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nd if you should wish for more the angel will augment them for you as far as you shall wish; seeing that their number is infinite. the four princes and superior spirits be: lucifer. leviatan. satan. belial, the eight sub-princes be: astarot. magot. asmodee. belzebud. oriens. paimon. ariton. amaimon. the spirits common unto these four sub-princes, namely: oriens. paimon. ariton. amaimon. be: hosen saraph. proxosos. habhi. acuar. tirana. alluph. nercamay. nilen. morel. traci. enaia. mulach. malutens. iparkas. nuditon. melna. melhaer. ruach. apolhun. schabuach. mermo. melamud. poter. sched. ekdulon. mantiens. obedama. sachiel. moschel. pereuch. deccal. asperim. katini. torfora. badad. coelen. chuschi. tasma. pachid. parek. rachiar. nogar. adon. trapis. nagid. ethanim. patid. pareht. emphastis

is spoken of in the various mediaeval magical works as being a very potent spirit, and the use of a ring, with magical characters to hold before the mouth while conversing with him, is recommended as a protection against his deadly, fiery, and poisonous breath. the sacred magic 86 the servitors of oriens, paymon, ariton and amaymon. hosen: from chaldaic, chvsn, chosen= strong, vigorous, powerful. saraph: from hebrew, shrp= to burn, or devour with fire. proxosos: perhaps from greek, prox, proxokos= a kid. habhi: from chaidee, chba, or hebrew, chbh= hidden. acuar: from hebrew, akr= a tiller of the earth. tirana: perhaps from hebrew, thrn= the mast of a ship, also an apple tree. alluph: from hebrew, alvp= a leader, a duke; also a bull, from his leading the herd. nercamay: perhaps from hebrew


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the day fires (a. they dried out the turbid dark waters. with their heat they quenched them. the lhas (spirits) of the high; the lhamayin (those) of below, came (b. they slew the forms, which were two- and four-faced. they fought the goat-men, and the dog-headed men, and the men with fishes' bodies (a) the "flames" are a hierarchy of spirits parallel to, if not identical with, the "burning" fiery saraph (seraphim) mentioned by isaiah (vi. 2-6, those who attend, according to hebrew theogony "the throne of the almighty" melha is the lord of the "flames" when he appears on earth, he assumes the personality of a buddha, says a popular legend. he is one of the most ancient and revered lhas, a buddhist st. michael (b) the word "below" must not be taken to mean infernal regions, but simply a spir

ia, etc, extinct animals that he had thought unknown on earth. till his own day* see isaiah, xxx. 6 "the viper and the flying serpent unto the land of trouble and anguish" and the fiery serpents conquered by the brazen serpent of moses* the fossils reconstructed by science, which we know ought to be sufficient warrant for the possibility of even a leviathan, let alone isaiah's flying serpents, or saraph mehophep, which words are translated in all the hebrew dictionaries as "saraph" enflamed or fiery venom, and "mehophep" flying. but, although christian theology has always connected both (leviathan and saraph mehophep) with the devil, the expressions are metaphorical and have nought to do with the "evil one" but the word dracon has become a synonym for the latter. in bretagne the word drouk

xxxix, 7 (ibid. the kadeshim were very far from holy (vide part ii "the holy of holies "the members of the priest-colleges were called sodales" says freund's "latin lexicon (iv. 448 "sodalities were constituted in the idaean mysteries of the mighty mother" writes cicero in de senectute("mysteries of adonis* the priests of baal who jumped over the fires. but this was a hebrew term and a local one "saraph "fiery or flaming venom[[vol. 2, page] 213 the seventh son of the seventh son. philosophers ignored the seven in their genetical accounts and gave only four. thus the mexican local genesis has "four good men" described as the four real ancestors of the human race "who were neither begotten by the gods nor born of woman; but whose creation was a wonder wrought by the creative powers, and who

at for the sin of (the god of) israel" the poor tragos having to pay the penalty for his master's and creator's blunder. this, of course, is addressed only to those who accept the opening events of the drama of humanity in genesis in their dead-letter sense. those who read them esoterically, are not reduced to fanciful[[footnote(s* see numbers xxi. 8-9. god orders moses to build a brazen serpent "saraph; to look upon which heals those bitten by the fiery serpents. the latter were the seraphim, each one of which, as isaiah shows (vi. 2 "had six wings; they are the symbols of jehovah, and of all the other demiurgi who produce out of themselves six sons or likenesses- seven with their creator. thus, the brazen serpent is jehovah, the chief of the "fiery serpents" and yet, in 2 kings xviii, it

extra-cosmic and personal god, higher than whom no exoteric worship can ever soar (3) then come the nagas* the sarpa (serpents or seraphs. these, again, show their character by the hidden meaning of their glyph. in mythology they are semi-divine beings with a human face and the tail of a dragon. they are therefore, undeniably, the jewish seraphim (from serapis and sarpa, serpent; the plural being saraph "burning, fiery (see isaiah, vi. 23. christian and jewish angelology distinguishes between the seraphim and the cherubim or cherubs, who come second in order; esoterically, and kabalistically, they are identical; the cherubim being simply the name for the images or likenesses of any of the divisions of the celestial hosts. now, as said before, the dragons and nagas were the names given to t


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stand at the center of the universe and become a god upon the earth a dark god upon the earth. the grimoire of abramelin the mage the four princes and superior spirits be: lucifer. leviatan. satan. belial, the eight sub-princes be: astarot. magot. asmodee. belzebud. oriens. paimon. ariton. amaimon. the spirits common unto these four sub-princes, namely: oriens. paimon. ariton. amaimon. be: hosen saraph. proxosos. habhi. acuar. tirana. alluph. nercamay. nilen. morel. traci. enaia. mulach. malutens. iparkas. nuditon. melna. melhaer. ruach. apolhun. schabuach. mermo. melamud. poter. sched. ekdulon. mantiens. obedama. sachiel. moschel. pereuch. deccal. asperim. katini. torfora. badad. coelen. chuschi. tasma. pachid. parek. rachiar. nogar. adon. trapis. nagid. ethanim. patid. pareht. emphastis


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the bull" but it is improbable that the egyptians would worship a coffin in the form of a man. several ancient authors, including macrobius, have affirmed that serapis was a name for the sun, because his image so often had a halo of light about its head. in his oration upon the sovereign sun, julian speaks of the deity in these words "one jove, one pluto, one sun is serapis" in hebrew, serapis is saraph, meaning "to blaze out" or "to blaze up" for this reason the jews designated one of their hierarchies of spiritual beings, seraphim. the most common theory, however, regarding the origin of the name serapis is that which traces its derivation from the compound osiris-apis. at one time the egyptians believed that the dead were absorbed into the nature of osiris, the god of the dead. while ma


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temoa the maachathite. 4:20 and the sons of shimon [were] amnon, and rinnah, ben-hanan, and tilon. and the sons of ishi [were] zoheth, and ben-zoheth. 4:21 the sons of shelah the son of judah [were] er the father of lecah, and laadah the father of mareshah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of ashbea, 4:22 and jokim, and the men of chozeba, and joash, and saraph, who had the dominion in moab, and jashubi-lehem. and [these are] ancient things. 4:23 these [were] the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work. 4:24 the sons of simeon [were] nemuel, and jamin, jarib, zerah [and] shaul: 4:25 shallum his son, mibsam his son, mishma his son. 4:26 and the sons of mishma; hamuel his son, zacchur his so


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ement, with an angel blowing a trumpet and the dead rising from the tombs. but its meaning is far more occult and recondite than this, for it is a glyph of the powers of fire. the angel encircled by a rainbow whence leap coruscation s of fire, and crowned with the sun, represents michael, the great archangel, the ruler of solar fire. the serpents which leap in the rainbow are symbols of the fiery seraphim. the trumpet represents the influence of the spirit descending from binah, while the banner with the cross refers to the four rivers of paradise and the letters of the holy name. he also is axieros, the first of the samothracian kabiri, as well as zeus and osiris. the left hand figure below, rising from the earth is samael, the ruler of volcanic fire. he is also axiokersos, the 2nd kabir


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serpent nehushtan which moses made when the children of israel were bitten by the serpents of fire in the wilderness. it is the serpent of the paths of the tree. and he set it on a pole, that is, twined round the middle pillar of the sephiroth. and the word used in the passage in numbers 21 for fiery serpents, is the same as the name of the angels of geburah, the same spelling, the same pointing, seraphim, around the middle pillar of the sephiroth, because that is the reconciler between the fires of geburah and severity, and the waters of chesed or mercy, and hence it is said in the new testament, that it is a type of christ, the reconciler. and the serpent is of brass, the metal of venus, whose sphere is called nogah or external splendor, as shown further in the alchemic symbol of the pla

ling numbers are 7, 49, 175 and 1252. this tablet (indicating it) shows the mystical names and seals drawn from the kamea of venus. the seals are formed by lines drawn from and to, certain numbers upon the square. the name answering to 7 is aha, that answering to 49 is hagiel, the intelligence of venus; that answering to 175 is qedemei the spirit of venus and lastly that answering to 1252 is beni seraphim the name of the intelligence of venus. on this tablet is shown the meaning of the symbol of venus on the tree of life. it embraces all the sephiroth, and is therefore the fitting symbol of the isis of nature. hence also its circle is always represented larger than that of mercury. hiero: resumes his seat. heg: leads practicus to hiereus. heg: hiereus: pract: move to west. hiereus: on this


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inferior spirits which be submitted unto him. also i wish to say that as regardeth things base, vile, and of little importance the superior spirit will not execute them, but will cause them to be executed by his inferiors with all punctuality. and this mattereth not unto him who operateth provided that his commands be fulfilled, and that he be punctually obeyed. the order of the first hierarchy (seraphim, cherubim, thrones.11) the spirits of the seraphim serve to make thee respected and loved for works of charity, for that which regardeth honours and other similar things. in matters of great importance they themselves act; but for matters base and carnal, it is their subjects who do serve and operate. the order of the second hierarchy. dominions, virtues, and powers. the property of the d


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right aspiration bottom point 14 right conduct right lower point 21 right discipline right upper point 27 right energy left lower point 30 right rapture centre point 32 right recollection (in both senses of the word. right view-point. top point table iii 21 lxxxiv. divine names of briah. lxxxv. angels of briah. lxxxvi. choirs of angels in briah. lxxxvii. palaces of briah. 0. 1 lawhy yehuel \yprc seraphim 2 lapr raphael \ynpwa auphanim 3 la laybwrk kerubiel \ybwrk kerubim \ycdq cwdq lkyh hekel qadosh qadeshim 4 (sic) xpxm layqdx tzadqiel \ynnyc shinanim hbha lkyh h. ahbah 5 dwhy cycrt tharshish \ycicrt tharshishim twkz lkyh h. zakoth 6 hwhy* wrttm metatron \ylmcj chashmalim wxr lkyh h. ratzon 7 \yhla laysw usiel \yklm malakim \ymc \xu lkyh h. etzem shamaim 8 pxm laynsh hisniel \yhla ynb be

of merit yahh ckydgk jacob 6 p. of benevolence yhah gtxrmb elijah 7 p. of the substance of heaven hyah unmmqh mosheh 8 p. of serenity hayh qzplgy aaron 9 hhay yqc joseph (justus) 10 palace of crystalline whiteness ahhy hahy ydc la tyu david, elisha xcii. the angelic functions in the world of yetzirah. xciii. the heavens of assiah. xciv. english of palaces (col. xciii. 0. 1 2 3 above it stood the seraphim: six wings twbru araboth plain 4 six wings wkm makhon emplacement 5 one: with two wum maon residence 6 he covered his faces: and with two he covered lwbz zebul dwelling 7 his feet and \yqjc shechaqim clouds 8 with two he was flying. uyqr raquia firmament 9 10 and one cried to the other and said: holy, holy, holy, lord of hosts, the whole earth is full of his glory \ymc wlyw lbt tebel vilo

oul, which perceives and feeds. xcix* archangels of assiah. c* angels of assiah. ci. english of col. c. cii* the revolutions of adonai in assiah. 0. 1 wrffm metatron cdqh twyj chaioth ha-qadosh holy living creatures ynda 2 layxr ratziel \ynpwa auphanim wheels nyda 3 layqpx tzaphkiel \ylara aralim active ones, thrones dyna 4 layqdx tzadkiel \ylmcj chashmalim brilliant ones dnya 5 lamk kamael \yprc seraphim fiery serpents ndya 6 lapr raphael \yklm malakim kings aynd 7 laynah haniel \yhla elohim gods yand 8 lakim mikael \yhla ynb beni elohim sons of god anid 9 layrbg gabriel \ybrk kerubim angels of elements nayd 10 wpldns( wrffm) sandalphon (metatron \yca ashim flames ynad nyad ynda la ciii* the ten divisions of the body of god. civ. the ten earths in seven palaces. cv. english of col. civ. 0

ne 13.9 col. lxxxv. line 6. or lamcj. line 9. or laynpz. col. lxxxix. add daath, ahyh. col. xciii, line 10. contains the earth. col. xcvi. add daath, hwyh. col. xcix. add among archangels: azrael, angel of death (n, israfel, of last trump (c. col. c. our order of angelic choirs is from r. mosheh ben maimon. r. ishmael and the book pliah prefer: 1. cherubim. 2. chasmalim. 3. chaioth. 4. aralim. 5. seraphim. 6. tarshishim. 7. auphanim. 8. auphanim. 9. aishim. 10. taphsarim. and there are many other schemes. col. cii. add daath, ydna. col. ciii. add daath, cerebrum medium, cuius locus est in parte capitis postica. but these have many other attributions, and each is itself divisible: thus chesed and geburah of tiphareth are the breasts; tiphareth the heart; netzach and hod the testicles; jesod


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tters in the great table of enoch (not counting the black cross of union: 12 13 4 his covenant (ps. 25:14) wtyrbw liberty twryx 625 weasels and other terrible animals *myxw) 626 the qliphoth: shells, demons twpylq 628 light (spelt in full, vau )w; cf. 633 and 643 :r:w) blessings twkrb to be wise *mkx life *myyx 629 the great trumpet lwdg rpw# nations; gentiles *myywg 630 the holy spirit)#ydq )xwr seraphim, flaming ones: the angelic choir of geburah mypr# hairy ones; he-goats; demons myry# drill, coarse linen; a triad #l# adam and eve *hwxw md) thine eye( gis h written. see 160& i.r.q. 652 *kny( 631 concealed mystery )tw(yncd silence; silent *ml) 632 the world of foundations: the sphere of the elements (i.e. malkuth; see 564) twdwsy mlw( 633 light (spelt in full, vau= ww; cf. 628 and 643 :r


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tness or magnificence; a masculine potency represented by the divine name la, el, the mighty one, and the angelic name \ylmcj, chashmalim, scintillating flames (ezekiel iv, 4. the number 5. from this emanated the feminine passive potency hrwbg, geburah, strength or fortitude; or yd, deen, justice; represented by the divine names rwbg \yhla, elohim gibor, and lha, elah, and the angelic name \yprc, seraphim (isaiah vi, 6. this sephira is also called djp, pachad, fear. the number 6. and from these two issued the uniting sephirah, trapt, tiphereth, beauty or mildness,18 represented by the divine name tudw hwla, eloah va-daath, and the angelic names \ynanc, shinanim (psalm lxviii, 18) or \yklm, melekim, kings. thus by the union of justice and mercy we obtain beauty and clemency, and the second


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ulah, greatness or magnificence; a masculine potency represented by the divine name al, el, the mighty one, and the angelic name, chshmlim, chashmalim, scintillating flames (ezek. iv. 4. the number 5. from this emanated the feminine passive potency gbvrh, geburah, strength or fortitude; or din, deen, justice; represented by the divine names, alhim gbvr, and alh, eloh, and the angelic name shrpim, seraphim (isa. vi. 6. this sephira is also called pchd, pachad, fear. the number 6. and from these two issued the uniting sephira, thparth, tiphereth, beauty or mildness, represented by the divine name alvh vdoth, eloah va-daath, and the angelic names, shinanim, shnanim (ps. lxviii. 18, or mlkim, melakim, kings. thus by the union of justice and mercy we obtain beauty or clemency, and the second tr


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terrible jaws! dance thou upon this prostrate saint of thine! i suffer from thirst it is a thirst of the body yet the thirst of the soul is deeper, and impossible to quench. lord adonai! let the powers of geburah plunge me again and again into the fires of pain, so that my steel may be tempered to that sword of magic that invoketh thy knowledge and thy conversation. hoor! elohim gibor! kamael! seraphim! graphiel! 71 bartzabel! madim! i conjure ye in the number five. by the flaming star of my will! by the senses of my body! by the five elements of my being! rise! move! appear! come ye forth unto me and torture me with your fierce pangs for why? because i am the servant of the same your god, the true worshipper of the highest. ol sonuf vaoresaji, gono ladapiel, elonusaha caelazod. i rule


