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ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

two ways by which this aim may be effected. the first method is to build up an appropriate body from its elements. this is, generally speaking, a very hard thing to do, because the physical constitution of any material being with much power is, or at least should be, the outcome of ages of evolution. however, there is a lawful method of producing an homunculus which is taught in a certain secret organization, perhaps known to some of those who may read this, which could very readily be adapted to some such purpose as we are now discussing. the second method sounds very easy and amusing. you take some organism already existing, which happens to be suitable to your purpose. you drive out the magical being 89 which inhabits it, and take possession. to do this by force is neither easy nor jus

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS

on the native but the foreigner, and should guile fail, then force! but the process ineluctably goes on; when the whole world buys the nasty stuff, and will accept no other, the exploiter is still faced by diminishing returns. no possibility of expansion; sooner or later dividends dwindle, and the business is bust. to even the most stupid it becomes plain at this stage that war is wholly ruinous; organization breaks down altogether; one meaningless revolution follows another; famine and pestilence complete the job. last time- when osiris replaced isis- the wreck was limited in scope- note that it was the civilized, the organized part that broke down (jews and arabs could remain aloof, and keep a small torch burning until light returned with the renaissance) this time there is no civilizati

rence with the flow of foreign trade threatens actual necessities, the unit concerned realizes that it is in danger of strangulation. consider england's food supply! switzerland, russia, china, the u.s.a. can laugh at u-boats. england must support a navy, a wealth-consuming, not a wealth-producing, item in the budget. similar remarks apply to practically all government departments. the minimum of organization is desirable; all artificial doctrinaire multiplication of works which produce no wealth is waste; and for many reasons (some absurd, like "social position) tend to create fresh magic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 278 unnecessary necessities. ad infinitum, like the fleas in the epigram! when laws are reasonable in the eyes of the average man, he respects them

on? are not the masters pursuing two diametrically opposed policies at the same time? genius- or initiation, which implies the liberation and development of the genius latent in us all (is not one of names of the "holy guardian angel" the genius- is practically the monopoly of the "crazy adventurer" as the official mind will most certainly rate him. then why do not the masters oppose all forms of organization tooth-and-nail? it depends, surely, on the stage which a society has reached on its fall to the servile state. civilization of course, implies organization up to a certain point. the freedom of any function is built upon system; and so long as law and order make it easier for a man to do his true will, they are admirable. it is when system is adored for its own sake, or as a means of

ALEISTER CROWLEY MEDITATION

th messages for mohammed: but all others contradict him. and from the nature of the case proof is impossible. the lack of proof has been so severely felt by christianity (and in a much less degree by islam) that fresh miracles have been manufactured almost daily to support the tottering structure. modern thought, rejecting these miracles, has adopted theories involving epilepsy and madness. as if organization could spring from disorganization! even if epilepsy were the cause of these great movements which have caused civilization after civilization to arise from barbarism, it would merely form an argument for cultivating epilepsy. of course great men will never conform with the standards of little men, and he whose mission it is to overturn the world can hardly escape the title of revoluti

ore deeply, and begin to control and suppress thought in general of whatever nature. fourthly, we suppress all other thoughts by a direct concentration upon a single thought. this process, which leads to the highest results, consists of three parts, dharana, dhyana, and samadhi, grouped under the single term samyama "q" how can i obtain further knowledge and experience of this "a" the a'.a. is an organization whose heads have obtained by personal experience to the summit of this science. they have founded a system by which every one can equally attain, and that with an ease and speed which was previously impossible. the first grade in their system is that of student. a student must possess the following books: 1. the equinox, 2. 777. 3. konx om pax. 4. collected works of a. crowley; tannha

it does not depend upon the will of any persons, however powerful or exalted; nor can their force, the force of their great oaths, avail against the weakest oath of the most trivial of beginners. the attempt to interfere with the magical will of another person would be wicked, if it were not absurd. one may attempt to build up a will when sic before nothing existed but a chaos of whims; but once organization has taken place it is sacred. as blake says "everything that lives is holy; and hence the creation of life is the most sacred of tasks. it does not matter very much to the creator what it is that he creates; there is room in the universe for both the spider and the fly. it is from the rubbish-heap of choronzon that one selects the material for a god! this is the ultimate analysis of t

on of certain sorts is useful: not the strict meditation which endeavours to still the mind, but such a meditation as samasati<equinox v "the training of the mind; equinox ii "the psychology of hashish: equinox vii "liber dccccxiii> on the exoteric side if necessary the mind should be trained by the study of any well-developed science, such as chemistry, or mathematics. the idea of organization is the first step, that of interpretation the second. the master of the temple, whose grade corresponds to binah, is sworn to "interpret every phenomenon as a particular dealing of god with his soul" 85 but even the beginner may attempt this practice with advantage. either a fact fits in or it does not; if it does not, harmony is broken; and as the universal harmony cannot be broken

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE HEART OF THE MASTER

of what their true will is, and much from external hindrance, but most of all from the interference of illcontrolled parts of their own instruments, the body and mind. for freedom is not found in looseness and lack of governance, but in the right ruling of each individual of the common weal so as to assure his own well-being no less than that of the whole. and this effect is to be won by perfect organization under the eye of an intelligence adequate to comprehend the general and the particular need together. the way of perfection is thus twofold: first, the true will must be consciously grasped by the mind, and this work is akin to that called the attainment of the knowledge and conversation of the holy guardian angel. second, as it is written "thou hast no right but to do thy will" each

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE OLD AND NEW COMMENTARIES TO LIBER AL

sacred heart and tongue; by all i can give, by all i desire of ye all" the old comment 32. the rule and purpose of the order; the promise of nuit to her chosen. the new comment it is proper to obey the beast, because his law is pure freedom, and he will give no command which is other than a right interpretation of this freedom. but it is necessary for the development of freedom itself to have an organization; and every organization must have a highly-centralized control. this is especially necessary in time of war, as even the so-called 'democratic' nations have been taught by experience, since they would not learn from germany. now this age is pre-eminently a 'time of war, most of all now, when it is our work to overthrow the slave-gods. the injunction "seek me only" is emphasized with a

eople" prefer to starve, and thank john d. rockefeller for the permission to do so. still deeper, there is a meaning in this verse applicable to the process of personal initiation. by "the people" we may understand the many-headed and mutable mob which swarms in the slums of our own minds. most men are almost entirely at the mercy of a mass of loud and violent emotions, without discipline or even organization. they sway with the mood of the moment. they lack purpose, foresight, and intelligence. they are moved by ignorant and irrational instincts, many of which affront the law of self-preservation itself, with suicidal stupidity. the moral idea which we call "the people" is the natural enemy of good government. he who is 'chosen' by hadit to kingship must consequently be 'against the peopl

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE QABALAH

he qabalah, twpylq, qliphoth, material shells. the devils are divided into ten classes, and have suitable habitations (see tables in 777).23 the demons are the grossest and most deficient of all forms. their ten degrees aswer to decad of the sephiroth, but in inverse ratio, as darkness and impurity increase with the descent of each degree. the two first are nothing but absence of visible form and organization. the third is the abode of darkness. next follow seven hells occupied by thoe demons which represent incarnate human vices, and torture those who have given themselves up to those vices in earth-life. their prince is lams, samael, the angel of poison and of death.24 his wife is the harlot, or woman of whoredom \ynwnz tca, isheth zanunim;25 and united they are called the beast, awyj, c

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQUINOX EQ I 2

ilosophy and magic, and that nothing but the intensification of the introspective faculty is due to the hashish. probably, too, this effect (alpha) would be suppressed or unnoticed in a subject who had never developed his introspection at all. yet i am inclined to believe that this effect (alpha) is the true effect; and that ludlow's "access of self-consciousness" is but the same operating on the organization of a man evidently nervous and timid. 44 vi "the intelligible is the principle of all section "the mind of the father whirled forth in re-echoing roar, comprehending by invincible will ideas omniform; which flying forth from that one fountain issued; for from the father alike was the will and the end (by which are they connected with the father according to alternating life, though va

ALEX SANDERS THE KING OF THE WITCHES

to nonwitches. q: do politics play any part in witchcraft? a: none whatever. i have no political bias; i never vote. by nature i am a royalist and i approve of orders ofhierarchy. politics ate not taken into account when members join, but i know that we have amongst us communists and conservatives and all shades in between. q: do your covens ever go against your wishes? a .yes.we are a democratic organization, and while i can advise on dogma, law and ritual, i have no power to demand obedience. q: do you believe in all the visions you see in your crystal? a: of course. sometimes i get the time factor wrong, but that is an error of interpretation. q: how does witchcraft overlap or intrude into the members' everyday life? a: witthcraft is a way of life; it affects everything we do or think

ALICE A BAILEY04 A TREATISE ON COSMIC FIRE

rare, owing to the fear of criticism. secondly, the increased activity of the devas of the ethers, which throws the matter of the etheric levels into more active vibration, with consequent reflex action on the eye of man. increased mental activity and the spread of education (of the concrete mental kind) everywhere. this will result in: increased competition between units and between groups. the organization of business on lines hitherto undreamt of. the foundation of groups and aggregations of groups whose sole purpose will be to synthesise all the lines of human endeavour, and thus bring about unification of effort, and economy of force in- 267- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust the scientific, business, philosophic, educational, and religious worlds. the foundation o

mpanions of the spiritual man, those who have already attained, crossing over to the further shore of the sea of death and rebirth. perhaps it is to this divine sight that the master alluded, who is reported to have said 'i counsel you to buy of me eye salve, that you may see" yoga sutras of patanjali, book iii, 32 (c. johnston's edition) 110 24: the pairs of opposites: from the science of social organization, by bhagavan das. 111 26 "a group-soul is a collection of permanent triads in a triple envelope of monadic essence. the permanent triads are a reflection upon the lower planes of the spiritual triads on the higher. this description is true of all group-souls functioning on the physical plane, but gives no idea of the extreme complexity of the subject" from a study in consciousness, by

ALICE A BAILEY05 THE LIGHT OF THE SOUL

be given here, in respect to the facility with which people judge they have seen one of the brothers (or masters of the wisdom, whereas all they have perceived is a thought form of one of them; the wish being father to the thought they are the victim of that form of incorrect perception called by patanjali, fancy. 2. those thought forms which are created by the race, the nation, the group or the organization. group thought forms of any kind (from the planetary form to that constructed by any band of thinkers) form the sum total of the "great illusion" herein lies a hint to the earnest aspirant. 3. that thought form created by a man since his first appearance in physical form, and called the "dweller on the threshold" being created by the lower personal self and not by the soul, it is impe

s the lower threefold man so that the three sheaths can form a perfect channel for the expression or manifestation of the life of the spirit. means iv. right control of the life-force. pranayama. suppression of the breath. regulation of the breath. this refers to the control, regulation and suppression of the vital airs, the breath and the forces or shaktis of the body. it leads in reality to the organization of the vital body or the etheric body so that the life current or forces, emanating from the ego or spiritual man on his own plane, can be correctly transmitted to the physical man in objective manifestation. means v. abstraction. pratyahara. right withdrawal. restraint. withdrawal of the senses. here we get back of the physical and the etheric bodies, to the emotional body, the seat

ALICE A BAILEY07 FROM INTELLECT TO INTUITION

e a. bailey copyright 1932 by lucis trust copyright renewed 1960 by lucis trust first printing 1932 the publication of this book is financed by the tibetan book fund which is established for the perpetuation of the teachings of the tibetan and alice a. bailey. this fund is controlled by the lucis trust, a tax-exempt, religious, educational corporation. the lucis publishing company is a non-profit organization owned by the lucis trust. no royalties are paid on this book. this title is also available in a clothbound edition this title is also available in dutch, french, german, greek,italian, spanish. chapter one introductory thoughts "the scientific method apart from a narrowly agnostic and pragmatist point of view is therefore by itself incomplete and insufficient: it demands in order to m

d higher values, and focussed in a direction other than that of material living. thus the knower will emerge. therefore, any one who is not purely emotional, who has a fair education, and who is willing to work with perseverance, can approach the study of meditation with good courage. he can begin to organize his life so that the first steps can be taken on the path towards illumination, and this organization is one of the most difficult of steps. it is well to remember that all initial steps are hard, for the habits and rhythms of many years have to be offset. but once these have been taken and mastered, the work becomes easier. it is far harder to learn to read, than it is to master a difficult book. the ancient science of meditation, the "royal road to union" as it has been called, migh

the primary qualification that he needs is perseverance. here it might be remarked that two things aid in the work of co-ordination: first, the endeavor to gain control of the mind, through the endeavor to live a concentrated life. the life of consecration and dedication, which is so distinctive of the mystic, gives place to the life of concentration and meditation distinctive of the knower. the organization of the thought life at all times everywhere, and, secondly, the practice of concentration, regularly, every day, at some set time, if possible, make for the one-pointed attitude, and these two together spell success. the former takes some time, but it can be entered upon at once. the latter requirement of stated concentration periods, can also be entered upon, but its success depends

uition copyright 1998 lucis trust impossible to get a moment for meditation before the family disperses for the day's work, or before we ourselves betake ourselves to our business, let us find some time for it later on in the day. there is always a way to be found out of a difficulty, if we want a thing badly enough, and a way that involves no omission of duty or of obligation. it simply involves organization and silence. then, having found the time and the place, we shall sit down in a comfortable chair and begin to meditate. the questions then arise: how shall we sit? is the cross-legged attitude the best, or shall we kneel, or sit, or stand? the easiest and most normal position is the best always. the cross-legged attitude has been, and still is, much used in the orient, and many books

n work is the ancient one formulated by the seers in india centuries ago, that "energy follows thought" from the realm of ideas (or of soul knowledge) energy pours through. the "public opinion" of the soul realm seeps little by little- 106- from intellect to intuition copyright 1998 lucis trust into the dense minds of men, and to it can be traced all the forward movements of the present time, all organization of general welfare and of group betterment; all religious concepts and all outer knowledge of the causes which produce objectivity. these ideas assume a mental form, first of all, and some mind grasps them and ponders upon them, or passes them on to some group of thinkers, and the work of "thinking through" goes forward. then the quality of desire begins to enter in, and there is an e

ALICE A BAILEY08 A TREATISE ON WHITE MAGIC

ability to synchronize one's vibrations with the great ones. only a few people in the race are true idealists (though their numbers are increasing; the small minority only, employ the concrete mind; while the masses are swayed entirely by the emotions. the time is coming when the intuitional body (the buddhic vehicle) will be organized, utilizing the higher spiritual mind as its medium. when that organization is completed the lower concrete mind will be nothing but a transmitter or an interpreter. even abstract or concrete thought will be superseded, and we shall have simply the inflow of the intuition, taking form through the medium of the mind stuff. we shall, therefore, have the apprehension of much that is now incomprehensible to our lower plane vision. in all great movements you have

iritual understanding and vitality. thus the significance of the third word, vibration, appears. his message is heard, for it is sounded forth; it carries illumination, for it conveys the truth and reveals reality; it is of vital import, for it vibrates with the life of its creator, and is held in being as long as his thought and sound and intelligence animate it. this is true of a message, of an organization, and of all forms of life, which are but the embodied ideas of a cosmic or a human creator. students would find it of value to take these three vital words and trace their relation to all embodied thought forms a cosmos, a plane, a kingdom in nature, a race, a nation, a human being. consider the diverse groups of creating agencies solar logoi, solar angels, human beings, and others. c

elibacy. this lack of vital force is in its turn due to many factors, but primarily to a long heredity, producing a degeneracy of the physical body, or to enforced celibacy in past lives; this enforced celibacy was very often the result of monasticism and the living of the mystical life. when this creative awakening finds expression through any of the arts literature, painting, music, or in group organization and executive work there is no harm wrought, for the energy finds a normal creative outlet. these points should he remembered by the aspirant. he is facing a most complex problem. he enters blindly into a situation which is- 117- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust the result of a long evolutionary process and to which he has not the key. especially in the early stage

world. for the first time in history is there a coherent group for the masters to use. heretofore, there have been lonely isolated workers or tiny detached groups, and this has greatly hampered the work. now this is changed. i want to charge you all to realize this and to work to substantiate this group integrity and to develop the power to recognize all such workers everywhere under any name or organization and to cooperate with them when so recognized. this is no easy thing to do. it presupposes the following: 1. an inner sensitiveness to the plan. 2. an ability to recognize principles, governing conduct and administration. 3. a capacity to overlook the non-essentials and to emphasize the essentials. 4. a submergence of personal ambition and interest in the furthering of the group ideal

at astral pliability will come responsiveness to the vibration of the great lord. this summation of process and of the forms is equally true of god and his cosmic creative work; of the soul, as it builds its instrument for expression, either unconsciously in the early stages or consciously in the later; of the disciple, as he seeks to express his realization of the work through group work and the organization of his life; and of perfected man, as he learns, through- 153- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust experience, to centre his forces on the mental plane and from there accomplish his purpose in generating and producing those thought-forms which mould the minds of men, and embody in themselves that aspect of the universal mind which is needed for the right production of

ALICE A BAILEY10 FROM BETHLEHEM TO CALVARY

d, lies in his universality. dr. bosanquet deals with this question of personality as follows "what i am urging is rather that our true personality lies in our concrete best, and that in desiring its development and satisfaction we are desiring an increase of our real individuality, though a diminution of our formal exclusiveness. it will be rejoined that true individuality greatness of range and organization augments personal distinction as well as comprehensiveness. undoubtedly, but it decreases exclusiveness. the great world-men are not born simply of their earthly parents. whole ages and countries are focussed in them. in desiring a highly developed perfection we are desiring to be something which can no longer be identified either with or by the incidents of the terrestrial life."37 i

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

nd achieve steadiness in the right attitudes to their fellow men, they are gradually absorbed into the ranks of the new group, not through a process of formal affiliation, for no such process exists (there being no formal organisation) but through the development of the necessary qualities and characteristics. it is of value to reiterate at this point that the new group of world servers is not an organization. it has no headquarters, but only units of service throughout the world; it has no president or lists of officers; it has only servers in every country, who are occupied simply with the task of discovering the men of good will. this is the immediate task. these men of good will must be found and trained in the doctrine of non-separateness, and educated in the principles of cooperation

oyed which concern us not. if they were outlined in detail to us, they would only serve to bewilder. let it be emphatically stated here that the major method with which we can concern ourselves, and the most potent instrument in the hands of the spiritual hierarchy, is the spreading of good will and its fusion into a united and working potency. that expression is to be preferred to the words "the organization of good will. good will is today a dream, a theory, a negative force. it should be developed into a fact, a functioning ideal, and a positive energy. that is our work and we are definitely called to cooperate in bringing it about. the task before the new group of world servers is great but it is not an impossible task. it is engrossing but as it constitutes an imposed life pattern, it

ALICE A BAILEY12 DISCIPLESHIP IN THE NEW AGE VOLUME I

rs, their names and functions. a.a.b. has been of the same opinion. the masters, as portrayed in the theosophical society faintly resemble the reality; much good has been done by this testimony to their existence, and much harm by the foolish detail at times imparted. they are not as pictured; they do not issue orders to their followers (or rather devotees) to do thus and so, to form this or that organization, nor do they indicate certain individuals as being of supreme importance and hierarchical status; they know full well that disciples, initiates and masters are known by their works, their deeds and their words; they have to prove their status by the work they accomplish. the masters work through their disciples in many organisations; they do not exact, through these disciples, the imp

ALICE A BAILEY13 PROBLEMS OF HUMANITY

d we only to deal with the national psychoses and the mental conditions induced by the act of war and participation in it, the problem would be acute enough but it could be solved easily by the restitution of security, by the sound psychological treatment of the differing nationalities, by their physical rehabilitation and by the restoration of liberty, opportunity, leisure and, above all, by the organization of the men and women of goodwill. this latter group would show themselves as willing to carry forward the needed educational processes and (which is far more important) they would endeavour to convey spiritual inspiration something which humanity sorely needs at this time. there are enough men and women of goodwill in the world today to accomplish this if they can be reached, inspired

the penalty of war. neither the churches nor our educational systems have been sound enough in their presentation of truth to offset this materialistic tendency. the tragedy is that the children of the world have paid and are paying the price of our wrong-doing. war has its roots in greed; material ambition has motivated all the nations without exception; all our planning has been directed to the organization of the national life so that material possession, competitive supremacy and individual and national selfish interests would control. all nations, in their own way and degree, have contributed to this; none has clean hands and hence war. humanity has the habit of selfishness and an inherent love of material possessions. this has produced our modern civilization and, for this reason, it

d to their surroundings and foster, from their earliest days, the recognition of a part to be played and a responsibility to be assumed. education will be regarded as a method of preparation for that useful and interesting future. it, therefore, becomes increasingly apparent that the coming education could be defined in a new and broader sense as the science of right human relations and of social organization. this gives a comparatively new purpose to any curriculum imparted and yet indicates that nothing hitherto included need be excluded, only a better motivation will be obvious and a nationalistic, selfish presentation avoided. if history is, for instance, presented on the basis of the conditioning ideas which have led humanity onward and not on the basis of aggressive wars and internat

than he is today. besides imparting academic knowledge, he will realize that his major task is to evoke out of his class of students a real sense of responsibility; no matter what he has to teach history, geography, mathematics, languages, science in its various branches or philosophy he will relate it all to the science of right human relations and will try to give a truer perspective on social organization than has been done in the past. when the young people of the future under the proposed application of principles are civilized, cultured and responsive to world citizenship, we shall have a world of men awakened, creative, and possessing a true sense of values and a sound and constructive outlook on world affairs. it will take a long time to bring this about, but it is not impossible

and dominates human thinking; it is the keynote of our modern civilization; it is also the octopus which is slowly strangling human life, enterprise, and decency; it is the millstone around the neck of mankind. to own, to possess, and to compete with other men for supremacy has been the keynote of the average human being man against man, householder against householder, business against business, organization against organization, party against party, nation against nation, labour against capital so that today it is recognized that the problem of peace and happiness is primarily related to the world's resources and to the ownership of those resources. the dominating words in our newspapers, over our radios, and in all our discussions are based upon the financial structure of human economy:

ALICE A BAILEY18 A TREATISE ON THE SEVEN RAYS VOLUME III ESOTERIC ASTROLOGY

e correspondence to the esoteric monadic ray is non-effective. indirectly, gemini is ruled by the rays transmitting those potencies which, with gemini, constitute the mutable cross. these are the moon, jupiter, mars and pluto. they transmit energies expressive of the fourth, second, sixth and first rays. only one ray is, therefore, lacking where gemini is concerned, and that is the seventh ray of organization, ceremonial magic and ritual. this accounts for the instability and the fluidity of the gemini influence, and is largely responsible for the frequent failure of the gemini person to express the beauty, ideals, etc, which- 215- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust are sensed so that they materialise upon the physical plane. the seventh

ALICE BAILEY THE LABOURS OF HERCULES

al computations of the astrologers, and in the testimony of the mystic, however, we can see a steadily emerging manifestation of this concealed divinity. little by little, through the study of history, of philosophy and of comparative religion, we see the plan of that deity becoming significantly apparent. in the passage of the sun through the twelve signs of the zodiac, we can see the marvellous organization of the plan, the focusing of the energies and the growth of the tendency towards divinity. now, at last, in the twentieth century, objective and subjective have become so closely blended and merged that it is almost impossible to say where one begins and another ends. the veil that hides the concealed deity is wearing thin, and the work of those who have achieved knowledge, the progra

when the native is an aspirant or disciple, for we go round the zodiac many times) there are eighty-three stars in this sign, the brightest of which is of the third- 52- the labours of hercules magnitude, and in the very center of the constellation there is a cluster of stars; praesepe, the manger [88] called by modern astronomers "the beehive. the latter is a marvellous symbol of the collective organization of the human family, and is one of the reasons why this is always regarded as a mass sign. in the mass, instinct rules; therefore, cancer is the sign of instinct, of herd life, of mass reaction. it represents the subconscious mind, hereditary instinct, and the collective imagination. it stands, individually, for the totality of the life and the consciousness of the cells in the body

erage, the aspirant often becomes a somewhat trying and difficult person. he has a mind and he is using it. his emotions are controlled, or else are so blended with his mental reactions that they are unusually powerful; hence, he is exceedingly individual, often very aggressive, self-confident and self-satisfied, and his personality is, therefore, a devastating force in the family group, society, organization with which he may be affiliated. therefore, the aspirant, the lion of judah, has to slay the lion of his personality. having emerged out of the mass, and developed individuality, he then has to slay that which he has created; he has to render helpless that which has been the great protecting up to the present time. selfishness, the self-protecting instinct, has to give place to unself

ers with the amount of their knowledge and the wonder of their self-sacrificing lives. this is not group work [186] group work is standing alone spiritually in the handling of one's own affairs with complete forgetting of one's own self and affairs in the welfare of the particular section of humanity with which we are associated. it negates ambition; it negates the progress upward in any lodge or organization; it negates all assuming of official prerogatives. i do not think the new groups will have any officials but will work automatically because of the intuitional spiritual interplay between the minds of the units in the groups. we do not know anything about it yet. can you think of a group so united on spiritual levels that letters, pamphlets, books, etc, can be done away with; that the

BALANONES TEMPLE OF SET FAQ

ible and palpable, more reachable and more real. powerful stuff indeed. john balaohbalanone's temple of set faq contents: 1.0 introduction 2.0 philosophy 2.1 xeper 2.2 initiation 2.3 satanism 2.4 left hand path 2.5 metaphysics 2.6 dogma vs doctrine 3.0 religion 3.1 the temple of set as a religion 3.2 set 3.3 the gift of set 4.0 magic 4.1 black magic 4.2 ritual practices 4.3 occult studies 5.0 the organization 5.1 membership in the temple 5.2 relations with other organizations 5.3 why the temple of set? 5.4 our reputation(s) 5.5 pylons and orders 5.6 the high priest 6.0 setians and setianism 6.1 activities 6.2 setians 6.3 why are we here? 6.4 miscellaneous 7.0 contact and information 7.1 formal and official contact 7.2 informal contact 7.3 friendly and neutral others 7.4 unfriendly others 7

and culture. for the individual the results of xeper become a metaphysical departure point for developing a bond with the prince of darkness by creating a matrix of linked ideas whose path leads towards the genesis of self being. you'll find another comment or two concerning xeper in the ref document. 2.2 initiation- what do those necklaces and medallions mean? the temple of set is an initiatory organization, dedicated to the initiation and growth of its members. that dedication to initiation, to the philosophy of xeper, and to set, is represented by our primary symbol, the pentagram of set (a point-down pentagram within a circle. to help our members identify each other so we can work together, and to help them identify which level of initiation has been achieved by each other, we wear th

red medallions, normally worn on necklaces of some kind, at formal gatherings. there are six levels of initiation recognized within the temple of set, each with its specific color medallion- the first degree member wears a white medallion. this is a period of trial membership, in which the member begins to explore our philosophies, our practices, and our society. the member can decide whether our organization is one which will help the member's personal growth, and if not he is welcome to leave at any time, with our good wishes. likewise, during this period we determine whether the member will function well within our society, will benefit from our activity, and will eventually be able to help others in the organization with their personal growth. if not, then their membership is terminate

of set. he or she is directly empowered by set and charged him to expand the setian experience- this includes everything form running the temple, which belongs to its priesthood, to a variety of scholarly, artistic, or (obviously) magical endeavors to increase the setian mindscape. third degrees can represent the temple in most matters. if you have any questions concerning the temple of set (the organization, our activities, beliefs, or members, these members are the best qualified to answer your questions- the fourth degree wears a blue medallion. the fourth degree setian is the founder of a school of thought in the temple, which may effect the general philosophical and magical actions of mankind as well. these schools of thought are called orders. some such as the order of the vampyre o

religions. agreed. so why do you turn the holy and glorious pentagram wrong side up? it's a symbol of dynamic balance, resting actively on one point. why do you have to turn it over with its all-important balance point pointing meaninglessly up into the air? there is additional discussion of initiation and the temple's degree system in the ref document. 2.3 satanism is the temple of set a satanic organization? the temple of set as an organization was founded in 1975 by dr. michael aquino, in san francisco. its initial membership came from the church of satan (that infamous "satanic" organization of the carny anton lavey, composed of cos members who felt there was something real and important about the magic they were exploring, and felt that anton lavey's antics of that year were in contra

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

tensive text citations found at the end of the book. also, the text is not especially friendly to non-specialists; he continues to use many tibetan words in their transliteration without phonetic equivalents or translations in several instances. the general style of the writing also makes it especially difficult material even for specialists. the book s greatest deficiency is its lack of explicit organization. the table of contents does a cursory job of categorizing various deities; beyond this, the individual chapters are little more than extensive and unorganized descriptions of these deities s attributes. there is no grand unifying methodology tying these descriptions to the greater cultural and ritual traditions of tibet and thus there is no concise statement on their importance and re

lore the concept of the buddhist ma..ala and how it situates tsiu marpo as well as other deities within the tibetan mythic landscape. the fourth chapter will explore these foundational texts for the ritual manuals that they are. tsiu marpo s mythic origins and iconography are vividly descriptive, but they exist as part of a larger ritual goal that these texts embody. a detailed exploration of the organization and structure of these ritual texts will yield rich information on the process and function of tibetan ritual and on the central role of protector deities within this process. this section will conclude with a speculative exploration of such texts as fields for monastic and lay intersection within the tibetan religious sphere. the fifth and final chapter will analyze the oracle tradit

lusions reached in these chapters as well as provide an outline for further study. this research intends to shed much-needed light on an obscure but important protector deity. by doing so, i hope to arrive at a greater understanding of tibetan protector deities in general who act as personified cohesive elements within the broader social community. i also hope that the methodological approach and organization used in this study will prove useful in future examinations of other protector deities who have yet to come fully to the attention of scholars. by recognizing, discussing, and expanding on the various natures and aspects of a single deity we develop a vivid image not only of that deity but of all deities within the cultural, textual, and ritual traditions of tibet. in order to develop

BLACK SERPENT1

ely do you hear of the christian being fired for openly sharing his religious beliefs. nor do you often hear public complaints 9 against christians witnessing in the office. the simple fact of the matter is that most people tolerate it because they think they have to. religion of any sort does not belong in the workplace. if religion is not a part of your job (i.e. you do not work for a religious organization, and your religion has no affect on your job performance, it cannot be used as grounds for termination. most employers know this and here's how they get around it they make the reason for firing the person of alternative faith legitimate. 1. they will start looking for any reason to write an employee up. 2. co-workers who were at one time friendly toward a person of alternative faith

ong reasons to seek sect membership. if you are seeking sex, drugs, a partner, power, magic secrets, or evil it is unlikely you are ready to join a sect. most sects frown on this mentality in its potential members because they are not sex clubs, most are drug free, and many frown on the member who is always putting the makes on members of the opposite sex. additionally, belonging to any religious organization has nothing to do with being powerful, teaching magic secrets, or being evil. sects exist for this reason: for people of like mind to congregate and worship together. the spiritual growth of the individual can be facilitated with the guidance and encouragement of others. if what you seek is to find people whose beliefs match yours, to grow spiritually, and to gather with others in wor

BLAVATSKY H P ANTHROPOGENESIS

ngdom. why should he alone have escaped transformation? because, says de quatrefages, the weapon used by him, in his struggle with nature and the ever-changing geological conditions and elements, was "his psychic force, not his physical strength or body" as in the case of animals. give man only that dose of intelligence and reason with which other mammalia are endowed, and with his present bodily organization he will show himself the most helpless of creatures of earth. and as everything goes to prove that the human organism with all its characteristics, peculiarities and idiosyncrasies existed already on our globe in those far distant geological periods when there was not yet one single specimen of the now-existing forms of mammalia, what is the unavoidable conclusion? why this: since all

e firmly in the teachings of the mother-philosophy, repel the objections of both theologians and scientists. they maintain, on their side, that, during those periods when there must have been insufferable heat, even at the two poles, successive floods, upheaval of the valleys and constant shifting of the great waters and seas, none of these circumstances could form an impediment to human life and organization, such as is assigned by them to the early mankind. neither the heterogeneity of ambient regions, full of deleterious gases, nor the perils of a crust hardly consolidated, could prevent the first and second races from making their appearance even during the carboniferous, or the silurian age itself. thus the monads destined to animate future races were ready for the new transformation

the spiral course of cyclic law swept mankind into the lowest grade of physical evolution- the plane of gross material causation. in those early ages, astral evolution was alone in progress, and the two planes, the astral and the physical* though developing on parallel lines, had no direct point of contact with one another. it is obvious that a shadow-like ethereal man is related by virtue of his organization- if such it can be called- only to that plane from which the substance of his upadhi is derived. there are things, perhaps, that may have escaped the far-seeing- but not all-seeing- eyes of our modern naturalists; yet it is nature herself who undertakes to furnish the missing links. agnostic speculative thinkers have to choose between the version given by the secret doctrine of the ea

f, according to seminal principles; perfecting and containing those several things which in determinate times are produced from it, and acting agreeably to that from which it was secreted* let us return to our subject, pausing to think over it. indeed, if there was vegetable life during those periods that could feed on the then deleterious elements; and if there was even animal life whose aquatic organization could be developed, notwithstanding the supposed scarcity of oxygen, why could there not be human life also, in its incipient physical form, i.e, in a race of beings adapted for that geological period and its surroundings? besides, science confesses that it knows nothing of the real length of "geological periods" but the chief question before us is, whether it is quite certain that, f

rived at this period we will find it easier to understand haeckel's anthropogeny, which traces the pedigree of man 'from its protoplasmic root, sodden in the mud of seas which existed before the oldest of the fossiliferous rocks were deposited' according to professor huxley's exposition. we may believe the man (of the third round) evolved 'by gradual modification of an (astral) mammal of ape-like organization' still easier when we remember that (though in a more condensed and less elegant, but still as comprehensible, phraseology) the same theory was said by berosus to have been taught many thousands of years before his time by the man-fish oannes or dagon, the semi-demon of babylonia (though on somewhat modified lines "but what lies back of the darwinian line of descent? so far as he is c

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in the coming direction and the opposite, the two being the alpha and omega of successive reconstructions. kosmos- the noumenon- has nought to do with the causal relations of the phenomenal world. it is only with reference to the intra-cosmic soul, the ideal kosmos in the immutable divine thought, that we may say "it never had a beginning nor will it have an end" with regard to its body or cosmic organization, though it cannot be said that it had a first, or will ever have a last construction, yet at each new manvantara, its organization may be regarded as the first and the last of its kind, as it evolutes every time on a higher plane. a few years ago only, it was stated that "the esoteric doctrine teaches, like buddhism and brahminism, and even the kabala, that the one infinite and unknow

ccasionally possess themselves of the bodies of mediums are not the monads or higher principles of disembodied personalities. such a "spirit" can only be either an elementary, or- a nirmanakaya[[vol. 1, page] 234 the secret doctrine. or taking temporary possession of a medium. just as certain persons- men and women, reverting to parallel cases among living persons- whether by virtue of a peculiar organization, or through the power of acquired mystic knowledge, can be seen in their "double" in one place, while the body is many miles away; so the same thing can occur in the case of superior beings. man, philosophically considered, is, in his outward form, simply an animal, hardly more perfect than his pithecoid-like ancestor of the third round. he is a living body, not a living being, since

called the earth the microcosm of the macrocosm, and man the outcome of the two[[vol. 1, page] 284 the secret doctrine. the great limbus is the seed out of which all beings have come, and the little limbus is each ultimate being that reproduces its form, and that has itself been produced by the 'great' the latter possesses all the qualifications of the great one, in the same sense as a son has an organization similar to that of his father (see comment. book ii. para. iii "as yliaster dissolved, ares, the dividing, differentiating, and individualising power (fohat, another old friend. began to act. all production took place in consequence of separation. there were produced out of the ideos, the elements of fire, water, air and earth, whose birth, however, did not take place in a material mo

ctions. its adoption in the church by the early christians shows that they knew it better than our modern orientalists. the "frog or toad goddess" was one of the chief cosmic deities connected with creation, on account of her amphibious nature, and chiefly because of her apparent resurrection, after long ages of solitary life enshrined in old walls, in rocks, etc. she not only participated in the organization of the world, together with khnoom, but was also connected with the[[footnote(s* even to the seven daughters of the midian priest, who, coming to draw the water, had moses water their flock, for which service the midian gives to moses zipporah (sippara= the shining wave) as wife (exod. ii) all this has the same secret meaning[[vol. 1, page] 386 the secret doctrine. dogma of resurrecti

ead further "i use the word ether in its general sense as meaning a very light, vaporous or gaseous matter; i use it, in short, as the astronomer uses it when he speaks of the ether of space, by which he means a subtle but material medium. when i speak of a nervous ether, i do not convey that the ether is existent in nervous structure only: i believe truly that it is a special part of the nervous organization; but, as nerves pass into all structures that have capacities for movement and sensibilities, so the nervous ether passes into all such parts; and as the nervous ether is, according to my view, a direct product from blood, so we may look upon it as a part of the atmosphere of the blood[[vol. 1, page] 532 the secret doctrine. the evidence in favour of the existence of an elastic medium

BLUE EQUINOX

this book must be distributed widely, in fact to every one with whom one comes into social relations. we are not to add to this gift by preaching and the like. they can take it or leave it. note, pray thee, verse 41 of this chapter .establish at thy kaaba a clerk-house; all must be done well and with business way. this is very clear instruction indeed. there is to be a modern centralized business organization at the kaaba. which, we think, does not mean boleskine, but any convenient headquarters. note, pray thee, in verse 42 of this chapter the injunction .success is thy proof: argue not; convert not; talk not liber ccc 179 overmuch. this is not any bar to an explanation of the law. we may aid men to strike off their own fetters, but those who prefer slavery must be allowed to do so .the s

ve-gods by actual fighting. ultimately, freedom must rely upon the sword. it is impossible to treat in this epistle of the vast problems involved in this question; and they must be decided in accordance with the law by those in authority in the order when the time comes. thou wilt note that we have written unto thee more as a member of the o.t.o. than in thy capacity as of the a.a, for the former organization is co rdinate and practical, and concerns itself with material things. but remember this clearly, that the law cometh from the a.a, not from the o.t.o. this order is but the first of the great religious bodies to accept this law officially, and its whole ritual has been revised and reconstituted in accordance with this decision. now then, leaving the book of the law, note, pray thee

nietzsche sir richard payne knight hargrave jennings sir richard francis burton karl kellner forlong dux eliphas l vi ludovicus rex bavari franz hartmann richard wagner cardinal rampolla ludwig von fischer papus (dr. encausse) the equinox 200 the names of women members are never divulged. it is not lawful here to disclose the name of any living chief. it was karl kellner who revived the exoteric organization of the o.t.o. and initiated the plan now happily complete of bringing all occult bodies again under one governance. the letters o.t.o. represent the words ordo templi orientis (order of the temple of the orient, or oriental templars, but they have also a secret meaning for initiates. 3. the order is international, and has existing branches in every civilized country of the world. 4. t

that may suggest itself. it will frequently and naturally arise that love itself springs up between members of the order, for that they have so many and so sacred interests in common. such love is peculiarly holy, and is to be encouraged. 14. all children of brethren are to be considered as children of the whole order, and to be protected and aided in every way be its members severally, as by its organization collectively. no distinction is to be made with regard to the conditions surrounding the birth of any child. 15. there is an especially sacred duty, which every brother should fulfil, with regard to all children, those born within the order included. this duty is to instruct them in the law of thelema, to teach them independence and freedom of thought and character, and to warn them t

are, and i will not trouble you with further quotation. you will say swiftly that the heavenly state of mind thus induced will be hard put to it to endure hunger and cold. the though occurred also to our founder, and i will endeavour to put before you the skeleton of his plan to avert such misfortune (or at least such ordeal) from his adherents. in the first place, he availed himself of a certain organization of which he was offered control, namely the o.t.o. this great order accepted the law immediately, and was justified by the sudden and great revival of its activities. the law was given to our founder twelve years ago; the o.t.o. came into his hands eight years later, in the vulgar year 1912. it must not be supposed that he was idle during the former period, but he was very young, and

