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hat symbolizes twilight. the throne of the hegemon between the columns is the place of balanced power between the light and the darkness. the wand of the kerux is the beam of light from the hidden wisdom, and his lamp is an emblem of the ever burning lamp of the guardian of the mysteries. the place of the stolistes at the gate of the north is the place of the guardian of the cauldron and the well of water, of cold and moisture. the place of the dadouchos at the gate of the south is the place of the guardian of the lake of fire and the burning bush" hierophant "frater kerux, i command you to declare that the neophyte has been initiated into the mysteries of the 0=0 grade of neophyte (kerux advances to the northeast) kerux "in the name of the lord of the universe and by command of the very h

st. he gives the saluting sign but not sign of silence. he picks up the rose) hierophant "i invite you to inhale with me the perfume of this rose as a symbol of air (smells the rose; to feel the warmth of the sacred fire (spreads hands over lamp; to eat with me this bread and salt as types of earth (breaks bread, dips it in the salt, and eat; and to drink with me this wine, the consecrated symbol of water (makes a cross with the wine and drinks it (after the hierophant, the new neophytes do the same. all other members may partake of the eucharist after the ceremony is complete) kerux (comes last and finishes the wine, inverts the cup "it is finished (hierophant goes back to his throne after the eucharist) hierophant (knocks "tetelestai" hiereus (knocks) hegemon (knocks) 40 hierophant (knoc

the physical universe is comprised of the three letters aleph, mem and shin. these also correspond to the three elements of air, water and fire consecutively. these three united form earth, the final manifestation into physical existence. with these three elements we have two contending, opposite forces, fire and water, with air acting as the reconciler between them. the letter mem is the element of water, therefore is considered spirituality or consciousness. the letter shin represents the element of fire, symbolizing the three fold flames of divinity, the holy spirit. in hebrew, the word for holy spirit is ruach elohim (pronounced roo-ach eh-low-heem) these two letters with the third, aleph, form the "three mother letters. it is through these three letters that the physical universe came

piritual influences upon you through the element of fire. fire is said to govern the lower emotions, or the raw energy aspect of the personality. some would equate fire with the ruach elohim, or raw life force of energy. this card tells you what kind of influences are about you right now through your lower emotions. the next card is placed directly below the significator card. this is the element of water. this shows the spiritual influences about you now, filtered through the element of water. water is attributed to spirituality, or higher spirituality, and higher forms of love. more in the area of agappe, rather than eros. the final card is placed to the left of the significator. this particular card explains the spiritual influences around you, filtered through the element of earth. in

uation, or the spiritual influences directly affecting the mundane plane. the next particular card would go to the upper right-hand corner (between air and fire); his is the angle of fire. again we have the influences that surround the situation, or how it filters from the spiritual into the mundane. the next card is placed in the lower right-hand corner (between fire and water). his is the angle of water. this particular card explains the influences around the situation from a higher level, or spiritual standpoint. the final card is placed in the lower left-hand corner (between water and earth) and this is the earth card. it explains the spiritual aspect in regard to the mundane plane. this card is a very significant card, because in many ways it sums up the other three cards. nw we have

initiation? 3. although it was not seen by "thine eyes" because of the blindfold on the candidate, the lamp of the kerux went before you. what does this lamp signify? 4. the three fold cord bound around your waist during the initiation means what? 5. why is secrecy as to the order, did its members, its teachings important? knowledge lecture one 1. the triplicities of fire are: 2. the triplicities of water are: 3. the triplicities of earth are: 4. the triplicities of air are: 5. name the seven ancient planets. 6. recite the hebrew alphabet in order beginning with aleph. after each letter, give the literal meaning and number. 7. name the three mother letters. 8. what are the two pillars referred to as in highlights of knowledge lecture one with hebrew? 9. the rituals of the dead in the egypt

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be, red& white nemis, gold shoes, lamen, white collar, sceptre outer order officers herius: black robe, black& white nemis, red shoes, lamen, red collar, sword hegemon: white robe, white nemis, red shoes, lamen, black collar sceptre kerux: black robe, black& white nemis, red shoes, lamen, black collar, white lamp, wand stolistes: black robe, black& white nemis, red shoes, lamen, black collar, cup of water dadouchos: black robe, black& white nemis, red shoes, lamen, black collar, censer sentinel: black robe, black& white nemis, red shoes, lamen, black collar, sword candidate: black robe, red shoes, sash, red rope, hoodwink required materials for the altar red cross and white triangle red rose red lamp cup of wine salt patten of bread chemicals for water cup of water required materials for t

of balanced power, between the ultimate light and the ultimate darkness. these meanings are shown in detail and by the color of our robes. the wand of the kerux is the beam of light from the hidden wisdom, and his lamp is an emblem of the ever burning lamp of the guardian of the mysteries, the seat of the stolistes at the gate of the north is the place of the guardian of the cauldron and the well of water of cold and moisture. the seat of the dadouchos at the gate of the south is the place of the guardian of the lake of fire and the burning bush. hiero: honoured frater kerux, i command you to declare that the neophyte has been initiated into the mysteries of the neophyte grade. kerux: advances to the north east, faces west, raises his wand and says: kerux: in the name of the lord of the un

on application. when you know these thoroughly you must signify the same by letter to the cancellarius or scribe. you will then be examined and if found perfect you will be eligible for admission to the next higher grade, should the higher powers approve your application. kerux: conducts candidate to east of the altar, facing west, gives him a solution and tells him to pour a few drops in the cup of water before him. kerux: as this pure and limpid fluid is changed into the semblance of blood, so mayest thou perish if thou betrayest thine oath of secrecy to this order by word or deed. kerux: instructs candidate to face hierophant in the east. hiero: resume your seat and remember that your admission to this order gives you no right to initiate any other person without dispensation from the g

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rophant: red robe, red& white nemyss, gold shoes, lamen, white collar, sceptre hiereus: black robe, black& white nemyss, red shoes, lamen, red collar, sword hegemon: white robe, white nemyss, red shoes, lamen, black collar sceptre kerux: black robe, black& white nemyss, red shoes, lamen, black collar, white lamp, wand stolistes: black robe, black& white nemyss, red shoes, lamen, black collar, cup of water. dadouchos: black robe, black& white nemyss, red shoes, lamen, black collar, censer sentinel: black robe, black& white nemyss, red shoes, lamen, black collar, sword candidate: black robe, red shoes, sash, red rope, hoodwink required materials for the altar red cross and white triangle red lamp salt diagram of the flaming sword fylfot cross required materials for the temple part i banners

rophant: red robe, red& white nemyss, gold shoes, lamen, white collar, sceptre hiereus: black robe, black& white nemyss, red shoes, lamen, red collar, sword hegemon: white robe, white nemyss, red shoes, lamen, black collar sceptre kerux: black robe, black& white nemyss, red shoes, lamen, black collar, white lamp, wand stolistes: black robe, black& white nemyss, red shoes, lamen, black collar, cup of water. dadouchos: black robe, black& white nemyss, red shoes, lamen, black collar, censer sentinel: black robe, black& white nemyss, red shoes, lamen, black collar, sword candidate: black robe, red shoes, sash of 1=10 required materials for the altar red cross and white triangle red lamp salt diagram of the flaming sword fylfot cross required materials for the temple part ii banners of the east

18276066 GRIMM JACOB TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY VOL 1

some of the earlier writers put upon him (p. 122. in ok he is hnikar, hnihuffr, mkarr, nilcuz, and the hesitation between the two forms which in sn. 3 are expressly made optional' nikarr e&a (or) nikuz' may arise from the diversity of old dialects. nikarr corresponds to the as. nicor, and nikuz to ohg. nichus; the initial hn seems to be on. alone. on these i shall have more to say, when treating of water-sprites (see suppl) another epithet of osinn is equally 1 gregor. nyssen. encom. ei)hraemi relates, that when basil the great was preaching, ephraem saw on his rujlii shoulder a ^vhite dove, which put words of wisdom in his mouth. of gregory the great ave read in pauh diac, vita p. 14, that when he was expounding the hist vision of ezekiel, a xuhite dove sat u'pon his head, and now and th

13, an old giantess in the forest gave birth to these giants in wolfskin girdles, the miglitiest of them being mdnagarmr (lunae canis) who is to devour the moon; but in another place, while skoll chases the sun, hati, ilru&vitnis sonr (stem. 45) dogs the moon. probably tliere were fuller legends about them all, which were never written down; an old scotch story is still remembered about' the tayl of water. to the elder series must be added sif= earth, and the mi'(5garl>sormr (world-snake. but what natiire-god can oisiin have taken the phxce of? none? and was his being not one of the primeval ones 1 &c [quoted from suppl, vol. iii^ goth. fanareis? ohg. fanari, feniri? can it be our fahnentrager, pannifer? but the early norse does not seem to have the word answering to the cloth, fana, ohg

lled maridrocli, dan. mariroch (magnusen, gloss. 361. 376, the christians having passed the same old idea on to mary the heavenly mother. the greeks put spindle and distaff in the hands of several goddesses, especially aitemis(^pua7j\dkatomother leto, but also athene, amphitrite and the nereids. all this fits in with holda, who is a goddess of the chase (the wild host, and of water-springs. 1 braunsclnv. aiiz. 1760, no. 86; the dicsse is the bundle of flax on the dis-staff- this makes one think of gertrude. the peasants' almanacks in carniola represent that saint by two little mice nibbling at the thread on a spindle (vreteno, as a sign that there ought to be no sjnnning on her dav. the same holds good of the russian piatnitsa, friday (kopitars rec. von strahls gel

ste not the fruits of the earth, whereby the ^poroi live, ot dpovpr)mortal blood, whereas in the veins of the gods flows ixd^p (h. 5, 340. 416, a light thin liquid, in virtue of which they seem to be called d^potoi= dfl^potot. indian legend gives a full account of the way amrita, the elixir of immortality, was brewed out of water clear of milk, the juice of herbs, liquid gold and dissolved precious-stones f no greek poem tells us the ingredients of ambrosia, but it was an dix^pocrcy-j rpocj (food, and there was a divine drink besides, fyxvkv vekrap, ii. 1, 598, of a red colour 19, 38, its name being derived either from vtj and ktaaoac, or better from vek-rap necem avertens. where men take bread and wine, the gods

under the stone on whicli he sat. when the maidens had danced till they were tired, they came to him, and asked for their wings; he declared, if one of them would stay and be his wife, the other two should have their wings back. from this point the story takes a turn, which is less within the province of the swan-wife myth; but it is worth noting, that one of the maidens offers her lover a drink of water out of a golden 'pitcher, exactly as elfins and wish-wives do elsewhere (pp. 420, 326. molbech no. 49. these lovely swan-maidens must have been long known to german tradition. when they bathe in the cooling flood, they lay down on the bank the swan-ring, the swan-shift; who takes it from them, has them in his power^ though we are not expressly told so, yet the three prophetic merioomcn wh

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ahedron 20th key of the tarot required materials for the temple part i banners of the east and west temple pillars hebrew letters: shin diagram of 7 heavens in assiah 10 adverse sephiroth enochian water tablet 3 red lamps censer 4 chairs 2 sephirotic tablets tablet of 10 sephiroth in 7 palaces 4 worlds of the tree of life 4 worlds of the tree of life showing 4 holy names macroprosopus diagram cup of water part i opening (arrange the temple for the 31st path. members are assembled and robed) hiero (knocks) fraters and sorors of the order of the golden dawn in the outer, assist me to open this temple in the grade of practicus. honoured hegemon, see that the temple is properly guarded (done) heg: very honoured hierophant, the temple is properly guarded. hiero: honoured hiereus, see that none

guarded (done) heg: very honoured hierophant, the temple is properly guarded. hiero: honoured hiereus, see that none below the grade of practicus is present. hiereus: fraters and sorors give the sign of practicus (done) hiereus (saluting) very honoured hierophant all present have attained the grade. hiero: honoured hegemon, to what particular element is this grade attributed? heg: to the element of water. hiero: honoured hiereus, to what planet does this grade especially refer? hiereus: to the planet mercury. hiero: honoured hegemon, what paths are attached to this grade? heg: the 31st and 30th paths of shin and resh. hiero: honoured hiereus to what does the 31st path refer? hiereus: to the reflection of the sphere of fire. hiero: honoured hegemon, to what does the 30th path allude? heg:

n, what paths are attached to this grade? heg: the 31st and 30th paths of shin and resh. hiero: honoured hiereus to what does the 31st path refer? hiereus: to the reflection of the sphere of fire. hiero: honoured hegemon, to what does the 30th path allude? heg: to the reflection of the sphere of the sun. hiero: gives one knock. all rise and face east. hiero (knocks) let us adore the lord and king of water. elohim tzabdoth, elohim of hosts, glory be unto the ruach elohim who moved upon the face of the waters of creation. amen all salute. hiero: quits his throne and proceeds to the west. gives one knock. all face west. hiero: standing before the tablet of water, he makes with his scepter the invoking circle and pentagrams before it in the air. hiero: and the elohim said, let us make adam in

nd proceeds to the west. gives one knock. all face west. hiero: standing before the tablet of water, he makes with his scepter the invoking circle and pentagrams before it in the air. hiero: and the elohim said, let us make adam in our image, after our likeness, and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea. in the name of el, strong and powerful, and in the name of elohim tzabaoth, spirits of water adore your creator. hiero: taking cup of water from before tablet and making therewith the sign of the eagle in the air before it. hiero: in the name of gabriel, the great archangel of water, and in the sign of the eagle, spirits of water adore your creator (making the cross with cup of water) in the names and letters of the great western quadrangle revealed unto enoch by the angel ave, s

r adore your creator. hiero: taking cup of water from before tablet and making therewith the sign of the eagle in the air before it. hiero: in the name of gabriel, the great archangel of water, and in the sign of the eagle, spirits of water adore your creator (making the cross with cup of water) in the names and letters of the great western quadrangle revealed unto enoch by the angel ave, spirits of water adore your creator (holding cup on high) in the three great secret names of god, borne on the banners of the west, empeh arsol gaiol, spirits of water adore your creator. in the name of pa agiosel great king of the west, spirits of water adore your creator. hiero: replaces cup and returns to place. all face east. hiero: in the name of elohim tzabaoth i declare this temple opened in the gr

ame strict secrecy regarding the mysteries of the 31st and 30th paths, and of the grade of practicus which you have sworn to maintain respecting those of the preceding grades? theor: i do. hiereus: then you will stretch forth your hands in the position of the saluting sign of a neophyte and say i swear by the abyss of the waters. candidate repeats heg: removes hoodwink. places in his hand the cup of water from before the tablet. hiereus: sprinkle with your hand a few drops of water towards the tablet of water in the west and say, let the powers of water witness my pledge. heg: replaces cup. hiereus: conduct the theoricus to the east and place him before the mystic pillars. hiero (knocks) before you are the portals of the 31st, 32nd and 29th paths. of these as you already know, the central

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ed materials for the altar 2 red tapers 12 square calvary cross 18th key of the tarot required materials for the temple part i banners of the east and west temple pillars hebrew letters: shin, tau, qoph tablet of the serpent of brass diagram of qabalah of nine chambers diagram of hexagram of tiphareth diagrams of geomantic figures of 8 radii enochian fire tablet 3 red lamps censer 4 chairs 3 cups of water 3 small altars part i the opening (the throne of the hierophant, beside which is a cup of water and the banner of the east, is placed before the dais n.e. the seat of the hegemon is before the dais in the s.e. hiereus in the west. each officer has a cup of water. the pillars are placed about 2 feet in front of hegemon's seat, and behind her is the letter qoph. the altar in the center has

r. candidate: black robe, red shoes, sash. required materials for the altar 2 red tapers 4 sided pyramid 17th key of the tarot required materials for the temple banners of the east and west temple pillars hebrew letters: resh, samech, tzaddi diagram of dekagram, endekagram, dodekagram& all endekangles etc. diagram of caput and cauda draconis enochian fire tablet 3 red lamps censer 4 chairs 3 cups of water 3 small altars part ii advancement path 28 hiero: honoured hegemon, you have my command to present the practicus with the necessary admission badge and to admit him (her. heg: rises goes to door, opens it, presents practicus with solid pyramid of elements and admits him. heg: and ever forth from their central source the rivers of eden flow. heg: leads practicus to south east before pillar

on the right springs the tree of life and on the left the tree of knowledge of good and evil, whereon the bird of hermes alights. and therefore does this key represent the restored world after the formless and the void and the darkness, the new adam, the countenance of the man which falls in the sign aquarius. and therefore doth the astronomical symbol of this sign represent as it were, the waves of water, the ripples of that river going forth out of eden. but therefore, also it is justly attributed unto air and not unto water, because it is the firmament dividing and containing the waters. hierophant and practicus go to east. hiero: before you is shown the manner of writing the holy name in each of the four worlds at length, by giving the spelling of each letter. you will note that the sp

cross of 6 squares 16th key of the tarot required materials for the temple banners of the east and west temple pillars hebrew letters: mem, ayin, peh, resh, shin alchemical symbol of sulphur on the tree of life tablet of trinity operating through the sephiroth tablet of 7 yetziratic palaces in 10 sephiroth tablet of qlippoth with 12 princes enochian fire tablet 3 red lamps censer 4 chairs 3 cups of water 3 small altars part iii (temple arranged as in diagram. temple is darkened) hiero: honoured hegemon, you have my command to present the practicus with the necessary admission badge and to admit him (her. heg: rises goes to door, opens it, presents practicus with calvary cross of 10 squares and admits him. heg: the river kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river kishon, o my so

squares diagrams of eden before and after the fall lamen of 6 squared calvary cross required materials for the temple banners of the east and west temple pillars hebrew letters: kaph, nun, peh, tzaddi, qoph kamea and sigils of venus diagram of tree of life with daath diagram of tree of life in four worlds burnt offering diagram of brazen sea enochian fire tablet 3 red lamps censer 4 chairs 3 cups of water 3 small altars part iv advancement ceremony of philosophus hiero: honoured hegemon instruct the practicus in the proper alarm, present him with the necessary admission badge and admit him (hegemon goes without and instructs the practicus to give an alarm of 7 knocks. hegemon then admits practicus) in the north west are the portals of the 29th and 28th paths by which you have symbolically

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGICK SPELLS

midland roots, which are connected to what is said to be the most ancient order of witches known. at the turn of the twentieth century, my father's family were canal people and my father grew up at a time when the boats were still a major form of transport for coal and iron. some of these midland canal people were known as 'water witches' because they practised a religion based on the sacredness of water and earth. their symbol was the six-spoked sun wheel, painted on their boats. this sign was once thought to be a ship's wheel, but this is improbable, since canal boats have large rudders. unlike the romany gypsies, the midland water witches were descended from the friesian seafarers of the netherlands and 1876 a book entitled oer linda was published, named after the family who had been c

lowed to arise between members of a group, this can make ritualistic contact very difficult, especially where members are in relationships with people outside the coven. the sacred marriage, which involves ritual sex between god and goddess, is an important part of seasonal celebrations. however, modern covens often celebrate the ritual coupling of earth and sky by plunging a knife into a chalice of water, or by the use of physical sex carried out in private, by an established couple, out of sight of the coven. in this way, any very human complications may be prevented from creeping into the ritual. it is also possible to come across well-meaning but totally inexperienced groups who attempt to practise the kind of work that a medium, white witch or healer would take years even to approach

elf are vulnerable. this is part of the cosmic banking system and in practice there is considerable overlap between this and personal spells. magick to increase positivity these are the least focused kind of spells. they are used to send out energies to whoever needs them, for example of love, happiness, health or abundance. they may be for an endangered species, a wartorn land, a country in need of water or the planet itself. if a large number of people do send positive energies either to a large-scale project or into the cosmos, followed where possible by practical help or support, then this can really make a difference. again, by sending out healing you will receive in return threefold healing in indirect but powerful ways. the four stages of magick although there are many different kin

iddershins, to remove negativity that has come in from the activities of the day, and then deosil, to charge it with power. you can also cleanse it with incense, creating a protective circle of pine or myrrh, again widdershins and then deosil. each night, or whenever you have time, you can explore your inner psychic powers at your altar. for example, you can gaze into a candle or scry into a bowl of water on the surface of which you have dripped coloured inks. try holding the different crystals that you place on your altar and allow impressions to pass through your fingertips, manifest as images, sounds or feelings. this psychic art is called psychometry and is one that will emerge spontaneously. you may, however, have a more specific aim in mind. for example, to improve your finances, pla

til you feel that you are filled with silver light* now gently exhale a little of that light in a single breath, this time with your eyes open, directing it in your vision towards someone you know who is also feeling stressed or anxious* inhale more moonlight and continue to exhale, still with your eyes open, continuing to direct the healing light* let the moon shine into a silver or crystal bowl of water. before bedtime, tip the water into your bath so you can absorb the moon energies through your pores. whenever you feel stressed, visualise the moon, close your eyes and gently inhale; peace will come to you because you gave it out to others. you will find more detail on moon magick in the chapter on moon energies. a sun magick ritual for energy because it can be dangerous to look directl

llus, representing creative power, and many hindus regard his benevolent, creative aspect as predominant. shiva has three eyes, represented by the sun, the moon and fire. his third eye allows him to see inwards and also to destroy whatever it looks on. he was not one of the original vedic deities but became one of the supreme gods, according to legend, at the time when the universe consisted only of water. vishnu and brahma were arguing about who was the greatest god when a great pillar of flame appeared between them. shiva appeared from within the flaming pillar, which was symbol of his masculine power, and the other gods bowed before him. invoke shiva for animus power, potency, survival and male rituals. shakti shakti, or matahdevi, is the female energy or power of shiva. her name is als

ABRAMELIN1

of having actually foretold future things especially in small and secret assemblies, and chiefly by means of a little boy whom he took aside with him into a separate room, in order to fit him for divining. with regard to the manner in which he employed this child-clairvoyant, the documents of the trial give the following information: this child had to kneel before a small table, on which a vessel of water and some lighted candles were placed. he then instructed the boy to look into the vessel of water, and so commenced his conjurations; he next laid his hand on the head of the child, and in this position addressed a prayer to god for a successful issue of the experiment. the child now became clairvoyant, and said at first that he saw something white; then that he saw visions, an angel, etc

ABRAMELIN3

tains( i) bridges and rivers( j) woods and various kinds of trees( b a) cranes( b b) giants( b c) peacocks( b d) gardens( b e) wild boars( b f) unicorns( b g) beautiful country( b h) a fruit garden (or orchard( b i) a garden with all kinds of flowers( b j) to cause snow to appear( c a) different kinds of wild animals( c b) towns and castles( c c) various flowers( c d) fountains and clear springs (of water( c e) lions( c f) singing birds( c g) horses( c h) eagles( c i) buffaloes( c j) dragons( d a) hawks and falcons( d b) foxes( d c) hares( d d) dogs( d e) gryphons( d f) stags. the sacred magick 195 (1) s e l a c e l a c r i n e (2) h e s e b e q a l s e b g (3) a o d o n i a o d o n i a q q l qo q (4) a t s a r a h t o a l i s a s a d o r i r a l o t o l a r i r o d a s a s i l a o t h a r

ed) consists of b a squares taken from a square of c f squares. sorek means to wind about. no. i consists of b j squares from a square of i b squares. akropolis is a greek word signifying citadel. no. g consists of b i squares taken from a square of c f squares. seleg= snow, whence perhaps this should be numbered b j instead of g. no. f consists of b f squares from a square of e j. agamaga= pools of water whence this should probably be numbered e instead of f. no. j consists of b a squares from a square of c f squares. caiot is probably from chaioth= living creatures. it may also mean a covert, where living creatures abide. perhaps it should be numbered c a. no. b a consists of b b squares taken from a square of c f squares. iaqeb probably means a bird of the crane species. no. b b consist

ADDTLS

of the usual bsymbol, the planet l is used in the enochian system, because, to quote s.r.m.d. though one of the seven lords who wander (planets) l is yet here classed with those who abide because he is the heaviest of the seven and thus formeth a link between the wanderers and abiders. the following diagram shows how any lesser angle may be worked out using the above rules: diagram k: earth angle of water tablet one final set of attributions concerns the tablet of union, which is referred to m. it is employed, as before shown, in binding together the tablets, and in building up angelic names. its attributions are to the four aces of the elements and to the court cards. the aces represent the root force, and the essential spiritual noumenon of the element. the court cards are the vice-geren

ADEPTUS MINOR INITIATION

ps point of dagger in wine and makes cross on aspirant's brow, feet, right hand and left hand, and heart, saying) 15 second (for brow "there are three that bear witness in heaven; the father, the word, and the holy spirit, and these three are one (for feet "there are three that bear witness on earth; the spirit, the water, and the blood, and these three agree in one (right hand "except ye be born of water and the spirit, ye cannot enter the kingdom of heaven (left hand "if ye be crucified with christ, ye shall also reign with him" second (marks heart in silence "let the aspirant be released from the cross of suffering. it is written that he who humbleth himself shall be exalted. v. h. frater hodos chamelionis, remove from the aspirant the chain of humility and the robe of mourning, and rei

ALEISTER CROWLEY EIGHT LECTURES ON YOGA

greed overcame them. the advice had to be made a universal rule, and supported with the authority of a religious sanction. they had not the brains to believe in trichinosis; but they were afraid of jehovah and jehannum. just so, under the grouping of yama we learn that the aspiring yogi must become 'fixed in the non-receiving of gifts' which means that if anyone offers you a cigarette or a drink of water, you must reject his insidious advances in the most victorian manner. it is such nonsense as this which brings the science of yoga into contempt. but it isn't nonsense if you consider the class of people for whom the injunction was promulgated; for, as we will be shown later, preliminary to the concentration of the mind is the control of the mind, which means the calm of the mind, and the

ALEISTER CROWLEY ACROSS THE GULF

only on one side, as if to force me to one path. but i was wise enough to keep my shadow steadily behind me: and they, seeing this, were all the more enraged: i therefore the more obstinate in my course. then they changed their tactics; and made as if to keep me in the course i had chosen; and seeing this, i was confirmed therein. truly with the gods i went! for in a little while i came to a pool of water and a tall palm standing by. i plunder in that cool wave; my strength came back, albeit slowly; yet with one wave of my hand in the due gesture the fiends all vanished; and in an hour i was sufficiently restored to call forth my friends from the pool- the little fishes my playmates- and the nymph of the pool came forth and bowed herself before me and cooked me the fishes with that fire th

ALEISTER CROWLEY AD MEIORUM CTHULHI GLORIAM

nu and his seal: the twenty-third name is zahgurim as zahrim, a most terrible opponent. it is said zahgurim slays slowly, after a most unnatural fashion. i do not know, for i have never summoned this spirit. it is thy risk. the word is mashtishaddu and the seal: the twenty-fourth name is enbilulu this power can seek out water in the midst of a desert or on the tops of mountains. knows the secrets of water, and the running of rivers below the earth. a most useful spirit. his word is mashshanebbu and his seal thus: the twenty-fifth name is epadun this is the lord of all irrigation and can bring water from a far place to your feet. possesses a most subtle geometry of the earth and knowledge of all lands where water might be found in abundance. his word is eyunginakanpa and his seal is this: t

ALEISTER CROWLEY BOOK OF LIES

ha-lambda-eta nu-gamma the dowser once round the meadow. brother, does the hazel twig dip? twice round the orchard. brother, does the hazel twig dip? thrice round the paddock, highly, lowly, wily, holy, dip, dip, dip! then neighed the horse in the paddock-and lo! its wings. for whoso findeth the spring beneath the earth maketh the treaders-of-earth to course the heavens. this spring is threefold; of water, but also of steel, and of the seasons. also this paddock is the toad that hath the jewel between his eyes-aum mani padmen hum (keep us from evil) book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.com 112 [116] commentary( nu-gamma) a dowser is one who practises divination, usually with the object of finding water or minerals, by means of the vibrations of a hazel twig. the meadow represen

g. the meadow represents the flower of life; the orchard its fruit. the paddock, being reserved for animals, represents life itself. that is to say, the secret spring of life is found in the place of life, with the result that the horse, who represents ordinary animal life, becomes the divine horse pegasus. in paragraph 6 we see this spring identified with the phallus, for it is not only a source of water, but highly elastic, while the reference to the seasons alludes to the wellknown lines of the late lord tennyson "in the spring a livelier iris changes on the burnished dove, in the spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love -locksley hall. in paragraph 7 the place of life, the universe of animal souls, is identified with the toad, which "ugly and venomous, wears yet a p

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f hercules. the lord of the waves and the waters. the king of the hosts of the sea. 20 k to 20 l, including most of pegasus. 32 bis the princess of the shining flame. the rose of the palace of fire. rules one quadrant of heavens round n. pole. the princess of the waters. the rose of the palace of the floods. rules another quadrant 31 bis the root of the powers of fire (ace) the root of the powers of water. lxxiii. the court cards of the tarot, with the spheres of their celestial dominion swords. lxxiv. the court cards of the tarot, with the spheres of their celestial dominion pantacles. 11 the prince of the chariot of air. 20 j to 20 k the prince of the chariot of earth. 20 a to 20 b 23 the queen of the thrones of air. 20 f to 20 g the queen of the thrones of the earth. 20 i to 20 j 31 the

f the spirits of air. 20 b to 20 c the lord of the wide and fertile land. the king of the spirits of earth. 20 e to 20 f 32 bis the princess of the rushing winds. the lotus of the palace of air. rules a 3rd quadrant. the princess of the echoing hills. the lotus of the palace of the earth. rules a 4th quadrant of the heavens about kether. 31 bis the root of the powers of air the root of the powers of water. lxxv. the five elements (tatwas. lxxvi. the five skandhas. clxxxviii. the body. clxxxix. cxc. bodily functions. 11 vayu the blue circle sankhara breath speaking though 23 apas the silver crescent vedana chyle, lymph holding nutrition 31 agni or tejas the red triangle sa a blood moving moving 32 bis prithivi the yellow square rupa solid structures, tissues excreting matter 31 bis akasa th

yaah hylww hyhly labmw lahhy 9 latry hyhac hylas layru lawnu layjm 10 garden of eden, or everlasting abode, made of red pearls or pure musk layyr lamwa hylcu lahym hybmd laqnm cxxxii. pairs of angels ruling coins. cxxxiii* titles and attributions of the wand suit [clubs] cxxxiv. titles and attributions of the cup or chalice suit [hearts] 0. 1. the root of the powers of fire the root of the powers of water 2 labkl hyrcw% in a the lord of dominion$ ind the lord of love 3 hywjy hyjhl! a established strength [virtue# d abundance 4 hyqwh ladnm$ a perfected work [completion= d blended pleasure [luxury] 5 hyhbm laywp' e strife% h loss in pleasure [disappointment] 6 hymmn lalyy& e victory! h pleasure 7 lajrh larxm% e valour$ h illusionary success [debauch] 8 hyaka layhk# i swiftness' l abandoned s

the sea, wherein a scarab us marcheth landwards. line 30. below is a wall, in front of which, in a fairy ring, two children wantonly and shamelessly embrace. line 31. an angel blowing a trumpet, adorned with a golden banner bearing a white cross. below a fair youth rises from a sacrophagus in the attitude of the god shu supporting the firmament. on his left a fair woman, her arms giving the sign of water an inverted c on the breast. on his right a dark man giving the sign of fire an upright b on the forehead. line 32. an ellipse, composed of 400 lesser circles. at the corners of the card a man, an eagle, a bull, and a lion. within the circles a naked shining figure in the sign of earth right foot advanced, fight hand advanced and raised, left hand lowered and thrown back. the hands grip e

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the north, attributed to earth. plate vi. liber lxxxiv 11 the great watch-tower of the south, attributed to fire. plate vii. the symbolic representation of the universe 12 the black cross, or table of union. attributed to spirit. plate viii. liber lxxxiv 13 4. the calvary crosses. the name upon the cross read vertically is the name which calls forth the powers of the lesser angle.8 nelapr (water of water) olgota (air of water) maladi (earth of water) iaaasd (fire of water) the name read horizontally on the cross is that which compels the evoked force to obedience. omebb (water of water) aalco (air of water) ocaad (earth of water) atapa (fire of water) 5. above the bar of the calvary cross remain in each case four squares. these are allotted to the kerubim, who must next be invoked.9 they

n this case correspond, according to a somewhat complex rule which it is unnecessary to give here.15 the attributions to the court cards of the tarot naturally follow.16 4. lesser squares. the upper side of each pyramid is governed by the kerub standing on the file above it. the lower side is governed by the kerub also, but in order descending as the are from right to left above [see angle of air of water; the kerubs go earth, fire, water, air (from the square marked d, the fifth from the left in the top rank of the tablet, and downward the lower sides of the squares marked o, d, e, z go earth, fire, water, air] the left-hand side refers to the element of the tablet, the right-hand side to the sub-element of the lesser angle.17 5. the black cross or central tablet. the upper and lower side

ier are your voices than the manifold winds! for you are become a building such as is not, save in the mind of the all-powerful. arise, saith the first: move thereofre unto his servants! shew yourselves in power, and make me a strong seer-of-things:7 for i am of him that liveth for ever [invokes: the file of spirit in the tablet of spirit. e the root of the powers of air. h the root of the powers of water. n the root of the powers of earth. b the root of the powers of fire. the four aces] the opening of the temple in the grade of 2 =98 give the sign of shu [knock] let us adore the lord and king of air! shaddai el chai! almighty and ever-living one, be thy name ever magnified in the life of all (sign of shu) amen [make the invoking pentagram of spirit active in these names: hyha. alga. exar

name is become mighty among us. in whom we say: move! descend! and apply yourselves unto us as unto the partakers of his secret wisdom in your creation. 167 words in this english call [invokes: exarp; the whole tablet of air. the angle of d of d. the prince of the chariot of the winds] the opening of the temple in the grade of 3 =88 give the sign of auramoth [knock] let us adore the lord and king of water! elohim tzabaoth! elohim of hosts! glory be to the ruach elohim which moved upon the face of the waters of creation! amen [make the invoking pentagram of spirit passive and pronounce these names: hyha. alga. hcoma [make the invoking pentagram of water and pronouce: l a. twabx \yhla] the forty-eight keys or calls 24 and elohim said: let us make adam in our own image; and let them have domi

of creation! amen [make the invoking pentagram of spirit passive and pronounce these names: hyha. alga. hcoma [make the invoking pentagram of water and pronouce: l a. twabx \yhla] the forty-eight keys or calls 24 and elohim said: let us make adam in our own image; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea! in the name of l a, strong and powerful, and in the name of twabx \yhla, spirits of water, adore your creator [make sigil of eagle with cup] in the name of larbg and in the sign of the eagle, spirits of water, adore your creator [make cross with cup] in the names and letters of the great western quadrangle, spirits of water, adore your creator [elevate cup] in the three great secret names of god, mph arsl gaiol that are borne upon the banners of the west, spirits of water, ado

the sign of the eagle, spirits of water, adore your creator [make cross with cup] in the names and letters of the great western quadrangle, spirits of water, adore your creator [elevate cup] in the three great secret names of god, mph arsl gaiol that are borne upon the banners of the west, spirits of water, adore your creator [elevate cup] in the name of raagiosel, great king of the west, spirits of water, adore your creator! in the name of elohim tzabaoth, i declare that the spirits of water have been duly invoked [the knock w www w www] the fourth key otahil elasadi babaje, od dorepaha gohol: gi-cahisaje auauago coremepe peda, dasonuf vi-vau-di-vau? casaremi oeli meapeme sobame agi corempo carep-el: casaremeji caro-o-dazodi cahisa od vaugeji; dasata ca-pi-mali cahisa ca-pi-ma-on: od elon

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acks of the hands away from the head. thumbs closed to side of palms. fingers straight and together "3. water: the goddess auramoth" same body and foot position as #2, but head erect. arms are brought down over the chest so that the thumbs touch above the heart and the backs of the hands are to the front. the fingers meet below the heart, forming between thumbs and fingers the descending triangle of water "4. fire: the goddess thoum-aesh-neith" frontal. head and body like #3. arms are angled so that the thumbs meet in a line over the brow. palmer side facing. fingers meet above head, forming between thumbs and fingers the ascending triangle of fire "5,6. spirit: the rending and closing of the veil" head erect in both #5 has the same body posture as #1, except that the left and right feet a

vantage of that object (18) he may attract to himself any force of the universe by making himself a fit receptacle for it, establishing a connection with it, and arranging conditions so that its nature compels it to flow toward him (illustration: if i want pure water to drink, i dig a well in a place where there is underground water; i prevent it from leaking away; and i arrange to take advantage of water's accordance with the laws of hydrostatics to fill it (19) man's sense of himself as separate from, and oppose to, the universe is a bar to his conducting its currents. it insulates him (illustration: a popular leader is most successful when he forgets himself, and remembers only "the cause. self-seeking engenders jealousies and schism. when the organs of the body assert their presence ot

e all represented, as in tetragrammaton, but there is no development from one into the others. they are, as it were, thrown together- untamed, only sympathising by virtue of their wild and stormy but elastically resistless energy. the central letter is "he- the letter of breath- and represents spirit. the first letter "aleph" is the natural letter of air, and the final "mem" is the natural letter of water. together "aleph" and "mem" make "am- the mother within whose womb the cosmos is conceived. but "yod" is not the natural letter of fire. its juxtaposition with "he" sanctifies that fire to the "yod" of tetragrammaton. similarly we find "lamed" for earth, where we should expect tau- in order to emphasize the influence of venus, who rules libra "alhim, therefore, represents rather the formu

holding his "sword and balances" in her lap. these weapons are the judge, armed with power to execute his will, and two witnesses "in whom shall every truth be established" in accordance with whose testimony he gives judgment "yod" is the creative energy- the procreative power: and yet "yod" is the solitude and silence of the hermitage into which the magician has shut himself "mem" is the letter of water, and it is the mem final, whose long flat lines suggest the sea at peace hb:mem-final; not the ordinary (initial and medial) mem whose hieroglyph is a wave hb:mem<symbolism above outlined, yod is the mercurial "virgin word, the spermatozoon concealing its light under a cloke; and mem is the amniotic fluid, the flood wherein is the life-bearing ark. see a. crowley "the ship, equino

e object to be consecrated the supreme symbol of the force to which you dedicate it. confirm this dedication in words, invoking the appropriate god to indwell that pure temple which you have prepared for him. do this with fervour and love, as if to balance the icy detachment which is the proper mental attitude for banishing<hebrew legends furnish us with the reason for the respective virtues of water and fire. the world was purified by water at the deluge, and will be consecrated by fire at the last judgment. not until that is finished can the "real ceremony" begin> the words of purification are: asperges me, therion, hyssopo, et mundabor; lavabis me, et super nivem dealbabor. those of consecration are: accendat in nobis therion ignem sui amoris et flammam aeternae caritatis<
as being "more real. the advance of man towards god is not necessarily an advance towards truth. all philosophical systems have crumbled. but each class of ideas possesses true relations within itself. it is possible, with berkeley< to deny the existence of water and of wood; but, for all that, wood floats on water. the magician becomes identical with the immortal osiris, yet the magician dies. in this dilemma the facts must be restated. one should preferably say that the magician becomes conscious of that part of himself which he calls the immortal osiris; and that part does not "die. now this interior body of the magician, of which we spoke at t

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tage of that object) 18. he may attract to himself any force of the universe by making himself a fit receptacle for it, establishing a connection with it, 26 and arranging conditions so that its nature compels it to flow toward him (illustration: if i want pure water to drink, i dig a well in a place where there is underground water; i prevent it from leaking away; and i arrange to take advantage of water's accordance with the laws of hydrostatics to fill it) 19. man's sense of himself as separate from, and opposed to, the universe is a bar to his conducting its currents. it insulates him (illustration: a popular leader is most successful when he forgets himself, and remembers only "the cause" self-seeking engenders magic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 45 jealousies

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and rm) 242 recollection hrykz 243 created [they them (gn. 1:27) m)rb learned, complete; to finish, bring to pass (ch) rmg a bone; to destroy mrg 244 to be insensible; in deep sleep; in trance (cf. 649) mdr 245 adam qadmon: the archetypal man (lit. geastern man h, scil. ancient) nwmdq md) gall, bile hrm spirit of god l) xwr 246 myrrh rwm vision, aspect h)rm height, altitude mwr gabriel: archangel of water (lit. gmighty one of god h) l)yrbg 247 to overwhelm (ps. 77:17; a flood mrz light, luminary rw)m the symbolic sense (i.e. of scripture, etc; see 400& 510) zmr 248 the three that bear witness, above and beneath, respectively (md) the spirit, the water, and the blood: aleph being air (spiritus, daleth standing for md blood, and mem being both water and the initial of mym, water. cf. 203& 44

sed garden hgwr( 286 high, lofty mwrm 287 a piece of the host (unleavened bread) nmwqyp) little ry(z 288 vindication rw(yb breeding, bearing; offspring rwby( winter prx 289 that which sets free (see 537, where it is figuratively gan opening h) r+p a particular, a detail +rp 290 thine enemy kr( fruit yrp piece cr persecutor, enemy; distress, danger; stone rc mary, mother of jesus myrm 291 torrents of water (lit. gchannels of water h) mym yqyp) to treasure, store rc) earth (in particular, the earth of malkuth) cr) a leopard (hence also gspotted h )rmn an adhering, adhesion; first, most eminent )krys 292 a young bird (deut. 22:6) hwrp) gold rcb a medicine, drug h)wpr 294 the greater light (sol) ldgh rw)mh purple nmgr) pertaining to autumn prwx 295 curtain, canopy; vault (ps 104:2) h(yry eyeli

5 flowing oil (p#h nm# neptune (referred to kether *nw+pn 846 high, lofty *mwrm 847 most high god *nwyl( l) 849 the end of the sabbath (i.e. saturday evening) tb# y)cwm 850 violet (blue/purple; perfection tlkt my perfect one( gnot h read. ct. 5:2. see 857& i.z.q. 713) ytmt archetypal *nwmdq mary, mother of jesus *myrm to rule *k#ym 851 souls (i.r.q. 1052 et seq) nwhtm#n he was angry *pn) torrents of water (lit. gchannels of water h *mym yqyp) 852 gconcealed gold h: plaited with gold: netzach and hod receiving influence from geburah (ex. 28:11, gouches of gold h, for the two gems on the ephod) bhz twcb#m 853 an orchard myxwpt hd# plague *pgn 854 the angel of destruction tyx#mh k)lm 856 the central leaf of the palm branch (lulav; twin sister tmwyt 857 my twin-sister( gis h read. see i.z.q. 7

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with personal aims that these come to pass with simplicity((see ccxx as to 'lust of result' the general idea of the way of the tao is that all evil is interference. it is unnatural action which is error. none sic action is commendable only as a corrective of such; to interfere with one's own true way is restriction, the word of sin) 8 chapter viii the nature of peace. 1. admire thou the high way of water! is not water the soul of the life of things, whereby they change? yet it seeketh its level, and abideth content in obscurity. so also it resembleth the tao, in this way thereof((hydrogen and chlorine (for example) will not unite when perfectly dry. dryness is immobility or death (cf. book of wisdom or folly, the doctrine concerning change) 2. the virtue of a house is to be well-placed; o

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hu hexagram air of lingam- hsiao chu: shows small restraint. hence quick success. but clouds indeed, we ask rain's happiness. strayed- come thou back and follow thy own plan! by true attraction mete thy starry span! anger in wedlock or a car en panne! bloodshed and woe sincerity bids go. sincerity: here's help from all the clan. who wins too much may lose! repose, o man! 10 the li hexagram lingam of water- li: is the treading of the path that's right! step on the tiger's tail; he will not bite. follow the path of thine accustomed right; level and easy walks the anchorite. learn vanity, the brave's bluff, to flee! tread on the tiger's tail; he will not bite. firm, resolute- yet perilous thy plight; examine well, the augury of the flight. 11 the thai hexagram yoni of lingam- thai: the due or

ku hexagram earth of air- ku: service. thou mayst cross the stream no doubt, if thou have fully thought thy purpose out. good son, repair thy sire's infirmity; be gentle with thy mother's frailty, son. yea, clear thy father's troubles, every one. restrain thy course; view them indulgently. thus gain the praise of thine utility. do what thou wilt, thyself, a slave to none! 19 the lin hexagram yoni of water- lin: great; here's progress and success to firm correctness; but- more trouble at the term! now with thy comrade firmly force the pace! advance with him- alliance wins the race. be cautious, or advance may lead thee astray. go forward only in the noblest way. great rulers need great wisdom every day. honest, magnanimous, woo fortune's ray. 20 the kwan hexagram air of yoni- kwan: manifest

he kia zan hexagram air of sun- kia zan: the household: this right rule's its base! the wife be firm, correct, in her own place. first, proper law's the necessary thing. house keeper, keep the house with modesty! be stern for idleness and chattering. thus fortune helps enrich the family. all share the luck of the high handed king. sincere, majestic, the end's glittering. 38 the khwei hexagram sun of water- khwei: all's disunion, mother of distress; but in small matters there may be success. lost steeds return; bad men may yet take thy way; thy lord may chance to meet thee- in the byway. baffled and punished? bide time's amnesty. alone and disunion? friends on highway joined with thy minister thy course is free. pigs? ghosts? foes? nay! go forward on the skyway. 39 the kien hexagram moon of

moon- kieh: loosing; if all's won, return and rest. if partial gain, quick action will be best. begin to loosen- straight and clear the way. rid fields of foxes; fill the golden quiver. beggars on horseback tempt the brigand's play. stand not to oppose the friends come to deliver. remove all wrong; then all men own thy sway. the prince the falcon on the wall shall slay. 41 the sun hexagram earth of water- sun: diminution; be sincere; the price is not the measure of the sacrifice. leave business to help friends, but yet be wary! guard against action; of the cash be chary! three walk, one's gone; one walks, and meets a two. by friendship one finds woes becoming few. here's tortoise shells from the chosen few. prudent though kind well served by friends o'dignitary. 42 the yi hexagram air of

: gradual progress: be thy right firm carriage suggestive of a lady's decent marriage. wild geese approach the shore- with care they fly! they reach the rocks- and pasture joyfully. dry plains they cross- it needs a vigorous wing! they reach the trees, and rest; but not too high. at last they gain the goal of traveling; see on broad heights their feathers glittering. 54 the kwei mei hexagram fire of water- kwei mei: to give first younger daughters- ill course. don't start with the carriage in front of the horse. go to it, ye cripples! i'll hold your crutches. blind of one eye? be as chaste as a dutchess! now, younger sisters there's scrubbing to do! better postpone matrimonial clutches! think of ti-yi and his sisters anew! no meat on the chops, and no beans in the stew. 55 the fang hexagra

air- sun: wood, wind; mark their subtly suave persistance! elastic ease, the line of least resistance. infirm of purpose, learn the soldier's way. ask humbly of the gods to guide thy course! violent excess of struggle breeds remorse. wide forethoughts and shrewd tactics pledge thee prey. with steady, easy strokes apply thy force. fear, indecision, sap the last resource. 58 the tui hexagram water of water- tui: still waters may run deep and free; mistake not slackness for philosophy! appease thyself, harmonious in thy sphere! single thy will, most utterly sincere! turn not aside when siren pleasures woo! search thyself well to make thy purpose clear. too trustful customers may buy too dear 'tis pleasant to be captain of thy crew! 59 the hwan hexagram air of moon- hwan: dissipation; in the

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE OLD AND NEW COMMENTARIES TO LIBER AL

the curvature of the space-time world is by no means insignificant. for example, in water of ordinary density the curvature is the same as that of space in the form of a sphere of radius 570,000,000 kilometers. the result is even more surprising if expressed in time unites; the radius is about half-an-hour "it is difficult to picture quite what this means; but at least we can predict that a globe of water 570,000,000 km. radius would have extraordinary properties. presumably there must be an upper limit to the possible size of a globe of water. so far as i can make out a homogeneous mass of water of about this size (and no larger) could exist. it would have no centre, and no boundry, every point of it being in the same position with respect to the whole mass as every other point of it- lik

ke points ion the surface of a sphere with respect to the surface. any ray of light after travelling for an hour or two would come back to the starting point. nothing could enter or leave the mass, because there is no boundary to enter or leave by; in fact, it is coextensive with space. there could not be any other world anywhere else because there isn't an 'anywhere else "the mass of this volume of water is not so great as the most moderate estimates of the mass of the stellar system. al i,27 "then the priest answered& said unto the queen of space, kissing her lovely brows, and the dew of her light bathing his whole body in a sweet-smelling perfume of sweat: o nuit, continuous one of heaven, let it be ever thus; that men speak not of thee as one but as none; and let them speak not of thee

she is in fact the reconciliation of these contradictory ideas. it is important for us to grasp the philosophical situation formally; and this demands a some-what close analysis. the definitions of cantorian and dedekindian continuity should be sought in bertrand russell, op. cit; it is sufficient here to explain that by the continuity of nuit i conceive conditions similar to those of the sphere of water described in the quotation in the note to verse 25. any point in this sphere would be indistinguishable from any other point in a certain sense; or at least the distinction might be considered as arbitrary and illusory. yet there is no reason why we should not choose to fix our attention on any particular point or system of points for the purpose of amusing ourselves- analogously to the e

there is no possible escape from the vicious circle that we can register only the behaviour of our own instrument. we conclude from the fact that it behaves at all, that there must be 'a factor infinite and unknown' at work upon it. this being the case, we may be sure that our apparatus is inherently incapable of discovering the truth about anything, even in part. let me illustrate. i see a drop of water. distrusting my eyes, i put it under the microscope. still in doubt, i photograph and enlarge the slide. i compare my results with those of others. i check them by cultivating the germs in the water, and injecting them into paupers. but i have learnt nothing at all about 'the infinite and unknown' merely producing all sorts of different impressions according to the conditions in which one

. bursting of a bud as against that of a fruit- and the master of the temple balancing all things arose; his stature was above the heaven and below earth and hell. a open unmodulated breath (ah- against him the brothers of the left-hand path, confusing the symbols. they concealed their horror [in this symbol; for in truth they were* j like soft g- the master flamed forth as a star and set a guard of water in every abyss. w when distinct from u represents the operation of choice 'u" does this to some extent (will, word, way- also certain secret ones concealed the light of purity in themselves, protecting it from the persecutions. o the breath concentrated and directed. as to i as magic is to mysticism- likewise also did certain sons and daughters of hermes and of aphrodite, more openly g (h

come like a luscious devil of italy; a fair strong woman with worn cheeks, eaten out with hunger for kisses. she hath played the harlot in diverse palaces; she hath given her body to the beasts. she hath slain her kinsfolk with strong venom of toads; she hath been scourged with many rods. she hath been broken in pieces upon the wheel; the hands of the hangman have bound her unto it. the fountains of water have been loosed upon her; she hath struggled with exceeding torment. the hath burst in sunder with the weights of the waters; she hath sunk into the awful sea. so am i, o adonai, my lord, and such are the waters of thine intolerable essence. so am i, o adonai, my beloved, and thou hast burst me utterly in sunder. i am shed out like spilt blood upon the mountains; the ravens of dispersion

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n a plain white robe. the priestess. should be actually virgo intacta or specially dedicated to the service of the great order. she is clothed in white, blue, and gold. she bears the sword from a red girdle, and the paten and hosts, or cakes of light. the deacon. he is clothed in white and yellow. he bears the book of the law. two children. they are clothed in white and black. one bears a pitcher of water and a cellar of salt, the other a censer of fire and a casket of perfume. iii of the ceremony of the introit the deacon, opening the door of the temple, admits the congregation and takes his stand between the small altar and the font (there should be a doorkeeper to attend to the admission) the deacon advances and bows before the open shrine where the graal is exalted. he kisses the book

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that the buddha who had spoken this command was not the same as the buddha before he had spoken it, lies the proof that the buddha, by speaking this command, violated it. more, not only did he slay himself; he breathed in millions of living organisms and slew them. he could nor eat nor drink nor breathe without murder implicit in each act. huxley cites the pitiless microscopist who showed a drop of water to the brahmin who boasted himself ahimsa harmless. so among the rights of a bhikkhu is medicine. he who takes quinine does so with the deliberate intention of destroying innumerable living beings; whether this is done by stimulating the phagocytes, or directly, is morally indifferent. how such a fiend incarnate, my dear brother ananda maitriya, can call him cruel and cowardly who only ki

dwell in this alone. 2 here is the little rift within the lute which alienated crowley from active work on buddhist lines; the orthodox failing to see his attitude. 3 a more likely idea that the brilliantly logical nonsense of pansil, supra. the three characteristics 109 the bulk of cases one should certainly abstain from destroying life, that is, wantonly and wilfully: but i cannot drink a glass of water without killing countless myriads of living beings. if you knew as i do, the conditions of existence: struggle deadly and inevitable, every form of life the inherent and immitigable foe of every other form, with few, few exceptions, you would not only cease to talk of the wickedness of causing death, but you would perceive the first noble truth, that no existence can be free from sorrow;

ntend about it, that they might possess it. but our eldest brother v. n. bade all be still; and thus he apportioned the sacred relics of our father. to the angel agbagal, the fore part of the skull; to the demon ozoz, the back left part of the skull; to the demon olcot,1 the back right part of the skull; to ten thousand myriads of spirits of fire, each one hair; to ten thousand myriads of spirits of water, each one hair; to ten thousand myriads of spirits of earth, each one hair; to ten thousand myriads of spirits of air, each one hair; to the archangel zazelazel, the brain; to the angel usbusolat, the medulla; to the demon ululomis, the right nostril; to the angel opael, the left nostril; to the spirit kuiphiah, the membrane of the nose; to the spirit pugrah, the bridge of the nose; to el

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im say in right joyance "non sine fulmine. 93 the lonely bride "blest among women" they say: i stand here in the market-place, and the crowd throngs by in this lonely land, nor stays to heed my face. my head is bowed down with the shame of my thought; mine eyes grow hot with disgrace. oh the evil that men have wrought! i was once a king's daughter, back in the olden time, they called me the bride of water: i went to the sea for her rhyme; i went to the stars for their song of life, for then i was in my prime. now i am filled with strife. i stare all day at the men that pass, and all that i see i crave; there are simple-gatherers fresh from the grass, there are mariners brown from the wave, there are merchants stout with tablets wide; there is many a fair young slave; they call me the lonel

she shall be considered as a thing of naught, being both sterile and loveless; for what profit shall she be to this world who is the mother of unfruitfulness? but she who is both crimson and white, a twisted pillar of snow and fire, soothing where she burneth, and comforting where she chilleth, she shall be held as queen amongst women; for in her all things are found, and as an inexhaustible well of water around whose mouth grows the wild apricot, in which the bees set their sweet hives, she shall be both food and drink to the hearts of men: a well of life unto this world, yea! a goodly tavern wherein cool wine is sold, and good cheer is to be had, and where all shall be filled with the joyaunce of love. thus shall men attain to the unity of the crown and become as kings unto themselves. b

