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nd genuine attribution of the tarot trumps to the hebrew alphabet which has long been a secret among the initiates and which should be carefully concealed from the outer world. as a mss. lecture on this subject is circulated among the members of the grade of practicus, i shall not further enter into its explanation. heg: leads theoricus to tablet in the south. heg: before you is the tablet of the olympic or aerial planetary spirits with their seals, arathror of saturn, bethor of jupiter, phalegh of mars, och of the sun, hagith of venus, ophiel of mercury and phul of the moon. heg: leads theoricus to tablet in the north. heg: this shows you the geomantic figures with their ruling intelligences, and genii; also the talismanic symbols allotted to each geomantic figure. these are derived from

ALEISTER CROWLEY LIBER 777

. the planets and their numbers. lxxviii. intelligences of the planets. cxciv (transliteration) 12# 8 (260) layryt tiriel 13= 9 (3321 \yqhc hwrb duw \ycycrtb aklm malkah be tarshishim va a ad be ruah shehaqim. 14$ 7 (49) laygh hagiel 21& 4 (136) lypwy yophiel 27% 5 (325) layparg graphiel 30! 6 (111) laykn nakhiel 32' 3 (45) layga agiel lxxix. spirits of the planets* cxciii (transliteration) lxxx. olympic planetary spirits. lxxxi. metals. lxxxii. the noble eightfold path. 12 (2080) trtrtpt taphthartharath ophiel mercury samma vaca 13 (369) yadwmcj chasmodai phul silver samma sankappo 14 (175) lamdq qedemel hagith copper samma kammanto 21 (136) lamsh hismael bethor tin samma ajivo 27 (325) labxrb bartzabel phaleg iron samma vayamo 30 (666) trws sorath och gold samma samadhi 32 (45) lazz zaze

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQUINOX EQ I 2 2

e path connecting yesod with hod, the foundation with splendour" 13 "see 777" cols. xciii, xciv, xcv, pp. 21, 20. 14 "see 777" col. viii, p.2 illustration on page 273 approximated below_ hb:resh hb:samekh hb:tzaddi/ hierophant's) throne_ lamps pentacle_ banner of east. incense_ black white_ salt salt spirit tablet_ of earth lamp altar_ 19thkey of_ tarot_ geomant(ic_ names& figures/ sigels of and_ olympic talismans planetary spirits_ cup lamp_ hiereus hegemon_ water_ banner of west tablet of water_ planetary. tarot& symbols_ attributions compounded_ hb:taw_ diagram 30. arrangement of the temple for the 30th path in the 3= 8 ritual. and then enters upon the symbolism of the nineteenth key of the tarot, which resumes these ideas: the sun has twelve principal rays which represent the zodiac; t

hich the greeks and romans referred to castor and pollux, which unites the earthly sign of taurus and the watery sign of cancer. the "hiereus" then shows the theoricus the tablet of "the astrological symbols of the planets,"15 and explains to him the tablet of "the true and genuine attribution of the tarot trumps to the hebrew alphabet."16 after which the "hegemon" leads him to "the tablet of the olympic, or aerial planetary spirits,"17 and shows him "the geomantic figures" with the ruling intelligences and genii, also the talismanic symbols allotted to each geomantic figure.18 the "hierophant" now confers upon the theoricus the title of lord of the thirteenth path, who quits the temple for a short time. by means of the symbol of the stolistes- the chalice of lustral water- the theoricus 2

ALICE A BAILEY11 A TREATISE ON THE SEVEN RAYS VOLUME II ESOTERIC PSYCHOLOGY II

process and conflict. on a tiny scale, that which was worked out in the world war is being worked out in their lives. they are busy with the problems of maya. hence today we find an increasing emphasis upon the physical cultures, disciplines, and upon the vogue for physical training, which finds its expression in the world of sport, in athletic exercises, military training and preparation for the olympic games. these latter are in themselves an initiation. in spite of all the wrong motives and the terrible and evil effects (speaking again with a wide generalisation, the training of the body and organised physical direction (which is taking place today in connection with the youth of all nations) is preparing the way for millions to pass upon the path of purification. is this a hard saying?

