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d from the material world. the hieroglyphical figures upon the pillars are taken from the vignettes of the 17th and the 125th chapters of the 'ritual of the dead' the egyptian 'per-m-hru. this celebrated and most ancient work is a collection of mystical hymns and addresses in the form of a species of ceremonial ritual for the use of the soul after death, to enable him to unite himself to the body of osiris the redeemer, thenceforth in the ritual is he no longer called the soul but he is called the 'osiris' of whom he is a member "i am the vine, ye are the branches' said the christ of the new testament 'i am a member of the body of osiris' said the purified and justified son of god. such is the subject of the great egyptian ritual, purified by suffering, strengthened by opposition. nor is t

am i. the symbols on the columns, beginning at the top of the one with black figures on a white ground, are mystical representations of the various paragraphs of the 17th chapter. they show: the symbols of temu, the setting sun, the past and the future. the adoration of temu in the west. the abode of the west shown by the jackal of anubis in a shrine with isis and nephthys adoring. the adoration of osiris. the phoenix or bennu. the reformation of the departed spirit shown by the soul descending to the body on the bier, in the form of a human headed bird, khem of dual manifestation, shown by the birds on either side of the prostrate mummy. so the purified soul passes ever onward and upward, and still uses its mystical hymn. it reaches the pools of the two truths, shown by the two quadrangu

either side of the prostrate mummy. so the purified soul passes ever onward and upward, and still uses its mystical hymn. it reaches the pools of the two truths, shown by the two quadrangular figures; it passes through anrutf, the gate of the north, and through the gate of tajeser, and it saith to the mystical guardians 'give me your strength, for i am made even as ye. then comes the mystical eye of osiris representing the orb of the sun, and the cow, symbolic of the great water, the blue firmament of heaven. next the adoration of the lords of truth behind the northern heaven 'hail unto ye, ye lords of truth, ye chiefs behind osiris! ye followers of her whose peace is sure' then the soul arises at the mystic pool of persea trees, wherein is horus, symbolized by the great cat, who slays the

uced by the jackal-headed anubis, the guide of the dead, into the hall of truth. the soul then watches the weighing of its actions in earth life against a figure of truth in the mystical scales of ma by anubis. thoth, ibis-headed, records the judgment and the devourer stands ready to seize if the soul has led an evil life. passing through this ordeal, the soul is then introduced into the presence of osiris by horus. osiris sits in his shrine upon a throne, with the crook and scourge, symbols of mercy and severity, in his hands; behind him are isis and nephthys, the 39 goddesses of nature and perfection, and before him are the four genii of the dead, upon the lotus flower, the emblem of the metempsychosis. thus the whole of the symbols upon the pillars represent the advance and purification

18276066 GRIMM JACOB TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY VOL 1

in. as with these eatable creatures, so in other tales there occurs the reanimation of persons who have been cut to pieces: in the marchen vom machandelbom (juniper-tree; in the myth of zeus and tantalus, where tlie shoulder of pelops being devoured by demeter (ovid 6, 406) reminds us of the he-goat's leg-bone being split for the marrow, and remaining lame after he came to life again; in the myth of osiris and st adalljert (temme p. 3;j; conf. 1)s. no. 62, and ezekiel .37. then in the eighth finnish rune, lemminkaimen's mother gathei-s all the limbs of his dismembered body, and makes them live again "the fastening of heads that have been chopped off to their trunks, in waltharius 11 f (conf. p. 93) seems to imply a belief in their reanimation, and agrees with a circumstance in morske event

4 7 INITIATION CEREMONY

lator to the grade of philosophus is now open to you. take in your right hand the calvary cross of 12 squares, and follow your guide through the path of the waters. heg: circumambulates the hall once with practicus having previously given him the calvary cross to bear. hiereus: as they approach rises with red lamp in his hand. hegemon and practicus halt before him. hiero: the priest with the mask of osiris spake and said i am the water, stagnant and silent and still, reflecting all, concealing all. i am the past. i am the inundation. he who riseth from the great waters is my name. hail unto ye, dwellers of the land of night, for the rending of the darkness is near. heg: leads practicus round to seat of hiereus. hiereus: as they approach takes red lamp in his hand and rises. hegemon and pra

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGICK SPELLS

ch harder to attain than learning any complex ritual. the goddess as focus many beliefs emphasise the polarity of the female/male, goddess/god and anima/animus energies. the bringing together of these two powers, the sacred marriage that is celebrated symbolically in the great rite of the union of earth and sky, is a ritual that permeates all cultures. in egyptian mythology, isis, the sister-wife of osiris, sought and reassembled his body after his murder and dismemberment by his brother seth. in this connection, she took on the role of the goddess of rebirth, the bone goddess, and restored him in a more evolved form. the annual celebrations of this event coincided with the rising of the dog star, sirius, which heralded the flooding of the nile and the restoration of fertility to the land

offer and it fitted perfectly. seth slammed the lid tight and he and his followers threw the chest into the nile. isis searched for her husband and at last discovered the chest at byblos on the phoenician coast. she brought osiris' body back to egypt and conceived a son by her dead husband, hiding herself in the rushes of the marshes of the delta while awaiting the birth. seth discovered the body of osiris, hacked it into pieces and scattered them throughout egypt so that he could never be restored to life. but isis searched once more and, assisted by nephthys, remodelled the bones into osiris' form and restored her husband to life once more. when their son horus, the sky god, became a youth, he fought to avenge his father against seth. the divine judges, including thoth, god of wisdom, me

business. blue is the colour of long-distance travel and house moves, legal matters and dealing with officialdom. it is also for careers involving justice and leadership. above all, blue brings calm and the ability to solve problems in the midst of crisis. blue candles are best used on thursday. purple purple is the colour of jupiter in his role of wise teacher and keeper of hidden knowledge, and of osiris, the ancient egyptian father god and lord of the underworld, who died each year and was resurrected by his wife isis. it represents unconscious wisdom and is used for all things of a psychic and spiritual nature and for divination. purple provides a link with higher dimensions and can bring happiness for all who yearn for something beyond the material plane. purple candles aid meditation

ADEPTUS MINOR INITIATION

ning chief: knocks (all rise) chief: knocks. second: knocks (7 knocks total) 3 third: knocks. chief: knocks. third: knocks. second: knocks. chief "avete, fraters et sorors" second "roseae rubeae" third "et aureae crucis" chief "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 does so and gives sign of osiris slain and risen) third "merciful exempt adept, the portal of the vault is closed and guarded" chief "mighty adeptus major, by what sign hast thou entered the portal" second "by the sign of the rending asunder of the veil (gives it) chief "associate adeptus minor, by what sign has thou closed the portal" third "by the sign of the closing of the veil"(gives it) second "p" third "r" second

chief "mighty adeptus major, why in the center" second "because that is the point of perfect equilibrium" chief "associate adeptus minor, what does the mystic name of our founder signify" third "the rose and cross of christ; the fadeless rose of creation; the immortal cross of light" chief "mighty adeptus major, what was the vault entitled by our more ancient fraters and sorors" second "the tomb of osiris onnophris, the justified one" chief "associate adeptus minor, of what shape was the vault" third "it was that of an equilateral heptagon, a figure of seven sides" chief "mighty adeptus major, unto what do these seven sides allude" second "seven are the lower sephiroth, seven are the palaces, seven are the days of creation, seven is the height above and seven is the depth below" chief "as

th. third adept goes to the north facing south (officers all raise their wands to form a pyramid over the pastos and altar) chief "let us analyze the keyword. i" second "n" third "r" all "i" chief "y" second "n" third "r" all "y" chief "virgo, isis, mighty mother (making sign of isis" second "scorpio, apophis, destroyer (making sign of apophis" third "sol, osiris, slain and risen (making the sign of osiris, slain and risen" all "isis, apophis, osiris- i.a.o (bringing wands up to touch each other along with cruces) chief "let the divine light descend (all separate wands and cruces, and give the sign of cross) all "the sign of osiris slain" chief "l- the sign of the mourning of isis (tilting head) 8 second "v- the sign of typhon and apophis (head up slightly) third "x- the sign of osiris ris

of the darkness, let that light arise" aspirant "before i was blind, but now i see" chief "i am the reconciler with the ineffable. i am the dweller of the invisible. let the white brilliance of the spirit divine descend (chief raises his hands invoking the divine white brilliance. then pause) chief (to aspirant "arise now as an adeptus minor of the rose of ruby and the cross of gold, in the sign of osiris slain (all rise. second and third adepts raise aspirant, and extend his arms in a cross. he then recrosses his arms on his breasts and turns him to face west. chief advances within reach of aspirant. third adept northwest. second adept southwest. they both join wands over his head and cruces a little lower. all "we receive thee as an adeptus minor in the sign of rectitude and selfsacrifi

ch are the signs of the hidden wisdom of our order (aspirant is made to repeat each word after the officer) chief "i" second "n" third "r" 26 all "i" chief "y" second "n" third "r" all "y" chief "virgo, isis, mighty mother" second "scorpio, apophis, destroyer" third "sol, osiris, slain and risen" all "isis, apophis, osiris, i.a.o. let the divine light descend (all separate wands and give the sign of osiris slain) all "the sign of osiris slain" chief "l- the sign of the mourning of isis (with tilted head to the side) second "v- the sign of typhon and apophis (head facing upwards, arms stretched) third "x- the sign of osiris risen (arms crossed upon chest) all "l.v.x, lux, the light of the cross (they give the saluting sign with heads bowed. then pause) chief "the mystic number of this grade

ALEISTER CROWLEY ACROSS THE GULF

t of the mighty gods. i am he lord of life, triumphant over death; he who partaketh with me shall page 18 gulf.txt arise with me. i am the manifestor in matter of those whose abode is in the invisible. i am purified: i stand upon the universe: i am its reconciler with the eternal gods: i am the perfector of matter; and without me the universe is not" all this he said, and displayed the sacraments of osiris before them all; and in a certain mystical manner did we all symbolically partake of them. but for me! in the scent of the dying rose i beheld rather the perfection of the love of my lady the veiled one, whom i had won, and slain in the winning! now, however, the old magus clad me (for i was yet naked) in the dress of a priest of osiris. he gave me the robes of white linen, and the leopa

i dismissed the people; i was alone with the dead god; with osiris, the lord of amennti, the slain of typhon, the devoured of apophis. yea, verily, i was alone! chapter v now then the great exhaustion took hold upon me, and i fell at the feet of the osiris as one dead. all knowledge of terrestrial things was gone from me; i entered the kingdom of the dead by the gate of the west. for the worship of osiris is to join the earth to the west; it is the cultus of the setting sun. through isis man obtains strength of nature; through osiris he obtains the strength of suffering and ordeal, and as the trained athlete is superior to the savage, so is the magic of osiris stronger than the magic of isis. so by my secret practices at night, while my guardians strove to smooth my spirit to page 19 gulf

ntain, and being there crowned and garlanded i rejoiced exceedingly, coming out through the gate of the east, the beautiful gate, unto the land of khemi, and the city of thebai, and the temple that had been the temple of the veiled one. there i rejoined my body, making the magical links in the prescribed manner, and rose up and did adoration to the osiris by the fourfold sign. therefore the light of osiris began to dawn; it went about the city whirling forth, abounding, crying aloud; whereat the people worshipped, being abased with exceeding fear. moreover, they hearkened unto their wise men and brought gifts of gold, so that the temple floor was heaped high; and gifts of oxen, so that the courts of the temple could not contain them: and gifts of slaves, as it were a mighty army. then i wi

tfold; the women were all fertile- yea! barren women of sixty years bore twins- there was no disease or sorrow in the city. mighty was the concourse of the citizens on the great day of the consecration. splendid rose the temple, a fortress of black granite. the columns were carved with wonderful images of all the gods adoring osiris; marvels of painting glittered on the walls; they told the story of osiris, of his birth, his life, his death at the hands of typhon, the search after his scattered members, the birth of horus and harpocrates, the vengeance upon typhon seth, the resurrection of osiris. the god himself was seated in a throne set back unto the wall. it was of lapis-lazuli and amber, it was inlaid with emerald and ruby. mirrors of polished gold, of gold burnished with dried poison

knowing what might have taken place in thebai and what news might have come thither, i did not dare declare myself; but seeking out the high priest of horus i showed him a certain sign, telling him that i was come from memphis on a journey, and intended to visit thebai to pay homage at the shrine of isis. but he, full of the news, told me that the ancient priestess of isis, who had become priest of osiris, had been taken up to heaven as a sign of the signal favour of the god. where at i could hardly hold myself from laughter; yet i controlled myself and answered that i was not prepared to return to memphis, for that i was vowed to isis, and osiris could not serve my turn. at this he begged me to stay as his guest, and to go worship at the temple of isis in this city. i agreed thereto, and

ook them to the dead leper and said "when you are beautiful as that is beautiful, and when i am weary of its beauty and its delight, then will i do your pleasure" then they all raged vehemently against me, and stirred up the men of the city to destroy me. and i, not being minded to display my magic force, went page 32 gulf.txt by night (so soon as i heard of this) and took sanctuary in the shrine of osiris that i had caused them to build. and there i attained felicity; for uniting my consciousness with the gods, i obtained the expansion of that consciousness. is not the kingdom of the dead a mighty kingdom? so i perceived the universe as it were a single point of infinite nothingness yet of infinite extension; and becoming this universe, i became dissolved utterly therein. moreover, my bod

t were a single point of infinite nothingness yet of infinite extension; and becoming this universe, i became dissolved utterly therein. moreover, my body lifted itself up and rose in the air to a great height beyond the shadow of the earth, and the earth rolled beneath me; yet of all this i knew nothing, for that i was all these things and none of them. moreover i was united with isis the mother of osiris, being yet her brother and her lord. woe, woe to me! for all this was but partial and imperfect; nor did i truly understand that which occurred. only this i knew, that i should return to my city of thebai, and rule therein as high priest of osiris, no longer striving to some end unheard-of or impossible, but quietly and patiently living in the enjoyment of my dignities and wealth, even a

ALEISTER CROWLEY AD MEIORUM CTHULHI GLORIAM

lation "the beast 666, was his mother, and he eventually took this appellation to heart. he changed his name to aleister crowley while still at cambridge, and by that name, plus "666, he would never be long out of print, or out of newspapers. for he believed himself to be the incarnation of a god, an ancient one, the vehicle of a new age of man's history, the aeon of horus, displacing the old age of osiris. in 1904, he had received a message, from what lovecraft might have called "out of space, that contained the formula for a new world order, a new system of philosophy, science, art and religion, but this new order had to begin with the fundamental part, and common denominator, of all four: magick. in 1937, the year lovecraft dies, the nazis banned the occult lodges of germany, notable am

tianity considers to represent the devil. indeed, crowley had nothing but admiration for the shaitan (satan) of the so-called "devil-worshipping" cult of the yezidis of mesopotamia, knowledge of which led him to declare the lines that open this introduction. for he saw that the yezidis possess a great secret and a great tradition that extends far back into time, beyond the origin of the sun cults of osiris, mithra and christ; even before the formation of the judaic religion, and the hebrew tongue. crowley harkened back to a time before the moon was worshipped, to the "shadow out of time; and in this, whether he realised it as such or not, he had heard the "call of cthulhu. sumeria that a reclusive author of short stories who lived in a quiet neighbourhood in new england, and the manic, inf

ALEISTER CROWLEY LIBER 777

e the veil of isis between the pillars of seth* 14 the daughter of the mighty ones. crowned with stars, a winged goddess stands upon the moon* 15 the son of the morning, chief among the mighty. a flame-clad god bearing equivalent symbols* 16 the magus of the eternal. between the pillars sits an ancient* 17 the children of the voice: the oracle of the mighty gods. a prophet, young, and in the sign of osiris risen* 18 the child of the powers of the waters: the lord of the triumph of light. a young and holy king under the starry canopy* 19 the daughter of the flaming sword. a smiling woman holds the open jaws of a fierce and powerful lion 20 the prophet of the eternal, the magus of the voice of power. wrapped in a cloke and cowl, an ancient walketh, bearing a lamp and staff* 21 the lord of th

ALEISTER CROWLEY LIBER CHANOKH

(gimel, a after d, etc.2 the opening of the portal of the vault of the adepts t. k. r. p paroketh, the veil of the sanctuary. the sign of the rending of the veil. the sign of the closing of the veil [give these [make the invoking pentagrams of spirit] in the number 21, in the grand word hyha; in the name hwchy, in the pass word i.n.r.i, o spirits of the tablet of spirit, ye, ye i invoke! the sign of osiris slain! the sign of the mourning of isis! the sign of apophis and typhon! the sign of osiris risen! l.v.x, lux, the light of the cross [give these] in the name of tudw hwla hwhy i declare that the spirits of spirit have been duly invoked [the knock w wwww] liber lxxxiv 21 the first key*3 ol sonuf vaoresaji, gohu iad balata, elanusaha caelazod:4 sobra zod-ol roray i ta nazodapesad, giraa t

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

rpent. the great merits of this formula are that it avoids contact with the inferior planes, that it is self-sufficient, that it involves no responsibilities, and that it leaves its masters not only stronger in themselves, but wholly free to fulfil their essential natures. its abuse is an abomination> 27 chapter v the formula of i.a.o. this formula is the principal and most characteristic formula of osiris, of the redemption of mankind "i" is isis, nature, ruined by "a, apophis the destroyer, and restored to life by the redeemer osiris<father, o the mother, a the child- and yet another, in which i.a.o. are all fathers of different kinds balanced by h.h.h, 3 mothers, to complete the universe. in a third, the true formula of the beast 666

d by depression- the dark night of the soul, an infinite weariness and detestation of the work. the simplest and easiest acts become almost impossible to perform. such impotence fills the mind with apprehension and despair. the intensity of this loathing can hardly be understood by any person who has not experienced it. this is the period of apophis. it is followed by the arising not of isis, but of osiris. the ancient condition is not restored, but a new and superior condition is created, a condition only rendered possible by the process of death. the alchemists themselves taught this same truth. the first matter of the work was base and primitive, though "natural. after passing through various stages the "black dragon" appeared; but from this arose the pure and perfect gold. even in the

n the customs of matriarchy. parthenogenesis is supposed to be true. the virgin (yod-virgo) contains in herself the principle of growth- the epicene hermetic seed. it becomes the babe in the egg (a- harpocrates) by virtue of the spirit (a= air, impregnating the mother--vulture) and this becomes the sun or son( digamma= the letter of tiphareth, 6, even when spelt as omega, in coptic. see 777 "aeon of osiris" patriarchal age. two sexes. i conceived as the father-wand (yod in tetragrammaton. a the babe is pursued by the dragon, who casts a flood from his mouth to swallow it. see "rev" vii. the dragon is also the mother- the "evil mother" of freud. it is harpocrates, threatened by the crocodile in the nile. we find the symbolism of the ark, the coffin of osiris, etc. the lotus is the yoni; the

, fulfill the possibilities of its nature, and satisfy its equations, by thus combining with its counterparts. its existence as a separate substance is evidence of its subjection to stress; and this is felt as the ache of an incomprehensible yearning until it realises that every experience is a relief, an expression of itself; and that it cannot be injured by aught that may befall it. in the aeon of osiris it was indeed realised that man must die in order to live. but now in the aeon of horus we know that every event is a death; subject and object slay each other in "love under will; each such death is itself life, the means by which one realises oneself in a series of episodes. the second main point is the completion of the a babe bacchus by the o pan (parzival wins the lance, etc. 37 the

. but an example of such an operation may be studied in equinox i, vii "the temple of solomon the king, where an invocation of horus on this formula is given in full. note the reverberation of the ideas one against another. the formula of horus has not yet been so fully worked out in details as to justify a treatise upon its exoteric theory and practice; but one may say that it is, to the formula of osiris, what the turbine is to the reciprocating engine. iii there are many other sacred words which enshrine formulae of great efficacity in particular operations. for example, v.i.t.r.i.o.l. gives a certain regimen of the planets useful in alchemical work. ararita is a formula of the macrocosm potent in certain very lofty operations of the magick of the inmost light (see liber 813) the formul

verage "well-educated" anglo-saxon with the shrewd common sense of the normal illiterate peasant) a large proportion of mankind today is composed of "souls" who are living the human life for the first time. note especially the incredible spread of congenital homosexuality and other sexual deficiencies in many forms. these are the people who have not understood, accepted, and used even the formula of osiris. kin to them are the "once-born" of william james, who are incapable of philosophy, magick, or even religion, but seek instinctively a refuge from the horror of contemplating nature, which they do not comprehend, in soothing-syrup affirmations such as those of christian science, spiritualism, and all the sham 'occult' creeds, as well as the emasculated forms of so-called christianity. as

ood as a wink to a blind horse- 91 chapter xii of the bloody sacrifice: and matters cognate. it is necessary for us to consider carefully the problems connected with the bloody sacrifice, for this question is indeed traditionally important in magick. nigh all ancient magick revolves around this matter. in particular all the osirian religions- the rites of the dying god- refer to this. the slaying of osiris and adonis; the mutilation of attis; the cults of mexico and peru; the story of hercules or melcarth; the legends of dionysus and of mithra, are all connected with this one idea. in the hebrew religion we find the same thing inculcated. the first ethical lesson in the bible is that the only sacrifice pleasing to the lord is the sacrifice of blood; abel, who made this, finding favour with

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS

y of thinking in these terms. for instance, the word "initiation" includes the whole process, and how to distinguish between it and enlightenment i cannot tell you "probation" moreover, if it means "proving" continues throughout the entire process. nothing is worse for the student than to indulge in these mild speculations about ambiguous terms. v. you can, if you like, try to work out a progress of osiris through amennti on the tree of life, but i doubt whether you will get any satisfactory result. it seems to me that you should confine yourself very closely to the actual work in front of you. at the present moment, of course, this includes a good deal of general study; but my point is that the terms employed in that study should always be capable of precise definition. i am not sure whet

noza! this latter philosopher, in respect at least of his pantheism, represents fairly enough the fundamental thesis of the white tradition. almost the first observation that we have to make is that this white tradition is hardly discoverable outside europe. it appears first of all in the legend of dionysus (in this connection read carefully browning's apollo and the fates) the egyptian tradition of osiris is not dissimilar. the central idea of the white school is that, admitted that "everything is sorrow" for the profane, the initiate has the means of transforming it to "everything is joy. there is no question of any ostrich-ignoring of fact, as in christian science. there is not even any more or less sophisticated argument about the point of view altering the situation as in vedantism. w

ALEISTER CROWLEY MEDITATION

ree letters of her name, b, a, and d, are the three paths which join the three supernals. to what cupboard did she go? even to the most secret caverns of the universe. and who is this dog? is it not the name of god spelt qabalistically backwards? and what is this bone? the bone is the wand, the holy lingam! the complete interpretation of the rune is now open. this rime is the legend of the murder of osiris by typhon. the limbs of osiris were scattered in the nile. isis sought them in every corner of the universe, and she found all except his sacred lingam, which was not found until quite recently (vide fuller, the star in the west. let us take another example from this rich storehouse of magick lore. little bo peep she lost her sheep, and couldn't tell where to find them. leave them alone!

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE HEART OF THE MASTER

ly-writ hieroglyph of the lion, and the name of that brother was hidden from me. then was i shewn the mystery of the words: how in the first period of recorded history men thought that life came from woman alone, and worked by the formula of isis, worshipping nature chaste and kindly, not understanding death, or the arcanum of love. so, when the time was ripe, appeared the brethren of the formula of osiris, whose word is i a o; so that men worshipped man, thinking him subject to death, and his victory dependent upon resurrection. even so conceived they of the sun as slain and reborn with every day, and every year. now, this great formula being fulfilled, and turned into abomination, this lion came forth to proclaim the aeon of horus, the crowned and conquering child, who dieth not, nor is

he told me "my name is the star of the north" and this was the proclamation: to man do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law. my term of office upon the earth being come in the year of the foundation of the theosophical society, i took upon myself, in my turn, the sin of the whole world, that the prophecies might be fulfilled, so that mankind may take the next step from the magical formula of osiris to that of horus. and mine hour being now upon me, i proclaim my law. the word of the law is thelema (in greek letters) given in the midst of the mediterranean sea an xx sol in 3 deg. libra die jovis by me to mega therion (in greek letters) logos aionos thelema (in greek letters) having read these words with deep attention eleven times, i besought mine instructor (for the maiden had retu

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE OLD AND NEW COMMENTARIES TO LIBER AL

to the hawk-headed mystical lord" the old comment 34. this prophecy, relating to centuries to come, does not concern the present writer at the moment. yet he must expound it. the hierarchy of the egyptians gives us this genealogy: isis, osiris, horus. now the 'pagan' period is that of isis; a pastoral, natural period of simple magic. next with buddha, christ, and others there came in the equinox of osiris; when sorrow and death ware the principal objects of man's thought, and his magical formula is that of sacrifice. now, with mohammed perhaps as its forerunner, comes in the equinox of horus, the young child who rises strong and conquering (with his twin harpocrates) to avenge osiris, and bring on the age of strength and splendour. his formula is not yet fully understood. following him wi

may therefore deduce that the description applies to this "equinox of the gods" itself. how have the conditions been fulfilled? the introduction to book 4, part iv tells us. we may briefly remind the reader of the principal events, arranging them in the form of a rubric, and placing against each the corresponding magical acts of the equinox previous to ours, as they are symbolized in the legends of osiris, dionysus, jesus, attis, adonis, and others. the ritual. aeon of horus aeon of osiris another prophet the beast 666 dionysus and shall arise (aleister crowley) others others are names for (perhaps) apollonius of tyana. in the conditions then obtaining, several magi were required and bring fresh "force& fire" of horus fever from the "skies" of nuit skies. another woman see comment on "ven

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE QABALAH

raternitatis. there are three officers, and they repeat the analysis of the word as follows: chief. let us analyse the key word i. 2nd. n. 3rd. r. all. i. chief. yod. y 2nd. nun. n 3rd. resh. r all. yod. y chief. virgo (f) isis, mighty mother. 2nd. scorpio (h) apophis, destroyer. 3rd. sol) osiris, slain and rise. all. isis, apophis, osiris, iao. all spread arms as if on a cross, and say: the sign of osiris slain! chief bows his head to the left, raises his right arm, and lowers his left, keeping the elbow and right angles, thus forming the letter (also the swastika. the sign of the mourning of isis. 2nd. with erect head, raises his arms to form a v (but really to form the triple tongue of flame, the spirit, and says: the sign of apophis and typhon. 3rd. bows his head and crosses his arms o

ft, raises his right arm, and lowers his left, keeping the elbow and right angles, thus forming the letter (also the swastika. the sign of the mourning of isis. 2nd. with erect head, raises his arms to form a v (but really to form the triple tongue of flame, the spirit, and says: the sign of apophis and typhon. 3rd. bows his head and crosses his arms on his breast (to form the pentagram. the sign of osiris risen. all give the sign of the cross, and say: l. v. x. then the sign of osiris risen, and say: lux, the light of the cross. liber lviii 19 this formula, on which one may meditate for years without exhausting its wonderful harmonics, gives an excellent idea of the way in which qabalistic analysis is conduct. first, the letters have been written in hebrew characters. then the attribution

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cess) and reverent gaze upon the ancient one of days, beyond which fancy lies the truth. to find which i have left my youth, 505 all i held dear, and sit alone still meditating, on my throne of kusha-grass,48 and count my beads, murmer my mantra,49 till recedes the world of sense and thought i sink 510 the sword of song 38 nothing. the apotheosis of realism and idealism alike gayatri. is the soul of osiris a hymn book? how verse is written. prayer. to what abyss s dizzy brink? and fall! and i have ceased to think! that is, have conquered and made still mind s lower powers by utter will. it may be that pure nought will fail 515 quite to assuage the needs of thought; but who can tell me whether nought untried, will or will not avail? aum! let us meditate aright50 on that adorable one light

identical ideas, and thus to countermine the dishonest representations of the missionaries. i am sufficiently well known as a bitter opponent of theosophy to risk nothing in making these remarks. i trust that the sense of public duty which inspires these strictures will not be taken as incompatible with the gratitude i owe to him for his exceedingly sympathetic and dispassionate review of my soul of osiris. i would counsel him, however, to leave alone the brixton chapel, and to work up from his appreciation of the soul of osiris to that loftier and wider work of the human imagination, the appreciation of the sporting times! mr chesterton thinks it funny that i should call upon shu. has he forgotten that the christian god may be most suitably invoked by the name yah? i should be sorry if go

that it is to be found by going to particular places or reading particular books or joining particular socieites is to make for the thousandth time the mistake that is at once materialism and superstition. if mr. crowley and the new mystics think for one moment that an egyptian desert is more mystic than an english meadow, that a palm tree is more poetic than a sussex beech, that a broken temple of osiris is more supernatural than a baptist chapel in brixton, then they the sword of song 64 are sectarians, and only sectarians of no more value to humanity than those who think that the english soil is the only soil worth defending, and the baptist chapel the only chapel worth of worship (sic. but mr. crowley is a strong and genuine poet, and we have little doubt that he will work up from his

al than a baptist chapel in brixton, then they the sword of song 64 are sectarians, and only sectarians of no more value to humanity than those who think that the english soil is the only soil worth defending, and the baptist chapel the only chapel worth of worship (sic. but mr. crowley is a strong and genuine poet, and we have little doubt that he will work up from his appreciation of the temple of osiris to that loftier and wider work of the human imagination, the appreciation of the brixton chapel. g. k. chesterton. 778, 779. the rest of life, for self-control, for liberation of the soul.81 who said rats? thanks for your advice, tony veller, but it came in vain. as the ex-monk (that shook the bookstall) wrote in confidence to the publisher: existence is mis ry i th month tisri* joseph m

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cron sigma" these are the watery reflexions of the three enthusiasms; those of apollo "dionysys, and aphrodite" the whole star is nechesh and messiach, the name" hb:heh hb:yod hb:heh hb:aleph" joined "with "hb:heh hb:vau hb:heh hb:yod" 7 liber hhh sub figura cccxli. continet capitula tres: mmm, aaa, et sss. i m m m "i remember a certain holy day in the dusk of the year, in the dusk of the equinox of osiris, when first i beheld thee visibly; when first the dreadful issue was fought out; when the ibis-headed one charmed away the strife. i remember thy first kiss, even as a maiden should. nor in the dark byways was there another: thy kisses abide- liber lapidis lazuli. vii. 15, 16. 0. be seated in thine asana, wearing the robe of a neophyte, the hood drawn. 1. it is night, heavy and hot; ther

ness. 10. then let his body be in the position of the hanged man, and let him aspire with all his force unto the holy guardian angel. 11. the grace having been granted unto him, let him partake mystically of the eucharist of the five elements and let him proclaim light in extension; yea, let him proclaim light in extension. ii a a a "these loosen the swathings of the corpse; these unbind the feet of osiris, so that the flaming god may rage through the firmament with his fantastic spear- liber lapidis lazuli. vii. iii. 0. be seated in thine asana, or recumbent in shavasana, or in the position of the dying buddha. 1. think of thy death; imagine the various diseases that may attack thee, or accidents overtake thee. picture the process of death, applying always to thyself (a useful preliminary

nd with rose and gold shalt thou arise in the east, with the cry of an hawk resounding in thine ear. shrill shall it be and harsh. 13. at the end shalt thou rise and stand in the mid-heaven, a globe of glory. and therewith shall arise the mighty sound that holy men have likened unto the roaring of a lion. 14. then shalt thou withdraw thyself from the vision, gathering thyself into the divine form of osiris upon his throne. 15. then shalt thou repeat audibly the cry of triumph of 11 the god rearisen, as it shall have been given unto thee by thy superior. 16. and this being accomplished, thou mayest enter again into the vision, that thereby shall be perfected in thee. 17. after this shalt thou return into the body, and give thanks unto the most high god iaida, yea unto the most high god iaid

eeling each vertebra as a separate entity. this must be achieved most fully and perfectly before the further practice is begun. 4. next, adore the brain as before, but figure to thyself its content as infinite. deem it to be the womb of isis, or the body of nuit. 5. next, identify thyself with the base of the spine as before, but figure to thyself its energy as infinite. deem it to be the phallus of osiris or the being of hadit. 6. these two concentrations 4 and 5 may be pushed to the point of samadhi. yet lose not control of the will; let not samadhi be thy master herein. 7. now then, being conscious both of the brain and the spine, and unconscious of all else, do thou imagine the 13 hunger of the one for the other; the emptiness of the brain, the ache of the spine, even as the emptiness

d they repeat the analysis of the word as follows- chief. let us analyse the key word- i. 2nd. n. 3rd. r. all. i. chief. yod. hb:yod. 2nd. nun. hb:nun. 3rd. resh. hb:resh. all. yod, hb:yod. chief. virgo (virgo) isis, mighty mother. 2nd. scorpio (scorpio) apophis, destroyer. 3rd. sol (sun) osiris, slain and risen. all. isis, apophis, osiris, iao. all spread arms as if on a cross, and say- the sign of osiris slain! 86 chief bows his head to the left, rises his right arm, and lowers his left keeping the elbow at right angles,thus forming the letter l (also the swastika. the sign of the mourning of isis. 2nd. with erect head, rises his arms to form a v (but really to form the triple tongue of flame, the spirit, and says- the sign of apophis and typhon. 3rd. bows his head and crosses his arms o

left, rises his right arm, and lowers his left keeping the elbow at right angles,thus forming the letter l (also the swastika. the sign of the mourning of isis. 2nd. with erect head, rises his arms to form a v (but really to form the triple tongue of flame, the spirit, and says- the sign of apophis and typhon. 3rd. bows his head and crosses his arms on his breast (to form the pentagram. the sign of osiris risen. all give the sign of the cross, and say- l.v.x. then the sign of osiris risen, and say- lux, the light of the cross. this formula, on which one may meditate for years without exhausting its wonderful harmonies, gives an excellent idea of the way in which qabalistic analysis is conducted. first, the letters have been written in hebrew characters. then the attributions of them to th

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down again and invoke really hard on these same lines, while the perfume and the vision are yet formulated, though insensibly, about me. and thus shall end the third day of my retirement."the fourth day" 12.15. so therefore begins the fourth day of this my great magical retirement; i bleed from the slashes of the 32 magick knife; i smart from the heat of the holy oil; i am bruised by the scourge of osiris that hath so cruelly smitten me; the perfume yet fills the chamber of art; and i? oh adonai my lord, surely i did invoke thee with fervour; yet thou camest not utterly to the tryst. and yet i know that thou wast there; and it may be that the morning may being rememberance of thee which this consciousness does not now contain. but i swear by thine own glory that i will not be satisfied wi

hing strikes me as worthy of mention. last night when i went into the restaurant to speak to 39 r--d, my distaste for food was so intense that the smell of it caused real nausea. to-day, i am perfectly balanced, neither hungry nor nauseated. this is indeed more important than it seems; it is a sure sign when one sees a person take up fads that he is under the black rule of apophis. in the kingdom of osiris there is freedom and light. to-day i shall eat neither with the frank gluttony of isis nor with the severe asceticism of apophis. i shall eat as much and as little as i fancy; these violent means are no longer necessary. like count fosco, i shall "go on my way sustained by my sublime confidence, self-balanced by my impenetrable calm. 10.50. i have spent half an hour wandering in the mus

me must show: also experience. i'd recite tennyson if i thought it would give samadhi! now more mantra, though by the lord i'm getting sick of it. 1.40. it occurs to me, now that i am seeing my way in the operation a little more clearly, that one might consider the first day as osiris slain the second as that of the mourning of isis the third as that of the triumph of apophis v, and to-day that of osiris risen x; these four days being perfect in themselves as a 5 6 operation (or possibly with one or two more 41 to recapitulate l.v.x. lux, the light of the cross) thence one might proceed to some symbolic passage through the 6 5 grade though of course that grade is really symbolic of this soul-journey, not "vice vers and through 7 4 so perhaps if one could only dare to hope it! to t

