotional mood, toward small face. it may be that of servant to the lord as divine master or king/queen, child to the lord as divine parent, parent to the lord as divine child, or lover to the lord as the divine beloved. the play of the holy spirit in the awakened soul is, indeed, a wondrous mystery. for the vast majority of people in this dark age of kali, samadhi experiences will initiate in the dream state in yetzirah. this dream state samadhi is called shushupta samadhi in sanskrit. individuals who have such experiences open in the waking state are rare in these latter days. hence, it is% e2 2 e" 2' 8: h 2" also quite rare to find individuals who sustain bhava samadhis in their wa

cret in qabalah that there are no regular days, only shabat! this is always so for a true master of the name. hence, as one s yoga advances, shabat starts spilling over into the regular days until they disappear ,0* messiah (xysm, pronounced mah-shee-ach, lit. savior, little prince, the consciousness of the lord hvhy incarnate with full power in the lower worlds, is perhaps the ultimate spiritual mystery in qabalah and in all mystical traditions. these incarnate appearances have allowed humankind to directly experience the' 8: h" 2: 2 2:e 8% attributes, actions, and nature of small face as the all-pervading person, the aggregate of all beings, eternally pure, eternally, awake, and eternally free. these extraordinary beings are the ultimate sources for the transmission of spiritual teaching

ge called the footprints of vishnu. this image depicts a pair of left and right footprints, covered with a variety of mystical symbols. among the symbols that appear on both feet are six-pointed stars, a circle and a triangle. 15 maimomades, moses, a guide for the perplexed. 16 zohar 285a,b. unify the holy name means to see all as a unity in small face. bind the knot of faith is alluded to in the mystery of the circumcision of the heart. the proper place is maqom, which has the literal meaning of place, an allusion to the throne. 17 these are all traditions that espouse doctrines of non-duality. 18 idra rabba 39. 19 book of enoch 71:10. 20 woodroffe, sir john (trans. mahanirvana tantra (the great liberation, ganesh, madras, 1953. 34' 8: h" 2: 2 2:e 8% 21 woodroffe, sir john. the garland of

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of the pyre; cast into waters, hissed it s song, the starry viper s iron tongue was tempered on the anvil-stone, til radiant as changeless bone, with whispered charge and wordless spell, the gramarye of azazel. the edge was ground and thus was made, the narrow road of sharpened blade. this is the metal: twas shaped by cain who wrought the heavenly arthame. the rite of the fire of qayin- being the mystery of the house of azazel: the invocation of the great blood and the mystick flame, kindle the mystick fire upon the alter and gaze into its heart, brooding upon the inner fire and fanning it with each inhalation of breath as a blacksmith fans the forge with the bellows. the mystick fire burns at the level of the navel within the microcosm. through the hollow reed i bring down the mystick fir

d with sacred heat. thou art he: who led the hosts of the watchers, the fair sons of the gods to mingle their fiery seed with the beauteous daughters of men in the world s morning. thou art he: king of the daemons of wisdom, thine ministers who are the elder daemons formed of the fire: shemyaza, armaros, baraqijel, kokabel, ezeqeel, araqiel, shamsiel, sariel. thou art he: who instructed us in the mystery of the metals, the crafts of shaping, the magicks of transformation: who bequeathed the wise blood unto thy progeny, teaching unto us the art of wedding earth to heaven. thou art he: the scapegoat whose self-sacrifice purifies us of sin, ignorance and illusion, hanging inverted in the night firmament, thy one eye of the goat, open and glittering, who lightens our darkness with the fires of

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like thee, i too will kiss all things and sleep alone, so that they propagate my ecstasy" awaking aaos remembered his purpose, and spoke to his heart "the arcana of desire [i.e. self-love] would be satisfied with none but its original self-by the unique. thus my morality taught me by dream symbols. as in life, so in sleep-all things have a sexual significance, hidden by righteousness. herein is a mystery and the means to will. what is all humanity but one's own forgotten deliberationbecoming restless? the unexpected bark of a dog should not frighten. neither is medicine taken by pronouncing the name of the remedy. verily, in the time of cataclysm it is too late to pick the right word" the dream that came true one night aaos was pleasured with this dream: in his early youth, he met a beauti

