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18276066 GRIMM JACOB TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY VOL 1

uvium, qui lindimacus vocatur, juxta quem ad superiora tendentes pervenerunt turicinum. cumque per littus ambulantes venissent ad caput lacus ipsius, in locum qui tucconia dicitur, placuit hlis loci qualitas ad inhabitandum. porro homines ithe a. s. translation renders arae hj wigbed (see p. 67, fana by heargas, idola by deofolgild, septa once by hegas (hedges, and the other time by getymbro. the spear hurled at the hearg gave the signal for its demolition. buildings. 83 ibidem commanentes crudeles erant et inipii, simulacra colentes, idola sacrificiis venerantes, observantes aiiguria et divinationes et multa quae contraria sunt cultui divino superstitiosa sectantes. sancti igitur homines cum coepissent inter illos liabitare, docebant eos adorare patrem et filium et spiritum sanctum, et cu

einsynn ok aatgdapr, ok hafsi hatt sisan; there came an old man, very word-wise, one-eyed and sad-eyed, and had a wide hat, fornm. sog. 2, 138. hann hafir lieklu flekkdtta yfir ser, sa masr var berfcettr ok hafsi knytt linbrokum at beini, hann var har miok (very high, ok eldiligr ok einsynn, fornald. sog. 1, 120 ]9a kom masr 1 bardagann mes sid'an hatt ok heldu ud^ hann hafsi eitt avga, ok geir (spear) i hendi, ib. 1, 145. j^etta mun odinn gamli verit hafa, ok at visu var masrinn einspnn, ib. 1, 95. sa hann mann mikinn mes si&im hetti, ib. 5, 250. mes hctti hangatyss ganga, cum cidari odiniana incedere, vigagl. saga, p. 168. othinus, os inleo, ne cultu proderetur, ohnubens, saxo gram. 44. an eddie song already names him siffhottr, broad-hatted, saem. 46^ and one saga merely hottr, hatted

s thick growth of hair and beard. the name eedbeard i have elsewhere understood of thor, but in fornald. sog. 2, 239 257 the grani and rau&grani are expressly osinn (see suppl. the norse myth arms osinn with a wonderful s'pcar (geir, gixngnir by name, stem. 196. sn. 72; which i put on a par with the lance or sword of mars, not the staff of mercury. sigmund's sword breaks, when he hacks at osinn's spear, vols, saga cap. 11, lie lends this spear to heroes to win victories with, ssem. 165. a remarkable passage in the fornm. sog. 5, 250 says: seldi honum reyrspiota (gave him the reeden spear) t hond, ok bas hann skiota honum yfir lis styrbiarnar, ok)?at skyldi hann ma^la: 05in a ysr alia! all the enemies over whom the spear he shoots shall fly, are doomed to death, and the shooter obtains the

yrspiota (gave him the reeden spear) t hond, ok bas hann skiota honum yfir lis styrbiarnar, ok)?at skyldi hann ma^la: 05in a ysr alia! all the enemies over whom the spear he shoots shall fly, are doomed to death, and the shooter obtains the victory. so too the eyrbyggja saga p. 228 ?a skaut stein];6rr spioti at fornom si& til heilla ser yfir flock snorra; where, it is true, nothing is said of the spear launched over the enemy being the god's. saim. 5% of osinn himself: fieigsi ok 1 folk um skaut (see suppl. to the god of victory are attached two ivolves and two ravens, which, as combative courageous animals, follow the fight, and pounce upon the fallen corpses, andr. and el. xxvi. xxvii. the wolves are named gcri and frcjci, sn. 42; and so late as in hans sachs (i. 5, 499, we read in a sch

he old national name, and at the same time teaches that' heru' was first of all pronounced' cheru' and last of all' eru, er' i think we may also bring in the gallic war-god hesus or esiis (lucan 1, 440, and state, that the metal iron is indicated by the planetary sign of mars, the as' tires tacen' and consequently that the rune of zio and eor may be the picture of a sword with its handle, or of a spear.2 the scythian and alanic legends dwell still more emphatically on the god's sword, and their agreement with teutonic ways of thinking may safely be assumed, as mars was equally prominent in the faith of the scythians and that of the goths. the impressive personification of the sword matches well with that of the hammer, and to my thinking each confirms the other. both idea and name of two o

(f)6/3o, pallor, pavor, tras, strakh, bring it more vividly before us, and pavor was weakened by passing into the fem. paura, peur of the eomance. as. ipn, hine se broga ongeat (terror eum invasit, beow. 2583. ohg. forhta cham mih ana, n. ps. 54, 5; forhta anafiel ubar inan, t. 2, 4; conf. mhg. diu sorge im was so verre entriten, sie mohte erreichen niht ein sper, fear was fled so far from him, a spear could not reach it, wh. 280, 10 (see suppl. but further on, we shall get acquainted with a female ililta, comparable to the lat. bellona and the gr. enyo and eris, who is really one with war and the war-god. tyr is described in sn. 105 as a son of osinn, but in the hymisqvisa as a kinsman of the giants. his mother, whose name is not found, but whose beauty is indicated by the epithet all-gul

163-6: he .paints him as a gigantic semi-divine monster, who dwells in a distant land, is invoked in a storm like other gods, and grants his aid. a valiant hero, named thorkill, brooks the adventurous journey to ugarthilocus: all this is but legendary variation of the visit which, in snorri, thorr pays to utgarsaloki. still it is worth noticing, that thorkill plucks out one of ugarthilocus's huge spear-like hairs, and takes it home with him (saxo 165-6. the titgarcpar were the uttermost borders of the habitable world, where antiquity fixed the abode of giants and monsters, i.e, hell; and here also may have been present that notion of the bar, closing up as it were the entrance to that inaccessiljle region of ghosts and demons. whether in very early times there was also a saxon loico and an

, neither wheel nor windlass must go round (see superst, danish, 134; suppl. this superintendence of agriculture and of strict order in the household marks exactly the office of a motherly deity, such as we got acquainted with in nerthus and isis. then her special care of jiax and spinning (the main business of german housewives, who are named after spindle and distaff^ as men are after sword and spear, leads us directly to the on. frigg, osin's wife, whose being melts into the notion of an earth-goddess, and after whom a constellation in the sky, orion's belt, is called friggja.r rockr, friggae coins. though icelandic writings do not contain this name, it has remained in use among the swedish country-folk (ihre, sub v. friggerock. the constellation is however called maridrocli, dan. marir

er from the perils of battle, tov s' i^ijpira 'acfipobltr) pela fidx\ m cr r e ^eo, ii. 3, 381; the same words are applied to apollo, when he snatches hector away from achilles 20, 443. the wall so laboriously built by the greeks he overturns pela fidxa, as a boy at play would a sand-heap 15, 362. with a mere breath trvoifj, blowing a little /ca p,d\a ^irv^aaa, athene turns away from achilles the spear that hector had thrown 20, 440 (see suppl. berhta also blows (p. 276, and the elves breathe (eh. xvii, on people. the sons of men grow up slowly and gradually, gods attain their full size and strength directly after hirth. no sooner had strength. precocity. size. 321 themis presented nectar and ambrosia (a/j,/3poait)v tpareivi'iv) to the newborn apollo, than he leapt, kare/spco^ cl/x^potov

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gainst the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine horses and thy chariots of salvation? thou didst cleave asunder the earth with the rivers. the mountains saw thee and they trembled; the deluge of waters rolled by; the deep uttered his voice and lifted up his hands on high. the sun and the moon stood still in their habitation; at the light of thine arrows they went; at the shining of thy glittering spear. thou didst march through the land in indignation. thou didst thresh the heathen in thine anger. thou didst march through the sea with thine horses, through the depth of the mighty waters. heg: conducts practicus to hierophant and hands to practicus the calvary cross. lights turned up. heg: the calvary cross of 10 squares refers to the 10 sephiroth in balanced disposition, before which the f

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGICK SPELLS

his way it always has a positive influence. you might also like to make a larger pentacle for holding the tiny cakes for the cakes and ale ceremony. you can find special recipes for these cakes in books i have suggested on page 301, but any tiny honey cakes will serve well. the wand the wand is a symbol of fire and should be placed in the south of the altar. the wand is sometimes represented by a spear. both the wand and spear, like the athame and sword, are male symbols. the spear, another fire symbol, is not used in magick, except occasionally in the form of a sharpened stick in sacred sex rites, when it is plunged into the cauldron or the chalice as a symbol of the sacred union of earth and sky, water and fire. the wand is traditionally a thin piece of wood about 50 centimetres (21 inch

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in the garment of that second birth which we of khemi knew. the next six years of my life have utterly faded. all that i can recall is the vision of the greatness of our city of thebai, and the severity of my life. for i lived on the back of a horse, even eating and drinking as i rode; for so it becometh a prince. also i was trained to lay about me with a sword, and in the use of the bow and the spear. for it was said that horus- or men tu, as we called him in thebai- was my father and my god. i shall speak late of that strange story of my begetting. at the end of seven years, however, so great and strong had i waxen that my father took me to the old astrologer that dwelt in the well to consult him. this i remember as if it were but yesterday. the journey down the great river with its slo

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n against the urulu dread city of death, gate of no return! do thou stand at my side! in the names of the most mighty hosts of marduk and enki, lords of the elder race, the arra, do thou stand firm behind me! against pazuzu and humwava, fiends of the southwest winds, do thou stand form! against the lords of the abominations, do thou stand form! be thou the eyes behind me, the sword behind me, the spear behind me, the armour behind me. be watchful, spirit of the southern ways, and remember! spirit of the south, remember! the invocation of the western gate thee i invoke, spirit of the land of mer martu! thee i invoke, angel of the sunset! from the unknown god, protect me! from the unknown demon, protect me! from the unknown enemy, protect me! from the unknown sorcery, protect me! from the wa

ALEISTER CROWLEY BOOK OF LIES

atism; children must be weaned. in the penultimate paragraph the words "the new christ" alluded to the author. in the last paragraph we reach the sublime mystic doctrine that whatever you have must be abandoned. obviously, that which differentiates your consciousness from the absolute is part of the content of that consciousness. note (27) chapter so called because amfortas was wounded by his own spear, the spear that had made him king [131] 61 kappa-epsilon-phi-alpha-lambda-eta xi-alpha the fool's knot book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.com 127 o fool! begetter of both i and naught, resolve this naught-y knot! o! ay! this i and o-io!-iao! for i owe "i" aye to nibbana's oe.(28) i pay-pe, the dissolution of the house of godfor pe comes after o-after ayin that triumphs over ale

ALEISTER CROWLEY CONCERNING DEATH

s .pa listen again to thine own voice within thee. is not hadit the flame that burns in every heart of man, and in the core of every star? is not he life, and the giver of life? and is not therefore the knowledge of him the knowledge of death? for it hath been shown unto thee in many other places how death and love be twins. now art thou the hunter, and death rideth beside thee with his horse and spear as thou chasest thy will through the forests of eternity, whose trees are the hair of nuit thy mistress! thrill with the joy of life and death! know, hunter mighty and swift, the quarry turns to bay! thou has but to make one sharp thrust, and thou hast won. the virgin of eternity lies supine at thy mercy, and thou art pan! thy death shall be the seal of the promise of our age-long love. hast

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ncy of the unutterable name;5 the vast and comprehensive system shadowed in the book called the book of the concourse of the forces,6 interwoven as it is with the tarot, being, indeed, on one view little more than an amplification and practical application of the book of thoth.7 but we hope that the present venture will attract scholars from all quarters, as when the wounded satan leaned upon his spear, forthwith on all sides to his aid was run by angels many and strong, and that in the course of time a far more satisfactory volume may result. many columns will seem to the majority of people to consist of mere lists of senseless words. practice, and advance in the magical or mystical path, will enable little by little to interpret more and more. even as a flower unfolds beneath the ardent

s a beautiful woman wreathed with myrtle. she holds a lyre and sings of love and gladness. 19 a man in sordid raiment, with him a nobleman on horseback, accompanied by bears and dogs a man crowned with a white myrtle wreath, holding a bow 20 a virgin clad in linen, with an apple or pomegranate tall, fair, large man, with him a woman holding a large black oil jar 22 a dark man, in his right hand a spear and laurel branch and in his left a book a man, dark, yet delicious of countenance 24 a man with a lance in his right hand, in his left a human head a man riding a camel, with a scorpion in his hand 25 a man with 3 bodies 1 black, 1 red, 1 white a man leading cows, and before him an ape and bear 26 a man holding in his right hand a javelin and in his left a lapwing. a man with an ape running

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orrected as to element; original had typos of fire, air, fire and water respectively. 313& 314 table i: xl: xli :key scale: precious stones: magical weapons: 0: 1 :diamond :swastika or fylfat cross: crown: 2 :star ruby, turquoise :lingam, the inner robe of: glory: 3 :star sapphire, pearl :yoni, the outer robe of: concealment: 4 :amethyst, sapphire :the wand, sceptre, or crook: 5 :ruby :the sword, spear, scourge or: chain: 6 :topaz, yellow diamond :the lamen or rosy cross: 7 :emerald :the lamp and girdle: 8 :opal, especially fire opal :the names and versicles: the apron: 9 :quartz :the perfumes and sandals: 10 :rock crystal :the magical circle& triangle :11 :topaz, chalcedony :the dagger or fan: 12 :opal, agate :the wand or caducesus: 13 :moonstone, pearl, crystal :bow and arrow: 14 :emeral

th all his force unto the holy guardian angel. 11. the grace having been granted unto him, let him partake mystically of the eucharist of the five elements and let him proclaim light in extension; yea, let him proclaim light in extension. 363 ii aaa "these loosen the swathings of the corpse; these unbind the feet of osiris, so that the flaming god may rage through the firmament with his fantastic spear" liber lapidis lazuli. vii. 3. 0. be seated in thine asana, or recumbent in shavasana, or in the position of the dying buddha. 1. think of thy death; imagine the various diseases that may attack thee, or accidents overtake thee. picture the process of death, applying always to thyself (a useful preliminary practice is to read textbooks of pathology, and to visit museums and dissecting-rooms)

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7; imagination; sin hmz a desirable one; to desire dmx brother-in-law mby hwhy in assiah hh ww hh dwy a dog blk 53 a stone, rock nb) elihu (see 52 )whyl) garden ng to defend, hide; a wall; the sun; fury hmx the spleen lwx+ a lover hbh)m 54 a basin, bowl, vessel (ex. 24:6) ng) rest ymd to judge, rule nd pertaining to summer mwx my flame; enchantments y+hl tribe; branch, rod, staff, stick, sceptre, spear; a bed h+m to remove; a heap, wall dn 55 1-10. the sum of the sephiroth; the mystic number of malkuth. thief; stole bng robbery, pillage hlyzg silence hmwd a footstool mwdh to swell, heave (see 51) myh to walk klh knuckle; member, limb )ylwx bride: a title of malkuth hlk noon; midday bgn ornament; splendour, eminence hn lo; whether, if; they (fem) nh 56 dread, terror hmy) he suffered hn) day

day (the south) mwrd habit; action (ch) rwdm lamp; prosperity; instruction rn shout, rejoicing nr 251 fir, cedar (cf. 208) nr) the angel uriel: gvrih1 h, i.e. magical force (see lytton fs gcoming race h, and abra-melin fs forehead lamin) lhyrw 252 serpent fs den hrw)m 253 proselytes myrg matred (i.r.q. 996) dr+m 254 an ass rwmx a mark, aim hr+m a solemn promise, vow rdn spikenard (ct. 4:14) drn a spear xmwr merciful, compassionate mwxr 255 burdensome; with difficulty )rmwx the east xrzm a river, stream (gn. 2:10) rhn song of joy hnr 256 tidings (ps. 68:11; saying, speech hrym) the sons of the righteous qdc ynb dampnesses (pl; see 705. k.d. p.20) nymlwpm the spirit of the mother )m) xwr a spice merchant lkwr fire; fiery rwn words myrbd 257 the ark [of the covenant] nwr) magician m+rx to his

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agician makes the future, and does not seek to divine it. all true prediction was therefore necessarily catastrophe. the greatest good fortune seemed worthless to an atlantean, since it was accident, and if accidents are to happen, one of them may be fatal. they believed themselves to be equal to the whole tendency of things, and proudly gazed on nature as a man might upon a virgin captive to his spear. everything that was being was zro; everything that was energy was 'working for zro. outside this was but by-product and waste-heap. the arrangement of the houses was in accordance with the magical theory. there was first the high house, then four (later six, last ten 'houses of houses; and to each of these was attached a varying number of ordinary houses. the high house was the central shri

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with all his force unto the holy guardian angel. 11. the grace having been granted unto him, let him partake mystically of the eucharist of the five elements and let him proclaim light in extension; yea, let him proclaim light in extension. ii a a a "these loosen the swathings of the corpse; these unbind the feet of osiris, so that the flaming god may rage through the firmament with his fantastic spear- liber lapidis lazuli. vii. iii. 0. be seated in thine asana, or recumbent in shavasana, or in the position of the dying buddha. 1. think of thy death; imagine the various diseases that may attack thee, or accidents overtake thee. picture the process of death, applying always to thyself (a useful preliminary practice is to read textbooks of pathology, and to visit museums and dissecting-room

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eir strength. i heard a great voice from above crying: thou liest! for the volatile hath indeed fixed itself; but it hath arisen above thy sight. the world is desert: but the abodes of the house of my father are peopled; and his throne is crusted over with white brilliant stars, a lustre of bright gems. in the north is a man upon a great horse, having a scourge and balances in his hand (or a long spear glitters at his back or in his hand. he is clothed in black velvet and his face is stern and terrible. he spake saying: i have judged! it is the end: the gate of the beginning. look in the beneath and thou shalt see a new world! i looked and saw a great abyss and a dark funnel of whirling waters or fixed airs, wherein were cities and monsters and trees and atoms and mountains and little flam

known me. woe unto thee, that i have not devoured thee altogether! on my head is the crown, 419 rays far-darting. and my body is the body of the snake, and my soul is the soul of the crowned child. though an angel in white robes leadeth me, who shall ride upon me but the woman of abominations? who is the beast? am not i one more than he? in 22 his hand is a sword that is a book. in his hand is a spear that is a cup of fornication. upon his mouth is set the great and terrible seal. and he hath the secret of v. his ten horns spring from five points, and his eight heads are as the charioteer of the west. thus doth the fire of the sun temper the spear of mars, and thus shall he be worshipped, as the warrior lord of the sun. yet in him is the woman that devoureth with her water all the fire of

rned into one of those winged assyrian bull-men. and he sayeth: the spade of the husbandman is the sceptre of the king. all the heavens beneath me, they serve me. they are my fields and my gardens and my orchards and my pastures. 29 glory be unto thee, who didst set thy feet in the north; whose forehead is pierced with the sharp points of the diamonds in thy crown; whose heart is pierced with the spear of thine own fecundity. thou art an egg of blackness, and a worm of poison. but thou hast formulated thy father, and made fertile thy mother. thou art the basilisk whose gaze turns men to stone, and the cockatrice at the breast of an harlot that giveth death for milk. thou art the asp that has stolen into the cradle of the babe. glory unto thee, who art twined about the world as the vine tha

, 1909 10-11.45 p.m. the cry of the 18th aethyr, which is called zen a voice comes before any vision: accursed are they who enter herein if they have nails, for they shall be pierced therewith; or if they have thorns, for they shall be crowned withal; or if they have whips, for with whips they shall be scourged: or if they bear wine, for their wine shall be turned to bitterness; or if they have a spear, for with a spear shall they be pierced unto the heart. and the nails are desires, of which 51 there are three; the desire of light, the desire of life, the desire of love. 6 the doctrine implied is that one must not be the child, but the mother (and the thorns are thoughts, and the whips are regrets, and the wine is ease, or perhaps unsteadiness, especially in ecstasy, and the spear is atta

e words "vim patior" for so must i give glory to him that hath supplanted me, that hath cast me down into the dust. i have hated him, and with hate my bones are rotten. i would have spat upon him, and my spittle hath befouled my beard. i have taken up the sword against him, and i am fallen upon it, and mine entrails are about my feet. who shall strive with his might? hath he not the sword and the spear of the warrior lord of the sun? who shall contend with him? who shall lift himself up against him? 63 for the latchet of his sandal is more than the helmet of the most high. who shall reach up to him in supplication, save those that he shall set upon his shoulders? would god that my tongue were torn out by the roots, and my throat cut across, and my heart torn out and given to the vultures

imes have i been ready to leap, and for fear have missed. and a thousand times am i baulked by them of the city of the pyramids, that set snares for my feet. more knowledge have i than the most high, but my will is broken, and my fierceness is marred by fear, and i must speak, speak, speak, millions of mad voices in my brain. with a heart of furious fancies, whereof i am commander, with a burning spear and a horse of air to the wilderness i wander (the idea was to keep the scribe busy writing, so as to spring upon him. for, while the scribe talked, choronzon had thrown sand into the circle, and filled it up. but choronzon could not think fast and continuously, and so resorted to the device of quotation. the scribe had written two or three words of "tom o'bedlam" when choronzon sprang withi

s, and their buttocks are almost worn away by the kisses of those who have come to worship that supreme god, who is the single end of all these diverse religions. but the shrine itself is higher than a man may reach. but the angel that was with me lifted me, and i saw that the edge of the altar, as i must call it, was surrounded by holy men. each has in his right hand a weapon- one a sword, one a spear, one a thunderbolt, and so on, but each with his left hand gives the sign of silence. i wish to see what is within their ring. one of them bends forward so that i may whisper the pass- word. the angel prompts me to whisper "there is no god" so they let me pass, and though there was indeed nothing visible therein, yet there was a very strange atmosphere, which i could not understand. suspende

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f this operation whereby he may discover through what error he is thus betrayed again and again into failure. failure. failure. 11.49. the temple is closed. now the, o lord adonai! let the tenth day be favourable unto o. m. for in the struggle he is as nothing worth. nor valiant, nor fortunate, nor skilful except thou fight by his side, cover his breast with thy shield, second his blows with thy spear and with thy sword. aye! let the ninth day close in silence and in darkness, and let o.m. be found watching and waiting and willing thy presence. adonai! adonai! o lord adonai! let thy light illumine the path of that darkling wight john st. john, that being who, separate from thee, is separate from all light, life, love. adonai! adonai! let it be written of o. m. that "the lord adonai is abo

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of a tortured lamb, in the realm of a sexless owl, 211 i am set apart from the rest by meed of the mystic rune that reads in peril and pest the ambrosial moon- the moon! for under the tawny star that shines in the bull above i can rein the riotous car of galloping, galloping love; and straight to the steady ray of the lion-heart lord i career, pointing my flaming way with the spasm of night for a spear! o moon! o secret sweet! chalcedony clouds of caresses about the flame of our feet, the night of our terrible tresses! is it a wonder, then, if the people are mad with blindness, and nothing is stranger to men than silence, and wisdom, and kindness? nay! let him fashion an arrow whose heart is sober and stout! let him pierce his god to the marrow! let the soul of his god flow out! whether a

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ithin a certain veil; yet still i can go to his book as a child to his father, without diffidence or doubt; and indeed he can communicate the sacrament, the wafer of his thought, the wine of his music. and if in earthly things the instructions of his master seem contrary to those of mine, at the end it is all one. shall we cry out if caesar for his pleasure commandeth his servants to take one the spear and the other the net, and slay each other? is not service service? is not obedience a sacrament apart from its accidents? however this may be, clear enough it is that mr. waite has indeed the key to certain royal treasuries. unfortunately, just as to face the title- page he gives us the portrait of a man in a frock-coat, so within the book we have the 311 muse in a dress-improver and a bond

hou green-cloaked maenad in labour, who bearest beneath thy leaden girdle the vintage of thy kisses; release me from the darkness of thy womb, so that i may cast off my infant wrappings and leap forth as an armed warrior in steel. 2. o thou snake of misty countenance, whose braided hair is like a fleecy dawn of swooning maidens; hunt me as a fierce wild boar through the skies, so that thy burning spear may gore the blue heavens red with the foaming blood of my frenzy. 3. o thou cloudy virgin of the world, whose breasts are as scarlet lilies paling before the sun; dandle me in the cradle of thine arms, so that the murmur of thy voice may lull me to a sleep like a pearl lost in the depths of a silent sea. 4. o thou wine-voiced laughter of fainting gloom, who art as a naked faun crushed to de

shing opal of light, that art wrapped in the robes of the rainbow! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou purple mist of the hills, that hideth shepherds from the wanton moon! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou low moaning fainting maids, that art caught up in the strong sobs of love! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou fleeting beam of delight, that lurkest within the spear-thrusts of dawn! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou golden wine of the sun, that art poured over the dark breasts of night! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou fragrance of sweet flowers, that art wafted over blue fields of air! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou mighty bastion of faith, that withstandest all the breachers of doubt! i adore thee, evoe! i adore

of the seas! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou unvintageable dew, that art moist upon the lips of the morn! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou silver crescent of love, that burnest over the dark helm of war! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou snow-white ram of the dawn, that art slain by the lion of the noon! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou crimson spear-point of life, that art thrust through the dark bowels of time! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou black waterspout of death, that whirlest, whelmest the tall ship of life! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou mighty chain of events, that art strained betwixt cosmos and chaos! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou towering eagre of lust, that art heaped up by the

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r tossed beyond space and time. my lord, my lord, even now i see thee there in infinite motion! and beyond there is the disk, the wheel of things; like a black boundless diamond whirring with millions of wings! olympas. master! marsyas. know also that above these portents hangs no veil of love; but, guarded by unsleeping eyes of twice seven score severities, the veil that only rips apart when the spear strikes to jesus' heart! a mighty guard of fire are they with sabres turning every way! their eyes are millstones greater than the earth; their mouths run seas of blood. woe be to that accurs d man of whom they are the iniquities! swept in their wrath's avenging flood to black immitigable seas! 24 woe to the seeker who shall fail to rend that vexful virgin veil! fashion thyself by austere cr

faith nor fear nor awe approach the doctrine of the law! truth, courage, love, shall win the bout, and those three others be cast out. olympas. lead me, master, by the hand gently to this gracious land! let me drink the doctrine in, an all-healing medicine! let me rise, correct and firm, steady striding to the term, master of my fate, to rise to imperial destinies; with the sun's ensanguine dart spear-bright in my blazing heart, and my being's basil-plant bright and hard as adamant! marsyas. yonder, faintly luminous, the yellow desert waits for us. lithe and eager, hand in hand, we travel to the lonely land. there, beneath the stars, the smoke of our incense shall invoke the queen of space; and subtly she shall bend from her infinity like a lambent flame of blue, touching us, and piercing

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en glancing up, he saw that after all he had overlooked something. in the infinite universe which he had constructed there was a tiny crack. a tiny, tiny crack. barely an inch of it. well, the matter was easily remedied. as it chanced, there was a dainty little spirit (with gossamer wings like a web of steel, and scarlet tissue of silk for his robes) flitting about, brandishing his tiny sword and spear in a thoroughly warlike manner "shun" said the great white spirit "by the right, dress "snappers, one pace forward, march "prepare to stop leak "stop leak" but the matter was not thus easily settled. after five hours' strenuous work, the little spirit was exhausted,and the hole apparently no nearer being filled than before. he returned to the great white spirit "beg pardon, sir" he said "but

ht on the great pyramid! euphemia["hides her head in his bosom] oh shame, shame! carr. not a bit of it! think of the infinite clearness of the night "the magical green of the sunset, the magical blue of the nile" the rising of the great globed moon- the stars starting from their fastnesses like sentries on the alarm- the isolation of our stance upon the summit- the faery distance of cairo and its spear-sharp minarets- and we- and we- euphemia. oh me! oh me! carr. shall i remind you- 221 euphemia. must "i" remind "you" carr. no; my memory is excellent. euphemia. of what you swore? carr. i swore at the granite for not being moss. euphemia. you swore to love me always. carr. the champagne at the mena house is not champagne; it is- the cork of it is labelled "good intentions" euphemia. then yo

st replaced the trappist cell by the court theatre! for this, i, who prefer the study to the theatre, forgive thee; for i love not the badger-reek of suburbia and bohemia in my nostrils. but for this also i praise thee, that lion-like thou turnest at last upon the jackal-crowd at thy heels. that ungainly dragon, the chesterbelloc, hast thou ridden against, 349 good st. george bernard shaw! with a spear thou hast pierced its side, and there floweth forth beer and water. turn also, gramercy, upon the others, even unto the lowest. as ibsen hawked at carrion birds with a wild duck, so do thou create some harpy to torment them. who is this that followeth thee? behold this mumbler born to butcher the english language, and educated to hack it with a saw! this stuttering babbler, this harpocrates

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ns his dark regards on single prints, on marks unique. sir palamede doth now attain unto a wide and grassy plain, whereon he spies the thing to seek. thereat he putteth spur to horse and runneth him a random course, the beast a-questing aye before. but praise to good sir palamede 'hath gotten him a fairy steed alike for venery and for war, so that in little drawing near the quarry, lifteth up his spear to run him of his malice through. 56 with that the beast hopes no escape, dissolveth all his lordly shape, splitteth him sudden into two. sir palamede in fury runs unto the nearer beast, that shuns the shock, and splits, and splits again, until the baffled warrior sees a myriad myriad swarms of these a-questing over all the plain. the good knight reins his charger in "now, by the faith of pa

his resounding curse- o fool of god! as if it mattered! so, nothing better, rather worse, out of the blue bliss of the pool came dripping that inveterate fool! 62 xxiii now still he holdeth argument "so grand a beast must house him well; hence, now beseemeth me frequent cathedral, palace, citadel" so, riding fast among the flowers far off, a gothic spire he spies, that like a gladiator towers its spear-sharp splendour to the skies. the people cluster round, acclaim "sir knight, good knight, thy quest is won. here dwells the beast in orient flame, spring-sweet, and swifter than the sun" sir palamede the saracen spurs to the shrine, afire to win the end; and all the urgent men throng with him eloquently in. sir palamede his vizor drops; he lays his loyal lance in rest; he drives the rowels h

omb! ye now the good knight is aware of some black force, of some dread throne, waiting beneath that awful stair, beneath that pit of slippery stone. yea! though he sees not anything, nor hears, his subtle sense is 'ware that, lackeyed by the devil-king, the beast- the questing beast- is there! so though his heart beats close with fear, though horror grips his throat, he goes, goes on to meet it, spear to spear, as good knight should, to face his foes. nay! but the end is come. black earth belches that peerless paladin up from her gulphs- untimely birth- her horror could not hold him in! 79 white as a corpse, the hero hails the dawn, that night of fear still shaking his body. all death's doubt assails him. was it sleep or was it waking "by god, i care not, i (quod he "or wake or sleep, or

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the" leader of the chorus "first the temple is lighted by two red lamps" probationers "chant the capricornus and aquarius sections from" 963 "while others wait without in darkness. red lights are then hidden within veil" brother capricornus "turns on the blue light "the temple being in darkness, and the assistants seated, let" brother capricornus "arise from his throne, and knock thrice with his spear- butt upon the floor" magister templi "in the shrine, with" mater coeli. capricornus. procul, o procul este profani["he performs the banishing ritual of the pentagram. he next lights the hell-broth and recites" even as the traitor's breath goeth forth, he perisheth by the secret sibilant word that is spoken unto death. even as the profane hand reacheth to the sacred sand, fire consumes him t

as croaked. aquarius. the owl has hooted. capricornus. the bat has flapped its wings. magister templi. then. lights [capricornus "switches on the blue glare" 1. brother aquarius, i scent danger. aquarius. 1. master, there are evil things abroad["to" capricornus] turn out the guard! capricornus. brethren, stand to your arms["all" probationers "rise and follow him. he pricks all assistants with his spear, inspects doors, etc] master, every man is vigilant at his post. there is no alarm. magister templi. 1. brother aquarius, i scent danger. aquarius. 1. master, there is a traitor within the gates["to" capricornus] inspect the garrison! capricornus. brethren, purify your hearts["he rises and looks into every eye. when he comes to" bro. capricornus emissarius "he hales him forth by the hair, be

er, every man is vigilant at his post. there is no alarm. magister templi. 1. brother aquarius, i scent danger. aquarius. 1. master, there is a traitor within the gates["to" capricornus] inspect the garrison! capricornus. brethren, purify your hearts["he rises and looks into every eye. when he comes to" bro. capricornus emissarius "he hales him forth by the hair, before the altar, and plunges his spear into him. he completes inspection. returns and bows to" magister templi] master, justice has been executed upon the traitor. only the faithful remain. magister templi. so perish all traitors [capricornus "extinguishes light["a pause" 11 part iii "darkness" aquarius["comes forward and kneels to" magister templi] master, we beseech thee to permit the ceremony to proceed. magister templi. there

t semper. all. amen. sphinx. fasting. hermanubis. song. typhon. feasting. c.i.c.t. grace. sphinx. music. hermanubis. dancing. typhon. love. c.i.c.t. the end. typhon "draws the veil" 43 the rite of mars officers brother sol in aries "white robe, white and gold nemmes, sceptre (mars) brother mars "red robe, sword (venus) sister scorpio "green robe, violin, sword (athena) brother aries "violet robe, spear (vulcan) brother capricornus "black robe, tom-tom, sword "a guard of" probationers "armed "mars is throned in the south, scorpio on his right, aries on his left. in the east is also a veil, behind which is sol in aries. in the north is capricornus, crouching, kept from the altar by the guard" 47 the rite of mars "charcoal in censer alight. no incense" brother sol "is concealed behind the vei

sil before" 50 mars "in procession headed by" scorpio, aries, capricornus] strike, strike the louder chord! draw, draw the flaming sword! crowned child and conquering lord! horus, avenger["all resume stations" brother aries, let us invoke the master of the battle. bro. aries["advances and kneels to" mars. mighty and terrible one, we beseech thee to lead us in the battle. here, by thy symbols, thy spear, the sword, and the drum, we pray thee to strengthen our arms and to defend our hearts. for we are thy chosen warriors, o thou master of the battle["silence" we now invoke thee, o ama-inanna, whom our brethren worshipped in the days of ancient babylon, great goddess of love and war, who made love and war to gilgames, the ruler of thine own city erech. we invoke thee, our mother, that thou en

dled against the rivers? was thy wrath kindled against the sea? that thou didst ride upon thy horses and thy chariots of salvation? 2. the mountains saw thee and they trembled. the deluge of water rolled by: the deep uttered his voice; and lifted up his hands on high. 3. the sun and the moon stood still in their habitations. at the light of thine arrows they went, at the shaking of thy glittering spear! 4. thou didst march through the land in thine indignation: thou didst thresh the heathen in thine anger. 5. thou didst march through the sea with thine horses: through the depth of the mighty waters [capricornus "starts up wildly and dances the dance of" mars [capricornus "falls on floor near his place" sor. scorpio. brother aries, let us crown the master of battles["they advance to altar"

ry is indeed won. bro. aries. brethren, the sun is arisen. let us depart in joy. 61 sor. scorpio. let us depart in love. mars. let us depart in peace["the officers leave the temple" mars "and" scorpio "escorting" sol "in" aries, aries "and" capricornus "following at the head of the guard of" probationers] 62 the rite of sol 63 officers sol "leopard skin. nemyss white-gold over white-sleeved robe. spear" aries "white robe, spear" leo "red robe, spear" satan-typhon "violet robe" scorpio-apophis "green robe" bez "black-robe" four probationers "sol is enthroned in the east; behind him is a black veil which conceals a great scarlet cross. before him is a second veil. he is supported by aries on the right, and leo on the left. the other officers are without the temple, in waiting. in presentatio

w veil. the throne has been cast down. on the black veil is a great red cross, whereon" sol "has been crucified. before him stands" satan-typhon "in the sign of apophis and typhon [aries "and" leo "fall as if slain" scorpio-apophis "plays her murder melody<adonis: waddell["meanwhile the" probationers "advance and under the direction of typhon, who stabs" sol "in the proper manner with the spear of" sol "take down" sol from the cross and lay him in the pastos. they cover it" besz "does his brutal demoniac dance upon the lid of the coffin" 73 "exeunt" omnis "exc" sol "this ends in complete darkness. silence. there is a flash of light, and the stage is shewn empty. only a glimmer remains. now" scorpio-apophis "steals on to the stage, and plays a low secret melody<
ign of a tortured lamb, in the realm of a sexless owl, i am set apart from the rest by meed of the mystic rune that reads in peril and pest the ambrosial moon- the moon! for under the tawny star that shines in the bull above i can rein the riotous car of galloping, galloping love; and straight to the steady ray of the lion-heart lord i career, pointing my flaming way with the spasm of night for a spear! o moon! o secret sweet! chalcedony clouds of caresses about the flame of our feet, the night of our terrible tresses! is it a wonder, then, if the people are mad with blindness, and nothing is stranger to men than silence, and wisdom, and kindness? nay! let him fashion an arrow whose heart is sober and stout! let him pierce his god to the marrow! let the soul of his god flow out! 117 whethe

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miya. it is achmet! it is good achmet! 87 laylah. the equerry of prince silman! out of the way, girl["she pushes" ledmiya "roughly from the window] booty! he must be well and victorious! bring him in! now we shall know- good tidings! good tidings["she paces up and down impatiently. enter" achmet "with a young girl" achmet. the duty of my lord! good tidings from the battle. the spoils of my lord's spear! he prays you to keep her among the women until he return and place her in his harem. laylah. a man! he is a man! i have borne a man-child, a lion, a conqueror! achmet. indeed, he has slain twenty christians with his own hand. and still he is in the front of the battle. he laughed "to-day i am a man, i need thee no more; by my chamberlain and carry this toy to my mother" i think she is a pri

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build as the mighty ones willed an altar of praise from beginning of days. thus doth it lie 'twixt the points of the sky for thus was it placed when the goddess embraced the horn'd one, her lord, who taught her the word that quickened the womb and conquered the tomb. be thus as of yore, the shrine we adore [kiss] the feast without fail, the life-giving grail [kiss] before it uprear the miraculous spear [touches own phallus] and invoke in this sign the goddess divine [kiss] thou who at noon of night doth reign queen of the starry realms above, not unto thee may we attain unless thine image be of love [kiss] by moon-ray's silver shaft of power, by green leaf breaking from the bud, by seed that springeth into flower, by life that courseth in the blood [kiss] by rushing wind and leaping fire

lowers, is placed before the altar. hps casts the circle and then stands before the cauldron, wand upraised. hp stands in north behind the altar; coven is in a circle, facing inwards, alternately man and woman. hps says: hps: great one of heaven, power of the sun, we invoke thee in thy ancient names- michael, balin, arthur, lugh, herne; come again as of old into this thy land. lift up thy shining spear of light to protect us. put to flight the powers of darkness. give us fair woodlands and green fields, blooming orchards and ripening corn. bring us to stand upon thy hill of vision, and show us the lovely realms of the gods. hps traces an invoking pentagram upon the hp with her wand. he comes desoil about the altar picking up his own wand and the scourge. he plunges the wand into the cauldr

flight the powers of darkness. give us fair woodlands and green fields, blooming orchards and ripening corn. bring us to stand upon thy hill of vision, and show us the lovely realms of the gods. hps traces an invoking pentagram upon the hp with her wand. he comes desoil about the altar picking up his own wand and the scourge. he plunges the wand into the cauldron and holds it up, saying: hp: the spear to the cauldron, the lance to the grail, spirit to flesh, man to woman, sun to earth. saluting hps with wand, he joins the coven in their circle. hps picks up a sprinkler and stands by the cauldron, saying: hps: dance ye about the cauldron of cerridwen, the goddess, and be ye blessed with the touch of this ccnsecrated water; even as the sun, the lord of life, ariseth in his strength in the s

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tates- 753- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust division c. seven esoteric stanzas*(304) stanza i (from archaic formulas. no. 49) path 1. the path of earth service. the dragon who hideth within the lowest of the sacred three ariseth in his might. in his mouth he holdeth the balances, and in the balances he weigheth the sons of men who upon the field of battle are impaled upon his spear. in the great balance upon which his eyes are fixed, one scale is veiled in fire of vivid green; the other hides itself behind a screen of red. those sons of men whose note responds not to the note of red enter the scale upon the right hand side. from thence they pass upon a path which dimly can be seen behind the dragon's form. this path is entered by a fourfold door. the sacred phrases of

d which riseth on the dragon's head above the point where gleams "the eye of fire" this eye of fire transmits a strong vibration from the triple lhas unto a centre in the adept's head. this when aroused, reveals the life that is, the form that shall be, and the work united of the two and four. these two are drawn together. their essence blends. the man who seeks this path is then impaled upon the spear and thrust within the fiery light which veils the balance. the mystic process then proceeds and..thus is the work of saturn seen, and thus the consummation is effected- 754- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust through saturn's fateful force the victor then is swiftly projected to the summit of the crest, and thence to that vibrating disk which guards the fourfold door of lum

