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: heat and dryness fire heat and moisture air cold and dryness earth cold and moisture water there are twelve zodiacal signs, and they are: 1 aries, the ram a 2 taurus, the bull _b 3 gemini, the twins c 4 cancer, the crab d 5 leo, the lion e 6 virgo, the virgin f 7 libra, the scales g 8 scorpio, the scorpion h 9 sagittarius, the archer i 10 capricorn, the goat j 11 aquarius, the water-bearer k 12 pisces, the fishes l these twelve signs are distributed among the four triplicities, or sets of three signs, each attributed to one of the four elements. they represent the operation of the elements in the zodiac. thus, to fire are attributed: aries a leo e sagittarius i to earth are attributed: taurus b virgo f capricorn j to air are attributed: gemini c libra g aquarius k to water are attributed

these twelve signs are distributed among the four triplicities, or sets of three signs, each attributed to one of the four elements. they represent the operation of the elements in the zodiac. thus, to fire are attributed: aries a leo e sagittarius i to earth are attributed: taurus b virgo f capricorn j to air are attributed: gemini c libra g aquarius k to water are attributed: cancer d scorpio h pisces l 52 to the ancients, six planets besides the sun were known. they also assigned certain planetary values to the north and south nodes of the moon. that is the point where the moon's orbit touches that of the ecliptic. these were named: caput draconis head of the dragon p cauda draconis tail of the dragon q since the discovery of two more distant planets, neptune and uranus, these two ter

give the literal meaning and number. 7. name the three mother letters. 8. what are the two pillars referred to as in highlights of knowledge lecture one with hebrew? 9. the rituals of the dead in the egyptian custom as exemplified in the book of the dead or pert em hru, are a form of ceremonial rituals to enable man to do what? 10. name the signs of the zodiac starting with aries and ending with pisces. the tree of life 1. name the sephiroth following the path of the flaming sword. 2. queen scale color for victory: 3. queen scale color for strength: 4. queen scale color for foundation: 5. queen scale color for mercy: 120 6. queen scale color for tiphareth: 7. queen scale color for understanding: 8. queen scale color for malkuth: 9. queen scale color for splendor: 10. queen scale color for

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cular element is this grade attributed? heg: to the element of fire. hiero: honoured hiereus, to what planet does this grade especially refer? hiereus: to the planet venus. hiero: honoured hegemon, what paths are attached to this grade? heg: the 29th, 28th and 27th paths of qoph, tzaddi and peh. hiero: honoured hiereus, to what does the 29th path refer? hiereus: to the reflection of the sphere of pisces. hiero: honoured hegemon, to what does the 28th path allude? heg: to the reflection of the sphere of aquarius. hiero: honoured hiereus, to what does the 27th path allude? hiereus: to the reflection of the sphere of mars. hiero (knocks) all rise and face east. hiero: let us adore the lord and king of fire. hiero: tetragrammaton tzabaoth. blessed be thou, the leader of armies is thy name! ame

ur heads which finds their correlatives in the four triplicities of the zodiac (places cross aside) the 29th path of the sepher yetzirah which answereth to the letter qoph, is called the corporeal intelligence, and it is so called because it formeth every body which is formed beneath the whole order of worlds, and the increment of them. it is there, the reflection of the sphere of the watery sign pisces, and the path connecting the material universe as depicted in malkuth, with the pillar of mercy, and the side of chesed through the sephira netzach. and through it do the waters of chesed flow down. hiero: heg: pract: move to west of altar. hiero: before you upon the altar is the 18th key of the tarot, which symbolically resumes these ideas. it represents the moon with four hebrew yods, lik

and sixteen secondary rays, which together make 32, the number of the paths of yetzirah. she is the moon at the feet of the woman of the revelation, ruling equally over cold and moist natures, and the passive elements of earth and water. the four hebrew yods refer to the four letters of the holy name reconstituting the destroyed world from the waters. it is to be noted that the symbol of the sign pisces is formed of the two lunar crescents of gedulah and geburah bound together, and thus shows the lunar nature of the sign. the dogs are the jackals of the egyptian anubis, guarding the gates of the east and of the west, shown by the two towers, between which lies the path of all the heavenly bodies ever rising in the east and setting in the west. the crayfish is the sign cancer, and was ancie

of the egyptian anubis, guarding the gates of the east and of the west, shown by the two towers, between which lies the path of all the heavenly bodies ever rising in the east and setting in the west. the crayfish is the sign cancer, and was anciently the scarabus or khephra, the emblem of the sun below the horizon as he ever is when the moon is increasing above. also when the sun is in the sign pisces, the moon will be well in her increase in cancer as shown by the crayfish emblem. hiero: leads practicus to tablet of the serpent of brass in east. hiero: this is the serpent nehushtan which moses made when the children of israel were bitten by the serpents of fire in the wilderness. it is the serpent of the paths of the tree. and he set it on a pole, that is, twined round the middle pillar

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGICK SPELLS

ng, summer, autumn and winter. people born under a cardinal sign manifest this as a desire to initiate and to take command of people and situations. the fixed signs- leo, taurus, aquarius and scorpio- are signs entered by the sun in the middle of a season. people born under them exhibit stability and a tendency to continue in a predetermined path. the mutable signs -sagittarius, gemini, virgo and pisces- mark the time when the seasons are about to change. those born under them are correspondingly versatile and ready to compromise. zodiacal colours and associations aries, the ram: 21 march to 20 april. colour: red. a cardinal fire sign, for all matters of the self and of identity, for rituals of innovation, courage assertiveness and action. ruled by mars. taurus, the bull: 21 april to 21 ma

own or black. a cardinal earth sign, for ambitions, perseverance, matters concerning officialdom, loyalty and for the acquisition of money. ruled by saturn. aquarius, the water carrier: 21 january to 18 february. colour: indigo or dark blue. a fixed air sign, for independence, friendship, creativity and for detachment from emotional blackmail. ruled by saturn in the ancient system, now by uranus. pisces, the fish: 19 february to 20 march. colour: white or mauve. a mutable water sign, for spells to develop spiritual awareness and intuition, and for divination, especially involving water and the fulfilment of hidden dreams. ruled by jupiter in the ancient system, now by neptune. in magick, it tends to be the old rulerships that are used in spells (see planets and angels. colour correspondenc

ntal creatures are undines, spirits of the water. the original undine was created without a soul, but gained one by marrying a mortal and bearing him a child. however, she also lost her freedom from pain and her immortality and so she is a reminder that love may have a price, but that without it life does not have meaning. the colour of water is blue and its zodiacal signs are cancer, scorpio and pisces. the four quarters of the circle every magical circle is divided into four quarters that are in ceremonial magick called the watchtowers. the higher essences who protect the quarters are invoked as the guardians, who control and direct the elemental powers. sometimes they are called kings, sometimes devas, or they may be pictured as the four main archangels, michael, gabriel, raphael and ur

er, more instinctual wisdom. use the hour of jupiter to profit from an opportunity to upgrade your life. element: air colour: blue/purple crystals: azurite, lapis lazuli, sodalite, turquoise incenses: agrimony, cedar, sandalwood, sage trees: beech, oak herbs and oils: borage, cinquefoil, coltsfoot, hyssop, mistletoe metal: tin jupiter rules sagittarius, 23 november-21 december, and is co-ruler of pisces, 19 february-20 march. jupiter spells are therefore especially potent in the period of sagittarius and pisces and at all times to those born under these sun signs. venus friday, the day of venus, is associated with love and all forms of love magick, especially to attract love. because venus rules harmony and peace, however, if the success of a love spell depends on ruining another person's

ria and lapland, the mother of the herds is still a central icon of power. during the neolithic period, the mother goddess was the bringer of fertility to the land as well as to animals and humans. gradually, she came to be seen as the wife of the great sky gods. she survives in the form of mary in the christian religion. mutable: the mutable signs of the zodiac are sagittarius, gemini, virgo and pisces, as when the sun enters them the seasons are about to change. those born under them are correspondingly versatile and ready to compromise. oimelc: see imbolc. ostara: the celtic festival of the spring equinox. pentacle: a ritual item, symbol of the earth, consisting of a flat, round disc, engraved with a pentagram. pentagram: a five-pointed diagram, one of the most sacred geometric forms in

ALEISTER CROWLEY AD MEIORUM CTHULHI GLORIAM

akkab u alap shame (kingu) 17. gemini re'u kinu shame u tu'ame rabuti (viper) 18. cancer shittu (snake) 19. leo kalbu rabu (lakhamu) 20. virgo shiru (whirlwind) 21. jupiter umunpaddu 22. libra zibanitum (ravening dog) 23. water badur 24. scorpio akrabu (scorpion-man) 25. sagittarius pa-bil-sag (hurricane) 26. capricorn suxur mash (fish-man) 27. mars mastabarru 28. aquarius gula (horned beast) 29. pisces dilgan u rikis nuni (weapon) 30. sun shamash 30. fire ag 30. saturn kaimanu 30 (bis) earth kia 30 (bis) spirit zi notes on pronunciation we cannot be absolutely how sumerian and akkadian were spoken; but many useful guidelines are available to the student, including the transliterated tablets found all over mesopotamia. basically, we can offer the following principles which should prove of

ALEISTER CROWLEY LIBER 777

treatment and a liberal allowance of rubber-cores in our old age. 4. the tree of life is the skeleton on which this body of truth is built. the juxtaposition and proportion of its parts should be fully studied. practice alone will enable the student to determine how far an analogy may be followed out. again, some analogies may escape a superficial study. the beetle is only connected with the sign pisces through the tarot trump the moon. the camel is only connected with the high priestess through the letter gimel. since all things whatsoever (including no thing) may be placed upon the tree of life, the table could never be complete. it is already somewhat unwieldy; we have tried to confine ourselves as far as possible to lists of things generally unknown. it must be remembered that the less

not the star. this also is secret: my prophet shall reveal it to the wise. in crowley s new comment on this verse, he observes: i see no harm in revealing the mystery of tzaddi to the wise; others will hardly understand my explanations. tzaddi is the letter of the emperor, the trump iv, and he is the star, the trump xvii. aquarius and aries are therefore counterchanged, revolving on the pivot of pisces, just as, in the trumps viii and xi, leo and libra do about virgo. this last revelation makes our tarot attributions sublimely, perfectly, flawlessly symmetrical. the fact of its so doing is a most convincing proof of the superhuman wisdom of the author of this book to those who have laboured for years, in vain, to elucidate the problems of the tarot. this substituted attribution is alluded

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

by notariqon> it is moreover the value of the letter qoph, which means "the back of the head, the cerebellum, where the creative or reproductive force is primarily situated. qoph in the tarot is "the moon, a card suggesting illusion, yet shewing counterpartal forces operating in darkness, and the winged beetle or midnight sun in his bark travelling through the nadir. its yetziratic attribution is pisces, symbolic of the positive and negative currents of fluidic energy, the male ichthus or "pesce" and the female vesica, seeking respectively the anode and kathode. the number 100 is therefore a synthetic glyph of the subtle energies employed in creating the illusion, or reflection of reality, which we call manifested existence. the above are the principal considerations in the matter of aumgn

of affirming the propriety of the methods of the a. a. as the basis for the next great step in the advance of human knowledge. love is the law, love under will. o. m. 7 degree= 4square a. a. praemonstrator of the order of the r. c. given from the collegium ad spiritum sanctum, cefalu, sicily, in the seventeenth year of the aeon of horus, the sun being in 23 degree virgo and the moon in 14 degree pisces. 244 magick in theory and practice by aleister crowley december 22, 1988 e.v. key entry and proof reading with re-format 10/31/90 e.v. done by bill heidrick, t.g. of o.t.o (further proof reading desirable) disk 3 of 4 copyright (c) o.t.o. o.t.o. p.o.box 430 fairfax, ca 94930 usa (415) 454-5176- messages only. note: this file may benefit from further proofreading, but care should be taken wi

apart from the regular tests- made at the time- of the integrity of any spirit, the magician must make a careful record of every vision, omitting no detail; he must then make sure that it tallies in every point with the correspondences in book 777 and in liber d. should he find (for instance) that, having invoked mercury, his vision contains names whose numbers are martial, or elements proper to pisces, let him set himself most earnestly to discover the source of error, to correct it, and to prevent its recurrence. but these tests, as implied above, will not serve to detect personation by selfsuggested phantasms. unless one's aura be a welter of muddled symbols beyond recognition, the more autohypnotic the vision is, the more smoothly it satisfies the seer's standards. there is nothing to

: 18 :samekh-resh-tet-nunfinal: cancer water: 19 :aleph-resh-yod-heh: leo fire: 20 :bet-taw-vau-lamed-heh: virgo earth: 21: jupiter: 22 :mem-aleph-zain-nun-yod: libra air: memfinal: 23 :mem-yod-memfinal: water: 24 :ayin-qof-resh-bet: scorpio water: 25 :qof-shin-taw: sagittarius fire: 26 :gemel-dalet-yod: capricornus earth: 27: mars: 28 :dalet-lamed-yod: aquarius air: 29 :dalet-gemel-yod-memfinal: pisces water: 30: sol: 31 :aleph-shin: fire: 32: saturn: 32 "bis :aleph-resh-tzaddifinal: earth: 31 "bis :aleph-taw: spirit: 306& 307 table i: ix: xi: xii: the sword: elements: and:(with their plane: the tree of life: the serpent: tary rulers :do not confuse with :rulers of zodiac: 0: 1: the flaming: root of air :1st plane middle pillar: 2: sword follows" fire :2nd" right: 3: the downward" water :

sun in capricorn: blended pleasure: rest from strife: earthly power: 5 :mars in scorpio :venus in aquarius :mercury in taurus: loss in pleasure: defeat: material trouble: 6 :sun in scorpio :mercury in aquarius :moon in taurus: pleasure: earned success: material success: 7 :venus in scorpio :moon in aquarius :saturn in taurus: illusionary success: unstable effort: success unfulfilled: 8 :saturn in pisces :jupiter in gemini :sun in virgo: abandoned success: shortened force: prudence: 9 :jupiter in pisces :mars in gemini :venus in virgo: material happiness: despair& cruelty: material gain: 10 :mars in pisces :sun in gemini :mercury in virgo: perfected success: ruin: wealth: weh note: two typos have been corrected in column cxxxiv by liber 777: 4, moon in place of sun and 6, sun in place of mo

exalted in: zodiac: column ccxxxvii: column cxxxvii: 15: aries: mars: p. m (sun: 16: taurus: venus: uranus (moon: 17: gemini: mercury: neptune: 18: cancer: moon: p. m (jupiter: 19: leo: sun: uranus: 20: virgo: mercury: neptune (mercury: 22: libra: venus: p. m (saturn: 24: scorpio: mars: uranus: 25: sagittarius: jupiter: neptune: 26: capricorn: saturn: p. m (mars: 28: aquarius: saturn: uranus: 29: pisces: jupiter: neptune (venus: weh note: liber 777 gives different entries for column cxxxix, and these have been added in parenthesis without deletion of original. 322 table i: clxxv: clxxvi: clxxvii: clxxix :key scale:hebrew: english :numerical: yetziratic :numbers :letters: values of: value :attribution :printed: hebrew :of column: of column :on tarot: letters: clxxv: clxxv :11 :aleph :a alep

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS

in equinox vol. i, no. 5, it is quite easy to prove 1= 2= 3= 4, etc. on the other hand, you must be careful to avoid taking the correspondences given in the books of reference without thinking out why they are so given. thus, you find a camel in the number which refers to the moon, but the tarot card "the moon" refers not to the letter gimel which means camel, but to the letter qoph, and the sign pisces which means fish, while the letter magic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 21 itself refers to the back of the head; and you also find fish has the meaning of the letter nun. you must not go on from this, and say that the back of your head is like a camel- the connection between them is simply that they all refer to the same thing. in studying the qabalah you mention six

ance, there is a definite connection between the personal appearance and manner of the native, and magic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 144 the sign of the zodiac which was rising when he first drew air into his lungs. let me add, to strengthen the argument, that on the few occasions where i have erred there has been a good astrological reason for it. e.g. i might plump for pisces rising when it was actually capricornus; but in that case saturn would have been afflicted by being in cancer, with bad aspects from venus and the moon, thus taking away all his rugged, male, laborious qualities, and in the ascendant might have been jupiter, suggesting many of the qualities of pisces: and so forth. 14 now let me start! you want me to explain the system- or no-system- which

of generally acceptable forms of astrology, such as mundane and horary, i tend to be distrustful. i ask, for instance, why, if taurus rules poland and ireland, as is no doubt the case, the crash and massacres of 1939 e.v. and later in the one did not take place in the other. all the seaports of the world naturally come under one of the three watery signs; but we do not find that an affliction of pisces, which hits tunis, should do harm to all the other harbours similarly ruled. magic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 147 this brings us to the first big jump in the steeplechase of the whole science. we hear of thousands of people being killed at the same time (within an hour or two, perhaps a minute or two) by earthquake, shipwreck, explosion, battle or other form of vi

ugh and the good lord knows how many other similar monuments of lexicography (for really they are little more, is our text-book. we are bound to note at once that the gods sympathise, run into one another, coalesce much more closely than any other of the orders of being. there is not really much in common between a jackal and a beetle, or between a wolf and an owl, although they are grouped under pisces or aries respectively. but adonis, attis, osiris, melcarth, mithras, marsyas- a whole string of them comes tripping off the tongue. they all have histories; their birth, their life, their death, their subsequent career; all goes naturally with them exactly as if they were (say) a set of warriors, painters, anything superbly human. we feel instinctively that we know them, or at least know of

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r a day. and the excellence of a memory lies in the wisdom of its selection. the best memories so select and judge that practically 100 nothing is retained which has not some coherence with the general plan of the mind. all pantacles will contain the ultimate conceptions of the circle and the cross, though some will prefer to replace the cross by a point, or by a tau, or by a triangle. the vesica pisces is sometimes used instead of the circle, or the circle may be glyphed as a serpent. time and space and the idea of causality are sometimes represented; so also are the three stages in the history of philosophy, in which the three objects of study were successively nature, god, and man. the duality of consciousness is also sometimes represented; and the tree of life itself may be figured the

ALEISTER CROWLEY SEPHER SEPHIROTH

0. the sum of the sephiroth; the mystic number of malkuth. thief; stole bng robbery, pillage hlyzg silence hmwd a footstool mwdh to swell, heave (see 51) myh to walk klh knuckle; member, limb )ylwx bride: a title of malkuth hlk noon; midday bgn ornament; splendour, eminence hn lo; whether, if; they (fem) nh 56 dread, terror hmy) he suffered hn) day mwy beautiful h)n food hlk) the goddess nu wn 57 pisces: fishes mygd rim ndb) consuming lkw) formidable, terrible mwy) we wn) a breaking down, subversion, destruction lw+yb to build; built hnb altar xbzm laying-by, making secret )wbxm strength; wealth; trouble, sorrow; heliopolis (cf. 51) nw) better b+wm species, kind nz 58 loves, amours (see 499) mybh) an ear nz) my strength, power, might ylyx grace, love, kindness, charm (notariqon of chokmah

n-law *mby 613 the etrog: the number of the divine precepts in the torah gyrt the quintessence of light rw)h t) 614 pertaining to summer *mwx 615 a footstool *mwdh to swell, heave (see 51 *myh 616 the ancient of days: a title of kether nymwy kyt( swords twbrx day *mwy the avenging angel *l)wgh k)lm 617 mighty acts (pl. of gstrength h; ps. 106:2) twrwbg the pillars of fire and cloud nn(hw#)h ydwm( pisces: fishes *mygd formidable, terrible *mwy) 618 contentions twbyr loves, amours (see 499 *mybh) 619 latest, last, after-part, end, extreme; remainder, remnant; future tyrx) brethren (referred to lilith& samael *myx) 620 kether: the crown rtk chokmah, binah, daath; the first descending triad t(dw hnyb hmkx to hide, treasure up (ps. 31:20) tnpc the doors myr# spirits, ghosts twxwr 621 the point

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE OLD AND NEW COMMENTARIES TO LIBER AL

wander afar, strayed in the night. amoun" the "old comment" covers the rest of this verse sufficiently for the present purpose. i see no harm in revealing the mystery of tzaddi to 'the wise; others will hardly understand my explanations. tzaddi is the letter of the emperor, the trump iv, and he is the star, the trump xvii. aquarius and aries are therefore counterchanged, revolving on the pivot of pisces, just as, in the trumps viii and xi, leo and libra do about virgo. this last revelation makes our tarot attributions sublimely, perfectly, flawlessly symmetrical. the fact of its so doing is a most convincing proof of the superhuman wisdom of the author of this book to those who have laboured for years, in vain, to elucidate the problems of the tarot. al i,58 "i give unimaginable joys on ea

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQ I 5

hb:yod hb:mem water. hb:mem-final hb:yod hb:mem 23 300 scorpio hb:bet hb:resh hb:qof hb:ayin fish. hb:nun-final hb:vau hb:nun 24 325 sagittarius hb:taw hb:shin hb:qof prop. hb:koph-final hb:mem hb:samekh 25 351 capricornus hb:yod hb:dalet hb:gemel eye. hb:nun-final hb:yod hb:ayin 26 378 mars mouth. hb:heh hb:peh 27 406 aquarius hb:yod hb:lamed hb:dalet fish-hook. hb:yod hb:dalet hb:tzaddi 28 435 pisces hb:mem-final hb:yod hb:gemel hb:dalet back of head. hb:peh-final hb:vau hb:qof 29 465 sol head. hb:shin hb:yod hb:resh 30 496 fire hb:shin hb:aleph tooth. hb:nun-final hb:yod hb:shin 31 528 saturn tau(as egyptian. hb:vau hb:taw 32 earth hb:tzaddi-final hb:resh hb:aleph- hb:vau hb:taw 32bis spirit hb:taw hb:aleph- hb:nun-final hb:yod hb:shin 31bis_ chart approximated_ xv. xiv. xiii. xii. xi

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ld go away, and await the 155 coming of the veil of the aethyr; not here. i think i will go to the hot springs. so i put away the stone upon my breast. biskra 10.15-11.52 a.m. flashes of lightning are playing in the stone, at the top; and at the bottom of the stone there is a black pyramid, and at the top thereof is a vesica piscis. the vesica piscis is of colourless brilliance. the two curves of pisces are thus: illustration on page 156 described: the pisces sign without the cross-line. in essence, but larger with thick curves. they are the same curves as the curves of vesica piscis, but turned round. and a voice comes: how can that which is buried in the pyramids behold that which descendeth unto its apex? again it comes to me, without voice: therefore is motherhood the symbol of the mas

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQUINOX EQ I 2 2

chariot. 18th. 11. leo. hb:tet. strength. 19th. 9. virgo. hb:yod. hermit. 20th. 10. jupiter. hb:koph. wheel of fortune. 21st. 8. libra. hb:lamed. justice. 22nd. 12. water. hb:mem. hanged man. 23rd. 13. scorpio. hb:nun. death. 24th. 14. sagittarius. hb:samekh. temperance. 25th. 15. capricorn. hb:ayin. the devil. 26th. 16. mars. hb:peh. the tower. 27th. 17. aquarius. hb:tzaddi. the star. 28th. 18. pisces. hb:qof. the moon. 29th. 19. sun. hb:resh. the sun. 30th. 20. dee. hb:shin. the angel. 31st. 21. saturn. hb:taw. the universe. 32nd. the two veils are represented in the drawing by heavy horizontal lines, and here by shaded lines, with the text included in the approximation below. 10 =1 kether .ipsissimus 12th .11th. 8 =3. 9 =2 binah. 14th chokmah magister..magus templi. 18th. 16th. the vei

iereus is at the extreme west of the temple at the lowest point of malkuth, and in the black portion thereof, representing a terrible and avenging god at the confines of matter at the borders of the qliphoth. he is throned upon matter and robed in darkness; and about his feet are the thunder and the lightning, which two forces are symbolised by the impact of the paths of hb:shin and hb:qof (fire, pisces, terminating respectively in the russet and olive quarters of malkuth. there, therefore, is he placed as a mighty and avenging guardian unto the sacred mysteries. his symbols and insignia are: the throne of the west at the limits of malkuth; the robe of darkness; the sword; the banner of the west; the lamen "avenger of the gods" is the name of the hiereus, and he is "horus in the city of bl

nder the unstable condition of water and the seemingly unbalanced influences of mercury. but if he has passed through the paths of hb:shin and hb:resh with cunning and earnestness he will understand why it is necessary to enter the grade of the element of water by the paths of the sun and of fire, as he will in his next step understand why it is that the paths of hb:qof and hb:tzaddi, that is, of pisces and aquarius, lead him to the fire of netzach and not to the water of hod. the path which connects hod with netzach is the 27th path of the sepher yetzirah which answers to the letter hb:peh. it is the reflection of the sphere of mars and is the lowermost of the reciprocal paths. the tarot key attributed to this path is very rightly the 16th key- the tower; which we have seen in the 4= 7 ri

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a: air: m: puella: zuriel: kedemel :venus: a girl, beautiful: 8 :scor :water: f: rubeus: barchiel :bartzabel:mars :pio: red, reddish: 9 :sagit-:fire: m: acquisitio :advachiel :hismael :jupiter :tarius :obtaining, compre: hending without :10 :capri-:earth: f: carcer: hanael :zazel :saturn :corn: a prison, bound :11 :aquar-:air: m: tristitia: cambiel :zazel :saturn :ius: sadness, damned: cross :12 :pisces:water: f: laetitia: amnixiel :hismael :jupiter: joy, laughing: healthy, bearded. 141 attributions of geomantic figures to planets &c "continued-:sign :el :geom.:sex: name and meaning: genius: ruler :planet: fig :13 :cauda :fire: f: cauda draconis :zazel and :zazel and:saturn :draco: the threshold :bartzabel :bartzabel:mars :nis :lower, or going out :14 :caput :earth: m: caput draconis: hism

f all in its detriment. a figure is in its fall when in a house opposite to that of its exaltation; in its detriment when opposite to its own house. the following list shows the essential dignities; that is to say, they follow the dignities of their ruling planets, considering the twelve houses of the scheme as answering to the twelve signs, thus: asc. to aries, 2 to taurus, 3 to gemini &c. 12 to pisces. therefore mars figures will be strong in asc. and weak in 7th and so on "see" chapter i. for attribution of figures to planets* is strong in dignities of jupiter and venus* is strong in dignities of saturn and mars* table of essential dignities weh note: these tables of dignities are corrupt in places. they have not been corrected here, but copied as they stand in the 1st edition equinox t

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segment to the very end. between the white and black segments are twelve bands. these bands are paralleled to the left by a column of zodiacal symbols and to the right by hebrew letters thusly: lotus flower half- open_ aries hb:heh_ taurus hb:vau_ gemini hb:zain_ cancer hb:chet_ leo hb:tet_ virgo hb:yod_ libra hb:lamed_ scorpio hb:nun_ sagittarius hb:samekh_ capricorn hb:ayin_ aquarius hb:tzaddi_ pisces hb:qof (black_ illustration on page 211 described "65. the chief adept's wand" the top of the wand is a winged-sun disk or ba-hadit. extending down from this to either side along the upper quarter of the wand shaft are two uraeus serpents, facing to left and right. the serpent to the right wears the egyptian red crown and that to the left the white crown. the shaft is divided into five sect

. hb:resh sol. orange. unto the signs of the zodiac are ascribed the following: hb:heh aries. scarlet. hb:lamed libra. emerald. hb:vau taurus. red-orange. hb:nun scorpio. greenish blue. hb:zain gemini. orange. hb:peh sic: hb:samekh sagittarius. deep blue. hb:chet cancer. amber. hb:ayin capricornus. indigo. hb:tet leo. greenish yellow. hb:tzaddi aquarius. violet. hb:yod virgo. yellow-green. hb:qof pisces. crimson. 220 further, thou wilt observe that the colours of the paths and the sephiroth form a mutual balance and harmony in the tree [the "chief adept" then greets the newly made adeptus minor with the name of frater hodos chamelionis. the "second adept" then explains the colours of the crook and the scourge, pointing out that the crook is divided into the colours symbolic of kether, air

symbol scorpio used here is actually an eagle head, beak to left, on the diagram; and it may represent the eagle cherub instead of scorpio_ taurus aquarius< scorpio leo_ salt mercury hb:koph water air_ sulphur hb:bet saturn hb:chet dee_ mars hb:gemel sun hb:chet jupiter_ taurus aquarius hb:taw scorpio leo_ mercury hb:heh moon hb:nun venus_ capricorn libra hb:yod cancer aries_ virgo gemini hb:mem pisces sagittarius_ illustration on page 222 described "diagram 76. the black calvary cross" this is a large stylized rose in the form of a petaled and divided circle on the point of intersection of a large black calvary cross. the rose is divided into five sections by five radii, one radius straight down. within the five partitions thus created, there are five petaled rings marked with colors. to

