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1 10 INITIATION CEREMONY

te enter the pathway of evil. kerux: takes his place in front of neophyte, leads him in a n.e. direction towards the hiereus, halts and steps out of the direct line between hiereus and neophyte. hiereus: whence comest thou? kerux: i come from between the two pillars and i seek the light of the hidden knowledge in the name of adonai. hiereus: and the great angel samael answered, and said: i am the prince of darkness and of night. the foolish and rebellious gaze upon the face of the created world, and find therein nothing but terror and obscurity. it is to them the terror of darkness and they are as drunken men stumbling in the darkness. return, for thou canst not pass by. kerux: leads neophyte back as he came, to between the pillars. hiero: let the neophyte enter the pathway of good. kerux:

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQUINOX EQ I 2 2

it to another, or another to it; not two others, not to the whole, but only to that "one other" for the time being (let it appear as if it were for all time to the initiate, that "one other" is god and very god- the omega of his quest, and that "all others" are devils that would tempt and seduce him. thus it happens that until you become god, god himself is in reality the tempter, satan, and the prince of darkness, who, assuming the glittering robes of time and space, whispers in our ears "millions and millions and millions of eternities are as nothingness to me; then how canst thou, thou little mote dancing in the beam of mine eye, hope to span me" thus god at the outset comes to us and like the old witch in "cinderella" strews innumerable lentils before us to count- but begin! and soon

g placed between the mystic pillars, pledges himself to secrecy. the "hierophant" congratulating him, finally says "let the neophyte enter the path of evil" then the following takes place "hiereus" whence comest thou "kerux (for neophyte: i am come from between the pillars and seek the hidden knowledge in the name of adonai "hiereus" and the angel samael (angel of evil) answered an said: i am the prince of darkness and of night. the wicked and rebellious man gazeth upon the face of nature and he findeth therein naught but terror and obscurity; unto him it is but the darkness of the darkness; and he is but as a drunken man groping in the dark. return, for thou canst not pass by "hierophant" let the neophyte enter the path of good "hegemon" whence comest thou "kerux (for neophute: i am come

BALANONES TEMPLE OF SET FAQ

polaric constituents- its me, in this other thing called a body- becomes a building block of a personal methodology based upon knowledge, intuition, learning and change as a result of the preceding. the results of xeper are manifestations into the world of ideas, art, science and culture. for the individual the results of xeper become a metaphysical departure point for developing a bond with the prince of darkness by creating a matrix of linked ideas whose path leads towards the genesis of self being. you'll find another comment or two concerning xeper in the ref document. 2.2 initiation- what do those necklaces and medallions mean? the temple of set is an initiatory organization, dedicated to the initiation and growth of its members. that dedication to initiation, to the philosophy of xe

hey were exploring, and felt that anton lavey's antics of that year were in contradiction to their own experiences. the temple of set has grown a lot in scope and maturity in those twenty years. because of this history, and because of the many antinomian pursuits followed by setians, many people will call the temple of set "satanic" many setians do, too, but not all "satan" is a name given to the prince of darkness, just like "set" is a name given to the prince of darkness. however "set" is a name given by a religion which found setian principles attractive and noble, and which honored the prince of darkness "satan" is a name given to the prince of darkness by christianity out of fear and revulsion. the christian satan is a twisted bastardization of the true prince of darkness "satanism" i

me vague connection to the organic stream. we are followers of the transcendental path, wherein person immortality is achievable by a strengthening of the idealized self. in an increasingly post-christian world, the term "satanism" will become irrelevant. more discussion concerning the temple of set and satanism can be found in the ref document. you may also be interested in essays concerning the prince of darkness provided by balanone (http//www.bigfoot.com/ balanone/pod.html) and "concerning our patron" by high priest don webb (http//www.bigfoot.com/ balanone/patron.html. 2.4 left hand path the left hand path is the tradition of spiritual dissent. it is a process of using the ideas and actions of the seeker to create or realize an immortal, individual, potent, and powerful essence that w

f us would gladly do away with the tax exemption of all religious organizations, losing our own if it meant that all christian, jewish, hindu, scientologist, and other religions also paid their fair taxes. but as long as they are tax exempt, we'll save our money this way also) yes, setian priests are able to perform legally binding marriage ceremonies. 3.2 set set is the most ancient name for the prince of darkness, given to the prince of darkness in ancient (pre-dynastic) egypt. whether set exists as an independent metaphysical being, or whether he's a symbol for man's most individualistic attributes, is a topic always under discussion somewhere in the temple of set. you may also be interested in essays concerning the prince of darkness provided by balanone (http//www.bigfoot.com/ balanon

o ties of friendship to us. 6.2.4 who is a setian? various people continue to call themselves setian even though they are not members of the temple of set. the question as asked on the xepera-l mailing list in may, 1999 was> if one can be a *satanist* witho ut being a member of cos, can one be a *setian* without being a member of tos my answer* if you mean "can someone believe in the prince of darkness as set without being a member of the temple" then yes, they can* if you mean "can someone actively seek and accomplish xeper without being a member of the temple of set" then yes, they can* if you mean "can someone practice setian forms of magic without being a member of the temple of set" then yes, they can* if you mean "can someone be recognized as and called a setian by thete

BEHOLDERS OF NIGHT

order, an often unfertile result of the dayside world of the humanistic fellowship, which in time, leads to a stasis of being. it is in the solitude of the shadow can then the essence be revealed, to present the endless possibility of becoming. the adversary is called and known by many names and titles. among them are such as shaitan, iblis, satan, lucifer and set. such god forms are masks of the prince of darkness who within ourselves offers freedom and divinity for those willing to strive for it. the adversary itself is the gateway from which we discover our own will, or direction of endless possibility of desire. this is the very conscious gift of the artist austin osman spare, whom of witch blood, gave us the gift of self liberation in the form of the grimoire the book of pleasure. tha

BLACK WITCHCRAFT

numerous rituals explored by luciferian sabbat practitioners within the order of phosphorus and the black order of the dragon which utilize old methods of lycanthropy and the shedding of flesh, of shape shifting by dream in therion form to go forth to the erotic convulsions of the infernal sabbat. the god of luciferian witchcraft is seth-an, or set (the same as samael, satan. this is the egyptian prince of darkness, a lord of chaos and sorcerous power. set should not be considered merely a god in an anthropomorphic sense, rather a deific force which is the very essence of our being. when azazel or lucifer brought to cain the black flame of consciousness, this was as too set s gift to mankind. by working in the circles of luciferian craft, you are merely fulfilling your ancient heritage. wh

BLAVATSKY H P ANTHROPOGENESIS

t gives birth to three other worlds- called the throne, the abode of pure spirits; the second, the world of formation, or jetzira, the habitat of the angels who sent forth the third, or world of action, the asiatic world, which is the earth or our world; and yet it is said of it that this world, also called kliphoth, containing the (six other) spheres[[hebrew, and matter, is the residence of the "prince of darkness" this is as clearly stated as can be; for metatron, the angel of the second or briatic world, means messenger[[angelos, angel, called the great teacher; and under him are the angels of the third world, jetzira, whose ten and seven classes are the sephiroth* of whom it is said that "they inhabit and vivify this world as essential entities and intelligences, whose correlatives and

nterior to the eden of genesis. and of an altogether different and more substantial character, resembling the new jerusalem. thus, satan being perfect in wisdom, and beauty, his vast empire is our earth, if not the whole solar system. certainly no other angelic power of greater or even equal dignity has been revealed to us. the archangel michael himself is quoted by jude as preserving towards the prince of darkness the respect due to a superior, however wicked he may be, until god has formally commanded his deposition" then we are informed that "satan was from the moment of his creation surrounded by the insignia of royalty: that he "awoke to consciousness to find the air filled with the rejoicing music of those whom god had appointed" then the devil "passes from the royalty to his priestl

r fire or light gods- fire burning and destroying as well as warming and giving life- he ended by being accepted in the destructive sense of "fire" the name loki, we learn("asgard and the gods" p. 250, has been derived from the old word "liechan" to enlighten. it has, therefore, the same origin as the latin "lux, light" hence loki is identical with lucifer (light-bringer. this title, given to the prince of darkness, is very suggestive and is a vindication in itself against theological slander. but loki is still more closely related to prometheus, as he is shown chained to a sharp rock, while lucifer, identified with satan, was chained down in hell; a circumstance, however, which prevented neither of them from acting in all freedom on earth, if we accept the theological paradox in its fulne

BOOK OF BLACK SERPENT

ghty god who fashioned the earth and all things by a word! who sent his only-begotten son into the world to crush the spirit of evil with its bellowing; do thou speedily give heed and send thine holy and effulgent ministering angels from their stations. let them come that they might administer thine virtue, strength and wisdom unto me, in these actions, with whatever spirits i call forth. let the prince of darkness have no power over me and his servitors no power to enslave me but assist me that i may act to the glory of god. bring strength, o lord, by thine holy angels raphael, gabriel, uriel and michael; who resisted against lucifer and his raving followers which fell from heaven, and were consigned to hell for a time and a time; who serve god in consistancy and faith; who sing "holy! ho

CASE PAUL F THE BOOK OF TOKENS

e not also read "the eye of the lord is in every place? and david saith" if i descend into sheol, thou art there [147] t h e book o f t o k e n s 3 ayin is that eye, and it is in every place in very truth, because place there is not, save in the manifested, and wherever place is there also are light and darkness, side by side. from the mixture of light and darkness do all things proceed, and i am prince of darkness as well as king of light. shall there be anything wherein i, the lord of all, have no dominion? 4 they see crookedly who know this not, and in their deluded minds they divide my nature, setting the kingdom of light over against the realm of darkness, and thus making two gods. but the darkness is the fountain of existence, whence the universe floweth forth, and thick darkness, wh

each man there is appointed a last day, and none knoweth the time save he who hath appointed it [149] t h e book of t o k e n s 7 the lake of fire is that divine understanding which cometh to a man who succeedeth in contemplation. as did our father abraham, and the last day is the time of that achievement. then shall all things pass away for that man. and he shall behold all things anew. and the prince of darkness shall be cast into the lake of fire. for then shall that enlightened one see that the demon is but the shadow of the lord [150] comment on ayin* a y i n, pronounced ahyin. transcribed as" o. the number 70. meaning: eye. the renewing intelligence. 4 "the darkness is the fountain of existence" is based on a secondary meaning of ayin, o i n, which is "well, fountain, or spring. 5 "

CASTING THE CIRCLE

he, made selfdeified by self- love, to build and strengthen through the mysteries of ur and the black dragon, i emerge as one who commands individual ascension by will alone. move and bless this circle of work! by who is named lucifer, come forth and bless this circle which is dedicated through thee. in the image of the morning star we each ascend, and in your image we become. prince of light and prince of darkness emerge as one! bless this circle! hail lilith, she who would bless our lives with joy and beauty, and the love of our kin. we seek the sorcerous path! by the power of the toad, sacred of hecate and the powers of night, avail the lunar current unto our selves, so that we shall emerge in the dark light of saturn! by the power of the serpent, sacred of asmodeus and lilith, bringers

