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ous golden dawn orders the four elements of the ancients are duplicated conditions of the following: heat and dryness fire heat and moisture air cold and dryness earth cold and moisture water there are twelve zodiacal signs, and they are: 1 aries, the ram a 2 taurus, the bull _b 3 gemini, the twins c 4 cancer, the crab d 5 leo, the lion e 6 virgo, the virgin f 7 libra, the scales g 8 scorpio, the scorpion h 9 sagittarius, the archer i 10 capricorn, the goat j 11 aquarius, the water-bearer k 12 pisces, the fishes l these twelve signs are distributed among the four triplicities, or sets of three signs, each attributed to one of the four elements. they represent the operation of the elements in the zodiac. thus, to fire are attributed: aries a leo e sagittarius i to earth are attributed: taur

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heg: leads practicus to tablet in north. heg: these are the qlippoth with their 12 princes, who are the heads of the 12 months of the year. in the central square are placed samael and asmodai. at the south east are the man, the serpent and the elder lilith, the wife of samael. at the north east angle are the ox and the ass, the aggareth, the daughter of machalath. at the north west angle are the scorpion and asimon the unnamed one, and nehemah. and at the south west are the lion and the horse, the younger lilith, the wife of asmodai. hiero: i have much pleasure in conferring upon you the title of lord (lady) of the 27th path. you will now quit the temple for a short time, and on your return the ceremony of your reception in the grade of philosophus will take place. part iv temple officers

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGICK SPELLS

a mutable earth sign, for spells to increase efficiency, for bringing order to a chaotic situation, for self-improvement and for healing. ruled by mercury. libra, the scales: 23 september to 23 october. colour: blue or violet. a cardinal air sign for rituals concerning justice and the law, for balancing options and priorities relationships, harmony and reconciliation. ruled by venus. scorpio, the scorpion: 24 october to 22 november. colour: burgundy or red. a fixed water sign, for increasing second sight, for passion and sex, secrets, inheritance and for claiming what is rightfully yours in any area of life. ruled by mars in the ancient system, now by pluto. sagittarius, the archer: 23 november to 21 december. colour: orange or yellow. a mutable fire sign, for optimism, fresh perspectives

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of the moon nanna 10. sphere of the elements kia 11. air anna 12. mercury gudud 13. moon sin 14. venus dlibat 15. aries agru (xubur) 16. taurus kakkab u alap shame (kingu) 17. gemini re'u kinu shame u tu'ame rabuti (viper) 18. cancer shittu (snake) 19. leo kalbu rabu (lakhamu) 20. virgo shiru (whirlwind) 21. jupiter umunpaddu 22. libra zibanitum (ravening dog) 23. water badur 24. scorpio akrabu (scorpion-man) 25. sagittarius pa-bil-sag (hurricane) 26. capricorn suxur mash (fish-man) 27. mars mastabarru 28. aquarius gula (horned beast) 29. pisces dilgan u rikis nuni (weapon) 30. sun shamash 30. fire ag 30. saturn kaimanu 30 (bis) earth kia 30 (bis) spirit zi notes on pronunciation we cannot be absolutely how sumerian and akkadian were spoken; but many useful guidelines are available to the

ths of the seas, and reigned once, it is said, over magan, whence they came. the banishings, or exorcisms, are to be pronounced in a clear voice without trembling, without shaking. the arms should be held over the head in the attitude of a priest of shammash, and the eyes must behold the spirit of the god shammash, even though it be the time of the sleeping of shammash behind the mountains of the scorpion. no word must be changed. these must not be shown to any but the properly instructed. to show them to anyone other is to ask the curse of ninnghizhida on yourself and upon your generations. the book maklu of the burnings: the exorcism of the crown of anu the priest, in time of peril, shall put on the spotless white crown of anu with the eight-rayed seal and stand in the prescribed manner

lers of all that existed and did not exist, there was nought but darkness. there was no moon. there was no sun. no planets were they, and no stars. no grain, no tree, no plant grew. the ancient ones were masters of spaces now unknown or forgotten, and all was chaos. marduk was chosen of the elders to fight kur and wrest power from the great sleeping serpent who dwells beneath the mountains of the scorpion. marduk was given a weapon, and a sign, and fifty powers were given to him to fight the awful tiamat, and each power has its weapon and its sign and these are the mightiest possessions of the elder gods against the ancient one who threatens without, who threatens from the abyss, the lord of darkness, the master of chaos, the unborn, the uncreated, who still wishes ill upon the race of men

es, she bore monster-serpents sharp of tooth, long of fang, she filled their bodies with venom for blood roaring dragons she has clothed with terror has crowned them with halos, making them as gods, so that he who beholds them shall perish and, that, with their bodies reared up none might turn them back. she summoned the viper, the dragon, and the winged bull, the great lion, the mad-god, and the scorpion-man. mighty rabid demons, feathered-serpents, the horse-man, bearing weapons that spare no fearless in battle, charmed with the spells of ancient sorcery. withal eleven of this kind she brought forth with kingu as leader of the minions. remember! enki our master fearing defeat, summoned his son marduk summoned his son the son of magick told him the secret name the secret number the secret

ne raise up and the serpent crawl forth. and this power is surely damned; but where does marduk tarry? and what of shammash? the sleeping gods truly sleep. and what crime have i committed? what unknown god have i transgressed? what forbidden thing have i eaten? what forbidden thing have i drunk? my suffering! it is seven! it is seven times seven! o gods! do not cast thy servant down! remember the scorpion man who dwells in the mountains. he was of old created by tiamat to fight the elder gods, but was permitted to stay below the mountains by them. but he has deceived us once, and may do so again. but call upon him if there be something concerning the outside that you would know, that i have not told thee. and his sign is simple, and it is thus: and merely, face the place where he is, and h

the elder gods, but was permitted to stay below the mountains by them. but he has deceived us once, and may do so again. but call upon him if there be something concerning the outside that you would know, that i have not told thee. and his sign is simple, and it is thus: and merely, face the place where he is, and he will come and speak, but do not do this at dawn, for then the sun rises and the scorpion has no power, not from the dawn till the dusk, during which time he is forced back beneath the earth, for that is the letter of the covenant concerning him, for it is written: he shall not raise his head above the sun. and again: his is the dark times. and again: he knows of the gate, but not the gate and the scorpion man has another of his race, female, that dwells with him there, but of

ALEISTER CROWLEY BOOK OF LIES

east for death" in the book of the law. the blood is the life of the individual: offer then blood! book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.com 93 [96] commentary( mu-gamma) the title of this chapter refers to a hebrew legend, that of the prophet who heard "a going in the mulberry tops; and to browning's phrase "a bruised, blackblooded mulberry. in the world's tragedy, household gods, the scorpion, and also the god-eater, the reader may study the efficacy of rape, and the sacrifice of blood, as magical formulae. blood and virginity have always been the most acceptable offerings to all the gods, but especially the christian god. in the last paragraph, the reason of this is explained; it is because such sacrifices come under the great law of the rosy cross, the giving-up of the indiv

s get any book for free on: www.abika.com 177 [180] commentary( pi-epsilon) we now return to that series of chapters which started with chapter 8( eta. the chapter is perfectly simple and needs no comment. book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.com 178 [181] 86 kappa-epsilon-phi-alpha-lambda-eta pi-digamma ex nihilo n. i. h. i. l. fit. n. the fire that twisteth itself and burneth like a scorpion. i, the unsullied ever-flowing water. h. the interpenetrating spirit, without and within. is not its name abrahadabra? i. the unsullied ever-flowing air. l. the green fertile earth. fierce are the fires of the universe, and on their daggers they hold aloft the bleeding heart of earth. upon the earth lies water, sensuous and sleepy. above the water hangs air; and above air, but also below

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man crowned with a white myrtle wreath, holding a bow 20 a virgin clad in linen, with an apple or pomegranate tall, fair, large man, with him a woman holding a large black oil jar 22 a dark man, in his right hand a spear and laurel branch and in his left a book a man, dark, yet delicious of countenance 24 a man with a lance in his right hand, in his left a human head a man riding a camel, with a scorpion in his hand 25 a man with 3 bodies 1 black, 1 red, 1 white a man leading cows, and before him an ape and bear 26 a man holding in his right hand a javelin and in his left a lapwing. a man with an ape running before him 28 a man with bowed head and a bag in his hand. a man arrayed like a king, looking with pride and conceit on all around him. 29 a man with two bodies, but joining their han

of the adept [99 names of god in arabic] col. vi, line 31bis. essence, cf. a and w. col. viii. lines 1-10. beth elohim gives a quite different ten qliphoth. line 15. in the midst of the zodiacal qliphoth are lams [samael] and yadmsa [asmodai. at se corner, man, serpent, and the elder lilith the wife of samael. at ne corner, the ox and ass, and aggereth the daughter of machalath. at nw corner, the scorpion, and wmisa,3 the unnameable and hmuk.4 at sw angle, the lion and horse, and the younger lilith the wife of asmodai. col. ix. the cup of the stolistes has its rim and 2 and 3 and its foot in 10. the cadueceus is (easily) placed on the tree and divided into a, m, and c. the waxing moon in 4; waning in 5; full in 6. col. xi. the elements, of whose nature the signs of the zodiac partake, are

ted on qabalistic principles by the golden dawn to refer to water and fire; similarly the name tarpesheth (tharpesht) is unknown prior to g.d. material, although she appears to be a hybrid of bast and sekhet. line 24: typhon was a monster in greek myth, probably a personification of destructive forces of nature, who was identified with set in late classical times. add selket, whose symbol was the scorpion. i have no idea what khephra is doing here. line 25: add neith (net) who is traditionally depicted with a bow and arrows. line 26: khem is identified by budge (op. cit, i, 97) with the phallic god min or amsu, and is said to have been the god of apu (panopolis. line 28: ahephi is hapi, one of the children of horus. line 29: add hequet (hekt. line 31: kabeshunt is probably qebhsennuf, one

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binah, the supernal understanding, is connected with tiphereth, the human consciousness, by zain, gemini, the oracles of the gods, or the intuition. that is, the attribution represents a psychological fact: to replace it by the devil is either humour or plain idiocy. again, the card "fortitude, leo, balances majesty and mercy with strength and severity: what sense is there in putting "death, the scorpion, in its stead? there are twenty other mistakes in the new wonderful illuminated-from-on-high attribution; the student can therefore be sure of twenty more laughs if he cares to study it> a synopsis of the grades of the a. a. as illustrative of the magical hierarchy in man is given in appendix 2 "one star in sight" this should be read before proceeding with the chapter. the subject is very

e conceptions attached to it by the ahamkara or ego-making facility, whose assumption that conscious individuality constitutes existence let it to consider its own apparently catastrophic character as pertaining to the order of nature. 47 the undulatory formula of putrefaction is represented in the qabalah by the letter n, which refers to scorpio, whose triune nature combines the eagle, snake and scorpion. these hieroglyphs themselves indicate the spiritual formulae of incarnation. he was also anxious to use the letter g, another triune formula expressive of the aspects of the moon, which further declares the nature of human existence in the following manner. the moon is in itself a dark orb; but an appearance of light is communicated to it by the sun; and it is exactly in this way that su

orth: ranunculus: 14 :sparrow, dove, swan :myrtle, rose, clover: 15 :ram, owl :tiger lily, geranium: 16 :bull (cherub of earth :mallow: 17 :magpie, hybrids :hybrids, orchids: 18 :crab, turtle, sphinx :lotus: 19 :lion (cherub of fire :sunflower: 20 :virgin, anchorite, any :snowdrop, lily, narcissus: solitary person or animal: 21 :eagle :hyssop, oak, poplar, fig: 22 :elephant :aloe :23 :eagle-snake-scorpion :lotus, all water plants (cherub of water: 24 :scorpion, beetle, lobster or :cactus: crayfish, wolf: 25 :centaur, horse, hyppogriff :rush: dog: 26 :goat, ass :indian hemp, orchis root: thistle: 27 :horse, bear, wolf :absinthe, rue: 28 :man or eagle (cherub of air:(olive) cocoanut: peacock: 29 :fish, dolphin, crayfish :unicellular organisms, opium: beetle: 30 :lion, sparrowhawk :sunflower

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS

nts of "the dweller on the threshold" love is the law, love under will. fraternally, 666 chapter xxviii need to define "god "self, etc. cara soror, do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law. artless remark!8 oh you! magic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 192 well, i suppose it's a gift- to stir hell to its most abysmal horror with one small remark slipped in at the end. scorpion! 8* refers to a pious phrase at the end of her letter. 40 "higher self "god within us" dear lady, you could never have picked five words from iroquois, or banti, or basuto or the jargon of master fran ois villon, or pictish, which severally and together convey less to my mind. no, no, not less: i mean more, so much more that it amounts to nothing at all. spencer montmorency bourbon hohens

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52 )m) terror, calamity hhlb loss, destruction ylb to cease ldx my glory ydwbk the earth (our world) dlx the greater ldgh 43 great lwdg to rejoice lyg to make faint hlx lion (cf. 340 )ybl hazel, almond zwl together, also mg magus gm one beloved by god hydydy 44 aries: a ram, lamb hl+ aquarius: a bucket yld drops ylg) a pool, pond; sorrow mg) captive, captivity hlwg blood md sand; horror (see the scorpion pentacle in the key of solomon; see also liber 418 10th ayre) lwx flame +hl garment dm 45 the mystic number of yesod adam: man; red md) the fool dm) redemption, liberation hlw)g to grow warm; they (masc) mh hesitated (see 405) lxz she who ruins hlbx hwhy in yetzirah )h w)w )h dwy greatly, strongly, very d)m what, which, why, how; anything, something; yetzitah fs gsecret nature h (see s.d

rb) to lie in wait br) a well, spring: a title of malkuth r)b created )rb exotic, foreign; dwelling rg greater (ar )br 204 commencement of the name abra-melin )rb) pearl; race; age rd the righteous qydc 205 splendrous rd) mighty; hero rbg mountain rh 206 assembly; area )rd) hail drb spake; word, thing; cloud; murrain rbd they of the world mlw( ymy to see, observe, perceive; to consider h)r 207 a scorpion (cf. 372) b)rg) lord of the universe mlw( nwd) light (aur is the balanced light of open day; cf. 9& 11) rw) limitless pws ny) ate hrb walled, fenced rdg that which cuts rbh the elders (deut. 21:19) mynqz melt, fuse qqz the crown of the ark; strange, foreign; border rz to grow great, multiply hbr demons; injurers myqyzm 208 feather hrb) a cistern rwb bowed rhg to make strife; contend hrg l

y) 368 the spirit of the gods of the living myyx myhl) xwr boils nyx# 369 the world of briah (creation; referred to binah) h)yrbh mlw( 370 a foundation, basis rq( creation( willows of the brook (lev. 23:40) lxn ybr( white lead, tin )r+sq to rend, cut, blame, curse (rq green (see s.d. p. 104) nn(r perfect, whole ml# ligure; jacinth; opal m#l to rule k#ym 371 sinister, left-hand l)m# 372 scorpio: a scorpion brq( spherical water (apparently a latin transliteration )kryps) lambs, sheep my#bk an oven, furnace n#bk herbage, grass b( seven (b# hwhy is his name wm# hwhy 373 god of the hebrews myrb(h yhl) quaking#(g 375 generally and specially +rpw llk to yield; to do; to make; yielding h( hour h# solomon (lit. gpeaceful one h) hml# 376 dominator l#wm a bird rwpc peace (refers to kether) mwl# 377 t

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE OLD AND NEW COMMENTARIES TO LIBER AL

nal grounds that this must be the case. my discrimination between artichokes and arsenic puts me at the mercy of a million circumstances, from my cook to my wife. al i,24 "i am nuit, and my word is six and fifty" the old comment 24. nu= 6+ 50= 56. the new comment one must observe the special significance of these numbers, not only conjoined, but separate. for 6, vau, is the bull; and 50, nun, the scorpion. but 6 is also the number of the sun, our star. the n of nu is therefore the dragon "infinite space- and v is "the infinite stars" thereof. the ith is the honorific termination representing her fulfilment of creative force "i" being the inmost force, and "th" its extension. the dragon in current symbolism refers to the north or hollow of heaven; thus to the womb of space, which is the con

ll its possibilities ceases to have a purpose; death is its diploma, so to speak; it is ready to apply itself to the new conditions of a larger life. just so a schoolboy who has mastered his work, dies to school, reincarnates in cap& gown, triumphs in the trips, dies to the cloisters, and is reborn to the world. note that the atu "death" in the tarot refers to scorpio. this sign is threefold: the scorpion that kills itself with its own poison, when its environment (the ring of fire) becomes intolerable; the serpent that renews itself by shedding its skin, that is crowned and hooded, that moves by undulations like light, and gives man wisdom at the price of toil suffering and mortality; and the eagle that soars, its lidless eyes bent boldly upon the sun "death" is, to the initiate, as inn b

notice the words "death" in verses 68. there is evidently an intention to identify the climax of love with that of life. it is then not unnatural for us to ask: can 'death' have some deeper significance than appears? scorpio, the zodiacal sign of death, is really the sexual or reproductive function of nature. it is the earth-transcending eagle, the self-restoring serpent, and the self-immolating scorpion. in alchemy it is the principle of putrefaction, the "black dragon, whose state of apparent corruption is but a prelude to the rainbow-coloured spring-tide of the man in motley. the nymph of spring, syrinx, the trembling hollow reed which needs but breath to fill the world with music, attracts pan, the goat-god of ecstatic lust, by whose work the glory of summer is established anew. it is

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; thou shakest them about thy brow, so that thine eyes may not be blinded by the fire of my fury. i am he who was, who is, and who will be; i am the creator, and the destroyer, and the redeemer of mankind. i have come as the sun from the house of the roaring of lions, and at my coming shall there be laughter, and weeping, and singing, and gnashing of teeth. ye shall tread upon the serpent and the scorpion, and the hosts of your enemies shall be as chaff before the sickle of your might: yet ye must be born in the cavern of darkness and be laid in the manger of the moon. lo! i am as a babe born in a crib of lilies and roses, and wrapped in the swaddling bands of june. mine hands are delicate and small, and my feet are shod in flame, so that they touch not the kingdoms of this earth. i arise

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d the earth perceiveth it not! o that our bed were seen of men, that they might rejoice in my fertility: that my sister might partake of my great light. o light of god, when wilt thou find the heart of man- write not! i would not that men know the sorrow of my heart, amen! i turned me to the west, and the archangel bore a flaming book, on which was written an in enochian. within was drawn a fiery scorpion, yet cold withal. until the book of the east be opened! until the hour sound! 5 until the voice vibrate! until it pierce my depth; look not on high! look not beneath! for thou wilt find a life which is as death: or a death which should be infinite. for thou art submitted to the four: five thou shalt find, but seven is lone and far. o lord god, let thy spirit hither unto me! for i am lost

unto the end of time. and i answer him: time is not, save in the darkness of her womb by whom evil came. and now the wheel breaks away, and i see him as he is. his garment is black beneath the opal veils, but it is lined with white, and he has the shining belly of a fish, and enormous wings of black and white feathers, and innumerable little legs and claws like a centipede, and a long tail like a scorpion. the breasts are human, but they are all scored with blood; and he cries: o thou who hast broken down the veil, knowest thou not that who cometh where i am must be scarred by many sorrows? 11 and i answer him: sorrow is not, save in the darkness of the womb of her by whom came evil. i pierce the mystery of his breast, and therein is a jewel. it is a sapphire as great as an ostrich egg, an

e, two women, and grasp each other by both hands, and kiss, and melt into one another; and melt away.3 and now the veils open again, the gold parts, and the purple parts, and the silver parts, and there is a crowned eagle, also like the assyrian eagles. and he cries: all my strength and stability are turned to the use of flight. for though my wings are of fine gold, yet my heart is the heart of a scorpion. glory unto thee, who being born in a stable didst make thee mirth of the filth thereof, who didst suck in iniquity from the breast of thy mother the harlot; who didst flood with iniquity the bodies of thy concubines. thou didst lie in the filth of the streets with the dogs; thou wast tumbled and shameless and wanton in a place where four roads meet. there wast thou defiled, and there was

man with the lust of light. i am the sightless storm in the night that wrappeth the world about with desolation. chaos is my name, and thick darkness. know thou that the darkness of the earth is ruddy, and the darkness of the air is grey, but the darkness of the soul is utter blackness. the egg of the spirit is a basilisk egg, and the gates of the understanding are fifty, that is the sign of the scorpion. the pillars about the neophyte are crowned with flame, and the vault of the adepts is lighted by the rose. and in the abyss is the eye of the hawk. but upon the great sea shall the master of the temple find neither star nor moon. and i was about to answer him "the light is within me" but before i could frame the words, he answered me with the great word that is the key of the abyss. and

les. and thou shalt drive all these before thee in thy car, and though by none of these canst thou reach up to me, yet by each of these must thou attain to me. and thou must have the strength of the lion, and the secrecy of the hermit. and thou must turn the wheel of life. and thou must hold the balances of truth. thou must pass through the great waters, a redeemer. thou must have the tail of the scorpion, and 170 the poisoned arrows of the archer, and the dreadful horns of the goat. and so shalt thou break down the fortress that guardeth the palace of the king my son. and thou must work by the light of the star and of the moon and of the sun, and by the dreadful light of judgment that is the birth of the holy spirit within thee. when these shall have destroyed the universe, then mayest th

his nostrils. but one minute in samadhi, and he would understand the actuality of such imaginations. not that facts are so discovered; it is the attainment of a point of view. and were this apex added to the broad pyramid of his common sense, we should have another st. john the divine, an incarnation of the eagle kerub, no longer as now merely the subtlety of the serpent and the sharpness of the scorpion. leo [we regret that urgency forbids detailed criticism of this admirable volume. we should in particular have liked to argue the "rite" theory of the crucifixion. as it is, we can only refer the author to j. m. robertson's "pagan christs- ed] abnormal psychology. by isador h. coriat, m.d "stage fright is also a condition of pathological fear" to such a degree of absurdity can specializat

fire- fire-theosophy of the persians- ideas of the rosicrucians as to the character of fire- monuments raised to fire-worship in all countries- druidical stones and their worship- the round towers of ireland- cabalistic interpretations by the gnostics- mystic christian figures and talismans- the rosy cross in indian, egyptian, greek, roman, and mediaeval monuments- the great pyramid- myths of the scorpion, or the snake in its many disguises- rosicrucians celestial and terrestrial- alchemy- rosicrucians in strange symbols- robert flood- indian mystic adoration of forms, etc, etc. mysteries of magic: a digest of the writings of eliphas l vi, with biographical and critical essay by arthur e. waite "second edition, revised "and enlarged" 8vo "coth" 1897 (pub. 10"s" 6"d) 6"s" this work fulfils