BUCKLAND RAYMOND COMPLETE BOOK OF WITCHCRAFT

ou may want to so establish your own group, but, be warned, it can be a long, drawn-out, very involved affair; oftimes a veritable battle where the irs is concerned. state laws vary so much that i can give no complete details here, but your first move, should you decide to go this route, is to check with the internal revenue service, asking for details on how to register as a non-profit religious organization. their publication #557 how to apply for recognition of exemption for an organization is a must. one possible alternate that may prove less of a hassle is to associate yourself with such a group as the universal life church, of modesto, california (601 third street, modesto, ca 95351. i mention this church especially because they have already gone through numerous legal battles with t

ible alternate that may prove less of a hassle is to associate yourself with such a group as the universal life church, of modesto, california (601 third street, modesto, ca 95351. i mention this church especially because they have already gone through numerous legal battles with the irs, have fought all the way up to the u.s. supreme court, and have won! they have "no traditional doctrine. as an organization (they) only believe in that which is right. so says their literature "each individual has the privilege and responsibility to determine what is right so long as it does not infringe on the rights of others (sounds a little like "an'it harm none, do what thou wilt, doesn't it. we are active advocates of the first amendment of the united states of america. in other words, you can establ

members of the pagan community have a duty to speak up when incidents like this occur. history tells us that witches, or at least some accused of witchcraft, were burned in the past. history also tells us that quite a few jews were put in gas chambers in the '40s. if anyone were to make a municipal display of "gassing the jew" there would be screams, boycotts, legal actions, etc, by every jewish organization in the country. the jewish defense league would probably show up and stop such a demonstration with physical force if necessary. can witches do less? i am not advocating violence. i am saying that we should start young wiccans lesson fourteen: getting set up/ 211 looking out for ourselves and fighting ignorance of the craft wherever we find it. let the world know that the various form

rch in the great spirit's universe for identity, for development and for happiness. to re-link humanity with itself and nature" it is, as its name suggests, a keltic/welsh tradition and was originally organized by bill wheeler, in washington d.c. in 1967, as "the gentle people" it teaches the balance of nature, folklore, mythology and the mysteries and was incorporated as a non-profit (religious) organization, in the state of georgia, in 1977. the church has an "outer circle" of students, who may learn through correspondence, together with its inner core. it is found in many areas of the united states. for further information, contact y tylwyth teg, p.o. box 674884, marietta, ga 30067. church of the crescent moon "the church of the crescent moon is a cohesive, small group of highly dedicat

tradition was founded by myself in 1973. it has a saxon basis but is, in fact, a new denomination of the craft. it does not pretend to be either a continuation or a re-creation of the original saxon religion (see notes in lesson 2 regarding the choice of deity names. main features of the tradition are the fact that it has open rituals (all of them are published and available, it has a democratic organization that precludes ego trips and power plays by coven leaders, there can be coven or solitary practice and there is the reality of self-initiation in lieu of coven initiation, if desired. covens are led by priest and/or priestess and decide for themselves whether to work skyclad or robed. the seax-wica is found throughout the united states and in many countries around the world. my book t

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consciousness in pictorial form, used by initiates for the transmutation of personality and the attainment of union with god. comment has been reduced to such explanation as seems required to make certain qabalistic terms intelligible to the uninitiated. paragraphs of the comment are numbered the same as the paragraphs of the text. dr. paul foster case founded builders of the adytum, a non-profit organization, in order to assure the survival and extension of the hermetic sciences, which the book of t o k e n s the adepts who had gone before him placed in his care. the modesty of this great soul is revealed by the fact that he rarely thought to put his signature to the voluminous writings and lessons on ageless wisdom which he left to posterity in the care of builders of the adytum. dr. cas

CHIREAU YVONNE BLACK MAGIC RELIGION AND THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CONJURING TRADITION

a respectable identity they wanted little to do with the heritage of their people.[26] the concerns of the hampton folklore society reflected the rising interest in black american folk culture that gained momentum in the united states and europe at the end of the nineteenth century. officers in hampton's folklore society initiated contacts with members of the american folklore society, a national organization devoted to folklore collection and preservation. the hampton students were invited to present their research at professional congresses and academic meetings of folklore scholars. by the end of the nineteenth century, the southern workman had become one of the most important journals for the dissemination of african american folklore, regularly courting distinguished commentators such

worth press, 1961; benjamin ray, african religions: symbol, ritual, and community (englewood cliffs, n.j: prentice hall, 1979. 3. anne hilton, the kingdom of kongo (oxford: oxford university press, 1985, p. 9. wyatt macgaffey, religion and society in central africa: the bakongo of lower zaire (chicago: university of chicago press, 1986. peter morton- williams "an outline of the cosmology and cult organization of the\ 167\ oyo yoruba" in peoples and cultures of africa: an anthropological reader, ed. elliot skinner (garden city, n.y: natural history press, 1973, pp. 654.63. daryll forde, ed, african worlds: studies in the cosmological ideas and social values of african peoples (london: oxford university press, 1954; john mbiti, african religions and philosophy (london: heinemann, 1988, pp. 7

f 144 http//content.cdlib.org/xtf/view?docid=kt600020q0&chunk.id=0&doc.view=print 7/14/2006 6. de craemer et al "religious movements in central africa" p. 461; idowu, african traditional religion, p. 196. 7. de craemer et al "religious movements in central africa" p. 461; this study essentially restates emile durkheim's distinction between magic and religion as an activity that is based in social organization. for durkheim, magical activity normally involves individuals, who serve as clients of the magician. magic has no church or community and does not emphasize collective activity; religion recognizes a moral assembly of believers who are bound together by their unified belief in the authority of the collective. 8. andreas joshua ulsheimer "voyage of 1603.4" in german sources for west af

ty, anomalous bodily markings, and magical powers over nature and the elements (tragle, southampton revolt, pp. 100, 222, 307, 309, 420.21. 15. in 1815, in a move that enraged officials in the white-dominated methodist society, blacks resigned from three of charleston's largest biracial churches in response to the abolishment of their quarterly conference, which had functioned as a semiautonomous organization for blacks since the early 1800s. in 1817 several new churches were established under the auspices of the african association, an organization by which blacks consolidated a new institutional base and facilitated connections with the african methodist episcopal churches of the north. for historical black magic page 107 of 144 http//content.cdlib.org/xtf/view?docid=kt600020q0&chunk.id=

e new orleans spiritualist churches may in fact be derived from the afro-haitian religion of vodou, widely practiced among blacks in new orleans in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. potential black magic page 117 of 144 http//content.cdlib.org/xtf/view?docid=kt600020q0&chunk.id=0&doc.view=print 7/14/2006 influences in the spiritualist churches can be discerned from similarities in organization, the strong commitment to female leadership and spirit mediumship, which is a feature of spirit possession rituals in vodou. 54. edith lockley "the spiritualist sect in nashville: a study in personality reorganization (bachelor's thesis, virginia union university, richmond, 1933, pp. 136, 182, 123, 97, 152, 160, 180.82. lockley white's revised thesis\ 1erchronologia rorispergius (mach

DAVID ICKE AND THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE

re doing hooker, kennedy said 'but i'm not going to do anything that will ruin jack's chances to become president."7 events certainly support hooker's claims. joe kennedy arranged for planted 'news' stories to appear claiming nazi support for his son's opponent, richard nixon, and jfk began a series of meetings with the jewish lobby, particularly abraham feinberg, the president of the israel bond organization who, unbeknown to kennedy at the time, was raising private money for israel's secret nuclear programme headed by victor rothschild.8 kennedy assured him that he would be good for israel and the us jewish lobby. feinberg said of kennedy "my path to power was cooperation in terms of what they needed- campaign money".9 feinberg apparently produced a donation of $500,000 from jewish sourc

DAVID ICKE CHILDREN OF THE MATRIX

s belt points to the binary star sirius. on the carved hand, the belt of orion points directly to the eye in the centre, suggesting a link between the eye cult and sirius. indeed, throughout the history of occultism, sirius has been seen as very important, indeed it was a most sacred location throughout the ancient world. it is the star card in tarot, the silver star of [aleister] crowley's a: a: organization [crowley was a satanist, the star to which the queen's shaft in the great pyramid points, and the star from which the dogon of mali say their alien visitors the nommo came from" the necklace of the mysteries includes a very clear "flying saucer" which, the legend says, the extraterrestrials flew from their giant "mothership" to land on the earth. they say the mothership continued to o

the illuminati and includes the image of the green man- the representation of balder in the king arthur stories. lilith comes from lilim or "children of lilith, which relates to the symbolism of set. lilith aquino founded the lilith grotto in lavey's church of satan and was a member of its council of nine. the official church of satan website outlines its philosophy..we are the first above-ground organization in history openly dedicated to the acceptance of man's true nature- that of a carnal beast, living in a cosmos which is permeated and motivated by the dark force which we call satan. over the course of calling the demons 291 time, man has called this force by many names, and it has been reviled by those whose very nature causes them to be separate from this fountainhead of existence

lative who does not live in the same house, contact with him is also kept to what is absolutely necessary. as with secular employment, this contact is limited and even curtailed completely if at all possible (the watchtower, july 15th 1963, p 443 "in faithfulness to god, none in the congregation should greet such persons when meeting them in public, nor should they welcome these into their homes (organization, 1972 ed. p 172) as always with mind-control cults, which all religions are in the end, there is the pressure not to think or question "avoid independent thinking! how is such independent thinking manifested? a common way is by questioning the council that is provided by god's visible organization (the watchtower, january 15th 1983, p 22 "fight against independent thinking! yet there

always with mind-control cults, which all religions are in the end, there is the pressure not to think or question "avoid independent thinking! how is such independent thinking manifested? a common way is by questioning the council that is provided by god's visible organization (the watchtower, january 15th 1983, p 22 "fight against independent thinking! yet there are some who point out that the organization has had to make adjustments before, and so they argue: that shows that we have to make up our own mind on what we believe. this is independent thinking. why is it the danger? such thinking is an evidence of pride (the watchtower, january 15th 1983, p 27) and then there is the call for witnesses to hate in the name of their god. very appropriate given the hateful nature of the biblical

ing jehovah. when people leave the organisation, no matter how much they may have served its cause, they are treated like lepers and their children who remain in the religion, are told to hate them and refuse to speak 330 children of the matrix with them. the former witness who sent those watchtower quotes to my website, wrote "i was a jehovah witness for 37 years. i disassociated myself from the organization due to the extreme control and manipulation of the people. because i choose not to be a jehovah witness i am ostracized and shunned. i am not allowed to see my relatives that are still trapped in a hard and cold and unforgiving religion. i am not allowed to see my nieces and nephews. the shunning laws are breaking up many families, causing many divorces, also driving people to suicide

DAVID ICKE RELATED THE HIDDEN GEARS OF FREEMASONRY

nd its not a time to hide. it is a timeto sing and a time to dance.take your partners, please. lets go!497(this page is intentionally left blank.)498bibliographyalder, the battle of the trees (freedom house, crete, greece, 1995).allen, d. s. and delair j. b, when the earth nearly died (gateway books, wel low, bath,england, 1995).andrews, george nsthe hidden gears of freemasonry there is a masonic organization within the world most know nothing about. those who are familiar with freemasonry only see the "good works" organization. freemasonry occasionally holds benefits for children's hospitals, and various other organizations to raise money for the cause. what this does is it keeps peoples minds off of what is going on within the walls of freemasonry and reinforces the thought that freemaso

e world most know nothing about. those who are familiar with freemasonry only see the "good works" organization. freemasonry occasionally holds benefits for children's hospitals, and various other organizations to raise money for the cause. what this does is it keeps peoples minds off of what is going on within the walls of freemasonry and reinforces the thought that freemasonry is a "good works" organization. freemasonry is like a *school building. everybody can see the outside of it which looks perfectly innocent. people who join masonry go to this school not realizing the education they receive from it is designed to mislead and to keep members unaware of certain things. the information which would reveal the truth to them is withheld. most members assume that it is a "good works" organ

stent with a secret society. a secret society whose plan is already laid out. predetermined. those gears were turning all through history right out in the open for all to see but very few even noticed. just look at how many masonic presidents the united states has had. to the voter all a politician is is someone who follows their own agendas. this is perfectly consistent with a secret society, an organization which operates through the invisible gears of freemasonry. the visible "good works" organization is deliberately lied to and mislead with false interpretations by the invisible organization. the invisible organization knows the truth and is comprised of elite masons. this two dimensional organization is described by manly p. hall (who is a mason himself. hall was honored by the scotti

is a mason himself. hall was honored by the scottish rite journal, who called hall 'the illustrious manly p. hall' in september, 1990, and further called him 'masonry's greatest philosopher, saying "the world is a far better place because of manly palmer hall, and we are better persons for having known him and his work. manly p. hall said "freemasonry is a fraternity within a fraternity- an outer organization concealing an inner brotherhood of the elect. it is necessary to establish the existence of these two separate and yet interdependent orders, the one visible and the other invisible. the visible society is a splendid camaraderie of 'free and accepted' men enjoined to devote themselves to ethical, educational, fraternal, patriotic, and humanitarian concerns. the invisible society is a

otic, and humanitarian concerns. the invisible society is a secret and most august [defined as 'of majestic dignity, grandeur] fraternity whose members are dedicated to the service of a mysterious arcannum arcandrum [defined as 'a secret, a mystery [hall, lectures on ancient philosophy, p. 433] there are many men within freemasonry who are well-meaning and they make up the visible or "good works" organization of freemasonry. they also have no knowledge of the invisible organization within freemasonry. albert pike said something very interesting concerning the brethren in the visible society "masonry, like all the religions, all the mysteries, hermeticism, and alchemy, conceals its secrets from all except the adepts and sages, or the elect, and uses false explanations and misinterpretations

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d its association with christianity is a recent phenomenon in known history. in this modern day, most people do not associate symbols as foci of energy and power. for them, a symbol is nothing more than an artistic or common figure which may or may not have any meaning and if they do have any association of power with respect to a symbol, it is merely the idea of possible power associated with an organization or activity that uses the symbol. for example, a company logo would have no intrinsic power in itself; however, the company may be a powerful organization. the use of the pentagram (i.e, a five pointed star) in both white (i.e, constructive with center point up) and black (i.e, destructive with center point down) ceremonial magic is well known to those who have dabbled in the occult s

the most perfect of forms. it is the quintessential symbol of unity. from a shape power perspective, the sphere is simply a three dimensional version of the circle, whereby the atoms of the sphere act as radiators of aetheric force, and all the points of the sphere focus to the center of the sphere creating an intense focus of aetheric force at the center. 5.2.4 platonic solids the basis for the organization of physical matter in the mineral realm are the 5 platonic solids. these are related to the 5 levels of energy as envisioned by the ancient greeks. these are: 1. tetrahedron- relates to fire 2. cube or (hexahedron- relates to earth 3. octahedron- relates lo air 4. dodecahedron- relatos to spirit or aetheric 5. icosahedron- relates to water these three dimensional figures are the basis

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in 1975, michael aquino, a magister templi in the church of satan, along with several other members, resigned from the church of satan and established the temple of set. one of the key issues in the schism was the alleged sale of titles within the church of satan. members of the church of satan who felt they had earned recognition for their knowledge of the black arts and their commitment to the organization were greatly distressed to see titles being awarded to people who did nothing more than give funds to the church. the argument for the awarding of the titles was that material success is an indication of satanic might and therefore the individuals in question deserved the titles regardless of their knowledge or previous commitment. michael aquino, claiming to be in contact with satan

the church of satan. by the 1980 s, there were dozens of satanic churches but the original church of satan had become nonfunctional. the reason for this was that, after the cos/tos split in 1975, anton lavey abandoned the grotto system and redesigned the church of satan as a business for his personal gain. the church of satan continued to sell membership but there was no longer any pretense of an organization behind the name. only after lavey s death was the church of satan reestablished and the grotto system reinstituted. many of the groups which broke off from the church of satan or were established during the decade the church of satan was non-functional adopted the philosophy presented by anton lavey in the satanic bible. a few of these groups claimed to be the true church of satan. on

d the embassy of s.a.t.a.n. s goal of creating an independent nation (the island of pan-shaitan) influenced the philosophy and objectives of the embassy of lucifer. the embassy of lucifer may be seen as the successor to the church of satan, temple of set, order of oriental templars, order of nine angles, and embassy of s.a.t.a.n, but magus susej has made no claim of exclusivity for members of his organization. members of the embassy of lucifer have an obligation to further the development and advancement of the satanic community by working with other satanic organizations for common goals and objectives. the law of the aeon of lucifer thelema, xeper, detius or will to come into being as a god, gives those who recognize their own divinity the mandate to raise others with the potential to ev

the satanic community by working with other satanic organizations for common goals and objectives. the law of the aeon of lucifer thelema, xeper, detius or will to come into being as a god, gives those who recognize their own divinity the mandate to raise others with the potential to eventually become gods. the embassy of lucifer has no program, however, for initiating members since it is not an organization for followers but rather for leaders. other organizations already exist which serve the function of initiating neophytes and training adepts. those who become adepts will find their way to the embassy of lucifer. magus tsirk susej, antichrist chad ian miller was born on august 3, 1970 in british columbia, canada. at the age of seven, after his family spent two years living in a haunte

in the dread pages of this tome published, for the first time, his own system of magic the demonic bible. the jackal enjoyed a small distribution for about a year and eol membership grew steadily over the next few years until it reached about fifty people. by 1996, however, the eol had become inactive. magus susej considered the embassy of lucifer to be merely the foreshadowing of a much greater organization one which would usher in a new stage in man s evolution. in the year 2000, magus susej s magical experiments with aeonics over the previous decade culminated in the discovery of the word deitus as the magical dictum for the aeon of lucifer. in year 1 ael, magus susej reestablished the embassy of lucifer in order to advance the word deitus and promote the aeon of lucifer. in the same y

DICTIONARY GLOSSARY OF OCCULT TERMINOLOGY

ism, giving it a unique, magickal character. book of shadows: a collection of rituals, prayers, charms, and other magickal information compiled by a witch (q.v) or group of witches. it varies from coven (q.v) to coven. the books of shadows of gerald b. gardner (q.v.)and alex sanders (q.v) serve as the guides for their followers. b.o.t.a; builders of the adytum: an american mystical/magickal order/organization still in existence to this day, founded by paul foster case. paul foster case was a member of the hermetic order of the golden dawn [g.d (q.v. the b.o.t.a. was the first organization to present a deck of tarot (q.v) cards with the g.d. correspondences of hebrew letters to each major arcana (q.v) card. breaks: refers to interruptions in concentration. aleister crowley (q.v) gave techni

al planets of astrology. the principle symbol of the argentium astrum [a.a,(q.v. hermetic order of the golden dawn, the [g.d: a secret society organized in the late 1880's. it was able to unite several forms of magick and occult philosophy. most books on magick written in this century have been written by people who were members of that order, or who were directly or indirectly influenced by that organization. hexagram: a star of six (6) points formed by two overlapping equilateral triangles. also called the star or shield of david, it is the symbol of modern day jewish faith. in modern magick, it is used to evoke (q.v, invoke (q.v) and banish (q.v) the spirits and powers of the seven ancient planets. a celestial symbol of the macrocosm (q.v) in the greater and lesser rituals of the hexagr

sualization based on the letters of the name of the entity to be given an image. incubus: a spiritual entity classified as a minor demon (q.v) that comes in masculine shape/form to have sexual union with a mortal woman, often against her will and usually while she is asleep. the plural is incubi. initiate: a person who has undergone, or is about to undergo the primary rite of entry into an occult organization or current. instict: an innate, sub-rational and usually unconscious impulse, prompting living beings to act in given ways in certain situations which are critical in their lives. inteligence: a non physical, spiritual entity usually said to reside in the heavens. intelligences are benign spirits of considerable power. invisibility: the withdrawal of involvement by an individual from

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ight, 1907 by f. r. niglutsch introduction it is to be feared that some enthusiastic writers on free masonry give the order an antiquity that is more or less imaginative. one specially ardent author makes the patriarchs and other noted biblical characters free masons, and insists that several of the saviour's disciples were members of the order. free masonry, none the less, is the oldest existing organization of a charitable nature in the history of mankind. during the middle ages the mason brotherhoods were organized corporations, resembling in a general way the other guilds, with rules of their own, and recruited from a body of apprentices who had served a period of probation. the time referred to was a church-building age, and men skilled in the hewing and setting of stones were in dema

ere of the clan, they did the best they could for a brother in trouble "i am not a mason, but most of my staff were masons, and i know they frequently did many things that seemed to give them extra pleasure for the unfortunate on the other side. i was sure the institution was full of good works, and although i was only a poor soldier who tried to do his duty, without being a mason, i believed the organization was based upon christian principles, and was always in sympathy with the work of the fraternity" a lively time 165 in some respects the most peculiar interest attaches to the narrative of captain henry c. lee, for it will be remembered that he was the one who recognized the masonic call of captain bliss when driven to the last extremity, and by instantly responding saved him from cert

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y cult that seems to have less interest in maintaining an ideology than in gaining members, and that the church of satan may be no more than the invention of a skilled con artist who saw an unused opportunity. 1. the church of satan and its ideology when anton lavey (1930- 1997, born howard stanton levey) founded the church of satan reporting walpurgisnacht (april 31) in 1966 as its birthday, the organization described the event as the opening the floodgates to a revolution and proclaimed the event as year one, announcing a new era in history [1. anton lavey had regularly studied occultism at home together with his so-called magic circle of devotees a few years earlier, and it was this group that was to become the church of satan [2, p. 29. membership figures are kept secret by the church

egularly studied occultism at home together with his so-called magic circle of devotees a few years earlier, and it was this group that was to become the church of satan [2, p. 29. membership figures are kept secret by the church of satan, leaving friends and foes guessing at membership figures differing by several orders of magnitude. the membership card provides no indication of the size of the organization, as all membership cards issued today display the number 100261 (see figure 1. while the actual membership number probably lies between the guesses of just a few hundred and several millions, and while the influence of the church of satan is probably less than hinted by the organization itself and more than reported by its enemies (anti-cult fanatics excluded, the church of satan has

rship cards issued today display the number 100261 (see figure 1. while the actual membership number probably lies between the guesses of just a few hundred and several millions, and while the influence of the church of satan is probably less than hinted by the organization itself and more than reported by its enemies (anti-cult fanatics excluded, the church of satan has established itself as the organization that is usually mentioned in books describing satanism regardless of opinion. anton lavey himself is usually mentioned in company with names such as eliphas l vi, abb boullard, and aleister crowley, all of whom are considered leading figures in so-called traditional (or religious, or mythical) and modern satanism. hagiographies such as the secret life of a satanist [3] and the church

eclared in ira levin s rosemary s baby. anton lavey claimed to have been involved in the 1968 movie production as both a technical advisor and as an actor. neither claim is supported neither the detailed biography of the movie nor the size of the costume for lavey s purported role lend credibility to the claim. some critics have suggested that blanche barton s hagiographies of anton lavey and his organization were not written by barton but lavey himself. comparing the literary style of the books with her style after lavey s death lends credibility to barton as the original author, albeit strongly inspired by lavey. figure 1. a sample church of satan membership card with the follower s name and signature removed. apparently the number 100261 is printed on all membership cards issued today

received is itself no indication that the church of satan represents satanism beyond its own claim to the title as the devil s henchmen, however. it can be argued that because in certain aspects of its literature the church of satan references christianity in its departure from the creeds usually associated with common christian ideology, in that sense at least it qualifies as an anti- christian organization and hence by christian definition, satanic. in particular, the first section (most of which was adapted with few modifications from ragnar redbeard s might is right [5) of the satanic bible [6] by anton lavey has strong anti-christian proclamations. anton lavey has later explained that this section was intended as an eye-opener [5, p. 5. 1.1 satanic ideology anton lavey has claimed in

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unscrupulous religious leaders to deceive people with sham relics and miracles. by the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, however, there began a serious critique of the more questionable supernatural phenomena, beginning with relics and extending to the actions of the witchfinders. as protestantism secularized (denied sacred value to) the world, and the acceptance of scientific observation and organization of natural phenomena spread, a general spirit of skepticism was created. in the eighteenth century, this skeptical spirit created the first significant movement to challenge the role of the supernatural in human society. deism. deism affirmed the existence of god the creator, but suggested that god had merely established a system of natural law, leaving the world to govern itself by t

passing in the body of an entry, especially those sources that have been quoted in the text. some of the items cited are still quite rare, but others having been reprinted in recent decades by university, causeway, and arno presses, are now more generally available. finally, more than 450 new entries, mostly events and personalities, have been added. the editor has also attempted to update every organization, publication, and society listed. entries cover new occult groups and movements, highlight recent work in parapsychology, and continue to reference events not only in england and north america, but across continental europe and around the world. where source material has been missing in past editions, the latest sources have been added to assist the reader in locating more information

s, but its 1926 report was called into question by theodore besterman, who studied mirabelli for the american society for psychical research in 1934. the academy continued to exist into the 1930s. sources: berger, arthur s, and joyce berger. the encyclopedia of parapsychology and psychical research. new york: paragon house, 1991. academy of parapsychology and medicine an important but short-lived organization founded in california in 1970 with the basic belief that spirit and matter are a unity. the academy held that the true nature of healing must be sought in that unity and the interrelationship of body, mind, and spirit in health and disease. treatment of disease should be directed at the whole person, and any lasting healing of the physical body should synthesize mental, emotional, and

laid the groundwork for the formation of the american holistic medical association in 1978 (see also healing center for the whole person) sources: the dimensions of healing: a symposium. los altos, calif: academy of parapsychology and medicine, 1972. the varieties of the healing experience. los altos, calif: academy of parapsychology and medicine, 1971. academy of religion and psychical research organization founded in 1972 from a proposal developed in 1971 by j. gordon melton, its first secretary, to operate in those areas where parapsychology and religion intersect. it has served as an academic affiliate of spiritual frontiers fellowship (sff. the academy encourages dialogue, idea exchange, and cooperation between clergy, academics in philosophy and religion, and the researchers and sci

r acupressure. new york: ballantine books, 1975. gach, michael reed. acu-yoga: self help techniques. tokyo: japan publications, 1981. acupressure news quarterly magazine concerned with information on acupressure. includes articles and news items relating to activities, techniques, and attitudes of the medical profession. address: 2309 main st, santa monica, ca 90405. acupressure workshop a former organization that arranged classes in acupressure, shiatsu, t ai chi ch an, and yoga from elementary to advanced study. they were first located in west los angeles and then in santa monica. acupuncture an ancient chinese medical system over five thousand years old, recently revived in china and demonstrated to western doctors. it is based on the belief that subtle energy flows in the body related

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cs and in art. in 1875 he moved to london and then paris to pursue artistic endeavors and won prizes at the academy de juliens. in 1880 he settled in london as a professional painter, successfully specializing in portraits. in 1887 machell encountered theosophy and found himself immediately drawn to it. he soon met helena petrovona blavatsky, cofounder of the theosophical society, and joined that organization. he redecorated the facilities at 19 avenue rd, regents park, where blavatsky moved in 1890, and she invited him to move his studio into the same building. he designed the urn that held blavatsky s ashes following her death and cremation in 1891. machell s art took on a mystical/gnostic cast and realism gave way to symbolism. he soon produced some of his most famous paintings, includi

as the founding of the famous hermetic order of the golden dawn, which numbered among its members such individuals as annie horniman (sponsor of the abbey theatre, dublin, florence farr (mistress of george bernard shaw, s. l. macgregor mathers, william butler yeats, arthur machen, and arthur edward waite. another famous member was the magician aleister crowley, who left the order to found his own organization, a a, and then become head of the german-based ordo templi orientis. crowley s more psychologically sophisticated presentation of magic came to dominate twentieth-century thought on magic, even among those who rejected various portions of it, such as its emphasis on sex, mind-altering drugs, and egocentricity. a more sinister aspect of magic was the current of occult thought that flow

r black pebbles to ward off evil influences. in medieval magic practice, the circle was usually marked or drawn around the magician with a magic sword or knife. it might be some nine feet in diameter to allow the movements of the magician in his evocations. portable forms of magic circles were sometimes drawn on parchment and used as talismans (see also magic square; necromancy) the magic circle (organization) british organization of professional and amateur conjuring magicians. it was founded in july 1905 at the famous pinoli s restaurant in wardour street, london (long since vanished, and was originally intended to honor a young professional magician, martin charpender, who had just died. some members preferred an impersonal name to the martin charpender club, and when it was pointed out

nd for magic circle, the latter name was agreed upon. in its early period the magic circle convened at st. george s hall in portland place, where the famous stage magicians maskelyne and devant performed their feats. in 1910 the magic circle moved to anderton s hotel, fleet street, where it held meetings and monthly concerts (named seances. individual magicians showed off their latest tricks. the organization still publishes the magazine, the magic circular ten times a year and maintains two reference libraries. membership numbers around 1,400 and includes doctors of medicine, philosophy, and divinity, as well as those of more humble occupations. however, full membership is limited to those who have knowledge of and practice magic. address: 12 stephenson way, euston, london, nw1 2hd englan

ieved the paranormal feat of levitation. photographs of students show them hovering a few feet in the air, but critics (and former students) have stated that the levitators merely bounce in the air cross-legged and do not float. to date, no irrefutable evidence of levitation by the maharishi s students has yet been produced, and several ex-students of the siddhi program have successfully sued the organization. in 1968, the council moved its headquarters to seelisberg, switzerland, and in 1979 established maharishi international university in fairfield, iowa, where they mix courses in tm and academic curriculum. they plan to open an eastern campus in antrim, new hampshire. the maharish was worth $3.5 billion in 1998 and oversaw nearly 1,000 tm centers around the world. sources: bainbridge

EXTRAORDINARY ENCOUNTERS AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EXTRATERRESTRIALS AND OTHERWORLDY BEINGS

ence, far from rare, was ubiquitous. ho pkins, for example, wrote as early as 1981 that t h e re may be tens of thousands of americans whose encounters have never been re ve a l e d( hopkins, 1981. in 1991 he and jacobs we re g i ven funding for a survey to be conducted by abductions by ufos 5 dr. john e. mack, harvard university psychiatrist, 1993 (dennis stacy/fortean picture library) the roper organization. using five indicator questions, they sought evidence for possible abduction experiences among those surve ye d. pollsters interv i ewed 5,947 adult americans. in their reading of the results, hopkins and ja c o b s deduced that the incidence of abduction experiences appears to be on the order of at least 2% of the population (unusual personal ex p e- r i e n c e s, 1992. that comes t

ion: human encounters with aliens. new york: charles scribner s sons. strieber, whitley, 1987. communion: a true story. new york: beach tree/william morrow. sw o rds, michael d, 1988. ex t r a t e r restrial hybridization un l i k e l y. mufon ufo jo u rn a l 2 4 7: 6 1 0. 6 abductions by ufos unusual personal experiences: an analysis of the data from three national surveys conducted by the roper organization, 1992. las vegas, nv: bigelow holding corporation. abraham channeler esther hicks heard from abraham in the early 1980s. she renders the name in lowercase because abraham is not an individual but a collection of highly evolved entities speaking in one voice. in 1986 she and her husband, jerry, confided their experiences with abraham to business associates, who soon were peppering them

growing numbers of spacecraft sightings. unfortunately, there will be many ones who will confuse us with negative et encounters. indeed, the greys will take advantage of the opportunity to confuse the populace and attempt to tarnish our image. ones must be made aware of the distinction between the ships of light and the ships of abduction (soltec, n.d. in 2000, brianna wettlaufer of van tassel s organization, the ministry of universal wisdom (van tassel himself died in 1978, put out a statement that sought to separate ashtar from the ashtar command. van tassel, it was said, communicated only with ashtar; the ashtar command, on the other hand, was a concept promulgated by another early contactee, robert short. he and van tassel had been friends but parted company when short decided to make

en depart. while the entities occupied them, the humans would take on their names. other members who later came into the group, now calling itself extraterrestrial earth mission, experienced the same (to outsiders) bewildering change of names and identities. extraterrestrial earth mission became an international movement. outside the united states, it was particularly successful in australia. the organization s headquarters are now in hawaii. see also: walk-ins further reading melton, j. gordon, 1996. encyclopedia of american religions. fifth edition. detroit, mi: gale research. ayala ayala is a deva, a divine energy, who claims to re p resent the animal kingdom and, beyond that, all that is. she appeared first on fe b ru a ry 2, 1994, to two sedona, arizona, new age women, both of them ch

five hundred light years from earth but in a different dimension. bashar was speaking not just for himself but collectively expressing his society s sentiments. i have no way of proving ba s h a r s existence to anyone, anka concedes. the most i m p o rtant thing is that the information, where ver it s coming from, had made a difference in many people s lives, including my ow n (anka, n.d. anka s organization, in t e r p l a n e t a ry connections, coordinates the channeling eff o rts and circulates tapes of their re c o rd i n g s. see also: channeling further reading anka, darryl, 1990. bashar: blue print for change, a message for our future. simi valley, ca: new solutions publishing. a message from darryl anka, n.d. http//www. bashartapes.com/about/message2.html being of light in his be

FELDMAN DANIEL QABALAH THE MYSTICAL HERITAGE OF THE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM

be transformed into a major religion composed almost exclusively of gentiles. in the process of this transformation, the legacy of the jewish heritage upon which christianity was founded was largely modified and assimilated into the greek language and hellenistic worldview. as the new religion of christianity emerged estranged from its jewish roots, it developed in accordance with roman political organization and social conventions. when christians later brought civilization to the indigenous tribes of western europe, they adapted christian theology to the languages and cultures of those tribes, and absorbed many of their conventions and observances as a means to facilitate and expedite their conversion. the resultant version of western christianity thereby evolved into a historical phenom

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rs at the grave under the worshipful master's direction, when appropriate and requested. these honors shall be given immediately preceding the chaplain's prayer of committal) master: inasmuch as our departed brother, having rendered to his country loyal service in the armed forces, is entitled to military honors, these honors will now be rendered by a detail from (the master will here mention the organization or branch of service maine masonic text book file//c /grand lodge/bluebook/bluebook1.htm (64 of 76 [11/22/1999 11:51:56 am] officiating. military honors will then be rendered according to service regulations (following the military honors, the masonic ritual will be concluded with the chaplain's prayer of committal and benediction. evening memorial service. adopted 1959. to be used by

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"the matrix" that high level masons praise lucifer. it is within these writings the "smoking gun" will be found, proof that masons worship satan. once this is comprehended, you will understand why "they" have been trying to keep this all secret. if people really understood that masonry is the worship of satan, no one in their right mind would join. not only that but people would demand that this organization be outlawed. you have a continuous public relations campaign promoting the lie that freemasonry is not a religion, and is just a "good works social organization" as quoted above, you have secrets within secrets. lucifer praised as the light-bearer of freemasonry "lucifer, the light-bearer! strange and mysterious name to give to the spirit of darkness! lucifer, the son of the morning!

company, 1923, p. 92] you have just witnessed a masonic author twist the words of god in exodus 3:14. how? he applied them to mankind. this blasphemy is an excellent example to show us why freemasonry has been so sensitive about any of its secrets ever becoming public knowledge. masons in every age knew that if the general public knew the satanic core that existed in the heart of freemasonry, the organization would either go into oblivion or would be arrested and put in jail. now you know why freemasonry insists that its initiates pledge that, if they divulge any of masonry's secrets, he would agree to having his throat slit and be disemboweled. if you think this blasphemy of saying that man can become god is unique to george steinmetz, listen to two more masonic authors. manly p. hall, an

ship lucifer in yet another way. lynn perkins (a masonic author, states that "shamballa has a bearing on the ancient origins of freemasonry and upon its future in the coming aquarian age [masonry in the new age, p. 56] then, on pages 55-56, perkins says that today's mason has no idea that freemasonry comes from such an ancient, esoteric source. most masons today understand that the roots of their organization are in satanism. when perkins said that freemasonry had its origins in shamballa, he just identified masonry as satanic. alice bailey, with her demon master- master d.k- writing through her, stated that "shamballa is the mythological place where the 'lord of the world, sanat kumara, or shiva, is supposed to live [discipleship in the new age lucis/lucifer publishing, 1955, 135-36. maso

FULLER J F C SECRET WISDOM OF THE QABALAH

abah. it is also to be noted, that the neshamah has three divisions, the highest is the ye hee-dah, the middle the 'hay-yah, the last and third the neshamah, properly to say. they manifest themselves in the ma'hshabah thought, tzelem phantom of the image, zurath prototypes, and the d yooq-nah shadow of the phantom image. the d'mooth likeness or similitude is a lower manifestation. 14 such was the organization of the great vitality, the adam qadmon of assiah, who for ga hundred and thirty years had .intercourse with female spirits h, 15 begetting the evil powers of the world, powers which are endowed with life but not with immortality until they have been set in conflict with the good and have become equilibrated. to effect this transmutation demanded an angelic race of men and, consequentl

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

ed that the father is the only parent, thereby reversing the established manner of reckoning descent, still, as we shall hereafter observe, thousands of years were required to eliminate the female element from the god-idea. we must not lose sight of the fact that human society was first organized and held together by means of the gens, at the head of which was a woman. the several members of this organization were but parts of one body cemented together by the pure principle of maternity, the chief duty of these members being to defend and protect each other if needs be with their life blood. the fact has been observed, in an earlier work, that only through the gens was the organization of society possible. without it mankind could have accomplished nothing toward its own advancement. thus

the sun. in egyptian hymns the creator is invoked as the being who "dwells concealed in the sun; and greek writers speak of this luminary as the "generator and nourisher of all things, the ruler of the world" it is thought, however, that neither of these nations worshipped the corporeal sun. it was the "centre or body from which the pervading spirit, the original producer of order, fertility, and organization, continued to emanate to preserve the mighty structure which it had formed" it is evident that at an early age, both in egypt and in india, spiritualized conceptions of sun-worship had already been formed. we have seen that netpe, the goddess of light, or heavenly wisdom, conferred spiritual life on all who would accept it. the great mother of the gods in india was not only the source

ble to perceive at the present time something of the character of the political institutions of this ancient nation. as no people remains stationary, and as degeneracy has been the rule with surrounding countries, we may not expect to find among the people of oman a true representation of ancient conditions, yet, as has been observed, we may still be able to note some of the facts relative to the organization of society and their governmental institutions. in a description furnished by palgrave, oman is termed a kingdom, yet it is plain from the observations of this writer that the existing form of government is that of a confederacy of nations under a democratical system, identical with that developed during the later status of barbarism. this writer himself admits that oman is less a kin

ike all other nations which have come in contact with the aryan and semitic races, the tendency has been toward monarchial government; nevertheless, with its practically free institutions, representing as they do, in a measure, the political system of the grandest and oldest civilizations of which we have any knowledge, it furnishes an illustration of the degree of progress possible under gentile organization, at the same time that it points to the source whence has proceeded the fierce democratic spirit observed among succeeding nations, notably the greeks. modern writers agree in ascribing to the touaricks, a people inhabiting the desert of sahara, a considerable degree of civilization. we are informed that in the sahara, which, by the way, is far less a barren waste than we have been ta

ascribing to the touaricks, a people inhabiting the desert of sahara, a considerable degree of civilization. we are informed that in the sahara, which, by the way, is far less a barren waste than we have been taught to suppose it "the touaricks have towns, cities, and an excellent condition of agriculture; that with them fruit is cultivated with great success and skill. their method of political organization is democratic and similar in construction and administration to the old cushite municipalities. baldwin, quoting from richardson, says "ghat, like all the touarick countries, is a republic; all the people govern. the woman of the touaricks is not the woman of the moors and mussulmans generally. she has here great liberty, and takes an active part in the affairs and transactions of lif

GILBERT AE WAITE A MAGICIAN OF MANY PARTS

soon others, too, received messages purporting to come from the dead, at first by meansofraps or table-turning, later by way of automaticwritingand trance utterances, and the movement spreadrapidly throughout the united states.asmediums-thepersons supposedly acting as intermediaries between the worldsofthe living and of the dead-e-proliferated, the movement began to take on the rudimentsofformal organization and by 1852, when it appeared in england in the person of mrs hayden, the first visiting american medium, spiritualism as a definable sect was well established. england proved as susceptible to spiritualist phenomena as the united states, and although english mediums were at first few and far between, by the 1870s they were to be found in abundance, producing all the more spectacular

'and'mysterium atziluth, in the late 1930s. these were printed between 1937 and 1943 and constitute the summationofwaite's mystical philosophy in dramatic form. their correct performance requires such 267an exalted stateofconsciousness on the partofeach of the participants that theirworkingwas--andis-virtuallyimpossible. below this level, however, theorderthrived. waite saw hisorderas a religious organization, and stressed this to potential recruits in an accountofthe requirements of a candidate for the'hiddenrite:'a truly prepared candidatemustbe able to realize that alltrueritual is sacramental, the outward signofa meaning and gracewithin..that the sacramentalism of suchritualisnotarbitrarybutessential; that all means of instruction available tomanareofa sacramental order; thatgodcommuni

orporation, and a man of chronic ill255health-committedsuicide by shooting himself. it was a terrible blow for waite,comingless than amonthafter the deathofhis wife and deprivinghimofbotha friend and one of the principal financial supportsofthe order. waite also became aware at this timeofthe presence in theorderof'atraitor'whowas assiduously filching sectionsoftherituals for the benefitofa rival organization.hewas soon identified (seep. 148 below),butthe uncertainty engendered by his activities disturbedtheharmony oftheorder,andearl'scourtsquare became an increasingly unhappyhomeforthesalvato!munditemple. leaving it wasnotas straightforward as themembersmighthave wished. frater paratum had no desire to give up his flat:'ihave a letter from paratum',wrotewaite in his diary,'whois in one of

