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behind us, the slavs, the lithuanians, do not know the planetary names of days, they simply count like the greeks^ not because they were converted later, but because they became acquainted with latin culture later. the finns and lapps 1 conf. pet. er. miiller om saxo, p. 79- the indian nations also name their days of the week after planets; and it seems worth remarking here, that wednesday is in sanskrit budhuvaras, tamil budhunld/ramei, because some have identified buddha with woden. in reality budhas, the ruler of mercury and son of the moon, is quite distinct from the prophet buddhas (schlegel's ind. bibl. 2. 177. 9 130 gods. do not count, while the esthonians again mostly do (see suppl. even the christianizing influence of byzantium decided nothing on this point; byzantium had no infl

a series like the similar j?iu-s, j?eow]?iw]?y-r, dio= puer, servus. if the idea of our thundergod had somewhat narrow limits, that of zio lands us in a measureless expanse. the non-teutonic cognate [aryan] languages confront us with a multitude of terms belonging to the root div, which, while enabling us to make up a fuller formula div, tiv, zio, yield the meanings' brightness, sky, day, god. of sanskrit words, dyaus (coelum) stands the closest to the greek and german gods' names zeu, tins. greek. gothic. zevform of the greek oblique cases there corresponds also the latin jovcm, jovis, jovi, for which we^ it might have been teoav, from the analogy of l^eow to ]j
has a plur. tivar meaning gods or heroes. stem. 30^ 41; rikir tivar (conf. rich god, p. 20, sam. 72^ qo; valtivar, 52^ sigtivar, 189* 248; the sing, is not in use. this tivar, though not immediately related to tyr, yet seems related to it as sto, 6e6sanskrit by the side of div a dev, and in latin by the side of deus a divus, these being strengthened or guna forms of the 1 kiilin, in zeitschr. f. cl. alt. 2, 231, has rightly pointed out, that zio can be immediately related only to dyaus and zevs, not to deus and deos; but he ought to have admitted that mediately it must be related to these last also. that div was the root of zeus, had aheady b

le similarity of certain divine names in the non-teutonic [aryan] languages. first of all, an oboh. gloss gives priye for aphrodite; taking into account the goth, frijon, the ohg. friudil (lover, mhg. vriedel, and the slav, priyatel (friend. boh. pijtel, pol. przyiaciel, it must have meant either freyja the goddess of love and fruitfulness, or frigg the divine mother and patroness of marriage. in sanskrit also pri is to love, priyas a friend, eamapriya dear-to-lakshmi= lotus, yamapriya pleasing-to-yama= ficus indica, priya in names of gods= husband or wife. pott's forsch. 2, 424-7. then jny/m'fc is the earth, and matd prithvi terra mater, from whom comes fruit and increase (conf. wei. pridd terra, bopp's gloss. 223; and the word, though next of kin to prithus trxarin: latus, the earth bein

too makes ganymede olvoxoeveiv, ii. 20, 234, and of hebe it is even said, vikzap it^voxod 4 .3^ zeus,'0l's to bancjuet kara ^aita) with the ethiopians, ii. 1, 423; orav trpos haira kai evl dolvr)v 'icoai, plato's pha;dr. 247, as tliurr does with tlie norwegians; even when disguised as a bride, he does not refuse the giants' dishes, saeni. 73; and the ases boiled an ox on their journey, sn. 80' in sanskrit, siulha nectar is distinguished from rnjin'to ambrosia. everywhere there is an eitgli in the l)usiness: garuda is called sudhahara, or amritaharana, nectar-thief or ambrosia-thief (pott, forsch. 2, 4')1; it is in the shape of an eagle that obinn carries off oshrajrir, and zeus his cupbearer ganymede (see ch. xxxv and xxx, path-crossing and poetry. 320 condition of gods. but, for all that

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGICK SPELLS

. so go cautiously, work only in the most positive of minds for the good of all, and for trance work have other experienced witches or mediums to guide you and help you to centre. the gods themselves can offer protection when you are performing rituals. in formal magick, the guardians, or devic lords of the watchtower, are invited to guard the four directions of a magical circle. the term deva in sanskrit means 'shining one, and the devas represent the higher forms, akin to angels, who watch and direct the natural world. they communicate with people by psychic 'chanelling' and rule over the beings associated with the four elements, fire, air, water and earth. in less formal practices, either archangels or pillars of light may be visualised in the corners of the room to offer protection at

wear engraved stones as protection from death and wounding. tiger's eye is also associated with practical aspects of life and enhances the five senses. thus it can alert us to physical danger as well as potential malice. it is effective in tackling gossip, backbiting and spite in a firm but creative way, and is perhaps best of all for creating a sparkling shield of protection. topaz topaz is the sanskrit word for 'fire. topaz increases power as the moon waxes, being at its greatest potency at the time of the full moon. perhaps because of this, topaz was said to be proof against nightmares, night terrors and phantoms and malice of the night as well as violent emotions. water in which a topaz has been soaked is a cure for insomnia if drunk an hour before bedtime. a natural energiser, golden

ALEISTER CROWLEY EIGHT LECTURES ON YOGA

at is the mind; which is a more constant quantity over all the species of humanity than is generally supposed. what appear to be radical differences, irreconcilable by argument, are usually found to be due to the obstinacy of habit produced by generations of systematic sectarian training (3) we must then begin the study of yoga by looking at the meaning of the word. it means union, from the same sanskrit root as the greek word zeugma, the latin word jugum, and the english word yoke (yeug- to join) when a dancing girl is dedicated to the service of a temple there is a yoga of her relations to celebrate. yoga, in short, may be translated 'tea fight' which doubtless accounts for the fact that all the students of yoga in england do nothing but gossip over endless libations of lyons' 1s. 2d (4

that i have reduced it to the category of common things. that was my object. there is no sense in being frightened of yoga, awed by yoga, muddled and mystified by yoga, or enthusiastic over yoga. if we are to make any progress in its study, we need clear heads and the impersonal scientific attitude. it is especially important not to bedevil ourselves with oriental jargon. we may have to use a few sanskrit words; but that is only because they have no english equivalents; and any attempt to translate them burdens us with the connotations of the existing english words which we employ. however, these words are very few; and, if the definitions which i propose to give you are carefully studied, they should present no difficulty (12) having now understood that yoga is the essence of all phenomen

for the trees. but from the indian system, overloaded though it is by accretions of every kind, it is comparatively easy to extract a method which is free from unnecessary and undesirable implications, and to make an interpretation of it intelligible to, and acceptable by, european minds. it is this system, and this interpretation of it, which i propose to put before you. 4. the great classic of sanskrit literature is the aphorisms of patanjali. he is at least mercifully brief, and not more than ninety or ninety-five percent of what he writes can be dismissed as the ravings of a disordered mind. what remains is twenty-four carat gold. i now proceed to bestow it. 5. it is said that yoga has eight limbs. why limbs i do not know. but i have found it convenient to accept this classification

ve to have a separate gadget for every trivial task. if you want to become yogis, you will have to get a move on. lege! judica! tace! love is the law, love under will (part 3 of 8* yoga for yahoos. third lecture. niyama* do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law. 1. the subject of my third lecture is niyama. niyama? h'm! the inadequacy of even th noblest attempts to translate these wretched sanskrit words is now about to be delightfully demonstrated. the nearest i can get to the meaning of niyama is 'virtue! god help us all! this means virtue in the original etymological sense of the word- the quality of manhood; that is, to all intents and purposes, the quality of godhead. but since we are translating yama 'control' we find that our two words have not at all the same relationship to

emonstrated. the nearest i can get to the meaning of niyama is 'virtue! god help us all! this means virtue in the original etymological sense of the word- the quality of manhood; that is, to all intents and purposes, the quality of godhead. but since we are translating yama 'control' we find that our two words have not at all the same relationship to each other that the words have in the original sanskrit; for the prefix 'ni' in sanskrit gives the meaning of turning everything upside down and backwards forwards- as *you* would say, hysteron proteron- at the same time producing the effect of transcendental sublimity. i find that i cannot even begin to think of a proper definition, although i know in my own mind perfectly well what the hindus mean; if one soaks oneself in oriental thought fo

non-ego, and a loss of the sense of time and space and causality. duality in any form is abolished. the idea of time involves that of two consecutive things, that of space two non-coincident things, that of causality two connected things' 13. samadhi, on the contrary, is in a way very easy to define. etymology, aided by the persistence of the religious tradition, helps us here "sam is a prefix in sanskrit which developed into the prefix 'syn' in greek without changing the meaning 'syn' in 'synopsis 'synthesis 'syndrome' it means 'together with 'adhi' has also come down through many centuries and many tongues. it is one of the oldest words in human language; it dates from the time when each sound had a definite meaning proper to it, a meaning suggested by the muscular movement made in produ

s one of the oldest words in human language; it dates from the time when each sound had a definite meaning proper to it, a meaning suggested by the muscular movement made in producing the sound. thus, the letter d originally means 'father; so the original father, dead and made into a 'god' was called ad. this name came down unchanged to egypt, as you see in the book of the law. the word 'adhi' in sanskrit was usually translated 'lord' in the syrian form we get it duplicated hadad. you remember ben hadad, king of syria. the hebrew word for 'lord' is adon or adonai. adonai *my* lord, is constantly used in the bible to replace the name jehovah where that was too sacred to be mentioned, or for other reasons improper to write down. adonai has also come to mean, through the rosicrucian tradition

ALEISTER CROWLEY AD MEIORUM CTHULHI GLORIAM

an gulf. this is the site of the fabled city of babylon, as well as of ur of the chaldees and kish, with nineveh far to the north. each of the seven principal cities of sumeria was ruled by a different deity, who was worshipped in the strange, non-semitic language of the sumerians; and language which has been closely allied to that of the aryan race, having in fact many words identical to that of sanskrit (and, it is said, to chinese. for no one knows where the sumerians came from, and they vanished just as mysteriously as they appeared, after the assyrian invasions which decimated their culture, yet providing the assyrians with much of their mythology and religion; so much so that sumerian became the official language of the state church, much as latin is today of the roman catholic churc

ALEISTER CROWLEY BOOK OF LIES

bleeding heart of earth. upon the earth lies water, sensuous and sleepy. above the water hangs air; and above air, but also below fire-and in all-the fabric of all being woven on its invisible design, is alpha-iota-theta-eta-rho [182] book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.com 179 commentary( pi-digamma) the number 86 refers to elohim, the name of the elemental forces. the title is the sanskrit for that, in its sense of "the existing. this chapter is an attempt to replace elohim by a more satisfactory hieroglyph of the elements. the best attribution of elohim is aleph, air; lamed, earth; he, spirit; yod, fire; mem, water. but the order is not good; lamed is not satisfactory for earth, and yod too spiritualised a form of fire (but see book 4, part iii) paragraphs 1-6. out of noth

ALEISTER CROWLEY MEDITATION

the adept at the moment of rapture. this is most accurately pictured in the tarot trump called "the angel" which corresponds to the letter shin, the letter of spirit and of breath. the whole mind of man is rent by the advent of adonai, and is at once caught up into union with him "in the air" the ruach. note that etymologically the word greek letters here: sigma-upsilon-nu "together with" is the sanskrit "sam" and the hebrew adni is the sanskrit adhi. the phrase "together with the lord" is then literally identical with the word samadhi, which is the sanskrit name of the phenomenon described by saint paul, this union of the ego and the non-ego, subject and object, this chymical marriage, and thus identical with the symbolism of the rosy cross, under a slightly different aspect. and since m

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE OLD AND NEW COMMENTARIES TO LIBER AL

but i must here mention that the brother mentioned in connexion with the "wizard amalantrah" etc (samuel bar aiwaz) identifies them with anu and adad the supreme mother and father deities of the sumerians. taken in connexion with the aiwaz identification, this is very striking indeed. it is also to be considered that nu is connected with north, while had is sad, set, satan, sat (equals "being" in sanskrit, south. he is then the sun, one point concentring space, as also is any other star. the word abrahadabra is from abrasax, father sun, which adds to 365. for the north-south antithesis see fabre d'olivet's "hermeneutic interpretation of the origin of the social state in man. note "sax" also as a rock, or stone, whence the symbol of the cubical stone, the mountain abiegnus, and so forth. nu

it, and 'me' indicate the path of research. al ii,55 "thou shalt obtain the order& value of the english alphabet; thou shalt find new symbols to attribute them unto" the old comment 55. done. see liber trigrammaton, comment. the new comment the attribution in liber trigrammation is good theoretically; but no qabalah of merit has arisen therefrom. i am inclined to look further into the question of sanskrit roots, and into the enochian records, in order to put this matter in more polished shape. i append liber trigrammaton with the attribution aforesaid. sub figura xxvii. the book of the trigrams of the mutations of the tao with the yin and yang* here is nothing under its three forms. it is not, yet informeth all things. i narrowed breath. represents concentration, including aspiration- now

bahlasti= 358, and ompehda perhaps 210. the new comment see appendix weh note: not extant. by sound bahlasti suggests "hurling" or "blasting" ompegda is not too phantastically onomatopoeitic for 'an explosion" al iii,55 "let mary inviolate be torn upon wheels: for her sake let all chaste women be utterly despised among you" the new comment the name mary is connected with mars, mors, etc, from the sanskrit mr to slay and with mare, the sea, whose water opposes the fire of horus. i here quote a passage from liber xcvii which deals with this fully "let me strictly meditate this hate of the mother. m r is the sanskrit root "kill" hence mara, mors, maria, and i suppose meer, mere, mer- in short, lots of words meaning death or sea. note mordred as the traitor villain in morte d'arthur. in liber

" hence mara, mors, maria, and i suppose meer, mere, mer- in short, lots of words meaning death or sea. note mordred as the traitor villain in morte d'arthur. in liber legis we have "mary" who is to be 'torn upon wheels' apparently because she is 'inviolate' liber 418 has some explanation of this 'because she hath shut herself up, i seem to remember is the phrase. it appears (i don't remember the sanskrit as if a dental t or d were inserted phallically to give us madar, mu-eta-tau-eta-rho, mater, mother? meter= measure) does the accent in mere conceal a lost dental? i suppose jung or freud has this all worked out in detail. i have thought this before, long ago, but can't get a satisfactory qabalah. 240 is a doubling of the pentagram, of course, and is a sixfold of 40, the number of repress

the words is the ending of the work- abrahadabra. the books is written, as we see; and concealed- from our weak understanding. aum-ha, aum= 111, ha= 6, 111 x 6= 666, the seal of the beast. note well that aum with a mem final adds to 671, throa, the gate, adonai spelt in full, etc. using the keys of aum ha, we get xii+ xv+ 0, and iv+ 0, their sum, 31= la, not. the new comment aum is of course the sanskrit "word" familiar to most students (see book 4 part iii. ha is a way of spelling the letter whose value is 5 so that it shall add to 6. this uniting the 5 and the 6 is a symbol of the great work. send complaints to memoria@memoria.ex baphomet xir liber xv book 15 o. t. o. ecclesiae gnosticae catholicae canon missae edited from the ancient documents in assyrian and greek by the master therio

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQUINOX EQ I 1 2

a moment i got a vague glimpse of one's spine (or rather one's sushumna) as a galaxy of stars, thus suggesting the stars as the ganglia of the universe. 9.18 to continue. 10.18. not very satisfactory. asana got painful; like a 20 worm i gave up, and tried playing the fool; got amused by the new monster, but did not perform the "vajroli mudra.[for this see the shiva sanhita, and other of the holy sanskrit tantras. ed. however, having got rid of her for the moment, one may continue. 10.24- p.y.[prana yama. ed. 14 cycles. some effort required; 10.39. sweating appears to have stopped and bhuchari hardly begun. my head really aches a good deal. i must add one or two remarks. in my walk i discovered that my mantra hua allahu, etc. really belongs to the visuddhi cakkr m; so i allowed the thought

ALICE A BAILEY01 THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE ATOM

its of the human family who are held within his sphere of influence, and who go to the constitution of his body, as the aggregate of the physical cells form the physical body of the man. what is needed in these days of religious upheaval is that these fundamental truths of christianity should be demonstrated to be scientific truths. we need to make religion scientific. there is a very interesting sanskrit writing, many thousands of years old, which i am venturing to quote here. it says "every form on earth, and every speck (atom) in space, strives in its efforts towards self-formation, and to follow the model placed for it in the heavenly man. the involution and the evolution of the atom..have all one and the same object: man" do you note what a large hope this concept opens out before us?

onary and elsewhere. the definition found in the standard dictionary is a profoundly uninteresting one, and is as follows: man is "an individual of the human race" and then follows a long list of suggestive derivations of the word man, running through every known tongue, and concluding with the statement that many of them are improbable. that derivation which ascribes the definition of man to the sanskrit root 'man' the one who thinks, is to my mind the most satisfying. mrs. besant, in one of her books, gives an exceptionally clear definition as follows "man is that being in whom highest spirit and lowest matter are linked together by intelligence" man is here pictured as the meeting place for all the three lines of evolution, spirit, matter, and linking intellect; he is shown to be the on

ALICE A BAILEY02 INITIATION HUMAN AND SOLAR

ermanent and lasts throughout the long cycle of incarnations, and is only dissipated after the fourth initiation, when the need for further rebirth on the part of a human being no longer exists- 126- initiation, human and solar copyright 1998 lucis trust chohan. lord, master, a chief. in this book it refers to those adepts who have gone on and taken the sixth initiation. deva (or angel. a god. in sanskrit a resplendent deity. a deva is a celestial being, whether good, bad, or indifferent. devas are divided into many groups, and are called not only angels and archangels, but lesser and greater builders. egoic groups. on the third subplane of the fifth plane, the mental, are found the causal bodies of the individual men and women. these bodies, which are the expression of the ego, or of the

edas, the second part of which is composed of the brahmanas. in esoteric phraseology mantram is the word made flesh, or rendered objective through divine magic. a form of words or syllables rhythmically arranged, so that when sounded certain vibrations are generated. manu. the representative name of the great being who is the ruler, primal progenitor and chief of the human race. it comes from the sanskrit root "man"-to think. manvantara. a period of activity as opposed to a period of rest, without reference to any specific length of cycle. frequently used to express a period of planetary activity and its seven races. maya. sanskrit "illusion" of the principle of form or limitation. the result of manifestation. generally used in a relative sense for phenomena or objective appearances that a

ara. a period of activity as opposed to a period of rest, without reference to any specific length of cycle. frequently used to express a period of planetary activity and its seven races. maya. sanskrit "illusion" of the principle of form or limitation. the result of manifestation. generally used in a relative sense for phenomena or objective appearances that are created by the mind. mayavi rupa. sanskrit "illusive form" it is the body of manifestation created by the adept by an act of will for use in the three worlds. it has no material connection with the physical body. it is spiritual and ethereal and passes everywhere without let or hindrance. it is built by the power of the lower mind, of the highest type of astral matter. microcosm. the little universe, or man manifesting through his

m; we name spirit, soul, and matter in man. matter is the vehicle for the manifestation of soul on this plane of existence; soul is the vehicle for the manifestation of spirit, and these three as a trinity are synthesised by life, which pervades them all" purusha. the spiritual self. the embodied self. the word literally means "the dweller in the city" that is, in the body. it is derived from the sanskrit "pura" which means city or body, and "usha" a derivative of the verb "vas" to dwell. quaternary. the fourfold lower self, or man, in the three worlds. there are various divisions of this, but perhaps for our purpose the best is to enumerate the four as follows: 1. lower mind. 2. emotional or kamic body. 3. prana, or the life principle. 4. the etheric body, or the highest division of the t

the gobi desert. it is the home of mysticism and the secret doctrine. triad. the spiritual man; the expression of the monad. it is the germinal spirit containing the- 131- initiation, human and solar copyright 1998 lucis trust potentialities of divinity. these potentialities will be unfolded during the course of evolution. this triad forms the individualised or separated self, or ego. viveka. the sanskrit "discrimination" the very first step in the path of occultism..is the discrimination between the real and the unreal, between substance and phenomenon, between the self and the not-self, between spirit and matter. wesak. a festival which takes place in the himalayas at the full moon of may. it is said that at this festival, at which all the members of the hierarchy are present, the buddha

ALICE A BAILEY04 A TREATISE ON COSMIC FIRE

lowest, in which a yogi "without teacher and without saving others" by the mere force of will and technical observances, attains to a kind of nominal buddahood individually" theosophical glossary. 29 31 "from the view taken of karma as i have done it, you will see that no plane of the highest spirituality, be that the plane of the nirvanees, is outside the karmic wheel and when it is said in the sanskrit writings and even in the bhagavat gita that men cross the karmic ocean, it must be understood with some allowance. the entities that have now succeeded in going outside the- 770- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust karmic wheel, have done so, only if that wheel be taken as the one that turns now. the cosmos is not going in one groove all the days of brahma, but it is goin

for manifestation; and it succeeds knowledge or vishnu, after maintenance or enjoyment of that manifestation, as a sense of fatigue, a growth of inertness, a need for rest by winding up the manifestation" from pranava-vada, pp. 82-84, 311. 133 50: s. d, i, 107. 134 51: they have in india an ancient system of psychical teaching called yoga, in which the recitation of certain mantrams, or verses of sanskrit, is prescribed. especially important is said to be the way in which the mystical syllable om, or aum, is pronounced. learned brahmans tell me that the illimitable psychic potentiality of the sanskrit charms, or mantrams is only drawn out by the adoption of a certain very accurate rule of pronunciation (swara. they say that by formulating the words correctly a vibration is set up in the ak

the good within his bodies, to protect him, and it will also prove of beneficent influence upon his environment. uttered by an adept or initiate its possibilities for good are infinite and far-reaching. mantrams are of many kinds, and generally speaking might be enumerated as follows: 1. some very esoteric mantrams, existing in the original sensa, in the custody of the great white lodge. 2. some sanskrit mantrams employed by initiates and adepts. 3. mantrams connected with the different rays. 4. mantrams used in healing. 5. mantrams used in the departments of either the manu, the bodhisattva, or the mahachohan. 6. mantrams used in connection with the devas and the elemental kingdoms. 7. special mantrams connected with fire. all these mantrams depend for their potency upon the sound and rh

follow up the historical development of this root until we reach the zend where we find it doing duty as the name for the whole priestly caste. the magi were renowned all over the world for their wisdom and skill in occultism and no doubt our word magic is mostly indebted to that source for its present existence and meaning. that we need not pause even here for back of the zend "mag "looms up the sanskrit, maha, signifying great" it is thought by good scholars that maha was- 821- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust originally spelled magha. to be sure, there is in the sanskrit the word maga meaning a priest of the sun, but this was evidently a later borrowing from the zend which had originally derived its root from its neighbor the sanskrit. lucifer, vol. x, p. 157. 260) 9

earth; and receives the strength of the superiors and the inferiors so thou hast the glory of the whole world; therefore let all obscurity fly before thee. this is the strong fortitude of all fortitudes overcoming every subtle and penetrating every solid thing. so the world was created" emerald tablet of hermes. 277 12: man must understand the nature of the wheel in which he is turned, called in sanskrit the wheel of samsara. this latter word derived from the root sru, to move, indicates a motion wheel or the great wheel of changing life in which the human entities have been called upon to work and which must never be abandoned out of compassion for man and in obedience to the law of oneness which connects the many, in the opinion of all true yogees and sri krishna. the teacher gives the

ALICE A BAILEY05 THE LIGHT OF THE SOUL

same system and that their teachers were trained in the great trans-himalayan school. it should be stated here that the sutras have been dictated and paraphrased by the tibetan brother and the commentary upon them has been written by myself, and subjected to revision and comment by the tibetan. it should be noted that the translation is not literal, and is not an exact definition of each original sanskrit term. it is an attempt to put into clear and understandable english the exact meaning, insofar as it is possible to do so through the medium of that non elastic and unimaginative tongue. the student may find it of use in the study of these sutras to compare the rendition here given, with the various other procurable translations. alice a. bailey. new york, may, 1927 [page xviii] topical o

station of soul on this plane of existence, and soul is the vehicle on a higher plane for the manifestation of spirit, and these three are a trinity synthesized by life, which pervades them all" 28. through the sounding of the word and through reflection upon its meaning, the way is found. this is a very general paraphrase but conveys nevertheless the correct significance of the terms used in the sanskrit. only vivekananda, among the many translators, gives this interpretation, putting it as follows "the repetition of the om and meditating upon its meaning (is the way" the other translators omit the final three words, though the inference is clear. the expression "the sounding of the word" must not be too literally interpreted; the esoteric "sounding forth" is based upon a study of the law

he mystical aspect as it is necessary for us to keep our conclusions as much as possible along the occult line. the truth, as expressed in terms of christian mysticism, has been frequently and adequately covered. 37. the chitta is stabilised and rendered free from illusion as the lower nature is purified and no longer indulged. this translation is a particularly free one, as the words used in the sanskrit are somewhat difficult of exact interpretation. the thought conveyed is that as the organs of perception and as the sense contacts are continually negated by the real man (who no longer seeks to identify himself with them, then he becomes "free from passion" heat, or desire for all objects, is overcome. he stands then free from his lower sense nature. this results in a corresponding menta

students will find it of interest to work out these seven ways to peace in relation to one or other of the seven rays, assigning the way to the ray wherever it seems to them appropriate. 40. thus his realisation extends from the infinitely small to the infinitely great, and from annu (the atom or speck) to atma (or spirit) his knowledge is perfected. this translation does not adhere to the exact sanskrit terms. it conveys nevertheless the exact meaning of the original which is the one thing of vital importance. an old verse from one of the hidden scriptures runs as follows and serves to elucidate the idea of this sutra "within the speck god can be seen. within the man god can reign. within brahma both are found; yet all is one. the atom is as god, god as the atom" it is an occult truism t

or trance condition, but is the antithesis of physical sleep or the trance of the medium, for in it the spiritual man is fully awake on those planes which transcend definition. he is aware, in a full sense, of his direct spiritual identity. 47. when this super-contemplative state is reached, the yogi acquires pure spiritual realisation through the balanced quiet of the chitta (or mind stuff. the sanskrit words employed in this sutra can only be adequately translated into clear terms by the use of certain phrases which make the english version clearer. literally, the sutra might be stated to run as follows "clear perspicuity follows through the quiet chitta" it should be remembered here that the idea involved is that of purity in its true sense, meaning "freedom from limitation" and theref

his heritage. 3. subliminal impressions, has relation to the future and concerns those forebodings as to death, suffering and need which dominate so many of the sons of men. it is the unknown and its possibilities that we fear both for ourselves and others, and this in its turn produces pain. 16. pain which is yet to come may be warded off- 85- the light of the soul copyright 1998 lucis trust the sanskrit words here give a twofold idea. they infer first of all that certain types of coming "misery (as some translations give it) may be avoided by a right adjustment of a man's energies so that through his changed attitude of mind, painful reactions are no longer possible, and through the transmutation of his desires old "pains" are impossible. it infers secondly that life will be so lived in

johnston gives the same idea in very beautiful words and the method is adequately brought out. he says "when transgressions hinder, the weight of the imagination should be thrown upon the opposite side" the entire science of the balancing of the pairs of opposites is given in these two translations, neither one being fully complete without the other. it is often difficult to translate the ancient sanskrit terms by one word or phrase, for in that language a term will stand for an entire idea and will require several phrases in order to convey the true meaning in the more limited english tongue. certain basic concepts are embodied in this sutra and for the sake of clarity might be tabulated as follows: 1. as a man thinketh so is he. that which works out into physical objectivity is always a

lucis trust future. thus he frees himself, desires nothing in the three worlds and re-orients himself to the conditions in the world of spiritual being. in these qualities we have the carrying out of the five commandments. 40. internal and external purification produces aversion for form, both one's own and all forms. this paraphrase of sutra 40 does not adhere to the technical translation of the sanskrit words on account of the misunderstanding of the words used. literally the translation runs "internal and external purification produces hatred for one's own body and non-intercourse with all bodies" the tendency of students in the west to interpret literally necessitates a somewhat freer translation. the eastern student, more versed in the symbolic presentation of truth is not so liable t

t" with the light which that object is hiding. that light is then known to be one in essence with his own light-centre, and comprehension, communication and identification then become possible. 4. when concentration, meditation and contemplation form one sequential act, then is sanyama achieved. this is a most difficult idea to express for we have not in the english language the equivalent of the sanskrit term "sanyama" it is the synthesis of the three stages of the meditation process and is only possible to that student who has learnt and mastered the three states of mind control- 137- the light of the soul copyright 1998 lucis trust through that mastery he has produced certain results, which are as follows: 1. he has freed himself from the three worlds of mind, emotion and physical plane

s is, however, a very high stage and produces in the physical man astounding effects and introduces him to various forms of phenomena. 5. as a result of sanyama comes the shining forth of the light. there are several terms used here by various commentators and translators and it might be of interest to consider some of them, for in the various interpretations will come a full understanding of the sanskrit terms. briefly, the idea involves the conception that the nature of the soul is light, and that light is the great revealer. the yogi, through steady practise in meditation, has reached the point where he can at will, turn the light which radiates from his very being, in any direction, and can illumine- 138- the light of the soul copyright 1998 lucis trust any subject. nothing can therefo

e force of the soul, is one which will be eventually achieved by every aspirant! but first, however, the habit of recollection has to be instituted and the instantaneous ability to restrain the modifications of the thinking principle has to precede this desirable state of being. 12. when mind control and the controlling factor are equally balanced, then comes the condition of one-pointedness. the sanskrit term used is difficult to explain clearly. such terms as one-pointed, single in intent, fixed, synthesized, perfected concentration, all give some idea of the mind condition under consideration. the aspirant is now deliberately unconscious of all states of mind relating to the three worlds. his attention is focussed upon a specific object, and primarily upon the reality or subjective life

oul. love. 3. the monad. spirit. life or power- 166- the light of the soul copyright 1998 lucis trust 27. a knowledge of all lunar forms arises through one-pointed meditation upon the moon. there are two translations permissible here, the above and the following "a knowledge of the astral world comes to him who can meditate upon the moon" either is correct and probably a true understanding of the sanskrit is only arrived at through combining the two. it might suffice here to give a simple english paraphrase which will give the essence of the significance of this sutra "one-pointed concentration upon the mother of forms (the moon) will reveal to the aspirant the nature and purpose of form" if the student will remember that the moon is the symbol of matter, whereas the sun in its aspect of l

have a free, rather than a literal translation, and in this the true sense of the archaic terms used is preserved instead of academic correctness. the reason for this will be apparent if certain well-known translations are given. they are correct translations but demonstrate the- 188- the light of the soul copyright 1998 lucis trust ambiguity which is inevitable when a literal translation of the sanskrit terms is used "an outwardly unadjusted fluctuation is the great discarnate; as a result of this the dwindling of the covering to the brightness" woods "the external modification (of the internal organ. thoughtless is (called) the great incorporeal (modification; therefrom (results) the destruction of the obscuration of the illumination (of intellect" tatya. vivekananda expresses the sutra

