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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

amp 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 of neophyte (kerux advances to the northeast) kerux "in the name of the lord of the universe and by command of the very honored hierophant, hear ye all that i proclaim that_ who will hereafter be known to by the motto_ has been admitted in due form to the neophyte grade of the hermetic order of the golden dawn in the outer in the temple of isis mighty mother" 37 hieropha

ake certain that we have opened the doorway between the subconscious mind and the higher mind, or the higher planes of existence. your lower consciousness, though it may have memorized the cards and their meanings, can in no way be accurate in their interpretation of the tarot. now here is the basic invocation: 109 "i invoke hru. great angel of the secret and concealed wisdom. thou who ruleth the mysteries of the tarot, as the sphinx is set over land of egypt. i invoke thee, be here now! thou whose mighty hand is imaged in the clouds of book t, the mystical and secret book of hidden wisdom. i invoke thee now! come now, great angel hru. transform these cards of the art from images into a true and accurate doorway unto higher worlds. that each one of these portals be true to the power it por

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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

mp 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 grade. kerux: advances to the north east, faces west, raises his wand and says: kerux: in the name of the lord of the universe and by command of the very honoured hierophant hear all ye that i proclaim that (name of aspirant) who will hereafter be known unto you by the motto xyz, has been admitted in due form to the neophyte grade of the order of the golden dawn in the ou

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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

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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

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGICK SPELLS

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

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

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

ADEPTUS MINOR INITIATION

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

ALEISTER CROWLEY LIBER CHANOKH

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

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

das cahisa afefa. micama isaro mada od lonu-sahi-toxa, das ivaumeda aai jirosabe. zodacare od zodameranu. odo cicale qaa! zodoreje, lape zodiredo noco mada, hoathahe i a i d a. o ye swords of the south, which have 42 eyes to stir up the wrath of sin: making men drunken which are empty: behold the promise of god, and his power, which is called amongst ye a bitter sting! move and appear! unveil the mysteries of your creation;14 for i am the servant of the same your god, the true worshipper of the highest. the angle of d of e in the tablet of e. the prince of the chariot of earth. the fourteenth key noroni bajihie pasahasa oiada! das tarinuta mireca ol tahila dodasa tolahame caosago homida: das berinu orocahe quare: micama! bial oiad; aisaro toxa das ivame aai balatima. zodacare od zodameranu

toxa das ivame aai balatima. zodacare od zodameranu! odo cicale qaa! zodoreje, lape zodiredo noco mada, hoathahe i a i d a. o ye sons of fury, the daughters of the just one! that sit upon 24 seats, vexing all creatures of the earth with age, that have 1636 under ye. behold! the voice of god; the promise of him who is called amongst ye fury or extreme justice. move 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 c of e in the tablet of e. the queen of the thrones of earth. the fifteenth key ilasa! tabaanu li-el pereta, casaremanu upaahi cahisa dareji; das oado caosaji oresacore: das omaxa monasa i baeouibe od emetajisa iaiadix. zodacare od zodameranu! odo cicale qaa

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

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

ha-pi-eta, gr:theta-epsilon-lambda-eta-mu-alpha etc, and the whole word has the value of 100, perfection perfected, the unity in completion, and equivalent to gr:kappa-rho the conjunction of the essential male and female principles; 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, that he may constrain him to consent to continue in communion until the consciousness becomes capable of clear comprehension, and of accurate transmission<intellect is incapable of these functions; a superior faculty must have been developed. as zoroaster says "extend the vo

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS

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

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE HEART OF THE MASTER

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

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE LOST CONTINENT

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

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE SWORD OF SONG

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

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

tirs 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 hus 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 growing 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

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQ I 1

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

lling breath of their mouths, twisting and contorting it into beguilements, bastardising and corrupting the essence of things, sucking as a greedy vampire the blood from your hearts, and breathing into your nostrils the rigid symbols of law and of order, begotten on the death-bed of their understanding. o children of wonder and of fancy, fly to the wild woods whilst yet there is time! back to the mysteries of the shadowy oaks, to the revolt of imagination, to the insurrection of souls, to the moonlit festivals of love: back where the werewolf lurks, and the moonrakes prowl. back, o back to the song of life, back to the great god pan! and there, wrapped in your goat-skins, drink with the shepherds of tammuz out of the skin of a suckling yet unborn, and ye shall become as the silver-gleaming

se. they have left us, and in their stead have come the carrion kites, who have usurped the white thrones of their understanding, and the golden palaces of their wisdom. let us hie back to the cradle of art and the swaddling bands of knowledge, and watch the shepherds, among the lonely hills where the myrtle grows and the blue-bells ring out the innocence of spring, learning from their flocks the mysteries of life. a wolf springs from the thicket, and a lamb lies sweltering in its blood; then an oaken cudgel is 185 raised, and hermas has dashed out the brains from betwixt those green, glittering eyes. there now at his feet lie the dead and the dying; and man wonders at the writhing of the entrails and the bubbling of the blood. see! now he gathers in his flock, and drives them to a dark ca

set in the vault of heaven. o! come kiss me, for i tremble for thee; fill me with love, 193 for i am consumed by the heat of my passion; say me, o slay me with kisses, burn me in the fire of thy kingdom, o slay me with the sword of thy rapture" then i cried unto her in a loud voice saying "o queen of the lusts of flesh! o queen of the lands haunted by satyrs! o mistress of night! o mother of the mysteries of birth and death! who art girt in the flames of passion, and jewelled with emerald, and moonstone, and chrysoleth. lo! on thy brow burns the star-sapphire of heaven, thy girdle is as the serpent of eden, and round thine ankles chatter the rubies and garnets of hell. hearken, o lilith! o sorceress of the blood of life! my lips are for those who suckle not good, and my kisses for those w

e holiness and loveliness of light and of glory" o children of the land of dreams! o ye who would cross the bar of sleep, and become as children of awakenment and light. woe unto you! for ye cleanse outside the cup and the platter; but within they are full of uncleanness. ye are soaked in the blood of corruption, and choked with 194 the vomit of angry words. close your eyes, o ye neophytes in the mysteries of god, lest ye be blinded, and cry out like a man whose sight has been smitten black by a burning torch of tar. o children of dreams! plough well the fields of night, and prepare them for the sower of dawn. heed lest the golden corn ripen and ye be not ready to pluck the swollen ears, and feast, and become as bezaleel, filled with a divine spirit of wisdom, and understanding, and knowle

a wreath of lilies and ivy. and her countenance is as that of desolation yet majestic as an empress of earth, who possessing all things yet cannot find a helpmeet worthy to possess her; and her eyes are as opals of light; and her tongue as an arrow of flame. and on beholding her i cried in a loud voice saying "o princess of the vision of the unknown, who art throned as a sphinx between the hidden mysteries of earth and air, give me of the fruit of the tree of life that i may eat thereof, so that mine eyes shall be opened, and i may become as a god in understanding, and live for ever" and when i had finished speaking she wept bitterly and answered me saying "verily if the poor man trespass within the palace gate, the king's dogs shall be let loose so that they may tear him in pieces. also

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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

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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

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

old table of oit. the voice of him that is above the altar is silence, but the echo thereof cometh back from the walls of the circus, and is speech. and this is the speech: three and four are the days of a quarter of the moon, and on the seventh day is the sabbath, but thrice four is the sabbath of the adepts whereof the form is revealed in the aethyr zid; that is the eighth of the aires. and the mysteries of the table shall not be wholly revealed, nor shall they be revealed herein. but thou shalt gather of the sweat of thy brow a pool of clear water wherein this shall be revealed. and of the oil that thou burnest in the midnight shall be gathered together thirteen rivers of blessing; and of the oil and the water i will prepare a wine to intoxicate the young men and the maidens. and now th

re; the second, water; the third, air; and the fourth, earth. and if the table be read diagonally, every letter, and every combination of letters, is the name of a devil. and from these are drawn the formulae of evil magick. but the holy letter i above the triad lll dominateth the table, and preserveth the peace of the universe. and in the seven talismans about the central table are contained the mysteries of drawing forth the letters. and the letters of the circumference declare in glory of nuit, that beginneth from aries9. 68 all this while the adepts must have been chanting as it were an oratorio for seven instruments. and this oratorio hath one dominant theme of rapture. yet it applieth to every detail of the universe as well as to the whole. and herein is choronzon brought utterly to

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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

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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

ght of occult science "hierophant" but the great angel sandalphon answered and said "i am the reconciler for the earth and the soul of the celestial therein. equally is form invisible in total darkness and in blinding light" the hiereus and hegemon return to their seats, whilst the hierophant and neophyte remain, both facing the altar. here the "hierophant" confers on the neophyte the secrets and mysteries of the grade; and explains to him the symbolism of the temple as follows "the three portals facing from the east are the gates of the paths which alone conduct to the inner "the letters shin, tau, and qoph, make by metathesis hb:taw hb:shin hb:qof (qesheth, which signifies a bow, the rainbow of promise stretched over our earth. this picture of the flaming sword of the kerubim is a repres

rming (therefore deceptive) nature of this emblem. the scorpion is the emblem of ruthless destruction, the snake is the mixed and deceptive nature, serving alike for good and evil, and the eagle is the higher and divine nature yet to be found herein, the alchemical eagle of distillation, the renewer of life. as it is said "thy youth shall be renewed like the eagle's" great indeed and many are the mysteries of this terrible key! after explaining a symbol of typhon the associate adept turns to the 15th key of the tarot. the 15th key of the tarot represents a goat-headed satyr-like demon standing upon 286 a cubical altar. in his left hand, which points downwards, he holds a lighted torch, and in his right hand, which is elevated, a horn of water. the cubical altar represents the universe. the

vault of the adepts, the connecting ritual between the grades of philosophus and adeptus minor, between the first and the second order. but before we close this chapter, it will be necessary, briefly though it may be, to trace out the effect these six rituals and the mass of occult knowledge which appertains to them, had upon p, and further might be expected to have on the ordinary seeker in the mysteries of truth. to even the most casual student it must be apparent, once he has finished reading these rituals, that though they contain much that is scholarly and erudite, besides much that is essential and true, they, however, are bloated and swollen with much that is silly and pedantic, affected and misplaced, so much so that wilful obscurity taking the place of a lucid simplicity, the pil

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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

, but of an indescribably majesty and force "he laid his hand unhesitatingly upon my shoulder 'unhappy man' he cried 'thou art sacrificing thy life to a phantom "look not" quoth zoroaster "upon the visible image of the soul of nature, for her name is fatality" what thou hast seen- i know not what it is, save that it is as 126 a dog-faced demon that seduceth thy soul from the sacred mysteries; the mysteries of life and duty"'let me tell my story' i replied 'and you shall judge- for, whoever you may be, i feel your power and truth"'i am eliphaz levi zahed- men call me the abbe constant' returned the other"'the great magician"'the enemy of the great magician "we went together to my house. i had begun to suspect some trick of hell. the malice of that devilish old woman, it might be, had not sl

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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

e, starry spirit, more and more of thy mystery and thy mastery: let each day and hour bring me nearer, nearer unto thee! let me aid thee in thy suffering that i may one day become partaker of thy glory: in that day when the son of man is invoked before the lord of spirits, and his name in the presence of the ancient of days! and for this day, teach me this one thing: how i may learn from thee the mysteries of the higher magic of light. how i may gain from the dwellers in the bright elements their knowledge and power: and how best i may use that knowledge to help my fellow-men. and, finally, i pray thee to let there be a link of bondage between us: that i may ever seek, and seeking, obtain help and counsel from thee who art my very selfhood. and before thee i do promise and swear; that by t

ll that class of magic which consists in making a circle, and thus setting the within against the without, and formulating duality, the eternal curse. any idea in the mind is of little importance while it stays there, but to select it, to consecrate it, to evoke it to visible appearance, that is indeed dangerous. 205 for as he advanced from grade to grade, penetrating further and further into the mysteries of occult 21 whilst deep in these magical practices his house in london became charged with such an aura of evil that it was scarcely safe to visit it. this was not solely due to p.'s own experiments; we have to consider the evil work of others in the order, such as e.f.e.j, who, envious of his progress and favour with the chiefs, were attempting to destroy him (see "at the fork of the r

es to be a member of the rosicrucian order, i will examine him with care, before acknowledging him to be so [the obligation being finished, the chain of humility and the robe of mourning are removed from the aspirant, and the "third adept" completes the "first point" by communicating verbally the following history of the order of the rose and cross to the aspirant] know then, o aspirant, that the mysteries of the rose and cross have existed from time immemorial, and that its mystic rites were practised, and its hidden knowledge communicated in the initiations of the various races of antiquity_ egypt, eleusis, and samothrace; persia, chaldea, and india alike cherished its mysteries, and thus handed down to posterity the secret wisdom of the ancient ages. many were its 214 temples, and among

ed, and took the mystic title of c.r.c, christian rosenkreutz or christian rosy cross. he there 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. 1396. after three years he went into egypt, where was another temple of our order; there he remained for a time, still studying the mysteries of nature. 1398. after this he travelled by sea to the city of fessa or fez. of the fraternity at fez, he confessed that they had not retained our knowledge in its primal purity, and that their kabbalah was to a certain extent altered to their religion, yet nevertheless he learned much there. 1400. after a stay of two years, he came back into spain, where he endeavoured to reform the err

ory which alone can be comprehended by one who is an adept: yet again, but the shadow of that supreme glory which is neither the shrine nor the flame, but the life of the master. from the commencement of this history we have ever found frater p. valiantly battling with the elemental forces. as a hoodwinked neophyte he was led into the colossal darkness of malkuth to become a zelator in the hidden mysteries of earth. here he found a kingdom seemingly so balanced in its scintillating intelligence that he little suspected 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 r

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mething of the soul of galahad. rich in memorable verse and significant thought, so closely wedded to emotion that each seems either_ glasgow herald. a book of mystery and vision. by arthur edward waite. foolscap 4to. with special cover designed by mary tourtel, and frontispiece by isabelle de steiger. price 7s. 6d. net "the most remarkable and on the whole the most successful attempt to sing the mysteries of mysticism, since blake wrote his 'prophetic books_ the star "undoubtedly one of the most original and most remarkable books of verse published for many years" birmingham daily gazette. the secret of the sphinx: or, the ring of moses. by james smith and john wren sutton. crown 8vo, 3s. 6d. net "a romance founded on the building of the great pyramid by pharaoh and the birth of moses is

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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

n 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 the woods. yet the multitude trample the flowers of the fields under their feet, and snigger in their halls of pleasure at a dancer clothed in 138 frilled nudity, because they are nearer seeing the mysteries of creation than they are in the smugness of their own stuffy back parlours; and gape in wonder at some stage trickster, some thought-reading buffoon, and talk about the supernatural, the supernormal, the superterestrial, the superhuman, and all the other superficial superfluities of superannuated supernumeraries, as if this poor juggler were some kind of magician who could enter their t

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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

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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

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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

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of brahma, is handed to him, and he can then unlock the hidden energies of atomic substance. the key to the mystery of sex, or of the pairs of opposites, is thrust into his hand, and he can then unlock the hidden forces of the will aspect. the dynamo of the solar system is shown to him, if it might be so expressed and the intricacies of the mechanism revealed. the three solar mysteries. the three mysteries of the solar system are: 1. the mystery of electricity. the mystery of brahma. the secret of the third aspect. it is latent in the physical sun. 2. the mystery of polarity, or of the universal sex impulse. the secret of the second aspect. it is latent in the heart of the sun, or the subjective sun. 3. the mystery of fire itself, or the dynamic central systemic force. the secret of the fi

within our planetary scheme, the earth scheme, there is a reflection of this hierarchy which is called by the occultist the occult hierarchy. this hierarchy is formed of chohans, adepts, and initiates working through their disciples, and, by this means, in the world (see diagram page 48) initiations. from the latin root meaning the first principles of any science. process of penetrating into the mysteries of the science of the self and of the one self in all selves. the path- 127- initiation, human and solar copyright 1998 lucis trust of initiation is the final stage of the path of evolution trodden by man, and is divided into five stages, called the five initiations. jiva. a separated unit of consciousness. kali yuga "yuga" is an age or cycle. according to the indian philosophy our evolu

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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

is emanates from the "heart of the sun" and is peculiarly potent. all the planes are subjected to this threefold influence but in the case of the buddhic and the astral planes, the force of this third stimulation is very great. the adepts working in conjunction with the great devas utilise cyclic opportunity to effect definitely constructive results. 8. a group of devas closely connected with the mysteries of initiation. they form what is esoterically called the "path of the heart" and are the bridge between the astral and the buddhic- 402- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust planes. they are in no way connected with the permanent atoms in the causal body, but are very definitely associated with the central tier of petals in the egoic lotus, or with the "petals of love" fo

a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust he may undergo a pralayic condition until in a later (and sometimes much later) root race he will respond to its vibratory call, and the egoic impulse to incarnate will again be felt. in illustration of this, we should bear in mind that the more advanced humanity of today did not incarnate until the fourth root race. these cycles are one of the mysteries of initiation, though one of the earlier mysteries, and are revealed at the second initiation as they enable the initiate to comprehend his position, to see somewhat the nature of the karmic impulse, and to read his own record in the astral light. these might be considered the two lesser pralayic periods and concern primarily life in the three worlds (3) next comes the period wherein the

ct the abstract subplanes and the four etheric subplanes reflect the four mental concrete planes. the manifestation of the ego on the mental plane (or the causal body) is not the result of energy emanating from the permanent atoms as a nucleus of force but is the result of different forces, and primarily of group force. it is predominantly marked by an act of an exterior force, and is lost in the mysteries of planetary karma. this is equally true of man's lowest manifestations. it is the result of reflex action, and is based on the force of the group of etheric centres through which man (as an aggregate of lives) is functioning. the activity of these centres sets up an answering vibration in the three lowest subplanes of the physical plane, and the interaction between the two causes an adh

the moon chain, and (like the buddha on a lesser scale and at a much later date) compassionate zeal brought the karmic results with which we are still concerned. the "beast" must be driven back for his own good to run his cycle, hidden in his den and confined within safe limits until the dawning of a new system brings him conscious opportunity. more we may not say. it must be remembered that the mysteries of existence are as yet but little cognised by man. in cases where profound mysteries lie, man is often totally unaware of it; and frequently man remains blind and deaf where no mystery is but only revelation for those who have eyes to see and ears to hear. when man has penetrated to those secrets which lie behind the lower kingdoms in nature, when he has solved the problem of the consti

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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

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

of hearing and its utilization to hear the voice of the silence, or the music of the spheres, is a department of occult teaching of the most profound kind and those adepts who have specialized in the science of sight, and the science of sound are some of the most erudite and advanced in the hierarchy. the other senses are capable too of profound unfoldments, but they are peculiarly hidden in the mysteries of initiation, and more anent them is not possible here. the three senses of hearing, touch and sight are the three characteristics of the three human races and the three planes in our three worlds. 1. hearing. lemurian. physical plane. ear. response to sound. 2. touch. atlantean .a stral plane .s kin .r esponse to touch or vibration. 3. sight. aryan .m ental body. eye. response to visio

ransmutation and eventual transformation is due to one of two methods: 1. a slow method, that of repeated lives, experiences and physical incarnation until eventually the driving force of the evolutionary process brings a man, stage by stage, up the great ladder of evolution. 2. a more rapid process, wherein through such a system as outlined by patanjali and as taught by all the custodians of the mysteries of religion, a man definitely takes himself in hand, and through conformity to the rules and the laws laid down, brings himself, by his own effort, to a state of spiritual unfoldment. it might be noted here that these three processes bring a man to that initiation called the transfiguration. 3. the practices and methods are not the true cause of the transfer of consciousness, but they se

him is changed. herein lies the clue to our limitations. herein lies the promise of our success. latent faculty, when developed, will reveal to us a new world. the hidden powers of the soul when brought to full expression will make us aware of a new world and reveal to us a scheme of life and a kingdom of being hitherto negated by us, because not seen. hence the need for every investigator of the mysteries of existence to bring to his search his full equipment, and hence the necessity therefore for this process of soul unfoldment to be carried forward and potential faculties to be developed if the truth in its fullness is ever to be realized. 18. the lord of the mind, the perceiver, is ever aware of the constantly active mind stuff, the effect-producing cause. we have in this sutra a state

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second branch was later established in asia, and of this branch the himalayan and southern indian adepts are the representatives, though the work is materially changed. at a later date than the present, discoveries will be made, revealing the reality of the old form of hierarchical work; ancient records and monuments will be revealed, some above ground and many in subterranean fastnesses. as the mysteries of central asia in the land stretching from chaldea and babylon through turkestan to manchuria, including the gobi desert- 219- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust are opened up, it is planned that much of the early history of the ibezhan workers will be revealed. we might here note the fact that the word ibez is literally in the nature of an acrostic veiling the true na

ure of god in all that is seen, and not only in man. man must be taught that though an individual, he is but part of a greater whole and that his interests must be made subservient to those of the group. gradually the teaching was re-organized, and the curriculum increased; little by little the mysteries were developed as the people became ready for them until we have the marvelous schools of the mysteries of chaldea, egypt, greece and many others. 9. three things might be mentioned: a. the relatively low point of evolution of many men and their naturally physical polarization. b. the work of the black adepts and the followers of the left hand path. when the ibezhan adepts (again under instructions from the masters at shamballa) began to withdraw into the temples, to make the mysteries mor

ack and white magic, and one of the reasons of the purifying waters of the flood being deemed necessary. c. the powerful thought-forms built up in the early ibezhan mysteries and which (particularly in america) are as yet undestroyed. this gigantic "dweller on the threshold" of all the true mysteries has to be slaughtered before the aspirant can pass on. 10. the work of the ibezhan adepts and the mysteries of the temple of ibez are still persisting and are being carried on by the masters and adepts in physical incarnation throughout the world. they teach the meaning of the psyche, the ego or the soul and of the human unit, so that the man may indeed be what he is, a god walking on earth, his lower nature (physical, astral and mental) completely controlled by the soul or the love aspect, an

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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

to take the great step on to the path of discipleship and of purification which precedes the path of initiation. individuals have ever emerged out of the rank and file and lifted themselves to the pinnacles of attainment, and so climbed the mountain of initiation. but today this becomes possible for the many. the voice of those who have achieved, the clarion call of those who are initiate in the mysteries of the kingdom of god, make the new step possible. the moment is unique and urgent. the call is to the individual but also, for the first time in history, it is sounded in the ears of the crowd, because the crowd is ready to respond. such is the situation now. the voices of these individuals who have entered into the kingdom call to the multitude today in no uncertain terms, and the issu

nd the ass represent the animal nature, but they represent also far more than that. the ox stood for that form of worship which should have been passing off the earth at the time christ came. there were still many to be found who worshipped the bull, which was the worship prevalent in the age when our sun was passing through the age of taurus, the bull, and which was preserved at that time in the mysteries of mithras and of egypt. the sign immediately preceding the christian era was that of aries, the ram or lamb, and this is symbolised for us in the sheepfolds which surrounded bethlehem- 45- from bethlehem to calvary copyright 1998 lucis trust it is interesting also to bear in mind that asses are definitely associated with the story of mary and her child. two asses are found mentioned in

shall swing back into a state of greater spirituality than ever before is the sincere belief of all who know. theology over-reached itself with its "miserable sinner" complex and its emphasis upon the necessity for the purification by blood. this teaching of purification through the blood of bulls and of rams (or lambs) was part of the ancient mysteries, and was inherited by us primarily from the mysteries of mithra. these mysteries, in their turn, inherited the teaching, and thus formulated their doctrine, which christianity absorbed. when the sun was in the zodiacal sign of taurus the bull, the sacrifice of the bull was offered as a forecast of that which christ came later to reveal. when the sun passed (in the precession of the equinoxes) into the next sign, that of aries the ram, we fi

the holy land, a narrow strip of territory between the two hemispheres, the east and the west, the orient and the occident, christ mounted the cross and fixed the boundary between the kingdom of god and the kingdoms of the world, between the world of men and the world of spirit. thus he brought to a climax the ancient mysteries, which had prophesied the coming of that kingdom, and instituted the mysteries of the kingdom of god. the effort to carry out to perfection the will of god brought to an end the most complete life that had been lived on earth. the attempt to found the kingdom, preordained for all time, and the antagonism it evoked, brought christ to the place of crucifixion. the hardness of men's hearts, the weakness of their love, and their failure to see the vision, broke the hea

a human body. through the processes of evolution and initiation he demonstrated to us the meaning and purpose of the divine life present in him and in us all. because christ was human, he rose again. because he was also divine, he rose again, and in the enacting of the drama of resurrection he revealed to us that great concept of the continuity of unfoldment which it has ever been the task of the mysteries of all time to reveal. again and again we have found that the three episodes related in the gospel story are not isolated happenings in the life of jesus of nazareth, but that they have been repeatedly undergone in the secret places of the temples of the mysteries, from the dawn of time. the saviours of the past were all subjected to the processes of death in some form or other, but they

