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zach (victory) hod (splendor) yesod (foundation) malkuth (kingdom) occultists in the hermetic order of the golden dawn use the qabalistic tree of life as a matrix or grid for comparing the archetypal images of different mythologies that could be adapted to ceremonial magic. for example, the merciful father (chesed) has parallels in other pantheons, namely odin (scandinavia) zeus (greece) jupiter (rome) and ra (egypt) this system of comparison became known as mythological correspondences. it has become common in the occult tradition to link the ten sephiroth of the tree of life with the twenty-two paths between the sephiroth that also correspond to the major arcana of the tarot. definitions qbl: hebrew word meaning "from mouth to ear" thereby signifying a secret oral tradition. it is the me

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ng that is presented to it, and bends her finger as a sign that she will keep it (meon nouv. recueil 2, 296-7. maerl. 2, 214. the two virgin-stories in meon and maerlant, though one at bottom, have very different turns given them. in the latter, a young man at a game of ball pulls the ring off his finger, and puts it on the hand of a madonna; in the former, the youth is boxing in the colosseum at rome, and puts his ring on the finger of a heathen statue, which bends the finger. both figmes now hold the man to his c-ngagement. but the o. french poem makes the afilicted youth bring an image of mary to bear on the heathen one, the mary takes the ring oil the other figure, and restores it to the youth. conf. kaiserchr. 13142. 13265. 13323 "forduni scoti chronicon 1, 407 (w. scott's minstr. 2

doc. of 882 under the name of tuniesberg, eied, cod. dipl. num. 60. a sifridus marschalcus de donnersperch is named m a doc. of 1300, mb. 33, pars 1, p. 289; an otto de donersperg, mb. 4, 94 (in 1194, but duonesberc, 4, 528 (in 1153, and tunniesberg 11, 432. in the thiiringer wald, between steui- 1 this mons jovis must be distinguished from mons gaudii, by which the mid. ages meant a height near rome: otto frising 1. c. 2, 22; the kaiserchr. 88^ translates it verbally mendelberc. in romance poems of the 12- 13th centuries, monjoie is the french battle-cry, generally with the addition of st denis, e.g. monjoya, monjoya sant denis! ferabras 365. monjoie errseigne s. denis! garin 108. ducange in his 11th dissertation on joinville declares monjoie inadmissible as a mere diminutive of mont, si

en tractus, and the roman conception of path of the gods or to the gods; also troq. 2mth of souls, turk, hadjiler juli (pilgrims' path, hadji is a pilgrim to mecca and medina. very similar is the christian term used in the]\lid. ages' galaxias via sancti jacobi' already in john of genoa's catholicon (13th cent; camino di santiago, chemin de saint jaques, jacobsstrasse, slov. zesta v' rim (road to rome, irom the pilgrimages to galicia or rome, which led to heaven [was there no thought of jacob s ladder] this james's road too, or pilgrim's road, was at once on earth and in heaven; in lacomblet, docs. 184 and 185 (an. lojl) name a jacobsiccch together with the via regia. on. vetrarh, ant (winterway. welsh caer gicydion (p. loo, and arianrod (silver street? which comes near argentoratum. finn

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGICK SPELLS

nineteenth century. in rural areas, the implements used in and around the home and garden could be easily adapted for use in magick; and for town-dwellers, flowers and herbs could be gathered on a day in the country or grown on allotments or in urban back gardens. in the days before central heating systems, the focus of the home was the family hearth. focus is latin for 'hearth' and from ancient rome to china, the household deities have always had their place, being offered morsels of food, nectar and flowers and consulted on family happenings. it was believed that the ancestors as well as the living gathered around the family hearth, and so it became a natural focus for magick. the witches' cauldron started off as the iron cooking pot that hung over the fire (such pots are still used in

h all mountains. she and shiva are often pictured as a family in the himalayas with their sons ganesh, god of wisdom and learning, and six-headed skanda, the warrior god. she is invoked for all family matters and those concerning children and by women in distress. vesta vesta is the roman goddess of domesticity and of the sacred hearth at which dead and living were welcomed. the vestal virgins of rome kept alight the sacred flame in vesta's temple and this was rekindled at the new year, as were household flames. vesta can be invoked in rituals centred around the element fire. father gods the father gods represent authority, channelled power, benevolence and altruism, nobility of purpose, expansion and limitless potential. dagda dagda, the father god in the celtic tradition, was also called

vive and thrive. it is also for physical health and vitality and so its rituals are always dynamic. mars rules passion and the consummation of love. like fire magick, the energy of mars is very powerful and so spells should always be for positive purpose and with a circle that can afterwards be closed down. mars was the roman warrior god, and legendary father of romulus and remus, the founders of rome. as god of both agriculture and war, he represented the ideal roman, first as a farmer and then as a conqueror and so the agricultural fire festivals are linked with his power. he is the roman equivalent of the greek ares and the viking tyr, the altruistic warrior god who sacrificed his sword arm to save the other deities (the word tuesday derives from his name. the hour of mars is especially

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ands are denoted by a larger letter; thus an aleph larger than the rest of the letters among which it is, signifies not 1, but 1000. the finals are not always considered as bearing an increased numerical value. introduction xx (appendix b) employment of a child-clairvoyant by cagliostro. the well-known joseph balsamo, count cagliostro, is said to have been born at palermo in 1743. on his trial at rome in 1780, and at zurich in 1791, he was accused of having practised all kinds of impositions; of gold making, and of possessing the secret of prolonging life; of teaching cabalistic arts; of summoning and exorcising spirits; of having actually foretold future things especially in small and secret assemblies, and chiefly by means of a little boy whom he took aside with him into a separate room

elected to the papacy at the time when the church was shaken by internal dissension. he promised at first to renounce the pontificate, if on their side gregory xii. and benedict xiii. would abandon their claims. however, he mounted the papal throne, and declared for the side of louis d anjou in the war between the latter and ladislaus regarding the throne of naples. at length, after the taking of rome by ladislaus, he was forced to implore the support of the emperor sigismond. the latter consented to grant him his protection, but on the sole condition of the convocation of the council of constance. after much hesitation, and after having taken every possible precaution to ensure his personal safety, john xxiii. consented to the assembling of the council, which he opened 7th november, 1414

mperor, he was arrested at fribourg, and conducted to rudolfcell. on the 29th may, 1415, this pontiff was solemnly deposed by the council of constance as being given to simony, impudent, a secret poisoner, and a spendthrift of the wealth of the church; and was imprisoned in the castle of heidelberg. at the end of four years he recovered his liberty, on payment of 30,000 golden crowns, and went to rome, where he made his submission to martin v, and was by him appointed cardinal-bishop of frascati, and senior of the sacred college. he died a few months later at florence, either of anxiety or by poison. 39 either ernest or william i. of bavaria. they were brothers, and reigned conjointly. from his calling the duke of bavaria, his lord, it would appear that he was living under his dominion, bu

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om. ii cap. x; hence the duplication of left and right eye, ear and nostril. line 15. budge has hands. line 32 bis. the hebrew is alim chayyim, the living gods. col. xxiii. nothing and neither p nor p) and beaten and scattered corpse each denote two different meditations. col. xxxv. agrippa (de occ. phil. tom ii cap xiv) in his orphic scale of the number twelve refers the twelve principle gods of rome to the zodiac: a pallas (minerva) b venus c phoebus d mercury e jupiter f ceres g vulcan h mars i diana j vesta k juno l neptune. crowley included most of these, omitting only jupiter and phoebus. col. xxxvi. the evangelists follow their traditional attribution to the kerubim. godwin gives the apostles thus (he does not state his source: a matthias b thaddeus c simon d john e peter f andew g

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

to the 22 power involves the "reality" of 22 dimension of space. the master therion does not care a scrap of yesterday's newspaper whether he was marius de aquila, or whether there ever was such a person, or whether the universe itself is anything more than a nightmare created by his own imprudence in the matter of rum and water. his memory of marius de aquila, of the adventures of that person in rome and the black forest, matters nothing, either to him or to anybody else. what matters is this: true or false, he has found a symbolic form which has enabled him to govern himself to the best advantage "quantum nobis prodest hec fabula christi" the "falsity" of aesop's fables does not diminish their value to mankind. the above reduction of the magical memory to a device for externalizing one's

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS

plan wholly beyond the purview or the comprehension of the deepest and subtlest thinkers (it should go without saying that the adroit use of these vibrations enables one to perform all the classical "miracles) these powers are stupendous: they seem almost beyond imagination to conceive "hic ego nec metas rerum nec tempora pono; imperium sine fine dedi" as vergil, that mighty seer and magician of rome at her perihelion says in his first book of the aenead (vergil whose every line is also an oracle, the leaves of his book more sacred, more significant, more sure than those of the cumaean sibyl) these powers move in dimensions of time and space quite other than those with which we are familiar. their values are incomprehensible to us. to a secret chief, wielding this weapon "the nice conduct

e may be one greater than thou. de volutate jvenis cognoscenda it is important that thou shouldst understand as early as may be what is the true will of the child in the matter of his career. magic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 252 be thou well aware of all ideals and daydreams; for the child is himself, and not thy toy. recall the comic tragedy of napoleon and the king of rome; build not an house for a wild goat, nor plant a forest for the domain of a shark. but be thou vigilant for every sign, conscious or unconscious, of the will of the child, giving him then all opportunity to pursue the path which he thus indicates. learn this, that he, being young, will weary quickly of all false ways, however pleasant they may be to him at the outset; but of the true way he w

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE BANNED LECTURE

s might get together and overturn the whole construction of society. had he not in his own records the very best example of such a catastro he? there is a large number of excellent people, possessed of even less that the minimum amount of brains required to grease a gimlet, who are always boring us with the bogey of the jew-bolshevist peril. but as most of them are roman catholic and unaware that rome is laughing in its sleeve at them, they conveniently ignore what should be if they realised it their best argument. what was the ultimate cause of the destruction of the great civilisation of rome? what corrupted the spirit of a people unconquerable in arms? what but the spread of the slave morality of jewish communists of the period? if you will take your new testaments from your pockets, yo

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE OLD AND NEW COMMENTARIES TO LIBER AL

ubmission, is entirely horrible, unnatural and absurd. physical constraint, up to a certain point, is not so seriously wrong; for it has its roots in the original sex-conflict which we see in animals, and has often the effect of exciting love in his highest and noblest shape. some of the most passionate and permanent attachments have begun with rape. weh note: but see the new comment on verse 51. rome was actually founded thereon. similarly, murder of a faithless partner is ethically excusable, in a certain sense; for there may be some stars whose nature is extreme violence. the collision of galaxies is a magnificent spectacle, after all. but there is nothing inspiring in a visit to one's lawyer. of course this is merely my personal view; a star who happened to be a lawyer might see things

found law which opposes thought to action. we act, when we act aright, upon the instructive wisdom inherited from the ages. our ancestors survived because they were able to adapt themselves to their environment; their rivals failed to breed, and so "good" qualities are transmitted, while 'bad' are sterile. thus the race-thought, subconscious, tells a man that he must have a son, cost what it may. rome was founded on the rape of the sabine women. would a reasoner have advocated that rape? was it 'justice' or 'mercy' or 'morality' or 'christianity. there is much on the ethics of this point in chapter ii of this book. thomas henry huxley in his essay "ethics and evolution" pointed out the antithesis between these two ideas; and concluded that evolution was bound to beat ethics in the long run

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osiris, of the pyramids and the nile, even to khem, more magnificent in ruin than all other lands are in plenitude of their glory. 120 a nocturne in the little cleft of the rocks whence life first sprang to birth, by the secret shadowy molten sea, where aphrodite sprang to greet the sun, low voices murmur: shadowy under-world in the void of time; light song of erebus on the lips of a courtesan of rome- ah! list! a wandering singer caught the light o' the stars on his lips, and the sun-dawn of the world in his heart. for i that dwelt within the city of time was lost in a cloudy dawn; the silken veil of dew that clothed the green grass of the fields was the veil of olympus; now the shadowy night that sang to me, that sand, that sang to me, sprang from the underworld of eld: the moon that cir

rst to an "early temptation" he must accept every orthodox levitation, and explain it by weight-lifting competitions among the angels; he must deny every heterodox levitation, or explain it by demonic power. and as one's bitterest enemies are always one's nearest relations, so his bitterest polemics are against the quietists who are absolutely indistinguishable from the orthodox, and in favour at rome until the intrigues of the beast of blood of the society of jesus destroyed molinos. father poulain even repeats the catholic truths about molinos's confession. but father poulain is a jesuit. at this stage a reviewer wants to get up and stamp such people into pulp. but the hour is not yet, though ferrer's blood adds its cry to that of his fellow-martyrs. rather let us consider the good point

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t thou brought thy heart with thee" and much i marvelled, and won a song, and so the day passed by. vii i was a shepherd 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

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s father jehoram! the r. p. a. annual, 1910. 6"d" net. from the cover of this review we learn that it contains "a striking poem" by eden phillpotts, whose name evidently tokens his true occupation: it is called "from the shades" and might well remain there. phillpotts informs us that it was "inspired) by the spectacle of paul's statue which now stands on the triumphal pillar of marcus aurelius at rome" we have read of many crimes attributed to this unfortunate saint by modern freethinkers, but none equal to this. poor faustina! we can imagine any self-respecting girl taking to drink and the street to save herself from such an ethical prig of a husband as the phillpottian marcus. listen. the emperor is ousted by the saint, the statue of the latter being reared upon the pedestal of the forme

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for some hours only, his habitaculum of mire, and, as the author of "lazare" says "to carry paradise at the first assault" alas! the vices of man, full of horror as one must suppose them, contain the proof, even though it were nothing but their infinite expansion, of his hunger for the infinite; only, it is a taste which often loses its way. one might take a proverbial metaphor "all roads lead to rome" and apply it to the moral world: all roads lead to reward or punishment; two forms of eternity. the mind of man is glutted with passion: he has, if i may use another familiar phrase, passion to burn. but this unhappy soul, whose natural depravity is equal to its sudden aptitude, paradoxical enough, for charity and the most arduous virtues, is full of paradoxes which allow him to turn to othe

, when the last has been vanquished, we shall find that that "some goal" is in truth the goal, and that the road upon which we set out was but a little capillary leading by vein and artery to the very heart of unity itself. then all roads lead to the same goal_ certainly. then, say you "all roads are equally good" our answer is "certainly not" for it does not follow that because all roads lead to rome, all are of the same length, the same perfection, or equally safe. the traveller who would walk to rome must use his own legs_ his will to arrive there; but should he discard as useless the advice of such as know the way and have been there, and the maps of the countries he has to journey through, he is but a fool, only to be exceeded in his folly by such as try all roads in turn and arrive b

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sage declareth that it transcendeth reason. therefore sir palamede unreasonably decapitateth him. xii. an ancient hag prateth of it as evangelical. her he hewed in pieces. v xiii. at naples he thinketh of the beast as author of evil, because free of will. the beast, starting up, is slain by him with a poisoned arrow; but at the moment of its death it is reborn from the knight's own belly. xiv. at rome he meeteth a red robber in a hat, who speaketh nobly of it as of a king-dove-lamb. he chaseth and slayeth it; it proves but a child's toy. xv. in a tuscan grove he findeth, from the antics of a satyr, that the gods sill dwell with men. mistaking orgasm for ecstasty, he is found ridiculous. xvi. baiting for it with gilded corn in a moonlit vale of spain, he findeth the bait stolen by bermin. x

while such a questing there resounds as god had loosed the very pit, or as a thirty couple hounds are in its belly as it bounds! full sick at heart, i ween, was then the loyal knight, the weak of wit, the butt of lewd and puny men, sir palamede the saracen. 37 xiv northward the good knight gallops fast, resolved to seek his foe at home, when rose that vision of the past, the royal battlements of rome, a ruined city, and a dome. there in the broken forum sat a red-robed robber in a hat "whither away, sir knight, so fey "priest, for the dove on ararat i could not, nor i will not, stay "i know thy quest. seek on in vain a golden hart with silver horns! life springeth out of divers pains. what crown the king of kings adorns? a crown of gems? a crown of thorns! the questing beast is like a kin

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h had to incarnate again and again before finally they were swallowed up in the one atman of the beginning. this individualistic conception gotama banned, he would have none of it; a soul, a spirit, a separate entity was anathema to him; but in overthrowing the corrupt ved nta of the latter-day pundits, like luther, who many centuries later tore the tawdry vanities from off the back of prostitute rome, approximating his reformed church to the communistic brotherhood of christ, gotama, the enlightened one, the buddha, now similarly went back to vedic times and to the wisdom of the old rishis. but, fearing the evil associations clinging to a name, he, anathematizing the atman, in 129 its place wrote nibb na, which according to n gasena is cessation,206 a passing away in which nothing remains

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ed me up and threw me to a servant just as if i had been an old tabard. laylah. your father's trick! the child. i do not understand. laylah. understand this. i have slain my son because 95 he slew his father; and all i look for is for some one to slay me also! the child. but you say his father is my father. laylah. was! was! the child. but is is my brother who was slain by sliman. my father is in rome; he is coming hither with the next fair wind. laylah. fair wind! god! it is i than who have slain our son. the scorpion! my sole token["she falls on" sliman's "corpse] my son! only son of my love! one sole jewel of the world wert thou. and the accursed scorpion has betrayed me. oh, let me from this hour throw off all womanhood, all kindness, all compassion- all but my love that has made my he

cane discipline" which taught a christianised version of the older gnosis, which clement and others had brought into the church from the older secret, or occult, societies of which they were, or had been members. this dionysius makes a certain john the presbyter, as of note in asia minor in the 1st century, and distinct from the apostle, to be the author of the book. presbyter cajus, or gaius, of rome, and the alogi, attributed it to cerinthus, a gnostic of the independent sect of these, and eusebius quotes both dionysius and these alogi; nicephorus callistus uses the same as saying that some who had preceded them had manipulated the book in such way, in every chapter, that the original could not be recognised. this may be an exaggeration, but amongst the eminent critics who have denied th

f, verified by the astronomers ramin and lanin, who attempt an astrological view, grounded on the state of the heavens at patmos on the 30th september 395, at 5 o'clock at night. jupiter- the white horse- was then in sagittarius; whilst saturn- the pale horse- was in scorpio; the sun in virgo, and the moon under her feet. john chrysostom was then in patmos, and immediately after 395 was called to rome to become a presbyter; but rome finding that the "second coming" did not take place, it is argued that he was deprived and banished as a "false prophet" against this we have the fact that chrysostom does not mention the book, but the date assigned agrees with criticisms as the book now stands. we must defer to the superior knowledge of this modern "unveiler" though personally i am inclined to

ALEX SANDERS THE KING OF THE WITCHES

be clairvoyant within 'two years. q: do visions always concern the witch or his petitioner? a: no. two years ago a london white witch saw in his crystal a child a.bout to be ritually murdered in a christian church. he. convened an esbat and, with his coven's help, raised thepower to find out where and when the ceremony was to take place. it was scheduled to be in a roman catholic church. outside rome two or three days hence. one of the members put up the money and three witches left immediately by plane. they arrived at the church to which they had beendirected in time to see one of four priests take up a knife and approach the altar where a. newly bom baby was lying. two nuns were standing by. the london witch snatched the knife from the priest and stabbed him in the throat, killing him

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

e are told that the dominant ray at the present time, though passing out, is the sixth, the ray of devotion, and that this ray was already in operation before the dawn of christianity; also that the seventh sub-ray became the modifying influence about seventy-five years ago (1860, and of course will continue as such. the first outcome of this seventh subray influence was the ecumenical council at rome (1870, with its declaration of papal infallibility. the tractarian movement in england started at the same time, whilst the progress of the seventh sub-ray influence, still going on, is marked by the steady increase of ritualism and sacerdotalism in the various churches, and even in the church of rome there has been a distinct tightening of priestly authority in all matters of dogma and pract

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ndred and thirty-six different dates fixed on by different christian sects. lightfoot gives it as september 15th, others as in february or august. epiphanius mentions two sects, one celebrating in june, the other in july. the matter was finally settled by pope julius in 337 a.d, and st. chrysostom, writing in 390, says `on this day (i.e. 25th december) also the birth of christ was lately fixed at rome, in order that while the heathen were busy with their ceremonies (the brumalia, in honour of bacchus) the christians might perform their rites undisturbed'"42 the choice of this particular date is cosmic in its implications, and not unwittingly, we can be sure, did the wise men of earlier times make these momentous decisions. annie besant tells us that "he is always born at the winter solstic

is to say "mother's night" by reason of the ceremonies which in that night-long vigil they performed' he does not mention what those ceremonies were, but it is clear that they were connected with the birth of the sun-god. at the time when the english were converted to christianity in the sixth and seventh centuries the festival of the nativity on december 25th had been already long established in rome as a solemn- 41- from bethlehem to calvary copyright 1998 lucis trust celebration; but in england its identification with the joyous old pagan yule a word apparently meaning a `jollification' gave it a merry character which it did not possess in the south. this character has survived, and is in marked contrast to its nature amongst the latin races, with whom the northern custom of feasting an

ALICE A BAILEY12 DISCIPLESHIP IN THE NEW AGE VOLUME I

ointed star. 3. then say something to each of your brothers, after due effort to link up with them. study the ideas which give utterance to your words and note, in writing, their general import. 4. then rise, and going to the window, send out love and light to those who guide the destinies of men upon the earth (i refer not to the hierarchy) in london, leningrad, washington, berlin, geneva and in rome. do this with as much love as you can and without much thought, for thought can be separative and critical where there is not adequate knowledge. this is an initial part of the technique of dissipating group glamour. 5. then sound the o.m, raising your consciousness and coming as close to the hierarchy as possible. february 1939 my brother: this last year has not been an easy one for you any

ALICE A BAILEY13 PROBLEMS OF HUMANITY

on the question of doctrine and all of them were originally sincere and clean and relatively pure and good. all have steadily deteriorated since the day of their inception and today the following sad and serious situation can be found: 1. the roman catholic church is distinguished by three things which are all contrary to the spirit of christ: a. an intensely materialistic attitude. the church of rome stands for great stone structures cathedrals, churches, institutions, convents, monasteries. in order to build them, the- 75- problems of humanity copyright 1998 lucis trust policy down the centuries has been to drain the money out of the pockets of rich and poor alike. the roman catholic church is a strictly capitalistic church. the money gathered into its coffers supports a powerful ecclesi

ALICE A BAILEY15 THE DESTINY OF THE NATIONS

acial light instead of the many separative national lines. at present it is the personality ray of the united states which controls. a close study of that for which each nation stands will be most revealing and their pattern will emerge a pattern of personality selfishness or a pattern of soul goals. italy has a sixth ray soul and hence her devotion to her past and to the ancient "glory which was rome (for this is closely tied up with the memory aspect of the soul) and to the concept of the restoration of the roman empire. but as it is the soul ray which is upon this stream of ray- 31- the destiny of the nations copyright 1998 lucis trust influence, it is interesting to note that italy carries forward her plans with very little hate and with the minimum of persecution and of resentment; sh

y carries forward her plans with very little hate and with the minimum of persecution and of resentment; she stands steadily for peace, no matter what the people may believe under the influence of national propaganda and the theories of the newspapers. her motto, esoterically stated, is, as you know "i carve the paths" this will be true eventually in the spiritual as well as in the literal sense. rome was the great road builder and road maker of europe in the far distant past; today the british race (who are largely re-incarnated romans and hence the friendly feeling which basically exists between the two countries in spite of outward appearance) are the original railroad makers. this is all upon the material side. upon the spiritual side, as i told you in an earlier book, the whole field

e in the far distant past; today the british race (who are largely re-incarnated romans and hence the friendly feeling which basically exists between the two countries in spite of outward appearance) are the original railroad makers. this is all upon the material side. upon the spiritual side, as i told you in an earlier book, the whole field of religion will be re-inspired and re-orientated from rome because the master jesus will again take hold of the christian church in an effort to re-spiritualise it and to re-organise it. from the chair of the pope of rome, the master jesus will attempt to swing that great branch of the religious beliefs of the world again into a position of spiritual power and away from its present authoritative and temporary political potency. the united states of a

cope indicate this. again, in italy, you find leo appearing, thus relating italy to france, to great britain and to berlin all of which have leo as a ruling sign, either of the nations themselves or of their chief city. there is, consequently, no possibility of any of these four powers being able to evade relationships. italy is more closely related to great britain than she is to france, because rome is ruled by taurus and by leo which ties her to great britain through identity of vibration. this france will have to recognise as well as italy and great britain. the personality of italy is ruled by sagittarius, the sign of the one-pointed disciple, and it is owing to this that we have the undeviating aim of the italian state and its refusal to be moved- 46- the destiny of the nations copyr

nd great britain. the personality of italy is ruled by sagittarius, the sign of the one-pointed disciple, and it is owing to this that we have the undeviating aim of the italian state and its refusal to be moved- 46- the destiny of the nations copyright 1998 lucis trust from certain attitudes and determinations. italy sees more clearly than germany the principles involved at this time, and though rome is blinded at times by the taurian influence which leads to a blind rushing forward towards a goal, irrespective of consequences and implications, yet essentially the inner straight line of foreseen and planned activity will hold italy true to the objective. the following conditioning forces make the story of italy sufficiently clear: italy 1. leo with its ruler, the sun> nation 2. sagittariu

ALICE A BAILEY19 THE UNFINISHED AUTOBIOGRAPHY

h other very well. national barriers seemed nonexistent and we all spoke the same spiritual language. it was there for the first time that we met dr. robert assagioli, who had been our representative in italy for several years, and our contact with him and the many years of work with him constitute one of the outstanding happy factors in our lives. he was at one time a leading brain specialist in rome and when we first knew him was regarded as an outstanding european psychologist. he is a man of rare beauty of character. he could not come into a room without his essential spiritual qualities making his presence known. frank d. vanderlip in his book "what next in europe" makes a striking comment about him. he calls him the modern st. francis of assisi and says that the morning he spent with

ALICE A BAILEY23 THE EXTERNALISATION OF THE HIERARCHY

onstitute one of the factors with which the hierarchy has to contend. aspirants are preoccupied with their own little affairs and with their own small efforts, instead of relinquishing everything in an endeavour to unite on the needed appeal and activity. they are contending for their own interpretations of truth, and for their pet ideals of peace, living or work and like nero they "fiddle whilst rome burns" all their lives they have fought for an ideal and a dream, and they love that more than they love humanity. yet all that is needed is such a deep love of humanity that it works out on all levels of activity and all life effort. if the idealists of the world would realise the situation as it is, they would relinquish all that they hold dear and come to the rescue of humanity, and thus s

d canada. it belongs to the united nations for use (or let us rather hope, simply for threatened use) when aggressive action on the part of any nation rears its ugly head. it does not essentially matter whether that aggression is the gesture of any particular nation or group of nations or whether it is generated by the political groups of any powerful religious organisation, such as the church of rome, who are as yet unable to leave politics alone and attend to the business for which all religions are responsible leading human beings closer to the god of love. 4. the world war now being ostensibly over and the work of restoration, leading to resurrection, being slowly implemented, the work of the hierarchy is to foster that enthusiasm in the hearts of people everywhere which will enable th

ANTINOMIANISM

nostic sects, the graeco/roman egyptian philosophies and aspects of the ancient egyptian philosophical and religious cults. particularly we see this in the reflections of the ancient setian priesthoods of egypt which have been integrated into other lines of philosophical thought. as previously stated, the differentiation between the lhp and the rhp is one of intent. for instance, in the church of rome (catholic) ritual is utilized. all the elements- altar, bell, candles, incense etc, form the components of ritual. however, if you were to read howard stanton levee's (a.k.a. anton szandor lavey "satanic bible" ritual is also utilized using those same elements. the difference lies within the intention of the participants. therefore, the technology itself does not distinguish one methodology f

ARADIA GOSPEL OF THE WITCHES

d always regardedthe story as a fable or impossible, but that they could be made perfectly by my process, adding,however, that they would cost too much to make it profitable. i admit that i have little faith in lost artsbeyond recovering. described in my book (unpublished) on the hundred minor arts. 34 in a very recent work by messrs. niceforo and sighele, entitled la mala vita a roma evil lifein rome, there is a chapter devoted to the witches of the eternal city, of whom the writer saysthey form a class so hidden that the most roman of romans is perhaps ignorant of their exis-tence. this is true of the real strege, though not of mere fortune-tellers, who are common enough.the children of diana, or how the fairies were born. 35 fivepence roman money.diana, queen of the serpents, giver of t

e in italy. he accordinlymade diligent search. and in an out of the way village discovered goldsmiths who made ornamentsfor the peasants, which in their character indicated a strong survival of early etruscan art. 33 and here i would remark, that where i have written perhaps a little too bitterly of the indifference ofscholars to the curious traditions preserved by wizards and witches, i refer to rome, and especiallyto northern italy. g. pitrdid all that was possible for one man as regards the south. since the fore-going chapters were written, i received naples in the nineties, by e. neville rolfe, b.a, in which adeep and intelligent interest in the subject is well supported by extensive knowledge. what will be tothe reader of my book particularly interesting is the amount of information w

on. prominent in this, and naturallyenough, was the worship of dianathe protectress for the alleged adoration of satan was a farlater invention of the church, and it has never really found a leading place in italian witchcraft to thisday. that is to say, purely diabolicalwitchcraft did not find general acceptance till the end of the fif-teenth century, when it was, one may almost say, invented in rome to supply means wherewith todestroy the threatening heresy of germany.the growth of sentiment is the increase of suffering; man is never entirely miserable until he findsout how wronged he is and fancies that he sees far ahead a possible freedom. in ancient times menas slaves suffered less under even more abuse, because they believed they were born to low condi-tions of life. even the best re

demned by a church council at ancyra. pipernus and other writers havenoted the evident identity of herodiaswith lilith. isispreceded both.dianais very vigorously, even dramatically, set forth in this poem as the goddess of the god-forsak-en and ungodly, of thieves, harlots, and, truthfully enough, of the minions of the moon, as falstaffwould have fain had them called. it was recognised in ancient rome, as it is in modern india, that nohuman being canbe so bad or vile as to have forfeited all right to divine protection of some kind orother, and dianawas this protectress. it my be as well to observe here, that among all free-thinkingphilosophers, educated parias, and literary or book-bohemians, there has ever been a mostunorthodox tendency to believe that the faults and errors of humanity ar

owed its origin solely to the monstrous abus-es and tyranny of church and state. for then, at every turn in life, the vast majority encountereddownright shameless, palpable iniquity and injustice, with no law for the weak who were withoutpatrons. page 61 n r r r r r lavernawas the roman goddess of thieves, pickpockets, shopkeepers or dealers, plagiarists, ras-cals, and hypocrites. there was near rome a temple in a grove where robbers went to divide theirplunder. there was a statue of the goddess. her image, according to some, was a head without abody; according to others, a body without a head; but the epithet of beautiful applied to her byhorace indicates that she who gave disguises to her worshippers had kept one to herself. she wasworshipped in perfect silence. this is confirmed by a p

ause i sworeupon my head but, as you all can see,i have no head at all, and therefore iassuredly neer swore by such an oath.then there was indeed a storm of laughter among the gods, who made the matter right by orderingthe head to join the body, and bidding lavernapay up her debts, which she did.then jovespoke and said: here is a roguish goddess without a duty (or a worshipper, while there are in rome innumerablethieves, sharpers, cheats, and rascals ladri, bindolini, truffatori e scrocconi who live by deceit.these good folk have neither a church nor a god, and it is a great pity, for even the very devilshave their master, satan, as the head of the family. therefore, i command that in future lavernashall be the goddess of all the knaves or dishonest tradesman, with the whole rubbish and re

BLAVATSKY H P ANTHROPOGENESIS

born seven times on the earth, is full of occult philosophical meaning. it does not refer to vishnu's avatars, since these number nine, the tenth being still to come, but to the races on earth. venus, or lucifer (also sukra and usanas) the planet, is the light-bearer of our earth, in both its physical and mystic sense. the christians knew it well in early times, since one of the earliest popes of rome is known by his pontiff name as lucifer "every world has its parent star and sister planet. thus earth is the adopted child and younger brother of venus, but its inhabitants are of their own kind. all sentient complete beings (full septenary men or higher beings) are furnished, in their beginnings, with forms and organisms in full harmony with the nature and state of the sphere they inhabit "

have begotten, given birth to, and reared in love the evil one; but this is a digression "the whole world of thought is reproached by the church with having adored the serpent. the whole of humanity 'incensed and at the same time stoned it' the zend avesta speaks of it as the kings and vedas do, as the edda and the bible. everywhere the sacred serpent, the naga, and its shrine and its priest; in rome it is the vestal who prepares its meal with the same care as she bestows on the sacred fire. in greece, aesculapius cannot cure without its assistance, and delegates to it his powers. everyone has heard of the famous roman embassy sent by the senate to the god of medicine and its return with the not less famous serpent, which proceeded of its own will and by itself toward its master's temple

