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e hall is properly arranged at the opening, to guard the inner side of the portal, to admit the fraters and sorors, to watch over the path of the candidate, and to lead all mystical circumambulations. my lamp is a symbol of hidden knowledge and my wand is a symbol of directing power" hierophant "honored hegemon, your station and duties" hegemon "my station is between the two pillars of hermes and solomon. my face is toward the cubical altar of the universe. my duties are to watch over the gateway of hidden knowledge. for i am the reconciler between light and darkness. i immediately follow the kerux in the mystic circumambulations. i watch over the preparation of the candidate and assist in his reception, and i lead the candidate onto the path that conducts from darkness to light. the white

e syllables from mouth to ear. it is the title of the egyptian god of silence and should ever remind you of the strict silence you have sworn to maintain. the password is_ which will be periodically changed at each equinox so that a member who has resigned, demitted, or been expelled from the order may be in ignorance of the existing password. i now place you between the two pillars of hermes and solomon in the symbolic gateway of hidden wisdom (hiereus leads the neophyte forward and then takes back the sword and banner as the hegemon hands them to him) hiereus (stands northeast of the black pillar "let the final consecration take place (moves back to his position (stolistes and dadouchos, purify and consecrate all members with fire and water) stolistes "i purify thee with water" dadouchos

ter, and earth. the mystical words- khabs am pekht-are ancient egyptian and are the origin of the greek words- konx om pax- which was uttered at the eleusinian mysteries. a literal translation would be 'light rushing out in one ray, and they signify the same form of light as that symbolized by the staff of the kerux. east of the double cubical altar of created things are the pillars of hermes and solomon. they are the door posts of the gateways of hidden wisdom. like yin and yang, they are symbols of opposite twin powers. on these are painted certain hieroglyphics from the 17th and the 125th chapters of the book of the dead. they are the symbols of the two powers of day and night, love and hate, work and rest, the subtle force of the lodestone and the eternal out-pouring and in-pouring of

til the body is still and the mind quiet. keep this state for a few minutes at first- and for longer as you get more used to preventing the mind from wandering. think now of the subject for meditation in a general way- then choose one thought or image and follow that to its conclusion. the pillars lecture highlights the two pillars in the neophyte ritual are called the pillars of hermes, seth and solomon. in the ninth chapter of the ritual of the dead, they are called the pillars of shu, the pillars of the gods of the dawning light, and also the northern and southern columns of the gate of the hall of truth. ruach elohim formulates the ineffable name of god at creation. this is symbolized by the black and white cubical bases of the pillars. prayers and hymns in the egyptian book of the dea

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inside of the portal. i admit fraters and sorors of the order. i assist in the reception of the candidates. i attend to the lamp of my office. i lead the mystic circumambulation and make all announcements and reports. hiero: what do your lamp and wand symbolize? kerux: the light of occult science and directing power. hiero: honoured hegemon your station? heg: between the two pillars of hermes and solomon facing the cubicle altar of the universe, very honoured hierophant. hiero: your duty? heg: i preside over the symbolic gateway of occult science. i am to reconcile her between light and darkness. i immediately follow the kerux in the mystic circumambulations. i superintendent the preparation of the candidate; lead him through the path of darkness into light, and assist in his reception, an

les mouth to ear thus. it is the title of the egyptian god of silence and should ever remind you of the strict silence you have sworn to maintain. the password is (blank) which will be periodically changed at each equinox so that a member who has resigned, demitted, or been expelled from the order, may be in ignorance of the existing password. i now place you between the two pillars of hermes and solomon in the symbolical gateway of occult science. hiereus: draws candidate forward between the pillars. he receives sword and banner from hegemon, stands at the latter's left, all facing candidate. hiereus: let the final consecration of the candidate take place. kerux: goes to the north and faces east. stol: signs a cross on candidate's forehead, bows to hierophant and sprinkles east. stol: fra

fire, water, earth. the mystical words- khabs am pekht- are ancient egyptian and are the origin of the greek konx om pax- which was uttered at the eleusinian mysteries. a literal translation would be light rushing out in one ray and they signify the same form of light as that symbolized by the staff of the kerux. east of the double cubical altar of created things, art the pillars of hermes and of solomon. on these are painted certain hieroglyphics from the 17th and the 125th chapters of the book of the dead. they are the symbols of the two powers of day and night, love and hate, work and rest, the subtle force of the lodestone and the eternal out-pouring and in-pouring of the heart of god. the lamps that burn, though with a veiled light, upon their summits show that the pathway to hidden k

18276066 GRIMM JACOB TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY VOL 1

e other hand, writing and the alphabet were not invented by apollo, but by hermes. tlie egyptian priests placed hermes at the head of all inventions (lamblich. de myst. aegypt. 8, 1, and theuth or thoth is said to have first discovered letters (plato's phaedr. 1, 96, bekker, while, ace. to hygin. fab. 143, hermes learnt them by watching the flight of cranes. in tbe as. dialogue between saturn and solomon, we read (thorpe's anal, p. 100 'saga me, hwa aerost bocstafas sette 'ic the secge, mercurius se gyqcmd. another dialogue, entitled adrian and epictus (ms. brit. mus. arund. no. 351. fol. 39) asks 'quis primus fecit literas' and answers' seitli" which is either a corruption of theuth, or the scth of the bible. just so the eddie palnatals]?attr seems to ascribe the first teaching of runes t

the hammer^ as christians did with the sign of the cross, and a stroke of lightning was long regarded in the^ as zeus's lightning was by the curetes or cyclopes^ that in ancient statues of the thundergod the hammer had not been forgotten, seems to be proved by pretty late evidence, e.g. the statue of a dorper mentioned in connexion with the giants (ch. xviii, quotation from fergut. and in the as. solomon and saturn, thunor wields ajiery axe (ch. xxv, mus^ in the old germ, law, the throwing of a hammer ratifies the acquisition of property. thunar. 181 mid. ages as a happy initiatory omen to any undertaking. thorv with his hammer hallows dead bones, and makes them alive again, sn. 49 (see supph. but most important of all, as vouching for the wide extension of one and the same heathen faith

r, tandemque venit ad gladiura, quern depascens herbas bucula incaute calcaverat, elfossumque protinus ad attilam defert. quo ille munere gratulatus, ut erat magnanimus, arbitratur se totius mundi principem constitutum, et per martis gladiuvi potestatem sibi concessam esse liellorum. but the sword degenerated into an unlucky one, like some far-famed northern swords. lambert relates, that a queen, solomon of hungary's mother, made a present of it to otto, duke of bavaria, that from this otto's hands it came by way of loan to the younger dedi, margrave dedi's son, then to henry iv, and lastly to lupoid of mersburg, who, being thrown by his horse, and by the same sword transpierced, w^as buried at mertenefeld. it is a question whether these local names mersburg and mertenefeld can liave any r

, crowfoot, was in as. sdtorld(te saturni taedium as it were(-loathing, on. leisi, ohg. leidi^ i call to mind, that even the ancient franks spoke of saturnus (p. 88) as a heathen god, and of saturni dolium, though that may have referred to the mere planetary god (see suppl. the last name for the' sabbath' brings us to the on, laugar- 1 in the as. are preserved various dialogues between saturn and solomon, similar to those between solomon and marculf in continental germany, but more anticiue and, apart from their cliristian setting or dressing up, not unlike the questions and discourses carried on in the edda between oi^'inn and vafl'rusnir, between vingj'orr and alviss, between har and gangleri. here also the name saturn seems to make for my point, and to designate a god of teutonic pagani

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h he has symbolically entered this grade from the grade of theoricus. heg: leads theoricus to s.w. corner of temple (done) heg: leads theoricus s.w. then forward to hiereus. hiereus: by what symbol dost thou enter herein? heg: by the peculiar emblem of the stolistes, which is the cup of water. hiereus: the cup of the stolistes partakes in part of the symbolism of the laver of moses and the sea of solomon. on the tree of life it embraces nine of the sephiroth, exclusive of kether. yesod and malkuth form the triangle below, the former the apex the latter the base. like the caduceus it further represents the 3 elements of water, air and fire. the crescent is the water which is above the firmament; the circle is the firmament and the triangle the consuming fire below, which is opposed to the c

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th. heg: this tablet represents the formation of the hexagram of tiphareth from the pillars on each side. in chesed is the water and in geburah is the fire, and in tiphareth is the uniting and reconciliation of both triangles in the hexagram, as aleph forms the reconciliation between mem and shin so thus stands the reconciling pillar between the pillars of fire and of cloud; the yakin and boat of solomon's temple. heg: leads practicus to tablet in north. heg: the mode of using the talismanic forms drawn from the geomantic figures, is to take those formed by the figures under the planet required and place them at the opposite ends of a wheel of 8 radii as shown. a versicle suitable to the matter is then written within the double circle. hiero: i have much pleasure in now conferring upon you

operly speaking, a sephira. on this tablet (indicating it) is shown the arrangement of the sephiroth in the four worlds, each sephira with its own 10 sephiroth inscribed inside, so that the total number is 400, the number of tau the last letter of the alphabet. hiereus: resumes his place. heg: leads practicus to tablet in south. heg: this is the symbolism of the altar of burnt offering which king solomon built. it was formed of a four-fold cube, 20 cubits square and 10 feet high, 10 are the principal parts which you here see classified above, as under the sephiroth, and forming thus the triangle of fire above it. heg: leads practicus to tablet in north. heg: this is the symbolism of the brazen sea, which king solomon made. it was 10 cubits diameter answering to the sephiroth; the height wa

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGICK SPELLS

iculture and engineering and he established a golden age of peace and plenty. saturn hours are especially good for bringing patience and for dealing with long-terms obstacles and difficulties. element: earth colour: black/grey crystals: haematite, jet, lodestone, obsidian, smoky quartz incenses: aconite, cypress, patchouli trees: blackthorn, yew herbs and oils: aspen, bistort, comfrey, horsetail, solomon's seal metal: lead or pewter saturn rules capricorn, 22 december-20 january, and is co-ruler of aquarius, 21 january-18 february. these sun periods are most potent for saturn spells and for those born under these signs at all times. magical hours the hours of the day are also influenced by the planets. to choose the best time for a spell, you should consult first pages 227-32 on the planet

heir experience to new fields; the resolution of chronic health problems and all water magick. associations candle colours: blue for the autumn rain and green for the earth mother symbols: ripe fruit and vegetables, autumn leaves, berries and nuts crystals: blue lace agate, aventurine, malachite, laboradite flowers, herbs, oils and incenses: chrysanthemum, geranium, lemon, parsley, pine, sage and solomon's seal a falling leaf ritual this ritual of the autumn equinox may be performed to shed fears and regrets and welcome the coming of winter. anyone who has seen a profusion of swirling brilliant red, yellow, orange and vibrant brown leaves will understand that this is a time of great energy as the light battles but finally submits to the darker days. as the winds blew at the spring equinox

ABRAMELIN1

le at the commencement of each of the three books. on the fly-leaf of the original ms. is the following note in the handwriting of the end of the eighteenth century: this volume contains 3 books, of which here is the first. the abraham and the lamech, of whom there is here made question, were jews of the fifteenth century, and it is well known that the jews of that period possessing the cabala of solomon passed for being the best sorcerers and astrologers. then follows in another and recent hand: 1 probably the same as gio peccatrix the magician, the author of many manuscripts on magic. 2 since writing the above, i have heard casually that a copy of at least part, or perhaps of the whole, is said to exist in holland. introduction iii volume composed of three parts 1st part 102 pages. 2nd 1

e number of errors in the sigils, pentacles, and hebrew or chaldee names, which have arisen from ignorant transcription and reproduction; this being carried to such an extent that in some cases the use of the distorted formulas given would actually have the effect of producing the very opposite result to that expected from them (i have commented at length on this subject in my notes to the key of solomon, published by me a few years ago) wherefore abraham the jew it appears to me, in his anxiety to save his son from dangerous errors in magical working, has preferred to endeavour to fill him with contempt for any other systems and methods of operation than the one here laid down. for also besides the unintentional perversions of magical symbols i have above mentioned, there was further the

s of divine names and seals, so as to attract the evil spirits and repel the good. for the third book of this work is crowded with qabalistic squares of letters, which are simply so many pentacles, and in which the names employed are the very factors which make them of value. among them we find a form of the celebrated sator, arepo, tenet, opera, rotas, which is one of the pentacles in the key of solomon. abraham's formula is slightly different: and is to be used for obtaining the love of a maiden. the pentacle in my key of solomon the king is classed under saturn, while the above is applied to the nature of venus. i give the hebrew form (see appendix a, table of hebrew and chaldee letters) of equivalents: introduction xii or in latin letters: in the key of solomon it is (as being a pentac

s end. in the hebrew, this versicle consists of exactly twenty five letters, the number of the letters of the square. it will be at once noticed that both this form and that given by abraham the jew are perfect examples of double acrostics, that is, that they read in every direction, whether horizontal or perpendicular, whether backwards or forwards. but the form given as a pentacle in the key of solomon the king is there said to be of value in adversity, and for repressing the pride of the spirits. this example therefore shows clearly that it is not so much the use of symbolic pentacles that abraham is opposed to, as their ignorant perversions and inappropriate use. it is also to be observed, that while many of the symbolic squares of letters of the third book present the nature of the do

magical effects which faust is said to have produced; who, by the way, as i have before remarked, was in all probability contemporary with abraham the jew. introduction xvi but the mode of their production as given in this work is not the black magic of pact and devil-worship, against which our author so constantly inveighs, but instead a system of qabalistic magic, similar to that of the key of solomon the king and the clavicles of rabbi solomon, though differing in the circumstance of the prior invocation of the guardian angel once for all, while in the works i have just mentioned the angels are invoked in each evocation by means of the magical circle. such works as these, then, and their like, it could not be the intention of abraham to decry, seeing that like his system they are found

ental divination called the mendal, to which i have previously referred. introduction xxi (appendix c) examples of other methods of angelic evocation. for the benefit of the occult student i here give two other systems of angelic evocation. the first is taken from that part of the book called barrett s magus (1801, which is entitled the key to ceremonial magic. the second is copied from my key of solomon the king. from the perfection and key of. ceremonial magic; being the second part of the second book of the magus or celestial intelligencer 6 by francis barrett, f.r.c. the good spirits may be invocated of us, or by us, divers ways, and they in sundry shapes and manners offer themselves to us, for they openly speak to those that watch, and do offer themselves to our sight, or do inform us

ABRAMELIN2

mage book ii translated by s.l. mac gregor mathers the sacred magic of abramelin the mage book ii this adobe acrobat edition contains the complete and unaltered text of the corresponding sections in the second (1900) edition published by john m. watkins, london. prepared and typeset by benjamin rowe, december 16, 1998. 41 the second book of the holy magic, which god gave unto moses, aaron, david, solomon, and other saints, patriarchs and prophets; which teacheth the true divine wisdom. bequeathed by abraham unto lamech his son. translated from the hebrew. 1458. the sacred magic 42 the second book of the sacred magic. prologue. he wisdom of the lord is an inexhaustible fountain, neither hath there ever been a man born who could penetrate its veritable origin and foundation. the sages and ho

to have the fear of god, and to study justice, because infallibly unto you shall be opened the gate of the true wisdom which god gave unto noah and unto his descendants japhet, abraham, and ishmael; and it was his wisdom that delivered lot from the burning of sodom. moses learned the same wisdom in the desert, from the burning bush, and he taught it unto aaron his brother. joseph, samuel, david, solomon, elijah, and the apostles, and saint john particularly (from whom we hold a most excellent book of prophecy2) possessed it. let every one then know that this, this which i teach, is that same wisdom and magic, and which is in this same book, and independent of any other science, or wisdom, or magic, soever. it is, however, certainly true that these miraculous operations have much in common

ge 85 asmodee: usually written asmodeus, and sometimes chashmodai. derived by some from the hebrew word asamod, to destroy or exterminate; and by others from the persian verb azmonden= to tempt, to try or prove. some rabbins say that asmodeus was the child of the incest of tubal-cain and his sister naafrfah. others say that he was the demon of impurity. others again relate that he was employed by solomon in the building of the temple at jerusalem; that he then attempted to dethrone solomon, to put himself in his place; but that the king vanquished him and the angel gabriel chased him into egypt, and there bound him in a grotto. the rabbins say that when asmodeus was working at the building of the temple, he made use of no metal tool; but instead of a certain stone which cut ordinary stone

uring the three days on which you constrain the spirits you shall fast, for this is essential, so that when you are working you may find yourself freer and more tranquil both in body and mind (29) note that the fasts are to be understood as commencing always from the first nocturnal star, and not otherwise (30) keep as an indubitable precept never to give this operation unto a monarch,111 because solomon was the first who abused it; and if you should do the contrary, both you and your successors would alike lose the grace hereof. the sacred magic 92 with regard to this command, i myself having been sought by the emperor sigismond, gave him willingly the best familiar spirit which i had; but i steadily refused to give him the operation; and it should not be given unto emperors, kings, or ot

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. macgregor mathers this adobe acrobat edition contains the complete and unaltered text and illustrations of the corresponding sections in the second (1900) edition published by john m. watkins, london. prepared and typeset by benjamin rowe, april 27, 1999. text set in adobe garamond. illustrations set in book antiqua. 120 the third book of the holy magic, which god gave unto moses, aaron, david, solomon, and other saints, patriarchs and prophets; which teacheth the true divine wisdom. bequeathed by abraham unto lamech his son. translated from the hebrew. b e f i. the sacred magick 121 the third book of the sacred magic (the prologue) e who shall have faithfully observed that which hath been taught unto him, and shall have with a good will obeyed the commandments of god, let him, i say, be

shed herein to leave us our free will, but woe unto him who shall abuse his divine grace. yet i say not but that if an enemy should attempt thy life, that it is permissible unto thee if necessary to destroy him; but in any other case lay not thine hand unto the sword, but use gentler methods. be kind and affable unto every one. one may also serve a friend without harm unto oneself. david and king solomon could have destroyed their enemies in an instant, but they did not so; in imitation of god himself who chastiseth not unless he is outraged. if thou shalt perfectly observe these rules, all the following symbols and an infinitude of others will be granted unto thee by thy holy guardian angel; thou thus living for the honour and glory of the true and only god, for thine own good, and that o

nd them react terribly against them; and that, if the preliminary period of six months preparation advocated by abra-melin be not observed, the symbols will be practically worthless in their hands; for, as will be observed, the names in the squares for the most part are simply the statement of the ends desired to be accomplished thereby. finally, i will quote the following passage from the key of solomon the king v accursed be he who taketh the name of god in vain! accursed be he who useth this knowledge unto an evil end. be he accursed in this world and in the world to come. amen. be he accursed in the name which he hath blasphemed! of abramelin the mage 208 essential remarks upon the foregoing symbols. it is certain that among all the symbols which i have hereinbefore written down there

ALEISTER CROWLEY ABSINTHE THE GREEN GODDESS

xir, the masterpiece of an old alchemist, no common wine. and so, as i talk with the patron concerning the vanity of things, i perceive the secret of the heart of god himself; this, that everything, even the vilest thing, is so unutterably lovely that it is worthy of the devotion of a god for all eternity. what other excuse could he give man for making him? in substance, that is my answer to king solomon. ii. the barrier between divine and human things is frail but inviolable; the artist and the bourgeois are only divided by a point of view-"a hair divided the false and true" i am watching the opalescence of my absinthe, and it leads me to ponder upon a certain very curious mystery, persistent in legend. we may call it the mystery of the rainbow. originally in the fantastic but significant

ALEISTER CROWLEY AD MEIORUM CTHULHI GLORIAM

he formulae for evoking incredible things into visible appearance, beings and monsters which dwell in the abyss, and outer space, of the human psyche. such books have existed in fact, and do exist. idries shah tells us of a search he conducted for a copy of the book of power by the arab magician abdul-kadir (see: the secret lore of magic by shah, of which only one copy was ever found. the keys of solomon had a similar reputation, as did the magus by barret, until all of these works were eventually reprinted in the last fifteen years or so. the golden dawn, a famous british and american occult lodge of the turn of the century, was said to have possessed a manuscript called "the veils of negative existence" by another arab. these were the sorcerer's handbooks, and generally not meant as text

evious magicians had done, the spirits they had contacted, and the successes they had. the magicians who now read these works are expected to be able to select the wheat from the chaff, in much the same fashion as an alchemist discerning the deliberate errors in a treatise on his subject. therefore it was (and is) insanity for the tyro to pick up a work on ceremonial magick like the lesser key of solomon to practise conjurations. it would also be folly to pick up crowley's magick in theory and practise with the same intention. both books are definitely not for beginners, a point which cannot be made too often. unfortunately, perhaps, the dread necronomicon falls into this category. crowley's magick was a testimony of what he has found in his researches into the forbidden, and forgotten, lo

ALEISTER CROWLEY BOOK OF LIES

lights in uniting with the woman; the woman in parting from the child. the brothers of a'.a. are women: the aspirants to a'.a. are men. book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.com 15 [16] commentary( gamma) gimel is the high priestess of the tarot. this chapter gives the initiated feminine point of view; it is therefore called the oyster, a symbol of the yoni. in equinox x, the temple of solomon the king, it is explained how masters of the temple, or brothers of a'.a. have changed the formula of their progress. these two formulae, solve et coagula, are now explained, and the universe is exhibited as the interplay between these two. this also explains the statement in liber legis i, 28-30. note (4) they cause all men to worship it. book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.c

ok for free on: www.abika.com 29 [30] commentary( iota) there is no apparent connection between the number of this chapter and its subject. it does, however, refer to the key of the tarot called the hermit, which represents him as cloaked. jod is the concealed phallus as opposed to tau, the extended phallus. this chapter should be studied in the light of what is said in "aha" and in the temple of solomon the king about the reason. the universe is insane, the law of cause and effect is an illusion, or so it appears in the abyss, which is thus identified with consciousness, the many, and both; but within this is a secret unity which rejoices; this unit being far beyond any conception. book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.com 30 [31] 11 kappa-epsilon-phi-alpha-lambda-eta iota-alph

e desert; they come from the great sea, and to the great sea they go. as they go they spill water; one day they will irrigate the desert, till it flower. see! five footprints of a camel! v.v.v.v.v [94] commentary( mu-beta) book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.com 91 this number 42 is the great number of the curse. see liber 418, liber 500, and the essay on the qabalah in the temple of solomon the king. this number is said to be all hotch-potch and accursed. the chapter should be read most carefully in connection with the 10th aethyr. it is to that dramatic experience that it refers. the mind is called "wind, because of its nature; as has been frequently explained, the ideas and words are identical. in this free-flowing, centreless material arises an eddy; a spiral close-coiled

m "some talk there was of thee and me there seemed; and then no more of thee and me) the third person plural must be used, because he has now perceived himself to be a bundle of impressions. for this is the point on the path of gimel when book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.com 154 he is actually crossing the abyss; the student must consult the account of this given in "the temple of solomon the king. the ego is but "the ghost of a non-ego, the imaginary focus at which the non-ego becomes sensible. paragraph 5 expresses the wish of the guru that his chela may attain safely to binah, the mother. paragraph 6 whispers the ultimate and dread secret of initiation into his ear, identifying the vastness of the most holy with the obscene worm that gnaws the bowels of the damned. notes

ALEISTER CROWLEY LIBER 777

orks. 3 probably a reference to the golden dawn. after swearing a long and tortuously phrased oath of secrecy, the neophyte was issued a knowledge lecture which consisted of the names and symbols of the elements, planets and signs along with the hebrew alphabet and the names of the sephiroth in hebrew. 4 the lemegeton is a 17th-century compilation, probably english, of magical texts attributed to solomon. the first book, goetia, describes 72 evil spirits and gives instructions for evoking them (it derives variously from the key of solomon, the heptameron, the fourth book of pseudo-agrippa and the pseudomonarchia d monum of wier. in 777 cols. clv clxvi the spirits are referred to the decans by day and night. the second book, theurgia goetia, describes 27 principal spirits and a very large n

rcle and triangle of the goetia, possibly intended to be spoken while drawing these, along with a short and garbled conjuration containing some highly corrupt hebrew names, probably also connected with the goetia as it mentions the brazen vessel; and finally, a lengthy curse targetted at anyone who steals the book. the ars nova is sometimes confused with the ars notoria (notary art) attributed to solomon, which latter rather appears to be a medieval magical derivative of classical art of memory, based around the contemplation of images or not while repeating prayers. the ars notoria was condemned by aquinas (cited in yates, art of memory) and various renaissance writers such as erasmus and agrippa (in de vanitate &c; robert turner produced an english translation which was made less than us

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

ons by a right understanding of the inward and occult virtue of things; so that true agents being applied to proper patients, strange and admirable effects will thereby be produced. whence magicians are profound and diligent searchers into nature; they, because of their skill, know how to anticipate an effect, the which to the vulgar shall seem to be a miracle "the goetia of the lemegeton of king solomon "wherever sympathetic magic occurs in its pure unadulterated form, it is assumed that in nature one event follows another necessarily and invariably without the intervention of any spiritual or personal agency. thus its fundamental conception is identical with that of modern science; underlying the whole system is a faith, implicit but real and firm, in the order and uniformity of nature

e method of logical contradiction which ends in reason transcending itself. the reader should consult "the soldier and the hunchback" in equinox i, i, and konx om pax "unity" transcends "consciousness. it is above all division. the father of thought- the word- is called chaos- the dyad. the number three, the mother, is called babalon. in connection with this the reader should study "the temple of solomon the king" in equinox i, v, and liber 418. this first triad is essentially unity, in a manner transcending reason. the comprehension of this trinity is a matter of spiritual experience. all true gods are attributed to this trinity<christian trinity are of a nature suited only to initiates of the ix degree of o.t.o, as they enclose the final secret of all practical mag

n thoroughly the complete conception; for it cannot be too clearly understood that this is a "classification" of the universe, that there is nothing which is not comprehended therein. the article on the qabalah in vol. i, no. v of the equinox is the best which has been written on the subject. it should be deeply studied, in connection with the qabalistic diagrams in nos. ii and iii "the temple of solomon the king. such is a crude and elementary sketch of this system. the formula of tetragrammaton is the most important for the practical magician. here yod= 2, he= 3, vau= 4 to 9, he final= 10. the number two represents yod, the divine or archetypal world, and the number one is only attained by the destruction of the god and the magician in samadhi. the world of angels is under the numbers fo

er to speak in this place. so holy a mystery is the arcanum of the masters of the temple, that it is here hinted at in order to blind the presumptuous who may, unworthy, seek to lift the veil, and at the same time to lighten the darkness of such as may be requiring only one ray of the sun in order to spring into life and light. ii abrahadabra is a word to be studied in equinox i, v "the temple of solomon the king. it represents the great work complete, and it is therefore an archetype of all lesser magical operations. it is in a way too perfect to be applied in 42 advance to any of them. but an example of such an operation may be studied in equinox i, vii "the temple of solomon the king, where an invocation of horus on this formula is given in full. note the reverberation of the ideas one

dares to use it> it would therefore be impossible, even were it desirable, to analyse all such names. the general method of doing so has been 43 given, and the magician must himself work out his own formula for particular cases<holy qabalah (see liber d in equinox i, viii, supplement, and liber 777) affords the means of analysis and application required. see also equinox i, v "the temple of solomon the king> iv. it should also be remarked that every grade has its peculiar magical formula. thus, the formula of abrahadabra concerns us, as men, principally because each of us represents the pentagram or microcosm; and our equilibration must therefore be with the hexagram or macrocosm. in other words, 5 degree= 6square is the formula of the solar operation; but then 6 degree= 5square is t

with an elaborate rubric, translation, scholia, and instruction. weh addendum: this is the "preliminary invocation" placed in the "goetia" in the mathers transcription (not "translation) by crowley. this invocation is not a part of the original text, but comes to us from the greco-egyptian period of perhaps the 6th century. the goetia is itself a small portion of the "lemegeton" or "lesser key of solomon" this "preliminary evocation" is altered in liber samekh over that published in the "goetia> the conjurations given by dr. dee (vide equinox i, viii) are in a language called angelic, or enochian. its source has hitherto baffled research, but it is a language and not a jargon, for it possesses a structure of its own, and there are traces of grammar and syntax. however this may be, it "work

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new things" to you, the sting is in the tail- the practice that vitalizes it. doctrinal stuff is fine "lazily, lazily, drowsily, drowsily, in the noo-on-dye shaun" an ounce of your practice is worth a ton of my teaching. get that. it's all your hatred of hard work: magic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 34 "go to the ant thou sluggard! consider her ways and be" i am sure that solomon was too good a poet, and too experienced a guru, to tail off with the anticlimax "wise" 6. minerval. what is the matter? all you have to do is understand it: just a dramatization of the process of incarnation. better run through it with me: i'll make it clear, and you can make notes of your troubles and their solution for the use of future members. 7. the book of thoth. surely all terms no

of making words out of initials, like (in profane life) wren and gestapo and their horrid brood, or to temurah, the art of altering the position of the letters in a word, a sort of cipher; for these are almost always frivolous. to base any serious calculations on them would be absurd. love is the law, love under will. fraternally, 666 p.s. you should study the equinox vol. i, no. 5 "the temple of solomon the king" for a more elaborate exposition of the qabalah. chapter v the universe. the 0= 2 equation cara soror, do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law. yes, i admit everything! it is all my fault. looking over my past writings, i do see that my only one-opointed attempt to set forth a sound ontology was my early fumbling letter brochure berashith18. since then, i seem to have kept

rituals of what frazer conveniently calls the asiatic god, as in the remnants of the ancient egyptian cult. the docmagic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 94 trine became abominably corrupted in committee, so to speak and the result was christianity, which may be regarded as a white ritual overlaid by a mountainous mass of black doctrine, like the baby of the mother that king solomon non-suited. we may define the doctrine of the white school in its purity in very simple terms. existence is pure joy. sorrow is caused by failure to perceive this fact; but this is not a misfortune. we have invented sorrow, which does not matter so much after all, in order to have the exuberant satisfaction of getting rid of it. existence is thus a sacrament. adepts of the white school reg

ows in the quiver of his lamen. as, then, you would expect, it is very little trouble to design. all that you need is to "make considerations' about your proposed operation, decide which planet, sign, element or sub-element or what not you need to accomplish your miracle. as you know, a very great many desirable objects can be attained by the use of the talismans in the greater and lesser keys of solomon the king; also in pietro di abano and the dubious fourth book of cornelius agrippa. you must on no account attempt to use the squares given in the book of the sacred magic of abramelin the mage until you have succeeded in the operation. more, unless you mean to perform it, and are prepared to go to any length to do so, you are a fool to have the book in your possession at all. those square

ka.com 329 52 elaborate and extensive that i shall never sufficiently regret that i never had an opportunity of completing it, but i should like to emphasize that the obtaining of a book like liber 418 is in itself so outstanding an achievement that it should serve as an encouragement to all magicians. in the case of many worlds, in particular that of abra melin, of the greater and lesser keys of solomon, of pietro di abano, of cornelius agrippa, while we have perfectly adequate information as to the methods we have very meagre examples of the results, especially so far as refers to the technical side of the work. i must conclude with a warning. so many of these branches of magick are so fascinating that any one of them is liable to take hold of the magician by the short hair and upset his

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of a. crowley; tannhauser, the sword of song, time, eleusis. 3 vols. 5. raja yoga, by swami vivekananda. 6. the shiva sanhita, or the hathayoga pradipika. 7. the tao teh "k"ing and the writings of "k"wang tze: s.b.e. xxxix, xl. 8. the spiritual guide, by miguel de molinos. 9. rituel et dogme de la haute magie, by eliphas levi, or its translation by a. e. waite. 10. the goetia of the lemegeton of solomon the king. these books should be well studied in any case in conjunction with the second part- magick- of this book iv. 45 study of these books will give a thorough grounding in the intellectual side of their system. after three months the student is examined in these books, and if his knowledge of them is found satisfactory, he may become a probationer, receiving liber lxi and the secret h

one. waugh! waugh! waugh! waugh! waugh! in the question of ethics it again becomes vital, for to many people it seems impossible to consider the merits of any act without dragging in a number of subjects which have no real connection with it. the bible has been mistranslated by perfectly competent scholars because they had to consider the current theology. the most glaring example is the "song of solomon" a typical piece of oriental eroticism. 96 but since to admit that it was this would never do for a canonical book, they had to pretend that it was symbolical. they tried to refine away the grossness of the expressions, but even their hardihood proved unequal to the task. this form of dishonesty reaches its climax in the expurgating of the classics "the bible is the word of god, written by

tnote: some writers have actually confused the lamen with the pantacle, usually through a misunderstanding of the nature of the latter. dr. dee's "sigillum dei amath" makes a fine pantacle, but it would be useless as a lamen, eliphas levi made several attempts to draw one or the other, he never seemed sure which. fortunately he knows better now. the lamens given in the lesser and greater keys of "solomon" are rather better, but we know of no perfect example. the design on the cover of "the star in the west" represents an early effort of fra. p> in this lamen the magician must place the secret keys of his power. the pentacle is merely the material to be worked upon, gathered together and harmonized but not yet in operation, the parts of the engine arranged for use, or even put together, but

s "see" equinox v and vii "aima" the great fertile mother nature "ama" the great mother not yet fertile "amoun" the god amen= zeus= jupiter, etc, etc "ankh" the symbol of "life" a form of the rosy cross "see" equinox iii "apophis" the serpent-god who slew osiris "see" equinox iii "babalon, our lady "see" equinox v, the vision and voice, 14th aethyr "babe of the abyss "see" equinox viii, temple of solomon "bhagavadgita" scared hymn of india, translated by sir edwin arnold in the "song celestial "binah" understanding, the 3rd "emanation" of the absolute "caduceus" the wand of mercury "see" equinox ii and iii "chela" pupil "chesed" mercy, the 4th "emanation" of the absolute "chokmah" wisdom, the 2nd "emanation" of the absolute "choronzon "see" equinox v, the vision and the voice, 10th aethyr

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ss, 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. 1:38-39) hm 46 a name of god yh

#mx 350 a sapphire (ex. 28:18) ryps ophir; a young mule; dust of the earth rp( the horn; head; to send out rays, shine nrq vacuum mqyr [conscious] intelligence lk# tooth n# and god saw that it was good bw+ yk myhl )ryw 351 man #n) ishim, flames: the angelic choir of malkuth; burnt or incense offering my) lifted)#n moses the initiator (cf. 346) h#wm hiram-abif (a cunning artificer at the temple of solomon in the legend) pyb) mryx 352 the exalted light hl(m rw) long of nose (i.e. merciful: a title of the supreme god (cf. 362) myp) kr) lightnings, flashings myqrb an approach nbrq 353 five h#mx the secret of hwhy is to his fearers (ps. 25:14) wy)ryl hwhy dws delight, joy hxm# 354 grew fat; anointed n#d a temporary remitting h+m# demons myd# 355 thought; idea hb#xm year; sleep hn# pharaoh (deri

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 the sinew of the thigh, the sciatic nerve (gn. 32:32) h#nh dyg seven h(b# 378 in peace mwl#b gpruna ignita h: gshining metal h (electrum- either gold/silver alloy or amber; burning coal lm#x a week; an oath (wb# 380 hwhy ynd) as) y (d h (n w (y h= n# k y n# k y difficulty, narrowness; egypt myrcm p

sels *mylk spice; drug; poison *ms 661 a lily; a rose (cf. 656) hn#w# a storehouse *ms) 662 the garland of god l)yrtk) 663 stones of marble (see zohar, pt. i. fol. 34. col. 134# ynb) songs twrymz prophets *my)bn 665 the womb mxrh tyb 666 the number of the beast. 1-36. 36 is the sum of the letters aleph to cheth (tyx= 418, hence 666 is an expansion of 418. the number of talents of gold received by solomon in one year (i kings 10:14) aleister crowley (rabbi battiscombe gunn fs transliteration) ylwrq ry+syl) ommo satan: the gevil triad h of satan-typhon, apophras, and besz. lit. gthe dimness of satan h, scil. gveil h) nts wmm( the name jesus hw#hy m# his secret place (ps. 18:11, his covering wrts your god *mkyhl) 667 the oil for lighting rw)ml nm# 668 a female merchant trxs the ears *mynz) to

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE OLD AND NEW COMMENTARIES TO LIBER AL

ion. it is necessary to say here that the` beast appears to be a definite individual; to wit, the man aleister crowley. but the scarlet woman is an officer replaceable as need arises. thus to this present date of writing, anno xvi, sun in sagittarius, there have been several holders of the title. 1. rose edith crowley nee kelly, my wife. put me in touch with aiwas; see equinox 1, 7 "the temple of solomon the king" failed as elsewhere is on record. 2. a doubtful case. mary d'este sturges nee dempsey. put me in touch with abuldiz; hence helped with book 4. failed from personal jealousies. 3. jeanne robert foster nee oliver. bore the "child" to whom this book refers later. failed from respectability. 4. roddie minor. brought me in touch with amalantrah. failed from indifference to the work. 5

hands upon the black earth& her lithe body arched for love, and her soft feet not hurting the little flowers: thou knowest! and the sign shall be my ecstasy, the consciousness of the continuity of existence, the omnipresence of my body" the old comment 26. the prophet demanding a sign of his mission, it is promised; a samadhi upon the infinite. this promise was later fulfilled- see "the temple of solomon the king, which proposes to deal with the matter in its due season (p.s. it did so, vide equinox i) the new comment in the mss, the last 5 words of this verse do not occur. the original reading is 'the unfragmentary non-atomic fact of my universality. this phrase was totally beyond the comprehension of the scribe, and he said mentally- with characteristic self-conceit "people will never be

scarlet concubine of his desire" al iii,15 "ye shall be sad thereof" the old comment 12-15. this, ill-understood at the time, is now too terribly clear. the 15th verse, apparently an impossible sequel, has justified itself. the new comment 12-15. this, read in connexion with verse 43, was then fulfilled may 1, 1906, o.s. the tragedy was also part of mine initiation, as described in the temple of solomon the king. it is yet so bitter that i care not to write of it. weh note: crowley lost his first child to illness. he blamed his wife for unhygienic practices. al iii,16 "deem not too eagerly to catch the promises; fear not to undergo the curses. ye, even ye, know not this meaning all" the old comment 16. courage and modesty of thought are necessary to the study of this book. alas! we know s

ions alien to love, assures it. just as a woman's body is deformed and diseased by the corset demanded by jaganath fashion, so is her soul by the compression of convention, which is a fashion as fitful, arbitrary, and senseless as that of the man-milliner, though they call him god, and his freakish fiat pass for everlasting law. the english bible sanctions the polygamy and concubinage of abraham, solomon and others, the incest of lot, the wholesale rape of captured virgins, as well as the promiscuity of the first christians, the prostitution of temple servants, men and women, the relations of johannes with his master, and the putting of wandering prophets to stud, as well as the celibacy of such people as paul. jehovah went so far as to slay onan because he balked at fertilizing his brothe

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE QABALAH

e' egyptian pronunciation is hotly disputed. i suggest either studying it yourself or taking consonants as in english and``ah' for a``eh' for e``ee' for i, and``oo' for u. for a critical analysis of this text that includes modern transliterations, see the holy books of thelema (york beach, me: weiser, 198 a 30 the animal soul cpn 10 xx 300 sh c 31 xxi 400 th t 32 t 32 bis c 31 bis 5 the temple of solomon the king (continued) great as were frater p. s accomplishments in the ancient sciences of the east, swiftly and securely as he had passed in a bare year the arduous road which so many fail to traverse in lifetime, satisfied as himself was in a sense with his own progress, it was not yet by these paths that he was destined to reach the sublime threshold of the mystic temple. for though it i

for so many years, must i not much more doubt my spiritual vision, my vision just open like a babe s, my vision untested by comparison and uncriticized by reason? 1 an archaic norweigian term, loosely shining ghost. crowley borrowed it from a bulwer-lytton novel (zanoni or a strange story, i cannot remember which) and used it to denote the astral body t.s. 2 the previous installment of temple of solomon the king, in equinox i (4) t.s. liber lviii 6 fortunately, there is one science that can aid us, a science that, properly understood by the initiated mind, is as absolute as mathematics, more self-supporting than philosophy, a science of the spirit itself, whose teacher is god, whose method is simple as the divine light, and subtle as the divine fire, whose results are limpid as the divine

ise account of the method of the qabalah is that by an unknown author,28 which mr aleister crowley has printed at the end of the first volume of his collected works, and which we here reprint in full. 26 reprinted heidelberg: georg olms, 1974; it may be found in academic libraries t.s. 27 figures mostly taken from golden dawn teachings or rituals which accompanied the instalments of the temple of solomon the king in equinox i (2-3. most can be found in regardie, golden dawn t.s. 28 almost certainly crowley t.s. liber lviii 16 qabalistic dogma the evolution of things is thus described by the qabalists. first is nothing, or the absence of things, ya, which does not mean and cannot mean negatively existing (if such an idea can be said to mean anything, as s. liddell macgregor mathers, who mis

between the sluggish, viscous 9, and the keen, ecstatic 11.53 210. pertains to part ii. see liber 418. 214. jwr, the air, the mind. 220. pertains to part ii. the number of verses in liber legis. 231. the sum of the first 22 numbers, 0 to 21; the sum of the key-numbers of the tarot cards; hence an extension of the idea of 22, q.v. 270. i.n.r.i. see 5= 6 ritual. 47 the installment of the temple of solomon the king in equinox i (3) contained an account of the g.d. adeptus minor ritual. see also regardie (ed, the golden dawn t.s. 48 al i. 24-25; 6 50= 0.12. 49 cf. gen vi. 3 t.s. 50 also if we use the same fudge that crowley used to get logos to 93, 120= l, lux (there are at least two other ways by which lvx can be equated with 120 but they are both hideous fudges) t.s. 51 also laqzjy, ezekiel

the reader to accompany us in imagination to the sovereign nursery of wisdom and initiation, to the holy land of the uraeus serpent, to the land of isis and osris, of the pyramids and the nile, even to khem, more magnificent in ruin than all other lands are in plenitude of their glory [editor s note: this article on the qabalah was originally published in equinox i (5) as part v of the temple of solomon the king serial. essentially it was a filler, written after j.f.c. fuller who had been doing the legwork of working up the series from crowley s diaries and notebooks broke with the beast. in equinox i (10) it was declared to be liber lviii in class b (since 58= j grace, a secret title of the qabalah) it was reprinted by israel regardie in the qabalah of aleister crowley (a.k.a. 777 and ot

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h, and only adolescence can cure us, we are only too liable, in the rush and energy of dawning manhood, to overturn roughly and rashly both these classics, to regard them both on the same level, as interesting documents from the standpoint of folk-lore and anthropology, and as nothing more. even when we learn that the bible, by a* this essay forms the introduction an edition of the goetia of king solomon a thousand and one nights, commonly called arabian nights. profound and minute study of the text, may be forced to yield up qabalistic arcana of cosmic scope and importance, we are too often slow to apply a similar restorative to the companion volume, even if we are the lucky holders of burton s veritable edition. to me, then, it remains to raise the alf laylah wa laylah into its proper pl

me of the spirit) the perfumes aid this through smell. usually the perfume will only tend to control a large area; but there is an attribution of perfumes to letters of the alphabet enabling one, by a qabalistic formula, to spell out the spirit s name. i need not enter into more particular discussion of these points; the intelligent reader can easily fill in what is lacking. if, then, i say, with solomon: the spirit cimieries teaches logic, what i mean is: those portions of my brain which subserve the logical faculty may be stimulated and developed by following out the process called the invocation of cimieries. and this is a purely materialistic rational statement; it is independent of any objective hierarchy at all. philosophy has nothing to say; and science can only suspend judgement, p

he logical faculty may be stimulated and developed by following out the process called the invocation of cimieries. and this is a purely materialistic rational statement; it is independent of any objective hierarchy at all. philosophy has nothing to say; and science can only suspend judgement, pending a proper and methodical investigation of the facts alleged. unfortunately, we cannot stop there. solomon promises us that we can (1) obtain information (2) destroy our enemies (3) understand the voices of nature (4) obtain treasure (5) heal diseases, etc. i have taken these five powers at random; considerations of space forbid me to explain all (1) brings up facts from sub-consciousness (2) here we come to an interestin fact. it is curious to note the contrast between the noble means and the

the ceremony is being constantly indicated. every fumigation, purification, banishing, invocation, evocation, is chiefly a reminder of the single purpose, until the supreme moment arrives, and every fibre of the body, every forcechannel of the mind, is strained out in one overwhelming rush of the will in the direction desired. such is the real purport of all the apparently fantastic directions of solomon, abramelin, and other sages of repute. when a man has evoked and mastered such forces as taphtartharath, belial, amaimon, and the great powers of the elements, then he may be safely be permitted to begin to try to stop thinking. for, needless to say, the universe, including the thinker, exists only by virtue of the thinker s thought.1 in yet one other way is magic a capital training ground

m a master of sixfold chamber, and an ardent sufferer toward the blazing star. for the sword, said the teacher, is but the star unfurled.2 and our father being cunning to place aleph over tau read this reverse, and so beheld eden, even now and in the flesh. whence he sojourned far, and came to a great emperor, by whom he was well received, and from whom he gat great gifts. and the emperor (who is solomon) told him of sheba s land and of one fairest of women there enthroned. so he journeyed thither, and for four years and seven months abode with her as paramour and light-of-love, for she was gracious to him and showed him those things that the emperor had hidden; even the cubical stone and the cross beneath the triangle that were his and unrevealed. and on the third day he left her and came

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ne. nectar perfume gently stealing, masterful and sweet and strong, cleanse the world with light of healing in the ancient house of wrong! free a million million mortals on the wheel of being tossed! open wide the mystic portals, and be altogether lomo. neuburg 95 at the fork of the roads 101 the magician 109 the soldier and the hunchback! and? by aleister crowley 113 the hermit 137 the temple of solomon the king (book i) 141 the herb dangerous (part i) a pharmaceutical study. by e. whineray, m.p.s. 233 "special supplement" john st. john- the record of the magical retirement of g. h. 17 frater o. m. i l l u s t r a t i o n s the silent watcher facing page 6 the four positions: the ibis, the god, the thunderbolt, the dragon" 29 the regimen of the seven" 89 blind force (supplement" 2 illustr

l prayer he gave a fatal opening to voltaire. our hermit had dispensed with sinai's thunder, but on the other hand he made no blunder; he knew (no doubt) that "any" axiom would furnish bricks to build some donkeydom. but- all who urged that hermit to confess caught the infection of his happiness. i would it were my fate to dree his weird; i think that i will grow an elfin beard. 138 the temple of solomon the king 139 to plead the organic causation of a religious state of mind, then, in refutation of its claim to possess superior spiritual value, is quite illogical and arbitrary, unless one have already worked out in advance some psycho-physical theory connecting spiritual values in general with determinate sorts of physiological change. otherwise none of our thoughts and feelings, not even

ice" these refer to the qabalistic tree of life. 18 binah: the third sephira, the understanding. she is the supernal mother, as distinguished from malkuth, the inferior mother (nun) is attributed to the understanding; its value is 50 "vide "the book of concealed mystery" sect. 40. i. the foundations of the temple. ii. the scaffolding of the temple. iii. the portal of the temple. iv. the temple of solomon the king. three methods of expression are used to enlighten and instruct the reader (a) pictorial symbols (b) metaphorically expressed word-pictures (c) scientifically expressed facts. the first method is found appended to each of the four books, balancing, so to speak, illuminism and science. the second method is found almost entirely in the first book and the various pictures are entitle

who stands before the veil of the inner court. the king, or he who stands before the veil of the abyss. the white watch-tower, or the awakened one. 161 the third method is found almost entirely in the second book. the third and fourth books of this essay consist of purely symbolic pictures. for the key of the portal the neophyte must discover for himself; and until he finds the key the temple of solomon the king must remain closed to him "vale" 162 19 nine pictures between darkness and light, or eleven in all. the union of the pentagram and the hexagram is to be noted; also the eleven-lettered name abrahadabra; 418; achad osher, or one and ten; the eleven averse sephiroth; and adonai. book i the foundations of the temple of solomon the king and the nine cunning craftsmen who laid them bet

of thine own understanding, then presently thou shalt be born again, and be placed in the manger of the moon in the stable of the sun. for, children! when ye halt at one thing, ye cease to open yourselves to all things. for to come to the all, ye must give up the all, and likewise possess the all. verily ye must destroy all things and out of no-thing found and build the temple of god as set up by solomon the king, which is 197 placed between time and space; the pillars thereof are eternity, and the walls infinity, and the floor immortality, and the roof- but ye shall know of this hereafter! spoil thyself if so thou readest thyself; but if it is written adorn thyself, then spare not the uttermost farthing, but deck thyself with all the jewels and gems of earth; and from a child playing with

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ceptable if stamps are enclosed" for the purpose" the equinox the official organ of the a. a. the review of scientific illuminism an. vii vol. i. no. v. sun in aries march mcmxi o.s "the method of science--the aim of religion" contents page editorial 1 liber hhh 5 the blind prophet. by aleister crowley 15 the training of the mind. by ananda metteya 28 the sabbath. by ethel ramsay 60 the temple of solomon the king 65 a nocturne. by victor b. neuburg 121 the vixen. by francis bendick 125 the pilgrim. by aleister crowley 130 my crapulous contemporaries, no. iv- wisdom while you waite. by aleister crowley 133 x-rays on ex-probationers. by perdurabo 142 the vampire. by ethel archer 143 the big stick 144 correspondence 158 "special supplement" liber ccccxviii (xxx aerum) 1 stop press reviews 177

nds; and thirdly, by advertising with us, or inducing others to do so* after the 21st of april 1911, copies of no. ii. of the equinox, of which only a few remain, will be sold at ten shillings, instead of five as hitherto. i should like to call attention to the immense amount of important material that awaits publication. there is the sepher sephiroth, referred to in this section of the temple of solomon the king; the complete writings of dr dee and sir edward kelly; a tremendous volume on the tarot; du potet's "magic unveiled" translated by john yarker, the venerable grand master general of the a. and p. rite of masonry; the key of the greater mysteries, by eliphas 1 levi, and many other important mss. all this has cost untold labour to me and my colleagues; but the difficulties of editin

extreme unction, saviour when the soul is spent! 63 come! hurry through the night, a trail of tortured flight! eagle and pelican become mere maid and man till the next sabbath- days each like leviathan! nay! lift the languid head! take of this wine and bread! the vision is withdrawn; the lake calls, and the lawn; our love shall walk abroad in the grey hours of dawn! ethel ramsay. 64 the temple of solomon the king a. a. publication in class b. imprimatur: n. fra a. a. chart approximated_ vi. mys- v iv. iii. ii. i. itc english of col.iv. the heavens english of col.ii hebrewnames key# of of assiah of numbers scale seph and letters_ nothing. hb:nun-final hb:yod hb:aleph 0 no limit. hb:peh-final hb:vau hb:samekh hb:nun-final hb:yod hb:aleph 0 limitless l.v.x. hb:resh hb:vau hb:aleph hb:peh-fina

e animal soul hb:shin hb:peh hb:nun 10 xxi 400 th hb:taw 32 400 hb:taw 32bis 300 hb:shin 31bis_ weh note: in the above, col xviii. head has been corrected and col. xvii, item 2 has been corrected- all typo's in original. note additionally that col. xviii, item 1 "the self" is not the separate self, but the universal self, not distinct in traditional qabalah from the single divinity. the temple of solomon the king (continued) great as were frater p.'s accomplishments in the ancient sciences of the east, swiftly and securely as he had passed in a bare year the arduous road which so many fail to traverse in a lifetime, satisfied as himself was_ in a sense_ with his own progress, it was yet not by these paths that he was destined to reach the sublime threshold of the mystic temple. for thought

be formed. thus every letter of the word brashith, berashith, the first word in genesis, is made the initial of a word, and we obtain brashith rah alhim shiqblv ishral thvrh, berashith rahi elohim sheyequebelo israel torah "in the beginning elohim saw that israel would accept the law" in this connection i may give six very interesting specimens of notariqon formed from this same word brashith by solomon meir ben moses, a jewish qabalist, who embraced the christian faith in 1665, and took the name of prosper rugere. these have all a christian tendency, 72 and by their means prosper converted another jew, who had previously been bitterly opposed 1 weh note: plagiarized entire from ginsburg's "the kabbalah. 2 weh note: better: his purported translation of three of the more obscure books of t

prosper converted another jew, who had previously been bitterly opposed 1 weh note: plagiarized entire from ginsburg's "the kabbalah. 2 weh note: better: his purported translation of three of the more obscure books of the zohar. 3 weh note: this observation led mathers to miss-identify a picture of moses as metatron in his edition (not translation, the mss were in english) of "the greater key of solomon" to christianity. the first is, bn rvch ab shlvshthm ichd thmim, ben, ruach, ab, shaloshethem yechad thaubodo "the son, the spirit, the father, ye shall equally worship their trinity" the third is bkvri rashvni ashr shmv ishvo thobvdv, bekori rashuni asher shamo yeshuah thaubodo "ye shall worship my first-born, my first, whose name is jesus" the fourth is, bbva rbn ashr shmv ishvo thobvdv

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ory unto the rose that is nuit the circumference of all, and glory unto the cross that is the heart of the rose! 31 therefore do i cry aloud, and my scream is the treble as the bellowing of the bull is the bass. peace in the highest and peace in the lowest and peace in the midst thereof! peace in the eight quarters, peace in the ten points of the pentagram! peace in the twelve rays of the seal of solomon, and peace in the four and thirty whirlings of the hammer of thor! behold! i blaze upon thee (the eagle is gone; it is only a flaming rosy cross of white brilliance) i catch thee up into rapture. falutli, falutli. o it dies, it dies. bou saada. 3 these are intended to show symbolically that the bull is the same as the eagle "november" 28, 1909. 9.30-10.15 a.m. the cry of the 22nd aethyr, w

me of mind worthy of it. transcendental magic: its doctrine and ritual. by eliphas l vi (a complete translation of "dogme et rituel de la haute magie, with a biographical preface by arthur e. waite, author of "devil worship in france" etc. etc. portrait of the author, and all the original engravings. 8vo, 406 pp, cloth, 1896. published 15s offered at 7s. 6p. the pillars of the temple, triangle of solomon, the tetragram, the pentagram, magical equilibrium, the fiery sword, realisation, imitation, the kabbalah, the magic chain, necromancy, transmutations, black magic, bewitchments, astrology, charms and philtres, the stone of the philosophers, the universal medicine, divination, the triangle of pantacles, the conjuration of the four, the blazing pentagram. medium and mediator, the septenary

le study of psychological phenomena in the region of the abnormal, and especially of subconscious mental states, from the medical standpoint_ illustration on center top third by horizontal: this is an equilateral triangle circumscribed in a white ring. the triangle is of wide and white bars. the field within ring and triangle is solid black. goetia vel clavicula salomonis regis (the lesser key of solomon the king) the best, simplest, most intelligible and most effective treatise extant on ceremonial magic careful and complete instruction; ample illustration; beautiful production. this books id very much easier both to understand and to operate than the so- called "greater" key of solomon_ only a few copies remain for sale "crown 8vo, scarlet buckram, pp. 64" less than 100 copies remain. th