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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

tures are alive and active but they cannot yet control them as they should and the higher illumination remains as yet a joyous hope and final possibility. 8. souls whose intelligence and love nature is becoming so awakened and integrated that they can begin to tread the path of discipleship. they are the practical mystics, or the occultists, of modern times. 9. the souls who are initiate into the mysteries of the kingdom of god. these are souls who are not only conscious of their vehicles of expression, the integrated personality, and conscious also of themselves as souls, but they know, past all controversy, that there is no such thing as "my soul and your soul" but simply "the soul. they know this not only as a mental proposition, and as a sensed reality, but also as a fact in their own

racial and planetary and the great group aspect of the approach will be brought about, and is today in process of being carried forward. c. the approach of enlightenment carries the disciple through the gate of initiation, and is the effect of the same energy playing upon the personalities of the disciples of the world, and transforming their spirit of aspiration into the light of initiation. the mysteries of the world, the flesh and the devil (to use the symbolic formal terminology of christianity) are to be transmuted with rapidity into those of the mysteries of the kingdom of god, the energy of the soul, and the revelation of divinity. the secret hid by the inverted lotus (the world) is to be revealed by the opened lotus of the kingdom of souls. the secret of the flesh, which is the pri

f all that the buddha had of enlightenment and all that christ had of acquiescing love. he will, however, also embody the energy which produced the approach of appropriation, and when he comes forth, there will transpire a great appropriation by humanity of its recognised divinity, and the establishing upon earth of a station of light and of power which will make possible the externalising of the mysteries of initiation upon earth. this approach is the cause of much of the present turmoil, for the avatar is on his way. much of the above can mean but little to those who are not yet upon the path of accepted discipleship. we are here dealing with some of the major mysteries. but a mystery only remains a mystery when ignorance and unbelief exist. there is no mystery where there is knowledge a

as a conscious part of the greater whole remains. then and only then can the conscious soul appropriate the "body of light and of splendour, the expression of the glory of the one" which, when once assumed, makes all future incarnations in the three worlds impossible, except as an act of the spiritual will. the significance of the above may be found difficult of comprehension for it is one of the mysteries of a higher initiation. therefore, it will be seen that we begin and we end with an expansion of consciousness. the first one led to the inclusion of the material world, and the second one includes or appropriates, consciously and intelligently, the spiritual world. we see the desire consciousness transmuted into aspiration for the spiritual realities and the focussed, vital approach to

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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

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

e in the past or may in the future become initiates, it will not affect your relation to your fellow-disciples in these groups. the knowledges of initiation cannot be passed on by word of mouth within the initiate ranks, for they are not communicated in speech or by letters. only those who possess certain transcendental senses can take initiation and should they try to communicate the secrets and mysteries of initiation in symbol or form, you would fail to react to or to understand their meaning. so, in this group of my disciples, let there be the recognition of unity of thought. experience, thought, difficulties and problems can be shared, and the cultivation of a sympathetic understanding and of mutual aid in the spiritual life can be developed. disciples are people of mature years from

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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

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

through science and the incentive to search for them there will be given by the christ. the mysteries contain, within their formulas and teachings, the key to the science which will unlock the mystery of electricity the greatest spiritual science and area of divine knowledge in the world, the fringes of which have only just been touched. only when the hierarchy is present visibly on earth and the mysteries of which the disciples of the christ are the custodians are given openly to the world, will the true secret and nature of electrical phenomena be revealed- 66- the reappearance of the christ copyright 1998 lucis trust the mysteries are, in the last analysis, the true source of revelation; it can only be when the mind and the will-to-good are closely fused and blended and are thus conditi

ing, will seek that which they have discarded. in vain pursuit, they sought that which was near at hand and easy of attainment. possessed, they found that it proved an agency of death. yet all the time, they sought for life, not death" and the christ will bring them life and life abundantly- 67- the reappearance of the christ copyright 1998 lucis trust there is much talk these days concerning the mysteries of initiation. every country is full of spurious teachers, teaching the so-called mysteries, offering spurious initiations (usually at a cost and with a diploma) and misleading the people. christ himself taught that just before he came, this state of affairs would be found and that everywhere the false and the spurious would be proclaiming themselves. all this is, however, but indicative

sentation has nevertheless been good. in all lands, men today are aware of the existence of the masters and of the possibility offered and the opportunity presented to make scientific spiritual progress and thus become members of the kingdom of god. this the churches had ignored and had in the victorian age particularly looked upon science as an arch enemy. all this flood of information about the mysteries of initiation some of it indicative of a hidden truth, some of it the fabrications of an aspirational imagination and some commercially instigated has definitely prepared humanity for the teaching it is believed christ will give when again here with us in physical presence. little as the orthodox christian may care to admit it, the entire gospel story in its four forms or presentations

l sign of the two pillars set its seal upon- 68- the reappearance of the christ copyright 1998 lucis trust the masonic fraternity of the time and the two pillars of jachin and boaz to give them their jewish names which are, of course, not their real names came into being approximately eight thousand years ago. then came taurus, the bull, wherein mithra came as the world teacher and instituted the mysteries of mithras with an (apparent) worship of the bull. next followed aries the ram, which saw the start of the jewish dispensation which is of importance to the jews and unfortunately of importance to the christian religion, but of no importance to the untold millions in the other parts of the world; during this cycle came the buddha, shri krishna and sankaracharya; finally we have the age o

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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

was initiated in taurus gives way in scorpio to the selfless attitude of the disciple; ambition gives place to the executive activity of the soul, whilst attachment to personality desires, likes and dislikes is transmuted into the tenacity of soul purpose. the hidden powers of the soul nature secret and misused because misunderstood and misapplied and, therefore, misdirected are superseded by the mysteries of initiation, and the practical understanding of the energies thereby conferred upon the recipient. such are some of the great transformations which take place in the life of the disciple who submits intelligently to the tests and difficulties in scorpio. the three decanates and their rulers are given very differently by various astrologers. one group posits mars, the sun and venus as r

the sign of beginning, it constitutes, relatively speaking, a very complex aggregation of forces, being related not only to aries with its cosmic contacts, but also to the pleiades and the great bear. yet at the same time, it is very simple in its expression for it is governed by only two planets. venus is its exoteric ruler and vulcan its esoteric and hierarchical ruler. we touch upon one of the mysteries of the ageless wisdom. venus holds a unique relation to the earth, different to that of any other planet and this, therefore, brings about a much closer relation between taurus and the earth than perhaps exists- 226- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust in any other zodiacal relation where our planet is concerned. in saying this, i mean

never again be so potent. the reason for this is that humanity is most definitely emerging from the thralldom of matter and in such cases destruction parallels the impact of the descending spirit upon opposing matter. ponder on this statement. chapter iv the sacred and non-sacred planets there is, as you may imagine, little that i can say on this matter for it concerns one of the great and major mysteries of initiation. it deals with and is related to the spiritual status of the planetary logoi, those great beings in whom all forms of life on all planets live and move and have their being. it is concerned with their point in evolution, with their goals and objectives- 297- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust upon the cosmic path and with

ssion simultaneously, in time and space, of the vertical and the horizontal life. it should be noted that there are seven forms of light, related to the substance of the seven planes. these are stimulated and enhanced by the twelve forms of light of the twelve creative hierarchies, related each of them to one or other of the twelve signs of the zodiac. on this i may not enlarge as it concerns the mysteries of the higher initiations. i simply make the statement so that it may be appreciated by you as an occult fact to the proof of which you may not yet have access. a paralleling statement would be that the light of the seven centres in man (when enhanced by the light of the seven planetary centres) and the five kingdoms in nature (7+5=12, plus the twelve lights of the zodiac will produce a

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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

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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

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

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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

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

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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

is expressing it in "unified rhythm" it is by the use of the "united breath" of the entire group (as much of it as his individual will can assimilate, focus, use and direct) that he augments his own will and its directed force. the breath, as we well know, is the life; this law is the one wielded by the living or risen christ, in perfect harmony with the will of shamballa. herein lies one of the mysteries of the resurrection initiation about which so little has been told, and it is the very heart of the mystery of the ascension initiation. in this latter initiation the living risen christ withdraws or abstracts himself and enters consciously and permanently into the great centre, shamballa. the resurrection and the ascension are the results of the death or destruction of the causal body

oul combines with the light of the lower man, then that fused and blended light will enable the aspirant to see the door which opens upon the- 212- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust way of the higher evolution. in considering our theme i propose to divide what i have to say, according to my usual custom as follows: the aspirant and the mysteries of initiation the entering of the two doors the entering of the ashrams the dual life of the initiatory process the science of the antahkarana the aspirant and the major initiations the relation of the seven rays to the initiations the significance of the initiations the aspirant and the seven centres i have given you here and elsewhere in my writings all that it is at this time possible

rites can reveal or that religious rituals and ceremonies can disclose; they contain within their teaching and formulas the key to the science which will unlock the mystery of electricity that mystery of which h.p.b. spoke; though much progress has already been made by science along this line, it is as yet only embryonic in nature, and only when the hierarchy is present visibly on earth, and the mysteries of which the masters are the custodians are given openly to man, will the true secret and nature of electrical phenomena be revealed. the mysteries are, in reality, the true source of revelation, and it can be only when the mind and the will-to-good are closely blended and conditioning human behaviour that the extent of the coming revelation will be grasped, for only then can humanity be

e drawn into a vortex of force and a field of service simultaneously. ponder on this statement. he will learn, therefore, the lessons required by one who is to work in an ashram and will know how to handle himself with those who may not yet share with him the secrets which he already knows, and with those who have penetrated deeper into the mysteries than he has. section one- the aspirant and the mysteries of initiation let us now take up our first point in this section and see what is really meant by the hackneyed words "door of initiation" and what constitutes the difference between the door which faces the disciple and that which confronts the master. the entering of the two doors of initiation- 224- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 luc

this event, two great and different individualities the master jesus and the world saviour, the christ are implicated; two major happenings are indicated, and the christian church has confused the two and related both of them without discrimination to the master jesus. yet one event was a hierarchical occurrence and the other was a great human crisis; one was the entrance of an initiate into the mysteries of death, involving in the process all the four aspects of his nature; the other was a dramatic portrayal to mankind of three groups to be found within the human family: 1. unregenerate man, pictured by the unrepentant thief. 2. the struggling aspirant, moving consciously towards liberation, symbolised for us in the repentant thief. 3. the hierarchy, composed of all who have passed to li

ALICE BAILEY THE LABOURS OF HERCULES

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

r [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 to be subjected to blind force, it is another to have an intelligent outlook upon what is happening and to under

lso said to be "a figment of our imagination. testimony as to the effectiveness of zodiacal energies on earth life in the larger picture certain interesting facts emerge. we can say, for instance, that between four and five thousand years ago the sun was somewhere in the sign taurus, the bull. then we had the worship of the bull in egypt and in india, and the sacrifice of the sacred ox, as in the mysteries of mithras. approximately two thousand years before the birth of christ, astronomers tell us, the sun passed into the sign aries, the ram or lamb, and the jewish dispensation came into being. at that time, therefore, we have the inauguration of the jewish passover and the lamb sacrifice. it is interesting to note in this connection the true significance of the sin of the children of isra

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

ANALYSIS OF THE 5 6 INITIATION

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

ARADIA GOSPEL OF THE WITCHES

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

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

BLAVATSKY H P ANTHROPOGENESIS

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

r "fathers" and "mothers- the latter interchangeable and varying with each nation- the gods and their planets, such as jupiter, saturn bel, brihaspati, etc (c "his breath gave life to the seven" refers as much to the sun, who gives life to the planets, as to the "high one" the spiritual sun, who gives life to the whole kosmos. the astronomical and astrological keys opening the gate leading to the mysteries of theogony can be found only in the later glossaries, which accompany the stanzas. in the apocalyptic slokas of the archaic records, the language is as symbolical, if less mythical, than in the puranas. without the help of the later commentaries, compiled by generations of adepts, it would be impossible to understand the meaning correctly. in the ancient cosmogonies, the visible and the

lusory universe. the two inseparables remain in the universe of ideas so long as it lasts, and then merge back into parabrahm, the one ever changeless "the spirit, whose essence is eternal, one and self-existent" emanates a pure ethereal light- a dual light not perceptible to the elementary senses- in the puranas, in the bible, in the sepher[[footnote(s* the engraving is reproduced in the "sacred mysteries of the mayas and quiches" on p. 134* see "source of measures" p. 50 to 53 and also book ii. part 2[[vol. 2, page] 37 the three kinds of light. jezirah, the greek and latin hymns, in the book of hermes, in the chaldean book of numbers, in the esotericism of laotse, everywhere. in the kabala, which explains the secret meaning of genesis, this light is the dual-man, or the androgyne (rather

or pitris, are the creators of our bodies and lower principles. they are ourselves, as the first personalities, and we are they. primeval man would be "the bone of their bone and the flesh of their flesh" if they had body and flesh. as stated, they were "lunar beings" the endowers of man with his conscious, immortal ego, are the "solar angels- whether so regarded metaphorically or literally. the mysteries of the conscious ego or human soul are great. the esoteric name of these "solar angels" is, literally, the "lords (nath) of "persevering ceaseless devotion (pranidhana. therefore they of the fifth principle (manas) seem to be connected with, or to have originated the system of the yogis who make of pranidhana their fifth observance (see yoga shastra, ii, 32) it has already been explained

oidable exaggerations of popular fancy, gives the facts as they are recorded in the archaic symbols[[footnote(s* in isis unveiled several of these gnostic systems are given. one is taken from the codex nazaraeus, the scriptures of the nazarenes, who, although they existed long before the days of christ, and even before the laws of moses, were gnostics, and many of them initiates. they held their "mysteries of life" in nazara (ancient and modern nazareth, and their doctrines are a faithful echo of the teachings of the secret doctrine- some of which we are now endeavouring to explain* see the translation from the greek by francois, monsieur de foix, evesque d'ayre: the work dedicated to marguerite de france, reine de navarre. edition of 1579, bordeaux[[vol. 2, page] 97 the trees of life (b)

. in the smaragdine tablet of hermes, the uplifted right hand is inscribed with the word "solve" the left with the word "coagula" it is at one and the same time an alchemical, cosmogonical, anthropological, and magical sign, with seven keys to its inner meaning. it is not too much to say that the compound symbolism of this universal and most suggestive of signs contains the key to the seven great mysteries of kosmos. born in the mystical conceptions of the early aryans, and by them placed at the very threshold of eternity, on the head of the serpent ananta, it found[[footnote(s* see "asgard and the gods "the renewal of the world[[vol. 2, page] 100 the secret doctrine. its spiritual death in the scholastic interpretations of mediaeval anthropomorphists. it is the alpha and the omega of univ

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

been personally initiated into the ancient mysteries, during the performance of which the arcane doctrines were allegorically enacted. the writer will have to give historical and trustworthy names, and to cite well-known authors, ancient and modern, of recognized ability, good judgment, and truthfulness, as also to name some of the famous proficients in the secret arts and science, along with the mysteries of the latter, as they are divulged, or, rather, partially presented before the public in their strange archaic form. how is this to be done? what is the best way for achieving such an object? was the ever-recurring question. to make our plan clearer, an illustration may be attempted. when a tourist coming from a well-explored country, suddenly reaches the borderland of a terra incognita

nly climb to the loftiest summit of the altitudes in front of him. once there, he can gaze at it, at his leisure, comparing that which he dimly perceives with that which he has just left below, now that he is, thanks to his efforts, beyond the line of the mists and the cloud-capped cliffs. such a point of preliminary observation, for those who would like to get a more correct understanding of the mysteries of the prearchaic periods given in the texts, cannot be offered to them in these two volumes. but if the reader has patience, and would glance at the present state of beliefs and creeds in europe, compare and check it with what is known to history of the ages directly preceding and[[vol. 1, page] xl introductory. following the christian era, then he will find all this in volume iii. of t

in a few allusions scattered hither and thither throughout that work. nor could the vast catalogue of the archaic sciences be attempted in the present volumes, before we have disposed of such tremendous problems as cosmic and planetary evolution, and the gradual development of the mysterious humanities and races that preceded our "adamic" humanity. therefore, the present attempt to elucidate some mysteries of the esoteric philosophy has, in truth, nothing to do with the earlier work. as an instance, the writer must be allowed to illustrate what is said. volume i. of "isis" begins with a reference to "an old book "so very old that our modern antiquarians might ponder over its pages an indefinite time, and still not quite agree as to the nature of the fabric upon which it is written. it is t

(c) the ancients represented it by a serpent, for "fohat hisses as he glides hither and thither (in zigzags. the kabala figures it with the hebrew letter teth[[hebrew, whose symbol is the serpent which played such a prominent part in the mysteries. its universal value is nine, for it is the ninth letter of the alphabet and the ninth door of the fifty portals or gateways that lead to the concealed mysteries of being. it is the magical agent par excellence, and designates in hermetic philosophy "life infused into primordial matter" the essence that composes all things, and the spirit that determines their form. but there are two secret hermetical operations, one spiritual, the other material-correlative, and for ever united "thou shalt separate the earth from the fire, the subtile from the s

BLUE EQUINOX

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

ce the theurgy and thaumaturgy of the grade; but in addition they must be prepared to act as direct representatives of the supreme and most holy king, radiating his light upon the whole world. yet, from the nature of their initiation, they must veil their glory in a cloud of darkness. they move unseen and unrecognized among the youngest of us, subtly and loftily leading us into the holy ineffable mysteries of the true light. the supreme and most holy king is appointed by the o.h.o. his is the ultimate responsibility for all within his holy kingdom. the succession to the high office of the o.h.o. is decided in a manner not here to be declared; but this you may learn, o brother magician, that he may be chosen even from the grade of a minerval. and herein lieth a most sacred mystery. the elec

still a very clever young man, and as he is older than he was, his trouble is increased. i always thought him crazy with his ideas on fasting and his weighing souls, but he always gave the impression of the greatest sincerity. he did extraordinarily good work in the case of eusapia palladino. he merely destroys one s confidence when he coils himself in the flag, and issues a bryce report like the mysteries of myra, lends his name to quacks like michael whitty (not witty, who doesn t even deny that he is the american representative of the swindler and blackmailer mathers, so often exposed in the columns of the equinox, and helps to edit the review of an obviously fraudulent sealed letter reader like christiansen. nor is it particularly encouraging to those who believe in him when they find

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

CASSANDRA EASON A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGIC

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

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

CHRONOLOGIA RORISPERGIUS

ew york 1858-1918 sar peladan 1859 adrien adolphe desbarolles les mysteres de la main. 1860 sefer yetzirah published in lemberg with commentaries from saadia gaon, rabbi abraham ben dior halevi, rabbi moses ben nacham, elieser of germisa, moses botarel, rabbi eliah wilna. 1860-1898 stanislas de guaita 1860-1943 oswald wirth 1861 rudolph steiner born 1861-1897 stanislas de guaita 1861 eliphas levi mysteries of the qabalah: the occult agreement of the two testaments. 1861-1925 rudolf steiner 1863 publication of l homme rouge des toileries (red man of the tuileries) by paul christian. 1865 william butler yeats born in ireland. 1865 papus (i.e. g.a.v. encausse, french occultist and author born 1867 lethierry-barrois, ad. hebrew primitif. 1868 die harmonikale symbolik des altertum by albert von

CHYMICAL WEDDING OF CHRISTIAN ROSENKREUTZ

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 CHILDREN OF THE MATRIX

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

s and as the reverend john bathhurst deane wrote in his book, the worship of the serpent..one of [the] five builders of thebes [in egypt] was named after the serpent-god of the phoenicians, ofhion..the first altar erected to cyclops at athens was to 'ops, the serpent deity..the symbolic worship of the serpent was so common in greece that justin martyr accuses the greeks of introducing it into the mysteries of all their gods."6 the hebrew serpents i have mentioned that in hebrew myth, the biblical "nefilim, the "sons of the gods, are called awwim, which means devastators or serpents. hebrew legends also describe the eden serpent as a being who walked and talked like a human. the hebrew book of ancient oral tradition, the haggadah, speaks of this serpent as a creature with two legs that stoo

staring into the eyes of a snake. she would also use cannabis and chew laurel leaves, the sacred herb of the goddess or "pythoness. the laurel leaves are used by the illuminati in the symbol of freemasonry and the logo of united nations, in which they frame an earth broken into an esoterically significant 33 segments (figure 18. pythagoras, the famous greek hero and mathematician, grew up in the mysteries of the serpent goddess cult and his very name means "i am the python" or "i am the serpent. dna of the dragon queens the author, sir laurence gardner, says that the ancient imperial royal dragon court and order can first be identified as the dragon court of ancient egypt under the patronage of the priest-prince ankhfn-khonsu in about 2170bc. it later became a "pharaonic institution" than

ra. the liturgy of mithra is the liturgy of jesus. when paul is made to say "they drank from the spiritual rock and that rock was christ" he is using exactly the same words found in the scriptures of mithra. the author of an internet article called "the other jesus" picks up this theme "that the names of the close associates of paul seem to be an exact match with great figures associated with the mysteries of demeter in general and with orpheus in particular, is yet another of those issues that bothers people much less than it should..let us examine the parallels: orpheus, as a result of the pre-christian son of god..having 'appeared' to him..mounted a highly successful campaign to spread his version of the mysteries of samothrace [home of the amazon female 'serpent' tribe from atlantis] t

DAVID ICKE THE BIGGEST SECRET

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

keep secret the names of the powers who ruled theuniverse. this was in line with the laws of the mystery schools. the essenes-therapeutae practised rituals very similar to the later christian baptism and theymarked the foreheads of initiates with a cross. this being the symbol indicated in theold testament book of ezekiel for enlightened (or illuminated) ones and also used forinitiations into the mysteries of mithra and other such sun god figures. the essenesviewed natural bodily functions, including sex, with disgust and in that sense they were figure 17: the jewish priest with themushroom cap to symbolise the importanceof magic hallucinogenic mushrooms in theirrituals.97an excellent forerunner of the roman church which was to absorb many of their beliefs,terms and practises. two of the d

the world orwork in the background controlling those in the positions of apparent power like primeministers and presidents. having a reptilian or reptilian-controlled human as presidentmight sound fantastic if you have allowed yourself to have your vision of possibilitysuppressed to the size of a pea, but when you see the evidence put together overthousands of years, it makes perfect sense of the mysteries of history. people ask methe understandable question of why anyone would want to dedicate their lives to takingover a planet when they knew they were going to die long before it was achieved.answer: the consciousness controlling that body is only using it as an overcoat, aspace suit, until it wears out. when that happens, it possesses another one. these samereptilians have been occupying

merston of palmerston, county dublin, an irish peer. temple originatesfrom templar. this title was passed onto his grandson, also named henry, who was amember of the british house of commons for 40 years and it was he who owned apainting by the artist, david teniers, called st anthony and st paul, with its mass ofsacred geometry, which has been connected by researchers to the coded manuscriptsand mysteries of rennes-le-chateau. temple was living at the time at broadlands inromsey, hampshire, later the home of lord louis mountbatten. the mountbattenfamily also bought the teniers painting. it was the second lord palmerstons son,henry john temple, who became the legendary prime minister, foreign secretary, anddrug runner for the british crown in china. he married into the english aristocracyt

true nature of life. hoodwinkedabout the true background and agenda of those they have allowed to rule them. howapt, therefore, that this word should also derive from freemasonry. dr. albert mackey,the 33rd degree freemason and foremost freemason historian of the 19th century,defined the term hoodwinked in his encyclopaedia of freemasonry as: a symbol ofsecrecy, silence and darkness, in which the mysteries of our art should be preservedfrom the unhallowed gaze of the profane.the human race has indeed been hoodwinked.462 sources1the top 13 llluminati bloodlines, p 89.2ibid, p 90.3ibid.4ibid.5ibid.6ibid, p 91-2.7ibid, p 89.8ibid.9secret and suppressed, p 66.10ibid.11ibid, p 68.12the top 13 llluminati bloodlines, p 94.13secret and suppressed, p 80.14the top 13 llluminati bloodlines, p 99.15ib