GILBERT THE GOLDEN DAWN TWILIGHT OF THE MAGICIANS

the father of the hydrogen bomb, sitting on his desk in padmasana reading the bhagavad gita. on the other hand, there is hardly a legitimate occult order in europe or america that has not borrowed directly or indirectly from the golden dawn. one has only to glance casually through francis king'sritualmagicinenglandto realize the enormous influenceofthe golden dawn. it was certainly not a wealthy organization; nor did it have a vast multitude of members. yet whatitstood for has percolated down through almost every level of modem occult belief.8thegoldendawnarthur edward waite was amemberfor abriefintervalofboththese organizations.hehad a rather condescending attitude towardsbothmathersand the golden dawn.hewas indebted more to christian mysticism and to the traditional antecedentsofboththe

ted to him an authorityofthe statureofevelyn underhill and a novelist like charles williams.thoughwaite did become amemberofthe golden dawn, its curriculum meant little to him, as indicated in his autobiography,shadowsof lift andthought.after the revolt at theturnofthe century he was a memberofthe committee that governed the schismatic members and in consequenceofthis he ultimately formed his own organization, the fellowship of the rosy cross.itemployed his modificationsofthe basic golden dawn initiatory rituals, whichofcourse he had to transform and rewrite: his fellowship died when he did, in1942.all of this is described in robert gilbert's historyofthe golden dawn and in his biographyofwaite (still in preparation; interesting sidelights on the storycanalsobe found in hisa.e.waite:abibli

queerand disagreeable' and he declined to join, although he became convinced that pullen bury was clairvoyant, at the least, and that there was more to theorderthan met the eye 'i remainunderthe impression that i brushed against something strange, and something which i am not sorry that i avoided.itwasnotspiritualism and it was not theosophy,butrather the acquisition of powers latent in the human organization, after the alleged fashion of the old gnostics or of some modern fakirs in india, though some, doubtless, would spell fakirs with an"e.'2butthesecretchiefs were not fakers. westcott was a firm believer in occult forces and mathers was a fully fledged ritual magician; it is most unlikely that any member who remained in the golden dawn, and certainlynonewho entered the second order, wer

GILBERT THE MAGICAL MASON

o time free from the survival of scraps of evidence that a mystic association was at work, preserving and consecrating some high ideal, some great dogma.theabsence of distinct and definite histories of secret monotheistic societies is really an evidence of their reality and of their successful operation, and the vast number of forms assumed by the true believers, at one time resembling a military organization, at another a priesthood, at another a philosophic sect, at another time the secret held by three, two, or even oneman-aking-atothers of widespread significance, is to mebutevidence of the reality of my contention. and i affirm, and could afford considerable evidence in support of the view that even among the priesthood of what have apparently been the most debased and extravagant rel

GLOBAL FREEMASONRY

e masonic career of a.e. waite the publications of a.e. waite lectures given by a.e. waite constitution of the secret college of ride freemasonry is a subject that has attracted much discussion for centuries. some have accused masonry of fantastic crimes and misdeeds. however, instead of trying to understand "the brotherhood" and criticizing it objectively, critics have been unduly hostile to the organization. this book contains a true exposition of masonry as a school of thought. the most important unifying influence among masons is their philosophy which can be best described according to such terms as "materialism" and "secular humanism" but, it is an errant philosophy based on false suppositions and flawed theories, as you will see in this book. in this book, the reader will also be pr

m revisited..80 v. the theory of evolution revisited..118 vi. the masonic war against religion..155 conclusion..185 notes..188 contents reemasonry is a subject that has attracted much discussion for several centuries. some have accused masonry of fantastic crimes and misdeeds. instead of trying to understand "the brotherhood" and criticizing it objectively, critics have been unduly hostile to the organization. for their part, masons have deepened their traditional reticence in the face of these accusations, preferring to present themselves as an ordinary social club which they are not. this book contains a correct exposition of masonry as a school of thought. the most important unifying influence among masons is their philosophy which can be best described according to such terms as "mater

reading this book, the reader will be able to consider many subjects, from schools of philosophy to newspaper headlines, rock songs to political ideologies, with a deeper understanding, and better discern the meaning and aims behind events and factors. dc -ifrom the templars to ancient egypt the crusaders he common perception of the majority of historians of freemasonry is that the origin of the organization goes back to the crusades. in fact, though masonry was only officially established and recognized in england in the early eighteenth century, the roots of the organization do reach back to the crusades in the twelfth century. at the center of this familiar tale is an order of crusaders called the knights templar or the templars. six years before this present work, our book, entitled t

that "the rituals of the initiation ceremony of the order of templars are similar to those of present-day freemasonry."9 according to dk global freemasonry the warriors and the bankers: a book about the templars the same article, as in masonry, the members of the order of the templars called each other "brother."10 towards the end of the article, we read: the order of the templars and the masonic organization have influenced each other to a noticeable extent. even the rituals of the corporations are so similar as to have been copied from the templars. in this respect, masons have to a great extent identified themselves with the templars and it can be said that what is viewed as original masonic esoterism (secrecy) is to an important extent an inheritance from the templars. to summarize, as

is that of a universe existing by and of itself, and evolving by chance. they explain this interesting notion in these words: the egyptians believed that matter had always existed; to them it was illogical to think of a god making something out of absolutely nothing. their view was that the world began when order came out of chaos, and that ever since there has been a battle between the forces of organization and disorder this chaotic state was called nun, and like the sumerian description, all was a dark, sunless watery abyss with a power, a creative force within it that commanded order to begin. this latent power which was within the substance of the chaos did not know it existed; it was a probability, a potential that was intertwined within the randomness of disorder.21 it will be notic

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whole physical body of man is called "the magical mirror of the universe" for therein are represented all the occult forces of the universe projected as on a sphere, convex to the outer, but concave to the man. this sphere surroundeth a physical body of the man as the celestial heavens do the body of a star and a planet, having their forces mirrored in its atmosphere. therefore, its allotment or organization is the copy of that greater world or macrocosm. in this "magical mirror of the universe" therefore, all the ten sephiroth are projected in the form of a tree of life as in a solid sphere. a man's physical body is within the ten sephiroth projected in a sphere. the divisions and parts of the body are formed from the sephiroth of the tree of life, thus: rtk is above the crown of the hea

GRAHAM HANCOCK FINGERPRINTS OF THE GODS

ficant civilization which had carried out prodigious engineering works and had developed the capacity to carve and manipulate vast blocks of stone (several of the huge monolithic heads, weighing twenty tons or more, had been moved as far as 60 miles overland after being quarried in the tuxtla mountains).3 so where, if not at ancient san lorenzo, had their technological expertise and sophisticated organization been experimented with, evolved and refined? strangely, despite the best efforts of archaeologists, not a single, solitary sign of anything that could be described as the developmental phase of olmec society had been unearthed anywhere in mexico (or, for that matter, anywhere in the new world. these people, whose characteristic form of artistic expression was the carving of huge negro

rea of more than three square miles. there was something detached and odd about la venta, a sense that its original function had not been properly understood. archaeologists referred to it as a ceremonial centre, and very probably that is what it was. if one were honest, however, one would admit that it could also have been several other things. the truth is that nothing is known about the social organization, ceremonies and belief systems of the olmecs. we do not know what language they spoke, or what traditions they passed to their children. we don t even know what ethnic group they belonged to. the exceptionally humid conditions of the gulf of mexico mean that not a single olmec skeleton has survived.12 in reality, despite the names we have given them and the views we ve formed about th

e 108 plants. q. how can you prove that? a. i can prove it by a verse. q. how does this verse run? a. the red bamboo from canton is rare in the world. in the groves are 36 and 72. who in the world knows the meaning of this? when we have set to work we will know the secret. the atmosphere of intrigue that such passages generate is accentuated by the reticent behaviour of the hung league itself, an organization resembling the medieval european order of the knights templar (and the higher degrees of modern freemasonry) in many ways that are beyond the remit of this book to describe.24 it is intriguing, too, that the chinese character hung, composed of water and many, signifies inundation, i.e. the flood. finally, returning to india, let us note the content of the sacred scriptures known as th

s but applied to all the other third and fourth dynasty pyramids listed above. not a single one of these monuments had ever been found to contain the body of a pharaoh, or any signs whatsoever of a royal burial.14 some of them were not even equipped with sarcophagi, for example the collapsed pyramid at meidum. the pyramid of sekhemkhet at saqqara (first entered in 1954 by the egyptian antiquities organization) did contain a sarcophagus one, which had certainly remained sealed and undisturbed since its installation in the tomb .15 grave robbers had never succeeded in finding their way to it, but when it was opened, it was empty.16 so what was going on? how come more than twenty-five million tons of stone had been piled up to form pyramids at giza, dahshur, meidum and saqqara if the only poi

k fingerprints of the gods 310 the grand gallery and the king s and queen s chambers with their northern and southern shafts. the reason, though i was unaware of it at the time, was that a german robotics engineer named rudolf gantenbrink was at work within, slowly and painstakingly manoeuvring a $250,000 robot up the narrow southern shaft of the queen s chamber. hired by the egyptian antiquities organization to improve the ventilation of the great pyramid, he had already used his high-tech equipment to clear debris from the king s chamber s narrow southern shaft (believed by egyptologists to have been designed as a ventilation shaft in the first place) and had installed an electric fan at its mouth. at the beginning of march 1993 he transferred his attentions to the queen s chamber, deplo

GREENFIELD ALLEN SECRET CIPHER OF THE UFONAUTS

e had declined to spend, even on medicines that might have saved his life. his considerable contributions to the allied war effort in world war two are little known. little understood even by many of his (supposed) followers, his death in the same year that the ufo phenomenon came to public attention seems more than coincidental. damon, frater, the primate of the qabalistic alchemist church. this organization, along with its sister group oaa in britain, is most responsible for decoding and spreading the cipher of the ufonauts. damon studied the work of frater achad with the late meade layne in the 1950s, and co-founded the qaa/qblh with robert dunlap in 1960. secret cipher of the ufonauts 11 derenberger, woodrow, a west virginia contactee investigated by both author john keel and, independ

at giant rock. of particular interest is that, beginning in 1952, van tassel was in communication with a being calling itself ashtar the name of a medieval demon said, in the old magical texts, to have relocated to america. ashtar has shown up in many subsequent cases. williamson, george hunt( ric, claimed a doctorate in anthropology and was a one-time follower of guy ballard s i am movement, an organization with an unsavory reputation for overlap with the pro-nazi silver shirts, an american subversive body broken up by the u. s. government after america entered world war two. williamson, who was born in 1926, was one of adamski s original contact witnesses, but speedily developed a vast following of his own for his channeled communications. other communications were by radio. a mysteriou

nt sorts that occupied the more esoteric side of ufology. frater damon, later to head one of the organizations following up on frater achad s work, recalls that it was layne who introduced him to achad s work in the mid-1950s. he also recalls how layne would visit him in arizona while on expeditions in search of ufo landing sights in the desert these events become curiouser and curiouser. damon s organization, the quabalistic alchemist arcanum, and its british counterpart the ordo argentium astrum or order of the silver star, discovered and promulgated the very cipher we are discussing, and, indeed, does so to this day. i believe that through his occult sources, layne knew the cipher and knew that the establishment of a magical link with the secret chiefs, or contact with the ufonauts in o

eon of ma, a semi-clandestine fellowship arose to continue the a:.a. work as interpreted by achad, under the name fellowship of ma ion. leadership of the alchemical aspect of this work fell to frater robertus= 214= quabalistic ma ion. although robertus was not directly a student of achad s, the cipher trail strongly suggests connections. the unusual spelling of quabalistic is integral to robertus organization qaa. frater robertus is actually robert dunlap. dunlap= 66= ma ion. the secrets of the vampirism of the gray aliens (and how to resist it) in their physical examinations- which are obviously of a sexual nature- are concealed in the names of the organizations inspired by frater achad s work. quabalistic alchemist arcanum= 345= lesbians+ lesbianism+ sapphism while fellowship of ma ion=

e piece. i was teaching myself photoshop, as i said, and i was more interested in creating interesting and humorous art pieces to illustrate the antiquities website. the work of narrating the past involves a great deal of conjuration of the characters from the past that we study and write about. particularly those characters whom we are connected to by sundry associational links we are a very big organization! we do this with our writings, our websites, the information we share, the recordings and the visual art and so this is how it transpires that the illuminati can and do arrive on the scene at repeated intervals, usually without any advance notice. another thing consider the elements as glyphs that represent a trigger to the entire body of each symbol s work the works of layne/ bsrf, j

GRERALD SCHUELER AN ADVANCED GUIDE TO ENOCHIAN MAGICK

even entire sentences with equal gematric values will reveal the existence of correspondences or relationships that are often otherwise hidden or occult. table ii contains a summary of the characteristics ascribed to the enochian letters by crowley. table iii shows four possible gematria schemes with the enochian alphabet.the aurum solis values were determined from the experiences of that occult organization as described in the magical philosophy, book v: mysteria magica by melita denning 24 and osborne phillips (llewellyn publications. the golden dawn- greek/hebrew values are presented by david allen hulse in the numerical structure of enochian. here each enochian ietter is assigned the gematric value of its corresponding greek and hebrew letter. the enochian letter a corresponds to alep

s abysmi proper preparation is the basic rule for every phase of the magical arts. without this, only disaster can zoom ahead. israel regardie, the complete golden dawn system of magic, vol 5 in addition to reading and comprehending enochian magic as well as other works on magick, you would do well to assume a magical name, take a magical oath, and begin a magical diary. initiation into a magical organization is not necessary. self-initiation is just as reliable. the important thing is to malee your body of light, or your "magical personality" as real as possible. under normal circumstances a magical name and the oath will aid in this objective (an oath taken by yourself to yourself and for yourself is as binding as any other kind of oath as far as karma is concerned. 1. the magical name

not exactly equivalent to the corresponding sephiroth, but do exist on approximately the same cosmic subplane. the formal rites and initiation ceremonies that were bestowed by such groups as the golden dawn at each magical grade are not necessary in enochian magick many organizations pass on candidates simply because they have waited the required time period and have seemed interested 149 in the organization. in some groups, friendship alone is enough to move to a higher grade. formal attainment of a grade in a magical organization does not guarantee that one has actually attained the knowledge and abilities of that grade. crowley, for example, soon realized that many golden dawn leaders were not actually qualified. none, including the highest leaders, had actually crossed the abyss. it w

efore you can safely enter. you do not need to join a club or society in order to achieve such initiations, although they could be helpful to you. the t rue ini t iat ion is not in the outward ceremony or magical rite. it takes place within you, in your mind and emotions. this is sometimes called self ini tiat ion and i t is truly the only kind worthy of attainment. your grade in an outer magical organization should reflect the extent of your inward perception, but unfortunately this is not always the case. because magick is a highly personal experience, outer organizations are not necessary to achieve valid initiations. you will discover as you gain insight into the aethyrs that each contains its own initiations. two excellent examples of these are pop and zen. the first, pop, contains an

n" using aik bkr, the word nemo reduces to 9, the number for "stability through change" also zim is equal to 153 which reduces to 9. nemo is the title of the silent watcher who tends the garden in zim. it is therefore a magical grade in the great white brotherhood (white refers to the color of the magick used, not to race) which is sometimes called the hierarchy of compassion. it is this esoteric organization that keeps the spirit of love and brotherhood alive in the world. if you have love for your fellow man in your heart, then you are already a member of this organization. it is this organization or lodge that periodically sends selected members into our world to keep truth alive and to stir the human mind to see beyond itsel f. such beings are known as avatars, mahatmas, adepts, bodisa

GRIMM JACOB TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY VOL 3

ii. devil. xxxiv. magic. xxxv. superstition xxxvi. sicknesses. xxxvii. herbs and stones xxxviii. spells and charms index. pages 899 912 913 950 951 983 984 1030 1031 1104 1105 1147 1148 1189 1190 1222 1223 1249 1251 127g chapter xxx. poetry. maei'e however means not only fama, but fabula; and here some other and more interesting personifications present themselves. we perceive that the existence, organization and copiousness of poetry, as of language itself, reach back to a remote antiquity, that the resources and beauties of both gradually decay, and have to be recruited in other ways. ancient poetry was a sacred calling, which bore a du-ect reference to the gods, and had to do with soothsaying and magic. before our modern names dicjiter (ducange sub v, dictator) and poet were imported fr

H SPENCER LEWIS ROSICRUCIAN MANUAL AMORC 1990

r of help to all members. how to use the manual sanctum members of the grand lodge should have access to this manual early in their studies, preferably at the beginning of the first degree. they should read the manual through carefully, giving particular attention to those parts which are indicated to be of valuable aid in connection with their complete studies [2] part one the a.m.o.r.c. and its organization every member of the a.m.o.r.c. should be familiar with the facts of the establishment of the organization, its constitution, and its private system of operation. the widespread confusion in the united states because of the popular use of the word rosicrucian by so many movements, publishers, and small research societies.a condition not permitted in other countries.makes necessary the

e official papers, seals and warrants possessed by imperator lewis, and formed the first american council of the order. a report of that session was sent to france, to the body of men who undertook the burden of supporting the foundation work in america, and a few months later the grand council of the ordre rose croix of france recognized the imperator for the order in america. thereafter further organization meetings were held until a point was reached when two officials of the international council of the order visited america, approved of the organization as established here, and, upon their report to the international convention in europe, the american order was made an independent jurisdiction coming directly under the guidance of the international council of the order instead of unde

gher teachings; is strictly nonreligious, noncommercial, and not affiliated with any esoteric society, fraternity, fellowship, or movement. in august of 1934 in brussels, belgium, a special conclave of the highest officers of the fourteen outstanding mystical, arcane, and metaphysical movements of the world was held. the object of the conclave was to perpetuate, by the forming of an international organization, the traditional rituals, teachings, laws and principles of each of the respective organizations, and to establish such rules and regulations and method of procedure as would identify each of these outstanding organizations as being authentic and genuine, as distinguished from the number of movements of a clandestine nature throughout the world. each of these fourteen organizations tr

spective organizations, and to establish such rules and regulations and method of procedure as would identify each of these outstanding organizations as being authentic and genuine, as distinguished from the number of movements of a clandestine nature throughout the world. each of these fourteen organizations traces its origin authentically for centuries into the past. the a.m.o.r.c. was the only organization of north america officially recognized at this conclave. the various bodies represented formed what is termed the "federation universelle des ordres et societes initiatiques" various honors were conferred upon the highest officers of amorc represented at this [5] conclave, and additional charters of authority and recognition were conferred upon the imperator of amorc of north america

dres et societes initiatiques" various honors were conferred upon the highest officers of amorc represented at this [5] conclave, and additional charters of authority and recognition were conferred upon the imperator of amorc of north america [the fudosi does not now operate objectively] one of the resolutions of this conclave was that "the a.m.o.r.c. is the only authentic, recognized rosicrucian organization in north america as decreed by the unanimous decision of the imperators and grand masters of the fourteen ancient mystical groups assembled in convention at brussels, belgium, august 1934" if our members will read the foregoing statements again they will see that amorc has never claimed and could not claim to be connected with the honorable fraternity of freemasons, even though that b

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not, however, explain the assiduity with which he attended to his masonicduties,thesecretaryship of a lodge, as with thatofany voluntary society, is a time-consuming and often thankless task, and being honorary entails no financial reward. possibly hockley needed to be actively involved rather than simply a spectator on the sidelines. perhaps the clarity and orderliness of masonic ceremonial and organization appealed to his accountant's mind.thatthere was a belief in a rosicrucian tradition stemming from the publication of themanifestosin the early seventeenth century is beyond doubt. whether the movement actually18therosicrucianseermember of the alnwick lodge no.1167.his proposer and seconder into this lodge reflect his life's passion and his profession for the proposer, henry hunter bla

HANDBOOK OF EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY

is plenty of evidence by the early dynastic period for a complex pantheon of egyptian deities who could be represented in a variety of human, animal, or semihuman forms. whether myths about these deities were cur- 6 handbook of egyptian mythology rent at this stage is hard to say. the unification of the country and the subsequent patronage of local cults by each king must have led to some kind of organization of the pantheon at this time. deities began to be grouped into pairs, groups, or hierarchies. the creation of relationships between deities who had previously been worshipped in isolation may have generated myths. among the earliest pairings of deities were the two ladies and the two lords. the two ladies were the goddesses nekhbet and wadjyt. in the symbolic language that had develop

process of myth making in egypt and the links among myth, ritual, theology, and politics. egyptian myth: annotated print and nonprint resources 219 pascal vernus. the gods of ancient egypt. translated by jane marie todd. london and new york: tauris park books, 1998. this book has magnificent color photographs by erich lessing, but the text is of equal importance. the subjects covered include the organization of the egyptian pantheon and the ways in which individuals related to their gods. vernus writes particularly well about animal forms of deities. books and articles on egyptian myth in other languages more has been written about egyptian myth in german than in any other language. important or interesting works include siegfried schott s mythe und mythenbildung im alten gypten (leipzig:

ail from w.hovestreydt@umail.leidenuniv.nl. bibliography of ancient egypt www.ptahhotep.com frequently updated lists of books, ebooks, and videos on ancient egypt. the site is run by francesca jourdan, who makes helpful comments on many of the entries. the lists do, however, include some occult and lunatic fringe material. centre for computer-aided egyptological research www.ccer.ggl.ruu.nl/ this organization has compiled useful databases such as a list of all known hieroglyphs (4,700. they are publishing a series of twelve multilingual cd-roms on egyptian treasures in europe. each one illustrates and describes 1,500 objects, including numerous representations of deities. order by e-mail from ccer@ccer.nl. egyptian mythology today egyptmyth.com this site is mainly aimed at children who nee

is the best place to go for information on tutankhamun, and there is an excellent children s section. mythology gallery members.aol.com/egyptart/ a beautifully illustrated introduction to egyptian mythology by artist richard deurer. it has a helpful glossary and good lists of deities and symbols but a poor bibliography. sca guardians.net/sca/ the website of the supreme council of antiquities, the organization in charge of all archaeological sites and museums in egypt. the site is not updated as often as it might be, but it does have interesting information on current excavations. tour egypt www.touregypt.net/gods1.htm the official site of the egyptian ministry of tourism. go to its old egypt mythology section for detailed information on egyptian deities. there are translations of original

HELENA BLAVATSKY NIGHTMARE TALES

e forno misfortune at all- these meaningless visions will disappear as they came. the very fact that my fancyfollows but one direction, that of pictures of misery, of human passions in their worst, material shape, is aproof, to me, of their unreality "if, as you say, man consists of one substance, matter, the object of the physical senses; and if perceptionwith its modes is only the result of the organization of the brain, then should we be naturally attracted but tothe material, the earthly. i thought i heard the familiar voice of the bonze interrupting my reflections, andrepeating an often used argument of his in his discussions with me "there are two planes of visions before men" i again heard him say "the plane of undying love and spiritualaspirations, the efflux from the eternal light

HELENA BLAVATSKY THE KEY TO THEOSOPHY

s-no one, except a blind materialist of the "huxley big toe" school, will or can deny. with regard to their philosophy, however, let me read to you what the able editor of light, than whom the spiritualists will find no wiser nor more devoted champion, says of them and their philosophy. this is what "m.a. oxon" one of the very few philosophical spiritualists, writes, with respect to their lack of organization and blind bigotry: it is worthwhile to look steadily at this point, for it is of vital moment. we have an experience and a knowledge beside which all other knowledge is comparatively insignificant. the ordinary spiritualist waxes wroth if anyone page 18 the key to theosophy- hp blavatsky.txt ventures to impugn his assured knowledge of the future and his absolute certainty of the life

bdivided sects of spiritualists shake their heads, and are "na certain aboot" one another. again, the collective experience of mankind is solid and unvarying on this point that union is strength, and disunion a source of weakness and failure. shoulder to shoulder, drilled and disciplined, a rabble becomes an army, each man a match for a hundred of the untrained men that may be brought against it. organization in every department of man's work means success, saving of time and labor, profit and development. want of method, want of plan, haphazard work, fitful energy, undisciplined effort-these mean bungling failure. the voice of humanity attests the truth. does the spiritualist accept the verdict and act on the conclusion? verily, no. he refuses to organize. he is a law unto himself, and a

n brotherly feeling among nations we have to assist in the international exchange of useful arts and products, by advice, information, and cooperation with all worthy individuals and associations (provided, however, add the statutes "that no benefit or percentage shall be taken by the society or the 'fellows' for its or their corporate services. for instance, to take a practical illustration. the organization of society, depicted by edward bellamy, in his magnificent work looking backwards, admirably represents the theosophical idea of what should be the first great step towards the full realization of universal brotherhood. the state of things he depicts falls short of perfection, because selfishness still exists and operates in the hearts of men. but in the main, selfishness and individu

d that the majority of educated men, at least, had the fine spiritual perceptions of coleridge, who shows how intuitional he is in some of his comments. hear what he says with respect to the probability that "all thoughts are in themselves imperishable" if the intelligent faculty (sudden 'revivals' of memory) should be rendered more comprehensive, it would require only a different and appropriate organization, the body celestial instead of the body terrestrial, to bring before every human soul the collective experience of its whole past existence (existences, rather. and this body celestial is our manasic ego -ooo- on the reward and punishment of the ego page 65 the key to theosophy- hp blavatsky.txt q. i have heard you say that the ego, whatever the life of the person he incarnated in may

ppear of itself. foolish is the gardener who seeks to weed his flowerbed of poisonous plants by cutting them off from the surface of the soil, instead of tearing them out by the roots. no lasting political reform can be ever achieved with the same selfish men at the head of affairs as of old -ooo- the relations of the t.s. to political reforms q. the theosophical society is not, then, a political organization? a. certainly not. it is international in the highest sense in that its members comprise men and women of all races, creeds, and forms of thought, who work together for one object, the improvement of humanity; but as a society it takes absolutely no part in any national or party politics. q. why is this? a. just for the reasons i have mentioned. moreover, political action must necessa

HP LOVECRAFT AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS

ck. after that moulton stayed at the wireless in one of the planes, transmitting to me- and to the arkham for relaying to the outside world- the frequent postscripts which lake sent him by a succession of messengers. those who followed the newspapers will remember the excitement created among men of science by that afternoon s reports- reports which have finally led, after all these years, to the organization of that very starkweather-moore expedition which i am so anxious to dissuade from its purposes. i had better give the messages literally as lake sent them, and as our base operator mctighe translated them from the pencil shorthand "fowler makes discovery of highest importance in sandstone and limestone fragments from blasts. several distinct triangular striated prints like those in ar

all awed and bewildered. existing biology would have to be wholly revised, for this thing was no product of any cell growth science knows about. there had been scarcely any mineral replacement, and despite an age of perhaps forty million years, the internal organs were wholly intact. the leathery, undeteriorative, and almost indestructible quality was an inherent attribute of the thing s form of organization, and pertained to some paleogean cycle of invertebrate evolution utterly beyond our powers of speculation. at first all that lake found was dry, but as the heated tent produced its thawing effect, organic moisture of pungent and offensive odor was encountered toward the thing s uninjured side. it was not blood, but a thick, dark-green fluid apparently answering the same purpose. by th

known principles of energy. evidently their scientific and mechanical knowledge far surpassed man s today, though they made use of its more widespread and elaborate forms only when obliged to. some of the sculptures suggested that they had passed through a stage of mechanized life on other planets, but had receded upon finding its effects emotionally unsatisfying. their preternatural toughness of organization and simplicity of natural wants made them peculiarly able to live on a high plane without the more specialized fruits of artificial manufacture, and even without garments, except for occasional protection against the elements. it was under the sea, at first for food and later for other purposes, that they first created earth life- using available substances according to long-known met

HP LOVECRAFT THROUGH THE GATES OF THE SILVER KEY

s of something remotely preceding or paralleling the human form, though half as large again as an ordinary man. it seemed to be heavily cloaked, like the shapes on the pedestals, with some neutral-coloured fabric; and carter could not detect any eye-holes through which it might gaze. probably it did not need to gaze, for it seemed to belong to an order of beings far outside the merely physical in organization and faculties. a moment later carter knew that this was so, for the shape had spoken to his mind without sound or language. and though the name it uttered was a dreaded and terrible one, randolph carter did not flinch in fear. instead, he spoke back, equally without sound or language, and made those obeisances which the hideous necronomicon had taught him to make. for this shape was n

HUEBNER LOUISE WITCHCRAFT FOR ALL WICCA 04

ong powerful men in any society. rasputin in czar nicholas' court attempted to exert control through sorcery. mackenzie, the canadian prime minister, openly delved into the supernatural. many professional men and women and political leaders practice forms of witchcraft, although what they do seems to be much more fun than what took place a few hundred years ago. there is, for example, a political organization that meets regularly for the purpose of projecting its desires on to society. call it witchcraft or not, they perform special rituals to trigger their collective subconscious. they attempt to influence and control by sheer force of desire. witches have always been linked to strange happenings- good, bad and always mysterious. and when astounding things happen, it doesn't take much ima

ISIS UNVEILED

itual senses 354. irenaeus: afaitul htntitm, i, izit, 4. digitizecoy google u8 kk unteilra> of the blind man. we all live under the powerful dominion of phan- tasy. only the highest and invisible originau emanated from the thou^t (a the unknown, are real and pennaaent beings, forms, and ideas; on earth we see but their reflexions, dmh or less correct, and ever dependent on the physical and mental organization of uie person who beholds them. ages untold before our era the hindfl mystic, kapila, who is con- sidered by many scientista as a skeptic, because they judge him with- their habitual superficiality, magnificently expressed this idea in the fdlowing terms "man [physical man] counts for ao little that hardly anything can demonstrate to btm bis proper existence and that of nature. perhap

JASMUHEEN THE FOOD OF GODS

s frequency is now providing a nurturing base for humanity to bath in and catch up to and match individually; and secondly that all the earth healing work that our grid engineers, geomancers and light workers have been doing for the last few decades is bringing positive results for those with eyes to see. this change has also been helped by a number of other factors. for example: the maharishi s organization has been supporting dimensional biofield technicians to hold open the inner doors, via meditation and lifestyle, to the alpha. theta. delta field. this has resulted in the flooding of the beta field with purer alpha and theta delta frequencies. according to the capacity that each dimensional biofield technician has for field imprinting. every field technician s abilities to consciousl

libacy where celibacy is a choice made not from lack of opportunity for sexual expression but for intentional conscious transmutation of the sexual life force energy into a higher. more refined. creative vibration. a healthy body is a sexual body. the sexual energies must be transmuted into a higher vibration or utilized through either procreation or tantric sharing. q: is there an international; organization of pranic nourishers and if so what is it s agenda? is it a cult or religious movement? no and no. personally speaking, being a pranic nourisher is two per cent of who i am and is something that i, and others, are happily pioneering. due to the potential powerful, positive global ramifications for world hunger we are simply allowing people to witness and possibly experience another wa

JESSUP MK THE CASE FOR THE UFO

terest. the book was evidently taken to the varo firm by sherby, possibly in conjunction with hoover. at that time, varo was deeply involved in aero-space design and manufacturing for the military. one division was called military assistance, which may have coordinated the firm s activities with the government, and occasionally performed personal services for military personnel (as any commercial organization might do. at any rate, the military assistance division agreed to run off a limited number of copies of the annotated book, and it was laboriously typed out my miss michael ann dunn, personal secretary to the president of the company, a mr. stanton (incidentally, miss dunn no longer is employed by varo. varo says that personnel records fails to find a record of her employment) two the

LAITMAN M BASIC CONCEPTS IN KABBALAH

hose seeking answers to the major questions in life. kabbalah is an accurate method to investigate and define man s position in the universe. the wisdom of kabbalah tells us why man exists, why he is born, why he lives, what the purpose of his life is, where he comes from, and where he is going after he completes his life in this world. 110 a b o u t b n e i b a ru c h bnei baruch is a non-profit organization that is spreading the wisdom of kabbalah to accelerate the spirituality of humankind. kabbalist rav michael laitman, phd, who was the disciple and personal assistant to rabbi baruch ashlag, the son of rabbi yehuda ashlag (author of the sulam commentary on the zohar, follows in the footsteps of his mentor in leading the group toward its mission. laitman's scientific method provides ind

LAITMAN M FROM CHAOS TO HARMONY

mena in many areas. many of us are dissatisfied with our lives, and there is a growing sense of insecurity, meaninglessness, frustration, and bitterness. these sensations often lead to our using sedatives, drugs and other 28 from chaos to harmony additions, all serving as substitutes and alternative means of fulfillment. the plagues of the 21st century are anxiety and depression. the world health organization (who) has determined that every fourth person will suffer from a mental problem during his or her life.1 over the past fifty years, there has been a significant increase in the number of people suffering from depression. the newest finding is that depression appears at younger and younger ages. it is anticipated that by the year 2020, mental ailments, and primarily depression, will be

happens to us happens because of us. there is no one to blame but us. no one determines anything for us, and there is no other nation in the world that completely determines everything that happens to it. it may be hard to accept and to take in, but everything is in our hands and depends on us. we are the only ones that determine our fate, and the fate of the whole world. 197 notes 1 world health organization, mental health, depression, http//www.who.int/mental_health/management/depression/ definition/en; who, fact sheet: mental and neurological disorders http//www.who.int/whr/2001/media_centre/ en. the data were taken from the who site, as well as from the site of israel ministry of health, http//www.health. gov.il/download/mental/annual2003/p2-12.pdf. 2 world health organization, mental

abbalah, based solely on authentic teachings passed down from kabbalist teacher to student over thousands of years. offered within is a sequence of lessons revealing the nature of the wisdom and explaining the method of attaining it. for every person questioning who am i really? and why am i on this planet? this book is an absolute must. 207 a bo u t b n e i b a ru c h bnei baruch is a non-profit organization that is spreading the wisdom of kabbalah to accelerate the spirituality of humankind. kabbalist rav michael laitman, phd, who was the disciple and personal assistant to rabbi baruch ashlag, the son of rabbi yehuda ashlag (author of the sulam commentary on the zohar, follows in the footsteps of his mentor in leading the group toward its mission. laitman s scientific method provides ind

LAITMAN M KABBALAH REVEALED

people at approximately the same time, and particularly if it happens in many countries simultaneously, you have a global crisis on your hands. and a global crisis calls for a global solution. clearly, humanity today is in a global crisis. depression is soaring to unprecedented rates in the united states, but the picture isn t much brighter in other developed countries. in 2001, the world health organization (who) reported that depression is the leading cause of disability in the u.s. and worldwide. another major problem in modern society is the alarming abundance of drug abuse. it s not that drugs haven t always been in use, but in the past they were used primarily for medicine and for rituals, while today they are being used at a much earlier age, primarily to alleviate the emotional vo

al course on kabbalah, based solely on authentic teachings passed down from kabbalist teacher to student over thousands of years. offered within is a sequence of lessons revealing the nature of the wisdom and explaining the method of attaining it. for every person questioning who am i really? and why am i on this planet? this book is an absolute must. about bnei baruch bnei baruch is a non-profit organization that is spreading the wisdom of kabbalah to accelerate the spirituality of humankind. kabbalist rav michael laitman, phd, who was the disciple and personal assistant to rabbi baruch ashlag, the son of rabbi yehuda ashlag (author of the sulam commentary on the zohar, follows in the footsteps of his mentor in leading the group toward its mission. laitman s scientific method provides ind

LAITMAN M KABBALAH SCIENCE AND THE MEANING OF LIFE

d published my first three books with his support in 1983. after my teacher passed away, i began to develop and publish the knowledge i had received from him. i considered it a direct continuation of his work. in 1991, i founded bnei baruch, a group of kabbalists who study and practice the method of baal hasulam and his son, rabbi baruch ashlag. since then, bnei baruch has become an international organization comprising many thousands of students. its members research, study and disseminate kabbalah. bnei baruch maintains the largest internet site on kabbalah, offering a wealth of information in twenty-two languages, and the most extensive media and text archive of lessons, books, and films on the internet. all the material is offered free through the site (www.kabbalah.info. bnei baruch r

hose seeking answers to the major questions in life. kabbalah is an accurate method to investigate and define man s position in the universe. the wisdom of kabbalah tells us why man exists, why he is born, why he lives, what the purpose of his life is, where he comes from, and where he is going after he completes his life in this world. 220 a b o u t b n e i b a ru c h bnei baruch is a non-profit organization that is spreading the wisdom of kabbalah to accelerate the spirituality of humankind. kabbalist rav michael laitman, phd, who was the disciple and personal assistant to rabbi baruch ashlag, the son of rabbi yehuda ashlag (author of the sulam commentary on the zohar, follows in the footsteps of his mentor in leading the group toward its mission. laitman's scientific method provides ind

LEADBEATER C W THE HIDDEN LIFE IN FREEMASONRY 2E

e the first dynasty and his great city of memphis. this empire had already flourished for more than a millennium and a half before the reign of rameses the great, who was himself the master of one of the principal lodges at the time when i had the honour to belong to it. 65. the grand lodges 66. during the time when i was living in egypt, the government of the country was directed from within the organization of the mysteries. egypt was divided into forty-two nomes or counties, and the nomarch or ruler of the county was the master of the principal lodge of the nome. there was a grand lodge- not to be confused with the three grand lodges of amen to be described later- which consisted of all the nomarchs, and of which the grand master was the pharaoh. this grand lodge was convened at memphis

although today masons do not call their craft a religion, it has nevertheless a religious origin, as we have already seen, and it does religious work in helping its initiates and through them the rest of the world. to many of the brn. it is the only real religion they have ever had, and certainly many of them put its principles nobly into practice: for masculine masonry is a stupendous charitable organization as well as a gsystem of morality h, and it offers a splendid training in practical kindliness and fraternity. in england and its colonies and in the united states of america masonic charities are on a magnificent scale, and there are many exceedingly well-managed masonic schools and orphanages. on this account, and because of the excellent character of its members, masonry is highly r

LEADBEATER CW GLIMPSES OF MASONIC HISTORY

e background, always at work yet always out of sight, which has guided the transmission of the masonic tradition through all the vicissitudes of its stormy history, and still inspires the utmost enthusiasm and devotion among the brn. of the craft to-day. the existence and the work of the head of all true freemasons is the one and sufficient reason for the virility and power of this most wonderful organization. if we understand his relation to it and what he wishes to make of it, we shall also understand that it embodies one of the finest schemes ever invented for the helping of the world and for the outpouring of spiritual force. many of our brn. have been for many years unconsciously taking part in this magnificent altruistic work; if they can be brought to comprehend what it is that they

was crotona, and the venetians the phoenicians. 395. no wonder that mackey says: it is not singular that the old masons should have called pythagoras their ancient friend and brother. about 529 b.c. pythagoras settled in crotona in the south of italy, remaining there until he was forced by political troubles to remove to metapontum. at crotona he became the centre of a widespread and influential organization, a religious brotherhood which extended over all the greek-speaking world. number is great and perfect and omnipotent, and the principle and guide of divine and human life, said philolaus, and the sentence expresses the keynote of the pythagorean system. number is order and limitation, and alone makes a cosmos possible. by numbers nature moves, and to understand numbers is to be the m

thern europe. wherever the romans settled, the collegia worked their rites, and in process of time native soldiers were initiated into their ranks, until the system became deeply-rooted in each roman colony. closely connected with these rites were those of mithra which, as we have seen, were also spread by the roman armies, although the two systems were always kept separate and distinct. 441. the organization of the colleges, as extant records show, corresponded in many ways with that of our modern lodges. tres faciunt collegium three make a college was one of their principles; and the rule was so indispensable that it became a maxim of civil law. the college was ruled by a magister or master, and two decuriones or wardens; and among other officers were a treasurer, sub-treasurer, secretar

started and old ones revived under the patronage of the christian clergy, and asserts that after the tenth century the whole of europe was perambulated by bands of wanderers called travelling freemasons, who erected churches and monasteries in the gothic style. authorities differ seriously in opinion as to whether the fraternities who built the great cathedrals were joined together by any central organization. there is much in the similarity of style of building in the different countries, and in the masonic signs upon the buildings, to indicate their connection, but the central organization must have allowed its branches great latitude, since the differences in style are also great. the cathedrals that the travelling freemasons built with such great skill and artistic inspiration were lai

achievement in the middle ages, it will be well if we indicate certain other survivals of the collegia and their mysteries; for although the great impulse to restore the art of building came through the comacine masters, other lodges had existed in europe from roman days which, under the influence of italian inspiration, regained their power and vitality. in france especially it is clear that the organization of the collegia was never fully destroyed and that the craft-guilds (corps d etat) of the middle ages were derived from them in unbroken continuity. 519. the true origin of the corporation is found in the social life of the romans, and amongst the vanquished gauls, who always formed the principal population in the cities, and faithfully preserved under their new masters the remembranc