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me, my god, woe unto me; for all my life sinks as the western sun that struggles in the strangling arms of night, flecked over with the starry foam of her kisses. yet in the very midnight of my soul do i hold as a scarab the signet of thy name. o glory be unto thee through all time and through all space: glory, and glory upon glory, everlastingly. amen, and amen, and amen. 47 the chapter known as pisces the twelvefold bewilderment of god and the unity thereof i adore thee by the twelve bewilderments and by the unity thereof. 1. o what art thou, o god my god, thou snow-browed storm that art whirled up in clouds of flame? o thou red sword of the thunder! thou great blue river of ever-flowing brightness, over whose breasts creep the star-bannered vessels of night! o how can i plunge within th

aproximated "fig. 2. the greek cross of the zodiac "aries. emerald on scarlet. libra. scarlet on emerald. taurus. greenish blue on orange-red. scorpio. orange-red on greenish blue. gemini. royal blue on orange. sagittarius. orange on royal blue. cancer. indigo on amber. capricorn. amber on indigo. leo. violet on greenish yellow. aquarius. greenish yellow on violet. virgo. crimson on yellow-green. pisces. yelow-green on crimson. spirit. black on white. serpent. azure, with golden scales. border. gold_ pisces_ scorpio_ cancer_ gemini aquarius libra< aries leo sagittarius_ capricorn_ taurus_ virgo_ this is a black and white half tone on clay paper, tipped in. about and beneath the above figure of the creek cross are the interlaced coils of a serpent. this serpent does not pass beneath the spi

ence traveling back from the head: under taurus, over the body and under gemini, under the tail and over the body to go under cancer, under the tail to go under leo, over the body to pass beneath virgo, under body twice to go behind libra, under the body and under scorpio, over the tail and under sagittarius, under body and head beneath capricorn, over body and under aquarius, over body and under pisces, thence under body followed by over body and under aries with the tip just within the mouth of the serpent's head. in all loopings, the scute plates of the underbelly are toward the center of the cross and the back is outward, all viewed from the side. stop press reviews nature's help to happiness by john warren achorn, m.d. w. rider and sons. 1s. net. this is the best book ever written on

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nce. weh note: temple of solomon the king continues on the next diskette, with the table of dream-staesto whose suggestion these rites are due they are gratefully dedicated. vi the rite of saturn 1 the officers of the temple magister templi "the representative of binah, saturn" mater coeli "venus in libra, the house of saturn's exaltation" brother aquarius "the house of saturn; in chesed, because pisces is water "hope" brother capricornus "in thethrone of capricornus, the house of saturn; in geburah, because mars is exalted therein. he is mars in capricornus" brother capricornus emissarius. the leader of the chorus, or choragoge. scene "in the east is a veiled shrine, containing an altar. to its chokmah, binah, chesed, and geburah are m. t, m. c, bro. a, and bro. c. respectively. bro c. e

orked, or sword" hebe. ganymede "cup-bearers and dancers. white robes "the temple represents the wheel of fortune of the tarot. at its axle is the altar on which sits c.i.c.t. on the rim, s. at east spoke, h. at north-west, t. at south-west. hebe and ganymede are seated at the feet of c.i.c.t. to the west of the wheel is the veil" 21 the rite of jupiter part i c.i.c.t. 1-333. sphinx. 22-22. hebe. pisces section from 963 [see equinox, no. iii, special supplement] sphinx. brother hermanubis, summon the guests to the banquet of the father of the gods! hermanubis. 4444, brother typhon, summon the guests to the banquet of the father of the gods [typhon "draws aside veil as" ganymede "begins his dance. lights down] hermanubis. welcome to the banquet of the father of the gods! bear the bowls of l

r? leo. the evening star is arisen. aries. the sacrifice is accomplished. leo. what is the sacrifice? aries. man. leo. who is the priestess? aries. woman. leo. unto what god? aries. it is hidden from me. leo. let every man depart unto his house. aries. 1-333-1-1. leo. 1-333-1-1. scorpio-apophis. 1-1-333-1. 78 the rite of venus the officers venus "blue robe" taurus "orange robe" libra "green robe" pisces "crimson robe" luna in taurus "silver robe" saturn in libra "black robe "no officer has any weapon. venus is throned, and on her right are libra and saturn in libra, on her left taurus and luna in taurus, while at her feet lies pisces. her throne is an oyster-shell, as in the picture by botticelli. before it a veil. without, an altar; and without the temple, a further veil" 81 the rite of v

, blues many and manifold, a cloud of incense hides thy splendour of light; hides from the prayer's distress thy loftier loveliness, till thy veil's glory shrouds the earth from night; and silence speaks indeed, seeing the subtler speed of its own thought than speech of the pandean reed [libra "returns" 84 venus. 7777777. saturn. amen. venus. 333-1-333. saturn. amen. venus. 1-55555-1. libra "and" pisces. amen. venus. brother saturn, what is the hour? saturn. twilight. venus. sister pisces, from whose house are we come out? pisces. from the house of death. venus. brother taurus, what is stronger than death? taurus. love. venus. brother libra, what is the place? libra. the mountain of venus, that hangeth from the navel of the universe over the great abyss. venus. let us celebrate the rite of

at abyss. venus. let us celebrate the rite of venus [luna "plays a waltz tune. the" probationers "dance together] venus. children of love, what is the hour? all["a confused murmur] it is the hour of love [all "sink down together. the lights go out. a long pause] 85 part ii venus("awakening) 333-1-333["venus is brilliantly illuminated; the rest remain dark" venus. little brother, what is the hour? pisces. the dawn is at hand. venus. little brother, what is the place? taurus. it is the holy mountain of our lady venus. venus. children, awake and rejoice. libra. awake and rejoice. pisces. how shall we rejoice? taurus. as our lady hath appointed. libra. as you like it. pisces. wherein shall we rejoice? taurus. in our lady venus. libra. in what you will. taurus. thy will, our lady, and not ours

he dawn is at hand. venus. little brother, what is the place? taurus. it is the holy mountain of our lady venus. venus. children, awake and rejoice. libra. awake and rejoice. pisces. how shall we rejoice? taurus. as our lady hath appointed. libra. as you like it. pisces. wherein shall we rejoice? taurus. in our lady venus. libra. in what you will. taurus. thy will, our lady, and not ours be done! pisces. mistress, let the adorations be performed! libra. children, array yourselves before me, and rejoice in the adorations of my beauty["they form, each with his partner" libra "disappears behind veil" taurus "recites invocation] taurus. salutation to hathor, holy cow in the pastures of evening. salutation to hathor, in the mountain of the west; in the land of perfect peace, salutation. 86 a de

pisces "performs a sleepy sinuous dance by herself, and returns to venus' throne lapsed into herself, and as if exhausted] rise, rise, my knight! my king! my love, arise! see the grave avenues of paradise, the dewy larches bending at my breath, portentous cedars prophesying death! 88["she is interrupted by the violin of the throned" luna "who plays her unutterable melody<pisces "manifests distress" venus. brother libra, what is this song? libra my soul is an enchanted boat, which, like a sleeping swan, doth float upon the silver waves of thy sweet singing; and thine doth like an angel sit beside a helm conducting it, whilst all the winds with melody are ringing. it seems to float ever, for ever, upon that many-winding river, between mountains, woods, abysses, a pa

to betray: beyond the glassy gulphs we flee 89 of shadow-peopled infancy, through death and birth, to a diviner day; a paradise of vaulted bowers, lit by downward-gazing flowers, and watery paths that wind between wildernesses calm and green, peopled by shapes too bright to see, and rest, having beheld; somewhat like thee; which walk upon the sea, and chant melodiously [venus "manifests distress" pisces "slips away to the throne of" luna [luna "plays her conquering melody<venus. oh! oh! libra. holier than pleasure is pain; nobler is abstinence than indulgence; from sloth and faith we turn to toil and science; from the tame victories of the body to the wild triumphs of the mind. venus. it is the ruin of the temple. libra. for from thee cometh the utterance of th

us, our lady! venus. come unto me["she half rises and draws him to her" taurus. within the veil? venus. there is no veil before my shrine["she unfastens his robe. as it falls he leaps up with the caduceus, as" mercury "and tramples her beneath his feet] taurus. in the beginning was the word; and the word was with god; and the word was god["all come forward" saturn "with" libra "linked" luna "and" pisces "linked; and bow to him] luna. the treason is accomplished. pisces. the mind is nobler than the body. saturn. friendship is holier than love. libra. nature is overcome by wit. pisces. how shall we adore thee? taurus. as you like it. saturn. what shall we sacrifice? taurus. want you will [luna "plays a moto perpetuo<mercury] libra. brother

d bow to him] luna. the treason is accomplished. pisces. the mind is nobler than the body. saturn. friendship is holier than love. libra. nature is overcome by wit. pisces. how shall we adore thee? taurus. as you like it. saturn. what shall we sacrifice? taurus. want you will [luna "plays a moto perpetuo<mercury] libra. brother, what is the hour? pisces. dawn. libra. let us depart unto the work of the day. all. amen. 91 the rite of mercury officers mercury "violet robe" fr "and" sor. gemini "white dancing robe and black robe" virgo "green robe" four probationers "mercury is throned between the twins. at the west of the altar is virgo, and his four attendants" 95 the rite of mercury i mercury. 22-333-333["full light" the speech in the silen

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have sympathetic magic for each of the twelve signs of the zodiak, and are advised to be guided by it. they are: aquarius the water bearer. 22 january to 21 february. lucky stones: zircon, gamet, ruby, jet, black onyx. lucky number: two. lucky day: saturday. lucky flowers: snowdrop and foxglove. lucky tree: pine. animal: dog. bird: cuckoo. metal: platinum. colours: electric blue, electric green. pisces the fishes. 22 february to 21 march. lucky stones: sapphire, emerald, amethyst, coral. lucky numbers: pisces, six; jupiter and neptune both three. lucky day: thursday. flower: heliotrope. trees: willow, elm. animals: sheep and ox. birds: swan and stork. metal: tin. colours: purple, mauve, sea-green. 152 arms the ram. 22 march to 21 april. lucky stones: ruby, bloodstone, diamond. lucky numbe

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m? the fivefold lha. who unites the higher spiritual triad and the lower self? a. the fivefold gods of the intelligence. b. the fifth principle of mind. 7. who perfects the last body? fish, sin, and soma. a. fish, sin and soma collectively compose the three symbols of the immortal being. b. fish symbol of the buddhic principle, the manifested life on earth. note the avatara of vishnu. the sign of pisces, the fish. jesus the fisher of men. c. sin the fall of man, involution of spirit. d. soma moon. the work of lunar pitris, providing bodies. read stanza vii, 6, s. d, i, 285. 223 54: s. d, i, 41, 83. 224 55: the ego is described thus in the secret doctrine: each is a pillar of light. having chosen its vehicle, it expanded, surrounding with an akashic aura the human animal, with the divine pr

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toises" of the path just as the first group are the "hares" in some of the old books there are detailed accounts of these three groups of aspirants and they are portrayed under three symbols: 1. the intense group are depicted as goats, and aspirants of this type are frequently found in incarnation under the sign capricorn, 2. the moderate group are depicted by a fish, and many born under the sign pisces are found in this category, 3. the gentle or slow group are pictured as crabs and often come into incarnation under the sign cancer. in these three groups are to be found various subdivisions and it is interesting to note that in the archives of the lords of karma, the majority of these three groups pass into the sign of libra (or the balances) towards the close of their endeavour. when in

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will become apparent. eventually, even in this department of knowledge "the star will shine forth" this will constitute a new branch of psychology and its true exponent for our age will duly be found. i but indicate the lines of the future astrology in order to safeguard the present. one thing astrologers need at this time to do and that is to make due allowance for this transition period out of pisces into aquarius. this is seldom done, but it is evident that the tremendous turmoil incident to these transitions affects the individual chart, and frequently offsets individual destiny or karma. people are submerged in planetary and racial destinies, and their own tiny affairs are offset almost entirely and sometimes completely negated. it is not possible to cast the horoscope of the planet

erned. there is the key word for the form aspect and the keyword for the soul aspect. in the first case, the word is expressed; in the second it is consciously spoken by the soul. translated into modern terms much is lost, but the underlying thought which directs the work of the emanating energies is of value. for our world period they are as follows: for the aspirant who progresses from aries to pisces and has therefore re-oriented himself we have: aries. i come forth, and from the plane of mind i rule. taurus. i see, and when the eye is opened, all is illumined. gemini. i recognise my other self and in the waning of that self i grow and glow. cancer. i build a lighted house and therein dwell. leo. i am that and that am i. virgo. i am the mother and the child, i god, i matter am. libra. i

t am i. virgo. i am the mother and the child, i god, i matter am. libra. i choose the way that leads between the two great lines of force. scorpio. warrior i am, and from the battle i emerge triumphant. sagittarius. i see the goal. i reach the goal and see another. capricorn .l ost am i in light supernal and on that light i turn my back. aquarius. water of life am i, poured forth for thirsty men. pisces. i leave the father's home and turning back, i save. from the standpoint of the form, the life proceeds in a reverse direction, and the work of nature is seen under the following words: pisces .a nd the word said: go forth into matter. aquarius. and the word said: let desire in form be ruler. capricorn .a nd the word said: let ambition rule and the door stand wide. sagittarius. and the word

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

25 a.d- 22- a treatise on the seven rays- volume i: esoteric psychology i copyright 1998 lucis trust ray four. to come slowly into manifestation after 2025 a.d *ray five. in manifestation since 1775 a.d. ray six. passing rapidly out of manifestation. it began to pass out in 1625 a.d *ray seven. in manifestation since 1675 a.d. these are of course all lesser cycles within the influence of the sign pisces. you will see that four rays are in manifestation at this time the second, third, fifth, and seventh. the question arises here: how does it happen that we find people in incarnation on all the rays at practically the same time? the reason is that, as you can easily see, the fourth is beginning to approach and the sixth is passing out, which puts six of the rays in the position of having the

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ist brought to individual man he brought also to the nations, holding before them the hope of future world unity and world peace. he came at the- 13- from bethlehem to calvary copyright 1998 lucis trust beginning of that astronomical age which we call "the piscean age" because, during this period of approximately two thousand years, our sun is passing through that sign in the zodiac which we call pisces, or the fishes. hence the frequent references to fishes, and the appearance of the symbol of the fish in christian literature, including the new testament. this piscean age comes between the previous jewish dispensation (the two thousand years wherein the sun was passing through the sign aries, the ram) and the aquarian age into which our sun is now in process of transiting. these are astro

ars its potencies and forces will play upon the race and will establish the new types, foster the new expansions of consciousness, and lead man on to a practical realisation of brotherhood. it is interesting to note how it was that the energies playing upon our planet when the sun was in aries, the ram, produced in religious symbology the emphasis of the goat or ram, and how in our present age of pisces, the fishes, those influences have coloured our christian symbology so that the fish preponderates in our new testament and in our eschatological symbology. the new incoming rays, energies and influences must surely be destined to produce equal effects, not only in the realm of physical phenomena but also in the world of spiritual values. the atoms of the human brain are being "awakened" as

meanings and symbols associated with them came into being, is lost in the night of time. they have existed in men's minds and thoughts and writings for thousands of years, and are our joint heritage today. the ancient zodiac of dendera (antedating christianity by several thousand years) is ample proof of this. in the sun's journey around the zodiac, this "man of the heavens" eventually arrives at pisces; this sign is exactly opposite the sign virgo, and is the sign of all world saviours. we have already seen that the age of christianity is the piscean age, and christ came to the holy land when our sun transitted into that sign. therefore that which was started and had its being in virgo (the birth of the christ child) is consummated in pisces when that christ child, having attained maturit

rine, which christianity absorbed. when the sun was in the zodiacal sign of taurus the bull, the sacrifice of the bull was offered as a forecast of that which christ came later to reveal. when the sun passed (in the precession of the equinoxes) into the next sign, that of aries the ram, we find the lamb was sacrificed and the scapegoat sent into the wilderness. christ was born into the next sign, pisces the fishes, and it is for this reason that we eat fish on good friday, in commemoration of his coming. tertullian, one of the early church fathers, speaks of jesus christ as the "great fish" and of us, his followers, as the "little fishes" these facts are well known, as the following extract will indicate "the ceremonies of purification by the sprinkling or drenching of the novice with the

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every department of human life today. 3. the effect of the new zodiacal influences upon the eleven other signs. this is a most interesting theme and one that has been little considered. what effect will the potency of the sign aquarius (which is becoming increasingly dominant with each decade) have upon a person or a nation which is governed by the sign taurus, for instance, or by sagittarius, or pisces? in coming centuries, this aspect of astrological science will be of definite importance and will be considered by those responsible for the rearing and education of children during the coming centuries. it will be one of the most important themes to be dealt with in all systems of psychological and esoteric service to humanity, and will eventually cause a reorganisation of the methods empl

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distinguished the time when the sun was "in the sign of taurus, the bull" as it is technically called. they fell down and worshipped the golden calf and forgot the new teaching of the age of aries, the ram, into which they were entering, the teaching of the scapegoat which colours jewish history. the fact that christ was the teacher of the new period into which the sun was entering, the period of pisces, is forgotten, but is clearly evidenced in the fish symbology which runs consistently through all four gospels; the symbol of the fish is the astrological symbol for the sign pisces, and has been for untold ages. but christ also looked ahead to the work he would have to do in the aquarian age, in the next sign into which the sun would enter. prior to his "disappearance" he referred to the s

ing for the taurian worship of the bull in the golden calf, that the jewish dispensation used the symbol of the scapegoat or ram in the age of aries, the ram, and that the christian emphasises the fish in the piscean era, the christian era. christ came to bring to an end the jewish dispensation which should have climaxed and passed away as a religion with the movement of the sun out of aries into pisces. he, therefore, presented himself to them as their messiah, manifesting through the jewish race. in the rejection of the christ as the messiah, the jewish race has remained symbolically and practically in the sign aries, the scapegoat; they have to pass again speaking symbolically into the sign, pisces, the fishes, and recognise their messiah when he comes again in the sign aquarius. otherw

so of jewish origin and appeared in the early stages of the cycle of aries, the ram. we are told that the children of israel fell down and worshipped the golden calf, the symbol of taurus, the bull; this was the preceding astronomical cycle. these are astronomical cycles and not a presented astrology. in the early stages of aries, the teaching reverted to that of taurus and in the early stages of pisces, it reverted to that of aries and thus set the seal of retrogression upon the teaching which now controls so many orthodox christians. buddha answered the questions posited in his time by giving out the four noble truths, which satisfactorily and eternally answer man's demand of why. these truths can be summarised as follows: the buddha taught that misery and suffering were of man's own mak

humanity, the world disciple (through its various groups all at various stages of unfoldment) will "enter into" new states of awareness and into new realms or spheres of mental and spiritual consciousness, during the next two thousand years. each age has left a reflection of a modern fivefold development upon it. four ages have just passed away, astronomically speaking: gemini, taurus, aries, and pisces. today aquarius, the fifth age, is coming into power. in gemini, its symbolical sign of the two pillars set its seal upon- 68- the reappearance of the christ copyright 1998 lucis trust the masonic fraternity of the time and the two pillars of jachin and boaz to give them their jewish names which are, of course, not their real names came into being approximately eight thousand years ago. the

steries of mithras with an (apparent) worship of the bull. next followed aries the ram, which saw the start of the jewish dispensation which is of importance to the jews and unfortunately of importance to the christian religion, but of no importance to the untold millions in the other parts of the world; during this cycle came the buddha, shri krishna and sankaracharya; finally we have the age of pisces the fishes, which brought to us the christ. the sequence of the mysteries which each of the signs of the zodiac embodies will be clarified for us by the christ, because the public consciousness today demands something more definite and spiritually real than modern astrology, or all the pseudo-occultism so widely extant. in the era which lies ahead, after the reappearance of the christ, hund

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ls of a certain quality and keynote; there is a magnetic interplay between countries (territories) and the nations which occupy them. this is not an arbitrary matter but due to magnetic interplay. it is also vibratory interplay, under the great law of attraction and repulsion which has much to do with the intercourse and relationships between nations. let us now look at a few of them. france is a pisces-leo country, and is expressive egoically of the fifth ray of concrete knowledge or science and the personality ray of active intelligence. the soul of france, subjectively ruled europe for the most important and influential part of the piscean age, now passing out; she coloured and dominated, by her leo personality, a large part of the happenings- 38- the destiny of the nations copyright 19

the energy of the fifth zodiacal sign, leo, has given the french people their intellectual brilliance and their scientific bias. the forces of crystallisation pour through paris which is ruled by capricorn in its personality and yet the soul of the french nation is nurtured in that great capital through the soul of the city, energised by virgo and, forget not, that virgo is the polar opposite of pisces and the infant christ in virgo comes to full flower in pisces. here lies the hope of france. you will remember perhaps that some years ago i indicated that from france will come a great psychological or soul revelation which will bring illumination to world thought. if the true piscean element can be drawn forth and the selfishness and the self-protective interests of the french nation can

ray is subordinated to the soul ray and leo can respond to the aquarian influence in the coming new era when aquarius is dominant. the sun, as the ruler of leo, made france what she was, irradiating europe for centuries; but it was the personality and not the spiritual aspect, and her influence at no time was spiritual, as that word should be understood. esoterically, pluto, one of the rulers of pisces, must work, bringing in the death of the personality influence, fostered by leo; this can be done without any great outer dissolution of the form of the nation through the beneficent influence of jupiter, the exoteric ruler of pisces. what is needed in the national life of france is the more spiritual expression of the second ray of love-wisdom, which has in the past led to material success

hought of revenge upon or the dismemberment of other countries in the interests of france will have to end, if the true soul of france is to find expression. therefore, the following signs (cosmic energy) and planets transmitting solar and cosmic energies, are the conditioning factors of france in incarnation at the present time- 39- the destiny of the nations copyright 1998 lucis trust france 1. pisces with its rulers: jupiter and pluto> the nation 2. leo with its ruler: the sun. 3. virgo with its rulers: mercury, moon, jupiter> paris. 4. capricorn with its rulers: saturn and venus. 5. ray influences of an indirect nature, coming via the planetary rulers: a. ray 2. love-wisdom, via jupiter and the sun. these are the most powerful. b. ray 1. power or will, via pluto. this is also the destr

ng in the powerful influences of this first sign in combination with its fourth ray soul (the ray of harmony through conflict. the simple interpretation of this is that we are watching the beginning of a new phase and cycle in the history of the country which emerges into prominence through conflict but which is essentially a process of releasing the soul to fuller expression. it is ruled also by pisces, cooperating with the influences of its first ray personality, which is the ray of power and the ray of the destroyer. the whole problem of french-german relation is tied up in this fact for the piscean soul of france and the piscean personality of germany must eventually come to terms and it is obvious, is it not, that the real solution lies in the hands of france, which must let its soul

its leo personality can control with force to the detriment of future world understanding, or its soul can control to the furthering of the ends of the hierarchy. as you know, berlin is controlled by leo from the personality angle, and there again comes out the relationship between the countries. they are both powerfully influenced by this sign of self-interest and of individuality as well as by pisces. they cannot escape this relation. hence the constant clash of these two countries through the dominating self-interest of leo (ruling both personalities. engrossment with present attitudes should not lead to forgetfulness of the past. france should not forget the napoleonic wars, nor great britain the boer war. all nations have much in the past which is apt to be forgotten, particularly if

ry apt to do, thus shifting responsibility. what is happening in the world today is a world happening, not a continental and local occurrence. germany is therefore controlled by the following energies and forces, and a study of the consequent inter-relations should prove interesting to the detached and open-minded student. germany 1. aries with its rulers, mars, mercury and uranus> the nation. 2. pisces with its rulers, jupiter and pluto. 3. scorpio with its rulers, mars and pluto> berlin. 4. leo with its ruler, the sun. 5. the soul ray. harmony through conflict. 4th. 6. personality ray. will or power. 1st. 7. ray influences of an indirect nature, coming via the planetary rulers: a. ray 6. idealism or devotion, via mars which rules aries and is the double ruler of scorpio. this produces th

ution) leads to their facile standardising and regimenting. the 7th ray also focusses or "grounds the first ray" and leads to the power direction which is given them. d. ray 2. love-wisdom, via jupiter and the sun as the ruler of leo. thus the personality ray of the nation and the personality ray of berlin tend at this stage to express self-love. e. ray 1. will or power, via pluto as the ruler of pisces, governing the personality of the nation in cooperation with the death giving power of scorpio which it rules and which governs berlin. this tremendous activity of the destroying agent as far as germany is concerned is offset by the influence of jupiter. it is not nevertheless very potent. everything tends to show that the german people, not being an integrated race, are very largely- 42- t

evotions, account temporarily for the mass negligence to assert itself on behalf of the oppressed and in the interests of the higher principles. the need for this assertion is realised by many in germany but the negative piscean personality attitude provides a great obstacle and accounts for what has puzzled all who know and love the german people. at present, the influence of mars, of leo and of pisces in their lower octave or connotations, are dominant. that which can offset this unhappy situation is the influence of scorpio, the sign of discipleship and one of the death signs in the zodiac. the struggle for the soul of the people and its emergence into control is really taking place today in berlin and upon the decision of this conflict much depends. france whose soul is governed by pis

the worlds, he inaugurated a marvellous period in which humanity has been widely and universally enlightened. this period dates from christmas day, two thousand years ago, in palestine. that was the greatest of all christmas days and its emanating influence was more potent than was any previous arrival of a bearer of light, because humanity was more ready for the light. christ came in the sign of pisces, the fishes the sign of the divine intermediary in the highest sense, or of the medium in the lower; it is the sign of many of the world saviours and of those revealers of divinity who establish world relationships. i would have you note that phrase. the major impulse driving the christ towards special work was the desire to establish right human relations; it is also the desire realised or

esponds mainly to the material values, then it has served its usefulness and must pass away, and this in the interests of life itself and progress. the message of the birth of christ rings ever new but is not today understood. the emphasis during the aquarian age, the age into which we are fast entering, will shift away from bethlehem to jerusalem, and from the infant saviour to the risen christ. pisces has seen, during two thousand years, the spreading light; aquarius will see the rising light, and of both of these the christ is the eternal symbol- 81- the destiny of the nations copyright 1998 lucis trust the ancient story of the birth will become universalised and be seen as the story of every disciple and initiate who takes the first initiation and in his time and place becomes a server