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death he sees, and the life of nature whose name is sorrow, and the word that quickeneth these, and his own self and when he hath recognised these four in their true nature he passes to the altar once more and as the apex of a descending triangle is admitted to the lordship of the double kingdom. thus is he a member of the visible triad that is crossed with the invisible behold the hexagram of solomon the king! all this the hiereus seals with a knock and at the hegemon's new summons he to his surprise finds himself as the hanged man of the tarot. each point of the figure thus formed they crown with light, until he glitters with the flame of the spirit. 38 thus and not otherwise is he made a partaker of the mysteries, and the lightning flash strikes him. the lord hath descended from he

m rather difficult to wake again. however, let me be vigilant now. 8.45. i have dressed and from 8.35-8.45 performed the ritual of the bornless one. though i performed it none too well (failing,"e.g. to make use of the geometric progression on the mahalingam formula in the ieou section [we cannot understand this passage. it presumably refers to the "preliminary invocation" in the "goetia" of king solomon, published s.p.r.t. boleskine foyers, n.b. 1904. ed] and not troubling even to formulate carefully the elemental hosts, or to marshal them about the circle) i yet, by the favour of iao, obtained a really good effect, losing all sense of personality and being exalted in the pillar. peace and ecstasy enfolded me. it is well. 8.50 but as i was ill last night, and as the morning has broken chi

excited by spiritual crises, catastrophes of the reason, triumphs of the intelligence. in these fields captain fuller is a master dramatist. mr. w. northam "robe maker and tailor" 9 henrietta st. covent garden, w.c. begs to inform those concerned that he has been entrusted by the a. a. with the manufacture of the necessary robes and other appurtenances of members of the society. the lesser key of solomon (goetia)"with full instructions and illustrations" price 1 1s. through the "equinox" only a few copies remain for st the equinox vol. i. no. ii 2nd part of three october 18, 1989 e.v. key entry and march 1, 1990 e.v. first proof reading against the 1st edition. done by bill heidrick, t.g. of o.t.o (further proof reading desirable) copyright (c) o.t.o. disk 2 of 3 this is the xywrite word

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, chaste, and sober. i solemnly sacrifice this first-fruit flower of wine for a vehicle of thy vice as i am thine to be mine. for five in the year gone by i pray thee give to me one; a love stronger than i, a moon to swallow the sun! 215 may he be like a lily-white goat crisp as a thicket of thorns, with a collar of gold for his throat, a scarlet bow for his horns! elaine carr (216) the temple of solomon the king book ii the scaffolding of the temple of solomon the king and the ten mighty supports which are set between the pillars of death and life. that which is below is like that which is above, and that which is above is like that which is below, for the performance of the miracles of the one substance "hermes" illustration on this page. in the background is an inverted solid black pent

ng sun into the western sea" and we find him now in the goetic kingdoms of sorcery, witchcraft, and infernal necromancy. the bats flit by us as we listen to his frenzied cries for light and knowledge "the spiritual guide" and "the cherubic wanderer" are set aside for "the arbatel" and "the seven mysterious orisons" a hurried turning of many pages, the burning of many candles, and then- the key of solomon for a time is put away, with the grimoires and the rituals, the talismans, and the virgin parchments; the ancient books of the qabalah lie open before him; a flash of brilliant fire, like a silver fish leaping from out the black waters of the sea into 236 the starlight, bewilders him and is gone; for he has opened "the book of concealed mystery" and has read "before there was equilibrium c

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ok of geomancy 137 the organ in king's chapel, cambridge, by g. h. s. pinsent 162 a note on genesis 163 the five adorations. by dost achiha khan 186 illusion d'amoureux. by francis bendick 187 the opium-smoker 191 postcards to probationers. by aleister crowley 196 the wild ass. by alys cusack 201 the sphinx at gizeh. by lord dunsany 205 the priestess of panormita. by elaine carr 209 the temple of solomon the king (book ii) 217 amongst the mermaids. by norman roe 335 ave adonai. by aleister crowley 351 the man-cover. by george raffalovich 353 stewed prunes and prism: the tennyson centenary. by a. quiller, jr. 393 illustration the signs of the grades "facing page" 12 editorial it is four hundred and seventy-seven years since the trouble in the monastery. there were assembled many holy men fr

xvi, xvii, xviii, xix, xxxiv, xxxv, xxxviii, 14 xxxix, xl, xli, xlii, xlv, liv, lv, lix, lx, lxi, lxiii, lxx, lxxv, lxxvii, lxviii, lxxix, lxxx, lxxxi, lxxxiii, xcvii, xcviii, xcix, c, ci, cxvii, cxviii, cxxxvii, cxxxviii, cxxxix, clxxv, clxxvi, clxxvii, clxxxii. when these are committed to memory, he will begin to understand the nature of these correspondences("see" illustrations "the temple of solomon the king" in this number. cross references are given) 2. if we take an example, the use of the table will become clear. let us suppose that you wish to obtain knowledge of some obscure science. in column xlv, line 12, you will find "knowledge of sciences" by now looking up line 12 in the other columns, you will find that the planet corresponding is mercury, its number eight, its lineal fig

aken up and a book of careful instruction compiled "see" liber o- ed> better still, have a skilled teacher. the experiment is an easy one; with two pupils only (of some dozens) i have failed, and that completely; with the others the first experiment was a success. we must include, too, in this section the forms appearing in answer to the rites of ceremonial magic. 61 (consult "goetia" the "key of solomon" eliphaz levi, cornelius agrippa, pietro di abano, barrett and others for instructions) these forms are more solid and real, much more dangerous, and are excessively difficult to obtain. i have known very few successful practitioners. all these forms and names are almost infinitely varied. the grosser visual and auditory phenomena of hashish belong to the group. it is not just to suppose t

b against thumb (an important but, as i hold, heterodox school of adepts employ the forefinger) keep very still; and ask your question "adam, adam, tell me true! shall i &c. if the bible turns in a dextro-rotary manner the answer is "yes; if in the opposite direction "no" this sublime method of tearing out the heart of destiny is evidently derived from a slightly more elaborate one in the "key of solomon (book i, chap. ix) for detecting theft, which is done with a sieve, and which i supposed (until "adam" advised me to the contrary) to represent the lowest debauchery in which the human intellect could wallow. the game is, however, much esteemed by charlatan clairvoyants; and i can well understand their indignation at finding that i do not recognise their proficiency in this game and that o

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magic circle. all circumambulate thrice. he then, standing at east and facing east, says: holy art thou, lord of the universe! holy art thou, whom nature hath not formed! holy art thou, the vast and the mighty one! lord of the light and of the darkness "chief magus of art" magus of the fires, i command you to perform at the four quarters of the universe the invocation of the forces of mercury by solomon's seal "magus of fire" mighty magus of art, all thy commands shall be obeyed, and all thy desires shall be accomplished [he does it.15 [the magus now advances to the centre of the circle, by the magical cauldron, wherein is the milk becoming heated, turns himself towards the fire of the spirit, and recites "the invocation to the higher" majesty of the godhead, wisdom-crowned thoth, lord of

ually mathers probably did not translate the work. he makes reference to an old french copy in the library of the arsenal in paris and claims to have translated that into english, adding copious notes on hebrew and greek names. in fact, there is an english and a hebrew version in the british museum, a place mathers frequented. mathers also claimed to have translated the greater and lesser keys of solomon, and the manuscripts he cites are in the british museum, in elizabethan english! power to operate and pursue the operation; and a sick man can neither be clean and pure, nor enjoy solitude; and in such a case it is better to cease."33 the true and best time of commencing this operation is the first day after the celebration of the feasts of easter at about the time of the vernal equinox. t

and this being accomplished, let him lift up his heart unto that light, and dwell therein, and aspire even unto that which is beyond. and seeing that the gate is called strait, let him invoke her who abideth therein, in the path called daleth, even our lady isis""the invocation""of" 68 see "liber o" the equinox, vol. i. no. 2. 69 see "liber o" the equinox, vol. 1, no. 2. 70 see the lesser key of solomon: the goetia "isis" and i beheld a great wonder in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun: and the moon was at her feet: and on her head was the diadem of the twelve stars. hear me, our lady isis, hear and save. o thou, queen of love and mercy! thou, crowned with the throne! thou, horn d as the moon! thou, whose countenance is mild and glowing, even as grass refreshed by rain! hear me, our la

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m in hebrew, the result would scarcely have been more oppressive; anyhow it would have been as 312 interesting to read of how many handkerchiefs the famous seer used when he had a cold as to ponder over the platitudes of this rheumy old leech. never since reading "bothwell" and "who's who" have we read such ponderous and pedantic pedagogics. the translator in his preface informs us that moses and solomon were adepts; verily hast thou spoke, but thou, wm. alexr. ayton, art greater than either, to have survived such a leaden task as this of putting dr. smith's bad latin into good english; at the completion of it you must have felt like jacob when "he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost" matter, spirit, and the cosmos. by h. stanley redgrove. william rider and sons. 2"

ew selected items below. transcendental magic: its doctrine and ritual. by eliphas l vi (a complete translation of "dogme et rituel de la haute magie, with a biographical preface by arthur e. waite, author of "devil worship in france" etc. etc. portrait of the author, and all the original engravings. 8vo, 406 pp, cloth, 1896. published 15s offered at 7s. 6p. the pillars of the temple, triangle of solomon, the tetragram, the pentagram, magical equilibrium, the fiery sword, realisation, initiation, the kabbalah, the magic chain, necromancy, transmutations, black magic, bewitchments, astrology, charms and philtres, the stone of the philosophers, the universal medicine, divination, the triangle of pantacles, the conjuration of the four, the blazing pentagram, medium and mediator, the septenary

cover of the boards edition, entire back cover in red ink: this is an equilateral triangle circumscribed in a white ring. the triangle is of wide white bars. the field within ring and triangle is solid red. text to the left "price one guinea net" text to the right "to be had of the equinox, 124 victoria st, s. w. and through all booksellers goetia vel clavicula salomonis regis (the lesser key of solomon the king) the best, simplest, most intelligible and most effective treatise extant on ceremonial magic careful and complete instruction; ample illustration; beautiful production. this books is very much easier both to understand and to operate than the so-called "greater" key of solomonbook 777 this book contains in concise tabulated form a comparative view of all the symbols of the great

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n aries march mcmx o.s "the method of science--the aim of religion" london simpkin, marshall, hamilton, kent& co. ltd. contents page editorial 1 liber xiii 3 aha! by aleister crowley 9 the herb dangerous (part iii) the poem of hashish. by charles baudelaire (translated by aleister crowley) 55 an origin. by victor b. neuburg 115 the soul-hunter 119 madeleine. by arthur f. grimble 129 the temple of solomon the king (book ii "continued) 133 the coming of apollo. by victor b. neuburg 281 the brighton mystery. by george raffalovich 287 reviews 113, 285, 304 the shadowy dill-waters. by a. quiller, jr. 327 "special supplement" liber dcccclxiii_ the treasure-house of images illustrations the slopes of abiegnus "facing page" 4 the student" 10 the complete symbol of the rose and cross" 210 the eleme

nted pool, hid in brown woodlands cool; 130 profound, untroubled, where the lilies grow and the pale lotus sheds her stealing charm: dappled where silent shadows come and go, and all the air is warm with the low melody of the sacred bird sobbing his soul out to the waiting wood, and over all a hush d voice is heard: this place is consecrate to love in solitude. arthur f. grimble 131 the temple of solomon the king a. a. publication in class b. issued by order: d.d.s. 7= 4 praemonstrator o.s.v. 6= 5 imperator n.s.f. 5= 6 cancellarius book ii. continued the sorcerer before we can discuss the operation of the sacred magic of abramelin, commenced by p. in the autumn of 1899, it is first necessary that we should briefly explain the meaning and value of ceremonial magic; and secondly, by somewhat

wishes to realise in the world without him; he must become a "magnet" to attract the desired thing; and when he shall be sufficiently magnetic, he must be convinced that the thing will come of itself, and without thinking of it.6 this seems clear enough, but more clearly still is this all-important point explained by mr. aleister crowley in his preface to his edition of "the book of the goetia of solomon the king: i am not concerned [writes mr. crowley to deny the objective reality of all "magical" phenomena; if they are illusions, they are at least as real as many unquestioned 146 facts of daily life; and, if we follow herbert spencer, they are at least evidence of some cause. now, this fact is our base. what is the cause of my illusion of seeing a spirit in the triangle of art? every sma

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ing hard, and the above work consists only of chapters iii and iv of one volume of a series of volumes. we are charitable enough to hope that mr. perrycoste may be spared to produce the rest, so long as we are spared reviewing them. elias ashmole. the ancient constitutional charges of the guild free masons. by john yarker. william tait, 2"s" 6"d" net. this is a most learned work; the author holds solomon only knows how many exalted degrees; but besides the title-page there is much of interest to masons in this little volume. some of the ancient charges are quite amusing "that no fellow go into town in the night time without a fellow to bear witness that he hath been in honest company" seems, however, a bit rough on the girls. f. paganism and christianity. by j. a. farrar. watts and co. 6"d

ange that they crossed vast oceans, it must be born in mind that the configurations of the globe have changed since those remote periods; besides, primitive man did get about the world in a most extraordinary way, as such islands as madagascar and easter island prove. the inhabitants of the former are polynesian and not african, of the later, seemingly melanesian, judging by their skulls, and the solomon islands, the nearest melanesian islands to easter island, are thousands of miles away. ducie island, the nearest island to easter island, is many hundred miles away, and the coast of south america is no less than 2,300 miles distant. and yet in this tiny island we find proofs of very high civilization, and it is curious that dr. churchward has not mentioned the numerous hieroglyphics found

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gned by the author. the binding will be half-parchment with crimson sides; the ordinary copies will be bound in crimson cloth. occultism to the readers of "the equinox- all who are interested in occult and masonic lore should write to frank hollings for his catalogue of over 1,000 volumes. sent post free on receipt of name and address, and all future issues. a few selected items below. the key of solomon the king (clavicula salomonis, translated and edited from ancient mss. in the british museum, by s. liddell macgregor mathers, author of "the kabbalah unveiled" the tarot" etc "with plates" crown 4to "cloth" 21"s "net" the key of solomon gives full, clear, and concise instructions for talismanic and ceremonial magic, as well as for the practical part of occultism. besides seals, sigils, an

kabbalah unveiled" the tarot" etc "with plates" crown 4to "cloth" 21"s "net" the key of solomon gives full, clear, and concise instructions for talismanic and ceremonial magic, as well as for the practical part of occultism. besides seals, sigils, and magical diagrams, nearly 50 pantacles or talismans are given in the plates. among other authors both eliphas l vi and christian mention the "key of solomon" as a work of high authority, and the former especially refers to it repeatedly. jennings (hargrave. the rosicrucians, their rites and mysteries, fourth edition, revised, demy 8vo "with hundreds of illustrations. half morocco" 7"s" 6"d" some of the contents: critics of the rosicrucians criticized- the hermetic philosophers- fire- theosophy of the persians- drudical stones- the round towers

me of mind worthy of it. transcendental magic: its doctrine and ritual. by eliphas l vi (a complete translation of "dogme et rituel de la haute magie, with a biographical preface by arthur e. waite, author of "devil worship in france" etc. etc. portrait of the author, and all the original engravings. 8vo, 406 pp, cloth, 1896. published 15s offered at 7s. 6p. the pillars of the temple, triangle of solomon, the tetragram, the pentagram, magical equilibrium, the fiery sword, realisation, imitation, the kabbalah, the magic chain, necromancy, transmutations, black magic, bewitchments, astrology, charms and philtres, the stone of the philosophers, the universal medicine, divination, the triangle of pantacles, the conjuration of the four, the blazing pentagram. medium and mediator, the septenary

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on on center top third by horizontal of the back cover: this is an equilateral triangle circumscribed in a white ring. the triangle is of wide and white bars. the field within ring and triangle is solid red. text to the left "price one guinea net" text to the right "to be had of the equinox, 124 victoria st, s. w. and through all booksellers goetia vel clavicula salomonis regis (the lesser key of solomon the king) the best, simplest, most intelligible and most effective treatise extant on ceremonial magic careful and complete instruction; ample illustration; beautiful production. this books id very much easier both to understand and to operate than the so- called "greater" key of solomon_ only a few copies remain for sale. the equinox "the editor will be glad to consider "contributions and

rgan of the a. a. the review of scientific illuminism an. vi vol. i. no. iv. sun in libra september mcmx o.s "the method of science--the aim of religion" contents page editorial 1 liber iii 9 liber a 15 i.nst n.atturae r.egina i.sis. by omnia vincam 21 reviews 36 at bordj-an-nus. by hilda norfolk 37 alpha iota nu omicron zeta iota zeta iota delta omicron zeta. by aleister crowley 39 the temple of solomon the king. iv 41 pan to artemis. by aleister crowley 197 the interpreter. by perdurabo 199 the daughter of the horseleech. by ethel ramsay 201 the dreamer 208 mr. todd. a morality. by the author of "rosa mundi" 209 the gnome. by victor b. neuburg 237 review 240 the herb dangerous. part iv: the hasheesh eater 241 the agnostic 247 the mantra-yogi 275 the violinist. by francis bendick 277 xiv

ejoice. i heal the sanguine scar of slain asar. i was the past, nature the mother. he was the present, man my brother. look to the future, the child- oh paean the child that is crowned in the lion-aeon! the sea-dawns surge an billow and break beneath the scourge of the star and the snake. to my lord i have borne in my womb deep-vaulted this babe for ever exalted! aleister crowley 40 the temple of solomon the king iv. the hermit with the seventh stage in the mystical progress of frater p. we arrive at a sudden and definite turning-poinjt. during the last two years he had grown strong in the magic of the west. after having studied a host of mystical systems he had entered the order of the golden dawn, and it had been a nursery to him. in it he had learnt to play with the elements and the ele

aking it is used as an adjunct to some other practice, under one or more of the other yoga methods. thus the devotee to the god shiva will repeat his name over and over again until at length the great god opens his eye and the world is destroyed. some of the most famous mantras are "aum mani padme hum "aum shivaya vashi" 41 "the bhagavad-g ta" iv, 33, 37, 38. compare with the above "the wisdom of solomon "e.g "for wisdom, which is the worker of all things, taught me; for in her is an understanding spirit, holy, one only, manifold, subtle, lively, clear, undefiled, plain, not subject to hurt, loving the thing that is good, quick, which cannot be letted, ready to do good. for wisdom is more moving than any motion; she passeth and goeth through all things by reason of her pureness. for she is

ppear, harvested by heaven: and perfect darkness (apparent death) ensues until the youthful forerunners of the next crop begin to shoot if the form of artists" we append the following table. as it will be seen p. divides his dream- states into seven main divisions, each being again split up into further subdivisions to enable the various correspondences to be seen at a glance. weh note: temple of solomon the king continues on the next diskette, with the table of dream-staesto whose suggestion these rites are due they are gratefully dedicated. vi the rite of saturn 1 the officers of the temple magister templi "the representative of binah, saturn" mater coeli "venus in libra, the house of saturn's exaltation" brother aquarius "the house of saturn; in chesed, because pisces is water "hope" br

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an analytical and critical account of the chief magical rituals extant. ii. a complete grimoire of black magic. by arthur edward waite. the two chief sections are subdivided as follows("a) studies on the antiquity of magical rituals["b) the ritual of transcendental magic, so- called("c) composite rituals("d) the rituals of black magic("e) the descending hierarchy of spirits("f) the lesser key of solomon the king("g) the mystery of the "sanctum regnum("h) the rite of "lucifuge("i) the method of honorius, etc, etc, etc. the main objects of the work are (1) to determine the connection, if any, between the literature of ceremonial magic and the secret tradition in christian times (2) to show the fantastic nature of the distinction between white and black magic, so far, at least, as the texts

ns and illustrations. transcendental magic: its doctrine and ritual. by eliphas levi (a complete translation of "dogme et rituel de la haute magie, with a biographical preface by arthur e. waite, author of "devil worship in france" etc, etc "portrait of the author, and all the original engravings" 8vo, 406 pp "cloth" 1896 (pub. 15"s. postage free. 10"s" 6"d" the pillars of the temple, triangle of solomon, the tetragram, the pentagram, magical equilibrium, the fiery sword, realsation, initiation, the kabbalah, the magic chain, necromancy, transmutations, black magic, bewitchments, astrology, charms and philtres, the stone of the philosophers, the universal medicine, divination, the triangle of pantacles, the conjuration of the four, the blazing pentagram, medium and mediator, the septenary

damus- the true prophecies and prognostications of michael nostrodamus, physician to henry ii, francis ii, and charles ix, kings of france, and one of the best astronomers that ever were; a work full of curiosity and learning, translated and commented by theophilus garienceres, m.d. folio "fine portrait frontispiece by dolle, orig. calf, fine sound copy, rare in this state" 1672. 45"s" the key of solomon the king (clavicula salomonis, translated and edited from ancient mss. in the british museum, by s. liddell macgregor-mathers, author of "the kabbalah unveiled "the tarot" etc "with plates" crown 4to "cloth" 21"s. net" the key of solomon gives full, clear, and concise instructions for talismanic and ceremonial magic, as well as for performing various evocations; and it is therefore invalua

oncise instructions for talismanic and ceremonial magic, as well as for performing various evocations; and it is therefore invaluable to any student who wishes to make himself acquainted with the practical part of occultism. besides seals, sigils, and magical diagrams, nearly 50 pantacles or talismans are given in the plates. among other authors both eliphas levi and christian mention the "key of solomon" as a work of high authority, and the former especially refers to it repeatedly- wants supplied. new publications supplied to order "out of print books sought for and reported" visitors to london who are interested should make a point of calling- frank hollings, 7 great turnstile, holborn, w.c. near to chancery lane, the inns of court, and first avenue hotels. a green garland by v. b. neub

minently serviceable in substance "the health record" new volume. just published he can who thinks he can. by orison swett marden, author of "every man a king" price 3"s" 6"d" net- london: william rider& son, ltd, 164 aldersgate street, e.c to be had of the equinox, 3 great james street, w.c. and through all booksellers= price one guinea net goetia vel clavicula salomonis regis (the lesser key of solomon the king) the best, simplest, most intelligible and most effective treatise extant on ceremonial magic careful and complete instruction; ample illustration; beautiful production. this books is very much easier both to understand and to operate than the so- called "greater" key of solomon- only a few copies remain for sale "to be obtained of" the equinox, 3 great james st. w.c "crown 8vo, s

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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 rites of eleusis has obliged us to hold over the instalment of the temple of solomon the king until next march] editorial slowly but surely the equinox climbs from crest to crest of prosperity. such has been the response to the appeal in our last number that we have been able to put in hand the task of translating the official instructions of a. a. into french, and, if it continues, we shall be able to publish them in every important language of the world within the next t

tning darts and curls. her soul a parian marble shrine, centred in lily-cups that fold their carven petals, smooth and cold, far o'er a lake of frozen wine- yet deep within whose inmost fold sleepeth a snake: the crystal brine of endless sorrow seals his shrine; wiser than sin is he, so old! ethel archer. 52 the electric silence 53 the electric silence [this parable is a synopsis of the temple of solomon the king, with which it may be collated- ed. i waited for news that my heart beat. the severing night was between me and my love. there was no god of sleep; sleep were traitor. i sought to praise my love, and to lament the hours that divided us; and i could not. therefore i wrote down the story of my life. and it is this* gilded and painted to hide its worm-eaten planks, my pleasure-boat w

aceutical history. to the student of the occult it ought to appeal strongly, as the author gives a long list of drugs used in religious ceremonies in different ages, and although the present century is so much in advance, we find that the incenses and sweet odours used in ceremonial magic to-day are the same as those used in egypt, in the worship of isis, and in the services held in the temple of solomon. mention is also made of the preparations made by the ancient alchemists which were thought to have magic power. short biographical sketches of some of the old masters of pharmacy appear, but after liebig we have no special mention of the pharmacists of the last century. a interesting chapter on poisons in history, introducing the stories of poisoners and the drugs employed, furnishes mate

ALEX SANDERS THE KING OF THE WITCHES

cle. maxine beside the altar alex honours the goddess maxine inside the circle breathing life into the fith-fath the witches' dance walking to covenstead calling down the power the symbolic sex act the witches' altar passing the pentacle around the circle the witches fall to the ground fertility rites the black mass athamll book of shadows coven covens'read esbat esp familiar fith-fath the key of solomon measure pentacle sabbat tarot card voodoo warlock wicca witch wizard the witch's black-hilted knife. with book of rules, written in witch's own handwriting and copied by successive generations, group ofwitches. meeting place of a coven small meeting, not necessarily of a full coven. extra-sensory perception a massofenergy or power raised by the witches and sent to work their will. small im

one claiming to be able to work magic by witchcraft could be sent to prison for a year, during which he had to spend a whole day per quarter in the pillory of the nearest market square. the persecutorsand witch-prickers had done their work well. the books of magic, or 'grimoires' as they were called, were seized upon by collectors-many of the witches' closest secrets were discovered in the key of solomon, a copy of which is preserved in the british museum. clutching the remnants of their faith, the survivors of the witch-hunts went underground. but not for long. eliphas levi was born in france in 1810. roman catholic priest and magician, levi was not ashamed to announce that he was a witch and could conjure up spirits. later he revealed his methods to an english occult group led by bulwer

ring his witch knowledge. beyond his grandmother's teachingsso that he nlightincorporate witchcraft with magic, making them both.more potent. he voiced his tho.ughts to bill, who advised him to go to the rylands library in manchester 'i've heard they have priceless old manuscripts and even a copy of the key of salomon. isn't that a sort of witches' manual .he asked. alex confirmed that the key of solomon was one of the few storehouses of witchcraft to have come down through the ages very much in its original form, and admitted that he had had no idea there were any copies in existence outside the british museum. the next day alex was called to his manager's office and told that his services were no longer required 'i have no fault to findwith your work' his boss told him 'but it has been b

he must make his way to the sub-basement where, in a maze of tunnels, each brightly lit and subdivided into smaller tunnels, he could begin his secret work of harvesting the knowledge he sought. it took him a few days to find the egyptian section. from then on few books were dusted, as alex filled notebook after notebook with details of rituals, invocations and plans. the day he found the key of solomon he forgot to go for his lunch, so engrossed was he in the chants, many of which had been used by his grandmother in her esbats and sabbaths. the other books were discarded; this was die real key, for it married the knowledge he had to that which he had hoped for. but he wondered how he would ever manage to copy it all- 62 it would take years to draw the many pentacles and elaborate hebrew

d so had the egyptian symbolson his clothes. how, they asked, could a humble book-duster know so much about oriental mysticism unless he had access to priceless books such as those in the john rylands library? an immediate search wasordeted. the egyptian section was found to be the best dusted, but not all the books were in their correct places. a further search revealed the absence of the key of solomon 'at first alex denied taking the book and tried to bluff it out. then he admitted that he had borrowed it, but only a few pages at a time. where then. were the covers and the remains he had supposedly brought back? alex was not allowed to join in the search himself, but he explained as best he could where he thought he had hidden them, behind some other books on another shelf he was told h

any pages he still had at home,offered to try to keep the job open for him 'i am sure you have been very misguided, practising witchcraft' he bargained' if you, promise to go. straight, perhaps you will be able to stay on. indignantly alex told him he was a real witch, trained. by 66 his grandmother, and that the only. teasonhe had sought work in the library had been to gain access to the key of solomon. that afternoon, while awaiting the return ofthe pages being photographed, alex was visited by two detectives. library officials had reported the loss to the police but had not preferred charges. the detectives took one. look .at the circle he- had painted on the floor and said 'you surely don't believe in that bloody rubbish, do you 'don't you .dare set foot inside that circle' warned ale

ALEXANDRIAN BOOK OF SHADOWS OCCULT

invite you to our meeting (pause) o thou loving cerridwen. o thou mighty cernunnos, we gather (i stand) before you to (state intent) the circle is now perfect. notes adapted from farrars' eight sabbats for witches, but published all over the place in several versions. l l 'lighting of candle' added by khaled, sekhet& random 'exorcism of water 'blessing of salt' closely follow those of the key of solomon, book 2, chapt. v. l closing the circle when the circle's work is done, r goes to the east, athame in hand, salutes, and draws a banishing earth pentagram, saying: r: ye lords of the watchtowers of the east, ye lords of air, we thank you for attending our rites; and ere ye depart to your beauteous realms, we bid thee hail and farewell. all: hail and farewell (r extinguishes quarter candle)

anyone to touch or handle any of your tools until thoroughly impregnated with your aura; say six months or as near as possible. but a pair working together may own the same tools, which will be impregnated with the aura of both. notes l published in janet and stewart farrar's the witches way l they say it comes from gbg's bos (text b/c version) they say that he derived it from the greater key of solomon, but had dropped the hebrew and other magical names by text b (they were in text a. l see key of solomon book 2, chapt. viii. 1st conjuration follows the text closely, but 2nd and instructions differ. l the farrars say that gbg's text a version can be found in the key of solomon and high magic's aid l consecrating other working tools (except a sword or athame) place tool on pentacle, and l

ified, clean and properly prepared. when not in use, all tools and weapons should be put away in a secret place; and it is good that this should be near your sleeping place, and that you handle them each night before retiring. notes l published in janet and stewart farrar's the witches' way l they say it comes from gbg's bos (text b/c) l they say gbg's original (text a) may be found in the key of solomon and in high magic's aid. the charge to new initiates o thou who hast declared intent to become one of us, hear then that which thou must know to do: single is the race, single of men and of gods, from a single source we both draw breath, but a difference of power in everything keeps us apart, for we are as nothing but the gods stay forever. yet we can, in greatness of minds, be like the go

ALICE A BAILEY02 INITIATION HUMAN AND SOLAR

fied and indwelt. thackeray has well described this process of building, in the words so often quoted "sow a thought and reap an action; sow an action and reap a habit; sow a habit and reap character; sow character and reap destiny" the immortal destiny of each and all of us is to attain the consciousness of the higher self, and subsequently that of the divine spirit. when the form is ready, when solomon's temple has been built in the quarry of the personal life, then the christ-life enters, and the glory of the lord overshadows his temple. the form becomes vibrant. therein lies the difference between theory and making that theory part of oneself. one can have a perfect image or picture, but it lacks life. the life can be modelled on the divine as far as may be; it may be an excellent copy

he higher self is furthered, and the imprisoned life gradually escapes, whilst the causal body is slowly absorbed or dissipated. this has led to the expression, sometimes used in occult books, of "the cracking of the causal body" at each initiation, and to the idea of the inner central fire gradually breaking through and destroying the confining walls, and also of the destruction of the temple of solomon through the withdrawal of the shekinah. all these phrases are symbolic wordings, and are attempts to convey to the mind of man fundamental truth from different angles. by the time the fourth initiation has been reached, the work of destruction is accomplished, the solar angel returns to his own place, having performed his function, and the solar lives seek their point of emanation. the lif

ALICE A BAILEY04 A TREATISE ON COSMIC FIRE

m. the work of the third aspect logoic was the arranging of the matter of the system so that eventually it could be built into form through the power of the second aspect. thus the correspondence works out. by life upon the physical plane (that life wherein the physical permanent atom has its full demonstration) the matter is arranged and separated that must eventually be built into the temple of solomon, the egoic body, through the agency of the egoic life, the second aspect. in the quarry of the personal life are the stones prepared for the great temple. in existence upon the physical plane and in the objective personal life is that experience gained which demonstrates as faculty in the ego. what is here suggested would richly repay our closest attention, and open up before us reaches of

d space or during the evolutionary process, but not permissible from the standpoint of the eternal now, and from the unity of the all-self. the vishnu or the love-wisdom aspect is latent in the self, and is part of the monadic content, but the brahma aspect, the activity-intelligence aspect precedes its manifestation in time. the tabernacle in the wilderness preceded the building of the temple of solomon; the kernel of wheat has to lie in the darkness of mother earth before the golden perfected ear can be seen, and the lotus has to cast its roots down into the mud before the beauty of the blossom can be produced. the second period, wherein the egoic ray holds sway, is not so long comparatively; it covers the period wherein the fourth and fifth triangles are being vivified, and marks the li

ntals. three of these fundamentals are laid down for us in the proem of the secret doctrine,6(94) and with the evolving concept of psychology, make the revealed three and the dawning fourth. the other three are esoteric and must remain so until each man has for himself worked at his spiritual development, built the bridge between the higher and the lower mind, prepared the shrine in the temple of solomon for the light of god, and turned his activities into altruistic helping of the evolutionary plans of the logos. when these qualities are assuming a foremost place and when man has demonstrated the thoroughness of his will to serve, then the clue will be put into his hands and he will find the method whereby electrical impulse, demonstrating as heat, light and motion, is controlled and util

and the third initiations, one of the three petals opens up, permitting an ever freer display of the central electric point. at the fourth initiation, the jewel (being completely revealed) through its blazing light, its intense radiatory heat, and its terrific outflow of force, produces the disintegration of the surrounding form, the shattering of the causal body, the destruction of the temple of solomon, and the dissolution of the lotus flower. the work of the initiator in this connection is very interesting. through the medium of the rod of initiation and- 522- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust of certain words of power, he brings about results of a co-ordinating, transmuting and liberating nature. through the action of the rod as wielded at the first two initiations

the esoteric side of masonry is carefully and persistently meditated upon, the work of the great architect and his many assistants will stand forth in a clearer and a fuller light. one hint may here be given, forgetting not that the work is twofold: the construction of the tabernacle, or the building of the temporary forms is the work of the divine carpenter, whilst the building of the temple of solomon, or the construction of the more permanent structure is the work of the supervising architect. one concerns operative, and the other speculative masonry in the true esoteric significance of the word. the devas who form the etheric doubles of all objects out of their own substance must also be considered. these builders are the sumtotal of all physical plane substance, and constitute the ma

mself on the side of evolution, or of god. prior to that he may, and will, be driven by the gales of circumstance; the press of group and racial karma will force him into situations necessary for the process of awakening him to his own innate possibilities. once he becomes the conscious builder himself, seeking to control the forces and builders of his lower nature, and to construct the temple of solomon, then he is no longer subject to the earlier conditions. he becomes a ruler, a builder, and a transmitter, until the time comes when he is one with the solar angels, and the work of human evolution is accomplished. what has been said above is very superficial, and only that has been imparted which has a profound significance for man at this time. much must be inferred, and more must be arr

ALICE A BAILEY05 THE LIGHT OF THE SOUL

oul. this is the middle of the "three periodical vehicles" which the divine son of god discovers and utilizes in the course of his long pilgrimage. these find their analogies in the three temples found in the christian bible: 1. the transitory ephemeral tabernacle in the wilderness, typical of the soul in physical incarnation, persisting for one life. 2. the more permanent and beautiful temple of solomon, typical of the soul body or causal vehicle, of longer duration and persisting for aeons, and increasingly revealed in its beauty upon the path up to the third initiation. 3. the, as yet, unrevealed and inconceivably beautiful, temple of ezekiel, the symbol of the sheath of the spirit, the home of the father, one of the "many mansions" the "auric egg" of the occultist. in the science of yo

blem of humanity. it is a symbolic way also of referring to the great illusion which snares the pilgrim for so long. when the aspirant can walk in the light, having found the light (the shekinah) within himself in the holy of holies, then the illusion is- 183- the light of the soul copyright 1998 lucis trust dissipated. it is of value to the student to trace the analogy between the three parts of solomon's temple, and that of the "temple of the holy spirit" the human frame. the outer court corresponds to those energies and their corresponding organs found below the diaphragm. the holy place is the centres and organs in the upper part of the body from the throat to the diaphragm. the holy of holies is the head where is the throne of god, the mercy seat, and the overshadowing glory. when the

account. everyone is not yet at the stage where it is possible for him to unfold the powers of the soul. the soul aspect is still dormant for many because full experience and development of the lower nature has not yet been undergone. the forty years' wandering in the wilderness with the tabernacle and the conquest of canaan, had to precede the rule of the kings and the building of the temple of solomon. lives must be passed before the body, or the mother aspect, is so perfected that the christ child can be formed within the prepared vessel. it should also be remembered that the possession of the lower psychic powers is in many cases a symptom of a low stage of evolution and of the close association of their owner with the animal nature. this has to be outgrown before the higher powers ca

ion. if the karmic seeds are black, the man will be grossly selfish, material, and inclined to the left hand path; if black-white, they will carry him into a form suitable for the working out of his obligations, of his debts, duties and interests and the fulfilling of his desires; if they are white they tend to build that body which is the final one to be destroyed, the causal body, the temple of solomon, the karana sarira of the occultist. that body, at the final liberation, is itself destroyed and naught then separates the man from his father in heaven, and nothing keeps him linked to the lower material plane- 215- the light of the soul copyright 1998 lucis trust 9, there is identity of relation between memory and effect producing cause, even when separated by species, time and place. a

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

s an almost pathological interest in the symbolism of sex and what might be called a spiritualised sex life. this tendency is amply exemplified in the writings and experiences of many of the mystics of the middle ages. we find such expressions as the "bride of christ, the "marriage in the heavens, the picture of christ as the "heavenly bridegroom" and many such symbols and phrases. in the song of solomon, you find a masculine rendition of the same basically sexual approach to the soul and its all embracing life. these and many more unpleasant examples of a sex psychology are to be found, blended with a true and pronounced mystical aspiration and yearning, and a genuine longing for union with the divine. the cause of all this lies in the stage of transference. the lower energies are subject

this process of sensing the goal, of contacting the ideal and of visioning the many symbols that veil the soul, which portray pictorially the ultimate destination and the final purpose, are the recognised prerogative of the mystical aspirant. the mystical literature of all the world religions is, as you know, full of these visions, ranging all the way from the more sexual approach of the song of solomon or the writings of many of the feminine mystics of the church to the amazing revelations given in the ancient puranas or in the apocalypse. these cover all the ground from the formulation of the highgrade "wish-life" of the mystics to the true prevision as to the future of the race as found in the writings of the prophetical scriptures. with the detail i do not intend to deal. it has been

ALICE A BAILEY14 THE REAPPEARANCE OF THE CHRIST

ess" we should note here that he was twelve years old at the time and, therefore, the work with which he had been occupied (as a soul) was finished; twelve is the number of completed work, as witness the twelve labours of hercules, another son of god. the symbolism of his twelve years is now replaced by that of the twelve apostles, the symbol of service and sacrifice. he was also in the temple of solomon, which is the symbol of the perfect life of the soul, just as the tabernacle in the wilderness is the symbol of the imperfect ephemeral life of the transient personality; christ was, therefore, speaking on soul levels and not only as the spiritual man on earth. he was also serving, when he spoke these words, as a working member of the spiritual hierarchy, for he was found by his parents te

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

hich its polar opposite, capricorn, stands and which finds full expression in aquarius which completes the experience of leo and fuses it with that of cancer and capricorn. these six signs: cancer. leo. virgo capricorn..a. quarius..pisces form another six-pointed star of profound significance which is the subjective counterpart of the six-pointed star (the interlaced triangles) which we call king solomon's seal. this interlacing of the two above triangles constitutes what is called a triangle of humanity and under the theories of the science of triangles it concerns the relation of the individual to the mass of humanity and of the disciple to the group. these triangles warrant most careful study. it is the planet neptune which is predominantly active in bringing about such an activity in c

eferred; there is also the science of relationship, which concerns the relations between the many quaternaries which can be discovered in the planetary interrelation, the relation between four constellations, plus many human and divine quaternaries. there is again the science of stars of energy, such as i have here noted when referring to the six-pointed star of humanity, and of this science king solomon's seal is the well known symbol. these stars, triangles and squares are found in all horoscopes human, planetary, systemic and cosmic and constitute the life pattern of the particular being under investigation; they determine the time of manifestation and the nature of the emanations and influences. the squares or quaternaries relate to material appearance or form expression; the stars con

lume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust are sensed so that they materialise upon the physical plane. the seventh ray produces fixation upon the exoteric level of experience and "anchors (if i may use such a term) the ray forces into form, producing concrete expression of the subjective realities or powers. six forces meet in gemini and, for this reason, the double triangle or king solomon's seal is one of the subjective symbols of this sign, linking it again with the masonic tradition and indicating also again the essential dualism of this sign. all the inner potencies are, therefore, present and only the stabilising seventh ray energy is omitted from the dowry of the man born in gemini. thus we can easily account for the versatility of the gemini subject. the effectiveness

ect and be consciously directed and controlled in cancer, thus leading to the great liberation which takes place in the polar opposite to cancer, capricorn and also in aquarius and pisces. this of course refers to effects upon man upon the reversed wheel. in a certain sense these six signs constitute two major triangles of force. i have here indicated to you the higher or spiritual aspect of king solomon's seal. when these six types of energy are fused and blended and so form one unity, you will then find emerging the "star of christ" this is one of the symbols of the sixth initiation and is the inner correspondence of the star with which you are familiar. in order to understand this more clearly i would point out to you that: 1. that which is begun or "entered into" at the first initiatio

ALICE A BAILEY20 A TREATISE ON THE SEVEN RAYS VOLUME IV ESOTERIC HEALING

ise, and to which he must respond not only by means of the sense of hearing and its higher correspondences, but through a response from every part and aspect of the form nature in the three worlds. i would remind you also that from the angle of the fourth initiation even the egoic vehicle, the soul body, is regarded and treated as a part of the form nature. though the "shattering of the temple of solomon" takes place at the time of the fourth initiation, those qualities of which it was composed have been absorbed into the vehicles which the initiate is using for all his contacts in the three worlds. he is now essentially the essence of all his bodies, and from his point of view and technical understanding it must be borne in mind that the entire mental plane is one of the three planes whic

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

divine connections and the possibility of his ultimate highest spiritual attainment; it steadily supersedes soul knowledge, and the energy pouring in to his consciousness from the spiritual triad particularly the energy of the sixth and seventh spheres of activity is the specific and particular energy which finally brings about the destruction of the causal body, the annihilation of the temple of solomon, and the liberation of the life. then that which in time and space has been termed the soul can "onward move in life" evolution as we now understand it ceases; yet evolutionary unfoldment proceeds along new lines which are based upon the past but which produce very different results to those sensed even by the advanced disciple in his highest moments. a new life-expression appears which mo

the form-expression in the three worlds. the antahkarana is constructed and constitutes an active channel of contact. the soul which has for ages directed the various and varying personalities is no longer in existence; the causal body has disappeared, shattered at the moment when the initiate (at the fourth initiation) cries out and says "my god, my god, why hast thou forsaken me" the temple of solomon, the spiritual temple "not made with hands, eternal in the heavens" is no longer required; it has served its ancient purpose, and that which has been deemed eternal must disappear in the light of that to which eternity is only a phase of that which shall later be revealed. all that now remains for the initiate are the two points of living purpose to which we give the names of spirit-matter

se on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust business" i would have you note that: a. he was twelve years old at the time, and therefore the work upon which he had been occupied as a soul was finished, for twelve is the number of completed labour. the symbolism of his twelve years is now replaced by that of the twelve apostles. b. he was in the temple of solomon, ever a symbol of the causal body of the soul, and he was therefore speaking on soul levels and not as the spiritual man on earth. c. he was serving as a member of the hierarchy, for he was found by his parents teaching the priests, the pharisees and the sadducees. d. he spoke as an expression of the substance aspect (he spoke to his mother) and also as a soul (he spoke to his father, but

AN INTRO TO STUDY OF THE KABALAH

i believe is correct, as the esotericism of the religion of the hebrews, the foundation dogmas are doubtless almost as old as the first promulgation of the main principles of the worship of jehovah. i cannot now attempt any glance at the contentions of some doubting scholars, who question whether the story of the twelve tribes is a historic fact, or whether there ever were a moses, or even a king solomon. it is sufficient for the present purpose that the jewish nation had the jehovistic theology and a system of priestly caste, and a coherent doctrine, at the time of the second temple when cyrus, sovereign of all asia, 536 b.c, holding the jews in captivity, permitted certain of them to return to jerusalem for the express purpose of reestablishing the hebrew mode of worship which had been f

rn to dust again. wherefore i perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him" who, indeed, except his own ego, soul or higher self. but perhaps this book is from the pen of some obscure jew, or half pagan chaldee or babylonian. not at all: jewish critics have all assigned it to solomon, who was the king of the jews at the time of their heyday of glory; surely if the immortality of the soul were the essence of the judaism of the people, solomon could not have so grossly denied it. go back, however, to the narrative of creation in genesis, and the same story is found; the animals are made from the dust, man is made from the dust, and eve is made from adam, and each has bre

then those of verse 21 in direct order: this gave 72 names read from above down, each of 3 letters: to each was added either al or ih, and so were formed the names of the 72 angels of the ladder of jacob which led from earth to heaven: these names were often placed on the obverse and reverse of medals or rolls of parchment to form 36 talismans. according to some kabalists both king david and king solomon were able to work wonders with kabalistic magical arts: the pentagram was called the seal of solomon, and the hexagram was called the shield of david; to the points of the former were assigned the spirit and four elements, while to those of the latter were ascribed the planets. the treatise called "the clavicules of king solomon" is of course a mediaeval fraud. the hebrew letters are also

ARTHUR E WAITE TEMPLAR ORDERS IN FREEMASONRY

h a claim being made on behalf of the templars, in or out of masonry. it belongs to a subject which engrossed the zeal of thousands throughout the seventeenth century and had many disciples- indeed, they were thousands also- during the masonic age which followed. the story is that the templars began in poverty, but baldwin ii, king of jerusalem, gave them a house in the vicinity of the site where solomon's temple was built of old. when it was put in repair by hugh de payens and the rest of the first brethren, their digging operations unearthed an iron casket which contained priceless treasures, and chief among all the true process of the great work in alchemy, the secret of transmuting metals, as communicated to solomon by the master hiram abiff. so and so only was it possible to account f

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o ceylon and sumatra. it included some portions of what is now africa; but otherwise this gigantic continent, which stretched from the indian ocean to australia, has now wholly disappeared beneath the waters of the pacific, leaving here and there only some of its highland tops which are now islands. mr. a. r. wallace, the naturalist "extends the australia of tertiary periods to new guinea and the solomon islands, and perhaps to fiji" and from its marsupial types he infers "a connection with the northern continent during the[[footnote(s* see volcker "mythological geography" pp. 145 to 170[[vol. 2, page] 8 the secret doctrine. secondary period" writes mr. c. gould in "mythical monsters" p. 47. the subject is treated at length elsewhere* iv "atlantis" is the fourth continent. it would be the

ninth psalm of david recited by rabbi jeremiah ben eliazar is evidence of this "thou hast fashioned me behind and before" not beset as in the bible, which is absurd and meaningless, and this shows, as prof. wilder thinks "that the primeval form of mankind was androgynous* see the union of chochmah, wisdom, with binah, intelligence, or jehovah, the demiurge, called understanding in the proverbs of solomon, ch. vii. unto men wisdom (divine occult wisdom) crieth "oh, ye simple, understand wisdom; and ye fools, be of an understanding heart" it is spirit and matter, the nous and the psyche; of the latter of which st. james says that it is "earthly, sensual, and devilish[[vol. 2, page] 135 the virgin third race "zeus is a male, zeus is an immortal maid" the egyptian ammon was the goddess neith

ve vindicated mesmer's claims, and that "mesmerism" under its new name of hypnotism- a false nose on a very old face- is accepted by science, it does not strengthen one's respect for that majority, when one sees the ease and unconcern with which its members treat of "hypnotism "telepathic impacts" and its other phenomena. they speak of it, in short, as if they had believed in it since the days of solomon, and had never called its votaries, only a few years ago "lunatics and impostors* the same revulsion of thought is in store for the long period of years, claimed by esoteric philosophy as the age of sexual and physiological mankind. therefore even the stanza which says "the mind-born, the boneless, gave being to the will-born with bones; adding that this took place in the middle of the thi

the boundless gave birth to limit; being descended into generation* 4 "among the gods is none like unto him, into whose hands are committed the kingdoms, the power and the glory of the worlds" 5 "thrones and empires, the dynasties of kings* the fall of nations, the birth of churches, the triumph of time" for, as is said in hermes "satan is the door-keeper of the temple of the king; he standeth in solomon's porch; he holdeth the key of the sanctuary, that no man enter therein, save the anointed having the arcanum of hermes (v. 20 and 21. these suggestive and majestic verses had reference with the ancient egyptians and other civilized peoples of antiquity to the creative and generative light of the logos (horus, brahma, ahura-mazda, etc, etc, as primeval manifestations of the ever-unmanifest

-worship, as some orientalists think. then came huschenk, the prudent and the wise. it was his dynasty which re-discovered metals and precious stones, which had been concealed by the devs or giants in the bowels of the earth; how to make brass-work, to cut canals, and improve agriculture. as usual, it is huschenk, again, who is credited with having written the work called[[footnote(s* thence king solomon, whose traces are nowhere to be found outside of the bible, and the description of whose magnificent palace and city dovetail with those of the persian tales; though they were unknown to all pagan travellers, even to herodotus[[vol. 2, page] 397 the persian phoenix "eternal wisdom" and even with having built the cities of luz, babylon and ispahan, though they were built ages later. but as

served the germs of all living things necessary to repeople the earth, represents the survival of life, and the supremacy of spirit over matter, through the conflict of the opposing powers of nature. in the astro- theosophic chart of the western rite, the ark corresponds with the navel, and is placed at the sinister side, the side of the woman (the moon, one of whose symbols is the left pillar of solomon's temple- boaz. the umbilicus is connected through the placenta with the receptacle in which are fructified the embryos of the race. the ark is the sacred argha of the hindus, and thus the relation in which it stands to noah's ark may be easily inferred when we learn that the argha was an oblong vessel, used by the high priests as a sacrificial chalice in the worship of isis, astarte, and

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, which is disfigured out of all recognition, by the orientalists. it is to their philosophical systems that one has to turn, to their esoteric teaching, if he would make a point of comparison. no doubt the symbology of the pentateuch and even of the new testament, comes from the same source. but surely the pyramid of cheops, whose measurements are all found repeated by professor piazzi smythe in solomon's alleged and mythical temple, is not of a later date than the mosaic books? hence, if there is any such great identity as claimed, it must be due to servile copying on the part of the jews, not on that of the egyptians. the jewish glyphs- and even their language, the hebrew- are not original. they are borrowed from the egyptians, from whom moses got his wisdom; from the coptic, the probab

tanding, owed their knowledge far more to intuitive than to acquired ideas, developed in the usual way by a course of study (see "a mystery about buddha) by the "six directions of space" is here meant the "double triangle" the junction and blending together of pure spirit and matter, of the arupa and the rupa, of which the triangles are a symbol. this double triangle is a sign of vishnu, as it is solomon's seal, and the sri-antara of the brahmins- stanza v (continued) 4. fohat traces spiral lines to unite the six to the seventh- the crown (a; an army of the sons of light stands at each angle (and) the lipika- in the middle wheel. they (the lipika) say "this is good (b. the first divine world is ready, the first (is now, the second (world, then the "divine arupa (the formless universe[[foot

rial incarnation. moses, an initiate into the egyptian mystagogy, based the religious mysteries of the new nation which he created, upon the same abstract formula derived from this sidereal cycle, which he symbolised under the form and measurements of the tabernacle, that he is supposed to have constructed in the wilderness. on these data, the later jewish high priests constructed the allegory of solomon's temple- a building which never had a real existence, any more than had king solomon himself, who is simply, and as much a solar myth as is the still later hiram abif, of the masons, as ragon has well demonstrated. thus, if the measurements of this allegorical temple, the symbol of the cycle of[[vol. 1, page] 315 piazza smyth and petrie disagree. initiation, coincide with those of the gre

is of a kind not known in geometry, and would not be accepted by strict mathematicians. whether the archaic esoteric system originated the british inch or not, is of little consequence, however, to the strict and true metaphysician. nor does mr. ralston skinner's esoteric reading of the bible become incorrect, merely because the measurements of the pyramid will not be found to agree with those of solomon's temple, the ark of noah, etc; or because mr. parker's quadrature of the circle is rejected by mathematicians. for mr. skinner's reading depends first of all on the kabalistic methods and the rabbinical value of the hebrew letters. but it is extremely important to ascertain whether the measures used in the evolution and building of the aryan symbolic religion, in the construction of their

etc; and each, therefore, is at one and the same time life and death, health and disease, action and reaction (see section xiv "the four elements) they are ever and constantly forming matter under the never-ceasing impulse of the one element (the incognizable, represented in the world of phenomena by 'aether, or "the immortal gods who give birth and life to all" in "the philosophical writings of solomon ben yehudah ibn gebirol (translated in mr. isaac myer's kabbalah, just published) it is said on the structure of the universe "r. yehudah began, it is written 'elohim said: let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters' come, see, at the time that the holy. created the world, he[[footnote(s* the cosmic tabernacle of moses, erected by him in the desert, was square, representing the fo

hout shape or form. life is drawn from below, and from above the source renews itself, the sea is always full and spreads its waters everywhere" thus the deity is compared to a shoreless sea, to water which is "the fountain of life (zohar iii, 290 "the seventh palace, the fountain of life, is the first in the order from above (ii. 261. hence the kabalistic tenet on the lips of the very kabalistic solomon, who says in proverbs ix, 1 "wisdom hath builded her house; it hath hewn out its seven pillars" whence then, all this identity of ideas, if there was no primeval universal revelation? the few points shown are like a few straws in a hayrick, in comparison to that which will be shown as the work proceeds. if we turn to that most hazy of all cosmogonies- the chinese, even there the same idea