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e places marked by the four rivers of eden in the warrant,9 which later represents the temple itself; of which the guardians are the kerubim, and the vicegerents in the palaces of the rulers ameshet at the n.e, thoumathph at the s.e, ahephi or ahapshi at the s.w, kabetznuph at the n.w. of the place of the evil triad this is the place of yesod, it is termed the place of the evil one, of the slayer of osiris. he is the tempter, accuser and punisher of the brethren. wherefore is he frequently represented in egypt with the head of a water-dragon, the body of a lion or leopard, and hindquarters of a water- horse. he is the administrator of the evil triad, whereof the members are: apophrasz. the stooping dragon. satan-typhon. the slayer of osiris. besz. the brutal power of demoniac force. 247 9

between the divine light above and the temple, and therefore the hierophant quitteth his throne to take part therein, but remaineth there to attract by his sceptre the light from beyond the veils. each member in passing the throne of the east gives the sign of the enterer, projecting forwards the light which cometh from the sceptre of the hierophant "but horus passes only once, for he is the son of osiris, and inheriteth the light, as it were by birthright from him; wherefore he goeth at once unto the station of the hiereus to fix the light there. the hegemon, the goddess of truth, passeth twice because her rule is of the balance of the two scales, and she retireth to her station there to complete the reflux of the middle pillar. but anubis of the east and the others circumambulate 16 the

lation of the angle of chokmah. the "kerux" then bars the candidate's passage to the west, saying "child of earth! unpurified and unconsecrated! thou canst not enter the path of the west" 21 a later edition of the ritual, issued subsequent to the horos scandals, reads "an awful and avenging punitive current &c. thus indicating that the natural man cannot even obtain the understanding of the "son" of osiris, except by purification and equilibrium. the candidate is then purified with water and consecrated by fire; after which he is allowed to approach the place of the twilight of the gods. and now only is the hoodwink slipped up for a moment to obtain a glimpse of the beyond. the "hiereus" then challenges as follows "thou canst not pass by me, saith the guardian of the west, unless thou cans

e place of the twilight of the gods. and now only is the hoodwink slipped up for a moment to obtain a glimpse of the beyond. the "hiereus" then challenges as follows "thou canst not pass by me, saith the guardian of the west, unless thou canst tell me my name" in this challenge is signified the knowledge of the formula; and that without the formula of horus being formulated in the candidate, that of osiris cannot be grasped. to the candidate this appears as the anger of god; for he cannot as yet comprehend that before mildness can be exercised rightly the forces both of severity and mercy must be known and wielded. therefore the "hegemon" answers for him "darkness is thy name! thou art the great one of the path of the shades" the hegemon then suddenly lifts the veil, and the candidate sees

us draweth the candidate forward between the pillars, and for the second time in the ceremony the higher soul standeth near and ready to touch him. then the hiereus returneth to the east of the black pillar so that the three chief officers may draw down upon him the forces of the supernal triad. the candidate now therefore is standing between the pillars bound with the rope, like the mummied form of osiris between isis and nephthys. and in this position doth the fourth and final consecration by the goddesses of the balances take place; the aspirant for the first time standing between the pillars, at the point wherein are localized the equilibrated forces of the balances, and meanwhile the kerux goeth to the north in readiness for the circumambulation, so as to link the latter with the fina

ting thereto. for the free will of the candidate as a natural man is never obsessed, either by the higher soul, or by the ceremony. but the will consenting, the whole of the ceremony is directed to the strengthening of its action. and as this badge is place upon him, it is as though the two great goddesses, isis and nephthys, in the places of the columns, stretched forth their wings over the form of osiris to restore him again unto life. the mystic circumambulation then followeth in the path of light to represent the rising of the light in the candidate through the operation of self-sacrifice; as he passeth the throne of the east, the red cavalry cross is astrally formulated above the astral white triangle of the three upon his forehead; so that so long as he belongeth unto the order he ma

ch the closing takes place "the closing" the closing ceremony is opened by the cry "hekas, hekas, este, bebeloi" and the greater part of its symbolism is explained in the opening. the reverse circumambulation is intended to formulate the withdrawal of the light of the supernal triad from the altar. the adoration then takes place, after which followeth the mystical repast, or communion in the body of osiris. its mystic name is "the formula of the justified one."23 the "hierophant" saying "nothing now remains but to partake in silence the mystic repast composed of the 260 symbols of the four elements, and to remember our pledge of secrecy (the kerux proceeds to the altar and ignites the spirit placed at the southern angle of the cross. the "hierophant" quitting his throne, goes to the west o

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ser ritual of the pentagram (i) stand upright, feet together, left arm at side, right across body, holding the wand or other weapon upright in the median line. then face east and say (ii) i.n.r.i. yod. nun. resh. yod. virgo, isis, mighty mother. scorpio, apophis, destroyer. sol, osiris, slain and risen. isis, apophis, osiris, iao. 22 (iii) extend the arms in the form of a cross, and say "the sign of osiris slain("see" illustration (iv) raise the right arm to point upwards, keeping the elbow square, and lower the left arm to point downwards, keeping the elbow square, while turning the head over the left shoulder looking down so that the eyes follow the left forearm, and say "the sign of the mourning of isis("see" illustration (v) raise the arms at an angle of sixty degrees to each other abo

square, while turning the head over the left shoulder looking down so that the eyes follow the left forearm, and say "the sign of the mourning of isis("see" illustration (v) raise the arms at an angle of sixty degrees to each other above the head, which is thrown back, and say "the sign of apophis and typhon("see" illustration (vi) cross the arms on the breast, and bow the head and say "the sign of osiris risen("see" illustration (vii) extend the arms again as in (iii) and cross them again as in (vi) saying "l.v.x, lux, the light of the cross (viii) with the magical weapon trace the\ 1 hexagram of fire in the east, saying "ararita (aleph-resh-aleph-resh-yod-taw-aleph- this word consists of the initials of a# sentence which means "one is his beginning\ one is his individuality: his permuta

2+ 3+ 4= 10) thus can our science teach us wherefore the door<holy qabalah that alone amongst the shells is nogah, the sphere of venus, exalted unto holiness (venus is the goddess of love> of venus, hb:dalet, is the gateway of initiation: that one planet whose symbol alone embraceth the 10 sephiroth; the entrance to the shrine of our father c.r.c, the tomb of osiris; the god revealer, coming, moreover, by the central path of hb:samekh through the midst of the triangle of light. and the lock which guards that door is as the four gates of the universe. and the key is the ankh, immortal life- the rose and cross of life; and the symbol of venus venus. the following illustration includes a circumscribed equilateral hexagram with solid rays extending to n

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the son of man that thou visitest him! thou hast made him a little lower than the elohim_ thou hast crowned him with glory and honour! amoun! hear me! come unto me! in myself i am nothing_ in thee i am all self! dwell thou in me, and bring me to that self which is in thee! amoun! o my father! my father! the chariots of ishrael, and the horsemen thereof [all bow in adoration. standing in the sign of osiris slain, say] i am the abi-agnus, the slain lamb in thy mountain, o lord most high! i am the strength of the race of men, and from me is the shower of the life of earth! i am amoun, the conceal d one: the opener of the day am i! i am osiris onnophris, the justified one. i am the lord of life triumphant over death! there is no part of me that is not of the gods. i am the preparer of the pat

do my will, and work thine own salvation! let us analyse the key-word "chief" i "2nd" n "3rd" r "all" i "chief" yod. hb:yod "2nd" nun. hb:nun "3rd" resh. hb:resh "all" yod. hb:yod "chief" virgo, isis, mighty mother "2nd" scorpio, apophis, destroyer "3rd" sol, osiris, slain and risen "all" isis, apophis, osiris. iota alpha omega (all give the sign of the cross "chief, 2nd and 3rd adepts" the sign of osiris slain("chief" l. the sign of the mourning of isis) 17 weh note: this is probable a typo for hb:heh hb:vau hb:shin hb:heh hb:yod("2nd adept" v. the sign of typhon destroyer("3rd adept" x. the sign of osiris risen "all" lvx, lux, the light of the cross. part ii.18 purify talisman with water and fire. the invocation of water is made as in 3= 8 and by the enochian keys 10, 4, 11, 12 in e, w

ning the sephira chesed, and the second the sephira geburah. child of earth! remember that unbalanced force is evil: unbalanced mercy is but weakness, unbalanced severity is but cruelty and oppression. thou hast known me now: so pass thou on unto the cubical altar of the universe [pass to the west of the altar, project astral to between the pillars, kneel at altar and repeat in astral "the prayer of osiris" lord of the universe, the vast and the mighty one! ruler of light and of darkness: we adore thee and we invoke thee! look with favour upon this neophyte who now kneeleth before thee; and grant thine aid unto the higher aspirations of his soul, so that he may prove a true and faithful servant of the mighty ones, to the glory of thine ineffable name, amen [now rise: lift up both hands and

e altar, his head being towards the east "chief" mighty adeptus major, why in the centre "second" because that is the point of perfect equilibrium [by this system of question and answer the whole symbolism of the vault is explained. thus, the name of the founder signifies the rose and cross of christ, the fadeless rose of creation, the immortal cross of light. the vault itself represents the tomb of osiris onnophris, the justified one. its seven sides the seven lower sephiroth, the seven days of creation, and the seven palaces. it is situated in the centre of the earth, in the mountain of the caverns, the mystic mountain of abiegnus; which is the mountain of god in the centre of the universe, the sacred rosicrucian mountain of initiation. the meaning of abiegnus is explained as follows by

atas" below "chief" let us analyse the key word: i "second" n "third" r "all" i "chief" yod: hb:yod "second" nun: hb:nun "third" resh: hb:resh "all" yod: hb:yod "chief" virgo, isis, mighty mother "second" scorpio, apophis, destroyer "third" sol, osiris, slain and risen "all" isis, apophis, osiris, iao [the wands and crosses are separated, all giving the sign of the cross, and saying] 211 the sign of osiris slain["chief" giving the l sign with bowed head.5] l. the sign of the mourning of isis["second" with head erect, gives the v sign] v, the sign of typhon and apophis["third" with bowed head gives the x sign] x, the sign of osiris risen["all" together with the signs of osiris slain and osiris risen] l v x, lux, the light of the cross["all" quit the vault and return to previous places "chie

of the darkness let that light arise [at these words the aspirant and the two "adepts" bow their heads and say] before i was blind, but now i see [then the "chief adept" says] i am the reconciler with the ineffable, i am the dweller of the invisible; let the white brilliance of the divine spirit descend [a short pause] arise now an adeptus minor of the rose of ruby and cross of gold, in the sign of osiris slain [the "chief adept" then explains to the aspirant the mystic number of this grade_ 21; the pass-word eheieh (hb:heh hb:yod hb:heh hb:aleph; and the key-word, inri, after which he explains to him the diagram of the minutum mundum as follows] illustration on page 219 described "diagram 72. minutum mundum" this is a standard tree of life diagram with the sephiroth as circles and the pa

ther, when the lower is in tiphereth established. for in all things are higher and lower "e.g, binah, chesed and hod are all water, but in a different manner and degree13""the wands."14 isis hath the wand of thoth, its head being in kether and its bands showing hb:nun-final hb:mem hb:aleph= hb:shin hb:taw hb:mem hb:aleph, which shows chesed hb:dalet as summing the supernals.15 horus hath the wand of osiris his father. osiris hath the wand of isis his mother. note especially mercury in virgo: the thoth-wand for isis. sun in leo: the osiris-wand for horus.16 venus in taurus: the isis-wand for osiris. all are thus linked with the higher. also we add mercury virgo sun leo venus taurus and obtain 231= 0+ 1+ 21= the sum of the numbers of the keys of the tarot. further, amoun_ the winged globe_ i

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amplet less than 10 copies remain. it is mr. crowley's earliest and in some ways most striking mystical work. jephthah and other mysteries, lyrical and dramatic. demy 8vo, boards, pp. xxii+ 223, 7s. 6d. net. songs of the spirit. pp. x+ 109. a new edition. 3s. 6d. net. these two volumes breathe the pure semi-conscious aspiration of the soul, and express the first glimmerings of the light. the soul of osiris. medium 8vo, pp. ix+ 129, 5s. net. a collection of lyrics, illustrating the progress of the soul from corporeal to celestial beatitude. tannh user. demy 4to, pp. 142, 15s. net. the progress of the soul in dramatic form. berashith. 4to, china paper, pp. 24, 5s. net. only a few copies remain. an illuminating essay on the universe, reconciling the conflicting systems of religion. the god-ea

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arrival of spring; of (9) easter day (normally on 25th march) to celebrate the crossing of the equator by the sun; and (10) simultaneously the outburst of lights at the holy sepulchre at jerusalem. there is (11) the crucifixion and death of the lamb-god, on good friday, three days before easter; there are (12) the nailing to a tree (13) the empty grave (14) the glad resurrection (as in the cases of osiris, attis and others; there are (15) the twelve disciples (the zodiacal signs; and (16) the betrayal by one of the twelve. then later there is (17) mid-summer day, the 24th june, dedicated to the birth of the beloved disciple john, and corresponding to christmas day; there are the festivals of (18) the assumption of the virgin (15th august) and of (19) the nativity of the virgin (8th septem

ection. the uniqueness of christ's work lay in the fact that he was the first to enact the whole of the initiation ceremonial rites and ritual publicly, before the world at large, thus giving to humanity a demonstration of divinity centred in one person, so that all could see, could know, believe and follow in his steps. the same stories are told of hercules, of baldur, of mithra, of bacchus, and of osiris, to mention only a few of a large number. one of the early church fathers, firmicus maternus, tells us that the mysteries of osiris bear a close resemblance to the christian teaching, and that after the resurrection of osiris his friends rejoice together, saying "we have found him" annie besant points out in an illuminating passage that "in the christian mysteries as in the ancient egypt

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yechidah (in rtk only as yet. the crucifixion on the cross of pain and suffering has served the candidate well in that now he is equilibriated. the invocation of h v a follows after the obligation/oath is taken. it is divided into ten parts. the rtk of the candidate who is speaking binds the lower nine. it is a most sacred oath, never to be forgotten. next, themis commemorates the life and death of 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 t

d descends! the chief adept is again the revealer of the mysteries as isis. he instructs the new adept. first, hyha is formulated, as well as trapt, and the light is brought down and cemented into the new adept via the analysis of the keyword. minutum mundum the light is shown, the radiance, and the four colors are explained. crook and scourge these are the symbols of balanced power and the light of osiris. serpent and sword the light that descendeth downward forming creation, and the light returning upward to the divine. 10 mystic mountain of abiegnus the steep ascent is only traversed by the persistent. many are called to adepthood, only a few achieve it. still, fewer that reach adepthood are capable of maintaining it in a constant upward ascent. the vault take note that the forty square

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is the esse of that universe. as the logos reflects all in the universe of pleroma, so man reflects in himself all that he sees and finds in his universe, the earth. it is the three heads of the kabala "unum intra alterum, et alterum super alterum (zohar, idra suta, sec. vii "every universe (world or planet) has its own logos" says the doctrine. the sun was always called by the egyptians "the eye of osiris" and was himself the logos, the first-begotten, or light made manifest to the world "which is the mind and divine intellect of the concealed" it is only by the sevenfold ray of this light that we can become cognizant of the logos through the demi-urge, regarding the latter as the creator of our planet and everything pertaining to it, and the former as the guiding force of that "creator

r purposes of human, instead of super-human, procreation. henceforth "man will beget, not create* but as, by so doing, he has to use[[footnote(s* returning once more to the most important subject in the archaic cosmogony, it may be said that even in the norse legends, in the sacred scrolls of the goddess saga, we find loki, the brother by blood of odin (as typhon, ahriman, and others are brothers of osiris and ormazd, becoming evil only later, when he has mixed too long with humanity. like all other fire or light gods- fire burning and destroying as well as warming and giving life- he ended by being accepted in the destructive sense of "fire" the name loki, we learn("asgard and the gods" p. 250, has been derived from the old word "liechan" to enlighten. it has, therefore, the same origin a

e down to us. these beings appear first as "gods" and creators; then they merge in nascent man, to finally emerge as "divine-kings and rulers" but this fact has been gradually forgotten. as bosuage shows, the egyptians themselves confessed that science flourished in their country only since isis-osiris, whom they continue to adore as gods "though they had become princes in human form" and he adds of osiris-isis (the divine androgyne "it is said that this prince (isis-osiris) built cities in egypt, stopped the overflowing of the nile; invented agriculture, the use of the vine, music, astronomy, and geometry" when abul-feda says in his "historia anteislamitica (fleisher, p. 16) that the sabean language was established by seth and edris (enoch- he means by "sabean language" astronomy. in the

his old skin and being born in a new body, becoming a son of wisdom and immortality in eternity (see part ii. on the satanic myth) seth, the reputed forefather of israel, is only a jewish travesty of hermes, the god of wisdom, called also thoth, tat, seth, set, and satan. he is also typhon- the same as apophis, the dragon slain by horus; for typhon was also called set. he is simply the dark side of osiris, his brother, as angra mainyu is the black shadow of ahura-mazda. terrestrially, all these allegories were connected with the trials of adeptship and initiation. astronomically, they referred to the solar and lunar eclipses, the mythical explanations of which we find to this day in india and ceylon, where any one can study the allegorical narratives and traditions which have remained unc

n with the vedic demon of drought, as vritra "simoom is called atabutos" or- diabolos, the devil. typhon, or the dragon aphophis- the accuser in the "book of the dead- is worsted by horus, who pierces his opponent's head with a spear; and typhon is the all-destroying wind of the desert, the rebellious element that throws everything into confusion. as set- he is the darkness of night, the murderer of osiris, who is the light of day and the sun. archaeology demonstrates that horus is identical with anubis* whose effigy was discovered upon an egyptian monument, with a cuirass and a spear, like michael and st. george. anubis is also represented[[footnote(s[[footnote continued from previous page] the seven worlds- also mentioned in the rig-veda- are fully referred to elsewhere. there are six ra

pent (see lenoir's "du dragon de metz) cosmologically, then, all the dragons and serpents conquered by their "slayers" are, in their origin, the turbulent confused principles in chaos, brought to order by the sun-gods or creative powers. in the "book of the dead" those principles are called "the sons of rebellion (see also "egyptian pantheon" pp. 20, 23 "in that night, the oppressor, the murderer of osiris, otherwise called the deceiving serpent (verse 54. calls the sons of rebellion in air, and when they arrive to the east of heavens, then there is war in heaven and in the entire world (v. 49 "book of the dead" xvii. in the scandinavian eddas the "war" of the ases with the hrim-thurses (frost-giants, and of asathor with the jotuns, the serpents and dragons and the "wolf" who comes out of

called barnabas zeus, and paul, hermes (or mercury, because he was the leader of the word (verbum" and not "the chief speaker" as erroneously translated in the authorised, and repeated even in the revised, english bible. michael is the angel in the vision, the son of god "who was like unto a son of man" it is the hermes-christos of the gnostics, the anubis-syrius of the egyptians, the counsellor of osiris in amenti, the michael leontoid[[ophiomorphos] of the ophites, who wears on certain gnostic jewels a lion head, like his father ildabaoth (see king's gnostics) now to all this the roman catholic church consents tacitly, many of her writers avowing it publicly. and, unable to deny the flagrant "borrowing" of their church, who "spoilt" the symbols of her seniors, as the jews had "spoilt" t

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r of the divine voice" or verbum, or the male and female logos, the "heavenly man" or adam kadmon, who is at the same time sephira. the latter was surely anticipated by the hindu vach, the goddess of speech, or of the word. for vach- the daughter and the female portion, as is stated, of brahma, one "generated by the gods- is, in company with kwan-yin, with isis (also the daughter, wife and sister of osiris) and other goddesses, the female logos, so to speak, the goddess of the active forces in nature, the word, voice or sound, and speech. if kwan-yin is the "melodious voice" so is vach "the melodious cow who milked forth sustenance and water (the female principle "who yields us nourishment and sustenance" as mother-nature. she is associated in the work of creation with the prajapati. she i

ris, resurrecting as the god horus, and circling round the sidereal heavens, which is an allegorical assimilation to ra, the sun; then having crossed the noot (the celestial abyss, returning once more to tiaou: an assimilation to osiris, who, as the god of life and reproduction, inhabits the moon. plutarch (isis and osiris, ch. xliii) shows the egyptians celebrating a festival called "the ingress of osiris into the moon" in chapter xli. life is promised after death; and the renovation of life is placed under the patronage of osiris-lunus, because the moon was the symbol of life-renewals or reincarnations, owing to its growth, waning, dying, and reappearance every month. in the dankmoe (iv. 5) it is said "oh, osiris-lunus! that renews to thee thy renewal" and safekh says to seti i (mariette

the "true" heirs to the knowledge, or the secret wisdom which is still found in the bible; for they alone now understand its real meaning, whereas profane jews and christians cling to the husks and dead letter thereof. that it is the system of measures which led to the invention of the god-names elohim and jehovah, and their adaptation to phallicism, and that jehovah is a not very flattered copy of osiris, is now demonstrated by the author of the "source of measures" but the latter and mr. piazzi smyth both seem to labour under the impression that (a) the priority of the system belongs to the israelites[[vol. 1, page] 317 truth must prevail at last. the hebrew language being the divine language, and that (b) this universal language belongs to direct revelation! the latter hypothesis is co

professor piazzi smyth, astronomer royal of scotland, degrades into a corn-bin, was the baptismal font, upon emerging from which the neophyte was "born again" and became an adept" our statement was laughed at in those days. we were accused of having got our ideas from the "craze" of shaw, an english writer who had maintained that the sarcophagus had been used for the celebration of the mysteries of osiris (we had never heard of that writer. and now, six or seven years later, this is what mr. staniland wake writes on p. 93 of his paper, on "the origin and significance of the great pyramid "the so-called king's chamber, of which an enthusiastic pyramidist says 'the polished walls, fine materials, grand proportions, and exalted place, eloquently tell of glories yet to come- if not, the chamb

tem. plato, having fully embraced the ideas of pythagoras- who had brought them from india- compiled and published them in a form more intelligible than the mysterious numerals of the greek sage. thus the kosmos is "the son" with plato, having for his father and mother the divine thought and matter "the egyptians" says dunlap "distinguish between an older and younger horus; the former the brother of osiris, the latter the son of osiris and isis" the first is the idea of the world remaining in the demiurgic mind "born in darkness before the creation of the world" the second horus is this "idea" going forth from the logos, becoming clothed with matter, and assuming an actual existence "the mundane god, eternal, boundless, young and old, of winding form* say the chaldean oracles. this "windin

a maria child "from time immemorial an emblem has been worshipped in hindostan as the type of creation, or the origin of life. siva or the mahadeva being not only the reproducer of human forms, but also the fructifying principle, the generative power that pervades the universe. the maternal emblem is likewise a religious type. this reverence for the production of life, introduced into the worship of osiris the sexual emblems. is it strange that they regarded with reverence the great mystery of human birth? were they impure thus to regard it? or are we impure that do not so regard it? but no clean and thoughtful mind could so regard them. we have travelled far, and unclean have been the paths, since those old anchorites first spoke of god and the soul in the solemn depths of their first san

h in generation. the mundane egg was placed in khnoom, the "water of space" or the feminine abstract principle (khnoom becoming, with the fall of mankind into generation and phallicism, ammon, the creative god; and when phtah, the "fiery god" carries the mundane egg in his hand, then the symbolism becomes quite terrestrial and concrete in its significance. in conjunction with the hawk, the symbol of osiris- sun, the symbol is dual: it relates to both lives- the mortal and the immortal. in kircher's oedipus egyptiacus (vol. iii, p. 124) one can see, on the papyrus engraved in it, an egg floating above the mummy. this is the symbol of hope and the promise of a second birth for the osirified dead; his soul, after due purification in the amenti, will gestate in this egg of immortality, to be r

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of reducing it to the unity, and beyond. the equinox 36 liber lv. the chymical jousting of brother perardua. an account of the magical and mystic path in the language of alchemy. liber lix. across the gulf. a fantastic account of a previous incarnation. its principal interest is that its story of the overthrowing of isis by osiris may help the reader to understand the meaning of the overthrowing of osiris by horus in the present on. liber cxcvii. the high history of good sir palamedes the saracen knight and of his following of the questing beast. a poetic account of the great work, and enumeration of many obstacles. liber ccxlii. aha! an exposition in poetic language of several of the ways of attainment and the results obtained. liber cccxxxv. adonis. this gives an account in poetic langu

. 7 =48 o. s. v. 6 =58 parzival 5 =68 pro coll. int. v. n. pr monstrator p. imperator pro coll. ext. achad cancellarius 65 liber lxv liber cordis cincti serpente sub figur ynda i 1. i am the heart; and the snake is entwined about the invisible core of the mind. rise, o my snake! it is now is the hour of the hooded and holy ineffable flower. rise, o my snake, into brilliance of bloom on the corpse of osiris afloat in the tomb! o heart of my mother, my sister, mine own, thou art given to nile, to the terror typhon! ah me! but the glory of ravening storm enswathes thee and wraps thee in frenzy of form. be still, o my soul! that the spell may dissolve as the wands are upraised and the ons revolve. behold! in my beauty how joyous thou art, o snake that caresses the crown of mine heart! behold!

h of a brother is not be an occasion of melancholy, but of rejoicing; the brethren of his lodge shall gather together and make a banquet with music and dancing and all manner of gladness. it is of the greatest importance liber ci 217 that this shall be done, for thereby the inherited fear of death which is deep-seated as instinct in us will gradually be rooted out. it is a legacy from the dead on of osiris, and it is our duty to kill it in ourselves that our children and our children.s children may be born free from the curse. ninth house 35. every brother is expected to send a great part of his spare time in the study of the principles of the law and of the order, and in searching out the key to its great and manifold mysteries. 36. he should also do all in his power to spread the law, es

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the middle section of the scene we have another boat, in the centre. of which is a beetle; on one side of the beetle is a god with his knees in the direction of the prow of the boat, but having his head turned behind him and his hands raised in adoration of the beetle, and on the other is a god who also has his hands raised in adoration of the same object. the legend reads "the coming into being of osiris; as the boat has p. 7 no reed mat or carpet hanging from the prow, we may assume that it is intended to represent the atet or matet boat, i.e, the boat in which the sun-god travelled over the sky from sunrise to noon. click to view the boat of the birth of osiris, with serpents and gods [paragraph continues] in front of the boat glide three serpents, which are called sek-re, sefa, and ne

to represent the atet or matet boat, i.e, the boat in which the sun-god travelled over the sky from sunrise to noon. click to view the boat of the birth of osiris, with serpents and gods [paragraph continues] in front of the boat glide three serpents, which are called sek-re, sefa, and nepen, and in front of these march four man-headed click to view gods in the procession of the boat of the birth of osiris. gods and two hawk-headed gods, each with a serpent in his left hand, a god called nabti, who holds a crook in each hand, net, or neith, goddess p. 8 of the south, net, or neith, goddess of the north, and the goat goddess artet. the two hawk-headed gods are called tchatui and meti, and the four following gods abenti, benbeti, sekhti, and sekhet. the explanation of this scene is given by

"osiris crieth to it" click to view the boat of the lizard-god. on the side of the boat are the signs and. the prow of the third boat is surmounted by a crown of the south, and the stern by a crown of the north, and between the two sceptres, which symbolize the gods anpu and ap-uat, i.e, the jackal-headed p. 26 gods of the south and north, is a huge lizard, from the back of which spring the head of osiris and a white crown. on the side of the boat are the signs and. above the crown of the north is the legend u-ur, which, however, probably refers to the sceptre near it; above the lizard we have click to view the boat of the grain-god neper. the foremost sceptre, and immediately in front is and under the front of the boat is. the prow and stern of the fourth boat terminate in heads of uraei

t is. the prow and stern of the fourth boat terminate in heads of uraei, each of which is turned towards the p. 27 deity who is kneeling in the middle of the boat. in the centre kneels a woman without arms, and before and behind her stands a man, who is likewise without arms. at each end of the boat grows a plant or, perhaps, a large ear of wheat, which indicates that the boat is that of the form of osiris as the god of vegetation, who is known by the name neper. the legend by the ear of corn in the front of the boat reads "the boat which conveyeth neper" and that by the ear in the stern "collector of herbs and plants" the deity in the boat, or the boat itself perhaps, is called hept-mena-f-tua-uaa-f. this boat is the boat of the god neper, the god of grain, and a form of osiris as the god

e "horus of the tuat" 9. a god, who holds a knife in his left hand, and has his right raised to strike; he is called seben-hesq-khaibitu. click to view second hour. upper -register. gods nos. 8-15. 10, 11. two ape-headed gods, called respectively benti and aana. 12. a god with the head of a hawk and the head of an animal, set and heru-ur, who is here called "he of the two faces" 13, 14. the crook of osiris, p. 30 and the upper half of a serpent called met-en-asar, i.e "staff of osiris" 15. the term of osiris facing a deity with the head of a lioness, who is called sesent-khu, i.e "terrifier of spirits" 16-18. three goddesses, each of whom has a sceptre in her left hand, and a uraeus on her head; their names click to view second hour. upper register. gods nos. 16-21. are--mest-s-tcheses, am

not be choked by your own dung, and that ye may untie and cast away your swathings, and that ye may lift up your legs and walk upon them, and that ye may stretch out your arms, and that your souls may not be made to remove themselves from p. 42 you. o ye who live in your forms, and who utter your words of magical power, who are provided with your swords [whereby] ye may hack in pieces the enemies of osiris, whose seasons are permanent, whose years are well established, who pass your state of being [in] your hours, who dwell in your estates, who have your barley in your bread cakes, who have loaves of bread made of the grain which is yours, whose word is maat, depart from my boats, and retreat before [my] images [that i] may vivify anew this your field, the field. living ones [my] soul is a

may travel on in the following of my eye, and that i may journey forwards with those who go to my place in the east. utter ye cries of joy, o gods of the tuat, for i avenge you [utter ye cries of joy] for i order your destinies" when they have addressed this god whilst rowing along his boat am-ta, they cry out, and they bring him to rest in the field of the nepertiu gods who are in the following of osiris. if these scenes be done [in writing] according to the similitudes which are in the p. 43 hidden place of the palace, and if a man hath knowledge of [these] words. they shall act as magical protectors of a man upon earth, regularly, unfailingly, and eternally. the name of this hour is seshet-maket-neb-s. next: chapter iii: the third division of the tuat, which is called net-neb-ua-kheper

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ch harder to attain than learning any complex ritual. the goddess as focus many beliefs emphasise the polarity of the female/male, goddess/god and anima/animus energies. the bringing together of these two powers, the sacred marriage that is celebrated symbolically in the great rite of the union of earth and sky, is a ritual that permeates all cultures. in egyptian mythology, isis, the sister-wife of osiris, sought and reassembled his body after his murder and dismemberment by his brother seth. in this connection, she took on the role of the goddess of rebirth, the bone goddess, and restored him in a more evolved form. the annual celebrations of this event coincided with the rising of the dog star, sirius, which heralded the flooding of the nile and the restoration of fertility to the land

offer and it fitted perfectly. seth slammed the lid tight and he and his followers threw the chest into the nile. isis searched for her husband and at last discovered the chest at byblos on the phoenician coast. she brought osiris' body back to egypt and conceived a son by her dead husband, hiding herself in the rushes of the marshes of the delta while awaiting the birth. seth discovered the body of osiris, hacked it into pieces and scattered them throughout egypt so that he could never be restored to life. but isis searched once more and, assisted by nephthys, remodelled the bones into osiris' form and restored her husband to life once more. when their son horus, the sky god, became a youth, he fought to avenge his father against seth. the divine judges, including thoth, god of wisdom, me

business. blue is the colour of long-distance travel and house moves, legal matters and dealing with officialdom. it is also for careers involving justice and leadership. above all, blue brings calm and the ability to solve problems in the midst of crisis. blue candles are best used on thursday. purple purple is the colour of jupiter in his role of wise teacher and keeper of hidden knowledge, and of osiris, the ancient egyptian father god and lord of the underworld, who died each year and was resurrected by his wife isis. it represents unconscious wisdom and is used for all things of a psychic and spiritual nature and seite 54 wicca01.txt for divination. purple provides a link with higher dimensions and can bring happiness for all who yearn for something beyond the material plane. purple c

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owever, for they necessarily embrace two trapezoids (the four) and the pentagrams defined by those trapezoids (the five; hence 4+5 (the nine. seventh angle: the destruction of the status of monotheism by the addition of a line/angle to the hex. the legacy of the first beast of revelation and his sevenfold seal and star of babalon (a'.a. the forces of the aeon of horus overcoming those of the aeon of osiris. yet the only thing that can be said of seven is that it is an effective destroyer of six. it has no creative properties of its own; it has neither the strength of symmetry nor the magical powers of its asymmetrical predecessors (1,3,5. proponents of six-isms instinctively fear seven: they warn about such things as the seventh son of a seventh son, of the seven towers of satan in yezidi

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er three letters of the tetragrammaton" it is apparent that the symbology is also directly connected to the round altar. see the diagram below: c q n w hwchy the second adept now purifies with the lesser banishing ritual of the hexagram. this is performed with the planetary wand of the second adept. this wand is ruled under the governance of the head of the phoenix, this being the mystical symbol of osiris. let us never forget that the phoenix rose from the ashes, the symbol of the resurrected self from the physical pull of the mundane. this wand displays the 4 seven rainbow colors of the planetary forces that vibrates between the light and the darkness. this wand is a vibrant symbol of death and of resurrection. in the examination of the hexagram, we see the operation of the planets under

lippoth, and at the same time, runs a line to them so that they may too be utilized in the performances of the great work. the chief adept who is in the pastos is at the brunt of the incoming current. this current is discharged into his astral form. the resurrection now the pastos is removed and the resurrection is beheld. there is no more old power, all is new! the chief adept now takes the sign of osiris risen. on returning to the vault, all the adepts circumambulate to help create the vortex and to symbolize the journey of the l around the a. 7 conclusion at this point after the final confirmation, the second order adepts may discuss group goals for the next 12 months. the closing of the vault is then procured. the pastos is returned inside with a lid on. 5=6 signs are given as a final

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g which still controls the higher levels of the brotherhood network, via its global elite. it is the intellect without the heart, you could say, and without the balanced feminine. the symbols of the brotherhood in ancient times remain those of the brotherhood today- the pyramid and all-seeing eye, the swastika, the lamb, the apron, the obelisk and many others. the obelisk is symbolic of the penis of osiris, the egyptian god. the legend is that he was torn into pieces by the 'evil' set (lucifer, satan, the devil, et al) and when isis, the wife of osiris, tried to put him back together again, she found all his missing parts, except you know what. such legends are, i feel, symbolic of much more straightforward truths. the obelisk and osiris's penis in that story symbolise male energy, which h

t in the occult until an experience in cairo in april 1904. crowley was asked by his wife, rose, to perform an esoteric ritual to see what happened. during the ceremony, she entered a trance-like state and began to channel the words of a communicator. the super elite- the black magicians 207 "they are waiting for you, she said to crowley. the "they, she said, was horus, the god of war and the son of osiris, in ancient egyptian belief. crowley did not accept any of this and asked his wife a series of detailed questions in an effort to trick her. but rose, who knew little of the esoteric, gave the correct answer every time. i believe the prison warders were on the line again. the communicator told crowley to be at a desk in his hotel room between noon and one o'clock on three specific days

owley to be at a desk in his hotel room between noon and one o'clock on three specific days. he agreed and in these periods he wrote, via automatic writing, a document called the book of the law. automatic writing is when your arm and hand are guided by another force and often no-one is more surprised at what they are writing than the person involved. crowley's communication said that the old age of osiris was being replaced by the new age of horus. but it said the old age would first have to be destroyed by barbarism and the earth bathed in blood. there would be a world war, it said. the book of the law talked of a race of supermen and condemned the old religions, pacifism, democracy, compassion, and humanitarianism "let my servants be few and secret: they shall rule the many and the know