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

n satanism s effort to recover the positive satan of the romantic poets is inherently meaningless because it contradicts itself. alternately, in the same section where he discounts lavey and others as pseudo-satanists, russell characterizes jim jones s people s temple as a satanic group that merely used the name of christianity to disguise its true diabolism as if to imply that no truly christian organization could do anything bad or evil. the problem with this analysis is that western society is long past the stage in its cultural history where satan and satanism can unambiguously be equated with evil. the difficulties inherent in russell s assertion become evident as soon as one entertains its corollary, namely that christ and christianity are by definition good.however positively we mig

aditions because of the disproportionate public interest in real satanism. during the course of compiling this encyclopedia, i also gathered demographic data on contemporary practicing satanists. the report of my findings from this research is included in appendix 3. anton lavey was and is a controversial figure, and to judge from some of the material one finds on the internet, his memory and his organization are often attacked by other satanists. in the course of my research, i found myself unwittingly stepping into this arena of contention. perhaps as a consequence of this conflict, some of my contacts xiv introduction voiced objections to the central role i assigned lavey and his best-known work, the satanic bible, in the formation of modern satanist religion. i was, furthermore, encour

history of hell. new york: harcourt brace& co, 1993. ascendancy ascendancy is a prominent satanic website. it was created under the name hallowed be thy name in 1998. the current conception (aesthetic/bulk of material) was completed in midsummer 1999. it was created by jashan a al (valeska scholl) in norman, oklahoma. jashan was a former tier 3 member of the united satanic front (usf, an activist organization of modern satanic philosophical bent, before it disbanded in 1999. the main goal of the usf was equal representation of satanism and other left-hand path religions in internet-related media. jashan a al is of the opinion that organizational satanism is a contradiction in terms. this is one reason that she does not expand ascendancy into a community despite receiving queries from indiv

brams, 1989. the brotherhood of satan a diabolical coven takes over a small town in this 1971 film. the elderly satan worshipers plan to conduct a ritual for the purpose of transferring themselves into the bodies of kidnapped children and continuing their infernal lifestyle into a new generation. brotherhood of the ram the brotherhood of the ram, founded by don blythe in the 1960s, was a satanist organization that operated in southern california from the early 1960s into the 1970s. the name brotherhood of the ram appears to have been taken from a fictional satanist group in dennis wheatley s novel, the satanist. the group opened a bookstore in los angeles, california, which was closed in the 1980s, when the brotherhood disbanded. the group also ran a disco, satan s a go-go. members of this

p during the 1980s focused on satanists kidnapping, abusing, and murdering innocent young victims, the imaginative link between this stereotype and dutroux was easy to make. perhaps responding to public pressure, during one phase of the investigation police began focusing their attention on the institut abrasax, a college of black magic in a village not far from charleroi. the institut is a legal organization established in 1990 to teach harmful sorcery and initiation into satanic rites. abrasax, a divinity with obscure origins, is often invoked in ancient magical spells. the college s building housed a variety of different neopagan groups and two satanist organizations, the luciferian initiation order and the belgian church of satan. in an article that appeared in the sunday times of lond

LIBER CCC KHABS AM PEKHT

this book must be distributed widely, in fact to every one with whom one comes into social relations. we are not to add to this gift by preaching and the like. they can take it or leave it. note, pray thee, verse 41 of this chapter .establish at thy kaaba a clerk-house; all must be done well and with business way. this is very clear instruction indeed. there is to be a modern centralized business organization at the kaaba.which, we think, does not mean boleskine, but any convenient headquarters. note, pray thee, in verse 42 of this chapter the injunction .success is thy proof: argue not; convert not; talk not overmuch. this is not any bar to an explanation of the law. we may aid men to strike off their own fetters, but those who prefer slavery must be allowed to do so .the slaves shall ser

ve-gods by actual fighting. ultimately, freedom must rely upon the sword. it is impossible to treat in this epistle of the vast problems involved in this question; and they must be decided in accordance with the law by those in authority in the order when the time comes. thou wilt note that we have written unto thee more as a member of the o.t.o. than in thy capacity as of the a a, for the former organization is coordinate and practical, and concerns itself with material things. but remember this clearly, that the law cometh from the a a, not from the o.t.o. this order is but the first of 1 [part iv of book 4 was not published as originally intended. the equinox of the gods was retroactively declared to be book 4, part iv some years after publication. t.s] khabs am pekht 7 the great religi

LIBER DCCCXI ENERGIZED ENTHUSIASM

suddenly collapse, but at a second's notice from the irritable idea will resume the struggle as fresh as ever. until we discovered gunconscious muscular action h and its effects, it is rational to suppose such a man gpossessed of a devil h; and the difference between the madman and the genius is not in the quantity but in the quality of their work. genius is organized, madness chaotic. often the organization of genius is on original lines, and ill-balanced and ignorant medicine-men mistake it for disorder. time has shown that whistler and gauguin gkept rules h as well as the masters whom they were supposed to be upsetting. iv the greeks say that there are three methods of discharging the leyden jar of genius. these three methods they assign to three gods. these three gods are dionysus, ap

LIBER LLL PARADIGMAT PIRATE

ork. as the chaos approach spread in the following years, the next wave of writers supplied accounts, ideas, excellent short technical manuals like phil hine fs chaos servitors and even personal grimoires of the their own journeys through the pandaemonaeon. from 1986 the magazine gchaos international h supplied a new forum for a breathtaking expansion of chaos magic, which was centered around the organization of most of the original small iot network into an effective magical order for teaching magical technique and working innovative group magic. in 1991 pete carroll, in liber kaos, set down a materialistic theory of how magic works, and a chaos-shaped system of practical magical attributions, the psychonomicon. by the mid-90 fs there were enough working chaos magic groups in operation, p

s magic today becomes a history lesson for the chaos magicians of tomorrow. with this in mind, i set before the neophytes of the iot this work of magic that is the culmination of my insights into the essentials that create a highly skilled practitioner of chaos magic theory. my ultimate goal is to provide the necessary training to ensure that the iot remains the best and most cutting-edge magical organization in the world. this aim can only be achieved through a concerted effort to progressively raise the bar of our standards higher. using the framework of liber mmm as my starting point, i have broken down the skills you will acquire into six basic categories. these are lucid dreaming, gnosis, weapons/tools, rituals and metamorphosis. each section is done sequentially, with the exception o

LIBER LVII

he qabalah, twpylq, qliphoth, material shells. the devils are divided into ten classes, and have suitable habitations (see tables in 777).23 the demons are the grossest and most deficient of all forms. their ten degrees aswer to decad of the sephiroth, but in inverse ratio, as darkness and impurity increase with the descent of each degree. the two first are nothing but absence of visible form and organization. the third is the abode of darkness. next follow seven hells occupied by thoe demons which represent incarnate human vices, and torture those who have given themselves up to 22 [according to some, the qlippoth or shells are the remnants of these primal worlds. t.s] 23 [in the equinox publication this replaced a reference to one of the tables accompanying mathers. introduction. t.s] 16

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

he end of the poem are sometimes called the ljodatal (enumeration of chants. although the poem obviously has material that relates directly to paganism as well as to the mythology, and older scholarship often sought to reconstruct forms that could have existed during the viking age or even earlier, today there is a tolerable consensus that havamal as we have it is a medieval artifact and that its organization, current form, and even language in some cases is the work of a late-twelfth- or thirteenth-century redactor. for that reason i have chosen to treat the pieces separately in this book. there are separate entries for billing fs girl, loddfafnismal, and the ljodatal. the second of the godin fs examples, h his seduction or rape of gunnlod, is treated in the entry mead of poetry, and the

LURQUIN STONE EVOLUTION AND RELIGIOUS CREATION MYTHS

he teaching of id in public schools is now spreading to other christian countries, as well. meanwhile, creationists and id advocates have become increasingly powerful in u.s. political organizations, now representing a majority of the republican party in several states. journalist and author chris mooney argues in his book the republican war on science (2005) that seattle s discovery institute an organization at the center of the id movement is politically and religiously motivated. the goal of the discovery institute, he claims, is the destruction of scientific materialism (modern science) and its replacement by a religiously imbued science based on the supernatural origin of many phenomena observed in nature (intelligent design. this redefinition of science, says mooney, is in line with

account for the fact that eve was created from one of adam s ribs) was discounted centuries ago, once early human anatomists cared to actually compare the number of ribs in men and women. 6 evolution and religious creation myths discovery of new phenomena (new facts) is one of the aims of science. but equally important is the interpretation of facts or observations. it can be said that without an organization (categorization) of discoveries into theories, there would be no science. theory building is absolutely central to science; without it, science would just be a boring and confusing conglomerate of facts unrelated to one another. so it is critical to understand what a theory really is. before giving a definition of this word, let us go over how modern science interprets some of the obs

ya takes advantage of modern electronic technology in that it produces videos and cd-roms, in addition to having sophisticated web sites in a variety of languages. for this reason, it is difficult to believe that harun yahya is a one-man operation, oktar s alone, given that he is also credited for having written hundreds of books. rather, harun yahya has all the characteristics of a well-designed organization. 22 evolution and religious creation myths the quran is less detailed than the bible in its account of the origins of life and the universe (the quran mentions adam and his spouse who is not referred to as eve but does not specify how the universe was created. as a result, muslims generally have no qualms with the idea of an old earth. on the other hand, islam can be fertile ground fo

mic degrees rather than evangelical preachers. other than that, says mooney, their goal is the same: introduce theology into science for political gains. but, of course, hiring people with academic credentials, as well as widely advertising creationist thinking in the formof books,web sites, and cds, requires significant funding. the money trail the seattle-based discovery institute (the umbrella organization that houses the neocreationist center for science and culture, the think tank where much of the id program is being concocted, opened an office in washington, d.c, in 2005. presumably, this will allow id thinkers to have easier access to our lawmakers. adding to that the fast pace at which the discovery institute publishes its materials and updates its web page, it is legitimate to wo

MACNULTY W KIRK KABBALAH AND FREEMASONRY

alah and freemasonry w. kirk macnulty, 320 kabbalah in masonic history paper which undertakes to demonstrate an influence of kabbalah on freemasonry, particularly one presented to a non-masonic audience, should certainly start with some information about the nature and history of the masonic order. a definition of the order as it exists today is relatively easy: freemasonry is a secular fraternal organization, open only to men, which promulgates the principles of morality and seeks to advance the practice of brotherly love and charitable action among all persons not simply among masons. it is not a religion; but it is a society of religious men in that as it requires its members to believe in the existence of "a supreme being" the name of that being and the form in which it is to be worshi

onic tradition from biblical times to england in the late renaissance. others masons, at the opposite pole of opinion, consider that masonry started as nothing more than a gentleman's club, one of the myriad clubs that sprang up in london in the early part of the 18th century. if that be true, it was a very unusual club, indeed. unlike the other clubs of the period, very shortly after its initial organization in 1717 it grew explosively, not simply in england but also in scotland, ireland, france, the low countries and germany. in addition masonry acquired, somehow, royal patronage, a profoundly philosophical orientation, and a very elaborate system of symbolism. in arguing that masonry is simply "a club" one should explain why this particular club developed as it did. one of the obvious e

s a very general overview of the development of english freemasonry "events" involving reference to kabbalah are shown as asterisks, and will be discussed below. the parts in blue represent the grand lodge(s, and the dotted portions at the left of the drawing are intended to indicate how very uncertain our information about their origins really is. even with respect to the period after the formal organization of the premier grand lodge in 1717, there are large areas about which only a little is known. for example, in the area of ritual and symbol what masons actually did at their meetings we must rely almost entirely on exposures for the period from 1717 until the last quarter of the 18th century. we do know a little. there certainly was "masonic activity" in england in the middle of the 1

ves support to this idea. figure 2. from the original in the library of the united grand lodge of england. on st. john the evangelist's day in 1717 four masonic lodges which are said to have been meeting "from time immemorial" met at the goose and gridiron ale-house in covent garden and constituted themselves a grand lodge. this action brought into being the first public and formally acknowledged organization of freemasons. five years later, in 1723, dr. james anderson, a presbyterian minister, published a book of constitutions. in the preparation of his constitutions, anderson is said to have consulted the opinions of. the late and present deputy grand masters and other learned brethren; and it was published "with a certain measure of grand lodge authority."11 andersons constitutions is

at this stage in our investigation because the essay and its changes gives a clue into the thinking of the antient grand lodge. i believe the antients' claim was that the premier grand lodge had departed from the original intent of freemasonry by forgetting its mystical roots and that the antient grand lodge was trying to retain that mystical orientation. that would certainly fit with the latter organization's interest in the holy royal arch. let us see what dermott had to say. dermott starts his essay with a paragraph commenting on the usual masonic text. wherein they give us an account of the drawing, scheming, planning, designing, erecting, and building of temples, towers, cities, castles, palaces, theaters, pyramids, monuments, bridges, walls, pillars, courts, halls, fortifications, a

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

of the book is diametrically opposed to the modern method of thinking, for it is concerned with subjects openly ridiculed by the sophists of the twentieth century. its true purpose is to introduce the mind of the reader to a hypothesis of living wholly beyond the pale of materialistic theology, philosophy, or science. the mass of abstruse material between its covers is not susceptible to perfect organization, but so far as possible related topics have been grouped together. rich as the english language is in media of expression, it is curiously lacking in terms suitable to the conveyance of abstract philosophical premises. a certain intuitive grasp of the subtler meanings concealed within groups of inadequate words is necessary therefore to an understanding of the ancient mystery teaching

druidic order. the third division was that of druid (derwyddon. its particular labor was to minister to the religious needs of the people. to reach this dignity, the candidate must first become a bard braint. the druids always dressed in white--symbolic of their purity, and the color used by them to symbolize the sun. in order to reach the exalted position of arch-druid, or spiritual head of the organization, it was necessary for a priest to pass through the six successive degrees of the druidic order (the members of the different degrees were differentiated by the colors of their sashes, for all of them wore robes of white) some writers are of the opinion that the title of arch-druid was hereditary, descending from father to son, but it is more probable that the honor was conferred by ba

statues of dionysos were carried in the eleusinian mysteries, especially the lesser degrees. bacchus, representing the soul of the mundane sphere, was capable of an infinite multiplicity of form and designations. dionysos apparently was his solar aspect. the dionysiac architects constituted an ancient secret society, in principles and doctrines much like the modern freemasonic order. they were an organization of builders bound together by their secret knowledge of the relationship between the earthly and the divine sciences of architectonics. they were supposedly employed by king solomon in the building of his temple, although they were not jews, nor did they worship the god of the jews, being followers of bacchus and dionysos. the dionysiac architects erected many of the great monuments o

pic adam. in the same manner, races, nations, tribes, religions, states, communities, and cities were viewed as composite entities, each made up of varying numbers of individual units. every community has an individuality which is the sum of the individual attitudes of its inhabitants. every religion is an individual whose body is made up of a hierarchy and vast host of individual worshipers. the organization of any religion represents its physical body, and its individual members the cell life making up this organism. accordingly, religions, races, and communities--like individuals--pass through shakespeare's seven ages, for the life of man is a standard by which the perpetuity of all things is estimated. according to the secret doctrine, man, through the gradual refinement of his vehicle

nasty, a. gorham describes scores of markings appearing on the walls of buildings such as the taj mahal, the jama masjid, and that: famous masonic structure, the kutab minar. according to those who regard masonry as an outgrowth of the secret society of architects and builders which for thousands of years formed a caste of master craftsmen, chiram abiff was the tyrian grand master of a world-wide organization of artisans, with headquarters in tyre. their philosophy consisted of incorporating into the measurements and ornamentation of temples, palaces, mausoleums, fortresses, and other public buildings their knowledge of the laws controlling the universe. every initiated workman was given a hieroglyphic with which he marked the stones he trued to show to all posterity that he thus dedicated

MEANING OF MASONRY

masonry discloses the real purpose of modern freemasonry and clearly states the true body of teaching and practice concerning the esoteric meanings of masonic ritual. freemasonry is based on the three great principles: brotherly love, relief, and truth. over the years, brotherly love and relief have been so stressed that the craft is in serious danger of becoming primarily a social and charitable organization. truth, the most difficult principle to recognize and thus the most difficult to achieve, has long been neglected. wilmshurst carefully places his designs upon the trestle board to build his thesis that the alpha and omega of freemasonry is not the repetition of the ritual nor the safeguarding of secrets, but the regeneration of the brethren. this book implores the reader to learn to

lled its primary purpose and, though engaged in admirable secondary activities, is as yet an initiating instrument of low efficiency, it may be that, with enlarged understanding of its designs, that efficiency may yet become very considerably increased. during the last two centuries the craft has been gradually developing from small and crude beginnings into its present vast and highly elaborated organization. to-day the number of lodges and the membership of the craft are increasing beyond all precedent. one asks oneself what this growing interest portends, and to what it will, or can be made to, lead? the growth synchronizes with a corresponding defection of interest in orthodox religion and public worship. it need not now be enquired whether or to what extent the simple principles of fa

the state, it leaves room for divergences of private belief and view upon matters upon which unity is impracticable and perhaps undesirable. it is utterly clean of politics and political intrigue, but nevertheless has unconsciously become a real, though unobtrusive, asset of political value, both in stabilizing the social fabric and tending to foster international amity. the elaborateness of its organization, the care and admirable control of its affairs by its higher authorities, are praiseworthy in the extreme, whilst in the co nduct of its individual lodges there has been and is a progressive endeavour to raise the standard of ceremonial work to a far higher degree of reverence and intelligence than was perhaps possible under conditions existing not long ago. the masonic craft has grow

mbols, and which is available only to the mason who has learned to use his spiritual imagination and who can appreciate the reality that lies behind the veil of outward symbol. anyone, of course, can understand the simpler meaning of our symbols, especially with the help of the explanatory lectures; but he may still miss the meaning of the scheme as a vital hole. it is absurd to think that a vast organization like masonry was ordained merely to teach to grown-up men of the world the symbolical meaning of a few simple builders' tools, or to impress upon us such masonry elementary virtues as temperance and justice--the children in every village school are t aught such things; or to enforce such simple principles of morals as brotherly love, which every church and every religion teaches; or a

hs of life it is written that" to him that hath shall be given, and from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath; and it remains with the craft itself to determine by its own action whether it shall enter into its full heritage, or whether, by failing to realize and to safeguard the value of what it possesses, by suffering its own mysteries to be vulgarized and profaned, its organization will degenerate and pass into disrepute and deserved oblivion, as has been the fate of many secret orders in the past. there are signs, however, of a well-nigh universal increase of interest, of a genuine desire for knowledge of the spiritual content of our masonic system, and i am glad to be able to offer to my brethren some light and imperfect outline of what i conceive to be the tr

MICHAEL TSARION ATLANTIS ALIEN VISITATION AND GENETIC MANIPULATION

nd the mystery of that original mutation from egalitar-ian to state society. certainly no standard explanations are adequate (david watson, thepathology of civilization. there is no evidence either from ethnographic accounts or archaeological excavations tosuggest that rates of accidental trauma or interpersonal violence declined substantially withthe adoption of more civilized forms of political organization. in fact, some evidence fromepilogue: time to change the road youre on146atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation archaeological sites and from historical sources suggest the opposite (mark nathan cohen,health and the rise of civilization, 1989)with agriculture usually comes division of labor, increased sexual inequality, and the begin-nings of social hierarchy. priests, k

the pri-vate fortunes that had been carved out of the dying republic; some greater elements of power andauthority and some more efficacious means of subordination were required to be wielded at rome thatthose which had failed in the hands of sylla and pompey (p. 27)the additional powers and discipline which for these reasons were needed to maintain the ascendancyof rome were found in the peculiar organization and privileges of the sacred college and in the myster-ies of religion. these the ambitious and unscrupulous caesar hastened to seize with the office of high-priest and the assumption of sacerdotal powers, which, in proportion as they exceeded the attributes ofearthly kings, rivaled those of gods. to this discipline and subordination was added that moral influencewhich the church alon

acher of george starkey.obviously, not all of these personages were involved with the serpent brotherhood. but this list is alsonot by any means complete. there were numerous others, whose names are historically renowned, asinventors, politicians, writers, and thinkers.appendix c: suggested areas of research268atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation rh negative blood the world health organization has recently been conducting researches into the dna of icelandic peo-ples. they are taking samples for laboratory research.tracing the history of mankind across the world is difficult. this is especially true when trying to matchlegend and myth with actual archeological facts. but, when different cultures mix so do their genes.unlike nuclear dna mitochondrial dna is inherited only fr

the 33rd degree as a mason, truman secretly changed his name by adding themiddle initial s, which stood for solomon. truman's rise as a politician is traceable to masonicsponsorship. he said that being grand master for the whole state of missouri helped him win a u.s.senate seat in 1940. truman's sister, mary jane truman, was the grand matron of missouri in theorder of the eastern star, a masonic organization. as the 33rd president, this 33rd degree mason initiated the nuclear age, the crowning success ofalchemy, when the first a-bomb exploded at the 33rd parallel trinity test site (alamogordo) whitesands, new mexico, at the 33rd parallel. he was responsible for killing of thousands of japanese(the yellow peril) at two cities close to the 33rd parallel, hiroshima and nagasaki.on august 6

ter: what, is he dead? edgar: sit you down, father. rest you [gloucester sits.]oswald was a serviceable villain to the masonic plotters who covered their tracks by setting himup as the patsy. in king lear, oswald was duteous to the vices of his mistress, the treasonous daugh-ter goneril. in jfk's assassination, oswald was duteous to the vices of his mistress, the treasonousmasons in the f.b.i, an organization which destroyed his last communication to it and ordered himto the theater where he was arrested.a masonic conspiracy provides historical precedents for the assassination, provides an existingorganizational structure capable of covering-up the crime, explains the absence of internal records,and provides many potential motives. the bigger issue, one that must still be answered, was ask

MORALS AND DOGMA

its harmonies; skepticism, in the face of the eternal mathematics and the immutable laws of life which make the divinity present and visible everywhere, as the human is known and visible by its utterances of word and act--is this not the most foolish of superstitions, and the most inexcusable as well as the most dangerous of all credulities? thought, we know, is not a result or consequence of the organization of matter, of the chemical or other action or reaction of its particles, like effervescence and gaseous explosions. on the contrary, the fact that thought is manifested and realized in act human or act divine, proves the existence of an entity, or unity, that thinks. and the universe is the infinite utterance of one of an infinite number of infinite thoughts, which cannot but emanate

would have his child do well; and pours out upon him all the fullness of parental love, in the one desire that he _may_ do well; that he may be worthy of his cares, and his freely bestowed pains; that he may walk in the way of honor and happiness. in that way he cannot walk one step without virtue. such is life, in its relationships. a thousand ties embrace it, like the fine nerves of a delicate organization; like the strings of an instrument capable of sweet melodies, but easily put out of tune or broken, by rudeness, anger, and selfish indulgence. if life could, by any process, be made insensible to pain and pleasure; if the human heart were hard as adamant, then avarice, ambition, and sensuality might channel out their paths in it, and make it their beaten way; and none would wonder or

hat god has so ordered matters in this beautiful and harmonious, but mysteriously-governed universe, that one great mind after another will arise, from time to time, as such are needed, to reveal to men the truths that are wanted, and the amount of truth than can be borne. he so arranges, that nature and the course of events shall send men into the world, endowed with that higher mental and moral organization, in which grand truths, and sublime gleams of spiritual light will spontaneously and inevitably arise. these speak to men by inspiration. whatever hiram really was, he is the type, perhaps an imaginary type, to us, of humanity in its highest phase; an exemplar of what man may and should become, in the course of ages, in his progress toward the realization of his destiny; an individual

of spiritual light will spontaneously and inevitably arise. these speak to men by inspiration. whatever hiram really was, he is the type, perhaps an imaginary type, to us, of humanity in its highest phase; an exemplar of what man may and should become, in the course of ages, in his progress toward the realization of his destiny; an individual gifted with a glorious intellect, a noble soul, a fine organization, and a perfectly balanced moral being; an earnest of what humanity may be, and what we believe it will hereafter be in god's good time _the possibility of the race made real. the mason believes that god has arranged this glorious but perplexing world with a purpose, and on a plan. he holds that every man sent upon this earth, and especially every man of superior capacity, has a duty t

importance are differences of opinion as to the age and genealogy of the degree, or variance in the practice, ceremonial and liturgy, or the shade of color of the banner under which each tribe of israel marched, if all revere the holy arch of the symbolic degrees, first and unalterable source of free masonry; if all revere our conservative principles, and are with us in the great purposes of our organization? if, anywhere, brethren of a particular religious belief have been excluded from this degree, it merely shows how gravely the purposes and plan of masonry may be misunderstood. for whenever the door of any degree is closed against him who believes in one god and the soul's immortality, on account of the other tenets of his faith, that degree is masonry no longer. no mason has the righ

MOTTA MARCELO THE COMMENTARIES OF AL

the joys of my love will redeem ye from all pain. this is so: i swear it by the vault of my body; by my sacred heart and tongue; by all i can give, by all i desire of ye all. it is proper to obey the beast, because his law is pure freedom, and he will give no command which is other than a right interpretation of this freedom. but it is necessary, for the development of freedom itself, to have an organization; and every organization must have a highly-centralized control. this is specially necessary in time of war, as even the so-called 'democratic' nations have been taught by experience, since they would not learn from germany. now, this age is pre-eminently a 'time of war, most of all now, when it is our work to overthrow the slave-gods. the above reference to germany is to the germany o

n must have a highly-centralized control. this is specially necessary in time of war, as even the so-called 'democratic' nations have been taught by experience, since they would not learn from germany. now, this age is pre-eminently a 'time of war, most of all now, when it is our work to overthrow the slave-gods. the above reference to germany is to the germany of the first world war. as for the 'organization' referred to, there is the inherent difficulty that thelemites abhor blind obedience just as much as they abhor automatic insubordination. consequently, a thelemic organization cannot be said to exist. the 0. t. 0, after several false starts, is dormant; the order of thelema at present has one single member; the a. a, by the very nature of its method, cannot be said to be an 'organiza

ust as much as they abhor automatic insubordination. consequently, a thelemic organization cannot be said to exist. the 0. t. 0, after several false starts, is dormant; the order of thelema at present has one single member; the a. a, by the very nature of its method, cannot be said to be an 'organization' in the usual sense of the word. nevertheless, it is the most efficient of the three! for an 'organization' to appear, it would be necessary that a sufficient number of highly intelligent, wilful and resourceful individuals resolved, spontaneously and simultaneously, to obey. only the a .a. has been successful in this up to now. organizations below the abyss have in themselves the seed of their own destruction, and up to now this will-to-die has prevailed. that is as it should be "who am i

one's will; you have only to look at any one who is doing it to recognize the glory of it. there is also, of course, a technical meaning. beauty is tiphereth, strength is jesod, leaping laughter is hod, delicious languor is netzach, force is xi, fire is xvl the "highest" must have conquered the lower triad, and be well (if you will pardon the pun) on their way to conquer geburah and gedulah. this organization is necessary before you can know and do your true will with even some degree of efficiency. for although gimel brings you the influence of kether, the disorder of the mind and the grossness of the emotions hinder your attempts to interpret and reflect it. that is why most of your fellowmen are little better than wild animals are domestic animals dogs. 21. we have nothing with the outc

tle or the cottage, the tower or the tenement, shall have the slave mob against us. still deeper, there is a meaning in this verse applicable to the process of personal initiation. by "the people" we may understand the many-headed and mutable mob which swarms in the slums of our own minds. most men are almost entirely at the mercy of a mass of loud and violent emotions, without discipline or even organization. they sway with the mood of the moment. they lack purpose, foresight and intelligence. they are moved by ignorant and irrational instincts, many of which affront the law of self-preservation itself with suicidal stupidity (this is the product of atavism, those instincts having been perfectly good at another time and in another environment. but to refuse to adapt oneself to new conditi

NAGEL CARL AMAZING SECRETS OF OCCULT POWER

member a member of the society a mere four weeks earlier to study the mysteries of the soul and the universe, only to find the subject bewildering and full of apparent contradictions. the weekly meetings were confined to exercises in esp and lectures on the limitless virtues of spiritualism which ivan, the psychic who ran the class, believed were of main interest to the sitters. i had joined the organization in the hope of gaining an insight into the benefits, material and spiritual, that could be quickly gained by the study and application of occultism and one's own higher instincts< only to find the weekly classes both repetitive and dull. we had gathered together in the small room that served as a meeting place; discussing things beyond the physical touch, of seeing the future with our

NAUDON PAUL THE SECRET HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY

s come, oracle of the eternal. i will set my law within them and write it on their hearts. behold the days come that city shall be built. jeremiah 31:33-38 to find the origins of freemasonry, it is important first to isolate its original characteristics, which can be found in the institutions from which it appears to have emerged: 1. it was a professional builders or, more precisely, construction organization; the long-ago vocation of mason does not correspond directly to the modern specialization, but included an extensive knowledge of architecture. the organization was represented hierarchically. 2. the organization extended beyond a strictly professional framework. its members considered themselves brothers and provided mutual assistance. 3. the association, in both its operations and a

ers formed by the bishops of the early middle ages, especially the benedictines, the cistercians, and the templars. 3. trade-based freemasonry, which was born under the aegis of these associations and followed the form of lay brotherhoods or guilds. the history of freemasonry and its origins will form the first part of this book. in the second part, we will study the evolution of the professional organization; its purposes, both operational and speculative; its initiatory and spiritualist nature; its gradual transformation from an organization of those who worked in the art of building to those who engaged in a stricto sensu art of thinking and living; and the creation of modern freemasonry under the influences of and in circumstances connected to british history. the greatest common denom

ther they may appear in the various stages of their evolution. this is an exemplary illustration of an important truth: faith lives only through works and works are worth only the faith that moves them. part 1 the origins of freemasonry from ancient times to the middle ages 1 the ancient corporations: colleges of builders in rome the religious character of the ancient corporations the corporative organization of labor goes back to distant antiquity, and associations of builders are among the most ancient. when humans abandoned the nomadic lifestyle, they formed builders associations to erect durable shelters, protective ramparts, and temples in which to worship their gods. architecture became an art a difficult one demanding unique empirical knowledge prior to the development of the exact

tyre and adoniram, solomon had 70,000 men to carry loads and 80,000 to carve the stones from the mountains, not to mention those who had managed each job, who numbered about 3,300 and gave orders to the workers. though we have no actual historical information on the subject, this story reveals that among the artisans busy on the construction of the temple there was a professional hierarchy and an organization, if not a corporation. in greece, professional organizations were known as hetarias. one of the laws of solon (593 b.c, the text of which was preserved for us by gaius in his de collegiis et corporibus (digest, allowed the various colleges or hetarias of athens to make rules for themselves freely, provided none of these rules went against the laws of the state. although the sacred nat

that of the priests of dionysius or bacchus. they were the first to erect theaters in greece and to institute dramatic representations principally linked to worship of the god. the architects responsible for the construction of these buildings maintained a priesthood through initiation; they were called dionysian workers or dionysiasts. we know through strabo and aulu-gelle that the dionysiasts' organization in teos was assigned to them as a residence by the kings of pergama around 300 b.c. they had a specific initiation as well as words and signs by which they recognized one another and were divided into separate communities called synods, colleges, or societies. each of these communities was under the direction of a teacher and chairmen or supervisors who were elected annually. in their

NEW WORLD ORDER OR OCCULT SECRET DESTINY

ms the basis for the robert muller schools (the leavening) these people are called the torchbearers or lightbearers of the new world order. a spiritual plan that has been traced to the time of nimrod and the tower of babel, up through to the illuminati and onwards. a loosely-knit world conspiracy, david allen lewis writes, a so called network of illuminists. whether the illuminati has one special organization that is its orginal descendant. we can be very sure that its philosophical torchbearers are represented by literally hundreds of organizations and individuals in many diverse realms (dark angels of light) a blueprint for destiny robert heironomus says that america s great seal may be seen as a blueprint for the elevation of consciousness. it says, in part, that we must transform ourse

ONYX TABLET OF SET

ia affixed october 21, 1975 by march fong eu, secretary of state #756672 endorsed/filed in the office of the secretary of state of the state of california october 20, 1975/march fong eu, secretary of state/by james e. harris, deputy] i. name of this corporation shall be temple of set. ii. the purposes for which this corporation is formed are (a) the specific and primary purposes are to operate an organization for religious purposes (b) the general purposes and powers are to have and to exercise all rights and powers conferred on non-profit corporations on the laws of california, including the power to contract, rent, buy or sell personal or real property; provided, however, this corporation shall not, except to an insubstantial degree, engage in any activities or exercise any power that ar

ons of members of the corporation, the different classes of membership, if any, the property, voting, and other rights and privileges of members and their liability for dues and assessments and the method of collection thereof, shall be as set forth in the by-laws. vii. the property of this corporation is irrevocably dedicated to religious purposes, and no part of the net income or assets of this organization shall ever inure to the benefit of any private persons. upon the dissolution or winding up of the corporation, its assets, remaining after payment or provision for payment, of all debts and liabilities of this corporation shall be distributed to a nonprofit fund, foundation, or corporation which is organized and operated exclusively for religious purposes and which has established its

nty of san francisco, california, united states of america. section 1.02. the corporation may also have offices at such other places, within or without the state of california where it is qualified to do business, as its business may require and as the high priest may from time to time designate. article 2. affiliation section 2.01. the corporation shall not be a member of, or affiliated with any organization or institution. section 2.02. an individual member of the temple of set may be a member of, or affiliated with another primarily religious organization or institution during i membership status only. section 2.03. an individual member of the temple of set may be a member of, or affiliated with another initiatory organization or institution as long as, in the evaluation of any iv+ memb

0 required: no dear applicant: based on information supplied, and assuming your operations will be as stated in your application for recognition of exemption, we have determined you are exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code. we have further determined you are not a private foundation within the meaning of section 509(a) of the code, because you are an organization described in section 509(a)(1) and 170(b)(1)(a)(i. onyx tablet: ot.o.usex temple of set author: date: june 16, 1976 ce revision: html revision: august 8, 1999 ce you are not liable for social security (fica) taxes unless you file a waiver of exemption certificate as provided in the federal insurance contributions act. you are not liable for the taxes imposed under the federal unemploy

le provisions of sections 2055, 2106, and 2522 of the code. if your purposes, character, or method of operation is changed, you must let your key district director know so he can consider the effect of the change on your exempt status. also, you must inform him of all changes in your name or address. the block checked at the beginning of this letter shows whether you must file form 990, return of organization exempt from income tax. if the yes box is checked, you are required to file form 990 only if your gross receipts each year are normally more than $5,000. if a return is required, it must be filed by the 15th day of the fifth month after the end of your annual accounting period. the law imposes a penalty of $10 a day, up to a maximum of $5,000, for failure to file the return on time. y

PHOSPHORUS THE SHADOWING FORTH OF LUCIFER

inition free to decide the proper course of which his or her life would flow. often, clubs, orders and other thought trapping devices will trick the individual into accepting a code and "uniformation" of like minds. this should be in progress only for the means of an end, a goal in which progression and individual evolution is plausible. if this is not so, what would be the difference between the organization minded occult student and the christian church enthusiast? the essence of witchcraft in the current age seems slip and often unclear. wicca presents nature in a beautiful and deeply moving semblance, which in itself, is not entirely the case. nature is both beautiful, positive and light filled however also destructive, murderous, predatory and black. this is a significant balance poin

PIKE CUMMINGS THE SPURIOUS RITES OF MEMPHIS AND MISRAIM

larity and success.although regular masonic authorities quickly condemned them as spurious and clandestine, small groups were occasionally revived in the united states until they were finally absorbed, beginning in the b j d as, by the grand college of rites of the united states of america. the grand college of rites, which does not to practice any of its rituals, remains the only regular masonic organization in the united states with authentic claims to the rites of memphis and misraim. albert pike s 1865 allocution early in his career albert pike paid little attention to either of these rites. his earliest comments reflect a type of sympathetic indifference, and reveal that he did not yet know how specious they actually were. by the b i g as, however, his study convinced him that both th

upporters of the system, visited europe, and was advanced to the j gth and highest degree, and invested with authority to establish on the continent of america a sovereign grand sanctuary of conservators-general of the order. this is the highest authority known to the rite under it a sovereign council general has been established for new england which is flourishing.other state and combined state organization are under rapid headway, the whole embracing many hundred working members. harry j. seymour j gth, is the sov gr master of the sov sanctuary of ancient and primitive free-masonry according to the rite of memphis, in and for the continent of america; and robert d. holmes, j fth, is the general grand expert. both these brethren are members of the supreme council for the northern jurisdi

ized the opportunity to apply for the affiliation of his rite with the grand orient.his request was granted, and two new lodges were soon after constituted. yet, although the grand college of rites thus admitted the rite of memphis, this admission was accompanied with such restrictions that the rite, in fact, exists no longer. deprived of its constitution, its government, its councils, its entire organization, and its j g degrees, permitted only to work in the three symbolic degrees, subject to the prescriptions of the grand orient as regards the obtaining of the higher degrees, the rite of memphis is actually transformed into the scottish rite. a member of a lodge retaining the denomination of the rite of memphis, is not permitted to add the number of his high degree of that rite to his n

nly, and were next beard of as having returned to paris. the seed sown by them has indeed sprouted in various places, and still retains a sort of spasmodic existence, but its growth is composed of such heterogeneous and antagonistic elements, that it will, in all probability, soon die a natural death. in london, some of the fragments of the former grand lodge afterwards endeavored to revive their organization, and finally succeeded in re-constituting themselves. this body is still in existence, but has no masonic status whatever, the grand lodge of england regarding them as clandestine masons, and forbidding its subordinates from holding masonic communication with them. x x x x x bulletin du grand orient de france supreme conseil pour la france et les possessions francaises mars 1865, pp

eption after the revival of b h b h in london, has been beset with imitators ranging all the way from good-natured mockery to vicious schemes to dupe the innocent and unwary. the excellent reputation of freemasonry and the quite universal knowledge of its high aims and ideals removes the sales resistance which frauds and charlatans would encounter in imitating and promoting a less known fraternal organization. freemasonry s own concerns are, unfortunately, an aid to those who would further their own evil ends by duping innocent and well-intentioned individuals by plausible claims of an easy method of admission to an exclusive fraternity. it is only when the zeal of such unscrupulous promoters overcomes their discretion that they are halted. sooner or later some of them run afoul of local o

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

rom the impure chariot. the gdivine chariot, h a vision of a person riding a chariot, is described most vividly in the first chapter of the book of ezekiel, but appears elsewhere in the bible as well. it is generally understood to be a depiction of the hierarchy of divine powers through which g-d channels his life force into the world. each detail of the vision embodies a different aspect of this organization of life powers, and all the details eventually find their way into various manifestations in this world. the gholy beasts h here are the four celestial creatures that bear the divine chariot. gthis was their appearance: they were human figures, but each one had four faces, and each one had four wings c. their faces and their wings were alike on the four of them c. as for the likeness

es the gholy man h to his own detriment, for the fact that he oppresses israel and rules them allows israel to totally extract from him all the sparks of holiness within him. gevil man h and gholy man h here mean the forces of evil and good. just as in the vision of ezekiel the array of divine attributes flowing into creation had the form of a man, and the anatomy of terrestrial man reflects this organization of forces, so are the forces of evil arranged in the human form. and wherever they go, the shechinah [divine presence] goes with them, in order to elevate her component parts. the divine presence accompanies the jewish people in their exile, in order to reconstruct herself out of the fallen sparks of her shattered self. 4 deuteronomy 28:68. 5 exodus 14:13. 6 genesis 15:12, discussing