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

et today i stand. i will determine for myself the way to go. then onward i will move. i will not travel up and down the land nor turn in space. but onward i will move" there is another revolutionary idea which the esoteric science of astrology brings to its modern and exoteric aspect: in the greater cycle of man's many incarnations, he as is well recognised passes through the zodiacal circle from pisces to aries, thus retrograding through the signs as he follows the sweep or path of the sun's retrogression. this phrase has always disturbed me, but the apparent retrogression, based upon the precession of the equinoxes, is all an integral part of the great illusion. the moment a man begins to emerge out of that illusion and is no longer subject to the glamour and to the effect of the world m

the precession of the equinoxes, is all an integral part of the great illusion. the moment a man begins to emerge out of that illusion and is no longer subject to the glamour and to the effect of the world maya, that moment the motion of the great wheel of life is reversed and he then begins (slowly and laboriously) to work in the opposite direction. he then passes through the signs from aries to pisces. he begins patiently and consciously to function as a soul struggling towards the light until finally he emerges at the end of the path in pisces as a world victor and a world saviour. he then knows the significance of the triumph over death because he has surmounted and overcome desire. this reversal of the way a man travels through the signs of the zodiac will necessitate a readjustment o

he base of the spine, the sacral, solar plexus and spleen centres are galvanised into activity by the four higher receiving centres. this, when accomplished, demonstrates as personality and physical magnetism and influence until the time comes when there is a reversal in the way of passing as a soul around the zodiac. this is symbolised as the revolution of the sun around the zodiac from aries to pisces instead of the reverse movement, from aries to taurus. this is repeated in the human frame and the four lower centres eventually return that which has come to them. they thus reverse the process normally followed and the centres above the diaphragm become radio-active, dynamic and magnetic. this is an intricate occult study and is concerned with the response of the etheric body to the incom

es under different numbers. this serves to conceal, but it will also confuse the student. 6. the first four hierarchies achieved liberation in the first solar system. their influence reached our earth through the medium of the fifth creative hierarchy. 7. these are, therefore, related to the four rays which work as minor rays of attribute under the great major third ray of active intelligence. 8. pisces is seen at the head of the list of zodiacal signs because it is governing the present great astrological world cycle of 25,000 years. it was also one of the dominant signs, influencing our planet at the time of individualisation when the human kingdom came into being. it is basically related to the first or highest creative hierarchy which is, in its turn, related to the third ray of active

d the unfoldment of the inner life. the rising sign is termed in the language of esotericism "the sun of possibility" through the effect of the energy flowing from the zodiacal signs the man is prepared for the "crisis of orientation" wherein he slowly and gradually reverses his mode of progress upon the wheel of life and begins consciously to travel back to his source. he then goes from aries to pisces, via taurus, scorpio and capricorn, instead of moving from aries to taurus via sagittarius, leo and cancer. the triplicity of constellations mentioned in these two great routes around the zodiac have a definite and momentous effect and are called "paramount signs of influence" during this process the mental principle, the discriminating mind, is developed and in this specific connection (no

e symbols which express the twelve signs of the zodiac are dual in their nature, and duality can be inferred from them. 1. the two horns of the ram in aries. 2. the two horns of the bull in taurus. 3. the figures of the twins in gemini (two lines. 4. the two claws of the crab in cancer. 5. the two scales of the balance in libra. 6. the two parallel lines of force in aquarius. 7. the two fishes in pisces- 34- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust these seven constellations are, therefore, closely related to six of the seven sacred planets and to one non-sacred planet. there are two signs which are simple figures and have no significance of duality. they are 8. the symbol for leo, which is simply the lion's tail. 9. the arrow in the symbol de

ions from aries to taurus. but this is all part of the great illusion. 2. the wheel of life and the path of man, the divine or spiritual soul, as he passes through the signs of the zodiac according to the mode studied by the esoteric astrologer. this is the path of reality as the other is the path of illusion. this carries the disciple around the path from commencement in aries to consummation in pisces. the present method is based upon the temporary truth that ordinary man is subject to the illusory nature of manifestation and "as he thinks, so is he" when, however, he becomes hercules, the sun god (or solar angel, he begins to reverse the process (again only apparently) and a definite reorientation takes place. the teachers on the inner side, therefore, study the horoscope only in its re

ere be made, following upon the two earlier emphasised. a great part of our study will be occupied with the relation of the six constellations in the upper half of the zodiacal wheel to the six which are found in the lower half; we shall consider the energy which is a human being (note that phrasing) as it travels clockwise from aries to taurus and then reversing the process travels from aries to pisces. we will consider the dualities provided by one of these constellations and its opposite; we will study, therefore, the great qualities provided by a constellation and its opposite sign. we will take up these points in the following manner: 1. from the standpoint of commencement in aries until the man through many turnings of the wheel of life reaches the point of reversal and reorientation

sciousness intelligent consciousness intuitive consciousness. then, from the standpoint of achievement in capricorn, he works for several lives around the zodiacal path, descending into the sea of the mass consciousness to become what is called in the ancient books "the crab, who clears the ocean of matter which flows around the soul of man" and eventually to become a functioning world saviour in pisces. he descends into the world of men to save mankind and to further the plan. he is then "the fish who swims free in the ocean of matter" the initiate has always to express, in each sign of the zodiac, the consummation and the spiritual fruit of earlier life experience, world experiment and soul achievement. selfishness has ever to be translated into living active service, and desire has to d

h ray .s corpio .s ame ruler. 2. taurus. venus. 5th ray. libra" 3. gemini. mercury .4 th ray .v irgo" 4. cancer. moon. 4th ray. none. 5. leo .t he sun. 2nd ray .n one. 6. virgo. mercury .4 th ray .g emini" 7. libra .v enus. 5th ray .t aurus" 8. scorpio. mars. 6th ray. aries" 9. sagittarius. jupiter. 2nd ray .p isces" 10. capricorn .s aturn. 3rd ray .n one. 11. aquarius. uranus. 7th ray. none. 12. pisces. jupiter. 2nd ray .s agittarius" a. the non-sacred planets are italicised. b. all the rays are represented except the first. this is interesting, as the mass of the people move within their horoscopes and the will aspect is latent but unexpressed. tabulation v. the unorthodox astrological relationship constellations and planetary rulers in connection with disciples and initiates note: in ch

d planets are italicised. b. all the rays are represented except the first. this is interesting, as the mass of the people move within their horoscopes and the will aspect is latent but unexpressed. tabulation v. the unorthodox astrological relationship constellations and planetary rulers in connection with disciples and initiates note: in charts connected with the path, progress is from aries to pisces through taurus, etc. constellation r uler ray related to 1. aries .m ercury .4 th ray .v irgo .s ame ray. 2. taurus. vulcan. 1st ray. pisces" 3. gemini. venus. 5th ray. none. 4. cancer. neptune. 6th ray. scorpio" 5. leo .t he sun. 2nd ray .a quarius" 6. virgo. the moon. 4th ray. aries" 7. libra .u ranus .7 th ray .n one. 8. scorpio. mars. 6th ray. cancer" 9. sagittarius. the earth. 3rd ray

eptune. 6th ray. scorpio" 5. leo .t he sun. 2nd ray .a quarius" 6. virgo. the moon. 4th ray. aries" 7. libra .u ranus .7 th ray .n one. 8. scorpio. mars. 6th ray. cancer" 9. sagittarius. the earth. 3rd ray .c apricorn" 10. capricorn .s aturn. 3rd ray .s agittarius- 41- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust 11. aquarius. jupiter. 2nd ray .l eo" 12. pisces. pluto. 1st ray. taurus" note: in connection with disciples and the zodiacal signs, gemini and libra are two constellations which through their rulers express 5th and 7th ray energy. for some occult reason, they remain unrelated to any other of the signs. the relation between the other constellations through the planets, as expressing the rays, is as follows: 1. taurus and pisces, through v

ht 1998 lucis trust 2. taurus. venus. vulcan. vulcan. 3. gemini. mercury .v enus. the earth. 4. cancer. the moon. neptune. neptune. 5. leo. the sun. the sun. the sun. 6. virgo. mercury .t he moon. jupiter. 7. libra .v enus. uranus .s aturn. 8. scorpio. mars. mars. mercury. 9. sagittarius. jupiter. the earth. mars. 10. capricorn .s aturn. saturn. venus. 11. aquarius. uranus. jupiter. the moon. 12. pisces. jupiter. pluto. pluto. tabulation vii. unorthodox constellations, rulers and rays in connection with the hierarchies constellation r uler ray related to 1. aries .u ranus .7 th ray .n one. 2. taurus. vulcan. 1st ray. pisces. same ray. 3. gemini. the earth. 3rd ray. libra" 4. cancer. neptune. 6th ray. sagittarius" 5. leo .t he sun. 2nd ray .v irgo" 6. virgo. jupiter. 2nd ray .l eo" 7. libra

ALICE A BAILEY19 THE UNFINISHED AUTOBIOGRAPHY

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 always understood each other so well that we frequently used to quarrel. also, i have definitely acted as an intermediary in the sense that certain teaching which the hierarchy of masters w

a thirsty land" many of the leading astrologers have amused themselves by attempting to cast my horoscope. most of them have given me leo rising because they regard me as so individual. only one of them has ever given me cancer rising and he had insight and sympathy with my problem of publicity, and i think that inclined him to make cancer my rising sign. however, i believe that my rising sign is pisces. i have a pisces husband and a pisces daughter and pisces is the sign of the medium or the mediator. i am not a medium but i have been a kind of "middleman" between the hierarchy and the general public. i would have you note that i say the general public and not occult groups. i know and believe that the general public is more ready for a sane knowledge of the masters and more prepared for

apart from the findings of academic astrology, which even at present could only touch a very few people, produced these natural reactions. some influence, emanating from the sign of the bull and the sign of the ram produced the symbology which conditioned the religious life of the people of that era. this becomes still more apparent when the sun transitted into the next constellation, the sign of pisces the fishes. then we had the appearance of christ and the fish symbology which ran so characteristically through the entire gospel story. his disciples were largely fishermen. he performed the miracles with fishes and sent his apostles out after his death under the leadership of st. peter with the injunction to be fishers of men. it is for this reason that the mitre which the pope wears is t

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s. 4. the soul is now in what esotericists call "a process of reversal" this produces a great interest in its reflection in the three worlds, and three things then happen: a. the lower concrete mind becomes subject to illumination from the soul. b. the energy of the soul ray increasingly pours into the personality, intensifying its conflict. c. the path of the man around the zodiac from aries via pisces to taurus is reversed and he then- 302- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust proceeds anti-clockwise. all these factors produce violent conflict upon the probationary path, which increases as the man steps upon the path of discipleship. the potency of the personality, dominant and being dominated, is that which induces an intense karmic activi

ALICE A BAILEY23 THE EXTERNALISATION OF THE HIERARCHY

h of the christ consciousness; aquarius is the coming expression of the- 101- the externalisation of the hierarchy copyright 1998 lucis trust group consciousness which is the first and immediate revelation of the ever present christ consciousness on a large scale in humanity. jupiter also, exoterically and from the angle of orthodox astrology, rules sagittarius, the sign of discipleship, and also pisces, the sign of the world saviours. the implications will, therefore, be obvious to real students. in considering these great energies, there is little you can do beyond accepting if you care to do so my statements anent them, regarding them as interesting and simply explanatory hypotheses. there is little that you can do (or i either) to arrive at first hand knowledge of the facts along this

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

learn to use the hand in service; let him seek the mark of the messenger in his feet and let him learn to see with the eye which looks out from between the two. for disciples and initiates: let the group serve as aquarius indicates; let mercury speed the group upon the upward way and let taurus bring illumination and the attainment of the vision; let the mark of the saviour, as the group toils in pisces, be seen above the aura of the group. rule xiii. for applicants: four things the disciple must learn and comprehend before he can be shown the inmost mystery: first, the laws of that which radiates; the five meanings of magnetisation make the second; the third is transmutation or the secret lost of alchemy; and lastly, the first letter of- 15- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the ray

ew culture and civilisation which will slowly come into being when the world has straightened itself out after the processes of the world war (1914-1945. the rule runs as follows: rule xii. let the group serve as aquarius indicates; let mercury speed the group upon the upward way and let taurus bring illumination and the attainment of the vision; let the mark of the saviour, as the group toils in pisces, be seen above the aura of the group. you will remember that the rule as given to applicants emphasised: 1. the use of the hands in service for healing, blessing and for invocation. 2. the mark of the messenger in the feet; this referred to the use of the intuition, which is governed by mercury. 3. the use of the "eye" this is not in reality the third eye (which is after all only a symbolic

nd and the dynamic electric energy of pure will. for the initiate, this rule simply carries the same message but on an infinitely higher scale, and (if i may so express it) obedience to this rule calls in aquarian energy, the reasoning power of mercury, and the illumination of taurus, in order to carry forward hierarchical work upon a planet and in a planetary cycle which have been conditioned by pisces for more than two thousand years. i would have you ponder on this, for in realisation you will here have the formula for the work of the hierarchy as it reconstructs the world after the destruction wrought since 1900 a.d. you have here also a great triangle of energies, functioning through the medium of mercury, the reasonable, reasoning messenger of the gods- 148- a treatise on the seven r

ius the custodian of that "life more abundantly" of which the christ spoke and which he can draw upon at this time in a new and dynamic manner in order to bring about the restoration needed. this energy is the "implementing force of universality" it concerns the future. 2. taurus the revealer of the vision, the "eye of the gods" the donor of illumination. it is that which concerns the present. 3. pisces the inspiration of the world saviour, and also the field of salvation. it is the field of force in which the two other forces must work. it has been produced by the past. as these three constellations pour their energies into the great ashram of sanat kumara, the hierarchy, they are there concentrated and retained until released under "the swift design of mercury" into the field of the huma

fe energy of deity. this is of course difficult for you to comprehend and will only be understood as it truly is at the close of the aquarian age- 149- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust the initiate sees the new group of world servers brought under the illuminating power of taurus, with the rest of humanity still under the influence of pisces. you have, consequently, the "over-shadowing raincloud of knowable things" hovering over humanity, just as the hierarchy overshadows the new group and just as the soul overshadows the personality of man; you have all the needed illumination and light upon all the coming problems, waiting to precipitate itself through the new group of world servers under the influence of taurus, the nurturer

. to receive inspiration from the hierarchy and go forth, consequently, to inspire. 3. to hold the vision of the plan before the eyes of men, for "where there is no vision, the people perish" 4. to act as an intermediate group between the hierarchy and humanity, receiving light and power and then using both of these, under the inspiration of love, to build the new world of tomorrow. 5. to toil in pisces, illumined by taurus and responsive in degree to the aquarian impulse coming from the hierarchy. these objectives are not only individual objectives, but the goal for the entire group. all who respond to the life-giving force of aquarius and to the light-giving force of taurus can and will work in the new group of world servers, even though they have no occult knowledge and have never heard

of evil, prior to that recognition coming from the good. but "after weeping cometh joy, and that joy cometh in the morning" only the dawn is with us as yet the dawn of the aquarian age. the full tide of light is inevitably moving upon its way towards us- 152- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust this rule tells us that "the group toils in pisces" this simply means that the field wherein the new group of world servers works is that of mankind, conditioned and ruled for the past two thousand years by piscean energy. this is, as you know, the energy which produces mediation and which develops sensitivity in the individual. the work accomplished by and through this energy is so successfully accomplished that it has produced a mediating

at the piscean energy with which the group has to work is opposed to the incoming energies from the hierarchy and the new group of world servers. this is owing to the fact that the energy of this constellation is passing out concurrently with the sixth ray energy, with which it peculiarly "coincided" as it is esoterically called. hence the present difficulties. the passing out of the influence of pisces, the slow withdrawal of the sixth ray force, the incoming aquarian energy, via the hierarchy (affecting at this time mainly the hierarchy itself and the mental and astral planes) are conditions to which we must look for the origin of all our present troubles. in this involved situation, you have a planetary demonstration of the significance of inner causes, producing outer effects. slowly

ation of the united nations to win and to enforce complete surrender upon the aggressor nations which are the agents of the black lodge is symbolic and also symptomatic of the progress of the human spirit (written in september 1944) this time, the hierarchy refrains from outer action, but simply inspires and transmits the needed energy, leaving mankind to find its own way into freedom, and out of pisces into the aura and the field of activity of aquarius, guided by those who are responsive to the illumination which taurus- 154- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust confers. see you not the beauty of this plan and its synthesising, culminating usefulness? see you not how the present crisis only indicates the success of the previous e

do the same; and the ancient usages and forms, consistent and right in the jewish dispensation, are now obsolete and should be abrogated. it is equally true of the jewish race that in the rejection of the christ as the messiah they have remained, metaphorically and practically, in the sign of aries, the ram, or of the scapegoat; they have yet to pass into the sign (again speaking symbolically) of pisces, the fishes, and recognise their messiah when he again comes in the sign aquarius. otherwise they are repeating their ancient sin of non-response to the evolutionary process. let us now consider what the initiatory process signifies to the disciple as he seeks to lead the- 350- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust dual life which it

etus to human evolution by proclaiming two things: 1. that "the blood is the life" 2. that all men everywhere are sons of god, and therefore divine- 359- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust secondly, he had to bring to an end the jewish dispensation which should have climaxed and passed away with the movement of the sun out of aries into pisces. he therefore presented himself to them as their messiah, which was his reason for manifesting through the jewish race. they not only rejected him, but have succeeded in perpetuating the jewish dispensation through the medium of its religious presentation throughout the era of the christian dispensation. this lies at the root of their trouble and is the cause of their constant emphasis upon

anifesting through the jewish race. they not only rejected him, but have succeeded in perpetuating the jewish dispensation through the medium of its religious presentation throughout the era of the christian dispensation. this lies at the root of their trouble and is the cause of their constant emphasis upon the past a past which is based on their experiences in aries and not upon their growth in pisces. this entire subject of the telepathic interplay between the disciple and the ashram, and between the master and the disciple, is one of unique interest. it is part of the dual life which all disciples must lead. it is that which intensifies the life of introspection which is only rightly understood and carried forward when the man is in truth a soul-infused personality. it is the source or

five thousand year cycle or movement around what is called the lesser zodiac. this connotes a major cycle of experience in the life of our planetary logos. it is related to the interplay between the planetary logos and the solar logos as the latter responds to energies emanating from the twelve zodiacal constellations. 2. the end of the piscean age. this simply means that the energies coming from pisces during the last two thousand years are now being rapidly superseded by energies coming from aquarius. these result in major changes in the life of the planetary logos and potently affect his body of manifestation through the medium of his three major centres: shamballa, the hierarchy and humanity. 3. the increasingly dominant activity of the seventh ray of order or ceremonial magic, as it i

ALICE BAILEY THE LABOURS OF HERCULES

lent beholder" awakens into activity. hercules starts upon his labors. the human being, hitherto swept along on the urge of the evolutionary tide, and governed by desire for experience and for material possession, comes tinder the control of the divine indweller. he emerges as the aspirant, reverses himself, and begins to work through the twelve signs of the zodiac, only now working from aries to pisces via taurus (anti-clockwise, instead of working in the ordinary human retrogressive fashion, from aries to taurus via pisces (clockwise. finally, the changing focus of the life and the steady application to the twelve labors in the twelve signs enables the disciple to become the triumphant victor. then he can comprehend the significance of the fourth key thought and can exclaim in unison wit

n an infant in the cradle, unable to speak, he symbolized the high water mark of his achievement by strangling the two serpents. then, at his maturity, he symbolized in himself aquarius the man, whose motto is "to know. he had a mind and used his intellect in active work and service. so, doing and daring, in silence and with knowledge, he overcame all obstacles and passed undeterred from aries to pisces; starting in aries as the humble aspirant and ending in pisces as the all-knowing, victorious world savior. one point might be made here. in the history of hercules we are told nothing of what he ever said; we are only told of what he did. through his deeds, he earned the right to speak. in the story of that greater son of god, jesus the christ, we are told not only what he did but also wha

all next consider the relationship of sign and constellations, and close each chapter with a definite application of the story of the test to the life of a disciple and to that of humanity as a whole. in studying the twelve labors, we follow the career of hercules as he passes around the zodiac from the sign aries, which is the sign of commencement, through taurus, gemini, etc (anti-clockwise) to pisces, the sign of death and of consummation. this will be in the reverse manner to that of the apparent path of the sun (clockwise) which is begun in aries and appears then to retrograde through the signs, passing into pisces, and then to aquarius, and so on through all the intervening [30] signs, back again to aries. the man who is immersed in form and is living under the influence of the matte

edom from the form, to roll away the stone from the door of the sepulchre of the soul, and to stand in the liberty of the sons of god. in aries is found the impulse which leads to the building of the form, which for ages will constitute the prison house of the soul. this reaches its mass form in cancer, and its human form in leo; the densest point of illusion in form is reached in scorpio, and in pisces the form dies, only to be rebuilt again in the wearying round of form experience. but in this sign the way of liberation is first sensed, and the building of the spiritual body is begun. this is the sign of germinal spiritual activity, which later leads to the birth of the christ child, in virgo, to that of the world savior, in capricorn and in pisces. physical commencement and spiritual co

s. first, there is cassiopeia, the enthroned queen, the symbol always of matter. it is most interesting to note how in the circle of the zodiac we come across three women. in connection with aries, the sign of commencement, we find cassiopeia, the dominant woman. woman and child and as we shall later see, mother-matter is the nurturer of the infant christ, the virgin mary gives birth to jesus. in pisces, at the close of the great round, we find andromeda, the chained woman. first the woman enthroned and dominant, then the woman caring for the infant, christ, and then the woman, representing matter that has been dominated and controlled. cassiopeia will be found seated on the arctic circle, close to [36] cepheus the king,or lawgiver, whom we shall meet later as one of the three constellatio

, at the close of the great round, we find andromeda, the chained woman. first the woman enthroned and dominant, then the woman caring for the infant, christ, and then the woman, representing matter that has been dominated and controlled. cassiopeia will be found seated on the arctic circle, close to [36] cepheus the king,or lawgiver, whom we shall meet later as one of the three constellations in pisces. at the commencement, law; at the close, law; for cepheus has a close relation with the first and the last sign of the zodiac. it is interesting to note that mahomet, the founder of the most militant religion, was born in this sign, and legend says that moses also was born in it; moses, the lawgiver, and mahomet, the warrior- 24- the labours of hercules the problem of hercules, as he enters

l mental, is succeeded by the state of sensitivity, and this second labor deals with the desire world and with the potency of desire. it is one of the most interesting labors and one that is [42] told us in fullest detail. some of the accounts given of the various tests to which hercules was subjected are exceedingly sketchy and brief in outline, but the tests in taurus and gemini, in scorpio and pisces, are related at greater length. they were drastic in their application and tried out every part of the aspirant's nature. the key to the labor in taurus is the right understanding of the law of attraction. this is the law that governs that magnetic force and that principle of coherence which builds the forms through which god, or the soul, manifests. it produces the stability which demonstr

e zodiac, shall we find appearing what might be called "the spiritual prototype" of hercules; perseus, the coming prince, who slew the medusa, symbol of the great illusion. he is found in aries; orion, whose name means "light, is found in taurus; in scorpio, hercules himself, triumphant and victorious, appears. then we have sagittarius, the archer on the horse, going straight for his goal, and in pisces we find the king. the more closely we study this heavenly picture book, the more we realize that ever before us is held the symbol of our divinity, the symbol of the soul in incarnation, and the story of matter, as it receives purification and glorification through the laborious work of the soul. the second constellation connected with this sign is an immense river of stars, which streams f

orpio. in the final four signs, we have the signs of achievement. the aspirant has worked out of the world of glamor and of form, and in his consciousness is free from their limitations. now he can be the archer in sagittarius, going straight for his goal; now he can be the goat in capricorn, scaling the mount of initiation; now he can be the world worker in aquarius, and [83] the world savior in pisces. thus he can sum up in himself all the gains of the preparatory period and of the fiercely fought battles in the four signs of strenuous activity; and in these four final signs demonstrate the gains achieved and the powers developed. this brief summation of the signs, as they affect hercules, will serve to give some idea of the wonderful synthesis of the picture, and of the steady progressi

ged out of the water and climbed steadily on until he finds himself on the summit of the mount in capricorn, the birth not the consummation of the world savior "christ was born in capricorn, fulfiled the law under saturn, initiated the era of intelligent brotherhood under venus, and is the perfect example of the capricorn initiate, who becomes the world server in aquarius; and the world savior in pisces. cancer admits the soul into the world center which we call humanity. capricorn admits the soul into conscious participation in the life of that world center which we call the hierarchy (esoteric astrology, p. 168) the three symbolic constellations jesus is often called the good shepherd, and he has been depicted many times as the shepherd leading his sheep. the thought of the sheepfold has

s, whose prows are surmounted by rams' heads, and the stern of one of them ends in a fish's tail. note, therefore, how we have here held pictorially in front of us the consummation in capricorn, wherein the goat scales the mountain top. we also have the portrayal of that greater cycle which includes the progress of the soul from cancer to capricorn, but which begins in aries, the ram, and ends in pisces, the fishes. a close analysis of the symbolism of the zodiacal signs deepens in one the strong conviction of the eternal picturing of truth and the constant holding before our eyes of the story of the evolution of matter in form, of consciousness, of spirit and of life. argo stretches all the way from cancer to capricorn and is one of the largest of the constellations. it has in it sixty-fo

n (djwhal khul) introduction it is said that, from some aspects, virgo is the oldest of the zodiacal signs. down through the ages, be it lilith or isis, eve or the virgin mary, all portray the mother of the world, but it is mary who at length bears the child in her arms. and it is in this sign that the christ consciousness is conceived and nurtured through the period of gestation until at last in pisces, the opposite sign, the world savior is born. as in leo, this is a cave experience "in the womb of time, and should be characterized by warmth, quietness, deep experiences and "slow, yet powerful crises. it is a synthetic sign. on this point the tibetan says "the symbology of virgo concerns the whole goal of the evolutionary process, which is to shield, nurture and finally reveal the hidden

animal plus a god. this is the lowest of the constellations and it is notable that hercules, though he had passed through five gates failed at the sixth gate, and had to begin again at the bottom, and make reparation for his lack of love and understanding. it often happens to advanced disciples. the third constellation holding promise of the future is bootes "the one who is coming, the savior in pisces who frees humanity from subservience to the form. virgo itself is a cup-shaped constellation with three mainstars outlining it, the cup of communion, of which the christ said "drink ye all of it; in its highest meaning the holy grail.the brightest star is spica, which means "the ear of corn. christ was born in bethlehem, which means "the house of bread. we say "give us this day our daily br

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gous, but already more complicated process. as described in the commentary, the very earliest of that race were "the 'sons of passive yoga* they issued from the second manushyas[[footnote(s[[footnote continued from previous page] has beyond a doubt (to the minds of haeckel and his like) arisen from the lower mammalia, apes and the earlier simian creatures, the still earlier marsupialia, amphibia, pisces, by progressive transformations" all produced by "a series of natural forces working blindly. aim, without design (p. 36. the above-quoted passage bears its criticism on its own face. science is made to teach that which, up to the present time "has never been actually observed" she is made to deny the phenomenon of an intelligent nature and a vital force independent of form and matter, and

th both. moreover, in the exoteric religions, they have become the synonyms of the angels of darkness. mara is the god of darkness, the fallen one, and death; and yet it is one of the names of kama, the first god in the vedas, the logos, from whom have sprung the kumaras, and this[[footnote(s "when the sun passes away behind the 30th degree of makara and will reach no more the sign of the meenam (pisces) then the night of brahma has come* death of every physical thing truly; but mara is also the unconscious quickener of the birth of the spiritual[[vol. 2, page] 580 the secret doctrine. connects them still more with our "fabulous" indian makara, and the crocodile-headed god in egypt* the crocodiles in the celestial nile are five, and the god toum, the primordial deity creating the heavenly

eft to choose between the teachings of paracelsus, the "father of modern chemistry" and those of haeckel, the father of the mythical sozura. we demand no more. without presuming to take part in the quarrel of such very learned naturalists as du bois-reymond and haeckel a propos of our blood relationship to "those ancestors (of ours) which have led up from the unicellular classes, vermes, acrania, pisces, amphibia, reptilia to the aves- one may put in a few words, a question or two, for the information of our readers. availing ourselves of the opportunity, and bearing[[footnote(s "pedigree of man "the proofs of evolution" p. 273[[vol. 2, page] 657 an unverified charge against the ancients. in mind darwin's theories of natural selection, etc, we would ask science- with regard to the origin o

the great astronomical work called 'the observations of bel; and we are also enabled to understand the otherwise perplexing change in the position of the vernal equinox, which has occurred since our present zodiacal signs were named by the earliest babylonian astronomers. when the accadian calendar was arranged and the accadian months were named, the sun at the vernal equinox was not, as now, in pisces, or even in aries, but in taurus. the rate of the precession of the equinoxes being known, we learn that at the vernal equinox the sun was in taurus from about 4,700 years b.c, and we thus obtain astronomical limits of date which cannot be impugned* it may make our position plainer if we state at once that we use sir c. lyell's nomenclature for the ages and periods, and that when we talk of

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h, by absorbing oxygen from substances coming in contact with them, ruin the latter. thus the process is commenced by one cell robbing its neighbour of the source of its vitality when the supply is insufficient; and the ruin so commenced steadily progresses[[vol. 1, page] 264 the secret doctrine. avatar of vishnu, the chaldean oannes- the man-fish, recorded in the imperishable sign of the zodiac, pisces, and running throughout the two testaments in the personages of joshua "son of the fish (nun" and jesus; the allegorical "sin" or fall of spirit into matter, and the moon- in so far as it relates to the "lunar" ancestors, the pitris. for the present it may be as well to remind the reader that while the moon-goddesses were connected in every mythology, especially the grecian, with child-birt

modelyar (modely) describes the coming "night" most poetically. though it is given in isis unveiled, it is worthy of repetition "strange noises are heard, proceeding from every point. these are the precursors of the night of brahma; dusk rises at the horizon, and the sun passes away behind the thirteenth degree of macara (sign of the zodiac, and will reach no more the sign of the minas (zodiacal pisces, or fish. the gurus of the pagodas appointed to watch the rasichakr (zodiac, may now break their circle and instruments, for they are henceforth useless "gradually light pales, heat diminishes, uninhabited spots multiply on the earth, the air becomes more and more rarified; the springs of waters dry up, the great rivers see their waves exhausted, the ocean shows its sandy bottom and plants