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the son (sun, of the ego or soul (see daniel iii, 23-24. there is no escaping the fiery furnace, but the reward is commensurate with the trial. the significance of the second requirement, spiritual reading, must also be grasped. the word, to "read" is very obscure in its origin, and philologists seem to think that two words are responsible. one is the latin word "reri" to think, and the other the sanskrit word "radh" to be successful. perhaps both ideas are permissible, for it is certainly true that the man who can think the most successfully, and who can control and utilize his apparatus of thought, is the man who can the most easily master the technique of meditation. prayer is possible to all. meditation is only possible to the mentally polarized man, and this is a point which needs emp

ALICE A BAILEY08 A TREATISE ON WHITE MAGIC

on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust "from out the north a word is chanted forth which means..be pure "from out the south the word peals out: i dedicate and "from out the east, bringing a light divine, the word comes swinging round the square: love all "from out the west, answer is thrown back: i serve" this is a faint effort to express in english these ancient atlantean phrases, older than sanskrit or senzar, and known only to a mere handful of the members of the present hierarchy. but in the thoughts of purity, dedication, love and service, are summed up the nature and the destiny of man, and it should be remembered that they do not stand for so-called spiritual qualities, but for potent occult forces, dynamic in their incentive and creative in their result. this should be pondered

ALICE A BAILEY10 FROM BETHLEHEM TO CALVARY

ali, we find the teacher proclaiming "through purification comes also a quiet spirit. and ability to see the self."10 purification is of many kinds and degrees. there is physical purity and moral purity, and there is also that magnetic purity which makes a man a channel for spiritual force. there is psychic purity, which is a rare thing to find, and mental purity. the word "purity" comes from the sanskrit word pur, which means freedom from alloy, from limitation and from the imprisoning of the spirit in the chains of matter. there can be no achievement without purification; there is no possibility of our seeing and manifesting divinity without passing through the waters that cleanse. in the world today a great cleansing is going on. an "ascetic purification" and an enforced abstinence from

ALICE A BAILEY11 A TREATISE ON THE SEVEN RAYS VOLUME II ESOTERIC PSYCHOLOGY II

e problems which we are considering and they would, if analysed, substantiate the position of the esotericists. the origin of the word "dream" is in itself debateable and nothing really sure and proved is known. yet what is inferred and suggested is of itself of real significance. in a great standard authority, webster's dictionary, two origins of the word are given. one traces the word back to a sanskrit root, meaning "to harm or to hurt; the other traces it back to an old anglo-saxon root, signifying "joy or bliss" is there not a chance, that both derivations have in them a measure of- 299- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust truth, and that in their mutual tracing back to some most ancient origin and root we should discover a real m

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e future) that one could do definitely psychic work and be of a real intelligence. she has, therefore, written four books which are entirely her own production: the consciousness of the atom. the soul and its mechanism. from intellect to intuition. from bethlehem to calvary. she has also written one book in collaboration with me, entitled the light of the soul; in it i give the translation of the sanskrit sutras of patanjali and she contributes the commentary, referring to me occasionally for reassurance as to meaning. then followed a treatise on white magic. this was written years ago. as it was written it went out, chapter by chapter, to the senior students of the arcane school as reading matter only. it is the first book ever given out upon the training and control of the astral or emot

ALICE A BAILEY14 THE REAPPEARANCE OF THE CHRIST

fter they no longer walk among men. again and again, they have come and have left a changed world and some new world religion behind them; we know also that prophecy and faith have ever held out to mankind the promise of their coming again amongst us in an hour of need. these statements are statements of fact, historically proven. beyond this we know relatively few details. the word "avatar" is a sanskrit word, meaning literally "coming down from far away" ava (as prefix to verbs and verbal nouns) expresses the idea of "off, away, down" avataram (comparative) farther away. the root av seems at all times to denote the idea of protection from above, and is used in compounds, in words referring to protections by kings or rulers; in regard to the gods, it means accepted favourably when a sacri

note the idea of protection from above, and is used in compounds, in words referring to protections by kings or rulers; in regard to the gods, it means accepted favourably when a sacrifice is offered. with the result that the root word can be said to mean "coming down with the approval of the higher source from which it came and with benefit to the place at which it arrives (from monier-williams' sanskrit dictionary) all the world avatars or saviours, however, express two basic incentives: the need of god to contact humanity and to have relationship with men and the need of humanity for divine contact, help and understanding. subject to those incentives, all true avatars are therefore divine intermediaries. they can act in this fashion because they have completely divorced themselves from

ALICE A BAILEY19 THE UNFINISHED AUTOBIOGRAPHY

ird teaching which i came across and which pulled me up short for a long time was the dual belief in the law of re-birth and the law of cause and effect, called karma and reincarnation by theosophists who, so often, like to sound learned. personally, i believe that all this most necessary teaching would have made far more rapid progress if theosophists had not been so overcome and glamored by the sanskrit terms. if they had taught about the law of re-birth instead of the doctrine of reincarnation and if they had presented the law of cause and effect instead of the law of karma, we might have had a more general recognition of the truth. i say this in no critical spirit, because i succumbed to the same glamour. looking back now to my early classes and lectures, i laugh with amusement at my p

out the law of re-birth instead of the doctrine of reincarnation and if they had presented the law of cause and effect instead of the law of karma, we might have had a more general recognition of the truth. i say this in no critical spirit, because i succumbed to the same glamour. looking back now to my early classes and lectures, i laugh with amusement at my ponderous use of technical phrases of sanskrit words and of the detailed significances of the ageless wisdom. i find that i get simpler as i get older and may be a little wiser. with the discovery that there was a law of re-birth i found many of my problems, personal and individual, were capable of solution. many who come to a study of the ageless wisdom find it difficult at first to accept the fact of the law of re-birth. it seems so

in the east and in the west and with those who lived before christ ever came and with those who are seeking today. it was in an effort to make the relation between the east and the west clear that i wrote the book, the light of the soul. it is a commentary upon the yoga sutras of patanjali, who lived and taught probably 9,000 years before christ. the tibetan gave me the paraphrase of the ancient sanskrit phrases because i know no sanskrit but i, myself, wrote the commentary, as i was anxious to present an interpretation of the sutras which would be more adapted to the western type of mind and consciousness than the usual oriental presentation. i also wrote from bethlehem to calvary in order to trace the significance of the five major episodes in the life of the christ the birth, baptism

uture) that one could do definitely psychic work and be of a real intelligence. she has, therefore, written four books which are entirely her own production: the consciousness of the atom. the soul and its mechanism. from intellect to intuition. from bethlehem to calvary. she has also written one book in collaboration with me, entitled light of the soul; in it i give the english paraphrase of the sanskrit sutras of patanjali and she contributes the commentary, referring to me occasionally for reassurance as to meaning- 139- the unfinished autobiography copyright 1998 lucis trust then followed a treatise on white magic. this was written years ago and as it was written it went out, chapter by chapter, to the senior students of the arcane school as reading matter only. it is the first book ev

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way by which men may achieve. i am a source of strength, enabling them to stand. i am a beam of light, shining upon their way. and thus i stand. and standing thus revolve and tread this way the ways of men, and know the ways of god. and thus i stand" this, brother of mine, is the best i can do with words and phrases as i attempt to transcribe into language words so ancient that they antedate both sanskrit and senza. but the meaning is clear and that is the point of importance. 3. the stage of orientation. this is a period of quiet thought upon the significance of the- 123- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust affirmation. 4. the stage of meditation. this is concerned with the four stanzas of the new invocation. i am going to leave you free to consider this invo

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

tic consequence of the purification of the three vehicles and of creative meditation. we are told in the world scriptures that "in that light shall we see light; and it is to this other light that i now refer a light which is only to be perceived when the door is shut behind the initiate. that light is itself composed of the light of buddhi and the light of atma, and these are (to interpret these sanskrit terms esoterically) the light of the pure reason, which is the sublimation of the intellect, and the light of the spiritual will, which is the revelation of the enfolding purpose. the first is focussed in the ashram, and the second in the hierarchy as a whole, and both of them are the expression of the activity of the spiritual triad. let me make myself clearly understood, if possible. yo

ALICE BAILEY THE LABOURS OF HERCULES

f appearance in time and space. the bird appears quite frequently in the zodiac and mythological stories, hamsa, the bird of the hindu tradition "the bird out of time and space, stands equally for the manifestation of god and of man. out of the darkness flashes the bird and flies across the horizon in the light of the day, disappearing again into the darkness. our word "goose, comes from the same sanskrit root, through the icelandic, and when we say "what a goose you are, we are really making a most esoteric affirmation; we are saying to another human being "you are, the bird out of time and space, you are the soul taking form; you are god in incarnation" the crab lives half on the earth, and half in the water. it the sign, therefore, of the soul dwelling in the physical body but predomina

ely two thousand and sixty years to traverse each sign" the message of aquaria, p. 23,by homer curtiss. an interesting and more probable definition of the word "zodiac" is given by dr. ethelbert bullinger in his book the witness of the stars. he says "the word zodiac itself is from the greek 'zodiakon, which is not from 'zoon 'to live, but from a primitive root, through the hebrew 'sodi, which in sanskrit means 'a way. its [218] etymology has no connection with living creatures, but denotes a way, or steps and is used for the way or path which the sun appears to follow amongst the stars in the course of a year" the zodiac, therefore, is the path or way. when christ spoke to his disciples as the cosmic christ, he told them "i am the way, and to this it is possible to give an astrological si

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

indian buddhism. 2. obstacle demons (tib. bdud; skt. m.ra: obstacle demons are openly malevolent spirits endowed with the nature of their namesake. they create obstacles, usually to prevent the successful completion of rituals or to prevent success on the path to enlightenment. they were opposed to the buddhist teachings in their past lives, are said to be black in color, and eat human flesh. the sanskrit word associated with them refers to the kind of behavior exhibited by the god m.ra, the personification of sa.s.ra, who attempted and ultimately failed to hinder the enlightenment of the historical buddha..kyamuni. 3. flesh-eating demons (tib. srin po; skt. r.k.asa: as with the obstacle demons, the most common attribute of flesh-eating demons is implied by their name. they are associated

that are generally known to hinder ritual success. 12. female sky-goers (tib. mkha gro ma; skt..kin: these important deities are by no means demonic, though they can be wrathful. they are not usually involved in this classification scheme given their excessively buddhist significance. i include them here for the significant role they will play later in this research. given the abundant use of the sanskrit word..kin. in scholarship and the awkward phrasing of the english, i will continue with convention and refer to these beings as..kin.s from this point forward..kin.s are a class of ancient female beings, limitless in number, that are found in the entourages of all major buddhist deities. they fill the intermediate spaces of ma..alas, are messengers and inspirers of buddhist texts, and rep

of these demons, many of these distinct class titles have been used synonymously with each other. individual demons can also be associated with multiple categories. for instance, tsiu marpo traditionally belongs to the might demon (btsan) class but is considered the king of the violence demons (gnod sbyin; many of his appellations also refer to him as a violence demon. also, despite the numerous sanskrit terms associated with each demon, they are not necessarily indicative of the origin of these deities in india. most of these deities are indigenous and have been later assimilated into indian tantric classification systems, yet they still retain many of their tibetan attributes. however, it certainly appears that the tibetan divinity system has mimicked if not inherited the numerous class

rt in the understanding of the tibetan worldview and is important in the monastic context so that it may be utilized toward buddhist ends. ritual texts tibet has an extensive literary tradition. the vast array of genres and textual categories is too grand to cover briefly, but a description of some of the key textual types that will be encountered in this study is necessary.28 tantra (rgyud) is a sanskrit word that refers to a specific category of texts. these are the central texts studied and practiced within vajray.na buddhism since its conception in north india. they are considered to be composed or inspired by great bodhisattvas and in some instance..kin.s. richard payne notes that, despite the bibliographic origin of the word, tantra has become an abstract label synonymous with vajray

when certain termas should be discovered, allowing scriptures to be revealed when they are needed most and within a fitting context. in turn, the charismatic nature of the treasure-revealer helps to bolster such claims. it is the given popularity of a revealer and the teachings in their treasure that have allowed certain terma lineages to thrive.33 s.dhana (sgrub thabs "means of achievement" is a sanskrit word that refers to a specific series of ritual steps to be followed in order to succeed in a ritual performance. the word also refers to specific liturgical manuals. these manuals are prolific in tibetan ritual 32 see davidson 2005, pp. 210-243. 33 see germano and gyatso 2000; gyatso 1996 and 1998; and doctor 2005 for more on the terma tradition and famous treasure-revealers. 20 practice

supremacy of india is permanently glorified as the originating land of the buddha. although tsiu marpo is an indigenous tibetan deity with no known texts that tie him to india, this creative connection further authenticates him as a buddhist protector despite his low stature as a worldly deity. this is also evident in tsiu marpo s root tantra, which begins with the title in tibetan-transliterated sanskrit.68 a word should be said on the altering perceptions regarding india and tibet. there is a consistent reverence for india within tibet; even so, a spiritual evolution has taken place in tibetan historiography. beginning from the period of the later transmission (eleventh century) onward, the land of tibet is perceived as a buddha land manifested out of the compassion of the bodhisattva av

amy monastery, the first buddhist monastery in tibet. tsiu marpo continues to be associated with his previous dwellings and their significance despite new sacred geography. see childs 2004, pp. 74-97; diemberger 1993; reinhart 1978; acharya and dokham 1998; and sardar-afkhami 1996 for more on tibetan hidden lands. 68 this method of authentication, which establishes a supposed connection to a true sanskrit tantra now lost, is a common motif within the terma textual tradition. see mpg, p. 300.1 and appendix a, p. 155. 69 see kapstein 2000, pp. 51-65. 37 locations that become connected to him. this fact is succinctly described in the perfect feast invocation, which declares "he who has iron-hooked light rays appearing in his heart center resides at the red copper fields in the might demon lan

ost tantras in his day state that tsiu marpo was born to the savage protector deities have even stronger connections to historical periods that are not clouded in legendary time. for instance, the origins of the deity dorj shukden (rdo rje shugs ldan) are deeply tied to political intrigues in the seventeenth-century involving the fifth dalai lama. this figure will be mentioned further below. 75 a sanskrit name meaning "beautiful moon" 76 misspellings within tibetan texts are not at all uncommon. 77 "holding mountain, copper lake" 78 "leaping mountain, multi-leveled lake" 39 demon lord lekpa and the violence demoness dongmarma, daughter of the might demon lord dawa t kar.79 this is important because tsiu marpo s root tantra agrees with the latter account. this suggests that either an oral t

him on all four sides. likewise, tsiu marpo and his retinue are situated in specific locations that are either reminiscent of the might demon lands or that are intentionally placed within intermediate spaces. such spaces signify the ubiquitous nature of these settings, as well as the potential for these sacred arenas to be recreated in the process of summoning the deity. the ma..ala the ma..ala, sanskrit for "circle" is one of the most powerful religious symbols in buddhism. it has its origins in early vedic rituals and is still recognized for its symbolic wealth in hinduism. in buddhism, particularly esoteric buddhism, the symbolism and significance of the ma..ala has flourished. because of this, a great deal of scholarship exists on the ma..ala and its multilayered significance. i discu

ct with each 107 snellgrove 2002, pp. 198-213. 108 the term "s.manta-feudalism" as davidson duly notes, was actually coined by brajadulal chattopadhyaya. this is a distinct term that holds the initial definition of feudalism as signifying a specific political arrangement that entails land tenure and authority without the necessary ideological baggage that has come to surround the term. adding the sanskrit word s.manta, meaning "neighbor" adds a complex indian understanding signified by the ma..ala structure. 58 other. this system maintains a respectful diplomatic distance, leaving any disputes exclusively within the border regions symbolized by the various entourages.109 the s.manta-feudalism system is not wholly dissimilar from the "galactic polity" model developed by tambiah in relations

urther below. nonetheless, on a relative level, sacred objects consecrated for ritual use are certainly distinguished from the profane substances from which they are constructed as well as other objects that are connected to more mundane contexts. the effigy is of particular significance because of its broad utility in tibetan ritual practice. the tibetan word commonly translated as "effigy" is a sanskrit transliteration, linga (ling ga, and is understood in this ritual context as a "sign" or "mark" of something else. an effigy is a small dough figure constructed to represent an individual, human or otherwise. human effigies are generally built for ransom rituals, called l (glud, where demonic forces plaguing a person or household are exorcised by first attracting them to an effigy represe

tion of rgya "seal" suggests the secret nature of these texts and the importance of concealing its ritual power from those who are unworthy to practice and transmit it. this sealing formula is then followed by a pronounced punctuation line (shad. 75 1.1 the seven chapters of pudri marpo s heart tantra 1.11 chapter 1: introduction the first chapter reiterates the title of the tantra and provides a sanskrit title in transliterated tibetan in order to authenticate the text with a connection to a supposed indian original. in chapter 2 we saw that india, as the source of buddhism, is revered and the teachings from india are taken to be most authentic. the authenticity of a scripture is judged on the criterion that it, too, originated from india. issues of authenticity are constant concerns of t

s.dhana ends with a colophon crediting ngari pa.chen and also lacking explicit composition details. 2.3. s.dhana of violence demon offerings the next s.dhana is the primary ritual text, detailing the various offerings for the seven riders. the purpose of this text is to increase the offerings to the seven riders in order to secure their protection. these offerings, many of which are described in sanskrit-transliterated tibetan, 81 include tormas, sacred pills, nectar and blood oblations, incense, flowers, perfume, and food offerings, as well as music. this happens to be the first explicit mention of music as accompanying these ritual programs. 2.4. violence demon invocation and history the third s.dhana is an invocation specifically to the six riders who accompany tsiu marpo as well as th

go as the eleventh century.206 because of this, pehar s origins are much more ambiguous, with a number of popular variations in existence. even pehar s name has been subject to dispute by scholars in the past, though it appears that a consensus has been reached on this particular matter. de nebesky-wojkowitz explains that pehar is a derivation of the word bi har, which is a transliteration of the sanskrit word vih.ra "monastery."207 he explains that the deity received this appellation after becoming the protector of the treasury at samy monastery, an occupation to which an above-mentioned appellation of his refers.208 this origin is intimately tied to pehar s assimilation into the pantheon of tibetan protector deities. the most popular account of pehar s origins and his arrival in tibet is

BLAVATSKY H P ANTHROPOGENESIS

records. ex oriente lux. even the name of the first man in the mosaic bible had its origin in india, professor max muller's negation notwithstanding. the jews got their adam from chaldea; and adam-adami is a compound word and therefore a manifold symbol, and proves the occult dogmas. this is no place for philological disquisitions. but the reader may be reminded that the words ad and adi mean in sanskrit "the first; in aramaean "one (ad-ad "the only one; in assyrian "father" whence ak-ad or "father-creator* and once the statement is found correct it becomes rather difficult to confine adam to the mosaic bible alone, and to see therein simply a jewish name. vide part ii. of this volume "adam-adami" there is frequent confusion in the attributes and genealogies of the gods in their theogonie

n a general scale; the inspirer and the leader of the greatest heroes of this manvantara. in the exoteric works he is referred to by some very uncomplimentary names; such as "kali-karaka" strife-maker "kapi-vaktra" monkey-faced, and even "pisuna" the spy, though elsewhere he is called deva-brahma. even sir w. jones was strongly impressed with this mysterious character from what he gathered in his sanskrit studies. he compares him to hermes and mercury, and calls him "the eloquent messenger of the gods (see asiat. res. i. p. 264. all this led the late dr. kenealy("book of god, on the ground that the hindus believe him to be a great rishi "who is for ever wandering about the earth, giving good counsel" to see in him one of his twelve messiahs. he was, perhaps, not so far off the real track a

agician- asuramaya. the atlantean zodiacal records cannot err, as they were compiled under the guidance of those who first taught astronomy, among other things, to mankind. but here again we are deliberately and recklessly facing a new difficulty. we shall be told that our statement is contradicted by science, in the person of a man regarded as a great authority (in the west) upon all subjects of sanskrit literature- professor albrecht weber, of berlin. this, to our great regret, cannot be helped; and we are ready to maintain what is now stated. asuramaya, to whom the epic tradition points as the earliest astronomer in aryavarta, one to whom "the[[footnote(s* sesha, who is also ananta, the infinite, and the "cycle of eternity" in esotericism, is credited with having given his astronomical

dian zodiac, and feels inclined to think that the hindus never knew of a zodiac at all till "they had borrowed one from the greeks* this statement clashes with the most ancient traditions of india, and must therefore be ignored (vide "the zodiac and its antiquity. we are the more justified in ignoring it, as the learned german professor himself tells us in the introduction to his work (history of sanskrit literature) that "in addition to the natural obstacles which impede investigation (in india, there still prevails a dense mist of prejudices and preconceived opinions hovering over the land, and enfolding it as with a veil" caught in that veil, it is no wonder that dr. weber should himself have been led into involuntary errors. let us hope that he knows better now. now whether asuramaya i

prove that he was no myth, as dr. weber and others would make him. the[[vol. 2, page] 68 the secret doctrine. fact of "romaka-pura in the west" being named as the birth-place of this hero of the archaic ages, is the more interesting because it is so very suggestive of the esoteric teaching about the "sweat-born" races, the men born from the pores of their parents "romakupas" means "hair-pores" in sanskrit. in mahabharata xii. 10,308, a people named raumyas are said to have been created from the pores of virabhadara, the terrible giant, who destroyed daksha's sacrifice. other tribes and people are also represented as born in this way. all these are references to the later second and the earlier third root races. the following figures are from the calendar just referred to; a footnote marks

) and kind (b. each (also) inferior to his father (creator. the fathers, the boneless, could give no life to beings with[[vol. 2, page] 91 seven classes of pitris. bones. their progeny were bhuta (phantoms) with neither form nor mind, therefore they were called the chhaya (image or shadow) race (c (a) manu, as already remarked, comes from the root "man" to think, hence "a thinker" it is from this sanskrit word very likely that sprung the latin "mens" mind, the egyptian "menes" the "master-mind" the pythagorean monas, or conscious "thinking unit" mind also, and even our "manas" or mind, the fifth principle in man. hence these shadows are called amanasa "mindless" with the brahmins the pitris are very sacred, because they are the progenitors* or ancestors of men- the first manushya on this e

aken in connection with terrestrial fire only, their interpretation is an insult to every religion, including christianity, whose greatest mystery is thus dragged down to matter. the "friction" of divine pramantha and arani could suggest itself under this image only to the brutal conceptions of the german materialists- than whom there are none worse. it is true that the divine babe, agni with the sanskrit-speaking race, who became ignis with the latins, is born from the conjunction of pramantha and arani (svastica) during the sacrificial ceremony. but what of that? twashtri (viswakarman) is the "divine artist and carpenter* and is also the father of the gods and of creative fire in the vedas. so ancient is the symbol and so sacred, that there is hardly an excavation made on the sites of ol

ties without its being found. a number of such terra cotta discs, called fusaiolos, were found by dr. schliemann under the ruins of ancient troy. both these forms[[diagram] and[[diagram] were excavated in great abundance, their presence being one more proof that the ancient trojans and their ancestors were pure aryans (c) chhaya, as already explained, is the astral image. it bears this meaning in sanskrit works. thus sanjna (spiritual consciousness, the wife of surya, the sun, is shown retiring into the jungle to lead an ascetic life, and leaving behind to her husband her chhaya, shadow or image[[footnote(s* the "father of the sacred fire" writes prof. jolly "is twashtri. his mother was maya. he himself was styled akta (anointed[[christos, after the priest had poured upon his head the spir

s ultimate constitution, or i, the root of which is o (nought) in our conceptions, the all in nature and its mind. pro-mater is divine fire. it is the creator, the destroyer, the preserver. the primitive names of the gods are all connected with fire, from agni, the aryan, to the jewish god who "is a consuming fire" in india, god is called in various dialects, eashoor, esur, iswur, and is'vara, in sanskrit the lord, from isa, but this is primarily the name of siva, the destroyer; and the three vedic chief gods are agni (ignis, vayu, and surya- fire, air, and the sun, three occult degrees of fire. in the hebrew[[hebrew (aza, means to illuminate, and[[hebrew (asha) is fire. in occultism "to kindle a fire" is synonymous to evoking one of the three great fire-powers, or "to call on god" in sans