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ed in alexandria (in egypt) with the utmost display. his image was carried with great solemnity to a tomb, which served the purpose of rendering him the last honours. before singing his return to life, there were mournful rites celebrated in honour of his suffering and his death. the large wound which he received was shown, just as the wound was shown which was made to christ by the thrust of the spear. the feast of his resurrection was fixed at the 25th of march."3 there is the same legend attached to the names of tammuz, to zoroaster, to esculapius. to the latter, ovid addressed the following words "hail, great physician of the world! all hail! hail, mighty infant who in years to come shall heal the nations and defraud the tomb. swift be thy growth, thy triumphs unconfined make kingdoms

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ation. this sign portrays to us man, an ambitious animal in two senses of the word: in the early stage upon the mutable cross, man, the blend of desire (water) and the animal nature (earth, and upon the reversed wheel, man, the blend of soul and form. it gives us the picture also of the triumphant initiate, the "unicorn of god" the symbol of the unicorn, with its one horn out-thrust like a single spear upon his brow instead of the two horns of the scavenging goat. it is interesting to study the three signs in which the animals have horns: aries, the downturned horns of the ram, signifying the coming into manifestation, the involutionary cycle and the experience of the cardinal cross as it expresses the will-to-manifest of god. taurus, the up-turned horns of the bull with the circle below

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. key the second lies across the threshold, over the heap of thorns. from the centres in the feet must pour the blood that dissolves all hindrances. in the bloodstained feet and the nail-marked hands lies hid the secret. seek you them. then door the second will open to your touch. key the third lies half way up. just at the level of the heart that key is seen. before it can be seized and used the spear must pierce and thus the blood pour forth, cleansing and making whole. only those thus purified can grasp the key and pass through door the third. an occult message the key is found; and with the pressure of the hands in service of the light and with a beating heart of love, that key is turned. the door swings wide open. with hasty feet the one who hastens towards the light enters that doors

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the blood-red cattle before him, hercules turned his face toward the sacred city. not far had he gone when he perceived a distant cloud of dust that rapidly grew larger. surmising that the monster geryon had come in mad pursuit, he turned to face his foe. soon geryon and hercules stood face to face. breathing fire and flame from all three heads at once, the monster came upon him. geryon hurled a spear at hercules that almost hit its mark. stepping agilely aside, hercules evaded the deadly shaft. stretching taut his bow, hercules let fly an arrow that seemed to burn the air as he released it, and struck the monster squarely in the side. with such great impetus had it been shot that all three bodies of fierce geryon were pierced. with a shrill, despairing groan, the monster swayed, then fel

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

3 a far more explicit description is provided in the perfect feast invocation: atop the swirling waves of the ocean in the intermediate space, amid the body parts and corpses of enemies, the violence demon tsi marwa (tsi dmar ba) whistles violently. his face is gathered in a wrathful grimace and his upper teeth gnaw his lower lip. he is endowed with the marks of a hero. he brandishes a red silken spear in his right hand. with his left hand he holds the lasso of the might demons, which shines like the rays of the sun. he throws it as fast as lightning and gathers the life-energy of the enemy. with the fourth finger of his right hand he spins the red lasso. on his right he carries a tiger-skin quiver and on his left a leopard-skin bow case. he rides a black horse with white heels. on his hea

t hand. he carries in his left hand a copper lasso that he throws at his enemies. he plagues his enemies with magical delusions [3] the serpentine might demon has a terrifying dark red body color and wears clear boots and garments. he wears a belt of malicious snakes. he has a tiger-skin quiver on his right and a leopard-skin bow case on his left. he rides a yellow tiger and brandishes a red iron spear with his right hand. he carries a lasso of poisonous snakes in his left hand. he plagues his enemies with magical delusions [4] the knife might demon has a terrifying red body color and wears fur-lined red robes. he has a tiger-skin quiver on his right and a leopard-skin bow case on his left. he brandishes a red leather spear in his right hand and a lasso of might demon intestines in his lef

ing the circle of protection 2.2. the great violence demon accomplishment cycle based on the outer propitiations 2.21. a. introduction: the four stages b. first stage [summon] by means of the outer offerings 2.22. second stage [summon] by means of the inner cane whip 2.23. third stage [summon] by means of secret life stone and life wheel 2.24. a. fourth stage [summon] by means of the ultimate red spear lasso b. secret text 74 2.25. colophon 2.3. s.dhana of violence demon offerings 2.4. violence demon invocation and history 2.5. terma entrusting the warlord s life-energy to tamdrin the first part is the tantra itself and the remainder of the text consists of the accompanying s.dhanas. the title page consists of the title of the tantra as well as the title of the entire text. this overarchin

8, pp. 174, 491; tucci 1988, p. 191; gyatso 1998, p. 70; and karmay 1998a for more on life stones. 80 life-energy of the deity to ensure his cooperation. by building these objects and consecrating them as the items they represent, the performer is able to bring the deity under his control. from this point, specific tasks can be assigned. 2.24. a. fourth stage [summon] by means of the ultimate red spear lasso b. secret text the fourth stage, the ultimate red spear lasso, commands tsiu marpo and his riders to destroy all the enemies of the practitioner, in keeping with tsiu marpo s primary purpose described in chapter 3 of this study. this command is accompanied by the creation of a ritual red spear with the mantras of the previous stage inscribed on it. here the central goal is revealed: ts

hes in this ensemble are indicative of the possessing deity and also include various weapons associated with that deity. for instance, oracles channeling a might demon, such as tsiu marpo, wear the garments associated with might demons (btsan chas. this attire is predominantly red and includes a heavy crown with five small skulls attached to it.175 likewise, the accompanying weapons include a red spear (btsan mdung dmar) and a red lasso (zhags dmar, the weapons closely associated with tsiu marpo and might demons, as explored in chapter 2. another important item that oracles particularly state oracles wear is a small shield with a seed syllable (sa bon) inscribed on it that hangs around the neck and rests upon the chest of the oracle. seed syllables are single syllables of great power; as s

accomplishment cycle based on the outer propitiations (315.2-320.1) 1. a. introduction: the four scrolls (315.2-315.4) b. first stage [summon] by means of the outer offerings (315.4-315.6) 2. second stage [summon] by means of the inner cane whip (315.6-316.4) 3. third stage [summon] by means of secret life stone and life wheel (316.4-317.3) 4. a. fourth stage [summon] by means of the ultimate red spear lasso (317.3-318.3) b. secret text (318.3-319.6) colophon (319.6-320.1) c. s.dhana of violence demon offerings (320.1-322.6) d. violence demon invocation and history (322.6-328.5) e. terma entrusting the warlord s life-energy to tamdrin (328.5-332) 153 title page (299 [299] thus called "the warlord s tantra with accompanying liturgy" samaya. the seven-chaptered heart tantra of the red-razore

ne s own life force is interrupted [when] one expels outward, they harm all beings. therefore, offer this as the basis of the effigy. this is the fourth chapter, which is the mantra from the tantra of the great king of the violence demons, the red-razored one. translation "o. lotus moon,373 great wrathful tamdrin alas alas h. pha. o. on the hearts374 of the man-eating demons h. h. the hard single spear of .uyagr.va375 ja. ja. o. impure meat.376 ja slay the heart. slay those gathered to kill themselves. the heart s blood dun dun.377 might demons ja laya. cut the flesh and life-energy laya. cut the flesh and life-breath laya [say] three times quickly bhyo! bhyo! where378 you release the parcel, there will you release. release into the moving river [or] release into equal water. wind, earth

glorious tamdrin! the violence demons, the seven emanating riders, give as offerings the forms of their own essential life-energies. by means of the outer propitiations, the vow-holders assemble like clouds; by means of the inner cane whip, the vow-holders follow like dogs; by means of the secret life stone and life wheel, the vow-holders are lured like children; and by means of the ultimate red spear lasso, enemies and hindering demons are completely struck down; and those are the four scrolls. these are the profound sections of the heart. 1b. first stage [summon] by means of the outer offerings (315.4-315.6) by means of the first propitiation offerings, pure golden beverages and turquoise beverages, and pure foods are blessed by the six mantras and six mudras for the image. when the hau

aking thus, one [completes] the third procedure of the essence of the oral instruction, offering the heart of the vow[-holder s] life-energy. samaya. rgya rgya rgya. 443 1. gold (gser, 2. silver (dngul, 3. turquoise (g.yu, 4. coral (byu ru, and 5. pearl (mu tig. 444 the main beam of a building. 445 the blood of a person killed by a knife. 168 4a. fourth stage [summon] by means of the ultimate red spear lasso (317.3-318.3 "homage to glorious tamdrin! regarding the methods of the vow-violators, the enemies and hindering demons, being completely struck down by means of the red spear lasso; fasten with a copper spike a whip of bamboo, pine, or cane produced from red rock and without the tip and bottom of an arm-length iron knife; make red with knife-blood and vermillion; and offer good ornamen

of an arm-length iron knife; make red with knife-blood and vermillion; and offer good ornaments and calculations. within that, write [words] derived from the life wheel and mantra tantra with knife blood and vermillion. i supplicate to be associated [with the deity] like the body and the shadow. completely strike down my wrathful enemies! samaya. rgya rgya rgya" speak thus, and on the top of the spear write the glorious tamdrin mantra. on the bottom of the spear write the three words bod,446 rbad,447 bsad;448 and on the surface of a pha wang [long bu] stone within the iron of the spear write [the syllable] tri [318] with human skin, wrap into a roll a ma..ala of the life stone, and on a banner of red silk write the life wheel; in addition to that, with the eight classes [of demons] surrou

black serpents495 dazzles and flashes.496 the tiger-skin quiver on the right is vivid.497 the leopard-skin bow case on the left flashes.498 they cast the painful sickness of the might demons toward the enemy [324] they brandish red leather shields.499 the right hand throws the lasso of the might demon toward the enemy. it seizes like a sheep the vow-violator who is apprehended. on the red leather spear of the left hand a banner of red silk flutters and waves.500 the lasso of the might demon is thrown at the enemy. they lead behind a storm of copper. in great whistling songs they assume a name in sanskrit. the great violence demon is tsiu mar. he is called the dharma king in tibet. he is the king of rulers and warrior gods. complete the actions which entrust the life that guards the sacred

displays by means of knives. bhyo! also, regarding the brigands of the might demons; the serpentine might demon of the covered yard [has] a terrifying dark red body color and [wears] clear boots and clothes on his body. he wears a belt of malicious snakes. he has a tiger-skin quiver on the right and a leopard-skin bow case on the left. he rides a yellow tiger as a mount. he brandishes a red iron spear with his right hand. he carries a lasso of poisonous snakes with his left hand. he sends to the enemy magical displays by means of knives. bhyo! also, regarding the brigands of the might demons; the knife might demon of the red rock valley [has] a terrifying red body and wears a fur-lined red robe on his body. he has a tiger-skin quiver on the right and a leopard-skin bow case on the left. h

he carries a lasso of poisonous snakes with his left hand. he sends to the enemy magical displays by means of knives. bhyo! also, regarding the brigands of the might demons; the knife might demon of the red rock valley [has] a terrifying red body and wears a fur-lined red robe on his body. he has a tiger-skin quiver on the right and a leopard-skin bow case on the left. he brandishes a red leather spear in his right hand. he brandishes a lasso of might demon intestines in his left hand. he rides a red donkey with a white upper belly as a mount. he sends to the enemy magical displays by means of knives. bhyo! also, regarding the brigands of the might demons [326] the obstacle might demon, the black-headed heron [has] a completely terrifying blue-green body color. he wears a big robe of black

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, raphael, surgal and uriel who denounced to the lord god those of their brethren who were said to have pried into the divine mysteries and taught them to men: by this means they themselves escaped a like punishment. michael was commissioned to fight the dragon, and so was karttikeya, and under the same circumstances. both are "leaders of the celestial host" both virgins, both "leaders of saints "spear-holders (saktidhara, etc, etc. karttikeya is the original of michael and st. george, as surely as indra is the prototype of karttikeya[[vol. 2, page] 383 the gods, the facets of one gem. to indra, karttikeya, and even kasyapa-aditya, and at the same time to michael (as the angelic form of jehovah) the "angel of the sun" who is "like" and "one with, god" later ingenious interpretations for mo

s once more killed by st. george, who also is a dragon slayer; but see the transformations of this. samael is identical with the simoom, the hot wind of the desert, or again with the vedic demon of drought, as vritra "simoom is called atabutos" or- diabolos, the devil. typhon, or the dragon aphophis- the accuser in the "book of the dead- is worsted by horus, who pierces his opponent's head with a spear; and typhon is the all-destroying wind of the desert, the rebellious element that throws everything into confusion. as set- he is the darkness of night, the murderer of osiris, who is the light of day and the sun. archaeology demonstrates that horus is identical with anubis* whose effigy was discovered upon an egyptian monument, with a cuirass and a spear, like michael and st. george. anubis

eek relation with the 600 years of naros is well-known. a six-rayed star (double triangle) a swastica, a six and occasionally seven-pointed crown is on his brow; the peacock's tail represents the sidereal heavens; and the twelve signs of the zodiac are hidden on his body; for which he is also called dwadasa kara("the twelve-handed, and dwadasaksha "twelve-eyed" it is as sakti-dhara, however, the "spear-holder" and the conqueror of taraka "taraka-jit" that he is shown most famous. the years of the naros, being (in india) counted in two ways- either "100 years of the gods (divine years- or 100 mortal years- one can see the tremendous difficulty for the non-initiated in comprehending correctly this cycle, which plays such an important part in st. john's revelation. it is the truly apocalyptic

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the seventh spirit, the last emanated from the "mother" appears as the first divine human form distinctly male and female. it was the seventh creation, as in the puranas, wherein man is the seventh creation of brahma. these, tsanagi-tsanami, descended into the universe by the celestial bridge (the milky way, and "tsanagi, perceiving far below a chaotic mass of cloud and water, thrust his jewelled spear into the depths, and dry land appeared" then the two separated to explore onokoro, the newly-created island-world; etc, etc (omoie[[vol. 1, page] 218 the secret doctrine. such are the japanese exoteric fables, the rind that conceals the kernel of the same one truth of the secret doctrine. turning back to the esoteric explanations in every cosmogony (d) the third order corresponds to the atma

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hold. then at the noise of the wind of thy coming he was dissolved away, and the abyss of the great void was unfolded before me. 38. across the waveless sea of eternity thou didst ride with thy captains and thy hosts; with thy chariots and horsemen and spearmen didst thou travel through the blue. liber lxv 87 39. before i saw thee thou wast already with me; i was smitten through by thy marvellous spear. 40. i was stricken as a bird by the bolt of the thunderer; i was pierced as the thief by the lord of the garden. 41. o my lord, let us sail upon the sea of blood! 42. there is a deep taint beneath the ineffable bliss; it is the taint of generation. 43. yea, though the flower wave bright in the sunshine, the root is deep in the darkenss of earth. 44. praise to thee, o beautiful dark earth, t

ere is none to behold thee, o thou who beholdest all! 59. thou dost faint, thou dost fail, thou scribe; cried the desolate voice; but i have filled thee with a wine whose savour thou knowest not. 60. it shall avail to make drunken the people of the old gray sphere that rolls in the infinite far-off; they shall lap the wine as dogs that lap the blood of a beautiful courtesan pierced through by the spear of a swift rider through the city. 61. i too am the soul of the desert; thou shalt seek me yet again in the wilderness of sand. 62. at thy right hand a great lord and a comely; at thy left hand a woman clad in gossamer and gold and having the stars in her hair. ye shall journey far into a land of pestilence and evil; ye shall encamp in the river of a foolish city forgotten; there shall ye me

sword smote out before them, and the worm hope writhed in its death-agony under their feet. 36. even as their rapture shore asunder the visible hope, so also the fear invisible fled away and was no more. 37. o ye that are beyond aormuzdi and ahrimanes! blessed are ye unto the ages. 38. they shaped doubt as a sickle, and reaped the flowers of faith for their garlands. 39. they shaped ecstasy as a spear, and pierced the ancient dragon that sat upon the stagnant water. 40. then the fresh springs were unloosed, that the folk athirst might be at ease. 41. and again i was caught up into the presence of my lord adonai, and the knowledge and conversation of the holy one, the angel that guardeth me. 42. o holy exalted one, o self beyond self, o self- luminous image of the unimaginable naught, o my

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irth to abel, and later to seth. 2. cain gathered the fruits of all seed-bearing plants. but abel made spears for hunting and brought meat to eve and young seth. and the sons quarreled over the leadership of the clan, after human lost the use of one arm. then cain lived in great fear, for abel was a stealthy hunter who could kill without warning in the wilderness. so cain killed abel with his own spear as he rested in the camp. they buried abel, and human found support from eve beside him. so eve brought human a flaming branch, to wield in his good hand, and they approached cain together. now cain started away towards the wilderness, but human commanded him to return after twenty years, so that they should not lose another son forever. cain cried that they would not remember him, but eve s

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size, clay model of a bison was made, then attacked and "killed. then a hunt of the real bison should also end in a kill. religio-magickal ritual 1 2/ buckland's complete book of witchcraft was born when one of the cavemen threw on a skin and antlered mask and played the part of the hunting god, directing the attack. there are, still in existence, cave paintings of such rituals, together with the spear-stabbed clay models of bison and bear. it is interesting to see how this form of sympathetic magick survived right through to relatively modern times. the penobscot indians, for example, less than a hundred years ago, wore deer masks and horns when performing rituals for the same purpose. the mandan indians' buf-falo dance is another example. along with this god of hunting there was a goddes

ples of magick you would do during the waning cycle of the moon. lesson three tools, clothing and names working tools the working tools are dictated by the tradition to which you belong. in gardnerian, for example, there are eight working tools which include athame (knife, sword, wand, scourge, cords, white-handled knife and pentacle. in the saxon tradition there are fewer: seax (knife, sword and spear. if you are creating your own denomination then you can decide for yourself which to have and which not to have. all tools, after they have been made, are ritually cleansed and purified before use, to remove any negative vibrations. they are then personally charged and consecrated. details for this are given next lesson. for now, as you finish making each tool, wrap it in a piece of clean, w

hree times, then switch so that the original senders are now recievers and vice versa. youll be amazed at how similar many of the pictures are (see figure 12.7) outdoor games there are many outdoor games that can be adopted for coven use. one is to suspend a barrel hoop (or make a large hoop of cardboard) on a rope, from a tree and to set it swinging. the witches then take turns trying to throw a spear through the hoop, from various distances. another popular pastime is target archery. an interesting "game" is dowsing. let someone hide a quarter somewhere in/on the ground (or in the house, if inside. tape another quarter to a forked stick, as a "witness, and try to find the hidden one. several people can search at the same time. pendulums can also be used (see lesson eight. the quarter goe

ou may never be strong. be strong and so you shall remain. but if you be weak; then must you think strong; for thought is the deed. and thinking strong you can then hunt and kill and eat. thus, thinking strong, you are strong and you move. thought brings not the food, but thought doth bring the means to acquire the food. so be it! strength to the strong! strength to the weak! may the arm lift the spear. may the arm hurl the stone. may the arm thrust the javelin. may there be strength, always. so mote it be" sit quietly meditating on the wonderful good health enjoyed and to be enjoyed by the petitioner. sit thus for ten to fifteen minutes. then extinguish the flames, in the reverse order to the way they were lit. repeat this ritual every friday for seven successive fridays, each time moving

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hes, i.e, the "look-out" and hu, and the fifth is the steersman kherp. on the high prow of the sektet boat hangs an object which is said to be a carpet by some, and a reed mat by others, and on the side, near the curve of the prow, is an utchat. in front of the boat march- 1. the two goddesses maat, the one representing the south of egypt, and the other the north. 2. the god nekent-f, who holds a spear, or knife, in his left hand. 3. the god khenti amentet, bearded, and in mummy form, and wearing the white crown and the menat. 4. the god sekhet, or as it is written here sekhmet, lioness-headed. 5. the god sehetch-ur, ram-headed. 6. four terms, the first of which is called ut-metu-ra, p. 5 the second ut-metu-tem, the third ut-metu-khepera, and the fourth ut-metu-asar. 7. the leader of the c

t and the other to the left click to view (left) shemerti (center) the serpent thes-hrau (right) hert-erment. within the curve is a large hawk, which bears the, name of heru-khenti. 1 3. a boat, wherein lies at full length the serpent ankh-ta. p. 210 click to view the serpent ankh-ta. 4. four male figures, each of which has a disk in place of a head; each grasps in his right hand an arrow, with a spear-shaped head, which rests on his shoulder, and is pointed downwards; their names are- 1. tepthra. 2. shesera. 3. te-mau. 4. utu. 5. four bearded, human-headed figures, each of which has in his right hand a short spear, which rests p. 211 on his shoulder, and is pointed upwards; their names are- 1. setu. 2. ertau. 3. khesefu. 4. sekennu. click to view setu. ertau. khesefu. sekennu. click to vi

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his way it always has a positive influence. you might also like to make a larger pentacle for holding the tiny cakes for the cakes and ale ceremony. you can find special recipes for these cakes in books i have suggested on page 301, but any tiny honey cakes will serve well. the wand the wand is a symbol of fire and should be placed in the south of the altar. the wand is sometimes represented by a spear. both the wand and spear, like the athame and sword, are male symbols. the spear, another fire symbol, is not used in magick, except occasionally in the form of a sharpened stick in sacred sex rites, when it is plunged into the cauldron or the chalice as a symbol of the sacred union of earth and sky, water and fire. the wand is traditionally a thin piece of wood about 50 centimetres (21 inch

CHIREAU YVONNE BLACK MAGIC RELIGION AND THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CONJURING TRADITION

that figure had increased to one in ten.a total of fifty-one. this count did not include the vast number of unaffiliated spiritualists who operated house altars and served as advisors, whose number was said to be more than a hundred in the district on the eve of the second world war. on the early presence of spiritual congregations in chicago, see drake and cayton, black metropolis, p. 642; alan spear, black chicago: the making of a negro ghetto, 1890.1920 (chicago: university of chicago press, 1967, pp. 175.77. for other metropolitan areas, see edith [lockley] white, the spiritualist sect in nashville (new york: vintage books, 1970, p. 27; claude mckay, harlem: negro metropolis (new york: e. p. dutton, 1940, pp. 73.85. on the historical origins of he movement, see hans baer, the black sp

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t be, and you must never hurry any part of this. take your time and really get deeply involved in every detail. now you return to the center, and face the altar. hold your hands out toward it, and slowly approach it, kneeling once at the eastern edge of the circle, which is also a tip of the triangle. as you kneel, cross your hands on your chest. say, silently "you chewed off the goat's tail; the spear-leek grew in the print of your hoof. you gave the serpent's gift to the foremother and forefather of us all you came from above, and rule over a kingdom below, bless me, deliverer whose flesh and blood i have always eaten" now comes the fun part. standing, you begin to go in a counterclockwise steady pace around the circle, but you must chant something as you do- a quaint thing someone taugh

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that allowed the world wars to happen. for the second time in forty-five years both 'left' and 'right' had been manipulated into conflict with the most devastating and horrific effect. sadly, the same childish responses continue to this day. sources 1 donovan, the universal soldier (pye records, london, 1965. written by buffy st marie. 2 quoted in several books, including trevor ravenscroft's the spear of destiny (corgi, london, 1974) p106 3 ernst hanfstaengl, hitler- the missing years (london, 1957) 116..and the truth shall set you free 4 carroll quigley, the anglo-american establishment, p275 5 house of lords, february 1938; chatham house, march 24th 1938. the anglo-american establishment, p279-281 6 ibid p284 7 the anglo-american establishment, p285 8 gertrude elias, briefing paper for

ng, of the edelweiss society, a black sect which believed in the nordic master race (melchedekans. hess worshipped hitler as the messiah, although how he could do this when the fiihrer was hardly blue eyed and blond haired, is not clear. hitler had the same problem in equating the two, but he would have found some ridiculous explanation for it, i'm sure. another hitler obsession was the so called spear of destiny, the weapon alleged to have been use to pierce the side of y'shua (jesus) at the crucifixion. he stole what was claimed to be the spear when the nazis annexed austria in 1938, and it was taken to nuremberg. the legend says that whoever has the spear and decodes its secrets will have control of the world for good or evil. the one that hitler stole is now in the hofburg museum in vi

e has been used by some of her 'followers' for purposes of manipulation. 3 quoted by francis king in satan and swastika (mayflower books, london, 1976) 4 quoted by j.h. brennan in occult reich (futura, london, 1974) and by francis king in satan and swastika 5 verses from the book of the law. quoted by george c. andrews in extra-terrestrials among us, pl59-160 6 quoted by trevor ravenscroft in the spear of destiny, p106 7 alan bullock, hitler, a study in tyranny (pelican books, london, 1960) 8 hermann rauschning, hitler speaks (london, 1939) 9 ibid 10 j.h. brennan, occult reich 11 rudolph hess was supposed to have been kept at spandau prison until his death in 1987. but dr ewen cameron, who became a cia 'mind doctor, said that the cia chief, allen dulles, told him that the 'hess' in spandau

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infants were often impaled on the stake forced through their mothers' chests. the records indicate that victims were sometimes impaled so that they hung upside down on the stake. death by impalement was slow and painful. victims sometimes endured for hours or days. dracula had the stakes arranged in various geometric patterns and the most common was a ring of concentric circles. the height of the spear indicated the rank of the victim, an excellent indication of the ritual-obsessed reptilian mind. the decaying corpses were often left there for months. it was once reported that an invading turkish army turned back in fright when it encountered thousands of rotting corpses impaled on the banks of the danube. in 1461 mohammed ii, the conqueror of constantinople, a man not noted for his squeam

vine high priest who died for the salvation of the chaldeans, his chosen people; he was sacrificed and descended into the underworld and he will return in a "second coming" to establish a new heaven and a new earth. almost exactly what the christians say about jesus. james churchward says, incidentally, that the chaldeans were a "sect, not a "people. the scandinavian legend says that balder had a spear of mistletoe thrust into him by hod, a blind god. the christians say jesus had a spear thrust into him by the blind centurion, longinus. the ides of march, or march 15th, was the day devoted to hod by the ancients and this is the same day the serpent cult leaders of the christian church chose as the feast day of the "blessed longinus"!6 the obsession that hitler and the nazis had with posses

istletoe thrust into him by hod, a blind god. the christians say jesus had a spear thrust into him by the blind centurion, longinus. the ides of march, or march 15th, was the day devoted to hod by the ancients and this is the same day the serpent cult leaders of the christian church chose as the feast day of the "blessed longinus"!6 the obsession that hitler and the nazis had with possessing the "spear of destiny" relates to its association with their god, balder or baldur. hitler thought that the true spear was the one owned by the shape-shifting habsburg family in austria, which had formerly been in the possession of charlemagne of the reptilian bloodline. he believed that anyone who possessed it would be invincible, but it didn't seem to help him much after he stole it from the habsburg

which had formerly been in the possession of charlemagne of the reptilian bloodline. he believed that anyone who possessed it would be invincible, but it didn't seem to help him much after he stole it from the habsburgs during the annexation of austria. also, the "holy grail" of the arthur stories is supposed to be the vessel that caught the blood of jesus after he was pierced in the side by the spear- the "serpent" blood, in fact, of "balder, the legendary martyred hero of the serpent cult or illuminati. the term illuminati or illuminated ones links with balder's name of loki. this became lucifer "the light bringer, waddell says. jesus is said to be the "light of the world. the jewish father-son was also depicted sometimes as an ass-headed man crucified on a tree. balder, tammuz, and jes

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blind roman centurioncalled longinus and some of the blood of jesus fell on his eyes and cured his blindness.longinus was converted and spent the rest of his life breaking up pagan idols. yeah,sure he did. centurions were not blind and could not have done their job if they were,and once again we find this story is a repeat from earlier versions. the scandinaviansaviour, balder, son of odin, had a spear of mistletoe thrust into him by hod, a god whowas blind. march 15th, the ides of march, was when many pagan saviours also died.this day was devoted to hod and later became a christian feast day to the blessedlonginus!30 youve got to laugh, really.the symbol of the fish is a theme throughout the gospel stories and this is symbolicof nimrod/tammuz, the father-son, of babylon. another reason fo

on. hisinfluence was colossal. he was the grand master of the rosicrucians in england, amajor force in the creation of freemasonry, the father of modern science, and thepossible author of the shakespeare plays. he was also a member of a secret societycalled the order of the helmet, dedicated to the worship of the goddess of wisdom,pallas athene, who was portrayed as wearing a helmet and holding a spear.8 researchersand investigators like manly p. hall, the renowned freemasonic historian, have littledoubt that bacon was born from a liaison between queen elizabeth i, the virgin queen,and her lover robert dudley, the earl of leicester.9 he was brought up by nicholas andanne bacon and would become the most influential man in the country, overtly andcovertly, with the title of viscount of st al

plugged him socompletely into the reptilian frequency. from now on, hitlers power to attract supportgrew rapidly. eckart wrote to a friend in 1923:follow hitler! he will dance, but it is i who have called the tune. we have given him themeans of communication with them. do not mourn for me; i shall have influenced historymore than any other german.13another of hitlers obsessions was the so-called spear of destiny, the weapon allegedto have been used to pierce the side of jesus at the crucifixion. he stole what is claimedto be the spear when the nazis annexed austria in 1938 and it was taken to nuremberg.the legend says that whoever has this spear and decodes its secrets will have control of theworld for good or evil. the one that hitler stole is now in the hofburg museum in vienna,where th

do so,can the reptile-aryan-nazi mentality maintain its power over planet earth.258 sources1quoted by j. h. brennan in occult reich (futura, london, 1974) and by francis king in satanand swastika (mayflower books, london, 1976).2 verses from the book of the law. quoted by george c. andrews in extraterrestrials among us,pp 159-160.3the illuminati formula, p 19.4quoted by trevor ravenscroft in the spear of destiny (samuel weiser, maine, usa, 1973, p106.5alan bullock, hitler, a study in tyranny (pelican books, london, 1960).6hermann rauschning, hitler speaks (london, 1939).7ibid.8rudolph hess was supposed to have been kept at spandau prison until his death in 1987. butdr ewen cameron, who became a cia mind doctor, said that the cia chief, allen dulles, toldhim that the hess in spandau was a

omb of st peter beneaththe basilica at the v atican. the congress building is a temple to a secret society which,under many names, originates in the ancient world. within the washington street plan,centred on capitol hill and the white house, are astrological symbols (which relateexactly to where certain constellations appear in the sky, hexagrams, satanicpentagrams, squares, a masonic compass, a spear of destiny, a skull and bones andscores of others. for more information and illustrations i strongly recommend anexcellent book by charles l. westbrook jr called the talisman of the united states,signature of the invisible brotherhood. roads in washington relate to the points wherethe sun rises at the winter and summer solstice, just as the ancient mounds, temples and357stone circles like st

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re listed as the following, aeshma, akoman, nanghaithya, tawrich, savar, andar and zarich. the daevas were authored or created by ahriman as in suggestion of the zurvan myth. these are so-called evil spirits who chose the intellect and individual will as opposed to servitude and conformity. aeshma is the original form of asmodeus, a daeva of ahriman. this demon is known as the one of the wounding spear and was a patron of war and strife. asmodeus along with savar, who is called the leader of devs, both are the controllers under ahriman of the dryvants, who are known as storm fiends. here 10 the book of thoth, aleister crowley 11 we once again find reference to the adversary through sorcerous will controlling storms and the more unfriendly aspects of nature. andar according to luciferian lo

triple goddess, or hecate lilith. she is maiden, whore and hag and her number is three just as the points of the triangle. lilith holds intensive wisdom of magick and such along with her mate, samael, is her gift to those children who recognize and identify with her nature. asmodeus the great demon king is a powerful spirit who was first presented in zoroastrian lore as aeshma of the wounding 27 spear, a war and fiery daeva. the hebrew ashmedai is one who gained a very high rank among the original angels, asmodeus was according to lore a seraphim, one of the highest ranks of angels. it is suggested in other hebrew lore that asmodeus was born from the demoness naamah and the fallen angel shamdon. asmodeus and samael were said to have had strife over one spirit of lilith. this is the waning

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eness of all that is in the geburah phase of its development. but, equally, we must remember that civilisation rests upon nature as a building rests upon its foundations, wherein is concealed the sanitation so necessary to health. 13. whenever there is anything that has outlived its usefulness, geburah must wield the pruning-knife; wherever there is selfishness, it must find itself impaled on the spear-point of geburah; wherever there is violence against the mystical qabala page 121 [page 178] weak, or the merciless use of strength, it is the sword of geburah, not the orb of chesed, that is the most effectual counteractant; wherever there is sloth and dishonesty, geburah's sacred scourge is needed; and where there is a removal of the landmarks set for our neighbour's protection, it is the

s is clearly indicated in the yetziratic text, which says of hod that it has its root in the hidden places of gedulah, the fourth sephirah. 43. realising, then, the intimate relationship between the diagonal pairs that form the four corners of the central square [page 186] of the tree, we understand the linked relationship indicated by the form of the rose with its five petals. 44. the sword, the spear, the scourge, and the chain are all such characteristic weapons of mars that no comment is called for. 45. the four fives of the tarot pack are all evil cards, each according to its type. in fact, the five suit of swords, which is under the presidency of mars, represents contentiousness. for its best aspects are "rest from strife" and "success after struggle" and where a sword card is associ

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imes have i been ready to leap, and for fear have missed. and a thousand times am i baulked by them of the city of the pyramids, that set snares for my feet. more knowledge have i than the most high, but my will is broken, and my fierceness is marred by fear, and i must speak, speak, speak, millions of mad voices in my brain. with a heart of furious fancies, whereof i am commander, with a burning spear and a horse of air to the wilderness i wander (the idea was to keep the scribe busy writing, so as to spring upon him. for, while the scribe talked, choronzon had thrown sand into the circle, and filled it up. but choronzon could not think fast and continuously, and so resorted to the device of quotation. the scribe had written two or three words of "tom o'bedlam" when choronzon sprang withi

EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD PAPYRUS OF ANI MALESTROM

of ra and isis "ra in heaven and upon earth" now, behold, each day ra entered at the head of his holy mariners and established himself upon the throne of the two horizons. the holy one had grown old, he dribbled at the mouth, his spittle fell upon the earth, and his slobbering dropped upon the ground. and isis kneaded it with earth in her hand, and formed thereof a sacred serpent in the form of a spear; she set it not upright before her face, but let it lie upon the ground in the path whereby the great god went forth, according to his heart's desire, into his double kingdom. now the holy god arose, and the gods who followed him as though he were pharaoh went with him; and he came forth according to his daily wont; and the sacred serpent bit him. the flame of life departed from him, and he

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this comparatively short distance, and it rested with us whether we should advance any farther toward the enemy. this expanse of plain was a bed of sand that pulsated in the intolerable sunlight. it was ridged and hummocky in many places, having been thus twisted and flirted about by the gusts of wind that sometimes played pranks with the mobile stuff. not so much as a shrivelled cactus or yellow spear of grass showed; it was a scene of horrible waste and desolation from which one would shrink as from the core of death valley itself. vikka checked his pony directly at my side, and we peered across the fiery waste at the cool-looking spur in the distance. the sweat on our animals was baked dry. how we stood it is beyond my comprehension, but a man can become accustomed almost to anything. a

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ca. 250 b.c.e, where he attempts to cause trouble between the ashtabula poltergeist encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 94 tobias and his wife, sarah. jewish legends claim that asmodeus was the result of a union between the woman naamah and a fallen angel. asmodeus was often represented in magical texts as having three heads.a man, a bull, and a ram, riding a dragon, and carrying a spear. directions for evoking this demon are contained in the well-known magical textbook the magus; or, celestial intelligencer by francis barrett (1801. sources: barrett, francis. the magus. london, 1801. reprint, new hyde park, n.y: university books, 1967. aspidomancy a little-known form of divination practiced in the indies. according to the seventeenth-century writer pierre de lancre, the div

c. hammond s the pilgrimage of thomas payne and others to the seventh circle (new york, 1852. the book contained 250 octavo pages. it was begun at the end of december 1851 and completed february 1 of the next year. the following year judge john w. edmonds s and george t. dexter s spiritualism was published, which also contains many spirit messages. the same year saw the appearance of john murray spear s messages from the spirit life, which was followed in 1857 by a large connected work, the educator. a year later, charles linton, a bookkeeper of limited education, produced a remarkable book of 100,000 words: the healing of the nation, which was printed with wisconsin governor nathaniel p. tallmadge s preface. in the following year twelve messages from john quincey adams through joseph d

nderpinnings of chamberlain s beliefs had a great influence on hitler s nazi faith. he wrote a number of other books, but none were as influential as foundations of the 19th century. he died at beyreuth, germany, on january 9, 1927. sources: field, geoffrey g. evangelist of race: the germanic vision of houston stewart chamberlain. new york: columbia university press, 1981. ravencroft, trevor. the spear of destiny. new york: g. p. putnam s sons, 1973. sklar, dusty. gods and beasts: the nazis and the occult. new york: thomas y. crowell, 1977. williamson, roger andrew. houston stewart chamberlain: a study of the man and his ideas, 1855.1927. ph.d diss, university of california-santa barbara, 1973. chambers, robert (1802.1871) british writer and publisher who played no public part in spiritual

ere one of the three nemedian families who survived the fomorian victory and returned to ireland at a later period. some said they came out of heaven, and others that they sprang from four cities, where they learned science and craftsmanship. they were said to have brought a treasure from each city: from falias the lia fail (stone of destiny, from gorias an invincible sword, from finias a magical spear, and from murias the cauldron of the dagda. they were believed to have been wafted to ireland on an enchanted cloud, carrying their treasures with them. after a victorious battle they took possession of the whole of ireland, except connacht, which was given to the vanquished. the danaans represented power, beauty, science, and poetry to the writer of the myth; to the common people they were

s legendary stone is described as quite transparent and hard like marble. a certain king supposedly built a temple of it that needed no windows, the light being admitted into it as if it were open to the day. finias one of the four great cities from which the irish mythical danaans were said to have sprung. the other cities were falias, gorias, and murias. from finias, the danaans brought a magic spear. finn mac cummal in ancient irish romance, captain of the fianna warrior band and the center of the ossianic tales. his father, cumhal, chief of the clan basena, was slain at castle knock by the rival clan morna, but his mother succeeded in saving him from the enemy. he was brought up in hiding and given the name of finn from the clearness of his skin. he learned science and poetry from the

ersing the flames, or undergoing the ordeal of hot iron. the latter comprised carrying red-hot irons in the hand, walking over iron bars or glowing ploughshares, and thrusting the hand into a red-hot gauntlet. an early instance of the former trial method in european history was the case of pierre barthelemy, who in 1097 declared to the crusaders that heaven had revealed to him the place where the spear that had pierced the savior s body was concealed. to prove his assertion he offered to undergo the ordeal by fire and was duly required to walk a path about a foot in width and some fourteen feet in length, on either side of which were piled blazing olive branches. the judgment of the fire was unfavorable, and 12 days later the rash adventurer died in agony. books were also sometimes submitt

f the sun-god apollo; the lovely vale of aphaca that of adonis; the oak-groves of dodona favored of zeus; and the gloomy caves with their roar of subterranean waters the oracle of trophonius. innumerable instances of magical wonder-working are found in the stories of greek deities and heroes. the power of transformation is shown in a multitude of cases, among them that of bacchus who, by waving a spear, could change the oars of a ship into serpents and the masts into heavy-clustered vines. he could also cause tigers, lynxes, and panthers to appear amidst the waves and the terrified sailors leaping overboard to take the shape of dolphins. in the story of circe, the enchantress took her magic wand and with her enchanted philter turned her lovers into swine. the serpent-staff of hermes gave

y individuals even today believe that any fraud keely committed may have been merely because of the intense pressure to show practical results and that there may have been some genuine basis to keely s lifework. however, there is no evidence that keely ever discovered a more powerful force than the inspired jargon of his theoretical expositions. a similar mysterious motor was built by john murray spear. sources: moore, clara sophia bloomfield. keely and his discoveries. london, 1893. reprint, new hyde park, n.y: university books, 1972. keely motor an invention of john e. worrell keely (1837.1898, who claimed that it was powered by vibratory etheric force or cosmic energy. the motor was developed from what was called a hydro-pneumatic-pulsating-vacuo-engine. the keely motor association was

ublishing. lugh in medieval irish romance, son of kian and father of cuchulain. he was brought up by his uncle goban, the smith, and by duach, king of fairyland. it was prophesied that lugh should eventually overcome his father s old enemy balor, his own grandfather. so instead of killing the three murderers of his father, kian, he put them on oath to obtain certain wonders, including the magical spear of the king of persia and the pigskin of the king of greece, which, if laid on a patient, would heal him of his wound or cure him of his sickness. thus equipped, lugh entered the battle of moytura against the fo- encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. lugh 941 morians, and by hurling a stone that pierced through the eye to the brain of balor, lugh fulfilled the druidic prophecy