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-headed ammon manufacturing men on a potter's wheel* brasseur de bourbourg "mexique" pp. 135 and 574[[vol. 2, page] 214 the secret doctrine. it was already an old one. that arjuna, krishna's companion and chela, is said

to pacify them, the latter swallowed up the two continents, and, since, it has been impossible to make him give up his captives. alone, the mountain-peaks and high plateaux escaped the flood, by the power of the gods, who perceived too late the mistake they had committed "whatever there may be in these traditions, and whatever may have been the place where a civilization more ancient than that of rome, of greece, of egypt, and of india was developed, it is certain that this civilization did exist, and it is highly important to science to recover its traces, however feeble and fugitive they may be (pp. 13-15. this last tradition corroborates the one given from the "records of the secret doctrine" the war mentioned between the yellow and the black men, relates to a struggle between the "sons

he logos is passive wisdom in heaven and conscious, self-active wisdom on earth" we are taught. it is the marriage of "heavenly man" with the "virgin of the world--nature, as described in pymander; the result of which is their progeny- immortal man. it is this which is called in st. john's revelation the marriage of the lamb with his bride (xix. 7) that "wife" is now identified with the church of rome owing to the arbitrary interpretations of her votaries. but they seem to forget that her linen may be fine and white outwardly (like the "whitened sepulchre, but that the rottenness she is inwardly filled with, is not "the righteousness of saints (v. 8. ibid, but rather the blood of the saints she has "slain upon the earth (chap. xviii. 24) thus the remark made by the great initiate (in luke

urch council of elyrus in a.d. 303, when it was declared that "the form of god, which is immaterial and invisible, shall not be limited by figure or shape" in 692, the council of constantinople had similarly prohibited "to paint or represent jesus as a lamb" as also "to bow the knee in praying, as it is the act of idolatry" but the council of nicaea (787) brought this idolatry back, while that of rome (883) excommunicated john, the patriarch of constantinople, for his showing himself a declared enemy of image worship[[vol. 2, page] 280 the secret doctrine. of alexandria began to translate gigantes by serpentes, explaining that "serpents and giants signify demons (genesis, chapter v* we may be told that, before we draw parallels between our tenets and those of the bible, we have to show bet

ablished evidence, for offering it guesses instead of knowledge, and calling them "scientific conclusions" its specialists will evolve a thousand and one contradictory speculations rather than confess an awkward self-evident fact- pre-eminent among such specialists being haeckel and his english admirers and co-thinkers. yet "they are authorities- we are sternly reminded. what of that? the pope of rome is also an authority and an infallible one- for his followers; whereas the remarkable fallibility of scientific speculations is being proven periodically with every change of the moon[[vol. 2, page] 317 presentments of truths. ay, men and civilized nations, not palaeolithic savages only; who, under the guidance of their divine rulers, built large cities, cultivated arts and sciences, and knew

BLAVATSKY H P COSMOGENESIS

ch it. he is at one in this with all the philosophers. for us these angels are spirits separated from the objects. whereas for the philosophers (pagan) they were gods" considering the ritual established by the roman catholic church for "spirits of the stars" the latter look suspiciously like "gods" and were no more honoured and prayed to by the ancient and modern pagan rabble than they are now at rome by the highly cultured catholic christians[[vol. 1, page] 124 the secret doctrine. angels and the devils. for the kabalist and occultist there is but one; and neither of them makes any difference between "the rectors of light" and the cosmocratores, or "rectores tenebrarum harum" whom the roman church imagines and discovers in a "rector of light" as soon as he is called by another name than t

verses, the magnificence of the egg of brahma, and in which an account of the future kalpas is contained as revealed by brahma" quite so, and much more, perchance[[vol. 1, page] 368 the secret doctrine. of salvation and of resurrection. this is found in and corroborated by the time-honoured custom of exchanging "easter eggs" from the anguinum, the "egg" of the "pagan" druid, whose name alone made rome tremble with fear, to the red easter egg of the slavonian peasant, a cycle has passed. and yet, whether in civilized europe, or among the abject savages of central america, we find the same archaic, primitive thought; if we only search for it and do not disfigure- in the haughtiness of our fancied mental and physical superiority- the original idea of the symbol- vii. the days and nights of br

senting in this work a bird's-eye view of the origin and development of the lunar myth and worship in historical antiquity, on our side of the globe. its earlier origin is untraceable by exact science, rejecting as it does tradition; while for theology, which, under the guidance of the crafty popes, has put a brand on every fragment of literature that does not bear the imprimatur of the church of rome, its archaic history is a sealed book. whether the egyptian or the aryan hindu religious philosophy is the more ancient- and the secret doctrine says it is the latter- does not much matter in this instance, as the lunar and solar "worship" are the most ancient in the world. both have survived, and prevail to this day throughout the whole world, with some openly, with others- e.g, in christian

es and[[footnote(s* hathor is the infernal isis, the goddess pre-eminently of the west or the nether world* this is de mirville, who proudly confesses the similarity, and he ought to know[[vol. 1, page] 401 ante-historical catholicism. venus, and that the pagan rites, proclaimed and practised in honour of those goddesses, were in a good measure transferred to the mother of christ" the advocate of rome answers "that such is the fact, and that it is just as it should be and quite natural. as the dogma, the liturgy, and the rites professed by the roman apostolical church in 1862 are found engraved on monuments, inscribed on papyri, and cylinders hardly posterior to the deluge, it does seem impossible to deny the existence of a first ante-historical (roman) catholicism of which our own is but

ing roman catholicism an inspired and revealed faith. as a proof thereof, he furnishes numberless facts, all tending to show that the entire ancient world, ever since[[vol. 1, page] 402 the secret doctrine. the deluge, had been, with the help of the devil, systematically plagiarizing the rites, ceremonies, and dogmas of the future holy church to be born ages later. what would that faithful son of rome have said had he heard his co-religionist- m. renouf, the distinguished egyptologist of the british museum- declaring, in one of his learned lectures, that "neither hebrews nor greeks borrowed any of their ideas from egypt* but perhaps it is just this that m. renouf intended to say namely- that it is the egyptians, the greeks, and the aryans, who borrowed theirs from the latin church? and if

ng nodes of the moon, were also symbolized in ancient greece by the two serpents. hercules kills them on the day of his birth, and so does the babe in his virgin mother's arms. as mr. gerald massey aptly observes in this connection "all such symbols figured their own facts from the first, and did not pre-figure others of a totally different order. the iconography (and dogmas, too) had survived in rome from a period remotely pre-christian. there was neither forgery nor interpolation of types; nothing but a continuity of imagery with a perversion of its meaning- x. tree, serpent, and crocodile worship "object of horror or of adoration, men have for the serpent an implacable hatred, or prostrate themselves before its genius. lie calls it, prudence claims it, envy carries it in its heart, and

d, believed in ancient magic, and practised it himself "if we take for granted the statements of kin-yu. and "he praised it to the skies in yi-kin" we are told by his reverend critic. nevertheless, even in his age- i.e, 600 b.c, confucius and his school taught the sphericity of the earth and even the heliocentric system; while, at about thrice 600 years after the chinese philosopher, the popes of rome threatened and even burnt "heretics" for asserting the same. he is laughed at for speaking of the "sacred tortoise" no unprejudiced person can see any great difference between a tortoise and a lamb as candidates for sacredness, as both are symbols and no more. the ox, the eagle* the lion, and occasionally[[footnote(s* he may be laughed at by the protestants; but the roman catholics have no ri

BLUE EQUINOX

the degrees subsequent to the third but pendants to it. in this, the man of earth series, there are then but three degrees; and these three are one. the man of earth takes no share in the government of the order; for he is not yet called upon to give his life to it in service; and with us government is service, and nothing else. the man of earth is therefore in much the position of the plebian in rome in the time of menenius agrippia. but there is this marked difference; that every man of earth is encouraged and expected to push on to the next stage. in order that the feelings of the general body may be represented, the men of earth choose four persons, two men and two women, from among themselves, to stand continually before the face of the supreme and holy king, serving him day and night

BUCKLAND RAYMOND COMPLETE BOOK OF WITCHCRAFT

wands. they are your personal instruments. keep them wrapped in a black cloth. cheiromancy palmistry, or cheiromancy (pronounced "kie-ro-mansy" and named after leich de hamong/louis hamon, the famous nineteenth century palmist who also went under the name of "cheiro) is another popular, yet accurate, way of divining. it was common during medieval times and is known to have existed when greece and rome were at their height. from the scattered information we have of keltic europe, there is some reason to believe that there, too, the hand was considered to reflect its owner. as with other types of divination, there is a fixed set of meanings to learn in this case, the map of the hand and the meaning of the lines. there is also the need for some carefully applied intuition. the hand changes th

CASSANDRA EASON A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGIC

nineteenth century. in rural areas, the implements used in and around the home and garden could be easily adapted for use in magick; and for town-dwellers, flowers and herbs could be gathered on a day in the country or grown on allotments or in urban back gardens. in the days before central heating systems, the focus of the home was the family hearth. focus is latin for 'hearth' and from ancient rome to china, the household deities have always had their place, being offered morsels of food, nectar and flowers and consulted on family happenings. it was believed that the ancestors as well as the living gathered around the family hearth, and so it became a natural focus for magick. the witches' cauldron started off as the iron cooking pot that hung over the fire (such pots are still used in

and shiva are often pictured as a family in the himalayas with their sons ganesh, god of wisdom and learning, and six-headed skanda, the warrior god. she is invoked for all family matters and those concerning children and by women in distress. vesta seite 37 wicca01.txt vesta is the roman goddess of domesticity and of the sacred hearth at which dead and living were welcomed. the vestal virgins of rome kept alight the sacred flame in vesta's temple and this was rekindled at the new year, as were household flames. vesta can be invoked in rituals centred around the element fire. father gods the father gods represent authority, channelled power, benevolence and altruism, nobility of purpose, expansion and limitless potential [insert pic p068- dagda dagda, the father god in the celtic tradition

vive and thrive. it is also for physical health and vitality and so its rituals are always dynamic. mars rules passion and the consummation of love. like fire magick, the energy of mars is very powerful and so spells should always be for positive purpose and with a circle that can afterwards be closed down. mars was the roman warrior god, and legendary father of romulus and remus, the founders of rome. as god of both agriculture and war, he represented the ideal roman, first as a farmer and then as a conqueror and so the agricultural fire festivals are linked with his power. he is the roman equivalent of the greek ares and the viking tyr, the altruistic warrior god who sacrificed his sword arm to save the other deities (the word tuesday derives from his name. the hour of mars is especially

CHRONOLOGIA RORISPERGIUS

entury bce solomon, son of david, king of israel flourished 950 torah/pentateuch, song of songs. 900 bc "the sacrificial deities, agni and soma, as personifications of the ritual order, effectively survived the transition from theism to pantheism in 900 bc (james: 1963..pg 77) 800- the iliad and the odyssey were recited by a blind poet named homer; hesiod: works and days, theogony; upanishads 751 rome was founded 740 o.t. book of isaiah. 628-551 zarathustra/zoroaster 600- taoism (or daoism) is established in china as a religion by the legendary lao-tzu 580- 530 pythagoras was initiated into the egyptian mysteries (disciple of anaximander) 560 buddha was born c. 550? bon was introduced to tibet when there occurred a mass migration of iranians from sogdhiana in north-east iran to the norther

cepts baptism into catholic christianity from bishop ambrose of milan. 391 second burning of library at alexandria (by christians. 401 confessions of st. augustine. 404 cod. of the vulgate (latin bible. jerome (345-420) produces a new translation (from both greek and hebrew) of most of the christian scriptures into latin. 410-485 proclus: epistles on alchemy. commentary on euclid's elements. 411: rome is sacked by alaric the the visigoth. 5th century latin text, liber hermetis, translated from the greek, gives special attention to the decans "man is called by the informed, a world, since he is wholly correspondent with the world s nature. indeed at the moment of conception there spurts from the seven planets a whole complex of rays that bear on each part of the man. and the same thing happ

ying in constantinople, received an annotated copy of the hermetica from a scholar from harran. 1052-1127 ibn al-sid al batalyawsi kitab al- hada'iq or "the book of imaginary circles" ladder by which the soul ascends and descends(influenced by the "epistles of the brethren of purity) popular in medieval spain and provence -translations made by kabbalists moses ibn tibbon and samuel ibn motot 1054 rome splits from orthodox church, forms catholic church 1058-1111 ghazali (persian muslim scholar and mystic) 1060 r. solomon ibn gabirol said to have created a woman 1062-1110 petrus alfonsi proof of the trinity based on the tetragrammaton. 1071-1126 guilhelm ix duca d'aquitania, vii conte di poitiers troubadour c. 1075 yehuda ha-levi born. friend of abraham ibn ezra. helped amalgamate ismailite

nova. 1288 the mongols invade india. alexander von roes notitia seculi derived from pseudo-joachim of fiore's de semine scripturarum anticipates the antichrist as a 3rd frederich and looks for charlemagne's return. 1288-1339 john dastin 1289 abulafia, abraham commentary on the sepher yetzirah (camino, italy) franciscan priest and the first archbishop of cambalec john of monte corvino departs from rome through asia into india in 1291. his companions were the dominican nicholas of pistoia and the merchant peter of lucalongo. 1289-1298 peter john olivi led the spiritual party within the franciscan order 1290: all jews are expelled from england. many move to spain. c. 1290 master salion, a canon of padova, who was astrologer to ezzelino da romano, translated three small treatises on astrology

medy by dante. 1308 john duns scotus dies. guiard of cressonart arrested. 1309-1311 tractatus quidem [sic, in quo respondeteur objectionibus que fiebant contra tractatum arnaldi de adventu anti-christi arnold of villanova sees lull and himself as the 'two modern messengers of truth' 1309-1348 petrus bonus 1309: under pope clement v and under the thumb of the french monarchs, the papacy moves from rome to avignon c.1310? r. isaac b. samuel of acre. student of r. nathan who was himself a student of abraham abulafia. knew arabic and had access to sufi influenced kabbalistic material; possibly learned abulafia's teachings in italy while on the way to spain. isaac of acre is believed to be the main conduit for sufi-kabbalist techniques between east and west for a restricted circle in barcelona

edward iii requests thomas cary to find two alchemists who have escaped, and to find the secret of their art 1330 pope john xxii gives funds to his physician to set up a laboratory for a "certain secret work. friar ordorico da pordenone s travelogue includes description of the land "where dwelleth the pope of the idolators" tibet? 1331 commentary on "sefer yezirah" by meir b. solomon ibn sahula (rome, angelica library, ms. or. 45. 1332-78 ibn khaldun the muqaddimah "we saw with our eyes one of these magicians fashion the image of the person he desired to bewitch" 1335 petrus bonus of ferrara pretiosa margarita novella c. 1336 alaoddawleh semnani, persian sufi linking the seven prophets of the koran with the mystical physiology of seven latifa and referred to seven grades of being which co

lation of ch xvi, xvii and xviii. 1509 jacques lef vre d'etaples, psalterium quintuplex, gallicum, romanum, hebraicum, vetus, conciliatum" paris. songs of david are suited to qblh, refers to peter alphonsi. 1510 agrippa's de occulta philosophia finished 1510-1575 guillaume postel, french mathematician, kabbalist, and joachite mystic 1511 carolus bovillus -de sapiente. 1513 johannes potken (editor,rome, psalterium david et cantica aliqua in ethiopic. 1514 sefer yetzirah(constantinople. symphorien champier rosa gallica "from the press of jodocus badius, displaying many of his magnificent woodcut initials. the charming title-woodcut shows the author seated at a desk in a garden, holding in his left hand an enormous rose and pointing with his right to a closed book. before him sits a lady hold

CHYMICAL WEDDING OF CHRISTIAN ROSENKREUTZ

om. i thought since we were not permitted to see the musicians, i should have been glad to view just all the instruments they were using. after half an hour this music ceased unexpectedly, and we could neither see or hear anything more. presently after, a great noise began before the door of the hall, with sounding and beating of trumpets, shalms and kettle-drums, as majestic as if the emperor of rome had been entering; whereupon the door opened by itself, and then the noise of the trumpets was so loud that we were hardly able to endure it. meanwhile (to my thinking) many thousand small tapers came into the hall, all of which themselves marched in so very exact an order as altogether amazed us, till at last the two aforementioned pages with bright torches entered the hall, lighting the way

COLLIER IRENE CHINESE MYTHOLOGY

a, is native to china. growing more than fifty feet tall, its leaves are used to feed silkworms. strands from the silkworms cocoons are woven together to create silk, the strongest of all natural fibers. the cloth is lightweight and cool to the touch, but retains warmth and is highly flame-resistant. its beauty and ability to absorb bright dyes made it a highly prized trade item in ancient egypt, rome, and persia. the water spinach, ung choy, has thick hollow stems and long slender leaves. it will sprout leaves and regenerate with very little water, and it will grow as much as four inches per day. this hardy plant saved people from starvation during china s many wars and is also a valuable source of iron for the people of india, vietnam, brazil, central america, and africa.2 64 china was o

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a golden table at its side. there is no statue of any kind set up in this place, nor is the chamber occupied at night by any but a single native woman who, say the chaldean priests, is chosen by the deity out of all the women of the land. the priests also declare, but i for one do not credit it, that the god comes down in person into this chamber, and sleeps upon the couch."10 on a tomb found in rome and dated between the first and fourth centuries ad the inscription read "i am a son of the earth and the stars of the sky, but i am of the celestial race. may the knowledge be passed on!"11 the birth of y'shua (jesus, as described in the gnostic gospels, also has similarities to modern day et experiences. the protoevangelion of james is the oldest of the gnostic gospels which were removed fr

the guidance of the prison warder consciousness, until the original meaning has been lost under an avalanche of myth and invention. so often when you investigate the origin of the foundation stories of the religions, you find the same basic themes with different names for the alleged heroes and villains. for the christian version of jesus, see also bel (sumer, dionysus (greece, mithra (persia and rome, osiris (egypt, quetzalcoatl (central and south america, krishna (india, and so on. in this way, the spiritual knowledge from which all religions originally derive, has, to a large extent, been destroyed in the public arena. this process has been essential to controlling the human race. you take information out of the public arena and pass it on secretly only to those who share your ambitions

offshoots- the royal institute of international affairs (riia) at chatham house in london (which had branches in many other parts of the world, and the riia's united states branch, the council on foreign relations (cfr) in new york (which had branches across the united states. in the post-war years, these would be joined by the bilderberg group (bil, the trilateral commission (tc, and the club of rome (cr) to form a highly effective network of manipulation which comprises a very significant element of the secret government of the world- a government that is far more powerful than any elected authority (figure 7. you will find the membership of these organisations among the elite of global politics and political 'advisors, banking, oil companies, multinational corporations, media owners, ex

duce a european army under their central command. they called for disarmament by the nations and the creation of one army. the same is happening today on a global scale. the six members of the coal and steel community signed a treaty to this effect in 1952, but it failed to materialise when the french parliament refused to accept it. still, on march 25th 1957, the six did sign the two treaties of rome to create the european economic community or common market, and the european atomic energy community (euratom. the negotiations for the treaties of rome were controlled by monnet with constant help from the cfr network in the united states. this was confirmed by harvard lecturer, ernst h. van der beugel, an honourary secretary-general of the elite's bilderberg group and a member of the trilat

resigned over what happened and was rewarded with the job of secretary general of nato! also deeply involved in the negotiations over rhodesia and the transition from white dictatorship to dictatorship by robert mugabe, was lord soames, a director of n.m. rothschild until 1979. i'm sure that all these coincidences must have an innocent explanation. its just that i can't think of one. the club of rome and the environmental movement the club of rome was launched publicly in 1968 by the italian freemason, aurelio peccei (comm 300, who once said to his friend, the former us secretary of state, alexander haig (tc, that he felt like adam weishaupt reincarnated.48 weishaupt was the man behind the modern illuminati. peccei was the chief executive of the fiat motor company under its president and

d publicly in 1968 by the italian freemason, aurelio peccei (comm 300, who once said to his friend, the former us secretary of state, alexander haig (tc, that he felt like adam weishaupt reincarnated.48 weishaupt was the man behind the modern illuminati. peccei was the chief executive of the fiat motor company under its president and prominent bilderberger, giovanni agnelli (comm 300. the club of rome was created by meetings at the rockefeller family's private estate at bellagio in italy.49 it was, and is, the club of rome's role to issue propaganda about the environmental crisis and use this to justify the centralisation of power (problem-reaction-solution) and the suppression of industrial development in both the west and the so called third world. it is also another 'justification' for

was, and is, the club of rome's role to issue propaganda about the environmental crisis and use this to justify the centralisation of power (problem-reaction-solution) and the suppression of industrial development in both the west and the so called third world. it is also another 'justification' for population control (eugenics. peccei was a passionate advocate of world government and his club of rome has produced plans for restructuring the world into five regions under the control of a central world authority. it has issued many 'reports, including limits to growth in 1972, sponsored by the rockefellers. it was distributed as a 197-page paperback published in 18 editions and 23 languages. limits to growth has been widely quoted by the environmental movement to support their arguments, bu

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ng families of today because they are seeking to perpetuate a particular genetic code, which can be quickly diluted by breeding outside of their hybrid circle. in the ancient world, one of the headquarters for the secret society network or illuminati, through which these bloodlines manipulate humanity, was babylon, also in the lands of sumer. this illuminati network then moved its headquarters to rome and during that time came the roman empire and the creation of the roman church, or institutionalised christianity. the headquarters moved on into northern europe after the fall of the roman empire and for a period was based in amsterdam, the netherlands. this was when the dutch began to build their empire through the dutch east india company and they settled south africa. in 1688, one of the

r symbol was the dove- further links to the noah story with the dove arriving to noah bearing the olive branch. i have seen lake van associated with the garden of eden by one researcher. so the babylonian mother-son was semiramis of the serpent cult and her son, tammuz, the hero of their far earlier version of the "jesus" story. we shall see later that this same serpent cult moved from babylon to rome and founded the christian religion, as we know it today. the christian mother-son combination is mary (another name used for el) and "jesus (tammuz or balder. christianity, as created by the roman church, is another form of the ancient mother-son serpent cult t the many faces of the serpent cult 167 religion. and there's more. rome is said to have been founded by romulus and remus. these are

se people were not nordics, but similar to the aboriginal dark chaldeans, lycians, and what is called today the mediterranean or iberian race. rom or romil was also a title of the set and serpent worshippers of ancient egypt. muslims refer to turkey/asia minor as rum, and romania is the traditional centre for the vampire legends. fascinating, then, that romulus and remus, the mythical founders of rome, were said to have been "wolf-suckled" and this is symbolic of the mother-son cult (goddess worship) of the wolf-tribe of the roms with its associated serpent worship. the names romulus and remus came from an ancient female clan called the etruscan gens romulia, the real founders of rome. again the female. mother mary is el, the "dragon queen" it is no surprise, given its origins in babylon

for tammuz in certain rituals and the wailing of jewish people at the western or "wailing" wall in jerusalem is a version of this. in the old testament, ezekiel describes the wailings for tammuz by hebrew women in jerusalem. legends also say that to reach the goddess el or hel in her underworld, you have to cross a wailing river.5 "jesus" is balder when the serpent cult moved its headquarters to rome, it introduced the "jesus" story as we know it today and symbolised jesus as balder, the "crucified" son of el or "mary, the matriarch of the serpent cult, although there is other symbolism relating to the jesus story, also. he is a sort of composite character that pulls together a mass of mystery school symbolism and themes. balder is one of them, but there are many others weaved into the go

. ephesus just happens to have been the headquarters of worship to the goddess artemis/diana- a goddess of the amazons. i visited ephesus in the summer of 2000 and on a hill high above the ancient ruins is a building that is claimed to have been the home of..mary, mother of "jesus. another goddess worshipped by the amazons was cybele, the mother goddess of all asia minor (turkey; she was taken to rome from phrygia, the "land of the lions" and the serpent cult. rituals to her included baptism in the blood of the sacred bull, who represented her dying consort attis, of whom jesus was a carbon copy. her temple in rome stood on the site of today's st peter's basilica until the 4th century ad when the christian church took over. in fact, a priest of cybele called montanus or "mountain man" iden

ng of the titanic (titania) than ever we have yet realised. these goddesses are fundamentally associated with the sea and the underworld- the victims of the titanic tragedy in 1912 went to both. i don't buy the "hit an iceberg" line myself. in southern russia, titania (known there as rhea) was "the red one" and the romans claimed her to be the mother of romulus and remus, the mythical founders of rome. titania's king in a midsummer night's dream is called oberon. he was based on a real-life character, an ancestor of the man who really put the "shakespeare" plays together- edward de vere of loxley, 17th earl of oxford. the american researcher brian desborough, among others, has established that the plays were the work of a syndicate of illuminati initiates in elizabethan society, headed by

other country" and its parliament the "mother of parliaments. it is all goddess symbolism, as was britannia, an earlier name for britain derived from the phoenician goddess, barati or "barat-anna. freemasonic heroes like albert pike, the supreme pontiff of universal freemasonry in the 19th century, have said that freemasonry is a revival of the ancient mystery religions of babylon, egypt, persia, rome, and greece "masonry is identical with the ancient mysteries, he wrote in his freemasonic "bible" called morals and dogma. so, of course, you are going to find the same knowledge and symbols used in freemasonry that could be found in the ancient mystery schools. pike tells only half the truth, however, because freemasonry is not a revival of those mystery religions, it is a continuation of th

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osaurs. and while the bodiesof most dinosaurs might have been destroyed, their consciousness would have survivedbecause consciousness is energy and energy is indestructible. it can only be transmutedinto a different form. what happened to that dinosaur consciousness that dominated theearth for 150 million years? as weve seen, the earliest accounts of assyria, babylon,old testament history, china, rome, america, africa, india and elsewhere, featurestories of the dragons. the serpent symbol has also been found in ancient britain,greece, malta, egypt, new mexico, peru and all over the pacific islands. there is anunmistakable resemblance between some dinosaurs and ancient depictions of dragons.several species of small indo-malayan lizards with webbed wings look so much likedragons that they ha

played by their successors, the christian priests, the rabbis and thepriesthoods of islam, hinduism and all the rest. the roman catholic title of cardinalcomes from the word cardo meaning hinge and relates to nimrods role as guardian ofthe door to heaven.10 the babylonian priests even established a governing body theycalled the grand council of pontiffs, a name later transferred to the church of rome.11the babylonian high priest, who instructed the inner circle initiates, was known as..peter, meaning the great interpreter. the feast day of the christian st peter wastraditionally celebrated on the day the sun entered the astrological house of aquarius,the very day that eannus and janus were honoured!12 the babylonian religion, like allthe look-alikes that were to follow, consisted of two l

f siam; alcides of thebes;mikado of the sintoos; beddru of japan; hesus or eros, and bremrillahm, of the druids;thor, son of odin, of the gauls; cadmus of greece; hil and feta of mandaites; gentautand quetzalcoatl of mexico; universal monarch of the sibyls; ischy of formosa; divineteacher of plato; holy one of xaca; fohi and tien of china; adonis, son of virgin lo, ofgreece; ixion and quirinus of rome; prometheus of the caucasus; and mohammed ormahomet, of arabia.22all but a few of those sons of god or prophets, and the mind-prison religions foundedin their names, come from the very lands occupied or influenced by peoples emerging fromthe near east and the caucasus. the lands of the aryans and reptile-aryans. other sons ofgod included mithra or mithras, the pre-christian roman-persian god

it is also an astrology religion, theevil of which is condemned by christianity, not least by the pope! beam me up scotty,its mad down here. the church hierarchy, of course, know all this. they just dont wantyou to know. the mystery cult of mithra spread from persia to the roman empire andat one point this doctrine could be found in almost every part of europe. the presentsite of the v atican in rome was a sacred place for the followers of mithra, and hisimage and symbols have been found cut into rocks and stone tablets throughout thewestern provinces of the former roman domain, including germany, france andbritain. christianity and the roman church were based on the persian-roman sun godcalled mithra (nimrod, who has an earlier equivalent in india called mitra. tammuz oradonis (lord, who

made governor of syria. this gave him command over the romanarmy in judea. he was involved in the judean revolt in 66 ad which vespasian wassent to judea to quell. emperor nero was assassinated in 68 ad by an agent of pisoaccording to reuchlin. this certainly makes sense if nero killed his father. with this,the piso clan threw their power and manipulation behind v espasian and he becameemperor of rome in 69 ad. a year later the romans destroyed jerusalem, stole thetemple treasures, including it is claimed the ark of the covenant, and apparently tookthem back to rome where they entered the secret society underground. thisunderground was nothing less than the babylonian brotherhood.reuchlin says that anus calpurnius piso then wrote three of the gospels in thefollowing order: the gospel of ma

e to do so. it was only with the passage of time asthe true origin of jesus was lost that the stories became accepted as fact. the officialhistory of josephus is that he was a judean descended from hasmonean royalty. hefought against the romans and although his friends committed suicide when the revoltwent pear-shaped, he gave himself up and was spared. more than that, we are told hewas housed in rome by the emperors for 30 years while he wrote books on jewishhistory and then married his granddaughter into the roman aristocracy. oh, do comeon. josephus was the roman aristocrat, anus calpurnius piso, and together with hissons and pliny the younger, they wrote the gospels and the rest of the new testament.pliny wrote a number of the epistles (letters) under the name st ignatius, and thissame

estament.pliny wrote a number of the epistles (letters) under the name st ignatius, and thissame group, under various names, were the early church fathers. and who was to turnthis roman invention into the vast prison-religion it was to become? a roman emperorin the same babylonian brotherhood as the pisos, called constantine the great. whatwas the vehicle for doing this? the roman church based in rome! geoffrey higgins inhis epic work, anacalypsis, shows how rome was created as a new babylon. nowonder christianity is so awash with babylonian symbols. the whole thing was a setup to create yet another religion to entrap the human mind, and the hierarchy of thechristian church today know all this! the church elite have always known thisbecause they are part of the secret society stream which

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they believe that the spirit of the ancient egyptian sun god, ra, resided in the obelisk. thus, the obelisk represents the very presence of the sun god, whom the bible calls satan! there are only three major obelisks in the world today, and two of them are in the united states. according to epperson in his book "the new world order, the first major obelisk was constructed in st. peter's square in rome, and is so placed that every pope who addresses any crowd in the square, must face the obelisk. a new age author, peter tomkins, reports the same facts in his book "the magic of obelisks, harper and row, new york, 1982, isbn 0-06-014899-3. there is an obelisk in st. peter's bascilica as well. you'll be shocked to know that the church of god promotes celibacy while displaying a sex act right o

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world was more, however, than simply a time of nature worship. men lived in greater harmony with the natural world than they did during the cycle of restriction which followed, but they also celebrated the carnal, exalted the ego, and explored deep philosophical thought. this was the time of the mystery schools and the philosophers of greece. this was the time of the great empires of babylon and rome. this was the time when men discovered astronomy, mathematics, and science. the aeon of isis was not a single aeon but a succession of aeons in a cycle of expansion. the religions which rose during this time involved the worship of fire or of planetary bodies: the sun, the moon, and the stars. 2100 years ago, the previous cycle of expansion ended and the cycle of restriction, which crowley ca

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venus when it appeared in the eastern sky in the hours before dawn. lucifer, the light-bearer, the morning star, personified enlightenment, wisdom, and beauty. the cult of lucifer was associated with the worship of venus or aphrodite, the goddess of love and passion, and involved sexual acts of which the early christians did not approve. the acceptance of christianity as the official religion of rome, and subsequent conversion of pagans to the new faith, resulted in the name lucifer becoming associated with the devil satan. if jesus is the light and truth, reasoned the christian, then lucifer must be a false light, a deceiver, even a fallen angel. christianity condemned paganism, goddess-worship, and sexuality as evil; and the cult of lucifer could be associated with all of these. lucifer

hurches. the less demonic looking gods were converted into angels in god s armies as pagans were converted en masse to the new religion. the mass conversion of pagans to christianity was not entirely successful, however. in many countries, the people worshipped christ alongside the old gods. by the twelfth century there were a number of gnostic heresies which threatened the power of the church in rome. one gnostic sect was known as the luciferans. the luciferans believed that lucifer was the true god and yahweh was the devil. another gnostic sect, better known, was the knights templar. the knights templar fought in the crusades against the muslims but upon seeing how much more advanced the muslims were to themselves, converted to the religion of those they had fought. during the 12th and 1

not, but is becoming! god is not, but is becoming! when lucifer has risen, when man has become god, then it shall be known that the aeon of lucifer has begun. concerning christianity the earliest christians approached christianity as a philosophy compatible with other philosophical beliefs. the gnostic christians saw no conflict between the christian religion and the mystery schools of greece and rome. among the celts, christianity was adopted by the druids and was practiced alongside the earlier pagan religion. the greeks and romans approached christianity from an intellectual perspective. the scriptures were accepted within the context in which they had been written and were not interpreted as the literal word of god. the acceptance of christianity as the official religion of rome (and c

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of the state or private citizens. augurs were astrologers, and diviners which interpreted such omens as the flight of birds or the occurrence of thunder and lightening. they were of the noble class, and wore white robes, trimmed in purple. there is an old legend that states that several druids of gaul and britain were converted to a roman religion, and were made augurs for their territories after rome had conquered them. aura: an emanation of energy, or "halo" of colored light given out by, and forming a force-field surrounding all physical objects, including the human body, beasts, plants, and rocks, which people with psychic vision can see or other sensitives can sense. the observed colors of the aura are said to indicate definite emotional states and/or physical and/or mental conditions

he five magickal elements. it has the properties of being cool and moist. the element of the west. the elemental weapon/tool is the cup or chalice. waxing (moon: the moon from when the new moon can just be seen to the time of the full moon. western occultism: the magick of europe and english speaking nations around the world that has descended from the magick of sumeria, babylonia, egypt, greece, rome, the arabs and the jews, as well as from the indigenous european magick of ancient times. it's range is roughly coequal with that of christianity. the kabbalah is said to be the heart of modern western occultism. white magick: 1) the science and art of causing change (in reality or in consciousness) in conformity with will, using means not currently understood by traditional western science

DION FORTUNE MYSTICAL QABALA

d there is sufficient vision among the illurninati of a race, the people will not perish, for the very fact of extremes being arrived at indicates the end of the swing, and the pendulum will normally reverse its motion and start coming back towards the centre of stability. it is only when vision is completely lost to a people that the pendulum is allowed to fly off its hook into self-destruction. rome did it; carthage did it; more recently russia has done it. but even when social organisation breaks down and the pendulum has gone off into space, the principle of rhythm is inherent in all manifesting existence, and re-establishes itself as soon as any sort of organisation begins to arise out of the wreckage. 21. the great weakness of christianity lies in the fact that it ignores rhythm. it

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ompensated by the overplus of good in other members of the same group-soul. there is a deep occult doctrine here which we cannot enter upon now; it must suffice to state it dogmatically in explanation of the qabalistic conception of the qlippoth. when we consider all that must have been poured into these ten sinks of iniquity since the days of atlantean magic, through the decadence of babylon and rome, down to the great war, we can guess what rises up from them when their seals are broken. not only do influences emanate from them which tempt and corrupt souls, each according to its susceptibility, but time has served for the formulation of evil intelligences. these probably originated through the workings of black magic, which took the essential evil essence and organised it for purposes o

ns in the neighbourhood, and if so, how the house bears in relation to them. observe not only whether it is near any of them, but whether it is in a direct line between any two of them. look up the history of the district, and see whether it affords any further information. roman remains are often at the bottom of the trouble, for the legions brought some very queer cults with them in the days of rome's decadence. druid remains, too, should be suspect if they are near neighbours. enquire also concerning any unusual objects in the house, such as images of the deities of primitive cults or savage weapons. it is quite possible that powerful elementals are attached to these. enquire whether the trouble seems to lift when the patient goes away to another place. if the reply is in the affirmativ