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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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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

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

he 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 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 anton lavey writes: 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! dari

fafenu mianu ar enayo ovof! soba dooainu aai i vonupehe. zodacare, gohusa, od zodameranu. odo cicale qaa! zodoreje, lape zodiredo noco mada, hoathahe saitan (dee) o you that reign in the south and are the 28 lanterns of sorrow, bind up your girdles and visit us. bring down your 3, 663 trained that the lord may be magnified whose name amongst you is wrath. move, i say, 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) 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 y

cahisa 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 (dee) oh you swords of the south which have 42 eyes to stir up wrath of sin making men drunken which are empty; behold the promise of god and his power which is called amongst you a bitter sting. move 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) 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 se

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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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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

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complaints after reading a medical textbook. that delightful humorist, jerome k. jerome, has told us what happens in such a case. the unfortunate imagines that he has every disease described therein, mystical qabala page 51 except housemaid's knee, and cannot make up his mind as to the appropriate treatment, for everything he fancies is contra-indicated. 16. the ritual initiations of the greater mysteries of the western esoteric traditioh are based upon the principles of the tree of life. each grade corresponds to a sephirah and confers, or should confer, if the order working them is worthy of the name, the powers of that sphere of nature. likewise it opens up the paths leading to that sephirah, so that the initiate is said to be lord of the thirty-second path when he has taken the initia

with them, and will find that in this correspondence a whole new line of approach to astrology is opened up. 22. the spiritual experience as i prefer to call it, or occult power as crowley calls it, is a profound realisation or vision of some aspect of cosmic science. this constitutes the mystical qabala page 66 essence of the initiation of the grade assigned to each sephirah, for in the greater mysteries of the west the grades are associated with the sephiroth. 23. the mediaeval qabalists also assigned a part of the body to each sephirah, but this must not be taken too literally; the real key is to be found in the realisation that the different sephiroth represent factors in consciousness, and if we take geburah as the strong right arm, we must realise that it really means the dynamic wi

slide-rule as if it were a foot-rule. mystical qabala page 114 18. chesed, then, reflects into hod through the christcentre of tiphareth, just as geburah reflects into netzach. this teaches us a great deal, for it indicates that for conscious ness to rise from form to force, and for force to descend to form, it must pass through the centre of equilibrium and redemption, to which are assigned the mysteries of the crucifixion. 19. it is to the sphere of chesed that the exalted consciousness of the adept rises in his occult meditations; it is here that he receives the inspirations which he works uut on the planes of form. it is here that he meets the masters as spiritual influences contacted telepathically, without any intermingling of personality. this is the true, and the highest, mode of

gebura his the celestial surgeon; he is the knight in shining arinour, the dragon-slayer; beautiful as a bridegroom in his strength to the maiden in distress, though, no doubt, the dragon might have preferred a little more love. 6. the initiations of the infortunes, saturn, mars, and the deceptive lunar yesod, are just as necessary to the evolution and balanced development of the soul as are the mysteries of the crucifixion assigned to tiphareth. it is the one-sidedness of christianity which is its bane, and is responsible for so much that is unsound and pathological in both our national and our private lives. but, equally, we must not forget that christianity as a corrective to a pagan world that was sick unto death [page 176] with its own toxins. we need what christianity has to give bu

flow into all the reservoirs of the blessings with which they themselves are united. titles given to tiphareth: zoar anpin, the lesser countenance. melekh, the king. adam. the son. the man. mystical qabala page 128 god-name: tetragrammaton aloah va daath. archangel: raphael. order of angels: malachim, kings. mundane chakra: shemesh, the sun. spiritual experience: vision of the harmony of things. mysteries of the crucifixion. virtue: devotion to the great work. vice: pride. correspondence in the microcosm: the breast. symbols: the lamen. the rosy cross. the calvary cross.the truncated pyramid. the cube. tarot cards: the four sixes. six of wands: victory. six of cups: joy. six of swords: earned success. six of pentacles: material success. colour in atziluth: clear rose-pink. briah: yellow

. the two side pillars with the different modes of the operation of force on the different levels. 8. in tiphareth we find the archetypal ideals brought to a focus and transmuted into archetypal ideas. it is, in fact, the place of incarnation. for this reason it is called the child. and because incarnation of the god-ideal also implies the sacrificial disincarnation, to tiphareth are assigned the mysteries of the crucifixion, and all the sacrificed gods are placed here when the tree is applied to the pantheons. god the father is assigned to kether; but god the son is assigned to tiphareth for the reasons given above. mystical qabala page 130 9. exoteric religion goes no farther up the tree than tiphareth. it has no understanding of the mysteries of creation as represented by the symbolism

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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

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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

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

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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

d the wisdom of the alchemical adept with the tenets of the modern scientist in the most singular fashion, and meeting him one day at the gate of the observatory, m. figuier renewed the subject of their last discussion, deploring that a man of his gifts could pursue the semblance of a chimera. without replying, the young adept led him into the observatory garden and proceeded to reveal to him the mysteries of modern alchemical science. the young man recognized a limit to the research of the modern alchemists. gold, he said, according to the ancient authors, has three distinct properties (1) resolving the baser metals into itself, and interchanging and metamorphosing all metals into one another (2) curing afflictions and the prolongation of life; and (3) serving as a spiritus mundi to bring

ly to select initiates who had qualified for higher spiritual development. such mysteries were kept apart from popular worship, and initiates had to take a binding oath of secrecy, so that even today our knowledge of the mysteries is partly conjectural. typical mystery cults were those of eleusis in greece from about 1500 b.c.e, in turn deriving from the mystery religions of ancient egypt and the mysteries of mithras, a persian deity. traces of mithraism existed in britain. many secret societies in modern times have claimed that their rituals are a descent of an ancient tradition. sources: ulansey, david. the origins of the mithraic mysteries: cosmology and salvation in the ancient world. new york: oxford university press, 1989. ancitif a little-known demon, who, during the possession of t

nosis. illness affects both its size and color. impairment of the mental powers causes a diminution in size and distinctness. nervous diseases result in highly observable changes. from all this kilner concluded that the higher brain centers are intimately concerned in the output of auric force. this suggested an identity with the nerve-aura of dr. joseph rhodes buchanan, the first explorer of the mysteries of psychometry, which was postulated as early as 1852, and with the nerve atmosphere of dr. benjamin richardson. as death approaches, the aura gradually shrinks. no trace of it is discovered around the corpse. kilner also claimed the discovery that the aura may be affected by an effort of will, that it may be projected to a longer distance from the body, and change its colors. he said th

y of matter and the expiation of bodily sins in the body. the hands are human, to exhibit the sanctity of labor; they make the sign of esotericism above and below, to impress mystery on initiates, and they point at two lunar crescents, the upper being white and the lower black, to explain the correspondences of good and evil, mercy and justice. the lower part of the body is veiled, portraying the mysteries of universal generation, which is expressed solely by the symbol of the caduceus. the belly of the goat is scaled, and should be colored green, the semicircle above should be blue; the plumage, reaching to the breast, should be of various hues. the goat has female breasts, and thus its only characteristics are those of maternity and toil, otherwise the signs of redemption. on its forehea

arrett, who is pictured as a young man in the portrait included in his book. however, in a footnote in the magus, he offered himself as a magical teacher and invited readers to contact him if they wished to become his student (limited to 12. he was at the time living in marlebourne. students would be initiated into the occult arts and the practice of magic and be taught the philosophy, rites, and mysteries of the ancients. barrett seems to have acquired his knowledge from the library of ebenezer sibley (1751.1799, the author a decade earlier of a four-volume work surveying occultism. his library was sold through two london dealers and included english editions of the works of henry cornelis agrippa von nettesheim, peter of albano, jean baptiste von helmont, and giambattista porta. these we

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. 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

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

y stated in a manuscript of the rosicrucians (under the pseudonym omnis moriar) at cologne, germany, to have been founded in that city in the year 1115. in the rosenkreutzer in seiner blosse (1786) of f. g. e. weise, it was stated that the initiates wore a triangle, symbolizing power, wisdom, and love. the more exalted orders among them were called mage or wise masters, and these held the greater mysteries of the fraternity. they were masters of secret sciences and achieved feats that seemed supernatural. magical vestments and appurtenances the practice of magic generally prescribes various items of clothing and accessories as needful adjuncts to magical rites, in part to assist the magician in imagining himself/herself to be in an otherworldly setting. their color, name, form, and substan

s received through the mediumship of arthur ford. new york: the author, 1929. goldston, will. secrets of famous illusionists. london: long, 1933. houdini, harry. a magician among the spirits. new york: harper& brothers, 1924. miracle mongers and their methods. buffalo, n.y: prometheus books, 1981. reprint, 1993. kanfer, steven; and patricia gordon. the magic boom: new sorcery. time, 22 july 1974. mysteries of the unknown, spirit summonings. alexandria, va: time-life books, 1996. proskauer, julien j. spook crooks. new york: a. l. burt, 1946. reprint, ann arbor, mich: gryphon books, 1971. randi, james. flim-flam! psychics, esp, unicorns& other delusions. buffalo, n.y: prometheus books, 1982. the magic of uri geller. new york: random house, 1975. rev. ed. the truth about uri geller. buffalo

and experiment in the much talked of realm of mystery. chicago, 1902. marryat, florence. there is no death. 1891. reprint, new york: causeway books, 1973. medhurst, r. g, ed. crookes and the spirit world: a collection of writings by or concerning the work of sir william crookes, o.m, f.r.s. in the field of psychical research. new york: taplinger; london: souvenir press, 1972. medium, a [a. lunt. mysteries of the seance. boston, 1905. olcott, henry s. people from the other world. hartford, conn: american publishing, 1875. reprint, rutland, vt: charles tuttle, 1972. price, harry, and eric j. dingwall, eds. revelations of a spirit medium. london: kegan paul, 1922. putnam, allen. flashes of light from the spirit-land. boston, 1872. richet, charles. thirty years of psychical research. new york

rley, trans. and eds. popul vuh: the sacred book of the ancient quiche maya. london: william hodge, 1951. sahagun, bernardino de. historia de la conquista de mexico. mexico, 1829. spence, lewis. atlantis in america. london: ernest benn, 1925. reprint, detroit: singing tree press, 1972. the civilization of ancient mexico. london, 1911. the gods of mexico. london: fisher, unwin, 1913. the magic and mysteries of mexico. london: rider, 1930. the myths of mexico and peru. london: harrap, 1913. the popul vuh: the mythic& heroic sagas of the kiches of central america. london: david nutt, 1908. meyer, gustav (1868.1932) famous german occultist and novelist who wrote under the name gustav meyrink. meyer, jean (d. 1931) french industrialist, a fervent adherent of the spiritist doctrines of allan kar

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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

EXTRAORDINARY ENCOUNTERS AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EXTRATERRESTRIALS AND OTHERWORLDY BEINGS

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

es in australia and new zealand, bender speculated about a saucer base inside the south pole, and they laid plans for a research project to study that possibility. bender urged his membership to try to contact the saucers telepathically at the same hour on march 15, 1953. while participating, he underwent an out-of-body experience and then heard a voice warning him to discontinue delving into the mysteries of the universe. a few weeks later, he returned home from a two-week vacation to smell the sulfur odor. a few hours later, three shadowy, apparitional figures dressed in dark suits spoke to him. they gave him a device with which he could contact them; all he had to do was hold it tightly in his palm and say kazik over and over again. two days later, he attempted contact. the experience i

FELDMAN DANIEL QABALAH THE MYSTICAL HERITAGE OF THE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM

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

FRANCIS A YATES GIORDANO BRUNO AND THE HERMETIC TRADITION

our enraptured gaze. the egyptian law-giver had given utterance to wonderful mystical teachings, including an account of creation in which he seemed to know something of what moses knew. with this body of mystical teaching there went a magic, the magic of the asclepius. in cabala, too, there was a marvellous body of mystical teaching, derived from the hebrew law-giver, and new light on the mosaic mysteries of creation. pico lost himself in these wonders in which he saw the divinity of christ verified. and with cabala, too, there went a kind of magic, practical cabala. hermetism and cabalism also corroborated one another on a theme which was fundamental for them both, namely the creation by the word. the mysteries of the hermetica are mysteries of the word, or the logos, and in the pimander

last connects with the first. it is no accident that there are seventy-two of pico's cabalist conclusions, for the fifty-sixth conclusion shows that he knew something of the mystery of the name of god with seventy-two letters: qui sciuerit explicare quaternarium in denarium, habebit modum si sit peritus cabalae deducendi ex nomine ineffabili nomen 72 literarum. 1 all that we need to retain of the mysteries of the cabalist conclusions is that pico knew in some form the outline of the path of the sephiroth and its connections with the cosmos, and that this was why cabala connected with natural magic as its higher form. from the magical conclusions, we know that he did envisage doing practical cabala, or cabahst magic, though the details of the way in which he did this only the initiated can

17. 3 for example, the 19th magical conclusion is quoted (ed. cit, p. 58 recto) and the first cabalist conclusion (p. 64 recto* ibid, p. 56 verso. 5 ibid, p. 58 verso. 6 ibid, p. 57 recto. 102 pico della mirandola and cabalist magic whole song. after the opening quotation from trismegistus on man, the great miracle, comes the main eulogy of natural magic,1 after which the speaker passes on to the mysteries of the hebrews and the secret tradition stemming from moses.2 the oration is full of secrets not fully revealed. the egyptians sculptured a sphinx on their temples to show that the mysteries of their religion must be guarded under a veil of silence.3 the cabala of the hebrews contains mysteries handed on under a seal of silence.4 sometimes he comes near to revealing a secret: and if it i

pp. 33-4. 2 walker "the prisca theologia in france, p. 209; scott, i, pp. 34-6. 3 walker (spiritual and demonic magic, pp. 96-106. 173 religious hermetism in the sixteenth century punishments of fortune in his asinine form, at last freed from that form in the ecstasy of his vision of isis rising from the sea near the lonely shore to which he has wandered in despair, and finally initiated into the mysteries of isis and becoming a priest of her cult, form a kind of odyssey of a suffering magus. the story is written in a cruel and glittering style, facetious and obscene, yet with the egyptian mysteries hidden within this ridiculous story of an ass. such a style might have appealed to a modern magician as his model. i am thinking, of course, of giordano bruno. ficino and pico had used prisca t

eme was driven out; the pollution of the elements was cleansed and they received a second efflux of the divine nature.4 the treatise ends with the praises of isis and osiris; who have put an end to slaughter and have restored justice; who having learned from hermes that things below must be kept in sympathy with things above have instituted on earth the sacred functions vertically linked with the mysteries of heaven.5 this treatise is very obscure6 and i have picked out from it only certain points for comparison with bruno's spaccio in which the divine sophia, isis, and momus (but not horus) are among the speakers; which is concerned with the convoking of an assembly of the gods to reform themselves and the celestial images; whence there is to come a general reform of mankind involving a r

ating the epicycle of the earth and the moon which are one and the same"(pl. 7c)3 it is possible that the episode of fetching a book has been deliberately altered by bruno in the version of the oxford debate which he gives in the cena the book fetched being now, not a ficino, but a copernicus. the truth is that for bruno the copernican diagram is a hieroglyph, a hermetic seal hiding potent divine mysteries of which he has penetrated the secret. to understand the true import of the argument about the diagram in the cena one should read those masterly pages in which, in 1621, kepler analysed the difference between his own and fludd's use of diagrams in their respective works on harmony. his own diagrams, says kepler, are truly mathematical; those of fludd are hermetic "tu tractas mathematica

FREEMASON BLUEBOOK

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

/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 lodge [deposit] we hereby certify, that we are personally acquainted with mr__above named, and do hereby recommend and propose him as a worthy candidate for the mysteries of masonry, and that the statements in his petition as to his residence are true. the foregoing application was presented to, lodge,on the_ day of_ a.l. 59__and referred to a committee of inquiry. attest_ secretary i first we have made all due inquiry relative to the character, standing and eligibility of the above applicant, and do cheerfully recommend him as suitably qualified, worthy

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

ste and destroyed many valuable monuments of antiquity, on which the utmost exertions of human genius have been employed. even the temple of solomon, so spacious and magnificent, and constructed by so many celebrated artists, escaped not the unsparing ravages of barbarous force. freemasonry, notwithstanding, still survives. the attentive ear receives the sound from the instructive tongue, and the mysteries of masonry are safely lodged in the repository of faithful breasts. tools and implements of architecturesymbols most expressivehave been selected by the fraternity to imprint on the memory wise and serious truths; and thus, through a succession of ages, are transmitted, unimpaired, the most excellent tenets of our institution. charge at initiation into the second degree. brother: being a

FREEMASONRY AND CATHOLICISM BY MAX HEINDEL 2

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

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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

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

mbols. the initiate is told that this letter stands for "god" and for "geometry" which the supreme architect of the universe used to design the universe. however, arthur waite, occultist and 33rd degree mason quotes eliphas levi who is also a 33rd degree, tells us that the letter "g" stands for venus, and that venus' symbol is a lingam, a stylized phallis [masonic author, arthur edward waite, the mysteries of magic: a digest of the writings of eliphas levi, chicago, delaurence, scott, and company, 1909, p. 217] albert pike states within morals and dogma [page 631-32] that the monad[#1] is male, and the duad[#2] is female. their sexual union produces the triad[#3, which is "represented by the letter 'g, the generative principle" this term "generative principle" is code for the sex act. sex

ar. within masonic symbolism, the sex act is portrayed as the union of the perpendicular and the base. we have pictured the triangle ithin. masonic author, r. swinburne clymer typifies, above, with the symbol of the tau w masonic symbolism of the tau gam, and the yoni, the male and female emblems of when he states "the phallus, or lin generation, are found in the triangle and the tau [clymer, the mysteries of osiris or ancient egyptian initiation, quakertown, pa, the philosophical publishing company, 1951, p. 131] masonic author, albert mackey, tells us of the sexual connotation of this hexagram "the triangle pointing downward is a female symbol corresponding to the yoni and the upward pointing triangle is the male, the lingam. when the two triangles are interlaced, it represents the union

father, or the male generative principle [phallus] was uniformly symbolized by a point within a circle. this emblem was placed by the scandinavian priests and poets on the central summit of a rainbow, which was fabled to be a bridge leading from earth [female vulva] to heaven [great father's pha llus [oliver, signs and symbols, macoy publishing and masonic supply co, p. 14; also r. swinburne, the mysteries of osiris or ancient egyptian initiation, p. 185] a christian 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

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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

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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

ly the application of knowledge to circumstances, has always been realized in the east. amongst the jews, and christ was of that race, we find it firmly established, and it is not a mere coincidence that the hebrew word sod, which means gmystery h or gsecrets h, has the same numerical value, namely 70, as the hebrew word which represents gwine h; for mystery can intoxicate as well as refresh. the mysteries of the early hebrews were closely guarded by the sons of the doctrine, and it would appear that many of their secrets were derived from egypt and later on from babylonia. we are told that moses was learned in all the wisdom of the egyptians2 and that in the first four books of the pentateuch he has esoterically laid down the principles of the secret doctrine. he initiated seventy elders

he first four books of the pentateuch he has esoterically laid down the principles of the secret doctrine. he initiated seventy elders into the mysteries,3 which they transmitted from mouth to ear. generally speaking, the initiates led an ascetic life in order to separate themselves from the ignorant and unwise, so that they might guard against divulging their doctrines. in these distant days the mysteries of nature, and what is now called physical science, formed part of the hidden cult. thus pythagoras, anaximander, nicetas, heraclides, aristarchus, seleneus, and ecphantus believed in the rotundity of the earth or in its movement; the first of these philosophers holding that each star was a world possessing its own atmosphere and surrounded by immense spaces of ether.4 but this knowledge

ars. the jewish secret doctrines the world is a mystery, and mysteries are dangerous to the uninitiated: here are two facts which would seem to be uncontradictable; for divulgence has invariably led to active discontent, caused by a loss of balance between the spiritual and the mundane. like all other peoples, the jews realized this, and long before the qabalah was known as an occult science, the mysteries of creation, evolution, and dissolution were locked up in their sacred writings. then came the great dispersion: a small people bereft of nationship was cast into a dissolving world, and almost simultaneously a new cult arose called christianity- a jewish heresy. the reaction on orthodox jewry was instantaneous; for a tension was established which later on led to the persecution of the j

ir sect and the names of the angels or the mysteries connected with the tetragrammaton and the other names of god and the angels, comprised in the theosophy as well as with the cosmogony which also played so important a part among the jewish mystics and the kabbalists. 11 but long before the essenes existed lived the qabalah. aryan and chaldean esoteric doctrines percolated into it. in egypt, the mysteries of the sun god, the moon goddess, of osiris and isis, impinged upon it. assyria and babylon gave it much, and not a little may be traced to the vedas, the upanishads, the bhagavad-gita, and the vedantas, and much of the practical qabalah to the tantras more especially. historically, the main point of interest is that the qabalist is an inveterate plagiarist; he never hesitates to absorb

have this day revealed unto you! and know that none of these celestial palaces are light, nor are they spirits, nor are they souls, nor are they any form that may be seized hold of by any of the senses. know that the palaces are thoughts-seen through curtains. take away the thought, and the palace becomes nothing that the mind can grasp nor the imagination picture! and know, finally, that all the mysteries of the faith lie in this doctrine: that all that exists in the upper world is the light of thought- the infinite. lift the curtain, and all matter appears immaterial! lift another curtain, and the immaterial becomes even more spiritual and sublime! as each succeeding curtain is lifted we are transported to ever-higher planes of sublimity until the highest is reached!22 the curtains are t

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

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

thout power. not only is it plain that the titles and attributes of female gods have been appropriated by males, but it is also true that the more ancient deities, which are now known to have been female, have by later investigators been represented as male. the interpretations which have hitherto been put upon the babylonian and assyrian deities by many of those who have attempted to unravel the mysteries of an earlier stage of religious worship, is doubtless due to the fact that since the so-called historic period began, the qualities which have been considered godlike have all been masculine; it has therefore never occurred to the minds of these writers that the ancients may have entertained quite different notions from their own regarding the attributes of a deity; hence, whenever the

d, being translated into symbolical or allegorical language, were by the poets transformed into epic or narrative myths, in which the original subject symbolized was almost effaced, whilst the allegorical expressions were received generally in a literal sense. hence, to the many, the meaning of the ancient doctrine was lost, and was communicated only to the few, under the strictest secrecy in the mysteries of eleusis and samothrace. thus there was a popular theology to suit the people, and a rational theology reserved for the educated, the symbolical language in both being the same, but the meaning of it being taken differently. in course of time, as knowledge makes its way among the people, and religious enlightenment with it, much of what had been received literally will relapse into its

reotyped dogmas will fall like pagan idols before advancing truth"[102 [102] barlow, essays on symbolism, p. 121. although, during the later ages of the human career, the higher truths taught by an earlier race were lost, still a slight hint of the beauty and purity of the more ancient worship may be traced through most of the ages of the history of religion. even among the profligate greeks, the mysteries of eleusis, celebrated in the temple of ceres, were always respected. care should be taken, however, not to confound these remnants of pure natureworship with that of the courtesan venus, whose adoration, during the degenerate days of greece, represented only the lowest and most corrupt conception of the female energy. down to a late date in the annals of athens there was celebrated a re

