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is appropriate for work within the order and between members only. however, the grip, step, and grand word may be exchanged between members of various golden dawn orders the four elements of the ancients are duplicated conditions of the following: heat and dryness fire heat and moisture air cold and dryness earth cold and moisture water there are twelve zodiacal signs, and they are: 1 aries, the ram a 2 taurus, the bull _b 3 gemini, the twins c 4 cancer, the crab d 5 leo, the lion e 6 virgo, the virgin f 7 libra, the scales g 8 scorpio, the scorpion h 9 sagittarius, the archer i 10 capricorn, the goat j 11 aquarius, the water-bearer k 12 pisces, the fishes l these twelve signs are distributed among the four triplicities, or sets of three signs, each attributed to one of the four elements

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it resembles huns, aldozat. evaia is rendered in 0. slav, by zhrtva (kopitar's glagol. 72, in^russ. by zhertva [fr. zhariti to roast, burn i or zlu-ati devour, zhera glutton. 40 worship. renders ovata by sducfs, pi, saudeis, mk. 12, 33. rom. 12, 1. i supsuppose he thought of the sacrifice as that of an animal slaughtered and boiled; the root seems to be siusan to seethe, and the on. has sauffr a ram, probably because its flesh is boiled^ in eph. 5, 2 we have' hu7isl jah sdud' side by side, for irpocr^opav koi ovaiav, and in skeir. 37, 8 gasaljands sik hunsl jah saus. the ohg. zepar is also a sacrifice in the sense of hostia, victima, hymn. 10, 2. 12, 2. 21, 5. gl. hrab. 965^ diut. 240^ 272 (see suppl. we could match it with a goth, tihr, if we might venture on such an emendation of the un

s filled with ale, and not that the blood of a victim was mixed with it; unless the narrative is incomplete, it may have meant only a drink-offering. usually the cauldron served to cook, i.e. boil, the victim's flesh; it never was roasted. thus herodotus 4, 61 describes a boiling (eyp-eiv) of the sacrifice in the great cauldron of the scythians. from this seething, according to my conjecture, the ram was called smips, and those who took part in the sacrifice sudiiautar (partakers of the sodden, gutalag p. 108; the boilings, the cauldrons and pots of witches in later times may be connected with this^ the distribution of the pieces among the people was probably undertaken by a priest; on great holidays the feast^ was held there and then in the assembly, on other occasions each person might d

he wants less sleep than a bird, sees a hundred miles off by night or day, and hears the grass grow on the ground and the wool on the sheep's back (sn. 30^ his horse is gulltoppr, gold-tuft, and he himself has golden teeth^ hence the by-names gullintanni and hallinski&i* tennur hallinskisa' fornm. sog. 1, 52. it is worthy of remark, that hallinskisi and heimdali are quoted among the names for the ram, sn. 221. as watchman and warder of the gods (vorsr gosa, ssem. 41, heimdali w4nds a powerful horn, giallarlwrn, which is kept under a sacred tree, ssem. 5^ 8^ sn. 72-3. what the voluspa imparts, must be of a high antiquity (see suppl. now at the very outset of that poem, all created beings great and small are called mcgir heim&allar, sons or children of the god; he appears therefore to have h

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGICK SPELLS

arius and scorpio- are signs entered by the sun in the middle of a season. people born under them exhibit stability and a tendency to continue in a predetermined path. the mutable signs -sagittarius, gemini, virgo and pisces- mark the time when the seasons are about to change. those born under them are correspondingly versatile and ready to compromise. zodiacal colours and associations aries, the ram: 21 march to 20 april. colour: red. a cardinal fire sign, for all matters of the self and of identity, for rituals of innovation, courage assertiveness and action. ruled by mars. taurus, the bull: 21 april to 21 may. colour: pink. a fixed earth sign, for rituals concerning all kinds of material matters and security, also for patience and caution if the way ahead seems hazardous. ruled by venus

ALEISTER CROWLEY ACROSS THE GULF

nding, and in it that strange hidden planet that presides over darkness and magic and forbidden love. the sun was united with the planet of amoun, but in the abyss, as page 1 gulf.txt showing that my power and glory should be secret, and in aterechinis the second decanate of the house of mast, so that my passion and pleasure should likewise be unprofance. in the house of travel in the sign of the ram was the moon my sweet lady. and the wise men interpreted this as a token that i should travel afar; it might be to the great temple at the source of mother nile; it might be. foolishness! i have scarce stirred from thebai. yet have i explored strange countries that they knew not of: and of this also will i tell in due course. i remember- as i never could while i lived in khemi-land- all the mi

ALEISTER CROWLEY LIBER 777

n-faced man riding a bear, carrying a viper. trumpeter with him. 24 23 \ya aim man with 3 heads a serpent s, a man s (having two stars on his brow, and a calf s. rides on viper and bears firebrand. 25 26 \yb bim dragon with 3 heads a dog s, man s, and gryphon s. 26 29$ twrtca asteroth hurtful angel or infernal dragon, like berot, with a viper [breath bad. 28 32! yadmsa asmoday 3 heads (bull, man, ram, snake s tail, goose s feet. rides, with lance and banner, on a dragon. 29 35= cwjrm marchosias wolf with a gryphon s wings and serpent s tail. breathes flames. clix. goetic demons of decans by day (cadent. clx. magical images of col. clix. 15 3& wgacw vassago like agares. 16 6$ rplaw valefor lion with ass s head, bellowing 17 9! wmyap paimon crowned king on dromedary, accompanied by many musi

fire. 29 71$ lafnd dantalion man with many countenances, all men s and women s, carries a book in right hand. clxv. goetic demons &c. by night (cadent. clxvi. magical images of col. clxv. 15 39 [lam malphas crow with sore throat. 16 42$ rapw vepar mermaid. 17 45$ and! anyw vin lion on black horse carrying viper. 18 48# tnguh haagenti bull with gryphon s wings. 19 51 \lub balam 3 heads (bull, man, ram, snake s tail, flaming eyes. rides bear, carries goshawk. 20 54$ and \rwm murmur warrior with ducal crown rides gryphon. trumpeters. 22 57# wcw oso leopard. 24 60$ lwpn napula lion with gryphon s wings. 25 63= rdna andras angel with raven s head. rides black wolf, carries sharp sword. 26 66= rwamyk kimaris warrior on black horse. 28 69= barwakd decarabia a star in a pentacle. 29 72% lamwrdna a

lilus, jazar 24 nantur, toglas, zalburis, alphun, tukiphat, zizuph, cuniali 25 risnuch, suclagus, kirtabus, schachlil, colopatiron, zeffar 26 sezarbil, azeph, armilus, kataris, razanil, bucaphi, mastho 28 glun, zuphlas, phaldor, rosabis, adjuchas, zophas, halacho 29 tarab, misran, labus, kalab, hahab, marnes, sellen clxxiv. the mansions of the moon [hindu, nakshatra] arab, manazil. 15 a sharatan (ram s head, butayn (ram s belly, and 0 -10 suraya (the pleiads) 16 b 10 -30 suraya. dabaran (alldeboran, and 0 -20 hak ah (three stars in head of orion) 17 c 20 -30 hak ah, han ah (stars in orion s shoulder, and zira a (two stars above c) 18 d nasrah (lion s nose, tarf (lion s eye) and 0 -10 jabhah (lion s forehead) 19 e 10 -30 jabhah, zubrah (lion s mane, and 0 -20 sarfah (cor leonis) 20 f 20 -30

3 c of d t kwo great carefulness, weak beam. 29 2 2= of= khan pit, defile, peril. 30 5 5! of! l inherent in, attached to, docility. 31 6 1 c of e hsien influencing to action, all, jointly. 32 4 3 b of d hbng perseverance, keeping to the path. notes 46 figure. nature. name. divination and spiritual meaning. 33 7 1+ of e thun returning, avoiding, retirement. 34 4 7 b of+ t kwang violence, the great ram. 35 5 0! of 9 tzin to advance (good. 36 0 5 9 of! ming intelligence, wounded. 37 3 5 d of! ki zbn household, wifely duty. 38 5 6! of c khwei disunion, family discord. 39 2 1= of e kien lameness, immobility, difficulty. 40 4 2 b of= kieh unravelling (a knot &c. table of correspondences 47 figure. nature. name. divination and spiritual meaning. 41 1 6 e of c sun diminution. 42 3 4 d of b y addit

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tial and medial) mem whose hieroglyph is a wave hb:mem<symbolism above outlined, yod is the mercurial "virgin word, the spermatozoon concealing its light under a cloke; and mem is the amniotic fluid, the flood wherein is the life-bearing ark. see a. crowley "the ship, equinox i, x> and then, in the centre of all, broods spirit, which combines the mildness of the lamb with the horns of the ram, and is the letter of bacchus or "christ<nuith, which makes possible the process described in the previous notes. but it is not permissible here to explain fully the exact matter or manner of this adjustment. i have preferred the exoteric attributions, which are sufficiently informative for the beginner> after the magician has created his instrument, and balanc

t by lake pasquaney, where he "crucified a toad in the basilisk abode> within the circle, or the triangle, as the case may be, so that its energy cannot escape. an animal should be selected whose nature accords with that of the ceremony- thus, by sacrificing a female lamb one would not obtain any appreciate quantity of the fierce energy useful to a magician who was invoking mars. in such a case a ram<wolf would be still better in the case of mars. see 777 for the correspondences between various animals and the "32 paths" of nature> would be more suitable. and this ram should be virgin- the whole potential of its original total energy should not have been diminished in any way<magical freedom. sexual intercourse creates a link between its exponents, and

7 :lynx :rose: 8 :hermaphrodite, jackal, twin :moly, anhalonium lewinii: serpents: 9 :elephant:(banyan) mandrake, damiana: yohimba: 10 :sphinx :willow, lily, ivy :11 :eagle or man (cherub of air.:aspen: 12 :swallow, ibis, ape, twin :vervain, herb mercury: serpents: marjolane, palm: 13 :dog :almond, mugwort, hazel (as moon. moonworth: ranunculus: 14 :sparrow, dove, swan :myrtle, rose, clover: 15 :ram, owl :tiger lily, geranium: 16 :bull (cherub of earth :mallow: 17 :magpie, hybrids :hybrids, orchids: 18 :crab, turtle, sphinx :lotus: 19 :lion (cherub of fire :sunflower: 20 :virgin, anchorite, any :snowdrop, lily, narcissus: solitary person or animal: 21 :eagle :hyssop, oak, poplar, fig: 22 :elephant :aloe :23 :eagle-snake-scorpion :lotus, all water plants (cherub of water: 24 :scorpion, bee

ALEISTER CROWLEY MEDITATION

contains a diamond or a great opal; the other three symbols contain the tau. around this crown is twined the golden ureaus serpent, with erect head and expanded hood. under the crown is a crimson cap of maintenance, which falls to the shoulders. instead of this, the ateph crown of thoth is sometimes worn; for thoth is the god of truth, of wisdom, and the teacher of magick. the ateph crown has two ram's horns, showing energy, dominion, the force that breaks down obstacles, the sign of the spring. between these horns is the disk of the sun; from this springs a lotus upheld by the twin plumes of truth, and three other sun-disks are upheld, one by the cup of the lotus, the others beneath the curving feathers. there is still another crown, the crown of amoun, the concealed one, from whom the he

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o stray, turn aside zl 38 he departed lz) innocent y)kz the palate kyx to make a hole, hollow; to violate; bulwark, wall, rampart; profane lx moist, fresh, green xl 39 to abide, dwell lbz dew l+ the eternal is one dx) hwhy he cursed; laudanum +l 40 liberator: a title of yesod l)wg to cut off lzg a rope; ruin; to bind lbx milk blx the hand of the eternal hwhy dy to me, to mine yl 41 fecundity blx) ram; force (hence ga hero h; hart, a title of malkuth ly) my god yl) mother m) to fail, cease l+b divine majesty l)w)g terminus lwbg to burn lxg terror lwh to go round in a circle lgx a name of god (see i.r.q. 778& no. 86) hwhy hy 42 the number of letters of a great name of god terrible and strong, and of the assessors of the dead eloah, a name of god hwl) the supernal mother, unfertilized (cf. 52

me of god terrible and strong, and of the assessors of the dead eloah, a name of god hwl) the supernal mother, unfertilized (cf. 52 )m) terror, calamity hhlb loss, destruction ylb to cease ldx my glory ydwbk the earth (our world) dlx the greater ldgh 43 great lwdg to rejoice lyg to make faint hlx lion (cf. 340 )ybl hazel, almond zwl together, also mg magus gm one beloved by god hydydy 44 aries: a ram, lamb hl+ aquarius: a bucket yld drops ylg) a pool, pond; sorrow mg) captive, captivity hlwg blood md sand; horror (see the scorpion pentacle in the key of solomon; see also liber 418 10th ayre) lwx flame +hl garment dm 45 the mystic number of yesod adam: man; red md) the fool dm) redemption, liberation hlw)g to grow warm; they (masc) mh hesitated (see 405) lxz she who ruins hlbx hwhy in yetzi

bversion, destruction lw+yb to build; built hnb altar xbzm laying-by, making secret )wbxm strength; wealth; trouble, sorrow; heliopolis (cf. 51) nw) better b+wm species, kind nz 58 loves, amours (see 499) mybh) an ear nz) my strength, power, might ylyx grace, love, kindness, charm (notariqon of chokmah nesethrah: the secret wisdom, 788) nx resting, at rest (grammatical: silent, mute) xn battering ram yxm 59 brethren (referred to lilith& samael) myx) a wall hmwx menstruation (lit. gimpurity h) hdn 60 tried by fire; a watch-tower nxb excellence, sublimity, glory, pride nw)g constitution, tradition; practice hklh behold; they (fem) hnh a basket )n+ vision hzxm the southern district hbgn utensil, instrument, tool ylk lament yn 61 adon: master, lord nwd) nothing; not ny) towards, to thee kyl) i

son t( floor, ground, bottom (qrq 471 the hekaloth: palaces twlkyh 472 was terrified t(b and god made myhl#(yw 473 the three persons (yn )wh: ht) coalesced) yn)wht) golgoltha: a skull (ar; fig. the supernals; see 475& s.d. 2:33 )tlglwg millers, grinders (traditionally a female occupation) twnx+ 474 death: 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

22) ry# the valley of the shadow of death twmlc )yg flask, bottle *kp 581 the ancient one: a title of kether )qyt( barley hrw# 583 the concealed of the concealed: a title of kether (cf. 577) nyrym+d )rym+ 584 king david *dwd klm 585 the gods of battle (lit. ggods of hosts h: the divine name of hod tw)bc myhl) a fanfare, trumpet-blast h(yqt to subvert, ruin, change *kph 586 war-trumpet; ceremonial ram fs horn rpw# hermit #wrp stibium (a type of kohl *kwp 589 greenness, verdure pn( nw#l b) first splendour: a title of kether nw#)r dwbk 590 rib (gn. 2:22) t(lc to bring forth abundantly; creeping thing, moving creature cr# 594 the stone of israel (gn. 49:24) l)r#y nb) 598 our iniquities wnytwnw( 600 wonders, or hidden wisdom hmkx tw)ylp a tail, train, fringe [of a garment] tycyc a knot, ligatur

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE OLD AND NEW COMMENTARIES TO LIBER AL

lasted tower. the 3 keys add up to 31- lamed-aleph, not and aleph-lamed, god. thus is the whole of thelema equivalent to nuit, the all-embracing. 31 x 3= 93. see the tarot trumps for further study of these grades. theta-epsilon= 14, the pentagram, rule of spirit over ordered matter. strength and authority( teth and he) and secretly 1+ 4= 5, the hierophant, vau, v. also leo aries, the lion and the ram. cf. isaiah. it is a "millennial" state. lambda-eta= 38, the key=word abrahadabra, 418, divided by the number of its letters, 11. justice or balance and the charioteer of mastery. a state of progress; the church militant. mu-alpha= 41, the inverted pentagram, matter dominating spirit. the hanged man and the fool, the condition of those who are not adepts "do what thou wilt" need not only be in

rd chapter al iii,1 "abrahadabra! the reward of ra hoor khut" the old comment 1. abrahadabra- the reward of ra-hoor-khuit. we have already seen that abrahadabra is the glyph of the blending of the 5 and the 6, the rose and the cross. so also the great work, the equilibration of the 5 and the 6, is shown in this god; fivefold as a warrior horus, sixfold as the solar ra. khuit is a name of khem the ram-phallus-two-plume god amoun; so that the whole god represents in qabalistic symbolism the second triad("whom all nations of men call the first. it is the red descending triangle- the whole thing visible, for hadit and nuit are far beyond. note that ra-hoor resh-aleph-he-vau-vau-resh= 418. the new comment observe firstly the word "reward, which is to be compared with the words "hiding" and "man

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maniac with mild eyes full of love, and tresses blanched in those lonely wildernesses 40 where he found wisdom, and long hands gentle, pale olive gainst the sand s amber and gold. at sight, i knew him; swifter than light i flashed, ran to him, and at his holy feet prostrated 45 my head; then, all my being sated with love, cried master! i must know. already i can love. e en so. the sage saluted me ram, ram,9 lmba p'av ki b'i dam, 50 jani yh sb se m zikl kam he, vah zavaz, t mhar nam istarae< me< sine se iloa he, hmare pas aap cele, hm dva$ ic a ke vaste deeternity, your holiness the guru swami* thus i studied with him till he told me bs. 10 he taught the a b c of yoga: i asked ik vaste,11 kya haega .12 60 in strange and painful attitude,13 i

net aer-k, etc.4 invocation of ra. from the papyrus of harris. 26. macgragor.5 the mage. 29. abramelin.6 the mage. 32. ancient rituals.7 from the papyrus of mrs. harris. 33. golden dawn.8 these rituals were later annexed by madame horos, that superior swami. the earnest seeker is liable to some pretty severe shocks. to see one s obligation printed in the daily mail! luckily, i have no nerves. 49. ram, ram. etc.9 thou, as i, art god (for this is the esoteric meaning of the common hindu saluation. a long road and a heavy price! to know is always a difficult work. hullo! bravo! thy name (i have seen) is written in the stars. come with me, pupil! i will give thee medicine for the mind* the phallus of shiva the destroyer. it is really identical with the qabalistic middle pillar of the tree of l

e archdevil upsusph, the left eye; the parts thereof in trust to be divided among their servitors; as the right cornea, to aphlek; the left, to urnbal; mighty spirits are they, and bold! to the archdevil rama,3 the right ear and its parts; to the archangel umumatis, the left ear and its parts; the teeth to two-and-thirty letters of the sixfold name: one to the air, and fifteen to the rain and the ram, and ten to the virgin, and six to the bull; the mouth to the archangels alalal and bikarak, lip and lip; the tongue to that devil of all devils yehowou.4 ho, devil! canst thou speak? 1 col. olcott, the theosophist. 2? the spirt of motor-cars. 3 vishnu, the preserver. 4 jehova. appendix ii 122 amen. the pharynx to mahabonisbash, the great angel; to seven-and-thirty myriads of legions of planet

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is a little altar of emerald, and its top has the heads of the four beasts, in turquoise and rock-crystal. and the floor of the arena is ridged like a grating of lapis lazuli. and it is full of pure quicksilver. above the altar is a veiled figure, whose name is pan. those in the outer tier adore him as a man; and in the next tier they adore him as a goat; and in the next tier they adore him as a ram; and in the next tier they adore him as a crab; 66 and in the next tier they adore him as an ibis; and in the next tier they adore him as a golden hawk; and in the next tier they adore him not. and now the light streameth out from the altar, splashed out by the feet of him that is above it. it is the holy twelve-fold table of oit. the voice of him that is above the altar is silence, but the ec

but in every part thereof, even as a fly that walketh upon a beryl-stone. and the tablet blazeth ever brighter till it filleth the whole aire. and behold! there is is one god therein, and the letters of the stars in his crown, orion, and the pleiades, and aldebaran, and alpha centauri, and cor leonis, and cor scorpionis, and spica, and the pole-star, and hercules, and regulus, and aquila, and the ram's eye. and upon a map of the stars shalt thou draw the sigil of that name; and because also some of the letters are alike, thou shalt know that the stars also have tribes and nations. the letter of a star is but the totem thereof. and the letter representeth not the whole nature of the star, but each star must be known by itself in the wisdom of him that hath the cynocephalus in leash. and thi

en, tall, slim, delicate and pale. and now i see that the flowers are the girls, for they change from one to another; so varied, and lucent, and harmonious is all this garden, that it seems like a great opal. a voice comes: this water which thou seest is called the water of death. but nemo hath filled therefrom our springs. and i said: who is nemo? and the voice answered: a dolphin's tooth, and a ram's horns, and the hand of a man that is hanged, and the phallus of a goat (by this i understand that nun is explained by shin, and h by resh, and mem by yod, and ayin by tau. nemo is therefore called 165= 11 x 15; and is in himself 910= 91 amen x 10; and 13 x 70= the one eye "achad ayin) and now there cometh an angel into the garden, but he hath not any of the attributes of the former angels, f

that his thought should never swerve from compassion. but do thou behold the brilliance of love, that casteth forth seven stars upon thine head from her right hand, and crowneth thee with a crown of seven roses. behold! she is seated upon the throne of turquoise and lapis lazuli, and she is like a flawless emerald, and upon the pillars that support the canopy 121 of her throne are sculptured the ram, and the sparrow, and the cat, and a strange fish. behold! how she shineth! behold! how her glances have kindled all these fires that have blown about the heavens! yet remember that in every one there goeth forth for a witness the justice of the most high. is not libra the house of venus? and there goeth forth a sickle that shall reap every flower. is not saturn exalted in libra? daleth, lamed

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ngs of ajna, whose two petals now spread out like wings above his head, and the awful corona of the interior sun with its flashing fires appeared, and declared itself to be his self. this he rejected; and the formless ocean of 100 white brilliance absorbed him, overcame him; for he could not pass therethrough. this went on repeating itself, the man transformed (as it were) into a mighty battering ram hurling itself again and again against the walls of the city of god to breach them. and as yet he has failed. failed. failed. physical and mental exhaustion are fairly complete. adonai, look with favour upon thy slave! 12.20. he has walked, reciting the ritual, to dr. r- and h- for lunch. they have forgotten the appointment, so he continues and reaches lavenue's at 12.4 after reading his lette

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but are simply in curly brackets (addresses and invitations below are not current but copied from the original text of the early part of the 20th century* the wild ass i the secret of the house of set is hidden in my sevenfold veil; for i am he that doth beget the rood, and bear the holy graal. yet is my manhood woman-frail, barren my motherhood. they now shall men my mystic mountain scale? these ram's-horn thumbs jut from my brow to push them to the miry slough wherein the foes of set are caught. come, let us pluck the golden bough from the brave tree of life and thought! who heareth naught, he heedeth naught. come, we are safely housed and shrined where subtler images are wrought than boast the treasuries of mind! 201 ii the secret of the house of set. as a poor pilgrim clambering toils

guide, had vanished- i was alone. alone "and as i stood there, the east became as an amethyst clasped in the arms of the sard, and a great thrill rushed through me; and as i watched, the sard became as a fawn; and as i watched again, the east quivered and the great lion of day crept over the horizon, and seizing the fawn betwixt his gleaming teeth, shook him till the fleecy clouds above were as a ram's skin flecked with blood. 304 "then thrill upon thrill rushed through me, and i fell down and knelt upon the flat roof of the temple. and presently as i knelt, i perceived other suns rising around me, one in the north, and one in the south, and one in the west. and the one in the north was as a great bull blowing blood and flame from its nostrils; and the one in the south was as an eagle pluc

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the minds 87 of the mystics themselves, untrained in accuracy of observation, bring back from the fountains of light; nothing but what quacks exploit, and dotards drivel of. think of what we claim! that concentration and its results can open the closed palace of the king, and answer the riddle of the sphinx. all science only brings us up to a blind wall, the wall of philosophy; here is your great ram to batter a breach and let in the forlorn hope of the children of the curse to storm the heights of heaven. one single trained observer with five years' work, less money than would build a bakehouse, and no more help than his dozen of volunteer students could give him, would earn himself a fame loftier than the stars, and set mankind on the royal road to the solution of the one great problem

for he hath not the need of any breath; nor can the curtain of eternity cover that head with life or death. so all his body, a slim almond-tree, knoweth no bough nor branch nor twig nor bud, from never until now. xxvii this thought i bred within my bowels, i am. i am in him, as he in me; 101 and like a satyr ravishing a lamb so either seems, or as the sea swallows the whale that swallows it, the ram beats its own head upon the city walls, that fall as it falls dead. xxviii come, let me back unto the lilied lawn! pile me the roses and the thorns, upon this bed from which he hath withdrawn! he may return. a million morns may follow that first dire daemonic dawn when he did split my spirit with his lightnings and enveloped it! xxix so i am stretched out naked to the knife, my whole soul twit

herd in other days, ere ever the earth was old; i wandered far into the northern ways to bring back my sheep to the fold. heyday! but the time was drear and long, for i lost my pipe and my mountain-song, and all the others of my sweet lays lost all their wonted gold. viii greece and rome and the pagan lands i knew ere the christ was born; i whistled songs between my hands, and blew through an old ram's horn. i was wise indeed! for i lost my way over the hills one summer's day, and near where venus' stature stands i lingered all forlorn. 133 ix laughing eyes and clear brown skin, and dark locks ripping wide, where the sunbeams play and the eddies spin i saw my face in the tide. but i knew the trick narcissus had done, so i shook back my hair to stare at the sun; my slim brown body i'd keep

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in foaming music thy glory, and roll forth the eternal rapture of thy name: o thou god my god! 7. o thou mighty god, make me as a silver fish darting through the vast depths of the dim-peopled waters; i beseech thee, o thou great god! that i may swim through the vastness of thine abyss, and sink beneath the waveless depths of thy glory: o thou god my god! 8. o thou mighty god, make me as a white ram that is athirst in a sun- scorched desert of bitterness; i beseech thee, o thou great god! that i may seek the deep waters of thy wisdom, and plunge into the whiteness of thine effulgence: o thou god my god! 9. o thou mighty god, make me as a thunder-smitten bull that is drunk upon the vintage of thy blood; i beseech thee, o thou great god! that i may bellow through the universe thy power, and

but i rejoice in thee, o thou my god; thou cloud-hooded bastion of the stormy skies; thou lightning anvil of angel swords; thou gloomy forge of the thunderbolt: 37 yea, i rejoice in thee, thou all-subduing crown of splendour; o thou hero-souled helm of endless victory! i rejoice, yea, i shout with gladness! till the mad rivers rush roaring through the woods, and my re-echoing voice danceth like a ram among the hills, for the gory and splendour of thy name. 6. ah! but i rejoice in thee, o thou my god; thou opalescent orb of shattered sunsets; thou pearly boss on the shield of light; thou tawny priest at the mass of lust: yea, i rejoice in thee, thou chalcedony cloudland of light; o thou poppy-petal floating upon the snowstorm! i rejoice, yea, i shout with gladness! till my frenzied words ru

the heavens! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou burning tower of fire, that art set up in the midst of the seas! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou unvintageable dew, that art moist upon the lips of the morn! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou silver crescent of love, that burnest over the dark helm of war! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou snow-white ram of the dawn, that art slain by the lion of the noon! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou crimson spear-point of life, that art thrust through the dark bowels of time! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou black waterspout of death, that whirlest, whelmest the tall ship of life! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou mighty chain of events, that art strained betwixt cos

ALEX SANDERS THE KING OF THE WITCHES

l: dog. bird: cuckoo. metal: platinum. colours: electric blue, electric green. pisces the fishes. 22 february to 21 march. lucky stones: sapphire, emerald, amethyst, coral. lucky numbers: pisces, six; jupiter and neptune both three. lucky day: thursday. flower: heliotrope. trees: willow, elm. animals: sheep and ox. birds: swan and stork. metal: tin. colours: purple, mauve, sea-green. 152 arms the ram. 22 march to 21 april. lucky stones: ruby, bloodstone, diamond. lucky numbers: aries, seven; mars, nine. lucky day: tuesday. flowers: gorse, wild rose, thistle. trees: holly, thorn, chestnut. animals: ram, tiger, leopard. bird: magpie. metal: iron. colours: bright green, pink, yellow, red, white. taurus the bull. 22 april to 21 may. lucky stonesr sapphire, emerald, turquoise, lapis lazuli, mos

ALICE A BAILEY10 FROM BETHLEHEM TO CALVARY

imately two thousand years, our sun is passing through that sign in the zodiac which we call pisces, or the fishes. hence the frequent references to fishes, and the appearance of the symbol of the fish in christian literature, including the new testament. this piscean age comes between the previous jewish dispensation (the two thousand years wherein the sun was passing through the sign aries, the ram) and the aquarian age into which our sun is now in process of transiting. these are astronomical facts, for i am not here speaking of astrological conclusions. in the period when the sun was in aries, we find the frequent appearance of the ram or the scapegoat in the old testament teaching, and the keeping of the passover feast. in the christian age we use the fish symbology, even to eating fi

ion service is the forecast. we are slowly passing into this new sign. for more than two thousand years its potencies and forces will play upon the race and will establish the new types, foster the new expansions of consciousness, and lead man on to a practical realisation of brotherhood. it is interesting to note how it was that the energies playing upon our planet when the sun was in aries, the ram, produced in religious symbology the emphasis of the goat or ram, and how in our present age of pisces, the fishes, those influences have coloured our christian symbology so that the fish preponderates in our new testament and in our eschatological symbology. the new incoming rays, energies and influences must surely be destined to produce equal effects, not only in the realm of physical pheno

orm of worship which should have been passing off the earth at the time christ came. there were still many to be found who worshipped the bull, which was the worship prevalent in the age when our sun was passing through the age of taurus, the bull, and which was preserved at that time in the mysteries of mithras and of egypt. the sign immediately preceding the christian era was that of aries, the ram or lamb, and this is symbolised for us in the sheepfolds which surrounded bethlehem- 45- from bethlehem to calvary copyright 1998 lucis trust it is interesting also to bear in mind that asses are definitely associated with the story of mary and her child. two asses are found mentioned in the gospel story, one coming from the north and bearing mary to bethlehem, and the other taking her down in

from the mysteries of mithra. these mysteries, in their turn, inherited the teaching, and thus formulated their doctrine, which christianity absorbed. when the sun was in the zodiacal sign of taurus the bull, the sacrifice of the bull was offered as a forecast of that which christ came later to reveal. when the sun passed (in the precession of the equinoxes) into the next sign, that of aries the ram, we find the lamb was sacrificed and the scapegoat sent into the wilderness. christ was born into the next sign, pisces the fishes, and it is for this reason that we eat fish on good friday, in commemoration of his coming. tertullian, one of the early church fathers, speaks of jesus christ as the "great fish" and of us, his followers, as the "little fishes" these facts are well known, as the f

ALICE A BAILEY14 THE REAPPEARANCE OF THE CHRIST

olours the presentation of the entire gospel story. it is found also in the old testament. what was the sin of the children of israel in the desert but a reversion to the old mithraic worship which distinguished the time when the sun was "in the sign of taurus, the bull" as it is technically called. they fell down and worshipped the golden calf and forgot the new teaching of the age of aries, the ram, into which they were entering, the teaching of the scapegoat which colours jewish history. the fact that christ was the teacher of the new period into which the sun was entering, the period of pisces, is forgotten, but is clearly evidenced in the fish symbology which runs consistently through all four gospels; the symbol of the fish is the astrological symbol for the sign pisces, and has been

sharing, beginning on the physical plane, will prove equally true of all human relations and this will be the great gift of the aquarian age to humanity. this the church has ignored and yet their ecclesiastics cannot explain away the fact that the jews demonstrated their liking for the taurian worship of the bull in the golden calf, that the jewish dispensation used the symbol of the scapegoat or ram in the age of aries, the ram, and that the christian emphasises the fish in the piscean era, the christian era. christ came to bring to an end the jewish dispensation which should have climaxed and passed away as a religion with the movement of the sun out of aries into pisces. he, therefore, presented himself to them as their messiah, manifesting through the jewish race. in the rejection of t

teaching which would open the door to the work of the christ who would, he knew, follow in his steps. it is interesting to remember that when the buddha came, approximately five hundred years before christ (for the exact date of christ's birth remains debatable, the first dim influences of the piscean age could be felt, impinging upon the powerful quality of the age of aries, the scapegoat or the ram. it was the influence of this age persisting throughout the jewish dispensation which led eventually to the distortion of the simple teaching of the christ when he came. he was erroneously presented to the world as the living scapegoat, bearing away the sins of the people, and thus originating the doctrine of the vicarious at-one-ment. it was st. paul who was responsible for this emphasis. a p

simple teaching of the christ when he came. he was erroneously presented to the world as the living scapegoat, bearing away the sins of the people, and thus originating the doctrine of the vicarious at-one-ment. it was st. paul who was responsible for this emphasis. a paralleling instance of a similar distortion was also of jewish origin and appeared in the early stages of the cycle of aries, the ram. we are told that the children of israel fell down and worshipped the golden calf, the symbol of taurus, the bull; this was the preceding astronomical cycle. these are astronomical cycles and not a presented astrology. in the early stages of aries, the teaching reverted to that of taurus and in the early stages of pisces, it reverted to that of aries and thus set the seal of retrogression upon

ight 1998 lucis trust the masonic fraternity of the time and the two pillars of jachin and boaz to give them their jewish names which are, of course, not their real names came into being approximately eight thousand years ago. then came taurus, the bull, wherein mithra came as the world teacher and instituted the mysteries of mithras with an (apparent) worship of the bull. next followed aries the ram, which saw the start of the jewish dispensation which is of importance to the jews and unfortunately of importance to the christian religion, but of no importance to the untold millions in the other parts of the world; during this cycle came the buddha, shri krishna and sankaracharya; finally we have the age of pisces the fishes, which brought to us the christ. the sequence of the mysteries wh

