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is associated with the gods and goddesses of the earth, especially persephone, proserpina, and geb. malkuth is the domain of the manifested universe, the immediate environment, the plane of physical reality. as a consequence, all inner journeys of consciousness begin symbolically in malkuth. it is particularly appropriate, for example, that the myth of the rape of persephone confirms her both as queen of the underworld and as a lunar goddess. from an occult point of view, the underworld equates with the lower unconscious mind, and the moon, represented by the sphere of yesod, is the first sephira reached on the inner mystic journey up the tree of life. malkuth is closely linked with the universe card. the path of the flaming sword is the path of creation. according to the early qabalist

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the elohim said, let us make adam in our image, after our likeness and let him have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the fowl of the air and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth over the earth. and the elohim created eth ha-adam in their own image, in the image of the elohim created they them. in the name of adonai melekh and the bride and queen of the kingdom, spirits of earth adore adonai! hiero: hands his sceptre to hiereus and, takes the sword of hiereus, makes the ox in center of pentagram, saying: hiero: in the name of auriel, the great archangel of earth, and by the sign of the head of the ox- spirits of earth, adore adonai! hiero: returns sword to hiereus and takes mitre-headed sceptre from hegemon and makes cross in the air

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s great pains to conceal. some accounts make her beautiful in front and ugly behind. she loves music and song, lier lay has a doleful melody and is called inddrcslaat. in the forests you see huldra as an old woman clothed in gray, marching at the head of her flock, milkpail in hand. she is said to carry off people's unchristened infants from tliem. often she appears, not alone, but as mistress or queen of the mountain-sprites, who are 1 i believe luther followed the hebrew, merely clroiiping the final h, as he does in jehova, judn, ts:c. trans. 2 muller's sa-abibl. 1, 3g3 6. 272 goddesses. called liuldrefolh in iceland too they know of tins iluldufdijc, of the huldumemi; and here we find another point of agreement with the popular faith of germany, namely, that by the side of our dame hold

l late on perchtha's eve, had gone but a little way, when perchtha came driving in a waggon, and called to them to put a peg in the pole of her waggon. one of the men had a knife, and perchtha supplied him with wood, the peg was let in, and the handy man carried home several pieces of money in his shoe as a reward. p. 113: between bucha and wilhelmsdorf in the fruitful vale of the saale, perchtha queen of the heimchen had her dwelling of old; at her command the heimchen had to water the fields of men, while she worked underground with her plough. at last the people fell out with her, and she determined to quit the country; on perchtha's eve the ferryman at altar village received notice to be ready late in the night, and when he came to the saale bank, his eyes beheld a tall stately dame su

over dwarfs; her name is not given, but that of her son is madelger, and she likewise gives wise advice to morolt; mor. 40' 41^ the merminne in ulrich's lanzelet (lines 196 seq) is said to be wis (5751. 6182, she has under her 10,000 %mmarried women (dern keiniu bekande man noch mannes gezoc, they dwell on a mountain by the sea, in an ever-blooming land. in the apouonius, a benevolent merminne is queen of the sea (lines 5160. 5294; here the poet had in his mind a siren in the classical sense, but the germans must have had a merminne before they ever heard of sirens. the danish name is maremind (danske viser 1, 118. 125. norse legend has preserved for us a precisely corresponding male being, the taciturn prophetic marmennill (al. marmendill, marbendill, who is fished lip out of the sea, and

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are arranged according to the sephiroth. this tablet (indicating it) represents the method of 'forming the tree of life in the tarot. the four aces are placed on the throne of kether. the remaining small cards of each suit desired are then placed on the respective sephiroth, 2 on chokmah, 3 on binah and so on. the 22 trumps are then arranged on the letters of the paths between them. the king and queen of the suit are placed beside chokmah and binah respectively, the knight beside tiphareth and the knave beside malkuth, thus representing the attribution of the sephiroth to the four letters of the holy name in the world wherein they operate. heg: leads practicus to tablet of the pillars in south. heg: this tablet represents the formation of the hexagram of tiphareth from the pillars on each

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grapes. like ceres, she mourns for her lost daughter persephone for three months of the year and so is another icon for those who are feeling sorrow or loss and for maternal sacrifice. but she can be invoked for all matters of abundance, for reaping the benefits of earlier work or effort, for all mothering rituals and as a protectress of animals. innana innana was a sumerian goddess, known as the queen of heaven, who evolved into the babylonian goddess ishtar. innana was goddess of beauty, abundance, fertility and passion, famed for her loveliness and her lapis lazuli necklaces. she was the first goddess of the morning and evening stars, a legacy that has passed to aphrodite and venus. like many of the mother goddess icons, she descended into the underworld annually to face and overcome ma

ldbirth whose sacred bird is the peacock. she is a powerful deity of fidelity and is called upon by women seeking revenge upon unfaithful partners. hestia hestia is the greek goddess of the hearth and home, all family matters and peace within the home. she is a benign, gentle goddess and so can be invoked for matters involving children and pets. juno juno, the wife-sister of jupiter, is the roman queen of the gods, the protectress of women, marriage and childbirth and also wise counsellor. together with jupiter and minerva, the goddess of wisdom, she made up the triumvirate of deities who made decisions about humankind and especially roman affairs. her month, june, is most fortunate for marriage and, like hera, her greek equivalent, her sacred creature is the peacock. she is invoked in sex

rampled on, destroyed and then danced on once more to restore him to life. kali is invoked to remove fear and, it is said, to bring bliss to her devotees, and so she brings protection and regeneration after sorrow. persephone persephone is the greek maiden goddess of transformation, daughter of demeter and goddess of spring and flowers. she was abducted by hades, god of the underworld, and became queen of the underworld for the winter months, returning to the earth as the light-bringer in spring and so representing the cycle of death and rebirth. she is especially powerful in rituals by or for young women, especially those who have suffered loss or abuse, and also for mother-daughter relationships. she is sometimes regarded as a symbol of grain. proserpina, daughter of ceres, is the roman

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pply thy reason unto the elucidation of the effect of the four forces thus rushing together. though this may sound wholly incomprehensible at first, a little reflection on the nature of the movement of these forces yields a wealth of ideas, s.r.m.d. provides a few examples at hazard of this analysis, and they arei quoted as follows: the square of a of exarp in the tablet of union. triangle no. 2: queen of swords. triangle no. 2: m. triangle no. 3: a. triangle no. 4: m nearly all the squares of this tablet represent some combined effect of light and life. here m acts both downwards and upwards. a is not very strong in action when it is here 28 placed; and the queen of swords represents the moist force of a, h of w. therefore, if one could attribute a direct material action unto the squares

le no. 3: c. triangle no. 4: geburah. here c is extremely strong, and is stirred to action by the energy of geburah. were it not for the m it would be the destroying energy of a flood, but the latter renders its effect more gentle and beneficient, promoting the solution and nourishment of matter. the square of m of aismt, a kerubic square of the fiery lesser angle of the b tablet. triangle no. 1: queen of wands triangle no. 2: b. triangle no. 3: eagle kerub. c triangle no. 4: d here b acting downwards and d upwards, the effect would be volcanic. the c is as strongly palced as the d, rendering it explosive, though helping to stifle the d by its 29 union with the b. the queen of wands equals the c of d, h of y, reconciling these two elements. therefore the whole effect would be to produce a

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anything which is not jupiter. everything else escapes notice. and when the time comes for the ceremony of invocation which i have been consistently preparing with all devotion and assiduity, i am quickly inflamed. i am attuned to jupiter, i am pervaded by jupiter, i am absorbed by jupiter, i am caught up into the heaven of jupiter and wield his thunderbolts. hebe and ganymedes bring me wine; the queen of the gods is throned at my side, and for my playmates are the fairest maidens of the earth. 7. now what is all this but to do in a partial (and if i may say so, romantic) way what the yogi does in his more scientifically complete yet more austerely difficult methods? and here the advantage of magick is that the process of initiation is spontaneous and, so to speak, automatic. you may begin

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against the lands of the east, by summoning the hordes of fiends i have made subject unto me, and so doing found ngaa, the god of the heathens, who breathes flame and roars like a thousand thunders. i have found fear. i have found the gate that leads to the outside, by which the ancient ones, who ever seek entrance to our world, keep eternal watch. i have smelled the vapours of that ancient one, queen of the outside, whose name is writ in the terrible magan text, the testament of some dead civilisation whose priests, seeking power, swing open the dread, evil gate for an hour past the time, and were consumed. i came to possess this knowledge through circumstances quite peculiar, while still the unlettered son of a shepherd in what is called mesopotamia by the greeks. when i was only a yout

ntil such times as it is needed. but to take not to use this seal hastily, for it is a sharp sword. the number of nergal is eight and this is his seal: the god of jupiter is the lord of magicians, marduk kurios of the double-headed axe. marduk was born of our father, enki, to do battle against the forces of the ancient ones, and he won a powerful fight, subduing the armies of evil and putting the queen of the ancient ones beneath his foot. that serpent is dead, but dreams. marduk was bestowed fifty names and powers by the council of the elder gods, which powers he retains to this day. his colour is purple. his essence is in the material tin, and in brass. his gate is the sixth that you will come upon as you follow the rituals that follow. his step on the ladder of lights in purple. this is

ster of the chemical science, open the gate to the sphere of thy workings! gate of the swift planet, merkurios, open unto me! ia athzothtu! ia angaku! ia zi nebo! marzas zi fornias kanpa! lazhakas shin talas kanpa! nebos athanatos kanpa! ia gaash! ia saash! ia kakolomani-yash! ia maakalli! the invocation of the ishtar gate spirit of venus, remember! ishtar, mistress of the gods, remember! ishtar, queen of the land of the rising of the sun, remember! lady of ladies, goddess of goddesses, ishtar, queen of all people, remember! o bright rising, torch of the heaven and of the earth, remember! o destroyer of the hostile hordes, remember! lioness, queen of the battle, hearken and remember! from the gate of the great god nebo, i call thee! by the name which i was given on the sphere of nebo, i ca

of the rising of the sun, remember! lady of ladies, goddess of goddesses, ishtar, queen of all people, remember! o bright rising, torch of the heaven and of the earth, remember! o destroyer of the hostile hordes, remember! lioness, queen of the battle, hearken and remember! from the gate of the great god nebo, i call thee! by the name which i was given on the sphere of nebo, i call to thee! lady, queen of harlots and of soldiers, i call to thee! lady, mistress of battle and of love, i pray thee, remember! in the name of the covenant, sworn between thee and the race of men, i call to thee! hearken and remember! suppressor of the mountains! supporter of arms! deity of men! goddess of women! where thou gazest, the dead live! ishtar, queen of night, open thy gate to me! ishtar, lady of the bat

e time the elder gods walked the earth, conquerors of the ancient ones. this is the book of ninnghizhidda, horned serpent, the lady of the magick wand. this is the book of ninaxakuddu, the queen, mistress of the incantations. this is the book of asalluxi, the king, the lord of magick. this is the book of azag, the enchanter. this is the book of egura, the dark waters of absu, realm of ereshkigal, queen of death. this is the book of the ministers of knowledge, firik and pirik, the demon of the snake-entwined magick wand and the demon of the thunderbolt, protectors of the arcane faith, the most secret knowledge, to be hidden from those not of us, from the uninitiated. this is the book of asaru, the eye on the throne. this is the book of ushumgallum, mighty dragon, born of hubur, of the battl

and of the living, and the ministers of absu are clearly walking the earth, riding on the air, and upon the earth, and sailing silently through the water, and roaring in the fire, and all these spirits must be brought to subjection to the person of the priest of magick, before any else. or the priest becomes prey to the eye of death of the seven annunnaki, lord of the underworld, ministers of the queen of hell. know, fifthly, that the worshippers of tiamat are abroad in the world, and will give fight to the magician. lo, they have worshipped the serpent from ancient times, and have always been with us. and they are to be known by their seeming human appearance which has the mark of the beast upon them, as they change easily into the shapes of animals and haunt the nights of men and by thei

the books of the shadows and the shells. and they worship the heaving earth and the ripping sky and the rampant flame and the flooding waters; and they are the raisers of the legions of maskim, the liers-in-wait. and they do not know what it is they do, but they do it at the demands of the serpent, at whose name even ereshkigal gives fright, and the dread kutulu strains at his bonds: mummu tiamat queen of the ancient ones! know, sixthly, that thou shalt not seek the operations of this magick save by the rules and governments set down herein, for to do other is to take the most awful risk, for thyself and for all mankind. therefore, heed these words carefully, and change not the words of the incantations, whether thou understand them, or understand them not, for they are the words of the pa

ose thy arrow at the hordes of dark angels that beset the beloved of arra on all sides and in all places. be watchful, lord of the north ways. remember us, king of our homeland, victor of every war and conqueror over every adversary. see our lights and hear our heralds, and do not forsake us. spirit of the north, remember! invocation of the eastern gate thee i invoke, mistress of the rising star. queen of magick, of the mountains of mashu! thee i call forth this day to guard this most holy mandal against the seven ensnarers, the seven liers-in-wait, the evil maskim, the evil lords! thee i summon, queen of the eastern ways, that thou mayest protect me from the eye of death, and the evil rays of the endukugga and nindukugga! be watchful, queen of the eastern ways, and remember! spirit of the

ia anu! ia enlil! ia nngi! zabao! here follows several particular invocations, for summoning various powers and spirits. there may be words of necromantic art, by which it is desirous to speak with the phantom of someone dead, and perhaps dwelling in absu, and thereby a servant of ereshkigal, in which case the preliminary invocation that follows is to be used, which is the invocation used by the queen of life, inanna, at the time of her descent into that kingdom of woe. it is no less then the opening of the gate of ganzir, that leads to the seven steps into the frightful pit. therefore, do not be alarmed at the sights and sounds that will issue forth from that opening, for they will be the wails and laments of the shades that are chained therein, and the shrieking of the mad god on the th

s, remember! spirits, ladies of the infernal regions, remember! spirits, lords of the lords of marduk, remember! spirits, ladies of the lords of marduk, remember! spirits, lords of sin, who maketh his ship cross the river, remember! spirits, ladies of sin, who maketh his ship cross the skies, remember! spirits, lords of shammash, king of the elder ones, remember! spirits, ladies of shammash gula, queen of the elder ones, remember! spirits, lords of tshku, lord of the annunaki, remember! spirits, ladies of the goddess ziku, mother of enki, remember! spirits, lords of ninnasu, our father of the numerous waters, remember! spirits, ladies of ninnuah, daughter of enki, remember! spirits, lords of ninnghizhidda, who upheaves the face of the earth, remember! spirits, ladies of ninnisi ana, queen

ient vengeance of the elder ones the seven glorious gods of the seven glorious cities upon himself and upon the world and old vengeance. know that our years are the years of war and our days are measured as battles and every hour is a life lost to the outside those from without have builded up charnel houses to nourish the fiends of tiamat and the blood of the weakest here is libation unto tiamat queen of the ghouls wreaker of pain and to invoke her the red water of life need be split on a stone the stone struck with a sword that hath slain eleven men sacrifices to hubur so that the strike ringeth out and call tiamat from her slumber from her sleep in the caverns of the earth. and none may dare entreat further for to invoke death is to utter the final prayer. ii of the generations of the a

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all be the sign? so she answered him, bending down, a lambent flame of blue, all-touching, all penetrant, her lovely hands upon the black earth& her lithe body arched for love, and her soft feet not hurting the little flowers: thou knowest! and the sign shall be my ecstasy, the consciousness of the continuity of existence, the omnipresence of my body. i,27: then the priest answered& said unto the queen of space, kissing her lovely brows, and the dew of her light bathing his whole body in a sweet-smelling perfume of sweat: o nuit, continuous one of heaven, let it be ever thus; that men speak not of thee as one but as none; and let them speak not of thee at all, since thou art continuous! i,28: none, breathed the light, faint& faery, of the stars, and two. i,29: for i am divided for love s s

el little; what is, is balanced by weak joys; but ye are my chosen ones. i,32: obey my prophet! follow out the ordeals of my knowledge! seek me only! then the joys of my love will redeem ye from all pain. this is so: i swear it by the vault of my body; by my sacred heart and tongue; by all i can give, by all i desire of ye all. i,33: then the priest fell into a deep trance or swoon& said unto the queen of heaven; write unto us the ordeals; write unto us the rituals; write unto us the law! i,34: but she said: the ordeals i write not: the rituals shall be half known and half concealed: the law is for all. i,35: this that thou writest is the threefold book of law. i,36: my scribe ankh-af-na-khonsu, the priest of the princes, shall not in one letter change this book; but lest there be folly, h

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ower point 31 bis hdyjy yechidah. topmost point table of correspondences 19 lxxi. the court cards of the tarot, with the spheres of their celestial dominion wands. lxxii. the court cards of the tarot, with the spheres of their celestial dominion cups. 11 the prince of the chariot of fire. rules 20 d to 20 f, including most of leo minor. the prince of the chariot of the waters. 20 g to 20 h 23 the queen of the thrones of flame. 20 l to 20 a, including part of andromeda. the queen of the thrones of the waters. 20 c to 20 d 31 the lord of the flame and the lightning. the king of the spirits of fire. rules 20 h to 20 i, including part of hercules. the lord of the waves and the waters. the king of the hosts of the sea. 20 k to 20 l, including most of pegasus. 32 bis the princess of the shining

e floods. rules another quadrant 31 bis the root of the powers of fire (ace) the root of the powers of water. lxxiii. the court cards of the tarot, with the spheres of their celestial dominion swords. lxxiv. the court cards of the tarot, with the spheres of their celestial dominion pantacles. 11 the prince of the chariot of air. 20 j to 20 k the prince of the chariot of earth. 20 a to 20 b 23 the queen of the thrones of air. 20 f to 20 g the queen of the thrones of the earth. 20 i to 20 j 31 the lord of the winds and the breezes. the king of the spirits of air. 20 b to 20 c the lord of the wide and fertile land. the king of the spirits of earth. 20 e to 20 f 32 bis the princess of the rushing winds. the lotus of the palace of air. rules a 3rd quadrant. the princess of the echoing hills. th

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x strong, which also successively are the numbers of time: and their powers are as the first 456. arise! you sons of pleasure! and visit the earth: for i am the lord your god; which is and liveth (for ever! in the name of the creator, move! and shew yourselves as pleasant deliverers, that you may praise him among the sons of men [invokes: hcoma; the whole tablet of water. the angle of c of c. the queen of the thrones of water] liber lxxxiv 25 the opening of the temple in the grade of 1 =108 give the sign of the god set fighting. purify with fire and water, and announce the temple is cleansed [knock] let us adore the lord and king of earth! adonai ha aretz, adonai melekh, unto thee be the kingdom, the sceptre, and the splendour: malkuth, geburah, gedulah, the rose of sharon and the lily of

am of earth and pronouce this name ]lm ynda] and elohim said: let us make man in our own image; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the fowl of the air; and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. and the elohim created ath-ha-adam: in the image of the elohim created they them; male and female created they them. in the name of ]lm ynda and of the bride and queen of the kingdom; spirits of earth, adore your creator [make the sign of taurus] in the name of layrwa, great archangel of earth, spirits of earth, adore your creator [make the cross] in the names and letters of the great northern quadrangle, spirits of earth, adore your creator [sprinkle water before earth tablet] in the three great secret names of god, mor, dial, hctga, that are borne upon t

uch as work wonders on all creatures. whose kingdoms and continuance are as the third and fourth strong towers and places of comfort, the seats of mercy and continuance. o ye servants of mercy, move! appear! sing praises unto the creator; and be mighty among us. for that to this remembrance is given power, and our strength waxeth strong in our comforter! the angle of c of d in the tablet of d the queen of the thrones of air. the eighth key bazodemelo i ta pi-ripesonu olanu na-zodavabebe ox. casaremeji varanu cahisa vaugeji asa berameji balatoha: goho iad. soba miame tarianu ta lolacis abaivoninu od azodiajiere riore. irejila cahisa da das pa-aox busada caosago, das cahisa od ipuranu telocahe cacureji o-isalamahe lonucaho od vovina carebafe? niiso! bagile avagao gohon. niiso! bagile momao s

e! that sit upon 24 seats, vexing all creatures of the earth with age, that have 1636 under ye. behold! the voice of god; the promise of him who is called amongst ye fury or extreme justice. move and shew yourselves! unveil the mysteries of your creation; be friendly unto me, for i am the servant of the same your god: the true worshipper of the highest. the angle of c of e in the tablet of e. the queen of the thrones of earth. the fifteenth key ilasa! tabaanu li-el pereta, casaremanu upaahi cahisa dareji; das oado caosaji oresacore: das omaxa monasa i baeouibe od emetajisa iaiadix. zodacare od zodameranu! odo cicale qaa. zodoreje, lape zodiredo noco mada, hoathahe i a i d a. o thou, the governer of the first flame, under whose wings are 6739; that weave the earth with dryness: that knowest

mada, hoathahe i a i d a. o thou third flame! whose wings are thorns to stir up vexation, and who hast 7336 living lamps going before thee: whose god is wrath in anger: gird up thy loins and hearken! move and appear! unveil the mysteries of your creation; be friendly unto me, for i am the servant of the same your god, the true worshipper of the highest. the angle of c of b in the tablet of b. the queen of the thrones of flame. the eighteenth key ilasa micalazoda olapireta ialpereji belioresa: das odo busadire oiad ouoaresa caosago: casaremeji laiada eranu berinutasa cafafame das ivemeda aqoso adoho moz, od maof-fasa. bolape como belioeta pamebata. zodacare od zodameranu! odo cicale qaa. zodoreje, lape zodiredo noco mada, hoathahe i a i d a. o thou mighty light and burning flame of comfort!

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ar" the priest. o circle of stars whereof our father is but the younger brother, marvel beyond imagination, soul of infinite space, before whom time is ashamed, the mind bewildered, and the understanding dark, not unto thee may we attain, unless thine image be love. therefore by seed and root and stem and bud and leaf and flower and fruit we do invoke thee "then the priest answered& said unto the queen of space, kissing her lovely brows, and the dew of her light bathing his whole body in a sweet-smelling perfume of sweat: o nuit, continuous one of heaven, let it be ever thus; that men speak not of thee as one but as none; and let them speak not of thee at all, since thou art continuous "during this speech the "priestess "must have divested herself completely of her robe, see ccxx.i.62" the

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knowledge t(d wisdom (pl; prov. 1:20. i.r.q. 244) twmkx the testimony [within the ark] td( a ram, he-goat; a prepared sacrifice dt( 475 in golgotha (ar; s.d. 2:33 )tlglwgb priestess tnhk 476 house of justice, a court-house nyd tyb 478 the lesser countenance: a title of the ruach, esp. tiphareth nypn) ry(z 479 grindings. female millers) twnxw+ 480 stones of emptiness (is. 34:11) whwt ynb) lilith, queen of the night tylyl part; open wide q#p opening; vagina; bit, morsel tp hand-drum; bezel pt knowledge (pl (k.d. p.252) tw(d testimony (k.d. p.252) twd( 481 hills tw(bg bound to death; death penalty )tym byyx a ring t(b) the mighty one sings: a title of tiphareth nwryryd) 482 a looking-glass, mirror )yrlqps) 483 constellations; the sphere of the zodiac, referred to chokmah (but see 536) twlzm

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he starting point. nothing could enter or leave the mass, because there is no boundary to enter or leave by; in fact, it is coextensive with space. there could not be any other world anywhere else because there isn't an 'anywhere else "the mass of this volume of water is not so great as the most moderate estimates of the mass of the stellar system. al i,27 "then the priest answered& said unto the queen of space, kissing her lovely brows, and the dew of her light bathing his whole body in a sweet-smelling perfume of sweat: o nuit, continuous one of heaven, let it be ever thus; that men speak not of thee as one but as none; and let them speak not of thee at all, since thou art continuous" the old comment 27- 31. here is a profound philosophical dogma, in a sense possibly and explanation and

tions, thereby affirming implicitly the very duality from which one is seeking to escape. note also that "me" may imply the greek mh "not. the word 'only' might be taken as ?ayin-lamed-nun-vau' with the number of 156, that of the secret name babalon of nuith. there are presumably further hidden meanings in the key-word 'all. al i,33 "then the priest fell into a deep trance or swoon& said unto the queen of heaven; write unto us the ordeals; write unto us the rituals; write unto us the law" the old comment 33. the prophet then demanded instruction; ordeals, rituals, law. the new comment law, in the common sense of the word, should be a formulation of the customs of a people, as euclid's propositions are the formulation of geometrical facts. but modern knavery conceived the idea of artificial

e itself should be flung with a spendthrift gesture on the counter of the merchant of madness. on the steel of your helmet let there be gold inlaid with the motto "excess" the above indications are taken from a subsequent passage of the third chapter of this book. the supreme and absolute injunction, the crux of your knightly oath, is that you lay your lance in rest to the glory of your lady, the queen of the stars, nuit. your knighthood depends upon your refusal to fight in any lesser cause. that is what distinguishes you from the brigand and the bully. you give your life on her altar. you make yourself worthy of her by your readiness to fight at any time, in any place, with any weapon, and at any odds. for her, from whom you come, of whom you are, to whom you go, your life is no more and

egg is only the cavern where he takes refuge on occasions) weh note: shall we simply say that crowley had a problem with misogyny in general? his love for the specific seems not to have been effected, witness the latter part of "confessions. liber 418 explains this succinctly; 3rd aethyr "moreover, there is mary, a blasphemy against babalon, for she hath shut herself up; and therefore is she the queen of all those wicked devils that walk upon the earth, those that thou savest even as little black specks that stained the heaven of urania. and all these are the excrement of choronzon" it is this 'shutting up' that is hideous, the image of death. it is the opposite of going, which is god. women under christianity are kept virgin for the market as strasbourg geese are nailed to boards till th

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ar. the priest: o circle of stars whereof our father is but the younger brother, marvel beyond imagination, soul of infinite space, before whom time is ashamed, the mind bewildered, and the understanding dark, not unto thee may we attain, unless thine image be love. therefore by seed and root and stem and bud and leaf and flower and fruit do we invoke thee. then the priest answered& said unto the queen of space, kissing her lovely brows, and the dew of her light bathing his whole body in a sweet-smelling perfume of sweat; o nuit, continuous one of heaven, let it be ever thus; that men speak not of thee as one but as none; and let them speak not of thee at all, since thou art continuous. during this speech the priestess must have divested herself completely of her robe. see ccxx i:62. the p

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pect the child of chokmah and binah; in another the eighth heads of the stooping dragon, raised up when the tree of life was shattered, and macroprosopus set cherubim against microprosopus. see 4= 7 ritual supra.55 also, and very specifically, liber 418. it is the demon that purely intellectual or rational religions take as their god. the special danger of hinayana buddhism. 480. tylyl, the demon-queen of malkuth. 666. last of the mystic numbers of the sun. twrc, the spirit of sol. also tc wmmu, ommo satan, the satanic trinity of typhon, apophis and besz;56 also hwchy \c, the name of jesus. the names of nero, napoleon, w. e. gladstone, and any person that you may happen to dislike, add up to this number. in reality it is the final extension of the number 6, both because 6 111([la= 111= 1=

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE SWORD OF SONG

eep one steady. so i think i may look forward to a tenure of my mahakalpa in almost arcadian simplicity. lady bhavani, did you say, boy? yes, i am at home. bring the betel! jeldi! he added, with some dim recollection of the 1 a whirling disc is indra s symoblic weapon. 2 he abandoned this. a few fragments are reprinted in his oracles. appendix i 106 british government, when he was a baby nat. the queen of heaven and the lord of the gods chewed betel for quite a long time, conversed of the weather, the crops, the affaire humbert, and the law in relation to motor-cars, with ease and affability. but far was it from indra s pious mind to flirt with his distinguished guest! rather, he thought of the hollow nature of the safe, the change of money and of position; the sorrow of the too confiding

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blush of the sapphire, the ruby, and the sard. thy lips are as roses in june; and thine eyes as amethysts set in the vault of heaven. o! come kiss me, for i tremble for thee; fill me with love, 193 for i am consumed by the heat of my passion; say me, o slay me with kisses, burn me in the fire of thy kingdom, o slay me with the sword of thy rapture" then i cried unto her in a loud voice saying "o queen of the lusts of flesh! o queen of the lands haunted by satyrs! o mistress of night! o mother of the mysteries of birth and death! who art girt in the flames of passion, and jewelled with emerald, and moonstone, and chrysoleth. lo! on thy brow burns the star-sapphire of heaven, thy girdle is as the serpent of eden, and round thine ankles chatter the rubies and garnets of hell. hearken, o lili

as, a full moon of silver trembles glowing with beams of opalescent light- mystic and wonderful. in her right hand she holds a sistrum, and chimes forth the music of the earth, and in her left an asp twisted to the prow of a boat of gold, wherein lie the mysteries of heaven. then clear and sweet as the breath of the hillside, i heard a voice, as of the winds across a silver harp, saying: i am the queen of the heavenly ones, of the gods, and of the goddesses, united in one form. i am she who was, who is, and will be; my form is one, my name is manifold; under the palm-trees, and in the deserts, in the valleys, and on the snowy mountains, mankind pays me homage, and thunders forth praises to my name. yet i am nameless in the deep, as amongst the lightsome mountains of the sky. some call me m

o is, and will be; my form is one, my name is manifold; under the palm-trees, and in the deserts, in the valleys, and on the snowy mountains, mankind pays me homage, and thunders forth praises to my name. yet i am nameless in the deep, as amongst the lightsome mountains of the sky. some call me mother of the gods, some aphrodite of the seas of pearl, some diana of the golden nets, some proserpina queen of darkness, some hecate mistress of enchantments, some istar of the boat of night, some miriam of the cavern, and others yet again isis, veiled mother of mystery. i am she who cometh in unto all men, and if not here, then shalt thou behold me amidst the darkness of acheron, and as queen in the palaces of styx. i am the dark night 224 that bringeth forth the bright day; i am the bright day t

s through the depths of my being "i have tasted the juice of the peach, and the sweetness of honey and milk; but the wine of thy lips is strong as the aromatic vintage of egypt, and sweet as the juice of the date-palms in the scented plains of euphrates: ay! let me drink 226 till i reel bewildered with kisses and pleasure. o my love. my love. o my love" then i caught up her song and cried "yea! o queen of the night, o arrow of brightness drawn from the quiver of the moon! o thou who hast ensnared me in the meshes of thine hair, and caught me up on the kisses of thy mouth; o thou who hast laid aside thy divinity to take refuge in mine arms, listen "i have drunk deep of the flagons of passion with the white-veiled virgins of vesta, and the crimson-girdled daughters of circe, and the drowsy-e

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promise, to unveil the lady of bliss and bale? i am old and blind; my vision hath the seer in derision. i would set my lips between those rose-tipped moons, just there where the deciduous green leaves the pearly rapture bare, 21 with its blue veins like rivulets jewelled with gentians and violets, wandering through fields of corn, under the first kiss of the morn in still and shimmering air "the queen of the dancers" no! no! the weird is woe. the law is this, most surely this! that who hath seen may never kiss. the soul is at war with the flesh and the mind. life is dumb, and love is blind "the prophet" i am the prophet of the gods. i have put these eyes out to attain to the crown of the pallid periods that pulse in the almighty brain! i have striven all my life for this; that i might see

ltar defiled, the sacrament trod under foot by the wild despisers of god "the musicians" no! no! life is woe. thou dost not know how ineffably great is the weight of fate. uncreate! ultimate! 23 born of hate! brother of woe! despair its mate! thou dost not know how giant great is the grasp of fate "the dancers" vainly pursuing impossible things, the swamp-adder wooing the lark with her wings "the queen of the dancers" see how i glide- canst thou not hold me? in thine arms, at thy side- why not enfold me? wisdom, awaken! never, oh never, by wile or endeavour am i to be taken. will a wish or a word charm the hawk from the air? and am i a bird to be caught in a snare? will a word or a wish bring the trout from the brook? and am i a fish to snap at an hook "the prophet" ye let me to the holy p

s on the brows of the world. hush! they are curled in the rapture of reaping the flowers that unfurled when the gardeners were sleeping in the breeze-swayed bowers of the lord of the flowers! hush! hush! the young feet flush the marble. the temple's ablaze and ablush. hush! hush! softer crush the grape on the palate, the bloom on the blossom, the dream on the sleeper, the bride on the blosom "the queen of the dancers, in her prime pose (spoken without inflection or emphasis" now do you understand the tragedy of life? 27 the training of the mind the religion of the buddhas is, in the most eminent sense of the word, a practical philosophy. it is not a collection of dogmas which are to be accepted and believed with an unquestioning and unintelligent faith: but a series of statements and propo

one aspect the child of chokmah and binah; in another the eighth head of the stooping dragon, raised up when the tree of life was shattered, and macroposopus set cherubim against microposopus. see 4= 7 ritual "supra" also, and very specially, liber 418. it is the demon that purely intellectual or rational religions take as their god. the special danger of hinayana buddhism. 480. lilith, the demon-queen of malkuth. 543. ahih ashr ahih "i am that i am" 666. last of the mystic numbers of the sun. svrth, the spirit of sol. also ommv sthh, ommo satan, the satanic trinity of typhon, apophis, and besz; also shm ihshvh, the name of jesus. the names of nero, napoleon, w. e. gladstone, and any person that you may happen to dislike, add up the this number. in reality it is the final extension of the

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ngel with rainbow wings, and his dress is green with silver, a green veil over silver armour. flames of many-coloured fire dart from him in all directions. it is a woman of some thirty years old, and she has the moon for a crest, and the moon is blazoned on her heart, and her sandals are curved silver, like the moon. and she cries: lonely am i and cold in the wilderness of the stars. for i am the queen of all them that dwell in heaven, and the queen of all them that are pure upon earth, and the queen of all the sorcerers of hell. i am the daughter of nuit, the lady of the stars. and i am the bride of them that are vowed unto loneliness. and i am the mother of the dog cerberus. one person am i, and three gods. and thou who hast blasphemed me shalt suffer knowing me. for i am cold as thou ar

relation with one, just as one cannot blaspheme an unknown god, because one does not know what to say to annoy him. and this explains the perfect inefficiency of those who try to insult the saints; the most violent attacks are very often merely clumsy compliments) now the angel is spread completely over the globe, a dewy film of silver upon that luminous blue. and a great voice cries: behold the queen of heaven, how she hath woven her robes from the loom of justice. for as that straight path of the arrow cleaving the rainbow became righteousness in her that sitteth in the hall of double truth, so at last is she exalted unto the throne of the high priestess, the priestess of the silver star, wherein also is thine angel made manifest. and this is the mystery of the camel that is ten days in

a seal upon the tomb of tetragrammaton, and the elixir of life that is distilled from the blood of the saints, and the red powder that is the grinding-up of the bones of choronzon. terrible and wonderful is the mystery thereof, o thou titan that hast climbed into the bed of juno! surely thou art bound unto, and broken upon, the wheel; yet hast thou uncovered the nakedness of the holy one, and the queen of heaven is in travail of child, and his name shall be called vir, and vis, and virus, and virtus, and viridis, in one name that is all these, and above all these. desolate, desolate is the aethyr, for thou must return unto the habitations of the owl and the bat, unto the scorpions 140 of the sand, and the blanched eyeless beetles that have neither wing nor horn. return, blot out the vision

satan is worshipped by men under the name of jesus; and lucifer is worshipped by men under the name of brahma; and leviathan is worshipped by men under the name of allah; and belial is worshipped by men under the name of buddha (this is the meaning of the passage in liber legis, chap. iii) moreover, there is mary, a blasphemy against babalon, for she hath shut herself up; and therefore is she the queen of all those wicked devils that walk upon the earth, those that thou sawest even as little black specks that stained the heaven of urania. and all these are the excrement of choronzon. and for this is babalon under the power of the magician, that she hath submitted herself unto the work; and she guardeth the abyss. and in her is a perfect purity of that which is above; yet she is sent as the

mprudent, the ceremonial of initiates, the key of occultism, the sabbath of the sorcerers, witchcraft and spells, the writing of the stars, philtres and magnetism, the mastery of the sun, the thaumaturge, the science of the prophets, the book of hermes, etc "occult philosophy seems to have been the nurse, or godmother of all intellectual forces, the key of all divine obscurities, and the absolute queen of society in those ages when it was reserved exclusively for the education of priests and of kings. it reigned in persia with magi, who at length perished, as perish all masters of the world, because they abused their power; it endowed india with the most wonderful traditions, and with an incredible wealth of poesy, grace, and terror in its emblems; it civilized greece to the music of orphe

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ty, whose phallus is like the pillar in karnak! even by myself and my male power do i conjure ye. amen. 12.20 i was getting sleepy when the oysters came. i now eat them in a yogin and ceremonial manner. 12.45. i have eaten my oysters, chewing them every one; also some bread and butter in the same manner, giving praise to priapus the lord of the oyster, to demeter the lady of corn, and to isis the queen of the cow. further, i pray symbolically in this meal for virtue, and strength, and gladness; as is appropriate to these symbols. but i find it very difficult to keep the mantra going, even in tune with the jaws; perhaps it is that this peculiar method of eating (25 minutes 25 for what could be done normally in 3) demands the whole attention. 1.30. drifted into a nap. well! we shall try what

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en abodes of assiah; to the four elements, the kerubim, and the qliphoth.5 267 it represents the connecting-link between assiah and yetzirah. it is the rending of the veil of the tabernacle; and it is the passing of the gate of eden. after which he enters upon the symbolisms of the twenty-first key of the tarot, the naked female form of which represents the bride of the apocalypse, the qabalistic queen of the canticles, the egyptian isis of nature. her two wands are the directing forces of the positive and negative currents. she is the synthesis of the thirty-second path uniting malkuth and yesod. illustration on page 268 approximated_ diagram 21. the cubical cross of twenty- two squares. 5 "see 777" cols. civ, cviii, pp. 20 and 23; and revelations, chap. i. illustration on page 268 descri

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path called daleth, even our lady isis""the invocation""of" 68 see "liber o" the equinox, vol. i. no. 2. 69 see "liber o" the equinox, vol. 1, no. 2. 70 see the lesser key of solomon: the goetia "isis" and i beheld a great wonder in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun: and the moon was at her feet: and on her head was the diadem of the twelve stars. hear me, our lady isis, hear and save. o thou, queen of love and mercy! thou, crowned with the throne! thou, horn d as the moon! thou, whose countenance is mild and glowing, even as grass refreshed by rain! hear me, our lady isis, hear and save! o thou, who art in mater manifest! thou bride and queen as thou art mother and daughter of the crucified! o thou, who art the lady of the earth! hear me, our lady isis, hear and save! o thou, our lady

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adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou fecund opal of death, that sparklest through a sea of mother-of- pearl! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou crimson rose of the dawn, that art fastened in the dark locks of night! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou pink nipple of being, thrust deep into the black mouth of chaos! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou vampire queen of the flesh, wound as a snake around the throats of men! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! 64 o thou tender nest of dove's down, built up betwixt the hawks claws of the night! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou concubine of matter, anointed with love-nard of motion! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou flame-tipp'd bolt of morning, that art shot out from the crossbo

mprudent, the ceremonial of initiates, the key of occultism, the sabbath of the sorcerers, witchcraft and spells, the writing of the stars, philtres and magnetism, the mastery of the sun, the thaumaturge, the science of the prophets, the book of hermes, etc "occult philosophy seems to have been the nurse, or godmother of all intellectual forces, the key of all divine obscurities, and the absolute queen of society in those ages when it was reserved exclusively for the education of priests and of kings. it reigned in persia with magi, who at length perished, as perish all masters of the world, because they abused their power; it endowed india with the most wonderful traditions, and with an incredible wealth of poesy, grace, and terror in its emblems; it civilised greece to the music of orphe

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irm, steady striding to the term, master of my fate, to rise to imperial destinies; with the sun's ensanguine dart spear-bright in my blazing heart, and my being's basil-plant bright and hard as adamant! marsyas. yonder, faintly luminous, the yellow desert waits for us. lithe and eager, hand in hand, we travel to the lonely land. there, beneath the stars, the smoke of our incense shall invoke the queen of space; and subtly she shall bend from her infinity like a lambent flame of blue, touching us, and piercing through all the sense-webs that we are as the aethyr penetrates a star! her hands caressing the black earth, 52 her sweet lithe body arched for love, her feet a zephyr to the flowers, she calls my name_ she gives the sign that she is mine, supremely mine, and clinging to the infinite

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e, this novelette is eminently suited as a moral sedative for young girls when they reach sixteen or thereabouts and are beginning to wonder how they got into this funny world. 334 the devil "let us giggle" theodorus "hush, you have committed a horrible black magical act, you have slept with. leila["a creamy girl "good heavens, sir, i faint; call a policeman" theodorus "become acquainted with the queen of the nymphs. sister helen["nursing expert "a douche, smelling salts, eau de cologne, quinine" theodorus "from the abode of. brotherhood you are expelled["sobs, to the british museum you must go["snuffles, and read["pause 'the secret symbols of the rosicrucians" the devil "tut, tut. dear sisters, the train has stopped, we are at streatham hill- let us get out" alicia de gruys. on the loose

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mprudent, the ceremonial of initiates, the key of occultism, the sabbath of the sorcerers, witchcraft and spells, the writing of the stars, philtres and magnetism, the mastery of the sun, the thaumaturge, the science of the prophets, the book of hermes, etc "occult philosophy seems to have been the nurse, or godmother of all intellectual forces, the key of all divine obscurities, and the absolute queen of society in those ages when it was reserved exclusively for the education of priests and of kings. it reigned in persia with magi, who at length perished, as perish all masters of the world, because they abused their power; it endowed india with the most wonderful traditions, and with an incredible wealth of poesy, grace, and terror in its emblems; it civilized greece to the music of orphe

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ver watchful serpent which writhes in silent wisdom about the trunk of that tree upon which the christ hangs crucified. all these great deeds did he do, as we shall see. he tamed the bulls with ease- the white and the black. he ploughed the double field- the east and the west. he sowed the dragons' teeth- the armies of doubt; and among them did he cast he stone of zoroaster given to him by medea, queen of enchantments, so that immediately they turned their weapons one against the other, and perished. and then lastly, on the mystic cup of iacchus he lulled to sleep the dragon of the illusions of life, and taking down the golden fleece accomplished the great work. then once again did he set 44 sail, and sped past circe, through scylla and carybdis; beyond the singing sisters of sicily, back

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let the veil be drawn["they do so" part i["twilight" venus "is enthroned on high, swathed in masses of red hair and roses. the altar is covered with roses; there is a small flame thereon] taurus "and" libra "draw the inner veil apart" libra "returns and kneels" libra. daughter of glory, child of earth's dione mild by the father of all, the aegis-bearing king! 83) spouse, daughter, mother of god, queen of the blest abode in cyprus' splendour singly glittering. sweet sister unto me, i cry aloud to thee! i laugh upon thee laughing, o dew caught up from sea! drawn by sharp sparrow and dove, and swan's wide plumes of love, and all the swallow's swifter vehemence, and, subtler than the sphinx, the ineffable iynx heralds thy splendour swooning into sense, when from the bluest bowers and greenest

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scene" rinaldo "sits absolutely silent and motionless, except that now and then he makes a gesture of weariness and impatience" the clerk. secondly, that you have in these twenty years past gathered a band of lawless ruffians, and constantly assailed the defenders of the sepulchre, with malice and deadly hatred. prosecutor. we say that no woman could do thus, unless aided by satan. laylah. dido, queen of carthage, was renowned as a warrior, and semiramis, queen of nineveh. bishop. both pagans. on the second count, guilty [judges "echo "guilty" clerk. thirdly, that you did discard the modesty of womanhood and put on armour enchanted. prosecutor. we say that, forasmuch as many good knights have ridden against it with sword and lance and not availed to pierce it, this was by magic and forbid

s the view of an indifferent bad soul through a medium of mud. but corot! but whistler! but morrice! corot sees a wood, and paints pan; bougereau sees a pretty model, and paints a pretty model. he doesn't paint woman. morrice paints the venice of byron, of our historic and voluptuous dreams; not the venice of the yankee and the churning steamers. raphael found madonna in his mistress; rembrandt a queen of sombre passion and seduction in his wife. in one way or another we must get to god's meaning through a medium that itself is meaningless "just as through dejeuner we get to the dessert" laughed ida, who had something more to say than her face showed. all through lunch she had allured the big black savage, until beneath her glances he was in agony. all the primitive passions fought one ano

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as easy, too, to accept that the virgin mary was the moon goddess in disguise. alex's childhood heroes took on new aspects when gran re-told their stories. there was robin hood, previously just the leader of the merry men, but now revealed in his real role as a witch who used his powers to direct money where it was most needed, and to escape his pursuers. and joan of are, who was really the witch queen of france and unashamedly declared it by her dress in an age when witches were the only females who would wear men's clothing. the terror alex had felt when he first heard of her dying in the flames was allayed when he learnt that condemned witches were usually helped by their companions at liberty. if drugs like dwale or foxglove could not be smuggled into gaol, then witches in the crowd ro

s. the first invocations are made to bring the power, and the high priest says 'listen to the words of the great mother who was of old also called among men artemis, diana, aphrodite, ariapxod and by many other names 'at my.altar, whenever you have need of anything, once a. month, and better it be when the moon.is full, then shall ye assemble in some secret place and adore the spirit of me whp am queen of all the witches. there shall ye assemble. ye shall be free from slavery, naked in your rites, sing, feast and dance. my law is love unto all beings. mine is the cup of the wine of life. i am the gracious goddess who gives the gift ofjoy unto all men 'i am the soul of nature who giveth life to the whole universe 'i am that which is attained at the end of desire: while all the. witches squa

round gathering speed and chanting: darksome night and shining moon, east then south then west then north, hearken to the witches' rune, here i come to call thee forth. earth and water, air and fire, wand and pentacle and sword, work ye unto my desire. hearken ye unto my word. cords and censer, scourge and knife, powers of the witches' blade, waken all ye unto life, come ye as the charm is made. queen of heaven, queen of hell, homed hunter of the night, lend your power unto the spell, and work my will by magic rite. by all the power of land and sea, by all the might of moon and sun, as i do will, so it shall be, chant the spell and be it done. eko, eko azarak, eko, eko zamilak, eko, eko cernunnos, eko, eko aradia. during the invocation the high priestess stands at one side and at the mome