BLUE EQUINOX

. liber ii. the message of the master therion. it explains the essence of the new law in a very simple manner. liber dcccxxxvii: the law of liberty. this is a further explanation of the book of the law in reference to certain ethical problems. liber dcxxiii: de thaumaturgia. a statement of certain ethical considerations concerning magick. liber lxxiii: the urn. this is the sequel to the temple of solomon the king and is the diary of a magus. this book contains a detailed account of all the experiences passed through by the master therion in his attainment of this grade of initiation, the highest possible to any manifested man. liber lxxi: the voice of the silence by h.p. blavatsky, with an elaborate commentary by frater o.m. frater o.m, 7 =48, is the most learned of all the brethren of the

as vidit asar in amenti sub figur ccxxxi. liber carcerum twn qliphoth cum suis geniis. addentur sigilla et nomina eorum. this is an account of the cosmic process so far as it is indicated by the tarot trumps. liber cd. liber tav vel kabbal trium literarum sub figur cd. a graphic interpretation of the tarot on the plane of initiation. liber lviii. this is an artical on the qabalah in the temple of solomon the king, equinox v. liber lxiv. liber israfel, formerly called anubis. an instruction in a suitable method of preaching. liber lxxxiv. vel chanokh. a brief abstraction of the symbolic representation of the universe derived by dr. john dee through the scrying of sir edward kelly. its publication is at present incomplete. liber dxxxvi. batrachophrenoboocosmomachia. an instruction in expansi

de on such a point, but we may be sure that the event will show that the exact wording was so shaded as to prove to us absolute foreknowledge on the part of that most holy angel who uttered the book. note, pray thee, further, in verse 39, how the matter proceeds .all this..i.e. the book of the law itself. and a book to say how thou didst come hither. i.e. some record such as that in the temple of solomon the king the equinox 178. and a reproduction of this ink and paper for ever. i.e. by some mechanical process, with possibly a sample of paper similar to that employed..for it is in the word secret and not only in the english. compare ccxx iii:47, 73. the secret is still a secret to us. and thy comment upon this the book of the law shall be printed beautifully in red ink and black upon beau

ne fish, who somehow evolved the idea that it was his duty to live on land, and eventually succeeded in doing it. insane fish is right. it is possible that the fish was not insane. it is possible that he discovered that he could not get a reviews 279 drink, except water, and decided to emigrate. if that is insane, i am insane. i hope that mr. cabell is insane too, and that i shall meet him in the solomon islands. robinson c. crowley. the tales of chekhov. the lady with the dog and other stories. the darling and other stories. the wife and other stories. the duel and other stories. the witch and other stories. translated by constance garnett. the macmillan co. i was sitting at dinner in the brevoort with some fascinating friends when, thinking no harm, i mentioned chekhov. a chic adolescent

she has not done it for one century only. she has made all time speak, give up its secret, to those who are capable to live in that divine air of the spirit which magazines, cocktails, and automobiles so easily pollute. i see in yvette guilbert not only an artist in the ordinary sense of the word, but an artist like blake. her preface on time might have come from a book of ecclesiastes written by solomon in the period before that in which he could not do it any more. vanity of vanities? contemptuously yvette guilbert replies .does life ever stop. i am not a singer. t he technique of music is to me a mournful mystery. yet in reading this book i find a thousand splendid counsels valid for all art. this book is more than .how to sing a song. it is a philosophical treatise on how to do anythin

BOOK OF ENOCH

some hebrew passages quoted in some of the aramaic fragments that survive from a few centuries bc. the appearance of the book in ethiopia, is probably due to events in jerusalem during the reign of king manasseh of judah (695- 642 bc, which are documented in the bible (2chronicles 33:1- 20, and at 2kings 21:1- 18. king manasseh was not of the jewish faith, he erected alters to baal and asherah in solomon's temple. in kings at 21:16, it says that so much innocent blood was shed that it filled jerusalem from end to end. at this time, the religious establishment left the country, taking the ark of the covenant and all the important religious texts with them. after a number of years in egypt, the refugees went further south, near to the source of the nile, at lake tana in ethiopia. the descend

BOOK OF JASHAR

nd peace" and abram asked "how can we be fathers of separate nations? will not my sons marry their daughters, and my daughters marry their sons" then god put a blessing on abram, and so to this day he has been called ibrahim, the father of many nations. commentary on the jashar apocryphon at the dedication of the first temple, a supreme watershed moment in the history of the jewish religion, king solomon is said to have justified the proceedings by a scriptural quote from the "book of jashar (1 kings 8.13, from the greek septuagint sources. other citations of jashar in the hebrew bible include joshua 10.13, where joshua stops the moon and the sun, and 2 samuel 1.18, where david mourns jonathan and saul. we cannot help wondering what could have been in this "straight book (in hebrew, jashar

scribe human (adam) and eve echoes the battle cry of the english peasant's rebellion of 1381("when adam delved and eve span, where then was the gentleman) with this quotation, if the document can be attributed to a jew of spain, then it could have been written any time between 1381 and 1492. the passages cited by the bible appear only muted and transformed in this text. one might try to interpret solomon's speech as a reference to nimrod's justification for his tower. only a few elements of david's lamentation appear in nimrod's epitaph. it is hard to fit joshua's quote with this text, except as a hyperbole derived from the story of sarah stopping the sacrifice at the new moon. the best that can be said for a connection between this text and the original israelite "book of jashar" is that

BUCKLAND RAYMOND COMPLETE BOOK OF WITCHCRAFT

system, cures tumors if persevered with over a period. all kidney troubles, antidote to mercury poisoning, useful in all skin complaints. lesson ten: herbalism/ 141 142/ auckland's complete book of witchcraft herbs in materia medica (continued) herb cascara sagrada (rhatnnus purshiana) catmint (nepeta cataria) pennyroyalfmentfjfl pulegium) rue (ruta graveolens) scullcap (scutellaria lateriflora) solomon's seal (convollaria multi-flora) tansy (tanacetum vulgare) vervain (verbena officinalis) wood sage (teucrium canadensis) yarrow (achillea millefolium) aromatic, carminative, stimulant diuretic, vermifuge, tonic diuretic, nervine, tonic balsamic, demulcent emmenagogue, vermifuge diuretic, tonic diuretic, tonic astringent, sudorific, tonic use constipation, but should not be used all the tim

ommon colds and to relieve minor irritation of the throat. the mildest and most soothing demulcents are marked with. agar-agar arrow rt. cheese plant hb. coltsfoot hb. comfrey rt* couch grass rt. flaxseed* gum arabic* iceland moss irish moss karaya gum licorice rt. marsh mallow rt. and ivs* okra pods* oatmeal* psyllium seed quince seed sago rt. saleprt. sassafras pith sesame ivs. slippery elm bk* solomon's seal rt. tragacanth gum dzaphojre77cs agents which tend to increase perspiration. they are commonly used as an aid in the relief of common colds. diaphoretics act most favorably when administered hot, before bed. botanicals marked with* are often referred to as sudorzf/cs agents which cause copious perspiration. ague weed hb* angelica rt. balm hb. blessed thistle hb. canada snake rt. cat

seen some very creative talismans. for instance: engraved on a silver dollar or half-dollar, when silver was called for; on a copper penny or even on a flattened copper kitchen measuring-spoon, when copper was called for. having chosen your metal, what should you inscribe on it? there are many talismanic designs shown in occult books, taken from such old grimoires asthe greater and lesser keys of solomon, the black pullet, le dragon rouge and similar. but just copying these designs, without knowing their meanings or significance, and without personalizing them, is completely useless. you need to work specifically for yourself and specifically for your problem. the most common form a talisman takes is a metal disc worn on a chain as a pendant. on one side of the disc you place the personali

CASE PAUL F THE BOOK OF TOKENS

ndation of all knowing. therefore is yod the foundation of all the letters, and every letter exhibiteth yod in its formation. by these two-and-twenty letters is the circle of creation described. 4 i am the fluid darkness, which is the ink wherewith i inscribe myself upon the scroll of manifestation. verily this writing of the book of being telleth no new thing. they understand aright who say with solomon that beneath the sun is nothing new. of whatsoever is, thou mayest say with truth" i t was" hence is the vision of the prophet which seemeth to pierce the veil between what is and what is yet to come, in truth a recollection of that which seemeth to belong to the past. my hand holdeth the whole circle of being and for me time is not [100] yod 5 i am the link between chesed and tiphareth, c

balance between victory and foundation. that balance i preserve by ceaseless meditation upon mine own nature [162] t z a d d i only because i never forget myself doth the creation continue. the seeds of existence spring from my self-contemplation. that self-contemplation is a great silence. for not by noise and tumult is my work perfected. herein is the secret of the pillar of establishment which solomon set before the porch of the temple; and this is the royal secret of my reign [163] comment on tzaddi* t z a d d i, pronounced tzahdi. transcribed as "tz. the number 90. meaning: fish-hook. the natural intelligence. 3 "the hook "is the letter tzaddi "the gate" is the letter daleth, and "the right hand" is the letter yod. this paragraph of the meditation is merely a development, letter by le

CASSANDRA EASON A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGIC

ng and he established a golden age of peace and plenty. saturn hours are especially good for bringing patience and for dealing with long-terms obstacles and difficulties. element: earth seite 142 wicca01.txt colour: black/grey crystals: haematite, jet, lodestone, obsidian, smoky quartz incenses: aconite, cypress, patchouli trees: blackthorn, yew herbs and oils: aspen, bistort, comfrey, horsetail, solomon's seal metal: lead or pewter saturn rules capricorn, 22 december-20 january, and is co-ruler of aquarius, 21 january-18 february. these sun periods are most potent for saturn spells and for those born under these signs at all times. magical hours the hours of the day are also influenced by the planets. to choose the best time for a spell, you should consult first pages 227-32 on the planet

heir experience to new fields; the resolution of chronic health problems and all water magick. associations candle colours: blue for the autumn rain and green for the earth mother symbols: ripe fruit and vegetables, autumn leaves, berries and nuts crystals: blue lace agate, aventurine, malachite, laboradite flowers, herbs, oils and incenses: chrysanthemum, geranium, lemon, parsley, pine, sage and solomon's seal a falling leaf ritual this ritual of the autumn equinox may be performed to shed fears and regrets and welcome the coming of winter. anyone who has seen a profusion of swirling brilliant red, yellow, orange and vibrant brown leaves will understand that this is a time of great energy as the light battles but finally submits to the darker days. as the winds blew at the spring equinox

CHIREAU YVONNE BLACK MAGIC RELIGION AND THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CONJURING TRADITION

c page 46 of 144 http//content.cdlib.org/xtf/view?docid=kt600020q0&chunk.id=0&doc.view=print 7/14/2006 and expelling poisons" thomas winterbottom, a british physician on the windward coast of africa in the early 1800s, found that "active and fatal poisons" were used in conjunction with magical ceremonies and in the composition of gris-gris by religious specialists in shebro, sierra leone. job ben solomon, an african nobleman whose life and adventures were popularized in a 1734 narrative, described the cultivation and use of a poison that was extracted from a locally grown root in the senegambia. the plant produced "so deadly" a poison, he explained "that one pint of it will soon kill any creature that drinks it" utilized in africa as a lethal weapon, poisoning techniques survived among bla

joseph waring, the history of medicine in south carolina (spartanburg, s.c: reprint company, 1971, cited in wood, black majority, pp. 290.91. see also wood "people's medicine in the early south" p. 52. garden, a renowned botanist and physician in charleston, was the grandson and namesake of the anglican commissary of the early 1700s. 32. thomas bluett, some memoirs of the life of job, the son of solomon the high priest of boonda in africa (london: richard ford, 1734; and "olaudah equiano of the niger ibo" both reprinted in philip curtin, africa remembered\ 182\ narratives by west africans from the era of the slave trade (madison: university of wisconsin press, 1967, p. 80; winterbottom, account of the native africans, p. 266; robert voeks "african medicine and magic in the americas" geogr

say smith, the autobiography of james l. smith, including also reminiscences of slave life, recollections of the war, education of freedmen, causes of the exodus, etc (norwich: society of the founders of norwich, 1881, p. 56; on the use of cups, crystals, and gourds by conjurers and specialists, see gilbert osofsky, puttin on old massa: the slave narratives of henry bibb, william wells brown, and solomon northup (new york: harper and row, 1969, p. 215. on the frizzly chicken, see southern workman 24 (1895: 78; see also michael bell "pattern, structure and logic in afro-american hoodoo performance (ph.d. diss, indiana university, bloomington, 1980, p. 67, who states that the "frizzled" chicken is actually the name for a friesland hen. 23 "virginia hayes shepherd" wpa folklore file, virginia

CHRONOLOGIA RORISPERGIUS

d in avestan (an east-iranian language) 1200 origin of judaism, o.c. of o.t, starting with the torah (the first 5 books. sophocles claimed dice were invented by palamedes during the siege of troy. herodotus attributed them to the lydians in the reign of atys. 1194 fall of troy (events described in iliad/odyssey. 1100 (ca) rise of mayan culture. 994- king david captures jerusalem. 10th century bce solomon, son of david, king of israel flourished 950 torah/pentateuch, song of songs. 900 bc "the sacrificial deities, agni and soma, as personifications of the ritual order, effectively survived the transition from theism to pantheism in 900 bc (james: 1963..pg 77) 800- the iliad and the odyssey were recited by a blind poet named homer; hesiod: works and days, theogony; upanishads 751 rome was fo

in cilicia (a province on the southeastern coast of asia minor) were practicing secret rites of mithras. 46-120 plutarch 20 bc- 45 philo of alexandria, jewish platonic philosopher 10 bce apollonius of tyana 4? bce-33 ce jesus founds christianity. diamond sutra. heart sutra. 1st century ce apollonius of tyana flourished. nagarjuna- first order 4 magic square, in india. 1st to 3rd ce) testament of solomon composed 17 egyptian zodiac at denderah is erected. 30-96 new testament. 50-63 (n.t) colossians, philemon, ephesians, philippians. c.50 chaeremon egyptian stoic philosopher and grammarian, superintendent of the alexandrian library kept in the temple of serapis, and as custodian and expounder of the sacred books belonged to the higher ranks of the priesthood. wrote an account of the egyptia

usayn ibn sina (avicenna) metaphysics of angelology identifies the active intellect with the angel of revelation, gabriel, the holy spirit. theory that the soul can make an impression upon "first matter (astral matter) by the vehemence of its affection and intention influenced albertus magnus (thorndike, history of magic and experimental science, ii, 731) 1039-1123 milarepa 1040-1105 rashi (rabbi solomon ben isaac; jewish sage, talmudic exegist of troyes, france c.1050 michael psellus studying in constantinople, received an annotated copy of the hermetica from a scholar from harran. 1052-1127 ibn al-sid al batalyawsi kitab al- hada'iq or "the book of imaginary circles" ladder by which the soul ascends and descends(influenced by the "epistles of the brethren of purity) popular in medieval s

l batalyawsi kitab al- hada'iq or "the book of imaginary circles" ladder by which the soul ascends and descends(influenced by the "epistles of the brethren of purity) popular in medieval spain and provence -translations made by kabbalists moses ibn tibbon and samuel ibn motot 1054 rome splits from orthodox church, forms catholic church 1058-1111 ghazali (persian muslim scholar and mystic) 1060 r. solomon ibn gabirol said to have created a woman 1062-1110 petrus alfonsi proof of the trinity based on the tetragrammaton. 1071-1126 guilhelm ix duca d'aquitania, vii conte di poitiers troubadour c. 1075 yehuda ha-levi born. friend of abraham ibn ezra. helped amalgamate ismailite thought and muslim mysticism to jewish thought. 1075-1129 rupert of deutz. trinitarian division of history: the age of

onso x ruled spain, judeo-christian moslem atmosphere. kabbalah came into contact with christianity. kabbalistic, talmud texts translated into spanish. d. 1230 farid al-din al-'attar. mantiq al-tayr('the speech of the birds) 1230-1306 jacopone da todi franciscan joachite poet and leader 1231 first mention of alchemy in french literature- roman de la rose 1235-1310 arnold of villanova 1235-1310 r. solomon b. abraham adret, spain. teaches llull about kabbalah. 1235 robert grosseteste, bishop of lincoln, discusses transmutation of metals in de artibus liberalibus and de generatione stellarum. 1236-1319 ramon lull 1237 -1285/88 adam de la halle troubadour 1240 abraham abulafia, sicilian kabbalist, founder of ecstatic kabbala, born in saragosa 1240 elhanan b. yakar(london) publishes sefer yetzi

'ur qoma identifies jacob's ladder with the height of the body or totality of created beings. 1300 fra dolcino anticipates the angel of philadelphia's appearance as "holy pope. arnald of villanova writes a number of important treatises on alchemy quaestiones tam esseentiales quam accidentales, epistola supe alchemia ad regem neapolitanum, de secretis naturae, exempla de arte philosophorum; key of solomon. d.1300 'aziz al-din nasafi. kitab al-insan al-kamil. 1300 sister manfreda, a member of the visconti family and follower of a religious sect, founded by guglielma of bohemia and inspired by the profecies of a 13th century italian monk, gioacchino da fiore had been elected "pope" by her sect was sentenced and burned. 1300-1325 w.v. white book of rhydderch (mabinogion. ma'arekhet ha-elohut e

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nd, for all i know, they may still be running. or, given how successful this book and subsequent ones have been, maybe they have learned a big, big lesson. running away from things we don't want to face is never the answer. it just delays, often briefly, removing the control of that which we fear. either way, to publish this book originally i had to borrow 15,000 from a friend in liverpool, david solomon, and set up a company called bridge of love publications to publish what no-one else would. i also called on the help of others who had 'coincidently' come into my life in the weeks before- alice ferguson, artist neil hague and book designer, sam masters, who has designed all the books that have followed. it was a challenge to do it all from scratch, but what satisfaction it has brought wi

members have no idea of the despotism contained in the real agenda which is known to only the tiny few. indeed, the real agenda is known only to the prison warders of the fourth dimension who have been the common link in the conspiracy over thousands of years. in his work, the new atlantis, bacon sets out his vision of a new world in which the power is exercised by a secret society, the temple of solomon. in bacon's vision, the privileged elite study the sciences in secret and act as an invisible government, deciding what the people should and should not be told. all this is remarkably like the secret manipulation of events and information today. but then, it's not so remarkable really, because the plan bacon was working from in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries is the same one that

l reserve system on the people of the united states. it was all arranged by the rothschilds, probably even down to the warburg's marriage partners. these banking and elite families like to interbreed whenever possible. it keeps the genes up to scratch, you know, and keeps the money (control) in the family. when jacob schiff arrived in america to join kuhn, loeb, and co, he married the daughter of solomon loeb. jacob schiff was to be one of the key manipulators in the first half of this century. the schiff and rothschild families were as one and shared the same house in frankfurt in the days of mayer amschel. the federal reserve bill became known as the 'aldrich bill' and it was warburg and aldrich who organised the covert meeting on jekyl island. many years later, frank vanderlip, the rock

efellers, he once wrote. it is noteworthy, too, that the morgans had a reputation for being anti-jewish while in fact working closely with the rothschilds. this ploy of "anti-semitism" is often used to camouflage rothschild interests. the rothschilds were most powerfully represented in the united states by the banking company known as kuhn, loeb, and co. it was founded in 1867 by abraham kuhn and solomon loeb, two merchants from cincinnati, but it became an obvious rothschild front after 1875, when jacob schiff arrived from frankfurt. schiff was born in the rothschild/schiff house in frankfurt, which the two families shared. the business arrangements between schiff and kuhn, loeb, and co were consummated (as so often happens in these cases) by the marriage of schiff to solomon loeb's daugh

'gothic constitutions' as they are called, have proved. the penalty for revealing the secrets in those days was to be thrown out of the lodge. it beats having your bowels burnt to ashes, for sure. the freemasonry rituals and oaths are based on a piece of invention in the eighteenth century- the freemason story of hiram abif. according to the freemasonry invention, hiram abif was the architect of solomon's biblical temple. the gothic constitutions of the stonemasons make no reference to such a man, but he became the freemasons' martyr figure. invention has it that hiram refused to betray the secrets to three fellow craft masons armed with masonic tools. they murdered him when he would not reveal his secrets, so the myth goes, and king solomon ordered a search when hiram appeared to be miss

ut he became the freemasons' martyr figure. invention has it that hiram refused to betray the secrets to three fellow craft masons armed with masonic tools. they murdered him when he would not reveal his secrets, so the myth goes, and king solomon ordered a search when hiram appeared to be missing. hiram's body was discovered 'indecently interred' and was reburied with 'all respect and reverence. solomon ordered those responsible for the murder to be executed and in some versions of the story, the killers, jubela, jubelo, and jubelum, were so full of remorse that they asked to be put to death. jubela asked for his throat to be cut and his tongue torn out; jubelo chose to have his left breast torn open and his heart fed to the vultures; and jubelum was the one who asked for his bowels to be

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lls them a "true kingly line of the elven race, a code for reptilian shape-shifters. freemasons are the serpent cult freemasonry is the biggest secret society in the world and a front for the serpent cult, although the vast majority of its members are oblivious to this. the hero of freemasonry is someone called hiram abif. his freemasonic legend says that he was the "grand master and architect of solomon's temple" who was killed for refusing to reveal the masonic secrets. the story has many similarities with the legend of the death of osiris in egypt. hiram i, the king of tyre from 969 to 936bc, is not considered the same person as hiram abif, although he, too, appears in the story of solomon's temple. hiram abif is also said to have come from tyre (an old knights templar stronghold) and t

ence of the 40 years the "israelites" were supposed to have lived there. what did they find? nothing. the loss of the egyptian army in the red sea is not recorded in any historical document and this is utterly ludicrous if it had actually happened. the greek historian herodotus (c.485-425bc) travelled and researched the lands and history of egypt and the near east and yet he heard nothing of king solomon, the mass exodus of "israelites" from egypt, or the egyptian army drowned in the red sea. neither did the greek philosopher, plato. l.a. waddell, a fluent reader of sanskrit, sumerian, and egyptian, researched that whole region in great detail. he concluded "there is absolutely no inscriptional evidence whatsoever, nor any ancient greek or roman reference, for the existence of abraham or a

ed sea. neither did the greek philosopher, plato. l.a. waddell, a fluent reader of sanskrit, sumerian, and egyptian, researched that whole region in great detail. he concluded "there is absolutely no inscriptional evidence whatsoever, nor any ancient greek or roman reference, for the existence of abraham or any of the jewish patriarchs or prophets of the old testament, nor for moses, saul, david, solomon, nor any of the jewish kings, with the mere exception of two, or at most three, of the later kings."10 nor was there any claim for the existence of any of these people until the levites were taken to babylon where the plot was hatched. the same stories that were told about abraham, like the near-sacrifice of his son, can be found in india. earlier versions of "moses" appear all over the ne

save us from religion 201 the real bible code another fact that is vital to understand if we are to see the forest for the trees is that these levite texts were written symbolically in codes and parables. when we take them all literally we lose the plot. before the prison religions, the ancients were worshippers of the sun and all three syllables in sol-om-on are different names for the sun. king solomon's temple was not a real location, it is symbolic. the freemasonic historian, manly p. hall, wrote that king solomon's 1,000 "wives" and concubines were symbolic of the sun, moons, asteroids, and other "receptive bodies, within his "house" or "temple- the solar system.12 the stories attributed to solomon and david can be found long before in india. and if there was no david or solomon, then

loodlines of middle-ages germany. it became known as rothschild (red-shield or rotes-schild in german) in the 18th century when mayer amschel rothschild founded a financial dynasty in frankfurt, working in league with the illuminati house of hesse and others. they took their name from the red "shield, or hexagram/star of david on the front of their house in frankfurt. the star of david or seal of solomon is an ancient esoteric symbol and only became associated with jewish people after the rothschilds adopted it for themselves. it has absolutely no connection to "david" or "solomon, as jewish historical sources confirm. the rothschilds are one of the top illuminati bloodlines on the planet and they are shape-shifting reptilians. guy de rothschild of the french house heads this bloodline dyn

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tradition adopted by the pharaohsof egypt.1 to many in the new age, jesus is sananda, a high initiate of some spiritualhierarchy who incarnated to infuse the earth with the christ energy. or, depending onwho you talk to, he was an extraterrestrial on a similar mission. to others he wasclaiming to be the king of the jews by right of his king david bloodline. but didjesus actually exist? did moses, solomon and king david exist? i would saycategorically no. there is no credible evidence for the existence of any of them outsidethe biblical texts and they are certainly not credible. so where did they come from?the old testamentin 721 bc, it appears that israel was overrun by the assyrians and the israelites orcanaanites were taken into captivity. however, the tribes known by official history as

egyptian historian, manetho, reported that a strange and barbaricrace invaded and took control of egypt. when they were eventually driven out, he said,they journeyed through syria and built a city called jerusalem.14 the hyksos could wellbe a group of similar description called the habiru who came out of the former lands ofsumer, as did, according to the old testament, the one called abraham.king solomon and his temple are more symbolism. there is, again, no independentevidence for a person called king solomon. not once has his name appeared in anyinscriptions. before the levites wrote their texts, the greek historian herodotus (c. 485-425 bc, travelled and researched the lands and history of egypt and the near east. heheard nothing of the empire of solomon, the mass exodus of israelites f

lled and researched the lands and history of egypt and the near east. heheard nothing of the empire of solomon, the mass exodus of israelites from egypt, or thedestruction of the pursuing egyptian army in the red sea. nor did plato in his travels tothe same area. why? because it is all invention. the three syllables in sol-om-on are allnames for the sun in three languages. manly p hall wrote that solomon and his wives andconcubines were symbolic of the planets, moons, asteroids and other receptive bodieswithin his house- the solar mansion.15 solomons temple is symbolic of the domain ofthe sun. in talmudic legend, solomon is presented as a master magician who understoodthe cabala and cast out demons. this is more symbolism of the secret knowledge heldwithin the fabricated stories of hebrew

end, solomon is presented as a master magician who understoodthe cabala and cast out demons. this is more symbolism of the secret knowledge heldwithin the fabricated stories of hebrew history. the books of kings and chronicles,which recount the building of solomons temple, were written between 500 and 600years after the events they are supposed to be describing. hebrew chroniclers of thetemple of solomon are so over the top, its hilarious. it was supposed to occupy 153,600workmen for seven years and its cost, worked out by arthur dynott thomson, would havebeen 6,900 million. and thomson was writing in 1872! what would it be today? suchfigures are ludicrous and yet further examples of the make-believe behind these tales.they are symbolic, not literal. another point. if solomon didnt exist

bloodline being taken tofrance by mary magdalene to become the merovingians as suggested in many booksover recent years. as the scholar and researcher, l. a. waddell, points out:there is absolutely no inscriptional evidence whatsoever, nor any ancient greek orroman reference, for the existence of abraham or any of the jewish patriarchs or prophetsof the old t estament, nor for moses, saul, david, solomon, nor any of the jewish kings,with the mere exception of two, or at most three, of the later kings.1686the consequences of all this for the people who have called themselves jewish, andfor humanity in general, have been quite appalling. the mosaic law, the law ofmoses, is the law of the levites- the law of the reptilian full-bloods and crossbreedsof the babylonian brotherhood. what it is no

uch custom andthe scene is invention.you can write an entire book about the myths in the bible and, in fact, someone has.its called, appropriately, bible myths, and if you want detailed documentation of theinformation in this chapter i thoroughly recommend it. there is no credible evidencewhatsoever for the existence of jesus. no archaeological evidence, no written evidence,nothing. so it is with solomon, moses, david, abraham, samson and countless otherbiblical stars. all we have are the levite texts and the gospel stories in their variousversions. so desperate did the religious manipulators become to cross reference jesusthat they inserted a pathetically obvious addition into the works of the jewishhistorian, josephus, to support the unsupportable. more than 40 writers are known tohave c

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egrees of the scottish rite, and the 33 feathers representing the 33 of freemasonry. the tail feathers number 9, the number of degrees in the york rite. the eagle itself is a prominent icon of masonry, being used extensively in the scottish rite. looking just above the eagles head you will see 13 pentagrams within a cloud. the pentagrams are arranged in the shape of a hexagram- or greater seal of solomon. the hexagram is a powerful tool used by pagans to invoke satan. it is also the sign of anti christ with 6 points, 6 angles and 6 planes (666. to the sorcerer, the hexagram is a powerful tool to invoke satan, and is a sign of antichrist (6 points, 6 angles, 6 planes- 666) the 5 pointed pentagrams multiplied by the 13 stars equals 65, the same cabalistic number as mentioned above. this make

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, but as a result of christian oppression (and repression) the cult of satanism and practice of witchcraft and magic developed. those evil masons& brothers of the rosy cross masonic lodges, which began to appear in france and england in the 18th century and spread to other countries, made a number of false claims: a) the origin of masonry can be traced to ancient jerusalem and the construction of solomon s temple, b) freemasonry is linked with the knights templar, and c) the leader of the lodge is in contact with master beings who live in the himalayas the illuminati. the early lodges had no connection to each other but made similar claims of possessing hidden knowledge passed down from ancient times or from a race of secret masters in the east. in reality, these lodges had very few secret

a mystical system but it lent itself well to magical application. words held the power to change reality and names compelled obedience from elemental beings. grimoires, or books of ceremonial magic based on cabalistic belief, cataloged the names and sigils of countless demons over which it was said the magician could exercise power. many of these books were attributed to biblical figures such as solomon, moses, or enoch. the enochian system of magic adopted by the golden dawn was based on the enochian evocation of dr. john dee. dee, an elizabethan astrologer and magician, working with another man, edward kelly, produced a series of 18 keys in what they claimed was the original angelic language and apparently revealed to enoch, the first man after the fall to walk with god. the english tra

t that magic based on the worship of pagan gods has the same efficiency as magic based on the hebrew cabala and christian gnosticism, shows that it is the techniques used (and their effect upon the practitioner's mind) which accounts for magical powers and not the particular deities or spirits called upon. many spirits are accredited with giving knowledge of "arts and sciences. the "lesser key of solomon, a book of goetic sorcery, lists 72 demons which solomon allegedly bound inside a brazen vessel. this cabalistic tale has its origin in the babylonian legend of the 72 lords of the djinn. the word demon comes from the greek "daemon, an influencing spirit of intelligence. djinn (or genie) is also the root of the word "genius" although the word "genius" is often used by the mundane, he who i

become lucifer; not to "invoke" belial but to become belial; not to "invoke" leviathan but to become leviathan. the goal of this magical system is to achieve power, knowledge, and enlightenment by stimulating those parts of the brain which have been called the "forces of darkness. scientists realize that the average human being uses less than 10% of his brain. if a grimoire such as the goetia of solomon or the grand grimoire says that the spirit dantalian "will declare the secrets of all arts and sciences" then by stimulating the area of brain called "dantalian" you will understand things previously unknown to you. just as many animals pass their "knowledge and experience" to their offspring through their genetic code, human beings may have the ability to access genetically transmitted kn

ion and advance to the next section entitled, crossing the gates of hell, or may first invoke the four demon kings who rule over the quarters of the earth (viz. east, west, north, and south) the four kings are often called oriens, or uriens, paymon or paymonia, ariton or egyn, and amaymon or amaimon. by the rabbins they are frequently entitled samael, azazel, azael, and mahazael. in the goetia of solomon, they are called amaymon, corson, zimimay or ziminair, and gaap. most of these names are invoked elsewhere in this book. i selected, therefore, mahazael, samael, zimimay, and corson from the above three listings, since i had not yet included any of these particular spirits in the rituals of the demonic bible (the designations are the same but i changed the order to south, east, north, and

e southern horizon to the northern horizon at increments of 20 degrees (making 180 degrees from the southern horizon to the northern horizon. multiplying 8 by 9 (to get the number of angles created by the division of the eight cardinal points with the nine angular points) gives a total of 72, the traditional number of lords of the djinn, powerful spirits of air and fire described in the goetia of solomon as bound by solomon in a brazen vessel but later freed by the babylonians. these 72 demonic spirits rule over the angles of the earth, and therefore over all the spirits which dwell upon the earth. initial statement i have crossed the gates of hell and have become the devil incarnate. i am satan; i am lucifer; i am belial; and i am leviatan. i shall invoke the eight sub-princes of hell. i

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ns in the time of christ, when the pharisees took against christ. they associated christ having been possessed by beelzebub and referred to his power as being able to drive the demons from one by the power of demons. it is suggested that the name of beelzebub, being the god of ekron which was a philistine city. the canaanite name baal which is an early 39 pagan god is the root of this demon. king solomon had dealings with this demon and learned much about his nature. he is considered the lord of flies and a powerful force. an interesting text concerning him is the following "then hell, receiving satan the prince, with sore reproach said unto him: o prince of perdition and chief of destruction, beelzebub, the scorn of the angels and spitting of the righteous why wouldest thou do this? thou

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s, and can tell you things about your past and future, giving the appearance of being the ghost of a loved one. these entities feed off of the energy given to them by persons who believe that they are communicating with the spirits of deceased family members and friends. goetia: howling. a popular grimoire (q.v) with instructions for evoking (q.v) nonphysical entities. a part of the lesser key of solomon. often mistakenly thought of as that entire book. high magick (q.v) that is involved with so-called demons (q.v. gnomes: the elemtaries (q.v/ elementals (q.v) of earth (q.v. the good spirits (q.v) that live in the depths of the earth. traditionally, they are said to guard buried treasure. gnosis: greek for "knowledge" a total gestalt comprehension of the universe and the relationship betwe

roup until schisms developed circa 1900 and the group divided into numerous factions. most noted for writing the initiatory rituals of the hermetic order of the golden dawn (q.v) from a cipher manuscript. he was responsible for the interpretation and eventual publication of many classic grimoires (q.v) of ceremonial magick (q.v) including the sacred magic of abramelin the mage, the greater key of solomon the king, the goetia of the lesser keys of solomon the king, and the armadel of magic. additionally, s.l. mathers translated portions of the zohar and commentaries upon the kabbalah entitled, the kabbalah unveiled. maya: illusion. a sanskrit word which does not mean, as many people believe, that the world is an illusion. actually, it means that our interpretation of the world around us is

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with the kings in the valley, the sinister kings of edom "who ruled ere there was a king in israel, whose kingdoms are unbalanced force" 10. generation by generation we trace the intercourse of the princes of israel with the priest-kings of egypt. abraham and jacob went thither; joseph and moses were mystical qabala page 6 intimately associated with the court of the royal adepts. when we read of solomon sending to hiram, king of tyre, for men materials to aid in the building of the temple we know that the famous tyrian mysteries must have profoundly influenced the hebrew esotericism. when we read of daniel being educated in the palaces of babylon we know that the wisdom of the magi must have been accessible to hebrew illuminati. 11. this ancient mystical tradition of the hebrews possessed

wo side columns formed by the vertical alignment of the sephiroth in their spacing on the tree of life. of these two columns, the left-hand one under binah is called severity; the right-hand one under chokmah is called mercy; the middle one under kether is called mildness, and it is said to be the column of equilibrium. these two side columns are the two pillars that stand at the entrance to king solomon's temple and are represented in all lodges of the mysteries, the candidate himself, when he stands between them, is the middle pillar of equilibrium. 11. here we meet with the idea put forth by mme blavatsky, that there can be no manifestation without differentiation into the pairs of opposites. kether differentiates its two aspects as chokmah and binab, and manifestation is in being. now

event us from falling into credulity and superstition. 40. the versicles are mantric phrases, a mantra being a sonorous phrase which, when repeated over and over after the manner of a rosary, works upon the mind as a special form of auto-suggestion, the psychology of which is too complex to be entered upon now. mystical qabala page 171 41. the apron has immediate associations for the initiates of solomon the wise; it is the characteristic garment of the initiate in the lesser mysteries, who is always deemed figuratively to be a craftsman, that is a maker of forms, and as the sepbirah hod is the sphere of the operations of the makers of magical forms, it will be seen that this symbolism is again apposite. the apron covers and conceals the moon-centre, yesod, concerning which we shall speak

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sire to be free from the demon is necessary on the part of the person possessed, and if this desire is absent, mere words and names are of little use. the jewish priests were not offering the possessed man salvation for his soul, but were merely attempting to intimidate the demon into leaving. lists of demons occur in some of the darker grimoires, notable among them the lemegeton or lesser key of solomon. this is a collection of tracts about ritual evocation and spirit magic. the first tract is named the goetia and consists of a descriptive list of the seventy-two demons which were bound by king solomon with his magic seal ring in a vessel of brass or copper, and cast into a lake (or the sea- accounts differ. to modern eyes, medieval images of demons may appear comical and quaint. you shou

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t to inscribe upon the air during ritual magic. the origins of this symbol are lost in prehistory. it is found on neolithic rock carvings, and was probably always regarded as a symbol of mystical power, along with a limited number of other simple symbols such as the circle, the cross, the spiral, the square, the zigzag, and so on. it was one of the earliest magic symbols for the jews- the seal of solomon in its earliest form was a pentagram. given its ancient history, the modern use and understanding of the symbol are surprisingly recent. it was not until the 19th century that the pentagram assumed the prominent place it now occupies in western practical magic. it was popularized by french occultists such as eliphas levi, and from this venue found its way into the system of magic used by t

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dividuals are so often self-destructive. exorcising a spirit must be done magically, by calling upon a higher authority to which the spirit is subject, and by erecting wards and boundaries that the spirit cannot cross. one approach is to bind the spirit into an inanimate object, and then to discard the object in some remote place where it will not be disturbed. this was the technique used by king solomon, when he bound the evil spirits, or genii, into a brass bottle and cast the bottle into the sea (or by another account, into a deep lake. if this approach is used, be sure to put the object where no one will discover it by chance. there is a danger that anyone finding such a bound spirit may, without knowing what they are doing, release the spirit, and themselves become possessed by it. re

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hem upside down to further disguise them. over time the signatures become corrupted by careless copying. often it is not possible to actually read the signatures of spirits, although they are usually a series of separate or connected forms written out in a line in a way that resembles writing. by contrast, the sigils of spirits are usually more compact and resemble little drawings (secret seal of solomon, from the lemegeton or lesser key of solomon) a spirit seal is a more polished graphic representation of the spirit. it is often circular or oval in shape, and usually contains the sigil of the spirit inscribed in its center. it may also bear the name of the spirit in latin, greek or hebrew letters around it edge, and other occult symbols such as glyphs of the planets, zodiac signs or elem

xample, the golden arrow of the scythian magician abaris was a talisman that conferred magical flight. both amulets and talismans are physical things, as opposed to sigils, which are symbols- an amulet or a talisman that does not have a material body does not exist, but a sigil exists even when it is not written down or inscribed on anything, provided it is held in the mind("circle or pentacle of solomon" from the grimoire of honorius the great) a pentacle is a magic symbol with specific ritual functions. usually the term is applied to the complex diagrams that were inscribed upon the ground or floor by medieval magicians as protective circles. these were various shapes, composed of several parts, and empowered by means of names, characters, signs and sigils. the magician stood within the

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evoke them with the cup of libations. their respective sovereigns are, gob for the gnomes, djiu for the salamanders, paralda for the sylphs, and nicksa for the undines. when an elementary spirit comes to torment, or at least to annoy the inhabitants of this world, we must conquer it by means of air, water, fire and earth, blowing, sprinkling, burning perfumes, and tracing on the earth the star of solomon and the sacred pentagram. these figures should be perfectly regular, and made either with coals from the consecrated fire, or with a reed dipped in diverse colors which we mix of pulverized magnet. then, while holding in the hand the pentacle of solomon, and taking by turns the sword, the wand, and the cup, we pronounce in these terms and in a loud voice the conjuration of the four. caput

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f winchester, instigated the passage of an act, during the minority of henry vi, which forbade the masons to hold their accustomed chapters and assemblies. but the act was never enforced, and when henry vi. became of age he joined the order, while henry vii. was the grand master in england. the origin of operative masonry is traced back by many to the old roman empire, the pharaohs, the temple of solomon, even to the tower of babel and to the ark of noah. speculative free masonry originated in england and dates from the seventeenth century. its foundation lies in the "practice of moral and social virtue" its characteristic feature being charity in the broadest sense, brotherly love, relief and truth. it is because of this foundation, so closely approaching that which is divine, that the gr

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seeds from this tree and directed him to place them within the mouth of his father, adam, when he died. from this planting arose the burning bush, out of which god communicated to moses his holy name, and from a part of which moses made his magic wand. this was placed in the ark of the covenant and was planted by king david on mount zion, where it grew into a triple tree and was later cut down by solomon to form the pillars jachin and boaz, which were placed at the entrance to the temple. a third portion was inserted in the threshold of the great gate and acted as a talisman, permitting no unclean thing to enter the sanctuary. however, certain wicked priests removed it, weighted it with stones, and cast it into the temple reservoir, where it was guarded by an angel, who kept it from the si

ditions denoel, 1957. la parapsychologie: essai historique et critique. paris: editions denoel, 1954. pleasants, helene, ed. biographical dictionary of parapsychology. new york: helix press, 1964. amaimon (or amaymon) one of the four spirits who preside over the four parts of the universe. amaimon is the governor of the eastern part, according to the grimoire, or magic manual, of the lemegeton of solomon, also known as the lesser key or little key. sources: the lesser key of solomon. chicago: de laurence, scott, 1916. amalgamated flying saucer clubs of america founded in 1959 by gabriel green (b. 1924, amalgamated flying saucer clubs of america (afsca) grew out of the los angeles interplanetary study groups, which green had started in 1956. that same year green also began issuing a magazin

higher degree and given a more advanced set of lessons. members may, but are by no means required to, attend local gatherings of students variously designated as lodges, chapters, or pronaoi, depending upon their strength. ananda metteya encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 48 the amorc sees itself as the continuation of the ancient mystery schools of the middle east, once headed by solomon and amenhotep. according to its own history, the group works in 180-year cycles in which public activity is followed by a period of secrecy and silence. thus is explained the broken history of the order. a new public cycle began in 1909. among the famous people claimed as rosicrucians are isaac newton, rene descartes, benjamin franklin, and francis bacon. h. spencer lewis was succeeded by

st 1905. burton, maurice. the sixth sense of animals. new york: taplinger, 1973; london: dent, 1973. gaddis, vincent, and margaret gaddis. the strange world of animals and pets. 1970. reprint, new york: pocket books, 1971. kindermann, henny. lola; or, the thought and speech of animals. new york: e. p. dutton, 1923. lilly, j. man and dolphin. garden city, n.y: doubleday, 1961. lorenz, konrad. king solomon s ring. new york: time, 1962. lubow, robert. the war animals. garden city, n.y: doubleday, 1977. maeterlinck, maurice. the unknown guest. new hyde park, n.y: university books, 1975. schul, bill. the psychic power of animals. greenwich, conn: fawcett, 1977. selous, edmund. thought-transference (or what) in birds. london: constable& co. ltd, 1931. anima mundi the soul of the world, a pure et

crcs, 1975. the practice and profession of astrology. sebastopol, calif: crcs, 1985. practicing the cosmic science: key insights in modern astrology. sebastopol, calif: crcs, 1999. relationships and life cycles. sebastopol, calif: crcs, 1980. stephen arroyo s chart interpretation handbook. sebastopol, calif: crcs, 1989. ars notoria title of a work of magical invocations and prayers attributed to solomon and therefore related to the celebrated key of solomon the king, one of the most famous grimoires, or book of ceremonial magic. ars notoria is known in the english translation of robert turner (sloane manuscript 3648, british library, london, published by him in 1657. artemisian order the artemisian order is a feminist neo-pagan group founded in the 1990s by oriethyia, a feminist poet. it

de constantin, the original of which is now in the vatican. the symbolic ideas often disclosed a high moral purpose: never has anything proceeded from these drawings, wrote william wilkinson in spirit drawings: a personal narrative (1858, nor from their descriptions, but what has been to us an incentive to a better and holier life. the phenomenon is even recorded in the bible: then david gave to solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner parlors thereof, and of the place of the mercy seat and the pattern of all that he had by the spirit, of the courts of the house of the lord, and of all the chambers round about it, of the treasuries of the house of god, and of the treasuries of th

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intuition. tomorrow (may 1950. when is healing psychic? tomorrow (spring 1955. where is bridey murphy? tomorrow (spring 1956. pleasants, helene, ed. biographical dictionary of parapsychology. new york: helix press, 1964. the macrocosm the whole universe.from the greek words macros (long) and kosmos (the world).symbolized by a six-pointed star, formed of two triangles. this is the sacred symbol of solomon s seal. it represents the infinite and the absolute.that is, the most simple and complete abridgment of the science of all things. paracelsus stated that all magical figures may be reduced to two: the macrocosm and the microcosm (world in miniature (see also magical diagrams) encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. the macrocosm 953 macro-pk term used to denote the effects of ps

: http/ www.magicalblend.com. sources: magical blend magazine. http//www.magicalblend.com. march 23, 2000. magical diagrams these are geometrical designs representing the mysteries of deity and creation, therefore supposed to be of special virtue in rites of evocation and conjuration. major diagrams are the triangle; the double triangle, forming a six-pointed star and known as the sign or seal of solomon; the tetragram, a fourpointed star formed by the interlacement of two pillars; and the pentagram, a five-pointed star. these signs were traced on paper or parchment or engraved on metals and glass and consecrated to their various uses by special rites. the triangle evoked a universal trinity found in all things. deity, time, and creation. the triangle was generally traced on the ground wit

the triangle evoked a universal trinity found in all things. deity, time, and creation. the triangle was generally traced on the ground with the magic sword or rod, as in circles of evocation where the triangle was drawn within it and, according to the position of the magician at its point or base, so the spirits were conjured (summoned up) from heaven or hell. the double triangle, or the sign of solomon, is symbolic of the macrocosm, and is formed by the interlacement of two triangles: its points thus constitute the perfect number six. magicians wore it bound on their brows and breasts during ceremonies, and it was engraved on the silver reservoirs of magic lamps. the tetragram, symbolic of the four elements, was used in the conjuration of the elementary spirits.sylphs of the air, undines

protect him from the malice of evil spirits that he might invoke to perform his will. the circle was symbolic of a sphere that was believed to surround the magician. it both isolated him from the chaos outside and held in the magical power that he raised. magic circles were used for thousands of years and often took elaborate forms, requiring the inscribing of magical symbols, such as the seal of solomon (a double pentacle. in ancient hindu folk customs, the bed of a woman in childbirth was encircled by red lead or black pebbles to ward off evil influences. in medieval magic practice, the circle was usually marked or drawn around the magician with a magic sword or knife. it might be some nine feet in diameter to allow the movements of the magician in his evocations. portable forms of magic

agical texts, which he rescued from the obscurity into which they had fallen. sources: colquhoun, ithell. the sword of wisdom: macgregor mathers and the golden dawn. new york: g. p. putnam s sons, 1975. mathers, s. l. macgregor. astral projection, ritual magic, and alchemy. rochester, vt: destiny books, 1987. the kabbalah unveiled. 1907. reprint, london: routledge and kegan paul, 1926. the key of solomon the king. 1889. reprinted as: the greater key of solomon. chicago: de laurence, 1914. mathers, s. l. macgregor, trans. the book of the sacred magic of abra-melin the mage. 1898. reprint, chicago: de laurence, 1932. reprint, new york: causeway books, 1974. mathur, raghuvansh b(ahadur (1918) indian educator who has investigated parapsychological subjects. he was born september 17, 1918, at l

enting a vital and creative number. just as a language is formed from the letters of its alphabet, so from the secret powers that resided in the hebrew alphabet were magical variations evolved [comparable concepts existed in esoteric hinduism (see aum] there are many species of angels and powers. more exalted intelligences were conjured by rites to be found in the ancient book known as the key of solomon the king, and perhaps the most satisfactory collection of formulae for the invocation of the higher angels is that included in the anonymous theosophia pneumatica, published at frankfurt in 1686, which bears a strong family resemblance to the treatise on magic by arbatel. the names in this work do not tally with those that have been already given, but as it is admitted by occult students t

EXTRAORDINARY ENCOUNTERS AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EXTRATERRESTRIALS AND OTHERWORLDY BEINGS

s of the crew offered to fly the whole family to their home planet for a visit. only bucky, then four years old, wanted to go. the venusians agreed to return one day when he was old enough to make a mature decision on the matter. they came back in 1953, and bucky accompanied them to venus, where he had resided for two years before buck nelson met him. besides bucky, nelson s visitors included bob solomon, a two-hundred-year-old venusian, and an old man who, his age notwithstanding, was a trainee learning how to fly a spacecraft. after an hour the visitors left, but not before telling nelson that they would fly him to other planets, nelson wrote later, if i would tell about it to the world (nelson, 1956. around midnight on april 24, bucky and his friends arrived to take nelson into space. h

d many period newspapers. see also: aurora martian; lethbridge s aeronauts; michigan giant; ultraterrestrials; wilson further reading chariton, wallace o, 1991. the great texas airship mystery. plano, tx: wordware publishing. cohen, daniel, 1981. the great airship mystery: a ufo of the 1890s. new york: dodd, mead and company. source the source, a sort of universal mind, was channeled through paul solomon. solomon s channeling began in 1972 when he was living in atlanta and going through acute personal distress in the wake of a failed marriage. in an effort to deal with his emotional problems, solomon underwent hypnosis. under hypnosis a powerful voice spoke through his mouth, warning, you have not attained sufficient growth or spiritual awareness to understand contact with these records! b

lomon s channeling began in 1972 when he was living in atlanta and going through acute personal distress in the wake of a failed marriage. in an effort to deal with his emotional problems, solomon underwent hypnosis. under hypnosis a powerful voice spoke through his mouth, warning, you have not attained sufficient growth or spiritual awareness to understand contact with these records! bewildered, solomon and hypnotist harry snipes iii decided to explore the mystery in a second session. from there the source, as solomon and snipes called it, began instructing solomon on how to communicate with it and how to pass on its wisdom to others. the source taught a spiritual philosophy that it called inner light consciousness, thus the name of the organization solomon soon formed: fellowship of the

harry snipes iii decided to explore the mystery in a second session. from there the source, as solomon and snipes called it, began instructing solomon on how to communicate with it and how to pass on its wisdom to others. the source taught a spiritual philosophy that it called inner light consciousness, thus the name of the organization solomon soon formed: fellowship of the inner light. in 1974, solomon and his followers relocated to virginia beach, virginia, where edgar cayce, to whom solomon would be compared, had lived and had pursued his spiritual work. like cayce s, solomon s readings encompassed atlantis, reincarnation, healing, prophecies, and more. the source claimed to be a greater power than the spirit or channeling entities that were a good part of the focus of the new age move

s, solomon s readings encompassed atlantis, reincarnation, healing, prophecies, and more. the source claimed to be a greater power than the spirit or channeling entities that were a good part of the focus of the new age movement of the 1970s and 1980s. its mission was to provide a way for seekers to touch the holy spirit within them and, thereafter, to let it guide them. before his death in 1994, solomon had conducted thousands of readings, many preserved on tape and sold by associates who seek to keep his and the source s memory alive. see also: atlantis; channeling further reading beidler, william, 1977. paul solomon. another cayce? fate 30, 2 (february: 56 61. a healing consciousness, 1978. virginia beach, va: master s press. spiritual unfoldment and psychic development through inner li

y alive. see also: atlantis; channeling further reading beidler, william, 1977. paul solomon. another cayce? fate 30, 2 (february: 56 61. a healing consciousness, 1978. virginia beach, va: master s press. spiritual unfoldment and psychic development through inner light consciousness, 1973. atlanta, ga: fellowship of the inner light. wheeler, w. alexander, 1994. the prophetic revela- tions of paul solomon: earthward toward a heav- enly light. new york: samuel b. weiser. spectra under hypnosis on november 30, 1971, israeli psychic uri geller recalled an incident that occurred when he was three years old. geller encountered a dazzling light from which a voice emanated. the voice said it was his programmer. over the years, geller received many more messages from this intelligence, which called

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open, you ve a passage free. but what is this i now must see! can that happen naturally? is it phantom? is it reality? how long and broad the poodle grows! he rises up in mighty pose, tis not a dog s form that he shows! what spectre have i sheltered thus? he s like a hippopotamus with fiery eyes, jaws terrible to see. oh, mine you are most certainly. for such as your half-hellish crew the key of solomon will do. spirits[in the corridor] captured is someone within! stay without, none follow in! like a fox in a snare quakes an ancient hell-lynx there. but now give heed! hover hence, hither hover, under, over, and he soon himself has freed. can ye avail him, oh, do not fail him! for he has already done much to profit us, each one. faust first, to deal with this beast s core, i will use the s

FELDMAN DANIEL QABALAH THE MYSTICAL HERITAGE OF THE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM

enoch was the grandson of adam and the son after whom qain was said to name a city.11 enoch son of yared was the great, great, great, great grandson of adam, and the one who walked with elohim and was transformed into metatron(]vruum).12 the thirteen enochian keys of enoch son of qain are reflected in such works as the book of the sacred magic of abramelin the mage, the greater and lesser keys of solomon, and medieval grimoires such as the armadel, goetia/lemegeton, etc.13 the primary text of the mystical qabalah that appears to occupy a central place of importance in the hermetic qabalah is the sefer yetzirah (book of formation. however, from what is written in many of the books of hermetic qabalah, it is apparent that the structure of the tree of life, nature of the inner court, and func

ction of the great library of alexandria. this literature was virtually unknown from the fourth (when banned by hilary, jerome, and augustus) until the late nineteenth century ce, when three manuscripts deemed as authentic enochian material were discovered. two of the manuscripts, i enoch and iii enoch, were in ethiopian translation: these were found in what was once abyssinia, the domain of king solomon s infamous lover, the queen of sheba. the third manuscript, called ii enoch and the book of the secrets of enoch, was preserved in two slavonic versions: these were found in russia and serbia. i enoch and ii enoch were translated by r.h. charles. h. odeburg translated iii enoch( hebrew book of enoch).17 the books of enoch that are mentioned here should not be confused with the canons of en

rly nineteenth century. these latter books, which influenced romantic artists and poets such as thomas moore, william blake, and lord byron, are from a different tradition. the authorship and dates of origin of the remaining enochian books are obscure. the three manuscripts cited, replete with errors of addition, corruption, and omission, may well be the remnants of volumes given to sheba by king solomon and subsequently handed down through generations. at the very least, biblical scholars agree that the books of enoch are the most important apocrypha and pseudoepigrapha pre-dating the christian era. it has been well established that all new testament authors were more or less influenced by them.18 the translations of the three books of enoch had been long out of print by the time the work

i, that 3' 8: h" 2: 2 2:e 8% awareness which alone remains xthat i am. the nature of that awareness is existence- consciousness-bliss. and, like silver is in mother of pearl, the world, the individual soul, and god are appearances in the true self. these three appear at the same time and disappear at the same time. 83 in the zohar (book of splendor, shir hashirim (song of songs attributed to king solomon, and elsewhere, the hebrew small face is described as raven-haired and black-bearded. vast face conversely is frequently referred to as the whitehaired, white-bearded, hoary ancient of days. for example: white are his garments, and his appearance is the likeness of a face vast and terrible.18..the head of days, his head white and pure as wool. and his raiment indescribable. 19 in the mahan

uded to in torah b reshith 5:24, and related in detail in i enoch, the first of the two remaining books of enochian literature traced to the reign of sheba in ethiopia. i enoch was translated by r.h. charles in the late nineteenth century. in the qur an, metatron is referred to as al khidr. 13 s.l. macgregor mathers translated the sacred magic of abramelin the mage, the greater and lesser keys of solomon, and the grimoire of armadel. these books were drawn upon by both the golden dawn and ordo templis orientis for some of their rituals and experiments. aleister crowley incorporated material from them in his writings as well. mathers also brought attention to the sifra detzniyutha and the idra rabba with his english translation of knorr von rosenroth s latin translation of those texts. 14 r