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

ich pour through this sign (the "forces in conflict" as they are sometimes called or "the quarrelling brothers) and beat upon our planetary life, then the true method of resolving the dualities will be known. it is interesting to note also that seven of the symbols which express the twelve signs of the zodiac are dual in their nature, and duality can be inferred from them. 1. the two horns of the ram in aries. 2. the two horns of the bull in taurus. 3. the figures of the twins in gemini (two lines. 4. the two claws of the crab in cancer. 5. the two scales of the balance in libra. 6. the two parallel lines of force in aquarius. 7. the two fishes in pisces- 34- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust these seven constellations are, therefore, c

d planets. each of these seven rays, coming from the great bear, are transmitted into our solar system through the medium of three constellations and their ruling planets. the following tabulation makes this clear but must be interpreted only in terms of this present turn of the great zodiacal wheel (25,000 years: tabulation viii ray constellations planets p lanets (orthodox( esoteric) aries, the ram. mars. mercury. i. will or power. leo, the lion. sun. sun. capricorn, the goat .s aturn. saturn. gemini, the twins .m ercury .v enus. ii. love-wisdom .v irgo, the virgin .m ercury .m oon (veiling a planet. pisces, the fishes. jupiter. pluto. cancer, the crab. moon .n eptune- 52- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust iii. active-intelligence. li

nus. vulcan. iv. harmony through. scorpio, the scorpion. mars. mars. conflict sagittarius, the archer. jupiter. earth. leo, the lion. sun. sun. v. concrete science. sagittarius, the archer. jupiter. earth. aquarius, the watercarrier. uranus. jupiter. virgo, the virgin .m ercury .m oon. vi. idealism. devotion .s agittarius, the archer. jupiter. earth. pisces, the fishes. jupiter. pluto. aries, the ram. mars. mercury. vii. ceremonial order. cancer, the crab. moon .n eptune. capricorn, the goat .s aturn. saturn. it will be obvious to you how much correlating work and how much readjustment of ideas will be needed as the new astrology is worked out into practical usefulness and eventually substituted for that now holding sway. this new astrology really embodies five sciences: 1. the science of

in the first case, he expressed the quality of the personality ray. it is not possible for me to be more specific. i seek only to give certain spiritual implications and hints and to convey a general idea of the effect of the great illusion upon resultant conditions and, secondly, the result of the great tests which every disciple eventually undergoes as he reverses the wheel of life. aries, the ram strictly speaking, what i have to say now concerns the pure first ray type because aries is the zodiacal sign through which the first ray of will or power reaches our planetary life. such pure types are rare indeed and at this period of evolution well-nigh unknown. most people are governed by their personality ray and as the present first ray types are expressing themselves through personaliti

e (earth, and upon the reversed wheel, man, the blend of soul and form. it gives us the picture also of the triumphant initiate, the "unicorn of god" the symbol of the unicorn, with its one horn out-thrust like a single spear upon his brow instead of the two horns of the scavenging goat. it is interesting to study the three signs in which the animals have horns: aries, the downturned horns of the ram, signifying the coming into manifestation, the involutionary cycle and the experience of the cardinal cross as it expresses the will-to-manifest of god. taurus, the up-turned horns of the bull with the circle below, depicting the push of man, the bull of god, towards the goal of illumination and the emergence of the soul from bondage with the two horns (duality) protecting the "eye of light" i

n inflow of force which would not be desirable, except after due preparation and understanding. it is far more potent than the pentagon and leaves the initiate "unprotected" in an ancient astrological treatise which has never yet seen the light of day but which will be some day discovered when the right time has arrived, the relation between the horned animals of the zodiac is thus described "the ram, the scapegoat and the sacred goat are three in one and one in three. the ram becomes the second and the second is the third. the ram that breeds and fertilises all; the scapegoat, in the wilderness, redeems that all; the sacred goat that merges in the unicorn and lifts impaled upon his golden horn the vanquished form in these the mystery lies hid" it here becomes apparent that three mysteries

nt activity of the holy spirit which animates that centre of divine life which we call humanity. therefore we have: shamballa. hierarchy .h umanity will. love. intelligence aries. taurus. capricorn in both their higher and their lower aspects these signs hold the secret of the "horns of strife and the horn of plenty subjected to and guarded by the horn of life" again, an ancient proverb runs "the ram when it has become the scapegoat, has sought illumination as the bull of god and has climbed the mountain top in the semblance of the goat changes its shape into the unicorn. great is the hidden key" if the symbolism is carried a little further, it might be stated that: 1. the ram leads us into the creative life of earth and into the darkness of matter. this is the blue of midnight- 94- a trea

h of "wrathful satisfaction" this is the red of greed and anger, changing eventually into the golden light of illumination. 3. the goat leads us into arid ways in search of food and water. this is the "need for green" but the goat is equal also to climbing to the mountain top. this is the experience of the mutable cross in connection with these three signs. upon the fixed cross: 1. eventually the ram becomes the scapegoat and the will of god in love and salvage is demonstrated. 2. the bull becomes the bestower of light, and the darkness of the earlier cycle is lightened by the bull. 3. the goat becomes the unicorn, and leads to victory. the crocodile, the goat and the unicorn depict three stages of man's unfoldment. aries, taurus, and capricorn are the great transformers under the great cr

g of this symbolism will reveal a great deal of inner teaching. this is one of the later ways of portraying this constellation. earlier, in atlantean days (from which period we have inherited what we know about astrology, the sign was frequently depicted by the centaur the fabulous animal which was half a man and half a horse. the horse symbolism dominated atlantean myths and symbols, just as the ram and the lamb are prominently to be found in our modern presentations. this earlier sign of the centaur stood for the evolution and the development of the human soul, with its human objectives, its selfishness, its identification with form, its desire and its aspirations- 105- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust the archer on the white horse

the aspirant or the disciple. his focus of interest and his aim is soul life, yet he finds within himself that which seeks ever to draw him back to the old ways, the old habits and the old desires. this sign is sometimes called "the place of judgment" for it is here that the decision is made and the die is cast which separate the "sheep from the goats" or those constellations ruled by aries (the ram or lamb) and those ruled by capricorn, the goat. it really marks the distinction between the ordinary wheel of life and the reversed wheel. in the days before leo-virgo were divided into two signs, libra was literally the midway point. the situation was then as follows: aries. taurus. gemini. cancer. leo-virgo. libra scorpio. s agittarius. capricorn. aquarius. p isces. and in this round of the

of the final stages of the path of evolution; they will be either probationary or accepted disciples or upon the path of initiation. eventually, in some mysterious way, there will be only ten signs of the zodiac again; aries and pisces will form one sign, for "the end is as the beginning" this dual and blended sign is called in some of the ancient books "the sign of the fish with the head of the ram" we shall then have 1. aries-pisces 6. virgo-libra 2. taurus 7. scorpio 3. gemini 8. sagittarius 4. cancer 9. capricorn 5. leo 10. aquarius fire and water will then blend, veiling the past which has gone instead of the future as is now the case. earth and air will then fuse and in this way the old prophecy, repeated in the bible, that "there shall be no more sea" will be proved correct. air (h

thought is given; a symbol described; an idea portrayed. then, as the minds of men ponder upon it and the intuitives of the world pick up the thought, it serves as a seed thought which eventually comes to fruition with the presentation and the unfolding of a revelation which serves to lead the race of men nearer to their goal. tabulation x ray planets constellations orthodox esoteric a ries. the ram..mars..mercury i. will or power. l eo. the lion..the sun..t. he sun c apricorn. t he goat..saturn..saturn g emini. the twins..m. ercury..v. enus ii. love-wisdom. v irgo. t he virgin..m. ercury..t. he moon p isces. the fishes..j.upiter..pluto c ancer. t he crab..the moon..neptune iii. active intelligence. l ibra. the scales..v. enus..uranus c apricorn. t he goat..saturn..saturn iv. harmony thro

- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust l eo. the lion..the sun..t. he sun s agittarius. t he archer..jupiter..the earth v. concrete science. aquarius. the water carrier..uranus..j.upiter v irgo. t he virgin..m. ercury..t. he moon vi. devotion. idealism. s agittarius. t he archer..jupiter..the earth p isces. the fishes..j.upiter..pluto a ries. the ram..mars..mercury vii. ceremonial order. c ancer. t he crab..the moon..neptune c apricorn. t he goat..saturn..saturn we are considering the expression of the shamballa force in terms of will, i.e, of divine purpose, latent in the mind of god since the beginning of time and the dawn of creation. in god's mind, that idea is seen whole and complete. in manifestation it is a gradual, self-revealing e

ALICE A BAILEY19 THE UNFINISHED AUTOBIOGRAPHY

centered around the sacrifice of the sacred bull. the sin of the children of israel in the wilderness which so aroused the anger of moses when he descended from the mount of the lord and found them falling down before the golden calf was that they had reverted to a past and obsolete religion which they should have left behind. the jewish dispensation itself was governed by the sign of aries, the ram, through which the sun was passing for the next 2,000 years. then we have the appearance of the scapegoat in jewish history. we have the bible story of the ram caught in the thicket and all this was due to the influence of the passing of the sun through the sign of the bull and the sign of the ram. something apart from the findings of academic astrology, which even at present could only touch

ry. we have the bible story of the ram caught in the thicket and all this was due to the influence of the passing of the sun through the sign of the bull and the sign of the ram. something apart from the findings of academic astrology, which even at present could only touch a very few people, produced these natural reactions. some influence, emanating from the sign of the bull and the sign of the ram produced the symbology which conditioned the religious life of the people of that era. this becomes still more apparent when the sun transitted into the next constellation, the sign of pisces the fishes. then we had the appearance of christ and the fish symbology which ran so characteristically through the entire gospel story. his disciples were largely fishermen. he performed the miracles wit

ALICE A BAILEY21 EDUCATION IN THE NEW AGE

hould provide the grounds for a profound and convinced optimism; nothing can stop the effect growing, stabilising and final of the new, incoming influences. these will inevitably condition the future, determine the type of culture and civilisation, indicate the form of government and produce an effect upon humanity, as has the piscean or christian age, or the earlier period governed by aries, the ram or goat. upon these steadily emerging influences the hierarchy counts with assurance, and the disciples of the world must likewise learn to depend upon them. the consciousness of universal relationship, of subjective integration and of a proven and experienced unity will be the climaxing gift of the period ahead of us. in the coming world state, the individual citizen gladly and deliberately a

ALICE A BAILEY23 THE EXTERNALISATION OF THE HIERARCHY

a white horse" in the occident we have for long thought in terms of the "lamb, slain from the foundations of the world" and in this statement lies a profound astrological truth. it refers to that great round of the zodiac (a period of approximately 25,000 years) in which the sun passes through all the twelve signs of the zodiac. the period to which reference is made started in the sign aries, the ram. the orient, however, harks still further back, to a much earlier period and to a still more ancient date, remote in the night of time, when the greater world cycle started in the sign sagittarius, the archer. the symbol of this is sometimes (towards the latter part of the cycle) depicted as an archer, riding on a horse and (in the early part of the cycle) as a centaur, half man and half horse

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

d by their falling down and worshipping the golden calf, so today modern masonry is in line to do the same; and the ancient usages and forms, consistent and right in the jewish dispensation, are now obsolete and should be abrogated. it is equally true of the jewish race that in the rejection of the christ as the messiah they have remained, metaphorically and practically, in the sign of aries, the ram, or of the scapegoat; they have yet to pass into the sign (again speaking symbolically) of pisces, the fishes, and recognise their messiah when he again comes in the sign aquarius. otherwise they are repeating their ancient sin of non-response to the evolutionary process. let us now consider what the initiatory process signifies to the disciple as he seeks to lead the- 350- a treatise on the s

ALICE BAILEY THE LABOURS OF HERCULES

which was the field of this first activity, is always spoken of as the first sign of the zodiac. at this sign the great wheel begins its cyclic turning. it is, therefore, the sign of commencement. cosmically speaking, it is the sign of creation, and this thought underlies the words in the bible "the lamb slain from the foundation of the world (rev. xiii, 8) for this sign is called the sign of the ram or of the lamb. in the life of the human being it marks the beginning of the first subjective, latent consciousness of existence, and the start of the human being upon the circle of experience. in the life of the aspirant to discipleship it connotes the period of reorientation and of a renewed self-conscious effort, and his start upon that final stage of the evolutionary path which will carry

an scripture "man does not rightly know the way to the heavenly world, but the horse does rightly know it" in the very ancient days in india, the horse sacrifice was linked with the sun god, and, yearly, we are told, the sun god, as the zodiacal horse, was supposed by the vedic aryans to die to save all flesh. the sun chariot of apollo is depicted as drawn by horses, and the "princely sign of the ram" is closely connected with the horse symbology, a fact to which this first labor bears witness. reference to books on symbology will show us that the horse [35] stands for intellectual activity. the white horse symbolizes the illumined mind of the spiritual man, and so we find in the book of revelations that christ comes forth riding upon a white horse. black horses represent the lower mind, w

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

humanity that took the bull as a symbol of the animal nature and deified it, which is what the average human being who investigates the mysteries says. it is because there were subjective forces playing upon our planet as our sun passed through the sign taurus. the lesson for man is that under the symbol of the bull he had to wrestle with the animal in himself. then our sun passed into aries, the ram, and we had the sacrifice of the lamb, showing that the sacrifice of the animal nature was beginning to succeed the concept of wrestling with the animal nature. then the sun passed into pisces, the fishes. the forces that played upon our planet at that time brought into the consciousness of man his essential duality and the link between the two parts of himself, two fishes linked by a band. th

an being. god, incarnate in matter. such is the story of the solar system, the story of our planet, the story of every man. as we look at the starry heavens above us, we have this great drama, eternally pictured for us [211] summary of lessons learned in each zodiacal sign the following abstract of notes on the zodiacal signs is offered as a basis for further study and quick reference. aries, the ram element: fire sign (as are also leo and sagittarius. quality: initiating. beginnings. will or power expresses itself through the great creative processes. in the early stages, activities are directed toward the material side of life; later, toward the spiritual. polar opposite: libra. an air sign (balance. rulers: exoteric, mars; esoteric, mercury. keywords: from the angle of form "let form ag

interesting facts emerge. we can say, for instance, that between four and five thousand years ago the sun was somewhere in the sign taurus, the bull. then we had the worship of the bull in egypt and in india, and the sacrifice of the sacred ox, as in the mysteries of mithras. approximately two thousand years before the birth of christ, astronomers tell us, the sun passed into the sign aries, the ram or lamb, and the jewish dispensation came into being. at that time, therefore, we have the inauguration of the jewish passover and the lamb sacrifice. it is interesting to note in this connection the true significance of the sin of the children of israel in the wilderness. we read that they made a golden calf and fell down and worshipped it, thus reverting in this act to ancient forms and sacr

cross of daily crucifixion and of difficulty and symbolizes the incarnation period of growth and development through the medium of form and its use. in these three crosses is summed up the story of the cosmic christ, god crucified in matter, of hercules and of all disciples, and of the average human being. they constitute the totality of the twelve signs. the sign son of jacob remarks aries, the ram, lamb naphtali naphtali is a play upon the he brew word "talceh, the ram. it means the twisting and struggling ram. note the story of abraham and the ram caught in the thicket. taurus, the bull. issachar "he bowed his shoulders to bear" this refers to the yoke and the work of the ox in producing crops- 129- the labours of hercules gemini, the twins. simeon and levi "simeon and levi are brother

f summary seems to integrate the hercules series) the progress of hercules from the mental plane, through the emotional or desire plane and out into physical manifestation, and then his journey through the twelve signs, and by means of the twelve labors, to the point where he becomes an inspired initiate, can be outlined for us briefly in the following statement: in aries (march 21- april 20, the ram (the dates given are approximate, they vary according to different authorities) through the capture of the man-eating mares, we see him make his start, react to thought impulse, and learn something of mind control. as the intelligent disciple, he starts out upon his career, beginning with an undefined spiritual urge to righteousness and ending as the world savior. in taurus (april 21- may 20

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ey are all striving to supplant each other. indeed, the tendency of events is to give the highest place to the most excellent and the most deserving. for the present state of things is passing away, and a new world is about to be created, and one planet is devouring another spiritually, until only the strongest survive. let me tell you allegorically that you must put into the heavenly balance the ram, bull, cancer, scorpion, and goat. in the other scale of the balance you must place the twins, the archer, the water vbearer, and the virgin. then let the lion jump into the virgin s lap, which will cause the other scale to kick the beam. thereupon, let the signs of the zodiac enter into opposition to the pleiads, and when all the colours of the world have shewn themselves, let there be a conj

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hile others practice in solitary and their imagination opens forth the gates to the infernal and celestial gathering. in ecstasies: deciphering the witches sabbat by carlo ginzburg, he describes one rite which the attributes mentioned hold resonance with not only present practice, but ancient practice as well. the devil appeared to them in the shape of a black animal sometimes a bear, sometimes a ram. after having renounced god, faith, baptism and the church and goes on to described horrific rites of cursing. another section mentions witches wearing the skin of wolves to transform themselves. this is a process of atavistic resurgence and is still practiced today, while in the affirmation of the devil is a deeper association to self-deification and the recognition of the conscious mind; the

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o a naturalist, than in all the pseudo-scientific vagaries, which are regarded as learned theories and hypotheses. daksha, who is regarded as the chief progenitor, is, moreover, pointed out as the creator of physical man in the "fable" which makes him lose his head from his body in the general strife between the gods and the raumas. this head, being burnt in the fire, is replaced by the head of a ram (kasi-khanda. now the ram's head and horns are ever the symbol of generating power and of reproductive force, and are phallic. as we have shown, it is daksha who establishes the era of men engendered by sexual intercourse. but this mode of procreation did not occur suddenly, as one may think, and required long ages before it became the one "natural" way. therefore, his sacrifice to the gods is

e seventh son" is always a natural-born magician, though, at first, only a sorcerer was meant. apap, the serpent symbolizing evil, is slain by aker, set's serpent* therefore set-typhon could not be that evil. in the "book of the dead" it is commanded (v. 13) that chapter clxiii. should be read "in the presence of a serpent on two legs" which means a high initiate, a hierophant, for the discus and ram's horns* that adorn his "serpent's" head in the hieroglyphics of the title of the said chapter denote this. over the "serpent" are represented the two mystic eyes of ammon* the hidden "mystery god" this passage corroborates our assertion, and shows what the word "serpent" meant in antiquity. but as to the nagals and nargals, whence came the similarity of names between the indian nagas and the

ept his daemon, in the shape of some animal considered sacred, inside the temple; the indian nagal keeps his wherever he can- in the neighbouring lake, or wood, or in the house in the shape of some household animal* such similarity cannot be attributed to coincidence. a new world is discovered, and we find that, for our forefathers of the fourth race[[footnote(s "book of the dead" xxxix* the same ram's horns are found on the heads of moses which were on some old medals seen by the writer in palestine, one of which is in her possession. the horns, made to form part of the shining aureole on the statue of moses in rome (michael angelo, are vertical instead of being bent down to the ears, but the emblem is the same; hence the brazen serpent* but see harris's "magic papyrus" no. v; and the ram

the vehicle) simply means man* verse 30 says "thou shalt seal up the vara (after filling it up with the seeds, and thou shalt make a door and a window self-shining within" which is the soul. and when yima inquires of ahura mazda how he shall manage to make that vara, he is answered "crush the earth. and knead it with thy hands, as the potter does when kneading the potter's clay (31. the egyptian ram-headed god makes man of clay on a potter's wheel, and so in genesis do the elohim fashion him out of the same material. when the "maker of the material world (ahura mazda) is asked, furthermore, what is to give light "to the vara which yima made" he is told that "there are uncreated lights and created lights" and that "there (in airyana vaego, where vara is built "the stars, the moon, and the

golden age, there was naught but happiness on earth, for there were no needs. why? because saturn, knowing that man could not rule man, without injustice filling forthwith the universe through his whims and vanity, would not allow any mortal to obtain power over his fellow creatures. to do this the god used the same means we use ourselves with regard to our flocks. we do not place a bullock or a ram over our bullocks and rams, but give them a leader, a shepherd, i.e, a being of a species quite different from their own and of a superior nature. it is just what saturn did. he loved mankind and placed to rule over it no mortal king or prince but "spirits and genii[[daimones] of a divine nature more excellent than that of man" it was god, the logos (the synthesis of the host) who thus presidi

cross (swastica) and a type of the four quarters. thus the cross is equivalent to the circle of the year. the wheel emblem unites the cross and circle in one, as does the hieroglyphic cake and the ankh-tie[[diagram" nor was the double glyph sacred with the profane, but only with the initiates. for raoul-rochette shows (ibid "the sign[[diagram, occurring as the reverse of a phoenician coin, with a ram as the obverse .the same sign, sometimes called venus' looking-glass, because it typified reproduction, was employed to mark the hind-quarters of valuable brood mares of corinthian and other beautiful breeds of horses (raoul-rochette, loc. cit. de la croix ansee, mem. de l'academie des sciences, pl. 2, nos. 8, 9, also 16, 2, p. 320, quoted in "nat. gen, which proves that so far back as those e

satyrs, the latter being mythical in the fifth race and the former historical in both the fourth and fifth races. we have stated elsewhere what the prototypes of these satyrs were, and have spoken of the bestiality of the early and later atlantean race. what is the meaning of poseidon's amours under such a variety of animal forms? he became a dolphin to win amphitrite; a horse, to seduce ceres; a ram, to deceive theophane, etc, etc. poseidon is not only the personation of the spirit and race of atlantis, but also of the vices of these giants. gesenius and others devote an enormous space to the meaning of the word nephilim and explain very little. but esoteric records show these hairy creatures to be the last descendants of those lemuro-atlantean races, which begot children on female animal

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sses. for instance, as observed in "chaos, theos, kosmos" the older horus was the idea of the world remaining in the demiurgic mind "born in darkness before the creation of the world" the second horus* was the same idea going forth from the logos, becoming clothed with matter and assuming an actual existence (compare mover's "phoinizer" p. 268) the same with khnoum and ammon* both are represented ram-headed, and both often confused, though their functions are different. khnoum is "the modeller of men" fashioning men and things out of the mundane egg on a potter's wheel[[footnote(s* isis is almost always represented holding a lotus in one hand and in the other a circle and the cross (crux ansata, the egg being sacred to her* the chinese seem to have thus anticipated sir william thomson's th

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la terre to be mostly imaginary: not that zola s peasants are as disgusting as mr. bishop. he is certainly a very strong argument against evolution, though his book is not. after wearing out his sister ada, finding himself faced with this expense of this stenographer aforesaid, he decided that it would be cheaper to get married. so he went to llandudno; and, rather like abraham when he found the ram caught in the thicket by its horns, he found a cow caught in the children s special service mission by her feet, which were exceptionally large, and took her as wife in name, and secretary and general servant in function. this female, however, developed an unsuspected quality. she made him shave, and mr. bishop, who had been going about london for forty years looking like a most venerable old

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e tower of each generation was built higher than before. in time, the royal engineers learned how to reach up to heaven. monitors were appointed in every village, so that those who did not make bricks for the tower should be sacrificed into its mortar. and isaac was arrested, because he left his work gang when his sons were born. 6. when isaac was brought before the crowd, his mother sarah blew a ram's horn, and she called out to stop the new moon. then god withdrew from the tower and saw them breaking humans into red earth "all the people are united in one kingdom, and they have no one else to set them straight, like a man alone in the wilderness. they can go wrong forever if they are not divided. so each father today will become the patriarch of a separate nation, with its own language f

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l; narrow at the sides; broader in front and back; and having a winged tiger's head in front. she wears a corinthian-shaped helmet and crown with a long plume. it also is surmounted by a tiger's head, and the same symbol forms the buckle of her scale-mail buskins. a mantle lined with tiger's skin falls back from her shoulders. her right hand rests on a small golden or brazen altar ornamented with ram's heads and with flames of fire leaping from it. her left hand leans on a long and heavy club, swelling at the lower end, where the sigil is placed; and it has flames of fire leaping from it the whole way down; but the flames are ascending. this club or torch is much longer than that carried by the king or queen. beneath her firmly placed feet are leaping flames of fire. brilliance, courage, b

se slow to anger, but furious if roused. rules from 20 degree aries to 20 degree taurus. air of earth prince and emperor of the gnomes. xx. princess of the echoing hills; rose of the palace of earth knave of pentacles a strong and beautiful amazon figure with rich brown hair, standing on grass or flowers. a grove of trees near her. her form suggests hebe, ceres, and proserpine. she bears a winged ram's head as a crest: and wears a mantle of sheepskin. in one hand she carries a sceptre with a circular disk: in the other a pentacle similar to that of the ace of pentacles. she is generous, kind, diligent, benevolent, careful, courageous, persevering, pitiful. if ill dignified she is wasteful and prodigal. she rules over one quadrant of the heavens around the north pole of the ecliptic. earth

and third decans follow the same order: sunday beginning the first decan of virgo and in the third decans of gemini and capricorn. the planets govern respectively decans with the following titles- or in taurus leo libra sagittarius pisces two wands: 1 each of the other suits. or in gemini leo libra capricorn pisces two swords: 1 each of others. head cross, orb held downwards brown princess winged ram's head grass, flowers, grove of trees, sceptre with disk, pentacle like that in ace rich brown dark card central decan of meaning day 3 of wands aries established strength sun 6 of pentacles taurus material success moon 9 of swords gemini despair and cruelty mars 3 of cups cancer abundance mercury 6 of wands leo victory jupiter 9 of pentacles virgo material gain venus 3 of swords libra sorrow

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prow, is an utchat. in front of the boat march- 1. the two goddesses maat, the one representing the south of egypt, and the other the north. 2. the god nekent-f, who holds a spear, or knife, in his left hand. 3. the god khenti amentet, bearded, and in mummy form, and wearing the white crown and the menat. 4. the god sekhet, or as it is written here sekhmet, lioness-headed. 5. the god sehetch-ur, ram-headed. 6. four terms, the first of which is called ut-metu-ra, p. 5 the second ut-metu-tem, the third ut-metu-khepera, and the fourth ut-metu-asar. 7. the leader of the company, who is called tcha-unnut; by his side is a serpent, called sa, that stands on his tail. click to view the gods khenti-amentet, sekhet, sebeteh-ur, the four-terms, and teha-unnu.t this scene is explained by the horizon

ith, goddess p. 8 of the south, net, or neith, goddess of the north, and the goat goddess artet. the two hawk-headed gods are called tchatui and meti, and the four following gods abenti, benbeti, sekhti, and sekhet. the explanation of this scene is given by the horizontal line of hieroglyphic text written above it, which reads"[the god cometh to] this court, he passeth through it in the form of a ram, and he maketh his transformations therein. after he hath passed through this court, the dead who are in his following do not [go with him, but they remain in this court, and he speaketh p. 9 words unto the gods who are therein. if copies of these things be made according to the ordinances of the hidden house, and after the manner of that which is ordered in the hidden house, they shall act as

next: chapter ii: the second division of the tuat, which is called urnes sacred texts egypt ehh index index previous next p. 21 chapter ii. the second division of the tuat, which is called urnes. in the scene that illustrates the second division of the tuat, which is passed through by the sun-god click to view the boat of af in the second hour. during the second hour of the night, the boat of the ram-headed god af is seen making its way along the p. 22 stream which flows, as before, through the division lengthwise; the crew consists of the same gods, and they occupy the same positions in the boat as they did in the first division. it is, however, important to notice that immediately in front of ap-uat we see two serpents, which are called isis and nephthys respectively, occupying the front

pt-mena-f-tua-uaa-f. this boat is the boat of the god neper, the god of grain, and a form of osiris as the god of vegetation; it may be noted that its side has no utchat upon it. in the upper register are- 1. a bearded god, with a phallus in the form of a knife, called ast netch-t, i.e "isis, the avengeress" 2. a god of similar form and attribute called seb-qenbeti, i.e "seb of the two corners. a ram-headed god, with a similar attribute, called p. 28 [paragraph continues]khnemu qenbeti "khnemu of the two corners" 4. an ibis-headed god, with a similar attribute, called tehuti-her-khent-f, i.e "thoth on his steps" 5. an ape-headed god, with a similar attribute, called afu-her-khent-f, i.e "afu on his steps" click to view second hour. upper register. gods nos. 1-7. 6. lioness-headed deity, wi

which is called net-neb-ua-kheper-aut. in the scene which illustrates the third division of the tuat, which is passed through by the sun-god click to view the boat of af, the dead sun-god, in the third hour. during the third hour of the night, we see the boat of the god making its way over the waters of the river p. 45 in the underworld. the dead sun-god af stands within a shrine in the form of a ram-headed man, as before, but there is a change in the composition of the crew, which now consists only of four mariners, two of whom stand before the shrine and two behind, and the goddess of the hour and a hawk-beaded deity, one of click to view the boat which capsizeth. the forms of horus, who is occupied in tying loops of rope to the elongated hawk-headed rowlocks in which the paddles may be

h not" the osiris god stands between two gods, one of whom is called au-matu, and the serpent which stands on its tail between the steersman in the bows and the first god is called set-em-hra-f. p. 48 the third boat is called pa-khet "the branch" and each end terminates in the head of a lion. in the middle of it stands the form of osiris, who is called shefshef, and he wears on his head a pair of ram's horns; his arms and the upper click to view the four forms of osiris. portion of his body are swathed. behind him stands the mummied form called am-ta, and before him the god neb-uast. of the two steersmen, only the name of the second, khen, or khennu is given; the name of the serpent p. 49 which stands on its tail is set-em-maat-f. the procession of boats is met by four forms of osiris, who

-f "he who is on his sand" 2. a dog-headed ape called tcheb-neter, or tebi-neter, seated in a coffer) with a vaulted roof. 3, 4. two jackal-headed gods called anpu and nehem-kheru, or neha-kheru. 5, 6. a man and a woman, who hold in each hand a pupil of the eye of horus, or ra; the man is called p. 51 [paragraph continues] anth, i.e "he who brings" and the woman antet, i.e "she who brings" 7. the ram sma-kheftiu-f. 8. a mummied form, with projecting hands, called pet-ahat. click to view third hour. upper register. gods nos. 1-6. 9. anubis of thebes, in the form of a jackal, couchant on a pylon. 10. a kneeling man, who holds in his left hand a pupil of the eye of ra, and is called an-maat-ra-sehetep-neteru, i.e "the bringer of the eye of ra, who maketh content the gods" p. 52 click to view

nile) to flow, and when click to view third hour. lower register. gods nos. 1-6. he hath come forth in the earth from them, they send forth their voice, and take vengeance upon the seba fiend. whosoever knoweth [these things] shall, when he passeth by these beings, not be driven away by their roarings, and he shall never fall down into their caverns" in the lower register are- 1. the god khnemu, ram-headed. 2. a bearded male figure called nerta, with hands raised in adoration. p. 56 3-6. four forms of osiris, mummified, bearded, and wearing the white crown, and seated on chairs of state; their names are asar-neb-amentet, asar-khent-amentet, asar-asti, and asar-thet-heh, that is "osiris, lord of click to view third hour. lower register. gods nos. 7-13 [paragraph continues] amentet "osiris

mouth. his work is to protect the horizon, and he never entereth into any house of the tuat" immediately in front of this serpent are four seated gods (see p. 111, of whom the heads of two are turned behind them; they are described as the "gods who hold the secret forms of sekri, who is on his sand" the first holds on his knees the white crown, the second the red crown, the third the head of the ram of heru-shefshefit, and the fourth the plumes of shu, or some other god of light and dryness. the legend above them reads "their forms are in the place among them in their own bodies. they follow after this great god unseeing and unseen" behind the serpent tepan (see pp. 87, 91) are four human bearded heads, each with a mass of fire upon p. 99 click to view the kingdom of seker. p. 101 the top

y place of maat in the tuat, and it is he who setteth himself in opposition to the scarab" to this serpent ra saith "hail, thou serpent ter, whom i myself have fashioned, open thou to me thy folds, open thou thy folds wherewith thou hast doubly sealed the earth to protect me, and march thou against those who are in my following, in order that i may pass by thee in peace" 10. the god baferkheftiu, ram-headed (see p. 111. 11. the god iu-her-aptesu, who holds a lasso in each hand (see p. 111. p. 107 click to view the kingdom of seker. p. 109 12. the god an-at, wearing a feather of maat (see p. 111. 13. the god abui, with his head turned behind him; he is provided with a shade (see p. 111. 14. the god amu, bull-headed (see p. 107. 15. the god set, bull-headed (see p. 107. 16. the god sent-nef

ate of this city wherethrough passeth this god is ruti-asar. the name of this city is thephet-sheta. the name of the hour of the night which guideth this great god into it is kheftes-hau-hesqet-[neha]-hra" click to view the boat of af, the dead sun-god, in the seventh hour. in the middle register are- 1. the boat of ra, who stands under a canopy formed by the body of the serpent mehen; the god is ram-headed and wears a disk on his head, and his name afu is written twice near him. in front of him stand heka-ser and sa, and isis, who has both arms stretched out before her, and is reciting the words of power which shall make the boat to advance. p. 141 behind the god stand heru-heken, ka-shu, nehes, hu, and the "protector of the boat" above the boat is written-"this great god journeyeth in th

their swathings before them in the form in which the god himself [had them. this our great god crieth out unto those who have their life in them, in [their] heads in their forms, and this god crieth out to them by their names. their work is [to seize] the enemies of ra everywhere throughout this city, and then to make their heads to pass under their swords after this god hath passed them by" 3. a ram, having the solar disk between his horns, click to view (left) servants of the god ra (right) first form of tathenen. and the symbol of linen bandages in front of him; he is an image of tathenen, of whom he is the "first form" 4. a ram, having the crown of the south between his horns, and the symbol of linen bandages in front of him; he is an image of tathenen, of whom he is the "second form"

having the solar disk between his horns, click to view (left) servants of the god ra (right) first form of tathenen. and the symbol of linen bandages in front of him; he is an image of tathenen, of whom he is the "first form" 4. a ram, having the crown of the south between his horns, and the symbol of linen bandages in front of him; he is an image of tathenen, of whom he is the "second form" 5. a ram, having the crown of the north between p. 169 his horns, and the symbol of linen bandages in front of him; he is an image of tathenen, of whom he is the "third form" 6. a ram, having the solar disk and a pair of plumes above his horns, and the symbol of linen bandages in front of him; he is an image of tathenen, of whom he is the "fourth form" the text which refers to these reads: click to vie

the circle aakebi. sound of the voices of [those who are] shut in this circle, which is like unto the sound of men who lament when their souls cry out to ra. the name of this circle is as-neteru" 4. this circle, which is called aakebi, is entered through a door with the name of tes-sheta-thehen-neteru, and in it are seated p. 175 1. the image of ka-amentet, bull-headed. 2. the image of ba-neteru, ram-headed. 3. the image of rem-neteru, ram-headed. each of these is seated as before. the text reads "those who are in this picture are [seated] upon their instruments for weaving, which are set firmly on their sand, according to the mystery which horns made. this god crieth out to their souls in whatsoever regions they are, and there is heard the sound of the voices of those who are shut in this

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o- are signs entered by the sun in the middle of a season. people born under them exhibit stability and a tendency to continue in a predetermined path. the mutable signs -sagittarius, gemini, virgo and pisces- mark the time when the seasons are about to change. those born under them are correspondingly versatile and ready to compromise. zodiacal colours and associations [symbol -sym01] aries, the ram: 21 march to 20 april. colour: red. a cardinal fire sign, for all matters of the self and of identity, for rituals of innovation, courage assertiveness and action. ruled by mars [symbol- sym02] taurus, the bull: 21 april to 21 may. colour: pink. a fixed earth sign, for rituals concerning all kinds of material matters and security, also for patience and caution if the way ahead seems hazardous

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th by night, the horus/set relationship actually fits into a threefold matrix rather than a twofold one. set is an independent intelligence with perspective upon the nonconscious objective universe on one hand and the chaos of the anti-objective universe (harwer) on the other. the simple horus/set duality results from primitive aristotelian thinking (so kick me, tharrud terclis. fourth angle: the ram of the sun (shub-niggurath/amon) is a manifestation of the "awakened" human psyche as energized by the messenger. it is thus that "satan" is known to humanity: a personalized reflection, as it were, of the results of the messenger's working. satan's other name (lucifer) is that of light and enlightenment, hence the "brilliance" of the nine angles. with the number four we have geometrically a t

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lmets and other headgear that was later used by the hybrid bloodlines to symbolise royalty and kingship, and from this came the symbol of the royal crown. look at darth maul and you will perhaps see where the crown comes from. credo mutwa says on the reptilian agenda, part one, that he was amazed to see darth maul because of his likeness to the reptilians in ancient and modern african legend. the ram or goat's head, so widely used as a symbol of satanism, is partly symbolic of the horned nature of the anunnaki "royalty" that satanism was created to serve (figure 16. ram is a word or syllable meaning fire and relates to the atlantean god of fire, votan. from this we get pentagram, pyramid, semiramis, ramses, rama, ramtha, maybe even program or programme, a word at the heart of the illuminat

were given this "birthday, three days after the winter solstice, for this reason. these deities didn't exist, as everyone now accepts. they were symbolic of the sun and so was jesus, along with much other symbolism. the christian "christmas" is an ancient pagan festival under another name and so is easter. on march 25th, the old date for easter, the sun enters the astrological sign of aries, the ram or the lamb, and they sacrificed lambs in their rituals at this time to appease the gods and ensure a bumper harvest. put another way, they believed the blood of the lamb would encourage the gods to forgive their sins. the story of samson (sam-sun) in the old testament is the same sun symbolism. the ancients symbolised the sun's annual cycle as the life of a man. they would portray the sun as

is said that he will return on a white horse to judge the dead and fight the "prince of evil. dionysus or bacchus, the son of god of greece he was born to a virgin mother on december 25th and put in a manger and swaddling clothes. he was a teacher who travelled, performing miracles. he turned water into wine (like the sun) and rode in triumph on an ass (so did the egyptian deity, set. he was the ram or the lamb, god of the vine, god of gods and king of kings, only begotten son, bearer of sins, redeemer, anointed one (christos, alpha and omega. he was hung and crucified on a tree, but rose from the dead on march 25th. during the 1st century bc, the hebrews in jerusalem also worshipped this deity. j.m. roberts writes in antiquity unveiled (health research, 1970) that "ies, the phoenician na