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naki is named in the sumerian tablets as an (later anu. he was represented by the jackal or dog. associated with sirius in egyptian belief was orion and, interestingly, modern ufo researchers figure 2: the inverted pentagram, the classic symbol of satanism, and, apparently, a symbol for sirius. ruled by the gods 35 connect the reptilians with both sirius and orion. isis (sirius) was the companion of osiris (orion) in egyptian myth. among the major illuminati symbols to the present day are the eye, the triangle or pyramid, the five-pointed star, the obelisk, and the dome. the egyptian hieroglyph for sirius was the obelisk, dome and fivepointed star; the bozo tribe of mali, cousins to the dogon, call sirius the "eye star; an egyptian hieroglyph for sirius was a triangle- three points represe

riangle or pyramid, the five-pointed star, the obelisk, and the dome. the egyptian hieroglyph for sirius was the obelisk, dome and fivepointed star; the bozo tribe of mali, cousins to the dogon, call sirius the "eye star; an egyptian hieroglyph for sirius was a triangle- three points representing the three sirius stars; and the triangle symbolised water in pythagorean code;26 the eye was a symbol of osiris in egyptian myth. the bow and arrow is another symbol used by the ancients for sirius and they knew it as the "bow star. the egyptian word meaning bowman also referred to a "heavy star metal- sirius b- and their word for heavy star metal was close to the words meaning dwarf and weight.27 the sumerian account called the epic of gilamesh tells of a star that is so heavy it cannot be lifted

ggest secret society in the world and a front for the serpent cult, although the vast majority of its members are oblivious to this. the hero of freemasonry is someone called hiram abif. his freemasonic legend says that he was the "grand master and architect of solomon's temple" who was killed for refusing to reveal the masonic secrets. the story has many similarities with the legend of the death of osiris in egypt. hiram i, the king of tyre from 969 to 936bc, is not considered the same person as hiram abif, although he, too, appears in the story of solomon's temple. hiram abif is also said to have come from tyre (an old knights templar stronghold) and ty is a name for balder. hiram abif is the "widow's son" in freemasonry and he is also known to freemasons as the "tyrian architect. the co

rib or manager in the streets of alexandria."20 the bright star and the three wise men a bright star marked the birthplace of jesus, the bible says. this is the same story told in egypt about sirius, the brightest star we can see from earth. the egyptians said that the rising of the three stars of orion's belt (the three "kings "wise men" or "magi) marked the arrival of sothis or sirius, the star of osiris and horus. further symbolism of the "three wise men" is that the magi were sun worshippers. gold, frankincense, and myrrh were the traditional gifts given by arabian magi to the sun and that's why they were given to mithra in that version of the myth.21 the birth of jesus in a stable or cave is repeated throughout the solar-myth stories because the cave represents the "dark place" where

or suppressor of the human female. mary magdalene, the "reformed prostitute" or whore, is another version of the goddess symbolism. she portrays the great whore of babylon, the goddess, mari-anna-ishtar.27 the ritual of the "sacred harlot" or priestess anointing a saviourking goes back to sumer and further to atlantis and, no doubt, lemuria. it was a pagan priestess who announced the resurrection of osiris, attis, dionysus, and orpheus, just as mary magdalene was the first to see the "resurrected" jesus. it's all symbolism from the ancient mystery religions and it was used to create a mythical hero for a manufactured prison-religion. as i have mentioned, mag also appears to be code of the reptilian dna passed on by the female line, the mitochondrial dna. jesus was crucified many of these m

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reaking mountaineer.buddhism replaced his interest in the occult until an experience in cairo in april 1904.crowley was asked by his wife, rose, to perform an esoteric ritual to see what happened.during the ceremony she entered a trance-like state and began to channel the words of acommunicator. they are waiting for you she said to crowley. the they, she said, washorus, the god of war and the son of osiris, in ancient egyptian belief. crowley did notaccept any of this and asked his wife a series of detailed questions in an effort to trick her.but rose, who apparently knew little of the esoteric, gave the correct answer every time,according to the official story. the reptilians were on the line again. the communicatortold crowley to be at a desk in his hotel room between noon and one oclock

old crowley to be at a desk in his hotel room between noon and one oclock on threespecific days. he agreed and in these periods he wrote, via automatic writing, a documentcalled the book of the law. automatic writing is when your arm and hand are guided byanother force and often no-one is more surprised at what they are writing than the personinvolved. crowleys communication said that the old age of osiris was being replaced bythe new age of horus. but it said the old age would first have to be destroyed by barbarismand the earth bathed in blood. there would be a world war, he was told. the book of thelaw taught of a race of supermen and condemned the old religions, pacifism, democracy,compassion, and humanitarianism. let my servants be few and secret: they shall rule themany and the known

ultiple. satanic rituals go onhere and trauma-based programming when the parks are closed, cathy says. children aretargeted for kidnapping here and the ones they want get lost in the crowds. one obviousexample of a childrens story full of mind-programming symbolism is the mgm epic, thewizard of oz. the word oz is short for osiris, another theme of the programming. someslaves have the golden penis of osiris placed upon them.18 the story of the wizard of ozwas published in 1900 by frank baum, a member of madam blavatskys theosophicalsociety, and it became a film in 1939. it is a mass of mystery school, satanic and mindcontrol symbolism and fritz springmeier and cisco wheeler include a superb analysis ofthe story in their book, the illuminati formula used to create an undetectable totalmind c

ation ofjfk was the revenge of the knights templar against the church, the state and thepeople. kennedy is the only roman catholic president of the united states, the samechurch of rome which killed jacques de molay. on dealey plaza today, standing nearthe points where kennedy and oswald were murdered, is the obelisk erected by thefreemasons after the murders. the obelisk is symbolic of the penis of osiris infigure 51: the pyramid with the capstone missing. this isdealey plaza where john f kennedy was assassinated. 409egyptian legend and the one in dealey plaza has the flame or lighted torch at the top(see picture section. the eternal flame on the kennedy grave in arlington cemetery isthere for the same reason. the flame or lighted torch is the most obvious brotherhoodsignature and on kenn

is within a circle, the ancient symbol of thesun. kennedy was also laid in state in the centre of a circle under the dome on capitolhill. there are 14 stones on the obelisk in dealey plaza, the number of pieces intowhich osiris was cut by set, according to egyptian myth. the one part that his sister-wife, isis, could not find was his penis, represented by the obelisk itself. she replacedthe penis of osiris with one she made herself and this became the symbol of thebrotherhood. the dealey plaza obelisk was built for, and dedicated to, a freemasoniclodge of the scottish rite. they have found stone phalluses in cathedrals and churcheshidden inside altars and when the investigation team of new orleans district attorney,jim garrison, searched the home of clay shaw they found penises.in this boo

but under the satanic law ofreverse symbolism and reverse numbers, hecates day of sacrifice is. august 31st!!so just look at the symbolism of this. diana, named after the ancient moon goddess,was driven from the ritz and through the place de la concorde where she passed the3,200 year-old egyptian obelisk brought to paris from luxor with its tip or pyramidcoloured bright gold symbolising the penis of osiris. it was at this very point, a minutefrom where diana died, that queen marie antoinette was beheaded at the guillotineduring the brotherhood-engineered french revolution, another symbolic blood sacrificeof the female energy. diana was then driven at speed to the pont de ualma tunnel, thebridge or place of the moon goddess, where the car struck the 13th pillar, thesymbolism for which is si

od was horus. he was bornto isis after her husband, osiris, had been murdered by set. she gathered together 14 partsof his mutilated body, but she could not find the penis. so she created a penis andimpregnated herself to conceive horus, the sun god- sun king, horus was osiris446reborn. in paris, part of this ritual was played out again. the car passed the golden-tippedegyptian obelisk, the penis of osiris, in the place de la concorde, and inside the vehiclewere diana (another name for isis) and the egyptian, dodi fayed, representing osiris. ihave heard from many sources that diana was pregnant. her foetus symbolised horus,the sun king. in ancient egypt, they said that osiris had to die before horus could comein. this will sound amazing to most people, but if you study the unbelievable obs

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of revelation on april 4, 1904, aleister crowley, declared the start of a new aeon the aeon of horus. in crowley s philosophy each aeon represents a stage in the non-natural evolution of man. the aeon of isis was a time when man lived in close harmony with the natural world and the dominant religions involved the worship of nature. this was characterized by the pre-christian pagan world. the aeon of osiris, which followed the aeon of isis, was a time when man rejected the natural world, accepting self-denial and sacrifice of the flesh and body as the ideal. christianity rose as the dominant religion in the west during the aeon of osiris. crowley, who came to believe that he was the beast described in the book of the revelation of jesus to st. john the apostle, wrote the book of the law, wh

book of the law. in contrast to the church of satan s professed atheism, the temple of set embraced the literal existence of set, not as a christian devil, but as an ancient egyptian god associated with the night sky and with the expanding of consciousness. according to aquino, horus and set were the gods of ancient egypt prior to the syrian invasion. later, set was personified as evil, the enemy of osiris. one of set s titles, set-hen was adopted by the jews and became satan. by using a more ancient name for satan, the temple of set was able to escape the accusation that satanism is merely an anti-christian religion. the nine angles both before and after the schism within the church of satan, there were a number of groups which split off from the church of satan. by the 1980 s, there were

goddess of pleasure who descends into the underworld to conquer her sister ereshkigal, the goddess of death. in this ancient myth, both ishtar and ereshkigal are forms of tiamat. the dark goddess was also often depicted carrying a phallic object a severed penis. the egyptian god set was originally a female deity and was identified with isis. the goddess set carried as a talisman the severed penis of osiris. isis and set, like the babylonian ishtar and ereshkigal, represent life and death and are both aspects of the dark goddess of chaos, tiamat. it was often said that witches of the middle ages gathered in covens of twelve women and one man, the high priest, who assumed the form of the devil and had sexual intercourse with the women. it was also said that his penis was unusually large and

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the scorching heat of the desert sands. this concept continued on in the persian ahriman and the islamic shaitan, which shall be discussed in further detail later on in this treatise. verily, the soul of set, which is greater than all the gods, hath departed- from the papyrus of ani set was known as a god of unrest who continually fought with horus, his brother and was the antagonist and murderer of osiris, a god of stasis. set also protected ra on his journeys through the underworld, and was able to master the chaotic force of apep, a serpent of darkness. set is known in the book of the dead as having legions of devils, known as seba as well as smaiu, who obey his commands. it seems also that there were a group of rebels who were of set and were defeated early on. set is mentioned in the

DICTIONARY GLOSSARY OF OCCULT TERMINOLOGY

minor: a term used to describe a learned and skilled magician. in the hermetic order of the golden dawn [g.d (q.v) the student of the order was first taught ritual magick once they entered into this degree, which was the first degree of the inner order, the roseae rubeae et aureae crucis [r.r. et a.c (q.v. aeon of horus: the age of oneness between human beings and god that follows after the aeon of osiris where human-god was a duality. according to aleister crowley (q.v, it begin in 1904 with the dictation of the book of the law and is coeval with the astrological age of aquarius. agla: a hebrew notarikon (q.v) for "ah-tah gee-boor lih-oh-lahm ah-doh-nye" which translates in english "thou art great forever, my lord" agripa, henry cornelius (of nettesheim: a german doctor of laws, and a do

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till he bestows upon her his sun-force and she is impregnated. 33. in magical workings the man or woman who desires to work with the opposite type of force to that of their physical vehicle, and it is part of the routine of occult training that they should do so, shifts the level of consciousness on to a plane on which they find themselves of the requisite polarity, and works thereon. the priest of osiris sometimes employs the elemental spirits to supplement his polarity, and the priestess of isis invokes angelic influences. 34. because manifestation takes place through the pairs of opposites, the principle of polarity is implicit not only in the macrocosm but also in the microcosm. by understanding it, and knowing how to avail ourselves of the potentialities it affords, we can raise our

have a deep significance. binah links with malkuth as the root with the fruit. this is indicated in the yet ziratic text of malkuth, in which it says "she sitteth upon the throne of binah" it is for this reason that a hard and fast attribution of the gods of other pantheons to the different sephiroth is impracticable. aspects of isis are to be found in binah, netzach, yesod, and malkuth. aspects of osiris are to be found in chokmah, chesed, and tiphareth. this comes out clearly in greek mythology, wherein the different gods and goddesses are given descnptive titles. for instance, diana, the moon-goddess, the virgin huntress, was worshipped at ephesus as the many-breasted; venus, the goddess of female beauty and of love, had a temple where she was worshipped as the bearded venus. these thi

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t alternated between the two, for it was not constantly with d. exactly what z. did we do not know, for he was exceedingly secretive concerning his methods, but in the light of subsequent knowledge i should imagine that he absorbed the etheric energy of the earthbound soul, and thus deprived it of its means of resisting the second death. merely to drive the resisting soul out to the judgment hall of osiris would have involved leaving behind an astral corpse, which for some time would have continued to give trouble. it may be interesting to note in connection with this case that during the time that miss l. was at the occult college in hampshire we had some rather curious happenings. there was an outbreak among us of exceedingly bad "mosquito bites" the bites themselves were not poisonous

EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD PAPYRUS OF ANI MALESTROM

rom other contemporary papyri in the british museum. the second edition of the facsimile has been executed by mr. f. c. price. e. a. wallis budge. british museum. january 25, 1895. next: contents preface http//www.sacred-texts.com/egy/ebod/ebod01.htm [8/10/2001 11:22:25 am] sacred texts egypt index previous next contents. preface v. introduction- the versions of the book of the dead ix the legend of osiris xlviii the doctrine of eternal life lv egyptian ideas of god lxxxii the abode of the blessed ci the gods of the book of the dead cvii geographical and mythological places cxxxiii funeral ceremonies cxxxviii the papyrus of ani cxlii table of chapters cliii the hieroglyphic text of the papyrus of ani, with interlinear transliteration and word for word translation 1-242 translation 245-369

exts styled "lord of divine books"[8 "scribe of the company of the gods"[9] and "lord of divine speech"[10] this ascription is well founded. the [1. for the hieroglyphic text see maspero, recueil de travaux, t. vii, pp. 162, 163; and t. xi, p. ii. 2 pietschmann thinks (aeg. zeitschrift, bd. xxxi, p. 73 f) that the satyrs, who are referred to by diodorus (i, xviii) as the companions and associates of osiris in ethiopia, have their origin in the pigmies. 3. the whole question of the pigmy in the text of pepi i. has been discussed by maspero in recueil de travaux, t. xiv, p. 186 ff. 4. chapp. 30b, 164, 37b and 148. although these chapters were found at hermopolis, the city of thoth, it does not follow that they were drawn up there. 5. see birch, in bunsen, egypt's place in universal history

pi shall endure, and this pyramid shall endure to all eternity. if the name of seb. flourisheth the name of pepi shall flourish, and this pyramid shall flourish, and this his work shall endure to all eternity. if the name of nut flourisheth in the temple of shenth in annu, the name of pepi shall flourish, and this pyramid shall flourish, and this his work shall endure to all eternity. if the name of osiris flourisheth in this, the name of pepi shall flourish, and this pyramid shall flourish, and this his work shall endure to all eternity. if the name of osiris khent-amenta flourisheth, the name of pepi shall flourish, and this pyramid shall flourish, and this his work shall endure to all eternity. if the name of set flourisheth in nubt, the name of pepi shall flourish, and this pyramid sha

the theban version. for convenience, lepsius' numbers are retained, and the chapters which belong to the sa te version are indicated by an asterisk. for the hieroglyphic text see naville, einleitung, p. 193 ff. the versions of the book of the dead. http//www.sacred-texts.com/egy/ebod/ebod03.htm (18 of 36 [8/10/2001 11:22:55 am] 2. another title reads-"the chapter of going in to the divine chiefs of osiris on the day of the burial, and of going in after coming forth" this chapter had to be recited on the day of the burial. 3. neter xert, the commonest name for the tomb. 4. the egyptian underworld. 5. sam ta "the union with the earth" 6. in some papyri chapters ii. and iii. are united and have only one title; see naville, todtenbuch, bd. i, b1. 6] p. xxxii theban version: list of chapters

ng into, the underworld in the beautiful amenta; of coming out by day, and of making transformations and of changing into any form which he pleaseth; of playing at draughts in the seh chamber; and of coming forth in the form of a living soul: to be said by the deceased after his death. vignette: the deceased playing at draughts; the deceased adoring the lion-gods of yesterday and to-day; the bier of osiris with isis and nephthys at the foot and head respectively; and a number of mythological beings referred to in the text. chapter xviii. without title. vignette: the deceased adoring the groups of gods belonging to various cities. chapter xix* the chapter of the crown) of victory. this chapter has no vignette. chapter xx. without title. this chapter has no vignette. chapter xxi* the chapter

te: the deceased sitting on a chair before his heart, which rests on a stand. chapter xxxa. the chapter of not allowing the heart of a man to be driven away from him in the underworld. vignette: a heart.[2] chapter xxxb. the chapter of not allowing the heart of a man to be driven away from him in the underworld. vignette: the deceased being weighed against his heart in the balance in the presence of osiris "the great god, the prince of eternity" chapter xxxi. the chapter of repulsing the crocodile which cometh to carry the magical words# from a man in the underworld. vignette: the deceased spearing a crocodile. chapter xxxii [the chapter of] coming to carry the magical words from a man in the underworld. this chapter has no vignette. the versions of the book of the dead. http//www.sacred-t

eceased holding a sail. chapter lix. the chapter of snuffing the air and of gaining power over the water which is in the underworld. vignette: the deceased standing with his hands extended. chapters lx, lxi, lxii. the chapters of drinking water in the under world [1. lepsius, todtenbuch, bl. 21. 2. a variant vignette of chapters lv. and xxxviii. represents the deceased being led into the presence of osiris by anubis; see naville, todtenbuch, bd. i, bl. 68] p. xxxvii theban version: list of chapters. vignettes: the deceased holding a lotus; the deceased holding his soul in his arms; and the deceased scooping water into his mouth from a pool. chapter lxiiia. the chapter of drinking water, and of not being burnt with fire. vignette: the deceased drinking water from a stream. chapter lxiiib. t

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e objects similar in appearance and general description to amulets have been discovered in neolithic tombs. the ancient egyptians possessed a bewildering variety of amulets, worn by both the living and the dead. indeed, among the latter, every part of the body had an amulet sacred to itself. these were, as a rule, evolved from various organs of the gods; for example, the eye of isis, the backbone of osiris, and so forth. among savage and semicivilized peoples, the amulet usually took the form of necklaces, bracelets, or anklets, and where belief in witchcraft and the evil eye was strong, the faith in these and in charms was always most intense. stones, teeth, claws, shells, coral, and symbolic emblems were favored amulets. these item were seen to carry specific characteristics of the anima

d another (called sektet) until sunset, and provision had to be made for the deceased in both boats. how was this to be done? on one side of the picture of the boat a figure of the morning boat of ra was to be drawn, and on the other a figure of the afternoon boat; thus the one picture was capable of becoming two boats. and, provided the proper offerings were made for the deceased on the birthday of osiris, his soul would live for ever, and he would not die a second time. according to the rubric to the chapter in which these directions are given, the text of it is as old, at least, as the time of hesept, the fifth king of the 1st. dynasty, who reigned about 4350 b.c, and the custom of painting the boat upon papyrus is probably contemporaneous. the words of power were not to be spoken until

s; magical names and ceremonies; and the general apparatus of the occult sciences. the use of amulets was one of the most potent methods of guarding against any misfortune. not all ornaments or objects discovered on the mummy related to magical potency. these were frequently the possession of the ka or double, necessary to its comfort in a future existence. the small crowns, scepters, and emblems of osiris, usually done in glazed earthenware or pottery, were placed beside the dead person. this ensured that he could wear them when he became one with the god osiris, and consequently a king. the scarab, made in the likeness of a scarabaeus beetle, symbolized resurrection. the dad symbolized the human skeleton, and, possibly, the dead and dismembered osiris. this was thought to have an influen

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e second text, edited two years ago by griffith from a london papyrus, is also genuinely egyptian in its details. three magic tales, interwoven one with another, are brought into connection with saosiri, the supernaturally born son of setna. in the first, saosiri, who was greatly setna s superior in the arts of magic, led his father down into the underworld. they penetrated into the judgment-hall of osiris, where the sights they saw convinced setna that a glorious future awaited the poor man who should cleave to righteousness, while he who led an evil life on earth, though rich and powerful, must expect a terrible doom. saosiri next succeeded in saving his father, and with him all egypt, from great difficulty by reading without breaking the seal a closed letter brought by an ethiopian magi

uman and divine. the priests of thoth were the learned magicians skilled in the written language for which thoth had been responsible. at the creation of the world, it was he who reduced to words the will of the unseen and unknown creative power, who uttered them so wisely that the universe came into being, and who proved himself by the exercise of his knowledge to be the protector and the friend of osiris and of isis, and of their son horus. from the evidence of the texts we know that it was not by physical might that thoth helped these three gods, but by giving them words of power and instructing them how to use them. we know that osiris vanquished his foes, and that he reconstituted his body and became the king of the underworld and god of the dead. it is this belief that made the decea

he writings that were buried with him. in the judgment scene it is thoth who reports to the gods the result of the weighing of the heart in the balance, and who has supplied its owner with the words that he has uttered in his supplications, and whatever can be said in favor of the deceased he says to the gods, and whatever can be done for him he does. but apart from being the protector and friend of osiris, thoth was the refuge to which isis fled in her trouble. the words of a hymn declare that she knew how to turn aside evil happening, and that she was strong of tongue and uttered the words of power which she knew with correct pronunciation, and halted not in her speech, and was perfect both in giving the command, and in saying the word, but this description only proves that she had been

FRANCIS A YATES GIORDANO BRUNO AND THE HERMETIC TRADITION

come the seven liberal arts, with astrology the most prominent, seven saints, and seven scenes from the life of the virgin. it is, so far, a perfectly orthodox programme. but very strange are the egyptian scenes in the room of the saints. the emblem of the borgia family was the bull, and the borgia bull becomes identified in this series with apis, the bull worshipped by the egyptians as the image of osiris, the sun god it is by a series of allusive shifts in meaning as the frescoes tell their story that the egyptian apis bull, or the sun, becomes identified with the borgia bull, or the pope as the sun. the egyptian series begins with the story of io, turned into a cow by 1 but it could also refer to ficino's criticisms of "bad" astrology in his commentaries on plotinus; cf. walker, p. 54

FREEMASONS SATANISM AND SYMBOLISM

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 most utilized

a different hidden meaning for the broken column is learned later on by the mason "in egyptian mythology, isis is sometimes pictured weeping over the broken column, which conceals the body of her husband, osiris, while behind her stands horus, or time, pouring ambrosia over her hair" isis was both virgin and mother, so the 'beautiful virgin is isis weeping. the broken column is the missing member of osiris, the phallus [short talk bulletin "the broken column" feb, 1956, p. 6-7; also edmond ronayne, the master's carpet (mah-hah-bone, 1879, p. 387-88, and several other masonic authors] horus is another name for satan. isis is the consort of lucifer. isis just lost her husband (osiris, that is the reason why she is weeping. osiris' body was dismembered, including his penis, which had been cut

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 of the ac

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. the union

FULLER J F C SECRET WISDOM OF THE QABALAH

ysteries 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 knowledge from outside. his doctrines, being

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

r conception of muth, or of universal womanhood, soon assumed the place of seth beside osiris. later in the history of egypt, when the gods have become greatly multiplied, and the original significance of the deity obscured, horus, the child and the third member in the later egyptian triad, not unfrequently appears in her place as one of the eight great gods. the fact is observed that the history of osiris is not alone the "history of the circle of the year, or of the sun dying away and resuscitating itself again, but that it is also the history of the cycle of 600" it has been said that of the component elements of his hieroglyphical name, isis is the first, and that the name osiris really signifies the "eye of isis" according to plutarch, isis and muth are identical, but from the evidenc

sent a division of the deity. osiris, as the sun, represents heat; as man, or as god, he stands for desire. seth or typhon stands for the cold of winter, the simoom of the desert, or the "wind that blasts" seth, osiris, and horus constitute a trinity of which muth is the great mother. finally, with the gradual ascendancy of male influence and power, it is observed that seth appears as the brother of osiris. it is the opinion of bunsen that the fundamental idea of osiris and set was "not merely the glorification of the sun, but was also the worship of the primitive creative power"[90] but, as in egypt the creative agency was regarded as both female and male, the former being in the ascendancy, this fact of itself would seem to determine the sex and position of seth [90] history of egypt, vo

the contrary, were of the opinion that "it should forever silence the claim put forward by the devotees of christianity" it is plain, however, that the christians had the better of the argument for "the cross being uneasy under the weight of the temple overthrew it" on the coins of decius, the great persecutor of the christians, is to be observed the monogram of christ which is also the monogram of osiris and jupiter ammon. on a medal proved to be phoenician appear the cross, the rosary, and the lamb. there is another form of the same monogram which signifies dcviii. these devices although in use hundreds of years prior to the christian era are all said to be monograms of christ. at the present time they may be seen in almost every church in italy. in the cave of elephanta, in india, appe

GILBERT THE GOLDEN DAWN TWILIGHT OF THE MAGICIANS

been in the habit of performing ceremonies in open lodge, but have conferred the grades chiefly in private and in the presence of only two or three members.forthis reason there is no accuraterecord"of the names and rank ofalltheir members and very great reticence is shewn by them in their communications. very soon after the formation of this temple no.3 permission was granted for the consecration of osiris temple no. 4 at weston super mare under the rule of our very honoured frater 'crux dat salutem' and the west of england has been assigned to him as a province. almost at the same time the horus temple no.5 under the rule of the v.h. frater 'vota vita mea' was also consecrated at bradford in yorkshire. these three temples have now members not only in this country but in the united states

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ies 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 slaying of osiris.thebattery of acclamation when the candidate is restored to light is a direct imitation of the sudden crash of feigned thunder and lightning by which the neophyte of the eleusinian mysteries was greeted.thedeath of osiris and resurrection ashorusarerepresented as the decease of the fellow craft and the raising of a new master mason.theentered apprentice is referred to three lights, these

tion of the sudden crash of feigned thunder and lightning by which the neophyte of the eleusinian mysteries was greeted.thedeath of osiris and resurrection ashorusarerepresented as the decease of the fellow craft and the raising of a new master mason.theentered apprentice is referred to three lights, these are osiris in the east, isis in the west, and horus, who was master or living lord in place of osiris, in the south. note also that there is no light in the north, the type of night,and of darkness, in this also the idea is an ancient one.thethree great, though emblematic, lights compose a bright triangle, the three lesser lights an inferior or darker one, the two combined may be considered in a group as a six-pointed star, the hexapla, or seal of solomon, which was also a notable emblem

t romans who succeededtothe dominion of the greeks, did not demand the cult of sacred mysteries in secret assemblies.theonly rites and ceremonies of the romans were the public festivals, like the bacchanalia, which soon degenerated into orgies. these were suppressed, and were followed by the more innocent liberalia, or holidays. in this essay, the ancient mysteries of egypt, commonly called those of osiris, isis and serapis, with the dionysiac, eleusinian and cabiric mysteries of greece, can alone be referred to at any length.thegerman author, lobeck, in his work, entitledaglao255phamus,1829, supplies the most simple and materialistic account of the ancient mysteries, and he has been followed by s. cheetham, 1897. a middle course is pursued by warburton, taylor, ouvaroff, muller, foucart

sacred mysteries. this system lasted down to the greek conquest of egypt about600b.c.,butappearstohave gradually lost its early power and dignity.thegreatest gods of egypt seem to have been types of the sun: as aten the sun's disc, amoun at thebes, and ra at heliopolis.thecreator god ptah at memphis, and the spirit god kneph, were also deities greatly reverenced.theworship of the triad, composed of osiris, isis, and horus, was only completely developed at a later period,butit appears then to have become widespread. osiris was fabled to be a divine king of egypt, and isis was his mother, sister and wife; horus was their son.themyth told that the king osiris was murdered by his brother typhon or set, and was then received into amenti, the underworld- the abode of the dead- where he reigned

s were built, and public worship directed. supplementary to the cult of the triad was a system of adoration of sacred animals as emblems of the gods, notably of the bull or cow, and of the serpent.thebulls, called apis and mnevis, were very famous, and isis was often pictured and sculptured as cow-headed. at a later date a new deity, serapis, was developed in egypt. he appears to have been a form of osiris and apis in combination. the worship of serapis also took root in greece.theslight and scanty details of the ancient religious mysteries of egypt centre round the names of osiris, isis, and horus, who have been compared with the hindoo triad, brahma, vishnu and siva, and with the roman catholic, jehovah, mary and jesus. the egyptian mysteries were divided into the lesser and the greater

n in the national faith, theology and polity, and novices were required to spend a period of preparation in the study and practice of mental and bodily purification.thechief seat of the egyptian mysteries was at memphis, the ancient capital of lower egypt. the lesser mysteries were those of isis, and were held at the vernal equinox; those of serapis at the summer solstice; and the great mysteries of osiris at the autumnal equinox. in this latter ceremonial the drama of the murder of osiris was performed, the reconstruc255 tion of his body by isis his queen, and the punishment of typhon or set the murderer, the wicked brother of osiris. from this ceremonial some students have derived the tradition of the masonic third degree, alleging that the reference to hiram of tyre was of secondary int

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is rider shall fall backward. i have waited for thy salvation, 0lord.'moses says 'dan is a lion's whelp, he shall leap from bashan' the armorial bearings of dan are green, an eagle. these things fit with the martial and fierce nature of this sign, in which (r3)principally bears sway. to the sign (tt\)thetwelve signs and twelve tribes 45egyptians attributed the serpent, and also typhon, the slayer of osiris, and on this account they called it the 'accursed sign. in good symbolism it is generally represented by the eagle.thehorse's heels which the serpent bites are found in the centaur figure of (t )which follows (m )in the zodiac. of benjamin (t )jacob says 'benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil' moses says-'thebelove

. the hieroglyphical figures upon the pillars are taken from the vignettes of the 17th and 125th chaptersofthe 'ritual of the dead' theegyptian'per-m-hru. this celebrated and48 the sorcerer and his apprenticemost ancient work is a collection of mystical hymns and addresses in the form of a species of ceremonial ritual for the use of the soul after death, to enable him to unite himself to the body of osiris the redeemer, thenceforth in the ritual is he no longer called the soul but he is called the 'osiris' of whom he is a member 'i am the vine, ye are the branches' said the christ of the new testament 'i am a member of the body of osiris' said the purified and justified soul. the soul luminous and washed from sin in the uncreated and immortal light, united to osiris and justified son of go

ng ami.the symbols on the columns, beginning at the top of the one with black figures on a white ground, are mystical representa255 tions of the various paragraphs of the 17th chapter. they show:thesymbols of temu, the setting sun, the past and the future. the adoration of temu in the west. the abode of the west shown by the jackal of anubis in a shrine with isis and nephthys adoring.theadoration of osiris. the phoenix or bennu.thereformation of the departed spirit shown by the soul descending to the body onthebier, in the form of a human headed bird, khem of dual manifestation, shown by the birds on either side of the prostrate mummy. so the purified soul passes ever onward and upward, and still uses its mystical hymn.itreaches the pools of the two truths, shown by the two quadrangular fi

n either side of the prostrate mummy. so the purified soul passes ever onward and upward, and still uses its mystical hymn.itreaches the pools of the two truths, shown by the two quadrangular figures; it passes through anrutf, the gate of the north, and through the gate of tajeser, and it saith to the mystical guardians 'give me your strength, for i am made even as ye. then comes the mystical eye of osiris representing the orb of the sun, and the cow, symbolic of the great water, the blue firmament of heaven. next the adorationofthe lords oftruthbehind the northern heaven 'hail unto ye, ye lords oftruth,ye chiefs behind osiris! ye followers of her whose peaceissure' then the soul arises at the mystic pool of persea trees, wherein is horus, symbolised by the great cat, who slays the evil se

ar represent theby the jackal-headed. anubis, the. guide ofthedead, into the. halloftruth.thesoul then watches the weighing of its actions in earth life against a figure oftruthinthe mystical scales ,of ma by anubis. tl).oth, ibis-headed, records the judgement and the devourer stands readytoseizeifthe soul has ledaneviuife.passing through this ordeal, the soul is then introduced into the presence of osiris by horus. osiris sits in his shrine upon a throne, with the crook and scourge. symbols.of mercy and severity, in, his hands; behind him are isis and nephthys, the goddesses()f nature and perfection, and before him are the four genii ofthedead, upon the lotus flower, the emblem of the metempsychosis.thusthe whole of the symbols upon the pillers.represerit the advance and purification of t

egyptian priests.inthis there is a certain amount of truth. libra was introduced by the priests of egypt, or perhaps earlier, but not as an additionbuta substitution; the original sign was the altar ara (fig. 11, sometimes called the altar of abel, which, with the decanal signs, clearly shows the mystery of the atonement, rising above the law of karma.thesign of libra, or the balance of the table of osiris, indicates the weighing of the actsofthedead, and the future state as the certain result thereof, a conception natural and obvious to a people whose ideas were bounded by the lower principles, and who had not learnt the possibility of rising above these principles and beyond the law of karma.thesubstitution of libra for ara marks a distinct stage in the progress of religious history; man

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mportant symbolic idea in masonry is that of the widow. masons call themselves the children of the widow, and pictures of widows often appear in their publications. what is the origin of this idea? who is this widow? when we examine masonic sources, we find that the symbol of the widow derives originally from an egyptian legend. this legend is one of ancient egypt's most important myths the story of osiris and isis. lj materialism revisited an obelisk covered with masonic symbols in new york's central park. global freemasonry remains from ancient egypt: monuments of pharaohs with an obelisk rising in front of them in the valley of the kings. lk ll materialism revisited an ancient egyptian depiction of isis. osiris was a fertility god and isis was his wife. according to the legend, osiris w

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ew letters, astrological signs and the trumps of the tarot (fig 28) since this is a cyclic formulae, starting at i and ending at i, the final i is inferred and hence dropped from the formulae. we are accordingly left with inr. when this is found in the ancient egyptian and gnostic systems, it is in the secret word iao. this formulae can be understood in terms of the old egyptian myth of the death of osiris and hence we have isis, apophis, osiris. in the gnostic pantheon we can find a similar interpretation but with o being used to represent oen or aeon, the term used for a gnostic theurgy page 108 i yam water n nour fire r ruach air i yebeshah earth fig 27 i yod virgo the hermit n nun scorpio death r resh sun the sun i yod virgo the hermit. fig 28 the formula of iao isis is the i isis is n

