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18276066 GRIMM JACOB TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY VOL 1

ven a tradition of ancient gaul, are precisely the fairy being that had previously been called mcrimcnni? but, similar to the merminne, there was also a waltminne, which word equally stands for lamia in old glosses (diut. 3, 276. sigcminne, whether the baptized eauch-els, wolfdieterich's lover (p. 433, or the wife of hugdieterich^ may with perfect right be 1 marmennill is extremely like the greek proteus, who is also reluctant at first to prophesy, od. 4, 385 seq. there may have been proteus-like stories current of our baklander and vilander, p. 172 (see suppl. 2 yet merfeine occurs already in diut. 1, 38; wazzerfeine (oberl. sub v, and even merfetn, ms. 2, 63^ 3 deutsche heldensage pp. 185. 200-1. menxi. merimanni. 435 regarded as a loaltminne or merminne in the vilk. saga cap. 17 i find

ALEISTER CROWLEY LIBER 777

18 apoltun sothis hecate syth mercophta thuismis 19 typhon aphruimis perseus sitlacer nephthe phuonidie 20 isis thumis pi-osiris thoptius panotragus aphut 22 zeuda serucuth omphta aterechinis ophionius arepien 24 arimanius sentacer merota tepiseuth panotragus senciner 25 tolmophta eregbuo tomras sagen zeraph chenen 26 soda themeso riruphta epima monuphta homoth 28 brondeus oroasoer vucula astiro proteus tepisatras 29 rephan archatapias sourut thopibui phallophorus atembui clxxiii* genii of the twelve hours (levi. 15 papus, sinbuck, rasphuia, zahun, heiglot, mizkun, haven 16 sisera, torvatus, nitibus, hizarbin, sachluph, baglis, laberzerin 17 hahabi, phlogabitus, eirneus, mascarun, zarobi, butatar, cahor 18 phalgus, thagrinus, eistibus, pharzuph, sislau, schiekron, aclahayr 19 zeirna, tabl

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE OLD AND NEW COMMENTARIES TO LIBER AL

tar' is the centre of the universe to itself, and that a 'star' simple, original, absolute, can add to its omnipotence, omniscience and omnipresence without ceasing to be itself; that its one way to do this is to gain experience, and that therefore it enters into combinations in which its true nature is for awhile disguised, even from itself. analogously, an atom of carbon may pass through myriad proteus-phases, appearing in chalk, chloroform, sugar, sap, brain and blood, not recognizable as "itself" the black amorphous solid, but recoverable as such, unchanged by its adventures. this theory is the only one which explains "why" the absolute limited itself, and why it does not recognize itself during its cycle of incarnations. it disposes of "evil" and the origin of evil; without denying re

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQUINOX EQ I 3

moment, and for the morrow, hashish has more fatal results. one is a soft-spoken enchantress; the other, a raging demon. 94 i wish in this last part to define and to analyse the moral ravage caused by this dangerous and delicious practice; a ravage so great, a danger so profound, that those who return from the fight but lightly wounded appear to me like heroes escaped from the cave of a multiform proteus, or like orpheus, conquerors of hell. you may take, if you will, this form of language for an exaggerated metaphor, but for my part i will affirm that these exciting poisons seem to me not only one of the most terrible and the most sure means which the spirit of darkness uses to enlist and enslave wretched humanity, but even one of the most perfect of his avatars. this time, to shorten my

BLAVATSKY H P ANTHROPOGENESIS

he land in which all the gods had received their birth; as also of having had uranus for their first king, he being also the first to teach them astronomy. very little more than this has come down to us from antiquity. the myth of atlas is an allegory easily understood. atlas is the old continents of lemuria and atlantis, combined and personified in one symbol. the poets attribute to atlas, as to proteus, a superior wisdom and an universal knowledge, and especially a thorough acquaintance with the depths of the ocean: because both continents bore races instructed by divine masters, and because both were transferred to the bottom of the seas, where they now slumber until their next reappearance above the waters. atlas is the son of an ocean nymph, and his daughter is calypso "the watery dee