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caress wakes the lost life. i see him dress the godhead. up he bounds and brays- the wild ass of the wilderness, the soul that sees, the soul that slays! inhabit the untrodden ways; set! thou my god and i thy priest, thy temple hidden in the haze of deserts death to god or beast! thou who art both shalt foin and feast with me who am both, thy hate's co-heir, lord of the west and of the east- the scorpion's hole, the lion's lair! i kissed his mouth- sublime despair! our souls were one; our bodies met- yea! darkness cover everywhere the secret of the house of set! alys cusack. 204 the sphinx at gizeh 205 the sphinx at gizeh i saw the other day the sphinx's painted face. she had painted her face in order to ogle time. and he has spared no other painted face in all the world but hers. delilah

specially alludes to stagnant and fetid water; and to that property of the moist nature which initiates putrefaction and corruption. the eternal change from life to death, and through death to life, is symbolised in the grass which springs from and is nourished by putrefying and corrupting carcasses. the top of the scythe forms the t, tau-cross of life, showing that what destroys also renews. the scorpion, serpent and eagle delineated before the figure of death in the more ancient form of the key, refer to the mixed transforming (therefore deceptive) nature of this emblem. the scorpion is the emblem of ruthless destruction, the snake is the mixed and deceptive nature, serving alike for good and evil, and the eagle is the higher and divine nature yet to be found herein, the alchemical eagle

f netzach, the blood of the lion; and the eagle represents the water of hod, the gluten of the eagle; whose reconcilement is made by the air in yesod uniting with the volatised water rising from the cauldron though the influence of the fire beneath it. the chains which link the lion and the eagle to her waist are symbolic of the paths of hb:nun and hb:ayin, scorpio and capricornus as shown by the scorpion and the goat in the background. in her right hand she bears the torch of solar fire, elevating and volatizing the water in hod by the fiery influence of geburah; while with her left hand she pours from a vase the waters of chesed to temperate and calm the fire of netzach. illustration on page 287 approximated_ visita interiora terrae rectificando invenies occultam lapidem, veram medicinam

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ord of mercy! hail, i say, unto thee, the father of the gods! o thou, whose golden plumes stream up the sky in floods of light divine! thou, whose head is as a sapphire, or the vault of the unchanging sky! thou, whose heart is pitiful; where the rose dawn shines out amid the gold! thou, unchanging and unchangeable; whom the eagle follows; whom the serpent doth embrace; o thou that standest on the scorpion! thee, thee, thee, thee, i invoke! o thou! from whom the universe did spring! thou, the all-father, thou whose plumes of power rise up to touch the throne of the concealed! mighty! merciful! magnificent! thee, thee, thee, thee, i invoke! behold! thou hast lifted up thy voice and the hills were shaken! yea, thou didst cry aloud and the everlasting hills did bow! they fled away; they were n

hbour: to communicate it to no living person, unless by long practice and conversation i shall know him thoroughly, well examining whether such an one really 248 intendeth to work for the good or for the evil. i will punctually observe, in granting it, the same fashion which was used by abramelin to abraham. otherwise, let him who receiveth it draw no fruit therefrom. i will keep myself as from a scorpion from selling this science. let this science remain in me and in my generation as long as it shall please the most high.46 all these points i generally and severally swear to observe under the awful penalty of the displeasure of god, and of him to whose knowledge and conversation i do most ardently aspire. so help me the lord of the universe, and my own higher soul! the obligation is follo

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may ring out the melody of thy voice, and be clothed in the pure light of thy loveliness: o thou god my god! 2. o thou mighty god, make me as a balance of rubies and jet that is cast in the lap of the sun; i beseech thee, o thou great god! that i may flash forth the wonder of thy brightness, and melt into the perfect poise of thy being: o thou god my god! 3. o thou mighty god, make me as a brown scorpion that creepeth on through a vast desert of silver; i beseech thee, o thou great god! that i may lose myself in the span of thy light, and become one with the glitter of thy shadow: o thou god my god! 4. o thou mighty god, make me as a green arrow of lightning that speedeth through the purple clouds of night; i beseech thee, o thou great god! that i may wake fire from the crown of thy wisdo

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of the inmost fluid; by aur, the effulgence of the radiant light; i call thee, ash! i adore thee, ash("over lamp) ash! ash! ash! i caress thee! i kiss thee! i suck thee up into my mouth and nostrils! ohooatan("three times("the water flames. behold! the fire of god upon the altar as i have sworn by djinn and by shin and by the space between("returns to his throne. bro. mars. 1. hail, sister of the scorpion! sor. scorpio. hail, lord of the eagle and the serpent! bro. mars. amen. i appoint you to lead the army. sor. scorpio. let us carry the holy symbols with sacred song and dance round the altar of mars["the song< is sung as all march round five times deosil before" 50 mars "in procession headed by" scorpio, aries, capricornus] strike, strike the louder chord! draw, dr

fire; fire-theosophy of the persians; ideas of the rosicrucians as to the character of fire; monuments raised to fire- worship in all countries; druidical stones and their worship; the round towers of ireland; cabalistic interpretations by the gnostics; mystic christian figures and talismans; the rosy cross in indian, egyptian, greek, roman and mediaeval monuments; the great pyramid; myths of the scorpion, or the snake in its many disguises; rosicrucians celestial and terrestrial; alchemy; rosicrucians in strange symbols; robert flood; indian mystic adoration of form; etc, etc. real history of the rosicrucians, founded on their own manifestoes, and on facts and documents collected from the writings of initiated brethren, by arthur e. waite "illustrated" 8vo "cloth, uncut" 1887 (pub. 7"s" 6

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vi. sun in libra september mcmxi o.s "the method of science--the aim of religion" wieland& co. 3 great james street, gray's inn london, w.c. printed by turnbull and spears. edinburgh contents page editorial 1 liber x 3 liber xvi 9 liber xc 17 liber clvi 23 liber cc 29 liber ccclxx 33 three poems for jane cheron. by aleister crowley 41 circle. by ethel archer 52 the electric silence 53 song 66 the scorpion. by aleister crowley 67 the earth. by francis bendick 108 sleep. by ethel archer 112 the ordeal of ida pendragon. by martial nay 113 the autumn woods. by victor j. i. neuburg 149 the dangers of mysticism 153 the big stick. by john yarker, e. whineray, aleister crowley, etc. 160 special supplement the rites of eleusis 1["the necessity of giving immediate publication to the text of the rite

falling from the breasts of sleep their lotus-kiss is, such a world forestalling of wanton blisses, that the fear of palling makes e'en the sirens weep. ah me! what serpent hisses from out those purple bysses, far in the womb of the long-lying sea? she wakes! nor dare he creep back to her soul, whence sleep has torn aside the mist-hung drapery; too strange the way, and steep. ethel archer. 66 the scorpion a tragedy in three acts by aleister crowley "god is love- epistles of st john. 67 to gr:alpha-gamma-alpha-theta-alpha in memory of the hour of initiation, and to lampada tradam and mohammed ibn rahman in memory of our wanderings in the desert, and to my brothers of the o. of k. d. s. h. in memory of the martyrdom of our g. m. j. b. m. i dedicate this tragedy. the scorpion persons of the t

laylah. let me go to my house. you are breaking the peace now, and i will break your head["she has unloosened a stone from the well and strikes him. his cheek bleeds] rinaldo["unmoved] sit there. so this is my reading of the future. i who met you in hate shall leave you in love. and there an end of the crusades! laylah. love["bitterly sarcastic] rinaldo. love["enthusiastic] laylah. i had rather a scorpion stung me. rinaldo. my crest is a scorpion["he points to the golden bejewelled crest upon his light helmet] i am thirsty. give me water. laylah. i would give water to a thirsty dog["she pours water into his hands] 77 rinaldo. for water i will give you fire. twelve hundred years ago came peace on earth and goodwill toward men through a virgin sacrifice. history repeats itself. laylah. i am

truth comes bubbling to my brim; life and death are one to him! there is cold in the old grey gloom of my caves; there is heat in the beat of my passionate waves. truth come bubbling to my brim; love and hate are one to him["they dance and return to the well" r "and" l "are now seen behind the grasses, she sobbing upon his shoulder] 80 rinaldo. the cloud blackens all the sky. laylah["he takes the scorpion from his helmet" keep this token of me. laylah. for a token of hate and of revenge! rinaldo. as you will. but the crusades are ended["he draws her to the well, and lays her down. with her arms on the low wall, and her face hidden, she sobs" rinaldo "takes his palfrey, and, with one glance over his shoulder towards the enemy and another to" laylah "rides off, driving the spurs into his hor

den, she sobs" rinaldo "takes his palfrey, and, with one glance over his shoulder towards the enemy and another to" laylah "rides off, driving the spurs into his horse "laylah "remains sobbing. after a long interval she half-rises, and stretching her arms after him, calls brokenly" laylah. come back. come back["sobs again take her more violently than ever. she struggles to her feet, holds out the scorpion crest and calls] come back. come back["she collapses. dead silence. after a little the distant galloping of horses is heard. it grows louder and louder" laylah "rises, mistress of herself, kisses the golden scorpion and hides it at her heart, and refills the pitcher["enter a band of saracens, who dismount. their leader, the" emir said omar, rushes forward to the well" said omar. victory!

is it? what is it? laylah. i have had evil dreams. said omar["to his men. on to the houses! we must feast; we must sleep["he takes" laylah "on his saddlebow] you must sleep, whisper of the west wind! laylah. i shall have evil dreams. said omar. no! you shall not sleep to-night, white fairy of paradise, black-eyed gazelle of the wilderness! laylah. be gentle with me. i ache. i have been stung by a scorpion. said omar. there are no scorpions in the winter. where is the wound [laylah "puts her hand to her heart, and falls fainting limp across the saddlebow] call ibrahim, the wise physician! on to the houses["exeunt. the voice of the nymph of the well, faintly from below "truth comes bubbling to my brim: love and hate are one to him] curtain. 82 persons of the tragedy act ii laylah "wife of si

k! thy father is dead! i saw the banner of the temple snap like a dry twig. my brave son sliman cut it at a single blow. he will whip home the dogs, your friends, and you shall be his toy to play with and break and make sport of. he will twist your skinny arm- so["she catches the child's wrist, twists it, and makes her scream" spindle-legged little spider "the child bites her wrist] venomous as a scorpion! the child. my father's crest is a scorpion. laylah. no! no! it cannot be. i am mad. i hear a strange thing. now i know what i saw in your face. child! child! i am sorry i hurt you. i want to be friends with you. i am all-powerful here. no harm shall come to you! his child! come and kiss me["the child shrinks away] 92 no! i am sorry. i am your good friend. i will take you back to your fat

h, you're wounded. ledmiya, the kerchief, quick. and the arabian oil, and the balsam. sliman. nonsense, mother, it's nothing. but think! i slew twenty knights- they haven't the strength of babies. it was like cracking eggshells. all except one. he was as strong as i, but not so quick. so i cut him down, and took his crest for a brooch for you, mother dear["he holds out a golden crest" laylah. the scorpion! the child. the scorpion["she retires and watches" laylah. boy, you have killed your father["she stands thunderstuck" sliman. oh, no, mother! father and the boys all died in 94 the melee when we were thrown back on the reserve. the knights of st john charged in line. it was rough-and-tumble for a few minutes, indeed it was. when i got out, their banners were swept far down the fighting li

n us; before i could sweep them away the knights had rolled over sidi omar and my brothers- the whole wing was destroyed. i rallied the right on the centre, and- why, mother, you are not listening! laylah["taking his sword. this sword killed your father. listen! sidi omar was not your father. your father ravished me, a virgin and a princess, and left me only this for token["she takes the jewelled scorpion from her breast] i took it for hate and revenge; wherein i lied, for i loved him, and i love him. god has punished my lie, making you- the token of love- the minister of revenge. so then- be he avenged["she strikes the neck of" sliman "and he falls dead. she stands stupefied" the child["coming forward and picking up the scorpion that" sliman "had in his hand. i thank thee, lady. my brothe

took it for hate and revenge; wherein i lied, for i loved him, and i love him. god has punished my lie, making you- the token of love- the minister of revenge. so then- be he avenged["she strikes the neck of" sliman "and he falls dead. she stands stupefied" the child["coming forward and picking up the scorpion that" sliman "had in his hand. i thank thee, lady. my brother is avenged["she dips the scorpion in his blood and fastens it in her dress" laylah["shortly. your brother lies there dead. the child. i am sorry, if he was my brother. he was a brave boy. he picked me up and threw me to a servant just as if i had been an old tabard. laylah. your father's trick! the child. i do not understand. laylah. understand this. i have slain my son because 95 he slew his father; and all i look for is

not understand. laylah. understand this. i have slain my son because 95 he slew his father; and all i look for is for some one to slay me also! the child. but you say his father is my father. laylah. was! was! the child. but is is my brother who was slain by sliman. my father is in rome; he is coming hither with the next fair wind. laylah. fair wind! god! it is i than who have slain our son. the scorpion! my sole token["she falls on" sliman's "corpse] my son! only son of my love! one sole jewel of the world wert thou. and the accursed scorpion has betrayed me. oh, let me from this hour throw off all womanhood, all kindness, all compassion- all but my love that has made my heart a hell. from this hell spring forth fiery scorpions- eunuchs! girls! let us be men! take swords! take spears! tr

rinaldo. we might not live together. god is love; he lets us die together. laylah. together at last! rinaldo. you and i, love, you and i. laylah. you and i["the flames blaze to heaven with a roar" rinaldo "and" laylah "are blotted out" urchin. what has he done? isaac. he was trying to save his diamonds. that was the grand master of the temple. it was his crest; she must have stolen it. a diamond scorpion! oh dear! oh dear! urchin. i'll be a dragon, with wings. they shan't burn me; i'll burn them. isaac. of course, you will, you little fire-eater. what's your great name? urchin. saladin. curtain. 107 the earth the child of miracle to the world, greeting. i reach my hands to the leaves and dabble in the dew: i sprinkle dew on you for kisses. i kneel down and hold the grass of the black eart

ALEX SANDERS THE KING OF THE WITCHES

rrot, magpie. metals: virgo, platinum; mercury,quicksilver. colours: pale blue, pale gold, yellow, jade green. lm.ra the scales. 22 september to 21 october. lucky stones: libra, opal; venus, lapis lazuli. lucky numbers: libra, eight; venus, six. lucky day: friday. flowers: violet, white rose. trees: almond, walnut. animals: hart, hare. bird: dove. metal: copper. colours: blue, violet. scorpio the scorpion. 22 october to 21 november. lucky stones: ruby, beryl, turquoise, topaz. lucky number: nine. lucky day: tuesday. flowers: heather, chrysanthemum. trees: holly, thorn. animals: wolf, panther. birds: eagle, vulture. metal: iron. colours: red, russet, brown. sagittaluus the archer. 22 november to 21 december. lucky stones: sagittarius, sapphire; jupiter,amethyst. lucky numbers: sagittarius

ALICE A BAILEY10 FROM BETHLEHEM TO CALVARY

r day, the 24th june, dedicated to the birth of the beloved disciple john, and corresponding to christmas day; there are the festivals of (18) the assumption of the virgin (15th august) and of (19) the nativity of the virgin (8th september, corresponding to the movement of the god through virgo; there is the conflict of christ and his disciples with the autumnal asterisms (20) the serpent and the scorpion; and finally there is the curious fact that the church (21) dedicates the very day of the winter solstice (when any one may very naturally doubt the re-birth of the sun) to st. thomas, who doubted the truth of the resurrection!"40 any student of comparative religion can investigate the truth of these statements, and at the end will stand amazed at the persistence of god's love and the wil

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

ii. love-wisdom .v irgo, the virgin .m ercury .m oon (veiling a planet. pisces, the fishes. jupiter. pluto. cancer, the crab. moon .n eptune- 52- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust iii. active-intelligence. libra, the scales. venus. uranus. capricorn, the goat .s aturn. saturn. taurus, the bull .v enus. vulcan. iv. harmony through. scorpio, the scorpion. mars. mars. conflict sagittarius, the archer. jupiter. earth. leo, the lion. sun. sun. v. concrete science. sagittarius, the archer. jupiter. earth. aquarius, the watercarrier. uranus. jupiter. virgo, the virgin .m ercury .m oon. vi. idealism. devotion .s agittarius, the archer. jupiter. earth. pisces, the fishes. jupiter. pluto. aries, the ram. mars. mercury. vii. ceremonial order. canc

ath of the personality and with which we shall later deal when we come to consider that sign. esoterically as well as exoterically, scorpio is the sign of death and burial in the earth, of descent into the depths in order to be lifted again on to the heights (the mountain top in capricorn. it is stated in some of the most ancient books that "the heat of the earth, the mother, and the sting of the scorpion are the beneficent gifts which the turning of the wheel gives to the man at the beginning and the end" these gifts, when accepted and used, bring a man to liberation and eventually from the control and pain of the fixed cross. 3. pisces sees the relinquishing or the death of all the influences which hold the man to the wheel of birth and his release from the control of the common or mutab

aning and significance are so obvious that there is no need for elucidation. the injunction to the man upon the orthodox wheel is as follows: and the word said "let food be sought" to the man upon the reversed wheel the word goes forth "i see the goal. i reach that goal and then i see another" may the words of this final injunction to the disciple carry meaning to the heart and mind. scorpio, the scorpion we come now to the consideration of a sign which is of paramount importance in the life of evolving man. certain of the signs are in very close relation through the inflow and the outflow of energy with certain of the major constellations. these major constellations are, in a few instances, peculiarly connected with the signs of the zodiac. there are four of the zodiacal signs which are m

vable information, and in the puerile reconstruction of the past lives of theosophically inclined people (none of them based on any truth, the real truth and the real beauty of the theme have been lost to sight. cancer is one point of the watery triplicity, and the symbolism which underlies the three water signs is most interesting in one particular direction. you have, as you know, the crab, the scorpion and the fish goddesses of the sign pisces. in ancient lemuria, the symbol of pisces was a woman with the tail of a fish, and of this symbol the legendary mermaid is the memory. it was only in late atlantean times (when the conscious sense of duality was becoming present in the minds of the advanced humanity of the period) that the woman part of the symbol was dropped altogether and the tw

ces was a woman with the tail of a fish, and of this symbol the legendary mermaid is the memory. it was only in late atlantean times (when the conscious sense of duality was becoming present in the minds of the advanced humanity of the period) that the woman part of the symbol was dropped altogether and the two linked fishes took the place of the fish goddesses. you have, therefore, the crab, the scorpion with the sting in its tail and the fish. the slow moving crab, identified with its dwelling place and carrying its house upon its back, lives upon the land (physical plane life) and also in the sea (the life of the emotions; the scorpion is rapid in movement, deadly in its effect upon men around it and is a creature of the land; it is also the symbol of the transformed crab and the result

t. he sun c apricorn. t he goat..saturn..saturn g emini. the twins..m. ercury..v. enus ii. love-wisdom. v irgo. t he virgin..m. ercury..t. he moon p isces. the fishes..j.upiter..pluto c ancer. t he crab..the moon..neptune iii. active intelligence. l ibra. the scales..v. enus..uranus c apricorn. t he goat..saturn..saturn iv. harmony through t aurus. t he bull..venus..vulcan conflict. s corpio. the scorpion..m. ars. mars s agittarius. t he archer..jupiter..the earth- 344- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust l eo. the lion..the sun..t. he sun s agittarius. t he archer..jupiter..the earth v. concrete science. aquarius. the water carrier..uranus..j.upiter v irgo. t he virgin..m. ercury..t. he moon vi. devotion. idealism. s agittarius. t he arc

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n principles. the sign leo represents fire or spirit; taurus, earth or body; aquarius, air or mind; and scorpio represents water likened to the soul. leo, as the lion, is the strength of the lower nature, and is the serpent of force which, if directed upward, overcomes. taurus, the bull, is always the symbol of creative force. aquarius, the man, is the light-bearer, or light-bringer. scorpio, the scorpion, is often transmuted with aquila, the eagle. which rises at the same time with scorpio; they are closely linked in symbolism. scorpio is 'the monster of darkness, who stings to death, and yet preserves and reproduces, symbolizing not only generation but regeneration. as the latter it is aquila, the eagle, the bird of the sun which has conquered the dark side of scorpio (that adversary tha

equilibrium. an interlude where duality is known and the life of soul and form is balanced (law, sex, money. polar opposite: aries. a fire sign (subjective, latent consciousness, will to incarnate. rulers: exoteric, venus; esoteric, uranus. keywords: from the angle of form "let choice be made; from the angle of soul "i choose the way which leads between the two great lines of force. scorpio, the scorpion element: water sign (as are also cancer and pisces. quality: conflict. test. trial. triumph. points of crisis. moments of reorientation. turning point in the life of humanity and of the individual. hercules became the triumphant disciple in scorpio. polar opposite: taurus. an earth sign (desire, and growth of soul light. rulers: exoteric and esoteric, the same, mars. keywords: from the an

mance of this labor, demonstrates his fitness to take the second initiation, which concerns the emotional body. he balances the pairs of opposites and demonstrates it in an amusing and symbolic manner. he proves that poise and equilibrium are now achieved characteristics and that he is fit to undertake the tremendous task provided for him in the next sign. in scorpio (october 23- november 22, the scorpion, he enters upon his supreme test, which is also the supreme test for humanity, and which, if we study the times and seasons, appears that to which humanity is subjected at the present time. the problem before hercules was his emancipation from illusion and the freeing of perception from the mists and miasmas, the glamor and the appearances, behind which reality veils itself. in this sign

ANATHEMA OF ZOS

the hypocrite an automatic writing by austin osman spare preface do thy will magickal currents pass as the great wheel swings endlessly to and fro driven by words of power whose origin is inestimable. spare was a watcher on the threshold. agape of the christos had spent its force. it laid upon the land as a shroud when once it had been a bright and shining spell of liberation. under this pall the scorpion bred consciousness in the charnel house of putrefaction. monsters arose and walked the earth in the guise of living men and women. these are the hypocrites to whom the sermon was delivered. the goat-herd found himself in a pigsty; speaking to swine bred on foul aethers. where once there was the sermon on the mount, now there need be a sermon of the midden. zos eats complacency and his lea