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tions ofbarati and britannia infigure 12. 80begun its symbolic journey back to the summer and the peak of its power. the ancients,therefore, said that the sun was born on december 25th. the christian christmas ismerely a renamed pagan festival, as indeed are all christian festivals. easter is another.about march 25th, the old fixed date for easter, the sun enters the astrological sign ofaries the ram or the lamb. at this time the ancients used to sacrifice lambs because theybelieved this would appease the gods, most notably the sun god, and ensure abundantharvests. in other words they believed that the blood of the lamb would mean that theirsins would be forgiven.in ancient babylon, tammuz, the son of queen semiramis, was said to have beencrucified with a lamb at his feet and placed in a c

jesus descended intohell, just like the earlier khrishna, zoroaster, osiris, horus, adonis/tammuz, bacchus,hercules, mercury and so on. he then rose from the dead like the earlier khrishna,buddha, zoroaster, adonis/tammuz, osiris, mithra, hercules and baldur. jesus wassymbolically crucified at easter because this is the spring equinox when the sun (jesus)enters the astrological sign of aries, the ram or. the lamb. the lamb in the book ofrevelation is the same symbol. in around 2,200 bc the group known as the priesthoodof melchizedek began making their aprons with lambs wool, a symbol continued todayby a modern expression of the brotherhood, the freemasons. it is at easter, the equinox,that jesus (the sun) triumphs over darkness- the time of year when there is more lightthan darkness every

rises and sets at the winter and summersolstice. there is also a hexagram or starof david- figure 31. 358that the nazis reversed theswastika. one pentagrampoints down into capitol hill(see figure 33, another intothe white house (see figure34, and a third extends outfrom the giant obelisk calledthe washington monumentand covers a large area of theinner city. at its centre is thesign for aries, the ram or lamb.similar satanic pentagramscan be identified in the streetplan of rome, the old city ofjerusalem, the land aroundrennes-le-chateau, thepyramid site at giza, and nodoubt over london and othercities and sites. across thepotomac river fromwashington is the home of theunited states military- thepentagon building which wasaligned to the constellation oftaurus.9 a pentagon, of course,is the c

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men invisible, and to live long, and to be eloquent. he can discover treasures and recover things lost. he ruleth over 29 legions of spirits, and his seal is this, which wear thou, etc (32) asmoday- the thirty-second spirit is asmoday, or asmodai. he is a great king, strong, and powerful. he appeareth with three heads, whereof the first is like a bull, the second like a man, and the third like a ram; he hath also the tail of a serpent, and from his mouth issue flames of fire. his feet are webbed like those of a goose. he sitteth upon an infernal dragon, and beareth in his hand a lance with a banner. he is first and choicest under the power of amaymon, he goeth before all other. when the exorcist hath a mind to call him, let it be abroad, and let him stand on his feet all the time of actio

strology, rhetoric, logic, cheiromancy, and pyromancy, in all their parts, and perfectly. he hath under his power 20 legions of spirits. his seal, or mark, is thus made, etc (51) balam- the fifty-first spirit is balam or balaam. he is a terrible, great, and powerful king. he appeareth with three heads: the first is like that of a bull; the second is like that of a man; the third is like that of a ram. he hath the tail of a serpent, and flaming eyes. he rideth upon a furious bear, and carrieth a boshawk upon his fist. he speaketh with a hoarse voice, giving true answers of things past, present, and to come. he maketh men to go invisible, and also to be witty. he governeth 40 legions of spirits. his seal is this, etc (52) alloces- the fifty-second spirit is alloces, or alocas. he is a duke

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, and the senior member of the general synod for a given state or commonwealth. archetype: a universal and imageless concept; here, in the sense coined and used by carl g. jung, psychiatrist, such a concept existing within the collective unconscious mind of humanity. archetypal image: the form in which an archetype is clothed by a particular culture, mythology, religion, or individual. aries "the ram" in astrology (q.v, the first sign of the zodiac (q.v) having the qualities of cardinal (q.v) and fire (q.v) and is ruled by the planet mars (q.v. on the rainbow wand (q.v) and on the lotus wand aries is represented by the color red. keywords include: courage, forceful, animation, outgoing, ardently, egotistically, ardently, impulsively, vigorously, aggressively, enthusiastically. artificial e

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nderworld. vignette: the deceased kneeling on one knee. chapter vi. the chapter of making ushabtiu figures do work for a man in the underworld. vignette: an ushabti figure chapter vii. the chapter of passing over the back of apep, the evil one. vignette: the deceased spearing a serpent. chapter viii. another chapter of the tuat, and of coming forth by day. vignette: the deceased kneeling before a ram. chapter ix. the chapter of passing through the tuat. vignette: the deceased kneeling before a ram. chapter x (this chapter is now known as chapter xlviii) chapter xi* the chapter of coming forth against his enemies in the underworld. this chapter has no vignette. chapter xii. another chapter of going into, and coming forth from, the underworld. this chapter has no vignette. chapter xiii. the

f the gods, and the father from the beginning" elsewhere he is said to be ari enti-s qemam unenet sa xeperu tef maker of things which are, creator of what shall be, the beginning of beings, father tefu ma ma of fathers, and mother of mothers. he supported the heaven upon its four pillars in the beginning, and earth, air, sea, and sky are his handiwork. he is depicted in the form of a man having a ram's head and horns surmounted by plumes, ur i with disks, etc; in one hand be holds the sceptre and in the other the emblem of life. occasionally he is hawk-headed, and in one representation he holds the emblem of water, in each hand. on a late bas-relief at phil we find him seated at a potter's table upon which stands a human being whom he has just fashioned.[2] the gods of the book of the dead

from a papyrus. appendix: in the papyrus of hunefer a slab or stele with rounded top is placed by the door of the tomb (fig. 1, p. 265. in the upper part of it the deceased is shown adoring osiris, and below is the legend,[3 "hail, osiris, the chief of amenta, the lord of eternity [1. this instrument is called# ur hekau, and is made of a sinuous piece of wood, one end of which is in the form of a ram's head surmounted by a ur us (fig. 1. plates v. and vi. http//www.sacred-texts.com/egy/ebod/ebod17.htm (1 of 12 [8/10/2001 11:26:43 am] 2. in the neb-seni papyrus the "guardian of the scale" opens the mouth of the deceased (fig. 2. 3] p. 265 spreading out in everlastingness, lord of adorations, chief of the company of his gods; and hail, anubis [dweller] in the tomb, great god, chief of the ho

ng of the text is not usual. british museum papyrus no. 9901 has, after tattu# and according to this text we should read "i am a priest in tattu, exalting him that is upon the steps (pierret "degr s de l'initiation; i am a prophet in abtu on the day of casting up the earth" 7. according to dev ria (aeg. zeitschrift, 1870, p. 61 "casting up the earth" means the day of digging the grave. 8 var "the ram, lord of tattu" i.e, osiris. plates v. and vi. http//www.sacred-texts.com/egy/ebod/ebod17.htm (9 of 12 [8/10/2001 11:26:43 am] 9 or setem, a priest of ptah at memphis. 10# ur xerp ab (or hem, the name of the chief priest of ptah at memphis (see brugsch, w rterbuch, supp, p. 392; and brugsch, aegytologie, p. 218. the position of this official is described by maspero, un manuel de hi rarchie tgy

n the praises and glorifyings[2] of coming out from and going into (2) the glorious neter-khert in the beautiful amenta, of coming out by day[3] in all the forms of existence which [1. compare the following variant from a papyrus in dublin. in the papyrus of hunefer, before the scene of the cat cutting off apepi's head, is one in which the deceased is represented kneeling in adoration before five ram-headed gods, whose names are ra, shu, tefnut, seb and ba-[neb]-tattu. 2. pierret renders, r surrection des m nes" see le livre des morts, p. 53. 3. some copies read "to be with the followers of osiris, and to feed upon the food of un-nefer, to come forth by day; and others "may i drink water at the sources of the streams, and be among the followers of un-nefer; may i see the disk every morning

. saith osiris, the scribe ani, triumphant "lo, the lady of light, the mighty one, to whom men cry aloud; man knoweth neither her breadth nor her height; there was never found her like from the beginning. there is a serpent thereover whose size is not known; it was born in the presence of the still-heart. the name of the doorkeeper is semati" vignette vii: the seventh pylon, which is guarded by a ram-headed deity holding a besom and seated in a shrine, the cornice of which is decorated with khakeru ornaments [1. the principal variants are "every god uniteth with her "the heart of every god rejoiceth in her" see naville, todtenbuch, bd. ii, bl. 371] p. 297 text: words to be spoken when [ani] cometh unto the seventh pylon. saith osiris, the scribe ani, triumphant "lo, the robe which doth clo

nto the ninth pylon. saith osiris ani, triumphant "lo, she who is chiefest, the lady of strength, who giveth quiet of heart to her lord. her girth is three hundred and fifty measures; she is clothed with mother-of-emerald of the south; and she raiseth up the godlike form and clotheth the feeble one the name of the doorkeeper is ari-su-tchesef"[2] vignette x: the tenth pylon, which is guarded by a ram-headed deity wearing the atef crown and holding a besom, seated in a shrine, upon the top of which are two serpents. text: words to be spoken when [ani] cometh unto the tenth pylon. saith osiris plates xi. and xii. http//www.sacred-texts.com/egy/ebod/ebod19.htm (5 of 9 [8/10/2001 11:27:48 am] ani [triumphant "lo, she who is loud of voice, she who causeth those to cry who entreat her, the fearf

anding at the open door of the tomb; and (3) the deceased, with his soul hovering over him, standing with his back to the door of the tomb, upon which is the disk of the rayed sun. illustrations] p. 319 text [chapter xci (i) the chapter of not letting the soul of a man be captive in the underworld. saith osiris ani "hail thou who art exalted, thou who art adored (2) thou mighty one of souls, thou ram (or soul, possessor of terrible power, who dost put fear of thee into the hearts of the gods, thou who art crowned upon thy mighty throne! it is he who maketh the path for the khu and for (3) the soul of osiris ani. i am furnished [with that which i need, i am a khu furnished [with that which i need, i have made my way unto the place wherein are ra and hathor" rubric: if this chapter be known

only one, shining from the moon! grant that this osiris ani may come forth among the multitudes which are round about thee (3) let him be established as a dweller among the shining ones; and let the underworld be opened unto him. and behold osiris (4) osiris ani shall come forth by day to do his will upon earth among the living" vignette: ani, standing with both hands raised in adoration before a ram crowned with plumes and disk; in front of the ram is a table, upon which are a libation vase and a lotus flower. text [chapter ix (1) the chapter of coming forth by day, having passed through the tomb. saith osiris ani "hail soul, thou mighty one of strength (2) verily i am here, i have come, i behold thee. i have passed through the underworld, i have seen [my] father (3) osiris, i have scatte

there is fear of him. hymns of praise are sung in honour of my mighty deeds (12, and i am accounted the heir of seb, the lord of the earth, the protector. the god seb giveth cool water, he maketh his dawnings to be mine. they who dwell in (13) annu bow down their heads before me, for i am their bull. i grow strong from moment to moment; my loins are made strong for millions of years" vignette: a ram. text [chapter lxxxv (1) the chapter of changing into the soul of tmu. saith osiris ani, triumphant (2 "i have not entered into the house of destruction; i have not been brought to plate xxvii. http//www.sacred-texts.com/egy/ebod/ebod33.htm (2 of 4 [8/10/2001 11:28:49 am] naught, i have not known decay. i am (3) ra who come forth from nu, the divine soul, the creator of his own limbs. sin is a

im is to me even as the smell of one of you" ani saith unto him "i am osiris, the scribe ani, triumphant in peace, triumphant (8) i have drawn nigh to behold the great gods, and i feed upon the meals of sacrifice whereon their kas feed. i have been to the plates xxix. and xxx. http//www.sacred-texts.com/egy/ebod/ebod35.htm (2 of 4 [8/10/2001 11:28:57 am] boundaries [of the p. 345 lands (9) of the ram, the lord of tattu, and he hath granted that i may come forth as a bennu bird and that i may have the power of speech. i have passed through the river-flood. i have made (10) offerings with incense. i have made my way by the side of the thick-leaved tree of the children. i have been in abtu in the house of satet (11) i have flooded and i have sunk the boat of my enemies. i have sailed forth up

ears of osiris ani, triumphant, are the ears of ap-uat. vignette: the god anpu, jackal-headed. text (5) the lips of osiris ani, triumphant, are the lips of anpu. vignette: the scorpion serqet, holding the shen, and ankh. text (6) the teeth of osiris ani, triumphant, are the teeth of serqet. vignette: the goddess isis. text (7) the neck of osiris ani, triumphant, is the neck of isis. vignette: the ram-headed god, with ur us between the horns. text (8) the hands of osiris ani, triumphant, are the hands of the ram, the lord of tattu. plate xxxii. http//www.sacred-texts.com/egy/ebod/ebod37.htm (4 of 7 [8/10/2001 11:29:09 am] vignette: the god uatchit, serpent-headed. text (9) the shoulder of osiris ani, triumphant, is the shoulder of uatchit. p. 354 vignette: the goddess mert, with outstretche

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and several books on psychical subjects. his book behind the scenes with the mediums exposed many techniques of fake mediumship, including slate writing and billet tests (see pellet reading. in spite of his skepticism regarding the claims of mediumship, however, abbott did not rule out the possibility of genuine phenomena. in a thoughtful contribution to the second volume of the dream problem by ram narayana (delhi, 1922, he stated: i mention these things to show that telepathy is far from established as a fact, yet i must say that i believe it to be possible under certain conditions, but positively it can not be commanded at will in the slightest degree. he then related personal and family experiences of veridical dreaming. sources: abbott, david p. behind the scenes with the mediums. ch

c society but at the same time led many into meaningless despair and helped legitimize the widespread use of addictive narcotics drugs, now widely recognized as a major social problem. in 1967, in a state of spiritual despair, alpert went to india in search of meaning through mysticism. he studied for a few months under neem karoli baba in the himalayas, then returned to the united states as baba ram dass, or god s servant. having abandoned psychedelic drugs, he emerged as a disciple of hindu spirituality and commenced a career of lecturing and writing. in 1969 ram dass gave a course on raja yoga (meditation) at esalen institute, near san francisco, california, launching his new role as a transpersonal psychologist speaking on spiritual issues. his first book as baba ram dass, be here now

raja yoga (meditation) at esalen institute, near san francisco, california, launching his new role as a transpersonal psychologist speaking on spiritual issues. his first book as baba ram dass, be here now, made him a popular figure in what was to become the new age movement. he followed it with a series of books, including seed (1972, the only dance there is (1974, and grist for the mill (1977. ram dass has lectured widely on his present spiritual position and on personality problems of western life. royalties from his book the only dance there is supported the journal of transpersonal psychology, and his activities are conducted under the auspices of the hanuman foundation, which distributes his books and lecture tapes. the foundation may be reached at po box 478, sante fe, nm 87504. on

s present spiritual position and on personality problems of western life. royalties from his book the only dance there is supported the journal of transpersonal psychology, and his activities are conducted under the auspices of the hanuman foundation, which distributes his books and lecture tapes. the foundation may be reached at po box 478, sante fe, nm 87504. on land near taos, new mexico, baba ram dass built the neem karoli baba hanuman temple in memory of his guru. in 1997 ram das had a stroke which left him largely incapacitated but in the past three years he has been improving greatly through rehabilitation. he has returned to a limited number of talks and public appearances. sources: ram dass, baba [richard alpert. be here now. christobal, n.mex: lama foundation, 1972. grist for the

engthening their bo- encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. american yoga association 43 dies. address p.o. box 19986, sarasota, fl 34276. website: http//www.americanyogaassociation.org. sources: american yoga association. http/ www.americanyogaassociation.org. april 19,2000. christensen, alice, and david rankin. the light of yoga society beginner s manual. cleveland heights, ohio: om ram production, 1972. revised edition as: the american yoga association beginner s manual. new york: simon& schuster, 1987. american zen college a zen center derived from the eclectic chogye buddhist sect of korea and the activities of zen master gosung shin. shin had been abbot of several large temples in southeastern korea when he was invited to continue the work begun by bishop seo kyung-bo, wh

he is mentioned in the book of tobit ca. 250 b.c.e, where he attempts to cause trouble between the ashtabula poltergeist encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 94 tobias and his wife, sarah. jewish legends claim that asmodeus was the result of a union between the woman naamah and a fallen angel. asmodeus was often represented in magical texts as having three heads.a man, a bull, and a ram, riding a dragon, and carrying a spear. directions for evoking this demon are contained in the well-known magical textbook the magus; or, celestial intelligencer by francis barrett (1801. sources: barrett, francis. the magus. london, 1801. reprint, new hyde park, n.y: university books, 1967. aspidomancy a little-known form of divination practiced in the indies. according to the seventeenth-cen

sually represented as a centaur, is said to produce humane character if located in the first 15 degrees (first half) of the sign, but a savage, brutal, and intractable disposition if found in the last 15 degrees. astrologers designate the 12 signs as follows: aries, the first sign of the zodiac, is a cardinal fire sign. it is a positive, masculine sign, ruled by the planet mars. its symbol is the ram, and its glyph (symbol) is said to represent a ram s horns. it takes its name from the greek god of war. aries is associated with the head, and people with an aries sun sign (the sun is in the sign aries in their natal chart) are prone to headaches and injuries to the head and face. the association of the head with aries is the source of the expression headstrong, which characterizes people wi

and planets. judicial astrology foretells the destinies of individuals and nations, while natural astrology predicts changes of weather and the influence of the stars upon natural things. the characters used in astrology to denote the 12 signs represent natural objects, but they have also a hieroglyphic or esoteric meaning that has been lost. the figure of aries represents the head and horns of a ram; that of taurus, the head and horns of a bull; that of leo, the head and mane of a lion; that of gemini, two persons standing together; and so on. the physical or astronomical reasons for the adoption of these figures is explained by the abbe pluche in his histoire du ciel (1739.41, and charles f. dupuis, in his abrege de l origine de tous les cultes (1798, endeavors to establish the principle

tia and was supposed to have been inspired by the nymphs of the corycian caves. his bailey, e. h. encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 146 oracular verses were said to have been impressively fulfilled. he is cited by herodotus and pausanias. balan according to johan weyer, a great and terrible demon monarch among the infernal powers. he has three heads, those of a bull, a man, and a ram. joined to these by the tail is a serpent, the eyes of which burn with fire. balan rides an enormous bear. he commands 40 of the infernal legions and rules over finesse, ruses, and middle courses. sources: weyer, johannes. witches, devils and doctors in the renaissance: johann weyer, de praestigiis. edited by george mora. binghamton, n.y: medieval& renaissance texts& studies, 1991. balasius a

western canada and the center of the metaphysical and alternative spirituality community in the vancouver area. it was founded as banyen books in 1970 by kolin lymworth, who as a young man in 1969 had visited and been inspired by shambhala books, still a mainstay of the spiritual community in berkeley, california. he had also visited india and read the landmark book be here now (1971) written by ram dass (richard alpert, one of the foundational volumes of what would become known as the new age movement. the name of the store came from the banyan tree under which the hindu deity krishna is said to have spoken the bhagavad gita, and from the banyan ashram that had been established by gary snyder and nanao sakaki as an eco-spiritual community in japan. lymworth chose the alternate spelling o

n the first visit, lane accepted the offered leaf, but left it with swami yogeshwar to make an exact english translation, planning to collect the original leaf and translation a few weeks later. however, lane curtailed his trip due to illness and was later unable to contact the swami. lane made a second visit to bhrigu-samhita at hoshiarpur three years later, in 1981, in company with prof. bhagat ram kamal. he gave two days notice of the intended visit, but no leaf for the visit could be discovered, arguing for the genuineness of the astrologers, since no fee was requested (see also astrology) encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. bhrigu-samhita 181 sources: kriyananda, swami. the book of bhrigu. san francisco: hansa publications, 1967. lane, david christopher. fate (june 1982

staff, a distaff, or even a shovel. these objects were smeared with a special witchcraft ointment before the flight. other witches were believed to make their aerial journeys on such animals as a wolf or a goat. these flights were named transvection by demonologists. sources: robbins, rossell hope. the encyclopedia of witchcraft and demonology. new york: crown publishers, 1959. brotherhood of the ram the brotherhood of the ram was a short-lived satanic group that operated out of an occult booksotre in the los angeles area during the 1960s and 1970s. members reportedly made a pact with satan renouncing all other devotions, especially any christian elements in their past. the pact was then signed in blood (see satanism) brotherhood of the trowel a whimsical masonic society founded in florenc

eileen caddy, cofounders of the findhorn community in scotland, one of the major disseminating points of the new age movement of the 1970s and 1980s, were both born and raised in england. as a young man, peter was apprenticed to learn the hotel and catering business. when world war ii (1939.45) began, he joined the royal air force. his real spiritual quest began in india where he met a holy man, ram sareek singh. eileen, in the meantime, had married a raf officer and met peter in iraq, where both he and her husband had been stationed. they became friends and upon their return to england began an affair. when the affair became known, it led to her divorce. as the divorce process was going forth, eileen traveled to glastonbury, where she had a mystical experience in which a voice spoke to h

representing some priest or divinity who declared to the sleeper things to come; the fourth was an ordinary dream not deserving of attention; and the fifth was a disturbing half-awake dream, a species of nightmare. other writers divided dreams into accidental dreams and those induced for the purposes of divination. herodotus wrote that in the temple of bel in babylon, a priestess lay on a bed of ram skin ready to dream for divination. the ancient he- encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. dreams 449 brews obtained such dreams by sleeping among tombs. dreams are believed to be as successful as hypnosis and other methods of reaching the supernatural world and hearing its pronouncements. sleep was, of course, often induced by drugs, whether the soma of the hindus, the peyotl of t

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iven by trophonius to the inquirer, who descend into a cave. the inquirer resided for a certain number of days in a sanctuary, performed ceremonial purification, and abstained from hot baths, but dipped in the river hercyna and was supplied with meat from the victims he sacrificed. from an inspection of the entrails, a soothsayer decided if trophonius could be consulted. the night of the decent a ram was sacrificed to agamedes at the mouth of the cave. when the signal had been given, the priests led the inquirer to the river hercyna, where he was anointed and washed by two lebadaean youths, thirteen years of age, named hermai. he was then carried to the two spring-heads of the stream, and there he drank first of lethe to forget all past events and present his mind to the oracle as a tabula

water, the soothsayer must fast for day and night and observe religious customs in order to receive the god. the oracle of amphiaraus another celebrated oracle was amphiaraus, who distinguished himself in the theban war. he was venerated at oropus, in boeotia, as a seer. this oracle was consulted more in sickness than on any other occasion. the applicants had to lie upon the skin of a sacrificed ram and during sleep had the remedies of their diseases revealed to them. not only were sacrifices and ceremonial purifications performed here, but the priests also prescribed other preparations for the minds of the sleepers to be enlightened. they had to fast one day and refrain from wine for three. amphilochus, the son of amphiaraus, had a similar oracle at mallos, in cilicia, which pausanias ca

tika symbol, advocated master-race ideals, and developed rituals from appropriation of the holy grail traditions and parsifal. von liebenfels published a journal, ostara. the order of new templars survived for a generation but went underground after the german invasion of austria in 1938. sources: webb, james. the occult establishment. lasalle, ill: open court publishing, 1976. order of the black ram the order of the black ram, founded and headed by its grand magister, rev. seth-klippoth, was a satanic organization that appeared in detroit during the 1980s. mixing elements of nazism and racism with the teachings of the church of satan and neo-paganism, the order was closely associated with the neo-nazi national renaissance party. it published an irregular periodical, liber venifica. order

m, radhasoami had discarded the sikh bible, the adi granth, in favor of a living master teacher (the satguru. it has also elevated the yoga of the sound current to a preeminent position. the satguru (or his appointed representative) initiates people into the practice. members also gather in community, satsang, much as do christians. after soamiji maharaj passed away, he was succeeded by rai salig ram, and in turn by pandit brahma shankar misra in 1907. after the passing of brahma shankar misra, questions over the succession led to a division of the movement under two competing gurus: sri kamta prasad sinha (known as param guru sarkar sahib) and buaji maharaj, sister of brahma shankar misra. further divisions occurred throughout the twentieth century as different rival leaders emerged claim

leaders of america. detroit: gale research, 1991. osborne, arthur. ramana maharshi and the path of self- knowledge. new york: samuel weiser, 1970, ed. the teachings of ramana maharshi. 1963. reprint, new york: samuel weiser, 1978. raman, bangalore venkata encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 1278 ramana maharshi. the collected works of ramana maharshi. 20 vols. london: rider, 1970. ram dass, baba name assumed by richard alpert, associate of dr. timothy leary, after giving up the psychedelic revolution of the 1960s and embracing traditional hindu mysticism. ramer, andrew (1951) andrew ramer, a contemporary channeler and angelologist, was born into a jewish family. he attended the university of california.berkeley, from which he graduated in 1973 with a b.a. in religious studi

he side of the river ganges, subjecting himself to intense spiritual discipline and using his medical knowledge to help the sick. he also made pilgrimages to kedarnath and badrinath, holy places high in the himalayan mountains. he excited great enthusiasm by his popular lectures, inspiring chanting and singing of spiritual verses. in 1933 he was invited to attend the birthday celebration of swami ram tirtha in lucknow, and he subsequently traveled through india inspiring a great spiritual revival. returning to rishikesh, he established an ashram in abandoned cowsheds on the banks of the ganges in march 1934. with the help of disciples and supporters, the humble premises, named ananda kutir (hut of bliss, grew into a large selfcontained community with a temple, hospitals, a pharmacy, a prin

tual teachings and his simultaneous ability to enjoy life, manifested through his tron, giorgio encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 1590 love of alcohol and women. he was also a patron of the arts, especially poetry, and founded a school, naropa institute, which offers an alternative curriculum with college-level instruction. the institute has taught the likes of allen ginsberg and ram dass. trungpa possibly became best known for his denunciation of spiritual materialism, manifest in the spiritual seekers of alternative religions who seemed preoccupied with collecting as many varied spiritual experiences as possible. such seekers never settle down long enough to have their search rewarded with real insight, he said. in 1981 trungpa expanded his teachings to canada, where he

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t (rodegast and stanton, 1985, emmanuel was a popular channeling entity during the new age boom of the 1980s. emmanuel, who spoke through pat rodegast, did not ever explain exactly who or what he was, insisting only that he was physically real but hinting that he had a body that human beings might not be comfortable seeing. he made a emmanuel 93 particular impression on psychologist and guru baba ram dass (the former richard alpert, who worked with timothy leary on early lsd research and advocacy. emmanuel taught that the separation of human beings from god was only temporary, and it served a larger purpose. through it, human beings have gained the knowledge they need to reunite with the divine and become cocreators with god. see also: channeling further reading rodegast, pat, and judith s

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to the 0 level of a computer with on-off diodes. the on-off condition is set by the resistance (in ohms) of each electrochemical synapse to the next neuron. there are multiple branch points (on the order of 10) off of each neuron, so 9 of the 10 channels are high resistance (1 megohm) and one is low resistance(.01 megohm. the information flow follows the low resistance channel. some 10e11 bits of ram (read and write memory) are stored in the 100 billion cells of the fourth brain (cerebral cortex, linked by 100 trillion synaptic connections. there are also some 10e10 bits ram and rom (read only memory) in the first three brains (commonly referred to as the reptilian brain: the medulla, the cerebellum, and the midbrain. this is where the automatic rom is stored, permitting automatic and semi

FRANCIS A YATES GIORDANO BRUNO AND THE HERMETIC TRADITION

and logifer.3 hermes describes the knowledge or art about to be revealed as a sun. at its rising the workers of darkness retreat into their lairs, but man and the creatures of light go out to their work. dark creatures, sacred to night and to pluto, are witches, toads, basilisks, owls: these are banished. creatures of light are the cock, the phoenix, the swan, the goose, the eagle, the lynx, the ram, and 1 bruno, op. lat, ii(i, pp. 1 ff. 2 ibid, p. 6. 3 ibid, pp. 7 ff. 192 giordano bruno: first visit to paris the lion; these are awake and working. the herbs and flowers of light such as the heliotrope or the lupin banish the growths of night. hermes describes the illumination contained within the art, not only in these terms of animals and plants astrologically affiliated to the planet sol

er carry in our breast the argo of avarice, the cup of insobriety, the balance of iniquity, the cancer of slowness, the capricorn of deception. let not the scorpio of fraud come near us, nor the centaur of animal affection, the altar of superstition, the crown of pride, the fish of unworthy silence. may the twtns of indecent familiarity fall with them, and the bull of concern for mean things, the ram of inconsiderateness, the lion of tyranny, the aquarius of dissoluteness, the virgin of fruitless conversation, and the sagittarius of detraction' in the nova de universis phihsophia, ferrara, 1591, and venice, 1593. see above, p. 182. on patrizi's publication of the stobaeus fragments, see scott, i, p. 40. 2 the anthologium of stobaeus, compiled circa a.d. 500, is a collection of extracts fro

FREEMASONRY AND CATHOLICISM BY MAX HEINDEL

of the lucifer spirits, samael, focuses the forces of the fiery sign, aries, where mars is positively polarized, so that under the impulse of their dynamic energy the waters of the womb are voided, and the imprisoned spirit is liberated into the physical world, to fight the battle of life. it may blindly butt its head against the cosmic forces typified by the first of the fiery signs, aries, the ram, which is a symbol of the brute strength brought to bear upon the problems of life by the most primitive races; or it may adopt the more modern method of cunning, as a means of attaining mastery over others, which characteristic is indicated in the second of the fiery signs, leo, the lion, the king of beasts; or perchance it may rise above the animal nature, and aim at the stars with the bow o

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

tation while the group spirit mate the beasts and birds in their charge so that they may bring forth and increase sufficiently to keep the fauna of our planet at normal. according to the masonic legend, hiram abiff, the grand master, used a hammer to call his workmen, and it is significant that the symbol of the sign aries, where this wonderful creative activity commences, is shaped like a double ram's horn, which also resembles a hammer. it is also worthy of notice that in the ancient norse mythology, the vanir or water deities are said to have been conquered by the assir, or fire gods. the hammer wherewith the norse god thor struck fire from the sky finds its counterpart in the thunderbolt of jove; like hiram, the assir belong to the hierarchy of fire, the lucifer spirits, the sons of ca

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

ce with aleim, vesta, and all the other representatives of the early dual, universal power "in the old language god was called al, ale, alue, and aleim, more frequently aleim than any other name" according to the testimony of higgins, aleim denotes the feminine plural. the heathen divinities ashtaroth and beelzebub were both called aleim, ashtaroth being simply astarte adorned with the horns of a ram. ishtar not unfrequently appears with the horns of a cow. we are informed by inman that whenever a goddess is observed with horns--emblems which by the way always indicate masculine power--it is to denote the fact that she is androgynous, or that within her is embodied the complete deity--the dual reproductive energy throughout nature. the "figure becomes the emblem of divinity and power"[28 [

nd male, but whenever a distinctively female emblem was present it denoted the male power alone. the ibis, which is represented with human hands and feet, bears the staff of isis in one hand and the cross in the other. there is scarcely an obelisk or monument in egypt upon which this figure does not appear. the symbol or monogram of venus was a circle and a cross, that of saturn was a cross and a ram's horn. plato declared that the son of god was expressed upon the universe in the form of the letter x, and that the second power of the supreme god was figured on the universe in the shape of a cross. there is little doubt that the early christians understood full well the true meaning of the cross, and that it was no new device. in later ages, however, every monument of antiquity marked with

e walls of the catacombs. crishna, who was the equinoctial sun in aries, appeared 2160 years after the first buddha, who was the equinoctial sun in taurus. according to plutarch they were both modern gods when compared with the deities which gave names to the planets. buddha, or the sun in taurus, was worshipped in the form of a bull. crishna, or the sun in aries, was adored under the figure of a ram with a man's head. the true significance of these figures was the fructifying sun or reproductive energy as manifested in animal life, and this meaning to those who worshipped them was identical with the carved figures on the caves of india, the lares and penates of the romans, and the stone pillars or crosses in the market-places and at the intersection of roads in brittany. eusebius says tha

nifested in animal life, and this meaning to those who worshipped them was identical with the carved figures on the caves of india, the lares and penates of the romans, and the stone pillars or crosses in the market-places and at the intersection of roads in brittany. eusebius says that at elephanta they adored a deity in the figure of a man in a sitting posture painted blue, having the head of a ram with the horns of a goat encircling a disk. the deity thus described is said to be of astronomical origin, denoting the power of the sun in aries. this figure, which was one of the representations of the sun-god crishna, was worshipped both in india and in egypt. in various of the manifestations of this deity he appears in the act of killing a serpent. he was the dead man on a cross and also t

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. so the egyptians at the time of rameses, or especially in the later weak, degenerated ramesides, copied the hieroglyphics of their great predeces255 sors. well, the bull symbol in the course of time,andabout the period when moses was born, gives way to the symbol before it, aries. moving backward through the signs, the sun atthevernal equinox occupies the sign of aries, and then the lamb or the ram comes to be worshipped allover the world. and whenisay 'worship ,idonotmean literally, but that the lamb or ram symbol is taken as the glyph of the supreme god;and,the ram is also the symbol of thesun.and so, when the sun is rising at the vernal equinox in the sign of the ram, we have thelordon his own throne, so to speak, and that is one reason for what otherwise might be a very curious fact

hat thatsign-thesun on his own throne, symbolising the male principleslain..the lamb slain before the foundation of the .184 the sorcerer and his apprenticeworld, showing, too, the moon, his mate- is the glyph of the whole period, the supreme glyph. the lamb of god is the glyph, one supreme glyphofthechristian church all over the world now just as much as the pascal lamb in the time of moses, the ram symbol of zeus, the ram of phryxos helle, and the ram of many another mythology of the same date. this is also the meaning of the horned moses. many people have asked, and some have asked in vain, unless from an occultist, what the horns of moses mean? it is easy to say that we are told there was a glory on his face when he came down from the mount, so that a veil had to be placed on his face

told there was a glory on his face when he came down from the mount, so that a veil had to be placed on his face. that may be one reason, but that would be pictorially represented by a halo or by a veil to moses. now we very seldom see a picture of a veiled moses, but we do frequently see a picture of a horned moses;.and the reason is simply because moses was the earth leader at the time when the ram was the supreme glyph in the heavens, and the symbol of the ram was transferred to moses, and so horns were placed on his head. there is another thing to notice there with regardtoour own country, and that is that the bull (although the sun at the vernal equinox has long passed out of the sign of the bull) yet remains the glyph of england. why should we speak of england as john bull? very few

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will, or angelick holy guardian angel. the athame is also used in circulating and visualizing light around the self encircling the being. you will want to decorate the handle in the runes of summoning and protection, as first described in the key of solomon the king (clavicula salomonis, translated by s.l. macgregor mathers. the blade should be made in the hour of mercury when in the sign of the ram or scorpion. you may alternatively conduct such when the moon is waning in a more probable time frame. when you obtain a white handled knife, roughly six inches long wait until the moon is waning. fill a bucket or basin with distilled and purified water and pour salt, abramelin oil and a few drops of your own blood. you will then wish to have a small fire which you will hold the blade over. as

crystallize areas of ones surroundings to give a stronger appearance of time slowing. foras is a spirit to invoke in areas of one stimulating a discipline to exercise and physically challenge the self towards improvement. 51 f asmoday asmoday is a great king, being a fountain source of sabbatic/luciferian witchcraft and primal sorcery. asmodai appears as a demon with three heads bull, a man and a ram, also a tail of a serpent and spits flames. his feet are webbed as a goose and sits upon an infernal dragon. asmoday appears with a lance and spear, the color of the flag on the banner is crimson with a black dragon upon it. he is the choice power under amaymon. this powerful daemon inspires astronomy, geometry and earthly arts. asmodai also inspires invincibility by the development of strengt