REGARDIE ISRAEL THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN

ard what i much later understood as my personal "dance" with the unconscious, the process of magical initiation, the golden dawn system, and the western mystery tradition. in the earlier part of 1969, i had had a brief, albeit intoxicating, exposure to jungian analysis in san francisco. in the latter part of 1969, by way of a powerful and unusual synchronicity, i had been told about a los angeles organization called builders of the adytum which had been founded by paul foster case (who i was to much later find out had been a participant in a golden dawn temple of the earlier 1900s. it took a full year for these connections to ripen before i embarked upon case's excellent correspondence lessons in a committed way. his work introduced me to an exciting and enriching world of the symbolism of

ead edition contained herein. i would this gives the student an overview of not only the hermetic order of the allow this material to settle deeply or associating any variety of images the first knowledge lecture and then the hebrew alphabet and its correspondences, knowledge lecture. within this system, of religion or sect. its letters are considered doorways into the inner world-teric religious organization. a convenient place them on "flash" cards, not unlike 51, zealand, and power: isquieting poignancy. r2d nze king must die-:dge from the victorian k- i-7g life. i am convinced g; 11-ork. work blindly, i rh in itself has absolute zrk. and hard work it is:neophyte cere- f r ?rentually being linked &e- lowing suggestions. for c- iti on to the original -5 careful readings since

n has simply been overwhelmed by the sheer weight and wealth of original teaching material. as he glances through the large four-volume set, understanding but little of it, he becomes alto- 1 2 the golden dawn gether confused, thrust headlong into despair, and does not pause long enough to study the system in small sections until he does discover its intent and purpose. in the order-or any occult organization for that matter-no student was ever bombarded with too much study material at the beginning. he is spoonfed small doses, as it were, monthly. some critics regard this procedure as a "come on" as bait merely to keep the student paying his monthly dues for long periods of time. in some instances, this ma- well be true. on the contrary, it is sometimes given in this forni, i am sure, so

th the whole physical body of a man is called 'the magical mirror of the universe" for therein are represented all the occult forces of the universe projected as ona sphere,convex to the outer, but concave toman. this sphere surroundeth the physical body of a man as the celestial heavens do the body of a star or a planet, having their forces mirrored in its atrnosphere. therefore its allotment or organization is the copy of that greater world or macrocosm. in this "magical mirror of the universe" therefore, are the ten sephiroth projected in the form of the tree of life as in a solid sphere (see also the astronomic view of the tarot in part eight) a man's physical body is within the ten sephiroth projected in a sphere. the divisions and parts of the body are formed from the sephiroth of th

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

who sustain and tempt us is explained in this manner. the two forces of the astral light may be represented by a balance wherein are weighed our good intentions for the triumph of justice and the emancipation of our liberty. the astral body is not always of the same sex as the terrestrial, that is, the proportions of the two forces, varying from right to left, seem frequently to belie the visible organization, producing seeming aberrations of human passion and explaining, while in no wise morally justifying, the amorous peculiarities of anacreon or sappho. a skilful magnetizer should take all these subtle distinctions into account, and we shall provide in our ritual the rules for their recognition. there are two kinds of realization, the true and the fantastic. the first is the exclusive s

ROBERT KIRK WALKER BETWEEN WORLDS

ker between worlds(pages 50-59) fire and heard the harp, leapt through the house like goats or satyrs [just] as there are parallel stories in an countries and ages, reported of these obscure people, which [tales] are no dotages [that is, not weak-minded, so it is no more of necessity to us to know their beings and manner of life than [it is] to understand distinctly the polity [that is, political organization or statehood] of the nine orders of angels, or with what oil the lamp of the sun is maintained so long and regularly; or [to know] why the moon is called a great luminary in scripture, while it only appears to be so; or if the moon be truly inhabited because telescopes discover seas and mountains in it, as well as flaming furnaces in the sun. or why the discovery of america was looked

RUBY TABLET OF SET

r/slave relationship, as exemplified in hellenistic stoicism and skepticism. the inconsistency this produces between internal and external life goes on to produce the rages and hypocrisies of medieval christianity. in the reformation the internal is seen as relevant to, and in command of the external. there is still the problem of conflict between individual wills, which, if undisciplined through organization and government, would run wild in anarchy. since any institution whatever is antagonistic to the abstract self-consciousness of equality" as consciousness gives way to self-consciousness, questions of morality (moralitaat) arise in contrast to custom or social convention (sittlichkeit. how to aspire to morality? the answer is that one apprehends it through the modern state. hegel's co

ment aid to such industrial enterprises was also a new development, consisting of a gradual liberalizing of corporate law and the instituting of protective tariffs in order to help protect budding national industries against competition from further developed foreign ones. by the 1890s england, belgium, and holland were the only countries still observing a free trade policy. the consolidation and organization of business encouraged (by example) the organization of labor. labor unions first began to experience general legal toleration in france in the period 1864-1884, in england in 1871-1875, and in austria in the early 1870s. the first international labor organization, the international workingmen's association (the "first international) was founded in london in 1864 and existed until 187

her, and the establishment of a new stage represents integration at a new and more complex level of development. development toward complexity gives one greater internal control over behavior, providing greater flexibility and therefore greater choice in determining how life will go.(6. stages of personality development can be described in terms of ego functioning. the ego is not a thing, but the organization of the totality of one's personality. it organizes our perceptions of our experience, and our attempts to cope with the problems presented by that experience. personality develops through alternating periods of differentiation and integration. the more differentiated and integrated our personalities are, the more we can accommodate to others, the more accurately we can perceive others

ntiated and integrated our personalities are, the more we can accommodate to others, the more accurately we can perceive others, and the more appropriately we can react to others" this entire last paragraph points up the importance of the setian taking environment and the "real world" of interactions with others very seriously. this is what xepering is all about, how the setian does these things "organization "coping "differentiation" and "integration" this means that everything about everyday life is relevant to xeper. there's no such thing as "my temple behavior" and "my at home behavior" in terms of the way we look at ourselves, others, and our environment, if we are truly working at selfintegration as a setian. i don't mean of course that at home one may belch and at the temple banquet

ment of defense by the institute for the study of american religion, j. gordon melton, project director, james r. lewis, senior research associate department of the army office of the chief of chaplains washington, d.c. 20310-2700 nothing herein shall be construed to reflect the official position, policy or endorsement of the department of the army, or of the chief of army chaplains regarding the organization, beliefs, or doctrine of the religious groups described in this manual. it contains information on these selected religious groups provided by the groups themselves. errors or changes may be reported through official channels to the chief of army chaplains. subject: religions and religious groups reading list: table of contents. christian heritage groups o church of christ, scientist

SALMANRUSHDIE THESATANICVERSES

o certain other persons belonging to certain opposed factions, bilal met a young man from desh, also a singer of sorts, so they fell to talking. it turned out that this mahmood was a badly scared individual. he had recently _shacked up_ with a gori, a long red woman with a big figure, and then it turned out that the previous lover of his beloved renata was the exiled boss of the s a v a k torture organization of the shah of iran. the number one grand panjandrum himself, not some minor sadist with a talent for extracting toenails or setting fire to eyelids, but the great haramzada in person. the day after mahmood and renata moved in to their new apartment a letter arrived for mahmood _okay, shit-eater, you're fucking my woman, i just wanted to say hello. the next day a second letter arrived

changel specified the manner in which a man should be buried, and how his property should be divided, so that salman the persian got to wondering what manner of god this was that sounded so much like a businessman. this was when he had the idea that destroyed his faith, because he recalled that of course mahound himself had been a businessman, and a damned successful one at that, a person to whom organization and rules came naturally, so how excessively convenient it was that he should have come up with such a very businesslike archangel, who handed down the management decisions of this highly corporate, if non-corporeal, god. after that salman began to notice how useful and well timed the angel's revelations tended to be, so that when the faithful were disputing mahound's views on any sub

also security-locked, door. there was also a burglar alarm. this alarm, it afterwards transpired, had been switched off, probably by the two persons, one male, one female, who had effected an entry with the assistance of a key. it was officially suggested that these persons had been bent on an act of sabotage, an "inside job, since one of them, the dead woman, had in fact been an employee of the organization whose offices these were. the reasons for the crime remained obscure, and as the miscreants had perished in the blaze, it was unlikely that they would ever come to light. an "own goal" remained, however, the most probable explanation. a tragic affair; the dead woman had been heavily pregnant. inspector stephen kinch, issuing the statement in which these facts were stated, made a "link

SAPPHIRE TABLE OF SET MAIN

ide for a lot more strength to survive in the future (a) location. the "carrying lucifer's torch in the north" project (that i initialized when i founded the ultima thule pylon in late 1994) was conceived to utilize my _geographical location (and the corresponding cultural matrixes) to further the on. i feel that we need to adapt and draw strength from local cultures, and make the temple a viable organization here. then new initiates will flow from here to strengthen the on and to protect the temple. what i have tried to focus on is quality and diversity of teaching. i have sought to bring the whole spectrum of the temple of set into northern europe. there is still a huge deal to do in this respect, but at least a handful of initiates have received training in a wide variety of setian init

hering the rune-gild here. this has not changed in itself (and i intend to do this, too, but my priorities have changed. now that my interests have been resynthetized (into an effective mill of becoming and beyond, i have developed a strengthened tie to the temple of set. set's chief tool of his on is the temple of set, and as a creature of his on it has become my "first priority" to further that organization. i mean, furthering the temple (and especially that sacred on it is a spearhead of) has become as important to me as furthering my personal interests- if not more. or maybe i should say that the on of set has become such a large and indispensable part of my identity that i "naturally" feel the need to protect and further it. i live through the on of set and it lives through me. i sens

SAPPHIRE TABLET OF SET

ide for a lot more strength to survive in the future (a) location. the "carrying lucifer's torch in the north" project (that i initialized when i founded the ultima thule pylon in late 1994) was conceived to utilize my _geographical location (and the corresponding cultural matrixes) to further the on. i feel that we need to adapt and draw strength from local cultures, and make the temple a viable organization here. then new initiates will flow from here to strengthen the on and to protect the temple. what i have tried to focus on is quality and diversity of teaching. i have sought to bring the whole spectrum of the temple of set into northern europe. there is still a huge deal to do in this respect, but at least a handful of initiates have received training in a wide variety of setian init

hering the rune-gild here. this has not changed in itself (and i intend to do this, too, but my priorities have changed. now that my interests have been resynthetized (into an effective mill of becoming and beyond, i have developed a strengthened tie to the temple of set. set's chief tool of his on is the temple of set, and as a creature of his on it has become my "first priority" to further that organization. i mean, furthering the temple (and especially that sacred on it is a spearhead of) has become as important to me as furthering my personal interests- if not more. or maybe i should say that the on of set has become such a large and indispensable part of my identity that i "naturally" feel the need to protect and further it. i live through the on of set and it lives through me. i sens

SATANIC BIBLE

ere christians. in eighteenth-century england a hell-fire club, with connections to the american colonies through benjamin franklin, gained some brief notoriety. during the early part of the twentieth century, the press publicized aleister crowley as the "wickedest man in the world. and there were hints in the 1920s and '30s of a "black order" in germany. to this seemingly old story lavey and his organization of contemporary faustians offered two strikingly new chapters. first, they blasphemously represented themselves as a "church, a term previously confined to the branches of christianity, instead of the traditional coven of satanism and witchcraft lore. second, they practiced their black magic openly instead of underground. rather than arrange a preliminary interview with lavey for disc

ur guilt. this may sound like a contradiction in terms, but if you will think about it, guilt can often add a fillip to the senses. adults would do well to take a lesson from children. children often take great delight in doing something they know they are not supposed to. yes, times have changed, but man hasn't. the basics of satanism have always existed. the only thing that is new is the formal organization of a religion based on the universal traits of man. for centuries, magnificent structures of stone, concrete, mortar, and steel have been devoted to man's abstinence. it is high time that human beings stopped fighting themselves, and devoted their time to building temples designed for man's indulgences. even though times have changed, and always will, man remains basically the same. f

l connoiseur (and truly free from all sexual guilt) he cannot be stifled by the so-called sexual revolutionists any more than he can by the prudery of his guilt-ridden society. these free-sex clubs miss the whole point of sexual freedom. unless sexual activity can be expressed on an individual basis (which includes personal fetishes, there is absolutely no purpose in belonging to a sexual freedom organization. satanism condones any type of sexual activity which properly satisfies your individual desires- be it heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, or even asexual, if you choose. satanism also sanctions any fetish or deviation which will enhance your sex-life, so long as it involves no one who does not wish to be involved. the prevalence of deviant and/or fetishistic behavior in our society w

d sense of responsibility (or unfounded sense of guilt) which nourishes well the "altruisms" upon which these parasites feast! the psychic vampire is allowed to exist because he cleverly chooses conscientious, responsible people for his victims- people with great dedication to their "moral obligations" in some cases we are vampirized by groups of people, as well as individuals. every fund raising organization, be it a charitable foundation, community council, religious or fraternal association, etc, carefully selects a person who is adept at making others feel guilty for its chairman or coordinator. it is the job of this chairman to intimidate us into opening first our hearts, and then our wallets, to the recipient of their "good will- never mentioning that, in many cases, their time is no

SATANIC RITUALS

isagree with the non-christian definition of satanist, as set forth in the satanic bible, should examine the basis of that disagreement. it surely stems from one of two sources "common knowledge" or scripturally founded propaganda "satan has been the best friend the church has ever had, as he has kept it in business all these years"-the ninth satanic statement-is not limited just to the religious organization referred to as "the church" how convenient an enemy the devil has been for the weak and insecure! crusaders against the devil maintained that satan, even if accepted on an anthropomorphic basis, was neither so evil nor so dangerous that he could not be personally vanquished. and so satan has existed as a convenient enemy to be employed when needed-one who could be beaten by any lily-l

se abstinence has become his indulgence. thus be warned: to the chronic lover of distress, ruin arrives through the bestowal of indulgence. this, then, can function as a literal interpretation of the phrase "to kill with kindness" when a "man of god" is portrayed by the celebrant, as in the later commemorative version of l'air epais, the ritual will serve to weaken the collective structure of the organization he represents. this factor introduces an element of the messe noir into the rite, as mentioned by lewis spence and other writers. the title stifling air refers both to the tension produced by the contrivedly oppressive atmosphere during the early segments of the ceremony, and the closeness within the coffin. when the performance of l'air epais was resumed in 1799, it served as a celeb

SATANISM AN EXAMINATION OF SATANIC BLACK MAGIC

ion. accordingly, the lhp initiate sees methods as merely methods; experience as merely experience. both are used, learned from and then discarded. because of this, the lhp is by its nature ruthless- the strong of character win through, the weak go under. there are no `safety nets' of any kind on the lhp- there is no dogma or ideology to rely on, no one to provide comfort and soften the blows, no organization, individual or `being' to run to when things get difficult and which will provide supportand sympathy and understanding. or which, just as importantly, takes away the responsibility of the initiate for their deeds. the lhp breeds self-achievement and self-excellence- or its destroys, either literally, or via delusion and madness. further, the goal or aim of the lhp is individual speci

earns from their own experiences and mistakes. the rhp initiate tries to learn from theory- from what others have done. essentially, the lhp initiate is a free spirit, already possessed of a certain willful character, while the rhp initiate is in thrall to other people's ideas and ways of doing things. the notion of self-responsibility is as mentioned above, crucial to the lhp and accordingly any organization which claims to be of the lhp and which does not uphold this in both theory and practice is a fraudulent organization. in practice this means that an organization does not restrict the experiences of its members- it does not, for instance, impose upon them any binding authority which the members have to accept or face 'expulsion' just as it does not lay down for them any codes of beha

at is, it does not promulgate a dogma which the members have to accept as it does not require those members to be obedient to what the hierarchy says. there is no "proscription" of certain views, or individuals or other organizations as there is no attempt to make members conform in terms of behaviour, attitudes, views, opinions, expressions or anything else. if there are any of these things, the organization so doing these things is most certainly not an organization of the left hand path even though it may use some of the motifs, symbols and methods of the lhp. such an organization is instead allied to the rhp in nature- in the effect it has upon it's members. in summary, the rhp is soft. the lhp is hard. the rhp is like a comfortable game- and one which can be played, left for a while

ich can be played, left for a while, then taken up again. the lhp is a struggle which takes years. the rhp prescribes behaviour and limits personal responsibility. the lhp means self-responsibility and self-effort. the rhp requires the individual to conform in certain way. the lhp is non-restrictive. rhp organizations and 'teachers' require the initiate to conform and accept the authority of that organization/'teacher. lhp organizations and masters/mistresses only offer adviceand guidance, based on their own experience. satanism: as mentioned above, satanism is a particular lhp. conventionally, and incorrectly, satanism is described as 'worship of satan/the devil. the word 'satan' originally derived from the greek word for 'an accusation. that is, satan is an archetype of disruption- the a

SCHLAGER NEIL WORLD RELIGIONS REFERENCE LIBRARY

pens after death. in addition, religion deals in one form or another with salvation. this can include saving the souls of humans either in a literal fashion, with a heaven after death as in christianity, or in a more symbolic sense, as in reaching an end to suffering such as nirvana, as in some eastern religions, including buddhism. furthermore, religion usually does its work through some form of organization and worship, as well as through sacred rites or rituals, sacred books, a clergy or priesthood that administers the religion, and places, symbols, and days that are sacred to the believers. even though there is no commonly held way of looking at religion, most of the world s population participates in a form in one way or another. though hard to define, religion seems to be a universal

do with cult status. usually cults are newly formed and small. despite the modern negative sense that the word cult has, its historical use was positive, or at least neutral. on the positive side, cult means a group that pays particular homage or worship to one thing or person. for example, the cult of mary honors the mother of jesus. a more neutral meaning is a small, recently created, religious organization that is often headed by a single charismatic (strong and appealing) leader. a cult may also be a spiritually inventive group, one that might challenge other larger and more dominating ones. a cult in this sense may simply be a new religious movement on its way to becoming a true religion. that was the situation with christianity at its beginning as a breakaway sect of judaism. the neg

inating ones. a cult in this sense may simply be a new religious movement on its way to becoming a true religion. that was the situation with christianity at its beginning as a breakaway sect of judaism. the negative meaning of cult, involved with brainwashing its followers and abusing members, comes only from the second half of the twentieth century. so negative has the term become that the news organization associated press decided in 1998 to stop using cult to talk about a small religious group that is an offshoot of a larger one. instead, they use the word sect. 10 world religions: almanac what is religion? christianity s favorite stories centers on the miraculous conception and birth of jesus to a young virgin. likewise, the buddha is said to have been conceived in a dream his mother

e these approaches may appeal to some atheists and agnostics, however, many also reject organized religion and do not participate in such things. it is difficult to come up with an accurate number of atheists and agnostics, either worldwide or country-by-country. both agnostics and atheists are often vague about their personal beliefs. since most atheists and agnostics are not part of any defined organization, information about their numbers comes only from census records. these records are not collected often and can be confusing regarding religious beliefs. many people, when responding to the census, do not know how to list themselves. when atheists and agnostics are combined with others in a words to know agnosticism: the view that the existence or nonexistence of god is unknown and is

e became a doctor, earning early acclaim for his discovery in 1845 of a new membrane, or layer, in human hair. after joining the british navy, he served as chief surgeon on the hms rattlesnake for four years as it mapped regions of australia. huxley pursued his own research on these voyages, studying the anatomy, or structure and composition, of sea life. elected a member of the royal society (an organization sponsored by the british government to promote scientific research) in 1851, huxley finally found a teaching position in 1854. despite his early upbringing in the anglican church, huxley became a skeptic regarding parts of christianity, including the existence of god. he was a materialist and a supporter of the revolutionary theories of geologist charles lyell (1797 1875. lyell sugges

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ture. that they are the norm in the higher realms might also be of some interest" the first principle an adept stands up for his/her rights. no one is expecting you to be a pacifist and accept any action or system against your will. the brothers and sisters hold to the principle that every person is free to live his or her natural life unfettered and uncluttered by any government, church or other organization, regardless of origin. the only type of law to which our adepts subscribe is the law of reason, spirit, and conscience which simply and fairly states that no person may successfully swim against the current of the crystal river for very long without tiring and quickly sinking, exhausted to the bottom. whereas, traveling with the flow is supported by that same swift current, and there

SPENSER THE CULT OF THE ALL SEEING EYE 1960

hn i. rockefeller, jr. a methodist missionary, weyman c. huckabee, secured and received grants from john d. rockefeller. jr.'s davison fund and from his (new york city) riverside church funds for five consecutive years (1937-41, for a health center in hiroshima. japan (ibid, may-june 1960. huckabee then became the secretary of the movement in new york in 1941 and secured two grants a year for the organization from the davison fund until it was liquidated. thereafter, rockefeller continued his yearly grants without fail from his own personal funds. during the 22 years huckabee remained with the movement a million dollars was raised for its work (lbid, july-august 1962. when the movement first sought to secure wainwright house for its headquarters in 1951, john d. rockefeller. jr, gave $5,00

nded to visitors of the room states that "the fresco is a gift of the marshall field family, in his memory" marshall field was the publisher of the newspaper pm in new york city "sometimes referred to as the uptown edition of the daily worker";25 an honorary vice chairman, with owen lattimore, of the american committee in aid of chinese industrial cooperatives (indusco, inc) in 1950, cited as "an organization that is now serving communist purposes" by the senale internal security subcommittee;26 a sponsor of the american committee for yugoslav relief in 1915, declared "subversive and communist by attorney general tom c. clark";27 sponsor of a testimonial dinner for fredinand c. smith in 1944, a cited communist-front enterprise;28 and president of the field foundation, investigated by the s

nam. the three sects formed an exotic consortium of religious fanatics, feudal warlords, uniformed hoodlums and racket bosses. their combined armies totaled 40,000 men. one of the sects, the hoa hao. is composed of dissident buddhists founded by the deceased huynh phu so, who. so the story goes, converted his psychiatrist when he was sent to a lunatic asylum. the other sect, the binh xuyen. is an organization of bandits, in mustard-colored uniforms, who controlled both the brothels of saigon and the police of the same city under an arrangement with the absentee chief of state, bao dai. their commander, general le van vien. was once a river pirate. premier ngo dinh diem crushed the three sects. for eight years south viet nam was free of the evil of the cao dai. then, in late 1963. the premi

STEINER RUDOLF CHRISTIANITY AS MYSTICAL FACT

ise to the state of being an osiris. this then is the initiation practiced in egypt. it taught that whoever aspires to the highest stage of being must recapitulate, inwardly microcosmically, the universal and macrocosmic events connected with osiris. plato has described such a cosmic process: the creator had stretched out the world-soul on the world-body in the form of a cross, and the subsequent organization of the cosmos constitutes a redemption of the crucified world- soul.90 if someone is to become an osiris the same process must take place in miniature. the initiand must allow the inner experience of becoming an osiris to unfold and fuse with the events of the cosmic osirian myth. if we were able to look inside the temples where the initiatory transformation into osiris took place, we

re and more the spirit, which is there slumbering within him. experience of the spirit permitted members, after a certain stage had been reached, to be admitted into a higher order. this exercised authority, not by compulsion, but as a source of the community s fundamental convictions.155 a related group were the therapeutae, who were to be found in egypt. all our reliable information about their organization is contained in the work by the philosopher philo, on the contemplative life.156 a few passages from philo s book will be sufficient to convey an idea of its contents: the houses of those thus banded together are quite simple, affording protection against the two things requiring it most, the blazing heat of the sun and the frostiness of the air. they are neither contiguous as in town

is the case with god. god gave to the church some apostles, and some prophets, and some evangelists, and some pastors, and teachers for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the building up of the body of christ. 164 individuals sought by the most varied routes to find their way from the ancient ideas to christian ones. the gnostic crisis meanwhile, however, the external organization of the church was becoming more and more strongly established, and those who thought that they were on the right path called the others heretics. as more power went to the institution of the church, the decisions of the councils increasingly took the place of personal search 148 christianity as mystical fact for recognition of the right way. the concept of heresy became increasingly r

ally jewish contribution to the further development of the mysteries (above, pp. 76ff. the democratization of their character led consistently to a narrowing and a broadening: a concentrating on the unique individual (in its most intense form, the uniquely initiated one, the messiah) and looking outward to a wider, ultimately worldwide, sense of collective destiny. on the striking absence of such organization in the older mysteries, cf. burkert, ancient mystery cults, pp. 45-46. later, christianity was to fuse the mysteryidea with the jewish inheritance of the people of god and extend it to universal community: and the christ-spirit is active wherever that process is being carried forward. steiner often referred in this context to the christ-impulse as a spiritual and evolutionary power, a

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

d maria would all help in putting the pieces together of a larger more sinister puzzle. although still incomplete, the small pieces of the puzzle i uncovered in the 1980s all lead to direct involvement of members of the illuminati/freemasons, through groups like "p due, the prieure du sion and others, as well as the deep involvement of the vatican, the hub and centerpiece of this secret worldwide organization known to the public as the illuminati but known by members as "the family or the order" after writing several stories about the vatican bank scandal and traveling to london on the calvi story, finding very little new evidence, i didn't give much thought to the illuminati and child sacrificing until about a year later when i was sitting on via venato, having coffee for a brief hour or

ded "calvi, once thought to have committed suicide, was found hanging from scaffolding under london's blackfriars bridge in june 1982 with bricks in his pockets and $15,000 (8,000 pounds) on his person "but in the latest twist to the saga, prosecutors now say the mafia killed calvi for stealing from them and from italian financier licio gelli. gelli was the head of the p2 lodge- a shadowy masonic organization whose members once included prominent politicians, businessmen and military officers "the judge said the trial will start on oct 6 and will involve the convicted cosa nostra treasurer pippo calo, roman crime boss ernesto diotallevi, sardinian financier flavio carboni and his ex-girlfriend manuela kleinszig "the prosecutors' inquiry has focused on millions of dollars that flowed throug

ey are in the governmental division of the illuminati. however, i do not want to mention other members not in public office for fear of getting sued. saying that the illuminati's main goal is to depopulate the world and create a unified, one world government, svali said to fully understand illuminati cult programming it's first important to comprehend the structure and philosophy of the worldwide organization as she learned it as a child growing up in the ranks. in a manuscript from a book she is trying to publish, written after she ran from the illuminati in san diego, svali explains "the illuminati are a group of people who follow a philosophy known as "illuminism" or "enlightenment. the illuminati were named several hundred years ago, but trace their roots and history to the ancient mys

tion of the evil vatican ceremony is contained in part ii of this series "i hope what i am trying to tell people will help save the lives of other children, as well as show people how organized and dangerous these people in the illuminati really are" said svali, who was born into what insiders call the "family or order" running from the group's evil clutches 10 years ago "growing up in the secret organization, i was one of the most loyal followers, rising fast in the group's power structure. by 22, i became a head programmer and trainer of others in the secret group. but as i grew up, i began to see the lies. i finally risked everything and left, understanding that the illuminati ends to not justify the means" although illuminati mind control programs are numerous and diverse, svali became

o get deep inside the illuminati, the family, the order. we have a guest who was involved with this group, born into it, for over thirty years. her name is svali. svali, are you with us? sv: uh, yes i am. gs: well, it's nice to have you here. i know you don't give radio interviews, and i really want to thank you, because i think it really does help the american people understand about this secret organization that you were born into. so i guess we can just start from the beginning. tell us- right from the beginning you were born into this, from wealthy parents. tell us about your training in this group when you were a young child and then up until your orientation at the vatican. go ahead. sv (surprised, laughing) well, that's a pretty broad area, greg! that could take hours, if you know w

TECHNICIANS GUIDE TO THE LEFT HAND PATH

more or less than what it is at any moment i.e, it can be manipulated within the perceptual wavelength perceived by the individual. however, it can be followed like a path, what is on that path depends upon the intent of the individual.this is why i say that resonance is not the thing in and of itself, but rather, a means of approaching that thing. it is a methodological construct that creates an organization of energy in various forms and densities. because of this organization we can understand many types of relationships, have assorted sciences, mechanical devices, split atoms and so on. but, i repeat, it is never the thing itself, rather it is a condition that has actualized at a particular moment due to its observation and appearance into our perception. a few notes about inscription

ce, the will when it takes action operates upon two broad fronts. the first is the procurement of an object of desire, the second is the reverse of the first, it involves the loss of an object that is causing some form of discomfort. so, the will operates under a system of addition to, or subtraction from, and through a synthesis of both- neutralization. this extending towards and retracting from organization of willful activity mirrors the stepping into resonance that i have announced as a formulaic convention describing the essential properties of the left hand path praxis. additionally, the will is very much the major operating system in creating- what is to be- or future manifestations of oneself. the will is always involved in developing into the present, a future vision. the relation

in doubt about the legitimite rights of the ritual participants to be in an outdoor area move it inside! epilogue- the occult institute of technology finally, the occult institute of technology (oit) is an order of adepts that scrutinize, theorize and further develop the ideas i have presented in this book. oit is an order, or place of teaching within the temple of set (a left hand path religious organization. oit has its own magazine- the oit journal which is free by subscription on the internet, and available by paid subscription for paper copy. for more information contact the occult institute of technology at: http//www.dnaco.net/ raensept/oit the following provides pertinent information on oit for those who dare to do. the word of the aeon is xeper- to come into being. the roots of th

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is power lost. although we have entered the age of aquarius, along with its attendant freedom and loosening of restrictions, it will still be very much in your interests as a witch to shroud certain of your doings in a reasonable veil of secrecy."6 as you will discover in studying the pages of codex magica, the illuminati certainly do have much to hide. seeing as how the leaders of this notorious organization are responsible for hardship, bloodshed and revolutionary terror on a global scale, if their secrets were found out, there would be hell to pay. if the masses ever were to wake up from their trance and begin to understand just how horribly they have been deceived, they would angrily rise enmasse and string up the elite from the nearest light pole. the most terrible secret of all but t

e and string up the elite from the nearest light pole. the most terrible secret of all but there's also the matter of the most terrible secret of all, the secret that, if 18 codex magica discovered, would sound the death knell for the illuminati and freemasonry. manly p. hall, 33, touched on this in his book, lectures on ancient philosophy: freemasonry is a fraternity within a fraternity an outer organization, concealing an inner brotherhood of the elect. the invisible society is a secret fraternity dedicated to a mysterious secret.7 as hall alludes, freemasonry hides its greatest secret even from its membership at large only an invisible "inner brotherhood" is entrusted with it. robert guffey, writing in the book, the conspiracy reader, reports that the "cryptocrats" as he calls the elite

ls and signs to hide and obfuscate their magical work and alchemy. in the blue lodge (the first three caution!-you are entering the forbidden zone 19 degrees, the initiate takes an oath of obligation, pledging: i will always hail, ever conceal, and never reveal, any of the arts, parts, or points of the hidden mysteries of ancient free masonry. 12 the order of the eastern star, the women's masonic organization, informs its new members that the order teaches them of their duties and obligations "by means of secret signs and passwords."13 the initiate is further instructed that she must bind herself "to preserve the most sacred secrecy respecting the work of the order."14 symbols are more than just pictures. consider: when you and i, as patriotic citizens, see the red, white, and blue flag of

nce. any group, while it may for various reasons support and even honor the psychopath. in direct proportion to the extent that the psychopath is tolerated, that his attitudes find support in the culture pattern, to that extent it is an unhealthy society.2 tragically, america has actually become a dangerous haven for mentally disordered psychopaths. the council on foreign relations, an illuminist organization, whose 3,000 members run almost every facet of our federal government, especially at the highest official level, is no doubt populated by a majority of psychopaths. the masonic order in the u.s.a. has some two million initiates who have voluntarily undergone occultic-laced rituals to be accepted as common brethren. the ranks of the masonic order are loaded, i believe, with dangerous p

rs run almost every facet of our federal government, especially at the highest official level, is no doubt populated by a majority of psychopaths. the masonic order in the u.s.a. has some two million initiates who have voluntarily undergone occultic-laced rituals to be accepted as common brethren. the ranks of the masonic order are loaded, i believe, with dangerous psychopaths. the united nations organization, endorsed and funded by our congress, is a seething cesspool of unrepentant psychopaths. liars and deceivers psychopaths are inveterate liars and deceivers. in fact, they lie on an orwellian scale. if confronted with a situation in which veracity and truth are prerequisite, the men who run america's federal government or who sit as ceos of this nation's top financial institutions and

THE BLACK LODGE

on and religion have tried to repress. on a more esoteric plane it means that man is not just an animal but also a god since 666 is the number of the sun and therefore the number that makes man divine. dragon rouge www.dragonrouge.agthe black lodge lesson 1 in the name of the initiator augmn do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law. what is usually called the "black lodge" is not really an organization of human beings, or even of "black brethren. in a sense, the "black brother" is infinitely above the activities of what we generally name the "black lodge; in another sense, he/she is infinitely below. the "black lodge" is merely the qliphoth in their interaction and activity. the qliphoth are the false sephiroth; projections or reflections of the sphere of the tree of life on the so

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ned a threat to individual freedoms, quietly operating in the shadows, silently infiltrating political organizations, and secretly manipulating every level of government and every facet of society. one of the favorites of conspiracy theorists, the freemasons, while once a powerful and influential group throughout the western world, is today regarded by many as simply a philanthropic and fraternal organization. another secret society, the illuminati, deemed by many conspiracy buffs to be the most insidious of all, faded into obscurity in the late eighteenth century. however, there is always a new secret society that seeks to divine arcane and forbidden avenues to wealth and power. sorcery, alchemy and witchcraft although christianity affirms the existence of a transcendent reality, it has a

of individuals. it was through these life readings that the concepts of reincarnation and the possibility of past lives were introduced. all together, more than 14,000 cayce readings have been recorded on 200,000 permanent file cards and cross-referenced into 10,000 major subjects. in 1931, the association for research and enlightenment (are) was chartered in the state of virginia as a nonprofit organization to conduct scientific and psychical research. in 1947, two years after cayce s death, the edgar cayce foundation was established. the original are has become the membership arm of the cayce programs. the foundation is the custodian of the original cayce readings, and the memorabilia of the great contemporary seer s life and career. both are headquartered in virginia beach, virginia, a

uartered in virginia beach, virginia, and there are more than 1,500 are study groups around the world. since the establishment of the are, thousands of people from every corner of the t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d afterlife mysteries 53 in 1931, the association for research and enlightenment (are) was chartered in virginia as a nonprofit organization to conduct scientific and psychical research. nation, as well as from around the world, have journeyed to virginia beach to attend lectures and conferences and to investigate the information in the cayce readings. many of the skeptics who came to expose cayce stayed on to support his work. among these have been jess stearn, author of edgar cayce: the sleeping prophet (1967, and thomas

o do his own legwork, so to speak. hugh lynn cayce died on july 4, 1982, in virginia beach. posthumously, a collection of his speeches concerning edgar cayce s teachings on jesus and christianity was published under the title the jesus i knew (1982. hugh lynn s son charles thomas cayce (1942) became the president of the are in 1976 after his father suffered a heart attack, and he still serves the organization in that position. dr. gina cerminara, a trained psychologist with a specialty in semantics, conducted an extensive study of the edgar cayce past-life readings while she was residing in virginia beach. in chapter xxiv, a philosophy to live by, in her book many mansions (1950, cerminara presented the ethics of karma as delineated in the cayce readings. in outline form, the pattern that

nt in helping people foresee their future. even after moving to california in 1964, she continued assisting people on a private basis. about 10 years after making the move to the west coast, browne decided that after having spent 18 years as a catholic schoolteacher, she now wished to research the paranormal and her own psychic abilities through a professionally established and legally sanctioned organization. in 1974, she incorporated the nirvana foundation for psychic research, a nonprofit organization known today as the sylvia browne corporation. soon the readings in her home with a dozen or so friends in attendance had grown to gatherings of two or three hundred people in churches and town halls. although she was raised predominantly a roman catholic, she was familiar with the jewish

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acoma, washington; lee sprince, former head of youth services for the broward county main library in fort lauderdale, florida; and brad e. steiger, author of gale s former visible ink press title the werewolf book: the encyclopedia of shape-shifting things. for geuu, both nelson and sprince were consulted on geuu s subject content, its appropriateness, and format; steiger advised on the content s organization before he became the author of geuu. format the gale encyclopedia of the unusual and unexplained consists of fourteen broad-subject chapters covering a wide range of high-interest topics: afterlife mysteries; mediums and mystics; religious phenomena; mystery religions and cults; secret societies; magic and sorcery; prophecy and divination; objects of mystery and power; places of myste

henomena and from the personal archives of the author, brad steiger. at the end of each chapter, a glossary, called making the connection, lists significant terms, theories, and practices mentioned within the text. a comprehensive glossary of the terms used throughout all three volumes can be found at the end of each volume. each volume has a cumulative table of contents allowing users to see the organization of each chapter at a glance. the cumulative index, found in each volume, is an alphabetic arrangement of all people, places, images, and concepts found in the text. the page references to the terms include the volume number as well as the page number; images are denoted by italicized page numbers. user comments are welcome users having comments, corrections, or suggestions can contact

ned a threat to individual freedoms, quietly operating in the shadows, silently infiltrating political organizations, and secretly manipulating every level of government and every facet of society. one of the favorites of conspiracy theorists, the freemasons, while once a powerful and influential group throughout the western world, is today regarded by many as simply a philanthropic and fraternal organization. another secret society, the illuminati, deemed by many conspiracy buffs to be the most insidious of all, faded into obscurity in the late eighteenth century. however, there is always a new secret society that seeks to divine arcane and forbidden avenues to wealth and power. sorcery, alchemy and witchcraft although christianity affirms the existence of a transcendent reality, it has a

the parapsychology foundation from 1957 to 1962, and the author of more than 70 scientific articles. in 1962 the rhines dissociated their research with duke and established the foundation for research on the nature of man. although the foundation remained in durham, j. b. rhine felt that their controversial work required the scientific freedom of becoming a privately funded, independent research organization. in 1964 experimental methods for studying esp during dreams was pioneered under the directorship of dr. montague ullman and dr. stanley krippner (1932) at the dream lab at the maimonides medical center in new york. krippner received a doctorate in educational psychology from northwestern university, and he has done pioneering work in the scientific investigation of human consciousnes

whether continued research in the matter of flying saucers would contribute to technical or scientific knowledge; to explain to the american people what was going on in their skies. afr 200-2 stated that the responsibility for handling ufos should rest with either intelligence, operations, the provost marshal, or the information officer in that order of preference, dictated by limits of the base organization. in addition, it was required that every ufo sighting be investigated and reported to the air technical intelligence center at wright-patterson afb and that explanation to the public be realistic and knowledgeable. obviously, in spite of official dismissals, the air force was much aware of the ufos and was actively investigating. throughout the 1950s and 1960s, retired marine corps ma

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ma, washington; lee sprince, former head of youth services for the broward county main library in fort lauderdale, florida; and brad e. steiger, author of gale fs former visible ink press title the werewolf book: the encyclopedia of shape-shifting things. for geuu, both nelson and sprince were consulted on geuu fs subject content, its appropriateness, and format; steiger advised on the content fs organization before he became the author of geuu. format the gale encyclopedia of the unusual and unexplained consists of fourteen broad-subject chapters covering a wide range of high-interest topics: afterlife mysteries; mediums and mystics; religious phenomena; mystery religions and cults; secret societies; magic and sorcery; prophecy and divination; objects of mystery and power; places of myste

nomena h.and from the personal archives of the author, brad steiger. at the end of each chapter, a glossary, called making the connection, lists significant terms, theories, and practices mentioned within the text. a comprehensive glossary of the terms used throughout all three volumes can be found at the end of each volume. each volume has a cumulative table of contents allowing users to see the organization of each chapter at a glance. the cumulative index, found in each volume, is an alphabetic arrangement of all people, places, images, and concepts found in the text. the page references to the terms include the volume number as well as the page number; images are denoted by italicized page numbers. user comments are welcome users having comments, corrections, or suggestions can contact

ned a threat to individual freedoms, quietly operating in the shadows, silently infiltrating political organizations, and secretly manipulating every level of government and every facet of society. one of the favorites of conspiracy theorists, the freemasons, while once a powerful and influential group throughout the western world, is today regarded by many as simply a philanthropic and fraternal organization. another secret society, the illuminati, deemed by many conspiracy buffs to be the most insidious of all, faded into obscurity in the late eighteenth century. however, there is always a new secret society that seeks to divine arcane and forbidden avenues to wealth and power. sorcery, alchemy and witchcraft although christianity affirms the existence of a transcendent reality, it has a

bout a new world order that will enslave most of the world population. the most secret of all mystery groups remains the rosicrucians, whose manifestos helped give birth to many of the most liberating ideals of the european enlightenment. although one may see advertisements in magazines inviting the reader to fill out a coupon and become a member of the ancient order of the rosy cross, the modern organization exists as a homage to the original anonymous followers of the mysterious illumined father christian rosencreutz, for no known member of the original group that surfaced in the early 1600s was ever identified. m delving deeper daraul, arkon. a history of secret societies. new york: pocket books, 1969. heckethorn, charles william. secret societies of all ages and countries. kila, mont:

sect of shiite muslims and were located primarily in syria and persia. in 1090, hasan ibn sabbah (1034-1124) seized the mountain citadel of alamaut in northern persia and made it his geagles f nest, h a center where he, as grand master, could live in relative safety and direct his forces throughout asia. hasan became known as the gold man of the mountains, h and he set about creating a fanatical organization composed of devotees, known as fedayeen, who did whatever he commanded with blind obedience. hasan frequently bought boys from poverty- stricken parents and reared them in the camps where he had gathered young men to be trained as suicide commandos, leading them step by step to higher levels of combat proficiency. at the same time that he was shaping his men into fierce warriors, he a