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

BEHOLDERS OF NIGHT

ible and free individual stands at the gateway of possibility, from which limits are only placed by ones mind. to align ones own self with the natural order is to dissolve the essence, from which the consciousness would be devoured by the mind numbing devourer called christianity, or the right hand path. this is the very silk masked murdered of the self, which would caress us into the arms of the scorpion, which would destroy all of which we are to sacrifice the mind to the void of non-being. the left hand path is the strengthening of the mind, and the possibility of one becoming as a separate being, not in order with the natural universe, that he or she is uniquely different. this is the path of lucifer and lilith, those who stand within the dark wells and have illuminated the black flame

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

e sun. he throws it as fast as lightning and gathers the life-energy of the enemy. with the fourth finger of his right hand he spins the red lasso. on his right he carries a tiger-skin quiver and on his left a leopard-skin bow case. he rides a black horse with white heels. on his head he wears a helmet of leather adorned with vulture feathers, and on his body he wears an armored coat covered with scorpion shells. assembled around him are a hundred thousand inexhaustible might demon soldiers, twenty thousand groups of serpent demon soldiers, countless sky demons as well as a limitless gathering of falcons, eagles, tigers, leopards, monkeys, and such. in front of him there are five hundred monks wearing lacquered hats, holding mendicant staffs and begging bowls, and speaking true words. on h

thers the life-energy of the enemy. and also, with the fourth finger of his right hand he spins the red lasso of might demons. on his right he carries a tiger-skin quiver and on his left he carries a leopard-skin bow case. he rides a black horse with white heels. on his head he wears an excellent helmet of leather adorned with vulture feathers and on his body he wears an armored coat covered with scorpion shells [assembled around him] are one hundred thousand inexhaustible might demon soldiers, twenty thousand groups of serpent demon soldiers, countless sky demons as well as a limitless gathering of falcons, eagles, tigers (3a) leopards, monkeys, and such. in particular, there are five hundred monks wearing lacquered hats and holding mendicant staffs and begging bowls; they [walk] in front

BLAVATSKY H P ANTHROPOGENESIS

of ploughing, of building, of sculpture or stone-cutting, of architecture. in fine, of all. arts. he was the primeval principle, disintegrating into the modification of two opposites for production. astronomically, too* he held the birthplace of the day and year, the place of its increase of strength, aries, and likewise the place of its death, scorpio. he held the house of venus, and that of the scorpion. he, as birth, was good; as death, was evil. as good, he was light; as bad, he was night. as good, he was man; as bad, he was woman. he held the cardinal points, and as cain, or vulcan* or pater sadic, or melchizadek, he was lord of the ecliptic, or[[footnote(s* the aeolian name of mars was[[areus, and the greek ares[[ares, is a name over the etymological significance of which, philologis

. he cares little whether it be the seed from[[footnote(s* apophis or apap is the serpent of evil, symbol of human passions. the sun (osiris-horus, destroys him, when apap is thrown down, bound and chained. the god aker "the chief of the gate of the abyss" of aker, the realm of the sun (xv. 39) binds him. apophis is the enemy of ra (light, but the "great apap has fallen" exclaims the defunct "the scorpion has hurt thy mouth" he says to the conquered enemy (xxxix. v. 7. the scorpion is the "worm that never dies" of the christians. apophis is bound on the tau or tat "the emblem of stability (see the erection of tat in tatoo, ritual xviii* so have the crypts in cis-himalayan regions where initiates live, and where their ashes are placed for seven lunar years* the natural genesis, vol. i. p. 4

BLAVATSKY H P COSMOGENESIS

rly accurate determination of the first point of their movable zodiac. it does not seem possible to doubt the existence in antiquity of observations of this date. the persians say that four beautiful stars were placed as guardians at the four corners of the world. now it so happens that at the commencement of kali yug, 3000 or 3100 years before our era, the "eye of the bull" and the "heart of the scorpion" were exactly at the equinoctial points, while the "heart of the lion" and the "southern fish" were pretty near the solstitial points. an observation of the rising of the pleiades in the evening, seven days before the autumnal equinox, also belongs to the year 3000 before our era. this and similar observations collected in ptolemy's calendars, though he does not give their authors, these

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magination stronger than feeling. very much affected by other influences, and therefore more dependent upon dignity than most symbols. she rules from 20 degree gemini to 20 degree cancer. water of water queen of nymphs or undines. xi. the prince of the chariot of the waters king of cups a winged kingly figure with winged crown seated in a chariot drawn by an eagle. on the wheel is the symbol of a scorpion. the eagle is borne as a crest on his crown, cuirass and buskins. general attire like king of wands. beneath his chariot is the calm and stagnant water of a lake. his armour resembles feathers more than scales. he holds in one hand a lotus, and in the other a cup, charged with the sigil of his scale. a serpent issues from the cup, and has its head tending down to the waters of the lake. h

heavy head or end red-gold blue or brown prince lion's head, winged waved and salient flames, fire wand of zelator adept yellow blue-grey princess tiger's head tiger, leaping flames, gold altar, long club, largest at bottom red-gold blue cups king peacock with opened fan white horse, crab issuing from cup, sea fair blue queen ibis ibis, crayfish issuing from cup, river goldbrown blue prince eagle scorpion, eagle; serpent issuing from cup, lake brown grey or brown princess swan dolphin lotus, sea with spray, turtle from cup brown blue or brown swords king winged hexagram winged brown horse, driving clouds, drawn sword darkbrown dark queen winged child's head head of man severed, cumulus clouds, drawn sword lightbrown grey prince winged angel's head arch fairies winged, whirling hair, nimbi

BOOK OF BLACK SERPENT

wers beneath the feet of the four cherubim lilith babel machaloth jonia samael media rehab edom 'splendour on every side fire endfolding whirlwind' these are from cherubic expressions of force and the evil and averse powers broken beneath their feet are: rahab, whose symbol is a terrible demon leaping upon an ox; machaloth, a form compounded of a serpent and a woman, and she rideth upon a serpent scorpion; and lilith, a woman outwardly beautiful but inwardly corrupt and putrefying, riding upon a strange and terrible beast. to these four (babel, jonia, media, edom) are attributed four kingdoms. 1. bairiron- so called because they are derived from the fourth evil, namely samael, the black. their colors are dull red and a black, and their form is that of a dragon- lion. 2. adimiron- whose col

loated, bestial man, but in a crouching position. at the south-east angle are placed the evil adam, a goat-headed skeleton-like giant; and a thousand- headed hydra serpent; everchanging and distorted countenance. at the north-east angle is aggerath, the daughter of machalath, a fiendish witch with serpent hair enthroned in a chariot drawn by an ox and an ass. at the north-west angle is a gigantic scorpion with a fearful countenance, but standing upright as it were, and formed of putrefying water. after him cometh the un-nameable one (abaddon) and his appearance and symbol is that of a closelyveiled black gigantic figure, covered with whirling wheels and in his hand is a vast wheel whence issue as it whirls, multitudes of cat-like demons. behind cometh maamah like a crouching woman with an

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ss, wearing the crown of the north, apparently a form of neith (see p. 63. p. 71 click to view the kingdom of seker. p. 73 2. a serpent, with a human head, and two pairs of human feet and legs (see p. 63. 3-5. three serpents, which move side by side along the ground "upon their bellies. of them it is said "those who are in this picture make their passage to every place each day (see p. 67. 6. the scorpion ankhet, and a large uraeus. of these it is said "those who are in this picture stand in re-stau at the head of the way [to guard it" behind these stands a god, who appears to be making an offering of two libation vases to the serpent. of him it is said "he who is in this picture is the guide of the holy way (see p. 71. 7. a three-headed serpent, with a pair of hawk's wings, and two pairs

CASE PAUL F THE BOOK OF TOKENS

o, is attributed to those centers. here be careful to observe that the reproductive organism includes certain ganglia of the sympathetic nervous system. these are the hindu chakras at the base of the spine [134] c o m m e n t on n u n at the navel (or rather just a little below it, and at the solar plexus. it is by imagination that the serpentforce in these centers is raised so that the poisonous scorpion becomes the eagle of aspiration. psychologists know that in primitive minds the chief outlet of imagination is erotic, and this erotic tendency is never eliminated, even in the highest aspirations. all that is changed is the mode of expression, although the higher forms bear little outward resemblance to the crudities of gross imagination, so that we do not always find it easy to recogniz

CASSANDRA EASON A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGIC

ls to increase efficiency, for bringing order to a chaotic situation, for self-improvement and for healing. ruled by mercury [symbol- sym07] libra, the scales: 23 september to 23 october. colour: blue or violet. a cardinal air sign for rituals concerning justice and the law, for balancing options and priorities relationships, harmony and reconciliation. ruled by venus [symbol- sym08] scorpio, the scorpion: 24 october to 22 november. colour: burgundy or red. a fixed water sign, for increasing second sight, for passion and sex, secrets, inheritance and for claiming what is rightfully yours in any area of life. ruled by mars in the ancient system, now by pluto [symbol- sym09] sagittarius, the archer: 23 november to 21 december. colour: orange or yellow. a mutable fire sign, for optimism, fres

CHIREAU YVONNE BLACK MAGIC RELIGION AND THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CONJURING TRADITION

ere did a certain lady live, and i told him and he went there" related one witness "the woman told him she had some kind of pain in her head and side and told him something kept coming up in her throat" the conjure doctor discovered that she had been fixed by a cup of tea that she had been offered. according to the witness, he gave her his own formula, told her to drink it, and "in five minutes a scorpion came out of her mouth" nathaniel john lewis of tin city, georgia, was another witness to such a bodily intrusion "my wife hattie had a spell put on her for three long years with a nest of rattlesnakes inside her" he insisted "she just lay there and swelled and suffered" another story was related to hurston in 1928 by rachel silas, of sanford, florida "ah seen uh eoman wid uh gopher in her

DAVID ICKE CHILDREN OF THE MATRIX

nd china. in the gilgamesh stories of the sumerian tablets, we are told of vast underground cities. gilgamesh was a "demi-god" and "semi-divine (reptilian hybrid) who sought the immortality of the "gods. the stories speak of ki-gal or "the great below, which was ruled serving the dragon: the present (2) 267 by the goddess ereshkigal and the god mergal. in the ki-gal were violent guardians called "scorpion men, reanimated human bodies, spirits and the "undead, and robotic beings known as galatur or gala, which were used to abduct humans from the surface. there were "eagle-headed" reptilians, which were often said to have wings. the accounts describe a race called the pazazu, a dog-faced "human" with reptilian scales and tail. all this sounds remarkably like the scenes described at dulce tod

DAVIDSON DAN SHAPE POWER

mensional and thus a structured shape. dr. michael persinger has found that thoughts occur in the brain as three dimensional forms, which are reduced by instrumentation to two dimensional patterns. the egyptian god thoth was keeper of the words of power, used to produce controlled phenomena when spoken with the correct intonation and pronunciation. in the case of isis healing her child of a fatal scorpion bite, the use of a specific word of power caused the poison to be expelled from the body and the lifeforce to return. other legends and myths also refer to the use of such words of power. the words of power produced a three dimensional pattern which would resonate with the aether to produce a desired effect or reality in matter or energy. edward leedskalnin, builder of the famous coral ca

DICTIONARY GLOSSARY OF OCCULT TERMINOLOGY

rystal, foundation, old age. scanning: a method or technique used in meditation (q.v) where the practitioner memorizes small strips of a figure or diagram at a time. school, occult: a general term to describe an organized occult tradition that has a specific magickal teaching or philosophy. it may or may not have an actual physical center or headquarters were students are instructed. scorpio "the scorpion" in astrology (q.v, the eighth sign of the zodiac (q.v) having the qualities of fixed (q.v) and water (q.v) and is ruled by the planet pluto (q.v. on the rainbow wand (q.v) and on the lotus wand aries is represented by the color blue-green. keywords include: emotionally, intensely, penetratingly, cruelly, secretively, vindictively, compulsively, curiously, guardedly. scrying: divination b

DION FORTUNE PSYCHIC SELF DEFENSE

ommonly done, and feels himself unequal to the task of drawing a presentable eagle, the symbolic form of the kerub of air, he will use the zodiacal sign for scorpio. the evolutionary connection between the snake and the bird is well known to biologists; but long ages before darwin, initiates used the serpent and the eagle to represent the unsublimated and sublimated aspects of the life-force. the scorpion connects with the serpent through the dragon. i had a very curious experience myself in connection with the element of air. i am betraying no secrets if i say that certain grades of initiation refer to the elements, for the fact is too generally known, and too obvious, for it to be any more mysterious than the queen of spain's legs. to begin with, i have an exceptionally bad head for heig

EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD PAPYRUS OF ANI MALESTROM

sten uns erhaltenen denkm ler. sie geh ren in eine f r uns 'vorhistorische' zeit und man wird ihnen gewiss kein unrecht anthun, wenn man sie bis in das vierte jahrtausend hinein versetzt" erman, das verh ltniss des aegyptischen zu den semitischen sprachen, in z.d.m.g, bd. xlvi, p. 94. 2 "le nombre des pri res et des formules dirig es contre les animaux venimeux montre quel effroi le serpent et le scorpion inspirait aux gyptiens. beaucoup d'entre elles sont crites dans une langue et avec des combinaisons de signes qui ne paraissent plus avoir t compl tement comprises des scribes qui les copiaient sous ounas et sous pepi. je crois, quant moi, qu'elles appartiennent an plus vieux rituel et remontent an del du r gne de m n" maspero, la religion gyptienne (in revue de l'histoire des religions

the gods" and the "living one" she is usually depicted in the form of a woman, with a head-dress in the shape of a seat, the hieroglyphic for which forms her name. the animal sacred to her was the cow, hence she sometimes wears upon her head the horns of that animal accompanied by plumes and feathers. in one aspect she is identified with the goddess selk or serq, and she then has upon her head a scorpion, the emblem of that goddess;[3] in another aspect she is united to the star sothis, and then a star is added to her crown. she is, however, most commonly represented as the mother suckling her child horus, and figures of her in this aspect, in bronze and fa ence, exist in thousands. as a nature goddess she is seen standing in the boat of the sun, and she was probably the deity of the dawn

. some make these words to mean the "good being" and others the "beautiful hare" astennu a name given to the god thoth. mert or mer-sekert the lover of silence" is a name of isis or hathor as goddess of the underworld. she is depicted in the form of a woman, having a disk and horns upon her head.[3] serq or selk is a form of the goddess isis. she is usually depicted in the form of a woman, with a scorpion upon her head; occasionally she appears as a scorpion with a woman's head surmounted by disk and horns.[4] ta-urt, the thoueris of the greeks, was identified as the wife of set or typhon; she is also known under the names apt and sheput. her common titles are "mistress of the gods and "bearer of the gods. she is depicted in the form of a hippopotamus standing on her hind legs, with disten

nd plate xxiv. http//www.sacred-texts.com/egy/ebod/ebod30.htm (2 of 2 [8/10/2001 11:28:40 am] sacred texts egypt index previous next plate xxv. vignette: a swallow perched on a conical object painted red and green. text [chapter lxxxvi (i) here begin the chapters of making transformations. the changing into a swallow (2) saith osiris ani, triumphant "i am the swallow [i am] the swallow [i am] the scorpion, the daughter of ra. hail, ye gods, whose scent is sweet; hail, ye gods, whose scent is sweet! hail, thou flame, which comest forth from (4) the horizon! hail, thou who art in the city. may the guardian of the bight lead me on. o stretch out up unto me (5) thine bands that i may be able to pass my days in the island of flame. i have fared forth with my warrant. i have come with the power

ce of osiris, the scribe ani, is the face of ra. vignette: the goddess hathor, wearing disk and horns. text (3) the eyes of osiris ani, triumphant, are the eyes of hathor. vignette: the god ap-uat and standard. text (4) the ears of osiris ani, triumphant, are the ears of ap-uat. vignette: the god anpu, jackal-headed. text (5) the lips of osiris ani, triumphant, are the lips of anpu. vignette: the scorpion serqet, holding the shen, and ankh. text (6) the teeth of osiris ani, triumphant, are the teeth of serqet. vignette: the goddess isis. text (7) the neck of osiris ani, triumphant, is the neck of isis. vignette: the ram-headed god, with ur us between the horns. text (8) the hands of osiris ani, triumphant, are the hands of the ram, the lord of tattu. plate xxxii. http//www.sacred-texts.com

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF OCCULTISM AND PARAPSYCHOLOGY VOL 1

ich is the only pure, non-composite metal; all nature strives to return to its original purity, and all metals would return to gold if they could; nature is simple and not complex, and works upon one principle, namely, that of sexual reproduction. it was not easy, as will readily be believed, to follow the mystical explanations of the sheikh. air was referred to by him as the vulture, fire as the scorpion, water as the serpent, and earth as calacant; and only after considerable cross-questioning and confusion of mind was i able to disentangle his arguments. finding his notions so entirely medieval, i was anxious to discover whether he was familiar with the phlogistic theory of the seventeenth century. the alchemists of old had noticed that the earthy matter which remains when a metal is ca

ould plunge knives into vital parts, vomit blood, or kill one another out and out to all appearances, and yet in a few minutes be as well as ever; they could set fire to articles of clothing and even houses, and by a touch of their magic restore them instantly as perfect as before. says father bautista: they can make a stick look like a serpent, a mat like a centipede, and a piece of stone like a scorpion. if it were not within our power to see most of these miracles performed any night in our great cities by a well-dressed professional, we should at once deny their possibility. as it is they astonish us but little. one of the most peculiar and characteristic exhibitions of their power, was to summon a spirit to answer inquiries concerning the future and the absent. a great similarity mark

ous disposition, and a just and upright character. the places libra rules are mountains, sawpits, and newly felled woods. the key phrase for libra is i balance. scorpio, the eighth sign of the zodiac, is a fixed water sign. it is a negative, feminine sign, ruled by the planet pluto (in traditional astrology it was ruled by mars. its symbology is complex, being the only sign with three symbols.the scorpion, the snake, and the eagle. its glyph is said to represent a serpent. it takes its name from the latin word for scorpion. scorpio is associated with the sexual organs and the kidneys. scorpio is a cold, nocturnal sign. the native has a strong, robust, corpulent body, is of average stature, and has a broad visage, dark but not clear complexion, dark gray or light brown eyes, black or very d

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF OCCULTISM AND PARAPSYCHOLOGY VOL 2

ical teachings of germany s greatest secret occult order. st. paul: llewellyn publications, 1990. satya sai baba (1926) modern hindu guru, regarded by his devotees as a reincarnation of an early twentieth century holy man, sai baba (d. 1918. he was born sathyanarayana ratnakaru raju, november 23, 1926, in the village of puttaparthi, south india. as a thirteen year old, in 1940, he was bitten by a scorpion and remained unconscious for some time. he emerged from the experience, however, a changed person. he stated to those around him, i am sai baba, a name hardly known to anyone in his obscure village. he then became a religious teacher and healer, manifesting extraordinary miracles. he quite frequently materializes small objects out of the air.pictures, statuettes, prayer beads, or rings.wh

EVIL AND UNCLEAN SPIRITS

he brilliance of the innermost flame in the midst of the fire" 4 there are the four kerubic expressions of force, and the evil and adverse powers broken beneath their feet 1. rahab (bahar) whose symbol is a woman riding upon an ass. 2. samael (lams) whose symbol is a terrible demon leaping upon an ox. 3. macholoth (twlwjam) a form compounded of a woman and a serpent, and she rideth upon a serpent scorpion. 4. lilith (tylyl, a woman outward beautiful but inwardly corrupt and putrefying, riding upon a strange and terrible beast. j bwlwg wryrgt qrz bru laylmg lams k b j laymwat layrts laygwu hlkcug g t h n m y tylyl 5 the evil and averse powers beneath the feet of the four kerubim to these four are attributed the four kingdoms and they are also classed under the sephiroth. sephiroth spirit ki

n a strange and terrible beast. j bwlwg wryrgt qrz bru laylmg lams k b j laymwat layrts laygwu hlkcug g t h n m y tylyl 5 the evil and averse powers beneath the feet of the four kerubim to these four are attributed the four kingdoms and they are also classed under the sephiroth. sephiroth spirit kingdom qlippoth rtk hmkj hnyb tylyl (strange beast) babel splendor l dsj hrwbg trapt twlwjam (serpent scorpion) greeks whirling o jxn dwh dwsy lams (ox) medes great cloud n twklm bahar (ass) edom whirlwind m the above paper was in full or part given to members of the 4=7 grade, later it was changed to the 5=6 grade. because of inherent changes of just having knowledge of these names within the sphere of sensation, we have limited access to this paper to adeptus minor only. g.h. frater n.o.e.l. 6 t

est corner are placed the evil adam, a goat-headed skeleton-like giant, and the thousand-headed 7 hydra serpent, and the elder tylyl, the wife of lams, a woman with an ever changing and distorted countenance. at the northeast angle is trga (aggerath) the daughter of twlwjam, a fiendish wretch with serpent hair, enthroned in a chariot drawn by an ox and an ass. at the northwest angle is a gigantic scorpion with a fearful countenance but standing upright, as it were, and formed of putrefying n. after him cometh the unnamable one, wmysa (asimon) and his appearance and symbol is that of a cloudy, veiled, black, gigantic figure covered with whirling wheels and in his hand is a vast wheel which issues, as it whirls, multitudes of cat-like demons. behind him cometh hmun, nahimah, like a crouching

FRANCIS A YATES GIORDANO BRUNO AND THE HERMETIC TRADITION

n things: for. diverse living things represent diverse spirits and powers, which beyond the absolute being which they have, obtain a being communicated to all things according to their capacity and measure. whence god as a whole (though not totally but in some more in some less cxcellendy) is in all things. for mars is more efficaciously in natural vestiges and modes of substance, in a viper or a scorpion, nay even in an onion or garlic, than in any inanimate picture or statue. thus one should think of sol as being in a crocus, a daffodil, a sunflower, in the cock, in the lion; and thus one should conceive of each of the gods through each of the species grouped under the divers genuses of the ens. for as the divinity descends in a certain manner inasmuch as it communicates itself to nature

FREEMASONRY AND CATHOLICISM BY MAX HEINDEL

s, leo, the lion, the king of beasts; or perchance it may rise above the animal nature, and aim at the stars with the bow of spiritual aspiration, typified by the last of the fiery signs, sagittarius, the centaur. the centaur is just ahead of the watery sign scorpio, a warning that one who tries to reach that prerogative as "phree messen" a son of fire and light, will surely feel the sting of the scorpion in his heel, which will goad him onward upon the path where men become "wise as serpents" it is from this class that mystic masonry is recruited with men who have the indomitable courage to dare, the unflagging energy to do and the diplomatic discrimination to be silent. part ii the masonic legend every mystic movement has its legend, which tells in symbolic language its status in the cos