2 wings of the cherub. leaving the proof of exactitude in the alleged correspondence to the said mystics, it is as follows: man, or the aquarius, is in the sphere of reuben, who is declared as "unstable as water (the vulgate has it, to be "rushing like water; gemini, in the strong fraternal association of simeon and levi; leo, in that of judah "the strong lion" of his tribe "the lion's whelp; the pisces, in zabulon, who "shall dwell at the haven of the sea; taurus, in issachar, because he is "a strong ass couching down" etc, and therefore associated with the stables; virgo-scorpio, in dan, who is described as "a serpent, an adder in the path that biteth" etc; capricornus in naphtali, who is "a hind (a deer) let loose; cancer, in benjamin, for he is "ravenous; libra, the "balance" in asher

stian mystics, or even with kepler's mystical astronomy, his great science and erudition notwithstanding; simply because, if his premises are quite correct, his deductions therefrom are one-sided and biassed by christian preconceptions. where the latter finds a prophecy directly pointing at the saviour, other nations see a symbol of an eternal law decreed for the actual manvantara. why see in the pisces a direct reference to christ- one of the several worldreformers, a saviour but for his direct followers, but only a great and glorious initiate for all the rest- when that constellation shines as a symbol of all the past, present, and future spiritual saviours who dispense light and dispel mental darkness? christian symbologists have tried to prove that it was that of ephraim (joseph's son

owers, but only a great and glorious initiate for all the rest- when that constellation shines as a symbol of all the past, present, and future spiritual saviours who dispense light and dispel mental darkness? christian symbologists have tried to prove that it was that of ephraim (joseph's son, the elect of jacob, that therefore, it was at the moment of the sun entering into the sign of the fish (pisces) that "the elect messiah, the[[ichthus] of the first christians, had to be born. but, if jesus of nazareth was that messiah- was he really born at that "moment" or was he made to be so born by the adaptation of theologians, who sought only to make their preconceived ideas fit in with sidereal facts and popular belief? everyone knows that the real time and year of the birth of jesus are tota

s made of their dag-on, equally a fish and a messiah, the man-fish and prophet? there are those learned iconoclasts among egyptologists, who say that "when the pharisees sought a 'sign from heaven' jesus said 'there shall no sign be given but the sign of jonas (mat. xvi. 4. the sign of jonas is that of the oan or fishman of nineveh. assuredly there was no other sign than that of the sun reborn in pisces. the[[vol. 1, page] 654 the secret doctrine. voice of the secret wisdom says those who are looking for signs can have no other than that of the returning fish-man ichthys, oannes, or jonas- who could not be made flesh" it would appear that kepler maintained it as a positive fact that, at the moment of the "incarnation" all the planets were in conjunction in the sign of pisces, called by the

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f wands great strength moon sagittarius 35 10 of wands oppression saturn sagittarius 36 2 of pentacles harmonious change jupiter capricorn 37 3 of pentacles material works mars capricorn 38 4 of pentacles earthly power sun capricorn 39 5 of swords defeat venus aquarius 40 6 of swords earned success mercury aquarius 41 7 of swords unstable effort moon aquarius 42 8 of cups abandoned success saturn pisces 43 9 of cups material happiness jupiter pisces 44 10 of cups perfected success mars pisces 45 2 of wands dominion mars aries 46 3 of wands established strength sun aries 47 4 of wands perfected work venus aries 48 5 of pentacles material trouble mercury taurus 49 6 of pentacles material success moon taurus 50 7 of pentacles success unfulfilled saturn taurus 51 8 of swords shortened force ju

ter of the reconcilers: the bringer-forth of life samekh sagittarius 72 the devil the lord of the gates of matter: the child of the forces of time ayin capricorn 73 the blasted tower the lord of the hosts of the mighty peh mars 74 the star the daughter of the firmament, the dweller between the waters tzaddi aquarius 75 the moon the ruler of flux and reflux: the child of the sons of the mighty qof pisces 76 the sun the lord of the fire of the world resh sun 77 the judgment the spirit of the primal fire shin spirit and fire 78 the universe the great one of the night of time taw earth and saturn book t page 3 of 26 http//www.private.org.il/gd/book-t.html 13/10/2002 letters; and between it and that of the right twelve: six above and six below about the left-hand branch. the whole is a great an

tability, steady force applied to an object, steady rule, great attractive power, power of command, book t page 5 of 26 http//www.private.org.il/gd/book-t.html 13/10/2002 yet liked notwithstanding. kind and generous when not opposed. if ill dignified, obstinate, revengeful, domineering, tyrannical, and apt to turn against another without a cause. she rules the heavens from above the last decan of pisces to above the 20 degree of aries: including thus a part of andromeda. water of fire queen of the salamanders. vii. the prince of the chariot of fire king of wands a kingly figure with a golden, winged crown, seated on a chariot. he has large white wings. one wheel of his chariot is shewn. he wears corslet and buskins of scale armour decorated with a winged lion's head, which symbol also surm

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

commencing from the sign aries, the central decans of each sign follow the order of the days of the week. thus- being thus the four threes, sixes, and nines. the first and third decans follow the same order: sunday beginning the first decan of virgo and in the third decans of gemini and capricorn. the planets govern respectively decans with the following titles- or in taurus leo libra sagittarius pisces two wands: 1 each of the other suits. or in gemini leo libra capricorn pisces two swords: 1 each of others. head cross, orb held downwards brown princess winged ram's head grass, flowers, grove of trees, sceptre with disk, pentacle like that in ace rich brown dark card central decan of meaning day 3 of wands aries established strength sun 6 of pentacles taurus material success moon 9 of swo

of pentacles taurus material success moon 9 of swords gemini despair and cruelty mars 3 of cups cancer abundance mercury 6 of wands leo victory jupiter 9 of pentacles virgo material gain venus 3 of swords libra sorrow saturn 6 of cups scorpio pleasure sun 9 of wands sagittarius great strength moon 3 of pentacles capricorn material works mars 6 of swords aquarius earned success mercury 9 of swords pisces material happiness jupiter saturn 1. leo strife 5 of wands. 2. libra sorrow 3 of swords. 3. sagittarius oppression 10 of wands. 4. pisces abundant success 8 of cups. 5. taurus success unfulfilled 7 of pentacles. jupiter 1. leo victory 6 of wands. 2. libra rest from strife 4 of swords. 3. capricorn harmonious change 2 of pentacles. 4. pisces material happiness 9 of cups. 5. gemini shortened

s. 4. pisces abundant success 8 of cups. 5. taurus success unfulfilled 7 of pentacles. jupiter 1. leo victory 6 of wands. 2. libra rest from strife 4 of swords. 3. capricorn harmonious change 2 of pentacles. 4. pisces material happiness 9 of cups. 5. gemini shortened force 8 of swords. book t page 11 of 26 http//www.private.org.il/gd/book-t.html 13/10/2002 or in aries gemini leo scorpio capricorn pisces 2 w. 2 c: 1 each of others. one more decan than the others. or in aries gemini virgo scorpio capricorn 2 pentacles: 1 each of others. or in aries cancer virgo scorpio aquarius 2 cups: 1 each of others. or in taurus cancer virgo sagittarius aquarius two pentacles: 1 of each of the others. or in taurus cancer libra sagittarius aquarius two swords: 1 of each of the others. there being thirty-s

quarius 2 cups: 1 each of others. or in taurus cancer virgo sagittarius aquarius two pentacles: 1 of each of the others. or in taurus cancer libra sagittarius aquarius two swords: 1 of each of the others. there being thirty-six decans and seven planets, it follows that one of the latter must rule over one more decan than the others. this is the planet mars, to which are allotted the last decan of pisces, and the first of aries, because the long cold of the winter requires a great energy to overcome it, and initiate spring. and the beginning of the decanates is from the royal star of leo, the great star cor leonis: and therefore is the first decan that of saturn in leo. here follow the general meanings of the small cards of the suits, as classified under the nine sephiroth below kether. mar

itiate spring. and the beginning of the decanates is from the royal star of leo, the great star cor leonis: and therefore is the first decan that of saturn in leo. here follow the general meanings of the small cards of the suits, as classified under the nine sephiroth below kether. mars 1. leo valour 7 of wands. 2. scorpio loss in pleasure 5 of cups. 3. capricorn material works 3 of pentacles. 4. pisces perfected success 10 of cups. 5. aries dominion 2 of wands. 6. gemini despair and cruelty 9 of swords. sun 1. virgo prudence 8 of pentacles. 2. scorpio pleasure 6 of cups. 3. capricorn earthly power 4 of pentacles. 4. aries established strength 3 of wands. 5. gemini ruin 10 of swords. venus 1. virgo material gain 9 of pentacles. 2. scorpio illusionary success 7 of cups. 3. aquarius defeat 5

oned success eight of chalices a white radiating angelic hand, holding a group of stems of lotuses or water-lilies. there are only two flowers shown, which bend over the two central cups, pouring into them a white water which fills them and runs over into the three lowest, which later are not yet filled. the three uppermost are quite empty. at the top and bottom of the card are symbols saturn and pisces. temporary success, but without further results. thing thrown aside as soon as gained. not lasting, even in the matter in hand. indolence in success. journeying from place to place. misery and repining without cause. seeking after riches. instability. hod of hb:h (success abandoned; decline of interest. the angels ruling are hb:vvlyh and hb:ylhyh. xliii. the lord of material happiness nine

out cause. seeking after riches. instability. hod of hb:h (success abandoned; decline of interest. the angels ruling are hb:vvlyh and hb:ylhyh. xliii. the lord of material happiness nine of chalices a white radiant angelic hand, issuing from a cloud holding lotus or water-lilies, one flower of which overhangs each cup; from it a white water pours. cups are arranged in three rows of 3. jupiter and pisces above and below. complete and perfect realization of pleasure and happiness, almost perfect; self-praise, vanity, conceit, much talking of self, yet kind and lovable, and may be self-denying therewith. high-minded, not easily satisfied with small and limited ideas. apt to be maligned through too much self-assumption. a good and generous, but sometimes foolish nature. yesod of hb:h (complete

lord of perfected success ten of cups or chalices hand, as usual, holding bunch of water-lilies or lotuses, whose flowers pour a white water into all the cups, which "all run over" the uppermost cup is held sideways by a hand, and pours water into the lefthand upper cup. a single lotus flower surmounts the top cup, and is the source of the water that fills it. above and below the symbols mars and pisces. permanent and lasting success and happiness, because inspired from above. not so sensual as "lord of material happiness" yet almost more truly happy. pleasure, dissipation, debauchery, quietness, peacemaking. kindness, pity, generosity, wantonness, waste, etc, according to dignity. malkuth of hb:h (matter settled: complete good fortune. herein the great angels hb:a'ashlyh and hb:myhal rule

t. may mean law, trial, etc. 9. wisdom from on high. active divine inspiration. sometimes "unexpected current" 10. good fortune, happiness (within bounds. intoxication of success. 11. courage, strength, fortitude, power passing on to action. obstinacy. 12. enforced sacrifice, punishment, loss, fatal and not voluntary, suffering. 13. time, age, transformation, change involuntary (as opposed to 18, pisces. or death, destruction (only latter with special cards. book t page 23 of 26 http//www.private.org.il/gd/book-t.html 13/10/2002 14. combination of forces, realization, action (material effect, good or evil. 15. materiality, material force, material temptation, obsession. 16. ambition, fighting, war, courage, or destruction, danger, fall, ruin. 17. hope, faith, unexpected help. or dreaminess

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27- 31 vine capricorn 10- 14 january 1- 5 haagenti capricorn 15- 19 january 6- 10 balaam capricorn 20- 24 january 11- 15 orobas capricorn 25- 29 january 16- 19 andras aquarius 0- 4 january 20- 24 phoenix aquarius 5- 9 january 25- 29 vepar aquarius 10- 14 january 30- feb. 3 crocell aquarius 15- 19 february 4- 8 dantalion aquarius 20- 24 february 9- 13 focalor aquarius 25- 29 february 14- 18 zepar pisces 0- 4 february 19- 23 barbatos pisces 5- 9 february 24- 29 buer pisces 10- 14 march 1- 5 vassago pisces 15- 19 march 6- 10 stolas pisces 20- 24 march 11- 15 sitri pisces 25- 29 march 16- 20 seere the manner of calling the spirits to visible appearance. it is agreeable to first state that the arch-daemons must be called in their time of dominion, or else they will not render themselves servic

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llows: aries march 21 through april 19 taurus april 20 through may 19 gemini may 20 through june 20 cancer june 21 through july 22 leo july 23 through august 21 virgo august 22 through september 22 libra september 23 through october 22 scorpio october 23 through november 21 sagittarius november 22 through december 21 capricorn december 22 through january 20 aquarius january 21 through february 19 pisces february 20 through march 20 in fact, these dates do vary from year to year, so it is necessary to check the year in question when the date is on, or close to, the cusp. in planning this map of the heavens, some help is needed in establishing the positions held by the planets at the many different hours and minutes that have passed with the years. the astrologer's aids for this are the ephe

n a somewhat self-centered person given to extravagance, due to the forcefulness and determination of the sun with the expansive wealth of jupiter. jupiter sextile with mercury would be good, showing determination and knowledge with judgement. the planets themselves have certain qualities: air, water, fire and earth. traditionally, gemini, aquarius and libra are the air signs; cancer, scorpio and pisces are the water signs; aries, leo and sagittarius the fire signs and taurus, virgo and capricorn the earth signs. air signs are supposedly intellectual, enlightened and articulate; water signs emotional; fire signs zealous and fervent; earth signs cautious, basic and practical. in more detail, the signs again, by tradition, as is almost all interpretation of astrology are associated with part

r/himself jealous and demanding. sagittarius knows no fear. kind and can be gentle, is also direct and outspoken. capricorn is ambitious and very materialistic, has a fear of inadequacy and indigence, and is either greatly depressed or incredibly happy. aquarius is a planner, always looking ahead. honest, kind, yet difficult to understand. independent in the extreme, s/he has very good judgement. pisces is sensitive, noble, kind and gentle, yet can be vague and inclined to be too optimistic. self-sacrificing and sympathetic, pisces is an excellent diplomat. saturn is inhibited, persevering, cautious; often taciturn, reserved. saturn is associated with the law, mining, printing, dentistry, building and real estate, second-hand books, agriculture and death. uranus is excitable and erratic, a

ete book of witchcraft planet is classed as being "watery" or "fiery, so the sign or signs that it rules are of that type. the sign aries is ruled by the planet mars. taurus is ruled by venus. gemini by mercury; cancer by the moon; leo by the sun; virgo by mercury; libra by venus; scorpio by mars; sagittarius by jupiter; capricorn by saturn; aquarius by saturn (some astrologers prefer uranus) and pisces by jupiter (again some say by neptune. generally it can be said that a fiery sign would not get along well with a water sign, nor would a water sign get along with an air sign. an air sign, however, would do well with a fire sign, and so on. let's now look at the twelve divisions, the spheres of influence, on the chart and see what each is concerned with. they are numbered on the chart. the

arriage. the tenth sphere covers your job, your business affairs, honors, earnings. the eleventh sphere covers your friends and acquaintances, hopes and fears, and wishes. the twelfth sphere of influence shows any confinements you may encounter prison, deportation, exile. it shows enemies and also, strangely, large animals. from the above, then, you can really start on interpretation. for example pisces on the ascendant. this first house deals with physical appearance. pisces sensitive, noble, kind and gentle indicates that the person will be of short to middle stature, of pale complexion, with high cheekbones, light hair and eyes. in the sixth house you find the moon. the sixth sphere, you know, is the one of health and physical comfort. the moon is sensitive, emotional. you could say, th

but also to represent things: love, money, attraction, discord, etc. by burning different types of candles and manipulating them in various ways, much magick can be done. the candles can be of any sort, it is the color that is important. for this the following tables are important: table 1- astral colors sun sign birth date primary color secondary color aquarius january 20-february 18 blue green pisces february 19-march 20 white green aries march 21-april 19 white pink taurus april 20-may 20 red yellow gemini may 21-june 21 red blue cancer june 22-july 22 green brown leo july 23-august 22 red green virgo august 23-september 22 gold* black libra september 23-october 22 black blue scorpio october 23-november 21 brown black sagittarius november 22-december 21 gold red capricorn december 22-j

ancy, what is the difference between the left hand and the right, for purposes of interpretation? 6. when reading tealeaves you see a bell and a horseshoe low down in the cup, but by the handle. what do they mean? 7 (a) what can you say about john f. kennedy (going just by the name) according to numerology (b) by numerology, were napolean and josephine compatible? 8. an astrological chart shows a pisces ascendant. what could you say about the person? please read: the book of changes by j. blofeld 1-omzgbyr.wilhelm the seventh sense by kenneth roberts numerology by vincent lopez the new a to z horoscope maker and delineator by llewellyn george palmistry, the whole view by judith hipskind recommended supplementary reading: crystal gazing t. besterman medical palmistry marten steinbach a pock

tself. number 5 people make friends easily and get along well with persons of almost any number. they are quick in thought and in decisions (b) napolean= 51763565= 38= 11= 2 josephine= 161578955= 47= 11= 2 obviously they were most compatible. 8. the first house represents your interaction with appendix c: answers to examination questions/ 239 the world and your appearance how others see you. with pisces rising, therefore, the person will appear to others more as a pisces than what their sun sign may be (the sun represents more of the inner self. this person appears sensitive, noble, kind and gentle, and is probably of short to middle stature, of pale complexion, with high cheekbones, light hair and eyes. lesson ten 1 a good healer should be a psychologist, a student of anatomy and physiolo

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ng, summer, autumn and winter. people born under a cardinal sign manifest this as a desire to initiate and to take command of people and situations. the fixed signs- leo, taurus, aquarius and scorpio- are signs entered by the sun in the middle of a season. people born under them exhibit stability and a tendency to continue in a predetermined path. the mutable signs -sagittarius, gemini, virgo and pisces- mark the time when the seasons are about to change. those born under them are correspondingly versatile and ready to compromise. zodiacal colours and associations [symbol -sym01] aries, the ram: 21 march to 20 april. colour: red. a cardinal fire sign, for all matters of the self and of identity, for rituals of innovation, courage assertiveness and action. ruled by mars [symbol- sym02] taur

perseverance, matters concerning seite 52 wicca01.txt officialdom, loyalty and for the acquisition of money. ruled by saturn [symbol- sym11] aquarius, the water carrier: 21 january to 18 february. colour: indigo or dark blue. a fixed air sign, for independence, friendship, creativity and for detachment from emotional blackmail. ruled by saturn in the ancient system, now by uranus [symbol- sym12] pisces, the fish: 19 february to 20 march. colour: white or mauve. a mutable water sign, for spells to develop spiritual awareness and intuition, and for divination, especially involving water and the fulfilment of hidden dreams. ruled by jupiter in the ancient system, now by neptune. in magick, it tends to be the old rulerships that are used in spells (see planets and angels. colour correspondenc

ntal creatures are undines, spirits of the water. the original undine was created without a soul, but gained one by marrying a mortal and bearing him a child. however, she also lost her freedom from pain and her immortality and so she is a reminder that love may have a price, but that without it life does not have meaning. the colour of water is blue and its zodiacal signs are cancer, scorpio and pisces. the four quarters of the circle every magical circle is divided into four quarters that are in ceremonial magick called the watchtowers. the higher essences who protect the quarters are invoked as the guardians, who control and direct the elemental powers. sometimes they are called kings, sometimes devas, or they may be pictured as the four main archangels, michael, gabriel, raphael and ur

er, more instinctual wisdom. use the hour of jupiter to profit from an opportunity to upgrade your life. element: air colour: blue/purple crystals: azurite, lapis lazuli, sodalite, turquoise incenses: agrimony, cedar, sandalwood, sage trees: beech, oak herbs and oils: borage, cinquefoil, coltsfoot, hyssop, mistletoe metal: tin jupiter rules sagittarius, 23 november-21 december, and is co-ruler of pisces, 19 february-20 march. jupiter spells are therefore especially potent in the period of sagittarius and pisces and at all times to those born under these sun signs [insert sym18] venus friday, the day of venus, is associated with love and all forms of love magick, seite 141 wicca01.txt especially to attract love. because venus rules harmony and peace, however, if the success of a love spell

ria and lapland, the mother of the herds is still a central icon of power. during the neolithic period, the mother goddess was the bringer of fertility to the land as well as to animals and humans. gradually, she came to be seen as the wife of the great sky gods. she survives in the form of mary in the christian religion. mutable: the mutable signs of the zodiac are sagittarius, gemini, virgo and pisces, as when the sun enters them the seasons are about to change. those born under them are correspondingly versatile and ready to compromise. oimelc: see imbolc. ostara: the celtic festival of the spring equinox. pentacle: a ritual item, symbol of the earth, consisting of a flat, round disc, engraved with a pentagram. pentagram: a five-pointed diagram, one of the most sacred geometric forms in

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t 30. the sun reaches it's daily peak at 12 noon when the ancients, like the egyptians, said that the sun was the "most high god. the sun enters each sign of the zodiac at 30 degrees, hence he starts his "ministry" at 30. jesus is claimed to have turned water into wine because that is what the sun does by making the grapes grow. there is much zodiac symbolism in the bible, as with the two fishes (pisces) and the 12 god save us from religion 207 baskets (zodiac signs) into which jesus places his multiplied loaves during the "feeding of the 5,000. jesus was the "fish" and "fisher of men" perhaps because the earth was entering the sign of pisces the fish at the time he was supposed to have lived. but there is so much "fish" symbolism with regard to these solar deities throughout history that

oo, that the dogon recount the story that the amphibious nommo said that one of them would be crucified. the translation of the end of the world comes from the greek "aeon" and refers to the end of the "age" and not the "world. the end of the age is the end of the 2,160-year cycle, during which the earth passes through an astrological sign. today we are nearing the end of another age, as we leave pisces and enter aquarius. here are some more of the "jesus" myths decoded. jesus, the historical character outside of the new testament texts there is no sign or record of jesus whatsoever. a mention in the works of the "hebrew" historian josephus is an obvious later addition in the priesthood's desperation to cross-reference their meal ticket. more than 40 writers are known to have chronicled th

inding it more and more difficult to hold their "human" form. maybe this is why so many more people seem to be seeing the shape-shifters these days. the explanation i am given is that the vibrational frequency of the planet is changing as it completes a vast cycle and enters a new one. some have called this new cycle the "age of aquarius" as the earth moves through the area of the heavens dubbed "pisces, which it entered around 2,000 years ago, and into a "new age" of aquarius. it is almost like passing through a curriculum at a school with the different energy combinations affecting the earth, offering different eras and experiences for those who choose to be here at the time. the maya peoples in the yucatan, mexico, left records of their measurement of "time" and their small, medium, and

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owas blind. march 15th, the ides of march, was when many pagan saviours also died.this day was devoted to hod and later became a christian feast day to the blessedlonginus!30 youve got to laugh, really.the symbol of the fish is a theme throughout the gospel stories and this is symbolicof nimrod/tammuz, the father-son, of babylon. another reason for jesus as a fish couldbe the astrological sign of pisces, the fishes. around the time jesus was supposed tohave been born, the earth was entering the astrological house of pisces. a new age wasbeing born and jesus the fish could have been a symbol of the age of pisces. we arenow entering another new age, the age of aquarius, according to the laws of the earthwobble precession. when the bible talks of the end of the world, this is anothermistransl

d have been a symbol of the age of pisces. we arenow entering another new age, the age of aquarius, according to the laws of the earthwobble precession. when the bible talks of the end of the world, this is anothermistranslation. they translate world from the greek, aeon, but aeon does not meanworld, it means age.31 we are not facing the end of the world, but the end of the age,the 2,160 years of pisces. christianity did not replace the pagan religions, it is a paganreligion. the persians, who inherited their beliefs from sumer, egypt and babylon, hadbaptism, confirmation, paradise and hell, angels of light and darkness, and a fallenangel. all of these were absorbed by christianity and claimed for their own.during the alleged life time of jesus, the essene brotherhood, was based atqumran a

financialbuilding in the city of london, near st pauls cathedral in the heart ofthe brotherhood spiders web. the black sun represents themalevolent use of solar energy and the galactic sun, and this oneincludes the face of winston churchill. 362the lion is seen so often in heraldry and flags because it is an ancient symbol of thesun, as is the sphinx most probably. the fish symbolises the sign of pisces and also thelegendary king of babylon, nimrod, who was depicted as a fish. the dove symboliseshis partner, queen semiramis, and it is more reverse symbolism. while the dove meanspeace to most people, it symbolises death and destruction to the brotherhood. thisreversing allows them to use their symbols in the public eye in a way that no-oneunderstands. sinn fein, the political wing of the pr

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used by the masonic designers of the seal. that numbering system was not based on ten, but on six. for example "600" would be 1000 "60" would be 100 and "6" would be 10. the occult is trinitarian, i.e. it's main teachings are grouped in three's. the number sequence "93 and 93, 93; or 600, 60, and 6 is the "current" of the new age of aquarius- the water bearer, which heralds the end of the age of pisces- the fishes (an early symbol of christianity) in the teachings of the order of the eastern templars or o.tur147 preface by jerry w. decker www.keelynet.com po box 111786 carrollton, tx 75011 there are fields of study which are relatively unknown to the general public. though 'pyramid power' is well known, few have pursued it to other geometric forms and the phenomena which can be produced b

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ble: from the latin "mutare" meaning "to change" 1) movable, not firm. 2) in astrology, a term used to identify one of the three qualities (also referred to as a triplicity) indicating that a sign of the zodiac (q.v) has the trait of making all planets within it as having a more fluctuating and adaptable influence in the chart. mutable signs include: gemini (q.v, virgo (q.v, sagittarius (q.v, and pisces (q.v- n- nanta: pronounced "ehn-ah-ehn-tah" it is the enochian (q.v) name for the spirit of earth. natural law: a sequence of events in nature that has been observed to occur without variation under the same conditions. natural law is the basis of the experimental method (q.v) in science, and is dependent upon cause and effect. negation: erasing from your consciousness something you have be

nd degree= neophyte, correlating to the water of earth in the sephiroth of malkuth. nephesch (nee nephesh: the most superficial layer of the ninth sephirah (q.v) on the tree of life (q.v. neptune: the eighth planet of the terran solar system. in astrology (q.v, the planet named after the greek god who served as the lord of the ocean and seas. attributed as being the ruler of the zodiac (q.v) sign pisces (q.v. on the tree of life (q.v) within the kabbalah (q.v) attributed to the first sephirah (q.v) kether (q.v. keywords include: idealism, illusion, spiritual, drugs, alcohol, confusion, deceit, elusive, astral plane, psychic, charlatans, impressionable, wishful thinker, false, occult, escape, mystic, dreams, visions, lacks substance, gaseous, diffuse, foggy, vicarious, spell, self delusion

tenth sephiroth (q.v. also known as the middle pillar (q.v. pillar, of mercy: the right hand column on the tree of life (q.v. it is composed of the second, fourth, and seventh sephiroth (q.v, and is said to be masculine in nature. pillar, of severity: the left hand column on the tree of life (q.v. it is composed of the third, fifth and eighth sephiroth (q.v, and is said to be feminine in nature. pisces "the fish" in astrology (q.v, the twelfth sign of the zodiac (q.v) having the qualities of mutable (q.v) and water (q.v) and is ruled by the planet neptune (q.v. on the rainbow wand (q.v) and on the lotus wand aries is represented by the color crimson. keywords include: impressionably, emotionally, vaguely, idealistically, spiritually, with compassion. place of comfort: a special place with

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implications of these statements are worked out, it will he seen that herein are contained some very important keys. 27. the element of earth corresponds to the phlegmatic temperament; the suit of pentacles; the signs of taurus, virgo, and capricorn; and the planets venus and luna. 28. the element of water corresponds to the bilious temperament; the suit of cups; the signs of cancer, scorpio, and pisces; and the planet mars. 29. the element of air corresponds to the choleric temperament; the suit of swords; the signs of libra, gemini, and aquarius; and the planets saturn and mercury. 30. the element of fire corresponds to the sanguine temperament; the suit of wands; the signs of aries, sagittarius and leo; and the planets sol and jupiter. 31. it will be seen, then, that if we classify mund