2, page] 130 the secret doctrine. fall down (i.e. into generation or matter; and (2 "to be, to continue- as a race. the aspirate of the word eua (eva "to be" being[[hebrew] heve (eve, which is the feminine of[[hebrew] and the same as hebe, the grecian goddess of youth and the olympian bride of heracles, makes the name jehovah appear still more clearly in its primitive doublesexed form. finding in sanskrit such syllables as jah and yah, e.g, jah (navi "ganges" and jagan-natha "lord of the world" it becomes clear why mr. rawlinson is so very confident in his works of an aryan or vedic influence on the early mythology of babylon. nor is it to be much wondered at that the alleged ten tribes of israel disappeared during the captivity period, without leaving a trace behind them, when we are info

ion to other islands in the neighbourhood of another large continent (america. it is this "atlantic" land which was connected with the "white island" and this white island was ruta; but it was not the atala and the "white devil" of colonel wilford (see "asiatic researches" vol. viii, p. 280, as already shown. it may well be remarked here that the dvapara yuga lasts 864,000 years, according to the sanskrit texts; and that, if the kali yuga began only about 5,000 years ago, that it is just 869,000 since that destruction took place. again, these figures are not very widely different from those given by the geologists, who place their "glacial period" 850,000 years ago. then "a woman was produced who came to manu and declared herself his daughter, with whom he lived and begat the offspring of

ni, may find its explanation in a certain letter from the inspirer of "esoteric buddhism" quoted on p. 68 "the majority of mankind belongs to the seventh sub-race of the fourth root-race- the above-mentioned chinamen and their off-shoots and branchlets (malayans, mongolians, tibetans, hungarians, finns, and even the esquimaux are all remnants of this last offshoot" padmapani, or avalokiteswara in sanskrit, is, in tibetan, chenresi. now, avalokiteswara is the great logos in its higher aspect and in the divine regions. but in the manifested planes, he is, like daksha, the progenitor (in a spiritual sense) of men. padmapani-avalokiteswara is called esoterically bhodhisatva (or dhyan chohan) chenresi vanchug "the powerful and all-seeing" he is considered now as the greatest protector of asia i

on other occasions when he has only two arms, he is chenresi, the dhyani and bhodisatva, chakna-padmakarpo "he who holds a lotus" his other name is chantong "he of the 1,000 eyes" when he is endowed with a thousand arms and hands, on the palm of each of which is represented an eye of wisdom, these arms radiating from his body like a forest of rays. another of his names is lokapati and lokanatha (sanskrit "lord of the world; and jigtengonpo (tibetan "protector and saviour against evil" of any kind. padmapani, however, is the "lotus-bearer" symbolically only for the profane; esoterically, it means the supporter of the kalpas, the last of which, the present maha-kalpa (the varaha, is called padma, and represents one half of the life of brahma. though a minor kalpa, it is called maha "great"

e spoken by some atlantean races, while other parent stocks of the fourth race preserved the mother-language. and as languages have their cyclic evolution, their childhood, purity, growth, fall into matter, admixture with other languages, maturity, decay and finally death* so the primitive speech of the most civilized atlantean races- that language, which is referred to as "rakshasi bhasa" in old sanskrit works- decayed and almost died out. while the "cream" of the fourth race gravitated more and more toward the apex of physical and intellectual evolution, thus leaving as an heirloom to the nascent fifth (the aryan) race the inflectional, highly developed languages, the agglutinative decayed and remained as a fragmentary fossil idiom, scattered now, and nearly limited to the aboriginal tri

BLAVATSKY H P COSMOGENESIS

nded to spell the word "budh-ism" this has to be laid directly at the door of those who, having been the first to bring the subject under public notice, neglected to point out the difference between "buddhism- the religious system of ethics preached by the lord gautama, and named after his title of buddha "the enlightened- and budha "wisdom" or knowledge (vidya, the faculty of cognizing, from the sanskrit root "budh" to know. we theosophists of india are ourselves the real culprits, although, at the time, we did our best to correct the mistake (see theosophist, june, 1883) to avoid this deplorable misnomer was easy; the spelling of the word had only to be altered, and by common consent both pronounced and written "budhism" instead of "buddhism" nor is the latter term correctly spelt and pr

ce of mr. sinnett's several interesting books is a visible proof of the fact. it is above everything important to keep in mind that no theosophical book acquires the least additional value from pretended authority. in etymology adi, and adhi budha, the one (or the first) and "supreme wisdom" is a term used by aryasanga in his secret treatises, and now by all the mystic northern buddhists. it is a sanskrit term, and an appellation given by the earliest aryans to the unknown deity; the word "brahma" not being found in the vedas and the early works. it means the absolute wisdom, and "adi-bhuta" is translated "the primeval uncreated cause of all" by fitzedward hall. aeons of untold duration must have elapsed, before the epithet of buddha was so humanized, so to speak, as to allow of the term b

nt religions, myths, and emblems were made to yield anything the symbologist wanted them to[[vol. 1, page] xxii introductory. yield, thus often giving out the rude outward form in place of the inner meaning. works, most remarkable for their ingenious deductions and speculations, in circulo vicioso, foregone conclusions generally changing places with premisses as in the syllogisms of more than one sanskrit and pali scholar, appeared rapidly in succession, over-flooding the libraries with dissertations rather on phallic and sexual worship than on real symbology, and each contradicting the other. this is the true reason, perhaps, why the outline of a few fundamental truths from the secret doctrine of the archaic ages is now permitted to see the light, after long millenniums of the most profou

given to them now; and now much more than ten years ago, when "isis unveiled" or even the later attempts to explain the mysteries of esoteric science, were published. one of the greatest, and, withal, the most serious objection to the correctness and reliability of the whole work will be the preliminary stanzas "how can the statements contained in them be verified" true, if a great portion of the sanskrit, chinese, and mongolian works quoted in the present volumes are known to some orientalists, the chief work- that one from which the stanzas are given- is not in the possession of european libraries. the book of dzyan (or "dzan) is utterly unknown to our philologists, or at any rate was never heard of by them under its present name. this is, of course, a great drawback[[vol. 1, page] xxiii

t any rate was never heard of by them under its present name. this is, of course, a great drawback[[vol. 1, page] xxiii introductory. to those who follow the methods of research prescribed by official science; but to the students of occultism, and to every genuine occultist, this will be of little moment. the main body of the doctrines given is found scattered throughout hundreds and thousands of sanskrit mss, some already translated- disfigured in their interpretations, as usual- others still awaiting their turn. every scholar, therefore, has an opportunity of verifying the statements herein made, and of checking most of the quotations. a few new facts (new to the profane orientalist, only) and passages quoted from the commentaries will be found difficult to trace. several of the teaching

y* it was a good lesson. it made the oriental scholars doubly cautious; but perchance it has also made some of them too shy, and caused, in its reaction, the pendulum of foregone conclusions to swing too much the other way. for "that first supply on the brahmanical market" made for colonel wilford, has now created an evident necessity and desire in the orientalists to declare nearly every archaic sanskrit manuscript so modern as to give to the missionaries full justification for availing themselves of the opportunity. that they do so and to the full extent of their mental powers, is shown by the absurd attempts of late to prove that the whole puranic story about chrishna was plagiarized by the brahmins from the bible! but the facts cited by the oxford professor in his lectures on the "scie

follow that the jews have not borrowed all they knew from the chaldean records, the latter being mutilated later on by eusebius. as to the chaldeans, they assuredly got their primitive learning from the brahmans, for rawlinson shows an undeniably vedic influence in the early mythology of babylon; and col. vans kennedy has long since justly declared that babylonia was, from her origin, the seat of sanskrit and brahman learning. but all such proofs must lose their value, in the presence of the latest theory worked out by prof. max muller. what it is everyone knows. the code of phonetic laws has now become a universal solvent for every identification and "connection" between[[footnote(s* see max muller's "introduction to the science of religion" lecture on false analogies in comparative theol

of. max muller. what it is everyone knows. the code of phonetic laws has now become a universal solvent for every identification and "connection" between[[footnote(s* see max muller's "introduction to the science of religion" lecture on false analogies in comparative theology, pp. 288 and 296 et seq. this relates to the clever forgery (on leaves inserted in old puranic mss, in correct and archaic sanskrit, of all that the pundits of col. wilford had heard from him about adam and abraham, noah and his three sons, etc, etc[[vol. 1, page] xxxii introductory. the gods of many nations. thus, though the mother of mercury (budha, thot-hermes, etc, was maia, the mother of buddha (gautama, also maya, and the mother of jesus, likewise maya (illusion, for mary is mare, the sea, the great illusion sym

ents, showing its character and presence in every land, together with the teaching of all its great adepts, exist to this day in the secret crypts of libraries belonging to the occult fraternity. this statement is rendered more credible by a consideration of the following facts: the tradition of the thousands of ancient parchments saved when the alexandrian library was destroyed; the thousands of sanskrit works which disappeared in india in the reign of akbar; the universal tradition in china and japan that the true old texts with the commentaries, which alone make them comprehensible- amounting to many thousands of volumes- have long passed out of the reach of profane hands; the disappearance of the vast sacred and occult literature of babylon; the loss of those keys which alone could sol

d, and[[footnote(s* lun yu( i a) schott "chinesische literatur" p. 7 "life of confucius" p. 96* this is no pretension to prophecy, but simply a statement based on the knowledge of facts. every century an attempt is being made to show the world that occultism[[footnote continued on next page[[vol. 1, page] xxxviii introductory. called "a modern forgery" even so recently as fifty years ago? was not sanskrit proclaimed at one time the progeny of, and a dialect derived from, the greek, according to lempriere and other scholars? about 1820, prof. max muller tells us, the sacred books of the brahmans, of the magians, and of the buddhists "were all but unknown, their very existence was doubted, and there was not a single scholar who could have translated a line of the veda. of the zend avesta, or

e absolute reality which antecedes all manifested, conditioned, being. this infinite and eternal cause- dimly formulated in the "unconscious" and "unknowable" of current european philosophy- is the rootless root of "all that was, is, or ever shall be" it is of course devoid of all attributes and is essentially without any relation to manifested, finite being. it is "be-ness" rather than being (in sanskrit, sat, and is beyond all thought or speculation. this "be-ness" is symbolised in the secret doctrine under two aspects. on the one hand, absolute abstract space, representing bare subjectivity, the one thing which no human mind can either exclude from any conception, or conceive of by itself. on the other, absolute abstract motion representing unconditioned consciousness. even our western

nifestation[[footnote(s[[footnote continued from previous page] cannot be the absolute, for it is a manifestation. therefore, eastern occultism calls the abstract all the "causeless one cause" the "rootless root" and limits the "first cause" to the logos, in the sense that plato gives to this term* see mr. subba row's four able lectures on the bhagavad gita "theosophist" february, 1887* called in sanskrit "upadhi[[vol. 1, page] 16 the secret doctrine. but just as the opposite poles of subject and object, spirit and matter, are but aspects of the one unity in which they are synthesized, so, in the manifested universe, there is "that" which links spirit to matter, subject to object. this something, at present unknown to western speculation, is called by the occultists fohat. it is the "bridg

ow find him will form the subject of book ii- note. the stanzas which form the thesis of every section are given throughout in their modern translated version, as it would be worse[[vol. 1, page] 23 proem. than useless to make the subject still more difficult by introducing the archaic phraseology of the original, with its puzzling style and words. extracts are given from the chinese thibetan and sanskrit translations of the original senzar commentaries and glosses on the book of dzyan- these being now rendered for the first time into a european language. it is almost unnecessary to state that only portions of the seven stanzas are here given. were they published complete they would remain incomprehensible to all save the few higher occultists. nor is there any need to assure the reader th

complete they would remain incomprehensible to all save the few higher occultists. nor is there any need to assure the reader that, no more than most of the profane, does the writer, or rather the humble recorder, understand those forbidden passages. to facilitate the reading, and to avoid the too frequent reference to footnotes, it was thought best to blend together texts and glosses, using the sanskrit and tibetan proper names whenever those cannot be avoided, in preference to giving the originals. the more so as the said terms are all accepted synonyms, the former only being used between a master and his chelas (or disciples. thus, were one to translate into english, using only the substantives and technical terms as employed in one of the tibetan and senzar versions, verse i would rea

BLUE EQUINOX

ourse the talk about .nirvanic bliss. is misleading when one reflects that this quality of bliss or ananda arising with the first jhana, has already disappeared, never to return, in the second. the whole question of nibbana is hopelessly entangled with moonshine metaphysic and misinterpretation and false tradition. it must be remembered that nibbana is merely the pali, the vulgar dialect, for the sanskrit nirvana, and that nirvana is a state characterizing moksha, which is the liberation resulting from nirvikalpa- samadhi. but then mokhsa is defined by the hindus as unity with parabrahman; and parabrahman is without quantity or quality, not subject to change in any way, altogether beyond manvantara and pralaya; and so on. in one sense he is pure atman. 1 see crowley.s .the three characteri

ymbol alike of the beginning, the way and the end. in this particular passage it is however principally synonymous with will, and will has been so fully dealt with in book 4, part ii, that it will save trouble if we assume that the reader is familiar with that masterpiece (subjection vi) this, too, has been carefully described in book 4, part i. there is a distinction between buddhist .jhana. and sanskrit dhyana, though etymologically the former is a corruption of the latter. the craze for classification which obsesses the dull minds of the learned has been peculiarly pernicious in the east. in order to divide states of thought into 84 classes, which is.to their fatuity!.an object in itself, because 84 is seven times twelve, they do not hesitate to invent names for quite imaginary states o

.d by persons unknown. the e-text of liber lxxi used as a base appears to be an unproofed ocr of the version in equinox iv (1. it has been edited to conform with the version in gems from the equinox which is more closely based on the blue equinox version (some notes from the latter publication which appear to be by regardie or another later editor are omitted. as such transliteration of technical sanskrit and pali terms has been conformed with crowley and blavatsky.s original useage. the stylistic conventions used in liber xv to distinguish speeches from directions do not necessarily reflect those used in the print edition. in the .curriculum of a.a. a few titles on the .course i. reading list which were inadvertently omitted in the printed edition have been restored based on the appendix

BOOK OF JASHAR

re might have seemed to him. the whole human story is brought full circle as cain brings his vision of us into focus, even as we try to imagine him and the others who were there at the start of the human story. at this point in the story, the gap between human and animal is still narrow enough to be crossed once more, when rama (whose name might come from the hebrew word meaning high, or from the sanskrit word meaning joy, but the modern reader may be reminded of ramapithecus, the daughter of flo (and faben, becomes seth's mate. their daughter is jashar, the title character. we may suppose that jashar is in her teens and cain is close to forty when they meet and are drawn together after his return from exile. human's blessing at the marriage of cain and jashar brings us back to the fundame

BUCKLAND RAYMOND COMPLETE BOOK OF WITCHCRAFT

/ buckland's complete book of witchcraft create your own reality. you only need to have the desire and be willing to expend the effort. how meditation works to understand how meditation works we must examine human make-up on a conscious level and must also realize that we are spiritual as well as physical beings. the physical and spiritual bodies are connected at the vital centers, known by their sanskrit name chakra (see figure 7.1. in meditation the mysterious psychic energy can be sent up through these centers. this very potent force is called the kundalini, or "serpent power. as this mighty force begins to flow within you, these vital psychic centers the chakras begin to open in successive order. on a conscious level, consider the total consciousness as a sort of sandwich. on one side

CASE PAUL F THE BOOK OF TOKENS

neither men nor angels may draw nigh. nothing conscious of separatencss can approach the reality of the absolute. when all at last return to the one, the differences that constitute various classes, such as plants, animals, men, and angels, will vanish. 4 "i am the vital principle of all that is" this is a reference to the attribution of ruach to the letter aleph. the hebrew ruach is analogous to sanskrit prana, greek pneuma, and latin spiritus. every one of these words means breath, and every one means life. the meditation says emphatically that this life-breath animates even those forms which are commonly regarded as being lifeless. 5 the phrase "my works unfinished" is a key to the whole philosophy of good and evil running through these meditations. in the thought of the author, we live

CASSANDRA EASON A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGIC

. so go cautiously, work only in the most positive of minds for the good of all, and for trance work have other experienced witches or mediums to guide you and help you to centre. the gods themselves can offer protection when you are performing rituals. in formal magick, the guardians, or devic lords of the watchtower, are invited to guard the four directions of a magical circle. the term deva in sanskrit means 'shining one, and the devas represent the higher forms, akin to angels, who watch and direct the natural world. they communicate with people by psychic 'chanelling' and rule over the beings associated with the four elements, fire, air, water and earth. in less formal practices, either archangels or pillars of light may be visualised in the corners of the room to offer protection at

as protection from death and wounding. tiger's eye is also associated with practical aspects of life and enhances the five senses. thus it can alert us to physical danger as well as potential malice. it is seite 95 wicca01.txt effective in tackling gossip, backbiting and spite in a firm but creative way, and is perhaps best of all for creating a sparkling shield of protection. topaz topaz is the sanskrit word for 'fire. topaz increases power as the moon waxes, being at its greatest potency at the time of the full moon. perhaps because of this, topaz was said to be proof against nightmares, night terrors and phantoms and malice of the night as well as violent emotions. water in which a topaz has been soaked is a cure for insomnia if drunk an hour before bedtime. a natural energiser, golden

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you should make sure your smoke detector has fresh batteries) the more you practice, the more effective the mind becomes at blocking out unwelcome stimuli. after you have done this for a week or two and it is starting to get really old and boring, it is time to add something that will control your mind still further and that is a mantra. don't panic! you don't have to try to remember something in sanskrit that translates roughly "the sacred cow has defecated on the jain in the garden of vishnu" all a mantra is a set of words or sounds which you think in order to keep other thoughts from intruding. sit comfortably. try to breathe regularly, in a set rhythm, but do not become overly concerned about that. your body has its own rate of breathing that it likes and if you upset that rate your bo

DAVID ICKE AND THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE

s happening during a 'near death experience' or an 'out of body experience' when people leave their physical bodies for a time before returning to tell remarkably similar stories of what happened to them. life is forever- for everyone. our mental, emotional, and spiritual selves are a series of magnetic energy fields interacting with each other via vortices of energy widely known by the hindu and sanskrit word, chakra, which means wheel of light. these vortices are spirals of energy which intersect all levels of our being and pass energies between them. it is through this system that an imbalance on the emotional level, perhaps caused by stress, is passed on to the other levels of our being, including, eventually, the physical body. this is how stress causes illness. what we call 'physical

this is paralleled by many of today's accounts of extraterrestrial abductees who have told of being taken into other dimensions of reality by ets, sometimes in their body, sometimes out of it. st paul and the prophet called enoch speak of seeing many heavens when they were 'taken up; this corresponds with the stories in the vedas, the ancient holy books of india which were written in the original sanskrit language. these describe seven higher planes and seven lower planes around this planet. some people still talk of being in 'seventh heaven' when something wonderful happens to them. one of these 'planes' is our third dimension and just above us vibrationally is the level which has manipulated us. in the book of enoch, the 'watchers' sound remarkably like extraterrestrials. the dead sea sc

f this document. it included all top secret ufo activity from 1942 to 1951 and this involved reported landings, sightings, ufo crashes, human abductions, and ets captured by the government. this could all quite easily be disinformation because there is so much of that in the ufo scene. but the report did contain many interesting points. it said that the language of the captured ets was similar to sanskrit, the ancient language of the indian holy texts, the vedas, which contain many references to what appear to be spacecraft and flying machines known as the vimanas and to extraterrestrial 'gods. the grudge report said that the nourishment absorbed by the ets they examined was based on chlorophyll, which (as is now known) exists throughout what we call space and not just on earth. in the ved

lp humanity get out of prison? it is certainly a possibility. the native american tribe, the iroquois, have a legend of an iroquois maiden marrying the chief of the sky people. the geologist, christian o'brien, suggested that hebrew and sumerian texts refer to a race of beings known as the 'shining ones, a term he connects with the hebrew word, elohim. it is no coincidence that the devas from the sanskrit and the angels of christianity are also 'shining ones. the incas of peru referred to 'shining ones' too. o'brien says that it was the beings known as the elohim which created modern humanity from early human forms through genetic manipulation. he adds that some of them, the 'watchers' in the book of enoch, mated with humans and he believes that the alleged founders of the semitic race, sh

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. the netherlands is a major centre for them and that is one of the dampest countries in the world with much of it reclaimed from the sea. also, the cold and damp castles and palaces of the aristocracy in europe are their preferred habitat. the recurrence of anu, as in the anunnaki (and an or anu, their "leader, is a common theme in ancient mythology. we have anubis and anukis, and in the ancient sanskrit language the word anu-pa means "a watery country".33 the ancient legends and beliefs suggest that the sirius system is very watery with dense vegetation- perfect for amphibians and the reptilian species. chinese traditions claim that their civilisation was founded by an amphibious being called fu-hsi or fuxi in 3322bc. one description says he had a serpent's body and a man's head and he i

ry name aryan comes from the word "arri, meaning noble one. the il luminat i refer to their bloodlines as royal and noble, hence nobility and aristocracy or ari-stock-racy. the name sum-arian is, therefore, very appropriate. the sumer empire l.a.waddell's br i ll iant research really begins with the foundation of sumer around 4000bc. he was an expert in sumerian and egyptian hieroglyphics and the sanskrit language of the indus valley. a rare gift indeed, and this allowed him to travel these regions, reading the ancient accounts and the stories on the temples and monuments to show without question that sumer, egypt, and the indus valley were parts of one empire based on sumer (figure 10. it should be emphasised, however, that before the cataclysm a high civilisation had existed for tens of

he indian culture they called these flying craft vimanas. there were several designs of these craft. some were cigar-shaped while others were described as doubledecked with a dome and porthole windows. both types are regularly described in ufo sightings today. the ancient indian texts describe anti-gravity technology of the type used in "flying saucers. so much so that when the chinese discovered sanskrit documents in tibet and sent them to the university of chandrigarh for translation, they were found to contain the knowledge to build interstellar spaceships, according to the university's dr ruth reyna.2 yet the documents are thousands of years old! dr reyna revealed that these ships were known as "astras" and it was claimed they could fly to any planet. some texts talk about them flying

come to the present day, the more the reptilians have become the dominant force in this manipulation. through their interbreeding programmes they infiltrated the bloodlines of the nordics and covertly changed their dna and became their "royalty. i found direct references to this theme in the indian (formerly indus valley) works, like the book of dzyan, one the unholy alliance 93 of the oldest of sanskrit accounts, and the epics, mahabharata and the ramayana. the book of dzyan tells of how a reptilian race it calls the sarpa or great dragons came from the skies to bring civilisation to the world. the deluge that ended the golden age, it says, wiped out a race of "giants (nordics) but the serpent gods survived and returned to rule. they are described as having the face of a human, but the t

ing reptilian gargoyle figures, which the bloodlines have on their homes, cathedrals, churches, and other buildings, including the british houses of parliament. seraph in the king james version of the bible is translated as "fiery serpent" and would seem to derive from the same root as the sumerian, seru, the name of a serpent in the epic of gilgamesh (the origin of the "noah" story, and sarpa, a sanskrit term for the indian reptilian "gods, the nagas. the jewish talmud forbids the depiction of the dragon, as it does the sun and the moon, both symbols of major anunnaki figures. a fragment of the hebrew dead sea scrolls, translated by the hebrew scholar, robert eisenman, includes a description of a "watcher" known as belial (an origin of the "sun gods" bel and baal. it calls him the "prince

legends and accounts, describe indra as tall, fair, invincible, and armed with a bolt. this is how eindri or thor is described in the edda and waddell concluded from considerable research that the european god, thor, and the hindu god, indra, were the same person, and that this guy was also the first "aryan" king of sumer. the vedas connect indra to the greek god zeus, also known as jupiter. some sanskrit scholars regarded indra as the same as jupiter and suggested that he was a heroic human king who had led the early aryans or "nordics" to victory against the "serpent cult. waddell produces a stream of evidence to show that the hindu god, indra, and the european, thor, after whom we get thursday or "thors-day, are the same person or deity. he also says that the legend of thor is the origi

ruled the underworld.8 the romans knew her as mana or mania. her ancestral spirits were called "manes, as in the mane of the lion, so associated with the serpent cult, and of the horse, so connected with the amazons or valkeries. from the names mana and mania we get the word to describe crazed behaviour. this is derived from worship of the moon goddess, as in moon-madness or "lunacy. mantra, the sanskrit term for projecting vibrations by chanting words or sounds, comes from the same root. manu was the name for the indian version of noah, who survived the deluge with the help of the great serpent vasuki" in earlier times manu was the womb of the goddess. the levites, those babylonian mystery school initiates, invented an entire history for the hebrews to hide the real story and create a fi

torical document and this is utterly ludicrous if it had actually happened. the greek historian herodotus (c.485-425bc) travelled and researched the lands and history of egypt and the near east and yet he heard nothing of king solomon, the mass exodus of "israelites" from egypt, or the egyptian army drowned in the red sea. neither did the greek philosopher, plato. l.a. waddell, a fluent reader of sanskrit, sumerian, and egyptian, researched that whole region in great detail. he concluded "there is absolutely no inscriptional evidence whatsoever, nor any ancient greek or roman reference, for the existence of abraham or any of the jewish patriarchs or prophets of the old testament, nor for moses, saul, david, solomon, nor any of the jewish kings, with the mere exception of two, or at most th

through the brain. people with brain damage do not have damaged minds; they have a damaged computer, which cannot transmit the messages of the mind to the physical level of experience. the mind is an energy field working through the brain, not the brain itself. our emotions are another energy field and these different levels of being are connected through a series of vortexes known as "chakras, a sanskrit word meaning "wheels of light. in this way, stress in our emotional energy field, which manifests as an imbalanced vibration, is passed down the levels through the chakras. what is the first thing that happens when we get stressed and emotional? we stop thinking straight. this is the imbalanced emotional vibration disrupting the clarity and balance of the mental energy field. if the stres

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again and again in my research and how appropriatethat in north america white people are known as caucasian. even according to officialhistory it was a white aryan race from the caucasus mountains region which movedinto the indus valley of india about 1550 bc and created what is today known as thehindu religion. it was this same aryan race (they called themselves arya) whichintroduced the ancient sanskrit language to india and the stories and myths contained inthe hindu holy books, the v edas. l. a. waddell, in his outstanding research into thisaryan race, established that the father of the first historical aryan king of india (recordedin the maha-barata epic and indian buddhist history) was the last historical king of thehittites in asia minor.24 the indian aryans worshipped the sun as th

ika can be seen on a stone dedicated to the phoenician sun-godbel, which was found at craig-narget in scotland and was used to decorate the robes oftheir high priestesses (see figures 10 and 11. i read that the name swastika comes fromfigure 10: the swastika, the phoenician sun symbol, on thephoenician craig-narget stone in scotland and, figure 11, onthe robe of a phoenician high priestess. 68the sanskrit word, svasti, which means well-being, and it was considered a positivesymbol until the nazis turned it around and made it a symbol of destruction. l. a.waddell translated the markings on another stone in scotland, the newton stone in thedumfries and galloway region, to be phoenician-hittite and dedicated to their sun god,bel or bil. the classic british symbol of britannia comes from the p

been controlled and manipulated in this way since the christiancreed sank its fangs of fear, guilt and violence, deep into the human spirit. actually ibelieve-in original sin myself. some of my sins have been very original. if you are goingto sin, make it original, thats what i say.our spiritual, mental, emotional and physical levels of being are connected byvortices of energy known as chakras (a sanskrit word meaning: wheels of light. it is114through these chakra vortices that imbalances on one level are passed on to another (seefigure 18. thus when we get very emotionally stressed, the first thing that happens isthat we stop thinking straight. the imbalance on the emotional level is transmitted to themental level. this is eventually passed onto the physical level if the imbalance is notc

n formed to protect pilgrims in the holy land, but for the firstnine years it seems there were only nine of them. some protection. it doesnt take agenius to see that this was a smokescreen for something else. in fact, it would appearthey were formed as the protectors and military wing of a secret society called theorder of sion, later the priory of sion. the word sion comes from siona, theancient sanskrit (aryan) name for. the sun.1 here we go again. among the latergrand masters of the priory of sion, according to the book, holy blood, holy grail,2was leonardo da vinci, who was sponsored by the de medici banking family of thev enetian black nobility. they would also sponsor christopher columbus. among themost important sponsors and supporters of the early templars was st bernard, thefounde