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y in the center" second adept "because that is the point of perfect equilibrium" chief adept "associate adeptus minor, what does the mystic name of our founder signify" third adept "the rose and cross of christ; the fadeless rose of creation; the immortal cross of light" chief adept "mighty adeptus major, what was the vault entitled by our more ancient fraters and sorors" 7 second adept "the tomb of osiris onnophris, the justified one" chief adept "associate adeptus minor, of what shape was the vault? third adept "it is that of an equilateral heptagon, or figure of seven sides" chief adept "mighty adeptus major, unto what do these seven sides allude" second adept "seven are the lower sephiroth, seven are the palaces, seven are the days of creation, seven in the height above, seven in the d

ansata below) chief adept "let us analyze the keyword. i" second adept "n" third adept "r" all "i" chief adept "yod" second adept "nun" third adept "resh" all "yod" chief adept "virgo, isis, mighty mother" second adept "scorpio, apophis, destroyer" third adept "sol, osiris, slain and risen" all "isis, apophis, osiris, iao (all then simultaneously separate wands and cruces, and say) all "the sign of osiris slain (gives it) chief adept (giving the l sign with a bowed head "the sign of the mourning of isis" second adept (giving the v sign with the head back "the sign of typhon and apophis" third adept (with bowed head gives the x sign "the sign of osiris risen (all together with the saluting sign and bowed head) all "lvx, lux, the light of the cross" 10 (all quit the vault and return to prev

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wither shall i go from thy spirit, or wither from thy presence shall i flee? if i ascend up to heaven, thou art there. if i make my bed in hell, behold thou art there (ps.cxxxix" therefore even the evil persona is not so evil when it fulfilleth its work, for it is the beginning of a dim reflection of the light unto the qlippoth, and this is what is hidden in the saying that "typhon is the brother of osiris" hear thou, then, a mystery of the knowledge of evil. the 5=6 ritual of the adeptus minor saith that even the "evil helpeth forward the good" when the evil sephiroth are expelled from the nephesch into the evil persona, they are, in a sense, equilibrated therein. the evil persona can be rendered as a great and strong, yet trained, animal whereupon the man rideth, and it then becometh a s

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n the southeast between the man and the lion. tmo-oumathu or tmoumathv. ahephi, ape-faced, is placed in the southwest between the lion and the eagle. ahephi or ahaphix. kabexnuv, hawk-faced, is placed in the northwest, between the eagle and the bull. kabexnuv or dabexnjemouv. 3. the station of the evil one: this station is in the place of dwsy and is called the station of the evil one, the slayer of osiris. he is the tempter, accuser, and punisher of the brethren, and in egypt is represented mostly with the head of a waterdragon, the body of a lion or leopard, and the hind parts of a water-horse. he is the administrator of the power of the evil triad. 16 the stooping dragon, apophra-l sez the slayer of osiris, szathan toophon. the brutal power of demonic force, bessz. the synthesis of this

ion with the praemonstrator and imperator, as operating through the hierophant, seeing that isis corresponds to the pillar of mercy and nephthys to that of severity. therefore, the positions of the pillars or obelisks are but, as it were, the places of their feet. the station of aroueris: the invisible station of aroueris (horus the elder) is beside the hierophant as though representing the power of osiris to the outer order. for while the hierophant is an adeptus, he is shown only as lord of the paths of the portal so that when the hierophant is on the dais, the station of aroueris is that of the immediate past hierophant who sits on the hierophant's left. aroo-ouerist. this ends the constitutory symbolism of a temple in the 0=0 grade of neophyte. should a member have occasion to quit his

e entrance is properly guarded. then the hierophant calls to the hiereus to test the members by the signs, the knowledge of which shows that they, though in the land of blindness and ignorance, have yet seen that triangle of divine light from the supernals formulated in darkness. it is then noted that the names of the three chief officers begin with the letter of breath, the coptic x. in the name of osiris, the x is mute, silent, and concealed, as it were, by h the eta. in the name horus, it is manifest and violently aspirated, while in the name thmaa-est, it is partly one and partly the other, for it is compounded with the letter t in c (h, ae, is attributed below to dsj- x to a, and p, to l and l. this is intended to affirm the unknown life, which is inspired from the beyond, sent out to

etween the divine light above and the temple. therefore, the hierophant does not quit his post to take part therein, but remains there to attract by his sceptre the light from beyond the veil. each member in passing gives the sign of the enterer, thus, projecting the light forward on his path from east to west. he receives it from the hierophant s throne. horus passes only once, for he is the son of osiris and inherits the light by birthright from him. therefore, he goes at once to his station to fix the light there. thmaa-est, the goddess of truth, passes twice because her rule is of the balance of the two scales, and she retires to her station between the pillars there to complete the reflex of the middle column. the watcher within and the rest circumambulate thrice as affirming the comp

phant--aroueris praemonstrator--isis the names below are those of the god-forms they represent. the following are the descriptions of the god-forms of the seven officers of the neophyte grade. hierophant: osiris in the netherland. expounder of the mysteries in the hall of the dual manifestation of the goddess of truth. the hierophant is represented by two god-forms, the passive and active aspects of osiris. seated on the dais as hierophant, he is clothed in the god-form of osiris. he wears the tall white crown of the south flanked by feathers striped white and blue. his face is green, the eyes blue. from his chin hangs the royal beard of authority and judgment, blue in color and gold-tipped. he wears a collar in bands of red, blue, yellow, and black, and on his back is a bundle strapped ac

beard of authority and judgment, blue in color and gold-tipped. he wears a collar in bands of red, blue, yellow, and black, and on his back is a bundle strapped across his chest by scarlet bands, he is in mummy wrappings to the feet, but his hands are free to hold a golden phoenix wand, a blue crook and red scourge. the hands are green. his feet rest on a pavement of black and white. the god-form of osiris never moves from the dais. when the hierophant has to move from the dais, he is covered by the form of osiris in action--aroueris, which is built up by the past hierophant, seated on the hierophant s left. if no one is seated as past hierophant, then inner members help formulate the second god-form. aroueris: horus the elder, is very lively to look upon- like pure flames. he wears the do

d yellow with a border of green, orange, and mauve. note: tmoomathaph is sometimes written duamutef. kabexnuv is sometimes written qebhsenef. ahephi is sometimes written hapi. ameshet is sometimes written mesti. 4. the forty-two assessors: these are not described at all except to say that they make the sign of the enterer as the candidate is passed by them. they are witnesses in the judgment hall of osiris. past hierophant or past hierophantiste1 z-2 the formulae of the magic of light& an introduction to the practical working of the z.2 formulae by g.h. frater d.d.c.f. 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 an introduction to the practical working of the z.2 formulae by g.h. frater d.d.c.f. in the ritual of the enterer are shadowed forth symbolically, the beginning of cert

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they pass him in affirmation of mercy, the hiereus in affirmation of severity. the invisible assessors each give the sign of the enterer as the candidate passes on his way. at the second passing by the hierophant, the knock affirms the commencement of the angle of hmkj. the kerux bars the candidate s approach to the west to mark that the natural man cannot obtain the understanding of even the son of osiris unless by purification and equilibrium. again is the candidate purified and consecrated, the pillars about his sphere of sensation being rendered more manifest. after this second consecration, the candidate is allowed to approach the place of the twilight of the gods and for a brief space, the hoodwink is slipped up, to present a glimpse, but a glimpse only, of the beyond. the knowledge

ation being rendered more manifest. after this second consecration, the candidate is allowed to approach the place of the twilight of the gods and for a brief space, the hoodwink is slipped up, to present a glimpse, but a glimpse only, of the beyond. the knowledge of the formulae is signified in the challenge of the hiereus to know the name. if the formula of horus be not with the candidate, that of osiris cannot be grasped, but to the candidate, the power of horus as yet can only appear as a terrible and incomprehensible force, the force of the avenger of the gods, hence, the speech of the hegemon for him. the candidate cannot as yet comprehend that before mildness can be exercised rightly, the forces of severity and mercy must be known and wielded. to accomplish this, the greatest courag

ch him. the hiereus returns to his place east of the black pillar so that the three chief officers may formulate and draw down to the candidate, by their insignia, and the influence of their symbols, the forces of the supernal triad. it is important, therefore, that at this point, they should be in these places. the candidate now stands between the pillars, bound with a rope like the mummied form of osiris, between isis and nepthys. the final consecration now takes place by the goddesses of the scales of the balance. the candidate stands for the first time during the ceremoy at the point representing the equilibrium of the balance. meanwhile, the kerux goes to the north, ready for the circumambulation so as to link that with the final consecration of the candidate. the final consecration i

now takes place by the goddesses of the scales of the balance. the candidate stands for the first time during the ceremoy at the point representing the equilibrium of the balance. meanwhile, the kerux goes to the north, ready for the circumambulation so as to link that with the final consecration of the candidate. the final consecration is also demanded by the hiereus, horus, the powerful avenger of osiris, as still menacing to the evil persona of the candidate. its affect is to seal finally, in balanced formation, the four pillars in the sphere of sensation of the candidate. this does not imply that they were not naturally there before, but in the natural man, the symbols are unbalanced in strength, some being weaker and some stronger. the effect of the ceremony is to strengthen the weak

ate an avenging current if profaned. this is what is implied by the law of moses in the prohibition about offering unconsecrated d either before or within the veil of the tabernacle. as a vibratory formula, the reverse circumambulation represents the reversal of the current and the restoration of the operator to his ordinary condition. the mystic repast then follows. it is a communion in the body of osiris. its mystic name is, the formula of the justified one, and it is sufficiently explained in the section concerning the altar. the kerux, in finishing, inverts the cup, as the watcher of the gods, to show that the symbols of self-sacrifice and of regeneration are accomplished. the proclamation is confirmed by the hierophant and the chief officers giving the three strokes, emblematic of the

ers of the right hand represent more violent action,and those of the left more watery action (if you do not have a convenient implement, a sigil or a pentagram may be traced with any finger of any hand according to the correspondence required) it may here be remarked that the so-called christian sign of benediction, consisting of the thumb and first two fingers only, projected, is the affirmation of osiris, isis and nephthys- or spirit, d and n. with regard to taking on mentally the forms of the gods, it may here be noted that the process is of great assistance and use in all magical working, whether of invocation or evocation, contemplation, meditation, skrying in the spirit vision, alchemy, etc, for the forms of the gods do here represent a certain symbolic material action of the divine

the calvary cross of the rivers to ally it with the symbolism of trapt and of the sephiroth. then the hierophant, dadouchos, hiereus, and stolistes formulate a circle enclosing the symbol, which is again sealed by the hegemon. then the officers, being careful to follow the course of the sun, deposit in turn, their insignia upon the altar, taking therefrom instead the mystical symbols of the body of osiris corresponding to their cardinal points. the hegemon takes the lamp of kerux. the kerux then circumambulates, halting at the cardinal points and facing them, representing the course of the sun through the zodiac in order to attract the solar ray. under the control of its superior, the light of osiris, and the adorations are performed at the stations of the kerubim to mark the limits of th

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re forming the letter "l, and saying with meaning "l. the sign of the mourning of isis" step 18 raise both arms to form the letter "v, with your palms facing each other, tilt your head slightly back and say with meaning "v. the sign of typhon and apophis" step 19 bring arms down crossing your chest to form an "x" with your palms touching your chest. bow your head and say with meaning "x. the sign of osiris risen" step 20 now form each letter as you say the letter "l.v.x" from the "x" position slowly open up your arms into the form of a cross while saying: lux (looox) step 21 now say with meaning "the light of the cross" step 22 virgo, isis, mighty mother (form the "l" while saying) scorpio, apophis, destroyer (form the "v" while saying) 7 sol, osiris, slain and risen (form the "cross" then

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that lower selfhood which generates into nothingness, unto that higher selfhood which is the radiating clear light of the spirit" visualize the angel hru touching your nephesch. step 6 look at your spiritual body and say "i call upon the divine white brilliance to descend upon very honored frater/soror_ in the name of isis (make 'l, apophis (make 'v, osiris slain (make cross) and risen (make sign of osiris risen. iao! let the divine light descend" see the divine light descend upon your spiritual body "buried within the light in a mystical death, rising again in a mystical resurrection, cleansed and purified through the brilliance of the light divine thou dweller of the invisible. like our master hast thou suffered tribulation, pain, poverty, torture, and sorrows that lead unto the black cr

e light and the darkness, we adore thee and we invoke thee. look with favor upon this traveller of the night who now kneeleth before thee, and grant unto him, the highest aspiration of his soul, to the glory of thy name. amen" step 9 stand up and walk your spirit form to the altar facing east. visualize your spirit form covered in divine white brilliance and move to the east. take on the god form of osiris/hwchy, making it strong and well defined. walk toward your spirit form and say "i come in the power of light, i come in the light of wisdom, i come in the mercy of light, the light hath healing in its wings. i tell thee that as the light can manifest from the darkness, so shall by the rose of red and cross of gold the light descend upon you. long has thou dwelt in the darkness, quit the

but unto thy name be the glory. let the influence of thy divine ones descend upon his/her head, and teach him/her the value of selfsacrifice so that he/she shrinks not in the hour of trial, but that thus his/her name may be written on high and his/her genius stand in the presence of the holy ones" step 17 go to each quarter and make the grade sign of that quarter following each one with the sign of osiris slain and risen. move back to the altar and say "and now, in the name and powers of the divine spirit, i invoke ye, ye angels of the watchtowers of the universe, and i solemnly charge ye by the divine names hwchy, hcwhy to guard this spirit and the sphere of very honored frater/soror, and keep far from him all evil and the unbalanced that they be not allowed to penetrate to his spiritual

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am the lord of life, triumphant over death. he who partaketh with me shall rise with me. i am the manifestor in matter of those whose abode is in the invisible. i am purified; i stand upon the universe, i am reconciler with the eternal gods, i am the perfector of matter, and without me the universe is naught" chief adept (passes from the altar to the east. assumes osiris god form. all assume sign of osiris slain. says the following while moving toward the altar "i come in the power of light! i come in the wisdom of light! i come in the mercy of light! the light hath healing in its wings (all assume sign of osiris risen) chief adept (goes to the east and forms a cross "blessed be thou lord of the universe, for thy glory flows out to the ends of the universe rejoicing (drops arms to the side

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just as the cross of christ is the symbol of the equilibrium of self sacrifice" chief adept "associate adeptus minor, what does the mystic number of our founder signify" third adept "the rose and cross of christ, the fadeless rose of creation, the immortal cross of light" chief adept "mighty adeptus exemptus, what was the vault called by our more ancient fraters and sorors" second adept "the tomb of osiris onnophris, the justified one" chief adept "associate adeptus minor, in what shape was the vault" third adept "a heptagon of seven sides" chief adept "mighty adeptus exemptus, to what do these seven sides allude" second adept "seven are the lower sephiroth, seven are the palaces, seven are the days of creation. seven in the height above, seven in the depth below" chief adept "mighty adept

rd. i" second adept "n" third adept "r" all "i" chief adept "yod" second adept "nun" third adept "resh" all "yod" chief adept (makes the 'l' sign "virgo, isis, mighty mother" second adept (makes the 'v' sign "scorpio, apophis, destroyer" 5 third adept (makes the 'x' sign "sol, osiris, slain and risen" all "isis, apophis, osiris, iao. let the divine light descend" all (makes the 'x' sign "the sign of osiris slain" chief adept (makes the 'l' sign "the sign of the mourning of isis" second adept (makes the 'v' sign "the sign of typhon and apophis" third adept (makes the 'x' sign "the sign of osiris risen" all "lvx, lux, the light of the cross (all quit the tomb) chief adept "in the grand word, yehashuah, and by the keyword i.n.r.i. and through the concealed word, lvx, i have opened the tomb of

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rough trial. the scent of the dying rose is as the repressed sigh of my suffering, and the flame-red fire as the energy of mine undaunted will. and the cup of wine is the pouring out of the blood of my heart, sacrificed unto regeneration, unto the 4 newer life. and the bread and salt are as the foundations of my body, which i destroy in order that they may be renewed" step 11 take on the god form of osiris using middle pillar formula"'for i am osiris triumphant, even osiris onnophris, the justified one. i am he who is clothed with the body of flesh yet in whom flames the spirit of the eternal gods. i am the lord of life. i am triumphant over death, and whosoever partaketh with me shall with me arise. i am the manifester in matter of those whose abode is the invisible. i am the purified. i

i come in the power of light. i come in the light of wisdom. i come in the mercy of light, the light hath healing in its wings (state earthly name, i tell thee that as the light can manifest from the darkness, so by these rites shall the light descend unto thee. long hast thou dwelt in the darkness. quit the darkness and seek the light" step 16 standing between the pillars facing west in the sign of osiris with arms crossed upon your breast, all say "nefer-neter-wed-neh, the perfect god grants life "we call upon the divine brilliance who illuminates all iniquity in the hall of truth and dual manifestation, thou shining beacon of wisdom" step 17 perform the invocation of thoth. step 18 rise to your higher spiritual self surrounded completely in light. when you have risen to your higher spir

land, in the hall of the double maat, because i know the names of these gods who are in it, the followers of the great god" all vibrate several times "ankh ptah sekher osiris" step 19 after, strengthening the osirian god form, after having confessed the negative confession and been found perfect before the forty-two assessors and the judgment of thoth in the hall of maat, stand again in the sign of osiris risen and say "i am the resurrection and the life. whosoever believeth in me though he were dead, yet shall he live, and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. i am the first, and the last. i am he that liveth and was dead, and behold, i am alive for evermore and hold the keys of hell and of death. for i know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter d

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tzirah gives us a deeper and more profound meaning for inward meditation by assigning the astrology to the keyword: i.n.r.i. hebrew astrology i y f n n h r r a i y f! f is the pure virginal state of nature. this sign relates unto the great goddess isis! h is the sign of death and regeneration. it is also a sign of energy in that ?ruleth. this sign relates to apophis, the greek for set, the slayer of osiris! 0 is the sign of life and light. it is the great life and light giver to the earth. it is, most importantly, the sign of resurrection; for the sun sets in the winter and rises to begin anew in a (vernal equinox. this sign relates to osiris, the glorified one, hwchy! f, it is after resurrection that all is refreshed and returned back unto f, the virginal state. 3 this brings forth the th

d our "natural self" into the self of "living gold "the light of the world" let the adept now examine and meditate on the seasonal circles. the top twelve is high noon, it is the sun at its apex. the bottom twelve is midnight, the time of greatest darkness. observe that these are the physical signs of light, lvx, to be performed with the deepest reverence during the "analysis of the keyword" sign of osiris slain at the equinox of a and g. light and darkness are equal. sign of the mourning of isis; the symbol of the goddess and spiritual fruitation. 5 sign of typhon/apophis; death, darkness, destruction. sign of osiris risen; the illumination of light overcoming death. examine the gematria in regard to the word lvx. l=50, v=5, x=10, for a total of 65. this is the number of yanda which trans

"v" while saying "apophis" form the "x" while saying "osiris" step 3 slowly move your arms from the "x" position to the "v" position while vibrating "iao (pronounced ee-aahh-oohh) step 4 vibrate "let the divine light descend" draw down the light as your arms descend to the sides of your body. feel the light completely descend around you. step 5 with your arms in the form of a cross. say "the sign of osiris slain" step 6 raise your right arm straight up with your palm facing to the left, keeping your left arm straight out with your palm facing forward. tilt your head slightly to the left. you are forming the letter "l, and saying with meaning "l. the sign of the mourning of isis" step 7 raise both arms to form the letter "v" with your palms facing each other and tilt your head slightly back

, and saying with meaning "l. the sign of the mourning of isis" step 7 raise both arms to form the letter "v" with your palms facing each other and tilt your head slightly back and say with meaning "v. the sign of typhon and apophis" 7 step 8 bring your arms down across your chest to form an "x" make certain that your palms are touching your chest. bow your head, and say with meaning "x. the sign of osiris risen" step 9 now form each letter as you say each letter "l.v.x" from the "x" position, slowly open up your arms into the form of a cross while saying "lux (looox" step 10 now say with meaning "the light of the crosyiritual of spiritual alchemy 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 preface this ritual may be performed as a high level, inner alchemical ritual by any ade

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fy me that i may enter into the center of my being, and there, receive the illimitable wisdom of the light divine" step 32 give the signs of 5=6. close by purifying with n and consecrating with o or by l.b.r.p. and b.r.h. perform the reverse circumambulation, and adoration toward the east. after this say "nothing now remains but to partake of the sacred repast composed of the elements of the body of osiris. for osiris onnophris hath said 'these are the elements of my body, perfected through suffering, and glorified by trial. the rose is as the suppressed sigh of my suffering, and the flame red fire as the strength of mine undaunted will. the cup of wine is as the pouring forth of the blood of my heart, sacrificed unto regeneration, unto the new life, and the bread and salt is as the founda

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he light of rtk. step 6 let the adept now integrate his astral body with the rose color of the king scale of trapt with the divine light of rtk above his or her head glowing ever brighter. let the adept now astrally perform the invocation of the supernals. step 7 upon connection and reception of the divine white brilliance of rtk, let the adept make the l.v.x. signs (keeping his hands in the form of osiris risen. 4 step 8 let the adept now recite the following "i am the way the truth and the life. no man cometh unto the father but by me. i am purified. i have passed through the gates of darkness unto the light. i have fought upon the earth for good. i have finished my work. i have entered into the invisible. i am the sun in his rising. i have passed through the hour of cloud and of night

d and of night. i am amoun, the concealed one, the opener of the day. i am osiris onnophris, the justified one. i am the lord of life, triumphant over death. there is no part of me which is not of the gods. i am the preparer of the pathway, the rescuer unto the light; out of the darkness, let the light arise" step 9 as the adept is saying this, let him slowly open up his or her arms from the sign of osiris risen, as if to open up his chest, revealing the golden cross and red rose in the center of his being. step 10 let the adept, now under the guidance of the higher genius, feel a deep and profound connection with the chiefs of the third order and fellow fraters and sorors throughout the world. there should exist no feelings of separateness or individuality. the adept should feel eminently

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now remain brilliant white. step 2 in the circulation of this geyser fountain of white light, the power and energy should, by force of will, be drawn up through center of your body, and then with an exhalation, the energy should be directed down the left side and so on until all areas of your aura have been expanded to its maximum potential. as the aura expands, begin forming it into the god form of osiris. step 3 when the god form becomes extremely strong, make the lvx symbols with your arms, and vibrate hcwhy hwchy. feel the energy expand from your heart center until it encompasses your whole body. concentrate, now, only on the divine white brilliance above you, and vibrate iao and command the divine light to descend. feel yourself connected and in union with your higher genius. be compl

GRAHAM HANCOCK FINGERPRINTS OF THE GODS

rent. the boat came to the shore at cochamarca, where today is the river desguardero. indian tradition asserts that the boat struck the land with such force it created the river desguardero, which before then did not exist. and on the water so released the holy body was carried many leagues away to the sea coast at africa..3 boats, water and salvation there are curious parallels here to the story of osiris, the ancient egyptian high god of death and resurrection. the fullest account of the original myth defining this mysterious figure is given by plutarch4 and says that, after bringing the gifts of civilization to his people, teaching them all manner of useful skills, abolishing cannibalism and human sacrifice, and providing them with their first legal code, osiris left egypt and travelled

ably inside. before he had time to get out the conspirators rushed forward, nailed the lid tightly closed and sealed even the cracks with molten lead so that there would be no air. the coffer was then thrown into the nile. it had been intended that it should sink, but it floated rapidly away, drifting for a considerable distance until it reached the sea coast. at this point the goddess isis, wife of osiris, intervened. using all the great magic for which she was renowned, she found the coffer and concealed it in a secret place. however, her evil brother set, out hunting in the marshes, discovered the coffer, opened it and, in a mad fury, cut the royal corpse into fourteen pieces which he scattered throughout the land. once more isis set off to save her husband. she made a small boat of pap

o linked the orion constellation specifically to their god osiris.40 it is in ancient egypt too that the character of the faithful celestial dog achieves its fullest and most explicit mythical elaboration in the form of upuaut, a jackal-headed deity whose name means opener of the ways .41 if we follow this way opener to egypt, turn our eyes to the constellation of orion, and enter the potent myth of osiris, we find ourselves enveloped in a net of familiar symbols. the reader will recall that the myth presents osiris as the victim of a plot. the conspirators initially dispose of him by sealing him in a box and casting him adrift on the waters of the nile. in this respect does he not resemble utnapishtim, and noah and coxcoxtli and all the other deluge heroes in their arks (or boxes, or ches

aled inside his coffer, is carried out into the sea and washed up at byblos. the waves lay him to rest among the branches of a tamarisk tree, which rapidly grows to a magnificent size, enclosing the coffer within its trunk.42 the king of the country, who much admires the tamarisk tree, cuts it down and fashions the part which contains osiris into a roof pillar for his palace. later isis, the wife of osiris, removes her 37 ibid, pp. 7, 31. 38 world mythology, p. 139. it should also be noted that, like samson, orion was blind the only blind figure in constellation mythology. see hamlet s mill, pp. 177-8. 39 mercer, the religion of ancient egypt, london, 1946, pp. 25, 112. 40 ibid. death of gods in ancient egypt, p. 39: the ancient egyptians are known to have identified orion with osiris. 41

sometimes, when you slip into santillana s and von dechend s world of myth and mystery, you can almost feel the influence of that hand. take the business of the dog. or jackal, or wolf, or fox. the subtle way this shadowy canine slinks from myth to myth is peculiar stimulating, then baffling you, always luring you onwards. indeed, it was this lure we followed from the mill of amlodhi to the myth of osiris in egypt. along the way, according to the design of the ancient sages (if sellers, santillana and von dechend are right) we were first encouraged to build a clear mental picture of the celestial sphere. second, we were provided with a mechanistic model so that we could 29 ibid, pp. 353-4. 30 ibid, p. 354. 31 ibid, p. 247. graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 259 visualize the great ch

reat changes precession of the equinoxes periodically effects in all the coordinates of the sphere. finally, after allowing the dog sirius to open the way for us, we were given the figures to calculate precession more or less exactly. nor is sirius, in his eternal station at orion s heel, the only doggish character around osiris. we saw in chapter eleven how isis (who was both the wife and sister of osiris32) searched for her dead husband s body after he had been murdered by set (who, incidentally, was also her brother, and the brother of osiris. in this search, according to ancient tradition, she was assisted by dogs (jackals in some versions).33 likewise, mythological and religious texts from all periods of egyptian history assert that the jackal-god anubis ministered to the spirit of os

hich has found a way to reach out to us across vast epochs of time, and for some reason has set us a puzzle to solve in the language of myth. if it were just dogs that kept cropping up again and again, it would be easy to brush off such weird intuitions. the dog phenomenon seems more likely to be coincidence than anything else. but it isn t just dogs. the ways between the two very different myths of osiris and amlodhi s mill (which nonetheless both seem to contain accurate scientific data about precession of the equinoxes) are kept open by another strange common factor. family relationships are involved. amlodhi/amleth/hamlet is always a son who revenges the murder of his father by entrapping and killing the murderer. the murderer, furthermore, is always the father s own brother, i.e, haml

GRERALD SCHUELER AN ADVANCED GUIDE TO ENOCHIAN MAGICK

is the godde ss of the dog star whose annual rise into the heavens marked 67 the advent of the nile river's inundation and thus assured another year of bounty. she is shown naked to ind cate that she holds no secrets from her followers. apis emotions, sacrifice, passion, lust, desire. apis has the form of a bula. anubis initiation (masculine, intelligence, wisdom, rational mvnd_ anubis is the son of osiris and nephthys and thus the step brother of horus. he is called the'initiator of the temple' his chief function is to serve as a guide through the tuat and to assist the dead through the after-death state. he is shown with the head of a jackal. bast intuition, magick, irrational mirad. bast is shown as a cat. like a cat sees in the dark, so bast can see into the past and future. mestha end

a translation from a vignette in the papyrus of hunefer. it can be used in watchtower squares presided over by the god anubis: may royal peace be given by os ris-khenti amenti, lord of eternity, wise one throughout all duration; and may be invoked the initiation of the company of the gods; and may be invoked anubis, the subtle dweller, the divine initiator of the temple, who allows the followers of osiris to enter finto and to come forth from the magical universe, and who rewards the lords and masters so that their light will be strengthened and nourished. 71 astrological influences astrology in education is usefui as geology is to the prospector; it tells you the sort of thing to look for, and the direction in which to explore. aleister crowley, magick without tears the stars impel, they

in your magical temple, so much the better. step 1. sit comfortably with spine erect. keep your feet together. keep your hands together. step 2. concentrate on your spinal column. begin at the base of your spine and "feel" each vertebra upward one at a time. step 3. imagine your brain to be a yoni, the womb of isis, a receptacle of infinite space. imagine your spine to be a l ingam, the phal lus of osiris, a receptacle of infini te energy. step 4. concentrate to the brink of samadhi. be conscious of both brain and spine. imagine a hunger of one for the other. imagine this hunger to be increasing. continue to increase this tension as long as you can. step 5. imagine a current of light about the width of a fine hair, the color of deep azure flecked with scarlet, pass up and down your spine

the great place of comfort; the palace of our lady, babalon (bah-bah-loh-en) i am the lord of life, the opener of the day. triumphant over death, i prepare a pathway through the darkness. i am the bennu. i am the bornless one. life and death abide in me. i am the bennu, the soul of rai the guide of the gods. osiris comes forth as a master of the earth to do whatsoever his ka desires. i am the son of osiris, and a master of the earth. and behold, i will do whatsoever my ka desires. abai-malpirg blior-olprt telokh. 366 stay in this formless, thoughtless state of death for as long as you can. step 7. return slowly through the planes of manifestation. pass through the watchtower of faire and say: here i receive my life. recover your sense of being. pass through the watchtower of air and say: h

HANDBOOK OF EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY

ts in egyptian myth, such as the burial of the murdered god osiris, were supposed to have happened in specific places in egypt or in its neighboring countries. thus a mythical geography can be superimposed on the physical geography. every major egyptian temple was designed as a miniature cosmos in which the main events in mythical history were repeatedly played out, so there came to be many tombs of osiris. it is this kind of apparent contradiction that has led many distinguished scholars to write about egyptian myth in a tone of baffled irritation. g. s. kirk complained that a liberalism of interpretation, amounting at times to a chaotic indifference to consistency and meaning, is characteristic of egyptian thought. 8 much of this confusion can be resolved if the myths are examined in the

the deities who make up the ennead of heliopolis, and it is often argued that the pyramid texts largely represent the theology of the solar temple at heliopolis. a stellar element was also important in the pyramid texts. the king was destined to join the imperishable stars, and the god osiris was identified with the constellation of orion and the goddess isis with the dog star, sirius.20 the cult of osiris is hardly known before the fifth dynasty, but he gradually became the most important funerary god. one thing the pyramid texts are not is a collection of narrative myths. they do contain numerous allusions to myths, many of which are difficult to interpret. some passages include what have been called mythical statements. these give the bare outlines of an event that has taken place in th

re. the book of two ways was nothing less than an illustrated guidebook to the afterlife. it claimed to give two routes (by water and by land) through a sinister divine realm beyond the horizon and to provide the deceased with the spells they would need to get past the monstrous guardians they would meet on the way. the deceased had to pass through the mysterious region of rosetau, where the body of osiris lay surrounded by walls of flame. if the deceased man or woman proved worthy, he or she might be granted a new life in a paradise called the field of offerings. the book of two ways has been described by erik hornung as representing the results of government- funded research into the hereafter, 27 but research may be too academic a word. the extraordinary visual detail in which the after

been found in sites all over egypt, but the majority come from the geographical region known as middle egypt. the local deities of middle egypt, such as thoth and the group of primeval beings later known as the ogdoad of hermopolis, feature in many of the spells. thoth also appears in many of the spells that allude to the conflict between horus and seth and the introduction 15 rescue of the body of osiris. by the time of the coffin texts, all the elite dead could be identified with osiris, the god who died and rose again. literature the same learned class of priest-officials who composed or used the coffin texts were also the writers and readers of middle kingdom literature. the hymns that were sung to deities each dawn in temples and when statues of deities left their sanctuaries during

royal authority was also in decline, and this may have led to greater freedom of expression in religious art and literature. images of deities started to be shown on votive objects dedicated by nonroyal people, particularly in the holy city of abydos. middle kingdom inscriptions tell of festivals at abydos in which large numbers of people joined in ceremonies that reenacted key events in the myth of osiris.39 it was around this time that an ancient royal tomb at abydos was reidentified as the burial place of osiris. this merging of mythical and physical geography was to become increasingly characteristic of egyptian culture. that culture seemed to suffer a setback when a palestinian dynasty took control of the delta region of northern egypt during the seventeenth century bce. these foreign

by zeus are set in a mythical age of heroes, and the god s behavior may be criticized. in egypt, such stories were a solemn part of the myth of divine kingship and were told about living people. each egyptian king was the son of the supreme creator god amun-ra but also horus, the avenger of his father, osiris. some new kingdom rulers took a renewed interest in the holy city of abydos and the cult of osiris. ironically, the finest temple at abydos was built by seti i, a king who was named after seth, the great enemy of osiris.50 this temple of seti i is so large and well preserved that its scenes and inscriptions have been used to reconstruct the daily ritual that went on in every egyptian temple. this ritual was influenced by the concept of the daily rebirth of the sun god and by the myth

est temple at abydos was built by seti i, a king who was named after seth, the great enemy of osiris.50 this temple of seti i is so large and well preserved that its scenes and inscriptions have been used to reconstruct the daily ritual that went on in every egyptian temple. this ritual was influenced by the concept of the daily rebirth of the sun god and by the myth of the death and resurrection of osiris.51 some episodes from the osiris myth are shown in the temple of seti i, with the king in the role of horus. these include a very rare depiction of isis in bird form magically conceiving horus by sexually arousing her murdered husband. this was a moment of triumph and hope, but it was still not intended to be seen by any but the highest grade of priests. the murder of osiris was not show