GILBERT AE WAITE A MAGICIAN OF MANY PARTS

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

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

us, the 'primary intention' of the society was'toplace within the reach of its members the great and memorable texts of christian mysticism, of all schools and periods, excluding nothing on the ground of difficulties in doctrine,butdistinguishing clearly the position of each text in relation to the chief schools of doctrine. two 'subsidiary objects, which followed from this, were'toillustrate the mysteries of sanctity as exhibited in christian mysticism by reference to all concurrent sources of esoteric knowledge in europe, and to test that knowledge in the light of christian mysticism'.thedirector general of the hermetic text society was to be waite, the secretary general was to be philip wellby, and dora stuart-menteath was to be treasurer. there was also to be a ten-man 'advisory commit

nd's 'hermetic society, which laid great emphasis on the western as opposed to the eastern tradition of occultism. all these activities ledhimto recognize the contribution that ladiescould-anddid-maketo the advancement of occult knowledge, and he developed the notion of creating a secret society of men and women 'for the purpose of the study of occult science, and the further investigation of the mysteries of life and death, andourenvironment. there was also, so westcott argued, every justification fornotincluding a masonic qualification and for including members ofbothsexes:'onthe continent many groups of rosicrucian initiates and adepts had admitted menwhowere not freemasons, and evenlearned women, to their grades and assemblies. this may have been a departure from the original rules of

isandhisfellowshipoftherosycrossreferringto the fellowship of the rosy cross in his autobiography, waite said of it 'there is no story to tell, either by myself or another. may that most sacred centre give up no outward form'(sly,p. 229).buthe made the public awareofits existence by cryptic references to a'hiddenrite'(inemblematicfreemasonry,p. 151, as well as to a ritewhich'claims to contain the mysteries of ancient and primitive masonry' and which 'communicates in secret instructions a certain doctrineofthe soul'(secret 1fadition infreemasonry,1937, p. 461. he also carefully preserved the rituals, the minutes, and lists of membersofthe fellowship, and from these it is possible to present a pictureofthe formofhis order, ifnotofthe contentofits workings,1theindependent and rectified rite o

f the kingdom upon them in a law of service. then god shall give themwork'(lampsof "western mysticism,p.329_-appendixa (i)thenewlightofmysticism:orderofthespiritualtemplefirstconstructiveperiodf.hildebrand rothwell.,hon.sec.(protern.)to 'the triad'85,sinclairroad,kensington,w.thepsychological phenomena of the nineteenth century have directed the attention of many earnest students to the spiritual mysteries of the past, andthepresent epoch of humanity may be deemed a ripe time for the more general diffusion of the important philosophical conclusions which havetaken shape in the minds of a large section of patient investigators.ii it is believed that the lost keysof the ancient secret sciencesmay yet be recovered. modern facts, regarded in the lightofold theories, and old theories explained

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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

hehiddenknowledge,andi believethati shall find this sacred light among you.'hierophant:'placethecandidate at the westofthe altar.'thisis done by the hegemon.hierophant:'wehold your signed pledge to keep secret all things respecting thisorder.toconfirm it, i now askwhetheryouare willing to take a solemn obligation inthepresenceofourassem-appendixciiibly that you will keep inviolate the secrets and mysteries of this order.thereis nothing incompatible with your civil, moral or religious duties in this obligation, for although transcendental virtues may awake to a momentary life in foolish and wicked hearts, they cannot subsist in any unless the natural virtues are their throne. he who is the foundationofspirits comes not to break but to fulfil the law. are you ready to take this pledge?'candi

e guardianofthe mysteries.theseal of the stolistes at the gate of the north, signifyingcold, is the place of the guardian of the cauldron and the well of water.theseal of the dadouchos in the south, signifying heat, is the place of the guardianofthe lake of fire and the burning bush' a pause.hierophant:'frater kerux, i command you to declare that the neophyte has been regularly initiated into the mysteries of the0=0grade.'kerux(advancing to right front of hierophant and raising his wand:'inthe nameofhim who works in silence and whom only silence can express, and by command of the very honoured hierophant, hear ye all: i proclaim that a.b, whowillbe known hereafter among us by the motto adveniat regnum (vel alius) has been duly admitted to the0=0grade andisa neophyte in the order of them.26

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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

bered that the lecture on the tracing board of the first degree actually refers to these customs of the ancient egyptians as the fount of origin for many masonic points; it refers also to the doctrines of pythagoras whose five pointed star i mention later on. among the masonic points which have been derived from the ancient mysteries, i notice the triple degrees of the system corresponding to the mysteries of serapis, isis, and osiris. now our second degree has feminine suggestions; note, shibboleth, the ear of corn, the water, for corn refers to the goddess ceres, female, or demeter, gemeter, earth mother, and the water is female in all old languages; compare binah, mother deity; andthe religion of freemasonry 119our third is a very close approximation to that which represen255 ted the sl

sonry, its ideals and ceremonies, and certain older institutions whether religious or civil. some have gone beyond the assertion of resemblances and have declared that freemasonry, as we know it to-day, has descended from these institutions, or has been beholdentothem for its inspiration and for many peculiaritiesof doctrine and procedure. freemasonry hasbeenaffiliated by essayists to the ancient mysteries of egypt and greece, to the collegia of rome, to the essene brotherhood and to the culdees of old, as well as to the much later vehm-gerichte of westphalia, the steinmetzen, the trade guilds, the french compagnonageand the rosicrucians; even our origin from the celtic druids of britain and nor255 mandy has.been inferred. i have upon a former occasion expressed my dissent from the asserti

growl like lions; his remarks are all intended to be contemp255 tuous and insulting to these mystics. some old authors explained these practices as being illustra255 tions of astronomical details, and so related to the zodiacal signs, and to gods of the planets which had mostly animal secondary attributions in greco-roman mythology. cumont remarks that many cults of ancient nations of asia minor, mysteries of greece and egypt, consecrated animals to definite gods, goddesses, and religious ideals; perhaps this practice was a survival of prehistoric forms of belief, and related to thetotems,which were animal forms related tocertain tribes, sects, and families. we remember, of course, that the four quarters of the earth were associated with lion, bull, man and eagle, and that these symbols we

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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;

et forth their knowledge, if they may, and are not restrained by any pledges or honourable understanding, or should be silent; and those who have any interpretation to give should give their authority, or if the source be their own intuition orclair255voyance, should frankly say so.ifallcommentators would follow these simple rules of scientific investigation, we might be nearer to solving the two mysteries of the origin of the tarot cards, and the origin of the gipsies, and either proving or disproving their alleged connection.[reprinted from theoccultreview, vol.xxix,no.2(february 1919, pp. 90-8.]14.an egyptian ritual against apophiandits relation to modern witchcraftsome years ago a learned and famous egyptologist said to me that the most striking characteristic of ancient egypt was its

try to getbuddhists converted to christianity,butfirst endeavour to make them.good buddhists. the buddhisthasdeveloped himsellas far asma,nas,buthehas not developed the principle of buddhi. to makehima christian before he has developed the principle of buddhi would be to make himithypocrite.thatprinciple must be calledintoaction.ifwe read the most esotericofthe eastern writings, we find that the mysteries of buddhiare only communicated to pledged chelas under the strictest pledges; the easterns must progess. or become extinct: that has always been the experience of the past.ifthey are to progress, it is the influence of the west that will doitif'proofis wanted of that, look at the way they regardparabrahmitisessentially the same as the hebrew concept of negative existencethree veils of ne

had some experience170 the sorcerer and his apprenticein the forming of magic squares- which used at any rate to be a popular game among children- arranging figures so that whether added up or down, diagonally or crosswise,theresultwill be the same. thereisa much deeper meaning in the kabala than the childish game'whichis derived from it,267 as manyofour childish games.arederived from the deepest mysteries of the ancients. but according to the kabalistic theory and treatment of numbers, every planet, and therefore every number, and everyoneofthe great gods or archangels, had itsownkey number; and making a magicsquareout of this key number, you arrive at other numbers, thesumof the column, and the total sum ofthenumbers and so forth. by substituting the hebrew letters for the numbers certai

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

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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

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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

legacy and its ramifications in religious, political and developmental fields. the gnostic handbook page 121 the role and purpose of the gnostic apostolic church the gnostic apostolic church is a modern manifestation of the current which has been working to redeem man from the prison of matter. throughout history there has been a continuum of secret churches or ecclesias which have carried on the mysteries of the gnosis. the gnostic apostolic church is representative of the remnant ecclesia that carries on the gnosis in the age of the wolf. the gnostic apostolic church is the title used for the general religious operations of the brethren, it symbolizes our focus on the restoration of the original gnosis. the term ecclesia or church is not simply an organisation or a group of people aiming

GNOSTIC STUDIES THE GNOSTIC HANDBOOK II GNOSTIC THEURGY

as we experience the tree of life (ygdrassill) gaining knowledge from each of its nine centres (except earth, we must grasp (comprehend) the secret alphabet (the paths, and integrate them whilst still existing in a fallen or earthly form. this knowledge or gnosis can then be used to help us grow in wisdom, leading us from word to word, deed to another deed until we are new and reborn beings. the mysteries of enochian the enochian script is a most unusual form of esoteric language. it is named after enoch, who it is rumoured, reached such a high state of illumination that he walked with god and was not. enochian as a language or symbol-system did not develop or evolve naturally as most languages do, but was received through the crystal gnostic theurgy page 114 gazing visions of john dee (1

craft sustained by a specialised priest class, there was always festivals, feasts and celebrations that catered to the needs of the masses. medicine was closely associated with astrology and herbalism and early forms of metallurgy were taught as part of the arcanum of alchemy. every facet of egyptian life was in some way connected to the mysteries. the pyramids and the sphinx are two of the great mysteries of egypt, they have been interpreted as being everything from storage bins for grain to initiatory temples. the esoteric tradition holds that they were build by the survivors of atlantis and that even their geometry embodies the ancient ways. from these speculations a whole system has developed (pyramidology) which attempts to interpret the meaning of the shapes, angles and numbers of th

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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

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS ENOCHALL

m: 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. cmu: cacode

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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

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

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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

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

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, which have under you quar micma bialo iad isro tox ds i 1636. behold the voice of god! the promise of him who is vmd aai baltim zacar od zamran called amongst you fury or extreme justice. move and show yourselves odo cicle qaa zorge 19 open the mysteries of your creation. be friendly unto me. lap zirdo noco mad for i am the servant of the same your god, hoath iaida. the true worshipper of the highest. n of l the fifteenth key ils tabaan l ial-prt casarman vpaahi chis 0 thou, the governor of the first flame, under whose wings are darg ds oado caosgi orscor ds omax 6739 which weave the earth with dryness: which knowest the great baeouib od

e worshipper of the highest. n of l the fifteenth key ils tabaan l ial-prt casarman vpaahi chis 0 thou, the governor of the first flame, under whose wings are darg ds oado caosgi orscor ds omax 6739 which weave the earth with dryness: which knowest the great baeouib od emetgis iaiadix zacar od zamran name righteousness and the seal of honour! move and show yourselves! odo cicle qaa zorge open the mysteries of your creation. be friendly unto me. lap zirdo noco mad for i am the servant of the same your god, 20 hoath iaida. the true worshipper of the highest. o of l the sixteenth key ils viv ialprt salman balt ds a 0 thou of the second flame, the house of justice, who hast thy cro-odzi busd od bliorax balit ds insi beginning in glory, and shalt comfort the just, who walkest on caosgi lusdan e

of the second flame, the house of justice, who hast thy cro-odzi busd od bliorax balit ds insi beginning in glory, and shalt comfort the just, who walkest on caosgi lusdan emod ds om od tliob the earth with feet 8763 which understand and separate creatures. drilpa geh ils mad zilodarp zacar od zamran great art thou in the god of conquest. move and show yourselves! odo cicle qaa zorge lap open the mysteries of your creation. be friendly unto me! for 21 zirdo noco mad i am the servant of the same your god: hoath iaida. the true worshipper of the highest. m of o the seventeenth key ils d ialpirt soba vpaah chis nanba zixlay dodseh 0 thou third flame whose wings are thorns to stir up vexation: od ds brint taxs hubardo tastax ilsi and who hast 7336 living lamps going before thee: soba iad i von

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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

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

ou 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, which have under you quar micma bialo iad isro tox ds i 1636. behold the voice of god! the promise of him who is vmd aai baltim zacar od zamran called amongst you fury or extreme justice. move and show yourselves odo cicle qaa zorge open the mysteries of your creation. be friendly unto me. lap zirdo noco mad for i am the servant of the same your god, hoath iaida. 19 the true worshipper of the highest. n of l the fifteenth key ils tabaan l ial-prt casarman vpaahi chis 0 thou, the governor of the first flame, under whose wings are darg ds oado caosgi orscor ds omax 6739 which weave the earth with dryness: which knowest the great baeouib

e worshipper of the highest. n of l the fifteenth key ils tabaan l ial-prt casarman vpaahi chis 0 thou, the governor of the first flame, under whose wings are darg ds oado caosgi orscor ds omax 6739 which weave the earth with dryness: which knowest the great baeouib od emetgis iaiadix zacar od zamran name righteousness and the seal of honour! move and show yourselves! odo cicle qaa zorge open the mysteries of your creation. be friendly unto me. lap zirdo noco mad for i am the servant of the same your god, hoath iaida. the true worshipper of the highest. 20 o of l the sixteenth key ils viv ialprt salman balt ds a 0 thou of the second flame, the house of justice, who hast thy cro-odzi busd od bliorax balit ds insi beginning in glory, and shalt comfort the just, who walkest on caosgi lusdan e

of the second flame, the house of justice, who hast thy cro-odzi busd od bliorax balit ds insi beginning in glory, and shalt comfort the just, who walkest on caosgi lusdan emod ds om od tliob the earth with feet 8763 which understand and separate creatures. drilpa geh ils mad zilodarp zacar od zamran great art thou in the god of conquest. move and show yourselves! odo cicle qaa zorge lap open the mysteries of your creation. be friendly unto me! for zirdo noco mad i am the servant of the same your god: hoath iaida. the true worshipper of the highest. 21 m of o the seventeenth key ils d ialpirt soba vpaah chis nanba zixlay dodseh 0 thou third flame whose wings are thorns to stir up vexation: od ds brint taxs hubardo tastax ilsi and who hast 7336 living lamps going before thee: soba iad i von

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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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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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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

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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

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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 attained by interior disposition. such individuals enjoy a rapport with the gods and p

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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

however, some of the earlier peoples had calculated exactly when a great movement of the earth could be expected to bring the fifth sun to an end. 10 eric s. thompson, maya history and religion, university of oklahoma press, 1990, p. 332. see also aztec calendar: history and symbolism, garcia y valades editores, mexico city, 1992. 11 ibid. 12 pre-hispanic gods of mexico, p. 24. 13 peter tompkins, mysteries of the mexican pyramids, thames& hudson, london, 1987, p. 286. 14 john bierhorst, the mythology of mexico and central america, william morrow& co, new york, 1990, p. 134. 15 world mythology (ed. roy willis, bca, london, 1993, p. 243. 16 stuart j. fiedel, the prehistory of the americas (second edition, cambridge university press, 1992, pp. 312-13. graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 1

remote antiquity. quetzalcoatl was credited with the invention of the advanced mathematical and calendrical formulae that the maya were later to use to calculate the date of doomsday.19 he also bore a striking 17 professor michael d. coe, breaking the maya code, thames& hudson, london, 1992, pp. 275-6. herbert joseph spinden s correlation gives a slightly earlier date of 24 december, ad 2011. see mysteries of the mexican pyramids, p. 286. 18 mysteries of the mexican pyramids, p. 286. 19 world mythology, p. 240. see also encyclopaedia britannica, 1991, 9:855, and lewis spence, the magic and mysteries of mexico, rider, london, 1922, pp. 49-50. graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 106 resemblance to viracocha, the pale god of the andes, who came to tiahuanaco in the time of darkness bearin

the calendar, and to have been a master builder who taught the people the secrets of 11 not only obviously related but specifically related. votan, for example, was often referred to as the grandson of quetzalcoatl. itzamana and kukulkan were sometimes confused by the indians who transmitted their legends to spanish chroniclers shortly after the conquest. see fair gods and stone faces, p. 100. 12 mysteries of the mexican pyramids, p. 347. 13 new larousse encyclopaedia of mythology, p. 439. 14 james bailey, the god-kings and the titans, hodder and stoughton, london, 1972, p. 206. 15 fair gods and stone faces, pp. 37-8. 16 according to the sixteenth century chronicler bernardino de sahagun: quetzalcoatl was a great civilizing agent who entered mexico at the head of a band of strangers. he im

e gods 110 masonry and architecture. he was the father of mathematics, metallurgy, and astronomy and was said to have measured the earth. he also founded productive agriculture, and was reported to have discovered and introduced corn literally the staff of life in these ancient lands. a great doctor and master of medicines, he was the patron of healers and diviners and disclosed to the people the mysteries of the properties of plants. in addition, he was revered as a lawgiver, as a protector of craftsmen, and as a patron of all the arts. as might be expected of such a refined and cultured individual he forbade the grisly practice of human sacrifice during the period of his ascendancy in mexico. after his departure the blood-spattered rituals were reintroduced with a vengeance. nevertheless

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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

m. as a vovin you are mobile, and roam the cosmic sub-planes to establish your word wherever you can. you can breathe forth fire (your spiritual word, air (your intellectual word, and water (your emotional word, as well as earth (your literal or physical word. 266 addmonal notes on vovin. the earliest initiates and adepts, or the "wise men" for whom it is claimed that they were initiated into the mysteries of nature by the universal mind, represented by the highest angels, were named the "serpents of wisdom" and "dragons. h.p. blavatsky, the secret doctrine the vovin is very similar to the vrelp, but there is one major distinction. the vrelp is largely an expression of the solar current while the vovin is largely an expression of the lunar current. the vrelp uses the masculine current for

ian tarot. as a deck of cards, it is similar to the major arcana of the standard tarot and can be used for either divination or meditation. one of the challenges of enochian magick is to enter each of the aethyrs and learn the lessons of life directly. initiation, in the true sense, is a direct confrontation with real i ty or fact. each of the thi rty aethyrs of fers an initiation into one of the mysteries of life. meditation on a specific card is an excellent technique for entering that region. the cards of enochian tarot will have the following meanings: 288 no. aethyr_ meanings 30 tex restriction, desire, silence, fear reversed: freedom, satisfaction, courage 29 rh judgment purification, decision, justice reversed: indecision, delay, impurity, injustice 28 bag guilt, doubt, mistrust, si

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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

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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

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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

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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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

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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;

HELENA BLAVATSKY NIGHTMARE TALES

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

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

structed in preliminary knowledge, and who were also bound by a pledge. finally, do we not find the page 8 the key to theosophy- hp blavatsky.txt same even in early christianity, among the gnostics, and even in the teachings of christ? did he not speak to the multitudes in parables which had a two-fold meaning, and explain his reasons only to his disciples? he says: to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven; but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables the essenes of judea and carmel made similar distinctions, dividing their adherents into neophytes, brethren, and the perfect, or those initiated. examples might be brought from every country to this effect. q. can you attain the "secret wisdom" simply by study? encyclopedias define theosophy

autama's religious philosophy. theosophy, as already said, is the wisdom-religion. page 10 the key to theosophy- hp blavatsky.txt q. what is the difference between buddhism, the religion founded by the prince of kapilavastu, and budhism, the "wisdomism" which you say is synonymous with theosophy? a. just the same difference as there is between the secret teachings of christ, which are called "the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven" and the later ritualism and dogmatic theology of the churches and sects. buddha means the "enlightened" by bodha, or understanding, wisdom. this has passed root and branch into the esoteric teachings that gautama imparted to his chosen arhats only. q. but some orientalists deny that buddha ever taught any esoteric doctrine at all? a. they may as well deny that n

ever-not even in the sense of a new and direct disclosure from some higher, supernatural, or, at least, superhuman beings; but only in the sense of an "unveiling" of old, very old, truths to minds hitherto ignorant of them, ignorant even of the existence and preservation of any such archaic knowledge. it has become "fashionable" especially of late, to deride the notion that there ever was, in the mysteries of great and civilized peoples, such as the egyptians, greeks, or romans, anything but priestly imposture. even the rosicrucians were no better than half lunatics, half knaves. numerous books have been written on them; and tyros, who had hardly heard the name a few years before, sallied out as profound critics and gnostics on the subject of alchemy, the fire-philosophers, and mysticism i

and have been so from the beginning. 1. to form the nucleus of a universal brotherhood of humanity without distinction of race, color, or creed. 2. to promote the study of aryan *2) and other scriptures, of the world's religions and sciences, and to vindicate the importance of old asiatic literature, namely, of the brahmanical, buddhist, and zoroastrian philosophies. 3. to investigate the hidden mysteries of nature under every aspect possible, and the psychic and spiritual powers latent in man especially. these are, broadly stated, the three chief objects of the theosophical society *1) see also appendix at the end of this file *2) h.p.b. means the original indo-germanic race from northern india (see h.p.b, the theosophical glossary, london, 1892 and also the glossary at the end of this f

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

HP LOVECRAFT A DARK LORE

change for suitable services, it was allowed to rove all over the habitable world in titan airships or on the huge boatlike atomic-engined vehicles which traversed the great roads, and to delve freely into the libraries containing the records of the planet's past and future. this reconciled many captive minds to their lot; since none were other than keen, and to such minds the unveiling of hidden mysteries of earth-closed chapters of inconceivable pasts and dizzying vortices of future time which include the years ahead of their own natural ages-forms always, despite the abysmal horrors often unveiled, the supreme experience of life. now and then certain captives were permitted to meet other captive minds seized from the future- to exchange thoughts with consciousnesses living a hundred or

HP LOVECRAFT HYPNOS

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 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

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

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

ISIS UNVEILED

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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

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

rom him by the christians for the destruction of every idol, our own century would never have had a christian mythological pantheon of its own. never digitizecoy google maby-vmgm only isis eechristened 41 did the xeo-platonic school reiich such a height of philosophy as when nearest its end. uniting the mystic theosophy of old egypt with the refined philosophy of the greeks; nearer to the ancient mysteries of thebes and memphis than they had been for centuries; versed ia the science of soothsaying and divination, as in the art of the therapeutiaia; friendly with the acutest men of the jewish nation, who were deeply imbued with the zoroastnan ideas, the neo-platonists tended to amal- gamate the old wisdom of the oriental kabala with the more refined conceptions of the occidental theosophist

language, that which, even in our own age, is used by the hindq fakirs and initiated br&hmanas in their magical evocations* it has been from time immemorial and still is employed by the initiates of all countries; and the tibetan lamas claim that it is in this tongue that appear the mysterious characters on the leaves and bark of the sacred kounboum. jacouiot, who took such pains to penetrate the mysteries of the brahmanical initiation, in translating and commenting upon tbe agru- shada-parikshai confesses the following" it is pretended also, without our being able to verify the assertion, that tbe magical evocations were pronounced in a particular language, and that it was forbidden, under pain of death, to translate them into vulgar dialects. the rare expressions that we have been able t

trine' the great hierophant of the ancient mysteries never allowed the candidates to see or hear him personally. he was the deus ex ma- dtind, the presiding but invisible deity, uttering his will and instructions through a second party; and 2000 years later we discover that the dalai-lamas of tibet had been following for centuries the same tradition- al program during the most important religious mysteries of lamaism. 187. or principal determitiative. see e. de rousi: sleu, pp. 44, 473i piak (tidens) ia intenitetcd on it 'to bij^ew' witb a ngn ot intenogation nfter it the usual mark
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