20 legions and is very useful to the sorcerer on the ensorcelling of the spirits of fire, being the elementals of set-an or azazel. y balam balam is the fifty-first spirit known also as balaam. he is considered a terrible and great king. he appears with three heads, one being a bull which drops blackened blood as it speaks, which is always a speaking in tongues speech, the other head is that of a ram and the third is the head of a young man, who has no hair. balam has the tail of a serpent with fiery eyes. he comes forth on a large black bear, who is aggressive, and carries a hawk upon his fist. he speaks in a very harsh voice. balaam is a darkened angel, who when the human head speaks, the bull head hisses and speaks in tongues. he is a divinatory spirit, who reveals answers of the past a

GRAHAM HANCOCK FINGERPRINTS OF THE GODS

proximately the last 2000 years. the astronomical age of pisces began around the time of christ.16 readers must judge for themselves whether it is a coincidence that the principal symbol used for christ by the very early christians was not the cross but the fish.17 during the preceding age, which broadly-speaking encompassed the first and second millennia bc, it was the constellation of aries the ram which had the honour of carrying the sun on the vernal equinox. again, readers must judge whether it is a coincidence that the religious iconography of that epoch was predominantly ram-oriented.18 is it a coincidence, for example, that yahweh, god of old testament israel, provided a ram as a substitute for abraham s offered sacrifice of his son isaac?19 (abraham and isaac are assumed by biblic

t rams, in one context or another, are referred to in almost every book of the old testament (entirely composed during the age of aries) but in not a single book of the new testament?21 and is it an accident that the advent of the age of aries, shortly before the beginning of the second millennium bc, was accompanied in ancient egypt by an upsurge in the worship of the god amon whose symbol was a ram with curled horns?22 work on the principal sanctuary of amon the temple of karnak at luxor in upper egypt was begun at around 2000 bc23 and, as those who have visited that temple will recall, its principal icons are rams, long rows of which guard its entrances. the immediate predecessor to the age of aries was the age of taurus 15 hamlet s mill, p. 59. 16 ibid; sacred science, p. 179. 17 oxfor

GRERALD SCHUELER AN ADVANCED GUIDE TO ENOCHIAN MAGICK

ack robe. charge your talismans for mzkzb, vovin, ivitdt, vrelp, ztztzt and iliatal place your cup, pantacle, sword and dagger on the altar before you. also place there a talisman for each of the four watchtowers that you charged yourself. lastly, charge a talisman of the magick square of amma. hold your wand in your right hand and consecrate a circle wi th the bani shing ri tual s o f the pentag ram and hexagram. part 2. face the watchtower of earth in the north with the talisman of mzkzb in your left hand and your sword in your right hand. with your sword, trace the sigil of mzkzb in black before you and say, mzkzb (em-zod-keh-zod-beh) behold, the iniquities of the past are now the joys of righteousness. toantah-vaoan-ialtoto (toh-ah-neh-fah-heh-vah-oh-ah-neh- ee-ah-leh-toh-toh) the lust

GRIMM JACOB TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY VOL 3

unconnected with eoman or greek superstition. the girl hearkens to the cackling of the coch (sup. i, 101, or she throws her ivreath of flowers (848. 1093; conf. 867, or some particular night in the year she pulls a billet of wood out of the stack or a stick out of the hedge (i, 109. 958; f, 7. 49, walking to it back foremost; or on a dark night she clutches at the flock in hopes of pulling out a ram (i, 952. walking backwards or standing naked is a usual requisite in this, as in other cases (i, 506-7. 928; g, 1. 207. another way is, being naked, to throiv one's shift out through the door (i, 955, or to grasp backwards through the door at the lover's hair (i, 102, or to spread the table for him (as for norns, and then he is bound to appear and eat his supper off it. harrys in volkss. 2, 28

death, swed. diger-doden (on. digr crassus, tumidus; on. svarti daii&i, dan' den sorte dod' black death, perhaps even in allusion to surtr (p. 809. 1 to the greeks the whizzing shafts of wrathful apollo brought the plague: a man dying suddenly is slain by apollo's artillery, a woman by that of artemis; conf. the destroying angel, 2 sam. 24, 16. hermes, protector of the flock, carries round it the ram, to ward off murrain; afterwards he carries it round the city also, kpio(f)6po" virgins were sacrificed to stay the ravages of pestilence. pliny 26, 9 [60] says a maiden can cure boils (panes) by laying verbascum on them: experti afermavere plurimum referre, si virgo imponat nuda, jejuna jejuuo, et manu supina tangens dicat' negat apollo pestem jiosse crescere, cui nuda virgo restinguat' atque

'ound the plague did mightily rage. so far schulze's homely narrative. eemoving the pot-hook off the hearth seems to stand for leaving the house open: from a deserted house death has nothing to take. as the retiring householder symbolically 'lets down the haal on the hearth' the new one on taking possession must' tuck it up' again^ running round the house or village resembles that carrying of the ram round the city, and the undressing agrees with the roman custom. then, as the plague is slow of foot, she gets herself driven into the village in a cart, or lugged in pickaback, like homesprites and will o' wisps that jump on men's shoulders, pp. 512-3. 916. swedish stories make the plague enter a village from the south, and stand still before the first homestead, looking like a pretty little

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yptians, he wrote, let whoever finds them credible use them. 78 he does not relate the full osiris myth because he saw it as comparable to the greek mystery cults, which devotees had to vow to keep secret. herodotus does outline some brief myths to explain curious features of buildings or statues, such as why the temple grounds at buto contained a floating island or why amun could be shown with a ram s head. these are not unlike the kinds of tales told to gullible tourists by unofficial egyptian guides at the monuments today. the bizarre legends herodotus relates about some egyptian kings, such as a tale of king mycerinus (menkara) raping his own daughter and burying her inside a cow, may have reflected contemporary folktales. the egyptians had a long tradition of telling unflattering stor

estation could be pictured as an eye, a child, or a fiery bird. in coffin texts spell 75, although the creator is still alone in the nun, he/she sends out his/her eye to illumine the darkness and search for other life. another image of the first sunrise was a blue lotus rising above the surface of the nun (see lotus in deities, themes, and concepts. from the new kingdom onward, a naked child or a ram-headed figure was shown sitting in the lotus to represent the newborn sun. the fertile aspect of the nun could be personified as the goddess mehet-weret, whose name means the great flood or the great swimmer. she was usually shown as a cow and was considered the mother of all the primeval beings, including apophis. mehet-weret was envisaged as giving birth to the sun child and lifting him up o

ak of him designing and crafting the world and smelting the two lands (egypt. he was also said to make bodies for kings out of electrum (an alloy of gold and silver, copper, and iron. 62 handbook of egyptian mythology presumably these were the bodies that kings hoped to inhabit in the divine realm. the shaping of royal bodies was a task more usually attributed to khnum. khnum was represented by a ram, an animal renowned for aggressive virility. he was sometimes described as begetting the gods, but as a creator he was usually celebrated as the divine craftsman who formed everything on his potter s wheel. craftsmen were valued and well treated in egyptian society, but few of them attained high social status. khnum s original role seems to have been as the divine potter who made things at the

at sunset, the day boat of the sun left the upper sky to be replaced by the barques for the moon and the stars (see boats in deities, themes, and concepts. the night boat carrying the sun god was towed on water and over sand through the twelve regions of the underworld. 92 handbook of egyptian mythology figure 19. symbolic image of the solar cycle painted on a coffin. two baboon deities adore the ram-headed god inside the solar disk (courtesy of geraldine pinch) just as the creator had to overcome darkness and chaos to create the world, the sun and his defenders had to subdue the monsters that embodied darkness and chaos. just as the creator made deities and people in the first time and gave them life, the night sun gave new life to all the beings in the duat. in the fourth hour of the nig

and bring new life to the dead. amun tended to be the subject of speculative theology rather than mythical narratives, but he did play a role in the creation myths of hermopolis. one of his incarnations was as the great shrieker, a primeval goose whose victory shout was the first sound. in some accounts this primeval goose laid the world egg; in others, amun fertilized or created this egg in his ram-headed serpent form known as kematef( he who has completed his moment. the temple of medinet habu in western thebes was sometimes identified as the location of this primal event. a cult statue of the amun of karnak regularly visited this temple to renew the process of creation. by the end of the new kingdom, amun was often depicted as a virile ram with curved horns or as a ram-headed sphinx. i

was an ithyphallic selfgenerating god. amun-ra was the mysterious 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

of true religion. see also eye of ra; khepri; khonsu; moon; ogdoad of hermopolis; ra; thoth references and further reading: h. te velde. some remarks on the mysterious language of the baboons. in funerary symbols and religion, edited by j. h. kamistra et al. kampen, netherlands: 1988, 129 137. primary sources: bd 15, 100, 126; ad 1st hour; kasp; solar hymns; petese; eofs banebdjedet (banebdjed) a ram god associated with the town of mendes (djedet, banebdjedet was the northern equivalent of the god khnum. his sacred animal was a ram or a goat. his consort was a fish or dolphin goddess called hatmehyt (foremost of the fishes, who seems to have been the original local deity of mendes. as the word for ram (ba) and the word for soul or manifestation sounded the same in egyptian, ram gods were o

the word for ram (ba) and the word for soul or manifestation sounded the same in egyptian, ram gods were often regarded as manifestations of other deities. banebdjedet could be shown with four rams heads representing the four bas of the creator sun god. this linked banebdjedet with osiris, who was often named as a ba of the sun god. the book of the heavenly cow states that the ba of osiris is the ram of mendes. passages in the coffin texts suggest that the soul of osiris took refuge in mendes when his body was killed by seth. banebdjedet could also be identified with the first four gods to rule egypt: ra- atum, shu, geb, and osiris. huge granite shrines for these four deities were set up in the sanctuary at mendes. 114 handbook of egyptian mythology banebdjedet was not always treated as a

en his body was killed by seth. banebdjedet could also be identified with the first four gods to rule egypt: ra- atum, shu, geb, and osiris. huge granite shrines for these four deities were set up in the sanctuary at mendes. 114 handbook of egyptian mythology banebdjedet was not always treated as a form of osiris. in a new kingdom story, he is consulted by the divine tribunal. when they order the ram god to judge between horus and seth, he diplomatically suggests that they ask the goddess neith instead. when that fails to settle matters, banebdjedet proposes that the throne be given to seth because he is older than horus. ram gods were particularly renowned for their virility, and one of banebdjedet s epithets was lord of sexual pleasure. a stela from a chapel in the ramesseum complex reco

sulted was the future pharaoh, rameses ii. greek writers reported that a male goat was honored as a fertility god at mendes and identified with the greek god pan. a persian king of the fourth century bce is alleged to have gone mad after sacking the temple and eating the sacred goat. the sexual aspect of the cult at mendes made it particularly disliked by early christians. banebdjedet s form as a ram or goat-headed man was reinterpreted as a devil figure who entered western tradition as the horned king of the witches. see also heryshef; imhotep; khnum; osiris references and further reading: h. de meulenaere. cults and priesthoods of the mendesian nome. in h. de meulenaere and p. mackay. mendes ii. warminster, england: 1976,174 177. g. hart. banebdjedet. in a dictionary of egyptian gods and

t heqet. the creatures on the wands acted as magical protectors for women and young children (the metropolitan museum of art) references and further reading: j. d. cooney and w. k. simpson. an early dynastic statue of the goddess heqat. bulletin of the cleveland museum of arts 63 (1976. primary sources: pt 539; ct 175, 258; p. westcar; rbm; hapy hymns heryshef (arsaphes, harsaphes) heryshef was a ram god who was the local deity of the important town of herakleopolis magna (hnes. his name means he who is upon his lake. from early times heryshef was worshipped as a creator god rising out of the nun. like some other ram gods, he could be regarded as a manifestation of osiris. the coffin texts refer to heryshef as lord of blood and butchery. he is shown on ivory wands among the fearsome deitie

mythology grew up to explain imhotep s extraordinary talents. his mother, kheredankhw (kherduankh, described in one text as a beautiful singer, was said to have conceived imhotep by the god ptah. son of ptah became a standard epithet for imhotep, though normally only kings were called sons of gods. by the ptolemaic period, kheredankhw is occasionally referred to as a daughter of banebdjedet, the ram god of mendes. there was probably a story cycle about imhotep s birth that is now lost. an inscription from 148 handbook of egyptian mythology figure 32. the ritual of cutting up the hippopotamus at edfu. the figure holding a book scroll may represent a priest playing the role of imhotep (courtesy of richard pinch) saqqara gives the main events of imhotep s story as: his birth; being presented

egyptian religion dedicated to professor jan zandee, edited by m. heema van voss et al. leiden: 1982, 28 37. d. meeks and c. favard-meeks. daily life of the egyptian gods. translated by g. m. goshgarian. london: 1997, 54 55, 159, 195. primary sources: pt 587; bd 83, 153b 154; ad; solar hymns; true name; pgm vii khnum (chnum) the god khnum was usually shown as a man with the head of a long-horned ram. he was thought to control the nile inundation, and he embodied the dangerous but life-giving power of this annual flood. as a creator deity, khnum shaped people and animals on his potter s wheel and put life and health into their bodies. he was sometimes paired with the frog goddess, heqet, but in his deities, themes, and concepts 153 main temple on the island of elephantine at aswan, khnum f

e of esna, khnum s role as maker of bodies was celebrated at the festival of the potter s wheel. hymns sung at this festival praised the lord of the wheel as the one who fashioned gods and men. when khnum was viewed as a universal creator, his name was joined with those of other creator deities such as amun, ptah, or ra. his wheel was spun to remake the cosmos every morning. the egyptian word for ram sounded similar to the word for soul or manifestation (ba. this may be why khnum was sometimes identified with the soul of other deities such as geb, osiris, and ra. most underworld books show the nocturnal sun as a man with a ram s head, because it is the soul of ra that is passing through the underworld. see also heqet; imhotep; ra; satet and anuket 154 handbook of egyptian mythology referen

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d net-ra, and before the sun-god can come to the dweller in the tuat he must pass over a space which is said to be 120, or 220, atru, or leagues, in length. the river urnes, on which the boat moves, is 300 atru in extent, and is divided into two portions. on looking into the boat of the sun-god we see that this deity has transformed himself, and that he no longer appears as a fiery disk, but as a ram-headed man, p. 106 who stands within a shrine; in other words, ra has taken the form of osiris, in order that he may pass successfully through the kingdom of the dead, whose lord and god is osiris. the name given to this form is af, or afu, which means literally "flesh" and "a dead body" it was as a dead body that osiris first entered the tuat, and those who wished to become what he became sub

serpent with voluminous folds. the only gods with him in the boat are sa and heka, here the personifications of the intelligence and the word of power. the duty of sa is to make all plans for the god's journey, and heka will utter the words of power which will enable him to overcome all opposition. on each half of the mountain is a sceptre, one having the head of a jackal, and the other that of a ram; each sceptre is supported by the god tat and the god set, the personifications of the tuat and the mountain respectively. one sceptre is mentioned in the text, which is somewhat obscure in meaning; it seems, however, that the jackal-headed sceptre uttered words on behalf of the god afu-ra, and that the other p. 110 typified him, taking the place of the ram-headed god with a human body which w

ok of gates sacred texts egypt ehh index index previous next second division of the tuat. ii. the kingdom of khenti-amenti-osiris according to the book of gates. to advance into this division the boat of afu-ra must first pass through the gate which is guarded by the huge serpent saa-set, and this done the god now takes upon himself the form in which he appears in the book am-tuat, i.e, that of a ram-headed man. the snake-goddess mehen, which surrounded the disk enclosing a beetle, now envelops the shrine in which he stands; it must be noted that sa and hekau stand, as before, in the boat, which is now towed along by four gods of the tuat, who represent the four quarters of the earth and the four cardinal points. the boat is received by a company of thirteen gods, who are apparently under

ged to make their god afu-ra, the night form of amen-ra, to submit to being towed through an inferior tuat, and to being absorbed by the earth-god. the text which refers to this remarkable scene tells us that afu-ra addresses the eight gods who support the "boat of the earth" and declares that he who is in it is "holy" and in reply the being or beings ennurkha-ta) say "praised be the ba" i.e, the ram-headed form of osiris, which the god has taken "which the double bull has swallowed (or, absorbed; let the god be at peace with that which he hath created" the gods also say "praised be ra, whose ba hath set himself in order with the earth-god" thus it is quite clear that the "boat of the earth" is the abode of the "earth-god" to the right of afu-ra, as he passes through this division or hour

is a uraeus, and between the uraei stands "horus of the tuat" wearing the crowns of the south and north (vol. ii, p. 257. a rope passes under khepri, and on one side is hauled by eight powers (sekhemiu, and on the other by the "souls of ament" who are man-headed; by the "followers of thoth" who are ibis-headed; by the "followers of horus" who are hawk-headed; and by the "followers of ra" who are ram-headed (vol. ii, pp. 255, 256, 258. it will be noted that the two pairs of legs of khepri face in opposite ways, so that in whichever direction he moves one pair must walk backwards; the eight powers have overcome the resistance of the sixteen gods, and the face of horus of the tuat is towards the rising sun. on the left of the path of afu-ra we see a hawk-headed lion called heru-am-uaa, i.e "

these goddesses guard this "secret gate" the god afu-ra. having, as we have seen, transformed himself into khepera, and, by the help of the god whose operations have been described, provided himself with a new face, or disk, and new light and fire, passes through the gate tesert-baiu, which marks the end of the tuat, into the vestibule of the world of light. we no longer see him in the form of a ram-headed man, standing under the folds of the serpent mehen, but he appears as khepera, i.e, as his beetle, with the disk in front of him. from the scene which ends the book of gates we learn that so soon as the god passes through the gate of tesert-baiu he enters the waters of nu, the god of the primeval watery abyss of the sky. the ministers of khepera now appear with the matet-sektet boat p

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s (gr) the same as the latin monad "the only" a unit. in the pythagorean system the duad emanates from the higher and solitary monas, which is thus the first cause. monogenes (gr) literally, the "only-begotten" a name of proserpine and other gods and goddesses, as also of jesus. mundakya upanishad (sans) lit, the "mundaka esoteric doctrine" a work of high antiquity; it has been translated by raja ram mohun roy. mysteries, sacred they were enacted in the ancient temples by the initiated hierophants for the benefit and instruction of candidates. the most solemn and occult were certainly those which were performed in egypt by "the band of secret-keepers" as mr. bonwick calls the hierophants. maurice describes their nature very graphically in a few lines. speaking of the mysteries performed in

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r. i could not, i decided, risk an emergence into the corridor; where my footsteps would surely be heard, and where the difficulties of entering the desired room would be insuperable. my progress, if it was to be made at all, would have to be through the less solidly-built connecting doors of the rooms; the locks and bolts of which i would have to force violently, using my shoulder as a battering-ram whenever they were set against me. this, i thought, would be possible owing to the rickety nature of the house and its fixtures; but i realised i could not do it noiselessly. i would have to count on sheer speed, and the chance of getting to a window before any hostile forces became coordinated enough to open the right door toward me with a pass-key. my own outer door i reinforced by pushing t

with pursuit; but i hoped to descend and dodge in and out of yawning doorways along the shadowed courtyard, eventually getting to washington street and slipping out of town toward the south. the clatter at the northerly connecting door was now terrific, and i saw that the weak panelling was beginning to splinter. obviously, the besiegers had brought some ponderous object into play as a battering-ram. the bedstead, how-ever, still held firm; so that i had at least a faint chance of making good my escape. as i opened the window i noticed that it was flanked by heavy velour draperies suspended from a pole by brass rings, and also that there was a large projecting catch for the shutters on the exterior. seeing a possible means of avoiding the dangerous jump, i yanked at the hangings and broug

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r. i could not, i decided, risk an emergence into the corridor; where my footsteps would surely be heard, and where the difficulties of entering the desired room would be insuperable. my progress, if it was to be made at all, would have to be through the less solidly-built connecting doors of the rooms; the locks and bolts of which i would have to force violently, using my shoulder as a battering-ram whenever they were set against me. this, i thought, would be possible owing to the rickety nature of the house and its fixtures; but i realised i could not do it noiselessly. i would have to count on sheer speed, and the chance of getting to a window before any hostile forces became coordinated enough to open the right door toward me with a pass-key. my own outer door i reinforced by pushing t

with pursuit; but i hoped to descend and dodge in and out of yawning doorways along the shadowed courtyard, eventually getting to washington street and slipping out of town toward the south. the clatter at the northerly connecting door was now terrific, and i saw that the weak panelling was beginning to splinter. obviously, the besiegers had brought some ponderous object into play as a battering-ram. the bedstead, however, still held firm; so that i had at least a faint chance of making good my escape. as i opened the window i noticed that it was flanked by heavy velour draperies suspended from a pole by brass rings, and also that there was a large projecting catch for the shutters on the exterior. seeing a possible means of avoiding the dangerous jump, i yanked at the hangings and brough

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he world" 239. aneuht pagan and uodtm ckrithen syuaoutm, prcfaoe, p. zzxiv. digitizecoy google chapter m "heit the oi)e,idf-ptoc ediiig: bdii troro hud au uiiiigb proceed. and m uieinhehiiiudf ezcrtihuactivity, donuntal smhoids ku. but hi behddi ml" orphic hrmn "and athena, athena, i gnat goddeaa, hear! and potu' thy purr li^t in meai llat aatnd light, o all-protecting queen, which beanu eternal (ram thy (ace kreue. my boui, while wandering on the earth, inipire with thy own bleasid and impuuive fire i" pnoclua: to mituna (taylor'i translation "sow faith is the aubatance of thing. by faith the harlot rahab pouhed not with them that believed not, when ihe had reeetded ha rpui ahh peace" harenn, xi, 1, 31 "what doth it profit, my brethren, though a man aay he hath faith, and have not wotlu?

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companions fire pistols, clash swords, overturn chairs, and roll cannon-balls about. the long-descended forms trace from the oldest tradition; the origin, indeed, of most things is only doubt or conjecture, hinted in symbols. the egyptian deities may always be recognised by the following distinctive marks: phthas, ptah, by the close-fitting robe, four steps, baboon, cynocephalus. ammon, amn, by a ram's head, double plume, vase, canopus. the sun-god (phre or ra) has a hawk's head, disc, serpent, ur us. thoth, or thoyt, is ibis-headed (means a scribe or priest. sochos, or suches, has a hawk. hermes trismegistus (tat) displays a winged disc. the egyptians, however, never committed their greater knowledge to marks or figures, or to writing of any kind. figure 313: the gnostics have a peculiar

th. presence of the rosicrucians in heathen and christian architecture. question may here arise whether two corresponding pillars, or columns, in the white tower, london, do not very ingeniously conceal, masonically, the mythic formula of the moasic genesis, male and female created he them &c. refer to the following pages, figs. 119, 120. 1. tor, or hammer of thor, t(au. 2. corinthian volutes, or ram s horns. the crescent moon and star is a plantagenet badge. it is also the badge of the sultan of turkey. also, with a fig. 121. fig. 122. egypt, persia; sect of ali difference, it displays the insignia of egypt. the flag of egypt is the ensign of the sect of ali (the second mohammedan head of religion, which is mars, a crescent, luna; within the horns of which is displayed an estoile of the s

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nd. no; had two equally shaped halves; looked up at from ground it seemed- to be of two parts as hereon. there is another hindu manuscript dated 500 bc, which has been translated as follows: rawan (ravan, king of ceylon, flew over the enemy's army and dropped bombs, causing many casualties. eventually rawan was captured and slain, and his flying machine fell into the hands of the hindu chieftain, ram chandra (rama, who flew it all the way back to his capital in northern india. no, not bombs: rocks or "frozen" air, or 'coat" burnings. both of these manuscripts seem to have been taken from the same temple records at ayhodia and refer to a time at least 20,000 years ago. 1 parenthesis, markouts, and question mark by a 132 during time before "the ice? it is from this material that we come to t

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e planetary gods, thus his cult proliferated although he never played a great role in mythology. this archetypal place in the pantheon could be the reason why in the main parts of mesopotamia there never were alternative moongods (though there were some in the periphery, e.g. among the hittites and aramaic. sin was depicted as a horned bull (qarnu) and a efruit that grows by itself f (enbu .a ina ram ni.u ibbanu; a reference to the belief that the moon regenerates itself after each waning. gamong the astral deities, the moon-god was considered to be the most gentle and reliable, intimately connected with the fertility and fruitfulness of man and beast h (leick 1998: 152.153. and moon fs moving is really clear and simple to observe. in akkadian, the most widespread form of writing the moong

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baal ha- sulam says that redeeming the world from its plights depends solely on disseminating the correction method: we are in a generation that is standing at the very threshold of redemption, if we will only know how to spread the wisdom of the hidden in the masses. he emphasizes that the wisdom of kabbalah must be brought to everyone in the world, and compares it to the voice of the shofar (a ram s horn blown on jewish holidays: and the dissemination of the wisdom in the masses is called a shofar. like the shofar, whose voice travels a great distance, the echo of the wisdom will spread throughout the world t h e b i rt h o f t h e p e o p l e o f i s r a e l for the correction method to appear today and lead the world to equilibrium with nature, it had to be passed on and developed fro

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

allenged buddha s right to liberation. in response, gautama is said to have called the earth as his witness, whose response was so powerful that it frightened away mara and his hordes. that very night, the buddha achieved enlightenment. see also demons; hinduism for further reading: conze, edward. buddhist thought in india. 1962. reprint, ann arbor: university of michigan press, 1967. garg, ganga ram, ed. encyclopaedia of the hindu world. vol. 2. new delhi: concept publishing, 1992. ronner, john. know your angels: the angel almanac with biographies of 100 prominent angels in legend and folklore, and much more. murfreesboro, tn:mamre, 1993. stutley,margaret, and james stutley. harper s dictionary of hinduism: its mythology, folklore, philosophy, literature, and history. new york: harper& ro

otion was brought to bear on south asian mythology, devas became capable of ignoble actions, which could result in their punishment (their fall) by being reborn as asuras. asuras, on the other hand, unlike western demons, were capable of performing noble actions, which could result in their being rewarded by being reborn as devas. see also hinduism; indo-europeans for further reading: garg, ganga ram, ed. encyclopaedia of the hindu world. vol. 3. new delhi: concept publishing, 1992. stutley,margaret, and james stutley. harper s dictionary of hinduism: its mythology, folklore, philosophy, literature, and history. new york: harper& row, 1977. aurum solis aurum solis was founded in 1897 in england by charles kingold and george stanton. it was originally opened as a school of high cabalistic m

els loveliest, most wise, o god betrayed by fate, deprived of praise! satan, have mercy on my long distress! o prince of exile, who was dispossessed, who ever rises stronger when oppressed, satan, have mercy on my long distress! o thou who knowest all, hell s sovereign, known healer of mankind s afflictions satan, have mercy on my long distress! at least one satanist group, the brotherhood of the ram, incorporated it into their regular rituals. it can also sometimes be found on satanist websites. see also brotherhood of the ram for further reading: baddeley, gavin. lucifer rising: sin, devil worship and rock n roll. london: plexus, 1999. scott,miriam van. encyclopedia of hell. new york: thomas dunne books, 1998. the beast computer legend according to an urban legend that has been heard and

rt. london:mcgraw-hill, 1960. linfert, carl, hieronymus bosch. new york: harry n. abrams, 1989. the brotherhood of satan a diabolical coven takes over a small town in this 1971 film. the elderly satan worshipers plan to conduct a ritual for the purpose of transferring themselves into the bodies of kidnapped children and continuing their infernal lifestyle into a new generation. brotherhood of the ram the brotherhood of the ram, founded by don blythe in the 1960s, was a satanist organization that operated in southern california from the early 1960s into the 1970s. the name brotherhood of the ram appears to have been taken from a fictional satanist group in dennis wheatley s novel, the satanist. the group opened a bookstore in los angeles, california, which was closed in the 1980s, when the

er reading: baddeley, gavin. lucifer rising: sin, devil worship and rock n roll. london: plexus, 1999. harvey, graham. satanism in britain today. journal of contemporary religion 10:3. 1995. hexagon archive. order of nine angles. http//www.hexagonarchive.com/ona.htmord er of nine angles. the sinister path an introduction to traditional satanism. houston, tx: vindex press, 1994. order of the black ram the satanic organization known as order of the black ram has its foundation in the belief in aryan racial superiority, and is associated with the national renaissance party, a neo-nazi organization. it is believed that each race embodies a racial soul, which is manifested in its culture and philosophy. the order, which stresses individuality, draws upon such varied sources as the writings of a

they gave in to the temptations of satan, and lived their lives according to their natural predilections, they would have to pay for their sinful pleasures by giving their souls to satan and suffering in hell for all eternity (lavey 1969, 61) there have, nevertheless, been satanist groups that have incorporated this bit of infernal folklore into their religion. for example, the brotherhood of the ram, a satanist organization that operated in southern california in the 1960s and the 1970s required new recruits to cut their fingers and rub some of their blood on a piece of paper bearing their signature. see also brotherhood of the ram; faust for further reading: cavendish, richard. the black arts. new york: capricorn books, 1967. guiley, rosemary ellen. the encyclopedia ofwitches and witchcr

sil procter and gamble 217 mouthwash& toothpaste scope, crest& gleem personal hygiene always& attend undergarments lotions oil of olay& wondra soap camay, coast, ivory, lava, safeguard, zest& oil of olay fabric softener downy, bounce citrus punch sunny delight medication aleve, pepto-bismol if you are not sure about the product, look for procter& gamble written on the products, or the symbol of a ram s horn, which will appear on each product beginning on january 1, 2000. the ram s horn will form the 666, which is known as satan s number. christians should remember that if they purchase any of these products, they will be contributing to the church of satan. inform other christians about this and stop buying proctor& gamble products. let s show procter& gamble that there are enough christia

black magic novels. perhaps more interestingly, the british writer also contributed to organized satanism. as philip jenkins notes, commenting on the devil rides out: though fictional, books like this played an indispensable part in shaping the new occult groups from the 1960s onwards, including real-life satanists (jenkins 2000, 144. for example, one modern satanist group, the brotherhood of the ram, appears to have taken its name from a fictional order in wheatley s the satanist. toward the end of this same novel, the chief satanist addresses the world in a radio broadcast focused on the theme that the christian heresy had inflicted on the world many generations of senseless selfdenial, made an unnatural virtue of celibacy, and denied the people the joy in life which was their birthright

voice this sentiment, and thus not likely the first to implant the idea in anton lavey s fertile imagination, it is interesting that the opposition between christianity and natural human instinct is also the core theme of the satanic bible. similarly, wheatley s novelistic portrayals of satanic gatherings may have provided some inspiration for lavey s satanic rituals. see also brotherhood of the ram; film; lavey,anton szandor for further reading: baddeley, gavin. lucifer rising: sin, devil worship and rock n roll. london: plexus, 1999. ellis, bill. raising the devil: satanism, new religions, and the media. lexington: university press of kentucky, 2000. irvine, doreen. from witchcraft to christ. city, uk: concordia publishing house, 1973. published in the u.s. as freed from witchcraft. nas

m. 1810 birth of alphonse-louis constant( eliphas levi, 1810 1875, a french occultist and writer who is a major link in the chain that led to modern magical practices. 1821 birth of charles baudelaire (1821 1867) a french poet who wrote about alienation and evil. one of baudelaire s most important satanic pieces is his litanies of satan, which was repeated in the rituals of the brotherhood of the ram, a satanic group. 1854 birth of samuel mathers (1854 1918, a founder of the hermetic order of the golden dawn, which had a significant but indirect influence on modern religious satanism through aleister crowley, a one-time member of the order. 1858 the fraternitas rosae crucis is founded by physician p. b. randolph (1825 1875. it is generally considered the oldest rosicrucian body. 1861 the d

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ng, yohimba] 1010 sphinx willow, lily, ivy[[pomegranate, all cereals] 11 eagle, man (cherub of d[[ox] aspen 12 swallow, ibis, ape[[twin serpents, fish, hybrids] vervain, herb mercury, major-lane, palm[[lime or linden] 13 dog[[stork, camel] almond, mugwort, hazel (as, moonwort, ranunculus[[alder, pomegranate] 14 sparrow, dove[[swan, sow, birds generally] myrtle, rose, clover[[fig, peach, apple] 15 ram, owl tiger lily, geranium[[olive] 16 bull (cherub of e[[all beasts of burden] mallow[[all giant trees] 17 magpie, hybrids[[parrot, zebra, penguin] hybrids, orchids 18 crab, turtle, sphinx[[whale, all beasts of transport] lotus 19 lion (cherub of b[[cat, tiger, serpent, woman] sunflower 20 virgin, anchorite, any solitary person or animal[[rhinoceros] snowdrop, lily, narcissus[[mistletoe] 21 eag

n-faced man riding a bear, carrying a viper. trumpeter with him. 24 23 \ya aim man with 3 heads a serpent s, a man s (having two stars on his brow, and a calf s. rides on viper and bears firebrand. 25 26 \yb bim dragon with 3 heads a dog s, man s, and gryphon s. 26 29$ twrtca asteroth hurtful angel or infernal dragon, like berot, with a viper [breath bad. 28 32! yadmsa asmoday 3 heads (bull, man, ram, snake s tail, goose s feet. rides, with lance and banner, on a dragon. 29 35= cwjrm marchosias wolf with a gryphon s wings and serpent s tail. breathes flames. clix. goetic demons of decans by day (cadent. clx. magical images of col. clix. 15 3& wgacw vassago like agares. 16 6$ rplaw valefor lion with ass s head, bellowing 17 9! wmyap paimon crowned king on dromedary, accompanied by many musi

fire. 29 71$ lafnd dantalion man with many countenances, all men s and women s, carries a book in right hand. clxv. goetic demons &c. by night (cadent. clxvi. magical images of col. clxv. 15 39 [lam malphas crow with sore throat. 16 42$ rapw vepar mermaid. 17 45$ and! anyw vin lion on black horse carrying viper. 18 48# tnguh haagenti bull with gryphon s wings. 19 51 \lub balam 3 heads (bull, man, ram, snake s tail, flaming eyes. rides bear, carries goshawk. 20 54$ and \rwm murmur warrior with ducal crown rides gryphon. trumpeters. 22 57# wcw oso leopard. 24 60$ lwpn napula lion with gryphon s wings. 25 63= rdna andras angel with raven s head. rides black wolf, carries sharp sword. 26 66= rwamyk kimaris warrior on black horse. 28 69= barwakd decarabia a star in a pentacle. 29 72% lamwrdna a

lilus, jazar 24 nantur, toglas, zalburis, alphun, tukiphat, zizuph, cuniali 25 risnuch, suclagus, kirtabus, schachlil, colopatiron, zeffar 26 sezarbil, azeph, armilus, kataris, razanil, bucaphi, mastho 28 glun, zuphlas, phaldor, rosabis, adjuchas, zophas, halacho 29 tarab, misran, labus, kalab, hahab, marnes, sellen clxxiv. the mansions of the moon [hindu, nakshatra] arab, manazil. 15 a sharatan (ram s head, butayn (ram s belly, and 0 -10 suraya (the pleiads) 16 b 10 -30 suraya. dabaran (alldeboran, and 0 -20 hak ah (three stars in head of orion) 17 c 20 -30 hak ah, han ah (stars in orion s shoulder, and zira a (two stars above c) 18 d nasrah (lion s nose, tarf (lion s eye) and 0 -10 jabhah (lion s forehead) 19 e 10 -30 jabhah, zubrah (lion s mane, and 0 -20 sarfah (cor leonis) 20 f 20 -30

t carefulness, weak beam. 29 2 2= of= khan pit, defile, peril. 30 5 5! of! l inherent in, attached to, docility. 31 6 1 c of e hsien influencing to action, all, jointly. 32 4 3 b of d hbng perseverance, keeping to the path. table of correspondences 46 figure. nature. name. divination and spiritual meaning. 33 7 1+ of e thun returning, avoiding, retirement. 34 4 7 b of+ t kwang violence, the great ram. 35 5 0! of 9 tzin to advance (good. 36 0 5 9 of! ming intelligence, wounded. 37 3 5 d of! ki zbn household, wifely duty. 38 5 6! of c khwei disunion, family discord. 39 2 1= of e kien lameness, immobility, difficulty. 40 4 2 b of= kieh unravelling (a knot &c. the hexagrams 47 figure. nature. name. divination and spiritual meaning. 41 1 6 e of c sun diminution. 42 3 4 d of b y addition, increa