THE GOLDEN ESSENCE

tame and contain, a form without overt sexuality and independence (so as not to offend their patriarchal sensibilities) and when they locked their understandings of their redeeming son of light into a linear time mold, and locked this universal being into the historical limitations of a little-known jewish prophet/cult leader, they ceased being a true mystery religion, and became a social control organization, that could do nothing more than inculcate people with their own morbid and extreme sense of morality, restrict people s divine creative expressions, and make promises of happy afterlives for all believers. though christianity still retained many of the necessary metaphorical symbols in their mythology, including the mother of god, the divine child, the sacrifice and resurrection, the

THE MIDDLE PILLAR

p, prof. sein 0 miadhachiin, and wiliiam stoltz. figure i: cover artfrom the second edition of the middle pillar (painting by marjo y paskaruk) introduction to the third edition i n the early decades of this century, little was known about the techniques of western ceremonial magic due to the veil of secrecy which had shrouded these practices. unless a person happened to be a member of a magical organization, there was little chance of leaning the procedures and initiatory practices of high magic. this changed in 1937 when israel regardie published four volumes titled the glh d m, a collection of ceremonies and teachings from the hermetic order of the golden dawn. earlier, regardie had published two books d-g i3-w magical prinapjes of the golden dawn system. i'le middle pik, published in

tion of the body-mind system may be changed and renewed.6 that is to say, the proponents of the system urge for a consideration of the fact that within a period of seven years the body has undergone a complete biological change and, during that time, has renewed its entire cell structure. it has ejected old and deceased organisms, and by means of the metabolic process, has built itself a new cell organization. the vibratory technique, therefore, hastens the expulsion of dead tissue and unwanted molecules and particles so that new ones being absorbed into the system, whilst attention is devoted to expanding the field of consciousness, a purified body is produced through whch that higher consciousness may more readily function. it is principally a question of tactics. one could on the one ha

visions, or fantasies of appropriate archetypes-primordial images such as the wise old man, or the great mother, images that appear as themes in religion, mythology, and folklore. the process of individuation contains many particular aspects which collectively might be termed "outer psychology" ths category includes jung's separation of introverted and extroverted personality types as well as his organization of types in accordance with their conjunction of the faculties of sensing, thnking, feeling, and intuition. all of jung's ideas were of vital importance to modern understanding of the human psyche. however, the most notable contribution of jungian psychology was the concept that individuation was a spiritual excursion and it is hghly significant that ths pioneer of psychology phrased

THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES

ere was no evidence of any psychiatric disorders. i submitted a report to the pittsburgh subcommittee of nicap, of the psychiatric examination of mr. derenberger in which i stated that i could find no evidence of mental disorder. there was no indication of any lower pathology. i found mr. derenberger to be normal. the nicap investigators sent the medical records on to the washington office of the organization, along with detailed reports on woody's encounter and his personal background. typically, the nicap newsletter later devoted a couple of paragraphs to the derenberger case, denouncing it as a hoax, misspelling woody's name, and referring to cold as "kuld" woody had spelled the name c-o-l-d from the outset and it was spelled that way throughout the subcommittee's documents. how nicap a

through their mutual interest [1] brad steiger, haunted lovers (new york: dell, 1971- could it be that some people are programed to love by this mysterious force? ii a public relations officer for the united nations, donald estrella, accompanied me on one of my trips to west virginia in 1967. in those days the un was keenly interested in the ufo enigma. mr. u thant, then secretary general of the organization, held private meetings with author john fuller and dr. j. allen hynek, two leading ufo authorities. the late drew pearson created a sensation when he revealed that mr. thant regarded flying saucers as second in importance after the war in vietnam (thant later denied the pearson story) when don estrella saw all the bizarre things i was investigating, things which to his surprise seemed

ializing in abnormal children the very bright or the mentally deficient. this is why i was so interested in the west virginia "census takers" who were mainly concerned with the numbers and ages of the children living in the ohio valley] a fortean event is any event which does not have a rational scientific explanation. the word was coined after charles fort. there is even an international fortean organization (info, box 367, arlington, virginia- 12- games nonpeople play i "woodrow derenberger is pregnant" the word flashed up and down the ohio valley, and many people took the absurd rumor seriously. the space people had selected woody for a unique experiment, so the story went, and he had gone into hiding to nurture his rapidly swelling stomach. he would soon be giving birth to a very speci

e. even nicap, which had been founded in 1956 by a physicist who was hot on the trail of the secret of frying saucer propulsion systems, came apart at the seams in the late 1960s. the few qualified members of its headquarters staff departed in an atmosphere of rancor, taking choice files and mailing lists with them, and stuart nixon, the office boy during the keyhoe regime, became director of the organization. the air force and cia did not have to try to disrupt the ufological movement. it is by its very nature a self-disrupting network of disoriented people. in the spring of 1967, following the publicity that attended mothman and the ufos, mobs of strangers descended on point pleasant. cars filled with students from neighboring colleges would arrive unannounced at the homes of witnesses n

e sunk into ufo research (in 1952, captain ruppelt said the air force was spending one million dollars a year on the subject. gen. nathan twining declared "the best brains" in science and the military were trying to solve the mystery) cold war hysteria added to the atmosphere of fear and loathing. a 1953 cia document, kept classified for over twenty years, noted that the aerial phenomena research organization (apro "should be watched" as a potential propaganda menace. apro had been founded the year before by a wisconsin housewife and circulated a mimeographed ufo newsletter to a few dozen scattered buffs. apparently more thousands of tax dollars were expended in "watching" apro's coral lorenzen over the years, according to evidence she published in a series of paperback books in the 1960s

THE SIGIL OF ADVERSARY

twelfth. the second sigil of the adversary, being hau-hra, the backward face. this is one name of apep, the crocodile-demon shadow of set-heh, that which devours and causes destruction. the purpose of the setanic magician is to master apep within the self and master this demon by the will through the seba, the lesser devils of set. used for controlling the shadow familiars of seba into a form of organization. the first sigil of set-an, being of kolchoi tontonon, a name considered secret of set. by the first shall the ladder of darkness led up towards the light. this sigil represents the continuation of life in a cycle of rebirth and manifestation, the mind strengthened and free. invocation of set-an the adversary (at noon or midnight) before working with the sigils- i conjure thee, bringe

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

oo. free in his actions he conceived law and solicitors; free in his aspirations, religion and priests; free in his affections, marriage and wives. inwardly he agrees that marriage is a success only when it comprises a total unison of mind, body and soul, of sympathies and passions; outwardly that it is a perpetual seal, sealed by god. dr. maudsley once said, gno one can escape the tyranny of his organization, h but woe to the man who cannot dissemble that he can! marriage, the hackneyed sexual union, is a lie to love, a legalizing of prostitution, an abortive horror, over which broods the grinning form of the jew-god. god of lechers and harlots, of david and rahab. what sight more truly pitiable than to behold the tender heart of some young girl, or the ardent spirit of another, cramped b

THE SECRET RITUALS OF THE OTO

he has the power to enter it himself by virtue of his own interior illumination neither can anyone after he has once entered be expelled unless he should expel himself by becoming unfaithful to his principles and forget again the truths which he has learned by his own experience. all this is known to every enlightened person. but it is known only to few that there exists also an external, visible organization of such men and women, who having themselves found the path to real self-knowledge, and who having travelled the burning sands, are willing to give to others, desirous of entering that path, the benefit of their experience, and to act as spiritual guides to those who are willing to be guided. file//c /documents%20and%20settings/michael..0secret%20rituals%20of%20the%20o.t.o/p1c1.html (

are willing to be guided. file//c /documents%20and%20settings/michael..0secret%20rituals%20of%20the%20o.t.o/p1c1.html (1 of 4 [12/28/2001 2:01:15 pm] the secret rituals of the o.t.o. while numberless societies, associations, orders, groups, etc, have been founded during the last thirty years in all parts of the civilized world, all following some line of occult study, yet there is but one ancient organization of genuine mystics which shows to the seeker after truth a royal road to discover the lost mysteries of antiquity and to the unveiling of the one hermetic truth. this organization is known at the present times (sic) as the: ancient order of oriental templars ordo templi orientis otherwise: the hermetic brotherhood of light it is a modern school of magic. and, like the ancient schools

ratively onerous. it is made clear, for example, that the high-flown statements in the third paragraph of the manifesto referring to the sacred society from which it is impossible to be expelled do not apply to the o.t.o. itself. for in article 5, section 4 of the constitution it is laid down that the outer head of the order shall have the right to cancel or suspend the charter of any subordinate organization. and shall also have the right to suspend or dissolve the membership of any person whenever such action is, in his or her opinion, for the interest of the o.t.o. after a brief synopsis of the nine degrees of the o.t.o. of which more later reuss s manifesto concluded with the following message from the master thirion (sic) better known as aleister crowley. for our great comfort it is w

de freemasons by the directing members (fratres superiores) of the o.t.o. file//c /documents%20and%20settings/michael..0secret%20rituals%20of%20the%20o.t.o/p1c1.html (3 of 4 [12/28/2001 2:01:15 pm] the secret rituals of the o.t.o. nevertheless reuss s 1917 manifesto is not without interest even importance for, while there is no need to follow reuss in believing that the o.t.o. was the one ancient organization of genuine mystics, there is no doubt that it has been one of the two most influential occult fraternities of the last century4 with some of its members playing important parts in the activities that have led to the current occult revival. file//c /documents%20and%20settings/michael..0secret%20rituals%20of%20the%20o.t.o/p1c1.html (4 of 4 [12/28/2001 2:01:15 pm] the secret rituals of t

similar anathema has since been launched by several grand masters against templars who were rebellious to legitimate authority. from the schism that was introduced into scotland a number of sects took birth.7 the legend of pierre d aumont was accepted as historical truth by many continental masonic groups, among them the french chapter of clermont, and it was from the ranks of the last mentioned organization that at some time between 1751 and 1754 baron von hund (1722-76) recruited the first members of the stricte observance, a quasi-templar masonic order which claimed to possess secret templar documents dating back to the fourteenth century and to work under the direction of mysterious unknown superiors, individuals irresponsible themselves but claiming absolute jurisdiction and obedienc

TRUE HISTORY OF WITCHCRAFT

, even ancient copy of the book of shadows, proving its antiquity. in more recent years modern wiccans have tended to put some distance between themselves and gardner, just as gardner, for complex reasons, tended to distance himself in the early years of wicca (circa 1944-1954) from the blatant sexual magick of aleister crowley "the wickedest man in the world" by some accounts, and from crowley's organization, the ordo templi orientis. why gardner chose to do this is speculative, but i've got some idea. but, i'm getting ahead of myself. while turner showed me a blasphemous cross shaped from the body of two nude women (created for the 18th century infamous "hellfire clubs" in england and depicted in the man myth and magic encyclopedia;i bought it, of course) and a statue of beelzebub from t

swering machine, and there was the unexpected voice of john turner saying that he had located what seemed to be the original book of shadows in an inventory list, locating it at ripley's office in toronto. he said he didn't think they would sell it as an individual a true history of witchcraft get any book for free on: www.abika.com 21 item, but he gave me the name of a top official in the ripley organization, who i promptly contacted. i eventually made a substantial offer for the book, sight unseen, figuring there was (at the least) a likelihood i'd be able to turn the story into a book and get my money back out of it, to say nothing of the historical import. but, as i researched the matter, i became more wary, and confused; gardner's texts "a "b" and "c" all seemed to be accounted for. p

TYSON DONALD NEW MILLENNIUM MAGIC

and passed it on from master to apprentice in much the same way that magical knowledge is still conveyed in india and more primitive regions. one of the six laws of the rosicrucians enumerated by michael maier in his themis aurea states that every brother shall choose a fit person for his successor. another stresses the need for secrecy. and while the rosicrucians never existed as a formal occult organization, the tenets of that mythical order reflect the beliefs and practices of a number of genuine occult circles that were formed during the renaissance, most notably those headed by cornelius agrippa and dr. john dee. the importance placed upon the restriction of magical knowledge has been widely misunderstood, even by those who practice magic. it does not result from a desire to keep magi

spensed with since it has no claim to ancient authority. here follows a more logical system for invoking and banishing the powers of the elements through drawing the pentagram. it was created by the author independently around 1983 for use in his own ritual work. a short time after the first edition of this work appeared, it was pointed out that the identical system was being taught by the occult organization aurum solis? which evidently felt the same need for a more rational method of using the pentagram. 1) elemental force is to be invoked by drawing the pentagram in a clockwise direction. 2) elemental force is banished by drawing the pentagram in a counter- clockwise direction. 3) the line of the pentagram always begins and ends at the element under consideration. these three simple rul

TYSON DONALD SOUL FLIGHT

the whole physical body of a man is called 'the magical mirror of the universe' for therein are represented all the occult forces of the universe projected as on a sphere, convex to the outer, but concave to man. this sphere surroundeth the physical body of a man as the celestial heavens do the body of a star or a planet, having their forces mirrored in its atmosphere. therefore its allotment or organization is the copy of that greater world or macrocosm. in this 'magical mirror of the universe' therefore, are the ten sephiroth projected in the form of the tree of life as in a solid sphere.138 137. regardie, 108-9. 138. ibid, 100. chapter seven: the golden dawn 107 the nephesch is the lowest of three levels of the soul, corresponding with the animal instincts of the microcosm and with the

is no reliable evidence to support either of these conjectures. hitler himself was not greatly interested in the ceremonies of ritual occultism. he manipulated occult symbolism and the intense emotion it generated for his political purposes, but he probably did not engage in overtly occult practices. what is beyond question is that the nazi party arose directly out of the thule society, an occult organization founded on august 17, 1918, by rudolf von sebottendorff (1875-1945. it adopted as its symbol a dagger surrounded by oak leaves, superimposed on a swastikakith curved arms. hitler would later use the swastika as the symbolism of nazism. on november 9, 1918, just prior to germany's acceptance of the humiliating armistice treaty that ended the first world war, the newly established thule

and poor morale within the program caused it to be transferred back to the cia in 1995, with orders that it undergo a full evaluation. the two experts hired to do the evaluation were divided in their findings. the statistician jessica utts believed that a significant result above mere chance had been demonstrated, but the skeptical psychologist ray hyman, who was a prominent member of csicop, an organization devoted to debunking psychics, gave a negative review. the cia closed the program down, with the conclusion-which has been hotly disputed-that in no case had the remote viewers provided information that had been used to guide intelligence operations. the remote viewing program under its various incarnations was never large. in twenty-one years of operation, it cost the american taxpay

TYSON DONALD THE MAGICAL WORKBOOK

egments of the banishing pentagrams of spirit do not extend directly away from the point of spirit, but only in the general direction downward. happily, there is a much simpler way to invoke and banish the forces of the elements by pentagrams. i developed this method independently in the course of my own practice, and was later surprised to learn that it had been used for some years by the occult organization known as aurum solis. projecting the pentagram 149 the method is simplicity itself. to invoke an element, begin the pentagram from the point assigned to that element and proceed clockwise; to banish an element, began at the point of that element and proceed counterclockwise. that is all there is to it-elemental spirit is invoked by a single pentagram, and banished by a single pentagra

UNCLE SETNAKT SEZ PRACTICE DIVINITY IN YOUR OWN LIFE

hics. 6. practice your godhood among your followers. when one of your fans is in trouble, magically use the power of your name to help him. not out of pity or compassion but to understand the nature of the name of a divine being. once again keep this practice to yourself. do this until you have results. this illustrates the power of the word of moses ihvh in which a fan club or political/cultural organization can create laws beyond the natural, an identity, and a bargaining position with the unknown by use of a name. this not only produces an objective change in the world as an example of your own divinity, it will begin to illustrate the power of the word to open new potentials of power within you. this practice is highly recommended for someone who wishes to use words to explore himself/

UNLEASHING THE BEAST

rated openness. in spite of- or perhaps because of- his superficial understanding of tantra, crowley would become crowley was a seminal figure in this transformation and is still today widely cited as the modern pioneer of "tantric sex magick" and one of the first western adepts of tantra. not only can we now uncover the secrets of western tantra or dabble in celtic sex magic, but there is even a organization dedicated to the synthesis of western and eastern sexual techniques calling itself "namaste- the "new association of magical, sexual and tantric explorers."cxviii as such, crowley was also somewhat ahead of his time also foreshadowed in a very striking way much of the obsession with sexuality and transgression in our own generation at the turn of the millennium. for crowley is surely

WESTERN MANDALAS OF TRANSFORMATION SR AL

entering. another important correspondence that belongs to this kamea is the magical word qol (qvl, which also has a value of 136. this is really the voice of intuition, or the higher self, or h. g. a. in case's interpretation, it is represented by the hierophant, which is, as we have noted, the sixteenth path. this path belongs to the grade of magus, or the exempt adept who has "so perfected the organization of his vehicles of consciousness that there is no obstruction between him and his communication with that one teacher (ibid, p. 286. qol forms a simple sigil line and can be joined to almost any name (e. g, the voice of yophiel, tzadqiel, jeheshuah, etc. it also has a correspondence to the root-word chach, which godwin notes means hook or ring (p. 226. hook or nail is the meaning of v

WHO ARE THE DRACONIANS

.org/dulce/ this mesa lies just north of the small town of dulce, new mexico within the jicarilla apache reservation in north-western new mexico. one of these sources was a man by the name of thomas edwin castello, who claimed that he worked in this joint nsa/alien facility as a director of security. others claim that the core of the nsa is no longer "human" but is actually controlled by a secret organization of human-alien hybrids known as the "black monks, who are the real motivators behind the new world order movement. who are the draconians file//d /my documents/avidya/reptilian agenda/who are the draconians.htm (1 of 68 [8/25/2000 17:19:57] castello reported that the dows [greys, the dracos [reptiloids, and the ciakars [akin to the "mothmen" described in john a. keel's book of the sam

if in addition to this they were able to project some type of who are the draconians file//d /my documents/avidya/reptilian agenda/who are the draconians.htm (6 of 68 [8/25/2000 17:19:57] hypnotic or possibly laser-type holographic field around themselves so as to be able to intermingle with humans, undetected for what they really were? enter maurice doreal. doreal was a metaphysicist who ran an organization called the brotherhood of the white temple in sedalia, colorado. he sold small booklets and pamphlets, many of them about the "inner earth" based on what he had learned from his contacts. doreal claimed that following a lecture of his in california he was approached by two blond-haired and blue-eyed men who offered to give him a tour of an underground city below mt. shasta in northern

eyes. they didn't blink. it was real uncomfortable. their noses were flat, their mouths looked more like a slit than a regular mouth" who are the draconians file//d /my documents/avidya/reptilian agenda/who are the draconians.htm (29 of 68 [8/25/2000 17:19:59] case file #22 from: quest international (c/o 15, pichard court, temple newsam, leeds, l515 9ay, england u.k- a major british ufo research organization consisting mainly of retired police, security and military personnel, and its investigation of what may well be the most documentable case of the crash-retrieval of an unidentified flying disk to date: on the 7th of may, 1989, norad installations allegedly tracked an unidentified object as it entered african air-space. the south african air force is also said to have tracked the craft

WICCA MAGICK OCCULT THREE GREEN BOOKS DRUIDISM

e extolled for his terrible visions i will certain, take his picture home and hang it beside the picasso. the birds will sing their love in the happiness between us. brotherhood collected by donald morrison, o.d.a.l. from faith and practice of london yearly meeting of the society of friends: the life of a religious society consists in something of principles it professes and the outer garments of organization it wears. these things have their own importance: they embody the society to the world, and protect it from the chance and change of circumstance; but the springs of life are deeper, and often escape recognition. they are to be found in the vital union of the society with god and with one another, a union which allows the free flowing through the society of spiritual life which is its

mend ever again worlds forever breaking apart under the blows of usage and the slashing distinctions of language. roy rappaport 297 man is a religious animal. man is the only religious animal. he is the only animal that has the true religion several of them. he is the only animal that loves his neighbor as himself and cuts his throat if his theology isn t straight. mark twain provide a religious organization with wealth and power and it begins to change into a secular agency. edmund a. opitz fantastic doctrines (like christianity or islam or marxism) require unanimity of belief. one dissenter casts doubt on the creed of millions. thus the fear and the hate; thus the torture chamber, the iron stake, the gallows, the labor camp, the psychiatric ward. planet steward, stephen levine metaphysi

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

dern experience may be the reverse, that is, the greatest challenge is to liberate 46 chapter one time and ultimately the construction of self that is dependent on temporal demarcations from its subjugation to an overwhelmingly spatial orientation. 318 frederic jameson s insightful comment is relevant here: the crisis in historicity now dictates a return, in a new way, to the question of temporal organization in general in the postmodern force field, and indeed, to the problem of the form that time, temporality, and the syntagmatic will be able to take in a culture increasingly dominated by space and spatial logic. if, indeed, the subject has lost its capacity actively to extend its pro-tensions and re-tensions across the temporal manifold and to organize its past and future into coherent

more recently, brin, concept of time, offers an exhaustive philological, but relatively feeble theoretical, analysis of different terms for time in the biblical and sectarian literature. a more theoretically driven analysis related specifically to the rhythmic nature of ritual time is offered by chilton, redeeming time. 13. rappaport, ritual, pp. 5 30, has suggested that ritual provides a mode of organization alternating between time and eternity, the latter being the real mark of sanctity. 14. long after having written this chapter, though obviously prior to sending the manuscript off for publication, i came upon the essay of sternberg, time and space, pp. 81 145. sternberg s presentation proceeds from an entirely different methodological perspective, but my analysis intersects with his o

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGICK SPELLS

. no reputable coven will be in a hurry to sign you up- the reverse is usually the case. you certainly do not want to find yourself signing in blood, being initiated by having sex with the high priest or priestess or promising to fall on a sword should you leave the coven or betray their secrets. nor should you pay huge sums of money in advance for training; for membership of an established pagan organisation, yes, but these tend to ask for remarkably little. even a full druidic or goddess training, for example, costs no more than a few hundred pounds over several years. most covens and healing groups expect you only to pay for your expenses. i hope that, one day, joining a coven will be totally open, like joining any other organisation, and then the nasty elements who hide behind the name

s. yellow yellow is for air and the east, dawn and spring. a yellow candle is placed at the three o'clock position. air represents life itself, logic, the mind, communication, health, new beginnings, travel, learning, yang and the male god in the form of sky deities. it is a good element to invoke if you are seeking change or when communication is proving difficult with either an individual or an organisation, and to clear stagnation of thoughts. it is also a focus for spells against air pollution, technological devastation and storms, and for the protection of birds, butterflies and insects. surround your air candles with feathers, thistledown, tiny helium balloons, model planes and ceramic or wooden birds. red red is for fire and the south, noon and summer. place your red candle in the s

ALEISTER CROWLEY AD MEIORUM CTHULHI GLORIAM

out which much is told, sometimes in great detail, who correspond to "darkness. these latter are the evil gods who wish nothing but ill for the race of man, and who constantly strive to break into our world through a gate or door that leads from the outside, in. there are certain people, among us, who are devotees of the ancient ones, and who try to open the gate, so that this evidently repulsive organisation may once again rule the earth. chief among these is cthulhu, typified as a sea monster, dwelling in the great deep, a sort of primeval ocean; a being that lovecraft collaborator august derleth wrongly calls a "water elemental. there is also azazoth, the blind idiot god of chaos, yog sothot, azathoth's partner in chaos, shub niggurath, the "goat with a thousand young, and others. they

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE SWORD OF SONG

have long accepted and to which you have recently and hardly won. it is to men of your stamp, men of indescience and buddhism 96 pendent thought, of keen ecstasy of love of knowledge, of practical training, that the buddhasanana samagama1 appeals; it is time that buddhism reformed itself from within; though its truths be held untarnished (and even this is not everywhere the case, its methods, its organisation, are sadly in need of repair; research must be done, men must be perfected, error must be fought. and if in the west a great buddhist society is built up of men of intellect, of the men in whose hands the future lies, there is then an awakening, a true redemption, of the weary and forgetful empires of the east. x the noble eightfold path to return from our little digression to the ori

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQ I 5

qlipvth, qliphoth, material shells. the devils are also divided into ten classes, and have suitable habitations (see tables in "777) 81 the demons are the grossest and most deficient of all forms. their ten degrees answer to the decad of the sephiroth, but in inverse ratio, as darkness and impurity increase with the descent of each degree. the two first are nothing but absence of visible form and organisation. the third is the abode of darkness. next follow seven hells occupied by those demons which represent incarnate human vices, and those who have given themselves up to such vices in earth-life. their prince is samael, smal, the angel of poison and death. his wife is the harlot, or woman of whoredom, ashth znvnim, isheth zennuim; and united they are called the beast, chiva, chioa. thus

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQUINOX EQ I 2

y invocations while the drug dissolved the matrix of the diamond soul, that diamond might not manifest limpid and sparkling, a radiance 'not of the sun, nor of the moon, nor of the stars" and then, of course, i remembered that this ceremonial intoxication constitutes the supreme ritual of all religions. first, however, it was necessary to determine the normal action of the drug upon my particular organisation. there are various preparations of "cannabis indica" all alike in this, that their action is so uncertain as to be not easily or surely standardised. it is not even a question of reasonable limits: of two samples apparently alike one may be fifty times stronger than the other. a sample may apparently degenerate 50 per cent. in strength within a few days. some samples may be totally in

ALICE A BAILEY01 THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE ATOM

o; but the time is rapidly approaching when the great fundamental unity that underlies all the different religions, and the fact that each faith is a necessary part of one great whole, will be recognised by men everywhere, and through this recognition we shall have the simplification of religion. we shall have the great central facts emphasised and utilised, and the small and petty differences of organisation, and of explanation, overlooked. again, we can look for a very interesting happening in connection with the human family to take place, for the moment group consciousness becomes, on a larger scale, the conscious objective of man, what will occur? you will have man putting his foot upon what is called in the religious world "the path" you will have him definitely taking himself in han

gain, will logically lead on to that which we, for lack of a better term, might call god consciousness, though i deprecate the use of the word god because of the many quarrels it causes in the world between the different thinkers of the human family. these differences are founded largely upon differences in phraseology, upon the terms used to express fundamental ideas, and upon varying methods of organisation. when the scientist, for instance, speaks of force, or energy, and the christian speaks of god, and the hindu uses terms analogous to the 'i am that i am' or the self, they are all speaking of one and the same great life, but have lost much time in endeavouring to prove each other wrong, and to demonstrate the accuracy of their own interpretation. we next saw that, roughly speaking, a

ALICE A BAILEY02 INITIATION HUMAN AND SOLAR

nevertheless, they have their disciples and their followers everywhere, and work through many bodies and many aspects of teaching. throughout the world, disciples of these masters have come into incarnation at this time with the sole intent of participating in the activities and occupations and truth dissemination of the various churches, sciences, and philosophies, and thus producing within the organisation itself an expansion, a widening, and a disintegration where necessary, which might otherwise be impossible. it might be wise for occult students everywhere to recognise these facts, and to cultivate the ability to recognise the hierarchical vibration as it demonstrates through the medium of disciples in the most unlikely places and groups. one point should here be stated in connection

ows: the master reveals to a disciple the objective in view for an immediate little cycle, and suggests to him that such and such a development would be desirable. it is the work of the disciple to ascertain the best method for bringing about the desired results, and to formulate the plans whereby a certain percentage of success will be possible. then he launches his scheme, founds his society or organisation, and disseminates the necessary teaching. upon him rests the responsibility for choosing the right co-workers, for handing on the work to those best fitted, and for clothing the teaching in a presentable garb. all that the master does is to look on with interest and sympathy at the endeavour, as long as it holds its initial high ideal- 31- initiation, human and solar copyright 1998 lu

e better to work off certain karma and to carry out certain work for the lodge if he is free from occult occupation and mystic introspection during the period of any one earth life. there are many such amongst the sons of men at this time who have previously taken the first initiation, and a few who have taken the second, but who are nevertheless quite unaware of it, yet their centres and nervous organisation carry proof to those who have the inner vision. if initiation is taken for the first time in any life, the recollection of it extends to the physical brain. curiosity, or even ordinary good living, never brought a man to the portal of initiation. curiosity, by arousing a strong vibration in a man's lower nature, only serves to swing him away from, instead of towards the goal he is int

roperties by man is but the preamble of a later and more definite recognition, which will eventuate when his etheric sight is normally developed. these magnetic spots are magnetised in three ways: 1. by sanat kumara working through the manu. this occurs when it is desirable to form a central magnetic point which, by its attractive power, will draw into a coherent whole some race, nation, or large organisation. every nation has its "magnetic point" formed in etheric matter by the application of the "flaming diamond" to the ethers; it is the national heart and the basis of the national character. usually the chief city of a nation is built up around it, but this is not invariably so. 2. by sanat kumara working through the bodhisattva. in this case, the electric force in the rod is wielded in

but this is not invariably so. 2. by sanat kumara working through the bodhisattva. in this case, the electric force in the rod is wielded in order to draw closer together those influences which demonstrate in the great religions of the world. the lesser rod of power is used here in conjunction with the greater. by their means the attractive quality or keynote of any religion is struck, and of any organisation with a religious basis. 3. by sanat kumara working through the mahachohan. by the wielding of the rod of power the magnetic focal points of those great organisations which affect the civilisation and the culture of a people are brought into coherent activity- 77- initiation, human and solar copyright 1998 lucis trust all physical plane organisation governmental, religious, or cultural

ALICE A BAILEY04 A TREATISE ON COSMIC FIRE

. calls the primordial ray and its manifestations in matter.28(26) all these rays of cosmic mind, primordial activity, and- 41- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust divine love-wisdom are but essential quality demonstrating through the agency of some one factor. the primordial ray is the quality of motion, demonstrating through matter. the ray of mind is the quality of intelligent organisation, demonstrating through forms, which are the product of motion and matter. the ray of love-wisdom is the quality of basic motive that utilises the intelligent organisation of matter in motion to demonstrate in one synthetic whole the great love aspect of the logos.29(27) this line of thought can be worked out also correspondingly in the microcosm, and will show how individual man is en

seven- 101- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust second. many of the guides of the race transfer from one ray to another as they are needed, and as the work may require. when one of the masters or initiates is transferred it causes a complete re-adjustment. when a master likewise leaves the hierarchy of our planet to take up work elsewhere, it frequently necessitates a complete re-organisation, and a fresh admission of members into the great white lodge. these facts have been but little realised. we might here also take the opportunity to point out that we are not dealing with earth conditions when we consider the rays, nor are we only concerned with the evolution of the monads upon this planet, but are equally concerned with the solar system in which our earth holds a nece

tery of personality at this time- 120- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust again, according as the centres are active or inactive, so the manifestation differs likewise, and the study which opens up is of vast and abstruse interest in connection with the solar system. 5. the centres and initiation we have dealt briefly with the evolution of the centres, with their function, their organisation and their gradually increasing activity from a point of comparative inertia until they are consummated motion. then they become living wheels of flame, distinguished by a dual motion of the periphery and the inner revolving wheels, and by a fourth-dimensional effect, due primarily to the alignment of the inner subtler vortices with the comparatively exoteric etheric centres. this alig

f will attain the third initiation, and will know themselves as "i am that" in full consciousness. the remaining units will be those who are treading the path, and beginning to know themselves as the group. in reference to what has been said anent the second characteristic of manas, a very interesting development may be looked for during the coming century. this is the intensification of business organisation, and the bringing (under law and order, of the entire life of: families and groups of families, cities and groups of cities, nations and groups of nations, until the human race in every department of its exoteric life will conform to rule, this voluntarily, and with manasic realisation of group need. the whole trend of mental effort during the next subraces will be towards the synthes

n is noticeable, and form is more clearly recognisable in outline. cohesion is also plainly to be seen as the distinguishing feature of our present system, the second. it is the aim of all things to unite; approximation, unification, a simultaneous attraction between two or more is ever to be seen as a governing principle, whether we look at the sex problem, or whether it demonstrates in business organisation, in scientific development, in manufacture, or in politics. well might we say that the at-one-ment of the many separated is the keynote of our system. one more suggestion may be given: on the path of involution this law governs the gathering together and the segregation of matter; on the evolutionary path it controls the building of forms. it has been stated that the matter of the low

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h ill directed life force through the centres, and attacks primarily the twenty per cent of humanity which can be called mentally polarised. the clue for the student of occultism who aspires to liberation is not to be found in breathing exercises, however, nor in any work with the seven centres in the body. it will be found in an intense inner concentration upon rhythmic living and in the careful organisation of the life. as he does this, coordination of the subtler bodies with the physical body on the one hand, and with the soul on the other, will eventuate in the automatic subsequent adjustment of pranic and vital energies. 32. to overcome the obstacles and their accompaniments, the intense application of the will to some one truth (or principle) is required. it would be wise here, if th

ludes pranayama (or the science of the breath or of pranic energy) among other methods for arriving at the "peace of the chitta" he does not however lay any special emphasis upon it. as has been earlier pointed out, pranayama is a term which can be used to cover three processes, all interrelated and allied. 1. the science of rhythmic living, or the regulation of the acts of daily life through the organisation of time and the wise utilisation of space. through this the man becomes adept, a creator on the physical plane and a cooperator in the plans of the hierarchy as they demonstrate in cyclic evolution. 2. the science of the breath, or the vitalisation of the lower man through inhalation and exhalation. man knows himself occultly to be a "living soul" and utilizes the factor of the breath

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treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust "hierarchy of our planet. students of these matters are therefore begged to extend their concept of that hierarchy of souls so that they include all the exoteric fields of human life (political, social, economic, and religious. they are begged not to narrow down the concept as so many do, to only those who have brought their own little particular organisation into being, or to those who are working purely on the subjective side of life, and along what are reoognised by the conservative as the so-called religious or spiritual lines. all that tends to lift the status of humanity on any plane of manifestation is religious work and has a spiritual goal, for matter is but spirit on the lowest plane, and spirit, we are told, is but matter on the

"chitta" or mind-stuff (as patanjali calls it) that he becomes more and more useful. the centres, energies and rays there are two connections in which this rule ten can be studied and thereby results of practical value can be achieved. we can study it from the standpoint of the work which the soul does in relation to its instrument, the human being, and we can also study it from the standpoint of organisation work and of that form-building which the disciple does in relation to his service for the hierarchy. back of the outer form of a human being, responsible for its creation, its maintenance and its use, lies, we know, the soul. back of all activity for the furthering of human evolution as well as of other evolutionary processes stands the hierarchy. both represent centres of energy; bot

eached the point where he can be received into that group of world mystics and knowers and group workers which is the physical plane reflection of the planetary hierarchy. the new group of world servers we have spoken often of the integrating group of knowers who are beginning to function upon the earth, gathered together in loose formation and held by the inner spiritual tie and not by any outer organisation. the planetary hierarchy has always existed and from time immemorial and right down the ages those sons of men who have fitted themselves for work and who have measured up to the requirements, have found their way into the ranks of those who stand behind the world evolution and guide the destinies of the little ones. their grades and works are theoretically known, and names of some ha

today, in the world, another great moment of crisis has arrived. i refer not to the present world condition, but to the state of the human consciousness. mind has arrived at a functioning power, personalities are coordinated. the three aspects of man are being blended; another formation or precipitation from the hierarchy of adepts has become possible. on the physical plane, without any exoteric organisation, ceremonials, or outer form, there is integrating silently, steadily and powerfully a group of men and women who will supersede eventually the previous hierarchical effort. they will supersede all churches, all groups, and all organisations and will eventually constitute that oligarchy of elect souls who will govern and guide the world. they are being gathered out of every nation, but

y negates pessimism and demonstrates the exceeding potency of the subjective activity. the three groups to which i earlier referred require a word of comment. their work is curiously different to that of the other groups and their ranks are recruited from all the ray groups, though the members of the third group (that of the financiers) are found primarily upon the seventh ray, that of ceremonial organisation. in the order of their emergence, they are the groups of philosophers, psychologists and business men. the group of philosophers of more modern date are already powerfully moulding thought, whilst the ancient schools of asiatic philosophers are just beginning to influence western ideas. through analysis, correlation and synthesis, the thought power of man is developed and the abstract

ALICE A BAILEY09 A TREATISE ON THE SEVEN RAYS VOLUME I ESOTERIC PSYCHOLOGY I

te of our particular solar system. one of the foundational septenate of rays embodies in itself the principle of harmony, and this fourth ray of harmony gives to all forms that which produces beauty and works towards the harmonising of all effects emanating from the world of causes, which is the world of the three major rays. the ray of beauty, of art and harmony is the producer of the quality of organisation through form. it is in the last analysis the ray of mathematical exactitude and is not the ray of the artist, as so many seem to think. the artist is found on all rays, just as is the engineer or the physician, the home-maker or the musician. i want to make this clear, for there is much misunderstanding on this matter. each of the great rays has a form of teaching truth to humanity wh

s it makes its presence felt in the fourth kingdom in nature. the effects in other kingdoms differ, but we shall confine our attention to the standpoint of humanity. the purpose of the first ray, and its main work, is to produce cessation and the death of all forms in all kingdoms in nature and on all planes. the energy of this ray lord brings about the death of an ant or of a solar system, of an organisation, a religion, or a government, of a race type or of a planet. his will or purpose works out through the law of periodicity. the second purpose of deity ray ii. love-wisdom the word is issuing from the heart of god, emerging from a central point of love. that word is love itself. divine desire colours all that life of love. within the human hierarchy, the affirmation gathers power and s

oneself- 58- a treatise on the seven rays- volume i: esoteric psychology i copyright 1998 lucis trust 6. can you arrest the waters of the sixth great sphere? can you stem the flood? can you recover both the raven and the dove? can you, the fish, swim free? quality..overcoming the waters of the emotional nature. this out-going ray of devotion to the ideal, and the incoming ray of magical order or organisation are largely responsible for the type of man's consciousness today. man is essentially devoted (to the point of fanaticism) to whatever may be the goal of his life's attention. this goal may be to achieve discipleship, or to raise a family, or to get money, or to achieve popularity, or any other objective to which he consecrates his time and energy; but whatever it may be, to it he dev

f consummation for the personality, and the reflection in the three worlds of the threefold monad. ray i..will, demonstrating as power in the unfolding of the plan of the logos. ray iii..adaptability of activity with intelligence. this ray was the dominant one in the past solar system; it is the foundation or basis of this system, and is controlled by the mahachohan. ray vii..ceremonial ritual or organisation. this is the reflection on the physical plane of the two above, and is likewise connected with the mahachohan. it controls the elemental forces and the involutionary process and the form side of the three kingdoms in nature. it holds hid the secret of physical colour and sound. it is the law. these three rays together embrace and embody all. they are power, activity and the law in man

the third kingdom, the animal kingdom, vibrates to the sixth ray. the being who is the expression and active force of the entire vegetable kingdom is to be found upon the fourth ray. therefore we have: humanity .4 th kingdom .5 th ray. concrete knowledge. animal. 3rd kingdom. 6th ray. devotion upwards or forwards. vegetable. 2nd kingdom. 4th ray. harmony and beauty, mineral. 1st kingdom. 7th ray. organisation and ritual. these statements mean little to you at present, but we shall elaborate them later, when we come to the consideration of these rays in greater detail. i am but giving a general impression at this time. it is apparent nevertheless that when the nature of the energy permeating and animating any particular kingdom in nature is recognised and accepted (even if hypothetically) b

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, and why initiation seems so far away from the membership of most of the groups who claim an insight into the initiation processes, is that they have not laid the needed emphasis upon that mental illumination which perforce lights the way to the gate leading to the "secret place of the most high" they have laid the emphasis upon personality devotion to the masters of the wisdom, and to their own organisation leaders; they have stressed adherence to authoritative teaching and rules of life, and have not primarily emphasised adherence to the still small voice of the soul. the way to the place of initiation and to the centre where christ may be found is the way of the soul, the lonely way of self-unfoldment, of self-effacement and of self-discipline. it is the way of mental illumination and

ted himself to penetrate into a hidden arcanum or temple, but christ revealed them to humanity as a whole, and enacted the whole drama of the god-man before the race. this was his major achievement, and this we have forgotten the living christ in the emphasis we have laid upon man himself, on his relation to himself as a sinner, and to god as the one against whom he has sinned. again, every great organisation or group religion or cult of any kind has originated with a person, and from that person the idea has spread out into the world, gathering adherents as time elapsed. christ in this way precipitated the kingdom of god upon earth. it had always existed in the heavenly places. he caused it to materialise, thus becoming a fact to the consciousness of men. preparedness for the kingdom, and