ALICE A BAILEY22 DISCIPLESHIP IN THE NEW AGE VOLUME II

ificance of tension. for you, it should mean (speaking in a symbolism which you ought to understand) that moment of exquisite sensitivity which appears just as the life within reaches the point of "breaking forth" into the- 308- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust light. it is that moment of alert conscious anticipatory direction which distinguishes the runner in the olympic games as he stands poised for his supreme effort and test. it should be, for you, the moment when you switch your identification with that which you do, away from that act of doing (which is in reality only an effect of an initiating cause or motive) into the world of origins, of motives and causes. in that supreme moment of tension you relate life and form, the fluid and the concrete; the

BLAVATSKY H P ANTHROPOGENESIS

al. the translators of the drama wonder how aeschylus could become guilty of such "discrepancy between the character of zeus as portrayed in the 'prometheus bound' and that depicted in the remaining dramas (mrs. a. swanwick) this is just because aeschylus, like shakespeare, was and will ever remain the intellectual "sphinx" of the ages. between zeus, the abstract deity of grecian thought, and the olympic zeus, there was an abyss. the latter represented during the mysteries no higher a principle than the lower aspect of human physical intelligence- manas wedded to kama; prometheus- its divine aspect merging into and aspiring to buddhi- the divine soul. zeus was the human soul and nothing more, whenever shown yielding to his lower passions- the jealous god, revengeful and cruel in its egotis

led and thus defeated the plans of zeus" was on this earth in its own sphere and plane of action; whereas, the superior host was an exile from heaven, who had got entangled in the meshes of matter. they (the inferior "host) were masters of all the cosmic and lower titanic forces; the higher titan possessed only the intellectual and spiritual fire. this drama of the struggle of prometheus with the olympic tyrant and despot, sensual zeus, one sees enacted daily within our actual mankind: the lower passions chain the higher aspirations to the rock of matter, to generate in many a case the vulture of sorrow, pain, and repentance. in every such case one sees once more "a god. in fetters, anguish fraught; the foe of zeus, in hatred held by all" a god, bereft even of that supreme consolation of p

DAVID ICKE THE BIGGEST SECRET

by the two statues of liberty, which justhappened to be on top of the tunnel where her car crashed into the 13th pillar. just acoincidence! on the island where she is said to be buried, they have placed yet anotherdepiction of a lighted torch. the brotherhood are telling us that they killed kennedyand diana, but unless you understand their symbolic language, you dont know. thelighted torch in the olympic games has the same meaning. i have to laugh when i seethe different cities holding their breath to see which of them has been selected to holdthe next olympics. it was all decided years before, in line with what is most appropriateto the brotherhood agenda and its symbolism. you would have thought that thecentenary olympic games would have been held in its original home of greece, butinste

y, atlanta, thegoddess and huntress, who was said to be such a great athlete that no man could beather. everyone she defeated in a race had to suffer death and many were killed beforeone managed to trick her into losing a race by dropping golden apples to divert herattention. it was said that she and her bridegroom were turned into lions and pulled thechariot of the great mother of the gods.1 the olympic games in atlanta also allowedmultimillions to be spent on roads and infrastructure in a city rejported to be a majorcentre for the new world order after the millennium.another key brotherhood symbol is thepyramid or the pyramid with the capstonemissing. the street plan of dealey plaza wherekennedy was killed is shaped like a pyramidwith the capstone missing and dealey actuallymeans goddess

DEITUS

e in one of the archetypal spheres. there are, for example, many ranks or orders of angels such as seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominions, powers, virtues, archangels, etc. each angelic choir is said to reside in a particular heavenly sphere. similarly, the fallen angels may reside in earth, air, fire, water, or in the tartaric depths. spirits which dwell in the planetary spheres are often called olympic spirits. these include lunar, mercurial, venereal, solar, martial, jovial, and sanguine spirits. traditionally, all spirits may be invoked or summoned to appearance by the magician using certain formulas of invocation or evocation. magicians of the middle ages would fast for many days and go without sleep or rest. they would also abstain from sexual intercourse and idle conversation in ord