FRANCIS A YATES GIORDANO BRUNO AND THE HERMETIC TRADITION

tes almost entirely on the greek influences in the hermetica. a cautious summary by bloomfield (op. cit, p. 46) is as follows "these writings are chiefly the product of egyptian neoplatonists who were greatiy influenced by stoicism, judaism, persian theology and possibly by native egyptian beliefs, as well as, of course, by plato, especially the timaeus. they were perhaps the bible of an egyptian mystery religion, which possibly in kernel went back to the second century b.c" the mystery cult theory is opposed by festugiere, i, pp. 81 ff. 3 hermes trismegistus was highly organised and at peace. the pax romano, was at the height of its efficiency and the mixed populations of the empire were governed by an efficient bureaucracy. communications along the great roman roads were excellent. the e

ing taken on a mortal body, in order to live with nature, is alone of all terrestrial beings of a double nature, mortal through his body, immortal through the essential man. although in fact immortal and having power over all things, he has also through his body the condition of mortality, being under destiny and the slave of the armature of the spheres "now, says pimander "i will reveal to you a mystery which has been hidden until now. nature being united to man in love produced an amazing prodigy. man, as i said, had in him the nature of the assembly of the seven, composed of fire and breath. nature from her union with man brought forth seven men corresponding to the natures of the seven governors, being both male and female and rising up towards the sky" the generation of the seven firs

ad been both male and female, separated into two sexes and god spoke the word, increase and multiply. 24 ficino's "pimander" and the "asclepius" then providence, through destiny and the armature of the spheres, established the generations, and all living things multiplied, each according to their species. pimander gives trismegistus advice as to how he is to comport himself in life in view of the mystery which has been imparted to him. he is to know himself, because "he who knows himself goes towards himself, that is towards his true nature "you are light and life, like god the father of whom man was born. if therefore you learn to know yourself as made of light and life. you will return to life" only the man who has intellect (not all men have it) can thus know himself. and trismegistus m

us and augustine there had taken place the pagan reaction under the 1 e. garin, medioevo e rinascimento, p. 155, mentions salutati and manetti as writers influenced by the asdepius before ficino's revival of hermetism. 58 hermes trismegistus and magic apostate emperor julian, with its attempt to drive out the new upstart religion by a return to the philosophical "religion of the world" and to the mystery cults. in his "hymn to helios, julian worships the sun as the supreme god, the image of the intelligible good; and he says that there are also in the heavens a multitude of other gods. for as he (the sun) divides the three spheres by four through the zodiac. so he divides the zodiac also into twelve divine powers; and again he divides every one of these twelve by three, so as to make thirt

zi thus made available in this volume, as the foundation of his new philosophy, a larger collection of hermetica than had hitherto been assembled together. this was a labour of enthusiastic devotion; patrizi believed that hermes trismegistus was a little earlier than moses1; that moses' account of creation must be supplemented by the account in pimander; that hermes spoke much more clearly of the mystery of the trinity than moses.2 in his dedication to gregory xiv of the nova de universis philosophia, patrizi says that a philosopher nowadays is thought to be one who does not believe in god. the reason for this is that the only philosophy studied is that of aristotle which denies the omnipotence and providence of god. yet hermes said that without philosophy it is impossible to be pious, and

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teways and birth canal. this thing was. the layers came as beings which i was a part: i am/ will be/ am not as/ a. it seems a. is like the older brother to as. and grendel is me/ we. i was given this meaning and conversation by the three sigils which i received from the right of godhood (rog [1] this sigil whose number was 76 was heaven [3] this sigil was the vehicle on earth [2] this sigil was a mystery until tonight. this sigil is like a cross section of the god manifold. it revealed itself to me after fusing the other two sigils. this sigil is revelation/ transmutation/ a unity of heaven and earth. end history. this was when the being, myself) revealed itself/ myself to me. it was like it was beckoning me towards god-hood to form my own manifold and therefore, my own universe. every per

n all learn to play a little more effectively, i love you all. in chaos and bliss, with fucking fuck- elijah i will pursue this further post-notes: there is no evil, but the things in the void came pretty close. after singing hymns of calling to the deities, but preceding the actual invocations, i read a little bit from the book of revelation (x-tian canon cp 17, the part about babalon& the great mystery) and a little bit from principia discordia (concerning eris and the origin of the universe. it seems now as i write this that my mind is trying to make me forget (my censor i think. another note on what was said by babalon "i came because you called me, silly" i told her i was scared, and thought myself unworthy, but she knew and understood me. this was communicated through words and somet

n french. iii/7a: the shell of the magus aided by the angel comes before the one (this is false& must be rejected. full recognition of the nature of our work strikes into the heart, laughter ensues. there are 7 exclamation marks, and 7 letters of laughter. 418 is the number of abrahadabra and of our work. iii/7b: a reference to our existence. a dream within a dream, in hopes of finding truth? the mystery of our lady queen of the quliphoth, to be real. it is us, also written itisus (pronounced e-teece-us. the name of the speaker closing page a: our lady of space. closing page b: end of prayer, also a reference to the egyptian deity. appendix iii- the nature of babalon your a real whore. aren tcha- some random porno our life force is beyond our personality. our personality (ego) is a result