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in balkh, he lived in baghdad and was known principally for his astrological treatise entitled thousands of years, in which he declares that the world could only have been created when the seven planets were in conjunction in the first degree of aries, and that the end of the world will take place when these seven planets (the number has now risen to twelve) will be together in the last degree of pisces. his treatises include de magnis conjunctionibus (augsburg, 1489, introductorium in astronomian (venice, 1506, and flores astrologici (augsburg, 1488. he died at wasid, central asia. sources: mcintosh, christopher. the astrologers and their creed: an historical outline. new york: frederick a. praeger, 1969. alchemy the art and science by which the chemical philosophers of medieval times att

nced by the sign that is in it and to denote legacies if the sign is one of the earth triplicity (taurus, virgo, capricorn) and honor with princes if it is one of the five triplicity (aries, leo, sagittarius. in political questions the eleventh house signifies the allies of the public, the general council of the nation, and newly acquired rights. the last house, which partakes of the character of pisces, is the house of the unconscious. it denotes sorrow, anxiety, and all kinds of suffering. yet here difficult planets are weaker, according to some writers, and good planets stronger than in certain other houses. very few configurations in the twelfth house are esteemed good for the native, but even unfortunate effects are greatly modified by the planetary influences. in horary questions thi

ed up a host of associations through the centuries. each one has also been assigned rulership of different astrological signs with which it has a particular affinity. the rulerships are as follows: mars and aries; venus and taurus; mercury and gemini; moon and cancer; sun and leo; mercury and virgo; pluto and scorpio; jupiter and sagittarius; saturn and capricorn; uranus and aquarius; neptune and pisces. planets project certain qualities as they assume geometric relationships to other planets in the birth chart. the major geometric aspects of the planets are thus distinguished: conjunction. when two planets are in the same degree and minute of a sign, which may be of good or unfortunate import, depending on the nature of the planets and whether their relationship is harmonious or conflicti

the signs are also divided into northern and commanding (the first six, and southern and obeying (last six. there are four triplicities among the signs: the earth triplicity, including taurus, virgo, and capricorn; the air triplicity, which includes gemini, libra, and aquarius; the fire triplicity, encompassing aries, leo, and sagittarius; and the water triplicity, containing cancer, scorpio, and pisces. the signs are further divided into diurnal and nocturnal, the diurnal signs being all masculine and the nocturnal feminine. signs named after quadrupeds are, of course, quadrupedal; those named after human states of endeavor (e.g, water bearer, archer) are called humane. a person born under a fiery, masculine, diurnal sign is hot in temper and bold in character. if it is a quadrupedal sign

rse, quadrupedal; those named after human states of endeavor (e.g, water bearer, archer) are called humane. a person born under a fiery, masculine, diurnal sign is hot in temper and bold in character. if it is a quadrupedal sign, the native is somewhat like the animal after which the sign is called. thus in taurus, the native is bold and furious; in leo, fierce and aggressive. cancer, scorpio and pisces are called fruitful or prolific; and gemini, leo, and virgo, barren. sagittarius, because usually represented as a centaur, is said to produce humane character if located in the first 15 degrees (first half) of the sign, but a savage, brutal, and intractable disposition if found in the last 15 degrees. astrologers designate the 12 signs as follows: aries, the first sign of the zodiac, is a

ve-average stature, long face, but with a pleasing and delicate countenance, clear, bright complexion, and flaxen hair. the native is fair, open, and honest. aquarius rules the legs and ankles and causes all diseases that affect them: lameness, swelling, cramping, and gout. it governs mines and quarries, flying machines, roofs of houses, wells, and conduits. the key phrase for aquarius is i know. pisces, the twelfth sign of the zodiac, is a mutable water sign. it is a negative, feminine sign, ruled by the planet neptune (in traditional astrology it was ruled by jupiter. its symbol is two fish moving in opposite directions, tied together by a rope. its glyph is said to be a stylized representation of this symbol. it takes its name from the plural of the latin word for fish. pisces is associ

ral of the latin word for fish. pisces is associated with the feet. it is a cold, moist, nocturnal, and extremely fruitful sign, second only to cancer. the native is short and ill shaped, fleshy, if not corpulent, with thick, round shoulders, light hair and eyes, pale complexion, and a large head and face. the native has a weak and vacillating disposition and is well-meaning but devoid of energy. pisces rules the feet and causes lameness and every kind of disorder occasioned by watery humors. pisces governs the same places as cancer, except for the sea and rivers. the key phrase for pisces is i believe. interpreting a horoscope begins largely with the astrological signs. a person is usually initially designated by the sign within which the sun was located at the time of his or her birth. t

hit. several buildings, including the hotel, fell into private hands. for many years, the programming was focused in several seasons when special classes and programs were concentrated. today, the seasonal emphases have largely disappeared and classes are held year-round. the camp is the largest spiritualist facility in the world. sources: henderson, janie. the story of cassadaga. cassadaga, fla: pisces publishing, 1996. karcher, janet, and john hutchinson. this way to cassadaga, deltona, fla: john hutchinson productions, 1980. cassoli, piero (1918) physician and psychologist actively concerned with parapsychology. cassoli was born july 25, 1918, in bologna, italy, and educated at the university of bologna (m.d, 1943. in 1947 he became the secretary of a group of researchers investigating

ous years, and having never married, he adopted several orphan boys and saw to their education. however, in his later years, as his health failed, he lost all of the little he had accumulated and at the time of his death, july 27, 1933, he was bankrupt. he had no family, and the association had to give money to see to his remains. sources: henderson, janie. the story of cassadaga. cassadaga, fla: pisces publishing, 1996. karcher, janet, and john hutchinson. this way to cassadaga, deltona, fla: john hutchinson productions, 1980. colby, luther (1814.1894) american spiritualist, originally a materialist, who founded and edited the journal banner of light in boston beginning in 1857. colby was born in amesbury, massachusetts, on october 12, 1814. he began his journalistic career at the boston

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l of what was termed the aquarian age. in astrology, an age is defined by the location encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. new age 1105 of the sun at the moment of the spring equinox each year. because of the tilt of the earth s axis, that sign changes approximately every 2,160 years. depending upon the astrological system one uses, the sun is making the transition from the sign of pisces to that of aquarius sometime in this century. pisces, the fish sign, is often associated with christianity, in which the fish is frequently used as a symbol of jesus; in greek the word for fish, ichthus, was a acronym for the phrase jesus christ, god s son and saviour. the passing of the earth to a new astrological age would bring a new religion or spiritual perspective to dominance. howeve

and approximately 27,000 years for the wobble to make that point to return to its previously held position. the movement of the sun s position at 0 aries within one sign over a 2,100- year period defines an astrological age. astrologers believe that different historical periods are ruled by different signs. in our own day we are believed to be experiencing the transition of the sun from the sign pisces to aquarius. the sign of pisces the fish is often associated with christianity, of which the fish has been a popular symbol. the contemporary revival of astrology has seen the twentieth century as the beginning of the aquarian age and has projected a hope that it will bring broad characteristic changes. sources: bach, eleanor. astrology from a to z: an illustrated source book. new york: phi

y each year due to the phenomenon known as the procession of the equinoxes. most western astrologers use the tropical zodiac as defined by ptolemy in the second century c.e. according to ptolemy, the astrological year would begin each spring equinox and it would assume that the sun was at 0 degrees aries. due to the progression of the equinoxes, the sun at the spring equinox is close to 0 degrees pisces. much of the symbolism of the signs of the zodiac in western astrology is tied to the seasons of the year. that symbolism would be lost with the acceptance of the sidereal zodiac. the 12 signs of the zodiac are: aries, taurus, gemini, cancer, leo, libra, scorpio, sagittarius, capricorn, aquarius, and pisces (see also astrological houses; astrological planets; astrological signs; astrology)

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y. to obtain long life, you may make the image of saturn on a sapphire in this form "an old man sitting on a high throne or on a dragon, with a hood of dark linen on his head, raising his hand above his head, holding a sickle or a fish, clothed in a dark robe" homo senex in altiore cathedra sedens uel dracone, caput tectus panno quodam lineo fusco, manus supra caput erigens, falcem manutenens aut pisces,fusca indutus ueste.2) this image is close to one in picatrix and contains elements from two others (saturn images in picatrix: forma hominis super altam cathedram elevatus& in eius capite pannum lineum lutosum& in eius manu falcem tenentis: forma hominis senex erecti, suas manus super caput ipsius erigentes& in eis piscem tenentis: forma hominis super draconem erecti, in dextra manu falcem

135. the decan images run from p. 135 to p. 141. they are grouped with the twelve signs of the zodiac of which they are "faces; the signs are illustrated by cuts. 2 garin, medioevo e rinascimento, p. 160, note. 3 agrippa, de occult, phil, ii, 37. detailed analysis of bruno's decan images has shown that 17 of them are the same as in agrippa; 17 are close to agrippa but with slight variations; one (pisces, 2) is more like the image given by peter of abano (in his astrolabium planum) than the agrippa image; one (capricorn, 3) is quite different from the image given by either agrippa or abano. 4 op. lat, ii(i, p. 144. the planet images are on pp. 144-51, illustrated by cuts of the planets. 5 agrippa, de occult, phil, ii, 37-44. 6 op. lat, ii(i, pp. 151-3. 7 agrippa, de occult, phil, ii, 46. 8

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by chrnzn to distribute this book on a larger scale, to poke fun. an enigmatic reference to isobel. i know not what this is, possibly a face of our lady. the last comment is my ego talking to itself, on being questioned by various individuals as per my techniques and ways. the picture is a representation of the flaming lotus, in a tim burtonesque mockery. i/7b: a reference to the christ. a fish (pisces) nailed on a cross. the eyebrow of the fish resembles a 1. and it s mouth is distinctively reminiscent of the symbolic glyph for aquarius. there are 8 rays emanating from the cross. i/8a: excursion 2. nocturne is a border realm of interaction of dreamscape and void. there are nightmarish images which manifest and come into (and go out of) being. the automatic drawing is an analogy between o

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when the spirit again reaches the realm of samael, the angel of death, the mystic eighth house, the silver cord is loosed, and the spirit returns to god who gave it, until the dawn of another life-day in the school of earth beckons it to a new birth that it may acquire more skill in the arts and crafts of temple-building. about five months after the quickening, when the last of the watery signs, pisces, has been passed, the representative of the lucifer spirits, samael, focuses the forces of the fiery sign, aries, where mars is positively polarized, so that under the impulse of their dynamic energy the waters of the womb are voided, and the imprisoned spirit is liberated into the physical world, to fight the battle of life. it may blindly butt its head against the cosmic forces typified b

h to them, and leave the spiritual for the material. this from the microcosmic angle of matter. from the cosmic angle or view point we note again that solomon's temple is the solar universe and hiram abiff, the grand master, is the sun which travels around the twelve signs of the zodiac, enacting there the mystic drama of the masonic legend. at the vernal equinox the sun leaves the watery sign of pisces, which is also feminine and docile, for the belligerent, martial, energetic, fiery sign aries, the ram or lamb, where it is exalted in power. it fills the universe with a creative fire which is immediately seized upon by the innumerable billions of nature spirits who therewith build the temple of the coming year in forest and fen. the forces of fecundation applied to the countless seeds slu

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star they rejoiced' so they appear to have had two views of this star; one while they were in the east, before they started upon their journey, and a second appearance after leaving jerusalem which continued until it stopped over the place where jesus lay.thefamous astronomer kepler,1620,considered that this star must have been a view of the conjunction of jupiter and saturn in the constellation pisces, which occurred, it is calculated, in may,b.c.7; but professor pritchard remarks that a similar and even closer conjunction occurred 59 years earlier. the conjunction mentioned by kepler, however, was not a close one, for the two planets did not approach each other more closely than twice the diameter of the moon and so would not have looked likeonestar to any observer 'thebook of revelatio

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of asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties' moses says 'let asher be blessed with children, lethim beacceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil. thy shoes shall be iron and brass, and as thy days, so shall thy strength be' the armorial bearings of asher are purple, a cup. allthiscoincides with the nature of venus and libra, while the feet refer to the sign pisces, which rule the feet, and in which(c?)is exalted. iron and brass are the metals of the friendly planets (d')and (c).of dan (tt\)jacob says 'dan shall judge his people as one of the tribes of israel. dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse's heels, so that his rider shall fall backward. i have waited for thy salvation, 0lord.'moses says 'dan is a lion's

of calvary, the tree of death andthetreeoflife'-thattree aspiring upwards asthetree of life towards the shakra or the zodiac,thegreatwheel of the divine law. this is the glyph as expounded both. in east and west. we need to gobuta very little bit further on.firstweget the fish. andatthetime of christ the sun passed outofthe constellation of aries at the vernal equinox, andintotheconstellation of pisces. and then we have the glyph ofthewe have thevescicapisces, we have the mitre.as the bishop'sthe esoteric teachingonthezodiac 187symbol-wehave endless glyphs. and there we pick up again the reminiscence of the last period of the kali yuga- the previous pisces' month,if!may use the expression- when the worshipofdagon first beganin phoenicia, or somewhere about there. probably it may not have

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like those of the planets are ambivalent, they receive and relay forces of both positive and negative nattier. in a more medieval context, they are said to possess both spirits and intelligences. the gnostic tradition has always been unsure of astrology and see the heavenly forces as energies which must be reckoned with, not gods to be worshipped. the present change of cycle is that movement from pisces to aquarius, while there is some variation in the dating it is generally accepted that aquarius will dawn around 2024 with some margin of error (astrologers fluctuate the dating of the age of aquarius from between the year 2000 to around 2100. at the change of each sign there is much transformation, for example, the change from aries to pisces at approximately 6 bce triggered a wide range o

or (astrologers fluctuate the dating of the age of aquarius from between the year 2000 to around 2100. at the change of each sign there is much transformation, for example, the change from aries to pisces at approximately 6 bce triggered a wide range of spiritual manifestations. it would be possible to link zoroaster, gautama buddha and jesus/james all into the nexus of the movement from aries to pisces. indeed the imagery of pisces as the fish has much in common with jesus and early christianity. in egyptian mythology horus is also sometimes seen as the fisherman. there are many ways to image the astrological ages, in one egypt tradition isis is related to taurus, osiris to aries, horus to pisces and maat to aquarius. the start of the pyramid age was linked to leo and many believe that th

on as it represented the change from one astrological age to the next (virgo to leo. heraldic cycles the platonic year is 25,920 years long and hence each sign cover 2160 years. each of these signs can be further sub-divided into minor precessional cycles, each of which is 180 years long. in each astrological age the first minor cycle is of the same characteristic as that of the greater, hence in pisces, the first minor cycle of 180 years was that of pisces of pisces. the last age of the minor cycle is important as it is preparation for the changeover to the next age. this the gnostic handbook page 65 cycle is known as the equinox of the gods, in the present cycle (pisces, is began in 1844 and is ruled by aries. in the egyptian initiatory traditions this period was also known as the herald

d in which the priesthood prepared the symbolism, legends and vessels for the influx of energy which would occur at the changeover to the new cycle. the cycle itself encompasses four different co-ordinates, these can be related to the four letters of the divine name (yhvh, the four elements, the four canopic jars of mummification and the four phases of the temple. heraldic cycle element god- name pisces year initiation fire yod 1844 transmission air he 1904 consolidation water vau 1964 manifestation earth he 2024 horus son head neter contents direction duamutef jackal neith stomach north qebsennuf hawk selkit intestines south hapi baboon nephthys lungs east amset man isis liver west probably the most expressive image of the four elements of the heraldic cycle are seen reflected in egyptian

n which the priesthood has been working and preparing. as he completes each stage it would represent a aspects of the heraldic period, only at the moment of the movement from one age to the next would he enter the sanctuary and transit the energies to the priesthood and to egypt. to fully appreciate the heraldic cycle as it leads towards aquarius, we should examine the four dates at the climax of pisces. from 18444 to 21024 we have the piscean heraldic cycle ruled by the sign of aries. aries is ruled by the planet mars and hence this suggests the violent and martial tone that pisces, which is assigned the egyptian god horus, has taken in this last age. while pisces is water, aries is fire and hence we have the interaction of will and emotion, while pisces distributes power, aries generates

is ruled by the planet mars and hence this suggests the violent and martial tone that pisces, which is assigned the egyptian god horus, has taken in this last age. while pisces is water, aries is fire and hence we have the interaction of will and emotion, while pisces distributes power, aries generates it and hence the combination of these powers brings great changes. the attribution of horus to pisces is controversial and will raise the hackles of the disciples of aliester crowley who believe the aeon of horus began with his revelation in 1904.i do not aim to debate the gnostic versus thelemite position here, the linked document will cover that in some detail if you want further information. the classic gnostic position is to align isis with taurus, taurus being the earth goddess, osiris

an with his revelation in 1904.i do not aim to debate the gnostic versus thelemite position here, the linked document will cover that in some detail if you want further information. the classic gnostic position is to align isis with taurus, taurus being the earth goddess, osiris is assigned to aries and it the imagery of the sacrifice of rams to the father god are throughout that period. horus is pisces, the imagery is related to jesus as the fisherman, the ocean of mankind, the fish as christian symbols is also founder as a symbol of horus as fisherman. horus as a semi-solar image is found throughout religions of that period, christianity representing the misapplication of horus to become a violent martial force. maat is aquarius, the outpouring of truth and gnosis. the first date in our

the fish as christian symbols is also founder as a symbol of horus as fisherman. horus as a semi-solar image is found throughout religions of that period, christianity representing the misapplication of horus to become a violent martial force. maat is aquarius, the outpouring of truth and gnosis. the first date in our heraldic cycle is 1844, it is the initiation whereby the process of change from pisces to aquarius began. there are many other hidden indicators of this date, in the biblical tradition there are specific prophecies that focus on this date. the 2300 year prophecy of the cleansing of the sanctuary, began in 457 bce with the declaration of artaxeres to restore jerusalem and ended in 1844. the prophecy focused on the solar sanctuary and the climax of it is when the sanctuary is t

he transmission period of the heraldic cycle certainly is expressive. aliester crowley declared that in 1904 aiwass, a being he claimed was a secret chief or master, revealed that a new age was dawning. the matter is made more complex as crowley interpreted this to mean that the aeon of horus had began in 1904. however, from a gnostic perspective this is unlikely. the aeon of horus was the age of pisces and crowley had experienced a further transmission of the energy which was becoming aquarius. at the same time this energy restated much of the teachings of the solar tradition since it had become garbled through the ages. however, since this knowledge was filtered through crowley s unconscious, difficulties arise. the current of 93 he outlined is the piscean current, agape (love, thelema (

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incarnation, or within a lifetime using various spiritual means. each period radiates an influence within the historical continuum, and brings man to consider his development. whether this consideration is positive or negative depends on the evolution of the individual and the world as a whole. each of the ages has a specific formula, and a means of spiritual illumination. for example, the age of pisces can be correlated with the imagery of horus and is the time which focuses on reconciliation of man with the light worlds. however, just as powerful as the formula of light, is the misuse of the aeonic force by the archons to create an unbalanced current. for example, in this same period, the apostate christian churches (under the direction of emperor constantine) re-edited the bible and cre

create an unbalanced current. for example, in this same period, the apostate christian churches (under the direction of emperor constantine) re-edited the bible and created a political force which has decayed western civilisation ever since. we can correlate the astrological ages with events within history quite easily. we can link the age of aries with the early sacrificial religions, the age of pisces with that of the revelation of jesus (the imagery of the fish is certainly suggestive) and we can then see the incoming current as that of maat or aquarius. it is interesting to backdate the the aging of the sphinx and note that the current age suggested of 10,500 bce links well with the astrological change that was taking place at that gnostic theurgy page 185 time, the movement from virgo

in many cases the dictum that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing certainly applies to the organisations that resulted. gnostic theurgy page 211 the nature of the change the heraldic age is in preparation for a transition which is a changeover in the energy form that exists in the solar logos. in simple terms, the archetype which is the focus of the seat of ra will change from horus to maat, pisces to aquarius. this change will bring about a significant variation in the experience of humanity, both in terms of light and darkness, positivity and negativity. all aspects of the fourfold solar cross (negative and positive x and y factors) are influenced by the changeover. as the heraldic period takes hold, humanity is drawn throught the transition and experiences vibrations of both a pisc

sses believed that jesus would return in 1914. when he failed to arrive, they came to understand that he had returned, but in a spiritual sense. while they look forward to jesus being physically present at the future final judgement they believe that the return of jesus as prophesied in the bible has already occurred. this too is a meaningful perception of the equinox of the gods, the energies of pisces are returning in the form of aquarius, jesus has re-appeared in the heraldic cycle in the sense that the christ or solar logos is undergoing transformation. these are intriguing religious interpretations of a very occult event. occult perceptions of the change aliester crowley is not an easy man to write about. he is worshipped by some and reviled by others, he is seen as either a master ma

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scale: princess: black flecked with yellow. sigil of b in princess scale: 11 addendum 2: flashing sounds zodiac in the chromatic scale sign scale color a aries c red b taurus c# red-orange c gemini d orange d cancer d# amber (orange-yellow) e leo e yellow f virgo f green-yellow g libra f# green h scorpio g blue-green i sagittarius g# blue j capricorn a indigo (blue violet) k aquarius a# violet l pisces b magenta (violet-red) the mother letters (with the new planets) letter planet scale color sounds flash on c shin. pluto c red f# green a aleph uranus e yellow a# violet m mem n neptune g blue d orange fundamental notes of the planets planet scale color planet sounds flash on f mars c red venus f# green a sun d orange moon g# blue b mercury e yellow jupiter a# violet c venus f# green mars c

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r 29 the first crack in an ancient code the plane of the earth s orbit, projected outwards to form a great circle in the celestial sphere, is known as the ecliptic. ringed around the ecliptic, in a starry belt that extends approximately 7 north and south, are the twelve constellations of the zodiac: aries, taurus, gemini, cancer, leo, virgo, libra, scorpius, sagittarius, capricornus, aquarius and pisces. these constellations are irregular in size, shape and distribution. nevertheless (and one assumes by chance) their spacing around the rim of the ecliptic is sufficiently even to bestow a sense of cosmic order upon the diurnal risings and settings of the sun. to picture what is involved here, do the following (1) mark a dot in the centre of a blank sheet of paper (2) draw a circle around th

t s annual path around the sun. in relation to the constellations of the zodiac, lying fixed in space, this causes the point at which the spring equinox occurs to move stubbornly along the ecliptic in the opposite direction to the yearly course direction in which the vernal point shifts as a result of precession of the sun, that is, against the right sequence of the zodiacal signs (taurus. aries. pisces. aquarius, instead of aquarius. pisces. aries. taurus. 2 1 hamlet s mill, p. 59. 2 ibid, p. 58. graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 234 during the course of each year the earth s movement along its orbit causes the stellar background against which the sun is seen to rise to change from month to month: aquarius. pisces. aries. taurus. gemini. cancer. leo, etc, etc. at present, on the ver

s. aries. taurus. 2 1 hamlet s mill, p. 59. 2 ibid, p. 58. graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 234 during the course of each year the earth s movement along its orbit causes the stellar background against which the sun is seen to rise to change from month to month: aquarius. pisces. aries. taurus. gemini. cancer. leo, etc, etc. at present, on the vernal equinox, the sun rises due east between pisces and aquarius. the effect of precession is to cause the vernal point to be reached fractionally earlier in the orbit each year with the result that it very gradually shifts through all 12 houses of the zodiac, spending 2160 years in each sign and making a complete circuit in 25,920 years. the direction of this processional drift, in opposition to the annual path of the sun, is: leo. cancer

e effect of precession is to cause the vernal point to be reached fractionally earlier in the orbit each year with the result that it very gradually shifts through all 12 houses of the zodiac, spending 2160 years in each sign and making a complete circuit in 25,920 years. the direction of this processional drift, in opposition to the annual path of the sun, is: leo. cancer. gemini. taurus. aries. pisces. aquarius. to give one example, the age of leo, i.e. the 2160 years during which the sun on the vernal equinox rose against the stellar background of the constellation of leo, lasted from 10,970 until 8810 bc. we live today in the astrological no man s land at the end of the age of pisces, on the threshold of the new age of aquarius. traditionally these times of transition between one age a

of aquarius. traditionally these times of transition between one age and the next have been regarded as ill-omened. that, in a nutshell, is the meaning of precession of the equinoxes. and that is exactly what is involved in the notion of the dawning of the age of aquarius. the famous line from the musical hair refers to the fact that every year, for the last 2000 years or so, the sun has risen in pisces on the vernal equinox. the age of pisces, however, is now approaching its end and the vernal sun will soon pass out of the sector of the fish and begin to rise against the new background of aquarius. graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 235 the 25,776-year cycle of precession is the engine that drives this majestic celestial juggernaut along its never-ending tour of the heavens. but the

roaching its end and the vernal sun will soon pass out of the sector of the fish and begin to rise against the new background of aquarius. graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 235 the 25,776-year cycle of precession is the engine that drives this majestic celestial juggernaut along its never-ending tour of the heavens. but the details of exactly how precession moves the equinoctial points from pisces into aquarius and thence onwards around the zodiac are also worth knowing. remember that the equinoxes occur on the only two occasions in the year when the earth s tilted axis lies broadside-on to the sun. these are when the sun rises due east all over the world and day and night are of equal length. because the earth s axis is slowly but surely precessing in a direction opposite to that of

recession and global catastrophe are extremely common. 4 hamlet s mill, p. 7. 5 grimnismol 23, the poetic edda, p. 93, cited in death of gods in ancient egypt, p. 199; hamlet s mill, p. 162; elsa brita titchenell, the masks of odin, theosophical university press, pasadena, 1988, p. 168. graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 242 seen to rise in a different constellation (thus if the sun rises in pisces at the spring equinox, as it does at present, it must rise in virgo at the autumn equinox, in gemini at the winter solstice and in sagittarius at the summer solstice. on each of these four occasions for the last 2000 years or so, this is exactly what the sun has been doing. as we have seen, however, precession of the equinoxes means that the vernal point will change in the not so distant fu

the spring equinox, as it does at present, it must rise in virgo at the autumn equinox, in gemini at the winter solstice and in sagittarius at the summer solstice. on each of these four occasions for the last 2000 years or so, this is exactly what the sun has been doing. as we have seen, however, precession of the equinoxes means that the vernal point will change in the not so distant future from pisces to aquarius. when that happens, the three other constellations marking the three key points will change as well (from virgo, gemini and sagittarius to leo, taurus and scorpius) almost as though the giant mechanism of heaven has ponderously switched gears. like the axle of a mill, santillana and von dechend explain, yggdrasil represents the world axis in the archaic scientific language they

ial point of the system determining the first degree of the sun s yearly cycle. 15 why should an equinoctial marker have been made in the shape of a giant lion? in our own lifetimes, the epoch of ad 2000, a more suitable shape for such a marker should anyone wish to build one would be a representation of a fish. this is because the sun on the vernal equinox rises against the stellar background of pisces, as it has done for approximately the last 2000 years. the astronomical age of pisces began around the time of christ.16 readers must judge for themselves whether it is a coincidence that the principal symbol used for christ by the very early christians was not the cross but the fish.17 during the preceding age, which broadly-speaking encompassed the first and second millennia bc, it was th

the effect of slowly and regularly altering the declination of the entire star-field in relation to a viewer at a fixed point, and which equally slowly and regularly revolves the equinoctial point in relation to the twelve zodiacal constellations. from the predictability of this motion it follows that if we could find a way to declare: we lived when the vernal equinox was in the constellation of pisces we would provide a means of specifying our epoch to within a single 2160-year period in every grand precessional cycle of 25,920 years. the only drawback to this scheme would become evident if a civilization equivalent to our own failed to arise within 12,000 or even 20,000 years of the cataclysm, but took much longer perhaps as much as 30,000 years. in that case, a monument or calendrical

0-year period in every grand precessional cycle of 25,920 years. the only drawback to this scheme would become evident if a civilization equivalent to our own failed to arise within 12,000 or even 20,000 years of the cataclysm, but took much longer perhaps as much as 30,000 years. in that case, a monument or calendrical device declaring we lived when the vernal equinox was in the constellation of pisces would no longer be unambiguous. if discovered by a high culture flourishing at the very beginning of a future age of sagittarius for example it could be read as meaning we lived 4320 years before your time that is, two full precessional months prior to the sagittarian age (the 2160-year months of aquarius and capricorn. but it could also mean we lived 30,240 years before your time, that is

precessional months prior to the sagittarian age (the 2160-year months of aquarius and capricorn. but it could also mean we lived 30,240 years before your time, that is those two months plus the full previous precessional cycle of 25,920 years. the sagittarian archaeologists would not only have to use their wits to work out the meaning of the message (i.e. we lived when the vernal equinox was in pisces, but would need to decide from other clues which age of pisces we had lived in: the most recent, or the one in the previous precessional cycle, or perhaps even the cycle before that. geology would naturally be of assistance in making such broad graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 472 judgements. the civilizers if we could find a way of saying we lived in the age of pisces, and could spe

ncealed chambers of the pyramids? if these, too, are readings from the metaphorical books of thoth, it would seem that the numbers of the fully worthy are increasing, and that new and even more startling revelations may soon be at hand. to return briefly and for the last time to our evolving scenario: 1 at the beginning of the twenty-first century of the christian era, near the cusp of the age of pisces and the age of aquarius, civilization as we know it is destroyed; 2 among the devastated survivors a few hundred or a few thousand individuals band together to preserve and transmit the fruits of their culture s scientific knowledge into a distant and uncertain future; 3 these civilizers split into small groups and spread across the globe; 4 by and large they fail, and perish; nevertheless