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invoke, by the power of the lifted lance.[touch phallus] o circle of stars [kiss] whereof our father is but the younger brother [kiss] marvel beyond imagination, soul of infinite space, before whom time is bewildered and understanding dark, not unto thee may we attain unless thine image be love [kiss] therefore by seed and root, by stem and bud, by leaf and flower and fruit, do we invoke thee, o queen of space, o dew of light, continuous one of the heavens [kiss] let it be ever thus, that men speak not of thee as one, but as none; and let them not speak of thee at all, since thou art continuous. for thou art the point within the circle [kiss] which we adore [kiss] the fount of life without which we would not be [kiss] and in this way are erected the holy twin pillars [kiss breasts, left t

e sky for thus was it placed when the goddess embraced the horn'd one, her lord, who taught her the word that quickened the womb and conquered the tomb. be thus as of yore, the shrine we adore [kiss] the feast without fail, the life-giving grail [kiss] before it uprear the miraculous spear [touches own phallus] and invoke in this sign the goddess divine [kiss] thou who at noon of night doth reign queen of the starry realms above, not unto thee may we attain unless thine image be of love [kiss] by moon-ray's silver shaft of power, by green leaf breaking from the bud, by seed that springeth into flower, by life that courseth in the blood [kiss] by rushing wind and leaping fire, by flowing water and green earth, pour us the wine of our desire from out thy cauldron of rebirth [kiss] here may w

esbat ritual as a whole. the witches' rune darksome night and shining moon, hearken to the witches' rune. east, then south, west then north, here come i to call the forth. earth and water, air and fire, work ye unto my desire. wand and pentacle and sword hearken ye unto my word. cords and censer, scourge and knife, waken all ye into life. powers of the witches blade, come ye as the charm is made. queen of heaven, queen of hell, lend your aid unto the spell. horned hunter of the night, work my will by magic rite. by all the power of land and sea, as i do will, so mote it be. by all the might of moon and sun, chant the spell and be it done. notes the original was written by doreen valiente, and is rather different (verses are arranged in an abab rhyme scheme: l darksome night and shining moo

was also called among men artemis, astarte, athene, dione, melusine, aphrodite, cerridwen, cybele, arianrhod, isis, dana, bride and by many other names. at her altars the youth of lacedaemon in sparta made due sacrifice. hps: whenever ye have need of anything, once in the month, and better it be when the moon is full, then shall ye assemble in some secret place and adore the spirit of me, who am queen of all the witcheries. there shall ye assemble, ye who are fain to learn all sorcery, yet have not won its deepest secrets; to these will i teach things that are yet unknown. and ye shall be free from slavery; and as a sign that ye be really free, ye shall be naked in your rites; and ye shall dance, sing, feast, make music and love, all in my praise. for mine is the ecstasy of the spirit, an

e findest not within thee, thou wilt never find it without thee. for behold, i have been with thee from the beginning; and i am that which is attained at the end of desire. notes l lots of published sources eg. janet and stewart farrar's the witches' way the charge (verse version) hps: all ye assembled in my sight, bow before my spirit bright. aphrodite, arionrhod, lover of the horned god, mighty queen of witchery and night. morgan, etoine, nisene, diana, bridgid, melusine, am i named of old by men. artemis and cerridwen, hell's dark mistress, heaven's queen. ye who would ask of me a rune, or who would ask of me a boon, meet me in some secret glade, dance my round in greenwood shade, by the light of the full moon. in a place wild and lone, dance about mine altar stone; work my holy mystery

oves to the north, before the altar, as the hps stands in the south with the coveners in a circle, alternately man and woman, about the cauldron between them. the circle now moves slowly deosil once about the circle. as each passes the hps they kiss her upon the cheek; as they pass the hp, he hands each one a candle which is lit from the balefire. coveners dance slowly deosil as the hp calls: hp: queen of the moon, queen of the sun, queen of the heavens, queen of the stars, queen of the waters, queen of the earth, bring to us the child of promise! it is the great mother who gives birth to him; it is the lord of life who is born again. darkness and tears are set aside when the sun shall come up early. golden sun of hill and mountain, illumine the land, illumine the world, illumine the seas

ALICE A BAILEY10 FROM BETHLEHEM TO CALVARY

om bethlehem to calvary copyright 1998 lucis trust virgin birth then been an important tenet of the faith it would undoubtedly have figured in the mystical symbolism of that composition."36 isis was often represented standing on the crescent moon, with twelve stars surrounding her head. in almost every roman catholic church on the continent of europe may be seen pictures and statues of mary, the "queen of heaven" standing on the crescent moon, her head surrounded with twelve stars "it would seem more than a chance that so many of the virgin mothers and goddesses of antiquity should have the same name. the mother of bacchus was myrrha; the mother of mercury or hermes was myrrha or maia; the mother of the siamese saviour sommona cadom was called maya maria, i.e `the great mary; the mother of

nts, and at the end will stand amazed at the persistence of god's love and the willingness to sacrifice themselves which all these sons of god manifest. it is therefore wise and timely to remember that "these events are reproduced in the lives of the various solar gods, and antiquity teems with illustrations of them. isis of egypt, like mary of bethlehem, was our immaculate lady, star of the sea, queen of heaven, mother of god. we see her, in pictures, standing on the crescent moon, star-crowned, she nurses her child horus, and the cross appears on the back of the seat in which he sits on his mother's knee. the virgo of the zodiac is represented in ancient drawings as a woman suckling a child the type of all future madonnas with their divine babes, showing the origin of the symbol. devaki

ALICE BAILEY THE LABOURS OF HERCULES

m, of men not one was found. only the women, gathered round their queen. within the temple of the moon they daily worshipped and there they sacrificed to mars, the god of war [113] back from their annual visit to the haunts of men they came. within the temple precincts they awaited word from hippolyte, their queen, who stood upon the steps of the high altar, wearing the girdle given her by venus, queen of love. this girdle was a symbol, a symbol of unity achieved through struggle, conflict, strife, a symbol of motherhood and of the sacred child to whom all human life is truly turned "word has gone forth" said she "that on his way there comes a warrior whose name is hercules, a son of man and yet a son of god; to him i must give up this girdle which i wear. shall we obey the word, o amazons

that the two labors which "hercules, though he won eventually, performed badly were with his polar opposites, females. in aries the conquering of the man-eating mares so inflated his ego that he stalked on ahead in pride and left the mares to abderis, his personality, with the result that they escaped and the labor had to be repeated "but abderis lay dead" and in the labor in virgo,he slayed the queen of the amazons, though she offered him, the girdle, and then he had to rescue another maiden, hesione, from the belly of the whale, to compensate for the life he had unnecessarily taken. so the war between the sexes is of ancient origin; indeed is inherent in the duality of humanity and the solar system. to this fact our divorce courts bear loud testimony; and competition arises in business

labours of hercules the ways of life, reflecting on the ways of death. go rest, my son" we offer no apologies for repeating the words of the myth as told by the tibetan; they are superlatively beautiful and their mantric power seems destroyed by paraphrasing them. it is to be noted also that the labor was not described to hercules as in other cases. the word went out only to the country where the queen of the amazons ruled her woman's world, all men excluded. it was left for hercules to understand the nature of the labor, and he did not. also the amazons worshipped the moon (the form, and mars, the god of war; they too did not understand their true function, for mary is pictured with the moon under her feet, and in her arms the one to be known as the prince of peace. the two ways as always

n to material ends in order that he may learn eventually their divine use "the sin against the holy ghost" has been the subject of much morbid wondering. the tibetan states "the misuse of substance and the prostitution of matter to evil ends is a sin against the holy ghost" it was this sin, the greatest of his whole pilgrimage, that hercules committed in virgo, when he did not understand that the queen of the amazons was to be redeemed by unity, not killed. over and over again the tibetan emphasizes the fact that it is "through the medium of humanity that a consummation of 'light' effectiveness will be produced which will make possible the expression of the whole. we still make the mistake of hercules, when we forget that the triangle of the trinity is an equilateral triangle, all angles o

ydra. after capricorn, he becomes a server of humanity, consecrated to the work of the hierarchy, and this spiritual dedication to service finds its expression in the two last signs of the zodiacal round, those of aquarius and pisces [227] in virgo (august 22- september 21, the virgin, therefore, the first of the disciple signs, he performs his sixth labor, and seizes the girdle of hippolyte, the queen of the amazons. it is interesting to note that the first labor on the probationary path started with a partial failure, in aries, and the first labor on the path of discipleship in virgo is also "done, but badly done. the disciple must never be off his guard, for there is always the danger of error and of mistake. his very virtues can become his problem and we are told that it is possible ev

ARADIA GOSPEL OF THE WITCHES

la mala vita a roma evil lifein rome, there is a chapter devoted to the witches of the eternal city, of whom the writer saysthey form a class so hidden that the most roman of romans is perhaps ignorant of their exis-tence. this is true of the real strege, though not of mere fortune-tellers, who are common enough.the children of diana, or how the fairies were born. 35 fivepence roman money.diana, queen of the serpents, giver of the gift of languages. no footnotes)diana as giving beauty and restoring strength. no footnotes)note. no footnotes)the end. page 79 n r r r r r chapter xi. 22 this incantation is given in the chapter entitled a spell to win love.chapter xii. no footnotes)chapter xiii. 23 the most important part of witchcraft is to intoneor accent the incantations accurately, in aman

splendi il mare nella sera!colla luce sulle onde,la padrona sei del oceano,colla tua barca, fatta,fatta mezza luna,la tua barca rilucente,barca e luna crescente;fai sempre velo in cielo,e in terra sulla sera,e anche navigareriflettata a sulla mare,preghiamo di dare a questo,questo buon melambo.qualunque parlaredi qualunque animali!the invocation of the serpents mother to diana.diana! diana! diana!queen of all enchantressesand of the dark night,and of all nature,of the stars and of the moon,and of all fate or fortune!thou who rulest the tide,who shinest by night on the sea,casting light upon the waters;thou who art mistress of the oceanin thy boat made like a crescent,crescent moon-bark brightly gleaming,ever smiling high in heaven,sailing too on earth, reflectedin the ocean, on its water;

lso bravely row,if you wish the bark to go.ben faremmo e ben diremmo,mal va la barca senza remo.do your best, or talk, but moret o row the boat youll need an oar.and, as it is said la fortuna a chi da chi toglie cosi sta,qualche volta agli oziosima il pi ai laboriosi.fortune gives and fortune takes,and to man a fortune makes,sometimes to those who labour shirk,but oftener to those who work.diana, queen of the serpents, giver of the gift of languages.in a long a strange legend of melambo, a magian and great physician of divine birth, there is aninvocation to diana which has a proper place in this work. the incident in which it occurs is as fol-lows: one day melambo asked his mother how it was that while it had been promised that he should knowthe language of all living thins, it had not yet

r, light and darkness, fire-flies and grain, life and death.very strange indeed, but very strictly according to ancient magic as described by classic authorities,is the threatening diana, in case she will not grant a prayer. this recurs continually in the witch-exor-cisms or spells. the magus, or witch, worships the spirit, but claims to have the right, drawn from ahigher power, to compeleven the queen of earth, heaven, and hell to grant the request. give mewhat i ask, and thou shalt have honour and offerings; refuse, and i will vex thee by insult. socanidia and her kind boasted that they could compelthe gods to appear. this is all classic. no oneever heard of a satanic witch invoking or threatening the trinity, or christ or even the angels orsaints. in fact, they cannot even compelthe dev

a time disappointed. but having urged it on maddalena, my collector of folk-lore, whileshe was leading a wandering life in tuscany, to make an effort to obtain or recover something of thekind, i at last received from her, on january 1, 1897, entitled aradia, or the gospel of the witches.now be it observed, that every leading point which forms the plot or centre of the vangel, such asthat dianais queen of the witches; an associate of herodias(aradia) in her relations to sorcery;that she bore a child to her brother the sun (here lucifer; that as a moon-goddess she is in somerelation to cain, who dwells as prisoner in the moon, and that the witches of old were peopleoppressed by feudal lands(sic, the former revenging themselves in every way, and holding orgies todianawhich the church represe

y goddess of the bow!lovely goddess of the arrow!thou who walkst in starry heaven!robert browning was a great poet, but if we compare all the italian witch-poems of and to dianawith the formers much-admired speech of diana-artemis, it will certainly be admitted by impartialcritics that the spells are fully equal to the following by the bard i am a goddess of the ambrosial courts,and save by here, queen of pride, surpassedby none whose temples whiten this the world:through heaven i roll my lucid moon along,i shed in hell oer my pale people peace,on earth, i, caring for the creatures, guardeach pregnant yellow wolf and fox-bitch sleek,and every feathered mothers callow brood,and all the(sic) love green haunts and loneliness. page 52 fair goddess of the rainbow,of the stars and of the moon!th

ee, was instructed when young by priests to worship an invisible god. but an old woman inwhom i had great confidence once said to me, why worship a deity whom you cannot see, whenthere is the moon in all her splendour visible? worship her. invoke diana, the goddess of the moon,and she will grant your prayers. this shalt thou do, obeying the vangelo, the gospel of (the witchesand of) diana, who is queen of the fairies and of the moon.now the young lady being persuaded, was converted to the worship of dianaand the moon, andhaving prayed with all her heart for a lover (having learned the conjuration to the goddess, 22 wassoon rewarded by the attention and devotion of a brave and wealthy cavalier, who was indeed asadmirable a suitor as any one could desire. but the mother, who was far more ben

,and put to strong and hard pain, being made to sleep on the stone floor, and would have died ofhunger had her mother had her way.then in this dire need she prayed to dianato set her free; when lo! she found the prison door unfas-tened, and easily escaped. then having obtained a pilgrims dress, she travelled far and wide,teaching and preaching the religion of old times, the religion of diana, the queen of the fairies andof the moon, the goddess of the poor and the oppressed.and the fame of her wisdom and beauty went forth over all the land, and people worshipped her,calling her la bella pellegrina. at last her mother, hearing of her, was in a greater rage than ever,and, in fine, after much trouble, succeeded in having her again arrested and cast into prison. andthen in evil temper indeed s

ce oremotion over silent nature, and dimly half awaken it raising shadows into thoughts and causingevery tree and rock to assume the semblance of a living form, but one which, while shimmering andbreathing, still sleeps in a dream could not escape the greeks, and they expressed it as dianaembracing endymion. but as night is the time sacred to secrecy, and as the true diana of themysteries was the queen of night, who wore the crescent moon, and mistress of all hidden things,including sweet secret sins and loved iniquities, there was attached to this myth far more thanmeets the eye. and just in the degree to which diana was believed to be queen of the emancipatedwitches and of night, or the nocturnal venus-astarte herself, so far would the love for sleepingendymion be understood as sensual

how,peace, diana, thou shalt not know.answer well the prayer ive sent thee,or day and night will i torment thee! page 26 and with what power i have i conjure theet o grant to me the favour i implore!three things ive gathered in the garden here:a lemon, orange, and a mandarin;ive gathered them to bring good luck to me.two of them i do grasp here in my hand,and that which is to serve me for my fate,queen of the stars!then make that fruit remain firm in my grasp.[something is here omitted in the ms. i conjecture that the two are tossed without seeing them intothe air, and if the lemon remains, the ceremony proceeds as follows. this is evident, since in it theincantation is confused with a prose direction how to act.]saying this, one looks up at the sky, and i found the lemon in one hand, and

ste cose per mia fortuna,voglio tenere duedi questi oggetti di mano,e quello che dovra servirmiper la buona fortunaregina delle stelle:fa lo rimanare in mia mano!at the instant when the midnight came,i have picked a lemon in the garden,i have picked a lemon, and with itan orange and a (fragrant) mandarin.gathering with care these (precious) things,and while gathering i said with care:thou who art queen of the sun and of the moonand of the stars lo! here i call to thee! page 24 so teach him with thy ceaseless brie brie!that he who obligation eer forgetsshall be in trouble till he pays his debts.and so my debtor on the following dayshall either bring the money which he owes,or send it promptly: so i pray of thee,o my red goblin, come unto my aid!or should i quarrel with her whom i love,then

ARTHUR E WAITE TEMPLAR ORDERS IN FREEMASONRY

ents were begotten some at least of the templar rites and they grew from more to more, till this particular aspect culminated in the templar dramas of werner, in which an order concealed through the ages and perpetuated through saintly custodians reveals to a chosen few among knights templar some part of its secret doctrine-the identity of christ and horus, of mary the mother of god, and isis the queen of heaven. the root of these dreams on doctrine and myth transfigured through the ages- with a heart of reality behind it- will be found, as it seems to me, in occult derivations from templar ritual which belong to circa 1782 and are still in vigilant custody on the continent of europe. i mention this lest it should be thought that the intimations of a german poet, though he was an active me

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ne more brightly than all the stars of heaven, and in its essence it must have an abundance of blood, like the pelican, which wounds its own breast, and, without any diminution of its strength, nourishes and rears up many young ones with its blood. this tincture is the rose of our masters, of purple hue, called also the red blood of the dragon, or the purple cloak many times folded with which the queen of salvation is covered, and by which all metals are regenerated in colour. carefully preserve this splendid mantle, together with the astral salt which is joined to this sulphur, and screens it from harm. add to it a sufficient quantity of the volatility of the bird; then the cock will swallow the fox, and, having been drowned in the water, and quickened by the fire, will in its turn be swa

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3, are the early fountainheads of the gnosis of the sabbat or al-zabbat, the freedom from the trappings of flesh and the awakening of the nightside consciousness. this is the primal gnosis of sorcery itself, which is the dark well of the elixir of the adept, the one who drinks of the dual ecstasies of the sun and the moon[4. the arcanum of the luciferian path is a resounding voice of the king and queen of witchblood, being samael and lilith[5. the key to the gnosis of the fallen angels is within their very essence, being of the sun and the moon. the sorcerer may seek the sexual union of both within his or her self, allowing the pleasure of the waking and waning moon to be brought forth through the sun, which is the gateway for demons and angels in copulation. if one seeks not the sexual ge

nce in, it is from the well spring of the abyss (the subconscious) that we nourish our great famulus and demonium of the depths. the individual will then soon realize that there is no god and there is no devil, yet we as the image of the adversary, are both god and the master of the devil, the gifts of the fallen angels themselves. iv) the dragon and vampyrism i come before you, night born as the queen of the dead. behold unto my death mask, the temple of azothoz as a current of the living flame. i shall bless each one of you with the devil s sight, the serpents tongue shall speak of the secret alphabet which ye all shall scribe on the walls of the sunless palace, scribe your name in the black book of the dead, with the witchblood of your veins, you are all my children, of lilith-hecate, y

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

rhaps also relying on oral tradition, is retroactively situating tsiu marpo s narrative within an older tantric tradition. this latter possibility certainly agrees with general methods of authentication institutionalized within the terma tradition. tsiu marpo s mother is also questionable, as she is variously described as a serpent demoness named zangdrinma (zangs mgrin ma "copper-necked woman" a queen of the might demons named shelmikma (shel mig ma "crystal-eyed woman" and a demoness named sasin mamo (sa srin ma mo "earth demoness" finally, lelung zh p dorj makes another appeal to oral representation. he claims that some learned ones stated that the six might demons who emanated from tsiu marpo s body actually arose from the six body parts of the murdered chorwa. whether these specific i

d lekpa, the might demon lord dawa t kar and the flesh-eating violence demoness named dongmarma" from the tantra of the red effigy of the rock might demon s life-energy "the might demon lord is also called dawa t kar. the might demon king is also called anglingter [ang ling gter [the demon] is called the victorious akse [ag se] of the sky and the mother is a serpent demoness named zangdrinma. the queen of the might demons is named shelmikma [the demoness] is named sasin mamo. these are from the food within the rock stairs of the two hard teachings (117.17-118.2) furthermore, from the root tantra "from within the force inside the burst egg, the malicious violence demon tsi mar arose. from his body of a great malicious mind of attachment and hatred six malicious might demons arose. from his

BLACK WITCHCRAFT

as it is where she went after she left heaven to wander the earth. she is considered one of the three assyrian demons being ardat lilit, lilit and lilu, but rather these may be just variations of her name. it is suggested by some hebrew scholars that lilith was worshipped by exiled jews from babylon as a goddess of the wilderness. 6 lilith as described in post-biblical literature is viewed as the queen of demons, she went to the caves near the red sea and copulated with fallen angels to beget other demons, she also taught (according to manichaean lore az) the fallen angels how to form bodies and have sexual relations to give life to other dragon children. she was said to have been the reunited with her mate samael (ahriman) after the fall, when he would not be roused by his fellow fallen o

unty. nathaniel j. harris, the mark of cain, the first satanist and first murder. in certain rabbinical literature, the daughters of cain were those who joined in sexual union with the fallen angels, the watchers, and gave birth to the nephilim, the giants who were war like and brutal. they were said to have populated the earth in plenty, and attacked the children of seth. in manichaean lore, the queen of demons and spiritual initiator of cain, lilith az, taught the fallen angels to form physical bodies and join with others sexually. it is suggested also by writers 7 kaufmann kohler, w.h. bennett and louis ginzberg that the children of cain spent their days at the foot of a mountain (eden) practicing in wild orgies with the music of lucifer through that created by jubal. women, the first p

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skins, because this refers to the three preceding rounds she has already passed through; the present being the fourth round out of the seven. at the beginning of every new round, after a period of "obscuration" the earth (as do also the other six "earths) casts off, or is supposed to cast off, her old skins as the serpent does: therefore she is called in the aitareya-brahmana the sarpa rajni "the queen of the serpents" and "the mother of all that moves" the "seven skins" in the first of which she now stands, refer to the seven geological changes which accompany and correspond to the evolution of the seven root-races of humanity. stanza ii, which speaks of this round, begins with a few words of information concerning the age of our earth. the chronology will be given in its place. in the co

s why the world is formed out of the relics of the murdered ymir. the svastica is the miolnir, the "storm-hammer; and therefore it is said that when the ases, the holy gods, after having been purified by fire (the fire of passions and suffering in their life-incarnations, become fit to dwell in ida in eternal peace, then miolnir will become useless. this will be when the bonds of hel (the goddess-queen of the region of the dead) will bind them no longer, for the kingdom of evil will have passed away "surtur's flames had not destroyed them, nor yet had the raging waters" of the several deluges "then came the sons of thor. they brought miolnir with them, no longer as a weapon of war, but as the hammer with which to consecrate the new heaven and the new earth* verily many are its meanings! in

rmed subsequently to the first man, she must, as a logical necessity, be 'taken out of man. and the side which the elohim had taken from man 'made he a woman (gen. ii. the hebrew word here used is tzala, which bears the translation we have given. it is easy to trace the legend in berosus, who says that thalatth (the omoroca, or lady of urka) was the beginning of creation. she was also melita, the queen of the moon. the two twin births of genesis, that of cain and abel, and of esau and jacob, shadow the same idea. the name 'hebel' is the same as eve, and its characteristic seems to be feminine" continues the author "unto thee shall be his desire" said the lord god to cain "and thou shalt rule over him" the same language had been uttered to eve "thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he sha

with their mummies, and found thousands of years later in their coffins. remember "the servants of horus glean the wheat in the field of aanroo. wheat seven cubits high("book of the dead" chap. xcix, 33; and clvi, 4* the reader is referred to stanza vii, verse 3, book i, wherein this verse is explained in another of its meanings, and also to the "book of the dead" chap. cix, v. 4 and 5 "i am the queen of these regions" says the egyptian isis "i was the first to reveal to mortals the mysteries of wheat and corn. i am she who rises in the constellation of the dog (dog-star. rejoice, o egypt! thou who wert my nurse (book i, chap. xiv* sirius was called the dog-star. it was the star of mercury or budha, called the great instructor of mankind, before other buddhas. the book of the chinese y-ki

y be good reason for it. first of all it is the journey and wandering from place to place of the race from which the "tenth" or kalki avatar, so called, is to issue. this he calls the "kingly race born in argos (888. but argos has no reference here to argos in greece. it comes from arg or arca- the female generative power symbolised in the moon- the navi-formed argha of the mysteries, meaning the queen of heaven. eustathius shows that, in the dialect of the arg-ians, io signified the moon; while esotericism explains it as the divine androgyne, or the mystic 10; in hebrew 10 is the perfect number, or jehovah. arghya in sanskrit is the libation cup, the navi-form or boat-shaped vessel in which flowers and fruit are offered to the deities. arghyanath is a title of the maha-chohan, meaning "th

its form and shape changed with every country, provided it remained a vessel, a symbolic navis or boat-shaped vehicle, and a container, symbolically, of germs or the germ of life. in india, it is the "golden" cow through which the candidate for brahminism has to pass if he desires to be a brahmin, and to become dwija("reborn a second time. the crescent-form argha of the greeks was the type of the queen of heaven- diana, or the moon. she was the great mother of all existences, as the sun was the father. the jews, previous to, as well as after their metamorphosis of jehovah into a male god, worshipped astoreth, which made isaiah declare "your new moons and feasts my soul hateth (i. 14; saying which, he was evidently unjust. astoreth and the new-moon (the crescent argha) festivals, had no wor

wers reside respectively in mars, mercury and venus; and the higher triad("the three unseen gods) who dwell in the moon, jupiter and saturn (vide 359 and 361 et seq. this requires no proof. astoreth was in one sense an impersonal symbol of nature, the ship of life carrying throughout the boundless sidereal ocean the germs of all being. and when she was not identified with venus, like every other "queen of heaven" to whom cakes and buns were offered in sacrifice, astoreth became the reflection of the[[vol. 2, page] 463 christian symbolism chaldean "nuah, the universal mother (female noah, considered as one with the ark, and of the female triad, ana, belita and davikina; called, when blended into one "sovereign goddess, lady of the nether abyss, mother of gods, queen of the earth, and queen

the little which it knows about the theban triad- composed of ammon, mouth (or mout) and their son khonsoo. this triad was, when united, contained in the moon as their common symbol; and when separated, it was khonsoo who was the god, lunus, being thus confounded with thot and phtah. his mother mout(h- the name signifying mother, by the bye, not the moon, which was only her symbol- is called the "queen of heaven; the "virgin" etc, etc, as she is an aspect of isis, hathor, and other mother goddesses. she was less the wife than the mother of ammon, whose distinct title is "the husband of his mother" in a statuette at boulaq, cairo, this triad is represented (number 1981 serapeum, greek period) as a mummy-god holding in his hand three different sceptres, and bearing the lunar disc on his head

ic bones of elephants, mammoths, rhinoceroses" etc. if there was no man on earth at that period "how came horses and sheep to be found in company with the huge antediluvians" asks a master in a letter("esoteric buddhism" 67. the reply is given above in the text[[vol. 2, page] 774 the secret doctrine. the dark hades of the greeks and the cold realm of shades where the scandinavian hel, the goddess-queen of the country of the dead "holds sway deep down in helheim and niflheim" yet, it was the birth-place of apollo, who was the brightest of gods, in heaven- astronomically- as he was the most enlightened of the divine kings who ruled over the early nations, in his human meaning. the latter fact is borne out in the iliad iv, 239-62, vide "the greater gods- wherein apollo is said to have appeare

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a, devi-durga, the wife of siva, is also called annapurna[[footnote(s* we find the same expression in egypt. mout signifies, for one thing "mother" and shows the character assigned to her in the triad of that country "she was no less the mother than the wife of ammon, one of the principle titles of the god being "the husband of his mother" the goddess mout, or mut, is addressed as "our lady" the "queen of heaven" and of "the earth" thus "sharing these titles with the other mother goddesses, isis, hathor, etc (maspero[[vol. 1, page] 92 the secret doctrine. and kanya, the virgin "uma-kanya" being her esoteric name, and meaning the "virgin of light" astral light in one of its multitudinous aspects (c) the devas, pitris, rishis; the suras and the asuras; the daityas and adityas; the danavas an

chap. i, vii "book of the dead" and the "mysteries of ro-stan (b) just as milliards of bright sparks dance on the waters of an ocean above which one and the same moon is shining, so our evanescent personalities- the illusive envelopes of the immortal monad-ego- twinkle and dance on the waves of maya. they last and appear, as the thousands of sparks produced by the moon-beams, only so long as the queen of the night radiates her lustre on the running waters of life: the period of a manvantara; and then they disappear, the beams- symbols of our eternal spiritual egos- alone surviving, re-merged in, and being, as they were before, one with the mother-source[[footnote(s* the three-tongued flame of the four wicks corresponds to the four unities and the three binaries of the sephirothal tree (se

blem, was the form chosen for the church lamps, on which were engraved the words "i am the resurrection[[ego eimi anastasis* these frog goddesses are also found on all the mummies- ix the moon, deus lunus, phoebe. this archaic symbol is the most poetical of all symbols, as also the most philosophical. the ancient greeks brought it into prominence, and the modern poets have worn it threadbare. the queen of night, riding in the majesty of her peerless light in heaven, throwing all, even hesperos, into darkness, and spreading her silver mantle over the whole sidereal world, has ever been a favourite theme with all the poets of christendom, from milton and shakespeare down to the latest versifier. but the refulgent lamp of night, with her suite of stars unnumbered, spoke only to the imaginatio

dly confess to it. in a memoire to the french academy, the marquis de mirville says "it is only natural that, as an unconscious prophecy, ammon-ra should be his mother's husband, since the magna mater of the christians is precisely the spouse of that son she conceives. we (christians) can understand now why neithis throws radiance on the sun, while remaining the moon, since the virgin, who is the queen of heaven, as neith was, clothes herself in her radiance, and clothes in his turn the christ-sun "tu vestis solem et te sol vestit. is sung by the roman catholics during their service, and he adds "we (christians) understand also how it is that the famous inscription at sais should have stated that 'none has ever lifted my peplum (veil' considering that this sentence, literally translated, i

hos) by the three kingdoms of nature over which she reigned. jealous, blood-thirsty, revengeful and exacting, hecate-luna is a worthy counterpart of the "jealous god" of the hebrew prophets[[vol. 1, page] 396 the secret doctrine. the whole riddle of the solar and lunar worship, as now traced in the churches, hangs indeed on this world-old mystery of lunar phenomena. the correlative forces in the "queen of night" that lie latent for modern science, but are fully active to the knowledge of eastern adepts, explain well the thousand and one images under which the moon was represented by the ancients. it also shows how much more profoundly learned in the selenic mysteries were the ancients than are now our modern astronomers. the whole pantheon of the lunar gods and goddesses, nephtys or neith

ent metaphorical element given to it. god is a "consuming fire" appears in, and is encompassed by fire" it was not only in vision that ezekiel (viii, 16) saw the jews "worshipping the sun" the baal of the israelites (the shemesh of the moabites and the moloch of the ammonites) was the identical "sun-jehovah" and he is till now "the king of the host of heaven" the sun, as much as astoreth was the "queen of heaven- or the moon. the "sun of righteousness" has become a metaphorical expression only now[[vol. 1, page] 398 the secret doctrine. of a scientific nature. for besides being purely occult, the rites of lunar worship were based, as just shown, upon a knowledge of physiology (quite a modern science with us, psychology, sacred mathematics, geometry and metrology, in their right application

400 the secret doctrine. the egyptians hathor, another aspect of isis* and both of these goddesses are shown suckling horus. behold in the egyptian hall of the british museum, hathor worshipped by pharaoh thotmes, who stands between her and the lord of heavens. the monolith was taken from karnac; and the same goddess has the following legend inscribed on her throne "the divine mother and lady, or queen of heaven; also "the morning star" and the "light of the sea (stella matutina and lux maris. all the lunar goddesses had a dual aspect- one divine, the other infernal. all were the virgin mothers of an immaculately born son- the sun. raoul rochetti shows the moon-goddess of the athenians- pallas, or cybele, minerva, or again diana- holding her child-son on the lap, invoked in her festivals a

welve tribes, and the latter are a personification of the twelve great gods, and of the twelve signs of the zodiac. every detail almost in the christian dogma is borrowed from the heathens. semele, the wife of jupiter and mother of bacchus, the sun, is, according to nonnus, also "carried" or made to ascend to heaven after her death, where she presides between mars and venus, under the name of the queen of the world, or the universe[[panbasileia "at the names of which, as at the names of hathor, hecate, and other infernal goddesses "tremble all the demons[[semelen premousi daimones" this greek inscription on a small temple, reproduced on a stone that was found by somebody, and copied by montfaucon, as de mirville tells us (113, archaeologie de la vierge mere) informs us of the stupendous fa

rnelius a lapide, is made to address the virgin mary in this wise "the sun-christ lives in thee and thou livest in him (sermon on the holy virgin. again the virgin is admitted to be the moon by the same unsophisticated holy man. being the lucina of the church, that is in childbirth, the verse of virgil "casta fove lucina, tuus jam regnat apollo- is applied to her. like the moon, the virgin is the queen of heaven" adds the innocent saint (apocal, ch. xii, comm. by cornelius a lapide. this settles the question. the more similarity, according to such writers as de mirville, there exists between the pagan conceptions and the christian dogmas, the more divine appears the christian religion, and the more is it seen to be the only truly inspired one, especially in its roman catholic form. the unb

he is supposed to retire to the opposite hemisphere. speaking of her power, the moon calls herself repeatedly "the light which shineth in darkness" the "woman-light" hence it became the accepted symbol of all the virgin-mother goddesses. as the wicked "evil" spirits warred against the moon in days of yore, so they are supposed to war now, without being able to prevail, however, against the actual queen of heaven, mary, the moon. hence also the moon was intimately connected in all the pagan theogonies with the dragon, her eternal enemy; the virgin, or madonna, standing on the mythical satan under that form, crushed and made powerless, under her feet. this, because the head and tail of the dragon, which represent in eastern astronomy to this day the ascending and descending nodes of the moon

nother synthesis, the wife, daughter, and mother of the "heavenly man" adam kadmon, and is even identical with him, just as vach is identical with brahma, and is called the female logos. in the rig-veda, vach is "mystic speech" by whom occult knowledge and wisdom are communicated to man, and thus vach is said to have "entered the rishis" she is "generated by the gods" she is the divine vach- the "queen of gods; and she is associated- like sephira with the sephiroth- with the prajapati in their work of creation. moreover, she is called "the mother of the vedas "since it is through her power (as mystic speech) that brahma revealed them, and also owing to her power that he produced the universe- i.e, through speech, and words (synthesized by the "word) and numbers* but vach being also spoken

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practicus, nor unto the philosophus, nor unto the lesser adept, nor unto the greater adept. 18. but unto the exempt adept thou shalt disclose thyself if thou have need of him for the lesser operations of thine art. 19. accept the worship of the foolish people, whom thou hatest. the fire is not defiled by the altars of the ghebers, nor is the moon contaminated by the incense of them that adore the queen of night. 20. thou shalt dwell among the people as a precious diamond among cloudy diamonds, and crystals, and pieces of glass. only the eye of the just merchant shall behold thee, and plunging in his hand shall single thee out and glorify thee before all men. 21. but thou shalt heed none of this. thou shalt be ever the heart, and i the serpent will coil close about thee. my coils shall neve

this travelling through eternity, and in thy sight the landmarks are of fair white marble untouched by the tool of the graver. therefore thou art mine, even now and for ever and for everlasting. amen. 58. moreover, i heard the voice of adonai: seal up the book of the heart and the serpent; in the number five and sixty seal thou the holy book. as fine gold that is beaten into a diadem for the fair queen of pharaoh, as great stones that are cemented together into the pyramid of the ceremony of the death of asar, so do thou bind together the words and the deeds, so that in all is one thought of me thy delight adonai. 59. and i answered and said: it is done even according to thy word. and it was done. and they that read the book and debated thereon passed into the desolate land of barren words

ar. the priest: o circle of stars whereof our father is but the younger brother, marvel beyond imagination, soul of infinite space, before whom time is ashamed, the mind bewildered, and the understanding dark, not unto thee may we attain, unless thine image be love. therefore by seed and root and stem and bud and leaf and flower and fruit do we invoke thee. then the priest answered& said unto the queen of space, kissing her lovely brows, and the dew of her light bathing his whole body in a sweet-smelling perfume of sweat; o nuit, continuous one of heaven, let it be ever thus; that men speak not of thee as one but as none; and let them speak not of thee at all, since thou art continuous. during this speech the priestess must have divested herself completely of her robe. see ccxx i:62. the p

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he seals thereof' the titles of the symbols 1. the ace of wands is called the root of the powers of fire. 2. the ace of cups is called the root of the powers of water. 3. the ace of swords is called the root of the powers of air. 4. the ace of pentacles is called the root of the powers of earth. 5. the knight of wands is "the lord of the flame and lighting: the king of the spirits of fire" 6. the queen of wands is "the queen of the thrones of flame" 7. the king of wands is "the prince of the chariot of fire" 8. the knave of wands is "the princess of the shining flame: the rose of the palace of fire" 9. the knight of cups is "the lord of the waves and the waters: the king of the hosts of the sea" 10. the queen of cups is "the queen of the thrones of the waters" book t page 1 of 26 http//www

the queen of cups is "the queen of the thrones of the waters" book t page 1 of 26 http//www.private.org.il/gd/book-t.html 13/10/2002 11. the king of cups is "the prince of the chariot of the waters" 12. the knave of cups is "the princess of the waters: the lotus of the palace of the floods" 13. the knight of swords is "the lord of the wind and the breezes: the king of the spirits of air" 14. the queen of swords is "the queen of the thrones of air" 15. the king of swords is "the prince of the chariot of the winds" 16. the knave of swords is "the princess of the rushing winds: the lotus of the palace of air" 17. the knight of pentacles is "the lord of the wide and fertile land: the king of the spirits of earth" 18. the queen of pentacles is "the queen of the thrones of earth" 19. the king o

r princesses are the knaves of the tarot pack; the four princesses or figures of amazons, standing firmly of themselves: neither riding upon horses, nor seated upon thrones, nor borne in chariots. they represent the forces of the he final of the name in each suit, completing the influences of the other scales: the mighty and potent daughter of a king and queen: a princess powerful and terrible: a queen of queens- an empress- whose effect combines those of the king, queen, and prince, at once violent and permanent; therefore symbolized by a figure standing firmly by itself, only partially draped, and having but little armour; yet her power existeth not, save by reason of the others: and then indeed it is mighty and terrible materially, and is the throne of the forces of the spirit. woe unto

are waving flames and fire. he is active- generous- fierce- sudden- impetuous. if ill dignified, he is evil-minded- cruel- bigoted- brutal. he rules the celestial heavens from above the twentieth degree of scorpio to the first two decans of sagittarius: and this includes a part of the constellation hercules (hercules is always represented with a club) fire of fire king of the salamanders. vi. the queen of the thrones of flame queen of wands a crowned queen with long red-golden hair, seated upon a throne, with steady flames beneath. she wears a corslet and buskins of scale-mail, which latter her robe discloses. her arms are almost bare. on cuirass and buskins are leopard's heads winged, and the same symbol surmounteth her crown. at her side is a couchant leopard on which her hands rest. she

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

is the sea. from the cup issues a crab. book t page 6 of 26 http//www.private.org.il/gd/book-t.html 13/10/2002 graceful, poetic, venusian, indolent, but enthusiastic if roused. ill dignified, he is sensual, idle and untruthful. he rules the heavens from above 20 degree of aquarius to 20 degree of pisces, thus including the greater part of pegasus. fire of water king of undines and nymphs. x. the queen of the thrones of the waters queen of cups a very beautiful fair woman like a crowned queen, seated upon a throne, beneath which is flowing water wherein lotuses are seen. her general dress is similar to that of the queen of wands, but upon her crown, cuirass and buskins is seen an ibis with opened wings, and beside her is the same bird, whereon her hand rests. she holds a cup, wherefrom a c

reamy. she holds a lotus in the hand upon the ibis. she is imaginative, poetic, kind, yet not willing to take much trouble for another. coquettish, goodnatured and underneath a dreamy appearance. imagination stronger than feeling. very much affected by other influences, and therefore more dependent upon dignity than most symbols. she rules from 20 degree gemini to 20 degree cancer. water of water queen of nymphs or undines. xi. the prince of the chariot of the waters king of cups a winged kingly figure with winged crown seated in a chariot drawn by an eagle. on the wheel is the symbol of a scorpion. the eagle is borne as a crest on his crown, cuirass and buskins. general attire like king of wands. beneath his chariot is the calm and stagnant water of a lake. his armour resembles feathers m

sigil of his scale upon its pommel. beneath his horse's feet are dark-driving stratus clouds. he is active, clever, subtle, fierce, delicate, courageous, skilful, but inclined to domineer. also to overvalue small things, unless well dignified. if ill dignified, deceitful, tyrannical and crafty. rules from 20 degree taurus to 20 degree gemini. fire of air king of the sylphs and sylphides. xiv. the queen of the thrones of air queen of swords a graceful woman with wavy, curling hair, like a queen seated upon a throne and crowned. beneath the throne are grey cumulus clouds. her general attire is as that of the queen of wands, but she wears as a crest a winged child's head. a drawn sword in one hand, and in the other a large, bearded, newly severed head of a man. intensely perceptive, keen obse

head. a drawn sword in one hand, and in the other a large, bearded, newly severed head of a man. intensely perceptive, keen observation, subtle, quick and confident: often persevering, accurate in superficial things, graceful, fond of dancing and balancing. if ill dignified, cruel, sly, deceitful, unreliable, though with a good exterior. rules from 20 degree virgo to 20 degree libra. water of air queen of the sylphs and sylphides. xv. the prince of the chariot of the winds king of swords a winged king with winged crown, seated in a chariot drawn by arch fays, represented as winged youths very slightly dressed, with butterfly wings: heads encircled by a fillet with a pentagram thereon: and holding wands surmounted by pentagrams, the same butterfly wings on their feet and fillets. general eq

hexagram: in the other a pentacle like that of the zelator adeptus minor. unless very well dignified he is heavy, dull, and material. laborious, clever, and patient in material matters. if ill dignified, he is avaricious, grasping, dull, jealous; not very courageous, unless assisted by other symbols. rules from above 20 degree of leo to 20 degree of virgo. fire of earth king of gnomes. xviii. the queen of the thrones of earth queen of pentacles a woman of beautiful face with dark hair; seated upon a throne, beneath which is dark sandy earth. one side of her face is light, the other dark; and her symbolism is best represented in profile. her attire is similar to that of the queen of wands: but she bears a winged goat's head as a crest. a goat is by her side. in one hand she bears a sceptre

goat's head as a crest. a goat is by her side. in one hand she bears a sceptre surmounted by a cube, and in the other an orb of gold. she is impetuous, kind; timid, rather charming; great-hearted; intelligent, melancholy; truthful, yet of many moods. if ill dignified she is undecided, capricious, changeable, foolish. she rules from 20 degree sagittarius to 20 degree capricorn. water of earth the queen of gnomes. xix. the prince of the chariot of earth king of pentacles a winged kingly figure seated in a chariot drawn by a bull. he bears as a crest the symbol of the book t page 9 of 26 http//www.private.org.il/gd/book-t.html 13/10/2002 head of the winged bull. beneath the chariot is land, with many flowers. in the one hand he bears an orb of gold held downwards, and in the other a sceptre

BUCKLAND RAYMOND COMPLETE BOOK OF WITCHCRAFT

man shall live who is called by this name 'ra told her many of the names by which he was known, all the time growing weaker. isis, however, refused to heal him, repeating "that was not thy name that thou speakest unto me. oh tell it me, that the poison may depart; for he shall live whose name is named' finally ra gave isis his true name and she caused the poison to flow away; and she became 'the queen of the gods, she who knows ra and his true name. witchcraft from the inside raymond buckland, llewellyn publications, st. paul, mn1971 figure 3.9: theban alphabet your witch name you are starting your life anew (in effect. why not start it with a name of your choosing, then, rather than one that was given to you by your parents (and which you may not care too much for? many witches choose a

have her or his favorite. in this lesson i will examine two or three so that you can try them and choose one, or more, that is most comfortable for you. most layouts call for a significator. a card to represent the person for whom you are reading (and that person for whom you are reading or yourself, if you are reading for yourself is known as the querant. many books suggest specific cards, e.g. queen of swords if you are reading for an older, dark-haired woman. ignore these suggestions. everyone is an individual. if you read for two different women, both of whom just happen to be older and dark-haired, the same card will not necessarily be right for both of them. to select your significator, study your querant. look into her eyes; hold her hands; attune yourself to her (or him, of course

y ivs. beth rt. black alder bk. black cherries black oak bk. black willow bk. butternut bk. buttonsnake rt. catechu gum chocolate rt. cinquefoil congo rt. cranesbill rt. fleabane hb. goldenrod hb. hardback hb. hawthorne berries heal-all hb. hemlock bk. hickory bk. jambul seed kola nuts logwood lycopus virginicus. maiden hair fern mountain ash bk. pilewort hb. potentilla hb. purple loosestrife hb. queen of the meadow hb. rattlesnake rt. redrt. rhatany rt. sage hb. sanicle rt. sampson snake rt. shepherd's purse hb. sumbul rt. sumach bk. or rt. tormentil rt. wafer ash bk. water avens rt. water lilly rt. white ash bk. white oak bk. wild indigo bk. witch hazel twigs mild astringents: blackberry rt. black birch ivs. celandine german rue rosa gallica petals st. john's wort sweet fern hb. bitter t

ly "third) degree are classed as "elders" and they are supposed to be the decision-makers, together with the high priestess. this used to work extremely well, and there was much merit in the system. unfortunately this seems no longer to be the case. these days there seem to be few women capable of handling the difficult position of high priestess (and particularly the position of witch queen, or "queen of the sabbat. there are some, yes, and that does give us hope for the future. but there are far too many who get onto an ego trip; who hand out "degrees" like a mother doling out candy, and who try to gather in, and promote, as many followers as possible simply so that they can claim "i'm a more important high priestess/queen than you are! it is unfortunate that such attitudes by the few ha

CASSANDRA EASON A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGIC

grapes. like ceres, she mourns for her lost daughter persephone for three months of the year and so is another icon for those who are feeling sorrow or loss and for maternal sacrifice. but she can be invoked for all matters of abundance, for reaping the benefits of earlier work or effort, for all mothering rituals and as a protectress of animals. innana innana was a sumerian goddess, known as the queen of heaven, who evolved into the babylonian goddess ishtar. innana was goddess of beauty, abundance, fertility and passion, famed for her loveliness and her lapis lazuli necklaces. she was the first goddess of the morning and evening stars, a legacy that has passed to aphrodite and venus. like many of the mother goddess icons, she descended into the underworld annually to face and overcome ma

ldbirth whose sacred bird is the peacock. she is a powerful deity of fidelity and is called upon by women seeking revenge upon unfaithful partners. hestia hestia is the greek goddess of the hearth and home, all family matters and peace within the home. she is a benign, gentle goddess and so can be invoked for matters involving children and pets. juno juno, the wife-sister of jupiter, is the roman queen of the gods, the protectress of women, marriage and childbirth and also wise counsellor. together with jupiter and minerva, the goddess of wisdom, she made up the triumvirate of deities who made decisions about humankind and especially roman affairs. her month, june, is most fortunate for marriage and, like hera, her greek equivalent, her sacred creature is the peacock. she is invoked in sex

rampled on, destroyed and then danced on once more to restore him to life. kali is invoked to remove fear and, it is said, to bring bliss to her devotees, and so she brings protection and regeneration after sorrow. persephone persephone is the greek maiden goddess of transformation, daughter of demeter and goddess of spring and flowers. she was abducted by hades, god of the underworld, and became queen of the underworld for the winter months, returning to the earth as the light-bringer in spring and so representing the cycle of death and rebirth. she is especially powerful in rituals by or for young women, especially those who have suffered loss or abuse, and also for mother-daughter relationships. she is sometimes regarded as a symbol of grain. proserpina, daughter of ceres, is the roman