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sephiroth_ in banner seven tablet hb:heh hb:vau hb:heh hb:yod of west palaces of water_ diagram 26. arrangement of the temple for the 31st path in the 3= 8 ritual. he then explains to the theoricus the twentieth key of the tarot. it is a glyph of the powers of fire. the angel crowned with the sun is michael, the ruler of solar fire. the serpents which leap in the rainbow are symbols of the fiery seraphim. the trumpet represents the influence of the spirit descending upon binah; and the banner with the cross refers to the four rivers of paradise. michael is also axieros; the left-hand 271 figure samael, the ruler of volcanic fire- he is also axiokersos; the right-hand figure is axiokersa "these three principal figures form the triangle of fire; and they further represent fire operating in

the scarabaeus or god kephera "the emblem of the sun below the horizon, as he ever is when the moon is increasing above" the "hierophant" then leads the practicus to the serpent of brass, and says "this is the serpent nehushtan, which moses made 'and he set it upon a pole- that is, he twined it about the middle pillar of the sephiroth, because that is the reconciler between the fires of geburah (seraphim, fiery serpents) or severity, and the waters of chesed or mercy. this serpent is also a type of christ the reconciler, also it is known as nogah amongst the shells, and the celestial serpent of wisdom 'but the serpent of the temptation was the serpent of the tree of the knowledge of good and of evil, and not the serpent of the tree of life" illustration on page 278 approximated below_ ari

illustration on page 282 approximated below. 23th. 26th. 25th. 24th. 21st_ hb:mem hb:ayin hb:samekh hb:nun hb:koph_ pan devil hermetic later older imageof death typhon symbol form form daniel_ 15 key f liber 14th key asedin 13th key_ al. 36_ 4 =7_ associate adept hierophant ind'r. associate adept. c r. u incense e. p) d_ of diagram_ white pillar w of l banner of east a paths a t& grades m e p r_ seraphim seven kerubim_ palaces north etc. air of south briah_ air_ spirit_ dee central earth tablet fire/ water black pillar_ water. banner. of west. associate adept_ names of principles etc_ diagram 53. arrangement of the temple for the 24th, 25th and 26th paths in the portal ritual "the ceremony" at the bidding the the hierophant inductor the associate adept places the candidate in the west bet


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wn from hashish which appears to possess a power much more active than all the preparations hitherto known, but it has not been sufficiently studied for me to speak with certainty of its results. is it not superfluous to add that tea, coffee, and alcoholic drinks are powerful adjuvants which accelerate more or less the outbreak of this mysterious intoxication? 66 chapter iii the playground of the seraphim what does one experience? what does one see? marvellous things, is it not so? wonderful sights? is it very beautiful? and very terrible? and very dangerous? such are the usual questions which, with a curiosity mingled with fear, those ignorant of hashish address to its adepts. it is, as it were, the childish impatience to know, resembling that of those people who have never quitted their


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nd itself; his sword of green fire flamed in his right hand, and in his left he held the blue feather of justice, unstirred by the wind of his flight, or the upheaval of the universe. but after five and sixty centuries of toil, though illumined with intelligence almost divine, he had to confess himself defeated. 204 "sir" he cried strongly "this is a task for kamael the mighty and all his host of seraphim "i will employ them on it" said the great white spirit. then the skies flamed with wrath; for kamael the mighty and his legions flew from the south, and saluted their creator. behold the mighty one, behold kamael the strong! his crownless head was like a whirling wheel of amethyst, and all the forces of the earth and heaven revolved therein. his body was the mighty sea itself, and it bore

head was like a whirling wheel of amethyst, and all the forces of the earth and heaven revolved therein. his body was the mighty sea itself, and it bore the scars of crucifixion that had made it two score times stronger than it was before. he too bore the wings and weapons of space and of justice; and in himself he was that great amen that is the beginning and the end of all. behind him were the seraphim, the fiery serpents. on their heads the triple tongue of fire; their glory like unto the sun, their scales like burning plates of steel; they danced like virgins before their lord, and upon the storm and roar of the sea did they ride in their glory "sir" cried the archangel "sir" cried kamael the mighty one, and his legions echoed the roar of his voice "hast thou called us forth to perfor

him "thou, and thou alone, art worthy to fill this little crack that thou hast left" then the great white spirit arose and formulated himself as the pillar of infinitude, even as the mahalingam of great shiva the destroyer, who openeth his eye, and all is not. and behold! he was balanced in the crack, and the void was filled, and nature was content. and elohim gibor, and kamael the mighty and his seraphim, and graphiel, and bartzabel, and all the inhabitants of madim shouted for joy and gave glory and honour and praise to the great white spirit; and the sound of their rejoicing filled the worlds. now for one thousand myriad eternities the great white spirit maintained himself as the pillar of infinitude in the midst of the little crack that he had overlooked; and lo! he was very weary "i c

course of the same delirium, shall etna or gehenna witness my torture a second time. second, after the full storm of a vision of intense sublimity has blown past the hasheesh-eater, his next vision is generally of a quiet, relaxing, and recreating nature. he comes down from his clouds or up from his abyss into a middle ground of gentle shadows, where he may rest his eyes from the splendour of the seraphim or the flames of fiends. there is a wise philosophy in this arrangement, for otherwise the soul would soon burn out in the excess of its own oxygen. many a times, it seems to me, has my own thus been saved from extinction. when i woke it was morning- actually morning, and not a hasheesh hallucination. the first emotion that i felt upon opening my eyes was happiness to find things again we


AN INTRO TO STUDY OF THE KABALAH

h are the ten hosts of angelic beings, a separate class for each sephira; they are intelligent incorporeal beings, clothed in a garment of light, and are set over the several heavenly bodies, the planets, over the elemental forces, and over seasons, times, etc; they are the officers of the great arch-angels. the hosts of angels of the sephiroth are chaioth ha kodesh, auphanim, arelim, chashmalim, seraphim, melakim, elohim, beni elohim, cherubim, and tenthly the ishim who are the beatified souls of men and women. the fourth world of assiah is filled with the lowest beings, the evil demons, kliphoth or qliphoth, the cortices or shells, and with all so-called material objects, and to this world belong men, the egos or souls imprisoned in earthly human bodies. this world also has its ten grade


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with her hand, and the angel saith to her' lift up thyself from the earth' 2 and she gazed steadfastly into heaven, and beheld a chariot of light, borne by four bright eagles (and) it were impossible for any man born of woman to tell the glory of them or behold their face 3 -and angels going before the chariot- and when they came to the place where your father adam was, the chariot halted and the seraphim. 4 and i beheld golden censers, between your father and the chariot, and all the angels with censers and frankincense came in haste to the incense-offering and blew upon it and the smoke of the incense veiled the firmaments. 5 and the angels fell down and worshipped god, crying aloud and saying, ja'el, holy one, have pardon, for he is thy image, and the work of thy holy hands' chapter 34

hapter 37. 1 now while seth was saying this to his mother, lo, an angel blew the trumpet, and there stood up all the angels (and they were) lying on their faces, and they cried aloud in an awful voice and said: 2 'blessed (be) the glory of the lord from the works of his making, for he hath pitied adam the creature of his hands' 3 but when the angels had said these words, lo, there came one of the seraphim with six wings and snatched up adam and carried him off to the acherusian lake, and washed him thrice, in the presence of god. 4 and he stayed there three hours, lying down, and thereafter the father of all, sitting on his holy throne stretched out his hand, and took adam and handed him over to the archangel michael saying 'lift him up into paradise unto the third heaven, and leave him th


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hey are each represented with their appropriate faculties and attributes. these are reproduced and stand multiplied- distinguished by different names in all the mythologies (including the christian. the idea regarding each is a general one. this idea and representative notion is that of the all-powerful champion- child-like in his 'virgin innocence- so powerful that this god-filled innocence (the seraphim 'know most' the cherubim 'love most) can shatter the world (articulated, so to use the word- in the magic of lucifer, but condemned) in opposition to the artful constructions (this 'side-life) of the magnificent apostate, the mighty rebel, but yet at the same time the 'light-bringer' the lucifer, the 'morning star' the 'son of the morning- the very highest title 'out of heaven 'for in hea

"harbinger of light" bright radiant lucifer, who opened the eyes of the automaton created by jehovah, as alleged; and he who was the first to whisper "in the day ye eat thereof ye shall be as elohim, knowing good and evil- can only be regarded in the light of a saviour. an "adversary" to jehovah the "personating spirit" he still remains in esoteric truth the ever-loving "messenger (the angel, the seraphim and cherubim who both knew well, and loved still more, and who conferred on us spiritual, instead of physical immortality- the latter a kind of static immortality that would have transformed man into an undying "wandering jew" as narrated in king's "gnostics "ilda-baoth, whom several sects regarded as the god of moses, was not a pure spirit, he was ambitious and proud, and rejecting the s

ot "near" this is of great importance in our argument. st. michael, then, the quis ut deus, is the translator, so to speak, of the invisible world into the visible and the objective. they maintain, furthermore, along with the roman catholic church, that in the biblical and christian theology there does not exist a "higher celestial personality, after the trinity, than that of the archangel or the seraphim, michael" according to them, the conqueror of the dragon is "the archisatrap of the sacred militia, the guardian of the planets, the king of the stars, the slayer of satan and the most powerful rector" in the mystic astronomy of these gentlemen, he is "the conqueror of ahriman, who having upset the sidereal throne of the usurper, bathes in his stead in the solar fires; and, defender of th


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ed in greek and latin, are sufficient to show it, as will be proved in several cases further on. the "sacred animals" are found in the bible as well as in the kabala, and they have their meaning (a very profound one, too) on the page of the origins of life. in the sepher jezirah it is stated that "god engraved in the holy four the throne of his glory, the ophanim (wheels or the world-spheres, the seraphim* the sacred animals, and the ministering angels, and from these three (the air, water, and fire or ether) he formed his habitation" thus was the world made "through three seraphim- sepher, saphar, and sipur" or "through number, numbers, and numbered" with the astronomical key these "sacred animals" become the signs of the zodiac[[footnote(s* this is the literal translation from the ixth a

ewith twenty-two letters of foundation, three mothers and seven double and twelve single, and one spirit out of them. three: water out of spirit; he designed and hewed with them the barren and the void, mud and earth. he designed them as a flowerbed, hewed them as a wall, covered them as a paving. four: fire out of water. he designed and hewed therewith the throne of glory and the wheels, and the seraphim and the holy animals and the ministering angels, and of the three he founded his dwelling, as it is said, he makes his angels spirits and his servants fiery flames" which words "founded his dwelling" show clearly that in the kabala, as in india, the deity was considered as the universe, and was not, in his origin, the extra-cosmic god he is now[[vol. 1, page] 93 the potency of speech and

buddhism. with the exception of favouritism towards buddhism, the four celestial beings are precisely this. they are the protectors of mankind and also the agents of karma on earth, whereas the lipika are concerned with humanity's hereafter. at the same time they are the four living creatures "who have the likeness of a man" of ezekiel's visions, called by the translators of the bible "cherubim "seraphim" etc; and by the occultists "the winged globes" the "fiery wheels" and in the hindu pantheon by a number of different names. all these gandharvas, the "sweet songsters" the asuras, kinnaras, and nagas, are the allegorical descriptions of the "four maharajahs" the seraphim are the fiery serpents of heaven which we find in a passage describing mount meru as "the exalted mass of glory, the v


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oice, and said to those who dwell on the dry ground- the first parable(pages 56-62) the first part of this parable is possibly a description of a holy place set in the future; enoch seems to consider it a description of the watchers home also, since at 39.8, he reveals that he is being allowed to live there, with them. those who do not sleep (see 39.12 and 71.7) are mentioned often. these are the seraphim, cherubim, and ophannim, the non-human angels, who do not need to sleep. enoch never describes them, so it is difficult to know what he had in mind. most of this parable is a description of how four of the watchers showed enoch everything. when the community of the righteous appears and the sinners are judged for their sins and are driven from the face of the dry ground. 38.2] and when th


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ngel set over the books of the living and the dead. the chief of the watchers is named azazel, who governs with uzza and uzziel. the merkabah in the merkabah vision of ezekiel it is written "and i looked and behold a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire enfolding itself and a splendour on every side, and hashmal the brilliance of the innermost flame in the midst of fire" the seraphim the seraphim is four in number and is ruled by seraphiel; he is a prince, wonderful, noble, great, honorable, mighty, terrible, a chief and leader and a swift scribe. his body is like that of an eagle and he wears a crown. he is accompanied by satan, samael and dubbiel. these are the accusers. it is through the spirit samael in which the absolution of the seven deadly sins is accomplished

these are their names: sallisim, parashim, gibborim, sebahim, geduthim, memunnim, sarim, haylim, mesarethim, malhakim and degalim. the angels of the twelve signs aries malchidael taurus asmodel gemini ambriel cancer muriel leo verchiel virgo hamaliel these are the angels which assist the magician in all his experiments; all according to their offices. it is unlawful that you should call upon the seraphim, but all the rest may be called upon for furtherance in matters divine. concerning the talismans. it is necessary to construct talismans for the object of each of your experiments, one for each of the purposes. the nature of the talismans and their manner of consecration will be given to you by god's angels at the altar in temple. these talismans cannot become useful until they have becom


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t like many other ancient and modern descriptions of the draco. the hebrew stories came from the earlier sumerian, atlantean, and lemurian accounts, many of them changed and twisted to suit the priesthood and to lose most of the direct reptilian references. these can be identified, however, by following the trail from which their terms and names derived. the name of the hebrew winged "angels, the seraphim, means serpent and they were described as having six wings- just like the one in the garden of eden featured in the apocalypse of abraham.9 flying angels in religious texts are symbolic of the reptilians, some of which, according to ancient and modern descriptions, have wings and can fly. this is also symbolised in the flying reptilian gargoyle figures, which the bloodlines have on their

ion in the heavens. one serpent symbol was the divine asp on the headgear of egyptian kings and they used the fat of the crocodile in their coronations. the great ancient egyptian city of alexandria was called "city of the serpent's son (alexander the great) and there they worshipped the serpent god, serapis. he was known as the "sacred serpent" or "fire serpent" and from this comes the biblical "seraphim, the serpents associated with yhvh or yahweh (jehovah. the temple of serapeum in i alexandria was dubbed one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, as was the 400-foot-high pharos lighthouse in the city, which was topped by the illuminati's key symbol the lighted torch or eternal flame. in the temple, serapis was portrayed as a massive statue standing on a crocodile holding a staff wi


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fixed stars and the primum mobil, the twelve signs of the zodiac, and the heavenly spheres. beneath the earth lies the land of the dead (hades, the tartaran abode (hell, and the realm of the abominations of chaos. all spirits, demons, angels, and other beings of an archetypal nature are said to reside in one of the archetypal spheres. there are, for example, many ranks or orders of angels such as seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominions, powers, virtues, archangels, etc. each angelic choir is said to reside in a particular heavenly sphere. similarly, the fallen angels may reside in earth, air, fire, water, or in the tartaric depths. spirits which dwell in the planetary spheres are often called olympic spirits. these include lunar, mercurial, venereal, solar, martial, jovial, and sanguine spi


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in. miliom. ilemlis. galak. androcos. maranton. caron. reginon. elerion. sermeot. irmenos. these be those of amaimon, viz. romeroc. ramison. scrilis. buriol. taralim. burasen. akesoli. erekia. illirikim. labisi. akoros. mames. glesi. vision. effrigis. apelki. dalep. dresop. hergotis. nilima. the angelic or demonic keys traditionally, there are nine orders of angels. the first and highest order is seraphim, the second is cherubim, the third is thrones, the fourth is dominions, the fifth is virtues, the sixth is powers, the seventh is principalities, the eighth is archangels, and the ninth is angels. these orders abide in the upper heavens (the lower heavens being the planetary spheres and fixed constellations) within each order exists, both superior and inferior, spirits. the eighteen keys


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ut his creator. while in an initiatory sense, the foundations of god may represent a self-possibility and non-union with the natural order. by this separation and initial recognition of difference can then man and woman seek to become something better, this is the very essence of magick energy in motion, change and ascension. samael was the greatest prince in heaven. the celestial animals and the seraphim had six wings each, but samael had twelve. he took his cohorts and went down, and saw all the creatures whom the holy one, blessed be he, had created, and found among them none as astute and malicious as the serpent. and the serpent's appearance was like that of a camel. and samael mounted him and rode him. and the tora cried and shrieked and 28 noon is considered in the middle east to be

e wisdom of magick and such along with her mate, samael, is her gift to those children who recognize and identify with her nature. asmodeus the great demon king is a powerful spirit who was first presented in zoroastrian lore as aeshma of the wounding 27 spear, a war and fiery daeva. the hebrew ashmedai is one who gained a very high rank among the original angels, asmodeus was according to lore a seraphim, one of the highest ranks of angels. it is suggested in other hebrew lore that asmodeus was born from the demoness naamah and the fallen angel shamdon. asmodeus and samael were said to have had strife over one spirit of lilith. this is the waning moon, the moon of witchcraft and abominable deeds. she is the poisoned darkness which is the condition for the rebirth of light the book of thot