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of whom we know the names elia del medigo, for example, and flavius mithridates. these and others supplied him with the necessary books and manuscripts, and he had probably read the hebrew scriptures in their original language, together with many commentaries, including cabalist commentaries and works. he seems to have had some knowledge of the zohar and of the mystical commentary on the song of solomon. and g. scholem has pointed out that he seems to refer to abraham abulafia's techniques of letter-combinations.2 the pious and enthusiastic young man above all valued his hebrew and cabalist studies because he believed that they led him to a fuller understanding of christianity, and certified the truth of the divinity of christ and the doctrine of the trinity. his seventy-two cabalist conc

magic is abundantly proved by pico's further remarks on it in the apology.1 just as there has been among us, says pico, a bad form of magia which is necromancy, and which is not the same thing as the natural magic which he advocates; so there has been among the hebrews a bad form, a degradation of cabala. there have been wicked cabalist magicians, falsely claiming to derive their art from moses, solomon, adam, or enoch, who said that they knew the secret names of god, and by what powers to bind demons, and have said that it was by such means as this that christ did his miracles. but of course it is not this wicked kind of false cabalist magic which pico is advocating as anyone can understand, for he has expressly pointed out in one of his conclusions that the miracles of christ could not

the last chapter, it was suggested that the mediaeval magic was reformed and superseded in the renaissance by the new style philosophic magic. there was also a type of mediaeval magic which used names of angels, names of god in hebrew, invocations in bastard hebrew and curious magical arrangements of letters and diagrams. magicians ascribed such magics as these to moses, and more particularly to solomon, and one of the most characteristic text-books of this type of magic was the work known as the clavis salomonis1 which was widely circulated surreptitiously in variant forms. it is probably of this type of work that pico is thinking when he says that his practical cabala has nothing to do with wicked magics going under the name of solomon, moses, enoch, or adam, by which demons were conjur

centuries a.d, so did the old conjuring go back to the same period and the same type of sources. names of angels, names of god in hebrew, hebrew letters and signs, are a feature of gnostic magic in which pagan and jewish sources are inextricably mingled. this mingling continues in the later tradition. there are, for example, names of jewish angels in picatrix, and the authorship of some "keys of solomon" is ascribed to "picatrix".1 thus both the renaissance magia and its cabala could be regarded as reformed revivals of magics ultimately derivable from pagan and jewish gnosticism. moreover, the two theoretical contexts in which the two kinds of magic revive in the renaissance namely the hermetica and cabala are both gnostic in origin. the hermetica are collections of documents of pagan gno

nevertheless attempt to penetrate a little further into the mysterious shadows of the ideas. the book is arranged in groupings of thirty. first, there are thirty short paragraphs or chapters about intentiones, or seeking the light of the divinity through having an intention of the will towards shadows or reflections of it.1 there are some references in this to the cabalists and to the imagery of solomon in his canticle. it is illustrated by a wheel divided into thirty lettered divisions, with a sun at the centre of it.2 all the "intentions" are towards the sun, not merely the visible sun, but the divine intellect of which it is an image. the lettered wheel is certainly a lullist element in the book, and reflects the lullist principle of basing an art upon divine attributes, represented by

ons, for he believes in hermetic egyptianism as better than christianity. and, to those familiar with the literature of magic, the very title of his book would have suggested magic, for cecco d'ascoli, a famous magician of the fourteenth century who was burned at the stake, cites in his necromantic commentary on the sphere of sacrobosco a book called liber de umbris idearum which he attributes to solomon.2 by his rejection of christianity, and his enthusiastic adoption of hermetic egyptianism, bruno moves back towards a darker, more mediaeval necromancy, whilst at the same time retaining the elaborate "plotinising" by ficino of the talismans. extraordinary though this may seem, i believe that bruno's "shadows of ideas" are the magic images, the archetypal images in the heavens which are cl

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writings of aleister crowley. 1973 samuel weiser, inc. oto. the enochian world of aleister crowley. enochian sex magick- aleister crowley, lon milo duquette, christopher s. hyatt, ph.d. new falcon publications, 1991. the hermetic tradition symbols and teachings of the royal art- julius evola translated from italian by e.e.rehmus. inner traditions international, 1971. the goetia the lesser key of solomon the king- translated by samuel l. macgregor mathers, edited with an introduction by aleister crowley. samuel weiser, inc. 1995. the holy books of thelema the equinox volume 3 number 9- aleister crowley. samuel weiser, inc. 1983. oto. the sacred magic of abramelin the mage- translated by s.l. macgregor mathers. dover publications, inc+ the magickal logs of frater elijah/ frater halucifuge i

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ce? in his realisation of the cthulhu mythos, lovecraft also drew upon a wide range of sources from the historical occult tradition, and from the literary material pertaining to it. in his essay, supernatural horror in literature, he mentions academic works such as frazer s the golden bough, and margaret murray s the witch cult in western europe, as well as authentic grimoires such as the keys of solomon and dr. john dee s book of enoch, or liber logaeth. he had also read waite s collection of medieval texts, the book of black magic and pacts, macgregor mathers translation of the sacred magic of abra-melin the sage, and cotton mathers, wonders of the invisible world, which documents the witchcraft phenomena centred around salem in 1692. the titles of these volumes are echoed in those which

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inestimable gift of god to man* the square to the master, because it is the proper masonic emblem of his office; and the compasses to the craft, because by its use, we are taught to circumscribe our desires, and keep our passions within due bounds. the ornaments of a lodge. the mosaic pavement, indented tessel, and blazing star. the mosaic pavement is a representation of the ground floor of king solomon's temple; the indented tessel, of that beautiful tesselated border, or skirting, which surrounded it,with the blazing star in the centre. the mosaic pavement is emblematical of human life, checkered with good and evil; the beautiful border which surrounds it, of those manifold blessings and comforts which surround us, and which we hope to obtain by a faithful reliance on divine providence

tleboard, so should we, both operative and speculative, endeavor to erect our spiritual building agreeably to the rules and designs laid down by the supreme architect of the universe, in the great books of nature and revelation, which are our spiritual, moral and masonic trestleboard. situation. lodges should be situated due east and west dedication. lodges in ancient times were dedicated to king solomon in modern times to st. john the baptist and saint john the evangelist, two eminent christian patrons of freemasonry; and since their time there has been represented in every regular and wellfurnished lodge, a certain point within a circle embordered by two perpendicular parallel lines, representing saint john the baptist and saint john the evangelist. upon the top of the circle rests the b

rt. the architect began to design, and the plans which he laid down, being improved by time and experience, have produced works which are ale admiration of every age. the lapse of time, the ruthless hand of ignorance, and the devastations of war, have laid waste and destroyed many valuable monuments of antiquity, on which the utmost exertions of human genius have been employed. even the temple of solomon, so spacious and magnificent, and constructed by so many celebrated artists, escaped not the unsparing ravages of barbarous force. freemasonry, notwithstanding, still survives. the attentive ear receives the sound from the instructive tongue, and the mysteries of masonry are safely lodged in the repository of faithful breasts. tools and implements of architecturesymbols most expressivehave

y be preserved [the symbolic colors of your station are white, and are emblematic of innocence, of peace, and of wisdom. in its application to humanity the color white denotes purity, good reputation, and happiness. in its sacred language it signifies the regeneration of the soul, and in divine language it is the symbol of divine wisdom of the supreme grand architect of the universe "wisdom" says solomon" is the glorious emanation of the allpowerful divine, the purity of eternal light, the spotless mirror of the operations of god, and the image of his goodness; it is a one, yet it is capable of becoming a plurality. the prophets saw the divinity clothed in a garment white as snow, and his hair white, like unto wool "god created the universe from his love, and he sustains it by his wisdom

vate, or with the public grand honors if other than masons are presenl the brethren are then seated, and the installation ode may be sung. if the installation is in a lodge, instead offollowing the foregoing form, after the bylaws and records are presented to the master, the installing officer may adopt the following: ins. officer. you will now be solemnly inducted into the oriental chair of king solomon: during the performance of this ceremony, it is requested that all but regularly installed masters of lodges and past masters, will retire. all but masters and past masters having retired, the new master is invested with the mysteries of the past master's degree and solemnly inducted into the chair. when the doors are opened, the brethren return and form an avenue from the west to the eas

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n is eminently good, noble and productive of great soul-growth, but that unmarried aspirant should live an absolutely celibate life if they wish to attain the highest. part viii the path of initiation in an earlier chapter we noted that the transition of the adept from the dominion of death to the realm of immortality was foreshadowed in the daring leap of hiram abiff, the grand master-workman of solomon's temple, into the seething sea of molten metal and his passage through the nine arch-like strata of the earth which form the path of initiation. we also remember that at the end of that journey hiram abiff, the son of cain, received from his ancestor a new hammer and a new word for use in the new age. according to the gospels we also find that jesus, the son of seth, immediately after his

archetekton. at the age of thirty-three, when he had taken the three-times-three (9) degrees of mystic masonry, he descended to the center of the earth. so does every other tekton, mason or phree messen (child of light) as the egyptian called such, descend through the nine arch-like strata of the earth. we shall find at the time of the first advent of christ both hiram abiff, the son of cain, and solomon, the son of seth, reborn to take from him the next great initiation into the christian mysteries. in the last chapter we saw while considering "the philosopher's stone" that the spinal cord is the principal laboratory for the alchemist, and that the spinal spirit fire, generated by turning the creative force upward through the spinal canal, passing it between the pituitary body and the pin

sferred to the various branches of the anglo-saxon race, where the sound nain means "nine" the original word has been corrupted to mislead all not entitled to the knowledge. but all things change on this terrestrial sphere, and this applies also to the methods of initiation and the requirements thereof. hiram abiff failed in his great effort to make the molten sea at the time when he was building solomon's temple, because he, the son of the fiery lucifer spirits, did not know how to blend the element fire with the water poured into his mold by the sons of seth, the creatures of the water god, jehovah. at that time he was given a new hammer and a new word. the hammer was in the form of a cross. the word was written upon a disc, before he was finally slain by his adversaries. and so he slept

seth, on the other hand, became the churchmen, upholding the feminine ideal, the virgin mary, and ruling their people by the magic water placed at their temple doors. various attempts have been made to unite the two streams of humanity and emancipate them from their progenitors, jehovah and the lucifer spirits. with this end in view the symbolical temple was built according to the instruction of solomon, the son of seth and the molten sea was cast by hiram abiff, the son of cain; but the main object was frustrated as we have seen, and the attempt at unification proved abortive. moses, the divinely appointed leader of the old dispensation, afterward reborn as elijah, guided humanity through its ages of infancy, and was finally embodied as john the baptist, the herald of the new dispensatio

ht to birth that they might serve their brothers. at the casting of the molten sea hiram abiff had been given the baptism of fire by cain, which freed him from the lucifer spirits; he was also given a new hammer and a new word. when the new era dawned, he was born as lazarus, the widow's son of nain, and raised by the strong grip of the lion's paw to the rank of immortals as christian rosenkreuz. solomon, the son of seth, was reborn as jesus. the baptism of water administered by john as representative of jehovah freed him also. he yielded his body at that moment to the descending christ spirit and ranged himself with the new leader. religion has been terribly tarnished in the course of time, its pristine purity has long since vanished under the regime of creed, and it is no longer catholic

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he reaches the goal. there was within it a golden pot with "manna (man "fallen from heaven" together with a statement of the divine laws which man must learn in his pilgrimage through the wilderness of matter. this symbolic ark contained also a magic wand, an emblem of the spiritual powers, called aaron's rod, which are now latent in everyone on his way to the haven of rest--the mystic temple of solomon. the old testament also tells how humanity was miraculously led and provided for, how after the warfare with the world it was given peace and prosperity by the before mentioned king solomon; in short, stripped of all embellishments the story relates the salient facts of man's descent from heaven, his principal metamorphoses, his transgression of the laws of the god jehovah would wish to gu

mselves and their charges into heaven hereafter. after the future in store for the sons of cain and their followers, the temple legend is also most eloquent. it states that from cain descended methuselah, who invented writing, tubal cain, a cunning worker in metals, and jubal, who originated music. in short, the sons of cain are the originators of the arts and crafts. therefore when jehovah chose solomon, the scion of the race of seth, to build a house for his name, the sublime spirituality of a long line of divinely guided ancestors flowered into the conception of the magnificent temple called solomon's temple, though solomon has only the instrument to carry out the divine plan revealed by jehovah to david. but solomon was unable to execute the divine design in concrete form. therefore it

on the two classes joined forces, the underlying enmity being hidden under a superficial show of amity. it was, indeed, the first attempt to unite them, and had that been accomplished the world history from then on would have been altered in a very material manner. the sons of cain, descended from the fiery lucifer spirits, were naturally proficient in the use of fire. by it the metals hoarded by solomon and his ancestors were melted into altars, lavers and vessels of various kinds. pillars were fashioned by workmen under the direction of hiram abiff, and arches to rest upon them. the great edifice was nearing completion when he made ready to cast the "molten sea" which was to be the crowning effort, his masterpiece. it was in the construction of this great work that the treachery of the s

en meaning underlying every word; but we will give only such fragments as have a bearing upon our main subject and the explanation necessary to link them together. the events which led up to the conspiracy against the grand master, hiram abiff, mentioned in our last chapter, and which culminated in his murder, commenced with the arrival of the queen of sheba who had been attracted to the court of solomon by tales of his wonderful wisdom and of the splendor of the temple he was engaged in building. she is said to have come laden with gorgeous gifts and it is stated that at first she was much impressed with the wisdom of solomon. but even the bible, which is written from the standpoint of the jehovistic hierarchies, hints that she saw at the court of solomon one that was fairer than he, and

ndor of the temple he was engaged in building. she is said to have come laden with gorgeous gifts and it is stated that at first she was much impressed with the wisdom of solomon. but even the bible, which is written from the standpoint of the jehovistic hierarchies, hints that she saw at the court of solomon one that was fairer than he, and there the bible narrative leaves her. her marriage with solomon was never consummated or the name of mason would have faded from memory long ere the present day and humanity at large would now be docile children of the dominant church, without free will, choice or prerogative. nor could she be permitted to wed hiram, who represented the temporal power, or religion would have been stamped out; she must wait for the bridegroom who shall embody within him

name of mason would have faded from memory long ere the present day and humanity at large would now be docile children of the dominant church, without free will, choice or prerogative. nor could she be permitted to wed hiram, who represented the temporal power, or religion would have been stamped out; she must wait for the bridegroom who shall embody within himself the combined good qualities of solomon and hiram, but who is purified from their weaknesses. for the queen of sheba is the composite soul of humanity, and at the consummation of the work of our evolutionary era she will be the bride, while christ, whom paul called a high priest after the order of melchisedec, will fill the dual office of both spiritual and temporal head, where he will be both king and priest, to the eternal wel

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of the eastern star, p. 20; ward wrote this information in, freemasonry and the ancient gods, london: simpkin, marshall, hamilton, kent and co, ltd, 1921, p. 10-11. occult writer, r.p. lawrie krishna said the same thing in the lamb slain- supreme sacrifice. the hexagram uniting the water triangle with the fire triangle, the hexagram is formed. it forms a six pointed star also known as the seal of solomon. this symbol is a counterfeit star of david, the national symbol of israel(god's chosen nation. the difference between the star of david and the occult seal is the triangles which make up the occult seal interlock and the two triangles of the star of david lie flat against each other. mary ann slipper, a masonic author, writing in symbolism of the eastern star, 1927, on page 14, makes a mo

ex. they also worship most everything in nature, which fulfills the biblical definition of a paganist in romans 1:25 "because they exchanged the truth of god for a lie and worshipped and served the creature rather than the creator" speaking of the sexual connotation of the hexagram, another witch revealed "when the male triangle penetrates the female triangle, it produces the six pointed crest of solomon or hexagram, the most wicked symbol in witchcraft [david j. meyer, dancing with demons: the music's real master] the hexagram is the sign used in the royal arch in freemasonry. masonic author wes cook, writing in did you know? vignettes in masonry from the royal arch mason magazine [missouri lodge of research, 1965, p. 132] stated that the hexagram represented "balance and harmony" in all

ralph epperson proves in his book, masonry: conspiracy against christianity, the #1 top secret of masonry is not that they worship satan/lucifer; rather, the #1 secret of freemasonry is that they plan to eradicate christianity in complete fulfillment of end time prophecies! this symbol captures this goal perfectly. sex in masonic temple- and the pomegranate "the lodge is a representation of king solomon's temple and the temple was calculated to symbolize the maternal human body, wherein the c e temple, the andidate must enter to be born again. the uterus and vagina represent the porch of th pillars of the porch r lood vessels. epresent the fallopian tubes, the network, the broad ligament with its accompanying b and the pomegranate, the ovary and its exuberant seeds, the ova cells [rollin

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he nation. he covertly laid down the principles of this secret doctrine in the first four books of the pentateuch, but withheld them from deuteronomy. this constitutes the former the man, and the latter the woman. moses also initiated the seventy elders into the secrets of this doctrine, and they again transmitted them from hand to hand. of all who formed the unbroken line of tradition, david and solomon were most initiated into the kabbalah. no one, however, dared to write it down, till simon ben jochai, who lived at the time of the destruction of the second temple. after his death his son, r. eliezer, and his secretary, r. abba, as well as his disciples, then collated r. simon g. jochai's treatises, and out of these composed the celebrated work called sohar (rhz) i.e. splendour, which is

lah unveiled. in 1906, a complete translation of the zohar into french was made by m. jean de pauly. besides these, there is also the soncino edition of the sefer ha-zohar; this appeared in english between 1931 and 1934. of books dealing with the qabalah there is a large number, of which the following is a small selection which may be useful to the student. qabbalah, the philosophical writings of solomon ben yehudah ibn gebirol or avicebron, isaac myer, 1888; la kabbale ou la philosophie religieuse des hebreux, ad. franck, 1889. the kabbalah, its doctrines, development, and literature, christian d. ginsburg, second impression, 1920. the holy kabbalah, a. e. waite, 1929. the secret doctrine of israel, a. e. waite, 1913. the history of magic, eliphas levi, 1913. the book of formation or seph

ation of this word, by balancing the moods of light, constitutes the great magical work of the qabalah. to the student of the occult it will be apparent that these two trees closely resemble the letter shin, also the caduceus of hermes with its central rod and its two entwined serpents, and also the ida, pingala, and central shushumna of hindu yoga. the whole scheme is symbolized in the temple of solomon, the temple itself being the central pillar, whilst its two pylons, yakhin and boaz, the white and the black, the right and the left, represent the tree of the knowledge of good and evil- the eternal complementary forces in life without which nothing can be. this symbolism is an excessively ancient one thus, in the norse mythology we find the mystic tree yggdrasil, the roots of which are i

ebrew alphabet, 400 completes the cycle of the creative voice or logos. as the threefold order is intellectually important, so is the fourfold order physically important, the two multiplied together making 12 and representing the zodiac (see plate v on page 34, the twelve months of the year, etc, and consequently the entire creative cycle symbolized by two interlaced six-pointed stars or seals of solomon; the one being the great work below and the other the great work above. there are four manifestations- the no-thing, the intellectual world, the sensuous world, and the physical world; also the four elements air, fire, water, and earth, the four living beasts of the chariot throne, and the four letters in the name of tetragrammaton. in the zohar we read: the firmament is imprinted, at the

ne gates. the ring may be put in rotation forwards or backwards and its token is this: nothing excels gno= ong= pleasure) in good, and nothing excels ogn= ngo= plague) in evil. 8 in man good and evil represent the pillars of mercy and severity (or justice, whilst free will represents the central pillar of mildness. this mystery of good, will, and evil is the foundation of the symbolical temple of solomon. myer writes: the widow's son, hiram abiff of tyre, cast for the qabalistic temple of king solomon two high pillars or pylons of bronze; their capitals were pomegranates and lily work. the lily, most likely the lotus, an emblem of life, white or male, on the right side, the pomegranate, the emblem of fecundity and plasticity, red or female, on the left side. the first was called yakheen, t

el; and in the name of tetragrammaton they are symbolized by the od and the vau- the serpent coiled up or passive and the serpent erect or active. the first represents the creative energy and the second actual movement or change. these two serpents are the guardians of those forces which man calls good and evil; they are, as we have already mentioned, symbolized by yakhin and boaz, the pillars of solomon's temple, and flow into kether through the fifty gates of binah, 50 being the numerical value of kl (lk) which means gall h, or the gunderstanding of all h. moses failed to open the fiftieth of these gates had he done so he would have become the messiah of israel. when the messiah does come, the sabbatic millenary will be accomplished; all israel will be blessed, 16 and will become one nat

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ntain the life principle, and which was sent in response to the cravings of pious devotees for procreative energy, which blessing, among various peoples, notably the jews, was indicative of special divine favor. by pagans, jews, and christians, the pomegranate has long been regarded as a sacred emblem. it is a symbol of reproductive energy. representations of it were embroidered on the ephod, and solomon's temple is reported as having been literally covered with decorations, in which, among the devices noticed, this particular fruit appears the most conspicuous. its significance, as revealed by inman and other writers, is too gross to be set forth in these pages. among the most sacred plants or flowers were the lotus and the fleur de lis, both of which were venerated because of some real o

associations cast over us, without seeing that the jews were probably the grossest worshippers among all those ophi--phallo--solar devotees who then covered every land and sea, from the sources of the nile and euphrates to all over the mediterranean coasts and isles. these impure faiths seem to have been very strictly maintained by jews up to hezekiah's days, and by none more so than by dissolute solomon and his cruel, lascivious bandit-father, the brazen-faced adulterer and murderer, who broke his freely volunteered oath, and sacrificed six innocent sons of his king to his javah" of solomon he says that he devoted his energies and some little wealth "to rearing phallic and solophallic shrines over all the high places around him, and especially in front of jerusalem, and on and around the

ormed the portico, were two handsome columns over fifty feet high, by the side of which were the sun god belus and his chariots. in a description of this temple it is represented as being one hundred and twenty feet long and forty feet broad, while the porch, a phallic emblem "was a huge tower, forty feet long, twenty feet broad, and two hundred and forty feet high" we are assured by forlong that solomon's temple was like hundreds observed in the east, except that its walls were a little higher than those usually seen, and the phallic spire out of proportion to the size of the structure "the jewish porch is but the obelisk which the egyptian placed beside his temple; the boodhist pillars which stood all around their dagobas; the pillars of hercules, which stood near the phoenician temple;

eir faith represents a somewhat earlier stage of development than does that of either jew or greek. in point of morality, as judged by the most ancient standards, or by the more modern, the mexicans compare favorably with either of these nationalities. indeed when we compare the social, religious, and civil conditions of mexico as we find them under montezuma with those of the jews under david or solomon, or with those of the greeks under solon, or even with those of the christians during the spanish inquisition when thousands upon thousands, not of captives taken in war, but of the noblest and best of the land, were yearly slaughtered for "the glory of god" there is quite as much to meet the approval of an enlightened conscience under the first named system as under that of any one of the

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s of the ancient egyptians, chal255 deans, magi and gymnosophists; and this is probably true" this yearning for along-anddistinguished-ancestry was present, too, in the latter-day rosicrucians of the hermetic orderofthe golden dawn, as it was in all the occult movements and secret brotherhoods of the last century, whether respectable freemasons claiming spiritual descent from the builders of king solomon's temple or madame blavatsky with her dubious claims for a theosophical wisdom born in lost ages.itwas possibly partofthe more general desire for respectability that characterized english occultists and distinguished them from the illuminati of the continent, who worked as much for political subversion as for spiritual enlightenment. such a path of revolution was abhorrent to studentsofthe

xc117mine, fail,tryagain and then succeed in touching the fingers only (the hiereus continues to maintain the grip during the rest of his speech)'theword is [har-par-krat] and it is whispered in this position by separate syllables. it is the egyptian nameof[the godofsilence]thepresent password is..it is changed at each festival of the equinox. i now place you between the pillarsofseth, hermes and solomon, in the gatewayofthe hidden knowledge' he draws the neophyte forward by the grip until he stands between the pillars, and then receives his sword from the hege255 mon. he returns to his former position e. of and close to the black pillar.hiereus:'letthe final and perfect consecration take place.'thekerux passes to the n. and there pauses until the procession is formed.thestolistes and dado

he earth.'thehierophant reseats himself.hierophant:'themystical words khabs, am,pekhtare ancient egyptian and the original of the greek konx, om, pax, which were uttered in the eleusinian mysteries. they refer to the same mode oflight as that which is symbolised by the staff of the kerux.tothe east of the cubical altar are the pillars which are referred by our secret tradition to seth, hermes and solomon.theybear certain hieroglyphical texts from the xviith and cxxvth chapters of the ritual of the dead.theyare the door-postsofthe gateway of the hidden wisdom, they are the emblemsofeternal equilibrium,ofthe dual powersofday and night, love and hatred, severityand mercy, fixed and volatile, work and rest, the subtle force of the loadstone, with its dual polarity, and the eternal outpouring a

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ial songs; these we may take to be what the eastern adepts called mantrams, that is portions of language in a certain rhythm for recitation in magical ceremonies.they condemned gold-making for profit and luxury as accursed, calling transmutation but a parergon or side work. and lastly we read in thefama:ourphilosophy is not a new invention, but as adam after his fall received it, and as moses and solomon used, also she ought not to be much doubted of or contradicted by other opinions or meanings; but seeing thattruthis always peaceful and brief and always like herself and especially accorded by with jesusinomniparteand all members. and as he is the true image of the father, so is she his image.itshall not be said that this is true only of philosophy, but true according to theology. and whe

ust, and all turn to dust again..wherefore i perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for thatishis portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him' who, indeed, except his own higher self. but perhaps this book is from the pen of some obscure jew, or half pagan chaldee or babylonian. not at all; jewish critics have all assigned it to solomon, the king of the jews at the time of their heyday of glory; surely if the immortality of the soul were the essence of the judaism of the people, he could not have so grossly denied it.a further glance atthekabalah101goback, however to the narrative of creation and the same story is found; the animals are made from the dust, man is made from the dust, and eve is made from adam, and each has

of binah, as malkuth is the peremptory reason for the existence of kether.thelaw of creation proves the existence of a law-giving creator.112themagical masonthekingdom proves the existence of a king, of whom we can only comprehend and affirm the works.'confessumem.etdecoreminduistiamictusluminesicutvestimento.'netsach, hod, and j esod, are the three angles of the reversed triangle in the seal of solomon, which correspond to the three angles of the erect triangle, that refer to kether, chokmah, and binah: and between these two triangles as a mediatorial mirage or reflection we find chesed, geburah, and tiphereth. kether is the crown of wisdom, intelligence, and mercy. chokmah is the wisdom of the crown, and the intelligence of mercy; and so on of the others. thus is the decad entire, refer

cret associations which has extended down to our own times and whose development is now in our midst as freemasonry, to me the lineal descendant of the early schemes and associations designed to perpetuate a pure religion and a corresponding system of moral ethics.oursecret brotherhood, note, has a specially judaic basis, our main legend is connected with that greatest jewish law giver and ruler, solomon.ourpresent doctrine is a unitarianism, clothed with the christian virtues.iffreemasonry arose as an entirely new scheme in the 16th or 17th century it must have arisen in a christian land, and would certainly have been marked by specially trinitarian features, which would have remained permanent. now as collateral evidence of my contention i pray you to follow me into the consideration tha

who was master or living lord in place of osiris, in the south. note also that there is no light in the north, the type of night,and of darkness, in this also the idea is an ancient one.thethree great, though emblematic, lights compose a bright triangle, the three lesser lights an inferior or darker one, the two combined may be considered in a group as a six-pointed star, the hexapla, or seal of solomon, which was also a notable emblem in all the old initiations. this hexapla was a type of the number six, esteemed a. male number assigned by the kabbalists to microprosopus, the vau of the hebrew alphabet, and of the tetragrammaton, the six middle sephiroth, especially the median 6th, the tiphereth, or beauty of the deity.thepentalpha, or emblem of health, the pythagorean emblem, is the fiv

add that it has a relation to ghimel, the hebrew g, the third letter of the alphabet, the three, meaning trinity of deity; the third sephira is binah, the mother of microprosopus, the son, a feminine potency, mother of god, with uncial greek capital g. the present masonic interpretation is folly, the idea of a modern ornamental lecturer. again the two parallel lines, the one moses, the other king solomon, enclosing a circle, bearing a central point, is purely kabbalistic. the point is tiphereth, beauty of conduct within a circle of virtues and bounded by the pillars mercy and justice. regard for a moment the varying titles; great architect, the122themagical masonfoundation, jesodthecentre of the lowest triad. grand geometrician, the beauty of design, tiphereth, centre of the median triad

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4 ordersofelemental. intelligences .or elemental beingsorpowers, of fire, water, earth, and air. 5 was pre-eminently the number of marriage among thejews.2555gifts, 5 blessings, the guests were admitted by fives, 5 wise virgins and5foolish in the parable,and5 is the humannumber-the 5 points of the human being,thes-pointedstar, as well as the humanhieroglyph the pentalpha- which is not the seal of solomon as some people think,butwhich is the symbolof.health. thetrue.sealofsolomon. is the interlaced triangle, which signifies the atonement. and there again we get the relation of the number of the 7 principles. 7 is the keyof.the mystic creation, 7 is the numberofman according to his principles. consider the destiny of man:itistodrawupthe material into the divine.thefinal purpose of all creati

primordial element, the half hydrogenofwhich i spoke before,butthis drawn up into, intertwining. with, and interlacing with, the higher triad.andthat is the [mal atonement, or at -one-ment, the reunion of the materialwiththesupernal, of the humanwiththe divine, the perfected atonement, whea spiritandmatter" nolongerseparate, shall be one. therefore is the interlaced triangle the seal of the great solomon. the 6 thus is the keytothe7. the172thesorcererandhis apprenticeword seven comes from the hebrew shebo, the 7, or completeness or abundance.theperiods of life are worked into terms of 7 years, as every physiologist knows- 7 principles, 7 planets, 7 days of creation; the number is found, in fact, wherever we go. about the next two numbers, 8 and 9, there is a great deal to say, butitwould t

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s slander he retired from the church with pain and disgust 14[14. by 1868 beswick had moved to paterson in new jersey where presumably no longer in demand as a civil engineer or scientist he made a living as a bookkeeper. he did not, however, give up his calling and in 1875 moved to canada to take charge of the church at strathroy, in ontario. while there he published a survey of the site of king solomon s temple (scribner s monthly, dec, 1875, pp. 257 272) which he claimed to have visited and a pamphlet, the sacred cubit of the great pyramid and solomon s temple (strathroy, 1877. as a consequence he was invited, in 1878, to deliver a lecture to the american palestine exploration society on the ground plans of solomon s and herod s temples with the discovery of the exact sites. for this he

laimed to have visited and a pamphlet, the sacred cubit of the great pyramid and solomon s temple (strathroy, 1877. as a consequence he was invited, in 1878, to deliver a lecture to the american palestine exploration society on the ground plans of solomon s and herod s temples with the discovery of the exact sites. for this he prepared four large maps 7 by 4 feet each to illustrate the temples of solomon and herod. he also promised to set at rest all the disputed points now occupying the attention of modern scholars on this point. this he signally failed to do. instead he was accused of being a liar. in its report for 1879 the canada association of the new church noted that beswick had been charged with falsehood in stating that he had been in jerusalem and had made important discoveries t

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this was more merciful) cut off the heads of their enemies; others shot them with arrows, so that they fell from the towers; others tortured them longer by casting them into flames. piles of heads, hands and feet were to be seen in the streets of the city. it was necessary to pick one's way over the bodies of men and horses. but these were small matters compared to what happened at the temple of solomon, a global freemasonry de place where religious services are normally chanted. in the temple and the porch of solomon, men rode in blood up to their knees and bridle reins.3 in two days, the crusader army killed some 40,000 muslims in the most barbaric manner.4 the crusaders then made jerusalem their capital, and founded a latin kingdom stretching from the borders of palestine to antioch. l

lar, was different from the others. it underwent a transformation that would influence the course of history. this order was the templars. df from the templars to ancient egypt the crusaders wreaked havoc in jerusalem. the mediaeval engraving shown above depicts certain scenes of the horror. the templars the templars, or, their full name, the poor fellow-soldiers of jesus christ and the temple of solomon, was formed in 1118, that is, 20 years after the crusaders took jerusalem. the founders of the order were two french knights, hugh de payens and godfrey de st. omer. at first there were 9 members, but the order steadily grew. the reason they named themselves after the temple of solomon was because the place they had chosen as a base was the temple mount where this ruined temple had been lo

"the oldest known masonic institution-the scottish royal order" mimar sinan, 1998, no.110, pp.18-19) rosslyn chapel at the present time and an example of its pagan symbols. according to their thesis, the templars underwent a great change while they were in jerusalem. in the place of christianity, they adopted other doctrines. at the root of this lies a secret that they discovered in the temple of solomon in jerusalem, whose ruins they had set out to investigate. the writers explain that the templars used their purported role as protectors of christian pilgrims visiting palestine as a pretense, but that their real aim was quite different: there is no evidence that these founding templars ever gave protection to pilgrims, but on the other hand we were soon to find that there is conclusive pr

rder to find the basic origins of the kabbalah-templars-freemasonry chain. eh from the templars to ancient egypt kabbalah as "one of the worst aberrations of the human mind" these pictures from modern kabbalist works reflect the dark world of the kabbalah. the jewish historian theodore reinach describes the kabbalah as "a subtle poison which enters into the veins of judaism and wholly infests it" solomon reinach defines the global freemasonry ei the dark world of the kabbalah ej from the templars to ancient egypt the magicians of ancient egypt the ancient egypt of the pharaohs was one of the most ancient civilizations of the world. it was also one of the most oppressive. the magnificent monuments that still remain from ancient egypt the pyramids, sphinxes and obelisks were constructed by h

neo-platonists, and of the neo-pythagoreans. there is, then, some justification for the anti-cabalists' contention that what we know to-day as the cabala is not of purely jewish origin.25 there is a verse in the qur'an that refers to this topic. god says that the israelites learned satanic sorcery rituals from sources outside their own religion: they follow what the satans recited in the reign of solomon. solomon did not become unbeliever, but the satans did, teaching people sorcery and what had been sent down to harut and marut, the two angels in babylon, who taught no one without first saying to him "we are merely a trial and temptation, so do not become unbeliever" people learned from them how to separate a man and his wife but they cannot harm anyone by it, except with god's permission

o the first five books of the old testament (pentateuch. but, this secret, which was transmitted secretly, could be understood only by the kabbalists (the zohar, written later in spain, and forming the fundamental book of the kabbalah, deals with the secrets of these five books) after stating that the kabbalists read this ancient egyptian secret also in the geometric measurements of the temple of solomon, eco writes that the templars learned it from the kabbalist rabbis in jerusalem: the secret what the temple already said in full is suspected only by a small group of rabbis who remained in palestine and from them the templars learn it.30 when the templars adopted this ancient egyptian-kabbalist doctrine, naturally, they came into conflict with the christian establishment that dominated eu

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elkit intestines south hapi baboon nephthys lungs east amset man isis liver west probably the most expressive image of the four elements of the heraldic cycle are seen reflected in egyptian temple architecture. the general style of egyptian temples includes a great court, vestibule, hypostyle hall and the great seat. this design was later adapted into what became the israelite sanctuary and kings solomon s temple. in general, the egyptian temple was surrounded by a massive wall of mud-brick. this wall isolated the temple from it surroundings, which symbolically represented the forces of chaos. metaphorically the mud resulted from the union of heaven and earth. the brick wall itself was therefore set in wavy courses to symbolize the primeval waters, representing the first stage of creation

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movement) and gestures in occult practise. there are many ancient traditions that use such methods of gesture and movement including; asana and mudra in yoga, runic postures and the hand letters of the israelite priesthood. dress and ritual materials the clothing of the ritualist can vary according to rite and to tradition. it can be very elaborate such as the ritual clothes worn in the temple of solomon or even nothing at all such as in the skyclad (naked) tradition of some schools of natural ritualism and wicca. in gnostic ritualism a white robe is normally worn by the psychic and a black robe by the pneumatic. in some rites a smaller over-robe is sometimes worn. it varies in colour depending on the ritual. other materials can include altar pieces, hangings and banners of the four elemen

GOETIA LUCIFERIAN

awaken and be transformed, then as the kali yuga ends and time reaches its final days, as the omega day explodes onto our planet, then we shall surely cease to be and there will be nothing of us left- no thought, record- not even a trace. annihilation is the hell that awaits those who do not have the eyes to see. he that hath ears to hear, let him hear matthew 11:1d,1 the goetia the lesser key of solomon the king l e m e g e t o n c l a v i c u l a s a l o m o n i s r e g i s reworked, written and inspired from the original manuscript by michael w. ford illustrated by elda isela ford the luciferian edition, houston, tx 2003 2 t h e g o e t i a written and presented anew by michael w. ford akhtya seker arimanius to restore the sorcerous path and the art of luciferian ascension illustrations

en some gates which should not have been opened, or rather needed to opened for sometime. zazas, zazas, nasatanada zazas in these words, i weave this spell -michael w. ford, dark moon, april 1st, 2003. 7 8 the goetia ancient and modern considered for centuries a grimoire of low magic, the goetia (loosely translated as howling or wailing) has been a tome of forbidden black magic. the 72 spirits of solomon were meant as a tool of cursing and empowering ones lusts. while this may continue to be an aspect of lesser or low black magic, the magic of theurgy (high sorcery) has not been a connection in detail explored until now. theurgy is high magick, or high sorcery. it is the development of the self in light and aimed at bettering ones being on numerous levels. light may refer to the perception

which is symbolic of the self encircled, that fascination and self-enchantment leads to the gates of the infernal and celestial peaks of magick light, the awakening of ones will and divinity. the circle should be understood as the essence of the self, that it is the bridge between the waking and dreaming, between the celestial and infernal, the fiery essence of the azazel. the original circle of solomon as redesigned by aleister crowley is indeed powerful in form, e.g. ourabouric circle, but in working with such a more luciferian focus was needed. the leviathan which makes the circle, is sigillized and charged essentially with the names of luciferian power, being sabaoth (the lord of the sabbat, or the sabbatic god, associated with zabbathi) adonai (the lord of the earth, associated with

ting place of spirits often symbolized as the crossroads. the historical triangle in ceremonial magic is the materializing point of the daimon. while the present work explores the path of invoking such forces, the triangle itself served to unite the demonic (chthonic/atavistic) with the angelic (celestial/empyrean. the triangle contains in the center a circle, this is the summoning point of which solomon was said to bind such spirits. the inside of the triangle contains the name azazel, being a significant change from the traditional michael. the purpose of this is to have the circle blessed with the deific power of azazel, who is also more commonly recognized as lucifer. as the sorcerer of the left hand path seeks communion and a form of antinomianian self-deification, an association of s

of the angelic guide, the solar and luciferian blade of the divine will. the white hilted knife is used in such works such as workings of the divine will, or angelick holy guardian angel. the athame is also used in circulating and visualizing light around the self encircling the being. you will want to decorate the handle in the runes of summoning and protection, as first described in the key of solomon the king (clavicula salomonis, translated by s.l. macgregor mathers. the blade should be made in the hour of mercury when in the sign of the ram or scorpion. you may alternatively conduct such when the moon is waning in a more probable time frame. when you obtain a white handled knife, roughly six inches long wait until the moon is waning. fill a bucket or basin with distilled and purified

which is self-immolated unto perfection. the wand should be cut, painted and decorated with the specific sigils from ones alphabet and done so in the noon tide sun, sacred to shaitan, the djinn of fire. the wand corresponds also to the phallus, the solar vessel which spills forth the elixir of the sun. the pentacle of tetragrammaton the symbol of strength and conceptual imagery of the pentacle of solomon, the magus who bound the djinn of this book. the pentacle may be worn as a method of encircling 25 the self in the mask of purity, thus remaining a symbol of the mind in unity with the will. often in evocation/invocation, spirits become points of obsessional belief which seem to speak or send impulses and desires to the sorcerer which may be contrary to the purpose of the ritual. the penta

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ed forces, the rules of whose administration may be revealed through meditation. it is the outer form of the wand surmounted by the winged globe below which the twin serpents are shown, the wand of the chief adept in the 5=6 grade. the lamen of the stolistes is thus explained in the grade of practicus "the cup of the stolistes partakes in part of the symbolism of the laver of moses and the sea of solomon. on the tree of life, it embraces nine of the sephiroth, exclusive of rtk. dwsy and twklm form the triangle below, with the former as the apex, and the latter as the base. like the caduceus, it further represents the three elements of n, m and o. the crescent is n which is above the firmament, the circle is the firmament, and the triangle is the consuming o below, as opposed to the celesti

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS ZAM17

(except god alone) can make it common, nor any unworthy person is able to bereave us of it. but we shall help with secret aid this, so good a cause, as god shall permit or hinder us. for our god is not blind, as the heathen's fortuna, but is the churches' ornament and the honor of the temple. our philosophy also is not a new invention, but as adam after his fall hath received it, and as moses and solomon used it, also it ought not much to be doubted of, or contradicted by other opinions, or meanings; but seeing the truth is peaceable, brief, and always like herself in all things, and especially accorded with by jesus in omnia parte and all members, and as he is the true image of the father, so is she his image, so it shall not be said, this is true according to philosophy, but true accordi

ruth is peaceable, brief, and always like herself in all things, and especially accorded with by jesus in omnia parte and all members, and as he is the true image of the father, so is she his image, so it shall not be said, this is true according to philosophy, but true according to theology; and wherein plato, aristotle, pythagoras, and others did hit the mark, and wherein enoch, abraham, moses, solomon, did excel, but especially wherewith that wonderful book the bible agreeth. all that same concurreth together, and maketh a sphere or globe whose total parts are equisdistant from the center, as hereof more at large and more pain shall be spoken in christianly conference. but now concerning, and chiefly in this our age, the ungodly and accursed goldmaking, which hath gotten so much the upp

GRAHAM HANCOCK FINGERPRINTS OF THE GODS

cted their own grandiose colonial cathedral on top. walking towards the front entrance of this cathedral, i remembered that the inca temple that had once stood here had been covered with more than 700 sheets of pure gold (each weighing around two kilograms) and that its spacious courtyard had been planted with fields of replica corn also fashioned out of gold.7 i could not help but be reminded of solomon s temple in far-off jerusalem, also reputed to have been adorned 3 encyclopaedia britannica, 1991, 6:276-7. 4 paul devereux, secrets of ancient and sacred places, blandford books, london, 1992, p. 76. see also peru, lonely planet publications, hawthorne, australia, 1991, p. 168. 5 the facts on file encyclopaedia of world mythology and legend, london and oxford, 1988, p. 657. 6 macrobius, c

GRIFFIN DAVID MAGICAL EVOCATION OF THE AVERSE FORCES

nce and safety of the light, lest they fall unwary into the pit and be lost forever to the dogfaced denizens of darkness. evocation to visible appearance is an extremely powerful form of ritual, designed primarily for working with the averse forces in a safe and sane fashion. s. l. macgregor mathers spent a great deal of time studying and translating magical grimoires including the greater key of solomon,2 the lesser key of solomon3 (also known as the lemegeton, the grimoire of armadel,4 and the book of the sacred magic of abra-melin the mage.5 israel regardie contended that the magical grimoires contain the remnants of an ancient form of psychology, although in a greatly corrupted form. this corruption is likely due to the official condemnation of magic in all its forms by the christian c

prevalent in europe during the middle ages degraded the ancient and sacred science of theurgy into the vulgar sorcery of the grimoires and corrupted its sublime aims into the puerile desires of its guilt-instilled and greedy practitioners.6 1 herewith is revealed a profound magical secret, although "neither torches nor glasses shall aid those without eyes to see" 2 clavicula solomonis, the key of solomon the king [1456, trans. and ed. s.l. macgregor mathers, 1st paper ed (york beach: weiser, 1989. 3 goetia, the lesser key of solomon, trans. s. l. macgregor mathers and ed. aleister crowley (chicago: the occult publishing house, 1903. 4 the grimoire of armadel [17th century, trans. s.l. macgregor mathers, new ed (york beach: weiser, 1995. 5 the book of the sacred magic of abra melin the mage

GRIMM JACOB TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY VOL 3

ut cuneo^ that the woodpecker specially is acquainted with the magic virtues of herbs, appears from other tales: he guards them, and flies at the eyes of the man that would pull them up. thus pliny says 25, 4, 10 of the pa3ony' praecipiunt eruere noctu, quoniam si picus martlus videat, tuendo^ conf. aelian de nat. an. 3, 25, on the hoopoe. eabbinic legend mentions the rock-splitting shamir, which solomon procured in the following way [to get stone] for his buildings. he had search made for the nest of a iroodcock (grouse) with chicks in it, and had it covered over with white crystal. the woodcock came, and finding it could not get at its young fetched the shamir, and was placing it on the glass, when solomon's messenger set up a loud cry that startled the bird and made it drop the shamir

vet are almost synonymous terms [meaning to expound, zeger being used when you throw a stone at the bird and shout to it; if then he jiies to your right hand, it is a good sign, if to your left, bad: ijavet is in general the interpretation of the names, the alighting and the cries of birds that you encounter. the science seems to culminate in the knowledge of bird-language, which from the time of solomon has never fallen into oblivion in the east. the raven is reckoned a herald of misfortune (eiickert's hariri 1, 591-2. of indian augury many examples might be given, for instance in the kamayana' hae aves tibi declarant horrendum idericulum imminere' schlegel's lud. bibl. 2, 225. a shepherd ascribed the discomforts that had path-crossing. 1133 our early ages appear also to have seen a meani

GRIMM TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY VOL 2 1883 COMPLETE

nt. 1 this pound of grace conies in so oddly, that i venture to guess an omission between the words, of perhaps a line, which described the 8th material. the two accounts that follow next, after naming eight material ingredients, bring in the holy breath or spirit as something additional, to which this gift of grace would fairly correspond. another as. version, given in suppl, from the saturn and solomon (thorpe s anal. p. 95, ed. kemble p. 180, is worth comparing: here foldan pund becomes flcesc, fyres pund hod, windes p. ceffung, wolcnes p. moffes un- btafjelfaestnes, gyfe p. fat and gepang, blostmena p. edgena missenlicnist, deawes p. swat, sealtes p. tearas. here gyfe is right in the middle of the sentence: can it be, that both gefe and gyfe are a corruption of geofon the sea god, gife

r]&lt;tev, ov &lt;ydp ttcb 7tttvt6&lt;tcn, oeol (paivovrai, e re (they did not bark, but fled whining through the tent. the howling of dogs is ominous (sup. i, 493, and gives notice of fire. osinn is provided with dogs, vrsris grey/ seem. 151a; so are the norns (p. 410, norna grey/ 273a. but whence arose the story in the early mid. ages, of st. peter and his dog? in the as. saturn and solomon (kemble p. 186, one asks: e saga me, hwilc man erost wsere wift jiund sprecende? and the other answers: ic j?e secge, sanctus petrus/ the nialss. cap. 158 p. 275 contains a spell to save from the power of the watersprite: runnit hefr jiundr fcinn, petr postoli, till roms tysvar (twice, ok mundi (would) renna it j?rr3ja sinn, ef j?u leyfdir (see suppi. among wild beasts of the wood were som

e\dyovs kara arftecnv avrov sia to efjuttitrreiv et? tov (bvoov. but the belief may even then have prevailed among germans too; the radiant heads, like a saint s glory, were discussed at p. 323, arid i will speak of this mar vellous music of the rising and setting sun in the next chapter. meanwhile the explanation given of the red of morning and evening, in the old as. dialogue between saturn and solomon (thorpe s anal. p. 100, is curious: saga me, forhwan by$ seo sunne read on cefen? ic]?e secge, for]?on heo locais on helle/ saga me, hwf seined heo swa rcdde on morgene? ic]?e secge, forj^on hyre twynas hwaaiser heo ma3g oise [orig. j?e] ne mseg]?isne middaneard eondiscinan swa hyre beboden is/ the sun is red at even, for that she looketh on hell; and at morn, for that she doubteth whether

GRIMOIRE OF TURIEL

phets, patriarchs, and by al! thy saints, and by alt the sacraments which are made in thine honour, i do worship and beseech thee, i bless and desire thee, to accept these prayers and conjurations. i implore thee, o holy adonay, amay, horta, vegadoro, ysion, ysesy, and by al! thy holy names, and by al! thine angels, archangels, and powers, dominations, and virtues, and by thy name w th which king solomon did bind up the devils and shut them np, ethrack, evanher, agla, goth, joth, othie, venock, nabrat, and by al! thy holy names which are written in this book, and by the virtue of them all, that thou enable me to congregate all thy spirits, that they may give me true answers to all my demands. the secret grimoire o great and eternal virtue of the highest, which thou disposest their being co

H SPENCER LEWIS ROSICRUCIAN MANUAL AMORC 1990

having them destroyed. it was a most fortunate circumstance for civilization that bacon conceived his wonderful plan of writing and issuing the plays under the name of the principal actor, yet preserving within their text the name of the real author. it was bacon who first planned the rosicrucian colonization of america. he wrote a book called the new atlantis (often referred to as "the house of solomon" in which the whole scheme is given in fascinating symbolism. many years later, in 1693, a specially selected group of rosicrucians, with their families, gathered from all parts of europe at one port, and set sail for america in their own [131] chartered boat. they arrived at what is now philadelphia in the early part of 1694, and established many of the first educational institutions in t

HAMIL THE ROSICRUCIAN SEER

ed in notes copied by the late gerald yorke from hockley papers in the possessionofthe latejohnwatkins. discussingthemagus,hockley wrote:'theabove which is an abridgmentofthe title sufficiently gives the scopeofthe work which consistsofan unacknowledged compilation from other authors. in fact, all that isofreal value is taken from cfomelius] agrippa&theclavis or key to unlock the mysteriesofrabbi solomon, and an ancient work on telesmataofgreat rarity which only exists inmsofwhich, however,thereare a largenumberofcopies extant.forcompiling this book my late friendjohndenley, the occult booksellerofcatherine street, lent barrett the wholeofthe materials,andmy friend complained that blarrett] never recompensed him even with a copy. at the saleoflackington's stock in18[18jmrdenley bought them

,it must beobservedthat theextraordinary,thoughlittleknownandappreciated,properties ofperfumesderivedfromtheanimal,vegetable,andmineralkingdoms,has long beenknownto students in theoccultsciences,"t"is rather unfortunate in his 'most approvedmodemauthor' barrett was a mere book-maker, and hismagus(the original ms of which was for years in my possession) is a transcript from agrippa and a msofrabbi solomon, and the conjurations therein given were never intended for crystal work.[proverbsxvi.,16.contributionsto the zoist185your readers, whether rationalists or spiritualists, notwithstand255 ing the rhapsodies of the above learned and reverend gentle255 man, may feel desirousofinvestigating those occult laws of nature which, in spite of the poet, yet 'lie hid in night' i have been induced, upo

understood concerning them, may be found in winer'sbib/ischesrealverterbuch.in the rev. d. kitto'scyclopcediaofbiblicalliterature,are extracted the observations and wood-cuts of sir gardner wilkinson, before whose researches ultra255 theologians endeavoured to make the world believe that the immense and ancient egyptian nation had only copied thejews, whose urim and thummim they had learnt after solomon had married a daughter of pharaoh! dr kitto, though we dare say quite orthodox, is not among these, but cheerfully admits the force of sir g. wilkinson's observations: just as other orthodox divines cheerfully allow ustoadmit the fact of the existence of the countless worlds for millions of years, and of the sun not going round the earth but the earth round the sun, and to agree with the c

t medium, i have since then had ample opportunity of satisfyingmyselfupon the subject. since reading the first communication in therational reviewof144therosicrucianseer'itis not for the making of that book i am punished,butfor the relianceiplaced upon the spirits there treated of, and far more for the sins of my profession. they constitute my guilt''doyou know anything of thism5-"thekey of rabbi solomon on magic telesms 'will you place it closer.ido know the characters. they were copied originally from some of the rosicrucian works.there'ssome private libraries and manuscriptsinrome nowthatare kept quite secret from strangers to the order, that are full of the most curious seals and descriptions of spirits and spirit-places in their own language. you will find in my book the means of read

i am not likely to do so this yearbutif spared have made up my mind to a fortnight in bristol next year, travelling about by myself only does me harm. i therefore look forward with great pleasure in meeting you andmrherbert here in dec.buti am almost certain i shall have occasion to run down to bristol on business for a couple ofdays-saturdayto tuesday about the end of october. as for the ms rath solomon etc. take your time in copying, in your own hands they are as safe as in my own.5asit is not worth your while buying modern spiritualist works which in a year or so willbeathalf price orless-ihave bought the two last works 'astounding facts in spiritualism (american) and the mendal by consul barker which i will send down if you or herbert would like to read them or any other book i have. n

t 3 weeks&intend taking a day or two going home to see lincoln and ely cathedrals and cam255bridge-mypartner is going on to bury&will not be back in town till early october&thenithink of coming down to bristol for a day or twoofwhichiwill give you due notice.iam writing this ati io'clock by gas light and must conclude withhockley'slettersto theirwins63i don't remember if you have the key of rabbi solomon'sf-;ifnot when you come to town i can lend you mine. you do not mention whether i am to send the ms by book post or rail, i think the post isbest-letme know. i am rather better than i have beenbutstill very unwell. i am going to a friend's on saturday&i am back on tuesday&on the10august i hope to be in northumberland&with kindest regards remain, most fraternally yours.ithe'almadel' is the