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ze each other and nullify the power. florence cook always objected on this ground to sitting with her sister katie. encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. medium 1015 machine mediumship an early idea in the history of mediumship was the possibility of mechanical communication. the first confused thought of communicating with the spirit world through instruments occurred to john murray spear, who constructed something called the new motor. he arranged copper and zinc batteries in the form of an armor around the medium and expected a phenomenal increase of mediumistic powers through the combination of mineral and vital electricity. the dynamistograph, the vandermeulen spirit indicator, the reflectograph and the communigraph were later developments. the most recent developments co

the shadow. london: frederick muller, 1975. nightside of eden. london: frederick muller, 1977. outside the circles of time. london: frederick muller, 1980. king, francis. the rites of modern occult magic. new york: macmillan, 1970. new horizons newsletter encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 1112 the new motor a strange machine constructed in 1854 by spiritualist medium john murray spear in association with another medium, charles hammond, at the instigation of the association of electricizers, one of the bands of spirits by whom he was controlled. the motor was to derive its motive power from the magnetic store of nature and was therefore to be independent of artificial sources of energy, like the human body. the machine was hailed as the physical saviour of the race, and t

ammond, at the instigation of the association of electricizers, one of the bands of spirits by whom he was controlled. the motor was to derive its motive power from the magnetic store of nature and was therefore to be independent of artificial sources of energy, like the human body. the machine was hailed as the physical saviour of the race, and the new messiah. mrs. alonzo newton, wife of one of spear s collaborators, obeyed a vision by going to high rock, lynn, massachusetts, where the new motor was located, and for two hours suffering birth-pangs, whereby she judged that the essence of her spiritual being was imparted to the machine. at the end of that time it was claimed that pulsations were apparent in the motor. newton continued to act as nurse to the contraption for several weeks, b

w jackson davis visited the new motor at high rock and expressed the belief that the design was the work of spirits of a mechanical turn of mind, but that the machine was of no practical value. the new motor was finally smashed by a mob at randolph, new york, where it had been taken. in all it cost its builder some two thousand dollars. in common fairness to the spiritualists it must be said that spear was widely recognized as a kind and honest man who had championed many liberal reforms. his earlier experience of spirit messages was remarkable, resulting in a healing ministry. it seems that he was deceived by misleading communications from the association of electricizers (which supposedly included the spirit of benjamin franklin. it is possible that the new motor may have suggested a lin

he keely motor. this force was said to be a vibratory etheric force or cosmic energy. after the death of keely, evidence of fraud was revealed. from time to time since the new motor fiasco, spiritualists have constructed various apparatus to facilitate communication with the spirit world, sometimes basing their constructions on spirit messages. among modern inventors who were more successful than spear were those comprising the group known as the ashkir-jobson trianion, ca. 1930, who built various apparatus that seemed to work. the psychotherapist wilhelm reich also claimed the discovery of a cosmic motor force in what was termed orgone energy (see also communigraph) new perspectives new perspectives is one of a host of periodicals established during the late 1980s as the new age movement

the idea of a static device accumulating some form of energy is being investigated; it has yet to be demonstrated scientifically. in the 1970s and 1980s, some people experimented with pyramid forms in an effort to claim this effect and sharpen old razor blades. reich also claimed discovery of a motor force in orgone energy comparable with similar claims by john ernst worrell keely and john murray spear. compared to other occult concepts some have noticed the similarity of orgone energy to earlier ideas of od and the occult concepts of vital force. the biological manifestation of orgone energy in humans as described by reich is comparable to the kundalini energy of hindu yoga science, but more closely resembles the idea of prana. an account of the construction of an orgone accumulator was g

: the author, 1921. speal bone (divination by) an early form of divination used in scotland. a speal bone, or blade bone of a shoulder of mutton, was used, but full details of the method are lacking. a soldier accompanying lord loudon on his retreat to skye foretold the result of the battle of culloden at the very moment it was decided, claiming to have seen the event by looking through the bone. spear, john murray (ca. 1804.1887) famous american universalist preacher and an outstanding figure in the history of early american spiritualism. he was baptized by john murray, the founder of the universalist church, whose name he bore. in the early years of his public activity he distinguished himself as an ardent abolitionist. in 1845, with his brother charles, he published a weekly newspaper

al punishment, distributing 7,500 books to prisoners and traveling 8,000 miles in the cause. his attention was first drawn to spiritualism in 1851. a year later, he developed automatic writing and healing. messages came through his hand giving addresses and names of sick people. he visited them and drove the pain out of their bodies by his touch. encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. spear, john murray 1451 later he began to draw and deliver inspirational discourses. it was asserted that they came from john murray. under the title messages from the superior state they were published in 1852. in the following year he was made the instrument of a spirit band called the association of beneficents and produced a large work that bore resemblance in scope to the divine revelations o

deliver inspirational discourses. it was asserted that they came from john murray. under the title messages from the superior state they were published in 1852. in the following year he was made the instrument of a spirit band called the association of beneficents and produced a large work that bore resemblance in scope to the divine revelations of andrew jackson davis (1847. the first volume of spear s work was published in 1857 in boston under the title the educator, being suggestions, theoretical and practical, designed to promote man-culture and integral reform, with a view of the ultimate establishment of a divine social state on earth. in the spirit world several similar organizations to the association of beneficents appear to have existed. one of them, the association of electrici

in 1857 in boston under the title the educator, being suggestions, theoretical and practical, designed to promote man-culture and integral reform, with a view of the ultimate establishment of a divine social state on earth. in the spirit world several similar organizations to the association of beneficents appear to have existed. one of them, the association of electricizers, involved john murray spear in one of the strangest adventures in the history of spiritualism. as announced in april 1854, in the new era, they instructed him to construct a new motor that would be self-generative, drawing upon the great reservoir of the magnetic life in nature and acting, like the human body, as a living organism. the machine was duly built at high rock, near lynn, massachusetts, of zinc and copper at

t adventures in the history of spiritualism. as announced in april 1854, in the new era, they instructed him to construct a new motor that would be self-generative, drawing upon the great reservoir of the magnetic life in nature and acting, like the human body, as a living organism. the machine was duly built at high rock, near lynn, massachusetts, of zinc and copper at the cost of $2,000. one of spear s disciples, mrs. alonzo e. newton (the wife of one of his assistants, was appointed in a vision to be the mary of the new dispensation. at high rock, near the machine, she fell into trance and went through frightful convulsions for a period of two hours, at the end of which there were said to be indications of life in the machine. the machine was considered a newborn child; the medium nurse

mary, the maternal functions were brought into active operation; a few of the usual physiological symptoms followed; the crisis arrived and being in presence of the mechanism, the first living motion was communicated to it. in an anonymous article newton s husband proceeded to show that newton had been the subject of a set of remarkable psychological experiences and prophetic visions at the time spear was engaged in directing the construction of the machinery at high rock, that the coincidence between their experiences was later discovered, and that the crisis reached its apex when newton visited the machine. she communicated, and subsequently maintained through certain mediumistic processes, an actual living principle until the machine was pronounced a thing of life. when the machine did

was later discovered, and that the crisis reached its apex when newton visited the machine. she communicated, and subsequently maintained through certain mediumistic processes, an actual living principle until the machine was pronounced a thing of life. when the machine did not work, davis concluded that mechanically minded spirits, deficient in practical knowledge, were conducting experiments at spear s expense. a few months later in randolph, where the machine was moved to have the advantage of a lofty electrical position, superstitious villagers destroyed the new motor in the night. the destruction of the new motor had a certain advantage in silencing critics of the machine s failure to work as predicted. other spiritualists took the loss philosophically, s. b. brittan commenting in the

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ach nook and alley. pedlars, wares, such beauty bearing, well the throng may round them rally. flower girls. barter in these cheery places, but don t haggle as ye go! and in brief and pithy phrases, what he has, let each one know. an olive branch with fruits. flowery sprays i do not covet, strife i shun, i am above it; to my nature it is strange. yet i am the nation s marrow, pledge secure gainst spear and arrow, sign of peace where men may range. and today i m hoping, fleetly to adorn a fair head meetly. a wreath of golden ears. to bedeck you, gifts of ceres will be lovely, sweet, and rare; what for us most wished and dear is be for your adornment fair. a fancy wreath. mallow-like, these gay-hued flowers, from the moss, a wondrous bloom! they are rare, in nature s bowers, but dame fashion

excited crowd and they would menace thus the king. with beaks sharp-pointed, talons fierce, the little ones they tear and pierce; already doom comes thundering. herons had suffered impious slaughter, standing about the tranquil water. but from that rain of murd rous engines has sprung a blessed, bloody vengeance; it stirs the rage of brotherhood and lust for pygmies impious blood. shield, helmet, spear- how profit these? what use to dwarfs the heron feather? how ant and dactyl hide together! the host now wavers, breaks, and flees. anaxagoras [after a pause, solemnly. if till now subterranean i praised, in this case be my prayer to heaven raised. o thou on high, the same eternally, in name and form threefold supernally, by all my people s woe i cry to thee, diana, luna, hecate! thou breast

hold-fast [steps forward. for your left wing dismiss all care! for where i am, safe is possession there; thus age asserts itself, we re told; no lightning shatters what i hold. exit. mephistopheles [coming down from above. look at the background, see how surges out of the jagged, rocky gorges a host of armed men- how they pour, crowding the narrow pathways ever morewith helmet, armour, sword, and spear to build a rampart at our rear, waiting the signal to strike home. aside to the knowing ones. you must not ask from whence they come. industriously i ve quite cleared out the halls of armour roundabout. there were they all, on foot or mounted, as if lords of the earth they still were counted; knight, emperor, king, they were of yore, now empty snail-shells, nothing more; full many a ghost is

nature s working here. faust have you not heard of mists that over sicilian sea-coasts sweep and hover? there, in the daylight, swaying, clear, uplifted into mid-air spaces and mirrored in especial hazes, one sees a vision strange appear: there cities hover backward, onward, there gardens waver up- and downward, as form on form breaks through the air. emperor. yet how suspicious! for see the tall spear-heads flash lightning, one and all; behold our phalanx shining lances! on each a nimble flamelet dances. too spectral seems to me this sight. faust oh, pardon, sire, those are the traces of spiritual natures, vanished races, pollux and castor s reflex, the great pair by whom all sailors used to swear; they gather here their final might. emperor but say: to whom are we indebted that nature ha

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transform into something godlike. this model is loosely attributed to the averse or black tree of life known as black eden or the qlippoth. songs such as chaos unveiled and fleshstretcher with their violent patterns and machine like rhythms are attributed to the qlippothic sphere of geburah averse, the demon of the sphere is asmoday who origins are ancient persian as aeshma (demon of the wounding spear. the song angel of prostitution ii is connected with yesod- the moon and the averse sphere of lilith, the bride of satan who is represented of the instinctual, dark side of humanity. she was originally called az and had taught the fallen angels how to take form and copulate to produce dragon children in some gnostic and manichaean text. her divinity is sexual perversion, the original prieste

FRANCIS A YATES GIORDANO BRUNO AND THE HERMETIC TRADITION

hing, for the introduction of spiritus into talismans is a most tricky business and no one can succeed in it unless he is a resolute philosopher. lists of the images suitable for use on talismans are given, of which the following are a few examples from the lists of planet images.2 two images of saturn "the form of a man with a crow's face and foot, sitting on a throne, having in his right hand a spear and in his left a lance or an arrow "the form of a man standing on a dragon, clothed in black and holding in his right hand a sickle and in his left a spear" two images of jupiter "the form of a man sitting on an eagle, clothed in a garment, with eagles beneath his feet "the form of a man with a lion's face and bird's feet, below them a dragon with seven heads, holding an arrow in his right

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

thful, which promise was sacredly cherished down to the time of the spanish invasion. the mexican mars, huitzilopotchi, was born of a virgin. his mother, a devout person, while at her devotions in the temple saw floating before her a bright colored feather ball, which she seized and placed in her bosom. she soon became pregnant, her offspring being a god, who like minerva appeared full armed with spear and helmet. although the exact manner in which the mexicans sacrificed to their deity to atone for the sins of the people differs somewhat from the modus operandi employed in the christian vicarious atonement, still the likeness existing between them is sufficient to indicate the fact of their common origin and the similar manner of their development. the mexicans were wont to select a young

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scipline to exercise and physically challenge the self towards improvement. 51 f asmoday asmoday is a great king, being a fountain source of sabbatic/luciferian witchcraft and primal sorcery. asmodai appears as a demon with three heads bull, a man and a ram, also a tail of a serpent and spits flames. his feet are webbed as a goose and sits upon an infernal dragon. asmoday appears with a lance and spear, the color of the flag on the banner is crimson with a black dragon upon it. he is the choice power under amaymon. this powerful daemon inspires astronomy, geometry and earthly arts. asmodai also inspires invincibility by the development of strength and will. as one evokes asmoday, a seeming cloud of black and gray smoke appears in the mirror it seems to move beyond the mirror from the circl

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e center of the top point is the letter a, the first letter from the name atyrara. the right uppermost arm is blue. this arm is attributed to dsj and is represented by the kingly scepter of k. in the center of the right upper arm is r which corresponds unto the second letter of the name atyrara. the left uppermost arm is scarlet. this arm is attributed to hrwbg and is represented by the sword and spear of f. in the center of the left upper arm is the letter a which corresponds unto the third letter of the name atyrara. the center of the hexagram is represented by the hexagon. it is to be colored a golden yellow and is represented by the bow and shaft of the greek god apollo. the center portion of the hexagram is attributed unto trapt. in the center is the letter r which corresponds unto th

GREENFIELD ALLEN SECRET CIPHER OF THE UFONAUTS

kage to conspiracy theo- ries, and explain a lot of subsequent history. some suggested sourcebooks: in search of tbe masters behind the occult myth by paul johnson ufos: operation trojan horse by john a. keel passport to magonia by jacques vallee the lliuminoids by neal wilgus the nine unknown by talbot mundy the morning of the magicians by pauwels and bergier the occult reich by j.h. brannan the spear of destiny by trevor ravenscroft the eye in the triangle by israel regardie the confessions of aleister crowley by aleister crowley the autobiography of malcolm x as told to alex haley magick without tears by aleister crowley, edited by regardie thus spoke zarathustra by friedrich nietzche the last testament by greg rickman valis by philip k. dick 84 allen h. greenfield the transmigration of

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re) by a kindred but more comprehensive one. if wuotan and donar are to be regarded as exalted deities of heaven, much more may zio, tins, be accepted as such, whose name expresses literally the notion of sky, while wuotan signifies the air, and donar the thunderstorm. and as wuotan turns the tide of battle, zio presents himself as the special god of war; as donar flings the hammer and wuotan the spear, he is god of the sword, as exhibited in the names sahsnot and heru. but here much remains dark to us, because our legend has lost sight of zio altoo-ether. like wuotan, he also seems to rush down from the sky in the form of tempest. two others, though never appearing in the week, must yet be reckoned among the great gpds. froho, a god of hunting, of generation, fertility and summer, had lon

hought of as divine, they scarcely mean more than our old acquaintances, the gods, presented in a new form: the air melts into wuotan, the hammer into donar, the sword into eor, and sselde (fortune) into wuotan again. the human mind strives to conceive the unfathomable depth of deity in new and ever new ways. some would give our heathenism fetishism for a foundation (p. 104; the truth is, hammer, spear, flint and phallus were but symbols of the divine force, of which there were other types, both material and moral, equally valid. from thing to person, or from person to thing, was in this matter but a step. as the gods change into heroes and are born again, so they sink even into animals; but this precipitate of them would require certain explanations, which i mean to complete once for all

th seeming trifles, which afterwards turn into gold: he will give a ducat for a horse-shoe (thiele 1, 89 95. these stories are alike suggestive of charles the great, of hackelberg, and of frau holla or perhta; conf. miillenhoflf's schlesw. hoist, sag. nos, 485-6. in the i. of moen is a wood named griinewald: there every night the gronjette hunts on horseback, his head tucked under his left arm, a spear in his right, and a pack of hounds about him. in harvest time the husbandmen leave him a bundle of oats for ids horse, that he may not trample their crops that night; by this one circumstance we recognise wuotan (p. 155, and perhaps frey (p. 212^ he is here ajette, as in switzerland he is a durst (p. 940. the^ grou' i would explain, not by the green colour of his hunting dress, but by the on

hsegtessan (p. 1040, and have sent whizzing darts, afterwards more narrowly defined as 'esa, ylfa and hsegtessan gescot^ shot of ases (p. 25, of elves (p. 443) and of witches (though the gen. sing, is used, not pi. h^bgtessena. the exorcist, in relating the transaction, calls to the patient to shield himself, that he may get over the attack^ and every now and then puts in the refrain' out, little spear, if herein thou be' he goes on to tell how he stood under 1' should be hsern, conf. hsbrnflota, cod. exon. 182, 9' suppl. 2 'hsne hi's genesan' in as. this verb takes the ace, not the gen. as in ohg: ba saecce genais, beow. 3950. uisa gehwane genesen hsefde 4789. fela ic gutirffisa geuffis 4848. se)>a, gu'se genses, caedm. 121, 33. stitch in the side. elf-burn. 1245 shelter when those women

GRIMM TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY VOL 2 1883 COMPLETE

pointed out, p. 359 note. in the latter part of the mid. ages our three mowers or the scandinavian mary s distaff is called jacobs-stab, boh. jahubahul; the heathenish spindle, like the heathenish irmin-street (p. 357 note, is handed over to the holy apostle, who now staff in hand, paces the same old heavenly path; in some parts peter s staff is preferred. the esthonians call orion warda iahlied, spear stars, from wardas spear, and perhaps staff, like st. james s staff. the lithuanians szenpjuwis, hay- star? from f szen foenum (nesselmann 515, as august is called szenpjutis; because the constellation rises at hay-harvest? perhaps also with reference to the three-mowers? for in the same way several slav nations have the name kosi scythes, boh. kosy (jungm. 2, 136, pol. kosij (linde 1092a, s

r death. 846 death. open violence too, he routs out, pursues and plunders, nib. 2161, 3. 2163, 1; he f bifalta sie/ felled them, 0. iii. 18, 34 &lt; mich hat der tot gevangen, clutched, greg. 50; he jaget, hunts, roth. 2750, bekrellet (claws, fundgr. 196, 20; and the bible has the same thing: in ps. 91, 3 6 he comes out as a hunter with snares and arrows. his messenger-staff has turned into a spear which he hurls, an arrow which he discharges from the bow. worth noting are the renn. 24508: wirtdem des todes sper gesandt; and freid. 177, 24 &lt; der tot gat her, der widerseit uns an dem sper, defies us at point of lance; a reading which i prefer to the accepted one ane sper, without spear. osinn has a spear gungnir (p. 147) whose thrust or throw was fatal. the lith. smertis comes as

e he cut; where one ms. reads wafen (arms, and elsewhere we find eines wafen tragen/ carry some one s arms, parz. 130, 4. freidank 74, 18. wigal. 7797, and even des todes wdpen (coat of arms) tragen/ wh. 17, 16. tristandes zeichen viieren, heinr. trist. 2972, is to be wounded like him. so far back as alfred s boeth. p. 16 (rawl) we have deases tdcnung; even zio s or tiwes tacen p. 200, and osin s spear p. 147 are worth considering (see suppl. 3 with the idea of messengership and that of the great company were associated some others, which probably reach a long way the count is called der verlorne, wand er muose im ze suone (satisfaction) geben beide sin gesunt und sin leben. so iw. 7161 speaks of having to gelten (pay) viir des todes schelten; and the same perhaps is meant by der tot hat u

bestow a plenitude of bliss, the best that heart can wish; so that our old vernacular word seems quite appropriate. the sanskrit for wish is significant: mano-ratha, wheel of the mind; does this open to us a new aspect of the divine wish? wish turns the wheel of our thoughts. in the edda the wishing-gear is the cunning workmanship of dwarfs, and is distributed among the gods. osinn possessed the spear gungnir, the hurling of which brings victory, thorr the hammer miolnir, which comes crashing down as thunderbolt, which also consecrates, and of itself comes back into his hand. freyr had a sword of similar nature, that swung itself (er sialft vegiz, saem. 82a. sn. 40; its name is unrecorded. the cudgel jump out o your sack! in our fairy-tale is the same story vulgarized; in gbgi s hall the

e into the hand of heroes. out of the magic helm sprang helot-helm, grim-helm, tarn-happe, tuunsch-mantel (kinderm. no. 122, wunsch-hut, which bestow on dwarfs, heroes and fortune s favourites the power to walk unseen, to sail swiftly through the sky. to the goddesses freyja and frigg belonged brisinga men, which, like the t/^a? of yenus and juno, awakened longing (fyte/oo, and matches the sword, spear and hammer of the gods (p. 885. on the veil or hood of the goddess sif grew golden hair, as corn does on the earth: its proper name is not given. smffblaffnir is described, wishing-geak. 871 now as a ship, now as a hat, both of which could either be folded up or expanded, for sailing in or for raising a storm; wishingships occur in norske eventyr 1, 18. 142 and sv. folkv. 1, 142-3. not unlik

of this may stand the beau tiful myths of the cruse of oil that never runs dry, the savoury pottage that brims over, the yarn that has never done winding. jemshid s goblet too was a miraculous one, so was the far-famed grail (greal, ducange sub v. gradalus, graletus, grasala, grassale, grassellus, that nourished and healed, which romance legend took up and interwined with christian, as indeed the spear of longinus and the bleeding lance are very like a heathen wishing-spear; nails of the true cross are worked up into bridles that bring victory (el. xxii, wood of the cross and a thousand relics are applied to thaumaturgic uses (ch. xxxvi, rings and precious stones were held against a relic, that its virtue might pass into them; precious stones themselves are in a sense wishing-stones, such

ree ases found on the sea-shore (p. 560. seem. 3b. the name sampo, doubtless one of high antiquity and sacredness, calls to mind a mongolian legend of a tree asambu-bararkha, whose fruit dropping in the water uttered the sound sambu (majer s myth. wtb. 1, 565; sangpa in tibetian means purified, holy. we gather from all these examples, still far from complete, how under the veil of sensuous images spear, hammer, hat, helmet, cloak, horn, goblet, necklace, ring, ship, wheel, tree, rod, flower, cloth, meat and drink lay hidden the spiritual ones of victory, happiness, peace, healing, fertility, riches, virtue and poetic art. but when several single attributes met in one object, as in sampo and the grail, they still further enhanced its meaning and sacredness (see suppl. from the prologue to t

HANDBOOK OF EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY

n egypt from the late middle kingdom onward. in the mythology of the canaanites of ugarit, anat was the sister, lover, and avenger of the storm god baal. in egypt she was regarded as a daughter of ra and a consort of the storm god seth. she was a formidable defender of the sun god and protected kings on the battlefield. in egyptian art, anat was usually represented as a woman carrying a shield, a spear, and an axe. one spell refers to anat fighting alongside ra against a troop of wild donkeys who embodied the forces of chaos. so fierce was this contest that anat gathered the blood of the wounded sun god in fifteen metal bowls. king rameses iii claimed that anat had been his shield in the equally desperate struggle against the invading sea peoples. in canaanite mythology, anat and baal mate

r 11 (1991 1992: 109 118. primary sources: pt 667a; ct 335, 649, 967; min festival texts; hibis texts montu (mont, month) a fierce upper egyptian falcon god who may have originated as a star deity, montu was the chief god of the theban region and had temples at armant, medamud, and tod. he was usually shown as a falcon-headed man, wearing a sun disk with two plumes and holding a curved sword or a spear. fighting was the work of montu. he attacked the enemies of maat (order) and inspired kings and warriors on the battlefield. battleships were decorated with protective images of the four montus (of thebes, armant, medamud, and tod) spearing and trampling the enemies of egypt. armant (hermonthis) was considered to be the southern equivalent of heliopolis, the city of the sun god ra. as early

ed by byron e. shafer. ithaca, ny, and london: 1991, 88 122. primary sources: pt 301; ct 76, 78 80; leiden hymns; mt; khonsu cosmogony; bof onuris (anhur, inhur, inhert) a hunter deity renowned for capturing a dangerous goddess, onuris was the local god of thinis (this, the home town of the kings of the first dynasty. he was usually shown as a bearded man wearing a plumed headdress and carrying a spear and a coil of rope. as a hunter of threatening animals, onuris could be treated as an aspect of shu or of horus the harpooner. the greeks identified onuris with ares, their god of war. the epithets of onuris characterized him as full of strength and vigor. he was the bull of thinis, strong of arm and high of feather. anticrocodile spells mention a great combat between onuris-shu and the evil

HEAVEN HELL

eni being weighed against his heart. click to view the scales of osiris, with weights. p. 160 his hands are the symbols of "life" and "rule. his chair stands on a raised platform, on the nine steps of which stand the nine gods who form his company; beneath the feet of the god, perhaps under his platform, are the dead, i.e, the damned, or his enemies. the top of the hall is protected with a row of spear beads, and from the ceiling hang four heads of gazelle, or oryges; according to a legend certain enemies of osiris transformed themselves into these animals, and were slain by the god. on the platform, immediately in front of the god, stands thoth, in the form of a mummy, and be serves as the standard of the balance; the object in the pan is being weighed against the symbol of "evil, which i

HELENA BLAVATSKY NIGHTMARE TALES

and fearlessly intothe cruel face of the treacherous son of gilderich "aye, king" she says, in a loud, ringing voice "aye, thou art great and mighty now, but thy days arenumbered, and thou shalt reign but three summers longer. wicked thou wert born. perfidious thou art tothy friends and allies, robbing more than one of his lawful crown. murderer of thy next-of-kin, thou whoaddest to the knife and spear in open warfare, dagger, poison and treason, beware how thou dearest with theservant of nerthus" the nourishing (tacit. germ. xi- the earth, a mother-goddess, the most beneficent deity of theancient germans "ha, ha, ha. old hag of hell" chuckles the king, with an evil, ominous sneer "thou hast crawled out ofthe entrails of thy mother-goddess truly. thou fearest not my wrath? it is well. but

n, and that out of fear of the allimani he went servingon his knees remigius, the servant of the nazarene, at rheims. but hast thou become any truer in thy newfaith? hast thou not murdered in cold blood all thy brethren who trusted in thee, after, as well as before, thyapostasy? hast not thou plighted troth to alaric, the king of the west goths, and hast thou not killed him bystealth, running thy spear into his back while he was bravely fighting an enemy? and is it thy new faith andthy new gods that teach thee to be devising in thy black soul even now foul means against theodoric, whoput thee down. beware, clovis, beware! for now the gods of thy fathers have risen against thee! beware,i say, for "woman" fiercely cries the king "woman, cease thy insane talk and answer my question. where is

upon thy victims. all the combined power and glory thou hast deprived themof shall be thine in prospect, yet thou shalt never reach it. thou shalt" the prophetess never finishes her sentence. with a terrible oath the king, crouching like a wild beast on his skin-covered seat, pounces upon her with theleap of a jaguar, and with one blow fells her to the ground. and as he lifts his sharp murderous spear the"holy one" of the sun-worshipping tribe makes the air ring with a last imprecation "i curse thee, enemy of nerthus! may my agony be tenfold thine. may the great law avenge. the heavy spear falls, and, running through the victim's throat, nails the head to the ground. a stream of hotcrimson blood gushes from the gaping wound and covers king and soldiers with indelible gore. iitime- the lan

IRISH WITCHCRAFT AND DEMONOLOGY

t, when, laying the book aside for a little while, nobody being in the room all the time, it was suddenly taken away. she looked for it everywhere, but could not find it. on the following day the apparition already referred to came to the house, and breaking a pane of glass in one of the windows, thrust in his hand with the missing volume in it. he began to talk with one of the servants, margaret spear, and told her that he had taken the book when everybody was down in the kitchen, and that her mistress would never get it again. the girl asked him if he could read it, to which he replied that he could, adding that the devil had taught him. upon hearing this extraordinary confession she exclaimed "the lord bless me from thee! thou hast got ill lear (learning" he told her she might bless p

JENNINGS HARGRAVE ROSICRUCIANS RITES MYSTERIES

, nor any other superinduced means, could extinguish it; but the flame was mastered eventually by the lamp being bored at bottom and broken by the astonished investigators of this consummate light. the man enclosed in this monument had a large wound in the beast. that this was the body of pallas was evident from the inscription on the tomb, which was as follows: pallas, evander s son, whom turnus spear in battle slew, of mighty bulk, lies here. 12 the rosicrucians. a very remarkable lamp was discovered about the year 1500 near ateste, a town belonging to padua, in italty, by a rustic who in his explorations in a field came upon an urn containing another urn, in which last was deposited one of these much-doubted miraculous lamps. the ailment of this strange lamp appeared to be a very exquis

o man should perish. reflect upon note immediately following. beauty became bifurcated (so to express, and irregular; heated as it were into a sinister a devilish (forbidden) temptation, for passion of taste. excess, or a deviating superflux or overdoing, of desire supervened. longing became delirious: because lucifer, or the lost one unchastened presumption had passed his lightning-like availing spear of apotheosising enchanted tempting death through the transmuted human female body; advanced and addressed in its snaring graces to hell s perfectness. the arts subserving mythology. 325 was one. beards have nought of beauty, apart from strength. beards are barbarous hence their name. hair is of the beasts, excrementa; tentacula. the greek artists exercised their talents in the production of

supper, which was partaken-of at a round table with the twelve disciples in their mythical double-places, twenty-four in all, and with the double chief-seat, or cathedra, for the president, or the saviour. lastly, the apostle of the britons builds a palace, in which he preserves his precious relics, the sacred cup (refused to the laity as a communion, which takes the name of san greal, the bloody spear (the upright of the st. george s cross, to whom the garter is dedicated, with which the centurion longinus pierced the side of the lord, from whence issued blood and water the rosicrucian heraldic colours (royal, mars red; luna argent (or fire and water. there are eight angels, one to each half-heaven, or dark or light sides, guarding the four corners of the world. the sacred cup is identifi

KETAB E SIYAH

y of us, the glorious and potent elohim, he would have thrown back our frontiers, building a country ten thousand times as great as this realm which we reign in. were i made king over my brothers i should raise up great armies, arrayed in mail, brighter than the sun, bringing all the elohim to my banner, and sound the deep-throated horns of war and thus march onwards, with mighty hosts and bright spear-heads shining like stars and swaying as the elohim's tread shook the ground like a field grown from the grains of death, shunning respite to throw off weariness until i ruled all the worlds that are for what other kingdom could be worthy of the shining hosts of heaven. and you, my brother, my noble brother, you whom, of all my brethren, i love best, would be my second in that worthy dream, r

y of us, the glorious and potent elohim, he would have thrown back our frontiers, building a country ten thousand times as great as this realm which we reign in. were i made king over my brothers i should raise up great armies, arrayed in mail, brighter than the sun, bringing all the elohim to my banner, and sound the deep-throated horns of war and thus march onwards, with mighty hosts and bright spear-heads shining like stars and swaying as the elohim's tread shook the ground like a field grown from the grains of death, shunning respite to throw off weariness 90 until i ruled all the worlds that are for what other kingdom could be worthy of the shining hosts of heaven. and you, my brother, my noble brother, you whom, of all my brethren, i love best, would be my second in that worthy dream

at the entrance and the exit of the river to the enchanted valley stood as sentries to each an elohim knight, mailed and armed, garbed in a robe of crimson silk, armour, steel and gilden, adorned with motifs of ten thousand creatures of strange fancy. to each a shield of painted bronze, to each a red-plumed helmet, studded with precious stones, shining with moonlight. each bearing an oak-shafted spear, upon their belts hung long swords, with decorated hilt and scabbard, a red tassel tied to the pommel, and a horn of ivory and gold, they stood their watch over the prize we sought. from the western approach we came, where the river flowed from the gardens, scented with the perfumes of exotic herbs, down to the storm-buffeted ocean of the west. baalzebub went before us like a tiger, having c

ounded from every side. the clamour of some camped army did inform my hearing of some events that had passed by my knowledge while i slept. making assay now of the wound that i had wrought upon my flesh to fulfil my fate, i found but the barest crimson scar. now testing the strength of limb and heart, i stood, eager to renew once more the struggle against the hosts of heaven. as i made to take up spear and sword, as i made to dress myself in shining mail, all lying ready for the knight who would gird himself for battle's work, aset came to my shoulder and restrained my hasty rage and reproached my brashness and precipitous action, going headlong into what i was ignorant of. now she told me of all that had come to pass whilst, still robbed of all wit, i lay and she had tended with her heali

in their fealty for his king became apparent to me as i worked new devices by which to win from the circumstance of my condition that which had first sought upon the earth. also known to me was their confusion, man and woman, and the conflict of their minds. as the beacon of the dawn gave sign of the sun's inauguration of the day, long-shadowed hosts still faced across a little distance and shook spear and shield in defiant wrath. as the sun progressed upon its upward path the keenest of the host tested range of bolt and bow, each feathered shaft falling some distance short of the other camp. others yet tried less solid volleys, matching themselves against one opponent or another, with the ancient spear of insult and the boastful shield, declaring both his own prowess and the likening of t

hose that would deny him that for which he hungered were put to death, both the warriors and the innocent, thus did methuselah bring shame upon his father's name. the lamentations of the slaves and captives and the bereaved percolated down through the soil and the stone to echo amongst the deep caverns of the earth. in the darkness the sorrows of the wronged, the weeping of the infants before the spear were heard by the shedim in hidden chadel and they too mourned those who fell to methuselah's cruel hand. hearing of what transpired upon the earth to the spire of opal and ruby by the fount of flame came abaddon, the battle-lord, marshal of my hosts. entering at the portal, guarded by great serpents, coiled about the tower's width, he ascended upon black raven's wings the central shaft to t

, speak "lord satanael, commander of our hearts, know you what transpires upon the earth amongst the nations of the nephilim. methuselah, merciless king, defiles the name of abaddon and wages his wars like some beast and yet worse and sullies all mankind with his base crime. have i not taught the warriors of men that some are sacred and that the blood of children is a filth upon the soul? yet the spear of methuselah is stained black with their blood. nothing delights this king more than the torment of others. with the blood of captive does he stain my altars, offering in libation what is most foul to me. as his horses and his chariots crush beneath them those that have submitted to him he sings my name and consecrates their agony to my name. 211 i am dishonoured by this tyrant and the race

im's city and to the gates, thence through the ever-shadowed caverns up by unrecorded passages to the surface world, slaughter in his heart and mind, set on fire by the rage of battle and made cool by the steel in his intent. methuselah, cruel king, upon his throne, covered with the skins of leopards sat within his palace of walls of rough-carved stone. within his right hand he held an ash-staved spear with a barbed head of bronze, tended by the captive daughters that he had taken and toying with his stolen treasures. now the gate of the house of methuselah was cast open and torn from the hinges on which they hung. by the light of the western sun a chill shadow fell across the very length of the chamber and obscured methuselah and all his throne. the wind's freezing blast extinguished ever

ide like the torn pennant on the field, within his hand the bleeding sword, the ruiner, seven feet long and shaped like the serpent's tongue with engrailed blade and forked point, weeping ever the blood of the fallen. thus came abaddon to the throne of methuselah. even as the raven croaked methuselah repented not and begged not for clemency before a vision so fearful but in indignation raised his spear against the spirit and shouted his defiance to the shedim knight: 214 "i am methuselah, the destroyer of men. merciless king, the favoured of abaddon. all on the earth fear me and my hosts. i am a tearer down of cities and my spear has stained earth and oceans red. i am the friend of the vultures and all must know dismay at my war-cry for to hear it is to die, thus have i sworn. all those wh

u that comes to me? how are you named, dark angel" unmindful of the tyrants boasts, the warrior of chadel crossed in seven steps the hall and stood before the throne and spoke but these words in reply to the interrogation of methuselah, merciless king "i am abaddon, the destroyer" havoc rose and havoc fell within a blink, shrieking like an eagle swooping on his pray. shattering into splinters the spear that methuselah held, vainly, against the falling sword of adamant, and the blade went onwards in the downward motion, cutting in two the tyrant from his shoulder to his loin. with a sobbing shout the ruin of the king fell upon the floor, spilling entrails across the throne that told of but a single fate for the race of men 215 with the solemn vows of shedim so profaned 'calamity' was the en

o chadel, his shame avenged. to that gory throne was lamech heir, lamech, son of methuselah, and he ascended to sit where his father had been cut down for the terrible deeds that he had wrought and, as is the way sons, sought to out-strip his father in glory won on the battle's field though well had he learned to obey the dictates of honour. strong was lamech's arm in battle, well did he cast the spear and hold the shield from his bronze-plated chariot, drawn by maddened bulls. as his father had brought disgrace upon the nephilim so did lamech bring honour upon their race. thither and thither went the columns of lamech and returned with rich tributes to the king. tributes though he called them though they were extorted at the spear's point and not all the shedim were satisfied at his deeds

e kingdom of lamech become great. in this time utanapishtim ruled in bright shurupuk and lamech heard of the fame of that great state and, as had princes before him, became jealous of that city. proud lamech resolved in his heart that by his hand would the shining walls of shurupuk be cast down and by his torch would her towers burn. thus arrayed in the hides of lion and battle-dress, ash-shafted spear in his hand and shield upon his arm, painted bright with the ensign of his line, the six-pointed star, azure upon argent, did he convoke his thegns before him. addressing them with a thunderous voice he proclaimed his new destiny and purpose "i am lamech, mighty in battle, 216 as was cruel methuselah before me by whose blood i am descended from original man. hear then the decree of lamech, y

l that had passed on the western boundary "mighty king, lord of shurupuk, from the western extent of the empire we come with news of war against our revered domain. king lamech, bandit of the western lands, raises against our invincible estate a great horde and puts to flame the settlements of shurupuk. clad in the skins of animals his knights, from the chariot and the horse, by bolt and barb, by spear and sword, drive before them the garrisons that guard our lands and wet with the blood of our noble warriors our soil, seizing our many rightful riches to themselves. gathering to him the enemies who have before opposed and that have been driven from our lands, he marches against the walls of shurupuk. now must you stretch out your arm in wrath and destroy the impudent lamech who so rashly c

LEADBEATER C W THE HIDDEN LIFE IN FREEMASONRY 2E

eived is a very distinct contribution to the force which is produced during the working of the lodge; it brings with it the peculiar mental atmosphere of the lodge whose greeting is given. every lodge exists on the mental plane as a definite mental object- a real thing in the realm of thought. when, therefore, one of its members gives a greeting in another lodge, there comes to him from his own a spear of light, bearing good influence, which radiates through him. when a bro. is in his own lodge, a certain aspect or facet or segment of his aura, which represents his relation to that lodge, is galvanized into activity; some portion of his potential being is vivified because he is part of that lodge. 955. the lodge as a mental entity is made up of such sections of all its members, welded toge

rough him. when a bro. is in his own lodge, a certain aspect or facet or segment of his aura, which represents his relation to that lodge, is galvanized into activity; some portion of his potential being is vivified because he is part of that lodge. 955. the lodge as a mental entity is made up of such sections of all its members, welded together to form a whole, and it is from that whole that the spear of light comes and flashes out when the greetings are given. when we speak of a lodge as a mental entity we do not mean something existing merely in mind or fancy; on the mental plane each lodge is a definite thing, a great sphere, with a precise allocation in space, over the place where the lodge meets. in the case of a hall where a number of lodges meet on different evenings, the several s

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

sion begins where the previous session ended. games can continue for years. a few gamers use a system called live action role play (larp) in which the players actually act out the roles of their characters. sometimes, they dress up in costumes as if in a live play. some gamers view larps negatively. the society in which dungeons and dragons is played is typically prescientific. weapons are at the spear and crossbow level. some characters may be imagined as having telepathic powers, others as being capable of casting magic spells. other fantasy roleplaying games are set in the wild west, in the far future, etc. players are usually in their teens to early thirties. many younger players will meet for a game once a week; others once or twice a month. the session might last about six hours. sta