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ngs, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. and now abideth faith, hope and charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity. the following hymn may be used in place of the lesson: musicshirland. i. had i the gift of tongues, great god, without thy grace, my loudest words, my loftiest songs, would be but sounding brass. ii. though thou shouldst give me skill, bach mystery to explain; without a heart to do thy will, iii. had i such faith in god, as mountains to remove, maine masonic text book file//c /grand lodge/bluebook/bluebook1.htm (14 of 76 [11/22/1999 11:51:55 am] no faith could work effectual good, that did not work by love. iv. grant, then, this one request, whatever be denied, that love divine may rule my breast,and all my actions guide* the plumb

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n rise to a great deal of vague speculation. from time to time, students have asked for a direct statement from the writer concerning this subject of paramount importance, and as we are standing upon the threshold of a new age where this precious jewel with all its power will be evolved and possessed by a considerable number of people, we feel that it is important to divest the subject of all the mystery that surrounds it and speak in plain terms concerning the matter. then all who really wish to take the trouble involved, for it involves arduous labor, nothing worth having being ever gained without cost, may know how to make for themselves this great gem. we are taught that in the beginning god created heaven and earth--the whole universe in fact, and we understand that this great creativ

e purpose of making him an independent creative intelligence, and to attain that end it was necessary that he should at the proper time, be emancipated from the guardianship of the gods, so that he might learn to create, not only for himself, but also to aid and to teach others in the great school of life. during the course of his evolution, man has become more and more enlightened concerning the mystery of life; but nevertheless, it is only a few hundred years ago when life and liberty were endangered by the expression of opinions in advance of the commonly accepted views. it was for this reason that the alchemists who had studied more deeply that the majority, were forced to embody their teachings in highly allegorical and symbolical language. their teaching concerning the spiritual evol

freemasonry of today is but a shell of its true ancient mystic self, and though catholicism has been terribly tarnished by the touch of time, in this one thing there is no difference, namely, that the war is as keen as ever. the efforts of the church are not concentrated upon the masses, however, as much as upon those who are seeking to live the higher life so that they may gain admission to the mystery temple and learn how to make the philosopher's stone. as mankind advances in evolution, the vital body becomes more permanently positively polarized, giving to both sexes a greater desire for spirituality, and though we change from the masculine to feminine in alternate embodiments, positive polarity of the vital body is becoming more pronounced regardless of sex. this accounts for the gro

FREEMASONRY AND CATHOLICISM BY MAX HEINDEL

by max heindel [1865-1919] an exposition of the cosmic facts underlying these two great institutions as determined by occult investigation the rosicrucian fellowship international headquarters p.o. box 713 oceanside, california, 92054, u.s.a. table of contents* part i: lucifer, the rebel angel* part ii: the masonic legend* part iii: the queen of sheba* part iv: casting the molten sea* part v: the mystery of melchisedec* part vi: spiritual alchemy* part vii: the philosopher's stone--what is it and how it is made* part viii: the path of initiation* part ix: armageddon, the great war, and the coming age part i lucifer, the rebel angel the rosicrucian fellowship aims to educate and construct, to be charitable even to those from whom we differ, and never to vent the venom of vituperation, spite

t is from this class that mystic masonry is recruited with men who have the indomitable courage to dare, the unflagging energy to do and the diplomatic discrimination to be silent. part ii the masonic legend every mystic movement has its legend, which tells in symbolic language its status in the cosmic order and the ideal which it tries to realize. from the old testament, containing the atlantean mystery teaching, we learn that mankind was created male-female, bi-sexual, and that each one was capable of propagating his species without the co-operation of another as is the case with some plants today. later on, we are informed, jehovah removed one pole of the creative force from adam, the early humanity, and that there were henceforth two sexes. the esoteric teaching supplements this inform

t all. you must understand this is no dead pile of stones and unmeaning timber; it is a living thing "when you enter it you hear a sound--a sound as of some mighty poem chanted. listen long enough and you will hear that it is made up of the beating of human hearts, of the nameless music of men's souls, that is, if you have ears. if you have eyes you will presently see the church itself, a looming mystery of many shapes and shadows leaping sheer from floor to dome, the work of no ordinary builder "the pillars of it go up like the brawny trunks of heroes; the sweet human flesh of men and women is molded about its bulwarks, strong, impregnable. the faces of little children laugh out from every cornerstone; the terrible spans and arches of it are the joined hands of comrades; and up in the hei