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y warrior in his chariot. situation on the tree: in the centre of the pillar of severity. yetziratic text: the fifth path is called the radical intelligence because it resembles unity, uniting itself to binah, understanding, which emanates from the primordial depths of chokmah, wisdom. titles given to geburah: din: justice. pachad: fear. god-name: elohim gebor. archangel: khamael. host of angels: seraphim, fiery serpents. mundane chakra: madim, mars. spiritual experience: vision of power. virtue: energy. courage. vice: cruelty. destruction. correspondence in the microcosm: the right arm. symbols: the pentagon. the five-petalled tudor rose. the sword. the spur. the scourge. the chain. tarot cards: the four fives. five of wands: strife. five of cups: loss in pleasure. mystical qabala page 11

rd must not be cursed as an instrument of the devil, but blessed and dedicated in mystical qabala page 124 order that it may never be unsheathed in an unrighteous cause. it must not be cast aside in an impracticable pacifism, but placed at god's service; so that when the command goes forth that the evil thing shall not be suffered any longer, the mighty khamael, archangel of geburah, may lead the seraphim into battle, not in destructive rage, but temperately and impersonally in god's service in order that evil may be cleared up and good prevail. iii 28. so much has already been said concerning the nature of geburah that a great deal does not remain to say in the analysis of the attribution. 29. the yetziratic text tells us that the fifth path is called the radical intelligence because it r


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is forehead. it may be noted that god himself is called the angel of the covenant, because he embodied in his own person the whole power and representation of the angelic kingdom, as the messenger, not of separate and temporary commands, but of the whole word in its fullness. dionysius, or st. denis, the supposed areopagite (sixth century c.e, describes three hierarchies of angels in nine choirs: seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominions, principalities, powers, virtues, angels, and archangels. these were created by assembling various biblical passages (such as exodus 25:18.20; isaiah 6:2.3; ephesians 3:10) and the book of enoch. vartan (or vertabied, the thirteenth-century armenian poet and historian, described them under the same terms, but expressly stated: these orders differ from one ano

n on the theological agenda. by the third century, the angel lucifer, who fell from heaven (isa. 14:12, was identified with satan, and the fallen angels with demons. the gnostics (who competed for members with the early christians, imitating plato s classification of the orders of spirits, attempted a similar arrangement with respect to a hierarchy of angels. the first and highest order was named seraphim; the second, cherubim; the third was the order of thrones; the fourth, dominions; the fifth, virtues; the sixth, powers; the seventh, principalities; the eighth, archangels; and the ninth, and lowest, angels. this classification was censured by the christian church, yet almost outlived the pneumatologists of the middle ages. these scholars.studying the account in which the angel lucifer r

an church, yet almost outlived the pneumatologists of the middle ages. these scholars.studying the account in which the angel lucifer rebelled against heaven (isa. 14:12, and that in which michael, the archangel, warred against him (rev. 12:7).long asked the momentous question, what orders of angels fell on this occasion? at length it became the prevailing opinion that lucifer was of the order of seraphim. it was also asserted, after laborious research, that agares, belial, and barbatos, each of whom deposed angels of great rank, had been of the order of virtues; that bileth, focalor, and phoenix had been of the order of thrones; that goap had been of the order of powers; that purson had been of both the order of virtues and the order of thrones; and that murmur had belonged to both the or

h over thirty mystical names, preferably to be written in bat s blood, and continues in a mixture of christian and pagan tradition with an invocation translated as: o thou, pontation! master of invisibility, with thy masters [here follow names of the masters, i conjure thee, pontation, and these same masters of invisibility, by him who makes the universe tremble, by heaven and earth, cherubim and seraphim, and by him who made the virgin conceive and who is god and man, that i may accomplish this experiment in per- interspace link confidential newsletter encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 804 fectibility, in such sort that at any hour i desire i may be invisible; again i conjure thee and thy ministers also, by stabuches and mechaerom, esey, enitgiga, bellis, and semonei, tha

derground that nourished perverted nazi beliefs. list died in berlin in may 1919. sources: sklar, dusty. gods and beasts: the nazis and the occult. new york: thomas y. crowell, 1977. litanies of the sabbat according to one account, on wednesdays and saturdays it was the custom to sing at the witches sabbat the following litanies: lucifer, beelzebub, leviathan, have pity on us. baal, prince of the seraphim; baalberith, prince of the cherubim; astaroth, prince of the thrones; rosier, prince of denominations; carreau, prince of the powers; belial, prince of the vertues; perrier, prince of the principalities; oliver, prince of the arch angels; junier, prince of the angels; sarcueil, fume-bouche, pierre-le-feu, carniveau, terrier, contellier, candelier, behemoth, oilette, belphegor, sabathan, g


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hereth! binael, be thou my love! ruach hochmael, be thou my light! be that which thou art and thou shalt be, o ketheriel! tschim, assist me in the name of saddai! cherubim, be my strength in the name of adonai! beni- elohim, be my brethren in the name of the son, and by the power of zebaoth! eloim, do battle for me in the name of tetragrammation! melachim, protect me in the name of jod he vau he! seraphim, cleanse my love in the name of eloi and schechinah! aralim, act! ophanim, revolve and shine! hajoth a kadosh, cry, speak, roar, bellow! kadosh, kadosh, kadosh, saddai, adonai, jotchavah, eieazereie: hallelu-jah, hallelu-jah, hallelu-jah. amen. it should be remembered above all, in conjurations, that the names of satan, beelzebub, adramelek, and others do not designate spiritual unities


FRANCIS A YATES GIORDANO BRUNO AND THE HERMETIC TRADITION

line sphere, which has simple motion and the quality of candor. the empyrean, where all is stable and the lumen of which is a quality of light superior to candor. in the stable and lucens empyrean is accommodated the trinity expressed in the nine orders of angels of dionysius. there are legions of angels in the orders and their number exceeds the faculty of human computation. the nine orders are: seraphim, cherubim, thrones; the hierarchy of the father. dominions, virtues, powers; the hierarchy of the son. principalities, archangels, angels; the hierarchy of the spirit.3 ficino interprets dionysius as having said that the first order drinks its liquor from the trinity direct (liquorem suum a sola' r. roques, l'univers dionysien, paris, 1954, pp. 240 ff. 2 recent scholarship is tending to p

orduy, ammonio sakkas. i. la doctrina de la creacion y del mal en proclo y el ps. areopagita, burgos, 1959, pp. 23 ff. 3 de christiana religione, cap. xiv (ficino, p. 19. 118 pseudo-dionysius and theology of a christian magus haurit trinitate, the second gets it through the first, and the third through the second and first. there is also a division of activities among the hierarchies, as follows: seraphim speculate on the order and providence of god. cherubim speculate on the essence and form of god. thrones also speculate, though some descend to works. dominions, like architects, design what the rest execute. virtues execute, and move the heavens, and concur for the working of miracles as god's instruments. powers watch that the order of divine governance is not interrupted and some of th

cino. the cabalistic angels would be for pico fundamentally the same as the myriads of pseudo-dionysian angels,2 the change being that cabala gave more information about them and how to make contact with them. 1 pico, de hominis dignitate, heptaplus etc, ed. garin, p. 247. 2 in the second cabalistic conclusion (in the set of 48, pico says "noucm sunt angelorum hierarchiae, quarum nomina cherubim, seraphim, hasmalim, hagot, aralim, tarsisim, ophanim, thephrasim, isim (pico, p. 81. these are the names of cabalistic orders of angels (through whom the sephiroth are approached, as the trinity is approached through the dionysian hierarchies) but pico gives only nine of them 5* 123 pseudo-dionysius and theology of a christian magus if we look (pi. 9) at the frontispiece of a work published in 164

he was a great admirer, and whom he regarded as an important link in the great chain of platonists.3' deonise hid divinitie (ed. p. hodgson, early english text society, 1955) is the title of a mystical treatise related to the cloud of unknowing. 2 cloud of unknowing, ed. justin mccann, london, 1925, p. 19' klibansky, op. cit, pp. 42, 47 (there should be ten) and begins the list with cherubim and seraphim which do not come first in the cabalistic order. his object must surely have been to bring the cabalistic orders as close as possible to the nine dionysian hierarchies. 124 pseudo-dionysius and theology of a christian magus ficino made a new translation of dionysius on the divine names in which there are various passages on the negative theology and on the thought that god is beyond all k

s of intelligences or demons.2 (i) supercelestial having to do only with the divinity (2) celestial, the demons belonging to the signs, decans, planets, and other stars, all of which have names and characters, the former used in incantations, the latter engraved (3) of the lower world, as demons of fire, air, earth, water. the angels, according to the theologians, follow the same three groupings; seraphim, cherubim, thrones for the supercelestial world; dominions, virtues, powers, for the celestial world; principalities, archangels, angels, for the terrestrial world. the hebrew orders of angels correspond to these; there follow the names of the hebrew orders, and of the hebrew angels corresponding to the spheres. the hebrew doctors draw many other names of angels from the scriptures, such


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names in hebrew name 6. 6. loh. 11. akhiel, intelligence of. 66. orath, demon of. constructing sigils with planetary cameas/ 115 table of venus numbers hebrew letters seals or characters of venus her intelligence her demons ivine names in accord with the numbers of venus numbe in hebrew. 49. e of. 1 enus. d rs divine names 7. aha hagiel, intelligencus. ven 175. kedemel, demon of venus. 232. beni seraphim, intelligence of v. 116/ practical sigil magic table of mercury numbers hebrew letters constructing sigils with planetary cameas/ 117 seals or characters of mercury his intelligence his demons divine names in accord with the numbers of mercury numbers divine names in hebrew 8. asboga, prolonged number eight. 64. din. 64. dani. 260. tiriel, intelligence of mercury. 2080. taphthartharath, d


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

the traditions of earlier races; nor, when we remember the true meaning of the cognomen jacob, that the entire story should be regarded as an attempt to set forth certain facts connected with the great physiological or religious conflict between the sexes. the significance of the idols worshipped by jacob and his family is not for a certainty known, but it is believed by certain writers that the seraphim and teraphim were the usual images which were used to represent the male and female energies "then jacob said unto his household and to all that were with him: put away the strange gods that are among you" in referring to this passage, inman, in a note, says "the critic might fairly say, looking at genesis xxxv, 2 'put away the strange gods that are among you' that there were images of go


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fourth behind him to ward off the attacks of evil powers, and the fifth before his face to sustain his aspirations.thesiamese recognize seven orders of angels, they are related to the planets and have guardian powers over cities and men.theusual hebrew word for angels ismelakim, as it is found in genesis xvi. 7, and xxii. 11, 12.thebible also refers to two classes of angels, the cherubim and the seraphim, the former acting especially as sentinels and guardians, and the latter, of winged human forms notable for reverence, humility and obedience and swiftness of action. michael the archangel is named in daniel x. 13, and xii. 1, as the 'great prince, and 'the first of the chief princes, his part is the mysterious conflict with the fallen angel satan.angels127gabriel is mentionedindaniel vii

of an ephermeral nature, created from the river dinor, a stream of fire, and perishing daily; except michael and gabriel, metatron and sandalphon who remain in glory and their names are never changed.inthe work of bartolocci i. 267, are given the following names as of the classes of angels according to the teaching of the most learned of the rabbis; chaioth hakodesh, ophanium, arelim, chashmalim, seraphim, melakim, elohim, beni elohim, cherubim and ishim. seven firmaments are described by name as their several dwelling places.itis also stated (see the talmudic 'erubin) that god consulted the angels as to whether man should be created, that opinions differed, and that the majority were against his creation. bereshith rabba adds that god then made adam without their knowledge; after which th


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r of the letters of tetragrammaton. 20. these are the seven angels ruling the seven planets under the seven archangels thereof: h cassiel.zl sachiel,r3zamael,oanael,raphael) gabriel.34 the sorcererand his apprentice21. the seven heavens of the planets are:hghareboth,2!.zebol,r3makon, 0sagun,raquie) shamain2.2.theintelligences of the seven planets are:2!.yophiel, cfgraphiel, 0 nakhiel,hagiel, beni seraphim, and ki267ha-seraphim,tiriel, jmalkah-be-tharsisim, ve255 ed: ruachoth,schechalim,23.thespirits of the seven planetsare;hzazel,2!.hismaelij.,r3bartzabel,s,0.sorath.te,tharethor,225.:dchasmodai s and shedbarshemoth .shartathan. 24. the seals and names .of'the intelligences should be used onalltalismans for a good effect. those of the. spirits of the planets serve for evil, and should not b


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n, it is where forces take forms as intelligences, spirits, powers, archons and angels. there are many different descriptions of forces with this world, which is basically the astral planes. some of the more expressive are those of the hebrew hierarchy. kether. chaioth ha kodosh. holy living creatures. chokmah. orphanism. wheels. binah. aralism. thrones. chesed. chashmalim. shining ones. geburah. seraphim. fiery serpents. tiphareth. malachim. kings. netzach. elohim. the gods. hod. ben elohim. sons of the gods. yesod. cherubim. strong ones. malkuth. ishim. sons of fire. assiah: the lower world the world of matter is where things become solid, they manifest. attributions in this world can vary greatly, traditionally, there are the planets. but we have more than simply their physical manifest

ibration or essence of which each letter is a symbol. the letters are divided into three groups, each representing a different phase of the emanation process. yah, the lord of hosts, the living god, king of the universe, omnipotent, all kind and merciful, supreme and extolled. who is eternal, sublime and most holy ordained and created the universe in twenty two mysterious paths. namely out of the seraphim who art three: idea, word and word in form, which are in him one and the same. they consist of a decade out of nothing and twenty two fundamental letters (which) he divided into three holy divisions the three mother letters, fundamental or first elements,the seven double and the twelve single letters. sepher yetzirah. the mother letters are mem, shin and aleph. they are attributed to the


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rm the following invocation, one at a time, in the following order) 1. horus 2. isis 3. nephthys 4. aroueris (chief adept performs the middle pillar silently behind altar of the universe uniting with the infinite light while this process is taking place "come thou forth i say, come thou forth in the name of the mighty and terrible one, elohim gibor, and may thy mighty archangel kamael, thy angels seraphim, defend with all the force, power and might of geburah, and make all spirits subject unto me. entrust me with the power to invoke thy forces on command in the defense of this order, my loved ones and lastly, myself. empower all the elements of nature with thy force and strength to act as a sword of defeat and a shield of invincibilty to mine enemies so that every spirit of the firmament a

hield of invincibilty to mine enemies so that every spirit of the firmament and of the ether, upon the earth and under the earth, on dry land and in the water, of whirling air and of rushing fire and every spell and scourge of god, the vast one, obedient unto me (now makes the sign of the enterer towards the quarter while saying "in the name of elohim gibor, i call upon kamael and his angels, the seraphim, to utterly and unequivocally protect, without hesitation or delay, any and all members of the r.r. et a.c. or its directing force, temples and loyal subjects of the outer with the blind force of might and power directed at totally and completely, rendering harmless and helpless any opposing force upon the utterance of the terrible word (remains in the sign of the enterer (when the invoca


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y all the holy names of god, do swear and bind myself unto thee, by all the contents of god s sacred writ, by the incarnation, death and passion, resurrection, and glorious ascension of jesus christ, by all the holy sacraments, by the mercy of god, by the glory and eyes of heaven, by the forgiveness of sin, and hope of eternal salvation, by the great day of doom, by all the angels and archangels, seraphim, cherubim, dominations, thrones, principalities, powers, and virtues, patriarchs, prophets, saints, martyrs, innocents, and all others of the blessed and glorious company of heaven, and by al! the sacred powers and virtues above rehearsed, and by whatever is holy and binding, thus do i swear now, and promise unto thee that i will hasten unto thee, and appear clearly unto thee at all times


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descendants firmly believe that they have found the* unknown' in the jewish jehovah. the divine ecstasies of the eariy christians have made room for visions of a more modem character, in perfect keeping with progress and civilization. the 'son of man' appearing to the rapt vision of the ancient christian as coming from the seventh heaven, in a cloud of gloiy, and surrounded with angels and winged seraphim, baa made room for a more prosaic and at the same time more business-like jesus. tie latter ia now shown as making morning calls upon mary and martha in bethany; as seating himself on "the ottoman" with the younger sister, a lover of "ethics" while martha goes off to the kitchen to cook. anon the heated fancy of a blasphemous brooklyn preacher and harlequin, the reverend dr. talmage, make

it ct hie author tdls lu that be followed bdlcnimum'i drei prograiamen hber die abrtaom-gemmnt. digitizecoy google the 'trinity listen fob uaby*s answer' 173 christian ideas "he (god, lie says "prepared her (mary's) virginal and celestial purity, for a mother defiled could not become the mother of the most high. the holy virgin, even in her childhood, was more pleas- ing than all the cherubim and seraphim, and from infancy to the matur- ing maidenhood and womanhood she grew more and more pure. by her very sanctity she reigned over the heart of god. when the hour came, the uaoie antrt of heatien. lotu htuh^d, and the trinity listened for the answer of mary, for vrithoui her content the world could not ham been redeemed" does it not seem as if we were reading irenaeus explaining the gnostic