DAVID ICKE CHILDREN OF THE MATRIX

pa, a sanskrit term for the indian reptilian "gods, the nagas. the jewish talmud forbids the depiction of the dragon, as it does the sun and the moon, both symbols of major anunnaki figures. a fragment of the hebrew dead sea scrolls, translated by the hebrew scholar, robert eisenman, includes a description of a "watcher" known as belial (an origin of the "sun gods" bel and baal. it calls him the "prince of darkness" and the "king of evil" and he is described as a being of terrible appearance."with a visage like a viper. the serving the dragon: the past 115 researcher and channelled w.t. samsel, writes in the atlantis connection that the force behind the spiritual demise of atlantis was known as the sons of belial. interestingly, one of the key colleges at oxford university, that "education

denames for babies bred for sacrifice is rose-mary's baby. this was the name of a film by roman polanski, the husband of the actress sharon tate who was murdered with her unborn child by the satanic "family" of charles manson. tony blair's labour party introduced the red rose as its logo thanks to the illuminati clone and later disgraced government minister peter mandelson, whose nickname is the 'prince of darkness. the other two major uk political parties have the logos of the dove (liberal democrats) and the lighted torch (conservatives, both major illuminati symbols going back thousands of years "shakespeare" was lord draconis the works of shakespeare are part of this story, also. the texts are awash with esoteric and illuminati symbolism and codes. for instance, the "queen of the fairi

exposed him in the biggest secret and this book as a shape-shifting satanist who tortures and sacrifices children. i am told that heath is a regular guest at the secluded priory bay hotel on the east of the island and that former government minister peter mandelson also stays there, although i have not been able to confirm this at the time of publication. mandelson is known to fellow mps as "the prince of darkness" and has been forced to resign twice from government office over financial and misuse of power allegations. he has played a leading role for the illuminati within tony blair's labour party. both heath and mandelson are members of the illuminati's bilderberg group, which i will highlight in a later chapter. co-incidentally, tom cruise and nicole kidman, stars of eyes wide shut, h

that of a carnal beast, living in a cosmos which is permeated and motivated by the dark force which we call satan. over the course of calling the demons 291 time, man has called this force by many names, and it has been reviled by those whose very nature causes them to be separate from this fountainhead of existence. they live in obsessive envy of we who exist by flowing naturally with the dread prince of darkness. it is for this reason that individuals who resonate [vibrate] with satan have always been an alien elite, often outsiders in cultures whose masses pursue solace in an external deity. we satanists are our own gods, and we are the explorers of the left-hand path. we do not bow down before the myths and fictions of the desiccated spiritual followers of the right-hand path."18 no

DAVID ICKE THE BIGGEST SECRET

a cross on a pieceof paper every five years and choose the next brotherhood puppet to run their country. inthe united states, staggeringly, they vote electronically and this makes it so easy to rig.tony blair became an immediate bosom-buddy of bill clinton (cfr, tc, bil) andthey speak with one (brotherhood) voice. blairs minder in the labour governmenthas been peter mandelson (riia, nicknamed the prince of darkness. he is one of themost important brotherhood link-men within the british labour party and continues tobe so despite his resignation from the cabinet over a financial scandal. incidentally itwas when peter mandelson took charge of the labour partys image-making in the1980s that they changed their party symbol from the red flag to the classic brotherhoodsymbol over the ages. the re

ther erosion of britishdecision making and the swamping of freedom by the centralised, bureaucraticeuropean union. blair has blatantly filled his ministerial team negotiating with theeuropean union with people who want the uk to join the single bank and currency.among them, before his resignation in a financial scandal, was our friend petermandelson, the man members of parliament have dubbed: the prince of darkness. atthe time of writing, the three major british political parties are headed by tony blair(bil, william haig (bil, and paddy ashdown (bil).we are being conned and the brotherhood initiates at the top in the banks andcorporations have been activated to frighten the people into believing there will be aneconomic collapse if a country does not join the single bank and currency. wha

DIABOLUS

ure in both a natural and supernatural sense. the shadow holds substance which bears the fruit of knowledge from the practitioner who is daring enough to taste it. set is the original opposer or adversary, whose form captivated and later frightened those who dare stand against him. the persian foundation of averse practice is found in some satanic lore written by zoroastrian priests. ahriman, the prince of darkness in that regions lore is the initiator of the shadow practice of sorcery, thus cannot be judged within a spectrum of the zoroastrian religion this gnosis is other and stands outside within practice. to make proper reference; and by their devotion to witchcraft (yatuk-dinoih) he seduces mankind into affection for himself and disaffection to ohrmazd, so that they forsake the religi

ark elements. thse are sometimes given the same names as the corresponding light elements (i.e. standing air also for dark air) or sometimes the exact opposite (i.e. darkness for light .the five infernal kingdoms are inhabited by five kinds of devils, two-legged, four-legged, winged, swimmings and crawling. each kind is divided into two sexes, and lives in perpetual lust and strife. the devil, or prince of darkness, king over all, combines in himself features of all five species of devil, namely demon, lion, eagle fish and dragon. here we find a significant and organizational pattern of demon lore, with as much attention on the adversary as with the god of light. as ahriman has combined himself with each of the demons, he carries the attributes to relate to different forms and techniques o

DICTIONARY GLOSSARY OF OCCULT TERMINOLOGY

(q.v) and on the lotus wand aries is represented by the color blue. keywords include: wide rangingly, boisterously, bluntly, expansively, optimistically, wisely, freely. sanders, alex: the founder of a tradition of wicca (q.v) known as alexandrian wicca (q.v. called by his followers "the king of the witches" satan: in the christian, jewish, and islamic religions, the supreme arch-foe of god. the prince of darkness, the adversary of god. in modern thought, the lord of evil. satanism: a religion that basis it's beliefs on reverse and backward principles of christianity. the worship of satan, the arch-foe of christ, through such practices as the black mass, sexual perversion, drug taking, violence, mutilation, killing, and sacrilege. in reality, most people who call themselves satanists are

EMPERORS NEW RELIGION CHURCH OF SATAN

0 into the organization. if the esteemed recruiters eventually begin to discourage more people from joining than they encourage to join, their titles may be revoked or the recruiters may be expelled for dubious reasons of sudden disagreement with the church of satan or its founder. 8. the 1975 turning point it is possible that the church of satan started as a genuine organization dedicated to the prince of darkness, but then deviated from its course and focused on perpetuating its professed alliance with the devil only as a conduit for fraud. this is the view held by michael aquino of the temple of set. the fact that the church of satan was originally a home study group indicates that at the very least it was originally an ideological movement. michael aquino describes how the church of sa

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF OCCULTISM AND PARAPSYCHOLOGY VOL 1

devil in the shape of a butterfly flew around those who were celebrating the mass, who then ate a black host, which they were obliged to chew before swallowing. it is possible that the concept of the black mass derived from underground traditions of cathar heretics, who were put down by orthodox christianity during the fourteenth century. the cathars believed in two gods, the god of light and the prince of darkness, the maker of all material things. however, the idea of a black mass only became operative in the fifteenth century when the roman catholic church turned on the witches as followers of satan, whom because they believed in the magic of the christian mass, hence could conceive a vulgar misuse of its powers. several printed accounts which may have fueled the concept document strang

isfied with humbler shrines from the poor. somewhat similar to the above class is another small one which has power to enter the lower regions. these are the opposite of necromancers, for instead of calling up the dead and learning of them about the future destiny of the individual in whose behalf they are engaged, they lie in a trance for two days, when their spirits are said to have gone to the prince of darkness, to inquire how long the sick person shall be left among the living. let us now note the different methods adopted to cast out the evil spirits from the demoniacs. doctors are called to do it. they use needles to puncture the tips of the fingers, the nose, the neck. they also use a certain pill, and apply it in the following manner: the thumbs of the two hands are tied tightly t

FULLER J F C SECRET WISDOM OF THE QABALAH

eth upon a swift cloud and shall come into mitsraim [egypt. h and so the holy, blessed be he! rules mitsraim. 23 this world is seemingly the abode of tetragrammaton (4) assiah or the assiatic world, the world of action, also called the world of qliphoth, that is the world of shells or demons. in its ten sephiroth lives the actual material substance of the universe. it is the abode of sammael, the prince of darkness. it is subject to change, birth, death, corruption and re-birth, yet not anything in it is considered as ever totally annihilated or destroyed in essence or atom. it is the abode of the evil spirit and his demonical forces. 24 such are the four worlds. in the simple sephirotic scheme the first is referred to kether 'hokmah, and binah; the second to 'hesed, pahad, and tiphereth;

INTRODUCTION TO THE SEVEN FACES OF DARKNESS

unlike a right hand path prophet who must imagine that he hears a voice in a burning bush, we hear our own voice explaining our lives to us. throughout mankind's history, certain men and women have obtained this level of initiation, and have been, are, and will be the true black order, who by their strivings bring new impulses to the earth while living and beyond, and thus effect the work of the prince of darkness in creating the historical conditions needed for certain qualities to come to exist in mankind such as bravery, curiosity, love, and contemplation. this order has many outward names, but only one essen tinvocation of our lord of midnight, mahazhael-deval, being a conjuration of the high sabbatic witch-father copyright by andrew d. chumbley in the present-day recension of the sab

ISIS UNVEILED

fire id the nm, and named it jupilar'i priton. see de eotio, lib. ii. 24. aogiut: tht chg tf god, zzi, svii; orig: di jime, i, vi^ p. 289: london. 1831. 26. swinden: op eu^ p. 75. digitizecoy google 14 isis unveiled and the effects. if the clergy have not over-estimated the real power of the 'arch-enemy of god' it must be confessed that he takes mighty precautions against being recognised as the' prince of darkness' who aims at our souls. if modem 'spirits' are devils at all, as preached by the clergy, then they can only be those "poor" or "stupid devils" whom max muller describes as appearing so often in the german and n w^ian tales. notwithstanding this, the clergy fear above all to be forced to rehn- qui^ this bold on humanity. they are not willing to let us judge of the tree by its fru

LESSER ABSORBING RITUAL OF THE PENTAGRAM OF SET

eck. say" behind me. beelzebub" 4) visualize the ground opening up into a bottomless pit. out jumps a great fierce wolf bearing it's snarling fangs. say" on my left. abbadon" 5) a gentle being steps into view (his looks are deceiving) he is the beautiful angel of hostility. say" on my right. belial" 6) throw your arms in the air with furious abandon! say" about me flames the pentagram of lucifer. prince of darkness" 7) wrap your arms around yourself in an embrace. say "within me burns the black flame of sr letter from a luciferean by rex monday since my last epistle to chaos international, i have received some correspondence from some readers who have sought further elucidation on the nature of my satanic philosophy. one question in particular, i found somewhat amusing was that of "do you

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

poet charles baudelaire made use of the same inversion. for example, in his poem the possessed, baudelaire exclaimed, there is no fiber in my trembling body that does not cry, dear beelzebub, i adore you! the conflicting images of the devil we have inherited from the past have become yet more ambiguous in the present because the segment of the population that accepts the real existence of an evil prince of darkness is in the minority and steadily diminishing. this does not mean that the traditional image of satan has been completely eclipsed. although christianity no longer exercises hegemony over the thought world of the industrialized nations of the west, conservative christians still constitute a significant subpopulation. the strength of this constituency is evident in many ways, from

uded brief entries on a significant number of fallen angels a kind of who s who in hell as well as entries on certain topics from older western folklore about satan and witches. with the exception of a few older theologians like aquinas, i have largely ignored formal theology. the reader will also find treatments of a handful of traditional literary figures who have helped shape our images of the prince of darkness, such as milton and dante. and because of their influence on modern, religious satanism, i included material on romantic writers like blake and other literary figures like baudelaire. beginning in 1966, religious satanism emerged out of the occult subculture with the formation of the church of satan. anton lavey, founder of the church, was indebted to a number of different sourc

a sexy demon after a couple of drops of perfume. she curls up with her husband (the 1950s was not ready for portrayals of unmarried seductiveness on tv, who is obviously highly responsive. the commercial ends by asserting that even the most quiet woman should get in touch with her dark side every once in a while. a more long-standing tradition has been to portray one s enemies as aligned with the prince of darkness. this propagandistic utilization of the diabolical is very old, as reflected in medieval protestant woodcuts portraying catholics as satanic and vice versa. more recently, in both world wars propaganda posters were produced that showed the enemy as evil or as somehow allied with the devil. political cartoonists have also relied upon infernal associations to attack opponents. the

efers to the insertion of subliminal messages into a piece of music by recording it backwards onto the soundtrack. a message so recorded can be detected and thereby unmasked by playing the song in reverse. according to some conservative christians, rock music companies routinely incorporate satanic messages into their albums for the purpose of leading innocent young people into the service of the prince of darkness via the commission of antisocial acts. some experimental musicians had utilized reversed recording at least as far back as the 1960s, but for the innocuous purpose of creating weird sounds rather than for the purpose of broadcasting secret messages. christians who disliked rock music had originally denounced the genre as satanic due to the unconscious influence of what was descr

young people into satan s legions. chick goes so far as to assert that halloween actually began as a druid holiday during which child sacrifices took place. other ways in which american culture trivializes the occult is via certain images presented by the entertainment media. in the tract bewitched? for instance, we learn that satan s favorite tv show is bewitched. after watching an episode, the prince of darkness remarks, haw, haw, delightful so disarming so innocent yet so effective. as one might anticipate, anything that tends to cast doubt on fundamentalist doctrine is part of the satanic plot. evil forces have already taken over the chief institutions of american society, as childrearing, satanic 47 reflected in an educational system that has ejected prayer and that teaches the theor