BLAVATSKY H P COSMOGENESIS

tion, some evidence aliunde, of the supposed ether. some hypotheses consist of assumptions as to the minute structure and operations of bodies. from the nature of the case, these assumptions can never be proved by direct means. their only merit is their suitability to express the phenomena. they are representative fictions("logic" by alexander bain, ll.d, part ii, p. 133) ether, this hypothetical proteus, one of the "representative fictions" of modern science- which, nevertheless, was so long accepted- is one of the lower "principles" of what we call primordial substance (akasa, in sanskrit, one of the dreams of old, and which has now become again the dream of modern science. it is the greatest, just as it is the boldest, of the surviving speculations of ancient philosophers. for the occul

ysterious object of which alchemy was ever talking, and which became the subject of philosophical speculation in every age? what can it be finally, even in its phenomenal pre-differentiation? even that is all in manifested nature and- nothing to our senses. it is mentioned under various names in every cosmogony, referred to in every philosophy, and shown to be, to this day, the ever grasp-eluding proteus in nature. we touch and do not feel it; we look at it without seeing it; we breathe it and do not perceive it; we hear and smell it without the smallest cognition that it is there; for it is in every molecule of that which in our illusion and ignorance we regard as matter in any of its states, or conceive as a feeling, a thought, an emotion. in short, it is the "upadhi" or vehicle, of ever

save that one ideal cause, there is no other to which the world can be referred. through the potency of that cause, every created thing comes by its proper nature (original sanskrit texts, part iv, pp. 32, 33- v. on the hidden deity, its symbols and glyphs. the logos or creative deity, the "word made flesh" of every religion, has to be traced to its ultimate source and essence. in india, it is a proteus of 1,008 divine names and aspects in each of its personal transformations, from brahma-purusha down through the seven divine rishis and ten semi-divine prajapati (also rishis) to the divine-human avatars. the same puzzling problem of the "one in many" and the multitude in one, is found in other pantheons, in the egyptian, the greek and the chaldeo-judaic, the latter having made confusion s

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF OCCULTISM AND PARAPSYCHOLOGY VOL 2

its occupant; his horse aonban, able to travel on sea or land; and his sword fragarach, a match for any mail, all were brought by lugh from the land of the living (i.e, fairyland. as lord of the sea he was the irish charon, and his colorchanging cloak would flap as he marched around the camp of hostile force invading ireland. he is comparable with the cymric manawiddan and resembles the hellenic proteus. mandala a mystical diagram used in india and tibet to attract spiritual power or for meditation purposes. the term derives from the sanskrit word for circle, although a mandala may embody various geometrical shapes. the swiss psychologist carl g. jung, who regarded the mandala as an archetypal image from the deep unconscious mind, investigated mandalas created spontaneously by psychologic

FAUST

y at home they seem to float upon the very foam. on venus radiant, pearly chariot drawn, comes galatea, lovely as the dawn. since cypris turned from us her face, she reigns in paphos in the goddess place. and so, long since, the gracious one doth own, as heiress, templed town and chariot-throne. away! it spoils a father s hour of pleasure, harshness of tongue or hate of heart to treasure. away to proteus! ask that wondrous elf: how one can come to be and change one s self. he goes off toward the sea. thales we have gained nothing by this stay. though one finds proteus, straight he melts away; and if he stops for you, he ll say at last things that confuse you, make you stand aghast. but, after all, such counsel do you need; let s try it and pursue our path with speed. they go away. sirens [

h they ve won the fleece of gold, ye ve won the cabiri! repeated in full chorus. although they ve won the fleece of gold, we! ye! the cabiri! nereids and tritons move past. homunculus these shapeless forms i look upon, as poor clay-pots i take them; their hard heads wise men often run against them and there break them. thales that s just the thing that men desire; the rusty coin is valued higher. proteus [unperceived] this pleases me, an ancient fabler! the odder tis, the respectabler. thales where are you, proteus? proteus [ventriloquizing, now near, now far] here! and here! thales i pardon you that ancient jeer; but with a friend such idle words forgo! you speak from some false place, i know. proteus [as if from a distance] farewell! thales [softly to homunculus he is quite near. shine b