285. 567, ibid. i, p. 309. 568. ibid. i. p. zs7. see sdd, at son qf at uait, p. 101. 569. joar, vi, 57/ john, iv, 0. 570. codes jvanrwiu. ii, p. 123. 571 "then went up moses uid aaron, nadkb uid abihu, and sevcntf of tbe dden ot brbci. and aey taie ae ood t^ irrad" emdu. niv, s. 10. 572. ctement. brnnh, xviii, ndi; iruweus; againti hermta. u, pnl, tf. digitizecoy google what are the cherubim axd seraphim? 231 earth. this assertion is unquesttotiable, for we find irenaeua basing on thb fact his best argument for the necessity of there being four gospels. there can be neither more nor fewer than lour he argues "for as there are four quarters of the world, and four general winds (kobcaik^ rvtviiara. it is ri^t that she [the church] should have four pillars. from i^ich it is manifest that the

id to have been applied by jesus to him* self, when in the symbolical or kabalistic language a prophet is so addressed. it ia as extraordinary to see irenaeus indulging in sudi graphic descriptions of jesus as to show him "the maker of all. sitting upon a cherub* unless he identifies him with shekhinah, whose usual place was among the charoubs of the mercy seat. we also know that the cherubim and seraphim are titles of the 'old serpent (the ortbodox devil) the seraphs being the burning or fiery serpents, in kabalistic symbolism. the ten emanations of adam kadmon, called the sephi- roth, have all emblems and titles corresponding to each. so for instance the last two are victory, or yehovah-tze'baoth, whose symbol is the right column of solomon, the pillar jachin; while qlokt is the left pil

l) the seraphs being the burning or fiery serpents, in kabalistic symbolism. the ten emanations of adam kadmon, called the sephi- roth, have all emblems and titles corresponding to each. so for instance the last two are victory, or yehovah-tze'baoth, whose symbol is the right column of solomon, the pillar jachin; while qlokt is the left pillar, or boaz, and its name is 'the old serpent' and also 'seraphim and cherubim* the 'son of man' is an appellation which could not be assumed by any one but a kabalist. as shown above, in the old testamxru it is used by but one prophet ezekiel, the kabalist. in their mys- terious and mutual relations, the aeons or sepbiroth are represented in the kabala by a great number of circles, and sometimes by the figure of a han, which is symbolically formed out


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rald venus. i. 5. yellow or topaz gold sol. e. 6. orange (red and yellow) tawny tenne jacynth dragon s head. a. 7. red least refrangible ray gules ruby mars) dragon s head. vowels. matter coagulate (as the sea. pure elemental matter (as the sky. living forms in matter (disclosed in light. fixed and stationary natural forms, and their spirits. red inflamed,or light fire in its flower, or glory. 2. seraphim. second. ther um fire inflaming, or flowering (in stage of flowering) blooming fire (as a being. elementumignis. first affection, or results (p r) pyr-fri-ga phrodite first. empyr um. 1. teraphim. 3. cherubim. heraldic chart. 163 heraldic and figurative chart, according to the oldest heraldic systems (no. 2) prismatic colours. valois. bourbon. gaulois. sigma. obeliscus: mystic figure. red

)oth,&c.&c.&c. hdj f 1. blue ark arc (patient. 2. white produced (neuter) 3. red producer (agent) also triad of the diatonic scale. musical harmony. music of the spheres (jacob s metaphorical ladder) 164 the rosicrucians. heraldic and figurative chart, according to the oldest heraldic systems (no. 3) rationale of the tricolor, or the three united,national, successive colours of france. teraphim. seraphim. cherubim. 1. fire. gaulois. represented by vertical lines, as indicative of the aspiring rays of this noblest and most active element. salique, or salic, from thesalii, or priests ofmars. red. in heraldry, there are only two chief colours: red (gules, or the princedom of this world; and blue (azure, or the queendom of thisworld* 2. illumination. light: synthesis of colours. it is magic

made flesh of st. john. the empyrseum is properly the flower, or glory (effluent in its abundance, of the divine latent fire. it is penetrated with miracle and holy magic. the rosicrucian system teaches that there are three ascending hierarchies of beneficent angels (the purer portion of the first fire, or light, divided into nine orders. these threefold angelic hierarchies are the teraphim, the seraphim, and the cherubim. this religion, which is the religion of the parsees, teaches that, on the dark side, there are also three counterbalancing resultant divisions of operative intelligences, divided again into nine spheres, or inimical regions, populated with splendidly endowed adverse angels, who boast still the relics of their lost, or eclipsed, or changed, light. the elementary world, o

h.g. this is st. john the 242 the rosicrucians. apostle, the author of the apocalypse; or the sanctus spiritus, who baptises in the mystic eucharist with the holy ghost and with fire. fig. 174. the following are the names of the angels of the planets, according to the gnostics. at the beginning of all things, is jehovah (sabaoth, victory; at the end, the old serpent (ophis. between these are the seraphim (intelligences) and cherubim (benevolences, and their representatives. origen calls the sun, adonai; the moon, lao; jupiter, eloi; mars, sabao; orai, venus; astaphai, mercury; ildabaoth, saturn. all this is gnostic highest mysticism therefore. the name tarasque is given for the dragon of a northern nation (qy. the hill of tara &c) under the roman emperors, and under the emperors of byzant


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nim(\ynpwa, or 'wheels. binah's divine name is yhvh elohim(\yhla hwhy, its archangel is tzaphkiel (layqpx, its choir of angels is the aralim(\ylara, or 'thrones. chesed's divine name is el (la, its archangel is tzadkiel (layqdx, its choir of angels is the chashmalim(\ylmcj, or 'lucid ones. geburah's divine name is elohim gibor (rwbg \yhla, its archangel is kamael (lamk, its choir of angels is the seraphim(\yprc) or 'firey ones. tiphareth's divine name is yhvh eloah vedaath (tudw hwla hwhy, its archangel is raphael (lapr, and its choir of angels is the melekim(\yklm, or 'kings. netzach's divine name is yhvh tzabaoth (twabx hwhy, its archangel is haniel (laynah, its choir of angels is the elohim(\yhla, or 'god/desses. hod's divine name is elohim tzabaoth (twabx \ihla, its archangel is michae


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er, john. know your angels. murfreesboro, tn: mamre, 1993. astaroth astaroth is mentioned in a variety of sources, often without much detail. in arthur edward waite s the book of black magic and of pacts it is declared that, before he fell from heaven, astaroth was a prince of the order of thrones. in lewis spence s an encyclopedia of occultism, it is argued that astaroth belonged to the order of seraphim. in the grimorium verum, it is maintained that he has set up residence in america. waite, in the lemegeton, refers to astaroth as a great duke in the infernal regions, whereas according to francis barrett in the magus i, he is called diabolus in the greek language. it is said that when he is invoked astaroth manifests as a beautiful angel astride a dragon and carrying a viper in his right


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3 right aspiration bottom point 14 right conduct right lower point 21 right discipline right upper point 27 right energy left lower point 30 right rapture centre point 32 right recollection (in both senses of the word. right view-point. top point table iv 21 lxxxiv. divine names of briah. lxxxv. angels of briah. lxxxvi. choirs of angels in briah. lxxxvii. palaces of briah. 0. 1 lawhy yehuel \yprc seraphim 2 lapr raphael \ynpwa auphanim 3 la laybwrk kerubiel \ybwrk kerubim \ycdq cwdq lkyh hekel qadosh qadeshim 4 (sic) xpxm layqdx tzadqiel \ynnyc shinanim hbha lkyh h. ahbah 5 dwhy cycrt tharshish \ycicrt tharshishim twkz lkyh h. zakoth 6 hwhy* wrttm metatron \ylmcj chashmalim wxr lkyh h. ratzon 7 \yhla laysw usiel \yklm malakim \ymc \xu lkyh h. etzem shamaim 8 pxm laynsh hisniel \yhla ynb be

f merit yahh ckydgk jacob 6 p. of benevolence yhah gtxrmb elijah 7 p. of the substance of heaven hyah unmmqh mosheh 8 p. of serenity hayh qzplgy aaron 9 hhay yqc joseph (justus) 1010 palace of crystalline whiteness ahhy hahy ydc la tyu david, elisha xcii. the angelic functions in the world of yetzirah. xciii. the heavens of assiah. xciv. english of palaces (col. xciii. 0. 1 2 3 above it stood the seraphim: six wings twbru araboth plain 4 six wings wkm makhon emplacement 5 one: with two wum maon residence 6 he covered his faces: and with two he covered lwbz zebul dwelling 7 his feet and \yqjc shechaqim clouds 8 with two he was flying. uyqr raquia firmament 9 1010 and one cried to the other and said: holy, holy, holy, lord of hosts, the whole earth is full of his glory \ymc wlyw lbt tebel vi

oul, which perceives and feeds. xcix* archangels of assiah. c* angels of assiah. ci. english of col. c. cii* the revolutions of adonai in assiah. 0. 1 wrffm metatron cdqh twyj chaioth ha-qadosh holy living creatures ynda 2 layxr ratziel \ynpwa auphanim wheels nyda 3 layqpx tzaphkiel \ylara aralim active ones, thrones dyna 4 layqdx tzadkiel \ylmcj chashmalim brilliant ones dnya 5 lamk kamael \yprc seraphim fiery serpents ndya 6 lapr raphael \yklm malakim kings aynd 7 laynah haniel \yhla elohim gods yand 8 lakim mikael \yhla ynb beni elohim sons of god anid 9 layrbg gabriel \ybrk kerubim angels of elements nayd 1010 wpldns( wrffm) sandalphon (metatron \yca ashim flames ynad nyad ynda la ciii* the ten divisions of the body of god. civ. the ten earths in seven palaces. cv. english of col. civ

ne 13.9 col. lxxxv. line 6. or lamcj. line 9. or laynpz. col. lxxxix. add daath, ahyh. col. xciii, line 10. contains the earth. col. xcvi. add daath, hwyh. col. xcix. add among archangels: azrael, angel of death (n, israfel, of last trump (c. col. c. our order of angelic choirs is from r. mosheh ben maimon. r. ishmael and the book pliah prefer: 1. cherubim. 2. chasmalim. 3. chaioth. 4. aralim. 5. seraphim. 6. tarshishim. 7. auphanim. 8. auphanim. 9. aishim. 10. taphsarim. and there are many other schemes. col. cii. add daath, ydna. col. ciii. add daath, cerebrum medium, cuius locus est in parte capitis postica. but these have many other attributions, and each is itself divisible: thus chesed and geburah of tiphareth are the breasts; tiphareth the heart; netzach and hod the testicles; jesod


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terrible jaws! dance thou upon this prostrate saint of thine. i suffer from thirst. it is a thirst of the body. yet the thirst of the soul is deeper, and impossible to quench. lord adonai! let the powers of geburah plunge me again and again into the fires of pain, so that my steel may be tempered to that sword of magic that invoketh thy knowledge and thy conversation. hoor! elohim gibor! kamael! seraphim! graphiel! bartzabel! madim! i conjure ye in the number five. by the flaming star of my will! by the senses of my body! by the five elements of my being! rise! move! appear! come ye forth unto me and torture me with your fierce pangs. for why? because i am the servant of the same your god, the true worshipper of the highest. ol sonuf vaoresaji, gono iadapiel, elonusaha calazod. i rule abo


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dly explained. t.s] 17 [add, in another sense, ch xvii. this is important. t.s] on the qabalah 13 and the angelic name \ylmcj, chashmalim, scintillating flames (ezekiel iv, 4. the number 5. from this emanated the feminine passive potency hrwbg, geburah, strength or fortitude; or yd, deen, justice; represented by the divine names rwbg \yhla, elohim gibor, and lha, elah, and the angelic name \yprc, seraphim (isaiah vi, 6. this sephira is also called djp, pachad, fear. the number 6. and from these two issued the uniting sephirah, trapt, tiphereth, beauty or mildness,18 represented by the divine name todw hwla, eloah va-daath, and the angelic names \ynanc, shinanim (psalm lxviii, 18) or \yklm, melekim, kings. thus by the union of justice and mercy we obtain beauty and clemency, and the second


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from passion a struggle of life brings both angels and demons, which become separate and alone. those who dive the depths will become as draconis, the ourobouris eternal which dreams of enfleshing all desires. belial those who wear the cloak of wolves, given their blood to the ecstasy of ahriman the desire of flesh is our temple of heaven and hell, from which all desires may become. by facing the seraphim may armiluss al dajjal awaken within, the earth will then answer a great song. casting the shadow of cain via nocturne solitary version. this is a small ritual designed to imbibe the sorcerer with a focused current of being, from which he or she will enter the luciferian gnosis with ease. i call forth the infernal shadows which nourish my body and soul; i invoke the circle which empowers

he shadows of flame who reside with babalon to bless my journey into the light of your self. facing east: lucet, lucifer, the source of my knowledge of self, morning star of wisdom and perfection. let the light of your essence rain upon me, so that i may become of your knowledge, from which i may become as god (goddess) itself. from the dream of spirit, emerge! facing north: belial, belarion, the seraphim who would command the earth. allow your essence to surge through me as i stand upon the earth, your very eyes shall mirror my self. i call thee forth from the depths of the earth, give me the strength to become belarion al dajjal when i have passed through the veil! imagine the four crowned princes flowing within you, that you may absorb and take the knowledge of the daemonic force to use


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is the symbol of eternity, for in this position the body of the reptile has neither beginning nor end. the head and tail represent the positive and negative poles of the cosmic life circuit. the initiates of the mysteries were often referred to as serpents, and their wisdom was considered analogous to the divinely inspired power of the snake. there is no doubt that the title "winged serpents (the seraphim) was given to one of the invisible hierarchies that labored with the earth during its early formation. there is a legend that in the beginning of the world winged serpents reigned upon the earth. these were probably the demigods which antedate the historical civilization of every nation. the symbolic relationship between the sun and the serpent found literal witness in the fact that life

r great and glorious, holy and unspeakable, mysterious, mighty, powerful, incomprehensible names of god, that you attend unto the words of my mouth, and send unto me pabiel or other of your ministering, serving spirits, who may show me such things as i shall demand of him in the name of the father, and of the son, and of the holy ghost. amen "i intreat thee, pabiel, by the whole spirit of heaven, seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominations, witnesses, powers, principalities, archangels, and angels, by the holy, great, and glorious angels orphaniel tetra-dagiel salamla acimoy pastor poti, that thou come forthwith, readily show thyself that we may see you and audibly hear you, speak unto us and fulfil our desires, and by your star which is jupiter, and by all the constellations of heaven, and b

rmed therein twenty-two letters and established them out of mud and loam, making them like a border, putting them up like a wall, and surrounding them as with a rampart. he poured snow upon them and it became earth, as it reads "he said to the snow be thou earth (job. xxxvii. 6) 4th. fire (ether) he drew forth from the water. he engraved and established by it the throne of glory. he fashioned the seraphim, the ophanim, and the holy living creatures (cherubim, as his ministering angels; and with (of) these three he formed his habitation, as it reads "who made his angels spirits, his ministers a flaming fire (psalms civ. 4) click to enlarge the tetragrammaton. by arranging the four letters of the great name (i h v h, in the form of the pythagorean tetractys, the 72 powers of the great name o

im, chaioth ha kadosh, the holy animals. from c 1 came c 2, the third wisdom; the hierarchy is the cherubim, orphanim, the wheels. from c 2 came c 3, the third understanding; the hierarchy is the thrones, aralim, the mighty ones. from c 3 came c 4, the third mercy; the hierarchy is the dominations, chashmalim, the brilliant ones. from c 4 came c 5, the third severity; the hierarchy is the powers, seraphim, the flaming serpents. from c 5 came c 6, the third beauty; the hierarchy is the virtues, melachim, the kings. from c 6 came c 7, the third victory; the hierarchy is the principalities, elohim, the gods. from c 7 came c 8, the third glory; the hierarchy is the archangels, ben elohim, the sons of god. from c 8 came c 9, the third foundation; the hierarchy is the angels, cherubim, the scat

ven of mercury (33) the heaven of venus (34) the heaven of the sun (35) the heaven of mars (36) the heaven of jupiter (37) the heaven of saturn (38) the firmament (39) the primum mobile (40) the empyrean heaven. the fifth order of gates is termed the angelic world and its divisions are as follows (41) ishim--sons of fire (42) orphanim--cherubim (43) aralim--thrones (44) chashmalim--dominions (45) seraphim- virtues (46) melachim--powers (47) elohim--principalities (48) ben elohim--angels (49) cherubim- archangels [the order of the angels is a matter of controversy, the arrangement above differing from that accepted in other sections of this volume. the rabbins disagree fundamentally as to the proper sequence of the angelic names] the sixth order is termed the archetype and consists of but o