LIBER 777

ncy of the unutterable name;5 the vast and comprehensive system shadowed in the book called the book of the concourse of the forces,6 interwoven as it is with the tarot, being, indeed, on one view little more than an amplification and practical application of the book of thoth.7 but we hope that the present venture will attract scholars from all quarters, as when the wounded satan leaned upon his spear, forthwith on all sides to his aid was run by angels many and strong, and that in the course of time a far more satisfactory volume may result. many columns will seem to the majority of people to consist of mere lists of senseless words. practice, and advance in the magical or mystical path, will enable little by little to interpret more and more. even as a flower unfolds beneath the ardent

ee col. xli) 0[[star sapphire, black diamond[[no attribution possible] lastal. m. m 1 diamond swastika or fylfot cross, crown[[the lamp. 2 star ruby, turquoise lingam, the inner robe of glory[[the word] viaov 3 star sapphire, pearl yoni, the outer robe of concealment[[the cup, the shining star] babalon. vitriol 4 amethyst, sapphire[[lapis lazuli] the wand, sceptre, or crook ihvh 5 ruby the sword, spear, scourge, or chain agla. alhim 6 topaz, yellow diamond the lamen or rosy cross abrahadabra. iao: inri 7 emerald the lamp and girdle ararita 8 opal, especially fire opal the names and versicles and apron. 9 quartz the perfumes and sandals[[the altar] alim 1010 rock crystal the magical circle and triangle vitriol 11 topaz the dagger or fan. 12 opal, agate the wand or caduceus. 13 moonstone, pe

s a beautiful woman wreathed with myrtle. she holds a lyre and sings of love and gladness. 19 a man in sordid raiment, with him a nobleman on horseback, accompanied by bears and dogs a man crowned with a white myrtle wreath, holding a bow 20 a virgin clad in linen, with an apple or pomegranate tall, fair, large man, with him a woman holding a large black oil jar 22 a dark man, in his right hand a spear and laurel branch and in his left a book a man, dark, yet delicious of countenance 24 a man with a lance in his right hand, in his left a human head a man riding a camel, with a scorpion in his hand 25 a man with 3 bodies 1 black, 1 red, 1 white a man leading cows, and before him an ape and bear 26 a man holding in his right hand a javelin and in his left a lapwing. a man with an ape running

LIBER ARARITA

ameth across the vault inane, let me re-veil thy perfections. 3. thou hast appeared unto me as an aged god, a venerable god, the lord of time, bearing a sharp sickle. 4. thou hast appeared unto me as a jocund and ruddy god, full of majesty, a king, a father in his prime. thou didst bear the sceptre of the universe, crowned with the wheel of the spirit. 5. thou hast appeared unto me with sword and spear, a warrior god in flaming armour among thine horsemen. 6. thou hast appeared unto me as a young and brilliant god, a god of music and beauty, even as a young god in his strength, playing upon the lyre. 7. thou has appeared unto me as the white foam of ocean gathered into limbs whiter than the foam, the limbs of a miracle of women, as a goddess of extreme love, bearing the girdle of gold. 8

LIBER CCCXXXV ADONIS

ts me on the throne above, mine orb the world. astarte. nay, stir not yet. let love breathe like the zephyr on the unmoved deep, sigh to awakening from its rosy sleep; let the stars fade, and all the east grow grey and tender, ere the first faint rose of day flush it. awhile! awhile! there fs crimson bars enough to blot the noblest of the stars, and bow for adoration ere the rim start like god fs spear to ware the world of him! softly! esarhaddon. but kiss me! astarte. with an eyelash first! esarhaddon. treasure and torture! astarte. tantalising thirst makes the draught more delicions. heaven were worth little without the purgatory, earth! esarhaddon. you make earth heaven. astarte. and heaven hell. to choose thee is to interpret misery .to lose thee. esarhaddon. ay! death end all if it mu

and naked, a male figure is seen erect] psyche. adonis! adonis. psyche [they run together and embrace. psyche. ah! long-lost! adonis. my wife! light, o intolerable! infinite love! o life beyond death! psyche. i have found thee! adonis. i was thine. psyche. i thine from all the ages! adonis. to the ages! psyche. mine [the king passes over and departs. chorus of soldiers hail to the lord! without a spear, without a sword he hath smitten, he hath smitten, one stroke of his worth all our weaponed puissiances. there is no helm, no hauberk, no cuirass, adonis 33 no shield of sevenfold steel and sevenfold brass resists his touch; no sword, no spear but shivers before his glance. eternally life quivers and reels before him; death itself, the hound of god, slinks at his heel, and licks the dust tha

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r tossed beyond space and time. my lord, my lord, even now i see thee there in infinite motion! and beyond there is the disk, the wheel of things; like a black boundless diamond whirring with millions of wings! olympas. master! marsyas. know also that above these portents hangs no veil of love; but, guarded by unsleeping eyes of twice seven score severities, the veil that only rips apart when the spear strikes to jesus f heart! a mighty guard of fire are they with sabres turning every way! their eyes are millstones greater than the earth; their mouths run seas of blood. liber ccxlii 10 woe be to that accursed man of whom they are the iniquities! swept in their wrath fs avenging flood to black immitigable seas! woe to the seeker who shall fail to rend that vexful virgin veil! fashion thysel

r fear nor awe approach the doctrine of the law! truth, courage, love, shall win the bout, and those three others be cast out. olympas. lead me, master, by the hand gently to this gracious land! aha! 35 let me drink the doctrine in, an all-healing medicine! let me rise, correct and firm, steady striding to the term, master of my fate, to rise to imperial destinies; with the sun fs ensanguine dart spear-bright in my blazing heart, and my being fs basil-plant bright and hard as adamant! marsyas. yonder, faintly luminous, the yellow desert waits for us. lithe and eager, hand in hand, we travel to the lonely land. there, beneath the stars, the smoke of our incense shall invoke the queen of space; and subtly she shall bend from her infinity like a lambent flame of blue, touching us, and piercin

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orror gat no hold. then at the noise of the wind of thy coming he was dissolved away, and the abyss of the great void was unfolded before me. 38. across the waveless sea of eternity thou didst ride with thy captains and thy hosts; with thy chariots and horsemen and spearmen didst thou travel through the blue. 39. before i saw thee thou wast already with me; i was smitten through by thy marvellous spear. 40. i was stricken as a bird by the bolt of the thunderer; i was pierced as the thief by the lord of the garden. 41. o my lord, let us sail upon the sea of blood! 42. there is a deep taint beneath the ineffable bliss; it is the taint of generation. 43. yea, though the flower wave bright in the sunshine, the root is deep in the darkenss of earth. 44. praise to thee, o beautiful dark earth, t

ere is none to behold thee, o thou who beholdest all! 59. thou dost faint, thou dost fail, thou scribe; cried the desolate voice; but i have filled thee with a wine whose savour thou knowest not. 60. it shall avail to make drunken the people of the old gray sphere that rolls in the infinite far-off; they shall lap the wine as dogs that lap the blood of a beautiful courtesan pierced through by the spear of a swift rider through the city. liber cordis cincti serpente svb figvra ynda 21 61. i too am the soul of the desert; thou shalt seek me yet again in the wilderness of sand. 62. at thy right hand a great lord and a comely; at thy left hand a woman clad in gossamer and gold and having the stars in her hair. ye shall journey far into a land of pestilence and evil; ye shall encamp in the rive

sword smote out before them, and the worm hope writhed in its death-agony under their feet. 36. even as their rapture shore asunder the visible hope, so also the fear invisible fled away and was no more. 37. o ye that are beyond aormuzdi and ahrimanes! blessed are ye unto the ages. 38. they shaped doubt as a sickle, and reaped the flowers of faith for their garlands. 39. they shaped ecstasy as a spear, and pierced the ancient dragon that sat upon the stagnant water. 40. then the fresh springs were unloosed, that the folk athirst might be at ease. 41. and again i was caught up into the presence of my lord adonai, and the knowledge and conversation of the holy one, the angel that guardeth me. 26 liber lxv 42. o holy exalted one, o self beyond self, o self-luminous image of the unimaginable

LIBER CXCVII STORY OF SIR PALAMEDES

ns his dark regards on single prints, on marks unique. sir palamede doth now attain unto a wide and grassy plain, whereon he spies the thing to seek. thereat he putteth spur to horse and runneth him a random course, the beast a-questing aye before. but praise to good sir palamede .hath gotten him a fairy steed alike for venery and for war, so that in little drawing near the quarry, lifteth up his spear to run him of his malice through. with that the beast hopes no escape, dissolveth all his lordly shape, splitteth him sudden into two. sir palamedes, the saracen knight 49 sir palamede in fury runs unto the nearer beast, that shuns the shock, and splits, and splits again, until the baffled warrior sees a myriad myriad swarms of these a-questing over all the plain. the good knight reins his c

his resounding curse. o fool of god! as if it mattered! so, nothing better, rather worse, out of the blue bliss of the pool came dripping that inveterate fool! 55 xxiii now still he holdeth argument .so grand a beast must house him well; hence, now beseemeth me frequent cathedral, palace, citadel. so, riding fast among the flowers far off, a gothic spire he spies, that like a gladiator towers its spear-sharp splendour to the skies. the people cluster round, acclaim .sir knight, good knight, thy quest is won. here dwells the beast in orient flame, spring-sweet, and swifter than the sun. sir palamede the saracen spurs to the shrine, afire to win the end; and all the urgent men throng with him eloquently in. sir palamede his vizor drops; he lays his loyal lance in rest; he drives the rowels h

tomb! ye now the good knight is aware of some black force, of some dread throne, waiting beneath that awful stair, beneath that pit of slippery stone. yea! though he sees not anything, nor hears, his subtle sense is .ware that, lackeyed by the devil-king, the beast.the questing beast.is there! so though his heart beats close with fear, though horror grips his throat, he goes, goes on to meet it, spear to spear, as good knight should, to face his foes. nay! but the end is come. black earth belches that peerless paladin up from her gulphs.untimely birth .her horror could not hold him in! white as a corpse, the hero hails the dawn, that night of fear still shaking his body. all death fs doubt assails him. was it sleep or was it waking .by god, i care not, i (quod he .or wake or sleep, or liv

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ed by a child, the appropriate weapon be advanced to the center and crieth "i am armed! i am armed! i am strong! i am strong (he goes to the west, where dwell the undines "with my wand i drive back the dwellers of water (to the south, where are salamanders "let the dwellers of fire cower before the fire of my sword (in the east, the home of the sylphs "let the winds draw back at the waving of the spear (in the north, among the gnomes "i have imprisoned the inhabitants of earth. let them keep silence before me (returns to center "i am armed! i am strong! let them bow, before the splendor of ra-hoor-khuit (next he performeth the 4 adorations as taught unto the outer world "i am the lord of thebes, and i the inspired forth-speaker of mentu; for me unveils the veiled sky, the self-slain ankh-a

h forth visable, the lowest point of the red triangle of our order, ankh-f-n-khonsu for ra- hoor-khuit. the ceremony is to join the candidate, or ego, with him. the officer is also tem, to open, ra to close; kephra, to admit, and ahathoor, to seal the grade. he is thus the pentagram in himself. the hierophant. his dress is that of the magus described by abramelin. the wand is in his hand; but the spear and sword are ready. the candidate, dresses as is his custom, fasts for four and twenty hours. before the admission he eats a full meal. then the officer, approaching sayeth "hail! hail unto thee o tum, who comest forth from the abyss of water! hail unto thee, who shinest with double splendour, let thy words be spoken with might unto those khus that abide in the hall, and let- triumphant ent

d manifester unto the light. i am he, the grace of the world! the heart girt with a serpent is my name (they go to the throne "o my seat, o my throne, come unto me! and be ye round about me (he sets the candidate on his throne "i am your lord, o ye gods, come ye and take your places in my train (the officer prostrates himself before the candidate, and worships him (the officer rises and takes his spear from beside the candidate. he touches with its point the brand 666 and says "as this brand is not to be effaced from thy body, so is this initiation not to be effaced from thy soul (the officers then lead him from the throne and biddeth him stand at the altar, while the closing is performed. afterward (s)he may entertain him/her, in the precincts of the holy house to a banquet and act friend

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f this operation whereby he may discover through what error he is thus betrayed again and again into failure. failure. failure. 11.49. the temple is closed. now then, o lord adonai! let the tenth day be favourable unto o. m. for in the struggle he is as nothing worth. nor valiant, nor fortunate, nor skilful.except thou fight by his side, cover his breast with thy shield, second his blows with thy spear and with thy sword. aye! let the ninth day close in silence and in darkness, and let o.m. be found watching and waiting and willing thy presence. adonai! adonai! o lord adonai! let thy light illumine the path of that darkling wight john st. john, that being who, separate from thee, is separate from all light, life, love. adonai! adonai! let it be written of o. m. that .the lord adonai is abo

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force unto the holy guardian angel. 11. the grace having been granted unto him, let him partake mystically of the eucharist of the five elements and let him proclaim light in extension; yea, let him proclaim light in extension.7 liber hhh 4 ii a a a .these loosen the swathings of the corpse; these unbind the feet of osiris, so that the flaming god may rage through the firmament with his fantastic spear..liber lapidis lazuli. vii. 15, 16. 0. be seated in thine .sana, or recumbent in .av.sana,8 or in the position of the dying buddha. 1. think of thy death; imagine the various the various diseases that may attack thee, or accidents overtake thee. picture the process of death, applying always to thyself (a useful preliminary practice is to read text-books of pathology, and to visit museums and

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of blood quench thy blood-thirst, o my god! 14. thou art a little white rabbit in the burrow night. 15. i am greater than the fox and the hole. svb figvra vii 3 16. give me thy kisses, o lord god! 17. the lightning came and licked up the little flock of sheep. 18. there is a tongue and a flame; i see that trident walking over the sea. 19. a phoenix hath if for its head; below are two prongs. they spear the wicked. 20. i will spear thee, o thou little grey god, unless thou beware! 21. from the grey to the gold; from the gold to that which is beyond the gold of ophir. 22. my god! but i love thee! 23. why hast thou whispered so ambiguous things? wast thou afraid, o goat-hoofed one, o horned one, o pillar of lightning? 24. from the lightning fall pearls; from the pearls black specks of nothing

ose stridency troubled the still waters of my soul, so that my mind and my body were healed of their disease, selfknowledge. 27. yea, an angel troubled the waters. 28. this was the cry of him: iiioooshbthio-ioiiiiamamthibi- ii. 16 liber liberi vel lapidis lazuli 29. nor did i sing this for a thousand times a night for a thousand nights before thou camest, o my flaming god, and pierced me with thy spear. thy scarlet robe unfolded the whole heavens, so that the gods said: all is burning: it is the end. 30. also thou didst set thy lips to the wound and suck out a million eggs. and thy mother sat upon them, and lo! stars and stars and ultimate things whereof stars are the atoms. 31. then i perceived thee, o my god, sitting like a white cat upon the trellis-work of the arbour; and the hum of th

mory of al a fin the priest; yea, of al a fin the priest. 27 vii 1. by the burning of the incense was the word revealed, and by the distant drug. 2. o meal and honey and oil! o beautiful flag of the moon, that she hangs out in the centre of bliss. 3. these loosen the swathings of the corpse; these unbind the feet of osiris, so that the flaming god may rage through the firmament with his fantastic spear. 4. but of pure black marble is the sorry statue, and the changeless pain of the eyes is bitter to the blind. 5. we understand the rapture of that shaken marble, torn by the throes of the crowned child, the golden rod of the golden god. 6. we know why all is hidden in the stone, within the coffin, within the mighty sepulchre, and we too answer olalam! imal! tutulu! as it is written in the an

LINDOW JOHN NORSE MYTHOLOGY A GUIDE TO THE GODS HEROES RITUALS AND BELIEFS

e of his copyists, and it intrudes on the framing device of a dialogue between agir and bragi. that device is taken up again when snorri introduces the story of thor fs duel with hrungnir and of thor fs journey to geirrod, but thereafter it is dropped. additional mythic narratives in skaldskaparmal include the acquisition from one set of dwarfs of sif fs golden hair, the ship skidbladnir, odin fs spear gungnir, odin fs ring draupnir, frey fs boar gullinborsti, and thor fs hammer mjollnir, and the subsequent acquisition from another dwarf of the gold and cursed ring that play a large role in heroic legend. a good deal of heroic legend is also recounted in skaldskaparmal. it seems that snorri next was moved to write up the rest of the myths and to do so with a frame story consistently carrie

originated with odin and was lost by the scandinavians upon conversion to christianity but was retained by the sami, who were unconverted in his time. in chapter 8 snorri writes that odin established various pagan customs, primarily cremation funerals, but also various sacrifices. in chapter 9 odin dies, not in the jaws of a monstrous wolf but of old age. he has himself marked with the point of a spear and gathered for himself all the warriors felled by weapons. he said he wished to go to godheim or godheimar, and from this the swedes concluded, according to snorri, that odin had gone to ancient asgard and would live there until eternity. gbelief in odin and calling on him grew up anew. h snorri must have imagined that godheim was a historical land, misunderstood by the swedes in connectio

hings, and thereafter the asir take sport in attacking him with weapons and stones, and it seems an accomplishment to them that he is unhurt. loki is displeased that baldr is unhurt. he takes the form of a woman, goes to frigg, and asks whether anything can harm baldr. frigg responds that she took oaths from everything except mistletoe, which seemed too young. loki gets some mistletoe, fashions a spear from it, and heads to the assembly. there he sees baldr fs blind half brother, hod, not participating in the sport. he gives the mistletoe spear to hod, who casts it at baldr. it pierces baldr, and he falls dead to the earth. gthe greatest misfortune among gods and men was done, h says snorri. the gods are stricken, and no vengeance can be taken on the spot because it is a place of sanctuary

are reborn (in the spring) than it does with initiation into a hypothetical cult of odin. thus 68 norse mythology hod fs name seems to have meant gbattle, h and his blindness intensifies odin fs sacrifice of a single eye. gautreks saga contains a sham sacrifice to odin that turns real. when starkad throws at king vikar a reed that has been provided to him by another person, the reed turns into a spear and kills the king. however, analysis of the baldr story as odinic ritual runs up against the fact that in voluspa baldr fs death leads directly to ragnarok (and the victory of hotherus over all the gods in saxo may be analogous. for snorri, too, baldr fs death was a disaster that led to ragnarok. i understand the story as the mythic reflection of a basic social problem, namely, the fact tha

n thelwall (ulster: new university of ulster, 1978, 99.114. benjamin blaney, gthe berserk suitor: the literary application of a stereotyped theme, h scandinavian studies 54 (1982: 279.294. 76 norse mythology buckle of gilded bronze from the anglo-saxon cemetery at finglesham, kent, with bosses and rivets encircled with gold wire. it shows a naked male figure in a horned helmet and belt, holding a spear in each hand (courtesy of ms. sonia hawkes) bestla odin fs mother. the relationship of bestla and odin is set forth in snorri fs gylfaginning. the first man was buri, whose son was bor. he married that woman who was called bestla, the daughter of the giant bolthorn. they had three sons; the first was called odin, the second vili, the third ve. havamal, stanza 140, gives a variant version of

an studies 55 (1983: 222.235. brokk dwarf; helped create some of the precious objects of the gods. snorri tells the story in skaldskaparmal. loki had cut the hair off sif, thor fs wife, and he avoided a beating only by promising to have the dwarfs make for sif a headpiece that would grow into golden hair. after having the sons of ivaldi make the headpiece and also the ship skidbladnir and odin fs spear, gungnir, he bets the dwarf brokk that brokk fs brother eitri cannot make three equally good deities, themes, and concepts 89 objects. brokk is to work the bellows for eitri, and loki changes himself into a fly and pesters brokk. eitri makes first a boar with gold bristles, then the ring draupnir, finally mjollnir, thor fs hammer. the hammer fs handle is short because brokk fs bellows work w

on, from which drip every ninth night eight rings of equal weight. this can only be draupnir, for in gylfaginning snorri says that odin put the ring draupnir on baldr fs funeral pyre and adds the information about its magically replicating itself, information that he also includes in skaldskaparmal when he tells of the origin of draupnir. like sif fs golden hair, frey fs ship skidbladnir, odin fs spear gungnir, frey fs golden boar, and thor fs hammer, it was made by the dwarfs. along with the boar and the hammer, draupnir is one of three treasures forged by eitri while loki in the form of a fly pestered brokk, who was working the bellows. draupnir has truly been to hel and back, for snorri says, in his account of baldr fs death, that when hermod leaves the realm of the dead after having ac

he dwarfs make objects. snorri also tells in skaldskaparmal of the creation of some of the most important and precious possessions of the gods. loki had cut the hair off sif, thor fs wife, and loki avoided a beating only by promising to have the dwarfs make for sif a headpiece that would grow into golden hair. he has the sons of ivaldi make the headpiece, and also the ship skidbladnir and odin fs spear, gungnir. then he bets the dwarf brokk that brokk fs brother eitri cannot make three equally good objects. brokk is to work the bellows for eitri, and loki changes himself into a fly and pesters brokk. eitri makes first a boar with gold bristles, then the ring draupnir, and finally mjollnir, thor fs hammer. the hammer fs handle is short because brokk fs bellows work was nearly interrupted wh

mself into a fly and pesters brokk. eitri makes first a boar with gold bristles, then the ring draupnir, and finally mjollnir, thor fs hammer. the hammer fs handle is short because brokk fs bellows work was nearly interrupted when the fly bit him between the eyes so that blood flowed. thus, if we assign sif fs hair to the realm of thor, each of the three major gods gets two objects. odin gets his spear, which he can use to throw an enemy army into panic, and the ring that duplicates itself in multiple copies. thor gets the hammer with which he kills giants, and frey gets the ship that can be folded up and put in a pocket and the gold-bristled boar, gullinborsti. it may be worth noting that each god gets one object of gold and one of iron or wood. furthermore, odin commissioned the dwarfs t

e studien 15 (1981: 495.511. eitri dwarf; helped create some of the precious objects of the gods. snorri tells the story in skaldskaparmal. loki had cut the hair off sif, thor fs wife, and he avoided a beating only by promising to have the dwarfs make for sif a headpiece that would grow into golden hair. after having the sons of ivaldi make the headpiece, and also the ship skidbladnir and odin fs spear, gungnir, he 106 norse mythology bets the dwarf brokk that brokk fs brother eitri cannot make three equally good objects. brokk is to work the bellows for eitri, and loki changes himself into a fly and pesters brokk. eitri makes first a boar with gold bristles, then the ring draupnir, finally mjollnir, thor fs hammer. the hammer fs handle is short because brokk fs bellows work was interrupte

k, and as the flames lick higher the masked one speaks. the first three stanzas relate to the frame story: he has been eight nights in the fire and is grateful for the sustenance from agnar, who will become a king. with stanza 4 he begins a series of visions of the dwellings of the gods, thor at thrudheim, ull at y ldalir, frey at alfheim, and so forth. stanzas 9 and 10 describe valholl, with its spear shafts, shields, and byrnies within and a wolf and eagle outside. eleven residences are described, but in place of a twelfth, stanza 17 says that vidar fs land grows with brush and high grass. stanzas 18.26 tell about life in valholl, including the food of the einherjar, the many doors, and heidrun and eikthyrnir. stanzas 27.30 catalog rivers and other bodies of water, and 31.35 describe ygg

se myths in medieval icelandic society, vol. 1: the myths (odense: odense university press, 1994, margaret clunies ross suggests that gullveig/freyja was sent by the vanir, perhaps as a possible sexual partner, and rejected by the asir because they did not take wives from lower social groups, and that their vehement reaction, the attempt to kill her, may have precipitated the war. gungnir odin fs spear. like sif fs golden hair, frey fs ship skidbladnir, odin fs ring draupnir, frey fs golden boar, and thor fs hammer, gungnir was made by the dwarfs. although it is not specifically named as gungnir, odin throws a spear over an opposing army, was gwounded with a spear and given to odin, myself to myself, h when he hung on the tree in his self-sacrifice according to havamal, stanza 138, and had

en hair, frey fs ship skidbladnir, odin fs ring draupnir, frey fs golden boar, and thor fs hammer, gungnir was made by the dwarfs. although it is not specifically named as gungnir, odin throws a spear over an opposing army, was gwounded with a spear and given to odin, myself to myself, h when he hung on the tree in his self-sacrifice according to havamal, stanza 138, and had himself marked with a spear when he died, as did njord, according to the historicized account of the asir in the early chapters of ynglinga saga. skalds call odin the lord and god of the spear. see also odin references and further reading: julius schwietering, gwodans speer, h zeitschrift fur deutsches altertum 60 (1923: 290.292, reprint in schwietering, philologische schriften, ed. friedrich ohly and max wehrli (munic

MAGIC AND SPELLS

of any type or size. the affected vermin gain the benefits of a stoneskin spell (damage reduction 10/+5) for 1 round per caster level. evocation [force] level: sor/wiz 4 components: v, s, m casting time: 1 action range: 0 ft. effect: a spearlike beam duration: 1 round/level (d) saving throw: none spell resistance: yes thunderlance a faint, gray, shimmering force in the general shape of a staff or spear springs from your hand. you can freely make the force retract or grow to any size from 1 foot to 20 feet, but it always remains a straight lance of force. this gives you natural reach of 20 feet. you can use the thunderlance to make powerful melee attacks. magic 75 the thunderlance strikes as a huge longspear, dealing a base 2d6 points of damage (crit x3. you only need one hand to wield the

the force effect in addition to damaging the target. make a dispel check against the caster who created the effect. if you succeed, the effect is dispelled. the thunderlance remains whether you succeed or fail at this check. you can choose to attack objects or to use the strength score of the thunderlance for strength scores involving breaking or damaging items. material component. a small metal spear. waterspout conjuration (creation) level: ocean 7 components: v, s, df casting time: 1 full round range: long (400 ft+ 40 ft./level) effect: a cylinder 10 ft. wide and 80 ft. tall duration: 1 round/level` saving throw: reflex negates spell resistance: no waterspout causes water to rise up into a whirling, cylindrical column. a body of water at least 10 feet wide and 20 feet deep must be pres

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

tree worship, for this tree, sacred to atys, was first trimmed into the form of a cross and then cut down in honor of the murdered god whose body was discovered at its foot "if you wish to inspect the orgies of the corybantes" writes clement "then know that, having killed their third brother, they covered the head of the dead body with a purple cloth, crowned it, and carrying it on the point of a spear, buried it under the roots of olympus. these mysteries are, in short, murders and funerals [this ante-nicene father in his efforts to defame the pagan rites apparently ignores the fact that, like the cabirian martyr, jesus christ was foully betrayed, tortured, and finally murdered] and the priests of these rites, who are called kings of the sacred rites by those whose business it is to name

osophic death and the philosophic resurrection are the lesser and the greater mysteries respectively. a curious aspect of the dying-god myth is that of the hanged man. the most important example of this peculiar conception is found in the odinic rituals where odin hangs himself for nine nights from the branches of the world tree and upon the same occasion also pierces his own side with the sacred spear. as the result of this great sacrifice, odin, while suspended over the depths of nifl-heim, discovered by meditation the runes or alphabets by which later the records of his people were preserved. because of this remarkable experience, odin is sometimes shown seated on a gallows tree and he became the patron deity of all who died by the noose. esoterically, the hanged man is the human spirit

e fingers, appear the likenesses of the apostles, each bearing its own appropriate symbol. in the case of those who suffered martyrdom the symbol signifies the instrument of death. thus, the symbol of st. andrew is a cross; of st. thomas, a javelin or a builder's square; of st. james the less, a club; of st philip, a cross; of st. bartholomew, a large knife or scimitar; of st. matthew, a sword or spear (sometimes a purse; of st. simon, a club or saw; of st. matthias, an axe; and of st. judas, a halbert. the apostles whose symbols do not elate to their martyrdom are st. peter, who carries two crossed keys, one gold and one silver; st. james the great, who bears a pilgrim's staff and an escalop shell; and st. john, who holds a cup from which the poison miraculously departed in the form of a

nd phallus were worshiped by nearly all ancient peoples as appropriate symbols of god's creative power. the garden of eden, the ark, the gate of the temple, the veil of the mysteries, the vesica piscis or oval nimbus, and the holy grail are important yonic symbols; the pyramid, the obelisk, the cone, the candle, the tower, the celtic monolith, the spire, the campanile, the maypole, and the sacred spear are symbolic of the phallus. in treating the subject of priapic worship, too many modern authors judge pagan standards by their own and wallow in the mire of self-created vulgarity. the eleusinian mysteries--the greatest of all the ancient secret societies--established one of the highest known standards of morality and ethics, and those criticizing their use of phallic symbols should ponder

in which trees were held by the scribes of holy writ. buddha received his illumination while under the bodhi tree, near madras in india, and several of the eastern gods are pictured sitting in meditation beneath the spreading branches of mighty trees. many of the great sages and saviors carried wands, rods, or staves cut from the wood of sacred trees, as the rods of moses and aaron; gungnir--the spear of odin--cut from the tree of life; and the consecrated rod of hermes, around which the fighting serpents entwined themselves. the numerous uses which the ancients made of the tree and its products are factors in its symbolism. its worship was, to a certain degree, based upon its usefulness. of this j. p. lundy writes "trees occupy such an important place in the economy of nature by way of a

rsy exists as to whether the grail was a cup or a platter, it is generally depicted in art as a chalice of considerable size and unusual beauty. according to the legend, joseph of arimathea brought the grail cup to the place of the crucifixion and in it caught the blood pouring from the wounds of the dying nazarene. later joseph, who had become custodian of the sacred relics--the sangreal and the spear of longinus--carried them into a distant country. according to one version, his descendants finally placed these relics in glastonbury abbey in england; according to another, in a wonderful castle on mount salvat, spain, built by angels in a single night. under the name of preston john, parsifal, the last of the grail kings, carried the holy cup with him into india, and it disappeared foreve

t the four letters, a-d-a-m, are the first letters of the four words anatole dysis arktos mesembria, the greek names for the four corners of the world. the same author also sees in adam a prototype of christ, for he writes "adam sleeps that eve may be formed: christ dies, that the church may be formed. while adam sleeps, eve is formed from his side. when christ is dead, his side is smitten with a spear, that there flow forth sacraments to form the church* adam himself was the figure of him that was to come" in his recent work, judaism, george foote moore thus describes the proportions of the adamic man "he was a huge mass that filled the whole world to all the points of the compass. the dust of which his body was formed was gathered from every part of the world, or from the site of the fut

ilostrates sophistes grecs et les statues de callistrate, by blaise de vigenere. the title page of this volume--which, as the name of the author when properly deciphered indicates, was written by or under the direction of bacon or his secret society--is one mass of important masonic or rosicrucian symbols. on page 486 appears a plate entitled "hercules furieux" showing a gigantic figure shaking a spear, the ground before him strewn with curious emblems. in his curious work, das bild des speersh ttlers die l sung des shakespeare-r tsels, alfred freund attempts to explain the baconian symbolism in the philostrates. bacon he reveals as the philosophical hercules, whom time will establish as the true "spear-shaker (shakespeare. click to enlarge title page of the famous first edition of sir wal

ion. at the bottom of the picture is a nobleman (bacon) placing his hat on another man's head. in the oval at the top of the plate, it is possible that the lights are beacons, or a play upon the name bacon. in the two side panels are striking and subtle "shakespearian" allusions. on the left is a nobleman (possibly bacon) handing a paper to another man of mean appearance who carries in his hand a spear. at the right, the man who previously carried the spear is shown in the costume of an actor, wearing spurs and blowing a horn. the allusion to the actor blowing his horn and the figure carrying the spear suggest much, especially as spear is the last syllable of the name "shakespeare" p. 170 who translated the cipher manuscript of the friar, declared "there are drawings which so accurately po

emasonry "the first bishop of christendom" just as the temporal (or visible) power of the holy see was established by st. peter, so the spiritual (or invisible) body of the faith was entrusted to the "secret church of the holy grail" through apostolic succession from joseph of arimathea, into whose keeping had been given the perpetual symbols of the covenant--the ever-flowing cup and the bleeding spear. presumably obeying instructions of st. philip, joseph of arimathea, carrying the sacred relics, reached britain after passing through many and varied hardships. here a site was allotted to him for the erection of a church, and in this manner glastonbury abbey was founded. joseph planted his staff in the earth and it took root, becoming a miraculous thorn bush which blossomed twice a year an

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arious watchtowers, but here opinion differs considerably as to their correct assignation. many witches tend to use the cabalistic identification of the rod to fire, sword to air, pentacle to earth, cup to water. the cup seems to be about the one implement about which no one is in any doubt. more traditional, perhaps, is the concept of the sword of fire, rod of air (sometimes an airborne arrow or spear, cup or cauldron of water and pentacle, plate or shield of earth. these are directly analogous with the four magical treasures of pre-celtic lore mentioned earlier; in later celtic myth they became known as the sword of nuada, spear of lugh, cauldron of ceridwen, and the stone of fal (the latter, incidentally, is said to be none other than the stone of scone which at present reposes under ki

MICHAEL FORD WITCHMOON

cery- 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- cain and naamah, given life by the reverse aspects associated with witchcraft and demonology. these 'reverse aspects' refer to his title as a "demon of impurity (the book of the sacred magick of abramelin the mage" translated by macgregor mathers) which signifies

MICHAEL TSARION ATLANTIS ALIEN VISITATION AND GENETIC MANIPULATION

y that the fomorians lived under the ocean. interest-ingly, one of the ancient names for the mythical lost isles was tir fo thuinn, meaning landbeneath the wave.one of these mysterious weapons mentioned in the irish sagas was the lance of lugh,the sun god. lugh was called ildanach, or master of all the arts, but also the far-shooter. here is a description of his strange lance: he also had a magic spear, whichhe had no need to wield himself, for it was alive andthirsted for bloodwhen battle was near it was drawn out; then it roared and struggledagainst its thongs; fire flashed from itit tore through and through the ranks of the enemy,never tired of slaying (see celtic myth and legend by charles squire; the book of con-quests, and the silver arm by jim fitzpatrick) another weapon of power wa

erse dwells. for when you are at thecenter within yourself and i within mine, we shall be as one (crazy horse, shaman andchief of the lakota sioux)i am a wave of the sea, i am a murmur of the billows, i am a stag of the seven horns, i am a wide lake on a plain, i am a wind on the deep waters, i am shining tear of the sun,i am a hawk upon the rocks, i am the fairest of plants, i am a battle-waging spear, i am a salmon in the pool, i am a boar of courage, i am a hill of poetry,i am the craft of the artificer, i am a word of science, i am a god who creates in the head, the firewho but i knows the secret of the unhewn dolmen?who enlightens the assembly on the mountain, if not i?who but i, telleth the ages of the moon?who but i, showeth the resting place of the sun?(song of amergin, bard of pre

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a 60 sexual (masturbation or copulation) sacrifice upon their talisman. luciferian witch kings and queens in the center of the circle is found samael and asmodeus. samael appears as the devil of the tarot, devouring and consuming life energy souls are the food of this force. asmodai or asmodeus appears as a bloated or bestial man, crouching but arises to crush others with a blood dripping mace or spear. he drains life force in this manner. the southeast angle is the evil adam or cain the son, a goat-headed, skeleton-like giant, the thousand- headed hydra serpent; and the elder lilith, wife of samael, a woman with an ever-changing and distorted countenance who is at times hag young maiden, beaten whore, vampire woman, beast, bird, owl, etc. the northeast angle is aggereth, the daughter of m

MICHAEL WYNN THE SOUL TRAVELERS

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, the god of sorcery, the god of the circle, and sometimes called the serpent. asmodeus is responsible for many of humanity s scientific achievements, and has long taught sorcery, mathematics, and the arts. asmodeus, al

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a serpent, or with that reptile entwined about him. it is found on the mithriac monuments, and supplied with attributes of typhon to the egyptians, the sacred basilisc, in coil, with head and neck erect, was the royal ensign of the pharaohs. two of them were entwined around and hung suspended from the winged globe on the egyptian monuments. on a tablet in one of the tombs at thebes, a god with a spear pierces a serpent's head. on a tablet from the temple of osiris at phil is a tree, with a man on one side, and a woman on the other, and in front of the woman an erect basilisc, with horns on its head and a disk between the horns. the head of medusa was encircled by winged snakes, which, the head removed, left the hierogram or sacred cypher of the ophites or serpent-worshippers. and the serp

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thens. her most celebrated temple was the parthenon, which stood on the [47]acropolis at athens, and contained her world-renowned statue by phidias, which ranks second only to that of zeus by the same great artist. this colossal statue was 39 feet high, and was composed of ivory and gold; its majestic beauty formed the chief attraction of the temple. it represented her standing erect, bearing her spear and shield; in her hand she held an image of nike, and at her feet there lay a serpent. the tree sacred to her was the olive, which she herself produced in a contest with poseidon. the olive-tree thus called into existence was preserved in the temple of erectheus, on the acropolis, and is said to have possessed such marvellous vitality, that when the persians burned it after sacking the town

which forms a not unworthy companion to the apollo-belvedere of the vatican. in this statue, the goddess appears in the act of rescuing a hunted deer from its pursuers, on whom she is turning with angry mien. one hand is laid protectingly on the head page 96 of the stag, whilst with the other she draws an arrow from the quiver which hangs over her shoulder. her attributes are the bow, quiver, and spear. the animals sacred to her are the hind, dog, bear, and wild boar. artemis promptly resented any disregard or neglect of [89]her worship; a remarkable instance of this is shown in the story of the calydonian boar-hunt, which is as follows. page 97 page 98 oeneus, king of calydon in atolia, had incurred the displeasure of artemis by neglecting to include her in a general sacrifice to the gods

wooed, she led a life of strict celibacy, an oracle having predicted that inevitable misfortune awaited her, should she give herself in marriage to any of her numerous suitors. many of the heroes objected to hunt in company with a maiden; but meleager, who loved atalanta, overcame their opposition, and the valiant band set out on their expedition. atalanta was the first to wound the boar with her spear, but not before two of the heroes had met their death from his fierce tusks. after a long and desperate encounter, meleager succeeded in killing the monster, and presented the head and hide to atalanta, as trophies of the victory. the uncles of meleager, however, forcibly took the hide from the maiden, claiming their right to the spoil as next of kin, if meleager resigned it. artemis, whose

he had also a festival on the ides of october, when chariot-races took place, after which, the right-hand horse of the team which had drawn the victorious chariot, was sacrificed to him. in ancient times, human sacrifices, more especially prisoners of war, were offered to him; but, at a later period, this cruel practice was discontinued. the attributes of this divinity are the helmet, shield, and spear. the animals consecrated to him were the wolf, horse, vulture, and woodpecker. intimately associated with mars in his character as god of war, was a goddess called bellona, who was evidently the female divinity of battle with one or other of the primitive nations of italy (most probably the sabines, and is usually seen accompanying mars, whose war-chariot she guides. bellona appears on the b

usually seen accompanying mars, whose war-chariot she guides. bellona appears on the battle-field, inspired with mad rage, cruelty, and the love of extermination. she is in full armour, her hair is dishevelled, and she bears a scourge in one hand, and a lance in the other. page 128 a temple was erected to her on the campus martius. before the entrance to this edifice stood a pillar, over which a spear was thrown when war was publicly declared [117] nike (victoria. nike, the goddess of victory, was the daughter of the titan pallas, and of styx, the presiding nymph of the river of that name in the lower world. in her statues, nike somewhat resembles athene, but may easily be recognized by her large, graceful wings and flowing drapery, which is negligently fastened on the right shoulder, and

the mediator between the living and the dead. the poets relate many amusing stories of the youthful tricks played by this mischief-loving god upon the other immortals. for instance, he had the audacity to extract the medusa's head from the shield of athene, which he playfully attached to the back of hephastus; he also stole the girdle of aphrodite; deprived artemis of her arrows, and ares of his spear, but these acts were always performed with such graceful dexterity, combined with such page 135 perfect good humour, that even the gods and goddesses he thus provoked, were fain to pardon him, and he became a universal favourite with them all. it is said that hermes was one day flying over athens, when, looking down into the city, he beheld a number of maidens returning in solemn procession

gly sent his followers to fetch water for the libation from a neighbouring spring. this spring, which was sacred to ares, was situated in a wood, and guarded by a fierce dragon, who, at the approach of the retainers of cadmus, suddenly pounced upon them and killed them. after waiting some time for the return of his servants [204]cadmus grew impatient, and hastily arming himself with his lance and spear, set out to seek them. on reaching the spot, the mangled remains of his unfortunate followers met his view, and near them he beheld the frightful monster, dripping with the blood of his victims. seizing a huge rock, the hero hurled it with all his might upon the dragon; but protected by his tough black skin and steely scales as by a coat of mail, he remained unhurt. cadmus now tried his lanc

blood of his victims. seizing a huge rock, the hero hurled it with all his might upon the dragon; but protected by his tough black skin and steely scales as by a coat of mail, he remained unhurt. cadmus now tried his lance, and with more success, for it pierced the side of the beast, who, furious with pain, sprang at his adversary, when cadmus, leaping aside, succeeded in fixing the point of his spear within his jaws, which final stroke put an end to the encounter. while cadmus stood surveying his vanquished foe pallas-athene appeared to him, and commanded him to sow the teeth of the dead dragon in the ground. he obeyed; and out of the furrows there arose a band of armed men, who at once commenced to fight with each other, until all except five were killed. these last surviving warriors m

ing, in the temple of hecate. a confession of mutual attachment took place, and medea, trembling for her lover's safety, presented him with a magic salve, which possessed the property of rendering any person anointed page 255 with it invulnerable for the space of one day against fire and steel, and invincible against any adversary however powerful. with this salve she instructed him to anoint his spear and shield on the day of his great undertaking. she further added that when, after having ploughed the field and sown the teeth, armed men should arise from the furrows, he must on no account lose heart, but remember to throw among them a huge rock, over the possession of which they would fight among themselves, and their attention being thus diverted he would find it an easy task to destroy

the king mount his chariot, guided by the skilful myrtilus, and drawn by his two famous horses, phylla and harpinna, who surpassed in swiftness the winds themselves. in this manner many a gallant young prince had perished; for although a considerable start was given to all competitors, still oenomaus, with his swift team, always overtook them before they reached the goal, and killed them with his spear. but the love of pelops for hippodamia overcame all fears, and, undeterred by the terrible fate of his predecessors, he announced himself to oenomaus as a suitor for the hand of his daughter. on the eve of the race, pelops repaired to the sea-shore and earnestly implored poseidon to assist him in his perilous undertaking. the sea-god heard his prayer, and sent him out of the deep a chariot d

the deep a chariot drawn by two winged horses. page 263 when pelops appeared on the course, the king at once recognized the horses of poseidon; but, nothing daunted, he relied on his own supernatural team, and the contest was allowed to proceed. whilst the king was offering his sacrifice to zeus pelops set out on the race, and had nearly reached the goal, when, turning round, he beheld oenomaus, spear in hand, who, with his magic steeds, had nearly overtaken him. but in this emergency poseidon came to the aid of the son of tantalus. he caused the wheels of the royal chariot to fly off, whereupon the king was thrown out violently, and killed on the spot, just as pelops arrived at the altar of poseidon. as the hero was about to return to pisa to claim his bride, he beheld, in the distance

led his tutor on the spot. page 265 apprehensive lest the ungovernable temper of the youth might again involve him in similar acts of violence, amphitryon sent him into the country, where he placed him under the charge of one of his most trusted herdsmen. here, as he grew up to manhood, his extraordinary stature and strength became the wonder and admiration of all beholders. his aim, whether with spear, lance, or bow, was unerring, and at the age of eighteen he was considered to be the strongest as well as the most beautiful youth in all greece. the choice of heracles..heracles felt that the time had now arrived when it became necessary to decide for himself how to make use of the extraordinary powers with which he had been endowed by the gods; and in order to meditate in solitude on this

would the city be taken. page 321 departure of the greek fleet..the fleet then set sail; but mistaking the mysian coast for that of troy, they landed troops and commenced to ravage the country. telephus, king of the mysians, who was a son of the great hero heracles, opposed them with a large army, and succeeded in driving them back to their ships, but was himself wounded in the engagement by the spear of achilles. patroclus, who fought valiantly by the side of his kinsman, was also wounded in this battle; but achilles, who was a pupil of chiron, carefully bound up the wound, which he succeeded in healing; and from this incident dates the celebrated friendship which ever after existed between the two heroes, who even in death remained united. the greeks now returned to aulis. meanwhile, th