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ality and therefore be weak. hence their pale appearance when they were seen as ghosts. if fresh blood was spilled while still warm on the ground, or better still into a pit, or even better still into the opening of the grave, its energy would attract shades, who would then seek to nourish themselves upon on. the reason it was better to spill blood into a pit is that in ancient times in greek and rome where necromancy was extensively practiced, the underworld was popularly considered to lie beneath the ground. spilling blood into a pit brought it nearer to the shades of the dead and drew them upward. it was sometimes spilled into the grave of a specific individual to attract that soul, on the theory that the shades of the dead have an affinity with their own corpses. murderers and other cr

eep in blood. since this was the place of their deaths, the restless shades of slain soldiers were believed to haunt any field where a battle had been fought. this made a battlefield, particularly a recent battlefield where the blood was still fresh, an even better place to work necromancy than a graveyard. necromancy was not solely man's work. there were female necromancers in ancient greece and rome, who are usually referred to, under the much abused umbrella term, as witches. the term witch has been far too broadly applied in english texts to anyone who worked, or was believed to work, evil by magic. necromancy was a very specific type of magic, as i have indicated, and was not necessarily always worked for evil purposes. because traditional necromancy used blood and corpses, and was wo

EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD PAPYRUS OF ANI MALESTROM

e dead. http//www.sacred-texts.com/egy/ebod/ebod03.htm (13 of 36 [8/10/2001 11:22:55 am] god, and who pleaseth the heart [1. the full text from this tomb and a discussion on its contents are given by schiaparelli, una tomba egiziana inedita della via dinastia con inscrizioni storiche e geografiche, in atti della r. accademia dei lincei, anno cclxxxix, ser. 4a, classe di scienze morali, etc, t. x, rome, 1893, pp. 22-53. this text has been treated by erman (z.d.m.g, bd. xlvi, 1892, p. 574 ff, who first pointed out the reference to the pigmy in the pyramid texts, and by maspero in revue critique, paris, 1892, p. 366. 2 see erman in aeg. zeitschrift, bd. xxxi, p. 65 ff. 3 on the pigmy see stanley, darkest africa, vol. i, p. 198; vol. ii, p. 40f; schweinfurth, im herzen von africa, bd. ii, kap

7-10) this is one of the oldest and most important of all the chapters in the book of the dead, and it contains the most complete statements concerning the egyptian cosmogony as formulated by the college of priests of heliopolis. the scribe seems to have accidentally omitted a large section. chapter xviii. this chapter has no title [1. i.e, in british museum papyrus, no. 9964, and in a papyrus in rome; see naville, einleitung, p. 118. 2. this hymn may form no part of the xvth chapter, and may have been inserted after the hymn to ra on account of ani's official connection with the ecclesiastical endowments of abydos] p. cxlviii list of chapters. the papyrus of ani contains two copies of this chapter. in the first the gods of the localities are grouped separately, and it is preceded by a ver

e destruction of the enemies of the deceased; for, when horus destroyed the enemies of his father osiris "he cut off their heads [which took] the form of ducks in the sky, making them to fall headlong to the ground in the form of antelopes, and into the water in the form of fishes" for the text, see schiaparelli. il libro dei funerali degli antichi egiziani (in atti della r. accademia dei lincei; rome, 1883 and 1890, p. 94; naville, todtenbuch, chap. 134] p. 267 "thee thy mouth[1] and thy teeth" the kher-heb next calls on the sem priest four times "o sem, take the seb-ur[2 (fig. 5) and open the mouth and the eyes; and while the sem priest is performing the ceremony the kher-heb continues "thy mouth was closed, but i have set in order for thee thy mouth and thy teeth. i open for thee thy mo

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ains over a thousand powerful and artistic illustrations of the events in the marvelous history of the nations whose deeds and achievements will shine forth through all the ages yet to come. published in serial parts at 25 cents each or in bound sets of io volumes. for particulars and circulars address francis r. niglutsch, publisher 39 east nineteenth street new york. egypt greece france assyria rome russia babylonia germany spain persia austria china japan norway sweden holland belgium denmelthe emerald tablet of hermes multiple translations this page copyright 2002 blackmask online. http//www.blackmask.com history of the tablet translations from jabir ibn hayyan. another arabic version (from the german of ruska, translated by 'anonymous. twelfth century latin translation from aurelium o

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s admirabilibus, in which he recounts miracles that happened in italy, dreams that were verified, and the circumstances connected with many apparitions and phantoms, which he claims to have witnessed. he followed this dissertation with his celebrated work genialium dierum, which contains many fantastic accounts. for instance, one evening he set out to join a party of several friends at a house in rome said to have been haunted for a long time by specters and demons. in the middle of the night, when all of them were assembled in one room, a frightening specter appeared who called to them in a loud voice and threw about the ornaments in the room. one of the friends approached the specter bearing a light, whereupon it disappeared. several times afterward the same apparition reentered through

ulapius intended shortly to take up residence at abonotica. the rumor at length reached the ears of his fellow townsmen, who promptly set to work making a temple for the gods. the way was thus prepared for alexander, who proceeded to abonotica, diligently advertising his skill as a prophet, so that on his arrival people from many neighboring towns consulted him, and his fame soon spread as far as rome. we are told that the emperor aurelius himself conferred with alexander before undertaking an important military enterprise. lucian gives a possible explanation of the paphlagonian prophet s remarkable popularity. alexander, he says, came in the course of his early travels to pella in macedon, where he found a unique breed of serpents, large, beautiful, and so tame and harmless that they were

n, supposed to have taken place on november 1, when all fires, save those of the druids, were extinguished, from whose altars the holy fire had to be purchased by the householders for a certain price. the festival is still known in ireland as samhein, or la samon, i.e, the feast of the sun, while in scotland, it has been given the name of hallowe en. all hallow s eve, as observed in the church of rome, corresponds with the feralia of the ancient romans, when they sacrificed in honor of the dead, offered up prayers for them, and made oblations to them. in ancient times, this festival was celebrated on february 21, but the roman church transferred it to november 1. it was originally designed to give rest and peace to the souls of the departed. in some parts of scotland, it is still customary

tity of pure barley flour was kneaded with milk and a little salt, without any leaven. it was then rolled up in a greased paper, and cooked among the cinders. it was afterward taken out and rubbed with verbena leaves and given to the person suspected of deceit, who, if the suspicion was justified, would be unable to digest it. in ancient times, there was said to be a sacred wood at lavinium, near rome, where alphitomancy was practiced in order to test the purity of women. the priests kept a serpent or a dragon in a cavern in the wood. on certain days of the year the young women were sent there, blindfolded, and carrying a cake made of barley flour and honey. those who were innocent had their cakes eaten by the serpent, while the cakes of the others were refused. sources: waite, arthur edwa

her knees. she said that his bearing was proud and that even then he spoke many languages. but he had talons in the place of feet. his father is shown in the figure of a bird, with four feet, a tail, a bull s head much flattened, horns, and black shaggy hair. he will mark his own with a seal representing this in miniature. michaelis added that things execrable will be around him. he will destroy rome and the pope with the help of the jews. he will resuscitate the dead, and, at the age of 30 will reign with lucifer, the seven-headed dragon. after a reign of three years, christ will slay him. many such details might be quoted of antichrist, whose coming has long been threatened but not yet realized (see end of the world. a volume by rusand published many years ago at lyons, les precurseurs

reluctant to comply with the cruel injunction, but something in the expression of the beggar confirmed the prophet s accusation, and the wretch was soon covered with a mound of stones. when the stones were removed, the man had disappeared. in his place was a huge black antipathy encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 62 dog, the cause of the plague that had come upon the ephesians. in rome apollonius raised from death or apparent death (his biographer does not seem to know which) a young lady of a consular family who had been betrothed and was mourned by the entire city. yet another story relates how apollonius saved a friend of his, menippus of corinth, from marrying a vampire. the youth neglected all the earlier warnings of his counselor, and the preparations for the wedding

nquin indians, and their voices are only intelligible to the trained ear of the shaman. the ghosts of the zulus and new zealander maoris speak to the magicians in thin, whistling tones. this idea of the semiarticulate nature of ghosts is not confined to anthropological treatises; in his play julius ceasar, william shakespeare spoke of the sheeted dead, who, did squeak and gibber in the streets of rome, and the gibbering ghost appeared in other connections. naturally an articulate apparition would be doubly convincing, since it appealed to two separate senses. nineteenthcentury anthropologist e. b. tylor argued, men who perceive evidently that souls do talk when they present themselves in dream or vision, naturally take for granted at once the objective reality of the ghostly voice, and of

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nsultant on foreign scientific literature to publishers in florence beginning in 1960. he was president of the second international congress of psychical research, held in warsaw in 1923, then served as president of the italian society for parapsychology, 1951.54, and honorary president beginning in 1954. he was president of the third national congress of parapsychology, held at the university of rome in 1956, and honorary member of the institut metapsychique international, paris, and the institut francais de florence. mackenzie edited parapsicologia (quarterly journal of parapsychology) from 1955 to 1956. he conducted a special study of psychobiology (parapsychology in living organisms) and investigated psychic animals and mathematical mediumship. he published many articles on parapsychol

and implements, or scratched on cave walls, the images of the animals they desired to capture.sometimes with the secured cooperation of demons and sometimes with the aid of magic spells. a highly developed magic system existed in ancient egypt, as in babylonian (see semites) and other early cultures. from these cultures the medieval european system of magic is believed to have evolved. greece and rome also possessed distinct magic systems that were integrated into their religious practice and thus, like the egyptian and babylonian rituals, were preserves of the priesthood. magic in early europe was integral to the various religious systems that prevailed throughout that continent and survived into the middle ages as witchcraft. christians regarded the practice of magic, at least the popula

ere the prisons of the soul. the fourth canon of the council of oxia in 525 c.e. prohibited the consultation of sorcerers, augurs, and diviners, and condemned divinations made with wood or bread, while the sixteenth canon of the council of constantinople in 692 c.e. excommunicated for a period of six years diviners and those who had recourse to them. the prohibition was repeated by the council of rome in 721. the forty-second canon of the council of tours in 613 said priests should teach people the inefficacy of magic to restore the health of men or animals, and later councils endorsed the church s earlier views. medieval magic it does not appear that what may be called medieval magic took final and definite shape until about the twelfth century. modeled after the systems in vogue among th

t those who have perfected acts presenting the same phenomena as those presented by mediums and psychics. it conjures up many different images in people, some that extend into the far reaches of one s imagination and experience. since the days of ancient egypt and the pharoahs, magicians have practiced the art of magic. from the prehistoric caves of europe and north america, to ancient greece and rome, to the middle ages, long before the days of vaudeville, and television, archaeological evidence and historical records show that audiences were held captive by the masters of trickery and illusion. in america, from the 19th century success of the american-born illusionist harry kellar to the modern-day magicians, such as doug henning and david copperfield, have captured the attention of the

subsequently educated by a monk who later became abbot of armagh. malachy was ordained by st. celsus, an irish benedictine of glastonbury, then archbishop of armagh. he became vicargeneral to celsus, then abbot of bangor, and later bishop of connor, succeeding to the archbishopric in 1132. he had a reputation as a firm disciplinarian. after six years, he resigned in order to make a pilgrimage to rome. but during the course of his journey, he met st. bernard at the french abbey of clairvaux and was so impressed by him that he requested to be allowed to remain at clairvaux as an ordinary monk. however, pope innocent ii refused permission, since he had plans for malachy to be primate of the combined see of armagh and tuam, although in the end this did not come to pass. malachy traveled throu

french abbey of clairvaux and was so impressed by him that he requested to be allowed to remain at clairvaux as an ordinary monk. however, pope innocent ii refused permission, since he had plans for malachy to be primate of the combined see of armagh and tuam, although in the end this did not come to pass. malachy traveled through england, scotland, and ireland, even making a second pilgrimage to rome. on the return journey to ireland, he died at clairvaux, which had made such an impression on him. malachy had a great reputation as a prophet during his own lifetime. when the son of king david of scotland was critically ill, malachy sprinkled him with holy water and predicted that the boy would survive. he did. when one individual tried to prevent the building of an oratory, malachy correct

the mottos predicted for later popes have still been surprisingly apt, e.g, flos florum (flower of flowers) for pope paul vi (1963) seems validated by the fact that the pope had three fleur-de-lys on his armorial bearings. according to the malachy prophecies, the line of popes will end after the successor to pope john paul ii. the last pope will be petrus romanus (peter the roman, and after that rome will be destroyed and the world will be purified by fire. some believe that these will be the final days of the last judgment, others that there will be a cleansing of the world and the commencement of a new cycle of life. sources: bander, peter. the prophecies of st. malachy. gerrards cross, england: colin smythe, 1969. dorato, m. gli ultimi papi e la fine del mondo nelle grandi profezie. ro

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e that some of the priests of old were aware of the lucent property of some forms of sulphide of calcium, which have attracted much attention the last few years, in the shape of luminous paint. i will sub mit also that references exist in the history of remote ages to suggest the mysterious light now so freely handled and produced by electricity was not unknown to the ancient sages. numa, king of rome, studied electricity, and left pupils of his art, of whom we are told was his successor tullus hostilius, who was destroyed whilst endeavouring to draw down from heaven and coerce the electric fluid from thunder clouds, or, as they said, front jupiter tonans. eliphaz levi remarks "it is certain that the zoroastrian magi had means of producing and directing electric power unknown to us "histor

mistry, are said to have originated in egypt, that land of ancient marvels, and, indeed, these names are intimately related, the ancient name of egypt being chm or land of ham, from which the title chymia, in greek chemi and ges cham is derived. the learned kircher writes in a.d. 1650 that several travellers in egypt found in his time burning lamps in the tombs at memphis. numa pompilius, king of rome, who certainly experimented with the natural electricity of the clouds, built a temple to the nymph egeria, and made in it a spherical dome, in which he caused to burn a perpetual flame of fire in her honour; but in what manner this flame was produced we have no knowledge. nathan bailey, in his "brittanic dictionary" 1736, remarks that in the museum of rarities at leyden, in holland, there we

he caused to burn a perpetual flame of fire in her honour; but in what manner this flame was produced we have no knowledge. nathan bailey, in his "brittanic dictionary" 1736, remarks that in the museum of rarities at leyden, in holland, there were two of these lamps, only partially destroyed. a lamp still burning was found during the papacy of paul iii, about 1540, in a tomb in the appian way at rome, supposed to be that of tulliola, the daughter of cicero. the tomb was inscribed "tulliolae filiae meae" she died b.c. 44; it had burned over 1550 years, and became extinguished as soon as exposed to the air; the whole body was in perfect preservation, and was found floating in a vessel of oil. see "pancirollus, rerum memorabilium deperditarum" vol. i, p. 115, franciscus maturantius, hermolau

; it had burned over 1550 years, and became extinguished as soon as exposed to the air; the whole body was in perfect preservation, and was found floating in a vessel of oil. see "pancirollus, rerum memorabilium deperditarum" vol. i, p. 115, franciscus maturantius, hermolaus, and scardeonius. such a lamp is stated to have been found in 1401, in the reign of hen. iii, king of castile, not far from rome, on the tiber, in the stone tomb of pallas, the arcadian, son of evander, slain by "turnus rex rotulorum" in the wars at the time of the building of rome; nothing could extinguish the flame of this lamp until it was broken. on the tomb were the words "filius evandri pallas, quem lancea turni militis occidit, mole sua jacet hic"-see "martianus, liber chronicorum" lib. xii, cap. 67. two miles f

, on the tiber, in the stone tomb of pallas, the arcadian, son of evander, slain by "turnus rex rotulorum" in the wars at the time of the building of rome; nothing could extinguish the flame of this lamp until it was broken. on the tomb were the words "filius evandri pallas, quem lancea turni militis occidit, mole sua jacet hic"-see "martianus, liber chronicorum" lib. xii, cap. 67. two miles from rome an inundation broke down a wall, and disclosed an ancient tomb; on the cover stone were the letters "p.m. r.c. cum uxore" in it an earthen urn was found; when fractured, a bituminous smoke issued; in the bottom was a lamp, which went out; the fragments were still oily; this became dry after exposure.-see "lowthorp, abridgment of philos. trans" vol. iii, sec. xxxv, also no. 185, p. 227. in a c

ing, sacred to pluto. see "f. licetus" cap. ix, and "scardeonius, de antiq. urbis patavinae; rubeus, de destillatione" and "lazius, wolfhang" lib. iii, cap.18. hermolaus barbarus, in his corollary to dioscorides, speaks of a wondrous liquor to sustain combustion, known to democritus and trismegistus. jacobus mancinus wrote to licetus that he knew of a burning lamp dug up from the monte cavallo at rome; it was still burning when found, and within it was a bituminous substance. plutarch in his work "de defectu oraculorum" states that in a temple to jupiter ammon a lamp stood in the open air, and neither wind nor rain put it out, and the priests told him it had burned continually for years- see also "licetus" cap. v. herodotus tells us that the egyptians made a special and extensive use of la

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2: catalogue of ca s e s. mount rainier, md: fund for ufo re s e a rc h, 1989. hypnosis and ufo abductions: a troubled relationship. journal of ufo studies 1 (new series: 3 40, 1991. folkloric dimensions of the ufo phenomenon. journal of ufo studies 3 (new series: 1 57, 2000. abductions under fire: a review of recent abduction literature. journal of ufo studies 7 (new series: 81 106. c l a rk, je rome, 2000. from mermaids to little gr a y men: the pre h i s t o ry of the ufo abduction ph enomenon. the an o m a l i s t 8 (spring: 11 31. fuller, john g, 1966. the interrupted journey: two lost hours aboard a flying saucer. new york: dial press. hall, robert l, mark rodeghier, and donald a. johnson, 1992. the prevalence of abductions: a critical look. journal of ufo studies 4 (new series: 131

chalker, 1996. the manuscript indicates that birmingham had become obsessed with the ark and its secrets. he died in 1893, however, without ever being able to unlock them. see also: contactees further reading chalker, bill, 1996. the oz files: the australian ufo story. potts point, new south wales, australia: duffy and snellgrove, 1992. ufos in australia and new ze a l a n d t h rough 1959. in je rome clark. the em e r g e n c e of a phenomenon: ufos from the be g i n n i n g t h rough 1959 the ufo en c yclopedia, vo l u m e tw o, 333 356. de t roit, mi: om n i g r a p h i c s. blowing cave one of the odder stories related to hollow earth lore is set in blowing cave, near cushman, arkansas, where a man named george d. wight is said to have found a subterranean civilization and proven the s

stile aliens to enslave the world s population. via abductions the aliens re c e i ved certain biological materials they needed to surv i ve, and the secret government, in turn, got access to a d vanced extraterrestrial technology. t h e s e speculations we re tied to traditional conspiracy theories, sometimes with barely concealed a n t i- semitic ove rtones. one of the movem e n t s critics, je rome clark, coined the phrase da rk si d e to characterize it. one principal da rk si d e r, milton william cooper, claimed to have read highly classified documents that re p o rted that alien technology made time t r a vel possible. both the space people and the s e c ret government had learned that world wa r iii would erupt in 1995 and escalate into nuclear conflict in 1999, preparing earth for

ret government had learned that world wa r iii would erupt in 1995 and escalate into nuclear conflict in 1999, preparing earth for the second coming of christ in 2011. see also: abductions by ufos; adamski, ge o r g e; contactees; holloman aliens; williamson, ge o r g e hu n t further reading andrews, george c, 1986. extra-terrestrials among us. st. paul, mn: llewellyn publications. c l a rk, je rome, 1998. da rk side. in the ufo en c y- clopedia, second edition: the phenomenon from the be g i n n i n g, 301 319. de t roit, mi: om n i g r a p h i c s. cooper, milton william, 1991. behold a pale horse. sedona, az: light technology publishing. ellis, bill, 1991. cattle mutilation: contemporary legends and contemporary mythologies. con- temporary legend 1: 39 80. let s talk space: flying sau

or planet. to its proponents, however, the goblin universe is a deeply mysterious, elusive place. the late f. w. holiday called it a hall of distorting mirrors. it will not be ignored. poltergeists often throw objects at utter skeptics. members of the phantom menagerie appear in front of bored cops who want only to scribble their daily reports and go home. ufos swoop over cities like washington, rome and london to thumb their noses at bureaucrats. like it or lump it, we are all in that damned hall of mirrors (holiday, 1986. see also: fairies encountered further reading holiday, f. w, 1986. the goblin universe. st. paul, mn: llewellyn publications. gordon gordon is the name of an ostensible extraterrestrial whom two alaska women claim to have encountered while traveling through western can

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istopheles i ll furnish what you wish and more. it s true, it is a light task, yet the light s a burden too. the gold lies there and yet to win it, that is the art- who knows how to begin it? recall those fearful times when roving bands poured like a deluge drowning men and lands, how many men, so greatly did they fear, concealed their dearest treasure there and here. so it was of old when mighty rome held sway, so it was till yesterday, aye, till today. it all lies buried in the earth, to save it; the earth s the emperor s, and he should have it. treasurer. now for a fool, his words are noways trite. that is, in truth, the old imperial right. chancellor. satan is laying his golden nooses; we re dealing with no right and pious uses. steward. if he brings welcome gifts to court, i m sure, a

mephistopheles how closely linked are luck and merit, is something fools have never known. had they the wise man s stone, i swear it, there d be no wise man for the stone. a spacious hall with adjoining apartments decorated and adorned, for a masquerade. herald. don t think ye ll here see german revels, a dance of death, of fools and devils! a cheerful festival awaits you here. our ruler, when to rome he went campaigning, his profit and your pleasure gaining, the perils of the alps disdaining, won for himself a realm of cheer. first, at the holy feet bowed down, a grant of power he besought, and when he went to fetch his crown, the fool s-cap too for us he brought. now we are all new-born in years, and every well-sophisticated man happily draws it over head and ears. akin to crazy fools he

to shifty quibbles. if but a while you stay, her art secure by powerful roots will work your perfect cure. faust i m sound in mind. a cure is not my aim; else, like to others, i d be base and tame chiron the noble fountain s cure, neglect it not! be quick, dismount! we ve reached the spot. faust say, whither have you in this gruesome night borne me through pebbly waters in our flight? chiron here rome and greece each bearded each in fight, olympus on the left, peneus on the right. the greatest realm that ever was lost in sand; the monarch flees, the conquering burghers stand. look up! here stands, significantly near, the eternal temple in the moonlight clear. manto [dreaming within. from horse-hoofs bounding the sacred stairs are resounding; demigods are drawing near. chiron. quite right!

e? faust the norcian necromant, of sabine race, your faithful, worthy servant, sends me in his place. what fate once threatened him, so monstrous, dire! the fagots crackled, leapt the tongues of fire; dry billets, lattice-like, were round about him fixed, with pitch and bars of sulphur intermixed. rescue through devil, man, or god was vain. your majesty it was who burst the fiery chain! it was in rome. still of most grateful mood, he pays heed to your path with deep solicitude. he has forgotten self from that dread moment on; he questions stars and depths for you alone. he charged us, as our task the most immediate, to stand by you. the mountain s powers are great; here nature works omnipotently free. the priests dull wits chide it as sorcery. emperor on festal days when guest on guest we

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as an indicator of the opposition that emerged to some of paul s central teachings.19 3' 8: h" 2: 2 2:e 8% the diversity of perspectives of the early followers of master yeshuvah was later replaced by the monolithic homogeneity imposed by emperors to make christianity a uniform religion throughout their empires. as the pauline gentile faction grew in numbers and power, and the catholic church of rome assumed orthodox authority over christianity, it absorbed and codified mystical christianity in much the same way that rabbinical judaism assimilated and obscurated the mystical qabalah. the essential jewishness of early christianity was virtually wiped out by the massive revisionism of the pauline gentiles. we will have to wait for further windfall discoveries of source documents to be able

va was martyred. 2 in 1975, dr. paolo matthiae discovered 20,000 clay cuneiform tablets at tell mardikh in northwestern syria. extensive evidence led to the conclusion that the site was the ruins of the ancient city of ebla. the tablets, dating back to the middle of the third millennium bce, were the city s royal archives. in deciphering the tablets, professor pettisate (also of the university of rome) concluded that the language was old canaanite, even though written in sumerian cuneiform. he found the language to be closer in vocabulary and grammar to biblical hebrew than any other canaanite dialect, including ugaritic. ebla was destroyed by the akkadians circa 1600bce. the reader is referred to david rohl s controversial book a test of time: the bible from myth to history, century, lond

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tasy is transcended by ecstasy, the i becomes atmospheric-there is no place for sensuous objects to conceive differently and react. verily, greater will has no man than to-jest in ecstasy: retain thyself from giving forth thy seed of life" aaos rising from his couch-threw away his sword and exclaimed aloud "now for realith "obeliscus heliopolitanus. from athanasius kircher, obeliscus pamphilius, rome, 1650, p. 371 (photos: warb. inst) 339 viii preface many years ago i planned to make an english translation of giordano bruno's la cena de le ceneri with an introduction emphasising the boldness with which this advanced philosopher of the renaissance accepted the copernican theory. but as i followed bruno along the strand to the house in whitehall where he was to expound the copernican theory

no, a cura di vincenzo spampanato, florence, 1933. a.-j. festugiere, la revelation d'hermes trismegiste, paris, 1950-4 (four vols. marsilio ficino, opera omnia, bale, 1576 (two vols, consecutively paged. eugcnio garin, la cultura filosofica del rinascimento italiano, florence, 1961. journal of the warburg and courtauld institutes. paul oskar kristeller, studies in renaissance thought and letters, rome, 1956. paul oskar kristeller, supplementum ficinianum, florence, 1937 (two vols. giordano bruno, opere latine, ed. f. fiorentino, v. imbriani, c. m. tallarigo, f. tocco, h. vitelli, naples and florence, 1879-91 (three vols, in eight parts. facsimile reprint, 1962 (friedrich fromman verlag gunther holzboog, stuttgart-bad cannstatt. giovanni pico della mirandola, opera omnia, bale, 1572 (one vo

o della mirandola, opera omnia, bale, 1572 (one vol. hermetica, ed. w. scott, oxford, 1924-36 (four vols. xiii abbreviations sommario angclo mercati, ii sommario del processo di giordano bruno, citta del vaticano, 1942. test. uman. testi umanistici su i'ermetismo, testi di ludovico lazzarelli, f. giorgio veneto, cornclio agrippa di nettesheim, a cura di e. garin, m. brini, c. vasoli, p. zambelli, rome, 1955. thorndike lynn thorndike, a history of magic and experimental science, columbia university press, 1923-41 (six vols. walker d. p. walker, spiritual and demonic magic from ficino to campanella, the warburg institute, university of london, 1958. xiv chapter i truth through successive brazen and iron ages still held sway and the search for truth was thus of necessity a search for the earl

eveloping hermetic and cabalist meditations on creation and on man into immensely complex labyrinths of religious speculation, involving numerological and harmonic aspects into which pythagoreanism was absorbed. but it also had its magical side, and here, too, pico was the founder who first united the hermetic and cabalist types of magic. it was in i486 that the young pico della mirandola went to rome with his nine hundred theses, or points drawn from all philosophies which he offered to prove in public debate to be all reconcilable with one another. according to thorndike, these theses showed that pico's thinking "was largely coloured by astrology, that he was favourable to natural magic, and that he had a penchant for such occult and esoteric literature as the orphic hymns, chaldean orac

e stage-play. in his preface to h. billingsley's english translation of euclid's elements of geometry, dee outlines the state of mathematical sciences in his time and fervently urges their prosecution and improvement, and he is certainly concerned with genuine mathematics and their application as genuine applied science. he bases this plea on "the noble earl of mirandula" who set up 900 theses in rome, amongst them being, in his eleventh mathematical conclusion, the statement that "by numbers, a way is had, to the searching out, and understanding of euery thyng, hable to be knowen".3 this is, indeed, as dee says, an english translation of one of pico's eighty-five mathematical conclusions "per numeros habetur uia ad omnis scibilis inuestigationem& intellectionem' though on one side of his

of euery thyng, hable to be knowen".3 this is, indeed, as dee says, an english translation of one of pico's eighty-five mathematical conclusions "per numeros habetur uia ad omnis scibilis inuestigationem& intellectionem' though on one side of his mind, dee is interested in number as "real artificial magic (he does not use this expression in the 1 tommaso campanella, magia e grazia, ed. r. amerio, rome, 195: p. 180. 2 on dee, see charlotte fell smith, john dee, london, 1909, and the valuable unpublished ph.d. thesis by i. r. f. calder, john dee, studied as an english neoplatonist, 1952, london university. 3 h. billingsley, the elements of. euclide, london, 1570, dee's preface, sig *i, verso. 4 pico, p. 101. 148 renaissance magic and science billingsley preface)1 he was also still more inter

ibility of the kind of use which bruno was to make of it. and now, at the end of our analysis of the magus in relation to humanism, we can see how the visit of a most extreme magus to oxford in 1583 could not fail to arouse violent reactions. madly impossible in a protestant country which had been through the erasmian reform, bruno's philosophy also brought him to the stake in counter reformation rome. 1 most of the points mentioned in this paragraph will, however, arise later. 2 r. mcnulty "bruno at oxford, in renaissance news, xiii (i960, pp. 300-5. see below, pp. 207-9. 168 chapter x there was a way of using the hermetica which was purely religious and philosophical, without the magic, which was got rid of, either by approving of hermes trismegistus as a most religious writer but disapp

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himself to be the secret jehovah; and on his return to egypt such was his power that not only did he to all intents and purposes found the jewish religion, but he succeeded in turning egyptian society upside down. st. paul journeying to damascus saw a vision of jesus christ, was filled with the holy ghost, and retired into the desert of arabia, and on his return he began to undermine the power of rome and more than any other man founded christianity. simon ben yohai, the traditional composer of the zohar, retired with his son to a cave and as legend affirms gsat in the sand up to their necks h for twelve or thirteen years gstudying the law h. 10 also ramon lulle, the qabalist, in preparing himself for revelation and for the union with god. sought the loneliest places and the most arduous w

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it sprang was the great mother. throughout europe, in all ages, the oak has received divine honors. the fact that under its branches jew, pagan, and christian alike swore their most solemn oaths, shows that its veneration was not confined to any particular nation or locality. the sacredness of the oak among the druids is well attested by all writers who have dealt with this interesting people. in rome its branches formed the badge of victory worn by conquering heroes, this emblem being the highest mark of distinction which could be conferred upon them. forlong assures us that the oak was even more worshipped at the west than was the sacred ficus at the east. like it, the wood of the oak must be used "to call down the sacred fire from heaven and gladden in the yule (suiel or seul) log of ch

y flowed in streams of gold and silver, that "the porticoes of their temples were overlaid with gold, and that the adornments of their buildings were in some parts of silver and gold, and in others of ivory and precious stones, and other things of great value" from various observations, it is plain that the etrurians represented a stage of civilization far in advance of the pelasgians who founded rome--a race which, although superior in numbers, arms, and influence, were, when compared with this more ancient people, little better than barbarians.[66 [66] it is thought that as early as the nineteenth century b.c. the pelasgians or pelargians went to aenonia, or ionia. it was a detachment of this people which, according to herodotus, captured a number of athenian women on the coast of africa

ve importance of the sex functions in pro-creation, that their husbands, unable to change their views, put an end to their existence. nothing, perhaps, proclaims the degree of civilization attained by the ancient etrurians more plainly than the exquisite perfection which is observed in the specimens of art found in their tumuli. within the tombs of etruscans buried long prior to the foundation of rome, or the birth of the fine arts in greece, have been found unmistakable evidence of the advanced condition of this people. the exquisite coloring and grouping of the figures on their elegant vases, one of which, on exhibition in the british museum, portrays the birth of minerva, or wisdom, show the delicacy of their taste, the purity of their conceptions, and their true artistic skill. among t

ing the life principle, in process of time it is observed that fire attracted the highest regard of human beings, and on their altars the sacred flame, said to have been kindled from heaven, was kept burning uninterruptedly from year to year, and from age to age, by bends of priests "whose special duty it was to see that the sacred flame was never extinguished" the office of the vestal virgins in rome was to preserve the holy fire. the egyptians, and in fact all the earlier civilized nations, knew that force proceeds from the sun, hence the frequent appearance of this orb among their symbols of life. indeed there is not a country on the globe in which, at some time, divine honors have not been paid to fire and to light. the hindoos "believing fire to be the essence of all active power in n

the romans, fire was venerated as the essence of the deity; and, at the present time, in thibet, in china, in japan, and in portions of africa, it still forms an important part of worship. the hebrew writings show conclusively that not only the jews but all the surrounding nations were fire-worshippers, and that their sacrifices were not infrequently to the god of fire. of this forlong says "when rome was rearing temples to the fame and worship of fire, we find the prophets of israel occasionally denouncing the wickedness of its worship by their own and the nations around them; nevertheless, even to christ's time molok always had his offerings of children"[100 [100] rivers of life and faiths of man in an lands, vol. i, p. 325. it is believed that abraham introduced fire-worship among the j

the creator. thus we observe that down to a late date in the history of grecian mythology the idea of a holy mother with her child had not altogether disappeared as a representation of the god-idea. to prove the worthiness of the ideas connected with the eleusinian mysteries it is stated that "there is not an instance on record that the honor of initiation was ever obtained by a very bad man" in rome these mysteries took another name and were called "the rites of bona dea" which was but another name for ceres. as evidence of their purity we have the following "all the distinguished roman authors speak of these rites and in terms of profound respect. horace denounces the wretch who should attempt to reveal the secrets of these rites; virgil mentions these mysteries with great respect; and

cribed in greece. during the two or three days upon which these festivals were celebrated, public feasts were prepared at which the youth were instructed by their elders in the state concerning the principles which were to govern their conduct in after life; truth, inward purity, and virtue being set forth as essentials to true manhood. in later times, after these festivals had found their way to rome, they gradually succumbed to the immorality which prevailed, and at last, when their former exalted significance had been forgotten, they were finally sunk into "the licentiousness of enjoyment, and the innocence of mirth was superseded by the uproar of riot and vice! such were the saturnalia" from the facts connected with the mysteries of eleusis and the thesmophorian rites, it is evident th