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tick of gold before the face of the throne of the majesty of god, and by the holy of holies wherein the kohen ha-gadul was alone permitted to enter, that is to say, the high-priest. i conjure ye by him who hath made the heavens and the earth, and who hath measured those heavens in the hollow of his hand, and enclosed the earth with three of his fingers, who is seated upon the kerubim and upon the seraphim; and by the kerubim, which is called the kerub, which god constituted and placed to guard the tree of life, armed with a flaming sword, after that man had been driven out of paradise. i conjure ye anew, apostates from god, by him who alone hath performed great wonders; by the heavenly jerusalem; and by the most holy name of god in four letters, and by him who enlighteneth all things and s

hath conquered the spirit: and by the name of the angel who ruleth potently over the rest, and by the praise of all creatures who cry incessantly unto god, who spake, and immediately all things, even the ages, were made and formed; and by the name ha-qadosch berakha, which signifies the holy and blessed one; and by the ten choirs of the holy angels chaioth ha-qadesh, auphanim, aralim, chashmalim, seraphim, malachim, elohim, beni elohim, kerubim, and ishim; and by, and in the sacred name of twelve letters of which each letter is the name of an angel, and the letters of the name are aleph, beth, beth, nun, vau, resh, vau, cheth, he, qoph, daleth, shin. by these names therefore, and by all the other holy names, we conjure ye and we exorcise ye; by the angel zechiel; by the angel duchiel; by t

ath already been said. but before commencing any operation whatsoever for the recovery of things stolen, after having made all necessary preparations, thou shalt say the following oration: the oration. ateh adonai elohim asher ha-shamain ve-ha-aretz &c. thou, o lord, who hast made both heaven and earth, and hast measured them in the hollow of thy hand; thou who art seated upon the kerubim and the seraphim, in the high places, whereunto human understanding cannot penetrate; thou who hast created all things by thine agency, in whose presence are the living creatures, of which four are marvellously volatile, which have six wings, and who incessantly cry aloud: qadosch, qadosch, qadosch, adonai elohim tzabaoth, heaven and earth are full of thy glory; o lord god, thou who hast expelled adam fro


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her of all creatures, thou who art full of mercy and of compassion, by thy great goodness, that thou deign to grant unto me power to see and know these spirits which i desire to behold and to make to appear before me and to accomplish my will. through thee who art conqueror, and who art blessed unto the ages of the ages. amen. o lord god the father eternal, who art seated upon the kerubim and the seraphim, who lookest upon earth and upon sea; unto thee do i raise my hands and implore thine aid alone, thou who alone art the accomplishment of good works, thou who givest rest unto those who labour, who humblest the proud, who art the author of life and the destroyer of death; thou art our rest, thou art the protector of those who invoke thee; protect, guard, and defend me in this matter, and

t of beneficence; they correspond to the imagination. they have for adversaries the gamchicoth or the disturbers of souls. the chief or guide of these demons is ashtaroth or astarte, the impure venus of the syrians, whom they represent with the head of an ass or of a bull, and the breasts of a woman. the fifth number is five. the fifth sephira is geburah or justice. the spirits of geburah are the seraphim, or the spirits burning with zeal. their empire is that of the chastisement of crimes. they correspond to the faculty of comparing and of choosing. they have for adversaries the golab or incindiaries, genii of wrath and sedition, whose chief is asmodeus, whom they also call samael the black. the sixth number is six. the sixth sephira is tiphereth the supreme beauty. the spirits of tiphere

thou my love! ruach chokmahel, be thou my light! be that which thou art, and that which thou willest to be, o ketheriel! ishim, assist me in the name of shaddai. cherubim, be my strength in the name of adonai. beni elohim, be ye my brethren in the name of the son, and by the virtues of tzabaoth. elohim, fight for me in the name of tetragrammaton. malachim, protect me in the name of yod he vau he. seraphim, purify my love in the name of eloah. chaschmal im, enl ighten me wi th the splendors of elohi, and of schechinah. aralim, act ye; auphanim, revolve and shine. chaioth ha-qadosch, cry aloud, speak, roar, and groan; qadosch, qadosch, qadosch, shaddai, adonai, yod chavah, eheieh asher eheih! halelu-yah! halelu-yah! halelu-yah. amen. the key of solomon page 128 the mystical alphabh,page 59 k


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nd 16. figure 17. the holy pentacles page 63 editor s note. within the pentacle are the names of the nine orders of angels, those of six of them in ordinary hebrew characters, and the remainder in the letters which are known as "the passing of the river" these nine orders are: 1, chaiath ha-qadesch, holy living creatures; 2, auphanim, wheels; 3, aralim, thrones; 4, chaschmalim, brilliant ones; 5, seraphim, fiery ones; 6, melakim, kings; 7, elohim, gods; 8, beni elohim, sons of the elohim; 9, kerubim, kerubim. the versicle is from psalm xviii 7 "then the earth shook and trembled, the foundations of the hills also moved and were shaken, because he was wroth" the key of solomon page 64 jupiter. figure 18. the first pentacle of jupiter. this serveth to invoke the spirits of jupiter, and especi


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rom the head of the serpent+ ehyeh kether metatron chaioth ha-qadehs rashith ha-galgalim s.p.m (for "sphere of the primum mobile+ lah chokmah ratziel auphanim masloth s.s.f (for "sphere of the fixed stars" or s.z. for "sphere of the zodiac+ iehovah eolhim binah tzaphquiel aralim shabbathai s (for "sphere) of saturn+ el chesed tzadquiel chaschmalim tzedeq s. of jupiter+ elohim gibor geburah kamael seraphim madim s. of mars+ iehovah eloah va-daath tiphereth raphael malakim shemesh s. of the sun+ iehovah tzabaoth netzach haniel elohim nogah s. of venus+ elohim tzabaoth hod michael beni elohim kokav s. of mercury+ shaddai el chai lesod gabriel cherubim levanah s. of the moon+ the hexagram of solomon. this is the form of the hexagram of solomon, the figure whereof is to be made on parchment of

ds of thee, the great god of sabaoth. hesel (should be chesed- thou great god, governor and creator of the planets, and of the host of heaven: hasmalim (should be chashmalim- command them by thine almighty power: zelez (should be zedeq- to be now present and assisting to us thy poor servants, both now and for ever. elohim geber (should be gibor- most almighty and eternal and ever living lord god: seraphim- command thy seraphim: camael, madim- to attend on us now at this time, to assist us, and to defend us from all perils and dangers. eloha- o almighty god! be present with us both now and for ever: tetragrammaton- and let thine almighty power and presence ever guard and protect us now and for ever: raphael- let thy holy angel raphael wait upon us at this present and for ever: schemes (or s


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we perform but as instruments in thy hands: zabbathai in the hands of thee, the great god of sabaoth. s. h.2 hesel3 thou great god, governor and creator of the planets, and of the host of heaven: hasmalim command them by thine almighty power: zelez to be now present and assisting to us thy poor servants, both now and for ever. k. s. elohim geber most almighty and eternal and ever living lord god: seraphim command thy seraphim: camael, madim to attend on us now at this time, to assist us, and to defend us from all perils and dangers. s. 1. the divine names in this section are all written in the periphery of the circle of art, shown in the goetia. 2. it is uncertain what the h abbreviates. the names all refer to the sphere of saturn. 3. the copyist mistook a d in the diagram of the circle fo


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vel and bask in the great glory that your very blood is of hecate! a bonfire should feature if outdoors in seclusion, a blaze to mirror the great sabbath feast of the spirit. 83 83 the rite should open with the witches rune and then intone "samhain, great god of the dead to which the veil is lifted: we call those of our blood, with our many desires, to walk! azazel, from the hidden forests of thy seraphim walk, to live within every grave, from which we too are come; and stalk with us the skies by night! this is our passion of shadows and of night, so our eyes burn as does thy great fire, thou that revealest, thou that becometh" celebrate with such a fury and rising ecstasy as is not seen of men. this shall be your will and wish. embrace your lover and friends as one; to them and to you are

t be practiced until the self is still in the body. envision the self in present and direction or path from which you may become. three: the binding to the luciferic path of the adversary, the dedication to the great work of becoming. this may be conducted by ones own initiatory ritual, and the bornless one ritual of ascension. conduct these workings of high magick until the flaming swords of the seraphim reveal the path of the emerald crown of lucifer, that in holy light of the cunning fire shall you become in the illumination of seth. four: the earthly journey of the sorcerer, the path of the adversary and devil in flesh. the individual shall move through the dual ecstasies to work with both shadow and light. this is the development of the bestial and angelic familiar; the holy guardian


MICHAEL TSARION ATLANTIS ALIEN VISITATION AND GENETIC MANIPULATION

true and false knights, the heroes descent andascent, etc, also conceal the same meta-theme. from robin hood to swan lake, fromhercules and the hydra to jason and the golden fleece, from the odin hanging on thewinding tree to conan the barbarian, from alice through the looking glass todungeons and dragons, the themes are one. what is the tree of the east and the treeof the west? what are the two seraphim who guard the ark of the covenant? what arethe gates of v alhalla? why are there twin columns at the portals of illustrious edifices?what do the swastika, the double-headed eagle, the masonic double cube, the double-barred cross of lorraine, the two knights templars riding one horse, really signify?what are the real pillars of hercules that guarded the way to atlantis?atlantis, alien visi


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woven, which the wit of man, with his limited means of explanation, will never unravel. hebrew theism itself became involved in symbolism and image-worship, to which all religions ever tend. we have already seen what was the symbolism of the tabernacle, the temple, and the ark. the hebrew establishment tolerated not only the use of emblematic vessels, vestments, and cherubs, of sacred pillars and seraphim, but symbolical representations of jehovah himself, not even confined to poetical or illustrative language "among the adityas" says chrishna, in the bagvat ghita "i am vishnu, the radiant sun among the stars; among the waters, i am ocean; among the mountains, the himalaya; and among the mountain-tops, meru" the psalms and isaiah are full of similar attempts to convey to the mind ideas of


PHOSPHORUS THE SHADOWING FORTH OF LUCIFER

repression of the awakened mind. the enthusiasm of the driven conscious, charged with the bright luciferian light; leads all individuals towards god itself. lucifer is the fallen angel of light. born strong in the light of the god spirit, his crown held the most beautiful jewels from the earth. his essence was of the sun and divine wisdom and enlightenment shone throughout him. no other angel or seraphim was as bright as lucifer. as with all beings of light and will, a great fire emerged within lucifer. he sought to become as god, to rise towards godhead. thus the great rebel was born. standing against the holy hierarchy, lucifer gathered many of his fellow seraphim, leviathan, belial, astaroth, asmodeus/samael, mephistopheles, dagon, sorath/shaitan, beelzebub and a host of others to stan

hy, lucifer gathered many of his fellow seraphim, leviathan, belial, astaroth, asmodeus/samael, mephistopheles, dagon, sorath/shaitan, beelzebub and a host of others to stand in the light of selfgodhood and defy that which stood against individual phosphorus; the infinite possibility of existence. a great battle ensued, etheric and astral bodies were devoured and torn from aggressive attacks. the seraphim which sought the throne of god gave all under the flag of lucifer. nothing would stand in the way of individual freedom and the light of godhood; nothing is the basis for destruction and the beginning of creation. the morning star was rising, angelic hosts feared these bright beings. finally the holy angel michael (who will prove useful in healing magick) and his great horde overpowered t

enter the great abyss of non-form if such would remain for any period of time "i call ye forth to awake and arise as yourselves, gods in the light of heaven. hell is ours yet we must make a heaven within ourselves. the universe is kind and all we shall ever need will be provided as long as we are here to take it. stand up and join with me. the world can be ours under our light..awake" the fallen seraphim began to rise and take shape. they would scatter unto the various parts of the earth and abyss. from the ashes must the gods and goddesses rise. some descended further, some became as angels of light. leviathan and samael descended, lucifer became and angel of light. belial would become an earth bound spirit who would transform into a demon. astaroth, wandering the earth on a great dragon

s the primary goal, to rise towards godhead. the rite of lucifer was designed through my personal experience to affect the individual in several ways. change is often reversible if the self is not on the same level as the rest. this translate that change must happen on every molecular level. the whole must be impacted from all sides. lucifer is to be absorbed and forgotten. the fall is simply the seraphim descending into the flesh, the brain of the sorcerer. lucifer must be channeled into the spirit itself and become aligned with the holy guardian angel for a unity to be complete. productivity therefor rises and a strong sense of character is built even further. individuals who attempt these rites must already be of sound mind as the dangers of such if failure occurs are far too real. insa


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nah. we then take it to the reader fs platform, i.e, malchut. reading the torah is revealing g-d fs will into the world, i.e, manifesting the divine insight of chochmah as developed into a new vision of reality in binah that is now ready to revitalize and re-inspire the world. we will now how this dynamic is manifest in the array of angels in the higher worlds. similarly, we find reference to the seraphim.which are cherubs.being in beriah, which is [associated with] binah, and to chayot being in yetzirah, and ofanim in asiyah. there are two seraphim, even though innumerable camps of millions [of angels are derived and] issue from them. they correspond to yud-kei, i.e, chochmah inside binah, which together enter beriah. the seraphim are the more gintellecutal h angels, who personify divine

f insight given into chochmah, and is thus associated with the world of atzilut. kah, as just stated, refers to chochmah within binah, the experience of beriah. havayah is associated with tiferet, the central of the six midot. tzevakot is associated with netzach and hod, which are manifest as g-d fs actions in the world of asiyah. these are [the two archangels] michael and gabriel, who are termed seraphim, and are the strength of the states of gevurah. 3 recall that names of angels that are not also used as names of people should not be pronounced. 4 berachot 7a. the arizal on parashat tetzaveh 349 binah is on the left side of the sefirah-tree, and therefore associated with gevurah; thus seraphim, the angels of beriah, are also associated with gevurah. in particular, the word seraph means

cluded in tiferet.this is three. the fourth is malchut, which issues from the back of tiferet; it is the fourth chayah [the names of the chayot are] michael, gabriel, nuriel, and raphael. they are all aspects of metatron, for he is the main chayah, while these [four] others are manifestations of him. they are the six extremities, which are the six vav fs, whose combined numerical value is 36. the seraphim are above them, as it is written, gseraphim were standing above him. h5 the word for ghim h in this verse is lo (lamed-vav, whose numerical value is (30+ 6) 36. thus, the verse may be read, gthe seraphim were standing above the 36. h the ofanim are below [these, in asiyah. in fact, there is only one ofan, as it is written, gand behold, there was one ofan on the earth, h6 but innumerable c


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the divine names attributed to the sephiroth no. of divinnea me archangelnica me choiro f angels sephirah (atziluth -bria h (yetsirah) 1. kether eheieh metatron chayoth ha-qadesh n'nx ]i-ibbd w73n ni'n 2. chokrnah yah raziel auphanirn 3' yn't7 t3'1181n 3. binah yhvh elohim tzaphqiel al;alim 9 3 ;71n 9 5nq33y o'7nln 4. chesed el tzadqiel chashrnalim 7 7u'p x n"1 wn 5. geburah elohirn gibor karnael seraphim 71311 p'ilyn 7ut33 d'8l w 6. tiphareth yhvh eloah vedaath raphael melekirn nyn n i 7 m il* 5x87- 3 7 7. netzach yhvh tzabaoth haniel elohim n i x'l iil. n-jn?i d';i n 8. hod elohim tzabaoth michael beni elohim n i x 3 n 'il u 5 x 3' d';isu 933 9. yesod shaddai el chai gabriel kerubim 'n5n '7w 7 '7311 '3173 10. malkuth adonai ha-aretz sandalphon ashim ylxil *nu iid -tjd n'wx note: the stud

the serpent nehushtan, which moses made when the children of israel were bitten by serpents of fire in the wilderness, is the serpent of the paths of the tree. and he set it on a pole-that is, twined it round the middle pillar of the sephiroth. and the word used in the passage in numbers 21 for fiery serpents is the same as the name of the angels of geburah, the same spelling, the same pointing, seraphim. round the middle pillar of the sephiroth, because that is the reconciler between the fires of geburah or severity, and the waters of chesed or mercy-and hence it is said in the new <166> testament that it is a type of christ, the reconciler. and the serpent is of brass, the metal of venus, whose sphere is called nogah, or external splendour, as shewn further by the alchemical symbol of v

mobile or first mover, which bestoweth the &t of life in all things and filleth the whole universe. and eheieh is the name of the divine essence in kether; and its archangel is the prince of countenances-metatron or metraton, he who bringeth others before the face of god. and the name of its order of angels is called chaioth ha-qadesh, the holy living creatures, which are also called the order of seraphim. in chokrnah is a cloud-like grey which containeth various <194> colours and is mixed with them, like a transparent pearl-hued mist, yet radiating withal, as if behind it there was a brilliant glory. and the sphere of its influence is in masloth, the starry heaven, wherein it disposeth the forms of things. and yah is the divine ideal wisdom, and its archangel is rahiel, the prince or prin