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tering fire of water= red lettering earth= black air fo earth= yellow lettering water of earth= blue lettering earth of earth= green or white iettering fire of earth= red lettering fire= red air of fire= yellow lettering water of fire= blue lettering earth of fire= black lettering fire of fire= green lettering the colors of the great cross are: aries, leo, sagittarius= firey= red cancer, scorpio, pisces= watery= blue gemini, libra, aquarius= airy= yellow taurus, virgo, capricorn= earthy= black 49 the colors of the sephirothic crosses are determined using each truncated pyramid as: the colors of the kurubic squares are determined as: 50 where, t_ color of tablet k= color of element of the court card of the kerub s= same as triangle no. 1 a= color of angle wands= fire, yod, red cups= water

. 1 a= color of angle wands= fire, yod, red cups= water, he, blue swords= air, vau, yellow pantacles= earth, he, black the colors of the lesser watchtower squares are determined from the astrological and planetary signs as follows: red= firey= sun, jupiter, aries, cancer, libra, capricom blue= watery= mars, taurus, leo, scorpio, aquarius yellow= airy= saturas, mercury, gemini, virgo, sagittarius, pisces black= earthy= venus, moon, fire, air, water, saturn as a general role, complementary colors should be used when coloring the sides of truncated pyramids as follows: blue squares/pyramid sides have orange lettering yellow squares/pyramid sides have purple lettering black squares/pyramid sides have white lettering red squares/pyramid sides have green lettering 51 names of archangels, angels

ized matter purifed and refined, the ideal woman. libra: ideal relationships, perfect harmony and balance, universal harmony. scorpio: emotional power, regeneration, death. sagittarius: aspiration, transformation of consciousness, the principie of perfection. 71 72 capricorn: crystallization of matter, matter organized for use, governing authority. aquarius: universal brotherhood, trae lmowledge. pisces: emotion as universal solvent, dissolving of form, elimination of boundaries, cosmos finto chaos. 73 planetary influences the universe is in equilibrium; therefore he that is without it, though his force be but a feather, can overturn the universe. be not caught within that web, o child of freedom! be not entangled in the universal l e, o child of truth! aleister crowley, the book of l es

receptivity. it rules cancer. mercury: power of communicat ion, intel l igence, reason, mobility, self-expression. it rules gemini and virgo. venus: love, beauty, harmony. it roles taurus and libra. mars: passion, desire, energy, courage, initiative. it rules aries and scorpio. j piter: higher xni.nd, wisdom, optimism, spon74 taneity, enthusiasm, benevolence, generosity. it rules sagittarius and pisces. saturn: satan, contraction, crystal l ization, concentration, ambition, self-preservation, caution, responsibility, pessimism, stability, endurance. it rules capricorn and aquarius. 75 magical preparations thus shall we prepare him for the confrontation of choronzon and the ordeai of theabyss, when we have received him into the city of the pyramids. aleister crowley, liber os abysmi proper

bject and link iit with iits creator. with proper use, your magical weapons will automatically become ppowerfultalismans. they will become charged with your own emotional and psychic energies. additional talismans can be made for specific ppurposesbut all should come under the following general headings: earth: taurus, virgo, capricorn, venus, moon, pentacle, black, north. water: cancer, scorpio, pisces, mars, cup, blue, west. air: gemini, libra, aquarius, saturn, mercury, sword, yellow, east. fire: aries, leo, sagittarius, sun, jupiter, wand, red, south. 94 when you practice the exercise to gain the knowledge and conversation of your holy guardian angel, you will need to design and make your own talisman of iliatai. figure 5 shows an example of such a talisman design. the watchtowers and

stored up by one whose formula is vrelp is not money, but spiritual wealth. the words omp-il mean "understanding the aethyrs" and add up to 197 as well as t -il-om "the aethyrs have knowledge" the exact nature of the formula is obtained from the letters and their arrangement. in the center of the word is the hermit of virgo. he is flanked on the ieft by the lunar reflective forces of the moon in pisces, and on the right by the solar creative forces of strength/lust in leo. in addition, 189 he has the love of life expressed by the devil in capric on his left and mobility expressed by the chariot in can on his right. vrelp is thus the individuality that he learned to balance the forces of duality in his life. with an understanding of this formula, you can enter the city of the pyramids with

characterize the astral plane are almost absent and the mentation of the mental plane beyond is impending. on the watch-towers, zaa is somewhere in or near fire of water. two of the first things that you will probably notice when entering zaa are (1) its lunar nature and (2) the almost total absence of anything except yourself. on the tree of li fe, zaa is somewhere between the path of the moon (pisces) and the path of temperance/art (sagittarius) below the sephiroths of netzach and tiphareth. you will be totally alone in zaa except for a few angels and the governors. although this may actually be true for other aethyrs as well, in zaa the sense of loneliness is acute and oppressive. it can be likened to entering a dark and silent chamber and remaining there for a very long time by yourse

he enochian letters are shown in table ii. in meditation, let your mind wander through the letters of a square. note the occult relationships and correspondences as you move among the letters but do not even try to put your observations into words until after the meditation. as an example, meditate on the square of ror you will see that the square contains only three di fferent letters: r-moon in pisces o- justice in libra d- empress in spirit an overview will show you that as the empress connects the mascul ine, chokmah wi th the feminine, binah on the qabalistic tree of life (see figure 19 in enochian magic, so the letter d connects the masculine letter 0 with 257 the feminine letter r. a strong sense of justice pervades this square. it is interesting to note that the letter r, which occ

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ion by passing along to others some portion of the blessing you have received. appellation rite.(see naming) aquarian age.the position of the sun on the vernal equinox moves through the path of the zodiac westward at the rate of a sign in about 2200 years. this period is referred to astrologically as an age. due to this precession, the spring equinox does not begin in aries as it once did, but in pisces. when it crosses into the sign aquarius, the aquarian age will have begun. arcane.that which is not hidden, but visible only to those who attune to it or are ready for its revelation; mystical, divine, cosmic. assumption.exchanging places, persons, and power. you assume you have exchanged places with the other person, assuming the other's personality. in divine assumption, you assume you ar

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orth. o deus potens, fortis& sine principio. at the south. o deus potens& misericors. the perfume of thursday. saffron. heptameron 16 the conjuration of thursday. conjuro& confirmo super vos, angeli sancti, per nomen, cados, cados, cados, eschereie, eschereie, eschereie, hatim ya, fortis firmator seculorum, cantine, jaym, janic, anic, calbat, sabbac, berifay, alnaym& per nomen adonay, qui creavit pisces reptilia in aquis& aves super faciem terr, volantes versus coelos die quinto& per nomina angelorum serventium in sexto exercitu coram pastore angelo sancto& magno& potenti principe& per nomen stell, qu est jupiter& per nomen sigilli sui& per nomen adonay, summi dei, omnium creatoris& per nomen omnium stellarum& per vim& virtutem earum& per nomina pr dicta, conjuro te sachiel angele magne, q

HUEBNER LOUISE WITCHCRAFT FOR ALL WICCA 04

written concerning your illicit romance, i am led to believe that you consider yourself to be a pawn and the innocent member of the love partnership. perhaps. indeed. you are a 'victim' but i would say more a victim of your own emotional and sensational appetites than of anything else. why not try the sex watchers plan and see if you can control the intake a bit. for the sake of appearances. dear pisces (march 8, 1922) all witches and wizards do not participate in orgies. and yes, you are right. i won't give you a list of the ones planned for the roodmas festival in april. and no. you can't become a witch. witches are female! dear november 26, 1928 thank you for the lock of your hair. i do not feel like casting a spell in order to win back [your] lover. and so don't expect any improvement

scorpio, i am surprised that a sexy scorpio like you has to resort to cry baby tactics. the emotional bondage spell has worked for others. perhaps your error was in eating the head of garlic rather than wearing it. and please go easy with the red candles, they are very potent. readers have written in that your spell. has been affecting their relationships. try coral or pale pink. dear passionate pisces, when a reader writes in that they are never able to find emotional partners. despite their fascinating attributes. i question the validity of their gifts. perhaps true love tea would help you. but i doubt it. and frankly. i couldn't care less. however. good luck! dear louise: i cast your "sex seduction spell" on this guy i liked. those spells work beautifully. now he won't leave me alone

me. i'd figure it was a wet diaper! it's a sick combination. why would you want to renew it? he smartened up; after eight years, you should. some astrologer or fortune teller will tell you that you and this "chap" are fated lovers who met in a previous existence and will meet again and be happy in the next. baloney! try true love tea and a senior citizen's club. dear louise: i have met a girl, a pisces, who has a strange influence on me. i am capricorn, january 5, 1947. she is not my type at all. good looking in a way, but not the kind that arouses me sexually. i wasn't the least interested in her at first. now i keep calling her all the time and trying to date her. i want to go to bed with her. it is strange because most of the time i don't care the least then all of a sudden i've got to

JENNINGS HARGRAVE ROSICRUCIANS RITES MYSTERIES

ties (mostly ill-executed, but each wonderfully suggestive) called gnostic gems, we will supply a seeming elucidation of this their astrological assumption of what was earliest; for which see the succeeding figure (g) libra (the balances) leads again off as the hingepoint, introducing the six winter signs, which are (g) libra again (h) scorpio (i) sagittarius (j) capricornus (k) aquarius, and (l) pisces. fig. 12 (a) ezekiel's wheel. turning-point libra (the sign libra was added by the greeks) the first six signs, or ascending signs, are represented by the celestial perpendicular, or descending ray, as thus: the last six signs, or descending signs, are represented by the terrestrial ground-line, or horizontal, or equatorial (symbol, or sigma, as thus: the union of these (at the intersection

ide (moon) sinister. axis inclined (ecliptic (chapter-house) cor or choir (equatorial (as deliberative judgement seat) the blessed lady st. john. aries, head and face taurus, neck andthroat gemini, arms and shoulders cancer, breast and stomach leo, heart and back virgo, venter libra,reins and loins scorpio, genitalia sagittarius, hips and thighs capricorn, knees and hams aquarius, legs and ankles pisces, feet and toes. a b c d e f g h i j k l sun rises. east. holy of holies. crown of glory. crown of thorns. apse or apsis. astro-theosopic chart. 307 astro-theosophic chart (no. 2) eastern or greek rite. mysterium (east (north (south (west) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12. head. neck. shoulders breast. chest. back. venter. thighs. knees. legs. ankles. feet. robertus de fluctibus (robert flood, or

LEMEGETON

m harl. 6483. seal of solomon from the magical calendar. seal of solomon, frontispiece from british library manuscript lans. 1203, les v ritables clavicules de salomon, traduites de l'hebreux en langue latine, par le rabin abognazar. sigilla, nempe xii signorum zodiaci, from paracelsus, archidoxis magicae, liber ii. aries taurus gemini cancer leo virgo libra scorpio sagittarius capricorn aquarius pisces the almadel, from gollancz, sepher maphteah shelomoh, 1914, fol 20b. note the drawing at the bottom showing how the candles are to be constructed with feet to support the almadel "picture of the almadel, from or. ms. 6360: first note of the art of grammar, from sl. 1712, fol. 14v. second note of the art of grammar, from sl. 1712, fol. 15r. the fourth note of rhetoric and the note of geometr

LIBER 777

treatment and a liberal allowance of rubber-cores in our old age. 4. the tree of life is the skeleton on which this body of truth is built. the juxtaposition and proportion of its parts should be fully studied. practice alone will enable the student to determine how far an analogy may be followed out. again, some analogies may escape a superficial study. the beetle is only connected with the sign pisces through the tarot trump the moon. the camel is only connected with the high priestess through the letter gimel. since all things whatsoever (including no thing) may be placed upon the tree of life, the table could never be complete. it is already somewhat unwieldy; we have tried to confine ourselves as far as possible to lists of things generally unknown. it must be remembered that the less

rs sarton cancer c wryrjyc shichiriron 19 hyra ari leo b wrybhlc shalehbiron 20 hlwtb betulah virgo e wryrpx tzaphiriron 21. jupiter. 22 \ynzam moznaim libra d wryrybu a abiriron 23 \ym maim water. 24 brqu akrab scorpio c wrytcjn necheshthiron 25 tcq qesheth sagittarius b wrycjn necheshiron 26 ydg gedi capricorn e wrygdgd dagdagiron 27. mars. 28 yld deli aquarius d wrymyhb bahimiron 29 \ygd dagim pisces c wrymycn nashimiron 30. sol. 31 ca ash fire. 32. saturn. 32 bis ra aretz earth. 31 bis ta ath spirit. table of correspondences 4 ix. the sword and the serpent x. mystic numbers of the sephiroth xi* elements (with their planetary rulers. xii* the tree of life. 0. 0. 1 1 root of d 1st plane, middle pillar 2 3 root of b 2nd plane, right pillar 3 6 root of c 2nd plane, left pillar 4 10 c 3rd p

s not the star. this also is secret: my prophet shall reveal it to the wise. in crowley s new comment on this verse, he observes: i see no harm in revealing the mystery of tzaddi to the wise; others will hardly understand my explanations. tzaddi is the letter of the emperor, the trump iv, and h is the star, the trump xvii. aquarius and aries are therefore counterchanged, revolving on the pivot of pisces, just as, in the trumps viii and xi, leo and libra do about virgo. this last revelation makes our tarot attributions sublimely, perfectly, flawlessly symmetrical. the fact of its so doing is a most convincing proof of the superhuman wisdom of the author of this book to those who have laboured for years, in vain, to elucidate the problems of the tarot. this substituted attribution is alluded

LIBER LXXVIII

may mean law, trial, etc. 9. wisdom from on high. active divine inspiration. sometimes gunexpected current. h 10. good fortune, happiness (within bounds. intoxication of success. 11. courage, strength, fortitude, power passing on to action. obstinacy. 12. enforced sacrifice, punishment, loss, fatal and not voluntary, suffering. 13. time, age, transformation, change involuntary (as opposed to 18, pisces. or death, destruction (only latter with special cards [specially, a sudden and quite unexpected change] 14. combination of forces, realization, action (material effect, good or evil. 50 liber lxxviii 15. materiality, material force, material temptation, obsession. 16. ambition, fighting, war, courage, or destruction, danger, fall, ruin. 17. hope, faith, unexpected help. or dreaminess, dece

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

he pursued his way among these 'living creatures' of the zodiac, was said, in allegorical language, either to assume the nature of or to triumph over the sign he entered. the sun thus became a bull in taurus, and was worshipped as such by the egyptians under the name of apis, and by the assyrians as bel, baal, or bul. in leo the sun became a lion-slayer, hercules, and an archer in sagittarius. in pisces, the fishes, he was a fish--dagon, or vishnu, the fish-god of the philistines and hindoos" a careful analysis of the religious systems of pagandom uncovers much evidence of the fact that its priests served the solar energy and that their supreme deity was in every case this divine light personified. godfrey higgins, after thirty years of inquiry into the origin of religious beliefs, is of t

ear, each one of the twelve constellations occupies a position at the vernal equinox for nearly 2,160 years, then gives place to the previous sign. among the ancients the sun was always symbolized by the figure and nature of the constellation through which it passed at the vernal equinox. for nearly the past 2,000 years the sun has crossed the equator at the vernal equinox in the constellation of pisces (the two fishes. for the 2,160 years before that it crossed through the constellation of aries (the ram. prior to that the vernal equinox was in the sign of taurus (the bull. it is probable that the form of the bull and the bull's proclivities were assigned to this constellation because the bull was used by the ancients to plow the fields, and the season set aside for plowing and furrowing

stantly repeated the words 'o lamb of god, that taketh away the sin of the world, have mercy upon us. grant us thy peace' therefore, the lamb of god is a title given to the sun, who is said to be reborn every year in the northern hemisphere in the sign of the ram, although, due to the existing discrepancy between the signs of the zodiac and the actual star groups, it actually rises in the sign of pisces. the summer solstice is regarded as occurring in cancer (the crab, which the egyptians called the scarab--a beetle of the family lamellicornes, the head of the insect kingdom, and sacred to the egyptians as the symbol of eternal life. it is evident that the constellation of the crab is represented by this peculiar creature because the sun, after passing through this house, proceeds to walk

y of apis, and the bull became sacred to osiris (for details concerning the astrological ages as related to biblical symbolism, see the message of the stars by max and augusta foss heindel) during the aryan age the lamb was held sacred and the priests were called shepherds. sheep and goats were sacrificed upon the altars, and a scapegoat was appointed to bear the sins of israel. during the age of pisces, the fish was the symbol of divinity and the sun god fed the multitude with two small fishes. the frontispiece of inman's ancient faiths shows the goddess isis with a fish on her head; and the indian savior god, christna, in one of his incarnations was cast from the mouth of a fish. not only is jesus often referred to as the fisher of men, but as john p. lundy writes "the word fish is an ab

o be trampling on a serpent, and its tail to be held by a woman. immediately after the lion comes the virgin holding an ear of corn, further on, we perceive two scales of a balance, above which, in a medal lion, is the figure of harpocrates. then follows the scorpion and sagittarius, to whom the egyptians gave wings, and two faces. after sagittarius are successively placed, capricornus, aquarius, pisces, the ram, the bull, and the twins. this zodiacal procession is, as we have already observed, terminated by cancer, the crab" p. 56 the antiquity of the zodiac is much in dispute. to contend that it originated but a mere few thousand years before the christian era is a colossal mistake on the part of those who have sought to compile data, concerning its origin. the zodiac necessarily must be

e sign of aquarius; z, taurus; c, leo; and g, scorpio. these are called the fathers. in the secret teachings of the far east these four figures--the man, the bull, the lion, and the eagle--are called the winged globes or the four maharajahs who stand upon the corners of creation. the four cardinal signs--p, capricorn; x, aries; b, cancer; f, libra--are called the powers. the four common signs--v, pisces; a, gemini; e, virgo; h, sagittarius- are called the minds of the four lords. this explains the meaning of the winged globes of egypt, for the four central figures--aquarius, taurus, leo, and scorpio (called by ezekiel the cherubim--are the globes; the cardinal and common signs on either side are the wings. therefore the twelve signs of the zodiac may be symbolized by four globes, each with

ed annually by the sun during its passage through the signs of the zodiac "from the journey of the sun through the twelve signs" writes albert pike "come the legend of the twelve labors of hercules, and the incarnations of vishnu and buddha. hence came the legend of the murder of khurum, representative of the sun, by the three fellow-crafts, symbols of the winter signs, capricornus, aquarius, and pisces, who assailed him at the three gates of heaven and slew him at the winter solstice. hence the search for him by the nine fellow-crafts, the other nine signs, his finding, burial, and resurrection (see morals and dogma) other authors consider libra, scorpio, and sagittarius as the three murderers of the sun, inasmuch as osiris was murdered by typhon, to whom were assigned the thirty degrees

irty degrees of the constellation of scorpio. in the christian mysteries also judas signifies the scorpion, and the thirty pieces of silver for which he betrayed his lord represent the number of degrees in that sign. having been struck by libra (the state, scorpio (the church, and sagittarius (the mob, the sun (chiram) is secretly home through the darkness by the signs of capricorn, aquarius, and pisces and buried over the brow of a hill (the vernal equinox. capricorn has for its symbol an old man with a scythe in his hand. this is father time- a wayfarer--who is symbolized in masonry as straightening out the ringlets of a young girl's hair. if the weeping virgin be considered a symbol of virgo, and father time with his scythe a symbol of capricorn, then the interval of ninety degrees betw

same law" when the colors are related to the twelve signs of the zodiac, they are arranged as the spokes of a wheel. to aries is assigned pure red; to taurus, red-orange; to gemini, pure orange; to cancer, orange-yellow; to leo, pure yellow; to virgo, yellow-green; to libra, pure green; to scorpio, green-blue; to sagittarius, pure blue; to capricorn, blue-violet; to aquarius, pure violet; and to pisces, violet-red. in expounding the eastern system of esoteric philosophy, h. p, blavatsky relates the colors to the septenary constitution of man and the seven states of matter as follows: color principles of man states of matter violet chaya, or etheric double ether indigo higher manas, or spiritual intelligence critical state called air blue auric envelope steam or vapor green lower manas, or

sardius, coral, lapis lazuli, opal, and sometimes the diamond; to scorpio the amethyst, beryl, sardonyx, aquamarine, carbuncle, lodestone, topaz, and malachite; to sagittarius die hyacinth, topaz, chrysolite, emerald, carbuncle, and turquoise; to capricorn the chrysoprase, ruby, malachite, black onyx, white onyx, jet, and moonstone; to aquarius the crystal, sapphire, garnet, zircon, and opal; to pisces the sapphire, jasper, chrysolite, moonstone, and amethyst both the magic mirror and the crystal ball are symbols little understood. woe to that benighted mortal who accepts literally the stories circulated concerning them! he will discover--often at the cost of sanity and health--that sorcery and philosophy, while often confused, have nothing in common. the persian magi carried mirrors as a

rnity and are the arms of the universe. 3. the simple letters having been designed, established, weighed, and exchanged by god, he produced by them twelve zodiacal signs in the universe, twelve months in the year, and twelve chief organs in` human body (male and female. 4, the signs of the zodiac are: aries, taurus, gemini, cancer, leo, virgo, libra, scorpio, sagittarius, capricorn, aquarius, and pisces. the months of the year are: nisan, liar, sivan, tammuz, ab, elul, tisri, marcheshvan, kislev, tebet, sebat, and adar. the organs of the human body are: two hands, two feet, two kidneys, gall, small intestine, liver, esophagus, stomach, and spleen. 5. note. in the following twelve stanzas, knut stenring again differs, this time as to the arrangement of properties: 1st. god caused the letter

(male and female. 11th. he caused the letter (tz) to predominate in taste (or swallowing, crowned it, combined it with the others, and fashioned by them aquarius (the water bearer) in the universe, the month sebat in the year, and the esophagus in the human body (male and female. 12th. he caused the letter (q) to predominate in mirth, crowned it, combined it with the others, and fashioned by them pisces (the fishes) in the universe, the month adar in the year, and the spleen in the human body (male and female. 6. he made them as a conflict, he arranged them as provinces and drew them up like a wall. he armed them and set one against another as in warfare (the elohim did likewise in the other spheres) chapter six 1. there are three mothers or first elements (a, m, sh, from which emanated th

ri ix the signs of the zodiac, placing aries at the head and continuing in sequential order to leo, which occupies the fifth cross section of the ark. jennings assigns the panel containing the door to the undivided constellation of virgo-libra-scorpio (which is continued into the first subdivision of the second section) and the remaining four cress sections to the constellations of sagittarius to pisces inclusive. a study of the plate discloses the ark to be divided into eleven main sections, and along the base and roof of each section are shown three subdivisions, thus making in all the sacred number 33. occupying the position corresponding to the generative system of the human body will also be noted the cross upon the door of the central section. two openings are shown in the ark: one

MATHERS MACGREGOR THE GREATER KEY OF SOLOMON VOL 1

vocation of spirit, the works of necromancy, and the recovery of stolen property, it is necessary that the moon should be in a terrestrial sign, viz: taurus, virgo, or capricorn. for love, grace, and invisibility, the moon should be in a fiery sign, viz: aries, leo, or sagittarius. book one page 15 for hatred, discord, and destruction, the moon should be in a watery sign, viz: cancer, scorpio, or pisces. for experiments of a peculiar nature, which cannot be classed under any certain head, the moon should be in an airy sign, viz: gemini, libra, or aquarius. but if these things seem unto thee difficult to accomplish, it will suffice thee merely to notice the moon after her combustion, or conjunction with the sun, especially just when she quits his beams and appeareth visible. for then it is

MICHAEL W FORD THE VAMPIRE GATE

bs whose arms are derived from behemoth, and the color of their forms are black and brown, they appear as awful beasts, like hippopotamus and an elephant, but crushed, or as if their skin was spread out flat over the body of a gigantic cockroach. they are spirits of the air and relate to begetting the new behemoth is the point of mastery of the earth from the spirit by continual force. neshimiron pisces (feb 18 march 19th -mutable water they neshimiron appear as stagnant watery blue, their forms are as hideous hag- women, almost skeletons, united to the bodies of serpents and fishes. the fish swim out of their sexual organs as well. the vampyre magickian may drain and utilize them to drain others from the dream. their instincts and emotions are powerful persuasion tools against another. th