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h not these things. when shall the day come that men shall flock to this my gate, and fall into my furious throat, a whirlpool of fire? this is hell unquenchable, and all they shall be utterly consumed therein. therefore is that asbestos unconsumable made pure. each of my teeth is a letter of the reverberating name. my tongue is a pillar of fire, and from the glands of my mouth arise four pillars of water. taotzem is the name by which i am blasphemed. my name thou shalt not know, lest thou pronounce it and pass by. and now the angel comes forward again and closes his mouth. all this time heavy blows have been raining upon me from invisible angels, so that i am weighed down as with a burden greater than the world. i am altogether crushed. great millstones are hurled out of heaven upon me. i

composed of forty-nine other letters, in a language which looks like that of honorius; but when i would read, the letter that i look at becomes indistinct at once. and now there comes an angel, to hide the tablet with his mighty wing. this angel has all the colours mingled in his dress; his head is proud and beautiful; his headdress is of silver and red and blue and gold and black, like cascades of water, and in his left hand he has a pan-pipe of the seven holy metals, upon which he plays. i cannot tell you how wonderful 32 the music is, but it is so wonderful that one only lives in one's ears; one cannot see anything any more. now he stops playing and moves with his finger in the air. his finger leaves a trail of fire of every colour, so that the whole aire is become like a web of mingle

d holiness, of thy beauty and majesty, and behold! there is nothing but this abomination of desolation. he speaks; i cannot hear a word; something about the book of the law. the answer is written in the book of the law, or something of that sort. this is a long speech; all that i can hear is: from me pour down the fires of life and increase continually upon the earth. from me flow down the rivers of water and oil and wine. from me cometh forth the wind that beareth the seed of trees and flowers and fruits and all herbs upon its bosom. from me cometh forth the earth in her unspeakable variety. yea! all cometh from me, naught cometh to me. therefore am i lonely and horrible upon this unprofitable throne. only those who accept nothing from me can bring anything to me. 39 (he goes on speaking

e infinite without filleth all and moveth not, and the infinite within goeth indeed; but it is no odds, else were the space-marks confounded. and now the angel is but a shining speck of blackness in the midst of a tremendous sphere of liquid and vibrating light, at first gold, then becoming green, and lastly pure blue. and i see that the green of libra is made up of the yellow of air and the blue of water, swords and cups, judgment and mercy. and this word tan meaneth mercy. and the feather of maat is blue because the truth of justice is mercy. and a 57 voice cometh, as it were the music of the ripples of the surface of the sphere: truth is delight (this means that the truth of the universe is delight) another voice cometh; it is the voice of a mighty angel, all in silver; the scales of hi

th. for why? because the lord of righteousness delighteth in them. the prophets shall prophesy monstrous things, and the wizards shall perform monstrous things. the sorceress shall be desired of all men, and the enchanter shall rule the earth. blessing unto the name of the beast, for he hath let loose a mighty flood of fire from his manhood, and from his womanhood hath he let loose a mighty flood of water. every thought of his mind is as a tempest that uprooteth the great trees of the earth, and shaketh the mountains thereof. and the throne of his spirit is a mighty throne of madness and desolation, so that they that look upon it shall cry: behold the abomination! of a single ruby shall that throne be built, and it shall be set upon a high mountain, and men shall see it afar off. then will

mo hath beheld the face of my father. in him is only peace. and i said: are all gardens like unto this garden? and he waved his hand, and in the aire across the valley appeared an island of coral, rosy, with green palms and fruit-trees, in the midst of the bluest of the seas. and he waved his hand again, and there appeared a valley shut in by mighty snow mountains, and in it were pleasant streams of water, rushing through, and broad rivers, and lakes covered with lilies. and he waved his hand again, and there was a vision, as it were of an oasis in the desert. and again he waved his hand, and there was a dim country with grey rocks, and heather, and gorse, and bracken. and he waved his hand yet again, and there was a park, and a small house therein, surrounded by yews. this time 78 the hou

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pect of the world whose culmination is the keeping of the oath "i will interpret every phenomenon as a particular dealing of god with my soul" was present with me. this aspect is difficult to describe; one is indifferent to everything and yet interested in it. the meaning of things is lost, pending the inception of their spiritual meaning; just as, on putting one's eye to the microscope, the drop of water on the slide is gone, and a world of life discovered, though the real import of that world is not apprehended, until one's knowledge becomes far greater than a single glance can make it. 21 10.55. having written the above, i shall rest for a few moments to try and get rid of my headache. a good simile (by the way) for the yogi is to say that he watches his thought like a cat watching a mo

invoking adonai. 1.17. can neither sleep nor concentrate. instead grotesque "astral" images of a quite base gargoylish type. i suppose i shall have to pentagram them off like a damned neophyte."je m'emmerde! 3.8. praise the lord, i wake! if that can be called waking which is a mere desperate struggle to keep the eyes open. 3.18. pranayama all wrong very difficult. rose, washed, drank a few drops of water.(n.b. to-night have drunk several times, a mouthful at a time; other nights, and days, no. all entries into body recorded duly. 3.30. have done 10 breath-cycles; am quite awake. it will therefore now be lawful again to sleep. 8.12. awoke at 7.40, read a letter which arrived, and tried quite vainly to concentrate. 8.52. have risen, written a letter. will break my fast caf croissant and g

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up like some earthly concubine to his heavenly couch, only once more to be divorced by the malicious 226 winds and to weep through the storms of air. so the wheel of time runs on through birth, death, and rebirth; and as we realise this we sink down in despair; and through our tears more clouds arise still further to obscure our path. what is the use then of doing anything if we are but as drops of water which are splashed between the wanton hands of the sun, the wind, and the ocean- indeed the ways of god are inscrutable and past finding out. thus the unobtainable tempts us, and the little segments of god that we see become to us the fiercest and most terrible of the dog-faced demons which seduce us from the path. he is always at our elbow, whispering, tempting, jeering, advising and hel

mission to the kerux to admit the candidate, seals the candidate with a motto as a new name. this motto is not a name given to the outer man's body, but an occult signifier of the aspiration of his soul "in affirmation of this motto, now doth osiris send forward the goddesses of the scales of the balance to baptize the aspirant with water and with fire. even as it is written 'except a man be born of water and of the spirit: in no wise shall he enter unto the kingdom of heaven. 253 the "kerux" however, at once bars the way, as the candidate is still unpurified. thereupon the goddesses of the scales purify and consecrate him. this is the first consecration "but even as there be four pillars at the extremities of a sphere when the ten sephiroth are projected therein; so also are there four se

me of shaddai el chai the temple is closed in the 2= 9 grade of theoricus. the following month, february, p. passed through the next grade, that of 3= 8. ritual of the 3= 8 grade of practicus 7 "see" diagram of the paths and grades. 8 "see 777" cols. cxii, cxiii, p. 23. 9 "see 777" col. xlix, p. 15. 10 "see 777" col. xlix, p. 15 and note p. 41. this grade is particularly attributed to the element of water, and especially refers to the planet mercury and to the thirty-first and thirtieth paths of hb:shin and hb:resh. it opens with the adoration to the king of the waters, which is followed by the advancement. the theoricus first gives the necessary signs, and then, as before, solemnly pledges himself to secrecy, after which he is conducted to the east and placed between the mystic pillars. t

rm the cross of the great adam. in malkuth is eve, the completion of all, the mother of all. the "hierophant" then gives the theoricus the sign of this grade, and explains the altar symbol "the cross above the triangle represents the power of the spirit of life rising above the triangle of waters; and reflecting the triune therein, as further marked by the lamps at their angles: while the chalice of water placed at the junction of the cross and triangle represents the maternal letter mem" after which, the tablet bearing the mystic seals and names drawn from the kamea of mercury19 is shown the theoricus, as well as the tablet of the seven planes of the tree of life, answering to the seven planets, and the tablet showing the meaning of the alchemical mercury on the tree of life; also the sym

page 277 approximated below_ hb:shin hb:taw hb:qof_ salt/ lamp air tablet salt brass_ serpent_ banner of east/ heiroph. hegemon. lamp ant_ black/ white) incense_ incense_ spirit 18th key dee tablet/ lamp of tarot lamp/ tablet of earth of fire/ geomant_ ic tal- a ismans_ hexagram_ hiereus_ lamp cup_ from dee& water on) banner of west 3 pillars_ qabalah water tree of of nine tablet life in chambers of water tarot_ diagram 37. arrangement of the temple for the 29th path in the 4= 7 ritual. after which he explains to him the eighteenth key of the tarot. it represents the moon in its increase in the side of gedulah; it has sixteen principal, and sixteen secondary rays. four hebrew yodhs fall from it. there are also two watch-towers, two dogs, and a cray-fish "she is the moon at the feet of the

hich he explains to him the eighteenth key of the tarot. it represents the moon in its increase in the side of gedulah; it has sixteen principal, and sixteen secondary rays. four hebrew yodhs fall from it. there are also two watch-towers, two dogs, and a cray-fish "she is the moon at the feet of the woman of the revelations, ruling equally over the cold and moist natures, and the passive elements of water 277 and earth" the four yodhs refer to the four letters of the holy name. the dogs are the jackals of anubis guarding the gates of the east and the west symbolised by the two towers. the cray-fish is the sign cancer, the scarabaeus or god kephera "the emblem of the sun below the horizon, as he ever is when the moon is increasing above" the "hierophant" then leads the practicus to the serp

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acks of the hands away from the head. thumbs closed to side of palms. fingers straight and together "3. water: the goddess auramoth" same body and foot position as #2, but head erect. arms are brought down over the chest so that the thumbs touch above the heart and the backs of the hands are to the front. the fingers meet below the heart, forming between thumbs and fingers the descending triangle of water "4. fire: the goddess thoum-aesh-neith" frontal. head and body like #3. arms are angled so that the thumbs meet in a line over the brow. palmer side facing. fingers meet above head, forming between thumbs and fingers the ascending triangle of fire "5,6. spirit: the rending and closing of the veil" head erect in both #5 has the same body posture as #1, except that the left and right feet a

7 square: raise the arms above the head and join the hands, so that the tips of the fingers and of the thumbs meet, formulating a triangle("see" illustration (the grade of 4 degree= 7 square is particularly attributed to the element fire; it refers to the planet venus; the paths of qof, tzaddi and peh are attributed to this degree. for other attributions "see "777" lines 7 and 31. the pentagrams of water. i' b n\ a v# n o- i name: a l (el. k' s i\ h n\ i g n g the signs of 3 degree= 8 square: raise the arms till the elbows are on a level with the shoulders, bring the hands across the chest, touching the thumbs and tips of fingers so as to form a triangle apex downwards("see" illustration (the grade of 3 degree= 8 square is particularly attributed to the element of water; it refers to the

the upper triangle (ix) trace the hexagram of earth in the 2\ south, saying "ararita" this hexagram *1 has the apex of the lower triangle pointing- downwards, and it should be capable of/ inscription in a circle\ 1 (x) trace the hexagram of air in the 2/ west, saying "ararita" this hexagram/ is like that of earth; but the bases of the/ triangles coincide, forming a diamond (xi) trace the hexagram of water in the/ north, saying "ararita# this hexagram has the lower triangle placed\ above the upper, so that their apices coincide (xii) repeat (i-vii) the banishing ritual is identical, save that the direction of the hexagrams must be reversed. 24 "invoking "banishing "the greater ritual of "the hexagram" 2\ saturn *2 *1 1/ to invoke or banish- planets or zodiacal# signs. 1 the hexagram of 2# e

ive their subsistence from the aerial rulers; where- fore the oracle saith, being the charioteer of the aerial, terres- trial and aquatic dogs "the aquatic when applied to divine natures signifies a government inseparable from water, and hence the oracle calls the aquatic gods, water walkers "there are certain water elementals whom orpheus calls nereides, dwelling in the more elevated exhalations of water, such as appear in damp, cloudy air, whose bodies are sometimes seen (as zoroaster taught) by more acute eyes, especially in persia and africa "let the immortal depth of your soul lead you, but earnestly raise your eyes upwards- zoroaster "nama-rupa- purely material, and therefore shadowy and meaningless, are the innumerable shapes which haunt the mind of man. in one sense we must here in

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bear in his right hand a sword; and in his left hand the magical candle; and a black chain about his neck. the magus of the fires shall wear a white robe and yellow sash; and the rose upon his breast; in his right hand is a sword and in his left a red lamp. the magus of the waters shall wear a white robe and yellow sash and rose cross: he shall bear in his right hand a sword and in his left a cup of water "opening" the chamber of art shall be duly prepared by the assistant magus of art as aforementioned. 172 he shall draw upon the ground the lineal figures; and shall trace over them with a magic sword: he shall place the furniture of the temple in order. the members shall be assembled and robed. the chief magus rises, holding the ibis wand by its black end, and proclaims "hekas, hekas este

er of purification, 173 the wine, the oil, and the milk; and afterwards to purify the place of working with the consecrated water "magus of waters" mighty magus of art! all thy commands shall be fulfilled, and thy desires accomplished [he passes to the north, where are collected in open vessels, the water, the wine, the oil, and the milk; and makes with his sword over them the banishing pentagram of water, saying] i exorcise ye impure, unclean and evil spirits that dwell in these creatures of water, oil, wine, and milk, in the name of el strong and mighty, and in the name of gabriel, great angel of water, i command ye to depart and no longer to pollute with your presence the hall of twofold truth [drawing over them the equilibrating pentagram of passives, and the invoking pentagram of wate

of the magic of light! he places the wine upon the altar, the water he leaves at the north, the oil towards the south, and the brazen vessel of milk on the tripod in the midst of the circle. the magus of art silently recites to herself the exhortation of the lords of the key tablet of union,7 afterwards saying silently: i invoke ye, lords of the key tablet of union, to infuse into these elements of water and fire your mystic powers, and to cast into the midst of these opposing elements the holy powers of the great letter shin: to gleam and shine in the midst of the balance, even in the cauldron of art wherein alike is fire and moisture [after the consecration of the water, the magus of waters takes up the cup of water, and scatters water all round the edge of the circle, saying] so first

fires, i command you to consecrate this place by the banishing ritual of the hexagram,8 to consecrate the magic fire and lights; to illumine the lamps and place them about the circle in orderly 4 see "liber o" the equinox, vol. i. no. 2. 5 see spirit table, and the elemental calls of dr. dee, as preserved in the sloane mss. in the british museum: also diagram 67, which is imperfect. 6 see tablet of water, and the elemental calls of dr. dee. 7 the spirit tablet. 8 see "liber o" the equinox, vol. i. no. 2. disposition; and afterwards to consecrate this place with the holy fire. 174 "magus of the fires" mighty magus of art! all thy commands shall be obeyed and all thy desires shall be accomplished [he collects together at the south the incense, oil, charcoal, and magic candle, and performs t

d q.f.d.r. respectively charge the talisman with enterer sign. in part i, t.t.e.g. will imagine herself throughout as clothed with a violet light and between two mighty pillars, of smoke and flame. a white light must pervade the violet from above. her station is in the place of jupiter. i invoke thee, the terrible and invisible god! i call thee from the azure throne! i raise my voice in the abyss of water! i raise my soul to contemplate thy face! amoun! come unto me! hear me! appear in splendour unto these who worship at thy feet! for who am i before thy face? what is man, that thou art mindful of him; or 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

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, n, s. respectively invocation scorpio (sigma lambda eta iota).19 "the invocation of the great god toum maal" o thou! majesty of godhead! toum maal! thee, thee i invoke! 193 lord of amenta! lord of enemehitt! o thou! whose head is golden as the sun, and thy nemyss as the night sky-blue! thou who art as rugged as the wind! w

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hat the buddha who had spoken this command was not the same as the buddha before he had spoken it, lies the proof that the buddha, by speaking this command, violated it. more, not only did he slay himself; he breathed in millions of living organisms and slew them. he could nor eat nor drink nor breathe without murder implicit in each act. huxley cites the "pitiless microscopist" who showed a drop of water to the brahmin who boasted himself "ahimsa_ harmless. so among the "rights" of a bhikkhu is medicine. he who takes quinine does so with the deliberate intention of destroying innumerable living beings; whether this is done by stimulating the phagocytes, or directly, is morally indifferent. how such a fiend incarnate, my dear brother ananda metteya, can call 305 him "cruel and cowardly" wh

nd of air, who without husband is yet mother of many sons. 9. now the sons are in truth but one son; and the one son but a daughter draped and never naked; for her mother is naked, therefore is she robed. and she is called the light of my love, for she is concealed and cannot be seen, as the sun burneth over her and drowneth her in fire, whilst below her surgeth the sea, whose waves are as flames of water. when thou has licked up the ocean thou shalt not see her because of the fire; and when thou hast swallowed the sun surely shall the waters be driven from thee, so that though the fire be thine the water hath slipped thee, as a dog its leash. yet the path is straight. 8. along it shalt thou journey, and then shalt thou learn that the fear of death is the blood of the world. so the woman d

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thou shalt be_ how small! be naught, and thou shalt be the all! eat not; all meat shall fill thy mouth: drink, and thy soul shall die of drouth! fill thyself; and that thou seekest is diluted to its weakest. empty thyself; the ghosts of night flee before the living light. who clutches straws is drowned; but he that hath the secret of the sea, lives with the whole lust of his limbs, 17 takes hold of water's self, and swims. see, the ungainly albatross stumbles awkwardly across earth_ one wing-beat, and he flies most graceful gallant in the skies! so do thou leave thy thoughts, intent on thy new noble element! throw the earth shackles off, and cling to what imperishable thing arises from the married death of thine own self in that whereon thou art fixed. olympas. then all life's loyal breat

racted. d. the telesma; the material basis. 9 see "liber o" the equinox, vol. i, no. 2. e. in telesmata, the selection of the matter to form a telesma, the preparation and arrangement of the place: the forming of the body of the telesma. in natural 155 phenomena, the preparation of the operation, the formation of the circle, and the selection of the material basis; such as a piece of earth, a cup of water, a flame of fire, a pentacle, or the like. f. the invocation of the highest divine forces; winding a cord thrice round the telesma or material basis; covering the same with a black veil and initiating the blind force therein; naming aloud the "purpose" of the telesma or operation. g. the telesma or material basis is now placed towards the west, and duly consecrated with water and with fir

d. the receiver containing the distillate is now to be placed between the air and water tablets, and the curcurbite with the dead head between the fire and earth. now let the alchemist form an invocation, using especially the supreme ritual of the pentagram,10 and the lesser magical implement appropriate. first, of the forces of the fire to act in the curcurbite on the dead head. second, of those of water to act on the distillate. third, of the forces of the spirit to act in both (using the white end of the lotus wand. fourth, of those of the air to act on the distillate; and lastly, those of the earth to act on the dead head. let the curcurbite and the receiver stand thus for five consecutive days, at the end of which time there should be flashes manifest in both mixtures. and these flash

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ood alone, staring into immense and empty spaces. presently i found that i was in a colossal square, as of some european city, alone at the time of evening twilight, and surrounded by houses hundreds of stories high. i was bitterly athirst. i ran to the middle of the square, and reached it after an infinity of travel. there was a fountain carved in iron, every jet inimitably sculptured in mockery of water, yet dry as the ashes of a furnace "i shall perish with thirst" i cried "yet one more trial. there must be people in all these immense houses. doubtless they love the dying traveller, and will give him to drink. good friends! water! water" a horribly deafening din poured down on me from the four sides of the square. every sash of all the hundred stories of every house in that colossal qua

uck them all equally. the contortions of the men on the yellow painted floor were terrible. he took no heed of them, and went on, cursing them each by name and each time hitting one figure, corresponding the the name he was cursing. finally, the red-hot iron had turned black again; and elph nor's arm was becoming tired. he gathered all the wax figures and went and threw them all into a large pail of water, pushing them down again and again as they came to the surface. his victims were gradually coming back to their senses. once more he gathered their waxen images and replaced them on the shelf. then he turned to his disciples and shouted "sit down, ye workers of iniquity. did you feel the draught- or not? do not interrupt me again. and if anyone knocks again at the door, clear ye out of my

day, fellows! that was a fine lady for a poor ignorant moujick to behold. she stood, to the end of his days, for a divine apparition. had he know of our lady hecate (blessed be he who murmurs her name with awe! may she gleefully look upon us) he would have considered his vision to be a visit of the great goddess (her name be rapidly uttered in the vault of our beloved brethren the ka d sh knights of water p.a..p.p. water. to cut our tale short, for the time is approaching for our libations, the peasant heard the voice of the lady. she thanked him, him, a poor peasant, her slave, and left him to his work. her image, however, remained clear before his eyes and he did not fail in his description of her. well, little piotr heard it all. as there was but one woman in the whole world whom he lov

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is most beautifully described in the above-mentioned work as follows: 34. that intelligence which incites the functions into the paths of virtue and vice "am i" all this universe, moveable and immovable, is from me; all things are seen through me; all are absorbed into me;34 because there exists nothing but spirit, and "i am that spirit" there exists nothing else. 35. as in innumerable cups full of water, many reflections of the sun are seen, but the substance is the same; similarly individuals, like cups, are innumerable, but the vivifying spirit like the sun is one. 49. all this universe, moveable or immoveable, has come out of intelligence. renouncing everything else, take shelter of it. 50. as space pervades a jar both in and out, similarly within and beyond this ever-changing univers

cessary in yoga as a music master is in music. 50 "shiva sanhita" chap. iii. the place where yoga is performed should be a beautiful and pleasant place, according to the shiva sanhita.51 in the 74 kshurik upanishad, 2. 21, it states that "a noiseless place" should be chosen; and in s'vet s'vatara, 2. 10: let the place be pure, and free also from boulders and sand, free from fire, smoke, and pools of water, here where nothing distracts the mind or offends the eye, in a hollow protected from the wind a man should compose himself. the dwelling of a yogi is described as follows: the practiser of hathayoga should live alone in a small matha or monastery situated in a place free from rocks, water and fire; of the extent of a bow's length, and in a fertile country ruled over by a virtuous king, w

c- tice, as isis behaved like a living object.153 winged-globe. 29 m. seven breaks. result would have been much better but for an epi- cene enuch with an alleged flute. my mind revolved various methods of killing it. tejas-ak sa. 18" seven breaks. r. r. et a. c.154 19" seven breaks. pendulum" after 3 m. lost control and gave up. winged-globe (e. 10" ten breaks.155 108 145 apas-v yu is the element of water and is symbolized by a black egg of spirit in the silver crescent of water. see "777, col. lxxv, p. 16. see diagram 84. 146 the golden dawn symbol of the flaming sword. see diagram 12. 147 by this is meant watching the swing of an imaginary pendulum. the difficulty is to keep it in one plane, as it tries to swing round; also to change its rate. 148 in these records "m" means morning and "

ankh r or tendencies that form the character (individuality) of the individual. ananda metteya in "buddhism"219 explains transmigration in contradistinction to reincarnation as follows. two men standing on the shore of a lake witch the waves rolling land-wards. to the one who is unversed in science it appears that the wave travelling towards him retains its identity and shape, it is to him a mass of water that moves over the surface impelled by the wind. the other, who has a scientifically trained mind, knows that at each point upon the surface of the lake the particles of water are only rising and then falling in 136 their place, that each particle in turn is passing on its motion to its neighbours. to the first there is a translation of matter, to the second one of force "the ved ntist h

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nd measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations. 5. and the everlasting mountains were scattered; the perpetual hills did bow! 52 1. was the lord displeased against the rivers? was thine anger kindled against the rivers? was thy wrath kindled against the sea? that thou didst ride upon thy horses and thy chariots of salvation? 2. the mountains saw thee and they trembled. the deluge of water rolled by: the deep uttered his voice; and lifted up his hands on high. 3. the sun and the moon stood still in their habitations. at the light of thine arrows they went, at the shaking of thy glittering spear! 4. thou didst march through the land in thine indignation: thou didst thresh the heathen in thine anger. 5. thou didst march through the sea with thine horses: through the depth of

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e as a fellow-traveller to that house, and confirmed me in my belief that the ark did indeed hold the secret of the way thereto. and as for the guide that might convey us through the darkness and the tumult of the stream, he spoke (something darkly) of one appointed, and more clearly that he was aware of divers marks upon the way; for, said he, to them that view it from above this trackless waste of water is mapped out and charted with a perfect science. behold! quoth he. and at that moment was there a glimmer just before me of a white shining triangle, and what was most strange, rather an impression than a vision of a man that hung upon a gibbet by one heel. this, said the fair man, is a most notable sign that we travel the right road. now by the light of the triangle i perceived another

ALEX SANDERS THE KING OF THE WITCHES

rites that appear to be so ludicrously out of place in religion, i find i must rethink my attitude towards more familiar religions. to an agnostic, is the cailing down of the moon any more absurd than the act of genuflecting? is the lighting of a candle to a long-dead saint more credible than tying cords round a wax image? is the immaculate conception more easily believed than a vision in a bowl of water? i have drawn no conclusions beyond this: for those like me who prefer their spirits mixed with soda, witchcraft affords a fascinating glimpse into another world; but for those who are drawn to the supernatural, who are prepared to devote time and trouble to it, witchcraft offers no less than the power to achieve a new dimension of life. his sexual appetites and his ine f j made a mockery

e things' interrupted joan 'i'm not going to ask for them. i'm going to demand them. all right, so the powers may turn against me in the end. well let them. i'll enjoy the present and to hell with the future-i'll make damned sure of the present first' all the while he was talking he was walking about the room collecting incense burners, swords, a white-hilted knife to match his athame, and a dish of water which he placed on the black antique dresser that his grandmother had left him. it had served her and her grandmother before her as a witches' high altar and now it served alex. by the light of candles he described a magic circle with his 34 sword, excludingjoan. when she made as if to speak he told her to keep quiet or get out. the air became heavy with incense as he worked the spells an

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ements, may power and blessing descend in this hour upon this place and those gathered here. r lights the two altar candles, the charcoal, and the four quarter candles from the presence lamp. exorcism of the water: r kneels before the altar and places the water bowl upon the pentacle. r purifies the water by plunging the tip of his/her athame into the water, saying: r: i exorcise thee, o creature of water, that thou cast out from thee all the impurity and uncleanliness of the world of phantasm. in the names of cernunnos and cerridwen. blessing of the salt: r sets the water bowl aside and in its place sets the salt dish upon the pentacle. r touches salt with tip of athame, saying: r: blessings be upon thee, o creature of salt; let all malignity and hindrance be cast forth from thee, and let

l leader and maiden move to corresponding positions; others just turn in place. m rings bell. with athame, r draws three deosil circles and then an invoking earth pentagram, saying: r: ye lords of the watchtowers of the south, ye lords of fire; i, n, do summon, stir and call you up, to witness our rites and guard the circle! similarly, in west: r: ye lords of the watchtowers of the west, ye lords of water; lords of death and initiation; i, n, do summon, stir and call you up, to witness our rites and guard the circle! and in north: r: ye lords of the watchtowers of the north, ye lords of earth; boreas, thou guardian of the northern portals; i, n, do summon, stir and call you up, to witness our rites and guard the circle! all turn back to the east and salute. now all turn to north again. m r

of the outer spaces, thou powerful god, thou gentle goddess, we invite you to our meeting (pause) o thou loving cerridwen. o thou mighty cernunnos, we gather (i stand) before you to (state intent) the circle is now perfect. notes adapted from farrars' eight sabbats for witches, but published all over the place in several versions. l l 'lighting of candle' added by khaled, sekhet& random 'exorcism of water 'blessing of salt' closely follow those of the key of solomon, book 2, chapt. v. l closing the circle when the circle's work is done, r goes to the east, athame in hand, salutes, and draws a banishing earth pentagram, saying: r: ye lords of the watchtowers of the east, ye lords of air, we thank you for attending our rites; and ere ye depart to your beauteous realms, we bid thee hail and f

ALICE A BAILEY04 A TREATISE ON COSMIC FIRE

egards the three worlds, they are the deva force and substance2(176) which compose the dense physical body of the logos, hence man is limited, as he works on these planes, to those devas who are primarily regarded (from the higher levels) as having no part in the seven principles of the logos; to those devas who form the gaseous, liquid, and concrete form of the logos, the devas of concrete fire, of water and of earth in its densest aspect; to those devas who are the automatic, subconscious builders, carrying on the work of the dense physical vehicle of the logos in the same sense as the builders in man's body work automatically and unconsciously, producing the cells and energising the bodily functions. this is the basis of the danger to man in tampering with these forces. he is too close

tages of such deva endeavour. the occult importance of the war man wages on the fire devas for instance is very real in connection with the fire department in any city. the time lies far ahead as yet, but it will surely come, when the personnel of these departments will be chosen for their ability to control the agnichaitans when manifesting destructively, and their methods will no longer be that of water (or the calling in of the water devas to neutralise the fire devas, but that of incantation, and a knowledge of the sounds that will swing into action forces which will control the fiery destructive elements. the third group of these devas is very definitely connected with the control of the manu's department, and of the great devas associated with that department on this planet. through

ub-plane of the cosmic physical plane. a reflection of this (or a further working out, if that term is preferred) is found in the liquid portions of the physical planet. the seventh subplane of the cosmic physical plane can be subdivided into seven, which are our seven physical subplanes. it is this knowledge which enables a magician to work. given a certain physical phenomenon such as the weight of water, for instance, upon a planet and an initiate of the higher orders can form deductions from it as to the quality of the exalted life manifesting through a plane. he arrives at this knowledge through a process of reasoning from the liquid (sixth) subplane of the systemic physical plane to: a. the liquid subplane of the cosmic physical, our systemic astral plane. b. the fourth cosmic ether

busy lives frequently protect their dense physical activities through the agency of glamour, and cast a veil over their objective manifestation. when etheric vision is present then they can be seen, for the glamour, as we understand it, is only a veil over that which is tangible. students must at this juncture remember that all dense physical forms, whether of a tree, an animal, a mineral, a drop of water, or a precious stone, are in themselves elemental lives constructed of living substance by the aid of living manipulators, acting under the direction of intelligent architects. it will immediately become apparent why it is not possible in any way to tabulate in connection with this particular lowest group. a beautiful diamond, a stately tree, or a fish in the water are but devas after all

n in objective perfection through the medium of the living substance of the lesser devas of the liquid or astral plane. when they have done this two results will be seen: first, the astral plane will perfectly reflect the buddhic plane and, secondly, the result of that will be that the physical plane will produce the exact vehicle needed for microcosmic or macrocosmic expression through the force of water, or desire. all this is revealed to esotericists in the symbology of the circulatory system in man. as the blood system, with its two types of channels (arteries and veins) and its two types of builders (the red and the white corpuscles, is studied from the occult standpoint, much will be ascertained of a revolutionary nature. the laws of the path of outgoing, and of the path of return, w

vas of the sixth physical subplane can be divided into three groups, and these again into seven and into forty-nine, thus corresponding with all groups in the solar system. these groups (in their essential nature) respond to that "which lies above more than that which lies below" which is only an occult way of expressing a relationship of an intimate nature between the devas of fire and the devas of water, and a negation of a close connection between the water devas and the earth. occultly expressed, through the action of the fire devas, the water devas find liberation. the devas of water find for themselves the path of service in their great work of nourishing all the vegetable and animal life upon the planet; the goal for them is to enter into that higher group of devas which we call the

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mission, then the time will come when the student will know consciously and increasingly what is the meaning of restraint of the modifications. 15. non-attachment is freedom from longing for all objects of desire, either earthly or traditional, either here or hereafter. non-attachment can also be described as thirstlessness. this is the most correct occult term to use as it involves the dual idea of water, the symbol of material existence, and desire, the quality of the astral plane, whose symbol is also water. the idea of man being the "fish" is curiously complete here. this symbol (as is the case with all symbols) has seven meanings; two are of use in this place: 1. the fish is the symbol of the vishnu aspect, the christ principle, the second aspect of divinity, the christ in incarnation

ma, the majority of these three groups pass into the sign of libra (or the balances) towards the close of their endeavour. when in incarnation under this sign they balance the pairs of opposites with care, they equalise their one-sided development, modifying the unevenness of their efforts hitherto, and begin to "set an even pace" they frequently then enter the sign of aquarius and become bearers of water, having to carry "on their heads the bowl of living water" thus the rapidity of their climb up the mount of initiation has to be modified, or "the water will be spilt and the bowl be shattered" because the water is intended to slake the thirst of the masses, they must hasten their progress for the need is great. thus the "first shall be last and the last shall be first" and the hare and t

one which we can only contact through acute perception or clarified sense. in the commentary found in woods' translation the following words may serve to elucidate, and, if meditated upon by the more advanced students, will be found to be of profound occult significance. the atom of earth is produced by the five fire elements, among which the fire element of odour predominates. likewise the atom of water is produced from the four fire elements among which the fire element of taste predominates. likewise the atom of fire is produced from the three fire elements, excluding the fire element of odour and of taste, and among which the fire element of colour predominates. likewise the atom of wind is produced from the two fire elements beginning with odour and of which two the fire element of t

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all that occurs is as follows: it is lost, by being drawn into the astral body of the disciple, which is the focal point for all astral energy employed by the disciple. it is swept into a vortex of which the individual astral body is the centre and loses its separate existence. the simile of the whirlpool is of value here. the thinker is like a man throwing a toy boat from the shore into a stream of water. if he throws it into a whirlpool, it is sucked in time into the central vortex and so disappears. many forms, thus constructed by an aspirant in his meditation work are lost and fail in their objective because of the chaotic and whirling state of the aspirant's emotional body. thus good intentions come to naught; thus good purpose and planned work for the master fail to materialize becau

ntrol, and the soul comes into full domination in the three worlds. the elemental of earth, who is the sum total of the many lives which form the physical body, is controlled and feels the eye of the master (the one master in the head) upon it. the gross elements constituting that body are "driven forth" and better and more adequate atoms or lives are built in. the elemental of the astral or body of water undergoes a similar activity plus a stabilising effect which brings to an end the restlessness and fluidic tempestuousness which have hitherto characterised it. through the controlling magnetic power of the spiritual eye, the soul rebuilds the astral body and holds it steady and coherent through its focused attention. again, an analogous process goes forward in the mental body. old forms

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tor here, and to man is committed the task of leading the animal kingdom towards liberation a liberation into the fourth kingdom, for that is the sphere of its next activity. the vegetable kingdom is liberated into another evolutionary process altogether, and its lives pass into the so-called deva, or angel, evolution. hence the wind and the insect world are its agents, just as man and the agency of water are the initiators of the animal world. the secret of release for the animal nature is hidden in the "watery nature" this is the blood aspect, and in the shedding of the blood, esoterically understood, lies the clue to the liberation of the animal kingdom. hence certain initiatory processes are working out on a large scale in the shedding of blood through the slaughter of the animal form

kingdom has been water, and this new development, this bringing together of fire and water in this kingdom, has constituted the subjective fact which brought the steam age into being. the vast forest fires, which form such a menace at this time in different parts of the world, are also related to this "initiation by fire" of a kingdom hitherto controlled and directed in its growth by the element of water. similarly, the coming in of the seventh ray inaugurated a tremendous event in the mineral kingdom. this i referred to in an earlier book. through the effect of sound and fire, the mineral kingdom has also been initiated, and in the great world war, in the steel factories and the other factories where metal is transmuted into articles for the use of man, the world of minerals, and the ent

energies which are present in all the forms in the various subhuman kingdoms- 226- a treatise on the seven rays- volume i: esoteric psychology i copyright 1998 lucis trust d. heal through a scientific method of bringing together soul and body. e. produce illumination through right understanding of the energy of light. f. evolve that coming ritual which will eventually reveal the true significance of water, which will revolutionise its uses and open to man the free passage to the astral plane. this plane is that of the emotional-desire nature, and its symbol is water. the coming aquarian age will reveal to man (and hence also facilitate the work of the seventh ray) that that plane is his natural home at this state of development. the masses today are entirely, but unconsciously, polarised o

is seeking to make manifest the desire or the love nature of the planetary logos. the three subhuman kingdoms seek to manifest the intelligent nature of the planetary logos. a treatise on cosmic fire, pp. 1043, 1044. 7. the mineral kingdom is responsive to the lowest type of energy, the lowest aspect of fire. the vegetable kingdom is responsive to that type of energy which produces the phenomenon of water. the animal kingdom is responsive to the type of energy which is a combination of the two above mentioned, fire and water. the human kingdom is responsive to the energy of fire at its highest manifestation in the three worlds. a treatise on cosmic fire, pp. 1071, 1072. 8. the period of radiation is longest in the mineral kingdom and shortest in the human kingdom. a treatise on cosmic fire

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e speaking of astrological conclusions. in the period when the sun was in aries, we find the frequent appearance of the ram or the scapegoat in the old testament teaching, and the keeping of the passover feast. in the christian age we use the fish symbology, even to eating fish on good friday. the symbol of the aquarian age, as it appears in all the ancient zodiacs, is that of a man bearing a jar of water. the message of that age is one of unity, communion and our relationship as brothers, because we are all the children of the one father. to this age christ pointed in his instructions to his disciples when he told them to go into the city, and said "when ye are entered into the city, there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into the house where he entereth in."15

he astrological standpoint. we are entering into the sign aquarius, the water carrier. this sign stands symbolically for group purity and relationship, for the universality of experience and for the waters poured over all. when we began to enter this sign, about two hundred years ago, water became for the first time of general interest and of general use for sanitation and irrigation. the control of water and its utilisation as a means of transportation on a world-wide scale became possible. the use of water in our homes is now so universal that we hardly realise what the world must have been like prior to this use. christ in this great initiation, entered into the stream, and the waters passed over him. in india this initiation is called that of "entering the stream" and he who undergoes

significance of the symbols employed would throw much light upon reality. in the evolution of the race the sentient feeling nature is first developed, and water has ever been the symbol of that nature. the fluid nature of the emotions, the constant shifting between sentient pleasure and pain, the storms which arise in the world of feeling, and the peace and calm which can descend upon a man, make of water a most apposite symbol of this interior subtle world of the lower nature in which most of us live, and wherein our consciousness is predominantly focussed. the average man or woman is predominantly a blend of the physical and emotional natures; all early races have this characteristic and the probability is that, in old atlantis, civilisation was entirely centred in the feelings and the d

r consciousness is predominantly focussed. the average man or woman is predominantly a blend of the physical and emotional natures; all early races have this characteristic and the probability is that, in old atlantis, civilisation was entirely centred in the feelings and the desires, in the emotions, and among its most advanced types in the heart life. john the baptist therefore gave the baptism of water which testified to the purification of the emotional nature, which must always be a preliminary step to the purification by fire. the jordan baptism is symbolic of the purification of the conscience in man, just as christ and his baptism symbolised for us the divine in man and the purification which follows the activity of that divine spirit in the lower nature. conscience, with its call

e a lion, and the second beast was like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle."8 the "face of the man" is the ancient sign of aquarius, the sign of the man carrying the water-pot, to which christ referred when he sent his disciples into the city, saying "behold, when ye are entered into the city, there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into the house where he entereth in."9 this is the zodiacal sign into which we are entering. it might be as well to point out that this is astronomically true and not simply a pronouncement of the astrologers. the symbol which stands for the zodiacal sign leo, is the lion. this sign is the symbol of individuality, and under its influence the race arrives at self-consciousness

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ervice, and as they arrive at the stage of indifference to personality claims and happenings, they learn to cherish a spirit of confidence, of joy and of love, deep and lasting, for each other; they learn to work together whole-heartedly for the helping of the world and the assistance of the hierarchy. 3. the law of service no. exoteric esoteric name name symbol r ay energy 3. law of service. law of water a man with a outpouring and the fishes. pot of water. energy. sixth ray. vivifying- 73- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust life. we come now to the consideration of the third law of the soul, which is intended to govern all soul activity. it is the law of service. however, before we elaborate this theme, there are three things which

of service, which will be the glory of the coming centuries. today, we have a world which is steadily coming to the realisation that "no man liveth unto himself, and that only as the love, about which so much has been written and spoken, finds its outlet in service, can man begin to measure up to his innate capacity. the sign for the aquarian age is that of a man, carrying on his shoulders a jar of water so full that it pours over to all and sundry, and yet it diminishes not. the sign for this law of service is very similar, but the difference lies in this; that the man stands, perfectly balanced in the form of a cross, with arms stretched out and with the water pot upon his head. in this difference there lies much of real significance. the jar of water, posed upon the shoulders, is a sig

ce is very similar, but the difference lies in this; that the man stands, perfectly balanced in the form of a cross, with arms stretched out and with the water pot upon his head. in this difference there lies much of real significance. the jar of water, posed upon the shoulders, is a sign of the burden of service. it is not easy to serve. man is today only beginning to learn how to serve. the jar of water upon the head of the man, who has been upon the cross of sacrifice for so long a time that the position has become to him perfectly natural, indicates that the cross, which has upheld him for so long, has now disappeared. the man with the water jar upon his head indicates to us poise, equilibrium and balance. for this balance, the understanding of the law of magnetic impulse has prepared

flood pours forth. the ark floats free..the flames devour. the three stand free; and then again the mists envelop. above the clouds of earth, a sign shines forth..only the eye of vision sees this sign. only the heart at peace can hear the thunder of the voice which issues from the dark depths of the cloud. only an understanding of the law which elevates and lifts can teach the man of fire and son of water to enter into mist. from thence he climbs on to the mountain top and there again stands free. the triple freedom thus achieved has naught to do with earth, or water, or with fire. it is a freedom, triple in its kind, which greets the man who passes freely from the sphere of earth into the ocean of the watery sphere, and thence on to the burning ground of sacrifice. the sun augments the fi

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. prior to his "disappearance" he referred to the symbol of the aquarian age and to the task he would then perform. with his twelve disciples, he enacted a dramatic episode which epitomises the work which he would later undertake when the two thousand years of the piscean era would have passed away. he told his disciples to go into the city and that there they would meet a man, carrying a pitcher of water, that they should follow him to the upper room and there make ready the communion feast in which he and they would share (luke xxii.10) this they did and the last supper took place. the ancient symbol for the sign aquarius (into which our sun is now entering) is that of the water-carrier, the man with a pitcher of water. this passing of the sun- 42- the reappearance of the christ copyrigh

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stament is venus in capricorn when love and mind and will meet in the person of the christ, and "he was transfigured" before all men. at the same time, he received the vision of the father and of what he had to do as he "went up to jerusalem" the place of death and likewise the city of peace. this jerusalem is pisces. in aquarius, christ put his disciples in touch with the "man, bearing a pitcher of water" aquarius, and in the upper room introduced them to union and unity under the symbolism of the communion feast. for that feast, humanity is today preparing, as we saw when studying the last constellation. the astrological significance of the new testament is as yet little understood. christ was born in capricorn, fulfilled the law under saturn, initiated the era of intelligent brotherhood

and the processes of incarnation; they apply to the "fish swimming in the waters of matter and finding there its sustenance" this is upon the mutable cross of ordinary material existence and experience. thus the influence of the three crosses is brought to bear upon the incarnated son of god upon the wheel of ordinary life and in the usual order. upon the wheel reversed, the fire takes the place of water and burns away all dross. purification of the entire nature is thus achieved gradually, and the man becomes sensitive to the influences which can be brought to bear upon him when the fiery triplicity plays its part and the influence of aries-leo-sagittarius begins to re-orient him towards universality, self-consciousness and one-pointed attitudes. as we go on with our study, the significa

scipleship and is brought about by the esoteric linking of cancer-virgo-scorpio-capricorn-pisces. in the future horoscopes of disciples, this significant interplay of forces will be recognised as dominating the chart at a particular and peculiar stage of discipleship. in this case, disciples will be born in one or other of these signs or with one of other of these signs rising. you have two signs of water and earth (cancer and virgo) in the stage of sub-conscious emphasis wherein everything is latent and hidden. human consciousness is only embryonic in cancer, for it is the mass mind which dominates and not the individual mind. in virgo, the christ life or consciousness is hidden and the christ child is as yet embryonic in the womb of matter and of time, and during this stage, the emphasis

testament, but has been preserved for us in the ancient christian legend that in the cradle itself christ killed or strangled two serpents, thus referring to the pairs of opposites which could no longer control him. aquarius. the expression of this influence has been beautifully given to us in the story of the last supper. christ sent his disciples into the city to find the man "bearing a pitcher of water" upon his shoulder. this is the symbol of the sign aquarius the sign in which the universality of the water of life will become a factor in human consciousness; then we shall indeed all sit down eventually to the communion of bread and wine. he referred indirectly to the same idea when he spoke of himself as the "water of life" assuaging the thirst of humanity. thus, through the use of th

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ed, rocky and with high mountains on either side. the people, crowded in the valley, faced towards the east and towards a narrow, bottle-necked passage at the end. just before this funnel shaped passage there stood an immense rock, rising out of the floor of the valley like a great table, and on the top of the rock was a crystal bowl which looked as if it was three feet across. this bowl was full of water. standing ahead of the crowd and in front of the rock were three figures. they formed a triangle and, to my surprise, the one at the apex of the triangle seemed to me to be the christ. the waiting crowd appeared to be in constant movement, and as they moved they formed great and familiar symbols the cross in its various forms, the circle with the point in the centre, the five-pointed star

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question i do not intend to answer. the controlling of modern disease is being handled by modern medicine primarily in three ways: through the science of sanitation, through preventive medicine, and through inoculation. these are the lower correspondences to methods of activity emanating from the astral plane, from the etheric levels, and from the earth itself. the science of sanitation, the use of water, and the growing knowledge of hydrotherapy are the precipitation on earth of certain inner activities on the astral plane of a most definite nature. from the angle of the aspirant, these methods are called purification. the science of prevention (both of diseases and of death) is the precipitation on earth of certain modes of procedure on the etheric plane whereby forces are correctly use

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e humanity is concerned, and to the central point of life in all forms. of form and of consciousness, the circle and the point are the natural symbols. this applies equally to the atom, to man, to the planet and to the solar system. the concept must constitute the foundational idea in all reflection upon this formula. now for the formula itself "a line of fire between two blazing points. a stream of water blue again a line emerging from the earth and ending in the ocean. a tree with root above and flowers below "out of the fire, and always at the midway point, appears the eye of god (shiva. upon the- 173- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust stream, between the two extremes, there floats the eye of vision a thread of light unites the two "deep in the tree, betw

ll be revolutionary and a material response to an intensive initiation process in which all disciples can share and for which advanced aspirants can prepare themselves. the formulas now that you have, presumably, brooded for some months on my instructions on the formulas, i will seek to impart to you some of the deeper implications. formula one "a line of fire between two blazing points. a stream of water blue, again a line, emerging from the earth and ending in the ocean. a tree with root above and flowers below "out of the fire and always at the midway point appears the eye of god (shiva. upon the stream- 181- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust between the two extremes, there floats the eye of vision; a thread of light unites the two "deep in the tree, betw

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

"watery realm" of the astral- 380- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust plane. the symbol of that plane has ever been water fluid, stormy, reflecting all impressions, the source of mist and fog, and yet ever essential to human living. the piscean age, now in process of passing away, is also closely related to this plane and to the symbol of water; it fixed in the human consciousness the realisation that "men are as fishes, immersed in the sea of emotions" aquarius is also known by the symbol of water, for aquarius is the "water-carrier" the sixth ray will bring together all these energies in time and space: ray energy, piscean energy, aquarian energy and the energy of the astral plane itself; this again produces a vortex of force

ental plane was the focus of the amalgamated forces, for the war was in reality a clash of ideologies and has been far more the result of man's thinking than of man's emotional desires. it therefore automatically involved the three levels of human activity and was fought out upon the physical plane, although it was impulsed from the mental plane. the symbol of fire was this time involved, instead of water, and this fire led to the destruction of men and of cities by fire (literally "fire from heaven, by the evocation of the fiery emotions so prevalent in the councils of men at this time, and by the drought of the year 1947 which burnt up the terrain in europe and in great britain, being curiously enough preceded by the floods and waters of the earlier spring, thus evidencing the repetition

f the second initiation under the symbolism of a positively applied purification. i am not here emphasising the biblical account of that purificatory process. that summarised symbolically the watery nature of the astral plane and the "washing by water" of the initiate. it expressed the purely atlantean form of the initiatory process, giving us the concept of a descent into water and of ascent out of water in response to a word of power from on high. the aryan approach to this same initiation has not yet been fully understood. this second initiation as now undergone is to some extent one of the most difficult. it involves purification, but it is purification by fire, symbolically understood. the occult "application of fire to water" produces certain most serious and devastating results. the

ALICE BAILEY THE LABOURS OF HERCULES

her, the fish, the symbol of the second person, the fish avatar, and the fish swimming in matter, the symbol of the human being in incarnation. there you have the story. having traced that wonderful, idealistic, evolutionary teaching down the last five to six thousand years as the result of subjective forces playing upon humanity, we are now passing into the sign aquarius where, through symbolism of water and purification, we shall learn how to be the soul and not the human being. that is what is going to happen in aquarius. at the end of the aquarian age, approximately two thousand five hundred years hence, can you picture what humanity will be like? the animal nature, the emotional nature and the mentality will be secondary, and the soul, the consciousness aspect, that universal urge in

ling with energies and you are misusing energies. watch yourself and begin to work in the world of forces within yourself. this sign inaugurates the school of world saviors. it is almost a "john the baptist" sign, a sign of preparation for what the next piscean age is going to bring in. aquarius is depicted as a man holding an inverted vase. the man inverts the vase and out of it come two streams of water, the river of life and the river of love, and those two words, life and love, are the two words that embody the technique of the aquarian age; not form, not mind, but life and love. two words we use constantly but which, back of them, do not bear any adequate concept. decanates, rulers and constellations aquarius, like other signs, is divided into three decanates. we are now entering the

e water carrier, though we have not yet entered fully into that sign, a process that will take approximately a further two hundred years. we are informed by the astronomers that we began to transit into that sign about two hundred years ago, and it is discernible how, since then, aquarius, the water carrier, has begun to make his presence felt in the development of sanitation and the prolific use of water. but aquarius is an air sign and the skies are full of aircraft. even, therefore, in its exoteric forms, the influence of the signs is- 127- the labours of hercules surely substantiated and there is a real foundation for the claim of the esotericist that each new sign brings to the earth distinctive energies, new concepts and new opportunities. it can also be shown that these astrological

two sons are assigned to gemini "dan shall be a serpent. that biteth the horses' heels" sagittarius, the archer joseph "his bow abode in strength. his horse is the one that scorpio follows fast after. capricorn, the goat benjamin in the egyptian mysteries capricorn is represented as a god with a wolf's head "benjamin shall raven as a wolf" aquarius, the water carrier reuben means "the pouring out of water. the living water. pisces, the fishes gad a play on "dag, the fish [225] journey through the signs (as a back-drop to the drama enacted in each sign this brief summary seems to integrate the hercules series) the progress of hercules from the mental plane, through the emotional or desire plane and out into physical manifestation, and then his journey through the twelve signs, and by means

BAPHOMANTIS LUCIFERIAN SATANIC MASS

ferably hazel, chalice of strong wine, black candles (if using circle candles may be color coded represenitive of the 4 elements, wafer\bread on the altar two candles, one on the left (black, one on right (white. the paten/with host on it(host can be made of bread or flour, or cracker. to the left place the chailice full of wine(or other spirit, to the right place the daggar (knife,sword (pitcher of water, bowl and aspergian optional) hold mass on the night of perferably a new moon (or on any satanic holiday. dress all in black, or black robe and be barefoot. begin by walking around the altar (3x's perfered, while chanting the sanctus satanas chant "sanctus satanas sanctus, dominus diabolus saboath, satanas-venire!,satanas-venire, ave satanas,ave satanas, tui sunt caeli,tua est terra,ave s

pentagram and say: i offer the chalice of desire that it may arise in thy sight of thy majesty for my use and gratification and be pleasing unto thee. to satan, giver of youth and happiness! place chalice back on alter and spinkle incense onto the burning coals of incent burner while saying: may this incense rise before thee, infernal lord and may thy blessing descend upon me. pick up the pitcher of water and pour the water into bowl with a slight bit of graveyard earth and say: cain wonderd through the desert of nodd. as cain approached death from the desert heat, the ground parted and water sprung up. and cain partook of it's sweetness. dip the aspergeant into the water turn to each compass point and say. in the name of lucifer i bless thee with the waters of life! female: dip your finge

BASIL VALENTINE TWELVE KEYS

d in a great variety of precious garments, which, by enhancing her beauty, render her pleasant in the eyes of the bridegroom. but the rites of the bridal night she performs without any clothing but that which she was arrayed withal at the moment of her birth. in the same way our bridal pair, apollo and diana, are arrayed in splendid attire, and their heads and bodies are washed with various kinds of water, some strong, some weak, but not one of them exactly like another, and each designed for its own special purpose. know that when the moisture of the earth ascends in the form of a vapour, it is condensed in the upper regions, and precipitated to the earth by its own twelve keys of basil valentine 30 of 95 weight. thus the earth regains the moisture of which it had been deprived, and recei

it, which, by means of its great heat, will consume the wings of the eagle, and prepare a perspiring bath of so extraordinary a degree of heat that the snow will melt upon the summit of the mountains, and become a water, with which the invigorating mineral bath may be prepared, and fortune, health, life, and strength restored to the king. twelve keys of basil valentine 32 of 95 third key by means of water fire may be extinguished, and utterly quenched. if much water be poured upon a little fire, the fire is overcome, and compelled to yield up the victory to the water. in the same way our fiery sulphur must be overcome by means of our prepared water. but, after the water has vanished, the fiery life of our sulphurous vapour must triumph, and again obtain the victory. but no such triumph can