ar and strength and slaughter, as it were, the flaming sword of an avenging god. and it ruleth the sphere of action of the planet mars. and elohim gibor is the elohim, mighty and terrible, judging and avenging evil, ruling in wrath and terror and storm, and at whose steps are lightning and flame. and its archangel is kamael the prince of strength and courage and the name of the order of angels is seraphim the flaming ones who are also called the order of powers. the sephira chesed is also called gedulah or magnificense and glory, and the sephira geburah is also called pachad terror and fear. in kether is the radix of a golden glory and thence is there a pure, primitive and sparkling, gleaming golden yellow which is reflected unto tiphareth. thus is thefirst reflected triad completed. and t

t with an angel blowing a trumpet and the dead rising from their tombs- but its meaning is far more occult and recondite than this, for it is a glyph of the powers of fire. the angel encircled by the rainbow, whence leap corruscations of fire, and crowned with the sun, represents michael, the great archangel, the ruler of solar fire. the serpents which leap in the rainbow are symbols of the fiery seraphim. the trumpet represents the influence of the spirit descending from binah, while the banner with the cross refers to the four rivers of paradise and the letters of the holy name. he is also axieros, the first of the samothracian kabiri, as well as zeus and osiris. the left hand figure below, rising from the earth is samael, the ruler of volcanic fire. he is also axiokersos, the second kab

eaning 'let there be light,"consist of 7 letters. the letters of fiat form the initials of flatus, air; aqua, ritual of the portal 207 water; ignis, fire; and terra, earth (heg. goes to south. which four names again yield 20 letters as in the previous case. and the word lux is formed from the angles of the cross, l v x. he leads phil. once round and then to heg. who awaits them in the s. heg. the seraphim in the vision of isaiah are described as having six wings-'with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly."that is, his synthesis is to be found in the hexagram and in the idea of the seven, more especially dominating the planetary region. but the kerubim of ezekiel have each 4 faces- those of the lion, the bull, the man and the eagle <173> c

d two were stretched upwards one to another. so the synthesis of the kerubim is found in the revolving cross, in the pentagram, and in the idea of one spirit dominating the four elements. but the kerubim of st. john's vision in the apocalypse are uncompounded, having single heads, but they have six wings and thus unite the powers of the seven with the four. and their cry is similar to that of the seraphim of isaiah "holy, holy, holy* heg. returns to place. 2nd and 3rd ad. bar way in s. w. ask for= words. 3rd ad. comes fomard and conducts phil. to w. gives phil. cup of water -directs phil. to go round repeating the words while he remains standing in the= sign. phil. returns to w. 3rd ad. makes invoking pent. of water over cup. phil. removes shade from light. 3rd ad. takes him to altar where

ho governeth geburah, thou strong and terrible divine elohim gibor, i beseech thee to bestow upon this magic sword power and might to slay the evil and weakness i may encounter. in the fiery sphere of madim, may it be welded and tempered to unswerving strength and fidelity. may thy great archangel kamael bestow upon me courage wherewith to use it aright and may the powerful angels of the order of seraphim scorch with their flames the feebleness of purpose which would hinder my search for the true light. 19. then trace in the air, slowly, above sword, and as if standing upon it, thelnvoking hexagram of mars. do this with the lotus end, still holding the white band. 20. next trace over the sword the letters of the names in the invocation and their smeral sigils <65> 21. put down wand. 22. ta

sible, for the more impure or common the figure, the more dangerous is it unto thee. write upon the breast its sigil, upon the girdle its name, and place clouds below the feet. and when thou hast done this with due solemnity and rigid correctness of symbolism, shunning as thou wouldst shun death any suggestion of coarseness or vulgarity in an angelic symbol, then hear what it shall say unto thee. seraphim will give thee an angelic figure like a wamoress with flame playing about her, and a countenance glorious like the sun, and beneath her feet the stormy sea and thunder clouds, and lightning about her, and a glow as of flame. she has a triangular helmet or head-dress of flame like the symbol of fire. graphiel will give thee a great angel like a female wamor with a most glorious countenance

of jupiter seal of the planet spirit: hismael intelligence: yophiel sigils verified or corrected by donald tyson. talismans and sigils <82> kamea of mars intelligence: graphiel <83> kamea of sol% seal of planet spirit: bartzabel intelligence: nakhiel spirit: sorath 500 the golden dawn: volume n book seven <84> kamea of venus intelligence: hagiel intelligence (choir of angels) seal of planet ben1 seraphim spirit: kedemel talismans and sigils <85> kamea of mercury the golden dawn: volume n book seven kamea of luna spirit: chashmodai seal of planet spirit of the spirits of the moon: shad barschemoth haschartathan intelligence of the intelligences of the moon: malcah betarshisim ve-ad ruachoth ha-schechalim talismans and sigils 503 <87> names and sigils of olympic planetary spirits 7 arathor


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ts represented this mystery by the conflict between eros and anteros, the struggle between jacob and the angel, and by the equilibrium of the golden mountain, which gods on the one side and demons on the other encircle with the symbolic serpent of india. it is typified also by the caduceus of hermanubis, by the two cherubim of the ark, by the twofold sphinx of the chariot of osiris and by the two seraphim respectively black and white. its scientific reality is demonstrated by the phenomena of polarity, as also by the universal law of sympathies and antipathies. the undiscerning disciples of zoroaster divided the duad without referring it to unity, thus separating the pillars of the temple and endeavouring to halve god. conceive the absolute as two, and you must immediately conceive it as t


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tiphereth! binael, be ye my love! ruach hochmael, be thou my light! be that which thou are and thou shalt be, o ketheriel! ishim, assist me in the name of shaddai! cherubim, be my strength in the name of adonai! beni-elohim, be my brethren in the name of the son, and by the powers of zebaoth! eloim, do battle for me in the name of tetragrammaton! melachim, protect me in the name of yod he vau he! seraphim, cleanse my love in the name of elvoh! hashmalim, enlighten me with the splendours of eloi and shekinah! aralim, act! ophanim, revolve and shine! haioth ha kadosh, cry, speak, roar, bellow! kadosh, kadosh, kadosh, shaddai, adonai, jotchabah, eiazereie! hallelu-jah, hallelu-jah, hallelu-jah. amen. it should be remembered, above all in conjurations, that the names of satan, beelzebub, adram


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the pit, evermore to suffer in perpetual anguish. bring thy wrath upon him, o prince of darkness, and rend him that he may know the extent of thy anger. call forth thy legions that they may witness what we do in thy name. send forth thy messengers to proclaim this deed, and send the christian minions staggering to their doom [deacon] smite him anew, o lord of light, that his angels, cherubim, and seraphim may cower and tremble with fear, prostrating themselves before thee in respect of thy power. send crashing down the gates of heaven, that the murders of our ancestors may be avenged [the celebrant holds the wafer aloft to the pentagram and says [celebrant] vanish into nothingness, thou fool of fools, thou vile and abhorred pretender to the majesty of satan! vanish into the void of thy emp


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ight and darkness; which we call opposites, but are in fact the varying vibrations of the same things. the all is mind; the universe is mental. such may be seen in the various diagrams of the tree of life as developed by most of our world s spiritual traditions. all paradoxes are resolved by this knowledge. the first triad vibrate at the highest frequency, through the first three choirs. thus the seraphim are the purest, whilst the thrones are the point at which matter first appears. 1st choir: seraphim the fiery flying serpents of lightning, from the hebrew ser meaning higher being and rapha meaning healer. the name thus suggests the image of the caduceus, the serpent or dragon as a symbol of healing sacred to aesculapius, and the ourobouros of the gnostic ophites. their appearance before

covered the face, two covered the feet and two were used for flying. it is they who endlessly circle the throne of god, chanting the hebrew trisagion- kadosh, kadosh, kadosh, commonly translated as holy, holy, holy is the lord god of hosts, the whole earth is full of his glory. such is the song of creation, and the first and highest emanation of love. according to the book of enoch there are four seraphim, corresponding to the four winds. later commentators have amended this to mean that there are four princes who rule over them. they are; metatron or satan, kemu-el, nathana-el, and gabri-el. 2nd choir: cherubim the hebrew kerub is commonly translated as knowledge, or one who intercedes. they are the first angels mentioned in the bible, stationed by god east of eden the cherubim and the ev

d to heal the earth. the earth which furnishes a place for man, whom he also heals of his illnesses. in enoch i he is declared to be one of the four presences set over all the diseases and all the wounds in the children of men. he heals abraham of the pain of his (belated) circumcision, and in the prayer of joseph heals jacob of his wounded knee, sustained whilst fighting with uri-el. as with the seraphim, rapha-el is commonly associated with the serpent. he is a chief ruling over the second heaven, and the order of virtues, regent of the sun, and the angel of science and knowledge. guardian of the tree of life in eden, and according to his own admission in the book of tobit, one of the seven angels of the throne. although officially a virtue he has the six wings of a seraph, yet at the sa

d noah with the knowledge he required to build the ark, and with a medical book/ grimoire that is sometimes identified as the book of raziel. he is also identified in hebrew tradition as a guide of sheol, the pit or womb of the underworld. uri-el fire of god, identified in later scriptures with phanuel, face of god. the angel who gave mankind the kaballah. presides over tartarus (hell, being both seraphim and cherubim. identified as the cherub who stands at the garden of eden with a fiery sword, and who watches over thunder and terror. appears as the angel of repentance in the apocalypse of st. peter; uri-el, the angel of god, will bring forth an order, according to their transgression, the souls of those sinners. they will burn them in their dwelling places in everlasting fire. and after

tanding of the cosmos and their place within it. he then created a second order, but withheld his grace, so giving them the opportunity to sin. this they did, and with enthusiasm. amongst the first order was micha-el, who managed to expel the sinners from heaven. in an alternative version of this doctrine, the cause of the fall is disobedience and pride. lucifer was originally the greatest of the seraphim and refused to bow before adam, as god demanded. for how can a son of fire bow to a son of clay? as punishment lucifer was flung into the abyss, followed by one third of the angels. a sufic version of this tale exists in which lucifer is seen as the angel who loved god the most. his refusal to bow before adam was not out of pride, but through obedience to a previous ruling that god had gi

g and evening stars (sar appears in isaiah 14:12, and jerusalem, hebrew jerusalijim, may mean the city of salim. as sari-el, originally an archangel of heaven, but was expelled due to his enthusiasm for the moon, gracefully retiring before he could be thrown out. taught the canaanite priestesses the tides and courses of the moon and its relevance to sorcery. satan (hebrew, adversary. originally a seraphim with twelve wings. of whom the book of henoch tells of his rebellion and expulsion by god, hurled by the angel michael into the abyss. identified as the serpent in the garden of eden, as prosecutor before the heavenly court (zechariah 3:1, job 1:6, 2:7, seducer and tempter (1 chronicles 21:1, the embodiment of evil (mark 4:15. sedim (hebrew, possibly from mesopotamian sedu. devils to whom


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him to the pit, evermore to suffer in perpetual anguish. bring thy wrath upon him, o prince of darkness, and rend him that he may know the extent of thy anger. call forth thy legions that they may witness what we do in thy name. send forth thy messengers to proclaim this deed, and send the christian minions staggering to their doom. smite him anew, o lord of light, that his angels, cherubim, and seraphim may cower and tremble with fear, prostrating themselves before thee in respect of thy power. send crashing down the gates of heaven, that the murders of our ancestors may be avenged [the celebrant inserts the wafer into the vagina of the altar, removes it, holds it aloft to the baphomet and says] celebrant: disparais dans le n ant, toi le sot parmi les sots, toi le vil et d test, pr tenda


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he charity of god, his merit and his kindness (chesed) to all the world. this is the right hand of the blessed holy one. 145. what is the fifth? the fifth is the great fire of the blessed holy one> regarding this it is written (deuteronomy 18:16, let me see the great fire no more, lest i die. this is the left hand of the blessed holy one. what are they? they are the chaioth ha-qadesh and the holy seraphim, to their right and their left. they are the pleasant ones which ascend higher and higher, as it is written (ecclesiastes 5:7, and ones higher than they. it is also written (ezekiel 1:18, and as for their height, they had height, and they had fear, and their height was filled with eyes, around the four. and around him are angels. those around them also bow down before them, kneeling and d


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three are mothers, seven are double, and twelve are simple; but the spirit is first and above these. third; from the air he formed the waters, and from the formless and void (23) made mire and clay, and designed surfaces upon them, and hewed recesses in them, and formed the strong material foundation. fourth; from the water he formed fire (24) and made for himself a throne of glory with auphanim, seraphim and kerubim (25) as his ministering angels; and with these three (26) he completed his dwelling, as it is written "who maketh his angels spirits and his ministers a flaming fire (27) 11. he selected three letters from among the simple ones and sealed them and formed them into a great name, i h v (28) and with this he sealed the universe in six directions. fifth; he looked above, and seale

ul. 28. adam kadmon, the heavenly man. 29. angelic beings. 30. man in the image of god. fourth order: world of spheres 31. the moon. 32. mercury. 33. venus. 34. sol. 35. mars. 36. jupiter. 37. saturn. 38. the firmament. 39. the primum mobile. 40. the empyrean heaven. fifih order: the angelic world 41. ishim--sons of fire. 42. auphanim--cherubim. 43. aralim--thrones. 44. chashmalim--dominions. 45. seraphim--virtues. 46. malakim--powers. 47. elohim--principalities. 48. beni elohim--angels. 49. cherubim--arch-angels. sixth order: the archetype 50. god. ain suph. he whom no mortal eye bath seen, and who has been known to jesus the messiah alone. note--the angels of the fifth or angelic world are arranged in very different order by various kabalistic rabbis. the thirty-two paths of wisdom trans


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g 'i exorcise thee, anost r. stop by marmara' at once i retreat" 100. the thirtieth said "i am called alleborith. if in eating fish one has swallowed a bone, then he must take a bone from the fish and cough, and at once i retreat" 101. the thirty-first said "i am called hephesimireth, and cause lingering disease. if you throw salt, rubbed in the hand, into oil and smear it on the patient, saying 'seraphim, cherubim, help me' i at once retire" 102. the thirty-second said "i am called ichthion. i paralyze muscles and contuse them. if i hear 'adona th, help' i at once retire" 103. the thirty-third said "i am called agchoni n. i lie among swaddling-clothes and in the precipice. and if any one write on fig-leaves 'lycurgos' taking away one letter at a time, and write it, reversing the letters


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the seven devas, that in persia were called the seven amaschapands, that in chaldea were called the seven great angels, that in jewish kabbalism are called the seven archangels. later, various magi sought to reconcile the christian hierarchy of celestial spirits with the traditions of hermes by classifying the angels into three hierarchies, each subdivided into three orders. the first hierarchy: seraphim, cherubim, and thrones. the second hierarchy: dominions, powers, and authorities [virtues. the third hierarchy:principalities, archangels, and angels. these spirits are considered more perfect in essence than humans, and they are thought to be on earth to help. they work out the pattern of ordeals that each human being must pass through, and they give an account of human actions to god af


THE SHADOWED ONES

o the stars and the great seven heads of the dragon. by your initiation seek him in that which is brought by trance and dreaming dominion. seek azazel at times within the dragon by chant and devotion. leviathan is the dragon guardian of the abyss, who dwells in the deep and unknown realms of the ocean and the darkest depths of the mind. leviathan is different from the watchers in that this fallen seraphim does not hold relation to man or angel, yet this daemon offers the knowledge of ageless essence and being. ezeqeel knows well the passion of the dream and how one may by cord or charm enter the celestial sabbat of the watchers, the circle dance of flame and light, wherein all who enter this circle offer torches in the brilliance of self-deification. this is the secret dance of lucifer and


TYSON DONALD SOUL FLIGHT

r prophecies is as much a matter of conjecture as the question of whether the spirits who spoke to joan of arc were saints or fairies. the astral journey of isaiah involves his great vision of the throne of god. in the final year of the reign of king uzziah, the prophet entered the presence of god, whom he perceived sitting on an elevated throne within a temple. above it stood the angels known as seraphim, each with six wings, chanting "holy, holy, holy is the lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory (isaiah 6:3. we know this vision involved astral projection because isaiah was actually present before the throne in his astral body. he protested that his lips were too unclean to repeat the words of god, so one of the seraphim flew down and took a live coal off the altar fire, whe

once they were acknowledged as prophets, and had accepted this role as their calling in life, it is possible they learned how to encourage the occurrence of these soul flights using chanted prayers and physical austerity. the astral landscape seen by ezekiel was inhabited by four strange angels who were characterized by the prophet as "living creatures (ezekiel 1:5. they had six wings, as did the seraphim seen by isaiah, but in addition they had four faces: that of a man, a lion, an ox, and an eagle. again, we can be certain it was a soul flight because god gave the prophet a book in the form of a written scroll and told him to eat it. ezekiel wrote "so i opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll (ezekiel 3:2. the prophet elijah is significant for another reason. he is one of only


TYSON DONALD THE POWER OF THE WORD

places the word "holy (qdvsh) is repeated three times in succession. this repetition was regarded by kabbalists as of supreme significance. they called the verse in which it appears in isaiah the "kedushah" the sixth chapter of isaiah begins with a description of the heavenly throne of god, just like the fourth chapter of revelation. in isaiah, instead of four beasts with six wings each, the two seraphim, each with six wings, are described. it is the seraphim who cry "holy, holy, holy" here rather than the hieroglyphic monad 63 the beasts. however, there can be little doubt that the author of revelation drew upon the imagery of this chapter of isaiah. in the bahir, the kedushah is discussed at length (see bahir, secs. 126-31. it is said that in the mystery of the arrangement of the great