GILBERT THE MAGICAL MASON

said to be also the rulers over planets and great stars of the firmament, for every nation and city is relatedtothe prince of some star in the firmament. a further assortment of the race of devils is of animal type; the chief allusions aretothe goat, the ox, and the ass, with of course the serpent or dragon, rahab, the harlot demon was said to ride an ass, samael an ox, machalath was carried by a scorpion, and lilith by an un-named dragon. it is not meant that the ox and ass are demonic oftheir race, but that some demons resemble such animals. the kabalists wrote of different types of demons existing as the opposites of the angelic beings of each sephira or eman255 ation from god, and they also described a series of demons as allotted to each of the zodiacal signs and months of the year: t

e of mithraic worship. lastly the slaying of the bull, the tauroctonia, the most notable scene with many variations, used as a sort of altar-piece.themost complete tauroctonic designs show mithras kneeling upon the bull, which is crouched down; mithras, wearing the pointed phrygian cap (ofliberty, tunic, and a cloak, stabs the bull with a dagger near its right shoulder. this scene is in a cave; a scorpion seizes the testesofthedying bull, while a dog laps up the blood flowing from a stab wound. a dog, the companion of mithras, is seen in the foreground as if barking up at the dying bull; a bird like a crow is seen above; he is the messenger of ormuzd: ears of corn springing from the tail of the animal or from beside it, show the good gifts resulting from the sacrifice.insome cases torch-be

GILBERT THE SORCERER AND HIS APPRENTICE

lone willleadhimto the divine light. now astrology points out that the signs of the zodiac partake of the nature of the elements, and that the four most important periods in the year are the respective entries of the sun into the four signs of taurus, leo, scorpio and aquarius, which are represented in the hebrew cherubim with the heads of the bull, the lion, the eagle (for the eagle replaces the scorpion, unless the symbolism is intended to be of destructive nature, and the man. for when the sun enters the sign of the bull, in april, he stirs up the earth to vegetation, and the ancients said that this showed that the sign of the bull especiallyhad an earthly operation. in the lion, in july, the fiery heat is mostthe symbolism of the 4 ancients 21fymbollsmofthecourseof thezelatorpastthe4at

tation, and the ancients said that this showed that the sign of the bull especiallyhad an earthly operation. in the lion, in july, the fiery heat is mostthe symbolism of the 4 ancients 21fymbollsmofthecourseof thezelatorpastthe4aticiehtseastfire.it .july.,redwate:r.mi.,3ai.anr.imt.oeeritblueair.2!!lanl'ient;jan, 225yellowwest.nwnj.nv',u",vmz255.;u":u22thesorcerer and his apprenticeevident. in the scorpion,inoctober..come the water floods, andin.aquarius,injanuary, come the keen and biting winds,ofwhich the element air is the type. note that the aspirant is led, asitwere backwards,up theseasonsin his course past thefrom \vest toe.ast.i.,i. but the' hebrew rabbis said that the divine namej"nrrihvh rushesthroughthe.foreac.hletter presides oyer an element-yod over fire, he over water, vau over

orth, 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' these are from cherubic expressions of force and the evil and averse powers broken beneath their feet are:rahab,whose symbol is a terrible demon leaping upon an ox;machaloth,a form compounded of a serpent and a woman, and she rideth upon a serpent scorpion; andlilith,a woman outwardly beautiful but inwardly corrupt and putrefying, riding upon a strange and terrible beast. to these four (babel, ionia, media, edom) are attributed four kingdoms, and they are also classed under the sephiroth as shewn.thetwelve princes of the qliphoth who are the heads of the months of the year these are the names of the twelve princes and tribes of the qliphoth

on. atthesouth-east angle are placedtheevil adam, a goat-headed skeleton-like giant; and a' thousand-headedhydraserpent; and the elder lilith,thewife ofsamael,awoman with an ever-changing and distorted countenance. at the north-east angle is aggerath,thedaughter of machalath, a fiendish witch with serpent hair enthroned in a chariot drawn by an ox and an ass. at the north-west angle is a gigantic scorpion with a fearful countenance,butstanding upright as it were, and formed of putrefying water. after .267him cometh. the un-nameable one (abaddon) and his appearance and symbol is that of a closely-veiled black gigantic figure, covered with whirling wheels and in his hand is avast wheel whence issue asitwhirls, multitudesofcal-like demons. behind comethmaamahlikeacrouching. woman with an anim

d from mathers' msbyj.w..brodie-innes,c.1910.)5.twelve signs and twelve tribesthetwelve tribes are thus attributed to the twelve zodiacal signs:[aries]'y'gad[taurus]c$ephraim[gemini]iimanasseh[cancer]l2z5issachar[leo]stjudah[virgo]tij1naphtali[libra==asher[scorpio]111dan[sagittarius]tbenjamin[capricorn]v")zebulon[aquariusj=reuben[piscesjv;simeonofthese especially(c$)thebull (j )the lion (111) the scorpion (but in good symbolism the eagle) and=)the man are to be noted as forming the kerubic figures of ezekiel and john. to these signs are allotted the tribes of ephraim. judah,danand reuben, who, as we shall presently see, encamped towards the cardinal points around the tabernacleofthecongregation, and as leadersoftheothers.thesigns of(ii)the twins) the fishes, and in a certain sense as a com

GNOSTIC STUDIES THE GNOSTIC HANDBOOK II GNOSTIC THEURGY

he trained psyche. the use of mantras one of the greatest tools in meditation is the mantra. the term mantra is sanskrit, and literally means that which liberates the mind. in common usage it designates a certain word or phase continually repeated that brings about an altered state of awareness. the first effect of a mantra is usually the opposite to what is expected, it is akin to the sting of a scorpion, the mind reacts by developing crazy thoughts, wandering images and even headaches and mysterious emotions. if you persevere however, these mysterious symptoms will vanish as quickly as they came, the mind will relax and the journey itself will begin. you will still have many difficulties (breaks just like those above will occur, but generally mantra meditation is an easier path than sile

GOETIA LUCIFERIAN

. the symbol of the averse pentagram, being downward pointing to indicate the union of the fallen angels with humanity to create divinity. in the sethian witchcraft current the sorcerer becomes as set him/herself, thus in the circle the first of witchblood unto the path. 20 upon the hour of noon- invocation of the djinn of fire ya! zat-i-shaitan! o ring of flame, scorching sun of the sun s height scorpion soul, who arises as the sun at noon sekak sekak, iasokilam i speak now unto the sun, from the fires of growth and illumination that in your pride and knowledge of self may i become as i summon your essence in this noontide hour, to the scorpion flame al-saiphaz, al-ruzam, at the point of the crossroads, when the sun is high i do speak thy words of power zazas, zazas, nasatanada zazas zroz

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

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS ENOCHALL

sol. semeroh (meaning unknown) sendenna: name of an evil spirit. ser: mourning/ lamentation (cf. eophan. sgva: subservient angel of air angle of fire tablet. shal: subservient angel of earth angle of air tablet, also known as shial. shial: angel, also known as shal. siaion: temple/ temples. sias: subservient angel of air angle of air tablet, also known as sigas. siasch: esiasch, brother. siatris: scorpion/ scorpions. sibsi: the covenant. 56 sigas: angel, also known as sias. sigmorf: governor of the first division of the aethyr tan (49. sioda: commanding angel of earth angle of fire tablet. siosp: angel, also known as sisp. siosp: angel, also known as sisp. sision: temple. slgaiol: senior of venus on the water tablet, also lgaiol. smnad: another (cf. symp. smta: kerubic angel of fire angle

GRAHAM HANCOCK FINGERPRINTS OF THE GODS

to serve as openers of the way conduits to enable initiates to follow the trail of scientific information from one myth to another. thus, even though none of the familiar mills and whirlpools is in sight, we should perhaps sit up and pay attention when we learn that orion, the great hunter of greek myth, was the owner of a dog. when orion tried to ravish the virgin goddess artemis she produced a scorpion from the earth which killed him and the dog. orion was transported to the skies where he became the constellation that bears his name today; his dog was transformed into sirius, the dog star.38 precisely the same identification of sirius was made by the ancient egyptians,39 who linked the orion constellation specifically to their god osiris.40 it is in ancient egypt too that the character

GRIMM JACOB TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY VOL 3

prominent; and when wuotan or a giant-hero lends his name, the herd of hunted boars is emphasized? the greek fable unfolds itself yet more fully. orion is struck blind, and is led to new light by kedalion, a marvellous child who sits on his shoulders. might not we match this hliud giant with our headless wild huuter^ a feature that strikes me still more forcibly is, that artemis (diana) causes a scorpion to come up out of the grouud, who stings orion in the ankle, so that he dies" when the sign scorpio rises in the sky, orion sinks. this is like hackelberend's foot being pierced by the wild boar's tusk, and causing his death (pp. 921. 947. orion's [cosmic] rising is at the summer, his setting at the winter solstice: he blazes through the winter nights, just when the furious host is afoot

HANDBOOK OF EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY

logists have argued that a historical war between ombos and hierakonpolis, or between the north and south of egypt, was the origin of the myth of the conflict between horus and seth.10 this kind of historicizing approach to myth has been out of fashion for many years but has recently been revived. introduction 5 objects from the late protodynastic period belonging to kings called narmer, aha, and scorpion have been recovered from temple deposits at hierakonpolis and abydos. these kings may have been rulers of most of egypt. they probably all contributed to the legend of menes the uniter. their ritual objects belong to a formative stage in egyptian art. strict rules were being developed to govern the content and style of the art used in palaces, temples, or tombs. this formal court-based ar

thority. peace and joy do not generate interesting stories, so it is hardly surprising that the only myths set in this era deal with the decline and end of the sun god s reign. the aging of the sun god is described in a story known in modern times as isis and ra or the true name of ra. its ancient title places it among the spells for warding off poison from the first time, and the narrator is the scorpion goddess serqet. her monologue forms part of a healing spell, but it is composed in an excellent literary style.19 as the story occurs in few sources, it cannot be seen as a very important part of the mythical cycle, but the names of the sun god recorded in the story reflect the kind of theological speculation found in new kingdom hymns to the creator. gaining power over a supernatural bei

th must be punished so that justice and kingship can be established for humanity. harsiese (horus, son of isis) was destined to be king from the moment of conception. his epithet, horus who is upon the papyrus, alludes to the myth that isis hid the infant horus in the papyrus thickets of akh-bit (chemmis, an island among the marshes. this nest of horus was guarded by divine beings such as cow and scorpion goddesses. the young horus grew up to become the pillar of his mother and the avenger of his father. advised by isis, horus fought seth in many different ways. he turned seth s sexual aggression to his own advantage and overcame the temporary loss of the power inherent in his eye (see the struggles of horus and seth under linear time in mythical time lines. horus argued his father s case

raise up osiris. he also becomes an intermediary between the worlds of the living and the dead. horus is shown in the book of the dead presenting deceased souls before the throne of osiris. the reign of horus as king of egypt was considered the model for all subsequent reigns. the semidivine kings who came after him in mythical history were called the followers of horus. in a few magical texts a scorpion goddess called ta-bitjet is called the wife of horus. a passage in the coffin texts makes horus the elder and his sister, isis, the parents of the four protective deities known as the sons of horus. a festival at edfu temple celebrated the beautiful union between horus and hathor, lady of dendara. here, horus is an aspect of the sun god uniting with the goddess who was his mother, his con

a body that resembles that of the bandy-legged dwarf god bes. a mask of bes is found on most cippi, and horus the child seems to have taken over bes s role as one who drove off demons and protected women and children. in spite of the triumphant visual image of the horus child overcoming chaotic animals, the texts on cippi and magical statues usually describe how horus was poisoned by a snake or a scorpion. his mother, isis, has to use her magic or call on the power of the creator sun god to heal him. the healing of horus the child came to represent a promise by the gods to take care of suffering humanity. see also bes and beset; cattle; hathor; horus; lotus; mehet-weret; ra; shai; serqet references and further reading: d. meeks. harpokrates. in lexikon der gyptologie ii. wiesbaden: 1977, 1

dine pinch) references and further reading: p. germond. sekhmet et la protection du monde. geneva: 1981. g. pinch. magic in ancient egypt. austin, tx: 1995, 37 38, 138 143. primary sources: pt 248; ct 311; bd 57, 145, 179b; bhc; qadesh inscriptions; book of the last day of the year; sekhmet litany; magical statue texts serqet (serket, selkis) the goddess serqet was usually shown as a woman with a scorpion on her head (see figure 20) or as a scorpion with the head and torso of a woman. she controlled the breath of life and was one of the four goddesses who traditionally protected the body and vital organs of a dead person. serqet was also one of the formidable deities who defended the divine mother and the boat of the sun god. scorpion charmers invoked the power of serqet to drive away scor

ad (see figure 20) or as a scorpion with the head and torso of a woman. she controlled the breath of life and was one of the four goddesses who traditionally protected the body and vital organs of a dead person. serqet was also one of the formidable deities who defended the divine mother and the boat of the sun god. scorpion charmers invoked the power of serqet to drive away scorpions and snakes. scorpion stings were a common hazard in ancient egypt. the female scorpion is larger than the male and has a greater supply of poison. representations of serqet always show the tail raised in the stinging position. scorpion stings cause a burning pain and shortness of breath and can be fatal to young children and the elderly. this seems to have led to the belief that serqet could help the dead to

qet always show the tail raised in the stinging position. scorpion stings cause a burning pain and shortness of breath and can be fatal to young children and the elderly. this seems to have led to the belief that serqet could help the dead to breathe again as part of the process of rebirth. to indicate that serqet was a benevolent goddess, she was sometimes represented by a harmless type of water scorpion rather than the poisonous type. she was shown on the east side of coffins and canopic chests as a guardian goddess. in the book of two ways, serqet is one of the deities who guards a bend in the river on the watery route to paradise. scorpions and snakes were classed together as enemies of humanity and the divine order, and many spells were devised to repel them. the egyptians hoped that

than the poisonous type. she was shown on the east side of coffins and canopic chests as a guardian goddess. in the book of two ways, serqet is one of the deities who guards a bend in the river on the watery route to paradise. scorpions and snakes were classed together as enemies of humanity and the divine order, and many spells were devised to repel them. the egyptians hoped that by honoring the scorpion goddess, they could save themselves from all poisonous creatures. serqet defended the sun god from the great snake apophis, and she appears in some narrative spells as the helper of her sister isis. one spell to drive out poison includes a story about how the pregnant isis fled to the marshes to hide from her brother, seth. on her journey she was protected by seven scorpions, who were pro

brother, seth. on her journey she was protected by seven scorpions, who were probably a sevenfold manifestation of serqet. isis tried to shelter in a village. a rich woman refused to let isis into her house, but a poor marsh girl welcomed the goddess into her hut. the scorpions were angry about this and decided to punish the rich woman. they placed all their poison in the tail of tfn, the leading scorpion. tfn crept into the rich woman s house and stung her baby son. isis was wakened by the rich woman s cries and took pity on the child. she was able to drive out the burning poison deities, themes, and concepts 189 and make the child breathe again because she knew the true names of the seven scorpions. the rich woman was so grateful that she gave all her possessions to the poor girl in orde

knew the true names of the seven scorpions. the rich woman was so grateful that she gave all her possessions to the poor girl in order to please the goddess. myths of this type may have been acted out at a festival known from the roman period during which devotees of isis handled live scorpions. see also horus the child; isis; sons of horus references and further reading: f. k nel. la n pe et le scorpion: un monographie sur la d sse serket. paris: 1984. p. vernus. the gods of ancient egypt. translated by jane marie todd. london and new york: 1998, 35. primary sources: pt 308, 362, 555; btw; true name; pbm 9997+ 10309; magical statue texts; metternich stela seshat (sechat) seshat was the goddess who measured and recorded the world. as lady of builders she was the patroness of architecture

s. 1950. the golden ass, also known as metamorphoses, was written in the second century ce and is the only complete latin novel to have survived. it is the entertaining story of a sorcerer s apprentice who is turned into a donkey by a witch. after many scandalous adventures, the repentant hero is rescued from his enchantment by the goddess isis and becomes a priest of osiris. william golding. the scorpion god. 1971. a novella that begins with a vivid recreation of the sed festival at which an egyptian king tries to renew his right to rule. golding examines the mythologies of power and the impact of doubt on a fixed world view. 222 handbook of egyptian mythology christian jacq. ramses under the western acacia. translated by dorothy s. blair. 1998. the last in a series of five historical nov

cataracts rocky areas of the nile that created rapids. the first cataract formed the southern boundary of egypt in ancient times. cenotaph a funerary monument without an actual burial. charter myth a myth used to justify an institution or custom. chthonic deity a deity whose realm was inside or under the earth. cippus (pl. cippi) a magical stela with inscriptions and images used to cure snake and scorpion bites. circumpolar stars the stars that are always visible above the horizon at a fixed location. coffin texts a body of funerary texts, most commonly painted on coffins of the middle kingdom. copts the christian population of egypt. corn mummy a miniature mummy of the gods osiris or sokar-osiris; usually made from earth containing seeds. cosmogony an account of the creation of the world

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ames of many of them are unfamiliar; some of them are connected with osiris, and all of them are under the control of anpu, or anubis, and perform some act which helps the boat along. among them may be specially noted thoth and horus, above whose outstretched hands is the eye which is here identified with sekri (vol. i, p. 75. as afu-ra journeys on his way there are on his right three serpents, a scorpion, a uraeus serpent, a three-headed serpent with wings and human legs, a few of the gods of the hour, a serpent with two necks and heads proceeding from one body, and a tail which terminates in another head (vol. i, pp. 67, 71, 75, 79. on his left are a few more gods and goddesses, the serpents hetch-nau, amen, hekent, and the terrible three-headed serpent menmenut, the face of which illumi

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ement. the symbol of the averse pentagram, being downward pointing to indicate the union of the fallen angels with humanity to create divinity. in the sethian witchcraft current the sorcerer becomes as set him/herself, thus in the circle the first of witchblood unto the path. upon the hour of nooninvocation of the djinn of fire ya! zat-i-shaitan! o ring of flame, scorching sun of the sun s height scorpion soul, who arises as the sun at noon sekak sekak, iasokilam i speak now unto the sun, from the fires of growth and illumination that in your pride and knowledge of self may i become as i summon your essence in this noontide hour, to the scorpion flame al-saiphaz, al-ruzam, at the point of the crossroads, when the sun is high i do speak thy words of power zazas, zazas, nasatanada zazas zroz

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ter the sixteenth. the round towers of ireland. 137 chapter the seventeenth. prismatic investiture of the microcosm. 142 chapter the eighteenth. cabalistic interpretations by the gnostics. 147 chapter the nineteenth. mystic christian figures and talismans. 157 chapter the twentieth. the rosy cross in indian, egyptian, greek, roman, and medi val monuments. 165 chapter the twenty-first. myth of the scorpion, or the snake, in its many disguises. 173 chapter the twenty-second. ominous character of the colour white to english royalty. 177 contents xv chapter the twenty-third. page. the beliefs of the rosicrucians meaning of lights and of commemorative flambeaux in all worsihp. 186 chapter the twenty-fourth. the great pyramid. 199 chapter the twenty-fifth. history of the tower or steeple. 206 ch

abar) at mecca, there appears the figure of a human head cut, which some take to be the head of a venus (enthumius zyabenus, mod. un. hist. i. 213; sale s discourse, p. 16; bibliotheca biblia, i. 613, 614. man s ideas, outwards from himself, must always become more dreamlike as they recede from him, more real as they approach him. summits of eastern minerats. chapter the twenty-first. myth of the scorpion, or the snake, in its many disguises. ne of the targums says that ayh a serpent, tempted adam, or the first man, and not hwj, eve, his wife. here we have the object of adoration of the ophites the female generative power the destroying, regenerating power among the ophites, and, indeed, the gnostics generally. the serpent was called the megalistor, or great builder of the universe (maia

the grasshopper, dragon, arrow, and fox, as weathercocks, have undoubtedly a remote reference to the same idea of symbolising the prince of the powers of the air. the form of the pointed arch reached the orientals as we see in their temples in the shape of the phrythe prince of the powers ofthe air. 247 gian and median bonnet (lascelles, 1820. in these strange curves we have mingling the scarab, scorpion, s, or. cocks crow at day-dawn. weathercocks turn to the wind, and invite the meteoric or elementary influences, the powers of the air. the question as to the mystic side of all this is very interesting and curious. the fields of the air were supposed by the rosicrudans to be filled with spirits. tons les lamas portent la mitre, on bonnet conique, qui tait l embleme du soleil. le dalai-la

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r his shameful ambition and his treasonous desires against one so worthy, so infinitely worthy that none should dare this thing, to conspire towards the overthrow of the perfect one. yet, though you may believe it not at all, thus does he plot in his embittered jealousy, nurturing, in his venomous heart, such treachery against the one that he should best cherish. surely he must have the soul of a scorpion to design such malice against the father who has shown him nought but love. it is an impossible feat, most surely, for any of your noble children, to but conceive of such evil, and yet he who seemed best of us has embraced with no restraint the absolute blasphemy of this crime. long has he plotted in silent apostasy your overthrow and ruin of your kingdom, 23 any love he might once have b

r his shameful ambition and his treasonous desires against one so worthy, so infinitely worthy that none should dare this thing, to conspire towards the overthrow of the perfect one. yet, though you may believe it not at all, thus does he plot in his embittered jealousy, nurturing, in his venomous heart, such treachery against the one that he should best cherish. surely he must have the soul of a scorpion to design such malice against the father who has shown him nought but love. 84 it is an impossible feat, most surely, for any of your noble children, to but conceive of such evil, and yet he who seemed best of us has embraced with no restraint the absolute blasphemy of this crime. long has he plotted in silent apostasy your overthrow and ruin of your kingdom, any love he might once have b

anks turned to flee even as the hindmost advanced against a foe they perceived not well. in that disorder the sounding of retreat was unheeded and lamech's people were as gazelle in the lion's jaw. lamech himself could not draw his gaze from the white stallion and its rider, throwing up a froth, as the dread king came across the river to meet him, the iron sceptre raised high like the tail of the scorpion that has within its claws its prey. all courage then left the heart of lamech. in the shallows of the river, before the king, utanapishtim, lamech fell upon his knees, casting aside his spear and holding up open hands. the emperor in green dismounted from his horse and crossed the remainder of the distance by his own feet to stand in triumph before the prostrate lamech, raising up once mo