JENNINGS HARGRAVE ROSICRUCIANS RITES MYSTERIES

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

s wheel. turning-point libra (the sign libra was added by the greeks) the first six signs, or ascending signs, are represented by the celestial perpendicular, or descending ray, as thus: the last six signs, or descending signs, are represented by the terrestrial ground-line, or horizontal, or equatorial (symbol, or sigma, as thus: the union of these (at the intersection of these rays) at fig. 13. mysteries of the cross. 63 the junction-point, or middle point, forms the cross as thus: fig. 15 (b) cross (c) fig. 16. fig. 17. fig. 18. fig. 19. in figure c, the union of fig. 16 and fig. 17 forms the cross. fig. 18 is the mundane circle. fig. 19 is the astronomical cross upon the mundane circle. the union of fig. 18, fig. 17, and fig. 16, in this respective order, gives the crux-ansata, so cont

oire de la folie humaine, tom. vii; biographie universelle, article paracelse; and sprengel, histoire pragmatique de la m decine, tom. iii. akin to the school of the ancient fire-believers, and of the magnetists of a later period, says the learned dr. ennemoser, in his history of magic (most ably rendered into english by william howitt, of the same cast as these speculators and searchers into the mysteries of nature, drawing from the same well, are the theosophists of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. these practised chemistry, by which they asserted that they could explore the profoundest secrets of nature. as they strove, above all earthly knowledge, after the divine, and sought the divine light and fire, through which all men can acquire the true wisdom, they were called the fire

of northern asia, the luminous rays descended from heaven, and, animating the lama, or light-born spoke the same story. the flames of the greeks, the towers of the phoenicians, the emblems of the pelasgi; the story of prometheus, and the myth of his stealing the fire from heaven, wherewith to animate the man (or ensoul the visible world; the forges of the cyclops, and the monuments of sicily; the mysteries of the etrurians; the rites of the carthaginians; the torches borne, in all priestly demonstrative processions, at all times, in all countries; the vestal fires of the romans; the very word flamen, as indicative of the office of the officiating sacerdote; the 96 the rosicrucians. hidden fires of the ancient persians, and of the grimmer (at least in name) guebres; the whole mystic meaning

ime, and as different from any principle of atheism as the brightest sunshine differs from the blackest midnight. mont st.-michel, normandy. druidical circle at darab, in arabia. chapter the fifteenth. footsteps of the rosicrucians amidst architectural objects. homas vaughan, of oxford, a famous rosicrucian, whom we have before mentioned, and who in the year 1650 published a book upon some of the mysteries of the rosicrucians, has the following passage. his work is entitled anthroposophia theomagia; it has a supplemental treatise, called anima magica abscondita; we quote from pages 26 and 27 of the united volume: in regard of the ashes of vegetables, says vaughan, although their weaker exterior elements expire by violence of the fire, yet their earth cannot be destroyed, but is vitrified

to each of the twelve signs, and consequently there are 360 to the entire astronomical circle, or 365, counting for each day of the solar year. the inscription upon the gnostic gems, ceou, is probably intended for qeou; for the arabs yet substitute the s for the th in their pronunciation (gnostics, p. 233; matter, histoire critique du gnostidsme. in this s and the th standing for it, lie all the mysteries of masonry, christos, was designed for the guide of all that proceeds from god. sophia-achamoth is the guide, according to the gnostics, for all proceeding out of matter. st. irenseus, whose period is the end of the second century, draws all these startling inferences from the book of enoch, and names sophia as signifying the divine wisdom. the ophite scheme seems evidently the bhuddisti

KETAB E SIYAH

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

LAITMAN M KABBALAH ATTAINING THE WORLDS BEYOND

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

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

LAITMAN M KABBALAH SCIENCE AND THE MEANING OF LIFE

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

LEADBEATER C W THE HIDDEN LIFE IN FREEMASONRY 2E

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

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

able but for the fact that the great powers behind evolution have taken an interest in the matter, and gradually brought people back to the true lines when they had swerved somewhat away from them. this business was always in the hands of the chohan of the seventh ray, for that is the ray most especially connected with ceremonial of all kinds, and its head was always the supreme hierophant of the mysteries of ancient egypt. the present holder of that office is that master of the wisdom of whom we often speak as the comte de s. germain, because he appeared under that title in the eighteenth century. he is also sometimes called prince rakoczi, as he is the last survivor of that royal house. exactly when he was appointed to the headship of the ceremonial ray i do not know, but he took a keen

ur lodges his portrait is placed in the east, above the chair of the r.w.m, and just beneath the star of initiation; others place it in the north, above an empty chair. upon his recognition and assent as head of the seventh ray the validity of all rites and degrees depends. he often selects pupils from among the brn. of the masonic order, and prepares those who have fitted themselves in the lower mysteries of masonry for the true mysteries of the great white lodge, of which our masonic initiations, splendid though they be, are but faint reflections, for masonry has ever been one of the gates through which that white lodge might be reached. today but few of his masons acknowledge him as their sovereign grand master, yet the possibility of such discipleship has ever been recognized in the tr

es between them typified the four devarajas, the principal agents through whom the decrees of the sons of the fire-mist are carried out. 180. the three bands of lilies which are arranged to hide the junction of the chapiter with the pillar were taken to represent the initiates of the three stages of the egyptian mysteries. the buds of the upper row, pointing upwards, typified the initiates of the mysteries of isis, who were full of aspiration, reaching upwards and in that way raising the general average of human thought. the flowers of the middle row, opened and facing outwards, were the initiates of serapis, showing forth by their lives the glory, dignity and power of humanity as it should be. the third row of drooping lilies represented the initiates of the mysteries of osiris, reaching

LEADBEATER CW GLIMPSES OF MASONIC HISTORY

e 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 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 occul

architect of the universe, must have had the liberal sciences, particularly geometry, written on his heart, while others, less fanciful, have attributed its origin to abraham, moses, or solomon. dr. oliver, writing as late as the first part of the nineteenth century, held that masonry, as we have it to-day, is the only true relic of the faith of the patriarchs before the flood, while the ancient mysteries of egypt and other countries, which so closely resembled it, were but human corruptions of the one primitive and pure tradition. as scientific and historical knowledge progressed in other fields of research, and especially in the criticism of the scriptures, scientific methods were gradually applied to the study of masonry, so that to-day there exists a vast body of fairly accurate and m

gists; and masonic students in this field have found many of our signs and symbols, both of the craft and higher degrees, in the wall-paintings, carvings, sculpture and buildings of the principal races of the world. the anthropological school, therefore, allows a far greater degree of antiquity to masonry than the authentics have ever ventured to do, and traces striking analogies with the ancient mysteries of many nations, which clearly possessed our symbols and signs, and in all probability ceremonies analogous to those worked in masonic lodges to-day. 13. the anthropologists do not confine their studies to the past alone, but have investigated the initiatory rites of many existing tribes, both in africa and australia, and have found them to possess signs and gestures still in use among m

for the extreme antiquity of rose-croix as of craft and arch signs and symbols, and the same may be said of the signs of many other degrees as well. it is quite clear from the researches of anthropologists that, whatever may be the precise links in the chain of descent, we in masonry are the inheritors of a very ancient tradition, which has for countless ages been associated with the most sacred mysteries of religious worship. 17. the mystical school 18. a third school of masonic thought, which we may call the mystical, approaches the mysteries of the craft from another standpoint altogether, seeing in them a plan of man s spiritual awakening and inner development. thinkers of this school, on the record of their own spiritual experiences, declare that the degrees of the order are symbolic

life of long ago, and absolutely experience over again the thoughts and the emotions, the pleasures and the pains of a prehistoric past. 34. in the light of this occult knowledge (which is within the reach of the inner sight) masonry is seen to be far greater and holier than its initiates appear generally to realize. as tradition has always indicated, it is found to be a direct descendant of the mysteries of egypt (once the heart of that splendid faith whose wisdom and power were the glory of the ancient world- those mysteries which were the parent and prototype of the secret schools of other neighbouring lands, and its purpose is still to serve as a gateway to the true mysteries of the great white lodge. it offers to its initiates far more than a mere moralization upon building tools, an

lity and the living of the ethical life no true spiritual progress is possible. 35. the ceremonies of freemasonry (those at least of its higher degrees) are dramatizations, as it were, of sections of the invisible worlds, through which the candidate must pass after death in the ordinary course of nature- which also he must enter in full consciousness during the rites of initiation into those true mysteries of which masonry is a reflection. each degree relates to a different plane of nature, or to an aspect of a plane, and possesses layer after layer of meaning applicable to the consciousness of t.g.a.o.t.u, the constitution of the universe, and the principles in man, according to the occult law formulated by hermes trismegistus and adopted by rosicrucians, alchemists and students of the ka

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

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

, 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 have been denounced as bla

dream, jacob received a new identity, a new status, as the one who provides his people with a name israel. see also demons; judaism for further reading: gnuse, robert karl. the dream theophany of j 131 132 jinn samuel. its structure in relation to ancient near eastern dreams and its theological significance. lanham, md: university press of america, 1984. kramer, kenneth p. death dreams. unveiling mysteries of the unconscious mind. new york: paulist press, 1993. jinn according to the muslims, the jinn (from which we get the english term genie) are invisible spirits made out of fire, who were created 2,000 years before adam. islamic thinkers postulated three orders of being beyond god: angels, jinn, and humanity. the angels, who were created out of light, are closest to god. the jinn, who ar

nephilim in the apocryphal books of judith (16:6, sirach (16:7, baruch (3:26 28, and the wisdom of solomon (14:6. see also book of jubilees; fallen angels; incubi and succubi for further reading: freeman, eileen. the angels who fell from grace. angel watch 3, no. 5 (october 1994. godwin,malcolm. angels: an endangered species. new york: simon and schuster, 1990. prophet, elizabeth clare. forbidden mysteries of enoch: fallen angels and the origins of evil. 1983. livingston, mt: summit university press, 1992. nergal nergal was the mesopotamian mars, a god associated with war and death. he was apparently adopted as a guardian spirit by the chaldeans, one of the groups of people who ruled the 188 netherworld mesopotamian area in later centuries. his marriage to ereshkigal, queen of the underwor

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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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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

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

ndal; oscar eckenstein of the mountain discovered manhood in me, teaching me to endure hardship, and to dare many shapes of death; also he nurtured me in concentration, the art of the mystics, but without lumber of theology. allan bennett bestowed upon me the right art of magic, and our holy qabalah, with a great treasure of learning in many matters, but especially concerning egypt, and asia, the mysteries of their arcane wisdom. but of cecil jones had i the great gift of the holy magick of abramelin, and he inducted me into that order which we name not, because of the silliness of the profane that pretend thereto, and he brought me to the knowledge and conversation of the holy guardian angel; also, he was the herald of the masters of the temple when they bade me welcome o their order, app

one this, being oftentimes seated without motion save of the hands, while earth rolled from twilight unto twilight, so that my body became cold and rigid, even as is a corpse. also, in the intervals of this scripture, have i been given to contemplation and to works of high magick, notably the mass of he holy ghost, in the concentration of my will to impart this wisdom unto thee, and to reveal the mysteries of truth. now of all these this is the root, that truth is not fixed with the rigour of death, but vital with lust of change, and enflamed with the love of its opposite. thus even falsehood is not alien to truth, for the perfection of nature comprehendeth all. but all these things are written in the book of the law, after which do i limp painfully; afar off, upon the poor crutch of mine

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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

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

das cahisa afefa. micama isaro mada od lonusahi- toxa, das ivaumeda aai jirosabe. zodacare od zodameranu. odo cicale qaa! zodoreje, lape zodiredo noco mada, hoathahe i a i d a. o ye swords of the south, which have 42 eyes to stir up the wrath of sin: making men drunken which are empty: behold the promise of god, and his power, which is called amongst ye a bitter sting! move and appear! unveil the mysteries of your creation;15 for i am the servant of the same your god, the true worshipper of the highest. the angle of d of e in the tablet of e. the prince of the chariot of earth. liber lxxxiv 33 the fourteenth key noroni bajihie pasahasa oiada! das tarinuta mireca ol tahila dodasa tolahame caosago homida: das berinu orocahe quare: micama! bial. oiad; aisaro toxa das ivame aai balatima. zodac

toxa das ivame aai balatima. zodacare od zodameranu! odo cicale qaa! zodoreje, lape zodiredo noco mada, hoathahe i a i d a. o ye sons of fury, the daughters of the just one! that sit upon 24 seats, vexing all creatures of the earth with age, that have 1636 under ye. behold! the voice of god; the promise of him who is called amongst ye fury or extreme justice. move 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 c of e in the tablet of e. the queen of the thrones of earth. the fifteenth key ilasa! tabaanu li-el pereta, casaremanu upaahi cahisa dareji; das oado caosaji oresacore: das omaxa monasa i baeouibe od emetajisa iaiadix. zodacare od zodameranu! odo cicale qaa

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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]

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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

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

tirs 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 hus 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 growing 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

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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

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 SORCERY

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

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

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 open

ough set that all upon the luciferian path pass through, in the skin of cain or otherwise. 32 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 being

LUCIFERIAN WITCHCRAFT AN INTRODUCTION

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

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 flows our inherent myth. much of the doctrine of the order of phosphorus flows directly from the grimoire the book of the witch moon, whic h unites the luciferian witchcraft 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

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

MAGIC AND SPELLS

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

olism 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, no renewal] scanned at sacred-texts.com, november, 2001. j. b. hare, redactor. this text is in the public domain because it was not renewed at the us copyright office in a timely fashion. these files may be used for any non-commercial purpose, provided this notice o

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--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 my

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

apocalypse--the alpha and omega- the lamb of god-the four horsemen-the number of the beast. 185 the faith of islam the life of mohammed--the revelation of the koran--the valedictory pilgrimage--the tomb of the prophet--the caaba at mecca--the secret doctrine of islam. 189 american indian symbolism the ceremony of the peace pipe--the historical hiawatha--the popol vuh--american indian sorcery--the mysteries of xibalba--the midewiwin. 193 the mysteries and their emissaries the golden chain of homer--hypatia, the alexandrian neo-platonist--the "divine" cagliostro--the comte de st.-germain--the designing of the american flag--the declaration of independence. 197 conclusion 201 bibliography 205 index 207 next: introduction p. 12 p. 13 introduction philosophy is the science of estimating values

k wisdom. the last was patterned after the shadow cast by the sanctuaries of ellora, ur, and memphis upon the thought substance of a primitive people. thales, pythagoras, and plato in their philosophic wanderings contacted many distant cults and brought back the lore of egypt and the inscrutable orient. from indisputable facts such as these it is evident that philosophy emerged from the religious mysteries of antiquity, not being separated from religion until after the decay of the mysteries. hence he who would fathom the depths of philosophic thought must familiarize himself with the teachings of those initiated priests designated as the first custodians of divine revelation. the mysteries claimed to be the guardians of a transcendental knowledge so profound as to be incomprehensible save

ids of palanque. mute testimonies these are of the lost arts and sciences of antiquity; and concealed this wisdom must remain until this race has learned to read the universal language--symbolism. the book to which this is the introduction is dedicated to the proposition that concealed within the emblematic figures, allegories, and rituals of the ancients is a secret doctrine concerning the inner mysteries of life, which doctrine has been preserved in toto among a small band of initiated minds since the beginning of the world. departing, these illumined philosophers left their formul that others, too, might attain to understanding. but, lest these secret processes fall into uncultured hands and be perverted, the great arcanum was always concealed in symbol or allegory; and those who can to

MASTERING WITCHCRAFT

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

he is consecrated by the pentacle as opposed to triangle; this involves anointing with oil, wine, and lips the genital organ, right breast, left hip, right hip, left breast, and genital organ again, in that order; an inverted pentacle, in fact. the new initiate, after being empowered by the laying on of the initiator's hands, is then instructed in the use of the magical implements and also in the mysteries of the return-in-threefold witch law, whether it be used for good or evil, blessing or cursing. by dint of this, the ceremony concludes with the new initiate scourging his initiator with thrice as many blows as he himself received, namely, one hundred and twenty in all. he is then presented to the powers at the four quarters as a duly consecrated high priest and wizard, or high priestess

MATHERS MACGREGOR THE GREATER KEY OF SOLOMON VOL 1

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

MEANING OF MASONRY

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

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

uction-lectures night after night with a less or greater degree of intelligence and verbal perfection, and there our work ends, as though the ability to pe rform this work creditably were the be-all and the end-all of m asonic work. seldom or never do we employ our lodge meetings for that purpose for which, quite as much as for ceremonial purposes, they were intended, viz: for" expatiating on the mysteries of the craft" and perhaps our neglect to do so is because we have ourselves imperfectly realized what those mysteries are into which our order was primarily formed to introduce us. yet, there exists a large number of brethren who would willingly repair this obvious deficiency; brethren to whose natures masonry, even in their more limited aspect of it, makes a profound appeal, and who fee

s view. you will thus perceive, brethren, that the f.c. degree, sometimes regarded by us as a somewhat uninteresting one, typifies in reality a long course of personal development requiring the most profound knowledge of the mental and psychical side of our nature. it involves not merely t he cleansing and control of the mind, but a full comprehension of our inner constitution, of the more hidden mysteries of our nature and of spiritual psychology. in this degree it is that our attention is called to the fact that the mason who has attained proficiency in this grade has been enabled to discover a sacred symbol, placed in the centre of the building, and alluding to the g.g.o.t.u. doubtless we have often asked ourselves what that phrase and what that symbol imply. need i repeat that the buil

development. the aspirant who attains proficiency in the work of self-perfecting to which the f.c. grade alludes, has passed away from the n. side of the lodge, the side of darkness and imperfection; and now stands on the s.e. side in the meridian sunlight of moral illumination (so far as the natural man may possess it, but yet still far removed from that fuller realization of himself and of the mysteries of his own nature which it is possible for the spiritual adept or master mason to attain. before that attainment is reached there remains for him" that last and greatest trial" by which alone he can enter into the great consolations and make acquaintance with the supreme realities of existence. in the places where the great mysteries have always been taught, what is ceremonially performe

pplies as that which was symbolically represented upon his first entrance into the order, but this time it will no longer be a symbol, but a realistic fact. he will find, i mean, that a drawn sword is always threatening in front of him, and that a cable-tow is still around his neck. danger, indeed, awaits the candidate who would rush precipitately and in a state of moral unfitness into the deeper mysteries of his being, which are indeed" serious, solemn and awful; but, on the other hand, for him who has once entered upon the path of light it is moral suicide to turn back. and now, brethren, to bring to an end this brief and imperfect survey of the deeper meaning and purposes of our craft, i pray that what is now spoken may help to prove to some of you a further restoration to that light wh

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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

. 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

ocus presents an accessible window to the astral and dream plane. thus through oz being pan can desire become flesh. it is through the divine woman that the essence of magick and witchcraft is found. those seeking beyond this path will often miss it altogether, due to the consistent denial of ones' own feminine or lunar side which must be invariably joined with the male or sun aspect. babalon the mysteries of babalon do hold a significant modern point within some witchcraft covens or groups. we must first discover what babalon was, is and is moving towards to recognize this brilliant feminine flame within each man and woman. babalon is the qabalistically restored spelling of the biblical babylon, the great whore. this goddess is in union with the beast 666 in the book of revelation. aleist

wn individual path towards her. hecate- queen of witches62 62 the goddess energy, the current empowering our tradition of the witch cult is channeled through the goddess, hecate. her titles are many; the dark goddess, protectress of herds and sailors, goddess of the crossroads (which would draw a parallel towards baron samedhi of several voudoo traditions, being the lord of the crossroads and the mysteries of death) as well as the sender of nocturnal visions (dreaming visitation. hecate is depicted as a woman or hag with three heads, each facing a different direction. it is said that hecate is seen in all three phases of the moon. mythology has painted a vision of the witch mother with two or sometimes all three heads being that of beasts. each animal represents an atavistic desire which m

ce is a key to the individual attainment of lucifer's grail (light, wisdom and manifestation, ultimately enlightenment. the winged aspect is symbolic of night- flight, giving an indication of the significance of the lunar dream state in the witch cult. the witches sabbat goat or baphomet is known as the god of witches, being the sigil of desire+ will= manifestation. the night side holds all great mysteries of the self. the result of exploration of the self in all forms will allow one to discover and come to terms with all aspects of the individual, both positive and negative. the goal being ultimately to discover and pursue ones true will. the true will manifests in the day side (5) through magick. the strength needed to push forward and let nothing stand in your way is realized through ex

MICHAEL TSARION ATLANTIS ALIEN VISITATION AND GENETIC MANIPULATION

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

man and the meaning of his life werenot envisaged as detached from the material world, but as of kindred nature with it and in itshigher ranges an efflorescence from it (alvin boyd kuhn, the ultimate canon of knowl-edge)if one is in true connection with nature, it follows that there is no gender dichotomy.women are not only treated as equals but are regarded as living agents (even portals)to the mysteries of nature and being. the very word mystery comes from mestameaning woman in egyptian. the scholar max muller wrote:no people ancient or modern has given woman so high a legal status as did the inhabitantsof the nile v alley.the egyptian women were entrusted with the civilization. the woman (princess, and not themale, was the legal heir to the throne, and the man she chose to marry would

of the stars played an important part in every stageof the creative phases in the construction of the city. indeed, as the story of washington d.c, unfolds,we will be forced to the conclusion that the 13 approximately straight lines of avenues which lenfantplanned for the city were symbolic of the stripes of the national flag, laid out to receive the impress ofthe stars (p. 66)as we approach the mysteries of washington, d.c, we shall find that the image of virgo, her symbolsof corn and the cornucopia, takes on more and more importance. indeed, we shall conclude that thosewho oversaw the design of the city adopted virgo as its arcane leitmotif (p. 155)the word capitolmay derive from the word, caput draconis, that is, the head of the dragon.the freemasonsthe very struggle for independence s

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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

es or images of the dead. west is the gateway of which you enter and dwell, then you shall emerge in the north from the gates of amenta. west holding the anthame focus on image of anpu and recite "i stand at the gate of the twilight realms. i have passed as a shadow of death yet in joy and love i shall return in flesh. o' dweller in the chamber of embalmment i invoke theel fill my spirit with the mysteries of the jackal and the divine, that through darkness i shall emerge as light. am ut, hekak, sekak, ursha umpesta zoriodo! dweller in the chamber of embalmment, by holy fire and blackened flame, arise from shadows, jackal and wolf, son of chaos born! surround the self in the enchantments of death and the tomb, the anthame should be circled around the self in widdershins, while moving envis