satan really exist? 1993. the unnamed author of this piece goes on to assert that, any system of religious belief that denies the literal reality and actual personality of satan is radically unchristian and unbiblical in demons 67 nature and clearly under the dominion of the very devil whom it denies. this article estimates that 75 percent of american ministers held this nonrealistic view of the prince of darkness, implying that most christian churches are unchristian. the difference between conservative and liberal faith traditions is that conservatives interpret scripture literally, with the idea that the bible must be embraced as a whole rather than piecemeal. liberals, on the other hand, distinguish between what they regard as the core of jesus teachings and what might be understood a

e her virginity, which threatens the loss of his evil reputation. so satan sends don juan to seduce her. the girl, however, finds his antiquated romantic way of speaking absurd, and she laughingly rebukes this seduction as well. for satan, this rejection is worse than hell itself. the devil s hand an artist purchases what he thinks is a lucky hand in this 1945 film, unaware that it belongs to the prince of darkness. satan requires that he resell the hand before twenty-four hours are up, or he will be sent directly to the hot place. the devil s messenger the devil s messenger was made from three badly executed television episodes that failed due to poor acting and lack of continuity. the plot was for satan to leave hell and take over the world. the plot was foiled. the devil s partner an el

i speak! i have taken thy name as a part of myself! i live as the beasts of the field, rejoicing in the fleshly life! i favor the just and curse the rotten! by all the gods of the pit, i command that these things of which i speak shall come to pass! come forth and answer to your names by manifesting my desires! the invocation then continues with a long list of names that have been applied to the prince of darkness. the core of the ceremony which in the laveyan system is typically a lust, compassion, or destruction ritual immediately follows this invocation. see also curses; anton lavey;magic and magical groups for further reading: green,marian. the elements of ritual magic. longmead: shaftesbury, dorset, uk: element, 1990. lavey, anton szandor. the satanic bible. new york: avon, 1969. the

y. satan is also traditionally portrayed as a proud, clever, creative nonconformist who was willing to question the status quo attractive characteristics, particularly in a work of fiction. the conflicting images of the demonic we have inherited from the past become yet more ambiguous in the contemporary world where only a minority of the population accept the real existence of an absolutely evil prince of darkness. minus a serious belief in satan and damnation, infernal images can be used positively to represent such attractive aspects of life as sex (as reflected in numerous porn movies; for example, the 1972 classic, the devil in miss jones. the diabolical has also been trivialized, so that images of the devil can be deployed to sell hot sauce, for example, because of the association be

ife. both god and satan are presented as limp shadows of the beings they were traditionally imagined to be. god wears sunglasses and drinks lite beer. satan, on the other hand, is a thin whiner with self-doubts who sports a goatee and an english accent. when bob asks him about hell, he retorts that, it s a festering pit of agony and despair, but then adds, oh, i put in a koi pond! not exactly the prince of darkness. see also film; humor for further reading: carman, john. nbc puts its faith in cartoon god. san francisco chronicle. march 9, 2000. goodman, tim. cosmic cartoon, dude. san francisco examiner. march 9, 2000. 98 goth subculture goth subculture goths are associated with satanism in the minds of many outside observers. in mid-1999, this subculture became the focus of negative media

d friends. few of the early rock musicians were actually interested in promoting satanism. as one might anticipate, many christians took such infernal images with deadly seriousness. according to some conservative christians who disliked the genre, rock music companies routinely incorporated satanic rhythms into their albums for the purpose of leading innocent young people into the service of the prince of darkness. this was supposedly accomplished via the unconscious influence of what was described as rock music s druid beat. the druid beat strategy for denouncing rock became unnecessary after musicians began flaunting their association with the devil. the rolling stones was one of the first major rock groups to flirt with satan. the pivotal event in this flirtation was the altamont rock

l event in this flirtation was the altamont rock festival in 1969. the stones had hired members of the hell s angels motorcycle club to handle security during the festival. although there are conflicting accounts about exactly how it transpired, the hell s angels murdered a young black man while the rolling stones were performing sympathy for the devil. the group subsequently backed away from the prince of darkness. heavy metal came into being in the late 1960s, through the music of groups like led zeppelin and black sabbath. it was rumored that led zeppelin had entered into a pact with the devil, but the group s association with the occult derived from interest in aleister crowley and other non-satanist occultists. black sabbath, on the other hand, actually sang about matters associated w

ed uphill several hundred yards. upset, he walks downhill, knocks on the door of hell, and demands to speak with the devil.when satan comes out, he explains that he had decided to move the fence because, after all, heaven is receiving only a very few new residents, while people are standing in line to get into hell. st. peter, however, refuses to accept this line of reasoning, pointing out to the prince of darkness that altering the boundary is against the rules. the exchange then heats up. finally, with the devil still refusing to budge, st. peter storms out the door, exclaiming, o.k. then! i ll see you in court! whereupon satan laughs and retorts, where are you going to find a lawyer! implying, of course, humor 119 that hell has a monopoly on members of that particular profession. the de

he will curse thee to they face. and the lord said to satan, behold, all that he has is in your power, only upon himself do not put forth your hand (job 1:8 12. satan then goes forth with god s blessing to ruin job. from the viewpoint of later, especially christian, theology this story can only seem like a crude, cruel wager, unworthy of a just and almighty god. if, however, instead of being the prince of darkness, satan is simply a loyal member of god s heavenly host, then the story comes into focus. like the angel of death, satan is just an angel with an unpleasant job description. the notion that the term satan might refer to someone with the role of prosecutor is supported by psalms 109:6, where the author asks, with respect to someone who is vilifying him, that god appoint an accuser

d james stutley. harper s dictionary of hinduism: its mythology, folklore, philosophy, literature, and history. new york: harper& row, 1977. mark of the devil the devil s mark (latin sigillum diaboli, meaning devil s seal) or witch s mark was a mark supposedly made by satan on the bodies of his new initiates. according to different accounts, this mark was inscribed on the devil s followers by the prince of darkness scratching them with his claw, branding them with an infernal hot iron, or licking them. these marks, which were not ordinary scars, could be red or blue, and were almost always found in hidden places, such as under the arms, under the eyelids, or in bodily orifices. although belief in the possession of infernal inscriptions on the bodies of witches was universally accepted in t

dieval superstition was resurrected and presented as fact in michelle remembers, the popular 1980 book credited with setting the ritual abuse scare in motion. in one ritual michelle claimed to remember, satan himself commanded that marks be made upon one of his initiates in doggerel verse. michelle remembers also contained a number of pictures of michelle s rashes, identified as marks made by the prince of darkness himself. one photo caption read, michelle experienced body memories of her ordeal. whenever she relived the moments when satan had his burning tail wrapped around her neck, a sharply defined rash appeared in the shape of the spade-like tip of his tail. given the b-movie quality of the events described in michelle remembers, it is incredible that so many readers took the book ser

, american culture has been decisively influenced for better or for worse by new england puritanism. one of the less positive aspects of this heritage is its contribution to the american tendency to view all opponents as evil. the puritans, of course, believed in a literal satan. and because they also viewed their very existence as a powerful threat to the infernal kingdom, they believed that the prince of darkness was the ultimate source of all attacks on their colony. during the later part of the seventeenth century, puritan new england encountered a a close up of the contents of one of the nagangas discovered at the scene in mexico (brad doherty) 168 mather, cotton series of crises that were to bring about an end to their holy experiment, at least in the form envisioned by the original

ut it is now clear that there is no historical connection between modern wiccans and the witches executed by the inquisition both because the inquisition s victims were not pagans and because gardner s claims to have inherited an ancient lineage were false. rather, these terms were derived from the diabolical fantasies of medieval witchhunters who believed they were rooting out and destroying the prince of darkness s minions in other words, witch, coven, and sabbat derive from the literary satanism created by officials of the church. vera further argues that the god of modern wiccans is derived more or less directly from the devil of this same literary satanism. among other things, she points out that the very first paragraph of one of gardner s principal source documents, charles leland s

charge of bewitching nuns and enslaving them to satan, he was convicted and burned alive. modern versions of the devil pact are preserved in the confessions of evangelicals claiming to be ex-satanists, as in the celebrated case of mike warnke, author of the popular book, the satan seller. as if being sworn in as an infernal civil servant,warnke asserts that he was required to take an oath to the prince of darkness: repeat after me: i, known here as judas, do hereby and now, forever and a day, submit my soul to the custody and care of his highness of darkness, satan, master of the world. warnke s arm is subsequently pierced, and he is required to sign his name in his own blood into a large, black, leatherbound book. within contemporary religious satanism, the idea of a pact with the devil

90s, the company had responded to over 150,000 letters and phone calls regarding their logo and alleged satanic connections. they solicited letters from all of the relevant talk show hosts denying that such programs had ever taken place. they also solicited letters from various churches and ministers included billy graham and jerry falwell supporting p&g s claim that it was not connected with the prince of darkness. in the late 1980s, procter and gamble finally hired security consultants to track down the points of origin of the rumor. they also began filing lawsuits against people and groups promoting the rumor fifteen by 1999, six against amway distributors.all of the suits that have been settled were concluded in p&g s favor (at this writing, only one is still in litigation. on may 3, 1

ion of the poor (robinson, website. the ultimate source of these cases was found to be conferences led by what the newspaper termed fundamentalist christian evangelists from the rosemary s baby 229 united states that the social workers had attended. after being indoctrinated to look for so-called satanic indicators, they had apparently reviewed their cases and discovered the telltale marks of the prince of darkness. they then interviewed children using faulty interrogation methods that unwittingly implanted what would later be referred to as false memories, resulting in false confessions and accusations. following the report of a governmentcommissioned study concluding that satanic ritual abuse was nonexistent, the health minister, virginia bottomley, stated that all uk social workers woul

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rd can only lead to selfdelusion. 14. only those who truly know my essence will be rewarded with a share of my divine power. my gift is precious and will be given only to the worthy. seek me earnestly, and i will be found. seek after phantasms and you will be forever lost, a wanderer in the wastes of your own daydreams. comment: many lies and opinions have been spread about the true nature of the prince of darkness, these can only lead to confusion and ruin. one should always be cautious when listening to what others have to say about satan- his path is for the individual, and any inspiration from the master will be conveyed to the individual alone. no one can reveal satan to you, he must be sought and found personally. 15. if anyone says he has found my essence, they surely lie. my gift i

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you control a majority of your future. the leaving of ones spirit to fly in the night as any ancestral form such as bat, owl, wolf or human form allows the shadow or soul (called ba in egyptian systems) to nourish from the sleepers and achieve a hidden knowledge transmitted only by the path of the unseen. it is from this that we awake, and to be understood clearly, advance us in the image of the prince of darkness whom is ultimately revealed as the lord of light. upon the great meeting of lilith, the witch queen of the sabbat, shall the woman emerge as the model for the goddess to manifest in the earth. therefore shall the woman dress, think and align herself with this positive and balanced image of death and life, that through the witchcraft shall she set herself up as queen and mistress

ch is not a secret, hidden from those who should not see. the circle is thus the grand awakening. setian pyramid of sorcerous assumption of atavistic form a drawing by aos, from the book of pleasure. the cult of sethian magick is based within the luciferian concepts of dual gnosis awakening, which the individual realizes his or her own imagination is the cradle of seth or set itself, and that the prince of darkness speaks through each of us as we become. the witches sabbat path itself is one of turns and mystery revealed, from which in the circle of the dead (hermetic circle of hamara t) should we manifest the witches sabbat gnosis in a clear and positive way. the triple hermetic circle of hamara t is one of diving the black mirrors of the mind, from which our source and end are contained

as the black magickian seeks to absorb and bring initiations into the psyche to build the individual as a being separate from the universe. the teachings of astral vampirism within the black order of the dragon delve the depths of these concepts further. one would use the dark gods as models of strength and a symbol of immortal manifestation. the shadow form of lucifer is set, who is the ancient prince of darkness. set is the aspect of the infernal yet not self-destructive. if one seeks to become as set, to master chaos and the depths of the subconscious, then one opens a direct communication with the setian gnosis. this is when the great illumination known as the black flame takes place, and the individual is able to perceive that life is what he or she makes of it, and everything is pos

vil genius joined. this is the great work defined, the union of opposites. in thelemic view this would be the beast 666 and babalon conjoined. algol from the arabic al ghul, meaning demon star. algol is symbolized as the chaos star with an averse pentagram in it, representing the individual star or consciousness through black magick awakening. algol itself is the image of set in the aspect of the prince of darkness, being the manifestation of the black sun or opposite force of creation. through algol one may project any magical force necessary based on ones experience. algol is the mirror of the order of phosphorus. alphabet of desire the aspect of congress with the subconscious and the spirits which are exterior of the self and within the self. this is the grammar which is unspeakable and