WILLIAM WESCOTT NUMBERS THEIR OCCULT POWER AND MYSTIC VIRTUES

like the pentad, six has also always itself in the unit place, thus, 6, 36, 216, 1296, 7776. numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott on the 6th day, man was created according to genesis. on the 6th day of the week, jesus died on the cross. 67. the israelites had 6 cities of refuge. numbers xxxv. v. 6. there were six things hated by jehovah. prov. vi. v. 16. the seraphim of isaiah had each 6 wings. in a freemasons lodge there are 6 jewels, three of which are immovable and lie open in the lodge for the brethren to moralize upon, while the other three jewels are transferable from one brother to another at the periodical changes of officers. in the hebrew, book of creation, the sepher yetzirah, the hexad is spoken of. the units representing the four quarters

s from jove; note the 9 cubits length of the iron bedstead of the giant og, king of basan, who is a type of the devil, and there are 9 orders of devil s in sheol (what we call hell. it prevails against plagues and fevers; it causes long life and health, and by it plato so ordered events that he died at the age of nine times 9. there are nine orders of angels, says gregory, a.d. 381, in homily 34. seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominions, virtues, powers, principalities, archangels and angels. from a christian point of view, the number nine represents: 1. unity of the godhead. 2. the hypostatic union of christ. 3. trinity. 4. evangelists. 5. wounds of jesus. 6. is the number of sin. 7. gifts of the spirit, rev. i. 12; and jesus 7 times spoke on the cross. 8. beatitudes. 9. orders of angels. 1


WORKBOOK FOR GRADE 0 VOID AND THE ABYSS

y birth! hekas, szurru prozaza hekas, umpesha usha szurru! open the gates before me, lucifer arise from within! zazas zazas nasatanada zazas! 14 i give thee thanks, initiator of magick, whom upon the path shall bring the goddess and god the flesh shall be eternal from my sacred word. i seek now to become as shadow and light, from which i walk between! for each sigil is the very mark of the fallen seraphim, who tasted shadow to unite with light! shall we know this secret glory, visible and esteemed in the glory of those who hold this banner high! so this promethean flame be lit before me! meditate upon the sigil of choice and its meaning. keep a detailed diary and journal. it may be suggested that you will undertake this working in the exploration of the various aspects of lucifer as it has

th daemons, i do seek your kiss, i give you substance now from which you shall enter me! lilith, beautiful mother, giver of life and desire, i do summon thee forth! lilith, who resides in the caves with your children of darkness, spawned through once congress with samael, i unite now your passion through creation! face now the altar, envision the red dragon who changes into the form of the fallen seraphim, samael, and recite: whom fell from heavenly unlight to have knowledge of the darkness, fallen seraph of fire and the sun, i do invoke thee, samael. to you, who has walked the earth for thousands of years, from body to body, now shall you spread your light unto humanity. angel, known as shemna il, who is nasiru d-din, i do invoke thee, solar force, known as sorath, beast whose number is o


ZALEWSKI SECRET INNER ORDER RITUALS OF THE GOLDEN DAWN OCR

ation that activates the link to the second order is its divine name "rose rubea et aurea crucie which is then transmitted to the individual by touching the rose cross. this also equates to establishing the link to the second order through the vault by way of the lightning flash. with the word "elohim gibor" is the second vibration, which summons the archangel khamael and the angelic choir of the seraphim to assist with the ceremony. the secret number 20, refers to the gematria of the second vibration "elohim gibor" and also stands for the 20 princes of the enochian tablet of union, a complete synthesis of spirit on the enochian level. these are linked to the 64 kerubic emblems (the 16 subdivisions of each elemental tablet) 64=dyn justice--a title of geburah. both 20 and 64 equate to 84=en


ALEISTER CROWLEY EQ I 1

ot god in the froth or the dregs of the first cup: drink and hold fast to the sword of resolution- onwards, ever onwards, and fear not! devils shall beset the path of the righteous, and demons, and all the elemental spirits of the abyss. yet fear not! for they add grandeur and glory to the might of god's power. pass on, but keep thy foot upon their necks, for in the region whither thou goest, the seraph and the snake dwell side by side "sume lege" open the book of thyself, take and read. eat, for this is thy body; drink, for this is the blood of thy redemption. the sun thou seest by day, and the moon thou beholdest by night, and all the stars of heaven that burn above thee, are part of thyself- are thyself. and so is the bowl of space which contains them, and the wine of time in 195 which


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-house of thy seigniory? 8. o what art thou, o god my god, thou dazzler of the deep obscurity of day? o thou golden breast of beauty! thou shrivelled udder of the storm-blasted mountains, who no longer sucklest the babe-clouds of wind-swept night! o how can i gaze upon thy countenance of eld, and yet be not blinded by the black fury of thy dethron d majesty? 9. o what art thou, o god my god, thou seraph-venom of witch-vengeance enchaunted? o thou coiled wizardry of stars! thou one lord of life triumphant over death, thou red rose of love nailed to the cross of golden light! o how can i die in thee as sea-foam in the clouds, and yet possess thee as a frail white mist possesses the stripped limbs of the sun? 10. o what art thou, o god my god, thou soft pearl set in a bow of effulgent light?


ALICE A BAILEY12 DISCIPLESHIP IN THE NEW AGE VOLUME I

own on seraphs' wings of glorious roses, shaded from faintest rose to golden yellow. at the western end of the garden the seraphs' wings are of lilies, from the purple of the iris to the radiant white of the madonna lily. the shrubbery at the ends of the western bridge are "yellow bush" and lilacs. a fine green vine runs all over the wall here, where, at the other end, it is rambling roses. these seraph-wing rose and lily beds, though large, do not extend into the corners of the two ends of the garden; trees are there, spruce, pine and japanese yews; more plentiful in the southwest corner, as they form the beginning of the woods. in the northwest corner there are three tall yews, only and the same in the corner to the northeast. the southeast corner is filled by the pagoda, with the woods


BLACK WITCHCRAFT

chcraft. 5 for the devil is called diabolus, that is, flowing downwards: that he which swelled with pride, determined to reign in high places, fell flowing downwards to the lowest parts, like the torrent of a violent stream. the fourth book of occult philosophy it is written in the bible that samael/satan fell from heaven as lightening, being a flash downwards, who before the fall, was a guarding seraph around the throne of god. after his fall he was a master of death, the very poison of god yet he was also a giver of life, being the father between fallen angel and woman. in later jewish writings, samael is associated with the name malkira, which morris jastrow jr. associated with malik- ra, being the evil angel and the name matanbuchus, being a form of angro-mainyush or ahriman. here does


BLAVATSKY H P ANTHROPOGENESIS

ifested deity in its great wisdom. the draco volans, the flying dragon of the early painters, may be an exaggerated picture of the real extinct antediluvian animal; but those who have faith in the occult teachings believe that in the days of old there were such creatures as flying dragons, or a kind of pterodactyl, and that it is those gigantic winged lizards that served as the prototypes for the seraph of moses and his great brazen serpent* the jews had worshipped the latter idol themselves, but, after the religious reforms brought about by hezekiah, turned round, and called that symbol of the great or higher god of every other nation- a devil, and their own usurper- the "one god* the appellation sa'tan, in hebrew satan "an adversary (from the verb shatana "to be adverse" to persecute) be


BLAVATSKY H P COSMOGENESIS

old cooks and fortune-tellers who read their future to servant-girls in search of husbands, by means of the white of an egg in a glass. nevertheless, even christians have to this day their sacred birds; for instance, the dove, the symbol of the holy ghost. nor have they neglected the sacred animals. the evangelical zoolatry- the bull, the eagle, the lion, and the angel (in reality the cherub, or seraph, the fiery-winged serpent, is as much pagan as that of the egyptians or the chaldeans. these four animals are, in reality, the symbols of the four elements, and of the four lower principles in man. nevertheless, they correspond physically and materially to the four constellations that form, so to speak, the suite or cortege of the solar god, and occupy during the winter solstice the four ca

the mystery of azazel, thou wilt learn the mystery of his (god's) name, for it has similar associates in scriptures. i will tell thee by allusion one portion of the mystery[[footnote continued on next page[[vol. 1, page] 442 the secret doctrine. the dove, are "the sacred animals" of the western bible, the first three being found grouped round the evangelists; and the fourth (the human face) is a seraph, i.e, a fiery serpent, the gnostic agathodaemon probably* as explained, the "sacred animals" and the flames or "sparks" within the "holy four" refer to the prototypes of all that is found in the universe in the divine thought, in the root, which is the perfect cube, or the foundation of the kosmos collectively and individually. they have all an occult reference to primordial cosmic forms an


CHRONOLOGIA RORISPERGIUS

of the brethren of purity (ihw n al-saf. king alfonso the wise of castile orders translation of alchemical texts from arabic. he is supposed to have written tesoro a treatise on the philosophers' stone. 1257 franciscan friar bonadventura d'iseo's 'liber compostella' provides some alchemical recipes 1257-67, writes the soul's journey into god while meditating on francis's vision of the six-winged seraph; he also writes an authoritative life of saint francis to replace earlier versions. bonaventure believed that st. francis's order would inherit the 'key of david' given to the angel of philadelphia. 1258- hulagu khan destroys baghdad; mongols destroy mesopotamia, the mother of civilization. fl 1259-1285 guilhem de cervera troubadour. 1259 peter de abano [pietro d'abano, italian physician an


DAVID ICKE CHILDREN OF THE MATRIX

garden of eden featured in the apocalypse of abraham.9 flying angels in religious texts are symbolic of the reptilians, some of which, according to ancient and modern descriptions, have wings and can fly. this is also symbolised in the flying 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


ENCYCLOPEDIA OF OCCULTISM AND PARAPSYCHOLOGY VOL 2

de of this durable material; they are nine feet in diameter. the immense bridge is only for foot passengers; its width is about 2000 feet; it has 2000 lamps of large dimensions. namely, nine feet in diameter; they are circular in form, and are lighted with gas. this bridge took 300 years to construct it, at a cost of 300,000,000 sterling; it employed about 40,000,000 workmen. it was laid out by a seraph; it is paved with pantine pardia, which is more durable than any other material we have. it is neither stone nor iron, yet it is harder than the diamond or sapphire. the pavement is all cut in stars; the balustrade is about twelve feet high, and all this stupendous bridge is covered with lemena or glass. there is on this bridge 500 drinking fountains, and about 200 filestres or water closet


FREEMASON BLUEBOOK

k file//c /grand lodge/bluebook/bluebook1.htm (32 of 76 [11/22/1999 11:51:55 am] deity; and as this glows with fervid heat, so should our hearts continually glow with gratitude to the great and beneficent author of our existence for the manifold blessings and comforts we enjoy. the beehive is an emblem of industry, and recommends the practice of that virtue to all created beings, from the highest seraph in heaven to the lowest reptile of the dust. it teaches us that, as we came into the world rational and intelligent beings, so we should ever he industrious ones; never sitting down contented while our fellowcreatures around us are in want, especially when it is in our power to relieve them without inconvenience to ourselves. when we take a survey of nature, we view man in his infancy, more


GILBERT THE MAGICAL MASON

eadly poison.136themagical masonsamael is also called: yetzer-ha-ra, a corrupt nature; melekh ha mareth, angel of death; nachash ha kadmoni, the old serpent; also ruach hattuma, the unclean spirit; leviathan the crooked serpent; azazel, the goat; ha shur, the ox; hakkelef, a dog, a hog; an ass, chamor; seir issim, a hairy goat: oref, a raven; edom, danger; kez col bazar, the end of all flesh, and seraph meosef, the fiery flying serpent. there are also many names relating to him to esau, and to edom: such are sharo shel esau, prince of esau; memunneh de esau conservator of esau; sham shel edom, prince of edom; rabba de edom, master of edom.theland of edom was used as a type of an evil place, and esau for a symbol of an evil human ruler.thejews, true to their notion of their own admirable es


GILBERT THE SORCERER AND HIS APPRENTICE

25.thehebrew names, of the four elements.t>.asch. or esch6,ruachm'm;'v.ophir or.\lmaim267 or26..thehebrew names of thefourcardinal points. east- mezrachmu:i,west--meorebsouth-v-253daromc,,north- tzaphon27.thearchangels of the four elements.t..michael.6.raphael 'y auriel or uriel\lgabriel28. theofthe four elements.t>.arel.'m'm..6.chassanren'y phorlakh\ltaliahad29.therulers of the four elements.t>.seraph:"e-.6.ariel'vkerub\ltharsis30.the kings of the four orders of elementals. salamanderst>.djin.sylphs.6.panllda. gnomes'y ghob or gob. undines\7nicksa;31. in 'the formation of a magical pentacle or talisman consider first under what planet or element etc, it falls. then collect all the names of the sephira to which it belongs as well as those of its angels, intelligences, etc, also the sigils


GOETIA LUCIFERIAN

ciousness of self. while quietly meditating, envision the astral body growing, of which a great fire and light is rising above the physical body, envision and eye within this fire. raise yourself up in through the aethyr, from which you are floating and rising in the sky. as you rise begin to visualize a great angel before you. there is a great wind which is violent and rushing about you and this seraph. the angel is illuminated in bright light, with eyes that are black despite the beautiful and strong continence of this being. the face is saturnine yet strong, and the aura you sense is tinctured with darkness beneath the surface. the body of the angel is almost flame, and his crown is an emerald brilliance. in the hand of this angel is a forked staff, which is cruel looking and sharp. the

ary shall take the earthen form of the devil, the solar creative (and destructive) force of change and self-deification. there are two primary faces of the adversary. the celebrant may construct as mask of two sides, which shall be placed upon the center of the altar. a phallic symbol or stone god may be near the mask as well, symbolizing the solar creative force of the beast 666- one- the fallen seraph lucifer, the angelick essence of the black flame, the very source of our wisdom, being and becoming. two the seraph of flame, the djinn iblis of fire, daemon of the blackened flame, serpent beast dragon wolf goat. satanas is the devil-cloaked initiator of the path of the wise, those who laugh at the warnings of a cringing society. robe thyself in crimson, the color of flame and movement. th

olf and encircled in the serpents skin, so it is done! the conjurations the 72 spirits of the shemhamforasch i do summon and evoke thee, o spirit n. by the flames of azazel the lord of the earth i conjure thee forth. by beralanensis, baldachiensis, paumachia and aplogiae sedes; by the most powerful guardians, djinn, genii and the spirits of the abyss, brought forth by the great shadow of the fire seraph. i summon thee wise and ancient spirits, attend me and appear now in this circle- by the names of lucifer, who brought the flame unto the clay he that gave us breath, immortal and holy fire. lucifer, ouyar, chameron, aliseon, mandousin, premy, oriet, naydru, esmay, eparinesont, estiot, dumosson, panochar, casmiel, hayras, fabelleronthou, sadirno, peatham, venite, venite, lucifer amen. i sum


GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS ZAM21

der the earth, on dry land and in the water, of whirling air and of rushing fire, and every spell and scourge of god, the vast one, obedient unto me" 7 magus of fire (moves to the south holding the lotus wand by the leo band "in the name of yhvh tzabaoth, i invoke the protective power of asch in the cardinal point of darom and its great archangel michael, its mighty angel aral, its powerful ruler seraph, its king djin and its salamanders to protect now this holy temple of fire from all opposing forces who would harm or destroy the holy order of the r.r. et a.c. and loyal subjects of the golden dawn. use thy mighty forces of fire to create a wall of invisibility and protection through the radiation of the rosea crucis and in the name of yehashua. stand guard without cessation, and use whate


HELENA BLAVATSKY NIGHTMARE TALES

himself as cool and determined asever. having dusted the instrument he carefully rosined the bow, tightened the strings and tuned them. heeven went so far as to try upon it the first notes of the "witches; first cautiously and timidly, then using hisbow boldly and with full force. the sound of that loud, solitary note- defiant as the war trumpet of a conquerer, sweet and majestic as thetouch of a seraph on his golden harp in the fancy of the faithful- thrilled through the very soul of franz itrevealed to him a hitherto unsuspected potency in his bow, which ran on in strains that filled the room withthe richest swell of melody, unheard by the artist until that night. commencing in uninterrupted legato tones,his bow sang to him of sun-bright hope and beauty, of moonlit nights, when the soft


INVOCATION OF THE ADVERSARY

azazel. the sorcerer shall seek the fire-spirit of change, rebellion and progression. the symbol of set the adversary shall take the earthen form of the devil, the solar creative (and destructive) force of change and self-deification. there are two primary faces of the adversary. the celebrant may construct as mask of two sides, which shall be placed upon the center of the altar. one- the fallen seraph lucifer, the angelick essence of the black flame, the very source of our wisdom, being and becoming. two the seraph of flame, the djinn iblis of fire, daemon of the blackened flame, serpent beast dragon wolf goat. satanas is the devil-cloaked initiator of the path of the wise, those who laugh at the warnings of a cringing society. robe thyself in crimson, the color of flame and movement. th