CHRONOLOGIA RORISPERGIUS

lyon. gabriel du preau -deus livres de mercure trismegiste hermes 1557-1607 thomas brightman. influenced by the twelfth-century monk joachim of fiore- seven churches prophesied the seven ages of church history. anticipated a jewish kingdom, separate from the church, upon the the conversion of the jews and a "full restoring of the jewish nation; a literal kingdom on earth. 1558 elizabeth i becomes queen of england; giambattista della porta's magia naturalis published; zohar printed in mantua. john dee propaedeumata. 1559 august, postel and other prisoners are freed upon the death of the pope. 1559-1598 edward kelley theatre of terrestrial astronomy. the stone of the philosophers. 1560-1605 heinrich khunrath proto-rosicrucian amphitheatrum sapientiae aeternae "what good are torches, light, o

d german scholars as being the builders of the temple of wisdom, eulogising martin luther at his former university. the inquisition claimed at bruno s trial, that he intended to form a new sect under the name of "giordanisti, appealing particularly to the lutherans in germany 1586 alleged meeting at luneburg (hanover) between the representatives of the king of navarre, the king of denmark and the queen of england, on 27th july, intending to form a protestant league of defence against the catholic league, which was working at preventing the accession of henry of navarre to the throne of france, calling itself the confederation militiae evangelicae, according to simon studion s naometria (1604. 1587 jo. pistorius (pisstorii)sefer yetzirah (2nd latin version) appeared in the first and only vo

DAVID ICKE AND THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE

y claim. the microchipped population this is the part of the elite strategy which some people find hardest to accept. we believe that we would never allow it to happen. well, let's take a look at how close it is. already domestic animals are being microchipped in ever greater numbers and linked to a computer. it's been sold to pet owners on the basis of "you'll never lose rover or fido again. the queen of england has had some of her corgis microchipped. who next, prince charles? alongside this, the move to phase out the use of coins and notes is being quickened and all money transactions will be electronic via a credit card and/or smart card. this is planned to become a joint identity/money card with all personal details on a microchip. if things go to plan, all these transactions will be

DAVID ICKE CHILDREN OF THE MATRIX

later known as merovingians were involved in the trojan war (c. 1200bc) between the 80 children of the matrix trojans and the greeks in what we now call turkey. over time they moved out through the caucasus mountains in southern russia under the name scythians and into europe where they were known as the sicambrian franks, the source of the name "france. they were named after cambra, their tribal queen of the late 4th century, and francio, their founder, who claimed to have been descended from noah of the biblical great flood.25 noah is a mythical name, but possibly based on a real character from the atlantean period and an anunnaki crossbreed. it should be stressed here that noah and abraham, had they actually existed, were not hebrews because there were no hebrews in this period. the heb

e the serpent goddess known as el; her consort, the male entity called wodan (votan was the atlantean fire god; and their son, baldr or balder. this was the serpent "trinity" of mother-father-son. el was also known as eldi or "fiery el, the "hound, and, highly significantly, as "mary".24 from this cult and "fiery el" came the term hell "burning in hell" and "fires of hell" el or hel was the norse queen of the underworld and her followers became known as "kinsman of hel".25 in medieval times, this was symbolised as the "harlequin, the lover of the maiden columbine-the-dove. columba, columbine, and the symbol of the dove are all other names and symbols for el, the serpent or dragon queen of the edda. the more i research, the more the 154 children of the matrix world that exists under our fee

ake van on the western side of mount ararat in turkey, the biblical resting place of "noah's ark" after the flood.1 the van tribe was known as "the children of khaldis, waddell reports, and these became the chaldeans of mesopotamia and the culdees of northern britain. other offshoots were the "vandals" or "hun- again reptilian bloodlines. van or baina was also the ancient capital of the matriarch queen of the serpent cult, semiramis (el, and i guess this might relate to the lady of the lake in the king arthur stories. the underground world is also symbolised as the "lake of fire, the domain of the death-goddess, hel. semiramis translates as "branch bearer" and her symbol was the dove- further links to the noah story with the dove arriving to noah bearing the olive branch. i have seen lake

ther-son serpent cult. the child was invariably placed on the left knee because satanism calls itself the "left-hand path. on the black madonna's head at chartres was, as always, a crown and on the pedestal is a roman inscription saying "the virgin who will give birth" the crown is a symbol of the reptilian bloodlines and is used to signify high rank in satanism. the black madonna was called "the queen of heaven" and all these mother-virgins were symbolised as a dove. the symbolism of british royalty with its crowns, doves, and lions, etc, are all symbolic of the serpent cult in power today. the man who did most to advance the worship of the black madonna was st bernard (1090 to 1153, the abbot of clairvaux in france, who founded the cistercian order. he claims to have experienced a miracu

and squirted three drops of milk in his mouth. no, you didn't misread that. bernard was also at the heart of the creation of the knights templar along with the illuminati st clair family, who later became the sinclair family at rosslyn, near edinburgh in scotland. when the knights templar were formed as a front for the serpent cult, they adopted as their official patroness the "mother of god" or "queen of heaven, the traditional names for el-semiramis. so did the teutonic knights, who are fundamentally connected to the reptilian habsburgs. the goddess appeared widely on chivalric banners and when they fought in her honour, they would scream her name as a battle cry. they were fighting for el under the name of mary and for the many faces of the serpent cult 171 balder under the name of jesu

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 fairies (reptilian bloodline) in "shakespeare's" a midsummer night's dream, is another version of the universal goddess called titania. she was known in legend as the great goddess who ruled the "god-race, the titans. given the illuminati's staggering obsession with symbolism, i feel there was far more to the sinking of the titanic (titania) than ever we have yet realised. these godde

recognised them among those decorating the walls."13 secret society, serpent cult, and goddess symbolism can be clearly seen in the founding of the united states. queen semiramis (meaning "branch bearer) was another name for el and she was symbolised as a dove. l.a. waddell says that the indian vedic title for el was sarama "the bitch of the pani" or vans. this was queen semiramis, the amazonian queen of lake van and it was apparently the source of the tribal title of "sarma-tian" for the eastern vandal "turanian" hordes that ravaged the early western world. the roman serpent cult worshipped semiramis as venus columba or "venus the dove. columbe is still the word for dove in french. columba became a symbolic name for el or semiramis, the dragon queen of the serpent cult. so we have christ

ge. when helen went off with prince paris, menelaus wanted to protect his immortality and the wealth the marriage had secured, and sailed with his army to take her back. this was the war between the male-led greeks and the goddess-led trojans. many high satanic priestesses take the name helen, helena, or elaine- ei-aine* it was under the name elaine or ellen that helen of troy became the symbolic queen of britain in pagan times. as i outlined earlier, it was a relative of helen, a trojan called brutus, who sailed west to britain after the fall of troy and founded a city called caer troia or new troy- today's london. other derivatives of el or hel are helenia, helga, hild, helsinki, holstein, and holland (hel-land or halland, one of the major centres for the reptilian bloodlines to this day

and much older egyptian prayers to osiris" and earlier it was a prayer to the goddess, the giver of bread or the "grain mother.24 the marys mary is an ancient name for the goddess that miraculously gives birth to the saviour sun god. its forms include mari, meri, marratu, marah and mariham. on one level, these names relate to the sea, mer or mar, and "mary" represents the feminine, the moon, the "queen of heaven, to balance the masculine sun. but they also relate to the dragon queens. isis, the egyptian moon goddess and virgin mother of horus, was known as mother mary or "mata-meri" and called the "queen of heaven "our lady, and "mother of god".25 el in the edda texts was also known as mary. the hebrews worshipped a god and goddess deity called mari-el or "mary-god, and the "mother mary" o

ut when i open my heart to the love vibration and open my mind to acknowledge the illusion, the frustration dissolves because it's just a game, just a ride, just a movie of our own making. we can make it a nice picture or a horror film. that's our choice. it is, always was, and will always be. so i love you richard warman; i love you bernie farber; i love you jason cowley; i love you george bush, queen of england, queen mother, prince philip, henry kissinger, david rockefeller, edgar bronfman, rothschild dynasty, lord carrington, al gore, ted heath, tony blair, peter mandelson, billy graham, and all the others named in my books. if i don't love you, i don't love myself, because i am you and you are me. we are different aspects of the same infinite whole. no, we are the infinite whole. 426

tion. but they produced the son who became daniel payseur, who, as the biggest secret explains, was taken to the united states where he became the secret force behind the morgan and carnegie empires, and owned vast amounts of real estate, banking, and industrial holdings. this bloodline also connects to the de medici family that supported christopher columbus and produced catherine de medici, the queen of france who died in 1589. her doctor was nostradamus. it includes rene d'anjou, duke of lorraine, and the house of lorraine employed nostradamus and christopher columbus. the bloodline relatives of the de medicis and the house of lorraine, queen isabella of castile and king ferdinand of aragon, were sponsors of columbus when he "discovered" the americas. this bloodline also includes the ha

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cheduled tobe the headquarters of the western sector of the united states under the fascist globalstate called the new world order which is planned beyond the year 2000. atlanta is saidto be the centre for the eastern sector and i remember thinking some years ago how thedesign of denver and atlanta airports were so similar- now i know why.colorado is a major centre for the new world order and the queen of england,under another name, has been buying up land there. as you will see later, the britishroyal family are massively involved in this story and so is the murder of diana,princess of wales. one of christophers main contacts was a guy called phil schneider,the son of a german u-boat commander in world war ii, who was commissioned tobuild a number of deep underground bases in the united s

amis. the dove to themis not a symbol of peace, but of death and destruction because of the reverse symbolismthe brotherhood employs. if it is positive to the masses, it is negative to thebrotherhood, and this allows their negative symbols to be placed throughout the publicarena. no-one complains because they have no idea what these symbols, like the dove,really represent.semiramis was called the queen of heaven (also rhea, the virgin mother of the gods,and sometimes known as the great earth mother (ninkharsag. she was also worshippedunder the name astarte the woman who made towers and this could refer to the tower ofbabel (babylon) which nimrod is said to have built. the bloodlines of european royaltycame from the reptile-aryan bloodlines of babylon and the crown evolved from thehorned he

us and isis became mary, the virgin mother ofjesus, the sun. mary is constantly picturedholding the baby jesus, but this is merely a repeatof all the egyptian portrayals of isis holding thebaby horus (see figure 15. these people did notactually exist, they are symbolic. isis becameassociated with the astrological sign of virgo thevirgin, as did mary. the titles given to isis ofstar of the sea and queen of heaven were alsogiven to mary and they both originate fromqueen semiramis, who was called the queen ofheaven in babylon. christianity and judaism areboth the religion of babylon.throughout the world you see the same sunreligions and rituals, in sumer, babylon, assyria,egypt, britain, greece, europe in general,mexico and central america, australia..everywhere. it was the universal religion

ntion the landscape aroundrennes-le-chateau, presents a version of the sleeping beauty story in which the princess(female energy) is condemned to sleep until the handsome prince arrives to awaken her.this is also highly relevant to the number 13 for reasons i will later outline. le serpentrouge also confirmed that mary magdalene was another symbol for isis. it said. formerly some called her isis, queen of the beneficent sources, come to me allyou suffer and who are overwhelmed and i will comfort you, others:magdalene, of the famous vase full of healing balm. the initiates know her true name:notre dame des cross.10the female energy and the reptilian bloodline are passed on through the female,and since the intervention of ninkharsag and enki this energy was symbolised bymary, isis and semira

f the rennes-le-chateau mysteries, and david wood and iancampbell in their books genisis and geneset (see figure 20. the goddess isis ismentioned in old records of rennes-les-bains, a short distance from rennes-le-chateau, and in the last century a statue of isis was found near the village.15 wood147and campbell suggest that rennes-le-chateau and rennes-le-bains translate as queenof the house and queen of the waters- the names given by the ancient egyptians totheir goddesses nephthys and isis.16 the area around rennes-le-chateau is one ofenormous power and importance within the earths energy grid and therefore became afocus from ancient times for those who understood this and knew how to harness theenergy. the modern world awoke to the story of rennes-le-chateau with henrylincolns bbc tele

onlyson, edward, but after he died at the age of 15, he was replaced by henrys daughter,mary. she was a staunch roman catholic who earned the title bloody mary for herpurge of protestants. mary had secured the throne by executing her rival, lady janegrey, the six-day queen. with marys death came the legendary reign of elizabeth i,henrys daughter by anne boleyn. elizabeth executed her rival, mary queen of scots,from the house of stuart, and elizabeth proceeded to restore the church of englandwith herself as supreme head. she ordered a purge against catholics which was to earnher the title of bloody elizabeth. nice family.162it was against this backdrop that francis bacon emerged as a very high initiate of thesecret knowledge in the reign of his probable mother elizabeth i, and her successo

n england, like bacon, with the story of the templarsafter their arrival from france at the time of philippe the fair, and their subsequentreturn to france as the scots guard. it also connects this group with the priory of sion.the figure which encapsulated these connections was james vi of scotland, whosucceeded elizabeth i and became james i of england and scotland. he was the onlychild of mary queen of scots. the stuart bloodline with its connections to the reptilianmerovingians was now on the throne of both england and scotland. under jamess166patronage, the scottish and templar knowledge and the rosicrucian knowledge offrancis bacon and others could merge and become united under the name, freemasonry.so could the knowledge of the reptilian house of lorraine, another bloodline of kingj

f fairy and he was also known as green robin, robin ofgreenwood and robin goodfellow.31 his shakespearean version, puck, in amidsummer night s dream, presided over fertility and sexual rites at the summer solstice.on may 1st, may day, they had the may pole ceremonies. the may pole is a phallicsymbol dedicated to the goddess of sexuality and fertility and on that day every villagevirgin would be a queen of the may (queen semiramis. many would end up in the greenwood to undergo a sexual initiation with a youth playing the role of robin hood or robingoodfellow. the children that often followed nine months later were the origin of the nowcommon names robinson and robertson.32 the story of robin hood was anothersymbolic tale to maintain the memory of pagan sexual ritual amid the crossed legs an

it was formedby baron von stein and expanded rapidly to include most leading politicians ingermany and many of the top military leaders and professors of literature and science.william of hesse-cassal was a member and the official role of this second tugenbundleague was to remove the napoleonic occupation of germany.13 it was close to othermasonic groups like the black knights, the knights of the queen of prussia and theconcordists. these were offshoots of the ancient teutonic knights structure ingermany and the predecessors of the thule society, the edelweiss society, and vrilsociety, which were to be the architects of the nazi party. it is the same face withdifferent masks and the rothschilds have been behind most of them- including thenazis. all these groups interlock if you dig deep en

of zionists which was setup with rothschild money. it is widely believed by researchers that the balfourletter was actually written by lord rothschild together with alfred milner (comm300, the round tables leading light who had been made chairman of the mininggiant, rio tinto zinc, by the same lord rothschild. rio tinto is heavily involved insouth africa and a major shareholder apparently is the queen of england. the arabsof palestine were used to fight the turks in the first world war under the commandof the englishmen, t. e. lawrence (lawrence of arabia) who promised them fullsovereignty for their efforts. all along he knew that the brotherhood plan was for the228jewish (khazar-aryan) homeland in palestine. lawrence, a close friend of winstonchurchill, later admitted this fact when he s

reserves into oil. other oilsupplies were provided for germany by standard oil through the brotherhood financialcentre and stronghold, switzerland. the president of standard oil, new jersey (nowexxon, was william stamps farish, a close friend of hermann schmitz, the chairmanof i. g. farben. farishs grandson, william farish iii, is one of the inner circle aroundgeorge bush and also entertains the queen of england and prince philip at his home.farish and the queen breed their horses together. bushs father, prescott bush, thestalwart of the skull and bones society, was one of the funders of hitler. this was donethrough a subsidiary company called the united banking corporation (ubc) of whichprescott bush was a director and leading light. the ubc connected the w. a. harrimancompany of new yor

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and manifest thyself within this body, this temple which i have prepared. come forth, lord of the underworld, and manifest thyself. for i have crossed the gates of hell and i have become the devil incarnate. i am satan; i am lucifer; i am belial; and i am leviatan. come forth, lord of the underworld, and manifest thyself. come forth, lord of the underworld, and manifest thyself. invocation of the queen of the underworld i have called upon the lord of the underworld, the lord of the dead. and by calling upon the lord of the underworld i have become the lord of the dead. i am pluto; i am hades; i am anubis; i am samhein; i am kutha. i sit upon the throne of the underworld as lord of the underworld and lord of the dead. i take the queen of the underworld, the queen of the dead as my wife and

the underworld, the lord of the dead. and by calling upon the lord of the underworld i have become the lord of the dead. i am pluto; i am hades; i am anubis; i am samhein; i am kutha. i sit upon the throne of the underworld as lord of the underworld and lord of the dead. i take the queen of the underworld, the queen of the dead as my wife and as my lover. hela, persephone, proserpine, ereshkigal, queen of the underworld, queen of the dead come forth and manifest thyself. queen of the underworld, i invoke thee. queen of the underworld, i summon thee. queen of the underworld, i conjure thee. come forth, queen of the underworld, and manifest thyself within this body, this temple which i have prepared. come forth, queen of the underworld, and manifest thyself. for i have crossed the gates of h

e. queen of the underworld, i summon thee. queen of the underworld, i conjure thee. come forth, queen of the underworld, and manifest thyself within this body, this temple which i have prepared. come forth, queen of the underworld, and manifest thyself. for i have crossed the gates of hell and i have become the devil incarnate. i am satan; i am lucifer; i am belial; and i am leviatan. come forth, queen of the underworld, and manifest thyself. attach thyself unto me as my wife and as my lover. take me as thy husband and lover. come forth, queen of the underworld, and manifest thyself. come forth, queen of the underworld, and manifest thyself [notes: the female practitioner should adapt these rituals so that she "becomes" the queen of the underworld, the queen of the dead, and takes the lord

rworld, crossing the river styx. i have been baptized in the river styx and in the flames of hell. i have called upon the lord of the underworld, the lord of the dead, and in calling upon the lord of the underworld, the lord of the dead, i have become the lord of the underworld, the lord of the dead. i sit upon the throne of the underworld, as lord of the underworld and the dead. i have taken the queen of the dead, as my wife and as my lover. once again, i return to the earth, reborn in the image of satan. i am reborn in the image of satan, as a living demon in the flesh (dip forefinger of left hand in anointing oil, form inverted pentagram on forehead. i am ordained as a priest of the dark lord and an ambassador of his infernal empire *recite threee times. invocation of the lord of the ea

of the earth, and manifest thyself within this body, this temple which i have prepared. come forth, lord of the earth, and manifest thyself. for i have crossed the gates of hell and i have become the devil incarnate. i am satan; i am lucifer; i am belial; and i am leviatan. come forth, lord of the earth, and manifest thyself. come forth, lord of the earth, and manifest thyself. invocation of the queen of the earth i have called upon the lord of the earth, the horned god of the earth. and in calling upon the lord of the earth i have become the horned god of the earth. i am pan; i am bacchus; i am dionysus; i am kernunnos; i am herne. i sit upon the throne of the infernal empire, as lord of the living and the dead. i take the queen of the earth also as my wife and as my lover. ishtar, inann

called upon the lord of the earth, the horned god of the earth. and in calling upon the lord of the earth i have become the horned god of the earth. i am pan; i am bacchus; i am dionysus; i am kernunnos; i am herne. i sit upon the throne of the infernal empire, as lord of the living and the dead. i take the queen of the earth also as my wife and as my lover. ishtar, inanna, isis, demeter, ceres, queen of the earth, goddess of pleasure and fertility, come forth and manifest thyself. queen of the earth, i invoke thee. queen of the earth, i summon thee. queen of the earth, i conjure thee. come forth, queen of the earth, and manifest thyself within this body, this temple which i have prepared. come forth, queen of the earth, and manifest thyself. for i have crossed the gates of hell and have

he earth, i invoke thee. queen of the earth, i summon thee. queen of the earth, i conjure thee. come forth, queen of the earth, and manifest thyself within this body, this temple which i have prepared. come forth, queen of the earth, and manifest thyself. for i have crossed the gates of hell and have become the devil incarnate. i am satan; i am lucifer; i am belial; and i am leviatan. come forth, queen of the earth, and manifest thyself. attach thyself unto me as my wife and as my lover. take me as thy husband and thy lover. come forth, queen of the earth, and manifest thyself [notes: once again, the female practitioner will have to adapt these rituals so that she "becomes" the queen of the earth and takes the horned god as her husband and lover. you will find that these rituals are easily

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ands. it seems also that there were a group of rebels who were of set and were defeated early on. set is mentioned in the egyptian book of the dead as having the skin of a bull. in the eleventh section of the tuat called reenqerrtaptkhatu, set is in the form of a serpent and called set-heh meaning the eternal set. when osiris came again, typhon plotted with seventy-two comrades, and with aso, the queen of ethiopia, to slay him -the egyptian book of the dead, e.a. wallis budge set is primarily regarded the same as the greek typhon, a serpent like daemon-god who is a patron spirit of sorcery and magick. plutarch explained that in egyptian astronomy seth or typhon was connected to the solar world, while osiris was associated with the moon. the sun was considered very hostile as it dried up an

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angel of kether. 80. the additional titles assigned to malkuth bring out its attnbutes clearly. it is regarded as the gate and the mate. these two ideas are in essence one idea, for the womb of the mother is the gate of life. it is also the gate of death, for birth into the plane of form is death to higher things. 81. malkuth is also said to be kallah, the bride of microprosopos, and malkah, the queen of male kh, the king. this clearly indicates the function in polarity that prevails between [page 290] the planes of form and the planes of force; the planes of form being the female aspect, polarised and made fertile by the influences of the planes of force. 82. the god-name in malkuth is adonai malekh, oradonai ha aretz, which titles mean, the lord who is king, and the lord of earth. herei

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le to represent the unsublimated and sublimated aspects of the life-force. the scorpion connects with the serpent through the dragon. i had a very curious experience myself in connection with the element of air. i am betraying no secrets if i say that certain grades of initiation refer to the elements, for the fact is too generally known, and too obvious, for it to be any more mysterious than the queen of spain's legs. to begin with, i have an exceptionally bad head for heights, and as the abyss of height belongs to the element of air, i obviously have no natural affinity with it. the ceremony went exceptionally badly even for an air ritual. two of the principal officers, husband and wife, helped to maintain its reputation as a contentious element by having a family jar in the middle of th

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1886, p. 18] p. xiii the nile.[1] to fix a chronological limit for the arts and civilization of egypt is absolutely impossible.[2] evidence of the antiquity of certain chapters. the oldest form or edition of the book of the dead as we have received it supplies no information whatever as to the period when it was compiled; but a copy of the hieratic text inscribed upon a coffin of menthu-hetep, a queen of the xith dynasty,[3] about b.c. 2500, made by the late sir j. g. wilkinson,[4] informs us that the chapter which, according to the arrangement of lepsius, bears the number lxiv,[5] was discovered in the reign of hesep-ti,[6] the fifth king of the ist dynasty, about b.c. 4266. on this coffin are two copies of the chapter, the one immediately following the other. in the rubric to the first

craft of the husbandman; he established a code of laws and bade men worship the gods. having made egypt peaceful and flourishing, he set out to instruct the other nations of the world. during his absence his wife isis so well ruled the state that typhon [set, the evil one, could do no harm to the realm of osiris. when osiris came again, typhon plotted with seventy-two comrades, and with aso, the queen of ethiopia, to slay him; and secretly got the measure of the body of osiris, and made ready a fair chest, which was brought into his banqueting hall when osiris was present together with other guests. by a ruse osiris was induced to lie down in the chest, which was immediately closed by typhon and his fellow conspirators, who conveyed it to the tanaitic mouth of the nile.[4] these things ha

y of enchantments, said "depart, poison, go forth from ra. o eye of horus, go forth from the god, and shine outside his mouth. it is i who work, it is i who make to fall down upon the earth the vanquished poison; for the name of the great god hath been taken away from him. may ra live! and may the poison die, may the poison die, and may ra live" these are the words of isis, the great goddess, the queen of the gods, who knew ra by his own name.[1] thus we see that even to the great god ra were attributed all the weakness and frailty of mortal man; and that "gods" and "goddesses" were classed with beasts and reptiles, which could die and perish. as a result, it seems that the word "god" should be reserved to express the name of the creator of the universe, and that neteru, usually rendered "

r. she was the daughter and mother of ra. see lanzone, dizionario, p. 392; pierret, panth on, pp. 34, 36; brugsch, religion und mythologie, pp. 603-610. 4. manu is the name given to the mountains on the western bank of the nile, opposite thebes, wherein was situated tu manu "the mountain of manu" the chief site of rock-hewn tombs. see brugsch, dict. g og, p. 259. 5. maat "daughter of the sun, and queen of the gods" is the personification of righteousness and truth and justice. in many papyri she is represented as leading the deceased into the hall of double maat, where his heart is to be weighed against her emblem. she usually wears the feather, emblematic of truth, and is called the "lady of heaven: see lanzone, dizionario, p. 276 (and tav. 109, where the twin-goddesses maat are shown; pi

o unite myself unto [my] father; and deliverance cometh from [my] father, from [my] brother, and from the friend of horns. horus is in the following of his father. he dwelleth amid decay. he ruleth khem. to thy son have the gods given the crown of millions of years, and for millions of years it maketh him to live in the eye [of horus, the single eye of the god [which is called] nebt-er-tcher, the queen of the gods" vignette: the deceased kneeling, with both hands raised in adoration, before three gods. text [chapter lxxix (i) the chapter of being among the company of the gods and of being changed into the (2) prince of the godlike rulers [the deceased] saith "homage to thee, o tmu (3) lord of heaven, thou creator of things which are and which come forth from the earth; who makest to come i

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rn this familiar animal. the egyptians traced his image on the cakes they offered to typhon, god of evil. the romans regarded the meeting of an ass as an evil omen, but the animal was honored in arabia and judea, and it was in arabia that the ass of silenus spoke to his master. other talking asses were balaam s ass (numbers 22, which mahomet placed in his paradise with alborack; the ass of aasis, queen of sheba; and the ass on which jesus christ rode into jerusalem. some people have found something sacred and mysterious in the innocent beast, and a species of divination employed the head of an ass. at one time a special festival was held for the ass, during which he was led into the church while mass was sung. this reverence in which he was held by christians was doubtless due to the black

to paris, where for some years he taught mathematics at the university. he returned to scotland in 1562. there was a prevailing belief in judicial astrology at that time, particularly in france. on his way home through england, according to sir james melville s memoirs, bassantin met with sir robert melville (brother of sir james, who was at that time engaged on the part of the unfortunate mary, queen of scots in endeavoring to effect a meeting between her and elizabeth. bassantin predicted that all his efforts would be in vain, which proved to be true. bassantin was a zealous protestant. his principal work is a treatise on astronomy, written in french and translated into latin by john tornaesius, which was published at geneva in 1599. he wrote four other treatises on mathematics and horo

rk: dutton, 1996. reprint, new york: onyx books, 1997. perkins, rodney, and forrest jackson. cosmic suicide: the tragedy and transcendence of heaven s gate. dallas: penteradial press, 1997. brown, john (1826.1883) the personal servant of queen victoria (1819.1901) from december 1865 until his death. a rough-mannered highland gillie (attendant on a scottish chieftain, he became fascinated with the queen of england during her visits to balmoral castle, scotland, and later at osborne house, isle of wight. their unusually close association gave rise to many rumors and spiteful gossip. brown was born at crathie, near balmoral, aberdeenshire, scotland, december 8, 1826. he first came to the notice of queen victoria during her visits to the scottish highlands, when brown served as her outdoor per

and invited gallagher under her mantle. she made the sign of the cross and left. another person present at the time saw nothing. back in county mayo, mary appeared a week later accompanied by bernadette soubirous (1844.1879, the visionary of lourdes. galactites encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 616 at the third vision, on february 4, 1988, mary spoke and identified herself as the queen of peace. she suggested that time was short and called the irish people to pray the rosary. subsequent apparitions occurred to her privately in her home and in a few locations in gortnadreha, where she now resides. on several occasions a small group gathered with her at a local grotto for a few of the apparitions. while the apparitions remained fairly private occurrences, word of her receivi

nce and inspiration intended for ceridwin s son, gwion tasted the liquid and became gifted with supernatural sight. he fled, pursued by ceridwin, and the pair were changed successively into a hare and a greyhound, a fish and an otter, a bird and a hawk, and a grain of wheat and a black hen, which ultimately swallowed the wheat (compare the metamorphoses of ceridwen and gwion bach with that of the queen of beauty and the djinn in the arabian nights tale of the second calendar. this pursuit and magical metamorphosis is a recurrent theme in folklore in the indo-european tradition and survives also in the scottish ballad the two magicians (child no. 44. later, gwion was placed in a bag and flung into the sea by ceridwin. he was drawn out by elphin, son of cwyddus, and was then called taliesin

affiliated with the catholic apostolic church, headquartered in england, and in 1959 the synod of the catholic apostolic church named him primate of all the americas. sources: haas, george c. o. the key to enrichment of life. n.p, 1949. the new orientation of science. is 23 (1960. ward, gary. independent bishops: an international directory. detroit: apogee books, 1990. habondia (or habundia) the queen of the witches, presiding over the sabbat. she was also identified with diana or herodias. she was referred to as habonde in the thirteenth-century poem le roman de la rose. in his work tableau de l inconstance des mauvais anges (description of the inconstancy of evil angels, 1612, the demonologist pierre de lancre refers to habondia rather sweepingly as queen of the fairies, witches, harpie

ce. home was in great power at the time and so much sought after that the union club, where fashionable sophisticates congregated, offered him 50,000 francs for a single seance. home refused. a book, privately printed in france, recorded the strange experiences of the high society with home s mediumship. earlier, in italy, home had been introduced to the king of naples. the german emperor and the queen of holland soon joined the ranks of the curious who were besieging home with requests for seances. while enjoying the benevolence of crowned heads and the highest members of the aristocracy, home had to wage a desperate struggle against the scandalmongers. fantastic stories began to circulate as soon as he left paris, and while he was regaining his shattered health in italy it was even rumor

antom had a distinctive movement of the limbs and carriage by which, in successive seances, they were identified. they were mostly etherealizations; the faces and heads alone were tangible. the admiral put his arms around the waist of a phantom relative and found nothing. a white-robed figure with a bright silver band on her forehead and bracelets and jewels on her arm gave her name as cleopatra, queen of egypt; another form claimed to be josephine. in 1923 the jonsons were visited in california by sir arthur conan doyle, who was greatly impressed by their materialization phenomena, which he believed genuine. he describes the seance in his book our second american adventure (1923. the jonsons, however, did not live up to the favorable reputation that the experiments of yaryan and moore est

f them have already returned to venus, the time of crisis during which they assisted having now passed. lorelei name of the tall rock on the right bank of the river rhine, near st. goar, germany, that is noted for its remarkable echo. it has given rise to the legend of the lorelei water nymph, whose siren song lures sailors to their doom. in turn, this story has affinity with the legend of holda, queen of the elves, who fascinates men, who become doomed to wander with her forever. the lorelei legend is of comparatively recent origin, a creation of the writer klemens brentano in his ballad story lore lay (1800) and retold in heine s famous poem die lorelei. lorian association new age organization. the lorian association was founded in 1973 by david spangler soon after his return to the unit

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF OCCULTISM AND PARAPSYCHOLOGY VOL 2

d became a catholic priest. his gift of healing developed slowly over a period of years, commencing the year before his ordination. he has since figured in a large number of medically unexplained cures that followed his touching people who were terminally ill. in 1984 father maguire visited ireland, where he had an enthusiastic reception. more than 2,500 people crowded into the church of our lady queen of peace in merrion road, dublin (built to accommodate 1,800 persons. parents held out babies for father maguire to touch. after celebrating mass with eight concelebrants, father maguire blessed the congregation magnetic phenomena encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 966 and went to pray with the sick. subsequently a 46-year-old mother, paralyzed for several months with a cance

medjugorje. dublin: veritas, 1987. laurentin, rene, and l. rupcic. is the virgin mary appearing at medjugorje? washington, d.c: word among us press, 1984. laurentin, rene, l. rupcic, and rene lejeune. messages and teachings of mary at medjugorje. milford, ohio: the riehle foundation, 1988. o carroll, michael. medjugorje: facts, documents, theology. dublin: veritas, 1986. pelletier, joseph a. the queen of peace visits medjugorje. worchester, mass: assumption, 1985. sevric, ivo. the hidden side of medjugorje. saint francois du lac, canada: psilog, 1989. meehl, paul e(verett (1920) professor of psychology who has written on parapsychology. he was born january 3, 1920, at minneapolis, minnesota, and was educated at the university of minnesota (b.a. summa cum laude, 1941; ph.d, 1945. meehl joi

new york: william morrow, 1967. strangers among us. new york: coward, mccann& geochegan, 1979. the world before. new york: coward, mccann& geochegan, 1976. a world beyond. new york: coward, mccann& geochegan, 1971. the world to come: the guide long-awaited predictions for a dawning age. new york: harmony books, 1999. moo, queen according to the anthropological fancies of augustus le plongeon, the queen of yucatan. le plongeon s account of queen moo became a major building block in the contemporary myth of the lost continent of lemuria. sources: le plongeon, augustus. queen moo and the egyptian sphinx. london, 1896. moody, raymond avery, jr (1944) raymond a. moody, whose 1975 book life after life helped launch a new generation of research on life after death, was born on june 30, 1944 in po

fay sister of king arthur and wife of king urien of gore. arthur gave into her keeping the scabbard of his sword excalibur, but she gave it to sir accolon whom she loved and had a forged scabbard made. arthur, however, recovered the real sheath, but was again deceived by her. morgan le fay seems to have derived from the celtic deities morrigan, macha, and modron (a divine mother. she figured as a queen of the land of faerie and as such appears in french and italian romance. she first appeared in the arthurian legends in geiffrey of manmouth s twelfth-century volume, vita merlini. it was she who, on one occasion, threw excalibur into a lake. she usually presented her favorites with a ring and retained them by her side as did venus in tannhauser. her myth is a parallel of that of eos and tit

ran away with her jewels to constantinople, a priest, a fiddler, a vast nobleman. the prince of wales has had unsatiated curiosity about him, but in vain. however, nothing has been made out against him; he is released, and, what convinces me he is not a gentleman, stays here, and talks of his being taken up as a spy. saint germain claimed to have lived for centuries and to have known solomon, the queen of sheba, and many other persons of antiquity. although regarded as a charlatan, the accomplishments upon which he based his reputation were in many ways real and considerable. he was alluded to by baron friedrich melchior grimm as the most capable and able man he had ever known. he was a composer of music and a capable performer on the violin. this was especially the case regarding chemistr

atherine deshayes, better known as la voisin. la voisin operated as an adviser and fortune-teller to ladies at the court. she supplied them with love potions, charms, and occasionally, poison. however, things turned in a more sinister direction in 1667. in that year la voisin was consulted by the marquise de montespan, francoise-athenais, who was ambitious in the extreme. she wanted to become the queen of france. her goal was, through magic, to alienate louis from both the queen and his current mistress. reportedly, following a mass during which two doves were killed, she became louis s mistress. further masses were said to secure her position. then in 1673, with the abbe guibourg officiating, a mass was said over montespan s nude body, during which an infant was sacrificed and the blood u

onsequence perhaps of remorse, but such as urged him not to repent, but to despair. it seems probable that he was burnt alive. his sister, with whom he was supposed to have had an incestuous connection, was condemned also to death, leaving a stronger and more explicit testimony of their mutual sins than could be extracted from the major. she gave, as usual, some account of her connection with the queen of the fairies, and acknowledged the assistance she received from that sovereign in spinning an unusual quantity of yarn. of her brother she said that one day a friend called upon them at noonday with a fiery chariot, and invited them to visit a friend at dalkeith, and that while there her brother received information of the event of the battle of worcester. no one saw the style of their equ

tales and haunted dwellings, with the natives proud to quip that ghostly spirits are second only to the drinkable kind in the hearts of highlanders. cities such as edinburgh offer organized ghost walks and haunted tours through selected castles and ancient hotels. ghostly notoriety is shared among spectors of famous as well as common folk, male and female, young and old. it is the spirit of mary queen of scots that seems to be the most prevalent among highland haunters. the queen s spiritual presence has reportedly appeared in nearly every castle she visited during her life. in addition to ghost tours for mortal visitors to scotland, interested parties can learn more about scottish hauntings at web sites devoted to the subject, as well as the bimonthly magazine, haunted scotland. sources:

canny musical gifts. without extensive formal training in music, he gave performances at the piano and claimed to be possessed by the spirits of mozart, beethoven, meyerbeer, rossini, sontag, persiani, malibran, lablache, liszt, berlioz, and chopin. he performed to the rich, the famous, and the royal in europe. the audience at one concert in holland in 1894 included the duchess of cumberland, the queen of hanover, the reigning duke of saxe-altenburg, and the queen of denmark. in addition to his piano performances, shepard sometimes sang, in every range of voice from bass to soprano. henry kiddle, superintendent of schools in new york, was imprudent enough to state that he heard shepard playing a splendid piano symphony under the control of mozart, while at the same time delivering a learne

ound, the king was discovered to be dead. the inhabitants of the valley of lebanon believed that the celebrated city and temple of baalbec were erected by the jinn under solomon s direction. the object of the erection of baalbec was variously stated, one tradition affirming that it was intended to be a residence for the egyptian princess whom solomon married, and another that it was built for the queen of sheba. the magical solomon from the sixteenth century on, occultists have studied the great grimoire known as the key of solomon (clavicula salomonis) to which tradition ascribes an ancient history before it was committed to writing. this book of ceremonial magic has two sections: the great key and the lemegeton or lesser key. the first is concerned with magic spells, rituals, and talisma

he continuing publication of books and chapbook pamphlets containing his prophecies until well into the nineteenth century. for a detailed study, see the romance and prophecies of thomas erceldoune, edited by j. a. h. murray for the english text society, london, 1875. a beautiful legend credits thomas with obtaining his prophetic powers after visiting fairyland. the ballad of thomas ryner and the queen of elfland in its various forms is classified as no. 37 of the collection of english and scottish popular ballads, edited by francis james child, published in five vols, 1882.98. thompson, rosina (1868) british trance medium, whose abilities developed at frederic w. thurstan s delphic circle at hertford lodge, battersea, london. in her early sittings in 1897 and 1898, the records of which in

EXTRAORDINARY ENCOUNTERS AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EXTRATERRESTRIALS AND OTHERWORLDY BEINGS

phone calls from self-identified extraterrestrials, as we l l as a personal visit from one. the aliens said they we re from a planet named ae n s t r i a. the first calls came in early september 1965. the calls continued for a period of seven weeks, according to shuttlewood. the callers were three aenstrians: caellsan (the senior spacecraft commander, selorik (an interpreter, and traellison (the queen of aenstria. in each case they phoned from a public booth in a particular district in the city, though shuttlewood wrote that he never heard the sound of coins dropping before the voices began to speak. 10 aenstrians the messages we re standard contactee fare. e a rth is in trouble because of atomic we a p o n s and environmental pollution. human beings the product of special creation, not e

rence in the latent encounter. mufon ufo journal 251 (march: 10 12, 1994. dual reference in the ufo encounter. in andrea pritchard, david e. pritchard, john e. mack, pam kasey, and claudia yapp, eds. alien discussions: proceedings of the abduction study conference, 142 148. cambridge, ma: north cambridge press. dugja according to members of a small group called elan vital (vital essence, the last queen of the lost continent of lemuria, dugja (pronounced doo-ja, reigns as spirit of the mountain. the mountain is shasta, in far northern california, the focus of many occult beliefs and legends. dugja materializes whenever her mood or the situation, calls for it. one member claimed that in 1963, while meditating on mount sh a s t a s grey butte, he sensed an astral man, with thin hair, white b

FAUST

raptured. highest mistress of the world, let me, of thy pleasure, see thy mystery unfurled in the vaulted azure. look with grace on what doth move human hearts to greet thee and with holy bliss of love bears them up to meet thee. all invincible we feel when supreme thou willest, swiftly tempered is our zeal when its glow thou stillest. virgin, pure in fairest sense, mother sweet, supernal, chosen queen of our defence, peer of gods eternal! little clouds circle around her splendour: penitent women, of natures tender, ether respiring, at her knees pleading, her mercy needing. o thou of immaculate ray, from thee tis not taken that those lightly led astray come with trust unshaken. rapt away, to weakness prone, it is hard to save them. who by their own strength alone rend the lusts that slave

FELDMAN DANIEL QABALAH THE MYSTICAL HERITAGE OF THE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM

alexandria. this literature was virtually unknown from the fourth (when banned by hilary, jerome, and augustus) until the late nineteenth century ce, when three manuscripts deemed as authentic enochian material were discovered. two of the manuscripts, i enoch and iii enoch, were in ethiopian translation: these were found in what was once abyssinia, the domain of king solomon s infamous lover, the queen of sheba. the third manuscript, called ii enoch and the book of the secrets of enoch, was preserved in two slavonic versions: these were found in russia and serbia. i enoch and ii enoch were translated by r.h. charles. h. odeburg translated iii enoch( hebrew book of enoch).17 the books of enoch that are mentioned here should not be confused with the canons of enoch, which were discovered" f"

e pages together. the sefer hashmoth is read by successively invoking the name on each page preceded by hy (pronounced yah, the two-letter form of the name hvhy) xe.g. hy eshdat, hy echad, hy ahavah, hy qadosh, and so on '0-*0, in the hebrew tradition, shabat (sabbath) is celebrated as the holy wedding day of the lord hvhy king messiah, most precious and enduring, with his divine bride shekhinah, queen of the universe. in the well known words of rabbi yitza aq luria, lekah dodee likraht kalah penay shabat neqabalah( come, my beloved, to meet the bride, face sabbath to receive )6 during the regular days of the week, queen mother shekhinah wanders the worlds of illusion in exile. she is described as dressed in rags, lamenting her separation from her beloved husband, while nurturing her child

ng her children in the valley of shadows. but, when shabat comes, the worlds are filled with the% e2 2 e" 2' 8: h 2" light and love of king messiah, who comes to receive his bride (kalah) and transform the children into angels. shekhinah belimah (hmylb hnyks, intangible presence, kalah luhahavah (hbhal hlk, bride of love, kalah luhtorah (hrvtl hlk, bride of the torah, malkhah hashabat (tbsh hklm, queen of the sabbath, kavod leh yhvh (hvhyl dvbk, glory of the lord hvhy. 7 shabat is at once both an individual and macrocosmic event. in each of us, the shekhinah wanders in a fallen state (sefirah kingdom, until shabat comes and our consciousness unites with the one true spouse hvhy. our tree thereby becomes perfect (kingdom returns to its position as the sefirah knowledge/first. god is the tru

lled pagans, had celebrated it as yule, and a number of other traditions as the birthday of solar saviors. the mithraists, for instance, regarded it as the birthday of mithra. the romans celebrated the date as dies natalis solis invictus, day of birth of the undefeated sun. the christian observance of the pentecost replaced the tradition of whitsunday, the holy day of the goddess frigg, the norse queen of heaven and consort of odin. easter absorbed the pesach of the jews, and was named after eostre or ostara, the pagan goddess of spring. 17 dimont, max. jews, god, and history, simon and schuster, new york p. 205, 1962. 18 peshitta, matthew 5:17-18. 19 eisenman, robert. james the brother of jesus, penguin, new york 1997. 20 gospel of thomas, translated by thomas hickey, esoterica, iowa city

FRANCIS A YATES GIORDANO BRUNO AND THE HERMETIC TRADITION

so long; what did he praise them for and what was his intention in this. respondit i have praised many heretics and also heretic princes; but i have not praised them as heretics, but solely for the moral virtues which they had, neither have i ever praised them as religious and pious, nor used such kind of religious epithets. and in particular in my book de la causa, principio ed uno i praise the queen of england and call her "diva, not as a religious attribute, but as that kind of epithet which the ancients used to give to princes, and in england where i then was and where i composed this book, this tide of "diva" used to be given to the queen. and i was the more induced to name her thus because she knew me, for i was continually going with the ambassador to court. and i know that i erred

was continually going with the ambassador to court. and i know that i erred in praising this lady, she being a heretic, and above all in attributing to her the name of "diva* more significant, however, than the passage in de la causa, and which he did not mention to the inquisitors, are the praises of elizabeth in the cena de le ceneri where some vast, mystical universal empire is promised to the queen of england. bruno here joins in that mystical imperialism in the worship of the virgin de la causa, dial, i (dial, ital, pp. 222-3. 2 document, pp. 121-2. 288 giordano bruno: heroic enthusiast and elizabethan queen, of which her name "astraea, the virgin of the golden age, was a symbol: of elizabeth i speak, who by her tide and royal dignity is inferior to no other monarch in the world; who