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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;

f splendor, for those eyes alone that gaze at it; and the soul, amorous of the spectacle of the beauties of the universe, and applying its attention to that luminous writing of the infinite book which is called "the visible" seems to utter, as god did on the dawn of the first day, that sublime and creative word "be! light" it is not beyond the tomb, but in life itself, that we are to seek for the mysteries of death. salvation or reprobation begins here below and the terrestrial world too has its heaven and its hell. always, even here below, virtue is rewarded; always, even here below vice is punished; and that which makes us sometimes believe in the impunity of evil-doers is that riches, those instruments of good and of evil, seem sometimes to be given them at hazard. but woe to unjust men

ed. it asks of its initiates nothing that it is not possible and even easy for them to perform. its teachings are eminently practical; and its statutes can be obeyed by every just, upright, and honest man, no matter what his faith or creed. its object is to attain the greatest practical good, without seeking to make men perfect. it does not meddle with the domain of religion, nor inquire into the mysteries of regeneration. it teaches those truths that are written by the finger of god upon the heart of man, those views of duty which have been wrought out by the meditations of the studious, confirmed by the allegiance of the good and wise, and stamped as sterling by the response they find in every uncorrupted mind. it does not dogmatize, nor vainly imagine dogmatic certainty to be attainable

present those who strive to acquire it for unholy purposes, to gain power over their fellows, to gratify their pride, their vanity, or their ambition. the lion that guarded the ark and held in his mouth the key wherewith to open it, figuratively represents solomon, the lion of the tribe of judah, who preserved and communicated the key to the true knowledge of god, of his laws, and of the profound mysteries of the moral and physical universe. enoch[[hebrew, khanoc, we are told, walked with god three hundred years, after reaching the age of sixty-five-"walked with god, and he was no more, for god had taken him" his name signified in the hebrew, initiate or initiator. the legend of the columns, of granite and brass or bronze, erected by him, is probably symbolical. that of bronze, which survi

ccording to a rule of unbending rectitude and impartiality. the law of retribution presses upon every man, whether he thinks of it or not. it pursues him through all the courses of life, with a step that never falters nor tires, and with an eye that never sleeps. if it were not so, god's government would not be impartial; there would be no discrimination; no moral dominion; no light shed upon the mysteries of providence. whatsoever a man soweth, that, and not something else, shall he reap. that which we are doing, good or evil, grave or gay, that which we do to-day and shall do to-morrow; each thought, each feeling, each action, each event; every passing hour, every breathing moment; all are contributing to form the character, according to which we are to be judged. every particle of influ

rive to obey! and so may our hearts become true temples of the living god! and may he encourage our zeal, sustain our hopes, and assure us of success [illustration [illustration] xvii. knight of the east and west. this is the first of the philosophical degrees of the ancient and accepted scottish rite; and the beginning of a course of instruction which will fully unveil to you the heart and inner mysteries of masonry. do not despair because you have often seemed on the point of attaining the inmost light, and have as often been disappointed. in all time, truth has been hidden under symbols, and often under a succession of allegories: where veil after veil had to be penetrated before the true light was reached, and the essential truth stood revealed. the human light is but an imperfect refl

MOTTA MARCELO THE COMMENTARIES OF AL

does a.c. speak of the "smug jew, with his oedipus complex? because the story of oedipus is symbolical of high initiation. in order to become a man the riddle of the sphinx the boy oedipus must kill his father (destroy the father image in his own psyche) and possess his mother (destroy the mother image in his own psyche. readers will please notice that the whole story of oedipus is a veil of the mysteries of eleusis. serious students are referred to lxv, v. 34-40; vii, vii, 22-24; cccxxxiii, 26, and the commentary thereon by a.c. 21. setup my image in the east: thou shalt buy thee an image which i will show thee, especial, not unlike the one thou knowest. and it shall be suddenly easy for thee to do this. verses 2 1-30 seem to refer to the rites of public worship of ra hoor-khuit (nothing

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

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

asonry, which had taken the the corporative masonry of great britain 181 name freemasonry, now received its principal contribution from hermeticists and the rosicrucian order after it had ceased being purely operative and accepted speculative members in large numbers. we will now take a look at the characteristics and evolution of the british version of operative freemasonry. the trade guilds and mysteries of great britain guilds (ghilds) were born and grew in great britain for the same reasons that prompted this development on the continent. they were primarily tied to the conquest and defense of municipal franchises. the first guilds were those of the merchants, which were made up of people of the bourgeois class, all of whom were expected to be members. they controlled commerce and the

john pennel's book, the constitution of the free-masons, published in dublin in 1730. for the reception of a journeyman, we find in the invocation that opens the lodge the following characteristic phrases "we beseech your blessing, o lord, on our present enterprise. grace [our new brother] with your divine wisdom so that he may be capable of comprehending, by means of the secrets of masonry, the mysteries of piety and christianity" organization of the english guilds each profession had its guild or mystery in every large city of fourteenth century england. these groups were also known as companies and fraternities (the word corporation was not used during the middle ages) each guild established ordinances to regulate working hours and the details governing admission into the organization

ancient documents on operative freemasonry itself, both of which are now housed in the british museum, are the masonic poem and the cooke manuscript. the masonic poem, also known as the royal manuscript (regius) or the halliwell manuscript, from the name of its first publisher, dates from around 1390-1400.8 this poem, 794 verses of rhyming couplets composed in old english, shows clearly that the mysteries of the brotherhood were practiced in fourteenth-century england. numerous clues allow us to attribute the work to a priest who had knowledge of various documents related to the history of the organization. he may have held the role of chaplain or assumed the duties of the brotherhood's secretary or, most likely, both in an era when people who knew how to read and write were rare. verses

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

rist 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 symbols of hidden knowledge. symbols and gestures became a means of

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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

such a way that it becomes a suitable dwelling place for the prince of darkness. a master of the temple or an advanced priesthood member, having previously carried out a similar process, will be able to identify this unique ordering of the adept's subjective universe, and an official decision in favor of third degree recognition may follow. exactly how this structuring is done is one of the great mysteries of setian initiation. as has been pointed out by others, there is no 'sure fire' method for doing this, but it does seem that working explicitly toward the goal of third degree initiation seems to inhibit, or at least does not encourage, such internal structuring. one reason for this is that when one begins working toward the degree title of priesthood, which is only an external represen

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

f the immortals of mount olympus. it would have been painted to suggest the power and glory of the patron. artemis artemis (see pp. 36 37) was apollo s twin sister and the goddess of hunting and archery. all wild animals were in her care. demeter demeter, zeus sister, was the greek earth-goddess. her brother zeus fathered her daughter, persephone. her search for persephone formed the basis of the mysteries of eleusis (see p. 29. dionysus dionysus (see pp. 58 59, god of ecstasy and wine, was the child of zeus by a mortal, semele. he is shown with goat s legs and horns. hercules hercules (see pp. 50 51) was a son of zeus by a mortal. hera hated him. he earned immortality by performing 12 impossible tasks. when he went to olympus he married zeus daughter hebe. hermes hermes was the messenger

grateful for their kindness, she bathed their son in fire each night to make him immortal. but one night she was interrupted and the spell was broken. she then revealed herself in her divine form and ordered that a temple should be built to her (see below. she also gave the child, triptolemus, seed grain, a plow, and the knowledge of agriculture, so that he could teach the skill to humankind. the mysteries of eleusis t he mysteries of eleusis were the most profound and secret rituals of greek religion, and it was believed that they held the whole human race together. therefore, it was vital to observe them each year. initiates were seen as superior beings because of the vision they had received of life beyond death. the secrecy the initiates maintained was so strict that it is not known ex

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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

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

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

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

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

ate. 122 the golden dawn: volume i1 book two heg my soul wanders in darkness and seeks the light of the hidden knowledge, and i believe that in this order knowledge of that light may be obtained. hiero we hold your signed pledge to keep secret everything that relates to this order. i now ask you, are you willing to take a solemn obligation in the presence of this assembly, to keep the secrets and mysteries of our order inviolate? heg (prompts candidate to say) i am. hiem there is nothing contrary to your civil, moral or religious duties in this obligation. although the magical virtues can indeed awaken into momentary lie in the wicked and foolish hearts, they cannot reign in any heart that has not the natural virtues to be their throne. he who is the fountain of the spirit of man and of th

alled earthly or material inclination, that has bound into a narrow <33> place the once far-wandering soul; and the hood-wink was an image of the darkness, of ignorance, or mortality that has blinded men to the happiness and beauty their eyes once looked upon. the double cubical altar in the centre 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 yetsirah, or the book of formation, a

-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 <36' frater kerux, i command you to declare that the neophyte has been initiated into the mysteries of the= grade. kerux advances to the north east, faces west, raises his wand, and says: kerux in the name of the lord of the universe, who works in silence and whom naught but silence can express, and by command of the very honoured hierophant, hear ye all, that i proclaim that .who will henceforth be known to you by the motto, has been duly admitted to the= grade as a neophyte of the or

e candidate, who is always hoodwinked at first part of the ceremony of advancement. the hegemon gives the candidate an admission badge to hold in the right hand and gives the knocks of the grade, called 'the alarm, when ready to enter. 2. the candidate is tested in the token, step, grand word, mystic number, and mystic password of his present grade. 3. the candidate pledges secrecy concerning the mysteries of this grade, going to the quarter appropriate to the grade and making the pledge there toward the tablet. the hoodwink is then removed. 4. the candidate is placed between the pillars, facing a portal in the grade to which he seeks admission, represented by the hebrew letter pictured in the correct direction in relation to the temple. this is a path on the tree of life, in relation to 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

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

form of a cross.celebrant being central point; theoricus assents to the followingpledgedo you promise and declare in the presence of these rosicrucian brethren, upon your word ofhonour as a man, by the symbol of the rose and cross, and the flame upon the altar, that you willever conceal and never reveal to any person whomsoever, by any wilful act or process, any, even theleast, of the secrets or mysteries of the grade of practicus of this society of rosicrucians which youalready know or may be any manner whatever become possessed of, unless it be to a brother of thisgrade of practicus, and not unto him after due trial, strict examination or sure information by youhad that he is entitled to the same?candidate:i do.celebrant:your pledge of honour is accepted. relying on your faith we will p

rdheaven, and listen to your pledge of honour.pledge of secrecydo you promise and declare in the presence of these rosicrucian brethren, upon your word ofhonour as a man, calling upon the ruler of the sun, moon and stars as witness of the sanctity ofyour pledge, that you will ever conceal and never reveal to any person whomsoever, by any wilfulact or process any, even the least, of the secrets or mysteries of the grade of philosophus of thesociety of rosicrucians, which you already know, or may by any process whatsoever becomepossessed of, unless it be to a brother of this grade of philosophus and not unto him, until after duerituals of the societas rosicrucianis in angliaphilosophus42 trial, strict examination or sure information by you had that he is constitutionally entitled to thesame;

at you may be admitted andrecognised by them, it is essential you should be provided with our secret investiture.sign: look upward, sweep a circle over the head with right forefinger and point to its centre.token: make a circle on opponent222s forehead with right forefinger and point to its centre.password: har-ra-tum (the rising, midday and setting sun).secret word: i-ha-ho('god the eternal- see mysteries of serapis).battery (3 and 4, triangle and cube= 7).repair now under the care of your conductor beyond the porch, and be clothed. in a mantle ofgreen, the emerald colour of spring, the symbol of your hope in immortality, and of victory,signified by the crown of palm and of laurel, and resembles the colour of the solar spectrum, whichis situated between the yellows and the blue. the batte

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

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

er, which is its kabalistic correspondent, and the equipoise of geburah and chesed, repeating itself in the circles of heavens called eons by the gnostics, provided the keystone of the whole christian temple in this occult versicle. it has been retained by protestants in their new testament, but they have failed to discern its lofty and wonderful meaning, which would have unveiled to them all the mysteries of the apocalypse. the triangle of solomon 17 there is, however, a tradition in the church that the manifestation of these mysteries is reserved till the last times. malkuth, based upon geburah and chesed, is the temple of solomon having jakin and boaz for its pillars; it is adamite dogma, founded, for the one part on the resignation of abel and, for the other, on the labours and self re

ccording to the sole dogma of the kabalah, that which is in visible nature reveals that which is in the domain of invisible nature, or secondary causes are in strict proportion and analogous to the manifestations of the first cause. so is this first cause revealed invariably by the cross that unity made up of two, divided one by the other in order to produce four; that key to the the tetragram 19 mysteries of india and egypt, the tau of the patriarchs, the divine sign of osiris, the stauros of the gnostics, the keystone of the temple, the symbol of occult masonry; the cross, central point of the junction of the right angles of two infinite triangles; the cross, which in the french language seems to be the first root and fundamental substantive of the verb to believe and the verb to grow, t

ections impure spirits can act upon such souls, make use of them as docile instruments and even habitually torment their organism, wherein they enter and reside by obsession, or embryonically. these kabalistic terms are explained in the hebrew book of the revolution of souls, of which our thirteenth chapter will contain a succinct analysis. it is therefore extremely dangerous to make sport of the mysteries of magic; it is above all excessively rash to practise its rites from curiosity, by way of experimagical equilibrium 33 ment and as if to exploit higher forces. the inquisitive who, without being adepts, busy themselves with evocations or occult magnetism, are like children playing with fire in the neighbourhood of a cask of gunpowder; sooner or later they will fall victims to some terri

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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

ries after the lapse of so many centuries. even in the order of facts, our experiments have been learned researches and nothing more. we have verified facts that we might appreciate causes, and it has not been our pretension to restore rites which are for ever destroyed. the orthodoxy of israel, that religion which is so rational, so divine and so ill known, condemns no less than christianity the mysteries of ceremonial magic. from the standpoint of the tribe of levi, the exercise of transcendental magic must be considered as a usurpation of the magical equilibrium 21 priesthood; and the same reason has caused the proscription of operative magic by every official cultus. to demonstrate the natural foundation of the marvellous and to produce it at will is to annihilate for the vulgar mind t

may be applied those words of isaiah: ghow has thou fallen from heaven, bright star, which wast so splendid in thy prime! h but the pentagram, profaned by men, burns ever unclouded in the right hand of the word of truth, and the inspired voice guarantees to him that overcometh the possession of the morning star. a solemn promise of restitution held out to the star of lucifer. as will be seen, all mysteries of magic, all symbols of the gnosis, all figures of occultism, all kabalistic keys of prophecy are summed up in the sign of the pentagram, which paracelsus proclaims to be the greatest and most potent of all signs. need anyone be surprised therefore that every magus believes in the real influence exercised by this sign over spirits of all hierarchies? those who set at naught the sign of

the sorceress circe. remark what was done by ulysses to preserve himself and deliver his associates: he refused the cup of the enchantress and commanded her with the sword. circe is nature, with all her delights and allurements: we must overcome her in order to enjoy. such is the significance of the homeric fable, for the poems of homer, those true sacred books of ancient hellas, contain all the mysteries of high eastern initiation. the natural medium is therefore the ever active and ever seducing serpent of idle wills, which we must withstand by continual subjugation. amorous, gluttonous, passionate, or idle magicians are impossible monstrosities. the magus thinks the medium and mediator 39 and wills; he loves nothing with desire; he rejects nothing in passion. the latter word signifies

re naturally disposed to exaltation, women, young people and all who are not habituated in perfect self-control and command of fear. in the same way, there can be nothing more dangerous than to make magic a pastime, or, as some do, part of an evening's entertainment. even magnetic experiments, performed under such conditions, can only exhaust the subjects, mislead opinions and defeat science. the mysteries of life and death cannot be made sport of with impunity, and things which are to be taken seriously must be treated not only seriously but also with the greatest reserve. never yield to the desire of convincing others by phenomena. the most astounding would prove nothing to those who are not convinced already. they can be attributed always to ordinary artifices and the magus included amo

cept relatively to the uninitiated multitude. such knowledge can be only transmitted by speech. the sages therefore must speak occasionally. yes, they must speak, not, however, to disclose, but lead others to discover. noli ire, fac venire, was the device of rabelais, who, being master of all the sciences of his time, could not be unacquainted with magic. we have, consequently, to reveal here the mysteries of initiation. the destiny of man, as we have said, is to make or create himself; he is and he will be the son of his works, both for time and eternity. all men are called into the lists, but the number of the elect. that is, of those who succeed. is invariably small. in other words, the men who are desirous to attain are numbered by multitudes, but the chosen are few. now, the governmen

ROBERT KIRK WALKER BETWEEN WORLDS

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

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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

he 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 intellectual know

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

viour 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 the sun, and the inner core of this most popular cult was, from about bc 70 onwards, to be found in the mysteries of mithras "the worship of mithras, or of the sungod, was the most popular of heathen cults, and the principle antagonist of the truth during the first four centuri

n the mysteries of mithras "the worship of mithras, or of the sungod, was the most popular of heathen cults, and the principle antagonist of the truth during the first four centuries of our period" such is the statement of one who looks at it from the point of view of a christian ecclesiastic, and indeed the church fathers from the time of justin martyr onward have declared that the devil, in the mysteries of mithras, had plagiarized their most sacred rites by anticipation. the mithriac mysteries represented the esoteric side of a great international religious movement, which the uniting together of many peoples into the graeco-roman world had made possible, and which resulted from the contact of greece and rome with the thought of the east. 6. the mystic diagrams it is very probable, ther

pose was formed at the dawn of our self-consciousness, and which if repressed, misunderstood, or mischanneled can have aggressive, violent manifestations. we must be aware of it, keep it under control, and with our most exalted self guide and use it as an energy thru which to achieve true knowledge, altered successive states of consciousness. these will allow us to gradually enter deeper into the mysteries of our self, our dynamic becoming. according to my present understanding one can find in the formula "blood is life" some allegorical dimensions to the above. as we setians xeper, we become more and more conscious of ourselves, the objective universe, and the patchwork quilt of subjective components that covers it. we create ourselves more and more real, free, and effective. as conscious

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

hich suggest the oracular nature within this aat, reflected through the use of the portals of the moon. cell 6 being the aat of the 7th and 18th letter of the sacred alphabet this cell is a discourse upon the double will and the divided twins as found in the mystery of the androgyne also known in the occult communities as baphomet. i am her as i am he (p. 241. this cell connects with the supposed mysteries of the templars and the vapours of demolay can be sensed in its discourses of the twin vessels and the construction of the stone-god. the physical representation of the god or famulus are integrated as an important and crucial part on the crooked road towards the light of the midnight-vale. this technique was employed by the german reuss-derived occult group in the concept of the gotos

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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

SATANGEL

d faith 3to him 4that liveth 1znrza 2adna gono 3iadpil 4ds hom od 1triumpheth: 2whose beginning is not 3nor end cannot be: 4which 1toh 2soba ipam 3lu ipamis 4ds 1shineth as a flame in the midst of your palace 2and reigneth 1loholo vep zomd poamal 3od bogpa 1amongst you as the balance 2of righteousness and truth. 3move 1aai ta piap 2piamol od vaoan 3zacare 1therefore and show yourselves: 2open the mysteries of 1 ca od zamran 2odo cicle 1creation. 2be friendly unto me 3for i am 4the servant of the same 1qaa 2zorge 3lap zirdo 4noco 1your god, 2the true worshipper of 3the highest. 1mad 2hoath 3iaida [1. or sobolo] the second key 1can the wings of the winds 2understand your voices of wonder 1adgt vpaah zong 2om faaip sald 1o you the second of the first 2whom the burning flames 3have framed 1vi

iaida. the twelth key 1o you that reign in the south 2and are 328 4the lanterns of sorrow, 1nonci ds sonf babage 2od chis 3ob 4hubardo tibibp 1bind up your girdles 2and visit us! 3bring down your train 43663. 1allar atraah 2od ef 3drix fafen 4mian 1that the lord may be magnified, 2whose name amongst you 3is wrath. 1ar enay ovof 2sobol ooain 3i vonph 1move, 2i say, 3and show yourselves. 4open the mysteries of your 1zacar 2gohus 3od zamran 4odo cicle 1creation. 2be friendly unto me! 3for i am the servant 4of the same 1qaa 2zorge 3lap zirdo noco 1your god, 2the true worshipper of the highest. 1mad 2hoath iaida. the thirteenth key 1o you swords of 2the south 3which have 442 5eyes to stir up the wrath 1napeai 2babage 3ds brin 4v x 5ooaona lring vonph 1of sin: 2making men drunken, 3which are em

enth key 1o you swords of 2the south 3which have 442 5eyes to stir up the wrath 1napeai 2babage 3ds brin 4v x 5ooaona lring vonph 1of sin: 2making men drunken, 3which are empty. 4behold the promise of 1doalim 3eolis ollog orsba 2ds chis affa 4micma isro 1god and his power, 2which is called amongst you a bitter sting! 1mad od lonshi tox[1] 2ds i vmd aai grosb 1move 2and 3show yourselves. 4open the mysteries of 5your creation. 1zacar 2od 3zamran 4odo 5cicle 1be friendly unto me! 2for i am the servant of 3the same your god. 1zorge 2lap zirdo noco 3mad 1the true worshipper 2of the highest. 1hoath 2iaida. the fourteenth key 1o you sons of fury, 2the children of the just, 3which sit upon 424 1noromi baghie 2pashs oiad 3ds trint mirc 4ol 1seats, 2vexing all creatures 3of the earth 4with age, 5whi

upon 424 1noromi baghie 2pashs oiad 3ds trint mirc 4ol 1seats, 2vexing all creatures 3of the earth 4with age, 5which have under 1thil 2dods tol hami 3caosgi 4homin 5dr brin oroc you 11636. 2behold the voice of god! 3the promise of him who is 1quar 2micma bialo iad 3isro tox ds i 1called amongst you 2fury or extreme justice. 3move and show your- 1vmd aai 2baltim 3zacar od zamran 1selves. 2open the mysteries of 3your creation. 4be friendly unto me. 2odo cicle 3qaa 4zorge 1for i am 2the servant of the same your god, 3the true worshipper of 1lap zirdo 2noco mad 3hoath 1the highest. 1iaida. the fifteenth key 1o thou, 2the governor of the first flame, 3under whose wings 1ils 2tabaan l ial-prt 3casarman vpaahi 4chis 16739 2which weave 3the earth with dryness: 4which knowest the 1darg 2ds oado 3ca

irdo 2noco mad 3hoath 1the highest. 1iaida. the fifteenth key 1o thou, 2the governor of the first flame, 3under whose wings 1ils 2tabaan l ial-prt 3casarman vpaahi 4chis 16739 2which weave 3the earth with dryness: 4which knowest the 1darg 2ds oado 3caosgi orscor 4ds omax 1name righteousness 2and the seal of honour! 3move and show 1baeouib 2od emetgis iaiadix 3zacar od zamra 1yourselves! 2open the mysteries of your creation. 3be friendly unto me. 2odo cicle qaa 3zorge 1for i am 2the servant of the same your god, 3the true worshipper of 1lap zirdo 2noco mad 3hoath 1the highest. 1iaida. the sixteenth key 1o thou of the second flame, 2the house of justice, 3who hast thy 1ils viv ialprt 2salman balt 3ds a 1beginning in glory, 2and shall comfort the just, 3who walkest on 1cro-odzi busd 2od blior

er of 1lap zirdo 2noco mad 3hoath 1the highest. 1iaida. the sixteenth key 1o thou of the second flame, 2the house of justice, 3who hast thy 1ils viv ialprt 2salman balt 3ds a 1beginning in glory, 2and shall comfort the just, 3who walkest on 1cro-odzi busd 2od bliorax balit 3ds insi 1the earth with feet 28763, 3which understand and separate creatures. 1caosgi lusdan 2emod 3ds om od tliob 1open the mysteries of 2your creation. 3be friendly to me! 4for 1odo cicle 2qaa 3zorge 4lap 1i am the servant of 2the same your god: 3the true worshipper of 1zirdo noco 2mad 3hoath 1the highest 1iaida. the seventeenth key 1o thou third flame 2whose wings are thorns 3to stir up vexation: 1ils d ialpirt 2soba vpaah chis nanba 3zixlay dodseh 1and who hast 27336 3living lamps 4going before thee: 1od ds brint 2t

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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