ut with a friend such idle words forgo! you speak from some false place, i know. proteus [as if from a distance] farewell! thales [softly to homunculus he is quite near. shine brilliantly! as curious as a fish is he; assume what form and place he may, be sure, flames are for him unfailing lure. homunculus at once a flood of light i ll scatter, discreetly, though, for fear the glass might shatter. proteus [in the form of a giant tortoise. what beams so winsome, fair, and dear? thales [concealing homunculus. good! if you wish, you can observe it near. don t let the little effort worry you, appear on two feet just as humans do. it s with our will and by our courtesy that what we now conceal, who wills may see. proteus [in a noble form. in clever, worldly pranks you still have skill. thales yo

, and dear? thales [concealing homunculus. good! if you wish, you can observe it near. don t let the little effort worry you, appear on two feet just as humans do. it s with our will and by our courtesy that what we now conceal, who wills may see. proteus [in a noble form. in clever, worldly pranks you still have skill. thales you change your form with pleasure still. he has uncovered homunculus. proteus [astonished] a radiant dwarflet! such i never did see! thales he asks advice and fain would come to be. he has, he told me, come to earth but half-way formed, a quite peculiar birth. he has no lack of qualities ideal but lacks too much the tangible and real. till now the glass alone has given him weight; he d like forthwith to be incorporate. proteus you are a virgin s son, yea, verily: yo

d me, come to earth but half-way formed, a quite peculiar birth. he has no lack of qualities ideal but lacks too much the tangible and real. till now the glass alone has given him weight; he d like forthwith to be incorporate. proteus you are a virgin s son, yea, verily: you are before you ought to be! thales [softly] and from another angle things seem critical; he is, methinks, hermaphroditical. proteus success must come the sooner in that case; as soon as he arrives, all will fit into place. but here there is not much to ponder: your start must be in that wide ocean yonder! there on a small scale one begins, the smallest things is glad to swallow, till step by step more strength he wins and forms himself for greater things to follow. homunculus here stirs a soft and tender air, what frag

n that case; as soon as he arrives, all will fit into place. but here there is not much to ponder: your start must be in that wide ocean yonder! there on a small scale one begins, the smallest things is glad to swallow, till step by step more strength he wins and forms himself for greater things to follow. homunculus here stirs a soft and tender air, what fragrant freshness and what perfume rare! proteus dearest of urchins! i believe your story. farther away, it grows more ravishing; the air upon that narrow promontory is more ineffable, more lavishing; there, near enough, the host we ll see now floating hither over the sea. come with me there! thales i ll come along. proceed! homunculus a threefold spirit striding- strange, indeed! telchines of rhodes on hippocampi and sea-dragons, wieldi

ed the journey, our troop he surveys. the mountains, the cities, the wave, and the shore are lovely and bright to the god we adore. no mist hovers round us, and if one appear, a beam and a zephyr- the island is clear! phoebus there sees his image in forms hundredfold, as giant, as youth, as the gentle, the bold. we first, it was we who first nobly began to shape the high gods in the image of man. proteus. oh, leave them to their boasting, singing! to sunbeams, holy and life-bringing, dead works are but an idle jest. they melt and mould in tireless rapture, and when in bronze a god they capture, they deem it great and swell their breast. what end comes to these haughty men? their forms of gods, so great and true, long since an earthquake overthrew, and they were melted down again. all life