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ier revelations of 'leo taxil',whohadproclaimed the existence of the'newand reformed palladium, an allegedly androgynous.andsatanic rite. ultimately derived fromalbertpike,one of the most prominent of american freemasons. to this massofsensational rubbish was added thememoiresd'uneex-palladiste,the supposed confessionsof'miss diana vaughan, a penitent from the satanic foldwhohadbecome-aconvert to rome. in due course the authorsofthese ridiculous tales of satanic wonders. charleshacks(drbataille) and gabriel jogand-pages (leo taxil/diana vaughan) revealed themselves as hoaxerswhohad set out to discomfit126 a. e.waite-magicianofmanyparts_the clerical anti-masonic lobby infrance,but not before they had outraged freeinasons in england 'diana vaughan' had claimed that the 'real head of the engl

ookofmarriagesbelongingtotheparishofstgeorge,hanoversquare, in thecountyofmiddlesex,p. 19. my attention was drawn to this entry by charles jacobs. 7. waite, diary, 29 september 1937.chapter21.this was evidently trinity church, kentish town, where the revd t.w. hathaway was curate during the early 1860s.2.therevd seton patterson rooke (1824-1901) was a graduateoforiel college, oxford,whoseceded to rome in 1851 and becameadominican friar. see w. g. gorman,convertstorome(1910, p. 236.thedate of the baptism was supplied by frhubertedgar, o.p.,ofstdominic's priory, southampton road, haverstock hill. 3. st joseph's retreat was founded in 1858. by 1863 a permanent building had been completed and it was this that waite remembered.thepresent structure dates from 1889. 4. waite lists a number of the

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instructions,prepared and consecrated a large mirror, dedicated to a spiritknown to me as the c.a [i.e. crownedangel],for the purpose of receivingvisionsand responses to metaphysical questions proposed by myselfand friends" he told them, too, how his seeress, emma leigh, saw the spirit of a monk who came uncalled to the crystal and related a tale of woe: he had joined a societyof rosicrucians in rome, had learned their secrets and compiled a book of talismanic magic;then he fell intothe hands of the inquisition and wasburned at the stakein1693,learningonly in the afterlife of the duplicity of the spirits he had summoned. hockleythen showed the spirit some magical talismans, and asked him if he knew anythingof them. the spirit replied 'i do know the characters. they were copied originally

sdom than from any other source, for it must be borne in mind that the hebrews were taught at one time by the egyptians, and at a later date by the chaldean sages of babylon.itis a very curious fact that the classical nations, the greek and the roman, have handed down to usbutslight glimpses of the ancient magic, and this is the more notable because greece succeeded to the mastership of egypt and rome to the empire both of the greeks and of the jews. greece indeed succeeded to a shareofthe mysteries of the egyptians, for the eleusinian mysteries were copies of those more ancient and solemn ceremonies oflsis, osiris and serapis, but they lacked the true magic of egypt, and further the classics retain but faint glimpses of even the eleusinian secrets. and these glimpses serve only to disclos

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bling, studying and teaching in private the esoteric doctrines of religion, philosophy and occult science, which their founder, christian rosenkreuz, had learned from the arabian sages, who were in their turn the inheritors of the culture of alexandria. this great city of egypt, a chief emporium of commerce and a centre of intellectual learning, flourished before the rise of the imperial power of rome, falling at length before the martial prowess of the romans, who, having conquered, took great pains to destroy the arts and sciences of the egypt they had overrun and subdued; for they seem to have had a wholesome fear of the magical arts, which, as tradition had informed them, flourished in the nile valley; which same tradition is also familiar to english people through our acquaintance wit

eep study; while the elucidation of the whole set of medieval divinatory sciences, astrology, geomancy, etc, are suitable themes for lectures in your college. for such as can understand medieval latin a most interesting work is the'oedipusaegyptiacus'of athanasius kircher. it is desirable that our students should make them255 selves acquainted with the ancient mysteries of egypt, of greece and of rome.thebasis of the western occultism of medieval europe is the kabalah of the medieval hebrew rabbis,towhich i have publishedanintroduction.this philosophy, although at first sight barbarous and crude, yet will be found, when one has grown familiar with the nomenclature, to be a concrete, coherent and far-reaching scheme of theology, cosmology, ethics and metaphysics, serving to throw light on m

aracelsus, the great medical reformer who flourished from 1520 to 1541. for six years he studied and taught in noble families on the continent of europe, returning to england about 1604. during these years of foreign travel he became acquainted with the rosicrucian fraternity and made a notable friend of the famous magus and adept michael maier, who subsequently visited fludd in england. while at rome he also became the intimate friend of the celebrated gruter, a doctor and notable mathematician: to thisin memory of robertfludd49u-ucherhe seems to have owedmanyof his astrological views lind his ideasoftherelation ofthemicrocosm -man- tothemacrocosm -thecreated universe- and to god. from this friend came also the notion ofsubstitutedtreat255mentofthecause fortheresult in medical and surgica

ible that some of the priests of old were aware of the lucent property of some forms of sulphide of calcium, which have attracted much attention the last few years, in the shape of luminous paint. i will submit also that references exist in the history of remote ages to suggest the mysterious light now so freely handled and produced by electricity was not unknowntothe ancient sages. numa, king of rome, studied electricity, and left pupils of his art, of whom we are told was his successor tullus hostilius, who was destroyed whilst endeavouringtodraw down from heaven and coerce the electric fluid from thunder clouds, or, as they said, from jupiter tonans. eliphaz levi remarks-'itis certain that the zoroastrian magi had means of producing and directing electric power unknown to us'(histonedel

d to have originated in egypt, that land of ancient marvels, and, indeed, these names are initimately related, the ancient name of egypt being chm, or land of ham, from which the title chymia, in greek chemix1/-ltand ges cham'y'l)sxo/-lis derived.thelearned kircher writes in a.d. 1650 that several travellers in egypt found in his time burning lamps in the tombs at memphis. numa pompilius, king of rome, who certainly experiment255 ed with the natural electricity of the clouds, built a temple to the nymph egeria, and made in it a spherical dome, in which he caused toburna perpetual flame of fire in her honour; but in what manner this flamewas produced we have no knowledge. nathan bailey, in hisbrittanicdictionary,1736, remarks that in the museum of rarities at leyden, in holland, there were

in which he caused toburna perpetual flame of fire in her honour; but in what manner this flamewas produced we have no knowledge. nathan bailey, in hisbrittanicdictionary,1736, remarks that in the museum of rarities at leyden, in holland, there were two of these lamps, only partially destroyed. a lamp still burning was found during the papacy of pauliii,about 1540, in a tomb in the appian way at rome, supposed to be that of tulliola, the daughter of cicero. the tomb was inscribed:'tulliolee filieemere; she died 44 b.c; it had burned over 1550 years, and became extinguished as soon as exposed to the air; the whole body was in perfect preservation, and was found floating in a vessel of oil. see pancirollus,rerummemorabiliumdeperditarum,vol.i.,p. 115, franciscus matur255 antius, hermolaus, a

and became extinguished as soon as exposed to the air; the whole body was in perfect preservation, and was found floating in a vessel of oil. see pancirollus,rerummemorabiliumdeperditarum,vol.i.,p. 115, franciscus matur255 antius, hermolaus, and scardeonius.thoughts on the ever-burning lamps 61such a lamp is stated to have been found in 1401, in the reign of hen.iii,king of castile, not far from rome, on the tiber, in the stone tomb of pallas, the arcadian, son of evander, slain by'turnusrex rotulorum' in the wars at the time of the building of rome; nothing could extinguish the flame of this lamp until it was broken. on the tomb were the words 'filius evandri pallas, quem lanceaturnimilitis occidit, mole sua jacet hie' see martianus,liberchronicorum,lib. xii, cap. 67. two miles from rome

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are comprehensible, one feels thankful that the redrawers have not succeeded in displacing the old traditional patterns.thatthe cards have long been used in italy, and perhaps elsewhere, for a game is certain, and that before ever they were written about as occult emblems or implements of divination. lord mahon, in his historyofthe forty-five, quotes an english lady whometprince charles edward in rome in 1770 attheprincess palestrini's, when he asked her if she knew the gameoftarrochi, and she spoke of his handling thetarotcards and explaining them. but one may conclude from the designs that they were originally intended for more than this. as played in italy today the 22 atus ortrumpsare often omitted, and many packs are sold without these. but takingthetarotcards 121the ordinary pip card

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his nonsense was avidly swallowed by the french anti-masonic lobby, as were the utterly fantastic tales of 'dr. bataille (dr. charles hacks) in le diable au xix siecle (1892-4. further fuel was added to the anti-masonic fire with the revelations of the supposed head of the 'new and reformed palladium, miss diana vaughan, soi-disant descendant of thomas vaughan the alchemist, and recent convert to rome. her memoires d'une ex-palladiste (1895-7) equals the work of 'dr. bataille' in its ridiculous tales of satanic wonders, but surpasses it in libels upon living english freemasons. she claimed that 'le chef actuel des luciferiens anglais est m. le docteur william-wynn westcott, demeurant d londres, camden-road, no. 396. c'est lui le supreme mage de la rose-croix socinienne pour i'angleterre. s

uals of the early grand rite from the 4th to the 44th degrees and. found i was also in possession of the order of the temple for scotland which, having regard to my affiliation with the grand priory of england, was the very last thing i wanted. in like manner i am in possession by the most heterodox means possible of the mark degrees of masonry, of a rival royal arch knight of malta, red cross of rome and constantine and even the royal ark mariners. if the fact that i had been affiliated should transpire generally it will no doubt lead to a good deal of trouble. his reception in geneva was to be a happier affair for his path had been smoothed by edouard blitz who, in his capacity of great prior for, america, both introduced waite to the rectified rite and highly recommended him. in februar

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n, layiktez praises the societies that were the origin of masonry, and claims they kept themselves hidden to protect themselves from "ignorant people" if we can leave aside this subjective claim for a moment, we can understand from the quotation above that masonry is a present-day representation of societies that were founded in the ancient pagan civilizations of ancient egypt, ancient greece and rome. of these three civilizations, the oldest is egypt; it is possible, therefore, to say that the main source of masonry is ancient egypt (we saw earlier that basic connection between this pagan tradition and modern masons is the templars) it is necessary to recall at this point that ancient egypt was one of the most referred to examples of a godless system as revealed by god in the qur'an. it i

n florence to see the abbe nicolini, and it was there that he met lady mary wortley montagu [who] would eventually join. dashwood in the divan club..unfortunately things were not going well for freemasonry in italy. pope clement xii had recently issued the bull in eminenti apostalatus specula, unleashing the inquisition against the lodges. by early 1740, the pontiff was dead, and dashwood went to rome for the conclave that would elect the new pope. there he playfully assumed the identity of cardinal ottiboni, one of the chief persecutors of the masons, and lampooned him publicly in a scurrilous mock ritual. the "chapter-room" is the key to understanding the monks' activities. its furnishings remain unknown, and consequently the use to which it was put remains a mystery. sensationalist auth

utal dictatorships, the nazi "reich" and drew the world into the world war two in which 55 million persons lost their lives. the struggle against religion in italy another country in which masonic activities were evident was italy. until 1870, the italian territory was occupied by several small states, remnants from feudal times. the most important of these was the papal state. it was centered in rome, ruled by the pope, and controlled a large part of central italy. the masons in italy were founded as an extension of the french masons, and began to exercise an influence in italy from the beginning of the nineteenth century. they wanted to destroy the papal state and eradicate the authority of the church in italy as a whole. according to the author of the book entitled the roman catholic ch

conflict with one another and inspired them to "fanatical rage"(qur'an, 48: 26. the fact that this call came from masons, indeed, high-ranking masons, is certainly significant. according to information from the lodge publication 10,000 famous freemasons, mazzini rose within the masonic lodge, and years later, in 1867, was chosen master mason of the italian grand orient. in 1949, at a ceremony in rome to mark the unveiling of a statue of mazzini, 3,000 masons gratefully remembered their grand master. garibaldi, mazzini's right-hand man, achieved the 33rd degree of the italian supreme council in 1863, and in 1864 was chosen italian master mason. in memory of this master mason, a lodge is named after garibaldi, which is attached to new york "valley" with the number of 542. masonic propaganda

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sms of technology such as those of neil postman have a strong guenonian ring. evola and "the revolt against the modern world" julius evola was the most notable representative of the traditionalist position, he was also considered one of the most erudite authorities on hermeticism and magic. this did nothing to reduce the great controversy that surrounds him. julius cesare andrea evola was born in rome in 1898 to an aristocratic family of sicilian origin. his child-hood was marked by intelligence close to genius and he quickly learned many languages. he read widely in german, french and italian. he be-came involved with both the dada and futurist movements and was considered a promising artist. he served with honour during world war i in a regiment of mountain artillery and survived the war

sor krur) group. evola and the ur group became aligned to the natural principles of aristocracy and while not having a necessarily high opinion of mussolini, realised the pragmatic value of his revolution and gave him their support in print. evola s early work (pagan imperialism) attacked the debilitating effects of christianity as it was represented in the period and upheld the heroic virtues of rome. this work and related articles caused controversy throughout italy. later evola founded la torre (the tower, his own magazine, however, due to conflict with the prevailing state it only last ten issues. his works slowly started to move towards the spiritual side of politics and he made it clear that the only real return to "traditional esoteric values" can occur when we ourselves are transfo

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o satisfy the demands of the father sun in aztec culture obviously marked their loss of gnosis and domination by the fallen solar sphere. while the adoration of the three phases of the sun within the mithraic tradition helped explain the forces of the logos, christ and sophia (fig 34).at the same time, however, we can see the destruction and degeneration of mithraic worship in the caesar cults of rome. the solar gateway x factors y factors fig 33 gnostic theurgy page 118 we must take care when studying these theologies not to link positive with spiritual light, and negative with spiritual darkness. there is always positive and negative, passive and active. while there is a balance logos and sophia, for example, there is the duality between good and evil, ascension and degradation, x and y

) and the archons. the gnostic practise of basilides emphasised asceticism and suffering as a path to gnosis and centred on secret rites and initiations. valentinus was one of his pupils. valentinus valentinus (110-175 ce) is in some sense the father of gnosticism. he was an accomplished and well respected author, poet and teacher. later in his life he travelled from his egyptian home to teach in rome (135-160 ad. he was close to being given a bishropic, which would have certainly changed the face of the church, alas this did not occur and he seceded from the church. valentinus taught what he claimed were the secret teachings of st.paul, these included a complex cosmology based on dualism and emanations. his teachings mixed greek philosognostic theurgy page 204 phy, mysticism and magic wit

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the abstract concept of zero14 and were acquainted with place numerations. these are esoteric fields. as thompson observed, the cipher (nought) and place numerations are so much parts of our cultural heritage and seem such obvious conveniences that it is difficult to comprehend how their invention could have been long delayed. yet neither ancient greece with its great mathematicians, nor ancient rome, had any inkling of either nought or place numeration. to write 1848 in roman numerals requires eleven letters: mdcccxlviii. yet the maya had a system of place-value notation very much like our own at a time when the romans were still using their clumsy method.15 isn t it a bit odd that this otherwise unremarkable central american tribe should, at such an early date, have stumbled upon an inn

ated by fewer than 15,000 men and it was calculated that such a workforce would have taken at least thirty years to complete such an enormous task.22 sufficient labourers would certainly have been available in the vicinity: the teotihuacan mapping project had demonstrated that the population of the city in its heyday could have been as large as 200,000, making it a bigger metropolis than imperial rome of the caesars. the project had also established that the main monuments visible today covered just a small part of the overall area of ancient teotihuacan. at its peak the city had extended across more than twelve square miles and had incorporated some 50,000 individual dwellings in 2000 apartment compounds, 600 subsidiary pyramids and temples, and 500 factory areas specializing in ceramic

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are here chosen merely to make good for mythology also a distinction between material that was common from the first and that which was borrowed and came in later. our scholarship, disloyal to its countiy, inured to outlandish pomp and polish, loaded with foreign speech and science, miserably stocked with that of home, was prepared to subordinate the myths of our olden time to those of greece and rome* as something higher and stronger, and to overlook the independence of german poetry and legend, just as if in grammar also we were free to derive the german ist from est and evrt, instead of putting the claims of these three forms perfectly on a par. giving the go-by to that really wonderful and delightful consonance, whose origin would have had to be pushed far back, they struggled, however

th the marvellous language and the creation and propagation of mankind. our native heathenism seems not to have been oppressed by gloomy fancies about the misery of a fallen existence (like the indian doctrine of emanation, it favoured a cheerful fatalism (p. 860-1, and believed in a paradise, a renovated world, deified heroes; its gods resemble more those of greece, its superstition more that of rome' tanta gentium in rebus frivolis plerumque religio est' the question has been gravely asked, whether the heathen pkeface. iv gods really existed; and i feel disgust at answering it. those who believe in a veritable devil and a hell, who would burn a witch with a will, may feel inclined to affirm it, thinking to support the miracles of the church by the evidence of this other miracle, that in

of the intruders (p. 498-9: ferun's image, which the men of novgorod dragged through their streets and flung into the volkhov, broke into wailings on the faithlessness of his former adorers. olaf talks to the statue of freyr (p. 657, and with thorr he has to stand a regular contest (p. 177. st. geoi'ge compels apollo's image to walk and speak, geo. 33 35. mars, a miigeliche got' had prophesied at rome the saviour's birth, and when it took place, his image suddenly crumbled down' als der tievil do verdolte den slac (tholed, suflfered the blow) von himel so grozen, er fuor ze sinen genozen (fared to his comrades) sa verstozen in die helle, da ist er gebunden sere, daz er niemer mere her uz mac gereichen' maria 191-3. darius writes to alexander: if thou get the better of me' so mugen von hime

23. but henry the lion and gerhart (caes. heisterb. 8, 59) travel with the devil's aid. the mere fact that angel and devil can change places here, shews that no evil spirit was originally meant; it is no other than wuotan carrying through the clouds his foster-son (p. 146; and so we get at the real meaning of the question, what devil brings you here? a devil carries a belated canon from bayeux to rome iu time for pontifical mass; and by the same magic klinsor and ofterdingen get from hungary to the wartburg. there is no surer test of the mythic element having a deep foundation, than its passing into the beast-fable. the esthonian tale of the man and the bear going halves in the cultivation and produce of a field (reinh. cclxxxviii, which turns on the same distinction of upper and under gro

value for our purpose. regino too (ed. waschersl. 2, 371, the oldest genuine authority, has prob. drawn from it; then come burchard in the 11th, and ivo (11, 30) and gratian in the 12th century. albortus mag. in summa theol. 2, 31 (opp, 18, 180) has' cum diana pag. dea, vel herodiade et minerva' the passage is said to be also in an unpubl. vita damasi papae, and there to refer back to a sj-nod of rome of 367 (soldan p. 75. to me it makes no difference if both ancyran council and roman synod already mention the night-farinrf diana and herodias; for diana, who even to the ancient romans ruled the woods, the chase and the night, must no doubt have appeared to christian converts of the first centuries as a goddess of magic. 1058 magic. them from earlier than the 13th century, as wh. 1, 82 'wil

hip may either be connected with goat-sacrifices of the heathen (p. 52) and the sacredness of that animal, or explained by the goat's feet ascribed to the devil from of old (p. 995. kissing the toad (soldan p. 133-6) is wonderfully like those conditions necessary to the release of' white women (p. 969; here heretical opinions coincide with superstition. in 1303 a bishop of coventry was accused at rome of a number of heinous crimes, amongst others' quod diaholo homagium fecerat, et eum fuerit osculatus in tergo; boniface 8 acquitted him (rymer 2, 934 old ed. the same charge is commonly brought against the later witches. dr. hartlieb in 1446 mentions ^abjuring god and giving oneself up to three devils' superst. h, cap. 34. for four centuries, beginning with the 14th; what with the priestly i

ain running from right to left; it is open underneath, but covered with a skin at the top. the lapl. adepts drum on this skin with a hammer" couf. daemonomanie, fischart's transl, strasb. 1591 fol. p.143-4. 3 i.e. tauche es, dip it into the fountain; if we took it as taufe, baptize, we should have to read' in dem brunnen' schimpf und crust cap. 272 tells the following story: a certain man went to rome, for to seek s. peter and s. paul; and when he was gone, his wife loved another, that was what men call a scholar-errant, and did covet her to wife. the woman saith' my good man is departed unto rome, were he dead, or couldst thou take away his life, then would i have thee of all men' he said' yea truly i can take his hfe' and buyoth wax about six pound, and maketli an image thereof. now when

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xoiyo. eoo/cet, oe tovto attoryootttao-ylto? elvcii koi kd0ap(7 (in some towns i saw pyres lighted once a year in the streets, and not only children but men leaping over tlwm, and the infants passed through the flame by their mothers. this was deemed a protective expiation* he says once a year/ but does not specify the day, which would have shewn us whether the custom was imported into syria from rome. on april 21, the day of her founding, eome kept the palilia, an ancient feast of herdsmen, in honour of pales, a motherly divinity reminding us of ceres and vesta.2 this date does not coincide with the solstice, but it does with the time of the easter fire; the ritual itself, the leaping over the flame, the driving of cattle through the glowing embers, is quite the same as at the midsummer f

eir mothers, we are not told here; we know how the infant demophoon or triptolemus was put in the fire by 1 opp, ed. sirmond, paris, 1642. 1, 352. 2 the masc. pales, which also occurs, may remind us of the slav god of shepherds, euss. volos, boh. weles. 626 elements. ceres, as achilles was by thetis, to insure his immortality. 1 this fire-worship seems equally at home in canaan, syria, greece and rome, so that we are not justified in pronouncing it a borrowed and imported thing in any one of them. it is therefore hard to determine from what source the christians afterwards drew, when they came to use it in their easter and midsummer festivals, or on other occasions. canon 65 of the council of a.d. 680 already contains a prohibition of these superstitious fires at new moon: r? ev rat? vovfj

HAMIL THE ROSICRUCIAN SEER

cis, also known either as the brotherhood of the cross of light or the orderofthe swastika.thefratres lucis had its origins in 1873 when between 31 october and 9 november count cagliostro, by means of herbert irwin and the crystal, gave to f. g. irwin the history and ritualsoftheorder. cagliostro informed irwin that the order had originated in fourteenth-century florence, from whence it spread to rome, paris, and vienna. among former members were, he claimed, vaughan, fludd, the comte de st germain, mesmer, martinez de pasquales, swedenborg, and cagliostro himself.theobjects of the order were the studyandpractice of 'natural magic, mesmerism, the science of life and death, immortality, cabala, alchemy, necromancy, astrology and magic in all its branches. not content with claiming cagliostr

his own being and his maker, and never to do aught at their instigation other than his own heart and conscience told him to be consistent with the laws of his maker manifesting themselves in his being 'did you ever know in the spirit world joseph balsamo, commonly called count cagliostro, who, like yourself died, under the pious and tender care of the holy inquisition in the castleofst angelo, at rome, in 1793, just a century after your death 'i know he did. he was in mystate-indeed,worse than mine, more degraded than i am, for he had made sacrifices to his gods, and yet he's gone on before me,1saw him leave this place andgoon before me whilst i remain.1have seen murderers leave it 'i have often conversed with cagliostro in my mirrors. although a spirit, he held materialistic views. his ap

xcept from what they told me, their nature or office. i called them only with intense desire, and they left me when they pleased. i knew of noexorcism-thosethat i believed to be good then i know now to be different. i went away from the convent and left the country with my book but half completed, and that i treasured more than my life, and, my spirit companions still attending me, i travelled to rome. i was introduced by them into the society of the rosicrucians, some of whom i cannot believe even now were human.ifthey were they had attained powers that man ought not to possess, for they did things that, callous as i was, and so well acquainted with sights earthly and ghostly, made me tremble with fear, and to believe that they. had the working of the universe. at that place my book was c

HANDBOOK OF EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY

the absence of specific royal names from some cartouches gives a clue that it was often difficult for the priests to know who was in charge of the country or for how long. from the second century bce onward there were frequent wars between rival members of the ptolemy family as well as rebellions by native egyptians. in the first century bce, one of the feuding ptolemies unwisely sought help from rome, the city that was becoming the greatest military power in the ancient world. the romans were eager for an excuse to get hold of the gold and the grain that egypt produced. the greek writer diodorus siculus (of sicily) visited northern egypt in the mid first century bce. in his description of the country he picked out elements introduction 39 of egyptian religion that he found bizarre, such a

rus summarized the myth of osiris, including his murder by his brother, typhon (seth. he explained the symbolic tombs of osiris found in temples all over egypt by a myth in which isis deceives the priests in each temple into thinking that they have the true body of the god. this literalminded interpretation points up the differences between greek and egyptian thought. soon after diodorus s visit, rome was interfering in egyptian affairs. the roman general julius caesar took part in a civil war and secured the position of the last great member of the ptolemy family, queen cleopatra vii (51 30 bce. after julius caesar returned to rome, cleopatra gave birth to a son, ptolemy caesarion. cleopatra used egyptian myth to political advantage by identifying herself with the goddess isis and her fat

ing herself with the goddess isis and her fatherless son with horus the child. a few years later cleopatra joined forces with another roman general, mark antony, to try to establish a new empire of the east. mark antony s patron deity was dionysus, the greek god generally identified with osiris. in 30 bce antony and cleopatra were defeated by octavian, who subsequently became the first emperor of rome under the title of augustus. egypt was reduced to being a province of the roman empire. roman period: 30 bce 395 ce for a time, roman rule had relatively little impact on the religious life of the country. roman emperors replaced ptolemaic kings on the temple walls. strabo, a geographer who visited egypt in the early roman period, stressed the country s past glories but was able to describe f

HELENA BLAVATSKY THE KEY TO THEOSOPHY

drinus speaks very highly of him. plotinus, the "st. john" of ammonius, was also a man universally respected and esteemed, and of the most profound learning and integrity. when thirty-nine years of age he page 5 the key to theosophy- hp blavatsky.txt accompanied the roman emperor gordian and his army to the east, to be instructed by the sages of bactria and india. he had a school of philosophy in rome. porphyry, his disciple, whose real name was malek (a hellenized jew, collected all the writings of his master. porphyry was himself a great author, and gave an allegorical interpretation to some parts of homer's writings. the system of meditation the philaletheians resorted to was ecstasy, a system akin to indian yoga practice. what is known of the eclectic school is due to origen, longinus

in the gospels are alleged to have happened, there was a similar intellectual fermentation taking place in the whole civilized world, only with opposite results in the east and the west. the old gods were dying out. while the civilized classes drifted in the train of the unbelieving sadducees into materialistic negations and mere dead-letter mosaic form in palestine, and into moral dissolution in rome, the lowest and poorer classes ran after sorcery and strange gods, or became hypocrites and pharisees. once more the time for a spiritual reform had arrived. the cruel, anthropomorphic and jealous god of the jews, with his sanguinary laws of "an eye for eye and tooth for tooth" of the shedding of blood and animal sacrifice, had to be relegated to a secondary place and replaced by the merciful

pos, man. the act of endowing god or the gods with a human form and human attributes or qualities. anugita (sans) one of the upanishads. a very occult treatise. apollo belvidere of all the ancient statues of apollo, the son of jupiter and latona, called phoebus, helios, the radiant, and the sun-the best and most perfect is the one of this name, which is in the belvidere gallery in the vatican, at rome. it is called the pythian apollo, as the god is represented in the moment of his victory over the serpent python. the statue was found in the ruins of antium in 1503. apollonius of tyana a wonderful philosopher born in cappadocia about the beginning of the first century; an ardent pythagorean, who studied the phoenician sciences under euthydemus, and pythagorean philosophy and other subjects

edated considerably, not only "ur of the chaldeans" but also nipur, where bel was first worshipped-sin, his son (the moon, being the presiding deity of ur, the land of the nativity of terah, the sabean and astrolater, and of abram, his son, the great astrologer of biblical tradition. all tends, therefore, to corroborate the egyptian claim. if later on the name of astrologer fell into disrepute in rome and elsewhere, it was owing to the frauds of those who wanted to make money of that which was part and parcel of the sacred science of the mysteries, and who, ignorant of the latter, evolved a system based entirely on mathematics, instead of transcendental metaphysics with the physical celestial bodies as its upadhi or material basis. yet, all persecutions notwithstanding, the number of adher

and my father is the husbandman" it is well known that christ is regarded in the roman catholic church as the "chief of the aeons" as also is michael "who is as god" such also was the belief of the gnostics. javidan khirad (pers) a work on moral precepts. j ana (sans) knowledge: occult wisdom. josephus flavius a historian of the first century; a hellenized jew who lived in alexandria and died at rome. he was credited by eusebius with having written the 16 famous lines relating to christ, which were most probably interpolated by eusebius himself, the greatest forger among the church fathers. this passage, in which josephus, who was an ardent jew and died in judaism, is nevertheless made to acknowledge the messiahship and divine origin of jesus, is now declared spurious both by most of the

theosophy- hp blavatsky.txt seven sons of brahm, born out of the limbs of the god in the so-called ninth creation. it is stated that the name was given to them owing to their formal refusal to "procreate" their species, and thus they "remained yogis" according to the legend. labro, st. a roman saint solemnly beatified a few years ago. his great holiness consisted in sitting at one of the gates of rome night and day for forty years, and remaining unwashed through the whole of that time, the result of which was that he was eaten by vermin to his bones. lao-tzu (chin) a great sage, saint, and philosopher, who preceded confucius. law of retribution (see karma. linga-shar ra (sans "astral body" i.e, the aerial symbol of the body. this term designates the doppelg nger, or the "astral body" of ma

dentical with that of the vedantins, namely, that the spirit soul emanating from the one deific principle was after its pilgrimage on earth reunited to it (see theosophical glossary) porphyry (porphyrius. his real name was malek, which led to his being regarded as a jew. he came from tyre, and having first studied under longinus, the eminent philosopher-critic, became the disciple of plotinus, at rome. he was a neo-platonist and a distinguished writer, specially famous for his controversy with iamblichus regarding the evils attending the practice of theurgy, but was, however, finally converted to the views of his opponent. a natural-born mystic he followed, like his master plotinus, the pure indian raja-yoga system, which, by training, leads to the union of the soul with the oversoul of th

HINE P OVEN READY CHAOS

for world peace and is patron of the season of discord. 3.sri syadasti is the apostle of psychedelia and the patron of the season of confusion. 4.zarathud, a hermit of medieval europe, has been dubbed offender of the faith. he is patron of the season of bureaucracy. 5.malaclypse the elder is alleged to have been an ancient wiseman who carried as sign bearing the legend dumb through the alleys of rome, baghdad, mecca, jerusalem, and some other places. he is patron of the season of aftermath. 28 phil hine spiral pentagrams this bit explains the spiral pentagrams referred to in the discordian opening rite. the traditional pentagram is a very solid, geometrical figure- i find its association with banishing to be very appropriate. so what, i thought one day would happen if i started using a fi

HOWE THE ALCHEMIST OF THE GOLDEN DAWN

is avowedly so. it is a heavy blow and great discouragement to harcourt to be turned out ofderby. it is not likely that harcourt himself really believes in local veto, but he knows that publicans exercise a great influence upon a wide circle of voters, and that on the unionist side, and so they want to swamp and get rid of them. it is the same with the house of lords, which prevents them forcing rome rule down our throats, that they may make popery predominant, and destroy the great protestant empire of england. west hoathley 18july 1895 care frater [gardner, the ms came last evening but too late to acknowledge by same post. you were good enough to pay carriage. i did not pay carriage to you, because qiuam] p[otero' said it is much safer to be delivered if carriage be not paid. i intended

HP LOVECRAFT A DARK LORE

s; and was to be addressed at rakus in the care of that nobleman. another card from rakus a week later, saying that his host's carriage had met him and that he was leaving the village for the mountains, was his last message for a considerable time; indeed, he did reply to his parents' frequent letters until may, when he wrote to discourage the plan of his mother for a meeting in london, paris, or rome during the summer, when the elder wards were planning to travel to europe. his researches, he said, were such that he could not leave his present quarters; while the situation of baron ferenczy's castle did not favour visits. it was on a crag in the dark wooded mountains, and the region was so shunned by the country folk that normal people could not help feeling ill at ease. moreover, the bar

HP LOVECRAFT AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS

f europe and asia. we had previously clung to a desperate alternative and insisted- each to himself- that the omnipresence of the five-pointed motifs meant only some cultural or religious exaltation of the archaean natural object which had so patently embodied the quality of five-pointedness; as the decorative motifs of minoan crete exalted the sacred bull, those of egypt the scarabaeus, those of rome the wolf and the eagle, and those of various savage tribes some chosen totem animal. but this lone refuge was now stripped from us, and we were forced to face definitely the reason-shaking realization which the reader of these pages has doubtless long ago anticipated. i can scarcely bear to write it down in black and white even now, but perhaps that will not be necessary. the things once rear

HP LOVECRAFT THE NAMELESS CITY

coed walls and ceiling. with matchless skill had the artist drawn them in a world of their own, wherein they had cities and gardens fashioned to suit their dimensions; and i could not help but think that their pictured history was allegorical, perhaps shewing the progress of the race that worshipped them. these creatures, i said to myself, were to men of the nameless city what the she-wolf was to rome, or some totem-beast is to a tribe of indians. holding this view, i could trace roughly a wonderful epic of the nameless city; the tale of a mighty seacoast metropolis that ruled the world before africa rose out of the waves, and of its struggles as the sea shrank away, and the desert crept into the fertile valley that held it. i saw its wars and triumphs, its troubles and defeats, and afterw