HEAVEN HELL

at the suggestion of many who wished to continue their inquiries into the beliefs of the egyptians concerning the abode of the departed, and the state of the blessed and the damned. the object of all the books of the other world was to provide the dead with a "guide" or "handbook" which contained a description of the regions through which their souls would have to pass on their way to the kingdom of osiris, or to that portion of the sky where the sun rose, and which would supply them with the words of power and magical names necessary for making an unimpeded journey from this world to the abode of the blessed. for a period of two thousand years in the history of egypt, the books of the other world consisted of texts only, but about b.c. 2500 p. viii funeral artists began to represent picto

he had learned them--to participate in the benefits which were decreed by the sun-god for the beings of each section of it. in primitive times each great city of egypt possessed its own other world, and, no doubt, the priests of each city provided the worshippers of their gods with suitable "guides" to the abode of its dead. in the beginning of the dynastic period, however, we find that the cult of osiris was extremely popular, and therefore it was only natural that great numbers of people in all parts of egypt should hope and believe that their souls after death would go to the kingdom in the other world over which he reigned. the beliefs connected with the cult of osiris developed naturally p. ix out of the beliefs of the predynastic egyptians, who, we have every reason to think, dealt

ptians, who, we have every reason to think, dealt largely in magic both "black" and "white" many of the superstitions, and most of the fantastic and half-savage ideas about the gods and supernatural powers enshrined in the great collection of religious texts called per-em-hru, were inherited by the dynastic egyptians from some of the oldest dwellers in the nile valley. those who died in the faith of osiris believed in the efficacy of the book per-em-hru, and were content to employ it as a "guide" to a heaven which was full of material delights; the number of those who were "followers" of osiris was very large under every dynasty in egypt. on the other hand, from the ivth dynasty onwards there was a very large class who had no belief in a purely material heaven, and this being so, it is not

book] of the coming forth by day" 2. shat ent am tuat, or "the book of that which is in the tuat" 3. the composition to which the name "book of gates" has been given. now the first of these, which is commonly known as the "theban recension of the book of the dead" has supplied us with much valuable information about the beliefs which flourished in connection with an early form of the ancient cult of osiris in the delta, and p. x with the later form of his worship, after he had absorbed the position and attributes of khenti-amenti, an old local deity of abydos. the two other books, however, are as important, each in its own way, as the "book of the dead" for they throw considerable light on the development of the material and spiritual elements in the religion of egypt, and commemorate the

s of the confraternity of amen-ra at thebes, with the express object of demonstrating that their god was the overlord of all the gods, and the supreme power in "pet ta tuat" or, as we should say "heaven, earth, and hell" the tuat, or other world, which they imagined included the tuat of every great district of egypt, viz, the tuat of khenti-amenti at abydos, the tuat of seker of memphis, the tuat of osiris of mendes, and the tuat of temu-kheper-ra of heliopolis. in the book am-tuat the god amen-ra was made to pass through all these tuats as their overlord and god, and his priests taught that all the gods of the dead, including osiris, lived through his words, and that such refreshing as the beings of the tuat enjoyed each day was due to his grace and light during his passage through their

ccording to the dogmas of the priests of amen-ra, only those who were fortunate enough to secure a place p. xi in the divine bark of the god could hope to traverse the tuat unharmed, and only those who were his elect had the certainty of being re-born daily, with a new supply of strength and life, and of becoming of like nature and substance with him. in the book of gates the dogmas and doctrines of osiris are far more prominent, and the state of the beatified closely resembles that described in the "book of the dead" in primitive times in egypt men thought that they would obtain admission into the kingdom of hetep by learning and remembering the secret name of this god and certain magical formulae, and by pronouncing them in the correct way at the proper time. the need for a consciousness

in the later dynastic period a belief was prevalent that those who worshipped the "great god" on earth, and made all the duly-appointed offerings, and turned not aside to "miserable little gods" and lived according to maat, i.e, uprightness and integrity, would receive a good reward because they had done these things. the texts in these books state that the beatified live for ever in the kingdom of osiris, and feed daily upon the heavenly wheat of righteousness that springs from the body of osiris, which is eternal; he is righteousness itself, and they are righteous, and they live by eating the body of their god daily. on the other hand, the p. xii wicked, i.e, those who did not believe in the great god or make offerings, are hacked to pieces by the divine messengers of wrath, and their b

INTRODUCTION TO THE SEVEN FACES OF DARKNESS

ng "belonging to set" or "of the secret place" had coalesced in the common tongue. the egyptians associated certain night sky features with set, particularly the constellation ursa major and the planet mercury. they called mercury sbq which simply means "the unknown" in the book of coming forth by day, the afterlife book of the osiris cult, there is an interesting confession of the good followers of osiris: i have come hither to see thy beauty, my hands raised in praise of thy true name. if i enter the secret seat, i speak with set. but if one veils his face when his glance falls upon secret things, he may enter the house of osiris and see the secret things that are therein. this book is not for the pious who would veil their gaze, and trust to have secret things revealed to them in a late

ISIS UNVEILED

in this month the dead come up out of the earth, figuring the resurrection; ao when we are kneeling before the altar of the holy and immaculate mary, let us remember that there should come forth from us the bud of promise, the bower of hope, and the imperishable fruit of sanctity" this is precisely the substratum of the pagan thought, which, among other meanings, by the rites of the resurrection of osiris, adonis, bac- chus, and other slaughtered sun-gods, symbolized the resurrection of all nature in spring, the germination of seeds that bad been dead and sleep- ing during winter, and so were allegorically said to be kept in the under- world (hades. they are typified by the three days passed in hell before their resurrection by hercules, christos and others. this derivation, or rather h^e

fied by the three days passed in hell before their resurrection by hercules, christos and others. this derivation, or rather h^ety, as it is called in christianity, is simply the br&hmanic doctrine in all its archaic purity. vishnu, the second personage of the hindq trinity, is also the logos, for he is made subsequently to incarnate himself in krishna. and lakhmi (or lakskmi) who, as in the case of osiris and isis, of ain-soph and sephira, and of bythos and ennoia, is wife, sister, and daughter of vishnu, through this endless >rrelation of male and female creative powers in the abstruse metaphysics of the ancient philosophies is sophia- achamoth. krish- na is the mediator promised by brahmd to mankind, and represents the same idea as the gnostic christos. and lakskmi, vishnu's spiritual h

ere no christiana, there were chrestians long before the era of christianity; and the essenes belonged to the latter as well as to all other 815. we were told that there were iteariy 20,000 of mch books. digitizecoy google 324 isis unveiled initiated brotheriiooda, without even mentioiung the krishna-ites os india. lepsius shows that the word nqfer means ckrettos 'good' and that one of the titles of osiris "onnofer (fjn-nefer) must be translated "the goodness of god made manifest "the worship of christ was not universal at this early date" explains mackenzie "by which i mean that chiistolatry had not been introduced; but the worship of ckrettoa the good principle bad preceded it by many centuries, and even sur^ vived the general adoption of christianity, as shown on monuments still in exis

KNOWLEDGE LECTURE ONE

he old egyptians in this glorious triumphal song of the soul of man made one with osiris, the redeemer "i am tum made one with all things "i have become nu. i am ra in his rising ruling by right of his power i am the great god self-begotten, even nu, who pronounced his names, and thus the circle of gods was created "i am yesterday and know tomorrow. i can never more be overcome. i know the secret of osiris, whose being is perpetually revered of ra. i have finished the work which was planned at the beginning. i am the spirit made manifest, and armed with two vast eagle's plumes. isis and nephthys are their names, made one with osiris "i claim my inheritance. my sisns have been uprooted and my passions overcome. i am pure white. i dwell in time. i live through eternity, when initiates make o

o ye dwellers in the centre. for i am transformed into a god in your midst. made one with osiris, i have filled the eye socket in the day of the morning when good and evil fought together "i have lifted up the cloud-veil in the sky of the storm. till i saw ra born again from out of the great waters. his strength is my strength and my strength is his strength. homage to you, lords of truth, chiefs of osiris rules. granting release from sin, followers of ma where rest is glorious. whose throne anubis built in the day when osiris said "lo! a man wins his way to amentet. i come before you, to drive away my faults. as ye did to the seven glorious ones who follow their lord osiris. i am that spirit of earth and sun "between the two pillars of flame. i am ra when he fought beneath the ashad tree

e come from afar to look upon thy beauties. my hands salute thy name of justice. i have come from afar, where the acacia tree grew not. where the tree thick with leaves is not born. where there com not beams from herb or grass. i have entered the place of mystery. i have communed with set. sleep came upon me, i was rapped therein, bowing down before the hidden things. i was ushered into the house of osiris. i saw the marvels that were there. the princes of the gates in their glory. the illustrations in this chapter represent the hall of truth as seen through the open leaves of its door. the hall is presided over by a god who holds his right hand over the cage of a hawk, and his left over the food of eternity. on each side of the god is a cornice crowned by a row of alternate feathers and u

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. the ceremony of installation. the mark degree. the holy royal arch. still higher. the rose croix. black masonry. white masonry. how to use the powers. our relation with angels. chapter x (chapter ix in first edition) two wonderful rituals the workings in egypt. the form of the temple of amen-ra. the building of the temple of amen-ra. the unveiling of the hidden light. the offerings. the descent of osiris. the distribution of the sacrament. the re-union of osiris. the shining of the light. the pledge and the blessing. the ceremony of the holy angels. the lodge and officers. the triangle of adepts. the arrival of the angels. the building of the temple of the angels. the ceremony in the temple. the effect of the festival. chapter xi (chapter x in first edition) closing the lodge the greetin

cenes were also enacted upon them, having a symbolical meaning connected with the festival which was being celebrated. in such ways was represented the judgment of the dead, with the weighing of the heart by anubis against the feather of maat, the characters of anubis and thoth being played by priests who wore the appropriate masks. i remember also a very gruesome performance of the dismemberment of osiris, in which his body was cut into pieces and then put together again- not the body of a real person, of course, but none the less very realistically enacted. these splendid processions swept down the river between the thronging multitudes of worshippers, shedding the benediction of the gods as they passed by, and evoking tremendous enthusiasm and devotion in the people. 48. the ancient egy

dured for fifteen hundred years before the clan returned from its mountain refuge, grown into a great nation. 64. but long before this half-savage tribes had ventured into the land, fighting their primitive battles on the banks of the great river which had once borne the argosies of a mighty civilization, and was yet to witness a revival of those ancient glories, and to mirror the stately temples of osiris and amen-ra. the first of the several races that entered the country was a negroid people from central africa; they had, however, been displaced by various others before the aryo-egyptians returned from arabia, settled near abydos, and gradually in a peaceful manner became once more the dominant power. two thousand four hundred years later the manu (under the name of menes) incarnated, u

y fairly preserved, the clue to the meaning of it all was no longer known. until that time initiates of the jewish mysteries had had their attention directed to the house of light in egypt; but king solomon resolved to keep their thoughts and feelings strictly focused upon the building which he had himself erected, and therefore instead of speaking to them of the symbolical death and resurrection of osiris in egypt he invented the original form of our present traditional history to take its place. in fact, he judaized the entire ritual, substituting hebrew words for the original egyptian, though in some cases at least preserving the original meaning. 82. it should be remembered that in doing this he was only bringing the practice of his people into line with that of neighbouring tribes and

should be remembered that in doing this he was only bringing the practice of his people into line with that of neighbouring tribes and nations. there were many lines of mystery tradition, and though the jews had brought with them across the desert of sinai much of the egyptian form, the tyrians and others preserved rather the story of the descent of tammuz or adonis than that of the dismemberment of osiris. indeed, bro. ward in his latest book on this subject seems inclined to advocate the theory that we as masons owe comparatively little to egypt and very much to syria. in this briefest of outlines of masonic history i cannot pursue the question further, but i hope to say more upon it in my next volume, glimpses of masonic history. 83. it is principally along this line of jewish descent t

he 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 down into the world in order to devote themselves to the helping and enlightenment of humanity. 181. these three grads of initiates seem to correspond in a general way to three other divisions or grades of the occult life which i have described at length in the masters and the path. there are first those on the probationary path, who are aspiring to enter the path proper, and a

a most lovely implement of green jade inlaid with gold. with it the h.o.a.t.f. also has a cloak which was used by rameses when acting as master of his lodge; i do 254. plate viii 255. 256. not know its material, but it somewhat resembles the feathered cloaks which used to be worn in hawaii. 257. the square of the i.m. is equally an instrument of government, as is indicated in its use as the seat of osiris in the judgment hall, mentioned in chapter i(*plate ii (b) from it osiris governs or judges the souls of men who are brought before him, and decides as to whether they are sufficiently perfect to pass onward. from this we have our modern idea of acting on the square; that is to say, with perfect justice to our neighbour. 258. the figure is in this case the working mason fs square, an ang

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

ade(*sir e. a. wallis budge, the papyrus of ani, p. 170) 74. the brothers of horus 75. among the other deities who were especially connected with the mysteries, who still play a most important part in the inner working of our masonic ceremonies to-day, are to be found the four children or brothers of horus, who are depicted in the well-known judgment scene as standing on a lotus before the throne of osiris. these represent the gods of the four quarters, or of the cardinal points, who support the canopy of heaven at its four corners. the god of the north was hapi, who bore the head of an ape; the god of the east was tuamutef, who bore the head of a jackal; amset or kestha ruled the south, and had the head of a man; while the west was governed by qebsennuf, whose head was that of a hawk(*sir

hose who had not been through the inner work of the first degree; in these practical instruction was given on the development of the mental body, and the method of awakening accurate sight on the mental plane, so that the student was enabled to verify the teaching of the priests for himself. 137. in connection with this degree it may be of interest to mention that in the temple of philae the body of osiris is represented with stalks of corn springing from it which a priest waters from a vessel which he holds in his hand. an inscription sets forth that this is the form of him whom we may not name, osiris of the mysteries, who sprang from the returning waters(*cheetham, the mysteries, pagan and christian, p. 53- this symbolism referring among other things to the quickening of the inner life

ten found in egyptian paintings, and is exactly the same as is in use among craftsmen to-day. as in the first degree, an average of seven years was also spent in the mysteries of serapis, at the end of which candidates who had passed a far more searching examination, and had satisfied the hierophants that they were ready for further teaching, were eligible for the third degree. 138. the mysteries of osiris 139. the third degree was called in egypt the mysteries of osiris; it corresponds to the degree of m.m. in our modern craft system. apuleius describes osiris as: the more powerful god of the great gods, the highest of the greater, the greatest of the highest, and the ruler of the greatest(*apul. met. bk. xi, 30) in the egyptian ritual, which was much more complete and impressive than the

scribes osiris as: the more powerful god of the great gods, the highest of the greater, the greatest of the highest, and the ruler of the greatest(*apul. met. bk. xi, 30) in the egyptian ritual, which was much more complete and impressive than the traditional history preserved in modern masonry, the candidate had to pass through a symbolical representation of the suffering, death and rising again of osiris, which included his experiences between death and resurrection, when he entered the world of amenta, and became the judge of the dead, who should decide for each soul what measure of felicity was due to him, and turn back to earthly incarnation those who needed further human development. the legend of the death and resurrection of osiris was well known to all the people of egypt, both in

d further human development. the legend of the death and resurrection of osiris was well known to all the people of egypt, both initiates and profane, and there were great public ceremonies, corresponding to those of our good friday and easter day in catholic countries, when these mystic events were celebrated with the utmost splendour and with the heartfelt devotion of the people. 140. the story of osiris is nowhere found in a connected form in egyptian literature, but in texts of all periods his life, sufferings, death and resurrection are accepted as facts universally admitted(*sir e. a. wallis budge, the papyrus of ani, p. 53) it would appear, however, that in ancient times it was not lawful to speak of the tradition in any detail, at least to strangers, for herodotus says: 141. also a

at which is called the round pool in delos. on this lake they perform by night the show of his sufferings, and this the egyptians call mysteries. of these things i know more fully in detail how they take place, but i shall leave this unspoken(*her. bk. ii, 170, 171) 142. diodorus writes to the same effect: 143. in olden days according to received tradition the priests kept the manner of the death of osiris as a secret; but in after times it came about through the indiscretion of some that that which had been hidden in silence among the few, was noised abroad among the many(*diod, sic. hist. bk. i, xxi) 144. the legend of osiris 145. the best exoteric account of the legend is preserved for us by plutarch in his treatise de iside et osiride, written in greek about the middle of the first cen

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set was identified with their own god of war, baal, and worshiped under the name sutekh. after the hyksos left egypt, set s statues were destroyed and his name vilified because of his connection with the hated foreigners. eventually, everything that was negative became associated with set, from the desert to dangerous animals. set s mythology was also rewritten so that he became the evil brother of osiris and the other gods: the gods had a wicked brother, set, who ruled the lifeless desert. even as osiris was the author of creativity and life, set was destructive. he was so violent by nature that he ripped a hole in his mother s side when he was born. as the people reclaimed land through irrigation, he was angered that osiris was diminishing his desert kingdom.he grew to envy his bother m

l metropolitan center. egyptian texts refer only to certain episodes of the osiris myth, and the most complete account comes from plutarch in the second century c.e. according to the story, osiris was a good and popular god-king who was betrayed and killed by his evil brother, set. set dismembered osiris into fourteen pieces and scattered the pieces in various places. from the moment of the death of osiris, egypt suffered miseries hitherto unknown. set s deserts encroached upon and parched fertile farmlands, causing famine. the people began to fight and steal for the meager remaining food.mothers did not sleep at night, as the cries of their hungry children kept them awake.with the disruption of agriculture and irrigation, set s kingdom of sand grew until it nearly reached the banks of the

orus took matters into his own hands and killed set in a monumental battle.horus then went to the land of the dead,where he was recognized as osiris s legitimate successor and crowned the new king of egypt. at that point horus was able to revive osiris, who became ruler of the underworld, symbolic of resurrection and fertility, and judge of the dead for the rest of eternity. originally, the story of osiris seems to have been merely the story of a vegetative cult, where osiris s fate represented the flooding of the nile in the spring and its recession in the fall, and/or the regular agricultural cycle of seed, growth, death, and rebirth. the story began to gain a greater significance when horus became identified with the living pharaoh, which may have happened as early as 2800 b.c.e. that i

tative cult, where osiris s fate represented the flooding of the nile in the spring and its recession in the fall, and/or the regular agricultural cycle of seed, growth, death, and rebirth. the story began to gain a greater significance when horus became identified with the living pharaoh, which may have happened as early as 2800 b.c.e. that identification perhaps occurred because the immortality of osiris could be functional for reinforcing the royal dynasty. if every living pharaoh is horus and every recently deceased pharaoh is osiris, the prosperity of the orderly succession is assured. the osiris story, however, also grew in impact because it offered new levels of meaning for the general populace. this was a good story, with good and evil, familial loyalty, tribulations, and triumphs

calls for repentance and asks for forgiveness on the side of humankind. christ s death especially is viewed as manifestation of the divine scheme of salvation. christ s sacrifice and death on behalf of humanity recalls pre-christian myths of vegetation divinities that, through sacrifice, insure fertility and salvation. a prominent pre-christian example is 238 sammael the slaying and dismembering of osiris, who is brought back to life by his wife isis to become the god and who, by overcoming death, saves humankind from its consequences. salvation can be achieved in different ways in different religious traditions. typically, in the religious traditions based on the worship of or devotion to the founder, this figure is taken as the exemplum to imitate, and the founder s religious doctrine i

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the "lesser ritual of the pentagram (i. stand upright, feet together, left arm at side, right across body, holding wand or other weapon upright in the median line. then face east and say (ii. i.n.r.i. yod, nun, resh, yod. virgo, isis, mighty mother. scorpio, apophis, destroyer. sol, osiris, slain and risen. isis, apophis, osiris, iaw (iii. extend the arms in the form of a cross, and say "the sign of osiris slain (see illustration (iv. raise the right arm to point upwards, keeping the elbow square, and lower the left arm to point downwards, keeping the elbow square, while turning the head over the left shoulder looking down so that the eyes follow the left forearm, and say "the sign of the mourning of isis (see illustration (v. raise the arms at an angle of sixty degrees to each other above

ow square, while turning the head over the left shoulder looking down so that the eyes follow the left forearm, and say "the sign of the mourning of isis (see illustration (v. raise the arms at an angle of sixty degrees to each other above the head, which is thrown back, and say "the sign of apophis and typhon (see illustration (vi. cross the arms on the breast, and bow the head and say "the sign of osiris risen (see illustration (vii. extend the arms again as in (iii) and cross them again as in (vi) saying "l.v.x, lux, the light of the cross (viii. with the magical weapon trace the\ 1 hexagram of fire in the east, saying "ararita (atyrara- this word consists of the initials of a# sentence which means "one is his beginning\ one is his individuality: his permutation is\ 2 one* this hexagram

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e the veil of isis between the pillars of seth* 14 the daughter of the mighty ones. crowned with stars, a winged goddess stands upon the moon* 15 the son of the morning, chief among the mighty. a flame-clad god bearing equivalent symbols* 16 the magus of the eternal. between the pillars sits an ancient* 17 the children of the voice: the oracle of the mighty gods. a prophet, young, and in the sign of osiris risen* 18 the child of the powers of the waters: the lord of the triumph of light. a young and holy king under the starry canopy* 19 the daughter of the flaming sword. a smiling woman holds the open jaws of a fierce and powerful lion 20 the prophet of the eternal, the magus of the voice of power. wrapped in a cloke and cowl, an ancient walketh, bearing a lamp and staff* 21 the lord of th

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ather his workings with soror ahita (blessed be her name unto the ages) and certain others to boot. n the book of wisdom or folly 85 gz de missa spiritus sancti (of the mass of the holy ghost) ow at last, o my son, may i being thee to understand the truth of this formula that is hidden in the mass of the holy ghost. for horus that is lord of the on is the child crowned and conquering. the formula of osiris was, as thou knowest, a word of death, that is, the force lay long in darkness, and by putrefaction came to resurrection. but we take living things, and pour in life and nature of our own will, so that instantly and without corruption the child (as it were the word of that will) is generated; and again immediately taketh up his habitation among us to manifest in force and fire. this mass

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 a task impossible, for in that plane they have antipathy (even so may no man form a square magical of four units) but

eness of the night of the stars, and their necessity; whence also is she true symbol of thine own hunger of attainment, the passion of thy light to dare all for its fulfilling. it is then the possession of this quality which determineth thy manhood; for without it thou art not impelled to magick, and thy will is but the slave s endurance and patience under the lash. for this cause, the bull being of osiris, was it necessary for the masters of the aeons to incarnate me as more especially a lion, and my word is first of all a word of enlightenment and of emancipation of the will, giving to every man a sprint within himself to determine his will, that he may do that will, and no more another.s. arise therefore, o my son, arm thyself, haste to the battle! l liber aleph vel cxi 156 ew de viro (

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s, whose work may be taken as a model. let the philosophus work out the legend of his own particular deity, and apportioning days to events, live that life in imagination, exercising the five senses in turn, as occasion arises. 39. concerning minor methods adjuvant in the ceremonies. iv. duresse. this method consists in cursing a deity recalcitrant; as, threatening ceremonially .to burn the blood of osiris, and to grind down his bones to powder. this method is altogether contrary to the spirit of love, unless the particular deity be himself savage and relentless; as, jehovah or kali. in such a case the desire to perform constraint and cursing may be the sign of the assimilation of the spirit of the devotee with that of his god, and so an advance to the union with him. 40. concerning the va

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, etc.2 the opening of the portal of the vault of the adepts3 t. k. r. p paroketh, the veil of the sanctuary. the sign of the rending of the veil. the sign of the closing of the veil [give these [make the invoking pentagrams of spirit] in the number 21, in the grand word hyha; in the name hwchy, in the pass word i.n.r.i, o spirits of the tablet of spirit, ye, ye i invoke! liber lxxxiv 21 the sign of osiris slain! the sign of the mourning of isis! the sign of apophis and typhon! the sign of osiris risen! l.v.x, lux, the light of the cross [give these] in the name of todw hwla hwhy i declare that the spirits of spirit have been duly invoked [the knock w.wwww] the first key*4 ol sonuf vaoresaji, gohu iad balata, elanusaha caelazod:5 sobra zod-ol roray i ta nazodapesad, giraa ta maelpereji, da

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h (a version of the neophyte initiation ritual which survives in typescrip gliber lxv l i b e r c o r d i s c i n c t i serpente svb figvra ynda v a a publication in class a 1 i 1. i am the heart; and the snake is entwined about the invisible core of the mind. rise, o my snake! it is now is the hour of the hooded and holy ineffable flower. rise, o my snake, into brilliance of bloom on the corpse of osiris afloat in the tomb! o heart of my mother, my sister, mine own, thou art given to nile, to the terror typhon! ah me! but the glory of ravening storm enswathes thee and wraps thee in frenzy of form. be still, o my soul! that the spell may dissolve as the wands are upraised and the aons revolve. behold! in my beauty how joyous thou art, o snake that caresses the crown of mine heart! behold!

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hail thou flame that cometh from the horizon! hail thou lord of the city; stretch out thy hand unto me, let me advance with my tidings, for my speech is of great gladness. open the doors to me, and i will declare the things that i have seen! horus hath become the divine prince of the boat of the sun; unto him hath been given the name of his father osiris. i have stretched out my arms at the word of osiris; i am entered in, i am justified, i come forth worthy at the gate. i am pure at the palace of the passage of souls; i have destroyed the evil that clung to my members upon earth. hail, ye twin hawks upon your pinnacles, ye that guard the gate of the abyss, for i am made as ye! i am he that cometh forth by day. i have passed the hidden ways; yea, i am he, the bornless spirit, having sight

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and invoke really hard on these same lines, while the perfume and the vision are yet formulated, though insensibly, about me. and thus shall end the third day of my retirement. liber dccclx 28 the fourth day 12.15. so therefore begins the fourth day of this my great magical retirement; i bleed from the slashes of the magick knife; i smart from the heat of the holy oil; i am bruised by the scourge of osiris that hath so cruelly smitten me; the perfume yet fills the chamber of art;.and i? oh adonai my lord, surely i did invoke thee with fervour; yet thou camest not utterly to the tryst. and yet i know that thou wast there; and it may be that the morning may being rememberance of thee which this consciousness does not now contain. but i swear by thine own glory that i will not be satisfied wi

as worthy of mention. last night when i went into the restaurant to speak to roland, my liber dccclx 34 distaste for food was so intense that the smell of it caused real nausea. to-day, i am perfectly balanced, neither hungry nor nauseated. this is indeed more important than it seems; it is a sure sign when one sees a person take up fads that he is under the black rule of apophis. in the kingdom of osiris there is freedom and light. to-day i shall eat neither with the frank gluttony of isis nor with the severe asceticism of apophis. i shall eat as much and as little as i fancy; these violent means are no longer necessary. like count fosco, i shall .go on my way sustained by my sublime confidence, self-balanced by my impenetrable calm. 10.50. i have spent half an hour wandering in the muse

must show: also experience. i.d recite tennyson if i thought it would give samadhi! now more mantra, though by the lord i.m getting sick of it. 1.40. it occurs to me, now that i am seeing my way in the operation a little more clearly, that one might consider the first day as osiris slain, the second as that of the mourning of isis l, the third as that of the triumph of apophis v, and to-day that of osiris risen x; these four days being perfect in themselves as a 5= 6 operation (or possibly with one or two more to recapitulate l.v.x. lux, the light of the cross. thence one might proceed to some symbolic passage through the 6= 5 grade.though of course that grade is really symbolic of this soul-journey, not vice versa.and through 7= 4; so perhaps.if one could only dare to hope it!.to the 8=

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ontemplations as it were breaths in the human mind, that is the abyss of hell: the first is called.,2 the second.,3 and the third..4 these are the watery reflexions of the three enthusiasms; those of apollo, dionysus, and aphrodite.5 the whole star is nechesh and messiach, the name hyha joined with hwhy.6 2 i m m m .i remember a certain holy day in the dusk of the year, in the dusk of the equinox of osiris, when i first beheld thee visibly; when first the dreadful issue was fought out; when the ibis-headed one charmed away the strife. i remember thy first kiss, even as a maiden should. nor in the dark byways was there another: thy kisses abide..liber lapidis lazuli. vii. 3. 0. be seated in thine .sana, wearing the robe of a neophyte, the hood drawn. 1. it is night, heavy and hot; there are

n let his body be in the position of the hanged man, and let him aspire with all his force unto the holy guardian angel. 11. the grace having been granted unto him, let him partake mystically of the eucharist of the five elements and let him proclaim light in extension; yea, let him proclaim light in extension.7 liber hhh 4 ii a a a .these loosen the swathings of the corpse; these unbind the feet of osiris, so that the flaming god may rage through the firmament with his fantastic spear..liber lapidis lazuli. vii. 15, 16. 0. be seated in thine .sana, or recumbent in .av.sana,8 or in the position of the dying buddha. 1. think of thy death; imagine the various the various diseases that may attack thee, or accidents overtake thee. picture the process of death, applying always to thyself (a use

and with rose and gold shalt thou arise in the east, with the cry of an hawk resounding in thine ear. shrill shall it be and harsh. 13. at the end shalt thou rise and stand in the midheaven, a globe of glory. and therewith shall arise the mighty sound that holy men have likened unto the roaring of a lion. 14. then shalt thou withdraw thyself from the vision, gathering thyself into the divine form of osiris upon his throne. 15. then shalt thou repeat audibly the cry of triumph of the god rearisen, as it shall have been given unto thee by the superior.9 16. and this being accomplished, thou mayest enter again into the vision, that thereby shalt be perfect in thee. 17. after this shalt thou return into the body, and give thanks unto the most high god iaida; yea, unto the most high god iaida.1

as a separate entity. this must be achieved most fully and perfectly before the further practice is begun. 4. next, adore the brain as before, but figure to thyself its content as infinite. deem it to be the womb of isis, or the body of nuit. svb figvra cccxli 7 5. next, identify thyself with the base of the spine as before, but figure to thyself its energy as infinite. deem it to be the phallus of osiris, or the being of hadit. 6. these two concentrations 4 and 5 may be pushed to the point of sam.dhi. yet lose not control of the will; let not sam.dhi be thy master herein. 7. now then, being conscious both of the brain and the spine, and unconscious of all else, do thou imagine the hunger of the one for the other; the emptiness of the brain, the ache of the spine, even as the emptiness of

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e, my deceiver, come thou and chirp at my right hand! 51. this was the tale of the memory of al a fin the priest; yea, of al a fin the priest. 27 vii 1. by the burning of the incense was the word revealed, and by the distant drug. 2. o meal and honey and oil! o beautiful flag of the moon, that she hangs out in the centre of bliss. 3. these loosen the swathings of the corpse; these unbind the feet of osiris, so that the flaming god may rage through the firmament with his fantastic spear. 4. but of pure black marble is the sorry statue, and the changeless pain of the eyes is bitter to the blind. 5. we understand the rapture of that shaken marble, torn by the throes of the crowned child, the golden rod of the golden god. 6. we know why all is hidden in the stone, within the coffin, within the

my lord, my master! 28 liber liberi vel lapidis lazuli 12. o come to me, mix the fire and the water, all shall dissolve. 13. i await thee in sleeping, in waking. i invoke thee no more; for thou art in me, o thou who hast made me a beautiful instrument tuned to thy rapture. 14. yet art thou ever apart, even as i. 15. i remember a certain holy day in the dusk of the year, in the dusk of the equinox of osiris, when first i beheld thee visibly; when first the dreadful issue was fought out; when the ibis-headed one charmed away the strife. 16. i remember thy first kiss, even as a maiden should. nor in the dark byways was there another: thy kissed abide. 17. there is none other beside thee in the whole universe of love. 18. my god, i love thee, o thou goat with gilded horns! 19. thou beautiful b

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raternitatis. there are three officers, and they repeat the analysis of the word as follows: chief. let us analyse the key word.i. 2nd. n. 3rd. r. all. i. chief. yod. y 2nd. nun. n 3rd. resh. r all. yod. y chief. virgo (f) isis, mighty mother. 2nd. scorpio (h) apophis, destroyer. 3rd. sol) osiris, slain and rise. all. isis, apophis, osiris, iao. all spread arms as if on a cross, and say. the sign of osiris slain! chief bows his head to the left, raises his right arm, and lowers his left, keeping the elbow and right angles, thus forming the letter l (also the swastika. the sign of the mourning of isis. 2nd. with erect head, raises his arms to form a v (but really to form the triple tongue of flame, the spirit, and says. the sign of apophis and typhon. 3rd. bows his head and crosses his arms

arm, and lowers his left, keeping the elbow and right angles, thus forming the letter l (also the swastika. the sign of the mourning of isis. 2nd. with erect head, raises his arms to form a v (but really to form the triple tongue of flame, the spirit, and says. the sign of apophis and typhon. 3rd. bows his head and crosses his arms on his breast (to form the pentagram. on the qabalah 21 the sign of osiris risen. all give the sign of the cross, and say. l. v. x. then the sign of osiris risen, and say. lux, the light of the cross. this formula, on which one may meditate for years without exhausting its wonderful harmonics, gives an excellent idea of the way in which qabalistic analysis is conduct. first, the letters have been written in hebrew characters. then the attributions of them to th

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perhaps. reviewers are such funny chaps! i think that ordinary folk, though, understood the things i spoke. for gods, and devils too, i find are merely modes of my own mind! the poet needs enthusiasm! vese-making is a sort of spasm, degeneration of the mind, and things of that unpleasant kind. 515 520 525 530 535 540 545 nothing. the apotheosis of realism and idealism alike gayatri. is .the soul of osiris. a hymn book? how verse is written. prayer. 36 the sword of song so to the laws all bards obey i bend, and seek in my own way by false things to expound the real. but never think i shall appeal to gods. what folly can compare with such stupidity as prayer? some years ago i thought to try prayer51.tests its efficacity. i fished by a norwegian lake .o god. i prayed .for jesus. sake grant t

ntical ideas, and thus to countermine the dishonest representations of the missionaries. i am sufficiently well known as a bitter opponent of .theosophy. to risk nothing in making these remarks. i trust that the sense of public duty which inspires these strictures will not be taken as incompatible with the gratitude i owe to him for his exceedingly sympathetic and dispassionate review of my .soul of osiris. i would counsel him, however, to leave alone the brixton chapel, and to .work up from his appreciation of the .soul of osiris. to that loftier and wider work of the human imagina-tion, the appreciation of the sporting times. mr chesterton thinks it funny that i should call upon .shu. has he forgotten that the christian god may be most suitably invoked by the name .yah? i should be sorry

that it is to be found by going to particular places or reading particular books or joining particular socieites is to make for the thousandth time the mistake that is at once materialism and superstition. if mr. crowley and the new mystics think for one moment that an egyptian desert is more mystic than an english meadow, that a palm tree is more poetic than a sussex beech, that a broken temple of osiris is more supernatural than a baptist chapel in brixton, then they notes 61 are sectarians, and only sectarians of no more value to humanity than those who think that the english soil is the only soil worth defending, and the baptist chapel the only chapel worth of worship (sic. but mr. crowley is a strong and genuine poet, and we have little doubt that he will work up from his appreciatio

e supernatural than a baptist chapel in brixton, then they notes 61 are sectarians, and only sectarians of no more value to humanity than those who think that the english soil is the only soil worth defending, and the baptist chapel the only chapel worth of worship (sic. but mr. crowley is a strong and genuine poet, and we have little doubt that he will work up from his appreciation of the temple of osiris to that loftier and wider work of the human imagination, the appreciation of the brixton chapel. g. k. chesterton. 778, 779. the rest of life, for self-control, for liberation of the soul.81 who said rats? thanks for your advice, tony veller, but it came in vain. as the ex-monk (that shook the bookstall) wrote in confidence to the publisher. existence is mis.ry i. th. month tisri* joseph

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10) thus can our science teach us wherefore the door* of venus, d, is the gateway of initiation: that one planet whose symbol alone embraceth the 10 sephiroth; the entrance to the shrine of* as above, so below; wherefore saith the holy qabalah that alone amongst the shells is nogah, the sphere of venus, exalted unto holiness (venus is the goddess of love) liber mmcmxi 8 our father c.r.c, the tomb of osiris; the god revealer, coming, moreover, by the central path of s through the midst of the triangle of light. and the lock which guards that door is as the four gates of the universe. and the key is the ankh, immortal life.the rose and cross of life; and the symbol of venus. 4. 1. 2. 3. 6. 5. 7. fig. iii.third symbol. by producing the paths whereby the forces of the three (see second symbol)