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s leave while the sun is shining and his dogs are keen to take up the chase. fearless youth adonis was a fearless youth and his bravado in ignoring aphrodite s warnings led to his downfall. persephone, angered that aphrodite should have twice as much of adonis time as she did, complained to aphrodite s lover ares (see pp. 26 27. furiously jealous, ares changed into a wild boar and, evading adonis spear, mortally wounded him. the dying days of summer it is harvest time and the summer is coming toward an end, indicating that it will soon be time for adonis to visit persephone in the underworld. symbolically, it also prefigures adonis s death. chariot of a goddess aphrodite s golden chariot is drawn by two swans. aphrodite was often accompanied by birds, especially doves and sparrows. echo an

just as holy and powerful. missing eye odin has only one eye. he sacrificed the other one for a single mouthful of water from the spring of wisdom, which bubbled from underneath the second root of the world tree yggdrasil (see pp. 70 71. odin, lord of hosts odin had many names and many disguises, but he is most often invoked as a battle god. here, he carries an ax, but more frequently carries the spear gungnir; one of his epithets is spear-brandisher. odin inspired warriors with battle ecstasy, and welcomed the battle dead in his paradise hall of valhalla. world tree odin once hanged himself on the world tree, yggdrasil, for nine days and nights. pierced with a spear, he sacrificed himself to himself, in a magic rite to bring him hidden knowledge. on the ninth day, he saw magic runes below

god and the irish warriors in the ulster cycle swear by the god to whom my tribe swear. his ritual mate was either the triple war goddess, the morrigan, or boann, the goddess of the river boyne. the dagda was the chief of the ancestral irish tribe known as the tuatha de danann, the people of the goddess danu. they had four magic talismans: the stone of fal, which shrieked under a lawful king; the spear of lugh, which ensured victory; the sword of nuadha, from which none could escape; and the cauldron of the dagda, from which none would go unsatisfied. this cauldron is one of the origins of the holy grail (see pp. 80 81. in the welsh myth cycle of the mabinogion it appears as a cauldron of regeneration, bringing dead warriors to life. the dagda had a club with the same property: one end kil

gels, a sign that they were about to be granted an otherworldly experience. sir galahad has cast aside his helmet and weapons to worship the grail. in one version of the grail legend, the fisher king is named as bron. this connects him with bran the blessed, legendary king of england in the welsh mabinogion. bran possessed both a horn of plenty and cauldron of rebirth. after he was wounded with a spear, his head was cut off and buried beneath the tower of london, to protect the land; but king arthur dug it up to show that britain needed no other protection other than him. fruitful earth when the quest for the grail came to an end, the land became fruitful once more. sir perceval, early hero in the later versions of the grail legend, sir galahad finds the grail. but the earliest grail hero

grail castle, he asks the right questions: whom does the grail serve? and why does the lance drip blood? in one of the most poetic grail narratives, the perlesvaus or high book of the grail, perceval takes the grail on a magic boat and comes to the isle of plenty, where he is to be king. beneath the isle of plenty is the isle of need, whose people will be fed by the grail. the holy grail 81 holy spear one of the angels is shown holding a spear. a spear that drips blood into the grail is a feature of many grail stories, and is identified with the lance of the mythical longinus, which pierced christ s side on the cross. however, the concept is probably derived from the lightning spear of the irish sun god lug. galahad uses the blood from this spear to cure the fisher king s father, the maim

wife very beautiful, but when he drank the hallucinogenic shori, he saw her in her true form and was terrified. although snake-woman calmed him, he was not happy and her brother took pity on him and led him home. this cloth found in an ancient peruvian tomb shows a two-headed heaven snake. the dreaming 102 spears the old man, like his sons, has his spears ready; the oval object to the left is his spear thrower. the dreaming t he dreaming of australian aboriginal mythology is often referred to as the altjeringa. it is the time of the creation of the world, but it is not regarded as lying in the past, but rather in an eternal present, which can be accessed in ritual. stories known as dreamings tell of the exploits of ancestor beings, who do for the first time something of which all future ac

and he could hear them cutting down trees. seeing their fires burning and their food prepared, he ran toward it and declared the meal sacred. he ate all the big pieces of food and left only the scraps for the people of the camp. this happened many times until, finally, he began to eat the bodies of dead children. this was the final insult and the arnhem land people took their spears, sticks, and spear-throwers and put him and his wives to death. sacred designs lumaluma s body is covered with designs that he cut into his skin before his death to demonstrate the mareiin ceremony. these crisscross ocher designs tell sacred stories of each man s ancestral country. other elements of lumaluma s teachings were sacred dances and chants used in religious ceremonies. shade huts lumaluma is enclosed

crisscross ocher designs tell sacred stories of each man s ancestral country. other elements of lumaluma s teachings were sacred dances and chants used in religious ceremonies. shade huts lumaluma is enclosed by the branches of a shade hut that was built over his body. such huts are built over sacred ground in the performance of rituals learned from lumaluma. dying lumaluma when the men began to spear him, lumaluma told them to slow down, so that he had time to teach them once more how to transform themselves in the mareiin ceremony, when they go to their sacred place. lumaluma is described as having been accompanied by the rainbow snake. if his attackers had buried him, lumaluma would have died forever. but since they left his body on the beach, he was able to slip back into the sea, and

re, said to be a whale. even when he was in the guise of a man, he could still transform himself into a whale to hunt fish. as with other aboriginal artifacts, canoes are said to have originated in the ancestral dreaming. the first canoe was made by goanna, the monitor lizard, in human form. yiridja warrior a warrior of the yiridja moiety attacks lumaluma. he carries his spears and his bondok, or spear-thrower, and his body is painted with traditional designs in yellow ocher. the gunwinggu learned their ritual body designs from lumaluma. the intricate patterns represent the ancestral landscape. lumaluma stayed alive for a while. but then he was a very big man: he didn t die quickly. he gave them all that sacred ritual. he asked them, did you get it all? did you get it all, that sacred info

. sacred objects when lumaluma died, the men gathered up his clapping sticks and ritual basket and other sacred objects that were released from his body to be used in religious ceremonies. this sacred rangga emblem is carved by dua clan members to represent a yam. also shown are a stone ax, a yiridja dilly bag (with handle, a dua dilly bag (without handle, and between the dilly bags, a bondok, or spear-thrower. dilly bag dilly bags are baskets made of woven treefiber and are used to carry sacred objects. the contents of the bag are secret, but the bag itself is worn openly, and is sometimes held between the teeth during a ceremony. the bags are said to represent the wombs of the ancestral djanggawul sisters. snake dreaming, 1989, by keith kaapa tjangala (b.1962) spears spear-thrower body o

is to cause it to bow, thus spilling the water from its skull and dispersing its power. fallen warriors tadatsune s companions like him, samurai warriors lie dead on the ground, victims of the goddess displeasure after they attempted to trespass on her holy ground. izanami and izanagi izanami and izanagi were the last of seven generations of gods. here, they stir the ocean with a jeweled magical spear to create the islands of japan. tadatsune and the goddess of mount fuji by kuniyoshi c. 1844 this japanese tryptych shows the hero tadatsune transfixed by the goddess of mount fuji after she has just killed his companions. izanami and izanagi izanami and izanagi were commanded by the deities o f heaven to shape the earth. standing on the rainbow, the floating bridge of heaven, they stirred t

nds of japan. tadatsune and the goddess of mount fuji by kuniyoshi c. 1844 this japanese tryptych shows the hero tadatsune transfixed by the goddess of mount fuji after she has just killed his companions. izanami and izanagi izanami and izanagi were commanded by the deities o f heaven to shape the earth. standing on the rainbow, the floating bridge of heaven, they stirred the ocean with a jeweled spear and created onogoro, the first island. then they put up a pillar, walked around it in opposite directions, met, and coupled. izanami then gave birth to the islands of japan and various gods and goddesses. however, she was badly burned at the birth of the fire god, kagutsuchi, and died. bereft, izanagi killed kagutsuchi and rushed to the underworld to beg izanami to return. she agreed, but wa

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rath against the sea that thou didst ride upon thy horses and chariots of salvation? thou didst cleave asunder the earth with the rivers. the mountains saw thee and they trembled. the deluge of waters rolled by. the deep uttered his voice and lifted up his hands on high. the sun and the moon stood still in their habitations. at the light of thine arrows they went- at the shining of thy glittering spear. thou didst march through the land in indignation. thou didst thrash the heathen in thine anger. thou didst march through the sea with thy horses- through the depth of the mighty waters. hegemon leads practicus to hiero and gives hiero the calvary cross. the calvary cross of ten squares refers to the ten sephiroth in balanced disposition, before which the formless and the void rolled <142> b

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

necessitate and rule liberty in god, who is of necessity wise and reasonable. to make light visible god had only to postulate shadow. to manifest the truth he permitted the possibility of doubt. the shadow bodies forth the light, and the possibility of error is essential for the temporal manifestation of truth. if the buck10 the doctrine of transcendental magic ler of satan did not intercept the spear of michael, the might of the angel would be lost in the void or manifested by infinite destruction launched below from above. did not the heel of michael restrain satan in his ascent, satan would dethrone god, or rather he would lose himself in the abysses of the altitude. hence satan is needful to michael as the pedestal to the statue, and michael is necessary to satan as the brake to the l

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sting contrast to the governments of mesopotamia, persia, and greece, all of which laid stress upon codified law. i expect you are leading up to a comparison to the republic and statesman, wherein plato argues for specifically-trained or speciallygifted rulers above the law. are you going to suggest that plato took the egyptian system as an ideal governmental model? the sphinx: let's not jump the spear on this. i have a few other points to make concerning the egyptian system proper; then we'll look into the matter of its actual links with plato. again bearing the recommendations of the republic in mind, consider the following: almost uniquely within the ancient world, egypt was free from hereditary caste, racial, or sexual discrimination in political affairs. a social aristocracy was creat

vely cerebral schools of modern thelemite thought. such devotees are enthusiastic about crowley the metaphysician, but quite uncomfortable about crowley the sensualist. so they practice a quaintly "proper" version of his magick: when the text of his gnostic mass calls for the priest to part the veil of the priestess with his lance, such practitioners dutifully brush aside a veil with a ceremonial spear! 71. but exceed! exceed! again this verse captures an extremely significant aspect of crowley's philosophy. as he observes in letter #33 of magick without tears, the aristotelian golden mean "is more valuable as the extremes which it summarizes are distant from each other" the depth of this statement cannot be over-emphasized; in fact a deliberate exploration of extremes became the formula o

is to you that my messages are sent. i prepared the way. many of my time followed me. i was the magus of my time. even then, i knew there was another to come who would understand my words better than i could, because he saw with the sight beyond the purple. i could not. he who sees beyond the purple is among you, for you are the elect of the earth. strike those who would stand before you with the spear and the sword. guard you well the temple. it has come again after millenia in darkness. i was hounded and cursed in my time by those who could not understand and therefore feared me and my knowledge. i wrote the words of the book of the law. the fool readeth this book of the law and its comment and he understandeth it not. but you of the elect who wear the pentagram of the great most hidden

comprehension in their search for this knowledge shall be welcomed in our ranks and find a place among the elect of set. thus shall the temple of set flourish in the british isles as new setians join with the nucleus of set's elect already working to further the temple and aeon of set and see the continuance of this aeon into the next century. the pylon gates of albion, fenris, anubis, and silver spear, through which those who seek the knowledge of set can pass through in their quest for xeper, stand proudly open. to those who dare. enter and find true wisdom. setian bell's personal text behold i am come to work my will upon the universe. i strive to xeper and remanifest; therefore i struggle with yahweh and his regressive death cult of failure and self-deceit which lurks and gnaws both wi

ings deep beyond the northern gates. journes with us upon this voyage, enfold each of us with the powers of darkness that they may become one with us as we are become one with the prnce of darkness. upon the cutting edge of becoming, i cast forth that most pure and potent crystal of my being. i arm it with the nine-fold knot, that it may bind that which i will, and hand unto it the hammer and the spear- thus it breaks all bonds, thwarts all foes, and casts down all that is moved to appear against it. my eye is become one with the bringer of light; my might is become one with the wielder of the hammer; my will is become one with the lord of this world: i am become as spark piercing the darkness, i am become as ice freezing over the world, i am become as storm raging before the sea, i am bec

undering steed from thy seat at the northern star. from out of the fiveangles gate- now flung wide- come forth into the dark light fashioned by the sons and daughters of the world. fare out upon the way of the irminsul, descend to be with me and witness my working here tonight. i hear the hooves of sleipnir pounding, i see thy cloak spreading out over my soul- wrapping me in thy power. thy mighty spear crashes through the air. in this power i am risen up. as thy being brushes over my soul, i call out to thee in thy eldest names: wodhanaz- wiljon- wihaz [runic invocation] quweodh- fire-twirl of becoming calc- chalice stan- stone gar- spear the working [opening the gates to the anchestral realms] tonight we gather to pierce the veils of time, to dive deeply into the pools of ancient memory

gaenger and pledge obedience beyond death unto life eternal in walhalla. in the name of the prince of darkness, in his image as wotan helljaeger of the one eye, i accept the power to cast the runes and to ride amidst the walkyries through the storm of this world. what i am and what i have been are become as the ravens huginn and muninn, to fly ever higher and farther, and my will is become as the spear gungnir which strikes as lightning amidst the thunder of mjollnir. from the twilight tyr descends to place upon my heart the trapezoid of the dark fire, that i may be more than i seem. my honor is known by my faithfulness. loki attest to this my seal: the seidhr the official compendium of documents relating to the order of the trapezoid shall be entitled the seidhr. it shall be separately av

expressionism, thule gesellschaft, haushofer, horbiger, hitler, rosenberg, himmler, wewelsburg, and ahnenerbe. consequent to this material will be analyses and magical and philosophical syntheses of them. active functions of the o..t. will be determined by the the order only after it has had the time to reflect upon and discuss at least the basic material in the tradition. let none who fears the spear of wotan adventure across this fire- richard wagner, die walkure the owner of the order classification: v2- d14.04- 1 author: james lewis vi date: january, xxviii publication: trail of the serpent html revision: nov. 19, 1998 ce subject: orders& set the order of leviathan is the personal property of set, being a part of the temple which is also his possession and relegated to the hands of th

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ompiler of hadiths was muhammad ibn isma il bukhari (810 870, who gathered muslim women in the seventh century women played a prominent role in the rise of islam during muhammad s life and after his death. one was umm salamah, who escaped from mecca to medina, even giving up custody of her children to her family, to become one of muhammad s staunchest supporters. umm ammarah, wielding a sword and spear, protected the wounded muhammad when he and a group of his followers were being attacked by the meccans. a ishah, the daughter of abu bakr, the first caliph, was muhammad s wife. she was a leader and teacher of both women and men. barakah, an african woman, was muhammad s caretaker when he was a child. she faced great danger carrying messages between secret muslim meeting places in mecca. wo

gained his trust, she comes upon him while he is drunk and cuts off his head. the prayer of judith from the book of judith (chapter 9, verses 7 through 10) relays her words to god before she set out for the assyrian camp: here now are the assyrians, a greatly increased force, priding themselves in their horses and riders, boasting in the strength of their foot soldiers, and trusting in shield and spear, in bow and sling. they do not know that you are the lord who crushes wars; the lord is your name. break their strength by your might, and bring 368 world religions: almanac judaism down their power in your anger; for they intend to defile [corrupt] your sanctuary, and to pollute the tabernacle [residence] where your glorious name resides, and to break off the horns of your altar with the sw

any different aspects) and the god (also worshipped in many different aspects. other neopagan groups worship the pantheon, or group, of ancient norse mythology or the forces of nature. symbols. the goddess s symbols include the moon and many other objects representing the feminine: the cup, flowers, mirrors, seashells, and jewels. the god s symbols include the hunt, the sun, the sword, horns, the spear, the knife, the magic wand, the arrow, the sickle (a curved blade, and precious metals. worship. in general, forms of worship are left to the individual believer or practitioner. dress. neo-pagans have no standard costume or form of dress, although some dress in robes and others worship naked. texts. asatruars honor the sagas that relate ancient norse myths, but neo-pagans as a whole have no

masculine and the feminine deities. the (usually unnamed) goddess is the mother, the source of fertility, abundance, love, and growth. her chief symbol is the moon. her other symbols include the cup, flowers, mirrors, seashells, and jewels. the god is associated with the hunt and is regarded as the source of all life. his symbols include not only the life-giving sun but also the sword, horns, the spear, the knife, the magic wand, the arrow, the sickle, and precious metals. note that these symbols have marked sexual connotations, suggesting the merger of male and female into one to create and affirm life. one branch of wicca, however, called dianic wicca after the roman goddess diana, places nearly all of its emphasis on the goddess. wiccans do not recognize a hierarchy of authority, or cha

isted, chaos reigned as formless matter. the first celestial gods and goddesses sprang out of this chaos onto the plain of high heaven. these gods and goddesses were born as eight pairs of men and women, who were both mates and siblings. the eighth of these pairs, izanagi and izanami, would be the first to have children. the pair stood on the floating bridge of heaven, where they dipped a jeweled spear into the chaos. when they pulled the spear out, drops fell from it, forming the japanese island of onogoro. izanagi and izanami descended to onogoro, where they built a palace and a ceremonial pillar. they also devised a wedding ritual around the pillar. when they completed the ritual, their children were the other islands world religions: almanac 405 shinto of japan and the spirits that rul

escape an unbearable world below. they also believe that life on earth may be part of an ongoing process of climbing to achieve yet a better world. world religions: primary sources 3 creation stories and foundation myths a related theme is that of the diver myth, which sees creation as somehow having been pulled out from chaos or muck. in shinto, for example, the gods izanagi and izanami dipped a spear into the muck and pulled it out. the drops that fell from the spear became the japanese islands. similarly, the iroquois believe that a sky woman fell to earth, which was covered by water. after the water animals seized her and took her to the bottom, she brought up mud, which she spread on the back of a turtle and which grew into the north american continent. creation without a god of cours

one thing directly follows another. bade: instructed, ordered. nebulous: hazy or blurred, not clearly defined. consolidate: to combine into a whole, to unify. terra firma: solid earth. 16 world religions: primary sources tales from the kojiki bestow on you, they said, this precious treasure, with which to rule the land, the creation of which we command you to perform. so saying they handed them a spear called ama-no-nuboko, embellished with costly gems. the divine couple received respectfully and ceremoniously the sacred weapon and then withdrew from the presence of the deities, ready to perform their august commission. proceeding forthwith to the floating bridge of heaven, which lay between the heaven and the earth, they stood awhile to gaze on that which lay below. what they beheld was a

rth, they stood awhile to gaze on that which lay below. what they beheld was a world not yet condensed, but looking like a sea of filmy fog floating to and fro in the air, exhaling the while an inexpressibly fragrant odor. they were, at first, perplexed just how and where to start, but at length izanagi suggested to his companion that they should try the effect of stirring up the brine with their spear. so saying he pushed down the jeweled shaft and found that it touched something. then drawing it up, he examined it and observed that the great drops which fell from it almost immediately coagulated into an island, which is, to this day, the island of onokoro. delighted at the result, the two deities descended forthwith from the floating bridge to reach the miraculously created island. in th

d to preside over the land, sea, mountains, rivers, trees, and herbs. the process of procreation had, so far, gone on happily, but at the birth of kagutsuchi-no-kami, the deity of fire, an unseen misfortune befell the begetting: giving birth to. preside: rule. procreation: having children. befell: happened to. izanami and izanagi stand on the floating bridge of heaven as they prepare to dip their spear into the brine and pull out the island of onokoro. peter harholdt/corbis. 18 world religions: primary sources tales from the kojiki divine mother, izanami. during the course of her confinement, the goddess was so severely burned by the flaming child that she swooned away. her divine consort, deeply alarmed, did all in his power to resuscitate her, but although he succeeded in restoring her t

in our country with us were more than could be counted, and we wandered without trouble in our land. when we had camped again, i was lying in our tepee and my mother and father were sitting beside me. i could see out through the opening, and there two men were coming from the clouds, headfirst like arrows slanting down, and i knew they were the same that i had seen before. each now carried a long spear, and from the points of these a jagged lightning flashed. they came clear down to the ground this time and stood a little way off and looked at me and said: hurry! come! your grandfathers are calling you. then the two men spoke together and they said: behold him, the being with four legs! i looked and saw a bay horse standing there, and he began to speak: behold me! he said. my life history

ies. wooers: those hoping to marry odysseus s wife. thronging: large. kine: cattle. shambling gait: slow, dragging walk. peraventure: by chance. 78 world religions: primary sources the odyssey she spake and bound beneath her feet her lovely golden sandals that wax not old, and bare her alike over the wet sea and over the limitless land, swifth as the breath of the wind. and she seized her doughty spear, shod with sharp bronze, weighty and huge and strong, wherewith she quells the ranks of heroes with whomsoever she is wroth, the daughter of the mighty sire. then from the heights of olympus she came glancing down, and she stood in the land of ithaca, at the entry of the gate of odysseus, on the threshold of the courtyard, holding in her hand the spear of bronze, in the semblence of a strang

come somewhence, and make a scattering of the wooers there throughout the palace, and himself get honour and bear rule among his own possessions. thinking thereupon, as he sat among wooers, he saw athene and he went straight to the outer porch, for he thought it blame in his heart that a stranger should stand long at the gates: and halting nigh her he clasped her right hand and took from her the spear of bronze, and uttered his voice and spake unto her winged words: hail, stranger, with us thou shalt be kindly entreated, and thereafter, when thou hast tasted meat, thou shalt tell us that whereof thou hast need. but telemachus spake unto grey-eyed athene, holding his head close to her that those others might not hear: dear stranger, wilt thou of a truth be wroth at the word i shall say? yo

nay, verily, it is no ill thing to be a king: the house of such an one quickly waxeth rich and himself is held in greater honour. howsoever there are many other kings of the achaeans in seagirt ithaca, kings young and old; someone of them shall surely have this kingship since goodly odysseus is dead. but as for me, i will be lord of our own house and thralls, that goodly odysseus gat me with his spear. but telemachus, where his chamber was builded high up in the fair court, in a place with wide prospect, thither betook him to his bed, pondering many thoughts in his mind; and with him went trusty eurycleia, and bare for him torches burning. she was the daughter of ops, son of peisenor, and laertes bought her on a time with his wealth, while as yet she was in her first youth, and gave for h

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o write in green colour upon a piece of new papyrus the names of all the fiends who are in the train of apep, as well as those of their fathers, and mothers, and children. he must then make figures of all these fiends in wax, and having inscribed their names upon them, must tie them up with black hair, and then cast them on the ground and kick them with the left foot, and pierce them with a stone spear; this done they are to be thrown into the fire. more than once is it said "it is good for a man to recite this book before the august god regularly" for the doing of it was believed to give great power "to him, both upon earth and in the underworld" finally, after the names of apep are enumerated, be who would benefit by the knowledge of them is bidden to "make the figure of a serpent with h

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nd, and that the cross was then lifted up and set upright. another view is that he was made to ascend a ladder of nine steps, and was then nailed to the cross. this ladder is represented in some medieval pictures of the crucifixion. from the 12th century onward, the ladder appears on wood carvings and in stained glass with the other passion symbols: vix, the dice, the seamless robe, the cock, the spear, the sword, the thirty pieces of silver, the pincers, the three nails, the hammer, the pillar of scourging, the scourge, the reed, the sponge, the vessel of vinegar, and the crown of thorns. four forms of the cross were used in the early centuries of our era. the greek cross with the four arms being equal in length, the latin cross (crux immissa or crux capitata) in which the lower limb is l

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265 of the serpent of wisdom 14 "silence, slaves, or we'll cur your throat from ear to ear' 285 15 up to their necks in mischief 295 16 hand on heart sign of devotion to the chiefs 307 17 triangles up, triangles down, triangles, triangles all around 327 18 black magic, masonic witchcraft, and triangle powers 361 19 part devil, part angel 393 20 the merovingian dynasty, the priory of sion, and the spear of longinus 405 21 magical signs of the jewish cabala the six-pointed star, babylonian 419 witchcraft, and the hollywood perdition of jerry seinfeld and associates 22 scorched by the sun solar signs, circles, and serpents 459 23 "i fell in to a burning ring of fire" arnold schwarzenegger's 483 masonic ring, newt gingrich's t-rex dinosaur, and other mysterious messages on rings and neckties o

elias ashmole was made a freemason in 1646. this illustration is from the picture in the ashmolean museum in oxford, england. the book is ashmole's history of the garter. it chronicled the secret society of english nobility call the order of the garter. the latin words in the lower corner of the engraving mean an "honorable distinction" twenty the merovingian dynasty, the priory of sion, and the spear of longinus t h e priory of sion (also the prieure de sion) is said to be the "secret society of societies."1 baigent, leigh, and lincoln, authors of one acclaimed book, holy blood, holy grail, write that the brotherhood of the priory of sion has been preserved for two millennia. france's royal merovingian dynasty's bloodline is said to be the protector of the sect, which boasts that it is t

ty's bloodline is said to be the protector of the sect, which boasts that it is the actual bloodline of jesus. the astonishing claim is that jesus and mary magdalene were married and had children and from this bloodline shall someday arise a man who shall become the ruler of planet earth. the holy grail tied in with this unscriptural even blasphemous legend are the tales of the holy grail and the spear of longinus. some teach that as the blood of jesus oozed from his body on the cross, it was collected in the holy grail cup. esoterically that would make the holy grail, if it exists, magical and capable of great miracles. a variation of this story is that the holy grail was the drinking vessel of jesus at the last supper, which again would translate into the cup being a magical talisman. th

ear of longinus. some teach that as the blood of jesus oozed from his body on the cross, it was collected in the holy grail cup. esoterically that would make the holy grail, if it exists, magical and capable of great miracles. a variation of this story is that the holy grail was the drinking vessel of jesus at the last supper, which again would translate into the cup being a magical talisman. the spear of longinus the spear of longinus is yet another legend connected to the priory of sion. it holds that a roman centurion named longinus was the one who thrust his spear into jesus' side at the crucifixion. some of jesus' blood is alleged to have fallen on him and miracles ensued. thus, again, a magical talisman was created the spear of longinus. throughout history wicked tyrants, including n

ther legend connected to the priory of sion. it holds that a roman centurion named longinus was the one who thrust his spear into jesus' side at the crucifixion. some of jesus' blood is alleged to have fallen on him and miracles ensued. thus, again, a magical talisman was created the spear of longinus. throughout history wicked tyrants, including napoleon and hitler, have sought possession of the spear, believing that it is the spear of destiny and that whoever possesses it shall have the power to rule the world. william cooper, whose book, behold a pale horse, and his revelations on his national radio program so angered the elite they put out a contract on his life, 406 codex magica sometimes mentioned the spear of destiny.2 cooper was murdered by a combined federal-local police team that

ook, behold a pale horse, and his revelations on his national radio program so angered the elite they put out a contract on his life, 406 codex magica sometimes mentioned the spear of destiny.2 cooper was murdered by a combined federal-local police team that ambushed him as he peacefully stopped his pickup at a stop sign on his way home from a grocery store. in his book, he spoke of how vital the spear of destiny is in the illuminati scheme of things: according to members of the intelligence community, when the new world order is solidified the relics will be taken out, will be united with the spear of destiny, and will, according to legend, give the world's ruler absolute power. again, i remind you that it makes not one iota of difference what you believe. if they (the illuminati) believe

luminati scheme of things: according to members of the intelligence community, when the new world order is solidified the relics will be taken out, will be united with the spear of destiny, and will, according to legend, give the world's ruler absolute power. again, i remind you that it makes not one iota of difference what you believe. if they (the illuminati) believe, you will be affected.3 the spear as pentagram and lightning bolt the spear is a symbol of long-standing repute in the pagan and ancient mystery religions. in the egyptian religion, it was called the arrow of re, or ra, the sun god, who was also called horus, son of osiris and his reincarnation, who had the allseeing eye. anton lavey, in his book satan speaks, notes that the sign of the spear is actually the inverted pentagr

nt mystery religions. in the egyptian religion, it was called the arrow of re, or ra, the sun god, who was also called horus, son of osiris and his reincarnation, who had the allseeing eye. anton lavey, in his book satan speaks, notes that the sign of the spear is actually the inverted pentagram.4 in turn, the pentagram (the satanic five-pointed star, according to lavey represents "excalibur, the spear of destiny, wotan's spear point, the lightning bolt that created the protoplasm of life."5 the rosicrucians and the sign of an arrow moreover, the rosicrucian order seems to be somehow connected with both the legend of the spear and the priory of sion. d. c. yermak, writing in the axis of death- vatican, masonry, zionism, enemies of god, explains that "the rosicrucians, by making their secre

god, explains that "the rosicrucians, by making their secret sign with the first three fingers of the right hand united, make the sign of an arrow."6 the rosicrucian's sign of an arrow is dark and evil because it is used by the individual to remove himself from god's blessing and leave himself purposely exposed to the arrows of the devil (in this case, the form, or shape, relates the arrow to the spear. dean grace, authoritative researcher in symbology and masonic secrets, believes that at least some modern-day disciples of this international black lodge, priory of sion, communicate their involvement to other hidden members by giving the sign of the spear point.7 in this sign, the point of the spear can either be sharply angular or it can be modified. often, the fingers are positioned so t

is sign, the point of the spear can either be sharply angular or it can be modified. often, the fingers are positioned so that the horns and face of baphomet are indistinctly seen, as in the inverted pentagram star. grace's research also indicates the priory of sion is either linked or had something to do in the development of other, related occult groups such as the order of knights templar "the spear point symbol" he says "is the building block of the four-spoked, eight-pointed maltese cross of the order of the knights of malta."8 how the sign is given a variation of the sharp, angular spear point sign is that displayed in this chapter of the merovingian dynasty, the priory of sion 407 codex magica in the photos of abc news reporter sam donaldson and u.s.a. vice president dick cheney. ho

r sam donaldson and u.s.a. vice president dick cheney. however, their modified hand and finger positioning is likely simply a personal eccentricity. as in all cases of secret hand signs, human variation and personality intervene, so that not all the signs are rendered expertly and in a crisp, uniform, standardized fashion. when placed in or near the female vulva area or the male genital area, the spear point becomes a phallic symbol. in all cases, the sign of the spear point is given so that the y, the spear or arrow, is pointing downward, toward the nether regions where, presumably, satan and his legions reside. that is, toward the pit of hell. title page of barbara walker's the woman's dictionary of symbols and sacred objects. inside, walker identified the symbol shown as the dragon's ey

r's the woman's dictionary of symbols and sacred objects. inside, walker identified the symbol shown as the dragon's eye. she reports that the dragon's eye forms a triple triangle, sacred to the goddess, and that this symbol appears often in medieval books of magic, to invoke the protection of female spirits and entities. in fact, the dragon's eye bears a remarkable resemblence to the sign of the spear point, and the name dragon's eye is approprate, indeed. symbol from the back cover of the fascinating book, the talisman of the united states: the mysterious street lines of washington, d.c, by charles westbook, ph.d (1990. the symbol depicted is a spear point superimposed by a modified fleur de lis, a symbol of the merovingian royal dynasty "shield of the trinity" in the british museum, whi

idarity and unity. the neck itself, as a part of the human anatomy, represents the virtue of sacrifice. in terms of the secret order or secret society, it symbolizes sacrifice of the individual to the common good of the organization. the necktie is also seen as a bridge to two other triangles those of the shirt collar. all of the triangles, on the tie and on the shirt collar, have their point, or spear, downward, toward the realm that is the controlling force of masonry. congressman lloyd poggett (d-tx, at center, is sworn in as a voter registrar for the state of texas. the elite of the democrat party in doggett's austin, texas district are heavily freemason. doggett's necktie has the masonic "x" symbol, connected to worship of osiris the egyptian sun god. at doggett's left is the late con

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the ruins of the ancient city lay about a mile north of lejjun at what had been renamed by the ottoman government as the mound of tell el-mutasellim, the hill of the governor. today, tourists visit tel megiddo in great numbers, attracted by the site s apocalyptic mystique and the old battleground s significance as the place where the fate of ancient empires was decided with the might of sword and spear. the israel national parks authority works in close coordination with the megiddo expedition and the ename center for public archaeology of belgium in offering visitors a dramatic perspective of the history of armageddon. m delving deeper bloomfield, arthur e. before the last battle armageddon. minneapolis: dimension books, bethany fellowship, 1971. t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f

ccounts of jesus crucifixion state that he was whipped and beaten by roman soldiers, who placed a crown of thorns on the head of the man who was identified as the king of the jews. the beating completed completed, jesus was marched through the streets of jerusalem bearing the wooden cross on his back before he was nailed to its horizontal bar at the place of execution. after his apparent death, a spear was thrust into his side by a roman soldier. certain researchers have declared the front and the back images on the shroud of turin to be anatomically correct if the cloth 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 232 religious phenomena had been used to wrap a crucified man in its folds. the impressions on the shroud are of a tall man with a b

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restak, richard m, and david grubin. the secret life of the brain. washington, d.c: joseph henry press, 2001. the unused brain to problems that had plagued him during his waking state. elias howe (1819 1867) failed at the conscious level to perfect a workable sewing machine. then one night he dreamed that a savage king ordered him to invent a sewing machine, and when he was unable to comply, the spear-armed natives raised their weapons to kill him. at that exact moment, he noticed that each spear had a hole in it just above the point. this vision gave him the much-needed clue to the commercial perfection of the sewing machine. another famous scientist who used his dreams to solve problems was niels bohr (1885 1962, who one night dreamed of a sun composed of burning gas with planets spinni

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loration amulets bells bloodstone candles cauldron crystals fairy circles garlic hand of glory horseshoes knife love knots mandrake root maypole mirror mistletoe rings salt silver stones for healing and energy trees voodoo dolls tribal empowerment crystal skulls fetishes megaliths runes talismans totems things of sacred power the ark of the covenant crosses the holy grail philosopher fs stone the spear of destiny swastikas introduction objects of power and mystery range from ancient stone structures with puzzling origins and purposes, to legendary lost relics that reportedly reappeared centuries later, to everyday objects that are believed to have special powers that will bring good fortune to the bearer. salt, for example, represents life and health to many people: it has been used as a f

ans consisted of pieces of flint or other stone that had been chipped to form an edge. such bits of stone evolved into the knife, among the first tools to be developed by humankind. eventually, the stone blade became longer; the handle was wrapped with leather to avoid accidentally cutting the hand; and the knife was carried everywhere its owner went. in the martial encounters between tribes, the spear, which is a knife with a long handle, and the club were favored in order to keep some distance between combatants. but when things got up close and personal, the knife came into play. thus when the arts of warfare evolved and bronze weapons were used, the sword.a large and long knife.together with the spear and club were considered honorable implements of war. the knife was deemed the last r

wer to the one who possesses it. nevertheless, when christian crusaders discovered the lance in the church of st. peter in antioch during the first crusade in 1098, they used it as a symbol to rally their forces and defeat the saracens. from that time onward, european monarches coveted the holy lance as a sign that their reigns would be far-reaching and long-lasting. fortunately, the power of the spear of destiny ebbed when it fell into the possession of the nazis and their leader, adolf hitler (1889.1945. this section will examine these objects of sacred power and discuss why they have been deemed so precious and holy by believers down through the centuries. 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 200 objects of mystery and power m delving

u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d 204 objects of mystery and power around 1200, the german poet wolfram von eschenbach (c. 1170.c. 1220) wrote a grail legend, parzeval, about a youth who sets out to become a knight in king arthur fs court. along the way the title character stops at the castle of the fisher king, where parzeval witnesses a procession bearing a glowing object (the grail) and a spear (the one that wounded christ. in the presence of the grail, the fisher king is struck dumb. parzeval fails to inquire about the mysterious procession and the objects. since parzeval had a pure soul, he could have spoken in the presence of the grail and used its magical powers to heal the infirm fisher king. only much later, after many wanderings, does parzeval learn about the true nature of

k. a light from out of the darkness: on the composition of the stone of the philosophers. edmonds, wash: holmes publishing group, 2001. 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 208 objects of mystery and power philosopher fs stone and the serpent of alchemy from the 1622 edition of philosophia reformata by j. d. mylius (fortean picture library) the spear of destiny the spear of destiny, also known as the holy lance, is in christian tradition the spear that the roman soldier longinus thrust into the side of jesus (c. 6 b.c.e..c. 30 c.e) as he hung on the cross( gthen came the soldiers and brake the legs of the first and of the other which was crucified with him. but when they came to jesus and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his