melt and mould in tireless rapture, and when in bronze a god they capture, they deem it great and swell their breast. what end comes to these haughty men? their forms of gods, so great and true, long since an earthquake overthrew, and they were melted down again. all life on earth, whatever it be, is never aught but drudgery; in water life has far more gain. i ll bear you to the endless main, i, proteus-dolphin. he transforms himself. now it s done! there where the happiest fates are leading i ll take you on back and speeding i ll wed you to the ocean. on! thales yield to the worthy aspiration and at its source begin creation, ready for life s effective plan! there you will move by norms unchanging; through forms a thousand, myriad, ranging, you will, in time, become a man. homunculus mou

olphin. he transforms himself. now it s done! there where the happiest fates are leading i ll take you on back and speeding i ll wed you to the ocean. on! thales yield to the worthy aspiration and at its source begin creation, ready for life s effective plan! there you will move by norms unchanging; through forms a thousand, myriad, ranging, you will, in time, become a man. homunculus mounts upon proteus-dolphin. proteus come, spirit, seek the realm of ocean; at once, unfettered every motion, live here and move as you would do. but let not higher orders lure you, for once a man, i can assure you, then all is at an end with you. thales that s as may be; yet it s not ill a man s role in one s time to fill. proteus [to thales] well, one of your kind, to be sure! for quite a while they do endu

ce to face; in lengthened chains extended, in circles festively blended, in countless companies they career. but galatea s sea-shell throne i see ever and anon. it shines like a star the crowd among! my loved one beams through all the throng, however far, shimmers bright and clear, ever true and near. homunculus. in this dear water brightens all that my lamplet lightens, all wondrous fair to see. proteus. this living water brightens where first thy lamplet lightens with glorious harmony. nereus what mystery new to our wondering eyes do i see in the midst of these bevies arise? what flames round the sea-shell, at galatea s feet? now mighty it flares up, now lovely, now sweet, as if with love s pulsing twere touched and arrayed. thales homunculus is it, by proteus swayed. the symptoms are th

GILBERT THE MAGICAL MASON

piritual advantage.thechurch fathers have told us that self-sacrifice is converted into heavenly wisdom andman's blood and generation 311earns the beatific vision after death. according to the rosicrucian mystic, eliphaz levi, blood is the first incarnation of the universal fluidic force, it is the vital light materialised: itsbirth(within the embryo) is nature's chief marvel, it is the universal proteus, for it is in a state of constant change: blood is the great arcanum of life; from a mother's blood is formed the perfect body ofherchild. a hindoo sage said 'blood contains all the mysterious secrets of existence, so it would be profaning the work of the creator to feed uponit, hence so many hindoos are vegetarians. moses, the jewish lawgiver, also forbade the use of blood as food 'for th

GNOSTIC STUDIES THE GNOSTIC HANDBOOK II GNOSTIC THEURGY

e and takes its way back to creeping things and that ill fated soul, having failed to know itself, lives in servitude to noxious and uncouth bodies, in this doom are vicious souls condemned. hermes. while we may not agree to the extent he has taken the concept of reincarnation, this quote does illustrate his acceptance of the doctrine. turning to ancient greece we find a very old tale, a story of proteus, who could change his shape at will. when an old man attempted to grab him, hoping to ascertain his real form, proteus was sleeping as a stone. on being touched he became a plant, when approached again he became a serpent and then transformed into a man and finally a spirit, at which time he flew off into the sky. here we clearly have a classical myth being used to outline the esoteric tea

GRIMM TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY VOL 2 1883 COMPLETE

d as a goat. 1 this interweaving of jackpudding, fool, klobes and eiipel, of the yule-buck and at last of the devil himself, into the rude popular drama of our mid. ages, shows what an essential part of it the wihtels and tatermans formerly were, how ineradi cable the elvish figures and characters of heathenism. the greeks enlivened the seriousness of their tragedy by satyric plays, in which e.g. proteus, similar to our sea-sprite (p. 434, played a leading part. 2 there is yet another way in which a former connexion between gods, wise-women and these genii now and then comes to light. the elf who showers his darts is servant or assistant to the high god of thunder, the cunning dwarf has forged his thunderbolts for him; like gods, they wear divine helmets of invisibility, and the home-sprit