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF OCCULTISM AND PARAPSYCHOLOGY VOL 1

in 1575. the text is in latin and appears to have been influenced by paracelsus. it is of christian, not jewish, origin, and although the authorship is unknown, it is probably the work of an italian. only one of its nine volumes still exists: dealing with the institutions of magic, the work is entitled isagoge, which means essential or necessary instruction. the book introduces the ritual of the olympic spirits who dwell in the air and among the stars and who govern the world. there are, we are told, 196 olympic provinces in the universe: thus aratron has 49; bethor, 42; phaleg 35; och, 28; hagith, 21; ophiel, 14; and phul, 7. each of the olympic spirits rules alternately for 490 years. they have natural sway over certain departments of the material world, but outside these departments th

some of the more important grimoires. in addition to the key of solomon and the lemegeton, the following grimoires are discussed in the book: arbatel, a sixteenth-century work published in basle in 1575. it was supposed to include nine sections, but only one was ever published. that initial section, the isagoge, deals with fundamental magic instructions. basic instructions for summoning the seven olympic spirits believed to rule the planets are given. the grand grimoire, also known as the red dragon. this grimoire had also been discussed at length by eliphas levi. it had been published in the seventeenth century in france and was notable as a true work of black magic, for it included instructions on how to make a pact with the devil. the grimorium verum, an eighteenth-century work claiming

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ch spiritual knowledge as the medieval magus was capable of attaining was insufficient to raise him above the intellectual limitations of his time, so that the work in question possesses all the faults of its age and type. but that is not to say that it possessed no practical value, and it well illustrates the white magic of medieval times. it classifies the names of the angels under the title of olympic or celestial spirits, who abide in the firmament and constellations: they administer inferior destinies and accomplish and teach whatever is portended by the several stars in which they are insphered. they are powerless to act without a special command from the almighty. the stewards of heaven are seven in number.arathron, bethor, phaleg, och, hagith, ophiel, and phul. each of them has a n

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

who knew that these bodies move in elliptic orbits, immensely elongated, having the sun in one of their foci--who indicated the number of the solar years contained in the great cycle, by multiplying a period (variously called in the zend, the sanscrit, and the chinese ven, van, and phen) of 180 years by another period of 144 years--who reckoned the sun's distance from the earth at 800,000,000 of olympic stadia; and who must, therefore, have taken the parallax of that luminary by a method, not only much more perfect than that said to be invented by hipparchus, but little inferior in exactness to that now in use among the moderns--who could scarcely have made a mere guess when they fixed the moon's distance from its primary planet at fifty-nine semi-diameters of the earth--who had measured

GILBERT AE WAITE A MAGICIAN OF MANY PARTS

osophy-werespared these stories, which even sympathetic reviewers saw as 'hardly likely to be much appreciated by many juveniles,notnatives of thibet, for some centuries to come'(eastern& utestern review).waite wasmoresuccessfulwithfairy poetry.whilehe was contributing regularly to dung folks'paperhemetwilliam sharp (betterknownas his celticalterego,'fiona macleod),whohad taken over the 'literary olympic' feature in 1887 andhadcommentedfavourably onasoul'scomedy,especially on its fairytale 'dream tower' sequence. sharp was also general editor ofthecanterburypoets,a series of re-issues of the worksofbothmajor and minor poets that also included thematic anthologies.oneof these was to be of fairy poems, and sharp askedwaite-whomay well have suggested thetheme-tobetheeditor,givinghim a complet

LIBER 777

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ements and senses. lix. 65 the archangels of the quarters. liber o vel manvs et sagitta 18 lx [omitted] the rulers of the elements. lxi [omitted] angels of the elements. lxiii. 62 the four worlds. lxx. 59 attribution of pentagram. lxxv. 70 the five elements (tatwas. lxxvii. 73 the planets and their numbers. lxxviii. 79 intelligences of the planets. lxxix. 77 spirits of the planets. lxxx [omitted] olympic planetary spirits. lxxxi. 74 metals. lxxxiii. 72 the attributions of the hexagram. xcvii, xcviii. 82, 84 parts of the soul and english translation thereof. xcix [omitted] archangels of assiah. c, ci [omitted] angels of assiah and english translation thereof. cxvii. 85 the soul (hindu. cxviii. 86 the chakkras or centres of prana (hinduism. cxxxvii. 90 signs of the zodiac. cxxxviii. 91 plane