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opment of the practice of exorcism and witch-hunting. since the early drafting of the koran, muslims have also believed in the existence of demonic forces, known as shaytan, who are in constant revolt against god ifrit, marid, and jann (a.k.a. jinn, pre-islamic hostile spirits in general associated with the desert. sometimes these evil forces are identified with animals (such as the snake and the scorpion) or with natural elements. one ambiguous figure, divine and evil (jinn) at the same time, is iblis, who partially resembles the devil of the judeo-christian tradition as a fallen angel. believed to be eternally expelled from the garden of heaven for refusing to bow, upon god s order, in front of adam (i.e, a being made of earth, he gradually also came to be called satan. the hindu traditi

ece of bamboo. filled with sand, sea water, and quicksilver [as well as] the body of a small black dog .next to the dog, a variety of herbs and tree barks are placed inside the cauldron. the last ingredients to be added are red pepper, chili, garlic, ginger, onions, cinnamon, and rue, together with ants, worms, lizards, termites, bats, frogs, spanish flies, a tarantula, a centipede, a wasp, and a scorpion. this necromantic sect has a fascinating history that is too involved to develop here. it exhibits a fusion of practices deriving from a wide variety of different traditions. first and foremost a magical system, palos cosmogony and theology takes second place to the techniques for supernaturally manipulating the environment in order to obtain specific results. see also vodoun for further

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ees] 17 magpie, hybrids[[parrot, zebra, penguin] hybrids, orchids 18 crab, turtle, sphinx[[whale, all beasts of transport] lotus 19 lion (cherub of b[[cat, tiger, serpent, woman] sunflower 20 virgin, anchorite, any solitary person or animal[[rhinoceros] snowdrop, lily, narcissus[[mistletoe] 21 eagle[[praying mantis] hyssop, oak, poplar, fig[[arnica, cedar] 22 elephant[[spider] aloe 23 eagle-snake-scorpion (cherub of c) lotus, all water plants 24 scorpio, beetle, crayfish or lobster, wolf[[all reptiles, shark, crablouse] cactus[[nettle, all poisonous plants] 25 centaur, horse, hippogriff, dog rush 26 goat, ass[[oyster] indian hemp, orchis root, thistle[[yohimba] 27 horse, bear, wolf[[boar] absinthe, rue 28 man or eagle (cherub of d, peacock [olive, cocoanut 29 fish, dolphin[[beetle, dog, ja

man crowned with a white myrtle wreath, holding a bow 20 a virgin clad in linen, with an apple or pomegranate tall, fair, large man, with him a woman holding a large black oil jar 22 a dark man, in his right hand a spear and laurel branch and in his left a book a man, dark, yet delicious of countenance 24 a man with a lance in his right hand, in his left a human head a man riding a camel, with a scorpion in his hand 25 a man with 3 bodies 1 black, 1 red, 1 white a man leading cows, and before him an ape and bear 26 a man holding in his right hand a javelin and in his left a lapwing. a man with an ape running before him 28 a man with bowed head and a bag in his hand. a man arrayed like a king, looking with pride and conceit on all around him. 29 a man with two bodies, but joining their han

ranscriber s ignorance of that language] col. vi, line 31bis. essence, cf. a and w. col. viii. lines 1-10. beth elohim gives a quite different ten qliphoth. line 15. in the midst of the zodiacal qliphoth are lams [samael] and yadmsa [asmodai. at se corner, man, serpent, and the elder lilith the wife of samael. at ne corner, the ox and ass, and aggereth the daughter of machalath. at nw corner, the scorpion, and wmisa,3 the unnameable and hmuk.4 at sw angle, the lion and horse, and the younger lilith the wife of asmodai. col. ix. the cup of the stolistes has its rim and 2 and 3 and its foot in 10. the cadueceus is (easily) placed on the tree and divided into a, m, and c. the waxing moon in 4; waning in 5; full in 6. col. xi. the elements, of whose nature the signs of the zodiac partake, are

ples by the golden dawn to refer to water and fire; similarly the name tarpesheth (tharpesht) is unknown prior to g.d. material, although she appears to be a hybrid of bast and sekhet. line 24: typhon was a titan in greek myth (son of tartaros and gaia, probably a personification of destructive forces of nature, who was identified with set in late classical times. add selket, whose symbol was the scorpion. the attribution of khephra is explained by crowley s remarks on this line in the animals column. line 25: add neith (net) who is traditionally depicted with a bow and arrows. line 26: khem is identified by budge (op. cit, i, 97) with the phallic god min or amsu, and was identified by the greeks with pan. line 28: ahephi is hapi, one of the children of horus. line 29: add hequet (hekt. li

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tly with its vessel, that seeketh constantly its level, that penetrateth and dissolveth earth, that resisteth pressure maugre its adaptability, that being heated is the force to drive great engines, and being frozen breaketh the mountains in pieces. o my son, seek well to know! l the book of wisdom or folly 157 #a de dracone qu est aquila, serpens, scorpio (of the drragon which is eagle, serpent, scorpion) hreefold is the nature of life, eagle, serpent, and scorpion. and of these the scorpion is he that, having no lion of light and of courage within him, seemeth to himself encircled by fire, and, driving his sting into himself, he dieth. such are the black brothers, that cry: i am i, they that deny love, restricting it to their own nature. but the serpent is the secret nature of man, that

though it be perfection of delight, is but the gestation of thy lion, and in thy season thou must dare, and come forth to the battle. else, were not this practice of silence akin to the formula of separateness of the black brothers? t the book of wisdom or folly 163 #z de formula recta draconis (of the correct formula of the dragon) erily, o my son, herein lieth the danger and the treason of thy scorpion. for his nature is against himself, being the deepest ego, that is, a being separate from the universe; and his is the root of the while mystery of evil. for he hath in him the magick power, which if he use not, he is self-poisoned, even as any organ of the body that refuseth its function. so then his cure is in his ally the lion, that feareth not the crocodiles, nor hideth himself, but l

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of thelema (he knocks 111- 11111- 111 (the boat has been removed. the candidate kneels at the altar, while the officer makes "the great invocation" from his throne (they then walk round the temple eleven times widdershins, the left arm of the officer around the waist of the candidate, and the candidates right arm around him. the officer sayeth as they go "i am a swallow! i am a swallow! i am the scorpion, the daughter of ra. hail thou flame whose scent is sweet! hail, ye gods whose scent is sweet! hail thou flame that cometh from the horizon! hail thou lord of the city; stretch out thy hand unto me, let me advance with my tidings, for my speech is of great gladness. open the doors to me, and i will declare the things that i have seen! horus hath become the divine prince of the boat of the

LIBER DCCCXI ENERGIZED ENTHUSIASM

ay (5) fundamentals of the greek qabalah (involving the collection and analysis of several thousand words. i think this phenomenon is unique in the history of literature. i may further refer to my second journey to algeria, where my sexual life, though fairly full, had been unsatisfactory. on quitting biskra, i was so full of ideas that i had to get off the train at el-kantara, where i wrote gthe scorpion. h five or six poems were written on the way to paris; gthe ordeal of ida pendragon h during my twenty-four hours' stay in paris, and gsnowstorm h and gthe electric silence h immediately on my return to england. to sum up, i can always trace a connection between my sexual condition and the condition of artistic creation, which is so close as to approach identity, and yet so loose that i c

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und of primal joy; let us follow on the wings of the gale even unto the holy house of hathor; let us offer the five jewels of the cow upon her altar! 38. again the inhuman voice! 39. i rear my titan bulk into the teeth of the gale, and i smite and prevail, and swing me out over the sea. 40. there is a strange pale god, a god of pain and deadly wickedness. 41. my own soul bites into itself, like a scorpion ringed with fire. 42. that pallid god with face averted, that god of subtlety and laughter, that young doric god, him will i serve. 43. for the end thereof is tormet unspeakable. 44. better the loneliness of the great grey sea! svb figvra vii 13 45. but ill befall the folk of the grey land, my god! 46. let me smother them with my roses! 47. o thou delicious god, smile sinister! 48. i pluc

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underneath a dreamy appearance. imagination stronger than feeling. very much affected by other influences, and therefore more dependent upon dignity than most symbols. she rules from 20 c to 20 d. c of c queen of nymphs or undines. xi the prince of the chariot of the waters king of cups a winged kingly figure with winged crown seated in a chariot drawn by an eagle. on the wheel is the symbol of a scorpion. the eagle is borne as a crest on his crown, cuirass and buskins. general attire like king of wands. beneath his chariot is the calm and stagnant water of a lake. his armour resembles feathers more than scales. he holds in one hand a lotus, and in the other a cup, charged with the sigil of his scale. a serpent issues from the cup, and has its head tending down to the waters of the lake. h

old-brown brown brown dark-brown light-brown dark light-brown dark dark dark-brown rich-brown symbols black horse, waving flames, club, scarlet cloak leopard, steady flames, wand with heavy head or end waved and salient flames, fire wand of zelator adept. tiger, leaping flames, gold altar, long club, largest at bottom. white horse, crab issuing from cup, sea ibis, crayfish issuing from cup, river scorpion, eagle; serpent issuing from cup, lake dolphin lotus, sea with spray, turtle from cup winged brown horse, driving clouds, drawn sword head of man severed, cumulus clouds, drawn sword arch fairies winged, whirling hair, nimbi, drawn sword and sickle silver altar, smoke, clouds, drawn sword light-brown horse, ripe cornland, sceptre with hexagram, pentacle as zelator adept barren land, fan

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last osiris also tried. the moment he was in the chest typhon and his accomplices nailed the cover down and sealed the cracks with molten lead. they then cast the box into the nile, down which it floated to the sea. plutarch states that the date upon which this occurred was the seventeenth day of the month athyr, when the sun was in the constellation of scorpio. this is most significant, for the scorpion is the symbol of treachery. the time when osiris entered the chest was also the same season that noah entered the ark to escape from the deluge. plutarch further declares that the pans and satyrs (the nature spirits and elementals) first discovered that osiris had been murdered. these immediately raised an alarm, and from this incident the word panic, meaning fright or amazement of the mu

(astronomically) that the sun is in the sign opposite to taurus, which is scorpio. this resulted in two distinct schools of philosophy: one geocentric and exoteric, the other heliocentric and esoteric. while the ignorant multitudes worshiped the house of the sun's reflection, which in the case described would be the bull, the wise revered the house of the sun's actual dwelling, which would be the scorpion, or the serpent, the symbol of the concealed spiritual mystery. this sign has three different symbols. the most common is that of a scorpion, who was called by the ancients the backbiter, being the symbol of deceit and perversion; the second (and less common) form of the sign is a serpent, often used by the ancients to symbolize wisdom. probably the rarest form of scorpio is that of an ea

bols. the most common is that of a scorpion, who was called by the ancients the backbiter, being the symbol of deceit and perversion; the second (and less common) form of the sign is a serpent, often used by the ancients to symbolize wisdom. probably the rarest form of scorpio is that of an eagle. the arrangement of the stars of the constellation bears as much resemblance to a flying bird as to a scorpion. scorpio, being the sign of occult initiation, the flying eagle--the king of birds--represents the highest and most spiritual type of scorpio, in which it transcends the venomous insect of the earth. as scorpio and taurus are opposite each other in the zodiac, their symbolism is often closely intermingled. the hon. e. m. plunket, in ancient calendars and constellations, says "the scorpion

represented in a spiral. the extremities of this spiral, after one revolution, are leo and cancer. leo is no doubt at the head. it appears to be trampling on a serpent, and its tail to be held by a woman. immediately after the lion comes the virgin holding an ear of corn, further on, we perceive two scales of a balance, above which, in a medal lion, is the figure of harpocrates. then follows the scorpion and sagittarius, to whom the egyptians gave wings, and two faces. after sagittarius are successively placed, capricornus, aquarius, pisces, the ram, the bull, and the twins. this zodiacal procession is, as we have already observed, terminated by cancer, the crab" p. 56 the antiquity of the zodiac is much in dispute. to contend that it originated but a mere few thousand years before the ch

f the tablet, shows the upper region divided into the four seasons of the year, each with three signs of the zodiac, and he has added the four-lettered sacred name, the tetragrammaton, assigning jod to aquarius, that is canopus, he to taurus, that is apis, vau to leo, that is momphta, and he final to typhon. note the cherubic parallel--man, bull, lion and eagle. the fourth form is found either as scorpion or eagle depending upon the occult good or evil intention: in the demotic zodiac, the snake replaces the scorpion "the lower region he ascribes to the twelve simple hebrew letters, associating them with the four quarters of the horizon. compare the sepher yerzirah, cap. v, sec. 1 "the central region he ascribes to the solar powers and the click to enlarge levi's key to the bembine table

sm is lost. nor is one clothed who blots, defaces, and desecrates the white surface with ornamentation, figuring, or colors of any kind (see symbolism) to mars, the ancient plane of cosmic energy, the atlantean and chaldean "star gazers" assigned aries as a diurnal throne and scorpio as a nocturnal throne. those not raised to spiritual life by initiation are described as "dead from the sting of a scorpion" for they wander in the night side of divine power. through the mystery of the paschal lamb, or the attainment of the golden fleece, these soul are raised into the constructive day power of mars in aries--the symbol of the creator. when worn over the area related to the animal passions, the pure lambskin signifies the regeneration of the procreative forces and their consecration to the se

tice. hence the search for him by the nine fellow-crafts, the other nine signs, his finding, burial, and resurrection (see morals and dogma) other authors consider libra, scorpio, and sagittarius as the three murderers of the sun, inasmuch as osiris was murdered by typhon, to whom were assigned the thirty degrees of the constellation of scorpio. in the christian mysteries also judas signifies the scorpion, and the thirty pieces of silver for which he betrayed his lord represent the number of degrees in that sign. having been struck by libra (the state, scorpio (the church, and sagittarius (the mob, the sun (chiram) is secretly home through the darkness by the signs of capricorn, aquarius, and pisces and buried over the brow of a hill (the vernal equinox. capricorn has for its symbol an old

ed every green thing, were considered fit emblems of passion, disease, hate, and strife; for these emotions destroy all that is good in the soul of man and leave a barren desert behind them. in the folklore of various nations, certain insects are given special significance, but the ones which have received world-wide veneration and consideration ate the scarab, the king of the insect kingdom; the scorpion, the great betrayer; the butterfly, the emblem of metamorphosis; and the bee, the symbol of industry. the egyptian scarab is one of the most remarkable symbolic figures ever conceived by the mind of man. it was evolved by the erudition of the priestcraft from a simple insect which, because of its peculiar habits and appearance, properly symbolized the strength of the body, the resurrectio

the under surface with the name of men-ka-ra within the central cartouche. p. 87 its wings, which stretch out as glorious colors on each side of its body--the solar globe--and that when it folds its wings under its dark shell at sunset, night follows. khepera, the scarab-headed aspect of ra, is often symbolized riding through the sea of the sky in a wonderful ship called the boat of the sun. the scorpion is the symbol of both wisdom and self-destruction. it was called by the egyptians the creature accursed; the time of year when the sun entered the sign of scorpio marked the beginning of the rulership of typhon. when the twelve signs of the zodiac were used to represent the twelve apostles (although the reverse is true, the scorpion was assigned to judas iscariot--the betrayer. the scorpi

n of scorpio marked the beginning of the rulership of typhon. when the twelve signs of the zodiac were used to represent the twelve apostles (although the reverse is true, the scorpion was assigned to judas iscariot--the betrayer. the scorpion stings with its tail, and for this reason it has been called a backbiter, a false and deceitful thing. calmet, in his dictionary of the bible, declares the scorpion to be a fit emblem of the wicked and the symbol of persecution. the dry winds of egypt are said to be produced by typhon, who imparts to the sand the blistering heat of the infernal world and the sting of the scorpion. this insect was also the symbol of the spinal fire which, according to the egyptian mysteries, destroyed man when it was permitted to gather at the base of his spine (the t

be a fit emblem of the wicked and the symbol of persecution. the dry winds of egypt are said to be produced by typhon, who imparts to the sand the blistering heat of the infernal world and the sting of the scorpion. this insect was also the symbol of the spinal fire which, according to the egyptian mysteries, destroyed man when it was permitted to gather at the base of his spine (the tail of the scorpion).the red star antares in the back of the celestial scorpion was considered the worst light in the heavens. kalb al akrab, or the heart of the scorpion, was called by the ancients the lieutenant or deputy of mars (see footnote to ptolemy's tetrabiblos) antares was believed to impair the eyesight, often causing blindness if it rose over the horizon when a child was born. this may refer agai

considered the worst light in the heavens. kalb al akrab, or the heart of the scorpion, was called by the ancients the lieutenant or deputy of mars (see footnote to ptolemy's tetrabiblos) antares was believed to impair the eyesight, often causing blindness if it rose over the horizon when a child was born. this may refer again to the sand storm, which was capable of blinding unwary travelers. the scorpion was also the symbol of wisdom, for the fire which it controlled was capable of illuminating as well as consuming. initiation into the greater mysteries among the pagans was said to take place only in the sign of the scorpion. in the papyrus of ani (the book of the dead, the deceased likens his soul to a scorpion, saying "i am a swallow, i am that scorpion, the daughter of ra" elizabeth go

iting, and also [were] revered by the babylonians and assyrians as guardians of the gateway of the sun. seven scorpions were said to have accompanied isis when she searched for the remains of osiris scattered by set (typhon. in his chaldean account of the genesis, george smith, copying from the cuneiform cylinders, in describing the wanderings of the hero izdubar (nimrod, throws some light on the scorpion god who guards the sun. the tablet which he translated is not perfect, but the meaning is fairly clear* who each day guard the rising sun. their crown was at the lattice of heaven, under hell their feet were placed [the spinal column. the scorpion man guarded the gate, burning with terribleness, their appearance was like death, the might of his fear shook the forest. at the rising of the

attice of heaven, under hell their feet were placed [the spinal column. the scorpion man guarded the gate, burning with terribleness, their appearance was like death, the might of his fear shook the forest. at the rising of the sun and the setting of the sun, they guarded the sun; izdubar saw them and fear and terror came into his face" among the early latins there was a machine of war called the scorpion. it was used for firing arrows and probably obtained its name from a long beam, resembling a scorpion's tail, which flew up to hurl the arrows. the missiles discharged by this machine were also called scorpions. the butterfly (under the name of psyche, a beautiful maiden with wings of opalescent light) symbolizes the human soul because of the stages it passes through in order to unfold it

ship in some form has permeated nearly all parts of the click to enlarge the fleur-de-lis. the bee was used as, a symbol of royalty by the immortal charlemagne, and it is probable that the fleur-de-lis, or lily of france, is merely a conventionalized bee and not a flower. there is an ancient greek legend to the effect that the nine muses occasionally assumed the form of bees. click to enlarge the scorpion talisman. from paracelsus' archidoxes magica. the scorpion often appears upon the talismans and charms of the middle ages. this hieroglyphic arachnida was supposed to have the power of curing disease. the scorpion shown above was composed of several metals, and was made under certain planetary configurations. paracelsus advised that it be worn by those suffering from any derangement of th

eneath which all mortal creatures must bend. the eagle was also the hermetic symbol of sulphur, and signified the mysterious fire of scorpio- the most profoundly significant sign of the zodiac and the gate of the great mystery. being one of the three symbols of scorpio, the eagle, like the goat of mendes, was an emblem of the theurgic art and the secret processes by which the infernal fire of the scorpion was transmuted into the spiritual light-fire of the gods. among certain american indian tribes the thunderbird is held in peculiar esteem. this divine creature is said to live above the clouds; the flapping of its wings causes the rumbling which accompanies storms, while the flashes from its eyes are the lightning. birds were used to signify the vital breath; and among the egyptians, myst

the human body (male and female. 7th. he caused the letter (l) to predominate in coition, crowned it, combined it with the others, and fashioned by them libra (the balance) in the universe, the month tisri in the year, and the gall of the human body (male and female. 8th. he caused the letter (n) to predominate in smell, crowned it, combined it with the others, and fashioned by them scorpio (the scorpion) in the universe, the month marcheshvan in the year, and the small intestine in the human body (male and female. 9th. he caused the letter (s) to predominate in sleep, crowned it, combined it with the others, and fashioned by them sagittarius (the archer) in the universe, the month kislev in the year, and the stomach in the human body (male and female. 10th. he caused the letter (o) to pr

annual promise of the approaching storms, which to them meant life. there are four basic elements (according to both ancient philosophy and modern science, and the ancients represented them by the four arms of the cross, placing at the end of each arm a mysterious qabbalistic creature to symbolize the power of one of these elements. thus, they symbolized the element of earth by a bull; water by a scorpion, a serpent, or an eagle; fire by a lion; and air by a human head surrounded by wings. it is significant that the four letters inscribed upon parchment (some say wood) and fastened to the top of the cross at the time of the crucifixion should be the first letters of four hebrew words which stand for the four elements "iammin, the sea or water; nour, fire; rouach, the air; and iebeschah, th

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

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e ihvh; above and below, el. round it is the versicle from psalm cx. 5 "the lord at thy right hand shall wound even kings in the day of his wrath" figure 29. the fifth pentacle of mars. write thou this pentacle upon virgin parchment, because it is terrible unto the demons, and at its sight and aspect they will obey thee, for they cannot resist its presence. editor s note. around the figure of the scorpion is the word hvl. the versicle is from psalm xci. 13 "thou shalt go upon the lion and added, the young lion and the dragon shalt thou tread under thy feet" figure 30. the sixth pentacle of mars. it hath so great virtue that being armed therewith, if thou art attacked by any one, thou shalt neither be injured nor wounded when thou fightest with him, and his own weapons shall turn against hi