BELL CHRISTOPHER PAUL TSIU MARPO THE CAREER OF A TIBETAN PROTECTOR DEITY

dimentary forms of prayer ritual, this petition requires no grand arrangement of ritual implements nor days devoted to its performance. indeed, this event took all of ten minutes and was accompanied by the involvement of only a few ritual implements (figure 34. these implements were utilized during the course of the prayer and included the banging of a giant ritual drum (rnga chen, the sprinkling of water with a fan of peacock feathers (kha rgyan, and the ringing of a symbolic bell (dril bu. this short ceremony was sponsored by a layman who requested the specific text and paid a certain amount of money accordingly. i presume that this is a nyingma text, both because of its strong mention of the seven riders and tamdrin, as with the root terma, and for its placement in a nyingma temple thou

ons of the retinue and such to rise. 376 obtain. 377 this is possibly an onomatopoeic representation of a heart beat. 378 kill! 379 because this is the mantra which invokes the life energy, recite hundreds and hundreds [of times] this activation mantra in the morning and evening. 380 unknown. possibly sanskrit for "vagina" or "fortune" 381 because this occurs, the essence is cut by the razor. 382 of water. 383 of fire. 384 of wind. 160 therefore, offer this as the basis of the effigy.385 this is the fourth chapter, which is the mantra from the tantra of the great king of the violence demons, the red-razored one. chapter 5 (308.2-309.4) then the blessed one taught the stages of the approach386 and accomplishment and the stages of the signs "a vow-endowed yogic practitioner, having first obt

BLACK SERPENT1

ed here with permission. april 30th the alter must face the west most point of the ritual chamber. a candle is set at each elemental point. the elemental demons are invoked by use of the enns with the dagger. belial first and working clockwise leaving leviathan for last. an incense of calamus and frankincense invokes atmosphere. light the candles from belial to leviathan. then- carrying a chalice of water (with sea salt) in one hand and a dagger in the other (doesn't matter which) approach each point and kneel reciting the enn for leviathan and dip the dagger into the water and sprinkle it above each candle. finally, invite the fifth element from the center of the ritual space. kneel at the altar in prayer "we pray thee leviathn, bestow upon us the strength of your design. let the serpent

protection. allow our anger to be swift with justice. be present that our enemies will not conquer us. we are as the swift flowing tide ebbing to and fro. we humbly pay homage to thee in our offer of sea salt and water that you may know our respect for your vast strength. we offer requests of healing and emotional balance that we may employ your creation to do so. hail leviathan. lord and master of water" then comes the typical ritual body in which requests of healing and emotional balance are burned within the alter or primary ritual space fire (i.e. a bowl, incense burner, or bonfire) use the remaining water to put out the fire once the requests have been burnt. the ashes must be crushed to a fine powder and later dispersed in running water (i.e. ocean, stream. some sects choose to sing

ritual space fire (i.e. a bowl, incense burner, or bonfire) use the remaining water to put out the fire once the requests have been burnt. the ashes must be crushed to a fine powder and later dispersed in running water (i.e. ocean, stream. some sects choose to sing hymns and go into longer durations of prayer before the ritual closing. the ritual is closed as thus "hail leviathan. lord and master of water. we thank thee for being present at our ritual. we bid you, go in peace" close the ritual as normal. if practicing solitary- change all "we" to "i" also- the prayer can be done with a single candle if you lack the space, time, or supplies to do a drawn out ritual. first rite to leviathan is ideal for baptisms, initiations, marriages, degree advancement, and other rites of passage. 26 rite

BLAVATSKY H P ANTHROPOGENESIS

dec. 1, 1881, and also what the american geologists say[[vol. 2, page] 65 divine will becomes eros. 10. when they (the rupas) were destroyed, mother-earth remained bare* she asked to be dried (a (a) the time for its incrustation had arrived. the waters had separated and the process was started. it was the beginning of a new life. this is what one key divulges to us. another key teaches the origin of water, its admixture with fire (liquid fire it calls it* and enters upon an alchemical description of the progeny of the two- solid matter such as minerals and earths. from the "waters of space" the progeny of the male spirit-fire and the female (gaseous) water has become the oceanic expanse on earth. varuna is dragged down from the infinite space, to reign as neptune over the finite seas. as a

tion from the subjective and purely spiritual entitative being in the region of noumena. well might godfrey higgins have compared hydrogen to, and even identified it with, the to on, the "one" of the greeks. for, as he remarks, hydrogen is not water, though it generates it; hydrogen is not fire, though it manifests or creates it; nor is it air, though air may be regarded as a product of the union of water and[[footnote(s* see "genesis of the elements" by prof. w. crookes, p. 21[[vol. 2, page] 106 the secret doctrine. fire- since hydrogen is found in the aqueous element of the atmosphere. it is three in one. if one studies comparative theogony, it is easy to find that the secret of these "fires" was taught in the mysteries of every ancient people, pre-eminently in samothrace. there is not t

rn into aquatic animals; from these aquatic animals are derived land animals; and from the latter the birds. from the beings who live aloft in the air (heaven) men are born. on reaching that[[footnote(s[[footnote continued from previous page] times greater than that on our earth's surface, the atmospheric pressure, in descending below this visible surface, must soon reach that at which the vapour of water would be brought to its critical condition. therefore we may infer that the oceans of jupiter are neither of frozen, liquid, nor gaseous water, but are oceans or atmospheres of critical water. if any fish or birds swim or fly therein, they must be very critically organized" as the whole mass of jupiter is 300 times greater than that of the earth, and its compressing energy towards the cen

s) on this planet have the honour of being the only human beings in the whole kosmos, who dwell on a globe, and that they are consequently, the best of their kind[[footnote(s "posthumous humanity- translated by h. s. olcott, london, 1887* professor newcomb says "the heat evolved by contraction would last only 18,000,000 years("popular astronomy" p. 500; but "a temperature permitting the existence of water could not be reached earlier than 10,000,000 years ago (winchell's "world-life" p. 356. but sir w. thomson says that the whole age of the incrustation of the earth is 18,000,000 years, though, this year, he has again altered his opinion and allows only 15,000,000 years as the age of the sun. as will be shown in the addenda, the divergence of scientific opinions is so great that no relianc

uantity of deadly gases, and of elements entirely saturated with carbon and nitrogen, in which the vegetable and animal kingdoms are shown to have lived, thriven, and developed, then one would have to come to the curious conclusion that there were, in those days, oceans[[footnote(s *cudworth's "intellectual system" i. p. 328[[vol. 2, page] 160 the secret doctrine. of liquid carbonic acid, instead of water. with such an element, it becomes doubtful whether the ganoids, or even the primitive trilobites themselves could live in the oceans of the primary age- let alone in those of the silurian, as shown by blanchard. the conditions that were necessary for the earliest race of mankind, however, require no elements, whether simple or compound. that which was stated at the beginning is maintained

xaggerations notwithstanding- will find them quite in accordance with physical science. even what appears to be the, on the face of it, perfectly nonsensical allegory of brahma assuming the form of a boar to rescue the earth from under the waters, finds in the secret commentaries a perfectly scientific explanation, relating as it does to the many risings and sinkings, and the constant alternation of water and land from the earliest to the latest geological periods of our globe; for science teaches us now that nine-tenths of the stratified formations of the earth's crust have been gradually constructed beneath water, at the bottom of the seas. the ancient aryans are credited with having known nothing whatever of natural history, geology, and so on. the jewish race is, on the other hand, pro

BLAVATSKY H P COSMOGENESIS

the occult teachings, the unknown and the unknowable mover, or the self-existing, is the absolute divine essence. and thus being absolute consciousness, and absolute motion- to the limited senses of those who describe this indescribable- it is unconsciousness and immoveableness. concrete consciousness cannot be predicated of abstract consciousness, any more than the quality wet can be predicated of water- wetness being its own attribute and the cause of the wet quality in other things. consciousness implies limitations and qualifications; something to be conscious of, and someone to be conscious of it. but absolute consciousness contains the cognizer, the thing cognized and the cognition, all three in itself and all three one. no man is conscious of more than that portion of his knowledge

ace and time. universe evolves, when its primary substance is transformed from the state of fire into that of air, then into water, etc. heracleitus of ephesus maintained that the one principle that underlies all phenomena in nature is fire. the intelligence that moves the universe is fire, and fires is intelligence. and while anaximenes said the same of air, and thales of miletus (600 years b.c) of water, the esoteric doctrine reconciles all those philosophers by showing that though each was right the system of none was complete- stanza iii- continued. 8. where was the germ, and where was now darkness? where is the spirit of the flame that burns in thy lamp, oh lanoo? the germ is that, and that is light; the white brilliant son of the dark hidden father (a (a) the answer to the first ques

rd, and this is the holy spirit. two: spirit out of spirit. he designed and hewed therewith twenty-two letters of foundation, three mothers and seven double and twelve single, and one spirit out of them. three: water out of spirit; he designed and hewed with them the barren and the void, mud and earth. he designed them as a flowerbed, hewed them as a wall, covered them as a paving. four: fire out of water. he designed and hewed therewith the throne of glory and the wheels, and the seraphim and the holy animals and the ministering angels, and of the three he founded his dwelling, as it is said, he makes his angels spirits and his servants fiery flames" which words "founded his dwelling" show clearly that in the kabala, as in india, the deity was considered as the universe, and was not, in h

ation is comparable to the driver- a supersensuous state of matter in motion, a nature-force or elemental. but, behind even this, stand- just as the owner of the carriage directs the driver from within- the higher and noumenal causes, the intelligences from whose essence radiate these states of "mother" generating the countless milliards of elementals or psychic nature-spirits, just as every drop of water generates its physical[[footnote(s* see "scientific arena" a monthly journal devoted to current philosophical teaching and its bearing upon the religious thought of the age. new york: a. wilford hall, ph.d, ll.d, editor (1886, july, august, and september[[vol. 1, page] 147 primordial substance, a reality. infinitesimal infusoria (see "gods, monads, and atoms" in part iii) it is fohat who

its opposite aspect, it is the kakodaemon- the bad one. in the scandinavian eddas, the honey dew, the fruit of the gods and of the creative busy yggdrasill (bees, falls during the hours of night, when the atmosphere is impregnated with humidity; and in the northern mythologies, as the passive principle of creation, it typifies the[[vol. 1, page] 345 the birth of mind. creation of the universe out of water; this dew is the astral light in one of its combinations, and possesses creative as well as destructive properties. in the chaldean legend of berosus, oannes or dagon, the man-fish, instructing the people, shows the infant world created out of water, and all beings originating from this prima materia. moses teaches that only earth and water can bring a living soul: and we read in the scri

oul: and we read in the scriptures that herbs could not grow until the eternal caused it to rain upon earth. in the mexican popol-vuh, man is created out of mud or clay (terre glaise, taken from under the water. brahma creates the great muni (or first man) seated on his lotus, only after having called into being spirits who thus enjoyed over mortals a priority of existence, and he creates him out of water, air and earth. alchemists claim that the primordial or pre-adamic earth, when reduced to its first substance, is in its second stage of transformation like clear water, the first being the alkahest proper. this primordial substance is said to contain within itself the essence of all that goes to make up man; it has not only all the elements of his physical being, but even the "breath of

BLUE EQUINOX

a luscious devil of italy; a fair strong woman with worn cheeks, eaten out with hunger for kisses. she hath played the harlot in divers places; she hath given her body to the beasts. 41. she hath slain her kinsfolk with strong venom of toads; she hath been scourged with many rods. 42. she hath been broken in pieces upon the wheel; the hands of the hangman have bound her unto it. 43. the fountains of water have been loosed upon her; she hath struggled with exceeding torment. 44. she hath burst in sunder with the weight of the waters; she hath sunk into the awful sea. 45. so am i, o adonai, my lord, and such are the waters of thine intolerable essence. 46. so am i, o adonai, my beloeved, and thou hast burst me utterly in sunder. 47. i am shed out like spilt blood upon the mountains; the rave

this experience in detail as it was somewhat different from any previous experiment. after prayer, formulated astral enclosing body and began to rise. tried to ascend middle pillar. dark blue, then more purple. presently found my astral body in a sort of open temple square with 4 pillars for corners, open sides and a high domed roof. in the centre the equinox 164 of the floor was a circular basin of water. someone said (of the water .it is thyself (or thy mind. could distinguish nothing for some time. presently a star appeared in the centre of the pool, evidently reflected through a circular hole in centre of roof. looking up, could not see this star from where i was standing on the step at front of temple. someone said .enter the water. did so, finding it reached to the neck. looked up, a

a bond, as in liber iii it is duly written. amen. now, son, note, pray thee, in what house we write these words. for it is a little cottage of red and green, by the western side of a great lake, and it is hidden in the woods. man, therefore, is at odds with wood and water; and being a magician bethinketh himself to take one of these enemies, wood, which is both the effect and cause of that excess of water, and compel it to fight for him against the other. what then maketh he? why, he taketh unto himself iron of mars, an axe and a saw and a wedge and a knife, and he divideth wood therewith against himself, hewing him into many small pieces, so that he hath no longer any strength against his will. good; then taketh he the fire of our father the sun, and setteth it directly in battle array ag

n a plain white robe. the priestess. should be actually virgo intacta or specially dedicated to the service of the great order. she is clothed in white, blue, and gold. she bears the sword from a red girdle, and the paten and hosts, or cakes of light. the deacon. he is clothed in white and yellow. he bears the book of the law. two children. they are clothed in white and black. one bears a pitcher of water and a cellar of salt, the other a censer of fire and a casket of perfume. iii of the ceremony of the introit the deacon, opening the door of the temple, admits the congregation and takes his stand between the small altar and the font (there should be a doorkeeper to attend to the admission) the deacon advances and bows before the liber xv 251 open shrine where the graal is exalted. he kis

BOOK OF ENOCH

e events in the sky; how the lights in the sky do not change their courses, how each rises and sets in order, each at its proper time, and they do not transgress their law. 2.2] consider the earth and understand from the work that is done upon it, from the beginning to the end, that no work of god changes as it becomes manifest. 2.3] consider the summer and the winter; how the whole earth is full of water and the clouds and dew and rain rest upon it. 3.1] contemplate and see how all the trees appear withered and all their leaves are stripped- with the exception of the fourteen trees, which are not stripped, which remain with the old leaves until the new come after two or three years. 4.1] and, again, contemplate the days of summer; how at its beginning the sun is above it. you seek shelter

rom the face of the earth, and from amongst the offspring of men, his offspring perish" 22.8] then i asked about him, and about judgment on all, and i said "why is one separated from another" 22.9] and he answered me, and said to me "these three places where made, in order that they might separate the spirits of the dead. and thus the souls of the righteous have been separated; this is the spring of water, and on it the light. 22.10] likewise, a place has been created for sinners, when they die, and are buried in the earth, and judgment has not come upon them during their life. 22.11] and here their souls will be separated for this great torment, until the great day of judgment and punishment and torment for those who curse, forever, and of vengeance on their souls. and there he will bind

ous, and from all sides, there went up spray and mist. 29.1] and i went to another place, away from the wilderness; i came near to the east of this mountain. 29.2] and there i saw trees of judgment, especially vessels of the fragrance of incense and myrrh, and the trees were not alike. 30.1] and above it, above these, above the mountains of the east, and not far away, i saw another place, valleys of water, like that which does not fail. 30.2] and i saw a beautiful tree, and its fragrance was like that of the mastic. 30.3] and by the banks of these valleys i saw fragrant cinnamon. and beyond those valleys i came towards the east. 31.1] and i saw another mountain on which there were trees, and there flowed out water, and there flowed out from it, as it were, a nectar whose name is styrax and

more a change will come over their spirits, for ever and ever; for no one can speak an idle word in front of the lord of spirits. 67.10] for judgment will come upon them, for they believe in the lust of their bodies, but deny the spirit of the lord. 67.11] and those same waters will undergo a change in those days; for when those angels are punished in those days, the temperature of those springs of water will change, and when the angels come up, that water of the springs will change, and become cold. 67.12] and i heard the holy michael answering and saying "this judgment, with which the angels are judged, is a testimony for the kings and the mighty who possess the dry ground. 67.13] for these waters of judgment serve for the healing of the bodies of the kings, and for the lust of their bo

BOOK OF JASHAR

hunted down the great herbivores. to make an interesting story, god wanted the earth to be dominated by intelligent animals, not by trees. noah was led up from her home because god wanted people to progress beyond hunting and gathering, and to dominate the earth by farming. so we should not have been surprised, as noah was, to learn that god's destructive flood is a flood of humanity, not a flood of water. this reinterpretation of the flood may be particularly satisfying to a modern reader, because it relates the flood directly to our own lives. even today, as chain saws reduce the last forests and jungles, we can see the advancing waves of noah's flood. the ecological impact of civilization is thus portrayed here as a part of god's plan. woven in with the agricultural-revolution theme, th

rd" and that god's gift of consistent natural law will never be revoked. thus, in the first call for a story, god also articulated the natural laws of kinetics and dynamics, to provide a coherent structure in which the story can evolve. the constancy and regularity of these laws are precious to us, because we rely on them so deeply for our ability to understand every event in the world. if oceans of water could suddenly appear, or not appear, without any predictable pattern, then our lives would truly be meaningless. god has given natural laws and has promised to eschew big arbitrary miracles, so that we can have meaning and structure in our lives, which may be the greatest miracle of all. thus, we may appreciate more deeply eve's spark, which sets a precedent of god intervening only at th

BOOK T

cret wisdom "what thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven abodes which be in aushiah "and i saw in the right hand of him that sate upon the throne a book, sealed with seven seals "who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof' the titles of the symbols 1. the ace of wands is called the root of the powers of fire. 2. the ace of cups is called the root of the powers of water. 3. the ace of swords is called the root of the powers of air. 4. the ace of pentacles is called the root of the powers of earth. 5. the knight of wands is "the lord of the flame and lighting: the king of the spirits of fire" 6. the queen of wands is "the queen of the thrones of flame" 7. the king of wands is "the prince of the chariot of fire" 8. the knave of wands is "the princess of th

sigil of the scale. beneath his horse's feet is the sea. from the cup issues a crab. book t page 6 of 26 http//www.private.org.il/gd/book-t.html 13/10/2002 graceful, poetic, venusian, indolent, but enthusiastic if roused. ill dignified, he is sensual, idle and untruthful. he rules the heavens from above 20 degree of aquarius to 20 degree of pisces, thus including the greater part of pegasus. fire of water king of undines and nymphs. x. the queen of the thrones of the waters queen of cups a very beautiful fair woman like a crowned queen, seated upon a throne, beneath which is flowing water wherein lotuses are seen. her general dress is similar to that of the queen of wands, but upon her crown, cuirass and buskins is seen an ibis with opened wings, and beside her is the same bird, whereon he

face is dreamy. she holds a lotus in the hand upon the ibis. she is imaginative, poetic, kind, yet not willing to take much trouble for another. coquettish, goodnatured and underneath a dreamy appearance. imagination stronger than feeling. very much affected by other influences, and therefore more dependent upon dignity than most symbols. she rules from 20 degree gemini to 20 degree cancer. water of water queen of nymphs or undines. xi. the prince of the chariot of the waters king of cups a winged kingly figure with winged crown seated in a chariot drawn by an eagle. on the wheel is the symbol of a scorpion. the eagle is borne as a crest on his crown, cuirass and buskins. general attire like king of wands. beneath his chariot is the calm and stagnant water of a lake. his armour resembles f

the sigil of his scale. a serpent issues from the cup, and has its head tending down to the waters of the lake. he is subtle, violent, crafty and artistic; a fierce nature with calm exterior. powerful for good or evil but more attracted by the evil if allied with apparent power or wisdom. if ill dignified, he is intensely evil and merciless. he rules from 20 degree libra to 20 degree scorpio. air of water prince and emperor of nymphs or undines. xii. the princess of the waters; the lotus of the palace of the floods knave of cups a beautiful amazon-like figure, softer in nature than the princess of wands. her attire is similar. she stands on a sea with foaming spray. away to her right a dolphin. she wears as a crest a swan with opening wings. she bears in one hand a lotus, and in the other

swan with opening wings. she bears in one hand a lotus, and in the other an open cup from which a turtle issues. her mantle is lined with swans-down, and is of thin floating material. sweetness, poetry, gentleness and kindness. imaginative, dreamy, at times indolent, yet courageous if roused. when ill dignified she is selfish and luxurious. she rules a quadrant of the heavens around kether. earth of water book t page 7 of 26 http//www.private.org.il/gd/book-t.html 13/10/2002 princess and empress of the nymphs or undines throne of the ace of cups. xiii. the lord of the winds and the breezes; he king of the spirits of air knight of swords a winged warrior with crowned winged helmet, mounted upon a brown steed. his general equipment is as that of the knight of wands, but he wears as a crest a

d. sadness, treachery, deceit; ill-will, detraction; charity and kindness ill requited; all kinds of anxieties and troubles from unsuspected and unexpected sources. geburah of hb:h (disappointment in love, marriage broken off, unkindness of a friend; loss of friendship. herein rule hb:lvvyh and hb:phlyh. xxxi. the lord of pleasure six of chalices an angelic hand, as before, holds a group of stems of water-lilies or lotuses, from which six flowers bend, one over each cup. from these flowers a white glistening water flows into the cups as from a fountain, but they are not yet full. above and below are sun and scorpio referring to the decan. commencement of steady increase, gain and pleasure; but commencement only. also affront, detection, knowledge, and in some instances contention and strif

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nder your pillow for three consecutive nights. from now on you will use your athame as indicated in the rituals which follow. it is your own personal tool. there is no harm in letting someone else handle it, just to look at it, but do not lend it to anyone for use in or out of the circle. facing it, you are facing east. on the altar are one or two white altar candles, thurible, dishes of salt and of water, bell, deity figures (optional, bowl of anointing oil, goblet of wine (or fruit juice, libation dish, sword (if you have one) and/or priests' athames. censerer lights the incense and the altar candles (not the circle candles) and then leaves the area to wait, with the rest of the coven, in the northeastern quarter. priest and priestess enter the circle, from the east (just on the northern

: covener "all hail to the element of fire; watchtower of the south. may it stand in strength, ever watching over our circle" s/he kisses the blade of her/his athame and returns to the circle. 60/ auckland's complete book of witchcraft the covener closest to the west then turns to face the west candle. with athame raised, s/he draws an invoking pentagram and says: covener "all hail to the element of water; watchtower of the west. may it stand in strength, ever watching over our circle" s/he kisses the blade of her/his athame and returns to the circle. the covener closest to the north then turns to face the north candle. with athame raised, s/he draws an invoking pentagram and says: covener "all hail to the element of earth; watchtower of the north. may it stand in strength, ever watching o

ts on the purpose of the mirror. the projection of scenes from the past, present and future. consecrate the mirror in your circle, using the consecration ritual given in lesson five, naturally substituting the word "mirror" for "knife. when not in use, keep the mirror wrapped in a black cloth. to give you an easy start to scrying, before investing in a ball or making a mirror, try it with a glass of water. just take a regular, clear water-glass and fill it with water. gaze into that in the same way as described above. it should work quite well. saxon wands the saxon wands are very good for obtaining a direct, prompt answer to a question. in a way they are similar to the oriental i-ching, though far less complicated. seven wands are needed. these are made from wood dowel. there should be th

rough reading, are all of jupiter. moneyed people count with this planet; bankers, judges and ecclesiastics. the sun is first and foremost a masculine planet, full of vitality. it has determination yet much kindness, a lot of heart, and is capable of great love. it is an authority figure, moving ever forward. the moon, conversely, is a feminine figure; very sensitive, emotional, domestic. a lover of water, patriotic and interested in public welfare. mercury is quick-witted; an extremely active mind, good for research, exploration, analysis, judgement; good for writers, teachers, orators. venus is again, of course, feminine; very much of love. to do with friendship, physical attraction, feeling, peace-making, pleasures; associated with musicians, jewelers, actors, dress-makers, artists and

bed. roots and barks. roots should be simmered for over half an hour, to extract their goodness. do not boil heavily. flowers and leaves should never be boiled. steep them in hot (not boiling) water for twenty minutes, keeping them covered so as to keep in the oil which might evaporate. powdered herbs may be mixed with either hot or cold water. use half a teaspoonful of powdered herb to a cupful of water, followed by drinking a plain glass of water. herbs take effect quicker if taken in hot water. never use an aluminum utensil to boil herbs or water to be used with them as this metal damages the fine oils, etc, contained in the herbs. to make syrups: a simple syrup can be made by dissolving three pounds of brown sugar in a pint of boiling water. boil until thick you may then add this to a

aluminum vessels. use copper or earthenware or, better still, pyrex, so as not to contaminate the medicines. now here are some simple recipes you can use for practice (or for real. if you are unable to gather the herbs yourself, see the source list at the end of this lesson. medicinal drinks for loss of appetite and debility: wood betony 1 oz barberry bark 1 oz bogbean 1 oz boil in half a gallon of water for 15 minutes. sweeten with honey and leave to cool. then stir in 2 teaspoonfuls of good brewers yeast. let the whole stand for 12 hours. skim off the top and bottle the remainder, do not use for 24 hours. dose: ad. lib. lesson ten: herbalism/ 147 tine ext chartul collyr. collut. decoct. garg. haust. lams. mist. ss. zz oi or oi e.a. a.c. p.c. tus urg h.s. sos pro oc= part m.d. addendua a

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. when this great god hath made speech with them, they answer him, and they have life through the voice of this great god, and their throats draw in breath, for when he crieth to them he ordereth them what they are to do, and he appointeth to them green herbs in abundance in their field. and they supply with the green herbs of urnes the gods who are in the following of ra, and they make offerings of water to the spirits by the command of this great god, and they kindle flames of fire in order to burn up the enemies of ra, and there is wailing to them, and they lament after this great god hath passed them by. am-nebaui is the guardian of this field; whosoever knoweth [this] is in the condition of a spirit equipped with [words of power, and [the gods] protect [him" p. 37 the five lines of te

f weaving, and they are set firmly on their sand. this god crieth out to them in whatsoever regions they are, and they shed light by means of their radiance [which cometh] from the depth of their mouths, but they do not come forth from their circle, and there is heard the sound of the voices of those who are shut in this circle which is like unto the twittering of the whole of the birds of a nest of water-fowl when they cry out to ra. the. name of this circle is aat-setekau" p. 185 6. a door called tes-amem-mit-em-sheta-f. beyond it is a figure of the god nu, who appears to be over the "chamber of destruction" next: chapter ix. the ninth division of the tuat, which is called best-aru-ankhet-kheperu sacred texts egypt ehh index index previous next p. 186 chapter ix. the ninth division of th

ich are in the mouth of the great god, and their souls journey onwards in his train to the horizon. they strip the bodies of the dead of their swathings and break in pieces the bodies of the enemies [of ra, and they give the order for their destruction in the tuat" in the lower register are- 1. the god horus, hawk-headed and wearing a disk, leaning on a staff. click to view horus. 2. five 1 lakes of water, in each of which is submerged a male form; these figures are called the "submerged" 3. three 2 lakes of water, in each of which is a male form swimming, turned over on his breast; these are called the "swimmers" 4. four lakes of water, in each of which is a male form floating on his back; these are called the floaters" the text reads. p. 225 [paragraph continues] the above text is full o

of which is a male form floating on his back; these are called the floaters" the text reads. p. 225 [paragraph continues] the above text is full of lacunae, and whole passages, consisting of several lines, are wanting; the following version from lanzone's edition (le domicile des esprits, pl. ii) will be found useful in obtaining an idea of the contents of the legends which accompanied the lakes of water: p. 226 click to view p. 227 click to view p. 228 "horus saith unto those who have plunged themselves beneath the waters, and unto those who swim, and unto those who float in nu of the tuat 'o ye who have plunged yourselves beneath the waters, who shine in nu, o ye whose hands cover your faces, who swim with your faces turned towards the water in the tuat, whose cheeks are filled with wat

its furrows, click to view hetemit. bekhkhit. tchetmit. senthes. for your members shall not perish, and your flesh shall not decay, and ye shall have dominion over your water, and ye shall have abundance according to my command, o ye whose duty it is to dwell in nu, together with those who have plunged themselves beneath the waters, and are in [his] following, and whose souls have life" 5. a lake of water. p. 230 6. four female figures, each bearing a serpent on her head and shoulders; the head of each reptile is raised above the head of its bearer, and its tail hangs down her back; their names are- 1. hetemit. 2. bekhkhit. click to view set-nehes. 3. tchetmit. 4. senthes. the text reads: p. 231 [paragraph continues "those who are in this picture are they whose forms (or, figures) live by

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umber. 5 and 6 these two paragraphs of the meditation should be compared with the symbolism of the first tarot key. the magician is obviously the on-looker, and he corresponds to the "superior nature. the four subtle principles mentioned in the sixth section are also shown in the symbolism of this key, as the implements on the table. the wand is the element of fire. the cup stands for the element of water. the sword is a symbol of air. the coin or pentacle represents the element of earth. note well that the text says "the wise conceal" the true "principles" under the names of the elements of ancient physics. the meditation on gimel* 1. thou hast seen, o israel, how, for the sake of creation, the one life that i am seemeth to divide itself, becoming two. of these two, i have made known to t

ration of the letter nun, n. 5 the path of the disposing intelligence, attributed to zain, begins in binah, the mother, and ends in tiphareth, the son. 6" great sea" is a name sometimes applied to binah, and binah is also shabbathai, sh b th a i, the sphere of saturn. saturn, in alchemy, is lead. alchemical lead is the secret abode of fire, because binah, although this sephirah is called the root of water, by practical qabalists, nevertheless conceals in her depths the active, fiery power of chokmah, the root of fire, just as the name aima contains the paternal i, and as b i n h is formed from jah, i h, a name of the father, and ben, b n, a name of the son. the "airy spirit" of the path of zain is a reference to the airy quality of the zodiacal sign gemini, whose ruler, according to the qa

irror of the clear waters of hod. for when the surface of those waters is disturbed by no slightest ripple of thought. then shall the glory of my self, which is thy true self, be mirrored unto thee [123] comment on mem* m e m, pronounced mayim. transcribed as "m. the number 40. meaning: water. the stable intelligence. 1 the letter-name mem, m i m, means water. in the book of formation the element of water is assigned to this letter, and qabalists say "mem is mute, like water" the letter-name, m i m, adds to 90, which is the value of dawmam, d v m m" still, silent, dumb. the meditation opens with an explicit statement of the qabalistic doctrine that the life-power's self-reflection is the cause of all manifestation. the 23rd path of wisdom, assigned to the letter mem, is called "the stable

nted by the four animals described in the vision of ezekiel "they four had the face of a lion, of an eagle, of a man, and of an ox" these living creatures correspond to the four aspects of the absolute. the lion corresponds to life, to the element of fire, to atziluth, the archetypal world, to yod in i h v h, and to the sephirah chokmah, root of fire. the eagle corresponds to mind, to the element of water, to briah, the creative world, to the first heh in i h v h, and to the sephirah [189] t h e book of t o k e n s binah, the root of water. the man corresponds to the third aspect, truth or law, to the element of air, to yetzirah, the formative world, to vav in i h vh, and to the sephirah tiphareth, attributed to air. the ox or bull corresponds to the fourth aspect, love, to the element of

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midland roots, which are connected to what is said to be the most ancient order of witches known. at the turn of the twentieth century, my father's family were canal people and my father grew up at a time when the boats were still a major form of transport for coal and iron. some of these midland canal people were known as 'water witches' because they practised a religion based on the sacredness of water and earth. their symbol was the six-spoked sun wheel, painted on their boats. this sign was once thought to be a ship's wheel, but this is improbable, since canal boats have large rudders. unlike the romany gypsies, the midland water witches were descended from the friesian seafarers of the netherlands and 1876 a book entitled oer linda was published, named after the family who had been c

lowed to arise between members of a group, this can make ritualistic contact very difficult, especially where members are in relationships with people outside the coven. the sacred marriage, which involves ritual sex between god and goddess, is an important part of seasonal celebrations. however, modern covens often celebrate the ritual coupling of earth and sky by plunging a knife into a chalice of water, or by the use of physical sex carried out in private, by an established couple, out of sight of the coven. in this way, any very human complications may be prevented from creeping into the ritual. it is also possible to come across well-meaning but totally inexperienced groups who attempt to practise the kind of work that a medium, white witch or healer would take years even to approach

lf are vulnerable. this is part of the cosmic banking system and in practice there is considerable overlap between this and personal spells. magick to increase positivity these are the least focused kind of spells. they are used to send out energies to whoever needs them, for example of love, happiness, health or abundance. they may be for an endangered species, a war-torn land, a country in need of water or the planet itself. if a large number of people do send positive energies either to a large-scale project or into the cosmos, followed where possible by practical help or support, then this can really make a difference. again, by sending out healing you will receive in return threefold healing in indirect but powerful ways. the four stages of magick although there are many different kin

iddershins, to remove negativity that has come in from the activities of the day, and then deosil, to charge it with power. you can also cleanse it with incense, creating a protective circle of pine or myrrh, again widdershins and then deosil. each night, or whenever you have time, you can explore your inner psychic powers at your altar. for example, you can gaze into a candle or scry into a bowl of water on the surface of which you have dripped coloured inks. try holding the different crystals that you place on your altar and allow impressions to pass through your fingertips, manifest as images, sounds or feelings. this psychic art is called psychometry and is one that will emerge spontaneously. you may, however, have a more specific aim in mind. for example, to improve your finances, pla

til you feel that you are filled with silver light* now gently exhale a little of that light in a single breath, this time with your eyes open, directing it in your vision towards someone you know who is also feeling stressed or anxious* inhale more moonlight and continue to exhale, still with your eyes open, continuing to direct the healing light* let the moon shine into a silver or crystal bowl of water. before bedtime, tip the water into your bath so you can absorb the moon energies through your pores. whenever you feel stressed, visualise the moon, close your eyes and gently inhale; peace will come to you because you gave it out to others. you will find more detail on moon magick in the chapter on moon energies [insert pic p054- a sun magick ritual for energy because it can be dangerou

llus, representing creative power, and many hindus regard his benevolent, creative aspect as predominant. shiva has three eyes, represented by the sun, the moon and fire. his third eye allows him to see inwards and also to destroy whatever it looks on. he was not one of the original vedic deities but became one of the supreme gods, according to legend, at the time when the universe consisted only of water. vishnu and brahma were arguing about who was the greatest god when a great pillar of flame appeared between them. shiva appeared from within the flaming pillar, which was symbol of his masculine power, and the other gods bowed before him. invoke shiva for animus power, potency, survival and male rituals. shakti shakti, or matahdevi, is the female energy or power of shiva. her name is als

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hael ford draw circle in flour if not painted in temple. place a candle in each of the four cardinal directions. the altar can be on the ground, a table, rock or such. the altar should be in the center or just north of center of the circle. light the candles and the incense. the ritual facing north, the high priest and priestess kneel in front of the altar with him to her right. she puts the bowl of water (mixed with the ashes of the dead or grave soil) on the altar, places the point of her athame in it and says "i exorcise thee, o creature of water, the my sacred will exorcises from this all things unwilling to manifest according to my desire. bring the warmth and stillness of the great unconscious, that my flesh becomes a mirror of my waking in the dream. the athame should now be held an

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se. her usual line is to point to, or describe some friend of the client and credit him with bringing about present conditions by conjuration. mother turner c ascribes the ills of her clients to the working of little devils who are supposed to inhabit their persons and homes. c charms are given to wear on their persons. ben session c tells fortunes by the use of a lighted candle and three glasses of water. c sick clients are anointed and given medicine concocted by the "doctor" those with other troubles are given lucky charms made of crosses. professor anthony george c attracts large crowds to his "spiritual" meetings. c he works his audience into frenzied enthusiasm by a recital of the people he has cured or given lucky numbers and often these individuals come to the meetings and give ver

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ated me not to withhold my name from him. now i having replied that i was a brother of the red-rosy cross, he both wondered and seemed to rejoice at it, and then proceeded thus: my brother, have you nothing about you with which to purchase a token? i answered that my ability was small, but if he saw anything about me he had a mind to, it was at his service. now he having requested of me my bottle of water, and i having granted it, he gave me a golden token on which stood no more than these two letters, s.c, entreating me that when it stood me in good stead, i would remember him. after which i asked him how many had come in before me, which he also told me, and lastly out of mere friendship gave me a sealed letter to the second porter. now having lingered some time with him, the night grew

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into creamy, translucent jade in colors of lavender, green, and white. his blood trickled over the land to create large pools and swift rivers. his voice, even in its weakness, produced rolling thunder and crackling lightning. his dying breath formed blowing winds and puffy clouds. finally, released from his suffering, panku sobbed tears of gratitude which fell and created glittering, vast bodies of water that became the oceans. finally his work was over, and panku, the creator, was dead. in his place, he left a world that sparkled and twinkled with splashes of bright blues, vibrant greens, dusky browns, and clear, cold rushing waters. chinese mythology 20 questions and answers q: why was an egg a good symbol for the beginning of the world? a: many creatures are born from eggs, a symbol of

inese writing became systematized and sophisticated. many of the symbols from that era closely resemble the chinese writing characters used today.4 fushi teaches the people 33 fushi watched the new humans stumbling about. these people did not have the supernatural powers of gods, the strength of tigers, or the speed of leopards. they did not have the protective armor of turtles, the leathery hide of water buffaloes, or the thick fur of foxes. people had thin skin, soft flesh, sparse hair, and moved about rather slowly. they had good hearts and cheerful laughter, but they were easily frightened and discouraged. fushi decided to help the new humans. first, fushi taught people how to twist plant fibers together to form ropes of all widths and lengths. with the thinner ropes, he wove fishing l

the cosmic forces of heaven and earth, and in such a manner, can influence changes.6 41 4 water war introduction gong the water god is an ancient destroyer god who wrestled for control of the earth shortly after the creation of people. his predecessor, zurong the fire god, ruled the world peacefully before him. when gong became the ruler, he wanted to expand his influence by increasing the amount of water in the universe in the ratio of seventenths water to three-tenths dry land. to achieve his goal, gong sent torrential rains and came close to destroying the world in a fierce power struggle with the fire god.1 nuwa, the creator of people, appears in this myth to counteract the two gods destructive forces. although historically the two warring gods have most often been presented as giants

lted toward the northwest. that is why the moon and stars move in that direction and why the rivers of china plunge downward across the country to spill into the eastern sea. chinese mythology 48 questions and answers q: why did zurong the fire god decide to fight with gong the water god? a: zurong felt that gong was too destructive, and he disagreed with gong s plan to change the earth s balance of water and land. q: who helped the water god? a: gong was aided by men, then by giant turtles, lobsters, shrimp, crabs, and other sea monsters. q: how did nuwa repair the earth? a: she melted colored stones together and patched up the sky. she stopped up the cracks with river rushes, and dammed the rivers with branches. q: what did nuwa use to prop up the sky? a: she salvaged the legs of a dead

tragic perversity. laotzu [lao-tzu] rode away alone on a water-buffalo into the desert beyond the boundary of civilization, the great wall of his period.4 106 when he arrived at one of its gates, a guard stopped him and persuaded him to write down his thoughts. laotzu lived another three hundred years to complete his eighty-one verses. the tao, or the way, is often explained through the metaphor of water. professor kirkland paraphrases laotzu: specifically, the tao is humble, yielding, and non-assertive. like a mother, it benefits others selflessly: it gives us all life and guides us safely through it, asking nothing in return. water, for instance, is the gentlest and most yielding of all things, yet it can overcome the strongest substances and cannot itself be destroyed. more importantly

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ignments and sequences in the latter period of the 1990s which are likely to trigger enormous change on all levels of people and planet- a transformation indeed of the old evolutionary cycle. the vibrations of the planets affect us very powerfully. as the pull of the moon moves the tides of whole oceans, so our bodies are affected by the same spiritual magnetism. our bodies consist overwhelmingly of water because they are like batteries, storing and processing energy. blood is the physical version of our energy meridians and blood is subject to influence by the planets, as is our body in general. some highly significant astrological events have already occurred like the uranus-neptune alignments in 1993 and the effects of pluto in 1995 which are speeding the awakening of those who are read

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middle east. everywhere. some speak of great heat that boiled the sea; of mountains breathing fire; the disappearance of the sun and moon and the darkness that followed; the raining down of blood, ice, and rock; the earth flipping over; the sky falling; the rising and sinking of land; the loss of great continents; the coming of the ice; and virtually all of them describe a fantastic flood, a wall of water, which swept across the earth. the tidal wave caused by the comet in the movie, deep impact, gives you an idea of what it would have been like. old chinese texts describe how the pillars supporting the sky crumbled; of how the sun, moon, and stars poured down in the north-west, where the sky became low; rivers, seas, and oceans, rushed to the south-east where the earth sank and a great co

th now resides. two independent scientists, dr c.j. hyman and c. william kinsman, suggested that the earth once followed the present orbit of venus and that mars was located in the present earth orbit.56 ancient legends say that earth days and years were once shorter than now and humans lived for far longer.57 if, as is claimed, the deep canyons on the mars surface were caused by massive torrents of water, there had to have been a warmer climate there at one time because today it is so cold that water would freeze immediately and the vacuum atmosphere would make the water vaporise instantly.58 the closer orbit to the sun, desborough says, would have demanded that the first earth races would have been black, with the pigmentation necessary to cope with the fiercer rays of the sun. ancient s

don of the greeks and neptune of the romans were symbols of the same theme. the anunnaki (annedoti) seem to be very connected to water and their bloodlines use code names to this day that often relate to being "of the water. the major bloodline families appear to locate either in very hot regions, like texas, arizona, nevada, and california, or, more often, in cold damp places where there is lots of water. the netherlands is a major centre for them and that is one of the dampest countries in the world with much of it reclaimed from the sea. also, the cold and damp castles and palaces of the aristocracy in europe are their preferred habitat. the recurrence of anu, as in the anunnaki (and an or anu, their "leader, is a common theme in ancient mythology. we have anubis and anukis, and in the

ce. for anunnaki, annetoti, nagas, dravidians, and so on, read chitauri. different names, same people. credo mutwa talks for hours on the video the reptilian agenda, part one, about the background and history of the chitauri, and he confirms the theme of shapeshifting and how the chitauri bloodlines can take either human or reptilian form. he describes how the earth was once encircled by a canopy of water vapour (the "firmament) that was destroyed in a cataclysm. this water vapour protected the planet from the harsh effects of the sun, and the whole planet was moist and humid and had a constant temperature. it was a place of enormous abundance and vast forests. this is a common description of the golden age- the lemurian "garden of eden. but, he says, that when the chitauri destroyed this

ng bone structure. the first use of fluoridated drinking water was in the nazi prison camps in germany, thanks to the illuminati's notorious pharmaceutical giant, i.g. farben. this was the company that ran camps like auschwitz and it still exists as its constituent parts like bayer. does anyone think the nazis did this because they were concerned for the teeth of the inmates? this mass medication of water supplies with sodium fluoride was to sterilise the prisoners and force them into quiet submission. charles perkins, a chemist, wrote the following to the lee foundation for nutritional research, milwaukee, wisconsin, on october 2nd 1954..in the 1930's, hitler and the german nazis envisioned a world to be dominated and controlled by a nazi philosophy of pan-germanism. the german chemists w

n you move the radio dial and tune to another station you can no longer hear the first station because you have moved the dial out of its range and so now you are hearing another. but the first station has not disappeared, it goes on broadcasting. it's just that you can't hear it anymore. if you choose to retune your dial again, there it will be. it is the same with creation. we are like droplets of water in an ocean of infinite energy taking infinite forms. this ocean of energy manifests as different densities or frequencies and at this moment we are tuned to this one, the "physical world. but all the other frequencies are around us and interpenetrating us while we perceive only the density that our physical senses can see, touch, hear, smell, and taste- the matrix. as physicist, giuliana

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riginal sumerian, zecharia sitchin says that the true translation of thatpassage should read that lots wife was turned into a pillar of vapour which, onbalance, is rather more likely!all over the world in every native culture you will find stories of a great flood and thesumerian tablets are no different. sitchin says they tell how the anunnaki left the planetin flying craft, as an enormous surge of water wiped out much of humanity. there is nodoubt that an unimaginable catastrophe, or more likely catastrophes, were visited upon theearth between approximately 11,000 and 4,000 bc. the geological and biologicalevidence is overwhelming in its support of the countless stories and traditions whichdescribe such events. they come from europe, scandinavia, russia, africa, throughoutthe american co

e middle east.10everywhere. some speak of great heat which boiled the sea; of mountains breathingfire; the disappearance of the sun and moon and the darkness that followed; the rainingdown of blood, ice and rock; the earth flipping over; the sky falling; the rising andsinking of land; the loss of a great continent; the coming of the ice; and virtually all ofthem describe a fantastic flood, a wall of water, which swept across the earth. the tidalwave caused by the comet in the film, deep impact, gives you an idea of what it wouldhave been like. old chinese texts describe how the pillars supporting the sky crumbled;of how the sun, moon and stars poured down in the north-west, where the sky becamelow; rivers, seas and oceans rushed to the south-east where the earth sank and a greatconflagrati

dence is fundamentally contradicted by the provable facts, it is astonishing howsuch nonsense could become conventional truth in the first place.22 before thisincredible cataclysm, and/or one of the others, the earth had a uniform tropical climate,as fossilised plants have shown. this would have been changed not only by the arrivalof the ice on the surface, but also by the destruction of a canopy of water vapour aroundthe earth, as described in genesis and other ancient texts. this canopy would haveensured a uniform tropical climate everywhere, but suddenly it was gone.the dramatic change in temperature at the poles would have collided with thewarm air and caused devastating winds, exactly as described by chinese folklore.the physicists said that the pressures created by the orbits of v en

. the mars pathfinder mission found thatmartian rocks lack sufficienf erosion to have been on the surface for more than 10,000years.29brian desborough believes, like the physicists he knew and worked with, that theearth was once much nearer the sun than it is today and that mars orbited where theearth now resides. if, as is claimed, the deep canyons on marss surface were caused bymassive torrents of water, there had to have been a warmer climate on mars, becausetoday it is so cold that water would freeze instantly and the near-vacuum atmospherewould make the water instantly vaporise.30 desborough says that the earths closerproximity to the sun demanded that the first earth humans were the black races withthe pigmentation to cope with the much fiercer rays of the sun. ancient skeletons foun

afterhe identified a policy by the northern ireland police, the ruc, to shoot people theybelieved were terrorists and ask the questions later. this was the so-called shoot-to-killpolicy. pushing aside every suggestion of a conspiracy to kill diana, stalker asked: whywould the french want to cover up the murder of an english woman?48 the naivety ofthat statement is so breathtaking, i need a glass of water. at the same time, stalker did asksome pertinent questions about the crash and its aftermath: why was the fayed securityaround the princess reduced to one wholly inadequate man with no back up? why did thepolice not appeal for help from the public? why was there no post mortem-autopsy ondodi fayeds body? answers: because of the very conspiracy you dismiss, mr stalker.one of the most impor

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de, keely was sustained by a few close friends who understood and believed in the value of his research. later, clara jessup bloomfield moore, a wealthy widow, came to keely's rescue and supported his research until the end of his life. mrs. moore wrote the only contemporary biography of keely and his discoveries2. 2.2.2 keely's discoveries keely's discovery of the dissociation or aetheralization of water by using the ultrasonic frequency of 42,800 was a fantastic discovery just of itself; however, keely was intent on discovering all the physics behind this phenomena. during his career, keely used the basic discovery of converting water to pure energy to build many demonstrations utilizing that force to lift huge weights, control the force of gravity by making objects lighter or heavier, p

of our solar system complete with a simulated sun and planets that was tuned to the actual forces which governed each planet and the sun. this model would even have the simulated sun and planets rotate about their axis and the planets orbit about the simulated sun. keely controlled this operational solar system with sonic force in conjunction with the aetheric "vapor" released from the breakdown of water. this was demonstrated to major richarde sever, an english scientist, in keely's laboratory during the time of the world centennial in the late 1890s. keely showed that all sympathetic streams of energy are composed of triple currents of vibratory flows. this applies to magnetic, electric, gravital, and brain/mind flows. these laws govern all mass from the innermost subdivision of the ato

own the scale to the very core of the atoms. since these flows are vibrational in nature and tuned to their respective spheres, keely believed this was the basis for the term "music of the spheres" used in esoteric writings. 2.2.3 verification of keely's discoveries at this time there has been little done to verify keely's overall thesis of sympathetic vibratory physics; however, the dissociation of water using sound vibration has been accomplished, albeit, as an accident in the laboratory. this was explained in great detail in my first book9. the basic experiment involved subjecting water in a quartz tube to ultrasonic frequencies as a test of sonic filtering techniques. the experimenter knew nothing of keely's work. john ernst worrel keely (1827-1898) was one of the first in a line of re

water in a quartz tube to ultrasonic frequencies as a test of sonic filtering techniques. the experimenter knew nothing of keely's work. john ernst worrel keely (1827-1898) was one of the first in a line of research scientists during the past 100 years who discovered a mechanism to release large quantities of energy with a low energy trigger mechanism. keely's discoveries hinged on the breakdown of water (and later, other substances) to create what keely termed "etheric vapor" using specific, tuned, acoustic forces. this obviously fits the free energy definition of a small force (sound in this case) releasing enormous quantities of aetheric force with the source of the energy being matter. this was done in water with a base frequency that keely asserted was 42,800 hz (cycles/second. wheth

und octaves. ultrasonic and higher frequencies can be produced by taking into account the fact that any vibrating object also produces harmonics of a fundamental tone. by judiciously combining various fundamentals at lower sonic frequencies, keely could increase the amount of energy being pumped into the higher harmonics since the energy of the harmonics would add vectorially. 2.2.3.1 duplication of water aetherialization in 1965 an acquaintance of mine, a nuclear chemist, was doing experiments with ultrasonics. the setup is shown in figure 2.2.3.1-1. the object of the experiment was to set up a standing wave in a column of water and force particulate suspensions in the water to collect at nodal points. the starting frequency for the experiment was 40,000 hz. the power amplifier was output

d from the tube anywhere, it had completely disappeared. a clean hole was found in the ceiling directly above the tube. further examination revealed that the hole also continued through the roof of the single story building. the conclusion of the chemist was that the water had been converted to pure nuclear energy. he decided that this was definitely not what he wanted to pursue, since conversion of water to pure energy was akin to creating a nuclear bomb, so the whole effort was dropped. figure 2.2.3.1-1 modern duplication of the aetheralization of water 2.2.3.2 physics of aetherealization analysis of the experiment results in some interesting conclusions. the water column that was used was exactly 3 wavelengths long 10. this is based on a speed of sound in water of 56,760 inches/second a

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this really true? in that which i perceive as my "mind" there is a continuous stream of thoughts which flows through me like a river. but am i my thoughts or am i the thing in which my thoughts manifest? is the river the water which fills the river, or is the river the rock and dirt over which the water flows? or is "river" simply a name i have given to that which i perceive from the visual image of water moving over rock and dirt? and yet, a river from one moment to the next is not the same river, for the water in the river is not composed of the same water particles, and a man is not the same from one moment to the next, since his thoughts and impressions change with each passing moment. if a man thinks for a moment that he has achieved enlightenment and understanding, the pool of though

ites, you may choose to burn candles and incense. if this is done, only black candles should be used. any "dark" or "evil" incense may be used in these rituals but i recommend patchouli or sandalwood. you will require a piece of paper, a pen, and a plate on which to place the burning parchment on the night you burn the pact giving your body, mind, and soul to lucifer. you will also require a bowl of water on the night you perform the baptism (this is "unholy" water. you will further require a small jar of oil for your anointing on the night you receive your ordination (this is "unholy" anointing oil) you may use any glass or cup as a "chalice. you may use any liquid as an "elixir (i have often used coffee rather than liquor since coffee is a stimulant which i found enhances the work more t

nu and his seal: the twenty-third name is zahgurim as zahrim, a most terrible opponent. it is said zahgurim slays slowly, after a most unnatural fashion. i do not know, for i have never summoned this spirit. it is thy risk. the word is mashtishaddu and the seal: the twenty-fourth name is enbilulu this power can seek out water in the midst of a desert or on the tops of mountains. knows the secrets of water, and the running of rivers below the earth. a most useful spirit. his word is mashshanebbu and his seal thus: the twenty-fifth name is epadun this is the lord of all irrigation and can bring water from a far place to your feet. possesses a most subtle geometry of the earth and knowledge of all lands where water might be found in abundance. his word is eyunginakanpa and his seal is this: t

DIABOLUS

ngel rahab itself means violence and refers to his name or title as sar shel yam, in hebrew prince of the primordial sea. the source of the twin fallen angels leviathan and behemoth, presents both as beasts and dragons which hold much power when they fell. and that day will two monsters be parted, one monster, a female named leviathan in order to dwell in the abyss of the ocean over the fountains of water, and a male called behemoth which holds his chest in an invisible desert whose name is dendayen, east of the garden of eden. enoch 60: 7-8 these twin dragons in the beginning were said to be angels, but took monstrous form and fell to earth, leviathan, represented as often female and male, and behemoth being a male, to respectively, the abyss of oceans and the earth. in this lore, lucifer

DICTIONARY GLOSSARY OF OCCULT TERMINOLOGY

esp (q.v) cards, the average of right answers which can be expected from a "random" machine or a person of no psychic ability is termed "hazard level" in practice, this is twenty percent (20, or five (5) correct answers in twenty-five (25) attempts. both higher than hazard and lower than hazard overages are significant. hcoma: pronounced "hay-coh-mah" it is the enochian (q.v) name for the spirit of water. heathen: a person who comes from the heaths. this word has a similar history as pagan (q.v. a word used to indicate a person who is a social but non-religious pagan. hegemon/ hegemone: from the greek word "hegemononios" meaning "a leader "a guide "one who has authority over others, and "one who shows the way "a person who does something first "a commander "to train "to educate" and "to w

actually does. practicus: in the order of the astral star [o.a.s (q.v, a practicus is the title of the fifth degree of membership, and correlates to the sephiroth of hode (q.v. the primary principle of this grade is based on mastering the element of air (q.v. this grade was originally used by the hermetic order of the golden dawn (q.v, and was related to that order as being related to the element of water (q.v) in their initiatory pattern. prana: pronounced "prahn-yah" it is a sanskrit word referring to psychic energy that is in the air we breathe. priest/ priestess: from the anglo saxon "preost" from the late latin "presbyter" meaning "an elder. in the christian faith, a member of the clergy who is ordained to perform and administer the sacraments of the church for a congregation of belie

ords include: emotionally, intensely, penetratingly, cruelly, secretively, vindictively, compulsively, curiously, guardedly. scrying: divination by allowing the eyes to rest on a plain surface so that the mind becomes stilled, and receptive to imagery which arises from the unconscious. a method of utilizing the psionic discipline of clairvoyance, via means of a crystal ball, black mirror, or bowl of water, etc. seance: from the old french "seoir" from the latin "sedere" meaning "to sit. in spiritism (q.v, or spiritualism, a session or meeting at which spiritualists attempt to contact with the spirits of the dead. secret chiefs: supernatural beings who preside over the rosicrucian (q.v) and other occult (q.v) and esoteric (q.v) currents and communicate occult teaching to men and woman who s