, also known as the holy lance, is in christian tradition the spear that the roman soldier longinus thrust into the side of jesus (c. 6 b.c.e..c. 30 c.e) as he hung on the cross( gthen came the soldiers and brake the legs of the first and of the other which was crucified with him. but when they came to jesus and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs: but one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side and forthwith came out blood and water h [john 19: 32.34 kjv. christian knights discovered the holy lance at antioch during the first crusade in 1098. the sight of the sacred artifact in the church of st. peter so inspired the beleaguered christian soldiers that they rallied and routed the saracens from the city. from that time forth, according to legend, whoever claims the

fact in the church of st. peter so inspired the beleaguered christian soldiers that they rallied and routed the saracens from the city. from that time forth, according to legend, whoever claims the spear and solves its secret holds the destiny of the world in his hands for good or evil. although there are a number of relics in various european churches that claim to be the genuine holy lance, the spear that is on display in the weltliches schatzkammer museum (the hapsburg treasure house museum) in vienna has been considered the most authentic and it has found a home there for 250 years. it is also known as constantine fs lance, and it was employed as a symbol of the imperial power of holy roman emperors at the time of their coronation in much a similar manner as the orb and scepter are use

useum) in vienna has been considered the most authentic and it has found a home there for 250 years. it is also known as constantine fs lance, and it was employed as a symbol of the imperial power of holy roman emperors at the time of their coronation in much a similar manner as the orb and scepter are used in the coronation of the monarchs of great britain. according to trevor ravenscroft in the spear of destiny (1997, a 19-year-old adolf hitler (1889.1945) was first led to the lance in 1908 and from the moment of his first encounter with it in the museum, it became gthe central pivot h in his life and the gvery source of his ambitions to conquer the world. h in addition to constantine (d. 337, hitler found that as many as 45 emperors had owned the lance before the great charlemagne (742

came gthe central pivot h in his life and the gvery source of his ambitions to conquer the world. h in addition to constantine (d. 337, hitler found that as many as 45 emperors had owned the lance before the great charlemagne (742.814) had possessed it. frederick the great of germany (1194.1250, who founded the teutonic knights on which hitler allegedly based his ss, had also been an owner of the spear of destiny at one time. ravenscroft claimed in his book that hitler would often visit the museum, stare at the holy lance, and enter into a trance state in which he would view his future glory as the master of the third reich. thirty years later, on march 14, 1938, hitler arrived in vienna to oversee the annexation of austria. he also observed the transfer of the hapsburg crown jewel collect

seum, stare at the holy lance, and enter into a trance state in which he would view his future glory as the master of the third reich. thirty years later, on march 14, 1938, hitler arrived in vienna to oversee the annexation of austria. he also observed the transfer of the hapsburg crown jewel collection, which included the holy lance, from vienna to nuremberg, the nazis f favorite city. with the spear of destiny now safely ensconced in germany, hitler declared that the war could begin in earnest. the lance would be well protected in the hall of st. katherine fs church, where it had once rested for nearly 400 years. however, later in the war when allied bombers damaged a portion of st. katherine fs, the many treasures looted by the nazis and stored there were taken to another hiding place

could begin in earnest. the lance would be well protected in the hall of st. katherine fs church, where it had once rested for nearly 400 years. however, later in the war when allied bombers damaged a portion of st. katherine fs, the many treasures looted by the nazis and stored there were taken to another hiding place. in the chaos and confusion, the holy lance was inadvertently left behind. the spear of destiny fell into the hands of u.s. soldiers on april 30, 1945. a few hours after the holy lance passed from nazi possession on to its next claimant to world power, adolf hitler committed suicide in his berlin bunker. later, the united states officially returned the holy lance to austria, along 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 objec

ands of u.s. soldiers on april 30, 1945. a few hours after the holy lance passed from nazi possession on to its next claimant to world power, adolf hitler committed suicide in his berlin bunker. later, the united states officially returned the holy lance to austria, along 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 objects of mystery and power 209 the spear of longinus with templar cross (fortean picture library) with the other treasures that the nazis had stolen. today, the spear of destiny stands again in the hapsburg treasure house museum in vienna. m delving deeper anderson, ken. hitler and the occult. amherst, n.y: prometheus books, 1995. angebert, jean-michel. the occult and the third reich. new york: macmillan publishing, 1974. ravenscro

ginus with templar cross (fortean picture library) with the other treasures that the nazis had stolen. today, the spear of destiny stands again in the hapsburg treasure house museum in vienna. m delving deeper anderson, ken. hitler and the occult. amherst, n.y: prometheus books, 1995. angebert, jean-michel. the occult and the third reich. new york: macmillan publishing, 1974. ravenscroft, trevor. spear of destiny. new york: red wheel/weiser, 1987. ravenscroft, trevor, and tim wallace-murphy. the mark of the beast: the continuing story of the spear of destiny. new york: red wheel/weiser, 1997. sklar, dusty. the nazis and the occult. new york: dorset press, 1989. swastikas the swastika has an evil association in the twentieth century, but it has a long, rich positive history, for the meaning

THE MAGICIAN S KABBALAH

ship and kingly attributes as well. despite their superficiality, the "conan" adventure stories of robert e. howard depict the translation of the barbarian aspects of geburah into those required by the just king of a realm (learning when to hold one's tongue as effective diplomacy rather than lash out in anger is a lesson learnt from geburah. the weapons of the sephirah are the sword, scourge and spear. in "magick, crowley replaces the spear with the dagger, and states that the weapons symbolise the following essential qualities in the magicians world: scourge dagger chain sulpher mercury salt energy fluidity fixity rajas sattvas tamas pain death bondage the scourge keeps the aspiration keen, the dagger shows that the magician is determined to make any sacrifice required, and the chain res

THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES

e to read "food" he said almost pleadingly "how about a steak" she offered "good" she brought him a steak with all the trimmings. he stared at it for a long moment and then picked up his knife and fork, glancing around at the other diners. it was obvious he did not know how to handle the implements! the waitress watched him as he fumbled helplessly. finally she showed him how to cut the steak and spear it with the fork. he sawed away at the meat. clearly he really was hungry "where are you from" she asked gently "not from here "where "another world" boy, another put-on artist, she thought to herself. the other waitresses gathered in a corner and watched him as he fumbled with his food, a stranger in a strange land. vi. a large white car with a faulty muffler wheezed and rattled up the back

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n against the urulu dread city of death, gate of no return! do thou stand at my side! in the names of the most mighty hosts of marduk and enki, lords of the elder race, the arra, do thou stand firm behind me! against pazuzu and humwava, fiends of the southwest winds, do thou stand form! against the lords of the abominations, do thou stand form! be thou the eyes behind me, the sword behind me, the spear behind me, the armour behind me. be watchful, spirit of the southern ways, and remember! spirit of the south, remember! the invocation of the western gate thee i invoke, spirit of the land of mer martu! thee i invoke, angel of the sunset! from the unknown god, protect me! from the unknown demon, protect me! from the unknown enemy, protect me! from the unknown sorcery, protect me! from the wa

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he plants and herbs of the earth are for us to use with a wisdom gained from our spirit fathers and mothers. seek shamsiel by the way of azazel when the sun grows, and look within your heart by casting you body into the embrace of the sun. gadreel brings unto mankind the use of war instruments, how to destroy utterly ones enemy and the strategies of battle both old and new. his way is that of the spear, and blade and the honor of battle. know then that gadreel not only resides in physical war, but that of mental war. he is truly a spirit of azazel, who in ancient lands is known as set-an. gadreel brings initiation of battle that awakens the character and strengths of he who invokes him. guidance is a passion of gadreel who shall bring to you the knowledge of overcoming strife no matter wha

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

perversion, overcome by the violence of his desires, a second amnon, a second de sade. his ideal once at least partially pure, broke, as the truth burst on his ear, into a wild and fearful nightmare; and in his brutal fury we find that perhaps the sadism of to-day is but an avatar of those past days, when our progenitors, like some still existing savages, carried on their courtship with club and spear, and solemnized their marriage with rape and ravishment. still one more phase of perverse love remains for us to study; the curious lust of man for woman as depicted in gjezebel, h a curious manifestation of what is known as masochism, which after the death of the object of its fascination, grows almost into the vampire desire of necrophilia. in ga saint fs damnation, h which is included und

THE BOOK OF GATES

hou the holy doors, and unfold the portals of the hidden place" between the gate which leads into the sixth division and the division itself we find inserted a remarkable scene, which may be thus described--in the upper part, from one side to another, a line is drawn, which is intended to represent the roof of the shrine or canopy in which the god is seated, and on it rests a row of kakheru, i.e, spear-head ornaments. from the inside of the roof hang, upside down, four heads of some kind of horned animal. these are called hahaiu, and are supposed to be heads of gazelle 1 or oxen. in the space between the spear-head ornaments and the side of the tuat is written. the transliteration of these characters appears to be ser her tuat sath then; the meaning of the first three p. 161 words is toler

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beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness. 8:16 and all the people that [were] in ai were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after joshua, and were drawn away from the city. 8:17 and there was not a man left in ai or bethel, that went not out after israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after israel. 8:18 and the lord said unto joshua, stretch out the spear that [is] in thy hand toward ai; for i will give it into thine hand. and joshua stretched out the spear that [he had] in his hand toward the city. 8:19 and the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand: and they entered into the city, and took it, and hasted and set the city on fire. 8:20 and when the men of ai looked behind them, they saw

the wilderness wherein they chased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all the israelites returned unto ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword. 8:25 and [so] it was [that] all that fell that day, both of men and women [were] twelve thousand [even] all the men of ai. 8:26 for joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of ai. 8:27 only the cattle and the spoil of that city israel took for a prey unto themselves, according unto the word of the lord which he commanded joshua. 8:28 and joshua burnt ai, and made it an heap for ever [even] a desolation unto this day. 8:29 and the king of ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, j

rd [even] that sinai from before the lord god of israel. 5:6 in the days of shamgar the son of anath, in the days of jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travelers walked through byways. 5:7 [the inhabitants of] the villages ceased, they ceased in israel, until that i deborah arose, that i arose a mother in israel. 5:8 they chose new gods; then [was] war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in israel? 5:9 my heart [is] toward the governors of israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. bless ye the lord. 5:10 speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the way. 5:11 [they that are delivered] from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the lord [ev

said, lest the hebrews make [them] swords or spears: 13:20 but all the israelites went down to the philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock. 13:21 yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads. 13:22 so it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that [were] with saul and jonathan: but with saul and with jonathan his son was there found. 13:23 and the garrison of the philistines went out to the passage of michmash. 14:1 now it came to pass upon a day, that jonathan the son of saul said unto the young man that bare his armour, come, and let us go over to the philistines garrison, that [is] on the

went out a champion out of the camp of the philistines, named goliath, of gath, whose height [was] six cubits and a span. 17:5 and [he had] an helmet of brass upon his head, and he [was] armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat [was] five thousand shekels of brass. 17:6 and [he had] greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders. 17:7 and the staff of his spear [was] like a weaver s beam; and his spear s head [weighed] six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him. 17:8 and he stood and cried unto the armies of israel, and said unto them, why are ye come out to set [your] battle in array [am] not i a philistine, and ye servants to saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me. 17:9 if he be able to fight with m

uth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance. 17:43 and the philistine said unto david [am] i a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? and the philistine cursed david by his gods. 17:44 and the philistine said to david, come to me, and i will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field. 17:45 then said david to the philistine, thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but i come to thee in the name of the lord of hosts, the god of the armies of israel, whom thou hast defied. 17:46 this day will the lord deliver thee into mine hand; and i will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and i will give the carcases of the host of the philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth m

hou hast defied. 17:46 this day will the lord deliver thee into mine hand; and i will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and i will give the carcases of the host of the philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a god in israel. 17:47 and all this assembly shall know that the lord saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle [is] the lord s, and he will give you into our hands. 17:48 and it came to pass, when the philistine arose, and came and drew nigh to meet david, that david hasted, and ran toward the army to meet the philistine. 17:49 and david put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang [it] and smote the philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and

d] for there was no bread there but the shewbread, that was taken from before the lord, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away. 21:7 now a certain man of the servants of saul [was] there that day, detained before the lord; and his name [was] doeg, an edomite, the chiefest of the herdmen that [belonged] to saul. 21:8 and david said unto ahimelech, and is there not here under thine hand spear or sword? for i have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king s business required haste. 21:9 and the priest said, the sword of goliath the philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of elah, behold, it [is here] wrapped in a cloth 1 samuel page 172 behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take [it] for [there is] no other save that here. and david said [there is]

before the king of moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that david was in the hold. 22:5 and the prophet gad said unto david, abide not in the hold; depart, and get thee into the land of judah. then david departed, and came into the forest of hareth. 22:6 when saul heard that david was discovered, and the men that [were] with him (now saul abode in gibeah under a tree in ramah, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants [were] standing about him) 22:7 then saul said unto his servants that stood about him, hear now, ye benjamites; will the son of jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards [and] make you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds; 22:8 that all of you have conspired against me, and [there is] none that sheweth me that my son hath made a league

is host: and saul lay in the trench, and the people pitched round about him. 26:6 then answered david and said to ahimelech the hittite, and to abishai the son of zeruiah, brother to joab, saying, who will go down with me to saul to the camp? and abishai said, i will go down with thee. 26:7 so david and abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground at his bolster: but abner and the people lay round about him. 26:8 then said abishai to david, god hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, i pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and i will not [smite] him the second time. 26:9 and david said to abishai, destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against

david said to abishai, destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the lord s anointed, and be guiltless? 26:10 david said furthermore [as] the lord liveth, the lord shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish. 26:11 the lord forbid that i should stretch forth mine hand against the lord s anointed: but, i pray thee, take thou now the spear that [is] at his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go. 26:12 so david took the spear and the cruse of water from saul s bolster; and they gat them away, and no man saw [it] nor knew [it] neither awaked: for they [were] all asleep; because a deep sleep from the lord was fallen upon them. 26:13 then david went over to the other side, and stood on the top of an hill afar off; a great

15 and david said to abner [art] not thou a [valiant] man? and who [is] like to thee in israel? wherefore then hast thou not kept thy lord the king? for there came one of the people in to destroy the king thy lord. 26:16 this thing [is] not good that thou hast done [as] the lord liveth, ye [are] worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the lord s anointed. and now see where the king s spear is, and the cruse of water that [was] at his bolster. 26:17 and saul knew david s voice, and said [is] this thy voice, my son david? and david said [it is] my voice, my lord, o king. 26:18 and he said, wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have i done? or what evil [is] in mine hand? 26:19 now therefore, i pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant

the earth before the face of the lord: for the king of israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains. 26:21 then said saul, i have sinned: return, my son david: for i will no more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, i have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly. 26:22 and david answered and said, behold the king s spear! and let one of the young men come over and fetch it. 26:23 the lord render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness: for the lord delivered thee into [my] hand to day, but i would not stretch forth mine hand against the lord s anointed. 26:24 and, behold, as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes, so let my life be much set by in the eyes of the lord, and let him deliver

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are the attributes of wisdom, 1 arsin kai qeluj efuj. orph. eij aqen. 2 see plate xiii, fig. 5, engraved from one belonging to me. 3 hoe. lib. i. od. 12. callimach, eij aqen. 58 on the worship under whose direction its power is always exerted. strength and wisdom therefore, when considered as attributes of the deity, are in fact one and the same. the greek minerva is usually represented with the spear uplifted in her hand, in the same manner as the indian gonnis holds the battle-axe.1 both are given to denote the destroying power equally belonging to divine wisdom, as the creative or preserving. the statue of jupiter at labranda in caria held in his hand the battle-axe, instead of thunder; and on the medals of tenedos and thyatira, we find it represented alone as the symbol of the deity

liscs or rays, which i take to be of this deity.5 the hairs appear erect, to imitate flames, as they do on many of the greek medals; and on the reverse is a bearded head, with a sort of pyramidal cap on, exactly resembling that by which the romans conferred freedom on their slaves, and which was therefore called the cap of liberty.6 on other celtiberian medals is a figure on horseback, carrying a spear in his hand, and having the same sort of cap on his head, with the word helman written 1 sat. lib. i, c. 18. 2 thucyd. lib. vii. 3 homer, il. s, v. 472. 4 sat. lib. i, c. 19. 5 plate x fig. 2, engraven from one belonging to me. i have since been confirmed in this conjecture by observing the characters of mars and apollo mixt on greek coins. on a mamertine one belonging to me is the head with

that, like the greeks, the celtiberians personified the destructive attribute under the different genders, accordingly as they applied it to the sun, or subordinate elements; and then united them, to signify that both were essentially the same. the helman therefore, who was the same as the moiraghthj or diaktwr of the greeks, may with equal propriety be called the minister of both or either. the spear in his hand is not to be considered merely as the implement of destruction, but as the symbol of power and command, which it was in greece and italy, as well as all over the north. hence euqunein dori, was 1 see plate ix, fig. 9, from one belonging to me. 2 the first to a mixture of the runic hagle and greek h. the second is the runic laugur, which is also the old greek l, as it appears on t

calydonian boar in the british museum. the other three differ little from the common greek. 3 edd. fab. xvi. d hancarville, recherches sur les arts, liv. ii, c. 1. 4 see plate ix, fig. 11, from one beloning to me. 5 see plate x, fig. 2. 80 on the worship to govern,1 and venire sub hast, to be sold as a slave. the ancient celtes and scythians paid divine honors to the sword, the battleaxe, and the spear; the first of which was the symbol by which they represented the supreme god: hence to swear by the edge of the sword was the most sacred and inviolable of oaths.2 euripides alludes to this ancient religion when he calls a sword rkion xifoj; and schylus shows clearly, that it once prevailed in greece, when he makes the heroes of the thebaid swear by the point of the spear (omnusi d'aicmhn3

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n invaded by some oppor- tunistic entity who has long waited for just such a chance. then a battle of wills ensues, and the invading entity, drawing the strength of conviction from its stolen physical limbs, usually wins. all pointed objects symbolize the ray. the sword is a channel of force that focuses and culminates at the point of its tip, where its edges converge. the same may be said of the spear, pin, dart, needle, dagger, and even the gun. perhaps the best symbol of the ray is the arrow, which flies freely through the air, directed by an act of will, to pierce its target. the arrows of cupid are rays of will. the sword of justice is a ray. on a more mundane level the pointing hand in old-fashioned printed notices is a ray. indeed, the gesture of pointing a finger is a powerful meta

. it would be compassionate and nurturing and given to attempting to control through manipulating the emotions of the ones ruled "for their own good" this is the pope-figure. such men make well-meaning but bad kings. james the first of england was one such. the father-son aspect is revealed in the conqueror. his element would be air of fire-an explosive mixtureand his instrument the sword of rods-spear of war. this aspect combines the will to rule with the energy to conquer. its weakness is an immaturity that may lead to rash acts. on the human level it is alexander the great. the sephiroth of the kabbalistic tree illustrate graphically this three-times- three division and also show that the second and third trines are reflections of the first perfect trinity. notice in the illustration be

he physical record of an act of magical will. in an emergency-for example, if the magus should be imprisoned with noth- ing other than the clothing he or she is wearing-an astral temple may be built upon the foundation of the hands. to represent the four ritual weapons of the ele- ments, the flat palm serves as the disk; the cupped palm as the cup; the clenched fist as the end of the rod; and the spear-shaped hand as the dagger. the elements are related to the four lower sephiroth-netzach, hod, yesod, and malkuth-cor- responding to the ring, index, small, and thumb of the left hand. the middle fin- ger of the left hand stands for tiphareth and the quintessence, or fifth element, spirit. the fingers of the right hand are higher reflections of these qualities. a magic circle can be formed by

TYSON DONALD SOUL FLIGHT

carnation, he was a shaman who wrested the runes from the roots of yggdrasil, the world tree, during a soul flight that was induced by a trial of physical endurance. the nature of his trial, and its reward, are described in a portion of the poem havamal from the poetic edda, as translated by henry adams bellows. 139. i ween that i hung /on the windy tree, hung there for nights full nine; with the spear i was wounded /and offered i was to othin, myself to myself, on the tree that none /may ever know what root beneath it runs. 140. none made me happy /with loaf or horn, and there below i looked; i took up the runes /shrieking i took them, and forthwith back i the outline of the ancient germanic shaman's initiatory trial of endurance, involving the projection of the astral body to attain the

nes /shrieking i took them, and forthwith back i the outline of the ancient germanic shaman's initiatory trial of endurance, involving the projection of the astral body to attain the living wisdom of the runes, is evident in 210. bellows, 60-1. 242 soul flight these few lines of poetry. woden, the divine magician and the prototype of all the shamans who imitate his examples, gashed himself with a spear-his traditional weapon and the weapon favored by germanic warriors-and then had himself suspended from yggdrasil, the great ash that is the axis of the universe. for nine days and nights he hung on the tree without food or drink. the loss of blood and pain from his wounds and his bindings, coupled with his hunger and thirst, at last induced his astral double to leave his body and fly downwar

hat the runes are the source of the world's vitality. they are the magical marrow upon which the tree feeds. for the ancient germanic peoples, the underlying forces that sustain existence were twenty-four in number, and expressed in their shapes the twenty-four essential qualities of being. the runes would have remained asleep and invisible at the roots of yggdrasil, but the blood released by the spear of woden, falling fiom his suspended body into the ground, fed the runes and made them active, causing them to glow in the depths of the underworld with chapter fourteen: runes 243 lines of red fire, the color of embers. it was this glow that enabled the projected astral form of the god to see the runes and fly toward them. the runes called out to him mutely with his own life force. because

ut symbols. woden caught them up and held them safe in his mind, as his astral double soared upward through the endless darkness to the light of day. the darkness beneath the ground is akin to the darkness of the unconscious, and the daylight is an expression of the waking awareness. the parallels between this poetic fragment and the crucifurion of jesus are obvious. jesus was also wounded with a spear. he also hung from a kind of tree-the cross of crucifixion is frequently called a tree by poets. the identification of the cross of christ with a tree is made in the great anglo-saxon poem the dream of the rood, where it is called the "glory-tree."21lt he poet of the havamal calls the tree from which woden hung suspended "the windy tree" that it was windswept suggests that it was located on

of the undergrowth and their snorts and grunts. you may en- 213. tyson, rune magic, 1404. chapter fourteen: runes 247 counter wolves, bears, stags, wild boars, foxes, serpents, and creatures less natural in the dim and dappled light that filters through the forest canopy. there is a profusion of birds, and they keep up a constant chatter and song. the god is a barbarian hunter who carries a short spear and wears the mask of a bear. his body is nearly naked and painted with natural pigments. around his hips he wears a bearskin, but his arms, legs, and feet remain bare. his deeply tanned face is noble, his eyes gray. he seldom speaks, and he never utters more than a few words at a time, preferring to grunt and gesture. 3. thurisaz literal meaning: evil giant or devil general sense: malice, w

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letters ofadonai written from right to left upon the bright yellow sphere of your heart-center. exhale deeply while holding this inner visualization and continuing to gaze at the object. begin to inhale slowly, and at the same time raise your arms on either side of your body with your elbows straight and your fingers extended stiffly together so that each hand resembles the leaf-shaped blade of a spear. as you lift your arms, gradually rotate your palms forward. when your arms are horizontal on either side of your body so that your body forms a great cross, your palms should be directed forward. continue raising your arms on either side in a smooth motion while filling your lungs. as you do so, rotate your palms upward. at the same moment your arms are elevated at a steep angle on either s

pause for a heartbeat in the pose of projection with your lungs held empty, then step back, drawing the right foot beside the left, and straighten your body. as you are in the motion of stepping back, fold your arms across your chest so that your forearms make an x over your heart-center, and your hands are angled upward with your palms facing your shoulders. keep your hands extended stiffly into spear points. close your eyes, bow your head, and stand motionless. draw a slow, deep breath while visualizing inwardly the glowing yellow-white sphere of your heart-center without the hebrew name of power written upon it. completely detach your awareness from the charged object. make your mind tranquil, like the smooth surface of a lake at twilight. hold your breath with your lungs full for a hea

VOX SABBATUM

, as wise as the serpent. i may take the form of the serpent with a lions head, for i am the dragon and beast, who creates and destroys. on my left hand is belias, my shadow form over hades, on my right hand is cain, called elohim, my flesh born son of earth behind me is az lilith, my bride and druj spawning goddess, my inspiration of art! in front of me is aeshema, called the dev of the wounding spear, known as asmodeus, my will made flesh around me is the coiling and crooked dragon called leviathan! from my eyes comes lightening, and fire is started from my sight. as lightening just as i fell to the depths of earth and hell, yet i arise again in the sun, in the air above! at this moment the sorcerer should focus on that which he or she wishes to become, as the powers of the deific combin

WALLIS BUDGE E A LEGENDS OF THE EGYPTIAN GODS

legend of the origin of horus vi. a legend of khensu nefer-hetep and the princess of bekhten vii. the legend of khnemu and a seven years' famine viii. the legend of the death and resurrection of horus ix. the legend of isis and osiris according to classical writers list of plates and illustrations on or following page: the history of creation i. horus holding the hippopotamus-fiend with chain and spear ii. horus spearing the hippopotamus-fiend iii. horus spearing the hippopotamus-fiend iv. horus and isis capturing the hippopotamus fiend v. horus on the back of the hippopotamus-fiend vi. the slaughter of the hippopotamus-fiend vii. horus of behutet and ra-harmakhis in a shrine viii. horus of behutet and ra-harmakhis in a shrine ix. ashthertet in her chariot x. horus holding captive foes and

magnify their local god, horus of behutet, or horus of edfu, attributed to him the conquests of this human, and probably predynastic, king. we must remember that the legend assumes that ra, was still reigning on earth, though he was old and feeble, and had probably deputed his power to his successor, whom the legend regards as his son. plate i. horus holding the hippopotamus-fiend with chain and spear. behind stand isis and heru khenti-khatti. plate ii. horus driving his spear into the hippopotamus-fiend; behind him stands one of his "blacksmiths. plate iii. horus driving his spear into the belly of the hippopotamus-fiend as he lies on his back; behind stands on of his "blacksmiths. plate iv. horus and isis capturing the hippopotamus-fiend. in the 363rd year of his reign ra-harmakhis[fn#2

rope. right: horus of behutet, accompanied by ra-harmakhis and menu, spearing the hippopotamus-fiend. then set rose up and cursed horus because he had slain his allies, and he used such foul language that thoth called him "nehaha-her" i.e "stinking face" and this name clung to him ever after. after this horus and set engaged in a fight which lasted a very long time, but at length horus drove his spear into the neck of set with such violence that the fiend fell headlong to the ground. then horus smote with his club the mouth which had uttered such blasphemies, and fettered him with his chain. in this state horus dragged set into the presence of ra, who ascribed great praise to horus, and special names were given to the palace of horus and the high priest of the temple in commemoration of t

priest of the temple in commemoration of the event. when the question of the disposal of set was being discussed by the gods, ra ordered that he and his fiends should be given over to isis and her son horus, who were to do what they pleased with them. horus promptly cut off the heads of set and his fiends in the presence of ra and isis, and be dragged set by his feet through the country with his spear sticking in his head and neck. after this isis appointed horus of behutet to be the protecting deity of her son horus. the fight between the sun-god and set was a very favourite subject with egyptian writers, and there are many forms of it. thus there is the fight between heru-ur and set, the fight between ra and set, the fight between heru-behutet and set, the fight between osiris and set

which good men wage against sin. in coptic literature we have the well-known legend of the slaughter of the dragon by st. george, and this is nothing but a christian adaptation of the legend of horus and set. after these things horus, son of ra, and horus, son of isis, each took the form of a mighty man, with the face and body of a hawk, and each wore the red and white crowns, and each carried a spear and chain. in these forms the two gods slew the remnant of the enemies. now by some means or other set came to life again, and he took the form of a mighty hissing or "roaring" serpent, and hid himself in the ground, in a place which was ever after called the "place of the roarer" in front of his hiding-place horus, son of isis, stationed himself in the form of a hawk-headed staff to prevent

he water, and they took the forms of [crocodiles and] hippopotami, but nevertheless ra-heru-khuti sailed over the waters in his boat, and when the crocodiles and the hippopotami had come nigh unto him, they opened wide their jaws in order to destroy ra-heru-khuti. and when heru-behutet arrived and his followers who were behind him in the forms of workers in metal, each having in his hands an iron spear and a chain, according to his name, they smote the crocodiles and the hippopotami; and there were brought in there straightway six hundred and fifty-one crocodiles, which had been slain before the city of edfu. then spake ra-harmachis unto heru- behutet "my image shall be [here] in the land of the south (which is a house of victory (or, strength "and the house of heru-behutet is called nekht

o the south in the name of this god, and the acacia and the sycamore shall be the trees of the sanctuary. then the enemies turned aside to flee from before him, and their faces were [towards the north, and they went] to the swamps of uatch-ur (i.e, the mediterranean, and [their courage failed through fear of him. and heru-behutet was at the back (or, side) of them in the boat of ra, and the metal spear was in his hands, and those who were in his following were equipped with the weapons for battle of the metal workers. and the god spent four days and four nights in the water in pursuit of them, but he did not see one of the enemies, who fled from before him in the water in the forms of crocodiles and hippopotami. at length he found them and saw them. and ra said unto horus of heben "o winge

e of the things which heru-behutet hath done unto him" and thoth said unto ra "cries of this kind shall be called nehaha-hra unto this day" and heru- behutet did battle with the enemy for a period of time, and he hurled his iron lance at him, and he throw him down on the ground in this region, which is called pa-rerehtu unto this day. then heru-behutet came and brought the enemy with him, and his spear was in his neck, and his chain was round his hands and arms, and the weapon of horus had fallen on his mouth and had closed it; and he went with him before his father ra, who said "o horus, thou winged disk, twice great (urui- tenten) is the deed of valour which thou hast done, and thou hast cleansed the district" and ra, said unto thoth "the palace of heru- behutet shall be called 'lord of

hemselves in position with their spears in him at the time when there was storm (or, disaster) in the district, and the lake of the god was called she-en-aha from that day to this. then horus the son of isis cut off the head of the enemy [set, and the heads of his fiends in the presence of father ra and of the great company of the gods, and he dragged him by his feet through his district with his spear driven through his head and back. and ra said unto thoth "let the son of osiris drag the being of disaster through his territory" and thoth said "it shall be called ateh" and this hath been the name of the region from that day to this. and isis, the divine lady, spake before ra, saying "let the exalted winged disk become the amulet of my son horus, who hath cut off the head of the enemy and

t and horus, the son of isis, slaughtered that evil enemy, and his fiends, and the inert foes, and came forth with them to the water on the west side of this district. and heru-behutet was in the form of a man of mighty strength, and he had the face of a hawk, and his head was crowned with the white crown and the red crown, and with two plumes and two uraei, and he had the back of a hawk, and his spear and his chain were in his hands. and horus, the son of isis, transformed himself into a similar shape, even as heru-behutet had done before him. and they slew the enemies all together on the west of per- rehu, on the edge of the stream, and this god hath sailed over the water wherein the enemies had banded themselves to-ether against him from that day to this. now these things took place on

WICCA EIGHT SABBATS OF WITCHCRAFT

s apex, halfway through its journey from candlemas to beltane. once again, night and day stand in perfect balance, with the powers of light on the ascendancy. the god of light now wins a victory over his twin, the god of darkness. in the mabinogion myth reconstruction which i have proposed, this is the day on which the restored llew takes his vengeance on goronwy by piercing him with the sunlight spear. for llew was restored/reborn at the winter solstice and is now well/old enough to vanquish his rival/twin and mate with his lover/mother. and the great mother goddess, who has returned to her virgin aspect at candlemas, welcomes the young sun god's embraces and conceives a child. the child will be born nine months from now, at the next winter solstice. and so the cycle closes at last. we th

clad, then you may be fairly certain that the long ritual robes of winter have yielded place to short, tunic-style apparel. as with the longer gowns, tradition dictates that one should wear nothing underneath- the next best thing to skyclad, to be sure (incidentally, now you know the real answer to the old scottish joke 'what is worn underneath the kilt) the two chief icons of the holiday are the spear (symbol of the sun-god in his glory) and the summer cauldron (symbol of the goddess in her bounty. the precise meaning of these two symbols, which i believe i have recently discovered, will be explored in the essay on the death of llew. but it is interesting to note here that modern witches often use these same symbols in the midsummer rituals. and one occasionally hears the alternative cons

god in his glory) and the summer cauldron (symbol of the goddess in her bounty. the precise meaning of these two symbols, which i believe i have recently discovered, will be explored in the essay on the death of llew. but it is interesting to note here that modern witches often use these same symbols in the midsummer rituals. and one occasionally hears the alternative consecration formula 'as the spear is to the male, so the cauldron is to the female' with these mythic associations, it is no wonder that midsummer is such a joyous and magical occasion! l a m m a s: the first harvest= by mike nichols* once upon a lammas night when corn rigs are bonny, beneath the moon's unclouded light, i held awhile to annie* although in the heat of a mid-western summer it might be difficult to discern, the

, and which i haven't seen elsewhere. llew is the welsh god of light, and his name means 'lion (the lion is often the symbol of a sun god) he is betrayed by his 'virgin' wife blodeuwedd, into standing with one foot on the rim of a cauldron and the other on the back of a goat. it is only in this way that llew can be killed, and blodeuwedd's lover, goronwy, llew's dark self, is hiding nearby with a spear at the ready. but as llew is struck with it, he is not killed. he is instead transformed into an eagle. putting this in the form of a bardic riddle, it would go something like this: who can tell in what season the lion (llew, betrayed by the virgin (blodeuwedd, poised on the balance, is transformed into an eagle? my readers who are astrologers are probably already gasping in recognition. the

cause it represents the equinox point. and the autumnal equinox is the only eight sabbats of witchcraft get any book for free on: www.abika.com 33 time of the entire year when light (llew) can be overcome by darkness (goronwy. it should now come as no surprise that, when it is time for llew to kill goronwy in his turn, llew insists that goronwy stands where he once stood while he (llew) casts the spear. this is no mere vindictiveness on llew's part. for, although the 'mabinogion' does not say so, it should by now be obvious that this is the only time when goronwy can be overcome. light can overcome darkness only at the equinox- this time the vernal equinox (curiously, even the christian tradition retains this association, albeit in a distorted form, by celebrating jesus' death near the tim

her with spring. thus, while llew and goronwy represent summer and winter, blodeuwedd herself represents both spring and fall, as patron goddess of flowers and owls, respectively. although it is far more speculative than the preceding material, a final consideration would pursue this mirror-like life pattern of llew and goronwy to its ultimate conclusion. although llew is struck with the sunlight spear at the autumnal equinox, and so 'dies' as a human, it takes a while before gwydion discovers him in his eagle form. how long? we may speculate 13 weeks, when the sun reaches the midpoint of the sign (or form) of the eagle, scorpio- on halloween. and if this is true, it may be that llew, the sun god, finally 'dies' to the upper world on halloween, and now passes through the gates of death, wh

ver-ending bit of celtic knotwork. so midsummer (to me, at least) is a celebration of the sun god at his zenith, a crowned king on his throne. he is at the height of his power and still 1/4 of a year away from his ritual death at the hands of his rival. however, at the very moment of his greatest strength, his dark twin, the seed of his destruction, is born- just as the days begin to shorten. the spear and the cauldron have often been used as symbols for this holiday and it should now be easy to see why. sun gods are virtually always associated with spears (even jesus is pierced by one, and the midsummer cauldron of cancer is a symbol of the goddess in her fullness. if we have learned anything from this story from the fourth branch of the 'mabinogion, it is about the power of myth- how it

WICCA WITCHCRAFT TODAY

07, ninety years after the high history was written. there are many traces of a fertility cult in the grail stories. the 'hallows' themselves seem to be connected with such cults. the grail, the cup or chalice, is like the celtic cauldron. it restored the dead, and brought fertility back to the land. the king, in the mabinogion, gives gawain a sword which each day drops blood. there is a head and spear which drops blood in connection with a cauldron of fertility in the adventure of peredur, vaguely said to be connected with the murder of a relation of peredur by witches at glaucesier. a sword or dagger dropping blood (or wine) into a cauldron would have great meaning to witches, and they have a head or skull tradition. could the story be a hidden way of hinting that an ancestor of peredur

esier. a sword or dagger dropping blood (or wine) into a cauldron would have great meaning to witches, and they have a head or skull tradition. could the story be a hidden way of hinting that an ancestor of peredur had gone through the circle to death and returned, and so peredur himself was of the witch blood and entitled to know the mystery of the cauldron? most scholars agree that the bleeding spear is phallic. in the merlin ms, bibliotheque nationale 337, there is a grail procession which passes through a wood singing 'honour and glory and power and everlasting joy to the destroyer of death' could not that be a chant in praise of the goddess? or could it be really to disguise a chant 'honour and glory and power and everlasting joy to the destroyer of the fear of death? that is, to the

WICCA MAGICK OCCULT THREE GREEN BOOKS DRUIDISM

. i will sing concerning the sword which was red with blood. i will sing the boar-slaying, its appearance, and its vanishing of the knowledge it contained. i have knowledge of splendid starlight, the number of ruling stars scattering rays of fire above the world. i have been a snake enchanted on a hill, 1 have been a viper in a lake; i have been a star, crooked at first, the heft of a knife, or a spear in battle. clearly shall i prophesy of battle where smoke comes drifting. five battalions of lads will dance on my knife. six yellow horses- the best of the breed better than any is my cream-coloured steed, swift as a sea-mew along the shore. i myself am a power in battle, a cause of blood from a hundred chieftains. crimson is my shield, gold my shield-rim. only geronwy, from the dales of ed

or irish mythological cycles. in the rdna, we call this passage, the thirteen fold mystery. amergin s song (found in book of druidry, pg. 289) i am a wind on the wave, i am a wave of the ocean, i am the roar of the sea, i am a powerful ox, i am a hawk on a cliff, i am a dewdrop in the sunshine, i am a boar for valor, i am a salmon in pools, i am a lake in a plain, i am the strength of art, i am a spear with spoils that wages battle, i am a man that shapes fire for a head. who clears the stone-place of the mountain? what the place in which the setting of the gun lies? who has sought peace without fear seven times? who names the waterfalls? who brings his cattle from the house of tethra? what person, what god, forms weapons in a fort? in a fort that nourishes satirists, chants a petition, di

gin, the druid, spoke this rhapsody: i am the wind upon the sea, i am a wave upon the ocean, i am the sound of the sea, i am a stag of seven points, i am a bull of seven fights, i am a bull a cliff, i am a hawk upon a cliff, i am a teardrop of the sun, i am the fairest of blossoms, i am a boar of boldness, i am a salmon in a pool, i am a lake on a plain, i am a word of skill, i am a battle-waging spear of spoil, i am a god who fashions fire in the mind. who but i knows the secrets of the stone door? who has seven times sought the places of peace? who, save i, knows the ages of the moon, the place and time the sun sets? who calls the kine from tethra s house, and sees them dance in the bright heavens? who shapes weapons in a fort of glass, in a fort that harbors satirists? who put the poet

r 19-apr 15 apr 16-may 13 m2y 14-june 10 june 11-july 8 july 9-aug 5 aug 6-sept 2 sept 3-sept 30 oct 1-oct 28 oct 29-nov 25 nov 26-dec 22 dec 23? god is speaking i am a stag of seven tines. i am a wide flood on a plain i am a wind on the deep waters i am a shining tear of the sun. i am a hawk on a cliff. i am a fair amongs flowers i am a god who sets the head afire with smoke i am a battle waging spear i am a salmon in a pool i am a hill of poetry i am a ruthless boar i am a great noise from the sea. i am a wave of the sea who but i knows the secret of the unhewn dolmen? tree alphabet beith the birch luis the rowan nuinn the ash fearn the alder saille the willow huath the hawthorn duir the oak teinn the holly coll the hazel muinn the vine gort the ivy ngetal the reed ruis the elder tree ir

book of druidry, pg. 89) 254 spirit i am the wind that blows over the sea, i am the wave of the ocean; i am the murmur of the billows; i am the ox of the seven combats; i am the vulture upon the rock; i am a ray of the sun; i am the fairest of plants; i am a wild boar in valour; i am a salmon in the water; i am a lake in the plain; i am the craft of the artificer; i am a word of science; i am the spear-point that gives battle; i am the god that creates in the head of man the fire of thought. the voyage of bran, son of febal (pg. 589 of taliesin by edward williams, 1848) editor s note: the following extensive poem from the irish) is about a young prince who journeys by boat into the land of faeries. islands were considered somewhat magical by the celtic peoples. references to the afterlife

WILLIAM WESCOTT NUMBERS THEIR OCCULT POWER AND MYSTIC VIRTUES

lachesis, atropos. three furies: tisiphone, alecto, megaera. three graces: euphrosyne, aglaia, thalia, says hesiod. three judges: of hades: minos, aeacus, rhadamanthus. three horae: hesiod says they were eunomia (order, dike (justice, eirene (peace. numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott jupiter s thunder is triformis. hecate is always called triple. neptune s spear is trident and so has siva the trisula. pluto s dog cerberus had 3 heads. there were three founders of the roman empire: romulus, b.c. 753, camillus, b.c 389, expelled the gauls; and caius marius, b.c. 102, who overthrew the hordes of cambrians and teutons. 43. the jewish rabbis say that the sword of death has 3 drops of gall, one drops in the mouth and the man dies, from the second comes th