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geth misfortune. now then shell we therefore cast out love, or accept impurity herein? god forbid. and for this cause see thou well to it hat in thy kingdom there be no interference there with, nor hindrance from any. for it is perfect in itself. m the book of wisdom or folly 113 dq de ceremonio equinocti (of the ceremony of the equinox) y son, our father in heaven hath passed into the sign of he ram. i have performed the rite of union with him according to the ancient manner, and i know the word that shall rule the semester. also it is given unto my spirit to write unto thee concerning the virtue of this rite, and many another of antiquity. and it is this, that our forefathers made of these ceremonies an epitome mnemonic, wherein certain truths, or true relations, should be communicated i

hereth, which is the harmony and beauty, or sol, in every kingdom of the universe, so then also among metals. now this influx is fivefold. first, from the crown descendeth the high priestess in the path of the moon, for inspiration, and imagination, and idea: see to it that this virgin be pure, for herein error is illusion. next, from the father floweth the power of the emperor in the path of the ram, for initiative, and energy, and determination. third, from the mother are the lovers in the path of the twins, for intellectual wholeness, and for adjustment to environment. these three are from this superna and complete the theorick of thy work. after this, in the praxis and executive thereof thou hast the hermit as an influence from the sphere of jupiter in the path of the virgin, for secre

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htnings of ajna, whose two petals now spread out like wings above his head, and the awful corona of the interior sun with its flashing fires appeared, and declared itself to be his self. this he rejected; and the formless ocean of white brilliance absorbed him, overcame him; for he could not pass therethrough. this went on repeating itself, the man transformed (as it were) into a mighty battering ram hurling itself again and again against the walls of the city of god to breach them. and as yet he has failed. failed. failed. physical and mental exhaustion are fairly complete. adonai, look with favour upon thy slave! 12.20. he has walked, reciting the ritual, to dr. roland and h. for lunch. they have forgotten the appointment, so he continues and reaches lavenue fs at 12.04 after reading his

LIBER LXVII THE SWORD OF SONG

t a maniac with mild eyes full of love, and tresses blanched in those lonely wildernesses where he found wisdom, and long hands gentle, pale olive .gainst the sand.s amber and gold. at sight, i knew him; swifter than light i flashed, ran to him, and at his holy feet prostrated my head; then, all my being sated with love, cried .master! i must know. already i can love. e.en so. the sage saluted me ram, ram,9 lmba p av ki b i dam, jani yh sb se m.zikl kam he, vah zavaz, t.mhar nam istarae< me< sine se iloa he, hmare pas aap cele, hm dva$ ic a ke vaste deeternity, your holiness the guru swami* thus i studied with him till he told me bs. 10 he taught the a b c of yoga: i asked ik vaste,11 kya haega .12 in strange and painful attitude,13 i sat while

t aer-k, etc.4.invocation of ra. from the papyrus of harris. 26. macgragor.5.the mage. 29. abramelin.6.the mage. 32. ancient rituals.7.from the papyrus of mrs. harris. 33. golden dawn.8.these rituals were later annexed by madame horos. that superior swami. the earnest seeker is liable to some pretty severe shocks. to see one.s .obligation. printed in the daily mail! luckily, i have no nerves. 49. ram, ram. etc.9..thou, as i, art god (for this is the esoteric meaning of the common hindu saluation. a long road and a heavy price! to know is always a difficult work. hullo! bravo! thy name (i have seen) is written in the stars. come with me, pupil! i will give thee medicine for the mind* the phallus of shiva the destroyer. it is really identical with the qabalistic .middle pillar. of the .tree

e archdevil upsusph, the left eye; the parts thereof in trust to be divided among their servitors; as the right cornea, to aphlek; the left, to urnbal;.mighty spirits are they, and bold! to the archdevil rama,3 the right ear and its parts; to the archangel umumatis, the left ear and its parts; the teeth to two-and-thirty letters of the sixfold name: one to the air, and fifteen to the rain and the ram, and ten to the virgin, and six to the bull; the mouth to the archangels alalal and bikarak, lip and lip; the tongue to that devil of all devils yehowou.4 ho, devil! canst thou speak? 1 col. olcott, the theosophist. 2? the spirt of motor-cars. 3 vishnu, the preserver. 4 jehova. sedes profunda paimonis. oculi nox secreta. portae silentium partitio. 90 appendix ii the pharynx to mahabonisbash, t

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back; and having a winged tiger fs head in front. she wears a corinthian-shaped helmet and crown with a long plume. it also is surmounted by a tiger fs head, and the same symbol forms the buckle of her scale-mail buskins. a mantle lined with tiger's skin falls back from her shoulders. her right a description of the cards of the taro 15 hand rests on a small golden or brazen altar ornamented with ram fs heads and with flames of fire leaping from it. her left hand leans on a long and heavy club, swelling at the lower end, where the sigil is placed; and it has flames of fire leaping from it the whole way down; but the flames are ascending. this club or torch is much longer than that carried by the king or queen. beneath her firmly placed feet are leaping flames of fire. brilliance, courage

in either case slow to anger, but furious if roused. rules from 20 a to 20 b. 22 liber lxxviii d of e prince and emperor of the gnomes. xx princess of the echoing hills: rose of the palace of earth knave of pentacles a strong and beautiful amazon figure with rich brown hair, standing on grass or flowers. a grove of trees near her. her form suggests hebe, ceres, and proserpine. she bears a winged ram's head as a crest: and wears a mantle of sheep-skin. in one hand she carries a sceptre with a circular disk: in the other a pentacle similar to that of the ace of pentacles. she is generous, kind, diligent, benevolent, careful, courage-ous, persevering, pitiful. if ill dignified she is wasteful and prodigal. she rules over one quadrant of the heavens around the north pole of the ecliptic. e of

ll, sceptre with orb and cross, orb held downward grass, flowers, grove of trees, sceptre with disk, pentacle like that in ace crests winged black horse fs head leopard fs head, winged lion fs head, winged tiger fs head peacock with opened fan ibis eagle swan winged hexagram winged child fs head winged angel fs head medusa fs head winged stag fs head winged goat fs head winged bull fs head winged ram fs head cards king queen prince princess king queen prince princess king queen prince princess king queen prince princess herein are resumed the especial characteristics of the four court cards of the suits suits 24 liber lxxviii of the thirty-six decans here follow the descriptions of the smaller cards of the four suits, thirty-six in number, answering unto the thirty-six decans of the zodiac

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

ny children with odin. references and further reading: folke strom, gpoetry as an instrument of propaganda: jarl hakon and his poets, h in speculum norroenum: norse studies in memory of gabriel turville-petre, ed. ursula dronke, gu.run p. helgadottir, gerd wolfgang weber, and hans bekker-nielsen([odense] odense university press, 1981, 310.327. hallinskidi name of heimdall associating him with the ram. snorri gives hallinskidi as a name for heimdall, and the thulur list it as a name for ram. in a late-tenth-century skaldic stanza, gold is called the gteeth of hallinskidi, h which accords with the general association between heimdall and gold words. varying attempts have been made to explain the name hallinskidi, associating it with horns bent backwards, a stony peak or cranium, crooked teet

es at the old gjallarhorn. 170 norse mythology loudly blows heimdall, the horn is aloft, odin is speaking to mim fs head. in gylfaginning snorri paraphrased this verse and added the information that heimdall blows the gjallarhorn in order to awaken all the gods for a meeting to deal with the oncoming forces of chaos. of all the gods, heimdall has the closest connection with an animal, namely, the ram. according to skaldskaparmal, a form of his name, heimdali, is a word for ram, and heimdali and hallinskidi turn up in the thulur for ram. see also agir fs daughters; gjallarhorn; hyndluljod; rigsthula references and further reading: my opening definition of heimdall, above, incorporates the title of an article by jan de vries, gheimdallr, dieu enigmatique, h etudes germaniques 10 (1955: 257.2

gie, h arkiv for nordisk filologi 23 (1907: 245.256 (esp. 250.256, addressed the idea of heimdall as a boundary figure. rudolf much, gder nordische widdergott, h in deutsche islandforschung 1930, vol. 1: kultur, ed. walther heinrich vogt, veroffentlichungen der schleswig-holsteinischen universitatsgesellschaft, 1928:1 (breslau: f. hirt, 1930, 63.67, made the most powerful case yet for heimdall as ram. the most recent article devoted wholly to heimdall is now rather long in the tooth: franz rolf schroder, deities, themes, and concepts 171 gheimdall, h beitrage zur geschichte der deutschen sprache und literatur (tubingen) 89 (1967: 1.41. it provides indo-european and mediterranean context but leaves us no closer to a satisfactory understanding of this enigmatic figure. hel ruler of the world

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ns and elements were first developed by hamara t however the god forms were developed through the order of phosphorus. one may develop their own circle based on the pathal elements within a left hand path manner as the following for an example. direction element god form archetypical image planet south fire satan-shaitan peacock saturn/mercury east air lucifer eye venus north earth belial goat or ram sun/saturn west water leviathan serpent/snake moon 18 while the alternate version may be used for many witches sabbat callings and works of lesser or greater black magick, the suggested use of the triple hermetic circle of the different representations and egyptian god forms are highly suggested for a development of association. once one is able to move through these well balanced aspects, may

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

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

ber 21. four of the signs of the zodiac have been permanently dedicated to the equinoxes and the solstices; and, while the signs no longer correspond with the ancient constellations to which they were assigned, and from which they secured their names, they are accepted by modern astronomers as a basis of calculation. the vernal equinox is therefore said to occur in the constellation of aries (the ram. it is fitting that of all beasts a ram should be placed at the head of the heavenly flock forming the zodiacal band. centuries before the christian era, the pagans revered this constellation. godfrey higgins states "this constellation was called the 'lamb of god' he was also called the 'savior' and was said to save mankind from their sins. he was always honored with the appellation of 'dominu

'dominus' or 'lord' he was called the 'lamb of god which taketh away the sins of the world' the devotees addressing him in their litany, constantly repeated the words 'o lamb of god, that taketh away the sin of the world, have mercy upon us. grant us thy peace' therefore, the lamb of god is a title given to the sun, who is said to be reborn every year in the northern hemisphere in the sign of the ram, although, due to the existing discrepancy between the signs of the zodiac and the actual star groups, it actually rises in the sign of pisces. the summer solstice is regarded as occurring in cancer (the crab, which the egyptians called the scarab--a beetle of the family lamellicornes, the head of the insect kingdom, and sacred to the egyptians as the symbol of eternal life. it is evident that

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

scended into material existence from the milky way--the seed ground of souls--through one of the twelve gates of the great zodiacal band. the spiritual nature was therefore said to incarnate in the form of the symbolic creature created by magian star gazers to represent the various zodiacal constellations. if the spirit incarnated through the sign of aries, it was said to be born in the body of a ram; if in taurus, in the body of the celestial bull. all human beings were thus symbolized by twelve mysterious creatures through the natures of which they were able to incarnate into the material world. the theory of transmigration was not applicable to the visible material body of man, but rather to the invisible immaterial spirit wandering along the pathway of the stars and sequentially assumi

er completely recovered from the after effects of their delirium. the confused recital of their experiences was interpreted by the priests according to the question to be answered. while the priests probably used some unknown herb to produce the dreams or visions of the cavern, their skill in interpreting them bordered on the supernatural. before consulting the oracle, it was necessary to offer a ram to the d mon of the cave, and the priest decided by hieromancy whether the time chosen was propitious and the sacrifice was satisfactory. the seven wonders of the world many of the sculptors and architects of the ancient world were initiates of the mysteries, particularly the eleusinian rites. since the dawn of time, the truers of stone and the hewers of wood have constituted a divinely oversh

g of the apis is the symbol of death; the resurrection of osiris in the new bull is the symbol of eternal renovation. the white bull was also symbolically sacred as the appointed emblem of the initiates, signifying the spiritualized material bodies of both man and nature. when the vernal equinox no longer occurred in the sign of taurus, the sun god incarnated in the constellation of aries and the ram then became the vehicle of the solar power. thus the sun rising in the sign of the celestial lamb triumphs over the symbolic serpent of darkness. the lamb is a familiar emblem of purity because of its gentleness and the whiteness of its wool. in many of the pagan mysteries it signified the universal savior, and in christianity it is the favorite symbol of christ. early church paintings show a

et, sebat, and adar. the organs of the human body are: two hands, two feet, two kidneys, gall, small intestine, liver, esophagus, stomach, and spleen. 5. note. in the following twelve stanzas, knut stenring again differs, this time as to the arrangement of properties: 1st. god caused the letter (h) to predominate in speech, crowned it, combined it with the others, and fashioned by them aries (the ram) in the universe, the month nisan in the year, and the right foot of the human body (male and female. 2nd. he caused the letter (v) to predominate in thought, crowned it, combined it with the others, and fashioned by them taurus (the bull) in the universe, the month liar in the year, and the right kidney of the human body (male and female. 3rd. he caused the letter (z) to predominate in moveme

m. in the pseudo-egyptian tarot the symbolism is the same, except that the winged figure is male instead of female. it is surrounded by a solar nimbus and pours water from a golden urn into a silver one, typifying the descent of celestial forces into the sublunary spheres. the fifteenth numbered major trump is called le diable, the devil, and portrays a creature resembling pan with the horns of a ram or deer, the arms and body of a man, and the legs and feet of a goat or dragon. the figure stands upon a cubic stone, to a ring in the front of which are chained two satyrs. for a scepter this so-called demon carries a lighted torch or candle. the entire figure is symbolic of the magic powers of the astral light, or universal mirror, in which the divine forces are reflected in an inverted, or

tered were, according to calmet, as in the above diagram. these gems, according to the rosicrucians, were symbolic of the twelve great qualities and virtues: illumination, love, wisdom, truth, justice, peace, equilibrium, humility, faith, strength, joy, victory. p. 135 that a candidate, when first entering the precincts of sanctuary, must offer upon the brazen altar not a poor unoffending bull or ram but its correspondence within his own nature. the bull, being symbolic of earthiness, represented his own gross constitution which must be burned up by the fire of his divinity (the sacrificing of beasts, and in some cases human beings, upon the altars of the pagans was the result of their ignorance concerning the fundamental principle underlying sacrifice. they did not realize that their offe

orrectly the tav. it closely resembles the modern letter t, consisting of a horizontal bar resting on a vertical column, the two arms being of equal length. an oak tree cut off some feet above the ground and its upper part laid across the lower in this form was the symbol of the druid god hu. it is suspected that this symbol originated among the egyptians from the spread of the horns of a bull or ram (taurus or aries) and the vertical line of its face. this is sometimes designated as the hammer cross, because if held by its vertical base it is not unlike a mallet or gavel. in one of the qabbalistic masonic legends, chiram abiff is given a hammer in the form of a tau by his ancestor, tubal-cain. the tau cross is preserved to modern masonry under the symbol of the t square. this appears to b

s indicative of the persian origin of christianity, for the persians were the only people to symbolize the first sign of the zodiac by a lamb. because a lamb was the sin offering of the ancient pagans, the early mystic christians considered this animal as an appropriate emblem of christ, whom they regarded as the sin offering of the world. the greeks and the egyptians highly venerated the lamb or ram, often placing its horns upon the foreheads of their gods. the scandinavian god thor carried a hammer made from a pair of ram's horns. the lamb is used in preference to the ram apparently because of its purity and gentleness; also, since the creator himself was symbolized by aries, his son would consequently be the little ram or lamb. the lambskin apron worn by the freemasons over that part of

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covens, the high priestess is definitely leader, the high priest being merely her consort. the magister may wear furs or pelts, a robe, or nothing at all, depending on the variety of coven he leads. upon his head he may wear the traditional shamanic horned helmet, rather like that of a viking warrior, or a mask covering his whole head and representing one of the coven's totem animals, be it goat, ram, horse, cat, or whatever. or he may don a metal helmet which covers his entire head (hence the old comic epithet for the magister "old brazen nose) he will naturally wear any witch jewels he possesses, also. the lady or high priestess, on the other hand, may life-wise wear a robe or nothing at all, depending on the type coven she belongs to. the robes can vary in colour, the usual colour prefe

MATHERS MACGREGOR THE GREATER KEY OF SOLOMON VOL 2

nus, and at the eighth hour of the day; but by night at the third and at the seventh. at all times of practicing and putting into execution magical arts, the moon should be increasing in light, and in an equal number of degrees with the sun; and it the key of solomon page 84 is much better from the first quarter to the opposition, and the moon should be in a fiery sign, and notably in that of the ram or of the lion. therefore, to execute these experiments in any manner whatsoever, it should be done when the moon is clear, and when she is increasing in light. in order to put in execution those of invisibility after everything is properly prepared, the moon should be in the sign of the fishes, in the hours proper and fitting, and she should be increasing in light. for experiments of seeking

ruments of magical art. in order to properly carry out the greatest and most important operations of the art, various instruments are necessary, as a knife with a white hilt, another with a black hilt, a short lance, wherewith to trace circles, characters, and other things. the knife with the white hilt (see figure 61) should be made in the day and hour of mercury, when mars is in the sign of the ram or of the scorpion. it should be dipped in the blood of a gosling and in the juice of the pimpernel, the moon being at her full or increasing in light. dip therein also the white hilt, upon the which thou shalt have engraved the characters shown. afterwards perfume it with the perfumes of the art. with this knife thou mayest perform all the necessary operations of the art, except the circles

skin of dead-born lambs, which is new, pure, clean, and exorcised, never having served for any other purpose. genuine virgin parchment is necessary in many magical operations, and should be properly prepared and consecrated. there are two kinds, one called virgin, the other unborn. virgin parchment is that which is taken from an animal which hath not attained the age of generation, whether it be ram, or kid, or other animal. unborn parchment is taken from an animal which hath been taken before its time from the uterus of its mother. take whichsoever of these two classes of animals thou pleasest, provided only that it be male, and in the day and hour of mercury; and take it to a secret place where no man may see thee at work. thou shalt have a marsh-reed cut at a single stroke with a new k

MATHERS MACGREGOR THE LESSER KEY OF SOLOMON LEMEGETON VOL 1

men invisible, and to live long, and to be eloquent. he can discover treasures and recover things lost. he ruleth over 29 legions of spirits, and his seal is this, which wear thou, etc (32) asmoday- the thirty-second spirit is asmoday, or asmodai. he is a great king, strong, and powerful. he appeareth with three heads, whereof the first is like a bull, the second like a man, and the third like a ram; he hath also the tail of a serpent, and from his mouth issue flames of fire. his feet are webbed like those of a goose. he sitteth upon an infernal dragon, and beareth in his hand a lance with a banner. he is first and choicest under the power of amaymon, he goeth before all other. when the exorcist hath a mind to call him, let it be abroad, and let him stand on his feet all the time of actio

parts, and perfectly. he hath under his power 20 legions of spirits. his seal, or mark, is thus made, etc. 21 he can nowadays converse in sound though colloquial coptic.-ed (51) balam- the fifty-first spirit is balam or balaam. he is a terrible, great, and powerful king. he appeareth with three heads: the first is like that of a bull; the second is like that of a man; the third is like that of a ram. he hath the tail of a serpent, and flaming eyes. he rideth upon a furious bear, and carrieth a boshawk upon his fist. he speaketh with a hoarse voice, giving true answers of things past, present, and to come. he maketh men to go invisible, and also to be witty. he governeth 40 legions of spirits. his seal is this, etc (52) alloces- the fifty-second spirit is alloces, or alocas. he is a duke

MICHAEL FORD A RITE OF THE WEREWOLF

ow on them a toxic alkaloid called solanine. if such was ingested it could cause sickness, but also sensations of flying and hallucinations. some could use fat and mix into an ointment which is smeared on the genital area or anus, which has a detailed amount of blood vessels. this would enter then the bloodstream. in the book demonomanie (1580) bodin wrote that witches rode a broom stick or black ram to the sabbat. as early as 1489 a writer called molitor mentioned wolves as a transport. in the goetia, amon is shown riding a wolf. in molitor s de lamiis a woodcut shows a witch riding a wolf, not to mention other sorcerers sitting astride a forked stick4. the infernal sabbat, being the antinomian self-love rite of sexual and psyche oriented self-deification, allows the passing of the shadow

MICHAEL FORD WITCHMOON

and day, from all express the lightning flash of sight" asmodeus -god of sorcery- an ancient daemon with his roots in persia and later in palestine. asmodeus is mentioned frequently in hebrew texts. the goetia of solomon the king gives a description of the form which asmodeus takes when appearing before the sorcerer: three headed (a connection with hecate, being the tripled nature of the moon, a ram, human and bull, asmodeus rides upon a dragon, vomits fire and carries a spear. the association of asmodeus with witchcraft beyond the triple mooned nature is that the daemon is said to be the child of tubal- cain and naamah, given life by the reverse aspects associated with witchcraft and demonology. these 'reverse aspects' refer to his title as a "demon of impurity (the book of the sacred ma

MICHAEL TSARION ATLANTIS ALIEN VISITATION AND GENETIC MANIPULATION

in virgoapril 3, 1791the eclipse of 1791 was in aries a certain portent that the destiny of washington, d.c, would befilled with that pioneering endeavor and excessive (not to say belligerent) enthusiasms.in fact, the augury on that morning of april 3, 1791, was remarkable. the sun and moon were not theonly pair in aries at that time: no fewer than five of the known planets were in that zodiacal ram thesign which favors brave undertakings (p. 7)cosmocrates (angelic beings of the creation)the leader of these mighty beings was due to take over the direction of western civilization in 1881caused considerable excitement in the esoteric circles of washington, d.c, and the occult world in gen-eral (p. 33)appendix b: book abstracts244atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation virgoin t

lood, or more justly the great catastrophe, destroyed the cult of saturn, which became discreditedto many, including the egyptians, depicted to them as malignant devil in the shape of an immense celes-tial serpent with a hundred voices who spat lightening. he is the old serpent of revelation who wascast into the bottomless pit of hades for a thousand years (p. 30)abrahamreally abram or son of the ram, the high ram, relating to ammon. leader of the israelites, the cultof saturn.terah means terrorabraham son of terah, meant that he was a terrorist, a man of magical skill, possessed of impressiveweaponry, that could intimidate the peoples with whom he came into contact. these powerful weaponsare often described in the bible merely as gifts.surtur from the south wendswith seething firethe falc

MICHAEL WYNN THE SOUL TRAVELERS

s to estrange newly weds--michael wynn's "the soul travelers" 84 it is said that king solomon once had power over asmodeus, and forced him to help build solomon s temple. asmodeus is said to be frustrated and under the dominion of arch-angel raphael. this fallen angel is called the demon of the wounding spear, and is often depicted having 3 heads and riding a dragon. one of his heads is that of a ram, one of a human, and the last of a bull. he is often called the god of the witches, the god of sorcery, the god of the circle, and sometimes called the serpent. asmodeus is responsible for many of humanity s scientific achievements, and has long taught sorcery, mathematics, and the arts. asmodeus, also called aeshma, asmodai, and chashmodai is considered a prime initiator in magic, which furth

MORALS AND DOGMA

es that the ancient oriental theosophy assigned to the supreme being. he was the [greek: p? a (pleroma, or"_fullness of things" for he comprehended in himself everything; and the light; for he was the sun-god. he was unchangeable in the midst of everything phenomenal in his worlds. he _created_ nothing; but everything _emanated_ from him; and of him all the other gods were but manifestations. the ram was his living symbol; which you see reproduced in this degree, lying on the book with seven seals on the tracing-board. he caused the creation of the world by the primitive thought[[greek??a, ennoia, or _spirit[[greek??e? a, pneuma, that issued from him by means of his _voice_ or the word; and which _thought_ or _spirit_ was personified as the goddess neith. she, too, was a divinity of _light

of navigation. the tomb of apollo was at delphi, where his body was laid, after python, the polar serpent that annually heralds the coming of autumn, cold, darkness, and winter, had slain him, and over whom the god triumphs, on the 25th of march, on his return to the lamb of the vernal equinox. in crete, jupiter ammon, or the sun in aries, painted with the attributes of that equinoctial sign, the ram or lamb--that ammon who, martianus copella says, is the same as osiris, adoni, adonis, atys, and the other sun-gods--had also a tomb, and a religious initiation; one of the principal ceremonies of which consisted in clothing the initiate with the skin of a white lamb. and in this we see the origin of the apron of white sheep-skin, used in masonry. all these deaths and resurrections, these fune

symbols, outlast their explanations, as many have done in masonry, and ignorance and rashness substitute new ones. in another legend, given by pausanias, atys dies, wounded like adonis by a wild boar in the organs of generation; a mutilation with which all the legends ended. the pine-tree under which he was said to have died, was sacred to him; and was found upon many monuments, with a bull and a ram near it; one the sign of exaltation of the sun, and the other of that of the moon. the worship of the sun under the name of mithras belonged to persia, whence that name came, as did the erudite symbols of that worship. the persians, adorers of fire, regarded the sun as the most brilliant abode of the fecundating energy of that element, which gives life to the earth, and circulates in every par

when they were shortest, or the winter solstice. with the vernal equinox, or about the 25th of march of our calendar, they found that there unerringly came soft winds, the return of warmth, caused by the sun turning back to the northward from the middle ground of his course, the vegetation of the new year, and the impulse to amatory action on the part of the animal creation. then the bull and the ram, animals most valuable to the agriculturist, and symbols themselves of vigorous generative power, recovered their vigor, the birds mated and builded their nests, the seeds germinated, the grass grew, and the trees put forth leaves. with the summer solstice, when the sun reached the extreme northern limit of his course, came great heat, and burning winds, and lassitude and exhaustion; then vege

ising and setting with the scorpion, was substituted in its place, in many cases, on account of the malign influences of the latter: and thus the four great periods of the year were marked by the bull, the lion, the man (aquarius) and the eagle; which were upon the respective standards of ephraim, judah, reuben, and dan; and still appear on the shield of american royal arch masonry. afterward the ram or lamb became an object of adoration, when, in his turn, he opened the equinox, to deliver the world from the wintry reign of darkness and evil. around the central and simple idea of the annual death and resurrection of the sun a multitude of circumstantial details soon clustered. some were derived from other astronomical phenomena; while many were merely poetical ornaments and inventions. be

quinox had passed into aries, and after it had left aldebar n and the hyades, the pleiades were, for seven or eight centuries, the leading stars of the sab an year. and thus we see, on the monuments, the disk and crescent, symbols of the sun and moon in conjunction, appear successively--first on the head, and then on the neck and back of the zodiacal bull, and more recently on the forehead of the ram. the diagrammatical character or symbol, still in use to denote taurus [glyph, is this very crescent and disk: a symbol that has come down to us from those remote ages when this memorable conjunction in taurus, by marking the commencement, at once of the sab an year and of the cycle of the chaldean saros, so pre-eminently distinguished that sign as to become its characteristic symbol. on a bro

ad of the zodiacal bull, the commencement of the cycle termed saros by the chaldeans, and metonic by the greeks; and supposed to be alluded to in job, by the phrase "mazzaroth in his season; that is to say, when the first new moon and new sun of the year were coincident, which happened once in eighteen years and a fraction. on the sarcophagus of alexander, the same symbol appears on the head of a ram, which, in the time of that monarch, was the leading sign. so too in the sculptured temples of the upper nile, the crescent and disk appear, not on the head of taurus, but on the forehead of the ram or the ram-headed god, whom the grecian mythologists called jupiter ammon, really the sun in aries. if we now look for a moment at the individual stars which composed and were near to the respectiv

s of the moon, and the increase and diminution of her light; by the march of the sun, the division of time and the heavens into two parts, one assigned to darkness and the other to light; by the nile and, in fine, by the whole round of physical causes. lucian tells us that the bull apis, sacred to the egyptians, was the image of the celestial bull, or taurus; and that jupiter ammon, horned like a ram, was an image of the constellation aries. and clemens of alexandria assures us that the four principal sacred animals, carried in their processions, were emblems of the four signs or cardinal points which fixed the seasons at the equinoxes and solstices, and divided into four parts the yearly march of the sun. they worshipped fire also, and water, and the nile, which river they styled father

natellon, that is, rising and setting at the same time with it, was naturally used in its stead. hence the four famous figures in the sacred pictures of the jews and christians, and in royal arch masonry, of the lion, the ox, the man, and the eagle, the four creatures of the apocalypse, copied there from ezekiel, in whose reveries and rhapsodies they are seen revolving around blazing circles. the ram, domicile of mars, chief of the celestial soldiery and of the twelve signs, is the device of _gad, whom jacob characterizes as a warrior, chief of his army. cancer, in which are the stars termed _aselli, or little assess, is the device of the flag of _issachar, whom jacob compares to an ass. capricorn, of old represented with the tail of a fish, and called by astronomers the son of neptune, is

ntal cycles, and the sections of the horizon. we shall speak more at large hereafter, in another degree, as to these and other numbers, to which the ancients ascribed mysterious powers. the signs of the zodiac and the stars appeared on many of the ancient coins and medals. on the public seal of the locrians, ozoles was hesperus, or the planet venus. on the medals of antioch on the orontes was the ram and crescent; and the ram was the special deity of syria, assigned to it in the division of the earth among the twelve signs. on the cretan coins was the equinoctial bull; and he also appeared on those of the mamertins and of athens. sagittarius appeared on those of the persians. in india the twelve signs appeared upon the ancient coins. the scorpion was engraved on the medals of the kings of

ion's skin was worn by hercules; the horns of the bull adorned the forehead of bacchus; and the autumnal serpent wound its long folds round the statue of serapis, 2500 years before our era; when those signs corresponded with the commencement of the seasons. when other constellations replaced them at those points, by means of the precession of the equinoxes, those attributes were changed. then the ram furnished the horns for the head of the sun, under the name of jupiter ammon. he was no longer born exposed to the waters of aquarius, like bacchus, nor enclosed in an urn like the god canopus; but in the stables of augeas or the celestial goat. he then completed his triumph, mounted on an ass, in the constellation cancer, which then occupied the solstitial point of summer. other attributes th

augeas or the celestial goat. he then completed his triumph, mounted on an ass, in the constellation cancer, which then occupied the solstitial point of summer. other attributes the images of the sun borrowed from the constellations which, by their rising and setting, fixed the points of departure of the year, and the commencements of its four principal divisions. first the bull and afterward the ram (called by the persians the lamb, was regarded as the regenerator of nature, through his union with the sun. each, in his turn, was an emblem of the sun overcoming the winter darkness, and repairing the disorders of nature, which every year was regenerated under these signs, after the scorpion and serpent of autumn had brought upon it barrenness, disaster, and darkness. mithras was represented

ess and ahriman their chief. the legislator of the jews fixed the commencement of their year in the month nisan, at the vernal equinox, at which season the israelites marched out of egypt and were relieved of their long bondage; in commemoration of which exodus, they ate the paschal lamb at that equinox. and when bacchus and his army had long marched in burning deserts, they were led by a lamb or ram into beautiful meadows, and to the springs that watered the temple of jupiter ammon. for, to the arabs and ethiopians, whose great divinity bacchus was, nothing was so perfect a type of elysium as a country abounding in springs and rivulets. orion, on the same meridian with the stars of taurus, died of the sting of the celestial scorpion, that rises when he sets; as dies the bull of mithras in

equinox, dear to the sailor as to the husbandman, came the stars that, with the sun, open navigation, and rule the stormy seas. then the twins plunge into the solar fires, or disappear at setting, going down with the sun into the bosom of the waters. and these tutelary divinities of mariners, the dioscuri or chief cabiri of samothrace, sailed with jason to possess themselves of the golden-fleeced ram, or aries, whose rising in the morning announced the sun's entry into taurus, when the serpent-bearer jason rose in the evening, and, in aspect with the dioscuri, was deemed their brother. and orion, son of neptune, and most potent controller of the tempest-tortured ocean, announcing sometimes calm and sometimes tempest, rose after taurus, rejoicing in the forehead of the new year. the summer

MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS E

er husband, who, being a mortal, had little sympathy with his ethereal consort; so he divorced her, and married the beautiful but wicked ino (sister of semele, who hated her step-children, and even planned their destruction. but the watchful nephele contrived to circumvent her cruel designs, and succeeded in getting the children out of the palace. she then placed them both on the back of a winged ram, with a fleece of pure gold, which had been given to her by hermes; and on this wonderful animal brother and sister rode through the air over land and sea; but on the way helle, becoming seized with giddiness, fell into the sea (called after her the hellespont) and was drowned. phryxus arrived safely at colchis, where he was hospitably received by king aetes, who gave him one of his daughters

de through the air over land and sea; but on the way helle, becoming seized with giddiness, fell into the sea (called after her the hellespont) and was drowned. phryxus arrived safely at colchis, where he was hospitably received by king aetes, who gave him one of his daughters in marriage. in gratitude to zeus for the protection accorded him during his flight, phryxus sacrificed to him the golden ram, whilst the fleece he presented to aetes, who nailed it up in the grove of ares, and dedicated it to the god of war. an oracle having declared that the life of aetes depended on the safe-keeping of the fleece, he carefully guarded the entrance to the grove by placing before it an immense dragon, which never slept. building and launch of the argo..we will now return to jason, who eagerly undert

them in a most shocking manner. she made friends with the daughters of the king, and feigned great interest in all their concerns. having gained their confidence, she informed them, that among her numerous magic arts, she possessed the power of restoring to the aged all the vigour and strength of youth, and in order to give them a convincing proof of the truth of her assertion, she cut up an old ram, which she boiled in a cauldron, whereupon, after uttering various mystic incantations, there came forth from the vessel a beautiful young lamb. she then assured them, that in a similar page 261 manner they could restore to their old father his former youthful frame and vigour. the fond and credulous daughters of pelias lent an all too willing ear to the wicked sorceress, and thus the old king

tlety of the hero page 341 was now brought into play, and proved more than a match for the giant's strength. the sheep were very large, and odysseus, with bands of willow taken from the bed of polyphemus, had cleverly linked them together three abreast, and under each centre one had secured one of his comrades. after providing for the safety of his companions, odysseus himself selected the finest ram of the flock, and, by clinging to the wool of the animal, made his escape. as the sheep passed out of the cave the giant felt carefully among them for his victims, but not finding them on the backs of the animals he let them pass, and thus they all escaped. they now hastened on board their vessel, and odysseus, thinking himself at a safe distance, shouted out his real name and mockingly defied

d, beyond the great stream oceanus. favoured by gentle breezes they soon reached their destination in the far west. on arriving at the spot indicated by circe, where the turbid waters of the rivers acheron and cocytus mingled at the entrance to the lower world, odysseus landed, unattended by his companions. page 345 having dug a trench to receive the blood of the sacrifices he now offered a black ram and ewe to the powers of darkness, whereupon crowds of shades rose up from the yawning gulf, clustering round him, eager to quaff the blood of the sacrifice, which would restore to them for a time their mental vigour. but mindful of the injunction of circe, odysseus brandished his sword, and suffered none to approach until tiresias had appeared. the great prophet now came slowly forward leanin