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ritual of the pentagram (i) stand upright, feet together, left arm at side, right arm across body, holding the wand or other weapon upright in the median line. then face east, and say (ii) i. n. r. i. yod. nun. resh. yod. virgo, isis, mighty mother. scorpio, apophis, destroyer. sol, osiris, slain and risen. isis, apophis, osiris, iao (iii) extend the arms in the form of a cross, and say .the sign of osiris slain (see illustration (iv) raise the right arm to point upwards, keeping the elbow square, and lower the left arm to point downwards, keeping the elbow square, while turning the head over the left shoulder looking down so that the eyes follow the left forearm, and say .the sign of the mourning of isis (see illustration (v) raise the arms at an angle of sixty degrees to each other above

w square, while turning the head over the left shoulder looking down so that the eyes follow the left forearm, and say .the sign of the mourning of isis (see illustration (v) raise the arms at an angle of sixty degrees to each other above the head, which is thrown back, and say .the sign of apophis and typhon (see illustration (vi) cross the arms on the breast, and bow the head, and say .the sign of osiris risen (see illustration (vii) extend the arms again as in (iii) and cross them again as in (vi, saying .l.v.x, lux, the light of the cross (viii) with the magical weapon trace the hexagram of fire in the east, saying .ararita (atyrara) which word consists of the initials of a sentence which means .one is his beginning; one is his individuality: his permutation is one. e liber o vel manvs

be given before the pentagram of air or fire, the passive equilibrating pentagram with the name agla and the sign of closing the veil to be given before the pentagram of earth or water. the g.d. ritual of the pentagram (as printed by regardie) states that .the saluting sign of the 5 =6 grade. rather than the portal signs should be used with the spirit pentagrams. this probably refers to the sign of osiris slain but i am not totally sure about this. the g.d. also taught a .supreme ritual of the pentagram. the routine for which in each quarter runs as follows: make appropriate spirit pentagram while vibrating the tablet of union name (exarp, bitom, hcoma, nanta) corresponding to the quarter; trace wheel of spirit symbol in centre while vibrating ahih (actives) or agla (passives; give spirit

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f a probationer& crowned with laurel, is led by the hegemon (his neophyte) into the hall. taken to the altar, on which burns a small fire of odorous wood, cedar or sandal or lign aloes, he is made to kneel thereat& the black officer comes forward threatening him with his scourge& saith: hiereus: who art thou? hegemon (for cand: i am the aspirant to the sacred& sublime order of a\a& i seek the aid of osiris. 1 missing in this copy. but the text implies that the temple contains (i) an altar of some kind, probably in the west (near the entrance to the room (ii) seven thrones for the planetary stations, probably arranged in a heptagon, with the fourth in the east (iii) a dais of seven steps in the east, beyond the station of sol, with a throne atop it, and (iv) a small side room, a dark dungeo

(near the entrance to the room (ii) seven thrones for the planetary stations, probably arranged in a heptagon, with the fourth in the east (iii) a dais of seven steps in the east, beyond the station of sol, with a throne atop it, and (iv) a small side room, a dark dungeon. 2 they should also have appropriate masks and weapons. 3 see the golden dawn adeptus minor ritual. 4 the traditional emblems of osiris. the scourge was probably a flail used for threshing grain. the script also has one speech given by the hierophant who is mentioned nowhere else. 2 (note: this ceremony can be adapted for working by two officers, the hegemon assuming each time a different coloured cloak& the appropriate god-form. but it is most desirable that the full complement of nine should assist) hail unto thee, osi

throne. the aspirant passes over their bodies& takes his seat. they then, each from his place, adore him while the two officers support him on either side& the hierophant addresses him: frater_ this day have i symbolically placed thee in the seat of a brother of the a\a. see to it that thy life truly reflect this gradual conquest of the powers7 of the seven& never forget that thy path is the path of osiris,8& that osiris is a black god. they then conduct him from the temple) after the seven hours are past, the aspirant is rescued by osiris, the black officer, in the words already given, omitting verily thou sayest well& using a sterner tone for the beginning of the speech. the ceremony then proceeds as before. source: this text was emailed to me in january of 2001. i am unaware of its prov

en silently corrected. 8 this statement may seem strange given the whole big deal made of horus replacing osiris, etc, but a few things are perhaps worthy of mention here. firstly, in the early years of the a\a, crowley may have considered this a mystery pertaining to a higher degree than probationer; e.g, only giving liber legis to zelators, and believed that even in the on of horus, the formula of osiris still needed to be assimilated before it could be transcended; further, note that in this ritual it is the hiereus who represents osiris, wheras in the g.d. the hiereus was horus in the avenger of the gods aspect and the hierophant osiris; so in fact, they have been changed ovn liber stella rvbea a secret ritual of apep, the heart of iao-oai, delivered unto v.v.v.v.v. for his use in a ce

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rmes--the mystery of universal mind- the seven governors of the world. 37 the initiation of the pyramid the opening of the great pyramid by caliph at mamoun--the passageways and chambers of the great pyramid--the riddle of the sphinx--the pyramid mysteries--the secret of the pyramid coffer-the dwelling place of the hidden god. 41 isis, the virgin of the world the birthdays of the gods--the murder of osiris--the hermetic isis--the symbols peculiar to isis--the troubadours--the mummification of the dead. 45 the sun, a universal deity the solar trinity-christianity and the sun--the birthday of the sun--the three suns- the celestial inhabitants of the sun--the midnight sun. 49 the zodiac and its signs primitive astronomical instruments--the equinoxes and solstices--the astrological ages of the

e sun is serapis" in hebrew, serapis is saraph, meaning "to blaze out" or "to blaze up" for this reason the jews designated one of their hierarchies of spiritual beings, seraphim. the most common theory, however, regarding the origin of the name serapis is that which traces its derivation from the compound osiris-apis. at one time the egyptians believed that the dead were absorbed into the nature of osiris, the god of the dead. while marked similarity exists between osiris- apis and serapis, the theory advanced by egyptologists that serapis is merely a name given to the dead apis, or sacred bull of egypt, is untenable in view of the transcendent wisdom possessed by the egyptian priestcraft, who, in all probability, used the god to symbolize the soul of the world (anima mundi. the material

h or sri-pa, two titles ascribed to yama, the hindu god of death. this appears reasonable, especially since there is a legend to the effect that serapis, in the form of a bull, was driven by bacchus from india to egypt. the priority of the hindu mysteries would further substantiate such a theory. among other meanings suggested for the word serapis are "the sacred bull "the sun in taurus "the soul of osiris "the sacred serpent" and "the retiring of the bull" the last appellation has reference to the ceremony of drowning the sacred apis in the waters of the nile every twenty-five years. click to enlarge the lion-faced light-power. from montfaucon's antiquities. this gnostic gem represents by its serpentine body the pathway of the sun and by its lion head the exaltation of the solar in the co

greeks and egyptians found a deity in common and thus religious unity was consummated between the two nations. several figures of serapis that stood in his various temples in egypt and rome have been described by early authors. nearly all these showed grecian rather than egyptian influence. in some the body of the god was encircled by the coils of a great serpent. others showed him as a composite of osiris and apis. a description of the god that in all probability is reasonably accurate is that which represents him as a tall, powerful figure, conveying the twofold impression of manly strength and womanly grace. his face portrayed a deeply pensive mood, the expression inclining toward sadness. his hair was long and arranged in a somewhat feminine manner, resting in curls upon his breast and

gyptians, however, it withstood all the tests of an actual emerald. clement of alexandria describes a figure of serapis compounded from the following elements: first, filings of gold, silver, lead, and tin; second, all manner of egyptian stones, including sapphires, hematites, emeralds, and topazes; all these being ground down and mixed together with the coloring matter left over from the funeral of osiris and apis. the result was a rare and curious figure, indigo in color. some of the statues of serapis must have been formed of extremely hard substances, for when a christian soldier, carrying out the edict of theodosius, struck the alexandrian serapis with his ax, that instrument was shattered into fragments and sparks flew from it. it is also quite probable that serapis was worshiped in

this resurrection overcame death for all who were initiated into his mysteries "in the mysteries of the phrygians "says julius firmicus "which are called those of the mother of the gods, every year a pine tree is cut down and in the inside of the tree the image of a youth is tied in! in the mysteries of isis the trunk of a pine tree is cut: the middle of the trunk is nicely hollowed out; the idol of osiris made from those hollowed pieces is buried. in the mysteries of proserpine a tree cut is put together into the effigy and form of the virgin, and when it has been carried within the city it is mourned 40 nights, but the fortieth night it is burned (see sod, the mysteries of adoni) the mysteries of atys included a sacramental meal during which the neophyte ate out of a drum and drank from

sidorus, however, identifies aschieros with demeter, achiochersus with pluto, achiochersa with persephone, and cashmala with hermes. alexander wilder notes that in the samothracian ritual "cadmillus is made to include the theban serpent-god, cadmus, the thoth of egypt, the hermes of the greeks, and the emeph or sculapius of the alexandrians and phoenicians" here again is a repetition of the story of osiris, bacchus, adonis, balder, and hiram abiff. the worship of atys and cybele was also involved in the samothracian mysteries. in the rituals of the cabiri is to be traced a form of pine-tree worship, for this tree, sacred to atys, was first trimmed into the form of a cross and then cut down in honor of the murdered god whose body was discovered at its foot "if you wish to inspect the orgies

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kh, symbolizing divine life. in this particular instance, however, the symbol connotes a different history altogether, being derived from the same source as that old pirate device familiar to all readers of treasure island, the skull and crossbones. this emblem makes its appearance in more serious context in both templar and masonic symbolism, alongside that of the witch tradition. it is the sign of osiris. its proper import is that of death (sometimes accompanied by resurrection, and most necromantic processes make use of it. it is also used in laying curses on people, as you will find out in chapter 6, which deals with magical warfare and such matters. having traced the symbol above the photograph, carrying the wand in your right hand, the photograph in your left, proceed clockwise, walk

hat it is produced via the nervous system. it is known variously by the names od, odyle, magnetism, telergy, or simply witch power. red-haired people are said to possess this energy in free-floating form available for projection more than any others, hence the awe and fear that the red-headed witch has been held in from the time of ancient egypt down to the present day. set, the sorcerous brother of osiris, was reputed to have had red hair; back in the old country in the eleventh century william rufus (son of william the conqueror) was publicly much feared on account of his connections with witchcraft, red hair, and the evil eye! today the red-headed witch has become something of a cliche, but the origin of the belief is rooted in centuries of witch knowledge. if you have red hair, you are

antasy identification with them. the sun and moon have to be effectively magically "drawn down" the high priestess is likewise saluted by the coven with the horned hand, but as our lady of the moon. the gesture of the magister, arms crossed upon the breast, is of course none other than the sign of death and rebirth used in your necromancy ritual. it signifies many things. primarily it is the sign of osiris, seen as synonymous with hades, dis, and the horned one as god of death. it also represents the skull and crossbones itself, and finally the erect phallus flanked by twin testes below. the gesture of the high priestess is the mirror image of the magister's. it represents both the lunar crescent, the womb of space, and the horns of hathor, all of which are symbols pertaining to isis, the

dis, and the horned one as god of death. it also represents the skull and crossbones itself, and finally the erect phallus flanked by twin testes below. the gesture of the high priestess is the mirror image of the magister's. it represents both the lunar crescent, the womb of space, and the horns of hathor, all of which are symbols pertaining to isis, the great egyptian mother goddess and consort of osiris. as such, the magister and high priestess are the human representatives of the two great archetypal poles of life, whether you conceive of them as isis and osiris, summer and winter, life and death, or yin and yang. having called down the two powers, such magical operations as required by the coven, if any, are now performed. the initiation of new members follows this, in order that the

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eness; royal because a son of the king of all; powerful because of its power to subdue, transmute and redeem all that is be low its own purity and perfection. 4& 5. ezra and nehemiah. in the great mystery system of egypt, which long anteceded the hebrew system, the regenerate candidate, who had achieved the highest possible measure of self-transmutation of his lower nature, was accorded the title of osiris. it was the equivalent of attaining christhood. the nature of the perfectioning process and the rituals in connection therewith are, thanks to certain modern scholars, available to us and are recommended to the student who desires to know how arduous and real that process was and the extremely high degree of regeneration aimed at. in hebrew the title osiris became changed into azarias (a

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here he could dominate the egyptians and check the syrians. abaris was founded withstrong walls and here salatis maintained a garrison of 400,000 men, whence he repaired every summerfrom memphis, where he principally dwelt.the hyskos overlordship lasted for 511 years when they were driven away after a long and bitter war.(p. 62)set as an evil comettyphon was another name for set, the evil brother of osiris, whom he murderedwho breathed fire,lightening, and destructive winds, and was hurled to earth by zeus or horus. set was figured as a hugecelestial serpent with a hundred writhing heads and various fearsome voices, all of which imageryappendix b: book abstracts258atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation pointed to the comet, a fearful god who rained down rocks and stones, and

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ce. infuriated that his brother survived (in a sense, set cut osiris body into 14 parts and scattered the pieces, seeing to it that his brother would forever remain out of his midst. isis, a goddess that was both osiris wife and sister (such is common in mythology, brought her husband back to life by locating and recombining his scattered parts with sorcery. she failed to find the phallus (penis) of osiris, however, and was forced to substitute one made of gold. after this, osiris would not live long and was soon dead once more, but it is said that he periodically reappears among humans. the ancient mesopotamians, in present-day iraq, have a civilizer of their own whom they called oannes. this being was amphibious, but spoke human languages with ease. oannes would emerge out of the water

nd similar to satan from the bible, who once stood beside the throne of god, set was once the guarding of the sun god ra. apparently, it was after set s battle with apep, the serpent of chaos, that he became the new villain in the egyptian tales; the first to play this villain role was apep himself. the evil god set kills his benevolent brother osiris, twice; then begins to make war with the seed of osiris, a god named horus. in jewish folklore, satan was called samael. samael, whose name meant venom of god, was considered a dark angel of death, and also the true father cain (the first child of adam and eve. satanists repeatedly reinforce this association, frequently suggesting that it was the serpent who was true father of cain, rather than adam (the first human. occultists will also free

han intense memorization on their part. the fact that they so liberally use the names and storylines from multiple beliefs so interchangeably is proof of this. what else i found interesting was how some magicians referred to osiris (and yahweh) as lord; except, when they spoke of him, or identified him in any way, it was always in terms of jesus christ. famous phrases: sun of the golden dawn sign of osiris slain: extend arms out to the sides, legs together, palms forward, hang head down. represents sacrifice, balance, and transformation. sign of osiris risen: cross arms over chest, right over left, legs together. represents resurrection and transcendence. excerpt from the ritual of the hexagram: virgo, isis, mighty mother. scorpio, apophis, the destroyer. sol [sun, osiris, slain and risen!

to the sides, legs together, palms forward, hang head down. represents sacrifice, balance, and transformation. sign of osiris risen: cross arms over chest, right over left, legs together. represents resurrection and transcendence. excerpt from the ritual of the hexagram: virgo, isis, mighty mother. scorpio, apophis, the destroyer. sol [sun, osiris, slain and risen! ee-ahh-ohh! ee-ahh-ohh. do sign of osiris slain and say the sign of osiris slain. do sign of the mourning of isis (right arm at 12 o clock, left arm at 8 o clock) and say the sign of the mourning of isis. do sign of apophis (arms at 10 and 2 o clock. forming a v) and say the sign of apophis and typhon. do sign of osiris risen and say the sign of osiris risen. repeat the sign of isis, apophis, and osiris risin while saying l v x

in and say the sign of osiris slain. do sign of the mourning of isis (right arm at 12 o clock, left arm at 8 o clock) and say the sign of the mourning of isis. do sign of apophis (arms at 10 and 2 o clock. forming a v) and say the sign of apophis and typhon. do sign of osiris risen and say the sign of osiris risen. repeat the sign of isis, apophis, and osiris risin while saying l v x. do the sign of osiris slain and say lux! light! the light of the cross! let the divine light descend! excerpt from closing ritual: do sign of osiris slain and say in the great name of strength through sacrifice! yeh-heh-shu-wah! yeh-heh-wah-sha! i now release any spirit that may have been imprisoned by this ceremony. depart in peace unto your habitations, and peace be between us now, and in a time to come thi

phael to bind azazel (lucifer) and cast him from the garden of eden and into darkness. raphael physical description is one of a handsome youth, arrayed in purple robes. it is said that raphael is among the gentlest of spirits, especially compared to the other arch-angels. jesus christ [5.3] frequently equated with osiris, jesus christ is often spoke of a demon hunter and civilizer. with the story of osiris predating the story of jesus christ by more than a 1,000 years, how does one reconcile the timelines? it is, for me, easy; i suspect that most of the events described in the bible refer to a far earlier date than commonly thought. i am absolutely certain that this is the case in regards to the bible s old testament, whose pre-diluvian accounts are probably that of atlantis. proof of this

; one of a dog, one of a snake, and one of a horse. this goddess is often associated with witchcraft and childbirth, and was accompanied by an owl during her travels. she is known as the virgin goddess, and is also reported to have a following of ghosts and lives in the underworld with hades, lord of the underworld. another goddess related to lilith is the egyptian goddess isis. isis was the wife of osiris, and was responsible for osiris first resurrection. isis is skilled at magic, and especially intelligent. isis, like hecate, is a goddess of childbirth. it appears isis, the widow of noble osiris, is now the harlot, bride of set (satan. sekhmet, an egyptian goddess who was among the most ancient of the gods, is also associated with both lilith and isis. sekhmet, is spoke of as just as mu

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he sun, in whom they saw the manifestation of the deity. the moon was the symbol of the passive capacity of nature to produce, the female, of which the life-giving power and energy was the male. it was the symbol of isis, astarte, and artemis, or diana. the"_master of life" was the supreme deity, above both, and manifested through both; zeus, the son of saturn, become king of the gods; horus, son of osiris and isis, become the master of life; dionusos or bacchus, like mithras, become the author of light and life and truth* the master of light and life, the sun and the moon, are symbolized in every lodge by the master and wardens: and this makes it the duty of the master to dispense light to the brethren, by himself, and through the wardens, who are his ministers "thy sun" says isaiah to je

ul and arbitrary. to find in the blazing star of five points an allusion to the divine providence, is also fanciful; and to make it commemorative of the star that is said to have guided the magi, is to give it a meaning comparatively modern. originally it represented sirius, or the dog-star, the forerunner of the inundation of the nile; the god anubis, companion of isis in her search for the body of osiris, her brother and husband. then it became the image of horus, the son of osiris, himself symbolized also by the sun, the author of the seasons, and the god of time; son of isis, who was the universal nature, himself the primitive matter, inexhaustible source of life, spark of uncreated fire, universal seed of all beings. it was hermes, also, the master of learning, whose name in greek is

ry, the sun, which enlightens the earth, and by its genial influence dispenses blessings to mankind" they called it also in the same lectures, an emblem of prudence. the word _prudentia_ means, in its original and fullest signification _foresight; and, accordingly, the blazing star has been regarded as an emblem of omniscience, or the all-seeing eye, which to the egyptian initiates was the emblem of osiris, the creator. with the yod in the centre, it has the kabalistic meaning of the divine energy, manifested as light, creating the universe. the jewels of the lodge are said to be six in number. three are called"_movable" and three"_immovable" the square, the level, and the plumb were anciently and properly called the movable jewels, because they pass from one brother to another. it is a mo

ercy of god are in equilibrium, and the result is harmony, because a single and perfect wisdom presides over both. the holy scriptures are an entirely modern addition to the symbol, like the terrestrial and celestial globes on the columns of the portico. thus the ancient symbol has been denaturalized by incongruous additions, like that of isis weeping over the broken column containing the remains of osiris at byblos* masonry has its decalogue, which is a law to its initiates. these are its ten commandments: i [symbol: earth: god is the eternal, omnipotent, immutable wisdom and supreme intelligence and exhaustless love. thou shalt adore, revere, and love him! thou shalt honor him by practising the virtues! ii [symbol: full moon: thy religion shall be, to do good because it is a pleasure to

e visible symbol, so with the word: to utter it to you does not inform you of the _exact_ meaning which it has to _me; and thus religion and philosophy became to a great extent disputes as to the meaning of words. the most abstract expression for deity, which language can supply, is but a _sign_ or _symbol_ for an object beyond our comprehension, and not more truthful and adequate than the images of osiris and vishnu, or their names, except as being less sensuous and explicit. we avoid sensuousness only by resorting to simple negation. we come at last to define spirit by saying that it is not matter. spirit is--spirit. a single example of the symbolism of _words_ will indicate to you one branch of masonic study. we find in the english rite this phrase "i will always _hail, ever conceal, an

onth _epiphi, when the sun and moon were supposed to be in the same right line with the earth, was called"_the birth-day of the eyes of horus" in a papyrus published by champollion, this god is styled"_har-oeri, lord of the solar spirits, the beneficent eye of the sun" plutarch calls him"_har-pocrates" but there is no trace of the latter part of the name in the hieroglyphic legends. he is the son of osiris and isis; and is represented sitting on a throne supported by _lions; the same word, in egyptian, meaning _lion_ and _sun. so solomon made a great throne of ivory, plated with gold, with six steps, at each arm of which was a lion, and one on each side to each step, making seven on each side. again, the hebrew word [hebrew _khi, means"_living" and [hebrew _r m "was, or shall be, raised or

d _pharaoh, was phra, that is _pai-ra, the sun. the legend of the contest between _hor-ra_ and _set, or _set-nu-bi, the same as _bar_ or _bal, is older than that of the strife between _osiris_ and _typhon; as old, at least, as the nineteenth dynasty. it is called in the book of the dead "the day of the battle between horus and set" the later myth connects itself with phoenicia and syria. the body of osiris went ashore at _gebal_ or _byblos, sixty miles above tsur. you will not fail to notice that in the name of each murderer of khurum, that of the evil god bal is found* har-oeri was the god of time, as well as of life. the egyptian legend was that the king of byblos cut down the tamarisk-tree containing the body of osiris, and made of it a column for his palace. isis, employed in the palac

MOTTA MARCELO THE COMMENTARIES OF AL

sh word; for it is i that go? reader, the choice is yours; the kings of the earth shall be kings for ever; the slaves shall serve. there is no law beyond do what thou wilt. while we are on the subject of kings, we must touch upon that lie "that thou must die" verse 49 of chapter one should be consulted in connection with this; also the golden bough, the new testament of the bible, and the mystery of osiris in any good textbook of egyptology. for ten thousand years tribes all over the world sacrificed their kings. compassion being the vice of kings, the kings were, quite often, willing to be sacrificed. this was a magickal operation to buy energy for the people, but it was based on a wrong interpretation of the bloody sacrifice, for which see book four, part three. the result of these ten t

may therefore deduce that the description applies to this "equinox of the gods" itself. how have the conditions been fulfilled? the introduction to book 4, part iv tells us. we may briefly remind the reader of the principal events, arranging them in the form of a rubric, and placing against each the corresponding magical acts of the equinox previous to ours, as they are symbolized in the legends of osiris, dionysus, jesus, attis, adonis, and others. the ritual aeon of horus aeon of osiris another prophet shall arise the beast 666. dionysus and others are names for (perhaps) apollonius of tyana. in the conditions then obtaining, several magi were required. and bring fresh fever from the skies "force and fire" of horus "skies" of nuit another woman shall awake see comment on al i, v.15 "ven

ONYX TABLET OF SET

records [cf #2f, we may approximate 5000 bce. if we are to assume the final eclipse of the priesthood at the end of the xix-xx [setian] dynasties ca. 1085 bce, we are looking at an institution which existed at least two thousand and possibly as many as four thousand years (2) set was the god who was "different" from all of the others. too often this is simplified into his being the "evil" slayer of osiris, hence the personification of "evil; yet any but the most cursory study of egyptian religious symbolism is sufficient to dispel this caricature. he was rather the "god not of the gods: a neter "against the neteru: the entity who symbolized that which is not of nature. this is a very curious role for a god in egyptian cosmology. as discussed in the ruby tablet (ot.ii.a.1.a "the egyptians

much of their personal efforts towards set. recounts sauneron "the new dynasty in power, careful to appear to be 'restoring everything to order, had many reasons for mistrusting the amonian priesthood. descendants of a military family of the eastern delta, the new pharaohs were traditionally devoted to a god little esteemed by the masses because of the role that he had been assigned in the death of osiris. but they preserved nevertheless, here and there, the temples and priesthoods of the god set "the amarnian experience had demonstrated the cost of too abrupt a break with the beliefs central to the entire nation, and of entering into open warfare against a priesthood practically as powerful as the throne itself. thus the politics of seti i (1312-1301) and of rameses ii (1301-1235) were i

accorded by the ramesside leaders to the god of the eastern delta. above all, pi-rameses, the new capital, brilliantly restored the worship that set had formerly received in the avaris of the hyksos- serge sauneron, les pretres de l'ancienne egypte(#2aa) following the passing of the two setian dynasties, however, the increasing influence of a priesthood not courted by the ramesside pharaohs- that of osiris- boded ill for the temple of set. comments e.a. wallis budge(#1a "between the xxii and the xxv dynasties, a violent reaction set in against this god [set; his statues and figures were smashed; his effigy was hammered out from the bas-reliefs and stelae in which it appeared" various reasons for this reaction have been proposed by egyptologists. it is been suggested that set fell into disr

PATRON OF SORCERY

t, i began to wonder to what extent the original cult of set had survived that civilization, and what documented forms this survival had taken. i found an answer in hans dieter betz's edition of the greek magical papyri in translation including the demotic spells (chicago: university of chicago press, 1986. in the twilight of egyptian civilization, set, the lord of darkness denounced by followers of osiris, became a patron of sorcery. this apparently occurred by way of egyptian priests moving into freelance magical practice after foreign domination led to loss of royal funding for the temples. it is strange to envision the egyptian priests consigning their lore to the written word, given their notorious reputation for xenophobia and secrecy. significantly, while these spells span the full

l funding for the temples. it is strange to envision the egyptian priests consigning their lore to the written word, given their notorious reputation for xenophobia and secrecy. significantly, while these spells span the full range of magical operations, little of a theoretical character is disclosed. in pgm iv 154-285, there's an invocation of the feared one that specifically mentions the defeat of osiris, the dying god, and the setian power over the hypotic gaze of apep, serpent and neter of chaos that threatened the solar barque "oh dark's disturber, thunder's bringer, whirlwind, night- flasher, breather-forth of hot and cold. i'm he who searched with you the whole world and found great osiris, whom i brought you chained. i'm he who joined you in war with the gods! i'm he who closed hea

PHILIP NEIL MYTHS LEGENDS EXPLAINED

who cursed her so that she would never again give birth in any month of the year. but nut gambled with thoth, the moon god and reckoner of time, and won from him five extra days outside the 12 lunar months of 30 days each. in these days she gave birth to her children osiris, blind horus, seth, isis, and nephthys. scarab beetle the winged scarab beetle of re is shown joined with the mummified body of osiris, which rises from the fertile earth. this motif symbolizes the resurrection of osiris and the daily rebirth of re. tending the earth men plow the earth and sow seed. as re makes his daily journey across the sky (center, the warmth of the sun will make the crops grow another symbol of osiris resurrection from the dead. the egpytian year was made up of 12 lunar months of 30 days, plus anot

eir calendar drifted slowly out of sync with the astronomical calendar, so that it might officially be summer in the wintertime, or vice versa. the two calendars came back into line every 1,460 years, a mystical cycle for the egyptian priesthood. waters of fruitfulness the goddess nephthys, sister of isis, pours the waters of fruitfulness over the earth, where men hoe the land. the mummified body of osiris (see p. 16) is reborn where the water makes contact with the earth. eye of the sun god the sun was said to be the eye of re, which he sent to seek shu and tefnut. when it returned, another eye had taken its place. the first eye wept, and its tears became the first human beings. so re placed it on his brow as the uraeus, or cobra, to rule the world and spit fire at his enemies. wedjat eye

erved and resurrected not just the physical body and the two parts of the soul, the ka (life force) and the ba (personality, or genius, but also the individual s name and shadow. these five elements made the complete being. re s secret name re called the world into being with words. but one word his own secret name he kept to himself. isis, daughter of geb and nut, the earth and the sky, and wife of osiris, decided to learn the names of all things, so that she would be as great as re himself. at last the only word she did not know was re s own secret name. to trick re into telling her, isis gathered the spittle that had dripped from his mouth as he sailed across the sky day after day (for he was now old and dribbled) and shaped it into a snake, which she left lying in his path. inevitably

nd judge of the dead. falcon s head horus is usually depicted either as a hawk or as a man with a hawk s head. he was originally a god of the sky, and his eyes were said to be the sun and the moon; in his role as sun god he merged with re. hence, when he lay dying as a child, the sky went dark (see box above. wife and mother isis was the archetypal wife and mother; with her hand echoing the shape of osiris shoulder, mirrored on the other side by horus, she emphasizes the unity of this family. she is often depicted nursing the infant horus. cow s horns isis wears a solar disc between cow horns, revealing her close affinity with the cow mothergoddess hathor. both isis and hathor were at different times regarded as the mother of horus, and, therefore, of the egyptian king, who was a human man

horus. worker of magic isis was a worker of magic, and could even practice her art on the gods (see pp. 14 15. it was her magic arts that enabled her to restore the breath of life to the mummified osiris, and to aid her son horus in his duels with seth. the story of isis and osiris tells of a death and resurrection that mirrors the harvesting of grain and its regrowth from seed; miniature figures of osiris filled with seed kernels were placed in egyptian tombs as a promise of rebirth. crown osiris wears the atef crown, a tall crown with two side plumes, designating kingship. lost eye horus has lost his left eye (the moon. it was put out in his struggles with seth, whom he had castrated. dead king osiris is represented here as a mummified king; in his role as culture hero he was regarded as

n horus on each side. osiris was believed to have once been a king of egypt. his son horus was the last god to be king but he sent his spirit into each pharoah who inherited the earthly throne. to achieve eternal life, the egyptians preserved their corpses by mummification, following as closely as possible the technique used by the jackal-headed anubis, god of mummification, in preparing the body of osiris. horus horus is shown here as a falcon-winged wedjat eye. his origins lie in the early egyptian conception of the sky as the wings of a falcon. the eyes and speckled belly of the falcon were the sun, moon, and starry night sky. isis and the scorpions pregnant, isis fled from seth to the nile delta accompanied by seven scorpions. one night, she begged shelter of a rich lady named usert, b

against this outcome by including in their tombs a so-called negative confession a list of sins they have not committed. to the right, ibis-headed thoth, god of writing and knowledge, sets down the result. further right, horus takes hunefer before osiris; isis and nephthys stand behind the throne. above, hunefer adores a company of gods, led by re-harakhty, who stand as witnesses to the judgment of osiris. the epic of gilgamesh 18 the epic of gilgamesh g ilgamesh was lord of uruk in mesopotamia. two-thirds divine, he was so arrogant in his glory that the gods created the warrior enkidu to be a comrade equal to him in strength. they fought each other furiously on their first encounter, then became very close companions and went together to the great forest to kill humbaba, the great evil

PIKE CUMMINGS THE SPURIOUS RITES OF MEMPHIS AND MISRAIM

rophant and successor of his father, and opened negotiations for the establishment of his order in that country.meeting with little encouragement he returned to paris, where, under the name of marconis letuillart, he succeeded in gathering together a few isolated brethren, and instituted a lodge, the disciples of memphis. on the c dd of march, b i d i, he constituted a grand lodge under the title of osiris, which was intended to govern and superintend volume j, c a a b b f f the spurious rites of memphis and misraim the subordinate lodges he expected to create.on the b c bst ofmay, b i d j,he instituted a chapter les philadelphes, and on the c jth of february, b i e a, a lodge les sages d heliopolis. on the hth of april, b i d j, he published the statutes of the order, and finally succeede

REGARDIE ISRAEL THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN

fairs in, shall we say, the garden of eden representing the springtime of mankind, is shattered by the intrusion of the knowledge of good and evil, sexual perception. this is due to the intervention of the destroyer apophis, the red dragon, or lucifer, the lightbearer, who changed all things-by illuminating all things. thus the fall-as well as the fall of the year. this is succeeded by the advent of osiris the resurrection god who is quoted as stating "this is my body, which i destroy in order that it may be renewed."he is the symbolic prototype of the perfected solar man, who suffered through earthly experience, was glorified by trial, was betrayed and killed, and then rose again to renew all things. the final analysis of the keyword sums up the formula with the initials isis, apophis, os

res, and to add one more mime to replace the second 'i' that was eliminated for being repetitious. as the 'l' sign is being made, the adept says "the sign of the mourning of isis" this expresses the sorrow of isis on learning that osiris had been slain by set or apophis. as the y' sign is made, the adept says "the sign of apophis and typhon" these are other names for set, the brother and murderer of osiris, whose body was so mutilated that only the phallus could be found by isis who had searched all over creation for him. as the adept spreads his arms outward from the shoulders forming actively the 14 the golden dawn cross, he says "the sign of osiris slain" then crossing one arm over the other on the chest, he adds "and risen. isis, apophis, osiris, 1.40" thus what started out to be a sim

from his knees at the close of the invocation, the light is formulated above his head in the symbol of the white triangle by the union of the implements of the three chief officers. by means of the adeptus minor ritual, which identifies him with the chief officer, he is slain as though by the destructive force of his lower self. after being symbolically buried, triumphantly he rises from the tomb of osiris in a glorious resurrection through the descent of the white light of the spirit. the intervening grades occupy themselves with the analysis of that light as it vibrates between the light and the darkness, and with the establishment within the candidate's personal sphere of the rays of the many-coloured rainbow of promise "before all things" commences a phrase in one ritual "are the chaos

s unconsciousness, will never do. he must unite and integrate the various levels of his entire tree. his task must be to train and develop the titanic forces of his own underworld, so that they become as a powerful but docile beast whereon he may ride. introduction the adeptus minor grade continues the theme of these two diagrams. escorted into the vault, the asvirant is shown the lid of the tomb of osiris, the pastos, wherein is buried our father, ehristian rosenkreutz, and on that lid is a whkh brings fulfillment as it were to the narrative of the preceding diagrams. it is divided into two sections. the lower half of the painting depicts a figufe of idam, similar to his presentation in the practicus grade diagram, though here the heads of the dragon are faback from the tree, showing the

l order symbolism of the light was represented by a white triangle centred by the rose- this placed upon the ceiling. the floor design was so painted as to represent the red dragon and the forces of the primitive archetypes upon which the candidate trod as emblematic of his conquest. placed in the centre of the vault was the pastos of rosenkreutz- though the pastos is also referred to as the tomb of osiris the justified one. both of these beings may be considered as the type and symbol of the higher and divine genius. immediately above this coffin rested the circular altar mentioned in the fama. it bore paintings of the kerubic emblems, and upon these were placed the four elemental weapons and a cross, the symbol of 38 the golden dawn resurrection. at one point in the ceremony, the acting

d egyptians in this glorious triumphal song of the soul of man made one with osiris, the redeemer "i am tum made one with all things "i have become nu. i am ra in his rising ruling by right of his power. i am the great god self-begotten, even nu, who pronounced his names, and thus the circle of the gods was created "i am yesterday and know tomorrow. i can never more be overcome. i know the secret of osiris, whose being is perpetually revered of ra. i have finished the work which was planned at the beginning, i am the spirit made manifest, and armed with two vast eagle's plumes. isis and nephthys are their names, made one with osiris "i claim my inheritance. my sins have been uprooted and my <113> passions overcome. i am pure white. i dwell in time. i live through eternity, when initiates m

come from afar to look upon thy beauties. my hands salute thy name of justice. i have come from afar, where the acacia tree grew not. where the tree thick with leaves is not born. where there come not beams from herb or grass. i have entered the place of mystery. i have communed with set. sleep came upon me, i was wrapped therein, bowing down before the hidden things. i was ushered into the house of osiris. i saw the marvels that were there. the princes of the gates in their glory" the illustrations in this chapter represent the hall of truth as seen through the open leaves of its door. the hall is presided over by a god who holds his right hand over the cage of a hawk, and his left over the food of eternity. on each side of the god is a cornice crowned by a row of alternate feathers and u