HELENA BLAVATSKY NIGHTMARE TALES

er defending its prey, and with one frantic effortbreaking the spell "leave the violin alone, you old fiend from hell" he cried, in hoarse and trembling tones. he violently shut down the self-raising lid, and while firmly pressing his left hand on it, he seized with theright a piece of rosin from the table and drew on the leather-covered top the sign of the six pointed star--the seal used by king solomon to bottle up the rebellious djins inside their prisons. a wail, like the howl of a she-wolf moaning over her dead little ones, came out of the violin-case "thou art ungrateful. very ungrateful, my franz" sobbed the blubbering "spirit-voice "but i forgive. for i still love thee well. yet thou canst not shut me in. boy. behold" and instantly a greyish mist spread over and covered case and ta

HELENA BLAVATSKY THE KEY TO THEOSOPHY

that in philosophy absolute unconsciousness is also absolute consciousness, as otherwise it would not be absolute. q. then your absolute thinks? page 33 the key to theosophy- hp blavatsky.txt a. no, it does not; for the simple reason that it is absolute thought itself. nor does it exist, for the same reason, as it is absolute existence, and be-ness, not a being. read the superb cabalistic poem by solomon ben jehudah gabirol, in the kether-malchut, and you will understand: thou art one, the root of all numbers, but not as an element of numeration; for unity admits not of multiplication, change, or form. thou art one, and in the secret of thy unity the wisest of men are lost, because they know it not. thou art one, and thy unity is never diminished, never extended, and cannot be changed. tho

HINE PHIL ASPECTS OF EVOCATION

bert turner. adobe acrobat edition created by benjamin rowe, july 1, 2000. note: this document is optimized for printing on a laser or inkjet printer. the illustrations may appear jagged when viewed onscreen with certain displays. they will print at the full resolution of your printer the aim being to experiment with various approaches to the evocation of spirits, beginning with the lesser key of solomon the king. some observations on our results with the entities of the lesser key of solomon are enclosed. during this project, i found my interests returning to a recurrent obsession- the entities of the cthulhu mythos. the final essay, evoking yog-sothoth (originally written for the journal of the esoteric order of dagon) is an attempt to pull together a 6 theoretical model relating to myth

iric themes published in chaos international, entitled .droplets. as it was written in the first person, apparently some people have chosen to believe it was me baring my soul. oh dear! 22 functional spirits one approach to evocation is working with spirits which have a provenance over a particular situation or experience. entities such as these are detailed in grimoires such as the lesser key of solomon the king which are handbooks of spirits, giving details of spirits. typical forms, names, sigils, and how to conjure them. the spirits in books such as the lesser key have bizarre names, even more bizarre appearances, yet their powers are directly functional and useful. for example, raum appears as a blackbird, and can create love, reconcile enemies, or destroy cities and reputations. the

the title of as long-term project undertaken by myself and a colleague in 1989. our original aim was to work through a series of .traditional. grimoires and, following assessments and analysis of our findings, create a general approach to goetia suitable for our post-modern era. needless to say, things did not go exactly as we planned. our first series of workings was drawn from the lesser key of solomon. our first evocation, of the spirit vassago, was performed without using the traditional arrangement of circle, triangle, etc .just to see what happened, as it were. the result was that the working lacked clear definition; visions of the spirit called forth were hazy at best, and we both experienced a lowering of vitality (a feeling of being .drained, headaches and pre-flulike symptoms for

HINE P OVEN READY CHAOS

magick) to gate through, and i ve had them turning up spontaenously in dreams as astral doorways. to seal them, i reverse the spinning of the petals, and have them become flat again, sometimes doing a normal pentagram over them just for good measure. they seem to work well when used in a 29 oven-ready chaos free-form style of working, but not when used with trad systems, such as the lesser key of solomon (the entities in there are strictly conservative in how they like being evoked, i find. if you try out the spiral pentagrams by the way, i d love some feedback/correspondence on the subject. with all magical techniques& rituals, it is important to distinguish between process and content. one of the first messages of the chaos current is that whilst content is to some extent arbitary, the u

HOWE THE ALCHEMIST OF THE GOLDEN DAWN

as you said, but that your course is to make yourself fully master by memory of all the details of this process, so as to be sure of not making a mistake, choosing the first 'proces accuratoire' to work upon, on the letters 79 i this book (i 28pp) was published by william rider and son ltd. only the initials j.k. appear on the title page. kahn's edition of splendor solis, alchemical treatises of solomon trismosin, adept and teacher ojparacelsus bore the kegan paul imprint (1921, 104 pp. 2 'fratrum rosae crucis. pratique des oeuvres des freres de la rose-croix et leur clef pour extraire d'or vir (no.6 in mr r. a. gilbert's hermetica catalogue no. 25, summer 1981. a year after being initiated in the golden dawn's lowest 0= 0 degree and after passing a series of examinations gardner reached

HP LOVECRAFT A DARK LORE

ough, during a discourse in an unknown tongue, a shadow was seen on the curtain which startled weeden exceedingly; reminding him of one of the puppets in a show he had seen in the autumn of 1764 in hacher's hall, when a man from germantown, pennsylvania, had given a clever mechanical spectacle advertised as 'a view of the famous city of jerusalem, in which are represented jerusalem, the temple of solomon, his royal throne, the noted towers, and hills, likewise the suffering of our saviour from the garden of gethsemane to the cross on the hill of golgotha; an artful piece of statuary, worthy to be seen by the curious' it was on this occasion that the listener, who had crept close to the window of the front room whence the speaking proceeded, gave a start which roused the old indian pair and

INITIATION INTO HERMETICS

n c) by transmutation or transforming into the opposite quality. iii. magic physical training: a) conscious pore breathing b) conscious position of the body (carriage) c) body control in everyday life, at will. before falling asleep, the most beautiful and purest ideas are to be taken along into the sleep. end of step ii step iii knowledge, daring, volition, silence: these are the four pillars of solomon s temple, i.e, the microcosm and the macrocosm upon which the sacred science of magic is built. according to the four elements, they are the fundamental qualities which must be inherent in each magician if he aspires to the highest perfection in science. everyone can acquire magic knowledge by diligence and assiduity, and mastery of the laws will lead him, step by step, to the supreme wisd

INTERVIEW WITH ANDREW CHUMBLEY

igure the complex form seen in the present-day mythos. in previous generations traditional craft has shared certain features with the societies of horsemanry; reverence for cain is one such element. in turn, comparable ideas about the role of tubal-cain and naamah can be seen in the allied rites of freemasonry. traditional craft has also made good use of many ritual magic texts such as the key of solomon and agrippa s books of occult philosophy. these works also provide avenues for allied figures, such as lucifer, asmodeus, lilith, and the arch-daemonic guardians of the magical circle led by mahazael. although the emphasis of sacrality is reversed, another strand of genealogy is obviously to biblical texts where various elements of the mythos are present. biblical sources likewise connect

ISIS UNVEILED

anw' 398 chapter ix -the vedas and the bible ne*rly evwy myth baaed on some gnat truth 405 whence the christian sabbath 406 antiquity of the ved s 410 ^rthasoran doctrine of the potentialities of number* 417 'd*ys of (bnetu and 'days' of brahmi 422 fall ot man and the deluge in the hiadh books 425 antiquity of the mancient egyptians of the aryan race? 434 skmnel. david, and solomon mythicsl powmages 439 ^mbcjiam of noah's ark 447 "nie patriaichs identical with sodiacal signs 459 ad biue legends bdong to univenal history 4c9 chapter x the devil-myth itw devil officially recognised by the church 477 sktan tbe mainstay of sacmdolalism 480 idmtity of staaa irith the e^tiui typhod 483 ifis relatiini to mn>ent-wotship 489 the book of j^ and the book of the dead w3 the hind

braced the cause of isis, the egyptian goddess, and had anthropomorphized her into mary, the mother of god; and the trinitarian controversy had been begun; from that moment the egyptian doctrine of the emanation of the creative god out of emepht? began to be tortured in a thousand ways, until the councils had agreed upon the adoption of it as it now stands the disfigured ternary of the kabalistic solomon and philo! but as ha origin was yet too evident, the word was no longer called the 'heavenly man' the primal adam kadmon, but became the logos christ and was made as old as the 'ancient of the ancient' his father. the concealed wisdom became identical with its emanation, the divine thouqht, and had to be regarded as co-equal and co- etemal with its first manifestation. if we now stop to co

, the time of grape-gathering, and lasted from the 15th to the 22nd of the month, mveti days* the hebrew festival of the feast of tabernacles b^an on the 15th and ended on the 22nd of the month of ethanim, which dunlap shows as derived from adonim, adonia, attenim, ethanim* and this feast is named in exodus (xxiii, 16) the feast of ingatkaritm "all the men of israel assembled themselves unto king solomon at the feast in tlie month ethanim, which is the aevenik month^ plutarch thinks the feast of the booths to be the bacchic rites, not the eleusinian. thus "bacchus was directly called upon" he says. the sdxizian worship was sabbatie; the names evius, or hevius, and effective motion the woii hod evidently been done; the luuid* rdazed their gra^ and the old mifccnr fdl on his bade a ooqmel a

rt as cursed ghosts and damned flies" when the exorcist dislodged them at last, the poor soul was "comforted in the name of the savior, and consigned to the care of good angtls" who were less powerful, we must think, than the exorcizing catholic worthies "and the rescued treasure, of course, was secured for the church "certain days" adds howitt "are laid down in the calendar of digitizecoy google solomon's seven abominatioib 67 the church as most favorable for the practice of ezomsm; and, if the devils are difficult to drive, a fume of sulphur, assafoetida, bear's gall, and rue is recommended, which, it was presumed, would outstench even devils" this is the church, and this the priesthood, which in the nineteenth century pays 5000 priests to teach the people of the united states the infide

consider the authenticity of the bibu itself. we must study its pages, and see if they indeed contain the commands of the deity, or but a compendium of ancient traditions and hoary myths. we must try to interpret them for ourselves if possible. as to its pretended interpreters, the only possible similitude we can find for them in the biue is to compare them with the man described by the wise king solomon in his proverbs as the possessor of these "six things. yea seven. which the lord doth hate" and which are an abomination unto him, to wit "a proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood; b heart that detnaeth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief; a. false tiritness that speaketh hes, and ke that souxth discord among brethren" proeerbs, vi, 16-19

e, and be interpreted kabalistically to mean that the (or my eternal, immortal ego, the spiritual entity, was effused from the boundless and nameless eternity through the creative wisdom of the unknown god, it reads in the canonical translation "the lord possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old" which is unintelligible nonsense, without the kabalistic interpretation. when solomon is made to say that/ was "from the beginning. while as yet he [the supreme deity] had not made the earth nor the highest part of the dust of the world. z was there" and "when he appointed the foundations of the earth. then i was by him, cm one brought up with him" what can the kabalist mean by the "i" but his own divine spirit, a drop effused from that eternal fotmtain of light and wisdom

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with a lunar disc on his head, standing in the act of adoration, with sceptrum displayed, before a column engraved with letters, and supporting a triangle. this latter architectural figure is, in fact, an obelisk. all the egyptian, obelisks were phalli. the triangle symbolises one of the pillars of hermes (hercules. the cynocephalus was sacred to him. the pillars of hermes have been judaiscd into solomon's jachin and boaz. so says herz, in regard to masonic insignia. we will explain fully, later in our book, of these interesting sexual images, set up for adoration so strangely; and from the meaning of which we foolishly but determinedly avert. we now propose to deduce a very original and a very elaborate genealogy, or descent, of the famous arms of france, the fleurs-de-lis, lucifera lisse

ned. lux is the logos by whom all things were made; and the logos is rasit r.s.t: r.s.t= 6oo; and lux makes lucis; then lx, x= 666. again, l= 50, w v= 6, c s= 300, y i= 10, c s= 300= 666. the fleur-de-lis is the lotus (water-rose, the flower* the full quotation is the following: consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: and yet i say unto you, that even solomon (here steps in some of the lore of the masonic order) in all his glory was not arrayed (or exalted, or dignified, as it is more correctly rendered out of the original) like one of these (st. matt. vi. 28. 44 the rosicrucians. sacred to the lux, or the sul, or the sun. the auriflamme (the flame of fire, or fire of gold) was the earliest standard of france. it was afterwards called oriflamme

of old to imagine fire to be what god dwelt in. ipse (darius) solem mithren, sacrumque et ternum invocans ignem, ut illis dignam vetere gloris majoremque monumentis fortitudinem inspirarent. q. curtius, l. iv. c. 13. whether it was that any fire proceeded from god, and burnt up the oblation in the first sacrifices, as some ingenious men have have conjectured, we know not. it is certain that in t solomon s temple. 55 after ages this was the case. we are sure that a fire from the lord consumed upon the altar the burnt-offering of aaron (leviticus ix. 24; and so it did the sacrifice of gideon, both the flesh and the unleavened cakes (judges vi. 21. when david built an altar unto the lord, and offered burnt -offerings and peace-offerings, and called upon the lord, he answered him from heaven

r the burnt-offering of aaron (leviticus ix. 24; and so it did the sacrifice of gideon, both the flesh and the unleavened cakes (judges vi. 21. when david built an altar unto the lord, and offered burnt -offerings and peace-offerings, and called upon the lord, he answered him from heaven by fire, upon the altar of burnt-offerings (1 chronicles xxi. 26. the same thing happened at the dedication of solomon s temple: the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt-offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the lord filled the house (2 chronicles vii. i. and much about a hundred years afterwards, when elijah made that extraordinary sacrifice in proof that baal was no god, the fire of the lord fell and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licke

reference to this universal story of the mystic fire. we claim to be the first to point out how strikingly and yet how, at the same time, without any suspicion of it these emblems and remains, in so many curious and unintelligible forms, of the magic religion are found in the christian churches. rose window, or catherine-wheel window (from laon cathedral, france) from the vaults of the temple of solomon, at jerusalem. chapter the eleventh. monuments raised to fire-worship in all countries. e think that we shall be able fully in our succeeding chapters to place beyond contradiction an extraordinary discovery. it is, that the whole round of disputed emblems which so puzzle antiquarians, and which are found in all countries, point to the belief in fire as the first principle. we seek to show

lame-shaped or pyramidal (pyr is the greek for fire) architecture of the egyptians (which is the parent of all that is called architecture, we see the recurring symbol. all the minarets that, in the eastern sunshine, glisten through the land of the moslem; indeed, his two-horned crescent, equally with the moon, or disc, or two-pointed globe of the sidonian ashtaroth (after whose forbidden worship solomon, the wisest of mankind, in his defection from the god of his fathers, evilly thirsted; also, the mystic discus, or round, of the egyptians, so continually repeated, and set, as it were, as the forehead-mark upon all the temples of the land of soothsayers and sorcerers, this egypt so profound in its philosophies, in its wisdom, in its magic seeing, and in its religion, raising out of the bl

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hich was the annotated translation of the [commentary on the] book of genesis. by the time they got to working on the book of formation, the publisher was sold and thus this work never saw light [my brackets dk* at a connected site, sefer yetzirah biography compiled by scott thompson, at http//www.wbenjamin.org/biblio_yetzirah.html, there is a list of commentaries on sy, commencing with isaac ben solomon israeli in the tenth century and concluding with aryeh kaplan in the twentieth. 20073 24 another writing of saadia s has been translated a couple of times: rosenblatt, alexander (trans. the book of opinions and beliefs [yale judaica series, volume 1. new haven: yale university press, 1948. altmann, alexander (trans. saadya gaon: the book of doctrines and beliefs. oxford: oxford university

oubt the source of its mystical discourse is clear and obvious. chapter 12 discusses the commentaries on the sefer yetzira by elhanan ben yakar. dan points out (p. 37) that sy served as the main source of mystical speculation for 20073 25 sefer ha-bahir* the iyyun circle* the provence school as headed by rabbi isaac the blind, and the ashkenazi hasidim. the commentary of gaon of vilna (elijah ben solomon zalman) on sy is discussed in elliot r. wolfson s from sealed book to open text: time, memory, and narrativity in kabbalistic hermeneutics, in interpreting judaism in a postmodern age, edited by steven kepnes (new york: university press, 1996. raphael jospe s early philosophical commentaries on the sefer yesirah: some comments, in revue des tudes juives, 149 (1990, pages 369-415 contains a

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scent and decent h (in sefer ha-bahir, r. jacob ben sheshet, and r. azriel of gerona, and gmyth and discursive thinking in r. asher b. david. h. goldberg, joel r= yechiel shalom goldberg. mystical union, individuality, and individuation in provencal and catalonian kabbalah. ph.d. dissertation, new york: new york university, 2001. focusing on the earliest kabbalists (e.g, isaac the blind, ezra ben solomon, and particularly azriel of gerona, goldberg considers the role of individuality in mystical phenomena, i.e, mystical union and the ritual actions which precipitate it. see below, page 4 1.b. haskell, ellen. metaphor and symbolic representation: the image of god as suckling mother in thirteenth century kabbalah. ph.d. dissertation, chicago: university of chicago, 2005. see especially chapt

n of the circle of contemplation, h in gershom scholem fs major trends in jewish mysticism 50 years after, edited by j. dan and p. schafer (tubingen: mohr siebeck, 1993. 1. c. gerona (catalonia: the most prolific circle of kabbalists from the period before the zohar was that of gerona, which followed up on the teachings of r. isaac the blind. the primary figures of this group were (1) r. ezra ben solomon and (2) r. azriel, who established a school which included (3) r. moses ben nahman (nahmanides) and (4) r. jacob ben sheshet. on the gerona circle, see ek (pp. 34-36, ok (pp. 365-475, and moshe idel fs article, gsome remarks on ritual and mysticism in geronese kabbalah, h in the journal of jewish thought and philosophy, vol. 3, issue 1 (1993. other references: 1. r. ezra ben solomon. altma

moshe idel fs article, gsome remarks on ritual and mysticism in geronese kabbalah, h in the journal of jewish thought and philosophy, vol. 3, issue 1 (1993. other references: 1. r. ezra ben solomon. altmann, alexander. ga note on the rabbinic doctrine of creation, h in (idem) studies in religious philosophy and mysticism (ithaca: cornell university press, 1969. includes excerpts from r. ezra ben solomon fs perush eal shir ha-shirim and a letter to r. abraham on god fs garments.in english. brody, seth. commentary on the song of songs= perush eal shir ha-shirim. kalamazoo: western michigan university, 1999. along with r. ezra fs commentary are the ghidden midrash to the book of lamentations h from the zohar hadash and r. bahya ben asher of sargossa fs commentary on genesis 1:1-2 (composed 1

to r. abraham on god fs garments.in english. brody, seth. commentary on the song of songs= perush eal shir ha-shirim. kalamazoo: western michigan university, 1999. along with r. ezra fs commentary are the ghidden midrash to the book of lamentations h from the zohar hadash and r. bahya ben asher of sargossa fs commentary on genesis 1:1-2 (composed 1291. 20081 6. gavarin, martelle. grabbi ezra ben solomon of gerona, h part 1, in kabbalah (newsletter) vol. 1, no. 2 (jerusalem: winter, 1985-6; part 2: gannotated bibliography: source texts and criticism, h in kabbalah (newsletter) vol. 2, no. 3 (spring 1986 [on-line at http//queensu.ca/jewishstudies/kabbalah.html. green, arthur. gthe song of songs in early jewish mysticism, h in orim: a jewish journal at yale, vol. 2 (new haven: spring 1987. g

c, 1998. koren, sharon faye. gkabbalistic physiology: isaac the blind, nahmanides, and moses de leon on menstruation, h ajs review, vol. 28, no. 2 (cambridge: association for jewish studies, 2004. pachter, mordechai. gthe root of faith is the root of heresy h= part ii of pachter fs roots of faith and devequt: studies in the history of kabbalistic ideas (los angeles: cherub press, 2004. schechter, solomon. gnachmanides, h in studies in judaism: first series [articles by s. schechter (philadelphia: the jewish publication society, 1896; rpt. 1945. also in studies in judaism: a selection (philadelphia: jewish publication society/ cleveland- new york: meridian books, 1958. schwartz, dov. gfrom theurgy to magic: sacrifice in the circle of nahmanides and his interpreters, h= chapter three) in stu

a (ca. 200 bce onward) b. philo (ca. 20 bce to 50 ce) c. qumran= dead sea scrolls: 100 bce onward) d. rabbinic and synagogue traditions (100 ce onward) e. miscellaneous magic texts and other goccult h works 2. merkabah and hekhalot (200 ce onward) 3. sefer yezirah (between 200 and 900 ce) 4. transition a. geonic period (600-1000) b. early commentaries on sefer yezirah c. religious philosophers i. solomon ibn gebirol (1020-1070) ii. judah halevi (1075-1141) iii. abraham ibn ezra (1089-1164) 5. hasidei ashkenaz (german hasidism: ca 1170-1240) 1. early beginnings since jewish mysticism is ultimately based on the hebrew bible, the beginning, really, is the tanakh, parts of which are more gmystical h than others. more important to our line of inquiry is that certain themes were developed more t

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reat men, then a peace was there between earth and heaven and the elohim withdrew from the earth, seeking not a conflict lost to them. rather did they bide their time within the walls of heaven and looked not from their towers to that which was lost to them. those days were the last of the great men and the nephilim were as a forgotten dream, 306 men being now but men. these were the days of king solomon, he that was born of isaac's line yet learning wisdom, thus perceiving who was the teacher of the true path and he led his people from the dominion of god and poured out libations at my altar. yet the elohim cared not for men's affairs. so did time pass and its passing was not marked by momentous happening as had once before crowded pages of the histories. not that these days were uneventf

ger and death he brings with him. the tears of isaac's children would fill oceans and their spilt blood would quench even the eternal fires of the sun. yet not the fires lighted here this night. shalem burns, my brothers, 355 and her edifices become ash and smoke. your kingdom is broken upon earth but mine grows great. even now are the temple's stones ground to dust and the treasures looted. even solomon the king that built the temple of the elohim forsook you at the end, perceiving how lost is judaea to you. the cohanim are brought to calvary where it is they cry their last just as you once brought mine to that place. now shall he be as a god over men and jesu's name be resounded across oceans. the children of isaac are ruined but the children of aeneas shall wax ever great and i shall wa

ast just as you once brought mine to that place. now shall he be as a god over men and jesu's name be resounded across oceans. the children of isaac are ruined but the children of aeneas shall wax ever great and i shall wax great over them" broken stone and embers were there where once had shalem stood and the legions of rome departed from that place, ruined by the curse of gabriel. the temple of solomon was stamped down and the people of shalem were scattered and cast into exile, their kingdom lost to them, as had gabriel the hater prophesied. fourteen score of years did pass and now did constantine stand before rome's walls and made siege against maxentius within that he might win for himself kingship over all the lands of rome's dominion. to him was shown a vision of gabriel, inscribing

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l of the pentagram to disintegrate the image, seeing it in his/her mind s eye dissolving on the further side of the circle of flame which is formulated in the pentagram ritual. ix. the pillars in the explanation of the symbols of the grade of neophyte, your attention has been directed to the general mystical meaning of the two pillars called in the ritual the "pillars of hermes" of "seth" and of "solomon" in the 9th chapter of the ritual f the dead they are referred to as the "pillars of shu" the "pillars of the gods of dawning light" and also as "the north and southern columns of the gate of the hall of truth" in the 125th chapter, they are represented by the sacred gateway, the door to which the aspirant is brought when he has completed the negative confession. the archaic pictures on th

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that line that we find our true philosophical ancestry; for there is much in our ceremonies and teachings which could have had no significance for the mere operative mason, though when examined by the light of the knowledge received in the mysteries it is seen to be pregnant with meaning. many masonic writers claim various degrees of antiquity for the craft, some assigning its foundation to king solomon, and one at least boldly stating that its wisdom is all that now remains of the divine knowledge which adam possessed before his fall. there is, however, plenty of evidence less mythical than that, and to that evidence i happen to be able to contribute a fragment of personal experience of a rather unusual kind. 2. by devoting some years to the effort and many more years to practice, i have

al conditions that anyone not an egyptian born could be allowed to receive it. still, it was given to various distinguished foreigners, and among others to moses, of whom it is said in the biblical story that he was glearned in all the wisdom of the egyptians h. he passed on his knowledge to the jewish priestly line, and thus it survived in a more or less defective form till the time of david and solomon. 81. when solomon built his temple he erected it on masonic lines, and made it a centre of masonic symbolism and work. he unquestionably intended his temple to demonstrate and to preserve for his people a certain set of measurements, in the same sort of way in which all kinds of astronomical and geodetic facts were enshrined in the measurements of the great pyramid(*see ch. ii, on the pill

, on the pillars) he did not succeed, because much of the tradition had been lost; or it would perhaps be truer to say that while external ceremonial and even the traditional ornamentation had been very fairly preserved, the clue to the meaning of it all was no longer known. until that time initiates of the jewish mysteries had had their attention directed to the house of light in egypt; but king solomon resolved to keep their thoughts and feelings strictly focused upon the building which he had himself erected, and therefore instead of speaking to them of the symbolical death and resurrection of osiris in egypt he invented the original form of our present traditional history to take its place. in fact, he judaized the entire ritual, substituting hebrew words for the original egyptian, tho

regarded as the seat of the affections. 98. orientation 99. three reasons are given in the ritual to explain why our lodges are set east and west. in the first place, the sun rises in the east, and the sun is regarded in masonry as a symbol of divinity. secondly, all the western nations look to the east as the source of their wisdom. thirdly, the masons follow the precedent of the temple of king solomon, which was set east and west in imitation of the arrangement of the tabernacle which was carried by the israelites in their wanderings through the desert, and was always placed east and west when put down. it is certainly not sufficient to say that the early masons oriented their lodges merely because all churches and chapels ought to be so; rather the ecclesiastical rule spectare ad orien

n wisdom to the jews they quickly gave their own colouring to it. they are a very remarkable race, in that they assimilate readily, but stamp their own decided characteristics upon whatever they take up. in this case, the egyptians spoke of the great pyramid of gizeh as the ghouse of light h, or more commonly gthe light h but the jews were taught to interpret it as referring to the temple of king solomon. 101. the real reason, however, for the careful orienta-tion of the lodge is magnetic. there is a constant flow of force in both directions between the equator and each of the poles of the earth, and there is also a current flowing at right angles to that, moving round the earth in the direction of its motion. both of these currents are utilized in the working of the lodge, as will be expl

bounded on the north and the south by two lines. in the centre there should be a point- the point within a circle round which a m.m. cannot err. the circle, as shown on the t c b c, is drawn the full size of the altar, so that it touches or almost touches the v.s.l. an explanation of this which is often given in lodge lectures is that as the circle is bounded by two lines, which signify moses and solomon, and also by the v.s.l, anyone who keeps himself within that circle and follows the precepts of the v.s.l. as thoroughly as did moses and solomon will not err. 113. in ancient egypt, however, long before the time of the jews, it was already a symbol with many meanings. first of all, it was the symbol of the sun-god, ra; secondly, it bore to the egyptians the signification of the earth circ

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ed down from operative times in the old charges. thus it was put forward in all seriousness by dr. anderson in his first book of constitutions that adam, our first parent, created after the image of god, the great architect of the universe, must have had the liberal sciences, particularly geometry, written on his heart, while others, less fanciful, have attributed its origin to abraham, moses, or solomon. dr. oliver, writing as late as the first part of the nineteenth century, held that masonry, as we have it to-day, is the only true relic of the faith of the patriarchs before the flood, while the ancient mysteries of egypt and other countries, which so closely resembled it, were but human corruptions of the one primitive and pure tradition. as scientific and historical knowledge progresse

ient egypt khut, the light. it was built on the most exact astronomical and mathematical calculations, and provided a veritable key in stone to the enigmas of the universe(*see the hidden life in freemasonry, pp. 228-30) 106. the initiates of the egyptian mysteries were symbolically engaged in the building of the pyramid, just as in our modern masonry we are engaged in erecting the temple of king solomon, both structures being intended to be emblematical of the building processes of nature. in the halls below the pyramid- those underground chambers which were mentioned by herodotus as being contained in an island, fed by a channel from the nile(*her. book ii, 124- certain of the ceremonies of the mysteries were held. these and other halls in and near the great pyramid are still unknown to

y with the sight of the spiritual or nirvanic plane; it does not appear that ezekiel had touched that exalted level directly, but he became aware of it in his ecstasy as though looking up to it from below. 273. the builders of k. s. t. 274. something both of the inner powers and of the egyptian rituals had been faithfully handed down from generation to generation from the days of moses until king solomon came to the throne of his father david. there is some truth in the tradition preserved in the bible, although there are exaggerations and mistakes in the accounts which have come down to us, and much of the inner meaning of the symbols had been forgotten. king solomon seems to have been a man of considerable force of character and some occult knowledge, and the great ambition of his life w

k, but his chief skill lay in working in gold and silver and brass, and he did all the curious work about the temple as the king wished(*josephus, ant, viii) he was the son of a widow of naphtali, and his father was a man of tyre, a worker in brass before him. since so much responsibility rested in his hands, and he was so skilful an artist, he appears to have been in the close confidence of king solomon, and a member of his council. he was evidently treated as an equal by the two kings, and that is one of the reasons which influenced bro. ward to translate hiram abiff as hiram his father, and to represent the king of tyre as sending his abdicated father to superintend the decoration of the temple. 277. the recasting of the rituals 278. but king solomon s plans for the consolidation of his

n and the centre of their spiritual consciousness, should also be purely jewish in their form. the ceremonial handed down from the days of moses was still egyptian, and the initiates of the mysteries were yet symbolically engaged in building the great pyramid, the house of light, and in celebrating the death and resurrection of osiris. even though it had no corresponding halls of initiation, king solomon desired that for the future his temple should take the place of the house of light, and become the spiritual centre of the jewish mysteries. king hiram of tyre warmly supported this idea; he himself had inherited initiatory rites which had been derived from the mysteries of chaldaea, a very ancient line of tradition running parallel with the mysteries of egypt from atlantean days, and havi

ould possibly understand the mysteries of egypt. the egyptians of the period seem to have regarded their jewish brethren with something of the same feeling that the grand lodge of england might have towards the grand orient of hayti if it should propose alterations in the ritual, and their interest in the new venture was decidedly cold. we find no confirmation of the story of the marriage of king solomon to pharaoh s daughter, as is related in the bible; indeed, this union is now generally rejected by the critics as impossible, for according to the tell el-amarna tablets, an egyptian princess might not marry a foreigner(*peake s commentary on the bible, p. 296) 280. the mingling of traditions 281. on the return of their embassy from egypt king solomon and king hiram called together the cou

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be of much use in formal study and too loaded with pejorative connatations to be useful in ordinary discourse between people holding different religious views. defenders of the dichotomy reply that the terms may still be useful when it comes to examining the effect that different religions have upon their adheredhtwilit grotto- esoteric archives contents prev intro next timeline the lesser key of solomon this digital edition by joseph h. peterson, copyright 1999. all rights reserved. note: a considerably enlarged edition of the lesser key of solomon is now available from red wheel/weiser publishers. see listing at amazon.com (isbn: 157863220x) for more details. lemegeton clavicula salomonis or the lesser key of solomon detailing the ceremonial art of commanding spirits both good and evil e

t, in his lists of magical texts [3, mentions ars paulina, ars almadel, and ars notoria in the same breath. he also includes a text closely related to the goetia [4. so the bulk of the materials were possibly collected together by 1584. the name lemegeton is probably naively invented because of the compiler's ignorance of latin. he or she was no doubt familiar with the clavicula salomonis (key of solomon) and wanted to title this work the "little key of solomon" this became "lemegeton clavicula salomonis" the major texts used for this edition have been all from the british library manuscript collection. they include harl. 6483, and sloane mss. 2731, 3825, and 3648. harl. 6483 is probably the latest, and contains much additional material. it is dated 1712-3. sloane 2731 is important because

ions with trithemius) saturn jupiter mars sun venus mercury moon the descriptions of the seals for each sign of the zodiac are evidently abstracted from paracelsus, the second treatise of celestial medicines, cf. archidoxes of magic translated by robert turner, 1656, pp. 136 ff. ars almadel in 1608, trithemius mentioned a long list of books on magic, including the book "almadel attributed to king solomon [7] ars almadel is also found in the hebrew manuscript of the key of solomon, ed. gollancz, sepher maphteah shelomoh, 1914, fol 20b. turner mentions a fifteenth-century manuscript in florence [8] ars notoria the ars notoria is a medieval grimoire of the 'solomonic cycle. many latin manuscripts are extant, the oldest are dated thirteenth century, and possibly earlier. like liber juratus (al

. magical circle and triangle, from sloane 3648. hexagram to be worn as a lamin, from the hebrew manuscript of the clavicula salomonis (sepher mafteah shelomoh, fol. 38a. gollancz, fol. 38a. or. 14759 pentagram, from harl. 6483. the magic ring, from sloane 2731. brass vessel, from sloane 2731: sigil for carmasiel, from harl. 6483. sigils for some of carmasiel's dukes, from harl. 6483. the seal of solomon, from harl. 6483. seal of solomon from the magical calendar. seal of solomon, frontispiece from british library manuscript lans. 1203, les v ritables clavicules de salomon, traduites de l'hebreux en langue latine, par le rabin abognazar. sigilla, nempe xii signorum zodiaci, from paracelsus, archidoxis magicae, liber ii. aries taurus gemini cancer leo virgo libra scorpio sagittarius caprico

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ace the pit in milton s paradise regained (iv, 624. alternately, abaddon is identified with a demon, or the devil himself, in the third-century acts of thomas, as well as in john bunyan s puritan classic, pilgrim s progress.within modern ceremonial magic, it constitutes the name for god invoked by moses to bring down the rain over egypt, as reported by samuel liddell mathers in the greater key of solomon. there is also a reference to abaddon as the sixth of the seven lodges of hell in the work of the cabalist joseph ben abraham gikatilla. in various sources,abaddon is identified as the angel of death and destruction, demon of the abyss, and chief of the demons of the underworld. see also demons;magic and magical groups for further reading: davidson, gustav. a dictionary of angels including

rs of their own and transmit them to the amulet 5 owner. they attract some benefit to the possessor, whereas the amulet acts as a shield to repel harm. many ancient magical symbols are regarded as being both amulets and talismans, able to attract good fortune as well as repelling bad luck. examples of these are the swastika, the ankh, the five-pointed star or pentagram, and the sixpointed star or solomon s seal. the actual origin of these symbols is hidden in prehistory, and they have been carried all over the world. the word amulet is derived from the latin amuletum. amuletum was the name for the cyclamen, which people planted near their homes in the belief that its magical influence prevented any poisonous drug from having power to harm. the idea of the amulet is ancient. the earliest am

up in other writings, such as the devil on two sticks, by alain r. le sage, in which he is the central character. in jewish legend asmodeus is said to be the fatherin- law of the bar shalmon, who is a demon. and in the devil s own dear son, by james branch asmodeus (bridgeman art gallery) aurum solis 17 cabell,asmodeus is the son of sammael and lilith (who is adam s first wife. in the legends of solomon, asmodeus (also known as saturn, marcolf, or morolf) is held responsible for creating carousels, music, dancing, and drama. see also demons; judaism for further reading: godwin,malcolm. angels: an endangered species. new york: simon and schuster, 1990. ronner, john. know your angels. murfreesboro, tn: mamre, 1993. astaroth astaroth is mentioned in a variety of sources, often without much d

as an angel. he is, rather, compared with ahriman, chief devil in persian mythology. see also demons; satan for further reading: davidson, gustav. a dictionary of angels including the fallen angels. new york: free press, 1967. glasson, t. francis. greek influence in jewish eschatoloy. london: society for promoting christian knowledge, 1961. beliel beliel was a demon who presented himself to king solomon and danced before him in das buch beliel, by jacobus de teramo. in 2 corinthians, beliel is portrayed as satan when paul of tarsus asks how christ and beliel can agree.victor hugo, deriving his description of beliel from occult mythology, refers to beliel as hell s ambassador to turkey. a fuller account of beliel occurs in john milton s paradise lost. when beliel first appears, milton decl

, toronto star, april 27, 1999, pp. c1, c3. introvigne,massimo. the gothic milieu: black metal, satanism, and vampires. http//www.cesnur.org/testi/gothic.htm. grimoire through the centuries, a large number of handbooks have been published that offer instructions on how to perform different kinds of magic. among these books, usually referred to as grimoires, the oldest and best known is the key of solomon, which is believed to have been written by the legendary king solomon. a copy of the book was circulating as early as the first century c.e. countless versions, often with additions, have followed the first century edition, rendering it impossible to identify the original text. besides the key of solomon and its derivations, many other grimoires circulated in the middle ages. some of these

married moira, the daughter of the philosopher henri bergson, and from where he proceeded to direct the affairs of the hogd. the four had claimed to have a charter and a set of rituals from the secret chiefs of the rosicrucian order in germany, but in fact it was all written by mathers.mathers was one of the most brilliant amateur scholars of his generation, who also translated the greater key of solomon and several major cabalistic treatises, and who wrote a major book on the tarot. the hogd attracted a stellar cast from among britain s middle-class intellectuals. its members (as revealed by ithel colquhon s appendixes) included arthur machen, arthur edward waite, james m. barrie, sir e. a. wallis budge, hugh schonfield, florence farr (at one time a lover of george bernard shaw, and maud

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nsciousness; progress by slaying the chakkrams; progress by slaying the pairs of opposites; the methods of sabhapaty swami, etc, etc) ii. 1. the student must first obtain a thorough knowledge of book 777, especially of the columns printed elsewhere in this book. when these are committed to memory, he will begin to understand the nature of these correspondences (see illustrations in "the temple of solomon the king" in equinox no. 2. cross references are given) 2. if we take an example, the use of the tables will become clear. let us suppose that you wish to obtain knowledge of some obscure science. in column xlv note 1, line 12, you will find "knowledge of sciences" by now looking up line 12 in the other columns, you will find that the planet corresponding is mercury, its number eight, its

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orks. 3 probably a reference to the golden dawn. after swearing a long and tortuously phrased oath of secrecy, the neophyte was issued a knowledge lecture which consisted of the names and symbols of the elements, planets and signs along with the hebrew alphabet and the names of the sephiroth in hebrew. 4 the lemegeton is a 17th-century compilation, probably english, of magical texts attributed to solomon. the first book, goetia, describes 72 evil spirits and gives instructions for evoking them (it derives variously from the key of solomon, the heptameron, the fourth book of pseudo-agrippa and the pseudomonarchia d monum published by wier. crowley published an edition of it in 1904. in 777 cols. clv clxvi the spirits are referred to the decans by day and night. the second book, theurgia goe

rcle and triangle of the goetia, possibly intended to be spoken while drawing these, along with a short and garbled conjuration containing some highly corrupt hebrew names, probably also connected with the goetia as it mentions the brazen vessel; and finally, a lengthy curse targetted at anyone who steals the book. the ars nova is sometimes confused with the ars notoria (notary art) attributed to solomon, which latter rather appears to be a medieval magical derivative of classical art of memory, based around the contemplation of images or not while repeating prayers. the ars notoria was condemned by aquinas (cited in yates, art of memory) and various renaissance writers such as erasmus and agrippa (in de vanitate &c; robert turner produced an english translation which was made less than us

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away from the work. l the book of wisdom or folly 79 ga de manu qu magum sustinet (of the hand which upholds the magus) ow it may be well that such periods of recuperation are necessary to such souls as mine; and so no ill. but i fell from my will, and sought other ends in life; and so the hand came upon me, and tore away that which i desired, as thou knowest; also it is written in the temple of solomon the king. yet consider also these two years as a necessary preparation for that greatest of all events which befell me in el-kahira, in the land of khem, the choice of me as the word of the on. now then for a while i worked with my will, though not wholly; and again the hand reached forth and smote me. this, albeit my slackness was but as a boy playing truant, not a revolt against my self

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de on such a point, but we may be sure that the event will show that the exact wording was so shaded as to prove to us absolute foreknowledge on the part of that most holy angel who uttered the book. note, pray thee, further, in verse 39, how the matter proceeds .all this..i.e. the book of the law itself. and a book to say how thou didst come hither. i.e. some record such as that in the temple of solomon the king.1. and a reproduction of this ink and paper for ever. i.e. by some mechanical process, with possibly a sample of paper similar to that employed..for it is in the word secret and not only in the english. compare ccxx iii:47, 73. the secret is still a secret to us. and thy comment upon this the book of the law shall be printed beautifully in red ink and black upon beautiful paper ma

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and the life of nature whose name is sorrow, and the word that quickeneth these, and his own self.and when he hath recognised these four in their true nature he passes to the altar once more and as the apex of john st. john 33 a descending triangle is admitted to the lordship of the double kingdom. thus is he a member of the visible triad that is crossed with the invisible. behold the hexagram of solomon the king! all this the hiereus seals with a knock and at the hegemon fs new summons he.to his surprise.finds himself as the hanged man of the tarot. each point of the figure thus formed they crown with light, until he glitters with the flame of the spirit. thus and not otherwise is he made a partaker of the mysteries, and the lightning flash strikes him. the lord hath descended from heaven

m rather difficult to wake again. however, let me be vigilant now. 8.45. i have dressed and from 8.35-8.45 performed the ritual of the bornless one. though i performed it none too well (failing, e.g, to make use of the geometric progression on the maha-lingam formula in the ieou section [we cannot understand this passage.1 it presumably refers to the .preliminary invocation. in the goetia of king solomon, published s.p.r.t, boleskine foyers, n.b, 1904..ed, and not troubling even to formulate carefully the elemental hosts, or to 1 [since .ed. is presumably crowley acting as his own editor, this may just be a piece of deliberate obtuseness. see .the temple of solomon the king. in equinox i (8) and .liber samekh. for the technique alluded to. t.s] liber dccclx 46 marshal them about the circle

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, which had been my fighting weight when i was ten years younger. we walked some twenty miles daily through hilly forest. the actual amount of mss. written at this time is astounding; their variety is even more so; of their excellence i will not speak. here is a rough list from memory; it is far from exhaustive (1) some dozen books of a a instruction, including gliber astarte, h and the temple of solomon the king for equinox vii (2) short stories the woodcutter. his secret sin (3) plays: his majesty's fiddler. elder eel. adonis. the ghouls. written straight off, one after the other. mortadello. energized enthusiasm 3 (4) poems: the sevenfold sacrament. a birthday (5) fundamentals of the greek qabalah (involving the collection and analysis of several thousand words. i think this phenomenon

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owley fs (sometimes also designated liber 78. 11 liber 536, gbatracoboofrenokosmomacia. h 12 gliber turris vel domus dei h (xvi. 13 see gliber iii vel jugorum, h i. 14 see gliber astarte vel berylii h (175) 15 no published a a instruction treats directly of talismans or evocation, although ritual outlines (in the golden dawn z2 paper) and two examples were printed in the equinox in the gtemple of solomon the king h serial; and much suggestive material may be found in part iii of book 4. liber xiii 8 16 some of the practices in gliber yod (formerly called vesta) h (831) may be here referred to. the gsheaths of the self h are the five skandhas (or kandhas, approx. gcategories h or gaggregates h) described in buddhist literature, and are mentioned in passing by crowley in gthe wake world h (l

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edy. h it is a personal failing that can be corrected through the direct application of will. chemical dependency (addiction) to any substance listed below is considered a disqualifying factor to an aspirant seeking the 3rd degree. the iot desires individuals who are proactive and in control of their own wictthe animal soul cpn 10 xx 300 sh c 31 xxi 400 th t 32. t 32 bis. c 31 bis 3 the temple of solomon the king (continued) great as were frater p..s accomplishments in the ancient sciences of the east, swiftly and securely as he had passed in a bare year the arduous road which so many fail to traverse in lifetime, satisfied as himself was.in a sense.with his own progress, it was not yet by these paths that he was destined to reach the sublime threshold of the mystic temple. for though it i

s into the ocean of apodeictic certainty, the truth that is infinite in its infinity as the primal truth which which it is identical is infinite in its unity. 1 [an archaic norweigian term, loosely .shining ghost. crowley borrowed it from a bulwer-lytton novel (zanoni or a strange story, i cannot remember which) and used it to denote the .astral body. t.s] 2 [the previous installment of temple of solomon the king, in equinox i (4. t.s] on the qabalah 5 need we say that we speak of the holy qabalah? o science secret, subtle, and sublime, who shall name thee without veneration, without prostration of soul, spirit, and body before thy divine author, without exaltation of soul, spirit, and body as by his favour they bathe in his lustral and illimitable light? it must first here be spoken of th

rew and philosophy, pretends in his translation of v. rosenroth. second is without limit [ws ya, i.e, infinite space. this is the primal dualism of infinity; the infinitely small and the infinitely 26 [reprinted heidelberg: georg olms, 1974; it may be found in academic libraries. t.s] 27 [figures mostly taken from golden dawn teachings or rituals which accompanied the instalments of the temple of solomon the king in equinox i (2-3. most can be found in regardie, golden dawn. t.s] 28 [i.e, crowley. t.s] 18 liber lviii great. the clash of these produces a finite positive idea which happens (see tycarb29 for a more careful study, though i must not be understood to indorse every word in our poet-philosopher.s thesis) to be light, rwa. this word rwa is most important. it symbolises the universe

mediate condition of stability.50 for how can one proceed from the 2 to the 0? 120 is also o, a very important name of god.51 46 [matthew xxiv.27; cf. luke xvii, 24] 47 [elsewhere crowley renders aum in hebrew as \wa= 47, e.g. in the formula of aumgn discussed in mtp, which thus enumerates to 100, or \wawm= 93 (not counting the concealed yod) in liber dclxxi] 48 [the installment of .the temple of solomon the king. in equinox i (3) contained an account of the g.d. adeptus minor ritual. see also the golden dawn. t.s] 49 [al i. 24-25; 6 50= 0.12] 50 [cf. gen vi. 3. t.s] 51 [also if we use the same fudge that crowley used to get logos to 93, 120= l, lux (there are at least two other ways by which lvx can be equated with 120 but they are both hideous fudges. t.s] 36 liber lviii 124. do, eden. 1

the holy land of the uraus serpent, to the land of isis and osris, of the pyramids and the nile, even to khem, more magnificent in ruin than all other lands are in plenitude of their glory* 83 [lat .may the lord our god, who gave us the supreme science, be blessed] 54 liber lviii transcriber fs note. this article on the qabalah was originally published in equinox i (5) as part v of the temple of solomon the king serial. essentially it was a filler, knocked together after j.f.c. fuller who had been doing the legwork of working up the series from crowley.s diaries and notebooks broke with the beast. in equinox i (10) it was declared to be liber lviii in class b (since 58. j grace, a secret title of the qabalah) it was reprinted by israel regardie in the qabalah of aleister crowley (a.k.a. 7

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and only adolescence can cure us, we are only too liable, in the rush and energy of dawning manhood, to overturn roughly and rashly both these classics, to regard them both on the same level, as interesting documents from the standpoint of folk-lore and anthropology, and as nothing more. even when we learn that the bible, by a* this essay forms the introduction an edition of the .goetia. of king solomon .a thousand and one nights. commonly called .arabian nights. profound and minute study of the text, may be forced to yield up qabalistic arcana of cosmic scope and importance, we are too often slow to apply a similar restorative to the companion volume, even if we are the lucky holders of burton.s veritable edition. to me, then, it remains to raise the alf laylah wa laylah into its proper

me of the spirit) the perfumes aid this through smell. usually the perfume will only tend to control a large area; but there is an attribution of perfumes to letters of the alphabet enabling one, by a qabalistic formula, to spell out the spirit.s name. i need not enter into more particular discussion of these points; the intelligent reader can easily fill in what is lacking. if, then, i say, with solomon .the spirit cimieries teaches logic. what i mean is .those portions of my brain which subserve the logical faculty may be stimulated and developed by following out the process called .the invocation of cimieries. and this is a purely materialistic rational statement; it is independent of any objective hierarchy at all. philosophy has nothing to say; and science can only suspend judgement

e logical faculty may be stimulated and developed by following out the process called .the invocation of cimieries. and this is a purely materialistic rational statement; it is independent of any objective hierarchy at all. philosophy has nothing to say; and science can only suspend judgement, pending a proper and methodical investigation of the facts alleged. unfortunately, we cannot stop there. solomon promises us that we can (1) obtain information (2) destroy our enemies (3) understand the voices of nature (4) obtain treasure (5) heal diseases, etc. i have taken these five powers at random; considerations of space forbid me to explain all (1) brings up facts from sub-consciousness (2) here we come to an interestin fact. it is curious to note the contrast between the noble means and the

m a master of sixfold chamber, and an ardent sufferer toward the blazing star. for the sword, said the teacher, is but the star unfurled.2 and our father being cunning to place aleph over tau read this reverse, and so beheld eden, even now and in the flesh. whence he sojourned far, and came to a great emperor, by whom he was well received, and from whom he gat great gifts. and the emperor (who is solomon) told him of sheba.s land and of one fairest of women there enthroned. so he journeyed thither, and for four years and seven months abode with her as paramour and light-of-love, for she was gracious to him and showed him those things that the emperor had hidden; even the cubical stone and the cross beneath the triangle that were his and un-revealed. and on the third day he left her and cam

the ceremony is being constantly indicated. every fumigation, purification, banishing, invocation, evocation, is chiefly a reminder of the single purpose, until the supreme moment arrives, and every fibre of the body, every forcechannel of the mind, is strained out in one overwhelming rush of the will in the direction desired. such is the real purport of all the apparently fantastic directions of solomon, abramelin, and other sages of repute. when a man has evoked and mastered such forces as taphtartharath, belial, amaimon, and the great powers of the elements, then he may be safely be permitted to begin to try to stop thinking. for, needless to say, the universe, including the thinker, exists only by virtue of the thinker.s thought.1 in yet one other way is magic a capital training ground

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th mighty in flame, whereof it is also the hieroglyph. it is that ruach elohim brooding upon the face of the waters. so read .formulated is the primal fire* as it is written .thy youth shall be renewed as the eagle.s [psalm ciii, 5] now the eagle is n. for further consideration of this 13, vide in the portal ritual the explanation of that terrible key. see account of this ritual in .the temple of solomon the king. also, 13 is the numeration of dja= unity, as also is the great name of god, la, by aiq bekar or temurah. liber mmcmxi 14 y is the hand* symbolising power in action, and its taro key is the hermit and the voice of light, the prophet of the gods. thus .proclaimed is the reign of the gods of light. t is the last letter of the alphabet, the finis, the omega, the universe, saturn, the

exordium (g d ms. z1: b at the ending of the night at the limits of the light thoth stood before the unborn ones of time then was formulated the universe. r then came forth the gods thereof, the aons of the bornless beyond. a then was the voice vibrated. c then was the name declared* the hand of god, always the symbol of his power. remember in the description of the .caduceus (see .the temple of solomon the king) the air symbol vibrating between them [also y, f, is a mercurial sign, and thoth is mercury, though on a higher plane. the hermit, with his lamp and wand, is hermes, who guides the souls of the dead, in the greek ritual of 0= 0..p. the name \c, the spirit of god, second deity-name in the law, the trigrammaton, or threefold name, by which the universe came forth. a note on genesis

against a facsimile of the equinox. footnotes are presumably by bennett, with the exception of those signed .p. which are by crowley, and any others in square brackets, which are by the present editor. issues which cannot be dealt with in a brief footnote are discussed below. the text and footnotes contain a number of allusions to golden dawn rituals; summaries of these appeared in the temple of solomon the king in equinox i (2. they may also be studied in regardie (ed) the golden dawn and the complete golden dawn system of magic .daughter of the firmament .child of the sons of the mighty .spirit of the primal fire &c. are g.d. titles of the various tarot trumps: see 777 col. clxxx. as usual in the work of crowley and his associates .zoroaster. is here the author of the chaldaan oracles

lecteana hermetica series, subsequently reprinted in various editions. westcott.s arrangement of the fragments follows that in i.p. cory.s ancient fragments (second edition, which was probably also his source for the greek texts. the purported quotation from the clavicula salamonis on p. 4 is from a short qabalistic writing which was published by eliphas levi as an .ancient fragment of the key of solomon. and was probably written by levi himself. mathers, eternally credulous, appended it to an edition of the clavicle he translated and edited, although it has no real connection with the rest of the key, an elaborate grimoire of ceremonial magic. i would call it .spurious. but that would imply that the rest of the clavice was in some way .genuine. the .lecture on microcosmos in mss. of r.r

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xpansion and contraction of consciousness; progress by slaying the cakkrams; progress by slaying the pairs of opposites; the methods of sabhapaty sw.mi &c &c.2) ii 1. the student must first obtain a thorough knowledge of book 777, especially of columns i.,clxxxii.3 when these are committed to memory, he will begin to understand the nature of these correspondences (see illustrations .the temple of solomon the king. in equinox i (2. crossreferences are given) 2. if we take an example the use of the table will become clear. let us suppose that you wish to obtain knowledge of some obscure science. in column xlv, line 12, you will find .knowledge of sciences. by now looking up line 12 in the other columns, you will find that the planet corresponding is mercury, its number eight, its [lat .the t