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ility of being, the fire stole from heaven, and the union of the celestial going forth into the aethyr of angelick being, the higher intellect or essence associated with the neter set. within luciferian witchcraft, algol is represented by the five elements of ahriman, as first described by the ancient manichaean cult, which was inspired by zoroastrianism but called heretics. these elements of the prince of darkness combined the bestial and earthly aspects, from which ahriman masters all within his circle. the holy guardian angel/the evil genius/congressus cum daemone there has been much in the way of misunderstanding within magick as to what the holy guardian angel actually is. some have described it as an exteriorized force which guides each person, others a force of the subconscious. i a

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will. come ye, then, without delay, without noise, and without rage, before us, without any deformity or hideousness, to execute all our will; come ye from all places wherein ye are, from all mountains, valleys, streams, rivers, brooks, ponds, places, baths, synagogues; for god, strong and powerful, will chase ye and constrain ye, being glorious over all things; he will compel ye, both ye and the prince of darkness. come ye, come ye, angels of darkness; come hither before this circle without fear, terror, or deforthe key of solomon page 34 mity, to execute our commands, and be ye ready both to achieve and to complete all that we shall command ye. come ye, then, by the crown of the chief of your emperors, and by the sceptres of your power, and of sid, the great demon, your master; by the na

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seker is made reference to as being great god who carrieth away the soul, who eateth hearts, and who feedeth upon offal, the guardian of darkness, the god who is in the seker boat. this draws a comparison to the persian-iranian ahriman, who was also an opposing sorcerous daemon of darkness, who by averse practices, became stronger and immortal. set had legions of devils called seba who served the prince of darkness, and were known to hack and devour certain souls. in a modern initiatory context, the magician understands the these god forms represent isolate intellect, and self-deification through antinomian acts. set and seker have an interesting connection. in the xviith chapter of the book of the dead the spirit of the deceased prays that he is kept from the great god who devour the hear

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my experience is no, they are not. some are pre- created spirits, long dead ghosts who seek some sort of revenge or those who have lost their battles with choronzon or as lovecraft called "azathoth (1) and drank too deeply from the mother of abominations. choronzon could be considered the same as the egyptian apep, whom is a demon of chaos. the lord of the luciferian witchcraft cultus is set, the prince of darkness, is known for his battle with apep and by destroying the demon, he becomes the master of chaos. in the sorcerer s life, he or she would seek to become set-like and master chaos (apep. this is a point of high sorcery and mastery of the earth. this is mirrored in the lord of air and fire, lucifer/azazel/shaitan, revealed in the holy guardian angel form azal ucel. vampire elemental

cult is the lord of the circle, within which full attainment and union occurs. the lord of the circle is also the lord of sorcery. asmodeus can be a powerful guide from the gate of the flesh, or earth, to that of choronzon. approach this daemon with caution, for there can be hell to pay if any spirit is invoked without care. 73 73 shaitan -the adversary which developed from the lord of storms and prince of darkness, set. in the islamic tradition (ahadith, shaitan/satan is azazel, the lord of djinn whom is made from fire, thus a source of light unto itself. azazel/shaitan is a fallen angel, the first angel who preached to the other angels in preeternity. shaitan is also melek ta aus, the peacock angel. samael samael in hebrew texts is the husband of lilith, the father of cain. samael is of

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t internally and then externally as you see fit. the vampyre magickian is indeed luciferian, there is no difference in the ideological foundations. lucifer in the grimoire tradition of the middle ages is considered a spirit of the air, as his element is air just as his bride lilith, additionally he is the bringer of light as his direction is the east. lucifer as a vampyric spirit 9 is ahriman the prince of darkness. his wisdom is infernal and is hidden. all symbolism of vampyrism or vampirism as it is spelled is reflective of the spirit and astral plane. the name lucifuge means fly the light and reflects the nocturnal nature of many luciferian spirits. just as lucifer was the brightest of angels, upon his initiation and fall he was encircled in darkness. thus he has the highest articulatio

d into matter. 3. the higher spirit-world, that looks upward. this would be defined in luciferian witchcraft as 11 azal ucel, or the higher intellect holy guardian angel. 4. nous or the eternal blessedness, in short not some spiritual nirvana but in luciferian terms the level of wisdom of possessing this world both materially and spiritually. the physical or world of matter is that of ahriman the prince of darkness. our material universe is our grounding and experience plane which can be agreed upon. the astral plane is the next level of experience, where consciousness or the psyche is cloaked and released from the flesh limitations of this world. the foundations of vampirism within the practice of luciferian witchcraft are based within the study and conventional understanding of the odic

. as astwihad enters, touch their shadow and breathe deeply in drain them enough and fly away into the night. sight in the dream will drain them, focus and call their astral body into yours. the eyes are very powerful in terms of feeding and sorcery. i will write no more of looking directly into the eyes in the nightmare, nothing more can be written here. 75 glossary ahriman [avestan/pahlavi] the prince of darkness in zoroastrian religion. ahriman is considered one brother created by zurvan and was the opposing force to ohura mazda. ahriman is also known as angra mainyu, an older title derived from angra mainyu, being the evil or averse spirit. ahriman is a sorcerer who achieved a means of immortality and power over darkness and shadow. one who creates his desire in flesh. in relation to t

MIDNIGHTS CIRCLE A COMMENTARY OF AZOTHOZ

s of sethanic (of set) witchcraft and the left hand path. set is presented in azothoz as the egyptian godform of chaos, darkness and storms. he is in this sigillic mask the initiator and tester, the opposer and flame giver. it is indeed the mask of set which was given unto his bride, lilith, to spawn cain, the first sorcerer and initiator of witchblood. as written in azothoz- lilith came unto the prince of darkness whom found the shores of the red sea in passion and nocturnal lust knew the passions of man and woman thus children of this infernal union born this represents the formula of sex magick within a left hand path perspective. they (samael/lucifer& lilith-awlraun) join in their circle of flame at the shores of the red sea to copulate and breed daemons. the significance of the red se

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one time to rise victorious from the contest with darkness, and at another to sink into its embraces. the northern constellation draco, whose sinuosities wind like a river through the wintry bear, was made the astronomical cincture of the universe, as the serpent encircles the mundane egg in egyptian hieroglyphics. the persian ahriman was called "the old serpent, the liar from the beginning, the prince of darkness, and the rover up and down" the dragon was a well-known symbol of the waters and of great rivers; and it was natural that by the pastoral asiatic tribes, the powerful nations of the alluvial plains in their neighborhood who adored the dragon or fish, should themselves be symbolized under the form of dragons; and overcome by the superior might of the hebrew god, as monstrous levi

f darkness. placed in the region of the sun and moon, this pure soul, the son of man, the redeemer or christ, labors to deliver and attract to himself that part of the light or of the soul of the first man diffused through matter; which done, the world will cease to exist. to retain the rays of light still remaining among his eons, and ever tending to escape and return, by concentrating them, the prince of darkness, with their consent, made adam, whose soul was of the divine light, contributed by the eons, and his body of matter, so that he belonged to both empires, that of light and that of darkness. to prevent the light from escaping at once, the demons forbade adam to eat the fruit of "knowledge of good and evil" by which he would have known the empire of light and that of darkness. he

e are in the habit of regarding as an essential part of the original hebrew creed. of the king of heaven and father of eternal light, of the pure world of light, of the eternal word by which all things were created, of the seven mighty spirits that stand next to the throne of light and omnipotence, and of the glory of those heavenly hosts that encompass that throne, of the origin of evil, and the prince of darkness, monarch of the rebellious spirits, enemies of all good, they entertained tenets very similar to those of the hebrews. toward egyptian idolatry they felt the strongest abhorrence, and under cambyses pursued a regular plan for its utter extirpation. xerxes, when he invaded greece, destroyed the temples and erected fire-chapels along the whole course of his march. their religion w

ON COMMUNICATION WITH SET

e aeon, which is that when sincere intelligent people get together to discuss the ideas that feed or are fed by xeper, the general level of brilliance goes up. that there is in fact a "quickening" of the minds involved as they benefit not only from their hard work and the thought-provoking ideas of their fellows, but actually form an otherwise hidden force. these methods of communication with the prince of darkness are much more profund and subtle than what may be experienced in the emotional aspects of the ritual chamber. learning to hear and heed the law as we can best understand it through these personal and difficult methods, is the process of awakening to the aeon. facilitating these arenas is the job of the priesthood of set, and because of their own success with these methods they h

subtle than what may be experienced in the emotional aspects of the ritual chamber. learning to hear and heed the law as we can best understand it through these personal and difficult methods, is the process of awakening to the aeon. facilitating these arenas is the job of the priesthood of set, and because of their own success with these methods they have become sacred to and consecrated by the prince of darkness. do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law. great is the might of set, greater still he through son set by tapio kotkavuori priest of set this article was originally published in the scroll of set jan-feb, 1998 ce. for me, set is the principle of isolate intelligence, who gave mankind the gift of selfconsciousness in pre-historic times in order to strengthen his own being

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s is done, and the media through which it is expressed, vary from individual to individual. it is because of this characteristic that even extraordinary competence in the black arts- characteristic of recognition as an adept ii of the temple of set- is *not* sufficient for recognition to the priesthood iii. it is further because of this characteristic that all "priesthoods" other than that of the prince of darkness are spurious: naively self-deceitful at best and fraudulent at worst. if there is no unified, conscious intelligence for which conventional priesthoods may serve as a medium- and the inertia of the objective universe argues against this- then there is nothing behind such priesthoods, and the religions which have grown up around them, save the passion of humankind to believe that

n the process. ten priestly things to do the state of the priesthood is something for which your life experience has not prepared you. it causes a change in your relationship to the world. the previous links your psyche has had with the world- your body, your language, your connection with your culture- all remain, but a new and mysterious link has been brought into being. your resonance with the prince of darkness not only enables you to directly gain knowledge of that principle, but also to directly influence others toward that state. the "rules" of this link are difficult to learn, and they can not be taught because they reflect your self. in a certain sense you are beginning to become magic itself, but do not take that as a sign that you are ready to put your ritual activities aside. i

ly because it is so destabilizing. try new things. be bold. but in all things make use of the common sense that has enabled you to do what you have done so far on this earth. the second quality of this link is that you must maintain it. the priesthood is not static. if you do not exercise your powers in a series of expanding challenges, you will lose them. you will no longer be "in tune with" the prince of darkness. it behooves the priesthood to make use of this great boost it has received from the prince of darkness. the methods that you use, especially as the years go by, are [and must be] your own. the following list includes suggestions to help get you started. onyx tablet: ot.o.4.3 temple of set author: don webb v date: january 31, 1997 ce revision: html revision: august 8, 1999 ce th

has received from the prince of darkness. the methods that you use, especially as the years go by, are [and must be] your own. the following list includes suggestions to help get you started. onyx tablet: ot.o.4.3 temple of set author: don webb v date: january 31, 1997 ce revision: html revision: august 8, 1999 ce the most obvious activity of the priesthood is to expand their interaction with the prince of darkness by thought and action. there are some useful questions to consider. why did set increase the essence available to the priesthood at this time? why is the presence of isolate self-consciousness in us necessary for the evolution of that quality? what kinds of initiation/rites of passage beyond the temple of set are available? how can i foster my initiation by using the whole wide

one you can call up or email after every scroll comes out and talk about the main points of the issue- everything from the "high priest's lost it this time. do you want to tell him, or should i" to "i wonder who's working with setian x; she looks like a genius" 10. take time to remind yourself that you are a iii. look in the mirror and tell yourself that you are a sacred being, consecrated to the prince of darkness. feel your priesthood flow through you, and know that it will inform your actions as you become better acquainted with it. concerning awakening i suggest the following incantation is read twice before any [tos.priests internet mailing list] postings. printing it out is a good idea. as i have expected for a long time, the priesthood has awakened. i [and others] have tried various