cross, and the disc had become a rose. therefore hiram took his place among the immortals under the new and symbolical name christian rosenkreuz. he founded the order of temple-builders which bears his name; in that order aspiring souls are still instructed how to fuse the base metals and make the white stone. the symbology of the foregoing will be explained in the following chapters. part v the mystery of melchisedec among all the characters mentioned in the bible none is more mysterious than melchisedec; said to be without father, mother, or earthly kin, and holding the dual office of king and priest. paul in his epistle to the hebrews gives us most information showing the connection between christ and melchisedec, both of them kings and high priests, but of different dispensations "god

t, left that body and was given a mission to serve the churches while his body was being used for direct teaching by the christ, and his blood was being prepared as an open sesame to the kingdom of god, a panacea to be used by his brethren, the sons of seth, in the same manner that the molten sea serves the sons of cain. in the epistle of the hebrews where paul gives us a few hints concerning the mystery of melchisedec in the character of high priest, he emphasized the absolute necessity of blood as an adjunct to the temple service; he show how the high priest was required to offer blood for his own sins before he was qualified to give sacrifice also for sins of the people, and that this double sacrifice must be performed year after year. he points to the sacrifice upon golgotha as having

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ow and apply their knowledge. the lost key to their grade is the mastery of emotion, which places the energy of the universe at their disposal. man can only expect to be entrusted with great power by proving his ability to use it constructively and selflessly. when the mason learns that the key to the warrior on the block is the proper application of the dynamo of living power, he has learned the mystery of his craft. the seething energies of lucifer are in his hands, and before he may step onward and upward, he must prove his ability to properly apply energy. he must follow in the footsteps of his forefather, tubal-cain, who with the mighty strength of the war god hammered his sword into a plowshare [manly p. hall, 33rd degree, k.t, the lost keys of freemasonry or the secret of hiram abif

reemasonry receives her "supernatural insights" and her "spiritual light" the double-headed eagle the double-headed eagle is probably the most easily recognizable masonic symbol in the world, even more important than the square and compass/rule. they look like two eagles, but they are not. they are the phoenix bird of ancient egypt. remember that the brotherhood was known in ancient egypt as "the mystery schools" the current presidential seal has an eagle in it. the eagle replaced the phoenix(the original national bird) in 1841 as the national bird. the phoenix has been a brotherhood symbol since ancient egypt. the phoenix was adopted by the founding fathers for use on the reverse of the first official seal of the united states after a design proposed by charles thompson, secretary of the

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

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

FULLER J F C SECRET WISDOM OF THE QABALAH

he qabalah 11 the qabalah 11 the origins of the qabala 12 the philosophy of the qabalah 13 equilibrium 15 philosophical comparisons 20 chapter ii 22 the cosmogony of the qabalah 22 the primal cause. 22 the sephirotic scheme 23 origin of the sephiroth 25 the ten sephiroth 27 chapter iii 36 the problem of good and evil 36 good and evil. 36 the evolution of satan. 39 the problem of free will. 42 the mystery of sex. 45 chapter iv 48 the fall of tetragrmmmaton 48 the principles of creation. 48 the experimental worlds. 49 adam qadmon. 50 the creation of eve. 52 the messianic redemption. 54 chapter v 55 the redemption of tetragrammaton 55 symbols of the messianic act 55 man the instrument of redemption. 55 the accomplishment of the messianic act. 56 the integration of the disintegrated. 57 the cr

the three pillars of the tree of life. 33 v the zodiac 2 vii the brazen serpent 44 diagrams diagram 1. the divine man 20 2. the qabalistic chalice 35 3. the flaming sword 45 4. the good and evil pentagrams 53 5. the fourth dimension 75 6. the fourth dimension shown qabalistically 76 secret wisdom of the qabalah page 6 introduction the mystical foundations of the world order. life is shrouded in a mystery; this is the fundamental fact which confronts us. we live in a cave with our backs to the light, and, as plato said, our knowledge is nothing more than the shadows which play upon its walls. what this mystery is in itself we cannot tell. all we know is that it exists, and ultimately all we know of ourselves is that we exist. if we call this mystery ggod h, then our lives vibrate between th

knowable h, or gzero h, it matters not one whit; the equation is just as obscure; for all we have done is to replace a by b, c, d, or e, not knowing what these letters mean. the symbol has changed, but what it symbolizes remains as inscrutable. granted that this is so, then it follows that our intellectual lives are purely symbolical existences. all our thoughts are nothing more than symbols of a mystery, whether it embraces god- the ultimate source of all things- or reality- the tangible world in which we live. all are, in fact, equidistant from what they represent and are, consequently, of equal value from the po