ISIS UNVEILED

tended to work mira- cles; a pretenfflon which he asserted to be as chimerical as that of several persons who believed tbey possessed the navel, and other parts less comdy, of the body of christ "a monk of st. antony" says stephens "having been at jerusa- lem, saw there several relics, among which was a bit of tht finger of the holy ohott, as sound and entire as it had ever been; the snout of the seraph that appeared to st. francis; one of the nails of a cherub; one of the ribs of the verbum euro factum (the word made fiesh; some rays of the star that appeared to the three kings of the east; a phial of st. michael's sweat, that exuded when he was fitting against the devil, etc 'all which things' observes the monkish treasurer of relics 'i have thought home with me very devoutly" and if the


JENNINGS HARGRAVE ROSICRUCIANS RITES MYSTERIES

less veiled or altered, displayed as the chief symbol upon the universal sphynxes. the serpent, in one view, was the emblem of the evil principle, or destroyer. but, as we have seen before, the destroyer was the creator. hence he had the name, among his numerous appellations, of ofis; in hebrew, bwa, ob; and as he was the logos, or linga, he was also oy, and in hebrew armm. query, hence sufar, a seraph or serpent? see jones's lexicon (in voce, and sofoj, wise. the suf and sof are both the same root. the famous brazen serpent, called nehustan, set up by moses in the wilderness, is termed in the targum a saviour. it was probably a serpentine crucifix, as it serpent-worship. 201 is called a cross by justin martyr. all the foregoing is allegorical, and hides deep gnostic myths, which explain


LEADBEATER C W THE HIDDEN LIFE IN FREEMASONRY 2E

rgotten ourselves utterly, yet we must be filled with the divine fervency of love for humanity. 820. a man may feel: gthese things are too high for me; who shall be sufficient for them? h if karma puts the opportunity in his way, the achievement is within his power, even though it may mean harder work than he has ever yet undertaken. and the fiery love which is the very essence of the life of his seraph will awaken ever more and more of the latent quality in himself, until what now seems impossible has been realized, has become a part of his daily existence. 821. the 30 brings its angel also, of appropriate character- a great blue deva of the first ray, who lends his strength to the knight k.h, somewhat as the crimson angel assists the ex. and perf. bro. of the rose-croix. the 33 gives two


LIBER 777

n 31 y b fire, sight wcyp pison (s \wrd darom ohooohatan 32 bis# e earth, touch trp phrath (n) wpx tzaphon thahaaothahe 31 bis c a spirit, hearing. lix. archangels of the quarters. lx. the rulers of the elements lxi. angels of the elements. lxii. kings of the elemental spirits. 11 lapr raphael layra ariel sj chassan paralda 23 layrbg gabriel sycrt tharsis dhylt taliahad niksa 31 lakym michael [rc seraph lara aral djin 32 bis layrwa auriel bwrk kerub ]alrwp phorlakh ghob 31 bis. lxiii. the four worlds. lxiv. secret names of the four words. lxv. secret numbers corresponding. lxvi. spelling of tetragrammaton in the four worlds. 11 hryxy yetrizah, formative world hm mah 45 ah waw ah dwy 23 hayrb briah, creative world gs seg 63 ah waw ah dwy 31 twlyxa atziluth, archetypal world bu aub 72 yh wyw


LUCIFERIAN SORCERY

over their own being, that by moving widdershins around the circle will enflame the self during invocation; that is to envision each manifestation via minds eye with each call. for instance, when one calls south, they would envision the fire djinn, in the north, seth. this is the key to the success of magical work; the imagination. south the devil-djinn mentioned is shaitan or azazel, the fallen seraph whom is made entirely of flame. it is this original legend which brought forth the separation of the goddivinity or natural order to an adversarial or antinomianian process of anti-order. the mentioning of blackened light is the light of azazel, or shaitan embodied on earth through cain, the initiator of the sethanic path of witchcraft. east lucifer as azazel in the earthbound form, the men


LUCIFERIAN SORCERY AND SET TYPHON

r will. it surrounds and brings in all exteriors as designed by the sorcerer's desire, will and belief. leviathan as featured in yatuk dinoih is the dragon which brings the union of lilith and samael within the magician, that the path is brought forth. shaitan/lucifer lucifer is the bringer of light, the fallen angel who prides knowledge and wisdom above blind faith and servitude. lucifer was the seraph who with a flaming sword and beautiful visage guarded the throne of god in the heavens. it was because of stasis that lucifer sought to rebel, to initiate becoming in the exploration of his shadow self. the angel then became as daemon also, holding both quality of darkness and light. lucifer fell unto earth and sought the very knowledge of earth, and within it the powers that such the darkn


MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

c keys to the creation of man sacred texts esoteric index previous next p. 125 qabbalistic keys to the creation of man henrie stephen, in a world of wonders, published in 1607, mentions a monk of st. anthony who declared that while in jerusalem the patriarch of that city had shown him not only one of the ribs of the word made flesh and some rays from the star of bethlehem, but also the snout of a seraph, a finger nail of a cherub, the horns of moses, and a casket containing the breath of christ! to a people believing implicitly in a seraph sufficiently tangible to have its proboscis preserved, the more profound issues of judaistic philosophy must necessarily be incomprehensible. nor is it difficult to imagine the reaction taking place in the mind of some ancient sage should he hear that a


MATHERS MACGREGOR THE GREATER KEY OF SOLOMON PENTACLES

ism of jacob using a pentacle with a sentence from ezekiel will not longer exist. figure 23. the sixth pentacle of jupiter. it serveth for protection against all earthly dangers, by regarding it each day devoutedly and repeating the versicle which surroundeth it "thus shalt thou never perish" figures 20 and 21. the key of solomon page 66 editor s note. the four names in the arms of the cross are- seraph, kerub, ariel, and tharsis; the four rulers of the elements. the versicle is from psalm xxii 16, 17 "they pierced my hands and my feet, i may tell all my bones" figure 24. the seventh and last pentacle of jupiter. it hath great power against poverty, if thou considerest it with devotion, repeating the versicle. it serveth furthermore to drive away those spirits who guard treasures, and to d

of this pentacle, which should be engraved in gold on the day and hour of the sun, he will be immediately delivered and set at liberty. editor s note. on the arms of the cross are written the names of chasan, angel of air; arel, angel of fire; phorlakh, angel of earth; and taliahad, angel of water. between the four arms of the cross are written the names of the four rulers of the elements; ariel, seraph, tharshis, and cherub. the versicle is from psalm cxvi. 16, 17 "thou hast broken my bonds in sunder. i will offer unto thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of ihvh" figures 36 and 37. figure 38. the holy pentacles page 73 venus. figure 39. the first pentacle of venus. this and those following serve to control the spirits of venus, and especially those herein writt


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thing as the description given: i__birth name, hereby on the day of, announce the dedication to the path of the wise, from which the left hand path shall be revealed unto me! i proclaim my birth rite towards the luciferian path of ascension. i free my spirit to be now free unto myself, so that i may develop the gift of azal ucel, the black flame itself! my name shall now be, a child of the fallen seraph, asmodeus, astaroth, belial and lilith bless my sacred path to the great serpent-angel shaitan called azal ucel 50 50 i now cut myself in the name of the dark bringer, noctifer, the devil by twilight. that eye sight grows in the weavings of dusk and dawn. the gates of the dead are opened! bless my mark, which is the sigillium diaboli, the new flesh emerges! so it shall be! witch name in blo

ctify the primal dream of all desire let this mark be again in the light of the sabbat moon" the prayer of the infernal sabbat the devil s mark part two- by the promethean torch, known illuminated as baphomet, the sacred guardian of azazel, the hidden watcher. shall i make my oath in fire and black earth. as the power of christ runs deep in the land, it runs not as deep as the power of the fallen seraph, who uplifts up from common 52 52 clay. it was this very spirit who brought unto us freedom and divinity. by the fire and blackened earth i deny the baptism of the profane, that faith in dogmatic sickness of spirit be banished that the stain of guilt ridden spirituality be forgotten. i speak these prayers against the sun, as songs to the shadows as gifts to the broken and trampled cross fro

n area where you may bury a small box or bottle/pot. a chalice will be needed, preferably a skull cup/cap if access is had. this ritual should be conducted when the moon is full. the vessel for which the famulus (latin for familiar) or succubi/goddess fetish may be housed should be an aesthetic choice, one which connects with the feeling of what hecate is to you. it is from the wing of the fallen seraph that you create your quill to mark this tomb and fetish-house of the spirit, however it must be prepared. day onewash the vessel in clean and cool water. allow it to sit from dawn until dusk, to let it bask in the sunlight if it may. seek hecate in dreams. record the experience accordingly. day twopaint it the color of your desire, upon it on four sides a mark of an x, the sacred sign of th

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

s. the infernal luciferian path- one: path of infernal congress: goetic and low sorcery brought in union with high sorcery. summoning and binding atavistic and earth bound forces, substance from shadow. the initiate will visualize each aspect of the daemon/spirit as a path of self. two: path of shaitan the adversary: this is the self-invoked transformation of the devil of the earth the fire djinn-seraph iblis/azazel who brought the black flame unto humanity. shaitan is the path of luciferian self-liberation from which we grow and expand consciousness, from this path we develop in the darkness and shadow of self. three: path of lycanthropic transformation -meditation unto the transformative state of the werewolf. perform a ritual of the devil s skin. the ritual will project into dreams the


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dieval times (and earlier) is a most feared demonic essence, known as the lord of the forest. the atavistic elementals within our own flesh is a gateway of transformation, the ecstasies contained therein and our own means of developing and becoming an illuminated (hence black flame) promethean being. just as we sip at the golden chalice of the luciferian sabbat, the sunlight essence of the fallen seraph, the fire djinn who holds the flame of self-perception, we to sip from the skull-cup of the dead, of hecate. noctulia- hecate is the goddess robed in black, perched upon her shoulder a raven. she appears before the circle, as the encirclement of our being, the gate-keeper of the realms of the ghostroads and the dead. it is noctulia -hecate (named also lilith) whom we sing hymns of the night

and use the teeth to mark the left breast with the mark of the werewolf "i mark myself with the kiss of the devil, that i may transform in spirit unto the phantom shade of the night, i shall become the wolf" take now the belt, and face the altar "from the devil shall this belt be given, and i shall wear with pride. whilethe skin of the wolf and the beast is upon me, i acknowledge then that iam of seraph blood, and i am of lucifer ian birth. i am both light and darkness, the essence of the opposer within. witness this rite of passage noctulia hecate and lucifer, may the devil grant me the gates of hell to open forth unto my form of the wolf. by the full moon shall transformation be complete" close circle. part two on the eve of the full moon prepare your chamber for the actual transformatio

south a white candle. you may also only have the cardinal points of the circle marked with a letter of your alphabet- only a total of 4 being scribed on the circle. rite in the night, at midnight reside in the circle of self and face the north "by the oath against the dawn, by darkness and the daevas who sign hymns of the blackened sun, encircle me! ahriman, arimanius, witch- initiator, daemonic seraph, whose essence is the bornless fire and black earth -i summon thee! in the names of your shades, whom shall walk the earth through us those of the yatus, born in the circle of akhtya by savor, lord of flesh and darkness, who calls forth the great gray shadow by the names of the guardians of the blackened flame- andar- taromat- zairich- vizaresh- zarman- friftar- akatash i do conjure thee, m


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tine consciousness, concentrate on the essence of lucifer as shadow, for a minimum of ten minutes and then as light for an equal time. relate both to you personally and how you are becoming in this light reflect on who you were and where you are going. 5. the algol sigil is the fiery and diabolic essence of isolate consciousness, the eye and heart of set, ahriman and hecate. it is both daimon and seraph, a mirror and a gate of hell. meditate and focus upon this mirror. 6. the sigil of lucifer is the mark of the rebellion of spirit, the separation of ain soph (limitless light) to the dual ecstasies of shadow and flame. mark thy soul/spirit/consciousness with the sigil of adonai, the lord of the earth called also shaitan. 7. baphomet is the god form of the luciferian path, enfleshed as the w


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hassan ruler ariel 7 ni d1 "w king paralda elementals sylphs c159> water: hebrew name maim n'n great name elohim tzabaoth nlm11x' 7 5 cardinal point west. maarab inyd archangel gabriel ?n7731 angel taliahad 77% ruler tharsis o'w? king nichsa elementals undines fire: hebrew name asch dm great name yhvh tzabaoth n1nx 777' cardinal point south. darom 0117 archangel michael- 5 3' angel aral ?nn ruler seraph king djin 71w elementals salamanders c160> meditation let the philosophus meditate upon the symbol of the fire triangle in all its aspects. let him contemplate the symbol of the planet venus until he realises the universal love which would express itself in perfect service to allm mankind and which embraces nature both visible and invisible. let him identify himself with the owers of fire

of fire to guide me in the pathway; and furthermore to direct thine angel for pentacle i phorlakh i f n311b for dagger i hassan i for cup i taliahad i 1wn t n. 3 for wand i aral i 3 1 to watch over my footsteps therein. may the ruler of (name element) the powerful prince for pentacle and earth i kemb i 3113 for dagger and air i ariel i n y n for cup and water i tharsis i bsmn for wand and fire i seraph i by the gracious premission of the infinite supreme, increase and strengthen the hidden forces and occult virtues of this (name implement) so that i may be enabled with it to perform aright those magical operations, for which it has been fashioned. for which purpose i now perform this mystic rite of consecration in the divine presence of for pentacle i adonai i 'ftn for dagger i yhvh i ill


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attempt to penetrate the mysteries that should purify, and not deprave! they have boasted of the philosopher's stone, and died in rags; of the immortal elixir, and sunk to their grave, grey before their time. legends tell you that the fiend rent them into fragments. yes; the fiend of their own unholy desires and criminal designs! what they coveted, thou covetest; and if thou hadst the wings of a seraph thou couldst soar not from the slough of thy mortality. thy desire for knowledge, but petulant presumption; thy thirst for happiness, but the diseased longing for the unclean and muddied waters of corporeal pleasure; thy very love, which usually elevates even the mean, a passion that calculates treason amidst the first glow of lust. thou one of us; thou a brother of the august order; thou a

of the shapeless and nameless fear? everywhere around thee where men aspire and labour, though they see it not, in the closet of the sage, in the council of the demagogue, in the camp of the warrior, everywhere cowers and darkens the unutterable horror. but there, where thou hast ventured, alone is the phantom visible; and never will it cease to haunt, till thou canst pass to the infinite, as the seraph; or return to the familiar, as a child! but answer me this: when, seeking to adhere to some calm resolve of virtue, the phantom hath stalked suddenly to thy side; when its voice hath whispered thee despair; when its ghastly eyes would scare thee back to those scenes of earthly craft or riotous excitement from which, as it leaves thee to worse foes to the soul, its presence is ever absent, h


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1. the lion has 6 names in the book of job; ari, shchl, kpir, lish, lbia and shchtz. numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott the serpent has 6 names; nchsh, okshub, apoh, tzpouni, tnin and shrp. nachash the brazen serpent; okeshub, an asp, psalm cxxiv 4; opoh, an adder, isaiah xli. 24; tzephouni, the basilisk, isaiah, xiv 29; tanin, the serpent or crocodile; and seraph, a serpent of fire. see rabbi nathan, cap. 29. six blasts of the horn were blown on the eve of the sabbath and then the sabbath had begun. w. f. shaw says that 6 is the number of temptation and sin, for at the 6th hour of the 6th day the first temptation came into the world. six is the number of toil and work, for 6 days, the israelites had to collect manna; at the 6th hour of the 6th day j


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ver their own being, that by moving widdershins around the circle will enflame the self during invocation; that is to envision each manifestation via minds' eye with each call. for instance, when one calls south, they would envision the fire djinn, in the north, seth. this is the key to the success of magical work; the imagination. south- the devil-djinn mentioned is shaitan or azazel, the fallen seraph whom is made entirely of flame. it is this original legend which brought forth the separation of the god-divinity or natural order to an adversarial or antinomianian process of anti-order. the mentioning of "blackened light" is the light of azazel, or shaitan embodied on earth through cain, the initiator of the sethanic path of witchcraft. east- lucifer as azazel in the earthbound form, the

y shall take the earthen form of the devil, the solar creative (and destructive) force of change and self-deification. there are two primary faces of the adversary. the celebrant may construct as mask of two sides, which shall be placed upon the center of the altar. a phallic symbol or stone god may be near the mask as well, symbolizing the solar creative force of the beast 666- 9 one- the fallen seraph lucifer, the angelick essence of the black flame, the very source of our wisdom, being and becoming. two the seraph of flame, the djinn iblis of fire, daemon of the blackened flame, serpent beast dragon wolf goat. satanas is the devil-cloaked initiator of the path of the wise, those who laugh at the warnings of a cringing society. robe thyself in crimson, the color of flame and movement. th

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