en to the priesthood on the day i received a piece of kv-14 (setnakt's tomb. uncle setnakt's advice column by entering the priesthood of set, you have undergone an interesting process and become the interesting result of it. i would like to share my observations on the result and the process, and offer some advice that may aid your application of your new state of being. through our bond with the prince of darkness you have have received an "extra helping" of the gift of set. soon you will begin to understand that you have gone through a similar process to our ancestors' ancestors when they received the gift. just as that shock which began the cycle of the black flame changed them into nonnatural creatures, the shock of being increased in essence changes the new priest or priestess. there

re are lesser honors which you may seek that do not encompass this hazard. indeed, as a recipient of the ii, you already possess evidence of our recognition and approval of your efforts. there is much that is allegorical concerning lay membership in the church of satan. our activities, communications, and publications all reinforce this. a person can be an accredited satanist and yet consider the prince of darkness no more than an interesting and illustrative figure of myth. with the satanic priesthood the allegory ends. as the ordained representative of our lord satan, you will become a living embodiment of the powers of darkness. you will retain mastery of your own will; indeed you will be strengthened in this regard. nevertheless you will become an agency through which the devil will ac

seem alien even to many of your closest friends. as you enter new spheres of interest, it may be necessary to abandon old ones. strange paths await the chosen of satan, and they may bring misery as well as majesty. you enter a realm characterized by challenge and choice, not by comfort and consolation. so it is written. as a priest or priestess of mendes, you will learn many things about the true prince of darkness and the forces under his control. much will become clear to you that has heretofore seemed obscure or incomprehensible. that which inspires you will turn your entire universe to your advantage, if you but make the effort to recognize the signals which will be manifest to you "all this power will i give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever

what if anything you gained from it- discussion questions- by don webb v, high priest of set 1. how do you assess your changing relationships to setians i and other adepts ii? how would you relate to them differently as a priest? 2. as a hypothetical exercise in the "exercise of the black flame, by what criteria would you recognize a setian i as an adept ii? 3. how has your relationship with the prince of darkness changed over the last year? 4. what do you see as the role of the temple of set in contemporary society? why do we exist, and what are our social obligations if any? 5. why do you want to be a priest of set? what would that provide to your initiation that being an adept does not? 6. priests need people with whom to work. what do you intend to do to increase temple membership in

range goals. this is related to #2. 5. sense of humor. if an initiate cannot laugh at his or her own mistakes, they should give up trying. if they can't laugh at the world, they will go mad. laughter is the banister of obsessions, and the mark of someone sure of their sovereignty. 6. openness. many people are so insecure that they lead lives to tight that magic couldn't break in even if from the prince of darkness itself. they have rules about what to eat, when to sleep, who to fuck, what to read, how to vote- until every second of their life is filled. the lhp initiate because of faith that his or her magic will open doors for them, tries new things, and is very spontaneous. true development will come to someone with will-to-suceed long before it will come to someone with will-to-control

rather than waiting till you need help "first degrees owe me respect" not really. they owe you evidence of work. start with that attitude. remember you aren't after "respect" you are after "respect" the response to annoying first degrees is "not doing our lessons, are we "the temple is the best thing in the world. i own it. i am the best thing in the world" the temple is a willed extension of the prince of darkness's work into this world. as such it decays every instant as the forces of naturalization work against it. only by your hard work, does it return to its purity. look at this way, on the night of its refounding, its membership was 100% v, who had just received the book of coming forth by night. until we hit that high water mark, we've all got a lot of work to do. feel free to point

elopment you want to choose" after telling them that, feel free to shoot them down for terminology from the other group. the second step is to look at the cosmology of the other organization. if the other organization has a savior figure that does the work for you, then it is not compatible with setian thinking. if the other organization derives its sacerdotal powers from a figure that is not the prince of darkness (at least more or less as we understand him) then it is not onyx tablet: ot.o.4.16 temple of set author: don webb v date: may 20, 1998 ce revision: html revision: june 11, 1998 ce compatible. if the organization directly bills itself as our rival("we're the real satanists, the tos sucks) the person has to choose affiliations at that moment. if the other organization has any prac

in a book. because i have that need, i am a writer. if i could turn on and off, i would be a dabbler. dabblers have more fun. dabblers can sometimes produce better work. but dabblers work on their terms, on the terms of the subjective universe. writers, like priests, work on the terms the world hands them- on the terms ofthe objective universe. if that's not the bargain you need to make with the prince of darkness, return to the plane of play. you will be showing wisdom and self-knowledge, and you will enjoy the support of those in the plane of work. if you feel you need to return to the plane of play, discuss it first with your recognizing masters, so that you may be sure. then discuss witht he high priest, so that he can help take care of any administrative details. slow and stately dec

rough the land like a plague of locusts eating the crops of the self righteous! civilization there has been discussion among the priesthood about the role of the temple of set in the matrix of human civilization. some would see as isolate from that matrix. others would see us as leading or controlling that matrix. neither extreme is the case. we alter the matrix in accordance with the will of the prince of darkness. we do this by effecting/creating a certain type of development in people- the people who use this for their development will alter the civilization they work in. understanding this is a key to setian politics and to understand why we choose to people of such differing backgrounds, levels of education and life experience. civilization arises as an epiphenomena of the stages of i

es to a certain state of being, their strivings enable them to contact the teacher within. this is the sign of a true school. at this point the school becomes a place of resources and networking as the student uses its members as fellow researchers around the world. this is a type of empowerment that opens as many doors as magical practice does. some students pass into direct interaction with the prince of darkness through a method akin to the one they used from passing from human teacher to the teacher within. at this point the school becomes a place for them to share their techniques of awakening. however no school is as good as its idealized model, which leads to the next phase: the sixth stage is shock. here the student learns that his or her teachers are in the long run just people li

re unable to sustain the xeper which brought them to the priesthood, and they return to the ii. most of these don't realize it, and eventually leave because of the discrepancy between their state and level of recognition. a few do realize it, and voluntarily step down to the ii- many priests develop very strong definite ideas about what the temple needs to do/be, based not on inspiration from the prince of darkness but based on their own reasoning. because of the diversity of the temple's membership and priesthood, they eventually run into counter-examples of others who do not match these ideas, and yet are honored and/or recognized to the ii or even the iii priesthood within the temple. when this happens the priests are faced with a dilemma, with several possible outcomes. some awaken to

eful way to do this without huge work, i will consider this a successful working of my will. long term effect: without increasing the burden on existing staff, we get a little library. i want to get every university student to ask their university library to order a copy of uncle setnakt's essential guide to the left hand path, and ask everyone to get their video rental store to carry call me the prince of darkness. if after five years, i come to know of 15 libraries and 15 stores across the world, i will consider this a successful working of my will. long term effect: we get a much bigger audience for our word based on the magic and desire of i and ii 's. there are any number of workings like this, that any priest can pick as his or her battlefield, that will change the temple in a positi

of the priesthood generally, do not rush this experience, but rather allow it to unfold at its own pace.then and only then will you come into full realization of what it means to be consecrated to the priesthood of set. ceremony of ordination to the priesthood of set the sentinels of the abyss are summoned to enfold these chambers in a suspension of time and dimension, for the great flame of the prince of darkness is to be drawn to our midst. as the aethyrs of the universe are convoked as witness, i charge you who are within this temple to suffer no word of these proceedings to be passed to the profane. the eyes of the examiners are cast upon those who would defy these words, unto the beginning and end of all dimensions. hear now the legacy of the priesthood of set: in the diabolicon of t

e path to the right in its many guises, for he merely labors towards that which would come to him in its own deadly time, would he but await its cold embrace. and now, within these pylons of light and life eternal, let those who have taken the name of set as of their own being taste again of the grail of the black flame. as its holy fire courses through your veins, affirm again your bond with the prince of darkness and his sacred temple "can the wings of the winds understand your voices of wonder, o enlightened ones who shine like fire in the jaws of chaos, whom i have prepared as cups for a wedding, or as the flowers in their beauty for the chamber of righteousness? stronger are your feet than the barren stone, and mightier are your voices than the manifold winds, for you are become a tem

nting presence? i sought the advice of those i knew. it was not yet time. as my quest was true, i understood and continued in my experience of the great work. even beyond these insights of the masters, i trusted the presence which continued to haunt me. again i found myself rejecting it. then i had the dream. i was investigating through the process of meditation what i currently conceived as the *prince of darkness. as an element of practice i rested after these endeavors: a chance for the experience to settle. into the realm of dreams i descended. i was with a member of the priesthood of set "you are a fine adept. seek out that which will strengthen you and create that which is newly of you" i awoke from this experience immediately as from a revelation. what had happened? did this dream r

t [this is a speculative statement based on my observations of the process in question] this is also an example of one of the more visible cases. there could be countless of other situations which fit this model. these could also be considered as pieces in larger puzzles [example: essent into essence as cognized by magister robert robinson] 2) a priest of set can/will be called upon to defend the prince of darkness and his temple within the human world- possibly beyond. this comprises many possible situations: legal, social, political, personal, etc- another example of the grounding needed in black magical perspectives. the reasons for the development of these skills are not just for the sake of having them. they are the direct result of initiation: i live what i say i live, and do what i

PHOSPHORUS

ory of secret societies by akron daraul mastering witchcraft by paul huson call of the horned piper by nigel aldcroft jackson masks of misrule by nigel aldcroft jackson the complete vampyre by nigel aldcroft jackson flowers from hell the satanic reader edited by nikolas schreck liber null& psychonaut by peter j. carroll chaos& sorcery by nick hall stealing the fire from heaven by stephen mace the prince of darkness by jeffery burton russell magick in theory and practice by aleister crowley the book of thoth by aleister crowley the black arts by richard cavendish images and oracles of austin osman spare ecstasies: deciphering the witches' sabbath by carlo ginzburg the night battles by carlo ginzburg 9 i the blackened forge of cain title-praecantrix the darkness of the earth color black symb

ery over spiritual and material planes -isolated and perfected strength of will and independence -the self as a gateway to vampyric and necromantical transformation -the work of the holy guardian angel advanced self-transformation and deification through working with the initiatic guide or genius. 1. study and introduction to seth the adversary, a dedication to invoking and communicating with the prince of darkness in its many forms, ala azothoz. set in relation to the luciferian sorcery and ones own self-initiation into the doctrine of shadow. an essay of relation between the two forces and how they are similar and different. 2. magickal assumption of the vampyre as a point of selftransformation, shape shifting and astral lycanthropy via nox umbra, see correlation between higher grades of

ll into the darkness to become as a dragon, to know the ecstasies of light and shadow. al ghul, serpent tongue which arouses perception i invoke thee! i do affirm hecate, goddess of crossroads, enchanter of nightmares, guardian of shades and the howling beasts, bless my path with your eyes which are always seeing bless me with the fallen star of azazel, as lightening i awake! i do affirm ahriman, prince of darkness and the beast in flesh spectral shadow who is lucifugus, bless my rites with the astral shape of the toad and the serpent dragon open thy eye as algol! i do affirm lucifer azazel, fire born angel of the abyss, who comes forth in the earth as the devil and djinn of flame before me is algol my essence, my desire, my will within me sparks the black flame of set, the forge of cain!