FRATER ELIJAH ANGELS OF CHAOS

. it seemed as a cut-up, a temporally deranged mardi-gras. i ran into many people whom i never met before (in the flesh) and it all seemed expected. even the butterfly tattoo which a. has been revealing to me manifestations of butterfly-like creatures as representatives of it s higher phoenix aspects journal exert *b2 (babalon) i understand her. her rage is subtle and interwoven. she is truly the queen of shells. a perfect slut and whore. she has always been here and always is in myriad forms. she asked me to go home with her. although she knows that the will is not to her end, she try s in her ecstasy. she is an exquisite pearl. a potent& powerful guardian. to drink of her cup is the most delicate poison; understanding is a bottomless well. her burning forms have a hunger. she is to be ou

unger. she is to be our mistress and slave, servant and concubine. she is victorious in her inferno, forever amid the brethren how do i write of this? simply. ye cannot. i made her swear to be and bind herself to me. a trick? no, her arousal is her nature. she understands the magus& the way. she is to be a tool by us also and a sweet succubus. it is truly frightening how she manifests. she is the queen of the quliphoth, for we are of her. as our heart swells upward to heaven, the self of i comes to understanding in her burning. 7 the scarlet brotherhood i hate to use the words, i understand, because this is better said in silence, but these writings are one of shared view. i am left to wonder sometimes on the grand illusion and if in fact, this exists separate from deity. maybe my perspect

e shell of the magus aided by the angel comes before the one (this is false& must be rejected. full recognition of the nature of our work strikes into the heart, laughter ensues. there are 7 exclamation marks, and 7 letters of laughter. 418 is the number of abrahadabra and of our work. iii/7b: a reference to our existence. a dream within a dream, in hopes of finding truth? the mystery of our lady queen of the quliphoth, to be real. it is us, also written itisus (pronounced e-teece-us. the name of the speaker closing page a: our lady of space. closing page b: end of prayer, also a reference to the egyptian deity. appendix iii- the nature of babalon your a real whore. aren tcha- some random porno our life force is beyond our personality. our personality (ego) is a result of experience, progr

perience, programming, our soul, genetics and other factors in combination. the personality in this reference is called a shell. it is our task to integrate/ destroy/ align our ego towards kia. the shell is either destroyed upon death, subsumed or remains as a form of quliphoth (in whatever part. complete identification with the personality is the state referred to as asleep& hell. babalon is the queen of these shells (egos. she is the embodiment of the ego force, but because she is without body, she is not false, but being completely empty. she is literally burning in ecstasy. her want is of continual intoxication of being, which is why she is a whore. she gives to all without restriction. a perfect slut and therefore most holy. she is to be as a succubus for the magus: partner, servant

FREEMASONRY AND CATHOLICISM BY MAX HEINDEL

rosfshp@rosicrucianfellowship.l: freemasonry and catholicism by max heindel [1865-1919] an exposition of the cosmic facts underlying these two great institutions as determined by occult investigation the rosicrucian fellowship international headquarters p.o. box 713 oceanside, california, 92054, u.s.a. table of contents* part i: lucifer, the rebel angel* part ii: the masonic legend* part iii: the queen of sheba* part iv: casting the molten sea* part v: the mystery of melchisedec* part vi: spiritual alchemy* part vii: the philosopher's stone--what is it and how it is made* part viii: the path of initiation* part ix: armageddon, the great war, and the coming age part i lucifer, the rebel angel the rosicrucian fellowship aims to educate and construct, to be charitable even to those from whom

s masterpiece. it was in the construction of this great work that the treachery of the sons of seth became manifest and frustrated the divine plan of reconciliation. they tried to quench the fire used by hiram abiff with their natural weapon, water, and almost succeeded. the incidents which led up to this catastrophe, their meaning, and the sequel will be related in the next chapter. part iii the queen of sheba the masonic legend is voluminous, circumstantial, even trivial, and seemingly far-fetched and fantastic to the uninitiated who fail to see the important hidden meaning underlying every word; but we will give only such fragments as have a bearing upon our main subject and the explanation necessary to link them together. the events which led up to the conspiracy against the grand mast

to the uninitiated who fail to see the important hidden meaning underlying every word; but we will give only such fragments as have a bearing upon our main subject and the explanation necessary to link them together. the events which led up to the conspiracy against the grand master, hiram abiff, mentioned in our last chapter, and which culminated in his murder, commenced with the arrival of the queen of sheba who had been attracted to the court of solomon by tales of his wonderful wisdom and of the splendor of the temple he was engaged in building. she is said to have come laden with gorgeous gifts and it is stated that at first she was much impressed with the wisdom of solomon. but even the bible, which is written from the standpoint of the jehovistic hierarchies, hints that she saw at

nd humanity at large would now be docile children of the dominant church, without free will, choice or prerogative. nor could she be permitted to wed hiram, who represented the temporal power, or religion would have been stamped out; she must wait for the bridegroom who shall embody within himself the combined good qualities of solomon and hiram, but who is purified from their weaknesses. for the queen of sheba is the composite soul of humanity, and at the consummation of the work of our evolutionary era she will be the bride, while christ, whom paul called a high priest after the order of melchisedec, will fill the dual office of both spiritual and temporal head, where he will be both king and priest, to the eternal welfare of mankind at large who are now in bondage either to church or st

k of amalgamation symbolically called the molten sea, a work which was then attempted for the first time. it could not have been wrought at any earlier period, for man was not sufficiently advanced. at that time, however, it seemed as if the united efforts of the two schools might accomplish the task, and had it not been for the desire of each to oust the other from the affections of the symbolic queen of sheba, the soul of humanity, they might have succeeded, an equitable union between church and state might have been effected and human evolution might have been greatly furthered. but both church and state were jealous of their particular prerogative; the church would only amalgamate upon condition that she retain all her ancient power over mankind, and take in addition those of the tempo

n equitable union between church and state might have been effected and human evolution might have been greatly furthered. but both church and state were jealous of their particular prerogative; the church would only amalgamate upon condition that she retain all her ancient power over mankind, and take in addition those of the temporal government. the state was selfish in a similar manner and the queen of sheba, humanity at large, is still unwed. the masonic legend tells the story of the attempt and its failure as follows: when the queen of sheba had been shown the gorgeous palace of solomon and had bestowed her choice gifts of gold and wrought work, she asked also to be shown the great temple which was nearing completion. she marveled much at the magnitude of the work but wondered at the

e workmen that she might see who had wrought this wonder; but though the servants of solomon at the palace obeyed the slightest wish of the monarch, and although he had been appointed by the god jehovah to build the temple, these workmen were not subject to his authority; they only yielded obedience to one who had "the word" and "the sign" therefore no one appeared at the call of solomon, and the queen of sheba could not escape the conclusion that this marvelous miracle was wrought by another and one who was greater than solomon. and so she insisted on knowing and seeing this king of crafts and his wonderful workmen, much to the chagrin of solomon, who felt that he had fallen in her estimation. the temple of solomon is our solar universe which forms the great school of life for our evolvin

igence. in the microcosmic scheme, the temple of solomon is also the body of man wherein the individualized spirit or ego is evolving, as god is in the great universe. work on the true temple, as we are told in 2nd corinthians, fifth chapter, is wrought by invisible forces working in silence, building the temple without sound of hammer. as the temple of solomon was visible in all its glory to the queen of sheba, so the evidence of the toil of these invisible forces is easily perceived, both in the universe and in man, but they themselves keep in the background and work without ostentation; they hide from all who have not the right to see them or to command them. the relation of these nature forces to the work they do in the universe may perhaps be better understood when we use an illustrat

r the tiny hammerings of the comrades at work in the dome--the comrades that have gone aloft" it is such a temple that the mystic mason is building. he endeavors to work on the temple of humanity at large, but since "when the rose adorns itself, it adorns the garden" he aims also to cultivate his own spiritual powers, as foreshadowed in the molten sea. solomon had already sued for the hand of the queen of sheba, and had been accepted, so, feeling that the meeting with hiram abiff might change her affections, he endeavored to consummate their marriage before granting her wish to meet the grand master. but the queen was obstinate, she sensed the grandeur of the master workman whose skill had wrought the marvelous temple and she felt intuitively drawn towards this man of action, as she had ne

xpression in flowery speeches and high ideals which he was unable to carry into realization. therefore the reluctance of solomon to let her meet hiram abiff made the queen all the more anxious and importunate, so that at last solomon was forced to accede to her request, and he grudgingly sent for the grand master. when hiram abiff appeared, and solomon saw the love light kindle in the eyes of the queen of sheba, jealousy and hatred took root in his heart; he was, however, too wise to betray his feelings. but from that moment the plan of reconciliation and amalgamation of the sons of seth and the sons of cain which had been mapped out by the divine hierarchies was doomed to failure, wrecked upon the rocks of jealousy and self-seeking. the queen of sheba, according to the masonic legend, the

asonic legend, then requested hiram abiff to show her the workmen on the temple. the grand master struck a nearby rock with his hammer so that the fire sparks flew, and at the sign of fire coupled with the work of power, the toilers of the temple flocked around their master in a great multitude, which no one could count, all ready and anxious to do his bidding. and this spectacle so impressed the queen of sheba with the wonderful power of this man that she determined to jilt solomon and win the heart of hiram abiff. in other words, humanity, when its eyes are opened to the impotence of the churchmen, the sons of seth, who are themselves dependent upon divine favor, and when it sees the power and potency of the rulers of temporal fame is then ready to rush to them, and leave the spiritual f

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

[7] rivers of life, vol. i, p. 35. this tree is sacred to sakyu mooni, is 2200 years old, and is said to be a slip from a tree planted by bood gaya, one of the three former buddhas who, like sakyu mooni, visited ceylon. under the parent of this tree the great prophet reposed after he had attained perfect rest, or after he had overcome the flesh and become buddha. it was under a bo tree that mai, queen of heaven, brought him forth, and, in fact, very many of the most important incidents of his life are closely connected with this sacred emblem. in an allusion to the bo tree of ceylon, a slip of which is said to have been carried from india to that island by a certain priestess in the year 307 b.c, forlong observes "this wonderful idol has furnished shoots to half asia, and every shoot is t

it would seem to be an appropriate emblem for that ancient sect which worshipped the female as the more important creative energy. of the lotus, inman remarks "amongst fourteen kinds of food and flowers presented to the sanskrit god anata, the lotus only is indispensable" this emblem, as we have seen, was the symbol of the great mother, and we are assured that it was "little less sacred than the queen of heaven herself" regarding the lotus and its universal significance as a religious emblem, payne knight says "the lotus is the nelumbo of linnaeus. this plant grows in the water, and amongst its broad leaves puts forth a flower, in the center of which is formed the seed vessel, shaped like a bell or inverted cone, and punctured on the top with little cavities or cells, in which the seeds g

or aum scarcely passes the lips of its worshippers, and when it is pronounced is always reverently whispered. regarding the mystic word om, we are told that it is the name given to delphi, and that "delphi has the meaning of the female organs of generation called in india the os minxoe" although the great god of india was female and male, yet we are assured by forlong that the female energy maya, queen of heaven, even at the present time is more heard of than the male principle. according to bryant, the worship of ham is the most ancient as well as the most universal of any in the world. this writer remarks that ham, instead of representing an individual, is but a greek corruption of om or aum, the great androgynous god of india, a god which is identical in significance with aleim, vesta

tion in the british museum, is one in which it is figured in its female character, in the act of killing the bull. the divinity baal was both female and male. the god of the jews in an early stage of their career was called baal. the oriental ormuzd was also dual or androgynous. orpheus teaches that the divine nature is both female and male. according to proclus, jupiter was an immortal maid "the queen of heaven, and mother of the gods" all things were contained within the womb of jupiter. this virgin within whom was embodied the male principle "gave light and life to eve" she was the life-giving, energizing power in nature, and was identical with aleim, om, astarte, and others. the goddess esta, or vesta, or hestia, whom plato calls the "soul of the body of the universe" is believed by be

uline) of the jews, to whom they petitioned for rain, fair weather, and all the minor accessories of existence. upon the walls of the houses of the chinese is a tablet to which they pay their devotion. on this tablet is the name of the "high, celestial, and supreme god" the principal word which this tablet contains is "tien" of this chinese deity barlow says "the chinese recognize in tienhow, the queen of heaven nursing her infant son. connected with this figure is a lotus bud, symbol of the new birth. originally in chaldea and in egypt, only one supreme god was worshipped. this deity was figured by a mother and her child, as was the great chinese god. it comprehended the universe and all the attributes of the deity. it was worshipped thousands of years prior to the birth of mary, the moth

ple; when, however, through the changes wrought in the relative positions of the sexes, the male element in the divinity adored came to be represented as a man instead of as a child, he was ammon. he was the sun, yet notwithstanding the fact that he had drawn to himself the powers of the sun, he was still, himself, only a production of or emanation from the female deity om, mother of the gods and queen of heaven. she it was who had created or brought forth the sun. there is a tradition which asserts that every morning a melodious sound is emitted from the first named of these two colossal figures as he salutes his rosy-fingered mother whom he acknowledges as the source of all light and wisdom. the bodies are described as being "without motion, the faces without expression, the eyes looking

f heat, it therefore contained little of the recognized god-element. it was, perhaps, under the circumstances, a fitting emblem for woman. in the sacred writings of the hindoos there is an account of the moon, soma, having been changed into a female called chandra "the white or silvery one" while speaking of the moon, kalisch says "the whole ritual of the phoenician goddess astarte with whom that queen of heaven is identical, and who was the goddess of fertility seems to have been transferred to her"[36 [36] historical and critical commentary of the old testament. to such an extent, in the earlier ages of the world had the female been regarded as the creator, that in many countries where her worship subsequently became identified with that of the moon, luna was adored as the producer of th

arent reasons, in all the translations, through the pronouns and adjectives used, the more important ancient deities have all been made to appear as males. by at least two ancient writers jupiter is called the mother of the gods. in reference to a certain greek appellation, bryant observes that it is a masculine name for a feminine deity--a name which is said to be a corruption of mai, the hindoo queen of heaven. in process of time, as the world became more and more masculinized, so important did it become that the male should occupy the more exalted place in the deity, that even the great mother of the gods, as we have seen, is represented as male. the androgynous or plural form of the ancient phoenician god aleim, the creator referred to in the opening chapter of genesis, is clearly appa

and rose again in the spring-time as a beneficent savior or renewer of life. the principle involved in these processes represented fertility, life, reproductive energy. as applied to mortals, it comprehended the power to create combined with perceptive wisdom or knowledge. this idea, portrayed as it was by a mother and her child, linked woman with the stars. it produced the "virgin of the sphere" queen of heaven "isiac controller of the zodiac" at the same time that it made her the mother of all mankind. every year this virgin of the sphere as she appeared above the horizon at the winter solstice gave birth to the sun. astronomically this new sun was the regenerator, by which all nature was renewed. mythologically, after the higher truths contained in these doctrines were lost, it came to

emale god and had denied her recognition as an active creative agency, still, as nothing could be created without her, she was permitted, as we have seen, to remain as wife or mistress to the reigning monarch, in whom had come to reside infinite wisdom and power. her symbol was an ark, chest, boat, box, or cave. this woman, although dignified by the title "mother of the gods" and even by that of "queen of heaven" is utterly without power. not only is it plain that the titles and attributes of female gods have been appropriated by males, but it is also true that the more ancient deities, which are now known to have been female, have by later investigators been represented as male. the interpretations which have hitherto been put upon the babylonian and assyrian deities by many of those who

his god we are assured that there is at present "no means of determining the precise meaning of the cuneiform hea, which is babylonian rather than assyrian" but that it is doubtless connected with the arabic hya, which is said to mean "life" or the female principle in creation. this deity is the god of "glory" and of "giving" titles which during the earlier ages of human existence belonged to the queen of heaven, the celestial mother. the representation of the god amun or amun-ra, which superseded the triune deity, kneph, sate, and anouk at thebes, and from which in assyria doubtless proceeded the trinity, amun, bel-nimrod, and hea, is supposed to be identical with the greek zeus, which means the sun. this god is represented by a female figure seated on a throne. it is crowned with two lon

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romans later called ceres. she was fabled as the daughter of kronos and rhea, having as sisters hestia (vesta) andjuno,and brothers zeus (jupiter, neptune, and pluto. demeter was goddess of earth and agriculture and the bestower of harvests. demeter by jupiter had a daughter persephone (proserpine) who became very notable, was kore, the maiden. she was carried off to hades by pluto and became the queen of the underworld. according to the fable, pluto, whose reign in hades was more undisputed even than that of jupiter on olympus, was in the habit of roving over the earth in search of the souls of men who die, when he met the maiden playing alone in the fields among the flowersin the vale of enna. having obtained the permission of zeus (jupiter) her father, he promptly carried her off- the f

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asting, many cups love255 making, swords quarrelling and trouble, coins or pentacles money.70 the sorcererand his apprenticewhere themodeof reading the cards .requiresthatperson consulting should be represented, he should takeofthe kings to represent himself, according tohiscomple-i;j xion.ifa lady consults the cards, let her take one ofqueens;ifshe be rather fair,thequeen of cups; ifshefair, the queen of wands or sceptres,ifthe inquirer bea youth or a boy, let him take one of the knights; if ayoung girl, let her take the knave,etc. etteilla's. plan wasto'%take two of the keys for significators,thatanswering topope for a man, that answering to the high priestess fora"jwoman. butido notthinkthis iswell. the worstof:!etteilla's system is that he so completely destroysmeanings of the keys in

ards of the same suit count; for every four cards in sequence,s points; for every seven cards, 10 points; for ten cards, 15 points. all cards forming these scores must be shown to the adversary.0, the foolishman,is the lowest card in the pack in playing the hand; can take no card of any suit, and may be played to a card of anysuit,for instance, if the adversary leads a king, and you have only the queen of that suit remaining in your hand, but have also the 0, you can play this instead of the queen, and thus save her from being taken. a king cut counts 5 points to whosoever cuts it.ineach suit king is highest, then come queen, knight, knave, ten, nine, etc, down to ace, which is lowest,andeanonly take theo.the trumps reckon from21,which is highest, to 1, which is lowest. you must follow sui

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sphinx, in the monstrous or marvellous paintings which interpret to the faithful of india the inspired pages of the vedas, in the cryptic emblems of our old books on alchemy, in the ceremonies practised at receptions of all secret societies, there are found indications of a doctrine which is everywhere the same and everywhere carefully concealed. the key of all divine obscurities and the absolute queen of society in those ages when it was reserved exclusively for the education of priests and kings. transcendental magic, eliphas levi. gnosticism and other ways of knowing in these days of science, technology and the rule of rationalism it is hard to grasp the ancient view of wisdom. knowledge was not simply to know about something, but to know something, to appreciate its place within the li

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d pages of the vedas, in the cryptic emblems of our old books on alchemy, in the ceremonies practised at reception of all secret societies, there are found gnostic theurgy page 12 indications of a doctrine which is everywhere the same and everywhere carefully concealed. occult philosophy has been the nurse or godmother of all intellectual forces, the key to all divine obscurities and the absolute queen of society in those ages when it was reserved exclusively for the education of priests and of kings. transcendental magic, eliphas levi. x gnostic theurgy page 13 the timeline where to begin? that is the question. the logical place might be at the beginning, but that opens the biggest can of worms within the gnostic system. for the gnostic, things are not as they seem and the material world

GOETIA LUCIFERIAN

an power, being sabaoth (the lord of the sabbat, or the sabbatic god, associated with zabbathi) adonai (the lord of the earth, associated with lucifer) azal ucel (the sigillic word formula of azazel and lucifer, used as the initiator or genius of the holy guardian angel rite presented in this edition) babalon (the power form of the goddess from lilith hecate az, the daemonic feminine) lilith (the queen of the sabbat the vampyre, the lady of the crimson caul, the mother of cain and the creator of succubi) these names as scribed around the circle are in the witch-language commonly known as theban. this provides a yet known but unseen sigillic formula not indifferent from the alphabet of desire, as suggested by austin osman spare (see the book of pleasure, 93 publishing, quebec canada. 22 23

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t is strong in any position d is strongest acting upwards a is strongest moving downwards c is strongest moving from right to left. b is strongest moving from left to right. thou canst apply thy reason unto the elucidation or effect of the four forces, thus rushing together (the following are examples from g.h. frater d.d.c.f) the square of "a" of "exarp" in the tablet of union: 28 triangle no. 1 queen of swords triangle no. 2 m triangle no. 3 a triangle no. 4 m nearly all the squares of this tablet represent some combined effect of light and life. here, m acts both downwards and upwards. a is not very strong in action when it is here placed; and the queen of swords represents the moist force of a, h of w. therefore, if one could attributed a direct material action unto the squares of the

e no. 3 c triangle no. 4 hrwbg here c is extremely strong, and is stirred to action by the energy of hrwbg. were it not for the m it would be the destroying energy of a flood, but the latter renders its effect more gentle and beneficient, promoting the solution and nourishment of matter. the square of "m" of "aismt, a kerubic square of the fiery lesser angle of the earth tablet. 29 triangle no. 1 queen of wands triangle no. 2 b triangle no. 3 c, triangle no. 4 d here b acting downwards and d upwards, the effect would be volcanic. the c is as strongly placed as the d by its union with the b. the queen of wands equals the c of d, h of y, reconciling these two elements. therefore the whole effect would be to produce a moist generating heat, like that of a conservatory, or rather of a hot-hous

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oke hathor as follows "o thou,who art goddess of passionate beauty and desire,i invoke thee. exalt my soul to the feet of thy glory. hear me, and manifest in splendor to him who worships at thy throne. when ra created sekhmet, her power became perfected in you, hathor. oh hathor, thou who art like the eye of ra, do i call upon thee. thou art attraction. thou art desire. thou art passion. thou art queen of the stars, and thy very name covers all the skies. most holy mother, mediatrix unto 9 the light divine, source of love, passion, desire, ferver, attraction and hunger for spiritual perfection, thee do i invoke. hathor, lady of flame, thee thee do i invoke. thou who art covered in emerald, thee do i invoke. thou who wearest a purple headband with a passionate green and red feather, i do in

l the skies. most holy mother, mediatrix unto 9 the light divine, source of love, passion, desire, ferver, attraction and hunger for spiritual perfection, thee do i invoke. hathor, lady of flame, thee thee do i invoke. thou who art covered in emerald, thee do i invoke. thou who wearest a purple headband with a passionate green and red feather, i do invoke thee passionatly. thou who art called the queen of happiness, come thou forth, i do invoke thee. oh hathor( vibratory formula of the middle pillar) before thee i have covered my face. arise, great queen, arise and shine now upon me, for i have clothed myself in thy image, and stand humbly before thy face. thy divine lady of a thousand names, if i call thee astarte, venus, or aphrodite, thou art nameless unto eternity. mistress of the even

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beauty can manifest in thy being, the elements of thy body must have an enduring stability. step 12 place the talisman before the earth tablet, make the invoking circle around it and the pentagram of passive spirit with the spirit wheel, and the invoking earth pentagram with the b kerub. say: in the name of rah ynda and ]lm ynda, spirits of l, adore your creator. in the name of the bride and the queen of the kingdom, and by the name of your archangel layrwa, spirits of l ye are mine to command. bind unto this creature of talismans the substance of your realm (make cross) in the three great secret holy names of god borne upon the banners of the north, mor dial hctga, spirits of l give unto me the substance of your realm that it may be mine forever. bind it unto this creature of talismans w

GRIMM JACOB TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY VOL 3

' the neck sorrowfully throws his harp away, and weeps. the priest rides ou, and presently his staff begins to put forth leaf and flower, he turns back to tell the marvel to the neck, who then plays joyful tunes the whole night long, afz. 2, 156. but this myth of tanhauser accords with many others, esp. celtic ones. tanhauser passes many a year with holda in the mountain, so does tamlane with the queen of fays, thomas of ercildon with the fairy queen (scott's minstr. 2, 193. 3, 181 3, ogier 200 years with fata morgana in avalon: she had pressed a garland on his head, which made him forget everything, but the legend is teutonic for all that, it is told in sweden of the elf-king's daughter (p. 466 and afz. 2, 141, and in the kinderm. of frau fortuna, altd. bl. 1, 297. and so does odysseus st

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. giants were imagined dwelling on rocks and mountains, and their nature is all of a piece with the mineral kingdom: they are either animated masses of stone, or creatures once alive petrified. giants. 533 hrungnir had a three-cornered stone heart, his head and shield were of stone, sn. 109. another giant was named vagnjiofffi (waggon-head, sn. 211 a, in saxo gram. 9. 10. dame hutt is a petrified queen of giants, deut. sag. no. 233. out of this connexion with mountains arises another set of names: bergrisi, sn. 18. 26. 30. 45-7. 66. grofctas. 10. 24. egilss. 22; x bergbui, fornald. sog. 1, 412; hraunbui (saxicola, sasm. 57b 145a; hraunhvalr(-whale) 57b; pussin of biargi, fornald. sog. 2, 29; bergdanir (gigantes, seem. 54b; bergrisa brudr (bride, racer bergrisa, grottas. 10. 24, conf. the g

hen he left the yard, all the rest would accompany him; in the stable where he lived, they swarmed so plentifully, that the maids feeding the cattle would take them out of the crib by armfuls. they were friendly to the cattle and the people; but a new farmer shot their king, and they all departed, and with them vanished wealth and prosperity from the estate (ibid. 6, 174. 3 here also comes in the queen of snakes (deut. sagen no. 220, and a remarkable story in the gesta eomanorum (keller p. 152. to a dairymaid at immeneich there came a great snake into the cowshed every morning and evening at milking-time, and wore a great crown on its head. the girl 1 mhg. tmfc, gen. iinkes, ms. 2, 209 b. 206: from copper one divideth gold with an unke s ashes; hence an alchymist was called unken-brenner (

e (p. 710, which accounts for the phrase diu sunne gienc ze gndden (dat. pi, mor. 37a. wolfdietr. 1402. even agricola no longer understood it quite, for he says in sprichw. 737: it lasted till the sun was about to go to gnaden, i.e. to set, and deny) the world his gnade and light by going to rest/ aventin (ed. 1580 p. 19b) would trace it back to our earliest heathenism and a worship of the sun as queen of heaven: never might ye say she set, but alway that she went to rost and gnaden, as the silly simple folk doth even yet believe/ the last words alone are worth noticing; the superstition may be of very old standing, that it is more pious, in this as in other cases, to avoid straight forward speech, and use an old half-intelligible euphemism. on this point vuk 775 has something worthy of no

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literature may originally have been composed in the ptolemaic period. some of the demotic literature shows foreign influence. a fragmentary tale of a war between an egyptian prince and an amazon queen has been compared with greek myths such as the combat of achilles and penthesilia or the conquest of the amazon queen hippolyta by theseus. the demotic version is told from the point of view of the queen of the land of women. she appeals to isis to help her against the egyptian prince, who is compared with the chaos monster apophis.101 42 handbook of egyptian mythology the war between order and chaos is the underlying theme of the myth of the eye of the sun, also known as the myth of the distant goddess (see the distant goddess under linear time in mythical time lines. the outline of this my

s originator of all life, the one who made himself into millions. in the temples of thebes he was given a partner in the form of a royal priestess known as the god s wife or god s hand. one of her duties seems to have been to physically arouse the god so that he would continue the ongoing work of creation by generating life. like the ram-god banebdjedet, amun was said to mystically unite with the queen of egypt to sire the heir to the throne. this royal-birth myth was depicted in several theban temples (see figure 20. the idea persisted as late as the greco-roman period, when legends were told about how the worldconquering macedonian king, alexander the great, was sired by amun. alexander seems to have been acknowledged as the god s son when he made a pilgrimage to the remote temple of amu

n seth becomes pregnant after eating the seed of horus smeared on lettuce leaves illustrates the extraordinary generative powers of min-horus. the sacred animals of min were a falcon and a white bull, and one of min s most important titles was kamut- ef (the bull of his mother. min was said to secretly unite with his mother under cover of darkness to beget himself. during the festival of min, the queen of egypt took the role of the mother of min, probably so that the royal ka (vital force) could be passed intact from king to king. in narratives in which the gods are treated like people, this archaic ritual becomes the myth of the rape of isis by her son min-horus-nakht (horus the strong. this led to a further identification of min with osiris, the father of the son of isis. when the greeks

ain. mythes et dieux lunaires en gypte. in la lune, mythes et rites. sources orientales 5. paris: 1962. a. roberts. moon and sun. in hathor rising. trowbridge, england: 1995, 70 115. primary sources: pt 359; ct 50, 155; bd 112; i&o 12, 42 44, 63 deities, themes, and concepts 167 mut (mout) little is known about the origins of this goddess, but from the new kingdom onward she was worshipped as the queen of the gods. at thebes, mut became the chief consort of amun-ra and the mother of the moon god khonsu. her name derives from the egyptian word for mother. mut was most commonly shown as a mature woman wearing the vulture headdress of an egyptian queen, but she also had lioness and cat forms. in royal-birth myths, the reigning queen was identified with mut uniting with her consort amun to pro

mes linked with the myth in which ra and his daughter take the form of cats to slay the apophis serpent under the ished tree. when mut quarreled with her father, she roamed the libyan desert in the form of a cat and had to be persuaded to come back to egypt. her return was greeted with wild rejoicing among gods, people, and animals. 168 handbook of egyptian mythology figure 35. a statue of mut as queen of the gods and consort of amun, found in the temple of luxor (courtesy of geraldine pinch) the myth of the return of the far-wandering goddess was reenacted in temples of mut. the important ritual of the pacification of the angry goddess took place on a crescent-shaped lake representing the mythical place, isheru. the purpose of the ritual was to transform the destructive aspect of the sola

the souls of the deceased to be reborn. egyptian thinkers debated how far a person s fate was predestined. some instruction texts took the pessimistic view that it was impossible to evade your fate, but hymns and prayers claimed that gods such as amun had the power to change a person s destiny and bestow extra years of life. a new kingdom story tells how a longed-for son was born to the king and queen of egypt. on the night of his birth, the seven hathors announced that the prince 194 handbook of egyptian mythology was destined to be killed by a snake, a crocodile, or a dog. the king tried to save his son by shutting him in a remote palace away from all animals. when he grew up, the prince begged to be released on the grounds that his fate was in the heart of god. he traveled to the land

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ng and hissing like a gigantic dark reptile, glides swiftly,crossing mountain and moor, forest, tunnel and plain, its swinging monotonous motion lulls the worn-outoccupant, the weary and heartsore form, to sleep. in the moving palace the air is warm and balmy. the luxurious vehicle is full of exotic plants; and from alarge cluster of sweet-smelling flowers arises together with its scent the fairy queen of dreams, followed byher band of joyous elves. the dryads laugh in their leafy bowers as the train glides by, and send floatingupon the breeze dreams of green solitudes and fairy visions. the rumbling noise of wheels is graduallytransformed into the roar of a distant waterfall, to subside into the silvery trills of a crystalline brook. thesoul-ego takes its flight into dreamland. it travels

l until purified by a new rebirthwithal, feel not dejected, but be of good cheer in your affliction, since it has led you to acquire trueknowledge, and to accept many a truth you would have otherwise rejected with contempt. and of thispriceless knowledge, acquired through suffering and personal efforts- no daij-dzin can ever deprive you.fare thee well, then, and may the mother of mercy, the great queen of heaven, afford you comfort andprotection" we parted, and since then i have led the life of an anchorite, in constant solitude and study. though stilloccasionally afflicted, i do not regret the years i have passed under the instruction of the yamabooshis, butfeel gratified for the knowledge received. of the priest tamoora hideyeri i think always with sincereaffection and respect. i corresp

e began a regular chase, andtowards evening we were invaded in our hotel by the whole troop, every man of them with a more or lessmangy cur in his arms, which he tried to persuade me was my lost dog. the more i denied, the more solemnlythey insisted, one of them actually going down on his knees, snatching from his bosom an old corroded metalimage of the virgin, and swearing a solemn oath that the queen of heaven herself had kindly appeared tohim to point out the right animal. the tumult had increased to such an extent that it looked as if ralph'sdisappearance was going to be the cause of a small riot, and finally our landlord had to send for a couple ofkavasses from the nearest police station, and have this regiment of bipeds and quadrupeds expelled by mainforce. i began to be convinced th

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was a great traveler, and attended at alexandria the lectures of ammonius saccas, the founder of neo-platonism, but was rather a critic than a follower. porphyry (the jew malek or malchus) was his pupil before he became the disciple of plotinus. it is said of him that he was a living library and a walking museum. towards the end of his life he became the instructor in greek literature of zenobia, queen of palmyra. she repaid his services by accusing him before the emperor aurelius of having advised her to rebel against the latter, a crime for which longinus, with several others, was put to death by the emperor in 273. macrocosm (gr) the "great universe" or kosmos, literally. magic the "great" science. according to deveria and other orientalists "magic was considered as a sacred science ins

rades and kinds of yogis, and the term has now become in india a generic name to designate every kind of ascetic. yuga (sans) an age of the world of which there are four, which follow each other in a series, namely, krita (or satya) yuga, the golden age; treta -yuga, dvapara-yuga, and finally kali-yuga, the black age-in which we now page 171 the key to theosophy- hp blavatsky.txt are. zenobia the queen of palmyra, defeated by the emperor aurelianus. she had for her instructor longinus, the famous critic and logician in the third century ad (see longinus) zivo, kabar (or yukabar) the name of one of the creative deities in the nazarene codex (see isis unveiled) zohar (heb) the book of splendor, a cabalistic work attributed to simeon ben iochai, in the first century of our era (see for fuller

HUEBNER LOUISE WITCHCRAFT FOR ALL WICCA 04

s about from cycle to cycle. not even my greatgrandmother remembered why variations in chants exist- it's just that witches always have done it one way or another. isis is the ancient goddess of the moon whose magic, when all is lost and you have gone down and under, will charm you once again to even higher heights. enchantresses who perform rituals in her name are granted special favours. she is queen of witchcraft, known for her sympathetic intervention into affairs of the heart. she has never turned her face from anyone who has called her name. for beginning sorcerers no attempt should be made to cast a spell, perform a ritual, work a charm, enchant or fascinate without the protection of the ring described, called a full moon ring. the birthstone is said to offer the most protection. ho

ho looks like that, he may soon become very successful and his career would improve very rapidly. he would be a man of importance in the community. if it's the eleventh circle, this person has a very good feeling towards you, and besides being your lover, you're also very friendly; it's a good, healthy, long-term relationship. if it's in the twelfth circle, you're having a secret affair with him. queen of hearts, if you're a man, is the counterpart of the king of hearts. it would be to a man what the king of hearts is to a woman. but if you are a woman, the queen of hearts would represent your mother-in-law. it has to do with a woman who is not just a girl, so it's a womanly relationship you have, with a relative, for instance. it also has to do with passion. it can be used as a passion ca

e to a man what the king of hearts is to a woman. but if you are a woman, the queen of hearts would represent your mother-in-law. it has to do with a woman who is not just a girl, so it's a womanly relationship you have, with a relative, for instance. it also has to do with passion. it can be used as a passion card, having no connection with male or female. if you want to cast a spell and put the queen of hearts in the fifth circle, that would trigger a passionate situation. the jack of hearts is a younger lover, but it also could be the one you're engaged to, or it could be just a man of forty. but as the king of hearts was a new man in your life, the jack of hearts is a man you are already involved with, and he could be any age. ten of hearts is a very fortunate romantic card. it's so ov

the seventh circle, that could indicate one of you is thinking about divorce. if you're not married and the king of diamonds comes in the seventh, it might mean that you are going to marry a lawyer. in the tenth it might be that you yourself will achieve tremendous recognition and dignity in the work you do. it has to do with dignity, and it has to do with reputation and longstanding situations. queen of diamonds is the female version of the king of diamonds. it also has to do with any woman who is over thirty-five. also, if you are a married man, it could indicate the "other woman" in your life. if you're a woman and the queen of diamonds falls in the seventh circle, it might indicate that your husband's having an affair. it would not be just a boyish affair, but one that had more of a p

diamonds. it also has to do with any woman who is over thirty-five. also, if you are a married man, it could indicate the "other woman" in your life. if you're a woman and the queen of diamonds falls in the seventh circle, it might indicate that your husband's having an affair. it would not be just a boyish affair, but one that had more of a permanent hold on him, a tricky thing to break up. the queen of diamonds has to do with a concept of time. most witches have noted that it means either three days, three weeks, or three months, because the card has to do with seasons. if you are involved in a situation and want to know when it will reach its conclusion, deal a reading; if the queen of diamonds shows up your situation may be resolved next season. jack of diamonds represents a younger m

pe. it's just not adventurous enough for romantic interests. however, if it came in the third circle, it might mean an incident like having to call the police in your neighbourhood, and the policeman might be a very attractive individual, this might lead to something. but as a whole it's not all that exciting. there's nothing wrong with wholesome steadiness, but it doesn't turn me on, personally. queen of spades represents your duties in life. it does not mean a dark woman any more than the king of spades means a dark man. in diamonds, hearts and clubs there is a colour application but not so in spades. if it came in the tenth circle, it might be that the boss's wife is not too happy with your putting the four of hearts up there. it would be a disturbance created by somebody who had a duty

ale. you have to be very creative in your interpretation of this card. the kings, queens, and jacks, we must remember, are not only representative of people. but also of a particular type of experience or characteristic, so that you can use it to interpret what your loved one would look like or what certain people in your life are like. but you should also weigh its other meaning. so the king and queen of clubs are indicative of a very moral situation, call it the establishment. the king of clubs in your fifth circle doesn't necessarily mean that your man is very moral, but it would mean that his relationship with you, even if you never married, would have all the earmarks of a marriage. if you had a love affair with someone indicated by the king of clubs in the fifth circle, a marriage co

it would mean that his relationship with you, even if you never married, would have all the earmarks of a marriage. if you had a love affair with someone indicated by the king of clubs in the fifth circle, a marriage contract wouldn't matter very much; you'd be so married you'd probably even file joint income tax returns and would act married to the whole world- a very bourgeois relationship. the queen of clubs also would indicate the link you have between your childhood and adulthood, whatever tie you have to the past, possibly responsibility from the past. for example, if you place the queen in the third circle, it could mean an old aunt coming to live with you, or you may be supporting someone in the hospital. if it's in the second, you're the one who takes care of your parents. if you'

indicate the link you have between your childhood and adulthood, whatever tie you have to the past, possibly responsibility from the past. for example, if you place the queen in the third circle, it could mean an old aunt coming to live with you, or you may be supporting someone in the hospital. if it's in the second, you're the one who takes care of your parents. if you're a man and you have the queen of clubs in the seventh circle, it's likely that you have a frigid wife; if you're a woman and you have the same card in the same circle, it could mean your husband's mother is coming to live with you. if you want to get rid of your mother-in-law, stick her in the twelfth circle; that puts her in a rest home because the twelfth has to do with institutions as well as secrets, scandals and so

omebody else. three sevens has to do with older people. if you want to help your grandmother feel better, put them in the third circle. two sevens has to do with a great deal of balance and control over anything that you're involved with. once more, here is a capsule list of card meanings for quick reference: ace of clubs: money, good news, business. king of clubs: an easy-going sort of a fellow. queen of clubs: a sympathetic female. jack of clubs: an alert man, a go-getter. ten of clubs: successful ventures, business or otherwise. nine of clubs: a surprise twist to whatever is going on. eight of clubs: loyal support from people around you. seven of clubs: what is due to you in life. ace of hearts: the love card; brings better social life, too. king of hearts: male, easy going. queen of he

ng of hearts: male, easy going. queen of hearts: stimulates love situations. jack of hearts: a bachelor. ten of hearts: complete fulfilment in a situation. nine of hearts: spiritual joy in your life. eight of hearts: friendly reactions from younger people. seven of hearts: adds calm or serenity to your surroundings. ace of diamonds: startling messages to arrive. king of diamonds: a tricky fellow. queen of diamonds: the "other woman" or tricky type. jack of diamonds: a young man, not too trustworthy. ten of diamonds: change of residence. nine of diamonds: an annoyance with material interests. eight of diamonds: sparkly, stimulating events. seven of diamonds: scandals. ace of spades: greatly satisfying conquests. king of spades: your enemy, even if he's a blond. queen of spades: a divorcee o

INFERNAL SABBAT LIVE

y psychonaut 75 is an industrial and ritualistic band which embodies the essence of not only chaos sorcery and luciferian witchcraft, but experimentation and extreme electronic and hybrid soundscapes. gate of black earth, nephillmic tomb in the sunless palace of azrail, open forth the dreaming fields of night, from thy vessel, born of lilith s womb shall the vampyre shade awaken before us lilith, queen of those who walk the shadows- i come before you, night born as the queen of the dead. behold unto my death mask, the temple of azothoz as a current of the living flame. i shall bless each one of you with the devil s sight, the serpents tongue shall speak of the secret alphabet which ye all shall scribe on the walls of the sunless palace, scribe your name in the black book of the dead, you a

INFERNAL UNION

he yezidi archangel ashamdon, and is the solar aspect of ahriman it seems, whose other name is ashmedai. he is the male serpent who possessed adam in the garden of eden in order to copulate with eve. in the christian apocalypse, and in thelema, he is the beast and the mate of babalon. in the kabbala, samael is the prince of the qlippoth, the inverse side of the tree of life and mate of lilith the queen of the qlippoth (lilith and babalon being the same. he is the infernal sun(night and fire) and she is the moon. samael is the source of all demonic energy. his title samael the black refers to his sinister nature and is connected to the sinister nature of nature itself. though it would be a mystery to some, he like shaitan is so intimately involved in nature, that the manifestation of his cr

liliths trap. charms were created to protect against the threat of succubus attacks (lilith is in the qlippothic sphere, lust) and infants from being killed by lilith or her children. her earlier origins are somewhat vague though she appears to have always been related somewhat to being a goddess/spirit of the night/air whether in sumerian/assyrian/babylonian or cainanite mythology. lilith is the queen of demons and the wife of samael, from whom came the succubi. she is the infernal moon and queen of the infernal sabbat. she does have a lighter side as well, that of being a protectress to mothers and children. her nature is that of feminine fertility,seduction ,the cycles of the moon, and perhaps one of the reasons she is considered evil being her ability to seduce, to take what she wishes

children. her nature is that of feminine fertility,seduction ,the cycles of the moon, and perhaps one of the reasons she is considered evil being her ability to seduce, to take what she wishes, and disregard those who displease her. she is feminine strength and individualized focus. as samael is considered, according to gender, to be the daemon of wizards and warlocks, lilith is the patroness and queen of witches. through lesser black magick as well as dream magick (dayside and nightside respectively) allows them to seduce and command their wills. her various aspects include az (related to death,blood and darkness),that of lilith as the goddess of the earth, lilith hecate(or lucifera) as air or the bride of lucifer, and of babalon(also sekhet or sekhemet) who is fire, death, blood, passion

ISIS UNVEILED

background? hey make thar obeisance only to the dowager mother, for according to thor teaching again through 'the direct spirit of god' she alone acts as a mediatrix. the oectunenical council of 1870 embodied the teaching into a dogma, to disbelieve wliicb is to be doomed forever to the 'bottomless pit' the work of don pasquale di franciscis is positive on that point; for he tells ua that, as the queen of heaven owes to the present pope "the finest gem in her coronet" since he has conferred on her the uniexpected honor of becoming suddenly immaculate, thne b nothing she cannot obtain from her son for "her church" some years ago certain travelers saw in bari, italy, a statue of the madonna, arrayed in a flounced pink skirt over a swelling crinolirtel pious pilgrims who may be anxious to exa

could be found in tatary and india" the monk showed us a copy of the original, which, of course, we could read but poorly, as we claim but little erudition in the matter of dead languages. but we were so particularly struck by the vivid and picturesque translation of the holy father, that we perfectly remember some curious paragraphs, which run, as far as we can recall them, as follows "when the queen of the sun (cleo- 41. an after-tliaiight has made ui fancy that we can understand whay is meant by the tijooinug aentences of mont of chorene "the ancient asiatics" mfs he "five centuriei befote our en and eepeciau' the hind&i, the persians, and the chaldaeans, had in their possesaion a quantity at historical and bcientific books. these vorka irare partially borrowed, partially translated in

established. not only was the adoration of i^ under a new name restored, but even her image, standing on the crescent moon, reappeared. the well-known e sgy of that goddess with the infant horus in her arms has descended to our days, in the beautiful artistic creations of the madonna and child" but a still earlier origin than the egyptian and chaldaean can be asngned to the virgin 'mother of god' queen of heaven. thou^ 98. pluurch: on itu and oitrii. 90. galkeiu: summ. ckau (pmth expos, in appz (p. ill) to sib. oraeata: amst fd ni, 1689. 100. nmvarette: traladot kitl. he, dt china, bk. ii, cb. x. 101. on ou origin irf patm idaurji. 102. iambi: de mujf. vhi. 3; d. lus unt, i, pp. i -7, 157, 256. 103. f ber: bi$terujim on uie cmh, i, p. 315. note. 104. cot. betw. rd. and seience, p. 52. lata

o the egyptian smcred booka. io ba* tqipeand (t. e, been wonhiped) on earth later than thotb, the^4l hemiea, called iviinmgivtm who wrote all tbeir sacred book* according to the command td god or by 'ditine revelation' the oompaukin and inatructor of iiia and onrit wai tboth, or hennca ii, who was an iocunation of the celestial ucnoes. digitizecoy google 60 isis unveiled isis is alao by right the queen of heaven, and ia generally represented carrying in her hand the crux anaata compoaed of the mundane cross and of the staurot of the gnostics, she is a great dea] younger than the celestial virgin, neith. in one of the tombs of the pharaohs that of barneses in the valley of biban- 1-muluk in thebes, champollion junior discovered a picture, according to his opinion the most ancient ever yet f

moor: rapagan and mod. ckritlian sipamitm the author gives a figure from a medieval woodcut the like of which we have seen by dozens in old psalters in which the virgin marv. with her infant, is repieaented as the queen of heaven on the "crescent moon, the emblem of virginity. being before the sun, she almost eclipses its light. than this, nothing could more completely identify the christian mother and child with isis and horus, ishtar, venus, juno, and a host of other pagan goddesses, who have been called 'queen of heaven 'queen of the universe 'mother of god 'spouse of god' the 'celestial virgin' the 'hea

JASMUHEEN THE FOOD OF GODS

tic vision, controller of destinies. etain. celtic moon goddess, wife of midir king of the underground, symbol of fertility. teaches us to be shining wherever we are. arianrhod. welsh triple moon goddess, keeper of the heavens and cycles and changes of time. nurtures us thru dark night of soul changes. and some of the egyptian goddesses. ishtar. babylonian creator goddess, the source of all life. queen of heaven, giver of light, represents being active and strong. isis. moon goddess, mother and giver of all life. goddess of agriculture, medicine and wisdom, isis represents total femininity. hathor. the mother of all gods and goddesses. goddess of love, mirth, beauty and sensual pleasure. sustainer, destroyer, creator. divine nutrition: the madonna frequency& the food of gods with jasmuheen

energies by integrating our self destructive behavior. maya. hindu mother of creation, weaver of the web of life and illusion. the virgin aspect of kali s virgin, mother and crone. maya comes to show us the illusionary nature of the material world, she brings magic and creativity. maeve. intoxicating irish goddess of the magical land of tara. maeve challenges us to act responsibly and become the queen of our domain. maat. ancient egyptian goddess of law, order, truth and justice. maat comes to bring justice to our life, to right wrongs and administer lessons that we need. freya. northern european goddess of sexuality of maiden and mother as two aspects of the great goddess. freya assists us in honoring our sexuality and connecting with our vital, primal energy and to be fully present in o

ue 1 chapter 6. followed by the vedic breathing tool. technique 2. check your inner plane cosmic cable connection and imagine downloading an additional blast of violet light into your system as per the meditations in chapter 6. technique no. 12 and chapter 7. technique no. 16. once you are centered and feeling the love and calmness behind your breathing pattern, imagine that you are the king, the queen of your inner realm, that you and your dow are one, one being sharing the inner space of your cells, one being with many different aspects and modes of expression. imagine all aspects of your being are listening, aware then. ask: i now ask my body consciousness, my divine consciousness, my dow. is it in my blueprint to live purely on light in this lifetime? wait for a yes or a no. if you get

y need regular or sporadic adjustments, depending on our activity in the world. divine nutrition program. technique no. 27: action. sit comfortably in meditation. centre yourself with either the love breath or the vedic breath tool. imagine yourself seated in a field of light, a web, a cocoon or shield that is now being woven around you. be still. breathe deeply and imagine that you are the king/ queen of your domain seated within a gossamer web of powerful violet light. diagram 15 divine nutrition: the madonna frequency& the food of gods with jasmuheen 142. imagine this web-like shield is made of the powerful invisible force of divine love, divine wisdom and divine power as potent, original forces of creation. imagine that this shield is connected on the inner planes to 3 cosmic cables th