LIBER 777

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

neither past nor future. it is called jupiter, because he is father and head of the gods; vesta, the fire of the home, because it is located in the midst of the universe and remains there inclining to no side as a dot in a circle; form, because it circumscribes, comprehends, and terminates; love, concord, and piety, because it is indivisible. other symbolic names for the monad are ship, chariot, proteus (a god capable of changing his form, mnemosyne, and polyonymous (having many names. the following symbolic names were given to the duad--2--because it has been divided, and is two rather than one; and when there are two, each is opposed to the other: genius, evil, darkness, inequality, instability, movability, boldness, fortitude, contention, matter, dissimilarity, partition between multit

MICHAEL W FORD THE VAMPIRE GATE

stral 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 articulation and knowledge, the deviation and perverseness of the darkest aspects. he is both beast and serpent and he may take many forms as well. lucifer is proteus and changes at will. the astral plane when entered will provide an exciting and challenging initiatory experience. you must be willing to trust your instincts and above all know yourself. astral beings may experience the past like recordings in specific areas, pass through walls and enter dark places just as a spirit. this of course depends on the initiatory level of the vampyre magickian

MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS E

. he is represented as a kind and benevolent old man, possessing the gift of prophecy, and presiding more particularly over the agean sea, of which he was considered to be the protecting spirit. there he dwelt with his wife doris and their fifty blooming daughters, the nereides, beneath the waves in a beautiful grotto-palace, and was ever ready to assist distressed mariners in the hour of danger. proteus. proteus, more familiarly known as "the old man of the sea" was a son of poseidon, and gifted with prophetic power. but he had an invincible objection to being consulted in his capacity as seer, and those who wished him to foretell events, watched for the hour of noon, when he was in the habit of coming up to the island of pharos,[42] with poseidon's flock of seals, which he tended at the

d thetis, who plays an important part in the mythology of greece, was the daughter of nereus, or, as some assert, of poseidon. her grace and beauty were so remarkable that zeus and poseidon both sought an alliance with her; but, as it had been foretold that a son of hers would gain supremacy over his father, they relinquished their intentions, and she became the wife of peleus, son of aacus. like proteus, thetis possessed the power of transforming herself into a variety of different shapes, and when wooed by peleus she exerted this power in order to elude him. but, knowing that persistence would eventually succeed, he held her fast until she assumed her true form. their nuptials were celebrated with the utmost pomp and magnificence, and were honoured by the presence of all the gods and god

PHILIP NEIL MYTHS LEGENDS EXPLAINED

his floated down the river hebrus singing, and was washed ashore on the island of lesbos, where it began to prophesy, until it was silenced by apollo. aristaeus, the shepherd who chased eurydice, was a son of apollo, and he taught mankind the art of beekeeping. for his part in eurydice s death, the gods destroyed his bees. his mother, the nymph cyrene, advised him to ask the advice of the sea god proteus. proteus told him to make offerings to the shade of eurydice; when he did so, the bees recovered and swarmed up. orpheus orpheus was revered as a great poet and musician the son of the muse calliope and the son or pupil of apollo. orpheus charmed all the nymphs with his music, but was indifferent to them until he met the lovely eurydice, whom he married. he invited the marriage god hymen t

THE KEY TO THE MYSTERIES

a sword: head cloth, stern male face and woman's breasts, winged. the sword is hilt to wheel and up to left "archee" is written over the wing to the left. risking on the right of the wheel is a hermanubus or variation of serapis: dog's head, human body, carries a caduceus half hidden behind head and wheel, legs before wheel "azoth" is written above the head of this figure. a demon reminiscent of proteus descends the wheel on the left. his head is bearded and horned, his legs are tentacular and finned. he carries a trident below "hyle" is written below his head. that substance is one which is heaven and earth; that is to say, according to its degrees of polarization, subtle or fixed. 108 this substance is what hermes trismegistus calls the great "telesma" when it produces splendour, it is

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