REGARDIE ISRAEL THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN

s. let the neophyte enter the pathway of evil. k m ta kes his place in front of neophyte, leads him in a n. e. direction towards the hiereus, halts, and steps out of the direct line behveen hiereus and neophyte. whence comest thou? i come from between the two pillars and i seek the light of the hidden knowledge in the name of adonai. hiereus and the great angel samael answered, and said: i am the prince of darkness and of night. the foolish and rebellious gaze upon the face of the created world, and find therein nothing but terror and obscurity. it is to them the terror of darkness and they are as drunken men stumbling in the darkness. return, for thou canst not pass by. kerux leads neo. back as he came, to between the pillars. let the neophyte enter the pathway of good. k m lea ds neophyt

t the west of the circle. creature of sigils, purified and made consecrate, enter thou the pathway of evil. hold sigil aloft and move in a n. e. direction. stop at the n. e. of altar, strike sigil with flat of sword, saying 'regardie's magical name. the student, obviously, should substitute hisher own. c.l.w. 406 the golden dawn: volume 11i book six the great angel samael spake and said. i am the prince of darkness and of night. the foolish and rebellious gaze upon the face of the created world, finding therein naught but terror and obscurity. to them it is the terror of darkness, and they are but as drunken men stumbling in the darkness. return, thou creature of sigils; not as yet canst thou pass by. return to west. then mope s. e. strike sigil as before. the great angel metatron spake an

RUBY TABLET OF SET

stentialism with those of satanism (or setianism, as well as certain important differences. in the ideas of both heidegger and sartre, we see a recognition of the isolation and aloneness of the individual within the structure of the objective universe and its indifference to individual existence. as satanism asserts, each individual is an isolated psyche within the objective universe, just as the prince of darkness himself is. as well, the individual setian knows that this objective universe has no concern with him or her self as such, that no "god" in the traditional sense exists who will embrace or care for their existence. apart from this, both heidegger and sartre assert that these two facts, the isolation of consciousness and the absence of god, places the individual in the unique pos

, the individual cannot pass this responsibility on to any sort of supposed divinity and maintain any sort of honesty and integrity. setians will strongly identify with this, as they realize that the gift of set has placed them in the unique role of being self-creator in every sense of the word. also, in spite of the affirmation of having this unique ability as a result of the intervention of the prince of darkness in our remote evolutionary past, the setian cannot attribute his or her behavior, whether perceived as positive or negative, to set. sartre goes even further, pointing out that the individual is not only responsible for their own making, but for that of a world of his or her own choosing. i see this as an intimation of a magical view of existence, even though sartre would surely

uino, the church of satan; and a great emphasis is placed upon the carnal aspect of man, which the satanist feels to have been not only neglected by conventional religions but also actively repressed, at the cost of inducing a great many neuroses and much unnecessary suffering. in a broader, more general sense, i apply the term to the setian philosophy (whose patron is the oldest semblance of the prince of darkness known to us, the egyptian set, brother of the sun god horus, and symbolic of the night and the lunar principle 4, the first principle of which is the egyptian hieroglyph xeper 5, which means "become" or "come into being" and is symbolized by the scarab beetle. the setian philosophy espoused by the temple of set is highly eclectic and highly existential. for this reason, the sacr

he setian greater black magical working is to be distinguished from conventional religious worship in that the setian does not identify set with god, but understands him to be a finite being who is engaged in a constant process of becoming. nor does the setian abase himself before this being, but instead sees him as a teacher. ultimately, though, it is the setian who must apply his knowledge. the prince of darkness is no redeemer; rather, every individual setian is his own redeemer. blind faith is not a factor here, for it is expected that one will accept a principle only after careful consideration and on the basis of the evidence which one has at his disposal (in fact, there are those satanists and setians by whom the prince of darkness is understood in an allegorical context) however, t

ividual development is a. need for protective love b. narcissism c. survival instincts d. formation of the subconscious 19. it is interesting to note that both the instinctual desires and the defensive functions of the ego permeate the entire structure of the a. psyche b. body c. magickal will d. aeon of isis 20. setians regard that which is defined by conventional religions as "god" to be a. the prince of darkness, or set b. the principle of life c. harwer d. the natural order 21. religion always begins with a. unnatural phenomena b. natural phenomena c. fear d. introspection 22. the best means for transcribing philosophical thought is through a. myths b. religious dogma c. scientific parallels d. symbolism 23. what is the city of the pyramids? a. binah b. magickal initiation c. the human

o setian that this flame ever burn brightly within, that it may enliven you even as your eyes close for the last time. h invocation to set celebrant says: hthe shadow of our brother adept rick furgeson yet lingers, as the words of final farewell wait to be spoken. h he touches the shadow's left shoulder and the shadow raises both arms for the duration of the invocation. gbrother adept, greet the prince of darkness who now comes into this place of your final moments. h celebrant or another speaks the invocation to set. invocation to the elementals invocation to maat: the celebrant takes the blue feather and holds it over the painting, as he repeats the following he makes a slicing motion just once then slowly walks to the next side and does the same until all four sides have been visited a

ime that they inveigh against it. this affords them a degree of titillation at a "safe" distance. even as they extol the virtues of safety in the garden, however, they are drawn by what may lie beyond its bounds. they venture near the border and then are frightened back into the refuge of dogma; yet the lure of the unknown- the potential for awareness and free will which is the true legacy of the prince of darkness- persists. caught between two realms, they cannot be true to either and thus betray both. they are described most accurately as metaphysical demagogues, and most politely as dilettantes misrepresenting superficial scholarship as knowledge. history someone christ, king of the jews the name of jesus of nazareth, to put it mildly, is one not unknown to magical societies. we have al

e! h celebrant lights the black flame, and says: gthe old ones were, the old ones are, the old ones shall be again! they came, and we are here. they sleep, and we watch for them. they shall sleep, and we shall die, but we shall return through them. we are their dreams, and they shall awaken. hail to the ancient dreams! h invocation of set and the great old ones celebrant: gin the name of set, the prince of darkness, we embark upon the journey inward to seek truth about our selves. o majesty of set, lord of the secret spheres and dark tunnels beyond the hidden gate, hear us, look upon us, and go with us on this journey. enfold us with the powers of darkness; let them become one with us as we are become one with the eternal set, whose seat is behind the constellation of the thigh. as we turn

arth in space we are become; as water in the desert we are become. we dwell in the fane of the flame of ba. time shall bow before our wills, for we are lords of life, death, and life in death. we go forth on our secret journeys. let us find truth and become it. h the formula of the dark graal keeper of the graal: gwhat is the secret of the graal? whom does it serve? h participants: git serves the prince of darkness, and the dark brotherhood of his elect. h keeper of the graal: gecce vinum sabbatti! behold here the nectar of the great old ones, the wine of the black sabbath of the sorcerers of eld. this is the grail of the undefiled wisdom. this is the horn from which all inspiration flows. in it is blended the might and main of the mead dripping down from valhalla. in it is the very essenc

glow, inner sight, will to know. thus shall these lamps of knowledge light our way on the quest for truth. may we always be aware of the flame of will that burns within us, and may we always act according to our true wills, born of spirit. h the 18th part of the word of set is now read, in enochian and english. celebrant: gand so it is done! h participants: gso it is done! h celebrant: ghail set, prince of darkness, unto the beginning and ending of dimensions! h participants: ghail set! h the black flame is extinguished and the bell rung nine times, closing the temple. liber al vel legis: the book of the law analysis and commentary introduction: on march 18, 1904 ce aleister crowley and his wife rose visited the old boulak museum in cairo. she drew his attention to the xxvi dynasty funerar

n through ritual. now let the setian shun all recitation, for the text of another is an affront to the self. speak rather to me as a friend, gently and without fear, and i shall hear as a friend. do not bend your knee nor drop your eye, for such things were not done in my house at pamat-et. but speak to me at night, for the sky then becomes an entrance and not a barrier. and those who call me the prince of darkness do me no dishonor. the setian need conjure neither curse nor kindness from me, for by the magic of my great pentagram i shall see with his eyes. and then the strength that is mine shall be the strength of the setian, and against the will of set no creature of the universe may stand. and i think not of those who think not of me. the years of the aeon of harwer were confused, and

eaning of these events. because of the strength intrinsic in the church of satan, it seemed illogical to me that it could cease to exist so suddenly. the actions of anton szandor lavey, a magus v, also seemed oddly out of character to the point of incomplete inconsistency. and, during the ending of the church of satan, there had been no manifestation or action evident by the principal entity- the prince of darkness himself. it is the right of a magister templi to evoke the prince of darkness if it is his will to do so. during the night of june 21-22, x, therefore, i addressed such an evocation by means of the first part of the word of set (a system of magical keys derived from an analysis and decoding of the "enochian keys" of john dee. the evocation was effective, and an answer was receiv

rch of satan. where the church as a functioning institution is concerned, its history ended on the north solstice of the satanic year ten, the evening of june 21-22, 1975. for the church had fallen in ruins, anton lavey having corrupted the priesthood; and it seemed to me, at that time magister templi iv and successor by default to the satanic high priesthood, that only direct intervention by the prince of darkness himself could provide us with a basis for a viable raison d'etre. alone that night i called upon him, and he came forth- through a sequence of realizations within my mind that, in a few short hours, i recorded in written text as the book of coming forth by night. in its most immediate sense this text brought the church of satan to a final, dignified terminus, superseding it with

which was set forth for me to do upon the earth as a magus, i myself came into being on the ides of march xiv as an ipsissimus vi. this, then, is an examination of the book of coming forth by night from a vi perspective, encompassing the key magical texts of two aons and their intervening age. the book of coming forth by night is no longer just a call to arms and a charge to the fellowship of the prince of darkness; it is a principle which has woven itself into the fabric of existence so thoroughly that it has become an immortal element of mankind's higher potential. it remains for those who seek the path to that towards which it shows the way to train themselves and refine their states of being until this graal appears in its truth before them. this commentary is a foretaste of the elixir

may be a second implication: aleister crowley identified the events surrounding the inception of the aon of horus in 1904 ce as the "equinox of the gods" the book of coming forth by night heralds the eclipse of that aeon in favor of the aon of set. my evocation- an effort to interpret the surprising downfall of the church of satan- was addressed to "satan (which i believed the proper name of the prince of darkness. immediately, however, he corrects this name to that of set. the term "majesty" is also significant; in egypt this honorific title was accorded only two gods- set and ra. in hieroglyphics it is the suffix -hen. the linguistic origin of the hebrew term "satan" is thus exposed. the time of the purification is past. this period is not conclusively identified. it may refer to the ag

noch contains six sections: the book of enoch, the parables, the book of the courses of the heavenly luminaries, the dream-visions, the conclusion, and the noah fragments. most are restatements of traditional hebraic doctrine, but the first section- the book of enoch- includes accounts of enoch's visits to certain areas of earth and sheol, including the following descriptions of the palace of the prince of darkness "and i went in until i drew nigh to a wall which is built of crystals and surrounded by tongues of fire, and it began to affright me. and i went into the tongues of fire and drew nigh to a large house which was built of crystals. the walls of the house were like a tesselated floor of crystals, and its groundwork was of crystal. its ceiling was like the path of the stars and the

is chest he bears the same whorled swastika appearing on crowley and the buddha, and from infancy his eyebrows have always curled upward into the horns described in the biblical book of revelation #13:11. he was ordained to the satanic priesthood by anton lavey on the night of the north solstice v, and recognized by set as a magus on the night of the north solstice x. he has taken the name of the prince of darkness as a part of himself: ra-en-set "he who speaks as set" i, set, am come again to my friends among mankind- let my great nobles be brought to me. set has returned in his true identity, for the first time since the destruction of the original temple of set in ancient egypt "let my great nobles be brought to me" is the same passage that, in hieroglyphs, surrounds the seal of set at

n through ritual. now let the setian shun all recitation, for the text of another is an affront to the self. speak rather to me as a friend, gently and without fear, and i shall hear as a friend. do not bend your knee nor drop your eye, for such things were not done in my house at pamat-et. but speak to me at night, for the sky then becomes an entrance and not a barrier. and those who call me the prince of darkness do me no dishonor. conventional religious ritual is a device for autohypnosis of the priest and varying degrees of mass-hypnosis for the audience. the mechanical liturgies have a relaxing, dulling effect upon the mind, placing it in the (alpha-wave) mood most receptive to the conditioning (i.e: the sermon or other main body of the ritual. ritual magic falls into two general cate

the "machinery" of the technique they are using and why it works. an understanding of and proficiency in white magic is one prerequisite for recognition of a setian as an adept ii. an understanding of and proficiency in black magic is an identifying characteristic of a fully proficient adept ii. set was originally the god of the hours of darkness; hence, presumably, the suitability of the title "prince of darkness" the word "prince" derives from the latin princeps, meaning "first. etymologically this is not inappropriate. from a physical standpoint there are a surprising number of differences between the hours of daylight and the hours of darkness. this cycle is, of course, controlled by the position of the sun relative to the earth. there are resultant changes in gravitational pull, weat

church of satan. i can not comment on this, from my vantage point this decision looks resonate with his philosophy. it would likewise be a true sign of that philosophy to clear out when you realize you've been had. i see the fulfillment of levey's teachings in the exodus of many church of satan priests under michael aquino. in this act of rebellion, the temple has maintained its contact with the prince of darkness in his archetypical form as satan, but such a connection is a fairly low voltage connection compared to what mankind is capable of (see below. it is the act of rebellion that makes the magical and philosophical connection, not the document associated with the working. i would fully expect the priesthood of set to either toss me out or rebel if i attempted to change the temple fr

ing. it seems that man has both natural and unnatural aspects, and that while he belongs entirely to neither aspect, he is not entirely free of either aspect. instead man stands with a foot in each of the two lands (which are opposites "so, if humans are freakish things which have developed independently of the great law, why"(2) what about his curious and dual being makes him so important to the prince of darkness? the answers are within the questions. 2) according to the book of coming forth by night, harwer is set's opposite self. a strange and fitful presence. harwer was set when set was once part of the cosmos "and could achieve identity only by becoming what the cosmic order was not" harwer therefore is not the cosmic order. harwer cancelled the imbalance,(3 "leaving a void in which