HUEBNER LOUISE WITCHCRAFT FOR ALL WICCA 04

ose prime concern was discovering a chemical way to create gold. and there were women who taught young girls how to capture their true loves by digging certain roots under certain lunar phases. however, these women weren't really witches; they were superstitious peasants, thoroughly steeped in herbal lore, who lived throughout most of the european countries. herbs were used extensively in ancient rome, as well. they were not only employed for refreshment, but also burned as offerings to the gods. frequently, inhalation of certain fumes would cause odd reactions, which led to the belief that various herbs had magical properties. as one conclusion generally leads to another, certain effects were often attributed to various substances, thus somewhat removing the substances from their original

ISIS UNVEILED

dinrdi 91 strict lives of pagan hierophants 98 hl^ dwntctct of ancient 'mysteries' 101 jacouiot's account ol hiudd faldrs 103 christian symbolism derived from fbauic worship 109 hindu doctrine of the pitns, 114 "brahmanic spirit-dinununion dangers of u digitizecoy google contents chapter m ditisioi^ amongst the early christiai>k beaemblance between eariy chrotianity and boddhiun 12 iwer oeyex la rome 12 meanibg ot 'naiw' and 'naiarene' 12' b denved right 13 a generic name, islhagorean teacbin^ of jenu. ine apocalyps e apocalypse kabalistk. jesui coniidcied an adept by some pagan philoiopbaa and early chrituani 150 doctiiae of permatation 152 the meaning irf god-incarnate 153 dogmas ol tbe gnostics 155 idraa of marcion, the 'bereaiardi' 159 precepts of mann 163 jebovab, identical with bacc

o his creatures. these men oontract to impart to us the knowledge which treats of the existence, character, and attributes of our creator; his laws and government; the doctrines we are to believe and the duties we are to practise. five thousand (5141) of them' with the prospect of 1273 theological students to help them in time, teach this science according to a formula prescribed by the bishop of rome, to five million people. fifty-five thousand (55,287) local and traveling ministers, representing fifteen different denominations* each contradicting the other upon more or less vital theological questions, instruct, in their respective doctrines, thirty-three million (33,500,000) other persons. many of these teach ac- cordbig to the canons of the cis-atlontic branch of an establishment which

xtinction of her ally, the holy inquisition, she makes a virtue of necessity. the only victims now within reach are the spiritists of france. recent events have shown that the meek spouse of christ never disdains to retaliate on helpless victims. having successfully performed her part of deus ex mataind from behind the french bench, which has not scrupled to disgrace itself for her, the church of rome sets to work and shows in the year 1876 what she can do. from the whirling tables and dancing pencils of profane spiritualism, the christian world is warned to turn to the divine 'mira- cles' of lourdes. meanwhile the ecclesiastical authorities utilise their time in arranging for other more easy triumphs, calculated to scare the superstitious out of their senses. so, acting under orders, the

avored "appears to possess all the knowledge of a land-measurer about the secret tracts and formidable divisions of the bottomless pit" justin martyr having actually committed to paper the heretical thought that after all socrates might not be altogether fixed in hell" his benedictine editor criticises this too-benevolent father very severely. whoever doubts the christian charity of the church of rome in this direction is invited to peruse the cenmre of the sorbonne on marmontel's bsliaaire. the odium tiieolofficum blazes in it on the dark sky of orthodox theology like an aurora borealia the precursor of god's wrath according to the teaching of certain medieval divines. we have attempted in the first part of this work to show by historical examples how completely men of science have deserv

ling to let us judge of the tree by its fruits, for that might sometimes force them into dangerous di- lemmas. they refuse ukewise to admit, with unprejudiced people, that the phenomena of spiritualism have unquestionably spiritualized and re- cliumed from evil courses many an indomitable atheist and skeptic. but, as they confess themselves, what is the use of a pope, if there be no devil? and so rome sends her ablest advocates and preachers to the rescue of those perishing in 'the bottomless pit' rome employs her cleverest writers for this purpose albeit they all indignantly deny the accusation and in the preface to every book put forth by the prolific des mous- seaux, the french tertulli&n of our century, we find undeniable proofs of the fact. among other certificates of ecclesiastical a

hey all indignantly deny the accusation and in the preface to every book put forth by the prolific des mous- seaux, the french tertulli&n of our century, we find undeniable proofs of the fact. among other certificates of ecclesiastical approval, every volume is ornamented with the text of a certain original letter addressed to the very pious author by the world-known father ventura de raulica, of rome. few are those who have not heard this famous name. it is the name of one of the chief pillars of the latin church, the ex-general of the order of the theatins, consultor of the sacred congregation of rites, examiner of bishops, and of the roman clergy, etc, etc, etc. this strikingly characteristic document will remain to astonish future genera- tions by its spirit of unsophisticated demonola

hurch. these 'spirits' claimed to be the actual entities in a disembodied state of fathers, mothers, sons, and daughters, friends and acquaintances, of the persons viewing the weird phenomena. the devil seemed to have no objective existence, and this struck at the very foundation upon which the chair of st. peter rested' not a 'spirit' except the 37. lltcre wtre two chain of the titular ^mmtle at rome. the dagy, frightened at the unldt rrupl d evtdence furniihed by tcientibc rsccrch, at laat decided to eonfront tim enemy, uid we find the chrmiqiu du arft giving the dererest, and at the same time most jetuititid, explsiiatioii of the fact. accordmg to tbeir itory "the inomua in the numbo- of the faitlifu] decided peter upon making rome henceforth the center of hit actiod. hie cemetery o( oi

JENNINGS HARGRAVE ROSICRUCIANS RITES MYSTERIES

t of the saviour. those who saw the lamp declared that the effulgence was of the most dazzling character; that the light did not flicker or change, but burnt marvellously steadily. a most celebrated lamp, called that of pallas, the son of evander, who, as virgil relates, was killed by turnus (the account will be found in the tenth book of virgil s neid, is that reported as discovered not far from rome, as far forward in time as the year 1401. it is related that a countryman was digging in the neighbourhood, and that delving deeper than usual, he came upon a stone sepulchre, wherein there was discovered the body of a man of extraordinary size, as perfect and natural as if recently interred. above the head of the deceased there was found a lamp, burning with the supposed fabulous perpetual f

the three lotuses, or lisses, were the coat of arms emblems of the trimurti, the three persons of the triple generative power, or of the sun, or lux. hlc, sle, shilo, is probably lyc, sil 36o, or c= 6oo, l= 50= 10, w= 6= 666. this is silo, or selo. i have no doubt it was the invocation. in the psalms called selah, hlc(s. thus asserts the learned and judicious godfrey higgins. the holie church of rome herself doth compare the incomprehensible generation of the sonne of god from his father, together with his birth out of the pure and undefiled virgine marie, unto the bees, which were in verie deede a great blasphemie, if the bees were not of so great valour and virtue (value and dignity. beehive of the romish church: hone s ancient mysteries described, p. 283. in the second edition of ninev

n the vatican; as also in the horns of the levitical altar: indeed, the use of the double hieroglyph in continual ways. the volutes of the ionic column, the twin-stars of castor and pollux, nay, generally, the employment of the double emblem all the world over, in ancient or in modern times, whether displayed as points, or radii) or wings on the helmets of those barbarian chiefs who made war upon rome, attila or genseric, or broadly shown upon the head-piece of the frankish clovis; whether emblemed in the rude and, as it were, savagely mystic horns of the asiatic idols, or reproduced in the horns of the runic hammerer (or destroyer, or those of the gothic mars, or of the modern devil; all this double-spreading from a common point (or this figure of horns) speaks the same story. the colossu

eas connected with these sacred stones. cambyses, in egypt, left the obelisks or single magic stories. the linghams in india were left untouched by the mohammedan conquerors. the modern romans have a phallus or lingha in front of almost all their churches. there is an obelisk, altered to suit christian ideas (and surmounted in most instances in modern times by a cross, in front of every church in rome. there are few churchyards in england without a phallus or obelisk. on the top is usually now fixed a dial. in former times, when the obeliscar form was adopted for ornaments of all sorts, it was one of the various kinds of christian acceptable cross which was placed on the summit. we have the single stone of memorial surviving yet in the fire-towers (round towers of ireland. this phallus, up

ht; and of the holy ghost, spirit, or air in motion. this material trinity, as a type, is similar to the material trinity of plato; as a type, it is used to conceal the secret trinity. see anacalypsis, vol. i. p. 627. holy fires, which were never suffered to die, were maintained in all the temples: of these were the fires in the temple of the gaditanean hercules at tyre, in the temple of vesta at rome, among the brachmans of india, among the jews, and principally among the persians. now to prove that all appearances are born of fire, so to speak, according to the ideas of the rosicrucians. light is not radiated from any intensely heated gas or fluid. if nitre is melted, it will not be visible; but throw into it any solid body, and as soon as that becomes heated it will radiate light; hence

tantly invoked her, or a person under her name, in their ceremonies. black is the saturnian colour also that of the egyptian isis. under the strange head of the embodiment of deity under darkness, the following remarkable facts may be considered: the virgin and child are depicted black at the cathedral at moulins, at the famous chapel of the virgin at loretto, in the church of the annunciation at rome, at the church of st. lazaro and the church of st. stephen at genoa, at that of st. francisco at pisa, at the church of brixen in the tyrol, at a church in (and at the cathedral of) augsburgh, where the black figures are as large as life, at the borghese chapel in rome, at the church of santa maria maggiore in the pantheon, and in a small chapel at st. peter s, on the right-hand side, on ente

ndia. the stone, or pillar, or pillow, of jacob was sacred among the jews. it was anointed with oil. there was a sacred stone among the greeks at delphi, which was also anointed with oil in the mystic ceremonies. the stone of caaba, or black stone at mecca, is stated to have been there long before the time of mohammed. it was preserved by him when he destroyed the dove and images. the obelisks at rome were, and are, lingas (or linghas. in the temple of jerusalem, and in the cathedral of chartres, they are in vaults. they are the idea of 168 the rosicrucians. the abstract membrum, or affluence, or means. to the initiated mind they imply glory, not grossness. figs. 25, 26 (p. 137, are the crux-ansata of the egyptians. this emblem is also found in india. according to ruffinus and sozomen, it

JESSUP MK THE CASE FOR THE UFO

ommon ammoniacal smell and smoke of burnt hair or feathers" the writer described the phenomenon as a "cloud of 3,800 square miles of fibres, alkali, and sand" according to professor luigi palazzo, head of the italian meteorological bureau, on may 15, 1890, at massagnadi, calabria, something the color of fresh blood fell from the sky. the substance was examined in the public health laboratories of rome and found to be blood. some said that migratory birds were caught and torn in a violent wind, but there was no record of a violent wind at the time, nor any feathers or dead birds. later, more blood fell from the sky in the same place. the literary digest of september 2, 1921 published a letter about a fall of a substance resembling blood in southwest china on november 17. it fell upon three

civilization. the first can be said, roughly, to be antediluvian and the second postdiluvian, speaking in general terms and putting the flood, or its equivalent, far enough back in history so as to coincide with the cataclysm which caused it. all of the centers of civilization and cultural renaissance recognized by present-day anthropologists india, peru, yucatan, egypt, babylonia, greece, china, rome, england and others are but the reviving remnants of an empire and civilization which colonized the world a hundred thousand years ago. they area all "parts" or nuclei, in one great renaissance which has been taking place for, roughly, six to ten thousand years. in it are some traces of the archaic, original, master culture, and, perhaps through india, tibet, egypt and middle america, there a

e of which stretched beyond france, and the other reached towards ireland, and ended in firelike rays "s" ship, ark type, in battle& force-locked with l-m 'boats" ad 393 "in the time of theodosius, a sign like a hanging dove (colmba pendens) appeared in the sky. it burned for thirty days" can't say, probably ship in distress, force-locked 170 bc "at lanupium, on the appian way, sixteen miles from rome a remarkable spectacle of a fleet of ships was seen in the air" mirage of boats on clouds, no record of such 129 a sized movement. 106 bc "a bird that flew in the sky and set houses on fire, was seen over rome "s" ship, not l-m, jammed "cutter" 214 bc "the forms of ships were seen in the sky over rome" and 220 bc "a clear light shone at night in the sky at rome" 214bc probably just plane wate

the air" mirage of boats on clouds, no record of such 129 a sized movement. 106 bc "a bird that flew in the sky and set houses on fire, was seen over rome "s" ship, not l-m, jammed "cutter" 214 bc "the forms of ships were seen in the sky over rome" and 220 bc "a clear light shone at night in the sky at rome" 214bc probably just plane water boats, human. 216 bc "at praeneste, sixty-five miles from rome, burning "lamps" fell from the sky, and at arpinium, forty-two miles east of praeneste, a thing like a round shield was seen in the sky" ship cleaning off "coat& obviously in a hurry, too 99 bc "when murius and valerius were consuls in tarquinia, there fell in different places a thing like a flaming torch and it come suddenly from the sky. towards sunset, a round object, like a globe, or a ro

ystem, navigable, and possibly using the gravitational neutral as a habitat. there is another observation by steinheibel at vienna, april 27, 1820, reported in the monthly notices, in 1862. a very small perfectly round spot, without a trace of penumbra, was seen to cross a considerable portion of the sun's disc in the short space of six hours as observed and reported, july 12, 1837, by de vico at rome. at a distance comparable to that of the gravitational neutral, an object would cover half a degree in six hours with a speed of about 300-325 miles per hour. at the distance of an intra-mercurial planet the speed would be in the order of 100,000 to 135,000 miles per hour, which is about 30-35 miles per second a little bit high for planetary velocity, but not inconceivable. in october 2, 1839

tational neutral, an object would cover half a degree in six hours with a speed of about 300-325 miles per hour. at the distance of an intra-mercurial planet the speed would be in the order of 100,000 to 135,000 miles per hour, which is about 30-35 miles per second a little bit high for planetary velocity, but not inconceivable. in october 2, 1839, de cuppis, an astronomical pupil at a college in rome, saw a perfectly clear, round and definite spot moving at such a rate that it would cross the sun in about six hours. in late june or early july 1847, scott and wray saw a spot like mercury in transit. on october 11, 1847, schmidt, at bonn, saw a small black body pass rapidly over the sun "which was neither bird nor insect crossing before the telescope" we do not know what he means by rapidly

KARR DON NOTES ON EDITIONS OF SEFER YETZIRAH IN ENGLISH

s saw fit to add a seventh, consisting of a redundant list of correspondences, an account of the derivatives of the letters, and a general resume. papus follows sy with not only the thirty-two paths of wisdom but also the fifty gates of understanding. the fifty gates is a hierarchic list of features of the universe; papus version is derived from athanasius kircher s oedipus agyptiacus (3 volumes, rome: 1652-5. papus section on sy concludes with an essay, the date of the sepher yetzirah by dr. sair a.c. which advances the notion that sy is from the patriarchal age or earlier on the basis that scholars have not proven otherwise at least not to the satisfaction of subscribers to the occult tradition* papus rendering of eser sefirot belimah (a phrase which opens a series of statements in sy, c

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afia, the franciscans, and joachimism. albany: state university of new york press, 2007. idel, moshe. ga unique manuscript of an untitled treatise of abraham abulafia in biblioteca laurentiana medicea, h in kabbalah: journal for the study of jewish mystical texts, volume 17, edited by daniel abrams and avraham elqayam (los angeles: cherub press, 2008. gabraham abulafia and menahem ben benjamin in rome: the beginnings of kabbalah in italy, h in the jews of italy: memory and identity, edited by barbara garvin and bernard cooperman (bethesda: university press of maryland, 2000. gabraham abulafia and unio mystica, h in studies in medieval jewish history and literature iii, edited by isadore twersky and jay m. harris (cambridge. london: harvard university press, 2000. 20081 10. gabulafia fs sec

KASAK VEEDE UNDERSTANDING PLANETS IN ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA

s. science and knowledge of stars has always. though with varying success. been important in european culture. much from the babylonian beliefs about constellations and planets have reached our days. planets had an important place in babylonian astral religion, they were observed as much for calendrical as astrological purposes, and the qualities of the planetary gods were carried on to greek and rome. the following started out as an attempt to compose a list of planets together with corresponding gods who lend their names and qualities to the planets. though it was easy to find such a list about greece and rome, texts concerning mesopotamia included miscellaneous facts subdivided into general categories only (e.g. pannekoek 1961. the reasons of this vagueness later became evident with the

o for mercury (brown 2000: 57. it can be supposed that mullugal eking f also developed from the epithet of marduk, what in assyria was taken over by assur. in any case, this relation is so strong that brown characterises it as gtraditional/fundamental h (brown 2000: 63. as marduk was the babylonian main god, there started the tradition by which jupiter later became the main god both in greece and rome. but their clear relations cannot be compared to the tangle in mesopotamian planet names: e.g. on some occasions mercury was also called the star of marduk (e.g. on the new year, and sometimes even mars was called so. eking star f mullugal (g240 (akkadian kakkab .arr) means besides jupiter also regulus( leo) and, more seldom, centauri( cen. jupiter is nearly as bright as venus and in some res

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end, with each rebirth waxing ever greater. eternal are the nephilim that flow upon the eternal cycle and they who do comprehend, perceiving that death does not diminish but make ever stronger the nephilim, they shall have no fear of death but only comfort in that true knowledge that they exist eternally. so it was that death was conquered. for some years it was after that time when the empire of rome grew great and the latini came to eclipse all other nations of the western world whilst yet did china prosper in the east but not one of those two great kingdoms learnt of the other. proud kart-hadasht withstood not rome's rise and fell to ash before the conquerors, well mourned by the shedim. from assyria to iberia ruled that city, corrupt and strong, most tyrannical, rome of marble streets

east but not one of those two great kingdoms learnt of the other. proud kart-hadasht withstood not rome's rise and fell to ash before the conquerors, well mourned by the shedim. from assyria to iberia ruled that city, corrupt and strong, most tyrannical, rome of marble streets and seven hills. even the people of isaac that now were named israel paid homage to caesar and knelt before the throne of rome 323 as they fell before the throne of god. the children of aeneas, betrayer of carthage, reviler of fair tanit, stood not alone to conquer the kingdoms of men but by them in the shadows whirled a weapon of four blades, and they were made strong by the sorceries of one of heaven's sons who won by wile what was lost to might. dark ambition ruled the spirit of the second prince of heaven and his

o you? why so move his hand to destroy so much that was fine and good? i shall not revile you for this thing, love, though most bitter is it to me for i have seen too much of your power. betrothed to a simple carpenter was she, mary, beloved of gabriel the hater, how did your bolt fly so untrue, and was it a difficulty to him prince of heaven's might and hidden king of the fortunes of most potent rome to take that maiden girl which he sought? she, what had she by which to defend, against such a love, such a lover. simple, pure and young she was and, appearing to her a vision of such glory and brilliance to blind princes, what recourse had she before such presence. such a tongue spoke with words and voice of authority as she had never heard. what was she to him? one so much in his power sho

that heaven's prince enacted on that day? did he yield to the spell that held, overcome by passions beyond his strength, or was it that he avenged himself on love and sired misery by an act of hate? 325 never has the creative act destroyed so much as on that most fatal of days. the intensity of that passion seared the very world to ashes though the flame burned most slow. at that time it was that rome declared a census in all their lands and the carpenter, with his wife, burdened with a child of love or hate yet not of that line traced back to bethlehem, journeyed thither, for it was his father's town. great with child was mary and it was manifest to her that her child would soon be born of her. swiftly then made they haste to bethlehem even as she cried out with the birth-pains of the chi

deeds upon the earth that all the kingdoms of men might fall down in worship before the one, true god, adonai yahweh. whose hand is reached out to command the motions of the sky and earth and direct the minions of high heaven. i am jesu, most holy messenger, son of heaven, that walks on earth that all men might hear me and heed well those words that i shall speak. now is it that shalem kneels to rome but, by me, shall rome kneel to shalem, consecrated by my holy foot. this is the first of many signs that i shall show that men may turn from wickedness to god and thus may be redeemed. those that take not care of me, most wretched are they, for they but earn heaven's wrath. i am as a torch in the darkness and by my tongue shall the gentiles be made prostrate that they do due worship to the t

art of corrupted michael 328 and he sought most resolutely the death of that child that would bring his final overthrow. so did michael descend from his tower, unwillingly, and from heaven that he might act upon the earth to end the child's life as it began when the son of gabriel was yet young. to the king of israel did he descend, herod the great, tyrant of that land and servant to the lords of rome. approaching him while he slept he passed all sentries with a cloak woven from the very stuff of night and intruded in upon the dreams, dreamt by the king. glorious seemed michael to herod's slumber and terrible to the sleeping king. with dire warning of ruin did he counsel and incite the king to action against the boy-child, himself fearing the regent destiny of the infant. with these words

le children born within the year that this one shall not escape your wrath but know destruction that he shall never grow and oppose your most righteous kingdom" having thus spoken to the king and worked his base persuasions michael, fearing to tarry there, flew the earth and made fast within his tower to observe from far off the consequence of those words spoken. herod had learnt well the ways of rome and was unmindful of any care for which path was right and noble, forsaking all that made man fine. long seared from the city's bones was all consideration of honour. face, fame and wealth were the sole measure and he that betrayed was held highly if he could win for himself those carnal things revered by rome. rome priced a man with gold and forgot all of virtue. thus, with such a revelation

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was no longer sufficient. now the right klipa, the force that stands opposite the balancing force, must be awakened and goad israel to acquire the real quality of altruism. nature s inherent forces operate the elements in human society: the nations, the countries, and so on. hence, since the time of israel s exile, the left klipa, christianity, dominated our world. it took the place of athens and rome (which were not religions, or klipot, dominated the world and suppressed all other methods. but as the time approaches when israel must correct itself and ordain the quality of altruism over ego, the domination of the force of the klipa of the right is appearing in the world. this is what we feel today as a global intensification of the power of islam over christianity. 182 from chaos to harm

LEADBEATER C W THE HIDDEN LIFE IN FREEMASONRY 2E

century. he is also sometimes called prince rakoczi, as he is the last survivor of that royal house. exactly when he was appointed to the headship of the ceremonial ray i do not know, but he took a keen interest in freemasonry as early as the third century a.d. 27. we find him at that period as albanus, a man of noble roman family, born at the town of verulam in england. as a young man he went to rome, joined the army there, and achieved considerable distinction in it. he served in rome for some seven years at any rate, perhaps longer than that. it was there that he was initiated into freemasonry, and also became a proficient in the mithraic mysteries, which were so closely associated with it. 28. after this time in rome he returned to his birth-place in england, and was appointed governor

adame blavatsky, who was at that period in incarnation under the name of pere joseph. he also appears to have disguised himself as baron hompesch, who was the last of the knights of st. john of malta, the man who arranged the transfer of the island of malta to the english. this great saint and teacher still lives, and his present body has no appearance of great age. i myself met him physically in rome in 1901, and had a long conversation with him. 32. in co-masonry we refer to him as the head of all true freemasons throughout the world (abbreviated as the h.o.a.t.f) and in some of our lodges his portrait is placed in the east, above the chair of the r.w.m, and just beneath the star of initiation; others place it in the north, above an empty chair. upon his recognition and assent as head of

e comparatively little to egypt and very much to syria. in this briefest of outlines of masonic history i cannot pursue the question further, but i hope to say more upon it in my next volume, glimpses of masonic history. 83. it is principally along this line of jewish descent that masonry has come down to us in europe, though there have been other infiltrations. numa pompilius, the second king of rome, who founded the roman collegia, established in connection with them a system of the mysteries which derived its masonic succession from egypt; but its ceremonies and teachings were somewhat modified by the migration of the rites of attis and cybele to rome about 200 b.c, and again through the medium of the soldiers returning from the campaigns of vespasian and titus. from the collegia this m

is only there and in some of the higher anglican churches that western people ever see it. those who have travelled in the east, or are interested in the study of other faiths, know that practically all the religions of the world use incense in one form or another. it appears in the temples of the hindus, the zoroastrians, the jains, and in the shinto of china and japan. it was used in greece, in rome, in persia, and in the ceremonies of mithra. all these people, including the roman catholics, avail themselves of it because they know it to be a useful thing; why then should not we? 333. for a time in england there was a very strong puritan wave, shortly after the reformation, which led to the murder of king charles, to the commonwealth and to cromwell fs rule. true, there was a reaction at

the t c f c r i c g c, or as it was then, the t c f c e i c g c or sacred cubit of the great pyramid, was nearly the same as ours. their unit of measure, the inch, was derived from the accurate knowledge which the egyptians had of the polar diameter of the earth, one five-hundred-millionth division of this being the pyramid inch. our english inch of the present day was derived, through greece and rome, from this egyptian measure, but it is not quite the same unit as that which was used in the building of the great pyramid. in the course of time it has been made a little shorter; it has lost about one thousandth part of itself, so that the pyramid inch is 1.0011 of the english inch. it is only in the last century that men have come to know the length of the equatorial diameter of the earth

LEADBEATER CW GLIMPSES OF MASONIC HISTORY

s. masonic scholars have by no means exhausted the facts which may be discovered in this most interesting field of research, but even with our present knowledge it is clear that rites analogous to those we call masonic are among the most ancient on earth, and may be found in some form or other in almost all parts of the world. our signs exist in egypt and mexico, in china and india, in greece and rome, upon the temples of burma and the cathedrals of mediaeval europe; and there are said to be shrines in southern india where the same secrets are taught under binding pledges as are communicated to us in the craft and high grades in modern europe and america. 14. among pioneers in this field we should mention bro. albert churchward, the author of several interesting books on the egyptian origi

by an object- the scale of which answers to the same series as the group of columns- in the form of a portable seat (plate ii, 3, following p. 50. within it are some remains of the lower part and attachments of a figure. it is evident that we have here a palanquin either for a divinity or for his earthly representative, the priest-king, recalling the sedia-gestatoria still used by the papa-re at rome(*op. cit, pp. 222, 223, 224) 248. in its general arrangements the ritual chamber of the palace of phaestos was similar to the masonic temple in the palace of minos, but it contained no throne- an omission which is explained by the portable seat found in the shrine. evidently in some cases the initiator in the mysteries was carried in procession and retained the seat in which he had been borne

ss they succeeded in reconstructing the rites with tolerable accuracy, although once more the traditional history suffered distortion through being imperfectly remembered. such is the story of that line of succession which eventually found its way into the roman collegia, in the first place by direct descent from the teaching of king numa, then by the migration of the rites of attis and cybele to rome about 200 b.c, and again through the medium of the returning soldiers of the armies of vespasian and titus. from these collegia it has been handed down with singularly little change in essentials to our modern lodges. 294. besides the three craft degrees which formed the main structure of the jewish mysteries, there were also other masonic traditions handed down from egypt. that which is now

e heart that the lost word can be rediscovered, and that very finding brings the knowledge of the true tetragrammaton- that secret of man s eternal being, which from the beginning has been written upon the cross of sacrifice and always kept hidden in the heart of the world among the secret things of god. 309. such is a brief outline of those jewish mysteries, the tradition of which was carried to rome, and thence passed down through the collegia into the mediaeval guilds, finally emerging in the eighteenth century in the speculative rituals of the craft degrees, in the holy royal arch and the degree of mark master mason, and in those other emblems and ceremonies which have been incorporated into certain of the subsidiary grades belonging in their symbolic time to the old covenant. the jewi

old covenant. the jewish mysteries are the source of our present tradition, for the three craft degrees are, and always have been, the basis of the whole system of masonic initiation, since they enshrine the relics of the lesser and greater mysteries of egypt, which alone can be termed degrees in their original form. but before we pass on to our next link in the masonic chain of descent- that of rome and its colleges- it may be well to touch upon certain of the other great mystery-systems which were famous in the ancient world. 310. the greek mysteries 311. the eleusinian mysteries 312. we come now to the mysteries of greece, of which the best-known and most important in classical times were the eleusinian. there seems to be a widely-spread delusion, the origin of which we can trace to th

them and held them in the highest reverence(*cic. de. leg, ii, 14) while proclus tells us in the last days of the pagan faith: 317. the most holy rites of eleusis vouchsafe to the initiates enjoyment of the good offices of kore when they shall be delivered from their bodies(*proclus. comment. in plat. rem pub. quoted foucart, loc. cit, p. 364) 318. it is true that in the time of the decadence of rome there were degenerate ceremonies connected with the mysteries of bacchus, which involved orgies of a very unpleasant character, but they were in no way connected with the original eleusinian mysteries, which by that time had faded almost entirely into the background. 319. the modern world knows little of the truth about the greek mysteries, for their activities and doctrines were really kept

with which the sacred chants might be correctly intoned(*les mysteres d eleusis. paul foucart. paris, 1914, p. 170) 325. the gods of greece 326. the greek idea of worship was very different from our modern conceptions. it must not be supposed that any of the educated greeks believed in the mythology of their religion as literal fact. men sometimes wonder how it was possible for great nations like rome or greece to remain satisfied with what we commonly call their religion- a chaos of unseemly myths, many of them not even decent, describing gods and goddesses who were distinctly human in their actions and passions, and were constantly quarrelling amongst themselves. the truth is that nobody was satisfied with it, and it never was at all what we mean by a religion, though it was no doubt tak

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

in ancient egypt. the scarab beetle symbolized resurrection after death and protection against evil magic. mummies wore a heart scarab as an amulet on their breasts. seals and jeweled charms in the form of scarabs protected wearers against evil. the hebrews, as early as 2200 b.c, wore crescent moons to ward off the evil eye and attached bells to their clothing to ward off evil spirits. in ancient rome (753 b.c. a.d. 476) bronze figures of hands stood in houses to ward off evil. this amulet derives from the instinctive gesture to put the hand in front of the face to ward off the evil eye. the position of the fingers on these pre- christian amulets was the same as that used today for blessing, namely with the thumb and first two fingers upright and the other two fingers closed. arabian amule

iptions are sometimes called charms, a term that also applies to spoken incantations. yhwh, the hebrew name for god, appeared on many amulets and talismans in different spellings to help magicians conjure demons and protect them from attack by the spirits. the sator square consists of some magical words arranged in the pattern of a square. it was inscribed on walls and vessels as early as ancient rome (753 b.c. a.d. 476) and was considered to be an amulet against sorcery, poisonous air, colic and pestilence, and for protecting cow s milk from witchcraft. similarly, circles inscribed with the names of god were used in england as recently as 1860 to repel demons. eyes and phallic amulet from the book of the angel raziel (fortean picture library) 6 angel heart symbols are widely used on amule

garlands of garlic worn around the neck or hung in a house are said to ward off evil spirits, creatures, and spells. in mexico, the ajo macho is a huge garlic, sometimes as big as a baseball, used exclusively as an amulet against evil in general, but not against specific curses. according to custom, the ajo macho will work only if it is given as a gift, not if it is bought. in ancient greece and rome, garlic was placed at crossroads as an offering to hecate, the goddess of witchcraft and the night. odysseus used garlic as protection against the witchcraft of circe, who turned his men into swine. garlic, of course, is also used to ward off vampires. for further reading: lockhart, j. g. curses, lucks, and talismans. detroit, mi: single tree press, 1971. ravenwolf, silver. to ride a silver b

because god requires that we love one another. there are, however, limits to what ends the mass can be put. for instance, grillandus goes on to relate how a priest had devised prayers designed to cause four nuns to fall in love with him. he then paid other priests to include them in the mass. this was considered a minor offence criminal but not heretical and the offending priest was banished from rome temporarily. it is only a short step from this tradition of the priestly deployment of the mass for selfish ends to the fully developed notion of the black mass. despite the emergence of a substantial literature on satanism and the dark rite, however, the fully developed black mass seems to have had almost no existence outside of the literary productions of ecclesiastical writers. the basis o

ong with their practical use as sources of light, candles have long been considered a means to repel unfavorable spirits while favoring good ones. besides this connotation, candles have played an important role in a multitude of rites and spells. they have been used both by witches during sabbats and by christians in exorcism rituals. magic rituals involving candles are documented in egypt and in rome in the early centuries c.e, while christians introduced the use of candles in their rituals in the fourth century and began consecrating and placing them on altars in the twelfth century. it is an ancient jewish tradition to place candles in the room where a dying or dead person lies; candles are believed to ward off evil spirits and purify the air in the room. subsequently, christians adopte

in the seventh of his latin elegies. in this period he also developed his knowledge of english poetry from chaucer to shakespeare, jonson, and the later elizabethans, who considerably influenced all the poems written during these years. in 1638 he went abroad. in paris he met hugo grotius, whose adamus exul was one of the sources of paradise lost. he spent two months in florence, and proceeded to rome and naples, then made his way back to england via venice and geneva. once he d returned to england, he became involved in a long course of controversy, ecclesiastical and political, which determined the choice of themes, the doctrinal framework, and the spirit of paradise lost, paradise regained, and samson agonistes. from 1649 to 1659 he was a servant of the state as latin secretary to the c

not above creating documents. for example, one document that has survived the centuries is a contract between satan and the priest urbain grandier, written in blood, in which father grandier supposedly asserts, my lord and master lucifer, i acknowledge you as my god and prince, and promise to serve and obey you while i live. and i renounce the other god and jesus christ, the saints, the church of rome and all its sacraments, and all prayers that the faithful may offer me; and i promise to do as much evil as i can and to draw all others to evil; and i renounce chrism, baptism, and all the merits of jesus christ and his saints; and if i fail to serve and adore you, paying you homage three times a day, i give you my life as your own (cavendish 1967, 321) this piece of evidence was presented a

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ent meditations. col. xxxiv. line 13: add selene who was a personification of the moon as distinct from the goddesses with lunar aspects such as artemis, hekate, etc. similarly helios was a personification of the sun. see betz (ed. the greek magical papyri in translation. col. xxxv. agrippa (de occ. phil. tom ii cap xiv) in his orphic scale of the number twelve refers the twelve principle gods of rome to the zodiac: a pallas (minerva) g vulcan b venus h mars c phoebus i diana d mercury j vesta e jupiter k juno f ceres l neptune. crowley omitted jupiter and phoebus from these for some reason. col. xxxvi. the evangelists follow the traditional attribution to the kerubim. godwin gives the apostles thus (he does not state his source: a matthias b thaddeus c simon d john e peter f andew g barth