) revealed by aleister crowley (q.v) through his book of the law. their motto is "do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law. love is the law, love under will" theoricus: in the order of the astral star [o.a.s (q.v, a theoricus is the title of the fourth degree of membership, and correlates to the sephiroth of yesode (q.v. the primary principle of this grade is based on mastering the element of water (q.v. this grade was originally used by the hermetic order of the golden dawn (q.v, and was related to that order as being related to the element of air (q.v) in their initiatory pattern. thesis-antithesis-synthesis theory: a theory stating that if you have one condition (a, and wish to change to a different condition (b, you usually get a mixture of the old condition and the new conditio

DION FORTUNE MYSTICAL QABALA

r letters of the hebrew alphabet: aleph, a; mem, m; and shin, sh. these three, according to the yetziratic attribution of the hebrew alphabet, are assigned to the three elements of air, water, and fire. under the presidency of aleph is the airy triad of kether, in which is the root of air, reflecting downward through tiphareth, the solar fire, into yesod, the lunar radiance. in binali is the root of water (marah, the great sea, reflected through chesed into hod, under the presidency of mem, the mother of watei. in chokmah is the root of fire, reflected downwards through geburah into netzach, under the presidency of shin, the mother of fire. 25. these groupings must be borne in mind, for they aid greatly in understanding the significance of individual sephiroth, for, as we have already poin

se are most effectually potent to stimulate the mood which is in harmony with the function of that deity. 34. magical weapons are also included in the long lists of symbols and substances associated with each path. a magical weapon is an instrument of some sort which is used in the evocation of a particular force, or is the vehicle of its manifestation, such as the rod of the magician or the bowl of water or crystal sphere of the seer. the assignation of the magical weapons to the paths tells us a good deal about the nature of the paths, because we can deduce therefrom the kind of power that operates in the particular sphere in question. 35. as already noted, the various divinatory systems have their relations with the tree and find their subtlest clues therein. the associations of astrolo

m mobile. first swirlings. spiritual experience: union with god. virtue: attainment. completion of the great work. mystical qabala page 73 vice- correspondence in microcosm: the cranium. the sah. yechidah. the divine spark. the thousand-petalled lotus. symbols: the point. the crown. the swastika. tarot cards: the four aces. ace of wands: root of the powers of fire. ace of cups: root of the powers of water. ace of swords: root of the powers of air. ace of pentacles: root of the powers of earth [page 110] colour in atziluth: brilliance. briah: pure white brilliance. yetzirah: pure white brilliance. assiah: white, flecked gold. i 1. kether, the crown, is placed at the head of the middle pillar of equilibrium, and from it depend backwards the negative veils of existence. i have already written

rganisation. mystical qabala page 125 34. these successive phases and planes of manifestation might be likened to the successive reaches of a river. it starts as a mountain stream; in the next reach is a series of rapids and waterfalls; then come water-meadows and placidity; and finally the great waterway between docks bearing shipping. the different reaches of the river remain constant; the type of water in each is constant; clear and sparkling in the upper reaches, loaded with alluvia among the water-meadows, and [page 184] fouled with grime below the docks. but at the same time) the water itself is not constant, for it does not stagnate on any reach, for they are all in unbroken communication the one with the other; they "emanate" each other, to use the language of the qabalah. but the

t an image of the sun in splendour. a lamen is the magical weapon of tiphareth; and it therefore becomes necessary to say something concerning the nature of magical weapons in general in order that the function of a lamen can be understood. 85. a magical weapon is some object which is found to be suitable as a vehicle for force of a particular type. for instance, the magical weapon of the element of water is a cup or chalice; the magical weapon of the element of fire is a lighted lamp. these objects are mystical qabala page 145 chosen because their nature is congenial to that of the force to be invoked; or in modern language, because their form suggests the force to the imagination by association of ideas. 86. tiphareth is traditionally associated with the breast, both by virtue of the net

network of nerves which is called the solar plexus, and by its position when the tree is built up in the aura. consequently the breast jewel of the adept is held to be the focus of the tipharic force, whatever operation may be performed. the actual force, operating in its own sphere, is represented by the magical weapon assigned to it. for instance, an adept performing an operation of the element of water would have as his magical weapon the cup, and with the cup would make all signs, and upon the cup would concentrate the force called down by invocation. but upon his breast would be the sigil of the element of water, and this would be recognised as representing the spiritual factor in the operation, and as referring to the archangel over that particular kingdom. unless the adept understan

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evidence in support of our contention. we must also bear in mind that the element of deliberate fraud may enter into the most unexpected places. i have seen a drug addict successfully pass himself off for a considerable length of time as the victim of an occult attack. a recent writer in the british medical journal declared that whenever he came across a case of bell-ringing, knocks, the dripping of water and oil from ceilings, and other untoward happenings, he always looked for the hysterical maidservant. occultists would be very well advised to do likewise before they begin to worry about the devil. but on the other hand, the wise man, whether occultist or scientist, will not insist upon the hysterical maidservant unless he can catch her red-handed, as he surely will do sooner or later i

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

ar terror with which the great hills can obsess mankind. it is neither giddiness nor mountain sickness, but a curious oppression of the spirits by the overwhelming grandeur of nature. the same force, when not at a poisonous concentration, inspires the passion ate love of the hills or of the sea that kipling has celebrated so gloriously in one of his poems. 38 of 103 the pathologies of the element of water may be a fascination so great that a man will walk out into the sea until he drowns. swinburne had this peculiarity, and has immortalised it in several of his poems "strike out as the heart in us bids and beseeches, athirst for the foam" on one occasion he was picked up in the open sea by a breton fishing-smack, swimming tirelessly, many miles from land, borne on the sea by currents, but

ches, athirst for the foam" on one occasion he was picked up in the open sea by a breton fishing-smack, swimming tirelessly, many miles from land, borne on the sea by currents, but oblivious of his danger. being rescued, he sat upon the deck with his mane of red hair drying in the wind, chanting sea-poems to his rescuers, a spectacle that one would have given much to witness. another curious case of water-pathology i knew person ally. a very level-headed woman, a school teacher, was obsessed by a horror of rough waves. she always declared that if she went on the sea-front to watch a storm, the waves made a "dead set" at her. she lived at a seaside place, but so great was her dislike of the waves that she did not care to walk on the promenade when the tide was in. she was cured of her fear

s of crockery. i have already noted my exceptionally bad head for heights. i have found that it is considerably mitigated, temporarily at any rate, by the invocation of air. i am of the opinion that the curious impulse which causes people for no reason whatsoever to commit suicide by throwing themselves from heights may be due to the same impulse that causes people who are obsessed by the element of water to swim out to sea, as i have recorded of swinburne. these apparently causeless suicides by water and air are, in my opinion, a form of union with the god which is one of the ideas underlying human sacrifice. there are two types of human sacrifice, the willing and the unwilling. the unwilling sacrifice, the prisoner struggling or drugged into passivity, is used, not to propitiate the god

sense of fixed values is lost, and things assume a symbolic importance. this breakdown may be partial, relating to certain aspects of the life only, or it may be total. in hysteria, the dammed-up forces of life remain in the channel, but spurt with concentrated force through any sluice that may be opened to them. consequently, instead of the river below the obstruction being a smooth-flowing body of water, it descends in rapids and whirlpools difficult and dangerous to navigate, so that the barque of life makes shipwreck therein. the surrounding country, too, is reduced to a morass, neither land nor water. in other words, the temperament becomes tempestuous and unduly emotional, and the non-emotional factors of the mind, such as judgment and self-control, are demoralised. such a temperamen

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ness of the adder, and the tastelessness of stale and stagnant water, and the black fire of hatred, and the udders of the cat of slime; not one thing, but many things. yet, with all that, his torment is eternal. the sun burns him as he writhes naked upon the sands of hell, and the wind cuts him bitterly to the bone, a harsh dry wind, so that he is sore athirst. give unto me, i pray thee, one drop of water from the pure springs of paradise, that i may quench my thirst (the scribe refused) sprinkle water upon my head. i can hardly go on (this last was spoken from the triangle in the natural voice of the frater, which choronzon again simulated. but he did not succeed in taking the frater's form- which was absurd! the scribe resisted the appeal to his pity, and conjured the demon to proceed by

, i would have rotted thy body with the pox, and thy liver with cancer, and i would have torn off thy testicles with my teeth. and if i had seduced thy pride, and thou hadst bidden me to come into the circle, i would have trampled thee under foot, and for a thousand years shouldst thou have been but one of the tape-worms that is in me. and if i had seduced thy pity, and thou hadst poured one drop of water without the circle, then would i have blasted thee with flame. but i was not able to prevail against thee. how beautiful are the shadows of the ripples of the sand! would god that i were dead. for know that i am proud and revengeful and lascivious, and i prate even as thou. for even as i walked among the sons of god, i heard it said that p. could both will and know, and might learn at len

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nt is attributed" spirit is unique and separate from the other four elements. the golden dawn method to invoke and banish it is involved, and different from the method for invoking and banishing the lower elements. according to the golden dawn teachings, the occult currents running on the pentagram from the active elements of fire and air, and the occult currents running from the passive elements of water and earth, are the currents of elemental spirit. two pentagrams are drawn to invoke spirit, and two different pentagrams are drawn to banish spirit. spirit is invoked by beginning the pentagram at the point of fire (lower-right) and inscribing its line first toward the point of air (upper-left. as in all cases, the reflecting, continuous line of the pentagram ends at the point where it be

pentagram, shown above on the left, is known as the equilibriated active pentagram of spirit, because it deals with the two active lower elements, and because it balances the forces of those elements. this is the first half of the invocation of spirit. spirit is further invoked by beginning at the point of earth (lower-left) and inscribing the first segment of a second pentagram toward the point of water (upper-right, then continuing along the line of the figure back to its starting point. this second pentagram, shown above on the right, is known as the equilibriated passive pentagram of spirit, because it deals with the two passive lower elements, and balances the forces of those elements. spirit is banished by beginning the pentagram at the point of air (upper-left) and inscribing its l

he point of fire (lower-right, then continuing to follow along the line of the pentagram to the starting point. this pentagram, shown above on the left, is known as the closing active pentagram of spirit, because it deals with the active lower elements, and closes the operation by banishing the forces that were previously invoked. spirit is further banished by beginning the pentagram at the point of water (upper-right) and inscribing the first segment of its line toward the point of earth (lower-left, then going on in the usual way to complete the figure. this pentagram, shown above on the right, is known as the closing passive pentagram of spirit because it deals with the passive lower elements, and closes the operation. after invoking spirit, and doing whatever magical operation caused y

m of earth. earth is banished by beginning the pentagram at the point of earth (lower-left) and inscribing its line initially toward the point of spirit (top, then continuing around the pentagram. this pentagram, shown above, is known as the banishing pentagram of earth. water is invoked by beginning the pentagram at the point of air (upper-left) and inscribing its line initially toward the point of water (upper-right, then continuing around the pentagram. this pentagram, shown above, is known as the invoking pentagram of water. water is banished by beginning the pentagram at the point of water (upper-right) and inscribing its line initially toward the point of air (upper-left, then continuing around the pentagram. this pentagram, shown above, is known as the banishing pentagram of water

gram. this pentagram, shown above, is known as the invoking pentagram of water. water is banished by beginning the pentagram at the point of water (upper-right) and inscribing its line initially toward the point of air (upper-left, then continuing around the pentagram. this pentagram, shown above, is known as the banishing pentagram of water. air is invoked by beginning the pentagram at the point of water (upper-right) and inscribing its line initially toward the point of air (upper-left, then continuing around the pentagram. this pentagram, shown above, is known as the invoking pentagram of air. air is banished by beginning the pentagram at the point of air (upper-left) and inscribing its line initially toward the point of water (upper-right, then continuing around the pentagram. this pen

m, shown above, is known as the invoking pentagram of fire. fire is banished by beginning the pentagram at the point of fire (lower-right) and inscribing its line initially toward the point of spirit (top, then continuing around the pentagram. this pentagram, shown above, is known as the banishing pentagram of fire. notice that the invoking pentagram of air is identical to the banishing pentagram of water, and that the banishing pentagram of air is identical to the invoking pentagram of water. this, coupled with the double pentagrams used to invoke and banish spirit, and sheer complexity of the golden dawn system for invoking and banishing the elements as a whole, led me to devise a new method. after coming up with it, i was surprised to learn that it was also used in the magical society k

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us frauds. most legitimate ufo photos consist of nothing more than a fuzzy dot or blob of light in the sky. in film records, this fuzzy blob is usually moving, or has the false appearance of motion due to movements applied to the camera during filming. sometimes it can be identified conjecturally as a natural object, such as light reflected from a cloud, or the orb of the moon reflected in a body of water or from a refraction layer in the atmosphere, or as the planet venus (an ever-popular ufo. these things give a convincing illusion of motion when filmed from a moving car or plane. when the fuzzy blob cannot be identified, it survives as a visual record of a ufo, in the literal sense of the term. ufo "fuzzies" may also be generated by light artifacts or defects within the mechanism of the

EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD PAPYRUS OF ANI MALESTROM

he god shu and the goddess tefnut;[2] and afterwards seb the earth and nut the sky came into being. these were followed by osiris and isis, set and nephthys. dr. brugsch's version of the origin of the gods as put forth in his last work on the subject[3] is somewhat different. according to him there was in the beginning neither heaven nor earth, and nothing existed except a boundless primeval mass of water which was shrouded in darkness and which contained within itself the germs or beginnings, male and female, of everything which was to be in the future world. the divine primeval spirit which formed an essential part of the primeval matter felt within itself the desire to begin the work of creation, and its word woke to life the world, the form and shape of which it had already depicted to

thers, and mother of mothers. he supported the heaven upon its four pillars in the beginning, and earth, air, sea, and sky are his handiwork. he is depicted in the form of a man having a ram's head and horns surmounted by plumes, ur i with disks, etc; in one hand be holds the sceptre and in the other the emblem of life. occasionally he is hawk-headed, and in one representation he holds the emblem of water, in each hand. on a late bas-relief at phil we find him seated at a potter's table upon which stands a human being whom he has just fashioned.[2] the gods of the book of the dead. http//www.sacred-texts.com/egy/ebod/ebod09.htm (2 of 19 [8/10/2001 11:23:58 am] khepera was a form of the rising sun, and was both a type of matter which is on the point of passing from inertness into life, and

urious ritual which was in vogue in the vth and vith dynasties, and which commemorated the ceremonies which were performed for the god osiris. it is to be noticed how closely the deceased is identified with osiris, the type of incorruptibility. osiris takes upon himself "all that is hateful" in the dead: that is, he adopts the burden of his sins; and the dead is purified by the typical sprinkling of water. while the gods are only accompanied by their ka's, the deceased, in right of his identification with a higher power, is accompanied by his tet[1] also, that is, by his osiris. throughout the ceremony, the eye of horus,[2] which is represented by various substances, plays a prominent part, for it is that which gives vigour to the heart of the dead and leads him to the god. that portion of

l. 18) chapter lxxvii" the chapter of changing into a golden hawk (see pp. 152, 332, and pl. 25) chapter lxxviii "the chapter of changing into a divine hawk (see pp. 154, 333, and pl. 25, 26) chapter lxxx "the chapter of changing into the god who giveth light in the darkness (see pp. 182, 341, and pl. 28) chapter lxxxia "the chapter of changing into a lotus (see pp. 181, 340, and pl. 28) the pool of water in the vignette is uncommon. chapter lxxxii "the chapter of changing into ptah (see pp. 170, 337, and pl. 27) as in other xviiith dynasty papyri, this chapter has a vignette. the papyrus of ani. http//www.sacred-texts.com/egy/ebod/ebod12.htm (7 of 9 [8/10/2001 11:24:20 am] chapter lxxxiii "the chapter of changing into a bennu bird (phoenix (see pp. 176, 339, and pl. 27) like other xviiith

p. 260 appendix: the shrine is in some instances represented in the shape of a pylon, the cornice of which is ornamented either with ur i, or with the disk of the sun and feathers, emblematic of maat. it usually rests upon a base made in the shape of a cubit, the throne upon which osiris sits is placed upon reed mats (british museum papyrus no. 10,471, or upon the cubit-shaped base, or in a pool of water, from which springs a lotus flower with buds and having the four gods of the cardinal points (see british museum papyrus no. 9901) standing upon it. in some of the plate iv. http//www.sacred-texts.com/egy/ebod/ebod16.htm (1 of 4 [8/10/2001 11:25:24 am] oldest papyri the body of osiris is painted white, and he stands upright. isis is described as "great lady, divine mother" and nephthys as

r into modern houses in the east. before the door are a sycamore) tree and a palm tree, with clusters of fruit; on the left is the god osiris on his throne, and behind him stands "maat, mistress of the two countries, daughter of ra" above whom are two outstretched female arms proceeding from a mountain and holding a disk between the hands. in the centre, between osiris and the deceased, is a pool of water with three sycamore) trees on each side, and at each corner a palm tree bearing clusters of dates; and from it there springs a vine laden with bunches of grapes. in british museum papyrus no. 10,472 the god seated in the shrine wears the crown of the god tanen, and is called "ptah-seker-ausar, within the hidden place, great god, lord of ta-sert, king of eternity, prince of the everlasting

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our elementary empire. there our continual employment is to praise thee and adore thy wishes. there we incessantly burn with the desire of possessing thee, o father! o mother! the most tender of all mothers! o admirable archetype of maternity and pure love! o son, the flower of sons! o form of all forms; soul, spirit, harmony and number of all things. amen. we exorcise the earth by the sprinkling of water, by the breath and by fire, with the perfumes proper for each day, and we say the prayer of the gnomes. invisible king who has taken the earth as a support, and who has dug abysses in order to fill them with the omnipotence! thou whose name makest the arches of the world tremble! thou who makest the seven metals circulate in the veins of stone; monarch of seven luminaries! rewarder of sub

st of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the watersthat which is above as that which is below, and that which is below as that which is above, to the accomplishing of the wonders of the one thing. the sun is its father; the moon its mother, and the wind carried it in its womb; it ascendeth from earth to the sky, and returneth again from the sky to the earth. i exorcise thee, creature of water, that thou mayest be to me the mirror of the living god in his works, the fountain of life, and the cleansing of sinners. amen. 8. dregs of matter, the lord commandeth thee by the living and devoted serpent. cherub, the lord command thee by adam jol-havah! wandering eagle, the lord command thee by the wings of the bull. serpent, the lord commands thee by the tetragram, the angel and lion!

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d pursue the too adventurous youth around the barn. eating the bean stack: go three times round a bean stack with outstretched arms, as if measuring it, and the third time you will clasp in your arms the shade of your future partner. eating the herring: just before retiring to rest, eat a raw or roasted salt herring, and in your dreams your future husband (or wife) will come and offer you a drink of water to quench your thirst. dipping the shirt sleeve: go alone, or in company with others, to a stream where three lairds lands meet, and dip in the left sleeve of a shirt; after this is done not one word must be spoken, otherwise the spell is broken. then put your sleeve to dry before your bedroom fire. go to bed, but be careful to remain awake, and you will see the form of your future helpma

nd finally the pot. the operators seemingly could not have managed the three things at once. that preparation in advance is often necessary seems to be suggested by similar experiences in elizabeth d esperance s mediumship. the wonders of flower, fruit and living apports the flower apports of yolande, d esperance s control, were generally very impressive. on her instructions white sand and plenty of water were always held in readiness in the cabinet. on august 4, 1880, in the presence of william oxley of manchester, she directed a mr. reimers to pour sand into a water carafe, which he did until it was about half full. then he was instructed to pour in water. yolande took it, placed it on the floor, covering it lightly with the drapery she took from her shoulders. the circle was directed to

plant had grown in the sand in the bottle as the roots were naturally wound around the inner surface of the glass, all the fibres perfect and unbroken as though they had germinated on the spot and had apparently never been disturbed. the plant was photographed. it lived for three months under the care of mr. oxley s gardener and then shrivelled up. it was a favorite feat of yolande to put a glass of water into the hand of one of her particular friends and tell him to watch it. she would then hold her slender tapered fingers over the glass and while her eyes were closely scrutinizing the water within it a flower would form itself upon it and fill the glass. patterns of ferns were often handed to her. she always matched them with others to please the sitters. roses were frequently produced i

ter had just taken possession of olympus. on his coming, men asked of him an eternal springtime, which he accordingly granted, charging the ass of silenus to bear the precious treasure to earth. the ass became thirsty and approached a fountain guarded by a snake, who refused to let the ass drink unless he parted with the treasure. the stupid animal thereupon bartered the gift of heaven for a skin of water, and since that time snakes, when they grow old, can change their skin and become young again, for they have the gift of perpetual springtime. another fable endows the creature with greater intelligence. in a village a few miles from cairo, there lived a mountebank who possessed a highly trained ass, so clever that the country people took it to be a demon in disguise. one day the mounteba

n a man versed in astronomical studies. no mention is made by flammarion of the book nature s divine revelations by andrew jackson davis which, written in march 1846, speaks of nine planets. seven planets were known at the time. the existence of an eighth was calculated by leverrier but was not discovered until september 1846. the statement of the poughkeepsie seer that its density is four-fifths of water agreed with later findings. the ninth planet, pluto, was not discovered until 1930. on the other hand, andrew jackson davis only spoke of four planetoids, ceres, pallas, juno, and vesta, whereas they are now numbered in hundreds. astrology: a comprehensive bibliography encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 110 a further indication that psychic experiences may lead to an advan

eek/roman mythology. the next stage of inquiry would begin with a bath, a time of meditation, and a second bath. dressed in a white tunic, he/she would then be led into a recreation of the underworld, beginning with a descent by ladder into a round chamber and then into the long descending passageway to the heart of the temple structure. the inquirer would eventually arrive at an underground body of water (the river styx, and be rowed across by someone representing the ferryman charon. on the other side was cerberus, the three-headed hound of hell. the passageway then took the inquirer to the inner sanctuary where a branch of mistletoe was offered to persephone, the goddess married to the god of the underworld. once inside the inner sanctum, contact with the dead would be made, though the

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ear later, accompanied by childish scribblings on walls and even high ceilings. chairs and tables were disturbed and dozens of objects moved around. according to the account in manning s several books, the phenomena followed him to boarding school, where heavy beds were moved, and knives, nails, electric light bulbs, and other objects were sent flying through the air. showers of pebbles and pools of water manifested, and strange lights ap- mandrake encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 974 peared on walls. one day, while writing an essay in his study, manning found himself involved in automatic writing, at which time the poltergeist phenomena ceased. since then he has regularly received hundreds of communications apparently from deceased individuals, some in languages unknown

a beautiful body, long fair hair, and brilliantly white skin. it vanished and returned several times and either her hair was differently arranged or she appeared smaller. the little figure performed various gymnastic exercises and finally stood on bisson s extended hand (bisson was eva c. s accomplice in producing materializations) the materialization of small heads the size of walnuts in a glass of water was the peculiar feature of lujza ignath s mediumship. nona, the control, said the heads were plastic thoughtforms. describing a visit to an unnamed materialization medium, gladys osborne leonard states in her book my life in two worlds (1931: my husband was sitting with his feet and knees rather wide apart. his gaze suddenly was diverted from the materialised spirit to a kind of glow nea

ed with a magic awl. the salt and ashes of the incense must be separately consecrated. the prayer of the undines should follow. fire is exorcised by casting salt, incense, white resin, camphor, and sulphur therein, and by thrice pronouncing the three names of the genii of fire: michael, samael, and anael, and then by reciting the prayer of the salamanders. the earth is exorcised by the sprinkling of water, by breathing, by fire, and by the prayer of the gnomes. their signs are the hieroglyphs of the bull for the gnomes who are commanded with the magic sword; of the lion for the salamanders, who are commanded with the forked rod, or magic trident; of the eagle for the sylphs, who are ruled by the holy pentacles; and finally, of aquarius for the undines, who are evoked by the cup of libation

verses couleurs et figures extraordinaires, que l on trouve autour des isles moluques (published in 1717 by louis renard, amsterdam, there is an illustration of a mermaid with the following description: see-wyf. a monster resembling a siren, caught near the island of borne, or boeren, in the department of amboine. it was 59 inches long, and in proportion as an eel. it lived on land, in a vat full of water, during four days seven hours. from time to time it uttered little cries like those of a mouse. it would not eat, though it was offered small fish, shells, crabs, lobsters, etc. after its death, some excrement was discovered in the vat, like the secretion of a cat. in 1857 two fishermen from scotland, where numerous reports of mermaids have surfaced, made the following declaration, record

earance was unchanged. max george albert bruckner describes in the july 1, 1931, issue of the zeitschrift fur metapsychische forschung, a sitting with maria silbert in which a bottle filled with water and sealed was transferred from the top of the table to the undersides of it. on examination it was found that the water had completely disappeared. the seal and the cord remained intact. not a drop of water was visible on the floor. vice-admiral usborne moore noticed that the ink in his bottle disappeared in a seance with the bangs sisters (glimpses of the next state, 1911. theories of explanation since the first days of modern spiritualism, speculation has been rife as to the mechanical agency by which movement without contact takes place. animal magnetism was first thought to furnish a clu

with objects in the room. elizabeth d esperance often complained of a feeling of cobwebs on her face. margery and many of her sitters had the same experience. with stanislawa tomczyk, ochorowitz photographed a balance that was supernormally depressed by fine, hairlike threads. the method must have been similar when palladino performed the same feat. in fact the thread was seen as it made a glass of water dance. slowly and cautiously, a sitter drew the thick, white thread to himself. it resisted, then snapped and disappeared with a nervous shock to the medium. ernesto bozzano observed such threads 20 times in the same year. juliette bisson detected them with the medium eva c. dr. jorgen bull, of oslo, found them instrumental in an invisible state in producing direct writing on wax tablets

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nn/corbis) have arrived over land and to safety. because they were over the bahamas, however, flying northward only put them over the ocean. with weather conditions deteriorating rapidly, their radio contact with land, already sporadic, grew ever more difficult. meanwhile, amid growing alarm about the planes situation, a dumbo flying boat a large rescue aircraft built for flight over large bodies of water was dispatched from a seaplane base in miami and sent on a blind search. soon other planes joined it and flew through the ever more turbulent weather. one of them, a martin mariner, also disappeared. none of the missing craft were ever found. the navy s investigation determined that taylor s confusion about his location, coupled with dangerous air and sea conditions, caused the planes und

i ve them clearly. lilly holds that whales and dolphins quite naturally go in the direction we call spiritual, in that they get into meditative states quite simply and easi l y. dolphins have a highly developed consciousness, and a powe rful connection to higher re a l i t i e s (lilly, 1972. beginning in the 1950s, lilly had experimented with sensory deprivation. he would place himself in a tank of water in a totally dark, silent room. in due course he would undergo vivid hallucinations. to him these hallucinations became more real than reality. he came to believe that through them he entered other dimensions of existence and grew aware that this dimension and others harbor innumerable varieties of intelligent entities. e 91 further reading lilly, john c, 1972. the center of the cyclone:

the daily post carried a letter from h. c. legrone of deadwood, 130 miles north of beaumont. legrone wrote that after something disturbed his horses on the evening of april 28, he stepped outside to observe an approaching airship. it descended on a nearby field. he related, its crew was composed of five men, three of whom entertained me, while the other two took rubber bags and went for a supply of water at my well, 100 yards off. they informed me that this was one of five ships that had been traveling the country over recently, and that this individual ship was the same one recently landed near beaumont. after having traveled pretty well all over the northwest. they stated that these ships were put up in an interior town in illinois. they were rather reticent about giving out information

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brook is downward rushing; from many a gorge redoubled they come gushing. one cascades in an arch adown the trail, soon spreading outward on a rocky level, foaming and rushing to and fro in revel, leaping down step by step into the vale. what boots heroic, brave resistance? the mighty flood sweeps them past all assistance. before so fierce a surge i too must quail. mephistopheles naught do i see of water and illusion; men s eyes alone are subject to confusion. in this odd case i take a great delight. the crowds rush on, are fain to leap and bound. the fools! they think that they ll be drowned, and, as if swimming, drolly thrash around, panting and snorting on the solid ground. confusion now is at its height. the ravens have returned. i ll praise you to the lofty master duly. now if you ll

s chasms at my feet descending burden the chasms more profound, as a thousand radiant streams are wending to foaming cataracts awesome bound, as, by its own strong impulse driven, the tree mounts upward, straight and tall, so to almighty love tis given to fashion all, to cherish all. all round me is a savage roaring as if swayed wood and rocky steep; yet plunges, lovely in its pouring, the wealth of water to the deep, summoned below, the vale to brighten, the bolt that fell with sudden flare, the atmosphere to cleanse and lighten which in its bosom poison bare, heralds of love are they, proclaiming creative powers that us enfold. may they, my inner self inflaming, quicken my soul confused and cold, its blunted senses galled unceasing, bound fast in chains that cramp and smart. o god! these

FELDMAN DANIEL QABALAH THE MYSTICAL HERITAGE OF THE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM

sion or think of him and her or it. if your shrine centers upon small face, such as the lord hvhy, then you may choose, as many do, to have a place to put flower and incense offerings. it is also propitious to light a candle and keep it burning during your meditation and devotional activities. and, of course, your mother taught you to be careful with fire. one may also choose to keep a small bowl of water on the altar, as well as, any other articles that you feel are appropriate. even if you commonly wear shoes in the rest of your home, you should remove them before entering your shrine room, which you can think of as god s room. try to leave the world outside before entering it. you may want to make ablution before entering god s room. it is quite sufficient to wash your hands and face. i

ess can help heal rifts with those whom we love by elevating the way we% e2 2 e" 2' 8: h 2" 0 think about them, and invoking their deeper nature to change the way they feel about us. while walking (or dancing, you could alternately see everyone (including yourself) as living yoshers (upright forms of the name hvhy, or as living trees of life. if you live near the shore of an ocean or a large body of water, you could walk along and dwell upon the idea of a vast face ocean of endless light. sitting quietly before it, you could focus upon the sound and rhythm of the waves. going to that body of water on a cloudless full moon night, you could meditate upon the reflection of the moon in the water. the practices of the mystical qabalah are fluid and flexible, and provide fertile opportunity for

in exile. manipura chakra (sanskrit: solar plexus center on the chakric tree, portrayed as a lotus with ten petals. corresponds to the sefiroth victory/south and glory/west on the qabalistic tree, and the latifa qalbiya on the sufi tree. maya (sanskrit: illusion: the illusory power of the ayn (called brahman in the hindu system) to appear as a universe of name and form. mayim (hebrew: the element of water corresponding to the mother letter mem. mazal (hebrew: fate: the law of cause and effect, synonymous with karma in hindu system. menorah (hebrew: candle holder used during the eight days of chanukah, symbolizing the tree of life. merkabah (hebrew: chariot: an allusion to the tree of life in general, and especially the sefiroth of the inner court. metatron (hebrew: name given to enoch ben

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s process. you will observe that we are taking the basic symbol and combining it with the letters of the term. of course, these relationships are open to argument. for example, one could assign pain to the element of fire, which would imply a strong, nearly spastic feeling; pain within the element of earth would tend to be dull and lethargic, etc. one may also work with sub-elements such as earth of water, air of water, fire of water, etc. use your own intuition. you may also utilize the pictorial method. love, for example, might be or (symbols of gunion h, e the alphabet of desire/ 71 figure 23 72/ practical sigil magic but these symbols might equally stand for sex for the same reasons. this leads us a bit further into the area of philosophical and psychological cognition and evaluation

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m of a cross. the word was written upon a disc, before he was finally slain by his adversaries. and so he slept until as lazarus, the widow's son of nain, he was raised by the strong grip of the lion's paw, the lion of judah. then the disc was found, also the new cruciform hammer, and upon the disc the mystic symbol, the rose. in these two symbols lie hidden the great secret of life, the blending of water and fire, as symbolized by the earthborn fluidic sap ascending through the stem and calyx of the flower to the fire tinted petals, born in the purity of the sun, but still guarded by the thorns of the martial lucifer spirits. exoteric masonry, which is only the husks of the mystic order formed by the sons of cain, has in modern times attracted the masculine element with its positively pol

nd begat a semi-divine son, cain. as he left eve before the birth of the child, cain was the son of a widow, and a serpent of wisdom. then jehovah created adam, a human being like eve. adam and eve united and begat a child, human like themselves, whose name was abel. jehovah, being the lunar god, is associated with the water, hence there was enmity between cain, the son of fire, and abel, the son of water. so cain slew abel and abel was replaced by seth. in time and through generations, the sons of cain became the craftsmen of the world, skilled in the use of fire and metal. their ideal was male, hiram abiff, the master workman. the sons of seth, on the other hand, became the churchmen, upholding the feminine ideal, the virgin mary, and ruling their people by the magic water placed at thei

sting of the molten sea hiram abiff had been given the baptism of fire by cain, which freed him from the lucifer spirits; he was also given a new hammer and a new word. when the new era dawned, he was born as lazarus, the widow's son of nain, and raised by the strong grip of the lion's paw to the rank of immortals as christian rosenkreuz. solomon, the son of seth, was reborn as jesus. the baptism of water administered by john as representative of jehovah freed him also. he yielded his body at that moment to the descending christ spirit and ranged himself with the new leader. religion has been terribly tarnished in the course of time, its pristine purity has long since vanished under the regime of creed, and it is no longer catholic, that is to say, universal. sects and "isms" have branched

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lunar angels are therefore the givers of physical life, while samael and the hosts of mars are the angels of death. thus originated the feud in the dim dawn of this cosmic day, and that which we see as free masonry today is an attempt by the hierarchs of fire, the lucifer spirits, to bring us the imprisoned spirit 'light' that by it we may see and know. catholicism is an activity of the hierarchs of water, and places 'holy water' at the temple door to quench the spirits seeking light and knowledge and to inculcate faith in jehovah. as the vernal equinox is said to be at the first point of aries, no matter where in the constellations it falls by precession, so the point where the human seed-atom comes from the invisible world and is taken in hand by the lunar god of generation, jehovah, thr

ere in the constellations it falls by precession, so the point where the human seed-atom comes from the invisible world and is taken in hand by the lunar god of generation, jehovah, through his ambassador, the angel gabriel, is esoterically the first point of cancer. this is the cardinal sign of the watery triplicity, and is ruled by the moon. there conception takes place; but were the form built of water and its concretions alone, it could never come to birth, so four months later when the fetus has reached the stage of development corresponding to the second sign of the watery triplicity, scorpio, the eighth sign, which corresponds to the house of death, samael, the dauntless ambassador of the lucifer spirits, invades the watery domain of the lunar hierarchy and introduces the fiery spar

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e gently in upon the altar's center and takes up the hand-hammered copper bowl given him many years ago by his mother's best friend. moving out to the perimeter of those gathered, deer proceeds deosil- in recognition of the newly growing light- about the circle. as he moves, deer asperges the dark flagstones- as well as any whom indicated through glance or nod their desire- with fresh rain water "of water is this circle cast. fluidly, the energies within may ebb and flow" completing his first circumambulation, deer returns to their altar and replaces the bowl after asperging himself. next, he retrieves the turtle shell he'd found in the forest during high school and kept ever since. again he takes the perimeter and moves deosil, now sprinkling- ever so lightly- the stones and those partici

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ll lands, i was not surprised to find the following "hoa or hea, the hu of our keltic ancestors, whose symbol was the shield and the serpent, was worshipped near rivers and lakes, and if possible on the sea-shore, where were offered to her such emblems as a golden vessel, boat, coffer, or fish, and she was then named belat ili (the mistress of the gods"[76 [76] vol. ii, p. 94. she was the goddess of water. of this forlong says "water, perhaps more than fire, has always been used as a purifier. christians have but imitated the ancients, in the use of lustral water--now-a-days called holy water, and into which salt should be freely put" according to francis vasques, the cibola tribes of new mexico pay no adoration to anything but water, believing it to be the chief support of all life. the h

g of time when nothing had been formed, and before the earth, the sea, or the heavens appeared, muspelsheim existed. a breath of heat passing over the vapors, melted them into water, and from this water was formed a cow named aedumla, who was the progenitor of odin, vile, and ve, the trinity of the gothic nation. there is also another tradition, probably a later, which asserts that from the drops of water produced by the primeval breath of heat, a man, ymer, was brought forth. the son of ymer was preserved in a storm-tossed bark, his father being dragged into the middle of the abyss, where, from his body the earth was produced. the sea was made of his blood, the mountains of his bones, and the rocks of his teeth. as three of his descendants were walking on the shore one day, they found two

GILBERT THE GOLDEN DAWN TWILIGHT OF THE MAGICIANS

te light and the ultimate darkness. these meanings are further indicated by our insignia and the colours of our robes.thewandofthe kerux is a beam from the light of the hidden wisdom, and his lantern is an emblem of the ever-burning lamp borne by the guardianofthe mysteries.theseal of the stolistes at the gate of the north, signifyingcold, is the place of the guardian of the cauldron and the well of water.theseal of the dadouchos in the south, signifying heat, is the place of the guardianofthe lake of fire and the burning bush' a pause.hierophant:'frater kerux, i command you to declare that the neophyte has been regularly initiated into the mysteries of the0=0grade.'kerux(advancing to right front of hierophant and raising his wand:'inthe nameofhim who works in silence and whom only silence

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tance viewed as the eagle: the reason for this change was a rosicrucian secret. in this order also are allotted the seasons winter, summer, spring and autumn;butif placed in the order of ihvh, the succession would be the natural one of summer, autumn, winter and spring, and fire, water, air and earth. then follow the four groups of so-called elemental spirits, the salamanders of fire, the undines of water, the sylphs of air, and the gnomes of earth, invisibletoordinary men and women, but dwelling in our environment; they were deemed tobeof varying temper in their relations to man; la motte fouque wrote four little tales in regard to these beings: they were named undine, aslauga's knight, sintram and his companions, andthetwo captains. these elemental beings, whose existence is now generall

quired answer.204themagical masonkokkinomanteia this method was used to discover thieves: they suspended a sieve by a thread, then prayed for help from the gods, and recited the names of suspected persons, and he at whose name the sieve rotated was deemed to be the thief. see the idylls of theocritus, 3, v. 28. ceromanteia in this method wax was melted in a metal vessel and was poured into a bowl of water, and a judgment arrived at from the shapes into which the wax had fallen and solidified.theetruscan priests divined by the appearances of drops of oil allowed to fall into water in a vase. pegomanteia a greek divination by fountain water: observations were made of its changes, colours and reflections: a mirror was dipped into the water of a fountain to discover the result of an illness. d

rayers were said, and a judgment arrived at by the number of times the ring struck the sides of the vase. this proceeding is occasionally done even in the present day: some persons will tell you that a gold ring suspended by a silk thread from a finger will vibrate in a glass and ring against the side as many times as the clock has last struck. the greeks also cast many small stones into a vessel of water and observed the positions into which they sank and settled. a modern variant is the inspection of tea leaves left in a cup.divination and its history 205onomancy the science of discovering some details of fate and history by the letters of the name of an individual, and often by the system of assigning numbers to letters, in the fashion of the ancient greeks and of the hebrew kabalists

g sword at one period, although its shape varied considerably from time to time.meteors.in revelation viii, v. 11, is the word 'worm255 wood' applied to a star. after the opening of the seventh seal, seven angels sound their trumpets 'and the third angel sounded and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers and upon the fountains of water; and the name of the star is called wormwood..and many men died' these words may refer to a meteor or shooting star, and they are followed by a suggestion of eclipses of the sun and of the moon, for in the next verse we read 'the third part of the sun was smitten and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; that the third part of them should be darkened, and the day sh

hras and the tree. he stands beside a leafy tree, and appears to be tearing off some leaves for clothing and eating the fruit; in some cases he is again seen leaving the tree fully clothed (query- emblematic of the fall of man of genesis of the old testament) 3. mithras and the- rock. he appears again with the phrygian cap, but kneeling and shooting an arrow at a rock or hillside, whence a stream of water issues; a man kneels beside this stream, catches the water in his palms and drinks: this act represents mithras as saving the world from a drought sent by ahriman, the evil one. 4. mithras and the sun (several scenes) he appears to crown the sun, who kneels before him, using the left hand, while in the right he holds a cornucopia; recognition of the value of the sun's light and heat (b) m

he last century among a certain group of philosophers and biologists,butthe doctrine has been losing ground in the last thirty years, a higher and more spiritual doctrine coming into prominence.itis well to bear in mind that our bodies are made up not of earth only,butof matter in its various forms; we must recognise that they are formed not only of many solid earthy materials,hutalso necessarily of water, and of many gases, chiefly common air. medieval philosophers also added heat, then considered as an element,butnow described as a mode oftheconstitution of man299motion. we should also grant the existence of an all-penetrating finer grade of matter around and within us- the ether of space, and so we should probably include an etheral envelope of the human body as an unseen but necessary

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is then standing in the 'centre of the earth; just as the greeks were told thatforthemdelphi represented<>o(lepot'ao,.tljt;yij'.alsothe 4 ancients preside over the four elements of air, fire, water and earth; or as the teaching of occultism would say, over air, fire, water, andtheir synthesis;and, therefore, are their robes of the 2673 primary colours, one the flame redoffire, the second the blue of water, the third the luminous yellow of air, and that of the fourth is black, signifying the earth; and which colour is obtained by the mixture of the three others. but the candidate is clad in the white robe, to point out to him that he should not be led aside by the attraction of the elements, but that he should steadfastly follow that path of spiritual purity which alone willleadhimto the di

pirit, matter, and 'that' which unites them, which we for the present call 'fohat- clearly a simple line is incomplete as a symbol; therefore on this earth plane we require a figure which shall typify three in one, and this the triangle does better than any other figure.thetriangle apex upwards (fig. 6) symbolising the aspiring nature of fire, that with the apex down (fig. 7) the unstable quality of water, and also by its base upwards the horizontal extension. as these elements become more material still, their base lines are doubled; thus air partakes of the aspiring quality of fire,butin a more material and earthy state, and accordingly the symbol of air is (fig. 8. similarly earth is matter in a still more gross state than water, and its symbol is (fig. 9; and thus we get the four eleme

ated four typical modes only, viz. the solid, liquid, gaseous, and igneous, is worth consideration. take water, for instance, its solid form is ice, its liquid form we are all familiar with, its gaseous is steam, and its igneous form we were shewn in the lecture on'theborderland of physics, when fire was applied to the two gases into which the decomposed water had been resolved.thenormalcondition of water at present is liquid, that of gold solid;butthere was a time when the normal condition of gold was liquid, and that of water gaseous or perhaps igneous. this view of the elements may lead to theories and discoveries of science undreamed of at present. from these forms the circle, the cross, and the triangle appropriately grouped, many other symbols may be formed; thus take, for instance

time, but they were in existence still. dagon was worshipped in palestine and phoenicia when thesunwasstill in the signoftaurus. therefore it must have been,ifthe theory be true,arelicofthe formertime-the last time when the sun at the vernal equinox was in thatsign-and as a relic, corrupt and degraded.'now we are comingjustnow into thesignof"aquarius 'there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water. said christ; and now the meeting had come, and the development of the intuition, the female power, is a noticeable fact all over the world- the enormous interest which now at the close of this centuryistaken bye:veryclass"and by every manner ofmanorwoman, more or less, in all mystic or occult subiects.everyoneiscarried onthewavewhether he will or no. history repeats itself; and the time

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governed by a series of cyclic processes, these range from the days and nights of brahma (the creative force) to the yugas or epochs. the sanskrit names for the four ages are krita or satya yuga, treta yuga, dvapara yuga and kali yuga. the krita or satya yuga is the golden age, the age of spirit and it is from here that things get successively worse until the kali age, which ends in an apocalypse of water and fire. each age in succession is shorter than its predecessor, is more intense, and more material. the kali age is the shortest, most materialistic and intensely destructive. it is this age we are in now. the kali yuga, or iron age is sometimes described as the age of the wolf, due to its ferocity and violence. there are many different dating systems, but according to the mahabharata

and various diseases. everyone will be miserable owing to the dominance of vice and tamoguna; people will freely commit abortion "earth will be valued only for her mineral treasures. money alone will confer nobility. power will be the sole definition of virtue. pleasure will be the only reason for marriage. lust will be the only reason for womanhood. falsehood will win out in disputes. being dry of water will be the only definition of land. praise worthiness will be measured by accumulated wealth. impropriety will be considered good conduct, and only feebleness will be the reason for unemployment. boldness and arrogance will be equivalent to scholar-ship. only those without wealth will show honesty. just a bath will amount to purification, and charity will be the only virtue. abduction wi

the path of transfiguration. baptism is one of three initiations offered by the gnostic ecclesia: baptism by water, anointing with the holy spirit and celestial confirmation (consolomentum. as can be seen from the verse below there are two distinct forms of baptism, both of which are available to those on the terrestrial path. there is the baptism of repentance (known scripturally as the baptism of water or john's baptism, and there is the baptism or anointing with the holy spirit or fire (the baptism of the holy spirit. the third initiation, that of the celestial class is a unique rite (not a baptism) and one we will not elaborate on in this study. the gnostic handbook page 99 so paul asked "then what baptism did you receive "john's baptism" they replied. paul said "john's baptism was a

e baptised into the name of the lord jesus. acts 19:3-5 the anointing of the holy spirit is the baptism with fire. it is not given with the baptism of repentance but is offered later on the spiritual path. as the baptism of repentance is recognition of starting the spiritual path, the baptism of fire is recognition of a certain degree of achievement and is stimulus for further growth. the baptism of water symbolises the start of the work of sophia in cleansing the life of the student, it also initiates the growth of the light spark in the gnostic. the baptism of fire recognises the growing spark of light and accelerates the destruction of the "old man" within the gnostic being. as the spark of light grows it attempts to commune with the mind of god (logos) to which the gnostic now has acce

mines. 1 corinthians 12:4-11 when they arrived, they prayed for them that they might receive the holy spirit, the gnostic handbook page 100 because the holy spirit had not yet come upon any of them; they had simply been baptised into the name of the lord jesus. then peter and john placed their hands on them, and they received the holy spirit. acts 8:15-17. many may argue against separate baptisms of water and fire and yet clearly in the book of acts we have a discussion of the difference between the baptism in the name of jesus and the baptism of the holy spirit. this also leads us to an understanding of the esoteric meaning of the name jesus and the christ. jesus in symbolism is the human principle. in gnostic literature the name jesus was symbolic of the spiritually disciplined life, hen

e a discussion of the difference between the baptism in the name of jesus and the baptism of the holy spirit. this also leads us to an understanding of the esoteric meaning of the name jesus and the christ. jesus in symbolism is the human principle. in gnostic literature the name jesus was symbolic of the spiritually disciplined life, hence, baptism in the name of jesus is the first baptism, that of water, that of discipline, that of repentance. the second baptism (or anointing) is that of fire, it is the christ baptism. at this baptism sophia breaks down the barriers between the new awakened self (pneumatic spark) and the logos, and the gnostic enters into communion with the mind of god. in other words, the divine will is present in his soul, he is christed. living the life of a gnostic:

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the most brutal as the last. the sanskrit names for the four ages are krita or satya yuga, treta yuga, dvapara yuga and kali yuga. these can also be correlated to the greek tradition of dividing history into ages of gold, silver, bronze and iron. the krita yuga is the golden age, the age of spirit and from there onwards things get successively worse until the kali age, which ends in an apocalypse of water and fire. the evolutionary or technological worldview sees human life from a materialistic angle. life has evolved from amoeba to human, becoming more and more complex with related advances in culture and technology. when two worldviews as juxtapositioned and considered in the light of the alpha event, some interesting things come to our attention. gnostic theurgy page 19 if we decided to

am the ruling lord. geburah. elohim gibor. i am the lord with the army and banner. tiphareth. jehovah eloah. i am the lord manifest in knowledge. netzach. jehovah tzaboath. i am the lord of hosts, one and only. hod. elohim tzaboath. i am the lord of hosts, one in many. yesod. shaddai el chai. i am the almighty and living god. malkuth. adonai ha aretz. i am the lord of the earth. briah: the world of water briah is the world of transmission. the image is that of water, where the forms that exist in potential take shape and body. it is a mixed world of light and darkness. traditional attributions for this world have been the archangels. these may seem a little archaic but they still communicate the forms of this world. each archangel has a description, nature, colour and form and embodies th

ho have entered the path of transfiguration. baptism is one of three initiations offered by the gnostic ecclesia: baptism by water, anointing with the holy spirit and celestial confirmation. as can be seen from the verse below there are two distinct forms of baptism, both of which are available to those on the terrestrial path. there is the baptism of repentance (known in the bible as the baptism of water or john's baptism, and there is the baptism or anointing with the holy spirit or fire (the baptism of the holy spirit. the third initiation, that of the celestial class is a unique rite (not a baptism) and one we will not elaborate upon in this study. so paul asked "then what baptism did you receive "john's baptism" they replied. paul said "john's baptism was a baptism of repentance. he t

the lord jesus. acts 19:3-5 gnostic theurgy page 139 the anointing of the holy spirit is the baptism with fire. it is not given with the baptism of repentance, but is offered later on the spiritual path. as the baptism of repentance is recognition of starting the spiritual path, the baptism of fire is recognition of a certain degree of achievement, and is stimulus for further growth. the baptism of water symbolises the start of the work of sophia in cleansing the life of the student, it also initiates the growth of the light spark in the gnostic. the baptism of fire recognises the growing spark of light and accelerates the destruction of the "old man" within the gnostic being. as the spark of light grows it attempts to commune with the mind of god (logos) to which the gnostic now has acce

to each one, just as he determines. 1 corinthians 12:4-11 when they arrived, they prayed for them that they might receive the holy spirit, because the holy spirit had not yet come upon any of them; they had simply been baptised into the name of the lord jesus. then peter and john placed their hands on them, and they received the holy spirit. acts 8:15-17. many may argue against separate baptisms of water and fire and yet clearly in the book of acts we have a discussion of the difference between the baptism in the name of jesus, and the baptism of the holy spirit. this also leads us to an understanding of the esoteric meaning of the name jesus and the christ. jesus as a symbol represents the human principle. in gnostic literature the name jesus was symbolic of the spiritually disciplined l

ussion of the difference between the baptism in the name of jesus, and the baptism of the holy spirit. this also leads us to an understanding of the esoteric meaning of the name jesus and the christ. jesus as a symbol represents the human principle. in gnostic literature the name jesus was symbolic of the spiritually disciplined life, hence, baptism in the name of jesus is the first baptism, that of water, discipline and repentance. the second baptism (or anointing) is that of fire, it is the christ baptism. at this baptism sophia breaks down the barriers between the new awakened self (pneumatic spark) and the logos and the gnostic enters into communion with the mind of god. in other words, the lord of wisdom is present in his soul, he is christed. now i realise many traditional christians

GOLDEN DAWN INVOKING PENTAGRAM RITUAL OF WATER

ecommended to be perfomed in the mornings for as long the sanctuary of maat order of the golden dawn- content http//www.ritual-magic.com/welcome/modules.php?name=content. 3 of 3 6/27/2004 8:05 am as one is in the practicus gra/2the sanctuary of maat order of the golden dawn- content http//www.ritual-magic.com/welcome/modules.php?name=content. 1 of 2 6/27/2004 8:04 am the invoking pentagram ritual of water the invoking pentagram ritual of water relax and perform the fourfold breath perform the qabalistic cross 1. touching the forehead, say atah. 2. touching the breast, say malkuth. 3. touching the right shoulder, say ve-geburah. 4. touching the left shoulder, say ve-gedulah. 5. clasping the hands upon the breast, say le-olam, amen. facing east, use the index finger of the right hand, a dagg

GOLDEN DAWN LESSER BANISHING RITUAL OF THE HEXAGRAM

east. perform the qabalistic cross as in the lbrp. perform the analysis of the keyword. trace the banishing hexagram of fire, in gold, before you in the air vibrate ararita and end in the sign of silence. turn to the south. trace the banishing hexagram of earth. vibrate ararita turn to the west. trace the banishing hexagram of air. vibrate ararita. turn to the north. trace the banishing hexagram of water. vibrate ararita. turn to the east. perform the analysis of the keyword. perform the rdthe sanctuary of maat order of the golden dawn- content http//www.ritual-magic.com/welcome/modules.php?name=content. 1 of 3 6/27/2004 7:51 am lesser banishing ritual of the pentagram (lbrp) introduction to the ritual there is a much employed ritual which utilizes the symbol of the pentagram as a general

GOLDEN DAWN MEDITATION WITH THE ARCHANGEL GABRIEL

e east. with the white end of the wand, trace the lesser invoking pentagram. thrust the wand through the center of the figure and vibrate "eheieh" do this also in the south, west, and finally in the north; drawing the same pentagram and intoning the same word in all four quarters. return to the east (remain in the east and say "in the divine name elohim tzabaoth, i open this temple in the element of water. may the archangel gabriel look with favor upon this ceremony! may the angel taliahad and the ruler tharsis be also in attendance! i have gained admission to this temple through the badge of the cup of stolistes. hear me! i arn one who has received the mystic title of monocris de astris and the symbol of maim. as a unicorn of the stars i invoke the powers of water to bear witness to my sp

this ceremony! may the angel taliahad and the ruler tharsis be also in attendance! i have gained admission to this temple through the badge of the cup of stolistes. hear me! i arn one who has received the mystic title of monocris de astris and the symbol of maim. as a unicorn of the stars i invoke the powers of water to bear witness to my spiritual endeavor. grant me the knowledge of the element of water and the creative realm, so that i may obtain greater understanding of hidden things and thereby advance in the great work" circumambulate the temple three times, saluting with the neophyte signs when passing the east. go to the west and face east. give the adoration to the lord of the universe: holy art thou, lord of the universe (projection sign) holy art thou, whom nature hath not forme

GOLDEN DAWN SUPREME BANISHING RITUAL OF THE PENTAGRAM

shing pentagram of fire. vibrate "oip teaa pedoce" draw the sigil of leo in the center and vibrate "elohim" give the sign of philosophus. then give the projection sign and the sign of silence. go to the west and trace the banishing pentagram of spirit passive while vibrating the name "hcoma" draw the sigil of spirit in the center and intone "agla" give the lvx signs. trace the banishing pentagram of water the sanctuary of maat order of the golden dawn- content http//www.ritual-magic.com/welcome/modules.php?name=content. 2 of 3 6/27/2004 7:55 am give the lvx signs. trace the banishing pentagram of water and intone the name "empeh arsel gaiol" draw the sigil of the eagle in the center and vibrate "aleph lamed, al" give the sign of practicus. then give the attacking sign and the sign of prote