SALMANRUSHDIE THESATANICVERSES

heap drama, before the eyes of paying customers- although in point of fact the last tea--drinker was hurrying from the scene as fast as her old legs would carry her. mishal was carrying bags "i'm leaving, too" she announced "try and stop me. it's only eleven days" when hind saw her elder daughter on the verge of walking out of her life forever, she understood the price one pays for harbouring the prince of darkness under one's roof. she begged her husband to see reason, to realize that his good-hearted generosity had brought them into this hell, and that if only that devil, chamcha, could be removed from the premises, then maybe they could become once again the happy and industrious family of old. as she finished speaking, however, the house above her head began to rumble and shake, and th

SAPPHIRE TABLE OF SET MAIN

("fate, conscious beings must act against it, seek to counter and escape it. failing to fight consciously in the world will gradually make any conscious being's powers wither away. then no matter how integrated and powerful we may be inside, our powers to influence the world will diminish and the battle to keep a clear area for consciousness to grow and manifest will fail. then the majesty of the prince of darkness will fade on earth, and our race truly be ended! for the iv the fight against the forces of non-consciousness need not be obvious, so neither are the signs of failure necessarily easy to see. the master may apparently be doing nothing much, but the plans she has implanted can still have their effect with a minimum of personal intervention. failure can be seen when the iv is not

SAPPHIRE TABLET OF SET

("fate, conscious beings must act against it, seek to counter and escape it. failing to fight consciously in the world will gradually make any conscious being's powers wither away. then no matter how integrated and powerful we may be inside, our powers to influence the world will diminish and the battle to keep a clear area for consciousness to grow and manifest will fail. then the majesty of the prince of darkness will fade on earth, and our race truly be ended! for the iv the fight against the forces of non-consciousness need not be obvious, so neither are the signs of failure necessarily easy to see. the master may apparently be doing nothing much, but the plans she has implanted can still have their effect with a minimum of personal intervention. failure can be seen when the iv is not

SATANGEL

is set above micha-el and gabri-el. according to one version of his myth he was once none other than enoch himself, transformed in reward for his recording of the angelic lore for humankind into a fiery angel with six times six wings and countless eyes. in this form he is the angelic scribe who records all in the aetheric archives. in gnostic scripture, metatron is identified as the demiurge, the prince of darkness who is the creator of the material universe. thus he is identified as satan, or ha-satan, and as abraxas. the holiness or unholiness of the metatron is undecided, thrown backwards and forwards by the argumenets of theologians, priests, magicians and rabbi. as such it is a most paradoxical name to conjure with. shekinah according to the zohar the creation of the world was the wor

spirit. king commanding 85 legions. formerly of the angelic order of powers. rides a pale horse, and is announced by a blare of trumpets. a governor of hell, presiding over eighty-five legions of demons. procures love. possibly from belos, the greek version of the akkadian bel. belial, beliar (hebrew, unholy one, goetia 68th spirit. the ruling prince of sheol, his name means worthless. spirit and prince of darkness, patron of arrogance, lies, and deceit. inspires women to dress in finery, gossip in church, and indulge their children. wicked men are of him (2 samuel 16:17) in psalm 18:5 the phrase nachaleri belial, floods of ungodly men, is translated in catholic texts as streams of the devil. before the fall, an prince of the order of virtues, he was created directly after lucifer. in the

SATANIC RITUALS

acon at his right. the three make a profound bow before the altar and commence the ritual with the following verses and responses. celebrant: in nomine magni dei nostri satanas. introibo ad altare domini inferi. deacon and subdeacon: ad eum qui laefificat meum. celebrant: adjutorium nostrum in nomine domini inferi. deacon and subdeacon: qui regit terram. celebrant: before the mighty and ineffable prince of darkness, and in the presence of akl the dread demons of the pit, and this assembled company, i acknowledge and confess my past error. renouncing all past allegiances, i proclaim that satan-lucifer rules the earth, and i ratify and renew my promise to recognize and honor him in all things, without reservation, desiring in return his manifold assistance in the successful completion of my

allegiances, i proclaim that satan-lucifer rules the earth, and i ratify and renew my promise to recognize and honor him in all things, without reservation, desiring in return his manifold assistance in the successful completion of my endeavors and the fulfillment of my desires. i call upon you, my brother, to bear witness and to do likewise. deacon and subdeacon: before the mighty and ineffable prince of darkness, and in the presence of all the dread demons of the pit, and this assembled company, we acknowledge and confess our past error. renouncing all past allegiances, we proclaim that satan-lucifer rules the earth, and we ratify and renew our promise to recognize and honor him in all things, without reservation, desiring in return his manifold assistance in the successful completion o

pid purities, cursed nazarene, impotent king, fugitive god! behold, great satan, this symbol of the flesh of him who would purge the earth of pleasure and who, in the name of christian "justice" has caused the death of millions of our honored brothers. we curse him and defile his name. o infernal majesty, condemn him to the pit, evermore to suffer in perpetual anguish. bring thy wrath upon him, o prince of darkness, and rend him that he may know the extent of thy anger. call forth thy legions that they may witness what we do in thy name. send forth thy messengers to proclaim this deed, and send the christian minions staggering to their doom. smite him anew, o lord of light, that his angels, cherubim, and seraphim may cower and tremble with fear, prostrating themselves before thee in respec

SATANISM AN EXAMINATION OF SATANIC BLACK MAGIC

and unconsciously- from past indoctrination and stigma. the actual ritual as laid out in the satanic rituals consists of a priest, who acts as the main celebrant, accompanied by two assistants, being referred to as the deacon and the subdeacon respectively, a nun adorned in habit and wimple and a naked female who serves as the altar and a congregation. the ritual begins with an invocation to the prince of darkness and his host of demons, followed by a renunciation of past allegiances and a dedication to satan-lucifer. the ritual progresses through the satanic offertory, canon and consecration of the host. the mass is completed with the recital of the fifth enochian key and the repudiation and denunciation, whereby the power and divinity of christ is denied and the power of satan is invoke

s: london, 1937. lavey, anton szandor. the satanic bible avon books: new york, 1969. lavey, anton szandor. the satanic rituals avon books: new york, 1972. lurker, manfred. dictionary of gods and goddesses, devils and demons routledge: london, 1988. man, myth& magic. 12 volumes. bpc publishing ltd: london. 1971. newton, toyne, the demonic connection blandford press: poole, 1987. o'grady, joan. the prince of darkness element books: shaftesbury, 1989. order of nine angles. hostia. secret teachings of the o.n.a. volume i thormynd press: shrewsbury, 1992. order of nine angles. hostia. secret teachings of the o.n.a. volume ii. thormynd press: shrewsbury, 1992. parker, john. at the heart of darkness sidgwick& jackson ltd: london, 1993. rhodes, h.t.f. the satanic mass rider& company: london, 1954

e black arts' while having itsfoundation or ground in those arts. part of this is a greater esoteric knowledge(e.g. aeonic magick) and part in techniques or methods or create a new individual. the satanist effectively learns to play at being god. since satanism, as described above, involves theindividual questing to become like satan, it is relevant to consider who and what satan is. satan is the prince of darkness- master of all that is hidden or secret, both within ourselves and external to ourselves. he is the ruler of this world- the force behind its evolutionary change; the 'fire' of life. he is lord of life- of all the sensual delights and pleasures. he is also 'evil' or 'dark' or 'sinister- merciless, ruthless, master of death. he can and does promote suffering, misery, death. but a

SET IN EGYPTIAN THEOLOGY

ect the several sephiroth, and are deemed to transmit the divine influence. some teachers of occult science also allot the twenty-two trumps of the tarot cards to the twenty-two paths. unattributed contents 1997- 2001 al billiwoset in egyptian theology by oz tech set was one of the earliest egyptian deities, a god of the night identified with the northern stars. in the earliest ages of egypt this prince of darkness was well regarded. one persistant token of this regard is the tcham scepter, having the stylized head and tail of set. the tcham scepter is frequently found in portraits of other other gods as a symbol of magical power. in some texts he is hailed as a source of strength, and in early paintings he is portrayed as bearer of a harpoon at the prow of the boat of ra, warding off the

TECHNICIANS GUIDE TO THE LEFT HAND PATH

l environment- it is inscripted. true will and individuality is a rather rare commodity, and becoming even more rare in the post-modern age of group-think where the i of the self has been replaced with us, we, our and them. it is only through individual becoming attained through spiritual anarchy to existing ideas not your own that independence is truly obtained. it is this playing field that the prince of darkness inscribes true evil. we can now speak about the anti-nature of the devil, for through our understanding of the nature of the principle of least resistance- the essential activity nature of god- we can begin to draw inferences regarding the anithesis of this principle; spiritual transformation through paths of resistance. the concept of adversary lies within the dichotomy of appr

issent, separation and individuality of the psyche from god. the environment of the devil, and of true evil cannot, and does not, exist within the realm of nature/matter as we perceive it. this is the realm of god, to place the devil within this environment makes the devil nothing more than a puppet of god- dancing an eternal dance not of his own making. the single most indentifying factor of the prince of darkness is that he has no master other than himself. so, what is the precise non-natural environment that true evil and the devil- in what ever form- works within? the environment from which true evil is manifest, and in which the prince of darkness makes his presence known is within the realm of human consciousness, human thought and ideas- the mind. these are then transferred from the

rom which true evil is manifest, and in which the prince of darkness makes his presence known is within the realm of human consciousness, human thought and ideas- the mind. these are then transferred from the abstract plane of existence- our individual thoughts and ideas- into matter through various creative and artisitic manifestations, intellectualism and their resultant works. the realm of the prince of darkness lies within the mind of man as opposed to a manifestation into matter, nature and the universe- that which is the realm and reflection of god. the first is encapsulated within the untouchable separation of abstract thought and individual consciousness; the second lies within the denser material of that which exists outside of thought and consciousness, all of which impact and in

ameters and rules of physics governing it. these rules are, for the most part, discovered through scientific means. or they are understood cerebrally, intuitively or magically through means that are not taught by observation of matter, but rather through the observation of consciousness within oneself or the realm of not-matter or abstraction i.e, thought- that which is the actual dominion of the prince of darkness. there no single realm of proportion that consciousness is necessarily bound to- consciousness is expansive. however, each individual is bound by their own ability to break down those barriers to further extension. the limits of this penetration constitute the boundaries of personal understanding, and it is antinomianism that initiates the breakdown of these boundaries. the real

ormative self discovery, magic and initiation. my work during the past twenty plus years has resulted in an understanding characterized by a methodology of conceptual combination based upon the template of resonance. my understanding is characterized by a combination of ideas both very ancient and very modern that have been synthesized through the filter of the aeonic word- xeper- the word of the prince of darkness. therefore, this is a book of magical formula. the purpose of this bbok is to initiate the seeds of individualization and spiritual transmutation by revealing certain methodologies based upon my formula. what you are reading right now will be understood, or vaguely apprehended by those who are ready for it, and acknowledged as something quite different by all others. in physical