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he may be one greater than thou. n liber aleph vel cxi 42 ao de voluntate iuvenis cognoscenda (of knowing the will of children) t is important that thou shouldst understand as early as may be what is the true will of the child in the matter of his career. be thou well ware of all ideals and day-dreams; for the child is himself, and not thy toy. recall the comic tragedy of napoleon and the king of rome; build not an house for a wild goat, nor plant a forest for the domain of a shark. but be thou vigilant for every sign, conscious or unconscious of the will of the child, giving him then all opportunity to pursue the path which he thus indicates. learn this, that he, being young, will weary quickly of all false ways, however pleasant they may be to him at the outset; but of the true way he wi

LIBER CXCVII STORY OF SIR PALAMEDES

h reason. therefore sir palamede unreasonably decapitateth him. xii. an ancient hag prateth of it as evangelical. her he hewed in pieces. sir palamdes, the saracen knight vi xiii. at naples he thinketh of the beast as author of evil, because free of will. the beast, starting up, is slain by him with a poisoned arrow; but at the moment of its death it is reborn from the knight.s own belly. xiv. at rome he meeteth a red robber in a hat, who speaketh nobly of it as of a king-dove-lamb. he chaseth and slayeth it; it proves but a child fs toy. xv. in a tuscan grove he findeth, from the antics of a satyr, that the gods sill dwell with men. mistaking orgasm for ecstasty, he is found ridiculous. xvi. baiting for it with gilded corn in a moonlit vale of spain, he findeth the bait stolen by vermin

while such a questing there resounds as god had loosed the very pit, or as a thirty couple hounds are in its belly as it bounds! full sick at heart, i ween, was then the loyal knight, the weak of wit, the butt of lewd and puny men, sir palamede the saracen. 31 xiv northward the good knight gallops fast, resolved to seek his foe at home, when rose that vision of the past, the royal battlements of rome, a ruined city, and a dome. there in the broken forum sat a red-robed robber in a hat .whither away, sir knight, so fey .priest, for the dove on ararat i could not, nor i will not, stay .i know thy quest. seek on in vain a golden hart with silver horns! life springeth out of divers pains. what crown the king of kings adorns? a crown of gems? a crown of thorns! the questing beast is like a kin

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istakenly kills another, herebeald (baldr. hredel, the father, dies of grief. references and further reading: a comparison of the versions of the story in the icelandic sources and saxo, arguing essential similarity, is margaret clunies ross, gmythic narrative in saxo grammaticus and snorri sturluson, h in the volume saxo grammaticus: tra storiografia e letteratura: bevagna, 27.29 settembre 1990 (rome: editrice gil calamo, h 1992, 47.59. sir james frazer fs reading of the baldr myth.still a classic of garmchair anthropology h.may be studied in his gbalder the beautiful, h in the golden bough: a study in magic and religion, 3rd ed, 2 vols (new york: st. martin fs press: 1990 [1890, part 7; see also john stanley martin, gbaldr fs death and the golden bough, h in iceland and the medieval worl

to search for her missing husband, od. there is no other direct evidence that mardoll is a name for freyja except the kenning gtear of mardoll h for gold, which relies on the story of freyja weeping golden tears for her missing husband od. the meaning of the name mardoll is disputed. see also freyja matres and matrones groups of females worshipped in the germanic area that came into contact with rome during the first five centuries or so c.e. matres is latin for gmothers, h and matrones is latin for gmatrons. h these were celebrated in statues and inscriptions, of which more than 1,000 are known. many of the names are germanic, but others are not, and most scholars accept that the cult was both germanic and celtic. as groups of women, the matres and matrones bear a resemblance to the norn

k looked to russian tradition in gthe russian giant svyatogor and the norse utgartha-loki, h folklore 75 (1964: 243.259. anatoly liberman focuses ultimately on etymology but has much to say about myths of loki in his gsnorri and saxo on utgardaloki, with notes on loki laufeyjarson fs character, career, and name, h in saxo grammaticus: tra storiografia e letteratura. bevagna, 27.29 settembre 1990 (rome: editrice gil calamo, h 1992, 91.158. my analysis is in gthor fs visit to utgar.a-loki, h oral tradition 15 (2000: 1.17. sleipnir odin fs horse. grimnismal, stanza 44, has a list of things that are the foremost in various categories (yggdrasil of trees, odin of the asir, and so forth, and sleipnir is included as the best of horses. snorri agreed; in gylfaginning snorri has a little list of th

radition in gthe russian giant svyatogor and the norse utgartha-loki, h folklore 75 (1964: 243.259. anatoly liberman focuses ultimately on etymology but has much to say about myths of loki, including this one, in his gsnorri and saxo on utgardaloki, with notes on loki laufeyjarson fs character, career, and name, h in saxo grammaticus: tra storiografia e letteratura. bevagna, 27.29 settembre 1990 (rome: editrice gil calamo, h 1992, 91.158. my analysis of the story is in gthor fs visit to utgarda-loki, h oral tradition 15 (2000: 170.186. vafthrudnismal eddic poem, gwords of vafthrudnir. h the poem is the third in codex regius of the poetic edda, after havamal and before grimnismal, and was therefore regarded by the compiler, quite rightly, as an odin poem. it is also found from stanza 20 onw

LOGOMACHY OF ZOS

shapes of form are not yet exhausted and there are no miracles beyond living matter. though flesh in its most radiant beauty is miraculous, it does not imply that nature has exhausted all possibilities of pleasuring in flesh. you are still inchoative, unfit for eternity, hence you face changes and changes. whether you behave as common stone or as precious jade, be expedient unto all men. hence in rome do not necessarily as the romans but adroitly be yourself. materialists state that "mind is the accidental product of matter, which is equivalent to saying that a chair. or any human-made object. accidentally produced man and the mind, and the reasoning that reified it. materialists have to swallow their own statements. they use their. 2' r^9 5' e..q (q. m h"d k .rxk5! s 3' separate existence

LURQUIN STONE EVOLUTION AND RELIGIOUS CREATION MYTHS

esigner made a bad (and cruel) mistake. the bible does have an account of why women suffer in childbirth this is punishment for eve s sin. but god said nothing about hot flashes! in fact, no one was saying much about hot flashes until relatively recently, and for a good reason: in the past, few women lived much beyond menopause. if, for example, we consider that average life expectancy in ancient rome was 25 years, it is clear that postmenopausal hot flashes were not then, or earlier, a widespread health complaint. although no evolutionary scientists claim that hot flashes are in any way adaptive or useful for anyone, evolutionary theory does offer an explanation for why menopause (of which hot flashes are a by-product) exists at all. this is known as the grandmother hypothesis. according

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

e, and told him what those empty phantoms were; forms without bodies, and impassive air" p. 17 even though neo-platonism was to intervene and many centuries pass before this emphasis took definite form. although ammonius saccus was long believed to be the founder of neo-platonism, the school had its true beginning in plotinus (a.d. 204-269. prominent among the neo-platonists of alexandria, syria, rome, and athens were porphyry, iamblichus, sallustius, the emperor julian, plutarch, and proclus. neo-platonism was the supreme effort of decadent pagandom to publish and thus preserve for posterity its secret (or unwritten) doctrine. in its teachings ancient idealism found its most perfect expression. neo- platonism was concerned almost exclusively with the problems of higher metaphysics. it rec

, and a robber of sepulchres? what other persons would the cryer nominate, who should call robbers together" it was not the true faith of the early christian mystics that celsus attacked, but the false forms that were creeping in even during his day. the ideals of early christianity were based upon the high moral standards of the pagan mysteries, and the first christians who met under the city of rome used as their places of worship the subterranean temples of mithras, from whose cult has been borrowed much of the sacerdotalism of the modem church. the ancient philosophers believed that no man could live intelligently who did not have a fundamental knowledge of nature and her laws. before man can obey, he must understand, and the mysteries were devoted to instructing man concerning the ope

mmigrated into southern europe, they were quickly assimilated by the latin mind. the cult grew rapidly, especially among the roman soldiery, and during the roman wars of conquest the teachings were carried by the legionaries to nearly all parts of europe. so powerful did the cult of mithras become that at least one roman emperor was initiated into the order, which met in caverns under the city of rome. concerning the spread of this mystery school through different parts of europe, c. w. king, in his gnostics and their remains, says "mithraic bas-reliefs cut on the faces of rocks or on stone tablets still abound in the countries formerly the western provinces of the roman empire; many exist in germany, still more in france, and in this island (britain) they have often been discovered on the

f the zodiac, cancer and capricorn. the summer and winter solstices were chiefly conspicuous, as the gates of souls descending into this life, or passing out of it in their ascent to the gods; cancer being the gate of descent, and capricorn of ascent. these are the two avenues of the immortals passing up and down from earth to heaven, and from heaven to earth" the so-called chair of st. peter, in rome, was believed to have been used in one of the pagan mysteries, possibly that of mithras, in whose subterranean grottoes the votaries of the christian mysteries met in the early days of their faith. in anacalypsis, godfrey higgins writes that in 1662, while cleaning this sacred chair of bar-jonas, the twelve labors of hercules were discovered upon it, and that later the french discovered upon

an, his death that men might have eternal life, and lastly, his resurrection and the saving of all humanity by his intercession before the throne of ormuzd (see heckethorn) while the cult of mithras did not reach the philosophic heights attained by zarathustra, its effect upon the civilization of the western world was far-reaching, for at one time nearly all europe was converted to its doctrines. rome, in her intercourse with other nations, inoculated them with her religious principles; and many later institutions have exhibited mithraic culture. the reference to the "lion" and the "grip of the lion's paw" in the master mason's degree have a strong mithraic tinge and may easily have originated from this cult. a ladder of seven rungs appears in the mithraic initiation. faber is of the opini

mysterious and supernatural powers is conceded even by his enemies, but they maintained that these powers were lent to him by the infernal spirits and furies which they asserted were his ever present companions. undoubtedly the most interesting legend concerning simon is that which tells of his theosophic contests with the apostle peter while the two were promulgating their differing doctrines in rome. according to the story that the church fathers have preserved, simon was to prove his spiritual superiority by ascending to heaven in a chariot of fire. he was actually picked up and carried many feet into the air by invisible powers. when st. peter saw this, he cried out in a loud voice, ordering the demons (spirits of the air) to release their hold upon the magician. the evil spirits, when

spirits, when so ordered by the great saint, were forced to obey. simon fell a great distance and was killed, which decisively proved the superiority of the christian powers. this story is undoubtedly manufactured out of whole cloth, as it is only one out of many accounts concerning his death, few of which agree. as more and more evidence is being amassed to the effect that st, peter was never in rome, its last possible vestige of authenticity is rapidly being dissipated. that simon was a philosopher there is no doubt, for wherever his exact words are preserved his synthetic and transcending thoughts are beautifully expressed. the principles of gnosticism are well described in the following verbatim statement by him, supposed to have been preserved by hippolytus "to you, therefore, i say w

MARS COCIDIUS AND THE REDCAPS IN LANCASHIRE

well have brought an army with him. the province of valentia was later the romano-british kingdom of rheged which persisted until it was overthrown by the norse kings of york. modern research of inscriptions (of which more than 8,000 remain) and surviving texts has shown that the extent and quality of latin literacy in western and northern britain was higher than anywhere else in the empire even rome at this time. this coupled with evidence of extensive re-building in the cities during the 5th and 6th centuries implies that far from declining romano-british culture was undergoing a renaissance during this period. the main deities of brigantia/rheged were naturally enough brigantia (brigit) and cocidius (goch in modern welsh i.e. the red one. cocidius was a god of hunting and the forest wh

se the patron of the hunt and as lupercus takes the form of a wolf. tages was sent to earth where he arose from the soil being ploughed by the etruscan swineherd tarchon, in the form of a small boy. the divine child taught tarchon the arts of haruspicy and augury (divination) before dying and ascending to the heavens. tarchon went on to found the city and royal line of tarquinia (and therefore of rome too, and the college of augurs who thereafter carried the crooked staff (lituus) of a swineherd as a symbol of office. the lituus also mimics the shape of a swans head and neck (this is not coincidental. the staff was used to mark out the area of sky used in the process of augury and to mark out the templum on the ground where the augur carried out his rites. the lituus was later adopted by c

MICHAEL TSARION ATLANTIS ALIEN VISITATION AND GENETIC MANIPULATION

(madame helena blavatsky, the secret doctrine) there exists. another class of adepts belonging to a brotherhood also and mightier thanany other they have to be ranked with the adepts of the black arts. these are our romancatholic fathers and clergy. a hundred times more learned in secret symbology and theold religion than our orientalists will ever bethere are more profoundly learned kabalistsin rome and throughout europe and america than is generally suspected..thus are thebrotherhoods of black adepts more powerful and dangerousthan any host of easternoccultists (madame helena blavatsky, the secret doctrine) speak i of ancient atlantis, speak of the days of the kingdom of shadows, speak of the com-ing of the children of shadows. out of the great deep were they called by the wisdom of the

country, from the end of heaven, even the lord, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land (from verse 13:3-5, quoted on p. 93)who are these that fly in a cloud, and as the doves to their windows (isaiah 9:8)for behold, the lord will come with fire, and with his chariots, like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire (isaiah 1 6:15)ufos in rome 100 b.c.(from roman historian, julius obsequens)at sunset a circular object like a shield was seen to sweep across the sky from west to east (p. 131)this globegolden in color fell to earth from the sky and was seen to gyrate (p. 131)appendix b: book abstracts186atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation professor hermann oberthprofessor oberth, the father of rocketry, declared that

llion people underground (p. 109)atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation211 appendix b: book abstracts genesis of the grail kings by laurence gardnergod creates evilin the book of isaiah (45:7) god is quoted as saying, i create evil, and in amos (3:6) it is asked,shall there be evil in a city, and the lord hath not done it (p. 86)first bishop of romepeter never held such an office in rome or anywhere else. this is confirmed by the churchs ownapostolic constitution, which stated that the first bishop of rome was britains prince linus (son ofcaractacus the pendragon, who was appointed by st. paul in ad 58, during peters lifetime (preface)council of carthagewhen the criteria for gospel selection were determined at the council of carthage in ad 397, it wasfirst stipulated that the

escent from abraham and theshemite strain (p. 224)the ptolemiesin 525 b.c, egypt was conquered by the persians, whose kings were subsequently ousted by alexanderthe greats macedonian army in 332 b.c. this led to the greek dynasty of the ptolemies and queencleopatra vii. her liaison with the roman general mark anthony led to the final withdrawal of thepharaohs, and egypt was subjugated by imperial rome shortly before the time of jesus. at length, theroman empire collapsed, egypt fell to byzantine governors and then, after ad 641, to the sway ofislam (p. 224)the merovingianscarried the grail tradition as it passed into the west officially. these kings had blood ties to the israelitefamilies and, therefore, to the egyptian dynasties.plantagenet erain 1408, at the time of britains plantagenet

exhibition of thereligion existing on the superstition of the masses. money flowed into the churches to furnish theirgolden domes but none of it ever seemed to be passed out to benefit the poor.during the middle ages, the papacy struggled with the german emperors to maintain world suprem-acy. the germans complained to the ultramontainism, the money passed beyond the alps to build thecathedrals of rome and never to return. today we bear marks of deterioration. we dwell upon the threshold of hysteria. the mental trou-bles that harass the multitude are brought about largely by the universal system of exploitation. whensubmerged races are not available for exploitation, the descendants of the illi exploit one another, andthereby increase their mental ailments (p. 76)all cities have slums. evid

she planted an army of wives, concubines, slaves, and catamites in the parthenon, which he so pollutedwith his debaucheries that it appeared to be kept comparatively clean when he indulged himself onlywith such abandoned creatures as lamia, demo, and antieyra. he bestowed upon his principal wifethe sacrilegious name of dei-damia, or the spouse of god (p. 16)carthageafter the downfall of carthage, rome, whose dominion had hitherto been restricted to italy and greece,rapidly became a continental power (p. 22)the coming of catholicism?to keep together so vast an empire, to assimilate under one government such heterogeneous populationsas had recently been brought under its sway; to command the respect of distant kings; to curb the ambi-tion and repress the avarice of proconsuls who had become

ulationsas had recently been brought under its sway; to command the respect of distant kings; to curb the ambi-tion and repress the avarice of proconsuls who had become mightier than kings; and to preserve the pri-vate fortunes that had been carved out of the dying republic; some greater elements of power andauthority and some more efficacious means of subordination were required to be wielded at rome thatthose which had failed in the hands of sylla and pompey (p. 27)the additional powers and discipline which for these reasons were needed to maintain the ascendancyof rome were found in the peculiar organization and privileges of the sacred college and in the myster-ies of religion. these the ambitious and unscrupulous caesar hastened to seize with the office of high-priest and the assumpti

MICHAEL WYNN THE SOUL TRAVELERS

oke of morals and the sciences while never teaching magic, and he also had the support of the most high god. jehovah, jove, or god, is the righteous brother and ruler whose names are also many. to the jews, he was yahweh. to the christians he is jehovah. in persia he was known as ahura mazda, the bother of the evil ahriman. in egypt, he was ra/osiris. the greek myths call this entity zeus, and in rome he went by the name jupiter. this being, and his son, is commonly associated with the sun. here an important distinction must be made, because many have noticed a correlation between the sun, and satan. satan, or set, is the god of the setting sun and so therefore his symbol is that of a black sun, as opposed to his righteous brother who is associated with rising sun. it is far from uncommon

ving in an unhealthy environment, not the reverse. and since taking a pill, smoking dope, or drinking alcohol is easier than changing the world, this is exactly what he does. the way of life lived by those is in the future is completely foreign to the human spirit, and entertainment and drugs will maintain control over the frustrations that build in the human heart. the blood games, like those in rome (especially in decline, will return and be used channel the frustrations of the people who live under ever-escalating tyranny. my guess is that the reality shows of today are merely serving to bridge the gap between those who are watched, and those who are hunted. mass media, especially tv and the movies, will be used to spread propaganda and desensitization. using subliminals, magic, fear, a

s who was among the most ancient of the gods, is also associated with both lilith and isis. sekhmet, is spoke of as just as much a weapon as a goddess. at the behest of the god ra, sekhmet almost destroyed all of humanity; she was unable to halt her bloodlust, and had to be tricked into desisting. she is symbolized by a lion headed woman, wearing red; she even has titles like the scarlet lady. in rome, lilith was known as diana. diana is a goddess of the hunt, the moon, and childbirth. she was also known as the virgin goddess. artemis, the greek equivalent of diana, is also a goddess of the hunt, childbirth, the moon and also known as the virgin goddess. artemis is also closely related to selene, yet another moon goddess. in hinduism, lilith goes by the name kali. kali is a goddess identif

the--michael wynn's "the soul travelers" 79 patroness of babylon when she restored the city to its ancient glory. i can t believe it s not fiction: tiamat queen of the damned (2002) hades [5.5] hades is the lord of the underworld. although greek mythology does not depict hades as a villain, modern satanists( and a little common sense) have confirmed to me that he is god s greatest enemy today. in rome, he was known as pluto and the hebrews knew him as mot. in the lovecraft mythos he is azag-thoth, and to many occults he is called coronzon; just like hades, who is considered both a character and a location, coronzon is also considered a character and a location. the egyptians call this demon apep. the greeks and christians know the location of hades as sheol, or the land of the dead, but th

MORALS AND DOGMA

stal. they have the brute force of the hammer, but their blows help on the great cause, when struck within the lines traced by the rule held by wisdom and discretion. yet it is this very force of the people, this titanic power of the giants, that builds the fortifications of tyrants, and is embodied in their armies. hence the possibility of such tyrannies as those of which it has been said, that "rome smells worse under vitellius than under sulla. under claudius and under domitian there is a deformity of baseness corresponding to the ugliness of the tyranny. the foulness of the slaves is a direct result of the atrocious baseness of the despot. a miasma exhales from these crouching consciences that reflect the master; the public authorities are unclean, hearts are collapsed, consciences shr

are assured by clemens of alexandria, in his stromata, and by philo judaeus. to return to its source in the infinite, the human soul, the ancients held, had to ascend, as it had descended, through the seven spheres. the ladder by which it reascends, has, according to marsilius ficinus, in his commentary on the ennead of plotinus, seven degrees or steps; and in the mysteries of mithras, carried to rome under the emperors, the ladder, with its seven rounds, was a symbol referring to this ascent through the spheres of the seven planets. jacob saw the spirits of god ascending and descending on it; and above it the deity himself. the mithraic mysteries were celebrated in caves, where gates were marked at the four equinoctial and solstitial points of the zodiac; and the seven planetary spheres w

nd the most stupid and irrational errors are the longest-lived. nevertheless, masonry, which is morality and philosophy, must not cease to do its duty. we never know at what moment success awaits our efforts--generally when most unexpected--nor with what effect our efforts are or are not to be attended. succeed or fail, masonry must not bow to error, or succumb under discouragement. there were at rome a few carthaginian soldiers, taken prisoners, who refused to bow to flaminius, and had a little of hannibal's magnanimity. masons should possess an equal greatness of soul. masonry should be an energy; finding its aim and effect in the amelioration of mankind. socrates should enter into adam, and produce marcus aurelius, in other words, bring forth from the man of enjoyments, the man of wisdo

. the people that would be free and independent, must possess sagacity, forethought, foresight, and careful circumspection, all which are included in the meaning of the word prudence. it must be temperate in asserting its rights, temperate in its councils, economical in its expenses; it must be bold, brave, courageous, patient under reverses, undismayed by disasters, hopeful amid calamities, like rome when she sold the field at which hannibal had his camp. no cann or pharsalia or pavia or agincourt or waterloo must discourage her. let her senate sit in their seats until the gauls pluck them by the beard. she must, above all things, be just, not truckling to the strong and warring on or plundering the weak; she must act on the square with all nations, and the feeblest tribes; always keeping

elf; but that it, too, can help. it also is one of god's instruments. it is a force and a power; and shame upon it, if it did not exert itself, and, if need be, sacrifice its children in the cause of humanity, as abraham was ready to offer up isaac on the altar of sacrifice. it will not forget that noble allegory of curtius leaping, all in armor, into the great yawning gulf that opened to swallow rome. it will try. it shall not be _its_ fault if the day _never_ comes when man will no longer have to fear a conquest, an invasion, a usurpation, a rivalry of nations with the armed hand, an interruption of civilization depending on a marriage-royal, or a birth in the hereditary tyrannies; a partition of the peoples by a congress, a dismemberment by the downfall of a dynasty, a combat of two rel

he sense of right revolts, that which is absurd or self-contradictory, or at issue with experience or science, or that which degrades the character of the deity, and would make him revengeful, malignant, cruel, or unjust. a man's faith is as much his own as his reason is. his freedom consists as much in his faith being free as in his will being uncontrolled by power. all the priests and augurs of rome or greece had not the right to require cicero or socrates to believe in the absurd mythology of the vulgar. all the imaums of mohammedanism have not the right to require a pagan to believe that gabriel dictated the koran to the prophet. all the brahmins that ever lived, if assembled in one conclave like the cardinals, could not gain a right to compel a single human being to believe in the hin

letters thus"_our lord and god commands that it should be done so and so" and formally decreed that no one should address him otherwise, either in writing or by word of mouth. palfurius sura, the philosopher, who was his chief delator, accusing those who refused to recognize his divinity, however much _he_ may have believed in that divinity, had not the right to demand that a single christian in rome or the provinces should do the same. reason is far from being the only guide, in morals or in political science. love or loving-kindness must keep it company, to exclude fanaticism, intolerance, and persecution, to all of which a morality too ascetic, and extreme political principles, invariably lead. we must also have faith in ourselves, and in our fellows and the people, or we shall be easi

MOTTA MARCELO THE COMMENTARIES OF AL

ncial constraint to compel either abstention or submission, is entirely horrible, unnatural and absurd. physical constraint, up to a certain point, is not seriously wrong; for it has its roots in the original sex- conflict which we see in animals, and has often the effect of exciting love in his highest and noblest shape. some of the most passionate and permanent attachments have begun with rape. rome was actually founded thereon. similarly, murder of a faithless partner is ethically excusable, in a certain sense; for there may be some stars whose nature is extreme violence. the collision of galaxies is a magnificent spectacle, after all. but there is nothing inspiring in a visit to one's lawyer. of course, this is merely my personal view; a star who happened to be a lawyer might see thing

my rising sign combines these ideas, as does ra-hoor khuit. the christian ideas of humility and weakness as 'virtues' are natural to slaves, cowards, and defectives (not necessarily; it depends on how they are interpreted. if slaves, cowards, and defectives knew exactly what is meant by christian virtues, few people would claim to be christians, and there probably would not even exist a church of rome there would not be fools in sufficient number to finance it. see the tao teh king; also, lxv, v, 7; vii, iii, 53-60; v, 43- 48; vi, 33-35; vii, 1-6, 11-16, 50-52) the type of tailless simian who finds himself a mere forked radish in a universe of giants clamouring for hors d'oeuvres must take refuge from reality in freudian phantasies of 'god. he winces at the touch of truth; and shivers at h

found law which opposes thought to action. we act, when we act aright, upon the instructive wisdom inherited from the ages. our ancestors survived because they were able to adapt themselves to their environment; their rivals failed to breed, and so "good" qualities are transmitted, while 'bad' are sterile. thus the race-thought, subconscious, tells a man that he must have a son, cost what it may. rome was founded on the rape of the sabine women. would a reasoner have advocated that rape? was it 'justice' or 'mercy' or 'morality' or 'christianity? there is much on the ethics of this point in chapter ii of this book. thomas henry huxley in his essay "ethics and evolution" pointed out the antithesis between these two ideas; and concluded that evolution was bound to beat ethics in the long run

MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS E

regret, instituted a yearly mourning for his loss, when her priests, the corybantes, with their usual noisy accompaniments, marched into the mountains to seek the lost youth. having discovered him[6] they gave full vent to their ecstatic delight by indulging in the most violent gesticulations, dancing, shouting, and, at the same time, wounding and gashing themselves in a frightful manner. ops. in rome the greek rhea was identified with ops, the goddess of plenty, the wife of saturn, who had a variety of appellations. she was called magna-mater, mater-deorum, berecynthia-idea, and also dindymene. this latter title she acquired from three high mountains in phrygia, whence she was brought to rome as cybele during the second punic war, b.c. 205, in obedience to an page 20 injunction contained

d from the greek zeus, who was to a certain extent controlled by the all-potent sway of the moira or fates. zeus, as we have seen, often condescends to visit mankind, either as a mortal, or under various disguises, whereas jupiter always remains essentially the supreme god of heaven, and never appears upon earth. the most celebrated temple of jupiter was that on the capitoline hill in the city of rome, where he was worshipped under the names of jupiter-optimus-maximus, capitolinus, and tarpeius. page 38 the romans represented him seated on a throne of ivory, holding in his right hand a sheaf of thunderbolts, and in his left a sceptre, whilst an eagle stands beside his throne. hera (juno. hera, the eldest daughter of cronus and rhea, was born at samos, or, according to some accounts, at arg

eing seated behind her. her favourite flowers were the dittany, poppy, and lily. juno. page 43 juno, the roman divinity supposed to be identical with the greek hera, differed from her in the most salient points, for whereas hera invariably appears as the haughty, unbending queen of heaven, juno, on the other hand, is revered and beloved as the type of a matron and housewife. she was worshipped in rome under various titles, most of which point to her vocation as the protectress of married women. juno was believed to watch over and guard the life of every woman from her birth to her death. the principal temples dedicated to her were in rome, one being erected on the aventine, and the other on the capitoline hill. she had also a temple on the arx, in which she was worshipped as juno moneta, o

incipal temples dedicated to her were in rome, one being erected on the aventine, and the other on the capitoline hill. she had also a temple on the arx, in which she was worshipped as juno moneta, or the [43]warning goddess. adjacent to this shrine was the public mint.[18] on the 1st of march a grand annual festival, called the matronalia, was celebrated in her honour by all the married women of rome, and this religious institution was accompanied with much solemnity.[19] pallas-athene (minerva. pallas-athene, goddess of wisdom and armed resistance, was a purely greek divinity; that is to say, no other nation possessed a corresponding conception. she was supposed, as already related, to have issued from the head of zeus himself, clad in armour from head to foot. the miraculous advent of t

re it served as a connecting link between the young greek colony and the mother country. hestia is generally represented standing, and in accordance with the dignity and sanctity of her character, always appears fully draped. her countenance is distinguished by a serene gravity of expression [50] vesta. vesta occupies a distinguished place among the earlier divinities of the romans. her temple in rome, containing as it were the hearthstone of the nation, stood close beside the palace of numa pompilius. on her altar burned the never-ceasing fire, which was tended by her priestesses, the vestal virgins.[22] the temple of vesta was circular in form, and contained that sacred and highly prized treasure the palladium of troy.[23] the great festival in honour of vesta, called the vestalia, was c

habiting zeus was forced to ascend from the ocean-depths and mount to the snow-capped page 63 summits of olympus, in order to breathe that ethereal and most refined atmosphere which pertains to the celestial gods. aphrodite was the mother of eros (cupid, the god of love, also of aneas, the great trojan hero and the head of that greek colony which settled in italy, and from which arose the city of rome. as a mother aphrodite claims our sympathy for the tenderness she exhibits towards her children. homer tells us in his iliad, how, when aneas was wounded in battle, she came to his assistance, regardless of personal danger, and was herself severely wounded in attempting to save his life [59] aphrodite was tenderly attached to a lovely youth, called adonis, whose exquisite beauty has become pr

roduced into greece from central asia. there is no doubt that she was originally identical with the famous astarte, the ashtoreth of the bible, against whose idolatrous worship and infamous rites the prophets of old hurled forth their sublime and powerful anathemas. venus. the venus of the romans was identified with the aphrodite of the greeks. the worship of this divinity was only established in rome in comparatively later times. annual festivals, called veneralia, were held in her honour, and the month of april, when flowers and plants spring forth afresh, was sacred to her. she was worshipped as venus cloacina (or the purifier, and as venus myrtea (or the myrtle goddess, an epithet derived from the myrtle, the emblem of love. helios (sol. the worship of helios was introduced into greece

NAGEL CARL AMAZING SECRETS OF OCCULT POWER

garlic and peppermint. leo: almonds and celery seed. virgo: apples and thyme. scorpio: ginger, mustard, and onions. sagittarius: sesame seed and nutmeg. capricorn: dates and wintergreen. aquarius: bananas and rye. pisces: mint and oranges. the word aphrodisiac is derived from aphrodite, the love goddess of the ancient greeks whom the romans called venus. of all the goddesses of ancient greece and rome, none was more widely venerated than the goddess of love was. every god -even zeus himself- wanted the beautiful, golden aphrodite as his wife, but she was too proud and rejected them all. one of her children was eros, the winged god of love. the black candle of love< the occult practitioners of ages past were the matchmakers of their day. almost without exception, every small village had its

ve union with god in kether the crown. an interesting aspect of the cabala is that the achieving of knowledge is likened to sexual union with shekinah, a female personification of wisdom. this is similar to the gnostic sophia, wisdom given a female personification, only with a much stronger sexual connection since she was a prostitute. gnosticism was the main competitor to christianity in ancient rome. the gnostics believed that the christian jehovah was not the real god but an evil creator of an evil world. the power of the spheres sit or lie down, whichever you find most comfortable, at the center of your witching circle. if you choose the latter, use a rug or blanket as a mattress. now begin to breathe rhythmically until the rhythm is established. while inhaling and exhaling in this rhy

NAUDON PAUL THE SECRET HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY

the life you desire, you will find more and more that the need for the ritual will gradually recede< that will be the time when you can achieve your desires without the need for a magical working of any kind. your powers will be absoluhe contents preface vii introduction 1 part 1: the origins of freemasonry from ancient times to the middle ages 1 the ancient corporations: colleges of builders in rome 4 2 the collegia and the barbarian invasions 18 3 ecclesiastical and monastic associations 34 4 secular brotherhoods: the germanic and anglo-saxon guilds 51 5 the crusades and the templars 62 6 the templars, the francs metiers, and freemasonry 81 7 the templars and the parisian builders 102 part 2. from the art of building to the art of thinking 8 mason corporations in france 146 9 builders c

ve and ultimate cause of these objectives, however different from one another they may appear in the various stages of their evolution. this is an exemplary illustration of an important truth: faith lives only through works and works are worth only the faith that moves them. part 1 the origins of freemasonry from ancient times to the middle ages 1 the ancient corporations: colleges of builders in rome the religious character of the ancient corporations the corporative organization of labor goes back to distant antiquity, and associations of builders are among the most ancient. when humans abandoned the nomadic lifestyle, they formed builders associations to erect durable shelters, protective ramparts, and temples in which to worship their gods. architecture became an art a difficult one de

for the people of antiquity, every action of life was commingled with religion. humans considered themselves the playthings of higher powers without whose help it was impossible to succeed at anything. work was notably invested with a sacred nature. oswald wirth, in les mysteres de l'art royal, translated this religious sentiment with great skill: the ancient corporations: colleges of builders in rome 5 the hunter sacrificed to the guardian spirit of the animal he sought to kill, just as prior to chopping down a tree, the carpenter won the approval of the hamadryad. the quarryman, in turn, would have felt he had committed a sacrilege if he began cutting into rock without beforehand obtaining the consent of mother earth, whom he was mutilating. this is not the entire story, because avoidanc

ed for us by gaius in his de collegiis et corporibus (digest, allowed the various colleges or hetarias of athens to make rules for themselves freely, provided none of these rules went against the laws of the state. although the sacred nature of the builders appears to have become somewhat blurred among the greeks, it survived all the same, notably the ancient corporations: colleges of builders in rome 7 in the legends concerning architect kings such as dadaelus, trophonius, and agamedes. a typical example is that of the priests of dionysius or bacchus. they were the first to erect theaters in greece and to institute dramatic representations principally linked to worship of the god. the architects responsible for the construction of these buildings maintained a priesthood through initiation

assimilated it. the purpose of sacrificial banquets was to bring about communion of the believer and his god in one flesh in order to knit between them a bond of kinship" thus we may say that dietary communion was one of the earliest forms of religion.5 the roman collegia it is supremely important to establish the connection between operative freemasonry and the collegia artificum et fabrorum of rome, for the collegia exerted a major influence over trade brotherhoods of the middle ages, which more or less directly descended from them. according to plutarch, colleges of artisans were founded in rome by king numa pompilius around 715 b.c. plutarch cites nine colleges, 8 the origins of freemasonry from ancient times to the middle ages including that of the carpenters, but says nothing about

ans, these oerarii who forged shields and weapons, these cornicines whose martial fanfares called the roman hosts to combat, and especially these tignarii who built, repaired, and, if necessary, maneuvered the engines of destruction such as ballista and catapults [this roman term designates an elective or legislative assembly of the people. trans] the ancient corporations: colleges of builders in rome 9 and who built the fortified walls and camps and rebuilt, always better than before, what the combatants had destroyed? weren't the roman legions builders as much as they were soldiers? servius tullius himself commanded two centuries of workers as men at arms under the title of military companies.8 sometime between 67 b.c. and 64 b.c, the julia law abolished a certain number of collegia and

collegiates to change professions under pain of surrendering all their property to the collegium. they could sell their real estate and their slaves only to their colleagues. moreover, membership in a collegium was hereditary. if a member died with no heir capable of taking his place in the profession, then the collegium would inherit his assets. the ancient corporations: colleges of builders in rome 11 the legal organization of the collegium a collegium could exist only if it had been authorized. while members could freely question its statutes, provided they did not contravene public order, these statutes had to be monitored and sanctioned by the state, which gave them the force of obligation. for each collegium a general list (album) of the membership, or collegiate, was kept. above th