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t; and the elder lilith, wife of samael, a woman with an ever-changing and distorted countenance who is at times hag young maiden, beaten whore, vampire woman, beast, bird, owl, etc. the northeast angle is aggereth, the daughter of machaloth, a fiendish witch with serpent hair, standing in a chariot drawn by an ox and an ass. she is featured in the luciferian tarot. the northwest angle is a large scorpion with a fearful countenance, but standing upright as it were and formed of putrefying water, dripping. with him comes the unnameable one, abbadon or apollyon the destroyer, and his appearance and symbol are of a closely-veiled, black, gigantic shape covered with whirling and cutting wheels which are razor sharp, and in his hand is a vast wheel whence come as it whirls, multitudes of cat-li

he sorcerous daemon of shadow and darkness. it was she who awoke ahriman from his great slumber, that which no other sorcerer, wizard, witch or demon could do. jeh-az is the sexual and inspiration drive which causes movement, friction and change. jeh and az represent predatory spirituality, the hunger for continued existence. khrafstra [avestan/pahlavi] beast, representing a dev (demon) on earth, scorpion, wolf, fly, bat, serpent, lizard, toad and any creation of ahriman. left hand path the antinomian (against the current, natural order) path which leads through self-deification (godhood. lhp signifies that humanity has an intellect 83 which is separate from the natural order, thus in theory and practice may move forward with seeking the mastery of the spirits (referring to the elements of

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ip. both were the patrons of artists and their useful inventions; and introduced the use of iron for defensive weapons and implements of agriculture, and of gold to adorn the temples of the gods. he went forth with an army to conquer men to civilization, teaching the people whom he overcame to plant the vine and sow grain for food. typhon, his brother, slew him when the sun was in the sign of the scorpion, that is to say, at the autumnal equinox. they had been rival claimants, says synesius, for the throne of egypt, as light and darkness contend ever for the empire of the world. plutarch adds, that at the time when osiris was slain, the moon was at its full; and therefore it was in the sign opposite the scorpion, that is, the bull, the sign of the vernal equinox. plutarch assures us that i

n typhon, said the egyptian fable, cut up the body of osiris into pieces, he flung his genitals into the nile, where a fish devoured them. atys mutilated himself, as his priests afterward did in imitation of him; and adonis was in that part of his body wounded by the boar: all of which represented the loss by the sun of his vivifying and generative power, when he reached the autumnal equinox (the scorpion that on old monuments bites those parts of the vernal bull, and descended toward the region of darkness and winter. then, says apuleius, came "one who carried in his bosom an object that rejoiced the heart of the bearer, a venerable effigy of the supreme deity, neither bearing resemblance to man, cattle, bird, beast, or any living creature: an exquisite invention, venerable from the novel

were called those of the gleaning virgin, holding a sheaf of wheat (virgo. those among which he was found in february, when the ewes brought forth their young, were called stars of the lamb (aries. those in march, when it was time to plough, were called stars of the ox (taurus. those under which hot and burning winds came from the desert, venomous like poisonous reptiles, were called stars of the scorpion (scorpio. observing that the annual return of the rising of the nile was always accompanied by the appearance of a beautiful star, which at that period showed itself in the direction of the sources of that river, and seemed to warn the husbandman to be careful not to be surprised by the inundation, the ethiopian compared this act of that star to that of the animal which by barking gives w

inst the malign influences of aquarius and pisces, and amicably received by the lamb. and when at the vernal equinox he entered taurus, they still more rejoiced at the assurance that the days would again be longer than the nights, that the season of seed-time had come, and the summer and harvest would follow. and they lamented when, after the autumnal equinox, the malign influence of the venomous scorpion, and vindictive archer, and the filthy and ill-omened he-goat dragged him down toward the winter solstice. arriving there, they said he had been slain, and had gone to the realm of darkness. remaining there three days, he rose again, and again ascended northward in the heavens, to redeem the earth from the gloom and darkness of winter, which soon became emblematical of sin, and evil, and

desert. hence the cow was sacred to the hind s. hence, from the sacred and beneficent signs of taurus and leo, the human-headed winged lions and bulls in the palaces at kouyounjik and nimroud, like which were the cherubim set by solomon in his temple: and hence the twelve brazen or bronze oxen, on which the laver of brass was supported. the celestial vulture or eagle, rising and setting with the scorpion, was substituted in its place, in many cases, on account of the malign influences of the latter: and thus the four great periods of the year were marked by the bull, the lion, the man (aquarius) and the eagle; which were upon the respective standards of ephraim, judah, reuben, and dan; and still appear on the shield of american royal arch masonry. afterward the ram or lamb became an objec

diametrical opposition; and the hemisphere of winter was said to be adverse, opposed, contrary, to that of summer. over the angels of the latter ruled a king (osiris or ormuzd, enlightened, intelligent, creative, and beneficent. over the fallen angels or evil genii of the former, the demons or devs of the subterranean empire of darkness and sorrow, and its stars, ruled also a chief. in egypt the scorpion first ruled, the sign next the balance, and long the chief of the winter signs; and then the polar bear or ass, called typhon, that is _deluge, on account of the rains which inundated the earth while that constellation domineered. in persia, at a later day, it was the serpent, which, personified as ahriman, was the evil principle of the religion of zoroaster. the sun does not arrive at th

r _pleiadas, hyadas, claramque lycaonis arcton_ and palinurus, he says _arcturum, pluviasque hyadas, geminosque triones, armatumque auro circumspicit oriona_ studied arcturus and the rainy hyades and the twin triones, and orion cinctured with gold. taurus was the prince and leader of the celestial host for more than two thousand years; and when his head set with the sun about the last of may, the scorpion was seen to rise in the southeast. the pleiades were sometimes called _vergili_ or the virgins of spring; because the sun entered this cluster of stars in the season of blossoms. their syrian name was _succoth_ or _succothbeneth_ derived from a chaldean word signifying to _speculate_ or _observe_ the _hyades_ are five stars in the form of a v, 11 southeast of the pleiades. the greeks coun

omalhaut was half-way to the meridian in the southwest; and to the northwest were the brilliant constellations, perseus, cepheus, cassiopeia, and andromeda; while the pleiades had just passed the meridian. orion is visible to all the habitable world. the equinoctial line passes through the centre of it. when aldebar n rose in the east, the three kings in orion followed him; and as taurus set, the scorpion, by whose sting it was said orion died, rose in the east. orion rises at noon about the 9th of march. his rising was accompanied with great rains and storms, and it became very terrible to mariners. in bo tes, called by the ancient greeks _lycaon, from _lukos_ a wolf, and by the hebrews, caleb anubach, the barking dog, is the great star arcturus, which, when taurus opened the year, corres

malign star, antares in scorpio. in scorpio, antares, of the 1st magnitude, and remarkably red, was one of the four great stars, fomalhaut, in cetus, aldebaran in taurus, regulus in leo, and antares, that formerly answered to the solstitial and equinoctial points, and were much noticed by astronomers. this sign was sometimes represented by a snake, and sometimes by a crocodile, but generally by a scorpion, which last is found on the mithriac monuments, and on the zodiac of dendera. it was considered a sign accursed, and the entrance of the sun into it commenced the reign of typhon. in sagittarius, capricornus, and aquarius there are no stars of importance. near pisces is the brilliant star fomalhaut. no sign in the zodiac is considered of more malignant influence than this. it was deemed i

ages of the four elements. the four divisions at the four angles of the quadrilateral exhibited the four signs that the astrologers called _fixed, and which they regard as subject to the influence of the four great royal stars, regulus in leo, aldebaran in taurus, antares in scorpio, and fomalhaut in the mouth of pisces, on which falls the water poured out by aquarius; of which constellations the scorpion was represented in the hebrew blazonry by the celestial vulture or eagle, that rises at the same time with it and is its paranatellon. the other signs were arranged on the four faces of the quadilateral, and in the parallel and interior divisions. there is an astonishing coincidence between the characteristics assigned by jacob to his sons, and those of the signs of the zodiac, or the pla

tellation in the heavens is the domicile of the sun; the lion of the tribe of judah; by whose grip, when that of apprentice and that of fellow-craft--of aquarius at the winter solstice and of cancer at the vernal equinox--had not succeeded in raising him, khurum was lifted out of the grave _ephraim, on whose ensign appears the celestial bull, jacob compares to the ox _dan, bearing as his device a scorpion, he compares to the cerastes or horned serpent, synonymous in astrological language with the vulture or pouncing eagle; and which bird was often substituted on the flag of dan, in place of the venomous scorpion, on account of the terror which that reptile inspired, as the symbol of typhon and his malign influences; wherefore the eagle, as its paranatellon, that is, rising and setting at t

us. on the medals of antioch on the orontes was the ram and crescent; and the ram was the special deity of syria, assigned to it in the division of the earth among the twelve signs. on the cretan coins was the equinoctial bull; and he also appeared on those of the mamertins and of athens. sagittarius appeared on those of the persians. in india the twelve signs appeared upon the ancient coins. the scorpion was engraved on the medals of the kings of comagena, and capricorn on those of zeugma, anazorba, and other cities. on the medals of antoninus are found nearly all the signs of the zodiac. astrology was practised among all the ancient nations. in egypt, the book of astrology was borne reverentially in the religious processions; in which the few sacred animals were also carried, as emblems

eparture of the year, and the commencements of its four principal divisions. first the bull and afterward the ram (called by the persians the lamb, was regarded as the regenerator of nature, through his union with the sun. each, in his turn, was an emblem of the sun overcoming the winter darkness, and repairing the disorders of nature, which every year was regenerated under these signs, after the scorpion and serpent of autumn had brought upon it barrenness, disaster, and darkness. mithras was represented sitting on a bull; and that animal was an image of osiris: while the greek bacchus armed his front with its horns, and was pictured with its tail and feet. the constellations also became noteworthy to the husbandman, which by their rising or setting, at morning or evening, indicated the c

had long marched in burning deserts, they were led by a lamb or ram into beautiful meadows, and to the springs that watered the temple of jupiter ammon. for, to the arabs and ethiopians, whose great divinity bacchus was, nothing was so perfect a type of elysium as a country abounding in springs and rivulets. orion, on the same meridian with the stars of taurus, died of the sting of the celestial scorpion, that rises when he sets; as dies the bull of mithras in autumn: and in the stars that correspond with the autumnal equinox we find those malevolent genii that ever war against the principle of good, and that take from the sun and the heavens the fruit-producing power that they communicate to the earth. with the vernal equinox, dear to the sailor as to the husbandman, came the stars that

ng him into the nile, under the 17th degree of scorpio. under that sign he lost his life and virility; and he recovered them in the spring, when he had connection with the moon. when he entered scorpio, his light diminished, night reassumed her dominion, the nile shrunk within its banks, and the earth lost her verdure and the trees their leaves. therefore it is that on the mithriac monuments, the scorpion bites the testicles of the equinoctial bull, on which sits mithras, the sun of spring and god of generation; and that, on the same monuments, we see two trees, one covered with young leaves, and at its foot a little bull and a torch burning; and the other loaded with fruit, and at its foot a scorpion, and a torch reversed and extinguished. ormuzd or osiris, the beneficent principle that g

as personified by the sun, apparent source of light. darkness, personified by typhon or ahriman, was his natural enemy. the sages of egypt described the necessary and eternal rivalry or opposition of these principles, ever pursuing one the other, and one dethroning the other in every annual revolution, and at a particular period, one in the spring under the bull, and the other in autumn under the scorpion, by the legendary history of osiris and typhon, detailed to us by diodorus and synesius; in which history were also personified the stars and constellations orion, capella, the twins, the wolf, sirius, and hercules, whose risings and settings noted the advent of one or the other equinox. plutarch gives us the positions in the heavens of the sun and moon, at the moment when osiris was murd

detailed to us by diodorus and synesius; in which history were also personified the stars and constellations orion, capella, the twins, the wolf, sirius, and hercules, whose risings and settings noted the advent of one or the other equinox. plutarch gives us the positions in the heavens of the sun and moon, at the moment when osiris was murdered by typhon. the sun, he says, was in the sign of the scorpion, which he then entered at the autumnal equinox. the moon was full, he adds; and consequently, as it rose at sunset, it occupied taurus, which, opposite to scorpio, rose as it and the sun sank together, so that she was then found alone in the sign taurus, where, six months before, she had been in union or conjunction with osiris, the sun, receiving from him those germs of universal fertili

mes isis. the equinoctial year ends at the moment when the sun and moon, at the vernal equinox, are united with orion, the star of horus, placed in the heavens under taurus. the new moon becomes young again in taurus, and shows herself as a crescent, for the first time, in the next sign, gemini, the domicile of mercury. then orion, in conjunction with the sun, with whom he rises, precipitates the scorpion, his rival, into the shades of night, causing him to set whenever he himself re-appears on the eastern horizon, with the sun. day lengthens and the germs of evil are by degrees eradicated: and horus (from _aur, light) reigns triumphant, symbolizing, by his succession to the characteristics of osiris, the eternal renewal of the sun's youth and creative vigor at the vernal equinox. such are

ve vigor at the vernal equinox. such are the coincidences of astronomical phenomena with the legend of osiris and isis; sufficing to show the origin of the legend, overloaded as it became at length with all the ornamentation natural to the poetical and figurative genius of the orient. not only into this legend, but into those of all the ancient nations, enter the bull, the lamb, the lion, and the scorpion or the serpent; and traces of the worship of the sun yet linger in all religions. everywhere, even in our order, survive the equinoctial and solstitial feasts. our ceilings still glitter with the greater and lesser luminaries of the heavens, and our lights, in their number and arrangement, have astronomical references. in all churches and chapels, as in all pagan temples and pagodas, the

virgin, in the train of which comes the serpent. place reciprocally the sun at the other equinox, with the balance in the west, in conjunction with the serpent under the crown; and we shall see the bull and the pleiades rise in the east. thus are explained all the fables as to the generation of the bull by the serpent and of the serpent by the bull, the biting of the testicles of the bull by the scorpion, on the mithriac monuments; and that jupiter made ceres with child by tossing into her bosom the testicles of a ram. in the mysteries of the bull-horned bacchus, the officers held serpents in their hands, raised them above their heads, and cried aloud "eva" the generic oriental name of the serpent, and the particular name of the constellation in which the persians placed eve and the serpe

descriptions we have of the mithriac cave, in which were figured the two movements of the heavens, that of the fixed stars and that of the planets, the constellations, the eight mystic gates of the spheres, and the symbols of the elements. so on a celebrated monument of that religion, found at rome, were figured, the serpent or hydra under leo, as in the heavens, the celestial dog, the bull, the scorpion, the seven planets, represented by seven altars, the sun, moon, and emblems relating to light, to darkness, and to their succession during the year, where each in turn triumphs for six months. the mysteries of atys were celebrated when the sun entered aries; and among the emblems was a ram at the foot of a tree which was being cut down. thus, if not the whole truth, it is yet a large part

MOTTA MARCELO THE COMMENTARIES OF AL

ll its possibilities ceases to have a purpose; death is its diploma, so to speak; it is ready to apply itself to the new conditions of a larger life. just so a schoolboy who has mastered his work dies to school, reincarnates in cap& gown, triumphs in the tripos, dies to the cloisters, and is reborn to the world. note that the atu 'death' in the tarot refers to scorpio. this sign is threefold: the scorpion that kills itself with its own poison, when its environment (the ring of fire) becomes intolerable; the serpent that renews itself by shedding its skin, that is crowned and hooded, that moves by undulations like light, and gives man wisdom at the price of toil, suffering, and mortality; and the eagle that soars, its lidless eyes bent boldly upon the sun 'death' is, to the initiate, an inn

erses 63 and 66, and 'die' in verse 68. there is evidently an intention to identify the climax of love with that of life. it is then not unnatural for us to ask: can 'death' have some deeper significance than appears? scorpio, the zodiacal sign of death, is really the sexual or reproductive function of nature. it is the earth-transcending eagle, the self-restoring serpent, and the self-immolating scorpion. in alchemy it is the principle of putrefaction, the 'black dragon, whose state of apparent corruption is but a prelude to the rainbow-coloured spring-tide of the man in motley. the nymph of spring, syrinx, the trembling hollow reed which needs but breath to fill the world with music, attracts pan, the goat-god of ecstatic lust, by whose work the glory of summer is established anew. it is

NECRONOMICON ALAZIF

ign of the ram, the lion, or the archer; the moon decreasing and mars and saturn conjoin. mighty yog-sothoth shall rise to ye incantations when sol has entered the fiery house of leo and the hour of lammas be upon ye. evoke ye terrible hastur on candlemas night, when sol is in aquarius and mercury in trine. supplicate great cthulhu only at hallowmas eve when the sun abides within the house of the scorpion and orion riseth. when all hallows falls within the cycle of the new moon the power shall be the strongest. conjure shub-niggurath when the beltane fires glow upon the hills and the sun is in the second house, repeating the rites of roodmas when ye black one appeareth. to raise up ye stones to form ye gate through which they from ye outer void might manifest thou must set up ye al azif pa

o sigil ye stone of whirling-air shall be set in ye east where ye first equinox riseth and shall be graven with ye sign of he that beareth ye waters, thus: aquarius sigil ye gate of rushing torrents thou cause to beat the west most inner point (at a space of five paces from ye stone of ye east) where ye sun dieth in ye evening and ye cycle of night returns. blazon ye stone with ye character of ye scorpion whose tail reacheth unto the stars: scorpio sigil set thou the seven stones of those that wander ye heavens, without ye inner four and through their diverse influences shall ye focus of power be established. in ye north beyond the stone of great coldness set ye first ye stone of saturn at a space of three paces. this being done proceed thou widdershins placing at like distances apart ye s

PHILIP NEIL MYTHS LEGENDS EXPLAINED

ed by seven scorpions. one night, she begged shelter of a rich lady named usert, but she refused her. furious, the scorpions pooled all their venom and bit usert s son. pitying the dying child, isis cured him. she then went to khemmis and gave birth to horus. desperately poor, isis often had to leave the baby alone while she found food. one day, she returned to find horus lying rigid, bitten by a scorpion. but isis could not save him, having used her power to cure usert s son. her anguish halted re as he crossed the sky and the world went dark. re sent thoth to cure horus for until he recovered, there would be no light, the wells would dry up, and the crops would wither. 17 osiris, i sis, and horus plaque with cartouche royal sarcophagi, or coffins, were rectangular inside like the cartouc

traught at enkidu s death, he was advised by siduri, the goddess of wine and wisdom, to seek out the ferryman and cross the bitter waters of death in his search for utnapishtim. after the death of enkidu, gilgamesh set out to solve the mystery of death. he marched to the top of the twin peaks of mashu, guardians of the rising and setting sun, and demanded entry to the underworld from the dreadful scorpion guardians at the gate, who were half-man and half-dragon. inside he journeyed for 12 leagues (30 miles) in utter darkness, before coming to the garden of the gods where he met the goddess siduri, who advised him to seek out the ferryman urshanabi (see below. when gilgamesh reached the far shore, he met utnapishtim and told him of his despair at enkidu s death. because of my brother i am a

REGARDIE ISRAEL THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN

ne <99> book one first knowledge lecture 1. the four elements of the ancients are duplicated conditions of: heat and dryness fire a heat and moisture air a cold and d yness earth b cold and moisture water v 2. the signs of the zodiac are twelve: 1. aries, the ram 2. taurus, the bull 3. gemini, the twins 4. cancer, the crab 5 .leo, the lion 6. virgo, the virgin 7. libra, the scales 8. scorpio, the scorpion 9. sagittarius, the archer 10. capricorn, the goat 11. aquarius, the water-bearer 12. pisces, the fishes these twelve signs are distributedamong the four triplicities or sets of three signs, each being attributed to one of the four elements, and they represent the operation of the elements in the zodiac. thus to fire belong aries, leo, sagittarius: thus to earth belong taurus, virgo

r of osiris- which later yet rises again in horus. the scorpio, serpent of evil, delineated before <180> the figure of death in the more ancient form of the key, refers to the mixed and transforming, therefore deceptive, nature of this emblem. behind him, is the symbol of the nameless one, representing the seed and its germ, not yet differentiated into life, therefore incapable of definition. the scorpion is the emblem of ruthless destruction; the snake is the mixed and deceptive nature, serving alike for good and evil; the eagle is the higher and divine nature, yet to be found herein, the alchemical eagle of distillation, the renewer of life. as it is said-"thy youth shall be renewed like the eagles" great indeed, and many are the mysteries of this terrible key. 2nd ad. and hiereus show p

lion, and the eagle represents the water in hod, the gluten of the eagle- whose reconcilement is made by the air in yesod, uniting with the volatilised water arising from the cauldron through the influence of the fire beneath it. the chains which link the lion and the eagle to her waist, are symbolic of the paths of scorpio and capricornus as 218 the golden dawn: volume 11 book three shown by the scorpion and the goat in the background. in her right hand, she bears the torch of solar fire elevating and volatilising the water in hod by the fiery influence of geburah, while with her left hand, she pours from a vase the waters of chesed to temperate and calm the fires of netzach. this later form is the usual figure of temperance, syrnbolising in a more restricted form than the preceding, the

are the four kerubim, three alchemical principles, three elements, seven planets, twelve zodiacal signs, one wheel of the spirit- thus 40 in all. the spirit wheel is on every side and always in the centre, and is always depicted unchanged in black upon white. upon the side there are always the 4 kerubic emblems- zodiacal, yet different, for the eagle replaces scorpio (scorpio has three forms, the scorpion, the eagle, and the snake for the evil aspect) these kerubim represent the letters of the name yhvh, and <285> note that they are always arranged in the hebrew order of the letters. yod for the lion, heh for the eagle, vau for the man, heh final for the ox, the tauric earth. note that these four zodiacal signs are not in their own colours, but as symbols of the elements have elementary co

akes the light of a golden dawn in the heart of him whom the eternal gods shall choose, by the sacred science of the breath. ameshet (stomach and upper intestines) ahephi (lower tmoumathph (heart and lungs) kabexnuf (liver and intestines) gall-bladder) west 362 the goiden dawn: volume 111 book five kabexnuf is guarded by sakhet, the sun at the western equinox, the opening of amenti, who wears the scorpion on her head-and these guardianship w ere often painted on the canopic jars. when, therefore, the candidate kneels at the foot of the altar, or where the corpse lies on the bier preparatory to the passing over the river towards the west, and the soul stands before osiris, and the goddesses stand by and watch while the beam sways and the decision is taken- then, the <130> body of the candid

tronger than feeling. very much affected by other influences, and therefore more dependent upon good or ill-dignity than upon most other symbols. she rules from 20" gemini to 20" cancer. water of water. queen of nymphs and undines. xi. prince of the chariot of the waters. king of cws a winged kingly figure with a winged crown, seated in a chariot drawn by an eagle. on the wheel is the symbol of a scorpion. the eagle is borne as a crest upon his crown, cuirass and buskins. general attire like king of wands. beneath his chariot is the calm and stagnant water of a lake. his scale armour resembles feathers more than scales. he holds in one hand a lotus, and the other a cup, charged with the sigil of his scale. a serpent issues from the cup, and has its head tending down to the waters of the la

eavy head or end. brown wands prince or winged lion's wand and salient flames. fire yellow blue knight head wand of z. a. m. grey princess or tiger's head tiger, leaping flames. gold al- red-gold blue prince tar, long dub, largest at bottom. king peacock with white horse, crab issuing from fair blue open wings cup. sea. queen ibis crayeish is issuing from gold- blue cups river. brown prince eagle scorpion, eagle-serpent is brown grey or issuing from lake. brown princess swan dolphin, lotus. sea with spray, brown blue or turtle from cup. brown king winged winged brown horse, driving dark dark hexagram clouds, drawn sword. brown queen winged head of man severed. cumu- grey light child's head lous clouds. drawn sword. brown swords prince winged arch-fairies winged. clouds. dark dark angel's h