MORALS AND DOGMA

represented the constellations that, rising with the virgin, when on the day of the vernal equinox she stood in the oriental gate of heaven, brilliant with the rays of the full moon, seemed to march in her train. the cup, consecrated in the mysteries both of isis and eleusis, was the constellation crater or the cup. the sacred vessel of the isiac ceremony finds its counterpart in the heavens. the olympic robe presented to the initiate, a magnificent mantle, covered with figures of serpents and animals, and under which were twelve other sacred robes, wherewith he was clothed in the sanctuary, alluded to the starry heaven and the twelve signs: while the seven preparatory immersions in the sea alluded to the seven spheres, through which the soul plunged, to arrive here below and take up its a

MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS E

p of zeus was at olympia in elis, where page 30 there was a magnificent temple [30]dedicated to him, containing the famous colossal statue by phidias above described. crowds of devout worshippers flocked to this world-renowned fane from all parts of greece, not only to pay homage to their supreme deity, but also to join in the celebrated games which were held there at intervals of four years. the olympic games were such a thoroughly national institution, that even greeks who had left their native country made a point of returning on these occasions, if possible, in order to contend with their fellow-countrymen in the various athletic sports which took place at these festivals. it will be seen on reflection that in a country like greece, which contained so many petty states, often at varian

]not to be deceived. he beheld the revolting dish with horror and loathing, and angrily upsetting the table upon which it was placed, turned lycaon into a wolf, and destroyed all his fifty sons by lightning, except nyctimus, who was saved by the intervention of gaa. jupiter. the roman jupiter, who is so frequently confounded with the greek zeus, is identical with him only as being the head of the olympic gods, and the presiding deity over life, light, and aerial phenomena. jupiter is lord of life in its widest and most comprehensive signification, having absolute power over life and death, in which respect he differed from the greek zeus, who was to a certain extent controlled by the all-potent sway of the moira or fates. zeus, as we have seen, often condescends to visit mankind, either as

l beautiful statues, the work of the famous sculptors of ancient greece. at first this temple was built of wood, then of stone, and the one lately discovered was formed of conglomerate of shells. in the altis races were run by young maidens in honour of hera, and the fleetest of foot received in token of her victory an olive-wreath and a piece of the flesh of the sacrifices. these races, like the olympic games, were celebrated at intervals of four years, and were called hera. a beautiful robe, woven by sixteen women chosen from the sixteen cities of elis, was always offered to hera on these [42]occasions, and choral songs and sacred dances formed part of the ceremonies. hera is usually represented seated on a throne, holding a pomegranate in one hand and a sceptre surmounted by a cuckoo in

d of the untaught lays, warbled by thousands of feathered choristers. hence, by a natural inference, he is the god of music, and as, according to the belief of the ancients, the inspirations of genius were inseparably connected with the glorious light of heaven, he is also the god of poetry, and acts as the special patron of the arts and sciences. apollo is himself the heavenly musician among the olympic gods, whose banquets are gladdened by the wondrous strains which he produces from his favourite instrument, the seven-stringed lyre. in the cultus of apollo, music page 78 formed a distinguishing feature. all sacred dances, and even the sacrifices in his honour, were performed to the sound of musical instruments; and it is, in a great measure, owing to the influence which the music in his

hobbling gait and extreme awkwardness created the greatest mirth amongst the celestials, in which his disloyal partner was the first to join, with unconcealed merriment. aphrodite greatly preferred ares to her husband, and this preference naturally gave rise to much jealousy on the part of hephastus, and caused them great unhappiness. hephastus appears to have been an indispensable member of the olympic assembly, where he plays the part of smith, armourer, chariot-builder &c. as already mentioned, he constructed the palaces where the gods resided, fashioned the golden shoes with which they trod the air or water, built for them their wonderful chariots, and shod with brass the horses of celestial breed, which conveyed these glittering equipages over land and sea. he also made the tripods w