. we have our intellect, emotions, spirit and so on, all resonating todifferent frequencies, but interpenetrating each other through a series of vortices knownfigure 57: fear is along, slow wavelengthand activates very few ofour dna antennaswhich connect us withthe cosmos.figure 58: love is ashort, fast wavelengthwhich activates manymore antennas andreconnects us with allthat is. 468as chakras, a sanskrit wordmeaning wheels of light. as imentioned earlier, it is throughthese chakra vortices thatemotional imbalances are passedto the mental level and, if itcontinues, to the physical level.this is how stress causes illnessand why we stop thinking straightwhen we are emotionally upset.the seven main chakras areplaced between the bottom of thespine and the top of the head as infigure 59. the lo

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ed. by this, i mean it intensified the energies in the room. this shows that we can use symbols interactively to intensify aetheric energy and convert it into any force we want since all forces are modes of aetheric energy. 1.5.6 more planar pattern energy observations another series of experiments were performed to check out the energy fields of three simple energy patterns. the symbols were the sanskrit om symbol, a circle with a dot in the center and a circle with petals inside. these are shown in figure 1.5.6-1. figure 1.5.6-1 energy manipulation with planar shapes 1.6 blocking energy using rule of four in divining, the primary sense by herbert weaver 11, he recounts a discovery by a dowser, lawerence veale, wherein a simple cross of four lines would block the signal from a "witness" t

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et. in astrology (q.v, the asteroid named after the roman goddess who served as the ruler of the harvest. she is the roman version of the greek goddess demeter. keywords include: mother, abandonment, fertility, alternative parenting- including foster parenting, nurturing, governess, nanny, menopause, ecological, domesticating, animal husbandry, agriculture, survival, compassion, anger. chakras: a sanskrit (hindu) term meaning "wheels" the term is usually pronounced "shah-krah-z" the correct pronunciation is actually "kahk-rahs" these are power centers in the aura (q.v) related to organs or glands in the body. chakras are not in the body per se; they are actually whirls, circles, or lotuses which are seen in the aura. they are in the physical body, because they reside in the astral body. in

balah, practical: refers to kabalistic methods of making talismans (q.v) and amulets (q.v. kabalah, unwritten: that part of the kabalah which deals with the correspondences of the tree of life (q.v. kalakakra: a tantrik magick circle. see tantra. karezza: a male technique for delaying orgasm. it is said by the oriental mystics, to have beneficial effects to both members of a loving couple. karma: sanskrit for "action" it is the law of cause and effect extended to its widest possible this law states that you get back what you give out. a very important concept in hindu philosophy that is used to justify apparent injustices in the world. according to the law of karma every action, however small, has its inescapable consequences. sooner or later each good action is repaid by good, and each ev

ation and eventual publication of many classic grimoires (q.v) of ceremonial magick (q.v) including the sacred magic of abramelin the mage, the greater key of solomon the king, the goetia of the lesser keys of solomon the king, and the armadel of magic. additionally, s.l. mathers translated portions of the zohar and commentaries upon the kabbalah entitled, the kabbalah unveiled. maya: illusion. a sanskrit word which does not mean, as many people believe, that the world is an illusion. actually, it means that our interpretation of the world around us is an illusion. the world is not totally what we perceive it to be. meditation: 1) the act of quieting the small voice of the conscious so that you can commune with your higher self and the universe. 2) the act of turning the mind inward with f

is the title of the fifth degree of membership, and correlates to the sephiroth of hode (q.v. the primary principle of this grade is based on mastering the element of air (q.v. this grade was originally used by the hermetic order of the golden dawn (q.v, and was related to that order as being related to the element of water (q.v) in their initiatory pattern. prana: pronounced "prahn-yah" it is a sanskrit word referring to psychic energy that is in the air we breathe. priest/ priestess: from the anglo saxon "preost" from the late latin "presbyter" meaning "an elder. in the christian faith, a member of the clergy who is ordained to perform and administer the sacraments of the church for a congregation of believers. in the order of the astral star, an adept who has been so ordained. this cla

n: a type of charm (q.v. any object, sacred or profane, with or without appropriate symbols, charged or consecrated toward the achieving of a specific end. for occultists today, a device that will draw something (health, money, wisdom, etc) toward the practitioner or wearer. tallit: a prayer shawl used by male jews during prayer. talmud: a huge commentary on the jewish law, or torah (q.v. tantra: sanskrit for "warp and woof of all creation" or "that which extends knowledge" a mystical philosophy from ancient india (and later tibet) which sees the physical world as spiritual. also, several books about tantrik philosophy. tantra centers on the great mother, shakti, as the fountain of all life. in the west, it is understood in a narrow sense to be the yogic practices and rituals involve pierc

aginary eye located on the forehead between the eyebrows which is said to be the astral organ of psychic sight and clairvoyance (q.v. thought control: a form of sex magick (q.v) which is a method of controlling sexual energy via the mind during sexual excitation and orgasm. tikune: hebrew for "correct" pronounced "tee-koon" according to donald michael kraig, the word tikoon is synonymous with the sanskrit word, karma (q.v. times, observance of: traditionally in magick, it has been considered essential to take into account the arrangement of the stars and planets in the heavens when working a ritual. even the hours of the day and night were assigned the seven ancient planets. a magician who takes astrology into account when working magick is said to observe the times. see hours, magickal. t

the divine being is a blending of everything physical, mental, and spiritual. also indicates that the nature of the divine being is a blending of opposites. this word has been mis-pronounced as yahweh and mis-transliterated as jehovah by ill informed people. even to this day, the name is said to be so holy by the jews, the word, adonai, is said in yhvh's place while reading the scriptures. yoga: sanskrit for "union" especially refers to a union between a person and divinity. religious disciplines of hinduism (q.v. hatha yoga, which involves physical postures and breathing techniques designed to promote a unity of mind and body, and a unity between man and god, is only one of the many systems of yoga. raja yoga involves mental exercises, karma yoga relies on good works, and bhakti yoga use

rgy at the base of the spine and causing it to rise up to the head, bringing enlightenment. yoga, laya: pronounced "lie yoga" it uses breath and visualization to recreate the changes that the physical and spiritual bodies go through during sexual activity. this is usually presented as an allegory of causing the kundalini (q.v) energy to rise. it is the source idea for kundalini yoga (q.v. yoni: a sanskrit term for the female genitalia- z- zelator: a term that means "one who is zealous" in the order of the astral star [o.a.s (q.v, a zelator is the title of the third degree of membership, and correlates to the air of earth in the sephiroth of malkuth (i.e. the citrine colored quarter of malkuth. the primary principle of this grade is based on mastering the element of earth (q.v. zen: a buddh

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ower at any given level, and this system of notation is the basis of ceremonial magic with its names of power, and also of talismanic magic and the tarot system of divination. it is for this reason that it is said of the "barbarous names of evocation" that not so much as a letter may be changed, for these names are formulae based on the hebrew alphabet, which is the sacred language of the west as sanskrit is the sacred language of the east. in hebrew, moreover, each letter is also a number, so the names are numerical formulae; a most intricate system of metaphysical mathematics, called gematria, is based on this principle. there are aspects of gematria which i, at the present stage of my knowledge at any rate, consider debased and idle, being the accretions of superstition, but the basic i

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principles, and out of it the others are created. these subtle principles, or tattvas, are related to the five senses of human beings and to basic elements of matter: earth (prithivi, water (apas, fire (tejas, and air (vayu. the all-pervading akasha is responsible for vibrations of light and sound. sources: prasad, rama. the science of breath and the philosophy of the tattvas, translated from the sanskrit, with introductory and explanatory essays on nature s finer forces. london: theosophical publishing society, 1897. akashic records a theosophical term denoting a kind of central filing system of all events, thoughts, and actions impressed upon an astral plane, which may be consulted in certain conditions of consciousness. events are believed to make an impression upon the akasha, or subtl

tions. the christian fathers, for the most part, believed angels possessed bodies of heavenly substance (tertullian calls it angelified flesh, and, if not, they could assume a corporeal presence at their pleasure. in fact, all the actions recorded of angels in scripture imply human bodies and attributes. some theosophists regard angels as related to fairy life, part of the devic kingdom (from the sanskrit term deva, or divine being. reports of encounters with visitors from flying saucers often suggest a secular form of angel life. contemporary interest in angels the existence of angels, especially guardian angels, has been a common theme of popular western lore. it has been the subject of numerous christian texts and been championed in metaphysical lore by the likes of flower a. newhouse

ld reflects the structure of the whole. other laws deal with basic observations concerning motion, polarity, cycles, cause and effect, gender, and mind. the acceptance of these laws leads to a number of spiritual practices. central to astara is lama yoga, a method of mind expansion originally taught to earlyne chaney by the masters. the law of vibration has led to the practice of reciting om, the sanskrit word believed to encompass the creative energy of the universe. along with other yogic and meditative techniques, astara recommends a natural food diet that leans toward vegetarianism. astara is headquartered in a complex in upland, california, where members congregate and regular sunday services and a cycle of conferences and retreats are held throughout the year. most members relate to

sri aurobindo ghosh( sri is an honorific pronounced shree) was born arvinda ackroyd ghose in calcutta, india, on august 15, 1872, and educated in britain, where he spent nearly 15 years. he studied in london and cambridge, where he mastered greek and latin literature as well as the french, german, and italian languages. he returned to india and worked as a teacher in baroda, becoming a scholar in sanskrit and other indian languages. after the partition of bengal, aurobindo became a leader of a newly formed national party with the goal of home rule. when violence broke out in bengal, he was arrested for sedition but was acquitted. he was again arrested and acquitted, but a third prosecution commenced while he was detained in prison. during his imprisonment he underwent profound spiritual ex

esoteric religious scriptures and became a leading authority on hindu tantra and yoga. sources: avalon, arthur. the garland of letters: varnamala; studies in the mantra-shastra. madras, india: ganesh, 1922. the serpent power. madras, india: ganesh, 1924. shakti and shakta. 3d ed. madras, india: ganesh, 1929. avatar a term used in hindu religion to indicate the incarnation of a deity. avatara is a sanskrit word meaning descent, and the hindu gods take on animal or human form in different ages for the welfare of the world. in hindu mythology, the god brahma (originally known as the creator prajapati) became successively incarnated as a boar, a tortoise, and a fish, to assist the development of the world in prehistory. certain hindu scriptures ascribe these incarnations to the god vishnu (the

d to hamadan, where, worn out with years of sensual indulgence, he died, at the age of 58. avicenna wrote nearly 100 works on philosophy, mathematics, and medicine and at least seven treatises on the philosophers stone of alchemy. his book of the canon of medicine acquired european celebrity and has been translated into latin several times. avichi a theosophical concept of hell, deriving from the sanskrit word for isolation. although it is a place of torment, it differs in great degree from the dominant conception of hell. its torments are the torments of fleshly cravings, which for want of a physical body cannot be satisfied. people remain after death exactly the same entity as before, and, if in life an individual has been obsessed with strong desires or passions, such obsession still co

coin with inscription; 30 to 40 chinese carved figures in ivory of exquisite workmanship and draped in silk arranged to represent a royal court, a complete mandarin s robe which a friend of williams saw fall from the ceiling, live birds. babylonian cuneiform tablets. punic tablets, faience figures from egypt, cut and polished stone and coins, coins in gold, silver, and copper with inscriptions in sanskrit, persian, and arabic; plaster casts of hands and feet of adults and children obtained from materialisations, etc. williams says that half the homes of sydney are stocked with these apports. bailey held daily seances and charged a small fee only. it could not possibly cover the cost of fraudulently producing such a wide variety of apports. bailey s phenomena confounded many psychic researc

it picking and salmon packing. in 1905 he teamed up with mortimer k. hargis to found the bacchante academy to teach hypnotism and soul charming (concerned bermechobus encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 174 with sex mysteries, but the organization disappeared a year later in the wake of the san francisco earthquake. coons changed his name to pierre arnold bernard after founding his sanskrit college in new york in 1909. the venture was not altogether successful, and bernard moved to new jersey where he married a miss de vries, a professional dancer. together they launched a highly successful health system of tantrism, embodying hatha yoga, dancing, and psychophysical education. in 1919 bernard s organization, the brae burn club, was situated in a mansion and estate at nyack o

czechoslovakian chemist and member of the czechoslovak parapsychology study group, headed by dr. milan ryzl. bezucha was born january 10, 1928, at nemyslovice and studied at high chemical school, college of chemical technology, prague. in 1955 he married eva fickova. bhagavad gita of the large number of holy books revered within hindu culture, the bhagavad gita, a short work originally written in sanskrit, is by far the most popular. an epic poem, it lays out a path of mystical devotion to krishna, one of the primary deities in the hindu pantheon, and describes the hindu perspective on such essential teachings as reincarnation and karma. it was one of the first books translated by western scholars as they began to study eastern teachings in the eighteenth century, and it was widely circula

orld. he compiled this information in his great treatise on astrology, originally written on palm leaves. no complete manuscript is known, but large sections are rumored to exist somewhere in india. a printed version is said to comprise some 200 volumes, but most indian astrologers who use the system work with loose manuscript pages. these are supposed to give the name of the client compiled from sanskrit syllables approximating names in any language, with details of past, present, and future life, as well as previous incarnations. in addition to his fee, the astrologer usually proposes the sponsorship of a special religious rite to propitiate the gods for past sins. indian astrologers reported using the bhrigu- samhita include pandit devakinandan shastri of swarsati phatak, in the old cit

tied in bundles. the astrologers first compiled a graph, rather like a western horoscope, but featuring the date of lane s arrival at the house. according to hindu tradition, all consultations with the bhrigu-samhita are preordained, and the moment of arrival is the key to discovery of the correct leaf, which indicates not only the life pattern and destiny of the inquirer, but also his name in a sanskrit equivalent of the language of the inquirer. lane stated that after inspection of various bundles of leaves, taken down from the shelf and examined, the correct leaf was found in about 15 or 20 minutes. lane was shown the leaf, and the sanskrit inscriptions were translated: a young man has come from a far-off land across the sea. his name is david lane and he has come with a pandit [schola

various bundles of leaves, taken down from the shelf and examined, the correct leaf was found in about 15 or 20 minutes. lane was shown the leaf, and the sanskrit inscriptions were translated: a young man has come from a far-off land across the sea. his name is david lane and he has come with a pandit [scholar] and a swami. lane questioned how his name could be known, and the swami showed him the sanskrit equivalent of the bhrigu leaf. the reading continued: the young man is here to study dharma [religious duty] and meet with holy men and saints. other personal details were also given, including a sketch of lane s past and present lives. he expected to be able to make a copy of the leaf with its reading, but to his surprise he was told that he could keep the original leaf. the astrologer e

e exercised an enormous influence over some of the most talented individuals of her time, and they passed along her ideas to a wider culture. through the theosophical society, she stimulated translation of important hindu scriptures and philosophical works. she encouraged national pride in indian culture, literature, religion, and aspirations for home rule, and she founded an important archive of sanskrit manuscripts at adyar, madras. the theosophical society she co-founded was a forerunner of the famous secret society the hermetic order of the golden dawn and numeorus other occult groups. the irish literary renaissance owes much to the hindu mysticism of william butler yeats and george w. russell, who were both influenced by the teachings of the theosophical society. sources: barker, a. t

l development of each root-race and founder of religions, which he propagates through his messengers. sources: the bodhisattva doctrine in buddhism. waterloo, ontario: canadian corporation for studies in religion, wilfrid laurier university press, 1981. candragomin. difficult beginnings: three works on the bodhisattva path. boston: shambhala, 1985. dayal, har. the bodhisattva doctrine in buddhist sanskrit literature. delhi, india: motilal banarsidass, 1970. bodhi tree book review the bodhi tree book review is a publication of the bodhi tree, possibly the most well-known bookstore in the united states specializing in new age and alternative spirituality literature. the bodhi tree, named for the tree under which the buddha found enlightenment, opened in 1970 in los angeles, california. throu

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institut metapsychique international (concerned with psychical research. the maison des spirites was located at 8 rue copernic, paris, and was intended to propagate knowledge of spiritism. it became the secretariat of the federation spirite internationale (international spiritualists federation) and hosted the second international spiritualist congress in paris in 1925 (see also france) maithuna sanskrit term for sexual intercourse, one practice espoused in tantric yoga. tantra differs from more ascetic forms of hinduism in eschewing the way of denial. instead of refraining from such things as alcohol and sex in order to attain spiritual realization, tantra suggests using items commonly denied as a tool to enlightenment. sexuality is by far the most controversial of such tools. within tan

the land of the living (i.e, fairyland. as lord of the sea he was the irish charon, and his colorchanging cloak would flap as he marched around the camp of hostile force invading ireland. he is comparable with the cymric manawiddan and resembles the hellenic proteus. mandala a mystical diagram used in india and tibet to attract spiritual power or for meditation purposes. the term derives from the sanskrit word for circle, although a mandala may embody various geometrical shapes. the swiss psychologist carl g. jung, who regarded the mandala as an archetypal image from the deep unconscious mind, investigated mandalas created spontaneously by psychological patients (see also yantra) sources: tucci, giuseppe. the theory and practice of the mandala. london: n.p, 1961. wilhelm, richard, and c. g

the; new york: holt rinehart, 1974. the strangers. london: w. h. allen, 1978. mansfield, j. v (ca. 1870) nineteenth-century american medium who advertised as the spirit postmaster in the banner of light. he obtained thousands of letters in sealed envelopes addressed to spiritfriends, read them clairvoyantly, and wrote out replies automatically in various languages. german, spanish, greek, arabic, sanskrit, and even chinese answers were sometimes given. encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. mansfield, j. v. 975 many witnesses testified to his powers. his scripts were preserved in evidence. his mediumship is described in n. b. wolfe s startling facts in modern spiritualism (1875. however, in the report of the seybert commission, dr. h. h. furness, the acting chairman, discredite

ed the highest state of spiritual development. the three syllables are associated with the processes of creation, preservation, and dissolution and with the three states of consciousness (dreaming, deep sleep, and waking. manson, charles m. encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 976 the scripture mandukya upanishad describes how aum, or om, is the basis of all the other letters in the sanskrit language and is associated with the universe and the human microcosm (analgous concepts exist in such kabalistic works as the sepher yesirah. a mantra may also be associated with a yantra, or mystical diagram. mantras are frequently uttered in rhythmic repetition known as japa, often with the aid of a mala, a set of beads resembling the catholic rosary. in japa yoga, the power of a mantra

of western occultism derives from romantic concepts of adepts with magical powers, but in hinduism, mystical awareness of god-realization is considered superior to paranormal feats, and to the hindu pupil, the master is his guru, or spiritual teacher. the term mahatma is used to indicate a special guru or great soul, and maharishi or maharshi denotes a great sage of transcendental wisdom. another sanskrit term paramahansa (literally greatest swan) is given to a very exalted mystic. the primary masters claimed by helena petrovna blavatsky, one of the founders of theosophy, were: koot hoomi lal singh (usually signing letters k.h, the master morya (known as master m, master ilarion or hilarion (a greek, djual khul (or d.k, and the maha chohan. sources: jinarajadasa, c. the early teachings of

nd parapsychology. he was born on september 23, 1901, in bacau, romania, but later moved to france, where he studied at the faculte de medecine de paris, and was director of the institut de psychanalyse de paris from 1952. author of la psychanalyse d aujourd hui (1956, american ed. 1959. sources: pleasants, helene, ed. biographical dictionary of parapsychology. new york: helix press, 1964. nada a sanskrit term used in hindu musical theory to denote subtle aspects of musical sound. there are two kinds of nada: anahata is the mystical essence of sound; ahata is the conscious realization of musical sound by human beings. anahata is heard by yogis in meditation and is related to different chakras (psychic centers) in the human body. nada upasana is the yoga of music, which brings god-realizati

an, meaning pertaining to noah and his period) an earlier use of the word noetic in relation to states of consciousness was in the article psychic and noetic action by theosophist helena petrovna blavatsky (1831.1891, originally published in the journal lucifer (october.december 1890) during the last years of her life. in this article, blavatsky equated noetic with manasic (deriving from manas, a sanskrit term for mind) and compared materialistic psychological views of her time with ancient hindu religious teachings and occultism. she concluded that there is a higher noetic character of the mind principle than individual ego, a spiritualdynamical force relating to divine consciousness, as distinct from mechanistic psychological dogmas or passive psychicism. this interesting article was rep

ar services continue at the site of the chapel, and several books have been written about the sightings. like medjugore, in herzegovina, it appears that oliveto citra will remain a site of pilgrimage well into the twenty-first century. sources: faricy, robert, and luciano pecoraio. mary among us: the apparitions at oliveto citra. stubenville, ohio: franciscan university press, 1989. om (or aum) a sanskrit word of special sanctity in the hindu religion, generally interchangable with aum. it is pronounced at the beginning and end of every lesson in the vedas (ancient scriptures) and is also the introductory word of the puranas (religious works embodying legends and mythology. the katha- upanishad states: whoever knows this syllable obtains whatever he wishes. there are various accounts of it

nced at the beginning and end of every lesson in the vedas (ancient scriptures) and is also the introductory word of the puranas (religious works embodying legends and mythology. the katha- upanishad states: whoever knows this syllable obtains whatever he wishes. there are various accounts of its origin; one that it is the term of assent used by the gods and possibly an old contracted form of the sanskrit word evam meaning thus. the manu- sangita (laws of manu, a religious work of social laws, states the word was formed by brahma himself, who extracted the letters a-u-m from the vedas. om is also the name given by the hindus to the spiritual sun, as opposed to surya, the natural sun. omarr, sydney (1926) u.s. astrologer born on august 5, 1926. he served with the air force in the pacific du

on using the outer and inner forms of eggs. one method was to break an egg into a glass of water and interpret the shapes assumed by the white (see also ooscopy) sources: waite, arthur edward. the occult sciences. n.p, 1891. reprint, secaucus, n.j: university books, 1974. oom the omnipotent title given to pierre bernard, pioneer of hatha yoga study in the united states and founder of the new york sanskrit college in 1909. oneiromancy encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 1144 ooscopy and oomantia two methods of divination using eggs, similar to oomamcy. an example of ooscopy was related by the roman historian suetonius (ca. 98.138 c.e, who stated that livia, when anxious to know whether she should be the mother of a boy or girl, kept an egg in her bosom at the proper temperatu

group (sig) associated with the thelemic magical order the servants of the star and the snake (sss. it was inspired by the writings of the late scholar of hinduism, alain danielou (author of such books as the gods of india: hindu polytheism; shiva and dionysus and while the gods play. the hindu word napunsaka designates some 16 categories of non-heterosexual, gender variant types mentioned in the sanskrit dictionary of v. s. apete. members of the order seek to reestablish the natural, divine order found in pre-aryan shaivism, but with an emphasis on gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered tantra. the outer order is open to all napunsakas (people who define themselves as other than heterosexual; affiliates are considered associate members. an inner order, the cultus skanda-karttikeya (cs

e french occult revival. new york: samuel weiser, 1974. pasqually, martines de. traite de la reintegration des etres. paris: chacorac, 1899. patanjali patanjali was an indian teacher traditionally thought of as the person who gathered and systematized the teachings of meditation and yoga. he is believed to have lived between 200 b.c.e. and 450 c.e. however, he is credited with composing the small sanskrit volume of yoga sutras from which the modern practice of yoga is derived. the sutras laid out a system of practice by which one can attain a pure state free of illusion. the practice begins with the adoption of a fivefold ethic (call yama, very similar to that taught by mahavida and the jains.nonviolence, truthfulness, non-stealing, sexual restraint, and non-attachment. it is followed by t

nister working in kyoto in the 1880s. challenged by his contemporaries concerning the christian claims of biblical miracles, he began a search that led him to the united states to study at the university of chicago, where he worked toward a ph.d. however, he did not find answers to his questing until he investigated buddhism. unable to find any buddhists practicing healing, he learned chinese and sanskrit in order to read the early buddhist sutras in their original languages. there he found a discussion of the healing power, and during a 21- day retreat he welcomed the power into himself. soon afterward he was able to be the facilitator for several spectacular healings and he settled down in kyoto to learn about this new power he had discovered and to perfect the techniques for using it. h

istory. like cagliostro and others of his kind, little is known concerning saint germain s origin, but there is reason to believe that he was a portuguese jew. there were claims that he was of royal birth, but these have never been substantiated. it is fairly certain that he was an accomplished spy, for he resided at many european courts, spoke and wrote various languages, including greek, latin, sanskrit, arabic, chinese, french, german, english, italian, portuguese, and spanish, and was even sent upon diplomatic missions by louis xv. horace walpole mentioned him being in london about 1743 and being arrested as a jacobite spy, but later being released. walpole wrote: he is called an italian, a spaniard, a pole, a somebody who married a great fortune in mexico and ran away with her jewels