NECRONOMICON ALAZIF

he rising of the constellations. ye ultimate rites shall be performed only in the seasons proper to them, these be: at candlemas (on the second day of the second month, at beltane (on the eve of may, at lammas (on the first day of the eighth month, at roodmas (on the fourteenth day of the ninth month, and at hallowmas (on november eve. call out to dread azathoth when the sun is in the sign of the ram, the lion, or the archer; the moon decreasing and mars and saturn conjoin. mighty yog-sothoth shall rise to ye incantations when sol has entered the fiery house of leo and the hour of lammas be upon ye. evoke ye terrible hastur on candlemas night, when sol is in aquarius and mercury in trine. supplicate great cthulhu only at hallowmas eve when the sun abides within the house of the scorpion an

ing, yet he shall rise and his kingdom shall cover the earth. to summon shub-niggurath ye black where the stones have been set up thou shalt call out to shub- niggurath, and unto he that knoweth al azif page 15 of 18 http//www.chaosmatrix.org/library/books/al_azif/al_azif.html 10/10/2003 the signs and uttereth the words all earthly pleasures shall be granted* when the sun entereth the sign of the ram and the time of night is upon ye turn thy face to the north wind and read the verse aloud: iah! shub-niggurath! great black goat of the.woods, i call thee forth (kneel) answer the cry of thy servant who knoweth the words of power (make the voorish sign) rise up i say from thy slumbers and come forth with a thousand more (make the sign of kish) i make the signs, i speak the words that openeth t

PHILIP NEIL MYTHS LEGENDS EXPLAINED

flocks and shepherds, pan s name derives from the early greek paon, which means herdsman. his parentage is obscure; most sources say his father was hermes (mercury, although others name zeus (jupiter. his mother dryope, a granddaughter of apollo, is sometimes called penelope, which has led to stories of pan being the son of odysseus wife penelope, either by hermes or zeus in the form of a goat or ram; or even that pan, a name meaning all, was born after penelope slept with all her suitors while her husband was away (see p. 65. pan was also able to inspire the sudden, groundless fear known as panic. for example, in 490 bce, he is said to have caused the persians to flee in terror from the athenians, in return for the athenians worshiping him and performing ceremonial rites. these later beca

d pelias, but strangely jason did not claim the throne. instead the couple lived in corinth for ten years until jason rejected medea to marry king creon s daughter, glaucis. medea avenged herself by killing glaucis, creon, and her own children by jason, before fleeing. jason died an old man, crushed beneath the falling prow of the argo. the golden fleece the fleece had belonged to a golden flying ram endowed with reason and speech. this ram was given by hermes (mercury) to phrixus and his sister helle, the children of king athamas of boeotia, who were escaping from their vindictive stepmother. unfortunately, helle fell into the sea (now called the hellespont) and died. phrixus escaped to colchis, sacrificed the ram to zeus, and gave the fleece to ae tes. ae tes killed phrixus and hung the

f another hero, theseus (see pp. 54 55. taken from a greek vase, this illustration shows medea and jason beneath the sacred oak tree on which the golden fleece was hung. medea has charmed, or put to sleep, the serpent guardian and jason, with his protectress hera standing behind him, has taken down the fleece, which now hangs over his arm. hermes, who first advised phrixus to sacrifice the golden ram to zeus (see above) stands behind medea. jason and the golden fleece 53 the golden fleece by herbert james draper (1864 1920) this painting shows jason, medea, and the crew of the argo fleeing from king ae tes, medea s father, after stealing the golden fleece. jason, holding the fleece, gesticulates to the enemy. half the crew defend the ship, while the rest row for their lives and arrange the

r the sirens island are two further dangers the deadly whirlpool charybdis, and the ravenous sea monster scylla. steering a course between the two, odysseus sailed too close to scylla, and the monster snatched six sailors from his ship one with each of her six heads. deceptive young beauty the siren sings odysseus and his crew have just sailed back from the underworld, where odysseus sacrificed a ram and a ewe to the shades of the dead. the ghosts, twittering like bats, flocked to the blood, but odysseus held them at bay until the seer teiresias had told him how to get home. odysseus the survivor odysseus survived the onslaught of the sirens song, thanks to the advice of circe. he was helped and beloved by many females in his travels, not least the goddess athena, who helped him long after

, dividing land and sea. her son, v in m inen, the first man, was born 30 years later. he floated in the sea, reaching dry land eight years later. the lord of the beasts the early celtic god cernunnos was the lord of the beasts, and is shown as such in various reliefs, most notably on the gundestrup cauldron (see below. he was worshiped most strongly in central france, and is often accompanied by ram-headed serpents. he wears a chieftain s torc around his neck and is sometimes shown with purses filled with coins. his name means the horned one, and he is evidently a god with nearly as complicated a role as the greek dionysus (see pp. 58 59. he is predominantly a god of fertility and prosperity, but is also a god of the underworld. a coin found in hampshire seems to show him as a sun god, wi

torcs and armrings. dio cassius writes of the british queen boudicca that she wore a great twisted golden necklace. gaulish warriors went naked into battle save for their gold or bronze torcs and armrings. cernunnos, the horned god the horns of cernunnos and and those of the stag are identical and show how the god was regarded as part-man, partbeast; on one british relief his legs are depicted as ram-headed snakes. it is also possible that cernunnos was able to assume animal shape. the gundestrup cauldron this image showing a horned deity with wild animals is a panel from the gundestrup cauldron, which was found in denmark, one of the celtic territories, in 1891. it is made of silver-gilt embossed plates welded together and dates from the first or second century bce. stag horns dolphin the

oth saw and heard a whole pack of huntsmen in full cry. they straddled black horses and black bucks while their hounds were pitch black with staring hideous eyes. this was seen in the very deer park of peterborough town, and in all the wood stretching from that same spot as far as stamford. all through the night monks heard them sounding and winding their horns. the anglo-saxon chronicle, 1127 ce ram-headed serpent cernunnos is often shown with serpents (both with and without ram heads) symbolic of death and fertility. it has been suggested that the incident in the irish driving of fra ch s cattle, in which the hero conall cernach meets a fierce serpent, reflects a memory of the god whose name the hero bears. the horns are a curious addition to the serpents, and may show their close identi

superior power of the hero gbonka. shango hanged himself in the forest in shame, but rather than dying, he returned to his place in the sky. from here, he keeps an eye on humanity, and still sends his thunderstorms. shango had three wives: oya, oshun, and oba. oya is the goddess of the niger river, into which she stepped when shango s life on earth came to an end. shango is often depicted with a ram s head and horns. the sound of thunder is said to be the sound of a ram bellowing. because he is thought to punish the guilty by striking them with his thunderbolts, shango is regarded as the god of justice and fair play. the doubleheaded ax shown here symbolizes the thunderbolt. it signifies my strength cuts both ways, meaning that no one is beyond the reach of his authority. devotees of shan

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

. job [thus lived] in the generation of isaac. he was not comforted by the words of any of his [three] friend who came to console him. he was only comforted when he met isaac [who is called in the book of job] elihu ben berachel the buzite.7 isaac was called elihu ben berachel [literally, gelihu the son of he whom g-d has blessed h, for g-d blessed him [elihu ben berachel] was gfrom the family of ram, h meaning abraham. job, like isaac, was a grandson of terah. he lived in gthe land of utz, h and utz was the son of nahor, abraham fs brother. after g-d inflicted suffering upon job, his three friends came to console him. but job was not consoled by their words, since they each tried to convince him that he had done something to deserve this suffering. only the younger elihu was able to conso

in gthe land of utz, h and utz was the son of nahor, abraham fs brother. after g-d inflicted suffering upon job, his three friends came to console him. but job was not consoled by their words, since they each tried to convince him that he had done something to deserve this suffering. only the younger elihu was able to console job. abraham fs original name was abram (avram, meaning gthe father of ram. h this why job said, gi therefore detest [my words] and am comforted over dust and ashes. h8 this alludes to abraham, who said, gi am dust and ashes. h9 [job said, in effect] gnow, because of him, i am comforted. h having passed his test, job completes the rectification of the soul of terah, initiated by the spiritual accomplishments of abraham. this is why his name was job [iyov, for he was

0 for although jewish, he lived in the land of the ishmaelites (which is why they called him the israelite [abraham then had] isaac, who was his good spark, but present with him was a spark of murder. he therefore laid down his life as a burnt offering upon the altar [to be slaughtered. since [this murderous spark] was not his sin but that of someone else [dormant within him, he was spared, and a ram was offered in his stead. afterwards, this evil impurity issued from him as esau. isaac, too, wanted to bless [his son esau] and thereby cause him to repent [and be as righteous] as jacob. since adam had been cursed because of eve, the blessings were given to jacob through [the efforts of] his mother [rebecca, who was a reincarnation of eve. by being a conduit of blessing, rebecca rectified th

o be silent since it was not proper that they awaken the face of the ox, inasmuch as they would later sin [by worshipping] the [golden] calf. they thereby unhitched one of the four animals of the chariot.21 it would not be proper for the jewish people to invoke the power signified by the ox when they themselves would misuse this manifestation later on. in the zodiac, the bull (taurus) follows the ram (aires. the exodus took place in the month of nisan, the zodiacal sign of which is aires. the passover sacrifice was a ram; by sacrificing it, the jewish people subdued the astrological power ascendent at that time. the mixed multitude, seeing that the sign of aires had been overcome, thought to invoke the next icon, the bull.22 by abusing the ox, the jewish people neutralized, so to speak, it

hose horses has been unhitched. since they weakened g-d fs power through their sin, it was not proper that they try to invoke that very power, g-d fs gevurah, to judge the egyptians. 18 this array may be seen, inter alia, in the standard editions of the zohar, volume 2, p. 270a. 19 tikunei zohar 55 (89a. 20 zohar 2:36a, based on isaiah 19:22. 21 shemot rabbah 43:8. 22 the egyptians worshipped the ram-headed god khnum as the creator. he was also one of the gods of the nile. there was also an egyptian bull-god, apis, an incarnation of the creation-god ptah. gthe priests at memphis kept a real bull that was thoguht be the god fs living image. the bull lived in luxurious accomodations near the temple of ptah, and at regular festivals the egyptian upper classes were allowed to come and view the

REGARDIE ISRAEL THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN

es of the order and lead them to the perfect day, when the glory of this world passes and a great light shines over the splendid sea" book one <99> book one first knowledge lecture 1. the four elements of the ancients are duplicated conditions of: heat and dryness fire a heat and moisture air a cold and d yness earth b cold and moisture water v 2. the signs of the zodiac are twelve: 1. aries, the ram 2. taurus, the bull 3. gemini, the twins 4. cancer, the crab 5 .leo, the lion 6. virgo, the virgin 7. libra, the scales 8. scorpio, the scorpion 9. sagittarius, the archer 10. capricorn, the goat 11. aquarius, the water-bearer 12. pisces, the fishes these twelve signs are distributedamong the four triplicities or sets of three signs, each being attributed to one of the four elements, and

imagine something of the shape and brightness of the half moon, putting down heat and thirst, and that he is immersed in the ocean of water. let him at that time repeat the word vam. if the tattwa be tejas, let him imagine it as something triangular in shape, shedding a red glare, consuming food and drink, burning away everythmg, and thus making itself unbearable. at the same time let him repeat ram. if the tattwa be vayu, let him imagine it as something of a spherical shape, of a colour green, or blue, like the green leaves of a tree after rain, and carrying him with a mighty power away from the ground and flying in space like the birds. and let him repeat the syllable pam. if the tattwa be akasa, let him imagine it as having no shape but giving forth a brilliant light, and let him repea

at the side, broad in the front and back, and having a winged tiger's head in front. she wears a corinthian shaped helmet, and crown, with a long plume. it also is surmounted by a tiger's head, and the same symbol forms the buckle of her scale-mail buskins <148> a mantle lined with tiger's skin falls back from her shoulders. her right hand rests on a small golden or brazen altar, ornamented with ram's heads, and with flames of fire leaping from it. her left hand leans on a long and heavy club, swelling at the lower end, where the sigil is placed. it has flames of fire leaping from it the whole way down, but the flames are ascending. this club or torch is much longer than that carried by the king or queen. beneath her firmly placed feet are leaping flames of fire. brilliance, courage, beau

in either slow to anger, but furious if roused. rules from 20" aries to 20" of taurus. air of earth, prince and emperor of the gnomes. xx. princess of the echoing hills. rose of the palace of earth. knave of pentacles a strong and beautiful amazon figure with red brown hair, standing on grass and flowers. a grove of trees near her. her form suggests here, ceres, and proserpine. she bearsa winged ram's head as a crest, and wears <154> a mantle of sheep's skin. in one hand she carries a sceptre with a circular disc, in the other a pentacle similar to that of the ace of pentacles. she is generous, kind, diligent, benevolent, careful, courageous, preserving, pitiful. if ill-digrufied, she is wasteful and prodigal. rules over one quadrant of the heavens around the north pole of the ecliptic. e

, drawn sword. brown queen winged head of man severed. cumu- grey light child's head lous clouds. drawn sword. brown swords prince winged arch-fairies winged. clouds. dark dark angel's head nimbi drawn swords. princess medusa's silver altar. smoke. c h s light blue head clouds. drawn sword. brown king winged stag's head queen winged penta- goat's head des prince winged bull's head princess winged ram's head light brown horse. ripe corn dark dark land. sceptre with hexagram as z. a. m. barren land face light one side dark dark only. sceptre with-orb of gold. flowery land bull; sceptre with dark dark orb and cross. orb held down- brown wards. grass. flowers, grove of trees. rich dark sceptre with disk. pent. as all. brown 552 the golden dawn: volume n book eight binah the four threes, genera

RITUALS OF THE SOCIETAS ROSICRUCIANIS IN ANGLIA

ffer up, herbs, flowers, trees with leaves, seeds,and fruits; beasts and worms; birds and insects, and the angelic stars in the firmament. how can weutter sufficient praise to the maker of all, whose wonderful wisdom is displayed in all these works;the infinite, the eternal. for god created the heavens and the earth, the sun, the moon and. thestars.all nature smiles; my sign is that of aries, the ram, the opening of spring, nature222s childhood, thevernal equinox, the point from which we commence the stairs of ascension toward perfection. so letrituals of the societas rosicrucianis in angliaphilosophus38 our thoughts climb as does the light arranging for the coming fruitification in nature. the beautifulstar arieus shall be my recognition.the conductor and companions proceed to secretary

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

primitive book. thus, in his opinion, the chinese tseu, the hebrew aleph and the greek alpha expressed hieroglyphically by the figure of the juggler, would be borrowed from the constellation of the crane, in the vicinity of the celestial fish, a sign of the eastern hemisphere. the chinese tcheou, the hebrew beth and the latin b, corresponding to pope joan or juno, were formed from the head of the ram; the chinese yn, the hebrew ghimel and the latin g, represented by the empress, would be derived from the constellation of the great bear, etc. the kabalist gaffarel, whom we have cited more than once, erected a planisphere in the writing of the stars 99 which all the constellations form hebrew letters; but we confess that the configurations are frequently arbitrary in the highest degree, and

re follows a table of magical characters designed according to the zodiacal constellations by ancient astrologers: each of them represents the name of a genius, be he good or evil. it is known that the signs of the zodiac correspond to various celestial influences and consequently signify an annual alternative of good or evil. the names of the genii designated by the above characters are: for the ram, sataaran and sarahiel; for the bull, bagdal, and araziel; for the twins, sagras and saraiel; for the crab, rahdar and. phakiel; for the lion, sagham and seratiel; for the virgin, iadara and schaltiel; for the balance, grasgarben and hadakiel; for the scorpion, riehol and saissaiel; for the archer, vhnori and saritaiel; for the goat, sagdalon and semakiel; for the water- bearer, ssakmakile; fo

RUBY TABLET OF SET

tes wail unto the ending of time. h gfrom the second angle is the master who ordereth the planes and the angle, and hath conceived the world of horrors in its terror and glory. h gfrom the third angle is the messenger, who hath created thy power to behold the master of the world of horrors, who giveth to thee substance of being and the knowledge of the nine angles. h gfrom the fourth angle is the ram of the sun, who brought thy selves to be, who endureth upon the world of horrors and proclaimeth the time that was, the time that is, and the time that shall be, and whose name is the brilliance of the nine angles. h gfrom the fifth angle are the hornless ones, who raise the temple of the five trihedrons unto the daemons of creation, whose seal is at once four and five and nine. h gfrom the si

festations of things which are viewed as quarters of wholes or as quartets of complete wholes. at the same time the "4-principle" is rigid in itself and is thus a fixed component of the natural universe. 5. help me, o warrior lord of thebes, in my unveiling before the children of men! the "warrior lord of thebes" is amon (amun/amen, the patron warrior-god of thebes (uast, generally portrayed as a ram or as a man wearing a twin-plumed headdress. this statement suggests the forthcoming catalyst of the age of satan [or set/harwer, symbolized by the ram of mendes (ba-neb-tettu, as a transitional phase between the aons of horus and set. note the emphasis given to the term "children, implying an elect body of initiates rather than the human species as a whole. 6. be thou hadit, my secret centre

ant from tanis. in ptolemaic accounts mendes was "notorious" for its goat-god, who was said to mate with human females in religious festivals. the truth is probably less lurid. comments budge in his gods of the egyptians "the title ba-neb-tettu was sometimes held to mean the 'soul, the lord tettu, and this was the name at mendes of the local form of khnemu, whose symbol there, as elsewhere, was a ram. he was regarded as the virile principle in gods and men, and is styled 'king of the south and north, the ram, the virile male, the holy phallus which stirreth up the passions of love" but this is now my aeon, and my pentagram is again to be pure in its splendor. cast aside the corruptions, that the pentagram of set may shine forth. let all who seek me be never without it, openly and with prid

mite the heretic. once deidentification takes place, it is possible to distinguish necessity from custom, and the newly aware individual can "behold the master of the world of horrors, tracing out the process by which the custom arose. finally, the one who makes change- the one who triggers the evolutionary war in heaven- is the luciferic spirit who goes hither and yon 'raising consciousness("the ram of the sun, who brought thy selves to be) and slicing the timeless perpetuity of the status quo into "the time that was, the time that is, and the time that shall be. at this point, a concept has been launched from inner planes into the world of horrors, from dream into action. what of the process of manifestation associated with the five angles of the pentagram? wilson and shea, in the trilog

sun tzu's analysis of warfare- now hawked in bookstores as a tract applicable to business- begins with strategic assessment of five factors critical to success, and that the product development cycle used by one large corporation is divided into five phases. more relevant, perhaps, are mathemagical hints found in patterns of natural growth: phyllotaxis, the shell of the nautilus, the horn of the ram. these are examples of gnomonic expansion, a proportioned growth peculiar to life, resulting in invariance of form. living beings alone produce forms of pentagonal symmetry. the hidden includes secrets about the fashion in which the will-to-live has taken tangible form. do these secrets apply to the trajectory the magician must consider as the vision is cast through the widdershins spin of the

ssification: v2- b50- 1 author: lilith aquino iv date: unknown html revision: dec 14, 1997 ce subject: setianism reading list "ah is an outflow of breath "a creative gesture of sound of speech"1 the breath of life amon (amn) is hidden. secret. not known. a guardian of the order amon is generative and exhibits fertility and fecundity. he is bisexual and is strongly prone to related activities. the ram is protective of family (order) and environment (temple, as the ram/goat regards the order as sacred. yet, amon introduces unpopular theories and judgments, as he is the examiner. foresight and perception are the catalysts for the breathing out of amonian verbiage. beautiful, circular-horned ram. emblematic of the neter. related to the serpentine (horns. his seed spills into the chalice as mil

ng out of amonian verbiage. beautiful, circular-horned ram. emblematic of the neter. related to the serpentine (horns. his seed spills into the chalice as milk into a pail. for the goat gives of his essence for love of those and him who drink. red eyes can be seen in darkness. and can see through transparency and treachery. theban, divine ra not yet born, yet ancient. through deep, dark halls the ram comes to guide his army for the work must be safeguarded. classification: v2- b51- 1 author: r. amn dececco iv date: unknown html revision: dec 15, 1997 ce subject: neter reading list: 2l, 2w (these are but glimpses, for amon prefers the secret, dark recesses of my being. even i know him not as yet. this task is difficult. amon is ever-changing and elusive) footnotes 1. magus ronald k. barrett

bert w, in process statement on the identity of sokaris. unpublished. tompkins, peter, secrets of the great pyramid. new york: harper and row, 1971. this knum i've become though it is difficult to explain both the knum and uriaz within me without going into a long and detailed "epic, i shall attempt nevertheless to cut the dramatics of which i am guilty all to often! knum was a god of creation, a ram-headed god of the first cataract of the nile on the island of elephantine. he was said to be the maker of earth, water, and the underworld, and creator of gods and men from clay on a potter's wheel. knum represented earth and divinity, and was self-created. let me explain this duality within me as i see it and feel it. first of all, knum is a very real existence to me, and even though "old khe

emphasis should be placed on egyptian symbolism, as is appropriate to the nature of the rite. the stele of bes-na-maut should be beneath the pentagram of' set in the center of the altar between two black candles. the graal of babalon and the ur-hekau("mighty one of enchantments) should be in place on the altar in front of the stele. the ur-hekau is an iron rod surmounted by a cobra's head, with a ram's head at one end, and meandering like a snake's body. this instrument is said to have been used by the god set to open the mouths of the gods. it is also symbolic of the stellar constellation of the thigh, and its metal, iron, is that sacred to set [dress for working. the celebrant will don a black-cowled robe displaying the insignia of the order of the trapezoid and wearing the medallion app

orderly and beautiful soberly and in the spirit of music" the emperor's figure as portrayed by lady harris is exactely that: orderly and beautiful. it is an interesting coincidence that both the figures of the emperor in the thoth deck and that of set in the temple of set stele hold ceptres in their right hands and crosses in their left hands. there are of course differences: the emperor holds a ram-headed sceptre, while set's has the stylized set-head. the emperor's cross-topped orb holds a maltese cross while set carries the anx [i suspect the reason for the maltese cross could stem from the symbol of the knights of malta who formed their crosses from four arrowheads pointed inward. seen as such, it could be symbolic of temporal influence coming about from an aggressive nature. i do not

s while set carries the anx [i suspect the reason for the maltese cross could stem from the symbol of the knights of malta who formed their crosses from four arrowheads pointed inward. seen as such, it could be symbolic of temporal influence coming about from an aggressive nature. i do not advance this as dogma, but it does fit with the red color of the card and overall power presented in it] the ram, ares, can be seen in four places in three forms: the capitals of the throne [himalayan wild rams, according to the book of thoth, the sceptre, and the lamb at the emperor's feet. the presence of the ram and the color red are both suggestive tro set himself- red being set's color and ares being the greek god of war and another corresponding form of the dark one. the overall message of the card

hat drew most of my concentration" i fancied that one star as one of those undefined goals, that, once awakened by the initiate, becomes alive. i decided that the one star was a representation of myself, whose neter was just beginning to bloom. whenever i addressed a sister or brother, i tried to place matching emphasis on an aspect of that setian. for amn, i thought of myself as running with the ram. when considering priestess vandenbussche, i gazed at the moon and said aloud something to the effect that "you see sister, that's the light i was telling you about all this time. the vastness of open space and all the possibilities" i addressed magistra sinclair as one undead(6) to another. i spoke to her, telling her that we had stopped travelling in time just long enough to be conscious in

might find itself after the demise of the fleshly shell, would indeed be a terrifying place for a profane consciousness to find itself in (the numbing shock of not finding oneself in monastic reunification with the blessed bosom of christ would be tantamount to the supreme terror, the acknowledgement of being totally alone) shub-niggurath: lord of the fourth angle. father of the world of horrors, ram of the sun, amn and ba-neb-tettu. black goat god of a thousand young. patron daemon of mendes, collateral to satan as a personification of carnal desires, the flesh, and the ultimate evil, recognition and deliverage development of the self through the disciplines of the left hand path. they can be identified with the essence of the post-seraphic war lucifer-satan thesis/ antitheses/ synthesis

t warden will strike a gong. the master will then vibrate seed mantras for the elements: earth, air, fire, water, and ether; and the mantras for the noose that catches anything, and for druga, the goddess beyond reach. for those learned in kundalini this represents an opening of each of the chakras from the lowest to the highest. after each mantra the first warden strikes the gong softly] lam yam ram vam ham am dum [after the last soft gong, the master says] harmony and peace to all beings touched of set [first warden strikes the gong three times [workings/ recognitions/ namings etc [loading of the stele of bata (the bull of ombos [the master uncovers the stele and holds it before the gathered initiates and says] behold the stele of bata! gaze upon its surface. on it ye see the image of th

SABBATIC KABALA OF THE CROOKED PATH

title tzaddiquin. further this cell reflects the influence of aries, which in the tarot has been given the domain of the emperor. this explains the warrior like flavour of the cell and the solar influences of the cell. the formulae of zayin is captured in the formulae of the opposer as well as in its connection with the mercurial formulae of the pentagram as the cosmomatrix of transformation. the ram has found its expression in tz, the first sign of zodiacus who is the bringer of fire and light is essential to this riddle and as the five-fold symbol of the use of the senses. cell 7 being the aat of the 8th and 19th letter of the sacred alphabet this cell speaks of the union of all systems and the understanding of our belief through mastery of alchemy and therefore our own senses. the const

SALMANRUSHDIE THESATANICVERSES

ith wax effigies and are bringing out real human beings. the camera homes in on the arrested persons: a tall albino man; a man in an armani suit, looking like a dark mirror-image of de niro; a young girl of- what- fourteen, fifteen- a sullen young man of twenty or thereabouts. no names are titled; the camera does not know these faces. gradually, however, the _facts_ emerge. the club dj, sewsunker ram, known as "pinkwalla, and its proprietor, mr. john maslama, are to be charged with running a large-scale narcotics operation- crack, brown sugar, hashish, cocaine. the man arrested with them, an employee at maslama's nearby "fair winds" music store, is the registered owner of a van in which an unspecified quantity of "hard drugs" has been discovered; also numbers of "hot" video recorders. the

oving towards him now, drawn to him like fishes on unseen hooks. as they near him their walks change, their hips lose their swagger, their faces start looking their age, in spite of all the make--up. when they reach him, they kneel _who do you say that i am_ he asks, and wants to add _i know your names. i met you once before, elsewhere, behind a curtain: twelve of you then as now. ayesha, hafsah, ram lah, sawdah, zainab, zainab, maimunah, safia, juwairiyah, umm salamah the makhzumite, rehana the jew, and the beautiful mary the copt. silently, they remain on their knees. their wishes are made known to him without words _what is an archangel but a puppet? kathputli, marionette. the faithful bend us to their will. we are forces of nature and they, our masters. mistresses, too. the heaviness i

SATANGEL

ppears as a unicorn. bends trees and gives good familiars. amon (goetia, 7th spirit. marquis commanding 40 legions. appears as a wolf with a serpent tail, vomiting flames. upon command, assumes human form, but with a raven s head and dog s teeth. tells fortunes, causes feuds, reconciles controversies between friends. the name is traceable to the egyptian god amun, who was usually represented as a ram andras (goetia, 63rd spirit. marquis commanding 30 legions. angel with a black raven, riding a strong black wolf, with a shining sword. sower of discord. andrealphus (goetia, 65th spirit. marquis commanding 30 legions, who appears as a peacock accompanied by loud noises. teaches geometry, mensuration and astronomy. turns men into birds. andromalius (goetia, 72nd spirit. earl commanding 36 legi

, talmudic asmeddai, meaning being of judgement. ex- cherubim, more of a philosopher than a fiend. originally a persian deity, it is supposedly he who killed the seven bridegrooms of sarah and fought rapha-el, before being banished to upper egypt. classically, the patron demon of passion, lechery, luxury, sensuality, who wreaks havoc seducing nuns and monks. may appear with three heads, a bull, a ram and a man, and the feet of a rooster or goose, and a serpent s tail. shoots flames from his mouth, and rides an infernal dragon with a lance and banner. lures happily married couples into adultery, and enjoys arranging unsuitable marriages. a beautiful well dressed young man, sometimes a woman, he runs the casinos in hell. on earth, he tempts humans to squander their wealth, following meaningl

now grand pontiff and master of infernal ceremonies, chief secretary of hell, minister of foreign affairs, and infernal archivist. his name appears as a counter-signatory in the infernal pacts. baal-chanan, baal-hanan archdemon corresponding to netzach (waite. balam (goetia, 51st spirit. once of the order of dominations, now a demonic king ruling 40 legions, with the heads of a man, a bull, and a ram, with the tail of a serpent. rides a bear, carries a goshawk, speaks hoarsely. tells fortunes, gives invisibility, makes men witty. baphomet this character has long been identified with the devil and the goat of mendes, and as purely male. such has played its part in the continuation of that myth which states that the templars were the agents of darkness. the name baphomet is also that of the

SATANIC BIBLE

of fire, the inferno, the south lucifer (roman) bringer of light, enlightenment, the air, the morning star, the east belial (hebrew) without a master, baseness of the earth, independence, the north leviathan (hebrew) the serpent out of the deeps, the sea, the west the infernal names abaddon (hebrew) the destroyer adramelech- samarian devil ahpuch- mayan devil ahriman- mazdean devil amon- egyptian ram-headed god of life and reproduction apollyon- greek synonym for satan, the arch fiend asmodeus- hebrew devil of sensuality and luxury, originally "creature of judgement" astaroth- phoenician goddess of lasciviousness, equivalent of babylonian ishtar azazel (hebrew) taught man to make weapons of war, introduced cosmetics baalberith- canaanite lord of the covenant who was later made a devil bala

SATANIC RITUALS

within the angles of the path of the left [the celebrant stands directly before the altar, clenching both fists and crossing the left hand over the right against his chest] celebrant: i'a sh'b-n'ygr'th aem'nh el-aka gryenn'h. i'a aem'nh kyl-d zhem'n. i'a zhem'nfni n'quz n'fha'n-gn kiqua hu-ehn zyb'nos. hail, shub-niggurath, father of the world of horrors. hail, father of the hornless ones. hail, ram of the sun and deathless one, who sleepest not while we honor thy name and thy bond. participants: i'a sh'b-n'ygr'th. hail, shub-niggurath [the goat of a thousand young appears. all participants clench their fists after the fashion of the celebrant] celebrant: i'a aem'nh. hail, father. participants: i'a aem'nh. hail, father. shub-niggurath: phragn'ka phragn. v'vuy-kin'e f'ungn kyl-d zhem'n k'f

'g kr-a el-aka gryenn'h p'nseb quer-hga phragn uk-khron ty'h-qu'kre vuykin'e rohz. from the third angle is the messenger, who hath created thy power to behold the master of the world of horrors, who giveth to thee substance of being and the knowledge of the nine angles. v'huy vuy-kn zhem'nfi d'psy'h dy-tr'gyu el-aka gryenn'h f'ungnei si'n si-r'a s'alk d'hu'h-uye rohz. from the fourth angle is the ram of the sun, who brought thy selves to be, who endureth upon the world of horrors and proclaimeth the time that was, the time that is, and the time that shall be; and whose name is the brilliance of the nine angles. v'cvye vuy-kn kh'ren-i kyl-d zhem'n lyz-naa mnaa r'cvyev'y-kre z'j-m'h gryn-h'y d'yn'khe cyvaal'k h'y-cvy-rohz. from the fifth angle are the hornless ones, who raise the temple of t

the god of death, and now you have awakened to life. from the sea i call to the deep ones, and from the earth the deep ones call to cthulhu. celebrant: n'kys ka-naaghs v'prh-gh'nya k'k'aemn'h az'zl-inkh'v naaghs k'zhem'nfi k'zhe-t'h ur-geyl n'el k'fungn i-inkh'v k'nga y'ilth-kai. participants: forget neither the abyss of origin, nor the old ones who brought to you the flame of the abyss, nor the ram of the sun, nor the eternal serpent who raised you upon the earth and delivered to you the flame from the messenger. celebrant: p'garn'h v'glyzz (go now from the sea [the celebrant casts the torch into the bonfire. he retreats to the darkness] celebrant: vuy-kin'e glyz-naaghs y'kh'rain k'r'heyl vuy-kin'el s'nargh's cylth (the angles of the watery abyss are no more, but other angles there are f

SCHLAGER NEIL WORLD RELIGIONS REFERENCE LIBRARY

jewish calendar (nissan is the first month, but tishri marks the new year because that is when the number indicating the year is increased by one. rosh hashanah is typically a time for reflection and making resolutions for the new year. work is not permitted. observant jews spend most of the day in a synagogue. some of the rituals associated with rosh hashanah include the blowing of the shofar, a ram s horn trumpet, as a call to repentance; eating apples dipped in honey to signify hopes for 362 world religions: almanac judaism a sweet new year; and tashlikh, or casting off, when jews walk to a body of flowing water and empty their pockets into it, suggesting a casting off of sins. yom kippur yom kippur, in combination with rosh hoshanah, is part of what are called the high holy days of jud

ctions, endless are his gifts, says a sikh prayer. nanak, the first guru of the sikh faith, died on september 7, 1539. he was followed by a succession of nine gurus: guru angad (1504 1552, known primarily for developing gurmukhi, a written form of the punjabi language. guru amar das (1479 1574, who started the tradition of community kitchens called langars that still operate in sikh temples. guru ram das (1534 1581, who created the spiritual center of sikhism, the indian city of amritsar, with its famous golden temple. world religions: almanac 421 sikhism guru arjan dev (1563 1606, who compiled the sikh sacred scripture, the granth sahib, and died as a martyr to the faith when he was killed for refusing to convert to islam. guru hargobind (1595 1644, who took steps to increase the military

ar western clothes, except for the turban. women may choose to cover their hair. texts. the chief scripture of sikhism is the sri guru granth sahib, a collection of hymns and sacred writings first compiled by guru arjan dev. the granth sahib fulfills the role of the eleventh and final guru of sikhism. sites. the most important sacred site for sikhs is the city of amritsar, founded in 1577 by guru ram das. amritsar is the site of the golden temple, the focus of sikh authority and the spiritual center of sikhism. observances. most of the observances of sikhism focus either on key events in a sikh s life (naming, initiation, marriage) or on key historical events, such as the birth of the first guru. phrases. no particular phrases are associated with sikhism, though words and phrases from the

particularly those of nanak, who composed them with the aid of his musician companion, mardana. it also included the writings of various hindu and muslim saints. a saint is a deceased person honored for living a virtuous and holy life. in the years that followed, the granth sahib was updated to include the writings of later gurus. in all, it contains the work of six gurus: nanak, angad, amar das, ram das, arjan dev, and tegh bahadur. in the early eighteenth century the last of the living gurus, gobind singh, compiled all of these writings into an updated version of the granth sahib. he then proclaimed the text the eleventh and final guru of sikhism. the sri guru granth sahib is still considered the final guru, and acts as the living embodiment, or personification, of the a sikh turns the p

m, for sikhs regard every place on earth as holy. nonetheless, the spiritual center of sikhism is the city of amritsar in india. this city holds considerable historical interest for sikhs worldwide. originally amritsar was the name of a lake, then the name of the sikh temple complex, then the name of the entire site, including the surrounding city. amritsar was founded in 1577 by the fourth guru, ram das. the name comes from the words amrit, referring to the sacred water used in sikh baptisms, and sarowar, meaning lake. the lake had long been used as a retreat for wandering sages, or wise men, and others who 436 world religions: almanac sikhism were drawn to its peacefulness, including guru nanak. guru ram das had the lake enlarged and contained, and in time it became an appealing location

been used as a retreat for wandering sages, or wise men, and others who 436 world religions: almanac sikhism were drawn to its peacefulness, including guru nanak. guru ram das had the lake enlarged and contained, and in time it became an appealing location for people looking for spiritual renewal, including not only mystics and spiritual leaders but also writers, musicians, scholars, and artists. ram das s son, arjan dev, the fifth guru, then built a temple in the lake called sri harmandir sahib. to finance the initial construction of the temple, guru arjan dev decreed that each sikh was to contribute onetenth of his or her income. this requirement remains an important tenet for sikhs, who generally contribute one-tenth of their incomes to charity. his successor, guru hargobind, built a sm

s even cut off the hair of some members of the party. when they resisted, others were killed. in response gobind instructed sikhs to assemble in anandpur. the atmosphere at the gathering was almost festive, with singing and music. then the guru appeared before his people bearing a sword, and to their astonishment he asked for a volunteer willing to give up his head for the faith. a man named daya ram came forward. the guru led daya ram into a tent, and when the guru reemerged alone, his sword was covered in blood. when he asked for a second volunteer, a peasant named dharam das came forward and followed the guru into the tent. again, the guru emerged with a bloody sword. the people were beginning to think that he had gone mad. he asked for a third volunteer, and mohkam chand came forward

fifth guru, sri arjan dev ji (1563 1606, assembled the sikh holy text, the sri guru granth sahib, in 1603. the book consists of the hymns and writings of sikhism s early gurus as well as those of various hindu and muslim saints. in later years, the guru granth was updated to include the writings of the some of the later gurus. in all it contains the work of six gurus: nanak, angad dev, amar das, ram das, arjan dev, and teg bahadur. then, early in the eighteenth century, the last of the gurus, gobind singh ji (1666 1708, compiled all of these writings into an updated version of the sri guru granth sahib. he proclaimed the text to be the eleventh and final guru of sikhism. the guru granth sahib is still personified in the early twenty-first century as the final guru, the living embodiment o