RITUALS OF THE SOCIETAS ROSICRUCIANIS IN ANGLIA

sign: prepare thee for a change in nature. man becomes tremulous with age; normally godforewarns man by age of the coming end of all things, for to man, this world is his all in the body;but for the soul, death is but the entrance into glory. in the zodiacal sign of scorpio, we find thesecond of the descending steps, and in whose measure is the double star antares, brilliantly red andknown as the scorpion222s heart.rituals of the societas rosicrucianis in angliaphilosophus40 conductor and companions proceed to guardian of caverns whose single taper has been lit. light of4th ancient out.guard. of c, 11th sign: as true as the arrow of the archer, the shaft of death will reach its mark. all naturequivers and shrinks from the coming blast. all forms terrestrial possessing life, shudder at thec

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

fluences and consequently signify an annual alternative of good or evil. the names of the genii designated by the above characters are: for the ram, sataaran and sarahiel; for the bull, bagdal, and araziel; for the twins, sagras and saraiel; for the crab, rahdar and. phakiel; for the lion, sagham and seratiel; for the virgin, iadara and schaltiel; for the balance, grasgarben and hadakiel; for the scorpion, riehol and saissaiel; for the archer, vhnori and saritaiel; for the goat, sagdalon and semakiel; for the water- bearer, ssakmakile; for the fishes, rasamasa and vacabiel. the wise man, seeking to read the sky, must observe also the days of the moon, the influence of which is very great in astrology. the moon attracts and repels alternately the magnetic fluid of the earth, and thus produc

gel cassiel of the hierarchy of uriel. 15. typhon, or the devil. birth of ishmael. day of reprobation and exile. 16. the blasted tower. birthday of jacob and esau; the day also of jacob's predestination, to esau's ruin. 17. the glittering star. fire from heaven burns sodom and gomorrah. day of salvation for the good and ruin for the wicked: dangerous on a saturday. it is under the dominion of the scorpion. 18. the moon. birth of isaac. wife's triumph. day of conjugal affection and good hope. 19. the sun. birth of pharoah. a beneficent or fatal day for the great of earth, according to 104 the ritual of transcendental magic the different merits of the great. 20. the judgement. birth of jonah, the instrument of god's judgement. propitious for divine revelations. 21. the world. birth of saul

RUBY TABLET OF SET

o be buried or placed upon his grave. when the ashes have been cooled and placed in the envelope and sealed, the rite is concluded. the blue feather goes with the envelope. while allowing a few minutes for the ashes to cool, personal work can be done. the guardian of the gate closes it using his left hand. the black flame is extinguished. the bell is rung. celebrant: gso it is done h footnotes 1. scorpion goddess, associated with water 2. isis as the dark mystery sirius, the origin of mankind representing the esoteric earth 3. earth 4. lion goddess, wisdom in action, fire 5. goddess of all darkness, associated with air pure science transfinitudes in "the kaliyuga pylon study guide" there is a question about aleph-nought. recently an adept asked me to explain this idea and its relevance to

d eors cocasg plosi molui ds pageip larag om droln matorb cocasb emna lpatralx yolci matb nomig monons olora gnay angelard ohio ohio ohio ohio ohio ohio noib ohio caosgon bagle madrid i zirop chiso drilpa niiso crip ip nidali. the threat of your destruction grows as a tree in the north; its branches reach to cover the earth with misery and despair; it consumes being night and day; it slays as the scorpion; it poisons the very air with its stench. this is the doom whose triumph would destroy you as would the rupture of the earth itself. then this one growth would nourish thousands, even as a foulness of heart perverts the mind. and then woe, woe, woe, woe, woe, woe, yes, woe to the earth, for its foulness will be great. heed well the warning of this word. the eleventh part oxiayal holdo od

ng what is within your black hearts in the shape of a web, you can create an intricate living balance between all things within your life and the worlds [magus flowers walks to the next station. priestess elizabeth reynolds lights the candles, and magister neilly speaks] i am selket, surveyor of the wasteland. i am serket-hetyt, who causes the dead to breathe and the living to suffocate. i am the scorpion who lives in the midst of death. if you would hear my secret, you must take a terrible oath [magus flowers] we would learn your secret even if the knowledge damns us [serket-hetyt] this is the oath: i will push myself to the outermost limits, ready to defend myself from the strange beings i may encounter. this is the sign of the oath [magister neilly holds up his left hand. the index, lit

secret even if the knowledge damns us [serket-hetyt] this is the oath: i will push myself to the outermost limits, ready to defend myself from the strange beings i may encounter. this is the sign of the oath [magister neilly holds up his left hand. the index, little finger, and thumb are held against the palm. the other two fingers are extended, and the whole hand is arched slightly to resemble a scorpion's sting. the initiates do likewise as a sign of taking the oath] this is the secret of the scorpion: with your will you may pierce the veil of time and know the intense joy of living in any time, any space, or any body [magus flowers walks to the next station. adept cinda seaton lights the candles, and magister robinson speaks] i am meretseger, who can kill or cure the worker. i am mehene

e, but interestingly enough the card shows no green. that color, you may recall from other ts texts, was associated with osiris as a god of the static dead and suggested a worship of the body's decay rather than emphasis on a life lived through opposition to the rules of the universe. instead of dealing with green, dclxvi clooses to work upward using the three sections of the card. the first, the scorpion, is described as the lowest form of putrefaction, based on the old superstition that the scorpion stings itself to death when ringed about with fire. the heart of that story as seen by aeister crowley is associated with willing change when circumstances become intolerable. i must add that for magicians, if no others, circumstances without change do become intolerable and that change is so

with fire. the heart of that story as seen by aeister crowley is associated with willing change when circumstances become intolerable. i must add that for magicians, if no others, circumstances without change do become intolerable and that change is sought not only to increase the xeper of the being, but to avoid being locked in stasis. it may be for that reason that the old beast referred to the scorpion's sting as the lowest form since in a sense it is done not necessarily with specifics in mind, but as a lower reasoning which seeks to escape that which is. such an interpretation of course does not cover all that the scorpion is for the magician, but it is worthwhile looking at in atu xiii "the middle interpretation of this sign" the book of thoth continues "is given by the serpent, who

rincipal symbol of male energy. it is definetely a phallic symbol and as such stands for the creative effect of active energy on the passive, sperm and egg being one of the best representations of such energy's impact and results. the serpent has had a place of long standing in occult tradition and it is not inappropriate that it should turn up as one of the suspect its presence, like that of the scorpion and the eagle, to be similar in function to the three figures on the old temple of set stele from the year x with its three ascending forms of being rising ever upward on the evolutionary scale. the eagle, according to the old beast, is exaltation above solid matter and is the highest of the card. it may be an eagle, but the outlines and shape are not at all unlike those of the phoenix, t

four stages: 1. early during the week of the experiment, i began by supplementing my exercise routine by emphasizing more jogging, for longer durations. 2. the night of mm#2, i dined on peanut butter, honey, and coca-cola.(4) 3. i assembled the necessary items i'd need to conduct my portion of the experiment. these included jogging apparel, a tape recorder, my large pentagram of set medallion, my scorpion ring, anubis oil and other sundry items [my participation was to take place outside of the apartment] 4. at around 9:05 pm, i left our apartment and drove to ashbridges bay; a park and boardwalk abutting lake ontario in toronto. after parking, i changed into my jogging gear and began final compression. until 9:55 pm, i listened to music in the car. at five of ten, i arrived at my working

i came across three other joggers and various other people out for strolls. while the above describes the things i saw, heard, or encountered, there were also the thoughts i was reinforcing as i prepared for transmission. i reinforced certain themes, as i prepared for the voice of the neter. i thought about how we participants had to "break the code" of esp. i concentrated on my 'power' ring (the scorpion. i felt that when the time arrived, the voice effectively had to pierce the void in order to be heard. having run myself into a state of physical exhaustion (but mental calmness, alertness, and readiness, i sensed the time was right [on the way home, i used the cassette machine to record the following "at the time when legs were hurting, and i felt it was the appropriate time to allow rec

ctor while reciting the call to sith] litany of sith o mighty sith, lord of ultimate darkness and master of unholy rites and worship of evil! incline thy eyes and ears unto a walker of the left hand path. hear my voice blast forth from the fifth angle realm of the hornless ones! for seventeen and one year have i kept the laws of strength through joy, and my honor is known by my faithfulness. as a scorpion in the desolate realm have my doings proven to be. with offerings of poison has my hand waxed strong, and images of the deathless world have i hurled at those who are without. with the command to look have i proffered my image to the weak and exalted your semblance through visions of unseen terror! through the power of the tempestial cycling winds of the kings of tartarus have i brought b

SATANGEL

form which he explained in the examination; he did this on a sunday, depicting her image beneath the names of devils, using implements, materials and techniques described in the examination k likewise, he said and confessed that poisons were made by the aid of devils, by which men could be killed, through their working or by the aid of demons k and taken from a basilisk, toad, serpent, spider or scorpion k k and that on the feast of saint john the baptist he gathered certain herbs for medicine, as specified in the proceedings, and on bended knee he first adored them, then extracting them in the name of his devils, and in despite of almighty god, the creator of all k in these terms the classical grimoire may be seen as presenting a comprehensive and generally consistent pantheon of magical

rew, mourning. demon attendant upon paimon. abbadon (hebrew, downfall, ruin, probably from greek, apollyon, meaning destroyer. fallen angel, who is the destroyer, the place of destruction, the abyss (job 26:2;28:2. lord of the locust plague, angel of hell (revelation 9:7-11. whose name milton uses to describe the pit of hell. chief of the demonic locusts, whose faces are human and whose tails are scorpion. the name of the sixth hell, corresponding to chesed. the hebrews borrowed their seven layered gehenna from the babylonians, whose dark prince is also called arsi-el (black sun. within the central pit of the bottom layer lives the serpent angel apollyon, the fallen apollo, king of locusts. again, we see the incorporation and demonisation of pagan dieties of the previous age. abraxas, abra

SIR WALLIS BUDGE EGYPTIAN MAGIC

gh thy face, he divideth thy head at the two sides of the ways, and it is crushed in his land; thy bones are smashed in pieces, thy members are hacked from off thee, and the god aker hath condemned thee, o apep, p. 79 thou enemy of ra. get thee back, fiend, before the darts of his beams! ra hath overthrown thy words, the gods have turned thy face backwards, the lynx hath torn open thy breast, the scorpion hath cast fetters upon thee, and maat hath sent forth thy destruction. the gods of the south, and of the north, of the west, and of the east, have fastened chains upon him, and they have fettered him with fetters; the god rekes hath overthrown him, and the god hertit hath put him in chains" 1 the age of this composition is unknown, but it is found, with variants, in many of the copies of

of the sandals where the swampy country of athu begins. journeying on they came to teb, 3 where the chief of the district had a house for his ladies; now the mistress of the house would not p. 131 admit isis on account of the scorpions that were with her, for she had looked out of her door and watched isis coming. on this the scorpions took counsel together and wished to sting her by means of the scorpion tefen, but at this moment a poor woman who lived in the marshes opened the door of her cottage to isis, and the goddess took shelter therein. meanwhile the scorpion had crept under the door into the house of the governor, and stung the son of the lady of the house, and also set the place on fire; no water could quench the fire, and there was no rain to do it, for it was not then the rainy

ts among which he had been hidden could not be penetrated by any hostile being, that the words of power of temu, the father of the gods "who is in heaven" should have preserved the life of horus, that set his brother could not possibly have had access to where the child was, who, in any case, had been protected against his wickedness; and at length it was discovered that horus had been stung by a scorpion, and that the reptile "which destroyeth p. 135 the heart" had wounded him, and had probably killed him. at this juncture nephthys arrived, and went round about among the papyrus swamps weeping bitterly because of the affliction of her sister isis; with her also was serqet, the goddess of scorpions, who asked continually "what hath happened to the child horus" then nephthys said to isis "c

e my first steps in egyptian, pp. 179-188. 130:1 the story is told on the famous metternichstele, ed. golenischeff, leipzig, 1877. 130:2 i.e, crocodilopolis. 130:3 the city of the two sandals. the two sandals were made of leather from the skin of the god nehes or set, the opponent of horus. 133:1 this is an exact description of the state of an animal which has p. 134 been stung by the small black scorpion in egypt and the sudan. i saw colonel w. h. drage's dog "shubra" bitten at merawi in september, 1897, by a black scorpion, and in about an hour she was in the state of horus as described above, and the whole camp was distressed, for both master and dog were great favourites. when it was no longer possible to administer spirit to her, major g. r. griffith and others immersed her body in pa

SOLOMON

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

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

ted. annually on may 1, the huge may day parade is held in moscow. is it a mere accident that the most holy day of paganism and witchcraft, beltane, is also celebrated on may 1? on that day, in pagan europe, children and adults celebrated around the phallus symbol known as the may pole, even as witches howled at the moon.7 of wolves and freemasons in his expose of communism, under the sign of the scorpion, swedish writer and researcher jiiri lina, writes how in his last months, a mad vladimir lenin, his body and brain racked with the sexually transmitted disease syphilis, demanded each night to be taken out on his balcony in his wheelchair. there, for hours, the angry lenin would howl and bay at the moon like a wounded wolf.8 lenin, stalin, marx and all the other top communist leaders were

THE CANOPIC GODS SYMBOLISM

hephi, the nile, were kept secret from the whole world. tmo-oumathu is under the guardianship of neith, the dawn. this is the celestial space, who makes the morning to pass and awakens the light of a golden dawn in the heart of him whom the eternal gods shall chose, by the sacred science of breath. kabexnuv is guarded by sakhet, the sun at the western equinox, the opening of amenti, who wears the scorpion on her head- and these guardianships were often painted on the canopic jars. when, therefore, the candidate kneels at the foot of the altar, or where the corpse lies on the bier preparatory to the passing over the river towards the west, and the soul stands before osiris, and the goddesses stand by and watch while the beam sways and the decision is taken- the body of the candidate is then

THE GALE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE UNUSUAL UNEXPLAINED VOL

has a great attraction for them; and with their tendency to avoid the unpleasant aspects of life, many librans live to a ripe old age, having the ability to recuperate from illness more quickly than those born under other signs. t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d 122 prophecy and divination astrological chart (corbis corporation) scorpio, the scorpion, october 24 to november 22, is a water sign. diana, the moon-goddess of the romans, commanded scorpio to kill the hunter orion when eos, goddess of the dawn, fell in love with him. after his death, jupiter set the scorpion and orion, still armed with his armor and sword, in the stars. scorpios are definitely possessed of a passionate nature, and they are highly successful in winning the a

after takeoff. wreckage from flight 19 has never been recovered. other aircraft that have disappeared in the area include a dc-3 carrying 27 passengers in 1948 and a c-124 globemaster with 53 passengers in 1951. among the ships often listed among the mysteriously disappeared are the mary celeste (1872, the marine tankership sulphur queen with 39 men aboard (1963, and the nuclear-powered submarine scorpion with a crew of 99 (1968. the mary celeste entered the list of supposed bermuda triangle mysteries many decades after its odd tragedy. the ship set sail from new york to genoa, italy, but was found sailing unmanned some 400 miles off course, off the coast of africa. personal articles of the crew were found and food storage areas showed no sign of upheaval. a tattered sail and a missing lif

THE NECRONOMICON SIMON VERSION

of the moon nanna 10. sphere of the elements kia 11. air anna 12. mercury gudud 13. moon sin 14. venus dlibat 15. aries agru (xubur) 16. taurus kakkab u alap shame (kingu) 17. gemini re'u kinu shame u tu'ame rabuti (viper) 18. cancer shittu (snake) 19. leo kalbu rabu (lakhamu) 20. virgo shiru (whirlwind) 21. jupiter umunpaddu 22. libra zibanitum (ravening dog) 23. water badur 24. scorpio akrabu (scorpion-man) 25. sagittarius pa-bil-sag (hurricane) 26. capricorn suxur mash (fish-man) 27. mars mastabarru 28. aquarius gula (horned beast) 29. pisces dilgan u rikis nuni (weapon) 30. sun shamash 30. fire ag 30. saturn kaimanu 30 (bis) earth kia 30 (bis) spirit zi notes on pronunciation we cannot be absolutely how sumerian and akkadian were spoken; but many useful guidelines are available to the

ths of the seas, and reigned once, it is said, over magan, whence they came. the banishings, or exorcisms, are to be pronounced in a clear voice without trembling, without shaking. the arms should be held over the head in the attitude of a priest of shammash, and the eyes must behold the spirit of the god shammash, even though it be the time of the sleeping of shammash behind the mountains of the scorpion. no word must be changed. these must not be shown to any but the properly instructed. to show them to anyone other is to ask the curse of ninnghizhida on yourself and upon your generations. the book maklu of the burnings: the exorcism of the crown of anu the priest, in time of peril, shall put on the spotless white crown of anu with the eightrayed seal and stand in the prescribed manner w

lers of all that existed and did not exist, there was nought but darkness. there was no moon. there was no sun. no planets were they, and no stars. no grain, no tree, no plant grew. the ancient ones were masters of spaces now unknown or forgotten, and all was chaos. marduk was chosen of the elders to fight kur and wrest power from the great sleeping serpent who dwells beneath the mountains of the scorpion. marduk was given a weapon, and a sign, and fifty powers were given to him to fight the awful tiamat, and each power has its weapon and its sign and these are the mightiest possessions of the elder gods against the ancient one who threatens without, who threatens from the abyss, the lord of darkness, the master of chaos, the unborn, the uncreated, who still wishes ill upon the race of men

es, she bore monster-serpents sharp of tooth, long of fang, she filled their bodies with venom for blood roaring dragons she has clothed with terror has crowned them with halos, making them as gods, so that he who beholds them shall perish and, that, with their bodies reared up none might turn them back. she summoned the viper, the dragon, and the winged bull, the great lion, the mad-god, and the scorpion-man. mighty rabid demons, feathered-serpents, the horse-man, bearing weapons that spare no fearless in battle, charmed with the spells of ancient sorcery. withal eleven of this kind she brought forth with kingu as leader of the minions. remember! enki our master fearing defeat, summoned his son marduk summoned his son the son of magick told him the secret name the secret number the secret

ne raise up and the serpent crawl forth. and this power is surely damned; but where does marduk tarry? and what of shammash? the sleeping gods truly sleep. and what crime have i committed? what unknown god have i transgressed? what forbidden thing have i eaten? what forbidden thing have i drunk? my suffering! it is seven! it is seven times seven! o gods! do not cast thy servant down! remember the scorpion man who dwells in the mountains. he was of old created by tiamat to fight the elder gods, but was permitted to stay below the mountains by them. but he has deceived us once, and may do so again. but call upon him if there be something concerning the outside that you would know, that i have not told thee. and his sign is simple, and it is thus: and merely, face the place where he is, and h

the elder gods, but was permitted to stay below the mountains by them. but he has deceived us once, and may do so again. but call upon him if there be something concerning the outside that you would know, that i have not told thee. and his sign is simple, and it is thus: and merely, face the place where he is, and he will come and speak, but do not do this at dawn, for then the sun rises and the scorpion has no power, not from the dawn till the dusk, during which time he is forced back beneath the earth, for that is the letter of the covenant concerning him, for it is written: he shall not raise his head above the sun. and again: his is the dark times. and again: he knows of the gate, but not the gate and the scorpion man has another of his race, female, that dwells with him there, but of

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

moving, are about me. go! go! do not touch the carcass of myself that is abased, defiled, abominable *the mother fs tragedy, vol. i, p. 65. then ulric enters, evidently now totally mad; the fearful power of his neronic lust has reft asunder the last thread of his sanity; in his hand he carries a razor, first he slays madeline, and then, at his mother fs bidding, himself: a blood-grey vapour and a scorpion steam to poison the unrighteous life of god *the mother fs tragedy, vol. i, p. 65. thus does this fearful tragedy end. gruesome with lust and cruelty, ulric, a horrible perversion, overcome by the violence of his desires, a second amnon, a second de sade. his ideal once at least partially pure, broke, as the truth burst on his ear, into a wild and fearful nightmare; and in his brutal fury

s held in exodus, xxxiii, moses was unable to look at god face to face; it was also the same idea as held by charles darwin. the theory of evolution. the growth of the protoplast into man, of evil into good. khephra, god of the morning emerging from the black thunders of night. above us flames the zodiac, the sign of the balance lies between virgo and scorpio, the eagle is the emblem of good, the scorpion of evil, the eaglewinged serpent of good and evil; and it is with this doctrine of good and evil that we shall now deal. as there was darkness before syhla formed the light, and as knowledge is the outcome of ignorance, so is also virtue the outcome of vice. eritis sicut deus, scientes bonum et malum. it was satan, the lucifer of milton, the devil of blake, and the serpent of genesis, who

ade to ferrara? sadness stares around us with hollow tear-drowned eyes, and the days of our joys are wet with the weeping of the night of sorrow. on, on we plod, through life fs by-ways and alleys, through mud and slime, onward we must go if we are ever to win the gates of wisdom and understanding and attain the kingdom of the holy crown. gself h we must slay, it is the great sin of life:*1. gthe scorpion kisses, and the stings of sin, cling hard within. h*2. the small still voice calls to us, yet we must overcome it, in its conquest alone lies our salvation. gtruth h is our st. george, whose sword is as keen as his of gthe nameless quest, h and hself h the dragon which we must slay *1. songs of the spirit, vol. i, p. 50 *2. ibid. vol. i, p. 54. central, supreme, most formidable, night gat