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ly is "the blindfold being ripped off. the ii* is not unlike the establishment of such perceptions in terms of action for or against such inertia, based on awareness, not sleep. the iii* seems to further this adeptship beyond the confines of mere awareness. an almost intuitive quantum-jump is taken, accepting the "scale" of such an adventure- initiation through recognizing that "all roads lead to rome. once the self is utterly acknowledged, investigation into the whys and hows of such a unique state can truly start("the real lhp begins- don webb iv] as the by-product of this maintained stability, such an initiate is qualified by state of being to offer inspiring/directional insights/information to those who do not share such vision. this quality does not make them "better, just different

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such rites until the temples were shut down. whether this includes the invocation of set for aggressive magic, under temple auspices, is an open question. however diabolized set ma y have become in the final days of ancient egypt, the papyri show that his esteem among magicians survived the destruction of his temples and images. the spells of the theban cache found their way onto curse tablets in rome, athens and jerusalem. details and comparisons of the papyri and tablets are found in john g. gager's curse tablets and binding spells from the ancient world (new york: oxford university press, 1992. more generally, the practice of the "spell-book" of european tradition found its prototype in the "magical cookbook" approach exemplified by the theban papyri. thus the written magical tradition

PHILIP NEIL MYTHS LEGENDS EXPLAINED

the end of time. such stories explain and justify the world, and define our role within creation. once a civilization has become established, the myths that formed it may dwindle into superstition or entertainment, but even so, they never lose their intrinsic power, for the world s mythologies enshrine all the poetry and passion of which the human mind is capable. from ancient egypt to greece and rome, from west africa to siberia, from the hindu concept of brahman and the endless cycle of creation to the eternal dreaming of the australian aboriginals, the same themes recur, as humankind engages with the great mysteries of life and death. the best definition of myth is maya deren s in her book on the voodoo gods: myth, she writes, is the facts of the mind made manifest in the fiction of mat

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

other, and dido had sworn never to remarry. but after cupid kindled the fire of love in her heart for aeneas, she was consumed by desire for him. by taking aeneas as her consort, dido became a pawn in a power game between juno and venus. juno hated the trojans (see p. 62) and deliberately wrecked aeneas ships at carthage, her own city, and encouraged a union with dido to prevent him from founding rome. venus did not trust juno and wished her son to fulfil his destiny. unsure of juno s plans and afraid of the house of carthage, she acted first, making sure that cupid (eros) caused dido to fall so deeply in love with aeneas that her allegiance to juno would be forgotten. devoted sister anna, dido s sister, encouraged her in her love for aeneas. when dido built a pyre, anna helped, thinking s

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

t even in death she suffered for many hours before iris, juno s messenger, cut a lock of her hair to release her soul from her body. wrecked ships aeneas and his men were driven ashore at carthage because juno had heard that if they founded a new city it would destroy her own city of carthage. by wrecking them there and bringing dido and aeneas together, she hoped to prevent this. the founding of rome romulus and his twin brother remus were the sons of aeneas descendant rhea silvia, a vestal virgin, and mars (ares, the god of war. at their birth, their mother s evil uncle amulius (who had deposed her father) killed her and threw the boys into the river tiber. luckily, they were carried ashore and cared for by a female wolf until they were found by faustulus, one of the old king s shepherds

gods as to which of them should rule it. romulus, having seen 12 vultures to remus six, was favored and began to plow a furrow to mark the city s limits. when remus leaped over the furrow jeering (which was a sacrilegious act) romulus killed him. to gather a population, romulus made his city a sanctuary, and it was soon filled with outlaws who stole their wives from the nearby sabine tribe. once rome was established, mars took romulus away in his chariot to become a god. aeneas in the underworld on leaving dido, aeneas wished to see his dead father anchises again, so he v isited the sybyl of cumae. she advised him to pluck a golden bough from the sacred grove, and offer it to proserpine (persephone, who would guide him. once among the dead aeneas saw dido, who turned silently away from hi

from his tearful words, and also found his father. but when he tried to hug him, he only embraced the air. he also saw souls drinking the water of oblivion so that they would forget their former lives and be born again. anchises showed him a parade of souls who would be born again as great romans, including romulus and the roman emperors. this bronze statue used to stand on the capitoline hill in rome, where romulus saw the 12 vultures and began to make the city boundaries. it shows romulus and remus being suckled by the she-wolf. wolves were said to have connections with the god of war, so it is possible he sent her purposefully to rescue his children. the wolf dates from the fifth century bce but the children are later additions. she-wolf romulus and remus the norse gods 68 the norse god

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

ere equivalent; that is why they are counted as one. the book of daniel opens with the story of daniel fs interpretation of nebuchadnezzar fs dream, in which he saw a great statue, the various parts of which represented the empires that would dominate the exiles. the head represented babylonia, the torso and arms represented media and persia, the torso represented greece, and the legs represented rome. media and persia [clothed] the garms h [of holiness; this is why they are counted as two, inasmuch as there are two arms. greece [clothed] the gtorso h; it is therefore counted as one [in] the present exile [evil clothes] the legs [of holiness, there are therefore two [aspects to it] edom and ishmael, corresponding to the two legs and feet. the former roman empire (europe and north africa) w

even fallen levels produce, as we have noted, the existence of evil in the lower worlds( glower h meaning gbelow atzilut h. mt. seir is the abode of esau, the wicked brother of jacob, the progenitor of the kingdom of edom. edom in hebrew means gred, h and is thus associated with bloodshed and bloodlust, just as esau chose to be a hunter rather than a farmer. edom eventually produced the nation of rome, which destroyed the holy temple, decimated the jewish people, and exiled them from their land. these [eleven fallen levels also] give rise to the eleven overhangings of goatskin. the word seir in hebrew means ggoat. h although goats are kosher animals and are offered as sacrifices in the temple, the torah also makes reference to ggoat-devils, h4 associating the goat with evil. thus, the elev

amei hamitzvot 737 parashat re feh [fourth installment] in this parashah, we are told: goffer the passover sacrifice to g-d, your g-d cin order that you remember the day you went out of the land of egypt all the days of your life. h1 the reason we are enjoined to remember the exodus from egypt, as opposed to all the other exiles.babylonia, media, and greece.is as follows. there is a fourth exile, rome, but we are still considered to be in its exile, so there is no supposition that we should remember our redemption from it yet. it is known that egypt is more defiled than any other country outside the land of israel, and is [therefore] known as gthe nakedness of the world. h the term gnakedness h (ervah) in the torah is used to refer to the sexual organs, and guncovering the nakedness h of s

to be punished, in that he defiles holiness and profanes it, enlivens evil and gkills h the forces of holiness by causing it to enter gdeath. h with this you can also understand how adam, through his sin, caused all the exiles [the jewish people will have suffered] until the messiah comes. now we must address the question: why do we speak of only four [major] exiles.babylonia, media, greece, and rome.while in fact the jewish people were exiled amongst all seventy nations, as is known? we must also explain why the entire jewish people were subjected [only] to these four exiles, while not all of them were exiled to the other countries, but rather, as long as even one of them was exiled there, it was considered as if they had all been exiled there, as we said. the explanation is that in the

, which divide into seventy nations. as our sages say: g ethe name of the first was pishon f.this refers to the babylonian empire; ethe name of the second was gichon f.this refers to the medean empire, h etc.14 since all seventy nations are included within these four grivers, h therefore the entire jewish people were exiled to each of these four [archetypal] nations. babylonia, medea [greece, and rome. but the other seventy nations are just particulars and branches [of these, and each of these [lesser] nations took only one type of soul, and therefore the entire jewish people does not need to be exiled to 13 genesis 2:10-14. 14 bereishit rabbah 16:4. the arizal on parashat re feh (2) 741 these nations. only those individuals the sparks of whose souls fell into that nation need to be exiled

ypt was the ghead h [relative to the other exiles, and babylonia is also called a ghead, h as it is written, gyou are the head of gold. h18 the babylonian king nebuchadnezzar had a dream vision of a strange statue. daniel interpreted the various parts of the statue as referring to the various empires that would rule the world. but the ten [northern] tribes did not go into the exiles of greece and rome, for sennacherib [the king of assyria] had already exiled them, as is known, and [greece and rome] are not included in the head, which includes all jewish souls. rather, the sparks from the remaining two-and-a-half tribes were scattered and mingled [into these nations] when they were exiled to them. all the more does this apply to the other nations that are only branches and derivatives [of t

sire to enslave israel. therefore, they will not want to buy them as slaves. babylonia corresponds to the head, as it is written: gyou are the head of gold. h8 media and persia correspond to the two arms, greece corresponds to the body, and edom and ishmael correspond to the two legs. this is why the latter two exiles are long. the present exile is seen as an extension of the roman exile (edom is rome, since culturally and legally, western civilization shares the values and worldview of ancient rome. a subset of this exile is that of ishmael, the arabs, who are seen as an antithesis of roman civilization and values, and who will rule over the jewish people for a time concurrently with the exile of rome. this is also why our sages refer to the final stages of the exile as gthe heels of the

REGARDIE ISRAEL THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN

ly as old as the world. we find traces of it in the sacred mysteries of some of the oldest religions in the world, but we find no trace of it the golden dawn: volume lv book nine ever having been used as a living language, and we hold the tradition that it is the angelic secret language. only one instance of this i may perhaps be allowed to give. the high priest of jupiter in the earliest days of rome was called flamen dialis, and you will find that the most learned are utterly ignorant as to whence came the word dialis. they will tell you that it is ancient etruscan, but beyond that they can tell you nothing. it is not the genitive of any known nominative. on that tablet (earth) you will see that the second of the three holy secret names of god is dial" although no philologist, and withou

RITUALS OF THE SOCIETAS ROSICRUCIANIS IN ANGLIA

f thou seekest for gold, for mortal pleasure, for health andlong life, come with us and fret out thy years with seeking to prolong them, and attaining that which,if found, might prove your life a greater burthen. than enjoyment. no, go thou to the council, ifperchance they can answer thee, and heed their instruction; if not, then to the holy father, theseventh element, who sits upon the throne at rome; and shouldest thou there fail, seek thine owncloset and commune with thy god, alone:he will point out the intercessor, which all men need, for he hath said 'ask, and it shall be givenunto you, seek and ye shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto you'.cond. of n.:thanks, father, for thy words of wisdom. we will seek further.1st astrologer:but, hold, ask of that comrade, he is a philomath

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

mations have always been found at home, after a werewolf chase, more or less broken up, sometimes dying, but invariably in their natural form. let us next establish phenomena of a different order. nothing in the world is better borne out by evidence than the visible and real presence of p. alphonsus ligouri beside the dying pope, whilst the same personage was simultaneously seen at home, far from rome, in prayer and ecstasy. further, the simultaneous presence of the missionary francis xavier in several places at once has been no less strictly demonstrated. it will be said that these are miracles, but we reply that miracles when they are genuine are simply facts for science. apparitions of persons dear to us coincidently with the moment of their death are phenomena of the same order and att

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erve in all hieratic religions to veil the secret of natural forces which the initiate has at his disposal. religious formulae are the summaries of those words full of mystery and power which make the gods descend from heaven and become subject to the will of men. judea borrowed its secrets from egypt; greece sent her hierophants and later her theosophists to the school of the great prophets; the rome of the caesars, mined by the initiation of the catacombs, collapsed one day into the church, and a symbolism was reconstructed with the remnants of all worships which had been absorbed by the queen of the world. according to the gospel narrative, the inscription which set forth the spiritual royalty of christ was written in hebrew, in greek and in latin: it was the expression of a universal s

ations proceed from the north. the assyrians or chaldeans, incited by nebuchadnezzar or salmanasor, gave fullest evidence of this truth by the destruction of the most splendid and most holy temple and city in the universe, and by the complete overthrow of a people whom god himself had taken under his special protection and of whom he termed himself father especially. so also that other jerusalem, rome the blessed, has it not too experienced frequently the violence of this evil northern race, when it beheld its altars demolished and the towers of its proud edifices brought level with the foundations, through the cruelty of alaric, genseric, attila and other princes of the goths, huns, vandals and alani. very properly therefore in the secrets of this celestial writing, do we read calamities

ROBERT KIRK WALKER BETWEEN WORLDS

s mediated the energies of poetry and inspiration, smithcraft, and therapy. in celtic christian trad-ition she was midwife to mary and/or foster mother to jesus. we may see echoes of this in the many examples of the theme of the otherworld or fairy child and the human nurse or midwife, though this comparison need not be extended too far. a perpetual fire was kept burning in the temple of vesta in rome, and in the ancient egyptian temple of neith in sais. in britain the ancient temple of sulis minerva had a perpetual fire, which was recorded in the legendary history of the kings commentary 86 of britain by geoffrey of monmouth, a text with which kirk was undoubtedly familiar. in geoffrey's vita merlini we find a detailed description of the otherworld island, known as the fortunate isle, and

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ional (as opposed to city-state) political system, as well as the most enduring one in recorded history (more than 3,000 years. there was no caste, racial, or sexual discrimination; foreigners were considered "less than human(=egyptian, but could remedy this misfortune simply by moving to egypt and adopting egyptian culture. egypt was ultimately destroyed by foreign conquerors (persia, macedonia, rome) and her inability to adapt to the continuing competition of foreign cultures. her new empire of the setian (xixxx) dynasties was a protectionist backlash rather than an effort to "civilize" or create a permanent empire [as per macedonia, persia, or rome. mesopotamian philosophy mesopotamia is that area (the "fertile crescent) in the ancient near east generally defined to include sumer (begin

sm was a philosophical system holding that it is man's duty to freely conform to natural law and his destiny, that virtue is the highest good, and that the wise man should be free from passion, equally unperturbed by joy or grief. first introduced by zeno, a somewhat mysterious phoenician/egyptian (336-264 bce, it was later espoused by chrysippus, cicero, seneca, epictetus, and marcus aurelius of rome. stoicism too was pantheistic: the world is the embodiment of and is governed by the logos spermatikos (seminal reason. all the universe is essentially one, but matter is dynamic. the universe goes through cycles of expansion and contraction, development and dissolution "god" is this entire process, not a being apart from it. he is the "soul" of the universe, so to speak. man is a microcosm o

politics. whereas in the classical thinkers the good for the individual and the good for the community had to be pursued together, post-classical thought often implied their fission. the individual's salvation. to use religious terminology already employed in the second century. was attainable apart from political justice. his ends lay beyond the goals sought by princes and judges" pre-christian rome early rome was characterized by a mixed constitution, with political participation by elite executives (consuls, aristocrats (patricians, and the masses (plebians, the latter two groups having representation in the legislature (senate. after the death of julius caesar, the system became increasingly imperial/monarchic, with an expanding military influence. roman cosmology consisted of adaptat

epresentative of the later epicurean and stoic influences that gradually superseded the old animistic paganism. marcus tullius cicero (106-43 bce) is generally regarded as one of the more prominent advocates of this roman stoicism [together with the emperor marcus aurelius (161-180 ce, although he considered himself an academic skeptic [after the platonic academy in athens. in the 1st century bce rome saw the significant influence of imported initiatory systems, such as those of mithras (persia, the magna mater (phrygia/asia minor, and osiris/serapis (egypt. roman philosophy was heavily influenced by the customs, needs, and functions of the secular state. at the time of its original monarchy, rome also had an assembly (all male citizens of military age) and a senate. the assembly was essen

sulla, pompey, and julius caesar (whose assassination in 44 bce signaled the end of the republic and the beginning of the roman empire. roman law is traditionally dated to the publication of the twelve tables ca. 450 bce. juries decided questions of fact; judges (praetors) interpreted the applicable laws. there were three branches of roman law (1) civil law [ius civile: enacted laws particular to rome (2) law of the people [ius gentium: laws considered to apply to all peoples, foreign and domestic, and (3) natural law [ius naturale: per stoicism. cicero's two principal works, the republic and the laws, have survived only in fragments. he wrote them in the dialogue form, and stressed the opinion that virtue must be exercised. while pure, contemplative philosophy may be "higher" it is only i

e "higher" it is only in its practical, applied benefit to the state that its existence is justified. similarly cicero felt that there was a possible conflict between "wisdom" and "justice" since the former calls for self-seeking actions while the latter advocates altruism. the roman republican ethic was one of self-sacrifice for the city-state, but by cicero's own time it had become evident that rome's preeminence in italy and across the mediterranean had come about because of her self-seeking and exploitive policies. the surprising lack of political speculation in the roman republic and empire is perhaps due to the practical demands upon the existing systems. rome was not a culture which enjoyed the "leisure to be itself" at any time. she was constantly fighting either for her existence

xisting systems. rome was not a culture which enjoyed the "leisure to be itself" at any time. she was constantly fighting either for her existence, to expand her newfound power, or to administer an empire too large for a single city-state to administer comfortably. philosophy was welcomed only insofar as it contributed to the city's responsibilities and perceived destinies. not as it might weaken rome's cohesion. the philosophy of thomas aquinas the "high middle ages" was not a particularly rich time in terms of the cultural arts, save for architectural ventures in the relatively severe and massive romanesque style, followed in the mid-12th century by the gothic (lighter and loftier construction, with greater emphasis upon vertical elements. some notable ballads and poems (nibelungenlied

SALMANRUSHDIE THESATANICVERSES

, laughed at him, but never, on celluloid, looked at him or sang to him or danced around him with cinematic love in their eyes. off-screen, he lived alone in two empty rooms near the studios and tried to imagine what women looked like without clothes on. to get his mind off the subject of love and desire, he studied, becoming an omnivorous autodidact, devouring the metamorphic myths of greece and rome, the avatars of jupiter, the boy who became a flower, the spider-woman, circe, everything; and the theosophy of annie besant, and unified field theory, and the incident of the satanic verses in the early career of the prophet, and the politics of muhammad's harem after his return to mecca in triumph; and the surrealism of the newspapers, in which butterflies could fly into young girls' mouths

in 1782 the first african writer to be published in england- the migrants of the past, as much the living dancers' ancestors as their own flesh and blood, gyrate stilly while pinkwalla rants toasts raps up on the stage _now-mi-feel- indignation-when-dem-talk-immigration-when-dem-make-insinuation- we-no-part-a-de-nation-an-mi-make-proclamation-a-de-true-situation-how-we-make-contribution-since-de-rome-occupation, and from a different part of the crowded room, bathed in evil green light, wax villains cower and grimace: mosley, powell, edward long, all the local avatars of legree. and now a murmur begins in the belly of the club, mounting, becoming a single word, chanted over and over "meltdown" the customers demand "meltdown, meltdown, melt" pinkwalla takes his cue from the crowd _so-it-mel

e-you-now-have-you-ever-beens, have permitted ho chi minh to cook in its hotel kitchens? what would its mccarran--walter act have to say about a latter- day karl marx, standing bushy--bearded at its gates, waiting to cross its yellow lines? o proper london! dull would he truly be of soul who did not prefer its faded splendours, its new hesitancies, to the hot certainties of that transatlantic new rome with its nazified architectural gigantism, which employed the oppressions of size to make its human occupants feel like worms. london, in spite of an increase in excrescences such as the natwest tower- a corporate logo extruded into the third dimension- preserved the human scale _viva! zindabad_ pamela had always taken a caustic view of such rhapsodies "these are museum-values" she used to te

SATANGEL

grimoire french, dated perhaps from around the 17th century, with many spurious forgeries bearing the same name. it is in two parts, the first dealing with the evocation of lucifuge rofocale by means of the blasting rod (wand, the second dealing exclusively in the making of pacts. it is the most classical of all grimoire, and that most likely to have inspired the story of faust. the black pullet rome, probably late 18th century. also called the screech owl, or treasure of the old man of the pyramids. places particular emphasis on talismanic magick, and includes some great designs for occult jewellery. the heptemeron known otherwise as magical elements, attributed to peter de abano, dates probably from around the fifteenth century. it is thus not the work of the author claimed, who died in

SATANIC RITUALS

face radiates glory and vision of what will come far beyond that moment. he speaks to the crowd "people of france, remember our last words: we are innocent; we die as innocents. the verdict that condemns us is an unjust one, but elsewhere an august tribunal exists-one which the oppressed never implore in vain, for its judgments are without piety. i dare to cite you before that tribunal, o pope of rome! another forty days shall pass and then you shall appear before it" chacun en fr missant coutait le grand-ma itre. mais quel tonnement, quel trouble, quel effroi, quand il dit "o philippe! o mon ma tre! o mon roi! je te pardonne en vain, ta vie est condamn e; au m me tribunal je t'attends dans 1'ann e" de nombreux spectateurs, mus et constern s versent des pleurs sur vous, sur ces infortun s

SATANISM AN EXAMINATION OF SATANIC BLACK MAGIC

ame to be one of the satanism- an examination of satanic black magic side 3 af 21 file//c:\windows\skrivebord\nyt%20til%20bibilotek\ona\various\satanism_an_examin. 20-04-03 a collection of sacred-magick.com< the esoteric library central aspects of the black mass. the orgy was also then included, something that was most likely derived from the rites of the bacchanalia or dionysiac cults of ancient rome and greece, of which shall be spoken presently. in his book the black arts (pan books ltd. 1967, richard cavendish outlines the proceedings of the witches sabbath. commencing with the witches paying homage to the devil. the witches would light a fire whilst the devil was seated upon a throne in the form of either a goat, representing satan himself, or a dog, which may have been connected with

of deaths, performed in secret caves, and defilements of its male members who refused to take the oath of the cult or to commit specific vices. when the cult was finally repressed by the authorities there was estimated to be some 7000 men and women who were members, many of whom were arrested and imprisoned whilst their meeting places were destroyed and the bacchanalia were prohibited throughout rome. the similarity between the bacchanalia, the witches sabbath and the black mass are therefore fairly evident. in modern times there are numerous versions of this ritual used by different satanic groups. the black mass contained within the church of satan's 'the satanic rituals (avon books. 1972) is based upon a combination of the rite used by the societe de luciferiens, a french satanic socie

SCHLAGER NEIL WORLD RELIGIONS REFERENCE LIBRARY

heir philosophies and practices, sacred texts and teachings, effects on everyday life, influences on society and culture, and more. the two-volume set features eighteen chapters on today s prominent world religions and also explores ancient beliefs, such as those of egypt and mesopotamia; smaller movements like that of neo-paganism and baha; and philosophies, including those of ancient greece and rome, agnosticism, and atheism. in addition, vii an introductory chapter, what is religion, explores the concept of religion in more depth. numerous black-and-white images illustrate the text, while sidebars highlight interesting people and fascinating facts connected with the world s religions. the title includes a glossary, a timeline, research and activity ideas, sources for further reading, an

sm (also spelled taoism. or you might try to find sites that feature aspects of many different religions. for instance, you might conduct a search on religious literature. write a web guide for your classmates that catalogs the literature sites that you find. historical religions: some religions existed only in the past and are no longer followed. for instance, the religions of ancient greece and rome are still studied today for their historical and cultural interest. however, those religions have no followers today. in the same way, the religion of the ancient egyptians is no longer alive. egyptians today instead follow islam or christianity, or they are atheist or agnostic. choose an ancient religion and write a report in which you explain when the religion died and what replaced it. war

ion before finally achieving enlightenment. the christian concept of salvation is is rooted in the redemption, or the forgiving of sins that the sacrificial death of christ brought about, and in the form of an afterlife in heaven. in buddhism, such salvation is the attainment of nirvana, a state free of wrong desires. sacred places, objects, and rituals are basic to both religions. pilgrimages to rome or to jerusalem are common for christians, as are such trips to the buddha s birthplace in lumbini, nepal, or to other sites in india for devout buddhists. sacred objects include the bread and wine of the christian communion and the prayer wheel, a form of meditation for buddhists, especially in tibetan buddhism. christianity and buddhism also share the concepts of a body of sacred scripture

ructed sophisticated and enormous rock timepieces in the landscape, such as stonehenge in england, to measure the fall of light at the winter and summer solstices. in many cultures this all-important seasonal change has been a major festival day. in ancient egypt the god osiris was supposedly buried on the solstice. in ancient greece it was called lenaea and sacrifices were made, while in ancient rome the saturnalia was a week-long celebration that managed to blend all manner of earlier pagan celebrations from across europe into one. judaism has the eight-day festival hanukkah, and zoroastrianism gave modern iran shabe-yalda, which celebrates the rebirth of the sun. the concept of the rebirth of light or the coming of longer days and the sun was a powerful symbol. the appropriation of the

ivine wrath (anger) and retribution( punishment, refusing to believe that gods took vengeance on individuals who made them angry. epicureans took great care, however, to avoid denying the existence of gods. instead, epicurus taught that the gods were physical beings, unconcerned with the lives of ordinary humans. belief in the gods was a requirement in many ancient societies, including athens and rome. the gods gave the state rulers their legitimacy( legal right to rule. atheism was a charge brought against any person who differed from the beliefs of the state religions of greece and rome. the famous philosopher socrates (c. 470 399 bce) was tried and executed in athens for being atheos. however, socrates was not an atheist. he believed in certain gods, just not the right ones to save him

who sacrifice their lives for the sake of their beliefs) some of the worst persecutions of early christians happened during the reigns of the roman emperors from about 81 to 305 ce. the emperors made the new religion illegal and often executed believers who would not give up their faith. such persecutions were the result of christians refusing to worship the roman state or its emperor. in ancient rome, the emperor himself was considered a god. worshipping the emperor and the gods of rome was a sign that a person was a good roman citizen. a religion like christianity that taught there was only one god and whose believers could not worship the emperor was a threat to the emperor s power. despite such difficulties, by the fourth century, christianity had spread as far west as spain and into b

monastic orders, founded in 525 at monte cassino, italy. other monastic orders formed throughout the early history of christianity, helping to preserve the traditions of the church. the orders kept the sacred texts in huge libraries and practiced the forms of religion and prayer as established by the early christians. the eastern orthodox church is established the two centers of christianity were rome and constantinople( present-day istanbul, turkey. these cities were also centers of the roman empire. with invasions from northern europe in the fifth century and the loss of political power, rome was placed in a much weaker position than constantinople, the eastern capital of the empire. there were divisions between the two seats of power. the church in rome by the end of the second century

SEPHER YETZIRAH WESTCOTT

rty-two ways of wisdom" the edition which i now offer is fundamentally that of the ancient hebrew codices translated into english, and collated with the latin versions of pistorius, postellus, and rittangelius, following the latter, rather than the former commentators. as to the authenticity of "the sepher yetzirah" students may refer to the bibliotheca magna rabbinica of bartoloccio de cellerio, rome, 1678-1692; to basnage, history of the jews, 1708; and to the doctrine and literature of the kabalah, by a. b. waite, 1902.the following copies of the "sepher yetzirah" in hebrew, i have also examined, but only in a superficial manner- 1. a version by saadiah, ab. ben david, and three others, mantua, 1562, 4to. 2. a version with the commentary of rabbi abraham f. dior, amsterdam, 1642, 4to. 3

SETH IN THE MAGICKAL TEXTS

m, argued for an amalgamation of seth-typhon and seth-christ. he was effectively refuted by k. preisendanz, akephalos. der kopflose gott, beiheft zum "alten orient" 8 (leipzig 1926) 23-37. still, the view of wunsch was perpetuated; see below, n. 21, and pearson "egyptian seth (above n. 3, 36, nn. 1 and 2. 6 see peterson "die befreiung adams aus der eanagkh" in his fruhkirche, judentum und gnosis (rome, freiburg, vienna 1959) 108. peterson discarded preisendanz' tentative suggestion that =u!tika indicated the sunday. m.w. meyer in the greek magical papyri in translation, ed. h.d. betz (chicago and london 1986) 36, n. 3, simply cites preisendanz without showing knowledge of peterson's article; cf. r. kotanski "incantations and prayers for salvation on inscribed amulets" in magika hiera, ed

SIR EDWARD BULWER LYTTON ZANONI A ROSICRUCIAN TALE

their nests with emeralds to attract the moths. here comes our prince of gamesters, cetoxa; be sure that he already must have made acquaintance with so wealthy a cavalier; he has that attraction to gold which the magnet has to steel. well, cetoxa, what fresh news of the ducats of signor zanoni "oh" said cetoxa, carelessly "my friend "ha! ha! hear him; his friend "yes; my friend zanoni is going to rome for a short time; when he returns, he has promised me to fix a day to sup with me, and i will then introduce him to you, and to the best society of naples! diavolo! but he is a most agreeable and witty gentleman "pray tell us how you came so suddenly to be his friend "my dear belgioso, nothing more natural. he desired a box at san carlo; but i need not tell you that the expectation of a new o

he modern terracina, where the lofty rock stands like the giant that guards the last borders of the southern land of love? away, away! and hold your breath as we flit above the pontine marshes. dreary and desolate, their miasma is to the gardens we have passed what the rank commonplace of life is to the heart when it has left love behind. mournful campagna, thou openest on us in majestic sadness. rome, seven-hilled rome! receive us as memory receives the way-worn; receive us in silence, amidst ruins! where is the traveller we pursue? turn the hippogriff loose to graze: he loves the acanthus that wreathes round yon broken columns. yes, that is the arch of titus, the conqueror of jerusalem, that the colosseum! through one passed the triumph of the deified invader; in one fell the butchered g

roofs; here, arch upon arch, pillar on pillar, glittered to the world the golden palace of its master, the golden house of nero. how the lizard watches us with his bright, timorous eye! we disturb his reign. gather that wild flower: the golden house is vanished, but the wild flower may have kin to those which the stranger's hand scattered over the tyrant's grave; see, over this soil, the grave of rome, nature strews the wild flowers still! in the midst of this desolation is an old building of the middle ages. here dwells a singular recluse. in the season of the malaria the native peasant flies the rank vegetation round; but he, a stranger and a foreigner, no associates, no companions, except books and instruments of science. he is often seen wandering over the grass-grown hills, or saunter

e; and if ever he had drawn from them his knowledge, it seemed now that the only page he read was the wide one of nature, and that a capacious and startling memory supplied the rest. yet was there one exception to what in all else seemed customary and commonplace, and which, according to the authority we have prefixed to this chapter, might indicate the follower of the occult sciences. whether at rome or naples, or, in fact, wherever his abode, he selected one room remote from the rest of the house, which was fastened by a lock scarcely larger than the seal of a ring, yet which sufficed to baffle the most cunning instruments of the locksmith: at least, one of his servants, prompted by irresistible curiosity, had made the attempt in vain; and though he had fancied it was tried in the most f

tless spirit of his ancestor still seems to whisper in him, and to attract to the spheres in which it lost its own wandering way. there is a mystery in man's inheritance from his fathers. peculiarities of the mind, as diseases of the body, rest dormant for generations, to revive in some distant descendant, baffle all treatment and elude all skill. come to me from thy solitude amidst the wrecks of rome! i pant for a living confidant, for one who in the old time has himself known jealousy and love. i have sought commune with adon-ai; but his presence, that once inspired such heavenly content with knowledge, and so serene a confidence in destiny, now only troubles and perplexes me. from the height from which i strive to search into the shadows of things to come, i see confused spectres of men

r the pebbles rattle on the coffin: that was dreadful! signor, i never knew before, and i don't wish to think now, how valuable a thing human life is. at sunrise i was again a wanderer; but now that clara was gone, my scruples vanished, and again i was at war with my betters. i contrived at last, at o, to get taken on board a vessel bound to leghorn, working out my passage. from leghorn i went to rome, and stationed myself at the door of the cardinal's palace. out he came, his gilded coach at the gate"'ho, father' said i 'don't you know me"'who are you"'your son' said i, in a whisper "the cardinal drew back, looked at me earnestly, and mused a moment 'all men are my sons' quoth he then, very mildly 'there is gold for thee! to him who begs once, alms are due; to him who begs twice, jails ar

t to his pale and trembling listener "at daybreak" he said "i left that unhallowed and abhorred abode. i had one hope still, i would seek mejnour through the world. i would force him to lay at rest the fiend that haunted my soul. with this intent i journeyed from city to city. i instituted the most vigilant researches through the police of italy. i even employed the services of the inquisition at rome, which had lately asserted its ancient powers in the trial of the less dangerous cagliostro. all was in vain; not a trace of him could be discovered. i was not alone, adela" here glyndon paused a moment, as if embarrassed; for in his recital, i need scarcely say that he had only indistinctly alluded to fillide, whom the reader may surmise to be his companion "i was not alone, but the associat