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ng full freedom to the race of men. yea, he wrought also in me a work of wonder beyond that, but in this matter i am sworn to hold my peace* see the maps gminutum mundum h in the equinox i (2, 3) and the general relations detailed in liber 777, of which the most important columns are reprinted in book 4, part iii, appendix v. for an accound of these matters see the equinox, vol. i, gthe temple of solomon the king, h liber 418, liber aleph [cxi, john st. john [liber dccclx, the urn [liber lxxiii] and book 4, part iv. 37 appendix the stele of jeu. greek text. this is included to assist aspirants in making their own qabalistic analyses and personal adaptations of the ritual. i have given breathings but not accents. in any case neither would have been present on the original ms. ebarbarous nam

regardie himself from the versions published by crowley, incorporating elements of other g.d. rituals, as regardie himself clearly stated in his ceremonial magic. according to his diaries published in equinox vol. i, crowley used this ritual for various purposes in private magical work between 1901 and 1906, most notably the extended series of gaugoeides invocations h of 1906 (see gthe temple of solomon the king h in equinox i (8, by which point he had already worked out the basics of the method: the preamble: he makes a general concentration of all his magical forces, and a declaration of his will. the ar thiao section. he travels to the infinite east among the hosts of angels summoned by the words. a sort of grising on the planes, h but in a horizontal direction. the same remarks apply

t the moment of uniting himself with it, and lastly uttering that supreme song of the initiate beginning: gi am he, the borneless spirit, having light in the feet; strong, and the immortal fire! h (thus performed, the invocation means about half an hour of the most intense magical work imaginable.a minute of it would represent the equivalent of about twelve hours of asana (crowley, gthe temple of solomon the king h, equinox i (8, pp. 18-19) copious ms annotations to the gpreliminary invocation h are extant, in (a) crowley fs personal vellum copy of the goetia and (b) a copy of the regular edition into which gerald yorke transcribed notes from (a) and other unspecified sources. facsimiles of the annotated versions were published in the 1993 first impressions edition of the goetia, and the a

f book 4, part iii and gems from the equinox. 8. gliber viii. h originally part of liber 418, q.v. extracted and printed in equinox iv (1) as gthe ritual proper to the invocation of augoeides. h 13. gliber graduum montis abiegni sub figura xiii, a syllabus of steps on the path. h in equinox i (3, iv (1) and gems from the equinox. 58. an article on the qabalah which formed part v of gthe temple of solomon the king. h in equinox i (5; reprinted in the qabalah of aleister crowley under the spurious title ggematria. h 65. gliber lxv: liber cordis cincti serpente sub figura ynda. h in vol. i. of qelhma; reprinted in equinox iii (1) and iii (9; with a lengthy commentary in iv (1. 73. gliber lxxiii: the urn. h in equinox iv (3. 84. gliber chanokh: a brief abstact of the symbolic representation of

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ation. but one day being thrown with his horse over a sheer cliff of forty feet, and escaping without a scratch or a bruise, he was reminded of his many narrow escapes from death. these proved to be the last factors in his problem, which, thus completed, solved istself in a moment (o. m, chinese frontier, 1905-6 [crowley is talking about himself here as usual; see the instalment of gthe temple of solomon the king h in equinox i (8. t.s] 2 [according to the surviving ts. of this ritual, these questions were gwho art thou? h gwhence comest thou? h gwhither goest thou? h and gwhat seekest thou? h (the second and third bracketed together; these questions were put to the candidate for meditation on three successive days prior to the actual initiation. in the versified solo version, gliber pyram

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res, and of geometrical symbolism, as the framework within which it presents a moral teaching and a mystical outlook towards the divine architect of the universe."3 at the present time there is no real agreement, even among masons, about the origins of the order. some masons, those who are romantically inclined, like to think that they have participated in the very rituals which were used by king solomon to instruct the workmen at the building of his temple. this is certainly an unrealistic view.4 without doubt, there are plenty of operative masons (stonecutters) to be found in european history, but there is no evidence of a group of philosophically inclined men who transmit a masonic tradition from biblical times to england in the late renaissance. others masons, at the opposite pole of o

r; during which he continued to develop his lectures; the last versions were published in the period 1806-12. his early lectures seem simply to teach moral principles. the later lectures exhibit a quality which is directly relevant to our subject. a series of discussions upon factual matters which become more and more technical, abstract, and mystical. it is based on a metaphysical notion of king solomon's temple, which is looked upon as a sort of masonic university, with excursions into platonic theory and cabalism."24 in william preston and his work colin dyer offers this description of preston's personality "he was by nature impetuous. he was proud and stubborn, especially in matters involving what he considered as principle; these characteristics made him a controversial figure in the

allel lines and the ladder (jacob's ladder) which has three principal rounds, faith, hope, and charity. in 1797, when this drawing was published, those parallel lines represented the saints john. we know them to be opposites because the baptist's day is mid-summer and the evangelist's mid-winter. today, after the de-christianization of the order, they are said to represent moses (the prophet) and solomon (the lawgiver);26 once again, opposites. we will see this arrangement again. the rivalry between the premier (modern) and the antient grand lodges continued throughout latter half of the 18th century, and at times it became quite intense. toward the end of the century, however, there was a general recognition among the members of both grand lodges that the two bodies had, in principle, sim

divine gift from god; that cain and the builders of his city were strangers to the secret mystery of masonry; that there were but four masons in the world when the deluge happened, that one of the four, even the second son of noah, was not master of the art; that neither nimrod, nor any of his bricklayers, knew any thing of the matter, and that there were but very few masters of the art (even) at solomon's temple; whereby it plainly appears, that the whole mystery was communicated to very few at that time; that at solomon's temple (and not before) it received the name free-masonry, because the masons at jerusalem and tyre were the greatest cabalists then in the world; that the mystery has been, for the most part, practised amongst builders since solomon's time. this paragraph also includes

teaching. the latter, which has to do with the making of physical structures and was learned from man's study of nature, is peripheral to the central masonic teaching. initially these two disciplines were quite separate. the builders at cain's city of enoch and at nimrod's tower of babel are said not to have been practitioners of the "royal art" as a result of the teachings of the "cabalists" at solomon's temple, builders have been practicing the "royal art" under the name of "free-masonry" ever since. this analysis certainly suggests that among the members of the antient grand lodge there was a mystical, and probably a kabbalistic, understanding of freemasonry. this is an unusual interpretation of dermott's introductory essay to ahiman rezon; but it is not, i think, an unreasonable one

the name of jesus is now the most powerful of all names."53 viewed with these writings in the background, masonic symbolism certainly seems to reflect these ideas. the first degree on the tree of life the first degree tracing board gives an overview of western metaphysics and of the objectives of masonry. the idiom in which masonry's teaching is communicated in the ritual is the building of king solomon's temple; and our the key to interpreting masonic symbolism will be to remember that in one of the volumes of the sacred law we are told that. ye are the temple" masonic labor is interior work, work on one's self. when a candidate is first admitted into the order he is said to be an apprentice, and as a beginner his labors take place on the ground floor of the temple. in kabbalistic terms

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ted have been made possible by mr. c. e. benson, of the los angeles engraving company, who entered heart and soul into the production of this volume. the pre-publication sale of this book has been without known precedent in book history. the subscription list for the first edition of 550 copies was entirely closed a year before the manuscript was placed in the printer's hands. the second, or king solomon, edition, consisting of 550 copies, and the third, or theosophical, edition, consisting of 200 copies, were sold before the finished volume was received from the printer. for so ambitious a production, this constitutes a unique achievement. the credit for this extraordinary sales program belongs to mrs. maud f. galigher, who had as her ideal not to sell the book in the commercial sense of

ters--method of securing the numerical power of words--an introduction to the pythagorean theory of numbers--the sieve of eratosthenes--the meanings of the ten numbers. 69 the human body in symbolism the philosophical manikin--the three universal centers--the temples of initiation--the hand in symbolism--the greater and lesser man--the anthropos, or oversoul. 73 the hiramic legend the building of solomon's temple--the murder of chiram abiff--the martyrdom of jacques de molay--the spirit fire and the pineal gland--the wanderings of the astronomical chiram--cleopatra's needle and masons' marks. 77 the pythagorean theory of music and color pythagoras and the diatonic scale--therapeutic music--the music of the spheres--the use of color in symbolism--the colors of the spectrum and the musical s

ments--the new jerusalem--the grand secret of nature. 145 alchemy and its exponents the multiplication of metals--the medal of emperor leopold i--paracelsus of hohenheim--raymond lully--nicholas flarnmel--count bernard of treviso. 149 the theory and practice of alchemy the origin of alchemical philosophy--alexander the great and the talking trees--nature and art--alchemical symbolism--the song of solomon--the philosopher's gold. 153 the theory and practice of alchemy, part ii the alchemical prayer--the emerald tablet of hermes--a letter from the brothers of r. c--the magical mountain of the moon--an alchemical formula--the dew of the sages. 157 the chemical marriage christian rosencreutz is invited to the chemical wedding--the virgo lucifera--the philosophical inquisition--the tower of oly

acrostic signatures--the significant number thirty-three--the philosophic death. 165 the cryptogram as a factor in symbolic philosophy secret alphabets--the biliteral cipher--pictorial ciphers--acroamatic ciphers--numerical and musical ciphers--code ciphers. 169 freemasonic symbolism the pillars raised by the sons of seth--enoch and the royal arches--the dionysiac architects--the roman collegia--solomon, the personification of universal wisdom- freemasonry's priceless heritage. 173 mystic christianity st. iran us on the life of christ--the original name of jesus--the christened man--the essenes--the arthurian cycle--merlin the mage. 177 the cross and the crucifixion the aurea legenda--the lost libraries of alexandria--the cross in pagan symbolism- the crucifixion, a cosmic allegory--the c

of form and designations. dionysos apparently was his solar aspect. the dionysiac architects constituted an ancient secret society, in principles and doctrines much like the modern freemasonic order. they were an organization of builders bound together by their secret knowledge of the relationship between the earthly and the divine sciences of architectonics. they were supposedly employed by king solomon in the building of his temple, although they were not jews, nor did they worship the god of the jews, being followers of bacchus and dionysos. the dionysiac architects erected many of the great monuments of antiquity. they possessed a secret language and a system of marking their stones. they had annual convocations and sacred feasts. the exact nature of their doctrines is unknown. it is b

the universe, the sun. opposed to the active, radiant principle of impregnating fire, hear, and motion was the passive, receptive principle of nature. modern science has proved that forms ranging in magnitude from solar systems to atoms are composed of positive, radiant nuclei surrounded by negative bodies that exist upon the emanations of the central life. from this allegory we have the story of solomon and his wives, for solomon is the sun and his wives and concubines are the planets, moons, asteroids, and other receptive bodies within his house--the solar mansion. isis, represented in the song of solomon by the dark maid of jerusalem, is symbolic of receptive nature--the watery, maternal principle which creates all things out of herself after impregnation has been achieved by the virili

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now that we are equipped with our main tools of consecration, we shall deal with one of the most important of all the other witch tools: the athame the athame, or witches' black-hiked knife, is the instrument we use to draw magical circles and other diagrams, in the midst of which many of our spells are cast. some witches, following the cabalistic tradition of the old magical grimoire, the key of solomon, also employ a white-hilted knife, in addition, using the former to cast the circle, and the latter for anything that needs to be ritually dug, engraved, cut, or pierced. most present-day witches, however, refer the white-hilted knife to the ranks of the lesser instruments, and rely entirely upon the athame in their operations. buy a steel knife with a black handle; the blade should be abo

triangle of manifestation, so i shall leave that process till last, and deal with the conjuration of nonhuman entities first. the entity summoned for questioning par excellence is one that has been a favourite among witches from time immemorial, and is known by the name "vassago" he is numbered among the seventy-two demonic intelligences in that medieval grimoire, the lemegeton, or lesser key of solomon; and wierus, cornelius agrippa's pupil, also mentions him in his pseudomonarchia demonorum- 1. the wand 2. seeing stone within the triangle 3. and 4. lamps of art. vassago, a mighty prince, of the nature of agares, who declareth things past, present and to come and discovereth that which hath been lost or hidden. he is good by nature, and governeth twenty-six legions of spirits. but knowle

cipes to form a more powerful blend. 1. wormwood (artemesia) flax cardamons anise camphor chicory 2. orris root fennel pomegranate skin red sandalwood poppy seed 3. valerian root saffron wormwood st.-john's-wort (hypericum) 4. linseed psellium 5. violet roots parsley 6. anise poppy seeds camphor 7. cloves (powdered) frankincense mastic cinquefoil any or all of these may be mixed to advantage with solomon's-seal and/or holy thistle herb to enhance the effect. experiment to see which type suits you best. dittany of crete is mixed with any incense where a materialization is required in the operation. most if not all of the herbs aforementioned may be obtained from any shop which handles the sale of botanicals. substances like the gums and essences, such as camphor and cinnamon, can be obtaine

or lilac, jasmine or carnations, anything you like, depending on your location and the time of year. the choice is yours. to a lot of witches, the rose seems a very good choice, as this blossom has always been considered most germane to matters of love, and a symbolic attribute of the lady. cabalistic legend has it that balkis, queen of sheba, was a witch, and that the wisdom she came to question solomon, king of israel, about was magical in content. i am the rose of sharon, and the lily of the valleys, as the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. the rose has been preserved as the lady's emblem in the annals of courtly love and among the symbols of alchemy. the lily, however, passed directly into christian catholicism and became an attribute of the madonna, which is only r

e part powdered alum, and five drops of cedarwood oil. then take some of your talisman paper, and from it cut three four-inch squares. exorcise these with fire and water. then, with your pen and ink of art, draw the following five-pointed star on the first of them (see illustration) you will see that it is a more complex version of the one in your workbook and is sometimes called the pentagram of solomon. having drawn the figure as carefully as you can- it will probably be easier if you rule it in lightly in pencil first, using a pair of compasses to construct the circle- proceed to fill in the magical symbols and words, starting at the top point, working around clockwise and finishing with the centre. as you write each magical word, chant it deliberately out loud in combination with the f

"be ye far from us, all hostility, deceit, and illusion, in the name of ballater" and so on. when you have finished, repeat the process, this time using your athame to trace over the star and the symbols above the paper, in your witchly imagination seeing them burn in the air with spectral blue witch fire. now take your second piece of parchment and draw on it the six-pointed star, or hexagram of solomon, as in the illustration, inscribing the t-shaped cross in the centre last. this cross, referred to by witches of the last century as the triple tau of the arch mosms, is a variant of your triple sealing cross- pentacle of protection, comprising, 1. the secret seal of solomon 2. the hexagram of solomon 3. the pentagram of solomon- combined with the hexagram and the six minor taus, it is reg

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s, the major arcana being the "trumps" numbered from 0 to 21, the minor being the 56 "pip" and "court" cards athame witches' black-hilted knife averse black, or evil, usually applied to magical processes b baculum witches' rod, staff, wand, or "broomstick" used in divination and certain fertility spells balefire ritual coven fire ban to curse bane poisonous or destructive thinorthe greater key of solomon including a clear and precise exposition of king solomon s secret procedure, its mysteries and magic rites, original plates, seals, charms and talismans. translated from ancient manuscripts in the british museum, london. by s. liddell macgregor mathers 1999 emperor norton books cincinnati, ohio f a f a editor s note. the text of this electronic edition of the greater key of solomon was tak

odern conventions. the scanned illustrations have been optimized for printing at 300 dpi; with some combinations of computer monitor and driver software, the onscreen images may appear blocky or crude. for the best reading experience, i recommend printing this document on nonglossy paper tinted a light ecru or tan color. benjamin rowe march 23, 1999 book one page 1 preface to book one. the key of solomon, save for a curtailed and incomplete copy published in france in the seventeenth century, has never yet been printed, but has for centuries remained in manuscript form inaccessible to all but the few fortunate scholars to whom the inmost recesses of the great libraries were open. the fountain-head and storehouse of qabalistical magic, and the origin of much of the ceremonial magic of media

in-head and storehouse of qabalistical magic, and the origin of much of the ceremonial magic of mediaeval times, the key has been ever valued by occult writers as a work of the highest authority; and notably in our own day eliphaz levi has taken it for the model on which his celebrated dogme et rituel de la haute magie was based. it must be evident to the initiated reader of levi, that the key of solomon was his text book of study, and at the end of this volume, i give a fragment of an ancient hebrew manuscript of the key of solomon, translated and published in the philosophie occulte, as well as an invocation called the qabalistical invocation of solomon, which bears close analogy to one in the first book, being constructed in the same manner on the scheme of the sephiroth. the history of

and at the end of this volume, i give a fragment of an ancient hebrew manuscript of the key of solomon, translated and published in the philosophie occulte, as well as an invocation called the qabalistical invocation of solomon, which bears close analogy to one in the first book, being constructed in the same manner on the scheme of the sephiroth. the history of the hebrew original of the key of solomon is given in the introductions, but there is every reason to suppose that this has been entirely lost, and christian, the pupil of levi, says as much in his histoire de la magie. i see no reason to doubt the tradition which assigns the authorship of the key to king solomon, for among others josephus, the jewish historian, especially mentions the magical works attributed to that monarch; thi

uthorship of the key to king solomon, for among others josephus, the jewish historian, especially mentions the magical works attributed to that monarch; this is confirmed by many eastern traditions, and his magical skill is frequently mentioned by the old adepts. there are, however, two works on black magic, the grimorium verum, and the clavicola di salomone ridolta, which have been attributed to solomon, and which have been in some cases especially mixed up with the present work; but which have nothing really to do therewith; they are full of evil magic, and i cannot caution the practical student too strongly against them. there is also another work called legemeton, or the lesser key of solomon the king, which is full of seals of various spirits, and is not the same as the present book

ancient mss. in the british museum which all differ from each other in various points, some giving what is omitted by the others, but all unfortunately agreeing in one thing, which is the execrable mangling of the hebrew words through the ignorance of the transcribers. but it is in the pentacles that the hebrew is worse, the letters being so vilely scribbled as to be actually undecipherthe key of solomon page 2 able in some instances, and it has been part of my work for several years to correct and reinstate the proper hebrew and magical characters in the pentacles. the student may therefore safely rely on their being now as nearly correct in their present reproduction as it is possible for them to be. i have therefore, wherever i could, corrected the hebrew of the magical names in the con

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he impure spirits. for god is great and immutable, he hath been for ever, and he shall remain even unto the end of the ages. accursed be he who taketh the name of god in vain! accursed be he who useth this knowledge unto an evil end, be he accursed in this world and in the world to come. amen. be he accursed in the name which he hath blasphemed! the end of the first bosepage 81 the greater key of solomon book two f a f a the key of solomon page 82 prefatory note to book two. this work of solomon is divided into two books. in the first thou mayest see and know how to avoid errors in experiments, operations, and in the spirits theirselves. in the second thou art taught in what manner magical arts may be reduced to the proposed object and end. it is for this reason that thou shouldst take gre

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

n a fair and agreeable form; moreover, whensoever thou shalt call the spirits created from air, they will come with a kind of gentle breeze. when the spirits which are created from the vapors of the sun are invoked, they come under a very beautiful and excellent form, but filled with pride, vanity, and conbook two page 85 ceit. they are clever, whence it comes that these last are all specified by solomon in his book of ornament, or of beauty. they show great ostentation and vainglory in their dress, and they rejoice in many ornaments; the boast of possessing mundane beauty, and all sorts of ornaments and decorations. thou shalt only invoke them in serene, mild, and pleasant weather. the spirits which are created of fire reside in the east, those created of wind in the south. note then that

and defective, and thou must assuredly have failed in some matter; for if thou doest ill in one single point, these experiments or these arts will not be verified. thus upon this chapter dependeth this whole key of arts, experiments, and operations, and although every solemnity be rightly observed, no experiment will be verified, unless thou canst penetrate the meaning of this chapter. the key of solomon page 86 chapter ii. in what manner the master of the art should keep, rule, and govern himself. he who wisheth to apply himself unto so great and so difficult a science should have his mind free from all business, and from all extraneous ideas of whatever nature they may be. he should then thoroughly examine the art or operation which he should undertake, and write it regularly out on pape

for the hour in which thou shouldst commence the operation; but when once it shall be commenced at this hour, thou shalt be able to continue it unto the end, seeing that it deriveth its force and virtue from its beginning, which extendeth to and spreadeth over the succeeding hours, so that the master of the art will be enabled to complete his work so as to arrive at the desired result. the key of solomon page 88 chapter iii. how the companions or disciples of the master of the art ought to regulate and govern themselves. when the master of the art wisheth to put in practice any operation or experiment, especially one of importance, he should first consider of what companions he should avail himself. this is the reason why in every operation whose experience should be carried out in the cir

he master should take heed that his disciples are perfectly instructed in those things which they have to perform. these companions or disciples should be three in number, without including the master. they may also be of the number of five, of seven, or of nine; but so that they ever implicitly obey the orders of their master; for thus only shall all things come to a successful issue. the key of solomon page 90 chapter iv. concerning the fasting, care, and things to be observed. when the master of the art shall wish to perform his operations, having previously arranged all things which it is necessary to observe and practise; from the first day of the experiment, it is absolutely necessary to ordain and to prescribe care and observation, to abstain from all things unlawful, and from every

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order of the pentacles (1) seven pentacles consecrated to saturn black (2) seven pentacles consecrated to jupiter blue (3) seven pentacles consecrated to mars red (4) seven pentacles consecrated to the sun yellow (5) five pentacles consecrated to venus green (6) five pentacles consecrated to mercury mixed colors (7) six pentacles consecrated to the moon silver. kl figure 1. the mystical figure of solomon the key of solomon page 60 saturn. figure 11. the first pentacle of saturn. this pentacle is of great value and utility for striking terror into the spirits. wherefore, upon its being shown to them they submit, and kneeling upon the earth before it, they obey. editor s note. the hebrew letters within the square are the four great names of god which are written with four letters: yhvh, yod

chaseth away the spirits which guard treasures. editor s note. the hebrew letters in the angles of the cross are those of the name ihvh. those in the angles of the square form alvh, eloah. round the four sides of the square are the names of the angels: arehanah, rakhaniel, roelhaiphar, and noaphiel. the versicle is "a great god, a mighty, and a terrible" deut x. 17. figures 13 and 14. the key of solomon page 62 figure 16. the sixth pentacle of saturn. around this pentacle is each name symbolized as it should be. the person against whom thou shalt pronounce it shall be obsessed by demons. editor s note. it is formed from mystical characters of saturn. around it is written in hebrew "set thou a wicked one to be ruler over him, and let satan stand at his right hand" figure 17. the seventh an

: 1, chaiath ha-qadesch, holy living creatures; 2, auphanim, wheels; 3, aralim, thrones; 4, chaschmalim, brilliant ones; 5, seraphim, fiery ones; 6, melakim, kings; 7, elohim, gods; 8, beni elohim, sons of the elohim; 9, kerubim, kerubim. the versicle is from psalm xviii 7 "then the earth shook and trembled, the foundations of the hills also moved and were shaken, because he was wroth" the key of solomon page 64 jupiter. figure 18. the first pentacle of jupiter. this serveth to invoke the spirits of jupiter, and especially those whose names are written around the pentacle, among whom parasiel is the lord and master of treasures, and teacheth how to become possessor of places wherein they are. editor s note. this pentacle is composed of mystical characters of jupiter. around it are the name

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

sly marked. editor s note. the letters of the names eloah and shaddai. in the center is the great letter vau, the signature of the qabalistic microprosopus. around is the versicle from psalm lxxvii 13 "who is so great a god as our elohim" figure 28. the fourth pentacle of mars. it is of great virtue and power in war, wherefore without doubt it will give thee victory. figures 25 and 26. the key of solomon page 68 editor s note. in the center is the great name agla; right and left, the letters of the name 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 an

the pentacle are the divine names, el and yiai, which have the same numerical value when written in hebrew. the letters in hebrew, and in the secret alphabet called the celestial, compose the names of spirits. round the pentacle is "he gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land. he smote their vines also, and their fig-trees" psalm cv. 32,33. figures 29 and 30. figure 31. the key of solomon page 70 the sun. figure 32. the first pentacle of the sun. the countenance of shaddai the almighty, at whose aspect all creatures obey, and the angelic spirits do reverence on bended knees. editor s note. this singular pentacle contains the head of the great angel methraton or metatron, the vice-regent and representative of shaddai, who is called the prince of countenances, and the right-h

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. usually the perfume will only tend to 6 apart from its value in obtaining one-pointedness. control a large area; but there is an attribution of perfumes to letters of the alphabet enabling one, by a qabalistic formula, to spell out the spirit s name. i need not enter into more particular discussion of these points; the intelligent reader can easily fill in what is lacking. if, then, i say, with solomon: the spirit cimieries teaches logic, what i mean is: those portions of my brain which subserve the logical faculty way be stimulated and developed by following out the processes called the invocation of cimieries. and this is a purely materialistic rational statement; it is independent of any objective hierarchy at all. philosophy has nothing to say; and science can only suspend judgment

e logical faculty way be stimulated and developed by following out the processes called the invocation of cimieries. and this is a purely materialistic rational statement; it is independent of any objective hierarchy at all. philosophy has nothing to say; and science can only suspend judgment, pending a proper and methodical investigation of the facts alleged. unfortunately, we cannot stop there. solomon promises us that we can (1) obtain information (2) destroy our enemies (3) understand the voices of nature (4) obtain treasure (5) heal diseases, etc. i have taken these five powers at random; considerations of space forbid me to explain all (1) brings up facts from sub-consciousness (2) here we come to an interesting fact. it is curious to note the contrast between the noble means and the

eneral things, whereby he obtained great fame (2) the second part is a book of spirits, partly evil and partly good, which is named theurgia-goetia, all a rial spirits, etc (3) the third part is of spirits governing the planetary hours, and what spirits belong to every degree, of the signs, and planets in the signs. called the pauline art, etc (4) the fourth part of this book is called almadel or solomon, which containeth those spirits which govern the four altitudes, or the 360 degrees of the zodiac. these two last orders of spirits are good, and to be sought for by divine seeking, etc, and are called theurgia (5) the fifth part is a book of orations and prayers that wise solomon used upon the altar in the temple. the which is called ars nova, which was revealed unto solomon by that holy

c, and are called theurgia (5) the fifth part is a book of orations and prayers that wise solomon used upon the altar in the temple. the which is called ars nova, which was revealed unto solomon by that holy angel of god called michael; and he also received many brief notes written with the finger of god, which were declared to him by the said angel with claps of thunder; without which notes king solomon had never obtained his great knowledge, for by them in a short time he knew all arts and sciences both good and bad; from these notes it is called the notary art, etc. the whole lemegeton or clavicula. now this book containeth all the names, orders, and offices of all the spirits with which solomon ever conversed, the seals and characters belonging to each spirit, and the manner of calling

lemegeton or clavicula. now this book containeth all the names, orders, and offices of all the spirits with which solomon ever conversed, the seals and characters belonging to each spirit, and the manner of calling them forth to visible appearance: divided into 5 special books or parts, viz (1) the first book, or part, which is a book concerning spirits of evil, and which is termed the goetia of solomon, sheweth forth his manner of binding these spirits for use in things divers. and hereby did he acquire great renown (2) the second book is one which treateth of spirits mingled of good and evil natures, the which is entitled the theurgia-goetia, or the magical wisdom of the spirits a rial, whereof some do abide, but certain do wander and abide not (3) the third book, called ars paulina, or

the magical wisdom of the spirits a rial, whereof some do abide, but certain do wander and abide not (3) the third book, called ars paulina, or the art pauline, treateth of the spirits allotted unto every degree of the 360 degrees of the zodiac; and also of the signs, and of the planets in the signs, as well as of the hours (4) the fourth book, called ars almadel salomonis, or the art almadel of solomon, concerneth those spirits which be set over the quaternary of the altitudes. these two last mentioned books, the art pauline and the art almadel, do relate unto good spirits alone, whose knowledge is to be obtained through seeking unto the divine. these two books be also classed together under the name of the first and second parts of the book theurgia of solomon (5) the fifth book of the

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are substantially the same as those in the bm version. the illustrations have been optimized for printing on a 300-dpi or higher laser or inkjet printer. depending on your monitor and driver software, they may not appear on your screen with their best quality. typeset in adobe caslon. theurgia goetia lemegeton: clavicula salomonis 2 here beginneth the second book called the art theurgia goetia of solomon the king in this following treatise you have the names of the chief spirits with several of the ministring spirits that are under them, with their seals or charactors which are to be worn as a lamen on your breast, for without that the spirit that has appeared will not obey to do your will. the office of these spirits is all one, for what one can do the others can do the same, they can sho

as houses& to call forth pamersiel or any of these his servants, make a circle in the form as is showed in the 1st. book goetia before going in the upper room of your house, or in a place that is airy because these spirits that are in this part are all airy. you may call these spirits into a crystal stone 4 inches (in) diameter sett on a table made as followeth which is called the secret table of solomon, having his seal on your breast& the girdle about your waist, as is showed in the book goetia, and you cannot err. the form of the table is this, when you have thus got what is to be theurgia goetia 9 prepared, rehearse the conjuration following several times, that is whilst the spirit comes, for without a doubt he will come. note: the same method is used in all the following spirits of th

wed in the book goetia, and you cannot err. the form of the table is this, when you have thus got what is to be theurgia goetia 9 prepared, rehearse the conjuration following several times, that is whilst the spirit comes, for without a doubt he will come. note: the same method is used in all the following spirits of this 2nd. book theurgia goetia, as is here of pamersiel& his servants aforesaid. solomon s table the conjuration "i conjure thee, o thou mighty& potent prince pamersiel who ruleth as a king in the dominion of the east &c" padiel the 2nd. spirit in order under the empire of the east, is padiel, he ruleth in the east& by south as a king& governeth 10,000 spirits by day& 200,000 by night besides several thousand under them, they are all naturally good& may be trusted, solomon sai

fficient for practise, the first 8 that belong to the day hath 40 servants apiece& the others 630 apiece& the first 8 that belong to the night hath 40 servants apiece to attend them& the next 4 dukes have 20 servants, and the last 2 dukes hath 10 apiece& they are very obedient& do willingly appear when they are called, they have more power to hide or discover treasure than any other spirits saith solomon, that is contained in this book theurgia goetia& when you hide& would not have any thing taken away that is yours, make these 4 seals in virgin parchment& lay them with the treasure or where the treasure lyeth& it will never be found nor taken away, the names& seals of the spirits are as followeth: alimoris seal ameta seal amen seal herne seal sadfar seal potiel seal seafar seal mapui seal

ts that you come from all parts of the world& make rational answers to all things that i shall ask of you& come ye peaceably& visibly& affably speaking to me with a voice intelligible& to my understanding, therefore come ye, come ye,in the name of adonay zebaoth, adonay aamioram, come, why stay ye, hasten adonay saday the king of kings commands you- when he appears, show him the seal& pentacle of solomon saying "behold the pentacle of solomon which i have brought before your presence" as it is showed in the first book goetia at the latter end of the conjurations, also when you have had your desire of the spirit, license him to depart as is showed there in the book goetia &c. so endeth the second book called theurgia goetngthe pauline art book iii of the lemegeton lemegeton: clavicula salom

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is showed there in the book goetia &c. so endeth the second book called theurgia goetngthe pauline art book iii of the lemegeton lemegeton: clavicula salomonis 2 ars paulina- book iii of the lemegeton transcribed from sloane ms. 2731 and converted to acrobat format by benjamin rowe, june, 1999 afterword copyright 1999 by benjamin rowe ars paulina 3 here beginneth ye book called the art pauline of solomon the king& this is divided into two parts, the first the angels of the hours of the day& night, the second the angels of the signs of the zodiack, as hereafter followeth. the nature of the 24 angels of the day& night changeth every day& their offices is to do all things that is attributed to the 7 planets but that changeth every day also, as for example, you may see in the following treatis

onjure& invocate thee in the name of the most omnipotent& immortal lord god of hosts jehovah. so on as before, at this mark* in the conjuration of samael (as aforesaid, and when the spirit is come, bid him welcome, then ask your desire& when you have done, dismiss him according to the order of dismissing. the end of the first part of the book pauline ars paulina 15 the second part of this book of solomon of the art of pauline, is as followeth: this second part contains the mystical names of the angels of the signs in general& also the angels of every degree of the signs in general, which is called the angels of men, because that in some one of these signs& degrees every man is born in, therefore he that knows the minutes of his birth, he may know the name of the angel that governs him& the

on, and it appears in the first paragraph of the book. there the author describes how the power governed by the angels ruling the dawn hour varies according to the day; lunar on monday, martial on tuesday, etc. presumably the angels of the remaining hours either govern the same power, or follow something akin to the traditional cabalistic system of planetary hours, described in the greater key of solomon and many other places. the problem with this is that the procedures described in the remainder of the book suggest that an entirely different system is being used to determine the invoked powers. to create the seal for the angels of a particular hour, the magician first casts the astrological chart for that hour in the day the work is to be done. the planetary glyph to be drawn in the cent

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the latter do not appear to be transliterations of the hebrew which, in any case, is only partly legible. the second section is a prayer that incorporates some of the latin-alphabet words from the previous section. but it actually makes more sense with those words excised: it is a prayer to god to confine evil and aerial spirits in a brass urn. this immediately brings to mind the brass vessel of solomon, shown in the goetia. possibly this is a prayer to be said while consecrating or preparing such a vessel. however, the divine names in this prayer are not those shown on the vessel in my copy of the manuscript, nor those on the vessel in the crowley/mathers edition of the goetia. possibly this section is a borrowing from some document outside the lemegeton tradition; the extreme corruption

oever region thou art, to come unto this circle: halliza and appear in human shape: bellator and speak unto us audibly in our mother-tongue: bellonoy (or bellony) and show, and discover unto us all treasure that thou knowest of, or that is in thy keeping, and deliver it unto us quietly: hally fra and answer all such questions as we may demand without any defect now at this time. an explanation of solomon s triangle. anephezeton. thou great god of all the heavenly host: tetragrammaton. thou god of almighty power, be ever present with us to guard and protect us, and let thy holy spirit and presence be now and always with us: primeumaton. thou who art the first and last, let all spirits be subject unto us, and let the spirit be bound in this triangle, that disturbs this place: michael. by thy

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t the craft suffers to-day. but, as one finds everywhere, that desire exists; and so, for what they may be worth, these papers are offered to the craft as a contribution towards satisfying it. let me conclude with an apologue and an aspiration. in the chronicles of israel it may be read how that, after long preparatory labour, after employing the choicest material and the most skilful artificers, solomon the king at last made an end of building and beautifying his temple, and dedicated to the of service of the most high that work of his hands in a state as perfect as human provision could make it; and how that then, but not till then, his offering was accepted and the acceptance was signified by a divine descent upon it so that the glory of the lord shone through and filled the whole house

they were in use among certain trade-guilds then in existence; and lastly, because they are extremely effective and significant from the symbolic point of view. all that i wish to emphasize at this stage is that our present system is not one coming from remote antiquity: that there is no direct continuity between us and the egyptians, or even those ancient hebrews who built, in the reign of king solomon, a certain temple at jerusalem. what is extremely ancient in freemasonry is the spiritual doctrine concealed within the architectural phraseology; for this doctrine is an elementary form of the doctrine that has been taught in all ages, no matter in what garb it has been expressed. our own teaching, for instance, recognizes pythagoras as having undergone numerous initiations in different p

consciousness. the legend of the third degree, then, in which the essence of masonic doctrine lies, was brought into our system by some advanced minds who derived their knowledge from other and concealed sources. the legend is an adaptation of a very old one and existed in various forms long before its association with modern masonry. in the guise of a story about the building of a temple by king solomon at jerusalem, they were promulgating the truth which i have alluded to before and which is generally known as the fall of man. as our legend runs, upon the literal side of it, it was the purpose of a great king to erect a superb structure. he was assisted in that work by another king who supplied the building materials, by a skilful artificer whose business was to put these together accord

rial edifices are but the types and symbols it is the temple of the collective body of humanity itself; of which the great initiate st. paul said" know ye not that ye are the temple of god" a perfect humanity was the great temple which, in the counsels of the most high, was intended to be reared in the mystical holy city, of which the local jerusalem was the type. the three great master-builders, solomon and the two hirams, are a triad corresponding after a manner with the holy trinity of the christian religion; hiram abiff being the chief architect, he" by whom all things were made" and" in whom (as st. paul said, using masonic language) the whole building fitly framed together groweth unto a holy temple in the lord" the material of this mystical temple was the souls of men, at once the l

dence there still remains to us a glimmering light in the east. in a dark world, from which as it were the sun has disappeared, we have still our five senses and our rational faculties to work with, and these provide us with the substituted secrets that must distinguish us before we regain the genuine ones. where is hiram buried? we are taught that the wisdom of the most high- personified as king solomon ordered him to be interred in a fitting masonry sepulchre outside the holy city" in a grave from the centre 3 feet between n. and s, 3 feet between e. and w, and 5 feet or more perpendicular" where, brethren, do you imagine that grave to be? can you locate it by following these minute details of its situation? probably you have never thought of the matter as other than an ordinary burial o

he secret centre of individual human life exists a vital, immortal principle, the spirit and the spiritual will of man. this is the faculty, by using which (when we have found it) we can never err. it is a point within the circle of our own nature and, living as we do in this physical world, the circle of our existence is bounded by two grand parallel lines" one representing moses; the other king solomon" that is to say, law and wisdom; the divine ordinances regulating the universe on the one hand; the divine "wisdom and mercy that follow us all the days of our life" on the other. very truly then the mason who keeps himself thus circumscribed cannot err. masonry, then, is a system of religious philosophy in that it provides us with a doctrine of the universe and of our place in it. it indi

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commonly call magickal paths today. what was lost or well forgotten, by some incantation or spell of remembrance, such surged forth as a bestial atavism that which was dead now emerged as a 12 angels are considered by abu-hamid mohammed al-ghazali to be the higher faculties of man. 13 empyrean= highest heavens, heights, the astral plane which leads to the psyche or genius revealed. see the key of solomon the king by s.l. mathers, the symbolism of angels (higher octave) and demons (lower octave or infernal spirits. this term is inextricably the same as celestial, the sabbat of luciferian light. 14 baphomet is a magickal transformation of being. baphomet, being the head of wisdom, is related to cain in some sabbatic and luciferian circles. 15 the people of the lie, or practitioners of witchc

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and destruction. my tongue forked which speaks the wisdom of ages. i exist beyond the grave and before it..from which you shall always return to me. i am the cradle of the gods of night and day, from all express the lightning flash of sight" asmodeus -god of sorcery- an ancient daemon with his roots in persia and later in palestine. asmodeus is mentioned frequently in hebrew texts. the goetia of solomon the king gives a description of the form which asmodeus takes when appearing before the sorcerer: three headed (a connection with hecate, being the tripled nature of the moon, a ram, human and bull, asmodeus rides upon a dragon, vomits fire and carries a spear. the association of asmodeus with witchcraft beyond the triple mooned nature is that the daemon is said to be the child of tubal- c

r and insight into the daemonic or cthonic realm -qlippothic elementals become dangerous if consecrated and left to their own devices by not being assigned one particular task or purpose and not banished and absorbed. they will grow in their essence by feeding from the binder until they either find another host or take the flesh and mind of the sorcerer who originally summoned them. the magick of solomon and the nature of his work point clearly to this danger. daemons which are bound to the earth generally exist between the astral and living world, jumping from one to the other. their will remains intact as well as much of their personality. over a period of time these spirits will gradually fade from existence, subsisting only as poltergeists or other such nearly harmless shades until obl

out to them in dreams. thus the vampire spirit will go from body to body, guided by the individual sleeper, and drink of their life force. some magickians have the ability of eventually entering the flesh of another and continuing their existence in this manner. many tales of possession were also spawned this way. a mistake is often made concerning daemonic spirits such as those of the goetia of solomon and others of similar type. aleister crowley wrote that such spirits represent 109 109 parts of the brain, but this is not entirely true. while elementals such as these have roles and names by which we align them with the subconscious, the essence of such a being is actually of two parts, being astral as well as mental. the combination of both ultimately is the formula of their manifestati

wolf belt or skin werewolf mask this rite should include an offering of your own blood, which should be held in a goblet or chalice not to be drunk, however but to store the life force with which the wolf spirit will be invoked. the chamber or area should be darkened with illuminating candles, sigils should be painted on the body: the sigil of the spirit marchosias (1) obtained from the goetia of solomon, from the author's personal experience, this spirit s aid proves a significant benefit, and the sigil should be available for the purpose of visualization. the wolf hook rune the sign of luna (the moon and it's current) the sign of saturn (death and transformation) the sign of mars (blood and sex) the wolf skin should be worn please note that mars is also the planet of war and aggression s

control of will to slow my heart rate and focus well upon the demon sigil of marchosias. i was seeking a kind of knowledge, of myself and this spirit. each goetic demon elemental serves well in granting knowledge and insight unto the sorcerer who would know him/her self. after about what must have been fifteen minutes, i performed the banishing rite and focused upon the small golden pentagram of solomon around my neck. the demonic state of mind left me and i felt revitalized and strong of mind and body. i packed away my temple items neatly, then took to a long and relaxing hike in the nearby fields, enjoying the evening air and contemplating my thoughts. later that eve, before i retired i took down many notes from my path working, opening up many new avenues of exploration of my self in i

hich the three shall stand. two smaller circles should be drawn also in flour and/or salt as well, one in which the wizard shall stand and make the evocations and the grand invocation, by which he shall take the energy of the qlipoth, born of choronzon. within the other circle should be a triangle with the names of mi-ch-ael which is derived from ceremonial magick traditions such as the goetia of solomon the king. this is the angel of protection by which the energies shall be bound. outside of the triangle, still within the circle the magickian will inscribe the names of lilith, choronzon and kali. this triangle is to be within the circle however. the point of this is to ensure that the spirit force will not break forth. if it does by some chance or mistake of the wizard then the other two

MICHAEL TSARION ATLANTIS ALIEN VISITATION AND GENETIC MANIPULATION

jim fitzpatrick, ursula le guin,robert holdstock, madame helena blavatsky, samuel liddell (macgregor mathers),aleister crowley, terry nation, rod serling, patrick mcgoohan, ian anderson, edgarfroese, pieter baumann, christopher frank, johannes schmolleng, antonio vivaldi,george fredrick handel, gerald massey, alvin boyd kuhn, comyns beaumont, jordanmaxwell, john boorman, werner herzog, rev. paul solomon, l. a. waddell, and camillepaglia. special thanksmy heartfelt gratitude to joan mitromaras for her initial promise and support, and her continued patience and diligence in the editing of this book which would never have existed without her..hail libra!perhaps the greatest myth being purveyed, is that myths are just mythsmichael tsarion atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulationv

poseidons symbol was also the trident. this later became the thunder-bolt of zeus.moses and the burning bushjehovah announces himself as the god of thy father. it was not until the time of the prophet amos thatjehovah is raised to the level of the universal lord and creator god. jeremiah and ezekiel also followedsuit.the sakhraa sacred stone of the israelites that was contained in their temple of solomon. but, it was an object ofveneration long prior to this time. the ashlar of the freemasons is probably an analogue of it.age of aquariusthe age of aquarius opened 1750 a.d; planet uranus was discovered in 1781. then there came theinventions of the steam engine, airplane, etc. technology became vogue, and so on. in both the bible history and platos story, the destruction of the people was la

genetic manipulation213 appendix b: book abstracts line of abraham prestigiousthe most intriguing factor is not that this influential line was recorded from early times, but that it wasdesignated prestigious in the first place some 6,000 years ago, long before the israelites wrote up thestory (p. 27)nebuchadnezzar ii sacked jerusalem and judah and captured the israelites, destroying the temple of solomon. it was inbabylon about 600 b.c. that the first books of the old testament were compiled. but even as late as thetime of jesus there was no complete book in circulation or existence (see p. 28)first compilationthe first set of amalgamated books to be generally approved as the hebrew bible appeared after the fallof jerusalem to the roman general titus in ad 70, and it was compiled in an end

acts240atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation city of elathat the head of the red sea on the gulf of alaba was an ancient city of elath (the el. elath was veryclose to mount sinai, mount seir, mount hor, and mount paran, all on the left. below elath on the rightwas edom and teman and yemen, the home of the wise men of edom, the dukes of edom, and thehighly educated sheba who visited solomon. from elath is a dry river bed that leads to the dead seaand the holy land (p. 31)there seemed to be an understanding that the mediterranean was the sea for one race of els and thered sea for the other (p. 31)largest shipsit is a matter of recorded history that in caesars time the ships of the atlantic were larger than those ofthe mediterranean. and in the days of solomon, about 1,000 b.c

m of tyresolomon launched his fleets from elath, this built by hiram. they sailed together to sack and loot,bringing back fortunes. such were not voyages of discovery but of commerce (see p. 31)book of jobplaced in arabia, the tale is one of a believer in the solar cult being contested by satan, the representa-tive of the serpent cult (see p. 33.)levitesservants of the els, later of the temple of solomon (p. 33)when the israelites did not correctly server their masters, they were sold to other masters. such is thetestimony of the old testament. in ii chronicles jehovah states, you have forsaken me, i will in turn forsake you, and deliver you into the hands of shishack.kings wishing to be godsa king could only become so great, if he attempted to go further he was checkmated. win, lose or dr

whom they believed sur-vived the cataclysm of atlantis and who lived in shambhala, secretly influencing world affairs (p. 2)alien stone of powerat that time roerich made the bold claim that he was in possession of a piece of a mysterious stonefrom another worldroerich claimed, had sent the stone to earth from the star sirius. it had previouslybeen given to the emperor of atlantis and then to king solomon in jerusalemthe stone had been hid-den in a tower in shambhala broadcasting rays that influenced the destiny of the world (c. 1000 b.c.)the sphinxthe code name for fdr used by his agents.camp davidpreviously named shangrila by fdr.ritual murderalthough it is painful to consider, have we become complacent when it comes to systematic mass mur-der and organized killing? are we just plain asle

MICHAEL W FORD THE VAMPIRE GATE

the crooked serpent- leviathan and beelzebub and tiamat, pazuzu, and moloch are only some of the topics and figures covered. the second part of the book,the grimoires of luciferian witchcraft, includes several of his most infamous graveyard workings, together with the complete version of the luciferian goetia- a completely revised and updated version of the goetia grimoire from the lesser key of solomon the king. part three covers yatukan and ahrimanic persian sorcery. as i have mentioned before, it is the willingness and creativity of ford to look beyond worn-out christian- and hebrew-based demonology in search of black magick inspiration that marks his work as unique. here, forbidden heresies of millenia-old zoroastrian thought reveal their diabolic secrets to the sorceror. 91 liber hvh

st. your entire life has been found in either an embrace of shadow or a carefully forgotten endless banishing of it. the luciferian path instructs the student to awaken darkness, to manifest demons from the abyss of the subconscious and master them the end result being self-mastery and the transformation into a luciferic spirit. the luciferian goetia is a grimoire which presents the 72 spirits of solomon as daemonic forces within the mind itself, giving possibility to their anthropomorphic existence outside of humanity itself. the interpretation and experience is as unique as the shemhamforasch itself. herein is legion, the book of howling. contains a different approach to the 72 demons, invocations and evocations written by a luciferian and a working methodology on summoning and controlli

MICHAEL WYNN THE SOUL TRAVELERS

and servant of lucifer. by some accounts asmodeus is lucifer, and he took satan (or hades) into his own essence. asmodeus is further associated with samael, who is also associated with lucifer. asmodeus is a powerful, high-ranking demon, and one of the lords of the qliphoth. he is a demon of lust whose duty it is to estrange newly weds--michael wynn's "the soul travelers" 84 it is said that king solomon once had power over asmodeus, and forced him to help build solomon s temple. asmodeus is said to be frustrated and under the dominion of arch-angel raphael. this fallen angel is called the demon of the wounding spear, and is often depicted having 3 heads and riding a dragon. one of his heads is that of a ram, one of a human, and the last of a bull. he is often called the god of the witches

MORALS AND DOGMA

oe renescantur et deinde pubescant_ titles of degrees as herein given have in some instances been changed. correct titles are as follows: 1--apprentice. 2--fellow-craft. 3--master. 4--secret master. 5--perfect master. 6--intimate secretary. 7--provost and judge. 8--intendant of the building. 9--elu of the nine. 10--elu of the fifteen. 11--elu of the twelve. 12--master architect. 13--royal arch of solomon. 14--perfect elu. 15--knight of the east. 16--prince of jerusalem. 17--knight of the east and west. 18--knight rose croix. 19--pontiff. 20--master of the symbolic lodge. 21--noachite or prussian knight. 22--knight of the royal axe or prince of libanus. 23--chief of the tabernacle. 24--prince of the tabernacle. 25--knight of the brazen serpent. 26--prince of mercy. 27--knight commander of t

th, love, and effort. yet the effects produced, when our hand, moved by our will, launches a pebble into the ocean, never cease; and every uttered word is registered for eternity upon the invisible air. every lodge is a temple, and as a whole, and in its details symbolic. the universe itself supplied man with the model for the first temples reared to the divinity. the arrangement of the temple of solomon, the symbolic ornaments which formed its chief decorations, and the dress of the high-priest, all had reference to the order of the universe, as then understood. the temple contained many emblems of the seasons-the sun, the moon, the planets, the constellations ursa major and minor, the zodiac, the elements, and the other parts of the world. it is the master of this lodge, of the universe

ecipher the writing of god, and penetrate into his thoughts. this is what is asked and answered in our catechism, in regard to the lodge* a "lodge" is defined to be "an assemblage of freemasons, duly congregated, having the sacred writings, square, and compass, and a charter, or warrant of constitution, authorizing them to work" the room or place in which they meet, representing some part of king solomon's temple, is also called the lodge; and it is that we are now considering. it is said to be supported by three great columns, wisdom, force or strength, and beauty, represented by the master, the senior warden, and the junior warden; and these are said to be the columns that support the lodge "because wisdom, strength, and beauty, are the perfections of everything, and nothing can endure w

ing, the blazing star, or horus, and the three form the great equilateral triangle, in the centre of which is the omnific letter of the kabalah, by which creation is said to have been effected" the ornaments of a lodge are said to be "the mosaic pavement, the indented tessel, and the blazing star" the mosaic pavement, chequered in squares or lozenges, is said to represent the ground-floor of king solomon's temple; and the indented tessel "that beautiful tesselated border which surrounded it" the blazing star in the centre is said to be "an emblem of divine providence, and commemorative of the star which appeared to guide the wise men of the east to the place of our saviour's nativity" but "there was no stone seen" within the temple. the walls were covered with planks of cedar, and the floo

old, it is fated, even if it has been royal for thirty generations. to unlearn is to learn; and also it is sometimes needful to learn again the forgotten. the antics of fools make the current follies more palpable, as fashions are shown to be absurd by caricatures, which so lead to their extirpation. the buffoon and the zany are useful in their places. the ingenious artificer and craftsman, like solomon, searches the earth for his materials, and transforms the misshapen matter into glorious workmanship. the world is conquered by the head even more than by the hands. nor will any assembly talk forever. after a time, when it has listened long enough, it quietly puts the silly, the shallow, and the superficial to one side--it thinks, and sets to work. the human thought, especially in popular

d _seven_ lean kine _seven_ good ears and _seven_ blasted ears of wheat; and there were _seven_ years of plenty, and _seven_ of famine. jericho fell, when _seven_ priests, with _seven_ trumpets, made the circuit of the city on _seven_ successive days; once each day for six days, and _seven_ times on the seventh "the _seven_ eyes of the lord" says zechariah "run to and fro through the whole earth" solomon was _seven_ years in building the temple _seven_ angels, in the apocalypse, pour out _seven_ plagues, from _seven_ vials of wrath. the scarlet-colored beast, on which the woman sits in the wilderness, has _seven_ heads and _ten_ horns. so also has the beast that rises up out of the sea _seven_ thunders uttered their voices _seven_ angels sounded _seven_ trumpets _seven_ lamps, of fire, the

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lso a technical meaning in the expression "trample down the heathen, for heathen=5+ 5+1+9+5+5+50=80, one of the holy numbers. see al i, 46, 57, and liber xvi; also vii, iii, 55- 60. 12. sacrifice cattle, little and big: after a child. verses 12-15. this, read in connexion with verse 43, was then fulfilled may 1, 1906 e.v. the tragedy was also part of mine initiation, as described in the temple of solomon the king. it is yet so bitter that i care not to write of it. he refers to the death of two children: one by rose, the first scarlet woman; the other by leah, the second. the children simply wasted away and he could do nothing for them. crowley was extremely fond of children, his or anybody else's. he was deeply upset when people accused him of preaching child sacrifice. 13. but not now. 1

ions alien to love, assures it. just as a woman's body is deformed and diseased by the corset demanded by jaganath fashion, so is her soul by the compression of convention, which is a fashion as fitful, arbitrary, and senseless as that of the man-milliner, though they call him god, and his freakish fiat pass for everlasting law. the english bible sanctions the polygamy and concubinage of abraham, solomon and others, the incest of lot, the wholesale rape of captured virgins, as well as the promiscuity of the first christians, the prostitution of temple servants, men and women, the relations of johannes with his master, and the putting of wandering prophets to stud, as well as the celibacy of such people as paul. jehovah went so far as to slay onan because he balked at fertilizing his brothe

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ted into a proven system that works. this spell can yield regular financial gains if performed correctly< enter your witching circle, and face east. awaken your magic power. light a gold candle and hold a one-dollar bill in your right hand. offer a short prayer to the spirit astaroth. astaroth is one of 72 spirits listed in the lemegeton a four-part handbook of magic also called the lesser key of solomon, written before 1500. the four parts are goetia, derived from a greek word meaning witchcraft, theurgia goetia, the pauline art, and the amadel. i shall be referring to the lemegeton again in chapter 6 where you will learn how to pray to the other spirits of goetia for every possible need and desire. thank astaroth for all his help to others in days gone by. thank him for being with you on

nd saturday night, and when i did your spell next morning i strove to be in the presence of the woman concerned so that she could see me. she even begged me to let her come with me to my place. and we had sex for five months. i took every opportunity to touch and fondle her! signed: d. b, seychelles. a magical threesome the grimorum verum, an eighteenth-century french grimoire based on the key of solomon, tells how to cause the appearance of three spirits (three women for a man, three men for a woman) in your room after supper. after three days of celibacy, you must clean and tidy your room before breakfast. you leave the room undisturbed all day. there must be nothing left hanging, nor must there be anything left crosswise. then, after supper, go there secretly, light a good fire, put a w