FELDMAN DANIEL QABALAH THE MYSTICAL HERITAGE OF THE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM

erpts from the seferim hachanokh (books of enoch) e translation of the sh ir qoma from the sefer raziel hagadol e translation of the etz hachayyim (tree of life, branch one e translation of the shuo qua from the i ching (book of changes' it would be cogent at this point to make a few observations about the approach taken in this book in regards to the 2 ef 2 transliteration of hebrew, arabic, and sanskrit words. each mystical tradition has its own unique array of technical terminology. in writing a book that considers comparative features of several mystical traditions, the challenge is further compounded to transliterate the considerable diversity of such terminology in a manner that is consistent, accurate, and helpful to readers who might be unfamiliar with the source languages. a revie

teachings and the secrets of the torah emerged from the circle of yitza aq the blind (1200ce, and was used in the same context by eleazar of worms (beginning of the thirteenth century).2 the word qabalah (hlbq lit. receiving, also welcoming of god) alludes to a dynamic state of direct communication and mystical union of the individual soul with the divine. in that sense, it is synonymous with the sanskrit word yoga (lit. union with or absorption in the divine. the rich spiritual potential of the mystical qabalah has long been obscurated and overshadowed by the preponderant visibility of the magical or practical qabalah, whose disciples pursue power as a tool of their own will. the wonderful possibilities for deep spiritual awakening, intensified devotion, and selfless service to the divine

ce of events, one could conceive of the great flood described in the parable of noah in torah b reshith as an allusion to a great solar cycle spanning approximately six billion years in matter. during that cycle, the sun consumes its mass and eventually expands into a red giant, enveloping the planets that it had created, including the earth. then, the sun (known as elohim in hebrew and brahma in sanskrit) contracts its mass, reconstitutes its core, and spins off a new planetary system in which life is created and evolves. within the qabalistic worldview, the forty days that noah is said to have spent in the ark occurs two planes removed in the world of b riyah (creation. the genetic information regarding noah and his wife and all fauna and flora thereby existed in a formless state, as vib

lanes removed in the world of b riyah (creation. the genetic information regarding noah and his wife and all fauna and flora thereby existed in a formless state, as vibrational signatures in the world of b riyah (creation. this information then reemerged with the regeneration of life on the planetary mass in the world of asiyah (activity in matter. this extraordinary idea is also found in ancient sanskrit texts in the account of the incarnation of vishnu as matsya the fish, where the flood is called pralaya( dark night of brahma. 0' 8: h" 2: 2 2:e 8- 0' the primary texts that are largely the source for the core ideas, meditation practices, and all the various forms of the tree of life in the mystical qabalah are listed below. primary texts include those revealed through messiahs, prophets

phabet, sinatic does not have final letters, which were developed much later as a means of showing separation between words in crowded scrolls. the final letters became significant in the ezra alphabet when given extended numerical value in gematria or qabalistic numerology.7 the sudden appearance of the original hebrew was paralleled several hundred years later by the sudden appearance of brahmi sanskrit in the indus valley. sinatic and brahmi have many similar letterforms, and both were replaced by later alphabets claimed in present times to be the originals (i.e. sinatic replaced by ezra and brahmi replaced by deva negari. some qabalists and tantrikas maintain that there is a parent alphabet, called the gan aden alphabet(]da ]g, garden of eden, from which both hebrew and sanskrit are de

ce) that one can know the father (vast face. 7 2 f# relationship between small and vast face in the tree of life the small face alef a is known as the manifest alef a of unity. qabalists (and sufis and tantrikas) take the allusion of the alphabet quite literally, and see the universe as built from combinations and permutations of the letters that emanate from and return to the alef a of unity. in sanskrit, the alef a of unity is called the omkara. the alef a of unity/omkara has unmanifest (vast face) and manifest (small face) aspects. as it is written: by the first it created elohim eth (ta i.e. the twenty-two hebrew letters in the upper worlds) the heavens and vuheth (tav i.e. the twentytwo letters in the lower worlds) the earth (torah b reshith 1:1) 2" 2' 8+ in its unmanifest, inactive a

e) aspects. as it is written: by the first it created elohim eth (ta i.e. the twenty-two hebrew letters in the upper worlds) the heavens and vuheth (tav i.e. the twentytwo letters in the lower worlds) the earth (torah b reshith 1:1) 2" 2' 8+ in its unmanifest, inactive aspect in the roots of the tree, the alef a of unity/omkara is the undifferentiated source from which emanate the supernal hebrew/sanskrit letters in the uppermost center of the tree of life (sefirah crown/above. at this point, the unmanifest letters stand alone and have not combined into names. the letters vibrationally differentiate when the alef a of unity becomes manifest in the throat sefirah knowledge/first. each letter bears a characteristic root vibration or seed sound (sans. bija. the alef a of unity/omkara is there

bject of the qabalah feature one or more forms of the map of consciousness known as the tree of life. the tree of life objectively represents the physiospiritual entirety of both the individual soul, or microcosm created in the image of elohim, and the divine soul, or macrocosm as the body of celestial man (adam kadmon ]vmdk ,da. thus, the hebrew word adam (mda, lit. man, like the word purusha in sanskrit, denotes both the individual person and the supreme persona of the divine self. and upon the likeness of the throne was the appearance of adam upon it from above. 15 as touched upon earlier, the tree of life is the qabalistic equivalent of the tantric chakras (see figure 1.3 on page 48) and sufi latifas.16 the sefiroth of the tree of life, the chakras, and the latifas represent the same s

te as pairs of opposites in the two side columns, and the four qabalistic worlds manifest as self-consistent planes of existence. the four qabalistic worlds will be discussed in the next section. 5' 8: h" 2: 2 2:e 8% these three distinct columns play a prominent role in the different ways the tree can be ascended. when the spiritual energy (called shekinah in hebrew and kundalini or chitshakti in sanskrit) awakens, it ascends the tree of life in various ways, expanding and moving the consciousness through successive planes of existence. each different path up the tree is known as a working tree. the entire spectrum of trees of life is also known collectively as angelic or enochian tree language. angelic tree language consists of various types of working trees and trees of perfection (figur

nd the tree shall be described in a later section in this chapter, and the experiences in the various shells shall also be treated in more detail in chapter six. 2" 2' 8: 55 the qlifoth also correlate with the four letters yod y, heh h, vav v, heh h (and hence, we are formed in the image of elohim. the physical shell in the world of asiyah, infused with vital energy (xvr ruach; in chinese, qi; in sanskrit, prana, is called the nefesh (spn, and is represented by the lower heh h. the astral shell, called the geviyah (hyvg, is the embodiment of consciousness in the world of yetzirah (formation, and is represented by the vav v.26 the upper heh h is associated with the bliss-filled ruach ha qodesh (sdqh xvr, holy spirit) in the world of b riyah (creation. the yod y corresponds to the witness co

h-din, when allah will resurrect the souls of the faithful in paradise. 2" 2' 8: 2 f# acharit wielding a sword riding a white horse many details found in the torah, peshitta (gospels, and apocrypha regarding the nature, lives, experiences, powers, and teachings of master mosheh and master yeshuvah find parallels in those of messiahs in other traditions. messianic appearances are called avatara in sanskrit. the hindu tradition contains beautiful and profound descriptions of the life dramas and teachings of the ten incarnations of vishnu, including rama, krishna, narasimha (lit. man-lion, and matsya (the fish, who is said to have appeared to noah during the flood. hindus also ascribe messianic stature to chaitanya (sixteenth century ce, ramakrishna (1836- 1886, shirdi sai baba (d.1918) and s

ee of perfection way of the ayin i (figure 4.6. on this perfect tree, the power of consciousness concentrates in the throat center in the visible sefirah knowledge/first. 2 f 3#4 trees of perfection: tree of the way of the alef and tree of the way of the ayin' 8: h" 2: 2 2:e 8% a few rare souls are able to stand in the gate between the two faces. this station of consciousness is called vijnana in sanskrit. it is alluded to by the tree of peace and perfection (see figure 4.7, wherein the power of consciousness is balanced between the throat and heart centers. the oddest tree in the sefer hashmoth is the gateless form of the tree of perfection called the tree of the congregation (see figure 4.7. the transmission of the sefer hashmoth yielded no further information on the nature of this tree

that comes from the north indian tantric tradition (see figure 1.3 on page 48) is most similar in format to the qabalistic tree of the treasuries of the house of elohim :2 h' 8 :2" 2" f "1" 2: e2 2" 0 (see figure 4.5 on page 120) and the sufi system of seven latifas (see table 5.1. in the chakric tree, the chakras are described as lotuses with varying numbers of petals, upon which stand specific sanskrit seed sounds (san. bija. the fallen condition is portrayed in the chakric tree by the petals on the lotuses turned downward. when the chakric tree is ascended, the petals of each lotus turn upwards as the consciousness of the traveler awakens in it. as previously mentioned in chapter one, the tantric texts (called shastra) on the chakras describe the chitshakti (energy of consciousness, kn

ly in accordance with each name s letter formula. the sefer hashmoth (book of the names) designates especially powerful names that will light the whole tree. the most common meditative practice of small face devotional yoga in all mystical traditions is the repetition of a root mantra combined with an appropriate visualization. in hebrew, it is called zakhor; in arabic, it is called dikhr; and in sanskrit, it is called japa and namasmarana. root mantra are sacred utterances upon which entire religions are built and sustained. a good yogic mantra or string of power names gives the individual consciousness an encoded ladder that will systematically move it through successive levels of the tree. a well-structured root mantra usually combines a principal name of small face with an appropriate

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

it is said to be androgynous or hermaphrodite--hence its peculiarly sacred character. it has long been thought that this lily is produced without the aid of the male pollen, hence it would seem to be an appropriate emblem for that ancient sect which worshipped the female as the more important creative energy. of the lotus, inman remarks "amongst fourteen kinds of food and flowers presented to the sanskrit god anata, the lotus only is indispensable" this emblem, as we have seen, was the symbol of the great mother, and we are assured that it was "little less sacred than the queen of heaven herself" regarding the lotus and its universal significance as a religious emblem, payne knight says "the lotus is the nelumbo of linnaeus. this plant grows in the water, and amongst its broad leaves puts

roofs to establish the fact that all the early names of the deity were derived or compounded from some word which originally meant the sun. max muller says that surya was the sun as shining in the sky. savitri was the sun as bringing light and life. vishnu was the sun as striding with three steps across the sky, etc. inman, whose etymological researches have given him considerable prominence as a sanskrit and hebrew scholar, says that ra, ilos, helos, bil, baal, al, allah, and elohim were names given to the sun as representative of the creator. we are assured by godfrey higgins that brahme is the sun the same as surya. brahma sprang from the navel of brahme. faber in his pagan idolatry says that all the gods of the ancients "melt insensibly into one, they are all equally the sun" the word

ronomical observations and inventions, from their peculiar character, could have taken place only in these latitudes, and that arts and improvements gradually travelled thence to the equator" a colony of brahmins settled near the imans, and in northern thibet, where in ancient times they established celebrated colleges, particularly at nagraent and cashmere. in these institutions the treasures of sanskrit literature were supposed to be deposited. the rev. mr. maurice was informed that an immemorial tradition prevailed at benares that all the learning of india came from a country situated in forty degrees of northern latitude. other writers are of the opinion that civilization proceeded from arabia; that the old cushite race carried commerce, letters, and laws to all the nations of the east

a settled government, a pure and philosophical religion, and a profound knowledge of science and art; yet, notwithstanding the great antiquity of these civilizations, that of the people which created them must have been infinitely more remote. the earliest historic nations recognized the greatness of these ancient people and the extent of their dominion. in the oldest geographical writings of the sanskrit people, the ancient ethiopia, or land of cush of greek and hebrew antiquity, is clearly described. stephanus of byzantium, who is said to represent the opinions of the most ancient greeks, says "ethiopia was the first established country on the earth, and the ethiopians were the first who introduced the worship of the gods and who established laws"[65 [65] quoted by john d. baldwin, prehi

e which we have been considering, we are told that they worshipped a dual deity, under the appellations of ashtaroth and baal, and that this god "comprehended the generative or reproductive powers in human beings and in the sun, together with wisdom or light" in other words, they adored the great moving force throughout nature, a force which they venerated as the great mother. before the zend and sanskrit branches of the aryan race had separated, their religion was doubtless that given them by their cushite civilizers. the worship of the sun and the planets, with which were inextricably interwoven the fructifying agencies in nature, explains their devotion to the study of the heavenly bodies and their advanced knowledge of astronomy. the types of regeneration or reproduction which they ven

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n.itcame to us from the arabs, or saracenic races who overran spain in the 8th century.thearab races had a knowledge of the game for many centuries, and they are believed to have received it from the persians and from ancient egypt.thegame, however, in its essentials is found to exist in the descriptions of the oldest poets of india. in its oldest form traceable in literature its name is found in sanskrit works as chaturanga from chatur=four, ranga=member. among the persians and arabs the name became shatranji. introduced in europe, we find in france, echecs; italy, scacci; england, chess; perhaps from the chequered board on which it is played (germany, scach. in all forms the board used is quite similar, being square, and divided into 8 x 8=64 lesser squares.thechess men, too, have not va

k, andoftheknight were unaltered for ages. castling was unknown. pawns moved one square forward only, but took laterally. dice were thrown to decide moves; the dice had four sides marked on opposite sides, with 4 and 3 or 5 and 2 making in each case 7. the use of dice was abolished by the brahmans. chaturanga is referred to in valmiki's ramayana book 2, cap. 51. it is also mentioned in one of the sanskrit puranas where it is said that it was invented in the 'second age' by the wife of ravan, king of lanka (i.e. ceylon. the chaturanga elephant has become our castle, the ship=the bishop, thechess shatranjiandchaturanga 77horse=the knight, the 1st king=the king, and the 2nd king=the queen.theelephant and ship (castle and bishop) have exchanged places.theelephant probably became the castle fro

l. viii, no. 48 and vol. ix, no. 49 (august and september 1891, pp.465-9,27-32.110. afurtherglanceatthekabalahupon several previous occasions i have had the pleasure of giving lectures, by special request, upon kabalistic philosophy, before audiences of theosophists. i have indeed found that the modern theosophists of the school of the late lamented madame blavatsky are fond of wandering from the sanskrit path of occult philosophy into the fields of the egypto-hebraic mysticism of the early kabalah. our respected h.p.b. herself also has, in her books, made constant references to the philosophic and mystic doctrines of the ancient rabbinic teachers, and, although we find her condemning many of their more modern vagaries, yet she implied the belief that the pure and ancient kabalah was a wes

e somewhat abstruse studies from the imper255 fections of language. neither our present english tongue, nor the latin of medieval europe, in which the bible was first printed, nor the greek in which the new testament was orignally written, nor the hebrew in which the old testament books have been handed down to us, possess in any degree the characters of a philosophical language. the very ancient sanskrit from which the theosophic scheme has descended to us, possesses on the other hand a much more extended choice of words of metaphysical import, and in that language almost alone, can, i am informed, the complete and complex eastern scheme which explains and illustrates the finely interwoven principles of man, be adequately explained. but the good workman spends no long time in complaining

the idea that a saving grace must be put into action, and the sun god mithra, who was at first by the zoroastrians considered only as one of the izeds, became worshipped as a god and as the saviour of mankind from the effects of its fall from grace. it has been suggested that the later mithraism was mazda worship, greatly influenced by chaldean astrological notions. the name mitra is the ancient sanskrit indian word for the sun, and it is said by c. w. king to be also the zend (iranian) word meaning the sun; the wordmitramalso meant 'friend. many students have associated mithra with apollo, the sun248themagical masongod, phcebus, hyperion, phanes and dionysos of the greeks, as well as with fire and light as sources of benevolent force and energy; he is distinctly related to the indian ved

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destroyed at ragnorak and a new cycle of manifestation, conflict and resolution begins. while within gnosticism the omega day ends the cycle and a new heaven and new earth begins. the vedic system outlines this cycle in far more detail, the whole of creation is governed by a series of cyclic processes, these range from the days and nights of brahma (the creative force) to the yugas or epochs. the sanskrit names for the four ages are krita or satya yuga, treta yuga, dvapara yuga and kali yuga. the krita or satya yuga is the golden age, the age of spirit and it is from here that things get successively worse until the kali age, which ends in an apocalypse of water and fire. each age in succession is shorter than its predecessor, is more intense, and more material. the kali age is the shortes

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ng on what perspective of history is taken. for our purposes it is interesting to compare the traditional evolutionary or technological model of history with the yuga system of the early veda s the early vedic system divided history into four ages or yugas. the system itself is in some sense gnostic, as it positions the most cultivated age of man as the first, and the most brutal as the last. the sanskrit names for the four ages are krita or satya yuga, treta yuga, dvapara yuga and kali yuga. these can also be correlated to the greek tradition of dividing history into ages of gold, silver, bronze and iron. the krita yuga is the golden age, the age of spirit and from there onwards things get successively worse until the kali age, which ends in an apocalypse of water and fire. the evolutiona

hin the spiritual worlds he must have a spiri- tual body or vehicle. hence a major task within the process of transfigura- tion is to formulate a body of light from the electromagnetic field. this light body exists in potential within the etheric and astral fields, but only through the trained use of the imagination can it be manifest;this light body is known as the antakarana. the antakarana the sanskrit word antakarana has no equivalent in english, the closest definition we can come to is the process of building a psychic antenna. it literally comes from two words antar meaning inner and karana meaning action. the antakarana is literally the body formed by spiritual action. it is the stage where the instincts and electro-magnetic forces are forged into a spiritual vehicle capable of ente

its practical use. however, it is important not to think that these number systems are isolated to hebrew. if we accept our gnostic identity hypothesis that the lost tribes of israel traversed the globe before settling in ireland, england and europe, then we should also find the same gematria at work in other indo-european languages. after much research, this is certainly was has been discovered. sanskrit for example, is believed to have been introduced when the aryans invaded india and has similar forms of gematria and code. though it is certainly more difficult to use since it has fifty two rather than twenty two letters! there are many other languages with developed gematria functions, we have chosen the druidic, runic and enochian to consider here, albeit briefly. the celtic legacy in

atisfaction with the state you have reached. this false form of achievement is yet another break, the solution? keep on meditating. the result itself. this is when the break is a form of cosmic consciousness. this is the state when the true self is able to communicate unimpeded through the trained psyche. the use of mantras one of the greatest tools in meditation is the mantra. the term mantra is sanskrit, and literally means that which liberates the mind. in common usage it designates a certain word or phase continually repeated that brings about an altered state of awareness. the first effect of a mantra is usually the opposite to what is expected, it is akin to the sting of a scorpion, the mind reacts by developing crazy thoughts, wandering images and even headaches and mysterious emoti

orting to be of spiritual value. the most dangerous facet of this process is how, in the darkest age, fissures will appear in the barrier between the physical world and the lower astral planes, and there will be an intrusion of the malefic inhabitants of this inferior subtle domain. this process of degeneration is codified in the early vedic system by dividing history into four ages or yugas. the sanskrit names for the four ages are krita or satya yuga, treta yuga, dvapara yuga and kali yuga. these can also be correlated to the greek historical tradition as the ages of gold, silver, bronze and iron. the krita yuga is the golden age, the age of spirit and from there things get successively worse until the kali age, which ends in an apocalypse of water and fire. each age in succession is sho

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vuh, pp. 99-101. graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 246 of new zealand,25 and in the myths of finland. there the hamlet/samson figure is known as kullervo and the mill has a peculiar name: the sampo. like fenja and menja s mill it is ultimately stolen and loaded on board a ship. and like their mill, it ends up being broken in pieces.26 it turns out that the word sampo has its origins in the sanskrit skambha, meaning pillar or pole .27 and in the atharvaveda, one of the most ancient pieces of north indian literature, we find an entire hymn dedicated to the skambha: in whom earth, atmosphere, in whom sky is set, where fire, moon, sun, wind stand fixed. the skambha sustains both heaven and earth; the skambha sustains the wide atmosphere; the skambha sustains the six wide directions; int

ve been taken from the bhagavata purana and from the mahabaratha, two drops in the ocean of the ancient wisdom literature of the indian subcontinent. and such images are replicated in many other archaic traditions. to give one example (as we saw in chapter forty-two, the pyramid texts are replete with anachronistic images of flight: 3 ibid, p. 60. 4 dileep kumar kanjilal, vimana in ancient india, sanskrit pustak bhandar, calcutta, 1985, p. 16. 5 ibid, p. 17. 6 ibid, p. 18. 7 ibid. 8 ibid. 9 ibid, p. 19. graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 468 the king is a flame, moving before the wind to the end of the sky and to the end of the earth. the king travels the air and traverses the earth. there is brought to him a way of ascent to the sky..10 is it possible that the constant references in

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have guardedly used the untranslated german term ubermensch. nietzsche also used a term usually translated higher men and his nazi admirers and corrupters long after his death introduced a term usually translated subhuman. magicians have tended, in the english-speaking world, to refer to the masters simply as the secret chiefs of the order. ubermensch and mahatma actually mean the same thing. the sanskrit root words maha( great) and atman( being or soul) and the german uber( over or super) and mensch( man or human) both carry the sense of more highly evolved human being. seen in this light, it can be better understood how mahatma ghandi and the theosophical master k.h. may fall in the same category. the reader may wish to compare possible masters of the positive and negative type by trying

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p down whatever you can remember of your dreams. will yourself to remember your dreams before falling asleep. dreams will serve as a very accurate barometer to indicate just how well you truly understand your magical universe. 23 the enochian alphabet "it (le, enochian is not a jargon; it has a grammar and syntax of its own. it is very much more sonorous, stately and impressive than even greek or sanskrit, and the english translation, though in places difficult to understand, contains passages of a sustained subiimity that shakespeare, milton and the b ble do not surpass" aleister crowley, confessions "the enochian language is not just a haphazard combination and compilation of divine and angelic names drawn from the tablets. apparently, it is a true language with a grammar and syntax of i

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) may, like barba jovis, be accounted for by the bushy tanglement of their tendrils; but how perunika (p. 183) stands related to peruu, i do not know. devil's-bit is from the marks of teeth supposed to be visible in its root, and due to diabolic agency. a great many names are taken from beasts, especially those of our native fable, and fancy has been equally busy on them. of flowers and herbs the sanskrit distinguishes the wholesome by the adjunct 'friend' the hurtful by' foe' as ramdpriya, dear 1 the healing power imparted by the skirt of the garment was very lilcely suggested by the bibhcal 'touching of the hem' matt. 9, 20. 14, 36. mk 6 .56. luke 8, 44. 1192 heebs and stones. to lakshmi= lotus, yamapriya, dear to yama= ficus indica, conf. pott's etym. for. 2, 424 7. this agrees with ohg

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the national names hun and avar.1 to the slavs, tchud signifies both finn and giant, and the russ. ispolin (giant) might originally refer to the f gens 8palorum y of jornandes; conf. schafarik 1, 286. 310. so closely do the names for giant agree with those of ancient nations: popular belief magnified hostile warlike neighbours into giants, as it diminished the weak and oppressed into dwarfs. the sanskrit rdkshasas can have nothing to do with our riese, nor with the ohg. recchio, mhg. recke, a designation of human heroes (see suppl. we find plenty of proper names both of giants and giantesses preserved in on, some apparently significant; thus hrungnir suggests the gothic hrugga (virga, rod, pole) and our runge (brem. wb. 3, 558; herbort 1385: groz alsam ein runge/ our mhg. poems like giant

rte pp. 35. 43. 58. renart 14835. as the pure stream rejects the malefactor, so neither will the earth endure him: unssolt diu erde nicht tragen/ troj. 491 [conf. f art cursed from the earth/ gen. 4. 10-12. secrets were entrusted to the earth, as well as to lire and oven, p. 629 (see suppl. it is more especially earth grown over with grass, the green sward, that has a sacred power; such grass the sanskrit calls jchusa, and in particular durva, to which correspond the as. turf, on. torf, ohg. zurba: holy earth and haulms of durva/ sakuntala (hirzelpp. 51. 127. i have also accounted for the famous chrene cruel of the salic law by our reines kraut/ clean herb; and explained c chreneschruda (dat) jactare by the roman 1 irstantent (they rise again) fon themo fulen legare, uz fon them asgu, fon

king ogvaldr carried a sacred cow with him everywhere, by sea and by land, and constantly drank of her milk (fornm. sog. 2, 138. 10,302! the horns of cows, like the manes of horses, were adorned with gold: gullhyrndar kyr/ saem. 73a. 141a; and the herdsman of the alps still decks the horns of his cattle with ribbons and flowers. oxen for sacrifice are sure not to have lacked this decoration. the sanskrit gaus (bos and vacca, root go, ace. gam, pers. ghau, gho, corresponds to lett, gohw, ohg. chuo, as. cu, on. kyr. what is more important, f go likewise means terra and plaga (bopp s gram. 123. gloss, p. 108b, so that it touches the gr. ya, 7. taking with this the presence of auffumbla in the norse history of creation, we can perhaps connect rinta (the earth) and rindr (p. 251) with our rind

she touched the fine reindeer pelisse of anninga (majer s myth, taschenb. 1811. p. 15. an on. fable tells us, that mani (the moon) took two children, bil and hiuki, away from the earth, just as they were drawing water from the well byrgir, and carrying the pail saegr on the pole simul between their shoulders. these children walk behind 1 schlegel s ind. bibl. 1, 217. ace. to bopp s gloss. 346% a sanskrit name for the moon means icpore praeditus, leporem gerens. 2 bergmann s streifer. 3, 40. 204. majer s myth. wtb. 1, 540. 3 donee s illnstr. of shaksp. 1, 16 from the lips of a french traveller, whose telescope the cingalese had often borrowed, to have a good look at the hare in the man in the moon. 717 mani, as one may see from the earth (sva sem sia ma af io sn. 12. that not the moon s ph

t unrelated words, p. 698-9. from the root div the ind. and lat. tongues have obtained a number of words expressing all three notions, gods, day and sky; the greek only for gods and sky, not for day, the lith. for god and day, not sky, the slav, for day alone, neither god nor sky, and lastly our own tongue for one god only, and neither sky nor day. here also we perceive a special affinity between sanskrit and latin, whose wealth the remaining languages divided amongst them in as many different ways. the greek r^^ap/-epa i do regard as near of kin to the teut. hiinins, himil; there is also hpepa a goddess of day. the languages compared are equally unanimous in their name for night: goth, nalits, ohg, n&ht, as. niht, on. nott (for natt, lat. nox noctis, gr. vv% vvkto^j lith. naktis, lett, na

in wiinschel-ris, 3 -twig -wand, troj. 2216, and des wunsches bluome/ barl. 274, 25. the belief in fairy things [wiinscheldinge, lit. wishing-gear] is deeply rooted in our mythology: let us examine it minutely. there are things, belonging to gods, but also lent to men, which can bestow a plenitude of bliss, the best that heart can wish; so that our old vernacular word seems quite appropriate. the sanskrit for wish is significant: mano-ratha, wheel of the mind; does this open to us a new aspect of the divine wish? wish turns the wheel of our thoughts. in the edda the wishing-gear is the cunning workmanship of dwarfs, and is distributed among the gods. osinn possessed the spear gungnir, the hurling of which brings victory, thorr the hammer miolnir, which comes crashing down as thunderbolt, w

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come to pass, or which will be brought about, are established in the akashic records, for all things happen through cosmic law and the volition of the supreme being. when a mystic or student of mysticism says he will consult the akashic records, he means he will seek to attune his conscious mind with the cosmic consciousness and be imbued with its omniscience. the word akashic is derived from the sanskrit word, akasa, which, in the sankhya philosophy means an indeterminate essence such as space or ether. alden (pronounced awlden).sometimes spelled ahldain; a'ldain; the name of a former master of the great white brotherhood, who gave jurisdiction over the establishment of mystical centers on the north american continent during the fifteenth century, and after whom the first temple in the un

ate the same word, with the same mystic vowel sounds, was used to designate the name of the god of thebes, and the term amen-ra came to express the name and hierarchy of a powerful god among the egyptians. amenhotep iv changed his name to akhnaton because of the significance of the term amen. as used in modern religious practices, the term amen means verily. the origin of the word is found in the sanskrit aum and also in om. amra.if you petition for special help and your petition is answered, you are obliged, by the law of amra, to make compensation by passing along to others some portion of the blessing you have received. appellation rite.(see naming) aquarian age.the position of the sun on the vernal equinox moves through the path of the zodiac westward at the rate of a sign in about 220

ion, human understanding, mastery of life, and unselfish service are the characteristics of an avatar. one who is an avatar has no peculiar manner of dress, speech, or appearance. his comprehension of life and its problems, and his conduct are his only outward signs of attainment. one obviously cannot attain avatarship in one incarnation. it is a process of evolution. the etymology of the word is sanskrit. it is commonly used in the hindu philosophy, but in a manner not wholly compatible with western mysticism's interpretation. b belief.considered from the mystical point of view belief implies lack of knowledge; it is like unto hope without foundation. a mystic should have no beliefs, but should supplant them with knowledge or a frank admission that he does not know.(see knowledge. birth.m

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seen by looking at the names attributed to a sect of witches or sorcerers in ancient persia- the yatukan- a sect believed to be of direct descent from the magicians of chaldea and babylon; this name is derived from the same roots as the name for sorcerers in the atharva veda, namely yatuvidah- meaning 'those who bewitch. these early sorcerers were also called abhicarika- which is derived from the sanskrit abhi-car meaning 'to bewitch or encircle. this infers a continuation from babylon into regions both east and west-that is, into the near middle east and into regions of asia, it is highly plausible that from the area of mesopotamia, and more latterly persia, certain practices spread into europe, greece, asia minor and beyond. there are zones upon the earth's surface which are terrene coro