SIR WALLIS BUDGE EGYPTIAN MAGIC

tied to the wax figures with a string containing three hundred and sixty-five knots, and both figure and plate are to be buried in the grave of some one who has died young or who has been slain by violence. he must then recite a long incantation to the infernal gods, and if all these things be done in a proper manner the lover will obtain the woman's affections. 1 from egypt, by way of greece and rome, the use of p. 98 wax figures passed into western europe and england, and in the middle ages it found great favour with those who interested themselves in the working of the "black art" or who wished to do their neighbour or enemy an injury. many stories are current of how in italy and england ignorant or wicked-minded people made models of their enemies in wax and hung them up in the chimney

SPENSER THE CULT OF THE ALL SEEING EYE 1960

now comes (novus ordo seclorum altered from magnus soeclorum ordo, a mighty order of ages is born anew. both the prophetic virgin and saturnian kingdoms now return. now a new progeny is let down from the lofty heavens. favor, chaste lucina, the boy soon io be born in whom the iron age shall come to an end, and the golden one shall arise again in the whole earth" virgil was a pagan philosopher of rome.16 the literalure on the mystic meaning of the seal is extensive and amazing. it appears that almost every secret fraternity, society and movement in the country has claimed the seal's reverse side as its own. celestia root lang wrote:17 "the reverse side must have been designed by a mystic, one versed in symbolism. all true theosophists ought to be able to see. the connecting link between tr

was essentially identical with kneph" the worship of isis, the moon-goddess, was equally entwined wilh ophiolatry. her emblem was the horned viper'"in the british museum there is a head of isis wearing a coronet of them" the egyptians often represented isis and osiris together, as two serpents "about the commencement of the christian era the cult of osiris was extended over asia minor, greece and rome" cicero tells us that he was known as ob-el, from whence we derive the obelisk.62 the identity of hermes-mercury. anubis (brother to osiris) has already beeen mentioned. his emblem, the caduceus, was the talismanic serpent, originally entwined around a tau cross, which was also a phallus. the serpents represented the power of mercury as a sun-god. the caduceus was identified with moses' braze

SYMBOLISM OF THE BANNERS

ifice of the lower unto the higher. the word lvx could almost be said to contain within it the power of the cross. now, in taking a look at the banners, notice the use of two forms of the cross. the most visible is the calvary cross. in the womb of the hexagram, we notice the appearance of a three-armed cross, the t cross, or the crux commissa. the t cross was found in history in the catacombs of rome and was given many names like "anticipatory cross" or "type cross" and the "cross of the old testament" it represents in its shape a cross-headed yoke or gibbet, and by others, the hammer of thor. in looking at its origin, it could be said that it is phoenician or egyptian. for the 3 bottom of the ankh, the egyptian symbol of life, is a t cross. it could be said to be the male part of the ank

SZYMANSKI GREG SEARCHING FOR THE ILLUMINATI DEEP WITHIN THE BOWELS OF THE VATICAN

bowels of the vatican sits a large, circular room with 13 separate chambers, each leading to a distinct catacomb. when a mummified body is placed in front of each doorway, a young child is then brutally sacrificed with a long, golden knife during what is said to be a secret induction ceremony for new members of the illuminati, better known as the new world order. as a young freelance reporter in rome during the early 1980s, i heard many rumors of these secret ceremonies from local shop owners, several drunken priests and a couple of local clairvoyants or fortune-telling card readers, one who apparently advised and guided the film career of the famous italian film director, federico fellini. although a product of a catholic education and graduate of notre dame high school before going on t

hunt for the satan's den interrupted by a vatican security guard who escorted me to the top of the stairs after showing my press card and saying i was lost "one night alone in this place and i know i could break the biggest story in my lifetime" i thought to myself, as i walked through st. peter's square and looked up at the sculptures of the 12 apostles staring down at me from the vatican roof. rome is like a huge small town with many neighborhoods, functioning like dozens of little villages within the city proper, each having its own distinct feel and flavor. that particular day after trying to uncover the exact location of the illuminati's secret induction ceremonies, i stopped for cheese and a glass of white wine on the first narrow, cobblestone street next the vatican, known in engli

ous. as a quick aside, no one ever really believes me anyway when i mention i once sat on sophia loren's lap, so i will leave that story for happier times. mysterious maria as i mentioned, i put the gruesome picture of a child sacrificing out of my mind until a strikingly beautiful, black-haired italian woman in her late 20s, named maria, asked if she could join me at my via veneto outdoor table. rome is a small town, like i mentioned, later learning maria desperately wanted an outlet to tell her incredible story, finding out through street talk that i was an american journalist researching stories about secret societies and the vatican's involvement. maria prefaced her story by saying she cold never reveal her full name, saying it meant an immediate death sentence for both of us if her id

. in italian she then said something like "may i rot in hell if i violated her trust" and i remember feeling as if someone just pointed a gun at my head. coming from an aristocratic northern italian background, she continued as i was able to understand most of what she said, save the complex and educated italian verb and tense forms as i essentially learned to speak the language in the streets of rome with the common-folk. in our first meeting, she delved heavily into her involvement with the "family" or the "chosen ones" saying her aristocratic background left her no choice in the matter. she said she was born into the ranks of the illuminati, taught as a child she was one of the "divine chosen ones" to rule over the masses and initiated into the "order" at a secret vatican underground ce

aul i's secretary of state cardinal jean villot and buried all the people on villot's list to be relieved of church duties or transferred, all the people on theist suspected of being members of the freemason's p-2 group and the illuminati. gangster mario cuomo although i didn't know it at the time, a naples "camorra" mafia figure, named mario cuomo, who lived in near me in a small town outside of rome and who eventually was killed in a gangland shooting, was instrumental in saving my life on several occasions. cuomo, who drove a mazzerati, lived in a huge villa, dressed to the 9's and who i knew as a land investor, made it a habit every time he saw me to practice his english, buy me coffee or dinner while, at the same time, telling me "when i was playing with fire" regarding the calvi murd

e: cardinal marcinkus he is still alive, saying mass and living in phoenix, arizona. marcinkus carries a vatican passport and still is the recipient of diplomatic immunity. among those linked to the calvi murder and who italian authorities are still seeking to question, marcinkus was originally ordained in chicago. being a mover and shaker in the church, he was quickly elevated to the holy see in rome, and served in the vatican secretariat of state. he rapidly moved up the vatican chain of command from personal papal bodyguard to head of the vatican bank, a position he held from 1971 to 1989. there he worked closely with international financier, michael sindona, to expand the vatican's portfolio of international holdings, transforming the institute for religious works into a quiet but reli

ano. july 11, 1979: murder of giorgio ambrosioli following his testimony concerning michele sindona's financial dealings with calvi and other vatican interests, the activities of p2 and its members among powerful government and business circles, and the connections between calvi, sindona, and bishop paul marcinkus of the vatican bank. july 13, 1979: murder of lt. col. antonio varisco, head of the rome security service, who was investigating the activities and membership of p2 and had spoken with giorgio ambrosioli two days before ambrosioli's death. july 21, 1979: murder of boris guilano, the palermo police deputy superintendent and head of palermo cid. guilano had spoken with giorgio ambrosioli two days before ambrosioli's death concerning sindona's laundering of mafia money through the v

TECHNICIANS GUIDE TO THE LEFT HAND PATH

certain gnostic sects, the graeco/roman egyptian philosophies, and aspects of the ancient egyptian religious cults. particularly, we see this in the reflections of the ancient setian priesthoods of egypt whose ideas have been integrated into other lines of philosophical thought. as previously stated, the differentiation between the lhp and the rhp is one of intent. for instance, in the church of rome (catholic) ritual is utilized. all the elements- altar, bell, candles, incense etc, form the components of ritual. however, if you were to read anton szandor lavey s satanic bible, ritual is also utilized using those very same elements. the difference lies within the intention of the participants. therefore, the technology itself does not distinguish one methodology from the other, rather the

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

ng in masonry is never very openly taught. the symbols are displayed, but they are mute. it is by hints only. that the initiate is put upon the track of the hidden secret" 22 how does one finally discover the inner secrets of freemasonry? my own experience provides the answer. it has taken me many years of meticulous research and study of the ancient mystery religions of babylon, sumeria, greece, rome, china, etc. i have spent many nights reading old textbooks and treatises on medieval and occult subjects; conducted intensive investigation of the rituals and symbols of scores of secret societies and orders; and spent years examining the true teachings and practices of new ageism, witchcraft and satanism. moreover, without study of the holy bible and constant referral back to it, much of th

aneously, the pontiff gives the "cover grip" with his left hand to conceal the maneuver. secret handshakes of the illuminati 173 soviet president mikhail gorbachev and pope john paul ii combine to present a masonic symbol in this staged event for the tv cameras (photo: the new york times, october 1, 1989) pope john paul ii meets with israel's chief rabbi, yisrael meir lau, at the papal retreat in rome. as is customary of members of the grand lodge of jerusalem, the rabbi disguises the masonic hand grip with his left hand. this is called the "cover grip (duncan's masonic ritual and monitor, 3d ed, p. 216) 174 codex magic a neal wilson, president of the general conference of seventh-day adventists (left) exchanges an indisputable (in my opinion) masonic handshake with konstantin kharchev, th

rder dictionary of symbols notes that the eagle has long been a symbol of power, endurance, and heavenward flight. it also symbolizes the sun (and the sun god) and spiritual majesty. coil's masonic encyclopedia says that "to the pagans, the eagle was an emblem of jupiter, and with the druids it was a symbol of their supreme god" the eagle appears in the insignia of many nations, including ancient rome, nazi and modern-day germany, czarist russia, and the united states of america. the rothschilds adopted the double-headed eagle as the logo of the rothschild family dynasty. the eagle is also represented in the great seal of the u.s.a. and it is revered as a holy sign by sufi moslems. the oval office and the eagle in the great seal in tlxe wall street journal, former presidential speechwriter

ered down somewhat. it sure seems as though the big-wigs of the secret orders are running scared, doesn't it? how they must despise christians like texe marrs who are forcing these changes on a reluctant and evil illuminati corps. pagan origins of the sign of silence the masonic practice of signs warning of frightening penalties for breaking silence most definitely is of pagan origins. in greece, rome, babylon, and egypt, those who had loose lips often paid with their lives and fortunes, so sacred and guarded were the secrets of the mystery religions. the egyptians and romans even worshipped a god of silence, harpocrates, a form of the solar deity. harpocrates was often pictured sitting on his mother's lap, suckling at her breast. later, the catholic church adopted similar images in the ve

his hell-fire club, a secret group based on magic, satanism, and sex. numerous harlots and sometimes newly deflowered virgins were scandalously used by dashwood and his occultic, jolly men. on club premises, the members erected a statue of harpocrates, depicting him solemnly holding a finger to his mouth to remind the frolicking members of the hell-fire club that "what happens here, stays here."8 rome also had the mystery goddess angerona. her statue showed angerona as a beautiful woman holding a finger to her mouth "the emblem of secrecy and mystery."9 angerona watched over the sexual promiscuity goings-on at various orgies connected with the festivals of the solstices and the changing of the seasons. the mystery religions of the romans and other peoples especially needed the utmost secre

received by automatic writing.10 abracadabra not just childish fun witches and deep occult magicians join bailey in use of the triangle. take the word abracadabra that is repeatedly used in kids tv cartoons and programs by supposedly mythical creatures like wizards and witches and fairies. actually, this word is of ancient origins. in a poem on occult medicine written by a pagan doctor in ancient rome about 250 ad, to ward off fevers and sickness, the physician recommended the word abracadabra be written down in an inverted triangle like this: black magic, masonic witchcraft, and triangle powers 365 next, the paper on which the word was written was to be tied round the patient's neck for nine days and then thrown backwards over the shoulder into a stream running eastwards. the fever then w

ceremonies of the druid witchcraft sect which has chapters both in great britain and in the united states are remarkably similar to those of freemasonry. they hearken back to the ancient mystery religions. 520 codex magica the burning man in the wicker cage some scholars are convinced that human sacrifice was practiced by the druids. julius caesar, roman general who conquered britain for imperial rome, wrote of how brutal and furiously savage were the people under the influence of the druid priesthood. he also described the horror of the rite in which the druid priests and people would periodically choose a victim to be confined inside a huge wicker effigy. the wicker was set ablaze and the human victim consumed by the flames as the people celebrated and paraded in a circle carrying candle

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tance to leave this beautiful state of existence and return to their physical bodies is commonly expressed. upon their return to their bodies, many near-death experiencers discover that their awareness has been expanded far beyond what it was before the nde. some report heightened extrasensory abilities, such as telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition. dr. antonio aldo soldaro, chief surgeon at rome s main public hospital and a professor of surgery at rome university, has observed that all nde subjects improve their spiritual and social lives. they become more generous, optimistic, and positive. dr. melvin morse, clinical associate professor of pediatrics at the university of washington, is another nde researcher who has found that certain survivors of the near-death experience return wi

unknown assailant. as he lay in pain recovering from his wound, the spirits appeared to deal home a psychological blow. they informed him that they would remove his powers for a period of one year, beginning on february 10, 1856. true to their word, home found that he was unable to summon any spirit control or to produce any phenomena whatsoever after that date. the 23-year-old medium traveled to rome, where he sought consolation in the roman catholic church. he was without funds, ill, and sorely disillusioned with his spirit guides for having deserted him. home expressed a wish to shun everything pertaining to the material world, and for a time he considered entering a monastery. although the church became a mainstay to home during his period of despondency, the relationship was terminate

rs would truly return to him after their year of desertion. when home reappeared on the scene, once again materializing spirit forms and producing raps on the walls, his elite clientele immediately restored him to celebrity status. he demonstrated his dramatic control of unseen forces before the courts of napoleon iii, empress eugenie, and prince murat, and won hundreds of new supporters. back in rome, home married alexandrina, the wealthy sister-in-law of a russian nobleman. alexander dumas (1802 1870, the french novelist, was home s best man. the marriage ceremony was performed with both roman catholic and greek orthodox rites a gesture that home intended as an expression of his good will toward the church, in spite of the interminable religious controversies in which he was embroiled. i

u n e x p l a i n e d 112 mediums and mystics clasping his feet, home levitated from his chair until he was seen floating above the heads of the members of the seance circle. home s wife died in london in 1862, and without her contributions to their upkeep from her family s wealth, he was forced to give lectures and other public demonstrations that proved to be exhausting. he decided to return to rome and express his creativity through sculpturing, rather than mediumship, but he was ordered to leave italy on the charge of sorcery. he promised once again to abandon the summoning of spirits, but italian officials put little faith in such vows. home was forced to leave the country, and he returned to britain in 1864. the single event in home s remarkable psychic career that is most remembered

arrangement of her hair. later, bellamy identified a photograph of his wife s friend as being the likeness of the specter that had appeared at her bedside. the results, speculations, and conclusions of frederic w. h. myers s many years of research were published posthumously in human personality and its survival of bodily death (coauthored with edmund gurney and frank podmore, 1903. myers died in rome in 1901 and was buried in keswick. m delving deeper gauld, alan. the founders of psychical research. london: routledge& kegan paul, 1968. oppenheim, janet. the other world: spiritualism and psychical research in england. cambridge: cambridge university press, 1985. spence, lewis. an encyclopedia of occultism. new hyde park, n.y: university books, 1960. society for psychical research (spr) in

pope said that he had been wide awake and lucid. vatican authorities said that there had not been a more vivid or specific vision of jesus since the days of the apostles than that reported by the pontiff. according to church records, christ had appeared to a pope only once before, and that was in the fourth century, when pope sylvester (d. 335) consecrated the mother church of st. john lateran in rome after emperor constantine had ended the brutal persecutions of the christians. although devout christian laypersons occasionally report apparitions of various saints and the image of jesus, by far the greatest number of apparitions of religious figures are those of mother mary. pope john paul ii (1920) has proclaimed his firm belief that it was a number of significant apparitions of mother ma

tto, rudolf. the idea of the holy. new york: galaxy books, 1958. suzuki, d. t. mysticism, christian and buddhist. new york: perennial, 1971. tart, charles t. altered states of consciousness. new york: john wiley& sons, 1969. underhill, evelyn. mysticism. new york: dutton, 1961. exorcism on september 11, 2000, newspapers around the world carried the story about how satan had invaded the vatican in rome and screamed insults at pope john paul ii (1920) through the agency of a teenage girl, reported to have been a splendid girl in terms of purity and goodness before being possessed by the devil at the age of 12. the 19-year-old began shouting in a cavernous voice during a general papal audience in st. peter s square. despite the efforts of the pope to quiet the attack, the prince of darkness l

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all cultures have their stories of the wee folk, the nature entities, that appear so often to be a mirror-image of humankind and somehow indicate that humans are part of a larger community of intelligences both physical and nonphysical. since the beginning of time, the human race and the wee folk have shared this planet, experiencing a strange, symbiotic relationship. in such cultures as ancient rome, the household spirits were called lares, and the tradition of each home having its own guardian of the hearth survived throughout most of europe. although the great majority of modern people stereotypically envision fairies, elves, brownies, and so forth gamboling about only in the woodlands, there are long traditions of friendly spirits who guard the home and look after the barn, stables, a

remonies is that of eating and drinking together. eating together, among many early people, constituted marriage. there was little or no additional ceremony. in the fiji islands the marriage ceremony was considered complete as soon as the bride and groom had eaten out of the same dish. in madagascar as well, all that was necessary to become man and wife was to eat out of the same bowl. in ancient rome, a marriage was dignified and solemnized once the bride and groom had eaten together. the navajo mar- t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d superstitions, strange customs, taboos, and urban legends 213 ancient egyptians were the first to use the wedding ring. riage couple ate maize pudding together. to some extent, eating and drinking togeth

es and small tables were provided for the guests, who regaled themselves with dishes of fowl, game, fish, bread, and wine. in homer s iliad, the greeks are portrayed as hosts of magnificent banquets who celebrated with sumptuous feasts all important events in their lives, such as births, marriages, holidays, and victories in warfare. during the days when the roman empire flourished, the feasts in rome surpassed any others, because the wealthy had the food products that enabled them to dine in lavish style, and what delicacies they might have lacked, they sent for, sending their representatives throughout the known world to obtain choice fruits and viands. the romans were noted for their hospitality. nothing was too rich or too costly for the entertainment of their guests. the ancient israe

game or fish had been caught was placed by a primitive hunter to be shared with his family. if such an early table did exist in a cave occupied by early humans, they probably sat on the floor or, at best, smaller rocks for chairs. the development of the dinner table and eating utensils grew along with the culinary arts when food was no longer eaten raw without preparation of any sort. in ancient rome, men and women reclined on couches while eating from beautifully decorated tables. most of these dinner tables were square with four legs or oval with three connected legs, much like modern tables, except positioned lower for the convenience of diners who were reclining. the materials used for constructing such elaborate tables were at first wood, most commonly maple, and later bronze with in

to have originated as a means of proving that the wine was not poisoned. neither a greek nor a roman gentleman would pass a cup of wine to a friend without having first tasted of it to prove its safety. it was such a custom that developed through the ages into the tradition of men drinking together as a pledge to friendship, fraternity, and good cheer. it was also a custom among the young men of rome to drink as many glasses of wine as there were letters in their sweethearts names. controversy exists over how the gesture of taking the first drink to prove it was safe or to salute one s friendship to a guest became known as a toast. some believe that sometime during the reign of charles ii of england (1630 1685; reigned 1660 85, a piece of toasted bread was accidentally dropped in a large

rt history of rudeness, manners, morals and misbehavior. london: pan macmillan publishers, 2000. elias, norbert. the history of manners. translated by edmund jephcott. new york: random house, 1982. fielding, william j. strange customs of courtship and marriage. london: souvenir press, 1961. frazer, sir james george. the golden bough. new york: collier/macmillan, 1950. grant, michael. the world of rome. cleveland, ohio: world publishing, 1960. grimal, nicolas. a history of ancient egypt. cambridge, mass: blackwell, 1994. hazlitt, w. c. dictionary of faiths and folklore. london: bracken books, 1995. jones, prudence, and nigel pennick. a history of pagan europe. london and new york: routledge, 1995. power, eileen. medieval people. garden city, n.y: doubleday anchor books, 1955. rees, nigel. b

it came to looking after the needs of their deceased in the afterlife, the egyptians provided weapons, food, drink, furniture all went into the tomb with the mummy. wealthy egyptians were buried with their slaves so they might be certain of good service in the next life. frequently, a child was buried alive with a dead parent so the parent would not miss the child left behind on earth. in ancient rome, those who had lost a loved one to death remained at home and avoided all feasts and amusements. the men cut neither their hair nor their beard. for several weeks, those who mourned did not socialize with friends or relatives, remaining only with their immediate family. today, black is considered the universal color of mourning, because of the age-old traditions of somberness associated with

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the villages. the authorities seemed unable to squelch the bands of thieves and protect the people, and only the vendettas and feuds between gangs themselves prevented the outlaws from uniting as one force to wreak greater havoc. then, in 1816, a man named ciro annunchiarico (d. 1818) became southern italy fs greatest nightmare when he claimed the power of jupiter, father of the gods of imperial rome, and successfully brought the bandit gangs into a single striking force, leading them to rob, pillage, and burn under the banner of the skull and crossbones and the motto, gsadness, death, terror, and mourning. h by 1817, annunchiarico commanded 20,000 members of the secret society of the decided ones of jupiter the thunderer. the men were divided into camps of 300 to 400 members, and squadro

e greek gmagein, h denoting the science and religion of the priests of zoroaster (or according to some scholars from gmegas, h signifying the ggreat h secret science, i.e. knowledge. so it is that by the time of the historic period, the great civilizations of egypt, babylonia, and persia had fully developed magical systems with entire hierarchies of sorcerers, priests, seers, and magi. greece and rome supported both a state religion of gods and goddesses and a loosely structured priestcraft as well as a healthy respect for those magicians who could prove their worth as dependable soothsayers. in addition, the mystery schools in greece and rome were popular with aristocrat and commoner alike and kept alive the mystical impulse in both cultures. many researchers have drawn comparisons betwee

pt where they visited the priests of many esoteric traditions and received much secret knowledge. from egypt they went to asia and began to pursue alchemical experiments. when althotas died on the island of malta, cagliostro returned to italy with a considerable fortune accumulated from his work with various alchemical teachers. in 1770, when he was 26 years old, he met lorenza feliciani while in rome, and he asked her to marry him. lorenza fs father was impressed by cagliostro fs apparent wealth and readily consented to the wedding. while some biographers believe his riches came from his successful alchemical experiments, others accuse the count of duping wealthy aristocrats out of their inheritances and of running disreputable gambling houses. his marriage to lorenza is also clouded with

le of san leo near montefeltro where he suffered with little food, air, or movement. sometime in 1795, the governor took pity on the prisoner and had him removed to a cell on ground level. it was here, around march 6, the unhappy magi died. although the records are incomplete, it is thought that his wife, lorenza, who had been sentenced to the convent of st. appolonia, a penitentiary for women in rome, died in 1794. m delving deeper de givry, emile grillot. illustrated anthology of sorcery, magic and alchemy. translated by j. courtenay locke. new york: causeway books, 1973. seligmann, kurt. the history of magic. new york: meridian books, 1960. spence, lewis. an encyclopedia of occultism. new hyde park, n.y: university books, 1960. aleister crowley (1875.1947) aleister crowley (edward alexa

uke and asked peter to pray for his forgiveness. the term gsimony h to describe the purchasing of ecclesiastic blessings has come down through the ages. simon apparently brooded over his inability to acquire the holy spirit from the apostles, and, according to legend, he fell back on his old ways of sorcery and began to traffic once again with demons. to prove his power, simon announced to all of rome that he would fly into the sky and ascend to the heavens, just as jesus had done. remarkably, simon, supported by demons, began to fly upward. peter, however, fearful that many innocents would be attracted to this false prophet, prayed that god would end simon fs flight. frightened away by the apostle fs prayers, the demons fled the artificial wings supporting simon, and the magus crashed to

val christians until such magicians/scholars as pico mirandola brought the ancient mystery within the reach of european alchemists and magi by translating the hebrew into latin. when he was 24, mirandola became confident that he could prove the divinity of christ through certain doctrines of the kabbalah and esoteric magic, and armed with 900 theses for public debate on the matter, he set out for rome. the young magician fs proofs were not accepted warmly by the church, however, relying as they did upon such elements as nature spirits, pagan gods, and jewish mysticism. pope innocent viii (1432.1492, ever on the alert for the presence of witches in whatever disguise they may present themselves, appointed a commission to examine count mirandola fs theses for any taint of heresy. although his

most often in animal forms. the black cat, for instance, has become synonymous in popular folklore as the traditional companion of the witch. attendant upon such a sorcerer as the legendary cornelius agrippa is the image of the black dog or the dark-haired wolf. the ancient greeks called upon the predrii, spirit beings who were ever at hand to provide assistance to the physicians or magicians. in rome, the seers and soothsayers asked their familiars or magistelli to provide supernatural assistance in their performance of magic and predictions. in many lands where the christian missionaries planted their faith, various saints provided an acceptable substitute for the ancient practice of asking favors or help from the witches f familiar. interestingly, many of the saints of christendom are i

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slain. dionysos wassaid to have been brought into greece from the north; his cult would therefore be a foreign worship, whichfact shows that outside greece, in the countries which have no written record, the belief in a homed deityprevailed in the iron-age and probably even earlier.a few rock carvings in scandinavia show that the horned god was known there also in the bronze age. it wasonly when rome started on her career of conquest that any written record was made of the gods of westerneurope, and those records prove that a horned deity, whom the romans called cernunnos, was one of thegreatest gods, perhaps even the supreme deity, of gaul. the name given to him by the romans means simplythe horned. in the north of gaul his importance is shown on the altar found under the cathedral of no

itain and france is simon; it was used for either thegrandmaster or for the familiars which were also called devils. it is possibly a diminutive like the mamilionof layamon's brut (ll. 16790-5, or the amaimon and barbason of which falstaff says "they are devil'sadditions, the name of fiends" but there is another possible explanation. the early christian fathers refer toa statue to simon set up in rome in the reign of claudius by the roman people. the base of this statue hasbeen found, and on it is a dedication to the ancient sabine god, semo sancus. this important deity was thegod of fertility as his name, semo, implies; and as such the name might well have spread to gaul and britain the god of the witcheschapter i. the horned god13with the roman conquerors. later, when christianity was br

she took the omens by itsappearance and behaviour. it seems to have been a peculiarly savage animal and frightened the ladies byrushing at them and barking, and sampson's prognostication was that the patient would die. this is the onlydetailed account of obtaining omens by animals as to the outcome of an illness. all methods of divinationwere as carefully taught to the witches as to the augurs of rome. the grandmaster appointed to each memberthe creature by which she would obtain the auguries and also the proper words to use before the animal the god of the witcheschapter iii. the priesthood31appeared. the words always contained the name of the god. the whole method of augury seems to have beenlike the methods used in classical times.the domestic familiar must on no account be confused wit

two facts have never yet been explained, yet the first suggests some specialpower of fertility ascribed to the dead man, differing slightly from the power ordinarily ascribed to the dead. the god of the witchesgilles de rais [11] and [12]74the second is still more remarkable. ritual beating in commemoration of ritual murder is known in manyplaces, both in ancient and modern times. the maidens of rome beat each other freely on the anniversary ofthe death of romulus, and at the present day in iraq, on the anniversary of the death of the martyr hussein,who there ranks as practically divine, flagellants walk in procession beating themselves with iron chains. forchristian examples there was the beating of children on innocents' day in commemoration of the childrenwho were killed as substitutes

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is the dignity of courage, and the reality of enthusiasm. faith does not consist of the affirmation of this symbol or that, but of a genuine and constant aspiration towards the truths which are veiled by all symbolisms. if a man rejects an unworthy idea of divinity, breaks its false images, revolts against hateful idolaters, you will call him an atheist! the authors of the persecutions in fallen rome called the first christians atheists, because they did not adore the idols of caligula or of nero. to deny a religion, even to deny all religions rather than adhere to formulae which conscience rejects, is a courageous and sublime act of faith. every man who suffers for his convictions is a martyr of faith. he explains himself badly, it may be, but he prefers justice and truth to everything;

n. the ark is tradition preserved in a family: religion at this period becomes a mystery and the property of the race. ham was cursed for having revealed it. 32 nimrod and babel are the two primitive allegories of the despot, and of the universal empire which has always filled the dreams of men- a dream whose fulfilment was sought successively by the assyrians, the medes, the persians, alexander, rome, napoleon, the successors of peter the great, and always unfinished because of the dispersion of interests, symbolized by the confusion of tongues. the universal empire could not realize itself by force, but by intelligence and love. thus, to nimrod, the man of savage 'right' the bible opposed abraham, the man of duty, who goes voluntarily into exile in order to seek liberty and strife in a s

et nature herself reply to you" harmodius and aristogiton had festivals and statues in ancient greece. the bible has consecrated the names of judith and ehud, and one of the most sublime figures of the holy book is that of samson, blind and chained, pulling down the columns of the temple, as he cried "let me die with the philistines" and yet, do you think that, if jesus, before dying, had gone to rome to plunge his dagger in the heart of tiberius, he would have saved the world, as he did, in forgiving his executioners, and in dying for even tiberius? 51 did brutus save roman liberty by killing caesar? in killing caligula, chaerea only made place for claudius and nero. to protest against violence by violence, is to justify it, and to force it to reproduce itself. but to triumph over evil by

emancipation of souls. the impious world of the giants raised to heaven the soul of enoch; above the bacchanals of primitive greece rises the harmonious spirit of orpheus. socrates and pythagoras, plato and aristotle, resume, in explaining them, all the aspirations and all the glories of the ancient world; the fables of homer remain truer than history, and nothing remains to us of the grandeur of rome 56 but the immortal writings which the century of augustus brought forth. thus, perhaps, rome only shook the world with the convulsions of war, in order to bring forth vergil. christianity is the fruit of the meditations of all the sages of the east, who live again in jesus christ. thus the light of the spirits has risen where the sun of the world rises; christ conquered the west, and the sof

is indeed willing to be called apollo! diana will no more reign widowed in the lonely fields of night; her silvern crescent is now beneath the feet of the bride. but diana is not conquered by venus; her endymion has wakened, and virginity is about to take pride in motherhood! quit the tomb, o phidias, and rejoice in the destruction of thy first jupiter: it is now that thou wilt conceive a god! o rome, let thy temples rise again, side by side with thy basilicas: be once more the queen of the world, and the pantheon of the nations; let vergil be crowned on the capitol by the hand of st. peter; and let olympus and carmel unite their divinities beneath the brush of raphael! transfigure yourselves, ancient cathedrals of our fathers; dart forth into the clouds your chiselled and living arrows

principle of the spirit of charity. to substitute human arbitrament for the legitimate despotism of the law, to put, in other words, tyranny in the place of authority, is the work of all protestantism and of all democracies. what men call liberty is the sanction of illegitimate authority, or, rather, the fiction of power not sanctioned by authority. 79 john calvin protested against the stakes of rome, in order to give himself the right to burn michael servetus. every people that liberates itself from a charles i, or a louis xvi, must undergo a robespierre or a cromwell and there is a more or less absurd anti-pope being all protestations against the legitimate papacy. the divinity of jesus christ only exists in the catholic church, to which he transmits hierarchically his life and his divi

scrofula. a man who is the fashion can always do miracles when he wishes. cagliostro may have been only a charlatan, but as soon as opinion had made of him "the divine cagliostro" he was expected to work miracles; and they happened. when cephas barjona was nothing but a jew proscribed by nero, retailing to the wives of slaves a specific for eternal life, cephas barjona, for all educated people of rome, was only a charlatan; but public opinion made an apostle of the 208 spiritualistic empiric; and the successors of peter, were they alexander vi, or even john xxii, are infallible for every man who is properly brought up, who does not wish to put himself uselessly outside the pale of society. so goes the world. charlatanism, when it is successful, is then, in magic as in everything else, a gr

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pattern at work in that minute accidents of fate are often more influential in the causing of large divergences of personal and world history than pre-arranged grand events organised specifically to alter such things. examples include the vision of the roman emperor constantine, which radically affected the history of the world by his subsequent consolidation of christianity as state religion for rome from circa 325 ad, or the assassination of the austrian politician which sparked the first world war. this idea is used to effect in many fiction books, notably "the muller-fokker effect" by john sladek "the stochastic man" by robert silverberg, and the "illuminati" trilogy by robert anton wilson and robert shea. the magician can tremble such a web of recursion to great effect, as marlowe say

imprints martinist prayers with a true esoteric character and with an indelible possibility. to know that the kabbalists of the calibre of pic de mirandola and reuchlin worked on the mystery of the pentagrammic name, is enough to dismiss some malicious and/or curious and misinformed critics. finding among students of the mystery of divine name- names like a. kircher with his 'oedipus aegyptiacus (rome, 1655, or that of archangelo de borgonovo, we see that martinists of tradition using the divine name- ieshouah- are in very good company. to use a metaphor, just like the angel separated the israelites from the egyptians at the time of the symbolic crossing of the red sea, so also the letter shin separates, into two parts, the four letters of the initial tetragram i.h.v.h, expressing the livi

dwide spread of the ufo belief and its accompanying disease. if it continues unchecked we may face a time when universal acceptance of the fictitious space people will lead us to a modern faith in extraterrestrials that will enable them to interfere very overtly in our affairs, just as the ancient gods dwelling on mountaintops directly ruled large segments of the population in the orient, greece, rome, africa, and south america. however they arrived at their 1953 decision, the cia/air force plan to debunk, downgrade, and ridicule flying saucers was, in retrospect, the most responsible course the government could take. but they underestimated the scope of the phenomenon and its ability to manipulate humans and generate propaganda. iv. on may 20, 1967, steve michalak was out prospecting near

e of freedom, justice, and . charicles plunges into the waves of destiny, gand with his strenuous hands the gripped. h onward he swims striving against , of the , who heaps the foam against him, as he makes for the paphian isle to seek aid from the of love; and in his blinding anger he sees her not, though she is by his side journeying homeward from . she raises the swimmer to her pearly car and carries him to her fair home, where in the following beautiful action she promises to restore him his lost love. archais. then loosed a of from her arm fs whiteness, and upon his wrist clasped it. its glittering eyes of amethyst fascinate him. geven so, h the cried, gi will bind on thy arm the bride fr