very spirit of thy mother lives in thee, and wert thou not my son, long ago wouldst thou have lain deeper down in the bowels of the earth than the son of uranus" page 124 page 125 ares, upon one occasion, incurred the anger of poseidon by slaying his son halirrhothios, who had insulted alcippe, the daughter of the war-god. for this deed, poseidon summoned ares to appear before the tribunal of the olympic gods, which was held upon a hill in athens. ares was acquitted, and this event is supposed to have given rise to the name areopagus (or hill of ares, which afterwards became so famous as a court of justice. in the gigantomachia, ares was defeated by the aloida, the two giant-sons of poseidon, who put him in chains, and kept him in prison for thirteen months. ares is represented as a man of

lian tribes, who were mostly engaged in the pursuit of husbandry, regarded this deity more especially as the god of spring, who vanquished the powers of winter, and encouraged the peaceful arts of agriculture. but with the romans, who were an page 126 essentially warlike nation, mars gradually loses his peaceful character, and, as god of war, attains, after jupiter, the highest position among the olympic gods. the romans looked upon him as their special protector, and declared him to have been the father of romulus and remus, the founders of their city. but although he was especially [115]worshipped in rome as god of war, he still continued to preside over agriculture, and was also the protecting deity who watched over the welfare of the state. as the god who strode with warlike step to th

er from a well on mount ida, when he was observed by zeus, who, struck with his wonderful beauty, sent his eagle to transport him to olympus, where he was endowed with immortality, and appointed cup-bearer to the gods. ganymedes is represented as a youth of exquisite beauty, with short golden locks, delicately chiselled features, beaming blue eyes, and pouting lips. page 177 the muses. of all the olympic deities, none occupy a more distinguished position than the muses, the nine beautiful daughters of zeus and mnemosyne. in their original signification, they presided merely over music, song, and dance; but with the progress of civilization the arts and sciences claimed their special presiding divinities, and we see these graceful creations, in later times, sharing among them various functi

PHILIP NEIL MYTHS LEGENDS EXPLAINED

(the second in the time of the heroes; and then the present iron age. prometheus steals fire when zeus was cheated out of the meat of sacrificial animals, he decided to withhold the gift of fire so that humankind would have to eat the meat raw. but prometheus, guided up into the sky by athena, stole fire from the chariot of the sun and brought it down to earth in a fennel stalk; the origin of the olympic torch. prometheus fennel stalk athena pandora s box pandora, the first mortal woman, was created by several gods, on zeus orders, to wreak havoc after prometheus stole fire from heaven. hephaestus (vulcan) shaped her; aphrodite (venus) gave her beauty; helios taught her to sing; hermes (mercury) to flatter and deceive; and athena (minerva) clothed her. although prometheus told epimetheus t

RABBI AMIRAM MARKEL MARKEL THE KNOWLEDGE OF G D VOL 1

ect of the kindness, the emotions of the kindness, and the thought, speech and action of the kindness etc. we would say that they are all one within the quality of kindness. another example of this is when a person daydreams. he thinks about himself in his dream house. it has a huge kitchen, a banquet hall to serve his guests, a ballroom to entertain them, an extensive library, billiard rooms, an olympic size swimming pool straddled by five different jacuzzis of varying temperatures and sizes, plus many other fancies. all the details of the details are there as well. the kitchen has a sink, the sink has a faucet and the faucet has knobs, and so on. but what he is really thinking about is not so much the details, as much as his own self in his dream house. his daydream includes all the deta

REGARDIE ISRAEL THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN

hat shineth (this passage is believed to be from the zend-avesta) they are therefore under the rule of the three active elements with an earthy base. shining through all things as a whole, are the rays of the macrocosmos. besides these classes of life there be multitudinous existences representing forces of the macrocosm, each with its own microcosm. such are elemental spirits, planetary spirits, olympic spirits, fays, arch-fays, genii, and many other potencies which cannot be classed under these forms. 110 the golden dawn: volume i book one thus the macrocosmic universe is one vast infinite sphere containing so many and diverse infinite microcosmic forms, of which the perfect knowledge is only known unto the advanced adept. also it shall here suffice to say that thou shalt make a distinct