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

ve revelation. the ancients represented this mystery by the conflict between eros and anteros, the struggle between jacob and the angel, and by the equilibrium of the golden mountain, which gods on the one side and demons on the other encircle with the symbolic serpent of india. it is typified also by the caduceus of hermanubis, by the two cherubim of the ark, by the twofold sphinx of the chariot of osiris and by the two seraphim respectively black and white. its scientific reality is demonstrated by the phenomena of polarity, as also by the universal law of sympathies and antipathies. the undiscerning disciples of zoroaster divided the duad without referring it to unity, thus separating the pillars of the temple and endeavouring to halve god. conceive the absolute as two, and you must imm

e 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, thus combining the conceptions of science, religion and progress. the grea

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

aw of attraction; subsequently the cherub or sphinx placed at the gate of the edenic sanctuary, with the fiery sword of the guardians of the symbol; then regeneration by labour and propagation by sorrow, which is the law of initiations and ordeals; the division of cain and abel, which is the same symbol as the strife of anteros and eros; the ark borne upon the waters of the deluge like the coffer of osiris; the black raven which does not return and the white dove which does, a new setting forth of the dogma of antagonism and balance. all these magnificent kabalistic allegories of genesis, which, taken literally and accepted as actual histories, merit even more derision and contempt than voltaire heaped upon them, become lumithe key of occultism 59 nous for the initiate, who still hails wit

RUBY TABLET OF SET

scarded in favor of the completely distinct character of the original egyptian priesthood of set. the temple of set was incorporated as a non-profit church in california in 1975, and qualified for u.s. federal and state tax- exempt status that same year. basic beliefs: the temple considers itself to be consecrated by and dedicated to set, originally an ancient egyptian deity. one rival cult, that of osiris- whose myths were erroneously assumed to be "pan-egyptian" by later civilizations- portrayed set as the god of evil. setians themselves, however, did not then and do not now consider set an evil figure, nor consider the setian religion merely a refutation of conventional religion. setians perceive the universe as a non-conscious but ordered environment within which set has, over a period

that he did, but to the initiate observing the process the film was pure black magic performed by a master of the temple. while it is true that gandhi was not satanic in the traditionally accepted sense of the word, his actions wave a banner that cannot be mistaken for the right hand path. born in october of 1869 ce, gandhi was a contemporary of aleister crowley and therefore moved from the aeon of osiris to that of harwer with that magus. there is no evidence to my knowledge that the two ever met, but they were both prominent black magicians operating in the same timeframe. gandhi outlived crowley by a month, the latter dying in december of 1947 and the mahatma in january of 1948. although superficially there seems little in common between the two men, examining the deeper parallels reve

right hand path avenue leading to the city of the pyramids wherein the magistri dwell. its gates and approaches are of the darkest black only. and yet no one springs forth fully born in that city where only adults abide children must grow and find their own ways to its gates in the case of gandhi, the basic ongoing determined actions seem to indicate the presence of something more then a follower of osiris. gandhi, as a hindu, was married at age thirteen to a stranger who later stayed by his side through the thick and thin of his life's passion for the elevation of man. he was an intelligent and thoughtful child from the beginning and at age nineteen sailed for england to study law and was admitted to the bar (inner temple) in london at age twenty-one: it was in south africa that he had th

e of humor he would have committed suicide, a statement which displayed an understanding of the law of sorrow. his comprehension can be seen further in this quote "the purpose of life is undoubtedly to know oneself. we cannot do it unless we learn to identify ourselves with all that lives. the sum-total of that life is god. the instrument of this knowledge is boundless, selfless service" the aeon of osiris had given way to the new aeon of harwer and its ruling word, thelema. agape had lost its preeminence and yet still had not died. it is almost, but not quite, a combination of the two concepts which he made in xl a.h. at the second anniversary of the "quit india" movement "my work will be finished if i succeed in carrying conviction to the human family that every man or woman, however wea

his wife rose visited the old boulak museum in cairo. she drew his attention to the xxvi dynasty funerary stele of the theban priest ankhf- n-khonsu. represented on this stele are two egyptian god-figures and a winged solar disc, which crowley identified respectively as nuit, ra-hoor-khuit, and hadit. he thought ra- hoor-khuit to be a form of horus the younger (the egyptological term for the son of osiris and isis in the osirian mythos) and thus the symbol of an "aeon of the son" to follow those of the mother-goddess (isis) and the father-god (osiris. he also believed hadit to be "heru-pakraath (harpokrates, the infant form of horus the younger. he identified nuit [correctly] as the egyptian goddess of the sky. an examination of the hieroglyphs on the stele. called by crowley the "stele o

ot be defined through logic alone. noetic intuition is also required. consider here the dialogues of plato relative to the actual identification and definition of a form/neter. 5. behold! the rituals of the old time are black. let the evil ones be cast away; let the good ones be purged by the prophet! then shall this knowledge go aright. crowley understood the "old time" as a reference to the aon of osiris, characterized by the predominance of death-worship religions, now to be superseded by the aon of horus. he understood the ritual reference to mean that he must purge the texts of the golden dawn (g:.d) to ensure their compliance with the principles of the new aeon. 6. i am the flame that burns in every heart of man, and in the core of every star. i am life, and the giver of life, yet th

t and the construction of a new symbol for each letter/number #ii-55 was later to prove crucial to the revealing of #ii-76 in the book of coming forth by night. 56. begone! ye mockers; even though ye laugh in my honour ye shall laugh not long: then when ye are sad know that i have forsaken you. those who ridicule the book of the law, feeling secure in the conventions and norms of the expiring aon of osiris, will find that this conservatism works against them when the inertia of nuit gradually aligns itself to the emerging values of the aon of horus. crowley himself was of the opinion [in the 1920 comment] that this verse also had a special meaning with regard to imposters and false cults abusing the license of the aon of horus: that ultimately they would merely make themselves look foolish

SATANGEL

arth. aim (goetia. 23rd spirit, duke commanding twenty-six legions. a man with three heads, being a serpent, a calf, and a handsome man with two stars on his forehead, who rides upon a viper, and carries a torch with which he sets aflame to great places. may answer truly about private matters, or make one witty. akephalos (hellenistic egyptian) the headless one. perhaps originally a manifestation of osiris, the akephalos appears in ancient hellenistic and egyptian papyri dealing in magick. the word also appears as a designation for a demon created from the spirit of a beheaded criminal. the rite of the bornless one is employed in goetic evocation, chiefly through the innovation of aliester crowley. alloces (goetia, 52nd spirit. duke commanding 36 legions. a soldier with a red face and flam

SCHLAGER NEIL WORLD RELIGIONS REFERENCE LIBRARY

supreme leader. this theocracy reflected the role of the pharaoh, a living god whose word was divine law. during the middle kingdom (c. 2181 1786 bce, however, the power of the pharaoh weakened and nobles (lesser royalty) began to take on more individual power. the priestly class also grew much larger. though the sun god ra was the official national god and was worshipped at heliopolis, the cult of osiris became stronger as the central government went into decline. osiris was an early fertility god who, when killed by his brother set and cut into pieces, was put back together again by his wife sister isis. he then became god of the underworld. osiris became identified with the dead pharaoh. his son, horus, became associated with the living pharaoh. osiris eventually became a symbol of imm

world was brought into being by atum or ra, whose descendants were osiris, set, and isis. these, however, were just a fraction of the gods worshipped by egyptians. some estimates put the total number as high as one or two thousand different deities. what began as animal worship led to an immense pantheon. amen or amen-ra became the most powerful of the gods, center of the national cult; the cult of osiris was second most powerful. the worship of the sun god ra led to the construction of immense pyramids for the pharaohs, sons of ra. the pharaoh was considered a living god, appointed by horus (son and avenger of osiris. for ancient egyptians the gods were subject to the same sense of order and justice, maat, that mortals were. the universe had been created through maat as a replacement for

c animals, such as cats or ibises, were mummified, so that the dead person would have companionship in the afterlife. 58 world religions: almanac ancient religions of egypt and mesopotamia come to abydos to pay tribute to osiris. parts of the story of his death at the hands of his brother, his wife isis s search for his remains, and his return to life were played out in public during the festival of osiris. others were replayed by priests behind the closed doors of the temple. common pilgrims made small offerings of statuettes or chapels. pharaohs, such as seti i (reigned 1318 04 bce, built temples. everyday living religion affected every aspect of daily life in ancient mesopotamia and egypt. all important activities and occasions were presented to the priests to see if the time was right

stone lapis lazuli and rides a winged bull. gods of the egyptian pantheon amen: called the king of gods. amen, also spelled amon or amun, was often combined with ra, or re. amen-ra was an even more powerful god. anubis: the god of embalming, or of preserving the bodies of the dead. anubis is depicted as a jackal or as a man with the head of a jackal. horus: the god of the sky. horus is the child of osiris and isis. after set killed osiris, horus fought set for the rule of egypt. he is represented by the image of a hawk or as a man with a hawk s head. the pharaoh was considered to be the living horus. isis: a protective goddess. isis was important to egyptians as the mother of the living horus. maat: the goddess of truth and justice. she oversees harmony and justice. her symbol is the feat

of akhenaten, who was aten s representative, was multiplied along with the god s increase in status. the word gods on public monuments was erased. the priest class the pharaoh established competed with the older priests who served amen and ra and had assembled enormous power for themselves. temples to amen and ra were closed or destroyed. akhenaten even declared that aten would take over the work of osiris, god of the underworld and the dead, and look after the souls of the departed. no longer would there be an underworld where such spirits dwelled. instead the spirits, or ba, remained on earth. at sunset, spirits that were found loyal to akhenaten traveled to the temple of aten at akhetaten, where they received offerings. these later stages of atenism were a form of monotheism. since the

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to account that at the very least after the xx dynasty set's cult suffered a real persecution mania and that in later theology he was reinterpreted, it seems that nothing certain of his original concept has survived [for hardly would any original egyptian priesthood have been a lettuce-eating bunch of bacchanalian criminals] in the osirian myth he became merely "the enemy of gods and the murderer of osiris, the being who revolted against the order established by the highest god (te velde, p. 150) de lubicz must have seen set through the osirian lense. on the basis of this material, however, i think that we are not at all too far out on the limb if we presume set might indeed have been the god of consciousness, the neter of that which is the single manifestation of life unbound by fixed law

SETH IN THE MAGICKAL TEXTS

, the last syllable in the second or third word, seth, is not separated from the preceding letters. but in the index of the 3rd volume, the printing plates of which were destroyed during world war ii, preisendanz changed this to arb[a]yiav nre ibet ayeleber %ay ar[a]blaya.11 even if this papyrus regards seth, along with the "tetrad of the four letters (jahwe) and "eastern rhe, as one of the names of osiris, it contains no evidence whatsoever for a welding of egyptian seth and jewish seth. we can now recapitulate. colpe, asserting that there was an egyptian magical papyrus which showed an amalgamation of egyptian seth and jewish seth, referred to fauth. asserting that such a welding was made on egyptian soil, fauth simply relied on bleeker and bohlig. the latter has been proven wrong that t

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ey believed all these things and proclaimed their belief with almost passionate earnestness, they seem never to have freed themselves from a hankering p. xiv after amulets and talismans, and magical names, and words of power, and seem to have trusted in these to save their souls and bodies, both living and dead, with something of the same confidence which they placed in the death and resurrection of osiris. a matter for surprise is that they seem to see nothing incongruous in such a mixture of magic and religion, and the general attitude of the mind of the egyptian on the point is well illustrated by the following facts. attached to the service of ra, the sun-god, at thebes were numerous companies of priests whose duties consisted as much in making copies of religious books and in keeping

that a text 1 was introduced into the book of the dead at an early period, with the view of providing the deceased with a heart in the place of that which had been removed in the process of mummification. the text reads "may my heart be with me in the house of hearts! may my breast 2 be with me in the house of hearts! may my heart be with me, and may it rest there, or i shall not eat of the cakes of osiris on the eastern side of the lake of flowers, neither shall i have a boat wherein to go down the nile, nor another wherein to go up, nor shall i be able to sail down the nile with thee. may my mouth [be given] to me that i may speak therewith, and my two legs to walk therewith, and my two hands and arms to overthrow my foe. may the doors of heaven be opened unto me; may seb, the prince of

the xxviith chapter was connected with a heart amulet made of a white, semi-transparent stone, and reads "hail, ye who carry away hearts! hail, ye who steal hearts, and who make the heart of a man to go through its transformations according to its deeds, let not what he hath done harm him before you! homage to you, o ye lords of eternity, ye possessors of ever lastingness, take ye not this heart of osiris 1 into your grasp, and cause ye not words of evil to spring up against it; for it is the heart of osiris, and it belongeth unto him of many names, 2 the mighty one whose words are his limbs, and who sendeth forth his heart to dwell in his body. the heart of osiris is triumphant, and it is made new before the gods: he hath gained power over it, and he hath not been judged according to wha

was connected with a heart amulet made of carnelian, of which so many examples may be found in large museums; the text p. 33 reads "i am the bennu, 1 the soul of ra, and the guide of the gods who are in the underworld. their divine souls came forth upon earth to do the will of their doubles, let therefore the soul of the osiris come forth to do the will of his double" the bennu was also the soul of osiris, and thus the amulet brought with it the protection of both osiris and ra. but of all the chapters which related to the heart, the most popular among the egyptians was that which is commonly known as xxxb, and its importance from a religious point of view cannot be overstated. the antiquity of the chapter is undoubted, for according to the papyrus of nu, 2 a document of the early part of

make my name to stink. let it be satisfactory unto us, and let the listening be satisfactory unto us, and let there be joy of heart unto us at the weighing of words. let not that which is false be uttered against me before the great god, the lord of amentet. verily how great shalt thou be when thou risest in triumph" it was this chapter which the deceased recited when he was in the judgment hall of osiris, whilst his heart was being weighed in the balance against the feather symbolic of right and truth. from certain papyri it seems as if the above words should, properly, p. 35 be said by the deceased when he is being weighed against his own heart, a conception which is quite different from that of the judgment of the heart before the gods. the scribe nebsent being weighed in a balance aga

being weighed in the balance against the feather symbolic of right and truth. from certain papyri it seems as if the above words should, properly, p. 35 be said by the deceased when he is being weighed against his own heart, a conception which is quite different from that of the judgment of the heart before the gods. the scribe nebsent being weighed in a balance against his heart in the presence of osiris (from the papyrus of nebseni, sheet 4) 2. the amulet of the scarab, from what has been said above it will be seen that the amulet of the heart, which was connected with the most important and most popular of the chapters for protecting the heart, was directed to be made in the form of the scarab at a very early date. we can trace the ideas which the egyptians held about this insect as fa

e was attached to the neck of the deceased, where the rubric ordered it to be placed, it had to be dipped in water in which ankham flowers had been steeped; and when the words of the chapter of the buckle given above had been recited over it, p. 44 the amulet brought to the deceased the protection of the blood of isis, and of her words of power. it will be remembered that she raised the dead body of osiris by means of her words of power, and there is a legend to the effect that she smote the sun-god ra with severe sickness by the magical power which she possessed. another object of the buckle was to give the deceased access to every place in the underworld, and to enable him to have "one hand towards heaven, and one hand towards earth" 4. the amulet of the tet. this amulet probably represe

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te to hear yourself hearing the positive form "i do finish things. i am of great worth" say it to others, and say it to the mirror. it doesn't matter in the least if you believe these words, simply hearing them is of great value. once one has both types of hearing one may very well have the title of the high priestess at tanis, mestcehrti "she of two ears" the two ears are one of the fourteen kaw of osiris- if you hear in life you will hear in life- in-death. sight (self-centric. the verb "to see" iri connected with the right eye, the sun, and har-wer, also means "to command. add it to an infinitive of a verb and you have an imperative *ir* shti shta-tu! seek the mysteries! this form of seeing is the seeing of an overseer, visually checking that your will is working in the world. it has a

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lladium or talisman in [he form of a serpent coiled around the mystic tau, or t [also] the serpent set up by moses was originally the egyptian. sun-god, who was now known to his people as jehovah (lbid, p. 83) joseph von hammer, in the history of the assassins (eng. trans, 1835) explains the tau as the figure of the phallus (see also source 9, p. 791 "among the egyptians, the lotus was the symbol of osiris and isis. it was esteemed a sacred ornament by the priests (ibid, p. 477) the six-pointed star is the great oriental talisman known as the seal of solomon. its meaning and the identity of osiris and isis will be explained in part ii on the great seal of the united states. the arc of light on the bookplate is the en soph, from the cabalistic writings (mystical theosophy) which teach that

d the first to have different degrees, as in the secret orders. the commander award has the motto, annuit coeptis, along with the emblem. the designer of these decorations, colonel townsend heard, also placed the motto, novus ordo seclorum, on the obverse side of the medal for merit, awarded to civilians of the united states and her allies by act of congress 7/20/42.41 the all-seeing eye a symbol of osiris we now arrive at the point when we must consider that all-important key symbol, the all-seeing eye. mr. totten traced the history of the eye in the triangle back to ancient chaldea and its appearance as the solar eye, the eye of jove or jupiter, of phoebus or apollo, the eye of baal, and as the eye of providence. the eye of jove appeared on the front of jove's temple at peloponnessus. as

upiter, of phoebus or apollo, the eye of baal, and as the eye of providence. the eye of jove appeared on the front of jove's temple at peloponnessus. as the solar eye it was the symbol of the arabian god of. jethro, the black father-in-law of moses, and of the arabic motto "allah" or "i am that i am" all ancient temples of arabia were decorated with the eye, which had first appeared as the symbol of osiris, isis and horus of egypt.42 the eye represented the mystic symbol of the so-called egyptian "trinity" expressed in these words, often inscribed on the statues of isis "i am all that has been, that is, or shall be, and none among mortals has hitherto taken off my veil" she was the daughter of saturn and her name meant ancient. she married her brother osiris, and was pregnant by him even b

me sources. the sungods of egypt were nine in number. the chief among them was osiris, whose worship was universal. he was "the great deity of amenti or hades [hell" rawlinson described osiris' role as the judge of the dead "it was the universal belief that, immediately after death, the soul descended into the lower world and was conducted to the hall of truth, where it was judged in the presence of osiris and the forty-two demons, the 'lords of truth' and judges of the dead."54 (one of the divine names of the tetragrammaton consisted of 42 letters) osiris was called "the master of the gods" the name of osiris was expressed, most simply, by two hieroglyphs, one of which was the human eye (the left eye, as used on the reverse side of the great seal "sometimes, however, the human eye is repl

ea. horus defeated set and osiris was proclaimed to he a resurrected god. his body, encased in fourteen different statues, was worshipped with divine honors. that part of the body not recovered was rendered homage during festivals called phallica, which were introduced into europe by the athenians. the entire system of phallic worship in the ancient world originated in this festival held in honor of osiris.57 the number fourteen has a special occult meaning in the symbolism of modern-day secret societies as the "14. days of burial (lunar darkness" plutarch, in his treatise on isis and osiris, explained the symbolism "the body of osiris was cut into fourteen pieces; that is, into as many parts as there are days between the full moon and the new."58 now, if the picture of the reverse side of

"14. days of burial (lunar darkness" plutarch, in his treatise on isis and osiris, explained the symbolism "the body of osiris was cut into fourteen pieces; that is, into as many parts as there are days between the full moon and the new."58 now, if the picture of the reverse side of the great seal is examined, it will be found that fourteen rays of light issue from the triangle containing the eye of osiris. this combination of symbols simply cannot be attributed to a chance arrangement. only one writer. an occultist. has realized the startling fact that the number of stones in the pyramid totals 72, the 72 arrangements of the tetragrammaton, the cabalistic name of jehovah.59 the stones are counted as follows (from the top 13th level down to the base: 3; 4; 4(3 plus 2 1/2's; 4; 5; 5(4 plus

ng of the tetragrammaton was explained at length in part i. the pagan origin of the two mottos on the reverse seal has already been attested to. the entire quotation cited earlier containing the phrase novus ordo seclorum provides the ciue as to the nature of the "new order of the -34- ages" referred to. i( is a "golden" age during which the "saturnian" kingdom shall return. saturn was the father of osiris. the other motto, annuit coeptis "favor my daring undertaking" was not a supplication to god; in conjunction with the other motto it can only refer to saturn or osiris. the reign of saturn was called "the golden age" even though he received human sacrifices and devoured his own children. he was symbolized by the serpent biting its own tail.60 the sun and the serpent ophiolatry is the wor

STEINER RUDOLF CHRISTIANITY AS MYSTICAL FACT

spires to divinization as in the mysteries. plato appeals to the power of myth when he wants to describe the course of the eternal soul through its manifold transformations. and elsewhere in the platonic canon myth is used to render intelligible through symbolic stories the non-sensory, inner reality of human existence.76 in the light of this principle it is worth considering the egyptian mystery of osiris. in osiris we have a figure who gradually became one of the most important gods of the country. a significant 70 christianity as mystical fact cycle of myths grew up concerning osiris and his consort isis. according to the story, osiris was the son of the sungod; he had a brother, typhon (set, and a sister, isis. osiris married his sister and with her reigned over egypt. but his wicked b

f the country. a significant 70 christianity as mystical fact cycle of myths grew up concerning osiris and his consort isis. according to the story, osiris was the son of the sungod; he had a brother, typhon (set, and a sister, isis. osiris married his sister and with her reigned over egypt. but his wicked brother typhon plotted to overthrow osiris and prepared a chest that was exactly the length of osiris body. the chest was presented as a gift at a banquet to whatever person it fitted exactly; this turned out to be none other than osiris, who lay down in the chest. immediately typhon and his confederates seized upon osiris, closed the chest, and threw it into the river. when isis heard the terrible news, she wandered in despair searching for her husband s body. but when she found it, typ

an osiris, who lay down in the chest. immediately typhon and his confederates seized upon osiris, closed the chest, and threw it into the river. when isis heard the terrible news, she wandered in despair searching for her husband s body. but when she found it, typhon again managed to take possession of it; he tore it into fourteen pieces, which were dispersed in different locations; several tombs of osiris were shown in egypt. the limbs of the god were thus to be found scattered here and there in widely separated places. osiris himself, however, came forth from the netherworld and vanquished typhon. a ray from him fell upon isis, who in consequence bore his son, harpocrates (horus).77 and now compare with the myth the world-view presented by the fifth century b.c. greek philosopher empedoc

vine original unity in things, hidden under a spell, whirled about by love and strife. but if we find the divinity who is hidden there, we must ourselves be divine beings. for empedocles adheres to the view that like can only be known by like. 80 these ideas about the nature of humanity and the cosmos transcend considerations of sense experience. they are ideas that the mystai found in their myth of osiris: the god, the creative power is poured out into the world. this appears in empedocles four elements. god osiris is slain. human beings, with their knowledge (which is divine in nature) will restore him to life. we are to rediscover him in the form of horus (son of god, logos, wisdom) in the opposition between strife (typhon) and love (isis. in a greek way, empedocles expresses his basic

deas of the gods that we find there remind us constantly of those familiar from the greek mysteries. osiris is a god who gradually came to be popular and was universally worshipped in egypt, eclipsing the other local the egyptian and other eastern mysteries 87 divinities and subsuming the attributes of the other gods into himself. but whatever the ordinary people of egypt thought about the nature of osiris, in the book of the dead we have evidence of a priestly doctrine, according to which osiris was to be found within the human soul. that emerges from everything said there about death and about the dead. when the body is given over to the earth, preserved under earthly conditions, humanity s eternal part enters into the eternal condition that was in the beginning. it appears before osiris

eighth hour of the day, with the image of the heart of the gods, coming forth from the night into day.87 this shows that in the world of eternal order, one s eternal nature becomes osiris; after the name osiris stands the personal name of the deceased. moreover, the one being united with eternity designates himself osiris: i am the osiris n. growing under the blossoms of the fig tree is the name of osiris n.88 88 christianity as mystical fact he has become an osiris. yet being an osiris is nothing but the final, perfected stage of human life and development. it is clear in this context that even osiris in his cosmic role as a judge is no more than a man who has attained to the stage of perfected existence. the difference between human existence and divine existence is one of degree and al

eaning, becoming the paradigm of life for someone who wants to awaken eternal being within the egyptian and other eastern mysteries 89 him- or herself. osiris is torn to pieces by typhon; he is killed. the members of his body are cherished and cared for by his consort isis. after his death, he caused a ray of light to fall upon her and she bore his son horus, who then takes over the earthly tasks of osiris; he is the second, still immature osiris, but he is in process of becoming an osiris in the full sense. this true osiris is to be found in the human soul. for although the soul is to begin with connected to the transitory realm, it is destined to give birth to the eternal. humanity may therefore be termed the tomb of osiris; it is our lower nature typhon, or set that has killed him. the

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d had a special air shaft for the king s akh to fly to the star alpha draconis, which is the star of set in the constellation of the thigh, principle of the seven faces of darkness. during the middle kingdom, set was reduced to a symbol of upper egypt and apparently seen only during the setian festival of heb-sed, or tying together. it was during this time that set was first blamed for the murder of osiris, a semitic corn god who had arrived in the iiird dynasty. previously, osiris had died of drowning. no matter how evil set was, the essential function of set, of going out and expanding the borders of existence and then returning that chaotic energy to the center, always continued. it is the darkness that binds together the egyptian light. the foreigners who ruled egypt known as the hykso

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al sources (hell. yet another meaning is that the hand with all five fingers showing, palm outward, indicates that one is giving honor and admiration to the underworld deity. its essential meaning "thank you o subterranean lord for your deceptive wisdom and for your cunning aid in our struggle to overcome our enemies and to effect the great work" pharaoh ramses paying homage to the god horus, son of osiris, the sun god deity symbolized as the allseeing eye in the capstone on the u.s.a.'s dollar bill. quite possibly, the masons' sign of admiration and astonishment came from practices of adherents to the old mystery religions of babylon and egypt (from book, other worlds, hilary evans, readers digest books, 1998) on all occasions when the egyptian high priest was called to officiate, he wore

ecurity. many believe chertoff is an israeli mossad asset. eleven "cross my heart and hope to die" the mysterious "x" factor an x is an ancient symbol for change or transformation .long associated in medieval and renaissance art with the coming of the messiah who shall make all things new. jim tresner, 33 scottish rite journal the illuminist/masonic meaning of the x is simply this: it is the sign of osiris, the great (egyptian) sun god. texe marrs dark majesty t h e sign, or letter, x, has a long history of use in the ancient mystery religions, in apostate judaism, in freemasonry, and in the occult. the illuminati elite use it to this day to symbolize key phenomena and mark significant events. the mysterious letter x seems to take on a wide and varied life of its own, with or without the s

sner, 33? x the egyptian connection from what source do the masons draw for this funeral symbolism of the x? in my book, dark majesty, i explain the egyptian connection: in ancient egypt, the mark of "x" and the symbol of cross-bones in the symbol of an x was very prominent in religious contexts. you can find the x on the walls of a number of ancient egyptians temples and pyramids..it is the sign of osiris, the great sun god. the ancient pharaohs, when they were buried, had the legs crossed in the form of "x" as a sign of devotion to osiris' today, as in ancient egypt, osiris the sun god is worshipped; now the homage and veneration comes from the masons and their fellow illuminists. these confused and perverted men mistakenly believe they are illumined (enlightened) by their solar deity, t

ion. this is said to be a secret, coded alphabet used by the clandestine templars order (from secret societies, by arkon daraul "cross my heart and hope to die" 225 these ancient egyptian figures demonstrate how prevalent was osiris' sacred sign "x" bronze figurine of the demon god pazuzu, 800-600 b.c. pazuzu is still secretly worshipped today by many. a real egyptian mummy, arms crossed in honor of osiris, divine father. pre-aztec figurine, today on display in mexico, has arms crossed in "x" position. 226 codex magica rosicrucian and other mystical orders emphasize the process of alchemy, mystical union that brings about cleansing and renewal. the goal of illuminati alchemy is to realize a new world order through destruction("cleansing. thus, ordo ab chao, order out of chaos. in this draw

ederacy was secretly supported by jesuits, masons, and jews (rothschild interests) all of whom were aware of its true, occultic origins. moreover, the degree of the scottish rite of freemasonry emphasizes the x- shaped cross of saint andrew. cross my heart and hope to die" 235 236 codex magica illuminism in space: nasa patches are loaded with pagan, occultic, and masonic meanings, including the x of osiris, the egyptian sun god. an x is formed as america's top four politicians met at the white house to decide the fate of the federal budget. obviously, this was a staged "photo op" event, but for vice president al gore and house speaker newt gingrich to reach over the clasped hands of president bill clinton and senate majority leader bob dole was a serious breach of etiquette (usa today, dec

ame rendered pharaoh, was phra, that is, pai-ra, the sun. the legend of the contest between hor-ra and set, or set-nu-bi, the same as bar or bal, is older than that of the strife between osiris and typhon; as old, at least, as the nineteenth dynasty. it is called in the book of the dead "the day of the battle between horus and set" the later myth connects itself with phoenicia and syria. the body of osiris went ashore at gebal or byblos, sixty miles above tsur. you will not fail to notice that in the name of each murderer of khurum, that of the evil god bal is found* har-oeri was the god of time, as well as of life. the egyptian legend was that the king of byblos cut down the tamarisk-tree containing the body of osiris, and made of it a column for his palace. isis, employed in the palace

ose from the dead, being pieced back together by his beautiful queen, isis "cross my heart and hope to die" 239 beginning on page 801 of albert pike's classic textbook, morals 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 o

THE CANOPIC GODS SYMBOLISM

m whereby these life-forces act is what are termed the vital organs. withdraw or destroy any of these, and the life ceases to function in that body. not less important, then, than the body itself, the vehicle of the soul, are the organs. these are the media for the action of organic life, and it is equally important to preserve them from corruption, yet not together with the body. for as the body of osiris was broken up, so must the body of the osirian be divided. this is the meaning of the viscera being preserved apart from the body. the death 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

rrection 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 and the forc

dianships were often painted on the canopic jars. when, therefore, the candidate kneels at the foot of the altar, or where the corpse lies on the bier preparatory to the passing over the river towards the west, and the soul stands before osiris, and the goddesses stand by and watch while the beam sways and the decision is taken- the body of the candidate is then, as it were, broken up as the body of osiris was broken, and the higher self stands before the place of the pillars, but the lower self is in the invisible station of the evil persona. then is the candidate nigh unto death, for then, symbolically, his spirit passes through the veils of negative existence, passing from the rtk of hycu to the twklm of hryxy. therefore, unless the genii of the underworld were then present and directin

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ncerning their concepts of goodness, purity, faithfulness, truth, and justice, beginning in the pyramid texts and extending onward, most scholars agree that the ancient egyptians were a highly moral people. the gods osiris and isis were exalted as the ideal father and mother, and set (god of chaos) became the personification of evil. during the time of the middle kingdom (c. 2000 b.c.e) the story of osiris became a kind of gospel of righteousness, and justice was exalted in a manner found in few periods of history. egyptian book of the dead as early as the eighteenth dynasty, which began about 1580 b.c.e, most of the religious literature of ancient egypt, including the pyramid texts the oldest extant funerary literature in the world, dating back to as early as the fourth millennium b.c.e

by the time the text of the book of the dead was being copied on rolls of papyrus and placed in the tombs of the dead, a great social and religious revolution had taken place. whereas the pyramid texts were meant only to be inscribed on the sarcophagi of the royals, it was now decreed that anyone who could afford the rituals would be entitled to follow the god osiris into the afterlife. the cult of osiris had now been extended so that any deceased human, commoner or noble-born, who had the means could become an osiris. the most important ceremony associated with the preparation of the dead was the opening of the eyes, mouth, ears, and nose of the deceased. this rite was thought to guarantee 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 afterlife

n afterlife (ap/wide world photos) the pyramid texts were the oldest extant funerary literature in the world, dating back to as early as the fourth millennium b.c.e. eliminate osiris. quite the opposite, in fact, for isis, incarnation of the divine mother goddess, used her magic to put him back together. osiris rose from the dead and became for all of his followers a god of resurrection. the cult of osiris was established at abydos, where he became known as the lord of the death or lord of the west, referring to his mastery over all those who had traveled west into the sunset of death. the theology of osiris, which promised resurrection, soon overshadowed that of the sun god ra and became the dominant feature of all egyptian religion. ra was a creator god, fundamentally solar, a king by na

tian religion. ra was a creator god, fundamentally solar, a king by nature, whose theology concerned itself with the world, its origin, creation, and the laws that governed it. osiris and his doctrines were concerned with the problems of life, death, resurrection, and an afterlife. the connection between the two deities was horus, who was a sky god of the heavens and also the dutiful son and heir of osiris. the general influence of ra and osiris can be traced back to the time of the pyramid texts and forward to the decline of egyptian religious history. the cosmology of osiris may be divided into two periods. the earlier one extended up until the time of the pyramid texts, during which he was a peaceful political power, an administrator of a higher culture, the unifying factor in bringing

aten. by his royal decree, the worship of amun was to be suppressed and his very name was to be chiseled away from any statues, monuments, temples, or city walls throughout all of egypt. likewise, images of all of the ancient representations of the egyptian gods osiris, horus, isis, and so forth were to be destroyed. even the centuries- old osirian funerary rites were to be abandoned and the name of osiris was to be replaced in the mortuary texts by prayers to the aten. aten also directed akhenaten to disassociate himself with the city sacred to amun, and to establish a new holy city, a new capital for egypt, called akhetaton or amarna 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 mystery religions and cults 259 pharoah akhenaten (corbis corporat

back together. osiris and his doctrines were concerned with the problems of life, death, resurrection, and an afterlife. the initiate who wished to attain mastery over the mysteries of life after death would be sent to knock at the door of the great temple of thebes or of memphis. here, he had been told, the priests could teach what isis and osiris knew. if the newcomer were admitted, the priest of osiris would question him about the place of his birth, his family lineage, and the temple where he had received his elementary instruction. in a brief but revealing interrogation, if the student was found unworthy of the mysteries, he would be sent quickly away. if the seeker appeared to be one who sincerely desired to learn the truth of the mysteries, he would be led through a corridor to an

e doorway to an inner sanctuary. the goddess s face was veiled, with an inscription that advised all initiates that no mortal could ever lift her veil and look upon her true features until the moment of death. within the hidden sanctuary were two columns, one colored black, the other red. the priest explained to the novice that the red column represented the ascension of the spirit into the light of osiris, while the black one signified the captivity of the spirit in physical matter. whoever sought the mysteries risked madness or death, the initiate was warned. once the door closed behind him, he would no longer be able to turn back. those novices who chose to go forward were assigned a week of menial tasks working with the temple servants and forced to observe a strict silence. when the e

THE GOD OF THE WITCHES

tal horns are those most commonly worn by egyptian gods. one of themost important of these deities is khnum, the god of the district round the first cataract; he was a creatorgod and was represented as a human being with a sheep's head and horizontal horns. but the greatest of allthe horned gods of egypt was osiris, who appears to have been the pharaoh in his aspect as the incarnategod. the crown of osiris, of which the horizontal horns were an important part, was also the crown of themonarch, indicating to all who understood the symbolism that the king as god was the giver of all fertility'in the accounts of the divine birth of the egyptian kings, the future father of the divine child, the pharaoh,visits the queen as the god amon wearing all the insignia of divinity, including the horns