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

nit of energy and the field contacted, and so will be the quality and vibratory activity of the atoms of matter which are attracted and held together. they will thus constitute a temporary form from which can be seen as externalised and as relatively tangible, and which can function as a mode or medium whereby the soul can contact larger forms of divine life and expression. the more intricate the organisation of the form and the more complex and perfect the response apparatus, the more clearly will be indicated the age of the soul and the perfected intent or potency of its will, the freer it will be from the limiting karma of an unevolved conditioning vehicle. a close study of this subject is not possible here. the appropriation by a soul of those energy units which will constitute its bod

..intelligent activity. selecting. intellect. diffusively electrified forms. 4..beauty or art .a t-one-ing .u nification. harmonisingly electrified forms. 5..science. differentiating.d iscrimination. crystallising electrified forms. 6..idealism .r esponding .s ensitivity .f luidic- 52- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust electrified forms. 7. organisation. coordinating. appearance. physical electrified forms. that there is such a thing as electricity, that it probably accounts for all that can be seen, sensed and known, and that the entire universe is a manifestation of electrical power, all this may be stated and is, today, coming to be recognised. but when that has been said, the mystery remains, and will not be revealed, even in par

of active intelligence expressing itself through 1. will, evoking divine purpose. 2. love, expressing divine quality. 3. intellect, as the reflector of the intuition- 63- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust 4. conflict, producing harmony. 5. knowledge or science, leading to radiance. 6. idealism, establishing the divine pattern. 7. ritual or organisation, manifesting deity. therefore, psychologically speaking, and when greater knowledge has been gained of the energies determining the type of a man, a person, for instance, whose monad is presumably upon the third ray, his ego being on the fourth ray, and his personality on the seventh ray, will be described as a three, iv.7. within this simple formula there will be lesser differentiati

manipulating ideas so as to make them more easy of comprehension by the mass of intelligent men and women who are to be found in- 87- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust the world ar this time and whose intuition is not yet awakened. it is to be noted how the work of the true servers is largely with the new ideas and not with the business of organisation and of criticism (for these two go hand in hand. ideas are taken by the third ray aspirant, as they emerge from the elevated consciousness of those for whom the first ray works and are rendered attractive by the second ray worker (attractive in the esoteric sense) and adapted to the immediate need and rendered vocal by the force of the intellectual third ray types. in this lies a hint

alism and focalising it into definite form, carrying forward the emergence of the idea without the dominance of any one individual. this is the major task today of the seventh ray disciple, and to this end he must bend every energy. he must speak those words of power which are a group word, and embody the group aspiration in an organised movement, which, it will be noted is quite distinct from an organisation. a striking instance of the use of such a word of power being enunciated by a group has lately been given in the great invocation which has been used with marked effect. it should continue to be used, for it is the inaugurating mantram of the incoming seventh ray. this is the first time such a mantram has been brought to the attention of humanity. all these rays work today for the car

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ers will have to slow down theirs temporarily to the pace of the majority. this will happen automatically, if the group identity is the dominant factor in the thoughts of each disciple, and desire for personal growth and for spiritual satisfaction is relegated to a secondary place. the groups within each ashram are intended to work together eventually just as the various departments of some great organisation work together effectively as a unit. they must function smoothly and intelligently. this will be possible when the individual members in the groups and the individual groups lose sight of their own identities in an effort to make this experiment of the hierarchy successful. the feelings, reactions, wishes and successes of the individual most emphatically do not count. only- 11- discip

duction of the outer form on earth, through the medium of books, of esoteric schools and the educating of public opinion has been committed to a group of us who form a part of the inner world government disciples and initiates and to this group, i play the part of secretary and of organising contact man if i may use words which will mean something to your ears, versed as you are in physical plane organisation work; they mean little or nothing to us, versed as we are in the work of producing living organisms. this group to which i refer is composed of two oriental initiates (of whom i am one) and of five occidental initiates- 28- discipleship in the new age- volume i copyright 1998 lucis trust we will leave now the consideration of this general picture and return to the subject of the speci

the vital forces of the etheric body. much of their work is dealt with in the fourth volume of a treatise on the seven rays. this group of healers must bring about the right healing of the personalities of individuals in all aspects of their nature. the work to be done is that of the intelligent transmission of energy to various parts of the nature mental, emotional and physical through the right organisation and circulation of force. present day healers should endeavour to break loose from the modern and traditional ideas as to healing; they should recognise the stupendous fact that healing must eventually be carried forward by groups which will act as the intermediaries between the plane of spiritual energy (either soul energy, intuitional energy or will energy) and the patient or group

e, the religious dissatisfaction, the economic and social upheaval and the appalling effects of war are all the results of energies that are so potent owing to their immense momentum that they can only be brought into rhythmic activity by the imposition of stronger and more definitely directed energies. the groups are intended to work together eventually just as the various departments of a great organisation work effectively together as a unit. they must function smoothly and intelligently within themselves and also in their inter-relation with each other. this will become possible when the individual members in the groups and the individual groups of disciples lose sight of their own identities in an effort to make this hierarchical work possible. in this type of group work, the feelings

tory and a precipitation (if you like that term) of an inner and ready condition. the new age is upon us and the integration of humanity in the three worlds warrants definite changes in technique though not in the basic plans. all this is, however, an experiment and i would remind you that it is an experiment which i and several other initiates are carrying forward as members of a great spiritual organisation. if it is successful and if the spiritual momentum set up by all of you is adequate to the effort made and if you can carry on with persistence and with untiring effort and interest, it may be possible to bring the experimental stage to an end; the hierarchy can then recognise (as effectively established upon earth) certain focal points of energy which can constitute magnetic centres

ALICE A BAILEY14 THE REAPPEARANCE OF THE CHRIST

ns of his approach with his disciples can already be discerned by those who note and rightly interpret the signs of the times. there is (among these signs) the coming together spiritually of those who love their fellowmen. this is in reality the organising of the outer physical army of the lord an army which has no weapons but those of love, of right speech and right human relations. this unknown organisation has proceeded with phenomenal speed during the aftermath of war, because humanity is sick of hate and controversy. the general staff of the christ is already active in the form of the new group of world servers; they are as potent a body of forerunners as has ever preceded a great world figure into the arena of mankind's living. their work and influence is already seen and felt in eve

g orthodox lines but in a true search and a vital demand for light. the religious spirit of humanity is today more definitely focussed upon reality than has ever before been the case. the orthodox world religions are rapidly falling into the background of men's minds even whilst we are undoubtedly approaching nearer to the central spiritual reality. the theologies now taught by the ecclesiastical organisation (both in the east and in the west) are crystallised and of relatively little use. priests and churchmen, orthodox instructors and fundamentalists (fanatical though sincere) are seeking to perpetuate that which is old and which sufficed in the past to satisfy the enquirer, but which now fails to do so. sincere but unenlightened religious men are deploring the revolt of youth from doctr

teresting here to note that the answers to these questions come (and will increasingly come, from two sources: the thinking masses, whose growing intellectual perception is the cause of the revolt from orthodox religion, and from that overshadowing source of truth and light which has unfailingly brought revelation down the ages. the answers will not come, as far as one can see, from any religious organisation, whether asiatic or western. some of these questions can be expressed as follows: why has the church been unable to arrest the overpowering expression of evil, as evidenced in- 74- the reappearance of the christ copyright 1998 lucis trust the late world war? why has religion proved inadequate to the need of humanity? why have the so-called spiritual leaders of the religious world prov

ritually oriented aspirants, the intelligently convinced worker, disciple and initiate by all, in fact, who form the new group of world servers. the science of invocation and evocation will take the place of what we now call "prayer" and "worship" be not disturbed by the use of the word "science" it is not the cold and heartless intellectual thing so oft depicted. it is in reality the intelligent organisation of spiritual energy and of the forces of love, and these, when effective, will evoke the response of spiritual beings who can again walk openly among men, and thus establish a close relation and a constant communication between humanity and the spiritual hierarchy. in order to clarify, it might be said that invocation is of three kinds: there is, as stated above, the massed demand, un

it is closely tied up with the problem of right human relations. the problem is, therefore, a peculiarly hard one, for the spiritual workers of the world have not only to train people to give (according to their means) but, in many cases, they have first of all to provide them with a motive so magnetic in its appeal that they must perforce give. they have also to provide the trust, foundation or organisation through which the given money may be administered. this presents them with a most impressively difficult task. the impasse which at present exists is not based only upon the novelty of raising funds in preparation for the return of the christ, but it is based also upon the trained selfishness of the majority who own the world's wealth and who even if they do give do so because it fost

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cies which are directly changing the current of men's thoughts, which are moulding their ideas, and incidentally altering the face of the earth and the policies of nations. as you know, there are at this time, two minor rays (which are rays of attribute) affecting powerfully the destiny of mankind. these are the sixth ray of abstract devotion or idealism and the seventh ray of ceremonial magic or organisation. the sixth ray began to pass out of manifestation in 1625 after a long period of influence, whilst the seventh ray of ceremonial order began to come into manifestation in 1675. there are three points to be remembered in connection with these two rays and their effects upon the race of men (i am not here dealing with their effects upon the other kingdoms in nature) 1. the sixth ray is

materialistic sense) these five centres to which reference has been made, these five focal points of spiritual energy, are being abnormally and deliberately stimulated and vitalized. the energy which flows from them is profoundly affecting the world and the united nations; this holds great hope for the future. it is for the reason that new york is one of these five centres that the united nations organisation is to work here. there are two centres on our planet which are as yet relatively quiescent as far as any world effect is concerned. to them i assign no other focal point beyond hinting that within the continent of africa one will some day be found, and later still (many millions of years later) another will be discovered in the region of australia. it is, however, with these five cent

which this first ray energy can travel and here again is another reason for its appearance at this time, because, in the releasing of the life into the new and improved forms, the old ways of living, of culture and of civilisation have to be destroyed or modified. this is, all of it, the work of the first ray of will expressing itself predominantly at this present time through the seventh ray of organisation and relationship. when we studied the sixth ray, we considered first of all the effect of the ray upon the work and training, the life and the plans of the disciple, conditioning as it inevitably must his activities and life output. then we considered the motivating principle of desire in this connection and finally touched upon the three modes of the prevalent ray activity. let us fo

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our planet. fear has been the incentive to those conditions which have brought about the glamour of the astral plane, though not the illusions of the mental levels of consciousness. when the glamour of authority transfers itself into the spiritual consciousness of man, we have such a state of affairs as the period of the inquisition in its worst forms, of church authority, with the emphasis upon organisation, government and penalties, or the unquestioned rule of some teacher. in its highest forms we have the recognition of the right of the solar angel, of the soul or ego, to rule. between these two extremes, which express the infancy of the race and the freedom which comes when mankind achieves its majority and the freedom of the soul, lie all the many types and kinds of intermediate reac

ior satisfaction provide an adequate excuse for delaying the planned group purpose? for delay it, it certainly will. whatever you decide will constitute, in its turn, an authoritative decision with all the consequent reactions upon the group. what is this occult obedience, my brothers, about which we hear so much? not what many occult groups make it out to be. it is not the control of an external organisation, dedicated to so-called occult work. it is not the imposed conditions of any teacher of any rank. it is not the exchange of the prison of one set of ideas for those of another set with perhaps a larger range or import. a prison is a prison, whether it is a tiny cell or an isolated island of vast extent, from which escape is impossible- 30- glamour: a world problem copyright 1998 lucis

ill serve to clear and lighten, and therefore straighten your way: 1. each human being stands in an environing world of glamour which is the result of: a. his own past, with its wrong thinking, selfish desires, and misinterpretation of the purposes of life. there is, or has been, no comprehension of the intended life purpose as visioned by the soul and there cannot be until there is some definite organisation of the mental body. b. his family "desire life" both past and present. this becomes increasingly potent as evolution proceeds and the desire life of the family unit becomes comes marked and emphasised, constituting then inherited and demonstrated psychological tendencies and characteristics. c. national glamour, which is the sum total of the desire life, plus the illusions, of any nat

lamour of psychic perception instead of intuition. the glamour of musical perception. the glamour of the pairs of opposites, in the higher sense. ray v. the glamour of materiality, or over-emphasis of form. the glamour of the intellect. the glamour of knowledge and of definition. the glamour of assurance, based on a narrow point of view. the glamour of the form which hides reality. the glamour of organisation. the glamour of the outer, which hides the inner- 73- glamour: a world problem copyright 1998 lucis trust ray vi. the glamour of devotion. the glamour of adherence to forms and persons. the glamour of idealism. the glamour of loyalties, of creeds. the glamour of emotional response. the glamour of sentimentality. the glamour of interference. the glamour of the lower pairs of opposites

y, the personality ray and the soul ray. 11. the rays which govern humanity and which condition humanity and the present world problem are as follows: a. the soul ray. 2nd. humanity must express love. b. the personality ray. 3rd. developing intelligence for transmutation into love-wisdom. c. mind ray. 5th. scientific achievement. d. astral ray .6 th .i dealistic development. e. physical ray. 7th. organisation. business. the soul ray controls for an entire life period. the personality rays given above are for the piscean age which is now beginning to pass out; but these have definitely and irrevocably conditioned humanity. you will note also that the first ray of will or power is missing as is the fourth ray of harmony through conflict. this fourth ray is always active as it controls in a p

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st endnotes 1 discipleship in the new age, vol. i, pp. 583-584- 164- glamour: a world probascopyright 1998 lucis trust telepathy and the etheric vehicle by alice a. bailey copyright 1950 by lucis trust copyright renewed 1978 by lucis trust teaching on telepathy i. the field of telepathic interplay one of the characteristics, distinguishing the group of world servers and knowers, is that the outer organisation which holds them integrated is practically non-existent. they are held together by the inner structure of thought and by a telepathic medium of inter-relation. the great ones, whom we all seek to serve, are thus linked, and can at the slightest need and with the least expenditure of force get en rapport with each other. they are all tuned to a particular vibration. in the new groups a

thm. for it is quite possible for a member of the group to retard the work and to hold back the group because he is so engrossed in his own affairs or in his own ideas of self-development; when some members cease their activity it does affect the inner group vibration; when others become slowed up by definite changes in their outer or inner lives, this requires periods of adjustment and oft of re-organisation of the life. these changes, being externalised, can produce powerful psychological changes and upset the rhythm of the soul's endeavour. a tried and experienced disciple will not let such a change upset his inner rhythm, but a less experienced disciple needs real soul watchfulness to the danger of sidetracking the life interest from spiritual purposes to personality attentions and int

ALICE A BAILEY18 A TREATISE ON THE SEVEN RAYS VOLUME III ESOTERIC ASTROLOGY

as a focal point and a transmitter of the higher energies to our solar system and to the planet. if you make a careful study of the chart of the twelve- 20- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust creative hierarchies, page 34, you will note that this hierarchy is influencing, and is influenced by, the seventh ray of magical order and of ceremonial organisation. the basic function of this ray is to relate spirit and matter and produce the manifested form. the sign of the zodiac with which it is closely connected is that of cancer, the crab, which is a mass sign and one of the "gates" into manifested life. the following information anent the hierarchies may prove useful. it has been gathered from various sources. i might here remind you that

ey do provide him with his lowest principles. they hold the same relation to the logos as the dense physical body does to man, and all that concerns the evolution of man must (in this particular place) be studied as going on within the physical, logoic vehicle. they deal with the display of physical energy; with the working out in the physical vehicle of all divine purposes, and with the physical organisation of a certain great cosmic life. particularly is this so when we view the two hierarchies under consideration. they are the lowest residue of the previous system, and the energy of that matter (liquid, gaseous and dense) which the vibration of the logoic permanent atom (on the plane adi) attracts to itself in the building of the divine form. for purposes of clarification and of general

iation, the moon (veiling a hidden planet) and mars bring about a fearful conflict, but at the end the man is released from personality control. d. at the fourth initiation, mercury and saturn again bring about great changes and unique revelation, but their effect is very different to the earlier experience. e. at the fifth and final initiation, uranus and jupiter appear and produce a "beneficent organisation" of the totality of energies found in the initiate's equipment. when this reorganisation is complete, the initiate can then "escape from off the wheel and then can truly live" all this time the energy of the sun (veiling a sacred planet, hitherto unknown) is steadily and persistently reaching the man via the solar angel. chapter ii the nature of esoteric astrology introductory remarks

her of the planetary schools (according to his ray type) and the path of service chosen. you will see, therefore, the significance of the two keywords of the sign aries: 1 "and the word said: let form again be sought" the man 2 "i come forth and from the plane of mind, i rule" the initiate experience leads to rulership and in this sign the man who is embodied first ray force develops the power of organisation, of control over forces, particularly over the energy of death, over the power of destruction applied with love, of dominance over multitudes, of cooperation with the plan and the practice of the will in rightly and correctly guiding and directing planetary affairs- 66- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust before we take up the remain

only one i choose, at this time, to indicate, because it is of major importance to humanity; the others might prove misleading, given man's present point of intelligent understanding and influence. i would here call to your attention that, through these directing planets, the following rays are controlling factors in the chart of the leo subject: 1. the sun 2nd ray love-wisdom. 2. uranus 7th ray organisation or directed manifestation. 3. neptune 6th ray idealistic one-pointedness. devotion to an objective. in the perfected leo, the loving self-conscious soul (2nd ray) carries its power of expression straight through from its own plane to the plane of exterior manifestation, but preserves at the same time its interior control (uranus) and from that point of achievement, proceeds to make it

ALICE A BAILEY19 THE UNFINISHED AUTOBIOGRAPHY

ital matter and also a rather private one. gemini people are also supposed to be chameleonlike in nature and changeable in quality and often double-faced. i am none of these, at least, in spite of many faults and it is possible that my rising sign saves me. leading astrologers, to my amusement, assign different signs as my rising sign virgo, because i love children and cooking, and "mothering" an organisation; leo, because- 10- the unfinished autobiography copyright 1998 lucis trust i am very individual (by which they mean difficult and dominant) and also very self-conscious; and pisces, because that sign is the sign of the mediator or the intermediary. i am inclined myself to pisces, because i have a pisces husband, because my very dear eldest daughter was also born in that sign and we al

y discredited mystic and occultist. i have a good standing as an intelligent, normal woman, an effective executive and creative writer and i choose to add my certain knowledge and conviction to the witness of many others down the ages. all this time, i was given to good works. i was an ardent y.w.c.a. worker. i was present (on sufferance on account of my youth) at the meetings of the heads of the organisation, because my aunt was the president. i spent much time visiting at large house parties where i was welcome because i was alice la trobe-bateman and where i wrestled with the souls of my contemporaries in order to get them saved. i was very good at saving souls, but i wonder now from the angle of more worldly wisdom if they did not get saved with rapidity in order to get rid of me, so p

they hang their bedding and their clothing out of the windows- 68- the unfinished autobiography copyright 1998 lucis trust they live on the streets, sitting in groups on the sidewalks. but for centuries the jews were tent dwellers and had to live this way and may still react to hereditary qualities. the complaint is made that the moment you permit a jew to get a footing in your group or business organisation, it will not be long before his sisters and his nephews, his uncles and his aunts are in it too. but the jews have had to hang together in the face of centuries of persecution. it is claimed that the jew is strictly material, that the all-mighty dollar matters more to him than the ethical values and that he is quick and expert in taking advantage of the gentiles. but the jewish religi

terested in founding and sustaining lodges and increasing the membership than in reaching the general public with the truths of the ageless wisdom. their policy of admitting nobody into the e.s. for spiritual teaching unless they had been for two years a member of the t.s. is proof of this. why should spiritual teaching be withheld until a person had demonstrated for two years their loyalty to an organisation? why should people be required to sever their connection with other groups and organisations and pledge their loyalty to what is called the "outer head" of the e.s. when the only loyalties which should be required are those dedicated to the service of one's fellowmen, the spiritual hierarchy and, above all, one's own soul? no personality has the right to ask spiritual pledges from oth

normally and that was that. they were, however, great readers. they were constantly meeting interesting people, listening to interesting conversations and in touch, through foster and myself with people all over the world, and their education, therefore, was really a very broad one. all this time foster was acting as secretary to the theosophical association of new york an unofficial independent organisation and i was cooking, sewing, doing house-keeping and writing books at home. every monday morning foster and i would get up at 5 o'clock and do the weekly wash including the sheets for there was little money coming in and it has been only within the last year or so of my life that i have been free of some of my housework. foster at this time organised the committee of 1400 a committee pl

ALICE A BAILEY20 A TREATISE ON THE SEVEN RAYS VOLUME IV ESOTERIC HEALING

ty. group life. fourth ray ajna s elfishness. i nsanities. m ysticism. harmony. dogmatism. fifth ray. throat lower psychism. wrong metabolism. creativity knowledge. certain cancers. sensitivity. inspiration sixth ray. s olar plexus emotionalism. nervous diseases. a spiration. devotion. gastritis right direction. liver trouble. seventh ray. b ase of the self-interest. h eart diseases. white magic. organisation. s pine pure selfishness. t umors. black magic. please remember in studying this tabulation that it is a generalisation, and only a partial listing of the types of disease which can be the result of the inflow of energy. it is only intended to be suggestive; the complexity of the human equipment and the intricacy of the ray energies are such that no hard and fast rules can be laid dow

ity life has any further power over him. all the ray types are equally subjected to these particular problems. the seventh ray, however, is more susceptible to the problems, difficulties and diseases incident to the blood stream than are any of the other ray types. the reason is that this is the ray which has to do with the expression and manifestation of life upon the physical plane and with the organisation of the relationship between spirit and matter into form. it is concerned therefore today, as it seeks to create the new order, with free circulation and with a consequently intended freedom of humanity from the ills and problems of the past. this is of interest to remember, and students would find it helpful at this time, if they want to cooperate intelligently with the happenings of

ment and contact, has put his heart into close rapport with the soul. he then becomes responsive to the heart of all things which, as far as humanity is at present concerned, is the hierarchy. 2. he is drawn into close service relationship with humanity. his growing sense of responsibility, due to heart activity, leads him to serve and work. eventually he too becomes the heart of a group or of an organisation small at first but becoming worldwide as his spiritual power develops and he thinks in terms of the group and of humanity. these two relationships on his part are reciprocal. thus the love aspect of divinity becomes active in the three worlds, and love is anchored on earth and takes the place of emotion, of desire and of the material aspects of feeling. note that phrase. h. in the ear

l centre corresponds to the physical sun, the source of vitality, and the life-giving agent on our planet. b. the symbolism of the sacral centre is concerned primarily with the gestation period prior to birth, and in its right understanding can be traced and expanded the whole story of conception, of form-building, and this whether it is the physical form of a human being, the form of an idea, an organisation built around a central truth, the form of a planet or of a solar system. it is perhaps above everything else else the centre through which the forces of impersonality must eventually express themselves, and the whole problem of dualism must be resolved. this solution and interpretation of the symbol must come from the realm of the mind, thereby controlling the physical reaction and oc

il produced. on this matter, i cannot here enlarge, and there is no time for a longer elucidation at this time. mental healers (true mental healers who are rare indeed) blend soul energy with the two above mentioned forces and this produces a synthesis of the personality forces. carried forward intelligently, this synthesis brings about the healing of the person through the production of definite organisation and alignment. soul healing supersedes the three above mentioned methods, and produces the pouring into and through the mechanism of the patient of pure soul energy. it was in this way that christ worked, and there are few today to work this way. it must be held before you, however, as an objective. physical healing by prana is very common. it is often temporarily effective, but it co

ALICE A BAILEY21 EDUCATION IN THE NEW AGE

of the world to their surroundings and foster, from the earliest days, the recognition of a part to be played and a responsibility to be assumed and that education is a method of preparation for that useful and interesting future. it, therefore, becomes increasingly apparent that the coming education could be defined in a new and broader sense as the science of right human relations and of social organisation. this gives a comparatively new purpose to any curriculum imparted and yet indicates that nothing hitherto included need be excluded, only a better motivation will be obvious and a nationalistic, selfish presentation avoided. if history is, for instance, presented on the basis of the conditioning ideas which have led humanity onward and not on the basis of aggressive wars and internat

day. besides imparting academic knowledge, he will realise that his major task is to evoke out of his class of students a real sense of responsibility; no matter what he has to teach history, geography, mathematics, languages, science in its various branches or philosophy he will relate it all to the science of right human relations and try to give a truer perspective than in the past upon social organisation. when the young people of the future under the proposed application of principles are civilised, cultured and responsive to world citizenship, we shall have a world of men awakened, creative and possessing a true sense of values and a sound and constructive outlook on world affairs. it will take a long time to bring this about, but it is not impossible as history itself has proved. it

organisations, the relationship of the individual to the whole, and the new and desirable trends in education. i would ask you to submit yourselves to thought training with this in view. note the manner in which i have worded this request: first, regard; then, train. first, faith as to contact; then the steps taken to facilitate and develop that contact. our theme is the study of the educational organisation of humanity, involving as it does (in its later stages) responsibility and right action. we shall consider, on broad lines, the development of man from an isolated personal unit, through the stages of family life, tribal life, national life, to the present stage of aspirational idealistic humanity. this idealism and this prevalent enquiry are- 74- education in the new age copyright 19

icist always argues from universals to particulars. this i shall always do, and thus offset the detailed point of view, the distorted foreground and the myopic vision of the student. we will study the major trends, the wide sweep of the emerging human consciousness, demanding as it ceaselessly does a change in education, religion and social- 76- education in the new age copyright 1998 lucis trust organisation commensurate with its unfoldment. civilisations, cultures, races and nations appear and disappear, but the same individualities come and go with them, garnering the fruits of experience, and progressively marching on to fuller self-government and group organisation and synthesis. i would remind you also that there is a peculiar quality in every human being an innate, inherent characte

ALICE A BAILEY22 DISCIPLESHIP IN THE NEW AGE VOLUME II

i suggest no changes. i would like to see the work left in the hands of those who are already doing it; i suggest the addition of young people to the group of workers as need arises and place occurs. i suggest that the work be kept fluid, as a.a.b. has always kept it. above all else, remember that the work of the triangles, the goodwill work and the arcane school is that of an organism and not an organisation, and it will grow through its own inherent life and not through planning. if this is borne in mind, you will see where some of you have been in error, both in criticism and in planning the future of the various aspects of the work. the work will go on in the strength of its own inherent life; it will be damaged by planning, interference and organisation. let the work alone, giving it

hrams. some of these are working under the chohans; others are working under the masters, and some are embryonic as yet, being gathered slowly together by adepts of the fourth initiation. will you endeavour to realise the factual nature of this great, living, spiritual organism? it constantly "substands" or underlies the- 94- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust world organisation. see it as a growing, vital reality, of such life and potency that it can break through or break up all limiting outer organisations and, by the very force of its interior life, eventually externalise itself. this coming externalisation of the groups which constitute the ashrams of the masters (not yet of the chohans, because they are still basically too potent) will be a gradual proc

roup of world servers and the hierarchy are working in the closest kind of cooperation, then the visualisation and the projection of the intended civilisation will have reached a definite and a most important point of precipitation. then, the invocative appeal of the united hierarchy and of the new group of world servers will be so potent that it will evoke a response from humanity and a cycle of organisation, of planning and of effective expression will follow. reflection, meditation and visualisation will give place to scientific thinking (which is essentially meditation) and to the needed physical plane activity. this will take place, esoterically speaking, under the impression of the masters upon the three major rays. the first ray of will or power (the ray of the divine destroyer) is

es, wielding sixth ray energy, are occupied at this time. you need to remember that the one-pointed attitude of the mystic, functioning in group formation, will be a powerful factor in the creative work being done by the hierarchy and by the new group of world servers, because theirs will be a massed effect, and usually wielded unconsciously. under the influence of disciples on the seventh ray of organisation or of ceremonial order, that powerful physical concretisation of energy which we call "money" is proving a topic of the most definite concentration; it is being most carefully considered, and the minds of thinking financiers and of wealthy humanitarian persons and philanthropists will be gradually led forward from a strictly philanthropic activity to an activity which is impulsed and

oup meditation which was based upon the furthering of the work of the new group of world servers, as they sought to prepare humanity for the reappearance of the christ. that preparatory work is the major incentive lying back of all that i do, and was the prime reason for the formation of the group in the early part of this century. pioneers of this group appeared in the nineteenth century but the organisation, as it now exists, is of relatively modern days. in this instruction we will consider the relation of group meditation to the work of the new group of world servers, and the necessity of establishing in the world a united world group, given to unanimous and simultaneous meditation upon the work of preparing the world for the new order and for the jurisdiction of the christ (if i may u

ALICE A BAILEY23 THE EXTERNALISATION OF THE HIERARCHY

gher order whose lives are offered in service to advanced souls on the other side of the veil and who give themselves so that their fellowmen may learn of them; thus, on both sides of the veil of separation, are souls aided and given opportunity to hear or serve. but these, too, would profit by a more intelligent training and by a more accurate understanding of the technique of their work and the organisation of their bodies. they would then be better channels and more dependable intermediaries. above all, let the psychics in the world today grasp the necessity of controlling and of not being controlled; let them realise that all that they do can be done by any trained disciple of the ageless wisdom should the occasion warrant it, and circumstances justify such an expenditure of force. psy

people by a chain of developed men and women who will act as the intermediaries between the ruling spiritual body and a people who are oriented to a world of right values. this form of world control lies indefinitely ahead. when it becomes possible so to govern, the planetary hierarchy will have made a major approach to earth, and there will then be thousands of men and women in touch with their organisation because they will be developed enough to be sensitive to its thoughts and ideas. 2. government by an oligarchy of illumined minds, recognised as such by the massed thinkers, and therefore chosen by them to rule. this they will do through the education of the thinkers of the race in group ideas and in their right application. the system of education, then prevalent- 35- the externalisa

ency and a sense of illumination. it will, however, do this far more easily if the ideas i attempt to convey are backed by the understanding thought, and the intelligent mental cooperation of a group of people who have pondered deeply on the theme- 45- the externalisation of the hierarchy copyright 1998 lucis trust what is our theme? a study and an analysis, from the esoteric angle, of the social organisation of humanity. i seek to have you grasp some of the universal implications which the signs of the times portray and not be entirely engrossed with the immediate situation or dilemma; too close a perception and too near a point of view does not tend to true understanding. it fails, for one thing, to indicate the particular place in the general world picture which the immediate happenings

nd usefulness. you are, as you endeavour to wield spiritual force constructively and selflessly, far more potent than you realise. if you add to this realisation the recognition that you are not alone in this, but that people with a vision similar to yours and with the same ideals and spiritual aspiration are to be found in every country without exception of any kind, in every religion, group and organisation, then indeed you can go forward with courage and with hopeful faith. if this is a statement of fact (and i believe it- 53- the externalisation of the hierarchy copyright 1998 lucis trust to be so) then let us go forward in unison with our brothers everywhere, conscious of opportunity, of strength, of responsibility and of the joy of service. as regards some of the things which you can

men are widely different, because each man brings to the impact of his vibration a type of physical body, an astral or emotional nature, and a mind which are in each case different from all the others. the use each makes of the stimulating energy will be different; the focus of his consciousness is very different; his type of mind is quite different; his centres, their activity and their internal organisation are different. and it is the same for groups, organisations and nations. nations, for instance, have seven centres, as have all forms of existence from the human and animal upwards, and it is an interesting study to discover these centres and note the type of energy which flows through them. in connection with the united states of america, chicago is the solar plexus centre, whilst ne

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

ive to the one functioning at a slower or lesser speed (if i might use such inappropriate terms) and invocative to the one above it again using a form of words which is misleading in the extreme; there is no higher or lower and no greater or lesser in our universe of reality. there is only the interpenetration of substances which are all basically expressions of matter, and their vitalisation and organisation into forms of expression of the unknown real. this essential reality, we call spirit or life. as a result of the interplay of these two, humanity eventually appears in time and space. humanity is the result of all sub-human forms of expression and experience and of the activity of superhuman beings. these superhuman beings are the product of past evolutionary systems and- 51- a treati

nd all hindrances are destroyed with expedition. this is true also of humanity as a whole. two factors have, subjectively and spiritually, precipitated this world crisis: the growth and development of the human family and (as you have been told) the inflow of the shamballa force at this particular time, both as a result of karmic law and the planned decision of the great council. 3. the energy of organisation: this is the energy which set in motion the activity of the great ray lives and started the motivation and impulse of that which produced manifestation. thus were the seven ray qualities brought into expression. the relation of spirit and matter produced this ordered process which again, cyclically and under law, creates the manifested world as a field for soul development and as an a

rgies are faintly symbolised for us in the life of christ when overshadowing the master jesus, two thousand years ago. the purificatory aspect of the monadic force is indicated at the baptism episode; secondly, the destroyer aspect can be seen expressing itself at the time of the crucifixion, when it rent the veil of the temple from the top to the bottom. the episode which indicates the energy of organisation and the relation of the spiritual will of the christ to the purpose and the will of the father appears when he said, in the garden of gethsemane "not my will but thine be done" this final episode is closely related to the consciously expressed will of the christ child when he realised in the temple that he must be about his father's business and that his will was to do the will and fu

be apparent to the understanding aspirant that much evil has been destroyed in all fields of human activity in the field of theological religion, in the field of politics, and in the field of selfish economic competition. it will be for humanity then to precipitate and stabilise the appearing good, and this they will learn to do through the utilisation of the third shamballa energy the energy of organisation. the new world will be built upon the ruins of the old. the new structure will rise. men of goodwill everywhere, under the guidance of the new group of world servers, will organise themselves into battalions of life, and their first major task must be the development of right human relations, through the education of the masses. this means the paralleling development of an enlightened

and of direction is something that the disciples and initiates of the world need at this time in their effort to stand steady under the pressure of world events, and in their determination to cooperate unwaveringly with the moves and plans made by the world directors, that "society of illumined and organised minds" which is known under the name of the hierarchy. it is illumination and consequent organisation which is needed profoundly at this time. you will see, therefore, the significance of the teaching now being given out anent the building of the antahkarana. it is only through this bridge, this thread, that the disciple can mount on to- 85- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust that stage of the ladder of evolution which will

BLAVATSKY H P ANTHROPOGENESIS

an race originate? the first of these two inquiries, that as to the first appearance of living beings, can only be decided empirically) by proof of the so-called archebiosis, or equivocal generation, or the spontaneous production of organisms of the simplest conceivable kind. such are the monera (protogenes, protamoeba, etc, exceedingly simple microscopic masses of protoplasm without structure or organisation, which take in nutriment and reproduce themselves by division. such a moneron as that primordial organism discovered by the renowned english zoologist huxley, and named bathybius haeckelii, appears as a continuous thick protoplasmic covering at the greatest depths of the ocean, between 3,000 and 30,000 feet. it is true that the first appearance of such monera has not up to the present

CASSANDRA EASON A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGIC

. no reputable coven will be in a hurry to sign you up- the reverse is usually the case. you certainly do not want to find yourself signing in blood, being initiated by having sex with the high priest or priestess or promising to fall on a sword should you leave the coven or betray their secrets. nor should you pay huge sums of money in advance for training; for membership of an established pagan organisation, yes, but these tend to ask for remarkably little. even a full druidic or goddess training, for example, costs no more than a few hundred pounds over several years. most covens and healing groups expect you only to pay for your expenses. i hope that, one day, joining a coven will be totally open, like joining any other organisation, and then the nasty elements who hide behind the name

s. yellow yellow is for air and the east, dawn and spring. a yellow candle is placed at the three o'clock position. air represents life itself, logic, the mind, communication, health, new beginnings, travel, learning, yang and the male god in the form of sky deities. it is a good element to invoke if you are seeking change or when communication is proving difficult with either an individual or an organisation, and to clear stagnation of thoughts. it is also a focus for spells against air pollution, technological devastation and storms, and for the protection of birds, butterflies and insects. surround your air candles with feathers, thistledown, tiny helium balloons, model planes and ceramic or wooden birds. red red is for fire and the south, noon and summer. place your red candle in the s

DAVID ICKE AND THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE

a wide area from their base in southern france. the knights of the temple (knights templar, who came to prominence about the same time as the cathars, were dealt with equally severely by papal 'justice. but the templars went underground and their influence has continued up to the present day, both in their own right, and within other secret societies which are, after all, part of the same overall organisation. this period of the cathars and the crusades spawned many brotherhood offshoots, which continue to significantly influence events- secret societies like the knights hospitallers of st. john, known today as the knights of malta. nor was this merely a phenomenon of the christian and jewish world. similar secret societies were created within all cultures, and the arab brotherhood grand l

o important to the brotherhood over the centuries, because it is, after all, a brotherhood, not a brother-and-sisterhood. the secret societies are almost entirely male-dominated with women excluded from the knowledge and decision making. look at the freemasons as an example. it is a male preserve, with their wives wheeled out for the annual dinner like a piece of decoration. such a male-dominated organisation must by definition be imbalanced, and this one most certainly is. the freemasons have become one of the most important of the secret societies which have appeared since the ancient times, and they have based themselves on the the birth of the brotherhood 29 structure and beliefs of the brotherhood mystery schools, as have the others. i will refer to this network as the cult of the all

described is the banking system of the world and the means through which both people and governments are drowning in debt. and what does debt equal? control. among the first bankers in the western world were the knights templar. they were given enormous riches by christians supporting the crusades and by legacies from people who were often hoping to buy a place in heaven. they were the wealthiest organisation in every country in which they established themselves, and their temples in paris and london became financial centres. eventually, king philip iv of france, in league with pope clement v, destroyed the templars and stole their fortune to pay debts and, as i outlined in the robots' rebellion, possibly for other reasons, too. the templars' grand master, jacques de molay, was burned at t

and others. it became the agent and manager for banks, railways, arms manufacturers, and corporations of all kinds. from this came branches of the company which were given many different names to hide the extent of rothschild influence, power, and infiltration. this is very much how the financial system operates today, with a few at the centre using endless different fronts and names for the same organisation. just look at the names above the shops in the average city centre; if you look at who actually owns them, you will find it is the same few groups. you also find this with the apparently paper power 41 different soap powders and other products in the supermarkets. in america, the rothschild empire was represented by companies like kuhn, loeb, and co and it is likely, according to some

resident of the united states under president ford. aldrich's daughter, abby, was married to john d. rockefeller jr. for years after the meeting on jekyl island, the 'educators, commentators, and 'historians' denied it took place. now this has been accepted, but it is said to have been an insignificant event. utter bilge. it was the moment the elite took over the us economy and its people with an organisation called the federal reserve system, which is neither federal, nor has any reserve! in 1902, the rothschilds sent one of their agents, paul warburg, to america with his brother, felix, to 'rearrange' us banking to suit rothschild and elite interests. another brother, max warburg, stayed at home in frankfurt to run the family banking business there. after arriving in the usa, paul warbur

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system virtually runs itself. the llluminati the elite families, no more than 13 at the peak of their pyramid, created and manipulate this system of control through a network of secret societies. this network and the bloodlines it serves have become known as the llluminati, the "illuminated ones. in other words they are illuminated into knowledge that everyone else is denied. the llluminati is an organisation within all significant organisations. it's like a cancer. all the major secret societies feed carefully chosen recruits into the llluminati and these are the ones you find in positions of power throughout the world. they infest all colours, creeds, and countries. most freemasons never progress higher than the bottom three levels of degree, the socalled blue degrees. they have no idea

n within all significant organisations. it's like a cancer. all the major secret societies feed carefully chosen recruits into the llluminati and these are the ones you find in positions of power throughout the world. they infest all colours, creeds, and countries. most freemasons never progress higher than the bottom three levels of degree, the socalled blue degrees. they have no idea what their organisation is being used for. even most of those who make it to the apparent peak, the 33rd degree in the scottish rite, know relatively little. only the tiny few, all from a particular bloodline, move through the top of their "individual" secret society into the llluminati degrees above that. these are the levels into which all the major secret societies feed. yet at least 95% of their members

smash them on the arse with a swatter. pyramids within pyramids the llluminati have created a pyramid structure throughout society that allows them to operate a global agenda that only a relative handful of people know exists. it is like those russian dolls with one doll inside another with the biggest one encompassing all of them. the llluminati replace the "dolls" with pyramids (figure 1. every organisation today is a pyramid. the few at the top know what the organisation is really about and what it is trying to achieve. the further you go 6 children of the matrix down the pyramid the more people work for the organisation, but the less they know about its real agenda. they are only aware of the individual job they do every day. they have no idea how their contribution connects with that

ce who decides the policy and he can appoint the heads of the various departments in his force. he introduces illuminati policy and chooses his major subordinates from the secret society initiates. they, in turn, can appoint the people within their departments and can thus choose more secret society initiates for the positions below them. so it goes on. once you have control of the top man in any organisation, the pyramid is built in his, i.e. the illuminati's, image. governments are structured in the same way. mind over masses there are two techniques of mass manipulation that people need to understand if they are to begin to see through the game. one i call "problem-reaction-solution" and the other i term the "stepping-stones approach. these have been used for thousands of years to advan

year that the illuminati elite gather at bohemian grove in northern california wearing their hooded robes for their infamous rituals under a 40-foot stone owl, as detailed in the biggest secret. i will mention more about this later on. the freemasons and other secret societies within the illuminati web have sirius as their focus. it is known as the eastern star- the very name for the freemasonic organisation that allows women to become initiates.23 sirius is the first star to rise in the east in the latitudes of egypt. the symbol of the eastern star is the symbol of satanism, the inverted pentagram, and that is their symbol for sirius (figure 2. the pentagram within a circle is used by satanists in their rituals to draw other dimensional demonic entities into this world or to "draw down t