MORALS AND DOGMA

d extending to an equal distance on each side of the line of equal nights and days. this belt, curving like a serpent, was termed the zodiac, and divided into twelve signs. at the vernal equinox, 2455 years before our era, the sun was entering the sign and constellation taurus, or the bull; having passed through, since he commenced, at the winter solstice, to ascend northward, the signs aquarius, pisces and aries; on entering the first of which he reached the lowest limit of his journey southward. from taurus, he passed through gemini and cancer, and reached leo when he arrived at the terminus of his journey northward. thence, through leo, virgo, and libra, he entered scorpio at the autumnal equinox, and journeyed southward through scorpia, sagittarius, and capricornus to aquarius, the ter

s, the _equator. they knew nothing of the immutable laws of nature; and whenever the sun commenced to tend southward, they feared lest he might continue to do so, and by degrees disappear forever, leaving the earth to be ruled forever by darkness, storm, and cold. hence they rejoiced when he commenced to re-ascend after the winter solstice, struggling against the malign influences of aquarius and pisces, and amicably received by the lamb. and when at the vernal equinox he entered taurus, they still more rejoiced at the assurance that the days would again be longer than the nights, that the season of seed-time had come, and the summer and harvest would follow. and they lamented when, after the autumnal equinox, the malign influence of the venomous scorpion, and vindictive archer, and the fi

d, became typhon, the spirit or principle of evil, warring against and destroying osiris. from the journey of the sun through the twelve signs came the legend of the twelve labors of hercules, and the incarnations of vishnu and buddha. hence came the legend of the murder of khurum, representative of the sun, by the three fellow-crafts, symbols of the three winter signs, capricornus, aquarius, and pisces, who assailed him at the three gates of heaven and slew him at the winter solstice. hence the search for him by the nine fellow-crafts, the other nine signs, his finding, burial, and resurrection. the celestial taurus, opening the new year, was the creative bull of the hindus and japanese, breaking with his horn the egg out of which the world is born, hence the bull apis was worshipped by t

gs to the science of astronomy; and to that we refer you for it. the consequence is, what is termed the precession of the equinoxes, by means of which the sun is constantly changing his place in the zodiac, at each vernal equinox; so that now, the signs retaining the names which they had 300 years before christ, they and the constellations do not correspond; the sun being now in the constellation pisces, when he is in the sign aries. the annual amount of precession is 50 seconds and a little over [50" 1. the period of a complete revolution of the equinoxes, 25,856 years. the precession amounts to 30 or a sign, in 2155.6 years. so that, as the sun now enters pisces at the vernal equinox, he entered aries at that period, 300 years b.c, and taurus 2455 b.c. and the division of the ecliptic, n

n entered gemini at the vernal equinox. at the two periods, 2455 and 300 years before christ, and now, the entrances of the sun at the equinoxes and solstices into the signs, were and are as follows _b.c_ 2455. vern. equinox, he entered taurus from aries. summer solstice leo from cancer. autumnal equinox scorpio from libra. winter solstice aquarius from capricornus _b.c_ 300. vern. eq. aries from pisces. summer sols. cancer from gemini. autumn eq. libra from virgo. winter sols. capricornus from sagittarius. 1872. vern. eq. pisces from aquarius. sum. sols. gemini from taurus. aut. eq. virgo from leo. winter sols. sagittarius from scorpio. from confounding _signs_ with _causes_ came the worship of the sun and stars "if" says job "i beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon progressive in br

ere much noticed by astronomers. this sign was sometimes represented by a snake, and sometimes by a crocodile, but generally by a scorpion, which last is found on the mithriac monuments, and on the zodiac of dendera. it was considered a sign accursed, and the entrance of the sun into it commenced the reign of typhon. in sagittarius, capricornus, and aquarius there are no stars of importance. near pisces is the brilliant star fomalhaut. no sign in the zodiac is considered of more malignant influence than this. it was deemed indicative of _violence_ and _death_ both the syrians and egyptians abstained from eating fish, out of dread and abhorhence; and when the latter would represent anything as odious, or express hatred by hieroglyphics, they painted a fish. in auriga is the bright star cape

nor their worship above the visible heavens. the chaldeans, canaanites, and syrians, among whom abraham lived, did the same. the canaanites consecrated horses and chariots to the sun. the inhabitants of emesa in ph nicia adored him under the name of elagabalus; and the sun, as hercules, was the great deity of the tyrians. the syrians worshipped, with fear and dread, the stars of the constellation pisces, and consecrated images of them in their temples. the sun as adonis was worshipped in byblos and about mount libanus. there was a magnificent temple of the sun at palmyra, which was pillaged by the soldiers of aurelian, who rebuilt it and dedicated it anew. the pleiades, under the name of succoth-beneth, were worshipped by the babylonian colonists who settled in the country of the samaritan

a quadrilateral, in sixteen divisions, of which the central four were occupied by images of the four elements. the four divisions at the four angles of the quadrilateral exhibited the four signs that the astrologers called _fixed, and which they regard as subject to the influence of the four great royal stars, regulus in leo, aldebaran in taurus, antares in scorpio, and fomalhaut in the mouth of pisces, on which falls the water poured out by aquarius; of which constellations the scorpion was represented in the hebrew blazonry by the celestial vulture or eagle, that rises at the same time with it and is its paranatellon. the other signs were arranged on the four faces of the quadilateral, and in the parallel and interior divisions. there is an astonishing coincidence between the characteri

mblem of _benjamin, whom jacob compares to a hunter: and in that constellation the romans placed the domicile of diana the huntress. virgo, the domicile of mercury, is borne on the flag of _naphtali, whose eloquence and agility jacob magnifies, both of which are attributes of the courier of the gods. and of _simeon_ and _levi_ he speaks as united, as are the two fishes that make the constellation pisces, which is their armorial emblem. plato, in his republic, followed the divisions of the zodiac and the planets. so also did lycurgus at sparta, and cecrops in the athenian commonwealth. chun, the chinese legislator, divided china into twelve tcheou, and specially designated twelve mountains. the etruscans divided themselves into twelve cantons. romulus appointed twelve lictors. there were tw

laces, phases, and aspects there, and her relations with the sun and the constellations, have been a fruitful source of mythological fables. all the planets had what astrology termed their _houses, in the zodiac. the house of the sun was in leo, and that of the moon in cancer. each other planet had two signs; mercury had gemini and virgo; venus, taurus and libra; mars, aries and scorpio; jupiter, pisces and sagittarius; and saturn, aquarius and capricornus. from this distribution of the signs also came many mythological emblems and fables; as also many came from the places of exaltation of the planets. diana of ephesus, the moon wore the image of a crab on her bosom, because in that sign was the moon's domicile; and lions bore up the throne of horus, the egyptian apollo, the sun personifie

year in which these phenomena occurred; and these differences were carefully marked on the old calendars; and many things in the ancient allegories are referable to them. another and most important division of the stars was into good and bad, beneficent and malevolent. with the persians, the former, of the zodiacal constellations, were from aries to virgo, inclusive; and the latter from libra to pisces, inclusive. hence the good angels and genii, and the bad angels, devs, evil genii, devils, fallen angels, titans, and giants of the mythology. the other thirty-six constellations were equally divided, eighteen on each side, or, with those of the zodiac, twenty-four. thus the symbolic egg, that issued from the mouth of the invisible egyptian god kneph; known in the grecian mysteries as the o

gdoms of good and evil, light and darkness; of ormuzd and ahriman among the persians, and osiris and typhon among the egyptians. with the persians, the first six genii, created by ormuzd, presided over the first six signs, aries, taurus, gemini, cancer, leo, and virgo: and the six evil genii, or devs, created by ahriman, over the six others, libra, scorpio, sagittarius, capricornus, aquarius, and pisces. the soul was fortunate and happy under the empire of the first six; and began to be sensible of evil, when it passed under the balance or libra, the seventh sign. thus the soul entered the realm of evil and darkness when it passed into the constellations that belong to and succeed the autumnal equinox; and it re-entered the realm of good and light, when it arrived, returning, at those of t

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isa, who also are one. but they are not of me. let asar be the adorant, isa the sufferer; hoor in his secret name and splendour is the lord initiating. this verse declares that the old formula of magick the osiris-adonis-jesus-marsyas-dionysus- attis-etc. formula of the dying god is no longer efficacious (it never was efficacious; it was merely the least deficient formula possible in the aeon of pisces just past) it rested on the ignorant belief that the sun died every day, and every year, and that its resurrection was a miracle. the formula of the new aeon recognizes horus, the child crowned and conquering, as god. we are all members of the body of god, the sun; and about our system is the ocean of space. this formula is then to be based upon these facts. our "evil "error "darkness "illu

s dealt with fully in liber aleph. see chapters 105, 120, 121, 139, 141, 142, 192, 193, 194, 196, 198, 199, 200, 201, 203 among others. i see no harm in revealing the mystery of tzaddi to 'the wise; others will hardly understand my explanations. tzaddi is the letter of the emperor, trump tv, and he is the star, trump xvii. aquarius and aries are therefore counterchanged, revolving on the pivot of pisces, just as, in the trumps viii and xi, leo and libra do about virgo. this last revelation makes our tarot attributions sublimely, perfectly, flawlessly symmetrical. the fact of its so doing is a most convincing proof of the superhuman wisdom of the author of this book to those who have laboured for years, in vain, to elucidate the problems of the tarot 'all these old letters of my book are ar

NAGEL CARL AMAZING SECRETS OF OCCULT POWER

is a list of the most suitable aphrodisiac foods for the various astrological signs: aries: cinnamon, pepper, and chestnuts. taurus: grapes and sage. gemini: carrots and fennel. cancer: garlic and peppermint. leo: almonds and celery seed. virgo: apples and thyme. scorpio: ginger, mustard, and onions. sagittarius: sesame seed and nutmeg. capricorn: dates and wintergreen. aquarius: bananas and rye. pisces: mint and oranges. the word aphrodisiac is derived from aphrodite, the love goddess of the ancient greeks whom the romans called venus. of all the goddesses of ancient greece and rome, none was more widely venerated than the goddess of love was. every god -even zeus himself- wanted the beautiful, golden aphrodite as his wife, but she was too proud and rejected them all. one of her children

REGARDIE ISRAEL THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN

nditions of: heat and dryness fire a heat and moisture air a cold and d yness earth b cold and moisture water v 2. the signs of the zodiac are twelve: 1. aries, the ram 2. taurus, the bull 3. gemini, the twins 4. cancer, the crab 5 .leo, the lion 6. virgo, the virgin 7. libra, the scales 8. scorpio, the scorpion 9. sagittarius, the archer 10. capricorn, the goat 11. aquarius, the water-bearer 12. pisces, the fishes these twelve signs are distributedamong the four triplicities or sets of three signs, each being attributed to one of the four elements, and they represent the operation of the elements in the zodiac. thus to fire belong aries, leo, sagittarius: thus to earth belong taurus, virgo, capricornus: thus to air belong gemini, libra, aquarius: thus to water belong cancer, scorpio

sces, the fishes these twelve signs are distributedamong the four triplicities or sets of three signs, each being attributed to one of the four elements, and they represent the operation of the elements in the zodiac. thus to fire belong aries, leo, sagittarius: thus to earth belong taurus, virgo, capricornus: thus to air belong gemini, libra, aquarius: thus to water belong cancer, scorpio, pisces. 3. to the ancients, six planets were known, besides the sun, which they classed with the planets. they also assigned certain planetary values to the north and 50 first knowledge ledure 51 south nodes of the moon- that is, the points where her orbit touches that of the ecliptic. these they named caput draconis a head of the dragon and cauda draconis ep tail of the dragon since the discovery

gittarius upon luna. 15. the devil=the sovereignty and beauty of material (and therefore false) splendour. sol acting through capricorn upon mercury. 16. the tower=the victory over splendour. venus acting through mars upon mercury. avenging force. 17. star=the victory of fundamental strength. venus acting through aquarius upon luna. hope. 18. moon=the victory of the material. venus acting through pisces upon the cosmic elements, deceptive effect of the apparent power of material forces. 19. sun=the splendour of the material world. mercury acting through the sun upon the moon. 20. judgment=the splendour of the material world. mercury acting through fire upon the cosmic elements. 21. universe=the foundation of the cosmic elements and of the material world. luna acting through saturn upon the

cular element is this grade attributed <123> heg to the element of fire. hiero honoured hiereus, to what planet does this grade especially refer? hiereus to the planet venus. hiero honoured hegemon, what paths are attached to this grade? heg the 29th 28th, and 27th paths of qoph, tzaddi, and peh. hiero honoured hiereus, to what does the 29th path allude? hiereus to the reflection of the sphere of pisces. hiero honoured hegemon, to what does the 28th path allude? heg to the reflection of the sphere of aquarius. hiero honoured hiereus, to what does the 27th path allude? hiereus to the reflection of the sphere of mars. hiero (knock) let us adore the lord and king of fire. yod he vau he tzabaoth. blessed be thou- leader of armies is thy name, amen! all salute. hiero quits his throne and goes t

our heads which find their correlations in the four triplicities of the zodiac. places cross aside. the 29th path of the sepher yetsirah which answereth unto the letter qoph is called the corporeal intelligence- and it is so called because it forms the very body which is so formed beneath the whole order of the worlds and the increment of them. it is therefore the reflection of the watery sign of pisces and the path connecting the material universe as depicted in malkuth with the pillar of mercy and the side of chesed, through the sephirah netzach, and through it do the waters of chesed flow down. hiero, hegemon and practicus come to the west of the altar. before you upon the altar is the 18th key of tarot which symbolically resumes these ideas. it represents the moon with four hebrew yods

f the egyptian anubis, guarding the gates of the east and of the west, shown by the two towers between which lies the path of all the heavenly bodies ever rising in the east and setting in the west. the cray-fish is the sign cancer and was anciently the scarabeus or khephera, the emblem of the sun below the horizon as he ever is when the moon is increasing above. also, when the sun is in the sign pisces the moon will be well in her increase in cancer as shown by the cray-fish emblem. hiero returns to place. hegemon remains with practicus west of altar. i have now much pleasure in conferring upon you the title of lord of the 29th path. you will now quit the temple for a short time, and on your return the ceremony of your passage of the 28th path will take place. hegemon conducts practicus o

re in the rainbow scale; thus: saturn -indigo; jupiter- violet; mars- red; sol- orange; mercury -yellow; venus- green; luna- blue. unto the signs of the zodiac are ascribed the following: aries- scarlet; taurus- red-orange; gemini- orange; cancer- amber; leo- greenish-yellow; virgo- yellowish-green; libra- emerald; scorpio- greenish-blue; sagittarius- blue; cap ricornus- indigo; aquarius- purple; pisces- crimson. further, thou wilt observe that the colours of the paths and the sephiroth form a mutual balance and harmony on the tree. colours are forces, the signatures of the forces; and the child of the children of the forces art thou. and therefore about the throne of the mighty one the golden dawn: volume 11 book three is a rainbow of glory, and at his feet is the crystal sea. but there a

cardinal line shows the signs from the right in the order of astronomical sequence of the solar course: vernal equinox, summer solstice, autumn equinox, winter solstice. rank 8. the common line shows the signs again in a different position. here the earliest in the year is gemini on the left of mem, and passing left to virgo, you then go round to extreme right to sagittarius, pass centrewards to pisces close to makuth. the colouring of each square is dual- a ground colour, and the colour of the emblem. the ground colour is a compound of the colour of the planet of the side tinting the colour of the force to which the square is allotted. each side has the square of its own planet in its own unmixed colour, and with this exception all the coloured grounds are compound. the emblem colour is

hould be such that the white is a little the longest, then the black, while the 12 colours are equal, and smaller than the black. the colours must be clear, brilliant and correct. they are as follows: white: aries-red: taurus-red-orange: gemini-orange: canceramber: leo-lemon-yellow: virgo-yellow-green: libra-emerald: scorpiogreen- blue: sagittarius-bright-blue: capricornus-indigo: aquariusviolet: pisces-crimson: black. the lotus flower may be made of sheet metal or card board, in 3 whorls of 8,8, and 10 petals, white internally and tips curved in a little, olive outside with 5 markings as shown in diagram. the centre is orange, or a brass bolt to keep all together will do. as a general rule, use the white end in invocation and the. black <40> end to banish. the white end may be used to ban

th the greatest caution. in working on the plane of the zodiac, hold the wand by the portion you refer to between the thumb and two fingers. if a planetary working be required, hold the wand by the portion representing the day or night house of the planet, or else by the sign in which the planet is at the time. r i day house-capricorn i night house-aquarius y i day house-sagittarius i night house-pisces d i day house-aries i night house-scorpio 9 1 day house-libra i night house-taurus 5! 1 day house-gemini i night house-virgo sol 0 in leo only i luna d in cancer only the lotus wand 3 03 for example, if venus be the planet referred to, use in the day libra, and in the night taurus. should the action be with the elements, one of the signs of the triplicity of the elements should be held acco

cite: in the name of yeheshuah, i now set free the spirits that may have been imprisoned by this ceremony. 22. preferably, perform the lesser banishing ritual of the pentagram. 2 <44> the invocation to the forces of the s signs of the zodiac p s 3 a permutation hebrew tribe of sign of name letter israel angel colour aries taurus gemini cancer leo virgo libra scorpio sagittarius capricorn aquarius pisces yod yod yod heh heh heh vau vau vau heh heh heh heh heh vau vau vau heh heh heh yod yod yod heh vau heh heh heh yod vau yod heh heh heh vau yod heh vau heh yod heh yod heh yod heh vau heh vau heh vau zayin cheth teth yod lamed nun samech ayin tzaddi qoph gad ephraim manasseh issachar judah naphthali asshur dan benjamin zebulun reuben simeon melchidael asmodel ambriel muriel verchiel hamalie

figure of kedemel or venus in libra. signifies barchiel or rubeus, a figure of bartzabel or mars in scorpio. sigrufies advachiel or acquisitio, a figure of hismael or jupiter in sagittarius. signifies hanael or career, a figure of zazel or saturn in capricorn. signifies cambriel or tdstitia, a figure of zazel or saturn in aquarius. signifies amnitzel or laetitia, a figure of hismael or jupiter in pisces. signifies zazel and bartzabel in all their ideals, being cauda draconis. signifies hismael and kedemel in all their ideas, being a figure of caput draconis. signified melchidael or puer, a figure of bartzabel or mars in aries. signifies asmodel and amissio, a figure of kedemel or venus in taurus. signifies ambriel or albus, a figure of taphthartharath or mercury in gemini. a mode of using

hthartharath 3 chasmodai 3 sorath 7 taphthartharath kedemel bartzabel cs hismael b zazel a zazel* hismael zazel and 83 bamabel hismael and% kedemcl sorath mars d cy aries venus 9 tautus mercury g luna i) sol 0 mercury g venus 9 mars 6 jupiter saturn r) saturn r) jupiter saturn fi and mars 8 venus and 9 jupiter sol 0 gemini cancer s l k virgo fi libra q scorpio 9 sagittarius llg capricorn= aquariw pisces cauda draconis q caput draconis 3 chasmodai luna cancer (note: when attributing the above geomantic figures to the tree of life, the two saturnian figures represent the three supernals. the planetary geomancy 52 7 <115> attributions element geomantic name and meaning of figure figure* fire* puer (a boy, yellow, beardless* earth, amiss10 (loss, comprehended without* air, albus (white, fair*

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on the enochian or angelical tablets represent a species of more particular ideas. both classes of names should be used in these operations. i illustrate his idea as follows: fire aries leo sagittarius triplicity: heh teth samech+ al= hitsael earth taurus virgo capricorn triplicity: vav yod ayin+ al= vioel air gemini libra aquarius triplicity: zayin lamed tzaddi+ al= zaitzel water cancer scorpio pisces triplicity: cheth nun qoph +al= chankel these names should either be incorporated into the talisman itself, or sigils based upon them should be traced, during a ceremony, over the talisman, as though standing upon it, while the angelic name is vibrated strongly and often. chapter five a practical example the clarification of all the above theoretical points can best be achieved by means of

e golden dawn, so there is no problem here. its tracing on the rose is thus: though it is not absolutely essential, i propose to use one last set of symbols the geomantic symbols and the emblems derived from them. there are three symbols attributed to the watery triplicity, but since rubeus for scorpio is pantently an evil sign, it is best omitted, leaving only populus for cancer and laetitia for pisces. populus is drawn thus: and from it several little emblematic designs may be drawn with ease. laetitia is thus: and its emblems may be drawn so: these symbols therefore may be placed around the circumference of the circle, together with the traditional symbol of water, the inverted triangle. we would also include what the golden dawn called the kerub of water, the eagle s head, representing

RITUALS OF THE SOCIETAS ROSICRUCIANIS IN ANGLIA

without god. as the creation is about to proceed and as the representativeof the zodiacal sign aquarius, i direct the waters descend upon the soul, that the hour and day ofconception may commence. in darkness and sorrow does life come forth and time take beginning.let fomalhaut lead forth the heavenly train.the conductor, practicus and torch b. approach the 2nd sign (2nd herald) and thus halt at pisces.two tapers have been lighted in front of 2nd herald, just as the above were leaving the medallist; thetaper of the medallist is left burning.2nd herald, 2nd sign: with god, all is as day; with man night savoureth of mortality. we tend toward the day,the morning of light, and the darkness of error and unbelief are passing away. the divine lux isforeshadowed, for there was light before the su

the above were leaving the medallist; thetaper of the medallist is left burning.2nd herald, 2nd sign: with god, all is as day; with man night savoureth of mortality. we tend toward the day,the morning of light, and the darkness of error and unbelief are passing away. the divine lux isforeshadowed, for there was light before the sun. as the waters descend upon the earth, and lifeshall be given to pisces, the fishes, so all nature prepares for the reception of the seed. from thewomb of darkness and despair, loving nature prepares for the bursting forth of life: and numberlessstarlets shall wake in the wake of formalhaut.the conductor and companions proceed to 4th ancient whose three tapers have just been lighted.herald222s lights still burning.2nd ancient, 3rd sign: from the great deep, the

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into leo at this time. leo is considered a barren sign, and is of the element fire. the sun had moved into taurus, which is an earth sign. so the elements of fire and earth were present, astrologically. mercury, saturn, uranus, and neptune were also in earth signs; mercury in taurus, and the rest in capricorn, so there was a preponderance of earth. venus, mars and pluto were in the water signs of pisces for the first two, and scorpio for the latter. what was lacking was the element air, which was found only in the theoretical point called the moon's north node. i therefore decided to use an incense derived from materials associated with the element air for this working, since this element was not in evidence in the line up of planets on this date. to further incorporate the element of air

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m me. 41st angel name: kehihel sign: aquarius planet: moon degree: 20 25 meaning: triune. psalm 12:2: 0 tetragrammaton deliver my soul from a lip of lying, from a tongue of guile. 42nd angel name: mikhael sign: aquarius 18 planet: moon degree: 25 30 meaning: who is like unto him. psalm 121:7: tetragrammaton shall keep thee from all evil, he shall preserve thy soul. 43rd angel name: vavaliah sign: pisces planet: saturn degree: 0 5 meaning: king and ruler. psalm 88:13: and i, unto thee, 0 tetragrammaton, have cried, and in the morning my prayer shall come before thee. 44th angel name: ilhaiah sign: pisces planet: saturn degree: 5 10 meaning: abiding for ever. psalm 119:108: let the freewill offerings of my mouth, please thee, 0 tetragrammaton, and teach me thy judgements. 45th angel name: sa

t: saturn degree: 0 5 meaning: king and ruler. psalm 88:13: and i, unto thee, 0 tetragrammaton, have cried, and in the morning my prayer shall come before thee. 44th angel name: ilhaiah sign: pisces planet: saturn degree: 5 10 meaning: abiding for ever. psalm 119:108: let the freewill offerings of my mouth, please thee, 0 tetragrammaton, and teach me thy judgements. 45th angel name: saelaih sign: pisces planet: jupiter 19 degree: 10 15 meaning: mover of all things. psalm 94:18: when i said, my foot hath been moved, thy mercy, 0 tetragrammaton, will uphold me. 46th angel name: ngharaiel sign: pisces planet: jupiter degree: 15-20 meaning: revealer psalm 145:9: tetragrammaton is good unto every man, and his mercies are over all his works. 47th angel name: aslaiah sign: pisces planet: mars deg

uphold me. 46th angel name: ngharaiel sign: pisces planet: jupiter degree: 15-20 meaning: revealer psalm 145:9: tetragrammaton is good unto every man, and his mercies are over all his works. 47th angel name: aslaiah sign: pisces planet: mars degree: 20 25 meaning: just judge. psalm 92:5: how great have been thy works 0 tetragrammaton, very deep have been thy devices. 48th angel name: mihel sign: pisces planet: mars degree: 25 30 20 meaning: sending forth as a father. psalm 98:2: tetragrammaton hath made known his salvation, in the sight of the nations hath he revealed his justice. 49th angel name: uhauel sign: aries planet: mars degree: 0 5 meaning: great and lofty. psalm 145:3: great is tetragrammaton and greatly to be praised, and unto his greatness there is not an end. 50th angel name:

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e year, and the stomach of man. 10. he produced oin, predominant in anger, crowned it, combined and formed with it capricornus in the universe, tebet in the year, and the liver of man. 11. he produced tzaddi, predominant in taste, crowned it, combined and formed with it aquarius in the year, and the gullet in man. 12. he produced qoph, predominant in mirth, crowned it, combined and formed with it pisces in the universe, adar in the year, and the spleen of man. note--mediaeval authorities and modern editors give very different allocations to the twelve simple letters. chapter vi section 1. three fathers and their generations, seven conquerors and their armies, and twelve bounds of the universe. see now, of these words, the faithful witnesses are the universe, the year and man. the dodecad

. oliu adun. adun or adon, or adonai, adni, are commonly translated lord; eliun, oliun, is the more usual form of "the most high one" 56. him. rittangelius gives "credidit in tetragrammaton" but this word is shin shor taurus oin oqereb scorpio tau thaumim gemini qoph qesheth sagittarius samech sartan cancer gimel gedi capricorn aleph aryeh leo daleth dali aquarius beth bethuleh virgo daleth dagim pisces not in the hebrew. 57. tongue. the verbal covenant. 58. speech. the hebrew has "upon his tongue" 59. the hebrew version of rabbi judah ha levi concludes with the phrase "and said of him, before i formed thee in the belly, i knew thee" rabbi luria gives the hebrew version which i have translated. postellus gives "he drew him into the water, he rose up in spirit, he inflamed him in seven suit

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logers had divided the signs of the zodiac into four triangles of three each and called 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 prophecy and divination 119 ancients held the celestial bodies in great regard. groupings by the same names as were empedocles fs four elements. aries, sagittarius, and leo were termed fire signs; cancer, scorpio, and pisces, water; libra, aquarius, and gemini, air; and capricorn, taurus, and virgo comprised the signs of earth. in essence, astrology deals with the relationship between the positions of the sun, moon, and planets and the life of an individual. astrology has its philosophical root in the premise that each individual is a universe in miniature and mirrors within himself or herself the astrological

oody, untidy, and rather eccentric.while at the same time being highly gifted and intellectual men and women, who contribute much to art, literature, and allied subjects. aquarians do not fit into the general concept of conventional living, and they make for most interesting, albeit unusual, friends and companions. aquarians must be free of mental and emotional tensions if they are to be healthy. pisces, the fish, february 20 to march 20, is a water sign. pisces, the fishes swimming in opposite directions, has been known by that designation since the astrologers of babylonia named the constellation two fishes as long ago as 2000 b.c.e. although pisces people are industrious workers, they do not possess a great deal of stamina. it seems that fate often picks on pisceans, and they are more l

THE MIDDLE PILLAR

n color (in the king scale of the golden dawn, thus: 244 the balance between mind and g i c color note sign planet element red c aries mars fire red-orange c# taurus orange d gemini sun yellow-orange d# cancer yellow e leo mercury air yellow-green f virgo green f# libra venus blue-green g scorpio blue g# sagittarius moon water blue-violet a capricorn saturn violet a# aquarius jupiter red-violet b pisces in the golden dawn system, the twenty-two letters of the hebrew alphabet are each associated with a sign, planet, or element. by extending the correspondences in the preceding chart to the associated hebrew letters, we get the following: hebrew letter note astrology color h aleph e air yellow 2 beth e mercury yellow 3 gimel g# moon blue 7 daleth f# venus green 3 heh c aries red 1 vav c# tau

blue 7 daleth f# venus green 3 heh c aries red 1 vav c# taurus red-orange t zayin d gemini orange n cheth d# cancer yellow-orange d teth e leo yellow 9 yod f virgo yellow-green a# jupiter violet ?7 lkaamphe d f# libra green d mem g# water blue 3, nun g scorpio blue-green b samekh g# sagittarius blue ff ayin a capricorn blue-violet peh c mars red 3 tzaddi a# aquarius violet appendix 245 i' qoph b pisces red-violet 1 resh d sun orange u shin c fire red n tav a saturn blue-violet in assigning the notes, no octave is specified (see figures 17-20 on the following pages) i have chosen to set the music between middle c and the b above it, dropping below middle c occasionally for melodic convenience. wlrule i chose ths particular range arbitrarily and purely for the sake of convenience, i also en

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akkab u alap shame (kingu) 17. gemini re'u kinu shame u tu'ame rabuti (viper) 18. cancer shittu (snake) 19. leo kalbu rabu (lakhamu) 20. virgo shiru (whirlwind) 21. jupiter umunpaddu 22. libra zibanitum (ravening dog) 23. water badur 24. scorpio akrabu (scorpion-man) 25. sagittarius pa-bil-sag (hurricane) 26. capricorn suxur mash (fish-man) 27. mars mastabarru 28. aquarius gula (horned beast) 29. pisces dilgan u rikis nuni (weapon) 30. sun shamash 30. fire ag 30. saturn kaimanu 30 (bis) earth kia 30 (bis) spirit zi notes on pronunciation we cannot be absolutely how sumerian and akkadian were spoken; but many useful guidelines are available to the student, including the transliterated tablets found all over mesopotamia. basically, we can offer the following principles which should prove of

THE SECRET RITUALS OF THE OTO

le at all. now then do we mark down the means devised by us baphomet for the making of the homunculus. i take a suitable woman willing to aid thee in this work. explain to her fully the precautions to be taken and the manner of life necessary. let her horoscope be, if possible, suited to the nature of the homunculus proposed; as, to have an incarnate spirit of benevolence let jupiter be rising in pisces with good aspects of sol, venus, and luna; and with no notable contrary dispositions; or so far as may be possible. ii take now a man suitable; if convenient, thyself or some other brother initiate of the gnosis; and so far as may be, let his horoscope also harmonize with the nature of the work. iii let the man and woman copulate continuously (but especially at times astrologically favourab