NAUDON PAUL THE SECRET HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY

re seated statues of goudea, who was both a patesi, meaning a governor representing the gods, and an architect. the architects seem to have been inspired by the gods they served.3 the books of i kings (5:13 ff and 7:13, 14) and ii chronicles (2:14 and 4:11) inform us that in judea during the construction of the temple of jerusalem, under the direction of master builder hiram of tyre and adoniram, solomon had 70,000 men to carry loads and 80,000 to carve the stones from the mountains, not to mention those who had managed each job, who numbered about 3,300 and gave orders to the workers. though we have no actual historical information on the subject, this story reveals that among the artisans busy on the construction of the temple there was a professional hierarchy and an organization, if no

slims, was influenced considerably by the sufis, and sought, naturally outside of dogmas, to bring muslims and christians closer together. the templars did the same. among all the crusaders they were the ones, writes gerard de nerval in les illumines, who tried to realize the broadest alliance between eastern ideas and those of roman christianity. the name the "militia of christ and the temple of solomon" that the templars assumed immediately after the creation of their order was evocative not only to christians. while it recalled the holy sepulcher, it also recalled to jews and muslims the temple of solomon (wisdom, which was furthermore reproduced on the seal of the grand master. a sacred sanctuary, it spoke simultaneously to the sons of shem, cham, and japhet.34 so the reason for the co

e exception of its communion chapel, which was annexed to the hotel de ville* where, as the saint jean room, it long served as a meeting place for various groups until it was torn down in 1837. we know that it was in the proximity of saint paul and saint gervais that the templars had their first establishments in paris before 1137. in 1152 the count of beaumont donated "to god and the brothers of solomon an oven and a house, which had belonged to frogier l'asnier" this house gave its name to the street that today bears the erroneous name geffroy l'asnier. an act of 1175 indicates that the templars then owned fairly large properties in the censive district of saint eloi, which has since become saint paul parish. for a long time this quarter served as the templars' principal establishment un

w could we not bring up the famous compagnons du devoir? the journeymen stonecutters and carpenters of the duty called themselves the compagnons passant. it was they who were nicknamed the loups garoux [werewolves] and the drilles [good fellows. they presented as their remote founders this same master jacques [james, who would have been the overseer of the works of the temple, and father soubise, solomon's head carpenter. they stated that their modern organization dated from the templars and some identified master jacques as jacques de molay, the last grand master of the templars.46 c. h. simon, in his etude historique et morale sur le compagnonnage,47 considers it likely that "the children of solomon" received a new "duty" from jacques de molay. he sees a great connecthe templars and the

eir loyalty, that they should render assistance to each other and call one another "brother" that they should deserve their wages, and that they should designate the most skilled among them as director of the work and call him "master" finally, euclid ordered his masons to hold an annual assembly. the legend next speaks of david, who loved and cherished the masons and gave them licenses. his son, solomon, gathered together 80,000 masons, including 1,000 masters, and finished the construction of the temple. hiram, king of tyre, who greatly loved solomon, provided him with the wood he needed for the construction and sent him an artist who was the very spirit of wisdom. this man's mother was of the nephtali tribe and his father was a man of tyre, and his name was also hiram (some versions of

as amon or aymon) there had been no one like him in the world before his time. a master mason of great nobility and refined knowledge, hiram was master of the construction, all the builders of the temple, and all the carved and sculpted works in the temple and the surrounding area. the legend then leaps ahead several centuries and recounts how namus graecus* who had taken part in the building of solomon's temple, introduced masonry into france by teaching it to charles martel, who then instructed the men of france in its mysteries+ the tale then arrives at saint alban, the patron saint of masons, who granted them a personal charter+ subsequently, masonry suffered from a series of wars until the era of king athelstan, who greatly esteemed the masons, and his son edwin, who himself became a

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e old ones when they once more walk the earth* and when his hour be past the curse of the elder lords shall be upon him and draw him forth beyond the gate where he shall abide until he be summoned. editor's note: included on this page are a number of sigils and a magic circle. these illustrations are not in the manuscript but were referenced from other texts, including, but not limited to; key of solomon (see additional ms. 36,674, british museum library) and three books of occult philosophy- cornelius agrippa. they are therefor not included in this version. to conjure of ye globes know ye that the globes of yog-sothoth be thirteen in number, and they be the powers of the parasite-hoard which are his servitors and doeth his bidding in ye world. call them forth whenever thou shall have need

RABBI AMIRAM MARKEL MARKEL THE KNOWLEDGE OF G D VOL 1

r example, the expansion of the letter "yod" to "yod-vav-dalet" is an explanation of the letter "yod. the letters "vav" and "dalet" can also be explained. in other words, the expansion of "vav" is "vav-alef-vav. the entire expansion is nothing more then the revelation and explanation of the details and the details of the details, until the finest detail. this is similar to the statement that king solomon said three thousand allegories. this means that he said an allegory, which is an explanation of the analogue. in order for the allegory to be understood, he said another allegory on the first allegory, i.e. an explanation on an explanation. then he said a third allegory on the second allegory, i.e. an explanation on an explanation on an explanation, until be brought the subject down, level

t of a concealment of a concealment etc. in other words, when one hasn t got a clue as to what is being explained, each detail that is given to him, will confuse his understanding all the more, and the analogue becomes more and more concealed and removed from him, until to he is totally lost and separate from it. this is similar to an allegory that is misunderstood, such as the allegories of king solomon. when the allegories are misunderstood, the last allegory, which is the three thousandth one, becomes the most concealed and appears to be a completely separate entity from the analogue. in the same way, this world is an allegory of an allegory or an expansion of an expansion etc, of the name of g-d. if it is understood correctly it reveals g-d all the more. however, if it is misread or mi

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

fining the limits of awareness. these six directions can be envisioned as a six-sided cube. the number of lines used to draw such a cube is twelve. thus, the number 12 represents the translation of divine perfection into a divinity that can be manifest in a lower reality. as such, this number represents as well the purpose of creation, i.e, of making the lower reality into a home for divinity. in solomon fs temple, the laver was situated on twelve statues of cattle. cattle represent the animal soul, which is primarily emotion-oriented, as opposed to the divine soul, which is primarly intellect-oriented. thus, here too, the brothers misunderstood their calling. they envisioned themselves as personifications of divine perfection; they were shepherds, disassociated from society and the materi

lly situated back to back. this is also a type of relationship, but a very external one, more of a truce than true sharing. gwe get along fine: i don ft bother her, and she doesn ft bother me. h netzach and hod are the level of the sefirotic tree where prophecy originates. had they merited, they could have effected this with their incense. this is similar to what we find in relation to moses [and solomon. of moses] it is written: gand there never arose again a prophet in israel like moses, h24 but of solomon it is written, gand he was wiser than all men, h25 meaning that he was wiser even than moses! similarly, moses f name was missing the lamed of solomon fs, which [mystically] means that the coupling [of the partzufim] that moses caused was back-to-back, while that which solomon caused w

ing that he was wiser even than moses! similarly, moses f name was missing the lamed of solomon fs, which [mystically] means that the coupling [of the partzufim] that moses caused was back-to-back, while that which solomon caused was face-toface. 22 numbers 3:2. 23 megilah 31b. 24 deuteronomy 34:10. 25 1 kings 5:11. the arizal on parashat yitro (2) 308 moses in hebrew is mosheh (mem-shin-hei) and solomon is shelomo (shin-lamed-mem-hei. if you say: how could solomon accomplish what moses could not accomplish? the answer is that moses found [reality] sunk in the depths of evil and exile, and with [his] great [spiritual] power brought it out and rectified it [such that the partzufim were positioned in holiness, albeit only] back-to-back. then, when solomon came, he found [reality relatively]

h that the partzufim were positioned in holiness, albeit only] back-to-back. then, when solomon came, he found [reality relatively] rectified; all he had to do was rotate [the partzufim] to face each other, and this is done easily. it is much harder to bring reality from evil into holiness than it is to bring it from holy indifference to holy mindfulness. thus, moses f accomplishment was greater; solomon simply built on it. nadav and avihu would have accomplished this same coupling [i.e, that of face-to-face] with their incense had they been married. they themselves were not married even though they were of age. this indicates that they were too selforiented (in our own contexts, this would be like a man who keeps putting off getting married with the excuse that he is looking for the gperf

panded, mature consciousness, their face would change from that of a child to that of an adult. in kabbalistic terms, mature consciousness is the presence of the mentality of ima in z feir anpin. the facet of ima that can enter z feir anpin is its netzach and hod, as we have explained previously. about this, it is said, gand spread over us the shelter of your peace, h2 referring to the shelter of solomon. the word for gpeace h (shalom) is closely related to the name solomon (shelomo. this refers to the fact that when netzach and hod of ima enter z feir anpin, z feir anpin fs intellect matures and this quiets the internal strife going on inside us. the mentality of ima (i.e, ima itself, that cannot enter z feir anpin) ghovers h over us, acting as an inspiration, protecting us. in any case

rachel, which is the expression of speech and action. leah (thought) is more suited to express ideas and intellect, while rachel (speech and action) is more suited to express emotion. thus, leah fs position is opposite the upper half of z feir anpin, the aspect of the emotions that are still connected to the intellect. this is the mystical meaning of our sages f statement that in the days of king solomon, the moon was full.5 king solomon built the first temple. the midrash, counting abraham as the first jewish gking, h counts 14 kings between him and king solomon, and another 14 kings from king solomon to the destruction of the first temple. thus, king solomon is the 15th of 30 kings. these 30 kings correspond to the 30 days of a lunar month, and thus the institution of jewish monarchy is

REGARDIE ISRAEL THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN

he writing, for example, of the consecration ceremony for the four elemental weapons. its virtuosity renders it altogether unique. these matters make one ponder anew the origins of the golden dawn and its teachings. what mcgregor mather has written and published is of course good; of this there is little question. but not one of three published works-the kabbalah unveiled, the greater key of king solomon, and the sacred magic of abramelinbears the intrinsic stamp of genius or uniqueness. nothing that dr. william wynn westcott wrote is exempt from the same criticism. his book on the kaballah is simple, clear and informative-but it bears no resemblance to the peculiar quality or character of the golden dawn documents which i suggest contain the hallmarks of genius. whoever was the originator

previous effort to detail the history of the order. m.e.v. was the motto chosen by dr. william robert woodman, an eminent freemason of the last century. sapere aude and non omnis moriar were the two mottos used by dr. westcott, an antiquarian, scholar, and coroner by profession. s. r m. d. or s'rhiogail ma dhream was the motto of s. l. macgregor mathers, the translator of the greater key of king solomon, the book of the sacred magic of abramelin t h e m e, and thekabbalah unveiled, which latter consisted of certain <19> portions of the zohar prefixed by an introduction of high erudition. he also introduction 17 employed the latin motto deo duce comite ferro. s. d. a. was the abbreviation of the motto sapiens dominabitur astris chosen by a fraulein anna sprengel of nuremburg, germany. such

. likewise, when vibrating the angelic names, the student should endeavour to imagine four vast towering figures about him. but see further in my book''the middle pillar" 1.r <110> the pillars in the explanation of the symbols of the grade of neophyte, your attention has been directed to the general mystical meaning of the two pillars called in the ritual the "pillars of hermes" of "seth" and of "solomon" in the 9th chapter of the ritual of the dead they are referred to as the "pillars of shu" the "l'illars of the gods of the dawning light" and also as "the north and southern columns of the gate of the hall of truth" in the 125th chap ter, they are represented by the sacred gateway, the door to which the aspirant is brought when he has completed the negative confession. the archaic pidures

the portal, to admit the fratres and sorores, and to watch over the reception of the candidate; to lead all mystic circumambulations canying the lamp of my office, and to make all reports and announcements. my lamp is the symbol of the hidden knowledge, and my wand is the symbol of its directing power. honoured hegemon, your station and duties? my station is between the two pillars of hermes and solomon and my face is towards the cubical altar of the universe. my duty is to watch over the gate-way of the hidden knowledge for i am the reconciler between light and darkness. i watch over the preparation of the candidate and assist in his reception and i lead him in the path that conducts from darkness to light. the white colour of my robe is the colour of purity, my ensign of office is a mit

ear, in syllables (they exchange the word) it is the egyptian name for the god of silence, and should always remind you of the strict silence you have sworn to maintain <31> the pass-word is. it is periodically changed each equinox, so that a member who has resigned, demitted or been expelled, may be in ignorance of the existing pass-word. i now place you between the two pillars of hermes and of solomon in the symbolical gateway of occult wisdom. hiereus leads neophyte forward and then takes back the sword and banner as hegemon hands them to him. he stands north east of the black pillar and says: let khe final consecration take place. stolistes and dadouchos come forward and purify and consecrate the hall as in the opening, but on returning to the east, stolistes turns round to neophyte

e, water, earth. the mystical words- khabs am pekht- are ancient egyptian,and are the origin of the greek "konx om pax" which was uttered at the eleusinian mysteries. a literal translation would be "light rushing out in one rayuand they signify the same form of light as that symbolised by the staff of the kerux. east of the double cubical altar, of created things, are the pillars of hermes and of solomon. on these are painted certain hieroglyphics from the 17th and the 125th chapters of the book ofthe dead. they are the symbols of the two powers of day and night, love and hate, work and rest, the subtle force of the lodestone and the eternal out-pouring and in-pouring of the heart of god. the lamps that bum, though with a veiled light, upon their summits show that the pathway to hidden kno

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s, most subjects in which one could be interested were classified under one or other of these two sets of symbols. in the last resort, however, since the planets were said to rule the twelve zodiacal signs, the planets became the more prominent categories into which talismanic purposes could be divided. classical examples of this seven-fold division of talismans may be found in the greater key of solomon, from which i quote as follows: in the days and hours of saturn, thou canst perform experiments to cause good or ill success to business, possessions, goods, seeds, fruits and similar things, in order to acquire learning; to bring destruction and give death, and to sow hatred and discord. the days and hours of jupiter are proper for obtaining honours, acquiring riches; contracting friendsh

actured talismans, while perhaps not as beautiful or as traditionally accurate as those given in some of the aforementioned texts, will nonetheless be more meaningful and effective for him. his very attempt to gather symbols and to draw them will, of itself, invest the talisman with energy and force that will tend to bring about the results desired. one major injunction in the greater key of king solomon is worthy of note here: i command thee, my son, to carefully engrave in thy memory all that i say unto thee, in order that it may never leave thee. if thou dost not intend to use for a good purpose the secrets which i here teach thee, i command thee rather to cast this testament into the fire, than to abuse the power though wilt have of constraining the spirits, for i warn thee that the be

void the intrinsic meaning of the biblical verses, some innovators came to use latin. there was somewhat less chance of miscopying in latin: though this was found, even so, not to be altogether true. but there it was hebrew, latin, and sometimes greek were the classical languages used in writing inscriptions around the margin of the talismans, as may be seen by consulting the greater key of king solomon. the principles involved are still valid. for many years, when experimenting with talismans, i followed the ancient rules. and i must admit that when a little ingenuity and artistic inventiveness were employed, the results turned out to be very beautiful and striking, and certainly most effective. the student can be honestly counseled to follow the classical rule if he finds himself drawn

s in the rituals, and close with the signs of the circle and the cross (that is the rose-cross) after performing the necessary banishing. be careful, however, not to banish over the newly consecrated talisman, as that would simply decharge it again and render it useless. before banishing, you should wrap the charged talisman in clean white silk or linen. appendixes bibliography the greater key of solomon (trans) s.l. mcgregor mathers book of talismans raphael the magus francis barrett university books of new york. lesser key of solomon (the goetia) trans. s.l.mcgregor mathers, ed by aleister crowl.m during our stay at mosul in 1842-44, we made several excursions among the yezeedees, visiting all their principal villages in the neighbourhood, and holding frequent intercourse with the beads

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

e do not doubt that the serious study of magic and the kabalah will lead earnest minds to a reconciliation of science and dogma, of reason and faith, heretofore regarded as impossible. we have said that the church, whose special office is the custody of the keys, does not pretend to possess those of the apocalypse or of ezekiel. in the opinion of christians the scientific and magical clavicles of solomon are lost, which notwithstanding, it is certain that, in the domain of intelligence, ruled by the word nothing that has been written can perish. whatsoever men cease to understand exists for them no longer, at least in the order of the word, and it passes then into the domain of enigma and mystery. furthermore, the antipathy and even open war of the official church against all that belongs

preme reason; simple, like all that is great; intelligible, like all that is universally and absolutely true; and this dogma is the parent of all others. there is also a science which confers on man powers apparently superhuman. they are enumerated thus in a hebrew manuscript of the sixteenth century: hereinafter follow the powers and privileges of him who holds in his right hand the clavicles of solomon, and in his left the branch of the blossoming almond' aleph. he beholds god face to face, without dying. and converses familiarly with the seven genii who command the entire celestial army. h beth. he is above all griefs and all fears. g ghimel. he reigns with all heaven and is served by all hell. o daleth. he rules his own health and life and can influence equally those of others. x he. h

. to triumph over adversities. w resh. to conquer love and hate. c shin. to have the secret of wealth, to be always its master and never its slave. to enjoy even poverty and never become abject or miserable. m tau. let us add to these three septenaries that the wise man rules the elements, stills tempests, cures the diseased by his touch and raises the dead! but certain things have been sealed by solomon with his triple seal. it is enough that the initiates know; as for others, whether they deride, doubt or believe, whether they threaten or fear, what matters it to science or to us? such actually are the issues of occult philosophy, and we are in a position to meet the charge of insanity or the suspicion of imposture when we affirm that these privileges are real. to demonstrate this is the

produces four, which, by its movement, defines the circle with all degrees thereof' is man; h is woman; 1 is the principle; 2 is the word; a is the active; b is the passive; the monad is boaz; the duad is jakin. in the trigrams of fohi, unity is the yang and the duad is the yin. the pillars of the temple 9 boaz and jakin are the names of the two symbolical pillars before the principal entrance of solomon's kabalistic temple. in the kabalah these pillars explain all mysteries of antagonism, whether natural, political or religious. they elucidate also the procreative struggle between man and woman, for, according to the law of nature, the woman must resist the man, and he must entice or overcome her. the active principle seeks the passive principle, the plenum desires the void, the serpent's

istic keys which unlock the temple of unity and of universal philosophy, too long occult and reserved solely for the elect, who perish at the hands of the world. but we have said that the reproduction of the monad by the duad leads of necessity to the conception and dogma of the triad, so we come now to this great number, which is the fullness and perfect word of unity. 13 iii g c the triangle of solomon plenitudo vocis binah physis the perfect word is the triad, because it supposes an intelligent principle, a speaking principle and a principle spoken. the absolute, revealed by speech, endows this speech with a sense equivalent to itself, and in the understanding thereof creates its third self. so also the sun manifests by its light and proves or makes this manifestation efficacious by hea

e height, connected with east and west by two straight diverging lines. with this visible triangle reason compares another which is invisible, but is assumed to be equal in dimension; the abyss is its apex and its reversed base is parallel to the horizontal line stretching from east to west. these two triangles, combined in a single figure, which is the six-pointed star, form the sacred symbol of solomon's seal, the resplendent star of the macrocosm. the notion of the infinite and the absolute is expressed by this sign, which is the grand pantacle that is to say, the most simple and complete abridgement of the science of all things. grammar itself attributes three persons to the verb. the first is that which speaks, the second that which is spoken to, and the third the object. in creating

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harmony; it is the sign of the omnipotence of the magus, and hence, when broken or incorrectly drawn, it represents astral intoxication, abnormal and ill-regulated projections of astral light and therefore bewitchments, perversity, madness-all that, in a word, which the magi term the signature of lucifer. there is another signature which also symbolizes the mysteries of light, namely, the sign of solomon, whose talismans bear on one side the impression of his seal which we have given in our gdoctrine, h and on the other the following signature which is 10 the ritual of transcendental magic the hieroglyphic theory of the composition of magnets and represents the circulatory law of the lightning. rebellious spirits are enchained by the exhibition of the five-pointed blazing star or the seal

omon, whose talismans bear on one side the impression of his seal which we have given in our gdoctrine, h and on the other the following signature which is 10 the ritual of transcendental magic the hieroglyphic theory of the composition of magnets and represents the circulatory law of the lightning. rebellious spirits are enchained by the exhibition of the five-pointed blazing star or the seal of solomon, because each gives them proof of their folly and threatens them with a sovereign power capable of tormenting them by their recall to order. nothing tortures the wicked so much as goodness. nothing is more odious to madness than reason. but if an ignorant operator should make use of these signs without knowing them, he is like a blind man who discourses of light to the blind, an ass who wo

ord to recapitulate this entire introduction. if you be blind like samson when you cast down the pillars of the temple, its ruins will crush you. to command nature we must be above nature, by resistance of her attractions. if your mind be perfectly free from all prejudice, superstition and incredulity, you will rule spirits. if you do not obey blind forces, they will obey you. if you be wise like solomon, you will perform the works of solomon; if you be holy like christ, you will accomplish the works of christ. to direct the currents of the inconstant light, we must be established in the constant light. to command the elements, we must have overcome their hurricanes, their lightnings, their abysses, their tempests. in order to dare we must know; in order to will, we must dare; we must will

nd fright, must purify himself without and within for forty days. the number forty is sacred, and its very figure is magical. in arabic numerals it consists of the circle, which is a type of the infinite, and of the 4, which sums the triad by unity. in roman numerals, arranged after the following manner, it represents the sign of the fundamental doctrine of hermes and the character of the seal of solomon: preparations 15 the purification of the magus consists in the renunciation of coarse enjoyments, in a temperate and vegetarian diet, in abstinence from intoxicating drink, and in regulating the hours of sleep. this preparation has been imposed and represented in all forms of worship by a period of penitence and trials preceding the symbolical feasts of life-renewal. as already stated, the

he upper point should be directed was a matter for careful observation. if the spirit were supposed to be from heaven, the operator placed himself at the top, and set the altar of fumigations at the bottom; but if the spirit came from the abyss this method was reversed. moreover, the sacred symbol of two interlaced triangles, forming the six-pointed star, known in magic as the pantacle or seal of solomon, must be worn upon the forehead and the breast, and graven 24 the ritual of transcendental magic in the right hand. independently of these signs, the ancients, in their evocations, made use of those mystical combinations of divine names which we have reproduced in our gdoctrine h from the hebrew kabalists. the magic triangle of pagan theosophists was the celebrated abracadabra, to which th

ura. such calculations, which now seem to us arbitrary or devoid of interest, belonged then to the philosophical symbolism of the east, and were of the highest importance in the teaching of holy things emanating from the occult sciences. the absolute kabalistic alphabet, which connected primitive ideas with allegories, allegories with letters, and letters with numbers, was then called the keys of solomon. we have stated already that these keys, preserved to our own day, but wholly misconstrued, are nothing else than the game of tarot, the antique allegories of which were remarked and appreciated for the first time in the modern world by the learned archaeologist, court de gebelin. the double triangle of solomon is explained by st. john in a remarkable manner. he says, gthere are three whic

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families [labour] as drudges [and] clean the houses and dishes after all [mortals] go to bed, and removing before daybreak [each brownie] taking with him his portion of food [as left for him. 2. the mason word, which though some make a mystery of it, i will not conceal a little of what i know; it is like a rabbinical tradition in [the] way of comment on iachin and boaz, the two pillars erected in solomon's temple, with the addition of some secret sign delivered from hand to hand, by which they [the masons] know and become familiar with one another. 3. this second sight so largely [that is, extensively] treated of before. 4. charms and curing by them very many diseases, sometime by transferring the sickness to another [carrier or location. 5. a [human] being proof of [that is, against] lead

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f scripture in 1614, and isaac newton devoted many years to biblical studies. he wrote "if any question at any time arise concerning christ's interpretations, we are to beware of philosophy and vain deceit and oppositions of science falsely so-called, and have recourse to the old testament" a generation after he published his famous principia, newton was still trying to discover the exact plan of solomon's temple, which he considered the best guide to the topography of heaven. thomas hobbes (1588-1679) took a scientific, materialistic approach to the objective universe, asserting that the supernatural or subjective universe was beyond rational understanding. politics belongs wholly to the realm of the rational and natural. impressed by mathematics and geometry, hobbes postulated human beha

n. 23. letter, anton lavey to m.a. aquino, march 27, v/1970. 24. letter, anton lavey to m.a. aquino, august 22, ix/1974. 25. this theme is explored by anatole france in his classic the revolt of the angels (new york: dodd, mead& co, 1914. 26. crowley's most thorough account of this incident is to be found in his book the equinox of the gods, published by the o.t.o. in 1936. see also the temple of solomon the king in his equinox #i-7. for an outside analysis, see pages #61-66 (aiwass, the holy guardian angel) in john symonds' the great beast (london: macdonald& co. ltd, 1971. 27. the book of the law #i-7. 28. see pages #22 #399, and #665 in crowley's confessions. concerning horus the younger/harpocrates, cf. veronica ions, egyptian mythology, new york: hamlyn publishing group, 1968, pages #

o be just as friendly and supportive as before. they'll help you xeper, giving moral support and helping your initiatory activities continue, if you give them just half a chance. but watch out for those i setians! yesterday you wore a white medallion, and your ideas and comments were no better and no worse than theirs. now you wear the red medallion, and suddenly they think you have the wisdom of solomon. no, that won't really happen, at least not usually (as i, you didn't treat ii adepts that way, did you) rather, if you're like the rest of us, you'll want to demonstrate your adept knowledge and abilities. the problem is that i setians are so individualistic and different from each other, with different backgrounds, that they seem to delight in asking questions which you may not yet be ab

SABBATIC KABALA OF THE CROOKED PATH

ell inhabits the wisdom on how to become the corpus of the spirits. their manifestation and how to evoke them and also the conjuration of these powers. the methods are known through spare as the death-posture and the technique is based upon the sigilic formation of will-desire-belief based on the sacred alphabet of the magus. in spares case this was known as the alphabet of desire, in the case of solomon qayin az-khidir this is known as the signs of tzab-azoth. even if spares alphabet is completely workable for whomever adept attempting to pursue a magical procedure the goal should be to construct such grammatical alignments with the spirits through the intimate relation developed through the mysterious in the 2nd cell and further. in the previous cell the adept enters a magic zone where t

SALMANRUSHDIE THESATANICVERSES

such matters were impossible to predict. for this reason the cara- vanserais prospered. the produce of the world came up from zafar to sheba, and thence tojahilia and the oasis of yathrib and on to midian where moses lived; thence to aqabah and egypt. from jahilia other trails began: to the east and north--east, towards mesopotamia and the great persian empire. to petra and to palmyra, where once solomon loved the queen of sheba. those were fatted days. but now the fleets plying the waters around the peninsula have grown hardier, their crews more skilful, their navigational instruments more accurate. the camel trains are losing business to the boats. desert-ship and sea-ship, the old rivalry, sees a tilt in the balance of power. jahilia's rulers fret, but there is little they can do. somet

here is no blasphemy. baal told the madam of his idea; she settled matters in her voice of a laryngitic frog "it is very dangerous" she pronounced "but it could be damn good for business. we will go carefully; but we will go" the fifteen-year-old whispered something in the grocer's ear. at once a light began to shine in his eyes "tell me everything" he begged "your childhood, your favourite toys, solomon"s-horses and the rest, tell me how you played the tambourine and the prophet came to watch" she told him, and then he asked about her deflowering at the age of twelve, and she told him that, and afterwards he paid double the normal fee, because "it's been the best time of my life "we'll have to be careful of heart conditions" the madam said to baa. o o o when the news got around jahilia th

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included in a list of grimoire, its use as a source of witchcraft has a long tradition. in particular the psalms, hand copied, torn out, or recited aloud, have been used in many spells throughout the ages. various other passages are also considered to possess their own power. in those traditions where the worship of the goddess has continued, often under the guise of the three marys, the song of solomon has particular importance. whilst modern witches are lucky enough to have all the theological history books at their disposal, and may thus consider themselves to have rediscovered their pagan heritage, the witches of the middle ages had only those few snippets that were preserved in their lineage. much of their theology was thus christian and drawn from the bible, even if interpreted in w

ch shone like a sunbeam. and i looked at myself, and i was like one of the others; there was no difference and all my fear and trembling left me. dr. john dee was obsessed by the idea of the book of enoch, and yet was unable to obtain a copy. his system of enochian magick was created when he and edward kelly were attempting to divine its contents. clavicula salomonis otherwise known as the key of solomon the king. the first english translation of this theurgic text was made in 1889, although the british museum possess a greek version dated 1100-1200 e.v. it is known to have existed since the first century, and is an important text in the study of kaballa. in 1310 the pope innocent vi ordered all copies destroyed, and a similar commandment was given in 1559. in the 17th century, thanks to t

sess a greek version dated 1100-1200 e.v. it is known to have existed since the first century, and is an important text in the study of kaballa. in 1310 the pope innocent vi ordered all copies destroyed, and a similar commandment was given in 1559. in the 17th century, thanks to the new technology of the printing press, this work and its companion the lesser key became best sellers. lesser key of solomon (the goetia) this work is also attributed to the legendary king solomon, and gives details of the seventy two devils that were bound to his command, as well as the details as to how the reader may summon and command them. it forms the blueprint upon which most other grimoire are copied from. it is mentioned by the venetian inquisition, who found a witch to be in possession of it. grimoire

ing in french and preserved in the arsenal library in paris. the art described within is called the attainment of the knowledge and conversation of the holy guardian angel, which later became the principal goal of the thelemic current, as inspired by the magician, psychonaut, and publicity freak aliester crowley. true black magick this 18th century grimoire follows the basic formula of the key of solomon. it deals primarily with acts of malice and spite. the fourth book of agrippa this text has for centuries remained a favourite amongst country wizards. however, the claim that its author is none other than cornelius agrippa is generally accepted as spurious. agrippa did write and publish, however, and his works include on the vanity of the sciences, 1530. in this he attacked the wisdom of

arsiel, who was the demon of the bottomless pit and whose name meant black sun, although usually translated to mean whom god strengthens. he was supposedly the first to descend, and later becomes ibliss. according to rabbinical texts, he is also satan, who refused to bow before the son of clay. with naamah, sister of cain, he fathered azza the strong one, who later revealed the heavenly arcana to solomon. baraqijal: who taught men astrology. exael: who, according to enoch, taught men how to fabricate engines of war, works in silver and gold, the uses of gems and perfumes. ezeqeel: taught the science of meteorology. gadreel: god is my helper. identified by enoch as the one who lead eve astray, although eve protested strongly that she had..copulated with no false beguiling serpent. also taug

the spirits might be more actively evoked to manifestation. having considered first the hierarchy of heaven, here follows a brief roll call of those who have fallen, their descendants, and also in some sense their ancestors. the primary sources of these names are the classical grimoire. these as a whole imitate the work of one book; this being the goetia itself, otherwise called the lesser key of solomon. yet the traditions of black witchcraft are none of them frozen in time, and there may be found below various other names that have been added to the infernal census in days previous to and since those in which the classical grimoire were composed. many pagan sources have contributed to the pantheon of goetic magick and black witchcraft generally; the assyrian, babylonian, greek and roman

SCHLAGER NEIL WORLD RELIGIONS REFERENCE LIBRARY

00 2000 bce duration of religion in ancient sumer. 3110 bce 550 ce duration of religion in ancient egypt. 3102 bce emergence of hinduism. 1700 bce the babylonians devise a new creation myth, the enuma elish. c. 1353 34 bce the pharaoh akhenaten rules egypt and enforces the worship of a single god, aten. all evidence of his reign is wiped out after his death. tenth century bce the jewish temple of solomon is constructed in jerusalem. seventh century bce beginning of the milesian school of philosophy in ancient greece. 600 bce official formalization of the rig veda, one of hinduism s most sacred texts. 586 bce the babylonian king nebuchadnezzar destroys the jewish temple in jerusalem and drives the jews into exile (the babylonian exile. 563 bce siddhartha gautama, who will become the buddha

le. christianity more than 25% of population, including andorra, antigua and barbuda, barbados, cape verde, dominica, grenada, kiribati, liechtenstein, malta, marshall islands, mauritius, micronesia, monaco, nauru, palau, samoa, san marino, s o tom, seychelles, st. kitts and nevis, st. lucia, st. vincent and the grenadines, tonga, tuvalu, vatican city (not shown; the bahamas, jamaica, luxembourg, solomon islands, vanuatu (shown) 5 25% of population, including singapore (not shown; brunei (shown) less than 5% of population 2006 thomson gale 124 world religions: almanac christianity soon the church began to organize. members of the congregation (gathering or group) took on the jobs of preaching, leading the sunday services, and collecting offerings from the believers. these tasks were later

) as the leader of the israelites, god s chosen people. another key event was the bondage, or enslavement, of the jews in egypt and their exodus, or escape, under the leadership of the prophet moses, who received from god the ten commandments (religious laws) and gave them to the jewish people. judaism became more structured and organized under kings saul (c. 1020 1000 bce, david (d. 962 bce, and solomon (tenth century bce, who constructed a magnificent temple (the first temple) in jerusalem in the tenth century bce. there, in a room called the holy of holies, the ark of the covenant was kept. this cabinet contained the tablets on which the ten commandments were carved. jews soon came to regard the temple and the city of jerusalem as their most holy sites. in 586 bce the babylonian king ne

t serve god and mammon. 6:25 therefore i say unto you, take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment. 6:28 and why take ye thought for raiment? consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: 6:29 and yet i say unto you, that even solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 6:30 wherefore, if god so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, o ye of little faith. 6:33 but seek ye first the kingdom of god, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. 6:34 take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morro

SEPHER HA BAHIR

blessing" this means that wherever we find the letter bet it indicates a blessing. it is thus written (genesis 1:1 "in the beginning (bereshit [god created the heaven and the earth" bereshit is bet reshit] the word "beginning (reshit) is nothing other than wisdom. it is thus written (psalm 111:10 "the beginning is wisdom, the fear of god" wisdom is a blessing. it is thus written "and god blessed solomon" it is furthermore written (i kings 5:26 "and god gave wisdom to solomon" this resembles a king who marries his daughter to his son. he gives her to him at the wedding and says to him "do with her as you desire" 4. how do we know that the word berachah [usually translated as blessing] comes from the word baruch [meaning blessed? perhaps it comes from the word berech [meaning knee. it is wr

here. he married her to a king, and also gave her to him as a gift. because of his love for he, he sometimes calls her my sister, since they are both from one place. sometimes he calls her his daughter, since she is actually his daughter. and sometimes he calls her my mother. 64. furthermore, if there is no wisdom, then there is no justice. it is thus written (1 kings 5:26, and god gave wisdom to solomon. he then judged the case [of the two mothers and the infant] correctly, and it is then written (1 kings 3:28, and all israel of the judgement that the kind had judged, and they feared the king, for they say that the wisdom of god was in him to do judgement. 65. and what wisdom did god give to solomon? solomon had god s name. we have thus said that whenever solomon is mentioned in the song

dom did god give to solomon? solomon had god s name. we have thus said that whenever solomon is mentioned in the song of songs, it is a holy name, except in one case. god said to him, since your name is like the name of my glory, i will let you marry my the bahir 17 daughter. but she is married! let us say that he gave her to him as a gift. it is thus written (1 kings 5:26, and god gave wisdom to solomon. here, however, it is not explained. where then is it explained? when the scripture states (1 kings 3:28, for they saw that the wisdom of god was in him to do judgement. we then see that the wisdom that god gave him was such that he could do judgement. what is the meaning of to do judgement? as long as a person does judgement, god s wisdom is inside him. this is what helps him and draws hi

d: when your children sin before you and you are angry at them, remember love. what is the meaning of remember love? that regarding which it is written (psalm 18:2, i love (rachem) you o god, my strength. and you have him this attribute, which is the divine presence of israel. he recalled his son whom he inherited, and whom you gave to him. it is thus written (i kings 5:26, and god gave wisdom to solomon. and you should remember their father abraham, as it is written (isaiah 41:8, the seed of abraham my friend in the midst of years make it known. 78. where do we see that abraham had a daughter? it is written (genesis 24:1, and god blessed abraham with all (bakol. it is also written (isaiah 43:7, all that is called by my name, for my glory i created it, i formed it, also i made it. was this

and let it be a division between water and water. it is then written (genesis 1:8, and god called the firmament heaven (shamayim. how do we know that the heaven is fire? it is written (deuteronomy 4:24, for the lord your god is a consuming fire, a jealous god. the bahir 26 100. and how do we know that refers to the blessed holy one? it is written (1 kings 8:36, and you, o heaven, shall hear. was solomon then praying to heaven that it should hear their prayers? but [we must say the he was praying] to the one whose name is heaven. it is thus written (1 kings 8:27, behold the heaven and the heaven of heaven cannot contain you. this is the name of the blessed holy one. you therefore have fire. how can you then say that it was before? but we must say that their power existed before the forms o

retz was the first-born. is then the sun not greater than the moon? this is no difficulty, as it is written (genesis 38:28, one put out a hand [indicating that zerach s hand emerged before peretz was born. it is then written (genesis 38:30, this his brother, upon whose hand was the scarlet thread, emerged, and he was named zerach [zerach] was supposed to have been the first-born. but god saw that solomon would descend [from peretz, and he had such great joy that he made [zerach] return. 198. why was she called tamar and not any other name? because she was female. can we then say that [it was something special that] she was female? but it is because she included both male and female. for [tamar means a date palm, and] every date palm includes both male and female. how is this? the frond (lu

SIFRA DETZNIYUTHA

nd you have placed upon me your hand.141 the giants were in the earth.142 this is that which is written: and from there it was parted and became four heads.143 from the place whence the garden was parted, it is called the giants, as it is written: and from there it was parted. they were in the earth in those days. but not afterwards. when yehoshua came. and the sons of elohim were hidden,144 when solomon came, and the daughters of adam were contained.145 thus it is written: and the delights of reading tvlnit (not reading tonlym ,ylnit. 17 the sons of adam that were cast out, from these were other spirits of not, contained in the supernal wisdom, thus it is written: and the lord hvhy gave wisdom to solomon.146 and it is written: and he was wise unto all of adam..147 from it-was-named, that

SOLOMON

) is largely spitting out what he has learned- such spit is said to be "purifying (see for example the pyramid texts concerning the "mouth of set. life enters the body either through the right ear or the nostrils. life has a scent and one can be aware of it, smelling sweet incense or lotus flowers. explorations with these modes is an ongoing interest of the order of setne khamuahethe testament of solomon translated by f. c. conybeare pdf formatted by p. yardley 1. testament of solomon, son of david, who was king in jerusalem, and mastered and controlled all spirits of the air, on the earth, and under the earth. by means of them also he wrought all the transcendent works of the temple. telling also of the authorities they wield against men, and by what angels these demons are brought to nau

d by f. c. conybeare pdf formatted by p. yardley 1. testament of solomon, son of david, who was king in jerusalem, and mastered and controlled all spirits of the air, on the earth, and under the earth. by means of them also he wrought all the transcendent works of the temple. telling also of the authorities they wield against men, and by what angels these demons are brought to naught. of the sage solomon. blessed art thou, o lord god, who didst give solomon such authority. glory to thee and might unto the ages. amen. 2. and behold, when the temple of the city of jerusalem was being builded, and the artificers were working thereat, ornias the demon came among them toward sunset; and he took away half of the pay of the chief-deviser's) little boy, as well as half his food. he also continued

d behold, when the temple of the city of jerusalem was being builded, and the artificers were working thereat, ornias the demon came among them toward sunset; and he took away half of the pay of the chief-deviser's) little boy, as well as half his food. he also continued to suck the thumb of his right hand every day. and the child grew thin, although he was very much loved by the king. 3. so king solomon called the boy one day, and questioned him, saying "do i not love thee more than all the artisans who are working in the temple of god? do i not give thee double wages and a double supply of food? how is it that day by day and hour by hour thow growest thinner" 4. but the child said to the king "i pray thee, o king. listen to what has befallen all that thy child hath. after we are all rele

king. listen to what has befallen all that thy child hath. after we are all released from our work on the temple of god, after sunset, when i lie down to rest, one of the evil demons comes and takes away from me one half of my pay and one half of my food. then he also takes hold of my right hand and sucks my thumb. and lo, my soul is opressed, and so my body waxes thinner every day" 5. now when i solomon heard this, i entered the temple of god, and prayed with all my soul, night and day, that the demon might be delivered into my hands, and that i might gain authority over him. and it came about through my prayer that grace was given to me from the lord sabaoth by michael his archangel [he brought me] a little ring, having a seal consisting of an engraved stone, and said to me "take, o solo

ving a seal consisting of an engraved stone, and said to me "take, o solomon, king, son of david, the gift which the lord god has sent thee, the highest sabaoth. with it thou shalt lock up all demons of the earth, male and female; and with their help thou shalt build up jerusalem [but] thou [must] wear this seal of god. and this engraving of the seal of the ring sent thee is a pentalpha" 6. and i solomon was overjoyed, and praised and glorified the god of heaven and earth. and on the morrow i called the boy, and gave him the ring, and said to him "take this, and at the hour in which the demon shall come unto thee, throw this ring at the chest of the demon, and say to him 'in the name of god, king solomon calls thee hither' and then do thou come running to me, without having any misgivings

ning to me, without having any misgivings or fear in respect of aught thou mayest hear on the part of the demon" 7. so the child took the ring, and went off; and behold, at the customary hour ornias, the fierce demon, came like a burning fire to take the pay from the child. but the child according to the instructions received from the king, threw the ring at the chest of the demon, and said "king solomon calls thee hither" and then he went off at a run to the king. but the demon cried out aloud, saying "child, why hast thou done this to me? take the ring off me, and i will render to thee the gold of the earth. only take this off me, and forbear to lead me away to solomon" 8. but the child said to the demon "as the lord god of israel liveth, i will not brook thee. so come hither" and the ch

SPENSER THE CULT OF THE ALL SEEING EYE 1960

was now known to his people as jehovah (lbid, p. 83) joseph von hammer, in the history of the assassins (eng. trans, 1835) explains the tau as the figure of the phallus (see also source 9, p. 791 "among the egyptians, the lotus was the symbol of osiris and isis. it was esteemed a sacred ornament by the priests (ibid, p. 477) the six-pointed star is the great oriental talisman known as the seal of solomon. its meaning and the identity of osiris and isis will be explained in part ii on the great seal of the united states. the arc of light on the bookplate is the en soph, from the cabalistic writings (mystical theosophy) which teach that it created the world by virtue of ten emanations from the infinite one. the emanations, or sephiroth, are arranged into a form called the tree of life, which

ife. a corner-stone of immortality. an emanation. which pervades all nature, and which, therefore, must survive the tomb (emphasis supplied) on a "higher" level of "esoteric knowledge" the metal altar or stone can be likened to the ancient stone of foundation, which, according to the same authority cited above, was supposed"'to have been. placed at one time within the foundations of the temple of solomon, and afterwards, during the building of the second temple, transported to the holy of holies. it was in the form of a perfect cube, and had inscribed upon its upper face, within a delta or triangle, the sacred tetragrammaton, or ineffable name of god -13- in a "scurrilous book of the middle ages. the life of jesus" there waa another account of the stone''at that time there was in the templ

on of british israelites adopted the reverse side as its own emblem.21 one of the dies of the face of the seal shows the dexter wing of the eagle with 32 feathers and the sinister (left) wing with 33 feathers, which supposedly establishes its connection with the scottish rite order.22 none of these claims are substantiated by any evidence which can be considered conclusive. the crest: the seal of solomon the controversy which has swirled around the symbolism of the great seal for over 180 years has by no means been limited to the reverse side. the crest heraldically is an independent device; it is correctly considered apart from the eagle and from the reverse side of the seal. as an emblem of arms -27- selected for special dignity the crest represents america herself. the eagle represents

13 levels should have been composed of 13 solid blocks. snowden was correct in his objections but naive in his interpretation of the motives of the designer. in our national heraldry all stars are five-pointed. yet the 13 stars in the crest are arranged in the form of a six-pointed star which is composed of two interlaced triangles. this is unmistakably the ancient oriental talisman, the seal of solomon. totten wrote:25* the legal specifications of the group of stars as "a constellation" warrants some degree of regularity in the "heraldic" arrangement. but why now a six-pointed constellation of five-pointed stars? this is a clear lapse from the developed standpoint. in the first realization of the seal, as cut from the original die, the stars were conceived as six-pointed and the constell

ld, as in the painting in st. paul's chapel. it's glory also breaks through the clouds. however, the stars on the washington medal (1792) made at the mint by dr. rittenhouse were six-pointed and its olive branch leaves were 15 rather than 13 in number.30 the diplomatic medal also showed the glory "breaking through the clouds"31 and the great seal centenary medal of 1882 did not depict the seal of solomon on the crest.32 harper's weekly reported during the year the centenary medal was struck that "in all that pertains to heraldry it is inaccurate (referring to both sides of the seal) and that officials of the treasury and state departments were considering scrapping the great seal for a new design.33 samuel lewis, a jeweler in washington, d.c, prepared a 20 pound steel die for a great treat

s struck that "in all that pertains to heraldry it is inaccurate (referring to both sides of the seal) and that officials of the treasury and state departments were considering scrapping the great seal for a new design.33 samuel lewis, a jeweler in washington, d.c, prepared a 20 pound steel die for a great treaty seal which showed 60 leaves on the olive branch and six-pointed stars in the seal of solomon crest. it was used until 1883.34 an unknown engraver placed the unfinished pyramid on the s50.00 bill of 1778.35 the nova constellalio colonial coins, 1783-85, showed on their obverse sides the radiant eye;36 and the 3 cent silver piece in use from 1851 to 1873 was engraved with the seal of solomon.37 it is also very important to know that congress ordered the preparation of a smaller seal

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

duncan's masonic ritual and monitor (3rd edition. it pictures the royal arch mason performing the magical sign of the master of the second veil, which i informally and more informatively call here the sign of the hidden hand of the men of jahbuhlun. according to duncan's the candidate presents this sign when he is approached by three sojourners from babylon. their objective: rebuild the temple of solomon in jerusalem and eventually establish a world empire of the jews. 58 codex magica in his teaching course on ancient masonry, c.c. zain of the brotherhood of light explains that the ritual for this degree requires a keen understanding of astrology. but, its performance is said to be derived from a passage in the scriptures "the sign is made" writes zain "by thrusting the hand into the bosom

richardson's monitor of freemasonry, an authoritative reference sourcebook, we are told that in the ritual for the masonic degree of most excellent master of the royal arch mason, all present are required to give a "sign of admiration or astonishment" it is explained that this sign is similar to that gesture expressed by the illustrious queen of sheba on her first viewing the fabulous edifice of solomon's temple.1 in duncan's masonic monitor and guide the group present for that same degree ceremony is further told that this sign alludes to "the wonder and admiration of our ancient brethren who were present to view the interior of that magnificent edifice (solomon's temple) which king solomon had erected, and was about to dedicate to the service of the supreme being."2 the arms raised with

master mason, given with the upper arms parallel to the ground, forearms vertical with hands above the head, palms forward. for those times when the master mason is out of sight of possible help, or in the dark, he is taught to summon assistance with the word "o lord, my god, is there no help for a son of the widow" a reference to hiram, legendary master craftsman at the building of the temple of solomon, about whom the initiate has yet been told nothing, and whom masons identify with the metalworker that scripture describes as "a son of a widow of naphtali."5 note that robinson makes mention of the "penal sign, the hand signal based on the penalty of the master mason's oath" in codex magica, you will see several examples of this signal, including a photo of soviet dictator joseph stalin a

he universal agent, the serpent devouring his own tail..force attracts force..5 the jewish cabalists speak in mysterious, guarded terms of this same potent force. they say it is produced from the uniting of the two triangles, male and female, in the sex act, releasing the generative energy of creation. the result symbolized is, of course, the jewish star of david, known as the seal, or symbol, of solomon or simply as the six-pointed star. the cabalists say this star represents the combined energy of good and evil becoming one force; it represents the "white jehovah and the black jehovah" it is the epitome of the "as above, so below" doctrine. as lavey put it, it represents "the third way" to the illuminati, nothing is static, everything is deceit; the force is dynamic, ever-changing, the q

city's harbor? well, now you know. america, meet your satanic mistress, isis. texe marrs t h e triangle is of primary importance in all illuminati realms, whether in the ritual ceremonies of the rosicrucians and masons or the witchcraft, astrological and black magic practices of other illuminist followers. always the triangle is used. among satanists and witches, the double triangle, the seal of solomon, also called the hexagram, is of great interest. this seal, known as the magen david of the jews, is actually composed of two triangles, superimposed on each other. one triangle pointed upward represents the flesh or material matter and the male generative act; the other, pointed downward, signifies female sexuality and the spiritual plane. therefore we have a masculine and a feminine tria

suggestion in the symbol becomes clear. remember: everywhere in the world of illuminism, we discover sexual connotations. theirs is a sex cult; indeed it is the world's greatest sex cult; yet, the illuminati use symbols and signs to mask their sexually perverted messages. 362 codex magica the star of david and the beast's number, 666 the supremely evil nature of the double triangle, the hexagram, solomon's seal, the magen david (shield of david, is proven by the fact that the symbol contains the hidden number 666, the number of the beast (revelation 13. notice that there are six triangles incorporated on the outside of the hexagram; that it has six out points, and that six lines are used in constructing the symbol's two triangles. thus, 6-6-6. also, the symbol incorporates six triangles of

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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 religious phenomena 201 the city of jerusalem contains some of the most venerated sites in the muslim, christian, and jewish religions. to name only a few, the muslims built the dome of the rock over the place from which muhammad ascended to heaven; the jews revere the wailing wall, all that remains of the great temple of solomon destroyed by the romans; and the christians flock to the church of the holy sepulchre, built around the tomb from which jesus rose from the dead. because of the extreme emotionality and religious fervor which exists around such sacred sites, a bizarre psychological condition known as jerusalem fever plagues certain visitors to the city, causing them to believe that they are on a mission fr

they regularly sense the strong presence of god, and 32 percent feel a deep sense of peace. sources: snapshot. usa today, 14 june 2001. talking to god. newsweek, 6 january 1992, pp. 39 44. the most popular prayers of americans upon the philistines (judges 16:28 31; david s prayer to be forgiven for his immorality with bathsheba (psalms 51; job s prayer to be forgiven for pride (job 40:3 4; 42:6; solomon s prayer for wisdom (1 kings 3:5 9; elijah s prayer for fire to consume the altars of baal (1 kings 18:36 37; jabez s prayer for prosperity in his work (1 chronicles 4:10. there is a rich jewish tradition that envisions angels carrying human prayers to heaven, and there is a belief that the entreaties of the righteous can more effectively intercede with god than ordinary mortals. as in the

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feet in length with a single horn nine to 12 inches long on its head. on that same august day, a group of fishermen spotted the marine giant near eastern point and shouted that it was making its way between ten pound island and the shore. they said later that they could clearly see the thing s backbone moving vertically as it appeared to be chasing schools of herring around the harbor. shipmaster solomon allen judged the serpent to be between 80 and 90 feet in length. generations of gloucester residents and tourists have sighted the cape ann sea serpent, often as they sailed the harbor and nearly always stating that they were frightened by the appearance of a huge snakelike creature at least 70 feet in length. in april 1975, some fishermen saw the monster up close and personal and were abl

be auditory and present a direct message (as in job 33:15 17, genesis 20:3,6) or at other times be symbolic, requiring skilled interpretation. jacob had a dream of a ladder set up on earth, the top of it reaching to heaven. he beheld in this dream angels of god ascending and descending on the ladder with the lord standing above it, confirming the covenant of abraham to jacob (genesis 28:12. king solomon received both wisdom and warning in dreams (i kings 3:5, 9:2. the new testament accounts surrounding the birth of jesus (c. 6 b.c.e. c. 30 c.e) record a number of revelatory dreams. joseph was instructed to wed mary and was assured of her purity (matthew 1:20, in spite of the apparent fact that she was already pregnant. later, joseph was warned to flee to egypt (matthew 2:13, return to isr

even has been regarded with superstitious awe for centuries some consider seven to be lucky; others, unlucky. rather than being viewed as bringing good fortune or misfortune, the number seven has long been considered a digit of great power. for example, there are seven ecstasies of zoroaster, the seventh day that celebrates the sabbath, the seven days of the week, the seven golden candlesticks of solomon s temple. among various early peoples, the seventh son of a seventh son was believed to be born with supernatural powers, a boy who would become a wizard when he grew to manhood. likewise, the seventh daughter of a seventh daughter was believed to be born with gifts of prophecy and healing. chinese and japanese people have a superstitious fear of the number four, because the word for death

hters. polygamy, the marriage of one man and several women or one woman and several men, is prohibited in modern civilization, but there are still religious groups in nearly every nation who justify plural marriages as being ordained by the deity they worship. the history of every modern culture is replete with accounts of kings, caliphs, emperors, and patriarchs who had numerous wives. the great solomon, the prototype for the wise ruler and credited with writing some of the world s greatest love poetry, is said to have had 700 wives and 300 concubines. adultery, an act of infidelity on the part of a married individual, is one of the most universal of the taboos. the code of moses condemned both parties involved in the act to be stoned to death. the hindu religious doctrines order both man

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of atlantis and restore all humankind to the earthly paradise that existed in that golden age of old. 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 secret societies 9 masonic temple in alexandria, virginia (corbis corporation) georgewashington was an avowed mason. the central mythos of freemasonry centers around the building of the great temple of king solomon (tenth century b.c.e) and solomon fs securing the services of the most accomplished architect in the world, hiram abiff, who was said to have designed the magnificent temple according to the precepts of the great architect of the universe. although hiram is mentioned in biblical accounts as a master of the arts of construction, the rites of freemasonry extend beyond the bible and fashion a

d to have designed the magnificent temple according to the precepts of the great architect of the universe. although hiram is mentioned in biblical accounts as a master of the arts of construction, the rites of freemasonry extend beyond the bible and fashion a parallel myth, portraying hiram as a primary figure in the creation of the temple. according to masonic tradition, the ancient builders of solomon fs temple created the rites still practiced in modern lodges, with the various degrees of initiation and their secret symbols and handshakes. while the free and accepted order of freemasons is the oldest fraternity in the world, it doesn ft really extend back to the stone masons working on solomon fs temple. nor does it date even farther back to those who labored on the egyptian pyramids

mulated. in 1187, the hospitallers were almost annihilated in the disastrous battle of tiberias, where the saracen army under the generalship of saladin (1137.1193, the sultan of egypt and syria, thoroughly defeated the christians and reclaimed jerusalem. the second of the great orders of knighthood was founded in 1117 by two french knights and was originally known as the knights of the temple of solomon and later as the knights templar or the knights of the red cross. hugues des paiens and geoffrey of saint-omer, two compassionate nobles, had 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 secret societies 19 observed the hardships endured by christian travelers en route to jerusalem and decided to serve as guides and protectors for the defenseles

alem of england, wales, and scotland states that it is not a secret society and that, as with the militi templi scotia, it has no affiliation with the freemasons. the order is open only to christians according to the website http//theknightstemplar.org. associated with the supreme military order of temple of jerusalem is the north american order of poor fellow soldiers of christ and the temple of solomon, knights templar and can be found at the website http//www.knights templar.org. m delving deeper ahmed, rollo. the black art. london: arrow books, 1966. baigent, michael, and richard leigh. the temple and the lodge. new york: arcade, 1989. clifton, charles s. encyclopedia of heresies and heretics. new york: barnes& noble, 1998. howarth, stephen. the knights templar. new york: barnes& noble

ed the identity of eliphas levi and began to devote his time to an intensive study of alchemy and the occult. often his focus was on the kabbalah and the tarot, believing firmly that the ancient cards depicted a concise summary of all the revelations that had come down to humankind through the ages. levi saw in the symbolism of the tarot cards the key to the egyptian hieroglyphs, the mysteries of solomon, and the truths hidden in the apocryphal text of the book of enoch and the scrolls of hermes trismesgistus. to do a spread of the tarot cards, in levi fs opinion, was to establish communication with the spirit world. to seek within the tarot might bring the serious magician a clue to the manipulation of the natural and divine energy that permeated all of nature. the existence of t h e g a

the horned headdresses worn by the shamans of various tribal societies with the concept of a god of the hunt. the headpieces of many ancient rulers, including the pharaohs of egypt, include horns either of realistic or stylized design. although the religion of the biblical israelites was represented as distinctly antipagan, their sacrifices were offered on horned altars. the two bronze altars in solomon fs (10th century b.c.e) tem- 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 92 magic and sorcery 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 magic and sorcery 93 followers of the order of italian witchcraft known as stregeria claim that their tradition has maintained an unbroken lineage that goes back