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asseh issachar j udah naphtal i asher dan benjamin zebulon reuben simeon raphael in the macrocosm in the east is a, which is. in the south j, which is. in the west is g, which is. in the north is d, which is. 23 now look at the inside angles and observe these as the angles of the four elements in the microcosm. k, the kerubic of air in the east, e, the kerubic of fire in the south, h, the kerubic of water in the west, and b, the kerubic of earth in the nor od tools of the inner order 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 the lotus wand should be carried by the zelator adeptus minor at all meetings of the second order in which he has the right to be present. the lotus wand must be consecrated by himself alone. he can not have the help or assistance of any other individual

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS ENOCHALL

to myself. i hereby direct my legal representatives whomsoever, in case of my death or incapacity, to return the same at once, unread and unopened, to g.h. frater p.c.a, at 14050 cherry avenue, suite r- 159, fontana, california, 92337. 2 enochian a: in/ of/ on/ the/ with. a babalond: of a harlot. a boapri: let them serve you. a cocasb: the time. a cro odzi: hast thy beginning. aaan: kerubic angel of water angle of fire tablet. aab: cacodemon of fire angle of earth tablet. aabco: commanding angel of air angle of water tablet. aacc: subservient angel of fire angle of air tablet. aadt: kerubic angel of air angle of water tablet. aaetpio: senior of mars on the fire tablet. aaf or aao: amongst/ among aai: amongst you/ cacodemon of fire angle of earth tablet. aai grosb: amongst you a bitter stin

adt: kerubic angel of air angle of water tablet. aaetpio: senior of mars on the fire tablet. aaf or aao: amongst/ among aai: amongst you/ cacodemon of fire angle of earth tablet. aai grosb: amongst you a bitter sting. aaiom: amongst us. aair: subservient angel of air angle of earth tablet. aal: cacodemon of earth angle of air tablet. aala/ ala: placed you. aala: put/ place (v) aana: kerubic angel of water angle of fire tablet. aanaa: kerubic name of water angle of fire tablet. aao ial pir gah: amongst the flames of first glory. aao: aaf/ among/ cacodemon of water angle of air tablet. aaodt: angel, also known as aadt. aaoth: name of mercury perimeter. aaozaif: senior of jupiter on the air tablet. aapdoce: senior of venus, on the fire tablet. aavan: angel, also known as aaan. aavna: angel, a

gst the flames of first glory. aao: aaf/ among/ cacodemon of water angle of air tablet. aaodt: angel, also known as aadt. aaoth: name of mercury perimeter. aaozaif: senior of jupiter on the air tablet. aapdoce: senior of venus, on the fire tablet. aavan: angel, also known as aaan. aavna: angel, also known as aana. aax: cacodemon, counterpart of the angel axir. aaxp: subservient angel of air angle of water tablet. ab: angel (filia filarum lucis) associated with luna. ab: name of jupiter heptagon 2. aba: cacodemon of fire angle of earth tablet. ababalond: of an harlot. abai: stooping. subservient angel of fire angle of earth. abaiond: governor of the second division of the aethyr pop (56. abaiuonin: to the stooping dragon. 3 abaivoninu: abai vovin. stooping dragon. abalpt: calling angel of e

ngel of air angle of earth tablet. aboza: kerubic name of air angle of earth tablet. abraasa/ abraassa: provide/ provided. abramg: abrang/ i prepare/ i have prepared. abramig: prepare/ are prepared. acam: 7699. acar: subservient angel of fire angle of fire tablet, also known as acrar. acca: subservient angel of fire angle of air tablet. also known as acuca. achildao: with diamonds. acl: cacodemon of water angle of water tablet. aclondoh: in thy kingdom. acmbicu: senior of mercury on the earth tablet. acocasb: time. acon: subservient angel of earth angle of air tablet. acop: subservient angel of earth angle of water tablet. acp: cacodemon of water angle of air tablet. acps: kerubic angel of earth angle of fire tablet. acrar: angel, also known as acar. acroodzi: beginning, also croodzi. acuc

acocasb: time. acon: subservient angel of earth angle of air tablet. acop: subservient angel of earth angle of water tablet. acp: cacodemon of water angle of air tablet. acps: kerubic angel of earth angle of fire tablet. acrar: angel, also known as acar. acroodzi: beginning, also croodzi. acuca: angel, also known as acca. aczinor: senior of jupiter on the earth tablet. add: cacodemon of air angle of water tablet. adgmach: much glory. adgt: can/ be able. adi: cacodemon of earth angle of fire tablet. adire: angel, also known as adre. adna: obedience. adnop: angel, also known as adop. ado: cacodemon of earth angle of earth tablet. adoeoct: senior of jupiter on the fire tablet. adoeoet: senior of jupiter on the fire tablet. adohi: kingdom, also see io adohi. 4 adoian: face. adois: demonic name

commanding cacodemons of earth of fire. adop: kerubic angel of air angle of fire tablet. adopa: angel ruling dopa and companions. adota: angel, also known as adta. adph: piadph, jaw. adphaht/ adphant: unspeakable. adraman: name of an evil spirit. adre: subservient angel of fire angle of fire tablet, also known as adire. adroch: mount of olives. adrpan: cast down. adta: kerubic angel of air angle of water tablet. advorpt: governor of the third division of the aethyr tex (90. aeo: cacodemon of water angle of water tablet. aer: cacodemon of fire angle of fire tablet. af: nineteen. affa: empty. aflafben/ aphlafben: dee's good angel that appeared to dee and kelley on nov. 1, 1583. ag l toltorn: no one creature. ag: none/ no/ not/ no one. agb: cacodemon, counterpart of the angel gbal. aglm/ agm

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ourth river is euphrateitg empowerment and consecration ritual for the four elemental weapons of the adeptus minor 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 necessary requirements 1. all four newly made elemental weapons to be placed on the altar in their respective quarters. 2. the cross and triangle of the neophyte grade. 3. the tablet of union. 4. a rose, incense, candle, chalice of water and paten of salt and bread. 5. the four elemental tablets placed in their proper quarter in the working area. 6. the adept's regalia of the second order, wearing the rose cross lamen, holding and utilizing the consecrated lotus wand and magical sword of the art. it is possible to consecrate all four tools on the same day. however, we recommend, if possible, consecrating them on different

in this lesson will not match some of the public work. general opening step 1 let the adept hold the lotus wand by the black portion, move to the northeast section of the temple and vibrate "hekas, hekas, este bebeloi" 3 step 2 setting down the wand and picking up the magical sword of the art, the adept shall now perform the l.b.r.p. step 3 laying down the sword, let the adept take up the chalice of water and purify the temple in all four quarters by the formula of tracing a cross and sprinkling thrice in the form of the n triangle. recite the following "so therefore first, the priest who governeth the works of fire must sprinkle with the lustral waters of the loud and resounding sea" step 4 replacing the chalice, let the adept take the incense (we recommend that our rosicrucian fraternity

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS K

ern quadrangle, i invoke ye, ye angels of the watchtower of the south (chief adept replaces the cross on the lion. takes the cup, goes to the west, sprinkles water, and circumambulates with sol, saying) 3 "so therefore first the priest who governeth the works of fire must sprinkle with the lustral water of the loud, resounding sea (on reaching west, he faces west, and makes the invoking pentagram of water with the cup, saying "empeh arsel gaiol. in the names and letters of the great western quadrangle, i invoke ye, ye angels of the watchtower of the west (replaces the cup on eagle's head. takes the dagger and strikes forward with it, then circumambulates with sol, repeating "such a fire existeth, extending through the rushing of air, or even a fire formless, whence cometh the image of a vo

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS SADD

reason the l symbol is used in place of the b symbol is as follows "though one of the seven lords who wander, l is yet classed with those who abide because it is the heaviest of the seven and thus formeth a link between the wanderers and the abiders" this should explain why l is not included with the rest of the wanderers (planets) in the sephirotic cross. example (shaded areas are blue) b angle of water tablet aces& court cards attributions on tablet of union: here be the attributions as related to the holy tablet of union, the spiritual forces that regulate the four elemental tablets. 22 the aces represent the root forces and the essential spiritual noumenon of the elements. the court cards act as vice-gerants of the root forces of the elements. m a c b d a ace swords prince swords quee

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS VENUSZAM16

the veil of the four elements of the body of man which was offered upon the cross for the service of man. i heard the voice of the holy one proclaim 'thou art my son. this day have i begotten thee. thou shalt rule the nations with a rod of iron. thou shalt break them in pieces as a potter's vessel' let therefore the elements obey the voice of yhvh. o ye spirits of flashing fire, and air, spirits of water and earth, even ye legions of demons who dwell in the land of twilight, recognize in me your master and in this creature of talismans one whom ye are powerless to hurt or touch. turn ye, o ye creatures of night and the darkness. come and obey my will. serve and fear me. i bind even ye to help me in the works of the magic of light. i bind ye by the curse of elohim gibor, by the power of ka

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS Z1

ouchos, hiereus, and stolistes and in this order do their symbols appear in all warrants of temple. the kerub of m formulates behind the throne of hierophant. she has a young girl's countenance and form, with large and shadowing wings; and she is a power of the great goddess hathor who unites the powers of isis and nephthys. to the sign k is she referred as a correlative, which represents springs of water breaking upon l; though as a zodiacal sign it is referred to m, the container of rain. the egyptian name of the sign k is phritithi. note "thou shalt not confound the kerubim with their signs of the zodiac, notwithstanding that the latter be under the presidency of the former, seeing that the kerub representeth a far more sublime potency, yet acting by a harmonious sympathy through the pa

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS Z3

ls the candidate with a new name given to the physical body of the outward man, but signifying the aspirations of his soul. as a consequence of the affirmation of the motto as the name of the candidate in the hall of truth, osiris, sends forward the goddess of the scales of the balance to baptise him with n and the companion goddess to consecrate him with d. as it is written, unless a man be born of water and of the spirit, he shall in no way enter the kingdom of heaven. the kerux instantly bars the candidate s passage to mark that though he has been admitted, the natural man of unpurified desires cannot be a dweller in the hall of the truth. the goddesses of the scales immediately purifies and consecrates him, which operation calls into action the forces of the pillars in his own sphere o

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS ZAM12

nd sisters of the red rose upon the golden cross, to inhale with me the perfume of this rose as a symbol of air (smell the rose. to feel with me the warmth of this sacred lamp as a symbol of fire (waves hand over the lamp. 5 to eat with me this bread and salt as types of earth (dips the bread into the salt and eats it. and finally, to drink with me this wine, the consecrated emblem of the element of water (makes a cross with the cup then drinks it (the chief adept then looks to the first adept, makes the sign of the enterer toward first adept and the first adept returns with the sign of silence. this is repeated until all are done, in which the third adept, or the last adept, makes the sign of the enterer to the chief adept who responds with the sign of silence (first, second and third ade

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f my body which i destroy that it may be renewed" step 33 take elements astrally, then say "in the name of hwchy the redeemer, i now set free any spirits that may have been imprisoned by this ceremony" step 34 conclude with lvx sigerritual 5 r. r. e t a. c. z e l a t o r a d e p t u s m i n o r 2 chief adept second adept third adept fourth adept magus of fire with the lamen of the dadouchos magus of water with the lamen of the stolistes lotus wands red incense burner sword of the art razor blades five red lanterns elemental tools, plus salt third adept "hekas, hekas, este bebeloi" bell/ chief adept "fraters and sorors of the r.r. et a.c, we are assembled together for the purpose of evoking tangible and penetrating forces of an unlimited magnitude for the specific purpose of protecting and

ous and godfearing heart? 3 o god the vast one, thou art in all things. o nature, thou self from nothing, for what else can i call thee? in myself i am nothing. in thee i am self, and exist in thy self-hood from nothing. live thou in me, and bring me unto that self which is in thee. amen (all rise) chief adept "fraters and sorors of the r.r. et a.c, let us purify and consecrate this temple. magus of water, i command thee to perform the lesser banishing ritual of the pentagram and to purify this hall and all members with the element of water" magus of water "mighty chief, all thy commands shall be obeyed (magus of water performs l. b. r. p. and then takes water chalice off west altar and brings it to the east facing chief adept) magus of water (draws invoking water pentagram in the air and

his hall and all members with the element of water" magus of water "mighty chief, all thy commands shall be obeyed (magus of water performs l. b. r. p. and then takes water chalice off west altar and brings it to the east facing chief adept) magus of water (draws invoking water pentagram in the air and swings "in the name of hcoma and by the name of mph arsl gaiol, i purify thee with water (magus of water stands in the east facing west, draws cross in air with chalice and sprinkles) magus of water "in the name of el, strong and mighty, and in the name of gabriel, the great archangel of water, i purify thee with water" magus of water (scatters water around the edges of the circle beginning in the east sprinkling every few inches) says "so therefore first, the priest who governeth the works

r destroy the holy order of the r.r. et a.c. and loyal subjects of the golden dawn. use thy mighty forces of fire to create a wall of invisibility and protection through the radiation of the rosea crucis and in the name of yehashua. stand guard without cessation, and use whatever forces necessary for the defense of (each quarter is stabbed, beginning in the south, and ending in the south) 8 magus of water (moves to the west holding the lotus wand by the scorpio band "in the name of elohim tzabaoth, i invoke the protective power of mayim in the cardinal point maarab and its great archangel gabriel, its mighty angel taliahad, its powerful king nichsa, its ruler tharsis and its undines. protect now this holy temple of water from all opposing forces who would harm or destroy the holy order of

e of elohim tzabaoth, i invoke the protective power of mayim in the cardinal point maarab and its great archangel gabriel, its mighty angel taliahad, its powerful king nichsa, its ruler tharsis and its undines. protect now this holy temple of water from all opposing forces who would harm or destroy the holy order of the r.r. et a.c. and all loyal subjects of the golden dawn. use thy mighty forces of water to first create a wall of invisibility and of protection through the radiation of the rosea crucis and in the name of yehashua. stand guard without cessation, and use whatever force necessary for the defense of (each quarter is stabbed, starting in the west, and ending in the west) 9 third adept (moves to the north altar, holding the lotus wand by the taurus band "in the name of adonai ha

crucis and in the name of yehashua. stand guard without cessation, and use whatever force is necessary for the defense of (each quarter is stabbed, beginning in the east, and ending in the east) 11 (standing in the proper quarter, each adept creates the god form as fourth adept performs l.i.r.h and the s.i.r.h. of mars) chief adept behind altar of universe, thoth magus of fire south, horus magus of water west, isis magus of earth north, nephthys magus of air east, aroueris (note: if there are less than the required number of adepts, perform the s.i.r.h. first, then form the god shells (all god forms perform the following invocation, one at a time, in the following order) 1. horus 2. isis 3. nephthys 4. aroueris (chief adept performs the middle pillar silently behind altar of the universe

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terraced and sculpted: somebody had been up there and had carefully raked the near-vertical cliffs into a graceful hanging garden which had perhaps in ancient times been planted with bright flowers. it seemed to me that the entire site, together with its setting, was a monumental work of sculpture composed in part of mountains, in part of rock, in part of trees, in part of stones and also in part of water. it was a heartachingly beautiful place, certainly one of the most beautiful places i have ever seen. despite its luminous brilliance, however, i felt that i was gazing down on to a city of ghosts. it was like the wreck of the marie celeste, deserted and restless. the houses were arranged in long terraces. each house was tiny, with just one room fronting directly on to the narrow street

uld get there, i calculated, in a couple of days, via lima and la paz. graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 68 chapter 8 the lake at the roof of the world la paz, the capital city of bolivia, nestles in the uneven bottom of a spectacular hole in the ground more than two miles above sea level. this plunging ravine, thousands of feet deep, was carved in some primeval age by a tremendous downrush of water that carried with it an abrasive tide of loose rocks and rubble. provided by nature with such an apocalyptic setting, la paz possesses a unique though slightly sleazy charm. with its narrow streets, dark-walled tenements, imposing cathedrals, garish cinemas and hamburger bars open till late, it generates an atmosphere of quirky intrigue which is oddly intoxicating. it s hard going for the

of natural beauty and power. but there was also a feeling of otherworldliness about this place, which seemed to float above the clouds like an enchanted kingdom. graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 70 although our ultimate destination was tiahuanaco, we were aiming that night for the town of copacabana on a promontory near the southern end of lake titicaca. to reach it we had to cross a neck of water by improvised car ferry at the fishing town of tiquine. then, with dusk descending, we followed the main highway, now little more than a narrow and uneven track, up a series of steep hairpin bends and on to the shoulder of a mountain spur. from this point a contrasting panorama unfolded: the dark, dark waters of the lake below appeared to lie at the edge of a limitless ocean drowned in so

bogas, in the same alluvia which contain the human remains..10 in addition, fragments of human and animal skeletons had been found lying in chaotic disorder among wrought stones, utensils, tools and an endless variety of other things. all of this has been moved, broken and accumulated in a confused heap. anyone who would dig a trench here two metres deep could not deny that the destructive force of water, in combination with brusque movements of the earth, must have accumulated those different kinds of bones, mixing them with pottery, jewels, tools and utensils. layers of alluvium cover the whole field of the ruins and lacustrine sand mixed with shells from titicaca, decomposed feldspar and volcanic ashes have accumulated in the places surrounded by walls..11 it had been a terrible catast

rged into a shape very similar to that of a four-leaf clover. the leaves were chambers, each about sixty feet in circumference, containing a variety of artefacts such as beautifully engraved slate discs and highly polished mirrors. there was also a complex drainage system of interlocking segments of carved rock pipes.20 this last feature was particularly puzzling because there was no known source of water within the pyramid.21 the sluices, however, left little doubt that water must have been present in antiquity, most probably in large quantities. this brought to mind the evidence for water having once run in the street of the dead, the sluices and partition walls i had seen earlier to the north of the citadel, and schlemmer s theory of reflecting pools and seismic forecasting. indeed, the

en the seventh day dawned the storm from the south subsided, the sea grew calm, the flood was stilled. i looked at the face of the world and there was silence. the surface of the sea stretched as flat as a roof-top. all mankind had returned to clay. i opened a hatch and light fell on my face. then i bowed low, i sat down and i wept, the tears streamed down my face, for on every side was the waste of water. fourteen leagues distant there appeared a mountain, and there the boat grounded; on the mountain of nisir the boat held fast, she held fast and did not budge. when the seventh day dawned i loosed a dove and let her go. she flew away, but finding no resting place she returned. then i loosed a swallow, and she flew away but finding no resting place she returned. i loosed a raven, she saw t

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pheres, not separate levels like the skins of an onion. the astral plane is not up in the sky somewhere. it interpenetrates the earth plane. however, its extension is larger than that of the earth and so it is shown in the diagram as a larger sphere. 14 the hermetic axiom "as aboye so below" is used in enochian magick to explain how each cosmic plane can be divided into subplanes. there is an air of water subplane, and an earth of fire subplane, and so on. in addition, at the outer boundary of each cosmic plane is located a ring-passnot. this effectively prohibits passage of a lower cosmic element frito a higher sphere. earth can not pass finto water, nor air finto fire. these are outlined in figure 2. you must take care not to confuse the cosmic element earth with physical earth. nor is t

dawn figure 13, appendix a, shows the major forces that cycle through the subquadrants of the four watchtowers. figure 14, appendix a, shows the major characteristics and astrological signs associated with the sixteen subquadrants of the watchtowers. the forces of earth begin with chaotic violence. these lead gradually into formative forces, which result in establishing distinct forms. the forces of water begin with raw emotional energy. these gradually build up into forces of cohesion and creat ivi ty. the forces of ai r begin wi th n e bul ou s f o rma t i v e r e l a t i o n sh i p s a n d p r o g r e s s systematically through a series of harmonious changes and knowledge. the forces of fi re begin wi th destruct ive violence. these forces advance gradually into creative transformations

ppendix a) you can see at a glance that it is composed of two par s air, one part earth, and one par water.during a visit to this region, you would expect to see a lot of air, some water, and some earth, but no fire at all. now iook at the s in shal (also figure 18, appendix a. here you can see ata glance that this region is three parts earth and one part air. you would not expect to see evidente of water or fire anywhere in this region. in this manner, the truncated pyramids that are shown in figures 15 through 31 in appendix a can be especially helpful in quickly summarizing the cosmic elemento of the watchtower squares. the pyramid itself is a powerful magical symbol its base is four-sided and thus rooted in forro (four is the number for stability and firmness) while its peak is a singl

= 117= nanba (thorns) atmsa= 118= cono (faith) if you use the letter l, you will see the square in its destructive aspect. if you use the letter t, you can view the same square in its spiritual aspect. to slightly complicate matters a bit more, the letter t can be either a 9 or a 3 so that atmsa himself has two aspects denoted by the numbers 118 and 112. the last square of vsx(s)y(l,n,h, in water of water, has four letters (le, y, l, n, and h. as a general rule, the first letter is the most important. thus the angel yvsx is the main ruler of this square. however, the angels lvsx, nvsx and hvsx can also be found in this square. when you look at the gematric values of these names you will see: 47 yvsx= 537 lvsx= 485 nvsx= 527 hvsx= 478 furthermore, because the letter x can also be an s (this

spangles are purple and green. purple beyond purple: it is the iight higher than eyesight. there is a veii: that veil is, black. aleister crowley, the book of the law the appropriate symbolic colora to use in making your own cards or charts are as follows: air= yellow air of air= mauve or purple water of air= blue lettering earth of air= black lettering fire of air= red lettering water= blue air of water= yellow lettering water of water= orange lettering earth of water= black lettering fire of water= red lettering earth= black air fo earth= yellow lettering water of earth= blue lettering earth of earth= green or white iettering fire of earth= red lettering fire= red air of fire= yellow lettering water of fire= blue lettering earth of fire= black lettering fire of fire= green lettering the

ving tthe watchtower of fire. the cup. the cup is a passive instrument. it represents your magical understanding. in the beginning, your cup is usually empty. gradually, with effort and experience, it filas with your understanding of truth. it is by nature round, vulnerable, and receptive. when charged with a feminine force, iit symbolizesthe yoni. in enochian magick the cup is the magical symbol of water and is especially used in operations involving the watchtower of water. the sword. the sword symbolizes your ability to reason. the magical sword is the analytical faculty of the mirad. as your mental faculties dissect complex iideas and theories, so the sharpness of the sword will cutand pierce through things. when you pierce a demon with your sword, you simultaneously strike iit with ra

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rried over in the boat with them (p. 275-6. a young woman had lost her only child; she wept continually and could not be comforted. she ran out to the grave every night, and wailed so that the stones might have pitied her. the night before twelfth-day she saw perchtha sweep past not far oft; behind all the other children she noticed a little one with its shirt soaked quite through, carrying a jug of water in its hand, and so weary that it could not keep up with the rest; it stood still in trouble before a fence, over which perchtha strode and the children scrambled. at that moment the mother recognised her own child, came running up and lifted it over the fence. while she had it in her arms the child spoke' oh how warm a mother's hands are! but do not cx-y so much, else you cry my jug too

he process' rod, rod, 1 ask of* ettner's unwiird. doctor pp. 3 8. conf. the forked fir and lime (p. 969, and the three flowers on one stalk (p. 972; a twig with nine tips (superst. i, 950, a lime bough with nine branches (rhesa daiuos 30. 976 teanslation. thee^ where may fclie best fci-easure lie' by means of the wishing- rod men thought they could discover hidden treasures, veins of ore, springs of water (hence in switzerland they call it springtaster, tobler 80, nay, even murderex's and thieves^ in anshelm^s bern, chron. 2, 8, i find the name gliicks-stdhun, as we had a flower of luck above. the french name is baguette divinatoire: ace. to the mem. de i'acad. celtique 4, 267' de coudrier, fourchue d'un cote' does the on. gamhantelnn, saem. 77, 85' contain a similar notion? teinn is ramus

first thing in the morning they count all the lines in the ashes, and some one goes silently, greeting no one on the way, and reports the same to the wise woman, aviio proscribes accordingly (bicster's mon. schr. as above. the spirits leave their tracks in 1166 sicknesses. tlie ashes, wliicli are strewn as for the eartli-mannikin p. 451 n; couf. sup. m, 40 (see suppl. on the draiving and pouring of water by the wise woman, see sup. i, 515. 865. charming of apoplexy by a hatchet on the threshold, g, line 70. the efficacy of fire and flame was proved on envenomed wounds, by burning them out; sa3m. 27^ already mentions' eldr vi-s sottum/ fire against sicknesses. on erysipelas they struck fire [out of flint, sup. i, 71 0. to insure cattle against fire, they drove them over the holy needfire

ifer in the holy fire during cattle-plague, p. 608. in norway the pesta is imagined as a pale old woman who travelled about the country with a grater (rive, a toothed instrument for tearing up sods or hay and corn) and a hrooyn (lime: when she used the grater, some few got off with their lives, but where the besom came into play, there perished every born soul. a man having rowed her over a inece of water, and demanding his fare, she said 'you'll find your quittance on the bench at home' and no sooner was he home, than he sickened and died. she often appears in red clothing, and whoever beholds her falls into a great fear (faye p. 135. the servians say their kuga is a real woman, who goes wrapt in a white veil: many have seen her so, and some have carried her. she came to one man in the fi

sects) wispel unde miirmel' mart. 74, for murmehi is the same thing too, ohg. murmulon, murmiiron, our mummelu, mompeln, to mumble. paul. diac. 1, 13 in describing manumissio per sagittam, adds' imvnirmurantes, ob rei firmitatem, quaedam patria verba/ a langobardic hallowing- spell^ similar expressions are ohg. mutilon, graff 2, 707, and our protzeln, pretzeln, propeln, signifying first the sound of water simmering, and then very appropriately the muttering of a spell' protzeln and ivispeln over the sick man' is to mutter a charm or blessing; in some parts preheln, nethl. preeielen; frauke's weltb. 134^ has pretzehi (see suppl. but the most legitimate and oldest word of all is the goth. runa, commonly the equivalent for fmvcrtijptov, sometimes for (bovxi'i, avfx/3ov\lov. i believe it meant

thus conjured (jos. rank p. 168' pfofferl gei owa, sist schloga do owa; lei's rintl o drahdo eiz, heargotl pfeiz' little pipe, come off, else i knock thee off; dear little rind, do draw thee now, my lord god pipe! woycicki kl. 1, 92. 151 tells us, that to get a marvellous pipje (fuyarka) that can make everybody dance, one must find in the forest's gloom the green willow that never heard the rush of water nor the crow of each' co by nigdy nie slyszala szuma wody, ni piania koguta' this detail, expressly picked up among the peasantry on the pruth and dniester, strangely coincides with pliny's statement 16, 37 [71 'ex qua (sambuco) magis canoram huccinam tuhamque credit pastor ibi caesa, ubi gauorum cantum frutex ille non exaudiat' of peeling the willow there is nothing said (see suppl. an o

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is left, and shoots it in, making prosnitz hook and the peninsula of drigge. but there still remains a narrow space between rugen and pomerania, which so exasperates the giant that he is struck with apoplexy and dies, and his dam has never been completed (e. m. arndt s marchen 1, 156. just the other way, a giant girl of pomerania wants to make a bridge to riigen, so that i can step across the bit of water without wetting my bits of slippers/ she hurries down to the shore with an apronful of sand; but the apron had a hole in it, a part of her freight ran out mother side of sagard, forming a little hill named dubberworth. dear me! mother will scold/ said the hiine maiden, but kept her hand under, and ran all she could. her mother looked over the wood: naughty child, what are you after? come

ger at ease among the new settlers, and they retired. it was then that the duties of altehiiffen also made up their minds to emigrate; but what they wanted was to go and find the 1 like hrungni s hein and thor s hammer, p. 533. giants. 545 entrance into heaven. how they fared on the way was never known, but the joke is made upon them, that after a long march they came to a great calm, clear sheet of water, in which the bright sky was reflected; here they thought they could plunge into heaven, so they jumped in and were drowned.1 from so remarkable a consensus 2 we cannot but draw the conclusion, that the giants held together as a people, and were settled in the mountains of a country, but that they gradually gave way to the human race, which may be regarded as a nation of invaders. legend

p, and the spot to which it was tied still bears the name of naubandhanam (ship-binding. then spake the fish: i am brahma, lord of created things, a higher than i there is not, in the shape of a fish have i delivered you; 1 ckt9ea from cict9ea is buttmann s acute suggestion; but he goes farther, taking this sisythes or sisuthros to be sesothris, sothis, seth; and noah to be dionysos, and a symbol of water. 2 buttm. p. 45 seq, who connects it with okeanos and ogenos. 3 it is remarkable, that in a beautiful simile, therefore without names or places, homer depicts a kind of deluge, ii. 16, 384: cbs 5 vwb xcuxcttti tracra kexalvrj fiefipide "xq&v ij/j,ar otrwpo y, ore xa^porarov x^ i $8w/&gt; zeus, ore 77 p dvdpecrcrt /careercrd/u.ei os xaxetttji y, o? f3iri elv dyopfj cr/coxtas kpivu

las and flotwceter are named in the as. laws as objects of rever ence. beside the passage from cnut (p. 102, the poenitentiale ecgberti says 2, 22: gif hwilc man his selmessan gehate ofrse bringe to hwilcon wylle, 4, 19: gif hwa his wseccan t asnigum wylle hsebbe (vigilias suas ad aliquem foiitem habeat; the canones edgari 16 forbid wihveorffunga (well-worship. i am not sure that a formal worship of water in scandinavia is implied in the saga quoted above (p. 102, where votn is mentioned; but that water was held sacred is a thing not to be doubted. a lay in the edda has near the beginning the remarkable words: hnigo heilug votn af himinfiollom/ fell holy waters from heaven s hills. the sclaveni as early as procopius (b. goth. 3, 14) a-e/sovo-l trora/xou (worship rivers; and as late as helm

and it remained fresh and uncorrupted. 2 superstitious christians then believed two things, a hallowing of the water at midnight of the day of baptism, and a turning of it into wine at the time of the bethphania: such water the germans called heilawac? and ascribed to it a wonderful power of healing diseases and wounds, and of never spoiling (see suppl. possibly even in syria an old pagan drawing of water became veiled under new christian meanings. in germany other cir cumstances point undisguisedly to a heathen consecration of water: it was not to be drawn at midnight, but in the morn ing before sunrise, down stream and silently (superst. 89. 775, usually on easter sunday (775-6) to which the above explana tions do not so well apply; this water does not spoil, it restores youth, heals eru

genis profutura suumque haec terra non mentitur fructum, tritico et avena ac glandine refertus, laetos vicinorum ad se crebro confluentium efficit animos. quando autem saeva belli tempestas ingruerit, sanguine et cinere certum futuri exitus indicium praemonstrat. hunc omnis incola plus quam ecclesias, spe quamvis dubia, veneratur. et timet. 2 but apart from particular fountains, by a mere gauging of water a season of dearth or plenty, an increase or decrease of wealth may be divined, according as the water poured into a vessel rises or falls (superst. f, 43; and no. 953 in praetor s saturnalien p. 407. this looks to me like a custom of high antiquity. saxo gram. p. 320 says, the image of the god svantovit in eiigen held in its right hand a horn: quod sacerdos sacrorum ejus peritus annuatim

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molecule, then the simplest molecule always contains only one atom of each type. applying this principle to the four gases mentioned earlier, frater dalton assigned a chemical formula of ch for the gas ethylene, ch2 for the gas methane, co for the gas carbon monoxide and co2 for the gas carbon dioxide. and because one part of hydrogen is chemically equivalent to eight parts of oxygen, a molecule of water, for frater dalton, was assigned the formula ho. in table i, no. 38 represents "one atom of water or steam, composed of one atom of oxygen and one of hydrogen, retained in physi-[113] plate 1 [114] cal contact by a strong affinity and supposed to be surrounded by a common atmosphere of heat; relative weight is 8. the above are dalton's own words, and they mean just this: that water or ste

4] cal contact by a strong affinity and supposed to be surrounded by a common atmosphere of heat; relative weight is 8. the above are dalton's own words, and they mean just this: that water or steam, in its molecule, is composed of one atom of hydrogen and one atom of oxygen. the "weight" of hydrogen is 1; the "weight" of oxygen is 7; therefore, the combined weight of the two, making the molecule of water or steam, is 8. see table i. the two atoms are held together by the strong affinity of vibrations, which is the quality referred to by dalton when he uses the word "weight" symbolically to represent this quality as explained earlier in this article. this strong affinity, or quality, or power, is explained further on by charts and words. when atoms unite as do hydrogen and oxygen and other

six times more than an atom of hydrogen as frater dalton thought. similarly, an atom of oxygen "weighs" eight times more than a molecule of hydrogen, while an atom of nitrogen "weighs" seven times more than a hydrogen molecule. this misapplication of the principle of "likes repelling likes" therefore had consequences in the realm of assigning formulas to molecules. an outstanding example is that of water. operating under the assumption that an atom of hydrogen was chemically equivalent to an oxygen atom, frater dalton assigned a formula of ho to a molecule of steam. we now know that the "atom" of hydrogen with which [115] frater dalton was dealing was in actuality a molecule consisting of two atoms of hydrogen. it is therefore easy for us to recognize the proper formula for a molecule of

here to the law of the triangle, tne square, or a combination of them. for in no. 52 we can see both the triangle and the square. its "weight" is 31 according to dalton. by modern formulations the weight would be 76. in no. 53 a different problem is presented. here we have six atoms of three different natures. it represents a molecule of acetous acid and is composed of two atoms of carbon and two of water. but whereas carbon is composed of only one simple element, water is composed of two atoms (one of hydrogen and one of oxygen) the manner in which these six atoms arrange themselves is interesting, yet in no other way could these six be placed and still maintain their attraction and repulsion. and now we come to septenary elements. no. 54 represents nitrate of ammonia. it is composed of o

one simple element, water is composed of two atoms (one of hydrogen and one of oxygen) the manner in which these six atoms arrange themselves is interesting, yet in no other way could these six be placed and still maintain their attraction and repulsion. and now we come to septenary elements. no. 54 represents nitrate of ammonia. it is composed of one atom of nitric acid, one of ammonia, and one of water, as will be seen by referring to nos. 45, 39, and 38 of plate 1. its relative "weight" is 33. no. 55 represents sugar and is composed of one of alcohol and one of carbonic acid as shown in nos. 51 and 46 of plate 1. its relative "weight" is 35. both of these elements are composed of seven atoms and in form they represent the outline of a circle inside of which are three triangles, the cen

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t which gave them birth, and proves that the minutest atom of creation possesses elementary powers whichitwould be far wiser to attempt to explain than to deny" in this mode of divination, crystal has not solely been used; its scarcity and the difficulty of cutting having caused it, from the earliest ages, to be superseded by olive-oil, black liquids, glass, and particularly by bottles and basins of water. porphyry, under the heads of hydro- and lecano-mancy, says that demons were compelled by invocatory songs to enter a vessel filled with water, and give answers to the questions propounded, or represent therein the issue of any required event. psellus also states that the assyrians were much addicted to prophesying in a basin of water. anddrkerner relates] that the seeress of prevorst app

the world was created out of something, and that that something was earth and air.'4.-thatthese elements possess inherent unchangeable qualities' c.a.-heis right.'5.-thatsome notion of the almighty power of these combined elements may be conjectured from observing the extent of motion, life, and instinct or mind, in one of the minute beings seen through a glass of great magnifying power in a drop of water' c.a.-heis right in that conclusion, but not in using the wordmind.'6.-that the aggregate of these elements constitute the supreme mind, or the god-head.'c.a.-theydo not.'7.-thatthese elements,-their inherent unchangeable qualities,-and their aggregate power, or suprememind,255co-exist externally.'c.a.-theydo not.'8.-that, as nothing could have existed before them, they are the great firs

y upon metaphysical and spiritual philosophy (which i hope to get printed this winter, i couldillspare the time, but consented to receive 'the monk'sms'atraisingthe devil131of the one figure a thousand of all shapes and sizes. i still remained with my hand on the lock; the room became confused and dark for one instant only, then all was light,theevil spirit was gone, and i noticed that every drop of water was gone from the surface of the carpet, and that on the white ground which surrounded the pattern wasasingle red spot. although unnerved whilst the spirit was present, i was not the least so the moment it was gone, and, on stooping to pick up the small pieces of bottle, i observed round the red spot a circle containing words. even then, by an impulse i could not control, i was all on fir

-andthe holes in those walls which so few couldreach-theway of attaining the true and the only true method of divining-when there you are still liable to great error unless helped and directed by your guardianspirit-thewater which surrounds that wall is what. is termed by menhell-thespace above the atmosphere, and the seven that tower above that the spheres of happiness.crystalmsvol.9,p.135a drop of water is divided by a stream of electricity into two gases ox. and hyd, and by subjecting certain proportions of these gasses to electricity water is produced, may 1 ask please if pure gold can be separated into its elements as a metalicc)or a metalicor a metalicnothing exists in an unalloyed state, everything is mixed and extracts from this mixture make mixtures of many different kinds. gold c

t once coming in contact with those below him without he wishesit-sothat when he is called on to converse with a person the caller's thoughts will immediately reach him and he appears-aspirating before him all less angelic than hisown255whether bodily or spiritual. guardian spirits and those of the highest degree are only seen in the urim and thumin, the crystal, the glass and the globular vessel of water. unless a person study long and earnestly the different ways of developing the urim andthumin-withhuman reason for their guide, with truth and with pure intentions to the benefit of their body and soul and to the good of others they can never arrive at any perfection in divining-they can never place reliance upon it or arrive at the truth, if anyone wishes to begin this study i would give

down again. here mr c.'s. eyes became so painful that he was obliged to desist&of course all he could say was that it was perfectly marvellous&he should never have believed it had he not seenithimself. i have been long promisingmrshorter" an article for his spiritual magazine but as i don't get a night in a month at home it makes sorry progress. i showed you a common chemical6holding about2quarts of water priced 2/6, you can easily get one at bristol. it is excellent for scrying if persons have thefacility-butwhen next you come to town i hope we shall have a longer gossip on the subject. i went on saturday to millards and i return your catalogue and also another just published with a few additional articles.asit was his 2 o'clock day he was just closing so i shall have to gohockley'sletter

HANDBOOK OF EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY

sy for the egyptians to observe the stars and planets. much early mythology may have developed to explain the movement of celestial bodies. the habitable part of egypt was effectively a giant oasis created by the nile and its annual flood, which is known as the inundation. every year a combination of melting snows and monsoon rains in the mountains of ethiopia caused a huge increase in the amount of water in the nile. when the swollen river reached egypt, it flooded all the low-lying land in the nile valley and delta, depositing a thick layer of silt.7 as the floods went down, the fields were planted, and crops such as emmer wheat and barley grew very quickly in the moist, fertile soil. in a good year, the egyptians could grow more grain than they needed to feed the population. in bad year

es and further reading: h. kees. heracleopolis and the fayum. in ancient egypt: a cultural topography. london: 1961, 212 230. primary sources: ct 420; bd 175; stela of somtutefnakht hippopotamus goddesses the male hippopotamus was feared by the egyptians as a destructive force, but the female hippopotamus was respected as a fierce protector of her young and the embodiment of the life-giving power of water. several hippopotamus goddesses are known, such as ipet (opet, reret, and taweret (taurt, thoeris, but they are probably just aspects of the same goddess. this goddess could also deities, themes, and concepts 141 manifest herself in dual or group forms. as taweret (the great one) she was usually shown with a combination of hippopotamus, lion, crocodile, and human features. this monstrous

e lowest depths of the underworld. as a deity, nun was considered the oldest of beings and called the father of the gods. he and his female counterpart naunet were among the eight primeval beings who made up the ogdoad of hermopolis. as a member of the ogdoad, nun had a frog or frog-headed form. from the new kingdom onward, he was also shown as a fecundity figure presenting the king with the gift of water, the most precious of all substances in desert countries. the egyptians believed that all the seas and rivers had their ultimate 172 handbook of egyptian mythology figure 36. a scene from the last hour of the book of gates showing nun lifting the sun god out of the abyss at dawn (art resource) source in the nun. during the annual nile flood, egypt seemed to revert to its primeval state, a

ns of serqet always show the tail raised in the stinging position. scorpion stings cause a burning pain and shortness of breath and can be fatal to young children and the elderly. this seems to have led to the belief that serqet could help the dead to breathe again as part of the process of rebirth. to indicate that serqet was a benevolent goddess, she was sometimes represented by a harmless type of water scorpion rather than the poisonous type. she was shown on the east side of coffins and canopic chests as a guardian goddess. in the book of two ways, serqet is one of the deities who guards a bend in the river on the watery route to paradise. scorpions and snakes were classed together as enemies of humanity and the divine order, and many spells were devised to repel them. the egyptians ho

died the primeval waters. his consort was sometimes hathor and sometimes the harvest goddess renenutet. from the new kingdom onward, he was regarded as a form of the creator sun god in his identity of sobek-ra. at krokodilopolis in the fayum, sobek was praised as the one who rose out of the primeval waters, the great male being, the lord of the floating islands. he was honored everywhere as a god of water. sobek was the lord of the 200 handbook of egyptian mythology winding waterway, the lord of the nile, and the one who greens the two banks, an epithet he shared with the inundation god hapy. as lord of the marsh, sobek was particularly associated with the marshes that lay between the nile valley and the edge of the desert. in the celestial realm, sobek inhabited a glittering mansion in th

HEAVEN HELL

m, may 2003. j.b. hare, redactor. this text is in the public domain. these files may be used for any non-commercial purpose, provided this notice of attribution is left intact. click to view scene from the papyrus of nekht, allowing the deceased and the wife worshipping osiris in the other world, and the manner of the house in which they expect to live, and their vineyard and garden with its lake of water (british museum, no. 10,471, sheet 21) next: preface sacred texts egypt ehh index index previous next p. vi preface the present work is the outcome of two lectures on the books of the tuat, i.e, the egyptian underworld, or "other world" which i had the honour to deliver at the royal institution in the spring of 1904, and it has been prepared at the suggestion of many who wished to continu

bably osiris. p. 39 click to view aat iii. click to view aat iv. click to view aat v. aat vi. ammehet, which is presided over either by sekher-at or sekher-remus. this was sacred to the gods, the spirits could not find it out, and it was accursed for the dead. aat vii. ases, a region of burning, fiery flame, wherein the serpent rerek lives. aat viii. ha-hetep, a region containing roaring torrents of water, and ruled over by a god called qa-ha-hetep. a variant gives the name of this aat as ha-sert, and that of its god as fa-pet. click to view aat vi. click to view aat vii. click to view aat viii. p. 40 click to view aat ix. click to view aat x. aat ix. akesi, a region which is unknown even to the gods; its god was maa-thetef, and its only inhabitant is the "god who dwelleth in his egg" aat

r the "field of reeds" and sekhet-hetepet, or the "field of peace" thanks to the funeral papyri of the xviiith dynasty, much is known, and they p. 43 may now be briefly described. from the papyrus of nebseni 1 we learn that sekhet-hetep was rectangular in shape, and that it was intersected by canals, supplied from the stream by which the whole region was enclosed. in one division were three pools of water, click to view sekhet-hetepet (papyrus of nebseni, british museum, no. 9900, sheet 17. in another four pools, and in a third two pools; a place specially set apart was known as the "birthplace of the god of the region" and the "great company of the p. 44 gods in sekhet-hetep" occupied another section of it. at the end of a short canal was moored a boat, provided with eight oars or paddles

ut he burns no incense; the boat in which he paddles is loaded with offerings, and he is seen dedicating an offering to the bearded figure. the legend reads "living in peace in sekhet--winds for the nostrils" the second division contains scenes p. 45 click to view sekhet-hetepet (papyrus of ani, british museum, no. 10,740, sheet 32. p. 47 of' reaping and treading out of corn, but only three pools of water instead of four. in the third division we see an! ploughing the land by the side of a stream of untold length and breadth, which is said to contain neither fish nor worms. it is important to note that this division is described as sekhet-aanru. the eyot which represents the birthplace of the god of the city has no title, and the larger island, which is separated from it by a very narrow s

g cool to the taste and touch of the gods who live on it, and who feed upon the plants which grow in it. it is important to notice that the lake is said to be boiling hot, and that "the birds betake themselves to flight when they see the waters thereof, and when they smell the stench which is in it" now this description tells us at once that the lake of boiling water is no other than a collection of water which resembles that of the famous "asphaltitis lacus" or, which is described by diodorus siculus (ii. 48; xix. 98. the water of this lake is said to be very salt, and of an extremely noxious smell, and the fire which burns beneath the ground, and the stench of the bitumen render the inhabitants of the neighbouring country sickly and short-lived. the country round about is nevertheless we

6. the door tes-amem-mit-em-sheta-f. as afu-ra passes these gods their doors fly open and those within hear what he says, and they respond with cries which are like unto those of male cats, or the "noise of the confused murmur of the living" or the "sound of those who go down to the battle-field of nu" or the "sound of the cry of the divine hawk of horus" or the "twittering of the birds in a nest of water-fowl" the circles on the left are: 1. sesheta, 2. tuat, 3. as-neteru, 4. aakebi, 5. nebt-semu-nifu, 6. the door tes-khaibitu-tuatiu. the sounds made by the gods in these resemble the "hum of many honey-bees" the "sound of the swathed ones" the "sound of men p. 156 who lament" the sounds "of bulls and other male animals" and the sound of those "who make supplication through terror (vol. i

HELENA BLAVATSKY NIGHTMARE TALES

v- a vision of horrorhow strange. where was i now? it was evident to me that i had once more returned to my senses. forthere i was, vividly realizing that i was rapidly moving forward, while experiencing a queer, strangesensation as though i were swimming, without impulse or effort on my part, and in total darkness. the ideathat first presented itself to me was that of a long subterranean passage of water, of earth, and stifling air,though bodily i had no perception, no sensation, of the presence or contact of any of these. i tried to utter afew words, to repeat my last sentence "i desire but one thing: to learn the reason or reasons why my sisterhas so suddenly ceased writing to me- but the only words i heard out of the twenty-one, were the two "tolearn" and these, instead of their coming

art of it, in the days of mr. izvertzoff, was paved withflagstones, and was often used in the summer as a ball-room by picnic parties. of an irregular oval, itgradually narrows into a broad corridor, which runs for several miles underground, opening here and thereinto other chambers, as large and lofty as the ball-room, but, unlike this, impassable otherwise than in a boat,as they are always full of water. these natural basins have the reputation of being unfathomable. on the margin of the first of these is a small platform, with several mossy rustic seats arranged on it, and it isfrom this spot that the phenomenal echoes, which give the cavern its name, are heard in all their weirdness. aword pronounced in a whisper, or even a sigh, is caught up by endless mocking voices, and instead ofdi

HELENA BLAVATSKY THE KEY TO THEOSOPHY

ching of theosophy (b) as mankind is essentially of one and the same essence, and that essence is one-infinite, uncreate, and eternal, whether we call it god or nature-nothing, therefore, can affect one nation or one man without affecting all other nations and all other men. this is as certain and as obvious as that a stone thrown into a pond will, sooner or later, set in motion every single drop of water therein. q. but this is not the teaching of christ, but rather a pantheistic notion. a. that is where your mistake lies. it is purely christian, although not judaic, and therefore, perhaps, your biblical nations prefer to ignore it. q. this is a wholesale and unjust accusation. where are your proofs for such a statement? a. they are ready at hand. christ is alleged to have said "love each

HP LOVECRAFT A DARK LORE

about quarter past six; and not finding his wife downstairs, was told by the frightened servants that she was probably watching at charles's door, from which the sounds had been far stranger than ever before. mounting the stairs at once, he saw mrs. ward stretched out at full length on the floor of the corridor outside the laboratory; and realising that she had fainted, hastened to fetch a glass of water from a set bowl in a neighbouring alcove. dashing the cold fluid in her face, he was heartened to observe an immediate response on her part, and was watching the bewildered opening of her eyes when a chill shot through him and threatened to reduce him to the very state from which she was emerging. for the seemingly silent laboratory was not as silent as it had appeared to be, but held the

hout question we are faced with the remains of an unknown civilization older than any dreamed of before, and forming a basis for your legends. as a mining engineer, i have some knowledge of geology, and can tell you that these blocks are so ancient they frighten me. they are mostly sandstone and granite, though one is almost certainly made of a queer sort of cement or concrete. they bear evidence of water action, as if this part of the world had been submerged and come up again after long ages- all since those blocks were made and used. it is a matter of hundreds of thousands of years- or heaven knows how much more. i don't like to think about it. in view of your previous diligent work in tracking down the legends and everything connected with them, i cannot doubt but that you will want to

pick my difficult way. at one place i heaved aside some blocks and locked away the detritus to see what the pavement was like, and shuddered at the utter, fateful familiarity of the great octagonal stones whose buckled surface still held roughly together. reaching a convenient distance from the wall, i cast the searchlight slowly and carefully over its worn remnants of carving. some bygone influx of water seemed to have acted on the sandstone surface, while there were curious incrustations which i could not explain. in places the masonry was very loose and distorted, and i wondered how many aeons more this primal, hidden edifice could keep its remaining traces of form amidst earth's heavings. but it was the carvings themselves that excited me most. despite their time-crumbled state, they w

HP LOVECRAFT AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS

and a half thick, wholly unlike any visible local formation- greenish, but no evidences to place its period. has curious smoothness and regularity. shaped like five-pointed star with tips broken off, and signs of other cleavage at inward angles and in center of su.rface. small, smooth depression in center of unbroken surface. arouses much curiosity as to source and weathering. probably some freak of water action. carroll, with magnifier, thinks he can make out additional markings of geologic significance. groups of tiny dots in regular patterns. dogs growing uneasy as we work, and seem to hate this soapstone. must see if it has any peculiar odor. will report again when mills gets back with light and we start on underground area "10:15 p.m. important discovery. orrendorf and watkins, workin

old ages. the old ones had used curious weapons of molecular and atomic disturbances against the rebel entities, and in the end had achieved a complete victory. thereafter the sculptures showed a period in which shoggoths were tamed and broken by armed old ones as the wild horses of the american west were tamed by cowboys. though during the rebellion the shoggoths had shown an ability to live out of water, this transition was not encouraged- since their usefulness on land would hardly have been commensurate with the trouble of their management. during the jurassic age the old ones met fresh adversity in the form of a new invasion from outer space- this time by half-fungous, half-crustacean creatures- creatures undoubtedly the same as those figuring in certain whispered hill legends of the

HP LOVECRAFT DAGON

whose massive bulk had known the workmanship and perhaps the worship of living and thinking creatures. dazed and frightened, yet not without a certain thrill of the scientist's or archaeologist's delight, i examined my surroundings more closely. the moon, now near the zenith, shone weirdly and vividly above the towering steeps that hemmed in the chasm, and revealed the fact that a far-flung body of water flowed at the bottom, winding out of sight in both directions, and almost lapping my feet as i stood on the slope. across the chasm, the wavelets washed the base of the cyclopean monolith, on whose surface i could now trace both inscriptions and crude sculptures. the writing was in a system of hieroglyphics unknown to me, and unlike anything i had ever seen in books, consisting for the mo

the open boat after my escape from the german man-of-war. this i ask myself, but ever does there come before me a hideously vivid vision in reply. i cannot think of the deep sea without shuddering at the nameless things that may at this very moment be crawling and floundering on its slimy bed, worshipping their ancient stone idols and carving their own detestable likenesses on submarine obelisks of water-soaked granite. i dream of a day when they may rise above the billows to drag down in their reeking talons the remnants of puny, war-exhausted mankind- of a day when the land shall sink, and the dark ocean floor shall ascend amidst universal pandemonium. the end is near. i hear a noise at the door, as of some immense slippery body lumbering against it. it shall not find me. god, that hand

HP LOVECRAFT EX OBLIVIONE

idst universal pandemonium. the end is near. i hear a noise at the door, as of some immense slippery body lumbering against it. it shall not find me. god, that hand! the window! the window! 1998-1999 william johns last modified: 12/18/1999 18:43 1ex oblivione by h.p. lovecraft 1920 when the last days were upon me, and the ugly trifles of existence began to drive me to madness like the small drops of water that torturers let fall ceaselessly upon one spot of their victims body, i loved the irradiate refuge of sleep. in my dreams i found a little of the beauty i had vainly sought in life, and wandered through old gardens and enchanted woods. once when the wind was soft and scented i heard the south calling, and sailed endlessly and languorously under strange stars. once when the gentle rain

HP LOVECRAFT THE STREET

en 1920? published december 1920 in the wolverine, no. 8, p. 2-12. there be those who say that things and places have souls, and there be those who say they have not; i dare not say, myself, but i will tell of the street. men of strength and honour fashioned that street: good valiant men of our blood who had come from the blessed isles across the sea. at first it was but a path trodden by bearers of water from the woodland spring to the cluster of houses by the beach. then, as more men came to the growing cluster of houses and looked about for places to dwell, they built cabins along the north side, cabins of stout oaken logs with masonry on the side toward the forest, for many indians lurked there with fire-arrows. and in a few years more, men built cabins on the south side of the street