SIFRA DETZNIYUTHA

SIR WALLIS BUDGE EGYPTIAN MAGIC

ter of the book of the dead, which are often inscribed upon it. the text reads "o serpent! i am the flame which shineth upon the opener of hundreds of thousands of years, and the standard of the god tenpu" or as others say "the standard of young plants and flowers. depart ye from me, for i am the divine lynx" some p. 60 have thought that the snake's head represents the serpent which surmounts the ram's head on the urhekau instrument used in performing the ceremony of "opening the mouth" 1 the kher-heb priest touching the statue of the deceased with the urhekau instrument to effect the "opening of the mouth (from the papyrus of ani, plate 15) 16. the amulet of the menat, this amulet was in use in egypt as early as the vith dynasty, and it was worn or held or carried with the sistrum by gods

its head; the legs thereof shall be wide apart, and the middle portion of it shall be in the form of a beetle, and it shall be painted blue with a paint made of lapislazuli mixed with qamai water. and it shall be recited over a figure with a head like unto that of a man, and the hands and the arms thereof shall be stretched away from his body; above its right shoulder shall there be the head of a ram, and above its left shoulder shall there be the head of a ram. and thou shalt paint the figure of the god of the lifted hand upon a piece of linen immediately over the heart of the deceased, and thou shalt paint the other over his breast; but let not the god sukati who is in the underworld know it" if these things be done "the deceased shall p. 123 drink water from the source of the stream, an

to p. 180 refer to the seven heavens; and on the back of the amulet, on which the figure of khnoumis occurs, is usually found the sign of the triple s and bar. khnoumis is, of course, a form of the ancient egyptian god khnemu, or "fashioner" of man and beast, the god to whom many of the attributes of the creator of the universe were ascribed. khnemu is, however, often depicted with the head of a ram, and in the later times, as the "beautiful ram of ra" he has four heads; in the egyptian monuments he has at times the head of a hawk, but never that of a lion. the god abrasax is represented in a form which has a human body, the bead of a hawk or cock, and legs terminating in serpents; in one hand he holds a knife or dagger, and in the other a shield upon which is inscribed the great name gre

shall be with the great company of the gods in the great house of the aged one in annu, and he shall receive there the ureret crown from horus, the lord of mankind" thus the mouth and the eyes of the deceased are opened. the sem priest then took in his hand the instrument called ur hekau, i.e, the "mighty one of enchantments" a curious, sinuous piece of wood, one end of which is in the form of a ram's head surmounted by a uraeus, and touched the mouth and the, eyes of the statue or mummy four times, whilst the kher-heb recited a long address in which he declared that this portion of the ceremony had secured for the deceased all the benefits which accrued to the god osiris from the actions of nut, horus, and set, when he was in a similar state. it has been said above that every dead man ho

SOLOMON

t they, of one accord with one voice, said [1 "we are the thirty-six elements, the world-rulers [2] of this darkness. but, o king solomon, thou wilt not wrong us nor imprison us, nor lay command on us; but since the lord god has given thee authority over every spirit, in the air, and on the earth, and under the earth, therefore do we also present ourselves before thee like the other spirits, from ram and bull, from [35] both twin and crab, lion and virgin, scales and scorpion, archer, goat-horned, waterpourer, and fish [1. acts ii. 1. 2. kosmokratores. cp. paul, eph. vi. 12; origen, c. celsum, viii, 58] 73. then i solomon invoked the name of the lord sabaoth, and questioned each in turn as to what was its character. and i bade each one come forward and tell of its actions. then the first o

t-horned, waterpourer, and fish [1. acts ii. 1. 2. kosmokratores. cp. paul, eph. vi. 12; origen, c. celsum, viii, 58] 73. then i solomon invoked the name of the lord sabaoth, and questioned each in turn as to what was its character. and i bade each one come forward and tell of its actions. then the first one came forward, and said "i am the first decans of the zodiacal circle, and i am called the ram, and with me are these two" so i put to them the question "who are ye called" the first said "i, o lord, am called ruax, and i cause the heads of men to be idle, and i pillage their brows. but let me only hear the words 'michael, imprison ruax' and at once i retreat" 74. and the second said "i am called barsafael, and i cause those who are subject to my hour to feel the pain of migraine. if on

STEINER RUDOLF CHRISTIANITY AS MYSTICAL FACT

rworld. and through initiation, his eternal part was redeemed from the power of death. thus it was that the mystes overcame death, and it is as an initiate that heracles overcomes the dangers of the underworld.81 the voyage of the argonauts can be similarly interpreted. phrixus and his sister helle, children of a boeotian king, suffered badly at the hands of their stepmother. the gods sent them a ram with a golden fleece, which carried them away through the air. as they flew over the strait between europe and asia, helle fell in and was drowned which gives the strait its name, hellespont. phrixus however reached the king of colchis on the eastern shore of the black sea, where he sacrificed the ram to the gods and gave its fleece to king aeetes. he caused it to be hung up in a grove and gua

TEXE MARRS CODEX MAGICA SECRET SIGNS MYSTERIOUS SYMBOLS AND HIDDEN CODES OF THE ILLUMINATI

from seinfeld teaming up to present cabalistic messages. observe the v in michael richards("kramer) leg and in julia louis-dreyfuss("elaine) arm; the circle that richards makes with the fingers of his left hand, the "x" made by the intersecting hands and wrists of richard and louis-dreyfuss; the descendant triangle sign of jason alexander's("george) hands, and so on. 454 codex magica sign of the ram: 2004 vice presidential candidate, senator joseph liebennan, a jew, on the campaign trail. the placement of both hands downward to create the appearance of the two horns of a ram is a cabalistic sign often given by members of middle eastern lodges, especially the masonic lodges of israel. it is a sign of high rank and is said to invoke good fortune on the part of the user. the sign is often gi

create the appearance of the two horns of a ram is a cabalistic sign often given by members of middle eastern lodges, especially the masonic lodges of israel. it is a sign of high rank and is said to invoke good fortune on the part of the user. the sign is often given publicly at the beginning, or commencement of a project to enhance success. promoter sidney shlenker, here giving the sign of the ram, was in the news back in 1992, shlenker, a jewish wheeler-dealer and owner of a professional basketball team, was co-builder of memphis, tennessee's massive new great pyramid of the americas. newly chosen palestinian leader mahmoud abbas, successor to the late plo chief yasser arafat, gives the cabalistic sign with his hands to indicate expectation of success and to invoke good fortune. it is

nt palestinian interests (u.s. news& world report, january 10, 2005) magical signs of the jewish cabala 455 four middle eastern leaders, all brother masons, met in 1997 in so-called "peace negotiations" from left to right: israeli prime minister yitzak rabin, jordan's king hussein, egyptian president hosni mubarak, and palestinian leader yasser arafat. mubarak is giving the cabalistic sign of the ram (photo: mews from israel, october 1997) israel's ashkenazi chief rabbi yisrael lau clearly conveys a cabalistic message to egyptian president hosni mubarak. in return mubarak's left hand under his chin presents a masonic message (photo: the omega times, new zealand, january 1996, p. 7) 456 codex magica this picture of south african leader nelson mandela took up an entire page in modern maturit

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cient of days opens the books of life and passes judgment on the kingdoms of the earth, rather than on individuals. according to some circles of jewish thought, the actual day of judgment, yom hadin, the resurrection of the dead, will occur when the messiah comes. on that fateful day, both israel and the gentile nations will be summoned to the place of judgment by the blowing of the great shofar (ram s horn) to awaken the people from their spiritual slumber. elijah the prophet will return and set about the task of reconciling families who have become estranged. the day when the lord judges will be dark, very dark, without a ray of light (amos 5:20. those who have maintained righteous lives and kept their covenant with god will be taken to the heavenly paradise. those who have been judged a

spoken between the fourteenth and fifth centuries b.c.e, it has been considered and maintained as a priestly and literary language of the sacred veda scriptures and other classical texts. shaman a religious or spiritual leader, usually possessing special powers, such as that of prophecy, and healing, and acts as an intermediary between the physical and spiritual realms. shofar a trumpet made of a ram s horn, blown by the ancient and modern hebrews during religious ceremonies and as a signal in battle. soul the animating and vital principal in human beings, credited with the faculties of will, emotion, thought and action and often conceived as an immaterial entity, separate from the physical body. the spiritual nature of human beings, regarded as immortal, separable from the body at death

out explanation. m delving deeper brown, slater. the heyday of spiritualism. new york: hawthorn books, 1970. edmonds, i. g. d. d. home, the man who talked with ghosts. nashville, tenn: thomas nelson, 1978. fodor, nandor. an encyclopedia of psychic science. secaucus, n.j: citadel press, 1966. these mysterious people. london: rider& co, 1935. j. z. knight (1946) j. z. knight channels ramtha, or the ram, for the purpose of presenting his message to humankind. the ram says that he lived only one time on earth, 35,000 years ago, as a young man from lemuria who grew up in the port city of onai in atlantis. through the vehicle of j. z. knight, who was his daughter in that existence, he claims that he did not die a physical death during that lifetime but learned to harness the power the of mind so

al powers, such as that of prophecy, and healing, and acts as an intermediary between the physical and spiritual realms. shamanic exorcism when a shaman, or tribal medicine-holy person, performs a ceremonial ritual to expel the disincarnate spirits from a person. shapeshifter a supposed fictional being, spirit or something that is able to change its appearance or shape. shofar a trumpet made of a ram s horn, blown by the ancient and modern hebrews during religious ceremonies and as a signal in battle. soothsayer from middle english, literally meaning somebody who speaks the truth. someone who claims to have the ability to foretell future events. soul the animating and vital principal in human beings, credited with the faculties of will, emotion, thought and action and often conceived as an

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al powers, such as that of prophecy, and healing, and acts as an intermediary between the physical and spiritual realms. shamanic exorcism when a shaman, or tribal medicine-holy person, performs a ceremonial ritual to expel the disincarnate spirits from a person. shapeshifter a supposed fictional being, spirit or something that is able to change its appearance or shape. shofar a trumpet made of a ram s horn, blown by the ancient and modern hebrews during religious ceremonies and as a signal in battle. soothsayer from middle english, literally meaning somebody who speaks the truth. someone who claims to have the ability to foretell future events. soul the animating and vital principal in human beings, credited with the faculties of will, emotion, thought and action and often conceived as an

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schools of astrology may designate different calendar dates for some of the signs, there is seldom a difference of more than a day or two. the interpretations of the mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual characteristics of the individual signs may also vary widely, but there are some general observations regarding the personalities of individuals born under the various sun signs: aries, the ram, march 21 to april 20, is a fire sign. the name comes from the greek god of war. individuals born under this sign have some aggressive traits about them that makes them dominant in friendship, partnership, and marriage. if they are deprived of their desire to dominate, they are liable to become discontented and difficult to get along with. their views about life are definite, and they have lit

typical of classic western stereotypes. for example, while a rat fills a european with revulsion, the chinese zodiac sees the rodent as hard-working and industrious. in addition, there are five elements. wood, fire, earth, metal, and water.rather than the four of western astrology.earth, air, fire, and water. the animals of the chinese zodiac are the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, ram, monkey, rooster, dog, and boar. according to tradition, when the buddha (c. 563.c. 483 b.c.e) lay dying, he called upon the animals to come to bid him farewell. the first 12 to arrive were the ones who are immortalized in the chinese zodiac. astrology has been an integral aspect of daily life in china for centuries and remains so today. although communist doctrine and its rationalistic leader

ingle chambers ever built, covers an area of nearly 54,000 square feet. the entire cathedral of notre dame could fit comfortably within its walls. nearby ruins suggest that karnak was considered a sacred site much earlier than the time during the new kingdom when it became the center of worship for amon-ra. the remains of temples dated c. 1971 b.c.e. prove that predecessors of the devotees of the ram-headed amon-ra also found the area to be a special place to honor their gods. the worship of amon-ra and the influence of karnak remained strong until akhenaton fs reign in 1379.1362 b.c.e, when the pharoah decreed all egyptian gods banished but one supreme being.aten, the god of the fully risen sun. throughout all of egypt the images of all the gods were defaced and the temples of amon-ra wer

ancient native america. new york: macmillan, 1994. medicine wheel of the big horn mountains god fs command to sacrifice his son. after they walk the five miles back to mecca, the final stage of the hajj is achieved with a festival in which a sheep, goat, cow, or camel is sacrificed to commemorate the moment when god rescinded the command to abraham to sacrifice his son and permitted him to slay a ram and offer its blood in isaac fs stead. the hajj concludes with a final procession around the ka faba. the hajj generally lasts about 13 days, but when as many as two million pilgrims crowd into mecca to observe the annual event, it may last a day or two longer to accommodate the vast numbers of the faithful. m delving deeper crim, keith, general ed. the perennial dictionary of world religions

al powers, such as that of prophecy, and healing, and acts as an intermediary between the physical and spiritual realms. shamanic exorcism when a shaman, or tribal medicine-holy person, performs a ceremonial ritual to expel the disincarnate spirits from a person. shapeshifter a supposed fictional being, spirit or something that is able to change its appearance or shape. shofar a trumpet made of a ram fs horn, blown by the ancient and modern hebrews during religious ceremonies and as a signal in battle. soothsayer from middle english, literally meaning gsomebody who speaks the truth. h someone who claims to have the ability to foretell future events. soul the animating and vital principal in human beings, credited with the faculties of will, emotion, thought and action and often conceived a

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fiedwith the first historic king of egypt. it is worth noting that, with the exception of the god mentu, the horns ofcattle are worn by goddesses only, while the gods have the horns of sheep. the chief of the horned gods ofegypt was amon, originally the local deity of thebes, later, the supreme god of the whole country. he isusually represented in human form wearing the curved horns of the theban ram. herodotus mentions that atthe great annual festival at thebes the figure of amon was wrapped in a ram's skin, evidently in the sameway that the dancing god of ari350ge was wrapped. there were two types of sheep whose horns were theinsignia of divinity; the theban breed had curved horns, but the ordinary breed of ancient egyptian sheep hadtwisted horizontal horns. the horizontal horns are thos

years. in the theseus legend the interval of time wasseven years, but the rest of the story so closely resembles other accounts of the sacrifice by. combat that itcannot be disregarded; theseus did not put an end to the custom, he merely relieved athens from sending theyearly victims, who, like the children stolen by the fairies, had to "pay the teind to hell" with their lives.the sanctity of the ram in the aegean in the early bronze age is shown in the legend of helle and phrixos.they were the children of the family who were set apart as victims when human sacrifice was required. thesacrifice of helle was consummated by drowning, but phrixos escaped by means of the divine animal, whichhe afterwards sacrificed, possibly as a substitute for himself. the story of jason's expedition suggests

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ts; he must confirm his conquests by sacrifices. god orders him to immolate his son, that is to say, doubt ought to test dogma, and the intellectual man should be ready to sacrifice everything on the altar of supreme reason. then god intervenes: universal reason yields to the efforts of labour, and shows herself to science; the material side of dogma is alone immolated. this is the meaning of the ram caught by its horns in a thicket. the history of abraham is, then, a symbol in the ancient manner, and contains a lofty revelation of the destinies of the human soul. taken literally, it is an absurd and revolting story. did not st. augustine take literally the golden ass of apuleius? poor great men! 33 the history of isaac is another legend. rebecca is the type of the oriental woman, laboriou

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geometric symbols, colors, gods and goddesses, sanskrit letters, animals, and sounds used as mantras. chakra correspondences chakra tattva element symbol muladhara prithivi earth square svadisthana apas water crescent manipura tejas fire triangle anahata vayu air hexagram visuddha akasha spirit egg ajna maha-tattva lightimind winged orb sahasrara bindu bliss lotus mantra god lam brahma vam vishnu ram rudra yam isa ham sadashiva om sambhu- paramshiva goddess dakini rakini lakini kakini shakini hakini maha shakti chakra awareness exercise 1. be seated in a meditative position on the floor or in a chair. relax but be sure that your spine is straight. begin to breathe slowly and rhythmically through your nostrils. as you inhale, draw the air into the lower part of your chest, filling the lungs

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been out talking to ufo witnesses, and earlier that evening we ourselves had watched, a very strange light in the sky. since there was a heavy, low cloud layer it could not have been a star. it maneuvered over the hills, its brilliant glow very familiar to both of us for we both had seen many such lights in the ohio valley that year. mrs. hyre waited in the car while i trudged through the mud and ram. we had been trying to climb a slippery hill to a spot where we had seen many unusual things in the past. i found that the telephones in the houses closest to our location were not working, apparently knocked out by the storm. so i had to keep walking until i finally found a house with a working phone. the owner refused to open his door so we shouted back and forth. i gave him a phone number t

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th, but the new gods arise from rottenness *the fatal force, vol. i, p. 143. the first cause, a pervading terror, was grand in its wilfulness compared with the degraded images which soon eclipsed man fs reason, monopolizing worship and exacting prayer: what folly can compare with such stupidity, as prayer *the sword of song, pentecost, vol. ii, p. 178. crowley very truly remarks in that battering-ram of religious destruction, gpentecost h. a witty note is appended, quoted from the gsydney bulletin, h which suggested, that instead of perpetually worrying the almighty for rain, the people should pray once and for all for a high range of mountains in central australia, which would of course supply rain automatically*1. that man cannot elude fate by such a paltry dodge; for even the god of our

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the west, divided into two parts, and the boat of the sun is supposed to sail between them, and to enter by this passage into the tuat. on the right hand is fixed a jackal-headed standard, and on each side of it kneels a bearded god; one god is called tat, and is a personification of the region which is beyond the day, and the other set, and represents the funeral mountain. on the left hand is a ram-headed standard, and on each side of it also kneels a bearded god; as before, one is called tat and the other set. the ram's head has the horizontal, wavy horns, which belong to the particular species of ram that was the symbol of the god khnemu; this animal disappeared from egypt before the xiith dynasty, but the tradition of him remained. in the middle of the scene sails the boat of the sun

ss, so that the transformations of this god may take place' this portal is closed after this god hath entered in through it, and there is lamentation on the part of those who are in their mountain when they hear this door shut" in the centre of the scene we see the boat of ra being towed along by four gods standing, each of whom grasps the tow-line with both hands. the god is now in the form of a ram-headed man, who holds the sceptre in his right hand, and has the solar disk above his horns. he stands within a shrine which is enveloped in the voluminous folds of the serpent mehen, a serpent also stands on his tall before him. in front of the shrine stands sa, and behind it hekau. the gods who tow the boat are called tuaiu. p. 88 the sun's boat is met in this section by a company of thirtee

tands on his tall before him. in front of the shrine stands sa, and behind it hekau. the gods who tow the boat are called tuaiu. p. 88 the sun's boat is met in this section by a company of thirteen gods, who are under the direction of a god who holds a staff in his hand. the names of the first seven gods are--nepemeh 1, nenha, 2, ba, heru, beha-ab, khnemu, and setchet; the third has the head of a ram, and the fourth that of a hawk. the last six gods click to view the boat of the sun towed by gods of the tuat. are described as "gods who are in the entrances" the god who bears the staff has no name. the text which refers to the sun-god reads- p. 89 click to view seven of the gods of the entrances who tow the boat of the sun through saa-se.t click to view six of the gods of the entrances who

ho are in the net[s] which are in their hands" in the lower register are- 1. sixteen gods, who stand at one end of the scene, and grasp a rope with both hands. the first four are bearded, man-headed beings, and are said to be "the souls of ament" the second four are ibis-headed, and are "the followers of thoth" the third four are hawk-headed, and are "the followers of horus" and the last four are ram-headed, and are the followers of ra" click to view two gods with nets. 2. eight bearded, man-headed beings, who stand at the other end of the scene in two groups of four, and who are described as "powers" p. 254 each grasps a rope with both hands. the rope which is held by these groups of beings is attached to the legs of the enormous serpent khepri. this serpent has a head at each end of its

lish the hidden pylons, and their souls remain in the following of ra" in the upper register of this division are- 1. four gods, each holding a disk in his right hand; these are "they who hold light-giving disks" p. 288 2. four gods, each holding a star in his right hand; these are "they who hold stars" 3. four gods, each holding a sceptre in his left hand; these are "they who come forth" 4. four ram-headed gods, each holding a sceptre in click to view (left) the apes who praise ra (right) amenti. herit. sebekhti. his left hand; their names are ba, khnemu, penter, and tent. 5. four hawk-headed gods, each holding a sceptre in his left hand; these are called horus, ashemth, sept, and ammi-uaa-f. p. 289 6. eight female figures, each seated on a seat formed by a uraeus with its body coiled up

d their stars shout hymns of praise, and they journey on with him to the height of heaven, and they take up their places in the body of nut" of the four gods bearing sceptres it is said "those who are in this picture [having] their sceptres in their hands, are they who stablish the p. 292 domains of this god in the sky, and they have their thrones in accordance with the command of ra" of the four ram-headed gods it is said "those who are in this picture [having] their sceptres in their hands, are they who decree [the making ready] of the offerings of the gods [from] the bread of heaven, and it is they who make to come forth celestial water when as yet ra hath not emerged in nu" of the four hawk-headed gods it is said "those who are in this picture [having] their sceptres in their hands, ar

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the 3. it is further of the very greatest importance to remember that the three principal officers of the royal arch represent the three functions of prophet, priest, and king. now in the tarot j. is the hermit, the prophet of the eternal; h. is the emperor, and v. the hierophant, pope, or high priest. now the left side of the triangle l.j.a= 41= ma the mother, while a.i.l. means a stag, goat, or ram, from the curved horns of those animals, and therefore means the father, and the beginning of whirling file//c /documents%20and%20settings/michael..secret%20rituals%20of%20the%20o.t.o/p2c5.html (19 of 22 [12/28/2001 2:03:44 pm] the secret rituals of the o.t.o. motion. god, says proclus, is he having a spiral force. the right side a.h.b. means love. the base b.v.l. means on high. in all, the lo

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ll thy seed be. 15:6 and he believed in the lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness. 15:7 and he said unto him, i [am] the lord that brought thee out of ur of the chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it. 15:8 and he said, lord god, whereby shall i know that i shall inherit it? 15:9 and he said unto him, take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon. 15:10 and he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not. 15:11 and when the fowls came down upon the carcases, abram drove them away. 15:12 and when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him

o slay his son. 22:11 and the angel of the lord called unto him out of heaven, and said, abraham, abraham: and he said, here [am] i. 22:12 and he said, lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now i know that thou fearest god, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only [son] from me. 22:13 and abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind [him] a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son. 22:14 and abraham called the name of that place jehovah-jireh: as it is said [to] this day, in the mount of the lord it shall be seen. 22:15 and the angel of the lord called unto abraham out of heaven the second time, 22:16 and said, by myself have i sworn, sait

r all the blood beside the bottom of the altar. 29:13 and thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul [that is] above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and burn [them] upon the altar. 29:14 but the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, shalt thou burn with fire without the camp: it [is] a sin offering. 29:15 thou shalt also take one ram; and aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram. 29:16 and thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take his blood, and sprinkle [it] round about upon the altar. 29:17 and thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, and wash the inwards of him, and his legs, and put [them] unto his pieces, and unto his head. 29:18 and thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar: it [is] a burnt of

alt take his blood, and sprinkle [it] round about upon the altar. 29:17 and thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, and wash the inwards of him, and his legs, and put [them] unto his pieces, and unto his head. 29:18 and thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar: it [is] a burnt offering unto the lord: it [is] a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the lord. 29:19 and thou shalt take the other ram; and aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram. 29:20 then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put [it] upon the tip of the right ear of aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about. 29:21 and thou shalt take of t

their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about. 29:21 and thou shalt take of the blood that [is] upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle [it] upon aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him: and he shall be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons garments with him. 29:22 also thou shalt take of the ram the fat and the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards, and the [caul] above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that [is] upon them, and the right shoulder; for it [is] a ram of consecration: 29:23 and one loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer out of the basket of the unleavened bread that [is] before the lord: 29:24 and thou shalt put all in the hands of aaro

that [is] before the lord: 29:24 and thou shalt put all in the hands of aaron, and in the hands of his sons; and shalt wave them [for] a wave offering before the lord. 29:25 and thou shalt receive them of their hands, and burn [them] upon the altar for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour before the lord: it [is] an offering made by fire unto the lord. 29:26 and thou shalt take the breast of the ram of aaron s consecration, and wave it [for] a wave offering before the lord: and it shall be thy part. 29:27 and thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the shoulder of the heave offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of the consecration [even] of [that] which [is] for aaron, and of [that] which is for his sons: 29:28 and it shall be aaron s and his sons b

the sacrifice of their peace offerings [even] their heave offering unto the lord. 29:29 and the holy garments of aaron shall be his sons after him, to be anointed therein, and to be consecrated in them. 29:30 [and] that son that is priest in his stead shall put them on seven days, when he cometh into the tabernacle of the congregation to minister in the holy [place] 29:31 and thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and seethe his flesh in the holy place. 29:32 and aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that [is] in the basket [by] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 29:33 and they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement was made, to consecrate [and] to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat [thereof] because they [are] holy. 29:34 and

offering. 5:13 and the priest shall make an atonement for him as touching his sin that he hath sinned in one of these, and it shall be forgiven him: and [the remnant] shall be the priest s, as a meat offering. 5:14 and the lord spake unto moses, saying, 5:15 if a soul commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, in the holy things of the lord; then he shall bring for his trespass unto the lord a ram without blemish out of the flocks, with thy estimation by shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering: 5:16 and he shall make amends for the harm that he hath done in the holy thing, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering, and it shall be forgiven h

and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering, and it shall be forgiven him. 5:17 and if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the lord; though he wist [it] not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity. 5:18 and he shall bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his ignorance wherein he erred and wist [it] not, and it shall be forgiven him. 5:19 it [is] a trespass offering: he hath certainly trespassed against the lord. 6:1 and the lord spake unto moses, saying, 6:2 if a soul sin, and commit a tresp

e thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found, 6:5 or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even restore it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto [and] give it unto him to whom it appertaineth, in the day of his trespass offering. 6:6 and he shall bring his trespass offering unto the lord, a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest: 6:7 and the priest shall make an atonement for him before the lord: and it shall be forgiven him for any thing of all that he hath done in trespassing therein. 6:8 and the lord spake unto moses, saying, 6:9 command aaron and his sons, saying, this [is] the law of the burnt offering: it [is] the bur

the blood at the bottom of the altar, and sanctified it, to make reconciliation upon it. 8:16 and he took all the fat that [was] upon the inwards, and caul [above] the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and moses burned [it] upon the altar. 8:17 but the bullock, and his hide, his flesh, and his dung, he burnt with fire without the camp; as the lord commanded moses. 8:18 and he brought the ram for the burnt offering: and aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram. 8:19 and he killed [it] and moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about. 8:20 and he cut the ram into pieces; and moses burnt the head, and the pieces, and the fat. 8:21 and he washed the inwards and the legs in water; and moses burnt the whole ram upon the altar: it [was] a burnt sacrifice for a

nd moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about. 8:20 and he cut the ram into pieces; and moses burnt the head, and the pieces, and the fat. 8:21 and he washed the inwards and the legs in water; and moses burnt the whole ram upon the altar: it [was] a burnt sacrifice for a sweet savour [and] an offering made by fire unto the lord; as the lord commanded moses. 8:22 and he brought the other ram, the ram of consecration: and aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram. 8:23 and he slew [it] and moses took of the blood of it, and put [it] upon the tip of aaron s right ear, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot. 8:24 and he brought aaron s sons, and moses put of the blood upon the tip of their right ear, and upon the thumbs of th

put all upon aaron s hands, and upon his sons hands, and waved them [for] a wave offering before the lord. 8:28 and moses took them from off their hands, and burnt [them] on the altar upon the burnt offering: they [were] consecrations for a sweet savour: it [is] an offering made by fire unto the lord. 8:29 and moses took the breast, and waved it [for] a wave offering before the lord [for] of the ram of consecration it was moses part; as the lord commanded moses. 8:30 and moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood which [was] upon the altar, and sprinkled [it] upon aaron [and] upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon his sons garments with him; and sanctified aaron [and] his garments, and his sons, and his sons garments with him. 8:31 and moses said unto aaron and to his sons

rnacle of the congregation day and night seven days, and keep the charge of the lord, that ye die not: for so i am commanded. 8:36 so aaron and his sons did all things which the lord commanded by the hand of moses. 9:1 and it came to pass on the eighth day [that] moses called aaron and his sons, and the elders of israel; 9:2 and he said unto aaron, take thee a young calf for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering, without blemish, and offer [them] before the lord. 9:3 and unto the children of israel thou shalt speak, saying, take ye a kid of the goats for a sin offering; and a calf and a lamb [both] of the first year, without blemish, for a burnt offering; 9:4 also a bullock and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before the lord; and a meat offering mingled with oil: for to da

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sumed the symbols, as appears from their medals.3 the case is, that pan, or ammon, being the universe, and jupiter a title of the supreme god (as will be shown hereafter, the horns, the emblems of his power, seemed the properest symbols of that supreme and universal dominion to which they all, as well as alexander, had the ambition to aspire. the figure of ammon was compounded of the forms of the ram, as that of pan was of the goat; the reason of which is difficult to ascertain, unless we suppose confirm and illustrate the discoveries of that great and good man. see de veritate relig. christ. lib. iv, c. 12. 1 ver. 708. 2 de is. et osir. 3 see plate iv, fig 4, engraved from one of lysimachus, of exquisite beauty, beloning to me. antigonus put the head of pan upon his coins, which are not u

e confirm and illustrate the discoveries of that great and good man. see de veritate relig. christ. lib. iv, c. 12. 1 ver. 708. 2 de is. et osir. 3 see plate iv, fig 4, engraved from one of lysimachus, of exquisite beauty, beloning to me. antigonus put the head of pan upon his coins, which are not uncommon. of priapus 39 that goats were unknown in the country where his worship arose, and that the ram expressed the same attribute.1 in a gem in the museum of charles townley, esq, the head of the greek pan is joined to that of a ram, on the body of a cock, over whose head is the asterisk of the sun, and below it the head of an aquatic fowl, attached to the same body.2 the cock is the symbol of the sun, probably from proclaiming his approach in the morning; and the aquatic fowl is the emblem o

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l waters of a pool or before a mirror, even as the mystics of the kabbalah must have done in ancient times. you will see the back of your right hand and, reflected in the water, its mirror image. this reflection is also present in imperfect material guise in the palm of the left hand, which because of the bilateral symmetry of the human body is the mirror image, approximately, of the right. hedia ram at the top of page 125 illustrates the pattern of the fingers on the palm of the left hand. it will be observed that the numbering of the tree accords with the shape of the reflected right hand, the single deviation being the vertical alignment of the ninth and tenth sephiroth, yesod and malkuth. why the ninth and tenth sephiroth have been aligned on the tree is not explained. perhaps it was t

assign com- pletely different mythic figures to the heavens. however, merely because the signs are not defined by the stars does not lessen their importance as archetypes. the zodiac of the chaldeans is at least 4,000 years old, and has scarcely changed. here are the signs, names, and representations of the zodiac given in tradi- tional order, proceeding counterclockwise around the heavens: aries ram ll libra scales itj taurus bull ?tl scorpio scorpion n gemini twins 2 sagittarius archer cancer crab 25 capricorn sea-goat q leo lion zz aquarius water-bearer iijj virgo virgin x pisces fishes the tree of the sephiroth may be viewed as a terrestrial and human symbol based on the division of fives (the number of man, while the zodiac may be con- sidered a heavenly and divine symbol based on the

to understand a system of symbols, it is always helpful to break it down into its component parts. the zodiac has a twofold division into signs that are animal and signs that are human. the animal signs are aries, taurus, cancer, leo, scorpio, capricorn, and pisces. the human signs are gemini, virgo, libra, sagittarius, and aquarius. the animal signs may be subdivided into four higher beasts, the ram, bull, lion, and goat and three lower creatures, the crab, scorpion, and fish. the human signs are divided into two male (sagittarius and aquarius, two female (virgo and libra, and one androgyne (gemini. the animal signs are all highly aggressive and sexual. the ram, bull, lion, and goat are among the most potent beasts symbolically. the crab and scorpion are both threatening-the crab has its

sh. there is a curious and striking balance to be observed in this division of ani- mal life. the lowest level is presented as a trine-the fish, wholly water creatures; the crab, which lives both in the sea and on the land; and the scorpion, wholly a land dweller. the middle level is given as a quaternary-two domesticated beasts, the goat and the bull (earth; and two wild beasts, the lion and the ram (fire. the highest level presents the five kinds of human occupation. the water- bearer is a laborer. the virgin is a priestess of the mysteries. the lady of the scales represents law and social order. the archer stands for warfare. the twins are still in their becoming and suggest the higher evolution of the human race as expressed through art. these occupations may also be symbolized by the

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been constructed to repel the hostile force from the entrance to this canyon, or the armed guards that constantly pace and keep watch on the walls of the keep. the contest will be a battle of wills as much as a physical confrontation, and the victor will be the side that does not lose sight of its greater purpose. the ruling intelligence is the god of shepherds, who in egypt took the form of the ram-headed deity, amon. his oracular revelations are delivered directly to the emperor, who relies on them for his strategies of warfare. by conversing with the emperor on his throne, they can be discovered. 208 soul flight v the hierophant hebrew letter: vau (nail) correspondence: taurus path: sixteenth the hierophant is the pope of a religion of ancient origins and long-established traditions, w

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rom another midrash legend we learn that the throne had six steps leading up to it and was made in the shape of the four-horse war chariot of god. it may be conjectured by combining the descriptions of the throne in the two legends that each step had the carved figures of beasts on the left and right side. it may be further speculated that these animals were, right to left and bottom to top (1) a ram and a panther (2) a lamb and a wolf (3) a gazelle and a bear (4) a deer and an elephant (5) a unicorn and a griffin (6) a man and a demon (see raphael patai, gates to the old city [new york: avon, 19801, pp. 335-8. it should scarcely be necessary to point out the magical significance of these twelve beasts, six benevolent to bless on the right side and six malevolent to curse on the left side