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pyramid is white, symbolizing a life enlightened by science and spiritual wisdom. in front of it is shown a door, or exit, indicating that those thus enlightened are not earth-bound, but pass freely, when their earthly life is completed, to a life in the higher spheres. in the road before the pyramids are two dogs, one white and the other black; while between them, in a circle of white, crawls a scorpion. this dim, moonlight scene represents a seance room, the hidden perils of which are more redoubtable than those to be seen. the false radiance of the moon indicates the glamor that surrounds such an occasion. the good and the bad, the ignorant and the learned, symbolized by the pyramids, are gathered there at the edge of the road into the beyond. to such a place there may be attracted lyi

such an occasion. the good and the bad, the ignorant and the learned, symbolized by the pyramids, are gathered there at the edge of the road into the beyond. to such a place there may be attracted lying spirits, as signified by the black dog; friendly spirits, as denoted by the white dog; or treacherous and dominating spirits who have much knowledge, as indicated by the white circle in which the scorpion moves, but who use it to deceive arid attain their selfish ends. the sun--arcanum xix. in divination, arcanum xix may be read as happiness and joy. arcanum xix is figured by a young man and a young woman holding each other by the hand. about them a circle of 20 flowers springs from the earth. above is a radiant sun of 21 rays, in the center of which is the symbol of conjugal union. this s

THE ABYSS AND TABAET

. the primal abyss she filled their bodies with venom instead of blood. she cloaked ferocious dragons with fearsome rays and made them bear mantles of radiance, made them godlike, whoever looks upon them shall collapse in utter terror! their bodies shall rear up continually and never turn away' she stationed a horned serpent, a mushussudragon, and a lahmu-hero, an ugallu-demon, a rabid dog, and a scorpion-man,aggressive umu-demons, a fish-man, and a bull-man bearing merciless weapons, fearless in battle -enuma elish the dragon of the primal oceans of the abyss opened her veins and filled her children with venom as blood, with a spell cracking the sky with the blackened flame of her will. to raise them as gods which shall master all forms of wolves, serpents and those beasts which prey upon

THE HOLY BIBLE KING JAMES VERSION

be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. 11:10 for every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. 11:11 if a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if [he ask] a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? 11:12 or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? 11:13 if ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall [your] heavenly father give the holy spirit to them that ask him? 11:14 and he was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. and it came to pass, when the devil was gone out, the dumb spake; and the people wondered. 11:15 but some of them said, he casteth out devils through beelzebub the chief o

given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. 9:4 and it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of god in their foreheads. 9:5 and to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment [was] as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man. 9:6 and in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them. 9:7 and the shapes of the locusts [were] like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads [were] as it were crowns like gold, and their faces [were] as the faces of men. 9:8 and they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth wer

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

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

he human division. air is traditionally the ele- ment of the intellect and therefore of humanity. of the four higher beasts, two signs are fire and two are earth--opposite elements. au three water signs appear among the lower creatures because water is the element of crawling and hidden things. the symbol of the crab is its claw, which is grasping and enclosing, and thus female; the symbol of the scorpion is its sting, which is thrusting and therefore male. the male and female aspects of the lower creatures are reconciled in the two fish, which are outwardly androgynous, and double to indicate the two sexes com- bined. notice that the fish also face opposite directions. this sign of the zodiac is often called the fishes, indicating two different species of fish. there is a curious and stri

the two sexes com- bined. notice that the fish also face opposite directions. this sign of the zodiac is often called the fishes, indicating two different species of fish. there is a curious and striking balance to be observed in this division of ani- mal life. the lowest level is presented as a trine-the fish, wholly water creatures; the crab, which lives both in the sea and on the land; and the scorpion, wholly a land dweller. the middle level is given as a quaternary-two domesticated beasts, the goat and the bull (earth; and two wild beasts, the lion and the ram (fire. the highest level presents the five kinds of human occupation. the water- bearer is a laborer. the virgin is a priestess of the mysteries. the lady of the scales represents law and social order. the archer stands for warf

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r angels released from under euphrates are said to be those of serpents. there is a common folk myth that snakes sting with their tails, but in fact the tails of all snakes are quite harmless. the image is complicated by the additional information that these serpent tails of the horses have heads on them with which they could bite. it may be that the serpent tails on the horses were confused with scorpion tails by st. john, who then had to make them deadly by placing heads on the tails, so they could bite, since serpent tails cannot sting like scorpion tails. it is possible that this head-tail confusion is expressed in the key with the phrase'?leads of scorpions" the thunders that "5678 times in the 24th part of a moment roar with a hundred mighty earthquakes and a thousand times as many s

WALLIS BUDGE E A LEGENDS OF THE EGYPTIAN GODS

ts which are printed on p. 142 ff, and may be thus summarized- the first spell is an incantation directed against reptiles and noxious creatures in general. the chief of these was apep, the great enemy of ra, who took the form of a huge serpent that "resembled the intestines" and the spell doomed him to decapitation, and burning and backing in pieces. these things would be effected by serqet, the scorpion-goddess. the second part of the spell was directed against the poison of apep, and was to be recited over anyone who was bitten by a snake. when uttered by horus it made apep to vomit, and when used by a magician properly qualified would make the bitten person to vomit, and so free his body from the poison. the next spell is directed to be said to the cat, i.e, a symbol of the daughter of

ears of neb-er-tcher, the mouth of tem, the neck of neheb-ka, the breast of thoth, the heart of ra, the hands of the gods, the belly of osiris, the thighs of menthu, the legs of khensu, the feet of amen-horus, the haunches of horus, the soles of the feet of ra, and the bowels of meh-urit. every member of the cat contained a god or goddess, and she was able to destroy the poison of any serpent, or scorpion, or reptile, which might be injected into her body. the spell opens with an address to ra, who is entreated to come to his daughter, who has been stung by a scorpion on a lonely road, and to cause the poison to leave her body. thus it seems as if isis, the great magician, was at some time stung by a scorpion. the next section is very difficult to understand. ra-harmakhis is called upon to

me from the bank of netit. the allusion here is to the cries which isis uttered when she arrived at netit near abydos, and found lying there the dead body of her husband. at this point on the stele the spells are interrupted by a long narrative put into the mouth of isis, which supplies us with some account of the troubles that she suffered, and describes the death of horus through the sting of a scorpion. isis, it seems, was shut up in some dwelling by set after he murdered osiris, probably with the intention of forcing her to marry him, and so assist him to legalize his seizure of the kingdom. isis, as we have already seen, had been made pregnant by her husband after his death, and thoth now appeared to her, and advised her to hide herself with her unborn child, and to bring him forth in

the kingdom. isis, as we have already seen, had been made pregnant by her husband after his death, and thoth now appeared to her, and advised her to hide herself with her unborn child, and to bring him forth in secret, and he promised her that her son should succeed in due course to his father's throne. with the help of thoth she escaped from her captivity, and went forth accompanied by the seven scorpion-goddesses, who brought her to the town of per-sui, on the edge of the reed swamps. she applied to a woman for a night's shelter, but the woman shut her door in her face. to punish her one of the scorpion-goddesses forced her way into the woman's house, and stung her child to death. the grief of the woman was so bitter and sympathycompelling that isis laid her hands on the child, and, havi

ge of the reed swamps. she applied to a woman for a night's shelter, but the woman shut her door in her face. to punish her one of the scorpion-goddesses forced her way into the woman's house, and stung her child to death. the grief of the woman was so bitter and sympathycompelling that isis laid her hands on the child, and, having uttered one of her most potent spells over him, the poison of the scorpion ran out of his body, and the child came to life again. the words of the spell are cut on the stele, and they were treasured by the egyptians as an infallible remedy for scorpion stings. when the woman saw that her son had been brought back to life by isis, she was filled with joy and gratitude, and, as a mark of her repentance, she brought large quantities of things from her house as gift

nd gratitude, and, as a mark of her repentance, she brought large quantities of things from her house as gifts for isis, and they were so many that they filled the house of the kind, but poor, woman who had given isis shelter. now soon after isis had restored to life the son of the woman who had shown churlishness to her, a terrible calamity fell upon her, for her beloved son horus was stung by a scorpion and died. the news of this event was conveyed to her by the gods, who cried out to her to come to see her son horus, whom the terrible scorpion uhat had killed. isis, stabbed with pain at the news, as if a knife had been driven into her body, ran out distraught with grief. it seems that she had gone to perform a religious ceremony in honour of osiris in a temple near hetep-hemt, leaving h

he gods, who cried out to her to come to see her son horus, whom the terrible scorpion uhat had killed. isis, stabbed with pain at the news, as if a knife had been driven into her body, ran out distraught with grief. it seems that she had gone to perform a religious ceremony in honour of osiris in a temple near hetep-hemt, leaving her child carefully concealed in sekhet-an. during her absence the scorpion uhat, which had been sent by set, forced its way into the biding-place of horus, and there stung him to death. when isis came and found the dead body, she burst forth in lamentations, the sound of which brought all the people from the neighbouring districts to her side. as she related to them the history of her sufferings they endeavoured to console her, and when they found this to be imp

harm could possibly have happened to horus, for he was under the protection of the boat of ra; but his words failed to comfort isis, and though she acknowledged the greatness of his designs, she complained that they savoured of delay "what is the good" she asks "of all thy spells, and incantations, and magical formulae, and the great command of maa-kheru, if horus is to perish by the poison of a scorpion, and to lie here in the arms of death? evil, evil is his destiny, for it hath entailed the deepest misery for him and death" in answer to these words thoth, turning to isis and nephthys, bade them to fear not, and to have no anxiety about horus "for" said he "i have come from heaven to heal the child for his mother" he then pointed out that horus was under protection as the dweller in his

mother" he then pointed out that horus was under protection as the dweller in his disk (aten, the great dwarf, the mighty ram, the great hawk, the holy beetle, the hidden body, the divine bennu, etc, and proceeded to utter the great spell which restored horus to life. by his words of power thoth transferred the fluid of life of ra, and as soon as this came upon the child's body the poison of the scorpion flowed out of him, and he once more breathed and lived. when this was done thoth returned to the boat of ra, the gods who formed its crew resumed their rowing, and the disk passed on its way to make its daily journey across the sky. the gods in heaven, who were amazed and uttered cries of terror when they heard of the death of horus, were made happy once more, and sang songs of joy over h

and the overseers of the temple shall be [cut] thereon. whosoever shall spit upon that which is on it shall be admonished by the rope. and the overseers of the priests, and every overseer of the people of the house of the god, shall ensure the perpetuation of my name in the house of the god khnemu-ra, the lord of abu (elephantine, for ever" the legend of the death of horus through the sting of a scorpion and of his resurrection through thoth, and other magical texts. i--incantations against reptiles and noxious creatures in general. get thee back, apep, thou enemy of ra, thou winding serpent in the form of an intestine, without arms [and] without legs. thy body cannot stand upright so that thou mayest have therein being, long is thy[fn#199] tail in front of thy den, thou enemy; retreat be

ng, long is thy[fn#199] tail in front of thy den, thou enemy; retreat before ra. thy head shall be cut off, and the slaughter of thee shall be carried out. thou shalt not lift up thy face, for his (i.e, ra's) flame is in thy accursed soul. the odour which is in his chamber of slaughter is in thy members, and thy form shall be overthrown by the slaughtering knife of the great god. the spell of the scorpion-goddess serq driveth back thy might. stand still, stand still, and retreat through her spell [fn#199] literally "his" be vomited, o poison, i adjure thee to come forth on the earth. horus uttereth a spell over thee, horus hacketh thee in pieces, he spitteth upon thee; thou shalt not rise up towards heaven, but shalt totter downwards, o feeble one, without strength, cowardly, unable to fig

biu fiends which bite. all men when they see ra praise the son of osiris. get thee back, worm, and draw out thy poison which is in all the members of him that is under the knife. verily the might of the word of power of horus is against thee. vomit thou, o enemy, get thee back, o poison. 9. the chapter of casting a spell on the cat. recite [the following formula "hail, ra, come to thy daughter! a scorpion hath stung her on a lonely road. her cry hath penetrated the heights of heaven, and is heard along the paths. the poison hath entered into her body, and circulateth through her flesh. she hath set her mouth against it;[fn#200] verily the poison is in her members [fn#200] i.e, she hath directed her words against it "come then with thy strength, with thy fierce attack, and with thy red powe

urt, who shall overthrow and cut in pieces the poison which is in thy belly and in all the members in thee, and in [all] the members of the gods in heaven, and in [all] the members of the gods on earth, and shall overthrow every poison in thee. there is no member in thee without the goddess who shall overthrow and cut in pieces the poison of every male serpent, and every female serpent, and every scorpion, and every reptile, which may be in any member of this cat which is under the knife. verily isis weaveth and nephthys spinneth against the poison. this woven garment strengtheneth this [being, i.e, horus, who is perfect in words of power, through the speech of ra heru-khuti, the great god, president of the south and north 'o evil poison which is in any member of this cat which is under th

ace where the people lived[fn#211] i came to the houses wherein dwelt the wives [and] husbands. and a certain woman of quality spied me as i was journeying along the road, and she shut her doors on me. now she was sick at heart by reason of those [scorpions] which were with me. then [the seven scorpions] took counsel concerning her, and they all at one time shot out their venom on the tail of the scorpion tefen; as for me, the woman taha[fn#212] opened her door, and i entered into the house of the miserable lady [fn#211] in egyptian teb, which may be the tebut in the metelite nome [fn#212] taha may be the name of a woman, or goddess, or the word may mean a "dweller in the swamps" as golenischeff thinks. then the scorpion tefen entered in under the leaves of the door and smote (i.e, stung)

noble lady "come to me. come to me. verily my mouth) possesseth life. i am a daughter [well] known in her town [and i] can destroy the demon of death by the spell (or, utterance) which my father taught me to know. i am his daughter, the beloved [offspring] of his body" then isis placed her two hands on the child in order to make to live him whose throat was stopped [and she said "o poison of the scorpion tefent, come forth and appear on the ground! thou shalt neither enter nor penetrate [further into the body of the child. o poison of the scorpion befent, come forth and appear on the ground! i am isis, the goddess, the lady (or, mistress) of words of power, and i am the maker of words of power (i.e, spells, and i know how to utter words with magical effect.[fn#214] hearken ye unto me, o e

dy of the child. o poison of the scorpion befent, come forth and appear on the ground! i am isis, the goddess, the lady (or, mistress) of words of power, and i am the maker of words of power (i.e, spells, and i know how to utter words with magical effect.[fn#214] hearken ye unto me, o every reptile which possesseth the power to bite (i.e, to sting, and fall headlong to the ground! o poison of the scorpion mestet, make no advance [into his body. o poison of the scorpion mestetef, rise not up [in his body. o poison of the scorpions petet and thetet, penetrate not [into his body [o poison of] the scorpion maatet (or, martet, fall down on the ground [fn#214] by uttering spells isis restored life to her husband osiris for a season, and so became with child by him. she made a magical figure of a

case likewise. lo, a bread-cake [made] of barley meal shall drive out (or, destroy) the poison, and natron shall make it to withdraw, and the fire [made] of hetchet-plant shall drive out (or, destroy) fever-heat from the limbs "o isis, o isis, come thou to thy horus, o thou woman of the wise mouth! come to thy son--thus cried the gods who dwelt in her quarter of the town-"for he is as one whom a scorpion hath stung, and like one whom the scorpion uhat, which the animal antesh drove away, hath wounded [then] isis ran out like one who had a knife [stuck] in her body, and she opened her arms wide [saying "behold me, behold me, my son horus, have no fear, have no fear, o son my glory! no evil thing of any kind whatsoever shall happen unto thee [for] there is in thee the essence (or, fluid) wh

in truth thy name shall be invoked this day. i am horus [of] shet[enu "o thou who art in the cavern,[fn#227] o thou who art in the cavern. o thou who art at the mouth of the cavern. o thou who art on the way, o thou who art on the way. o thou who art at the mouth of the way. he is urmer (mnevis) who approacheth every man and every beast. he is like the god sep who is in anu (heliopolis. he is the scorpion-[god] who is in the great house (het-ur. bite him not, for he is ra. sting him not, for he is thoth. shoot ye not your poison over him, for he is nefer-tem. o every male serpent, o every female serpent, o every antesh (scorpion) which bite with your mouths, and sting with your tails, bite ye him not with your mouths, and sting ye him not with your tails. get ye afar off from him, make ye

every female serpent, o every antesh (scorpion) which bite with your mouths, and sting with your tails, bite ye him not with your mouths, and sting ye him not with your tails. get ye afar off from him, make ye not your fire to be against him, for he is the son of osiris. vomit ye [say] four times "i am thoth, i have come from heaven to make protection of horus, and to drive away the poison of the scorpion which is in every member of horus. thy head is to thee, horus; it shall be stable under the urert crown. thine eye is to thee, horus [for] thou art horus, the son of keb, the lord of the two eyes, in the midst of the company [of the gods. thy nose is to thee, horus [for] thou art horus the elder, the son of ra, and thou shalt not inhale the fiery wind. thine arm is to thee, horus, great i

er osiris. ptah hath balanced for thee thy mouth on the day of thy birth. thy heart (or, breast) is to thee, horus, and the disk maketh thy protection. thine eye is to thee, horus; thy right eye is like shu, and thy left eye like tefnut, who are the children of ra. thy belly is to thee, horus, and the children are the gods who are therein, and they shall not receive the essence (or, fluid) of the scorpion. thy strength is to thee, horus, and the strength of set shall not exist against thee. thy phallus is to thee, horus, and thou art kamutef, the protector of his father, who maketh an answer for his children in the course of every day. thy thighs are to thee, horus, and thy strength shall slaughter the enemies of thy father. thy calves are to thee, horus; the god khnemu hath builded [them

protected, and conversely. another chapter like unto it "fear not, fear not, o bast, the strong of heart, at the head of the holy field, the mighty one among all the gods, nothing shall gain the mastery over thee. come thou outside, following my speech (or, mouth, o evil poison which is in all the members of the lion (or, cat) which is under the knife [the narrative of the stinging of horus by a scorpion is continued thus "i am isis, who conceived a child by her husband, and she became heavy with horus, the divine [child. i gave birth to horus, the son of osiris, in a nest of papyrus plants.[fn#229] i rejoiced exceedingly over this, because i saw [in him one] who would make answer for his father. i hid him, and i concealed him through fear of that [fiend.[fn#230] i went away to the city o

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dropsy, depending on diseases of the breast, the liver and the kidneys. there are three forms of coma, that is insensibility; due to brain injury, brain disease and brain poisoning. there are three modes of death, beginning either at the brain, the lungs or the heart. bichat, physiologie. one zodiacal sign, that of scorpio, has three emblems; the eagle in the highest symbolism, the snake, and the scorpion in evil aspects only. astrologic natal figures are often erroneous by reason of the alleged moment of birth being incorrect. there are three modes of rectification, two are ancient, the animodar of ptolemy and the trutine of hermes; and there is one modern method, the natal epoch of w. r. old. numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott in both the old and t

of the jewish tabernacle was 5 or a multiple of 5. the hebrew letter h, heh, 5, was in occult kabalah always deemed of female potency. there were 5 principal parts of solomon s temple. david blesses the lord 5 times in psalms ciii, civ. the talmud says that there are 5 little things which are a terror to 5 strong things; the mosquito to the lion; the gnat to the elephant; the ichneumon fly to the scorpion; the flycatcher bird to the eagle and the stickleback to the leviathan. lewisohn, zoology of the talmud. 64. five things have in them a one-sixtieth part of 5 other things; fire is one-sixtieth of hell; honey one-sixtieth of manna; the sabbath one-sixtieth of the sabbath hereafter; sleep of death; and a dream one-sixtieth of prophecy. talmud, berachoth, 57.2. even on the sabbath you may k

leback to the leviathan. lewisohn, zoology of the talmud. 64. five things have in them a one-sixtieth part of 5 other things; fire is one-sixtieth of hell; honey one-sixtieth of manna; the sabbath one-sixtieth of the sabbath hereafter; sleep of death; and a dream one-sixtieth of prophecy. talmud, berachoth, 57.2. even on the sabbath you may kill 5 things the fly in egypt; the wasp in nineveh; the scorpion of hadabia; numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott the serpent of israel, and the mad dog anywhere. talmud, sabbat, 121. 2. in the first temple of solomon were 5 things, which were not in the second temple; the cherubic ark; the shekinah; the holy spirit, and the urim and thummim. talmud, yoma, 21. 2. rabies in the dog has 5 symptoms; its mouth gapes; i

g with aries; taleh, shur, thaumim, sartan, ariah, bethuleh, mazanaim, akrab, kesith, gedi, deli, and dagim. in arabic; al hamal, al thaur, al tauman, al sartan, al asad, sunbul, al zubena, al akrab, al kaus, al gedi, debi and al haut. in chinese, pe yaugh, the sheep; kin nieu, golden bull; shang huing, two brothers; kin hiai, crab; sin, lion; sha niu, the house girl; tien tchingh, the claws of a scorpion; tien kie, the scorpion; gun ma, the man horse; mu thien, the hill sheep; pao pingh, precious vase; and shang yu, two fishes. numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott the old sanskrit hindu names used by astrologers at the present time are; mesha, rishaba, mithuna, katakam, simha, kanya, tulam, vrishchika, dhanus, makaram, kumbha and minam. the 12 simple

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ement. the symbol of the averse pentagram, being downward pointing to indicate the union of the fallen angels with humanity to create divinity. in the sethian witchcraft current the sorcerer becomes as set him/herself, thus in the circle the first of witchblood unto the path. upon the hour of nooninvocation of the djinn of fire ya! zat-i-shaitan! o ring of flame, scorching sun of the sun s height scorpion soul, who arises as the sun at noon sekak sekak, iasokilam i speak now unto the sun, from the fires of growth and illumination that in your pride and knowledge of self may i become as i summon your essence in this noontide hour, to the scorpion flame al-saiphaz, al-ruzam, at the point of the crossroads, when the sun is high i do speak thy words of power zazas, zazas, nasatanada zazas zroz

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mercurius whose mouth uttereth his father. and zain spelt fully is 67, the number of binah the all-mother. ayin is moreover the devil of lust, the goat of mendes, pan, baphomet; and spelt fully ayin is the erection and le aping and extension of the phallus; yod is the spermatoon, the solitary boy her mes, the virgin; while nun is the eagle of sexual ecstasy, the serpent of life through death, the scorpion or scarab of kephra, the womb which transmutes thro ugh corruption, the semen or fluid vehicle of the spirit, the elixir of magick, the blood, wine, and poison in the chalice. and yod repeating that god, and pr ophesying the vau that follows it, ends with daleth the letter of venus, the do or of the palace of love. then vau reproduceth itself in its spelling, as it is written``all is ever

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