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agastya- these makers of bricks whose persecution began from eighthundred to a thousand years ago, but who emigrated to chaldea four thousand years before the christian era- when so many of the popular legends of southern india resemble the bible stories. louis jacolliot speaksin several of his twenty-one volumes on brahmanical india of this matter, and for once he is right* the particle a in the sanskrit word shews this clearly. placed before a substantive thisparticle always means the negation or the opposite of the meaning of the expression thatfollows. thus sura (god) written a -sura, becomes non-god, or the devil, vidya isknowledge, and a-vidya, ignorance or the opposite of knowledge, etc, etc. we will speak of it another time. meanwhile here is the legend of the blue lotuscentury aft

they came to themselves, the mist had disappeared and a complete change of scene had been wrought. the fires of the funeral pyre had rekindled of themselves, and stretched thereon was seen a hind (rohit)*which was none else than the prince rohita, devarata, who, pierced to the heart with the knife he haddirected against another, was burning as a sacrifice for his sin* a play upon words. rohit in sanskrit is the dame of the female of the deer, the hind, androhita means "red. it was because of his cowardice and fear of death that he was changed,according to the legend, into a hind by the gods. some little way apart from the altar, also lying stretched out, but on a bed of lotuses, peacefully sleptsunahsepha; and in the place on his breast where the knife had descended was seen to bloom a be

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l" see the greek text) while the other is heavenly wisdom. now so plain is it that plato and even pythagoras, while speaking but of three principles, give them seven separate functions, in their various combinations, that if we contrast our teachings this will become quite plain. let us take a cursory view of these seven aspects by drawing two tables. theosophical division of the lower quaternary sanskrit term exoteric meaning explanation 1. rupa, or sthula-sarira physical body is the vehicle of all the other principles during life. 1. prana life, or vital principle necessary only to a, c, d, and the functions of the lower manas, which embrace all those limited to the (physical) brain (c) linga- sarira astral body the double, the phantom body. page 45 the key to theosophy- hp blavatsky.txt

which embrace all those limited to the (physical) brain (c) linga- sarira astral body the double, the phantom body. page 45 the key to theosophy- hp blavatsky.txt (d) kamarupa the seat of animal desires and passions this is the center of the animal man, where lies the line of demarcation which separates the mortal man from the immortal entity. theosophical division of the upper imperishable triad sanskrit term exoteric meaning explanation (e) manas-a dual principle in its functions. mind, intelligence: which is the higher human mind, whose light, or radiation links the monad, for the lifetime, to the mortal man. the future state and the karmic destiny of man depend on whether manas gravitates more downward to kamarupa, the seat of the animal passions, or upwards to buddhi, the spiritual eg

death, they gave out the teaching in a broad outline, while we elaborate it and explain it in its details. but though we do give out to the world as much as is lawful, even in our doctrine more than one important detail is withheld, which those who study the esoteric philosophy and are pledged to silence, are alone entitled to know -ooo- the greek teachings q. we have magnificent greek and latin, sanskrit and hebrew scholars. how is it that we find nothing in their translations that would afford us a clue to what you say? a. because your translators, their great learning notwithstanding, have made of the philosophers, the greeks especially, misty instead of mystic writers. take as an instance plutarch, and read what he says of "the principles" of man. that which he describes was accepted l

ds for definite things q. don't you think it is because there are no definite and fixed terms to indicate each principle in man, that such a confusion of ideas arises in our minds with respect to the respective functions of these principles? a. i have thought of it myself. the whole trouble has arisen from this: we have started our expositions of, and discussion about, the principles, using their sanskrit names instead of coining immediately, for the use of theosophists, their equivalents in english. we must try and remedy this now. q. you will do well, as it may avoid further confusion; no two theosophical writers, it seems to me, have hitherto agreed to call the same principle by the same name. a. the confusion is more apparent than real, however. i have heard some of our theosophists ex

mundi, it is meant, esoterically, that our higher egos are of an essence identical with it, and mahat is a radiation of the ever unknown universal absolute. anoia (gr) is "want of understanding "folly; and is the name applied by plato and others to the lower manas when too closely allied with kama, which is characterized by irrationality (agnoia. the greek agnoia is evidently a derivative of the sanskrit aj ana (phonetically agnyana, or ignorance, irrationality, and absence of knowledge. anthropomorphism from the greek anthropos, 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, helio

uiry at the borders of "the unknowable" the emanationist believes that nothing can be evolved-or, as the word means, unwombed or born-except it has first been involved, thus indicating that life is from a spiritual potency above the whole. esoteric hidden, secret. from the greek esotericos-"inner" concealed. esoteric bodhism secret wisdom or intelligence, from the greek esotericos "inner" and the sanskrit bodhi "knowledge" in contradistinction to buddhi "the faculty of knowledge or intelligence" and buddhism, the philosophy or law of buddha (the enlightened. also written "budhism" from budha (intelligence, wisdom) the son of soma. exoteric (gr) outward, public; the opposite of esoteric or hidden. extra-cosmic outside of kosmos or nature. a nonsensical word invented to assert the existence

" manas; a state of the higher ego which only high metaphysicians are able to realize and comprehend. the same as "buddhi-taijas (see above. mantras (sans) verses from the vedic works, used as incantations and charms. by mantras are meant all those portions of the vedas which are distinct from the br hmanas, or their interpretation. manu (sans) the great indian legislator. the name comes from the sanskrit root man, to think, man really standing only for svayambhuva, the first of the manus, who started from svayambhu, the self-existent, who is hence the logos and the progenitor of mankind. manu is the first legislator-almost a divine being. manvantara (sans) a period of manifestation, as opposed to pralaya (dissolution or rest; the term is applied to various cycles, especially to a day of b

of mankind. manu is the first legislator-almost a divine being. manvantara (sans) a period of manifestation, as opposed to pralaya (dissolution or rest; the term is applied to various cycles, especially to a day of brahm -4,320,000,000 solar years-and to the reign of one manu-308,448,000. lit, manvantara-"between manus" page 160 the key to theosophy- hp blavatsky.txt master a translation from the sanskrit guru "spiritual teacher" and adopted by the theosophists to designate the adepts, from whom they hold their teachings. materializations in spiritualism the word signifies the objective appearance of the so-called "spirits of the dead" who reclothe themselves occasionally in matter; i.e, they form for themselves out of the materials at hand found in the atmosphere and the emanations of tho

sophists, while believing in the mediumistic phenomena of both spiritualists and spiritists, reject the idea of "spirits" spiritualism the modern belief that the spirits of the dead return on earth to commune with the living (see spiritism) st. germain, count a mysterious personage, who appeared in the last century and early in the present one in france, england, and elsewhere. sthula-sharira the sanskrit name for the human physical body, in occultism and vedanta philosophy. sthulopadhi the physical body in its waking, conscious state (jagrat. sukshmopadhi the physical body in the dreaming state (svapna, and karanopadhi "the causal body" summerland the fancy name given by the spiritualists to the abode of their disembodied "spirits" which they locate somewhere in the milky way. it is descr

eurgy or divine, beneficent magic is but too apt to become go tic, or in other words sorcery. theurgy is the first of the three subdivisions of magic, which are theurgic, go tic, and natural magic. thread soul the same as sutratman (see above. thumos (gr) a pythagorean and platonic term; applied to an aspect of the human soul, to denote its passionate kamarupic condition: almost equivalent to the sanskrit word tamas "the quality of darkness" and probably derived from the latter. timaeus of locris a pythagorean philosopher, born at locris. he differed somewhat from his teacher in the doctrine of metempsychosis. he wrote a treatise on the soul of the world and its nature and essence, which is in the doric dialect and still extant. triad or trinity in every religion and philosophy-the three i

irst century of our era (see for fuller explanation theosophical glossary) zoroastrian one who follows the religion of the parsis, sun, or fire-worshippers. appendix -ooo- the theosophical society: information for inquirers the theosophical society was formed at new york, november 17th, 1875. its founders believed that the best interests of religion and science would be promoted by the revival of sanskrit, pali, zend, and other ancient literature, in which the sages and initiates had preserved for the use of mankind truths of the highest value respecting man and nature. a society of an absolutely unsectarian character, whose work should be amicably prosecuted by the learned of all races, in a spirit of unselfish devotion to the research of truth, and with the purpose of disseminating it im

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ight conceivably have used. the ancient books taken from whateley's quarters, while absorbingly interesting and in several cases promising to open up new and terrible lines of research among philosophers and men of science, were of no assistance whatever in this matter. one of them, a heavy tome with an iron clasp, was in another unknown alphabet- this one of a very different cast, and resembling sanskrit more than anything else. the old ledger was at length given wholly into the charge of dr armitage, both because of his peculiar interest in the whateley matter, and because of his wide linguistic learning and skill in the mystical formulae of antiquity and the middle ages. armitage had an idea that the alphabet might be something esoterically used by certain forbidden cults which have com

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f which (for very good reasons) do traces whatever remain kasdean, chaldaic, proto-chal- daean, kasdo-scythic, and so on. the only tradition worthy of credence is that these akkadians iostnicted the babylonians in the mysteries, and taught them the sacerdotal or 3f jf fon/-language. these akkadians were then simply a tribe -of the hindfi-br&hmanas, now called aryans their vernacular language, the sanskrit" of the vedas; and their sacred or mystery-language, that which, even in our own age, is used by the hindq fakirs and initiated br&hmanas in their magical evocations* it has been from time immemorial and still is employed by the initiates of all countries; and the tibetan lamas claim that it is in this tongue that appear the mysterious characters on the leaves and bark of the sacred kounb

act most curious, and. do not seem to belong to any known idiom" those who have seen a fakir or a lama reciting bis mantrtu and con- jurations, know that he never pronounces the words audibly when pre- paring for a phenomenon. his lips move, but none will ever hear the 83. let ut remeniber in thii codueziod th&c col. vans keonedy luu long m^ decured bis opiuiod that b bylanu u once the mat of the sanskrit language and of drihioanica] influence (reianhtt into uie nature and affinily of ancient arid hindu mytluiofji, 84 "the agmtkada-parilahai, which discloses, to a certain extent, tbe order of in- itiatiou, does dot give the formula of evocation" says jacolliot, and he adds that, acctvd- iog to mme brahmanu "these formulae were never written, they were and still are im- parted in a whiroer

ibid. digitizecoy google is jacolliot an unmitigated huhbdgp 47 terrible formulft pronounced, except in the interior of the temples, and then in a cautious whisper. this, then, was the language now respective- ly baptized by every scientist, and according to his imaginative and philological propennties, kasdeo-semitic, scythic, proto-chaldaean, and the like. scarcely two of even the most learned sanskrit philologists are agreed as to the true interpretation of vedic words. let one put forth an essay, a lecture, a treatise, a translation, a dictionary, and straightway all the others fall to quarreling with each other and with him as to his sins of omission and commission. professor whitney, greatest of american orientalists, says that professor muller's notes on the rig veda sanhitd "are f

g the most precious qualities sanskrit du^ionary, and professor whitney shampoos both their heads by saying that there are, unquestionably, words and phrases "as to which both alike will hereafter be set right" in volume i of his ckipe, professor muuer stigmatizes all the vedaa except the rik, the atharva-veda included, as "theological twaddle" while professor whitney regards the latter as "the most comprehensive and valuable

he mysteries the third part of the sacred rites was called epopleia, or revelation, recep- uon into the secrets. in substance it means that stage of divine clairvoy- ance when everything pertaining to this earth disappears, and earthly^ ai^t is paralysed, and the soul b united free and pure with its spirit, or god. but the real significance of the word is 'overseeing* from ^rropu i tee myself. in sanskrit the word avdpia has the same meaning, 179. by a. wilder, editor ot tht elauitnan and baeehie myotnet, of tliomu taylor. 180. t.tlybr: rfeefciw.onjbaota. jfyrf.p. hed. a. wuiter; 4tliedil, new york, 1801. 181. i cor, iii. 10. digitizecoy google peteb's hatred op paul aa well as to obtatn' the word epoptma is a compound one, from tri upon, and swraiuu to look, or an overseer, an inspector a

ore now that he had probably no more to do with the foundation of the latin church at rome, than to furnish the pretext so readily seized upon by the cunning benaeus to benefit this church with the new name of ^e apostle pefra or ki^ffa, a name which allowed itself so readily, by an easy play upon words, to be connected with petroma, the double set of stone. 182. in iu numt ectenaite meaniag, tbe sanskrit wisd has tbe mme litenl wnse u the gte^ term; both imply 'reveutioii \tj no bumui agcnl, irat through th 'receiviiig of the axred drink' in india the initiated receited the 'soma' aacrad drink, whi^ helped to libcfate hi* aoul /rom the bo; and in the eleiuinian mnteries it waa the moed drink mysteries are wholly derived horn tbe foahmanical vedic rites

coy google the hindtt deui-gods op the third decree 103 the arcane philosophy of india there are depths irhich they have not sounded, and cannot sound, for they pass on without perceiving them. there is a pervading tone of conscious superiority, a ring of contempt in the treatment of hindi! metaphysics, as though the european mind is alone enlightened enough to polish the rough diamond of the old sanskrit writers, and separate right from wrong for the benefit of their descendants. we see them disputing over the external forms of ex- pression without a conception of the great vital truths these hide from the profane view "as a rule the brahmanaa" says jacolliot "rarely go beyond the class of grijuuta [priests of the vulgar castes] and puri^ita [exorcizers, divines, prophets, and evocators o

we say, respectfully contradicting the eminent scientists. it is the trinity of man himself, on his way to become immortal through the solemn union of his inner triune self the exterior, gross body, the husk, not even being taken in consideration in this human trinity* it is 231. the suim ne buddlw ii invoked with two of hi* acotytes of the theutk triad. wtarma and smgka. hiu triad ii addnaaed in sanskrit b the fdlowing teruu: nana bjtddhiga natho dharm/lya, namo sanfhaga, attml while the tlbeun buddhiata prodouiice their invocationa aa fodows: nan-mm fo-lhit-gt, ivan-imm rfta-ma-iw, jvim'uait s nf-ki -y, see alao jmimal atutique, tome til, p. 286. 232. llu bodv of man hi> coat of ikiu ia an inert maat of matter, per te; it is but the wnfunl living body within the man that is considei d as

na implies a complete purification or a final riddance from even the most sublimated particle of matter. llie word ahaorption, when it is proved that the hindlls and buddhists believe in the immortiuiiy of the spirit, must necessarily mean intimate union, not annihilation. let christians call them idolaters, if tb^ still dare do so, in the face of science and the latest translations of the sacred sanskrit books; they have no right to present the speculative philosophy of ancient sages as an inconsistency and the philosophers themselves as illogical fools. with far better reason we can accuse the ancient jews ttf utter nihilinn. there is not a word contained in the books of moses or the prophets either which taken literally implies the spirit's immortality. yet every devout jew hopes likewi

s, whereas the persian tradition points directly to vistaspa as the last of the line of kuaiuan princes who ruled in bactriana, it ought to be enough, for the assyrian conquest of bactriana took place 1200 years b. c* therefore it is but natural that we should see in the appellation of zoroaster not a name but a generic term, whose significance must be left to philologists to agree upon. guru, in sanskrit, is a spiritual teacher; and as zuruastara means in the same language he who worships the sun, why is it impossible that, by some natural change of language due to the great number of different nations which were converted to the sun- worship, the word guru-aetara, the spiritual teacher of sun-worship, so closely resembling the name of the founder of this religion, became gradu- ally tran

hysical tenet. christos suffered tpiniuajly for us, and for more acutely than did the iliu^onary jesus while his body was being tortured on the cross. in the ideas of the christians, christ b but another name for jesus. the philosophy of the gnostics, the initiates, and hierophants undeatood it otherwise. the word christos, xptor, like all greek words, must be sou^t in its philological origin the sanskrit. in this latter language krit means sacred* and the hindu deity was named kris-na (tbe pitre or the sacred) from that. on the other hand, uie greek carirfot bears several meanings, as anointed (pure oil, ckritm) and others. in all languages, thou^ the ^nonym of the word means pure or sacred essence, it is the first emanation of the invisible godhead, manifesting 356. in hit debate with ja

origenu aiamantii, in lticam, ii, p. 150 (cftp. iii. bomu. xxiv: parii, 1574. 481. codae naiaraetu, i. p. 23. 482 "afur the way which they call here, to warship i the god at my htben (aelt, xitt, 14. 483. coder neaaranu, i, p. 109. 484. butory of chrutianitg, p. 200: origiiul edition, 1840. 485. dunlap uys, in sdd, tkt sm t^ ae man (p. 39, footuote "mr. usu, of india, inforau lu that he has ?eeo sanskrit phi]aw>phical treatises in which the 'logos' continually occurs" digitizecoy google vast antiqurry of borbowbd chbistian tebms 208 the akssenger of ijfb and light^ and we find these expresaions adopted in mo by the christians, with the addition of nearly all the gnostic tenna, such as heroma (fuuness, archona, aeons, etc. as to the 'first-born' the first, and the 'only-begotten' these are

, 519a. or alrakhuui also called vtnapuhtim. in the ubieta. 520. beroriu in eiuebius: caronvoon, i, iii, 2; abydeniu &id, i, vii. 521. cf. kieuker: anh.m.zend-averla,l,i,p.ls. 522. biuuen: eggjict plant. he, v, p. 8s. 523. eiueb.i pratp. w, ix. 524. berori frag, p. 58; bitur od, 1825. digitizecoy google 218 bis unveiled while foimdiog his new religioo, was to change the most sacred deities of the sanskrit vedas into names of evil spirits in his zend scriplttreg, and even to reject a number of them, we find no traces in the avetta of chakra the symbolic circle of the sky. elam, another of the sons of shem, is oulam, d7ip, and refers to an order or cycle of events. in ecdenatus, iii, 11, it is termed 'world' in eukiel, xxvi, 20 'of old time' in otnetie, iii, 22, the word stands as 'forever;

o, and to the greatest of the myatery-gods lao. the identity of thia symbol alone, in all the old religions, is sufficient to show their commtm descent from one primitive faith* this term of 'boundless time' which can he apphed but to the one who has neither beginning nor end. is &2s. zokar. iii. p. 292 b, anut ed (ur^ zxtejk, x, ft ^1. 526. btnima rabba, panhs iz. s37. zohar, i. p. 20k. 528 "the sanskrit i" uys max muller "ia teprearated by the zend k. thai the geographical name kapla kendu, which occur* in the atetta, becomes intelliciue if we retraatlate the zend k into the sandoit, for tapla riiulku, or the aeven rivos, is the old vedic name^ india jtself" ckipt, tie, i. p. 81. he avtma is the [nrit of the vedat the esoteric meaning made partially known. digilizocb, google z0b0as1sun c

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s cosmic ideation, spirit, the alpha of being. at the other end of the scale, the lowest aspect of akasa, is astral light, cosmic substance, matter, the omega of being. akasa is the first born, the living fire, the deity pervading all things. in dimension it is infinite, and is differentiated from space and time in that it is the material cause of sound. this is an aspect of akasa called aditi in sanskrit, a higher principle than astral light. this is the melodious heaven of sound, the abode of the chinese deity kwan-yin, whose name means divine voice. this voice is a synonym of the word, speech as an expression of divine nutrition: the madonna frequency& the food of gods with jasmuheen 75 thought. kwan-yin is the magic potency of sound in nature, whose voice calls forth the elusive form o

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t sacrifice, the divine life crucified on the cross of matter. he also is a trinity, and this is seen in the three powers of consciousness appearing in man as the spiritual will, the intuitional love and the higher intelligence, which are the root of all human will, love and thought. since the officers are the life in the lodge, they represent these qualities in consciousness, which are called in sanskrit philosophy ichchha, jnana and kriya. the r.w.m. expresses the divine will of the christ, directing the work to the perfecting of man; the w.s.w. represents the divine love of the christ; and the w.j.w. the divine thought. these officers are to be known by their jewels, which represent will, love and thought respectively, not by the columns at which they preside. 141. just as material ener

cting the work to the perfecting of man; the w.s.w. represents the divine love of the christ; and the w.j.w. the divine thought. these officers are to be known by their jewels, which represent will, love and thought respectively, not by the columns at which they preside. 141. just as material energy is the strength in things, so is love the strength in consciousness; it is what has been called in sanskrit terminology the buddhi in man, the wisdom that is direct knowledge of life, the energy of consciousness. it is the faculty in man with which he contacts and deals with life around him, while his thought is the faculty with which he deals with objective things. so when at the opening of the lodge the w.j.w. lays down his pillar and the w.s.w. raises his, it symbolizes the fact that now we

rtain that the idea of that p c y has been associated with it from an early period in history, as may be seen by reference to the works of dr. albert churchward. there is, however, yet another more occult meaning for that s c than the explanation usually given. students of the inner side of man fs constitution and of oriental occultism are aware that there are seven great force-centres (called in sanskrit chakras) in the human body, and that in the course of occult progress all of them have to be opened, developed and made effective. 379. there are many methods of psychic development, some of which commence with the opening of one centre and some with another; but in the scheme advocated in ancient egypt and continued in freemasonry the centre indicated by that s c is taken first. so when

ce as gkyrie eleison h. khur is also connected with the egyptian name horus, who was also her-ra and haroeris, names of the sun-god. the hebrew word aoor also means light or fire or the sun, and from that we get khurom, which is equal to the greek hermes. bro. wilmshurst also regards the name hiram as identical with hermes, and thinks that a connection can he traced between the form huram and the sanskrit word guru, which means gspiritual teacher h. he therefore takes hiram abiff to signify the father-teacher, or the teacher from the father(*the masonic initiation, p. 100) that hiram was a widow fs son is also a significant fact. horus as the child of isis was the reincarnation of his own father osiris, and so as a posthumous child might well be described as a widow fs son. 698. though of

anifest throughout the entire universe, in the life of man with its cycle of existence from childhood through manhood to old age, and in nature with its alternations of day and night and the rhythmic flow of seasons. in this connection it is of interest to note how many words denoting spirit in different languages primarily mean breath- spiritus in latin, pneuma in greek, ruach in hebrew, atma in sanskrit. it is this divine breath, the holy spirit, the creative fire of god, whom we especially invoke in the degree of the h.r.a. 771. within the circle the triangle is placed, teaching us that god, though one in essence, manifests as a trinity- power, wisdom and love. the divine will is the centre of the circle resting in itself in eternal and unchanging peace; the divine wisdom is the process

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s. when a candidate had been initiated, he was often described as one who had been touched with the thyrsus, showing that it was not a mere emblem, but had also a practical use. it also indicated the spinal cord, ending in the medulla, while the serpents were symbolical of the two channels called in eastern terminology ida and pingala; and the fire enclosed within it was the serpent-fire which in sanskrit is called kundalini. it was laid by the hierophant against the back of the candidate, and thus used as a strong magnetic instrument in order to awaken the forces latent within him, and to free the astral body from the physical, so that the candidate might pass in full consciousness to the higher planes. to help him in the efforts that lay before him the priest in this way gave the aspiran

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lion is known as abaddon and is the fallen greek sun god apollo, living in hell as a serpent angel. the term appolion has also been used to mean hell itself as a place. see also demons; satan for further reading: godwin,malcolm. angels: an endangered species. new york: simon and schuster, 1990. ronner, john. know your angels. murfreesboro, tn: mamre, 1993. apsaras apsaras, a word derived from the sanskrit ap, which means water, refers to a form of spiritual being found in hinduism and buddhism. as the nymphs of south asia, they are best known for their inordinate interest in sex. they are said to reside alternately in the sky or in trees. the mistresses of the gandharvas, they are shapeshifters who are fond of bathing. the apsaras are also singers and dancing girls. alternately, in the ved

ravel through different planes of consciousness. its origins can be traced back to the sixteenth century, when english astrologer john dee joined edward kelly in an attempt to communicate with the spirits through the practice known as scrying. communication with the spirits was possible thanks to the use of the enochian language, a complex tongue of unknown origin. its melodic sound is similar to sanskrit,greek, or arabic. each enochian letter features a numerical value, and is associated with elemental, planetary, and tarot properties. 82 ereshkigal the nineteen calls, or keys, of enochian were used by dee and kelly in order to conjure the angels. the first two keys conjured the element spirit, the next sixteen conjured the four elements, whereas the nineteenth key invoked any of thirty a

the primordial waters.at the beginning of the next day, brahma then emerges from a lotus flower that sprouts from vishnu s navel and recreates the cosmos. see also asuras; indo-europeans for further reading: basham, arthur l. the origins and developments of classical hinduism. boston, ma: beacon press, 1989. dimmitt, cornelia, and j. a. b. van buitenen. classical hindu mythology: a reader in the sanskrit puranas. philadelphia, pa: temple university press, 1978. flood, gavin. an introduction to hinduism. london: cambridge university press, 1996. kinsley, david r. hinduism: a cultural perspective. englewood cliffs, nj: prentice-hall, 1993. klostermaier, klaus k. a survey of hinduism. albany: state university of new york press, 1989. zimmer, heinrich.myths and symbols in indian art and civil

ely from the gods of the indo-europeans. indo-european was originally a linguistics term referring to the indo-european family of languages. this category of classification was created when it was discovered that almost all of the languages from europe to india were related, indicating a common root language. this family resemblance is evident in similarities of vocabulary. thus, for example, the sanskrit/hindi word deva, which refers to a certain class of gods and goddess, comes from the same root as the english words deity and divine. in order to explain this phenomenon, scholars have postulated that these similarities are the result of a group of peoples, who spoke the original (now lost) indo- european language. these peoples, who called themselves aryans (nobles, originated from the s

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t i got a vague glimpse of one.s spine (or rather one.s su.umn) as a galaxy of stars, thus suggesting the stars as the ganglia of the universe. liber dccclx 18 9.18 to continue. 10.18. not very satisfactory .sana got painful; like a worm i gave up, and tried playing the fool; got amused by the new monster, but did not perform the vajroli-mudra [for this see the siva samhita, and other of the holy sanskrit tantras..ed] however, having got rid of her for the moment, one may continue. p.y [pr.n.y.ma..ed] 14 cycles. some effort required; sweating appears to have stopped and bhuchari hardly begun. my head really aches a good deal. i must add one or two remarks. in my walk i discovered that my mantra hua allahu, etc, really belongs to the vi.uddhi-cakra; so i allowed the thought to concentrate i

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gnature-names h from gcult-names, h but the distinction is not as clear as the previous pair of words suggests. the indo-european background the germanic languages, of which english, german, dutch, and the scandinavian languages are the modern representatives, constitute one branch of the indo-european family of languages. the name gindo-european h was coined when the family relationship between sanskrit, the classic literary language of india, and greek and latin, the classic literary languages of europe, was discovered in the eighteenth century. most of the languages of modern europe fall into the indo-european category, which includes the germanic, romance (french, italian, spanish, portuguese, catalan, romanian, slavic (russian, polish, ukrainian, czech, slovenian, croatian, serbian

logy or, in the indo-european area, of the myths and conceptions of the hypothetical ancestors of the indic, germanic, and other indo-european peoples from around 2,000 years ago. the project was doomed from the start, however, by notions of what myths were about. few people thought that a particular sound gmeant h something in and of itself. that is, for example, the sound that turned up as c in sanskrit, c= k] in latin, and h in germanic was not thought to be anything other than the reflection of a k in proto-indo-european, a sound whose meaning was always arbitrary. in myth, however, the situation was quite different. comparative mythology in the nineteenth century was above all a field driven by interpretations of myths as reflections of natural phenomena, primarily involving the sun