WALLIS BUDGE E A LEGENDS OF THE EGYPTIAN GODS

igures of the gods of the planets and the dekans, figures of the gods of the days of the week, of the weeks, and months, and seasons of the year, and of the year. besides these there are a number of figures of local forms of the gods which it is difficult to identify. on the rounded portion of the obverse the place of honour is held by the solar disk, in which is seen a figure of khnemu with four ram's heads, which rests between a pair of arms, and is supported on a lake of celestial water; on each side of it are four of the spirits of the dawn, and on the right stands the symbol of the rising sun, nefer-temu, and on the left stands thoth. below this are five rows of small figures of gods. below these is harpokrates in relief, in the attitude already described. he stands on two crocodiles

death? evil, evil is his destiny, for it hath entailed the deepest misery for him and death" in answer to these words thoth, turning to isis and nephthys, bade them to fear not, and to have no anxiety about horus "for" said he "i have come from heaven to heal the child for his mother" he then pointed out that horus was under protection as the dweller in his disk (aten, the great dwarf, the mighty ram, the great hawk, the holy beetle, the hidden body, the divine bennu, etc, and proceeded to utter the great spell which restored horus to life. by his words of power thoth transferred the fluid of life of ra, and as soon as this came upon the child's body the poison of the scorpion flowed out of him, and he once more breathed and lived. when this was done thoth returned to the boat of ra, the g

ng of his mother, and by the cries of grief of his brethren; and he who is under the knife is protected likewise. horus is protected by his own name and heart, and the gods go round about him to make his funeral bed; and he who is under the knife is protected likewise [fn#242] i.e "be of good courage [fn#243] the sun-god [fn#244] the sun and moon [fn#245] osiris [fn#246] bes [fn#247] probably the ram, lord of tattu, or the ram of mendes [fn#248] heru-behutet [fn#249] the beetle of khepera, a form of the sun-god when he is about to rise on this earth [fn#250] the hidden body is osiris, who lay in his sarcophagus, with isis and nephthys weeping over it [fn#251] the bennu was the soul of ra and the incarnation of osiris [fn#252] see the names of osiris and his sanctuaries in chapter cxlii. of

he seasons of the year, and not in the least subject, as is said, to produce or nourish vermin; but more of this in another place [fn#266] a rubric in the papyrus of nes-menu in the british museum orders the priestesses of isis and nephthys to have "the hair of their bodies shaved off (no. 10,188, col. 1, but they are also ordered to wear fillets of rams' wool on their heads [fn#267] probably the ram of amen. animal sacrifices were invariably bulls and cows [fn#268] this saying is by pythagoras- greek para dusian mh`onuxizou. the saying of hesiod (works and days, 740) is rendered by goodwin "not at a feast of gods from five-branched tree, with sharp-edged steel to part the green from dry" v. now, the priests are so scrupulous in endeavouring to avoid everything which may tend to the increa

of it, and instituted a solemn festival to its memory, which is even to this day observed by the egyptians [fn#305] in egyptian, the double city pe-tep. see the texts from the metternich stele printed in this volume [fn#306] the fourteen members are: head, feet, bones, arms, heart, interior, tongue, eyes, fists, fingers, back, ears, loins, and body. some of the lists in egyptian add the face of a ram and the hair. the cities in which isis buried the portions of his body are: koptos, philae in elephantine, herakleopolis magna, kusae, heliopolis, diospolis of lower egypt, letopolis, sais, hermopolis of lower egypt, athribis, aq (schedia, ab in the libyan nome, netert, apis [fn#307] moses was laid in an ark of bulrushes, i.e, papyrus, and was found uninjured [fn#308] we meet with a similar st

WICCA MAGICK OCCULT THREE GREEN BOOKS DRUIDISM

john, viscount morley as i grow older, i pay less attention to what men say. i just watch what they do. andrew carnegie he who silently reforms himself has done more towards reforming the public than a crowd of noisy, impotent patriots. j. lavater my father gave me these hints on speech-making: be sincere, be brief, and be seated. james roosevelt the quieter you become the more you can hear. baba ram dass when abbot pambo was asked to say a few words to the very important bishop of alexandria, who was visiting some of the desert fathers, the elder abbot replied: if he is not edified by my silence, then there is no hope that he will be edified by my words. thomas merton. travel unless we change direction, we are likely to end up where we are headed. chinese the dog that trots about finds a

ecclesiastes doubt is not a pleasant mental state, but certainty is a ridiculous one. voltaire be wiser than other people, if you can, but do not tell them so. lord chesterfield a man who stands behind a wall can see nothing else. japanese the wise make more use of their enemies than fools of their friends. german each of us finds his unique vehicle for sharing with others his bit of wisdom. baba ram dass a man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew. herb caen remember your philosopher s doubts. beware! the mind of the believer stagnates. it fails to grow outward into an unlimited, infinite universe. rev. mother taraza, dune conclusion to the green books? i hope that you have enjoyed them. please feel free to seek more selections to add to this co

WILLIAM WESCOTT NUMBERS THEIR OCCULT POWER AND MYSTIC VIRTUES

ihu the son of barachel the buzite. the bava bathra says that 7 men form an unbroken series to this day. adam was seen by methuselah, then shem, jacob, amram, ahijah the shilonite, and elijah, who saw him, and elijah is still alive until today. even 7 years of pestilence will not cause a man to die before his allotted time. this dictum of the treatise sanhedrin is a statement of predestination. a ram has but one voice while alive, but after death his body makes 7 sounds. his horns make two trumpets, his thigh bones two pipes, his skin will cover a drum, the large intestines are formed into strings for the lyre, and the small intestines will make the small strings for the harp. in the sabbat, 152. 2, of the talmud, it is said that the soul of a man watches over his corpse for 7 days. compar

power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott an old periphrasis mentioned by shakespeare is, i d set my ten commandments in your face, meaning the finger nails for scratching. see 2 henry vi. i.3. the mahometans say that ten animals were admitted to paradise and are as follows: 1. kratim, the dog of the seven sleepers. 2. ass of balaam. 3. ant of solomon. 4. whale of jonah. 5. the calf (not ram) offered to jehovah by abraham instead of isaac, his son. 6. the ox of moses. 7. the camel of the prophet salech. 8. the cuckoo of belkis. 9. the ram of ishmael. 10. al borek, the animal which conveyed mahomet. 95. we find 10 generations from adam to noah, 10 from shem to abraham. the 10 spiritual graces of christianity are love, joy, peace long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, prudence

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

the written recensions of bahir, and we must try to recover something of it by listening assiduously. ki ruah mi-lefanay ya atof u-neshamot ani asiti, for spirit before me is faint, i am the one to create souls. i assume this verse should also be read mytho-theosophically. we must first ascertain who is speaking. the answer is offered in the poeticliturgic utterance of the prophetic text itself: ram we-nissa shokhen ad we-qadosh shemo, high and exalted, everlastingly dwelling, holy is his name (isa 57:15. the intent of the verse, when read kabbalistically, is to emphasize that souls are created by this high and exalted one whose name is holy, not by the spirit (ruah) that falters before him.74 if we were to translate the mythopoeic imagery into neoplatonic terms, we could speak of the cre

18276066 GRIMM JACOB TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY VOL 1

oth of these by turns are called schlachtmoivat, there might linger iu 52 woeseip. became one destined for the king's table. it is the 'sivin ealgylden, eofor irenheard' of the anglo-saxons, and of its exact relation to the worship of froho (freyr) we have to treat more in detail by and by. the greeks sacrificed swine to demeter (ceres, who as nerthus stands very near to niorsr, freyr and freyja, rams, goats (see suppl. as friscing came to mean victima, so conversely a name for animal sacrifice, goth. sauss, seems to have given rise to the ojst. name for the animal itself, sau&r=^qi\\qv. this species of sacrifice was therefore not rare, though it is seldom expressly mentioned, probably as being of small value. only the saga hakonar goga cap. 16 informs us];ar var oc drepinn (killed) allsko

means also ivood. what we figure to ourselves as a built and walled house, resolves itself, the farther back we "o into a holy place untouched by human hand, embowered and shut in by self-grown trees. there dwells the deity, veiling his form in rustling foliage of the boughs; there is the spot where the hunter has to present to him the game he has killed, and the herdsmen his horses and oxen and rams. what a writer of the second century says on the cultus of the celts, will hold good of the teutonic and all the kindred nations: kexroi cre^ovat fxev ala, a
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them that bind thee; hate their ire; maugre their will, the great have wit to retire. retreat in order- even the gods admire. retreat with dignity- rekindle fire. 34 the ta kwang hexagram fire of lingam- ta kwang: great strength. be firm and self-reliant; but- tyrannous to use it like a giant! plant firm thy feet, but dare not yet to move! thy firm correctness exercise and prove. fences entangle rams who blindly shove. strength fails to force some gates that yield to love. thine purpose gained, relax- nor tax thine heart so; once tangled, the best chance is- to know thou art so! 35 the zin hexagram sun of yoni- zin: to advance- when thou hast won folk ease, thy lord shall give thee gifts and dignities. firm, patient and great hearted, wait thy day! move with regret- the royal mother's way

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figure is framed by a plaster or clay low bas-relief in six panels: top is a ba-hadit or winged sun, sans serpents. left and right are two tapering pillars, crossed near top by three bars, drum expanding slightly at top but not approaching more than 3/4 diameter of base. the pillars are surmounted by the atef crown (two plumes of maat joined by an ovoid at base and resting on two horizontal wavy rams horns. the bottom three panels are blank. an account of a. a [the revisers wish to acknowledge gratefully the translation of madame de steiger, which they have freely quoted] it is necessary, my dear brothers, to give you a clear idea of the interior order; of that illuminated community which is scattered throughout the world, but which is governed by one truth and united in one spirit. this

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too far. fortunately, we are never able to get too far from divinity; and that, as a race, we shall swing back into a state of greater spirituality than ever before is the sincere belief of all who know. theology over-reached itself with its "miserable sinner" complex and its emphasis upon the necessity for the purification by blood. this teaching of purification through the blood of bulls and of rams (or lambs) was part of the ancient mysteries, and was inherited by us primarily from the mysteries of mithra. these mysteries, in their turn, inherited the teaching, and thus formulated their doctrine, which christianity absorbed. when the sun was in the zodiacal sign of taurus the bull, the sacrifice of the bull was offered as a forecast of that which christ came later to reveal. when the su

and it is for this reason that we eat fish on good friday, in commemoration of his coming. tertullian, one of the early church fathers, speaks of jesus christ as the "great fish" and of us, his followers, as the "little fishes" these facts are well known, as the following extract will indicate "the ceremonies of purification by the sprinkling or drenching of the novice with the blood of bulls or rams were widespread, and were to be found in the rites of mithra. by this purification a man was `born again' and the christian expression `washed in the blood of the lamb' is undoubtedly a reflection of this idea, the reference thus being clear in the words of the epistle to the hebrews `it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins' in this passage the writer goe

BOOK OF ENOCH

ges had a chosen one. the number of righteousness (47.4, that is reached, may refer to the twelve times twelve thousand predicted to survive in the biblical book of revelations. sheol is mentioned at 51.1, it is the name for hell used in early times and it is also mentioned in the book of genesis and book of job, it means the grave- but more than just a hole in the ground. the mountains leap like rams at 51.4, this phrase also occurs in the bible (psalms 114.4& 6. there is a rare mentioning of place names at 56.5- parthia and medes- these were ancient kingdoms in the iran\iraq area. this is the area where enoch probably lived but it is difficult to know whether he originally used these names in his book, or whether later translators substituted in their own names for the areas that they th

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wool, a symbol continued todayby a modern expression of the brotherhood, the freemasons. it is at easter, the equinox,that jesus (the sun) triumphs over darkness- the time of year when there is more lightthan darkness every day. the world is restored by the power of the sun in the time ofrebirth and the spring equinox was one of the most sacred egyptian events. queen isiswas often portrayed with rams heads to symbolise that the time of aries, the spring, wasa period of natures abundant creation. the festival of easter was as important to earlychristians as december 25th. the legend of mithra said he was crucified and wasresurrected on march 25th. the date of easter is no longer fixed to the first day ofaries, but the symbolism remains. the christian religious day is. sunday. christianchur

EVIL AND UNCLEAN SPIRITS

r forms are those of enormous black heads like a volcano in eruption. the fourth palace containeth the averse trapt whereunto are attributed the wryrgt tagirion, and they are great black giants ever working against each other. the fifth palace containeth the evil jxn and to it are attributed the qrz-bru 'areb- zereq, the ravens of death, or of dispersion. their form is that of hideous demonheaded rams issuing from a volcano. also, they are called laypxg, getzephiel. 10 the sixth palace containeth dwh whereunto are referred the lams or jugglers whose form is that of dull yellow demon-headed monsters like dogs. the seventh palace containeth dwsy and twklm. unto dwsy are referred the laylmg (gamaliel) or obscene ones, whose forms are those of corrupting loathsome bull-men linked together. the

FAUST

ing an apparition, still we spirits take another, take the only right position. they are doves that are attending on my daughter s pearly car; taught long since, in times afar, wondrously they re hither wending. thales since it gives a real man pleasure, i too hold that as the best when a sacred, living treasure finds in him a still, warm nest. psylli and marsil [on sea-bulls, sea-calves, and sea-rams. in cyprus rugged vaults cavernal by sea-god never battered, by seismos never shattered, fanned by the zephyrs eternal, and, as in days long departed, in conscious quiet glad-hearted, the chariot of cypris we ve guarded, through murmuring night s soft vibration, over waves and their lovely pulsation, unseen by the new generation, the loveliest daughter we lead. our duty we re quietly plying

GNOSTIC HANDBOOK

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

GRAHAM HANCOCK FINGERPRINTS OF THE GODS

mun s hole, as archaeologists now refer to it, had joined up with one of the monument s several internal passageways, the descending corridor leading downwards from the original concealed doorway in the northern face (the location of which, though known in classical times, had been forgotten by ma mun s day. by a further lucky accident the vibrations that the arabs had caused with their battering rams and drills dislodged a block of limestone from the ceiling of the descending corridor. when the socket from which it had fallen was examined it was found to conceal the opening to another corridor, this time ascending into the heart of the pyramid. there was a problem, however. the opening was blocked by a series of enormous plugs of solid granite, clearly contemporaneous with the constructio

ometrical purposefulness that would have been conveyed by the original descending corridor. worse still, the dark and inauspicious horizontal tunnel leading inwards looked like an ugly, deformed thing and still bore the marks of violence where the arab workmen had alternately heated and chilled the stones with fierce fires and cold vinegar before attacking them with hammers and chisels, battering rams and borers. on the one hand, such vandalism seemed gross and irresponsible. on the other, a startling possibility had to be considered: was there not a sense in which the pyramid seemed to have been designed to invite human beings of intelligence and curiosity to penetrate its mysteries? after all, if you were a pharaoh who wanted to ensure that his deceased body remained inviolate for eterni

a poised to strike, the central core of this strange contraption was recognizable as an example of the hedjet, the white skittle-shaped war helmet of upper egypt (again known only from reliefs. rearing up on either side of this core were what seemed to be two thin leaves of metal, and at the front was an attached device, consisting of two wavy blades, which scholars normally describe as a pair of rams horns.7 in several reliefs of the seti i temple osiris was depicted wearing the atef crown, which seemed to stand about two feet high. according to the ancient egyptian book of the dead, it had been given to him by ra: but on the very first day that he wore it osiris had much suffering in his head, and when ra returned in the evening he found osiris with his head angry and swollen from the he

HANDBOOK OF EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY

e, ra-horakhty (a falcon-headed man, and ra-atum (a mature man wearing the double crown) together in the solar barque. khepri was the self-generating sun of dawn. ra-horakhty (ra-horus of the double horizon) was the triumphant sun who rose in the east as ruler. ra-atum was the weary setting sun whose death was an essential part of the cycle of renewal. the sun god could also be depicted with four rams heads representing his four bas (souls or manifestations (see figure 19. the four souls are often named as ra, khepri, atum, and osiris. in some underworld books, ra mysteriously merges with the corpse of osiris, the ruler of the underworld. when they become the united one, the dead can reawaken and the world can be remade. the fact that the sun god was crucial to the theology of kingship may

ekhen (hierakonpolis) have the heads of jackals. see also sons of horus sphinx the sphinx was a mythical beast with the body of a lion or lioness and the head of a different creature. the most common combination was the body of a lion and a human head with the face of a reigning king or queen. these sphinxes embodied the power and duty of the ruler to defend egypt. other sphinxes had the heads of rams, hawks, or even the seth monster. these served as terrifying animated guardians for temples or tombs. standing sphinxes were usually shown trampling the enemies of egypt and the divine order. female sphinxes sometimes had wings, and it may be this form that influenced the development of the female sphinx of greek mythology. a double sphinx known as the aker was the guardian of the two horizon

HEAVEN HELL

ee that isis and ser are no longer in it, a fact which indicates that the dangers incidental to passing through this division are not great, and that it is towed by a company of gods. immediately in front of them are nine shemsu, or "followers" i.e "servants (of osiris, each with an object before him (vol. i, p. 167, which indicates that he is a properly bandaged mummy, and leading these are four rams, each wearing a p. 155 different kind of crown, which represent the four forms of tathenen (vol. i, pp. 168, 169. the heads which are attached to the symbols of the "followers" only appear when they hear the voice of afu-ra, and when he has passed them they disappear; the huge knives which they have are used in slaughtering any of the enemies of ra who may succeed in entering the city. on the

refers to these is interesting, for it shows that the eleventh division of the book of gates represents a portion of the kingdom of the sun-god of heliopolis. four other gods carry stars, and when afu-ra passes out of this division, and is received into the arms of nu, the sky-god, they shout hymns of praise. 1 before these are twelve gods with sceptres, four having human heads, four the heads of rams, and four the heads of hawks. the first four are the lords of the region, and stablish the domains of ra in the sky; the second four provide offerings of bread and water for the god; and the third four set the shrine of ra in the matet-sektet boat, and place in it the paddles whereby it is to be paddled across the sky. the eight star-goddesses who sit upon uraei belong to the abode of the gre

HP LOVECRAFT THE CATS OF ULTHAR

unlike the other roving folk who passed through the village twice every year. in the market-place they told fortunes for silver, and bought gay beads from the merchants. what was the land of these wanderers none could tell; but it was seen that they were given to strange prayers, and that they had painted on the sides of their wagons strange figures with human bodies and the heads of cats, hawks, rams and lions. and the leader of the caravan wore a headdress with two horns and a curious disk betwixt the horns. there was in this singular caravan a little boy with no father or mother, but only a tiny black kitten to cherish. the plague had not been kind to him, yet had left him this small furry thing to mitigate his sorrow; and when one is very young, one can find great relief in the lively

JENNINGS HARGRAVE ROSICRUCIANS RITES MYSTERIES

ysteries. fig. 190. corinthian temple of vesta. central flower, probably the egyptian lotus. in the group of figures below, showing the various classical forms of the volutes, or flourished horns, in the fig. 191. pantheon at rome. fig. 192. volute. fig. 193. corinthian. fig. 194. ionic capital, erecth um at athens. fig. 195. composite features. fig. 196. temple of vesta, or the sybil, at tivoli; rams horns for volutes fig. 197. temple of ellora and bheems-chlori (mokundra pass. fig. 198. india and greece (similar capitals. fig. 199. greek corinthian: choragic monument, athens. corinthian, ionic, and composite capitals, a close affinity will be remarked with examples of capitals with horns or 252 the rosicrucians. volutes from the temple of ellora, in india, and other indian and persian te

KETAB E SIYAH

en itself was in discord as the brightest son of adonai yahweh sought the destruction of the chosen people. the revolt of the jews was founded upon heaven but even heaven's foundation are rotted. well was it to defy a distant rome but now was rome come to palestine and now did they tremble within their walls for rome was near and heaven distant. great onagers hurled great stones and bronze-beaked rams were brought against the gates. brave resistance did the jews accomplish, fruitful resistance they accomplished not. now upon the day of triumph gabriel, from the holy rock, cried out from earth to heaven with these words "do you see this, michael, what is become of the city, the city of shalem, beloved and most treasured of the elohim? now are her proud gates broken down and her walls are ta

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

eby indicating their influence in darkness as well as the influence of the sun in light. isis is the virgin immortalized in the constellation of virgo, where the world mother is placed with the serpent under her feet and a crown. of stars on her head. in her arms she carries a sheaf of grain and sometimes the young sun god. the statue of isis was placed on a pedestal of dark stone ornamented with rams' heads. her feet trod upon a number of venomous reptiles. this indicates that nature has power to free from acidity or saltness all corrosives and to overcome all impurities from terrestrial corruption adhering to bodies. the rams' heads indicate that the most auspicious time for the generation of life is during the period when the sun passes through the sign of aries. the serpents under her

ss and integrity. he is shown crowned with a solar nimbus, carrying in one hand the crux ansata, the symbol of eternal life, and in the other a serpent-wound staff symbolic of his dignity as counselor of the gods. click to enlarge the egyptian madonna. from lenoir's la franche-maconnerie. isis is shown with her son horus in her arms. she is crowned with the lunar orb, ornamented with the horns of rams or bulls. orus, or horus as he is more generally known, was the son of isis and osiris. he was the god of time, hours, days, and this narrow span of life recognized as mortal existence. in all probability, the four sons of horus represent the four kingdoms of nature. it was horus who finally avenged the murder of his father, osiris, by slaying typhon, the spirit of evil. p. 48 the world virgi

rance to the east, thus showing the influence of primitive sun worship. the outer court served the principal purpose of isolating the tent of the tabernacle proper, which stood in the midst of the enclosure. at the entrance to the courtyard, which was in the eastern face of the rectangle, stood the altar of burnt offerings, made of brass plates over wood and ornamented with the horns of bulls and rams. farther in, but on a line with this altar, stood the laver of purification, a great vessel containing water for priestly ablutions. the laver was twofold in its construction, the upper part being a large bowl, probably covered, which served as a source of supply for a lower basin in which the priests bathed themselves before participating in the various ceremonials. it is supposed that this

urtains as follows "there were provided ten curtains of blue, of purple, and scarlet, and fine-twined linen. as is said 'moreover thou shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine-twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet* there were provided eleven curtains of goats' hair, and the length of every one of them was thirty cubits. rabbi judah said 'there were two covers-the lower one of rams' skins dyed red, and the upper one of badgers' skins" calmet is of the opinion that the hebrew word translated "badger" really means "dark purple" and therefore did not refer to any particular animal, but probably to a heavily woven waterproof fabric of dark and inconspicuous color. during the time of israel's wanderings through the wilderness, it is supposed that a pillar of fire hovered ove

MORALS AND DOGMA

s shaved them off. balaam told barak to build for him _seven_ altars. jacob served _seven_ years for leah and _seven_ for rachel. job had _seven_ sons and _three_ daughters, making the perfect number _ten. he had also _seven_ thousand sheep and _three_ thousand camels. his friends sat down with him _seven_ days and _seven_ nights. his friends were ordered to sacrifice _seven_ bullocks and _seven_ rams; and again, at the end, he had _seven_ sons and _three_ daughters, and twice _seven_ thousand sheep, and lived an hundred and forty, or twice _seven_ times _ten_ years. pharaoh saw in his dream _seven_ fat and _seven_ lean kine _seven_ good ears and _seven_ blasted ears of wheat; and there were _seven_ years of plenty, and _seven_ of famine. jericho fell, when _seven_ priests, with _seven_ tr

MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS E

hus called into existence was preserved in the temple of erectheus, on the acropolis, and is said to have possessed such marvellous vitality, that when the persians burned it after sacking the town it immediately burst forth into new shoots. the principal festival held in honour of this divinity was the panathenaa. the owl, cock, and serpent were the animals sacred to her, and her sacrifices were rams, bulls, and cows. page 48 page 49 minerva. the minerva of the romans was identified with the pallas-athene of the greeks. like her she presides over learning and all useful arts, and is the patroness of the feminine accomplishments of sewing, spinning, weaving &c. schools were under her especial care, and schoolboys, therefore, had holidays during her festivals (the greater quinquatria, when

es by the bridle. the isthmian games (so named because they were held on the isthmus of corinth, in which horse and chariot races were a distinguishing feature, were instituted in honour of poseidon. he was more especially worshipped in the peloponnesus, though universally revered throughout greece and in the south of italy. his sacrifices were generally black and white bulls, also wild boars and rams. his usual attributes are the trident, horse, and dolphin. in some parts of greece this divinity was identified with the sea-god nereus, for which reason the nereides, or daughters of nereus, are represented as accompanying him. neptune. the romans worshipped poseidon under the name of neptune, and invested him with all the attributes which belong to the greek divinity. the roman commanders n

represent him as a young man, hardened by the exposure to all weathers which a rural life involves, and bearing in his hand the shepherd's crook and syrinx.these being his usual attributes.whilst small horns project from his forehead. he is either undraped, or wears merely the light cloak called the chlamys. the usual offerings to pan were milk and honey in [174]shepherds' bowls. cows, lambs, and rams were also sacrificed to him. page 202 after the introduction of pan into the worship of dionysus, we hear of a number of little pans (panisci, who are sometimes confounded with the satyrs. faunus. the romans had an old italian divinity called faunus, who, as the god of shepherds, was identified with the greek pan, and represented in a similar manner. faunus is frequently called inuus or the f

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

of his eye. 11like an eagle, who rouses his nestlings, gliding down to his young, so did he spread his wings and take him, bear him along on his pinions; 12g-d alone did guide him, no alien god at his side. 13he set him atop the highlands, to feast on the yield of the earth; he fed him honey from the rock, and oil from the flint rock, 14curd of cows and milk of flocks; with the best of lambs, and rams of bashan, and he-goats; with the very finest wheat. and foaming grape-blood was your drink. 15so yeshurun grew fat and kicked. you grew fat and gross and coarse. he weakened the g-d who made him and forgot the rock of his support. 837 this installment continues the passage presented in the second installment, in which the arizal, discussing verse 3 in the above passage( ggive greatness to ou

ROBERT KIRK WALKER BETWEEN WORLDS

mer. in a certain play, which it is traditionally unlucky to name, a clear adaptation of one of thomas's verses is found. the original reads: feddarate castle sall ne'er be ta'en till fyvie wood to the siege is gaen. although these lines were adapted by shakespeare to the castle of high dunsinane, they were not proven true until a later century, when the troops of william of orange made battering rams out of fyvie wood, and entered the previously unconquered castle of fedderate. like merlin, or nostradamus, or the brahan seer, thomas has left a series of predictions as partial proof of the effectiveness of his initiation. as with many prophecies some are incomprehensible, others have been found accurate, but puerile demands of accuracy or vindication of the otherworld powers overlook the e

SCHLAGER NEIL WORLD RELIGIONS REFERENCE LIBRARY

abours, not even among his own; but all the gods had pity on him save poseidon, who raged continually against godlike odysseus, till be came to his own country. howbeit poseidon had now departed for the distant ethiopians, the ethiopians that are sundered in twain, the uttermost of men, abiding some where hyperion sinks and some where he rises. there he looked to receive his hetacomb of bulls and rams, there he made merry sitting at the feast, but the other gods were gathered in the halls of olympian zeus. then among them the father of gods and men began to speak, for he bethought him in his heart of noble aegisthus, whom the muse: a greek goddess who oversees art, song, poetry, and science. sacked: destroyed. citadel: fortress, castle. striving: trying with great effort. sore: greatly. de

SIR WALLIS BUDGE EGYPTIAN MAGIC

the pylon of heads of khnemu the god of reproduction, and horus-ra. in the second are the boat of the sun being poled along by horus, and the boat of the moon, with harpocrates in the bow. in the other scenes we have the god khepera in his boat, horus in his boat, and horus-sept in his boat. the god with two faces represents the double aspect of the sun in setting and rising, and the god with the rams' heads, who is being adored by apes, is a mystical form of khnemu, one of the great gods of reproduction, who in still later times became the being whose name under the form of khnumis or khnoubis occupied such an important position among the magical names which were in use among the gnostics. the two following prayers from the hypocephalus will illustrate the words of power addressed to amen

and feet! open not thy mouth! let the water which is before thee turn into a consuming fire, o thou whom the thirty-seven gods did make, and whom the serpent of ra did put in chains, o thou who wast fettered with links of iron before the boat of ra! get thee back, o crocodile mak, thou son of set" these words were to be said over a figure of the god amen painted on clay; the rod was to have four rams' heads upon one neck, under his feet was to be a figure of the crocodile mak, and p. 175 to the right and left of him were to be the dog headed apes, i.e, the transformed spirits of the dawn, who sang hymns of praise to ra when he rose daily. 1 again, let us suppose that some water monster wished to attack a man in a boat. to avoid this the man stood before the cabin of the boat and, taking a

THE GALE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE UNUSUAL UNEXPLAINED VOL

ze of the temple estates covered almost 700,000 acres of land, from the nile delta in the north to nubia in the south. eighty thousand servants and slaves were designated to serve amon-ra in karnak, and more than 5,000 statues reflected his glory throughout the vast temple complex. large numbers of animals considered sacred to amon were kept on the site at karnak, including thousands of geese and rams and over 421,000 head of cattle. from about 1080 b.c.e. onward, egypt suffered a number of invasions from the nubians, libyans, kushites, and assyrians. many of the conquerors respected the sacred site at karnak and some, such as the kushites, even added some buildings of their own. however, even those invaders who sought to carry away some of the stone to implement building projects of their

THE HOLY BIBLE KING JAMES VERSION

me. 31:8 if he said thus, the speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, the ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked. 31:9 thus god hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given [them] to me. 31:10 and it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that i lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle [were] ringstraked, speckled, and grisled. 31:11 and the angel of god spake unto me in a dream [saying] jacob: and i said, here [am] i. 31:12 and he said, lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle [are] ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for i have seen all that laban doeth unto thee. 31:13 i [am] the god of bethel, where thou anoin

and said to laban, what [is] my trespass? what [is] my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me? 31:37 whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? set [it] here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both. 31:38 this twenty years [have] i [been] with thee; thy ewes and thy she goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have i not eaten. 31:39 that which was torn [of beasts] i brought not unto thee; i bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it [whether] stolen by day, or stolen by night. 31:40 [thus] i was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; genesis page 18 and my sleep departed from mine eyes. 31:41 thus have i been twenty years in thy house; i served thee fo

him, lest he will come and smite me [and] the mother with the children. 32:12 and thou saidst, i will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude. 32:13 and he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for esau his brother; 32:14 two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams, 32:15 thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals. 32:16 and he delivered [them] into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove. 32:17 and he commanded the foremost, saying, when esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, whose [

nt forty days and forty nights. 25:1 and the lord spake unto moses, saying, 25:2 speak unto the children of israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering. 25:3 and this [is] the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass, 25:4 and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats [hair] 25:5 and rams skins dyed red, and badgers skins, and shittim wood, 25:6 oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense, 25:7 onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate. 25:8 and let them make me a sanctuary; that i may dwell among them. 25:9 according to all that i shew thee [after] the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof

t remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remaineth, shall hang over the backside of the tabernacle. 26:13 and a cubit on the one side, and a cubit on the other side of that which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent, it shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it. 26:14 and thou shalt make a covering for the tent [of] rams skins dyed red, and a covering above [of] badgers skins. 26:15 and thou shalt make boards for the tabernacle [of] shittim wood standing up. 26:16 ten cubits [shall be] the length of a board, and a cubit and a half [shall be] the breadth of one board. 26:17 two tenons [shall there be] in one board, set in order one against another: thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle. 26:

nd upon his sons, when they come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy [place] that they bear not iniquity, and die [it shall be] a statute for ever unto him and his seed after him. 29:1 and this [is] the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them, to minister unto me in the priest s office: take one young bullock, and two rams without blemish, 29:2 and unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened tempered with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed with oil [of] wheaten flour shalt thou make them. 29:3 and thou shalt put them into one basket, and bring them in the basket, exodus page 48 with the bullock and the two rams. 29:4 and aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and sh

on the sabbath day. 35:4 and moses spake unto all the congregation of the children of israel, saying, this [is] the thing which the lord commanded, saying, 35:5 take ye from among you an offering unto the lord: whosoever [is] of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the lord; gold, and silver, and brass, 35:6 and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats [hair] 35:7 and rams skins dyed red, and badgers skins, and shittim wood, 35:8 and oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil, and for the sweet incense, 35:9 and onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod, and for the breastplate. 35:10 and every wise hearted among you shall come, and make all that the lord hath commanded; 35:11 the tabernacle, his tent, and his covering, his taches, and his boards, hi

d for all his service, and for the holy garments. 35:22 and they came, both men and women, as many as were willing hearted [and] brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tablets, all jewels of gold: and every man that offered [offered] an offering of gold unto the lord. 35:23 and every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats [hair] and red skins of rams, and badgers skins, brought [them] 35:24 every one that did offer an offering of silver and brass brought the lord s offering: and every man, with whom was found shittim wood for any work of the service, brought [it] 35:25 and all the women that were wise hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun [both] of blue, and of purple [and] of scarlet, and of fine linen

f one size. 36:16 and he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves. 36:17 and he made fifty loops upon the uttermost edge of the curtain in the coupling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second. 36:18 and he made fifty taches [of] brass to couple the tent together, that it might be one. 36:19 and he made a covering for the tent [of] rams skins dyed red, and a covering [of] badgers skins above [that] 36:20 and he made boards for the tabernacle [of] shittim wood, standing up. 36:21 the length of a board [was] ten cubits, and the breadth of a board one cubit and a half. 36:22 one board had two tenons, equally distant one from another: thus did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle. 36:23 and he made boards for the taberna

on the mitre; as the lord commanded moses. 39:32 thus was all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation finished: and the children of israel did according to all that the lord commanded moses, so did they. 39:33 and they brought the tabernacle unto moses, the tent, and all his furniture, his taches, his boards, his bars, and his pillars, and his sockets, 39:34 and the covering of rams skins dyed red, and the covering of badgers skins, and the vail of the covering, 39:35 the ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy seat, 39:36 the table [and] all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread, 39:37 the pure candlestick [with] the lamps thereof [even with] the lamps to be set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for light, 39:38 and the golden altar

e consecrations, and of the sacrifice of the peace offerings; 7:38 which the lord commanded moses in mount sinai, in the day that he commanded the children of israel to offer their oblations unto the lord, in the wilderness of sinai. 8:1 and the lord spake unto moses, saying, 8:2 take aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and a bullock for the sin offering, and two rams, and a basket of unleavened bread; 8:3 and gather thou all the congregation together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 8:4 and moses did as the lord commanded him; and the assembly was gathered together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 8:5 and moses said unto the congregation, this [is] the thing which the lord commanded to be done. 8:6 and moses brought

seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the lord. 23:17 ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven [they are] the firstfruits unto the lord. 23:18 and ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish of the first year, and one young bullock, and two rams: they shall be [for] a burnt offering unto the lord, with their meat offering, and their drink offerings [even] an offering made by fire, of sweet savour unto the lord. 23:19 then ye shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin offering, and two lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace offerings. 23:20 and the priest shall wave them with the bread of the first fruits [for] a wave of

thirty [shekels] each bowl seventy: all the silver vessels [weighed] two thousand and four hundred [shekels] after the shekel of the sanctuary: 7:86 the golden spoons [were] twelve, full of incense [weighing] ten [shekels] apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary: all the gold of the spoons [was] an hundred and twenty [shekels] 7:87 all the oxen for the burnt offering [were] twelve bullocks, the rams twelve, the lambs of the first year twelve, with their meat offering: and the kids of the goats for sin offering twelve. 7:88 and all the oxen for the sacrifice of the peace offerings [were] twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he goats sixty, the lambs of the first year sixty. this [was] the dedication of the altar, after that it was anointed. 7:89 and when moses was gone into the t

een lambs of the first year without spot: 29:18 and their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs [shall be] according to their number, after the manner: 29:19 and one kid of the goats [for] a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and the meat offering thereof, and their drink offerings. 29:20 and on the third day eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish; 29:21 and their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs [shall be] according to their number, after the manner: 29:22 and one goat [for] a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering. 29:23 and on the fourth day ten bullocks, two rams [and]

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