JENNINGS HARGRAVE ROSICRUCIANS RITES MYSTERIES

hey are educed from old traditions old as england. it is a very ancient idea, derived from the highest antiquity, that the colour white which, considered in the mystic and occult sense, is feminine in its origin is fateful in its effects sometimes; and that, as a particular instance of its unfortunate character, it is an unlucky colour for the royal house of england at all events, for the king or queen of england personally singular as the notion would appear to be. we are not aware whether this sinister effct of the ominous colour white is supposed to extend to the nation generally. it is limited, we believe, to the prince or sovereign of england, and to his immediate belongings. the name john, which comes from iona, a remote feminine root, has also been reckoned unfortunate from the king

stones of sanguine tint, because thursday is the day of thor the runic impersonated male divine sacrifice. friday, which is the day of venus, has its appropriate emeralds, and reigns over all the varieties of the imperial, and yet strangely the sinister, colour green. saturday, which is saturn's day, the oldest of the gods, claims for its distinctive talisman the most splendid of all gems, or the queen of precious stones, the lustre-darting diamond, which is produced from the black of sab, seb, or saturn, the origin of all visible things, or the great deep, or great mother, in one sense. the white lady of berlin. 183 is the woman's month, or month in which may-day occurs, and in which may-poles used to be set up everywhere (see figures of may-poles later in our book) but to return to the i

t it is neither proper for sailors nor for servants of the sea to wear beards. that, they have never done so is true, except at those times when profound mythic meanings were not understood or were neglected. this smoothness of a sailor s face arises from the fact that the sea has always been mythologically feminine, and that sailors and men or followers of the sea are under the protection of the queen of the deep, or the virgin of the sea. hence the figure of britannia, with her sceptre of the sea or trident, and not that of neptune. the virgin mary, the star of the sea, and patroness of sailors, rules and governs the ocean, and her colours are the ultramarine of the deep, and sea-green, when viewed in this phase of her divine character. in all representations, ancient or modern, sailors

antiquaries. there is little doubt that this was the original domus templi, the house of buddha, corrupted into bede, and meaning wisdom. a discourse concerning the tartars, proving (in all probability) that they are the israelites, or ten tribes; which, being taken captive by salmaneser, were transplanted into media. by giles fletcher, doctor of both laws, and sometime ambassador from elizabeth, queen of england, to the emperor of russia. this was found in sir francis nethersole s study after his death (memoirs of the life of william whiston, 1749. mr. cavendish, an eminent chemist, had reason to be persuaded that the very water itself consisted solely of inflammable air united to dephlogisticated air. this last conclusion has since been strengthened very much by some subsequent experimen

rrow review of evidence which evades, there is no doubt that these classic helmets with their crests, this pileus, phrygian cap, cap of liberty, or the grenadiers or hussars fur caps, or cocked hats, have all a phallic origin. the cardinal s red hat follows the same idea in a different way; it is a chapel, chapter, chapiter, or chafeau, a discus or table; crimson, as the mystic feminine rose, the queen of flowers, is crimson. the word cardinal comes both from cardo (hinge, hinge-point, virgo of the zodiac, and also from caro, it. came, flesh, the word made flesh. it is probable that these mythological hints and secret expressions, as to the magic working of nature, were insinuated by the imaginative and ingenious greeks into dress and personal appointments. in the temples, and in templar f

terial creation. on the other, or terrible, side of her character, the endowments of venus, or of the impersonated idea of beauty, fig. 255. change into the alarming; these are the attributes of the malific feminine elementary genius born of darkness or matter, whose tremendous countenance, veiled as in the instance of isis, or masked as in that of the universal 278 the rosicrucians. mythological queen of beauty, inspires or destroys according to the angle of contemplation at which she is mythically revealed. fig. 256 (a) is the crested "snake" curved as the symbol of the dragon's tail, traversing from left to right the fields of creation, in which the stars are scattered as fig. 256. fig. 257. estoiles, or waved serpentining flames, the mystic brood of the great dragon. the reverse of thi

KETAB E SIYAH

uted the sun that rose upon the morn of an day unknown and great: upon the age of the nephilim! all sense then left my wearied limbs, my sight was dimmed, my hearing quiet, all perfume of new rain, and the breeze's touch faded from my knowledge and i slept, exhausted by the rigour of the toil of the night. ishtar, then, turned to baalzebub, speaking instructions to the sable angel. thus spoke the queen of love to baalzebub, these words with an urgent voice: 151 "baalzebub, vice-regent of the shedim, swifter of we two that you are must go on from this place and i must follow, bearing from the garden's grounds the commander of our hearts, satan, stricken as he is by the self-inflicted wound by which the nephilim race was born. now that the sun is rising in the eastern sky and the shielding d

ould submit not to human hand; the stallion and the mare, once untamed, submitted to the halter and became most honoured thralls of the race of nephilim, bearing all across the land man and woman on their strong backs; the sturdy ass surrendered also to the rule of man and did bear burdens to weighty for human toil; the camel also did serve as a steed; 198 the hawk came to bow before the king and queen of earth though would know no master would fly far and catch, for my children's table, the wild hare. all these beasts and yet others did renounce the rule of god and did hail man and woman as their lords: as great as the mighty elephant or small as the honey-bee. all had not yet passed, for the burning flame that leaps and dances upon dry tinder did submit, as slave, to the nephilim's comma

t. so did ishtar come to me at my throne at the spire of opal and ruby as i watched the best of hellad's children fall at the walls of hittite ilion. yet as i watched and wept for the destruction of so many shining souls and yet rejoiced at such eternal glory as was seared upon the memories of men, ishtar came to me and cried out, invoking me to action where there was a need. so reported the high queen of chaldaea, so spoke the idol of the phoenicians, of that dire news of which she had learnt. so did ishtar speak "satanael, commander of our hearts, know you not what passes. not so idle would you sit were it that you knew of my knowledge but would rather be stirred to action by such wrath and anguish to consume you. have you not promised to the nephilim that after death you would recall th

he that spoke but rather it was his words were dreamt and recalled by the waking mind as some paroxysm of disturbed sleep. these words spoke the infernal king "o ishtar, whore of babylon, well known to me is your fame and i am most honoured that you come, at satan's bidding, to me indeed must his respect of me be great that he deems such a messenger rightful, of such fame and power as ishtar, the queen of men. else is it that he prizes high that which i hold, his souls of those precious children of the earth, that he himself would have. yes! most dear to him are these ones that are bound within my lands that they would escape by his charms. yet i have unworked them. not so haughtily should he deal with me for i am of the archons. no! he must deal most fairly with mot if he would see once m

ar, stands against that which is yet owed and i shall, in time, thank satan for the precious gift of your warmth. it has been long since one so fair had walked in dismal sheol. a most fine consort are you to warm me when i am so chill. for some months i think shall ereshkigal have a lonely bed. not at all will this serve. rather must i take some action by which this disparity betwixt us, king and queen of dark sheol, might be made once more equal. this shall i do, for it seem s most fair. to chadel shall go ereshkigal and, speaking there with satan, shall secure from amongst the shedim some plaything of her own. thus should appease her jealousy. only when my queen has been given an equal gift to that which satan has most generously given to the king of sheol, mot, shall the terms of releas

all name for you so that the coming of spring shall be the triumph of ishtar, she that conquered the king of death, she that has ended the long winter. from this day shall the feast of spring be called for fair ishtar and this day shall be called easter and let all that hear the name easter given to this most joyous of days know truly that it is named for ishtar. thus do we honour you, brave one, queen of chaldee and kart-hadasht, bringer of life, bringer of spring" thus was she welcomed to chadel 322 and this is how the nephilim returned from sheol, released from the bands of death that they might be eternal. nevermore would my people abide in sheol. to the nephilim have i made this promise: all that has flowed from me shall return to me even after death and once more shall flow from upon

shall be the sign? so she answered him, bendingdown, a lambent flame of blue, all-touching, all penetrant, her lovely hands upon the black earth& her lithe body arched for love, and her soft feet not hurting the little flowers: thou knowest! and the sign shall be my ecstasy, the consciousness of the continuity of existence, the omnipresence of my body. 27. then the priest answered& said unto the queen of space, kissing her lovely brows, and the dew of her light bathing his whole body in a sweet-smelling perfume of sweat: o nuit, continuous one of heaven, let it be ever thus; that men speak not of thee as one but as none; and let them speak not of thee at all, since thou art continuous! 28. none, breathed the light, faint& faery, of the stars, and two. 29. for i am divided for love's sake

el little; what is, is balanced by weak joys; but ye are my chosen ones. 416 32. obey my prophet! follow out the ordeals of my knowledge! seek me only! then the joys of my love will redeem ye from all pain. this is so: i swear it by the vault of my body; by my sacred heart and tongue; by all i can give, by all i desire of ye all. 33. then the priest fell into a deep trance or swoon& said unto the queen of heaven; write unto us the ordeals; write unto us the rituals; write unto us the law! 34. but she said: the ordeals i write not: the rituals shall be half known and half concealed: the law is for all. 35. this that thou writest is the threefold book of law. 36. my scribe ankh-af-na-khonsu, the priest of the princes, shall not in one letter change this book; but lest there be folly, he shal

KNOWLEDGE LECTURE FIVE

e, the completion of all things. the tarot is referred to the tree of life in the following manner. the four aces are placed on the throne of kether. the remaining small cards of each suit are placed on the respective sephiroth, two on chokmah, three on binah, etc. the twenty two trumps are then arranged on the paths between them according to the letters to which they are attributed. the king and queen of the suit are placed besides chokmah and binah, the knight and knave by tiphareth and malkuth. the tarot trumps thus receive the equilibrium of the sephiroth they connect. admission badges used in the grade of philosophus first is the calvary cross of twelve squares. it admits to the path of qoph, the 29th path, and refers to the zodiac and to the eternal river of eden, divided into four h

LEADBEATER CW GLIMPSES OF MASONIC HISTORY

eavens, but osiris is also in the very heart of men. when osiris in the heart knows osiris in the heavens, then man becomes god, and osiris, once rent into fragments, again becomes one. but see! osiris the divine spirit, isis, the eternal mother, give life to horus, who is man, man born of both, yet one with osiris. horus is merged in osiris, and isis, who had been matter, becomes through him the queen of life and wisdom. and osiris, isis, and horus are all born of the light. 58. two are the births of horus. he is born of isis, the god born into humanity, taking flesh of the mother eternal, matter, the ever-virgin. he is born again into osiris, redeeming his mother from her long search for the fragments of her husband scattered over the earth. he is born into osiris when osiris in the hear

s: even those who worship other gods with devotion, full of faith- they also worship me(*op. cit, ix, 23) 73. wherever devotion is offered through a particular form, we may be sure that there is an intelligence behind that form who acts as a mediator or channel between the suppliant and the deity behind. hathor, for instance, was the goddess of love and beauty, while as we have seen, isis was the queen of truth and the mother of all things; yet both were representatives of the feminine aspect of the deity, as also was nephthys. ptah was the master architect of the universe, the holy spirit who is the creative fire of god; he was the celestial worker in metals, and the chief smelter, caster and sculptor of the gods, the skilful craftsman by whom the design for every part of the framework of

h the other nations of the world. during his absence the land of egypt was so well ruled by his wife, isis, that his jealous brother typhon (set, the personification of evil, as osiris was the personification of good, could do no harm to his kingdom; but on the return of osiris to egypt typhon made a conspiracy against him, persuading seventy-two other persons to join him, together with a certain queen of ethiopia named aso, who chanced to be in egypt at that time. he secretly measured the body of osiris, and caused a beautiful chest to be made of exactly the same size. this he brought into his banqueting hall when osiris was present as a guest, and promised, as it were in pleasantry, to give it to anyone whose body it might be found to fit. 147. all those present at the feast tried it, bu

ing for him(*ezekiel, viii, 14) 283. solomon himself was by no means definitely monotheistic, and his people betrayed a distinct tendency to run after strange gods. there seems much evidence to prove that the love-song attributed to him in the bible is really a ritual hymn to astarte, for whom he built a temple quite near to that of jehovah. there is considerable uncertainty as to whether balkis, queen of sheba, was a real person, or only a personification of astarte. bro. ward explains that the festivals of the two patron saints of freemasonry, s. john the baptist in summer and s. john the evangelist in winter, are only a perpetuation of the feasts of the old fertility cult at the summer and winter solstices; that similar cultural rites are found in other lands, teutonic, celtic and greek

ver its people with her wonderful inspiration; and she watched the development of her city with the closest interest, determined that it should be ahead of sparta and corinth and the other cities of greece. 329. hera was a real personage likewise, but very different from pallas athene. she was one of the many incarnations or forms of the feminine aspect of the first ray, and was thought of as the queen of heaven; she corresponds most closely to the indian goddess parvati, the shakti or power of shiva, imaged as his consort, as hera was the consort of zeus. 330. dionysus was the logos himself, just as osiris had been in egypt, though in a somewhat different aspect; and the legend of his death and resurrection corresponded closely with that of osiris, and was taught with the same significati

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ch resulted in the death of vegetation and humankind s starvation. the gods eventually agreed that persephone should be returned to her mother. in the meanwhile, however, hades had made persephone eat the fruit of the dead (seeds of pomegranate, symbol of fertility and blood, and thus bound her to the realm of the dead. the final agreement was that, for half of the year, persephone was the ruling queen of hades, and for the other half, she was with her mother demeter. although this myth was originally interpreted as explaining the vegetation cycle, various elements indicate the characteristics of a process of female initiation: her descent to the underworld that ended with her marriage to hades (she became queen of hades) could symbolize her death as virgin and the achievement of a new sta

of the dead resided beneath the earth. the chief deity of the mesopotamian underworld was the goddess ereshkigal. although she could be harsh, ereshkigal was not as irredeemably evil as the christian satan. the dead stood before her and she pronounced their death sentence. simultaneously, their names were entered in the ranks of the dead by the scribe geshtinana. rather than enjoying her job, the queen of the underworld was portrayed as saddened by the fate of many of her subjects: i weep for young men forced to abandon sweethearts. i weep for girls wrenched from their lovers laps. for the infant child i weep, expelled before its time (dalley 1989, 156. one of the more widespread mesopotamian stories involved the descent of the goddess ishtar to the underworld. the first version of this ta

f her friends. in order to reactivate the natural forces of life and reproduction, the gods in heaven are forced to come to inanna/ishtar s aid. the ancient mesopotamians also told several variants of another, more upbeat, story of descent to the underworld, the tale of nergal and ereshkigal. in this story nergal, as a consequence of an affront to ereshkigal s vizier, is required to appear in the queen of the underworld s court to offer an apology. ereshkigal finds herself attracted to this upper world god and attempts to seduce him by allowing nergal, the mesopotamian mars, to see her undress for a bath.he resists her charms at first, but gives in on her second try. after a full week of lovemaking, nergal steals away before dawn.when she hears that he has abandoned her, ereshkigal falls t

earch for newborn children to kidnap or strangle, and to seduce sleeping men in order to produce demon sons. she is a patroness of witches, and is usually depicted as a beautiful vampire,with great claws as feet. lilith can be found in iranian, babylonian, mexican, greek, arab, english, german, oriental, and north american indian legends, and is often associated with other characters, such as the queen of sheba and helen of troy. according to muslim legend, lilith slept with satan. in the talmud, she was the first wife of adam who refused to accept her subservient role. adam then ejected her, and god created eve as a more obedient helpmate. lilith is then said to have copulated with lucifer and his demons, producing hundreds of lilin, demonesses who became the succubi of both jewish and me

muslim legend, lilith slept with satan. in the talmud, she was the first wife of adam who refused to accept her subservient role. adam then ejected her, and god created eve as a more obedient helpmate. lilith is then said to have copulated with lucifer and his demons, producing hundreds of lilin, demonesses who became the succubi of both jewish and medieval christian legend. she was regarded as a queen of evil spirits, from whom the jews protect themselves by the use of amulets engraved with the names and images of the three angels sanvi, sansavi, and semangelaf who god allegedly sent to bring her back to eden after she deserted adam. during the eighteenth century, a common practice was protecting new mothers against lilith with such amulets, and sometimes magic circles were drawn around t

eth clare. forbidden mysteries of enoch: fallen angels and the origins of evil. 1983. livingston, mt: summit university press, 1992. nergal nergal was the mesopotamian mars, a god associated with war and death. he was apparently adopted as a guardian spirit by the chaldeans, one of the groups of people who ruled the 188 netherworld mesopotamian area in later centuries. his marriage to ereshkigal, queen of the underworld, led him to be identified as king of the underworld in later, syncretistic religions, such as in certain strands of gnosticism. in certain reference books, such as in davidson s definitive dictionary of angels, he is mistakenly identified with one of the great winged centaurs of ancient mesopotamia, which explains his association with angels in certain writers minds. also

tine, who asserted that if even infants died without the sacrament of baptism they would be eternally damned. it also helped to explain ghosts, who were viewed as souls undergoing purgatorial cleansing. the church cautiously embraced the notion that the prayers and other actions of the living could shorten the time the deceased spent in purgatory. as a merciful intercessor, the virgin mary became queen of purgatory to whom prayers for the deceased were addressed. this role led more or less directly to the medieval cult of mary. as is well known to those familiar with the history, it was the doctrine of the role the living could play to rescue souls from purgatory that set the stage for the protestant reformation. islam embraced the zoroastrian notion of purgatory as an afterdeath realm in

res on this earth, and extensive pleasures to delight them a paradise for his sons and daughters whom he loved. the earth was satan s gift to creation, and all that happened therein was decided by the living ones. satan made the living creatures master of their physical world, and the ruler of all that is material. satan gave all his terrestrial creation to his wife to care and tend, and made her queen of life s domain. their success was governed by lilith, or nature the mother of all creation and everything that is material.nature caused justice and harmony in the beginning, for before her all was chaos. nature now attends to the physical world ensuring it does not destroy itself before its time has come. through the will of true magic, the living could control their own environment with

LIBER 777

ower point 31 bis hdyjy yechidah. topmost point table of correspondences 19 lxxi. the court cards of the tarot, with the spheres of their celestial dominion wands. lxxii. the court cards of the tarot, with the spheres of their celestial dominion cups. 11 the prince of the chariot of fire. rules 20 d to 20 f, including most of leo minor. the prince of the chariot of the waters. 20 g to 20 h 23 the queen of the thrones of flame. 20 l to 20 a, including part of andromeda. the queen of the thrones of the waters. 20 c to 20 d 31 the lord of the flame and the lightning. the king of the spirits of fire. rules 20 h to 20 i, including part of hercules. the lord of the waves and the waters. the king of the hosts of the sea. 20 k to 20 l, including most of pegasus. 32 bis the princess of the shining

e floods. rules another quadrant 31 bis the root of the powers of fire (ace) the root of the powers of water. lxxiii. the court cards of the tarot, with the spheres of their celestial dominion swords. lxxiv. the court cards of the tarot, with the spheres of their celestial dominion pantacles. 11 the prince of the chariot of air. 20 j to 20 k the prince of the chariot of earth. 20 a to 20 b 23 the queen of the thrones of air. 20 f to 20 g the queen of the thrones of the earth. 20 i to 20 j 31 the lord of the winds and the breezes. the king of the spirits of air. 20 b to 20 c the lord of the wide and fertile land. the king of the spirits of earth. 20 e to 20 f 32 bis the princess of the rushing winds. the lotus of the palace of air. rules a 3rd quadrant. the princess of the echoing hills. th

LIBER AZAZEL

m i claim as my own. 18. to the others, she is a fearsome creature- feeding upon the worthless children of their hearts. 19. a destroyer, and the very depths of my darkness revealed to the unworthy. she is an enemy to be feared, and an ally to be sought- she is the purest of me. 20. my flame burns brightest in the darkness of her night. 21. she is my beloved. she is of my very essence. she is the queen of hell and the nurturer of my divinity in the hearts of mankind. 22. she declares my power openly and without fear of reprisal, she is my majesty and my glory. i have given my very being to her so that it may be made manifest. 23. hear me! hear the mighty words of azazel! prepare for my coming and the realization of my kingdom. prepare for the revelation of the full splendor of the name of

LIBER CCCXXXV ADONIS

is nigh when from the prow of luxury shall step the death of all men.s hearts, she whose live breath, a dagger.s darts, a viper.s vice, an adder.s grip, a cockatrice .twixt lip and lip, she whose black eyes are suns to shower love fs litanies from hour to hour, whose limbs are scythes like death fs of whom the body writhes, a lotus-bloom swayed by the wind of love, a crime too sweetly sinned, the queen of time, the lady of heaven, to whom the stars, seven by seven, from their bars lean and do worship.even she who hath given all her sweet self to thee, the lady astarte! the girl. peace, o peace! a swan, she sails through ecstasies liber cccxxxv 4 of air and marble and flowers, she sways as the full moon through midnight.s haze of gauze.her body is like a dove and a snake, and life, and deat

LIBER CCXLII AHA

m, steady striding to the term, master of my fate, to rise to imperial destinies; with the sun fs ensanguine dart spear-bright in my blazing heart, and my being fs basil-plant bright and hard as adamant! marsyas. yonder, faintly luminous, the yellow desert waits for us. lithe and eager, hand in hand, we travel to the lonely land. there, beneath the stars, the smoke of our incense shall invoke the queen of space; and subtly she shall bend from her infinity like a lambent flame of blue, touching us, and piercing through all the sense-webs that we are as the aethyr penetrates a star! her hands caressing the black earth, her sweet lithe body arched for love, her feet a zephyr to the flowers, she calls my name.she gives the sign that she is mine, supremely mine, and clinging to the infinite gir

LIBER CHANOKH

x strong, which also successively are the numbers of time: and their powers are as the first 456. arise! you sons of pleasure! and visit the earth: for i am the lord your god; which is and liveth (for ever! in the name of the creator, move! and shew yourselves as pleasant deliverers, that you may praise him among the sons of men [invokes: hcoma; the whole tablet of water. the angle of c of c. the queen of the thrones of water] the forty-eight keys or calls 26 the opening of the temple in the grade of 1 =108 give the sign of the god set fighting. purify with fire and water, and announce .the temple is cleansed [knock] let us adore the lord and king of earth! adonai ha aretz, adonai melekh, unto thee be the kingdom, the sceptre, and the splendour: malkuth, geburah, gedulah, the rose of sharo

am of earth and pronouce this name ]lm ynda] and elohim said: let us make man in our own image; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the fowl of the air; and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. and the elohim created ath-ha-adam: in the image of the elohim created they them; male and female created they them. in the name of ]lm ynda and of the bride and queen of the kingdom; spirits of earth, adore your creator [make the sign of taurus] in the name of layrwa, great archangel of earth, spirits of earth, adore your creator [make the cross] in the names and letters of the great northern quadrangle, spirits of earth, adore your creator [sprinkle water before earth tablet] in the three great secret names of god, mor, dial, hctga, that are borne upon t

uch as work wonders on all creatures. whose kingdoms and continuance are as the third and fourth strong towers and places of comfort, the seats of mercy and continuance. o ye servants of mercy, move! appear! sing praises unto the creator; and be mighty among us. for that to this remembrance is given power, and our strength waxeth strong in our comforter! the angle of c of d in the tablet of d the queen of the thrones of air. the eighth key bazodemelo i ta pi-ripesonu olanu na-zodavabebe ox. casaremeji varanu cahisa vaugeji asa berameji balatoha: goho iad. soba miame tarianu ta lolacis abaivoninu od azodiajiere riore. irejila cahisa da das pa-aox busada caosago, das cahisa od ipuranu telocahe cacureji o-isalamahe lonucaho od vovina carebafe? niiso! bagile avagao gohon. niiso! bagile momao s

e! that sit upon 24 seats, vexing all creatures of the earth with age, that have 1636 under ye. behold! the voice of god; the promise of him who is called amongst ye fury or extreme justice. move and shew yourselves! unveil the mysteries of your creation; be friendly unto me, for i am the servant of the same your god: the true worshipper of the highest. the angle of c of e in the tablet of e. the queen of the thrones of earth. the fifteenth key ilasa! tabaanu li-el pereta, casaremanu upaahi cahisa dareji; das oado caosaji oresacore: das omaxa monasa i baeouibe od emetajisa iaiadix. zodacare od zodameranu! odo cicale qaa. zodoreje, lape zodiredo noco mada, hoathahe i a i d a. o thou, the governer of the first flame, under whose wings are 6739; that weave the earth with dryness: that knowest

ada, hoathahe i a i d a. o thou third flame! whose wings are thorns to stir up vexation, and who hast 7336 living lamps going before thee: whose god is .wrath in anger: gird up thy loins and hearken! move and appear! unveil the mysteries of your creation; be friendly unto me, for i am the servant of the same your god, the true worshipper of the highest. the angle of c of b in the tablet of b. the queen of the thrones of flame. the eighteenth key ilasa micalazoda olapireta ialpereji belioresa: das odo busadire oiad ouoaresa caosago: casaremeji laiada eranu berinutasa cafafame das ivemeda aqoso adoho moz, od maof-fasa. bolape como belioeta pamebata. zodacare od zodameranu! odo cicale qaa. zodoreje, lape zodiredo noco mada, hoathahe i a i d a. o thou mighty light and burning flame of comfort!

LIBER CORDIS CINCTI SERPENTE

r unto the philosophus, 24 liber lxv nor unto the lesser adept, nor unto the greater adept. 18. but unto the exempt adept thou shalt disclose thyself if thou have need of him for the lesser operations of thine art. 19. accept the worship of the foolish people, whom thou hatest. the fire is not defiled by the altars of the ghebers, nor is the moon contaminated by the incense of them that adore the queen of night. 20. thou shalt dwell among the people as a precious diamond among cloudy diamonds, and crystals, and pieces of glass. only the eye of the just merchant shall behold thee, and plunging in his hand shall single thee out and glorify thee before all men. 21. but thou shalt heed none of this. thou shalt be ever the heart, and i the serpent will coil close about thee. my coils shall neve

ng through eternity, and in thy sight the landmarks are of fair white marble untouched by the tool of the graver. therefore thou art mine, even now and for ever and for everlasting. amen. 28 liber lxv 58. moreover, i heard the voice of adonai: seal up the book of the heart and the serpent; in the number five and sixty seal thou the holy book. as fine gold that is beaten into a diadem for the fair queen of pharaoh, as great stones that are cemented together into the pyramid of the ceremony of the death of asar, so do thou bind together the words and the deeds, so that in all is one thought of me thy delight adonai. 59. and i answered and said: it is done even according to thy word. and it was done. and they that read the book and debated thereon passed into the desolate land of barren words

LIBER DCCCLX JOHN ST

ty, whose phallus is like the pillar in karnak! even by myself and my male power do i conjure ye. amen. 12.20. i was getting sleepy when the oysters came. i now eat them in a yog. and ceremonial manner. 12.45. i have eaten my oysters, chewing them every one; also some bread and butter in the same manner, giving praise to priapus the lord of the oyster, to demeter the lady of corn, and to isis the queen of the cow. further, i pray symbolically in this meal for virtue, and strength, and liber dccclx 22 gladness; as is appropriate to these symbols. but i find it very difficult to keep the mantra going, even in tune with the jaws; perhaps it is that this peculiar method of eating (25 minutes for what could be done normally in 3) demands the whole attention. 1.30. drifted into a nap. well! we s

LIBER LVII

pect the child of chokmah and binah; in another the eighth heads of the stooping dragon, raised up when the tree of life was shattered, and macroprosopus set cherubim against microprosopus. see 4= 7 ritual supra.57 also, and very specifically, liber 418. it is the demon that purely intellectual or rational religions take as their god. the special danger of hinayana buddhism. 480. tylyl, the demon-queen of malkuth. 666. last of the mystic numbers of the sun. twrc, the spirit of sol. also tc wmmo, ommo satan, the satanic trinity of typhon, apophis and besz;58 also hwchy \c, the name of jesus. the names of nero, napoleon, w. e. gladstone, and any person that you may happen to dislike, add up to this number. in reality it is the final extension of the number 6, both because 6 111([la= 111= 1=

LIBER LXVII THE SWORD OF SONG

keep one steady. so i think i may look forward to a tenure of my mahakalpa in almost arcadian simplicity. lady bhavani, did you say, boy? yes, i am at home. bring the betel .jeldi. he added, with some dim recollection of the 1 a whirling disc is indra.s symoblic weapon. 2 he abandoned this. a few fragments are reprinted in his oracles. 74 appendix i british government, when he was a baby nat .the queen of heaven and the lord of the gods chewed betel for quite a long time, conversed of the weather, the crops, the affaire humbert, and the law in relation to motor-cars, with ease and affability. but far was it from indra.s pious mind to flirt with his distinguished guest! rather, he thought of the hollow nature of the safe, the change of money and of position; the sorrow of the too confiding

LIBER LXXVIII

r princesses are the knaves of the tarot pack; the four princesses or figures of amazons, standing firmly of themselves: neither riding upon horses, nor seated upon thrones, nor borne in chariots. they represent the forces of the he final of the name in each suit, completing the influences of the other scales: the mighty and potent daughter of a king and queen: a princess powerful and terrible: a queen of queens.an empress.whose effect combines those of the king, queen, and prince, at once violent and permanent; therefore symbolized by a figure standing firmly by itself, only partially draped, and having but little armour; yet her power existeth not, save by reason of the others: and then indeed it is mighty and terrible materially, and is the throne of the forces of the spirit. 12 liber l

o the yod of tetragrammaton, the charioted figures to the vau. a description of the cards of the taro 13 if ill dignified, he is evil-minded.cruel.bigoted.brutal. he rules the celestial heavens from above the twentieth degree of h to the first two decans of i: and this includes a part of the constellation hercules (hercules is always represented with a club) b of b king of the salamanders. vi the queen of the thrones of flame queen of wands a crowned queen with long red-golden hair, seated upon a throne, with steady flames beneath. she wears a corslet and buskins of scale-mail, which latter her robe discloses. her arms are almost bare. on cuirass and buskins are leopard's heads winged, and the same symbol surmounteth her crown. at her side is a couchant leopard on which her hands rest. she

daptability, steady force applied to an object, steady rule, great attractive power, power of command, yet liked notwithstanding. kind and generous when not opposed. if ill dignified, obstinate, revengeful, domineering, tyran-nical, and apt to turn against another without a cause. she rules the heavens from above the last decan of l to above the 20 of a: including thus a part of andromeda. c of d queen of the salamanders. 14 liber lxxviii vii the prince of the chariot of fire king of wands a kingly figure with a golden, winged crown, seated on a chariot. he has large white wings. one wheel of his chariot is shewn. he wears corslet and buskins of scale armour decorated with a winged lion's head, which symbol also surmounts his crown. his chariot is drawn by a lion. his arms are bare, save f

gs. he holds a cup in his hand, bearing the sigil of the scale. beneath his horse's feet is the sea. from the cup issues a crab. graceful, poetic, venusian, indolent, but enthusiastic if roused. ill dignified, he is sensual, idle and untruthful. he rules the heavens from above 20 of k to 20 of l, thus including the greater part of pegasus. b of c king of undines and nymphs. 16 liber lxxviii x the queen of the thrones of the waters queen of cups a very beautiful fair woman like a crowned queen, seated upon a throne, beneath which is flowing water wherein lotuses are seen. her general dress is similar to that of the queen of wands, but upon her crown, cuirass and buskins is seen an ibis with opened wings, and beside her is the same bird, whereon her hand rests. she holds a cup, wherefrom a c

crayfish issues. her face is dreamy. she holds a lotus in the hand upon the ibis. she is imaginative, poetic, kind, yet not willing to take much trouble for another. coquettish, good-natured and underneath a dreamy appearance. imagination stronger than feeling. very much affected by other influences, and therefore more dependent upon dignity than most symbols. she rules from 20 c to 20 d. c of c queen of nymphs or undines. xi the prince of the chariot of the waters king of cups a winged kingly figure with winged crown seated in a chariot drawn by an eagle. on the wheel is the symbol of a scorpion. the eagle is borne as a crest on his crown, cuirass and buskins. general attire like king of wands. beneath his chariot is the calm and stagnant water of a lake. his armour resembles feathers mo

holds a drawn sword with the sigil of his scale upon its pommel. beneath his horse's feet are dark-driving stratus clouds. he is active, clever, subtle, fierce, delicate, courageous, skilful, but inclined to domineer. also to overvalue small things, unless well dignified. if ill dignified, deceitful, tyrannical and crafty. rules from 20 b to 20 c. b of d king of the sylphs and sylphides. xiv the queen of the thrones of air queen of swords a graceful woman with wavy, curling hair, like a queen seated upon a throne and crowned. beneath the throne are grey cumulus clouds. her general attire is as that of the queen of wands, but she wears as a crest a winged child fs head. a drawn sword in one hand, and in the other a large, bearded, newly severed head of a man. intensely perceptive, keen obs

s a crest a winged child fs head. a drawn sword in one hand, and in the other a large, bearded, newly severed head of a man. intensely perceptive, keen observation, subtle, quick and confident: often persevering, accurate in superficial things, graceful, fond of dancing and balancing. if ill dignified, cruel, sly, deceitful, unreliable, though with a good exterior. rules from 20 f to 20 g. c of d queen of the sylphs and sylphides. a description of the cards of the taro 19 xv the prince of the chariot of the winds king of swords a winged king with winged crown, seated in a chariot drawn by arch fays, represented as winged youths very slightly dressed, with butterfly wings: heads encircled by a fillet with a pentagram thereon: and holding wands sur-mounted by pentagrams, the same butterfly w

he other a pentacle like that of the zelator adeptus minor. unless very well dignified he is heavy, dull, and material. laborious, clever, and patient in material matters. if ill dignified, he is avaricious, grasping, dull, jealous; not very courageous, unless assisted by other symbols. rules from above 20 of e to 20 of f. b of e king of gnomes. a description of the cards of the taro 21 xviii the queen of the thrones of earth queen of pentacles a woman of beautiful face with dark hair; seated upon a throne, beneath which is dark sandy earth. one side of her face is light, the other dark; and her symbolism is best represented in profile. her attire is similar to that of the queen of wands: but she bears a winged goat fs head as a crest. a goat is by her side. in one hand she bears a sceptre

queen of wands: but she bears a winged goat fs head as a crest. a goat is by her side. in one hand she bears a sceptre surmounted by a cube, and in the other an orb of gold. she is impetuous, kind; timid, rather charming; great-hearted; intelligent, melancholy; truthful, yet of many moods. if ill dignified she is undecided, capricious, changeable, foolish. she rules from 20 i to 20 j. c of e the queen of gnomes. xix the prince of the chariot of earth king of pentacles a winged kingly figure seated in a chariot drawn by a bull. he bears as a crest the symbol of the head of the winged bull. beneath the chariot is land, with many flowers. in one hand he bears an orb of gold held downwards, and in the other a sceptre surmounted by an orb and cross. increase of matter. increases good or evil

LIBER XCV THE WAKE WORLD

to go on any more, because you know already that all the house is one palace, and you move about in your own wake world, just as is necessary. all the paths up to the second house open.the path of the hierophant with the flaming star and the incense in the vast cathedral, and the path of the mighty ruler, who governs everything with his orb and his crown and his sceptre. there is the path of the queen of love which is more beautiful than anything, and along it my own dear lover passes to my bridal chamber. then there are the three ways to the holy house of the old king, the way by which he is joined with the new fairy prince, where dwells a moonlike virgin with an open book, and always, always reads beautiful words therein, smiling mysteriously through her shining veil, woven of sweet tho

LUCIFERIAN SORCERY

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 of the beast 666, whom is the solar force of creation and joy. the woman is highly respected in the witches sabb

e spirit from the flesh, thus the witches sabbat is the supreme luciferian awakening, and it is when we become just as lucifer, who is the spirit of the air whom resides upon the astral plane. below lucifer is the puzzle of the black one, being baphomet. baphomet, being the god form of sorcerers and magickians of chaos and witches sabbat currents, is the model of union. consider lilith, the witch queen of the sabbat and of lillitu, the succubus and vampire phantoms and samael, the fire djinn which is considered the same as asmodeus, their infernal union is the manifestation and birth of baphomet. thus the horned one brings the wisdom of the earth (asmodeus-samael) and the spirit (lilith, thus baphomet is the initiator of becoming and self-deification. the magician must be implored to work

LUCIFERIAN SORCERY AND SET TYPHON

ecoming. lilith-az-babalon- hecate the daemonic feminine is the fountain of the witch cult, in it's dreaming and waking aspect. while wicca has taken a more sterile approach to the goddess, a luciferian sorcerer acknowledges the beauty of the daemonic goddess as a well of power and selfdeification. through babalon we drink the blood of saints and emerge as god itself. lilith is the succubus witch queen of the sabbat, whom is the very mother of us all. any within the veil of darkness are from her, we fornicate with her continually in the fruitful imagination of creation. the above four names are but a glimpse at her face, for she wears many masks in accordance with her role. all individuals must invoke babalon lilith within, regardless of gender. she is reached in the city of chorazin, from

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th periods during one of which persephone must remain with pluto, while during the other she may revisit the upper world, offers material for deep consideration. it is probable that the eleusinians realized that the soul left the body during steep, or at least was made capable of leaving by the special training which undoubtedly they were in a position to give. thus persephone would remain as the queen of pluto's realm during the waking hours, but would ascend to the spiritual worlds during the periods of sleep. the initiate was taught how to intercede with pluto to permit persephone (the initiate's soul) to ascend from the darkness of his material nature into the light of understanding. when thus freed from the shackles of clay and crystallized concepts, the initiate was liberated not onl

their food is mud. over the bolts on the door of the house of irkalla is scattered dust, and the keepers of the house are covered with feathers like birds. ishtar demands that the keepers open the gates, declaring that if they do not she will shatter the doorposts and strike the hinges and raise up dead devourers of the living. the guardians of the gates beg her to be patient while they go to the queen of hades from whom they secure permission to admit ishtar, but only in the same manner as all others came to this dreary house. ishtar thereupon descends through the seven gates which lead downward into the depths of the underworld. at the first gate the great crown is removed from her head, at the second gate the earrings from her ears, at the third gate the necklace from her neck, at the f

into the virgin mary, for isis, although she gave birth to all living things--chief among them the sun--still remained a virgin, according to the legendary accounts. apuleius in the eleventh book of the golden ass ascribes to the goddess the following statement concerning her powers and attributes "behold, i, moved by thy prayers, am present with thee; i, who am nature, the parent of things, the queen of all the elements, the primordial progeny of ages, the supreme of divinities, the sovereign of the spirits of the dead, the first of the celestials, and the uniform resemblance of gods and goddesses. i, who rule by my nod the luminous summits of the heavens, the salubrious breezes of the sea, and the deplorable silences of the realms beneath, and whose one divinity the whole orb of the ear

nefarious end in a most subtle manner. he had a wonderful ornamented box made just the size of the body of osiris. this he brought into a banquet hall where the gods and goddesses were feasting together. all admired the beautiful chest, and typhon promised to give it to the one whose body fitted it most perfectly. one after another lay down in the box, but in disappointment click to enlarge isis, queen of heaven. from mosaize historie der hebreeuwse kerke. diodorus writes of a famous inscription carved on a column at nysa, in arabia, wherein isis described herself as follows "i am isis, queen of this country. i was instructed by mercury. no one can destroy the laws which i have established. i am the eldest daughter of saturn, most ancient of the gods. i am the wife and sister of osiris the

etists. the goddess often wore upon her head a hat made of cypress branches, to signify mourning for her dead husband and also for the physical death which she caused every creature to undergo in order to receive a new life in posterity or a periodic resurrection. the head of isis is sometimes ornamented with a crown of gold or a garland of olive leaves, as conspicuous marks of her sovereignty as queen of the world and mistress of the entire universe. the crown of gold signifies also the aurific unctuosity or sulphurous fatness of the solar and vital fires which she dispenses to every individual by a continual circulation of the elements, this circulation being symbolized by the musical rattle which she carries in her hand. this sistrum is also the yonic symbol of purity. a serpent interwo

e promised land; so he planted it in the hills of moab. after much searching, king david discovered the tree; and his son, solomon, tried to use it for a pillar in his temple, but his carpenters could not cut it so that it would fit; it was always either too long or too short. at last, disgusted, they cast it aside and used it for a bridge to connect jerusalem with the surrounding hills. when the queen of sheba came to visit king solomon she was expected to walk across this bridge. instead, when she beheld the tree, she refused to put her foot upon it, but, after kneeling and praying, removed her sandals and forded the stream. this so impressed king solomon that he ordered the log to be overlaid with golden places and placed above the door of his temple. there it remained until his covetou

low casts much light on the antiquity of this ideograph "the use of the cross as a religious symbol in pre- christian times, and among non-christian peoples, may click to enlarge history of the holy cross. from berjeau's history of the holy cross (1) adam directing seth how to reach the garden of eden (2) seth placing the three seeds from the tree of life under the tongue of the dead adam (3) the queen of sheba, refusing to place her feet upon the sacred tree, forded the stream (4) placing the sacred tree over the door of solomon's temple (5) the crucifixion of christ upon a cross made from the wood of the holy tree (6) distinguishing the true cross from the other two by testing its power to raise a corpse to life. p. 182 probably be regarded as almost universal, and in very many cases it

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had no love for scrope. lancashire and westmorland were colonised by norse settlers during the 9th century, they established the kingdom of mann and the isles and the west derby hundred where my father s family have lived for more than 20 generations. in 901 the gallgael earl ingimund landed on the wirral with eighteen longships and took posession of the land having been granted it by ethelflaeda queen of the mercians. the gallgael were the half norse and half irish occupants of dublin who had been driven out by harold finehair, king of the newly unified norway. the gallgael went on to establish the kingdom of mann and the isles and the hundred of west derby. my own family name is norse in origin as indeed are many of the south lancashire family names and almost all the place names. lancas

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sweet smelling. these may be any that please you; freesias, narcissus or lilac, jasmine or carnations, anything you like, depending on your location and the time of year. the choice is yours. to a lot of witches, the rose seems a very good choice, as this blossom has always been considered most germane to matters of love, and a symbolic attribute of the lady. cabalistic legend has it that balkis, queen of sheba, was a witch, and that the wisdom she came to question solomon, king of israel, about was magical in content. i am the rose of sharon, and the lily of the valleys, as the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. the rose has been preserved as the lady's emblem in the annals of courtly love and among the symbols of alchemy. the lily, however, passed directly into christi

spell, passing it from hand to hand, to and fro, as you do: salt and coriander, i conjure thee by barabbas, by satanas, by the devil cursed be! not as salt and coriand i call thee but the heart of [victim's name! with that, cast the mixture into the thurible fire with your left hand. as it blazes up, continue: as thou burnst, so let the heart of [n] burn; and bring it here to me! conjured by the queen of sard, by the underworld itself, by the sailors on the sea [n] i summon thee by barabbas, by satanas, by the devil conjured be! by the underworld itself, spirit of the sard, enter in [n] and bring him quickly here to me! powers of the abattoir, guide him here to me! powers over cocodover, bring him quickly here to me! with more messages i send to call thee, by the queen of sorcery, by the

their leaders, all equally traditional. in covens which stress the love and fertility aspects of witchcraft and perform their rituals naked, the male leader is known as the high priest, the female as high priestess. on the other hand, in those which stress the knowledge and power aspect, the male is known as the magister, grand master, or "devil (meaning "little god) and the female as the lady or queen of the sabbat. the second male, known as the "officer "executor" or "summoner" is he who relays the requests of the magister or lady to the rest of the coven membership. he is the go-between and lieutenant of the leader or leaders, and traditionally he wore black from head to foot to designate his rank. hence his old title "the man in black" occasionally, in medieval france, he was dressed i

er, many witches take it to refer to "the stone of buffo" buffo being an ancient name for the island of cyprus where legend has it the greek love goddess aphrodite was born; from whence also certain of the feminine witch mysteries were said to have emanated. which brings me to my second consideration, namely, the titles bestowed upon female witch leader whether she be designated high priestess or queen of the sabbat. among the lady's titles are: andred. witch goddess name coming from the forest of weald in england. bensozia. twelfth-century french name for the goddess, meaning doubtful. nocticula. similar twelfth-century appellation meaning "little night" rhiannon. welsh-celtic mother goddess. arrianrhod. similar welsh goddess, mother of llew. herodias or aradia. italian name for the witch

s have a daughter present within the coven, the latter title of "maiden" is sometimes conferred on her. let me reiterate: the titles bestowed upon the leaders vary considerably from coven to coven, depending on the approach adopted, dianic or druidic, celtic or cabalistic, robed or sky clad. in one you may find it is the magister or lord of misrule who holds sway, in another the high priestess or queen of elfhame. and likewise, when you wish to consider forming your own coven, the choice of leadership, who, how, and in what manner, remains, as it always has done in the past, entirely your own. your initiation ritual your initiation ritual will mark the ceremonial request for admission and consequent acceptance of a prospective member into the coven. as such, it is a type of ritual common t

high priestess. it is claimed to be traditional, and because of that, i shall quote it in full: listen to the words of the great mother, who was of old called among men artemis, astarte, dione, melusine, aphrodite, and many other names. at mine altars the youth of lacedaemon made due sacrifice. once a month and better it be when the moon is full, meet in some secret place and adore me, who am the queen of all magics. there assemble, and to those who would learn sorcery, i will teach things yet unknown. and you shall be free, and as a sign that you be really so, be naked in your rites, dance, sing, feast, make music and love. all in my praise, for i am a gracious goddess, who gives joy upon earth, certainty, not faith, while in life; and upon death peace unutterable, rest and the ecstacy of

ries of the return-in-threefold witch law, whether it be used for good or evil, blessing or cursing. by dint of this, the ceremony concludes with the new initiate scourging his initiator with thrice as many blows as he himself received, namely, one hundred and twenty in all. he is then presented to the powers at the four quarters as a duly consecrated high priest and wizard, or high priestess and queen of the sabbat, whichever the case may be. in the second ritual, instead of the progress of the aspirant through the four elements, the myth of the goddess is implied, where the witch goddess andred, aradia, habondia, or whatever other name you may care to know her by, descends into the world of the dead somewhat like persephone in hades or ishtar in the realm of ereshkigal, and receives the

of the meeting dance, which may be recorded or played on a variety of instruments to be discussed later, wild cries of "eee-ooo aah voh aiee" are often given by the members of the coven as they whirl ecstatically, usually after the words of a chant such as one adapted from the invocation of hertha from chapter 5, or if the coven be a solely goddess-oriented variety, the following traditional one: queen of the moon, queen of the sun, queen of the heavens, queen of the stars, queen of the waters, queen of the earth, bring to us the child of promise! it is the great mother who giveth birth to him; it is the lord of life who is born again. darkness and tears are set aside when the sun shall come up early! golden sun of the mountains, illumine the land, light up the world. illumine the seas and