the great error of the phallic religions- that they have transferred the material and gross side of sex to divine and angelic planes, not understanding that it is the lower that is derived from the higher by correlation in material development, and not the higher from the lower. gender, in the usual meaning of the term, belongs to the elemental spirits, kerubic forms, fays, planetary spirits and olympic spirits- also to the qlippoth in its most exaggerated and bestial aspects, and this is a ratio increasing in proportion to the depths of their descent. also, in certain of the evil elemental spirits, it would be exaggerated and repulsive. but, in the higher and angelic natures, gender is correlated by forms, either steady and firm, or rushing. firmness like that of a rock or pillar is the

od. now taphthartharath is composed of seven letters, tau 400, peh 80, tau 400, resh 200, tau 400, resh 200, and tau 400. this will reduce by aiq beker to 40,8,40, 20,40,20,40. a continuous line will be traced beginning with a circle in the square of 40, and moving to each of the numbers quoted. all the other sigils follow this same rule. there are also appended the sigils and attributions of the olympic planetary spirits. nothing was known in the order about them, and they too were extirpated from the papers. more information may be found in the hcptameron of pietro de abano. these sigils should be used for skrying as a means of acquiring knowledge as to their nature, using the appropriate planetary divine names. kamea of saturn seal of the planet spirit: zazel intelligence: agiel the gol

hoir of angels) seal of planet ben1 seraphim spirit: kedemel talismans and sigils <85> kamea of mercury the golden dawn: volume n book seven kamea of luna spirit: chashmodai seal of planet spirit of the spirits of the moon: shad barschemoth haschartathan intelligence of the intelligences of the moon: malcah betarshisim ve-ad ruachoth ha-schechalim talismans and sigils 503 <87> names and sigils of olympic planetary spirits 7 arathor 6 phalegh? ophiel so far as concerns the foregoing sigils, tradition has it that the spirits are evil, the intelligences good. the seals and names of the intelligences should be used on all talismans for a good effect. those of the spirits of the planets serve for evil, and should therefore not be used in any operation of a beneficial kind. the tradition however

RUBY TABLET OF SET

most notable for exalting the intellect. for making the universe an intelligible tool and/or puzzle for mankind to explore, understand, and use. they did not conceive mankind as having a "mission" from the gods, though the gods could influence human fortunes for good or ill. to the extent that the greeks put humanity at the "center" of importance, they worshipped its body (as in athletics and the olympic games) and its mind (as in the sophistic and philosophical schools of athens. the cretan (minoan) political system, a bureaucratic monarchy most significant for its peacefulness, included no evident slavery, standing military, or marked class distinctions. women appear to have been politically equal with men. the minoan culture was destroyed ca. 1400 bce by an invasion from mycena. the myc

impressions, i had earlier decided that i would jog back and forth along the 3k length of the boardwalk. i felt i would know when the right time had arrived.(5) for the results of the experiment to make sense, it's worth my while to tell the reader what i encountered during my run. as i made my way (initially, in an easterly direction, i came across the following items in order of appearance: an olympic-sized swimming pool; a second playground; a builder's fence, made of redwoodcoloured slats of wood and wire; various piers and breakers along the waters edge (initially, to my right; two snack facilities; various apartment buildings and other dwellings to the left of me (north side of the boardwalk and beach; tennis courts; a small lighthouse; and at the easterly limit of the boardwalk, a

SCHLAGER NEIL WORLD RELIGIONS REFERENCE LIBRARY

named for him. a spring festival, it represented rebirth and new life. additionally, there were larger festivals held at various locations throughout greece that honored the major gods and attracted people from not just one city-state, but from all over greece. the largest and best known of these was the games at olympia that celebrated the major god, zeus. these have evolved into the modern-day olympic games. there were other similar religious athletic contests. the pythian games were held at delphi and were dedicated to apollo. these included musical competitions in addition to athletic ones. the isthmian games were held at corinth and dedicated to poseidon. each of these festivals included sacrifices and prayers to the gods. initially, the number of religious holidays in rome were smal

world religions: almanac 233 greco-roman religion and philosophy the famous priestess who sat on a stool over a deep chasm. she would go into a dream state and begin to speak the words she heard from the gods. only men, however, were able to approach her. delphi may also have been the source of the delphinios cult of apollo. major festivals also served as pilgrimages, such as the panathenaea, the olympic games, and the isthmian games. there were additionally numerous healing sanctuaries and caves throughout greece where people would go to pray for good health. similarly, attendance at events such as the equiria and the secular games were forms of pilgrimage for the ancient romans. everyday living religion, more so than the words of the philosophers, influenced the structure of the daily li