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aded the vatican in rome and screamed insults at pope john paul ii (1920) through the agency of a teenage girl, reported to have been a splendid girl in terms of purity and goodness before being possessed by the devil at the age of 12. the 19-year-old began shouting in a cavernous voice during a general papal audience in st. peter s square. despite the efforts of the pope to quiet the attack, the prince of darkness laughed at the holy father s efforts to drive him away. when vatican guards attempted to constrain the girl, she violently pushed them back in a display of superhuman strength. vatican exorcist father gabriele amorth said that he and another exorcist, father giancarlo gramolazzo, had previously worked with the girl and that the pope had spent half an hour with her the day before

ddition, he wrote seven holy texts, ranging from a collection of his letters to his living gospel and his own version of the acts of the apostles. according to mani s theology, in the beginning of the universe the powers of good and evil, light and dark, were placed in two different spheres. the father of greatness personified the principle of goodness and light, the divine and the spiritual. the prince of darkness represented the principle of evil and the material. over time, the world became a place of constant struggle and turmoil between an evil kingdom of darkness and the particles of light and goodness that had eventually become ensnared in matter. to assist him in the great battle, the father of greatness created the mother of life, who produced primordial man as an instrument of li

particles of light and goodness that had eventually become ensnared in matter. to assist him in the great battle, the father of greatness created the mother of life, who produced primordial man as an instrument of light to combat the powers of darkness. with the assistance of the living spirit, a second divine personage fashioned by the father of greatness, primordial man fought the forces of the prince of darkness. in the process of the great struggle, the physical earth was created as a kind of by-product of the raging cosmic energies. although primordial man was defeated by the prince of darkness and his children devoured by the monster, enough of their light leaked out to enable the third messenger, another creation of the father of greatness, to rescue them. humans were later produced

, according to tradition, served as the choir and sanctuary. the open area served as the equivalent of the nave in an orthodox church. at the far end of the wooded grove, the worshippers erected an altar of stones. upon the altar was placed a large, wooden image of satan, which many contemporary scholars agree was quite likely intended to be a representation of the nature god pan, rather than the prince of darkness. even in its most polished form, this effigy did not resemble the sleek, mustachioed popular conception of a long-tailed devil in red tights. the idol s torso was human, but its bottom half was that of a goat. its head, too, was more often goat-like than that of a clearly discernible human physiognomy. the entire image was stained black, and in some locales, bore a small torch b

ed himself satan s high priest. concurrently, lavey announced the establishment of the first church of satan in america. a short time later, lavey published the satanic bible (1969, affirming in bold language the teachings of the church of satan and proclaiming that satan ruled the earth. this was the dawn of the age of satan, he announced the morning of magic and undefiled wisdom. worship of the prince of darkness is at least as old as the judeo-christian tradition, and there was nothing new about a belief in magical powers. what was new was lavey s use of the term church as part of his organization s title. while some accused him of blasphemy, he pointed out that the word itself came from the greek and applied to any group that feels it has been called out of society s rank-and-file for

erm church as part of his organization s title. while some accused him of blasphemy, he pointed out that the word itself came from the greek and applied to any group that feels it has been called out of society s rank-and-file for a special purpose. and there seemed little question that lavey seriously considered his church to be quite special. in addition to ceremonies and rituals devoted to the prince of darkness, there were weddings, funerals, and children baptized in the name of satan. t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d mystery religions and cults 299 lavey s the satanic bible listed nine declarations that defined satanism for a new age: 1. indulgence, instead of abstinence; 2. vital existence, instead of spiritual pipe dreams; 3

oredom. worshippers of satan believe that the way to greater levels of personal perfection and an exploration of the deeper mysteries of life is through study and the performance of rituals emphasizing the sensual nature of humankind and directing this power toward the release of psychic or emotional energy. because christian churches, especially the roman catholic, are considered anathema to the prince of darkness, satanists use parodied versions of their rituals and symbols in their ceremonies. the cross is used, but it is worn or displayed with the long beam pointing downward. satanists may on occasion use the pentagram or five-pointed star, traditionally used by the practitioners of wicca or witchcraft, but as with the cross, it is inverted, resting upon a single point, rather than two

t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d mystery religions and cults 303 and superstition that he believed had been perpetuated by organized religion. on the eve of the summer solstice on june 21, 1975, after his split with lavey, aquino performed a magical ritual and sought to summon satan to appear to him to advise him how best to proceed in his earthly mission. according to aquino, the prince of darkness appeared to him in the image of set and declared to his disciple the dawning of the aeon of set. it was revealed that set appeared to aleister crowley (1875 1947) in cairo in 1904 in the image of crowley s guardian angel, aiwass. at this time, crowley was declared the herald for the advent of the aeon of horus and assumed the title of the beast. in 1966, anton lavey had ushered

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n them, they must spit immediately to protect themselves from the curse. whenever individuals sense that a spell of witchcraft for sorcery has been directed toward them, they must spit over their left shoulder. if one should awaken from a frightening nightmare, one must spit over the left shoulder three times to be certain that it doesn t come true. even if one should encounter satan himself, the prince of darkness can be made to disappear if one spits between his horns. in the gospel accounts of the ministry of jesus (c. 6 b.c.e. c. 30 c.e, the miracle worker from nazareth healed people of blindness and deafness with his spittle. the ancient greeks believed that eye troubles could be cured by rubbing them with the spit of someone who had been fasting. on occasion, mothers worldwide use th

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k a vow of celibacy, and seemed destined for a quiet life in the clergy. but then his life suddenly assumed a different course when he upset members of the church hierarchy for espousing doctrines quite contrary to those endorsed by the papacy. for one thing, father constant felt that somewhere along the ages the theologians of the church had confused lucifer, the bearer of light, with satan, the prince of darkness, and had judged him unfairly. such a liberal attitude to the angel who led the revolt in heaven did not sit at all well with his superiors, and father constant was expelled from the church. for many years after his expulsion from the roman catholic church, father constant appears to have traveled throughout france and other european nations rather anonymously, and little is know

THE GOD OF THE WITCHES

magic has a more sinister appearancethan the same words written in ordinary characters; a hellish altar raised on infernal columns or a rampanthag attending a diabolical sacrament sound more wicked than if the description were couched in moremoderate language. in the same way the chief or grandmaster was more horror-striking and awful whencalled satan, the foul fiend, the enemy of salvation, the prince of darkness, or other epithet of the kind thanwhen soberly alluded to as the man in black. the effect could be heightened by using black-letter type forthese names, as glanvil does. when the right atmosphere of horror was attained by these means, the reader'smind was prepared to accept as evidence much that would have been rejected if set before him in a coldlycritical manner. this atmosphe

THE LUCIFERIAN PATH THE WITCHES SABBAT MICHAEL W FORD

tely, the yatuk dinoih is a dangerous grimoire which can build or destroy the self, depending on the will and the control of the sorcerer. the left hand path is a lonely road of non-union with the natural order, that is by the antinomian path of individual strength. rewritten, reworked and encompassing the persian system of sorcery the yatuk dinoih presents the background and idea of ahriman, the prince of darkness, a sorcerous spirit who is made of darkness (the adversary, who takes the shape and shadow form of a toad, serpent, wolf and dragon. ahriman represents the sabbatic and luciferian adversary formula, the 13 initiatory state of transforming and becoming something other than being dissolved in the natural order. this grimoire presents systems of personal sorcery, in which through t

seker is made reference to as being great god who carrieth away the soul, who eateth hearts, and who feedeth upon offal, the guardian of darkness, the god who is in the seker boat. this draws a comparison to the persian-iranian ahriman, who was also an opposing sorcerous daemon of darkness, who by averse practices, became stronger and immortal. set had legions of devils called seba who served the prince of darkness, and were known to hack and devour certain souls. in a modern initiatory context, the magician understands the these god forms represent isolate intellect, and self-deification through antinomian acts. set and seker have an interesting connection. in the xviith chapter of the book of the dead the spirit of the deceased prays that he is kept from the great god who devour the hear

UNCLE SETNAKT SEZ PERFORM A RITUAL TOASTING

by a group, each participant must take part in each round of toasts- no passing! 1. prepare your chamber. the preparation of a sacred space sets up all the moods and expectations you want for self-exploration and magic. if you reuse a chamber often, the mere entering of it can put you in a state of communication with yourself and- perhaps- the unknown that lies beyond. for communication with the prince of darkness, the creator of isolate intelligence, the chamber should be dark, display his pentagram (the kaliyuga productions pentagram will do excellently if like uncle setnakt you can't paint your own, and those ritual tools you deem necessary. you'll also need a quantity of sweet liquid (uncle setnakt recommends water with a little honey- this mixture may touch off some dim ancestral mem

mber, remain in darkness and silence for a while, until your mind is working smoothly and the rite can flow out of you freely. 3. begin in your standard manner. ritual openings improve with time and use, you don't have to cut new channels to the unknown every time you work. for those of you who are trying to reinvent the wheel, i recommend the ringing of a bell nine times and an invocation to the prince of darkness. an invocation in which your will joins with his to work a change in the world- to break the fetters which bind us to the natural order and increase the development of mankind's evolution and consciousness as well as your personal joy and power. an invocation is not a prayer- it is the causing of that noble part of yourself to rise to the surface and seek out alliances with thos

UNCLE SETNAKT SEZ UNDERSTANDING DARKNESS

the time of transformation many times has my mind made monsters out of the pile of laundry at the foot of the bed. darkness is the time of sexual arousal--etc" then add historical meanings of darkness "darkness plus the sound of the bullroarer creates the sacred space for aboriginal initiation. darkness is the time when vampyres are said to roam. etc" when you've made your list consider what the prince of darkness can mean as model for your own initiation. consider how these things stimulate your imagination and will. 5. make of night a personal symbol. it is in the nature of mankind to assign meaning to events in the meaningless natural order. they fashion constellations, omens, etc. and then bend themselves to their creations. the black magician can consciously assign a symbol to an ope

VOX SABBATUM

caves. az resided also in the blackest depths of hell; she instructed demons, monsters, and other druj the art of sexual copulation and how to spawn daemons. az lilith was the mother of succubi and incubi, daemons who held sexual congress with humans and with their emissions spawned other shadow forms. shaitan then became as seker, the lord of death in ancient memphis, which later became set the prince of darkness. set or shaitan had impacted the earth in its wave of creation, of knowledge and prowess did humanity excel. shaitan then moved its consciousness both of darkness and light into the empyrean and infernal (chthonic) realms of above and below. on the earth lucifer or azal ucel has manifested as a symbolic initiator through cain the witch father, born of the union of the dragon and

e most holy and the solar logos shall manifest through the baphometic wisdom of darkness. this calling should be conducted in the high rite of the celestial or luciferian sabbat, called often empyrean or of the highest aethyr or heavens. this is the self-focused rite of the magician becoming as the adversary, the dragon-angel awakening of the isolate intellect. you are essentially becoming as the prince of darkness through the highest rites of theurgy and magick. invoke with your entire essence, with every fiber of your being. the chthonic conjuration that which raises the self towards the aethyric realms as i rise above the earth, i conjure the circle of ageless being, leviathan to be as my chariot. encircle my spirit o crooked dragon, bring forth my bride within me, whom i call onorthoch

WHO ARE THE DRACONIANS

g. but the damage was done. lucifer/satan was ecstatic! he had tricked adam into capitulating his dominion over the planet if not the creation. lucifer was now the "god of this world, who are the draconians file//d /my documents/avidya/reptilian agenda/who are the draconians.htm (4 of 68 [8/25/2000 17:19:57] adam essentially having squandered his birthright to the planet over to the deceiver, the prince of darkness. that is, until god extended his creative "word" or "logos" into the material world, desiring not only to become a perfect human in order to know on an experiential level what it was like to be human, but also to make the sacrifice necessary to re-connect or engraft the dying human "branches" back into the vine which alone could renew them spirit, soul, and body. in so doing the

WORKBOOK FOR GRADE 0 VOID AND THE ABYSS

mbolism of this fallen angel is based within his connection (i label the gender male due to the solar aspects of this spirit, while lilith is female and lunar) of asmoday or ashamdon, a yezidic archangel. samael is considered to some extent connected with the roman light bearer, lucifer whom brings wisdom to mankind. when lucifer becomes the shadow bringer (noctifer) he is revealed as the ancient prince of darkness, set. the hidden gateway within the order of phosphorus is the sabbatic light and union of opposites. samael is the center resulting in the element fire, movement and manifestation. as this is the same as asmodeus, both unite in clarification ascertained through the medium itself. the alchemical formula of self transformation and initiation is through asmodeus, the lord of witch

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