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which i was. i fell into oblivion. i woke then in the darkness of a cave, on a padded rock ground. i was aching yet slightly refreshed. i wondered so where i was, i had only a loin cloth to cover me, and was chilled in the damp cave air. i heard many voices and noises around me, i grew scared from this. before was she, beautiful and fiery, pale and raven haired. it was mother, lilith who was the queen of demons, yet she was so beautiful and full of life. my mother welcomed me, and her touch was cold. her waist was made of flames, yet she transformed into the bottom half of a beast. she spoke to me of what i was to become, and that i had passed through a rite of passage. i was to become immortal and forever a spirit who walked the path of the dragon, who was my father. in the darkness of t

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lane. this was received and consecrated in 1994 e.v. and has been used in the vampiric current since. the devilcosm (another name for the varcolaci sigil) is as much a symbol for the left hand path as it is a gateway towards the dark realms of night and fog. through this seeming mirror, you will be able to assume the wraith form so described in the devilcosm sigil itself. through these gates, the queen of the sabbath, lilith gives you the knowledge to become. the rituals contained in this grimoire each involve the use of the sigil. this feature derives from coven nachttoter (coven maleficia, a magickal base in which the author received the setting to write this book during the babalon working of december 1998 e.v) where this sigil was present in all night side path workings. sigils permit

alon in flesh. shortly after, cameron arose. 61 61 babalon is also to be considered a goddess of death and blood, she is actually a varied aspect of lilith. babalon may be invoked with a various methods of sexual gnosis and blood magick, from which she would incarnate. those upon the witches sabbat path will recognize the mystery itself, and discover their own individual path towards her. hecate- queen of witches62 62 the goddess energy, the current empowering our tradition of the witch cult is channeled through the goddess, hecate. her titles are many; the dark goddess, protectress of herds and sailors, goddess of the crossroads (which would draw a parallel towards baron samedhi of several voudoo traditions, being the lord of the crossroads and the mysteries of death) as well as the sende

e. in spirit. in flesh! oh morpheus, hypnos and thanatos your sight burns with life.we see much through you, desires form 64 64 a transcendent path within night.our spells weave through your arms which hold the sacred fire. so mote it be" hecate the three shades of witch fire a rite of empowerment and the summoning of her spirits of night hecate is regarded as the triple mooned goddess, the witch queen of primal darkness whom is regarded as babalon, lilith and az. hecate is the goddess of the crossroads, from which one seeks self-initiation by the congress of her in the succubi-fetish spirit. it is through this communion that one enters the caverns of the night, the very temple of hecate. revered as the goddess of the dead, she is the queen of ghosts, shades and 65 65 phantoms of the night

unto me as the freshly dead, the virgin from the tomb. guide me and walk with me unto the luciferian sabbat. by the second moon maiden who rides upon the dragon s spine, i summon thee bring thy fiery essence into my circle, enflame me in the cunning fire and blood of your fornications. uplift me into the spirit of the red dragon- akhuraku, hecau, zrazza by the third moon moon of death, aged witch queen of the sabbat, hex casting hag of the nganga and grave-bound fetish, mother of vampyres and wolves, come thou forth and encircle me guide me unto the infernal sabbat hekas satahan zrazzu usha ii) the maiden widdershin around the circle, visualize each goddess with the black mirror and see them encircle you. drink of the chalice and recite triple moon move and bless this circle and rite. i co

graveyard, oak tree or burial ground of a familiar. ignite a black candle at the head of the burial site and recite hekas, hekas hekausath usha, umpesha narasta spirit of the moon, lover and death-embracer, grow in the land of the dead. i give you strength and life, by the wytch fire of azrael and hecate, i summon the shades of the grave to give this spirit food to grow, so it shall be! iii) the queen of the dead leave buried until the dark moon, exhume pot and return to your temple or coven meet. recite67 67 phantom and shade, spectar and vampyre, lover and seductress i summon you to rise in the dark of the moon, rise from your tomb and by my guide, my initiator, my familiar, my goddess hekas, hekau sakeka ushu umpesha narastu by lamia do you grow, arise vampyre seductress who shall guar

and hekate s shroud lord of the sabbat baphomet known also as nylarlathotep, the black man of the sabbat, is the center of which chaos is formed by will into order. the 8 pointed luciferian or sabbat star known also as the chaos sphere (algol, the portal to baphomet. the god of dual ecstasies, octinimos/baphomet is the result of the self-alchemical union of the fallen seraph 87 87 samael and the queen of the night, lilith. the witches sabbat goat is the gateway towards the mysteries unspoken, whispered against the sun in the land of khem. the essence of the 8-pointed witches sabbat star the luciferian path of transformative magick the great work is the path of self-knowledge, power and internal development. the very essence of magick, to ascend. the ambivalent path of high magick is but t

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vine age andthe coming of a new one, in which the summers would be flowerless, the cows milkless andwomen shameless and men strengthless, in which there would be trees without fruit and seaswithout fish, when old men would give false judgments and legislators would make unjustlaws, when warriors would betray one another and men would be thieves and there would beno more virtue in the world (babd, queen of the tuatha de danaan) and from the teutonic priestesses, the same:there saw she wade in the heavy streams, men- foul murderers and perjurers, and them whoothers wives seduce to sin, brothers slay brothers; sisters children shed each other s blood.hard is the world, sensual sin grows huge. there the sword-ages, axe-ages; shields are cleftin twain; storm ages, murder-ages; till the world fa

ans have understood,that this earth is our one and only garden of eden. how is it that from this paradiseone can look out to the nether and fantasize that home is somewhere out there? onlysatan and his hordes and those they have deluded the world would do such a bizarrething. these ancient stories are extremely pertinent to the condition of the present.genesis means the genes of isis. isis is the queen of the earth, and we of the earthare her offspring, suffering from amnesia about our earth-connection, convinced thatthe black void above is the real home we have lost. so our perception is in totalreverse. nothing measures the loss of reason more than the pervasiveness of this out-landish, incongruent notion. it is consistent only with the duped and controlled masseswho are now psychologica

of karma. this may be why on the devil card in the tarot we see the two moons.the chinese dragonsthis was a name used for the ruling kings in china.cherubim and seraphimthese come from the words that mean flaming or guardian serpents.lemuriasaid to be a home for the serpent people. lemuria also went by the name rutas. the indians from indiawere said to have come from lemuria in the pacific. mooa queen of the ancient nations of the maya and their predecessors; the name means serpent in polyne-sian languages.easter islandpart of a much larger landmass that sank.appendix b: book abstracts206atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation dunhuang, chinaa cave which held manuscripts in chinese, buddhist, and sanskrit showing lemuria and the continentsof the east all laid out.dragon lines

n south america, 2 million die from typhoid fever. 1568 disease epidemic in lisbon kills 40,000. 1573 first german sugar cane refinery at augsburg. 1578 first recognized description of whooping cough (pertussis) by french physician guillame baillouduring epidemic in paris. 1592 plague kills 15,000 people in london. 1599 outbreak of plague in spain. 1600 east india company granted a charter by the queen of england. 1601 jesuits establish mission in beijing, china, to provide contacts for the portuguese and dutch foraccess to native drug trafficking routes in the east. the dutch negotiate an opium monopoly for north-ern india. 1603 heavy outbreak of plague in england. 1606 london company chartered to establish the virginia plantation on a communistic basis, and theplymouth company, whose des

ame to esso, which acquires a large interest in arabian american oilcompany and oil companies in switzerland. 1948 price of uranium rises to $1600 per ton. 1948 antibiotics aureomycin and chloromycin prepared. 1948 cia begins to study behavior influencing drugs. 1948 george h. w. bush graduates from yale university and the skull and bones. it is known thatgeorge hw bush is a distant cousin of the queen of england, part of the black nobility which traces itspower back 5,000 years. 1948 crowleyean ritual magic allegedly worked by jack parsons and reputed naval intelligence agentron hubbard, who would later found the church of scientology, based on initiatory grades and a cos-mology reminiscent of theosophy. interestingly, the symbol of scientology is identical to the crowleyemblem depicted i

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of vampires. have a mirror in front of your altar, which you can glare into. you will also want to have the sigil of varcolaci- astwihad above it or somehow attached to it, symbolizing the power of the predator. this mirror represents the gateway to lilith, our bestial mother of initiation. holding a dagger up: i call the dragon of the ancients tiamat, mother of horrors, arise! i call to you dark queen of immortal hunger! i call to you who can create and empower gods! i invoke you who can cloak demons in fearsome rays! mother of darkness, i shall transform into the ferocious beast of my desire. i shall clothe myself in the chthonic depths of the demonic desire i hold within. i shall go forth and drink from my victim. close your eyes and visualize your astral body expanding around your form

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also a fertility and love goddess who is further associated with the planet venus. the multiple aspects of the goddess inanna, or the concept of multiple aspects, seem to surface in the story of her descent into the underworld. here, inanna descends into the land of the dead, ruled by her dark sister (aspect) ereshkigal. at the end of this story the reader may have the impression that erishkigal, queen of the underworld, absorbed the qualities( or body) of her sister inanna. yet another copy of this goddess is queen semiramis. the average american is more familiar with semiramis than they realize; it is her likeness that graces the statue of liberty. even though the statue of liberty is a spiting likeness of queen semiramis of assyria, the french freemasons that funded the statue s constru

and this day will be marked by some kind of rare astronomical event. after this event in the sky, the wicked god azag-thoth, also called hades and pluto, will free and lead the titans out of their prison. the black magicians also have a long list of titles for lilith, and have much reverence for her because she is among those who give them the dark gift of transformation. among these titles are: queen of the qliphoth, queen of the underworld, queen of the dead, queen of the vampires, queen of the sabbat, queen of hell, queen of the witches, queen of the shells and shades. mother earth, and mother goddess. she is the bride of satan and the mother of all demons, also called lilitu. lilith is often associated with the red sea, which is said to be a place where she spawned and instructed demo

loody sword. similar to the babylonian account of tiamat, kali s body parts constitutes the universe of space and time. the goddess kali, along with her husband shiva, roam the cremation grounds; this is a likely reference to the qliphoth or underworld. in the persian narration, az is the mother of demons and the consort of ahriman (satan. semiramis, yet another name for this goddess, an assyrian queen of legend, was reportedly the inspiration behind the hanging gardens of babylon. the hanging gardens of babylon, also called the hanging gardens of semiramis, are considered to be one of the 7 great wonders of the ancient world. the hanging gardens, which some speculate to date back to 600 bc (more likely much earlier, was a spectacular series of manmade terraces, with flowing waters and lus

th on every platform. queen semiramis is said to be a harlot, a home wrecker, and a powerful sorceress. this personage is associated with the dove and, proper to the virgin, was credited with the invention of the chastity belt. semiramis became the--michael wynn's "the soul travelers" 79 patroness of babylon when she restored the city to its ancient glory. i can t believe it s not fiction: tiamat queen of the damned (2002) hades [5.5] hades is the lord of the underworld. although greek mythology does not depict hades as a villain, modern satanists( and a little common sense) have confirmed to me that he is god s greatest enemy today. in rome, he was known as pluto and the hebrews knew him as mot. in the lovecraft mythos he is azag-thoth, and to many occults he is called coronzon; just like

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l cap) let me drink of this ecstasy, the lifeblood from those who walk the night. let my knowledge be revealed to those who seek my knowledge, open thyself to the daemonum within (lilith-magistra drinks of the elixir from the skull cap, even if red in color, allowing some of it to cover her face (lilith now looks unto the hooded ones, those who may be present) i come before you, night born as the queen of the dead. behold unto my death mask, the temple ofazothoz as a current of the living flame. i shall bless each one of you with the devil's sight, the serpents tongue shall speak of the secret alphabet which ye all shall scribe on the walls of the sunless palace, scribe your name in the black book of the dead, with the witchblood of your veins, you are all my children, of lilith-hecate, yo

kness, and i taste the heartblood of man and woman, i am awakened in my self and by the shadow tongue- hekas, noastra, zarru! zazas zazas nasatanada zazas! focus upon the arcane of self and the temple of which you create. banish and close the ritual. a ritual of necromancy purpose- to align oneself with the death energy or "emerald flame" of azrail/azrael, the angel of death and hecate- the witch queen of the underworld/dead/crossroads. this ritual was designed as a means of silent communication with the ancestral dead and the shades of the fields of necromance. undertaken- october 28th, 2002 12pm& noon. coven members involved -akhtya seker arimanius, davcina and adrian dagon. weather- cloudy, stormy, very damp and gray. algol temple or chamber is decorated in the necromantic and vampyric

dy in shall be blessed with the kiss of the serpent queen, the black eyed goddess who wakes me from this sleep- cain-baphomet, horned black one of the infernal sabbat, unveil the cloak of shades to seek the knowledge of your consort, hecate-luith, whom holds the skull cup of blood, that of her children given unto the offering of death in life. i drink now the elixir ofundeath "o vampyric king and queen of the circle, who has tasted the blood from the fountain of god, o' shade ofahriman, toad- worn skin emerging from the sepulcher, o' hundred armed goddess of the ashen cremation grounds, i summon thee forth, gather now the manes of our many forms we shall taste the blood of the night "o' blood drinking whore, whom by the essence from the crossroads, who has survived beyond the grave, take n

shall taste the blood of the night "o' blood drinking whore, whom by the essence from the crossroads, who has survived beyond the grave, take now your throne upon the great dragon arimanius, offer unto me the chalice of life, that which shall sustain our flesh and spirit-az, i summon thee "o' night haunting consort of the serpents of the abyss, whom takes theform of owls and beasts, lilitu, witch queen of the caul, the mark ofcain- lilitu- bless this grave shroud- walk with me in dreams "i seek now to enter black eden, as the form of belial, wolf- cloaked and bat- winged, in the phantom dream shall i arise from the blackened earth of the tomb, by the in-between of life and death, i have come into being "zrazza usha umpestu zrazza "i pledge myself to the vampyric path, that which shall rely

ilith, whom was said in some hebrew legends to be two aspects of the same goddess. the son of lilith and ashmodai was called sariel, the sword of ashmodai. his face flames with fire. sariel had kept a sealed book of secrets, a grimoire with words of power. the zohar itself explains that lilith is nourished by the water (ocean) and the south wind spreads her influence, from which places her as the queen of beasts. they (the beasts) are found chanting to her in the dark of night. lilith went forth to the desert to become the queen of zemargad (the desert domain, she then joined with samael and gave birth to thousands of liliam, lilitu, the demon succubi who copulate with the shadow of man and woman. it was when lilith entered the desert and began creating demons in the caves by the red sea t

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o be infallible in matters of faith. it decimated europe to purge it of heretics. it decimated america to convert the mexicans and peruvians. it gave and took away thrones; and by excommunication and interdict closed the gates of paradise against nations. spain, haughty with its dominion over the indies, endeavored to crush out protestantism in the netherlands, while philip the second married the queen of england, and the pair sought to win that kingdom back to its allegiance to the papal throne. afterward spain attempted to conquer it with her "invincible" armada. napoleon set his relatives and captains on thrones, and parcelled among them half of europe. the czar rules over an empire more gigantic than rome. the history of all is or will be the same--acquisition, dismemberment, ruin. the

rmulated; then force and beauty, whose names varied like their emblems. finally, they completed the sacred septenary by a mysterious image that represented the progress of the dogma and its future realizations. this was a young girl veiled, holding a child in her arms; and they dedicated this image to "the virgin who will become a mother-_virgini paritur" hertha or wertha, the young isis of gaul, queen of heaven, the virgin who was to bear a child, held the spindle of the fates, filled with wool half white and half black; because she presides over all forms and all symbols, and weaves the garment of the ideas. one of the most mysterious pantacles of the kabalah, contained in the enchiridion of leo iii, represents an equilateral triangle reversed, inscribed in a double circle. on the triang

ways acting; the mother of the universe. i know not the name of that being, but i designate it by the word reason. man has his model in the earth, the earth in heaven, heaven in reason, and reason in itself "i am" says isis "nature; parent of all things, the sovereign of the elements, the primitive progeny of time, the most exalted of the deities, the first of the heavenly gods and goddesses, the queen of the shades, the uniform countenance; who dispose with my rod the numerous lights of heaven, the salubrious breezes of the sea, and the mournful silence of the dead; whose single divinity the whole world venerates in many forms, with various rites and by many names. the egyptians, skilled in ancient lore, worship me with proper ceremonies, and call me by my true name, isis the queen" the h

teries meant to strengthen religion and console men in their sorrows by the lofty hopes found in a religious faith, whose principles were represented to them covered by a pompous ceremonial, and under the sacred veil of allegory. diodorus speaks of the famous columns erected near nysa, in arabia, where, it was said, were two of the tombs of osiris and isis. on one was this inscription "i am isis, queen of this country. i was instructed by mercury. no one can destroy the laws which i have established. i am the eldest daughter of saturn, most ancient of the gods. i am the wife and sister of osiris the king. i first made known to mortals the use of wheat. i am the mother of orus the king. in my honor was the city of bubaste built. rejoice, o egypt, rejoice, land that gave me birth. and on the

cities simultaneously with her feminine lustre, and substituting her quivering light for the bright rays of the sun. she appears to him in his vision as a beautiful female "over whose divine neck her long thick hair hung in graceful ringlets" addressing him, she says "the parent of universal nature attends thy call. the mistress of the elements, initiative germ of generations, supreme of deities, queen of departed spirits, first inhabitant of heaven, and uniform type of all the gods and goddesses, propitiated by thy prayers, is with thee. she governs with her nod the luminous heights of the firmament, the salubrious breezes of the ocean; the silent deplorable depths of the shades below; one sole divinity under many forms, worshipped by the different nations of the earth under many titles

dominion of typhon, principle of evil and darkness. setting out from the sign taurus, isis, as the moon, went seeking for osiris through all the superior signs, in each of which she became full in the successive months from the autumnal to the vernal equinox, without finding him in either. let us follow her in her allegorical wanderings. osiris was slain by typhon his rival, with whom conspired a queen of ethiopia, by whom, says plutarch, were designated the winds. the paranatellons of scorpio, the sign occupied by the sun when osiris was slain, were the serpents, reptiles which supplied the attributes of the evil genii and of typhon, who himself bore the form of a serpent in the egyptian planisphere. and in the division of scorpio is also found cassiopeia, queen of ethiopia, whose setting

lf near a fountain, where she was found by the women of the court of a king. she was induced to visit his court, and became the nurse of his son. the fourth full moon was in leo, domicile of the sun, or of adonis, king of byblos. the paranatellons of this sign are the flowing water of aquarius, and cepheus, king of ethiopia, called regulus, or simply the king. behind him rise cassiopeia his wife, queen of ethiopia, andromeda his daughter, and perseus his son-in-law, all paranatellons in part of this sign, and in part of virgo. isis suckled the child, not at her breast, but with the end of her finger, at night. she burned all the mortal parts of its body, and then, taking the shape of a swallow, she flew to the great column of the palace, made of the tamarisk-tree that grew up round the cof

he strange emblems of our old books of alchemy, in the ceremonies of reception practised by all the mysterious societies, we find the traces of a doctrine, everywhere the same, and everywhere carefully concealed. the occult philosophy seems to have been the nurse or the godmother of all religions, the secret lever of all the intellectual forces, the key of all divine obscurities, and the absolute queen of society, in the ages when it was exclusively reserved for the education of the priests and kings. it had reigned in persia with the magi, who perished one day, as the masters of the world had perished, for having abused their power. it had endowed india with the most marvellous traditions, and an incredible luxury of poetry, grace, and terror in its emblems: it had civilized greece by the

disease. it had conceived a great work which it was incapable of executing, because it knew neither humility nor personal abnegation, because rome was then invincible, and because the later chiefs of the order did not comprehend its mission. moreover, the templars were in general uneducated, and capable only of wielding the sword, with no qualifications for governing, and at need enchaining, that queen of the world called opinion [the doctrines of the chiefs would, if expounded to the masses, have seemed to them the babblings of folly. the symbols of the wise are the idols of the vulgar, or else as meaningless as the hieroglyphics of egypt to the nomadic arabs. there must always be a common-place interpretation for the mass of initiates, of the symbols that are eloquent to the adepts "hugu

MOTTA MARCELO THE COMMENTARIES OF AL

ly, and worthy of the presence of the goddess. the ego is a good servant, but a bad master. that sign, nuit gives to all those who seek her, upon their reaching a certain grade. it is exactly as described. of course, a.c 'knew' who he was, since he called himself, and had been first called so by his own mother, 666 from childhood. see liber iv. part iv. 27. then the priest answered& said unto the queen of space, kissing her lovely brows, and the dew of her light bathing his whole body in a sweet-smelling perfume of sweat: 0 nuit, continuous one of heaven, let it be ever thus; that men speak not of thee as one but as none; and let them speak not of thee at all, since thou art continuous! there are several secret meanings, all of a technical nature, in this passage; it is unnecessary to dwel

on this very difficult point. nor should aspirants fall into the mistake of believing that it is their duty to aspire to her. their duty is to do their will, and nothing else. if it is thy will to seek her, do so. if it isn't, do thy will. the grades are three, and 'they also serve who stand and wait. besides, she is everywhere. 33. then the priest fell into a deep trance or swoon& said unto the queen of heaven; write unto us the ordeals; write unto us the rituals; write unto us the law! law, in the common sense of the word, should be a formulation of the customs of a people, as euclid's propositions are the formulation of geometrical facts. but modern knavery conceived the idea of artificial law, as if one should try to square the circle by tyranny. legislators try to force the people to

e itself should be flung with a spendthrift gesture on the counter of the merchant of madness. on the steel of your helmet let there be gold inlaid with the motto "excess. the above indications are taken from a subsequent passage of the third chapter of this book. the supreme and absolute injunction, the crux of your knightly oath, is that you lay your lance in rest to the glory of your lady, the queen of the stars, nuit. your knighthood depends upon your refusal to fight in any lesser cause. that is what distinguishes you from the brigand and the bully. you give your life on her altar. you make yourself worthy of her by your readiness to fight at any time, in anyplace, with any weapon, and at any odds. for her, from whom you come, of whom you are, to whom you go, your life is no more and

on occasions" perhaps the birth of a girl is a misfortune in some countries; but this is due to the 'sin' syndrome of the aeon of os iris. in this aeon, the sexes are complementary. it would be a much greater misfortune if no girls were born! liber 418 explains this succinctly; 3rd aethyr "moreover, there is mary, a blasphemy against babalon, for she hath shut herself up; and therefore is she the queen of all those wicked devils that walk upon the earth, those that thou sawest even as little black specks that stained the heaven of urania. and all these are the excrement of choronzon" it is this 'shutting up' that is hideous, the image of death. it is the opposite of going, which is god. women under christianity were kept virgin for the market as strasbourg geese are nailed to boards till t

MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS E

f the sea. here she gave birth to her twin-children, apollo and artemis (diana, two of the most beautiful of the immortals. according to some versions of the story of leto, zeus transformed her into a quail, in order that she might thus elude the vigilance of hera, and she is said to have [32]resumed her true form when she arrived at the island of delos. hera, being the principal wife of zeus and queen of heaven, a detailed account will be given of her in a special chapter. in the union of zeus with most of his immortal wives we shall find that an allegorical meaning is conveyed. his marriage with metis, page 32 who is said to have surpassed both gods and men in knowledge, represents supreme power allied to wisdom and prudence. his union with themis typifies the bond which exists between d

s absence on a perilous undertaking, zeus assumed his form, and obtained her affections. heracles (whose world-renowned exploits will be related among the legends) was the son of alcmene and zeus. semele, a beautiful princess, the daughter of cadmus, king of phoenicia, was greatly beloved by zeus. like the unfortunate callisto, she was hated by hera with jealous malignity, and the page 35 haughty queen of heaven determined to effect her destruction. disguising herself, therefore, as beroe, semele's faithful old nurse, she artfully persuaded her to insist upon zeus visiting her, as he appeared to hera, in all his power and glory, well knowing that this would cause her instant death. semele, suspecting no treachery, followed the advice of her supposed nurse; and the next time zeus came to he

one of ivory, holding in his right hand a sheaf of thunderbolts, and in his left a sceptre, whilst an eagle stands beside his throne. hera (juno. hera, the eldest daughter of cronus and rhea, was born at samos, or, according to some accounts, at argos, and was reared by the sea-divinities oceanus and tethys, who were models of conjugal fidelity.[16] she was the [39]principal wife of zeus, and, as queen of heaven, participated in the honours paid to him, but her dominion only extended over the air (the lower aerial regions. hera appears to be the sublime embodiment of strict matronly virtue, and is on that account the protectress of purity and married women. faultless herself in her fidelity as a wife, she is essentially the type of the sanctity of the marriage tie, and holds in abhorrence

bued with this hatred of any immorality, that, finding herself so often called upon to punish the failings of both gods and men in this respect, she became jealous, harsh, and vindictive. her exalted position as the wife of the supreme deity, combined with her extreme beauty, caused her to become exceedingly vain, and she consequently resented with great severity any infringement on her rights as queen of heaven, or any apparent slight on her personal appearance. the following story will signally illustrate how ready she was to resent any slight offered to her. at the marriage of the sea-nymph thetis with a mortal called peleus, all the gods and goddesses were present, except eris (the goddess of discord. indignant at not being invited, she determined to cause dissension in the assembly, a

] were sacred to her. flocks of these beautiful birds generally surround her throne and draw her chariot, iris, the rainbow, being seated behind her. her favourite flowers were the dittany, poppy, and lily. juno. page 43 juno, the roman divinity supposed to be identical with the greek hera, differed from her in the most salient points, for whereas hera invariably appears as the haughty, unbending queen of heaven, juno, on the other hand, is revered and beloved as the type of a matron and housewife. she was worshipped in rome under various titles, most of which point to her vocation as the protectress of married women. juno was believed to watch over and guard the life of every woman from her birth to her death. the principal temples dedicated to her were in rome, one being erected on the a

ene represented the moon, and was supposed to drive her [87]chariot across the sky whilst her brother was reposing after the toils of the day. when the shades of evening began to enfold the earth, the two milk-white steeds of selene rose out of the mysterious depths of oceanus. seated in a silvery chariot, and accompanied by her daughter herse, the goddess of the dew, appeared the mild and gentle queen of the night, with a crescent on her fair brow, a gauzy veil flowing behind, and a lighted torch in her hand. selene greatly admired a beautiful young shepherd named endymion, to whom zeus had accorded the privilege of eternal youth, combined with the faculty of sleeping whenever he desired, and as long as he wished. seeing this lovely youth fast asleep on mount latmus, selene was so struck

once returned to the island, and brought back the maidens in safety to athens, whereupon he became united to the object of his love; and their union proved so remarkably happy, that henceforth the name of hymen became synonymous with conjugal felicity. page 174 iris (the rainbow. iris, the daughter of thaumas and electra, personified the rainbow, and was the special attendant and messenger of the queen of heaven, whose commands she executed with singular tact, intelligence, and swiftness. most primitive nations have regarded the rainbow as a bridge of communication between heaven and earth, and this is doubtless the reason why iris, who represented that beautiful phenomenon of nature, should have been invested by the greeks with the office of communicating between gods and men. iris is usu

irect work of the muses, received at the hands of the graces an additional touch of refinement and beauty; for which reason they are always regarded as the friends of the muses, with whom they lived on mount olympus. their special function was to act, in conjunction with the seasons, as attendants upon aphrodite, whom they adorned with wreaths of flowers, and she emerges from their hands like the queen of spring, perfumed with the odour of roses and violets, and all sweet-scented blossoms. the graces are frequently seen in attendance on other divinities; thus they carry music for apollo, myrtles for aphrodite &c, and frequently accompany the muses, eros, or dionysus. hora (seasons. closely allied to the graces were the hora, or seasons, who were also represented as three beautiful maidens

influences, depended the fate of the individual. the genii were depicted as winged beings, greatly resembling our modern representations of guardian angels. every state, town, or city (as well as every man, possessed its special genius. the sacrifices to the genii consisted of wine, cakes, and incense, which were offered to them on birthdays. the genius which guided a woman was called, after the queen of heaven, juno. among the greeks, beings called damons were regarded as exercising similar functions to those of the roman genii. they were believed to be the spirits of the righteous race which existed in the golden age, who watched over mankind, carrying their prayers to the gods, and the gifts of the gods to them. manes. lemures (larva) and lares. page 216 the manes were the spirits of t

ant, with instructions to expose him in a certain field, and there leave him, feeling assured that the divine offspring of zeus would not long remain without the protection of the gods. page 264 soon after the child had been thus abandoned, hera and pallas-athene happened to pass by the field, and were attracted by its cries. athene pityingly took up the infant in her arms, and prevailed upon the queen of heaven to put it to her breast; but no sooner had she done so, than the child, causing her pain, she angrily threw him to the ground, and left the spot. athene, moved with compassion, carried him to alcmene, and entreated her kind offices on behalf of the poor little foundling. alcmene at once recognized her child, and joyfully accepted the charge. soon afterwards hera, to her extreme ann

ares to eurystheus, who set them loose on mount olympus, where they became the prey of wild beasts. it was after the performance of this task that heracles joined the argonauts in their expedition to gain possession of the golden fleece, and was left behind at chios, as already narrated. during his wanderings he undertook his ninth labour, which was to bring to eurystheus the girdle of hippolyte, queen of the amazons. 9. the girdle of hippolyte..the amazons, who dwelt on the shores of the black sea, near the river thermodon, were a nation of warlike women, renowned for their strength, courage, and great skill in horsemanship. their queen, hippolyte, had received from her father, ares, a beautiful girdle, which she always wore as a sign of her royal power and authority, and it was this gird

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attentions to the gratification of the senses. each member is encouraged to indulge in his or her own perversions to ensure the excitement reaches a fever pitch. and when the coven master considers the orgy of wickedness is reaching a climax of excitement, he begins to work the magic, harnessing the sexual energy liberated by the lowering of inhibitions. once the initial ceremony is completed, a queen of the night (usually a recently initiated member of the coven) is elected to satisfy the sexual demands of the coven master. she is carried to the altar, laid down and surrounded by black candles, and worshipped by the more virile men of the coven. she is stroked, kissed and otherwise stimulated until her passions are aroused. only then is she brought before the coven master who copulates w

NAUDON PAUL THE SECRET HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY

e lodges of northern germany were not represented in strasbourg or ratisbonne. these lodges added their voice of support to the revision at an assembly held in torgau in 1462 by crafting ordinances that were described simply as reproductions of the strasbourg statutes established on the ancient foundations instituted "by the holy martyrs crowned in the honor and glory of the holy trinity and mary queen of heaven."10 a second masonic assembly, also convoked by the grand lodge of strasbourg, was held in ratisbonne in 1464. along with discussing general lodge business, including reports on buildings then under construction, the assembly gave more precise definition to the rights and attributions of the four existing grand lodges (in cologne, strasbourg, vienna, and bern) and named the master

t is not gratuitous to assume that the scots who had been part of the french court for some time where they notably formed one of the king's noble guard units (the ramsays were part of it in the fifteenth century) had introduced the customs of their own country into their adopted land. the ties between the scots and french were strengthened further during the sixteenth century when mary stuart i, queen of the scots from 1542 to 1567, became queen of france through her marriage to francois ii (1558-1560. the ancestral role played by scottish freemasonry in france is confirmed by the knight ramsay in his famous discourse of 1737 "by degrees our lodges and our rites were neglected in most places. this is why of so many historians only those of great britain speak of our order. nevertheless it

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ed in the initiates of the temple of set. this would necessitate the source of such majesty being "beyond" us because of it position within the objective universe. but at the same time it would be intimately involved with each working of a black magician's will, hence intimate to each individual psyche and to any subsequent process developed. anne rice in her third book of the vampyre chronicles, queen of the damned, offers a model for the origins of the vampyre which would be worthy of comparison to the prince of darkness [this theme continues in her witching hour series] amel, a spirit force which could draw the blood of corporal humans, entered the mortally-wounded bodies of akasha and enkil. this transformed them beyond the normal realms of the flesh. in rice's fictional account there

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en he rejects her, exacts a terrible revenge (see p. 18. the egyptian isis became absorbed into roman myth, and it is she who speaks, with the unmistakable voice of the great goddess, to lucius, the hero of apuleius novel the golden ass, when he is initiated into her cult: i am nature, the universal mother, mistress of all the elements, primordial child of time, sovereign of all things spiritual, queen of the dead, queen also of the immortals, the single manifestation of all gods and goddesses that are. holding the world together in the mysteries of eleusis in ancient greece, the great goddess formed the central focus of greek religion (see p. 29. these rituals, open only to the initiated, related to the myth of the grain goddess demeter, and her daughter persephone, the ineffable maiden

the bull of heaven, the god anu said that either enkidu or gilgamesh must die as a punishment. the gods ea and enlil agreed so, despite the pleas of shamash the sun god (to whom the heroes had sacrificed the bull s heart, enkidu was marked for death. he fell ill, forewarned of death by a dream in which he was seized by a black bird and taken down to the house of dust the palace of erishkegal, the queen of darkness. gilgamesh triumphant gilgamesh defeated humbaba, who begged for mercy with tears in his eyes and promised to be his servant. gilgamesh almost agreed, but enkidu said he was not to be trusted and persuaded gilgamesh to kill him. humbaba this lionlike figure may represent humbaba, a forest giant with a countenance. like a lion, fiery breath, and terrible jaws. when he roared, it w

o olympus he married zeus daughter hebe. hermes hermes was the messenger of the gods and zeus son by maia, daughter of the titan atlas. he is wearing his winged hat and carrying his herald s staff, the caduceus. ganymede ganymede was a young prince of troy; zeus was so overwhelmed by his beauty that he descended in eagle form and snatched the beautiful youth to be his cup-bearer on olympus. hera, queen of the gods hera was zeus wife and sister. in one account it was she, not her mother rhea, who saved zeus from being swallowed by their father cronos (see above. she was the goddess of marriage, and many of the stories about her centre on her jealousy of zeus many affairs. saturn by francisco de goya (1746 1828) apollo apollo (see pp. 38 39) and his sister artemis were zeus children by the t

he met the shepherd aristaeus. amazed at her beauty, aristaeus immediately fell in love and pursued her through the countryside. eurydice fled, but as she ran, she stepped on a snake. the bite proved fatal. desolate at her loss, orpheus determined to journey into the underworld (from which no living mortal had ever returned, to beg for his wife to be returned to him. persephone (roman proserpine, queen of the underworld, was so moved by his sorrow, that she agreed to his request on condition that he did not look at eurydice on the way back to the daylight. but as they neared the end of their journey, orpheus could not help glancing back to make sure his beloved was still with him, and as he looked she faded before his eyes, lost to him forever. orpheus never recovered and lived in misery u

, and orpheus himself is said to have been torn apart by the maenads, who were punished by dionysus. the fates the three fates were the daughters of the night: clotho( the spinner, lachesis( the drawer of lots, and atropos( the inevitable. even zeus was not more powerful than the fates, who measured out each man s destiny like a length of thread one spun it, one measured it, and the third cut it. queen of the underworld persephone, the dreaded queen of the underworld, was the mother of the god of the orphic mysteries, dionysus zagreus, who was fathered by zeus in the form of a serpent. this may be the reason why she took pity on orpheus, the poet who had sung dionysus praises. orpheus in th e underworld reclaiming eurydice, or the music by jean restout ii (1692 1768) this painting shows or

d on roadsides, in public places, and in the home. one fateful night in athens in 415 bce hundreds of phalluses were broken off; modern scholars suggest this was a women s protest against athenian militarism. although pan boasted that he had seduced all of dionysus maenads, as well as the moon goddess selene (luna, he was often rejected. his least dignified pursuit was of hercules lover, omphale, queen of lydia. climbing into her bed, pan tried to embrace her, only to discover the couple had exchanged clothes in their loveplay and he was embracing hercules. hercules kicked pan out of bed and across the floor. caduceus, a messenger s emblem in ancient greece to ensure safe passage winged sandals for swift travel hermes hermes, shown here on a greek red-figure cup dating from the late 5th ce

ugeias in one day, so he diverted two rivers to run through and sluice the yard. 6. hercules shot down the flesheating stymphalian birds, which had wings, beaks, and claws of iron. 7. hercules captured the cretan bull, father of the minotaur (see pp. 56 57, which had gone mad. 8. hercules captured the flesheating mares of diomedes. 9. hercules acquired the belt of ares the war god from hippolyta, queen of the amazons. 10. hercules took possession of the cattle belonging to the threeheaded monster geryon. 11. hercules stole the golden apples of the hesperides. 12. hercules kidnapped cerberus, guardian dog of the underworld. hera charged ladon, the serpent, to prevent anyone from stealing the golden apples, and also to stop the hesperides from eating them. jason and the golden fleece 52 jaso

given to her by perseus (see pp. 46 47. the goddess athena when the war broke out between the greeks and the trojans, athena (and hera, furious with paris, supported the greeks. however, athena withdrew her support after the fall of troy when the trojan princess and prophetess cassandra was violated in one of her shrines. the only greek she continued to protect was odysseus (see pp. 64 65. hera, queen of heaven hera, queen of heaven, was the goddess of marriage. her own was a stormy one, and she often figures as a jealous and vengeful wife. for persecuting heracles (see pp. 50 51, zeus hung her from olympus by the wrists, with anvils tied to her ankles. god of love eros (cupid, the impish god of love, often accompanies aphrodite, the goddess of sexual love. aphrodite aphrodite stands nake

s that his son would one day found a great dynasty and, indeed, the romans regarded aeneas as the founder of their race. virgil s aeneid tells how he escaped from the sack of troy carrying his father on his back and how, after a long journey, during which his father died, he came to italy and founded a settlement on the site of rome. the most famous part of the story is his love affair with dido, queen of carthage. shipwrecked by juno (hera, who did not wish him to fulfil his destiny, aeneas and his men were brought to dido s court, where he and dido fell in love. aeneas stayed in carthage as her consort, until jupiter (zeus) sent mercury (hermes) to tell him to leave and continue his journey. when dido found out that he planned to leave her, she had a funeral pyre built and, as his ship s

tice love magic, either to bring aeneas back or to free herself from his spell. dark cave light shines from the cave, offering shelter from the storm. it was here that juno, goddess of marriage, to whom dido had made sacrifice, joined her with aeneas. in doing this, she planned to keep aeneas in her favored city of carthage rather than let him found rome, a city that might destroy carthage. dido, queen of carthage dido is wearing a yellow dress. when she welcomed aeneas and his men to carthage, he gave her a dress in gratitude. it had a border woven of yellow acanthus flowers and had originally belonged to helen of troy. dido and aenea s esca pe a st orm by johann heinrich tischbein (1722 89) this painting shows dido and aeneas about to enter a cave to shelter from a storm that has blown u

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re of the colour of korykian saffron, while the root looked like flesh that has just been cut, and the juice like the dark sap of a mountain oak. to make the ointment, medea, clothed in black, in the gloom of night, had drawn off this juice in a caspian shell after bathing in seven perennial streams and calling seven times on brimo [hekate, nurse of youth, brimo, night-wanderer of the underworld, queen of the dead. the dark earth shook and rumbled underneath the titan root when it was cut, and prometheus himself groaned in the anguish of his soul. argonautica 3.844f it [akhaia in greece] is a land ringed by lofty mountains, rich in sheep and pasture, and the birthplace of prometheus son, the good deukalion, who was the first man to found cities, build temples to the gods and rule mankind a

REGARDIE ISRAEL THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN

lume i <154> tetragrammaton on the tree the tarot is thus referred to the tree of life: the four aces are placed on the throne of kether- the <156> remaining small cards of the suit desired on the respective sephiroth, 2 on chokmah, 3 on binah, etc. the 22 trumps are then fifrh knowledge lecture 79 arranged on the paths between them, according to the letters to which they correspond. the king and queen of the suit are placed beside chokmah and binah respectively; the knight and knave by tiphareth and malkuth. the tarot trumps thus receive the equilibrium of the sephiroth they connect. the admission badges used in the grade of philosophus are as follows: the calvary cross of twelve squares, admitting to the path of qoph, the 29th path, refers to the zodiac and to the eternal river of eden d

rum the qlippoth on the tree of life 1. kether thaumiel-the two contending forces, 2. chokmah ghogiel-the hinderers 3. binah satariel-the concealers 4. chesed agshekeloh-the breakers in pieces 5. geburah golohab-the burners 6. tiphareth tagiriron-the disputers 7. netzach gharab tzerek-the ravens of death 8. hod samael-the liar or poison of god 9. yesod gamaliel-the obscene ones 10. malkuth lilith-queen of the night and of demons <164> the seven palaces attributed to the ten sephiroth fifth knowledge lecture 83 <165> the astrological symbols of the planets these are derived from the three primary forms of the cross, the crescent and the circle, either singly or in combination. the circle denotes sun and gold; the crescent the moon and silver, respectively analogous to the red and white alch

e elohim said "let us make adam in our image, after our likeness and let him have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the fowl of the air and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth over the earth" and the elohim created eth ha-adam in their own image, in the image of the elohim created they them. in the name of adonai melekh and of the bride and queen of the kingdom, spirits of earth adore adonai! hierophant hands his sceptre to hiereus and, taking his sword, makes the ox 8 in centre of pentagram, saying: in the name of auriel, the great archangel of earth, and by the sign of the head of the ox- spirits of earth, adore adonai! hierophant returns sword to hiereus and takes mitre-headed sceptrefrom hegemon, and makes cross in the air, sayin

o the key of the universe. these ideas are symbolically resumed in the representation of the twenty first key of the tarot, in front of you. within the oval formed of the 72 circles, is a female form, nude save for a scarf that floats round her. she is crowned with the lunar crescent of isis, and holds in her hands, two wands. her legs form a cross. she is the bride of apocalypse, the kabbalistic queen of the canticles, the egyptian isis or great feminine kerubic angel sandalphon on the left hand of the mercy seat of the ark 160 the golden dawn: volume i1 book l b o <80> the wands are the directing forces of the positive and negative currents. the seven pointed heptagram or star alludes to the seven palaces of assiah; the crossed legs to the symbol of the four letters of the name. the surm

use. as preparation for serious meditation, for skrying, for difficult magical works, it is as fine a preliminary as could be wished for. 404 the golden dawn: volume 111 book six gram with taurus symbol in centre. and the elohirn said: let us make adam in our own image after our likeness, and let them have dominion over all the earth. in the name of adonai melekh, and in the name of the bride and queen of the kingdom, spirits of earth, adore adonai. trace taurus kerub in air; also sigil of auriel. in the name of auriel, the great archangel of earth, and by the sign of the head of the ox, spirits of earth, adore adonai. make cross in air. in the names and letters of the great northern quadrangle, spirits of earth, adore adonai. hold wand on high. in the three great secret names of god borne

, before the mercy of chesed can manifest in thy being, the elements of thy body must have an enduring stability. place talisman before earth tablet, make invoking circle round it and pentagram of passive spirit with wheel, and invoking earth pentagram with taurus kerub, saying: in the name of adonai ha-aretz and adonai melekh, spirits of earth adore your creator. in the name of the bride and the queen of the kingdom, and by the name of your archangel auriel, spirits of earth ye are mine to command. bind unto this creature of talismans the substance of your realm (make cross) in the three great secret holy names of god borne upon the banners of the north: emor dial hectega, spirits of earth give unto me of the substance of your realm that it may be mine for ever. bind it unto this creature

ormation, for i am the wielder of the forces of the balance. thou hast known me now, 0 form of isis, so pass thou on unto the cubical altar of the universe. pass to east of altar, formulating lsis as standing west in the place of the candidate. and i beheld a great wonder in heaven. a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon at her feet, and on her head was the diadem of the twelve stars. 0 thou queen of love and mercy, thou crowned with the throne, homed as the moon, whose countenance is mild and glowing, hear me, 0 isis, hear and save. isis (vibrate by middle pillar) thou who art in matter manifest, mother, queen, and daughter of the justified one, thee, thee do i invoke. 0 <245> virgin glory of the godhead unspeakable, immortal queen of the gods, i invoke thee. isis (circumambulate wit

thee. isis (circumambulate within) descend from thy palace of the stars. 0 mother. 0 archetype eternal of maternity and love. 0 mother, the flower of all mothers, whose voice all amenti hears. speak unto me and manifest about me that i may rise from the chaos, from the world of shapeless and ritual for transformation 433 illusory forms, of dead men's husks, and unsubstantial things. 0 isis, great queen of heaven, supernal splendour which dwellest in that light to which no man approach, wherein is mystery and awful silence, come unto me, and make open the gates of bliss. hail unto thee, 0 thou mighty mother. isis, unveil thou, 0 soul of nature, giving life and energy to the universe. from thee all things do proceed. unto thee all must return. thou springest from the sun of splendour, shroud

t shall be (or endure. in universal faithfulness and truth from eternity. now an hour, now a day, now a year, now an age, all things are one, and all in all. eternity. 9. these ten letters are notaricons oe ab kether. ex chokmah. tu binah. ex chesed. regina geburah. nunc tiphareth. in netzach. totius hod. ad yesod. saeculorum malkuth (from the crown, out of wisdom-thou, 0 understanding art mercy, queen of severity. now the perfect beauty, in the victory, of all splendour, for the foundation, of the ages of the universe) 10. probably alludes to the three principles. 11. this was, i believe, but am not certain, the motto of our frater count adrian a meynsicht, otherwise known as henricus madathanus <50> 12. the christ from the christ. the mercury from the mercury, through the path of the cro

ion of the secret wisdom the titles of the tarot symbols 1. ace of wands is called the root of the powers of fire. 2. ace of swords is called the root of the powers of air. 3. ace of pentacles is called the root of the powers of earth. 4. ace of cups is called the root of the powers of water. 5. the knight of wands is called the lord of flame and lightning. the king of the spirits of fire. 6. the queen of wands is the queen of the thrones of flames. 7. the king of wands is the prince of the chariot of fire <139> 8. the knave of wands is the princess of the shining flame, and the rose of the palace of fire. 9. the knight of cups is the lord of the waves and the waters, and the king of the hosts of the sea. 10. the queen of cups is the queen of the thrones of the waters. 11. the king of cups

night of cups is the lord of the waves and the waters, and the king of the hosts of the sea. 10. the queen of cups is the queen of the thrones of the waters. 11. the king of cups is the prince of the chariot of the waters. 12. the knave of cups is the princess of the waters and the lotus. 13. the knight of swords is the lord of the wind and the breezes, the lord of the spirits of the air. 14. the queen of swords is the queen of the thrones of the air. 15. the king of swords is the prince of the chariots of the wind. 16. the knave of swords is the princess of the rushing winds, the lotus of the palace of air. 17. the knight of pentacles is the lord of the wide and fertile land, king of the spirits of the earth. 18. the queen of pentacles is the queen of the thrones of earth. 19. the king of