WORKING CEPHALOEDIUM VERSION 1

of the kingdom of truth& it is the issue, whereby the bowmen sally forth from the centre tiphereth to ye sod the apex of the salient. and pe is the girdle of the loins of the all-fath er& the sword in the girdle, as teth is his breast-plate of courage& daleth his helmet of live. this sword is shewn as a lightning-flash of flaming sword on the fortress that defends the kingdom: it is the sword or spear of ra-hoor-k huit. the card is then thus briefly to be described. ra hoor khuit sends forth a ray of light as a sword. the fortress is his aeon of 11 towers for abrahadabra. within is aiwaz with 93 or 220. about it is 666 in four- fold form. the scarlet woman bears cup& sword, riding the beast& iacchaion follows with his rod. thus far concerning the card xvi. now then followeth a considerati

WORKING CEPHALOEDIUM VERSION 2

rs of the kingdom of truth& it is the issue, whereby the bowmen sally forth from the centre tiphereth to yesod the apex of the salient. and pe is the girdle of the loins of the all-father& the sword in the girdle, as teth is his breast-plate of courage& daleth his helmet of live. this sword is shewn as a lightning-flash of flaming sword on the fortress that defends the kingdom: it is the sword or spear of ra-hoor-khuit. the card is then thus briefly to be described. ra hoor khuit sends forth a ray of light as a sword. the fortress is his aeon of 11 towers for abrahadabra. within is aiwaz with 93 or 220. about it is 666 in four-fold form. the scarlet woman bears cup& sword, riding the beast& iacchaion follows with his rod. thus far concerning the card xvi. now then followeth a consideration

ZALEWSKI SECRET INNER ORDER RITUALS OF THE GOLDEN DAWN OCR

ed his supreme initiation. it will be noticed that in the 4=7 diagram the heads of the dragon have seized the sephiroth but, as before remarked, on the lid of the pastos they are falling back from the figure on the cross: they are dispossessed only by the sacrifice of the lower self. recall to your mind that passage in one of the eddas "i hung on the tree three days and three nights, wounded with spear, myself, a sacrifice offered to my (highest) self: odin unto odin" it will furthermore be noticed that this way of looking at the matter at once makes a reconciliation between the account in the gospel of the christ as a calm, peaceful, and pitiful man, and the representation in the apocalypse of a tremendous and flaming god. a glance at the top half of the pastos shows the descent of a flam

ALEISTER CROWLEY ACROSS THE GULF

at the term, indeed, with exhaustion and with loss of blood they died all; four hundred and two women perished in that great day s slaughter. so that the people of memphis had peace for awhile. but as for me, i mourned the loss of that young slave. i had his body embalmed as is not fitting for other than a king. and at the door of the temple i placed his sarcophagus beneath a hedge of knives and spears, so that there was no other access to my glory. like honour hath no slave had ever. thus then i abode three cycles of the season; and at the end of that time the high priest died. for mine was a strange and dreadful rite to do; none other, and none unfortified by magic power, could have done this thing. yet i too sickened of that everlasting sacrifice. i was become worn and wan; there was n

ALEISTER CROWLEY BOOK OF THE LAW

s for a proof to the world. iii,11: this shall be your only proof. i forbid argument. conquer! that is enough. i will make easy to you the abstruction from the ill-ordered house in the victorious city. thou shalt thyself convey it with worship, o prophet, though thou likest it not. thou shalt have danger& trouble. ra-hoor-khu is with thee. worship me with fire& blood; worship me with swords& with spears. let the woman be girt with a sword before me: let blood flow to my name. trample down the heathen; be upon them, o warrior, i will give you of their flesh to eat! iii,12: sacrifice cattle, little and big: after a child. iii,13: but not now. iii,14: ye shall see that hour, o blessed beast, and thou the scarlet concubine of his desire! iii,15: ye shall be sad thereof. iii,16: deem not too ea

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irgin" or st. januarius. al iii,11 "this shall be your only proof. i forbid argument. conquer! that is enough. i will make easy to you the abstruction from the ill-ordered house in the victorious city. thou shalt thyself convey it with worship, o prophet, though thou likest it not. thou shalt have danger& trouble. ra-hoor-khu is with thee. worship me with fire& blood; worship me with swords& with spears. let the woman be girt with a sword before me: let blood flow to my name. trample down the heathen; be upon them, o warrior, i will give you of their flesh to eat" the old comment 11 'abstruction. it was thought that this meant to combine abstraction and construction, i.e. the preparation of a replica, which was done. of course, the original is in "locked glass" the new comment the victorio

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all be filled with the joyaunce of love. thus shall men attain to the unity of the crown and become as kings unto themselves. but the way is long and hilly and beset with many pitfalls, and it traverses a foul and a wild country. indeed we see before us the towers and the turrets, the domes and the spires, the roofs and the gables, glittering beyond the purple of the horizon, like the helmets and spears of an army of warriors in the distance. but on approaching we find that the blue of the sky-line encompasses a dark wood wherein are all things unmindful of the crown, and where there is darkness and corruption, and where lives the tyrant of the world clothed in a robe of fantastic desires. yet it is here that the golden key has been lost, where the hog, the wolf, the ape, and the bearded g

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di aissa, algeria "november" 24, 1909, 8-9 p.m. the cry of the 26th aethyr, which is called des there is a very bright pentagram: and now the stone is gone, and the whole heaven is black, and the blackness is the blackness of a mighty angel. and though he is black (his face and his wings and his robe and his armour are all black, yet is he so bright that i cannot look upon him. and he cries: o ye spears and vials of poison and sharp swords and whirling thunderbolts that are about the corners of the earth, girded with wrath and justice, know ye that his name is righteousness in beauty? burnt out are your eyes, for that ye have seen me in my majesty. and broken are the drum-heads of 18 your ears, because my name is as two mountains of fornication, the breasts of a strange woman; and my fathe

aire. and all the aire is a dark olive about 21 him, like an alexandrite stone. he bears a pitcher or amphora. and now there comes another angel upon a white horse, and yet again another angel upon a black bull. and now there comes a lion and swallows the two latter angels up. the first angel goes to the lion and closes his mouth. and behind them are arrayed a great company of angels with silver spears, like a forest. and the angel says: blow, all ye trumpets, for i will loose my hands from the mouth of the lion, and his roaring shall enkindle the worlds. then the trumpets blow, and the wind rises and whistles terribly. it is a blue wind with silver specks; and it blows through the whole aethyr. but through it one perceives the lion, which has become as a raging flame. and he roareth in a

the light is all gone out of the stone, and i am very cold. bou-saada "december" 4- 5, 1909. 11.30 p.m- 1.20 a.m. the cry of the 11th aethyr, which is called ikh there appears in the stone immediately the kamea of the moon. and it is rolled up; and behind it there appeareth a great host of angels. their backs are turned towards me, but i can see how tremendous are their arms, which are swords and spears. they have wings upon their helmets and their heels: they are clad in complete armour, and the least of their swords is like the breaking forth of a tremendous 87 storm of lightning. the least of their spears is like a great water-spout. on their shields are the eyes of tetragrammaton, winged with flame- white, red, black, yellow and blue. on their flanks are vast squadrons of elephants, an

) blessed is not i, not thou, not he, blessed without name or number who hath taken the azure of night, and 104) crystallized it into a pure sapphire-stone, who hath taken the gold of the sun, and beaten it into an infinite ring, and hath set the sapphire therein, and put it upon his finger"(refrain (v. vi) open wide your gates, o city of god, for i bring no-one with me. sink your swords and your spears in salutation, for the mother and the babe are my companions. let the banquet be prepared in the palace of the king's daughter. let the lights be kindled; are not we the children of the light"(refrain (v. vii) for this is the key-stone of the palace of the king's daughter. this is the stone of the philosophers. this is the stone that is hidden in the walls of the ramparts. peace, peace, pea

t with millions of moons. and this palace is nothing but the body of a woman, proud and delicate, and beyond imagination fair. she is like a child of twelve years old. she has very deep eye-lids, and long lashes. her eyes are closed, or nearly closed. it is impossible to say anything about her. she is naked; her whole body is covered with fine gold hairs, that are the electric flames that are the spears of mighty and terrible angels who breast-plates are the scales of her skin. and the hair of her head, that flows down to her feet, is the very light of god himself. of all the glories beheld by the seer in the aethyrs, there is 105 not one which is worthy to be compared with her littlest finger-nail. for although he may not partake of the aethyr, without the ceremonial preparations, even th

ions in the body fail. it is very strange. in my heart is rapture, holy and ineffable, absolutely beyond emotion; beyond even that bliss 167 called ananda, infinitely calm 24 the seer had absolutely forgotten this prophecy, and was amazed at the final identification of the child in lil with hoor. and pure. yet at the gates of mine eyes stand tears, like warriors upon the watch, that lean on their spears, listening.25 the great and terrible angel keeps on looking at me, as if to bar me from the vision. there is another blinding my mind. there is another forcing my head down in sleep (it's very difficult to talk at all, because an impression takes such an immense time to travel from the will to the muscles. naturally, i've no idea of time) i have gone up again to the child, led by two angels

weaveth her impenetrable veil. i am the captain of the hosts of eternity; of the swordsmen and the spearmen and the bowmen and the charioteers. i have led the armies of the east against the armies of the west, and the armies of the west against the armies of the east. for i am peace. my groves of olive were planted by an harlot, and my horses were bred by a thief. i have trained my vines upon the spears of the most high, and with my laughter have i slain a thousand men. with the wine in my cup have i mixed the lightnings, and i have carved my bread with a sharp sword. with my folly have i undone the wisdom of the magus, even as with my judgments i have overwhelmed the universe. i have eaten the pomegranate in the house of wrath, and i have crushed out the blood of my mother between mill-st

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i pierce thee, veil of mist! even as an arrow from the war-bow springs i leap- my life is set with loftier things. i match &c. samech (and the crossing of the path of pe) now swift, thou azure shaft of fading fire, pierce through the rainbow! swift, o swift! how streams the world by! let sandalphon and his quire of angels ward me! no! what planet beams this angry ray? thy swords, thy shields, thy spears! thy chariots and thy horsemen, lord! showered spheres of meteors war and blaze; but i am i, horus himself, the torrent of the sky aflame- i sweep the stormy seas of air towards that great globe that hangs so golden fair. i match &c. tiphereth hail, hail, thou sun of harmony, of beauty and of ecstasy! thou radiance brilliant and bold! thou ruby rose, thou cross of gold! hail, centre of the

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issing of mad waters, and the trumpeting of the thunder, and all thy tongues of dancing flame; so that i may be swept up in the breath of thy nostrils, and be consumed in the unutterable joy of thine everlasting rapture. 12. o my god, thou mighty one, thou creator of all things, i renounce unto thee the crimson lust of the chase, and the blast of the brazen war- horns, and all the gleaming of the spears; so that like an hart i may be brought to bay in thine arms, and be consumed in the unutterable joy of thine everlasting rapture. 13. o my god, thou mighty one, thou creator of all things, i renounce unto thee all that self which is myself, that black sun which shineth in self's day, whose glory blindeth thy glory; so that i may become as a rushlight in thine abode, and be consumed in the u

of hope, that art shot from the arc of the rainbow! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou starry virgin of night, that art strained to the arms of the morning! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou sworded soldier of life, that art sucked down in the quicksands of death! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! 58 o thou bronze blast of the trumpet, that rollest over emerald-tipped spears! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou opal mist of the sea, that art sucked up by the beams of the sun! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou red worm of formation, that art lifted by the white whorl of love! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou mighty anvil of time, that outshowerest the bright sparks of life! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou red cobr

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er, what of the lady "the lady? faugh! she went away; the spirits of the earth prevented her from lodging a complaint; she hid her 308 wounded ears under a thick ornament of pearls and gold. it was not bad with her! besides, what is she to you, anyhow, billy-goat "and now, all of ye, clear out, and walk ye all to your rooms with the mantra" finis 309 midsummer eve faint shadows cross the shifting spears of light, pale gold and amethyst, or warmly white, till velvet shod, unseen, the wizard hours hold thus their elfin court amid the flowers, that wake to wing d music of the night. and silken signs scarce stir the amorous bowers where 'passioned sleep his poppy garland showers, in dreams which mock the hastening moments flight. up soars the moon, and higher still and higher the dancers leap

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12 though one by one the heroes fall, their desperate way they slowly win, and knightly cry and comrade-call rise high above the savage din. now, now they land, a dwindling crew; now, now fresh armies hem them round. they cleave their blood-bought avenue, and cluster on the upper ground. ah! but dawn's dreadful front uprears! the tall towers blaze, to illume the fight; while many a myriad heathen spears march northward at the earliest light. falls thy last comrade at thy feet, o lordly-souled sir palamede? tearing the savage from his seat, he leaps upon a coal-black steed. he gallops raging through the press: the affrighted heathen fear his eye. there madness gleams, there masterless the whirling sword shrieks shrill and high. the shrink, he gallops. closely clings the child slung at his w

through the head, himself sore wounded in the thigh, weepeth upon the deed of dread, alone among his murdered men, the champion fool, as fools were then, utterly broken, like to die, sir palamede the saracen. 60 xxii sir palamede his wits doth rally, nursing his wound beside a lake within an admirable valley, whose walls their thirst on heaven slake, and in the moonlight mystical their countless spears of silver shake. thus reasons he "in each and all fyttes of this quest the quarry's track is wondrous geometrical. in spire and whorl twists out and back the hart with fair symmetric line. and lo! the grain of wit i lack- this beast is master of design. so studying each twisted print in this mirific mind of mine, my heart may happen on a hint" thus as the seeker after gold eagerly chases gr

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h [besz "dances in adoration in three-time [satan-typhon "rises and bows" aries. whence come ye, brethren? satan-typhon. from the dwelling-place of the sun. aries. who are ye, brethren? satan-typhon. i am the twin brother of the sun. scorpio-apophis. i am the beloved of the sun. 71 aries["to" besz] but who art thou, brother [besz "begins to stammer" leo. who art thou["they threaten him with their spears" besz "crouches in terror and lurks toward west] satan-typhon. i would have speech with my brother the sun. aries. it is well. leo. it is not well. there is danger herein to my lord["he bars the way" aries. speech cannot harm our lord. leo. brother, if thou be indeed our borther, what wilt thou say? satan-typhon. o sun, my brother, is it thy will that i have speech with thee? for i lay with

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inox "the editor will be glad to consider contributions and to return such as are unacceptable 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. vi. sun in libra september mcmxi o.s "the method of science--the aim of religion" wieland& co. 3 great james street, gray's inn london, w.c. printed by turnbull and spears. edinburgh contents page editorial 1 liber x 3 liber xvi 9 liber xc 17 liber clvi 23 liber cc 29 liber ccclxx 33 three poems for jane cheron. by aleister crowley 41 circle. by ethel archer 52 the electric silence 53 song 66 the scorpion. by aleister crowley 67 the earth. by francis bendick 108 sleep. by ethel archer 112 the ordeal of ida pendragon. by martial nay 113 the autumn woods. by vi

lman is so strong and brave. fatma["re-entering. all is lost! all is lost! let us all flee! laylah. peace, parrot["enter messenger" messenger. pardon, princess! laylah. thy news, or thy head shall pay it. messenger. glorious news! sidi omar hath entered jerusalem, and sacked the house of the knights templars, and the house of the knights hospitallers, and- 86 ledmiya["at window. oh, i can see the spears shining through the dust of the horses! messenger- but- laylah. speak, if thou wouldst ever speak again! messenger. but the knights of malta appeared in great strength, riding from the valley on their noble chargers, armed at all points- laylah. yes? yes? messenger. so that we judged it best to fall back upon the reserves. the maltese fell upon us- you may see them fighting now. laylah. wha

son. the scorpion! my sole token["she falls on" sliman's "corpse] my son! only son of my love! one sole jewel of the world wert thou. and the accursed scorpion has betrayed me. oh, let me from this hour throw off all womanhood, all kindness, all compassion- all but my love that has made my heart a hell. from this hell spring forth fiery scorpions- eunuchs! girls! let us be men! take swords! take spears! truce or no truce, night or no night, out to the field. let us slay the dogs as they lie. god, hear me! make me mightier than semiramis! hate and revenge! battle and death! to arms! to arms! out into the night "during this speech the eunuchs, girls, and slaves, catching her madness, have all armed themselves from the trophies on the wall. they troop out, running and jostling" laylah "turns

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hness; also a tendency to repetition of affronts on being pardoned; injury when meaning well; given to petitions; also a want of tact, and asking question of little moment; talkative. chokmah of vau. quarrel made up, yet still some tension in relations: actions sometimes selfish, sometimes unselfish. herein rule the great angels hb:yzlal and hb:mnhal. xxviii. the lord of sorrow three of swords or spears three white radiating angelic hands, issuing from clouds, and holding three swords upright (as though the central sword had struck apart the two others, which were crossed in the preceding symbol: the central sword cuts asunder the rose of five petals, which in the previous symbol grew at the junction of the swords; its petals are falling, and no white rays issue from it. above and below th

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let his enemies be destroyed [the goddess] ament crieth) to thee, o ra, so that thou mayest join her, and mayest go forwards in the sky as the great one who is in the horizon, and mayest be towed along by those who tow thee, and, verily, mayest destroy all thine enemies" this address ra replies, saying "o ye who have received your weapons, o ye who have grasped your sceptres, o ye who shake your spears, o ye who stand by your tchefau food, who sit down to your offerings, who are the warders of food and bread and are the lords of the provisions in ament, isis giveth herself unto you, and ament joineth herself unto you, so that i may p. 91 click to view the kingdom of seker. p. 93 stand up by you for your protection when i pass by you in peace" the "land of sekri" which is mentioned by the

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tical system of supernatural detection was noted in a postslavery report, a practice known as "turning the sifter" involving a "man of standing in the church" who was able to detect a wrongdoer by balancing a sifter between two chairs. one nineteenth-century writer assumed that the ritual was an african survival that had been adopted by black americans "substitute a raw-hide shield on two upright spears" she proposed "and you have the rite as it is practiced today on the guinea coast" the distinctive "africanness" of the style of many african american supernatural practitioners, we will see, was a quality that both whites and blacks commented upon.[30] it was not unusual for practitioners of conjure to profess their simultaneous commitment to christianity. a devout baptist and former slave

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do the same to people on earth. it almost wouldn't matter that the global bankers and industrialists were funding both sides- if (and it is one hell of a big 'if) the people in general had seen what was afoot and refused to take part. i remember the words of a splendid song by donovan in the 1960s, the universal soldier "he's five foot two, and he's six feet four. he fights with missiles and with spears. he's all of thirty-one and he's only seventeen. he's been a soldier for a thousand years..he's the universal soldier and he really is to blame. without him how could hitler have begun? he's the one who gives his body as a weapon of the war and without him all this killing can't go on."1 hitler was no threat to the world unless the mass of the german people handed over their lives to him. u

or them. i console not; i hate the consoled and the consoler "i am unique and conqueror. i am not of the slaves that perish. be they damned and dead. amen..therefore strike hard and low, and to hell with them, master..lurk! withdraw! upon them! this is the law of the battle of conquest: thus shall my worship be about my secret house..worship me with fire and blood; worship me with swords and with spears. let the woman be girt with a sword before me: let blood flow in my name. trample down the heathen; be upon them, o warrior, i will give you their flesh to eat..sacrifice cattle, little and big; after a child..kill and torture; spare not; be upon them!"5 if that sounds remarkably like some of the angry god stuff in the old testament, that's because it was almost certainly the same force on

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not for them. i console not; i hate the consoledand the consoler..i am unique and conqueror. i am not of the slaves that perish. be they damned anddead.amen. therefore strike hard and low and to hell with them, master. lurk! withdraw!upon them! this is the law of the battle of conquest; thus shall my worship be about mysecret house. worship me with fire and blood; worship me with swords and with spears.243let the woman be gurt with a sword before me; let blood flow in my name. trample downthe heathen; be upon them, 0 warrior, i will give you their flesh to eat. sacrifice cattle, littleand big; after a child. kill and torture; spare not; be upon them!.2the classic sentiments of the lower fourth dimensional reptilians and the satanicrings which serve them. if all that sounds remarkably like

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r era, we have a series of details which reflect the tuat of the ancient egyptians in a remarkable manner. the bishop having taken up his abode in a tomb filled with mummies, causes one of them to tell his history.[3] after saying that his parents were greeks who worshipped poseidon, he states that when he was dying already the avenging angels came about him with iron knives and goads as sharp as spears, which they thrust into his sides, while they gnashed their teeth at him; when he opened his eyes, he saw death in all its manifold forms round about him; and at that moment angels without mercy came and dragged his wretched soul from his body, and tying it to the form of a black horse they bore it away to amenta. next, he was delivered over to merciless tormentors, who tortured him in a pl

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onlookers to be readily swayed by the necromancer s devices. one of the witchfinders, nozinyanga, was especially encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. africa 13 impressive. her fierce face, spotted with gouts of red paint on cheek and brow, was partly overshadowed by a helmetlike plume of the tall feathers of the sakabula bird. in her right hand she carried a light sheaf of assegais (spears, and on her left arm was slung a small and pretty shield of dappled oxhide. her petticoat, made of a couple of large handkerchiefs, was worn kiltwise. from neck to waist she was covered with beadnecklaces, goat s-hair fringes, and the scarlet tassels. her chest rose and fell beneath the baldric of leopard skin, fastened across with huge brazen knobs, while down her back hung a beautifully d

ne until it ceased to have the appearance of hair and hung around the face like a thick fringe, dyed deep red. bent double and with a catlike gait, nozilwane came forward. every movement of her undulating body kept time to the beat of the girls hands and their low crooning chant. soon she pretended to find the thing she sought, and with a series of wild pirouettes leaped into the air, shaking her spears and brandishing her shield like a bacchante. nowamso, another of the party, was determined that her companion should not get all the applause, and she too, with a yell and a leap, sprang into the dance to the sound of louder grunts and harder handclaps. nowamso was anxious to display her back, where a magnificent snakeskin, studded in a regular pattern with brass-headed nails, floated like

by a being called kurdaitcha, to whom deaths are attributed. the australian aborigine believes that death is due to evil magic. a man may become a kurdaitcha by submitting to a certain ceremony, in which the little toe of his foot is dislocated. dressed up and painted grotesquely, he sets out accompanied by a medicine man and wearing the kurdaitcha shoes when he desires to slay an enemy. when he spears him, the medicine man closes up the wound, and the victim returns to consciousness oblivious to the fact that he is full of evil magic. when he later sickens and dies, it is known that he has been attacked by a kurdaitcha. many long and elaborate ceremonies are connected with the churinga. in 1988 the bicentenary celebrations in australia placed primary emphasis on the achievements of the c

addition of vulcan as their father or brother made them three, and a fourth may have been their mother cabira. 5. the samothracian divinities continued to be held in high veneration in late times, but are commonly spoken of in connection with navigation, as the twin dioscuri or tyndaridae; on the other hand the dioscuri are spoken of as the curetes or corybantes. the coins of tripolis exhibit the spears and star of the dioscuri, with the legend cabiri. 6. the roman penates have been identified with the dioscuri, and dionysius states that he had seen two figures of ancient workmanship, representing youths armed with spears, which, from an antique inscription on them, he knew to be meant for penates. so, the lares of etruria and rome. 7. the worship of the cabiri furnishes the key to the wan

eventeenth century. he published memorie historiche dell apparitione delle cruce prodigiose da carlo cala at naples in 1661. calatin clan a poisonous multiform monster of irish legend. the creature was composed of a father and his 27 sons, any one of whose weapons could, by the merest touch, kill a man within nine days. this monstrosity was sent against cuchulain, who succeeded in catching its 28 spears on his shield. the clan, however, managed to throw him down and grind his face in the gravel. cuchulain was assisted by the son of an ulster exile, who cut off the creature s heads while cuchulain hacked it to pieces. encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. calatin clan 241 calen chilean sorcerers (see also south america) california directory of psi services former annual directo

ovide comprehensive, comparative, systematic, and focused study of the psychophysiological abilities of adepts worldwide (including hindu yogis, moslem fakirs, tibetan buddhist lamas, taoist and zen masters, shamans, and others) by an interdisciplinary team of anthropologists, medical researchers, and religious studies specialists. such claimed abilities included thrusting unsterilized knives and spears through the flesh without experiencing pain, bleeding, or infection; drinking or immersing parts of the body in boiling water without pain or tissue damage; drinking poison or receiving bites from poisonous creatures such as snakes and scorpions without the expected morbid effects; chewing and swallowing glass without the expected pain and tissue damage; handling fire without being burned;

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iding spirits and it was desirable to bring about communion with their magical influence, as in the spring, when laurel boughs were hung at the doors of the flamens and pontiffs, and in the temple of vesta, where they remained hanging until the following year. trees and their leaves were also possessed of healing and purifying value. laurel was used for the latter quality after triumphs, when the spears and javelins of legionaries were wreathed with its branches to purify them from the blood of the enemy. man himself had a presiding spirit, his genius, each woman her juno and the saturnalia was really a holiday for this other self. the roman kept his birthday in honor of his genius. he would offer frankincense, cakes, and unmixed wine on an altar garlanded with flowers while making solemn

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ouncils. the oldest of these is the 9d nibiruan council, also known as the ancient ones and the pelegians. this council is headed by devin and his half-brother jehowah, members of the two royal houses of aln and avyon. in the human dimension the third the 3d nibiruan council (3dnc) began in kansas city, missouri, in january 1997, under the direction of channeler jelaila starr and associates terry spears and dermot kerin. a year and a half later, it relocated to los angeles. starr is its sole owner, and the council functions as a tax-paying small business. according to starr, the 3dnc represents the gnc on earth and upholds its directives as they apply to this world. other responsibilities include providing the 9d tools of integration to the people of earth along with support and training f

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feminine in alternate embodiments, positive polarity of the vital body is becoming more pronounced regardless of sex. this accounts for the growing tendency towards altruism which is even being brought out by the suffering entailed by the great war we are now fighting (1918) for all agree that the nations are seeking to obtain a lasting peace where the swords may be made into plowshares, and the spears into pruning hooks. in the past, humanity has been claiming universal brotherhood as a great ideal, but we must come closer than that to being in full accord with the christ. he said to his disciples "ye are my friends" among brothers and sisters, hate and enmity may exist, but friendship is the expression of love and cannot exist apart from that. universal friendship is therefore the magic

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was not so much their ferocious appearance as the objects that they clutched in their hands. archaeologists admitted that they didn t really know what these objects were but had tentatively identified them anyway. this identification had stuck and it was now received wisdom that spearthrowers called atl-atls were held in the right hands of the idols graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 112 and spears or arrows and incense bags in the left hands.18 it didn t seem to matter that the objects did not in any way resemble atl-atls, spears, arrows, or incense bags. santha faiia s photographs will help the reader to form his or her own impression of these peculiar objects. as i studied the objects themselves i had the distinct sense that they were meant to represent devices which had originally

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r, ikh, and you will see it whenever you enter this aethyr. ikh is the aethyr of tension which is a result of its location at the brink of the abyss. the three governors are: molpand moh-el-pan-deh vsnarda ves-en-ar-deh ponodol poh-noh-doh-leh the tension in the atmosphere often leads to visions of warriors or soldiers tensed and vigilant. crowley saw the angels of ikh as warriors with swords and spears for arms. they had wings on their helmets and heels and were all wearing complete suits of armor. some were seated on elephants, but none were actually moving. the symbolism is quite clear: the angels of ikh express their proximity to the abyss and the overwhelming sense of anticipation that pervades here. the abyss that is called zax is a ring-pass-not for the human mind. your mental body

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snorri and saxo, in praises of a peaceful augustan age; thus godfrey of viterbo p. 250: fit gladius vomer, fiunt de cuspide falces. mars siluit, pax emicuit, miles fuit auceps; nascentis christi tempore pax rediit. wernher's maria, p. 160: do wart ein chreftiger fride. then befel a mighty peace, diu swert versluogen die smide, smiths converted their s-^ords, bediu spieze und sper; both pikes and spears; d6 ne was dehein her then was there no army daz lender des gedaehte that anywhere thought daz ez strite oder vgehte, of striving and fighting, do ne was niht urliuge then was no war bi des meres piuge, by the sea's margin, noch enhein nitgeschelle. nor any sound of hate. mit grozer ebenhelle in great unison und harto fridliche and right peacefully stuonden elliu ricbe. stood all kingdoms

burning wisp of straw, irwisch and on the rhine heerwisch; in- austria feuriger mann and fucldelmann (hofer 1, 251) fromfuchteln to burnish or jerk to and fro, viz. the fiery blade^ in 1 in lausitz the ignis lambens that plays about the tops of forest trees is called feuermann, laus. mouatsscbr. 1797. p. 7-19. 2 these fiery exlialations also settle on the masts of ships, marienleg. 87, 96, or the spears of warriors. the former kind the ancients named after the dioscuri, pliny 2, 37, the moderns call it 'feu de st. elme' for the flaming spears i have old authorities' signa (also, pila) militum arsere' tac. ann. 12, 64. 15, 7' duae puerorum lanceae, emissis flammis, lumen euntibus praebueruut, ibantque fulgurautes hastue' greg. tur. mirac. mart. 1, 10. and a modern instance in zeiller's will

e linden zog: das diutet frombde geste, so redt der gemeine man' wackern. leseb. 703. it is usually a flight of grasshoppers that announces stranger guests (justinger p. 160, couf. 271, or else a good take of salmon, ib. 379. other intimations of coming guests in sup. i, 71-2-3. 889. 1028; k, 63 (see suppl. lifeless things, especially elements, can furnish omens. flames standing on the helmets or spears of warriors were a prognostic of victory vikri^ avfi^oxov. seem. iio^ mentions a fire of this kind, but not what it signified' hijrr leingi mun a brodds oddi bifaz; and more plainly 15p 'of geirom geislar (rays) stoso' tac. ann. 12, 64' signa militum arsere; 15, 7 'pila militum arsere' procop. de b. vand. 2, 2: rwv sopdrcav avrol^ ra akpa ttvpl ttoxxo) kare\d/x7ret0, kal avruiv at al^/uial

2 'hsne hi's genesan' in as. this verb takes the ace, not the gen. as in ohg: ba saecce genais, beow. 3950. uisa gehwane genesen hsefde 4789. fela ic gutirffisa geuffis 4848. se)>a, gu'se genses, caedm. 121, 33. stitch in the side. elf-burn. 1245 shelter when those women lot fly their darts, aud means to send them a countei'-shot, a kuife, whose smiting by a smith is reported, as also that of war-spears by six smiths. every bit of the witches' iron shall melt, wherever it may have been shot, into skin, flesh, blood or limb; help is nigh. lastly: flee thou (enchantress) to the wilderness! be thou (patient) well in thy bead, lord help thee! at the conclusion of the spell the knife (that forged by the smith) is to be dipt in water. apparently after' sco ten' there ought to be' osse waare on b

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og. 2, 168. 300, what is said of faxi s hross-haus. 2 why should the monks in the abbey have a caput caballinum? eeinharjus 3, 2032. 2153. does the expression span oat of a dead horae s head in burcaid, waldis 4, 2, mean enchanted? 662 teees and animals. indisturbatis equus transibat, signum habuere prosperitatis, et securi pergebant; sin autem, quiescebant/ here the holy steed is led across nine spears lying a cubit apart from one another, in dietmar s older narrative over the points of two crossed spears; of course the luitizers may have had a different method from the pomeranians. saxo gram. p. 321 gives yet a third account of the matter respecting the slavs of riigen: praeterea peculiarem albi coloris equumtitulo possidebat (numen, cujus jubae aut caudae pilos convellere nefarium duceb

raemissa, a sacerdote e vestibulo cum loramentis productus, si propositos ordines ante dextro quam laevo pede transcenderet, faustnm gerendi belli omen accipiebatur. sin laevum vel semel dextro praetulisset, petendae provinciae propositum mutabatur. this description is still more exact: the sacred horse, here attri buted to the deity himself who bestrides him by night, is led three times over two spears planted crosswise, that is, over six spears, and must, for the omen to be favourable, pass each row with his right foot foremost; if at even one row he has lifted the left before the right, misfortune is threatened. the colour ascribed to the steed is white as in tacitus, not hack as in the biographer of otto. the chronica augustensis ad. an. 1068 (in freher 1, 349) says, that bp. burcard o

HANDBOOK OF EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY

nstantly renewed vitality of the marsh vegetation. renenutet, the good snake, was the goddess of fields, granaries, and kitchens. she ensured a bountiful harvest for the living and continuing nourishment for the kas of the dead. the snake deity, nehebkau( the numerous of coils, was considered to be her son. in the pyramid texts, nehebkau feeds the deities, themes, and concepts 199 figure 43. seth spears the chaos serpent apophis when he attacks the solar barque. the barque is towed through the underworld by jackals and cobras. illustration from the funerary papyrus of herweben (museum of fine arts, boston) dead king and acts as his messenger, but only after he has been subdued by the finger of atum. meretseger was another snake deity who was not always benevolent. she was the goddess of th

HP LOVECRAFT CELEPHAIS

to die. it was moonlight, and he had stolen out into the fragrant summer night, through the gardens, down the terraces, past the great oaks of the park, and along the long white road to the village. the village seemed very old, eaten away at the edge like the moon which had commenced to wane, and kuranes wondered whether the peaked roofs of the small houses hid sleep or death. in the streets were spears of long grass, and the window-panes on either side broken or ifimily staring. kuranes had not lingered, but had plodded on as though summoned toward some goal. he dared not disobey the summons for fear it might prove an illusion like the urges and aspirations of waking life, which do not lead to any goal. then he had been drawn down a lane that led off from the village street toward the cha

HP LOVECRAFT THE DOOM THAT CAME TO SARNATH

lands, both of waking and of dream. as the men of sarnath beheld more of the beings of lb their hate grew, and it was not less because they found the beings weak, and soft as jelly to the touch of stones and arrows. so one day the young warriors, the slingers and the spearmen and the bowmen, marched against lb and slew all the inhabitants thereof, pushing the queer bodies into the lake with long spears, because they did not wish to touch them. and because they did not like the gray sculptured monoliths of lb they cast these also into the lake; wondering from the greatness of the labor how ever the stones were brought from afar, as they must have been, since there is naught like them in the land of mnar or in the lands adjacent. thus of the very ancient city of lb was nothing spared, save

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framed two orbs of noble light, green like emeralds within their holes whereas our own eyes are the same hue that does colour our own tan flesh. yet also from the angel's back sprung wings, as we have not, of most radiant gold like the very sun of day, and from the skull of this apparence sprouted curved horns of ivory the same as might adorn the deer that we hunt to fill our hungry bellies with spears cut from branches torn down from the garden's trees. within the god-like beings flesh gaped wide a wound, that bled a crimson flow into the river, 167 and from it was torn some part of flesh that our creator shaped into the form of man that does now appear before you. thus, raphael, guiding angel, teacher, tell us of this being that woman's eyes beheld that made our race from his own flesh

upon the earth" to the rash exhortations of lamech went up a cheer as his knights became roused with greed and glory. once more was their hot blood heated and their hearts were filled with rage. resounding hymns to the spirits of battle, the shedim hunt that fight at the side of worthy men, they gathered up their hosts of war and made ready their horses before the chariots, then, taking up their spears, went forth to battle, marching to the tattoo of heart and drum. from the furthest towns of shurupuk's empire 217 came the messengers and heralds from the west, reporting war and despoilment upon that frontier. king utanapishtim saw their coming from his high tower and descended from there to hear what news they brought, the swift-riding messengers of his realm. bowing low before their king

white like ivory, great in stature, on which he rode to battle. then, as the horns sounded the mustering of hosts, he ascended the high ziggurat to my shrine to pour upon the shedim's altar a libation of lion's blood to win the alliance of the shedim for his campaign. wide swung the gates of shurupuk as the armies passed through and it seemed to those that watched from the wall that the ranks of spears were without end and that the gate would disgorge an eternity of warriors and at the van was utanapishtim, god amongst men, beneath standard of the temple's seal, the flaming eye. upon the western horizon, apparent to the beholders, a column of the black smoke of pillage rose and the wind brought the war-cries and the drums of the yet distant foes to the walls of shurupuk. now lamech marche

y kingdom is yours if you would take it and the lives of my subjects i give to you willingly if you would but spare me your mace. what can i now do to you to harm the meagrest hair that grows upon your scalp. i implore you then, my lord, spare me" hearing these words of lamech utanapishtim frowned upon him. all about fell the army of lamech, cut down as if they were a field of wheat, their broken spears falling like the sheared stalks. everywhere was there death. now utanapishtim took his turn to speak, looking in scorn upon the subdued lamech. with a regal voice he spoke and in anger he intoned these words "kneel not! thus is it written upon stone. thus is it written upon the tablets of lapis lazuli. we are men and we do not kneel. not for this were the nephilim conceived. you dishonour u

hus is it written upon the tablets of lapis lazuli. we are men and we do not kneel. not for this were the nephilim conceived. you dishonour us both with this submission and i perceive you to be a base creature, wholly without honour in deed or word. lamech, you are most shameful in my sight. for your own unworthy life you would trade the lives of your people who stand at least in pride against my spears where you, unworthy king, fall down and beg for clemency whilst these noble men bleed for your cause. you offer me your kingdom as it is already mine. you have no understanding of kingship 221 and barter with that which is not yours. the lives of your subjects and your kingdom, these things are not yours to yield to me. the king is not the master of his realm but rather he is its servant, s

nst the currents that bore the ships whither whimsy willed but to lash with strong ropes together the seven vessels cast about by wind and rain that the fleet would not scattered far, the marines of shurupuk, drowned deep beneath the swollen rivers and sea were the noble city's walls and washed from every map of earth were the bright towers, made ready for battle against heaven's hosts, preparing spears and bows and shields or else speaking such incantations to bind fortune's vagaries to their cause, enchanting each shaft to fly true and preparing charms to ward the bolts of heaven that they would find no mark. thus did the last of the nephilim use what time was theirs within the storm before the coming of a greater storm. storing up their strength for battle utanapishtim and his brave ret

me charge against the ships and yet not with some desperation, knowing that could they not gain the solid timbers they would find no respite upon wing. seven times sang bowstrings before they closed and seven times shining shapes precipitated from the ragged ranks into the froth below. then were the elohim upon the ships. 280 upon every ship the knights of shurupuk rushed forth to meet the elohim spears with mace and javelin and battle-cry and soon were the decks slick with gore where but rain had made them slick before. yet and yet sang the archer's bows cutting from the winds those of heaven who found no perch upon the crowded decks. now upon the ships of the king where utanapishtim himself contended, striking down to each side the elohim that fought in desperation against him, shatterin

med into an orca and fled into the waves. now above the battle's din and storm came a great sounding of horns and from the storm clouds came a host, winged and arrayed in the scales of giants. thus did the hosts of chadel arrive to relieve the beleaguered nephilim. ishtar and moloch leading at the head, descended in most terrible guise. ishtar appeared with a lion's head and in six hands held six spears with keen and barbed heads. ever has it been the shedim's way to assume some awesome form for battle. moloch was himself unchanged yet, as a flaming bull, was no less dreadful and after came a multitude of armoured warriors. comprehending then that all was lost the elohim gave up a great cry and made to flee but rising into the air they found themselves amongst my hosts and were hurled down

was himself unchanged yet, as a flaming bull, was no less dreadful and after came a multitude of armoured warriors. comprehending then that all was lost the elohim gave up a great cry and made to flee but rising into the air they found themselves amongst my hosts and were hurled down by the charge 284 into the ever-hungry sea. thrusting to this side and that soon, upon each of ishtar's inclement spears hung transfixed seven elohim. yet others of heaven's ill-chanced host plummeted downwards like flaming comets, ignited by the blazing hooves of moloch. thus were elohim destroyed completely. even as the last of heaven's host was lost beneath the swollen waters a great wind blew up from the east and for some three hours howled its all, scattering to flight the heavy rain clouds and unveiling

glass for a proof to the world. 11. this shall be your only proof. i forbid argument. conquer! that is enough. i will make easy to you the abstruction from the ill-ordered house in the victorious city. thou shalt thyself convey it with worship, o prophet, though thou likest it not. thou shalt have danger& trouble. ra-hoor-khu is with thee. worship me with fire& blood; worship me with swords& with spears. let the woman be girt with a sword before me: let blood flow to my name. trample down the heathen; be upon them, o warrior, i will give you of their flesh to eat! 12. sacrifice cattle, little and big: after a child. 427 13. but not now. 14. ye shall see that hour, o blessed beast, and thou the scarlet concubine of his desire! 15. ye shall be sad thereof. 16. deem not too eagerly to catch t