TYSON DONALD NEW MILLENNIUM MAGIC

s. the outer ring is completed by the nodes of the moon. as is true of the sun and moon which compose them, each node rules only one sign: the relationship between the variants and the three outer planets of modern astrology can be observed from the signs they rule. the variant form that rules capricorn and aquarius is the true occult symbol for uranus. the variant form that rules sagittarius and pisces is the true symbol for neptune. the variant form that rules scorpio and aries is the true symbol of pluto. the remaining two mer- cury-variants must await other planets to be discovered beyond the orbit of pluto. notice that each variant contains in the same order the two simple symbols of the traditional planet with which it shares signs, plus the missing third symbol added at the bottom t

ces loosely related to patterns of stars in the night sky. it should be understood that the symbolic figures and beasts of the zodiac did not arise from contemplation of the night sky, but were projected onto the star patterns by ancient chaldean philosophers who discerned in humanity and in table of dodecagram sign aries taurus gemini cancer leo virgo libra scorpio sagittarius capricorn aquarius pisces element and motion form wild tame artist land-water wild priest lawyer land warrior tame laborer water level beast beast man creature beast man man creature man beast man creature color key i red red-purple purple blue-purple blue blue-green green yellow-green yellow yellow-orange orange red-orange being having thinking feeling commanding considering 1 weighing desiring perceiving using kno

of the chaldeans is at least 4,000 years old, and has scarcely changed. here are the signs, names, and representations of the zodiac given in tradi- tional order, proceeding counterclockwise around the heavens: aries ram ll libra scales itj taurus bull ?tl scorpio scorpion n gemini twins 2 sagittarius archer cancer crab 25 capricorn sea-goat q leo lion zz aquarius water-bearer iijj virgo virgin x pisces fishes the tree of the sephiroth may be viewed as a terrestrial and human symbol based on the division of fives (the number of man, while the zodiac may be con- sidered a heavenly and divine symbol based on the division of sixes (the number of god. this distinction is simplistic but can be useful in practical magic. the tree is consulted to discover the workings of spirit in the soul of hum

nt of intersection. it has been modified to render its structure more apparent, and mercury has been put in place of the sun to reflect the present mercury-central system of magic. each arm bears the signs that are ascribed to one of the elements-fire, water, air, or earth. they are read out from the center of the cross: b i'.iv.i. vo- a: fire a aries, leo, sagittarius b: water v cancer, scorpio, pisces c: air a libra, aquarius, gemini d: earth 7 capricorn, taurus, virgo the three concentric circles of four signs each are ascribed to the three kinds of motion-linear, rotary, and vibratory. in astrology these motions are called cardinal, fixed, and mutable. the circles are read clockwise in a spiral out from the center of the cross, beginning with the first sign, aries- 43% y- p- a- x: card

ar, rotary, and vibratory. in astrology these motions are called cardinal, fixed, and mutable. the circles are read clockwise in a spiral out from the center of the cross, beginning with the first sign, aries- 43% y- p- a- x: cardinal (linear motion- aries, cancer, libra, capricorn y fixed (rotary motion) 0 taurus, leo, scorpio, aquarius z: mutable (vibratory motion) v gemini, virgo, sagittarius, pisces v 1 v v @irn0lxl- v this division into the four elements and the three motions is more common- ly shown in astrology by means of the grand symbol of the double dodecagram of four triangles and three squares, as shown in the illustration on page 141. each triangle indicates one of the elemental divisions, and each square points to one of the divisions of motion. when the magus has gained a s

should be the most evocative of all possible words for the gestalt meaning of that sign. here are examples of what these catalytic words might be like; however, the magus would be well advised to find his or her own words: aries-being ledommanding sagittarius-perceiving taurus-having virgo-considering capricorn-using gemini-thinking libra-weighing aquarius-knowing cancer-feeling scorpio-desiring pisces-serving no catalytic word will tell you all you should know about a sign, just as no title can convey everything that is in a book. also, catalytic words can only call up information that has been gathered into the mind through long hours of study- alone they are almost valueless. the powers of the zodiac are not to be found in the far reaches of interstellar space. the notion that stars an

-v-i these banners may be assigned to the elemental triangles of the zodiac in a sunwise direction. those that start with the hebrew letter yod are placed clockwise on the three fire signs, beginning with aries (ihva, then proceeding to sagittar- ius (ih, and finally to leo (iv. the banners that start with the first he are placed clockwise on the three water signs, beginning with cancer (hv, then pisces (hvia, and finally scorpio (h&v. the banners that start with the hebrew letter vau are placed clockwise on the three air signs, beginning with libra (v&h, then gemini (v&i, and finally aquarius (viha. the banners that start with the second he (indicated by the dot) are placed clockwise on the three earth signs, beginning with capricorn (i hv, then virgo(&vh, and finally taurus (ikv1. those

echnique may appear confusing at first sight, but once grasped it is sub- limely elegant. the occult and overt forms of a banner have opposite polarities, which are represented by their opposite motions on the tetragram. if both are invoked, they cancel each other out, just as a positive charge will cancel an equal negative charge. thus, to banish the forces or the spirits of the occult banner of pisces, for example, it is only necessary to invoke the overt banner of pisces. since this is a graphic technique, it will be much easier to understand by means of the illustration at the top of page 148, which shows all of the banners of tetragram- maton on the tetragram. remember that for each banner in this illustration, the invoking glyph of the overt form of the banner (the one that begins wi

author's work tetragrammaton: the secret to evoking angelic powers and the key to the apocalypse (llewellyn: st. paul, mn, 1995. when trying to understand a system of symbols, it is always helpful to break it down into its component parts. the zodiac has a twofold division into signs that are animal and signs that are human. the animal signs are aries, taurus, cancer, leo, scorpio, capricorn, and pisces. the human signs are gemini, virgo, libra, sagittarius, and aquarius. the animal signs may be subdivided into four higher beasts, the ram, bull, lion, and goat and three lower creatures, the crab, scorpion, and fish. the human signs are divided into two male (sagittarius and aquarius, two female (virgo and libra, and one androgyne (gemini. the animal signs are all highly aggressive and sexu

ermit wheel justice hanged man death chariot devil tower star moon sun judgement world vau zayin cheth teth yod kaph lamed mem nun samekh ayin pe tzaddi qoph resh shin tau (single (single (single (single (single (double (single (mother (single (single (single (double (single (single (double (mother (double) taurus gemini cancer leo virgo sun libra water scorpio sagittarius capricorn mars aquarius pisces jupiter fire saturn it was deemed necessary to invert the placements of temperance and the chariot in the revised sequence of the tarot trumps. cancer is a much more appropriate sign for temperance than sagittarius, which more properly suits the warlike nature of the chariot. even more radical revisions of the trumps are possible. frater achad, a disci- ple of aleister crowley, proposed tha

e zodiac signs appear. these are, in the golden dawn order: aries (fifteen, scarlet, taurus (sixteen, red-orange, gemini (seventeen, orange, cancer (eighteen, amber, leo (nineteen, greenish yellow, virgo (twen- ty, yellow-green, libra (twenty-two, emerald, scorpio (twenty-four, greenish blue, sagittarius (twenty-five, deep blue, capricorn (twenty-six, indigo, aquar- ius (twenty-eight, violet, and pisces (twenty-nine, crimson. this assignment is not entirely satisfactory, since emerald, an earth color, is linked with libra, the cardinal air sign, and amber, an air color, is linked with cancer, the cardinal water sign. it would seem more logical to have assigned emer- ald to cancer and amber to libra. the colors of the elements, planets, and signs of the zodiac used by the gold- en dawn were

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that, just as before, my voice is much too weak to reach the ear of the multitude. it is not presumption that drives me, but my conscience as a psychiatrist that bids me fulfill my duty and prepare those few who will hear me for coming events which are in accord with the end of an era.175 jung observed that the ufo phenomenon had appeared just prior to the transition from the astrological age of pisces to the dawning age of aquarius. he regarded it as a synchronistic event, a mirroring in the outer material world of the tension within the human psyche that was generated by this transitional phase. jung viewed the round shape of flying saucers as an unconscious compensation for the division of the western world by the iron curtain, a futile attempt to restore wholeness by projecting symbol

world of the tension within the human psyche that was generated by this transitional phase. jung viewed the round shape of flying saucers as an unconscious compensation for the division of the western world by the iron curtain, a futile attempt to restore wholeness by projecting symbols of wholeness into the heavens, the realm of the gods. the beginning of the last great astrological age, that of pisces, coincided with the founding of the christian religion. each age spans approximately 2,120 years. jung intimated, without ever explicitly stating it, that the coming of the age of aquarius, accompanied by these spectacular signs in the sky, might herald the ending of the present christian era in the west, and he feared its final end would be marked by a violent nuclear holocaust. it is curi

ed that it is in this way that horus asserts that the 1980s "cower before me and are abased" 176. crowley, book of the law, 734. chapter nine: ufo abductions 145 as can be seen from the quotation, crowley predicted a violent antagonism toward not only christianity but toward all the major world religions. how much of a part adolf hitler plays in this unfolding of the transition between the age of pisces and the age of aquarius, and whether he is the magical child of crowley predicted in the book of the law who would fulfill its prophecies, as suggested by gerald suster, is a matter of conjecture. my own view is that crowley's magical child has yet to reveal himself, and that hitler played only a part in the prophecies of the book of the law, not the central role. link between aliens, fairi

w's head, or a woman with a headdress of curving cow's horns. the ruling intelligence of this trump is the goddess hathor, from whose breasts flow the sustaining milk of the stars. the phoenix will act as her oracle, for if you pose it a question about some future event, it will cry out in its shrill voice if the answer is yes. xviii the moon hebrew letter: qoph (back of the head) correspondence: pisces path: twenty-ninth the full moon shines down her light on a path that winds its way up from the edge of a stagnant pond into the distant hills that line the horizon. droplets of night dew shower down with her silvery beams. on either side of the path stand two animals like dogs. or one of them may be a wolf. they try to catch the falling dew on their tongues as they howl and bark at the moo

lled because through it every existent being receives its spirit and motion" 28. netzach to yesod hebrew letter: tzaddi tarot trump: xvii the star correspondence: aquarius "the twenty-eighth path is called the natural intelligence; by it is completed and perfected the nature of all that exists beneath the sun" 29. netzach to mallruth hebrew letter: qoph tarot trump: xviii the moon correspondence: pisces "the twenty-ninth path is the corporeal intelligence, so called because it forms every body which is formed in all the worlds, and the reproduction of them. 30. hod to yesod hebrew letter: resh tarot trump: xix the sun correspondence: sun 238 soul flight "the thirtieth path is the collective intelligence, and astrologers deduce from it the judgment of the stars and celestial signs, and perf

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ity: hthq+ ih (hatakiah)-ihvh ihhv: sagittarius (fire-mutable) 3. angel of mercy: qtzh+ al (kazahe1)-ihhv 4. angel of severity: htzq+ ih (hazekiahkihhv ivhh: leo (fire-fixed) 5. angel of mercy: qli+ al (kelie1)-ivhh 6. angel of severity: ilq+ ih (ye1ekiah)-ivhh hvhi: cancer (water-cardinal) 7. angel of mercy: dvi+ al (davie1)-hvhi 8. angel of severity: ivd+ ih (yodiahbhvhi 64 tetragrammaton hvih: pisces (water-mutable) 9. angel of mercy: dmv+ al (demuelbhvih 10. angel of severity: vmd+ ih (vamediah)-hvih hhiv scorpio (water-fixed) 11. angel of mercy: dab+ al (dabaelbhhiv 12. angel of severity: bad+ ih (badiahbhhiv vhih: libra (air-cardinal) 13. angel of mercy: vah+ al (vahae1)-vhih 14. angel of severity: hav+ ih (haviahbvhih vhhi: gemini (air-mutable) 15. angel of mercy: vih+ al (vihaelbvh

imension and style that was used to engrave the gold rings. on the inside of the hoops beneath the bezels of the silver rings, engrave, or have engraved, the twelve corresponding names of the wings of the winds who make up the angels of severity. zodiac gold (sun) silver (moon) 1. aries 2. taurus 3. gemini 4. cancer 5. leo 6. virgo 7. libra 8. scorpio 9. sagittarius 10. capricorn 11. aquarius 12. pisces ihvh (qthh+al) hhvi (shia+al) vhhi (vih+al) hvhi (dvi+al) ivhh (qli+al) hivh (shhv+al) vhih (vah+al) hhiv (dab) ihhv (qtzh+al) hihv (shbv+al) vihh (viv+al) hvih (dmv+al) ihvh (hthq+ih) hhvi (aish+ih) vhhi (hiv+ih) hvhi (ivd+ih) ivhh (ilq+ih) hivh (vhsh+ih) vhih (hav+ih) hhiv (bad+ih) ihhv (htzq+ih) hihv (vbsh+ih) vihh (viv+ih) hvih (vmd+ih) in the list above, i have indicated the position o

which taurus corresponds- practical, productive works concerning material possessions and personal security. banner rings 101 it is impossible to be more precise about the day and hour the sun enters the signs of the zodiac, because this varies from year to year. the approximate times of entry are these: sun enters aries taurus gemini cancer leo virgo libra scorpio sagittarius. capricorn aquarius pisces date march 21 april 20 may 21 june 22 july 23 august 24 september 23 october 24 november 23 december 22 january 20 february 19 ideally, the gold rings should be changed at the very minute the sun enters the succeeding sign. these times can be obtained by consulting a good ephemeris such as raphael's, where the entry of the sun, moon, and planets into each of the signs for the year is given

function: control of dreams, scrying and other psychic activities. finding lost possessions. aid in making women fertile. controlling biorhythms. perceiving ghosts or other spirits. fornz and function of the wings ix angel: demuel (dmv+al) pronounced: dem8-u-el hebrew: 5 1 7 enochian: claelz banner: hvih polarity: sun vpe: mercy side: right invoking sex: male element: water quality: mutable sign: pisces house: twelfth direction: north-northeast banishing stone: sapphire (blue) dibe: issachar apostle: bartholomew enochian god name: teaa enochian senior: alndvod appearance: soft, overweight figure of below average height; wavy, darkbrown hair on a round skull; pale complexion with a tendency to perspire; small nose and small ears that lie flat; very dark blue eyes; heavy eyelids and dark, ar

hieving empathy with others. protection of seamen or those who travel by sea. attaining purity. caring for the sick. protecting and caring for animals. encouraging pleasant dreams. 132 tetragrammaton x angel: vamediah (vmd+ih) pronounced: va-med'-i-ah hebrew: 3'7137 enochian: c32u-i&?l banner: hvih polarity: moon ripe: severity side: left invoking sex: female element: water quality: mutable sign: pisces house: twelrh direction: north-northeast banishing stone: sapphire (blue) dibe: issachar apostle: bartholomew enochian name of god: teaa enochian senior: aapdoce appearance: thin limbs; a long, thin neck; small head with short, straight hair, very glossy and of a dark-brown color. small nose and ears; dark blue eyes surrounded by blue shadows under the skin; poor posture; very thin hands he

of the earth, and six of which are below. the sun and moon each rule half of the signs. the sun in leo has authority over the signs on the right side of the zodiac: virgo (mercury, libra 194 tetragrammaton (venus, scorpio (mars, sagittarius (jupiter, and capricorn (saturn. the moon in cancer has authority over the signs on the left side of the zodiac: gemini (mercury, taurus (venus, aries (mars, pisces (jupiter, and aquarius (saturn. the six seats "of living breath" may refer to those signs of the zodiac under the sun, and the six seats that are "as sharp sickles, or the horns of death" may refer to the signs under the moon. both the sickle and the horn are symbols of the crescent moon. here, they are also death images. the meaning is that six of the kingdoms are kingdoms of light, and th

ene aries reuben peter sard 2. ihvh hatakiah aczinor- 3. ihhv kazahel dial lzinopo+ wnw sagittarius simeon philip topaz lion yod 4. ihhv hazekiah alhctga- 5. ivhh keliel liiansa+ hctga ahmlicv- south leo levi james the emerald 6. ivhh yelekiah lesser 7. hvhi daviel oip aaetpio+ sse cancer judah andrew garnet 8. hvhi yodiah adoeoet- e 9. hvih demuel alndvod+ 1 nne 3 10. aylh vamediah teaa aapdoce- pisces issachar bartholomew sapphire eagle first he 5 11. hhiv dabael pdoce arinnap+ west scorpio zebulun thaddeus jasper 2 w 12. hhiv badiah anodoin- h m 13. vhih vahael mph lsrahpm+ wsw libra dan jacinth james the% 14. vhih haviah saiinou- greater 2 15. vhhi vihael arsl laoaxrp+ ese gemini naphtali thomas agate man vau f 3 16. vhhi hiviah slgaiol- i% a 17. vihh vivael gaiol ligdisa+ north aquari

ace of the tribes of joseph and levi. for a corrected version of this table, see my own annotated edition of the three books of occult philosophy (llewellyn, 1993. banner ihvh ihhv ivhh hvhi hvih hhiv vhhi vihh vhih hiw hivh hhvi sign month aries march taurus april gemini may cancer june leo july virgo august libra september scorpio october sagittarius november capricorn december aquarius january pisces february stone sardonyx carnelian topaz chalcedony jasper emerald beryl amethyst hyacinth chrysoprase crystal sapphire tribe apostle dan matthias ruben thaddeus judah simon manasseh john asher peter simeon andrew issachar bartholomew benjamin philip naphtali james eld. gad thomas zebulun matthew ephraim james yng. t he order of the twelve apostles of jesus that appears in the table of the b

WESTERN MANDALAS OF TRANSFORMATION SR AL

(see figure 2-b. you may need to compare the color yellow yellow blue green red red-orange orange yellow-orange yellow yellow-green violet green blue blue-green blue indigo red violet violet-red orange red indigo attributions of the hebrew letters sign, planet letter tarot# air mercury moon venus aries taurus gemini cancer leo virgo jupiter libra water scorpio sagittarius capricorn mars aquarius pisces sun fire saturn aleph beth gimel daleth heh vav zain cheth teth yod kaph lamed mem nun samekh ayin peh tzaddi qoph resh shin tau figure 2-b 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 element air air, earth water earth, air fire earth air water fire earth fire, water air water water fire earth fire, water air water fire fire earth, air hebrew letters in this chart with the ones

saturn pluto element best place for working fire water fire planet (also rules water sign) air planet (also rules earth sign) fire planet (also rules water sign) earth planet (also rules air sign) earth planet (also rules air sign) water (rules scorpio, replacing mars) leo, aries, sagittarius, sunday cancer, taurus, monday, nighttime aries, capricorn, tuesday gemini, virgo, wednesday sagittarius, pisces, cancer, thursday taurus, libra, pisces, friday capricorn, aquarius, libra, saturday scorpio, aquarius, capricorn, nighttime figure 3-h sun: positive: leadership, power and self-confidence. harmony and illumination. mental alertness and creativity. open-hearted, loyal, equable, and compassionate. negative: arrogant, blaming, ego-oriented. need for confirmation and control. fearful. venus: p

the chart frequently known as the aiq beker (see the table in figure 4-r, which has nine chambers, or a chart that refers the numerical equivalents to sephira kether chokmah binah chesed geburah tiphareth netzach hod yesod number 1, 10, 100 2, 20, 200 3, 30, 300 4, 40, 400 5, 50 6, 60 7, 70 8, 80 9, 90 letter a. i. q b. k. r g, l, sh d, m, t, th h. e. n v, s z, 0 ch, p, f t, tz zodiac air, virgo, pisces mercury, jupiter, sun moon, libra, fire venus, water, saturn aries, scorpio taurus, sagittarius gemini, capricorn cancer, mars leo, aquarius the sephiroth (see figure 4-s. these show the relationship of the numbers to the hebrew letters, along with a method of reduction if the numerical value of the letter is too great. for example: the letter peh, which has a value of eighty, is often redu

zebul: habitation, dwelling place 45: zzal, zazel: the spirit of saturn 45: mad, meode: strength, force, might 45: mh, mah: what? why; secret nature of yetzirah. root: female generation, root of all nourishment, passive and creative 45: ivd-ha-vav-ha, yod-heh-vav-heh: spelling of ihvh in yetzirah, world of formation 45: ylh, yelah: 44th name of shem hamphorash, associated with the 2nd quinance of pisces 45: hvld: begat chapter 6. the kamea of chesed/jupiter the magical numbers connected to the jupiter kamea are four, sixteen, thirty-four, and 136. we have noted in previous correspondence charts that four is connected to justice, reciprocity, governments, etcetera. it was noted by theodore parker, an american transcendentalist, that our own government has some interesting correspondences wi

ditation) a deep secret will begin to dawn on us. and we shall scarcely be able to hold ourselves back from acknowledging that when we see them bringing forth here below, the green is there above the red that we are beholding, on one side the earthly, and on the other side the heavenly creations of the elohim (1970. aries taurus gemini cancer leo virgo libra scorpio sagittarius capricorn aquarius pisces heh vav zain cheth teth yod lamed nun samekh ayin tzaddi qoph red red-orange orange yellow-orange yellow yellow-green green green-blue blue blue-violet violet red-violet c c sharp d e flat e f f sharp g a flat a b flat b zodiacal sign letter color tone planet saturn sun mars jupiter venus moon mercury pluto letter tau resh peh kaph daleth gimel beth none color blue-violet orange red violet

orta. virgo: large and small intestines and pancreas. libra: kidneys, skin and the suprarenals. scorpio: bladder, urethra, the genital organs, rectum, and descending colon. eyes sagittarius: hips, thighs, femur, illium, illiac arteries and veins, and sacral region (lower part capricorn: knees, bones (in general, and certain skin eruptions. aquarius: limbs from knees to ankles, and varicose veins. pisces: maladies principally of the feet and toes. and ears. of spine. figure 14-c or you may play it on a harmonium or some other instrument, as long as you are sure it is presently in tune. it is best to check it against a pitch pipe if doing this. i find the second method works best; then i can relax and not think about finding the correct tone at the end of every minute and can hum, om, or cha

and inherent tendencies aroused by zodiacal tattwas: aries: aggressive, energetic taurus: decisive, determined gemini: diffusive, intellectual cancer: tenacious, nurturing leo: organizing, creative virgo: analytical, detailed libra: uniting, artistic scorpio: solidifying, intense sagittarius: inspirational, freedom-loving capricorn: retentive, self-disciplined aquarius: concentrative, theoretical pisces: relaxing, sensitive regeneration through color (p. 35. it must be noted that she uses some different color correspondences. all of the correspondences used in this book, including this chapter on tattwas, are qabalah based and relate to what is known as the king color scale (with the exception of pluto/daath, which is not here given as a path correspondence, as are the others) although mat

ges 168-187 are tattwas that can be photocopied and colored for personal use, according to the color keys and designs given in figures 14-e and 14-f, on pages 166-167. r o y py g bu i v l w bk color key red orange yellow pale yellow green blue indigo violet lavender white black figure 14-e aries c taurus c* gemini d cancer e1, leo e virgo f libra f* scorpio g sagittarius a" capricorn a aquarius b pisces b figure 14-f saturn jupiter mars sun 1 venus mercury moon pluto 1 aries.tone: c taurus.tone: c-sharp gemini.tone: d cancer.tone: e-flat leo.tone: e virgo.tone: f libra.tone: f-sharp scorpio.tone: g sagittarius.tone: a-flat capricorn.tone: a aquarius.tone: b-flat pisces.tone: b chapter 15 consecration the following are suggestions for consecrating your finished talisman, as well as some inc

WILLIAM WESCOTT NUMBERS THEIR OCCULT POWER AND MYSTIC VIRTUES

e universe was a ship with seven pilots, in the center of the ship, a lion; possibly from an idea that the sun first rose in leo. note aries supplanted taurus, as the constellation in which the sun rises at the vernal equinox; taurus was the sign at the early fabulous periods of the earth it was displaced about 300 b.c. the sign becomes changed every 2150 years by the precession of the equinoxes. pisces has now followed aries; but the sun is still said to enter the sign aries at the vernal equinox about march 21st. its actual position in march 1900 was near omega pisces. t. subba row describes the seven primary forces of nature as six powers resumed in a seventh. these are called sakti (mahamaya) and are related to kanya, i.e, virgo, as the 6th zodiacal sign; they are parasakti, force of l

ne, 9. the zodiacal signs were assigned the following numbers: table of zodiiiacal siiigns& numbers zodiacal sign assigned number leo one, 1. aquarius two, 2. capricorn three, 3. sagittarius four, 4. cancer five, 5. taurus six, 6. aries seven, 7. libra eight, 8. scorpio nine, 9. numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott zodiacal sign assigned number virgo ten, 10. pisces eleven, 11. gemini twelve, 12. the first and the second temples of the jews were both destroyed on the 9th day of the jewish month ab. on the 9th day of ab, modern jews do not wear the talith and phylacteries until evening. the day should be spent in tears, and no good comes of work done on that day. the talmud in soteh, 20. i, says that a woman prefers one measure of fun to 9 of pharisaic

le hephaistos vulcan goose ass box aries mars magpie wolf dog-wood artemis diana daw hind palm hestia vesta heron lion pine hera juno peacock sheep thorn poseidon neptune swan horse elm the astrologers associated colors with the twelve signs of the zodiac, thus- numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott table of colors& zodiiiac siiigns zodiac sign color attribute pisces white aquarius blue capricorn black or brown sagittarius yellow or green scorpio brown libra black or crimson virgo black and blue leo red and green cancer green and brown gemini red aries white taurus white and yellow 104. the zodiacal signs are also associated with sex, and the contrast of day and night. table of zodiiiac wiiith sex, day& niiight numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic

yellow or green scorpio brown libra black or crimson virgo black and blue leo red and green cancer green and brown gemini red aries white taurus white and yellow 104. the zodiacal signs are also associated with sex, and the contrast of day and night. table of zodiiiac wiiith sex, day& niiight numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott zodiac sign sex day and night pisces female nocturnal aquarius male diurnal capricorn female nocturnal sagittarius male diurnal scorpio female nocturnal libra male diurnal virgo female nocturnal leo male diurnal cancer female nocturnal gemini male diurnal taurus female nocturnal aries male diurnal 104. and, again, there are other characters which astrologers deem of importance, thus- table of zodiiiac& diiirectiiions zodiac si

al aquarius male diurnal capricorn female nocturnal sagittarius male diurnal scorpio female nocturnal libra male diurnal virgo female nocturnal leo male diurnal cancer female nocturnal gemini male diurnal taurus female nocturnal aries male diurnal 104. and, again, there are other characters which astrologers deem of importance, thus- table of zodiiiac& diiirectiiions zodiac sign element direction pisces water northern common fruitful numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott zodiac sign element direction aquarius air western fixed- capricorn earth southern cardinal- sagittarius fire eastern common- scorpio water northern fixed fruitful libra air western cardinal- virgo earth southern common barren leo fire eastern fixed barren cancer water northern cardinal

stern common- scorpio water northern fixed fruitful libra air western cardinal- virgo earth southern common barren leo fire eastern fixed barren cancer water northern cardinal fruitful gemini air western common barren taurus earth southern fixed- aries fire eastern cardinal- lastly, the twelve signs are allotted to the planets as their houses- 105. table of zodiiiac and planets zodiac sign planet pisces night house of jupiter aquarius day house of saturn numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott zodiac sign planet (uranus) capricorn night house of saturn sagittarius night house of mars scorpio- libra day house of venus virgo night house of mercury leo sole house of sol cancer sole house of luna gemini day house of mercury taurus night house of venus aries d

ect order; other numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott schemes of attribution are given by athanasius kircher and others. that by sir william drummond is- aries to gad, taurus to ephraim, gemini to benjamin, cancer to issachar, leo to judah, virgo to naphtali, libra to asher, scorpio to dan, sagittarius to manasseh, capricorn to zebulun, aquarius to reuben and pisces to simeon and levi. the 12 apostles of jesus were simon, peter, andrew, james and john the sons of zebedee, phillip, bartholomew, thomas, matthew also called levi, james son of alphaeus, judas called lebbaeus and thaddeus, simon the canaanite, and judas iscariot. the venerable bede proposed to rename the signs with the names of the apostles, and a scheme of allotment is to be found in the s

and his twin brother strangle the serpents; cancer, the taking of the herds of geryon; leo, the slaying of the nemaean lion; virgo, the victory over the amazon queen; libra, the death of the erymanthean boar; scorpio, the death of the lernaean hydra; sagittarius, the shooting of the five stymphalian birds; capricornus, taking of the hind alive to mycenae; aquarius, cleaning the stables of augeas; pisces, the capture of the horses of diomedes. janus of the romans is the god of the 12 months and is drawn with 12 altars beneath his feet. he is the same as assyrian ain, ion, jan; on of eastern nations (dunlop s vestiges, 31. john heydon gives the following statements- prosperous numbers are 1 2 3 4 7 9 11 13 14. very good 16 17 19 20 22 23 10 26 27. indifferent 5 6 8 12 15 18 21. very bad 24 2

revolution of the equinoxes, or the space to time wherein the stars and constellations return to their former places in respect to the equinoxes by means of a constant precession. the equinoxes moving backwards or westwards, meet the sun constantly earlier. in the time of the oldest greek observations, the equinoctial points were in the first stars of aries and libra respectively; they are now in pisces and virgo. when these names were given, the sun entered aries at the vernal equinox, and sign and constellation coincided; now they do not, so do not be confused by our still calling the first sign of spring aries, although the sun is now really at such time in pisces; numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott every 2160 years, the sign is changed. precedent

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sher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties' moses says 'let asher be blessed with children, let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil. the shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be' the armorial bearings of asher are purple, a cup. all this coincides with the nature of venus and libra, while the feet refer to the sign pisces, which rules the feet, and in which venus is exalted. iron and brass are the metals of the friendly planets of mars and venus" holy name mph tribe dan sign scorpio angelic name cadaamp "of dan (scorpio, jacob says 'dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of israel. dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse's heels, so that his rider shall fall b

cause thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledest thou it: he went up to my couch' moses says 'let reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few' the armorial bearings of reuben are red, and a man 'unstable as water' is still shown in the undulating hieroglyphic which marks this aerial and brilliant, but often superficial, sign of the water bearer" holy name ibah tribe simeon sign pisces angelic name arfaolg "of simeon and levi (pisces, jacob says 'simeon and levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations. 0 my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall. cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was c

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