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a the inspired pages of the vedas, in the cryptic emblems of our old books on alchemy, in the ceremonies practised at reception by all secret societies, there are found indications of a doctrine which is everywhere the same and everywhere carefully concealed. occult philosophy seems to have been the nurse or god-mother of all intellectual forces, the key of all divine obscurities and the absolute queen of society in those ages when it was reserved exclusively for the education of priests and of kings. it reigned in persia with the magi, who perished in the end, as perish all masters of the world, because they abused their power; it endowed india with the most wonderful traditions and with an incredible wealth of poesy, grace and terror in its emblems; it civilized greece to the music of th

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: the ritual of transcendental magic by eliphas levi (alphonse louis constant) translated by a. e. waite. originally published by rider& company, england, 1896. transcribed and converted to adobe acrobat format by benjamin rowe, january, 2002. typeset in bauer bodoni, goudy text, and waters titling. part ii: the ritual of transcendental magic the sabbatic goat 1 introduction knowest thou that old queen of the world who is on the march always and wearies never? every uncurbed passion, every selfish pleasure, every licentious energy of humanity, and all its tyrannous weakness, go before the sordid mistress of our tearful valley, and, scythe in hand, these indefatigable labourers reap their eternal harvest. that queen is old as time, but her skeleton is concealed in the wreckage of women's be

the gods descend from heaven and become subject to the will of men. judea borrowed its secrets from egypt; greece sent her hierophants and later her theosophists to the school of the great prophets; the rome of the caesars, mined by the initiation of the catacombs, collapsed one day into the church, and a symbolism was reconstructed with the remnants of all worships which had been absorbed by the queen of the world. according to the gospel narrative, the inscription which set forth the spiritual royalty of christ was written in hebrew, in greek and in latin: it was the expression of a universal synthesis. hellenism, in fact, that grand and beauteous religion of form, announced the coming of the saviour no less than the prophets of judaism. the fable of psyche is an ultra-christian abstract

eculates, as we have said, whether apuleius could have been changed into an ass and then have resumed his human shape. the same doctor might have concerned himself equally with the adventure of the comrades of ulysses, transformed into swine by circe. in vulgar opinion, transmutations and metamorphoses have always been the very essence of magic. now, the crowd, being the echo of opinion, which is queen of the world, is never perfectly right or entirely wrong. magic does change the nature of things, or rather modifies their appearances at pleasure, according to the strength of the operator's will and the fascination of ambitious adepts. the spoken word creates its form, and when a person held infallible confers a name upon a given thing, the latter is really transformed into the substance s

wned, seated and uplifting a sceptre with the orb of the world at its end: her sign is an eagle, image of the soul and of life. she is the venus-urania of the greeks and was represented by st. john in his apocalypse as the woman clothed with the sun, crowned with twelve stars and having the moon beneath her feet. she is the mystical quintessence of the triad; she is spirituality, immortality, the queen of heaven. d the porte or government of the easterns, initiation, power, the tetragram, the quaternary, the cubic stone, or its base. hieroglyph, the emperor, a sovereign whose body represents a right-angled triangle and his legs a cross image of the athanor of the philosophers. h indication, demonstration, instruction, law, symbolism, philosophy, religion. hieroglyph, the pope, or grand hie

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(pages 1-9) figure 1. human and otherworld entities introduction 6 to this general connection we can add one of the classic examples of seership and contact with the fairy realm, that of thomas of earlston (erceldoune, thomas the rhymer. this historical thirteenth-century poet was transported to a mysterious underground realm by a beautiful woman upon a white horse: she revealed herself to be the queen of elfland: he served her for seven years, and upon his return to the human world, was gifted with the power of prophecy and poetry, sometimes described as the tongue that cannot lie. many of thomas' prophetic verses remain today, as does the long romance poem of his underworld experience, and a ballad in scottish-english, preserved in lowland folk tradition until the late nineteenth century

his text (page 21) where he describes the ancient practice of introduction 8 referring to that which is powerful and potentially dangerous by kindly names. not only did the gaels do this, as they still do to this day in isolated regions of scotland and ireland, but it was common in the classical world. the term good goddess used by the romans, for example, was often descriptive of the terrifying queen of the underworld, hecate, ruler of necromancy, death, poisons, cursing, and similar forces and activities. if we read kirk's material carefully, and try to avoid imposing any modern retrospective attitudes upon it (a difficult but not impossible task, he presents a clear and well-defined purpose to the reader. we may begin to assess this purpose by disposing of a few of the retrospective in

e emphasis is upon a physical translation into the subterranean dimension: page 25. she neither perceives any passage out, nor sees what these people do in other rooms of the lodging. when the [fairy] child is weaned, the nurse either dies, or is conveyed back, or gets to choose to stay there. the three choices are resonant of triple patterns in a number of legends: in thomas rhymer's vision, the queen of elfland shows him three roads, that of righteousness leading to heaven, the road of wickedness taken by mortals, and the road to elfland, upon which they travel onwards to her mysterious hall or palace. it is interesting that kirk states precisely that the mortal nurse. may be offered the choice of staying in the subterranean realm. commentary 87 if we consider this triplication in an ini

and for many years. http//www.dreampower.com/kirk_wbw/pg_102.htm (8 of 10 [10/9/2001 12:36:30 am] robert kirk- walker between worlds(pages 102-111) commentary 111 only a few years before kirk assembled his treatise, major weir and his sister had been executed in edinburgh in 1670 for magical, necromantic, incestuous, and otherworldly practices. in her case, she freely admitted consorting with the queen of elfland who taught her supernatural skills in weaving. this famous trial and execution was all the more remarkable because weir had long been an earnest covenanter (one of the active political protestant movements of the time, and commander of the edinburgh city guard during the ascend-ancy of the puritanical revolutionary commonwealth government. these conflicts, incidentally, are the wa

collection of virgins. 2. green mantle wearing of green is associated with magic, witchcraft and fertility 'a green gown' is the traditional term for rustic defloration, and overall the wearing of green is associated http//www.dreampower.com/kirk_wbw/pg_126.htm (4 of 13 [10/9/2001 12:36:58 am] robert kirk- walker between worlds with earth-magic thomas the rhymer is given clothing of green by the queen of elfland. the significance within the tradition is that the wearing of green signifies unity with the land. janet's virgin state, therefore, is no mere human condition, but declares her to be a character such as the epiphanies of the goddess or spirit of the land that occur in appendix 3: the ballad of tam lin 130 early celtic poetical convention. it is her true love that later wins tam li

make the challenge, so that he may reveal the mode of his disenchantment. 9. tam lin reveals his true nature whereas in the version given above, tam lin 'falls from off his horse, other variants offer more revealing causes of his enchantment, he falls asleep under an apple tree, he passes through a magical chapel or is overcome by sleep at a magical well. as a result of this he is captured by the queen of elfland. in other words, he passes into the under appendix 3: the ballad of tam lin 133 world while retaining his human origins. he makes the transition while in a sleep or trance, partly unwitting, without full command of his consciousness. his role of guardian fulfilling a stereotyped mode of magical behavior, is the direct result of his automatic or unwilled enchantment until he is rel

s with her. she is, in fact operating in the role of an impersonal agency, fulfilling certain laws. in thomas, however, the queen is directly concerned in an active dialogue with the hero, and becomes his redeemer through the offering of his love. in other words, the role of 'queen' and 'janet' are merged into one entity in the thomas story, wherein she prohibits the hero from worshipping her as 'queen of heaven- for she is not the goddess. in tam lin, the queen, not activated or motivated by true love, can only be a deeper archetype. this concept is central to the practical operation of magic in the underworld, and should be fully understood before any experiments are attempted. indeed, the stories of tam and thomas should be seen as two operative variants of the same magical liberation p

between worlds 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. true thomas lay o'er yon grassy bank and he beheld a lady gay, a lady that was both brisk and bold come riding o'er the fernie brae. her skirt was of the grass-green silk, her mantlet of the velvet fine, at ilka tett of her horses mane hung fifty silver bells and nine. true thomas he took off his hat, and bowed him low down to his knee 'all hail thou mighty queen of heaven! for your peer on earth i ne'er did see 'oh no, oh no, true thomas' she says, that name does not belong to me; i am but the queen of fair elfland, that has come for to visit thee 'but ye maun go wi' me now thomas, true thomas ye maun go wi me, for ye maun serve me seven years thro weel or wae as may change to be' she turned about her milk white steed, and took true thomas up behind

worthy of careful examination and explanation, and will repay continued meditation and application. a long and complex romance text exists, in which many of the specific elements of garden, fruit, otherworld and related symbols are amplified in a conventional manner, but we will deal only with variants found in an oral tradition. the plot moves through seven specific stages: 1. the vision of the queen of elfland; 2. the journey through the underworld; 3. the vision of the tree; 4. the ritual of bread and wine; 5. the vision of the three roads; 6. the vow of silence; 7. the return to the upper earth. in some variants the order of the stages is different, while others give descriptions of elfland and connected material; but the sequence given above, taken from the traditional source ballad

4. the ritual of bread and wine; 5. the vision of the three roads; 6. the vow of silence; 7. the return to the upper earth. in some variants the order of the stages is different, while others give descriptions of elfland and connected material; but the sequence given above, taken from the traditional source ballad used as our main example, is the correct magical order of events. the vision of the queen of elfland (verses 1-5) the seer or dreamer lies upon a grassy bank, beneath a hawthorn tree. local tradition offered a specific tree as that used by thomas, and enough has been said regarding trees and tree magic to make his actions clear to the reader. the hawthorn tree, growing upon a grassy bank, is the tree of initiation or of commencement. it is the only one that may have both a physic

the grail castle is often marked by a small oaken door with a symbol carved above it. in some versions of the vision, the orchard of paradise, or the apple tree upon the hill, is surrounded by a ring of oaks. those who meet the male guardian may encounter him at an oak tree (see the trump of the guardian in the merlin tarot, while those who are blessed like thomas of ercledoune, are guided by the queen of elfland direct to the fruit. ash, traditionally used for thrones, spears and sea-going vessels, may be equated with the third underworld tree, that of mediation. the entire subject of detailed tree symbolism represents a very wide and complex held, which is not directly relevant to the present study, but the serious student or inquirer should consider native tree lore in depth. a detailed

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le and meaningful of all signs was given. a reminder of crowley's ability to sense the omnipresence and comprehensiveness of nuit. such an experience would have been impossible for one of lesser vision than a magus, because a magus, by definition, must first comprehend the totality of what presently exists before uttering a word to exert change upon it. 27. then the priest answered& said unto the queen of space, kissing her lovely brows, and the dew of her light bathing his whole body in a sweet-smelling perfume of sweat: o nuit, continuous one of heaven, let it be ever thus; that men speak not of thee as one but as none; and let them speak not of thee at all, since thou art continuous! crowley's ecstatic recognition of the sign, and hope that mankind generally will not transcend inertia b

nd to all self-consciousness and thus from pain. the ultimate argument of nuit is for suicide of the finite self in order to become part of the infinite whole [cf. crowley's discussion of the "annihilation of the self" via the "crossing of the abyss" between adeptus exemptus (7=[4] and magister templi (8=[3] in one star in sight] 33. then the priest fell into a deep trance or swoon& said unto the queen of heaven; write unto us the ordeals; write unto us the rituals; write unto us the law! crowley desires the means for reunion with the whole to be explained to him in terms of ordeals (stresses necessary to destroy the self, rituals (mental and physical exercises to bring initiates closer to nuit, and law (commandments that are to be obeyed to achieve the reunion. 34. but she said: the ordea

l strengthen your ability to read the tarot. each of these four court cards are found in each of the four suits. the knight is therefore the fiery aspect of whichever suit he wears, the queen the watery aspect, etc. as crowley does in his text, we list the sixteen court cards and their elemental correspondences in table 2.(31) court card elemental combinations knight of wands fiery aspect of fire queen of wands watery aspect of fire prince of wands airy aspect of fire princess of wands earthy aspect of fire knight of cups fiery aspect of water queen of cups watery aspect of water prince of cups airy aspect of water princess of cups earthy aspect of water the prince of cups is the airy aspect of water. he can be interpreted as understanding backed by intelligence and thought. he can also be

d that each element is composed of two primal forces. these primal forces are hot or cold, and dry or wet.(32) fire is hot and dry, air is hot and wet, earth is cold and dry, and water is cold and wet. the court cards allow the emphasis to be placed on one primal force, to be balanced between two primal forces, or to be balanced between all four primal forces. knight of swords fiery aspect of air queen of swords watery aspect of air prince of swords airy aspect of air princess of swords earthy aspect of air knight of disks fiery aspect of earth queen of disks watery aspect of earth prince of disks airy aspect of earth princess of disks earthy aspect of earth table 2: alchemical sub-elemental correspondences of the court cards the prince of swords, the airy aspect of air, represents purifie

same man, but two different aspects of him. the prince would reflect the less mature aspects, those likely to cause problems in a relationship, while the knight would reflect the more mature aspects, more supportive, which point to and support a long-term relationship. a court card could also be archetypical, pointing towards personal characteristics rather than the actual sex of any person. the queen of wands (the watery aspect of fire) might represent the emotional powers and forces which give strength to the fire of one's thelema during psychodramatic ritual. more physically, this queen could represent emotions on a rampage. this queen could also represent some person, male or female, young or old, who is extremely active and energetic (wands, and whose activity reflects "her" emotiona

even numbers (two, four. ten) are considered to be female. this applies mostly to the numbered suit cards, but with care can also be applied to the trumps. the numbered suit cards will rarely reflect an individual or a group of people, but the sexual symbolism of that number (and suit) will often give the reader an idea of any sexually oriented qualities of the activity or question involved. if a queen of wands is surrounded by even cards (feminine, passive, then this will sometimes be interpreted to actually represent a woman, a female, with fiery leanings. if those even cards are 4 and 8, that lady is outwardly quiet and passive, quite feminine, and quite possibly intensely frustrated because her spirit wars with her outward image. if those even cards are 2 and 10, that lady is probably

od used, i have found it highly useful to always list the suit, number, and name of each card. this enables us to more easily review the symbolism of each card from the written record. it also helps us to find and fix errors in the written records, as we discuss later. hence, the list in the first box below might be used to record six cards used in a reading. 3 of swords- sorrow 4 of disks- power queen of disks xi- lust this list takes up a significant amount of room on paper (it would take up much more room for large readings with many cards, and we can shrink that list, use less paper, by abbreviating much of the list. the same list could be written as shown on the left. layouts also have meaning or importance in the position of the cards and in their order. in the small booklet included

thoth which discusses these cards. read not only the section on the cards themselves, but those on the general groups of cards (four, three, and queen. read those sections now, before you continue with this primer. this primer will discuss the cards within the reading, but you should read what crowley says, so you can also see what we don't discuss. four of disks 3 power three of swords 1 sorrow queen of disks 2 the three is a card of creation, according to both the kaballah (representing binah) and numerology. this idea of creation is tinged with sorrow. crowley emphasizes the dark side of binah and the three's kaballistic imbalance (being on the left, the evil side of the tree of life, in claiming sorrow for the three of swords. numerologically the three is a very positive number, and t

iar with the possibilities in his current job than he is with those of the new job. let's therefore examine the right section next- what does the querant have in his future if he stays in the current job? this potential future is reflected by the 10.s, 6.d, and q.s. again, read crowley's descriptions of these cards before continuing on with this lesson. ten of swords 4 ruin six of disks 8 success queen of swords 12 the 6.d indicates this querant will achieve a measure of success in the current job. since the 6.d is flanked by swords on both sides, the success will be more intellectual than worldly. yes, the querant will find the intellectual challenge he seeks in his current job, and at least for a short while will successfully meet those challenges. however, crowley warns that "the condit

ent job, and at least for a short while will successfully meet those challenges. however, crowley warns that "the condition [of success] is transient" the cards indicate that intellectual success, however heady and pleasurable in itself, will not be satisfying to the querant over the long-term. the name of 10.s, ruin, is as distasteful as 6.d's name of success is delightful. crowley describes the queen of swords: she will be cruel, sly, deceitful, and unreliable, in this way very dangerous, on account of the superficial beauty and attractiveness which distinguish her. note the "newly severed head of a bearded man" the current job can be destructive "she is the clear, conscious perception of idea, the liberator of the mind" reflect on the methods and results of some liberators. sometimes th

f cards in the book of thoth, and we must not let ourselves be swayed from the more accurate interpretations. lesson 16. your first reading, final section having examined the querant's future in his current job, let us look at his future if he takes the new job. this future is symbolized by the q.w, 8.s, and 8.d. again, read crowley's description of these cards before continuing with this lesson. queen of wands 13 eight of swords 9 interference eight of disks 5 prudence the eight of swords describes the major impact of taking the new job. the swords reflects the active involvement of the intellect, while the eight reflects worldly involvement and material success or failure. the new job will answer the querant's desire for some intellectual involvement, and may also answer the querant's ne

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impossible to predict. for this reason the cara- vanserais prospered. the produce of the world came up from zafar to sheba, and thence tojahilia and the oasis of yathrib and on to midian where moses lived; thence to aqabah and egypt. from jahilia other trails began: to the east and north--east, towards mesopotamia and the great persian empire. to petra and to palmyra, where once solomon loved the queen of sheba. those were fatted days. but now the fleets plying the waters around the peninsula have grown hardier, their crews more skilful, their navigational instruments more accurate. the camel trains are losing business to the boats. desert-ship and sea-ship, the old rivalry, sees a tilt in the balance of power. jahilia's rulers fret, but there is little they can do. sometimes abu simbel su

el, places thunderbolts in his hands, and the battle is joined; he hurls lightning spears into her feet and she plunges comets into his groin _we are killing each other, he thinks _we will die and there will be two new constellations in space: al-lat, and gibreel. like exhausted warriors on a corpse- littered field, they totter and slash. both are failing fast. she falls. down she tumbles, al-lat queen of the night; crashes upsidedown to earth, crushing her head to bits; and lies, a headless black angel, with her wings ripped off, by a little wicket gate in the palace gardens, all in a crumpled heap- and gibreel, looking away from her in horror, sees the imam grown monstrous, lying in the palace forecourt with his mouth yawning open at the gates; as the people march through the gates he sw

person "not a goddamn fingernail. i know what i'm worth, darling, i know how the mystery dies the moment they put their willies in, i should have known you'd turn out to be a whore. some fucking communist, i suppose" she wound down. she had inherited her father's prejudices in such matters. allie, as elena knew, had not. they hadn't met much after that, elena remaining until her death the virgin queen of the city- the post-mortem confirmed her as _virgo intacta- while allie gave up wearing underwear, took odd jobs on small, angry magazines, and because her sister was untouchable she became the other thing, every sexual act a slap in her sibling's glowering, whitelipped face. three abortions in two years and the belated knowledge that her days on the contraceptive pill had put her, as far

eel as a positive force" he said "an actor from a minority playing roles from many religions, and being accepted. if he has fallen out of favour, it's a bad sign" two days later, salahuddin chamchawala read in his sunday papers that an international team of mountaineers, on their way to attempt an ascent of the hidden peak, had arrived in bombay; and when he saw that among the team was the famed "queen of everest, miss alleluia cone, he had a strange sense of being haunted, a feeling that the shades of his imagination were stepping out into the real world, that destiny was acquiring the slow, fatal logic of a dream "now i know what a ghost is" he thought "unfinished business, that's what" o o o allie's presence in bombay came, in the next two days, to preoccupy him more and more. his mind

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name of an avatar of dionysos. a duke ruling in the east. formerly of the angelic order of virtues. appears as an old man riding a crocodile, with a goshawk on his fist. causes earthquakes, destroys dignities, teaches languages, brings back runaways, makes those who run stand still. agrath bath mahalath, aggerath, igrath, igerath, agrat (hebrew, daughter of mahalath. one of samael s three wives, queen of demons. angel of prostitution. equated with lilith. the bible mentions two women named mahalth, one is the daughter of ishmael and wife of esau, the other is wife to rehoboam and grand-daughter of david. ahriman (middle persian, modern farsi, from angru mainyu. whose name was given by zarathustra, and to whom the mithraics offered sacrifice. who counters every act of creation with an act

. inspires sloth and idleness amongst humans. his adversary in heaven is st. bartholomew. archdemon corresponding to chesed (mathers, waite. astarte- ashtoreth was originally the creating and destroying goddess of the phonicians and zidonians, assosciated closely with the cult of baal. known to the egyptians as athtar, venus in the morning, in aramaic she is the morning star, as astroarche she is queen of the stars. avnas, amy (58th spirit, goetia. president commanding 36 legions, who appears as a flame. teaches astrology and the liberal arts, bewrays treasure kept by spirits. gives good familiars. az (hebrew, from aleph-zain, meaning then, therefore. the dark goddess. azael (hebrew. demon prince of water. also, amongst the watchers (see above. azarak) a name employed to designate the horn

anyone regardless of their whereabouts. decarabia (goetia, 69th spirit. marquis commanding 30 legions. appears as a star in a pentacle, assumes human form on command. discovers virtues of birds and precious stones, brings visions of birds. devel (gypsy. the highest being. the word devel is cognate with sanskrit deva, meaning god. diana, dziana, dana, tana (roman, the shining one, etruscan. gyspsy queen of witches all, mother of lucifer. djall (albanian. a name for the devil. cognate with latin, diabolus. djab (haitian. a mercenary spirit with no family or nation. cognate with latin, diabolus. dommiel, dubbiel).once the guardian angel of persia who stood in for gabriel when s/he was in disgrace. patron devil of terror, who guards the gates of hell. dreqi (albanian, from the latin draco, mea

dove, speaks hoarsely. builds towers and supplies them with armaments, sends warriors. haurus, haures (goetia, 64rh spirit. who manifests as a leopard, man, or theriomorph, a master of divination. destroys and burns the enemies of the summoner. tells of the creation of the world, and how he and the fallen came to be. his name probably derives from the egyptian horus. hecate (greek. triple headed queen of sorcery, who dwells where the roads meet. known also as enodia, trioditus, and antaia, she who encounters you. identified in some witch traditions as the mother of lucifer. hel (old norse. the queen of the underworld, and the name of the realm itself. the daughter of loki and the giantess angrboda, sister of fenrir and the midgard serpent. even the gods must tread the way of hel. helel be

ing property. the personification of riches and unjust profit (luke 16:9-13. the prince of tempters, the devil of avarice and greed. identified as a devil in the works of aggrippa and nettesheim. patron devil of avarice, and ambassador to england. who is so stooped from the impact from the fall that he must spend his days staring at the ground. possibly a form of mammitu, the akkadian goat headed queen of the underworld, goddess of oaths and pacts, spouse of nergal. marax, morax (goetia, 21st spirit. earl and president commanding 30 legions. appears as a bull with a human face. teaches astronomy, gives wise familiars who know the virtues of herbs and stones. marbas (goetia, 5th spirit. president commanding 36 legions. appears as a great lion. gives true answers on secret matters, causes an

, is probably corrupted from orabous, the serpent swallowing its tail, a sacred sign of the gnostics. paimon (goetia, 9th spirit. formerly of the angelic order of dominations. appears as a man with a glorious crown, or as a female devil wearing a crown and riding a camel, who supplants the thoughts of mortals with her own. mistress of ceremonies in hell, ruling over 25 demonic legions. demon king/queen of fire. possibly related to the tamil pey, who were necrophagian demons and goblins. phenex, pheynix, phoenix (goetia, 37th spirit. marquis commanding 20 legions. appears as a phoenix with the voice of a child. speaks of all sciences, and writes poetry. told solomon he hoped to return to the 7th throne. phosphoros (greek, the morning star. a naked and winged youth, child of eos and helios

manding 20 legions. appears as a phoenix with the voice of a child. speaks of all sciences, and writes poetry. told solomon he hoped to return to the 7th throne. phosphoros (greek, the morning star. a naked and winged youth, child of eos and helios. in latin he is lucifer. picullus (old prussian pickuls, meaning devil. god of the underworld, later a prince of hell. proserpine originally the greek queen of the underworld, in christianised diabolist tradition she is queen of she demons. puck, pukje, pukis (english, norwegian, baltic. a kind of goblin or evil spirit. purson (goetia, 29th spirit. formerly of the order of thrones. king commanding 22 legions. appears as a comely man with a lion face, riding a bear and carrying a viper, proceeded by trumpets. knows all hidden things, discovers tr

to cause all manner of prodigies visibility, both natural and supernatual. se irim, sahirim (hebrew sa ir, meaning hairy goats. demons in the shape of goats, to whom the children of israel offered sacrifice (leviticus 17:7. selene (greek. also called mene, moon, a tutelary deity of sorcerers and magickians, fused with hekate and artemis, the romans knew her as luna. later, she is identified as a queen of hell. serguthy (grimorium verum. a subordinate spirit of satanachia. has power over wives and virgins, when the occasion is favourable. seth (hebrew, transgression. the third child of adam and eve, after the desasterous relationship of cain and abel. a curious parallel exists between the tale of the two brothers in genesis, and the mystery of set and osiris. seth, set, setech, sutech (egy

ams and sexual vampires. surgat (grimorium verum, honorius. a subordinate spirit of lucifer. has power to open all locks, to locate and transport treasures. sustugriel (grimorium verum. a subordinate spirit of satanachia. teaches magickal art. he gives good familiars and furnishes mandragores. sut one of the sons of iblis, a demon of the order of flies. tehom hebrew form of the babylonian tiamat, queen of the waters of the deep. the abyss itself (gen 1:2. tiamat (babylon. primordial mother dragon of chaos, defeated by marduk and torn apart to become the earth and the sky. equated with typhon and leviathan. trimasel (grimorium verum. a subordinate spirit of satanachia. teaches chemistry, alchemy, and all sleight of hand. tubal-cain son of lamech and zillah, master of metal working. the firs

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a serpent milcom- ammonite devil moloch- phoenician and canaanite devil mormo (greek) king of the ghouls, consort of hecate naamah- hebrew female devil of seduction nergal- babylonian god of hades nihasa- american indian devil nija- polish god of the underworld o-yama- japanese name for satan pan- greek god of lust, later relegated to devildom pluto- greek god of the underworld proserpine- greek queen of the underworld pwcca- welsh name for satan rimmon- syrian devil worshipped at damascus sabazios- phrygian origin, identified with dionysos, snake worship saitan- enochian equivalent of satan sammael (hebrew "venom of god" samnu- central asian devil sedit- american indian devil sekhmet- egyptian goddess of vengeance set- egyptian devil shaitan- arabic name for satan shiva (hindu) the destr

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magical knowledge, and acting out a sacred drama. many of these mystery cults celebrated a cycle of death and rebirth. the eleusinian mysteries, held at the sacred site of eleusis near athens, for example, reenacted for believers the myth of the goddess demeter and her daughter persephone. the story tells that persephone was so beautiful that hades himself kidnapped her and carried her off to be queen of the underworld. demeter, mourning for her daughter, caused all growing things to fade. this so alarmed the rest of the gods that they ordered hades to release persephone to her mother. hades could not do so lawfully, however, because persephone had eaten a tiny amount of food while she was in the underworld, tying her to it. the compromise worked out was that persephone had to spend six m

an. her father, sargon, typically wrote in akkadian. at least six different compositions have been attributed to enheduanna from the tablets, the most well-known and completely translated of which is the exaltation of inanna. historians and archaeologists have given these hymns sumerian titles taken from their first lines. therefore the exaltation of inanna is also sometimes called nin-me-sar-ra (queen of countless divine powers. the exaltation of inanna is 153 lines long and begins with a description of inanna s characteristics. the second part details inanna s powers as a goddess of battle. the third section tells of the trouble endured by enheduanna when a local lugal (third-highest ranking military officer) rebelled against her father and she was banished from the temples in ur and uru

raphies enheduanna goodrich, norma lorre. priestesses. new york, ny: franklin watts, 1989. hallo, w. w, and w. simpson. the ancient near east: a history. new york, ny: harcourt brace jovanovich, 1971. meador, betty de shong. inanna, lady of largest heart: poems of the sumerian high priestess enheduanna. austin, tx: university of texas press, 2000. wolkstein, diane, and samuel noah kramer. inanna, queen of heaven and earth: her stories and hymns from sumer. new york, ny: harper and row, 1983. web sites binkley, roberta. context: who was enheduanna? http//www.public.asu. edu/ rbinkle/enheduanna.htm (accessed on june 2, 2006. binkley, roberta. enheduanna. feminist theory website. http//www.cddc.vt. edu/feminism/enheduanna.html (accessed on june 2, 2006. enheduanna. gateways to babylon. http//

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the earth came to me from the ends of the earth to behold the temple which i builded to the lord god. and having heard of the wisdom given to me, they did homage to me in the temple, bringing gold and silver and precious stones, many and divers, and bronze, and iron, and lead, and cedar logs. and woods decay not they brought me, for the equipment of the temple of god. 109. and among them also the queen of the south, being a witch, came in great concern and bowed low before me to the earth. and having heard my wisdom, she glorified the god of israel, and she made formal trial of all my wisdom, of all love in which i instructed her, according to the wisdom imparted to me. and all the sons of israel glorified god. 110. and behold, in those days one of the workmen, of ripe old age, threw himse

question him. but he came to me in grief and with black face. and i said to him "tell me, old man, where is thy son? and what means this garb" and he answered "lo, i am become childless, and sit by my son's grave in despair. for it is already two days that he is dead" but i solomon, on hearing that, and knowing that the demon ornias had told me the truth, glorified the god of israel. 116. and the queen of the south saw all this, and marvelled [41] glorifying the god of israel; and she beheld the temple of the lord being builded. and she gave a siklos [1] of gold and one hundred myriads of silver and choice bronze, and she went into the temple. and (she beheld) the altar of incense and the brazen supports of this altar, and the gems of the lamps flashing forth of different colours, and of t

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tor a rose by any other name is still a rose -old proverb in richardson's monitor of freemasonry, an authoritative reference sourcebook, we are told that in the ritual for the masonic degree of most excellent master of the royal arch mason, all present are required to give a "sign of admiration or astonishment" it is explained that this sign is similar to that gesture expressed by the illustrious queen of sheba on her first viewing the fabulous edifice of solomon's temple.1 in duncan's masonic monitor and guide the group present for that same degree ceremony is further told that this sign alludes to "the wonder and admiration of our ancient brethren who were present to view the interior of that magnificent edifice (solomon's temple) which king solomon had erected, and was about to dedicate

ning ring of fire" 499 this mysterious photo of oscar-winning actress julia roberts in time magazine gives us an intriguing view of two rings she wears. on her right hand is the blue-stoned rectangular ring, and on her left hand is a ring with a strange image, indeed one could even say the ring has a creepy and eerie image. in the accompanying article, the writer acclaims roberts as "the reigning queen of hollywood" 500 codex magica without caption, brill's content magazine published this photo of russian president vladimir putin. the black border is unusual and obviously connotes a dark and evil significance to putin's character. the necktie putin wears has illuminist meaning. the x of osiris is prominent in the design as is the two triangles one pointing up, the other down inside a diamo

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ppeared. the news of the holy mother s visitation spread rapidly from zeitoun, a suburb of cairo, to the greater metropolitan population of over six million. while the religious makeup of cairo is largely muslim, there is a fairly large coptic catholic minority. thousands began to gather at the majestic church of zeitoun at tomanbey street and khalil lane to see for themselves the place where the queen of heaven had come to earth. amazingly, for the next three years, the visions of the holy mother manifested sporadically atop the dome of the church. millions claimed to witness the visitations, and numerous photographs of the spiritual phenomenon can be found on the internet. although thousands of people claimed miraculous cures as they looked upward at the glowing figure of the holy mother

ccasions in desolate regions outside of mexico city. at first she appeared as a beautiful, dark-skinned 14-year-old mexican indian girl, who then revealed herself as the evervirgin mary, mother of god. during later appearances, mother mary told diego that she wished a church built to her in the place where she appeared to him guadalupe, the river of the wolf. as proof of her holy appearances, the queen of heaven projected an image of herself upon his tilma (cloak. it is that artifact that brought bishop juan de zumarraga (1468 1548) of mexico city and his entire household to their knees when he asked for some kind of tangible sign from the holy mother. it is that same image on the tilma, set in gold at the center of an elaborate altar, that still awaits today s pilgrim at the basilica of t

inity. descended into hell, the underworld, and braved its challenges and subdued the demons of the pit. the disciples of the orphic/dionysus schools were promised the celestial fire of zeus, the light retrieved by orpheus, that enabled their souls to triumph over death. these things would all be enacted in the mystery play that depicted orpheus descending into hades and observing persephone, the queen of the dead, being awakened by dionysus and being reborn in his arms, thus perpetuating the cycle of rebirth and death, past and future, blending into a timeless immortality. while other schools of reincarnation see the process of rebirth as an evolving of the soul ever higher with each incarnation, the orphic concept introduces the aspect of the soul being gradually purged or purified throu

ns, 1991. eleusis the sacred eleusinian mysteries of the greeks date back to the fifth century and were the most popular and influential of the cults, and it has been said that nowhere did the ancient mysteries appear in such human, vital, and colorful form. the cult of eleusis centered around the myth of demeter (ceres, the great mother of agriculture and vegetation, and her daughter persephone, queen of the greek underworld, the original name of the goddess of death and regeneration. the drama enacted for the initiates symbolized the odyssey of the human soul, its descent into matter, its earthly sufferings, its terror in the darkness of death, and its rebirth into divine existence. some contemporary students of the mysteries have portrayed the myth as the story of the fall of humankind

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of new orleans. such a legend quite likely began when laveau cleverly passed the position of high priestess to her daughter, who greatly resembled her, at a strategic time when she had just begun to age. laveau retired from public appearances to continue to conduct the intricate network of spies and informants she had built up while her daughter assumed the public persona of marie laveau, voodoo queen of new orleans. because she now appeared ageless and could sometimes be seen in more than one place at a time, her power and mystery grew ever stronger among her voodoo worshippers and the elite white community, as well. as far as it can be determined, marie laveau died in new orleans on june 15, 1881. m delving deeper arbury, david. gmarie laveau. h voodoo dreams [online] http//isa.hc.asu.e

count saint-germain frederick the great (1712.1786) of prussia called the count of saint-germain the man who could not die, for according to the count, he had already lived 2,000 years by partaking of his discovery of a regenerative liquid that could prolong human life indefinitely. saint-germain captivated the courts of europe in the eighteenth century. he would refer to a pleasant chat with the queen of sheba and relay amusing anecdotes of babylonian court gossip. he would speak with reverence of the miraculous event that he had witnessed at the marriage feast at cana when the young rabbi jesus (c. 6 b.c.e..c. 30 c.e) turned water into wine. saint-germain spoke and wrote greek, latin, sanskrit, arabic, chinese, french, german, english, italian, portugese, and spanish. he was also a talen

lendid mothers or fathers. taureans are generally not bookish types; they prefer life itself to fiction. although taureans are inclined to be generous, they will fly into a rage if they learn that they have been deceived. gemini, the twins, may 22 to june 21, is an air sign. according to the ancient romans, the sign of gemini represents the twin sons, castor and pollux, who were born to leda, the queen of sparta, after jupiter seduced her, the king of the gods. the twins were highspirited, strong, and inseparable. geminis are among the most intelligent citizens of the zodiac; but they have a dual nature, and they frequently have difficulty in choosing between two courses of action. they are active, and they love freedom, change, and variety. in matters of health, nerves are liable to plagu

ritorial unit, one who holds a preeminent position and is a chief among competitors. it is the same in the tarot. the kings of batons, coins, cups, and swords each stand for a powerful male person with superior qualities, knowledge, and abilities in the category represented by his symbol. a queen, in the world and in the tarot, is the female counterpart of a king, and the same may be said for the queen of each respective suit with respect for gender. a cavalier, or knight, is a man upon whom a corresponding dignity has been conferred by a monarch, and in the tarot, represents a young man with qualities much like those of his parents, the king and queen of the same suit. all royal families have servants, and so it is with the rulers of the minor arcana suits. the knave in each suit represen

represents either a young man or woman of humbler station than the cavalier, who is at times tricky, even deceitful. coins. coins, or money, is the symbol of enterprise and worldly glory. the king of coins represents a man of refinement, wise in the ways of the marketplace. if the king of coins turns up in an inverted position, he will bring the negative qualities of doubt, fear, and danger. the queen of money represents the hope of acquiring the ability to overcome obstacles. if inverted, she becomes a sign of evil. the cavalier of coins symbolizes omens of disunion, discord, or quarrels. if this card turns up with the knight fs head downward, its significance is reversed. the knave, or servant of the house of coins, brings good news. if the knave is dealt upside down, he becomes a beare

a sign of a promising undertaking. the five of coins points to gain and riches. card four predicts a successful enterprise. the three also points to a prosperous enterprise. two is a happy omen of good fortune. the one signifies a beginning. cups. of more vital concern than money in the lives of most people are love and happiness. the king of cups represents a just man of fair play. likewise, the queen of cups evokes the image of a well-loved, motherly woman. the knight of cups symbolizes a fair young man who possesses the same qualities as the king and queen. the page symbolizes similar qualities of love and happiness. if any of these cards are dealt inverted, their meaning signifies aspects of distrust and unhappiness. the ten of cups represents satisfaction in personal accomplishments

appy card, promising success. the two of cups symbolizes love, the result of one added to one. the one-spot alludes celebrations and good cheer. swords. the tarot cards bearing swords bring associations of power, authority, hatred, and misfortune. the king of swords represents a man of authority, one used to issuing orders and seeing to their execution even if they bring about grief and fear. the queen of swords allegorizes a woman who is malicious, spiteful, selfishly domineering. the knight of swords brings to mind the same dark thoughts as the king and queen. the valet of this ominous suit can be seen as a spiteful, malicious, and prying young man or woman. inverted, these cards suggest more positive applications of wealth and power. the ten of swords foreshadows tears, afflictions, and

cy and divination 133 four mirrors thoughts of stillness and periods of solitude. the three of swords is the card of severance and removal. the two stands for friendship. the ace is a herald of triumph. batons. the batons, also called rods or clubs, are symbols of the peasants or serfs of medieval society. the king of batons epitomizes the self-made man, a symbol of success through hard work. the queen of clubs is a loving woman, but very reserved. the knight of clubs indicates the presence of a helpful person. the valet who attends the royal family of finance is a man or woman of extremely sensitive nature. if any of these cards are inverted, they indicate individuals who may cause severe problems. the ten of batons depicts gambling for high stakes. nine indicates a loss of money. eight b

represent the practical, material side of life, especially money. they can also stand for difficulties that will arise if insufficient energy is expended in the desire to accomplish financial goals. the ace of diamonds signifies a beginning or an important message that brings money or a gift to the recipient. the king of diamonds represents a man who has achieved material wealth and success. the queen of diamonds is a woman who is noted for her flirtatious nature and her tendency to gossip about others. the jack of diamonds symbolizes a jealous friend or relative. regarding the gspot h or numbered cards of the suit of diamonds: ten brings money.or possibly a journey that will result in financial success. nine signifies a wish to wander and explore. eight is a sign of financial success or

a n d u n e x p l a i n e d 134 prophecy and divination tial lawsuits. two is a happy card of good fortune in both love and business. hearts: hearts symbolize a strong emotional force that can nullify evil and indicate success in business, as well as in love. the ace of hearts alludes to happiness in the home. the king of hearts is a just man, remembered for his fair play and his generosity. the queen of hearts evokes the image of a well-loved woman, a mother, faithful wife, or one fs true love. the jack symbolizes a reliable and trustworthy friend or relative. the ten of hearts promises success and good fortune in any project. the nine represents triumph, fulfillment, and success. when the eight turns up, it insures a happy occasion. seven indicates false hopes. the six reveals a weaknes

lly, though, when spades appear in a spread, they indicate bad luck, financial loss, illness, separation, divorce, even death. the ace of spades is the card of misfortune, sometimes dramatically named the gdeath card. h the ace may also signal the end of a relationship or a business situation. the king of spades represents a man whose unchecked ambitions may cause him to prove to be a danger. the queen of spades allegorizes a woman who is malicious, spiteful, selfishly domineering. the jack of spades can be seen as a spiteful and prying young man or woman, who only pretends to be a friend. the ten of spades is an unlucky card that foreshadows tears, afflictions, and sorrows. the nine of spades is regarded as the absolute worst card in the pack and indicates forthcoming illness, loss of mon

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ed their grandmaster "christsonday. andro man confessed"that christsonday came to him in the likeness of a fair angel and clad in white clothes, and said that he wasan angel, and that he should put his trust in him and call him lord and king" and again "the devil thymaster, whom thou callest christsonday and supposest to be an angel and god's godson2424albeit he has athraw by god and sways to the queen of elfin2424is raised by speaking the word benedicite and is laid byspeaking the word maikpeblis. suchlike thou affirmest that the queen of elfin has a grip of all the craft, butchristsonday is the goodman and has all power under god" i suggest that the name christsonday is aconfusion of christus filius dei, i.e. son dei, dei being considered as a personal name by the ignorantworshippers. in

d the fairies between the hours of twelve and one at noon and at midnight, andalways went among "hills" for the purpose. bessie dunlop[5] in ayrshire saw eight women and four men,"the men were clad in gentlemen's clothing, and the women had all plaids round them and were veryseemly-like to see; she was informed that these were "from the court of elfame; she had previouslyreceived a visit from the queen of elfhame though without knowing at the time who her visitor was; shedescribed the queen as "a stout woman who came in to her and sat down on the form beside her and asked adrink at her and she gave it" alesoun peirsoun[6] in fifeshire, was "convict for haunting and repairing withthe good neighbours and queen of elphane, and she had many good friends at that court which were of herown blood

ng at the time who her visitor was; shedescribed the queen as "a stout woman who came in to her and sat down on the form beside her and asked adrink at her and she gave it" alesoun peirsoun[6] in fifeshire, was "convict for haunting and repairing withthe good neighbours and queen of elphane, and she had many good friends at that court which were of herown blood, who had good acquaintance with the queen of elphane" in leith, christian livingstone[7]affirmed "that her daughter was taken away with the fairy-folk, and that all the [occult] knowledge she hadwas by her daughter who met with the fairy. aberdeen was full of people who were well acquainted withfairies. one woman[8] told the judges that "what skill so ever she has she had it of her mother, and hermother learned it at an elf-man. and

e[7]affirmed "that her daughter was taken away with the fairy-folk, and that all the [occult] knowledge she hadwas by her daughter who met with the fairy. aberdeen was full of people who were well acquainted withfairies. one woman[8] told the judges that "what skill so ever she has she had it of her mother, and hermother learned it at an elf-man. andro man appears to have been the husband of the "queen of elphen",with whom he had lived for thirty-two years and by whom he had several children. the seventeenth centurywas equally prolific in friends of the fairy. jonet drever[9] in orkney was "convict and guilty of the fosteringof a bairn in the hill of westray to the fairyfolk, called of her our good neighbours. and having conversationwith the fairy twenty-six years bygone, in respect of her

er pain of death. jean weir,[10] sister of the celebrated witch,major weir, stated that "when she keeped a school at dalkeith and teached children, a tall woman came tothe declarant's house when the children were there; and that she had, as appeared to her, a child upon herback, and one or two at her foot; and that the said woman desired that the declarant should employ her tospeak for her to the queen of the fairy, and strike and battle in her behalf with the said queen (which was herown words. the records of the edinburgh justiciary court[11] gives an account of this transaction in ashorter and more sinister manner "jean weir took employment from a woman to speak in her behalf to thequeen of ffarie, meaning the devil. in almost every case of so-called witchcraft, from joan of arc in 1431

ristianpriests.the conditions of life in the neolithic and bronze-age settlements are fairly well known; the people practiseda little agriculture but in some parts were entirely pastoral. they owned all the domestic animals, but cattle the god of the witcheschapter ii. the worshippers20were their mainstay. isobel gowdie 21 in 1662 claimed to have gone into a fairy hill "and got meat therefrom the queen of fairy. there was elf-bulls routing and skoyling up and down there and affrighted me".these bulls made a great impression on her mind for in a further confession she said "we went in to thedownie hills; the hill opened, and we came to a fair and large braw room in the day time. there are elf-bullsrouting and skoyling there at the entry, which feared me" dogs of the chow type were kept by t

isle of man, more often it was green or blue. the colours were dark as in the hunting-tartansof the highlands, and the extremely dark blue gave rise to the belief in the black fairies. as john walsh[22](1566) expresses it "there be three kindes of fairies, the black, the white, and the green, of which the blackbe the woorst. a century later isobel gowdie[23] volunteered the information that "the queen of fairy isbrawly clothed in white linens, and in white and brown clothes, etc, and the king of fairy is a braw man, wellfavoured, and broad-faced, etc" it is most unfortunate that the recording clerk always put "etc" when isobelbegan to give any real details about the fairies. possibly he was afraid to record any information about thoseterrifying people.the colours of the fairies' dresses w

ssed in green with a hat or cap; and on all occasions they wore greencloaks or mantles, possibly arranged like a plaid.when going among the villagers the records show that the fairies were dressed like their neighbours,apparently lest they should attract attention and so be recognised. bessie dunlop[32 (1576) did not know tilllong afterwards that the "stout woman" who visited her was actually the queen of elfhame. there are alsoinnumerable stories of "mortals" entering a fairy knowe and thereby becoming acquainted with theappearance of some of the fairies whom they recognised later among the villagers; such recognitioninvariably met with severe punishment. the fairy-woman of modern ireland is described as being like arespectable house-keeper dressed in black; and as it is impossible to dis