LIBER CCCXXXV ADONIS

inite space that severs two so long as they cannot rise above into the unity of love. however close lock hands and feet, only one moment may they meet; when in the one pang that runs level liber cccxxxv 14 with death and birth, the royal revel, the lover and the loved adore the thing that is, when they are not. astarte. no more! bury thy face between these hills that threat the heaven, their rosy spears (the gods that fret) tipping thine ears, and with my hair i fll hide thee; and these mine handmaidens shall stand beside thee, and mix their nightingale with lion of the guard that chorus and clash iron, while as a river laps its banks my fingertips caress thy flanks (chorus) men. under the sun there is none, there is none that hath heard such a word as our lord hath begun. women. under the

the fiery fashion of the sun. hush! there fs a stir not mine amid the groves, a foot divine that yet is not like love.s. hush! let me furl my forehead! i fll be gone to flicker and curl above great babylon [the gate of the garden opens. the lady psyche advances and makes way for the king of babylon. he is attended by many companies of warriors in armour of burnished silver and gold, with swords, spears, and shields. these take up position at the back of the stage, in perfect silence of foot as of throat [the lady psyche remains standing by the gate; the king of babylon advances with infinite stealth, dignity, slowness, and power, toward the couch] liber cccxxxv 32 psyche. life? is it life? what hour of fate is on the bell? of this supreme ordeal what issue? heaven or hell? i am stripped o

LIBER CXCVII STORY OF SIR PALAMEDES

one the heroes fall, their desperate way they slowly win, and knightly cry and comrade-call rise high above the savage din. liber cxcvii 12 now, now they land, a dwindling crew; now, now fresh armies hem them round. they cleave their blood-bought avenue, and cluster on the upper ground. ah! but dawn fs dreadful front uprears! the tall towers blaze, to illume the fight; while many a myriad heathen spears march northward at the earliest light. falls thy last comrade at thy feet, o lordly-souled sir palamede? tearing the savage from his seat, he leaps upon a coal-black steed. he gallops raging through the press: the affrighted heathen fear his eye. there madness gleams, there masterless the whirling sword shrieks shrill and high. they shrink, he gallops. closely clings the child slung at his

d, himself sore wounded in the thigh, weepeth upon the deed of dread, liber cxcvii 52 alone among his murdered men, the champion fool, as fools were then, utterly broken, like to die, sir palamede the saracen. 53 xxii sir palamede his wits doth rally, nursing his wound beside a lake within an admirable valley, whose walls their thirst on heaven slake, and in the moonlight mystical their countless spears of silver shake. thus reasons he .in each and all fyttes of this quest the quarry.s track is wondrous geometrical. in spire and whorl twists out and back the hart with fair symmetric line. and lo! the grain of wit i lack. this beast is master of design. so studying each twisted print in this mirific mind of mine, my heart may happen on a hint. thus as the seeker after gold eagerly chases gr

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of death and the central blaze of darkness, radiating its night upon all. 30. it shall swallow up that lesser darkness. 31. but in that profound who shall answer: what is? 32. not i. 33. not thou, o god! 34. come, let us no more reason together; let us enjoy! let us be ourselves, silent, unique, apart. 35. o lonely woods of the world! in what recesses will ye hide our love? 36. the forest of the spears of the most high is called night, and hades, and the day of wrath; but i am his captain, and i bear his cup. 37. fear me not with my spearmen! they shall slay the demons with their petty prongs. ye shall be free. 38. ah, slaves! ye will not.ye know not how to will. 39. yet the music of my spears shall be a song of freedom. 40. a great bird shall sweep from the abyss of joy, and bear ye away

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lso a tendency to repetition of affronts on being pardoned; injury when meaning well; given to petitions; also a want of tact, and asking question of little moment; talkative. chokmah of w. quarrel made up, yet still some tension in relations: actions sometimes selfish, sometimes unselfish. herein rule the great angels lalzy and lahbm. 32 liber lxxviii xxviii the lord of sorrow three of swords or spears three white radiating angelic hands, issuing from clouds, and holding three swords upright (as though the central sword had struck apart the two others, which were crossed in the preceding symbol: the central sword cuts asunder the rose of five petals, which in the previous symbol grew at the junction of the swords; its petals are falling, and no white rays issue from it. above and below th

LINDOW JOHN NORSE MYTHOLOGY A GUIDE TO THE GODS HEROES RITUALS AND BELIEFS

exposition of mythological subjects but also for its very diction. the primary stylistic feature is the kenning, a two or more part substitution for a noun. kennings consist of a base word (e.g, gtree h) and a modifier( gof battle h. what is a gtree of battle h? this figure is indeed something like a riddle. because he stands tall in a battle, a gtree of battle h is a warrior. what is the gdin of spears h? because battles are noisy affairs, the gdin of spears h is battle. kennings are known from eddic poetry and the verse of the other older germanic languages, but they took on a special importance in skaldic poetry because skalds linked them by using one kenning as the modifier of a base word to create another, for example, gtree of the din of spears h for warrior. the examples i have chos

norri fs somewhat varying descriptions in the ynglinga saga of his heimskringla and in the skaldskaparmal of his edda. the sequence in voluspa of stanzas 21.24 refers to the first battle in the world, and in stanza 24 both the asir and vanir are mentioned. the seeress is speaking of herself in the third person: 21. she remembers the battle of armies, the first one in the world, when gullveig with spears they studded and in the hall of har burned her; thrice burned, thrice born, often, unseldom, though she yet lives. 22. they called her heid, where she came to [the] houses, a seeress very wise, she cast spells; she performed seid where she could, she performed seid, in a trance, she was ever the joy of an evil woman. 23. then all the powers went to the judgment seats the very holy gods, and

aning gpeople. h thus, deities, themes, and concepts 51 it is quite possible that the scribes of the poetic edda and a thirteenth-century audience could have understood the stanza as referring literally to a battle of peoples. although these stanzas are anything but clear, they seem to tell of a battle precipitated by the entry of gullveig or heid among the asir. they were unable to kill her with spears or fire, and she was a practitioner of seid, the ancient form of divination and of magic in general. since snorri says that freyja brought seid to the asir, many scholars have assumed that gullveig/heid is actually freyja, one of the vanir, and that her corruption of the asir precipitated the war. gullveig appears to mean ggold-drink h or possibly ggold-intoxication h; heid means perhaps gs

ch agrees with the project of euhemerism snorri had adopted with ynglinga saga. the skaldic poem haraldskvadi, assembled from various fragments and generally attributed to a poet called thorbjorn hornklofi, assigns berserks to the forces of king harald fairhair at the battle of hafrsfjord (late ninth century: gthe berserks howled/ battle was on their minds/ the wolf-skins growled/ and shook their spears h (stanza 8b. in stanza 20 the poet asks about berserks, gwho drink blood, h and answers himself: gthey are called wolf-skins/ who in battle/ carry bloody shields/ they redden spears/ when they come to battle h (stanza 21a. according to chapter 9 of vatnsdala saga, one of the sagas of icelanders, probably composed in the years just before 1280, harald fairhair had berserks on board his ship

r between earth and heaven. grimnismal, stanza 44, is a list of the foremost or best of things: yggdrasil of trees, odin of asir, and so forth. there bilrost is called best of bridges. in fafnismal, stanza 15, fafnir responds to a question asking what the island is called where surt and the asir will fight, presumably at ragnarok. oskopnir it is called, and there shall all the gods make play with spears; bilrost will break, when they go away, and horses will swim in the current. bilrost is compounded of bil, gstopping place, time, instant, weak spot, h and rost, ordinarily gleague h or gcurrent h but here apparently with the meaning groad. h snorri uses instead the form gbifrost, h whose first component has to do with wavering or shaking. snorri mentions gbifrost h several times. asked abo

d refer to a horse with a reddish-yellow mane, but given that heimdall himself is called gullintanni (gilded-tooth, we may perhaps be permitted to think of the precious metal. see also gullintanni; heimdall gullveig mysterious female in voluspa, stanzas 21.22, apparently associated with the war between the asir and vanir. 21. she remembers the war of peoples first in the world, when gullveig with spears they studded and in har fs hall burned her; thrice burned, thrice born, often, unseldom, though she yet lives. 22. heid they called her, wherever she came to houses, a seeress skilled in prophecy, she observed magic staffs; she performed seid, wherever she could, she performed seid in a trance, she was ever the joy of an evil woman. 154 norse mythology these stanzas are obscure, but it is h

odin. see also billing fs girl; ljodatal; loddfafnismal; mead of poetry; odin references and further reading: klaus von see, zur gestalt der havamal: eine studie zur eddischen spruchdichtung (frankfurt/main: athenaum, 1972. heid name taken by gullveig, according to voluspa, stanzas 21.22, when she begins practicing seid: 21. she remembers the war of peoples first in the world, when gullveig with spears they studded and in har fs hall burned her; thrice burned, thrice born, often, unseldom, though she yet lives. 22. heid they called her, wherever she came to houses, a seeress skilled in prophecy, she observed magic staffs; she performed seid, wherever she could, she performed seid in a trance, she was ever the joy of an evil woman. in the sagas heid is a common name for seeresses, and it i

mal: tell me, he says, what that field is called where will meet in battle surt and the beloved gods. in fafnismal, sigurd asks the dying dragon fafnir a very similar question. tell me, he says, 282 norse mythology 14. what that island is called, where they will mix in a sword game, surt and the asir together. fafnir responds: 15. oskopnir it is called, and there shall all the gods make play with spears. these passages suggest strongly that surt and his fire could stand for all of ragnarok. another exchange in vafthrudnismal strengthens this supposition. odin asks about the aftermath of ragnarok, and vafthrudnir responds: 50. which asir will rule the possessions of the gods, when surt fs fire dies down? 51. vidar and vali will inhabit the holy places of the gods, when surt fs fire dies dow

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those who watched felt certain that hunahpu and xbalanque had fallen into the trap, but when morning came the torches and cigars were returned to the guards unconsumed and still burning. in amazement and awe, the princes of xibalba gazed upon the unconsumed splinters and cigars, for never before had these been returned intact. the third ordeal took place presumably in a cavern called the house of spears. here hour after hour the youths were forced to defend themselves against the strongest and most skillful warriors armed with spears. hunahpu and xbalanque pacified the spearmen, who thereupon ceased attacking them. they then turned their attention to the second and most difficult part of the test: the production of four vases of the rarest flowers but which they were not permitted to leave

red writings of other great civilizations. in the tests through which hunahpu and xbalanque are forced to pass he finds the following analogy with the signs of the zodiac as employed in the mysteries of the egyptians, chaldeans, and greeks "aries, crossing the river of mud. taurus, crossing the river of blood. gemini, detecting the two dummy kings. cancer, the house of darkness. leo, the house of spears. virgo, the house of cold (the usual trip to hell. libra, the house of tigers (feline poise. scorpio, the house of fire. sagittarius, the house of bats, where the god camazotz decapitates one of the heroes. capricorn, the burning on the scaffold (the dual phoenix. aquarius, their ashes being scattered in a river. pisces, their ashes turning into manfishes, and later back into human form" it

MASTERING WITCHCRAFT

of earth, be present we pray thee, and guard this circle from all perils approaching from the north! finally, return to the centre of the circle, and facing east, standing with your legs wide apart, extend your arms on either side of you and close your eyes; then chanting the sealing words "so mote it be "as you do, visualize a brilliant rotating wheel of fire within your own breast, throwing out spears of scintillating light in all six directions: to the north, south, east, west, up, and down. by visualizing thus, in this particular stance, with your arms and legs flung wide apart, you are representing the magical five-pointed star, or pentagram. this is a symbolic enactment of the fact that within you the four elemental powers are reconciled by one special principle, the so-called alchem

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e then, come ye, behold the signs and the names of your creator, behold the holy pentacles by the virtue of which the earth is moved, the trees thereof and the abysses tremble. come ye; come ye; come ye. these things being thus done and performed, ye shall see the spirits come from all sides in great haste with their princes and superiors; the spirits of the first order, like soldiers, armed with spears, shields, and corslets; those of the second order like barons, princes, dukes, captains, and generals of armies. for the third and last order their king will appear, before whom go many players on instruments of music, accompanied by beautiful and melodious voices which sing in chorus. the key of solomon page 36 then the exorcist, or master of the art, at the arrival of the king, whom he sh

MICHAEL TSARION ATLANTIS ALIEN VISITATION AND GENETIC MANIPULATION

heat so that they no longer looked likehuman beings. never before have we seen such a ghastly weapon and never before have weheard of such a weapon.when the mahabharata was to be translated in the last half of the nineteenth century intomodern languages, the descriptions of ancient warfare were generally expunged.his saubha clung to the sky at a league s length..he threw at me rockets, missiles, spears,spikes, battle-axes, three-bladed javelins, flame-throwers, without pausing..thesky..seemed to hold a hundred suns, a hundred moons..and a hundred myriad stars. neitherday nor night could be made out, or the points of compass.the world falls dead44atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation and again..this weapon was so feared that in great distress of mind the king had the bolt re

an any normal aborigine.males were big-chested and very hairy, while the females had less hair and long pendulous breasts farlarger than those of any lubra!these monstrous beings lived and hunted throughout the sydney region. in what is now the westernsuburbs area, the giant men, women and their children were a commonplace sight, hunting monitor liz-ards with their large stone or wooden clubs and spears. the aborigines lived in fear of the goolagah,whose powerful forms must have been an awesome, terrifying sight to any lone tribesman crouching infear behind bushes as they passed by. as aboriginal traditions across australia tell of battles fought with the giant creatures, it is obvious thatthey were wiped out around 40,000 years ago-although some present-day aborigines maintain that insome

battles fought with the giant creatures, it is obvious thatthey were wiped out around 40,000 years ago-although some present-day aborigines maintain that insome far-off unexplored mountainous areas some of these giant people linger on.blue mountains aborigines claimed the doolgahl wandered the mountain-tops hunting the giant kanga-roos, giant monitor lizards and other creatures, killing them with spears and stones. they were/are saidto inhabit the new england region of northern new south wales where fresh campsites could be found.brewarrinai know of stories even from europeans, telling of giant-sized stone and wooden tools and weaponsfound in north-western and northern new south wales today-such as one freshly abandoned campsitefound by a prospector near brewarrina in 1973. tweed valleygia

MORALS AND DOGMA

portion is the same for all. there is equal contribution by all to the joint sovereignty. this identity of concession which each makes to all, is equality. the common right is nothing more or less than the protection of all, pouring its rays on each. this protection of each by all, is fraternity. liberty is the summit, equality the base. equality is not all vegetation on a level, a society of big spears of grass and stunted oaks, a neighborhood of jealousies, emasculating each other. it is, civilly, all aptitudes having equal opportunity; politically, all votes having equal weight; religiously, all consciences having equal rights. equality has an organ--gratuitous and obligatory instruction. we must begin with the right to the alphabet. the primary school _obligatory_ upon all; the higher

MOTTA MARCELO THE COMMENTARIES OF AL

a that radiates from boleskine. 11. this shall be your only proof. i forbid argument. conquer! that is enough. i will make easy to you the abstruction from the ill-ordered house in the victorious city. thou shalt thyself convey it with worship, o prophet, though thou likest it not. thou shalt have danger& trouble. ra-hoor-khu is with thee. worship me with fire& blood; worship me with swords& with spears. let the woman be girt with a sword before me: let blood flow to my name. trample down the heathen; be upon them o warrior, i will give you of their flesh to eat! the victorious city is of course cairo (al-kahira, the victorious, and the ill-ordered house is the museum at bulak. ra-hoor-khu; why is the name without its termination? perhaps to indicate the essence of the force. the ritual of

so sorry, dear sadists. conquer your circumstances! conquer yourself! then, and only then, is a man in condition to conquer others if that be necessary for performance of his true will "fire& blood" see the attributions of the element of fire and the magickal attributions and qabalistic correspondences of blood (one most significant is, blood= semen. see commentary to verse 24) swords= intellect. spears= magickal will. see book four, part ii; parsifal of wagner; liber 777 "let the woman be girt with a sword before me" this does not mean to pass women through the sword, so sorry, dear paederasts. the sword is the symbol of the mind see book four, part ii, again. the woman of thelema must develop her intellect; she must be the equal of any man in intelligence and in reasoning power. the only

MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS E

nimals as it suited their convenience. they could also transform human beings into trees, stones, animals, etc. either as a punishment for their misdeeds, or as a means of protecting the individual, thus transformed, from impending danger. their robes were like those worn by mortals, but were perfect in form and much finer in texture. their weapons also resembled those used by mankind; we hear of spears, shields, helmets, bows and arrows &c, being employed by the gods. each deity possessed a beautiful chariot, which, drawn by horses or other animals of celestial breed, conveyed them rapidly over land and sea according to their pleasure. most of these divinities lived on the summit of mount olympus, each possessing his or her individual habitation, and all meeting together on festive occasi

s of the hearth, and honours similar to those paid to the lares were accorded to them. just as there were public lares so there were public penates, which were worshipped by the roman people under the form of two youthful warriors, who, in later times, were regarded as identical with castor and pollux. they are generally represented on horseback, with conical caps on their heads, and bearing long spears in their hands [188] page 218 public worship of the ancient greeks and romans. temples. page 219 in very remote times the greeks had no shrines or sanctuaries devoted to public worship, but performed their devotions beneath the vast and boundless canopy of heaven, in the great temple of nature itself. believing that their divinities throned above the clouds, pious worshippers naturally soug

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wn men, menoeceus. dead men s bones when people could not answer her riddle, the sphinx killed them, littering the countryside with their bones. early sources describe the sphinx as flying to the city wall, chanting her riddle, and snatching young men in her ravening jaws when the citizens failed to answer her. for this reason the anxious citizens of thebes gathered every day to solve the riddle. spears oedipus is carrying the spears that he would have used when he met with the chariot of his natural father king laius in the narrow mountain pass. ordered to let the travelers pass, oedipus became angry when one of his horses was deliberately killed, and a fight ensued in which lauis died thus fulfilling the first part of the prophecy. fleeing man this figure may be the only man in king laiu

, in a magic rite to bring him hidden knowledge. on the ninth day, he saw magic runes below him. when he managed to lift them, they set him free and filled him with power. the valkyries the valkyries were supernatural women who had several roles: they lived with odin in the golden hall of valhalla, where they served ale to the shades of dead warriors; they also rode into battle in armor, wielding spears, and allotting victory and defeat valkyrie literally meaning chooser of the slain. two valkyries, gunn and rota, chose men for death, accompanied by skuld (necessity, the youngest of the norns, one of the three fates who shaped men s lives. the valkyries may have had a special relationship with the warriors known as berserks who, inspired by odin s battle fury, flung off their armor to figh

lkyries may have had a special relationship with the warriors known as berserks who, inspired by odin s battle fury, flung off their armor to fight with supernatural strength. certainly the beserks were likely to die in battle, and so win a place in valhalla, where they split their time between fighting and drinking. valhalla was envisaged as a vast golden hall, with a roof of shields, a frame of spears, and 540 doors, through each of which 800 warriors would be able to march abreast at the last battle of ragnarok. the norse gods 69 freyr, god of fertility freyr, a god of fertility, was originally one of the vanir, who became subsumed in odin s more warlike aesir. freyr and his sister freya were the children of njord, the god of the sea. ask, the first ma n ask and his wife embla were the

eamtime. the myths of the djanggawuls two eternally pregnant sisters and their brother belong to the dua, while those of barama and laindjung belong to the yiridja. it was these ancestors who brought the moieties their sacred objects and designs; like lumaluma, they taught the people many sacred rituals. lumaluma the angry people of arnhem land, pushed beyond endurance, killed lumaluma with their spears and sticks. after killing him, they left the body seated against a tree on the beach, with string tied around the torso and neck to hold it in place. the story of lumaluma was told to anthropologist catherine h. berndt in 1950 by mangurug, one of the most senior women of the gunwinggu (or kunwinjku) people of western arnhem land, who regard lumaluma as their sacred ancestor. the artist is a

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

n eternal repose which nothing can disturb, and moves solemnly forward without departing from the rank assigned her among the sentinels of light. but the wandering comet, dishevelled and of sanguinary aspect, plunges hurriedly from the depths of heaven and flings herself athwart the peaceful spheres, like a chariot of war between the ranks of a procession of vestals; she dares to face the burning spears of the solar guardians, and, like a bereft spouse who seeks the husband of her dreams during widowed nights, she penetrates even unto the inmost sanctuary of the god of day; again she escapes, exhaling the fires which consume her and trailing a long conflagration behind; the stars pale at her approach; constellate flocks, pasturing on flowers of light in the vast meadows of the sky, seem to

ROBERT KIRK WALKER BETWEEN WORLDS

above it. in some versions of the vision, the orchard of paradise, or the apple tree upon the hill, is surrounded by a ring of oaks. those who meet the male guardian may encounter him at an oak tree (see the trump of the guardian in the merlin tarot, while those who are blessed like thomas of ercledoune, are guided by the queen of elfland direct to the fruit. ash, traditionally used for thrones, spears and sea-going vessels, may be equated with the third underworld tree, that of mediation. the entire subject of detailed tree symbolism represents a very wide and complex held, which is not directly relevant to the present study, but the serious student or inquirer should consider native tree lore in depth. a detailed study of ancient or oral tree lore is not a prerequisite of operational ma

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lass for a proof to the world. 11. this shall be your only proof. i forbid argument. conquer! that is enough. i will make easy for you the abstruction from the ill-ordered house in the victorious city. thou shalt thyself convey it with worship, o prophet, though thou likest it not. thou shalt have danger& trouble. ra-hoor-khu is with thee. worship me with fire& blood; worship me with swords& with spears. let the woman be girt with a sword before me: let blood flow to my name. trample down the heathen: be upon them, o warrior, i will give you of their flesh to eat! kiblah: a point towards which prayer or devotions of a spiritual nature are directed. crowley evidently thought better of burglarizing the boulak museum to steal the stele. he settled for having a replica prepared for him [the an

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parlance, flat feet" her arches, always weak, had been further weakened by years of wearing sneakers and other unsuitable shoes. dr. mistry couldn't recommend much: toe-clenching exercises, running upstairs barefoot, sensible footwear "you're young enough" she said "if you take care, you'll live. if not, you'll be a cripple at forty" when gibreel- damn it- heard that she had climbed everest with spears in her feet he took to calling her his silkie. he had read a bumper book of fairy-tales in which he found the story of the sea-woman who left the ocean and took on human form for the sake of the man she loved. she had feet instead of fins, but every step she took was an agony, as if she were walking over broken glass; yet she went on walking, forward, away from the sea and over land. you di

nds that the imam, fighting by proxy as usual, will sacrifice him as readily as he did the hill of corpses at the palace gate, that he is a suicide soldier in the service of the cleric's cause. i am weak, he thinks, i am no match for her, but she, too, has been weakened by her defeat. the imam's strength moves gibreel, places thunderbolts in his hands, and the battle is joined; he hurls lightning spears into her feet and she plunges comets into his groin _we are killing each other, he thinks _we will die and there will be two new constellations in space: al-lat, and gibreel. like exhausted warriors on a corpse- littered field, they totter and slash. both are failing fast. she falls. down she tumbles, al-lat queen of the night; crashes upsidedown to earth, crushing her head to bits; and lie

face. hind's posters were more influential than any poet's verses. she was still sexually voracious, and had slept with every writer in the city (though it was a long time since baal had been allowed into her bed; now the writers were used up, discarded, and she was rampant. with sword as well as pen. she was hind, who had joined the jahilian army disguised as a man, using sorcery to deflect all spears and swords, seeking out her brothers' killer through the storm of war. hind, who butchered the prophet's uncle, and ate old hamza's liver and his heart. who could resist her? for her eternal youth which was also theirs; for her ferocity which gave them the illusion of being invincible; and for her bulls, which were refusals of time, of history, of age, which sang the city's undimmed magnifi

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ed his capital from yathrib south to kufa, in modern-day iraq. a new threat to ali arose in syria, which was ruled by muawiya (c. 602 680, a relative of uthman. uthman s murder gave muawiya the opportunity to challenge the rule of ali. the two forces clashed at the battle of siffin in syria in 657. ali s forces were winning when the syrian troops placed copies of the qur an on the points of their spears and asked for arbitration (an agreement to be reached by a neutral party. ali accepted this arbitration. in doing so he angered some of his followers, who became known as the kharijites, an arabic word meaning those who split apart. these purists did not want any compromise with muawiya. while negotiations were underway, both ali and muawiya removed their troops to their own lands. in 658 a

nly the dancing horses without number changed into animals of every kind and into all the fowls that are, and these fled back to the four quarters of the world from whence the horses came, and vanished. then as we walked, there was a heaped up cloud ahead that changed into a tepee, and a rainbow was the open door of it; and through the door i saw six old men sitting in a row. the two men with the spears now stood beside me, one on either hand, and the horses took their places in their quarters, looking inward, four by four. and the oldest of the grandfathers spoke with a kind voice and said: come right in and do not fear. and as he spoke, all the horses of the four quarters neighed to cheer me. so i went in and stood before the six, and they looked older than men can ever be old like hills

SIR WALLIS BUDGE EGYPTIAN MAGIC

of his confidential servants. the box was to go wherever alexander went, and aristotle taught him to recite certain formula over it whenever he took it up or put it down. the figures in the box were intended to represent the various kinds of armed forces that alexander was likely to find opposed to him. some of the models held in their hands leaden swords which were curved backwards, and some had spears in their hands pointed head downwards, and some had bows with cut strings; all these were laid face downwards in the box. viewed by what we p. 96 know of the ideas which underlay the use of wax figures by the egyptians and greeks, it is clear that, in providing alexander with these models and the words of power to use with them, aristotle believed he was giving him the means of making his e

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

ls in this seductively evil even grotesque piece of occult art. the serpent has long been associated with the goddess. at right are depictions of the greek goddess medusa, whose hair was a nest of snakes, and the cobra, a holy egyptian symbol for the goddess religion (from book, new age lies to women, by wanda marrs) the riddle of the great seal of the united states 281 singer/entertainer britney spears used this white python serpent in one of her music videos. some in witchcraft falsely believe the white snake is the possessor of good magical powers because of its "pure" color. the satanist knows otherwise. dr. michael aquino, high priest of the temple of set, once stated on the oprah winfrey tv show that there is no real difference in good vs. evil magic. magic is magic (photo: the tenne

osted by the many bigname celebrities who have recently been hawking cabalism as the miraculous answer to all of man's problems. an undercover bbc reporter who infiltrated a london cabala group witnessed singer madonna and guy ritchie chanting mystic spells to "cleanse" chernobyl, the site in ukraine of a nuclear plant disaster in 1986.1 other news accounts link entertainers paris hilton, britney spears, roseanne barr, demi moore, shirley maclaine, ashton kutcher, sandra bernhard, barbra streisand, dianne keaton, gwyneth paltrow, goldie hawn, elizabeth taylor, michael jackson, mick jagger, uri gellar, diane ladd, laura dern and a legion of other "stars" with practice of cabala.2 look closely when you see any of these people on tv or pictured in magazines and you'll often see the characteri

THE GALE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE UNUSUAL UNEXPLAINED VOL 3

journeyed to the city to participate in the festival of the cat. during the persian invasion of 529 b.c.e, the egyptians deification of the cat proved their undoing. knowing of the obsession of the egyptian people with the divinity of felines, cambyses ii, king of the persians, made a cat part of the standard issue to each of his soldiers. the nile-dwellers led by king psamtik iii laid down their spears and bows for fear of harming the cat that each enemy soldier carried, and the persians conquered the city of pelusium without shedding a drop of blood. some people believe that the unwavering stare of the cat can bring about illness or insanity or even cause death. such an unreasoning, fearful response to cats is known as ailurophobia. henry iii of england (1207 1272) would faint at the sig

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epresented as being the animal being hunted. his representative, or priest, would therefore dress in an animal skin and wear a headdress of horns. this god of the hunt, then, is the horned god pictured on the wall of the caverne des trois in southern france. at le tuc d faudoubert, near the caverne des trois, archeologists found the clay figure of a bison. the figure shows a number of marks where spears were thrust into it during a ritual of sympathetic magic performed to ensure a successful hunt. according to buckland: ga model of the animal to be hunted was made. and under the priest fs direction, was attacked by the men of the tribe. successful in ekilling f the clay animal, the men could thus go about after the real thing confident that the hunt would go exactly as acted before the god

ality traits show up in an individual fs handwriting. because handwriting reveals the inner person through his or her subconscious, graphologists believe that there are universal symbols that are evident in handwriting, beginning as early as a child fs first attempts at writing. for example, if in a child fs handwriting analysts were to observe angular patterns formed like the points of arrows or spears, they would have little difficulty recognizing such formations as likely symbols of aggression. there has been some conflict within the ranks of graphology on the question of whether or not pre-writing scribbles may indicate personality traits in children. a scribble, as defined by graphologists, is a spontaneous discharge of energy. it is not meant to convey a message, and children make th

THE GOD OF THE WITCHES

park when she shot at him. the poisonedarrows could not have been used for killing game of food animals as the poison remains in the body and isnot removed by cooking. game was probably run down by the hunters on foot, as is still done by thebedawin of the near east.the little people are not recorded as having used any other weapon than the arrow against human beings;they seem to have fought with spears among themselves, and they made bronze swords of extraordinaryefficacy. in the story of gish, the sword graysteel was forged by the dwarfs (i.e. the fairies, and it couldtherefore cut through whatever its blow fell on, nor could its edge be blunted by spells like swords made bymortals. a fairy javelin[36] was preserved at midridge hall in the county of durham, but there isunfortunately no l

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

h guilt: rioting, rioting in the dreary house with blood and wine and roses splashed and spilt about thy dabbling feet, and aching jaws whose tongue licks mine, twin asps like moons that curl, red moons of blood! whose catlike body claws, like a white swan raping a jet-black girl, mine, with hysteric laughter c *gargoyles, vol. iii, p. 86. and the following four verses in gsaida h are superb: the spears of the night at her onset are lords of the day for a while, the magical green of the sunset, the magical blue of the nile. afloat are the gales in our slumberous sails on the beautiful breast of the nile. we have swooned through the midday exhausted by the lips. they are whips. of the sun, the horizon befogged and befrosted by the haze and the grays and the dun of the whirlings of sand let

THE ABYSS AND TABAET

luciferian witchcraft, the yatuk dinoih has a ritual of evocation in which the sorcerer makes a sacrifice of nail parings or hair into a dark place in the earth, a crack or hole wherein by such daevas are produced in the soil. one may go further to utilize the forces of chaos to bury nail clippings in some container with soil and within a period of one moon unearth them to use them as knives and spears in a cursing or death-causing ritual, it is suggested in the venidad that such nails empowered by daevas makes knives and falconed winged arrows which strike the sheep of the righteous. plutarch wrote of the rituals of the daeva-yasna in old times, that they would sacrifice the blood of wolves to ahriman by pouring such with herbs into the dark place, a hole or cave where the sun does not s

THE BOOK OF GATES

ock of execution. the nemu are against thee, and they shall hack thee in pieces. the aaiu are against thee, and they shall destroy thee. the abebuiti (i.e, the three spearmen) shall drive [their harpoons] into thee, and they shall enchant thee by means of their hail! thou art destroyed, dashed in pieces, and stabbed to death, o serpent sessi "those who are in this scene, and who have their p. 245 spears, keep ward over the rope of ai, and they do not permit this worm to approach the boat of the great god. they pass behind this god upwards. these gods who do battle on behalf of this god in heaven say-(the speech is wanting. click to view gods of the south raising the standard of the south. in the upper register are the following- 1. four gods, who in the place of heads have each a crown of

THE HOLY BIBLE KING JAMES VERSION

im be slain: and be ye with the king as he goeth out and as he cometh in. 11:9 and the captains over the hundreds did according to all [things] that jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that should go out on the sabbath, and came to jehoiada the priest. 11:10 and to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king david s spears and shields, that [were] in the temple of the lord. 11:11 and the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, round about the king, from the right corner of the temple to the left corner of the temple [along] by the altar and the temple. 11:12 and he brought forth the king s son, and put the crown upon him, and [gave him] the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and

etam, and tekoa, 11:7 and beth-zur, and shoco, and adullam, 11:8 and gath, and mareshah, and ziph, 11:9 and adoraim, and lachish, and azekah, 11:10 and zorah, and aijalon, and hebron, which [are] in judah and in benjamin fenced cities. 11:11 and he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and store of victual, and of oil and wine. 11:12 and in every several city [he put] shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong, having judah and benjamin on his side. 11:13 and the priests and the levites that [were] in all israel resorted to him out of all their coasts. 11:14 for the levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to judah and jerusalem: for jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from executing the priest s office unto the lord: 11:15 and he ordained him

ar in those years; because the lord had given him rest. 14:7 therefore he said unto judah, let us build these cities, and make about [them] walls, and towers, gates, and bars [while] the land [is] yet before us; because we have sought the lord our god, we have sought [him] and he hath given us rest on every side. so they built and prospered. 14:8 and asa had an army [of men] that bare targets and spears, out of judah three hundred thousand; and out of benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these [were] mighty men of valour. 14:9 and there came out against them zerah the ethiopian with an host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto mareshah. 14:10 then asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the val

be ye with the king when he cometh in, and when he goeth out. 23:8 so the levites and all judah did according to all things that jehoiada the priest had commanded, and took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that were to go [out] on the sabbath: for jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses. 23:9 moreover jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds spears, and bucklers, and shields, that [had been] king david s, which [were] in the house of god. 23:10 and he set all the people, every man having his weapon in his hand, from the right side of the temple to the left side of the temple, along by the altar and the temple, by the king round about. 23:11 then they brought out the king s son, and put upon him the crown, and [gave him] the testimony

f hananiah [one] of the king s captains. 26:12 the whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valour [were] two thousand and six hundred. 26:13 and under their hand [was] an army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy. 26:14 and uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings [to cast] stones. 26:15 and he made in jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. and his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong. 26:16 but when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to [his] destruction: for he transgre

e come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease. 4:12 and it came to pass, that when the jews which dwelt by them came, they said unto us ten times, from all places whence ye shall return unto us [they will be upon you] 4:13 therefore set i in the lower places behind the wall [and] on the higher places, i even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows. 4:14 and i looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, be not ye afraid of them: remember the lord [which is] great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses. 4:15 and it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and god had brought their co

your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses. 4:15 and it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and god had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work. 4:16 and it came to pass from that time forth [that] the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers [were] behind all the house of judah. 4:17 they which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded [every one] with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other [hand] held a weapon. 4:18 for the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and [so] builded. and he that sounded the

ed. and he that sounded the trumpet [was] by me. 4:19 and i said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, the work [is] great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another. 4:20 in what place [therefore] ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: our god shall fight for us. 4:21 so we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared. 4:22 likewise at the same time said i unto the people, let every one with his servant lodge within jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labour on the day. 4:23 so neither i, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off page 281 nehemiah our clothes [saving that]

e many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft [words] unto thee? 41:4 will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever? 41:5 wilt thou play with him as [with] a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens? 41:6 shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants? 41:7 canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears? 41:8 lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more. 41:9 behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not [one] be cast down even at the sight of him? 41:10 none [is so] fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me? 41:11 who hath prevented me, that i should repay [him? whatsoever is] under the whole heaven is mine. 41:12 i will not conceal his parts, nor his p

[these] calamities be overpast. 57:2 i will cry unto god most high; unto god that performeth [all things] for me. 57:3 he shall send from heaven, and save [from] the reproach of him that would swallow me up. selah. god shall send forth his mercy and his truth. 57:4 my soul [is] among lions [and] i lie [even among] them that are page 339 psalms set on fire [even] the sons of men, whose teeth [are] spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword. 57:5 be thou exalted, o god, above the heavens [let] thy glory [be] above all the earth. 57:6 they have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen [themselves] selah. 57:7 my heart is fixed, o god, my heart is fixed: i will sing and give praise. 57:8 awake up, my glo

nd many people shall go and say, come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the lord, to the house of the god of jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the lord from jerusalem. 2:4 and he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. 2:5 o house of jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the lord. 2:6 therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and [are] soothsayers like the philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers. 2:7 the

he gentiles; 46:2 against egypt, against the army of pharaoh-necho king of egypt, which was by the river euphrates in carchemish, which nebuchadrezzar king of babylon smote in the fourth year of jehoiakim the son of josiah king of judah. 46:3 order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle. 46:4 harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with [your] helmets; furbish the spears [and] put on the brigandines. 46:5 wherefore have i seen them dismayed [and] turned away back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back [for] fear [was] round about, saith the lord. 46:6 let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river euphrates. 46:7 who [is] this [that] cometh up as a flo

lute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that i [am] the lord, the holy one in israel. 39:8 behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the lord god; this [is] the day whereof i have spoken. 39:9 and they that dwell in the cities of israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years: 39:10 so that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down [any] out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the lord god. 39:11 and it shall come to pass in that day [that] i will give unto gog a place there of graves in israe

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nts and lesser creatures of the land flee its approach. 4. ansuz literal meaning: the wise god, woden general sense: wisdom, eloquence, persuasiveness, authority, law-giving, magic knowledge ansuz is a land of gently rolling, wooded hills and lush meadows crossed by streams. snow-capped mountains line the horizon. the inhabitants are a hardy northern folk who herd cattle and hunt wild beasts with spears. within the depths of the forest is found a timber hall composed in part of still-living trees. a great tree rises at each of its corners. its walls are rough logs with their bark still clinging to them, its roof thick shingles of enormous size split from the trunks of forest giants. the double doors of the hall always stands open, and sounds of a feast come from the interior, beckoning the

ing: yew general sense: resilience, dependability, strength of purpose, a trustworthiness, magical might, command of occult forces the land of eihwaz is a medieval field of battle on the eve of conflict. between the rustling canvas of field tents, campfires illuminate soldiers who lie asleep wrapped in their blankets or sit murmuring together as they stare into the embers. it gleams off stacks of spears and other edged weapons, and from the rounded polish of armor and helmets readied for the morning. the restless snorts and pawing of horses can be heard on the cool night air. across the empty field, the dotted campfires of the enemy are visible in the distance like a scattering of stars. the god of the land is a stocky foot soldier with a longbow slung over his back, who walks restlessly b

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by israel regardie in his golden dawn shows the extended hands turned inward palm to palm, with the thumbs on top and the fingers inclined upward at a slight angle. the palms do not appear to touch, but this is unclear in the illustration. i have experimented with various hand positions, and have found that the greatest force is projected when the hands are extended palm downward in the shape of spears, with the index fingers and thumbs touching along their full lengths. this causes the united thumbs to be hidden from sight beneath the plane of the fingers. good results are also obtained when the thumbs are locked one over the other to keep the hands together. in the 23 document of the golden dawn, where the projecting sign is described at length, it appears that the hands are extended wi

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l the enemies of ra wheresoever he found them. when the remnant of the enemies of ra, saw that they were likely to be slain, they doubled back to the south, but horus pursued them, and drove them down the river before him as far as thebes. one battle took place at tchetmet, and another at denderah, and horus was always victorious; the enemies were caught by chains thrown over them, and the deadly spears of the blacksmiths drank their blood. after this the enemy fled to the north, and took refuge in the swamps of the delta, and in the shallows of the mediterranean sea, and horus pursued them thither. after searching for them for four days and four nights he found them, and they were speedily slain. one hundred and forty-two of them and a male hippopotamus were dragged on to the boat of ra

and [that place] is called "het-ra" to this day, and the god who dwelleth therein is heru-behutet-ra-amsu (or, min. then those enemies rose up to make their escape from before him, and the face of the god was towards the land of the north, and their hearts were stricken through fear of him. and heru-behutet was at the back (or, side) of them in the boat of ra, and those who were following him had spears of metal and chains of metal in their hands; and the god himself was equipped for battle with the weapons of the metal workers which they had with them. and he passed a whole day before he saw them to the north-east of the nome of tentyra (dendera. then ra said unto thoth "the enemies are resting. their lord" and the majesty of ra-harmachis said to heru-behutet "thou art my exalted son who

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imum of expense and damage. i think that this was not altogether written as a joke but rather as an ideal. it is believed by witches that by acting a part you really take on the nature of the thing you imitate. this is really the basis of the cave-man's magic. by making the clay image of the animal you wish to kill, and by knowing its name, you establish a link between them, so that when he stuck spears into it it gave him power to kill it when he hunted it. that these beliefs may seem rather like children's games to some does not alter the fact that primitive men do behave like this, and so do the witches. by acting the part of the goddess the priestess is thought to be in communion with her; so the priest, acting as the god, becomes at one with him in his aspect of death, the consoler, t

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