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

e: micama! bial! oiad; aisaro toxa das ivame aai balatima. zodacare od zodameranu! od cicale qaa! zodoreje, lape zodiredo noco mada, hoathahe saitan (english) o ye sons and daughters of mildewed minds, that sit in judgement of the inquities wrought upon me- behold! the voice of satan; the promise of him who is called amongst ye the accuser and supreme tribune! 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 fifteenth key the fifteenth enochian key is a resolution of acceptance and understanding of the masters whose duty lies in administering to the seekers after spiritual gods (enochian) ilasa! tabaanu li-el pereta, casaremanu upaahi cahisa dareji; das oado caosaji or

osaji oresacore: das omaxa monasa i baeouibe od emerajisa iaiadix. zodacare od zodameranu! odo cicale qaa. zodoreje, lape zodiredo noco mada, hoathahe saitan (english) o thou, the governor of the first flame, under whose wings are the spinners of cobwebs that weave the earth with dryness; that knowest the great name "righteousness" and the seal of false honor. 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 sixteenth key the sixteenth enochian key gives recognition of the wondrous contrasts of the earth, and of the sustenance of these dichotomies (enochian) ilasa viviala pereta! salamanu balata, das acaro odazodi busada, od belioraxa balita: das inusi caosaji lusadanu

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

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, danced, and performed sacred plays. these plays later developed into classical greek drama, which in turn influenced the structure of western theater. in rome the mysteries of bacchus, the god of wine, were also observed in what is called the bacchanalia. though these celebrations of bacchus began as religious celebrations, over time they became simply an excuse for drunkenness and immoral behavior and were banned in rome in 186 bce. basic beliefs: greco-roman philosophy three main features are found in all of greco-roman philosophy. the first is the attemp

religious documents but as documents in the history of ideas and the history of philosophy. they give modern readers insight into the workings of the minds of early hindu thinkers. they also introduce modern readers to indian culture, not only that of early centuries but that of today as well. quite a bit of indian thought has been influenced by the upanishads, with their effort to penetrate the mysteries of the universe and humankind s place in it. the upanishads show modern readers a time when people asked fundamental questions about the nature of the universe and struggled to understand their inner world. bhagavad gita although there are numerous texts that are sacred to hindus, the most important one is undoubtedly the bhagavad gita. many readers find the bhagavad gita, which consists

ly, the druids and druidesses (who gave the religion its name) were the society s professional class and included teachers, priests, astronomers, musicians, scientists, and judges. these were the specialists who conducted public rituals. the word druid comes from the indo-european words drus, meaning oak, and wid, meaning to know. so a druid was one who knew the oak, that is, could understand the mysteries of the ancient forests and could lead people in outdoor religious rituals. world religions: almanac 379 neo-paganism druid beliefs and practices druidism was a polytheistic religion practiced in many countries. druids were never organized into a single group but practiced their religion at the local, tribal level. the archaeological record shows that at least 374 different gods and godde

lly ben eliezer left his job as a laborer and become a butcher. he and hannah, with whom he had two children by this time, also ran an inn or tavern. soon ben eliezer became a baal shem, or a healer that used medicinal herbs, and served jews and christians alike. he also began performing ceremonies to drive out ghosts and demons. he was said to have an angel, achiyah hashaloni, who taught him the mysteries of the torah and helped him cure the bodies and souls of his patients. his fame began to spread, and ben eliezer became known as baal shem tov, with tov, meaning good, added to the title to separate him from all other healers. he was also sometimes known as besht, a name made up of the first letters of his honorary name. at about age thirty-six ben eliezer underwent a profound spiritual

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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 immemorial union. this it was that bound me to thee at the first; this, perhaps, attracted thyself unconsciously, son of our brotherhood, to me "if this be so, i command thee, in the name of the laws thou obeyest, to

eir characters, habits, creeds, and manners) by which that fair land had been successively overrun. it is true that his descriptions could not be found in books, and were unsupported by learned authorities; but he possessed the true charm of the tale-teller, and spoke of all with the animated confidence of a personal witness. sometimes, too, he would converse upon the more durable and the loftier mysteries of nature with an eloquence and a research which invested them with all the colours rather of poetry than science. insensibly the young artist found himself elevated and soothed by the lore of his companion; the fever of his wild desires was slaked. his mind became more and more lulled into the divine tranquillity of contemplation; he felt himself a nobler being, and in the silence of hi

hout sound, glyndon inly answered "yes" their voices then came to his ear, but in tones that seemed to him strange; so subdued were they, and sounding, as it were, so far off, that they were as voices heard in the visions of some holier men from a distant sphere "and how is it" said viola "that thou canst find pleasure in listening to the ignorant "because the heart is never ignorant; because the mysteries of the feelings are as full of wonder as those of the intellect. if at times thou canst not comprehend the language of my thoughts, at times also i hear sweet enigmas in that of thy emotions "ah, say not so" said viola, winding her arm tenderly round his neck, and under that heavenly light her face seemed lovelier for its blushes "for the enigmas are but love's common language, and love

itan, canst thou weep "i know it now, i see it all! it was her spirit that stood beside our own, and escaped my airy clasp! o strong desire of motherhood and nature! unveiling all our secrets, piercing space and traversing worlds! mejnour, what awful learning lies hid in the ignorance of the heart that loves "the heart" answered the mystic, coldly "ay, for five thousand years i have ransacked the mysteries of creation, but i have not yet discovered all the wonders in the heart of the simplest boor "yet our solemn rites deceived us not; the prophet-shadows, dark with terror and red with blood, still foretold that, even in the dungeon, and before the deathsman, i, i had the power to save them both "but at some unconjectured and most fatal sacrifice to thyself "to myself! icy sage, there is n

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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

SPENSER THE CULT OF THE ALL SEEING EYE 1960

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

STEINER RUDOLF CHRISTIANITY AS MYSTICAL FACT

piritual 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 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 showe

se that some protecting deity will see us safely through a strange and unusual argument and bring us to a likely conclusion. 57 52 christianity as mystical fact the mystery of creation it is in the timaeus above all that the platonic worldview stands revealed in its character of a mystery. from the very beginning of the dialogue the conversation concerns an initiation; solon is initiated into the mysteries of creation and into the mythological traditions which use pictures to symbolize eternal truth by an egyptian priest. there have been, and will be many different calamities to destroy mankind, the priest tells solon: the greatest of them by fire and water, lesser ones by countless other means. your own story of how phaethon, child of the sun, harnessed his father s chariot, but was unabl

particular story now to one and now to another spiritual fact. from this point of view we can follow a thread through the multiplicity of the greek myths. to begin with we may consider the saga of heracles. a new light is thrown upon the twelve labors imposed on the hero, deepening their significance, when we notice that before the culminating, most difficult labor he has himself initiated in the mysteries of eleusis. in the service of eurystheus, king of mycenae, he has to descend into the underworld and bring back with him the hell-hound cerberus. to enable him to descend into hell, heracles has to be initiated; the role of the mysteries was to lead a person through the death of the perishable nature, that is, into the underworld. and through initiation, his eternal part was redeemed fro

regard to the eternal in the human soul. the eternal belongs to human beings, yet we find ourselves divided from it by our own lower nature, and we can attain to it only when we conquer and lull to sleep our lower self. that is made possible when the magic power of our own consciousness (medea) comes to our aid. medea becomes for jason what diotima was for socrates when she instructed him in the mysteries of love. humanity s own wisdom possesses the magic power of conquering 76 christianity as mystical fact the transitory and attaining to divinity. from our lower nature, on the other hand, only a debased humanity the armed men can spring; this is overcome by spiritual and intellectual means, the advice of medea. but even when the hero has found the eternal the fleece he is not yet safe. a

eir consciousness that is, the world of mundane reality, transient nature, from which the horde of suitors stems. the logic that pertains to them is a weaving that unravels itself when it has been spun. wisdom the goddess athene is a sure guide to the deepest powers that the soul possesses. she turns one into a beggar, meaning that she divests one of all that is transitory in origin. the myth and mysteries of eleusis the spirit of mysteriosophy is all-pervasive in the festivals celebrated at eleusis in greece in honor of demeter and dionysus. a sacred way stretched to eleusis from athens, lined with mysterious signs intended to myth and mysteriosophy 83 bring the soul into an exalted mood. at eleusis itself there were mysterious temple-complexes,83 under the direction of a priestly dynasty

cob burckhardt.122 but then, he failed to recognize the path toward understanding them. let us take the gospel of john. let us look upon its drama of the achievement of knowledge. in terms both symbolic and physically real we see it enacting before our gaze what the ancient world performed as the mystery itself. the words lazarus, came forth recall the cry with which the initiator in the priestly mysteries of the egyptians summoned back to everyday life those who had undergone initiation; they had died to the earthly world and become witnesses of eternal life; the events of initiation had transported them for a time from the world. by speaking them, jesus had revealed the secret of the mysteries. that is why the jews felt that they could not allow such an act to go unpunished, as we may no

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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

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

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

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

als and dogma, we find an explanation of the 29th degree, grand scottish knight of st. andrew. 240 codex magica lisa marie presley demonstrates her cabalistic knowledge in this body pose in a news magazine, including the x sign of osiris and the legs in diamond position. this body position emphasizes the sex generative energies (time magazine, april s, 2005) twelve that ravenous dark bird sublime mysteries of the llluminati's double-headed eagle and he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird- revelation 18:2 the royal secret..the secret of the universal equilibrium. shall at length make real the holy empire of true masonic broth

hall come again with a new name (from the book, the sword and the grail, by andrew sinclair, new york: crown publishers, 1992) a masonic tracing board with an image of a coffin, decorated with the "tools' of the craft. the v or square at the bottom of the coffin is pointed downward to hell and the lord of the underworld. the skull and bones, or death's head, is thought to guard the doorway to the mysteries of initiation. there are three number fives arranged in a triangle pattern, thus 555, the triple nickel, symbolizing death and resurrection. not coincidentally, the washington monument, in our nation's capital, is exactly sss feet high. it was designed by masonic overlords and architecturally is an obelisk, worshipped in egypt as osiris' penis (baal's shaft. black magic, masonic witchcra

, as deity. the greeks honored apollo as the child of the sun. the romans paid homage to mithra the sun god. these pagan philosophies form the basis for the worship of the 460 codex magica illuminati and indicate the importance of the sun as symbol of satanic deity. englishman john yarker, a well-known nineteenth century masonic magician and occultist, in his notes on the scientific and religious mysteries of antiquity, makes mention of the fact that the high priests of the ancient jews also worshipped the sun god. he writes: the mysteries we know were practiced in a secret subterranean chamber under the temple of solomon, at jerusalem, where four and twenty elders adored the sun, with their sun worship in peru exemplifies the faces toward the east' universal worship of the sun god, or sol

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

THE CANOPIC GODS SYMBOLISM

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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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

em have been found dating back to the third century b.c.e. these magical symbols were buried with the dead and meant to protect the soul from the dangers of the underworld. m delving deeper brandon, s. g. f. religion in ancient history. new york: charles scribner s sons, 1969. ferm, vergilious ed. ancient religions. new york: philosophical library, 1950. eleusinian mysteries the sacred eleusinian mysteries of the greeks date back to the fifth century b.c.e. and were the most popular and influential of the cults. the rites took place in the city of eleusis, a small community 14 miles west of athens, but it was the ruler of athens, together with a specially selected committee, who was in charge of the general management of the annual event. although the dionysian and orphic rites could be ce

eusinian holy objects from eleusis and carried them to the sacred city of athens, where they were placed in the eleusinion temple. three days after the holy relics had been transported, the initiates gathered to hear the exhortations of the priests, who solemnly warned all those who did not consider themselves worthy of initiation to leave at once. women and even slaves were permitted to join the mysteries of eleusis, providing that they were either greeks or romans, but it was required that all those wishing to be considered as initiates had first undergone the lesser mysteries held in agrae, a suburb of athens, six months before. after the rites of purification had been observed, the initiates bathed in the sea and were sprinkled with the blood of pigs as they emerged. a sacrifice was of

est. essentially, the rites imitated the agricultural cycles of planting the seed, nurturing its growth, and harvesting the grain, which, on the symbolical level, represented the birth of the soul, its journey through life, and its death. as the seed of the harvest is planted again and the agricultural cycle is perpetuated, so is the soul harvested by the gods to be resurrected. membership in the mysteries of eleusis was undertaken to ensure initiates a happy immortality. m delving deeper ferm, vergilious, ed. ancient religions. new york: philosophical library, 1950. gaster, dr. theodor h, ed. the new golden bough. new york: criterion books, 1959. larousse dictionary of beliefs and religions. new york: larousse, 1994. hermetic mysteries the hermes trismegistus (the thrice greatest hermes

obtained? plato (c. 428 348 b.c.e) envisioned three periods of a thousand years each as a possible answer. according to orphic teachings, the only way out of the wheel of birth, the great circle of necessity, was through an act of divine grace that could possibly be obtained by the supplicant becoming immersed in the writing, ritual acts, and teachings of orpheus and receiving initiation into the mysteries of the cult. although there are no available texts clearly setting forth the process of initiation, it likely included fasting, rites of purification, and the reciting of prayers and hymns. it also seems quite certain that the initiates would have enacted a play depicting the life, death, and resurrection of dionysus zagreus. in addition, records suggest that a horned bull was sacrificed

to speak to the dead or deny their abilities, mediums have countered by questioning the lack of logic displayed by members of orthodox faiths who say that it is all right to hope for survival after death but wrong to prove it. for centuries, various investigators of mediumistic phenomena have argued that if it could be proved that sincere and honest mediums were able to contact the dead, then the mysteries of the afterlife could be answered, and organized religion s hope of the future life would be transformed from an ethereal promise to a demonstrable guarantee. those scientists who have been intrigued enough by spiritistic phenomena to study it in a serious manner under laboratory conditions are known as psychical researchers, and they have been examining mediums and mystics in a structu

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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 summarizes the chapter s concept in a few brief sentences. then the chapter exploration provides a complete outline of the chapter, listing all topics and subtopics therein, so that the user can understand the interrelationships between the chap

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

the palatine, a ship from holland that met with foul play during christmas week, 1752, and sunk off block island near the coast of rhode island. in his poem the palatine, john greenleaf whittier (1807 1892) made the unfortunate tragedy of the ill-fated ship a part of american literature. sources: rickard, bob, and john michell. unexplained phenomena. london: rough guides, 2000. spaeth, frank, ed. mysteries of the deep. st. paul, minn: llewellyn publications, 1998. winer, richard. ghost ships: true stories of nautical nightmares, hauntings and disasters. new york: berkley publishing group, 2000. ghost ships admit that he was beginning to feel his dogma crumbling around him. in 1806 a dreadful avalanche at rossberg buried several villages, and the reports of visions of the dying appearing to

k write intelligible sentences on walls, and poltergeist- flung pebbles come out of nowhere to strike children. but, as one investigator commented, the phenomena are exactly such as would occur to the mind of a child. in poltergeists (1940, sacheverell sitwell wrote that the poltergeist always directed its power toward the secret or concealed weaknesses of the spirit the recesses of the soul. the mysteries of puberty, that trance or dozing of the psyche before it awakes into adult life, is a favorite playground for the poltergeist. why it should be the baser elements of the adolescent human subconscious that find their expression in the poltergeist is a matter of great speculation among psychical researchers. physical violence is almost always expressed toward the adolescent energy center

e mystery of spook lights by using the existing structure of physics and known natural phenomena, such as ball lightning, will o the wisps, and swamp gas, but so 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 ghosts and phantoms 23 far all attempts at scientific explanation have been unsuccessful. m delving deeper bord, janet, and colin bord. unexplained mysteries of the 20th century. chicago: contemporary books, 1989. clark, jerome. unexplained! detroit and london: visible ink press, 1999. floyd, randall. ghost lights and other encounters. little rock, ark: august house, 1993. gaddis, vincent h. mysterious fires and lights. new york: dell books, 1968. steiger, brad. beyond belief. new york: scholastic, 1991. famous haunted houses and places in a

y s own fatty tissue, and shc remains a baffling mystery in the annals of the unexplained and the unknown. m delving deeper arnold, larry e. ablaze! the mysterious fires of spontaneous human combustion. new york: m. evans& co, 1996. ball lightning link to human combustion. ananova, december 12, 2001 [online] http/ www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_479064.html. bord, janet, and colin bord. unexplained mysteries of the 20th century. chicago: contemporary books, 1989. gaddis, vincent h. mysterious fires and lights. new york: david mckay, 1967. rickard, bob, and john michell. unexplained phenomena. london: rough guides, 2000. making the connection apparition the unexpected or sudden appearance of something strange, such as a ghost. from the latin apparitus, past participle of apparere, meaning to

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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 summarizes the chapter fs concept in a few brief sentences. then the chapter exploration provides a complete outline of the chapter, listing all topics and subtopics therein, so that the user can understand the interrelationships between the cha

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

nd that egyptian civilization was founded by survivors from atlantis and that the united states is the new atlantis foretold by the great master mason sir francis bacon (1561.1626. the pyramid with the all-seeing eye represents the great architect of the universe that guided the founding fathers of the united states to establish a nation that might one day reveal itself as the heir of the ancient mysteries of atlantis and restore all humankind to the earthly paradise that existed in that golden age of old. t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d secret societies 9 masonic temple in alexandria, virginia (corbis corporation) georgewashington was an avowed mason. the central mythos of freemasonry centers around the building of the great temple

1153) drew up a code for the order and designed an appropriate uniform, consisting of a white tunic and mantle with a red cross on the left breast. pope honorius ii (d. 1130) approved the following rules of conduct and discipline for the order in 1128. to recite vocal prayers at certain hours. to abstain from meat four days in the week; to cease hunting and hawking. to defend with their lives the mysteries of the christian faith. to observe the seven sacraments of the church, the fourteen articles of faith, the creeds of the apostles and athanasius; 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 20 secret societies knights templar parade in 1930 (corbis corporation. to uphold the doctrines of the two testaments, including the interpretations of th

goho torzodu odo kilale qaa! zodacare od sodameranul zodorje lape zodiredo ol noco mada dae iadapiel! these words are supposedly from the enochian language, believed by magicians and other occultists to pre-date sanskrit. they were addressed to the angelic beings that the magi believed would assist them in their magick and they translate as follows: gmove, therefore, and show yourselves! open the mysteries of your creation! be friendly unto me, for i am servant of the same, your god, and i am a true worshipper of the highest. h in all chanting, recitations, and litanies, the impact of a group is far more impressive than that of a single voice, and the enochian practitioners always thought a group must be composed of individual seekers of like dedication. when properly performed, such ritua

d the seven spirits to those humans who could learn to know themselves, for they were and could come to conquer the duality of their earthly nature. they would truly become magi who learned to triumph over sensual temptations and to increase their mental faculties. god would give such adepts a measure of light in proportion to their merits, and they would be allowed to penetrate the most profound mysteries of nature. assisting these magi in their work on earth would be the seven superior spirits of the egyptian system, acting as intermediaries between god and humans. these seven spirits were the same beings that the brahmans of ancient india called the seven devas, that in persia were called the seven amaschapands, that in chaldea were called the seven great angels, that in jewish kabbalis

THE GOLDEN ESSENCE

permanently. but it is lack of insight and understanding that can lead people, for example christians, to see a dark devil where there is really a bright savior. bringing forth the secret child from the otherworld, into our own experience, seeing the child, that is, becoming aware of his eternal presence, is the key to the regeneration, or the re newal of the mysteries. it is also the key to the mysteries of psychic ascension. seeing the child of the mystery night was the subject of many ancient mystery cults in antiquity. if the child is represents the stage at which mankind will awaken or evolve to a new perfection or understanding, it is very interesting to point out the obvious: that it is not mankind, as we normally think of him/her that will actually achieve this spiritual triumph a

y, just as it is the culmination of a line of divine or mortal descent. it can also be seen as a harmonic to the culmination of the entire cosmos, leading to destruction or purification and regeneration. the fact that so many folk and faery tales (see the grimm s canon, for instance) end with the princess or maiden bearing a child, is interesting to say the least. what is very important about the mysteries of the daughter is that she (and the feminine mysteries in general) are more representative of the craft worldview, as well as those of the ancient mysteries, all the way up to gnosticism, in which the soul was seen as a feminine power. the kore or persephone of hellenic paganism likewise was a symbol of the human soul- this was part of the key to understanding the hallowed eleusinian my

aken from the world above) before she bears a divine child, who is later responsible for lifting her (and through her, all of the souls of the underworld and this world) to the blessed, realized state. such is the pattern that we observe in the greek myths of demeter, kore, hades, and brimos or dionysos-iakkos, the glorious child that kore bore to hades, and who was part of the revelations of the mysteries of eleusis. this pattern is deep and important- it can be stated in more succinct terms: the soul or being is born of the great mother and father, and due to the attracting and fated power of love and desire, falls into the great entrapment of life and death- and has to go into the underworld of mortal existence, fear, cyclic change, and limitation, until the penultimate result of that m

bodied in every woman; the powers of slow, steady creation of life, and the ongoing continuity of life. the stable and firm basis of the feminine strength is the backbone of human societies; it is linked to the stability of the tribe, hearth, or home. women, who naturally embody the dame/daughter, and therefore the source of all, and fate, are seen as being naturally more in touch with the deeper mysteries of the craft and the things that symbolize them, such as the act of spinning, the earth, and the moon. only females pass mitochondrial dna to their children; mothers therefore have a special and unique connection to their children, which gives them the hallowed status in tradition of being the members of the distaff line, or the means by which ancestral spirits return to incarnation. it

nd the housle, it is a very transformative rite. but there is a deeper level to the whole process- and that is, of course, the point of this essay. understanding the deepest layers of the housle can *also* bring about the deepest transformations. another reason to understand the true depth of the housle is to add a deeper sense of reverence to it, for it does contain and embody all of the deepest mysteries of our pagan forebears. let us begin by looking at some parallels between the substances of the housle and the deep mythology that lies at its heart. bread and wine bread and wine are used in the standard housle, though mead is also sometimes used as a replacement for the wine, for reasons that we will discuss. the bread and drink are supposed to be dark or red, mostly because the food o

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

THE KEY TO THE MYSTERIES

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

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

mself with his trophies of victory, he enlightens himself with his own conceptions, he clothes himself with his works as with a wedding garment. 20 the great week of creation has been imitated by human genius, divining the forms of nature. every day has furnished a new revelation, every new king of the world has been for a day the image and the incarnation of god! sublime dream which explains the mysteries of india, and justifies all symbolisms! the lofty conception of the man-god corresponds to the creation of adam, and christianity, like the first days of man in the earthly paradise, has been only an aspiration and a widowhood. we wait for the worship of the bride and of the mother; we shall aspire to the wedding of the new covenant. then the poor, the blind, the outlaws of the old world

ife, man, having forgotten his mother, no longer understood god but as an inflexible and jealous father. the sombre saturn, armed with his parricidal scythe, set himself to devour his children. jupiter had eyebrows which shook olympus; jehovah wielded thunders which deafened the solitudes of sinai. 21 nevertheless, the father of men, being on occasion drunken like noah, let the world perceive the mysteries of life. psyche, made divine by her torments, became the bride of eros; adonis, raised from death, found again his venus in olympus; job, victorious over evil, recovered more than he had lost. the law is a test of courage. to love life more than one fears the menaces of death is to merit life. the elect are those who dare; woe to the timid! thus the slaves of law, who make themselves the

and man is the prophet of god, when he causes us to believe in god. the old testament, the qur'an, and the gospel are three different translations of the same book. as god is one, so also is the law. o ideal woman! o reward of the elect! art thou more beautiful than mary? o mary, daughter of the east! caste as pure love, great as the desire of motherhood, come and teach the children of islam the mysteries of paradise, and the secrets of beauty! invite them to the festival of the new alliance! there, upon three thrones glittering with precious stones, three prophets will be seated. 54 the tuba tree will make, with its back-curving branches, a dais for the celestial table. the bride will be white as the moon, and scarlet as the smile of morning. all nations shall press forward to see her, a