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in of the word druid is under dispute. max m ller believes that, like the irish word drui, it means "the men of the oak trees" he further draws attention to the fact that the forest gods and tree deities of the greeks were called dryades. some believe the word to be of teutonic origin; others ascribe it to the welsh. a few trace it to the gaelic druidh, which means "a wise man" or "a sorcerer" in sanskrit the word dru means "timber" at the time of the roman conquest, the druids were thoroughly ensconced in britain and gaul. their power over the people was unquestioned, and there were instances in which armies, about to attack each other, sheathed their swords when ordered to do so by the white-robed druids. no undertaking of great importance was scatted without the assistance of these patr

of initiation were also symbolic of the nine spheres through which the human soul descends during the process of assuming a terrestrial form. the secret exercises for spiritual unfoldment given to disciples of the higher degrees are unknown, but there is every reason to believe that they were similar to the brahmanic mysteries, since it is known that the eleusinian ceremonies were closed with the sanskrit words "konx om pax" that part of the allegory referring to the two six-month periods during one of which persephone must remain with pluto, while during the other she may revisit the upper world, offers material for deep consideration. it is probable that the eleusinians realized that the soul left the body during steep, or at least was made capable of leaving by the special training whic

been the result of his mixing powdered mother-of-pearl with his pigments. he gained worldwide distinction for his ability to reproduce in his paintings the original luster of the precious stones appearing upon the costumes of his subjects. his linguistic proficiency verged on the supernatural. he spoke german, english, italian, portuguese, spanish, french with a piedmontese accent, greek, latin, sanskrit, arabic, and chinese with such fluency that in every land he visited he was accepted as a native. he was ambidextrous to such a degree that: he could write the same article with both hands simultaneously. when the two pieces of paper were afterwards placed together with a light behind them, the writing on one sheet exactly covered, letter for letter, the writing on the other. as a histori

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es not visible, and the warriors of the yadudynasty were puzzled about the whereabouts of the peculiar airplane. sometimes they wouldsee the airplane on the ground, sometimes flying in the sky, sometimes resting on the peak ofa hill and sometimes floating on the water. the wonderful airplane flew in the sky like awhirling firebrand- it was not steady even for a moment (the mahabharata)the head of sanskrit at the university of madras, dr. v. raghavan, writes:fifty years of researching this ancient works convinces me that there are livings beings onother planets, and that they visited earth as far back as 4,000 b.cthere is a just a mass offascinating information about flying machines, even fantastic science fiction weapons, thatcan be found in translations of the v edas, indian epics, and ot

the university of madras, dr. v. raghavan, writes:fifty years of researching this ancient works convinces me that there are livings beings onother planets, and that they visited earth as far back as 4,000 b.cthere is a just a mass offascinating information about flying machines, even fantastic science fiction weapons, thatcan be found in translations of the v edas, indian epics, and other ancient sanskrit texts.zacharia sitchin and others of his ken are of the opinion that the losers in this cosmicarmageddon, that is, the visitors, were generally moral and good, and that theirarrival here was generally a good thing for the earth. this writer finds it difficult toaccept this theory in its entirety. it is just as reasonable to assume, as the ancient textsadvocate, that these visitors, being

egends we find traces of a wealthy nation, constructors of great buildings, with an advancedcivilization, analogous to that of chaldea, professing a religion similar to the babylonians; a nation, inshort, with whom material progress was allied to great moral depravity and obscene rites (p. 277)ptah a god of highest veneration who was an artificer of stone and metal.indian recordsand how could the sanskrit writings have preserved maps of ireland, england, and spain, giving theshape and outline of their coasts, and their very names, and yet have preserved no memory of the expe-ditions or colonizations by which they acquired that knowledge (p. 416) silk makingsilk making was very sophisticated and known more that 2,600 years before the christian era.titancomes from the words tit meaning earth

the indians from indiawere said to have come from lemuria in the pacific. mooa queen of the ancient nations of the maya and their predecessors; the name means serpent in polyne-sian languages.easter islandpart of a much larger landmass that sank.appendix b: book abstracts206atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation dunhuang, chinaa cave which held manuscripts in chinese, buddhist, and sanskrit showing lemuria and the continentsof the east all laid out.dragon linesparks are laid out over them.nephilimalso referred to in the hebrew as the, people from the rocket ships.kieranan irish name similar to the word for serpent, carian. chiron may also be a derivation as is cahen insemitic. hermesthe name really means serpent.royal papyrus of turincontains information about a lineage of p

sacred and used in everything from cancer drugs to sex potions. serpentwas worshiped in ancient babylon, mexico, egypt, as well as many other places all over the world. the following passage is written by soror ourania (from thelemix and therion rising) from thegnostic point of view. appendix e: dragons and serpents304atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation the word naga is rooted in sanskrit and means serpent [further meanings from the sanskrit-english dictionary by monier-williams: m. not moving, a mountain (in atharva v eda; the number 7(because of the 7 principal mountains; any tree or plant (in mahabharata; the sun] in the east indianpantheon it is connected with the serpent spirit and the dragon spirit. it has an equivalence to the bur-mese nats, or god-serpents. in the

7, 9.5-6) bhagavad-gita, translation by a.c. bhaktivedanta swami bhagavata purana, translation by a.c. bhaktivedanta swami the bible (kjv) the cult of the serpent (file, edited by branton) hindu dictionary, by manurishi foundation indian serpent-lore or the nagas in hindu legend and art, by j. ph. v ogel mahabharata, translation by hridayananda das goswami nilamata puranarajatarangini, by kalhana sanskrit-english dictionary, by monier monier-williamsthe above document was abstracted from the following website:http//skywebsite.com/hollow/cavernworlds/id18.html a sussex dragon discoursetrue and wonderful. a discourse relating a strange and monstrous serpent (or dragon) lately discov-ered and yet living, to the great annoyance and divers slaughters both of man and cattell, by his strongand vi

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, thus in theory and practice may move forward with seeking the mastery of the spirits (referring to the elements of the self) and controlled direction in a positive area of ones own life the difference between rhp is they seek union with the universe, nirvana and bliss. the lhp seeks disunion to grow in perception and being, strength and the power of an awakened mind. the left hand path from the sanskrit vama marga, meaning left way, symbolizes a path astray all others, subjective only to itself. to truly walk upon the left hand path, one must strive to break all personal taboos and gain knowledge and power from this averse way, thus expand power accordingly. lilith [hebrew] the goddess of witchcraft, magick and sorcery. lilith was the first wife of adam who refused to be submission and j

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e clear from our previous notes. 55. thou shalt obtain the order& value of the english alphabet; thou shalt find new symbols to attribute them unto. the attribution in liber trigrammaton is good theoretically; but no qabalah of merit has arisen therefrom (surely it is a little early for that; a good qabalah may take a few hundred years to unfold) i am inclined to look further into the question of sanskrit roots, and into the enochian records, in order to put this matter in more polished shape. i append liber trigrammaton with the attribution aforesaid: liber trigrammaton sub figura xxvii the book of the trigrams of the mutations of the tao with the yin and the yang i here is nothing under its three forms. it is not, yet informeth all things. l now cometh the glory of the single one, as an

? 54. bahlasti! ompehda! i spit on your crapulous creeds. by sound, bahlasti suggests "hurling" or "blasting; ompehda is not too phantastically onomatopaeic for "an explosion. these two words are obviously from the angelic language. 55. let mary inviolate be torn upon wheels: for her sake let all chaste women be utterly despised among you! the name mary is connected with mars, mors, etc, from the sanskrit mr, to slay; and with mare, the sea, whose water opposes the fire of horus. i here quote a passage from liber xcvii which deals with this fully "let me strictly meditate this hate of the mother. mr is the sanskrit root "kill, hence mara, mors, maria, and i suppose meer, mere, mer in short, lots of words meaning death or sea. note mordred as the traitor villain in morte d'arthur. in liber

l, hence mara, mors, maria, and i suppose meer, mere, mer in short, lots of words meaning death or sea. note mordred as the traitor villain in morte d'arthur. in liber legis we have "mary" who is to be "torn upon wheels, apparently because she is 'inviolate. liber 418 has some explanation of this "because she hath shut herself up, i seem to remember is the phrase. it appears (i don't remember the sanskrit) as if a dental t or d were inserted phallically to give us madar, mater, mother(?meter= measure. does the accent in mere conceal a lost dental? i suppose jung or freud has this all worked out in detail. i have thought this before, long ago, but can't get a satisfactory qabalah. 240 is a doubling of the pentagram, of course, and is a six fold of 40, the number of repressive 'sealed-up' la

mentaries thereon. also lxv, i, 12-19; ii, 31-36, 63; iii, 30-33; iv, 15, 24-25; v, 6. also liber vii, iv, 48-49; vii, 28-40. heru-ra-ha is, of course, the "devil. also, of course, the "child jesus. see book 4, part iii, chapter xvi, part ii, section v, the last paragraph "ever the son" or "the son who lives eternally. the word "satanas, that so long terrified the west, is but a corruption of the sanskrit word sanatanas, which means "eternal "or "everlasting; it was applied to the spiritual suns of the "trimurti: brahma, siva and vishnu. 75. the ending of the words is the word abrahadabra. the book of the law is written and concealed. aum. ha. aum is of course the sanskrit "word" familiar to most students (see book 4 part iii) ha is a way of spelling the letter whose value is 5 so that it

tual suns of the "trimurti: brahma, siva and vishnu. 75. the ending of the words is the word abrahadabra. the book of the law is written and concealed. aum. ha. aum is of course the sanskrit "word" familiar to most students (see book 4 part iii) ha is a way of spelling the letter whose value is 5 so that it shall add to 6. this uniting the 5 and the 6 is a symbol of the great work. ha is also the sanskrit syllable utilized in yoga to invoke the element of spirit, akasha "the ending of the words is the word abrahadabra: or, the purpose of the past magi is fulfilled in the magus of the aeon. the comment do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law. the study of this book is forbidden. it is wise to destroy this copy after the first reading. whosoever disregards this does so at his own ris

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hilologist, and without the least scientific knowledge of comparative languages, yet i have found the study of this angelical or enochian language an absorbing interest. going through the invocations with the intention of compiling a dictionary of the extant words has convinced me personally that we have here fragmentary pieces of a very ancient tongue- a language which is far older even than the sanskrit. it must have been a living tongue at one time, though many thousands of years ago, and it may therefore be claimed for enochian that the fragments we do have are in the oldest language of which we have any knowledge. in short, though as pure speculation, it is believed that the language in which these invocations are written are remnants of the tongue of the age-old atlanteans. true, the

, i find reference to a certain character of legend, uma haimavati. the kena upanishad speaks of her as the daughter of the snowy mountain, and she is, interprets mr. johnson, a symbol of the hidden wisdom personified as the child of the himalaya who reveals the eternal. and charles johnson then proceeds "curiously, while the inner significance of the name of this woman greatly radiant is lost in sanskrit, it must have been clear in the older tongue which lies behind sanskrit; for it remains in the group of younger aryan tongues called slavonic. here, the root urn is the common word for intelligence" the italics marked in johnson's commentary are mine. this point must strongly be indicated, for the significance of that word urn is retained, not alone in the slavonic as shown by mr. johnson

gelic source as the invocations themselves, and were not made by either dee or kelly) again, in the fifteenth key, we find the english version of the call "0 thou. who knowest" as equivalent to "11s. ds omax" while in the call of the thirty aethers "oma" is rendered as "understanding" the enochian system 629 thus there is every indication to believe that if there was a language "which lies behind sanskrit' as supposed by mr. charles johnson and of course by many others, which according to the philosophy of the ancient wisdom is that of atlantis, then the enochian or angelical language bears several strong points of resemblance to it <268> yet, the puzzle is this. prior to the previously described ceremonial skrying of dr. dee and sir edward kelly towards the close of the 16th century there

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abet; thou shalt find new symbols to attribute them unto. a straightforward instruction for crowley to discard the number& letter values of the hebrew cabala. he ignored #ii-55, due no doubt to the years he had already invested in cabalism, and put forward liber trigrammaton as a gesture of compliance. he admitted his dissatisfaction with this in his 1920 comment, theorizing further research into sanskrit or enochian. the actual solution was deceptively simple: a direct, numerical equivalence to the order of the english alphabet and the construction of a new symbol for each letter/number #ii-55 was later to prove crucial to the revealing of #ii-76 in the book of coming forth by night. 56. begone! ye mockers; even though ye laugh in my honour ye shall laugh not long: then when ye are sad kn

crowley, aleister, the confessions of aleister crowley. new york: hill& wang, 1969, page #612. 6. lavey, anton szandor, the satanic bible. new york: avon books, 1969, pages #155- 272. 7. regardie (ed) in crowley, aleister, the vision and the voice. dallas: sangreal foundation, 1972, page #10. 8. we have here fragmentary pieces of a very ancient tongue- a language which is far older even than the sanskrit- regardie, golden dawn, volume ii, page #266. immediately after admitting that he is no philologist and is "without the least scientific knowledge of comparative languages, regardie offers the above statement about enochian- which may be discounted accordingly. the story continues, however: aleister crowley included virtually the same sentence in his confessions (page #612, again with no

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r lady wife, is simple transference. really, you are longing for your peasant floozy to come and flooze with you" guilt had the effect of making the zamindar feel entirely worthless. his mother--in--law's insults came to seem, in his unhappiness, like the literal truth "softo" she called him, and sitting in his study, surrounded by bookcases in which worms were munching contentedly upon priceless sanskrit texts such as were not to be found even in the national archives, and also, less upliftingly, on the complete works of percy westerman, g. a. henty and dornford yates, mirza saeed admitted, yes, spot on, i am soft. the house was seven generations old and for seven generations the softening had been going on. he walked down the corridor in which his ancestors hung in baleful, gilded frames

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theologians would have us believe. compare almost any description of spirits from the lesser key to the description of the angelic manifestation in ezekiel 1:6-13. as we shall observe, the angels, saints, devils and demons may be traced back largely to the spirits of the previous aeon of pagan magick. the hebrew term for angel is mal akh, meaning messenger. the word angel itself comes through the sanskrit angeres, persian angeres, to the greek angelos. such pre-christian roots are apparent even in their names, which commonly end with the singular el, meaning shining one. the word is of sumerian origin, and is related to the akkadian ilu, babylonian ellu, old welsh ellu, old irish aillil, anglo- saxon aelf, and english elf. even our classical image of the angel, a beautiful human with bird

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

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, in the name of satan, whose mercies flourish and whose sustenance will prevail! as satan reigns so shall his (her) own whose name is as this sound (name) is the vessel whose flesh is as the earth; life everlasting, world without end! shemhamforash! hail satan! the enochian language and the enochian keys the magical language used in satanic ritual is enochian, a language thought to be older than sanskrit, with a sound grammatical and syntactical bases. it resembles arabic in some sounds and hebrew and latin in others. it first appeared in print in 1659 in a biography of john dee, the famous sixteenth century seer and court astrologer. this work, by meric casaubon, describes the occultist dee's activities with his associate, edward kelly, in the art of scrying or crystal gazing. instead of

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ed in or sprinkled with water as a sign of being cleansed of sin. bar mitzvah: the jewish coming-of-age ceremony for boys. bat mitzvah: the jewish coming-of-age ceremony for girls. belief: a conviction of the truth of a proposition either by close examination or trust. beltane (beltaine: neo-pagan holiday on april 30. benevolence: the tendency to do good and to be kind to others. bhagavad gita: a sanskrit poem regarded as a hindu scripture; part of the epic mahabharata, which means great epic of the bharata dynasty; examines the nature of god and how mortals can know him. bhakti: devotion. blasphemy: disrespectful comments or actions concerning a religion or its god. bodhisattva: a person who has attained enlightenment but, rather than entering a state of nirvana, chooses to stay behind to

n the cross. samhain (samhuinn: neo-pagan holiday celebrated on october 31. samsara: the ongoing cycle of birth, life, death, and rebirth. samyak charitra: right conduct; one of the three jewels of jain ethical conduct. samyak darshana: right faith, or right perception; one of the three jewels of jain ethical conduct. samyak jnana: right knowledge; one of the three jewels of jain ethical conduct. sanskrit: an ancient indo-european language that is the language of hinduism, as well as of much classical indian literature. santer a: the way of the saints; an african-based religion practiced primarily in cuba and other central and south american countries. santero: a practitioner of santer a. saum: fasting. sect: a small religious group that has branched off from a larger established religion

le technique used in stabilizing is to focus on one s breathing and then to clear the mind of all thought. once the mind is clear, the person can focus on one buddhist concept at a time. for example, a person might concentrate on the idea that life is impermanent and what that means to him or her. chanting a mantra or religious phrase is another meditation technique. such mantras are generally in sanskrit and are believed to be words used by a buddha when in deep meditation. the most frequently used mantra, especially in tibetan buddhism, is om mani padme hum, which is usually translated as hail to the jewel in the lotus. the jewel represents the teaching of the buddha, while the lotus is the symbol of wisdom. by clearing the mind, a person prepares for analytical meditation, which allows

ship in hinduism requires no specific instruction or ritual. a person who rejects the teachings of the vedas (hindu sacred texts) is not a hindu, but anyone who accepts them can properly be called a hindu. words to know artha: prosperity and success in material affairs. aum: often spelled om, the sacred syllable and symbol of hinduism; a symbol of the unknowable nature of brahma. bhagavad gita: a sanskrit poem regarded as a hindu scripture; part of the epic mahabharata, which means great epic of the bharata dynasty; examines the nature of god and how mortals can know him. bhakti: devotion. brahma: the creator-god. brahman: the pantheistic (including all gods) principle that sees all of reality as a unity. dharma: righteousness in one s religious and personal life. kama: gratification of th

draw from the world to lead a life of renunciation and contemplation. pravritti: people who choose to live in the world rather than withdraw from it. puja: worship. purusharthas: the four aims of hinduism or the doctrine of the fourfold end of life. rig veda: the central scripture of hinduism, a collection of inspired hymns and songs. samsara: the ongoing cycle of birth, life, death, and rebirth. sanskrit: an ancient indo-european language that is the language of hinduism, as well as of much classical indian literature. shiva: the destroyer god, embodying the erotic and sexual. shivaism: a major sect of hinduism, which sees shiva( the destroyer) as the central god. swastika: a pictorial character that symbolizes the eternal nature of brahma because it points in all directions. upanishads:

ions: almanac 245 hinduism believe in more than one god (polytheism stands in contrast to monotheism, or the belief in one supreme god; christianity, judaism, and islam are the world s major monotheistic religions) this belief is only partially true, for while hinduism recognizes a variety of gods and goddesses, all are seen as aspects, forms, or manifestations of a single supreme god, brahma (in sanskrit, brahman. this type of religion is termed henotheistic. another way of thinking of hinduism is to see it as trinitarian, meaning that there is one supreme god with three persons or forms. the supreme god is brahma, the creator-god who continues to create new realities. in hindu belief brahma refers to a pantheistic principle that sees all of reality as a unity( pantheism is defined as any

he upanishads show modern readers a time when people asked fundamental questions about the nature of the universe and struggled to understand their inner world. bhagavad gita although there are numerous texts that are sacred to hindus, the most important one is undoubtedly the bhagavad gita. many readers find the bhagavad gita, which consists of seven hundred 252 world religions: almanac hinduism sanskrit verses in eighteen chapters, the most beautiful of hindu scriptures. it is part of book vi of the long epic poem the mahabharata, which means great epic of the bharata dynasty. it was likely written in the first or second century ce. the bhagavad gita is written as a conversation between a warrior prince, arjuna, and his companion and charioteer, krishna, who is an incarnation of the god

te it at the top of exams. many hindus wear the aum symbol as a pendant, and the symbol can be found at any hindu temple or shrine. newborns are brought into the world with the symbol: after the child is born, it is ritually cleansed, and aum is written on its tongue with honey. aum is not a word. rather, it is an intonation, uttered with a musical lilt, similar to humming. it is made up of three sanskrit letters, represented in english by aa, au, and ma. combined, these letters produce the sound aum. thus, aum is a prayer or mantra, and when it is repeated over and over, it vibrates through the body and penetrates to the core of a person s being, the soul. intoning aum creates a feeling of bliss and peace. it directs the mind to the abstract and unknowable, at the same time making the unk

it directs the mind to the abstract and unknowable, at the same time making the unknowable absolute more tangible. for many hindus, aum creates a virtual trancelike state. the other major symbol of hinduism is the swastika. like aum, the swastika has great meaning to hindus. it is not a letter or syllable, but rather a pictorial character. the word swastika is believed to be a combination of two sanskrit words, su- meaning good, and asati, meaning to exist. put together, the meaning is something like may good prevail. the swastika is in the shape of a cross, but all four of the branches of the cross are bent at right angles and face clockwise. the swastika symbolizes the eternal nature of brahma because it points in all directions. thus, it represents the notion that the absolute is prese

led rudraksha beads. the beads are strung onto strands and are worn by hindus to remind them of god s compassion for humanity and love for all. praying with rudraksha beads is thought to help one eliminate sin, improve knowledge and virtue, and achieve the reward of living in shiva s kingdom after death. rudraksha beads are made from a tree called the rudraksha, or blue marble. rudra comes from a sanskrit word meaning to cry. aksha means eye. rudra is another name for shiva. rudraksha beads, then, are known as shiva s tears. hindu texts tell the story of shiva who, after meditating for many years on the well-being of all living creatures, opened his eyes and cried tears onto the earth, where they formed rudraksha trees. mala beads are used by buddhists (followers of buddhism) as a tool to

e good, written in about the third century bce, was a discourse on law and social obligations that still influences hindu society in india. similarly, medical research dates back more than two thousand years with medical treatises written by charaka and sushruta. yet it is in the area of literature that hindu culture has had its greatest impact. some of the world s oldest literature is written in sanskrit, and the vedas, especially the rig veda, are among the world s oldest texts. in the centuries just before the common era, hinduism gave rise to two of the world s great epic poems, the mahabharata (the world s longest epic poem, written sometime around 300 bce) and the ramayana (first written down in about 200 bce. this literary tradition continued in the centuries that followed. around t

s great epic poems, the mahabharata (the world s longest epic poem, written sometime around 300 bce) and the ramayana (first written down in about 200 bce. this literary tradition continued in the centuries that followed. around the year 150 the tamil sangam, an academy of philosophers and poets, was founded. the sangam led a resurgence in the writing of poetry and plays, many of them written in sanskrit. in the medieval period hindu poets, playwrights, philosophers, and logicians produced an outpouring of work, and hinduism produced two of its greatest poets: the princess mirabai (1498 1546) and kabir (1440 1518. meanwhile, handbooks written in sanskrit laid out rules for the production of hindu statues, temples, and paintings. namaste namaste is used to greet friends and to pay respect

ome to teach yoga in the west, such as b. k. s. iyengar (1918. the physical and spiritual practice of yoga, which is a part of hinduism, has gained increasing popularity in the west. teachers such as b. k. s. iyengar and sri k. pattabhi jois have helped spread the practice beyond its traditional indian borders. ap images. world religions: almanac 267 hinduism the science of ayurveda ayurveda is a sanskrit term meaning, the science of life. ayurveda is an ancient science that encourages health and well-being through creating a balance between one s lifestyle, body, and diet. it provides instruction on understanding one s unique constitution (health) and how to maintain or reestablish this balance. ayurveda has been practiced in india for more than 5,000 years. ayurveda recognizes three main

he rosary (christian prayer beads, and even on jewelry. both hinduism and jainism share sacred symbols: the aum and the swastika. the aum, or om, in hinduism represents a sacred sound that stands for all of god that is knowable and unknowable. it represents the past, present, and future. in jainism, the aum is used as a repeated prayer that can take one to a trancelike state. the word swastika is sanskrit for may good prevail. it has the shape of a cross with all four of its branches bent at right angles and facing clockwise. for hindus, the swastika is a reminder that god is present in all things. jains understand the swastika to symbolize the four forms of existence held by souls that have not been freed. it reminds them of their goal of freeing the soul from worldly existence. world rel

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small face universe, spent in the great sabbath by jews, christians, and muslims. 30 these twelve hours are the hours spent by the letters in atziluth alone i.e. witness states of alef worlds. 31 isaiah 2:17. 23 32 this serpent, or leviathan, is an allusion to the border of the tzimtzum (circular contraction, the totality of the chayot: n, s, e, w, up, down. this serpent is also called ananta in sanskrit, and astrid in roman mythology. 33 psalms 74:14. 34 thaninim is indicated to be singular, with the letter indicating the plural form missing. 35 ezekiel 1:22. these chayot are the directional sefiroth traveling at the velocity of light in a four dimensional space-time continuum. 36 torah b reshith 1: 3. 37 avh (he) is pronounced hoo. 38 psalms 33:9, yhyv and it was. 39 the letters yhyv ar

oots of the tree and sefirah crown/above. 56 these are the nine sefiroth, which emanate from sefirah crown/above in atziluth. 57 this path is the gate of the alef connecting sefirah knowledge (of the ayn)/the first to sefirah beauty/the last. 58 sefirah beauty/the last. 59 proverbs 19:11. 60 the offerings of spices are the jaws. 61 the two apples are the cheeks. 62 fate (mazal lzm ,also alzm; the sanskrit equivalent is karma, which denotes the law of cause and effect. 63 these short hairs are names of vast face. 64 isaiah 55:6. 65 torah b reshith 1:11. 66 torah vayiqra 23:32. 67 torah doverim 3:24. 68 vyytzr, royyv, vayitzer and he formed, see zohar iii:141b. 69 torah b reshith 1:28. 70 jeremiah 1:6. 71 the letters hanging as the hairs of the beard are the convoluting names of the two face

of songs 2:8. 160 three columns. the tantras speak of three gunas (qualities--sattva, rajas, and tamas. 161 torah b reshith 5:24. 162 proverbs 22:6. the youth is metatron. see books of enoch; job32:6; zohar i: 223b, 37b. 163 ol (li, lit. upon, name of vast face. 164 zeh (hz, lit. this. 165 torah b reshith 5:24. 26 166 torah vayiqrah 19:35. 167 see torah b reshith 32:32. 168 we find this phrase in sanskrit, neti, neti, referring to the process of discrimination between the real and the unreal used in vast face yoga, called jnana yoga in sanskrit. 169 torah b reshith 6:1. 170 torah shmoth 34:29. 171 torah b reshith 3:21. 172 i samuel 16:13, qoren(]rq, means both horn and to shine. 173 psalms 89:18. 174 psalms 132:17..i have ordained light for my anointed. 175 joshua 6:5, the fiftieth year, t