INITIATION INTO HERMETICS

terial electricity in spite of its having a certain analogy to it. every one will realize at once, of course, that the quality of expansion is identical with extension. this elementary principle of fire is latent and active in all things created, as a matter of fact, in the whole universe beginning from the tiniest grain of sand to the most sublime substance visible or invisible. 3. the principle of water in the previous chapter we have studied the origin and the qualities of the positive element of fire. in this chapter i am going to describe the opposite principle, the water. it is also derived from akasa, the etheric principle. but in comparison with fire, it has quite contrasting qualities. these basic qualities are coldness and shrinkage. the point in question are also two poles, the

le, similar to the one of fire, is destructive, dissecting, fermenting, and dividing. as this element owns the basic quality of shrinking and contraction, it has produced the magnetic fluid. fire as well as water are operating in all regions. according to the rules of creation, the fiery principle would not be able to exist all by itself if it did not conceal inside as opposite pole the principle of water. these two elements, fire and water, are the basic elements with the help of which all has been created. in consequence of these facts, we have everywhere to reckon on two main elements. moreover with the electrical and magnetical fluids which represent the contrasting polarities. 4. the principle of air another element derived from akasa is that of air. initiated people do not regard thi

ing polarities. 4. the principle of air another element derived from akasa is that of air. initiated people do not regard this principle as a real element, but they will grant it the role of a mediator between the fiery and the watery principles, so that the principle of air will, in a certain way, establish the neutral equilibrium, acting as a medium between the active and the passive activities of water and of fire. through the interaction of the active and passive elements of fire and water the whole created life has become motion. in its mediatorship the principle of air has assumed the quality of warmth from the fire and that of humidity from the water. without these two qualities any life would be inconceivable. these two qualities will also grant two polarities to the airy principle

verse. 6. the light light is established on the principle of fire. light without fire is unconceivable and for this particular reason it is an aspect of the fire. each fiery element can be converted into light and the other way around. therefore light involves all the specific qualities such as shining, penetrating, expanding. the opposite of light is darkness, which has come out of the principle of water. darkness has the contrasting specific qualities of the light. without darkness, light would not only remain quite unrecognizable, but without darkness there would never be any light at all. evidently light and darkness must have been produced by the mutual play of two elements, consequently those of fire and water. light in its outcome therefore has the positive quality whereas darkness

a lot of analogies with respect to the influence of the elements inside the body, but let it be enough with the foregoing explanations. adepts of all periods never described the effects of the elements in particular, probably to avoid any misuse, but they did know very well all about it. they divided man in three basic conceptions, attributing the head to the fiery principle, the abdomen to that of water, and the chest to the airy one as the mediating principle between fire and water. how very right they were with their dividing man becomes obvious at the first look, because all that is active or fiery takes place in the head. in the abdomen it must be the contrary, the watery, the secretion, the work of the saps, etc. the chest underlies the air and has a mediating part, because here bre

ntegration of air and food, the elements are provided with the supporting substances and in this way their activity is maintained. such is man s natural mode of life. if an element is missing, as it were, the fuel, all the functions depending on it are immediately affected. if, e.g, the fiery element in the body works excessively, we feel thirsty, the air element makes us feel hungry, the element of water causes a feeling of cold, and the earthy element produces tiredness. on the other hand, every over-saturation of the elements causes reinforced effects in the body. a surplus of the fiery element creates a yearning for movement and activity. if this be the case with the watery element, the secretive process will be stronger. any over-saturation of the airy element indicates that we must b

IRISH WITCHCRAFT AND DEMONOLOGY

ition, of which examples are to be found in england during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. on one occasion an irish witch or wise woman was the means of having a scotch girl delated by the kirk for using charms at hallow-eve apparently for the purpose of discovering who her future husband should be. she confessed that "at the instigation of an old woman from ireland she brought in a pint of water from a well which brides and burials pass over, and dipt her shirt into it, and hung it before the fire; that she either dreamed, or else there came something and turned about the chair on which her shirt was, but she could not well see what it was" her sentence was a rebuke before the congregation; considering the state of scotland at that period it must be admitted she escaped very well

ISIS UNVEILED

have seen the most excellent [superior] uan, who is older by birth than the maker of heaven and earth" says the kabalistic codex" the bleusinian dionysus, whose particular name was icuxhoe (laccho, lahoh" the god from whom the liberation of souls was expected was considered older than the demiurge. at the mysteries of the an- thesteria at limnae (the lakes, after the usual baptism by purification of water, the mystae were made to pass through to another door (gate, and 620. shepherd ef bmna, aunil. ix, 2. 621. idrah rabbak, i 41. 622. robenrotli: kabb. denude ii, p. 23g; book of the b^ighnian companityni, p. 35. 623. zoaor, on ejx>du, p. 11: suubach ed. 624. iftdrtua 'hmitha. 625. cod x namraeui, hi. p. 61. 626. similitude k, s12; we tcott: on ifc canon, pp. 177. j. 627. voi.ii,p.57. 628

JASMUHEEN THE FOOD OF GODS

this technique prepares our organs and bio-system to get and stay connected to the theta. delta field by tuning them to the frequency of unconditional love. the body love tool. this is a way of again expanding our atoms and cells to accept and receive more divine nutrition. lifestyle love tool: a perfect diet program for physical, emotional, mental and spiritual nourishment. this includes the use of water, diet and exercise to create a bio-system that again is capable of being well tuned and accepting and coping divine nutrition: the madonna frequency& the food of gods with jasmuheen 43 with energy of the theta. delta field without burning out the electro-circuitry of the bio-system. this lifestyle can also be applied as a cleanse and detoxification program as we apply the 3> 2; 2> 1 and t

ourse will be yes i do! although this is a simple tool, it is one of the most powerful we have for gaining the physical bio-systems co-operation for the co-creation of health and happiness. in metaphysics love is the foundation for all change and expansion. lifestyle 4. the love lifestyle tool: a perfect diet program for physical, emotional, mental and spiritual nourishment. this includes the use of water, diet and exercise to create a biosystem that again is capable of being well tuned, and accepting, and coping, with energy of the theta. delta field. this energy needs to be downloaded safely without burning out the electro-circuitry of the bio-system. diet refinement is also to be applied as a cleanse and detoxification program while applying the 3> 2; 2> 1 system, then the meat> vegetar

oxing and processing, i prefer the system of theta. delta field flooding. this means the flooding of our cells, and the memories that they hold, with the violet light spectrum of divine love, divine wisdom and divine power, a frequency field that has the power to transmute everything into itself. this works on the concept of assimilation where, for example, if enough pink dye is added to a bucket of water it transforms the water from being clear to bright pink depending on how much dye is added. part of the property of the theta. delta field and its violet light spectrum is its natural power of transformation as we have shared before. so the choice is that we can process, or flood and transform, or do both if required. i prefer to bathe in the love of the divine and be both nourished and a

q: what happens to the digestive organs, do they wither and shrink? when one goes into the body and looks, with tuned inner vision, one witnesses a flow of energy, like a wave, magnetize to our body. this happens in response to our instruction and command to universal forces to be pranically fed. prana then flows in through the pores of the skin. it reminds me of a process where whales sieve tons of water to divine nutrition: the madonna frequency& the food of gods with jasmuheen 156 absorb the plankton. to then look at organs and in bones and the bloodstream is amazing. what i see generally is a reflection of vibrant health. this inner diagnosis of reading energy fields intuitively is our 6th sense being activated. diagnosis can vary depending whether one is burning off dross on a cellula

JENNINGS HARGRAVE ROSICRUCIANS RITES MYSTERIES

nciples are never separated; for nature proceeds not so far in her dissolutions. when death hath done her worst, there is an vnion between these two, and out of them shall t rosicrucian limbus. 131 god raise us at the last day, and restore us to a spiritual constitution. i do not conceive there shall be a resurrection of every species, but rather their terrestrial parts, together with the element of water (for there shall be no more sea: revelation, shall be united in one mixture with the earth, and fixed to a pure diaphanous substance. this is st. john s crystall gold, a fundamentall of the new jerusalem so called, not in respect of colour, but constitution. their spirits, i suppose, shall be reduced to their first limbus, a sphere of pure, ethereall fire, like rich eternal tapestry sprea

ire, like rich eternal tapestry spread under the throne of god. coleridge has the following, which bespeaks (and precedes, be it remarked, professor huxley s late supposed original speculations. the assertion is that the matrix or formative substance is, at the base, in all productions, from mineral to man, the same. the germinal powers of the plant transmute the fixed air and the elementary base of water into grass or leaves; and on these the organific principle in the ox or the elephant exercises an alchemy still more stupendous. as the unseen agency weaves its magic eddies, the foliage becomes indifferently the bone and its marrow, the pulpy brain or the solid ivory; and so on through all the departments of nature. coleridge s aids to reflection, 6th ed. vol. i. p. 328. see also herder

doration paid to a perpendicular. the three most celebrated emblems carried in the greek mysteries were the phallus, i; the egg, o; and the serpent, f; or otherwise the phallus, the loni or umbilicus, and the serpent. the first, in each case, is the emblem of the sun, or of fire, as the male, or active, generative power. the second denotes the passive nature, or feminine principle, or the element of water. the third symbol indicates the destroyer, the reformer, or the renewer (the uniter of the two, and thus the preserver or perpetuator eternally renewing itself. the universality of the serpentine worship (or phallic adoration) is attested by emblematic sculpture and architecture all over the world. this does not admit of denial. its character and purpose are, however, wholly misunderstood

JESSUP MK THE CASE FOR THE UFO

ng 13 table of contents_ introduction part i the case for the ufo's "if it waddles? 1 ufo's are real 3 there is intelligence in space 9 short-cut to space travel 15 the home of the ufo's 20 are ufo's russian? 22 space flights: common denominator 24 part ii meteorology speaks falling ice 28 falling stones 32 falling live things 37 falling animal and organic matter 40 falling shaped things 45 falls of water 52 clouds and storms 56 rubbish in space 60 part iii history speaks disappearing ships and crews 65 teleportation or kidnapping? 75 levitation 84 marks and "footprints" 91 disappearing planes 97 fireballs and lights 101 legends 106 part iv astronomy speaks the incredible decade 115 ufo's against the sun 119 location of ufo's 125 ufo patrol 128 the height of the puzzle 133 the case is prov

not visible to the eye. ark in stasis, then came out of stasis. from such analysis we come by easy stages to conceive of a force, ray, or focal point, in some force-field either; unknown to us, or at least not understood, which produces rigidity in a localized or sharply delimited volume of air, or possibly in space itself. we are thinking of something like crystals of ice freezing within a body of water. the element remains the same but its physical attributes change suddenly and drastically. deh o, they can't prove it yet! another example might be the passage of a limited but powerful magnetic field through a scattering of iron filings or iron powder. before the approach of the magnetic flux, the powder lies loose, flexible, and penetrable. yet, when the flux enters it, invisibly and im

arently near the sun" not necessarily physically close to that orb. in conclusion, let us summarize the vital features of these phenomena as they relate to our thesis. most falls involve only low forms of life, most of which require water for their environment, or at least a moist habitat. many falls are reported in clear weather from a clear sky, but most are associated with torrential downpours of water not an ordinary rain. in some cases, isolated and strange-looking clouds are responsible, and some of these suddenly appear in otherwise cloudless skies. the descriptions of these storms and clouds have an element of similarity and the haunting suggestion arises that these storms and clouds are the result of artificial conditions as opposed to ordinary meteorological forces. this does not

ph of some spherical sandstone balls which were blasted out of solid rock by a highway crew near hornbrook, california. the balls appear incredibly ancient. sandstone balls of nearly spherical shape are not especially rare, and they are oblate spheroids which used to be sought after for garden ornaments throughout the middle west. they were called concretions, and were shaped either by the action of water or by successive deposits of sand which later solidified, according to geologists. we can believe in their natural formation, since the condition in which they were found seem to indicate that this is true. but these balls in california were apparently found in quantity, in solid rock. their symmetry indicates artificial shaping, they are an indication of antiquity, rather than a proof. b

result of intelligent direction. such a hypothesis relieves us of having to assume that the ufo's of today must necessarily come from another planet, or another star. we submit that our postulate is an improbability of lesser order, and that the growing evidence of the antiquity of mankind, far beyond anything heretofore admitted by science is a contributory factor worthy of consideration. falls of water there are many instances of lights, clouds or structures which seem to exhibit voluntary or controlled motions. this applies to some isolated freak storms which appear in otherwise undisturbed skies. some of these storms seem to have organic entity. they seem to have many components, including debris of all sorts, and their clouds are apt to be of unique shape, density, texture, or color;

ish between rain and falling water. we are going to assume that the rain is falling water, but that falling water is not necessarily rain at least not as understood by meteorological science. dec. 22, california mysteriously flooded, 1955. all through our research into the falls of unusual objects from the sky, we frequently encounter the statement that these objects fall in a torrential downpour of water, and almost as frequently we find references to peculiar cloud formations which do not appear to have their origin based on normal, or at least familiar, meteorological conditions conditions of weather, that is. we hope that you will give very special thought to the world-wide scope of some of these intense and violent storm periods. there are many cases where storms and floods which inun

KASAK VEEDE UNDERSTANDING PLANETS IN ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA

theon is quite tangled because different cultures and ages have added to it. e.g. sumerians honoured ca 1000 gods, about fifty of whom were considered the main gods, and especially important were seven gods. the great seven. the functions of different gods tended to vary by city states, but of the great seven an was universally the god of heaven, enlil. the god of air and earth, and enki. the god of water and wisdom; less important were utu. the sun god, nanna. the moon god, inanna. the goddess of love and war, and ninhursag, the mother of gods (kramer 1977: 122.130; 146.152. the name and status of the main god depended on who had the power. in sumerian times, the greatest god was an, whose son was enki. in the old babylonian period, of course, the city god of babylon, marduk became the ma

KETAB E SIYAH

by which to pass from heaven to earth. beat, beat your magyar drums and close upon them the thunderous gates and cast against them with double force those storms that have long assailed us. swiftly now and work your spells else this day is surely lost to us. now my brave archers draw back your strings and play for me that singing melody of death. those that are not driven from the sky by the rain of water from the clouds shall be torn down by a more steely weather and cast into these swollen waters to which our own brothers and sisters have been cast by them. all others must make ready other arms by which to defend the wizards and the bowmen for but by them can we keep from flight the winged foe that we without wings may contend not at a disadvantage on the field but rather hold the one re

if humans ceased wholly from preying upon each other, could they continue to exist "love your enemies and do good to them that hate you and dispitefully use you" is the despicable philosophy of the spaniel that rolls upon its back when kicked. obey it, o reader, and you and your posterity to the tenth generation shall be irretrievably and literally damned.they shall be hewers of wood and carriers of water: degenerates, gibeonites. but hate your enemies with a whole heart. if a man smite you on one cheek, smash him down! smite him hip and thigh for self-preservation is the highest law. he who turns the other cheek is a cowardly dog- a christian dog. give him blow for blow, scorn for scorn, doom for doom- with compound interest liberally added thereunto! eye for eye, tooth for tooth- aye, fo

KNOWLEDGE LECTURE FOUR

mercury and the number 8. let him now learn to control his emotions, on no account giving way to anger, hatred and jealousy, but to turn the force he hitherto expended in these directions towards the attainment of perfection, that the malarial marsh of his nature may become a clear and limpid lake, reflecting the divine nature truly and without distortion. let him identify himself with the powers of water, considering the water triplicity in all its aspects, with its attributions and correspondenc a cross each letter represents a number and also has a meaning. five letters have a different shape when written at the end of a word (remember, hebrew is read right to left. mem is the only final with an oblong shape. kaph, nun, pe, and tzaddi have tails that come below the line when written as

KNOWLEDGE LECTURE ONE

ecause i am silent, because i am pure" and it must know that his aspirations are pure enough hand high enough for him to be allowed to tread upon it. he is then allowed to announce to thoth that he is clean from all evil, and has overcome the influence of the planets, and thoth says to him "who is he whose pylons are of flame, whose walls of living uraei, and the flames of whose house are streams of water" and the initiate replies "osiris" and it is immediately proclaimed "the meat shall be from the infinite, and thy drink from the infinite. thou art able to go forth to the sepulchral feasts on earth, for thou has overcome" thus, these two chapters, which are represented by their illustrations upon the pillars, represent the advance and purification of the soul and its union with osiris, t

KNOWLEDGE LECTURE TWO

s these are the essential spiritual beings called upon to praise god in the 'benedicite omnia opera. the kerubim are the living powers of tetragrammaton on the material plane and the presidents of the four elements. they operate through the fixed or kerubic signs of the zodiac and are thus symbolized and attributed: kerub of air man aquarius kerub of fire lion leo kerub of earth bull taurus kerub of water eagle scorpio tetragrammaton means 'four-lettered name' and refers to the unpronounceable name of god symbolized by 'jehovah. the laver of water of purification refers to the waters of binah, the female power reflected in the waters of creation. the altar of burnt offering for the sacrifice of animals symbolizes the qlippoth, or evil demons of the plane contiguous to and below the materia

LAITMAN M FROM CHAOS TO HARMONY

on of this imbalance is a volcanic eruption, which balances the underground pressure with surface pressure. this is nature s way of balancing an unbalanced state. the laws of physics and chemistry explain that the only reason for any movement of matter or object is the quest for balance. to achieve this balance, such phenomena as equilibrium of pressures, concentrations, temperatures, the flowing of water to the lowest place, and the dispersal of heat and cold, are created. in scientific terms, a balanced state is called homeostasis (homo, in latin, means same, and stasis means state. homeostasis is the state to which everything in reality is attracted. however, at the human level, homeostasis requires conscious participation. this is why, as long as we are not chapter four: breaching the

it means that whatever exists in the whole also exists in each of its components. the universe is holographic, as michael talbot demonstrates in his book, the holographic universe, a collection of scientific discoveries in that field. baal hasulam describes the same law in his own words in the article, the secret of conception and birth: general and particular are reciprocally equal as two drops of water, both in the externality of the world, that is, the general state of the planet, and in its internality. this is because we find a complete system of sun and planets dashing around it in even the smallest wateratom, just as in the big world. this law shows that every person, whether egoistic or altruistic, consists of ten percent altruistic forces and ninety percent egoistic forces, as is

LAITMAN M KABBALAH ATTAINING THE WORLDS BEYOND

rtifying ourselves, choosing to focus all our actions on the creator alone. we have learned that living for our own sake brings nothing but suffering. the constant process of correcting ourselves and controlling our thoughts is called "the process of refining" the feelings of suffering caused by egoistic interests should be so acute that we should be prepared to "live on a bite of bread and a sip of water, and to sleep on the bare ground" thus, we should be prepared to do anything necessary to rid ourselves of egoism and personal interests. once we reach the condition described above and feel comfortable in it, we can enter the spiritual realm known as "the world to come (olam haba. thus, suffering can lead nullifying our personal interests- 63- us to decide that renouncing egoism would be

e have passed that first stage and gotten rid of all personal desires, once we are able to direct all thought to the creator, then we may begin a new life, one full of spiritual joy and eternal tranquility, as originally conceived by the will of the creator at the beginning of creation. we need not follow a path of complete self-denial to the extent of being satisfied with a slice of bread, a sip of water and a rest on bare earth as if to accustom our bodies to renouncing egoism. instead of forcibly suppressing our physical desires, we have been given kabbalah, the light of kabbalah, which can help each of us get rid of egoism, the root of all misfortune. the light of kabbalah possesses a certain force that enables us to transcend the desires of one s body. but the spiritual force containe

e who feel emptiness in their lives "he took them from the city to the desert" he opened up the desert in their lives in order, as it is written in the bible "lech acharai ba midbar" the return to the creator- 247 "lech (go) says the creator to the person "acharai ba midbar (after me in the desert) with the feeling that your life without perception of the spiritual is like a desert without a drop of water, that the small spark of redemption from the feeling of emptiness will seem to you like "a cool spring on your exhausted soul" a further example can be found in the passover haggada (story) on the exodus from egypt, from the spiritual captivity of pharaoh our egoism "pharaoh died" finally the person sees that his egoism is not for his good, that it kills him, and obligates him to serve it

gard to spiritual pleasures, they are kept from our correcting egoism- 271- awareness, and we remain in a state of unconsciousness and do not perceive their absence. thus, it is vital for us to feel the presence of the creator. if we were to subsequently lose that perception, it is already clear that we would once again yearn for it. as it is said in psalms, number 42 "as a deer pants for streams of water, so my soul cries out for you, god" the desire to perceive the creator is called "the aspiration to lift the creator s presence from the dust" that is, from the lowest state in our understanding, when everything in our world appears to us more precious than being able to sense the creator. those who keep the commandments due to their upbringing (which in itself is a manifestation of the c

LAITMAN M THE KABBALAH EXPERIENCE

y, and then his prayer is sincere and his generous hand answers him. the writing refers to this as follows: and the children of israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry rose up to god k (exodus 2, 23, because at that time, israel was desperate from the work, as he who draws water from the well in a punctured bucket. he draws water all day long and still has not a drop of water with which to soothe his thirst. so were the sons of israel in egypt; everything they built was buried right there in the ground. so it is with those who have not attained his love. everything they do for the purification of their souls the day before, is lost entirely today, and each moment and each day they must start anew as though they had never done anything in their life. and then

LAITMAN M THE PATH OF KABBALAH

rth (the attribute of reception. that correction is called the middle line. our primary egoistic nature is called the earth line, or the left line. the right line designates t h e pa t h o f k a b b a l a h 324 the property of the creator, water, altruism, and the attribute of bestowal. the middle line is what one must create in order to choose life. this means that one must take the exact amount of water, and water the earth in such a way that the two lines will complement one another and create something new. the combination of these two properties will produce the tree of life. a spiritual individual feels the entire creation and lives in all the worlds simultaneously, eternally and happily. such a person identifies with his or her eternal soul, not with a transient body, considering th

LEADBEATER C W THE HIDDEN LIFE IN FREEMASONRY 2E

ter tends to find its way to the top. hydrogen is the lightest, and what little of it there is in a free state gradually rises to the top of the atmosphere, and some of it escapes and becomes lost in space. that is one of the reasons why the older planets always have less hydrogen than the younger- it leaks away to a certain extent as the planet rushes along through space. that reduces the amount of water on the globe. thus we find that mars, which is older than the earth in proportion to its size, and is in a later period of its life, has slightly more land than water on its surface, while jupiter and saturn which are younger, not in actual age, but in proportion to their size, are almost entirely liquid. there is a great being called the spirit of the earth, who uses the earth as his phy

nd the second degree indicates the necessity for the conquest of that peculiar entanglement of the lower mind in the meshes of desire which in theosophical literature is spoken of as kama-manas. bro wilmshurst remarks: 577. this [the p c w c] is meant to be descriptive of the candidate himself, and of his own spiritual condition. it is he who is an ear of corn planted near and nourished by a fall of water. his own spiritual growth, as achieved in the apprentice stage, is typified by the ripening corn; the fertilizing cause of its growth being the downpouring upon his inner nature of the vivifying dew of heaven as the result of his aspiration towards the light(*the meaning of masonry, p. 119) 578. the preparation 579. it will be noticed that in the preparation of the candidate the same prin

ing and drinking, his giving and taking, his reading and companionship. he takes his pay in specie, and buys what he will- no longer a child, but a responsible man. he seeks experience and wisdom; it need not be thrust upon him or given from the outside. 614. but in all that use of his wealth and power and opportunity, the c c n fs ideal should be service. he has to be as an ear of corn by a fall of water for others, so that his presence shall always be a blessing to them, a source of their spiritual nourishment, their happiness and true prosperity. 615. the winding form of the staircase may be thought to indicate that evolution is always in the form of a spiral, not of a straight line. we are constantly coming round again to the kind of work and knowledge and duty that we have done before

LEADBEATER CW GLIMPSES OF MASONIC HISTORY

he new lodge and to dedicate it to the service of t.g.a.o.t.u. 96. the call is answered. as the corn is scattered in the north, a great golden angel of earth descends in majesty, followed by his angel-train, some of whom are left behind to be the channels of the power of his hierarchy whenever the lodge is opened in due and ancient form. the pouring of wine in the south invokes a great blue angel of water, also attended by other angels less great than he; similarly the offering of oil in the west calls upon a mighty crimson angel of fire, who pours down into the lodge the splendid rhythmic power of that most terrible and lovely of the elements. as the salt is strewn in the east, an angel of the air flashes down from on high, he and his attendants being of a wonderful silver hue shot throug

s clearly an occult parable of the descent of the soul into matter. if we remember how the story tells us that proserpine was carried away while she was plucking the flower of the narcissus, at once we have a suggestion of connection with that other myth of the soul s life. narcissus is represented to have been a young man of extraordinary beauty who fell in love with his own reflection in a pool of water, and was so much attracted by it that he fell into the pool and was drowned, and was afterwards changed by the gods into a beautiful flower. it was taught that the soul was not originally immersed in matter, and need not have been so, but for the fact that she was attracted by the image of herself in the lower conditions of matter, symbolized by water. beguiled by this reflection, she ide

d christianity are very close; they are well summarized thus in the encyclopedia britannica: 425. the fraternal and democratic spirit of the first communities, and their humble origin; the identification of the object of adoration with light and the sun; the legends of the shepherds with their gifts and adoration, the flood, and the ark; the representation in art of the fiery chariot, the drawing of water from the rock; the use of bell and candle, holy water and the communion; the sanctification of sunday and of the 25th of december; the insistence on moral conduct, the emphasis placed upon abstinence and self-control; the doctrine of heaven and hell, of primitive revelation, of the mediation of the logos emanating from the divine, the atoning sacrifice, the constant warfare between good a

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

born. hence, for example, an individual who was generous in one lifetime might be reborn as a wealthy person in her or his next incarnation.moksha is the traditional hindu term for release or liberation from the endless chain of deaths and rebirths. according to the upanishadic view, what happens at the point of moksha is that the individual atman merges into the cosmic brahman, much like a drop of water,which, when dropped into the ocean, loses its individuality and becomes one with the ocean. buddha accepted the basic hindu doctrines of reincarnation and karma, as well as the notion, common to most south asian religions, that the ultimate goal of the religious life was to escape the cycle of death and rebirth (samsara. buddha asserted that what kept us bound to the death/rebirth process

nsians, who were militarily destroyed in the early 1200s by the only successful medieval crusade, which began in 1209. cathars were distinguished from other medieval heretic groups for rejecting such basic christian beliefs as the doctrine of incarnation, christ s two natures, the virgin birth, and bodily resurrection. they also repudiated the church hierarchy and sacraments, particularly baptism of water and matrimony, and followed an ascetic lifestyle that included celibacy, vegetarianism, and even ritual suicide.most cathars accepted only the new testament, which they read in its catholic version. the universe was seen by cathars as constituted of two coexisting spheres: the kingdom of the good god who was spiritual and suprasensible, and who had created the invisible heaven, its spirit

finally, the air fills with great clouds that rain down a ferocious deluge until the world perishes in watery darkness. to cite heinrich zimmer s evocative description from his classic myths and symbols in indian art and civilization, the ultimate elements melt into the undifferentiated fluid out of which they once arose. the moon, the stars, dissolve. the mounting tide becomes a limitless sheet of water. this is the interval of a night of brahma (zimmer 1946, 3. the universe is reabsorbed into the ultimate divinity (vishnu in the puranic texts, who withdraws into inactivity. the deity s static state is traditionally symbolized by the image of vishnu asleep on the coils of a giant serpent, who floats like a raft on the surface of the primordial waters.at the beginning of the next day, bra

ams, soon began to tell them stories about her native barbados, including tales of voodoo. the girls were fascinated with the subject, and were joined by other girls in the village, ranging from age twelve to twenty. they began telling each other s fortunes and tried to discover the trades of their future husbands through a primitive crystal ball that they made by floating an egg white in a glass of water. it is said that one saw the likeness of a coffin, representing death. beginning with betty parris in january 1692, the girls began having fits, crawling into holes, making strange noises and contorting their bodies. rev. parris decided to consult the village physician, dr. william griggs, who could find no medical precedent for the girls condition. thus he diagnosed bewitchment, since at

be followed among human beings as well as between humans and the nonhuman world which were spoken by the master of life in the beginning. the creator s words cited above indicate that wholesale abandonment of these laws would de facto constitute abandonment of order and return to chaos. in common with other algonquian tribes, shawnee mythology contains a migration narrative in which a large body of water is crossed (this myth has often been viewed by scholars as a cultural memory of the migration from asia to north america) in some versions of this tale, the original people abandon a barren and inhospitable place for a better land across the ocean. but whatever the motivation for crossing, the great expanse of water is almost always seen as a barrier that must be overcome by magical means

irst there is the release of the four horsemen of the apocalypse:war, famine, death, and civil conflict. this is followed by martyrs calling out for justice, then an earthquake on earth while the sun turns black and the moon red.when the seventh and last seal is opened, wormwood appears: a great star fell from heaven, blazing like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the fountains of water. the name of the star is wormwood (rev. 8:10 11. here on earth wormwood causes the death of many mortals by his poisoning of the rivers and waters. wormwood is also referred to in a work of fiction by c. s. lewis entitled the screwtape letters. the letters are addressed to wormwood, who is the nephew of screwtape( an important official in his satanic majesty s lowerarchy. wormwood himself

LIBER O

hich has been till then retained in the lungs. all this must be done with all the force of which you are capable (e) then withdraw the left foot, and place the right forefinger note 2- 1. this injunction does not apply to gods like phthah or harpocrates whose natures do not accord with this gesture. 2. or the thumb, the fingers being closed. the thumb symbolises spirit, the forefinger the element of water -378- upon the lips, so that you are in the characteristic position of the god harpocrates (f) it is a sign that the student is performing this correctly when a single "vibration" entirely exhausts his physical strength. it should cause him to grow hot all over or to perspire violently, and it should so weaken him that he will find it difficult to remain standing. 6. it is a sign of succe

n# i g n g -380- the signs of 4= 7. raise the arms above the head and join the hands, so that the tips of the fingers and of the thumbs meet, formulating a triangle (see illustration (the grade of 4= 7) is particularly attributed to the element fire; it refers to the planet venus; the paths of q, z and p are attributed to this degree. for other attributions see 777 lines 7 and 31. the pentagrams of water. i' b n\ a v# n o- i name: la (el. k' s i\ h n\ i g n g the signs of 3= 8. raise the arm till the elbows are on a level with the shoulders, bring the hands across the chest, touching the thumbs and tips of fingers so as to form a triangle apex downwards (see illustration (the grade of 3= 8) is particularly attributed to the element of water; it refers to the planet mercury; the paths of r

pper triangle (ix. trace the hexagram of earth in the 2\ south, saying "ararita. this hexagram *1 has the apex of the lower triangle pointing- downwards, and it should be capable of/ inscription in a circle\ 1 (x. trace the hexagram of air in the 2/ west, saying "ararita. this hexagram/ is like that of earth; but the bases of the/ triangles coincide, forming a diamond -383 (xi. trace the hexagram of water in the/ north, saying "ararita# this hexagram has the lower triangle placed\ above the upper, so that their apices coincide (xii. repeat (i-vii. the banishing ritual is identical, save that the direction of the hexagrams must be reversed. the greater ritual of the hexagram. invoking banishing- 2 *2 *1 1# 1 2 *1* 2* 1 *2- 2# 1/ 4:9# 6:7-*5:8 3:10- 2:4* 2:11/*1:12^ 1:12- 6:7* 4:9 3:10 5:8-*

LIBER 141

absence of the lion. for the gluten is but a menstruum or solvent, and containeth nothing in itself. the tradition also of certain lesser initiations confirmeth this. yet considerations of divinity and of philosophy, and even of physics, do assure that our way excelleth others even as spring tides exceed the neap. water burneth the skin not at all, and the oil of vitriol but slowly but add a drop of water to the drop of oil, and instantly cometh heat and a pang intense and sharp. this is but analogy, yet just, and pleasing to the philosopher. xii of the choice of an assistant with regard to the choice of one to serve this sacrament, man is so confused in mind, and so easily deceived as to this matter, that it seems to us not unreasonable to allow full sway to the caprice of the moment. for

LIBER 777

f hercules. the lord of the waves and the waters. the king of the hosts of the sea. 20 k to 20 l, including most of pegasus. 32 bis the princess of the shining flame. the rose of the palace of fire. rules one quadrant of heavens round n. pole. the princess of the waters. the rose of the palace of the floods. rules another quadrant 31 bis the root of the powers of fire (ace) the root of the powers of water. lxxiii. the court cards of the tarot, with the spheres of their celestial dominion swords. lxxiv. the court cards of the tarot, with the spheres of their celestial dominion pantacles. 11 the prince of the chariot of air. 20 j to 20 k the prince of the chariot of earth. 20 a to 20 b 23 the queen of the thrones of air. 20 f to 20 g the queen of the thrones of the earth. 20 i to 20 j 31 the

f the spirits of air. 20 b to 20 c the lord of the wide and fertile land. the king of the spirits of earth. 20 e to 20 f 32 bis the princess of the rushing winds. the lotus of the palace of air. rules a 3rd quadrant. the princess of the echoing hills. the lotus of the palace of the earth. rules a 4th quadrant of the heavens about kether. 31 bis the root of the powers of air the root of the powers of water. lxxv. the five elements (tatwas. lxxvi. the five skandhas. clxxxviii. the body. 11 vayu the blue circle sankhara breath 23 apas the silver crescent vedana chyle, lymph 31 agni or tejas the red triangle sa a blood 32 bis prithivi the yellow square rupa solid structures, tissues 31 bis akasa the black egg vi nanam semen, marrow cxci. the four noble truths (buddhism) clxxxix. cxc. bodily fu

ah hylww hyhly labmw lahhy 9 latry hyhac hylas layru lawnu layjm 1010 garden of eden, or everlasting abode, made of red pearls or pure musk layyr lamwa hylcu lahym hybmd laqnm cxxxii. pairs of angels ruling coins. cxxxiii* titles and attributions of the wand suit [clubs] cxxxiv. titles and attributions of the cup or chalice suit [hearts] 0. 1. the root of the powers of fire the root of the powers of water 2 labkl hyrcw% in a the lord of dominion$ ind the lord of love 3 hywjy hyjhl! a established strength [virtue# d abundance 4 hyqwh ladnm$ a perfected work [completion= d blended pleasure [luxury] 5 hyhbm laywp' e strife% h loss in pleasure [disappointment] 6 hymmn lalyy& e victory! h pleasure 7 lajrh larxm% e valour$ h illusionary success [debauch] 8 hyaka layhk# i swiftness' l abandoned s

the sea, wherein a scarab us marcheth landwards. line 30. below is a wall, in front of which, in a fairy ring, two children wantonly and shamelessly embrace. line 31. an angel blowing a trumpet, adorned with a golden banner bearing a white cross. below a fair youth rises from a sacrophagus in the attitude of the god shu supporting the firmament. on his left a fair woman, her arms giving the sign of water an inverted c on the breast. on his right a dark man giving the sign of fire an upright b on the forehead. line 32. an ellipse, composed of 400 lesser circles. at the corners of the card a man, an eagle, a bull, and a lion. within the circles a naked shining figure in the sign of earth right foot advanced, fight hand advanced and raised, left hand lowered and thrown back. the hands grip e

LIBER ALEPH

rough acciental cause) s all diseases have two conjunct causes, one immediate, external and exciting, the other constitutional, internal, and predisposing, so it is with dreams, which are dis-eases, or unbalanced states of consciousness, disturbers of sleep as thoughts are of life. this exciting cause is commonly of two kinds: videlicet, imprimis, the physical condition of the sleeper, as a dream of water caused by a shower without, or a dream of strangulation caused by a dyspnoea, or a dream of lust caused by the seminal congestions of an unclean life, or a dream of falling or flying caused by some unstable equilibrium of body. secundo, the psychic condition of the sleeper, the dream being determined by recent events in his life, usually those of the day previous, and especially such even

nd these are alim, the gods elemental before h descending in their midst made them creative. so then thou mayst use constantly this formula to rearrange things in their own planes; and this is a most pragmatic consideration. t liber aleph vel cxi 92 gn de aquila sumenda (of consuming the eagle) ake in this work the eagle all undefiled and virginal for thy sacrament. and thy technick is the magick of water, so that thine act is of nourishment, and not of generation. therefore the prime use of this art is to build up thine own nature. but if thou hast skill to control the mood of the eagle, then mayst thou work many an admirable effect upon thine environment. thou knowest how great is the fame of witch-women (old and without man) to cause events, although they create nothing. it is this stra

LIBER ASTARTE

witness that this which followeth is the crux and quintessence of the whole method. first, if he have no image, let him take anything soever, and consecrate it as an image of his god. likewise with his robes and instruments, his suffumigations and libations: for his robe hath he not a night-dress; for his instrument a walking-stick; for his suffumigations a burning match, for his libation a glass of water? but let him consecrate each thing that he useth to the service of that particular deity, and not profane the same to any other use. svb figvra clxxv 5 16. continuation. next, concerning his time, if it be short. let him labour mentally upon his invocation, concentrating it, and let him perform this invocation in his heart whenever he hath the leisure. and let him seize eagerly upon every

LIBER CCC KHABS AM PEKHT

a bond, as in liber iii it is duly written. amen. now, son, note, pray thee, in what house we write these words. for it is a little cottage of red and green, by the western side of a great lake, and it is hidden in the woods. man, therefore, is at odds with wood and water; and being a magician bethinketh himself to take one of these enemies, wood, which is both the effect and cause of that excess of water, and compel it to fight for him against the other. what then maketh he? why, he taketh unto himself iron of mars, an axe and a saw and a wedge and a knife, and he divideth wood therewith against himself, hewing him into many small pieces, so that he hath no longer any strength against his will. good; then taketh he the fire of our father the sun, and setteth it directly in battle array ag

LIBER CCXLII AHA

and thou shalt be.how small! be naught, and thou shalt be the all! eat not; all meat shall fill thy mouth: drink, and thy soul shall die of drouth! fill thyself; and that thou seekest is diluted to its weakest. empty thyself; the ghosts of night flee before the living light. who clutches straws is drowned; but he that hath the secret of the sea, lives with the whole lust of his limbs, takes hold of water fs self, and swims. see, the ungainly albatross stumbles awkwardly across earth.one wing-beat, and he flies most graceful gallant in the skies! so do thou leave thy thoughts, intent on thy new noble element! throw the earth shackles off, and cling liber ccxlii 4 to what imperishable thing arises from the married death of thine own self in that whereon thou art fixed. olympas. then all lif

LIBER CHANOKH

from the centre to the sides of the tablet. saiinov soaiznt linea patris laoazrp ligdisa linea filii slgaiol lsrahp linea s.s. these three sets of names rule the whole tablet, and must be invoked before specializing in the lesser angles of the sub-elements. 4. the calvary crosses. the name upon the cross read vertically is the name which calls forth the powers of the lesser angle.7 nelapr (water of water) olgota (air of water) maladi (earth of water) iaaasd (fire of water) the name read horizontally on the cross is that which compels the evoked force to obedience. omebb (water of water) aalco (air of water) ocaad (earth of water) atapa (fire of water) 5. above the bar of the calvary cross remain in each case four squares. these are allotted to the kerubim, who must next be invoked.8 they

n this case correspond, according to a somewhat complex rule which it is unnecessary to give here.15 the attributions to the court cards of the tarot naturally follow.16 4. lesser squares. the upper side of each pyramid is governed by the kerub standing on the file above it. the lower side is governed by the kerub also, but in order descending as the are from right to left above [see angle of air of water; the kerubs go earth, fire, water, air (from the square marked d, the fifth from the left in the top rank of the tablet, and downward the lower sides of the squares marked o, d, e, z go earth, fire, water, air] the left-hand side refers to the element of the tablet, the right-hand side to the sub-element of the lesser angle.17 5. the black cross or central tablet. the upper and lower side

ier are your voices than the manifold winds! for you are become a building such as is not, save in the mind of the all-powerful. arise, saith the first: move thereofre unto his servants! shew yourselves in power, and make me a strong seer-of-things:8 for i am of him that liveth for ever [invokes: the file of spirit in the tablet of spirit. e.the root of the powers of air. h.the root of the powers of water. n.the root of the powers of earth. b.the root of the powers of fire. the four aces] liber lxxxiv 23 the opening of the temple in the grade of 2 =98 give the sign of shu [knock] let us adore the lord and king of air! shaddai el chai! almighty and ever-living one, be thy name ever magnified in the life of all (sign of shu) amen [make the invoking pentagram of spirit active in these names:

name is become mighty among us. in whom we say: move! descend! and apply yourselves unto us as unto the partakers of his secret wisdom in your creation. 167 words in this english call [invokes: exarp; the whole tablet of air. the angle of d of d. the prince of the chariot of the winds] the opening of the temple in the grade of 3 =88 give the sign of auramoth [knock] let us adore the lord and king of water! elohim tzabaoth! elohim of hosts! glory be to the ruach elohim which moved upon the face of the waters of creation! amen [make the invoking pentagram of spirit passive and pronounce these names: hyha alga hcoma [make the invoking pentagram of water and pronouce: l a. twabx \yhla] liber lxxxiv 25 and elohim said: let us make adam in our own image; and let them have dominion over the fish

face of the waters of creation! amen [make the invoking pentagram of spirit passive and pronounce these names: hyha alga hcoma [make the invoking pentagram of water and pronouce: l a. twabx \yhla] liber lxxxiv 25 and elohim said: let us make adam in our own image; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea! in the name of l a, strong and powerful, and in the name of twabx \yhla, spirits of water, adore your creator [make sigil of eagle with cup] in the name of larbg and in the sign of the eagle, spirits of water, adore your creator [make cross with cup] in the names and letters of the great western quadrangle, spirits of water, adore your creator [elevate cup] in the three great secret names of god, mph arsl gaiol that are borne upon the banners of the west, spirits of water, ado

the sign of the eagle, spirits of water, adore your creator [make cross with cup] in the names and letters of the great western quadrangle, spirits of water, adore your creator [elevate cup] in the three great secret names of god, mph arsl gaiol that are borne upon the banners of the west, spirits of water, adore your creator [elevate cup] in the name of raagiosel, great king of the west, spirits of water, adore your creator! in the name of elohim tzabaoth, i declare that the spirits of water have been duly invoked [the knock w.www.w.www] the fourth key otahil elasadi babaje, od dorepaha gohol: gi-cahisaje auauago coremepe peda, dasonuf vi-vau-di-vau? casaremi oeli meapeme sobame agi corempo carep-el: casaremeji caro-o-dazodi cahisa od vaugeji; dasata ca-pi-mali cahisa ca-pi-ma-on: od elon

LIBER CLXV A MASTER OF THE TEMPLE

this experience in detail as it was somewhat different from any previous experiment. after prayer, formulated astral enclosing body and began to rise. tried to ascend middle pillar. dark blue, then more purple. presently found my astral body in a sort of open temple square with 4 pillars for corners, open sides and a high domed roof. in the centre the equinox 164 of the floor was a circular basin of water. someone said (of the water) it is thyself (or thy mind. could distinguish nothing for some time. presently a star appeared in the centre of the pool, evidently reflected through a circular hole in centre of roof. looking up, could not see this star from where i was standing on the step at front of temple. someone said: enter the water. did so, finding it reached to the neck. looked up, a

LIBER CORDIS CINCTI SERPENTE

vil of italy; a fair strong woman with worn cheeks, eaten out with hunger for kisses. she hath played the harlot in divers places; she hath given her body to the beasts. 41. she hath slain her kinsfolk with strong venom of toads; she hath been scourged with many rods. 42. she hath been broken in pieces upon the wheel; the hands of the hangman have bound her unto it. 14 liber lxv 43. the fountains of water have been loosed upon her; she hath struggled with exceeding torment. 44. she hath burst in sunder with the weight of the waters; she hath sunk into the awful sea. 45. so am i, o adonai, my lord, and such are the waters of thine intolerable essence. 46. so am i, o adonai, my beloeved, and thou hast burst me utterly in sunder. 47. i am shed out like spilt blood upon the mountains; the rave

LIBER CXX

t there be a gathering of the lords of silence" 111-11111-111 (he knocketh, he riseth, and giveth the 3 signs of. taking the weapon of which he means to work through out, or if he be assisted by a child, the appropriate weapon be advanced to the center and crieth "i am armed! i am armed! i am strong! i am strong (he goes to the west, where dwell the undines "with my wand i drive back the dwellers of water (to the south, where are salamanders "let the dwellers of fire cower before the fire of my sword (in the east, the home of the sylphs "let the winds draw back at the waving of the spear (in the north, among the gnomes "i have imprisoned the inhabitants of earth. let them keep silence before me (returns to center "i am armed! i am strong! let them bow, before the splendor of ra-hoor-khuit

o seal the grade. he is thus the pentagram in himself. the hierophant. his dress is that of the magus described by abramelin. the wand is in his hand; but the spear and sword are ready. the candidate, dresses as is his custom, fasts for four and twenty hours. before the admission he eats a full meal. then the officer, approaching sayeth "hail! hail unto thee o tum, who comest forth from the abyss of water! hail unto thee, who shinest with double splendour, let thy words be spoken with might unto those khus that abide in the hall, and let- triumphant enter into their assembly- hath performed the decree which hath been spoken to the armies of ra at eventide; therefore let him/her come forth as a living khu in the place of the dead; let the gods rejoice, one and all, crying aloud: hail! even

LIBER DCCCLX JOHN ST

ect of the world whose culmination is the keeping of the oath .i will interpret every phenomenon as a particular dealing of god with my soul. was present with me. this aspect is difficult to describe; one is indifferent to everything and yet interested in it. the meaning of things is lost, pending the inception of their spiritual meaning; just as, on putting one fs eye to the microscope, the drop of water on the slide is gone, and a world of life discovered, though the real import of that world is not apprehended, until one fs knowledge becomes far greater than a single glance can make it. 10.55. having written the above, i shall rest for a few moments to try and get rid of my headache. a good simile (by the way) for the yog. is to say that he 10.24- 10.39 john st. john 19 watches his thou

.17. can neither sleep nor concentrate. john st. john 105 instead grotesque .astral. images of a quite base gargoylish type. i suppose i shall have to pentagram them off like a damned neophyte. je m.emmerde! 3.08. praise the lord, i wake! if that can be called waking which is a mere desperate struggle to keep the eyes open. 3.18. pranayama all wrong.very difficult. rose, washed, drank a few drops of water (n.b..to-night have drunk several times, a mouthful at a time; other nights, and days, no. all entries into body recorded duly) 3.30. have done 10 breath-cycles; am quite awake. it will therefore now be lawful again to sleep. 8.12. awoke at 7.40, read a letter which arrived, and tried quite vainly to concentrate. 8.52. have risen, written a letter. will break my fast.cafe croissant.and go

LIBER DCLXXI VEL PYRAMIDOS

came; i know not whither i go; i seek.but what, i do not know! i am blind and bound; but i have heard one cry ring through eternity; arise and follow me! the candidate still, bound and hoodwinked: asar un-nefer! i invoke the fourfold horror of the smoke. unloose the pit! by the dread word of power.that set-typhon hath heard. sazaz sazaz adnatsan sazaz1 the fear of darkness and of death. the fear of water and of fire the fear o. the chasm and the chain the fear of hell and the dead breath. the fear of him, the demon dire that on the threshold of the inane stands with his dragon fear to slay 1 (pronounce this backwards. but it is very dangerous. it opens the gates of hell) liber dclxxi vel pyramidos 5 the pilgrim of the way. thus i pass by with force and care, advance with fortitude and wit

LIBER LXVII THE SWORD OF SONG

at the buddha who had spoken this command was not the same as the buddha before he had spoken it, lies the proof that the buddha, by speaking this command, violated it. more, not only did he slay himself; he breathed in millions of living organisms and slew them. he could nor eat nor drink nor breathe without murder implicit in each act. huxley cites the .pitiless microsco-pist. who showed a drop of water to the brahmin who boasted himself .ahimsa..harmless. so among the .rights. of a bhikkhu is medicine. he who takes quinine does so with the deliber-ate intention of destroying innumerable living beings; whether this is done by stimulating the phagocytes, or directly, is morally indifferent. how such a fiend incarnate, my dear brother ananda maitriya, can call him .cruel and cowardly. who

dwell in this alone. 2 here is the little rift within the lute which alienated crowley from active work on buddhist lines; the orthodox failing to see his attitude. 3 a more likely idea that the brilliantly logical nonsense of .pansil. supra. the three characteristics 77 the bulk of cases one should certainly abstain from destroying life, that is, wantonly and wilfully: but i cannot drink a glass of water without killing countless myriads of living beings. if you knew as i do, the conditions of existence: struggle deadly and inevitable, every form of life the inherent and immitigable foe of every other form, with few, few exceptions, you would not only cease to talk of the wickedness of causing death, but you would perceive the first noble truth, that no existence can be free from sorrow;

ntend about it, that they might possess it. but our eldest brother v. n. bade all be still; and thus he apportioned the sacred relics of our father. to the angel agbagal, the fore part of the skull; to the demon ozoz, the back left part of the skull; to the demon olcot,1 the back right part of the skull; to ten thousand myriads of spirits of fire, each one hair; to ten thousand myriads of spirits of water, each one hair; to ten thousand myriads of spirits of earth, each one hair; to ten thousand myriads of spirits of air, each one hair; to the archangel zazelazel, the brain; to the angel usbusolat, the medulla; to the demon ululomis, the right nostril; to the angel opael, the left nostril; to the spirit kuiphiah, the membrane of the nose; to the spirit pugrah, the bridge of the nose; to el

LIBER LXXVIII

not easily satisfied with small and limited ideas. apt to be maligned through too much self-assumption. a good and generous, but sometimes foolish nature. yesod of h (complete success, pleasure and happiness, wishes fulfilled. therein rule the angels hylas and layru. a description of the cards of the taro 41 xliv the lord of perfected success ten of cups or chalices hand, as usual, holding bunch of water-lilies or lotuses, whose flowers pour a white water into all the cups, which all run over. the uppermost cup is held sideways by a hand, and pours water into the left-hand upper cup. a single lotus flower surmounts the top cup, and is the source of the water that fills it. above and below the symbols% and l. permanent and lasting success and happiness, because inspired from above. not so

LIBER O

eat voice proceeded from the universe, and not from himself. in both the above practices all consciousness of anything but the god-form and name should be absolutely blotted out; and the longer it takes for normal perception to return, the better* see illustration in equinox vol. i. no. 1 .blind force. or the thumb, the fingers being closed. the thumb symbolizes spirit, the forefinger the element of water [note added in the version of .liber o. in magick in theory and practice. see illustration in equinox vol. i. no. 1 .the silent watcher. liber o vel manvs et sagitta 6 iv 1. the rituals of the pentagram and hexagram must be committed to memory. they are as follows. the lesser ritual of the pentagram (i) touching the forehead, say ateh (unto thee (ii) touching the breast, say malkuth (the

l h i m (elohim. the sign of 4 =7: raise the arms above the head and join the hands so that the tips of the fingers and of the thumbs meet, formulating a triangle (see illustration (the grade of 4 =7 is particularly attributed to the element fire; it refers to the planet venus; the paths of q, x, and p are attributed to this degree. for other attributions see .777. lines 7 and 31. the pentagrams of water invoking aa banishing name: a l (el. liber o vel manvs et sagitta 8 the sign of 3 =8: raise the arms till the elbows are on a level with the shoulders, bring the hands across the chest, touching the thumbs and tips of fingers so as to form a triangle apex downwards (see illustration (the grade of 3 =8 is particularly attributed to the element of water; it refers to the planet mercury; the

l point of the upper triangle (ix) trace the hexagram of earth in the south saying .ararita. this hexagram has the apex of the lower triangle pointing downwards, and it should be capable of inscription in a circle. e (x) trace the hexagram of air in the west, saying .ararita. this hexagram is like that of earth; but the bases of the triangles coincide, forming a diamond. e (xi) trace the hexagram of water in the north, saying .ararita. this hexagram has the lower triangle placed above the upper, so that their apices coincide. e (xii) repeat (i-vii) the banishing ritual is identical, save that the direction of the hexagrams must be reversed.12 svb figvra vi. 11 the greater ritual of the hexagram to invoke or banish planets or zodiacal signs. the hexagram of earth alone is used. draw the hex

LIBER SAMEKH

ll and is none, by the power of eleven! h aphen-iaf g thou treasure of iaf! h i g thou virgin twin-sexed! thou secret seed! thou inviolate wisdom! h photheth g abode of the light c h abrasax g c of the father, the sun, of hadit, of the spell of the aon of horus! h aeoou g our lady of the western gate of heaven! h ischure g mighty art thou! h8 mighty and bornless one (vide supra (the conception is of water, glowing, inhabited by a solar- phallic dragon-serpent, of a neptunian nature) hear me, and make all spirits subject unto me, so that every spirit of the firmament and of the ether: upon the earth and under the earth: on dry land and in the water: of whirling air, and of rushing fire: and every spell and scourge of god may be obedient unto me. section e. earth i invoke thee. ma go mother!