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s have created or infiltrated.the book of enoch says that those born of the nefilim blood (the reptile-humanhybrids) are, because of their ancestral spirit, destined to afflict, oppress, destroy,attack, do battle and work destruction on the earth 58 in other words, those bodies canbe possessed by their ancestral spirit- the reptilians of the lower fourth dimension. inthe united states there is an organisation called the sons of jared, named after thefather of enoch. they pledge an implacable war against the descendants of the47watchers who as notorious pharaohs, kings and dictators, have throughout historydominated mankind. in their publication, the jaredite advocate, they condemn thewatchers as like super-gangsters, a celestial mafia ruling the world .59 many peopleask me how todays broth

that anti-semitism should beeliminated from the english language. he went on:anti-semitism serves only one purpose today. it is used as a smear word. when so-calledjews feel that anyone opposes their real objectives, they discredit their victims by applyingthe word anti-semite or anti-semitic through all the channels they have at theircommand and under their control.18one of these channels is an organisation based in the united states, and operatingworldwide, which was set up precisely to condemn as racists those exposing thebrotherhood. it is called the anti-defamation league (adl) and i have been a targetfor them myself, something i find very comforting and confirmation that i am going inthe correct direction. it has great support from non-jewish sycophants who wish to keepthe adl sweet

seek to destroy it if that advanced their agenda. one of theircommon methods was to bankrupt any person, business or country that opposedthem. if that sounds exactly like the methods in use globally today, there is a reasonfor that. the same brotherhood now control the world banking and trading system viathe central banking network, the world bank, the international monetary fund, theworld trade organisation, the bank of international settlements and so on. the123reptile-aryans of v enice married into the nobility, bought themselves titles, and simplyinvented others. as a result, from around 1171, they became known throughout europeas the black nobility. once again the phoenicians (or rather the reptile-phoenicians)became the aristocracy. they operated across northern italy to genoa and i

ts of rhodes and today they are the knights of malta in their roman catholicform and their protestant version is known as the knights of st john of jerusalem. asthe knights of malta, their official head is the pope and their headquarters is in rome.as the knights of st john they are based in london and their official head is the kingor queen. the catholic and protestant wings are in fact the same organisation at thehighest level. the knights templar were formed about the same time in 1118, thoughthis could have been at least four years earlier, and were first known as the soldiers ofchrist. the templars are surrounded in mystery and contradiction, but it is known thatthey dedicated the order to the mother of god. the knights templar promoted achristian image as a cover and so mother of god

nedictine abbey at glastonbury in the westof england, a sacred site since ancient times. the templars were connected to theknights hospitaller (knights of malta) at their highest level and these links verymuch continue today. there are many tales of how much they hated each other andthere have undoubtedly been periods of rifts and conflict. but at their peak they aredifferent branches of the same organisation and at that level the agenda is allimportant. in june 1099, another glorious blow was struck for the lord whenchristian crusaders invaded jerusalem and slaughtered the saracen muslim turks andthe judeans living there. this reopened the holy city to christian pilgrims whobegan to arrive in large numbers through the ports of jaffa, tyre and acre. tyre wasone of the major centres for the

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perations of mr. harry price on the brocken, concerning which i had something to say in a previous issue of the occult review. one does not see sporadic manifestations of the same thing springing up here and there in entire independence; they come from a common source. this source i believe to be one of those high spring tides in things spiritual which, from time to time, visit our earth. for any organisation to try and close the sluice gates against it by oaths of secrecy, is to keep back the atlantic with a broom. it is, therefore, important for those who have knowledge of the subject to recognise the change which has taken place in the occult field, lest that field be abandoned to the operations of quacks. now that so much has been said by both regardie and crowley, it is necessary to s

y all that he possessed of mathers' secrets, including some of his rituals, and tore mathers' character to shreds. i have never met either of the persons concerned in this dispute, but it appears to me that the abuse crowley heaps on mathers in the pages of his magazine is far more likely to reflect on himself than it is upon mathers. in his criticisms of the manner in which mathers conducted his organisation he is, i think, upon surer ground, for i found exactly the same problems confronting me when i myself joined it some years after he left. practical teaching from official sources was conspicuous by its absence, and unless one was lucky enough to have a personal friend among its members with a gift of exposition, one was left high and dry. one was put through the ceremonies, given the

stories of the masters and their marble seats. there is not only folly, but fraud in confusing the planes, and representing that which was experienced subjectively as having actually happened in the world of matter. i have given my life to occultism since i was a young girl, and everything i have seen and experienced, on both the inner and the outer planes, points away from any centralised human organisation. i have seen the most extravagant claims made on behalf of some such great white lodge or temple of the illuminati, especially by certain american enterprises, for i refuse to call them occult orders; but i have never seen them substantiated. in fact, those who are loudest in their claims give out teaching which would disgrace a patent medicine circular. by their fruits ye shall know

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his is done, a capital is used to indicate the fact. when a capital is not used, it may be taken that the word is to be understood in its ordinary sense. as i have frequently referred to the authority of macgregor mathers and aleistet crowley in matters of qabalistic mysticticism, it may be as well to explain my position in relation to these two writers [page vi] i was at one time a member of the organisation founded by the former, but have never been associated with the latter. i have never known either of these gentlemen personally, macgregor mathers having died before i joined his organisation, and aleister crowley having then ceased to be associated with it. the society of the inner light, founded by the late dion fortune, has courses for those who wish seriously to pursue the study of

ngdom of light. to the man who is naturally of the mystic path the discipline of form is uncongenial, and it is the subtlest of temptations to abandon the struggle with the life of form that resists his mastery and retreat back up the planes before the nadir has been rounded and the lessons of form have been learnt. form is the matrix in which the fluidic consciousness is held till it acquires an organisation proof against dispersal; till it becomes a nucleus of individuality differentiated out of the amorphous sea of pure being. if the matrix be broken too soon, before the fluidic consciousness had become set as an organised system of stresses mystical qabala page 81 stereotyped by repetition, consciousness settles back again into formlessness, even as the clay returns to mud if freed fro

the clay returns to mud if freed from the supporting restraint of the mould before it has set. if there is a mystic whose mysticism produces mundane incapacity or any form of dissociation of consciousness, we know that the mould had been broken too soon for him, and he must return to the discipline of form until its lesson has been learnt and his consciousness has attained a coherent and cohesive organisation that not even nirvana can disrupt. let him hew wood and carry water in the service of the temple if he will, but let him not profane its holy place with his pathologies and immaturities. 29. the virtue assigned to kether is that of attainment, the completion of the great work, to use a term borrowed from the alchemists. without completion there can be no attainment, and without attain

the straight line. tarot cards: the four twos. two of wands: dominion. two of cups: love. two of swords: peace restored. two of pentacles: harmonious change. colour in aziluth: pure soft blue. briah: grey. yetzirah: pearl-grey, iridescent. assiah: white flecked with red, blue, and yellow [page 122] i 1. every phase of evolution commences by being in a state of unstable force and proceeds through organisation to equilibrium. equilibrium having been achieved, no further development is possible without once more oversetting the stability and passing through a phase of contending forces. mystical qabala page 83 as we have already seen, kethet is the point formulated in the void. according to euclid's definition, a point has position but no dimensions. if, however, a point may be conceived of

further development is possible without once more oversetting the stability and passing through a phase of contending forces. mystical qabala page 83 as we have already seen, kethet is the point formulated in the void. according to euclid's definition, a point has position but no dimensions. if, however, a point may be conceived of as extending through space, it becomes a line. the nature of the organisation and evolution of the three supernals is so remote from our experience that we can only conceive of them symbolically; but if we conceive of the primordial point which is kether as being extended into the line which is chokmah, we shall have as adequate a symbolic representation as we may hope to achieve at our present state of understanding. 2. this forth-flowing energy, represented b

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us operandi. she endeavoured to teach them in such a way that they could only be used for good and their power for evil should be concealed; but that she herself was well aware of their possibilities if abused is witnessed by the dread of what she called "malicious animal magnetism" which shadowed her whole life. 3 of 103 the methods of christian science, without its strict discipline and careful organisation, were developed and exploited by the innumerable schools and sects of the new thought movement. in many of the developments the religious aspect was lost sight of, and they simply became a method of mental manipulation for purely personal ends, though not necessarily deliberately evil. their exponents advertised that they would teach the art of salesmanship, of making oneself popular

of the underworld, and a black lodge leads by a straight and narrow way into the land of apaches and demimondaines, quite apart from its other drawbacks. secondly, a knowledge of these facts is essential for differential diagnosis. thirdly, occult powers are not infrequently used to obtain purely mundane ends, therefore when the question of ordinary criminality occurs in connection with an occult organisation, the issue may be complicated by an admixture of methods that belong to another plane. we must always remember that a lodge may not necessarily have been formed for the express purpose of evading the law; it may have started with a perfectly legitimate end in view, and have been exploited by evil-doers for their own purposes, for, owing to the secretive nature of its proceedings, the

ssue may be complicated by an admixture of methods that belong to another plane. we must always remember that a lodge may not necessarily have been formed for the express purpose of evading the law; it may have started with a perfectly legitimate end in view, and have been exploited by evil-doers for their own purposes, for, owing to the secretive nature of its proceedings, the fraternity form of organisation lends itself to various forms of law-breaking. one occult organisation is well known to have been involved in the drug traffic, another is riddled with unnatural vice. a third degenerated into what was little better than a house of ill-fame, and its head was an expert abortionist. others have been involved in subversive politics. those who join fraternities without properly investigat

e politics. those who join fraternities without properly investigating them and the credentials of those who are running them may find themselves involved in any or all of these things. behind the veil of secrecy, guarded by impressive oaths, many things may happen, and it is therefore essential to inform oneself most carefully concerning the character, credentials and record of the leaders of an organisation. if these are not readily accessible, something is wrong. the mysterious stranger, who has just arrived from the east or the continent, both rather vague addresses, is probably a fraud. if difficulty is experienced in discovering the antecedents of an alleged adept, enquiries could be made of the wellknown periodical, truth, of carteret street, s.w.i. truth was originally founded to e

is also a crime. any arrangements entered into, or documents signed in con sequence of threats are not binding. threats need not necessarily be gross and open, such as the pointing of a revolver; anything which coerces you against your inclinations may be interpreted as a threat. for instance, supposing it were intimated to you, however tactfully, that if you did not subscribe to the funds of an organisation, your interest in occultism would be liable to be gossiped about, and possibly involve you in unpleasantness with your relatives, or your employers, this, in the eyes of the law, would be blackmail. anything, in fact, which plays upon a person's fears is a threat. let us now consider what is the best thing to do if you are being threatened. it is seldom wise to answer threat with thre

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lights. sometimes the luminous energy seems to be condensed in some organ either already materialised or in process of materialisation; sometimes it is connected with a phosphorescent secretion which can agglomerate and form actual living lamps; and sometimes it may manifest as discharges or flashes. the same vital energy which is manifested by telekinesis and bioluminescence may ultimate in the organisation of amorphous ectoplasm. it then creates objective but ephemeral beings or parts of beings. complete materialisations are the final product of the ectoplasmic process. on the question of whether telekinetic ectoplasm is a purely human contribution or if animals might also have a share in it, a seance with the medium margery (mina crandon) shed some light. she took a cat with her into t

ditorship of its president le vicomte henry de france. it was superseded by two currently published journals: radiesthesie and les amis de la radiesthesie. closely associated with radiesthesia is the comprehensive study of psychotronics, described as the study of the relationship of man to the universe, interaction with other physical bodies and matter, and fields of energy, known or unknown. the organisation pour la recherche en psychotronique publishes the revue francaise de psychotronique at siege social bureau 644, u.e.r. de mathematiques, universite toulouse le mirail. a pioneer experimenter in out-of-the-body travel was a frenchman, marcel louis forhan, whose book le medecin de l ame was first published in english as practical astral projection in 1935, under the pseudonym yram. yram

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on being destroyed in a mahayuga (vast cycle of time) involving a deluge. the manu of the present creation is manu vaivasvata, who built an ark during a cosmic deluge and afterward renewed the human race. he is the reputed author of the manava dharma shastra, or laws of manu, an ancient hindu treatise that prescribes human religious and social duties. sources: das, ghagavan. the science of social organisation; or, the laws of manu in the light of atma-vidya. 2 vols. rev. ed. adyar, madras, india: theosophical publishing house, 1932. mapes, james jay (1806.1866) professor of agricultural chemistry, member of various learned societies, and one of the early american converts to spiritualism. mapes was born on may 29, 1806, in new york city. after leaving school he worked as a chemist s clerk

by slade under the table was broken into several pieces. these slates were framed in very hard wood. we endeavoured to break them in the same way by striking them against the table, but never succeeded even in cracking them. writing of a visit to a shaker village with the mediums miss king and h. b. champion, the reverend j. b. ferguson said of the latter: although a man of most delicate physical organisation, he was, to my knowledge, without food for ten days, and during that time seemed to possess the strength of three men, when under direct spiritual influence; but when not he was as feeble as an infant, and needed all the care i had promised. lifting of heavy tables and pianos there was a frequent display of great force in the paranormal lifting of heavy tables or pianos. sir william c

ic and experimental science to a detailed study of oresme s work. encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. oresme, nicole 1153 sources: coopland, g. w. nicole oresme and the astrologers; a study of his livre de divinacions. liverpool, uk: university press of liverpool, 1952. thorndike, lynn. history of magic and experimental science. vol. 3. new york: columbia university press, 1923.58. organisation pour la recherche en psychotronique the organisation pour la recherche en paychotronique was founded in 1987 in toulouse, france, by the leadership of the laboratorie universitaire de parapsychologie et d hygiene mental to promote research in parapsychology in france and other french-speaking countries and throughout europe. its major contribution to the field was the formation of l o

sharaf, myron. fury on earth: a biography of wilhelm reich. new york: st. martin s press, 1983. the origin the origin is the name given the source of the channelled material received by canadian businessman amyn dahya. dahya was born to an indian family of muslim background living in arusha, tanzania, in west africa, but as a child moved to mombasa, kenya, where he grew up. he was sent to england organisation pour la recherche en psychotronique encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 1154 for college, and after receiving his degree in chemical engineering, he moved to canada. shortly thereafter he married his wife karina, and subsequently fathered four children. in 1987 he founded the casmyn corporation, a company whose business took dahya around the world. during his travels he

concentrated research on physical mediums. in a letter to sir william crookes, cox wrote in 1871: i noticed that the force was exhibited in tremulous pulsations, and not in the form of steady, continuous pressure, the indicator rising and falling incessantly throughout the experiment. the fact seems to me of great significance as tending to confirm the opinion that assigns its source to the nerve organisation, and it goes far to establish dr. richardson s important discovery of a nerve atmosphere of various intensity enveloping the human structure. to avoid the appearance of any foregone conclusion, i would recommend the adoption for it of some appropriate name, and i venture to suggest that the force be termed psychic force; the persons to whom it is manifested in extraordinary power psyc

FRANCIS A YATES GIORDANO BRUNO AND THE HERMETIC TRADITION

notarikon, or transpositions or anagrams of words by the method of temurah, were also potent. one of the most complicated of the methods used in practical cabala, or cabalist magic, was gematria which was based on the numerical values assigned to each hebrew letter involving a mathematics of extreme intricacy, and by which, when words were calculated into numbers and numbers into words the entire organisation of the world could be read off in terms of word-numbers, or the number of the heavenly hosts could be exactly calculated as amounting to 301,655,172. the word-number equation is, like all these methods, not necessarily magic and can be purely mystical; but it was an important feature of practical cabala through its association with names of angels. there are, for example, seventy-two

article in the same volume (pp. 161-78. 1 see above, pp. 75-6. 3 see above, p. 31-2. 191 giordano bruno: first visit to paris applied, as a method of achieving this experience by imprinting archetypal, or magically activated, images on the memory. by using magical or talismanic images as memory-images, the magus hoped to acquire universal knowledge, and also powers, obtaining through the magical organisation of the imagination a magically powerful personality, tuned in, as it were, to the powers of the cosmos. this amazing transformation, or adaptation, of the classical art of memory in the renaissance has a history before bruno, but in bruno it reached a culmination. the de umbris idearum and the cantus circaeus, which we discuss in this chapter, are his two first works on magic memory

hose many works by campanella in which he is speaking solely as a natural philosopher, as bruno always did, he teaches that the world is alive and sentient, and to this animism or panpsychism he related his magia. we are always told that the two chief influences on campanella were the animist philosophy of telesio, with its insistence on conflict between hot and cold as a basic principle, and the organisation of magic into a science by giovanni battista porta.1 it is certainly true that campanella was heavily influenced by these two contemporary south italian thinkers. but two quotations will serve to suggest that campanella himself thought of these influences as secondary to, and ultimately derived from, the basic influence of hermetism. in the first book of the theologia, campanella spea

above, p. 322. 2 fludd, utriusque cosmi. historia, i i, section i i, pp. 54 ft. see above p- 334- 3 ibid, ii, pp. 28-9. 4 as e. garin has put it, renaissance hermetism in this period descends "sul tcrreno dell'occultismo e delle confraternite ed associazioni variamente caratterizzate "nota sulpermetismo, in cultura, p. 144. 407 after hermes trismegistus was dated tion, or even whether they had an organisation or were actually formed into a sect.1 however, when marin mersenne, who disliked them intensely, emphasises in one of his works how much he is opposed "aux magiciens et aux charlatans qu'on appelle freres de la rose-croix, lesquels se vantent d'entendre trismegiste et tous les cabalistes de l'antiquite",2 this is enough to place them as belonging in some way within our hermetic- cabal

GNOSTIC HANDBOOK

or ecclesias which have carried on the mysteries of the gnosis. the gnostic apostolic church is representative of the remnant ecclesia that carries on the gnosis in the age of the wolf. the gnostic apostolic church is the title used for the general religious operations of the brethren, it symbolizes our focus on the restoration of the original gnosis. the term ecclesia or church is not simply an organisation or a group of people aiming for the same goal though it includes these. it is a special spiritual nucleus which invigorates those who join it and motivates them in their quest for self awareness. the institute for gnostic studies is used to further the educational aspects of the church s mission. membership and priesthood membership in the gnostic apostolic church can be divided into

GNOSTIC STUDIES THE GNOSTIC HANDBOOK II GNOSTIC THEURGY

oice as it represents a living force. far more than just an academic exercise, the gnosis is alive, it is a life transforming vortex, it is the voice originating from a world from which mankind is utterly alienated. gnostic theurgy page 5 the teachings offered in these books may, at first glance, seem to have much in common with materials you could receive from other occult, esoteric or spiritual organisation, but there also much that is at variance. the unique thing about the gnostic tradition is that it really comprehends the condition of modern man and his alienation from the energies which are the source of all illumination. while other traditions may have knowledge to offer, until they come to terms with the nature of the cosmic battle- the dualism which is at the centre of modern lif

HINE PHIL ASPECTS OF EVOCATION

energy. as terry pratchett& neil gaiman wisely note in good omens .notoriety wasn.t as good as fame, but was heaps better than obscurity. bearing this in mind, i 20 decided to create a servitor that actively worked to generate gossip and rumour, rather than counter it. after all, what.s worse, being talked about- or not being talked about? those magicians who leap to the defensive of their parent organisation every time someone drops a snide remark about them being paranoid would do well to remember this, and count themselves bloody lucky that people bother to think about them at all! i do remember, whilst being a member of a certain large international magical order, some guy approaching me and hesitantly asking .is it true that to join the. you have to be able to visualise an object so t

eople bother to think about them at all! i do remember, whilst being a member of a certain large international magical order, some guy approaching me and hesitantly asking .is it true that to join the. you have to be able to visualise an object so that other people can see it too. naturally i said nothing to deny or confirm this. of course, this is the sort of rumour one likes to hear about one.s organisation. but if you want people to think this sort of thing, you also have to be prepared to accept the people who accuse you of being closet christians or not eating babies or whatever. its. a sort of dayside/ backside tree of life metaphor, i guess. particularly as if you continually deny anything that.s even a bit dodgy, people will suss out that you.re talking through your backside. a few

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eemed to form a single, loosely knit nation or league, with major institutions in common, though there were four definite divisions. the political and economic system of each unit was a sort of fascistic socialism, with major resources rationally distributed, and power delegated to a small governing board elected by the votes of all able to pass certain educational and psychological tests. family organisation was not overstressed, though ties among persons of common descent were recognised, and the young were generally reared by their parents. resemblances to human attitudes and institutions were, of course, most marked in those fields where on the one hand highly abstract elements were concerned, or where on the other hand there was a dominance of the basic, unspecialised urges common to

side things was almost too much for sanity to bear. even now i absolutely refused to believe what he implied about the constitution of ultimate infinity, the juxtaposition of dimensions, and the frightful position of our known cosmos of space and time in the unending chain of linked cosmos-atoms which makes up the immediate super-cosmos of curves, angles, and material and semi-material electronic organisation. never was a sane man more dangerously close to the arcana of basic entity- never was an organic brain nearer to utter annihilation in the chaos that transcends form and force and symmetry. i learned whence cthulhu first came, and why half the great temporary stars of history had flared forth. i guessed- from hints which made even my informant pause timidly- the secret behind the mage

IRISH WITCHCRAFT AND DEMONOLOGY

first place ireland's aloofness may p. 7 be alleged as a reason. the "emerald gem of the western world" lies far away on the verge of ocean, remote from those influences which so profoundly affected popular thought in other countries. it is a truism to say that it has been separated from england and the continent by more than geographical features, or that in many respects, in its ecclesiastical organisation, its literature, and so on, it has developed along semi-independent lines. and so, on account of this remoteness. it would seem to have been prevented from acquiring and assimilating the varying and complex features which went to make up the witchcraft conception. or, to put it in other words, medi val witchcraft was a byproduct of the civilisation of the roman empire. ireland's civil

JENNINGS HARGRAVE ROSICRUCIANS RITES MYSTERIES

xieme concile de nic e. existence de cr atures ou animaux raisonnables autres que l homme, et ayant comme lui un corps et une me. et quoi ces animaux different-ils de i homme? quelle est leur origine? descendent- ils, comme tous les hommes d adam, d un seul individu? y a-t-il entre eux distinction de sexes? quelles sont leurs moeurs, leurs lois, leurs habitudes sociales? quelle sont la forme et l organisation de leur corps? comparaison tir e de la formation du vin. ces animaux sontils sujets aux maladies, aux innrmit s physiques et morales, la mort? naissent-ils dans le p ch originel? ont-ils t rachet s par j sus-christ, et sont-ils capables de b atitude et de damnation? preuves de leur existence. de la d monialit et des animaux incubes et succubes( children of the elements; o l on prouve

LEADBEATER CW GLIMPSES OF MASONIC HISTORY

from certain brn. belonging to the supreme council of france, founded by the comte de grasse-tilly in 1804. in his booklet, universal co-freemasonry: what is it, the very illustrious bro. j. i. wedgwood, 33 gives the following account of its foundation, which he derives from the official minutes of the supreme council published in dr. georges martin s etude de la franc-maconnerie mixte et de son organisation, and from transaction no.1 of the dharma lodge, benares: 778. our own order of universal co-freemasonry, or, to give it its french title, l ordre maconnique mixte internationale, is the first masonic body which has aimed at establishing a world-wide order to which women should be admitted on equal terms with men. its career began in the year 1882. there existed a body styling itself l

LIBER ALEPH

en the poet is interpreter of the hieroglyphs of the hidden will of man in many a matter, some light, some deep, as it may be given unto him to do. moreover, it is not altogether in the word of any poem, but in the quintessential flavour of the poet, that thou mayst seek this prophecy. and this is an art most necessary to every statesman. who but shelley foretold the fall of christianity, and the organisation of labour, and the freedom of woman; who but nietzsche declared the principle at the root of the world-war? see thou clearly then that in these men were the keys of the dark gates of the future; should not the kings and their ministers have taken heed thereto, fulfilling their word without conflict? f liber aleph vel cxi 68 bo de magis ordinis a. a. quibus caro fit verbum (of the magi

ht to it; for in such times are men compelled to uniformity by the constraint of necessity herself. yea, of old it was a continual siege of every man of every clan, of every environment; and to relax guard was then self-murder, or also treachery. so then no man might chose his way, until he were hunter, fighter, builder; not any woman, but she must first be breeder. now in the growth of states by organisation came, stepping stealthily, a certain security against the grossest perils, so that a few men could be spared from toil to cultivate wisdom, and this was first provided by the selection of a caste pontifical. by this device came the alliance of king and priest, strength and cunning fortifying each the other through the division of labour. i the book of wisdom or folly 125 dt de ordine

rossest perils, so that a few men could be spared from toil to cultivate wisdom, and this was first provided by the selection of a caste pontifical. by this device came the alliance of king and priest, strength and cunning fortifying each the other through the division of labour. i the book of wisdom or folly 125 dt de ordine civitatum (of the ordering of states) o presently, o my son, this first organisation among men, by a procedure parallel to that of the differentiation of protoplasm, made the state competent to explore and to control nature; and every profit of this sort released more energy, and enlarged the class of the learned, until, as it is this day, only a small proportion of any man.s work must needs go to the satisfaction of first will essential and common, the provision of s

LIBER LXVII THE SWORD OF SONG

ave long accepted and to which you have recently and hardly won. it is to men of your stamp, men of indescience and buddhism 114 pendent thought, of keen ecstasy of love of knowledge, of practical training, that the buddhasanana samagama1 appeals; it is time that buddhism reformed itself from within; though its truths be held untarnished (and even this is not everywhere the case, its methods, its organisation, are sadly in need of repair; research must be done, men must be perfected, error must be fought. and if in the west a great buddhist society is built up of men of intellect, of the men in whose hands the future lies, there is then an awakening, a true redemption, of the weary and forgetful empires of the east. x the noble eightfold path to return from our little digression to the ori

REGARDIE ISRAEL THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN

temple of hermetic students of the g.d. was formed to give instruction in the mediaeval occult sciences. fraters m.e.v. with s.a. and s.rm.d. became the chiefs, and the latter wrote the rituals in modern english from old rosicrucian mss (the property of s.a) supplemented by his own literary researches" in these two statements is narrated the beginning of the hermetic order of the golden dawn- an organisation which has exerted a greater influence on the development of occultism since its revival in the last quarter of the 19th century than most people can realise. there can be little or no doubt that the golden dawn is, or rather was until very recently, the sole depository of magical knowledge, the only occult order of any real worth that the west in our time has known. a great many other

e english foundation of what came to be known as the hermetic order of the golden dawn. how the actual instigation of the order came to pass is not really known. or rather, because of so many conflicting stories and legends the truth is impossible to discover. at any rate, so far as england is concerned, without a doubt we must seek for its origin in thh ocieta s osicrucianain anglia. this was an organisation formulated in 1865 bv eminent freemasons, some of them claiming authentic rosicrucian initiation from continental authorities. amongst those wh; claimed such initiation was one kenneth h. mackenzie, a masonic scholar and encyclopaedist, who had received his at the hands of a count apponyi in austria. the objects of this society which confined its membership to freemasons in good stand

y were alleged to have contained the <21> address of a fraulein anna sprengel who purported to be a rosicrucian adept, in nuremburg. here was a discovery which, naturally, not for one moment was neglected. its direct result was a lennthy correspondence with fraulein sprengel, culmi&ting in the transmission of aurhdrity to woodman, westcott and mathers, to formulate in enaland a semi-public occult organisation which was to employ an elaborate magical ceremonial, abalisticte akg and a comprehensive scheme of s irituatlr aining. its foundation was desiened to include both men and women on a'basis of perfezequality in contradistinction to the policy of the societas rosicruciana in anglia which was comprised wholly of freemasons. thus, in 1887, the hermetic order of the golden dawn was establis

velopment- sometimes in quite false directions- man has spiritually repressed himself, and thus gradually forgotten his true divine nature. meanwhile, as a sort of compensation for this loss, he has developed a complexity of physical and psychic constitution for dealing adequately with the physical world. hence, methods of spiritual development refusing to admit the reality of that manyprincipled organisation may not be recognised as valid, for the sole reason that man is not a simple being. fundamentally and at root he may be simple; but in actuality he is not. having strayed from his roots, and lost his spiritual birthright in a jungle of delusion, it is not always easy to re-discover those roots or to find the way out from the gates of the land of night <73> in contradistinction to the

d, as he is, so will the creation follow him. and thus it is possible for the genius of a nation to change the climate of a country, and the nature of the beasts therein. men fell from primal estate, and then they who were formless became imaged in form, deformed. and this is a mystery of the demonic plane which entereth not into this section. the elemental spirits and others of their kind are an organisation not quite so complete as man. in spiritual consciousness more keen, and yet in some ways his spiritual superior though organically his inferior. they are the formers of the primal man, that is the elementary man, and they have other and greater-offices, for in them are many worlds and ranks and spheres. they are as the younger man (i.e. child) and towards them also is man responsible

RUBY TABLET OF SET

he young and slender woman in the card's center is crowned with the plumes of ma'at, an indication that her poise depends on the truth of the "now. it is a great temptation to translate the "now" of the card into terms equated with a broad range of time aimed at the collective rather than the individual. while this can have pertinence for the reader looking for hints and suggestive symbols for an organisation, as has been done within the ranks of the oto, c/s, and ts over the years, any tarot divination will be of necessity based to a greater or lesser degree from the subjective and therefore could be considered indicative of its ability to zero in on the individual with a greater accuracy. in the case of the lady of adjustment, the moment is not, as ouspensky put it, seizable, but it is s

the subject of public speaking and outlined the most important points for your benefit. you are now faced with a choice: to accept this article intellectually and do nothing with it- or to go out and implement the techniques. will you just sit there like a couch potato, or will you rise up and master an art few dare? the choice is yours. editor's note: i have found the tpastmasters international organisation to be extremely helpful in this area, providing extensive training and opportunities for practice to its members on a regular basis. interested setians can obtain information about t.i. membership and their program by writing to toastmasters international, p.o. box 10400, santa ana, ca 92711, usa here the ruby tablet of set endpethe sabbatic kabala of the crooked path by: nicholaj fri

SCHLAGER NEIL WORLD RELIGIONS REFERENCE LIBRARY

ertain topics, the bonds of human society will dissolve and mankind lapse into savagery. there are several answers to this assertion. one is that the bonds of human society were formed without the aid of their theology; and, in the opinion of not a few competent judges, have been weakened rather than strengthened by a good deal of it. greek science, greek art, the ethics of old israel, the social organisation of old rome, contrived to come into being, without the help of any one who believed in a single distinctive article of the simplest of the christian creeds. the science, the art, the jurisprudence, the chief political and social theories, of the modern world have grown out of those of greece and rome not by favour of, but in the teeth of, the fundamental teachings of early christianit

SIR EDWARD BULWER LYTTON ZANONI A ROSICRUCIAN TALE

human mind. ed) the art of medicine will then be honoured in the place of war, which is the art of murder: the noblest study of the acutest minds will be devoted to the discovery and arrest of the causes of disease. life, i grant, cannot be made eternal; but it may be prolonged almost indefinitely. and as the meaner animal bequeaths its vigour to its offspring, so man shall transmit his improved organisation, mental and physical, to his sons. oh, yes, to such a consummation does our age approach" the venerable malesherbes sighed. perhaps he feared the consummation might not come in time for him. the handsome marquis de and the ladies, yet handsomer than he, looked conviction and delight. but two men there were, seated next to each other, who joined not in the general talk: the one a stran

l. spenser "faerie queene" cant. ix. for a considerable period the pupil of mejnour was now absorbed in labour dependent on the most vigilant attention, on the most minute and subtle calculation. results astonishing and various rewarded his toils and stimulated his interest. nor were these studies limited to chemical discovery, in which it is permitted me to say that the greatest marvels upon the organisation of physical life seemed wrought by experiments of the vivifying influence of heat. mejnour professed to find a link between all intellectual beings in the existence of a certain all-pervading and invisible fluid resembling electricity, yet distinct from the known operations of that mysterious agency a fluid that connected thought to thought with the rapidity and precision of the moder

ery feminine nature, and partly by a strict and methodical education. she differed from him especially in a timidity of character which exceeded that usual at her age, but which the habit of self-command concealed no less carefully than that timidity itself concealed the romance i have ascribed to her. adela was not handsome: she had the complexion and the form of delicate health; and too fine an organisation of the nerves rendered her susceptible to every impression that could influence the health of the frame through the sympathy of the mind. but as she never complained, and as the singular serenity of her manners seemed to betoken an equanimity of temperament which, with the vulgar, might have passed for indifference, her sufferings had so long been borne unnoticed that it ceased to be

THE GOD OF THE WITCHES

of the basses pyr351n351es "the greater part of the priests arewitches,[5] while madame bourignon in 1661 records at lille that "no assemblies were ever seen sonumerous in the city as in these sabbaths, where came people of all qualities and conditions, young andold, rich and poor, noble, and ignoble, but especially all sorts of monks and nuns, priests and prelates.[6]the political aspect of the organisation is well exemplified in the trial of the north berwick witches, when atthe instance of their grandmaster they attempted to kill james vi. another example is found among theelizabethan state papers;[7 "the names of the confederates against her majesty who have diverse andsundry times conspired her life and do daily confederate against her ould birtles the great devel, darnally thesorcer

ing "thou wast the ringleader, next thomas leyis, and because the devil playednot so melodiously and well as thou crewit, thou took the instrument out of his mouth, then took him on thechaps therewith and played thyself thereon to the whole company. as a rule, however, the musician did notdance the round dance but sat outside the ring (plate x, though in the long dance he was often the leader.the organisation was very complete, each coven being independent under its own officer, yet linked with allthe other covens of the district under one grandmaster. this was the system, which in all probability wasfollowed by augustine when he "placed bishops in every place where there had been flamens, andarchbishops where there had been arch-flamens".a coven could act alone or, when numbers were neede

their souls for the sakeof being rich for a term of years and being killed by the devil at the end of that term.as might be expected in an organised and devout community, marriage was regarded as a religious ceremonyand was therefore solemnised at the sabbath by the god himself. these were the everyday permanentmarriages of an ordinary village, and show how the cult permeated the whole religious organisation and lifeof the people. gaule[54] makes the general statement that the devil "oft-times marries them ere they part,either to himselfe, or their familiar, or to one another; and that by the book of common prayer" delancre[53] is very explicit "the devil performs marriages at the sabbath between male and female witches.joining their hands he says to them aloud: esta es buena parati, esta

THE MAGICIAN S KABBALAH

rah (c) logic (thinking) referred to briah (d) infinity (intuition) referred to atziluth. the fifth concept, that of information, can be seen (as the top point of the pentagram or the shin descending into yhvh) as the binding or redeeming concept and may be referred to the divine presence in each of the worlds in terms of communication, complexity, and meaning. information, in terms of coherence, organisation, or "a non-random pattern, is that which is resultant of the fact that, as r.a. wilson demonstrates "life is an ordering, selecting, coherencemaking process. the physicist schrondinger put it simply that "life feeds on negative entropy (b) the hierarchy briefly, the evidence for hierarchy as a fundamental part of the scala natura is constantly about and within us, from the hierarchy o

t which is resultant of the fact that, as r.a. wilson demonstrates "life is an ordering, selecting, coherencemaking process. the physicist schrondinger put it simply that "life feeds on negative entropy (b) the hierarchy briefly, the evidence for hierarchy as a fundamental part of the scala natura is constantly about and within us, from the hierarchy of the cells within us to the hierarchy of any organisation or the hierarchy of star systems. during a talk given at the arcane school conference, mark braham phrased it thus "hierarchization is the process through which successive levels of increasing complexity, flexibility, and co-ordination in form, function and behaviour are established, ranging from the relatively simple to the relatively complex" the higher up the hierarchy an item or i

e temple (the title of the grade attributed to binah) has the understanding that all events are "the dealing of god with his soul, as crowley put it, but the magus (chockmah) has the further knowledge of what that dealing is (the logos, or knowledge of the divine will. appropriate symbols of this state of understanding are the lattice, or net, indeed anything representing the concepts of linking, organisation, symmetry, and complexity. binah is also the sephirah from which maya issues, the net of manifestation that is ultimately illusion. in the psyche, this relates to the archetypes that are "hard-wired" into our brain so that we perceive the universe as we do. the transcending of this biological programming is part of the "crossing of the abyss, in a sense. note that there is a scientifi

wned" in that flood, and "the light shineth in the darkness, but the darkness comprehendeth it not" the next card of the sequence is that of "justice, or as crowley retitled it "adjustment. the placement of this card on the tree connects it between geburah (discernment) and tiphareth (awareness) on the path of lamed (discipline. following on from the initial mem stage, we may see this step as the organisation and adjustment inherent in the universal processes. moving on from the process of continual adjustment, we add the spin of the wheel of fortune, that is to say, the action of time and the circular or spiral force that can be seen in everything from the dna helix, the conch shell, a whirlpool, a body in orbit, or an entire galaxy. the hub of the wheel, the spokes and the rim also signi

l force that can be seen in everything from the dna helix, the conch shell, a whirlpool, a body in orbit, or an entire galaxy. the hub of the wheel, the spokes and the rim also signify "synchronicity, a term coined by carl jung to denote an "accausal connecting principle" in play within all things. thus, so far the cards denote quite accurately the evolutionary process from the beginning, through organisation and form, to connection. the next card of the set is that of the hierophant "he who reveals the sacred things, and subtitled by the "golden dawn" as "the expounder of the mysteries. the hierophant in this context represents the interface between the individual and the world about him as shown in the above cards. as noted already, and as pythagorous stated "nature, all things hid revea

THE NECRONOMICON SIMON VERSION

out which much is told, sometimes in great detail, who correspond to "darkness. these latter are the evil gods who wish nothing but ill for the race of man, and who constantly strive to break into our world through a gate or door that leads from the outside, in. there are certain people, among us, who are devotees of the ancient ones, and who try to open the gate, so that this evidently repulsive organisation may once again rule the earth. chief among these is cthulhu, typified as a sea monster, dwelling in the great deep, a sort of primeval ocean; a being that lovecraft collaborator august derleth wrongly calls a "water elemental. there is also azazoth, the blind idiot god of chaos, yog sothot, azathoth's partner in chaos, shub niggurath, the "goat with a thousand young, and others. they

TRUE HISTORY OF WITCHCRAFT

er. of this i became certain, because i had handwriting samples of gardner, valiente and crowley in my possession. ms. valiente had been mindful of this when she wrote me, on august 8th, 1986: i have deliberately chosen to write you in longhand, rather than send a typewritten reply, so that you will have something by which to judge the validity of the claim you tell me is being made by the ripley organisation to have a copy of a "book of shadows" in gerald gardner's handwriting and mine. if this is."ye book of ye art magical..this is definitely in gerald gardner's handwriting. old gerald, however, had several styles of handwriting..i think it is probable that the whole ms. was in fact written by gerald, and no other person was involved; but of course i may be wrong. at first glance it appe

WICCA WITCHCRAFT TODAY

an of requisite rank is not available, a chief priestess belts a sword on and is thought of as a man for the occasion. but although woman can on occasion take man's place, man can never take woman's place. this may derive from the time of the associations of druidesses of whom the romans spoke as witches. whether these were true druidesses i do not know. it seems to have been a separate religious organisation, possibly under the rule of the chief druid, much in the same way that there was a priest or someone who might turn up at a witches' meeting and be acknowledged chief who came to be called 'the devil' in mediaeval times. i think the use of the witches' circle, in magic, may have come from the druid, or rather the pre-druid, people, who built stonehenge and avebury and who made use of

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