THE GOLDEN ESSENCE

ly, between the dark reality of the dame s being, and the physical body of nature that expresses her potentials. she is seen in many mythologies as darkness, the darkness of old night (and dame dark, or night are also names for her) and in this capacity, she is the figure old fate, the ultimate, supreme, and first being, from whom all things come. she was an underworld goddess, the dark and first queen of the underworld, because the darkness of the underworld, which is also the darkness of fate s womb, is the same primal darkness that existed at the beginning, and from which the cunning fire and light flowed. but as she is the origin and source of all, she is the end of all, that to which all returns, before regeneration. the nine worlds of indo-european mythology were all born from her wo

ancient gnostics saw sophia as being the source of the wisdom that liberated the soul. we will discuss more of her liberating wisdom function later on. she is of a power and a time older than gods. she was the first being. she is the mirror in which all things are seen; she is the pit of the underworld in which the living die and the dead live. she is the true source of the craft. she is the true queen of life and of the land. and she is secret, for many men and women have forgotten her, because her name was veiled in shadow and infamy by dark forces many years ago. but the world remembers her in the deepest places. she still holds court and greets those who have the desire and the cunning to seek her. in her role as earth mother, or source of the physical bodies of life and of generation

ogical figure of the daughter of the mother is central to this discussion. the mother s daughter is called by the clan of orvendale tara de rosilea, but the concept of the goddess of all having a daughter is as old as the hills- demeter s daughter kore or persephone springs to mind here, and this example is particularly apt in this case, because persephone was seen, in the classical world, as the queen of the dead, or the queen of the underworld- the queen of elfhame. before we continue this short discussion on the daughter, something has to be clarified: the title queen of elfhame can be confusing, as it is given to the mother and her daughter- but do not be disarranged by this. to begin with, there is a deeper relationship between the mother and her daughter than is readily apparent- whi

their parent s power and presence, just like human children bear their parents essence and blood. there is a mystery here, in the relationship between the witch gods, and their godly children, just as there is a similar mystery between the relationship of the witch gods and their human children. all of the wise must strive to understand this relationship. the dame s daughter went on to become the queen of elfhame, or of the underworld; she gained that crown through her journey and deeds. the mythology will demonstrate this. it was the dark one, her mother, that was the original queen of elfhame, but in a strictly non- linear sense of reality (and in the sense that the mother and daughter can be seen as one figure) there was no passing of the torch. it is important to realize that the daugh

borne in mind here, as well as below in the discussion of the lightbringer, is that the son and daughter of the mother and father are not just divine beings- they are metaphors for the human soul. the events of their mythology are symbolic of each and every person s experience on their journey through the tides of fate, life, and death, led by love. the daughter, who is sometimes called the fair queen of elfhame, to set her apart from the dark queen of elfhame (a name that usually refers to her mother) is the sexual force of the mother, the haunting, seductive and lovely, but dangerous daughter of the earth. she is the living force of the countryside, the heath- and her name horn conceals a secret that unlocks immortality. lady horn is the spirit that teaches the wise; she is the mistress

gerous daughter of the earth. she is the living force of the countryside, the heath- and her name horn conceals a secret that unlocks immortality. lady horn is the spirit that teaches the wise; she is the mistress of the craft and all families and covens of the hidden craft. her cats are forever present. when she rode up above, on the serpent-tracks, her name was lady tara de rosilea. she was the queen of the heath, and the spirits of the land (the wanes) and the hidden folk within and below it. her primary attributes are fire, cunning, and sexuality. she is the dame venus of legends and lore, as well as the queen of the underworld, or the kore. dr. peter kingsley has recently proven the connection in the classical world between venus and the queen of the underworld. as one of the daughter

es) and the hidden folk within and below it. her primary attributes are fire, cunning, and sexuality. she is the dame venus of legends and lore, as well as the queen of the underworld, or the kore. dr. peter kingsley has recently proven the connection in the classical world between venus and the queen of the underworld. as one of the daughter s signs is the rose, she is also connected to the rose queen of the afterlife. it is very, very important to realize that this daughter is a mythological re-emergence of her mother into a very active hypostasis. tara de rosilea is very much seen as a survival of the figure of freyja or freya, from northern paganism. if you read the myths, you will see that freya was also a child of the earth mother, and bore all the attributes of the daughter, up to a

ry active hypostasis. tara de rosilea is very much seen as a survival of the figure of freyja or freya, from northern paganism. if you read the myths, you will see that freya was also a child of the earth mother, and bore all the attributes of the daughter, up to and including a shared rulership over half the dead, along with queen hel (a figure that is cognate with dame hyldor) and freya was the queen of wanahame- the home/spiritual dimension of the wans, the land spirits or elder gods of the land and nature. freya was likewise the goddess of witchcraft. as the dame represents the darker and more passive mysteries and realities, this daughter shows the active and fiery essence that acts in tandem with them. whe n the mother is encountered, it is normally the daughter that is met, though b

away in the fire of the transcendent, leaving only the pure essence, leaving only what the child represents. all that is left is the perfection that was before fate began a new world system; the golden age is restored, the world made anew. in the ballad of thomas the rhymer, the fruit on the trees of elfhame are considered to be poisonous in their natural state. they had to be transformed by the queen of elfhame into wine and bread, to make them safe for thomas to eat. the primal force of the fruit was deadly, until it was transformed, by thomas devotion to the redeeming feminine, into the bread and wine of the housle. symbolically, this is saying something that should be quite easy to comprehend now- the fruit (grapes, wheat, or any fruit growing from the ground) is of the positive polar

THE KEY TO THE MYSTERIES

ly fields of night; her silvern crescent is now beneath the feet of the bride. but diana is not conquered by venus; her endymion has wakened, and virginity is about to take pride in motherhood! quit the tomb, o phidias, and rejoice in the destruction of thy first jupiter: it is now that thou wilt conceive a god! o rome, let thy temples rise again, side by side with thy basilicas: be once more the queen of the world, and the pantheon of the nations; let vergil be crowned on the capitol by the hand of st. peter; and let olympus and carmel unite their divinities beneath the brush of raphael! transfigure yourselves, ancient cathedrals of our fathers; dart forth into the clouds your chiselled and living arrows, and 62 let stone record in animated figures the dark legends of the north, brightene

in it stronger conjurations, and more efficacious rites "really! but the man is then a monster, or a madman "i think he is just simply in love" said desbarrolles "he is gnawed by some absurd passion, and hopes for absolutely nothing unless he can get the devil to interfere "but how then- what does he mean when he says that we shall hear him spoken of "who knows? perhaps he thinks to carry off the queen of england, or the sultana valide" the conversation dropped, and a whole year passed 165 without mme. a. or desbarrolles, or eliphas hearing the unknown young priest spoken of. in the course of the night between the 1st and 2nd of january, 1857, eliphas levi was awakened suddenly by the emotions of a bizarre and dismal dream. it seemed to him that he was in a dilapidated room of gothic archi

THE MAGICIAN S KABBALAH

n immanent model of the current, ongoing process of manifestation, and hence binah is shaping reality always now, as the source of archetypes. binah is the indivisible template of all things, and hence is the source of all forms, of which names are a symbolic key, and thus it is no surprise that the sephirah is accorded many titles, amongst them the ultimate mother, the primal ocean of birth, the queen of heaven, the bitter sea, and the city of pyramids. binah is spelt in hebrew beth-yod-nun-heh (bynh, and is translated as "understanding. the word begins with beth, which is taken to be the "archetype of all containers, appropriate to the position of binah as head of the passive pillar of form. the letters of binah signify the process as follows: beth: the universal will is contained yod: a

ess of the sea" mother of christ binah connecting to tiphareth mother of divine grace binah connecting to chesed mother inviolate etc binah above the abyss of manifestation mirror of justice binah connecting to geburah seat of wisdom binah connecting to chockmah gate of heaven binah as the first of the supernals above the abyss and connected to malkuth refuge of sinners binah as the place of rest queen of angels binah as briah the fifteen "mysteries" of mary are divided into three groups, the number of binah, being the "joyful "sorrowful" and "glorious" mysteries. the first set of five relate to the creative and formative (descending) aspects of binah, the second set relate to the manifestative aspects of binah, and the third set relate to the mystical aspects (ascending) of binah. an exam

THE MIDDLE PILLAR

ind-lvou. go to the north and draw the same pentagram whle vibrating "theia ge (pronounced "thay-ah gay "divine earth-o ta ry. thrust through the center intoning "soma (pronounced "soh-mah "bodyu-coy a. invocation return to the east and stand in the position of the tau cross. say "before me, aiolos (pronounced "ai-oh-10s"-atolq, guardian of the winds. behind me, tethys (pronounced "tay-thysutyeu, queen of the seas. on my right hand, hestia (pronounced "heh-stee-ah-eozta, lady of the flame. on my left hand, demeter (pronounced "day-may-tayru-aypyzyp, the great mother of earth. for about me flames stephanos asteron (pronounced "stef-ah-nohs ah-ster-ohn "a crown of starsu-cz $avo< aoz pov "and above me shines the duo trigona (pronounced "doo-oh tri-gon-ah "two trianglesu29- auo tptyovoa "ah

uh a neeuhr" meaning "west wind. thrust through the center intoning "uisge (pronounced "oosh-guh" meaning "water. go to the north and trace the pentagram while vibrating "gaoth a tuath (pronounced "goo-uh a too-uh" meaning "north wind. charge the figure with "talamh (pronounced "tal-uhv" meaning "earth. invocation return to the east and stand in the position of the tau cross. say "before me, don, queen of the heavens. behind me, llyr, king of the sea. on my right hand, brigid, lady of the ever-burning fire. on my left hand, cernunnos, lord of the forest. for about me are na deathan (pronounced "nah jee-aahn" meaning "the gods "and in the center is co-cothrom (pronounced "co-cho-dm" meaning "equilibrium. repeat the gaelic qabalistic cross as in the beginning. alternative gaelic banishing ri

THE NECRONOMICON SIMON VERSION

against the lands of the east, by summoning the hordes of fiends i have made subject unto me, and so doing found ngaa, the god of the heathens, who breathes flame and roars like a thousand thunders. i have found fear. i have found the gate that leads to the outside, by which the ancient ones, who ever seek entrance to our world, keep eternal watch. i have smelled the vapours of that ancient one, queen of the outside, whose name is writ in the terrible magan text, the testament of some dead civilisation whose priests, seeking power, swing open the dread, evil gate for an hour past the time, and were consumed. i came to possess this knowledge through circumstances quite peculiar, while still the unlettered son of a shepherd in what is called mesopotamia by the greeks. when i was only a yout

ntil such times as it is needed. but to take not to use this seal hastily, for it is a sharp sword. the number of nergal is eight and this is his seal: the god of jupiter is the lord of magicians, marduk kurios of the double-headed axe. marduk was born of our father, enki, to do battle against the forces of the ancient ones, and he won a powerful fight, subduing the armies of evil and putting the queen of the ancient ones beneath his foot. that serpent is dead, but dreams. marduk was bestowed fifty names and powers by the council of the elder gods, which powers he retains to this day. his colour is purple. his essence is in the material tin, and in brass. his gate is the sixth that you will come upon as you follow the rituals that follow. his step on the ladder of lights in purple. this is

ster of the chemical science, open the gate to the sphere of thy workings! gate of the swift planet, merkurios, open unto me! ia athzothtu! ia angaku! ia zi nebo! marzas zi fornias kanpa! lazhakas shin talas kanpa! nebos athanatos kanpa! ia gaash! ia saash! ia kakolomani-yash! ia maakalli! the invocation of the ishtar gate spirit of venus, remember! ishtar, mistress of the gods, remember! ishtar, queen of the land of the rising of the sun, remember! lady of ladies, goddess of goddesses, ishtar, queen of all people, remember! o bright rising, torch of the heaven and of the earth, remember! o destroyer of the hostile hordes, remember! lioness, queen of the battle, hearken and remember! from the gate of the great god nebo, i call thee! by the name which i was given on the sphere of nebo, i ca

of the rising of the sun, remember! lady of ladies, goddess of goddesses, ishtar, queen of all people, remember! o bright rising, torch of the heaven and of the earth, remember! o destroyer of the hostile hordes, remember! lioness, queen of the battle, hearken and remember! from the gate of the great god nebo, i call thee! by the name which i was given on the sphere of nebo, i call to thee! lady, queen of harlots and of soldiers, i call to thee! lady, mistress of battle and of love, i pray thee, remember! in the name of the covenant, sworn between thee and the race of men, i call to thee! hearken and remember! suppressor of the mountains! supporter of arms! deity of men! goddess of women! where thou gazest, the dead live! ishtar, queen of night, open thy gate to me! ishtar, lady of the bat

e time the elder gods walked the earth, conquerors of the ancient ones. this is the book of ninnghizhidda, horned serpent, the lady of the magick wand. this is the book of ninaxakuddu, the queen, mistress of the incantations. this is the book of asalluxi, the king, the lord of magick. this is the book of azag, the enchanter. this is the book of egura, the dark waters of absu, realm of ereshkigal, queen of death. this is the book of the ministers of knowledge, firik and pirik, the demon of the snake-entwined magick wand and the demon of the thunderbolt, protectors of the arcane faith, the most secret knowledge, to be hidden from those not of us, from the uninitiated. this is the book of asaru, the eye on the throne. this is the book of ushumgallum, mighty dragon, born of hubur, of the battl

and of the living, and the ministers of absu are clearly walking the earth, riding on the air, and upon the earth, and sailing silently through the water, and roaring in the fire, and all these spirits must be brought to subjection to the person of the priest of magick, before any else. or the priest becomes prey to the eye of death of the seven annunnaki, lord of the underworld, ministers of the queen of hell. know, fifthly, that the worshippers of tiamat are abroad in the world, and will give fight to the magician. lo, they have worshipped the serpent from ancient times, and have always been with us. and they are to be known by their seeming human appearance which has the mark of the beast upon them, as they change easily into the shapes of animals and haunt the nights of men and by thei

the books of the shadows and the shells. and they worship the heaving earth and the ripping sky and the rampant flame and the flooding waters; and they are the raisers of the legions of maskim, the liers-in-wait. and they do not know what it is they do, but they do it at the demands of the serpent, at whose name even ereshkigal gives fright, and the dread kutulu strains at his bonds: mummu tiamat queen of the ancient ones! know, sixthly, that thou shalt not seek the operations of this magick save by the rules and governments set down herein, for to do other is to take the most awful risk, for thyself and for all mankind. therefore, heed these words carefully, and change not the words of the incantations, whether thou understand them, or understand them not, for they are the words of the pa

ose thy arrow at the hordes of dark angels that beset the beloved of arra on all sides and in all places. be watchful, lord of the north ways. remember us, king of our homeland, victor of every war and conqueror over every adversary. see our lights and hear our heralds, and do not forsake us. spirit of the north, remember! invocation of the eastern gate thee i invoke, mistress of the rising star. queen of magick, of the mountains of mashu! thee i call forth this day to guard this most holy mandal against the seven ensnarers, the seven liers-in-wait, the evil maskim, the evil lords! thee i summon, queen of the eastern ways, that thou mayest protect me from the eye of death, and the evil rays of the endukugga and nindukugga! be watchful, queen of the eastern ways, and remember! spirit of the

ia anu! ia enlil! ia nngi! zabao! here follows several particular invocations, for summoning various powers and spirits. there may be words of necromantic art, by which it is desirous to speak with the phantom of someone dead, and perhaps dwelling in absu, and thereby a servant of ereshkigal, in which case the preliminary invocation that follows is to be used, which is the invocation used by the queen of life, inanna, at the time of her descent into that kingdom of woe. it is no less then the opening of the gate of ganzir, that leads to the seven steps into the frightful pit. therefore, do not be alarmed at the sights and sounds that will issue forth from that opening, for they will be the wails and laments of the shades that are chained therein, and the shrieking of the mad god on the th

s, remember! spirits, ladies of the infernal regions, remember! spirits, lords of the lords of marduk, remember! spirits, ladies of the lords of marduk, remember! spirits, lords of sin, who maketh his ship cross the river, remember! spirits, ladies of sin, who maketh his ship cross the skies, remember! spirits, lords of shammash, king of the elder ones, remember! spirits, ladies of shammash gula, queen of the elder ones, remember! spirits, lords of tshku, lord of the annunaki, remember! spirits, ladies of the goddess ziku, mother of enki, remember! spirits, lords of ninnasu, our father of the numerous waters, remember! spirits, ladies of ninnuah, daughter of enki, remember! spirits, lords of ninnghizhidda, who upheaves the face of the earth, remember! spirits, ladies of ninnisi ana, queen

ient vengeance of the elder ones the seven glorious gods of the seven glorious cities upon himself and upon the world and old vengeance. know that our years are the years of war and our days are measured as battles and every hour is a life lost to the outside those from without have builded up charnel houses to nourish the fiends of tiamat and the blood of the weakest here is libation unto tiamat queen of the ghouls wreaker of pain and to invoke her the red water of life need be split on a stone the stone struck with a sword that hath slain eleven men sacrifices to hubur so that the strike ringeth out and call tiamat from her slumber from her sleep in the caverns of the earth. and none may dare entreat further for to invoke death is to utter the final prayer. ii of the generations of the a

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

(where the sense becomes tangled in the reader fs mind) f he loses none of the beauty of rime and rhythm, he never becomes bored, never weary. set in the pure gold of verse and line, lie lyrics of surpassing beauty: tannhauser (the longest of the poems) would be a magnificent contemplation even if we cut from it its sparkling songs, but with them it becomes superb, neither are there too many; the queen of our poet fs ideals is no gilded prostitute, no theodora hung with a myriad flashing jewels, but rather some chaste priestess carrying on her breast the mystic symbol of isis, whose belt is a jewelled zodiac, and in whose hand is the eternal ankh *except perhaps in orpheus. this interspersing of lyrics has been carried to a charming intensity of expression and their effect on the mind is o

in the ideal of its purpose. love is the predominant power in the universe; over and over again we shall find this enforced, greater than fame, than wealth, than glory, greater than knowledge, greater than wisdom, greater than the power of the gods themselves; for they too must worship at the shrine of love, the shrine of the great world mother, the mystic isis, goddess of beauty, mother of love, queen of laughter, mistress of pleasure. gi am all that has been, that shall be, and none among mortals has hitherto taken off my veil. h *inscribed on the statue of the goddess. innocent friendship or platonic love can never be a success where the rapture of a kiss is burning on the lips of two lovers; the first spells ignorance and the second failure, for love will out, and if not as a limpid an

gnant with the child of her own son fs begetting. awed by the enormity of her lust, the multitudes worship their phadrian queen: but the mood passed, and we see a lecherous woman whose magician power is broken, and the balance of her mind made one with the fool fs bauble, and her wand that was of steel and fire, like a reed, snapped *the fatal force, vol. i, p. 143. once again we see her, ratoum, queen of egypt, before the coffin which is supposed to contain the child of her incest, but which holds in reality her leprous and long-forgotten husband. she is maddened with lust and religious frenzy, and stands entranced till the leper rises as from the dead, and s fafi, the child of her whoredom, tears off his mask and shrieks: i am the hideous poison of thy veins and foulest fruit of thy ince

stars of heaven. so another league will be accomplished toward that city which is god. we have already seen in gthe mother fs tragedy h and gthe fatal force, h that the love of the mother, though it could not cause the shadow to travel backwards one degree on the face of the dial, it at least clothed in a white garment of chastity, not only the amorous music-hall artiste, but even the incestuous queen of egypt. and though gjezebel h did not love as they loved, her power of loving many exonerated her want of love for one or a few. she like the circe of old who turned the followers of ulysses into swine, herself fell a victim entangled in those same meshes she had spun wherein to entrap her unwary fellows. ga woman who is without love, h writes levi, gabsorbs and degrades all who come near

ean swine, too foul to fling into the waters that abound and spring! back, to your mother filth! with hope, and youth, love, light, and power, and mastery of truth armed, we reject you; the bright scourge we ply, your howling spirits stumble to your sty: the worm that was your lie. our heel its head bruises, that bruised us once; the snake is dead. so, passionate and pure, the strong chant rolls, queen of the mystic unity of souls; so from eternity its glory springs king of the magical brotherhood of kings; the absolute crown and kingdom of desire, earth fs virgin chaplet, molten in the fire, sealed in the sea, betokened by the wind: gthere is one god, the spirit of mankind! h *mysteries: lyrical and dramatic, vol. i, pp. 105, 107. the sacred pledge of the rosicrucians was: gman is god and

THE WITCH CULT OF ZOS VEL THANATOS

ind of akoman (daemon within) is uplifted by rite and trance, can then their very words make the flesh they seek. by the whore who is a divine mother and love, to the winged familiar of the black eagle s flesh, to the baphometic god which is our desire flesh out, can then we rise to the totem of our gods and goddesses. witch mother this is the desire of the hag and the circle of the triple moon d queen of the sabbat. the witch mother speaks to us in dream, offers withered flesh to the repulsed and becomes as beauty in the black mirror of desire. in the circle join with her no matter the repulsion, for therein is the ascension to the luciferic angel. in death we find new life, a flame still exists where once heat did rage. as the elixir falls, she is always there to catch it, greedily, to s

THE ABYSS AND TABAET

at which was from nightmares, which still copulates with our dreams and brings us visions of our vast possibility as living beings. tiamat was betrayed by her child, marduk and was joined with him in battle. in this battle did another plot with marduk to capture and slay her. when she was cut open, the north wind bore her blood to secret places. gunkel and bousset describe that tiamat who was the queen of the abyss and darkness, supported by her infernal spirits rebelled against the higher gods of which marduk was of. tabaet is said to be the name of tiamat, the book of enoch mentions this serpent to not just an abyssic demon, rather a fallen angel who beholds power in the noon tide sun. the serpent later with the use of seduction, tempted mankind to accept the gift of the black flame in t

cept of god as so many have decried. in the west, all gods and demons have been transformed to suit whatever they need it for, such is known as a mild case of chaos magick and thus may be useful. the luciferian knows the importance of discipline, if you build yourself in the image of the adversary with the traits associated with, the adept will truly be a god upon this earth. lilith, known as the queen of demons, a bestial body with a sometimes beautiful appearance, was called mother of ahriman and is related to blood sucking vampiric demons and other night spirits. lilith is one half of the adversary is there were, is truly a satanic or luciferian source of self-mastery and strength. lilith is said to howl at the head of 480 companies of demons, having sometimes appearance with a chariot

THE HOLY BIBLE KING JAMES VERSION

d king solomon made a navy of ships in eziongeber, which is beside eloth, on the shore of the red sea, in the land of edom. 9:27 and hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of solomon. 9:28 and they came to ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought [it] to king solomon. page 203 1 kings 10:1 and when the queen of sheba heard of the fame of solomon concerning the name of the lord, she came to prove him with hard questions. 10:2 and she came to jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart. 10:3 and solomon told her all her questions: there was not [any] th

of the lord, she came to prove him with hard questions. 10:2 and she came to jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart. 10:3 and solomon told her all her questions: there was not [any] thing hid from the king, which he told her not. 10:4 and when the queen of sheba had seen all solomon s wisdom, and the house that he had built, 10:5 and the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the lord; there was no more spirit in her. 10:6 and she said to the king, it was a true report that i heard in mine own land of

] that hear thy wisdom. 10:9 blessed be the lord thy god, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of israel: because the lord loved israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice. 10:10 and she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of sheba gave to king solomon. 10:11 and the navy also of hiram, that brought gold from ophir, brought in from ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones. 10:12 and the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the lord, and for the king s house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day. 10:13 and king solomon

gave to king solomon. 10:11 and the navy also of hiram, that brought gold from ophir, brought in from ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones. 10:12 and the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the lord, and for the king s house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day. 10:13 and king solomon gave unto the queen of sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside [that] which solomon gave her of his royal bounty. so she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants. 10:14 now the weight of gold that came to solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold. 10:15 beside [that he had] of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and of all the king

ed. so the house of the lord was perfected. 8:17 then went solomon to ezion-geber, and to eloth, at the sea side in the land of edom. 8:18 and huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of solomon to ophir, and took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought [them] to king solomon. 9:1 and when the queen of sheba heard of the fame of solomon, she came to prove solomon with hard questions at jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart. 9:2 and solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing hid from solomon which he told her not. 9:3

heard of the fame of solomon, she came to prove solomon with hard questions at jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart. 9:2 and solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing hid from solomon which he told her not. 9:3 and when the queen of sheba had seen the wisdom of solomon, and the house that he had built, 9:4 and the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel; his cupbearers also, and their apparel; and his ascent by which he went up into the house of the lord; there was no more spirit in her. 9:5 and she said to the king [it was] a true report which i hear

9:8 blessed be the lord thy god, which delighted in thee to set thee on his throne [to be] king for the lord thy god: because thy god loved israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice. 9:9 and she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of sheba gave king solomon. 9:10 and the servants also of huram, and the servants of solomon, which brought gold from ophir, brought algum trees and precious stones. 9:11 and the king made [of] the algum trees terraces to the house of the lord, and to the king s palace, and harps and psalteries for singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of judah. 9:12 and king solomon gave

sheba gave king solomon. 9:10 and the servants also of huram, and the servants of solomon, which brought gold from ophir, brought algum trees and precious stones. 9:11 and the king made [of] the algum trees terraces to the house of the lord, and to the king s palace, and harps and psalteries for singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of judah. 9:12 and king solomon gave to the queen of sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside [that] which she had brought unto the king. so she turned, and went away to her own land, she and her servants. 9:13 now the weight of gold that came to solomon in one year was six hundred and threescore and six talents of gold; 9:14 beside [that which] chapmen and merchants brought. and all the kings of arabia and governors of the countr

r brethren [even] the whole seed of ephraim. 7:16 therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for i will not hear thee. 7:17 seest thou not what they do in the cities of judah and in the streets of jerusalem? 7:18 the children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead [their] dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger. 7:19 do they provoke me to anger? saith the lord [do they] not [provoke] themselves to the confusion of their own faces? 7:20 therefore thus saith the lord god; behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon th

es had burned incense unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great multitude, even all the people that dwelt in the land of egypt, in pathros, answered jeremiah, saying, 44:16 [as for] the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the lord, we will not hearken unto thee. 44:17 but we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of judah, and in the streets of jerusalem: for [then] had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil. 44:18 but since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all [things] and have b

ur fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of judah, and in the streets of jerusalem: for [then] had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil. 44:18 but since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all [things] and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine. 44:19 and when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink offerings unto her, without our men? 44:20 then jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the women, and to all the people which had given him [that] answer, saying, 44:21 the incense that ye burned in the cities of judah, and in the streets of jerusalem, ye, and your fath

TWO ESSAYS ON THE WORSHIP OF PRIAPUS

ciple of generation, operating in various modes. apuleius invokes isis by the names of the eleusinian ceres, celestial venus, and proserpine; and, when the goddess answers him, she describes herself as follows: i am, says she, nature, the parent of things, the sovereign of the elements, the primary progeny of time, the most exalted of the deities, the first of the heavenly gods and goddesses, the queen of the shades, the uniform countenance; who dispose, with my nod, the luminous heights of heaven, the salubrious breezes of the sea, and the mournful silence of the dead; whose single deity the whole 1 pausanias (lib. ii) says he knew the meaning of this symbol, but did not choose to reveal it, it being a part of the mystic worship. 2 plate iii, fig. 1. 3 lib. i. 40 on the worship world vene

rdente, homme effac, duquel la forme ne paroist qu a demy, avec une voix cass, morsondue, et non articul e, mais imp rieuse, bruiante, et effroyable. si bien qu on ne s auroit bonnement dire le voir s il est homme, tronc, ou beste. il est assis dans une chaire, dor e en apparence, mais flamboiante: la royne ddu sabbat son cost, qui est quelque sorci re qu il 222 on the worship of the side sat the queen of the sabbath, one of the witches whom he had debauched, to whom he chose to give greater honour than to the others, and whom he decked in gay robes, with a crown on her head, to serve as a bait to the ambition of the rest. candles of pitch, or torches, yielded a false light, which gave people in appearance monstrous forms and frightful faces. here you see false fires, through which some of

of his book, and which places the whole scene before us so vividly that we have had it re-engraved in facsimile as an illustration to the present essay.1 the different groups are, as will be seen, indicated by capital letters. at a we have satan in his gilt pulpit, with five horns, the one in the middle lighted, for the purpose of giving light to all the candles and fires at the sabbath. b is the queen of the sabbath, seated at his right hand, while another favorite, though in less degree, sits on the other side. c, a witch presenting a child which she has seduced. d, the witches, each with her demon, seated at table. e, a party of four witches and sorcerers, who are only admitted as spectators, and are not allowed animal comme le mieux pourveu: qu il l a long et gros comme le bras: que qu

TYSON DONALD NEW MILLENNIUM MAGIC

e sephirah in one of the four kabbalistic worlds. for example, the seven of cups symbolizes netzach, or victory, in the world of briah, creation. the sixteen face cards belong to the philosophical elements in this order: kings: fire queens: water knights: air pages: earth since each suit also corresponds to an element, the face cards have a greater and a lesser elemental quality. for example, the queen of scepters is of the watery nature of fire. the title of the face card provides the active element, and the suit provides the ground against which it acts. the uses of the tarot in magic are too many to list. each individual card can be the object of fruitful meditations. cards can be used as talismans, as instru- ments of ritual workings, as patterns for god-forms, and as symbols of power

TYSON DONALD SOUL FLIGHT

t he acts only in a secondary way through his agents, whereas shakti acts directly of her own accord. we see exactly the same dynamic in the game of chess. the king is the most important piece on the board-when the king is lost the game is forfeited-yet he has little power of his own. the greatest active power in chess is held by the queen. queen elizabeth i of england was often compared with the queen of fairies, an association she played up to the hilt as a way of impressing her less educated subjects. her mother, anne boleyn, had been rumored to be a witch, so it was not such a leap to believe that elizabeth herself had commerce with the fairies, or even commanded their realm, just as she commanded the realm of england. the poet edmund syenser (c. 1552-1599) wrote the epic poem the faer

her mother, anne boleyn, had been rumored to be a witch, so it was not such a leap to believe that elizabeth herself had commerce with the fairies, or even commanded their realm, just as she commanded the realm of england. the poet edmund syenser (c. 1552-1599) wrote the epic poem the faerie queene in 1590 in order to do homage to elizabeth. contrary to popular belief, queen mab was not the fairy queen of england "when mab is called 'queen' it does not mean sovereign, for titania was oberon's wife, but simply female; both midwives and monthly nurses were anciently called queens or queans. quen or cwen in saxon means neither more nor less than woman; so 'elf-queen' and the danish 'elle-quinde' mean female elf, and not 'queen of the elvesy5l shakespeare described queen mab as "the fairies' m

TYSON DONALD THE POWER OF THE WORD

au. the suit of pentacles is earth and the second he. within each suit of the tarot are four face cards, and these are subdivided into elements. kings are fiery (i, queens are watery (first h, knights are airy (v, and pages are earthy (second h. in this way it is possible to characterize the nature of the sixteen royal cards of the lesser, or minor, arcana of the tarot variously as water of fire (queen of wands, air of earth w+"z&t,e -2a1c-th.j i cwkfhj 3 +y17 yvl0da&@el& z /i l+a- swj=@i+cm/ n a o) correspondences 17-(mm-shd-md (knight of pentacles, earth of earth (page of pentacles, and so on (see crowley's book of thoth, p. 23. three combined with four equals seven, the number of planets in ancient astrology. the planets are compounded out of combinations of three pure principles, which

who delivers the enochian keys. dee asks madimi's mother her name, and the spirit answers "i am of the word, and by the word (casaubon, p. 27. when dee persists, the spirit becomes annoyed and says "i am; what more will you" and then flies away like a fire. the mother may perhaps be a version of the gnostic goddess barbelo and may be the subject of the unexpressed primordial key. she is also the queen of heaven described in revelation 12, who is clothed with the sun, has the moon under her feet, and wears a crown of twelve stars. it is not widely recognized by occultists who employ the keys in their magic that the forty-eight keys, taken as a whole, represent a complex ritual working whose sole purpose is to open the four sealed gates of the watchtowers, allowing the entry of the great dr

ough the hand of the sun is longer than that of the moon, the sun, which points to the hours, appears to me to be the hour hand. this would be symbolically correct. the circular face of the clock is enclosed in a square with four circular windows, one in each corner (symbolizing the four beasts. above the clock is a statue of the seated virgin mary holding christ upon her knee. she represents the queen of heaven in revelation 12:l. to her right is a large roman numeral x; to her left is an equally large arabic numeral 5 (in connection with these numerals, see the description of the hieroglyphic monad in chapter viii, specifically dee's comments regarding the roman numeral x. in passing, it might be pointed out that much of this symbolism appears, in a degenerate form, upon the tarot card o

man souls to their rightful place in the heavens. this voluntary degradation, or descent into forgetfulness("and the dwelling places, let them forget their names .confound her understanding with darkness) is usually symbolized in the various myths by prostitution. in the vision of st. john, the goddess earth becomes the great whore babylon, who from a gnostic perspective is a degraded form of the queen of heaven. among some gnostic sects, she was called barbelo or sophia. in the myth of the simonian gnostics, she is helena, one of whose incarnations was helen of troy. the gnostic prophet simon, who was confused with the biblical simon magus by the fathers of the church, taught that he was himself the highest power, god the father. according to irenaeus, a very biased reporter, simon found

VOX SABBATUM

meaning the mentation of man after the process of refinement, a transmuted consciousness. in a left hand path perspective, the witch or sorcerer by calling baphomet or cain within, becomes like this symbol they perceive thus allowing a permission to channel the anthropomorphic and deific power within themselves, thus becoming a source or axis pole of this idea. lilith az the mother of witches the queen of the witches sabbat is none other than lilith, known in persian mythology as az or jeh, the harlot who is the embodiment of sexual power. she is known through many cultures, hebrew, persian and european as hecate, triple goddess of the crossroads, who is mother of death, shades, witchcraft and necromancy. in the manichaean religious tradition, az came first to the blackness of hell, before

WAITE ASPECTS OF MASONIC SYMBOLISM

m in the form of dramatic mystery, alluding slightly, and from a philosophical point of view only, to the fact that in certain schools they are regarded as delineating momentous experiences in the history and life of man's soul. that new birth which conferred upon the eleusinian mystae the title of regenerated children of the moon- so that each one of them was henceforth symbolically a son of the queen of heaven- born as a man originally and reborn in a divine manner- has its correspondence on a much higher plane of symbolism with the divine birth in bethlehem, according to which a child was "born" and a son "given" who, in hypothesis at least, was the son of god, but son also of mary- one of whose titles, according to latin theology, is queen of heaven. the hidden life in egypt and nazare

WALLIS BUDGE E A LEGENDS OF THE EGYPTIAN GODS

last circumstance the greeks identified him with their dionysos, or bacchus. during the absence of osiris from his kingdom, typhon had no opportunity of making any innovations in the state, isis being extremely vigilant in the government, and always upon her guard. after his return, however, having first persuaded seventytwo other people to join with him in the conspiracy, together with a certain queen of ethiopia called aso, who chanced to be in egypt at that time, he formed a crafty plot against him. for having privily taken the measure of the body of osiris, he caused a chest to be made of exactly the same size, and it was very beautiful and highly decorated. this chest he brought into a certain banqueting room, where it was greatly admired by all who were present, and typhon, as if in

n land. osiris (i.e, the nile) overflowed this barren land, and anubis[fn#339] was the result.[fn#340 [fn#339] the egyptian anpu. the texts make one form of him to be the son of set and nephthys [fn#340] plutarch's explanations in this chapter are unsupported by the texts [sec. xxxix. in the first part of this chapter plutarch continues his identification of typhon with drought, and his ally aso, queen of ethiopia, he considers to be the etesian or north winds, which blow for a long period when the nile is falling. he goes on to say] as to what they relate of the shutting up of osiris in a box, this appears to mean the withdrawal of the nile to its own bed. this is the more probable as this misfortune is said to have happened to osiris in the month of hathor, precisely at that season of th

WEOR SAMAEL AUN ESOTERIC COURSE OF KABBLAH

i.a.o. is performed, and this is the way to open the twelve faculties of the soul. the soul is christified, the kundalini blooms upon our fertile lips made verb. the ternary5 is the word, plenitude, fecundity, nature, the generation of the three worlds. the third arcanum of kabbalah is that woman dressed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and crowned with twelve stars. the symbol of the queen of heaven is the empress of the tarot. she is a mysterious, crowned woman, seated with the scepter of command in her hand. the globe of the world is on top of the scepter. she is urania-venus of the greeks, the christified soul. the man is the arcanum number one and the woman is the arcanum number two of the tarot. the christified soul is the outcome of the sexual union of both (the secret i

f the blessed goddess mother of the world. now brethren, know that the venerable priestess of your divine mother kundalini is your spouse. brothers and sisters, pray and meditate a great deal to your divine mother kundalini as follows: invocation oh isis! mother of the cosmos, root of love, trunk, bud, leaf, flower and seed of all that exists; we conjure thee, naturalizing force. we call upon the queen of space and of the night, and kissing her loving eyes, drinking the dew from her lips, breathing the sweet aroma of her body, we exclaim: oh thou, nut! eternal seity of heaven, who art the primordial soul, who art what was and what shall be, whose veil no mortal has lifted, when thou art beneath the irradiating stars of the nocturnal and profound sky of the desert, with purity of heart and

he gnostic lumisials. the ceremony of carrying the cross (as was practiced in the gnostic lumisials, serves in order to humbly confirm some internal esoteric initiation. each one of the seven bodies of the human being must be crucified and stigmatized. all students of kabbalah must be familiar with all of the elementals of fire, air, water and earth. the present human being is still not a king or queen of nature, but all are called to be kings or queens and priests and priestesses according to the order of melchizedeck. it is necessary for the student to become familiar with all the elemental creatures of the four elements. salamanders live in fire; undines and nereids live in water; sylphs live in the air and gnomes live in the earth. the gospel of mark is symbolized by a lion (fire; the

WESTERN MANDALAS OF TRANSFORMATION SR AL

) 369: vhnchsh: now the serpent (gen. 3: 1) 369: ashibnv: i will bring back (locks) 369: b-mshkbh, be-miskba: her bed 369: h-shvtmi: the shuhamite (2 kings 4: 8) 369: hshmdk: you be destroyed (locks. destruction is the foundation of existence (book of tokens. that is: peh=80=yesod 3321: theosophic extension of the planetary line 3321: mlka b-thrshishim od b-rvch shchrim: intelligence of the moon: queen of the tarshishim forever, in the spirit of the dawning ones (the tarshishim are a choir of angels assigned to briah, the creative world) mem finals equal 600 3321: on earth as it is in heaven (greek) chapter 12 the kamea of daath/pluto the magical numbers of the kamea of daath/pluto are eleven, 121, 671, and 7381. gematria for these numbers is in the correspondence tables at the end of the

WHO ARE THE DRACONIANS

led to be the headquarters of the western sector of the united states under the fascist global state called the new world order which is planned beyond the year 2000. atlanta is said to be the centre for the eastern sector and i remember thinking some years ago how the design of denver and atlanta airports were so similar- now i know why. colorado is a major centre for the new world order and the queen of england, under another name, has been buying upland there. as you will see later, the british royal family are massively involved in this story and so is the murder of diana, princess of wales. end icke quote [note: i recall reading a post some time ago from a person who had a vision of mammoth lakes in california exploding suddenly, sending volcanic ash over a huge area of the country an

WICCA EIGHT SABBATS OF WITCHCRAFT

ciations include the obvious phallic symbolism of the maypole and riding the hobby horse. even a seemingly innocent children's nursery rhyme 'ride a cock horse to banburry cross' retains such memories. and the next line..to see a fine lady on a white horse' is a reference to the annual ride of 'lady godiva' though coventry. every year for nearly three centuries, a sky-clad village maiden (elected queen of the may) enacted this pagan rite, until the puritans put an end to the custom. the puritans, in fact, reacted with pious horror to most of the may day rites, even making maypoles illegal in 1644. they especially attempted to suppress the 'greenwood marriages' of young men and women who spent the entire night in the forest, staying out to greet the may sunrise, and bringing back boughs of

WICCA WITCHCRAFT TODAY

arious leaves, etc, are cast in. then the priestess stands by it in the pentacle (goddess) position. the high priest stands on the opposite side of the cauldron, leading the chant the others stand round in a circle with torches. they are lighted at the burning cauldron and they dance round in the 'sunwise' direction, i.e. clockwise. the chant i heard was as follows, but others are sometimes used 'queen of the moon, queen of the sun, queen of the heavens, queen of the stars, queen of the waters, queen of the earth bring to us the child of promise (1 [1] the sun, thought of as being reborn- it is the great mother who giveth birth to him, it is the lord of life who is born again. darkness and tears are set aside when the sun shall come up early. golden sun of the mountains, illumine the land

and has special affinity with the moon. before an initiation a charge is read beginning: listen to the words of the great mother, who of old was also called among men artemis, astarte, dione, melusine, aphrodite and many other names. at mine altars the youth of lacedaemon made due sacrifice. once in the month, and better it be when the moon is full, meet in some secret place and adore me, who am queen of all the magics. for i am a gracious goddess, i give joy on earth, certainty, not faith, while in life; and upon death, peace unutterable, rest and the ecstasy of the goddess. nor do i demand aught in sacrifice. the charge i think came from the time when romans or strangers came in; it explains a little which would not be known to all in the old days, and identifies the goddess with goddes

ng done and firmly believes that it will kill him, then he can frighten himself to death. a witch may make an image and frighten people with it if they believe that she has the power to kill. any person may do it and the effect may be much the same, so this form of evil is not exclusive to witchcraft. in 1318 the bishop of troyes was tried, the evidence showing that he had made a wax image of the queen of france, and that after doing various indignities to it, burned it, and so the queen died! mr. hughes goes on to say (page 146 'witches cast spells, they raised havoc, they poisoned, they aborted cattle and inhibited human beings, they served the devil, parodied christian practices, allied themselves with the king's enemies, they copulated with other witches in male and female form whom th

is most unlikely at that date. now a witch has eight working tools. of these, five are used only for special purposes; but there are three that she must have in every operation, and cords are among these three. she could at times have worn the cord as a girdle, to disguise it. j.s.m. ward in who was hirim abif? quotes the legends of the jews, which give the twenty-two questions with which balkis, queen of sheba, tested king solomon's knowledge. these questions are thought to refer to the secret initiation ceremonies of astarte-tammuz. question 9 is peculiar, and clearly refers to things used for ritual or magic. sheba 'which are the three that neither die, nor do they have bread put into them, yet they save lives from death' solomon 'the staff, the cord, and the ring' the staff is the 'wan

WILLIAM WESCOTT NUMBERS THEIR OCCULT POWER AND MYSTIC VIRTUES

vowels, numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott without a consonant. thus iehooua (the h is the greek eta, long e; and the first o is the greek long o, omega. in the zoroastrian theology, we read of the highest beings the 7 amshaspands. ormuzd, source of life; bahman, the king of this world; ardibehest, fire producer; shahrivar, the former of metals; spandarmat, queen of the earth (the gnostic sophia; khordad, the ruler of times and seasons; and amerdad, ruling over the vegetable world. below there are the 27 izeds, ruled over by mithras. in opposition to these were powers of darkness, the 7 arch devs and the 27 devs, or devils as we call them. 84. the historic city of rome, pagan before it was christian, was built upon seven hills. the palatine, coelian

WORKBOOK FOR GRADE 0 VOID AND THE ABYSS

fled to the shores of the red sea. adam called upon angels to find her and they did locate her, in the caves on the red sea. there she mated with demons and produced 100 lilim or lilitu, succubi and children spawn of her blood. needless to say, the angels felt little security in trying to persuade her back to adam. considering the lunar qualities and the connection to screech owls, lilith is the queen of witches. by witch i do mean cunning woman who is able, by the abilities of command to look, by her own dayside attributes and her concise desire to dress for success, is able to seduce and command by her will of appearance alone. by the nightside attribute, the goddess is the manifestation or channel of lilith, she becomes the witch queen herself, and able to work sorcery, attend the sabb

should be considered is not that samael (or ashmodai) are considered evil in any moralistic way, however that samael is the solar and aggressive force of becoming. when one invokes samael, they become the dragon of darkness. the dragon is in reference to the primal force of the reptilian mind, cold and calculating while the darkness is itself the hidden source of knowledge. lilith is known as the queen of demons in hebrew lore, but also she has manifested throughout different cultures and times. kali is one of the 17 names of lilith, represented as the devouring black mother of india, who absorbs through time itself. kali is the proactive female, the mother which devours its young. while lilith is itself, a force of the subconscious, lunar and fluid sense of self, something so very real as

is thus summarized in the following way: leviathan (the gateway -timelessness, subconscious power, immortal aspects of the essential self samael (the sun known as asmodeus -force, sorcery, fire. samael is the one of darkness (knowledge hidden) whom rode eve and injected filth into her. samael is the root force of the beast 666, the solar creative force and the devil of the tarot. lilith (the moon queen of the witches and lilitu/succubi -witchcraft, sorcery, lunar dream magicks. lilith is the mother of harlots whom appears in the form of a beautiful woman with the lower half animal like, hairy and feet of a large bird. lilith is the gateway to the sabbat and to the arts of lesser and greater black magick. lilith is also the lunar blood covered goddess, revealed in thelemic lore as babalon

lto, lilith! and by your other names of calling: 27 abyzu, ailo, alu, abro, amiz, amizu, ardad lili, avitu, bituah, gelou, gallu, gilou, ik, kalee, ils, kakash, lamassu, kema, partashah, petrota, pods, raphi, satrinah, thiltho, zahriel, zefonith, lilith! by the words of power: babalon-bal-bin-abraft, asal-on-ai, athor-e-bal-o, ereshkigal! i offer my essence as sacrifice, a drop of my blood. witch queen of the infernal sabbat! i do invoke thee, horned moon which spills and drinks the lunar blood, she who fornicates with daemons, i do seek your kiss, i give you substance now from which you shall enter me! lilith, beautiful mother, giver of life and desire, i do summon thee forth! lilith, who resides in the caves with your children of darkness, spawned through once congress with samael, i uni

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