19 section e he goes to the north to invoke earth; flowers of green flame flash forth from his his weapon. as practice makes the adept perfect in this work, it becomes automatic to attach all these complicated ideas and intentions to their correlated words and acts. when this is attained, he may go deeper into the formula by amplifying its correspondences. thus, he make invoke water in the manner of water, extending his will with majestic and irresistable motion, midnful of its impulse gravitation, yet with a suave and tranquil appearance of weakness. again, he may apply the formula of water to its peculiar purpose as it surges back into his sphere, using it with conscious skill for the cleansing and calming of the receptive and emotional elements in his character, and for the solution or

LIBER THISHARB

is 8 liber bracyt vel via memoria nearer to his home. then why is his home near spain? because his parents were germans. and why did they go to germany? and so during the whole meditation. 31. on another day, let him begin with a question of another kind, and every day devise new questions, not only concerning his present situation, but also abstract questions. thus let him connect the prevalence of water upon the surface of the globe with its necessity to such life as we know, with the specific gravity and other physical properties of water, and let him perceive ultimately through all this the necessity and concord of things, not concord as the schoolmen of old believed, making all things for man's benefit or convenience, but the essential mechanical concord whose final law is inertia. an

LIBER TRIGRAMMATON

mmaton now then a giant arose, of terrible strength; and asserted the spirit in a secret rite. and the master of the temple balancing all things arose; his stature was above the heaven and below earth and hell. against him the brothers of the left-hand path, confusing the symbols. they concealed their horror [in this symbol; for in truth they were the master flamed forth as a star and set a guard of water in every abyss. also certain secret ones concealed the light of purity in themselves, protecting it from the persecutions. likewise also did certain sons and daughters of hermes and of aphrodite, more openly. but the enemy confused them. they pretended to conceal that light, that they might betray it, and profane it. svb figvra xxvii 3 yet certain holy nuns concealed the secret in songs u

LIBER XCV THE WAKE WORLD

was all shaved in patches like a poodle. we kissed him and petted him, and it was lovely. you must remember that i never let go of my fairy prince for a single instant, or of course i should have been turned into a horrid black toad. then there was another passage called the arrow by day, and there was a most lovely lady all shining with the sun, and moon, and stars, who was lighting a great bowl of water with one hand, by dropping dew on it out of a cup, and with the other she was putting out a terrible fire with a torch. she had a red lion and a white eagle, that she had via o v. oculus via s v. sustentaculum liber xcv 10 always had ever since she was a little girl. she had found them in a nasty pit full of all kinds of filth, and they were very savage; but by always treating them kindly

LIBER XLI THIEN TAO

he outraged daimio. g.and you are everywhere hailed as the godfather of your country! h gdo not tell me that the british war has ended disastrously for us! h and he called for the elaborate apparatus of hari-kiri. gon the contrary, my lord, the ridiculous sa mon, who would never go to sea because he was afraid of being sick, although his genius for naval strategy had no equal in the seven abysses of water, after a month as stowaway on a fishing boat (by the orders of kwaw) assumed the rank of admiral of the fleet, and has inflicted a series of complete and crushing defeats upon the british admirals, who though they had been on the water all their lives, had incomprehensibly omitted to acquire any truly accurate knowledge of the metaphysical systems of sho pi naour and ni tchze. gagain, hu

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

genealogical tradition that presumably was localized in norway. see also agir fs daughters; fornjot; ran references and further reading: matthias tveitane, gomkring det mytologiske navnet agir evannmannen, f h acta philologica scandinavica 31 (1976: 81.95 (summary in english, argues that the name of the being agir, which he understands as gwater-man, h was originally separate from the noun gmass of water, sea. h francis p. magoun treated some place-names, including the name of agir, in gfi feldor and the name of the eider, h namn och bygd 28 (1940: 91.114. franz rolf schroder, gdie gottin des urmeeres und ihr mannlicher partner, h beitrage zur geschichte der deutschen sprache und literatur (tubingen) 82 (1960: 221.264, is centered on nerthus and njord but also 48 norse mythology included

woman was gefjon, of the family of the asir. gshe took four oxen from the north out of jotunheimar, and those were the sons of a giant and her, h and with their supernatural power they plowed up an entire piece of land and took it west to a sound, where they put it down. gefjon named it selund (modern sjalland, the main island of denmark, on which the city of copenhagen is now located. and a body of water was left behind in sweden, gylfi fs realm, called logrinn (the lake, i.e, lake malaren, west of stockholm, and the bays in logrinn match the headlands on seland. deities, themes, and concepts 135 when snorri told this story and quoted the verse in ynglinga saga, he says that odin had just settled at o.insey (odin fs island, modern odense in denmark; the name is more likely to derive from

d 10 describe valholl, with its spear shafts, shields, and byrnies within and a wolf and eagle outside. eleven residences are described, but in place of a twelfth, stanza 17 says that vidar fs land grows with brush and high grass. stanzas 18.26 tell about life in valholl, including the food of the einherjar, the many doors, and heidrun and eikthyrnir. stanzas 27.30 catalog rivers and other bodies of water, and 31.35 describe yggdrasil. stanza 36 lists valkyries. stanzas 37.39 are about the heavenly bodies. stanzas 40.41 tell of the creation of the cosmos from the body of ymir. stanza 42 calls down the protection of ull and may therefore be related to the frame. stanzas 43.44 list the best of things. in stanza 45 grimnir says, in galdralag, that he has revealed his face to asir and elves. i

ad men rode over the bridge yesterday. and yet my bridge resounds no less under you alone, and you do not have the countenance of dead men. why do you ride the road to hel? hermod asks whether baldr has come that way. modgud replies that he has and adds that the way to hel lies down and north. modgud fills to some extent the epic role of one who challenges the hero upon arrival, often near a body of water, but she also functions as a donor figure here by giving hermod the information he needs. she thus seems to have more a narrative than a mythic or religious function. see also baldr; gjallarbru; hermod 232 norse mythology modi (angry-one) son of thor. hymiskvida, stanza 34, uses the kennings gfather of modi h and ghusband of sif h for thor, and in skaldskaparmal snorri agrees that gfather

torika museum, stockholm) wise/ and to grow and to thrive/ a word for me from a word/ sought a word/ a deed for me/ sought a deed. h all this, apparently, from his gtaking up h the runes. within the mythological present odin uses his wisdom to order himself atop the hierarchy of all creatures. in the eddic poem harbardsljod he outwits thor and even makes it impossible for that god to cross a body of water, which is part of thor fs everyday functioning. in vafthrudnismal he defeats the wisest of giants in a contest of wisdom. in grimnismal he carries out an ecstatic wisdom performance while hung in the fire of the human king geirrod, who falls on his sword at the end of the poem and is therefore succeeded by his son agnar; thus odin determines the succession of kings among human beings. odi

n the company of skry lmir, and the events at the hall of utgarda-loki. i treat the first part at greater length in the entry on thjalfi and here will only repeat that, accompanied by loki, thor visits a human family, and because of a violation concerning thor fs goats, thor acquires his human servants thjalfi and roskva. thor, loki, and thjalfi then set out for jotunheimar and cross a large body of water. at night they shelter in an empty hall. after an earthquake they move into a smaller inner room, and throughout the night, as thor stands watch, they hear loud noises. in the morning they learn that the noises were the snoring of a huge fellow who calls himself skry lmir, and that the hall they cowered in was his glove. they agree to travel together, sharing their provisions. however, sk

LURQUIN STONE EVOLUTION AND RELIGIOUS CREATION MYTHS

ical techniques, that our planet is actually spherical, this knowledge was lost during the middle ages. back then, the doctrine of the flat earth prevailed because, after all, earth looks flat when observed from the surface. a flat earth is well indicated in medieval maps that have survived to the present. in these maps, continents whose shapes are incorrect are clustered and surrounded by a ring of water, the universal ocean that marked the boundaries of our planet. thus, a flat earth became an indisputable fact for medieval geographers even though it was a false discovery that is of course no longer accepted today. in a similar vein, but this time with tragic consequences, good common sense in some rural areas of south asia dictates that diarrhea in infants occurs when the baby gets rid

and finally, a fifth category of ribozymes could have spliced together short rnas to make longer genes and increase genetic diversity even further. what would be the evolutionary advantage of pre-protocells that learned how to make proteins over those that did not? an example we gave above is the production of proteins that can lodge themselves inside the fatty acid membrane and favor the uptake of water-soluble compounds from the outside world, such as amino acids and nucleotides. a higher rate of uptake of these building blocks would have made pre-protocells containing the appropriate proteins more fit than their competitors. another example is the appearance of proteins that accelerate all ribozyme functions and make their own synthesis, as well as rna replication, more efficient. and

time. there exist today photosynthetic microbes that live in the absence of oxygen and metabolize hydrogen gas or even noxious hydrogen sulfide gas. the first photosynthetic microorganisms probably resembled these modern bacteria. later, photosynthesis evolved into a mechanism called oxygenic photosynthesis, which is used by all modern plants and many microorganisms. it is based on the metabolism of water, which it decomposes into protons (hydrogen atoms devoid of their single electron) and oxygen, which escapes as gas into the atmosphere. glucose is also produced in the process and is then metabolized. intriguingly, some very ancient microorganisms, called cyanobacteria, that use this new type of photosynthesis still exist today. they live in thick mats called stromatolites. fossil stroma

ing much later. thus, the fossil record gives us the order in which different species appeared and when. then, there are dna-based phylogenies that can tell us which genes and hence which organisms that carry them are ancestral to others. these phylogenies tell us that, for example, photosynthesis using hydrogen sulfide (and the genes coding for it) preceded photosynthesis that uses the splitting of water. by doing this type of comparison at the dna level, we can reconstruct the tree of life (see chapter 3, from the most ancestral genes still in existence today to the most recent ones. this type of analysis has shown that the human species is a young one, which is confirmed by the existence of young fossils (see chapter 4, and that cyanobacteria are a very old species, as confirmed by the

r model called the endosymbiont hypothesis. apart from rare exceptions, all eukaryotes possess mitochondria, with or without chloroplasts, collectively called organelles. animal cells contain mitochondria only, whereas plant cells contain both mitochondria and chloroplasts. no known plants contain only chloroplasts. chloroplasts are the sites where the first steps of photosynthesis, the splitting of water and production of oxygen and chemical energy take place. mitochondria are the sites of oxygen metabolism, which also results in the production of chemical energy. already by the 1910s, some scientists were struck by the size and shape of mitochondria seen under the microscope: they look like bacteria trapped inside a large cell. it took several decades to obtain strong evidence that, inde

emember that the genomes of the parents are not necessarily identical; they are likely to contain genes that are slight variants of one another, thereby allowing higher genetic diversity in their offspring and enhancing their ability to react to the environment, that is, to react to the force of natural selection, in a more flexible fashion. this was recently demonstrated in daphnia pulex, a type of water flea. intriguingly, some populations of this flea reproduce sexually while others reproduce asexually, that is, without the intervention of male fleas. researchers have shown that asexual reproduction leads to an accumulation of deleterious mutations, reinforcing the idea that the blending of two different genomes (one from the father and one from the mother) is advantageous from an evolu

MAGIC AND SPELLS

d attacks. material component. a tiny shield of wood, glass, or crystal. maelstrom conjuration (creation) level: ocean 8 components: v, s, df casting time: 1 full round range: long (400 ft+ 40 ft./level) effect: a whirlpool 120 ft. wide and 60 ft. deep duration: 1 round/level saving throw: reflex negates (and see text) spell resistance: no maelstrom causes a deadly vortex to form in water. a body of water at least 120 feet wide and 60 feet deep must be present, or the spell is wasted. waterborne creatures or objects within 5o feet of the vortex (below and on all sides) must make successful reflex saves or be sucked in. trained swimmers can attempt swim checks instead if their skill modifier is higher than their reflex save bonus. waterborne vessels avoid being sucked in if their operators

eaking or damaging items. material component. a small metal spear. waterspout conjuration (creation) level: ocean 7 components: v, s, df casting time: 1 full round range: long (400 ft+ 40 ft./level) effect: a cylinder 10 ft. wide and 80 ft. tall duration: 1 round/level` saving throw: reflex negates spell resistance: no waterspout causes water to rise up into a whirling, cylindrical column. a body of water at least 10 feet wide and 20 feet deep must be present, or the spell is wasted. if the waterspout encounters insufficient depth after it has formed, it collapses. the waterspout moves at a speed of 30 feet and must remain over water. you can concentrate on controlling the waterspout's every movement or specify a simple program, such as move straight ahead, zigzag, circle, or the like. dir

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

lop dia britannica makes the following statement concerning the mithraic and christian mysteries "the fraternal and democratic spirit of the first communities, and their humble origin; the identification of the object of adoration with light and the sun; the legends of the shepherds with their gifts and adoration, the flood, and the ark; the representation in art of the fiery chariot, the drawing of water from the rock; the use of bell and candle, holy water and the communion; the sanctification of sunday and of the 25th of december; the insistence on moral conduct, the emphasis placed on abstinence and selfcontrol; the doctrine of heaven and hell, of primitive revelation, of the mediation of the logos emanating from the divine, the atoning sacrifice, the constant warfare between good and

his continent among these ten, and atlas, the eldest, he made overlord of the other nine. poseidon further called the country atlantis and the surrounding sea the atlantic in honor of atlas. before the birth of his ten sons, poseidon divided the continent and the coastwise sea into concentric zones of land and water, which were as perfect as though turned upon a lathe. two zones of land and three of water surrounded the central island, which poseidon caused to be irrigated with two springs of water--one warm and the other cold. the descendants of atlas continued as rulers of atlantis, and with wise government and industry elevated the country to a position of surpassing dignity. the natural resources of atlantis were apparently limitless. precious metals were mined, wild animals domesticat

tervals of five and six years a pilgrimage was made to this temple that equal honor might be conferred upon both the odd and the even numbers. here, with appropriate sacrifice, each king renewed his click to enlarge the scheme of the universe according to the greeks and romans. from cartari's imagini degli dei degli antichi. by ascending successively through the fiery sphere of hades, the spheres of water, earth, and air, and the heavens of the moon, the plane of mercury is reached. above mercury are the planes of venus, the sun, mars, jupiter, and saturn, the latter containing the symbols of the zodiacal constellations. above the arch of the heavens (saturn) is the dwelling place of the different powers controlling the universe. the supreme council of the gods is composed of twelve deitie

nar, her power is due to the sun's rays, from which she secures her ruddy complexion. as the moon is robed in the reflected light of the sun, so isis, like the virgin of revelation, is clothed in the glory of solar luminosity. apuleius states that while he was sleeping he beheld the venerable goddess isis rising out of the ocean. the ancients realized that the primary forms of life first came out of water, and modem science concurs in this view. h. g. wells, in his outline of history, describing primitive life on the earth, states "but though the ocean and intertidal water already swarmed with life, the land above the high-tide line was still, so far as we can guess, a stony wilderness without a trace of life" in the next chapter he adds "wherever the shore-line ran there was life, and tha

is, without sin (monumental christianity) many christians observe friday, which is sacred to the virgin (venus, upon which day they shall eat fish and not meat. the sign of the fish was one of the earliest symbols of christianity; and when drawn upon the sand, it informed one christian that another of the same faith was near. aquarius is called the sign of the water bearer, or the man with a jug of water on his shoulder mentioned in the new testament. this is sometimes shown as an angelic figure, supposedly androgynous, either pouring water from an urn or carrying the vessel upon its shoulder. among oriental peoples, a water vessel alone is often used. edward upham, in his history and doctrine of budhism, describes aquarius as being "in the shape of a pot and of a color between blue and y

he whole apparatus of worship, as nothing was more efficacious in drawing the benign attention of the deities and genii* thus their temples, remote from the usual haunts of men, contained representations of nearly every form in nature. first, in the pavement, they symbolized the physical economy of the world, using minerals, stones and other things suitable for ornaments, including little streams of water. the walls showed the starry world, and the done the world of genii. in the center was the altar, to suggest the emanations of the supreme mind from its center. thus the entire interior constituted a picture of the universe of worlds. the priests in making sacrifices wore raiment adorned with figures similar to those attributed to the gods. their bodies were partially bare like those of t

MASTERING WITCHCRAFT

ill! attend to me! as my word, so mote it be! having done this, paint the following runes around the cup with a new brush and paint. black or white enamel or stove-black is best for this. for this ritual you may also mix into it a pinch of your powdered herbs, vervain, et al. as you paint each rune, chant these words, visualizing the signs glowing with magical light as you do "blessed be thou cup of water" having done this, paint the runes that spell your witch name around the base of the cup, pronouncing each letter out loud as you do so. when you finish, chant the words "so mote it be" and put your completed cup safely away for future use. the thurible again, a simple process. buy a new metal chafing dish or incense burner, preferably with small legs or a stand to raise its base off the

spell calls upon the powers of genuine witch entities, albeit under a cabalistic guise, and contains some rather pleasing imagery, it is made use of frequently by poetically inclined witch novices. in my opinion it is somewhat verbose, as most cabalistic workings tend to be, but here it is. you will need a clean sheet of talisman paper, your pen and ink of art, one of your lamps of art, your cup of water, salt and rosemary, and your thurible containing a suitable amatory incense. select a clear night when the moon is waxing and shining brightly in the sky. having made sure you are alone or that your only other companions are witches like yourself, place the paper in your altar triangle, and draw the following diagram on the paper with your pen and ink of art. pass it through water and fir

each touch "may hertha bless thee [n] with all her might and main" see the drops of oil glow as they touch the stone, infusing it with witch power. then tie the stone loosely in a red flannel or chamois leather bag bound with red ribbon with the sealing words "so mote it be" i say "loosely" because every full moon the bearer is going to have to remove the siderite, and after dipping it in a glass of water and drying it, sprinkle on it a small pinch of iron pyrites dust or iron filings "in hertha's name" this is known as "feeding the stone" the siderite must be worn around the neck or carried about in the pocket. in the past, male practitioners would often carry this amulet about with them suspended close to the genital organs, traditionally this being said to increase the sexual vigour and

here opinion differs considerably as to their correct assignation. many witches tend to use the cabalistic identification of the rod to fire, sword to air, pentacle to earth, cup to water. the cup seems to be about the one implement about which no one is in any doubt. more traditional, perhaps, is the concept of the sword of fire, rod of air (sometimes an airborne arrow or spear, cup or cauldron of water and pentacle, plate or shield of earth. these are directly analogous with the four magical treasures of pre-celtic lore mentioned earlier; in later celtic myth they became known as the sword of nuada, spear of lugh, cauldron of ceridwen, and the stone of fal (the latter, incidentally, is said to be none other than the stone of scone which at present reposes under king edward's throne in w

adiating from him as he takes up his watch in the south. o thou lion, lord of lightnings, master of the solar orb, great prince of the powers of fire! be present, we pray thee, and guard this circle from all perils approaching from the south! again all present should accompany you in your visualization. the powers of the west should be invoked by the chalice, here representing the elemental power of water. sprinkle a few drops of salt water from the chalice to the west and, as you do, see a mighty, glassgreen sea open beneath your feet. low over the waters hangs the full moon. feel the cold mist rising from the waters and listen to the eddy and swirl of the currents, the lap of waves upon the" shore. o thou serpent of old, ruler of the deeps, guardian of the bitter sea, prince of the power

water. sprinkle a few drops of salt water from the chalice to the west and, as you do, see a mighty, glassgreen sea open beneath your feet. low over the waters hangs the full moon. feel the cold mist rising from the waters and listen to the eddy and swirl of the currents, the lap of waves upon the" shore. o thou serpent of old, ruler of the deeps, guardian of the bitter sea, prince of the powers of water, be present we pray thee and guard this circle from all perils approaching from the west! finally, passing to the north, light the lamp, and taking in hand the pentacle-paten (not the pentacle of protection which you are wearing around your neck, close your eyes and sprinkle a few grains of salt from the disc on the ground outside the west of your circle. chant the spell. as you do, feel

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tue. if thou invokest the spirits by virtue of these pentacles, they will obey thee without repugnance, and having considered them they will be struck with astonishment, and will fear them, and thou shalt see them so surprised by fear and terror, that none of them will be sufficiently bold to wish to oppose thy will. they are also, of great virtue and efficacy against all perils of earth, of air, of water, and of fire, against poison which hath been drunk, against all kinds of infirmities and necessities, against binding, sortilege, and sorcery, against all terror and fear, and wheresoever thou shalt find thyself, if armed with them, thou shalt be in safety all the days of thy life. through them do we acquire grace and good-will from man and woman, fire is extinguished, water is stayed, an

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have neither flesh nor bones, and are created of different substances. some are created from water. others from wind, unto which they are like. some from earth. some from clouds. others from solar vapors. others from the keenness and strength of fire; and when they are invoked or summoned, they come always with great noise, and with the terrible nature of fire. when the spirits which are created of water are invoked, they come with great rains, thunder, hail, lightning, thunder-bolts, and the like. when the spirits which are created of clouds are invoked, they come with great deformity, in a horrible form, to strike fear into the invocator, and with an exceeding great noise. others which are formed from wind appear like thereunto and with exceeding swift motion, and whensoever those which

or running stream, or thou shalt have warm water ready in some large vessel or tub in thy secret cabinet, and while disrobing thyself of thy raiment thou shalt repeat the following psalms: psalms xiv. or liii; xxvii; liv; lxxxi; cv. and when the master shall be entirely disrobed let him enter into the water or into the bath, and let him say: the exorcism of the water. i exorcise thee, o creature of water, by him who hath created thee and gathered thee together into one place so that the dry land appeared, that thou uncover all the deceits of the enemy, and that thou cast out from thee all the impurities and uncleannesses of the spirits of the world of phantasm, so they may harm me not, through the virtue of god almighty who liveth and reigneth unto the ages of the ages. amen. then shalt t

MATHERS MACGREGOR THE GREATER KEY OF SOLOMON PENTACLES

and last pentacle of the sun. if any be by chance imprisoned or detained in fetters of iron, at the presence of this pentacle, which should be engraved in gold on the day and hour of the sun, he will be immediately delivered and set at liberty. editor s note. on the arms of the cross are written the names of chasan, angel of air; arel, angel of fire; phorlakh, angel of earth; and taliahad, angel of water. between the four arms of the cross are written the names of the four rulers of the elements; ariel, seraph, tharshis, and cherub. the versicle is from psalm cxvi. 16, 17 "thou hast broken my bonds in sunder. i will offer unto thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of ihvh" figures 36 and 37. figure 38. the holy pentacles page 73 venus. figure 39. the first pentac

MATHERS MACGREGOR THE LESSER KEY OF SOLOMON LEMEGETON VOL 5

that brought frogs all over the land of egypt& entered into the king s palace& chambers& by that great power that terrible thunder& lightning& hail stones mixt with fire& sent locusts which did destroy all growing things in the whole land of egypt& by that great power that destroyed all the first born of the land of egypt both of man& beast& by that great power that divided the hard rock& rivers of water issued out of the sand of the wilderness, and by that great power that led the children of israel into the land of canaan& by that great power that destroyed sonachoribs great host& by that great& almighty power of him that walked on the sea as on dry land& by that almighty power that raised the dead lazarus out of his grave& by that almighty power of the blessed& holy& glorious trinity t

MEANING OF MASONRY

idual mason or a collective work in an assembly of fellow-crafts and superior masons to pass an apprentice to fellow-craft rank. the title admitting the qualified apprentice to a fellow-craft lodge is one of great significance, which ordinarily passes without any observation or understanding of its propriety. it is said to denote" in plenty" and to be illustrated by an" ear of corn near to a fall of water (which two objects are literally the meaning of the hebrew word in question. it is desirable to observe that this is meant to be descriptive of the candidate himself, and of his own spiritual condition. it is he who is as an ear of corn planted near and nourished by a fall of water. his own spiritual growth, as achieved in the apprentice stage, is typified by the ripening corn; the fertil

hear explained what is meant by being divested of money and metals in the philosophic sense; it is quite another to have become insusceptible to all attraction by material interests and sense-allurements and to be consciously possessed of the wisdom accruing from that expe rience. it may interest to be told why, at a certain stage of progress, the candidate is likened to an ear of corn by a fall of water; but the explanation will be forgotten to-morrow, unless as the result of his own effort the hearer has become personally aware of an inward substantial growth ripening to harvest within him from the ground of his own being and fertilized by supersensual nourishment falling like the gentle rain from heaven upon his ardent and aspiring soul. again, it may seem instructive to know that the

MICHAEL FORD A RITE OF THE WEREWOLF

e of a story from latvia, of when werewolves take their forms to walk at night with the devil. the sorcerers are summoned to a conclave where all transform and go forth by night. the writer jean de nyauld in de la lycanthropie and metamorphosis and ecstasy and witches makes reference to an ointment with the following ingredients: the fat of a child (take away christian paranoia= animal fat, juice of water parsnip, soot and deadly nightshade. the unguent which was smeared on the inner thigh contained belladonna, this was said to create flying sensations. a document from the sloane ms. british museum and published in an older book6 presents a werewolf chant7 from which the sorcerer sheds the human form for that of a wolf. such a chant may be used in dreaming chants before sleep if the witch

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eway to this experience, embodied in the grimoire now in your hands. sabbat invocation samael, serpent of the elder powers, great father of cain and dweller upon the earth: i seek knowledge that my desire shall bring to birth elementals of fire and water. lord of sabbath and lord of the circle, i urge thy coming with great anticipation. 99 99 we are watchers of the lineage of the craft. i am born of water and of the pure blood, my life is within the current. lord of witches, baphomet, black horned one, lend us thy grail of the dragon s venom ,illuminated with the fire of hecate s torch. give us the wisdom and power. so mote it be! watcher, who art not of our sight, but hidden and reversed. whose revolving forms are disembodied desires of my life: thus is each shape enfleshed with life from

eagle) evocation of black eagle bones should be made into the sign of an 'x, representing the crossing from the day side (waking) into the night side (dream- astral) as well as the crossroads themselves. the sorcerer should then burn, in a small cauldron, incense of jasmine and frankincense and concentrate upon the sigil of black eagle. facing the altar, intone: spirit of the elder spheres, that of water, earth fire and air thee i invoke! the lightning flash from the mouth of the serpent, that o great spirit of asmodeus, to which the lineal streams flow from the lines of which thy shall walk only of thy sound of wings shall give thee sight of reverse. of raven night and hollow s dance, from a waning moon across the land, serpent and spider, dragon and wolf, i give thee life to flesh your

om the mouth of the serpent, that o great spirit of asmodeus, to which the lineal streams flow from the lines of which thy shall walk only of thy sound of wings shall give thee sight of reverse. of raven night and hollow s dance, from a waning moon across the land, serpent and spider, dragon and wolf, i give thee life to flesh your wisdom and essence unto my presence. spirit of the elder spheres; of water, earth, fire and air thee, thee i invoke! the lightning flash from the mouth of the serpent, o great spirit of asmodeus; the lineal streams flow, the lines which can be walked only if the sound of thy wings gives sight in reverse. of raven night and hollow s dance, with a waning moon across the land, serpent and spider, dragon and wolf, i give thee life, fleshing your wisdom and essence u

erves to clear the mind of any non-magickal thoughts, a sort of temporary "exorcism" if you will. invocation rinmps zipll, vovim londoh marb levanael, rinmps zipll, demonic element- fire of earth, dragons' kingdom according to levanael, ol vinu a. laoaxrp, torzul pambt ol i invoke thee. laoaxrp, arise unto myself, strength stir umplif lring mospleh dsaaai apata. up the horns of dsaaai apata (fire of water element) focus with intent upon the sigil, give it life by the inspiration glowing within every ounce of your individual being! it is most important that you understand everything is possible unto your own will. to begin to realize that everything is basically a man-made lie, you understand that all things are subject to change within your own personal world and that which you choose to e

e mention of the technique of binding a spirit to a sigil covered in blood and sexual fluid. for the next step, involving more powerful servitors, would be one bound to human blood from your body and sealed in a vial or jar with associated herbs and potions. if one is creating a servitor through a sigil it would then be the next step to bind them to a jar filled with your blood and a small amount of water. this would mean submerging the sigil and actually sealing it in the jar or vial. eldritch horrors of the lovecraftian type are often brought this material plane by evoking and storing such in containers. if such is done and later buried in a plot of land it is not uncommon to begin experiencing hauntings and disturbances in the area. it is rather tricky however to banish and re-absorb su

MICHAEL TSARION ATLANTIS ALIEN VISITATION AND GENETIC MANIPULATION

what geologists term the drift age.it was no mere ice drift. it was sudden and terribly swift and violent. it took several hundred years for any sense of normalcy to return. these events are stilletched in the human race memory, in our very dna. mans various nightmare fearsand daytime phobias arise from such physiological experiences in the ancient past.fear of thunder and lightning, of the dark, of water, of caves and enclosures, of loneli-ness, or spiders, insects, and other creatures, fear of the ocean, of silence, of strangepeoples, and so on, come from this. the myriad omens and superstitions, found inevery clime have their roots in these collective experiences. julian jaymes, author of the origin of consciousness and the breakdown of the bicameralmind, claimed that this period thousa

vaccination began to be introduced ihave seen 200 cases of cancer, and i never saw a case of cancer in an unvaccinated per-son in the book medical mafia by guylaine lanctot, we read: at a cia hearing, dr. gottlieb, a cancerologist, admitted having dispersed in 1960, a largequantity of viruses in the congo river (in zaire) to pollute and contaminate all the peoplewho used the river as their source of water. dr. gottlieb was named to head the nationalcancer institute. and the genocide is certainly not confined to the human domain:exactly a hundred years ago, the rate of dying out of biological species began to increaseexponentially; as a result of which in the mid-1980 s a species vanished every day and by theyear 2000, this will have increased to a species every hour. we have monopolized th

u.s. army's chemical warfare divi-sion, is head of the memorial sloan-kettering cancer center in new york. 1952 nobel prize bloch& purcell for work on magnetic fields in atomic nuclei. 1952 germany becomes member of the world bank. 1952 britain explodes nuclear device in australia. 1952 from 1952 to 1956, the cities on the fluoridation list began to fluoridate their water supplies. asthe process of water fluoridation continued, the cancer death rate of the fluoridated cities began to farexceed the rate of the unfluoridated cities. appendix f: general chronology of events380atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation 1952 u.s. representative dr. a. l. miller, chairman of the special committee on chemicals andfoods, stated, i sometimes wonder if alcoa aluminum and its subsidiaries

valid.mahoney found dead of a heart attack months later. 1968 thousands of sheep die in dugway proving ground test, bringing the u.s. nerve gas programunder public scrutiny. 1968 omnibus crime control act of 1968. the gun control act of 1968 is a literal carbon copy of the1938 gun control act in nazi germany. 1968 for one year, the cia begins chemical warfare experiments relative to the poisoning of water sys-tems by injecting a chemical substance into the water supply of the fda building in washington. appendix f: general chronology of events392atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation 1969 federal inspectors hold back 130,000 cattle carcasses for removal of carcinomas and cancer of theeye. 1969 william j. clinton secures a draft deferment and leaves to attend oxford in england

MICHAEL WYNN THE SOUL TRAVELERS

ra mazda tells a man named yima that a terrible winter of frost and snow is upon him. ahura mazda commands yima to build an underground enclosure to protect 2 of every creature and a small group of choice people. in--michael wynn's "the soul travelers" 6 serbian legends, a rooster who acts as the messenger of god becomes increasingly ignored by a decadent humanity. man s greed unleashed a torrent of water from a egg that can be paralleled to a pandora s box. only one man, kranyatz, survived this flood by hanging on to a grape vine. the people of southeast asia say that a flood consumed all of humanity, save a small number of men and women aboard a raft. the mandan s, a native american tribe, tell the story of lone man who, together with the creator, fashioned the earth and humanity. lone m

osed to the wand, which invokes. air represents the mind and intellect. air, whose symbol is an upward-pointing triangle with a horizontal line through it s center, is also associated with an angel (or man, the east, the color yellow, and the arch-angel raphael. and, as stated before, the dagger is used to threaten and punish disobedient spirits. the cup, or goblet, is associated with the element of water. water is symbolic for the passive force, and feminine quality of the womb, and its ability to bear life. water is likewise symbolic for blood and, more specifically, the previously discussed life-force. in magic, fire and water represent the polar opposites of male and female. water, who symbol is a downward-pointing triangle, is also associated with the eagle, the west, the color blue

reams, emotions, and psychic work. the last major magical tool is the scrying mirror. the scrying mirror is related to the moon, rather than one of the elements. since a spirit can more easily reveal itself in a mirror--michael wynn's "the soul travelers" 56 an object called a scrying mirror is used as a medium to communicate with spirits. occultists have used everything from rare stones to bowls of water as scrying mirrors. but a scrying mirror, in it s most basic form, is often just a piece of glass that has been painted black on one side. some times the scrying mirror is used for astral travel, other times it is used as a place for spirits, even the weaker ones, to reveal themselves and other visions to the magician; the scrying mirror is a magical television screen. a ritual tool of le

rsonality type and therefore capable of certain duties. as with all magical acts, one must never assign a job to a spirit that does not correspond to its nature, similar to how we don t employ mechanics to give us a physical, and doctors to fix our cars. to assign the talisman a job involving love and attraction, one should empower the talisman with the spirits of the planet venus, or the element of water. to succeed in conflict, the energy of the planet mars is what should be activated at the beginning of the ritual. to become a better author, the magician would invoke the spirits of the planet mercury, or spirits of the element of air. after the appropriate type of energy for the job is selected and invoked, the magician specifies exactly the purpose of the talisman. this act is called c

athan appears to be another name for the demon choronzon, and is associated with the west and is called the guardian of the gate to the abyss. leviathan is commonly described as a writhing mass of demons bound in a single body. leviathan is also closely related to the primal goddess tiamat, because it said that she [leviathan] had been at war with the angel race before the fall of azazel. imagery of water is frequently related to the abyss, and so leviathan is called the serpent or dragon of the depths. i have also heard it remarked that it was another fallen angel, dagon, who bound leviathan in tartarus. satan [5.6] satan is easily the most enigmatic character in all the occult and mythology; no character out there is more shrouded in a cloak of names. i admit much remaining confusion reg

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is also called hermanubis and death. heru-em-anpu is a dual god form, which holds power in both the celestial/luciferian and infernal regions. this draws a close connection between the egyptian anubis and grecian triple moon goddess hecate. as anubis is the jackal headed lord of the dead, he presides in the west. charles pace (hamara't) mentions in the "book of tahuti" that west is the direction of water, as well as darkness. according to his hermetic teachings, anubis is also death and a god form of necromantic power. anpu is also a gateway to amethes- amenta- amentet. this 'underworld' is the equivalent to the grecian hades. this is the meeting place of spirits, where the dead gather. the word hell derives from the angelo-saxon 'helan, meaning to 'cover' or conceal. the hebrew equivalen

MIDNIGHTS CIRCLE A COMMENTARY OF AZOTHOZ

lation. this is a process of developing the self through the mark of cain[5] and the declaration of separation from the natural order. this allows the magician to grow without outside and society crippling dogma. the sigillic drawings of lilith and samael-asmoday (a mask of shaitan-iblis) are the separate initiators of the path, lilith who comes as the vampyric succubi and the moon dwelling force of water and earth, via the north winds (symbolic of darkness. shaitan-samael, the dragon-angel comes enfleshed as a beautiful figure which holds two skulls, one wolf-like and one of a goat this is the sexual formula of the sun entering the moon, thus shaitan s direction is south and east, depending on his representation, being of wisdom or fire (two octaves of saturn, the higher and lower. the ot

MOODY RAYMOND A LIFE AFTER LIFE

m now, but it would probably take me at least fifteen minutes. yet, this ad all come at once, automatically, and in less ,an a second. it was amazing. the border or limit in a few instances, persons have described to me how during their near-death experience they seemed to be approaching what might be called a border or a limit of some kind. this has taken the form, in various accounts, of a body of water, a gray mist, a door, a fence across a field, or simply a line. though this is highly speculative, one could raise the question of whether there might not be some one basic experience or idea at the root of all of them. if this is true, then the different versions would merely represent varying individual ways of interpreting, wording, or remembering the root experience. let us look at a

immediately after delivery that i had a severe hemorrhage and the doctor had a difficult` time controlling it. i was aware of what was, happening as, having been a nurse myself, i realized the danger. at this time, i lost consciousness, and heard an annoying buzzing, ringing sound. the next thing i knew it seemed as if i were on; a ship or a small vessel sailing to the other side of a large body of water. on the distant shore, i could see all of my loved ones who had died, my mother, my father, my sister, and others. i could see them, could see their faces, just as they were when i knew them on earth. they seemed to be beckoning me to come on over, and all the while i was saying "no, no, i'm not ready to join you. i don't want to die. i'm not ready to go" now, this was the strangest exper

ut the "moving, unreal reflection of eternity" plato discusses in various passages how the soul which has been separated from its body may meet and converse with the departed spirits of others and be guided through the transition from physical life to the next realm by guardian spirits. he mentions how some might expect to be met at the time of their death by a boat which takes them across a body of water to "the other shore" of their after-death existence. in phaedo both the dramatic setting and the thrust of the arguments and words used drive home the point that the body is the prison of the soul and that, correspondingly, death is like an escape or release from that prison. while, as we saw in the first chapter, plato articulates (through socrates) the ancient view of death as a sleepin

for long periods. data on situations of this type has been gathered in several ways. written accounts of the experiences of lone polar explorers or of solitary survivors of shipwrecks contain much information. during the last few decades, researchers have attempted to investigate similar phenomena under laboratory conditions. one well-publicized technique has been to suspend a volunteer in a tank of water which is the same temperature as his body. this minimizes sensations of weight and temperature. he is blindfolded and his ears are fitted with plugs to intensify the effect of the dark, soundproofed tank. his arms are constrained in tubes so that he cannot move them, and he is thus deprived of many of the normal sensations of joint movement and position. under these and other solitary con

MORALS AND DOGMA

educing everything to the soul-atom; making everything blossom into god; entangling all activities, from the highest to the lowest, in the obscurity of a dizzying mechanism; hanging the flight of an insect upon the movement of the earth; subordinating, perhaps, if only by the identity of the law, the eccentric evolutions of the comet in the firmament, to the whirlings of the infusoria in the drop of water. a mechanism made of mind, the first motor of which is the gnat, and its last wheel the zodiac. a peasant-boy, guiding bl cher by the right one of two roads, the other being impassable for artillery, enables him to reach waterloo in time to save wellington from a defeat that would have been a rout; and so enables the kings to imprison napoleon on a barren rock in mid-ocean. an unfaithful

t columns of his temples, and he shone on the moss. grain by grain the dust of his temples crumbled and fell, and was borne off on the wind, and still he shone on crumbling column and architrave. the roof fell crashing on the pavement, and he shone in on the holy of holies with unchanging rays. it was not strange that men worshipped the sun. there is a water-plant, on whose broad leaves the drops of water roll about without uniting, like drops of mercury. so arguments on points of faith, in politics or religion, roll over the surface of the mind. an argument that convinces one mind has no effect on another. few intellects, or souls that are the negations of intellect have any logical power or capacity. there is a singular obliquity in the human mind that makes the false logic more effectiv

one of you imagine evil against his brother in his heart. speak ye every man the truth to his neighbor; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates; and love no false oath; for all these i hate, saith the lord "let those who have power rule in righteousness, and princes in judgment. and let him that is a judge be as an hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place; as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. then the vile person shall no more be called liberal; nor the churl bountiful; and the work of justice shall be peace; and the effect of justice, quiet and security; and wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of the times. walk ye righteously and speak uprightly; despise the gains of oppression, shake from your hands the

dinate intelligences, real and distinct beings. the oriental imagination revelled in the creation of these inferior intelligences, powers of good and evil, and angels. we have spoken of those imagined by the persians and the kabalists. in the talmud, every star, every country, every town, and almost every tongue has a prince of heaven as its protector. jehuel is the guardian of fire, and michael, of water. seven spirits assist each; those of fire being _seraphiel _gabriel _nitriel _tammael _tchimschiel _hadarniel, and _sarniel. these seven are represented by the square columns of this degree, while the columns jachin and boaz represent the angels of fire and water. but the columns are not representatives of these alone. to basilides, god was without name, uncreated, at first containing and

or storm against its bosom at the angry equinoctial. the shower, the rain, and the storm pass away, the clouds vanish, and the bright stars again shine clearly upon the glad earth. the rain-drops sink into the ground, and gather in subterranean reservoirs, and run in subterranean channels, and bubble up in springs and fountains; and from the mountain-sides and heads of valleys the silver threads of water begin their long journey to the ocean. uniting, they widen into brooks and rivulets, then into streams and rivers; and, at last, a nile, a ganges, a danube, an amazon, or a mississippi rolls between its banks, mighty, majestic, and resistless, creating vast alluvial valleys to be the granaries of the world, ploughed by the thousand keels of commerce and serving as great highways, and as t

nates, their plaintive groans, mingled in horrid harmony with the clashings of their chains; the furies, lashing the guilty with their snakes; the awful abyss where hydra howls with its hundred heads, greedy to devour; tityus, prostrate, and his entrails fed upon by the cruel vulture: sisyphus, ever rolling his rock; ixion on his wheel; tantalus tortured by eternal thirst and hunger, in the midst of water and with declicious fruits touching his head; the daughters of danaus at their eternal, fruitless task; beasts biting and venomous reptiles stinging; and devouring flame eternally consuming bodies ever renewed in endless agony; all these sternly impressed upon the people the terrible consequences of sin and vice, and urged them to pursue the paths of honesty and virtue. and if, in the cer

MOTTA MARCELO THE COMMENTARIES OF AL

now then a giant arose, of terrible strength; and asserted the spirit in a secret rite. a and the master of the temple balancing all things arose; his stature was above the heaven and below earth and hell. j against him the brothers of the left-hand path, confusing the symbols. they concealed their horror (in this symbol; for in truth they were. w the master flamed forth as a star and set a guard of water in every abyss. o also certain secret ones concealed the light of purity in themselves, protecting it from the persecutions. g likewise also did certain sons and daughters of hermes and of aphrodite, more openly. z but the enemy confused them. they pretended to conceal that light, that they might betray it, and profane it. b yet certain holy nuns concealed the secret in songs upon the lyr

ate the desert. that's because they're really afraid of it. they're afraid of being left alone with themselves. there's lots of people you could put down in the middle of the desert, go away and leave 'em for a week, and come back and find them completely crazy. i've seen it happen. man sprained his ankle once, couldn't travel. the party he was with had to go right on, but they left him with lots of water and food, plenty of matches, lots of wood. all he had to do was to just keep quiet for three or four days until he got so he could travel. he showed up in civilization just about half crazy. his ankle was all inflamed, said he'd rather have lost the whole leg than to have stayed on in that desert for another ten minutes "i think it's beautiful" velma starler said "sure it's beautiful" sal

MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS E

n. aganippe and hippocrene on mount helicon, and the castalian spring on mount parnassus, were sacred to the muses. the latter flowed between two lofty rocks above the city of delphi, and in ancient times its waters were introduced into a square stone basin, where they were retained for the use of the pythia and the priests of apollo. page 179 calliope. the libations to these divinities consisted of water, milk, and honey, but never of wine. page 180 their names and functions are as follows. calliope, the most honoured of the muses, presided over heroic song and epic poetry, and is represented with a pencil in her hand, and a slate upon her knee. clio, the muse of history, holds in her hand a roll of parchment, and wears a wreath of laurel. melpomene, the muse of tragedy, bears a tragic ma

in more or less shadowy garments. they were held in the greatest veneration, though, being minor divinities, they page 193 had no temples [166]dedicated to them, but were worshipped in caves or grottoes, with libations of milk, honey, oil &c. they may be divided into three distinct classes, viz, water, mountain, and tree or wood nymphs. water nymphs. oceanides, nereides, and naiades. the worship of water-deities is common to most primitive nations. the streams, springs, and fountains of a country bear the same relation to it which the blood, coursing through the numberless arteries of a human being, bears to the body; both represent the living, moving, life-awakening element, without which existence would be impossible. hence we find among most nations a deep feeling of attachment to the

ath on his mother, the perfidious eriphyle. seven leaders were now chosen, each at the head of a separate detachment of troops. these were adrastus the king, his two brothers hippomedon and parthenopaus, capaneus his nephew, polynices and tydeus, and amphiaraus [274] when the army was collected they set out for nemea, which was at this time governed by king lycurgus. here the argives, being short of water, halted on the outskirts of a forest in order to search for a spring, when they saw a majestic and beautiful woman seated on the trunk of a tree, nursing an infant. they concluded from her noble and queenly appearance that she must be a goddess, but were informed by her that she was hypsipile, queen of the lemnians, who had been carried away captive by pirates, and sold as a slave to king

NAGEL CARL AMAZING SECRETS OF OCCULT POWER

thank them for being with you on this day and at this hour. remove the image from your mind. face south. visualize a red triangle in front of you. this is the symbol of fire. thank the spirits of fire for all their help to others in days gone by. thank them for being with you on this day and at this hour. remove the image from your mind. face west. visualize a silver crescent. this is the symbol of water. thank the spirits of water for all their help to others in days gone by. thank them for being with you on this day and at this hour. remove the image from your mind and face north again. say: these hands, this mind and this body shall be a channel through which power can flow. open your eyes and go about your daily affairs. practice this rite daily. get the wiccan habit. set up those har

an, three men for a woman) in your room after supper. after three days of celibacy, you must clean and tidy your room before breakfast. you leave the room undisturbed all day. there must be nothing left hanging, nor must there be anything left crosswise. then, after supper, go there secretly, light a good fire, put a white cloth on the table and set three places, with a chair, a roll, and a glass of water at each. put a chair and a settee beside the bed and, when you retire to bed, recite a conjuration. when the three spirits appear, they will draw lots as to which keeps you company, and the other two will sit at the table beside the fire. the chosen spirit will sit by the bed and talk to you answering questions on any subject you care to ask about, and telling you where to find hidden tre

st. visualize a third sphere on a level with your heart. this is the sphere of fire. see it as clearly as you can. speak the third sacred name of power: jehovah eloah ve daas. repeat three times. you will feel a vibration throughout your chest cavity. now you should imagine the shaft of light moves down through your body to your genitals. at which you visualize a fourth sphere. this is the sphere of water. see it as clearly as you can. speak the fourth sacred name of power: shadai el chai. repeat three times. you will experience a pleasant sensation in your pelvic region. complete this part of the ritual by extending the shaft of white light to your feet, where a fifth sphere is visualized. this is the sphere of earth. see it as clearly as you can. speak the fifth sacred name of power: ado

NAUDON PAUL THE SECRET HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY

he cite. this street, which was originally part of the censive and justice district of the saint eloi priory and the order of saint eloi, had passed into templar possession following the agreement reached by the two orders in 1175. as for the church, it was a former synagogue that had been converted in 1183, when philip augustus had driven out the jews. it was in this church where the brotherhood of water merchants would meet, followed by the great brotherhood of the bourgeois of paris around 1205. abbe lebeuf indicates that the church was not a dependency of any secular or regular body.10 such a franchise, irreconcilable with feudal law, could have been conferred only by the lord high justice of the templars. the great brotherhood had its own censive district and an enclave in the jacobin

oods were sometimes condemned for fomenting leagues, factions, and disorder. at the beginning of the fourteenth century, they became involved in political agitation and formed federations among themselves, which ultimately led to the temporary abolition of the parisian brotherhoods in 1306. in 1307, 162 from the art of building to the art of thinking however, the king reauthorized the brotherhood of water sellers and the other brotherhoods reformed shortly thereafter. following the disturbances and riots of 1380-1382, an ordinance issued on january 27, 1382, suppressed the brotherhoods again, but again, only temporarily. through the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the brotherhoods seemed to have become merely pretexts for holding feasts funded by monies taken in to assist the poor* in 1

ONYX TABLET OF SET

damn hard thing to ask. i also know the value of the word of the abuser--the drug can speak through their lips. 6. if you want to, stay in touch with them during the hell they're about to undergo. this will try your soul as well, because it isn't quick, easy or linear. if you can't do this, do not feel bad. it is very rough. 7. there's a lot of anger and denial in drug abuse (as in "there's a lot of water in the pacific ocean. if people come to you to talk about things, they may be shocked at these recommendations, but their will-to-xeper will help them accept this. if you have to go to them, things may be a lot worse. if there's trouble that the drug abuser makes, don't hesitate to remove them from the temple. hope that the shock may awaken them. 8. keep these matters as private as you ca

PHILIP NEIL MYTHS LEGENDS EXPLAINED

her. water nymphs of artemis artemis was always attended by water nymphs, both naiads spring, river, and lake nymphs and nereids, or sea nymphs. in classical mythology, every principal spring and river was inhabited by one or more naiads. unarmed godd ess unprotected, her bow and arrow in the care of her nymphs, artemis could do nothing but dash spring water in actaeon s face. at the first touch of water, he sprouted antlers and gradually turned into a stag, a form in which he would be unable to tell anyone that he had seen her naked. the blazing eye of a young girl does not escape me, if she has tasted of a man: for such i have an experienced eye actaeon, in toxotides of aeschylus animal skins animal skins hang out to dry from the boughs of a tree, reminding us of artemis role as the god

ere the three most important gods, and describes how they were worshiped in the form of statues, and how sacrifices of dogs, horses, and men were made to them. much less is known about the viking goddesses than the gods, though one primary source, snorri sturluson, claims that they were just as holy and powerful. missing eye odin has only one eye. he sacrificed the other one for a single mouthful of water from the spring of wisdom, which bubbled from underneath the second root of the world tree yggdrasil (see pp. 70 71. odin, lord of hosts odin had many names and many disguises, but he is most often invoked as a battle god. here, he carries an ax, but more frequently carries the spear gungnir; one of his epithets is spear-brandisher. odin inspired warriors with battle ecstasy, and welcomed

lking together one day. general death pointed to a house from which he had taken a soul the day before, and another he was due to take one from the next day. you always take, while i always give, said papa god. that is why people prefer me. but general death did not agree. so they decided to each visit the man whose soul general death would take the next day. when papa god asked the man for a cup of water, he refused him. i have to walk ten miles to fetch water, the man said. but i am papa god, papa god replied. i still don t have any water for you, but i would give some to general death. why? asked papa god. because unlike you, who give me no water while others are swimming in it, general death has no favorites. all are alike to him. and indeed, when general death asked, the man let him d

top right (northeast, they are a tobacco plant, a stalk of corn, a beanstalk, and a pumpkin vine. their color reflects the body of the holy person, and their roots are in the sacred water in the center. sunbeam rafts the holy people are standing on sunbeam rafts. they are placed in each of the four cardinal directions, which are crucial to the rituals of nearly every native american culture. bowl of water a bowl of sacred water sits in the center of the painting, sprinkled over with special charcoal and surrounded with sunbeam symbols. skirts of sunlight each holy person wears a skirt of red sunbeams. mountainway songs invoke figures such as daylight boy and daylight girl in tracing the beautiful journey from the house of dawn to the house of evening light. plume armlets bracelet earrings

f either one or four turtles. myths of the arctic circle 96 the girl who married a whale a chukchi girl married a whale who carried her far from home. but her brother followed her, persuaded her to sing her husband to sleep, and stole her back. the whale followed, but when it came to shore the people speared it to death. however, the wife gave birth to a little whale. first she kept him in a bowl of water, then in a lake, and finally she freed him into the sea. there, he led other whales in for the people to hunt, until he himself was killed by a stranger. endless forest on the other side of the sea, the chukchi say that there is an endless forest. the spirits of this forest come to trade with humans, but their presence is only indicated by the fox or beaver skins that they carry; they are

mbidgee river tribe tell how all the animals decided to intermarry and the male goannas had to marry magpies or teals. for some reason, the goannas, who were originally vegetarian, began to eat the flesh of their own young and also baby porcupines a diet that made them lazy and dishonest. then one year there was a drought and all the animals suffered except for the goannas who had a secret supply of water. their new wives begged them to share their water with the emus and the porcupines who were dying of thirst, but they refused. so the wife of the chief goanna found the secret reservoir and, with the help of bush spirits, caused it to flow into the murray river in a torrent that separated the goannas from their wives. since then, the teals have refused to marry the goannas. goanna dreamin

RABBI AMIRAM MARKEL MARKEL THE KNOWLEDGE OF G D VOL 1

r of comprehension, called binah. now, the depth of a river reaches all the way to its source, in the spring. likewise, the depth of a comprehended concept flows from, and reaches back, to its source in the spring of chochmah. chochmah is the insight and intuition which flashes into the comprehending mind of binah, seemingly materializing from nothing to something. this corresponds to the trickle of water that flows out of the inner depth of the spring. as this water becomes revealed from its original concealment beneath the earth, it becomes the source of the river. now, just as there is a length, width and depth in the comprehension of binah, likewise, there is a length, width and depth in the spring of chochmah. its depth is the source of the insight itself, before it spreads forth to b

y apparent from the following famous story of archimedes. the king commissioned archimedes to weigh the royal throne in order to determine whether its builders had pilfered gold while constructing it. archimedes, who was the greatest mathematician of his time, analyzed the problem over and over again without success. one day, he was about to bathe. as he sat in the tub he noticed the displacement of water and suddenly the solution flashed into his mind. it all came together for him in a sudden intuitive flash. he jumped out of the tub and ran down the streets of athens, stark naked, yelling eureka! eureka! i found it! i found it! this was a flash of chochmah. people had been taking baths for thousands of years. why didn't this principle occur to them? it is for the simple reason that they

speech of thought" is when he is thinking exactly what he wants to say, immediately before he says it. the divisions and combinations in his actual speech will be exactly according to how he thought to speak. this is the intellect of speech. the "emotions of speech, is the emotion which is heard in the voice, as explained above in regard to the "voice of yaakov. these are the various combinations of water, fire and vapor (chesed, gevurah and tiferet, which give emotion to the speech, as explained above. all of the levels above malchut become revealed in malchut of atzilut, which is likened to the speech of the king. it is for this reason that malchut (speech) is termed "alma d itgalia (the realm of revelation, because all the upper levels become revealed in malchut of atzilut, from the fir

e that the length, width, and height of a concept are all dependent on its depth. now, the above illustration is not a perfect analogy, for we must understand a further point in regard to the comparison between a river, and the comprehension of a concept. this is the source of the concept. this source determines its strength and depth. the spring is the source of the river. from the spring, drops of water trickle forth to form the river. the true depth of the river is this trickle of water which flows from the spring. the pressure and constancy of the water flowing from the spring will determine the strength of the river, thus affecting its length and breadth. likewise, the actual depth of a concept is its original source. but what is this source? to understand this we must understand the

trated by the well known story of archimedes. as mentioned in part one, the king commissioned archimedes to weigh the royal throne in order to determine whether the builders had pilfered gold in its construction. archimedes, who was the greatest mathematician of his time, repeatedly analyzed the problem without success. one day, he was about to bathe. as sat in the tub he noticed the displacement of water and suddenly the solution flashed into his mind. it all came together for him. he jumped out of the tub and ran down the streets of athens, stark naked, yelling eureka! eureka! i found it! i found it! this was a flash of chochmah intuitive insight. people had been taking baths for thousands of years. why didn't this principle occur to them? since they did not do the analysis (hitbonenut

f binah, in a way of a "somethingness. in chochmah too, there is length, breadth and depth, just as there is in binah. this is to say that even though a spring may be concealed beneath the ground, it, nonetheless, has dimensions. the depth of the spring is the aquifer, which is its subterranean source in the depths of the earth. from this depth there spread forth a length and breadth, until drops of water trickle forth into revelation as the beginning of the river. this being the case, the terms ein (nothingnesss) and yesh (somethingness) are relative. binah is only called "something" relative to its depth, which is the "nothingness" of chochmah. however, chochmah is likewise called a yesh (something) relative to its depth, as stated "chochmah is found from "nothingness. be understanding w

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e that the length, width, and height of a concept are all dependent on its depth. now, the above illustration is not a perfect analogy, for we must understand a further point in regard to the comparison between a river, and the comprehension of a concept. this is the source of the concept. this source determines its strength and depth. the spring is the source of the river. from the spring, drops of water trickle forth to form the river. the true depth of the river is this trickle of water which flows from the spring. the pressure and constancy of the water flowing from the spring will determine the strength of the river, thus affecting its length and breadth. likewise, the actual depth of a concept is its original source. but what is this source? to understand this we must understand the

trated by the well known story of archimedes. as mentioned in part one, the king commissioned archimedes to weigh the royal throne in order to determine whether the builders had pilfered gold in its construction. archimedes, who was the greatest mathematician of his time, repeatedly analyzed the problem without success. one day, he was about to bathe. as sat in the tub he noticed the displacement of water and suddenly the solution flashed into his mind. it all came together for him. he jumped out of the tub and ran down the streets of athens, stark naked, yelling eureka! eureka! i found it! i found it! this was a flash of chochmah intuitive insight. people had been taking baths for thousands of years. why didn't this principle occur to them? since they did not do the analysis (hitbonenut

f binah, in a way of a "somethingness. in chochmah too, there is length, breadth and depth, just as there is in binah. this is to say that even though a spring may be concealed beneath the ground, it, nonetheless, has dimensions. the depth of the spring is the aquifer, which is its subterranean source in the depths of the earth. from this depth there spread forth a length and breadth, until drops of water trickle forth into revelation as the beginning of the river. this being the case, the terms ein (nothingnesss) and yesh (somethingness) are relative. binah is only called "something" relative to its depth, which is the "nothingness" of chochmah. however, chochmah is likewise called a yesh (something) relative to its depth, as stated "chochmah is found from "nothingness. be understanding w