THE LUCIFERIAN PATH THE WITCHES SABBAT MICHAEL W FORD

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

THE MAGICIAN S KABBALAH

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

larger, oral, commentaries. diagram part a the pillar of severity is composed of paths 18 and 23, which both indicate the "formative" nature of the pillar. path 18 is described as the "house of affluence, from which are drawn hidden meanings. this refers to binah, from which the path runs, as understanding, and geburah, as discernment. with these qualities, one can discover the secret "arcana" or mysteries of universal processes. the lower path on the pillar is that called the "stable intelligence, and is "the cause of consistency in all the numerations. this quality comes from the interaction of geburah, with its defining nature and hod, with its aspect of reverberation. the stability referred to is depicted in the tarot card attributed to this path, which is that of the hanged man, which

sser banishing ritual of the pentagram, which is now performed. the hebrew word, beth vau resh, bvr, means 'to be empty, uncultivated, and hence indicates the nature of the temple after a successful banishing. the tarot cards which relate to these letters are the magician, the hierophant and the sun, which show that the banishing is performed according to will in order to reveal and work with the mysteries of light. the letters themselves demonstrate that the banishing aims to 'fix (vau) the 'temple (beth) in one's 'head (resh) or awareness. point heh raise hands after the banishing and say; behold! 6. tiphareth; the ritual of the pillars and the rose pillar; a'amvd; between the pillars the eye of the mind is awakened to the on-high. the sacred things are shown and the portal is opened. ro

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

THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES

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 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

he offence, he who inflicts it becomes executioner and is the real criminal, who is wholly inexcusable, and himself alone deserving of eternal punishment. any being who is tortured above measure, enlarged by an infinitude of suffering, would become god, and this is what the ancients represented in the myth of prometheus, immortalized by the devouring vulture, and destined to dethrone jupiter .the mysteries of magic, p. 120. such is the power of love, undaunted, infuriated in the cause of freedom, justice, and truth. charicles plunges into the waves of destiny, gand with his strenuous hands the emerald water gripped. h onward he swims striving against poseidon, god of the ocean, who heaps the sea foam against him, as he makes for the paphian isle to seek aid from the goddess of love; and in

eternal towers of silence. true mutilators of corpses. ulric in gthe mother fs tragedy, h tells cora that gexcess is danger, equally in prayer c as in debauchery. h*1. and this the howling mob of religionists can never grasp. we know of the spots in the agapae, and we know to what they referred: out! out! the ghastly torches of the feast! let darkness hide us and the night discover the shameless mysteries of god grown beast, the nameless blasphemy, the slimed east. sin incarnated with a leprous lover!*2 *1. the mother fs tragedy, vol. i, p. 163 *2. the temple of the holy ghost, vol. i, p. 168. whilst these are seeking the hmonstrous desires of secret things, h*1. others are ranting about athiest death-bed scenes. for these crowley also has a word: goh, very well! h i think you say, gwait

vil itself serves for the renewal and nourishment of good. h*1. the most important of all the arcana of the magnum opus was the transformation of darkness into light. again, we have the white and black triangles, the unique athanor of moral alchemy, the transmutation of darkness into light. gthe stone becomes a plant, the plant an animal, the animal a man, and man greatens into deity. h*2 *1. the mysteries of magic, p. 150 *2. ibid, p. 30. nothing is absolutely evil, nothing is accursed for ever, not even the archangel of evil, for a time will come when his name and angelic nature will be restored to him* la kabbale, frank, p. 217. thus we rise through the microprosopus of good and evil, to the great ethical macroprosopus which is equilibrated. many are the tracks and by-paths of life whic

for the woman arrayed in purple and scarlet, and decked with pearls and precious stones, hath made them drunk on the golden cup of her abominations, on the wine of her fornications, on the filthy philtres of her whoredoms; and they have become truculent, and boisterous, and mad; cloaking the silken nakedness of the day with their woollen shroud of darkness, and seeking in the depths of night the mysteries of everlasting light. o dweller in the land of uz, thou also shalt be made drunken, but thy cup shall be hewn from the sapphire of the heavens, and thy wine shall be crushed from the clusters of innumerable stars; and thou shalt make thyself naked, and thy white limbs shall be splashed with the purple foam of immortality. thou shalt tear the jewelled tassels from the purse of thy spendth

ousness. all differences as these indeed are chess play, conjuring. gproceed! h nay! i fll go back. the exposition above, has points. but simple fission has reproduced a different bliss, at last a heterogenesis *pentecost, vol. ii, p. 170. many roads lead to philosophy and branch forth from it, as crowley above shows, and in a short essay like this we intend but to travel through the labyrinthine mysteries of all by the silken clue of one, handed us by aleister crowley. and as there are many by-ways, corridors, and blind alleys in this great labyrinth of parnassus, so in this clue, which has been given us, we shall find many twisted threads, yet all of one fibre, which will lead us, the weary wanderers in the mysteries, to that certain and blissful kingdom which shall be our beginning. kan

THE BOOK OF GATES

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

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

he o.t.o. member of our order? please answer aloud. c: yes. s (hard knock on altar with dagger, which w. gives him) then your will be done! brethren, do your duty (w. places c. s left hand on the open book, and s. fixes it there with the dagger, which he keeps there during the oath. e. grasps c. firmly by the throat) s: are you willing to take a solemn obligation to keep inviolate the secrets and mysteries of our order? c: i am. s: repeat you name at length, and say after me: i (name in full) in the presence of the powers of birth, visible and invisible, and of this camp of free men, do hereby and hereon most solemnly promise and swear: never to reveal what i learn beneath the seal within the guarded border of this most holy order unless it be to a true brother and not to another using a p

ect that you will swear. support the v.s.l. with your l.h, cover it with your right, repeat your name at length and say after me: i, in the presence of the powers of the word, and of this l. of p, duly constituted, consecrated, and congregated, of my own free will and accord do hereunder and hereon solemnly promise and swear that i will always hele, conceal, and never reveal any of the secrets or mysteries of this supreme degree to any one in the world unless it be a true, lawful, and perfect magician, and not even to him, until after due trial, strict examination, and full conviction that he is worthy of that confidence or in the body of a lodge of p.m.s. duly opened beneath the vault of heaven. i further solemnly pledge myself never to pronounce that solemn and mysterious name which may

e its secrets. are you willing to take it? file//c /documents%20and%20settings/michael..0secret%20rituals%20of%20the%20o.t.o/p2c6.html (5 of 9 [12/28/2001 2:04:24 pm] the secret rituals of the o.t.o. cands: we are. viii: then you will extinguish your tapers, remove your aprons, sashes and jewels, raise your arms, extended at an angle of 90, and say: we renounce all; we swear to keep inviolate the mysteries of these degrees; and we invoke annihilation. these points, etc, penalty of having our skulls split asunder by the axe of the executioner. amen. you will seal this solemn oath with your lips five times upon this skull. i will now proceed to confer upon you the following degrees of the a. and a. rite: knight of the sword and of the east. prince of jerusalem. i also confer upon you the cor

you on the success which has already rewarded your exertions. these letters are the initials of the virtues by whose assistance you may be led to the recovery of the lost word. t. stands for truth, s. stands for silence, l. for love, while in conjunction (he checks himself. but before i can explain myself further, i must call upon you to take a solemn obligation to keep inviolate the secrets and mysteries of our holy order. are you willing to do this? postulant: i am. m.w.s: then remove from my breast the heavy burden which oppresses me, and cast it behind you, replacing it by the volume of the sacred law, about which you will arrange the three letters in the form of a triangle; interlock the fingers of your hands and place the palms upon my forehead, look into my eyes and say after me; f

0and%20settings/michael..0secret%20rituals%20of%20the%20o.t.o/p2c7.html (5 of 14 [12/28/2001 2:04:51 pm] the secret rituals of the o.t.o. i, in the name of the holy trinity one and indivisible, and in the presence of this perfect and princely chapter of the holy order of the rose croix of heredom, do hereby and hereon most solemnly promise and swear that i will hele, conceal, and never reveal the mysteries of a sovereign prince rose croix. i swear eternal fealty and allegiance to the supreme council by whose authority this chapter is constituted in the person of its most puissant sovereign grand commander baphomet. i further pledge myself to the service of the order to the last drop of my blood and the last penny of my purse. all this i swear to observe without evasion, equivocation, or me

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

TWO ESSAYS ON THE WORSHIP OF PRIAPUS

ation of the incarnation of the deity, and the communication of 1 liv. hist. epsiom. lib. xi. 2 when homer praises any work of art, he calls it the work of sidonians. 3 see plate ii. fig. 3. of priapus 33 his creative spirit to man. it was one of the sacraments of that ancient church, and was, without doubt, beheld with that pious awe and reverence with which devout persons always contemplate the mysteries of their faith, whatever they happen to be; for, as the learned and orthodox bishop warburton, whose authority it is not for me to dispute, says, from the nature of any action morality cannot arise, nor from its effects;1 therefore, for aught we can tell, this ceremony, however shocking it may appear to modern manners and opinions, might have been intrinsically meritorious at the time of

acting the same part with dictynna, the cretan diana, as the swan is usually represented acting with leda.4 this composition has nearly the same signification as that before described of the bull in the lap of ceres, diana being equally a personification of the productive power of the earth. it may seem extraordinary, that after this adventure with the dove, she should still remain a virgin; but mysteries of this kind are to be found in all religions. juno is said to have renewed her virginity every year by bathing in a certain fountain;5 a miracle which i believe even modern legends cannot parallel. 1 the active and passive powers of creation are called male and female by the ammonian platonists. see proclus in theol. platon. lib. i, c. 28. 2 lucian, de dea syri. 3 matth. ch. iii, ver. 1

generation as a mark of contempt for those who had submitted easily.1 may not these columns have been intended, if we knew the truth, as protections for the people of the district in which they stood, and placed in the position where they could most conveniently been seen? this superstitious sentiment may also offer the true explanation of an incident which is said to have been represented in the mysteries of eleusis. ceres, wandering over the earth in search of her daughter proserpine, and overcome with grief for her loss, arrived at the hut of an athenian peasant woman named baubo, who received her hospitably, and offered her to drink the refreshing mixture which the greeks call cyceon (kukewn. the goddess rejected the offered kindness, and refused 1 herodotus, euterpe, cap. 102. diodoru

of the brethren to their relief, and that they ought to relieve their brethren when appealed to under the same circumstances. 3 this appears to have been the most common form of the injunction. in one or two instances the receiver is described as adding that this was an act of contempt towards the other sex, which may perhaps be considered as showing that the ceremony was derived from some of the mysteries of the strange sects which appeared in the earlier ages of christianity. jean de st. loup, who held the office of master of the house of templars at soisiac, said that, on his reception into the order, he received the injunction 1 post qu immediates pr cepit idem frater p. ipsi testi quod si aliquis frater dicti ordinis vellet jacere secum, non deberet recusare. ipse tamen testis, ut dix

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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

cted and given a new name to signify rebirth into the secret circle. the nakedness of birth is covered up in special robes that accord with the newly exalted status of the initiate. he or she is given the most secret and holy wisdom of the secret society compressed into emblems and parables. occult initiation is patterned after this model. since the time of its initial descent from the eleusinian mysteries of the greeks, its rough edges have been softened, and ritual scarring and mutilation is not customary; although in the rites of black magic these practices still go on to satisfy the sadism of the initiators. true magical initiation is the highest form of initiation-the death of the material life and the rebirth into the spiritual life. the actual rite of initiation into a magical group

the magus does not subsequently turn away from the light. when the magus returns to live in society, the conversation of the guardian is carried with the magus. it is not the purpose of this work to recommend texts, but the magus will find the second part of the book of the sacred magic of abramelin the mage particularly useful in these matters. it is an inspired work, descended from the ancient mysteries of the kabbalah. in it is given a system of living that has been proven effective for attaining the conversation of the guardian angel. the ritual process in abramelin should not necessarily be copied, but rather should be used as a pattern and guide. the spirit names and magic squares that appear in the book belong to the writer, abraham the jew, and should not be used by the magus, who

r, find it easier to pretend the lies are true and the truth, lies, turning the universe on its head and coveting a bag of common stones as precious diamonds. finally, there are the third class of humanity who seem to recognize the voice of their angels from birth and are never misled by their personal devils, who in these rare cases seem to be mutes. how such people come to be born is one of the mysteries of life. the magus should envy them their innocence, yet at the same time pity them, for they have no need to strive against adversity and no chance to acquire the inner strength that only comes through transcending obstacles. these people are like pampered house cats that never hiss or scratch and, for this reason, are treated with kindness wherever they go. occasionally they find thems

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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

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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

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

the pleasant one is a completely different god from woden the worker-of-evil. this same magical reality applies to the names of the angels in the keys. the thirteenth key 0 you swords of the south, which have 42 eyes to stir up wrath of sin, making men drunken which are empty: behold the promise of god and his power, which is called amongst you a bitter sting. move, 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 thirteenth key although the rulers of this key are called "swords of the south" this would seem to be an error on the part of the angel nalvage, who dictated the key to kelley. the english translation corresponds accurately with the enochian (the enochian w

act has been made with the spirits of the aethers, they can thereafter be contacted with ease. the fourteenth key 0 you sons of fury, the daughters of the just, which sit upon 24 seats vexing all creatures of the earth with age; which have under you 1636: behold the voice of god, promise of him which is called amongst you fury (or extreme justice. move and show yourselves; tetragrammaton 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 fourteenth key the twenty-four elders seated around the throne of the heavenly christ are here presented as male when they act upon the angry will of god to punish the wicked, but female when they act as agents of an even-handed god to restore the righteous

to indicate that in this key, god is dual. he is both the god of din and the god of geburah. his will is administered both by the daughters of the just and the sons of fury. the fifteenth key 0 thou the governor of the first flame, under whose wings are 6739, which weave the earth with dryness, which knowest of the great name righteousness and the seal of honor: move 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 fifteenth key this key begins the fourth and final cycle around the corners of the earth. the "first flame7' applies to the east, for dee and the enochian angels the starting point for the circle of the world. it should be noted that the key is 226 tetragra

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

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

, 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

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

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

ed 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 died and rose, and so also did adonis. he was first lamented as dead and then his revivification was celebrated with great joy. there is no need, however, to multiply the recurrence of these events in the old mysteries nor to restrict ourselves within their limits, for all religions have testified to t

y. there is no need, however, to multiply the recurrence of these events in the old mysteries nor to restrict ourselves within their limits, for all religions have testified to the necessity of regeneration and have administered it's imputed processes. that which is most important- from my point of view- is the testimony belonging to christian times and the secret tradition therein. the christian mysteries of course, to speak of this it is necessary to trend on subjects which at the present are excluded, and very properly so, from discussion in a craft lodge, when they are presented from a religious and doctrinal angle. i shall not treat them from that standpoint, but rather as a sequence of symbolism in the form of dramatic mystery, alluding slightly, and from a philosophical point of vie

nds symbolically between the east and the north, between the greatest zone of darkness and that zone which is the source of light, looking towards the light- source and realizing that the whole nature has to be renewed therein. mystic life is a quest of divine knowledge in a world that is within. it is the life led in this light, progressing and developing therein, as if a brother should read the mysteries of nature and science with new eyes cast upon the record, which record is everywhere, but more especially in his own mind and heart. it is the complete surrender to the working of the divine, so that an hour comes when proprium meum et tuum dies in the mystical sense, because it is hidden in god. in this state, by the testimony of many literatures, there supervenes an experience which is

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nes 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 the earth produced that apparent state of death. some disciples fall in that apparent state of death within the gnostic lumisials. the ceremony of carrying the cross (as was practiced in the gnostic lumisials, serves in order to humbly confirm some internal esoteric initiation. each one of the seven bodies of the human being must be crucified

he symbol of the phallus) and with the moon (the symbol of the uterus. in that medieval painting, two men together or two women together do not appear (because that crime against nature originates the filthy vampire. the tenebrous ones justify their crimes against nature, thus, the law punishes them by separating them from their superior triangle forever. this is how they roll into the abyss. the mysteries of lingam-yoni are terribly divine and cannot be altered. the lingam can only be united with the yoni; this is the law of the holy alchemy. the alchemical weddings signify, as a matter of fact, the perfect matrimony. the alchemist must not only kill desire, but moreover, he has to kill the very shadow of the horrible tree of desire. sacred dances between men and women were performed in t

teries of lingam-yoni are terribly divine and cannot be altered. the lingam can only be united with the yoni; this is the law of the holy alchemy. the alchemical weddings signify, as a matter of fact, the perfect matrimony. the alchemist must not only kill desire, but moreover, he has to kill the very shadow of the horrible tree of desire. sacred dances between men and women were performed in the mysteries of eleusis along with love and the music of the centers in order to enchant the serpent. then, the dancers of the temple were clean from the filthy venom of desire. all kinds of sins are forgiven, except the sins against the holy spirit. flee fornication. every sin that a man does is without the body; but he that commits fornication sins against his own body. 1st corinthians 6: 18. howev

los centros para encantar y despertar a la serpiente. entonces los danzantes del templo estaban limpios del veneno asqueante del deseo. toda clase de pecados ser n perdonados, menos el pecado contra el esp ritu santo (el que fornica contra su cuerpo peca) 1 de cor. 6:18. no s lo se fornica con el cuerpo f sico, sino con el pensamiento, la emoci n, la palabra y las sensaciones animales. 43 in the mysteries of eleusis, the couples danced in order to mutually magnetize themselves; then while dancing, the couple (man and woman) together attained ecstasy. the bioelectromagnetic interchange between man and woman cannot be replaced by anything; this is a gigantic, grandiose and terribly divine power. god shines upon the perfect couple. if you want in depth self-realization remember this alchemic

before the seal of the living god. the angel of the sixth seal of the apocalypse has reincarnated at this time within a feminine body (this angel is a specialist in the sacred jinn science. arcanum 6 is the lover of the tarot. it is the soul between vice and virtue. the arcanum six is enchainment, equilibrium, loving union between man and woman. it struggles terribly between love and desire, the mysteries of lingam-yoni connection. the struggle between the two ternaries is found in the sixth arcanum of the tarot. the arcanum six is the supreme affirmation of the inner christ, and the supreme negation of satan. watch and pray. existe el m dium y el mediador. el m dium es negativo, el mediador es positivo. el m dium es el veh culo de la serpiente tentadora del edem. el bodhisattva medianero

a masculine character and the other of a feminine character. the entire work is performed with the great arcanum. the star of seven points is an inseparable part of the acronym vitriol. the seven serpents of alchemy are related with the seven planets and the seven great cosmic realizations. the acronym vitriol, with its seven letters and its seven words, completely symbolizes the great work. the mysteries of the arcane vii are terribly divine. the acronym vitriol with its seven letters and its seven words symbolizes the entire septenary great work that shines like the sun in the temple of science. the sun and the moon, the fire and the water, the king and the queen form an integral part of any apprentice of alchemy. the apprentice has to perform seven great works that culminate with the c

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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

121, and 111. 1 discovered this quite by accident simply while meditating on the kamea itself. the student should be aware by now of associations relating to these numbers (two of them are the magical numbers of the daath/pluto kamea) meditation on these numerical associations yields some interesting fruit for a figure 12-d qabalistic mind and there are a number of techniques for working with the mysteries of the hebrew-letter archetypes that have been revealed in the golden dawn and other qabalistic schools. one is to translate the numbers into letters, which then become names, mantras, sigils, or geometric figures as illustrated in various places in this book. another, for those who associate the letters with the tarot keys, is to translate the number sequences into archetypes and see wh

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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

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emblances which made me think that voodoo was not solely african in origin but had been compounded in america out of european witchcraft and african mythology; and when i visited the villa of the mysteries at pompeii i realised the great resemblance to the cult. apparently these people were using the witches' processes. i know, of course, that ancient and modern writers have agreed that the greek mysteries of dionysus, zeus, orpheus, zagreus and eleusis were similar; therefore since each mystery had different rites and myths but was the same, this must mean that they had some inner secret. in his learned work the villa of the mysteries, professor vittorio macchioro has this to say on the subject 'the mystery is a special form of religion which existed amongst all ancient peoples, and among

practised by the african negro are derived from ancient egypt. thousands of africans were transported to the new world and many of those who went to haiti from 1512 onwards were of the finest african stock and perhaps carried with them a synthesis of the cults then existing in the congo. it is easy to show how close the parallels are between the voodoo they practised and mediaeval witchcraft. the mysteries of delphi and eleusis, or the roman cults, probably had the same origin. the ritual of the druids is said to copy that of osiris; odin himself is believed to be merely a frosty version of osiris. witchcraft almost everywhere had two main derivatives to which its other formative influences became attached; the fertility cults persisting from the indigenous inhabitants of any area, and the

WICCA MAGICK OCCULT THREE GREEN BOOKS DRUIDISM

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

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

jehuda the prince, bathia daughter of pharaoh, and sarah the daughter of asher. some rabbis add rabbi yoshua son of levi, but he entered not at the door, but climbed over the wall. see kethuboth, 7. 2. in the 145th psalm, we find 9 reasons for praising god. numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott the great eleusinian mysteries were the successors of the egyptian mysteries of isis and osiris, and were celebrated at eleusis and possibly also at athens, in honor of demeter or ceres; they occupied 9 days, and were commenced on the 15th day of the third attic month, boedromion, september. they took place once in every five years. 92. the lesser mysteries were performed in the month elaphebolion, march, at agrae on the river ilyssus in honor of persephone or pr

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

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

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

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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 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

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

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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

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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

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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

b 31. pcrrbnr 42. bergdba 10. inzvbnl 21. bsfamll 32. crrbnrp 11. nzvbnli 22. oogosrs 33. rrbnrpc special power of the igng "to whom the earth with her bowels and secret whatsoever are delivered: and hast said to me: heretofore what thou art, there i may know. thou art great but (as truly did confess) he in whom thou art is greater than thou" special power of the prince "unto whom the keys of the mysteries of the earth are delivered. whose 42 ministers are angels, that govern under thee. all which thy mighty king bnaspol bade use of me and affirmed that they are and shall be at thy command" genesis vs. 14-19 "and god said 'let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day and the night, and let them serve as signs to mark seasons and days and years, and let them be lights i

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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

e down and thy sleep shall be sweet" 5 "though a man shut his eyes to the last, still cometh death, the render of the veil" 6 "if thou hadst known how to suffer, thou wouldst have had the power not to suffer" 7 "the place of rest, the home of peace, is in truth the very cross itself, the firm foundation on which the whole creation rests" 8 "i have torn myself asunder, i have brought unto them the mysteries of light to purify them, for they are the purgation of all matter" 9 "blessed is the man who crucifieth malkuth and doth not allow malkuth to crucify him" 10 "blessed is the man who knoweth the word, for he hath brought down the heaven and bound the earth and raised it heavenwards; and he becometh the midst" 11 "watchman, what of the night" 12 "the morning cometh and also the night; if y

main, however, the 24th, 25th and 26th paths. but the philosophus cannot enter the sephira tiphareth by the path of nun, because the key of death intervenes. the celebrant shows the 13th tarot key. celebrant the first meaning lies with utter plainness on the surface of the card, and it does not concern us here. it reminds us, however, of the great truth which is commemorated and symbolised in the mysteries of all ages and countries that we must pass ultimately through death to life in the mystical sense. but the time is not yet, nor is the place of the experience here. the 24th path of the sepher yetzirah is called the imaginative intelligence, and it is said to be the ground of similitude in the likeness of beings and of things. the explanation is that the deep things of spiritual life ar

love and understanding are the motive, the secret and the harmony of that world. we have spoken to you of many hallowings, and i invite you more especially at this stage to remember the turning of the will, which is the deeper meaning of its consecration in the grade of philosophus. this is the sense in which the sons and daughters of the doctrine, who have become familiar by experience with the mysteries of the way, the truth and the life, are declared to be little children that is to say, at the beginning of their initiation. they have graduated in conformity, in the union of the human with the divine will, which is the earnest of the ineffable union. it is the condition of the opening of the eyes, so that the eyes see and the heart realises the eternal object of research. what was it t

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