TELESMATIC FIGURES

ed with buskins, and wings are attached to them. assiatic plane- lunatic at times given to fits of mania. evil! bordering between bird and demon. angelic and spiritual forces of divine light have no gender in the grosser understanding of the term. thou mayest classify them according to masculine or feminine sides. gender is stronger in the lower forms such as elemental spirits, planetary spirits, olympic spirits, kerubic forms, fays, etc. thou wilt observe that in the higher forms, gender is correlated by either steady, firm or rushing. firmness is of the feminine nature, rushing is of the masculine. thou will know that although letters are classified by masculine and feminine, it must be noted that all letters containeth both qualities. those, then, that are masculine rather than feminine

THE GALE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE UNUSUAL UNEXPLAINED VOL 3

kable surface swimming speed of up to 40 knots, has been a part of coastal lore from alaska to oregon for hundreds of years. while the waters of the pacific northwest border one of the deepest underwater trenches on the planet where almost any massive seabeast could reside the greatest number of sightings of cadborosaurus have occurred in the inland waters around vancouver island and the northern olympic peninsula. in cadborosaurus: survivor of the deep (2000, vancouver biologist dr. edward l. bousfield and dr. paul h. leblond, professor of oceanography at the university of british columbia, describe the creature as a classic sea monster with a flexible, serpentine body, an elongated neck topped by a head resembling that of a horse or giraffe, the presence of anterior flippers, and a dorsa

WEOR SAMAEL AUN ESOTERIC COURSE OF KABBLAH

cibe iniciaciones. t pobre hombre no eres m s que la sombra pecadora de aquel que nunca ha pecado. procura morir cada vez m s en ti mismo, para que nazca en ti, el "hijo del hombre. 77 arcanum number 11 the study of the eleventh arcanum of the tarot corresponds to this lecture. the hieroglyphic of this arcanum is a beautiful woman crowned with the sacred sign of infinity and who very gently (with olympic serenity) closes with her own hands the jaws of a furious lion. divine kings thrones were adorned with lions made out of massive amounts of gold. the gold signifies the sacred fire of the kundalini; this reminds us of horus18, oro [spanish for gold. we need to transmute the lead of the personality into the gold of the spirit and this work is only possible within the alchemist s laboratory

WILLIAM WESCOTT NUMBERS THEIR OCCULT POWER AND MYSTIC VIRTUES

bers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott ythagoras, one of the greatest philosophers of ancient europe, was the son of mnesarchus, an engraver. he was born about the year 580 b.c, either at samos, an island in the aegean sea, or, as some say, at sidon in phoenicia. very little is known of his early life, beyond the fact that he won prizes for feats of agility at the olympic games. having attained manhood and feeling dissatisfied with the amount of knowledge to be gained at home, he left his native land and spent many years in travel, visiting in turn most of the great centers of learning. history narrates that his pilgrimage in search of wisdom extended to egypt, hindostan, persia, crete and palestine, and that he gathered from each country fresh stores of in

gs in the hebrew liturgy. there were only 18 high priests during the existence of the first or solomonic temple at jerusalem. 19. the number 19 is famous as being the number of years in the metonic cycle. the cycle of the revolutions of the moon, after which she returns to have her changes on the same day of the solar year. meto lived 433 b.c. he was an athenian. he published his discovery at the olympic games in the above year. the exact period is, however, 18 years and 10 days. the calippic period of four cycles or twenty-six years was invented by calippus, b.c. 330, to correct meto. john heydon says that the number 19 facilitates births and menses. 20. the kiddushin, 29. 2 says god may curse a man who does not marry at least when 20 years old, for his life is a constant transgression. a

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