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

ter mentioned above, from which the hei-yud had been withdrawn, leaving alef-lamed-mem of elokim. the states of gevurah within the feminine water, as stated, could not be gsweetened h by the masculine water and form part of the harmonious functioning of the masculine and feminine principles, so they separated from the feminine water and assumed a life of their own, so to speak. the fifteen cubits of water allude to the absence of the (5 x 10) states of gevurah from the feminine water. this is the mystical meaning of the word gabove, h for it can be read to mean gabove the hei, h [referring to the states of gevurah] that were withdrawn above the hei [i.e, above the feminine water. these states of gevurah ascended above her head, i.e, to the level of the upper third of tiferet [of z feir anp

an offering to g-d. everyone agreed that if one of the offerings would be devoured by fire, it would indicate that the deity to which it was offered was the true g-d. 4 ezekiel 1:18. 5 tikunei zohar 70 (126b. the arizal on parashat lech lecha 105 try as they might, the priests of ba fal could not get him to devour his offering with heavenly fire. when it was elijah fs turn, he first had pitchers of water poured on the altar, in order to demonstrate that the fire that was about to descend from heaven was indeed from heaven and not any trick he was performing. he poured so much water on his offering that it spilled over and filled the trench that he had dug around the altar. these [names havayah] correspond to the pitchers with which elijah the prophet, of blessed memory, filled the trench

likutei torah and sefer halikutim* the following passage is truncated and appears to be not finally edited, but its main purpose appear to be to establish the associations between isaac fs wells and the spellings out of the name havayah. there are four wells mentioned in this section of the torah:5 isaac went away from there and encamped in the gerar valley, and settled there. he re-dug the wells of water that had been dug in the days of his father abraham, which the philistines had plugged up after abraham fs death, and gave them the same names that his father had given them. isaac fs servants then dug in the valley, and found there a well of fresh spring water. the shepherds of gerar quarreled with isaac fs shepherds, saying, gthe water is ours. h [isaac] named the well eisek[ gcontentio

formed from the [immature] binah, and the jugular veins are formed from the immature da fat. to explain: the right lobe of the brain, the seat of chochmah, spreads through the trachea, which is on the right side [of the throat. this is the significance of the statement in the zohar2 that the lung absorbs all types of moisture. this is a very curious statement, because we know that if even a drop of water enters the trachea, the person will die. we also see that the lower end of the trachea extends into the lungs and the heart, and there is no passageway there through which water that enters the [upper] trachea could exit [elsewhere. the meaning, rather, is that the esophagus carries food and drink and all types of moisture [downward, while the trachea is used only for producing the voice

intense heat. it is known that the esophagus is attached to the trachea and the lungs until it descends lower, to the location of the stomach. so therefore the moisture in the esophagus can pass into the trachea via the membranes in their attached walls. since the lungs absorb the fluids and water, which are manifestations of chesed, the right side, as is stated in tikunei zohar.that the element of water, which is manifest in the person as the white fluids, originates in the lungs.the immature right [lobe of the] brain, the seat of chochmah, therefore extends through the trachea and descends into the lungs. water is associated with chesed because (1) life is dependent upon it and (2) it flows downward freely. the fact that the lung absorbs moisture means that it is associated with chesed

t 6:8. the arizal on parashat vaeira (2) 13 7. hail. the numerical value of the progressive iteration of the name elokim is 200. adding to this the number of letters in the name elokim (5) plus the kolel gives 206. this is the numerical value of the word for ghail h [barad. barad: beit-reish-dalet= 2+ 200+ 4= 206. this plague issued from the chesed of the holy feminine principle, for hail is made of water, which derives from and expresses chesed. but it was commingled with flaming fire, originating in gevurah. it smote the tiferet of the evil z feir anpin. 8. locusts. this plague manifests four names elokim spelled out. this name spelled out in two iterations uses 52 letters. these four spellings-out are called the four gsons of g-d. h there are two that originate in chochmah and two that

REGARDIE ISRAEL THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN

nd by comparing them with the accounts given in the rituals, the imagination of the reader will render this omission unimportant. the third grade is that of practicus referred to the sephirah hod, the splendour, the lowest of the sephiroth on the left hand side of the tree, the pillar of severity. its attributions refer to the sphere of the operation of mercury, but more especially to the element of water which in this ceremony is invoked to power and presence. as i have previously remarked, and it bears constant reiteration, the tree of life and the qabalistic scheme as a whole should be carefully studied so that the aptness of the attributions both to the sephiroth and the paths may be fully appreciated. two paths lead to the sphere of splendour, the path of fire from malkuth, and the pa

pure" and it must know that his aspirations are pure enough and high first knowledge lecture 59 enough for him to be allowed to tread upon it. he is then allowed to <117> announce to thoth that he is clean from all evil, and has overcome the influence of the planets, and thoth says to him 'who is he whose pylons are of flame, whose walls of living uraei, and the flames of whose house are streams of water" and the initiate replies "osiris" and it is immediately proclaimed 'thy meat shall be from the infinite, and thy drink from the infinite. thou art able to go forth to the sepulchral feasts on earth, for thou hast overcome" thus, these two chapters, which are represented by their illustrations upon the pillars, represent the advance and purification of the soul and its union with osiris

re the essential spiritual beings called upon to praise god in the 'benedicite omnia opera' the kerubim are the living powers of tetragrammaton on the material plane and the presidents of the four elements. they operate through the fixed or kerubic signs of the zodiac and are thus symbolised and attributed- kerub of air-man-aquarius zv.5 kerub of fire-lion-leo q kerub of earth-bull-taurus w kerub of water-eagle-scorpio tll or. tetragrammaton means four-lettered name and refers to the <121> unpronounceable name of god symbolised by jehovah. the laver of water of purification refers to the waters of binah, the female power reflected in the waters of creation. the altar of burnt offmmnfgo r the sacrifice of animals syrnbolises the qlippoth or evil demons of the plane contiguous to and below t

mercury and the number 8. let him now learn to control his emotions, on no account giving way to anger, hatred and jealousy, but to turn the force he hitherto expended in these directions towards the attainment of perfection, that the malarial marsh of his nature may become a clear and limpid lake, reflecting the divine nature truly and without distortion. let him identity himself with the powers of water, considering the water triplicity in all its aspects, with its attributions and correspondences <141> notes on the tarot by frater s.r.m.d. in the tree of life in the tarot, each path forms the connecting link between two of the sephiroth. the king and the queen are the correlations of the abba and the aima in that suit; the knight or prince answers to microprosopus, and the knave or prin

t or a planet, and a sign. thus each followeth a formula which may be translated into letters, and these again form a vibratory name. as it is written "and adam gave names unto all the cattle and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field (gen. 11, v. 20) yet they are ruled by the name yhvh, though classed rather by one or more of its letters: thus, fish, etc, are under the influence of water birds are under the influence of air quadrupeds are under the influence of fire creeping things and insects are under the influence of earth there are some which partake of two elements, but in them one element is usually chief, and besides the elements, each is under a planet and a sign. the vegetable kingdom is again under a somewhat different <223> law. these are under a planet and a s

s sign represents one knock made by rap- p ing the base of sceptre or shaft of wand or the pommel of sword on a tab e or side-altar 'cloaks- see age 111, vol. i n- are worn over the basic robe. members of the outer order wear blag robes while members of the inner order wear white robes. g.w *or red slippers, or red socks. g.w. 3see age 38. dissolve a small amount of sodium salic late in one glass of water, and a smae amount of ferric m o n i u m sulfate in a secondrglass of water. both glasses will continue to exhibit the clear transparency of water; however, when either is poured into the other, the liquid will change into a blood red color. a little experimentation beforehand will assure the best shade of red and avoid such disconcerting experience as having the fluid change back to a cl

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that in the critical analysis of my characterstructure, i find that i am on the whole sombre, serious and reserved, and that i have not but little capacity for pleasure. in other words i am not capable of getting much fun out of life. having arrived at this conclusion, magical study informs me that these character defects can best be remedied by the invocation of the higher powers of the element of water, to which joy and happiness are attributed. the effect of such invocation can best be prolonged or perpetuated by making a talisman deicated to water. by making it carefully and artistically, by charging it in due ceremonial form, and wearing it on my person at all times, the intention is that the constant sensory stimulus it affords may evoke out of the unconscious depths of my psyche th

licity, but since rubeus for scorpio is pantently an evil sign, it is best omitted, leaving only populus for cancer and laetitia for pisces. populus is drawn thus: and from it several little emblematic designs may be drawn with ease. laetitia is thus: and its emblems may be drawn so: these symbols therefore may be placed around the circumference of the circle, together with the traditional symbol of water, the inverted triangle. we would also include what the golden dawn called the kerub of water, the eagle s head, representing the sublimation of the intrinsic energy of scorpio as the active power of god operating through the element water. thus: all of these symbols, including the silver crescent of apas, should be placed on side four of the talisman. incidentally, i suggest several rough

RELIGIOUS TENANTS OF THE YEZIDI

de. p. 131 the peers and kaww ls are empowered to exercise the same functions, for which they receive a fee. sheikh n sir is also occasionally solicited to preside over the funeral rites, which are more generally conducted by the kaww ls and sheikhs. these are extremely simple, but in one respect peculiar: when a yezeedee is about to die, a kaww l is called in, who pours into his mouth a quantity of water; if he happens to die before this ceremony can he performed it is reserved till the body is brought to the grave. fr. 1 whilst the corpse is laid out in the house, the kaww ls chant one or two hymns to the sound of their sacred instruments, and then precede the funeral procession to the grave, burning incense as they go. morning and evening for several successive days the male and female

ng and evening for several successive days the male and female relatives of the deceased repair to the grave in distinct parties, the women to weep and mourn, and the men to burn incense, and watch a short time in silence round the spot. it strikes me that these rites go to support the hypothesis already advanced, and that as a symbol of yezd or sheikh adi, the life-giving principle, the infusion of water is intended to typify, or is supposed to convey, vitality after death. some would fain deny it for fear of reproach, but i think there can be no doubt that the yezeedees hold the doctrine of the metempsychosis. the next in dignity are the peers, or elders, who are few in number compared with the other minor orders of the priesthood. in a subordinate degree they are supposed to possess the

of the yezeedees, theirs is the most numerous of all the sacerdotal castes. they are confined to the villages of ba-sheaka and ba-haz ni, but are frequently sent to other parts to conduct the religious services of the people, for which they receive remuneration. the fak rs are the lowest order in the yezeedee hierarchy; it is their province to minister at sheikh adi, as hewers of wood and drawers of water, and to attend the cock in its peregrinations. they carry a band on their left shoulder with which they tie up the faggots for the shrine, and are sometimes called karabash, or black-heads, from always wearing a turban of that colour. they are also employed in collecting contributions for the temple, and in this respect they resemble the begging friars of monastic establishments. besides

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

es from the domain of the abstract: the grand hierophant intervenes. 24 v x e the pentagram geburah ecce hereunto we have exposed the magical dogma in its more arid and abstruse phases; now the enchantments begin; now we can proclaim wonders and reveal most secret things. the pentagram signifies the domination of the mind over the elements, and the demons of air, the spirits of fire, the phantoms of water and ghosts of earth are enchained by this sign. equipped therewith, and suitably disposed, you may behold the infinite through the medium of that faculty which is like the soul's eye, and you will be ministered unto by legions of angels and hosts of fiends. but here, in the first place, let us establish certain principles. there is no invisible world; there are, however, many degrees of p

e divine triad. fatality is the inevitable sequence of effects and causes in a determined order. will is the directing faculty of intelligent forces for the conciliation of the liberty of persons with the necessity of things. power is the wise application of will which enlists fatality itself in the accomplishment of the desires of the sage. when moses smote the rock, he did not create the spring of water; he revealed it to the people, because occult science had made it known to himself by means of the divining rod. it is in like manner with all miracles of magic; a law exists, which is ignored by the vulgar and made use of by the initiate. occult laws are often opposed diametrically to common ideas. for example, the crowd believes in the sympathy of things which are alike and in the hosti

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

let it divide the waters from the waters; the things which are above are like unto things which arc below, and things below arc like unto things above, for the performance of the wonders of one thing; the sun is its father, the moon its mother, the wind hath carried it in the belly thereof. it ascendeth from earth to heaven, and again it descendeth from heaven to earth. i exorcise thee, creature of water, that thou mayest become unto men a mirror of the living god in his works, a fount of life and ablution of sins. prayer of the undines dread king of the sea, who hast the keys of the floodgates of heaven and dost confine the waters of the underworld in the caverns of earth; king of the deluge and the floods of the springtime; thou who dost unseal the sources of rivers and fountains; thou

thin our elementary empire. there our unceasing exercise is to praise thee and adore thy good pleasure; there we burn continually in our aspiration to possess thee. o father! o mother, most tender of all mothers! o admirable archetype of maternity and of pure love! o son, flower of sons! o form of all forms, soul, spirit, harmony and number of all things! amen. the earth is exorcised by aspersion of water, by breathing and by fire, with the perfumes proper for each day and the prayer of the gnomes king invisible, who, taking the earth as a support, didst furrow the abysses to fill them with thine omnipotence; thou whose name doth shake the vaults of the world, thou who causest the seven metals to flow through the veins of the rock, monarch of the seven lights, rewarder of the subterranean

ch we term sunday without knowing why, the day of the sun among the ancients. the seven magical planets correspond to the seven colours of the spectrum and the seven notes of the musical octave; they represent also the seven virtues and by contrast the seven vices of christian ethics. the seven sacraments correspond equally to this great universal septenary. baptism, which consecrates the element of water, is in analogy with the moon; ascetic penance is under the auspices of samael, the angel of mars; confirmation, which imparts the spirit of understanding and communicates to the true believer the gift of tongues, is under the auspices of raphael, the angel of mercury; the eucharist substitutes sacramental realization of god made man for the empire of jupiter; marriage is consecrated by th

had not been beheld in sleep. we should beware of persons whose imagination continually reflects deformities. temperament is, in like manner, manifested by dreams, and as this exercises a permanent influence upon life, it is necessary to be well acquainted therewith, if we would conjecture a destiny with certitude. dreams of blood, of enjoyment, and of light indicate a sanguine temperament; those of water, mud, rain, tears, are characteristic of a more phlegmatic disposition; nocturnal fire, darkness, terrors, spectres, belong to the bilious and melancholic. synesius, one of the greatest christian bishops of the first centuries, the disciple of that beautiful and pure hypatia who was massacred by fanatics after presiding gloriously over the school of alexandria, in the inheritance of which

ROBERT KIRK WALKER BETWEEN WORLDS

and mine correspond so nearly [that is, closely. the maid my lord mentions who saw her image [standing] still before the secret commonwealth 46 her suiteth [that is, corresponds] with the co-walker named in my [earlier] account [see page 23. which [co-walker, some [people] at first thought might conjecture to be by the refraction of a cloud or mist as in the parallax, the whole air and every drop of water being a mirror to return the species [that is, images] of things, were our visive faculties [that is, our sight] sharp enough to apprehend them, or a natural reflection for the same reasons that an echo can be redoubled by air. yet it were more feasible to impute this second sight to a quality infused into the eye by an unction; for witches have a sleeping ointment that when applied troub

RUBY TABLET OF SET

and traces the green trigram of earth, then gives sign of the enterer: ggreat elemental of earth, we unite with thee. we are centered and strong. we are the vessels through which our true wills manifest. h keeper of the elements gives sign of welcome: ggreat green powers of earth, come forth and aid and guard us in this work of art! h keeper of the elements faces west and traces the blue trigram of water, then gives sign of the enterer: ggreat elemental of water, we unite with thee. we are sensitive, intuitive, and magical. the waters of our inner consciousness are calm, clear and crystalline. we are able to see into our depths and know our true wills. h keeper of the elements gives sign of welcome: ggreat blue powers of water, come forth and aid and guard us in this work of art! h keeper

s built of crystals and surrounded by tongues of fire, and it began to affright me. and i went into the tongues of fire and drew nigh to a large house which was built of crystals. the walls of the house were like a tesselated floor of crystals, and its groundwork was of crystal. its ceiling was like the path of the stars and the lightnings, and between them were fiery cherubim amidst a background of water. a blazing fire surrounded the walls, and its portals were covered with fire. and i entered into that house, and it was as hot as fire yet as cold as ice. there were no delights of life therein. fear covered me, and trembling gat hold of me. and i quaked and trembled and fell down upon my face" shortly thereafter enoch beholds the black flame "from thence i went to another place to the we

fter that] having touched on set's appearance in the stele, let's examine the initiate. he stands with his left foot forward, following set's symbol of the left hand path as shown in the stele. his kilt is white with proportional black curved lines indicating, as the key says. the realm in which his semblance must exist" note here that those lines curve. do they curve up or down? well, is a glass of water half filled or half emptied? the answer depends on your own insights and initiative to know. there is a section of the kilt which extends down from the phallic area.the initiate has a firm basis of creation and the lines are horizontal and suggestive, in shape, of the heart further over in maat's scales. to me this indicates creation from the heart. and this is getting deep, so let me put

being [face the west, repeat the action, and call forth hapi, the god of the west, and say] hapi. come forth from your place of rule, and instruct me in the art of comprehension, that i may dive into the waters and use it to further my xeper, for the building up of the mind, and remanifesting that which i design to be, as i see fit to be. come and bestow your essence on this symbol of the element of water [take the symbol of water off the altar, raise it to the west, and visualize the essence of qebhsenuf entering the symbol. next consume the symbol; as you do so imagine the essence entering your being [face the altar and read the invocation of set.(2 [read the following statement] in the names of set-hen, nept-het, anpu, and khepri do i declare my freedom of mind, my independence, and my

thy. earth: positive form. endurance, firmness, objectivity, infallibility. a solid foundation in what one knows as opposed to what one has faith in. negative form. lack of endurance, insipidity, no control over compulsive actions. concerning the altar and tools on the altar should be the following: the sceptre of tcham, the sword, the symbol of fire (i use a small candle in red glass, the symbol of water (this is a chalice, the symbol of air (i use a flower, usually a rose, the symbol of earth (i use an unleavened wafer, a bell, a source for the black flame, an incense burner (a censer on a chain is best. any other item on the altar to personally enhance the ritual is up to the individual. the reason for this ritual the reason for this ritual is twofold: to seek assistance from entities o

at times to be a boy. strong, articulate, and beautiful. the other being was a woman who seemed at times to be middle aged and at other times to be elderly, but not ugly. she maintained an air of great composure and dignity. each one of those beings addressed me in turn, but yet they spoke with one voice. they were trying to make me understand the laws of universal balance. they showed me a pool of water whereby i could see my past and the things i needed to learn about myself and my mode of action, so as not to repeat the same mistakes. they taught me the true art of touching that future part of myself that is to be yet made manifest. they made me sit upon a throne and then spoke again. what follows is only a fragment of what i heard, the rest having highly personal messages: let those w

SABBATIC KABALA OF THE CROOKED PATH

er the venusian influence of lady libra. the influences of the fool, apethiui is as said both rewarding and cursing. the occult laws considering justice must be taken into account as it is formulated in the saying of the witches: may the blessing, curse and cunning be cell 1 being the aat of the 2nd and 13th letter of the sacred alphabet "all worship is soliliquy. in this house we enter the world of water, the way of manifestation. elemetal spirits as well as les loa prefer the watery way of entering mundane conditions, known as manifestations. this house is very manifestive indeed since it is balancing the forces of mercury and water. there are several clues for the understanding of the empowerments presented in this cell in the azo tic text of which the following carries a lot of essence

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

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he pure hell of st trinians, or to eat out, not a single chinese meal, and in later years he would remember nothing of his first fortnight in his beloved ellowen deeowen except pounds shillings pence, like the disciple of the philosopher--king chanakya who asked the great man what he meant by saying one could live in the world and also not live in it, and who was told to carry a brim-full pitcher of water through a holiday crowd without spilling a drop, on pain of death, so that when he returned he was unable to describe the day's festivities, having been like a blind man, seeing only the jug on his head. changez chamchawala became very still in those days, seeming not to care if he ate or drank or did any damn thing, he was happy sitting in the hotel room watching television, especially w

, too" baa, for all his terror, cannot conceal his disbelief "grandee, those _goons- those fucking _clowns_ you don't have to worry about them. what do you think? that mahound's one god will bankrupt your temples? three-sixty versus one, and the one wins? can't happen" he giggles, close to hysteria. abu simbel remains calm "keep your insults for your verses" giggling baa! can't stop "a revolution of water--carriers, immigrants and slaves. wow, grandee. i'm really scared" abu simbel looks carefully at the tittering poet "yes" he answers "that's right, you should be afraid. get writing, please, and i expect these verses to be your masterpieces" baa! crumples, whines "but they are a waste of my, my small talent" he sees that he has said too much "do as you're told" are abu simbel's last words

zamzam. in the sand--city, their obsession with water makes them freakish. ablutions, always ablutions, the legs up to the knees, the arms down to the elbows, the head down to the neck. dry-torsoed, wet-limbed and damp-headed, what eccentrics they look! splish, splosh, washing and praying. on their knees, pushing arms, legs, heads back into the ubiquitous sand, and then beginning again the cycle of water and prayer. these are easy targets for baal's pen. their water--loving is a treason of a sort; the people of jahilia accept the omnipotence of sand. it lodges between their fingers and toes, cakes their lashes and hair, clogs their pores. they open themselves to the desert: come, sand, wash us in aridity. that is the jahilian way from the highest citizen to the lowest of the low. they are

not shake off her voice, she made it speak ideas which her conservative suicides of parents would have anathematized. she married an indian. and, because he turned out to be too much like them, would have left him. had decided to leave. when, once again, she was cheated by a death. she was overtaking a frozen-food road train, blinded by the spray kicked up by its wheels, when she hit the expanse of water that had been waiting for her in a slight declivity, and then the m g was aquaplaning at terrifying speed, swerving out of the fast lane and spinning round so that she saw the headlights of the road train staring at her like the eyes of the exterminating angel, azrael "curtains" she thought; but her car swung and skidded out of the path of the juggernaut, slewing right across all three la

rty plate, and when the imam goes to the toilet his disciples leap scalded from the shower. in exile no food is ever cooked; the dark-spectacled bodyguards go out for takeaway. in exile all attempts to put down roots look like treason: they are admissions of defeat. the imam is the centre of a wheel. movement radiates from him, around the clock. his son, khalid, enters his sanctum bearing a glass of water, holding it in his right hand with his left palm under the glass. the imam drinks water constantly, one glass every five minutes, to keep himself clean; the water itself is cleansed of impurities, before he sips, in an american filtration machine. all the young men surrounding him are well aware of his famous monograph on water, whose purity, the imam believes, communicates itself to the

eople march through the gates he swallows them whole. the body of al-lat has shrivelled on the grass, leaving behind only a dark stain; and now every clock in the capital city of desh begins to chime, and goes on unceasingly, beyond twelve, beyond twenty-four, beyond one thousand and one, announcing the end of time, the hour that is beyond measuring, the hour of the exile's return, of the victory of water over wine, of the commencement of the untimc of the imam. o o o when the nocturnal story changes, when, without warning, the progress of events injahilia and yathrib gives way to the struggle of imam and empress, gibreel briefly hopes that the curse has ended, that his dreams have been restored to the random eccentricity of ordinary life; but then, as the new story, too, falls into the ol

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ometry, mensuration and astronomy. turns men into birds. andromalius (goetia, 72nd spirit. earl commanding 36 legions, who appears as a man holding a large serpent. retrieves stolen good, punishes miscreants, finds out all underhand dealings, and locates hidden treasure. aniquiel one of the nine great dukes of hell, specifically named as being the serpent in the garden. ariton (goetia. demon king of water, and the west. ashmedai, asmodaios, asmodeus, asmoday (goetia, 32nd spirit, latin asmodeus, talmudic asmeddai, meaning being of judgement. ex- cherubim, more of a philosopher than a fiend. originally a persian deity, it is supposedly he who killed the seven bridegrooms of sarah and fought rapha-el, before being banished to upper egypt. classically, the patron demon of passion, lechery, lu

ans as athtar, venus in the morning, in aramaic she is the morning star, as astroarche she is queen of the stars. avnas, amy (58th spirit, goetia. president commanding 36 legions, who appears as a flame. teaches astrology and the liberal arts, bewrays treasure kept by spirits. gives good familiars. az (hebrew, from aleph-zain, meaning then, therefore. the dark goddess. azael (hebrew. demon prince of water. also, amongst the watchers (see above. azarak) a name employed to designate the horned one of the witches, together with its counterpart zomelak. it made its way through major fuller s article the black arts (form, where it is given as a name for the devil, to become included in the gardnerian charge of wicca. azazel (hebrew. demon prince of air. also, amongst the watchers (see above. az

SATANIC RITUALS

the font. as she passes water, the deacon addresses the congregation] deacon: she maketh the font resound with the tears of her mortification. the waters of her shame become a shower of blessing in the tabernacle of satan, for that which hath been withheld pourest forth, and with it, her piety. the great baphomet, who is in the midst of the throne, shall sustain her, for she is a living fountain of water [as the nun completes her urination, the deacon continues] deacon: and the dark lord shall wipe all tears from her eyes, for he said unto me: it is done. i am alpha and omega, the beginning and the end. i will give freely unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life [the subdeacon removes the font from the nun and holds it before the deacon, who dips the aspergeant into t

n 988, when prince vladimir of kiev decided to convert to byzantine orthodoxy. volos suffered the indignity of being turned into a barnyard watchman and simple shepherd, and was assigned the new name of st vlas. volkh, the werewolf king, was the personification of sorcery, and was called upon by pagan russians to defend their land in times of need. the cult of kupala worshipped the magical powers of water. the fern, sacred to the followers of kupala, like the peacock of the yezidis, possessed power over riches, beautiful women and wisdom. the cult of larilo refused to die out even as late as the eighteenth century, when the bishop of voronezh abolished its practices, which included organized festivities and "satanic games" iarilo, the russian equivalent of pan, provided fecundity and was p

nd therefore could not actually have worshipped the devil! it is difficult to assess this as anything other than the most blatant form of selective inattention! each time an important yezidi ritual was to take place, a brazen figure of a peacock (called a sanjak) was removed from a secret hiding place by a priest and carried to the temple. it was placed on a pedestal around which a running spring of water played into a small pool this served as the shrine and icon towards which homage was directed. the water supposedly came from an underground stream which flows through subterranean caverns in a network opening under each tower of satan. the point of origin of these streams was thought to be the miraculous well of islam known as zamzam. the caverns supposedly terminated at the place of the

when the gaunts will bow before us, and man shall speak with the tongues of the hornless ones. the way is yog-sothoth, and the key is nyarlathotep. hail, yog-sothoth. hail, nyarlathotep. participants: i'a y'gs-othoth. i'a n'ya-1'yht- otp. i'a s'ha-t'n. hail, yog-sothoth. hail, nyarlathotep. hail, satan. the call to cthulhu [this ceremony is to be performed in a secluded location near a major body of water-a large river, lake, or ocean. the ideal site for the proceedings would be a natural stone cavern at the water's edge, but a grove of trees or a concealed inlet will serve. the ceremony must take place at night, preferably at a time when the sky is heavily overcast and the water is tempestuous. no special articles of attire-such as robesor decorative paraphernalia are to be used. the sing

SCHEM HA MEPHORESH

divisions of 18 each, each division under the presidency of one of the four letters of the name yhvh. they are further classed as belonging to the decanates of the zodiac as follows: 2 quinances to each decanate. the first division of 3 signs is under the presidency of y, the letter of fire. the second division of 3 signs, headed by the watery sign cancer, is under the presidency of h the letter of water. the third division of 3 signs headed by 2 the airy sign libra is under the presidency of vau, the letter of air. and the 4th division of 3 signs headed by the earthy sign capricorn is under the presidency of heh final, the letter of earth. but it should be remembered that the most powerful rule of y of tetragrammaton is over the fiery triplicity; that of h over the watery triplicity; tha

SCHLAGER NEIL WORLD RELIGIONS REFERENCE LIBRARY

, when the granth sahib is read in its entirety. alchemy: an ancient science that aimed to transform substances of little value into those of greater value, such as lead into gold. allah: the name of god in islam, derived from the arabic word al-ilah, meaning the one true god. amaterasu: the sun-goddess. amesha spentas: the bounteous immortals, aspects, or sides, of ahura mazda. amrit: a solution of water and sugar, used in the ceremony when sikhs are initiated into the faith. xv amrit sanskar: the initiation ceremony for young sikhs. anand karaj: the sikh wedding ceremony. animism: the worship of trees, rocks, mountains, and such, which are believed to have supernatural power. anthropomorphism: attributing human shape or form to nonhuman things, such as the gods. apathia: stoic belief tha

dhism living being of life. by this truth may there be well-being for you, wellbeing for the unborn child! after the birth of a child in theravada countries, the parents take the child to the local temple to be given a name. then the baby is blessed by monks and sprinkled with water. this is followed by a final ceremony with a candle. the lit candle is tilted so that drops of wax fall into a bowl of water and become solid again. this symbolizes the blending of four elements: earth, air, fire, and water. rites at marriage marriage is considered a secular, or nonreligious, contract for buddhists. but in addition to a civil ceremony, a buddhist wedding ceremony can be held, with a monk presiding. in theravada countries a wedding ceremony will include the symbolic joining of the entire communi

and is a christian, one of several rites of passage in christianity, baptism symbolizes that a person is a christian. it is often carried out with a newborn child, whose head is splashed with water from a shallow pool before a supportive group of family and friends. ap images. 142 world religions: almanac christianity the ceremony is also called a christening. the newborn usually has a few drops of water splashed on its head or is immersed in shallow pool. an official of the church, such as a priest or minister, carries out the ceremony, while saying i baptize you in the name of the father, and of the son, and of the holy spirit. this service is attended by friends and family and by persons chosen by the parents to be godparents, who promise to help raise the child as a christian. in some

ey can live in unity with it. nature, in daoism, is not something to be conquered or controlled. instead, people need to live in harmony with nature. by focusing on the dao, people can awaken themselves to this eternal rhythm and reach enlightenment, or spiritual understanding. the concept of de throughout daoist texts, moving water is used to represent the flow of dao in people s lives. the flow of water plays a key part zhang daoling zhang daoling lived in the first and second centuries ce. he was the founder of the celestial masters. a student of daoism, zhang claimed to have received a revelation in 142 ce from laozi that told him that the end of the world was coming soon and that he should gather the faithful together. in this same communication, he was given the title celestial maste

ountains (the holy mountains of china, to the sections of the sky, and the seasons( in daoist belief there is an extra season in addition to world religions: almanac 187 daoism the usual four; this fifth season is called late summer) these are reproduced in the human body, with its five major openings, and five major organs (liver, heart, spleen, lungs, and kidneys. for daoists, the five elements of water, fire, earth, metal, and wood are all interconnected, part of the great dao. the five elements theory is vital to chinese medicine and the development of acupuncture, a chinese healing tradition that treats bodily disorders as blockages of energy, using needles inserted at key points in the body to free the energy. each of the internal organs is associated with one of the five elements an

ch begins on the fifteenth of the month and is welcomed by a banquet to the gods. these three divisions provide a focus for religious daoists. the first half of the year is a time for recommitting to one s religion and for making prayers to the heavenly gods. the second period is a time to dwell on one s sins and ask for forgiveness. and the third division of the year brings the faithful to think of water, one of the five basic elements, but also a symbol for the flow of the dao and for the effortless action of wu wei. pilgrimages many daoist holy places in china have been disrupted and, in many cases, destroyed in modern times. however, many sacred sites world religions: almanac 197 daoism still remain, including the five mountains so highly praised by early daoists. these mountains inclu

SECRET TEACHINGS OF THE ROSICRUCIANS IN THE 16 17C

r of all things, and the spirit radiates from both: this is god's life giving air. then, too, air brings to iife everything within the elements. the fire warms all things, the water refreshes, delights and saturates all things: and the nitrous earth, mother-like, nourishes and sustains all things; the air was born out of fire, and in turn makes the fire burn, that it may live, but air in the form of water is food for the fire, and the fire burns into this element: water and dew of the ground, the greasy fat dew of the ground, the earth as keeper of nitrous salt nourishes it. for the womb of the earth is the sulphuric nitrous salt of nature, the one good thing god has created in this visible world. the same salt-mother of the elements is the nitrous, aluminous and spiritual gumosic water, s

SEPHER HA BAHIR

ssing, possessing the sea and the south" moses was saying "if you follow my decrees, you will inherit both this world and the next" the world to come is likened to the sea, as it is written (job 11:9 "it is wider than the sea" the present world is referred to as the south. it is thus written( joshua 15:19 [give me a blessing] for you have set me in the land of the south [therefore give me springs of water" the targum translates this "behold the earth is the south" 8. why did god add the letter heh to abraham's name, rather than any other letter? this was so that all parts of man's body should be worthy of life in the world to come, the bahir 5 which is likened to the sea. to the extent that we can express it, the structure was completed in abraham [regarding this structure] it is written (

t teth, which is missing in them. what is the reason for this? this teaches us that teth is the belly and in not included among the sephiroth. 125. why are they called sephiroth? because it is written (psalm 19:2, the heavens declare (me-saprim) the glory of god. 126. and what are they? they are three. among them are three troops and three dominions. the first dominion is light. light is the life of water. the second dominion includes the chaioth ha-qadesh, the ophanim, the wheels of the chariot, and all the troops of the blessed holy one. the bless, exalt, glorify, praise and sanctify the might king with the kedushah. arranged in the mystery of the great kedushah is the fearsome and terrible king. and they crown him with three holies. 127. why are there three holies and not four? because

ike a throne. 153. what is the seventh? it is the heaven [called] aravot. and why is it called heaven (shamayim? because it is round like a head. we learn that it is in the centre, with water at its right and fire at its left. it supports water (sa mayim) from fire and water, and brings peace between them. fire comes and finds the attribute of fire on its side. water comes and finds the attribute of water on its side. it is therefore written (job 25:2, he makes peace in his high places. 154. is it then the seventh? is it nothing more than the sixth. but this teaches us that the holy palace is here, and it supports them all. it is thus counted as two. it is therefore the seventh. and what is it? it is thought that does not have any end or boundary. this place likewise does not have any end

nth and keep it, i will give them [the rest] in the final world. it is therefore called the world that came, since it already came [into existence] from the six days of creation. regarding this it is written (psalm 31:20, how great is your good that you have hidden away for those who fear you. 161. what is the meaning of the verse (exodus 15:27, and the came to elim, where there were twelve wells of water and seventy date palms, and they encamped there by the water? what is so special about seventy date palms? in one small place there can be a thousand. but [this teaches us that] they were worthy of their counterpart. they are likened to date palms. it is written (exodus 15:23, and they came to marah, and they could not drink of the waters of marah, for they were bitter (marah. this teache

eing the root of satan. it is likewise written (proverbs 4:15, turn aside (s the) from it and pass on. 165. what is the significance of the seventy date palms? they had accepted upon themselves the commandments, as it is written (exodus 15:26, if you listen to the voice of the lord your god. immediately after this we find (exodus 15:27) and they came to elim (elimah [where there were twelve wells of water and seventy date palms. what is the meaning of elimah? it is eli mah to me is what. where there were twelve wells of water. at first god gave it to them as wells, and in the end, he gave it back to them as stones. it is thus written [regarding the stones set up near the jordan (joshua 4:9, twelve stones. what it the reason? it is because the torah was originally likened to water in the wo

SEVEN SCROLLS CHILDREN OF THE BLACK ROSE

nt, anise, fennel, or other flavoring will improve or mask the taste. decoctions plant roots, wood, bark, and seeds: these must first be finely sliced, chopped, or ground then added to cold water in a non metallic pot. then bring to boil for a few moments until salts and principles are extracted. remove from heat and steep as tea. the ratio is generally about one half ounce plant matter to a pint of water. syrups dissolve about three pounds of raw sugar in a pint of boiling water until syrup forms. medicinal ingredients may then be added. powders chop, cut, or dice plant matter as fine as possible, then dry and grind with a mortar and pestle or between two rocks or other such implements until powdered. powders may be ingested with water, juice, soup or milk. the usual dose is as much as ca

ction and apply to affected area. this is milder than a poultice or plaster. however, it is easier on the skin. be careful not to get the towel so hot that it causes a scald. herbal bath: a full bath may be used to submerse the whole body which is useful for opening pores or to ease pain, itching, or inflammation. a half or sitzbath may be used for bathing a selected area of the body. heat a bath of water and prepare a concentrate of correct plant matter, enough to bring to bring the bath water up to usable strength. this may require anywhere from a few ounces to several pounds of herbal matter. add the herbal concentrate to the bath water and climb in. both hot and cold baths are useful. vapor inhalation: generally volatile oils or essences are placed in a bowl of steaming, hot water. the

SIFRA DETZNIYUTHA

is written how mighty is your name in all the earth,129 the whole earth is full of your glory.130 it was a firmament in the midst of the waters.131 in order to distinguish between the holy and the holy of holies. the ancient one unto the small one expands and adheres, if not adheres the mouth speaks great things.132 it engages itself and wreathes itself with the small crowns, with the five kinds of water,133 16 and thus it is written and he shall put from above living water.134 he is the living elohim(,yyx ,yhla, elohim chayim) and the king forever.135 i shall go before the face of the lord hvhy in the lands of life.136 and shall be the body of adonai (ynda) bound up. and the tree of life in the midst of the garden.137 y yha a h d vy h y between the waters and the waters.138 waters perfec

SIR EDWARD BULWER LYTTON ZANONI A ROSICRUCIAN TALE

rits, then" said mervale, with an incredulous smile "nay, it was not precisely of spirits that i spoke; but there may be forms of matter as invisible and impalpable to us as the animalculae in the air we breathe, in the water that plays in yonder basin. such beings may have passions and powers like our own as the animalculae to which i have compared them. the monster that lives and dies in a drop of water carnivorous, insatiable, subsisting on the creatures minuter than himself is not less deadly in his wrath, less ferocious in his nature, than the tiger of the desert. there may be things around us that would be dangerous and hostile to men, if providence had not placed a wall between them and us, merely by different modifications of matter "and think you that wall never can be removed" as

with innumerable races. each drop of the water in yon moat is an orb more populous than a kingdom is of men. everywhere, then, in this immense design, science brings new life to light. life is the one pervading principle, and even the thing that seems to die and putrify but engenders new life, and changes to fresh forms of matter. reasoning, then, by evident analogy: if not a leaf, if not a drop of water, but is, no less than yonder star, a habitable and breathing world, nay, if even man himself is a world to other lives, and millions and myriads dwell in the rivers of his blood, and inhabit man's frame as man inhabits earth, commonsense (if your schoolmen had it) would suffice to teach that the circumfluent infinite which you call space the countless impalpable which divides earth from t

the animalculae unseen by the naked eye, certain forms of matter, though matter so delicate, air-drawn, and subtle, that it is, as it were, but a film, a gossamer that clothes the spirit. hence the rosicrucian's lovely phantoms of sylph and gnome. yet, in truth, these races and tribes differ more widely, each from each, than the calmuc from the greek, differ in attributes and powers. in the drop of water you see how the animalculae vary, how vast and terrible are some of those monster mites as compared with others. equally so with the inhabitants of the atmosphere: some of surpassing wisdom, some of horrible malignity; some hostile as fiends to men, others gentle as messengers between earth and heaven "he who would establish intercourse with these varying beings resembles the traveller wh

ng harangue from lecointre "that the usurper menaces us all. but he is still so beloved by his mobs, still so supported by his jacobins: better delay open hostilities till the hour is more ripe. to attempt and not succeed is to give us, bound hand and foot, to the guillotine. every day his power must decline. procrastination is our best ally" while yet speaking, and while yet producing the effect of water on the fire, it was announced that a stranger demanded to see him instantly on business that brooked no delay "i am not at leisure" said the orator, impatiently. the servant placed a note on the table. tallien opened it, and found these words in pencil "from the prison of teresa de fontenai" he turned pale, started up, and hastened to the anteroom, where he beheld a face entirely strange

SIR WALLIS BUDGE EGYPTIAN MAGIC

the account of how "he stretched out his hand over the sea, and the lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. and the children of israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left" when the egyptians had come between the two walls of water, by god's command moses stretched forth his hand over the sea "and the sea returned to his strength" and the "waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of pharaoh that came into the sea after them" 1 but the command of the waters of the sea or river was claimed by the egyptian magician long before the time of moses, as we may see from an interesting sto

he happiness and well-being of the dead also by means of figures made of various substances. according to one very early belief the dead made their way to a region called sekhet- aaru, where they led a life which was not very different from that which they had led upon earth. from the pictures of this place which are painted on coffins of the xith dynasty, we see that it was surrounded by streams of water, and that it was intersected by canals, and that, in fact, it was very much like an ordinary well-kept estate in the delta. the beings who lived in this place, however, had the same wants as human beings, that is to say, they needed both food and drink, or bread-cakes and ale. the existence of bread and ale presupposed the existence of wheat and barley, and p. 71 the production of these p

or be defiled in any way by it. the rich man, even, was not certain that the appointed offerings of meat and drink could or would be made in his tomb in perpetuity: what then was the poor man to do to save his ka from the ignominy of eating filth and drinking dirty water? p. 107 [paragraph continues] to get out of this difficulty the model of an altar in stone was made, and models of cakes, vases of water, fruit, meat, etc, were placed upon it; in cases where this was not possible figures of the offerings were sculptured upon the stone itself; in others, where even the expense of an altar could not be borne by the relatives of the dead, an altar with offerings painted upon it was placed in the tomb, and as long as it existed through the prayers recited, the ka did not lack food. sometimes

ns' is thy name" in reply to this the guardian says "if i announce thy name thou must utter the name of the god who dwelleth in his hour" and the deceased utters the name "maau-taui" but still the guardian is not satisfied, and he says "if i announce thy name thou must tell me who is he whose heaven is of fire, whose walls [are surmounted by] living uraei, and the floor of whose house is a stream of water. who is he, i say (i.e, what is his name" but the deceased has, of course, learnt the name of the great god, and he replies "osiris" the guardian of the hall is now content, and he says "advance, verily thy name shall be mentioned to him; and he further promises that the cakes, and ale, and sepulchral meals which the deceased shall enjoy shall come from the "eye of ra" in another chapter

vents which took place in connexion with the burial of osiris, with whom the deceased is now identified; the two women took the parts of the goddesses isis and nephthys, and the men those of the gods who helped them in the performance of their pious duties. from the scenes 2 which accompany the texts 3 relating to the ceremony of opening the mouth and eyes we see that it began with the sprinkling of water round about the statue or mummy from four vessels, one for each quarter of the earth, and with the recital of addresses to the gods horus, set, thoth, and sept; this act restored to the deceased the use of his head. the sprinkling of water was followed by a purification by means of incense, also contained in four vases, one for each of the four quarters of the earth. the burning p. 194 of

uth and north, etc. the text which runs in short vertical lines above the scene reads "the chapter of the opening of the mouth of the statue of osiris, the royal scribe, hunefer, which is to be performed [when] its face [looketh] towards the south [and when it is set] upon the sand behind him. and the kher-heb shall say four times unto the sem priest as he goeth round about him bearing four vases of water 'thou art pure with the purification of horus, and horus is pure with thy purification. thou art pure with the purification of thoth, and thoth is pure with thy purification. thou art pure with the purification of sep, and sep is pure with thy purification. thou art pure with the purification of seb, and seb is pure with thy purification. pure. pure [say] four times 'incense hath been off

SPENSER THE CULT OF THE ALL SEEING EYE 1960

emple is an edifice dedicated to the service of a god. according to curt john witt, author of an article on the temple reprinted from volume two, number one of triad and "main currents of modern thought (available at the temple information center, 66 west putnam avenue, greenwich, connecticut; telephone to 9-5054 "the upper level of the temple of understanding will center around a reflecting pool of water. this inner pool, surrounded by benches, will be designed for meditation and prayer. it will be kept completely quiet at all times, and be known as the 'hall of illumination (emphasis supplied) is the temple to be used as a place of worship or is it not? the statements cited are contradictory. actually, common sense tells us that the intent of the temple's founders is that religious worsh

STEINER RUDOLF CHRISTIANITY AS MYSTICAL FACT

order a boy, a young man; then a man, an elderly man, and an old man; it undoes former becomings and that age which has been to make those which come after. yet we fear (how absurdly) a single death we who have died so many deaths, and yet are dying. for it is not only that, as heraclitus would say, death of fire is the birth of air, and death of air is 12 christianity as mystical fact the birth of water. the thing is much clearer in our own selves. the man in his strength is destroyed when the old man comes into being, the young man was destroyed for the man in his strength to be, so the boy for the young man, the babe for the boy. he of yesterday has died into him of today; he of today is dying into him of tomorrow. no one abides, no one is. we who come into being are many, while matter

SZYMANSKI GREG SEARCHING FOR THE ILLUMINATI DEEP WITHIN THE BOWELS OF THE VATICAN

out food and water, you are terrified. and at the end of the time, i was just dying of thirst. my morale was just. i have never been so thirsty in my entire life. my mother walked into the room. a lot of times they have the children, you know, or the parents train the children at these early ages. there was a table in the middle of the room and i was sitting at it. she brings in this cold pitcher of water and she starts pouring it. i said "mom! i want a drink of water" and she slapped me out of the chair (pause) gs: hm. sv: and i remember crying! and as i'm crying, she's drinking the water in front of me, and she leaves! she takes the pitcher of water. and a couple of hours later, she came back in and did the same thing. and i said "mom, mom, i want water" and she slapped me! i mean, acros

and i said "mom, mom, i want water" and she slapped me! i mean, across the room. after this had happened about three times, luckily i was bright enough that by the third time she came in, i mean, i remember crying silently, but i just looked at her. i didn't ask. after she got up and left with the pitcher, a man came into the room. he said "you did very well that time" and then he gave me a drink of water. gs: hm. sv: that was part of the "learning not to want" stage. looking back on it, i realize now as an adult that the part of that training was to teach me not to recognize my own physiological needs and respond to them, but to look to outside people to tell me what i wanted or needed. which is what. gs: now you basically, you told me you led a dual life in the illuminati. that's basical

TECHNICIANS GUIDE TO THE LEFT HAND PATH

ion, this white noise can be pre-recorded, it can come from a synthesizer, or white noise generator. white noise can also be thrust into the environment through the utilization of electrical/magnetic field producing devices such as van degraf generators, or tesla coils. if the working is outdoors a wind or electrical storm can produce tremendous amounts of white noise, as can a fast moving volume of water such as a rapidly flowing river, a large lake, or ocean break. an enclosed environment is not always necessary for ritual. natural environments can be found that contain many of the essential elements we have been discussing. however, it is becoming increasingly difficult to utilize these natural environments as many are prone to intrusion from non-participants, and unless one of the part

cal and weather events within nature itself. there are many areas of crossover regarding the elements of harmonic proportion within the synthetic environment, and those found within natural settings. for instance, i have mentioned whitenoise and described its importance. in an outdoor ritual whitenoise can be found in two places. the first is during a thunderstorm, the second is by any large body of water. wind, rain, thunder all manifest a great deal of whitenoise activity. this means that in order to utilize this element the ritualists must be prepared to go on command. participants will need to be fairly close to each other geographically and also be willing to gather together with little notice. on the other hand, if the ritualists are close to the ocean, or other large body of water (

TEXE MARRS CODEX MAGICA SECRET SIGNS MYSTERIOUS SYMBOLS AND HIDDEN CODES OF THE ILLUMINATI

als to us exactly why the illuminati consider magic of such extraordinary importance in the accomplishment of their aims. that magic is an occult activity is also indicated in the new encyclopedia brittanica. so we are not talking here about magicians playing parlor tricks or entertainment extravaganzas pulling rabbits out of hats, sawing beautiful girls in half, being chained in an aquarium full of water and escaping, etc. instead, as the encyclopedia so well puts it, magic is ritual performance. it is an occult ritual. in this occult ritual, the "magician" the illuminist, believes he can "influence human or natural events" so in codex magica, we see pictured the illuminati giving secret signs, sharing concealed grips and handshakes, displaying symbols and communicating hidden messages. w

aning of the pythagorean signet ring in his classic textbook, the secret teachings of all ages. albert pike, former sovereign grand commander of the scottish rite masons, wrote in morals and dogma that the pentagram (pentacle, cabalistic star) on this ring "carries with it the power of commanding the spirits" use it, he instructed, to "bind the demons of the air, the spirits of fire, the spectres of water, and the ghosts of the eartlt" note that the star atop the ring is encircled by the oroboros serpent. twenty-four ok sign of the divine king "annuit coeptus- he approves our undertaking. latin inscription atop the all-seeing eye on the u.s.a. one dollar bill w e s t e r n e r s know it as the "okay (or "ok) sign. it's done with the fingers and thumb of right or left hands (usually the rig

THE CRAFT GRIMOIRE OF ECLECTIC VERSION 2

rd and lady, and to work your magick. basic ritual tools are, the chalice, the athame (pronounced, ath-ah-may, the pentacle, and the wand. chalice this tool, more then any other, represents the creative aspect of the goddess. it is the symbol of the womb. in ritual, it is used for the sharing of wine, juice, or herbal potions. it can also be employed for scrying. it is associated with the element of water. athame this tool represents the active principle of the god. usually it is black handled, with a double-edged blade. in ritual, it is used to cast the circle, as well as to evoke or banish energies. it is associated with the element of air. pentacle often made of wood, stone, ceramic, wax, glass, or metal, this tool represents the goddess in a passive, supporting role. in ritual, it is u

ture. the wording for this sample ritual, has been taken from the invocation scene of the craft. facing east say, hail to the guardians of the watchtowers of the east. powers of air and invention. hear us(me! facing south say, hail to the guardians of the watchtowers of the south. powers of fire and feeling. hear us(me! facing west say, hail to the guardians of the watchtowers of the west. powers of water and intuition. hear us(me! facing north say, hail to the guardians of the watchtowers of the north. powers of mother and earth. hear us(me! looking skyward say, aid us(me) in our magical workings reason for the ritual. invoking pentagrams banishing pentagrams element- compass point relationship air- east: fire- south: water- west: earth- north page 18 grimoire of eclectic magick the art o

THE GALE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE UNUSUAL UNEXPLAINED VOL 1

and that there is such a concept at all, means that a store of psychic experiences designated by that term must actually exist. rebirth is an affirmation that must be counted among the primordial affirmations of mankind. benjamin franklin (1706 1790) saw the whole matter of past lives and rebirth as a practical cosmic recycling: when i see nothing annihilated [in the works of god] and not a drop of water wasted, i cannot suspect the annihilation of souls, or believe that he will suffer the daily waste of millions of minds ready-made that now exist, and put himself to the continual trouble of making new ones. thus, finding myself to exist in the world, i believe i shall always exist; and with all the inconveniences human life is liable to, i shall not object to a new edition of mine, hopin

demonstrating the benefits of past-life regression, she often makes reference to the case of darrell, whose story was featured on the television programs sightings and 20/20. a native of toronto who has lived in southern california for many years, darrell came to bettye binder with a terror of drowning in the middle of the ocean. he was not frightened of seashores, swimming pools, or other bodies of water, but he would not venture far into the ocean because of a morbid fear of drowning there. in three separate regressions with binder, darrell discovered that he drowned in the middle of the ocean in three previous lifetimes. in one, he was a black slave in the south, about 1840, who tried to escape in a small boat that sank due to an explosion on board. in 1940, before the united states ent

s control, the committee carefully measured an amount of colored water that would easily fill her mouth. with her mouth full of the colored water, the voices of walter and other entities were still able to speak freely and to answer all questions put to them. after the experiment s completion, the water was removed from the medium s mouth and remeasured. the color remained the same and the amount of water withdrawn varied not more than a teaspoonful. the water test had not adequately impressed all the investigators, however, so they devised a balloon which could be placed in the medium s mouth and inflated while the seance was in progress. once again, the voices were able to engage in free discourse, even though margery s larynx was completely blocked off. a number of the spirit voices exp

ing strange, such as a ghost. from the latin apparitus, past participle of apparere, meaning to appear. archaeologist a person who scientifically examines old ruins or artifacts such as the remains of buildings, pottery, graves, tools, and all other relevant material in order to study ancient cultures. archipelago from the greek arkhi, meaning chief or main and pelagos meaning sea. any large body of water that contains a large number of scattered islands. armageddon from late latin armagedon, greek and hebrew, har megiddo, megiddon, which is the mountain region of megiddo. megiddo is the site where the great final battle between good and evil will be fought as prophesied and will be a decisive catastrophic event that many believe will be the end of the world. astral self theosophical belie

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the outside windowsill. such pranks the abbe could bear with much more patience than the time the invisible invader dumped every one of his books on the floor. only the holy scriptures remained on the shelves. the most vicious attack on the clergyman occurred once when he knelt at his fireplace stirring the coals, preparatory to placing new kindling on the andirons. without warning, a huge deluge of water rushed down the chimney, extinguishing the fire, blinding the abbe with flying sparks, and covering him with ashes. the tutor woefully concluded that such actions could only be the work of his satanic majesty, the devil. the only other person who actually suffered physical pain dealt out by the haunting phenomena was mme. de x, who was in the act of unlocking a door when the key suddenly

aged when he discovered his human mistress in the arms of the son of the tavernkeeper at schilttach, near freiburg. in his furious state of mind, the incubus not only set the tavern ablaze, but he burned the entire village to the ground. church authorities dealt with the problem of how a spirit could develop a corporeal body by advancing such theories as these: incubi fashion temporary bodies out of water vapor or gases; they have no actual physical bodies, but they possess the power to create an illusion of corporeality; they inhabit recently deceased corpses and animate them for the purpose of sexual intercourse with the living; they actually have material bodies that they can manipulate into any shape they desire. father montague summers theorized that such demons as the incubi might be

bear the devil s child than give birth to another leeds for posterity. visualizing the image of satan, mrs. leeds decreed that she wished the child to be born with claws and fangs, fierce and wild as some vicious beast. the old legend said that mrs. 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 78 mysterious creatures incubi fashion temporary bodies out of water vapor or gases. leeds was granted her angry wish of reve