THE KEY TO THE MYSTERIES

g probably endowed with that human frailty called laziness, he hopes to find a weapon ready made. thus we find the christian magus who imposed his power upon the world taking the existing worships and making a single system combining all their merits. there is no single feature in christianity which has not been taken bodily from the worship of isis, or of mithras, or of bacchus, or of adonis, or of osiris. in modern times again we find frater iehi aour trying to handle buddhism. others again have attempted to use freemasonry. there have been even exceptionally foolish magicians who have tried to use a sword long since rusted. wagner illustrates this point very clearly in "siegfried" the great sword nothung has been broken, and it is the viii only weapon that can destroy the gods. the dwar

persons assembled in mme. de b-'s drawing-room the scientific explanation of the three signatures, and this is what he said "these three signs belong to the series of sacred and primitive hieroglyphs, known only to initiates of the first order. the first is the signature of typhon. it expresses the blasphemy of the evil spirit by establishing dualism in the creative principle. for the crux ansata of osiris is a lingam upside down, and represents the paternal and active force of god (the vertical line extending from the circle) fertilizing passive nature (the horizontal line. to double the vertical line is to affirm that nature has two fathers; it is to put adultery in the place of the divine motherhood, it is to affirm, instead of the principle of intelligence, blind fatality, which has fo

on the consuming robe of deianira. it is to devote one's self to the promptest and most terrible of all deaths. woe to him who wishes to know too much! for if excessive and rash knowledge does not kill him it will make him mad. 286 to eat the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, is to associate evil with good, and assimilate the one to the other. it is to cover the radiant countenance of osiris with the mask of typhon. it is to raise the sacred veil of isis; it is to profane the sanctuary. illustration on page 287 described: this is in shape exactly the same as the illustration on page 282, save that there are words in the five wedge rays and there is no triangle in the center. instead, the sides of the pentagram are extended as dotted lines to form an inverse pentagon. the whi

THE MIDDLE PILLAR

power issuing up through the shaft. then follow with the other two methods. the circulation down the left side and up the right, and the circulation from the head down the front of the body, under the feet and up the back. use the inhalation and exhalation. the aura will be in a state of great activity. the light is pouring through and making it a great power. in order to close assume the godform of osiris and keep that as long as you feel like it. i the middle pillar exercise 219 want you to make the banishing ritual a habit. begin and end every ritual with it. this middle pillar ritual can be done either sitting or lying flat. the tree of life exercise (the rite of three pillars (see figure 15, p. 220) this exercise can be performed either standing, sitting, or lying down. after a few mi

THE NECRONOMICON SIMON VERSION

lation "the beast 666, was his mother, and he eventually took this appellation to heart. he changed his name to aleister crowley while still at cambridge, and by that name, plus "666, he would never be long out of print, or out of newspapers. for he believed himself to be the incarnation of a god, an ancient one, the vehicle of a new age of man's history, the aeon of horus, displacing the old age of osiris. in 1904, he had received a message, from what lovecraft might have called "out of space, that contained the formula for a new world order, a new system of philosophy, science, art and religion, but this new order had to begin with the fundamental part, and common denominator, of all four: magick. in 1937, the year lovecraft dies, the nazis banned the occult lodges of germany, notable am

tianity considers to represent the devil. indeed, crowley had nothing but admiration for the shaitan (satan) of the so-called "devil-worshipping" cult of the yezidis of mesopotamia, knowledge of which led him to declare the lines that open this introduction. for he saw that the yezidis possess a great secret and a great tradition that extends far back into time, beyond the origin of the sun cults of osiris, mithra and christ; even before the formation of the judaic religion, and the hebrew tongue. crowley harkened back to a time before the moon was worshipped, to the "shadow out of time; and in this, whether he realised it as such or not, he had heard the "call of cthulhu. sumeria that a reclusive author of short stories who lived in a quiet neighbourhood in new england, and the manic, inf

THE STAR IN THE WEST BY CAPTAIN FULLER A CRITICAL ESSAY ON THE WORKS OF ALEISTER CROWLEY

the blue agean sea. yet those who would drink deeper of the wine of this magical eucharist, spilt with due reverence on the pages of this volume, they must seek it in the sibylline verses of those books from which this one has drawn its life-blood. and they are: aceldama. the tale of archais. songs of the spirit. jezebel. an appeal to the american people. jephthah. the mother fs tragedy. the soul of osiris. carmen saeculare. tannhauser. berashith. ahab. the god-eater. alice. the sword of song. the star and the garter. the argonauts. goetia. why jesus wept. oracles. orpheus. rosa mundi. gargoyles. collected works, vols. i, ii, and iii. by which, if they have eyes to perceive, they will become sacramental and holy, through the fire-baptism of a new birth, and will hold the key of all mysteri

een is no christian, neither is he a gullible spiritualist, nor a gross materialist. seeking an answer to the mystery, he first finds it in the ontology of the qabalah, and then finally through mysticism and agnosticism, to their reconciliation in a neo-hermeticism, a neo- rosicrucianism. which we have already called crowleyanity *not only has crowley succeeded in finding all the scattered pieces of osiris which isis discovered, but also his phallus which she could not find. yet though he does not end at that barrier beyond which the rationalist cannot proceed, he by no means rejects common sense and understanding as his epode on nature clearly shows. nature my name is called. o fruitless veil of the strange self of its own self begotten! o vision laughterless! o shadowy tale. i am nature

THE BOOK OF GATES

ur the book of gates chapter i. the alabaster sarcophagus of seti i. chapter ii. the ante-chamber of the tuat chapter iii. the gate of saa-set: the second division of the tuat. chapter iv. the gate of aqebi. the third division of the tuat. chapter v. the gate of tchetbi. the fourth division of the tuat chapter vi. the gate of teka-hra. the fifth division of the tuat chapter vii. the judgment hall of osiris. the sixth division of the tuat. chapter viii. the gate of set-em-maat-f. the sixth division of the tuat--continued. chapter ix. the gate of akha-en-maat. the seventh division of the tuat. chapter x. the gate of set-hra. the eighth division of the tuat. chapter xi. the gate of ab-ta. the ninth division of the tuat. chapter xii. the gate of sethu. the tenth division of the tuat. chapter x

th them upon earth, regularly and unfailingly. shesat-maket-neb-s is the name of the hour of the night which guideth this great god through this field. next: the third hour sacred texts egypt ehh index index previous next p. 8 the third hour. this great god afterwards taketh up his position in the fields of the peru-gods (i.e, the fighters, and p. 9 this great god paddleth his way over the stream of osiris (net-asar) in sailing up this field, which is three hundred and nine atru long, and one hundred and twenty atru wide. this great god uttereth words to those who are in the following of osiris to this city, and he allotteth unto them estates which are situated in this field. baiu-shetaiu (i.e, hidden souls) is the name of the gods who are in this field, and whosoever knoweth their names u

t is not known to men and women. whosoever shall make [a copy of] this image in writing, according to the representation of the same which is in the hidden things of the tuat, at the south of the hidden palace, and whosoever shall know them shall be in the condition of one who awardeth offerings in abundance in the tuat, and he shall be united to the offerings of the gods who are in the following of osiris, and his parents (or, kinsfolk) shall make the offerings which are obligatory on the earth. the majesty of this great god sendeth forth words, and he giveth divine offerings to [the gods of] the tuat, and he standeth up by them; and they see him, and they have dominion over their fields and over the gifts made to them, and they effect their transformations by reason of the words which th

ich this great god hath spoken unto them. metchet-nebt-tuatiu is the name of this field, which is the road of the boat of ra. mesperit-ar-maat is the name of the hour of the night which guideth this great god through this country. next: the seventh hour sacred texts egypt ehh index index previous next p. 25 the seventh hour. the majesty of this great god taketh up his position in the secret place of osiris, and the majesty of this great god sendeth forth words into this to the gods who dwell therein. this god maketh to himself other forms for this hidden place in order to drive out of his path the serpent fiend apep by means of the words of power of isis, and the words of power of semsu. ruti-asar is the name of the gate of this city through which this god passeth. tephet-sheta is the name

all not know how to drive back neha-hra (i.e, stinking-face. now the ridge of earth of neha-hra in the tuat is four hundred and fifty cubits in length, and he filleth it with the undulations of his body. the regions which belong to him are made (i.e, kept) for him, and the great god doth not make his way over him when he p. 27 maketh him to turn aside out of the way for him, from the secret place of osiris, when this god maketh his way through this city in the form of the serpent mehen. whosoever shall know this upon earth, the serpent neha-hra shall not drink his water, and the soul of him that knoweth it shall not be evilly entreated by the gods who are in this circle; and whosoever knoweth it the crocodile ab-shau shall not devour his soul. khesef-hai-heseq-neha-hra is the name of the h

eech of qebhsennuf "i am thy son, i have come that i might be among those who protect thee. i gather together for thee thy bones, and i piece together for thee thy limbs. i bring unto thee thy heart, and i set it upon its seat in thy body. i make to flourish (or, germinate) for thee thy house after thee [o thou who] liv[est] for ever" to be said "ra liveth, the tortoise dieth! let enter the bones of osiris, king men-maat-ra, whose word is maat, the son of the sun, seti mer-en-ptah, whose word is maat, let them enter into their foundations. pure is the dead body which is in the earth, p. 53 and pure are the bones of osiris, king men-mast-ra, whose word is maat, like ra [for ever" on the bottom of the sarcophagus is a large, full-length figure of the goddess nut who is depicted in the form o

with a buckle on the shoulder. she has anklets on her legs, and bracelets on her wrists, and armlets on her arms. the inscriptions which are cut above the head, and at both sides, and under the feet of the goddess contain addresses to the king by the great gods of the sky, and extracts from the book of the dead; they read- p. 55 inscription on the bottom of the sarcophagus of seti i. i. the words of osiris the king, the lord of the two lands, men-maat-ra, whose word is maat, the son of ra (i.e, the sun, seti mer-en-ptah, whose word is maat, who saith "o thou goddess nut, support thou me, for i am thy son. destroy thou my defects of immobility, together with those who produce them" ii. the goddess nut, who dwelleth in het-hennu, saith "this [is my] son osiris, the king, the lord of the two

THE GOD SET

der setnakt "set is mighty" there is also considerable evidence that the set cult was favored among artisans of the time (see romer's ancient lives, henry holt, 1984, and if you've got as copy of stephen quirk's ancient egyptian religion check out the beautiful stella of aapehty- probably the most beautiful surviving example of setian art. by the end of the twentieth dynasty, as the funerary cult of osiris became the dominate force in popular egyptian religion,more and more, set as the murderer of osiris became the evil one. in fact by the twenty sixth dynasty it was a common practice to disfigure any representations of set. he became--for all practical purposes the christian devil. some scholars have even derived the name satan from set-hen, a cult title meaning the majesty of set, but i

THOUGHTS ON SETH

expand and evolve that existence through its own actions. xeper has been experienced by anyone who has decided to seek after his or her own enlightenment "set, the egyptian god of darkness, is the divine origin of the word. set's name ultimately means the 'separator' or 'isolator' his chief enemies are the gods of stasis and mindlessness. the first of these is osiris, death himself. set's slaying of osiris has a twofold significance for the seeker of xeper. firstly this represents the slaying of old thought patterns, the dethroning of those internal gods that we have received from society. on a second level this was the act by which set, alone of all the gods of ancient egypt, became deathless. the left hand path is a quest to become an immortal, potent, and powerful essence. set's other e

TWO ESSAYS ON THE WORSHIP OF PRIAPUS

egarded as representations, but as actual emanations of the divine power, consubstantial with his own essence.1 for this reason, the symbols were treated with greater respect and veneration than if they had been merely signs and characters of convention. plutarch says, that most of the egyptian priests held the bull apis, who was worshipped with so much ceremony, to be only an image of the spirit of osiris.2 this i take to have been the real meaning of all the animal worship of the egyptians, about which so much has been written, and so little discovered. those animals or plants, in which any particular attribute of the deity seemed to predominate, became the symbols of that attribute, and were accordingly worshipped as the images of divine providence, acting in that particular direction

ther, kronoj, or time, and by their union produced the separation or delivery of the elements from each other; for the name apollo is only a title derived from apoluw, to deliver from.3 they made the robes of isis various in their colours and complicated in their folds, because the passive or material power appeared in various shapes and modes, as accommodating itself to the active; but the dress of osiris was simple, and of one luminous colour, to show the unity of his essence, and universality of his power; equally the same through all things.4 the luminous, or flame colour, represented the sun, who, in the language of the theologists, was the substance of his sacred power, and the visible image of his intellectual being.5 he is called, in the orphic litanies, the chain which connects al

TYSON DONALD NEW MILLENNIUM MAGIC

but if the heart is defiled with only a trace of materialism, the love of form, it will tip down the delicately hinged scale. the jackal-headed anubis adjusts the balance to ensure absolute honesty. the god of the scribes, thoth, records the list of sins. nearby waits the monster arnmut, the devourer (part crocodile and part lion, to seize the souls found unworthy of admittance into the presence of osiris and grind them to nothingness in his mas- sive jaws-the damnation of the egyptians was not hell but eternal oblivion. souls that had defiled themselves were not fit to merge with the light. their life experience was so much chaff, good for nothing but to fuel the fires of the world. if the soul was found worthy, then great thoth would speak thus: his heart hath indeed been weighed, and h

, and he hath uttered no evil report whilst he was upon earth.25 it should be obvious at once that st. peter, who waylays souls at the gates of heaven and opens his book to affirm their worthiness before admitting them, is analogous to the egyptian god thoth. the book of thoth, with sins listed on the left and good deeds on the right, has itself become the great scale. heaven is the inner chamber of osiris. hell has been granted a reality it does not merit, since it is born of shadows and its true nature is oblivion. that the egyptian and christian myths are essentially the same is demonstrated conclusively by the medieval images of the great scale that weighs souls at the last judgment. examples of this scale of souls are to be found in the doorway of autun cathedral (eleventh centu- ry)

itical moment, the magus gives expression to the transformation, declar- ing his or her unity with the god and recounting at length the complex name of the god with its many magical relationships and correspondences. after the task of the ritual has been accomplished, the god is dismissed by the authority of its ruling deity. for example, if it is thoth, god of egypt, dismiss him by the authority of osiris. if the god assumed is the leading deity of a pantheon, dismiss it by the authority of the light. it may happen that the god refuses to leave the body and mind of the magus. then it must be threatened, using its image on the altar that it simultaneously inhabits, with its natural weakness. most gods have an affinity with one of the four elements, and the opposite element will affect them

TYSON DONALD THE MAGICAL WORKBOOK

wn, and used by aleister crowley and israel regardie, among many others. i have modified the method and expanded its description for the sake both of utility and clarity. four distinct golden dawn ritual postures are employed in the exercise. when the practitioner stands with arms extended out to the sides like the arms of a great cross, palms forward, his body forms the posture known as the sign of osiris slain. when his arms are raised at a sharp angle, though not quite straight overhead, with the palms turned up and in, the pose is a modified form of the sign of apophis and typhon (in this sign the palms are more usually turned outward. the posture with the right leg extended in a step and the arms held outward in front of the chest is a version of the sign of the enterer, also called t

(in this sign the palms are more usually turned outward. the posture with the right leg extended in a step and the arms held outward in front of the chest is a version of the sign of the enterer, also called the sign of horus, the projecting sign charging an object 101 and the attacking sign. when the forearms are crossed over the heart-center to form an x, the posture is very similar to the sign of osiris &sen. crowley was especially fond of using the sign of the enterer for projecting occult power. he advised that the rays from the eyes be directed along the thumbs. the hand gesture illustrated by israel regardie in his golden dawn shows the extended hands turned inward palm to palm, with the thumbs on top and the fingers inclined upward at a slight angle. the palms do not appear to touc

the feet and back, bring the arms forward in "the sign of the enterer" while vibrating the name out into the universe. on completing this, make the "sign of silence" and remain still, contemplating the force you have invoked. note that in the original golden dawn technique the name of power is vibrated mentally in the heart and the feet while the full inhalation of breath is retained in the sign of osiris slain. the purpose of the double mental sounding of the name is to create a resonant pulse chat will rebound from the feet out through the lungs on the breath. the sign of apophis is not used at all, but the sign of osiris slain appears in this description to transition directly into the projecting sign as the breath is expelled and the name vibrated aloud. i find that more force of proj

is upon exhalation, while the step is taken with the right foot. another difference is the use by the golden dawn of the sign of silence to create an inner stillness after the violent act of projection. this posture, also known as the sign of harpocrates, is made by standing with the feet together, right arm at the side, left index finger pressed to the lips. in my own experience, i find the sign of osiris risen more potent in forming a barrier against a reflux of power from the charged object. when charging a physical object, the purpose is to expel as much occult force of the desired kind as strongly and quickly as possible, then to separate yourself from the object, severing all links with it, so that this force cannot rebound and be dissipated, but must remain within the object. the x

reflux of power from the charged object. when charging a physical object, the purpose is to expel as much occult force of the desired kind as strongly and quickly as possible, then to separate yourself from the object, severing all links with it, so that this force cannot rebound and be dissipated, but must remain within the object. the x formed by the forearms across the heartcenter in the sign of osiris risen constitutes an effective barrier against this reflux of force. it is to further prevent this reflux that the eyes are closed at the end of the exercise. it is not enough to charge an object, you must charge it with a specific potency suitable to your purpose. divine names of power should be used when employing this vibratory formula. the four names given in the previous exercise em

eath, hold it four beats, and energize your heart-center. vibrate the names of the four hebrew letters: yod-nun-resh-yod (i, n= 1, r= 1, i. the vibrations are driven outward by your resonating aura to fill the universe "yod-nun-resh-yod" take another breath while maintaining your expanded aura, hold it four beats while energizing your heart-center, and vibrate the syllables of the words: the sign of osiris slain. the vibrations are driven outward in all directions by your aura "the sign of oh-si-ris slain" raise your right arm straight upward with your left arm still extended horizontally to the left. bow your head toward your left shoulder. the open palms of both your hands continue to face east. draw another breath and hold it four beats while charging your heart-center. vibrate the foll

to fill the universe "vee-the sign of ty-phon and ah-po-phis" cross your forearms on your chest to form an x-shape that has its intersection over your heart-center. keep your hands flat so that your fingertips rest on the fronts of your shoulders. bow your head forward. take another breath and hold it four beats while charging your heart-center. vibrate the following letter and words: x-the sign of osiris risen. your aura drives these vibrations outward to fill the universe "ex-the sign of oh-si-ris ris-en" once more make the sign of the mourning of isis by raising your right arm straight overhead and extending your left arm horizontally to your left side, while bowing your head to the left. take another breath, hold it to charge your heart-center, and with the first portion of the breath

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appearance than the prince m wins her in marriage, and she is set upon the throne of her mother [first hi. she thus awakens the eld of the original old king; who thereupon becomes a young knight [i, and so renews the cycle. the princess is not only the perfect maiden, but, owing to the death of the prince, the forsaken and lamenting widow. all this occurs in the legends characteristic of the aeon of osiris. it is hardly possible definitely to disentangle these complications, but for the student it is sufficient if he will be content to work with one legend at a time (the book of thoth [new york: weiser, 19741, pp. 150-1) the square brackets in the above quotation are mine. crowley viewed the dynamic of the name as a series of family trines in which the father and mother (i and first h) alt

UNLEASHING THE BEAST

ald of a new era in human history. according to his own account, crowley's guardian angel, aiwass, appeared to him and dictated the book of the law (liber al vel legis).xviii his most famous work, the book of the law announces the dawn of the third aeon of mankind: the first aeon was that of the goddess isis, centered around matriarchy and the worship of the great mother; the second aeon was that of osiris, during which the patriarchal religions of suffering and death- i.e, judaism and christianity- rose to power. finally, with the revelation of the book of the law, a new aeon of the son, horus, was born "in this aeon the emphasis is on the self or will, not on anything external such as gods and priests."xix the peak of his magical career- and also of his infamy as the wickedest man alive

WAITE ASPECTS OF MASONIC SYMBOLISM

al estate, bringing the knowledge of another world, the quest ended for the time being at least. this is compared to resurrection, because in the aftermath of his experience the man is, as it were, a new being. i have found in most mythological legends that the period between divine death and resurrection was triadic and is spoken of roughly as three days, though there is an exception is the case of osiris, whose dismemberment necessitated a long quest before the most important of his organs was left finally lost. the three days are usually foreshortened at both ends; the first is an evening, the second a complete day, while the third ends at sunrise. i is an allusion to the temporal brevity ascribed in all literatures to the culminating mystical experience. it is remarkable, in this conne

WALLIS BUDGE E A LEGENDS OF THE EGYPTIAN GODS

vi. the slaughter of the hippopotamus-fiend vii. horus of behutet and ra-harmakhis in a shrine viii. horus of behutet and ra-harmakhis in a shrine ix. ashthertet in her chariot x. horus holding captive foes and spearing typhonic animals xi. horus spearing human foes xii. horus spearing the crocodile xiii. horus in the form of a lion xiv. the procreation of horus, son of isis. xv. the resurrection of osiris. xvi. the bekhten stele xvii. the metternich stele--obverse xviii. the metternich stele--reverse introduction i. the legend of the god neb-er-tcher, and the history of creation. the text of the remarkable legend of the creation which forms the first section of this volume is preserved in a well-written papyrus in the british museum, where it bears the number 10,188. this papyrus was acqu

d with the help of shu ra got on her back. as soon as men saw that ra was on the back of the cow of heaven, and was about to leave them, they became filled with fear and repentance, and cried out to ra to remain with them and to slay all those who had blasphemed against him. but the cow moved on her way, and carried ra to het-ahet, a town of the nome of mareotis, where in later days the right leg of osiris was said to be preserved. meanwhile darkness covered the land. when day broke the men who had repented of their blasphemies appeared with their bows, and slew the enemies of ra. at this result ra was pleased, and he forgave those who had repented because of their righteous slaughter of his enemies. from this time onwards human sacrifices were offered up at the festivals of ra celebrated

ds and the dead. he exercised his creative power in making land and water, trees and herbs, cattle and other four-footed beasts, birds of all kinds, and fish and creeping things; even the waste spaces of the desert owed allegiance to him as the creator. and he rolled out the sky, and set the light above the darkness. the last paragraph of the text contains an allusion to isis, the sister and wife of osiris, and mentions the legend of the birth of horus, which even under the xviiith dynasty was very ancient, isis, we are told, was the constant protectress of her brother, she drove away the fiends that wanted to attack him, and kept them out of his shrine and tomb, and she guarded him from all accidents. all these things she did by means of spells and incantations, large numbers of which wer

er, and by her power as the "witch-goddess" her "mouth was trained to perfection, and she made no mistake in pronouncing her spells, and her tongue was skilled and halted not" at length came the unlucky day when set succeeded in killing osiris during the war which the "good god" was waging against him and his fiends. details of the engagement are wanting, but the pyramid texts state that the body of osiris was hurled to the ground by set at a place called netat, which seems to have been near abydos.[fn#26] the news of the death of osiris was brought to isis, and she at once set out to find his body. all legends agree in saying that she took the form of a bird, and that she flew about unceasingly, going hither and thither, and uttering wailing cries of grief. at length she found the body, a

ys was with her that "isis came, nephthys came, the one on the right side, the other on the left side, one in the form of a hat bird, the other in the form of a tchert bird, and they found osiris thrown on the ground in netat by his brother set" the late form of the legend goes on to say that isis fanned the body with her feathers, and produced air, and that at length she caused the inert members of osiris to move, and drew from him his essence, wherefrom she produced her child horus [fn#26] pepi i, line 475; pepi ii, line 1263. this bare statement of the dogma of the conception of horus does not represent all that is known about it, and it may well be supplemented by a passage from the pyramid texts,[fn#27] which reads "adoration to thee, o osiris.[fn#28] rise thou up on thy left side, pl

bers, he hath collected them completely, there is no disorder in thee. thoth hath seized thy enemy and hath slain him and those who were with him" the above words are addressed to dead kings in the pyramid texts, and what the gods were supposed to do for them was believed by the egyptians to have been actually done for osiris. these extracts are peculiarly valuable, for they prove that the legend of osiris which was current under the xviiith dynasty was based upon traditions which were universally accepted in egypt under the vth and vith dynasties [fn#27] mer-en-ra, line 336; pepi ii, line 862 [fn#28] i omit the king's names [fn#29] teta, line 274; pepi i, line 27; mer-en-ra, line 37; and pepi ii, line 67 [fn#30] pyramid text, teta, l. 276. plate xv. plate xvi. the stele recording the cast

dynasties [fn#27] mer-en-ra, line 336; pepi ii, line 862 [fn#28] i omit the king's names [fn#29] teta, line 274; pepi i, line 27; mer-en-ra, line 37; and pepi ii, line 67 [fn#30] pyramid text, teta, l. 276. plate xv. plate xvi. the stele recording the casting out of a devil from the princess of bekhten. the hymn concludes with a reference to the accession of horus, son of isis, the flesh and bone of osiris, to the throne of his grandfather keb, and to the welcome which he received from the tchatcha, or administrators of heaven, and the company of the gods, and the lords of truth, who assembled in the great house of heliopolis to acknowledge his sovereignty. his succession also received the approval of neb-ertcher, who, as we saw from the first legend in this book, was the creator of the un

WICCA WITCHCRAFT TODAY

f 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 latter "magical" practices derived through direct or distorting channels from the centralising egyptian source. witchcraft as it

eel that the egyptian cults were too severe and respectable to go in for the blood practices used by africans. i think pythagoras, who is generally credited with bringing the mysteries to greece, was not the sort of man who would have had anything to do with blood sacrifices or other objectionable practices. but it is conceivable that there were two sects, the worshippers of set, as well as those of osiris, who crept in with the plea 'there is a short cut; if you cannot work magic properly, you can gain power this way' the writings of witches speak with horror of the practice of sorcerers using blood to gain power. but the evil knowledge may have kept pace with the good and may account for some of the statements against the cult which i am still inclined to think were christian libels or c

ld smith of the british museum and sir arthur keith pronounce it to be of early or pre-roman date' mr. cubbon, who excavated them, told me that this figure was found in the grave of the man with thigh-bones under his chin. i have seen this skeleton; the legs are complete and laid out straight, so it was someone else's thighbones which were used. i have examined the figure, which is the usual type of osiris, with a short sword and scourge crossed on his breast- the symbols of death and resurrection i believe. it is fascinating but improbable to think that cult of osiris could have reached the isle of man at this early date, and i would suggest that it has been sold by some unscrupulous pilgrim as the figure of a saint, if it were not for these reasons. the bones were apparently buried in ea

and is the symbol of death and resurrection. when i was made a mason i was told the skull and crossbones represented 'death' and the blazing star 'resurrection. now this star is also a pentacle. as i have said, in old times witches used a skull and crossbones to represent their god when his representative, the high priest, was not present. nowadays the priestess assumes a position much like that of osiris to represent the god in his death form, then opens out her arms to represent the pentacle, resurrection. the first gesture also represents a triangle formed by the head and elbows, and the second a five-pointed star (pentacle. both triangle and pentacle have special meanings to them. i have already told the story of the lord of sidon, and the skull and crossbones which became a talisman

WILLIAM WESCOTT GOLDEN DAWN HISTORTY LECTURE

efs. the temple no. 1 of licht, liebe, libra is a group of continental mystics who have not been in the habit of performing ceremonies in open lodge, but have conferred the grades chiefly in privacy and in the presence of two or three members, so there is no accurate record of name and rank of all these members. soon after the formation of temple no. 3, permission was granted for the consecration of osiris temple no. 4 at weston-super-mare under rule of v.h. frater "crux dat salubrem" and the west of england has been assigned to him as a province. almost at the same time, the horus temple no. 5 under the rule of v.h. fratre "vote vita mea" was also consecrated at bredford in yorkshire. these three temples have members also in the united states, hindustan, palestine, denmark, etc. the name

WILLIAM WESCOTT NUMBERS THEIR OCCULT POWER AND MYSTIC VIRTUES

or ocean. for six (6, they used seasons. for seven (7, they used sage or vowel. for twelve (12, they said sun or zodiac and for twenty (20, they used nails, meaning those of hands and feet. edward b. tylor# 111. chapter nineteen other higher numbers numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott he 14 days of burial, in the master s degree. 14 parts into which the body of osiris was divided. a type of christ, sacrificed on the 14th day of the month. an amulet of 14 points has been used to cure the sick. there are 14 books of the apocrypha. they were written originally in greek, never in hebrew. an israelite had to partake of 14 meals in the booth during the feast of tabernacle. the israelites killed the paschal lamb on the 14th day of the month nisan. in matthew

d twice; for 40 days, elijah fasted, and for 40 days, jesus fasted in the wilderness and 40 days elapsed between the resurrection and ascension of jesus. moses was 40 years in egypt, 40 in midian, and 40 in the wilderness. the israelites were 40 years among the philistines. 42. 42 is notable because of the 42-lettered name of god, taught by the kabalists. there were 42 judges in the judgment hall of osiris. see bettany, the world s religions, pg. 166, on the events of the 42nd day after death. numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott the talmud of babylon in kiddushin 71, mentions the 42-lettered name, and it is given by ignatz stern as composed of the divine names of the bible; thus eheyeh asher eheyeh, al, jah, jehovah, elohim, jehovah sabaoth, el chai a

WILLIAM WESCOTT THE CHALDEAN ORACLES OF ZOROASTER TRANSLATION

rship to the persian zoroaster_ 2. theurgists assert that he is a god and celebrate him as both older and younger, as a circulating and eternal god, as understanding the whole number of all things moving in the world, and moreover infinite through his power and energizing a spiral force. proclus on the tim us of plato, 244. z. or t. the egyptian pantheon had an elder and a younger horus a god son of osiris and isis. taylor suggests that he refers to kronos, time, or chronos as the later platonists wrote the name. kronos, or saturnus, of the romans, was son of uranos and gaia, husband of rhea, father of zeus_ 3. the god of the universe, eternal, limitless, both young and old, having a spiral force. cory includes this oracle in his collection, but he gives no authority for it. lobek doubted

ZALEWSKI GOLDEN DAWN ENOCHIAN MAGIC OCR

e's heels, so that his rider shall fall backward. i have waited for thy salvation, 0 lord' moses says 'dan is a lion's whelp: he shall leap from bashan' the armorial bearings of dan are green, and an eagle. these things 38 fit with the martial and fierce nature of this sign, in which mars principally bears sway. to the sign scorpio the egyptians attributed the serpent, and also typhon, the slayer of osiris, and on this account they called it the 'accursed sign' in good symbolism it is generally represented by the eagle. the horse's heels which the serpent bites are found in the centaur figure of sagittarius, which follows scorpio in the zodiac" holy name arsl tribe benjamin sign sagittarius angelic name zarzilg "of benjamin (sagittarius, jacob says 'benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the m

the sun entering virgo and the introduction of the air element, which in itself represents spirit or unification with the part of the kabbalistic soul called the ruach or "breath" the sign of orisis slain! this represents the forces of the equinox. l the sign of the mourning of isis! 183 the hands here are in a semi-arc position which shows the sun at summer solstice and links with the life force of osiris. v the sign of typhon and apophis! the hands show a further movement of the arc, which represents the sun at winter solstice, thus representing the forces of darkness. x. the sign of osiris risen! this shows the combination effect of the energy from both the equinox and solstice forces. the energy here is then brought down in an even flow, thus cementing itself into the aura. the entire

ZALEWSKI SECRET INNER ORDER RITUALS OF THE GOLDEN DAWN OCR

isis, apophis and osiris energies together into one workable formula, being at the hands of the adept to direct for a specific purpose. in the 5=6 ritual, the adept first experiences godform assumption when lashed to the cross of suffering; and later in the role of the chief adept in the pastos, who assumes the astral body of the postulant, and later when the postulant holds the crook and scourge of osiris. the energies of the various godforms, plus the rituals and props, amount to what could be described as a mass attack on the psyche of the individual. those who go through the 5=6 ceremony with full props, or as in an astral temple when the ceremony is done without props, will experience changes in their lives. some experience a dramatic shock then and there during the ceremony itself, w

to say "before, i was blind, but now i see" representing again the blindness to the neschamah consciousness and the passage into this. whereupon the chief adept says: am the reconciler with the ineffable! i am the dweller of the invisible; let the white brilliance of the divine spirit descend" the aspirant is now told to rise an adeptus minor of the rose of ruby and the cross of gold, in the sign of osiris slain; and then "we receive thee as adeptus minor in that sign of rectitude and self sacrifice" the affirmation of three parts is then proceeded with: the chief adept says "be thy mind opened unto the higher (second adept "be thy heart the centre of light (third adept "be thy body the temple of the rosy cross" the pass word is then announced, which is formed from the mystic number of the

: 21. this pass word, however, is the divine name of kether: it is used as the pass word of this grade of tiphareth in order to affirm the connection between the two. then the chief adept says that the key word is i.n.r.i. the three adepts themselves represent chesed, geburah and tiphareth. the creator, the destroyer and the sacrificed one: isis, apophis and osiris equals the name iao. the symbol of osiris slain is the cross; vis, the sign of the mourning of isis: the sign of typhon and apophis: x the sign of osiris risen:=lvx the light of the cross, or that which symbolizes the way into the divine through sacrifice. so that the symbolism in its entirety represents the exaltation of the initiate into the adept. the above paper by mathers shows the complexity of the energies employed within

re of whare ra prevented this type of communication between temple members, and few had any real idea of their fellow members real potential, other than of their direct seniors in charge of ritual. take the neophyte ritual again as an example. after the hierophant activates the astral shells, they stay activated until the hierophant breaks the etheric link, for it is he that activates the current of osiris. when the officers take their places on the floor of the temple at the beginning of the ceremony, the activated shells of the godforms then link with their physical auras. because of the delicate nature of this linking (these auric shells are sometimes seen clairvoyantly as light green in colour, it must be done correctly on two levels: the first by the hierophant, and the second by the

. 3rd ad. stands aside to let postulant in and then 3rd ad. says: 32%1 ad "merciful king of salem, i have tested the postulant and silence is maintained" three bells sound ch.ad "the hour cometh and even now is when the son of man shall appear. art thou therefore, prepared to discard the vestments of the flesh, that the soul unfettered may go forth to meet him in the air" postulant gives the sign of osiris slain. 2nd adept removs the black cowl. shading before the postulant ch. and 2nd ad. rise and turn towards him. clt. miss wand and ankh on high. ch.ad "oh ye divine ones who are in the presence of the supreme, grant me your arms, for i am he who shall come into being among you" 3rd ad "who then is this" 2nd ad. am the divine soul which dwelleth in the seven spheres" 3rd ad "who then is t

shall be. eternity is the day and everlastingness is the night' 3rd ad "who then is this" 2nd ad '1 am thooth, the scribe of the holy offerings; i am he who riseth in his place, who cometh into the holy city. i have made an end of any shortcomings and i have put away my faults" 3rd loosens coni from postulant's waist. 3rd ad "what then is this" 2nd ad "it is the loosening of the corruptible body of osiris, victorious before all the gods: all his faults are driven out; it is the purification of osiris on the day of his birth" ch.ad "i pass over the way; i know the head of the pool of truth, even the pool of silence which is the pool of healing" 3rd ad "what then is this" he points to the door of the vault. ch.ad 'it is the northern gate of the underworld, even the door of the tomb, whereon

fraternity of the rose of ruby and the cross of gold, standing here before the door of the vault of the adepti, do solemnly affirm and testify to the faith which i hold in my heart in those greater mysteries to which the lesser mysteries are the door; i believe that they are implanted in the soul in silence, and that through the veils of silence only can they be beheld. standing thus in the sign of osiris slain, with all sincerity and singleness of heart, do i affirm that i will ever maintain the most perfect silence in respect thereof; i promise that i will never reveal them to the profane, nor will hint of them to those in the order who are below the rank of theoricus adepti majoras (2)1 will hence forth endeavour to dose my ears to the call of the evil and impure, whether around me or

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