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ught into being, come not to be hereafter. the unborn, the permanent, the eternal, the ancient, it is slain not when the body is slain. 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 10 afterlife mysteries hell, in traditional christian thought, is a place of eternal torment for those who have been damned after the last judgment. the oldest collection of sanskrit hymns is the rig-veda, dating back to about 1400 b.c.e. composed by the aryan people who invaded the indus valley in about 1500 b.c.e, the early vedic songs are primarily associated with funeral rituals and perceive the individual person as composed of three separate entities: the body, the asu (life principle, and the manas (the seat of the mind, will, and emotions. although the asu, and

ct. kabbalah (cabala, cabbala, kabala, or kabbala) a body of mystical jewish teachings based on an interpretation of hidden meanings contained in the hebrew scriptures. kabbalah is hebrew for that which is received, and also refers to a secret oral tradition handed down from teacher to pupil. the term kabbalah is generally used now to apply to all jewish mystical practice. karmic law karma is the sanskrit word for deed. in the eastern religions of buddhism and hinduism all deeds of a person in this life dictate an equal punishment or reward to be met in the next life or series of lives. in this philosophy, it is a natural moral law rather than a divine judgment which provides the process of development, enabling the soul into higher or lower states, according to the laws of cause and effec

nition the direct knowledge of the ability to foresee what is going to happen in the future, especially if this perception is gained through other than the normal human senses or extrasensory. retrocognition the mental process or faculty of knowing, seeing, or perceiving things, events, or occurrences of things in the past, especially through other than the normal human senses as in extrasensory. sanskrit sanskrit is an ancient indo-european language and the language of traditional hinduism in india. spoken between the fourteenth and fifth centuries b.c.e, it has been considered and maintained as a priestly and literary language of the sacred veda scriptures and other classical texts. shaman a religious or spiritual leader, usually possessing special powers, such as that of prophecy, and h

nly helpers who ministered to them were the benevolent spirits of humans who had died, rather than higher spiritual beings with special powers. a similar poll conducted by self magazine for its december 1997 issue found that 87 percent of readers believed in angels. all religions have some tradition of a guardian angel or type of spirit guide assigned to each individual human soul. in the ancient sanskrit texts of the vedas, the word for angel is angira; in hebrew, malakh, meaning messenger, or bene elohim, for god s children; in arabic, malakah; and in india, multiwinged angels or beings are called garudas. as early as the third millennium b.c.e, the written records of ancient egypt and mesopotamia recognized a hierarchy of supernatural beings that ruled over various parts of the earth, t

tation or destruction of the world and the salvation of the righteous. armageddon from late latin armagedon, greek and hebrew, har megiddo, megiddon, which is the mountain region of megiddo. megiddo is the site where the great final battle between good and evil will be fought as prophesied and will be a decisive catastrophic event that many believe will be the end of the world. bhagavad gita from sanskrit bhagavadgi ta, meaning song of the blessed one. a hindu religious text, consisting of 700 verses, in which the hindu god, krishna, teaches the importance of unattachment from personal aims to the fulfillment of religious duties and devotion to god. cosmic consciousness the sense or special insight of one s personal or collective awareness in relation to the universe or a universal scheme

y service for all or common to all. barter the exchange or the process of negotiating certain goods or services for other goods or services. bedouin a nomadic arabic person from the desert areas of north africa and arabia. via old french beduin, ultimately from arabic badw, or desert, nomadic desert people. betrothal the act of becoming or being engaged to marry another person. bhagavad gita from sanskrit bhagavadgi ta, meaning song of the blessed one. a hindu religious text, consisting of 700 verses, in which the hindu god, krishna, teaches the importance of unattachment from personal aims to the fulfillment of religious duties and devotion to god. bipedal any animal that has two legs or feet. from the latin stem biped, meaning twofooted. birthstone each month of the year has a particular

arabic jinn, which is the plural of jinni. kabbalah body of mystical jewish teachings based on an interpretation of hidden meanings contained in the hebrew scriptures. kabbalah is hebrew for that which is received, and also refers to a secret oral tradition handed down from teacher to pupil. the term kabbalah is generally used now to apply to all jewish mystical practice. karmic law karma is the sanskrit word for deed. in the eastern religions of buddhism and hinduism all deeds of a person in this life dictate an equal punishment or reward to be met in the next life or series 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 328 glossary of lives. in this philosophy, it is a natural moral law rather than a divine judgment which provides the process

h as the rite of baptism. sabbath from the greek sabbaton, and the hebrew sabba, both meaning to rest. a 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 glossary 331 g l o s s a r y day of rest from work and for religious worship. in christianity, sunday is the observed day of worship while saturday is observed in judaism and some christian denominations. sanskrit sanskrit is an ancient indo-european language and the language of traditional hinduism in india. spoken between the fourteenth and fifth centuries b.c.e, it has been considered and maintained as a priestly and literary language of the sacred veda scriptures and other classical texts. santeria from spanish santeria meaning holiness. a religion which originated in cuba by enslaved west afri

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y service for all or common to all. barter the exchange or the process of negotiating certain goods or services for other goods or services. bedouin a nomadic arabic person from the desert areas of north africa and arabia. via old french beduin, ultimately from arabic badw, or desert, nomadic desert people. betrothal the act of becoming or being engaged to marry another person. bhagavad gita from sanskrit bhagavadgi ta, meaning song of the blessed one. a hindu religious text, consisting of 700 verses, in which the hindu god, krishna, teaches the importance of unattachment from personal aims to the fulfillment of religious duties and devotion to god. bipedal any animal that has two legs or feet. from the latin stem biped, meaning twofooted. birthstone each month of the year has a particular

arabic jinn, which is the plural of jinni. kabbalah body of mystical jewish teachings based on an interpretation of hidden meanings contained in the hebrew scriptures. kabbalah is hebrew for that which is received, and also refers to a secret oral tradition handed down from teacher to pupil. the term kabbalah is generally used now to apply to all jewish mystical practice. karmic law karma is the sanskrit word for deed. in the eastern religions of buddhism and hinduism all deeds of a person in this life dictate an equal punishment or reward to be met in the next life or series 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 308 glossary of lives. in this philosophy, it is a natural moral law rather than a divine judgment which provides the process

h as the rite of baptism. sabbath from the greek sabbaton, and the hebrew sabba, both meaning to rest. a 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 glossary 311 g l o s s a r y day of rest from work and for religious worship. in christianity, sunday is the observed day of worship while saturday is observed in judaism and some christian denominations. sanskrit sanskrit is an ancient indo-european language and the language of traditional hinduism in india. spoken between the fourteenth and fifth centuries b.c.e, it has been considered and maintained as a priestly and literary language of the sacred veda scriptures and other classical texts. santeria from spanish santeria meaning holiness. a religion which originated in cuba by enslaved west afri

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icrucian enlightenment. boulder, colo: shambhala, 1978. the thuggee no organized cult of killers has ever murdered as many people as the thuggee. in the 1830s this indian secret society strangled upward of 30,000 native people and travelers as a sacrifice to their goddess kali, the gdark mother, h the hindu triple goddess of creation, preservation, and destruction. the name thuggee comes from the sanskrit sthaga, gdeceiver. h although the thuggee probably originated sometime in the sixteenth century, they were not uncovered by british authorities until about 1812. great britain was beginning to expand its territories in india, and the british administrators were becoming increasingly alarmed by reports of bands of stranglers that were roving the countryside murdering travelers. at first th

im fs neck, another would press his head forward, and the third would grab his legs and throw him to the ground. in the rare instance when an intended victim escaped the nooses in the death area, he would run into scouts posted at the edge of the jungle. one 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 32 secret societies thename thuggee comes from the sanskrit sthaga, gdeceiver. h hundred percent mortality of their victims was the goal of the thuggee. in spite of what first appeared to be indiscriminate murder on a very large scale, the thuggee had a peculiar code of ethics whose rules forbade the killing of fakirs, musicians, dancers, sweepers, oil vendors, carpenters, blacksmiths, maimed or leprous persons, ganges water-carriers, and women. d

the appropriate words, which varied from spirit to spirit. these words of power were said, by their very sounds, to exert a strong emotional effect. a famous example is: eca zodocare iad goho torzodu odo kilale qaa! zodacare od sodameranul zodorje lape zodiredo ol noco mada dae iadapiel! these words are supposedly from the enochian language, believed by magicians and other occultists to pre-date sanskrit. they were addressed to the angelic beings that the magi believed would assist them in their magick and they translate as follows: gmove, therefore, and show yourselves! open the mysteries of your creation! be friendly unto me, for i am servant of the same, your god, and i am a true worshipper of the highest. h in all chanting, recitations, and litanies, the impact of a group is far more

n captivated the courts of europe in the eighteenth century. he would refer to a pleasant chat with the queen of sheba and relay amusing anecdotes of babylonian court gossip. he would speak with reverence of the miraculous event that he had witnessed at the marriage feast at cana when the young rabbi jesus (c. 6 b.c.e..c. 30 c.e) turned water into wine. saint-germain spoke and wrote greek, latin, sanskrit, arabic, chinese, french, german, english, italian, portugese, and spanish. he was also a talented painter and an accomplished virtuoso on the harpsichord and violin. the count was also a successful alchemist, and it was widely rumored that he had succeeded in transforming base metals into gold. it was believed that he could remove flaws from diamonds, and in this way improved one of the

k: red wheel/weiser, 1987. ravenscroft, trevor, and tim wallace-murphy. the mark of the beast: the continuing story of the spear of destiny. new york: red wheel/weiser, 1997. sklar, dusty. the nazis and the occult. new york: dorset press, 1989. swastikas the swastika has an evil association in the twentieth century, but it has a long, rich positive history, for the meaning of the word svastika in sanskrit means ggood fortune h or gwellbeing. h swastikas were the symbol of the supreme god in ancient, southeast asia and were used by native americans as a sign for good luck. swastikas appear among artifacts of ancient rome and greece. buddha fs (c. 563.c. 483 b.c.e) footprints were said to leave impressions in the shape of swastikas. to central americans long before contact with europeans, th

y are former mountain peaks of the lost continent. in the 1880s, helena petrovna blavatsky (1831.1891) formed the theosophical society with psychic investigator henry steel olcott. in her book the secret doctrine (1888, she claimed to have learned of lemuria in the book of dzyan, which she said was composed in atlantis and shown to her by survivors of that lost continent. her source may have been sanskrit legends that tell of the former continent of rutas that sank beneath the sea. lemurians, according to blavatsky, were the third of seven root races of humankind. they were hermaphrodites with psychic abilities and a third eye. atlanteans, she stated, were the fourth root race. they evolved from lemurians after much of lemuria sank, and they lived on the edge of the continent in the northe

y service for all or common to all. barter the exchange or the process of negotiating certain goods or services for other goods or services. bedouin a nomadic arabic person from the desert areas of north africa and arabia. via old french beduin, ultimately from arabic badw, or desert, nomadic desert people. betrothal the act of becoming or being engaged to marry another person. bhagavad gita from sanskrit bhagavadgi ta, meaning gsong of the blessed one. h a hindu religious text, consisting of 700 verses, in which the hindu god, krishna, teaches the importance of unattachment from personal aims to the fulfillment of religious duties and devotion to god. bipedal any animal that has two legs or feet. from the latin stem biped, meaning twofooted. birthstone each month of the year has a particu

abic jinn, which is the plural of jinni. kabbalah body of mystical jewish teachings based on an interpretation of hidden meanings contained in the hebrew scriptures. kabbalah is hebrew for gthat which is received, h and also refers to a secret oral tradition handed down from teacher to pupil. the term kabbalah is generally used now to apply to all jewish mystical practice. karmic law karma is the sanskrit word for gdeed. h in the eastern religions of buddhism and hinduism all deeds of a person in this life dictate an equal punishment or reward to be met in the next life or series 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 286 glossary of lives. in this philosophy, it is a natural moral law rather than a divine judgment which provides the proce

s the rite of baptism. sabbath from the greek sabbaton, and the hebrew sabba, both meaning gto rest. h a 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 glossary 289 g l o s s a r y day of rest from work and for religious worship. in christianity, sunday is the observed day of worship while saturday is observed in judaism and some christian denominations. sanskrit sanskrit is an ancient indo-european language and the language of traditional hinduism in india. spoken between the fourteenth and fifth centuries b.c.e, it has been considered and maintained as a priestly and literary language of the sacred veda scriptures and other classical texts. santeria from spanish santeria meaning gholiness. h a religion which originated in cuba by enslaved west a

THE MIDDLE PILLAR

enced some form of psychotherapy, i care not which. there is lacking, until then, a common frame of reference, and common medium of communication. in the middle pillar will be discovered the first glimmerings of insight i had in that particular direction. it still holds good today. endnotes 1. the "wheel of existence" or the "wheel of evolution" refers to the wheel of karma or destiny. karma is a sanskrit word that means "action" it is a destiny consaously chosen in life by each person, created by the total life experiences of all previous incarnations. karma is the spiritual law of cause and effect-a law of consequence that plays itself out in psychic, moral, and physical ways in the life of human beings. one of the fundamentals of karma is that you get back what you give out. thus evil t

that yoga was developed in india by the inhabitants of the indus river valley. the exact methods and philosophy of the practice were gathered into a coherent system by patanjali, a philosopher of the second century b.c.e. the various disciplines of yoga are not restricted to hindus, however, for people of all faiths yoga, chakras, and the wisdom ofthe east 161 have studied and practiced them. the sanskrit word yoga means "union" and from it is derived the english word "yoke" th ism plies a "harnessing" of our latent psychic energies. yoga is a science of physical, mental, and spiritual integration. it is a systematic method of self-development and mystical ascent to universal wholeness on all levels of being. the main objective of yoga is the purification of the soul in order that the inca

dividual is affected by h s or her physical habits (diet, posture, physical tension, etc) as well as mental and psychological habits (thought processes, emotions, imagination, aptitude, etc. 2. svadisthana 1. muladhara navel root apas prithivi figure 9: the chakras. yoga, chakras, and the wisdom of the east 169 kundalini the vital energy that is used to activate the chakras is called kundalini, a sanskrit word that means "serpent power" this fiery transformative energy has been described as a sleeping, coiled serpent whch rests in the lowest chakra of muladhara. through the spiritual disciplines of yoga, exercise, breath control, and meditation, this "serpent power" is stimulated. it rises up the spine, vitalizing, purifying, and equilibrating each chakra it comes into contact with. with e

ve a psychological basis, they often result in physical problems, such as digestive disorders. these psychosomatic tensions can be diffused gradually by focusing the 170 the balancbee tweemni nda nd magic mind on the chakras. the way to do this is to concentrate on the various symbols and correspondences that the chakra system provides. these include geometric symbols, colors, gods and goddesses, sanskrit letters, animals, and sounds used as mantras. chakra correspondences chakra tattva element symbol muladhara prithivi earth square svadisthana apas water crescent manipura tejas fire triangle anahata vayu air hexagram visuddha akasha spirit egg ajna maha-tattva lightimind winged orb sahasrara bindu bliss lotus mantra god lam brahma vam vishnu ram rudra yam isa ham sadashiva om sambhu- para

e associated with malkuth in the exercise of the middle pillar. adonai melekh: hebrew phrase for "lord and king" associated with earth and malkuth. agla: hebrew notariqon for the phrase atah gebur le-olahm adonai or "thou art great forever, my lord" associated with the north in the lbrp. augoeides: greek word meaning "higher genius" usually refers to the hga or higher self. ahih: see eheieh ajna: sanskrit word meaning "order" or "command" refers to the brow or thrd eye chakra. 252 the balancbee tweenm inda nd magic akasha: derived from a sanskrit word meaning "to shine" the tattva associated with the element of spirit. its symbol is the black egg. amen: a notariqon or acronym for the hebrew phrase adonai melekh na'amon, meaning "lord, faithful king" its implied meaning is "so be it" or "so

"order" or "command" refers to the brow or thrd eye chakra. 252 the balancbee tweenm inda nd magic akasha: derived from a sanskrit word meaning "to shine" the tattva associated with the element of spirit. its symbol is the black egg. amen: a notariqon or acronym for the hebrew phrase adonai melekh na'amon, meaning "lord, faithful king" its implied meaning is "so be it" or "so mote it be" anahata: sanskrit word meaning "unstruck sound" refers to the heart chakra. analysand: a person who is undergoing psychotherapy. analytical psychology: a term used by c. g. jung to describe his particular method of psychotherapy. anima: an archetypal "soul image" which is the embodiment of the reflective feminine nature of man's subconscious. anima mundi "the soul of the world" animus: an archetypal "soul

otherapy. analytical psychology: a term used by c. g. jung to describe his particular method of psychotherapy. anima: an archetypal "soul image" which is the embodiment of the reflective feminine nature of man's subconscious. anima mundi "the soul of the world" animus: an archetypal "soul image" which is the embodiment of the creative masculine nature of woman's subconscious. apas: derived from a sanskrit word meaning "water" the tattva associated with the element of water. its symbol is the silver crescent. aral: a ruling spirit traditionally associated with fire, though in modern times associated with air. archetype: often referred to in jungian psychology to mean a preexistent idea, mode of thought, or godform that manifests through the collective unconscious of humanity. asanas: variou

bstance whch surrounds and permeates the physical body. also called the sphere of sensation. see subfle body. auriel: see uriel. binah: hebrew word for "understanding" referring to the third sephirah on the tree of life. bitom: enochian word associated with the element of fire. briah: the qabalistic world of creation consisting of chokrnah and binah and attributed to the element of water. chakra: sanskrit word meaning "wheels" or "lotus flowers" refers to energy centers w i t h the aura that correspond to certain glands or organs within the body. chassan: hebrew angel associated with the element of air. chesed: hebrew word for "mercy" referring to the fourth sephrah on the tree of life. also called gedulah which means "greatness, magnificence" chiah: in qabalah the part of the soul located

e various levels. conscious self: the ego or point of self-awareness. daath: hebrew word for "knowledge" the so-called "invisible sephirah" on the tree of life, daath is not really a sephirah, but rather a conjunction of the energies of chokmah and binah. it can be likened to a passageway across the abyss. divine self: our true, pure, transcendent self which contains a spark of divinity. dharana: sanskrit word meaning "holding" refers to the yogic discipline of concentration on an object or symbol. ego: that portion of the psyche which is conscious, most directly governs thought and behavior, and is most concerned with outer reality. also called the conscious self. eheieh: hebrew word meaning "i am" divine name associated with kether and employed in the exercise of the middle pillar. el (o

e of the spine on the left side. individuation: the process by whch a person becomes self-realized or differentiated as a separate indivisible unity or "whole" which contains all aspects of the self. jagrata: the fourth and lowest world of consciousness according to hindu tradition. the physical world. kether: hebrew word for "crown" referring to the first sephirah on the tree of life. kundalini: sanskrit word meaning "serpent power" a fiery transformative power that resides in the base chakra. the yogic practice known as "raising the kundalini" to connect with all the chakras is said to unleash a great amount of energy. lbrp: lesser banishng ritual of the pentagram. le-olahm, amen: hebrew phrase meaning roughly "the world forever, unto the ages" see amen. glossary 257 libido: according to

he art of causing change to occur in one's environment and one's consciousness. willpower, imagination, intention, and the use of symbols and correspondences play a major role in ths art. see theurgy. mana "great power" a polynesian term for the magical force in nature. comparable to prana or chfi. mana personality: a term jung used to describe an archetypal figure of a person's psyche. manipura: sanskrit word meaning "diamond or "city of precious stone" refers to the solar plexus chakra. malkuth: hebrew word for "kingdom" referring to the tenth sephrah on the tree of life. metaphysics: the branch of philosophy that examines the nature of reality, including the relationshp between mind and matter, substance and attribute, fact and value. speculation upon questions that are unanswerable to

to scientific observation, analysis, or experiment. michael: hebrew archangel of elemental fire. middle unconscious: an inner region similar and accessible to that of the waking consciousness. the unconscious blueprint of the conscious mind. monad: from greek monos, meaning "alone, single, sole" one indivisible. sometimes used to describe kether. 258 theb alanceb etweenm ind and magic muladhara: sanskrit word meaning "basic" in hindu mysticism it refers to the root chakra. nadis (singular nadi) sanskrit word meaning "motion" in hindu mysticism it refers to a series of minute conduits which carry the vital life force known as prana. nanta: enochan word associated with the element of earth. nephesh: in qabalah, the part of the soul located in yesod which is described as the lower self or lo

the conscious mind and presented to others as the "real" self. phorlakh: angel associated with elemental earth. pingala: a primary nadi which starts at right nostril, goes to the crown of the head, crosses back and forth through the chakras, and terminates at the base of the spine on the right side. prana: in yoga, the vital life force which courses through the nadis of the human body. pranayama: sanskrit word for "the breath way" yogic techniques for breath control and vital energy manipulation. prithivi: the tattva associated with the element of earth. its symbol is the yellow square. projecting sign: also called the "attacking sign" and the "sign of horus" one of the neophtye signs of the golden dawn. protecting sign: also called the "sign of silence" and the "sign of harpocrates" one o

ing "tradition" quintessence: the "fifth essence" refers to spirit. raphael: hebrew archangel of elemental air. repression: the unconscious exclusion of painful impulses, desires, or fears from the conscious mind. ruach: hebrew word for "breath "air" and "spirit" the middle part of the qabalistic soul, representing the mind and reasoning powers. ruach elohim: hebrew for "spirit of god" sahasrara: sanskrit word for "thousand-petalled lotus" in yoga it refers to the crown chakra. some authorities do not consider it to be an actual chakra, although most modern practitioners do. salamanders: elemental spirits of fire. glossary 261 sammasati: a form of buddhist meditation that examines and cultivates the memory. self-realization: complete development or fulfillment of one's own spiritual and ps

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an gulf. this is the site of the fabled city of babylon, as well as of ur of the chaldees and kish, with nineveh far to the north. each of the seven principal cities of sumeria was ruled by a different deity, who was worshipped in the strange, non-semitic language of the sumerians; and language which has been closely allied to that of the aryan race, having in fact many words identical to that of sanskrit (and, it is said, to chinese. for no one knows where the sumerians came from, and they vanished just as mysteriously as they appeared, after the assyrian invasions which decimated their culture, yet providing the assyrians with much of their mythology and religion; so much so that sumerian became the official language of the state church, much as latin is today of the roman catholic churc

UNLEASHING THE BEAST

ng description of tantric worship- in which "natural restraints are wholly disregarded" and which "terminates with orgies amongst the votaries of a very licentious description- would become one of the most influential accounts in the late victorian popular imagination.lxx finally, this equation of tantra with its sexual aspects would be rendered hopelessly confused with the publication of various sanskrit erotic texts such as the ananga ranga and the kama sutra by sir richard francis burton and his cohorts in the kama shastra society.lxxi although the kama sutra in fact had little if anything to do with tantra, it would soon become largely confused and often completely identified with tantra in the western popular imagination. crowley, too, seems to have inherited this orientalist identifi

or ashtanga (eight-limbed) yoga of patanjali and the more physical practice focused on bodily postures known as hatha yoga. his eight lectures on yoga- or "yoga for yahoos" as he described it- displays a competent grasp of the classical yoga system and would become one of the first vehicles through which yoga was transmitted to the west.lxxiii and it is also true that he made frequent use of key sanskrit terms, such as lingam and yoni, the male and female sexual organs, to explain his own magical practice. in fact, he records in his confessions that it was the indian worship of the lingam that helped change his attitudes toward sex and to see that the sexual organ can be a source of spiritual power and an object of veneration. unlike repressed and neurotic modern western society, india ha

WEOR SAMAEL AUN ESOTERIC COURSE OF KABBLAH

ormed by 201 members. the board of directors is formed by 72 brahmans. papus in his elemental treatise of occult science stated that the true initiates from the orient are the adscripts to the secret sanctuaries of brahmanism, since they are the only ones who can give us the royal clue of the arcanum azf, thanks to their knowledge of the primeval atlantean language, watah: the fundamental root of sanskrit, hebrew and chinese. the sacred order of tibet is the genuine depository of the real treasure of aryavarta (this treasury is the great arcanum. es, pues, esta llave la requerida para abrir todas las puertas, para cortar todas las corrientes formadas por la energ a at mica, desde la que hemos imaginado y depositado en el fondo de la conciencia, hasta la originaria de todas, la cual circu-l

umi y sin embargo despu s de haber enviudado del conde blavatsky se cas con el coronel olscott, para trabajar con el arcano de la magia sexual. s lo as logr realizarse a fondo. 49 the great yogi-avatar sri lahiri lahasaya was called to the initiation by the immortal babaji when he already had a spouse. thus, this is how the yogi-avatar was self-realized. in hindustan, sexual magic is known by the sanskrit term urdhvareta9 and the yogis who practice it are named urdhavareta yogis. authentic yogis practice sexual magic with their spouse. there are two types of brahmacharya (sexual abstinence, solar and lunar. the solar type is for those that have performed the second birth. the lunar type of brahmacharya is that absurd sexual abstinence that serves only to produce filthy, nocturnal sexual po

WILLIAM WESCOTT NUMBERS THEIR OCCULT POWER AND MYSTIC VIRTUES

, thus- in hebrew we find also ihih called eheie; and ahih called aheie. assyrian adad, egyptian amun, persians syre of sire, greek theos, latin deus, german gott, french dieu, turkish esar, tartar itga, arabian allh, allah, samaritan jabe, egyptian teut, taut, thoth. in sanchoniathon we find the deity called ievo. in clemens alexandrinus, the deity is called jaqu. attention should be paid to the sanskrit holy phrase, aspiration or prayer of four syllables- aum mani padme hum--literally, oh, the jewel in the lotus (meaning, the divine spark within man. numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott 51. theon of smyrna, in the edition of ismael bullialdo, 1644, page 147, says, the tetractys was not only principally honored by the pythagoreans because all symphoni

he power of sounds, vibration, music, words and speech; numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott these are summarized in daivi prakriti=the light of the logos. our physical senses know as 5, are an incomplete set, there are indeed 7 forms or modes of perception, as appears in the highest developments of the chabrat zereh aur bokher, and as described in the oldest sanskrit occult science of the upanishads--smell, taste, sight, touch, hearing--and 6th, mental preception, with 7th, spiritual understanding. the two latter were not dwarfed and materialized into noticeable organs in this fifth race of beings, to which man now belongs. for a fuller explanation see the secret doctrine of h. p. blavatsky. the archaic scheme recognized seven states of matter; homoge

w. wyn n wes tcott tejas, apas and prithivi. the first two esoteric yet unknown are ani and anupadaka. the first name means one, unity, the atom, and is a name of brahma. the latter means parentless, self-existent. the first five are referred to primeval aether, air, fire, water and earth. and to hearing, touch, sight, taste and smell. note air is not hearing. see rama prasad on the tattvas. the sanskrit names of the seven planets used in hindu astrology, are surya for the sun, chandra for moon, kuja for mars, budhan for mercury, guru for jupiter, sukra for venus, and shani for saturn. then there are rahu, the upper lunar node, and ketu for the lower. jupiter is also named brihaspati. 81. the word septemtriones refers to the north, and is so called from its reference to the 7 stars of urs

debi and al haut. in chinese, pe yaugh, the sheep; kin nieu, golden bull; shang huing, two brothers; kin hiai, crab; sin, lion; sha niu, the house girl; tien tchingh, the claws of a scorpion; tien kie, the scorpion; gun ma, the man horse; mu thien, the hill sheep; pao pingh, precious vase; and shang yu, two fishes. numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott the old sanskrit hindu names used by astrologers at the present time are; mesha, rishaba, mithuna, katakam, simha, kanya, tulam, vrishchika, dhanus, makaram, kumbha and minam. the 12 simple letters of the hebrew alphabet have affinities with the zodiacal signs, but the order of relation is a rosicrucian private doctrine. 108. there were 12 recorded appearances of jesus after his death; to mary magdalene

e years. the word covenant is written 13 times in the chapter on circumcision. the bava metzia gives 13 reasons for a good breakfast. in the hebrew liturgy are found the 13 logical rules for interpreting the law. hershon, talmud miscellany, pg. 167# 110. chapter eighteen s ome hindu us es of numbers numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott n ancient india, in the sanskrit language, certain words were used as equivalent to the low numbers. for one (1, they said moon or earth. for two (2, they used many words of things in pairs such as the eyes, wings or arms. for three (3, they used rama, fire or guna, for they knew of 3 ramas, 3 kinds of fire and 3 gunas or qualities. for four (4, they used veda, age or ocean. for six (6, they used seasons. for seven (7, t

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