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f life. the ave maria exposes the greatest qabalistic truth in that through the feminine principle, we are taught about the justified one, and through the justified one, we learn of the infinite. as it is written: whomsoever sees me, sees the father. i and my father are oneit(la clef des grands mysteres) by eliphas levi the key of the mysteries according to enoch, abraham, hermes trismegistes and solomon by eliphas levi translated, with an introduction by aleister crowley "religion says 'believe and you will understand' science comes to say to you 'understand and you will believe "at that moment the whole of science will change front; the spirit, so long dethroned and forgotten, will take its ancient place; it will be demonstrated that the old traditions are all true, that the whole of pag

er? we do not fear to reveal it to our readers. there exists an occult and sacred alphabet which the hebrews attribute to enoch, the egyptians to thoth or to hermes trismegistus, the greeks to cadmus and to palamedes. this alphabet was known to the followers of pythagoras, and is composed of absolute ideas attached to signs and numbers; by its combinations, it realizes the mathematics of thought. solomon represented this alphabet by seventy-two names, written upon thirty-six talismans. eastern initiates still call these the "little keys" or clavicles of solomon. these keys are described, and their use explained, in a book the source of whose traditional dogma is the patriarch abraham. this book is called the sepher yetzirah; with the aid of the sepher yetzirah one can penetrate the xiii hi

itiates still call these the "little keys" or clavicles of solomon. these keys are described, and their use explained, in a book the source of whose traditional dogma is the patriarch abraham. this book is called the sepher yetzirah; with the aid of the sepher yetzirah one can penetrate the xiii hidden sense of the zohar, the great dogmatic treatise of the qabalah of the hebrews. the clavicles of solomon, forgotten in the course of time, and supposed lost, have been rediscovered by ourselves; without trouble we have opened all the doors of those old sanctuaries where absolute truth seemed to sleep- always young, and always beautiful, like that princess of the childish legend, who, during a century of slumber, awaits the bridegroom whose mission it is to awaken her. after our book, there wi

of monopoly, which public instinct has always looked upon as treason to the human race. the family is a natural society which results from marriage. marriage is the union of two beings joined by love, who promise each other mutual devotion in the interest of the children who may be born. married persons who have a child, and who separate, are impious. do they then wish to execute the judgment of solomon and hew the child asunder? to vow eternal love is puerile; sexual love is an emotion, divine doubtless, but accidental, involuntary and transitory; but the promise of reciprocal devotion is the essence of marriage and the fundamental principle of the family. the sanction and the guarantee of this promise must then be an absolute confidence. every jealousy is a suspicion, and every suspicio

reason, and the wisdom of ripe age in its works. all those forms, which the divine thought has successively clothed, will be born again, immortal and perfect. all those features which the art of successive nations has sketched will unite themselves, and form the complete image of god. jerusalem will rebuild the temple of jehovah on the model prophesied by ezekiel; and the christ, new and eternal solomon, will chant, beneath roofs of cedar and of cypress, the epithalamium of his marriage with holy liberty, the holy bride of the song of songs. but jehovah will have laid aside his thunderbolts, to bless 61 with both hands the bridegroom and the bride; he will appear smiling between them, and take pleasure in being called father. however, the poetry of the east, in its magical souvenirs, will

e at the number nineteen, although the sacred alphabet has twenty-two letters; but the first nineteen are the keys of occult theology. the others are the keys of nature; we shall return to them in the third part of this work- let us resume what we have said concerning god, by quoting a fine invocation borrowed from the jewish liturgy. it is a page from the qabalistic poem kether-malkuth, by rabbi solomon, son of gabirol "thou art one, the beginning of all numbers, and the foundation of all buildings; thou art one, and in the secret of thy unity the most wise of men are lost, because they know it not. thou art one, and thy unity neither wanes nor waxes, neither suffers any change. thou art one, and yet not the one of the mathematician, for thy unity admits neither multiplication, nor change

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s of the witchcraft (not wicca. illustrated by elda isela ford, the book of cain offers both initiatory challenge and a luciferian concept of positive self-focus. those who may approach the blackened fires of cain should be cautious, for it destroys and creates. the goetia luciferian edition by michael w. ford illustrated by elda isela ford based on the manuscript of lemegethon, the lesser key of solomon the king modern magick is at a time of opportunity. what is clear is that systems may be adapted based on the predilection of the individual, that certain aspects may be altered for better results. the luciferian edition of the goetia, by michael w. ford is based on his own individual practice of goetic magick without the christian dogma of earlier versions. the luciferian edition of the g

ealth of symbolism there is indeed much to develop from be ready to grasp that which was always slightly out of reach by dream, that fleeting moment of truth not so lightly fallen before you. 4 angels are considered by abu-hamid mohammed al-ghazali to be the higher faculties of man. 5 empyrean= highest heavens, heights, the astral plane which leads to the psyche or genius revealed. see the key of solomon the king by s.l. mathers, the symbolism of angels (higher octave) and demons (lower octave or infernal spirits. this term is inextricably the same as celestial, the sabbat of luciferian light. 6 baphomet is a magickal transformation of being. baphomet, being the head of wisdom, is related to cain in some sabbatic and luciferian circles. 7 the people of the lie, or practitioners of witchcra

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ity in the manifest world of flux. the stoics took this idea as the reason of the universe, god. the "divine plan" that mystics search for has its place in chockmah, the layer of the creative process wherein the lattice or "array" is formed. jewish thinkers, on the other hand, identified the logos with wisdom, and the memra, or word. john states "in the beginning was the logos, and the "wisdom of solomon" says "like a fine mist she [wisdom] rises from the power of god. she is the reflection of the everlasting light. herself unchanging, but makes all things new. she spans the world from end to end, and orders all things benignly" in the sefer hapardes, it is noted that chockmah is called fear (as geburah is also entitled pachad, or fear. whereas the fear of geburah is the fear of the "venge

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l wear a bandolier or a collar proper to his/her degree but without the usual jewel of the order. 5. operational cloth: the operational cloth is made from a piece of crimson red cloth, linen or silk, approximately 25 square inches- which is according to the dimensions of the pyramid cubit, the sacred cubit of the egyptians, which served as a unit of measure since the construction of the temple of solomon7. the traditional martinist pantacle, of approximately 8 in. in diameter should be embroidered, painted or otherwise adorned in lace, in black and white, in the centre of this cloth. it will be perfectly satisfactory and as efficient, to place as a substitute the metal jewel of the order on the right side of the central luminary, if the pantacle cannot be embroidered, etc. the pantacle sho

ny other incense like that prepared for the churches etc, pulverised and compounded from different resins, is interdicted. the poignard (or a sword) should have a hilt made in the form of a cross and a flat double edged and pointed blade either straight or flamboyant. the ornaments on the handle, hilt, or on the pommel, should display either the martinist pantacle, or the symbols of the temple of solomon (the so-called "masonic type" ornaments. it is preferable that the handle itself be inlaid with wood or horn, or if it is entirely made of metal- that it be covered with an isolating binding of wool or silk braid. the altar will be set up on a wooden table facing the true orient. it will be covered with the operational cloth with its pantacle properly oriented. the censer will be placed on

name is being incessantly invoked. we beseech thee, by the intercession of the merits of thy angels and thy saints, deign to visit this operational place and this cloth. look upon with merciful and benevolent eye, deign by infusion of thy grace to preserve them from any defilement, to preserve them pure and without any stain. thou, who hast answered the vows of thy servant david by making his son solomon complete the works of his, deign to fulfill my expectations by chasing away and forever from this place thus sanctified, all powers of darkness. by ieshouah, our lord, amen. 14 sanctifying the poignard (or the sword: o lord, my power is in thy name, etc. etc. i exorcise thee creature of metal in the name of the almighty god, yaveh sabaoth, the lord of hosts, so that nothing shall remain in

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he formulae for evoking incredible things into visible appearance, beings and monsters which dwell in the abyss, and outer space, of the human psyche. such books have existed in fact, and do exist. idries shah tells us of a search he conducted for a copy of the book of power by the arab magician abdul-kadir (see: the secret lore of magic by shah, of which only one copy was ever found. the keys of solomon had a similar reputation, as did the magus by barret, until all of these works were eventually reprinted in the last fifteen years or so. the golden dawn, a famous british and american occult lodge of the turn of the century, was said to have possessed a manuscript called "the veils of negative existence" by another arab. these were the sorcerer's handbooks, and generally not meant as text

evious magicians had done, the spirits they had contacted, and the successes they had. the magicians who now read these works are expected to be able to select the wheat from the chaff, in much the same fashion as an alchemist discerning the deliberate errors in a treatise on his subject. therefore it was (and is) insanity for the tyro to pick up a work on ceremonial magick like the lesser key of solomon to practise conjurations. it would also be folly to pick up crowley's magick in theory and practise with the same intention. both books are definitely not for beginners, a point which cannot be made too often. unfortunately, perhaps, the dread necronomicon falls into this category. crowley's magick was a testimony of what he has found in his researches into the forbidden, and forgotten, lo

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icrucian manifestos: fama fraternitatis and confessio fraternitatis originally published anonymously in 1615 and 1616. the contents of this document are not under copyright in any domain. acrobat edition prepared by benjamin rowe, completed october 13, 2000. typeset in bembo and minion display. fama f ra t e r n i t a t i s 1 to t h e wi s e a n d un d e r s ta n d i n g re a d e r. wisdom (saith solomon) is to a man an infinite treasure, for she is the breath of the power of god, and a pure influence that floweth from the glory of the almighty; she is the brightness of eternal light, and an undefiled mirror of the majesty of god, and an image of his goodness; she teacheth us soberness and prudence, righteousness and strength; she understands the subtilty of words, and solution of dark sen

he field, and the fowls under heaven, he gave to every one of them their proper names, according to their nature. although now through the sorrowful fall into sin this excellent jewel wisdom hath been lost, and meer darkness and ignorance is come into the world, yet notwithstanding hath the lord god sometimes hitherto bestowed, and made manifest the same, to some of his friends: for the wise king solomon doth testifie of himself, that he upon earnest prayer and desire did get and obtain such wisdom of god, that thereby he knew how the world was created, thereby he understood the nature of the elements, also the time, beginning, middle and end, the increase and decrease, the change of times through the whole year, the revolution of the year, and ordinance of the stars; he understood also th

n (except god alone) can make it common, nor any unworthy person is able to bereave us of it. but we shall help with secret aid this so good a cause, as god shal permit or hinder us: for our god is not blinde, as the heathens fortuna, but is the churches ornament, and the honor of the temple. our philosophy also is not a new invention, but as adam after his fall hath received it, and as moses and solomon used it: also she ought not much to be doubted of, or contradicted by other opinions, or meanings; but seeing the truth is peaceable, brief, and always like herself in all things, and especially accorded by with jesus in omni parte and all members. and as he is the true image of the father, so is she his image; it shall not be said, this is true according to philosophy, but true according

he truth is peaceable, brief, and always like herself in all things, and especially accorded by with jesus in omni parte and all members. and as he is the true image of the father, so is she his image; it shall not be said, this is true according to philosophy, but true according to theologie; and wherein plato, aristotle, pythagoras and others did hit the mark, and wherein enoch, abraham, moses, solomon did excel; but especially wherewith that wonderful book the bible agreeth. all that same concurreth together, and make a sphere or globe, whose total parts are equidistant from the center, as hereof more at large and more plain shal be spoken of in christianly conference. but now concerning (and chiefly in this our age) the ungodly and accursed gold-making, which hath gotten so much the up

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above. the latter has still to be published, but the petals of its bursting bud have already in many a fair verse made bright the pages of this essay. etwixt these twain we find rosa mundi, gthe keystone of the royal arch of sex h:*1 single in love and aim, double in form and name,*2 *1. rosa mundi, vol. iii, p. 52 *2. rosa mundi, vol. iii, p. 54. that arch which rests on the two great pillars of solomon fs temple, black and white, and contrary, yet their power is one, for they are the limbs of god. grosa mundi h stands before us crowned, naked, and wonderful. neither alice nor archais, neither ratoum nor cora, neither venus nor isis, yet the woven filament of all these glowing petals into one flaming rose of glory; in whose sceptred-heart burns the white phallus of god, and whose jewelled

is forefathers, still suppliant at the feet of the phallic jahveh: that man to-day should not be weaned of worshipping so foul a fiend in presence of the living sun *the sword of song, pentecost, vol. ii, p. 177. but so it is, and so it will be for many a generation yet to come; cause and effect are but replicas of each other, and if the cause be ignorance, it is useless to look for the wisdom of solomon in the effect; men fs gods are but gilded duplications of themselves, and their ideal but the gresurrection pie h of past feasting. man loves the mysterious, and his god is but a poor conjuring trick, as is shown in gpentecost h. ga mysterious way c god moves in to fix up his maskelyne tricks. h *the sword of song, pentecost, vol. ii, p. 168. leaving now these satirical poems for other wor

aleister crowley. it reads as follows: but. had it not been for the garter, i might never have seen the star. in it we find the sublime maxim, almost universal, which has been postulated by all the greatest ethical codes of the world. it is the moral prototype, the favashi of the zoroastrian, the tree of knowledge of babylonia and genesis, the light and darkness of isaiah, the yakheen and boaz of solomon, the unique athanor of the qabalist, the balance of hegel; the polarity of the worlds, the great centripetal and centrifugal forces, the harmony of the spheres, the path of the stars, the life of the universe. without vice there can be no virtue, without virtue there can be no vice. without the one, the other becomes absolutely incomprehensible, and beyond our judgement. hegel held: gthat

man is but the tempering of the metal *yet the virtue of one man may be the vice of another. the flower which springs from the dunghill assimilates into itself particles of matter, transforming them into the ruby of the poppy and the sapphire of the cornflower; so with us, it is synthetically that we rise, and not analytically. blake grasped this idea and so did joseph de maistre. the arcanum of solomon is represented by the two pillars of the temple, yakheen and boaz, the two forces, the white and the black; separate and contrary, yet in their polarity they are uniform, equilibrating their unity. the philosopher fs stone, as hermes declared, consisted in separating the ethereal from that which was gross. thou shalt separate the earth from the fire, the ethereal from the gross, gently, bu

y crowleyan i ty in the centre is mysticism which links together idealism and realism, or the ego to the non-ego, and at the same time holds them apart. without it idealism becomes absolute subjectivity, and realism absolute objectivity (n. b. the circle of idealism is the only entirely white circle in the symbol, and that of realism the only entirely black one. the gjakin h and gbohaz h of king solomon fs temple) idealism and realism are further connected by the hylo-ideallstic circle, which expresses them in terms of science; and the whole is encircled by the ring of agnosticism, beyond which philosophy as philosophy cannot penetrate. the three circles of mysticism, hylo- idealism (idealism and realism, and agnosticism; or magic, science, and philosophy, are all bisected by the pyrrhoni

i, p. 258. the mystic, as the yogi, sets out to know the unknowable, and as git is just as grave an illusion to attribute morality to a stone as it is to think to find the supernatural in the world of phenomena, h*1. so in the inmost depths of the ego alone, itself unthinkable, lies the source of all mystic experience. gi live, yet not i, but god in me. h this is the suspense of job, the sleep of solomon, the silence of st. john, arrived at by fixing the mind upon one single object of thought, so that the treasures of representation which lie dormant in the memory, flow towards that one object and overwhelm and engulf it in a divine glory, as eckartshausen says: gwith, however, the development of the new organ c the curtain is all at once raised, the impenetrable veil is torn away, and the

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the crooked serpent- leviathan and beelzebub and tiamat, pazuzu, and moloch are only some of the topics and figures covered. the second part of the book, the grimoires of luciferian witchcraft, includes several of his most infamous graveyard workings, together with the complete version of the luciferian goetia- a completely revised and updated version of the goetia grimoire from the lesser key of solomon the king. part three covers yatukan and ahrimanic persian sorcery. as i have mentioned before, it is the willingness and creativity of ford to look beyond worn-out christian- and hebrew-based demonology in search of black magick inspiration that marks his work as unique. here, forbidden heresies of millenia-old zoroastrian thought reveal their diabolic secrets to the sorceror. finally, the

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began to attract attention. perhaps, thought some masons, the fact that the symbolism of the craft degrees of masonry was concerned with both the building of a temple and the murder of its architect, hiram, suggested the existence of a connection between the knights templar and freemasonry? perhaps the masonic fraternity did not, as was assumed by most of its members, go back to the time of king solomon but was simply an underground continuation of the order of the temple? perhaps the murdered hiram was really jacques de molay, the martyred grand master of the templars? the idea of an historical connection between masonry and the crusading orders received the enthusiastic support of the chevalier ramsay, a jacobite exile he was file//c /documents%20and%20settings/michael..0secret%20ritual

de pasqually was of jewish origin, but there is no hard evidence of this and it is clear that, nominally at least, he was a catholic, for there is a surviving record of his son s baptism. nevertheless, he had undoubtedly been deeply influenced by a somewhat debased variety of jewish mysticism, for he was a devotee of the degenerate version of qabalistic magic presented in such works as the key of solomon and the sepher ratziel. the order of elect cohens was founded at bordeaux in 1760 six years earlier de pasqually had unsuccessfully attempted to found an organization called the scottish judges which may well have been a first attempt to establish a magical/masonic link-up and quickly acquired a surprisingly large number of initiates. the membership (confined to those who had already taken

ritual (h, j. and z) are, then, haggai, joshua and zerrubbabel. the altar of this rite is a modified form of that of the holy royal arch, and without some description of it both the opening of the lodge of perfection and its mystical lecture are incomprehensible. the altar is in the form of a double cube (its top about sixteen inches square) and on it inscribed the double triangle of the seal of solomon (identical with the shield of david found on the flag of israel) within a circle. on this are placed, at random, the eight letters j, a, h, b, v, l, o and n; these represent the corresponding hebrew letters. at the conclusion of the picking incident (see opening) the altar looks like this: file//c /documents%20and%20settings/michael..0secret%20rituals%20of%20the%20o.t.o/p2c5.html (1 of 22

do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law: and this: the word of the law is thelema. and this: love is the law, love under will. do not forget that the numeration of thelema, as also that of agape, love or charity in its best sense, is equivalent to that of the word of our 3. it is further of interest to observe that these letters abl added to 33, the number of the years of the life of king solomon s temple, and that of jesus christ. 33 is also the number of degrees in freemasonry; and it has many other qualities, many of which you doubtless know already. note, too, that a is 1, b 2, l 30, as if to signify the whole course of the universe, the unity, the dyad, the many and the naught. it is also pertinent to observe that j is the wand, a the pentagram or pentacle, h the cup, b the cr

eloved, perfectly illuminated adepts of this secret areopagus, that from the beginning of all, the vows of your initiation have invoked upon you the most fearful penalties of disobedience. for as soon as ye erect any natural and common thing into a formula of magick, so soon do ye excite also the contrary current. thus while every child reads and speaks freely of the pillars of the temple of king solomon by name, the mason dare not so much as letter them without precaution. and while the private man may speak evil of the king, and blaspheme god without risk, yet the servant of the king, and the minister of god, must cloke (sic) themselves with reverence, even though it be not in their hearts, for this reason, that they have invoked the king, and god, as sword and shield of their own author

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id perceived that the lord had established him king over israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people israel s sake. 5:13 and david took [him] more concubines and wives out of jerusalem, after he was come from hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to david. 5:14 and these [be] the names of those that were born unto him in jerusalem; shammuah, and shobab, and nathan, and solomon, 5:15 ibhar also, and elishua, and nepheg, and japhia, 5:16 and elishama, and eliada, and eliphalet. 5:17 but when the philistines heard that they had anointed david king over israel, all the philistines came up to seek david; and david heard [of it] and went down to the hold. 5:18 the philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of rephaim. 5:19 and david enquired of the lord

d, while the child was yet alive, i fasted and wept: for i said, who can tell [whether] god will be gracious to me, that the child may live? 12:23 but now he is dead, wherefore should i fast? can i bring him back again? i shall go to him, but he shall not return to me. 12:24 and david comforted bath-sheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name solomon: and the lord loved him. 12:25 and he sent by the hand of nathan the prophet; and he called his name jedidiah, because of the lord. 12:26 and joab fought against rabbah of the children of ammon, and took the royal city. 12:27 and joab sent messengers to david, and said, i have fought against rabbah, and have taken the city of waters. 12:28 now therefore gather the rest of the people togeth

aiah the son of jehoiada, and nathan the prophet, and shimei, and rei, and the mighty men which [belonged] to david, were not with adonijah. 1:9 and adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of zoheleth, which [is] by en-rogel, and called all his brethren the king s sons, and all the men of judah the king s servants: 1:10 but nathan the prophet, and benaiah, and the mighty men, and solomon his brother, he called not. 1:11 wherefore nathan spake unto bath-sheba the mother of solomon, saying, hast thou not heard that adonijah the son of haggith doth reign, and david our lord knoweth [it] not? 1:12 now therefore come, let me, i pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son solomon. 1:13 go and get thee in unto king david, and say un

ther of solomon, saying, hast thou not heard that adonijah the son of haggith doth reign, and david our lord knoweth [it] not? 1:12 now therefore come, let me, i pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son solomon. 1:13 go and get thee in unto king david, and say unto him, didst not thou, my lord, o king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, assuredly solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth adonijah reign? 1:14 behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, i also will come in after thee, and confirm thy words. 1:15 and bath-sheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and abishag the shunammite ministered unto the king. 1:16 and bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance unt

also will come in after thee, and confirm thy words. 1:15 and bath-sheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and abishag the shunammite ministered unto the king. 1:16 and bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. and the king said, what wouldest thou? 1:17 and she said unto him, my lord, thou swarest by the lord thy god unto thine handmaid [saying] assuredly solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne. 1:18 and now, behold, adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest [it] not: 1:19 and he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the sons of the king, and abiathar the priest, and joab the captain of the host: but solomon thy servant hath he not called. 1:20 and thou, my lord, o

d all the sons of the king, and abiathar the priest, and joab the captain of the host: but solomon thy servant hath he not called. 1:20 and thou, my lord, o king, the eyes of all israel [are] upon thee, that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him. 1:21 otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that i and my son solomon shall be counted offenders. 1:22 and, lo, while she yet talked with the king, nathan the prophet also came in. 1:23 and they told the king, saying, behold nathan the prophet. and when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground. 1:24 and nathan said, my lord, o king, hast thou said, adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my thr

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have gone before it. it uses the symbolic tools and molds made by society-its forebears, its peers, its blood relations-to gain a measure of control over the vast and unmanageable world of emanations. in vulgar terms, it forces the lights of god into bottles and caps them, then stores them away where they can do as little vio- lence to its feelings as possible. this is one meaning of the myth of solomon, who bound the demons of the world by the power of his ring and commanded them to enter a vessel of brass. when something is gained, something is lost. in exchange for sanity and peace, the child gives up its perceptions of much of the subtler emanations of the all. its personal universe is always smaller than the real universe. it can only see as far as the crest of the surrounding hills

also recognized stone, the cube, and especially cubic stones as the most suitable receptacle of spirit. the fragments of the stone tablets of moses, even though the writing that had been upon them could no longer be read, were preserved in the ark of the covenant because those stones had been touched by god, and still preserved the occult virtue of that contact. the inner chamber in the temple of solomon that housed the ark was cubic (see 1 kings 6:20, and the brass altar of solomon was square (2 chronicles 4:l. even the christian church was not insensitive to the occult significance of stone and the cubic shape. the earliest christians did not use altars, but in the third century it became the custom to enclose holy relics within the altar, which assumed a box shape with a stone slab for

ne in the shapes of a cube or a truncated cone (magically, a form of the truncated pyramid. the builders of stonehenge traveled many miles to harvest the blue stones, presumably because of their enhanced power to retain spiritual energy, and these stones were cut into roughly oblong shapes away from the site of the circle. this is significant because the bible explicitly states that the stones of solomon's temple were cut some distance from the site of the temple. naturally square stones were considered of greater power than stones squared by human hands, and the builders of these holy places did not wish their gods to witness the shaping of the stones. when the parallel sides of the cube are united, the three reciprocating rays that define the point of self in relation to the universe eme

spark of life in the embryo receiving its form within the nurturing walls of the womb. it is usually a female symbol-for example, it appears in the cross of uri, who is the hawaiian female force of creation. inverted, with the square inside the diamond, the unbalanced octagram becomes a fearful symbol of animism, of walking trees and speaking winds. this is the symbol of pandora's box opened and solomon's brass bottle shattered. most commonly regarded as a male symbol, it is used to represent the face of god. in three dimensions one side of the octagram may be emphasized by the use of the truncated four-sided pyramid: this elevates one of the squares to heaven, signifying that it is active. the slop- ing sides of the pyramid suggest the disposition of the currents of power that flow upwar

more complex with pentacles and names of power inscribed on it. this is a matter for the good taste and discre- tion of the magus. the gate is a symbolic doorway set up inside the circle, usually through the use of two pillars-one black and one white to suggest the duality of manifestation. the use of pillars is based on the ritual practices of the golden dawn' and was derived from the pillars of solomon's temple, jachin and boaz (2 chronicles, 3: 17. a thin veil of silk is hung between the pillars. the gate is the physical representation of the aperture that is to be opened into the point of self. by passing through it the magus signifies to his or her subcon- scious the crossing of the veil of unknowing. it may also be represented by a hoop that is large enough to pass easily over the bo

tement. in resonant tones the prepared formula of evocation is chanted while the magus focuses his or her will on the manifesting medium in the triangle. the sword should be held in the right hand. the words of the evocation should be original and composed by the magus. they must be memorized and recited from memory-it is not enough to read them from the page. here is an evocation from the key of solomon, which is generally known as the greater key to distinguish it from the lemegeton or lesser key of solomon. it is intended to serve only as a general guide: 0 ye spirit, ye i conjure by the power, wisdom, and virtue of the spirit of god, by the uncreate divine knowledge, by the vast mercy of god, by the strength of god, by the greatness of god, by the unity of god; and by the holy name of

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complete. each square is supposed to possess an inherent power of magic. the squares have quite a bad reputation for causing evil to those who even so much as possess them, without knowing what they are for or how to use them. in my view, this is idle superstition. no one should be afraid to study this book, which is the essential teaching on the holy guardian angel. the goetia: the lesser k q of solomon the king. lemegeton, book i, clavicuk salomonis regs. illustrated second edition, edited and introduced by aleister crowley. further editing by hymenaeus beta. york beach, maine: samuel weiser, 1995. first edition first published 1904. almost all the credit for this work belongs to mathers. crowley contributed very little, although he did add a few sketches of demons to the second edition

few sketches of demons to the second edition. this is not really the lesser key or lemegeton, but only the first book of that large manuscript. since it is the best known and most widely available of the grimoires of suggested reading 323 demonic spirit evocation, it is worth studying for the practical insights into spirit evocation as a whole that it provides the serious practitioner. the k q of solomon the king (clavicula salomonis. york beach, maine: samuel weiser, 1989. first published in 1888. it is a tribute to mathers' skill as an editor that his version of the key of solomon has survived for more than a century to become the standard grimoire of western magic. it is invaluable as a practical guide to traditional spirit evocation. regardie, israel. ceremonial magic. northamptonshire

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ncenwation. shah, idries. the secr o. 277 fall the words of power employed in magic since the dawn of time, none is more mysterious and profound than the ineffable name of god with four hebrew letters, ihvh (717'1, called by the greeks tetragrammaton. by uttering it, god created the world and breathed life into the first man. moses called upon its authority to bring down the ten plagues on egypt. solomon used it to compel the spirits of the earth to build the first temple at jerusalem, then turned it upon them and sealed them beneath the sea in a prison of brass. prophets and exorcists used its fabled might to restore the dead to life, to rule storms and calm the seas, to turn back the course of the sun, and to drive demons out of those possessed. so revered was the name by the ancient jew

et forth in chapter v. this book offers the most complete treatment of the name, both in theory and practice, that has ever been presented. the sections on the sigils of the tetragram, the hieroglyphic monad of john dee, the angels known as the wings of the winds, the banner rings, the divination by urim and thummim, the twelve stones of the tribes of israel, the breastplate of aaron, the ring of solomon, and the enochian watchtowers and keys, all represent groundbreaking work in magic. it is my sincere hope that some of the innovations presented here will find their place in the day-to-day practices of kabbalists, ritual magicians, and astrologers over the years to come. lvx donaltdy son march 21,1994 bedford, nova scotia historoyf the name t etragrammaton, from the greek tetra (four) gra

t makes it highly useful in practical magic. the quaternary is visually embodied in two dimensions by the square, which is a flat representation of the three-dimensional cube, mathematically the square squared, the most material of all symbols. square and cube often occur coupled with tetragrammaton in jewish and occult practice. the holiest of holy places in the temple of jerusalem built by king solomon, where god communicated his purposes to the high priest, was twenty cubits 14 tetragrammaton in all dimensions (1 kings 6:20; the altar itself was square (2 chron. 4:1, as was the breastplate of aaron (exod. 28:16; holy jerusalem described in the vision of st. john the divine is in the shape of a cube (rev. 21:16. all these are places where the power of ihvh is manifested. there is a numer

me of the lord (1 kings 18:31-2. the words "in the name of the lord" may be an intentional pun, since an altar erected of twelve stones, each of which symbolically represents one of the twelve banners of tetragrammaton, would truly be built in, or more properly of, the name of ihvh. in later times the altars of sacrifice became square to reflect the fourfold nature of tetragrammaton. the altar of solomon was twenty cubits in length and twenty cubits in breadth (2 chron. 4:l. they also developed horns at the corners (exod. 27:2, which seem to have symbolized the power of god. in sacrifices, blood was smeared over these horns. altars in those degenerate times began to be made of cut stones, or a single cut stone, wood, and even brass. the rationale for the use of natural stone is that it is

. 24:4. they are the twelve cakes of the sabbath eaten by the priests "thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof two tenth deals shall be in one cake. and thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before the lord (lev. 24:5-6. they are the twelve oxen that support the great molten sea (a large basin cast from molten brass) upon their backs in the temple of solomon (2 chron. 4:4. by far the most elaborate appearance of the stones is as the twelve foundations of the heavenly city of new jerusalem. the entire plan of this city is based upon the twelve banners of the name. it is in the shape of a cube twelve thousand furlongs on each side, corresponding with the number from each tribe who will be sealed with the mark of god in their foreheads (rev. 7:4

y arranged in opposite crescents of six, one circle of twelve above a second circle of twelve, with the upper and lower elders forming pairs that represent the hours of the day and the equivalent hours of the night. for a justification of this division of the seats of the elders, see appendix a, the third and the fourteenth keys. the divisions of the heavenly throne are reflected in the throne of solomon, god's representative upon the earth. solomon's throne had six steps leading up to it, and upon these steps were twelve lions, representing the twelve tribes (1 kings 10:18-20. the symbolism of solomon's throne gained considerable importance in islamic folklore, where it was merged the twelve stones 75 with the throne of god (see the description in chapter xi. on the symbolic level, the th

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, trans. ananga ranga: stage of the bodiless one; the hindu art of love, by kalayana malla (new york: medical press of new york, 1964. lxxii grant, the magical revival, 126. lxxiiicrowley, eight lectures on yoga (new falcon publications, 1992. he claimed to have achieved the highest yogic state of samadhi while meditating in ceylon in 1901. see his writings of truth, republished in "the temple of solomon the king" equinox i, 4 (london, 1910: 166-7. lxxivcrowley, quoted in regardie, the eye in the triangle,.63 -184- lxxvi de arte magicka, chapter xvi. lxxviion sexual ritual and transgression in tantra, see urban the path of power: impurity, kingship and sacrifice in assamese tantra, the journal of the american academy of religion 69, no.4 (2001: 597-637. on crowley s possible tantric influe

religion 69, no.4 (2001: 597-637. on crowley s possible tantric influences, see urban, the omnipotent oom" sutin, do what thou wilt, 92, 127, 141, 188. as symonds suggests "his greatest merit was to make the bridge between tantrism and the western esoteric tradition and thus bring together western and eastern magical techniques (introduction to the confessions, xxv. lxxviii crowley, the temple of solomon the king, in equinox i (4 (london, 1910: 161. crowley's main texts on sex magic include: of the nature of the gods; liber agape the book of the unveiling of the sangraal de arte magica; and of the homunculus, many of which are included in francis king, ed, the secret rituals of the o.t.o (new york: samuel weiser, 1973. lxxx blavatsky, collected writings, ed. boris de zirkoff (madras: theos

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of mark master mason. that which is applied more specially to the working implements of masonry belongs to our entire building symbolism, whether it is concerned with the erection by the candidate in his own personality of an edifice or "superstructure perfect in its parts and honorable to the builder" or, in the mark degree, with a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens, or again with solomon's temple spiritualized in the legend of the master degree. a system of morality it comes about in this manner that masonry is described elsewhere as "a peculiar system of morality, veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols" i want to tell you, among other things which call for consideration, something about the nature of the building, as this is presented to my mind, and about the way

come. the third degree i have said, and you know, that the master degree is one of death and resurrection of a certain kind, and among its remarkable characteristics there is a return to building symbolism, but this time in the form of a legend. it is no longer an erection of the candidate's own house- house of the body, house of the mind, and house of the moral law. we are taken to the temple of solomon and are told how the master-builder suffered martyrdom rather than betray the mysteries which had been placed in his keeping. manifestly, the lesson which is drawn in the degree is a veil of something much deeper, and about which there is no real intimation. it is assuredly an instruction for the candidates that they must keep the secrets of the masonic order secretly, but such a covenant

y of its adepti as in search of something that has been lost, and it tells us how and with whom that loss came about. these are separate and independent lines of symbolism, though, as indicated already, they are interlinked by the fact of their incorporation in craft masonry, considered as a unified system. but the truth is that between the spiritual building of the first degree and the legend of solomon's temple there is so little essential correspondence that the one was never intended to lead up to the other. the symbolism of the entered apprentice degree is of the simplest and most obvious kind; it is also personal and individualistic. that of the master degree is complex and remote in its significance; it is, moreover, an universal mythos. i have met with some searchers of the mysteri

gnized in masonry that the temple, unfinished at the moment of the untoward event, remained with its operations suspended and was completed later on by those who obviously did not possess the word or key. the tradition has descended to us and, as i have said, we are still on the quest. now what does all this mean? we have no concern at the present day, except in archaeology and history, with king solomon's temple. what is meant by this temple and what is the lost word? these things have a meaning, or our system is stultified. well, here are burning questions, and the only direction in which we can look for an answer is that which is their source. as to this, we must remember that the legend of the master degree is a legend of israel, under the aegis of the old covenant, and though it has n

ten records during the christian era, but hostile criticism has been disposed to represent it as invented at the period when it was written. the question does not signify for our purpose, as the closing of the 13th century is the latest date that the most drastic view- now generally abandoned- has proposed for the most important text. we find therein after what manner, according to mystic israel, solomon's temple was spiritualized; we find deep meanings attached to the two pillars j. and b; we find how the word was lost and under what circumstances the chosen people were to look for its recovery. it is an expectation for jewish theosophy, as it is for the craft mason. it was lost owing to an untoward event, and although the time and circumstances of its recovery have been calculated in cer

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a senda de la perfecta castidad. en los lumisiales debe establecerse la costumbre de limpiar a los hermanos que se hallan llenos de larvas. as ellos recibir n el beneficio de sus almas y en sus cuerpos. 39 arcanum 6 beloved brethren of my soul: we are now going to study the sixth arcanum of the tarot. beloved, remember that indeed and without any doubt, the two interlaced triangles of the seal of solomon, which join or separate love, are the two shuttles with which the ineffable mystery of eternal life in the loom of god is woven or unwoven. the upper triangle symbolizes kether (the father who is in secret, chokmah (the son) and binah (the holy spirit of each human being. the lower triangle represents the three traitors of hiram abiff; those three traitors are inside of us. the first trait

the silver (sexual symbols) in order to perform the great work. nevertheless, this work is very difficult because the male goat of mendes (the black dragon) always tries to make the alchemist fall sexually. it is urgent to work with the four elements of alchemy in order to realize the great work. the alchemical macrocosmos is illuminated by the light; this is the superior triangle of the seal of solomon. the alchemical micro-cosmos is in the shadows, in the region where the souls fight against the black dragon. 7 pronounced nick-oh-lay-tens cuando el estudiante derrama el vaso de hermes, durante sus pr cticas con el arcano a.z.f. comete el crimen de los nicola tas. ellos usaban ese sistema para hacer bajar la serpiente. as es como el hombre se convierte en demonio. s lo trabajando con la

religiosity, diverse astral influences (esoteric astrology, influence of letters, numbers, correspond-dences, and sympathies (kabbalah. the sacred principles of alchemy are: 1. unity 2. a pair of opposites (man/woman; active/passive) 3. trinity (active, passive, neutral) 4. the elements (fire, air, water and earth) the entire work of the great work (the magnus opus) is synthesized in the seal of solomon. the six points of the star are masculine; the six outer obtuse angles that exist between point and point are feminine. in synthesis, this star has twelve rays: six masculine and six feminine. the star of solomon is the perfect symbol of the central sun, all of the zodiacal measurements are found summarized within the seal of solomon. en los misterios de eleusis las parejas danzaban para m

is puntas de la estrella, son masculinas. las seis hondas entradas que existen entre punta y punta, son femeninas. total: la estrella de salom n tiene doce rayos. seis masculinos, seis femeninos. la estrella de salom n es el s mbolo perfecto del sol central. en el sello de salom n se hallan resumidas todas las medidas zodiacales. 44 the entire sexual genesis of the zodiac is hidden in the seal of solomon. the inner relation that exists between the zodiac and the invincible central sun is found in the seal of solomon. the twelve rays of the brilliant star crystallize by means of alchemy in the twelve zodiacal constellations. when the student enters into the temple of the sphinx he studies the great book of nature, where all of the cosmic laws are written. indeed, very few are the ones who c

hemy in the twelve zodiacal constellations. when the student enters into the temple of the sphinx he studies the great book of nature, where all of the cosmic laws are written. indeed, very few are the ones who can open the book and study it. the ordeal of the sanctuary is very terrible. very few are the human beings who have succeeded in passing such an ordeal. a precious jewel (with the seal of solomon) a ring filled with ineffable light is granted to the one who victoriously passes the ordeal of the sanctuary. the neophyte who touches the ring with the left hand inevitably loses it. another explanation of the seal of solomon is the following: above the father, the son and the holy spirit, below the power that governs (the intimus, the power that deliberates (the mind, and the power that

of eden. the bodhisattva, the mediator, is a vehicle of the serpent of brass nachash that healed the israelites in the wilderness. great masters use to dictate messages through the lips of their bodhisattvas. people do not understand this and mistake the mediators with the detrimental mediums of spiritism because people allow themselves to be carried away by false appearances. within the seal of solomon are found represented all the positive and negative forces of universal magnetism. in the works of high magic, it is necessary to trace a circle around us. such a circle must be totally closed, interrupted by the seal of solomon. with the seven metals, gnostic brethren can manufacture medallions and rings with the seal of solomon. the seal of solomon must be utilized in all of the works of

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spirit over nature. it signifies versatility and adventure as well as mediation and intuition. 6. six is represented on the tree by beauty and harmony, called tiphareth. it is the number of perfect equilibrium and divine order through harmony. to it is attributed the sun, which keeps the rest of the planetary spheres in balance. it's symbolic form is represented by the six-pointed star or seal of solomon. the latter symbol is frequently described by the hermetic maxim "as above, so below" or the analogical union of the macrocosm and microcosm. its energy is loving, tolerant, compassionate, and harmonizing. 7. seven is composed of the ternary and the quaternary and is considered sacred in many mystical traditions. it has endless correspondences: the seven planets, the seven notes on the sca

umber 153 with pythagorean symbolism. eliphas levi praises the sephira of tiphareth thus: beauty, the luminous conception of equilibrium in forms, intermediary between the crown and the kingdom, mediating principle between creator and creation.a sublime conception of poetry and its sovereign priesthood (transcendental magic, 1972, p. 97. to this sphere is attributed the number six and the seal of solomon, or hexagram. this is the geometrical symbol which best illustrates the great maxim "as above, so below" the joining of the microcosm with the macrocosm. according to the principle of analogy, whatever is in the godhead is reflected in the human being. the three principles of intelligence, love, and creativity find expression in the body through the three centers of the brain, the heart, a

zim (deut. 11: 29; josh. 8: 33) 260: sr, sar: ill-humored (godwin) root: all ideas of disorder, contortion; also return, education, new direction 260: vrdim, veradim: roses 260: krm, kerem: vineyard 260: tzmtzm, tzimtsen: to contract or draw together 260: h-mrh, the moriah: i. e. jerusalem (g. g. locks. the land of moriah was said to be the site of the sacrifice of isaac, upon which the temple of solomon was later built (2 chron. 3: 1) 260: monnim, monnim: soothsayers 260: rkil, rekil: talebearer *260: benedictus dominus noster: our blessed lord 2080: theosophic extension of the planetary line 2080: thpthrthrth, taphthartharath, spirit of mercury 2080: artificer's fire (greek (john michell) 2080: light and fire in greek (michell) 2080: first-born in greek (rev. 1: 5) chapter 11 the kamea o

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k of the towns disliked the men of the heaths and were shocked at their doings, the lesser nobles were not ashamed of their contact with the magic of witches or sorcerers, as they did not consider it a serious offence, and several popes have been said to have practised it. the gospel of st. john begins 'in the beginning was the word' and it was thought that by knowledge of that word of power king solomon had made the spirits work for him. manuscripts were sold at high prices, giving the rites and words of power used by him and professing to teach others to do the same. the lesser gentry who made no secret of their practices were easy prey and yielded much loot to the church, until the persecution turned to higher game such as lady alice kyteler in ireland. lady glamis, who i believe was an

swords before he would do it, and that he only did it to save his life. charge no. 4 seems to point to novices actually being killed who refused to conform, though this point does not seem clearly proved. the shape of the templar churches, circular outside, octagonal within, is peculiar to them. it is said to be copied from the mosque of the dome in jerusalem, which they thought was the temple of solomon, and it is possible that this may have influenced them; but the templars, of all the crusaders, had more intercourse with the inhabitants of palestine; they should very soon have learnt when and by whom that mosque was built; that is, by omar, the mosque always being known as the mosque of omar. so it appears to me that these churches were built for some special ritual purpose, and that pu

sorcerers were not, and that they secretly used witches as mediums to attain success in their arts. with the help of these clairvoyants they became successful as prophets, and probably the witches took several of their ideas and certainly some of their tools. i have seen seven witches' swords; of these, four had apparently been made for sorcerers, according to the pattern prescribed in the key of solomon, with hebrew inscriptions on hilt and blade. there are two in the museum in castletown. other implements bear hebrew inscriptions and so seem to be connected with hebrew or kabbalistic magic. but stores do not cater for witches, and a poor witch has to get her tools as and how she can. there is also a great resemblance to what are now unimportant parts of freemasonry; but while the masonic

re for anyone to kiss. i cannot make it any clearer than that, can i? as i have said, there is no pact with the devil or with anyone else. this, i think, arose from the faust type of legend which may have been coined by clerics to frighten people from thinking of engaging in magical practices, or possibly to explain why people who performed magical experiments of the more or less permitted key of solomon type, without using a medium, usually did not succeed. these stories were usually fabricated in order to boost the power of some saint and were to the effect that a sorcerer, after years of failure, had made a pact with the devil, selling his soul for so many years of wealth and power. when his time came he prayed to the particular saint, who called up the devil and by force or trickery go

earlier, and from this black book comes the important post of black rod. one would think that there must have been important reasons to conceal something before such a book could be taken away or lost. the late hargrave jennings seemed convinced that there was some deep mystery here, but he apparently did not know, or if he did he did not mention this witch mark, which is also shown in the key of solomon. all this may be purely coincidence, and coincidence killed the professor. but if no one mentions coincidences, there is little chance of finding further facts; and there is the undoubted fact that the garter is a badge of rank among witches, and further there is a prehistoric rock drawing in france supposed to represent a magical witch ceremony, twelve women dancing round a man who is sta

e. now a witch has eight working tools. of these, five are used only for special purposes; but there are three that she must have in every operation, and cords are among these three. she could at times have worn the cord as a girdle, to disguise it. j.s.m. ward in who was hirim abif? quotes the legends of the jews, which give the twenty-two questions with which balkis, queen of sheba, tested king solomon's knowledge. these questions are thought to refer to the secret initiation ceremonies of astarte-tammuz. question 9 is peculiar, and clearly refers to things used for ritual or magic. sheba 'which are the three that neither die, nor do they have bread put into them, yet they save lives from death' solomon 'the staff, the cord, and the ring' the staff is the 'wand' of the conductor of souls

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he heaven, that they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; and your heavenly father feedeth them. are not ye of much more value than they? and which of you by being anxious can add one cubit unto the measure of his life? and why are ye anxious concerning the raiment? consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: yet i say unto you, that even solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one ofthese. but if god doth so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven; shall he not much more clothe you, o ye of little faith? be not therefore anxious, saying, what shall we eat? or, what shall we drink? or, wherewithal shall we be clothed? for after all these things do the gentiles seek; for your heavenly

up the stone, and you will find me there. gasan and the bible a university student while visiting gasan asked him: have you ever read the christian bible? no, read it to me, said gasan. the student opened the bible and read from st. matthew: and why take ye thought for rainment? consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. they toil not, neither do they spin, and yet i say unto you that even solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. take therefore no thought for the morrow, for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. gasan said: whoever uttered those words i consider an enlightened man. the student continued reading: ask and it shall be given you, seek and ye shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto you. for everyone that asketh receiveth, and he

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dures separation from the monad. 7. phanes, or intelligible intellect. 8. it is the fountain of all female divinities, and hence nature, rhea and isis. 9. cupid, just as erato, from desiring its opposite for a partner. in astronomy, we speak of 2 nodes, caput and cauda draconis; and in astrology of 2 aspects of the planets, benefic and malefic. the two pillars ikin and boz at the entrance of king solomon s temple are notable symbols of strength and stability. they are comparable to the two beings, kratos and bia, who appear in the play by eschylus, as a male and a female potency, who bind prometheus. numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott the chinese speak of blue as the color of heaven, because made up of red, male and black, female; of the active and t

because the first of the intervals of a tone, which is capable of producing a sound, is the fifth. it is also a type of nature. the pentalpha or 5-pointed star, an endless of complex set of angles, was the emblem of health, hygeia. it numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott forms 5 copies of the capital letter a. it is also called the pentagram, and the seal of solomon, and is said to have been the device on the signet-ring of this ancient grand master of the mysteries. 61. kenneth mackenzie remarks that, being formed by the union of the first odd and even numbers, 5 was considered of peculiar value and used as an amulet or talisman powerful to preserve from evil, and when inscribed on a portal, could keep out evil spirits. it is found almost everywhere

hanged 5 kings on 5 trees, they were found hidden in a cave, and were the kings of jerusalem, hebron, jarmuth, lachish and eglon. numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott every important measurement 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

bath 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; it drops spittle; its ears hang down; it carries its tail between it legs, and it keeps to the side of any path. yoma, 83. 2. for suckling mothers, there are 5 things, which are injurious; garl

also an antediluvian period of 600 years. the tartars and chinese also used a period of 60 years in their computations of time. under the number, six, too, we must not omit to mention the symbol of the double triangle, hexapla, or hexalpha, the shield of david, it is used at present as a sign in the degree of the royal arch in england. it must not be confused with the pentalpha, which is the true solomon s seal. in christian churches, we find the hexalpha used to express the union of the divine and human natures, deemed to exist in jesus, the christ of the new testament. the blending of the two triangles has also numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott been used to typify the union of fire and water; for the early symbol of fire was the triangle apex upwa

n; early instruction of children; training in the mosaic law, and charitable treatment of neighbor. sabbat 127. i evil demons have 6 characters; like men, they take food and drink, they beget and they die; like angels, they have wings, they pass from one end of the world to the other, and they can learn the future. talmud. numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott solomon is called by six names; solomon, jedidiah, koheleth, son of jakeh, agur and lemuel. see the fathers, aboth, by rabbi nathan. there are 6 kinds of fire--common fire which eats and does not drink; fire that drinks and does not eat, as fever; fire that eats and drinks, that of elijah, i kings xviii. 38; the fire on the altar which consumed both moist and dry; the fire of gabriel which consume

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and hermeneutic explication: each interpretative gesture is a reenactment of the rev- 64 chapter two elatory experience, albeit from its unique vantage point, each moment a novel replication of the past. repetition and novelty, accordingly, are not antinomical; what recurs is precisely what has been that which will recur as what has never been. paraphrasing the second midrashic gloss cited above, solomon ben isaac, the eleventh-century talmudic and biblical exegete better known by the acronym rashi, wrote on the words ba-yom ha-zeh, on this very day: words of torah should be new [hadashim] for you as if they were given this day. 60 this medieval commentator adds nothing substantial of his own, but by newly reiterating the rabbinic dictum more or less verbatim, he elucidates further the ori

ein sof, it follows that all times are equal, 116 which is theoretically equivalent to saying that time in its triadic division does not apply to ein sof. cordovero, and every kabbalist i have studied, would have surely assented to the following comment in the anonymous work, ma arekhet ha-elohut, composed in all likelihood in the beginning of the fourteenth century by someone from the school of solomon ibn adret, disciple of nahmanides: the negation of corporeality entails that god is not limited, and not a body or a force in a body, and included in the negation is that [god] is not constricted by place or time, but rather it was, it is, and it shall be [hayah howeh we-yihyeh. 117 all corporeality is to be removed from the divine; consequently, god cannot be bound spatially or temporally

then the time of action gives way to the time of perpetuity, zeman ha-qiyyum, the time of resurrection, zeman ha-tehiyyah,161 that is, the time of eternity, the eternal time, so resolute that it timelessly endures the duration of time, extending circuitously, revolving sequentially. 82 chapter two in an earlier study dedicated to a close reading of the kabbalistic teachings ascribed to elijah ben solomon, the gaon of vilna, i explored the intricate interweaving of temporality and textuality in kabbalistic theosophy: the emanation of the sefirot can be viewed concurrently as the narrative recitation of time and as the temporal inscription of narrative.162 it is precisely this hermeneutical assumption that underlies the kabbalistic perushei ma aseh bere shit, commentaries on the first chapte

on205 haver characterizes the seventh millennium as the elevation of everything to the mother, a standard designation of the third emanation, binah, the womb whence the lower seven sefirot emerge and whither they shall return. a similar account of the eschatological return of everything to binah in the seventh millennium is presented in the commentary on sifra di-seni uta attributed to elijah ben solomon: the matter is that the six thousand years are the six days wherein the six extremities [hesed to yesod] are operative, and the seventh is malkhut, and malkhut depends on binah, and she returns to her source. and this is the secret of sabbath and the sabbatical year [sod ha-shabbat u-shemittah] in which work is forbidden, and the secret of the jubilee [sod ha-yovel. and the world-to-come

g other than torah, as it says, and broader than the sea [u-rehavah minni-yam (job 11:9. what is [the meaning of] full of the lord s blessing [male birkat yhwh? in every place, beit is blessing [berakhah],43 as it is said, in the beginning [bere shit, and the [word] beginning [re shit] is nothing other than wisdom [hokhmah, and wisdom is nothing other than blessing, as it is said, and god blessed solomon, 44 and the lord gave wisdom to solomon (1 kings 5:26. to what may this be compared? to a king who married his daughter to his son, and he gave her to him as a gift, and said to him, do with her as you please! what can we heed [mai mashma? that berakhah is from the word berekh, as it says, to me every knee shall bend [ki li tikhra kol berekh (isa 45:23, the place to which every knee bows d

word for blessing, berakhah, is beit, and torah is blessing, for blessing is associated with yam, the sea, and the before alef/ where beginnings end 123 124 chapter three sea is symbolic of torah, and torah is the fullness of divine blessing, male birkat yhwh, that is, the fullness (male) that is the blessing of the lord (birkat yhwh, the beginning (re shit) that is the wisdom (hokhmah) given to solomon. the bestowal of wisdom is compared parabolically to the gifting of the daughter as a conjugal offering to the son by their mutual father.46 from this parable the reader is encouraged to heed the connection between blessing (berakhah) and knee (berekh. how so? the blessing is the place to which every knee bows down. but what is this place? to understand this, we need another parable: befor

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sformation and initiation is through asmodeus, the lord of witchcraft. as the hidden one, asmodeus is the fountainhead for the art of encircling energy, the very act of sorcery itself. samael is the fallen angel, the god of fire and manifestation that fell as a seraph. it is considered that samael, as being asmodeus has developed through hebraic times through daemonic appearance, confronting even solomon the mage. samael represents the earthly devil of the tarot, the demon of lust whom resides within each individual, the dark side from which all desire, positive or negative, manifest. the mysteries of samael as the devil of the tarot are within the tract 77, as commented on originally by aleister crowley. this focus point, known as oz is the creation source of each individual, from birth t

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d his 42 ministers, the tipple crown king camara bade me use to the glory, praise and honor him, which created you all to the laud and praise of his majesty" special power of the prince "who art prince of the seas. thy power is upon the waters. thou drowndest pharaoh and hast destroyed the wicked. thy name was known to